The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 31, 1902, Page 6

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HE CALL has heretofore suggested the cause of many irregularities accompanying our mili- tary operations in the Philippines to be the hate and vertical sun. T view has not been agreeable to self-deceived people, who have upon them the glamour of tropical beauties of dscape and flora. In the revelations pnade in court martialing Waller and , the disastrous effect of the climate upon the judgment and humanity of Americans sub- jected to it was officially bro Army s have reported its effect upon them- ve been attacked by aphasia and | ers who gave commands to their knowing what they did. Homesickness, | ted by the brrning constancy of the vertical | nas led to many deplorable manifestations of magazines Dr. Henry C. Row- , one of our army surgeons in the islands, gives tive form his impressions of the effect of the | ate upon Americans. While he uses fic- | ous names he takes pains to say that the inci- tes passed under his own observation. | s seen soldiers suddenly seized with homicidal a and open fire upon everybody within range. He has seen them fall upon unarmed and inoffensive natives in the village street with the ferocity of wild | 1 der his eye prisoners and wounded have | been shot by command of commissioned officers, and | 1 s of civilization seem to have been burned out by the fervent sun. It is a startling story but no doubt culd be taken into accéunt by people who are blaming officers and soldiers for acts committed under as complete irresponsibility as if done by patients in the violent ward of an insane It is a cc n experience of those who have contact with officers returning from the Philip- pines to hear them wonder what we want of the isl- ands and what we are going to do with.them. It is also affirmed by them and by Surgeon Row- land that the bloodthirsty insanity of our men is more cor m: | | | asylum. nmon in the idleness of garrison life than during active operations in the field. Natives who | are attacked by crazy soldiers and see others killed | by them without cause do not at all understand it. They attribute it to a deliberate purpose to exter- minate them, without regard to their rights, to reason or to justice. This accounts for the views of some officials in the civil government who have reported that the army is an obstacle to pacification of the people. To race the climate is an insidious poi- son, destructive of body and mind, and as far as it works its fatal effect upon garrison soldiers it is an obstacle to the permanent military occupation which seems to be necessary for our safety there. The project of Professor Moses for employment of native teachers only, in the schools, no doubt has its origin in the effect of climate upon the American teachers we have sent there. It is evident that Pro- fessor Moses believes that experiment to be a failure. { Had it been a success thousands of teachers in this country stand ready to volunteer for that service. | But the professor says it is inadvisable to coatinue the importation of American teachers. In fine, it would seem that a process of disillusionizing has be- gun. The rosy expectations of a year ago are faded down to the unpleasant reali We can exterminate the people. but then the noxious climate, the preying insects, the unwholesome fruits and the vertical sun defy our power and impose a barrier that no strategy and no power can pass. Surgeon Rowland’s article is timely since it will lead Americans to take a kindlier view of events in which our soldiers have been actors, and will cause a more intelligent study of the great physical facts which rise against us in that worst of all tropical re- gions, not excepting the toxic jungles of Guiana and the terrors of Devils Island. B e — The latest trust movement is a modest one in its pretenses, for it aims only at a capital of $15,000,000, and will not extend its activities outside of New Eng- land, but, as it is designed to handle ice and coal, it will evidently prove to be a cinch on that section all the year round. is Among the sea-coast resorts of New England com- plaints are heard of a sad scarcity of lobsters, but as some very respectable people have recently declared they saw 2 sea serpent off the coast of Nahant, the resorts are still holding the attention of holiday- seekers. | appeal. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 31, WE “WTII. N a case in court, brought in the name of the people, they eye it with close scrutiny and make up, usually, a correct judgment from the method and conduct of the nomi- nal parties. From our first excursion into the affairs of San Quentin, the nature of our discoveries convinced us of the bad condition of affairs there. lished only, but not all, the facts disclosed by the evidence. If Governor Gage.is injured the facts have inflicted it, and our publication of them is no libel. ; When he proclaimed himself a sufferer from the crime of libel and accused us of committing it, an opportunity was given, which we coveted, for a full, fair and open ju- dicial examination of our testimony. But he so laid his proceeding as to make this dif- ficult, and in some important respects impossible, by going to a forum so distant as to compel witnesses and records to make a round trip of one thousand miles to get to court. A legal action was begun by a citizen here, within lawful jurisdiction of the of- fense charged, and as that offered the only opportunity for the people of California, who! are paying Governor Gage’s expernses, promptly to get possession of the facts, we were ready immediately to respond and go to°trial. This he blocked by a writ of prohibition, running against this convenient jurisdiction,’and that writ has been voided by Judge Sloss, who orders the case to trial here. After the case was in the hands of Judge Sloss, and several days before his decision, we publicly offered a stipulation by our attorneys to be entered into by those representing the Governor, under which we would go to Los Angeles, to the distant jurisdiction selected by the Governor and immediately proceed to trial, if judge Sloss sustained the writ of prohibition, provided the Governor would not further impede this jurisdiction if Judge Sloss sustained it. This offer was made in good faith and in ample time for the stipulation to be made. To our offer neither the Governor nor his attorneys for him made any response. Yet it was an offer in the interest of an immediate hearing, and if accepted would have se- cured a prompt trial. We could do no more, and in justice to our own desire for a conclu- sion before the primaries occur next month we could not do less. than the Governor’s, for if our proffered stipulation compelled us to go to Los Angeles the handicap was upon us, and we would suffer every disadvantage and he gain every advantage of the arrangement. On the other hand, if the stipulation brought the case to trial here, the Governor suffered no disadvantage at all, because his testimony, like ours, is all here, and in the matter of convenience and promptness we would be equal. If he be injured to the extent set forth in his sworn compiaint, his anxiety to offer? be set right should cause him to seek the promptest ard best means to restore the bloom that has been rubbed off his reputation. But is his the only reputation involved? We are resting under a criminal charge. To be charged with turpitude is no light mat- ter for a citizen. He has shown his own estimate of its gravity by speaking of us as “out- laws” and “fugitives from justice” perado and murderer. and inciting the comparison of us with Tracy, the des- This being the estimate of the nature of our alleged offense, it is easily seen that other reputations besides his own zre hanging in the balance. cision of Judge Sloss opens the way to an immediate judicial advance thereof offer a stipulation which would secure prompt trial, no matter to which | side that decision inclined, the Governor refuses the ‘offer, and by an appeal from the de-| cision of Judge Sloss tries to tie up the trial indefinitely. But when the able de- examination, and we in Only one construction can he placed upon his conduct. He does not desire a trial, because he dare not face it under conditions that imply fairness and promptness. | suit was brought for personal political purposes, to tide him over the primaries and givej’ His impeding tactics are an unconscious| him some chance at a second nomination. His confession of judgment, and a complete exposure of the purpose for which he rushed into a distant court. His efforts to impair an examination and to impede its commence- | ment are only so many confessions of the truth of our charges and -admissions of the | illegal conduct at San Quentin and of his responsibility as a beneficiary. No fair-minded man has misunderstood us, nor minimized our effort to get a judiciai examination. When Judge Sloss voids the writ, the Governor shows his fear of a hearing by an | This further delay is blocked promtly by the Supreme Court. In the preliminary We have pub- Our risk was greater Why did he not accept the | i | i 1902. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS TO BE WELL HOUSED ST S35 AT - i IO VIURRAY ! o CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE THAT IS SUPERVISING INSTALLING OF EXHIBITS IN GRAND NAVE OF FERRY BUILDING AND MEM- BER WHO IS PROMINENT IN UNIFORM RANK, K. OF P. < S the time approaches for the ar- rival in this city of the visiting | | | legal battle over technicalities invoked by the Governor, we win. The case is dock\eted; and the trial will proceed, unless the Governor can find some more legal hairs to split. We have fought for our rights and for the rights of the people and gladly sion which proves the correctness of our position. court. The Governor will now come into THE NATIONAL GUARD. RESIDENT ROOSEVELT in his address to Pthe Second Brigade of the New Jersey National Guard at Seagirt gave encouragement to the hopes of those who desire to see the service made more efficient. He said: “I am happy to say that a bill has passed through the lower house which will enable the national Governmeht materially to aid the National Guard of the different States. At the next session I firmly believe we will get it through the Senate, and then I can guarantee the signature of the President.” Despite the strain put upon the country by the war of 1812, the lessons tzught by the war with Mexico and the costly military experience acquired during | them. One of her companions gave her a shove and the Civil War, Congress has never taken action for the purpose of building up a really efficient National Guard. So far as the Federal Government con- cerned the National Guard is still operating under a law enacted during the administration of Washing- ton. The absurdities of the cld law have been re- peatedly pointed out during debates on the subject in Congress, but as yet they remain unremedied. The bill to which the President referred was elaborately discussed during the last session, and it was at one time believed it would be enacted. While those ex- pectations were disappointed the interest taken in the is measure by the President renews the hope that it will | be adopted this winter. One of the aims of the bill is the more efficient armament of the guard. On that subject the Presi- dent said: “Much can be given to the National Guards of the States by the United States Goversi- ment. I wish to see the National Guard armed with the best and most modern weapons. I wish to see the infantry with the Krag-Jorgensen and I wish to see the artillery with the three-point two gun of the regular zrmy.” In addition to better armament the new law would provide for a more perfect organiza- tion of the guard and greatly increase its efficiency in time of emergency. In another respectthe President’sspeech was timely and pertinent. He reminded the young guards- men that the improvement of the service depended upon them as well as upon the Government. It would be useless for the nation to provide the most effective of weapons if the guardsmen did not learn how to make use of them. The President said: “A man is of use as a national guardsman for just ex- actly the same reasons as he is of use as a citizen, and that is if he sets to work with his whole heart to do his duty for the time being, to make himself thoroughly proficient in the line of the business he has taken up. A national guardsman who joins only to have a good time pretty generally does not have a good time and certainly makes a poor hand at be- ing a guardsman.” It is well known that in any sudden eme}gency the safety of the republic must depend upon the guard. The regular army is small and the‘people are op- 1 posed to any considerable increase in its numbers. In any war, therefore, the great bulk of the fighting line must be formed of volunteers from among the ranks of the people themselves. Consequently the National Guard is a corps of greéat importance to i the nation and it is but right that Congress should | provide for improving its efficiency. The romantic story that a young lady of St. Louis ’leapc(l into the turgid waters of the roaring Missis- sippi to be saved by Hobson has been exploded. The latest version of the story is that Hobson and a num- ber of young men aud young women were bathing in the river, while the particular young woman of the story was sitting on the rail of a launch watching she fell into the water between the launch and the shore. The water was not waist deep. Hobson came up and helped her out, but she was never in danger, as a number of girls in bathing suits were wading round where she fell. Thus ends that romance. e Lo A curious story comes from Natal to the effect | that ‘there has been crganized there a strong secret | society among the blacks for the object of driving both the Boers and the British from South Af-ica. The movement is not expected to be dangerous, but the men who are working it are deriving large reve- nues from the credulous natives and there is a fear that outbreaks may occur which will lead to blood- shed and a serious' disturbance of the relations be- tween the whites and the natives. It is announced that the German official history of Count von Waldersee’s campaign in China has been | published. Tt is said to form a massive work of three volumes, but contains no mention of the American forces in China. Evidently the book was practically made up before the Kaiser found out that we are doing things in the world and cannot be overlooked. Now that the war in South Africa is over and busi- ness has begun to move, it appears that while the Boers won the glory and the British won the land the trade comes to America. Whether the British wish railroad bridges or the Africanders wish farm- ing tools, they come to us to supply them. According to the Census Bureau there are in round numbers 6,000,000 farmers in the United States and they are worth upward of $24,000,000,000, or about $4000 each, so now the gay city man can égure out whether or no he is in a position to make a safe joke at the