The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 6, 1903, Page 6

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UT of the Ohio Republican convention there has come not only a clear-cut platform of — ng i r seli but a demonstration of that capacity ment and party government which as- for efficient government in State and were there any doubt as to the su- n governmental policies over sition, the difference between the ket vern: g sures capac E nation. the opp respe win for the Republican party the intelligent citizens. issues naturally enough mainly occupy is to be borne in mind that they small part of the politics of the ¢ thousand bills introduced at each session, but of that large num- ortant matters as the irrigation bill, the of new States, the 1, the pure food bill, the immigra- ar service bill and the Depart- bill were not treated during the Very rarely are admission ss as partisan measures ding for the maintenance of the great partments of the Government ranked as partisan ures, © do partisan considerations shape the appropriation bills for public buildings or for river " and harbor improvements. Thus not one-tenth of the activities of Congress are devoted to measures .pn which eople have made partisan fights. Con- sequent 1 efiiciency in dealing with less importance to the people vith respect to such measures tisan conte: on. n party challenge attention to e vigor The Republican leaders do endless wrangling. They end to disputes, to establish That capacity was strikingly For weeks before it was put forth by Democratic mis- san policies their time in convention i to stir up strife between the #llowers nator Hanna and those of Senator Foraker. It nnounced that there would be a fight to a and eager Democrats watched the convention ¥ the 1ope of seeing a conflict that would embitter divide the party during the cam- faction or the other to knife the the polls, and so prepare a way for Demo- ns, ic victory The res at all what Democracy ex- On the contrary, the very wrangle that pre- i the convention served to direct public atten- and make more strikingly evident the po- i the party leaders. From the dis- drew a programme that carried harmony verge of unanimity. Rar has there ever convention that did its work more promptly or more satisfactorily. There was given to the voters of Ohio a complete demonstration that Republicans understand their business and know how to govern In striking contrast to that and other demonétra- tions of Republican fitness for administration are the incessant exhibitions of Democratic incapacity. Every attempt to hold a Democratic convention or @ mass meeting resuits in a wrangle that ends only when it has broken up the meeting and sent each faction off to itseli to organize under its own lead- “Harmony” in the Democratic cangp has be- come a byword that signifies discord. Recently Mr. Brvan stated in a2 public speech that he would like to attend a harmony banquet at which Mr. Cleveland was present, so that he might denounce the ex-Presi- dent to his face. Over and over again similar state- ments have been made by leaders hardly less emi- nent than Bryan himseli. Not long ago Mr. Towne was invited to attend a banquet given by the Demo- cratic Club of Brooklyn, and he made there a silver speech so distasteful to many of the company that a considerable number of them left the banquet room. It is quite certain that a party of that kind could not govern even if it were intrusted with power., The country remembers the hopeless confusion that appeared during the second term of Cleveland, when all the branches of Government were under Democratic control. It was then proven that the party had no governmental capacity whatever. It could not even so much as revise the tariff without resorting to what Mr. Cleveland called “perfidy and dishonor.” Since that time Democracy has learned nothing. It is to-day more divided, more inefficient than ever. Democratic success, therefore, would mean nothing but four years of confusion, instead of the efficient Government which has been given under Republican control. was n 1o been State 2 ers. political principles and the nomination of a | to administrative efficiency would | a dozen are of a partisan nature. | s well as to the soundness | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL; SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1903, A VAIN POLICY. AVING conducted with remarkable zeal and H ability a series of investigations which dis- closed the extent to which bribery and cor- tuption have been practiced in both the State and the city government, the St. Louis Grand Jury has closed