The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1902, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1902, MONDAY..................SEPTEMBER 1, 1902 ' Aédrees All Communications to W. 8. LEAKE, Manager. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor, TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S. ¥, EDITORIAL ROOMS 17 to 221 Stevemson St. Delivered by Oarrfers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage! DAILY CALL (including Sunday)., one year.. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 8 months. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months $6. 8. 1. 8883 388 All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions, Bample coples will be forwarded when requested. Mall subscribers in ordering change of address should be ce=uculsr to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to msure & prompt and correct compliance with thelr request. OAKLAND OFFICE. ++,1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS, NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: ETEPHEN B. SMITH........30 Tribune Buflding NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. ©, CARLTON..ccccevvsassssss.Herald Sq NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Weldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Murray Hill Hotel. Shermen House; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotd. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE..,.1406 G St., N, W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—521 Montgoméry, corner of Clay, open untfl 9:80 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 639 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until 980 o'clock. 1841 Mission, open until 1¢ o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until ® o'clock. 1008 Valencie, open until § o'clock. 106 Eveventh, open until ® oclock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, cpen until ® o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until 9 p. m. THE TRADE RECORD OF AUGUST. HOUGH the full reports for the month of TAugust are not yet in, it is known that the month made 2 fine business record. Thé fall demand for merchandise set in earlier than usual and as exceptionally active. There were no serious ) in prices anywhere to attract attention, and, fact, of the fluctuations were toward a higher plane of values. The jobbing movement was active, particularly in the North and Northwest, ow- ing to the prospects for large crops. Exports of flour and wheat from the Atlantic seaboard were liberal Last week rounded off this good month of August very satisfactory style. The country’s bank clear- ings were 16.7 per cent better tHan for the same week 1901, though most of the larger cities showed a decreased percentage of gain. The lower class cities exhibited the most and largest gains, and an analysis of the clearings indicates that the activity in trade is greater in the interior of the country than in the im- portant seaports, showing that the domestic trade i better than the foreign at the moment. The failures for the week were 175, against 202 in 190I. Some irregularity staples was observable. last Provisions fluctuated considerably at Chi- cago, where the packers continue to stand under the market, though it is the general belief that if they should release their support there would be a pro- nounced decline, as the goods are high. Wool rules fir=. with a good demand, though some classes of woolen manufactured goods are quieter and weaker. Leather is strong and active; are buy w most in week g freely and the Western manufacturers are advancing their quotations for shoes. Hides, after making a record high water mark, have quieted down. Lumber is zctive and firm almost gvery- The iron and steel trades are . still ‘handi- capped by scarcity of coke and congested conditions in railway transportation. Railway earnings were 6 per cent larger than in 1901. An interesting feature in the West was an unexpected decline in beef cattle under increased offerings from both pastures and ranges, though the finest grades of beef 7&1! keep up. It has been thought that beef was up to' stay, but the unexpected has happened. Retail prices are ex- pected to follow the wholesale prices down, and a gobd, juicy beeisteak may become the American fashion omce more, after all. fi)bbers in dry goods report a good distributive trade, with moderate stocks in primary markets. Cotton and cotton goods have gone up somewhat, owing to deteriorated crop conditions in the southern half of the belt, where the weather has been too hot and dry. A strong bull element has been trying to make a market in Wall street to take profits and work off sur- plus holdings of stock. The scheme was simple and worked fairly. A movement would be started in one prominent stock or group of stocks and the manipu- lators would realize at the advance and take their profits. The public would rush in and buy at the rise and the manipulators would drop the stock, when the price would fall back again. Then the loaded bulls would turn their energies toward another