The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 25, 1906, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1906 N CISCO_CALL Proprietor Manager JOHN D. SPRECKE JOHN McNAUGHT . EDITORIAL ROOMS AND BUSINESS OFFICE - - - - - CALL BUILDIN CORNER THIRD AND MARKE T STREETS, SAN FRANC]SCO. OARLAND OFFICE . .. ... Phon ... ... 1016 BROADWAY .Oakland 1083 FRIDA LET THE BUSINESS MEN ALONE. 7 e Opposition s'remsl in‘upnsm’l by the Burnham committee is increasing daily and becoming impat As The Call has repeatedly said, the urgent necessity at prei is to get back to trade again, restore the com- merce of the port and set the tides of money and merchandise flowing once more. Everybody connected with the mercantile interests of San Francisco recognizes this nrgent necessity and the advocates of the Burnham plans should have the taet to respect it. The business men are not to be trifled with in this matter. hold the purse strings and control the town, as they should nt They their part of it at least. They know what they need better than anybody else and will eventually get it. lLet no dreamer or theorist think otherwise / The situation has been so freguently and emphatically stated gince the fire that it is surprising the beautification promoters still press their proj for rearranging the streets when they must know, if the not blind and deaf, that their insistence will come to naught. Furthermore, they should be sufficiently diseriminating to realize that it is not safe to antagonize the bankers and merchants of the city, whose support they will need in all their future projects, &nd which they will surely lose if they persist in forcing their propo- ots sition upon unwilling and impatient finaneial and mercantile inter- ests which are the governing forces of the city, and without the support of which everything else eventually falls to the ground. Nobody in San Francisco objeets to civie adornment, as the tion of the city is now styled. This has been stated so often it is becoming stale. But there is a time for everything, and this 8 not the time for touching up our complexions and dressing mirror. The eity has burned down and the task us is to get it rebuilt as soon as possible. We want to get down to shirt sleeves and work, not dream in silks and prinking. There is plenty of room for the bedutification committees to proceed with their praiseworthy civie adornment without invading the dow: business d#tricts where they are not wanted. That is the “Hands off!”” “‘No admittance!”” “Keep isible on the face of the downtown mer- ssing business of getting back his trade to waste his time in listening and indorsing proposit ornament his distriet. There is a vast area ontside of the business district where the e adornment advoeates can proceed unmolested. There are tens of thousands of acres of parks, streets and unocenpied lands where the eom an give full play to their landseape poesy without 8 If they can make the new city more beautiful and attractive to ourselves and our visitors they will be assisted in every possible way by the very merchants whose antagon- ism v are now provoking. r befere a now before lain English of are when on chant ttee opposition from anybody. he business men alone. ILet them go ahead in their own way—which practical—and their own time—which is now— to turn their merchandise into dollars and their dollars into general circulation for the benefit of the general publie. Let them and their commerc they wart better probably 18 in il district alone. They know what n anybody else. If they are left alone they will and Id their ved stores and warehouses and put a broad four-track belt railroad around their water front and save more money by it in five years than the beautification of the whole city west of Union Square will cost. ‘‘Chacun son metier,”” as the French say— ‘Every man to his own trade.”’ re destrc THE INSURANCE ADJUSTMENT. ' A sensation in the adjustment of insurance losses now under has just been sprung upon the publie, which is receiving it like -with a shiver. broker states that he has received from the home London fire insurance company a letter instructing him | dn sett 1p his fire losses to refrain from giving poliey-holders in-| format s to their settlements, providing them with fire loss blanks . and to refer them to the headquarters of the company | yast. Naturally this sensational letter has caused a commo- tion among insurance agents and their poliey-holders. If this be true it is a reprehensible proceeding. Every man who Las by the fire is entitled to the full amount of his claim just as soon as it is possible to give it to him. The tens of thou- sands:of policy-holders who have been confidingly paying preminms s for years and years against such a loss as they have just now suffered must not be put off with evasions nor rebnffed with barriers placed across their path by the insnrance companies. lost on their polie These poliey-holders need this money—every cent of it. They cannot resume their business nor rebuild their stores without it. If they get it they can resnme at once; if they do not, they cannot. Every delay not only keeps them bac Franciseo as well. Her . but the whole eity of This is everybody’s business. where the powerful inflnence of the banks should be The banks shonld see—as doubtless they do—that unless their insurance money somebody else must furnish it some form or other or trouble will ensue. We cannot afford to have any trouble in this matter of payment of insurance losses at this juneture. Let the banks notify these evasive companies to cease their trifling with the public and pay their losses. It is not neces- sary to go into partienlars or make any predictions. A word to the wise is sufficient. an the publie It is a matter of justice to the sqnare-dealing companies to state that most of the companies are paying their losses without demur or hair-splitting and with as little delay as possible. It is only the few which are showing a disposition to be knavish. Those companies which are paying up cheerfully to the best of their ability will be remembered—so will the others, FOUNDATIONS ALREADY LAID. It is quite possible that we may find, as we begin to rebuild, that the work of reconstruction may prove faster, easier and less expen- sive than we have supposed. We refer to the foundations of all the new buildings erected in the downtown distriets during the past ten or fifteen years. The foundation, laid far down under ground and constructed largely of iron columns embedded upon conerete piers, has. always been an expensive and slowly built part of the modern building. but when once completed the superstrueture of the edific rapidly from its base. 3 Now, if we find that these foundations are generally intact, half of the recomstruction is’ already accomplished. In other words, we shall be about half as long putting up our new buildin in the original edifiees. And it is reasonable to presume that many of these massive foundations are still solid. b s o vk i ks 0, SR rose Marguerite Gilberd Asks Divorce. Tries to Jump Ento lh‘uy‘. Marguerite Gilberd, who married| Pat Leary, after filling up on Oak- Fred Gilberd on December 23, 1902,/land whiskey yesterday, tried to jump 1s suing for divorce. She £ays he left|into the bay on this side. A friend her in March, 1905, and forgot to|rescued him and he was sent to the Fit vetirn. detention hospital. the rearrangement of the downtown business JOVFUL TEAGHERS GET THER PAY FOB IPRL SERVEE Nearly Seven Hundred Prompt and Pleasant Women Own New Gold. They Stand in Line With Rare Patience and Kiss the Minted Coin. Promptness and pleasantry in petticoats materialized in the shape of “almost 700 schoolma'ms in search of April salaries at the office of Treasurer Bantel yesterday morn- ing. “At no previous era in San Fran- cisco’s history,” said Cashier O'Con- nor, “have so many women in good spirits stood patiently in line to re- fute the “old saw that women are never on time, and never have so many women elbowed one another so pleasantly while waiting their turn at the salary window.” It was a pretfy sight to behold the long line of teachers as early as 8:3 a. m., though the advertised hour of payment The cashier was compassionate enough to open the window at 9, whereupon the chink of gold fell pleasantly on eager feminine ears. “My, this looks good!" exclaimed an elderly teacher as she put $88.50 | in her purse, cleared her throatand tripped smilingly away. | Then came a gentle-voiced yvoung | woman in a pretty, navy blue suit. | She picked up $62.50, kissed the gold and tossed up her head as she wan- | dered forth in love with the world. Next came a veteran, gray-mus- | tached instructor of the fathers of | the young men of today. Uncertain | of step, but cheery of manner, he put | his quarterly pension of $66 into an empty purse and hummed an old | ditty as he toddled into the dusty street. Most of the teachers had read The Call'’s announcement that the sack would be opened yesterday, but a few—possibly fifty “out of 700—had been misled by the statement of a morning paper that payments would begin in a few days; but news of the “bar'l” had filtered to that fifty by 2 p. m.