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SATURDAY AUGUST 31, 1898
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
We must build competing roads.
The best hope of the people is in their
cvrn enterprise.
There may be evils here and there, but
there is progress everywhere.
The Valley road points to commercial
independence and leads the way.
Sania Clara County -will see her ship
Kome in as soon as she opens the gate at
. Alviso.
5 Order The Bcwbat Call to-davand make
*Bure of good reading for your leisure to
morrow.
There are too many new enterprises in
California for the old monopoly to hold
them all.
Few people have been disappointed in
the Railroad Commission, for few expected
anything.
The Railroad Commission is worth just
about as much as a campaign pledge, but
it costs more.
There are more ways of killing the
monopoly dog than by choking it to death
With commission butter.
It is a proud boast of the monopoly that
if it cannot cinch the shippers it can at
least cinch the workingmen.
Once more we remind you that the
Mechanics' Fair is one of the things you
must take in in order to be in it.
When the Republican party points with
pride in the next State convention it will
have its back to Commissioner Clark.
Get all your business off your mind to
day, so that you can recreate yourself
to-morrow without a thought of care.
Monopoly may baffle and useless com
missions may hamper the progress of Cali
nia, but nothing can effectually stop it.
It has taken twenty-nine days to ring up
the curtain on the Durrant case, and when
it rises on Monday there is no telling when
it will fall again.
The new woman has got far enough
along in the East to have raised a consid
erable controversy as to how she can most
easily be domesticated.
The interests of the shippers and the in
terests of tne workingmen of the State are
identical, and the attempt of the monopoly
to divide them is futile; the wedge is too
thin.
The threat of the monopoly to make up
for any reduction in freight rates by re
ducing the wages of its workingmen is
another evidence of its determination to
bleed the people at every turn.
The Kailroad Commission might reflect
that the monopoly practice of skinning the
Califurnian to clothe the Central African
is at least open to the objection that the
African does not want the clothes.
Now that little Zerubabbel has been
given to the Bay State Commandery, we
trust if any trouble arises after he grows
big and grisly the people of Massachusetts
will not consider it a matter of our bruin.
Harry Hayward, who is under sentence
in Minnesota for the murder of Catherine
Ging, has recently brought suit as a claim
ant for l#Mhsurance money, and now no
one will deny that the Minnesota gall is
the toughest in the country.
The claim that the bicycle fad has re
duced the consumption of cigars in this
country is not borne out by trade statis
tics, for the record shows that during the
fiscal year ending June 30 there were man
ufactured in the United States 4,130,440,000
cigars, being an increase over the previous
year of more than 63, 500,000.
It is claimed by the Board of Health of
Chicago that the sewer improvements of
that city have reduced the death rate from
consumption by 40 per cent, and the hint
might be taken by our Half-million Club.
If better sewers in thi3 City would not in
crease the population, they would at least
Bave some of the people we have.
The influence of Boston on the proceed
ings of the Knights Templar is shown in
the proposed project for a grand Masonic
university. If the conclave had met in
Chicago there would have been a project
for a Masonic colosseum, while San Fran
cisco would have inclined their fancy to a
grand parade boulevard across the conti
nent, with carnival stations for festal pur
poses every forty miles.
Editors Dunn and Lemon of the Carson
Tribune have been punished for alleged
contempt of court for their comments on
the cases of the men suspected of robbing
the United States mint at Carson. The
attorney for the newspaper men contended
that the Judge of the court had no juris
diction, but this objection was brushed
aside by a wave of the judicial hand, and
the writers had to pay their tines and go
to jail.
The declaration of the Southern Pacific
that it will meet every reduction in freight
rates by a reduction in wages might be just
as effectively used in compelling the State
to forego the right of taxation by declaring
that all taxes would be taken from wages;
it might be used in court as an argument
why damages should not be given against
the road in any case whatever; it is, in
fact, a kind of insane bluster that irritates
4) lit does not frighten.
THE ALVISO CHANNEL.
The San Jose Board of Trade has given
another evidence of its superior enterprise
by determining to increase the facilities of
the Alviso Channel for traffic between
Santa Clara County and San Francieco.
It has inspected the channel and found
that the waterway can be made of great
value. Secretary Fay gives the surprising
information that inadequate as is the
channel in its present condition it saved
San Jose merchants $91,000 in 1894 in the
shape of reductions which the competition
that it offered forced the Southern Pacitic
to make. This was in spite of the fact
that the merchants had to haul their
wares by wagon seven miles between
Alviso and San Jose before being able to
enjoy the benefits of bay competition. As
an electric freight and passenger road has
been projected to run from San Jose to
Alviso it will greatly reduce the cost of
transportation and add correspondingly to
the prosperity of the Santa Clara Valley.
This is the largest and richest- of all the
coast valleys, and besides containing a
dense population and handling a heavy
traffic in merchandise it has an enormous
tonnage of soil products. With the excep
tion of the very limited and inadequate
competition found at Alviso the Southern
Pacific has a complete monopoly of all this
business.
It is estimated that it will require only
$50,000 to put Alviso Channel in perfect
condition to accommodate the traffic. It
is three miles long, running from San
Francisco Bay to the town of Alviso, which
was the embarcadero for the entire Santa
Clara Valley and the contiguous region
before the railroad A'as built. It has been
a highway for more than half a century
and its value has been great. Th« San
Jose Board of Trade proposes to seek Gov
ernment aid. Surely the Gpvernment
cannot imagine a reason for withholding
it. This channel, in connection with the
bay, is fully as important to the rich
Santa Clara region as are the Sacramento
and San Joaquin rivers to their respective
territories, and it is amazing that the ad
vantages which it offers have never before
been strenuously insisted upon.
The prospect which this proposition pre
sents is exceedingly bright for the splen
did section of which San Jose is the
metropolis. With so active, earnest and
inteJligent a body of men as the San Jose
Board of Trade to urge onward the devel
opment of the region we may be coniident
that the highest expectations will be
realized.
