The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1903, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 190 » ——— Che S Eall. | .:...:.APRIL 14, 1903 knprlelo; ;UESDA\'A % S JOHN D. SPRECKELS, 3 . Address Al Communitations to W. S. L'?AI\'E, Mlnl“f\. ~ TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Departme: t You Wish. .Market and Third, 8. F. 217 to 221 Stevemsom St. PUBLICATION OFFICE LDITORIAL ROOMS. . Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. ies, G Cents. meluding Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year. Sost u.:g | DAILY CALL Gncluding Sunday), 6 months, :.w DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), 3 months 204 DAILY CALL—By Single Month Bl 1.00 All postmasters are auth rized to receive subscriptions. Sample eoples will be forwarded when requested. ing chan 18 be Mall subscribers In ordering change of add shou particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRZTSS in order % tnsure a prompt end correct compliance with thelr request. OAKLAND OFFICE. 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CRANE, Correspondent. 1mis BRANCH OFFICES—S27 Montgomery, ccrner of Clay, open unti! 9:30 o'clock. 800 Hayes, open unt!l 9:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until 980 o'clock. 1841 Mission, open until 10 c'clock. 2261 | Market, corner Sixteenth, open until ® c'clock. 1098 Va- lencia, open until 9 o'clock. 108 Eleventh, open until 9 welock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, cpen | wntil § o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until § p. m. ‘ | | = THE AUSTRALIAN LESSON. OR 2z good many years AL | persons who b(':n:\'et‘ mental control of publ 1 have used Australia as an object I the skeptical that governments can do alr iness better than individuals. They were | £ b citing the success of various enterprises | by some of the Australian provinces and should | American communities and St oliow the example. F derable period the reports from Austra- lia served well the purposes of the Socialists. They | | of glowing accounts of railroad construction, | the unemployed, municipal enterprises and undertakings. The sanguine advocates of such emes did not stop to reflect that most of the Aus- 2 governmental works were to be paid for by borrowed money, and that the true test of their suc- cess would be made wher® the-time-came to pay off the obligations. It was sufficient for them that Aus-| tfalia was having a2 boom. They seized upon every | eisdence of progress in the country as a proof of the | benefits of government operation and control of al- most everything in sight from railroads to gas plams.j The time bas now come for the Australians to meet | eir debts and it is becoming more and more the real teaching of the much vaunted | is just the opposite of that for which it | was so fondiy cited. In fact, it is said that if the sh creditors of the various Australian States do find some way to put a check upon the expendi- the governments in such enterprises, the | whole federation will soon be virtually bankrupt. Be- | tween 1870 and 1903 the debts of the governments have been increased from £28,000,000 to £135,000,000, | and the end is not yet, for the back districts are | clamoring for more railroads, the unemployed for | more relief, and the government employes for higher | wages The demands of tote 2 on tures of he government employes consti- | very serious feature in the political situation of The governments have extended their | business operations so far that it is said fully 13 per| cent of all the adult males of the country are in lI\ei governmental service. They constitute 20 per cent | oi-the entire voting population, and as they are] thoroughly organized they hold the balance of power in"nearly all elections. Thus they form a formidable | menace to any government that dares to oppose | them, and knowing their strength, they do not hesi- | tate to exercise it to advance their fortunes at the | gxpense of the taxpayers and the public service. The result of the situation is that the people of Australia find themselves burdened with a weight of taxation so heavy that it deters immigration. While | Canada, Argentine and the United States attract thousands of home seekers every year, the Australian States, that have been so boastful of the paradise they the country were. going to make for workingmen, have almost | The men who, ceased to attract workingmen at all. ‘miigrate to