—for teachers will talk—and by 3 o'clock all who could ride or walk or get aboard any sort of primitive conveyance had reached the pay win- dow, feit the firm, nerve-thrilling touch of the poor man's ancient enemy, and gone forth happy to meet the world and its duties. Just one or two wheezy and be- lated creditors of the stricken city whined out a sharp “It seems to.me a blessed leng timé to wait.” Most of the young women and middle-aged women who teach the youth were full of good spirits The touch of gvld sent their pulses leaping to the point of pleasant ebuilition, and they were profuse in thanks. Just as O'Connor paid out almost the last of $63.000 and closed the wicket against the happy throng he had enriched and seen kiss the new twenties, he said, “Blessed if 1 don't believe they'd have kissed me if that wicket hadn’t been between u And hereafter, when these 700 women write the motto, “Be prompt; be pleasant,” they may refect that they were yesterday concrete ex- amples of the complete fuliliment of | the old adage. - WILL EXTEND THANKS FOR HEROIC SERVICE RENDERED | | Harbor Commissioners to Recognize Work Performed in Saving State Property. The State Board of Harbor Commis- sioners met yesterday afternoon. Pres- ident C. H. Spear and Commissioner John D. Mackenzie attended the ses- sion. The secretary was directed to pre- pare a resolution wherein services rendered by the army and navy. the | National Guard, steamship and tug companies and others in fighting the fire and saving life and property should be recognized. The resolution will be presented to the board at a| meeting next Tuesday afternoon. It is the purpose of the Commissioners to express appreciation of efficient and heroic work done in the preservation of the property of the State. Later on official acknowledgment of the ser- vice may be made by the Governor and the State Legisiature. The total loss to the State on the water front by the quake and fire amounts to $640,000. The damage to plers and slips approximates $200,000, on which there is insurance of $76,000. was 10 o'clock.+ I; | quakes? | almost | slight. e LU q i g ] e BIG HOTEL PLANNED FOR THIRD STREET o Structure That Will Take the Place of the New Oaks Will Be of the Kind That Does Not Topple. TEN-STORY BUILDING THAT WILL GO UP ON THE SITE OF THE NEW OAKS HOTEL. WEDDING OF HISS HOFFACKER TO BE EARLY FALL EVENT By Sally Sharp. e engagement has been 8O- no-f;:ced of Miss Lavina Hofigr‘ and Raymond Splivalo. The wi i will be an event of early fall m;! - | much interest to society. M"“d :u’ acker is one of last season's del " tantes and Mr. Splivalo is a mb'; - Mr. and Mrs. C. Splivalo, whose t.ls tiful summer home at Belmon e noted for its hospiéag!tg.er T:fe {r::un e is so a _br 4 !Soplll):nlo and of Mrs. Francis Rawles Shoemaker. . . weather will give a ‘The ScheGr:e of l&- n" at the home of Mrs. orge H. ;:rw in Alameda. Mrs. Fairweather is giving a series of talks on Imo‘i‘l'l writers and musicians. The next W 1 with Parsifal. do:‘he Ibsen talk, occurring just h.l; the literary world is mourning loss, will, no doubt, partake of a re= view of the ideall:t's ll.la. . Mrs. Mary Fairw reading today on June wedding will be that of .\(l.:! Maybelle C. Cole of this city and John F. Sherburn of Sacnmuuts The bride is the daughter of Mr. am Mrs. M. T. Cole of 3352 Sacramento street, where the ceremory will M performed on June 6. Mrs. A. Wenzelburger has offersd her house at 2960 Steiner street for the meetings of the Sorosis Club. This will convene on Monday after- noons and devote its energies to Red Cross work. 3 p ¢ Frederick Maurer, the pianist, and Oscar Maurer, the artist, are located in Berkeley. 5% . . The marriage of Miss Marfe Elean- or Mansfleld and David F. Hanbury of London, England, took place Wednesday in Benicla. The cere- mony was performed at noon in St Paul's Episcopal Church by Rev. Mr. Bradley, in the preu;ce only of rela- tives and near friends. The bride, gowned in white chiffon and lace, was unattended. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mansfield of Benicia. Mr. and Mrs. Hanbury have gone to KEurops on their weddin! !rip; A large number of prominent per- sonages were bidden to the wedding of Miss Edith Bradley and Louls Metzgar of Tonopah, which took place at noon on Monday. The Pren- iss Selby home in Oakland has re- :-enth' been leased to F. W. Brad- ley, the bride’s brother, and it was there the ceremony was performed. The guests included Hon. and Mrs. John F. Davis, Miss Margaret Davis, | E. A. Davis, General and Mrs. Gor- don, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Upham, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mackenzie, Mrs. Lundy Hogue, Miss Vida Redding- ton, Miss Malowansky, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Requa, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Wingate, Mrs. Thomas Mein, Mr. and SUGGESTS PLAN TO MAKE CITY EARTHQUAKE PROOF an Is island exempt from earth- More properly speaking, does a small island escape the full force of an earthquaké? 2 To an observer from the ferryboats, shortly after the recent seismic dis- turbance, there was na visible dam- age done on any of the islands in the bay. Not a chimney,' telegraph pole or fence was down apparently, on Angel, Yerba Buena or Alcatraz islands. On Belvedere, which is an island, the damage was The train of thought thus started leads directly to the guery: Has a comparatively small igland in this part of .the world, or in any part for that matter, ever suffered severely from the shock of an earthquake? Islands have beéen mysteriously formed and obliterated from the face | of the map in various parts of the | world through the agencies of vol- cano and earthquake, but has a re- | spectable, jegitimate island of un- stained pedigree ever suffered serious damage from the effects of an earth- quake? The seismic disturbances of Japan will be the immediate answer of many; yet Japan is not a small island. Once establish the fact that an isl- and of this is practically im- mune from such a blow, that the girdle of water protects it from the cowardly stab in the back given by a vicious esrthquake, and the solu- tion of the matter would be simple. By digging a canal from the ocean to the bay across the peninsula on which San Francisco is situated an island would be formed, and the city might thus be encased in an earth- | quake proof armor. more potent | against a disaster, similar to the re- | one, than all the ingenuity of | man could contrive. If the disturb- The secretary of the board was in- structed to prepare a tabulated state- ment of damages caused by the care- less handling of Southern Pacific boats. . | Notice was given that ail occupants of State lands and water front berths would be <harged full rental for their respective premises. It transpires that holders of State leases are ap- plying for reduction of rent at a time when the privileges they hold could be leased for a sum much larger than that named in the original grant. The chief engineer estimates that creosoted piles, to the value of $63,000 will be required in the next six months, The necessity for striet economy in| the administration of water front af- fairs was discussed. The receipts for the month of May show a falling off. The Cominissioners assert that a defi- ciency must not be created. 5 cat =y i IMPROVEMENT CLUB TAKES INTEREST IN STREET GRADE Committee Appointed by Eureka Valley Residents to Confer With City Of- ficials on Changes. At the regular weekly meeting of the Market Street and Bureka Valley Im- | provement Club in Improvement Hall, 2569 Market street, the - following were ap- pointed on a committes to_work for the change of grade on Market €treet between Van Ness avenue and Fifteenth street: R. C. Clark, W. E. Dubeis, L. H. Peterson, B. Joost, D. R. McNeil. The committee was especially instruct- ed to impress upon the city officials the fact that, as Market street is the main artery and the great retall center for this eity, it is necessary that, #i9tder to erect suitable buildings for that great street, they should be built on a good solid rock foundation, such as exists at the outer end of Market street; also that the change €lof grade would be necessary before a proper sewerage system could be built on Market strget. Resolutions were passed stating that the club thought the appointment of spe- cial chimney inspectors was ill-advised, 8 @8 We were | but that such inspection should be done by the members of the Fire Department, and more especially by the building in- spectors appointed by the Board of Pub- lic