stock or group of stocks, with the same result, keeping the pot boiling all the time. It is an old game, but it geterally works unless the public is broke and cannot buy. In the present case the manipulators have been materially assisted by an abundance of money and a fairly easy money market, Local conditions remain about the same, but there are two new features worthy of note. One is the laying up of a large fleet of coasting and deep-water vessels owing to fhe decline in ocean freights, and the other is the calls on this market for heavy feed- ing supplies for Australia, which is suffering from drought. Freight room on the Australian steamers is in sharp demand for these shipments, and at the same time vessels are being laid up on account of iow freights. The conditions do not harmonize. The farmer will be benefited in any event, for some of the cerezl and feed markets are already responding to the Australian demand by advancing, with increas- ing activity reported. General trade in California continues excellent, znd no compiaints of any consequence are heard {from any quarter. S ————— It has been proposed that the striking miners of Pennsylvania and West Virginia march to Washing- ton with a petition for redress when Congress meets, so it is likely we may have another Coxey’s army, and it is to be hoped that the new, like the old, will obey the injunction to keep off the grass, where jobbers in footwear | | { | THE FESTIVAL OF LABOR. MERICAN labor to-day celebrates its annual A festival and in doing so will manifest to the eyes of all observers the power which has made our nation great and keeps it prosperous. The history of civilization is very little more than the record of the upward movement of the working- man. Through all the ignorances, superstitions and despotisms of the past and of the present, through all battles of warriors and plottings of statesmen, the toiler has slowly but surely won his way upward to freedom and to power. He has profited much by the attainments of art and the achievements of science; literature has cheered him, philanthropy has aided him, invention has advanced him, and of late years legislation has been to a large extent his ally, yet among those potent friends he has found none so potent or so helpful as his own will and sagacity. His victory has been in the main a victory due to self help, and he is strong to-day because he is not only conscious of his rights, but is self-reliant in maintain- ing them. The degree of civilization possessed by any mod- ern people is measured by the position which labor holds in its social organism. We claim for America the foremost place among the nations because in America labor is better housed, fed and clothed than anywhere else, has a higher social standing, more of political power, more of personal opportunity and 2 larger degree of universal respect than in other lands. This is distinctively the land and the nation of the workingman. He made the republic, he saved it, he maintains its wealth and its law; he elects its administrators, and its highest officers are drawn from his ranks. So genuine is the equality of Americans that classes are known among us only as abstract propositions. Men pass during their lives from the plow to the desk, from the blacksmith-shop to the bar, and from either to Congress, so easily and so frequently that while it is possible in books te classify occupations for statistical purposes, it is not possible to classify the workers who are engaged in them. It is among our workers that we find the truest Americans, and, in fact, every true American is a worker. Of late years the advance of labor-has been due mainly to organization and co-operation. It is in- evitable that it should be so. In union is strength. Acting as individuals the strongest, thriftiest and most sagacious in any set of workers could win his own way upward and achieve wealth and power; but to advance the whole group of workmen it is neces- sary they should work together and not each for him- seli. The old motto of the Three Guardsmen, “One for all and all for one,” has become the rallying cry | of the workers, and as a consequence the upward movement now means not the acquirement of great riches by some special favorite of fortune, but the in- | creased prosperity of all workers. The American workingman is to-day the marvel of the world. A committee of the British Iron Trades Association that recently visited this country to investigate our industrial system has reported that while American machinery is wonderful and Ameri- can resources in fuel and raw material of all kinds are more abundant than are possessed by any other peo- ple, yet the chief factor in our success is neither the machine nor the material, but the man who operates the one and manufactures the other. As in war, it is not the gun but the man behind the gun that wins | the battle, so in the field of industrial competition it {is not the machine but the machinist who achieves | the results that have made America the leader of civilization. It is significant, too, that out of the ranks