its Jabors by making a report, in the course of which it says: “The testimony we have heard has shown a state of affairs most amazing. We have listened to the confessions of State Senators, and were we at liberty to make known all they have told, the recital would appall the citizens of the State. The venality existing among the makers of our State laws is alarming to those who believe in free govern- ment. Our investigations have gone back for twelve years, and during that time the evidence shows that corruption has been the usual and accepted thing, and that, too, without interference or hindrance. The tendency has been to hide and ignore rather than to expose and punish this infamous crime.” After a further review of the corruption brought to light by the investigations, the Grand Jury as- serts that, taking the maftter as a whole, it appears to have been the practice at the State capital to sell laws to the highest bidders. Some of the criminals exposed by the examination escaped even a trial, because prosecution is barred by the Missouri statute of limitations. The jury then proceeds to | consider the best means of remedying the evil, and after proposing that the time within which it shall be legal te prosecute such offenses shall be extended, sa; “And we believe that laws should be passed making it illegal for lobbyists to ply their profession in the manner some of them now operate, and pro- viding for the forfeiture of franchises procured by corrupt methods.” The Grand Jury has done such good work and has done it so fearlessly that full credit will be given for the best of motives on their part, but the remedial recommendations are of no value whatever. would do no slightest good to forbid a lobbyist to ply his trade in the manner now in vogue; neither would it do any good to provide for the forfeiture of a dishonestly obtained franchise. In fact, the latter would unsettle the value of franchises and work {more harm to innocent investors than to rascals. There is but one way to get a good government | and that is to elect good men to office. | No government can be made good by a paper | constitution, nor can the efficient and honest admin- | istration of any office be assured by statute. The | turbulent republics of Central America doubtless | have as good constitutions, statutes and ordinances | as we have. Their weakness is not in a lack of laws, [but in a lack of men of sufficient firmness, honesty and patriotism to obey the laws, whether in office | or out of it, and to make others obey also. Missouri is no worse than other American States, nor is St. Louis worse than other cities. Possibly | corruption has been a little bolder and cruder there | than elsewhere, but disclosures made during the past winter in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts show that the forces tending to political corruption are operating throughout the Union. The cause is essentially the same in every city and in difierence of thousands of otherwise good citizens to | their political duties, The administration of American- States and cities involves the expenditure of large sums of money and | the bestowal of lucrative offices upon many people. | So long as human nature remains what it has been | ever since the struggle ifor existence began, there will be a persistent effort on the part of schemers | and boodlers to get possession of Governments, and once in possession, they will use their offices and | theif power to enrich themselves as far as they can. | If the lobbyist comes not to them they will go to him. 1i corporations ofter nothing for legislation they will | devise “‘cinch bills” to extort it. In short, it is use- |less to expect faithful watchman's service from a I man elected by those who wish to break into the | treasury. | Good government is within the reach of every American community. In no single ‘city does the | corrupt or corruptible \element constitute a really | | formidable force. It is the spirit of indifference alone that- furnishes the boodler with a chance of | victory. What St. Louis and Missouri need, then, is not better laws, but a better citizenship. The postofiice scandals appear to be up to almost | every official in sight, and perhaps in the end they | will butt up against somebody who has been keeping out of sight. ROSEBERY ALARMED. M been pronounced with more or less wrath upon Mr. Chamberlain by the free traders of Great Britain since he ventured to advocate a re- turn to protection as a matter of immediate practi- cal politics, but the strangest attack of all comes from Lord Roseberry. That distinguished states- man, who of late