The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 14, 1903, Page 8

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OAKLAND OFFICE. H 1118 Bromdway .Telephone Main 10S3 BERKELEY OFFICE. | 2148 Cemter Street ...Telephone North 77 | C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Manager Foreign Adver- tising, WMarquette Building, Chicago. | (Long Distance Telephone “‘Central 2619.") NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH. ...30 Tribune Bullding < CORRESPONDI NEW YO €. CARLTON.. NEW Waldort-Astoria Hotel; Murray Hill Hotel; Fifth- o Herald Square YORK NEWS STANDS A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; venue Hotei and Hoffman House. BRANCH OFFICES—327 Montgomery, corner cf Clay. open until 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. - 633 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Lark lock. 1841 Mission, open until 10 , corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock until ® c'clock. 106 Eleventh, open unt . corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, 2200 Fillmore, open until 9 p. m. @:—_——____ THE BALANCE OF TRADE. " on VER since the trade balances in favor of the United States became large enough to attract public attention efforts have been made to ex-| the means by which they are settied. The early | n that they are paid in gold has long since | The imports of goid and of silver are | mpt refuted er large enough to meet the trade balance, and. some years when our trade balances have | T Jargest we have exported more. gold than we | While it was s easy to dispose of that t been easy to find one that meets all| s of the problem, and consequently | he subject has proven one of great | students of commerce and finance. | contribution to an explanation of the | de by the New York Commer an effort to show why it is that in face of e en s trade balances in our favor for several large banking interests in New York, Bos- jadelphia have borrowed heavily in Lon- and Berlin. As the Commercial says, it curious that we should thus have been | it were, to add largely to the foreign in-| the United States when for six trade Par ertainly ed, as debtedness of cars | e balance ¢ has been in our favor, and in )2 alone amounted to the enormous sum of $301,- 000, In seeking an explanation of the problem the Com- rercial has recourse to the familiar doctrine of the | sle balance of trade”—that is to say, the bal-| does not go through the custom-house | wh These in- Jle balanges are made up of interest paid to F American investments and loans, reights paid to European ship-owners, revenues de- | rived is mot noted in commercial figures. opeans on their from property in this country by Americans | resident abroad, the expenditures of tourists and | sent to their former homes by Europeans resident in the United States The theory of the invisible balance it subject to the defect that there is no way of bringing it to the test of accurate computation. No one knows the ex- act amount of money involved in either of the items given. Consequently while an advocate of the theory can work off any balance of trade he chooses by the simple process of raising the estimates of his invis- ible balance, he can never convince any one that his calculations are correct. The Commercial makes the calculation in this way: American investments abroad yield annually 20,000,000, while European investments in America yield $110,000,000, leaving a balance of interest due to foreigners of $90,000,000. Freights paid to for-| eign ships.are placed at $85,000,000 yearly. Foreign tourists in America expend-$20,000,000, while Ameri- cans in Euvrope expend apward of $75,000,000, leaving a balance against us of $55000,000 on that score. Revenues of Americans resident abroad are calcn- ted at $30,000,000. The income from American property owned by foreigners is fixed at $25,000.000, and the amount of money sent to Europe by foreign-; ers resident in the United States, is estimated at $10,000,000. By those estimates the Commercial figures up a total invisible balance of $295,000,000, which, being de- ducted from the visible balance of trade, leaves a net balance in our favor of $96,000,000. To explain the set- tiement of that balance the Commercial resorts to the movement of securities between the United States nd other countries. Of that factor it say: “This movement is generally considered independent of the others, as it bears more closely upon foreign in- debtedness than it does upon foreign trade. Last vear this country made extensive purchases of Ameri- can securities held abroad. It is believed those pur- | chases amounted to over $100,000,000 in value, and | the foreign indebtedness