of our workers there arise so many men who are capable of directing industry on the largest scale. These men plan enterprises .as great captains plan cam- paigns. They build up industries, expand and ex- tend commerce and lay broad and deep the founda- tions of new prosperities. It is therefore an intellec- tual and a moral as well as a material force that re- veals itself to the people to-day in the steady march- ing of the hosts of labor as they file through our streets, and America can well exult in the possession of such sons. With universal accord, then, the public will to-day salute the representatives of the triumphs and the hopes of labor. Like all other sincere workers, they are not aiming at any definite end, but at a steady and continuous improvement. Each succeeding day is to see some task completed and another begun, and always each new year is to open new vistas of good and new aspects of duty. So they march on. “Men, my brothers, men the ‘workers, ever reaping something new, That -which they have done but earnest of the things that they shall do.” Ex-Governor Hogg of Texas is reported to have met the report that he is a candidate for the Gov- ernorship by saying that since he left office he has made $2,000,000, and would not return to office for double the amount. Evidently the gentleman feels that he is big enough now to spell his name with three gs. S enables a vastly increased service to be done with a given supply of coal, and since the aug- mented use of oil as fuel, the anxiety with which civilized .men once discussed the possible exhaustion of the coal supply is no longer felt. At present the issue is hardly more than an academic one. Still it is THE COAL SUPPLY. INCE the improvement of mechanism which not without interest, and accordingly a good deal of attention has. been paid to a recent estimate of Dr. Fischer of the University of Gottingen of the coal supply of the world sc far as data exists for making an estimate. Coal exists in Russia and in China, and presum- ably in vast guantities, but so little is known of the extent of the veins that the doctor makes no attempt to form a calculation concerning them. Of the other countries of the world he estimates that Germany has a supply of about 160,000 million tons; Hungary, Bel- gium and France together, 17,000 million tons; Great Britain, 81,500 million tons; and America 684,000 mil- lion tons, so that, taking the world at large, there is ro danger of a coal famine sufficiently stringent to interfere with industry at any time near enough to interest this generation. Coming to particular countries the estimate is that the United States coal supply is practically inexhaust- ible within measurable time. ~Germany has an ample supply at the present rate of consumption for 1000 years. Russia and China are doubtless equally well provided for. The orly country where coal exhaus- tion is threatening is Great Britain and Dr. Fischer calculates that within the present century the Brit- ish supply may besso exhausted that it will not be possible to mine it economically. Britain will then have to import instead of exporting coal, and with and British commerce, and probably a weakening of the empire. At the present time coal is mined more cheaply in the United States than anywhere else owing to the extent to which we make use of improved machinery, but the British mines are so much nearer to the sea than our own that they have an advantage int furnish- ing coal for export. The advantage, however, is not so great as it has been in times past, and of late years the United States has been a heavy exporter of coal to Continental Europe notwithstanding the distance it has to be m:nsponed. How much the coal supply of the world will be augmented when the deposits of Russia and China have been exploited and brought into the market is a matter of speculation. A recent writer on China says: “It is a curious commentary on that really civilized land which, as far as we know, is richet in coal than any other country in the world, that almost none of it is yet available for steam power. It is largely used by the Chinese, but mainly in the regions where it is mined. The land routes are so miserably poor that it does not pay to haul coal more than twenty-five miles. Unless a mine is within this dis- tance of water carriage the area of the distribution of the output is confined to the immediate neighbor- hood. Steamships at Shanghai are to-day fllling their bunkers with ccal brought from Europe because it is cheaper than coal expensively brought from Chinese mines in the interior,” Whatever be the supply of Asia it is not at all likely it will ever be sufficiently developed to count as a serious rival to that of the United States. As improved mining machinery enables us to pay better | wages to coal miners and yet mine the coal more cheaply than any other country, so will improved transportation facilities enable us to carry it to the sea and across the sea in competition with all rivals. Then the commerce of the world will be ours unless we deliberately permit it to be taken