Works and drawing salaries out of the city treasury, while practicaily there.is no | need of their services at the present time, as the erection of new buildings is not yet under way. —— g L Townsend has full stock of Californta ace fruits and choice candies at his residence, 1220 Valencia street. . ance iz of the surface, and the vari- ous theories appear to agree in this, all the more reason why this theory should be given a trial. An earthquake is the worst disas- ter that can befall a city, for the reason that it is the only one which comes wholly without warning. War, famine, fire and pestilence are fearful, but all are heralded. They are mor- tal inflictions, if one may call them s0, while an earthquake is a ghostly, ghastly, uncanny visitation, absolute- | Iy different from and infinitely worse | an the others, because the attack | S0 secret and unexpected that no preparation can be made agalnst it. Is it not posible to place a weapon in fhe hands of San Francisco to en- e her tender flesh in a coat, of mail and place a helmet on fer wounded head, so that when the next\ cataclysm strikes her she may not be sitting thoughtlessly by her Golden Gate, an easy victim, but equipped, “on guard,” a full pan- opHed warrior, ELIZABETH GERBERDING. San Francisco, May 24. Ui 2. Fchobe S U Veteran Relief Committee. By direction of the Department Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic the department com- mander, W. (. Alberger, has appoint- ed a Grand Army special relief com- mittee of twenty-one comrades, as follow: A. J. Buckles, Sacramento; . C. Seymour, Patton; N. P. Chip- man, Sacramento; W, W. Russell, Marysville; William R. Shafter, San Francisco; Tenry €. Dibble, San Francisco; J. H. Garrett, San Fran- {eisco; €. J. Handley, San:Francisco; | Horace Wilson, San” Francisco; F. Coxe, San Fran ‘»San Francisco; | 1eJo; C. W. Rice, San Jose; G. A. N i ton, Oukland; ‘L. H, Edel, San Fran- | cisco; J. Karminsky, San Francisco; |J. J. Walsh, San Francisco; A. E. Leavitt, San Francisco; E. Hart, San- ta Rosa; H. Z. Osborne, Los Angeles; F. W. Cushing, Oakiand, and has called a meeting of that committee for May 28, 1906, af 2 p. m., at Ham- {1lton Hall, corner _of Geary and Steiner stroets, | isco; William Healey, AR s L Picnic Organizations, Notice! All organizations which ve made coatracts or | arrangements’ with “the "soathors. Backle - Com jpans for excursions to New Sunset Park, Farmn rock Pazk, Schnetzen Pari at San Jose ‘or Bay Mew Park at Martines will please advise the (General Passenger Office, Ferry butlding, If it is their intention to fulfj) the same. #Iw ad- Yice I8 received on or before Thuesday, Mas 31, 1 contracts will he copal canceled, \CHAS. 8. FEE, Passenger Traffic Manager. ¢ ] John Spellman, Val- | or- | The pioneer building on Third street will probably be the new Oaks Hotel, to be erected on the same site where the old one stood. The new hotel will be a ten- story structure of the class A type. Thomas Jennings, owner of the hostelry that was destroyed, is behind the enter-’ prise. | Plans for the new hotel have been com- pleted by Architects J. A. Miller and George Colmesnil. In the censtruction of | the building all projections, such as cor- | nices, will be eliminated as much as pos- | sible. The material to be used will be re- inforced conereéte. The facings will be terra cotta blocks, svhich will be anchored to the frame. While the owner at present is planning to make it a hotel to replace the one de- stroyed by the fire he may convert it into an office building if the conditions favor. 1f it is conducted as a hotel the place will be called the New Oaks. It will cost over $200,000. PRESS CLUB WILL HAVE AEW HOME 1N WITHADW AESIDENGE Lease of Three-Story House at 2016 Pime Street Is Obtained. Will Celebrale Opening With High Jinks on Evening of June 9, At a meeting of the board of direc- tors of the Press Club, with John Mec- Naught presiding, the announcement was maide thet a lease of the Withrow residence, 2016 Pine street, had been | ntered into for the club’s temporary | quarters. The new home of the Press | Club will be in a handsome three- story double house, completely fur-| nished and appointed throughout. | Posgession will be taken by the club on June 1. The formal opening of. the club \\‘ill; be held on Saturday evening, June 9, with a high jinks and _reception to members and their friends. A_special committee consisting of | A. Y. Wood, E. J. Davis