of this country was reduced to just that extent. Taking that showing as correct we would have the trade balance wiped out and we would be indebted to Furope to the extent of about $4,000,000. The ob- jection to the theory, as we have said, is that there s no way of verifying the estimates, There is one factor the Commercial does not take into account at money | slight as to be inappreciable. | sees in Golden Gate Park, the finest public pleasure- | supply every pound of sugar used in the United States | | into market | going forward to the consumer every day in the year, and in which the productive condi-| tions are the same, and the varieties pro- : duced the same. from one end to the other,| from mnorth to south, and the orange groves| | are blooming while the men who till them look up | | gold all—that is the probability that American exports are rated at their full value, while imports, being subject to duty, are frequently underrated. Consequently the actual trade balance in our favor as recorded on the books of merchants would be much less than that, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1903 admission of the correctness of the principle for MARY MANNERING MUCH lS DONE ! WHAT THE PRESIDENT SEES. T is evident in the speeches of President Roose- ] velt that California is a revelation to him. Like all men who have not visited the State, his ideas were general, including some conception of our cli= ‘matq, but locating that feature in the southern end of the State, believing that here morth means north as it does elsewhere, with the seasons of the North, while south is associated with clemency of climate and softness of weather. But he sees a State that defies the points of the compass and the attributes of North and South. From the Colorado desert to Mount Shasta he finds the same climate and the same vigt variety of products. ®On the day of his arrival in San Francisco the the same day the highest in Los Angeles was 68, the lowest 54, a-difference in the highest of only 8 de- While this‘is a com- mercial and manufacturing city, and the system of parking and landscaping private grounds is not prac- ticed to the same extent as in Los Angeles, where it | is a feature in attracting tourist travel, the President ground in the world, the same expression of climate that is visible in the private grounds of the southern city. If his time permitted he could go to Sutter, Sacra- mento, Placer, Yuba, Butte and Colusa counties and | see duplicated the orange orchards that are a charm- | ing and bountiful feature in Southern California, and | rency system. At present there are certain seasons on the Feather River around Oroville he could sccg vast orchards of the orange, lemon, fig, olive, pom- | megranate, kaki and other semi-tropical fruits, and | the banana and Arabian date, growing and thriving | in nearly the latitude of Chicago. | He will, on his trip to the Yosemite, cross the mid- | dle of a frostless orange belt that stretches along the | foothills threc hundred miles, from Porterville to| Oroville. In the same trip he will cross the San! Joaquin, in which, in Northern California, is locaxertl the raisin production of the State, with an output of the finest raisins in the world, that controls and fully supplies the American market and is rapidly | making its way in Europe. He has seen the center | of prune production in the Santa Clara Valley, which controls the prune price of this country and Europc.t He has passed the many and wide reaching - beet | sugar localities in the south and north and has gazed | ties of our financial policy, and its executive commit- | upon sugar lands which, brought into action, can and keep at home about one hundred millions of dol- | lars that we pay now for the cane sugar of the tropics and the beet sugar of Southern Europe. } He is with us as the first deciduous fruits are going | These early products are followed by | more varieties in June, July and through the sum- mer and autumn months, until November, when the oranges oi Northern California ripen and are going | forward until the end of December. In January the California oranges ripen and are going | into market cvery day until April, when the first‘ deciduous fruits are again ready. So he sees a State | in which fruits from tree and vine are ripening and Southern to the snow, a mile above them, on the majestic sum- mits of the greatest mountain range in the world. | It is good for the President to see and appreciate all this, for it can be seen only here. It is not du- plicated elsewhere in the temperate zone in any part of the earth. Here, too, he, being an old cattleman, will be interested in knowing that beef fattens on grass