has done nothing except find fault with everybody who does anything in British poli- tics, has supplemented his recent speech at Birming- ham by writing a letter declaring Mr. Chamberlain’s policy to be so inimical to the empire that it may precipitate its ruin. He calls upon the people to view the new departure with alarm and threatens destruction if the policy be carried out. ANY a criticism and many an invective has direction of an imperial commercial league would weaken this empire internally and excite the per- manent hostility of the whole world. * * * | Such an empire would be not like the Russian em- | pire, local though vast, but a world-wide empire i surrounded by a customs rampart—a challenge to every nation, a distinct defiance to the world. * * * Such an empire cannot be built up without exciting great jealousies. That is the cen- tral fact, and under the circumstances I ask you whether, with your external dominions and with ail your liabilities, it is not well, while you walk strongly, | to walk warily upon the path of empire.” We believe this is the first time that a statesman of commanding rank has appealed to the fears of a people and attempted to shape legislation in accord- ance with the impulses of the timid. During the re- cent tariff campaigns in this country there were here and there a few persons who endeavored to in- fluence the American people by similar warnings. We were told occasionally that an American protec- tive tariff would rouse all Europe against us in much the same way that Roseberry warns Britain of an aroused and jealous Europe. Those warnings, how- ever, had so little effect upon the American people that no man of any reputation dared to sanction them. Had they been pressed with any force the effect would have been to rouse American patriotism to fever heat, and protection would have been voted if for no other reason than that of showing we were not afraid. Just what effect the Roseberry warning will -have It} every State; it is nothing more nor less than the in- | Roseberry says: “I' believe that/anything in the | upon the British public remains to be seen, but the chances are it will be received just as a similar warn- ing would be received by any proud and self-confi- dent race. Chamberlain, in fact, has been very for- tunate in his antagonists. Up to this time the argu- ments and the denunciations brought forward to turn public sentiment against him are apt to help him rather than hurt him. Certainly he will have little difficulty in' refuting the arguments of the free traders, and as for the Roseberry effort to terrify the voters by menaces of foreign jealousy, it will doubtless have no other result than that of swinging all the jingoes over to the Chamberlain programme. e —— e A New York couple have just celebrated their golden wedding by taking a tour in a racing auto- mobile, and now if they can hold out to the diamond anniversary they may be able to festivate the occa- sion by a trip in a flying machine. —— THE PARRY WHITEWASH. PON the flimsiest of pretexts, Mayor Schmitz U has applied political whitewash to the charges made against Commissioner Parry by The Call, and the Commissioner is now presented to the public with the whitewash fresh upon him. The evidence in the case has been presented in full by The Call, and despite the efforts of the Mayor to dispose of the charges, The Call is prepared to prove them again in everyparticular by sworn testi- mony before a court of justice. The exposure of the offense of Commissioner Parry was made directly in the interests-of good government and indirectly in the interest of Mayor Schmitz’'s administration. The Call obtained proof that Commissioner Parry had sold a colt belonging to the city for $25, had re&ed the money, and had | failed to make any report ot the transaction to the Board. The evidence upon which the charges were based was given by the man who purchased the colt and A‘by another who was a witness to the payment of the imonc:y. Commissioner Parry asserted that he had made a verbal report of the transaction to the Com- missioners, but no record of such Teport appears on the minutes, nor could Commissioner Parry find {any member of the board who remembered to have heard it. I The amount of money involved in the affair is small. It would be no great loss to the city to lose | $. It is however self-evident that a man who | would misappropriate that sum would make a larger misappropriation if the opportunity came to him. The | Call having learned of the offense of Parry, exposed | lit in order that Mayor Schmitz might have an op- portunity to rid his administration of