make their homes in new lands are, as a rile, men of 2 sturdy independence and self-confi- dence. They go to lands where the individual has a chance to master his own difficulties and make his own_ fortune, A immigration even in these days when the migratory movement among the peoples of the earth is greater than it was ever before in history. The facts are that the governmental enterprises are ‘economic failures. The State constructed railroads of Australia cost more per mile than those of the United States and the expense of operating them is mach higher. It costs the Australian farmer as much o ship his wheat over a State road 250 miles as it osts an American farmer to ship his wheat from hicago to Liverpool. Such are the final teachings of the Australian object The Socialists have noted them and are not referring to “the Australidn experiment so often as they did a few years ago. Nevertheless, it will be sorth while for .American voters to attend to the Aesson. It has 2 moral for every American commu- nity in these days when a demand for municipal con- trol of public utilities is becoming so much of a fad. esson Marie Corelli has risen to object to the erection Sf-a Carnegie library- at Stratford-on-Avon. She “says it will lead to the demolition of houses that stand “as landmarks of Shakespeare’s time; and thus we 'Jgarn anew that great minds cannot agree and that plutocrats and genius were born to distress one another. | 140; canned fruits, 200 per cent. | the soil. | the State was $34,3 W socialistic state does not attract| thém; and, except in districts where gold fields ha\‘c‘; been discovered, Australia is receiving very slight | THE STATE'S BALANCE S.HEET‘ HE annual report of the State Board of Trade Tis the only source of the fruit statistics, and is A 3 reliable statement of othér economic facts, which show the variety and ‘exportablé volume and value of California’s surplus. This report is for cal- endar years, and that for 1902 is just out. The shipment of green deciduous, citrus and dried fruits, raisins and nuts out of the State last year were, for Northern California, 34,904, and for South: ern California, 23,479 car loads, or 58,383 by rail for the whole State. Adding 3320 car loads shipped by | <ca and the grand total is 61,713 car loads of ten tons cach. Southern California, of course, shipped the bulk of the citrus fruits, being 20,004 car loads, against 1648 car loads shipped by Northern Cali- fornia. But of green deciduous and dried fruits, ins and canned fruits and nuts, Southern Cali- against Northern Cali- ra fornia shipped only 2570, fornia’s shipment of 33,256 car loads. The report puts e farm value of this fruit export at $35,000,000. Our wheat, barley and flour export was valued at $21,250,- 000; our wool at $2,690,000; hops at $2,000,000; but all together these exports were $7,000,000 less than our fruit. The increase in our surplus for export is not less remarkable than the volume it has attained. Our green deciduous fruit export since 1890 gained 294; citrus froits, 947; dried fruits, 470; raisins, 231; nuts, Wine and brandy increased 200 per cent. These figures are of exports alone, and do not take into account home consumption. Fruit, wheat, hops and wool are primarily or secondarily derived from Adding to the value of their exported sur- plus the value of the dairy products, $18.323,556, also of the soil, we have a total on those items of $81,- L Our output of beet sugar was 75,000 tons, value not given. The total value of all the mineral production of 981, which, added to the above the total: up to $115679,537. The manufactured products was $302,- 8/4.761. So, leaving out lumber, fisheries and crease in farm animals, the industries of Cali- fornia yielded for 1902 a grand total of $418.554,208. It is safe to say that, adding the omitted items and the value of the domestic consumption of fruits, hay and grain, and the State’s production for last year equaled a half billion of dollars. The report notes the great increase in the orange plantations being put out in the Northern California citrus belt, which extends along the western foothills total, brings value of our | of the Sierras for 350 miles. Shasta leads in the value of mineral product by reason of her copper output. of $6,737,571. Yolo produced the least of our forty- four mineral counties, being $2300 in value. We produced forty-nine different kinds of minerals, ranging from gold to fuller's earth. The highest