that has gold among its roots, and that oranges ripen over mines that have yielded millions, and wheat grows on fields where the plow turns up chispas of the precicus metal, and towns are now grown old | in whose streets to this day men mine for placer It is a great distinction to be President of the United States, but it would not be as great if the Union lacked a State with the physical gifts and graces and the amazing capacities of California. After long deliberation the authorities of Philadel- phia have decided to accept Carnegie's offer of $1,500,000 for a public library, and thus we have an- other, illustration that a gift horse is nearly always accepted even by those who look it in"the mouth. F orator, Charles A. Towne, once of Minnesota but now of New York, has been silent. The lips that were wont to spellbind audiences from the At- lantic to the Pacific seemed to have been themselves spellbound. Reports have had it that Towne has made a fortune in oil. and a belief has spread abroad that his silence has been due to the influence of money an the mind; that he has found it pleasanter to listen to his coin than to talk himself; in short, it has been rumored that Towne has become much more of a plutocrat than a Populist, and that we would never more see him nor hear of him in the fore- front of a fight for cheap money. All such reports and speculations concerning the silver orator were unfounded. Mr. Towne has been ! silent solely because no one asked him to speak, and he has been too much absorbed in oil to think of | hiring a hall for himself. It seems, however, that he | has been ready at all times to speak whenever occa- sion offered, and at last the occasion has come to him. It is hardly necessary to say it came in the form of an invitation to a Democratic harmony ban- quet, since that form of festivity constitutes about all the opportunity for oratory the party now affords. | The particular feast to which Mr. Towne was in- vited was that known as the “Monroe dinner,” given by the Democratic Club of Brooklyn. He attended and he made a speech. Stood out for harmony by informing the banqueters that they were all wrong in opposing the silver platform, but that in the full- ness of time the issue would return and they might then get on the right side and be Democrats once more. e In the course of his speech the speaker said: “Some of you are clamoring to-day for what we urged in 1896 and 1900—that is, more money. Wg said then to TOWNE TALKS AGAIN. OR a long time that famous silver-tongued | sions for use of currency are the greatest, and retir- | Some bankers have hesitated to approve it, lest fluid- | | safety. | notable on the day of the grand review held in honor | ! of the royal guest | selves. | the veterans of the Grand Army that saved the re- public, but those feelings are due solely to the fact the people that we needed more money. You didn’t understand the issue. We made a great mistake by putting the prescription for the disease in the state- ment of it. The increase in money came and the danger was obviated, but it is just as sure as preach- which we fought.” Such statements were rather startling to the Mon- roe Club Democrats. We are told that many of the banqueters went home as soon as he had finished. Others stayed and sought relief for their pent up emotions by cheering vociferously when a portrait of Grover Cleveland was presented to the club. The incident is something more than another illustration of the difference between the melody and the har- mony at a Democratic banquet. It may mean the appearance of a new candidate in the field for the Democratic nomination next year. Evidently while the plot may remain as thin as ever the soup in thickening. —_— Shamrock III is to be equipped with wireless telegraph apparatus, so it is a cinch she will be heard from during the great race. B T —— CURRENCY LEGISLATION. I Roosevelt stood his ground in favor of currency legislation. He said: “In financial matters we are to be congratulated upon having definitely deter- mined that our currency system should rest upon ai gold basis, for to follow any other course would | have meant disaster so widespread that it would be difficult to overestinmate it. There is, however, un- questionable need of enacting further financial leg- islation so as to provide greater elasticity in our cur- | N his speech at the citizens’ banquet President during which its rigidity causes a stringency that is very unfortunate in its effects.” On the same day that he expressed that view, em- phasizing the recommendation in his last message, the Texas Bankers’ Association, in convention at Sher- man, received with approval letters from ex-Secretary Gage