an official who | | has done his worst to discredit it. Had the Mayor acted in accord with the evidence submitted he would have cleared himself of blame. As it is he takes upon | his administration the burden of sustaining Parry in | | the face of the facts that have been made public. | Such exoneration as has been given will not benefit ;Parry. nor will it weaken the effect of the charges | made by The Call. We have only to repeat that property belonging to the city was sold by Parry for $25, the money was received by him and not re- ported to the proper authorities. The Mayor's de- | cision is a willful perversion of authority and amounts to the support of an unwarthysofficial whose of- | | fenses have been fully proven before him. It is not | likely The Call will be given an opportunity to prove its case in a court of justice, and the issue is there- fore submitted with all the evidence to the tribunal | [of public opinion. | Canada does not take kindly to Secretary Cham- berlain’s tariff scheme. The colonies of Great Brit- | | ain are evidently awaking to a firm belief that loy- | §alty to the. mother country must not make too { heavy a drain upon their pocket-books, e e . e . | A QUESTIONABLE MOVEMENT. OR some time past there has been under way F in the East a movement to promote an exten- sive migration of the negro population from | the South to the West. Concerning the motives of the originators of the movement and of the ways and means by which they purpose to promote it, The | Call has no information other than has been given | out from time to time in public statements. It ap- | pears, however, that, like every other phase of thc} negro problem, the movement is subject to wide dif- | | ferences of opinion, and it behooves those who may be asked to assist it to investigate carefully before they do so. o The movement is of current interest to Califor- nians, because its effects have already been felt in Washington, where a lecture was lately delivered on the subject advocating the movement. The claim | of the promoters is that the negroes are badly treated in the South, and the West needs labor; hence a migration of a considerable number of ne- groes would be a bgnefit to them and to the sections of the West where they carried their labor. Upon that showing the men who have embarked in the enterprise appear as public benefactors, and The Call does not deny their right to the title. It is | to be noted, however, that the movement has aroused | sufficient attention in the East to recall the fact that a similar grand exodus of negroes to the West was promoted in 1877, and that upon an investigation by Congress in 1878 it was disclosed that the whole movement was worked up by railroads and labor contracting companies. Commenting upon the new movement from a Southern poirt of view, -the Atlanta Constitution says: “No considerable number of negroes want to expatriate themselves from the South. They are contented in the country of their birth, their mar- riages and their friendship with their environments. If they were really aching to go into the snowstorms and blizzards of the North and West, they could go freely almost any year. There is scarfigly one of them who does not spend enough on watermelons, red lemonade and other red follies every year to pay his way to Boston or Duluth. The day to get up a Hebrew children exodus from the South was in 1865 and not in these halcyon days of 1903.” These varying views of the subject are presented merely as a warning agdinst inconsiderate action on the part of the Pacific Coast with respect to any ap- plications for help that may come from the pro- moters of the movement. They may be doing a good work with the best of motives, but it may also be only a repetition of the scheme of 1877. On one point the Atlanta Constitution is indisputably right —if any negro desire to come West he can readily do so without waiting for assistance from any kind i of an organization, g % | stream called Symes Creek. | teet high. | @ half miles this creek has a fall of over 6000 | Milling_ Company for power to operate their | | big property al | Nevada Mountains, | River, that run into Owens Lake. | Many mines are being opened up In the Ala- | ized to enter I {to lands containing petroleum, or other min- PROSPECTS GOOD IN INYO MINERAL BELT —_— The mining outlook for Inyo County forms the subject of A long communica- tion from a correspondent who has trav- ersed the county thoroughly. Compara- tively little has been said in the regular mining reports concerning Inyo. General facts concerning its mines are given on the authority of G. W. 