"THE CALL'S" QUEEY DEPART
MENT.
Few people realize the amount of labor
and expense devoted by The Call to the
answering of questions propounded by
subscribers and correspondents. Many
inquiries involve the searching of records
running back for years or the going over
of old newspaper files yellowed by time
and dust. Yet The Call is pleased to
accommodate its readers to the fullest
extent. That these efforts are appreciated
is shown by the following letter that was
recently received at this office:
To the Editor of The Call— Sir: Of the many
inquiries sent out in search of a long-missing
relative, covering a period of several years, the
query editor of The Call was the first to fur
nish the desired information, and that within
a fortnight after the inquiry was mailed. I
give my thanks to the editor for his kindness
and to all who contributed information. The
name and address given by him were investi
gated and proved to be those of the person
6ought. This promptness te all the more re
markable when it is remembered that the in
quiry contained the information that said
relative had been the object of search for many
years (over a quarter of a century), and a photo
of her had traveled over 12,000 miles in a fruit
less attempt at discovery. Respectfully,
.7. X. Thompson.
Kern City, Cal., Aug. 17, 1895.
Another instance where important in
formation was desired occurred last
Wednesday. A gentleman who was inter
ested in certain litigation desired to learn
the date of the wreck of a vessel, and
made application to The Call for the data
needed. On Thursday mo.ning all the
facts were published on this page.
The query department has crown to such
an extent that it is no longer convenient
to publish the answers all on Sundays, as
was formerly the custom. Another plan
has therefore been adopted. The replies
to questions are given from day to day, as
fast as they are received, and in this way
inquirers are never kept waiting more than
a week for the information that they desire.
A STEONG MAN DIES.
As there have been few men who dis
played the energy which characterized the
conduct of Isaac M. Hecht in assisting to
ward the creation of all the greatness
which San Francisco possesses, so his death
is a loss to the City, Since 1857, when he
arrived here a poor young raarn till the day
of his death he was controlled by that ar
dent admiration of California and his un
derstanding of its matchless wealth of
resources that are essential to the making
of a useful citizen and a splendid common
wealth.
The life of the Hecht family illustrates
in its brightest colors a striking .phase of
Jewish conduct so often' observable. This
is the invimate bond of affection and co
operation existing among the members of
the family. There were five sons in this
ease. Isaac, as the eldest, came to Califor
nia, and when he saw that the future was
assured he sent for his four brothers and
associated them with him" in the various
large enterprises in which he engaged, the
peculiarity of the relation being that al
though they all accumulated large wealth
they never separated their interests. The
student of human nature may find in this
trait of the Jewish race both an example
to all men and an explanation of much of
the remarkable success that generally at
tends their business ventures. To bring
into the world and rear a large family is a
principle dear to the Jewish heart, and is
rounded into beautiful perfection by an
unfailing strength of affection, sympathy
and mutual support among its members,
and finds its noblest expression in a tender
solicitude for the comfort and happiness of
aged parents.
"THE SUNDAY CALL"
The Call to-morrow will have in addi
tion to its regular features a delightful
melange of special matter prepared for the
Sunday issue. The artistic pen of Joaquin
Miller has produced a strange study with
the fascinating title, "The Body Found
Floating in the Bay." Madgp Morris
Wagner will have an interesting and in
structive sketch entitled "Formosa," the
story of a California medical graduate in
Foo Chow. ' 'With a Little Old Woman on
the Sands" is a quaint contribution by W.
C. Morrow, being hia account of a day's
outing on the Presidio beach, with a dra
matic incident. "Bertine" is a strong
story by Adeline Knapp, showing that
author in one of her best veins. Daniel
O'Connell gives a dramatic chapter of Cali
fornia history in "The Defense of Jolon."
The lunar eclipse of the 3d prox. is intelli
gently discussed by Rose O'Halloran. J.
O. Denny gives an interesting paper on
"William Keith in the Redwoods."
Dr. Oliver Nixon makes a peppery re
joinder to Frances Fuller Victor's recently
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST ftl 9 1895.
published paper on "How Whitman Saved
Oregon," and Robert Stevenson gives the
fifth of his papers on kinetic stability.
"At Monterey" is a breezy contribution on
the sports and events which have enthralled
society at the Hotel del Monte during this
week. Society news, the drama, fashions,
the children's page, book reviews and
many other special features contribute to
the exrf'llenre nf the issue.
INTEMPEKANCE AND SUICIDE.
The other day a merchant tailor of this
City killed himself. According to the ac
counts a steady loss of trade and 1 heavy
drinking produced the despondency which
ended in suicide. No information is given
as to whether the drinking habit caused or
was the cause of a falling off of trade, but
that is not a very important question.
The rule is that the acquiring of the drink
ing habit precedes and causes a depression
in business. In any event, drinking tends
to produce despondency and this urges to
suicide.
Dr. Prinzing of Ulm, Germany, has re
cently published an important book on
this subject as the result of his investiga
tion into the drinking habits of the Ger
man people. While there is no such thing
as a prohioition sentiment in Germany,
and while even the, advocates of temper
ance would not think of advocating prohi
bition, there has nevertheless grown up
recently in that country, as in France, a
strong movement against intemperance.
In the case of France the Government
proposes to put a check upon the ruinous
extent to which absinthe and other dan
gerous spirituous liquors are consumed, as
the morgue, the insane asylums and the
prisons are furnishing eloquent proof of
the dangers which invest the nation, but
in Germany the movement for temperance
is proceeding on the gentler Jines of edu
cation and moral influence. Dr. Prinzing
has now come forward with a remarkable
showing of the eviis which intemperance
is working in the Kaiser's realm.