and ex-Comptroller of the Currency Dawes | making the same recommendation. Mr. Gage said: | “The provision for supply should have reference to recurring needs, responding in volume when occa- | ing naturally as the requirements grow less exact- ing.” It is a good sign that a Southern State like Texass| recognizes the need of such legislation. The In- dianapolis Monetary Conference of 1897 put the golil standard and an elastic currency forward as nece tee has worked ceaselessly to that end. When the President affirmed the need of such legislation he | was talking to an audience that represented every phase of business life on this coast, to bankers, mer- | chants, manufacturers, planters, stock-growers, miners and ranchers, and their immediate and enthusia: icy response was an expression of approval that Congress | should heed. The Call has constantly urged this legislation, and | our readers have been well prepared to support it. | IS CHARMING- HER AUDIENCES A more delightful performance than “The Stubbornness of Geraldine,” in Which Mary Mannering is appearing at the Columbia Theater, has not been staged here for some time. Author Clyde Fitch has furnished the players with a comedy dealing with modern soclety that fairly overruns with bright and interest- ing incident, dialogue and situations. Mary Mannering in the title role is charming and finds a most fitting vehi- cle for the display of her best efforts. Arthur Byron, Mrs. Thomas Whmen.l Amy Ricard and the other clever people supporting Miss Mannering give a per- formance of rare Intelligence and effect. The attraction will continue at the Co- lumbia all of next week. The next attraction at the Columbia | will be E. H. Sothern in Justin Huntley | McCarthy’s great romantic drama, “If 1! ‘Were King.” & 0 The Tivoll has found another all round success in “Wang,” with Edwin Stevens | in the role of the haughty regent of Siam. Great crowds have been entertained by | the opera during the last week. All the Tivoli's clever people are®well placed in the opera, with Caro Roma, Annie Myers, Ferris Hartman and Arthur Cunningham | in good roles. “Wang's” successor will | be the great Sousa opera, “El Capitan.” Stevens will have the leading role and the entire Tivoli company will be in the cast. The management intends to mount it in fine style. R Walter E. Perkins is enjoying the en- thusiastic commendation of"the large au- dlences he is drawing to the Grand Opera- house with ‘“Jerome.” There are few comedians on_the boards as clever as he. The support accorded him will be excep- tionally meritorious next week, when Mr. | Perkins appears in the Collier role in “On | the Quiet.” i | i | | | The merry farce, “Town Toples,” {4 pleasing the patrons of the California | this week with its fun and catchy must- | cal numbers. The various comedy char- | -acters are in good hands, especially the | leading roles, played by the original cre- | ators of these parts, Willlam Keller | Mack and John World. 1 The California will remain closed all of | next week to prepare for the coming of the famous Augustin Daly Musical Com- edy Company, which opens a season at the California on Monday night, May 2%. * A “A Rough Rider's Romance” continues to draw crowded houses at the Central. | The appearance of Roosevelt and his | Rough Riders never fails to excite the ! enthusiasm of the audlence. Monday | night the “Romany Rye" of George R.! Sims, author of the “Lights of London,” | will be produced. | . Tl “Fiddle Dee Dee" is an artistic perform.- | ance, although it is a burlesque, and the | audience at Fischer's Theater is kept | shaking with laughter almost continu- | ously. The only rest the audience has | is in the songs and dances that come at | intervals. The success of the piece is not | only due to the cleverncss of the book. | ity of currency may impair soundness. But it is| demonstrated that no sorcery is required to relax | rigidity consistently with perfect soundness and! We need a currency that will respond to the | | financial law of gravity by flowing where it is needed ! and when it is needed, and ebbing when the necessity | ceases. With the President so clear in his views it ; ought not to be difficult to secure the necessary leg- | islation, and so complete the great financial reforms ! that were begun in 18g6. i Russia concedes that the door of Manchuria shall be open to us, but she insists on having the key in her possession. THE ORY OF PARI. . OREIGN spectators of the reception given to ! F King Edward in Paris noted that the cheers of | the populace were given in the main not for the | King, nor ior the President, nor even for France, but for the army. The demonstration was especially | The