from us by the subsidized shipping of foreign nations. . e ——— Lord Kitchener meant well of course when he told the Boers that they “have the making. of another America in South Africa,” but he clearly forgot that America did not do much until it shook off British rule. e ——— THE CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN. CALIFORNIA Republicans are fortunate in being able to enter upon the Congressional campaign under the leadership of men who have been tried in office’and have proven not only their fidelity to their constituents but their ability to serve the district, the State, the party and the natiof: It is true the reapportionment of the State and the addition of a new Congressional district has changed more or less the constituencies to which the candidates are to appeal, but virtually the party re- | nominates in each district its present Representative and asks it to support a man who has been tried, tested and found equal to the duties of his office and worthy of its honors: It is fortunate that this is so, because this is an off year in national politics, and experience has shown that in such years the opposition party is very apt to carry the House. So often has that been the case in the past that many political experts in figur- ing out the prospects of the campaign do not hesitate to concede that the Democrats have on the whole the advantage in the contest. They argue that while the prevailing prosperity will help the 'Republicani and will count as a strong factor in' their favor in nearly every constituiency, the from the vote of the Presidential year will more than counterbalance it. They maintain that the very force that carries one party into power in a Presidential election will generate a corresponding reaction two years later. Thus when Greeley was defeated in 1872 it was- believed that Democracy was hopelessly de- moralized for years to come, and yet two years later it carried the House of Representatives by a big majority. That there is no valid cause for a reaction againsi the present administration is true, but the danger none the less exists. When people are prosperous they sometimes wax fat and kick. Sometimes they become indifferent and neglect to go to the polls. Sometimes they permit themseclves to vote with the opposition because of some petty measure neglected by the administration which leads them to whimsi- cally overlook the many important things the ad- ministration has accomplished. Taking all such in- valid but potent causes of opposition together they make a formidable array, and Republicans can afford to take no chances at any stage of the contest. Along what lines the Democratic opposition in California will attack the Congressional districts this year has not yet been made apparent. It is even likely that the very men who are seeking Democratic nominations for Congress have no clear idea of what issues they intend to raise or what argument they will use. In the East, however, it is now fairly cer- tain the fight will be made mainly on the tariff. The Philippine question has been dropped. It has been found that the people will not support any attack upon either the army or the administration on that score. President Roosevelt’s straightforward course with respect to the regulation of trusts has eliminated that issue from the field of controversy, so that vir- tually the opposition has no choice. Either they must persist in the vagaries of Bryanism or return to the old fight for free trade. The chances, therefore, are very strongly on the side of a revival of the tariff issue. It will probably begin with a demand for reciprocity treaties and for a revision here and there, but once begun there will be no stopping short of a complete breakdown of the protective system. California has large interests at stake on the tariff. She will be the first to suffrr from any reciprocity or from any partial revision. She must therefore put stalwart protectionists on guard. The Republicans have presented such men. They must now stand by them and see to it that the off year reaction does not lead to the defeat of a single one of them. e e It is stated that there has been such a falling off in the number of recruits for the British army that the Ministry is seriously considering the advisability of proposing some kind of conscript law as a necessity of empire. Either the army must be strengthened or the people must face the prospect of defeat the first time the nation comes into conflict with a first- class power. ) It will be noted that the people who are shouting for a revision of the tariff invariably advocate reduc- tion of duties on some article that is not produced anywhere near their homes. g Tom L. Johnson has never declared straight out that he is a candidate for the Presidency, but as he is fighting everybody who declares for any one else, -~ Lthat change will come a decline in British industry the symptoms are hardly to be mistaken invariable reaction’ FRENC H CRUISER CHATEAURENAULT IS THE SWIFTEST OF HER C LASS " FRANCE HAS ADDED TO ITS NAVY A FORMIDABLE COMMERCE