He has shown that more than 30 per cent
of all suicides committed by men in the
prime of life are due to drunkenness. This
is startling news from a nation so calm
and self-contained and so little inclined to
nervous excitement as the German. After
quoting Aristotle's famous declaration that
"many men commit suicide during a
drunken bout and others become nervous
and melancholy," he traces the connection
between intemperance and suicide, and
finds that it has always been closely inti
mate. He attacks the validity of statistics
and declares that many of the suicides re
ported as being due to temporary insanity
are really the outcome of physical or
mental suffering from drunkenness. A
pernicious effect of liquor is to inflame the
imagination and exaggerate into a danger
ous hallucination the ills that bring suffer
ing to so many.
Lornbroso, the great authority on insan
ity, has already produced instances of men
who attempted suicide while intoxicated,
and who when resuscitated and sobered
had no recollection of the attempt and
cherished an intense repugnance for the
act. It often happens in drunkenness and
delirium tremens thai the diseased imagi
nation conjures up frightful monsters,
which cause the sufferers to kill themselves
by leaping from a high window to escape
them. Jn addition to this is a long train
of definite hallucinations which may ac
company drunkenness and lead to suicide,
such as a wife's unfaithfulness, insults and
slights never intended and impending
business disasters that have no existence.
As a rule, however, the chronic drunkard
commits suicide while sober, for it is then
that he realizes the degradation into which
he is falling, the loss of friends, business
and standing which his conduct has as-<
Bated, and a belief in the hopelessness of
his condition and his lack of strength to
shake off the habit. There is, besides, a
long list of suicides induced by the drunk
enness and ensuing neglect or cruelty of
some member of the family.
Dr. Prinzing further shows that suicide is
commoner in those parts of Germany
where spirits are most freely used. His
work has startled the people and given a
great impetus to the temperance move
ment.
OUR EXCHANGES.
From the Seattle Times we learn there is
a pronounced sentiment in the State of
Washington in favor of holding the next
Republican National Convention in San
Francisco. Governor McGraw heartily
supports the project and may be reckoned
on for what influence the administration
of the State has to secure the convention
for us. The Times is quite right in saying:
"It would be a great educator for Eastern
politicians ana their scope of vision re
garding the West and its place in National
politics would become very much broad
ened. A large percentage of the attend
ance would sweep around by way of the
upper coast going or coming, and both
Washington and Oregon would probably
be benefited politically as in other ways."
Because we stated it is better for Cali
fornia to be at the Atlanta Exposition
with one foot than not to be there at ail
the Woodland Mail takes us to task and
declares "California cannot afford to be
anywhere with one foot." In advancing
this opinion the Mail overlooks the fact
that when California has advanced one
foot she can be counted on to exert energy
enough to bring up the other one before
long. We agree with the Mail, however,
that "the pessimistic silurianism, the
penurious county eovernment policies
that make this shortness of funds on the
part of the State Board of Trade a stern
reality at this time, is much to be re
gretted."
Commenting upon the fact that the
diminution in the white pine forests in
Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin has
turned the attention of lumbermen to the
forests of the Pacific Coast, the Ilwaco
(Wash.) Journal makes a strong plea for
better care of the forests of the State.
"When the condition of affairs only a
few years ago is considered," it says, "we
cannot intelligently refer to our great tim
ber belt as inexhaustible, tnflchless though
it is in quantity as well as quality. The
demands that will be made upon it during
the next decade will certainly demonstrate
that this is not the case, and it is impera
tive that stringent measures should be en
forced to prevent as far as possible the lav
ish waste of prospective wealth that is now
going on in Washington's great forests."
There can be no question of the sound
ness of this view, and however great may
be the cost of properly enforcing laws for
the protection of forests, the people of all
the timber regions of the Pacific Coast
would rind it profitable before ten years
have passed.
After deriding the efforts of what it calls
the enthusiasts who undertook to start a
movement for reform and improvement
last spring, the Healdsburg Enterprise calls
upon practical men to take up the work of
public improvement and declares in favor
of bonding the county for a sufficient sum
to put not only the main road from Peta
luniii to Cloverdale in a permanently good
condition, but also important lateral roads.
It is more than likely that the earnestness
with which the improvement is urged will
call down upon the Enterprise some of the
I derision it has pointed at others, and the
I charge of being an enthusiast will be eeni
home to roost. Nevertheless, the Enter
prise ought to win, for whatever one may
say of its enthusiasm, no one acquainted
with the condition of our country roads
generally can gainsay the statement,
"The money that is wasted under the
present execrable system will pay the in
terest on the bonds, while the increased
population, superinduced by the irnprove
| ment, will greatly enhance the value of all
| real property in the county."
The figures of land-holdings in Merced
County submitted to the State Board of
Equalization by Assessor Simonson have
furnished the Fresno Republican a text for
a short sermon which will be greatly pleas
ing to the single-tax men and not unac
ceptable to many who are not in favor of
that system of taxation. The figures are
worth noting. There are in that county
1,146,184 acres of land, and six estates or
individuals own 431,000 of these acres. The
remainder is owned by 8079 persons, so that
on an average each of the six owns as
much as 808 other citizens.
The conclusion of the Republican is that
"radical enactments against large land
holdings are needed not only in California
but also throughout the West and South."
Certainly the condition of affairs shown in
Merced is not calculated to produce either
a prosperous community or contented in
dividuals.
The people of Mariposa are looking for
ward with hopefulness to a project for fur
nishing the town with water from a moun
tain reservoir in quantities sufficient to
supply not only the needs of domestic use,
but also the irrigation of gardens. The
Gazette heartily supports the enterprise and
says: "It would ailow the cultivation of
fruits, vegetables and flowers, and give to
property now lying idle a producing value,
! besides greatly beautifying the town. An
other important consideration would be
the protection afforded from tire. The
pressure proposed would be sufficient to
throw water over any building in town and
this would reduce insurance rates."
