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SATURDAY JUNE 13, 1896
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
From St. Louis every rumor is thrilling.
There may yet be a surprise party at the
convention.
The only issue local Democracy cares
for is Daggett or no Daggett.
Things look certain for the first ballot,
but everybody feels uncertain.
Leave orders for Tue Sunday Call and
y hi will have good reading to-morrow.
it would seem somebody should tell Mr.
il anna there is such a thing as overdoing it.
The first ballot at St. Louis will tell the
tale, but what the tale will be is a mystery
story.
On the platform question at St. Louis
there are about afl many planks as there
are men.
Alter all is raid and done there will be
less fun at !st. Louis than at the Santa Cruz
carnival.
Bland looms up as a Presidential can
didate despite the fact there is no bland
feeling in his party.
Tbis is a good time to remember that
accidents are liable to happen in even the
best regulated conventions.
The loveof the convention for McKinley
is undoubtedly true, and perhaps tiiat is
the reason it doesn't run smooth.
Foote would like to sway the Democratic
Convention, but the chances are he will
not be permitted even to agitate it.
This Congress could not do much with
Cleveland in the White House, but it
managed him better than the Democratic
Congress.
It is already evident there will be
nothing at the Democratic State Conven
tion but mighty small politics treated in a
small way.
The money question that will have to be
settled lirst is one of wages and good
prices, and the plain answer to that ques
tion is protection.
The Socialists are reported to have put
up a State ticket in Ohio, but they could
not have put it up very high, for it isn't
visible above the horizon.
Tne greatest issue of the campaign will
be protection, and no loyal supporter of
that American system will abandon it for
any minor issue whatever.
Goldbug Democratic organs in the East
are showing an earnest desire to put the
money question out of sight before the
Chicago convention meets.
If the St. Louis convention declares for
gold, the money Question will go over to
the next campaign, for no one will trust
Democracy with any issue.
While the leaders are selecting the
standard bearer at St. Louis the ranu and
file of the party should be organizing and
getting ready to ratify the choice.
The increase in the Republican County
Committee membership will be timely.
There is much work to be done and the
committee must have members enough to
do it well.
Not one of the prairie States will admit
that any of the cyclones originated with
in its borders ; each claims that every storm
started somewhere else and was blown in
by accident.
It is the voice of the people which has
made protection the cnief issue in the cam
paign, and the same voice warns the gold
bugs not to claim the coming victory as
their triumph.
This time the Democrats of the House
joined in a vote of thanks to Tom lieed,
and the display of the conquest of their
old passions was a triumph for them as
well as for him.
The appropriations of Congress were
clearly based upon an expectation of a re
turn to Republican prosperity under the
next administration, and the people will
see to it that the expectations are realized.
Foraker is said to be the most dramatic
statesman in American public life, and in
nominating McKinley at St. Louis, he will
have a stage, a role and audience that will
give him a splendid chance to show his
talent.
Cleveland is reported to have said that
Tom Reed is the ablest leader in the Re
publican party and best fitted to be Presi
dent, but fortunately for the man from
Maine, the words of Grover have long
since lost their power to hurt anybody.
When Bland was asked if he would ac
ceDt the Democratic nomination on a free
sUver platform, he promptly replied,
"Yes, and would be elected," which only
goes to show how foolish msn become
when they answer more than they are
asked.
In the strain of the contest at St Louis
no Republican should permit himself to
be drawn into a faction fieht. Let us begin
the new era by showing the world that
California Republicans can stand together
for the party and the State ia spite of
.personal difference*
THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS
The first session of the Fifty-fourth
Congress is a past event and its history is
written. That it did not accomplish all
that was required at its handa will be ad
mitted, but it could not have been other
wise, so far as the lower house i& con
cerned. At the outset the Republican
majority in the House of Representatives
was confronted by a Hostile administra
tion in all the departments, and subse
quently a combi nation between Democrats
and Populists in the Senate placed obstruc
tions in thu way of every measure that
would not pay tribute to ihe combine's
vagaries by adding some economic or
monetary proposition that was wholly
and entirely foreign to the purpose of the
measure. Never was the lower house o!