DESTROYER, THE CRUISER CHATEAU- RENAULT, WHICH IS THE FASTEST CRAFT IN HER CLASS THAT PLOWS THE SEAS, AS WAS DEMON- STRATED IN HER FINAL TRIALS, RECENTLY CONCLUDED. —_— HE French Cruiser CHateaurenault has finally concluded her trials and far exceeded anticipations. On July 31 the ship steamed 2419 knots with the wind and 23.88 knots I against the wind—an average of 24.03 knots—with 24,000 horsepower. The Chateaurenault is a first class crylser of 8018 tons displacement, with triple screw engines calculated to develop 23,000 horsepower and 23 knots speed, and Is intend- ed, like the Columbia and Minneapolis in the United States Dayy, to prey upon the enemy’s commerce. Her trial begao in July, 1900, but failed on account of improper alignment of the engines. This defect has now apparently been remedied end as the boilers, which are of the Normand-Sigaudy water- tube type, are able to supply all the steam required the ship may be classed as a success. Her estimated cost was $3,094,- 000, which| has been largely excecded through the expenditures in repairs during the twc yveais since her unsuccessful trials. ¢ s e The- British cruiser Europa has been fitted with new boil- ers and passed through her trials, making 19.5 knots with 13- 8% horsepower during a thirty houys’ run under four-fifths power. Under the elght hour full power trial on July 22, the engines developed - 16,823 “horsepower with 1083 revelutions, giving a speed of 20.5 knots, and the coal consumption was 215 pounds per unit of horsepower. The Huropa is one of eight cruisers of 11,000 tons built in 18%6-67, four of the shi_ps being fitted with Belleville boilers intended to develop 16,500 horsepower. The first official trials were satisfactory, but 6n her voyage to Australia during 190 she consumed about 6000 tons of coal in forty-nine days under steam, or more than | double the quantity calculated, and upon her return to Eng- land in September, 190, the ship was laid up for alterations. The thirty Belleville boilers have since been removed and ordinary box boilers substituted, involving an expenditure of about $150,000. Gunnery records are improving in the British navy, the battleship Hood scoring 3 per cent hits with her thirteen- inch guns and the Ocean 6§ per cent with twelve-inch guns. Marine Artillery Sergeant Salmon on board the Hood hit the target seven times in seven shots from a six-inch gun. The world’s record in coaling has been beaten by the Brit- ish cruiser Terrible on August 5, when the ship took jn 15i0 tons in five hours at Singapore. The work was done by Chi- nese alone, who used poles and baskets, whereas at Hongkong, when the Terrible made a record of 272 tons an hour, the crew: assisted. 4 The Eiswick yard, founded by Lord Armstrong, was start- ed in 1847 as an engine shop, and eight years later the first gun. was turned out. It began shipbuilding in a small way in the seventies, and by 1883 the plant had grown to considerable importance; - The works, embracing all .the cognant industries required to build and equip the largest ships of war, cover | 230 acres and the employes number 25,00. The payroll for the | first two weeks footed up to $49 45, while now the weekly pay- roll is ahout $200,600. The British estimated expenditures in 1901 were $137,000,000 in round numbers for naval ports, harbors and naval bar- racks, calculated to be completed in about six years. The works at Gibraltar and Hongkong will probably be compieted in 1905 and those at DovEr and Malta in 1%8. Thus far $36,- 000,000 has been expended upon these objects, leaving $101,000,- 000 to be provided for during the next six years. £ . An order for six destroyers of 350 tons, 6000 horsepower and 22 knots speed has been placed with Schichau at Elbing for the German navy. The boats will be numbered 114 to 119. An armored cruiser named Prinz Karl was launched from the yard of Blohm, Hamburg, June 21, for the German navy. TO MUCH- azked a number of those who have re-| James Robinson, Mi; She is an enlargement and improvement of the Prinz Heinrich type, being 9048 toms and 21 knots speed, against the latter's 8920 tons and 20 knots. The battery and protection is also increased. The new ship is 393.7 feet in length, 65.5 beam and 24.5 draught, her motive power triple screws, fourteen Durr bollers of 17,000 horsepower and a normal coal supply of 0 tons, with a bunker capacity of 1500 tons. The battery com- sists of four 8.27-inch guns in two 5.9-inch thick turrets; six 6-inch guns in 6-inch casemates; four 6-inch in 3.88-inch thick turrets; twelve 3.45-inch, ten l.45-inch rapid firers and six tor- pedo tubes. The armor hLelt extends all around the ship and ranges in thickness from 3.98 inches amidships to 3.14 inches at ends. Above the water line belt the battery deck Is pro- tected by 6-inch armor for one-third of its length and the upper, deck sides have 3.93-inch armor for ome-fifth of its length. The protection deck has a thickness of 157 inches on the flat and 3.14 inches on the slope. The complement is 530 officers and crew. AR ] The Russian battleship Retvizan, built by Cramps