8. Cottrell, who is Interested in the development of the county. Mr. Cottrell writes as follows ; in part: Some few miles south of this is the old ::znuzumwvmne, which is a good mine when ther of this peak is the lead mine, some few mil, famous old’ Bunker Hill Immediately south of this peak - e is the beginning of the famous azurka gold placer property, where several millions of gold have been taken out. Still further south is the Green Monster mine, and still south of this is the Black Eagle, All of the above -properties are ~located within very few miles of the rallroad. At about this point there appears to be another Sbur of mountains running farther south and east, called Ube Hebe Mountains. This mount- aln forms the eastern edge of the great Saline Valley. while the Inyo range forms the west- ern border of this valley. In the foothills of these mountains is the great gold mine called the Keynote. This is in the Beverage mining district. Further south in this valley is the borax works and the great salt works. CROPPINGS OF COPPER. In the Ube Hebe Mountains are the largest croppings of copper that is in the known world. A great amount of work has been done on this propertv. On the west slope of the Inyo range we have the Reward mine, now Tunning twenty stamps with good ore, and still further south we have the famous Inyo marble Wworks; also the great Cerro Gordo mines and mill. ‘This property has turned “out many millions in gold and silver. South of this is the Antone copper propert; and still farther south are the Darwin mines is property, Lllll(‘c:'lae‘ hae turned out millions of gold and ver, On the west side of Owens Valley is the main range of the Sierra Nevadas. Bishop is the first point of any note coming in from the north. This town has plenty of water, fresh from the mountains, and the water power 18 almost unlimited. Several people from Tonopah, Nev., have located this water for power. South of Bishop is the bustling town ‘ of Big Pine. At this town is Big Pine Creek, Wwhich has been loeated for power by the own- ers of the Reward mine. This creek fur-j nishes almost unlimited power, PLENTY OF POWER. South of this town is the county seat, In- dependence. Here are several magnificent mountain streams. Right west of this town are two famous old mines called Rex Montes and Kearsarge. Both of these properties have turned out millions of dollars. A. B. Paul | of San Francisco was at one time owner of the | Kearsarge. Pinyon Creek is a good sized stream and if the water is properly taken care of can furnish immense power to the citizens of that town. Mount Willlamson_ 14,- 300 feet high, lies south and west of Inde- pendence. From this mountaln runs a small This creek, like- wise, could furnish from 1000 to 5000 horse- PoWer If properly taken care of. South of this creek is Shepherd's Creek, ‘which, 1f properly taken care of) can furnish as much, if not more, than Symes Creek. South of this ecreek 18 Georges Creek. ‘headed up into the Sterra Nevada Mourtains, This creek is at the north end of the Alabama Mountains. South of this is Lone Pine Creek, headed at the foot of Mount Whitney, the highest mountain peak | in the United States, being more than 15,000 Mount Whitney is noted as the only | in_the southern country that has two lakes. From these Lone Pine Creek gets its water supply. This is one of the most fa- mous creeks on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In a distance of six and peak fect. The water in this creek has been lo- cated by the Lower Tonopah Gold Mining and this point. This company pro- poses to furnish power enough to build and operate an electric line from Keeler into the copper mines in the Ube Hebe Mountains. South of Lone Pine Creek is Tuttle Creek, which also cuts through the Alabama hills. These are the only two creeks that penetrate the Alabama hills. All of the above named creeks empty into the Owens River. Cottonwood Creek and Ash Creek empty di- rectly Into Owens Lake, these being the only two fresh streams flowing from the Sterra outside of the Owens I I { | OFFER OPPORTUNITIES. The mining industry is in its infancy in this county, as well as farming interests, but it is safe to say that no other county in the great State of California offers better inducements. | | I bami hills. These hills are about twelve ! miles long and are the oldest formation in | the United States. When thoroughly pros- | pected they will vield richly. H The importance to miners of she deci- | | sion concerning the ‘“scripper cases” by ! the Supreme Court of the United States is largely in the involved point that oil; lands are mineral lands and