and Haig| Patigan was appointed to arrange for | the fitting up pf the club rooms and the purchase of supplies. It is pro- posed to have six apartments for | those members who desire to live at| the club. The initiation fee for active mem- ! bers was remitted for the three months ending September 1, 1906. At | a previous meeting the dues for active | and associate members were reduced | to $1.50 per month. It is planned to have mess cooking | at the club similar to that on United | States men of war. Each mess will furnish its own cook and a Chinese attendant will be employed. prlapede e O A Marriage licenses. The following marriage licenses were granted yesterday: Lester E. Hastings, 20, 372 Hicko avenue, and Barbara Richard, 18, {1467 Sixteenth street. | Peter Fay, 31, 619 Willow avenue, Frank H. Holcomb, 26, rstreet, and Elsie M. Capp street. ’ } Herbert R. Ellis, 24, 903 Fulion street, and Clair™ Schober, 20, 2060 Twenty-second street. Clarence J. Band, 23, 17% Biede- man street, and Lillie 8. Martin, 20, 1107 Laguna street. Gotarp Mori, 24, Napa, Cal, and | Kinuye ' Hasegawa, 19, 2025 Pine | street. . Kelly, 23, 93?] S gL Southern. Pacific Excursion to Louisville, Kentucky. Round trip, $75.75; ticked any train Juae 6 or 7; choice of routes eitber di- rection between San Francisco and Chicago or good ninety days. City llc;:t . San oiices, ¥ st and fri Fabie aves ui to leave on Frau- | main in the cars if they did not ob- | Fort Leavenworth. and Norg Hughes, 25, 1033 Oak street.} Mrs. 1. J. J. Lord and two ehildreq IMMIGRATION 8. 937 Capp have returned from Honolulu and are Mrs. Leo Legg. Mrs. S. A. Easton, Mrs. Emory, Mr. and Mrs. St. John, J. S. Wallace, Mrs. Kate Leslie, Miss Birdie Arnott and Harrzv P. Stow. . . COMPANY ALLOWS PEOPLE TO STAY IN STREET-CAR HOMES About a ‘week ago Manager Chap- | man received a petition from six Sut- | ter-street property owners that the cars which had been standing on that | street since the fife were a menace to | business. He was in a quandary to know what course to pursue. To ac- cede to the desires of the petitioners | it would be necessary to discommode haif a hundred miho enjoyed the shel- ter of the vehicles. A canvass was 3 nelade to ascertain the wishes of the| Mrs. Willam Greer Hitchcock 1; housed people. The railroad's ten- ‘expefled to arrive in town soon );n ants expressed themselves as anxious Wwill be the guest of her sister,” Miss to stay, and were assured that the |Sara Drum. | 3 b best would be done. Yesterday Manager Chapman had| Miss Florence Lundborg. v;ho had! a force of men with horses dragging | been the guest of her b&m 0; _l'" the dummies and cars to a position and Mrs. Irving Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lewison an- nounce the engagement of their daughter, Celia, to Edz.ar Strakosch. . . Mr. and Mrs. Robert Armstrong Deane (Constance Lawrence) are re- siding in Berkeley, their beautiful home at Hyde and Greenwich streets having been comp.lelel)'. destroyed. . [giater-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Tevin on Presido avenue, near Sutter street. Lundborg of Linda Vista, is p: a1 The inhabitants- of the car village | ing to leave for a visit to Santa Bar- looked with anxiety upon the work | bara. of the carmen, but were reassured | when informed that they could re- . . . Mr. and Mrs. Louis Glass are live ing on Octavia street. ject to a change of location. * b PERSONALS. R. H. Pease, president of the Goodyear Rubber Company, who has been in Port- land the last three weeas, will return here early next week. : Malcolm Fraser, who was for many’ years in the Board of Public Works office | here, but who.is now engaged in business | in London. England, was married to Miss | Marie Feiling in that city in the early part of this month. Mr. and Mrs. have gone on an . Frederick Gutterson Eastern trip. B . Mrs. Alice Mason Barnet, the so- | prano, has been the guest of Mrs. Seth Cushman since the fire. . . - Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Sto]l are liv- ing on Bonita avenue, having taken a house for several months. s vichash o . 