rainfall was fifty-three inches, at Red- ding; the lowest seven inches, at Riverside. The tables of temperature, taken from the records of the United States Weather Service, improve one’s opinion of the climate of San Francisco. The lowest temper- ature in this city was thirty-eight degrees; the lowest in Los Angeles was thirty-two. The temperature table covers nineteen years, and in all that time the lowest point reached in San Francisco was twenty- vine degrees, and in Los Angeles twenty-eight de- grees. In the whole period San Francisco reached a lower temperature than Los Angeles only three times. Los Angeles has a much higher maximum, but San Francisco a greater equability of tem- perature. The real estate transactions in San Francisco for the year amounted to $47,396,512. The deposits in the savings banks of this city were $156,817,633, and in the whole State $198,048,066 62, an increase over 1897 of $67,434.564 57. The general distribution of prosperity is shown by the reduction of mortgage debts. Since 1807 we have paid such debts at the rate of $750,000 per month, and this reduction was general all over the State, and notably in the counties of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, and of the bay and coast. While so many Eastern people are looking h:re,’ with a view to changing their location, no better missionary document will be found than this careful and aceurate report of the oldest organization we have for the purpose of putting the materialities of California fairly before our own people and the world. o s The Boston dairymen have settled their differences with the milk contractors by an arrangement which will increase their revenues about $100,000 a year. Of course, Boston folks will have to pay it, but they can make up the amount by economizing on beans. b WHY EUROPE COMPLAINS. £ have heard of late many complaints from Europe of the ill effects of what is called the “American invasion.” Sometimes the com- : plaint is that we are ruining the farmers of Germany and depressing the sausage industry. Sometimes | France denounces us for cornering the shoe et | and Great Britain growls because we are stocking | her colonies and her home market with cheap manu- factured goods of all kinds. We listen to such charges with good grace and even with a satisfied smile, because they are pleasing to our pride. We like to be known as aggressive hustlers in business, and so long as we sell our clams we are willing to | let the neighbors complain of the way we do it. Lately, however, Europe has taken to making other complaints against us. Paris asserts that we are ruining her boulevard cafes by converting them into American barrooms, where men go to drink | cocktails and talk loudly, so that the oid-time charm of the boulevards is lost in the shuffle and the noise. A mourner over the departed glory says: “All Paris makes its rendezvous in these establishments, to ab- sorb cocktails—sinister drinks, the terror of stomachs. Yesterday, ladies of fashion returning from the Bois might sfop for refreshments without escort. To-day there is a noise of demons—men, doting on gin and whisky: women, in great hats and noisy wraps, smok- ing cigarettes and laughing loudly.” ) To have destroyed the charm of the Parisian cafes, ve driven away ladies returning from the Bois and to have substituted cocktails for absinthe is very sad, but it appears we have treated Berlin even more rudely than Paris. A German potentdte -of high idegrec - declares that society in the em- pire is being rendered - ridiculous and unseemly even in the drawing-rooms of the nobility by the introduction of American dances. The ag- gressive Yankees, he says, are taking away from the fatherland noble works and priceless treasures of art, they are drawing from the fatherland, moreover, many a gifted artist and learned scientist, and in re- turn are giving Gerniany nothing but ragtime music and ignoble amusements. : He puts the case this way: “Last year there were to { Her total had a value | pexhibited at the South Kensington Museum the art treasures which J. Pierpont Morgan bought of Mann- heim, the collector. There were thirteen cases full of these magnificent pieces of silver, enamel and faience. At the same time one could see at the Guild- hall other works of art for the Morgan palace, while at Cherbourg and at Havre priceless pictures were being transported to America. And for these treas- ures what does America bring us? The