may be lo- | cated under the law as such. The Mining | and Scientific Press, in a careful review | of the facts relating to this phase of the matter, says: | Petroleum has always been considered a | mineral, and the classing of petroleum-bearing | lands as mineral lands is only reasonable and proper. Ex-Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith, in Augusi, 1896, ruled that petroleum- bearing lands were not mineral lands and could not be entered under the mining laws, and might be selected by States In lleu of lost sixteenth gnd thirty-sixth sections, but Con- gress intervened and passed an act in February, which provided that any person author- ds under the mining laws of the United States may enter and obtaln patent | eral oils, and chiefly valuable therefor, under | the provisions of the laws relating to placer | mineral claims. The development of ofl lands will undoubtedly be stimulated in some sec. tions by this decision, as the cloud upon the title of certain lands’ will now have been | cleared away. WORKING THE MINES. The Grass Valley Union says that the| new mill at the Ce‘)lral will be equipped with forty stamps,' This will give the company eighty stamps, the North Star mine possessing forty. The Calaveras Chronicle reports that gravel has been struck in the Whatcheer mine and prospects are good: A corre- spondent of the Calaveras Prospect says | concerning mines near Jenny Lind: The mill at the Wilbur-Womble mine near Hodson is about completed. It is a thirty-five stamp mill and will be enlarged as needed., They have about 4000 feet of the Royal vein. | At Hodson the improvements are being rushed | ahead under the management of Mr. Kemp Van Ee. The McCarty mines, comprising more than €60 acres a short distance north of the | Royal mill, are being inquired after by East- ern cavitalists. The Big Six, in the Jenny | Lind district, ten miles from Hodson, has | widened out ‘to thirty feet at a depth of fitty feet, thus making good the promise of the | veins running:through the valley. The rule of | the veins has been that the deeper they go the | wider and richer they betome. The Big Six is | inclosed in greenstone slate and dike and has | a very favorabie outlook. The mine will soon | be fully equipped for substantial work. The Yreka Journal says that the claims | of J. 8. Lowden Jr. in Siskiyou County | have been bonded for $80,000 to John S. | Perkey and others, the bond covering all water rights and privileges. On the same | authority the following information is /| given concerning coal properties in Sis-| kiyou County: B. A. Cardwell, who superintended. the open- ing of the Siskiyou County Development Com- pany’'s coal mine at the Herr ranch, between Yreka and Ager,’ -organized a company at Denver, Colo. sting of Cromwell Tucker, Jonn 8. Perke e purpose property in this Y ol has & section and a half of land In Shasta Valley, in the vicinity of Snowden, from C. C. for $38,400, in which coal s believed to exist; also another section adjoining from J. E. Har- on for $51,200 for same , and a half section in he same township from. J. E. Cooley, also believed to contain coal. This lo- cation'is about seven or eight miles north of Yreka, covering acres. G DISTRICT. The Nevada City Transcript says: The Lu Joe quartz mine in the Badger i AIse, Toar . this county, " is showing up well. The two tunnels are that being run are'in 150 and 175 feet. An 1S-inch ledge has been uncovered and the ore is of grade, showlng free gold. In the same ocality the Bigelow brothers are operating with much success. Their property—the Uncle a good ledge, and the main tunuel is in 500 feet. The owners have spent con- siderable time and money in developing their they are rushing work ahead Wi —_————————— ‘Humboldt’s Sheriff Insolvent. Thomas M. Brown, Sheriff of Humboldt County, filed a petition in Insolvency yes- terday in the United tes District Court. His llabilities are $11,706, mostly on unsecured promissory notes, and he has mo assets. GOLDEN GATE PARK WINDMILL IN OPERATION The Park Commissioners held a meeting vesterday afternoon at the office of A. B. Spreckels, president of the board. Super- intendent John McLaren reported that the improved Dutch windmill on the ocean beach near the life-saving station was put in operation last Tuesday. A velocity of twenty-one revolutions per minute was attained. At this speed the mill pumped 30,000 gallons of water per hour. The suc- cess of the enterprise was thoroughly demonstrated. Pumping -is In progress, and the well, which is elghteen feet deep, fifty feet long and twenty feet wide, sup- plies ample water. After the suspension