day was fine. The review ground was thronged by thousands of spectators, although admission was by ticket only. The enor- mous grandstand was packed by a brilliant array of | distinguished men and women, representative of ! every nation in the world. As the landau contain- ing the King and the President drove along through the crowds there were hearty cheers for both digni- taries, but no display of enthusiasm. When the troops began to march past, however, the full vivacity of | the French nature showed itself, and a genuine ova- tion was given to every regiment. An English correspondent describing the sgene says: “As regiment after regiment of foot and of al branches of the artillery, and finally of the cavalry, fol- | lowed each other, men and women alike on all sides shouted out deliriously, ‘Vive I'armee, ‘Vive I'armee.” Once in a while one could hear the shout, ‘Vive la France,’ but it was very evident that ‘Vive I'armee’ is the cry nearest to the French heart. There was no particular hero, no commanding of- ficer who had an individual reception. There was no ‘Bobs’—Lord Roberts—whose name has so often aroused cheers from the throats of thousands of | Englishmen. There was no particular welcome given to any special branch of the service, like the High- Tlanders or the Dublin Fusiliers or the naval brigade received in England on their return, from South Af-| rica, where they had specially distinguished them- It was simply the French army as a whole that was cheered to the echo, and as the colors of | the various regiments went by the people became more delirious in their acclamations.” From that scene we can learn something of the | significance of the Dreyfus incident to the French people. With them the dominant issue was not the | guilt or innocence of the accused, but the honor of | the army. It is a feeling Américans cannot under- | stand. We honor our army, and hold in reverence | | that the army serves the nation. No American would l think of honoring the army above the republic or even above its flag. In the estimation of the French —or at least of the Parisian populace—it seems that the President, the flag or the republic itself counts for little in comparison with the army, to which the people look for the maintenance of that military glory which has been so renowned in the past. In other lands an army exists for the nation, but @ Frenchman’s patriotism appears to consist in support- ing the nation in order that it may sustain the army. Such being the case, it is evident that those who have believed that French taxpayers are impatient of bur- | dens imposed for military purposes are mistaken. recorded at the customs offices. Finally, the esti- J ing that 2,500,000 more people would not be doing | Probably there are no taxes they pay so willingly. mate of the Commercial as to the amount of (feqtt paid to foreign ship-owners is altogether too low. The exact amount is not known, but the best authori- | money may some time come up again. The desire ties place it at nearer $150,000,000 than the sum fixed | that some of you exhibit to do business to the “{ extent of the assets of your banks is a- upon by the Commercial. $2,500,000,000 more business without more money. 's @ cinch. I warn you that the issue of cheaper \ — In the popular mind France and her army are insepar- able, and while the one endures we may be sure the other will neither be diminished nor deprived of any equipment that military skill can devise and the na- tion pay for. ? | the singing comedienne, but the funny comedians and'the efficient | support of the chorus. It is beautifully | staged and costumed and is one of the | really few shows that lives up to its promises. | “Lovers’ Lane,” given with a scenic beauty and perfection of cast unsur-! passed—and in some respects unequaled—! by the original New York productions, is | crowding the Alcazar ‘to the doors. but | must. be withdrawn after Sunday night on acccount of the season >f White Whittle- | which begins Monday with “Hearts- | Nothing more wholly satisfying | has’ eyer been offered at the Alcazar. | o James J. Corbett has made a great hit | at the Orpheum this week and the house is packed to the doors ot every perform- ance. Fisher and Carroll are the fun- | niest comedians seen in this city in many | a day; Kennedy and Rooney are revela- tions as eccentric dancers, and Julie Ring, | is beautiful to Emily Lytton and Willlam Gerald, presenting the funny farcette, ! “He, She and It”; Janet Melville and | Evle Stetson, the clever dialect singers: | Harding and Ah Sid, the clown and the | Chinaman, and Mlle. Olive, the dainty | juggler, are in their last appearances. Fiae it look upon. | i The Wilson