cakewalk.” Now we know what grinds the European and makes Berlin and Paris shudder when they learn that a rich American is coming to town. The horror is due to no feeling of sensitiveness concerning sausages or shoes, but to the cakewalk and the cocktail. It is because of those things we are getting a bad name abroad, and it would seem to be time for us to change our methods. Let us relieve Paris by substituting the primitive gin sling for the decadent cocktail, restore the dignity of German dames by teaching them to dance the double shuffie instead of the cakewalk, and then the American who goes to either capital with_ money will find somebody to take him in without grqwlin; ‘ e — : : Now that we have a general staff for-the army, it is suggested that we have a similar staff for the navy. Next will be a demand for a staff for the Postoffice De!:artment and perhaps in the end there will not be a single organization in nation, State or county that that will cost money. f FOR CURRENCY REFORM. S Finance Committee of the Senate will meet some time in May and prepare a bill providing It is the expectation of the Senator that the bill will be ready for presentation as soon as Congress meets The Senator is never an alarmist. He does not in- sist that an elastic currency is necessary to the gen- will be able to get along without a staff of some kind ENATOR ALLISON has announced that the for the much needed reform of our currency system. next fall, and that it will be promptly enacted. eral business of the country. He contents himself ficial if adopted, but intimates that in the meantime we are getting along very well and have nothing to fear. In an interview on the subject he said: “In the financial center here money may get tight on account of the logical and legitimate demand for it. On the other hand, you take the farmer, who is the man that looks to the sky and the earth for sunshine, rain and good crops, and he isn't disturbed by the financial flurries in the money market. He is going right ahead. To-day there is hardly any available land in the country that is not used either for grazing or agricultural pursuits, and that is the substructure of the whole fabric of the nation. We are prosperous and we are expanding. It is a healthy, natural and logical growth. Perhaps it has been rapid, and, as they say of youths, ‘growing pains’ may come for a time, but I believe that all will be right in the end.” Doubtless Senator Allison was talking mainly for optimism when he made the statement that a mone- tary stringency in New York would not affect the | farmer, and his words are not to be taken seriously. It happens, however, that the lack of an elastic cur- | | rency is a very serious matter to the American peo- ple and is liable to precipitate disaster. Last fall the | monetary stringency in New York was so acute that the Secretary of the Treasury had to go to the relief of the market several times. A similar condition of affairs may come again, notwithstanding that the bankers have made arrangements to guard against | the recurrence of the danger. There is no need for alarm, but at the same time | | there is every need for a clear understanding of the | situation. It is an issue that affects the farmer as | well as the banker. Should a financial stringency paralyze the financing of commerce. during the crop- | | { moving season the farmer would find very little com- | | fort watching the sunshine, while waiting in vain for | some one to buy his grain. | B | spent as much money in irrigating the West as it has expended in trying to keep the Mississippi from over- irrigating the big valley it will have something better in the way of results to show for the coin. B — LANE INELIGIBLE. HE original body of the constitution left the Tqualifications of the Vice President of the United States in doubt. But the twelfth amendment re- quires that they be the same as those of the Presi- dent. So, by accident of birth, Mr. Lane goes out of the running, and cannot fight Hearst by entering for the Vice Presidency. He will have to get down on the ground, and take his club to the candidacy of his enemy. £ Mr. Lane once had considerable sway in the poli- tics of Washington Territory. He is still something more than a tradition up there, and may find it con- venient to notice the Hearst boomloid that is to be started in a meeting in Secattle this month. Mr. Hearst is now on the coast, and if he can’t get these various conventicles