of pumping the water in the well rose at the rate of four feet per hour. There seems to be an inexhaustible supply of living streams west of Strawberry HIlL The streams are about seventeen feet above tide and are not impregnated with brackish or salt water. The water ele- vated by the new windmill is stored in a reservoir the capacity of which is 200,000 gallons. President Spreckels and Super- intendent McLaren estimate that the new source of supply will furnish water to ir- rigate a large area of Golden Gate Park west of Thirty-sixth avenue, and also pro- vide water for the model yacht lake. The receipts from the children’s play- ground for the month of May amounted t0 $3123. The expenses amounted to $1628. A profit for the month of 31434 was reported. At the Japanese tea garden the sum of $430 75 was taken in during the month of May: The outlay was $248. A profit of $202 75 was returned. A communication -from Warren Olney, Mayor of Oaklamd, was received. The Mayor stated that Oakland was now the possessor of a conservatory, and ex- pressed the hope that the Commissioners would be able to spare some plants from the conservatories, in Golden Gate Park. On motion of Commissioner Frank J. Sul- livan, the superintendent was directed to help out the conservatory in Oakland. Petitions of foremen, gardeners and oth- er employes in the park asking for in- creases of compensation were read. A long discussion followed, in which Com- missioners Jasper McDonald, A. Altman, Frank J. Sullivan and the president of the board participated. The communica- tions were placed on file for further con- sideration. —_————— PERSONAL MENTION. W. Allen, a grocer of San Jose, s at | the Lick. Dr. F. B. Whiting of Seattle is at the Palace. H. G. Turner, a merchant of Modesto, is at the Grand. H. L. Moody, a capitalist of Truckee, is at the Grand. C. J. Cox, a merchant of Hollister, is at the California. Dr. and Mrs..Thomas Flint of San Juan are at the Palace. C. H. Schmid, a merchant of San Diego, is at the California. E. R. Snyder. an ofl man of Los An- geles, is at the Lick. A. Brown, a commission merchant of Milton, {8 at the Lick. R. Bishop, a manufacturer of Los An- geles, is at the Palace. Dr. and Mrs. A. 8. Wilson of Bristol, Pa., are at the Palace. Dr. and Mrs. H. Pursell of Bristol, Pa., are guests at the Palace. F. E. Wiliams, a merchant of San Diego, is at the California. George F. Buck, a wealthy fruit grower of Stockton, is at the Lick. W. P. Mechener, a merchartt of Pasa- | dena, is registered at the Palace. W. J. Smith, a rancher of Arroyo Grande, is stopping at the Grand. F. M. Chittenden, one of Fresno's prom- inent raisin growers, is at the Grand. Rev. and Mrs. W. Kemp of New Bruns- wick. N. J., are registered at the Occi- dental. John J. McSorley, who is engaged in in Calaveras County, is a guest ornia. . Paxton, a banker of Santa Rosa, and wife are visiting the city for a few days and are registered at the Pal- | ace. Edward B. Light., American Consul at Guadalajara, Mexico. a position which he has held since the Cleveland administra tion, arrived from the south yesierday and,is stopping at the Palace. Among the passengers from the Orient, who are due here on the steamer Korea | next week, are Baroness von Reitzen- stein. wife of the Chancellor of the King of Wurtemburg; Baron von Stetten, an artist of considerable note of Munich, and Baron Federer, a membey of the banking firm of Stahi & Federer of Stuttgart. —_—— Note—Best eyeglasses, specs, 20c to 50c. Look out for 81 4th, front of barber & gro.* —_—— The ranges of hearing in adults under 55 years of age is approximately 16,000 to 48,000 vibrations a second. —_——— information supplied dafly eo houses_and public men by the lipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Telephone Main 1042. Special tusine: Press feinfa street. Townsend's California glace fruits and candles, 50c a pound, in artistic fire- etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 715 Market st., above Call bidg. * Cali- | . PRETTY JUNE WEDDING AT THE JACKSON HOUSE, The wedding of Miss Nellle Jackson and Lieutenant Greenough was a pretty home affair at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. E. Jackson, 1714 Van Ness avenue, on Thursday evening. Rev. Dr Mowbray officiated. Nearly two hundred guests were present. The rooms were made artistic with pink and white sweet peas, carnatiops and geraniums. The bride was charming in white crepe de chine with veil and was attended by Miss Amy Jackson, maid of honor, gowned in pink tulle. The bridesmaids Miss Dollle Jackson and Miss Minnie Shade, were in white. Little Elsie and Lester