Manufacturing industries a.t Benicia are
booming, according to the New Era, which
declares: "Without exaggeration, Be
nicia is one of the liveliest, if not the live
liest, town in California to-day. An ob
serving person needs but to spend a few
hours among this city's great manufactur
ing industries to be convinced of this fact."
A column long review of the work now
being done at the factories affords ample
evidence to support the statement. /It is a
column that makes cheerful reading for
any Californian. "Thousands of dollars,"
says the New Era, "are being spent in en
larging this city's manufacturing 'stand
bys.' But this is not all. There is talk of
new industries yet to come, and we pre
dict that before another twelve months
shall have rolled by the West End will &cc
another industry established there and in
full blast." '
From the Marysville Democrat comes
this mournful requiem over departed
spirits: "While in San Francisco recently
one of the most striking signs of decay ob
served was the closing of the once famous
Bush-street saloon, known as the Myers
or Steiner place. This once popular re
sort, located only a few steps from Mont
gomery street, has made fortunes for a
half dozen or more men, yet to-day it is
closed to the public." Alas! it is too true.
The place is closed. Our contemporary,
however, in considering the closing of the
saloon as a sign of decay has been mis
led by a sentimental sadness. Had he
prospected further he would have found it
a sign of growth, for whenever one saloon
closes in San Francisco we open two new
ones. The Democrat thould give us an
other trial.
One of the larger projects of industrial
development now under consideration is a
scheme for making use of water-power in
a canyon above Healdsburg to supply
Santa Rosa with electric energy sufficient
for manufacturing purposes. The Sonoma
Democrat in describing the plan says:
"The plant, it is estimated, will generate
from 2000 to 5000 horsepower, and it is ex
pected that with additional turbines and
canals running out of the initial dam at
least, 10,000 horsepower can De derived.
The current will be sent to Santa Rosa via
Healdsburg and Windsor over ten wires,
rive being used at one time." There is
naturally a good deal of enthusiasm in
Santa Rosa over th>e project, and it might
well be felt elsewhere »lso, for it is as sure
as shooting that when once an enterprise
of this kind has been successf ally accom
plished in any locality in California, it
will not be long before every community
within reach of the water-power of the
foothills will be either imitating the ex
ample or improving on it.
There was yesterday issued for the first
time the Financial Letter, a weekly journal
devoted to the interests of .bond-buyers,
bond-sellers, capitalists and speculators.
The new journal is to be a weekly, and will
appear every Thursday. It is neatly ar
ranged, well printed and covers the field
of its operations in a satisfactory manner.
It contains a page of financial news of a
miscellaneous- character. The editors are
George Heazelton and Lionel Stagge, both
known as able newspaper men.
The possibilities of public profit to be
derived from the good management of
municipal franchises is shown in the fact
that the streetcar lines of Toronto pay the
city $800 a year for each mile of track, be
sides 8 per cent on the first million of
gross receipts and 20 per cent on all re
ceipts above three millions. The Cana
dians haven't as much enterprise as we
have, but in some things they do seem to
have a little more sense.
A specimen of a unique kind of fast
news service appears in this issue of The
Call and has been made a permanent part
of- this paper's news-gathering facilities.
It is a homing-pigeon line between Cata
lina Island and Los Angeles, by means of
which news is quickly dispatched from the
island to Los Angeles and telegraphed
thence to San Francisco.
"THE CALL" IN LOS ANGELES.
Attention -to Southern Californian In
terests Appreciated.
Los Angei.ks Chamber of Commerce, \
Corner of Broadway and Fourth. >
Los Angei.es, Cal., Aug. 38, 1895.)
Directors: W. C. Patterson, president; Charles
Forman, first vice-president; T. D. Stimson,
second vice-president; Andrew Mullen, treas
urer; D. Freeman, O. T. Johnson, F. W. King,
\V. B. Cline, Louis F. Vetter, J. H. Davisson, E.
F. C. Klokke, George W. Parsons, K. Conn, J.
A. Graves, Hancock Banning, M. L. Graff, F.
B. Munson, J. 8. Slauson, A. W. Francisco, E.
W.Jones. Secretary, C. D. Willard; superin
tendent of exhibit, Frank Wiggins.
C. M. Shortridge Esq., Editor and Proprietor
of The Call— Dear Sir: We have noted the ex
cellent article concerning the Atlanta Ex
position appearing in The Call of three days
ago, and are very much gratified at the recog
nition given the work of Los Angeles in this
undertaking.
The article has excited much favorable com
ment among the members of the Chamber of
Commerce, who are taking note of the fact that
The Call is giving special attention to the in
terests of Los Angeles City and Southern
California.
Wo remember with pleasure your visit to this
section of the State during Fiesta times, and
hope soon to see you again. Yours truly,
C. I). Willabd, Secretary.
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.
George H. Appel, manager at Sacramento of
the California Fruit Transportation Company,
whi<gi has been shipping fruit to England, was
in town yesterday ana spoke of tne cable re
ports in yesterday's Call of the sale of the last
shipment In London the day before. "While
some of the fruit arrived in a ripe condition,"
he said, "as will be the case in such
a large consignment, the average price for
Beurre Hardy pears was 12s per hox and 9s to
11s per half-box, and for peaches from 53 to
5s 9d. When the rate of $3 per hundred
pounds is computed it will show for these sales
as good or better net results than is being re
ceived in the domestic markets. W. N. White
& Co., the consignees, and the largest receiv
ers in London, advise that for the balance of
the season the trade should be good uutil
Christmas for choice varieties of fall pears and
peaches. Eight special train loads of fruit have
been forwarded from California to London to
far this season. Anotner will be forwarded
next Monday, and these shipments will be
continued weekly right through the season as
long as we can get desirable varieties of pears
and peaches. We shall make a success of this
venture to open the English market. This
means utilizing California's surplus supply of
fruit, thereby relieving the domestic markets,
doing away with gluts, and keeping up prices
and encouraging an extended acreage."