to favor his candidacy, he will secure their attention to the fact that his three news- papers are still issued, with off rates, rebates and drawbacks for clubs. Tt will soon rise to a rivalry between him and Mr. Bryan to see which can get the greatest amount of advertising out of the party, which seems at present incapable of being used for any { cther purpose. One fact stands out very plainly. All other booms, including the cold, blue, intellectual boom of Judge Parker, have gone into limbo, and Bryan, Tom Johnson, Carter Harrison and Hearst hold the center of the stage. It is a spectacle, whether edifying or not, to see Cleveland, Carlisle, Gorman, Parker and even Hill retired, fallen in innocuous desuetude, while the new and quadruple stars hold public attention and discuss the division between them of the honors of leader- ship, and cast lots for that sawdust cake, the Presi- dential candidacy! As soon as the Iroquois Club of San Francisco declares its choice the thing will be settled. Mr. Lane should remember that Tilden and Church secured leadership of the pér!y finally by bolting Cass and nominating Van Buren at the Buffalo convention, It may be his chance to bolt himself into the position of a2 Warwick for 1908. If he is as good a kicker as he is a runner, he can impress himseli on Hearst's shins. : i —— \ _The: Moros have showed their teeth again. and more than one hundred of them testify in death to the glory of American arms. It would be interesting to find out who-sent around the world that story of pplendi{i ‘peace and the lqui_ssiun of the Moros. Some miscreant has tried to burn the cup defender, Relianice, which has recently been launched. Per- haps this is the only way that the Shamrock III can beat her. ; with speaking of it as a reform which will be bene- | It is to be hoped that when the Government has ! FAIR WAS DEAD, WIFE BREATHING, SAYS WITNESS NEW YORK, April 13.—Justice Blanch- ard to-day decided that Luclen Mas, a witness in the Fair will case, need not answer questions that were asked him in the hearing before Referee Keener. Mas was asked who he was with and at what hotel he stopped at the night before the Paris automobile accident. He replied that he was with a woman, but refused to give her name or tell the name of the hotel on’ the ground that as he was a married man the answer would tend to degrade’ and incriminate him. Justice - Blanchard decided that the question was immaterial and incompetent and not necessary to the action. The hearing was resumed and Lucien Mas concluded his testimony under cross-examination. Counsel for Mrs. Nelson then called Alfred J. Morane of France, who, Mas says, was with him when he witnessed the accident to Mr. and Mrs. Fair. Morane says he was with Mas on the day of the accident. He was off his blcy- cle when the automobile with the Fairs and their, chauffeur passed him. It was going very fast. “1 had dismounted from my machine,’* he sald, “when the automobile passed to my left. Then I saw it come to a stop with a great noise. My friend preceded me to where the automobile stood. I saw three bodies. The first one I approacied was the chauffeur. He was screaming and trying to rise. Next I saw the gen- tleman. His skull was crushed out of ali semblance to humanity. As 1 was exam- ining the gentleman Mr. Mas said to me: ‘The lady is not dead.’ I looked around and saw Mas lift theé lady and place her with her head against a tree.”” “How near to the lady did you ap- progch?” he was asked. “I was within a yard of her. I re- marked that her nose and eye were wounded and that a stream of bloud trickled across her forehead.” “Did you see the lady move?" “I saw her lips move, the hands tighten and the chest move slightly. The lips moved as though she was breathing.” Do you recollect what you saw after your friend put her down?” “For about a minute I saw her breath- ing gently. Her lips were still moving when I turned away from her.” “Did the gentleman move at all?"” “‘He did not. He was in the same posi- tion when I turned away as when I saw him first.” At this point an adjournment was taken until to-morrow. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. CABLE CARS—H. C., City. The first cable cars on the Market-street line were started in August, 1883. SAN FRANCISCO-M. J., City. The population of San Francisco, according to the census of 1900 was 342,782, IMMIGRANTS—E. J. M, City. The statistics of immigrants landed at Bos- ton, Mass., during the month of March, 150:, were not issued at the date of let- ter of Inquiry, March 30. MISSOURI REPUBLICAN—Enq., Cily. The Missourf Republican was formerly the Missouri Gazette, established in St. Louis, Mo., In 1808. The name was changed in 1822 to Republican. WEDDING PRESENTS—A. S, City. ‘When a wedding present is sent to the home of the bride it should be accom- panied with a card bearing the name of the sender and a few words of congratu- lation. SUICIDE—Subscriber, City. To learn ahout an individual who committed sui- cide in Los Angeles some time since give name and approximate date, in a letter of inquiry, directed to the Coroner of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Cal. INK SPOTS—L. M., City. A large ink spot on a mixed red and brown chenille table cloth may be removed by the use of salts of lemon or oxalic acid, but these | will probably leave a worse spot on the cloth. If used, the fabric must be thor- oughly washed to prevent corrosion. TO-MORROW—L. G. and Subscriber, City. To-morrow Is something of the fu- ture, and for that reason it is not proper | tc say “To-morrow is Wednesday,” be- | cause “is” refers to the present, but as | to-morrow is in reference to the future it is proper to say ‘“To-morrow will be Wednesday."” COUNT IN CRIBBAGE—F. W. B., Mar. tinez, Cal. In the game of cribbage, all the kings, queens, kpaves and tens count as ten each, the rest of the cards ! pccording to their ordinary face value, | as sixes for six, elghts for eight and so forth. Aces reckon one only. If the play was 3-4-ace-2 the last player is entitled to a run of four. 2 | WEDDING ANNIVERSARY—Subserib- er, City. The wedding anniversaries are: First, cotton; second, paper; third, leath- er; fifth, wooden; seventh, woolen; tenth, tin, twentieth, silk and fine linen; fif- teenth, crystal; twentieth, china; twenty- fifth, silver; thirtieth, pearl; fortleth, ruby; fiftieth, gold, and seventy-fifth, dia- mond. TERM—F. L., Olympia, NAUTICAL Wi Knot, a nautical term, is the ai- vision of the log line serving to measure the rate of a vessel's motion. The num- ber of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour. Hence when a ship goes eight miles an hour she is said to go eight knots. A knot is a nautical mile of 6086.7 feet. SUMPTUARY LEGISLATION—A.O. §., City. Sumptuary laws, so called, are those designed to repress and moderate the expenses of the private citizens. h were very common in early times. In kingdoms they had their origin in the idea that the King had absolute power over his subjects. In modern times the strong sentiment in favor of individual literty has prevented the adoption of sumptuary laws, but governments have endeavored to some extent to repress the use of luxuries by levying taxes thereon. TWO COW ORDINANCE—Subscriber, City. The following is the portion of the city and county of San Franciseo within which it is unlawful, under an ordinancs, to keep more than two cows: Lyon street, the southerly line of the Presidio reser- vatior, Sixteenth avenue, Fulton, Stan- yan, Frederick streets, First avenue, Six- teenth street extended westerlyto Parnas- sus avenue, between First avenue and Stanyan street extended, Stanyan street _southerly to a point where it would inter- sect Thirtieth street extended westerly, Thirtieth street, Castro street, Southern Pacific Raflroad to a point where Cres- cent avenue if extended westerly would intersect the same, Crescent avenue, An- cover avenue, Cortland avenue, San Bru- no avenue, Islais Creek and the waters of the bay from Islais Creek to the foot of Lyon street. The ordinance does not, however, apply to that portion bounded @8 follows: Commencing at the intersec- tion of the east line of Kentucky street with the southwest line of First avenue <cuth, thence southeast along the south- west line of First avenue south to the northeast line of I street south, thence scuthwesterly along the northerly line of I street to the southwest line of Seventh avenue south to the southeast line of Railrqad avenue, thence northeast along the southeast line of Railroad avenue to Kentucky street, thence north along the east line of Kentucky street to the south- west' line of First avenue south and place of commencement. THIS NATION WILL NOT AID IN COERCION/ —_— WASHINGTON, April 13.