family of colored enter-| tainers, the “Cycle Maze™ and other high- i class speclalty acts are pleasing large | audlences at the Chutes Theater every | afternoon and evening of this holiday | week. Pepper's London ghost show is | a new feature. | ——————— | COMPETITIVE DRILL BY LEAGUE OF CROSS CADE'!Si Crack Companies Will Compete To- Night at Mechanics’ Pavilion for a Prize. All arrangements for the competitive ! arill of the League of the Cross Cadets, | which will be held in Mechanics’ Pavilion | this evening, are complete. The opening | concert of the regimental band will begin | t 7:45 o'clock. Most Rev. Diomede Fal- | conlo, Apostolic Delegate, will arrive with | Archbishop Montgomery at 8 o'clock and | Will be tendered a grand reception. Arch- | bishop Montgomery will introduce the | distingulshed visitor, who will review the | regiment. test for the trophy were selected at a try-out last evening. They are Company | A of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Captain Wil- | The companies to enter the final cun-{ liam Hopper: Company B of St. Charles, /; Captain Mark McCann; Company D o cred Heart parish, Captain James E.| McCormick; Company L. of Mission Do- lores, Captain Frank Grimley. The final contest between these four coppanies will be very close. Army of- ficers will judge the contest. Besides the reception and contest there are several | events on the programme. The fleld music will give a grand rendition of all | army calls. Company H of St. Brenda; will give an exhibition of guard mount An invitation has been extended to Pres- ident Roosevelt to attend the drill. —_——————————— Loring Club’s Concert. The last musical concert of the season | under the auspices of the Loring Club will | be held at the Theater Republic next ' Thursday evening. A splendid programme has been arranged for the occasion and no pains have been spared to make the final concert the best of the entire series. | Mile. Antonia Dolores will be the star of the evening and will sing many favorite selections. The concert will be under the | direction of Professor Loring and Miss Ruth Loring will be the pianist of the evening. L R B Bell-Ringers at ¥. M. C. A. The ninth number in the Star course of | the Young Men's Christian Association will be given at the association auvditori- um, Mason and Ellis streets, to-morrow evening, by the Imperial Hand Bell Ringers. is company presents one of the most effective musical combinations before the public, comprising two com- plete organizations; a bell quintet and a mandolin, banjo and harp club. ———e——— 0ld People’s Home Officers. The board of managers of the Old Peo- ple’s Home held its annual meeting at the home, Pine and Plerce streets, yesterday .nmal n and !h: “:rullnvlnlm officers were elected to serve ensuing year: President, Mrs. Eugene Bresse; first vice president, Mrs. F. G. Norman; second vice president, Mrs. J. L. Martel: third president, Mrs. Charles 5 es Goodall; sec- , Mrs. James Alva Watt;-treasurer, Mrs. H. Dick; superintendent oy J i sweet peas. | heater.—Chicago Tribume. our cook. Mrs. Upjohn—Yes; 1 shall have to let I"Serena go. [ didn’t mind her practicing FOR A COUPLE SOON TO WED Miss Genevieve King was hostess at a pretty dinner last evening complimentary j to Miss Olive Holbrook and Silas Palmer. | Covars were laid for sixteen in the dining- room of the spacious King residence and the guests were charmingly received and | entertained by the young hostess in the | absence of her parents in the East. The dining-room was made artistic with white lilles and the table was lighted with white-shaded candelabra. The drawing- room and reception-room were decorated in pink and fli:a hwhm 'ms: Genevieve Carolan and Harry Poett were guests of honor at a p]elnm‘ theater party of sixteen last evenln(‘ given by Mrs. E. J. McCutchen. After the play a dainty supper was enjoyed at the Palace grill. . . ual luncheon yes- ble affair. Two ! . The Century Club ann throughout. the clubrooms. erick G. Sanborn, president, was the chief | guest and Mrs. A. L. Bancroft acted as| toastmaster. .. . 