expense of the hayseed. A cruel report comes from Boston that Bryan was invited to make a speech at Nantasket Beach, not for the sake of promoting Democratic harmony, but for the purpose of attracting a big crowd to patronize the booths and side shows of that pogular resort. Diwellers in the rural districts around New York where the smart set recreate themselves have begun to speak of automobiles as “devil wagons.” | receptions by ! will be housed without encroaching upon | ing the main floor and the galleries im- | | mediately arcund the railing, is reserved | | secured for the purpose. Knights of Pythias and the many friends who 4are to accompany them, there is' a great deal of activity at all points where they are to assemble. The hotel and accommodation committee is as busy as possible making the necessary arrangements to locate the visttors, a large force of electricians is | putting up the many electric decorations and by 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon | those who passed up and down Market | street gained an idea of the contemplated extent of the illuminations. Men were busy on the dome of the y Hall, ar- ranging the strings of electric bulbs, and in every department those in charge were | hail a conelu- | 85 busy that they were unable to answr= | all questions asked. The space for the county exhibit in the grand nave in the ferry building is being fitted up. This | work is being carried on under the di- | rection of the c rman of the committee, Willien: McMur The Mechanics' Pavilion is being remod- eied and transformed into barracks for | | | the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pyth- jas. The reconstruction is under the su- pervision of Captain R. P. Hurlbut, whnl has made the plan by which 6000 Knights | the main auditorium. Six thousand cot | beds will be installed in the pavilion on August 1. The cots will be arranged in military order, every cot being numbered | to correspond with the nymber of its oc- cupant in the ranks, and they are.to be placed according to company and regi- mental formation. FLORA OF MONTEREY. The center part of the pavilion, includ- for soclal gatherings, entertainments and the Knights and their friends. The afternoons will be devoted to receptions by the officers and members of the Uniform Rank. The evening enter- | tainments will include concerts, drills, dancing and socials. A nominal admis- sion will be charged to these entertain- ments and the receipts applied to the en- tertainment fund. An orchestra of forty pleces will play every evening. Those of the Uniform Rank who cannot be accom- -modated in the pavilion will be provided with tents in auxiliary camps in the vi- cinity, where several blocks have been | President Wheeler of the University of California sent a communication to Wii- ilam McMurray, director of the Califor- nia exhibits, offering to place at his dis- posal the large collection of transparen- cics, several hundred in all, {llustrating the Lick Observatory, the colleges at Berkeley, the professional schools and | the varled activities of the university. The offer will be accepted and the views installed In what shall be known as the rest room. The ladies of Pacific Grove are ar‘ra,x- ing a display of marine flora of Mdh- terey Bay. Rey. Dr. Thomas Filben, su- perintendent of the grove, was in the city yesterday and secured space for the exhibit in the ferry building. The board of trustees of the grove will furnish the | ot hops, = e s SRR funds to install and maintain the ex- hibit. : The local 1%02 committee, composed of in Ploneer Hall .on Fourth street. All visiting Knights and ladies will be re- céived and entertained at these head- ecd to any part of the city. A committee of the Rathbone Sisters will be in at- tendance each day and evening and as- sist in entertaining visitors. GREAT FRUIT EXHIBIT. Following is a copy of a letter received from Sacramento: William McMurray—Dear Sir: In answer to yours will say the exhibit of Sacramento County will occupy 400 square feet of epace. As Sac- | ramento is the great fruit center of Northern | California, it is proposed to make a grand display of all the fresh fruits in season during the session of the conciave. In addition we will | exhibit about 100 jars, two feet high, samples of the mammoth fruits which have made the products of the Sacramento Valley famous all over the world. We will also have an exhibit olives, etc. One township of this county-will alone exhibit eighty brands of | boxes used in sending their products East, and | if there {s an Bastern Knight who recognizes | his favorite hrand of fruit among them he has but to ask at our exhibit for it, and if in sea- | son ‘we will eatisfy him to his soul’s content. The order of Rathbone Sisters in Sacramento | will: meet all Knights and friends passing | through our city and give them a loyal Cali- | fornfa welcome and bestow upon them, free of | charge, a liberaly supply of the wondertul | fruits and flowers of our city and county. Our display will be installed in two pyramids, one | at each end of our exhibit, with a bay in the | center. * The upper part will be supported by eighteen carved columns of California redwood in natural finish and gold. The whole sur- mountéd by nature’s palms, ferns and flow- ers. Very respectfully, DAVID FALCONER, Chalrman of Exhibits. Following is' the statement of the Knights of Pythias fund to dat Previously reported ......... Subordinate lodges (additional). Captain T. F. A. Obermeyer. $21,701 50 200 00 100 00 A. G. Hagerdorn 100 00 W. & J. Sloane Co. 50 00 Daniel Meyer ... 