B. Ribbentrop, Inspector-General of Forests
of India, came in on the Monowai yesterday.
Speaking at the Occidental last night of the
preservation of forests in India he said : "It is
now nineteen years since the first legislation
looking toward the preservation of torests.
They had been, particularly in the rainless dis
tricts.devastated so much that the timber supply
had fallen short. Now we have between
80,000 and 95,000 square miles of forests un
der control of the Government. The supply of
timber is abundant and the Government re
ceives an income of about 70 lakhs of rupees
per annum. Each lakh is about £10,000 In
silver."
Mr. Ribbentrop is away on an eighteen
months' leave of absence. He has spent some
time in examining the forests of Australia and
■will remain in California a month or more for
the same purpose. He is accompanied by his
family.
Clifford Halle, son of Sir Charles Halle, the
great musical director of Manchester, England,
is in the city. Sir Charles Halle has made
Manchester the leading musical center of Eng
land, and was knighted lately by the Queen for
his services in behalf of his art. Clifford Halle
went to South Africa five years ago with
Remenyi and remained there under the patron
age of the High Commissioner, Sir Henry Lock,
and Lady Lock. From there he went io India
and gave two seasons of concert in summer at
Simla and three in winter at Calcutta. He is
now on his way home.
PERSONAL.
W. W. Fitzgerald of Stockton is at the Grand.
A. Levy, a merchant of Halfmoon Bay, is at
the Lick.
Ex-Judge C O. Clarke of Suisun is a gue.«t at
the Russ.
J. A.'Webster, an orcharaist of Solano, is at
the Crand.
B. F. Leete. a leading attorney of Eeno, Nev.,
E. McGettigan, a contractor and politician of
Va.llejo, is at the Russ.
A. Markham, a railroad man of Santa Rosa,
registered yesterday at the Lick.
Ex-Judge T. B. Bond, an attorney of Lake
port, registered at the Russ yesterday.
P. E. Platt, a fruit and commission merchant
of Sacramento, is a guest at the Grand.
W.- J. Scrutton, a leading mining man of
Laporte, registered at the Grand yesterday.
Dr. John Thomson, a big jewelry and dia
mond merchant of Melbourne, is at the Palace.
C. J.. Sharon, a mining man of Virginia City,
came down from the Comstock yesterday, and
is staying at the Palace.
Ed Kersey Cooper, a big mine-owner of New
Zealand, arrived by yesterday's steamer and
registered at the Occidental.
W. H. Warren, professor of engineering in
the University of Sydney, arrived on yester
day's steamer and is at the Palace.
Dr. George F. Becker, chief of this division of
the United States Geological Survey, has ar
rived from Alaska and is staying at the Pal
ace.
William Gibson, a big dry-goods merchant of
Melbourne, and William McNlvin, his manager,
arrived by the Monowai yesterday and are at
the Palace.
Henry Rickards, proprietor of the Tivoli of
Sydney and the Melbourne Opera-house, and
his family, arrived by the Monowai from Aus
tralia yesterday.
H. E. Tulford, who is in the British Consular
service at Pektn, arrived here on the Monowai
yesterday on his way to England. He is stop
ping at the Palace.
B. Ribbendrop, Inspector-General of Forests
for India, and his family, arrived here yester
day on his way to England by the Monowai,
and is staying at the Occidental.
Thomas H. Russell, son of Hon. Thomas Rus
sell, a large owner in the Waitekauri Gold
Mining Company of New Zealand, came in
yesterday in the Monowai and registered at the
Palace.
Colonel Thomas E. Addis of New Haven,
Conn., a big manufacturer of arms and ammu
nition, returned by tho Monowai yesterday
from a tour of the colonies, and is at the
Palace.
Richard Schleusz-Muhlheimer, director of
the great English carpet manufacturing firm
of Brintons (limited) of Kidderminster, ar
rived here on the Australian steamer yester
day and is staying at the Palace.
Clifford Halle, son of Sir Charles Halle, the
distinguiehed musical director of Manchester,
England, came in on the Monowai yesterday,
and put up at the Occidental. He has been
giving concerts in South Africa, India and
Australia for the past five years, and is now on
his way home.
CALIF ORNIANS IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 30.-Californians
registered at hotels to-day: San Francisco— W.
H. Snedaker, W. C. Sanborn, E. M. Hall, Hoff
man ; J. H. Farm, G. M. Franks, G. H. Herr. W.
Marcey, Imperial; H. Babcock, St. James; J. G.
McCall, Cosmopolitan; J. A. Moore, New York
Hotel; J. C. Lawson, Everett; O. P. Fitzgerald,
St. Denis. San Diego— G. Hannales, Murray
Hill. California— R. A. Picketts, Marlborough.
CALIF ORNIANS IN UTAH.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Aug. 30.— At the Temple
ton—Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Titus, San Fran
cisco. At the Walker— Mr. and Mrs. E. Moh
rig, San Francisco. At the Cullen— Miss Ida
Cohen, Miss E. Crittenden, I. M. Fricdberg,
San Francisco.
OPINIONS OF EASTERN EDITORS.
President Harper's Silence.
It is an ominouß fact that no explanation of
the forcing of Professor Bemis out of Chicago
University has yet been made by the one man
who is conversant with the facts, and who is
in a position to refute the most serious charge
that can be brought against an institution of
learning. The general inference from this
silence is that Dr. Harper is not in & position
to tell the truth, and by his reticence he is
giving growing strength to the conviction that
Professor Bemis has been forced out for rea
sons which cannot be stated without hurting
the university.— Boston Herald.
Racing and Betting.