4 Harry Holbrook gave a theater party on "Thesday evening, complimentary to| his Sister and her flance. Those present in addition to the wedding party were Miss MeCormick, Miss Genevieve King, Miss Carrie Avers, Miss Lillie Spreckels, Mr. Grear, Dr. Harry Tevis and Claude | Terry Hamilton. ! . . Mrs. Edward A. Young gave a charming | dinner in honor of her sister, Miss Adah | Russell, at St. Dunstan’s on Tuesday | evening. Covers were laid for thirty-two. | The table was lavishly decorated with | The menus were on pink satin, hand painted, and the place cards | were hearts. After dinner the guests were entertained W":l m:m!::. . Invitations have been issued for the| wedding of Miss Olive Holbrook and Silas | Palmer for Wednesday, June 2, at Trinity Chapel, Menlo Park. A limited number | are invited to the breakfast Wwhich will be served after the ceremong at Elm- wood. F5 1 Mrs. W. S. Leake is visiting friends at! Sacramento, where she will remain dur- ing her husband's absence on a business | trip in the East. On June 1 Mr. and Mrs. Leake will take a house in San Rafael for the summer months. i o R Miss Flood is comfortably settled for the present at the Palace Hotel. TR Captain and Mrs. Hunter, who have re- | cently taken quarters at Fort Miley, are receiving many calls from the officers and wives from other posts. CHANCE TO SMILE. —_— “Pg, what's an epicure?”’ | “An epicure is a—a—well—er—it is a! cure for epilepsy. Epilepsy is fits. Szrange\ they don’t teach you these simple things at. school.”—Kansas City Journal. “Wi# would you do, for instance, if | you found you had a gathering on the back of your neck?” the skeptical person | inquired. ““Command it to disperse,” said the mind Mrs. Ondego (making a cal)—I am sor- ry to hear You are having trouble with on the piano now and then, but she wants | to jotn our golf club*—Chicago Tribune. A little 3-year-old going to church for | the first time was much surprised when | he recognizgd ene of his father's friends taking up the collection. “Look, mother, look.” he said: “there’s | Mr. Bronson. 1 didn’t know he was the— the—the conductor.”—New York Tribune. | Carrie—There goes Nell with her fiance. They say he fell in love with her at first | sight. sgie—That's just like him. He always wés a funny fellow. They say he liked olives the first time he ever tasted them.— Boston Transeript. Two young women were conversing with an Irishman, when one of them asked: “Pat, which of us do you think is the older?” “Faith,” replied the gallant son of Erin, | ou both-look younger than each oth- | er."—Chicago News. Justice—You say that you doubt the statement of the previous witness. that the defendant squandered his inheritance. Please give the reason for your doubt. ‘Witness—I tried three or four times to get him to visit a church fair, but it was useless. He always smiled and informed me that he was not born yesterday.— Boston Transcript. “Will it hurt, doctor?” Inquired the man | in the dentist's chair. | pressed by NNUAL RALLY OF VETERANS OF CIVIL WAR —_— The annual encampment of the Gr-.nd Agmy of the Republic, Department of E al- ifornia and Nevada, met at Golden Gate Hall, on Sutter street, yesterday fore- The delegates representing the va- rlous posts were called to order by De- partment Commander Hawley. In honor of the occasion the hall was handsomely decorated with the national colors. The of delegates was large. “'R’r'ff: ntchee formal‘openins the following officers were reported present: v wiey, department commander. Post 2 e Toser B R, Campbell, sentor vice com mander, Post 23, Stockton; Peter Van Valer. Junlor vice commander. Post 51, Hanford: J. ¥ Lorey. medical director, Post 3. Sicramento: K Munn, chaplain, Post 92 Fresno: noon. Rev. C. A n berts, assistant adjutant general '#::: zH's:‘no Francisco; A. J. Vining, depart ¢t 2. San Francisco: Edw.n by Post 35, Los Angeles officer, Post 1 Bezter adge advocate Baxter, judge E . D, Thurston, chief mustering s, Franciseo. Sa el of administration—Henry C. Dibble terday was a very enjoyal i 3 G. Glesting, Post = hundred ladies, including the member!“;.o-l ’,.‘3..3";"}”' Schwaren, Fost T lana a number of invited guests, were.l’“n.: R Rice. Post 118, Riverside; Horace seated about the small tnble;1 nrnFr;g;‘d | Wileon, Post 2, San Francisco. g rs. - b According to the annual reports submit- at the brief session yes terday the Grand Army on the Pacific Coast fs In a flourishing condition. Applause greeted the announcement of Assistant Adjutant General Roberts that there had. been an actual gain of 287 members during - year just clésed. Five new posts, with r‘ bershi of ninety-seven were o l::r::‘zed du;nx the year. The department embraces 101 posts, and the actual mem bership is 5373. It is roughly estimated that California contains at least 5000 ve erans of the Civil War who are not com rades of the Grand Army. From this body of men many recruits will be e listed. The financial affairs of the departmer are in good condition. The value of prc erty belonging to the various posts The invitation of President Roosevel for Grand Army . at the place designated for the McKinley monument ceremonies was accepted. The invitation was conveved to the encamp- ment through Captain Danlels of River- side, member of Congress representing the Eighth" California