—An interest- ing account of an effort made by Great Britain and Germany to induce the United States to foin with them for a set- tlement of foreign debts is contained in the forthcoming volume of “Forelgn Re- lations of the United State Interest attaches to this incident because of its resemblance to the Venezuela episode. The following note was addressed to Sec- retary Hay: The council of forelgn bondholders in Lon- don, which s seeking to make a new ar- rangement with the Government of Guatemala respecting the forelgn debt of that country, has suggested that *he proposed arrangement ought to be acknowledged by the most in- terested powers—Germany, the United Stales and England—in order to induce the Govern- ment of Guatemala to stick to the mew ar- | rangement. The {mperlal German embassy would be much obliged If it could be informed whether the United States Government would be inclined to join in representing the above- mentioned should it be adopted by the Ger- man and English governments. To this Mr. Hay remarked: While the Government of the United States is indisposed to join in any collective act which' might bear the aspect of coercive pres- sure upon Guatemala this Government would reserve for ity citizens equal benefits with those which might be obtained for creditors of any other nationality in the adjustment of the Guatemalan foreign debt and the United States Minister at Guatemala would be In- structed to advise the Guatemalan Government of this Attitude on the part of the United States, PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. F. W. Browning of Haywards is at the Grand. J. del Valle, a merchant of Lodi, Is at the Occldental. W. P. Thomas, an attorney of Ukian, is at the Grand. T. J. Hammer, a publisher of Los An- geles, is at the California. W. L. Clark, the naval Renicia, is at the California. Ernest Rfall, an attorney of San Diégo, is registered at the California. J. C. McCandless, a business Honolulu, is at the Occidental. P. R. Helm, a wealthy merchant rzf‘ Honolulu, is at the Occidental. J. P. Smith, a wine merchant of Liv-| ermore, is registered at the Palace. Dwight Hollister, a prominent grower of Courtland, is at the Grand. W. D. Bradbury, who is connected with | the paper and pulp mills at Floriston, is | at the Palace. F. H. Mahl, who is connected with the Southern Pacific Company at Sacramento, | is at the Grand. A. G. Wells, general manager of the Santa Fe Company's Western lines, will arrive here to-day and will be followed later in the week by President Ripley and Vice President Kendrick. Major 8. Kobayashi of the Japanese Imperial Artillery arrived from the Ori- ent on yesterday’'s steamer, en route to| Washington on a secret mission. He is 1egistered at the.Occidental. €. Wakamiya, secretary of the Depart- ment of Communications of the Japanese Government, is at the Occidental. He has Leen sent here to confer with the Wash- ingtor authorities relative to navigation | matters. i chaplain at | man of Californians in New York. NEW YORK, April 13.—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—R. A. Edwards and Miss E. Edwards, at the Gilsey; P. J. Lavin and L. C. Carson, at the Park Avenue; F. B. Maldonodo, C. L.-Tilden, E. F. Brown and F. M. Miner, at the Imperial; 1. Moynin, W. F. Clark and L. A. Maison, at the Herald Square; J. E. Blake, at the Grand Union; M. Jones and wife and W. C. Leavitt, at the Holland; M. Dunham, J. Lawson and L. A. Shad- burne, at the Manhattan; J. J. Havisside, Jr., at the Vendome: D. Hong, at the Empire; R. Moody, at the Criterion; S. Shoen, at the Cadillac, and L. W. Stor- rer, at the Navarre. From Los Angeles—J. J. Crowell, at the Imperial; E. Jerusum, at the Raleigh, and J. Lee, at the Gilsey. From Oakland—Dr. H. Rowell, at the Hoffman, and Mrs. P. L. Wheeler, at the Manhattan. —————— Grocers Elect Officers. The members of the Grocers' Associa- tion and the Grocers’ Unfon held a meet- ing in the Parrott building last evening and elected the following officers to serve on their picnle, which will take place at Schuetzen Park on May 6: President, Her- man Lackmann: vice-president, Herman Methman; treasurer, D. F. Keefe, and secretaries, Fred Kruger and J. K. Tay- lor. The receipts of the picnic will go toward the entertainment fund for the National Grocers' Assoclation convention, which will be held in this eity In January of next year. ———— Insolvent Housewife. 