25 00! Renton, Holmes & Co 25 00 John A. Drinkhouse & Co California Safe Deposit Company. Columbian Bank ... Sing Fat Company . Haub Bros. . Albert Wolft . .. . A, I, Johnston, State Printer, Sacra- ‘mento A, J. Prager & Sons. Burnett & Co . J, J. Granerholz 8 888 5588 BEER 10 00 10 00 10 00 Scott & Gilbert ... Seymour & Eiliott Sonoma Preserve Company . Schultz & Hansen T. Ponjade .. Johnson Bros. ¥ i asans 8| gsgszsss $22, D e e e o PERSONAL MENTION. C. Boyer, a mining man of Campo Seco, is at the Lick. E. Dinkelspiel, a newspaper man of Sui- sun, is at the Grand. M. Silverthal, a cigar manufacturer of New York, is at the Lick. M. H. McCord, a United States Mar- shal of Phoenix, is at the Lick. E. P. Dunne, manager of the Arlington Hotel at Santa Barbara, is at the Palace. G. W. Towle of Towles, who is one of the most extensive lumber dealers in the State, is at the Grand. G. W. Wilcox, Delegate to Congress from the Territory of Hawaii, was among the arrivals on the Alameda. Lewis F. Breuner, the well known fur- niture man, who is president of the Chamber of Commerce of Sacramento, is at the Palace. Congreéssman J. B. Showalter of Penn- sylvania is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife and family. He recently re- turned from Mexico, where he had been inspecting some mining properties. Sho- walter is on the Public Buildings and Grounds Committee. the Railroads and A CHANCE TO SMILE. “I see that Professor Bigsby has re- turned from the volcani¢ section.” “Yes, they thought he had measles and sent him home.” “What did he have?* “Why, it appears that he swallowed a great deal of lava dust and the eruption followed.”—Cleveland Plain ?eala'r. \ Visitor—A young man should acquire the material for quite a good library in the course of his college career. Father—Yes, John wrote me that he could make our old library look like some- thing with his colle ction of pipes and beer steins.—Detroit Free Press. .'l"H‘H'f‘!‘H‘PH-l-H-H-l-H-l-H. Canals Committee and the Labor Com- mittee. He has been in Congress six vears'and is by profession a physician. Charles Young, who was formerly con- nected with the Omaha Bee and who is now in charge of the advertising depart- ment of the Burlington route, is at the Grand. He is touring California to gath- er data for a series of articles to be pub- lished by the railroad company advertis- ing this State as a winter resort. 8838 3888 GRAND OPERA THE ATTRACTION OF THE WEEK —_— pe The opening of the grand opera season at the Tivoll is the chief event of the week in the local theatrical life. The company of the season is by long odds the most competent kind of artists ever gathered together at the popular opera- Louse, and the promise for the season is unusually brilliant. The week’s bills are “Alda” and “Lucia,”” and most of the new people make their appearance in the casts. (The most conspicuous triumph of the week has been the Lucia of Tina Je Spada, but Mme. de Frate's Aida has come a close second: Venerandi, De Pa- dona, Tyonghi and Dado have all been | severally welcomed with much enthusi- asm and the other people have filled in to advantage. The chorus has been found to be exceptionally competent and the orchestra and Mr. Steindorff in particu- larly good trim. The houses are commen- surate with the excellence of the attrac- tions and will doubtless remain so with the admirable entertainment prospect. The Tivoli well deserves its success. It has been splendidly worked for and its appreciation is a matter of simple jus- tice. The educational value of the work cannot be overestimated, and at the modest price no one need to go opera hungry. Next week's programme will be quite as attractive as this week's. It will be devoted to “La Favorita” and “Carmen,” with Agostinl, Pozzi, De Padova and Dado in the first named opera and the only Collamarini, Russo, D’Albore, De Spada, De Paoli and others of the good Tivoll company in “Carmen.” Both ope- ras will be mounted in fine fashion and much attention will be paid to the cos- tuming and accessories. “Lucia” is the bill to-night. S “The Wilderness” continues to crowd the Columbia Theater, in the clever hands of Henry Miller, Margaret Anglin and their gifted company. It is one of the sweetest and wholesomest of modern plays, with a splendid third act that has extracted more tears from the hardened playgoer than any other play of recent experience. The impresgion created by Mr. Esmond’s comedy seems to deepen the days go on, and the players fall more nearly into its spirit. Every even- Ing