District. A large body of veterans, responding to the Presi- dent's specfal request for their presence. assembled at Howard Presbyterian Church, near the Baker street emtrance to the panhandle of Golden Gate Park at 2 p. m. and later on marched to a position near the site of the proposed memorial and listened with no small degree of pleasure to the patriotic sentiments ex the President. The encampment will meet again at 9 a. m. to-day. The event of to-day’s ses- sion will be the election of a department commander. Either General W. R. Shaft- er or Colonel A. D. Cutler will be chosen. Dr. W. W. Routh of Duluth is at the Grand €. B. Jillson, a capitalist of Napa, is at the Grand. Dr. Palace. Dr. and Mrs Vietor Coffman of Omaha fis at the Replagle of Chicago are at the | Palace Dunning Rideout at the Palace. John Bryntesen now residing at Campbell station, | Palace. a banker gf Marysville, is the Nome capitalist, who is is at the Frank Wiggins of Los Angeles, the newly appointed Cplifornia commissioner to the St | Louis exposftion. arrived from the south yes | terday, aund is registered at the Palace | George H. Maxwell, executive chairman of | the National Trrigation Association, who has | been traveling through Arizona and Southern California, arrived yesterday from Los An- geles, and is at the Palace. Californians in New York. NEW YORK. May 13.—From San Francisco rostumjen, at the Belvidere; R. C. Dun- can, at the Continental; H. Hertman, at the Grand Union; P. G. Rauch, at the ) arre: W M. Brown. at the Imperial; C. K. Fleld and O. M. Hotaling, at the Grand. From Los Angeles—Mrs. Barrows, at the Grand Union: E. T. Howe, at the Union Square; Dr. F. J Krusel, at the Broadway Central. ————e—e Hawaiian Natives Find Aerolite. HONOLULU, May 6.—A large aerolite, sup- posed to be part of the meteor seen last week on Hawali, was found on Thursday In the mountalns several miles from Pahala by a native. It was hot when f The aerolite d. weighs more than 2000 pounds. m'vnnsxlqu - Capacity for business receives its speediest reward in the selling department. If you think you have the ability to sell a Five Per Cent. Twenty-Year Gold Bond on the instalment plan write me “Not a bit,” saild the professor of pain- less dentistry. “T'1l bet you $10 it will.” “T'll take that.”” “Well, go ahead, doctor,” saild the pa- ent, settling himself down in the chair. “1 don't care a doggone now whether it lLaurts or not.”"—Chicago Tribune. “He looks like a King!” said the fair girl, in tones of intense admiration. “Why, he impresses me as rather ner- vous and timid,” commented the other young woman. “Well,” was the rejoinder, after some reflection, “‘that is easily accounted for. ou know Kings in Europe are nearly al- | ways having something thrown at them ' nowadays."—Washington Star. | The streetcar ran bump into a beer wagon and piled all the standing passen- gers in a heap on the floor. The man sitting near the rear door, with the newspaper in front of him, | lunged heavily against the man next to him. “I beg your pardon,” he sald, dimly conseious that he had been rude, but un- aware that anything else had happened: and he went on reading his paper.—Chi- cago Tribune. As a gentleman was stepping from his carriage in Flarrisburg to take the train for Philadelphia his coachman said: “The oats are geiting low, sir.” “Very well,” sald the gentleman: ‘“‘you telephone Miller & Jones to send upl Mike went to the telephone, when the following conversation took place: “Is that Miller & Jones?” yes “Well, you sind up six bags of oats, and hurry up with 'um.” A:_l“hflcm: 'l:’o are they for?" , now, don’t you get r—tor horses, to be sure,” and lmur,-n‘ oé.h_‘ Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. ————— Townsend's Cal. glace fruits, 715 Mrkt.+ ——— Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping_Bureau (Allen's). 230 ( BT formia street. GWs California andies, 5c a pound, in artistic boxes. A nice for Moved from Palace Hotel two doors above Call i stating your age, present occupation, and give me bank or other good references. Al letters treated as strictly confidential, GEORGE T. DEXTER, Superintendent of Domestio Agenciss, The Mutual Lifs Insurance Company of New York, 32 Nassau Street, New York, N. V. ' i STANLEY FORBES, Manager, Mutnal Life Building, San Francisco, Cak It’s Cheap To lay claim to doing exceptional quality of laundry work, but where the claim is backed up by “the goods,” as with the United States Laundry, it's a mattes of interest to every man of taste and re- finement. We not only claim perfect qualitr for our work, but deliver it In every packase we send out. No saw edges. UNITED STATES LAUNDRY STREET, veterans to meet hln’ -