at Phila- delphia, has been an unlucky ship during her commission of one year. While on her way from Cherbourg to Kronstadt a steam pipe burst, killing five firemen. On her arrival at Kronstadt the ship was docked to have the hull painted, and while four sallors were being lowered to attend to this work the cradle broke and the men fell to the bottom of the dock, killing two outright and serfously injuring the other two. Six cruisers of the Novik type are under comstruction for the Russian navy. The keels of the Jemtchug and Izumrud were laid June 15 at the Nevsky yard at St. Petersburg, the Almaz and Oleg are buflding at the Baltic and the New Ad- miralty yards, also at St. Petersburg; the Kalgoula at Sebas- topol and a sixth, not yet named, at Schichau, Germany. These seven cruisers, which may be denominated as scouts, are of 3200 tons, 19,000. horsepower and 25 knots speed, are the fastest vessels in any navy, and England contemplates follow- ing the lead of Russia. Five destroyers of $12 tons and 27 knots speed have been deltvered from the contractors at Havre. During the same period four destroyers of 240 tons and 29 knots speed were bullt at Russian yards, the trial speeds of which ranged from 2.5 knots to 26.18 knots. The Baklan, of 350 tons, intended to make 30 knots, exceeded the requirements by one knot. The Russian navy persomnel consists at the present time of 2131 officers and 57,957 men. The increase of the Russian- fleet in Asiatic waters de- mands additional docking facilities and three large docks are to be begun during the present year—two at Vladivostok and one at Port Arthur. At the latter place the large dock is be- ing lengthened to 600 feet, and at Vladivostok there is ons dock of 575 feet length. g A . Rather than go to sea two officers have resigned from the navy. One is Pay Inspector Arthur Peterson, whose last cruise expired in May, 1900. His rank was that of a com- mander and his salary $4000 while at sea and $3750 on shore duty. In less than ten years he would retire on a pay of $2675, which he sacrifices to escape going to sea. The other officer is Lieutenant W. E. Safford, who has been on furlough since April 19, 1901, and is employed at the Smithsonian In- stitution as an expert on bugs. He was within twelve num- bers of belng promoted to lleutenant commander with sea pay of $3500. The sea service of these two officers covers less than one-half of their total service. The damages to the battleship- Illinois extended over a length of ten feet on her bottom, through which piates, several frames and Intercostais have to be renewed. ® B S S 2 b e i S Y SOCIETY REGRETFULLY BIDS FAREWELL ADMIRED MARGARET ANGLIN tion was | pansies fo Mr. Miller, suggesting yourng physicians who desire to establish te}l:der:;n al;als;"e;\’::u“ “:;p Dr. Ar-| “‘Heartsease,” were very pleasing, while | themselves professionally. nold Genthe at his studio on| the maple leaf garland placed about Miss (I e Saturday evening. The affalr was| Anglin's neck was a pretty tribute t0| The next bride-elect to go down to the quite informal—so much so that the host | Canada, her birthplace. Among thosel mg\nd, to be married will be Miss Emi- refused to call it a reception, but merely | present were: Miss G. L. Lansing, Mrs. | lita Carman, who will become the wife iss Florence Josselyn, ned to town, chiefly the young set, ::‘ call and say good by to Miss Anglin. They did so and a score of girls popular in society, radiant in smartgowns and pic- turesque hats, chatted so busily and gayiy ihot the new season seemed well begun for soclety. Everything was perfectly erranged for the enjoyment of the guests. The rcoms were made even more artistic by the decorations. Dr. Genthe's individ- { vality was apparent in the picturesque groupings of rare foliage. Dellclous re- freshments were served. Miss Anglin looked sweet and lovable in a simple cloth gown and hat. She looks a trifle pale and thin after her sea- son's work, but her successes, or, per- haps, the girls' adoration, made her very Bt ts were Amen; e es! 2 M'll;s gatherlgn“e Herrin, Miss Efsie Sper- ry, Miss Kathryn Robinson, Miss Etolka Williar, Miss Kate Dillon, Miss Jaquelin Moore, Miss Marie Wells, Mrs. Gus Boy- er, Miss Craft, Porter Garnet, Captain Johnston, U. 8. A, and'MrA Deering. ot o Miss Anglin gave an informal tea at her flat on Ellis street last week. She was the guest of Mrs. Jack Casserly at Surlingame on the p.revl:ms day. . Some racent visitord to the Orient re- turn with interesting tales of Miss Kate Dillen’s trip, it being, they say, one of missionary work rather than globe-trot- ting., Their reason for saying so is that where Miss Dillon and Miss Cosgrove registered at hotels each wrote the word *‘missionary” opposite her name. It was done in a spirit of Wun, doubtless, but was certainly a safeguard against fortune hunters, who abound everywhere. So- ciety will be without Miss Dillon again this scason, as she leaves in October for }‘::umpe..oi‘he has been putting it off for some time, waiting for her mother, Mrs. Maurice Casey, to decide whether shc would join the party, but this matter is still unsettled. . . ‘When the Greer Harrisons entertain | they invariably delight their guests with originality. They do not confine them- selves to a set pattern in entertaining, but consider the individuality of thos= invited and see that the arrangements svit the occasion perfectly, even to ev- ery detail of the decorations. At the Bo- hemian Club breakfast for Miss Anglin and Henry Miller on Thursday, tendered by Mr. Harrison, the thoughtfulness of the host was again apparent.’ Mar- guerites at Miss Anglin’s plate, referring to her latest triumph as Camille, and Mrs. C. L. Bent, Mrs. William Greer Har- rison, Miss Elsie Harrison, Mrs. de Grea- yer, Miss Kate Gunn, Mrs. Grant Sel- fridge, Mrs. Welsenberg, Joseph D. Red- ding, John Fedris, Christlan Froelich, Harry Gillig, R. M. Hotaling, A. B. Walkington, Donald de V. Graham, Frank Deering, Willlam Courtleigh, Dr. Grant Selfridge, R. P. Ritchet and Denis O’Sullivan. Ter O The Harrisons quaintly announced the engagement of their daughter, Eisie, to Arthur Walkington of Belfast, Ireland, at their tea on Tuesday last, by present- ing each guest with an artistic heart of green, the national color of the groom- clect. When the hearts were opened the announcement hidden in each was dis- clcsed. After the wedding in October the ‘couple will live in Ireland on an estate very near the present home of Miss Har- rison’s sister, who married in London two years ago. P o Miss Fannie Loughborough’s engage- ment to Allen Wallace is one of the most interesting topics of conversation at pres- ent. When Mr. Wallace came out from New York last winter he was handsome- 1y entertained by Emile Brugulere and was immensely popular from the start. Up to | a few days ago, when the engagement leaked out, there had been much specula- tion as to where the New York eligible would place his affections. Some months ago rumor had it that Mr. Wallace was very devoted to Cornelia Baxter-Tevis | while at Monterey, and that Mrs. Baxter encouraged his attentions to her daughter in every way. Since the Baxter family have returned to Denver the gossips have dropped the subject. Mr. Wallace is espe- clally liked at the clubs, where he is pro- nounced democratic, notwithstanding the fact fhat he is a member of the Vander- bilt family and a cousin of the Duchess of Marlborough. * s . Another engagement announcement is that of Miss May Polhemus to Dr. A. B. Spalding. Miss Polhemus has been one of the most active young women in so- clety for some time and has many de- Yyoted friends to shower good wishes upon her. The wedding wiil not take place until after Easter. Dr. Spalding is not widely known in San Francisco as yet, having re- turned but recently from the East, where he has spent much of his time since grad- uating from Stanford in 1896. The couple will probably reside in this city, as Dr. Spalding has a good position as interne at the Woman's Hospital, and San Fran- cisco affords many opportunities for of Naval Constructor John D, Beuret. Miss Carman Is a daughter of the late Dr. B. R. Carman and resides with her sister, Mrs, Elliott Snow, on Broadway, Miss Carman is a charming young woman and deserves all the happiness that is coming to her. However, the groom will not receive all of the congratulations, for Miss Carman has won a prize and will be equally proud of him. Naval Con- struetor Beuret graduated with honors at Annapolls in the clas of '92, ahead at all times, and is now stationed at Ca- vite, where he is in charge of the Gov- ernment’s construction department in the Philippines. In addition to his cleverness young Beuret possesses a wealth of in- nate refinement and a kind and sensitfve nature. A. A. Moore of Menlo Park, who re- Zemly x;mrfled beautiful Mrs. McCarthy, ave a large coaching party yester: to San Mateo and vieinity in honor o%np- tain Smith, whp will be in command of the new steamer Siberia. e e Miss Elizabeth Huntington was th 3 guest of Miss Sophia Coleman at Hotel Mateo early last week. Miss Huntington expects to go to New York this month for several weeks. SALLY SHARP. e . PERSUNAL MENTION. Frank Knox, an attorn Lake City, is at the Palace, ndrn E. B. Willis, pro; Sacra- mento Record- C‘x’:xngrl::‘,:t ot'ham;uu W. D. Crichton, a business man of Fresno, is a recent arrival at the Lick. G. S. Holmes, a hotel proprietor of Sait Lake City, is registered at the Palace. J. B. Overton, a capitalist of Ovefton, Nev., is among the arrivals at the Russ. J. Warren Phillips, a mining man of Siiver City, Nev., is a guest at the Cal- ifornia. K. Haga, a wealthy tea merchant of Formosa, Japan, who is making a tour of the world, is registered at the Oeci- dental. Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend's.* —_——— Townsend's California Glace fruit and candles, 50c¢ a pound, in artistic fire-etched Dboxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. Market st., Palace Hotel building.* p —_————————— Special information supplied dally to bLusiness houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cali« fornia street. Telephone Main 1044 ¢