The anti-betting law, which Is now strictly
enforced in New York State, hag effected the
ruin of many a horse- racing association, the
success of the meetings of which seems largely
to depend on the existence of gambling. At
the end of this week the Buffalo Driving Park,
the most famous of all tbe grand circuit tracks,
will shut its gates for an indefinite period and
C. J. Hamlin, the virtual leader of the trotting
horse breeders, will retire, a sadder but wiser
man.— Boston Journal.
Let Them Stay and Repent.
There Is more than one drawback to Euro
pean travel. About 20,000 Americans, who are
figuratively standing on tiie shores of Great
Britain waving their arms in frantic appeals to
overloaded steamers to take them back home,
are having a taste of an inconvenience which
has not been very prominently mentioned in
the guide books up to date. — Syracuse Standard.
The Incubator Chick.
A most excellent cartoon appeared recently.
A number of chicks were being called in by an
anxious mother hen. One little fellow stand
ing apart stretches himself to hla full heisrht
and remarks, rejoicingly, that he is glad he
was hatchtd in an incubator and that there
was no one to call him in. So will be tHe gen
eration of young people who follow after the
rule of easy divorce has gained its foothold.—
Philadelphia Call.
The Vote in Ohio.
Since 1891 the Republican vote of Ohio
varied from 368,551 to 433,342 and the Demo
cratic vote from 276,902 to 404,115. If we
strike a general average we will find that the
average is as follows: The Democratic vote
averages 340,000 in round numbers and the
Republican vote averages 400.000. This will
give Bushnell a majority of 60,000, and that
is about where he will land when the Camp
bells are going.— St. Louis Star-Sayings.
The Hunter and the Fisherman.
Benjamin Harris»n celebrated his sixty
second birthday up in the Adirondacks on Tues
day by going fishing in the morning and deer
shooting in the afternoon. This seems to
denote a vigorous physical condition, fitting
him for almost any emergency to meet which
his countrymen may summon him. Mean
while President Cleveland continnes to go fish
ing at 58.— Boston Herald.
The Peach Season in Boston.
Yes, it is a great peach season, and the fruit
was never more plentiful; but it costs just as
much to buy it as it does when there is not so
much of it.— Boston Herald.
IDEAS OF WESTERN KDITORS.
California.
Don't ask the editor to suppress any item of
news. Some other paper will get it anyway.
Next week something will happen to" your
neighbor, and if he asks to have it suppressed
you will be the first to jump on the editor for
not daring to "say his soul was his own."
Take your medicine when the items happen to
fall your way, for you really have no more
claim on the editor than has your neighbor.—
Tres Plnos Tribune.
Unlike the people of the Perris and Ales-.
sandro irrigation districts (supplied by the
Bear Valley system) those of Winchester, also
in Riverside County, are anxious to have re
versed the decision of Judge Ross holding the
Wright act unconstitutional. This is because
they control their own water supply, which
was the original intent of the Wright law.—
San Diego Sun.
The secret of the success of The Call under
its new management has been the libernlity
and fairness with which it has treated the |
country sections of the State, and appreciation i
is shown by increased subscriptions. The peo
ple of Redwood feel specially friendly because
of the many articles it has contained concern
ing the town and surroundings. —Redwood City
Democrat.
When the great ranch gives place to scores
of email farms, the good roads question will
be settled. As long as there is not much more
than one residence along each mile of road in
a country, not much will be done to improve
the roads. Irrigation and the increase of rail
roads will bring additions to the population,
and good roads will follow.— Stockton Inde
pendent.
- The experience of the Free Labor Bureau has
been such as to encourage the hope that
eventually the curse of coolv labor will be
effectually removed from California, and that
white men and women that need employment
will no longer be subjected to the injustice of
being thrust aside, while employers extend a
welcome hand to Chinese and Japanese
laborers.— ban Jose Mercury.
The Silurian is .being crowded back into the
woods. A spirit of progression has taken hold
of the citizens of Martinez and they have con
cluded to obliterate the cowpaths, trails, short
cuts across lots, etc., in the city. First-Qlass
concrete walks are being laid and other im
provements are being considered.— Contra Costa
News.
If leading Republicans in Maine are in favor
of holding the next National Convention of the
party in San Francisco, there certainly can be
no valid objections from other States on ac
count of distance.— Millville Tidings.
Nevada.
Bimetallism is not a new issue and it needs
no new party. Still the played-out politicians
of our State, who compose the present leader
| ship of the Silver party of Nevada, fondly im
agine that by joining forces with tlie National !
Populist-I-»emo-Silverite contingent in 1896
they will have an opportunity to feast with
the elect.— Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise.
Great Britain is the native lair of the gold
bug, yet John Bull is about to coin a silver
dollar for use in Asia. It is not very long ago
that a prominent English public man was |
asked what he thougnt the United States '
ought to do on the money question. He an
swered: ''Whatever the people think is ior i
their best interests. That is what the people
of England do."— Carson City (Nev.) Appeal.
One of these days we shall have good roads
everywhere ; machinery to do all the hard work ;
scientific methods of fertilization, culture
and irrigation, and not only two, but two score
blades of grass growing where only one has
grown before. Then the farrier's life will be
attractive, his work easy, his profits great and
the other two causes of the cityward drift
which we have mentioned will be "so far over
come that a wholesome balance will be se
cured' ana preserved between the city and the
country.— Reno (Nev.) Gazette.
Washington.
The postofflce seems to have struck a new
fancy in consolidating names of piaces. An
nouncement is made that hereafter it will be
Maplevallev. In retaliation we ought to write
Newyork, Rhode island, Sanfrancisco, Saint
joseph, Terrehaute and Southearolina. Walla
Walla may expect to be partially decapitalized
next.— Seattle (Wash.) Post-Intelligencer.
The point is raised that Washington is not
legally represented in Congress because the
Legislature has failed to divide the State into
Congressional districts. The constitution ex
pressly directs such division, and it ought to
be made; but we doubt if Congress would hold j
that the omission of the Legislature disfran- i
chised the State.— Seattle (Wash.) Times.