sees the last act awaited to its flnal words in flattering silence and the climax rewarded with the frequent tear and eight or ten curtain calls. Mr. Miller and Miss Anglin have won the strongest persona! successes in the play. Next Monday night “The Only Way"” will positively be produced. Henry Miller will be seen as | Sydney Carton and Margaret Anglin will makes her first appearance here in her or- iginal role of*Mimi. Seats will be ready this mérning. R There is a superabundance of good things this week. Another strong sttrac- tion is Frederick rde in elaborate pro- | ductions of the “legitimate” drama at | the California Theater. At the special matinee to-day will be given the favorits tragedy “Virginus,” in which Mr. Warde does some of his best work. To-night the tragedian will appear in “Richelieu,” that also will be Saturday afternoon’s bill, and to-morrow evening and Satur- day night “King Lear.” “Othello,” “The Merchant of Venice” and “The Mounte- bank™ are to be seen next week. O | “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is receiving its best production in the dramatic history | delegates from the Pythian lodges of San | of the city at the Grand Opera-house this | Francisco, has established headquarters week. The work of Wilton Lackaye, | Theodore Roberts, Gardner Crane, Harry | Cashman, Ada Lewis, Alice Johnson and | Phosa McAllister all show to particular | auarters, furnished information and guid- | advantage, while every role in the long tecast is In competent hands. The spe- clalties are full of snap and the final | tableau, showing little Eva going to join | the heavenly hosts, is a triumph of scenic |art. “Uncle Tom”™ will be blayed this | week only and on Monday evening | “Trilby” will be accorded a big revival. \ ‘Wilton Lackaye will appear in his original creation of Svengali. R | _“Camille,” at the Alcazar, with Florence { Roberts in the title role, will be continued until next week to satisfy the large de- | mand for seats, that has not been able to ! be satisfled this week. The popular auc- | tress does very clever work in the part | of Margaret Gauthier and Is very well | supported by the varfous members of the company, Mr. Whittlésey's Aramand Du- val being worthy of particular mention. “Drusa Wayne,” Franklin Fyles' -new play, that will be given here for the first time by the Alcazar company, !s in active preparation. v'e “East Lynne” is doing an enormous business at the Central. The next change of bill will be Monday evening fn Sutton Vale's famous sporting and military drama, “Humanity.” Among its many sensations will be a duel with swords on horseback between an English soldier | and a burgher. Ralph E. Cummings, the | new leading man, and Robert Lawrence, will make thelr first appearance. E D hh Nothing seems to have any diminishing {effect on the audiences at Fischer's | Theater to judge from the crowds that | nightly pack the theater to the doors. | There 1s the same enthustasm and more | curtain calls than ever since the first per- | formance. A number of new things were introduced .into the bill last night and all of the other novelties were received with | unstinted ‘enthusiasm and apglause. Stephen Grattan and Maud White are delighting large audiences at he Orpheum this week in “Locked Out at 3 a. m.” Katherine Bloodgood renews her success of last season with her contralto sclos and the elght Mazettis are freely pro- | nounced to be the most graceful and dar- | ing scrobats ever seen In this city. Lew | Hawkirs is as funny as ever, Zara and Elita Proctor Otis and - A. O. Dunecan, the | clever ventriloquist, are ifi their last ap- | pearances. | | O N Many novelties are entertaining large audiences at he Chutes every afternoon and evening. The grounds are full of at- tractions and Hardy Downing continues to loop the loop on his bicycle twice daily, at5 and 11 p. m. To-night, after the regu- lar performance In the theater, the ama- teurs will appear. ANSWERKS TO QUERIES. GLITTERS—B., Hopland, Cal. "All that glitters is not gpld,” is from “The Merchant of Venice,” second act, scens Vit ENGLISH ABBREVIATION—C. N. T, Alameda, Cal. The abbreviations “E. C., and “N. W.” after London, England, mean East Center and Northwest. DEBT-S., City. The State debt of Cal- ifornia 18 givem as §2,361250; that of San Francisco was on the 3th of June, 101, bonded debt, 3250,000, ices sinking fund §220,618; net debt, $29.382. HAMBURG—W. H. and L. P, City. If you write to the Mayor of Hamburg, Ger- many, he will furnish the desired informa- tion about electric roads in that city. The information asked for is not published in the books descriptive of the city. —_—————————— i Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend’s.* e e Townsend's California Glace fruit and candies, 0c¢ a pound, in artistic fire-etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 639 Market st., Palace Hotel building. * —_——— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by th Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Calit fornia street. Telephone Main 1043 .