Bishop were ribbon bearers. Fran}( H. Graham was best man and John W Jackson and Frank Erlin were ushers. Lieutenant Greenough left yesterday with his bride for Fort Worden, Wash., where the groom is now stationed. A little later the couple will reside at Fort Monroe, Va. S e Miss Alice Findley, the bride-elect of Captain Harold Cloke, is being delight- fully entertained by her friends in a most informal manner. Miss Marion Hunting- ton gave her a luncheon at Sausalito on Thursday. The guests were Mrs. Frank Lusk, Mrs. Charles J. Foster, Mrs. Alfred Baker Spalding, Miss Alice Findley, Miss Edith Findley, Miss Anna Sperry, Miss Mabel Watkins and Miss Constance Bor- rowe. Mrs. George Sperry gave a tug party complimentary to Miss Findley and Cap- tain Cloke a few evenings ago. The moon- light cruize about the bay proved very enjoyable. . . The wedding of Harry E. Jarman and Miss Olga S. Hunsaker at the home of the bride at 626 Polk street Wednesday evening was a pretty home affair. Fifty guests participated in the festivities. TM‘\ ceremony was performed by the Rev. W K. Guthrie, pastor of the First Presby- terlan Church. Miss Beulah Nichols of Portland, Or., was maid of honor and David North of San Jose was best man. The bride wore a dainty gown of white just cloth from Manila. with garniture of lace and pearls. She carrled Buide roses and wore orange blossoms in her hair, but no bridal veil. Miss Nichols wore white embroidered chiffon and car- ried pink carnations. The bride’'s mother was becomingly gowned in black grena- dine with garniture of white. The recep- tlon-room was prettily decorated in pink and white roses; the dining-room was in red and green and the hall In foliage. Mr. and Mrs. Jarman will spend two weeks in Catalina and other points in Southern California, after which they will reside in this city. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Hun- saker. The groom is connected with the Rock Island Raflway, with offices in San Francisco. Invitations have been issued by Mr. and | Mrs. J. A. Hosmer for the marriage of | their daughter, Mabel Elizabeth, to Louis Samuel Beedy June 24. The scene of the wedding wiill be All Saints Episcopal Chureh, Palo Alto. The Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy held a meeting Wednesday afternoon at the | residence of Mrs. A. H. Voorhies on Cali- fornia street. The purpose of the meet- ing was the semi-annual distribution of crosses to Confederate veterans of the | army and navy who fought for the South during the Civil War. After the crosses were presented an !nformal reception was held. The reception was in charge of Mrs. Sidney M. Van Wyck, president. as- | 8isted by Mrs. Charles Dougherty, Mra. Frank Walker, Mrs. Miss Daingerfield. . A reception was given by the Jefferson Davis Chanter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at Century Hall, 1215 Sutter street, on Wednesday evening. The members of the chapter invited their friends and all were pleasantly enter- tained. . The next.meeting of the Albert Sidney | Johnston Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy will be held in Berkeley at the home of Judge and Mrs. Garber. A Bishop Nichols, accompanied by his wifs and daughters left on Thursday fer the East to attend the graduation of Wil- llam Ford Nichols Jr. at West Point. The Bishop will have a vacation of six weeks before his return. o Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Clough will spend the sumnfer in Maine. Mrs. Clough is now on her way East and her hus- band will follow next month. PR e Ernest Longfellow, son of the poet, is at the Palace with his wife. Mrs. Long- fellow is an artist and is on her way from Japan. Mr. and Mrs. George Boardman have returned from Southern California and are about to leave for the country. e Mr. and Mrs. James Follis are settled at San Rafael for the summer months, R TR Mr. and Mrs. Worthington Ames are at Portola. the country home of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Preston. . . Dr. Crittenden Van Wyck will give an informal tea at his office this aftern | tmerson Hough’s Remarkable Novel of England, France and America Two Centuries Ago. Read what strange things befell John Law and Mary Connynge when they left Lady Cath- arine Knollys fainting in Newgate Prison, in the second installment in Watch for the Hglf-Hour Storiettes Something New, Crisp, Weird, Thrilling, Fascinating, Amusing. From Needles to Yuma in a Boat 'Explorer James’ second ar- ticle on the mysteries of the Colorado River. The Oracle of Mul- ‘berry Center S. E. Kiser’s screechingly funay articles on mod- ern politics. Charles Pond andy