1 Mary E. P. Ketler. housewife of Mill Valley, filed a petition in insolvency in the United States District Court yester- day. She owes $3791 and has no assets, —_—— We have all the latest novelties in play- ing cards (forty-eight backs to choose from), poker chips, counters, dice, domi- noes, chessmen and the cheapest line of retty tally cards and prizes in the city. | truit | ! dow)—TI doubt fit. anborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. * LOEB IS NOW ACTING CHIEF OF THE NATION CINNABAR, Mont., April 13.-Pre:!1dent Roosevelt is having the time of his life in the National Park. Just now he is about thirty miles from Fort Yellow- stone, in the midst of a herd of elk. In a tew days he will move to another camlp. where he can observe Luffalo, mountain nd antelope. !hvevel?u: the President is absent from his train Secretary Loeb is virtually head of the Government of the United States. He writes all officlal communications t-; heads of departments in ‘Washington ‘l‘:' decides all questions tdhal are ordinarlly assed up to the President. l,'I'he private car Elyssias therefore l!‘ the temporary White House. A little desk in the dining-room of the (‘a'rbw Deputy President Loeb’s office and Cabi- net room combined. Assistant 'Sel'rfla“ Barnes might be termed the “‘Cabinet. The “Cabinet” and Deputy President meet every morning, attend to what cor- respondence comes up and then adjourn the seat of government to Gardener or the Yellowstone River, where the trout are jumping. CHANCE TO SMILE. Exchange of Compliments—The village sexton, in addition to being gravedigger. acted as a stonecutter, house repairer and furniture remover. The local doctor, having obtained a more lucrative appointment in another county, employed the sexton to assist in his removal. When it came to settling up accounts the doctor deducted an old contra ac- count due by the sexton. He wrote at the same time, objecting to the charge made for removing his furniture. “If this was steady, it would pay much better than gravedigging." The sexton replied: “Indade, Oi wud be glad to ave a steady job; gravediggin' is very slack since you left."—Spare Moment: What was the cause of Vawdvill go- ing to the hospital?’ asked Futlites. “An Irish friend was telling him that the Hibernians of this country are going to put a stop (o actors impersonating them on the stage. Vawdvill agreed with him."" But did that didn't cause the fight, t? ““Yes. The Irishman sald that the actors didn't do the Hibernlans justice—and Vawdvill said no comedian could. When he came to he was in the ambulance. Cincinnat! Commercial Tribune. When my sister was still a very little, | rosy-cheeked girl, she was naughty one day, and mether sald: “1 think I shall have to put Annle in the cellar If she is not good.” “Then I'll eat all the sauer kraut, the little fat offender. When you realize that it was the win- ter's supply—a haif-barrel—you will not wonder that mother put off the punish- ment—Little Chronicle (Chic). sald First Lady Passenger—If that window isn't opened this minute I know I shall die. Second Ditto—Who opened that window” If it is not shut I shall die, I'm sure. Philosophical Gentleman — Conductor, please keep that window open till one of these ladies dies, then shut it and give the other an opportunity to quit this vale of tears.—Boston Transcript. Do you remember that schooima'am that I was so much mashed on when we went to school together down at the Forks?™ “Yep. Where is she now?" “I left her at my home half an hour ago."” “Then you married her after all?" “Not much I didn't. She married my youngest boy!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. “‘Bounderby offered to give me a basket of that domestic champagne he is mak- ing.” “Take it “No, it was too much bether.” “Too much bother?” “Yes, he wanted me to send back the basket.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Clerk—Michael, are you about through moving those trunks? Porter—Yis, sor. in a few minutes. Clerk—Well, when you've finished, stretch the life-net over the froat pave- ment. Mrs. Hibawl has just telephoned from the top floor that her husband has fallen out of the window.—Smart Set. Jack—1 see that the Legislature of Vir- ginia is going to pass a law to make peo- ple give up kissing. Dorothy—How funny! Do you supposs it will succeed? Jack (looking gloomily out of the win- Some people are so un- reasonable that they can’t be induced to give up even one.—Kansas City Journal. —ee——— Easter eggs, at Townsend's. . —_———— Townsend’'s California glace fruit and candies, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-stehed boxes. 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