That the bloomer is neither beautiful nor
graceful will go without serious controversy,
but that it is immodest or indecent even in
faint degree has not appeared. It is the com
mon-sense costume for the bicycle, and in this
busy, utilitarian world grace and elegance
must otten give way to the practical affairs of
life. Skirts cannot refine a coarse or vicious
woman, and conversely, the bloomer will not
detract in the slightest degree from the virtue
and the refinement of a good and true woman.
Character cannot be made or unmade with a
pair of scissors.— Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Oregon.
This country is going to say through the
ballot-box in 1896 that it doesn't expect to
reach and maintain prosperity through im
portation of foreign goods and neglect of pio
duction at home.— Portland Oregouian.
A united effort is now about to be made to
advertise Oregon in the East. This may be all
right, but unless we have something to show
the people when they come here this labor will
largely be in vain. A big creamery in Salem
with skimming stations all over the country
would be sure to anchor them in the Willam
ette Valley. Unless they see something where
by their labor will be made remunerative they
will not stay. We want Oregon people to under
stand that.— Salem (Or.) Post.
Arizona.
The only way the Democracy can hope to
keep up with the times is to don the bloomers
while riding on two sides of the silver ques- i
tion.— Phoenix (Ariz.) Republican.
It is about time that Miss Columbia recog
nized Senorita Cuba and sent her a card to her
diplomatic receptions. — Phoenix (Ariz.) Ga
zette.
Utah.
Judge Dusenberry wants the State Demo
cratic Convention to nominate Senators. It is a
good scheme, far unless this is done the world
may never know whom the party will want to
send to. the Senate. Republicans are going to
carry the next Legislature by an overwhelming
majority.— Provo City (Utah) Enquirer.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Olga Nethersole will make her first appear
ance as the heroine of "Denise" in the Grand
Theater, Islington. The French version is fol
lowed closely.
At her recent residence at Windsor the Queen
displayed her extreme fondness for out-of-doors
air by driving every morning when it was lino
down to Frogmore, where she spent several
houri in a tent, giving directions there about
her letters and dispatches.
The first man in England must be justly
proud of his fourth son, the Right Hon.
Herbert John Gladstone, M.P. He is a gradu
ate from Oxford in 1879, with the A.M. de
gree, and immediately plunged into politics,
where he has gradually climbed until he be
came the First Commissioner of Works under
Lord Koseberj 's administration.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
WHISTLE SIGN.VLB-F. C. J.. CitV. ID
weather when a tug is free she « ows .°°°
whistle, when she has a tow she blows three
short blasts in rapid succession; there is no
difference between the whistle of a free tug
and that of a steamship in a fog. ste A m !-,*
that pass each other in the night use wna^ s
known as the Costigan light signal to an
nounce the name ; the steamers do not use a-iy
special whistle signals in foggy weather to an
nounce what house they belong to.
RAIL3-H. IC4 Alameda, Cal. The general
law of this State says that it is unlawful to
hunt or shoot rail between the 15th of Febru
ary and the 15th of October of each year in any
county where an ordinance does not P r( ?Y ♦
otherwise. The Supervisors have the right t
extend the closed season, but not the open one.
Alameda County has extended the closed sea-,
son as to rail until the 15th of October, 1890,
ami according to the Attorney-General oi the
State that ordinance is valid.
The Woodbine— C., City. "Gone where the
woodbine twineth" was brought into promi
nence by Jim Fisk of New York. He was being
examined as a witness in a court in the Em
pire City, and being asked as to the where
abouts of a certain individual, whose name
was given, he replied: "I don't know, but sup^
pose he has gone where the woodbine twineth.
That was considered a good expression and at
once became popular.
Electric Plant— P. O'C, East Oakland, Cal.
What it would cost to "erect an electric plant
to be used on a farm for churning, thrashing,
sawing wood, heating and lighting purposes,
supposing there is water power enough to work
it" is a question that could be answered only
by those who erect such after an examination
oi" the premises and figuring the cost of trans
portation in addition to the cost of the appa
ratus.
Exempt Firemen— Vet., City. The bill that
was passed t.y the last Legislature granting re
lict to exempt firemen is not one granting re
lief to all the exempts of the volunteer depart
ment. It provides relief for exempt firemen
who, by reason of infirmity or sickness, are un
able to earn a livelihood. It ie not intended to
reach those who are comparatively well to do.
Concrete— P. O'C, East Oakland, Cal. The
best concrete is made by mixing well together
hydraulic mortar with sand and water suf
ficient, for complete hvdration, and then
adding screened rock and couiuletely mixing
the whole. An inferior quality is made by
placing the rock in the foundation or other
place and then pouring' the hydraulic mortar
upon it to fill the interstices between the
ftieces of rock.
Johnstown Flood— J. D. L., Sonora, Cal.
Johnstown, Pa., on the Conemaugh River at
the junction of Stony and Coziemaugrh creeks
and the Pennsylvania and a branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroads, thirty-nine
miles southwest of Altoona and seventy-nine
miles east of Pittsburtc, was almost torahy de
stroyed, together with several neighboring
villages, by a flood caused by the bursting of ft
dam on South Fork Creek, May 31, 1889.
The Call— P. O'C, East Oakland. The name
of the proprietor of The San Francisco Call
appears ac the head of the first column of the
editorial pageof thepaper. Clans Spreekols will
build the tallest building in San Francisco at
the corner of Third and Market streets and
The Call will occupy a portion of it.
Five-Cent Pieces— G. 8., City. Silver five
cent pieces were to be seen in this City in the
early fifties, butt they were not in general use.
The nickel five-cent pieces were first coined in
1866, and ihat year v number of them were
put in circulation in this City.
SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.
Woman has been a bone of contention since
she began as a rib of a — Galveston News.