4 S ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS ARTIFICIAL DIAMONDS—S., Winters, Cal. No method of manufacturing mer- Licutenant Edwin S. Long returned | chantable diamonds has ever been dis Tegterday from & short offictal trip to| SR e e et by an eatremely ex- pensive process, simply to prove that the thing is possible. These proved to be trus crystals of the diamond structure, but on the attempt being made to polish them as natural diamonds are polished they crum- bled into bits. Douglas Sloane Watson and family and | Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Watson have taken | the 'Marcus residence at Mill Valley for the summer. Charles Page and family, who have been in Alameda for the last month, have | returned to their residence, 2318 Pacific e department has not the space to describe OAKLAND, May 24.—Frederick Whit- | the game of bridge whist. For a very ney, passenger agent of the North Shore small sum you can obtain from any book- Rallroad, is registered at the Hotel Crel- | seller a book that will tell you all about lin. He came to Oakland to confer with | the game. his brother officers of the road regardipg | the future conduct of that enterprise. BRIDGE WHIST—A Reader, City. This NOTARY PUBLIC—H. J. B., Berkeley, The clerks of the Hotel Metropole re- | Cal. The necessary qualifications to be- ceived a telegraphic message this morning | come a notary public are good common to reserve apartments for Minnie Maddern ' sense, a good education, a knowledge of Fiske, who will arrive in Oakland tomor- | the form of legal documents and the requi- row. | site “pull” to secure an appointment. A. W. Frost, b man of Tonopah, DEBATES—To Correspondents. This Hotel Athens. department does not furnish material to William Halderman, a mining man, who | énable persons who have agreed to speak is taking gold from the debris of the bed in the affirmative or negative on a ques- of the Feather River, is registered from tion. The person who takes part in a de- Oroville at the Crellin. b;n»- should l'xpwu eemn-l views and E. L. Foncar of Oroviile and J. W. Neill 8lVe personal reasors for the position as- aof Pasadena, mining men, are at the Crel- | Sumed. If a debater takes the views ex- lin. They are looking after their mining Pressed by the Query Department he ex- interests in the Oroville district. presses the views of another and not his own. Were it not for this rule this de- A. C. Bilicke, one of the owners of the | pirtment would have nothing else. 1o do Hollenbeck .and Alexandria hotels of Los |yys fupnish idens.fog persans who want to Angeles, is at the Hotel Athens. He has pop. debates easy. in project a large hotel on the site of the A former Windsor, Fifth and Market streets, San Francisco. ! the well-known mining is registered at the A RACE IN '96—W. M.. Sacramento, 5 Cal. The betting in the race February C. W. Wellman and F. S. Wellman of | 1356, in which Ruby, Gilead and Clandine Cleveland, Ohio, are at the Hotel Crellin. | ran, was as follows: Fuby, opening & to The Wellmans are here (o investigate th=)5 closing 11 to 10; Gilead. opening and losses of those insured in the several com- closing, 4; Claudius, opening 2, closing 7 panies they represent. to 5. S. Atell, a diamond merchant of Belling- | ham, Wash., and his wife are guests at | Cal. the Hotel Crellin. | The salary of the Governor General of the Arthur Croxford. an appraiser for the | Dominion of Canada is $50,000 a year. The New York underwriters, is at the iotel |salary of each member of the Dominjon Crellin while at work appraising the Cabinet is $70M), except the Premier, who losses in San Francisco. He is a coutrac- | receives $12,000. tor of Salt Lake City. ' CANADA—Subscriber, Ogkland, City. The immi- gration to the United States in 1905 was the largest in the history of the country, namely, 1.027,421. The year previous it was 812,870, guests at the Hoiel Metropole. R g Old Viemna Bakery Opens. The Vienna Model Bakery, for-| WINE WITH merly of Sutter and Kearny streets, ! has established temporary quarters at 2220 Post street. A mercantile lunch FRUIT—Housekeeper, City. The proper Thing in the matter of serving wine with fruit 1s to place on the table Tokay, Malag= or Muscat. . |is served daily at a moderate figure. 4 o ity f | Senate Takes Up Agricultural Biil. | WASHINGTON, May 24.—The Sen- ;e R S R Galloway and Howard Unite. J. D. Galloway, the well known eivil engineer, has rormed a hip with J. G. Howard, the architect. Both .men are familiar with building strue- tural work and will give mueh of their —Pfl-_ley H e % |attention to the erection of,San Fran- ciseo’s new Their _offices Call at Policy H 3 i u: .nm? olders’ Mhfim,l'!n‘wlllhhmAuul\flHl-..l.- |ate entered today upon the considera- "{:flr of the agricultural appropriation .