She— This is so sudden I You must ask
mamma.
! He— Oh, that's all right! She has given me
6everal hints already.
True Hyperbole— He— What a lovely Irock.
Worth, I suppose?
- She— M. Worth is dead.
— Ah ! it looks as if it came from heaven.—
Punch.
First Tramp— He was a benevolent looking
old party. I thought he'd do better than a
I miserly copper. SPnB
Second Tramp— are you lookin' fer?
Free silver?— Harper's Bazar.
\ Dudley— What lovely little fingers you have
. got, Miss Fnnny. They are hardly lnrger than
a baby's lingers.
Fanny— ma always said { ' that it would
hardly cost anything at all to get an engage
ment ring to fit ray finger. ■■'-••
Plain, broken mixed candies, 10c, Townsend's.
„ «J. .: — •— • — . ■
Cream mixed candies, 25c lb. Townsend's
' Vermont maple sugar, 15c lb. 'lownsend's.
• — ♦ — •
Molasses buttercups, 25c lb. Townsends.
— '— — , ♦ » .— —
Bacon Printing Company, 503 Clay straa:. •
. - , : • — — '-» — :
Robercs, 220 Sutter— "Cards by the million."*
. : ' ' '■' ■ — » »• »
Nice present for Eastern friends— California
Glace Fruits, 50c lb., Jap, baskets. Townsend's*
Genuine specs, 15c to 50c. 81J£ Fourth st., nr.
barber. Sundays, 738 Market (Kast'sshoestore.)*
• — -♦ — • :
Ocean Excursions.
Steamship Pomona, to Santa Crue and Mon
terey, leaves Saturday.", 4 p. m.; due back Mon
days, sa. M. Ticket office, 4 New Montgomery
Etreet. • . • ... . •
• — ♦- — *
First New Woman— That Smith girl always
was a dov.ily.
Second Ditto— One never sees her with a per
fect crease in her bloomers.
Cleanse the vitiated blood whenever you find
its impurities bursting through your Bkin in the
form of pimples, eruptions and ' sores. Hood's
Sarsaparilla Is the best blood purifier.
' — — — • — — • .
Db. Sieobrt's Angostura Bitters, the world
renowned South American appetizPr and Invlgo
rator, cures dyspepsia, diarrhea, fever nnd ague.
REAL ESTATE
FOB SALE BY
TliQs. lap y ons,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
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And Publishers "Real Estate Circular."
4 ; Montgomery St r e
IV 0 1 TRUST BDILDIIG, CORNER MARKET.
FINE INVESTMENTS.
Larkin st.' cor. Geary; 2 corners 120x120, with
2 and 8 story buildings; stores below; rents $497.
: Geary St.. N. side; .iO-foot front ; 187:6 deep, and
brick building; near Powell; $51,500.
_ Ninth St., bet. Market .and Mission; 50x100;
good, growing business property; $30,000.-
Sutter st.. N. side, bet. Mason and Taylor; 22:6-
-foot front, and very good 3-story building; a very
good .Investment ; reduced to $16,000.
i j Polk-st. corner; 30- toot front; good business cor*
I ncr: new building; rents $160: 2 tenants: $-'8.600.
Ninth St., near Mission:' good business block; 2
flatsand lot -25x70; »store should be put there:
813,000.' ■ ■
• Cor. Howard and Hubbard sts.: 42:6 front:
stores and dwellings; rents $135; $18,000.
Valencia St., near 20th; 24x90 and bow-window
dwelling; good future for business: $6000. " .
RESIDENCES AND HOUSES AND LOTS.
Vallejo and Octavia sts.; corner, 26x112:6, and
good residence; owner must sell; make offer.
Pierce st. rents $60; reduced rent; 2 houses;
8 rooms and modern- conveniences; lot 37:6 x,
105; price reduced to $7500; owner anxious to
sell. ■■•; - •. - ■..-■■•■■■ ■ •--■.•■■. : ■ ■.'■.,
i .Residence; N. side Vallejo St.: fine view : lot 30x
137:6; house cost $8500; rented for $75: $10,250.
v Cheap— Post St.; 2 Hats; large lot, 41:6 x
137:6: street accepted ;. rents $40. ,
Pacific st., near Hyde: rents $30: price $3000. ,
Jackson St.; new residence;. N. side; view can- .
not be shut out: lot 30x137:6; $12,600.
• Potrero aye. and Twenty-third st.;'N\V.cor. ; 46x
100, with buildings;' corner 26 feet vacaL*: $4500;
make offer. „V' ■-, ■•■.. . -.■.■■ ■-.
CHEAP PACIFIC HEIGHTS AND
, ; OTHKK GOOD LOTS.
Broadway, near I'Hlinore St.; 25x127:8; $3125;
or larger size ; good lew.
: Steiner St.; near Broadway; any size front by
137 :6 deep, at $100 a foot. : . ■
.■ BW. cor. Broadway and Steiner St., 27:6x110.
$4500: or 55x110. $(500; good view.
Lots N. side Vallejo St., near Steiner-.good view:
25x137:6: $2375: or any sire. = ■ ■ , *.:- - .'
;• NE." cor. » Vallejo and Ktelner sts.; fine marine
view; 37:6x137^J: $4250: or larger size. -
Green St.: three lots left; 27:6x137:6; only Sl5OO
each; bet. Fillmore and Steiner sts. . V .
Pin<; and Buchanan sts.: NW. corner; ' 65x81 '3 •
1000: fine residence surroundings. --.-.''■
. Gough s.: 25. 60 or 75 feet by 137:6 feet deep-
► bet. Grove and Fulton sts. • y '
w Lots 25x1 20: $450 each ; Seventeenth. Eizh
teenth and Nineteenth ayes. : , 100 feet and more
Irom Point Loboa aye. ; very easy terms.",™?™