Congress so handicapped by its co-workers
in the Senate and White House. It was
not to be expected, however, that the
President would give the Representatives
of the people a whit more assistance than
he was obliged to, nevertheless he was
most cordially invited, urged indeed, to
help Congress relieve the distress of the
country which the Yvilson-Gorman tariff
act had inflicted upon it.
But notwithstanding it was uphill work
from the day Congress convened until it
adjourned, a surprisingly large amount of
good was accomplished. It was no fault
of the Republican members tbat no relief
was extended to the treasury. When Con
gress met it did not stop to criticize the
wretched and grossly, incompetent man
agement of the Nation's finances, but
straightway st-t about to devise ways and
means for the treasury's relief so tbat the
Nation's good name and credit might
not be impaired. A proposition
that would afford ample relief was
submitted to the Senate for its con
currence, but it was rejected by
the combination of Democrats and Popu
lists already referred to. Still, had it
reached the President, as was subsequently
ascertained, he would have vetoed it al
most viciously because it was not exactly
the plan he had suggested. So, rather
thau co-operate with a Republican Con
gress to give the treasury the much-needed
present relief and protection against fu
ture assaults upon it by Wall street and
London money sharks, the President hi
cumbered the people witn an additional
debt of $100,000,000.
When the river and harbor bill— a bill
that scarcely did justice "to the commerce
of the country because it did not provide
for a sufficiently large expenditure of
money to meet the demand with proper
liberality— reached the President he
promptly returned it with excuses for his
veto that were weak almost to imbecility.
But the Republican party quickly rallied
and passed the measure over his head.
The blunder of the Wilson-Gorman tariff
act allowing alcohol to go uutaxed when
used in the arts and sciences v/as remedied
by wiping it out entirely, thus putting a
stop toglaiing frauds upon the treasury.
Reasonable sums of money were appro
priated for coast defense and for new war
ships and other needs of the navy. The
general expense account of the Govern
ment was provided for as well as it could
be under Democratic free trade, but not a
dollar was appropriated for which there
\vus no: a pressing need. The sympathy
uf the people with the Cubans and their
heroic struggle for independence was ex
pressed in plain and distinct language,
and it is no fault of Congress that the
belligerency of the patriots in Cuba bus
not been recognized by our Government.
The President has interposed excuses and
objections all along, and is still doing so.
Take it altogether, then, it is remark
able that Congress should have done so
much for the country under such adverse
circumstances. Alone the Republican
majority stood battling against a hostile
President on one side and a Democratic-
Populist combine on the other, but the
country is stronger every way lor having
such* a Congress, not only for the good ft
accomplished, but as a reminder to the
people that if they would have the Na
tion's credit maintained and their own
highways of commercial operations kept
free of hindering obstacles and opposing
influences they must rally to their old
defender and protector, the Republican
party.
THE FIRST VOTE.
"Be sure you are right, then go ahead,"
is the best advice that can be given the
young man who will cast his first vote
next November. Association and home
influence have a good deal to do in deter
mining what is right with most young
people and, perhaps, it is best that it
should be so, but the time conies now and
then when the young man should rise
above traditions and inherited opinions
and be a thinker unto himself. Every
young man expects to become a factor in
the world's business life — in a profession
or otherwise— and he should know that
next to his integrity the question of how
the best possible conditions for the en
couragement of the enterprise in which he
ventures may be established and main
tained is the leading one. ;
He must not eschew politics in its higher
meaning, for it is the science of govern
ment. He must eschew politics in its
lower meaning, for it leads to individual
and community degradation. But he
must, he is obliged by the terms of his
citizenship, to be a politician to the extent
at least of being a student of the philoso
phy of politics that he may know what is
the best and what is the worst thing the
community could do to strengthen its
social fabric and commercial highways.
Rightly engaging in practical politics is
applying common- business princi
ples upon high ethical lines to the con.
duct of the affairs of the community as a
whole, to the end that the influence of
hurtful factors may be minimized. It is
incumbent upon every man to be that
kind of an active, practical politician.
When the first voter sets about analyzing
the weak and strong spots in existing con
ditions he very naturally comes to some
conclusion as to how the weak and dan
gerous places may best be remedied, and
it is right here that tie is likely to let sen
timent overshadow judgment. But he
need be at no loss for reliable data. Prior
to 1860 the growth of the Nation's wealth
was slow, spasmodic and uncertain. This
was necessarily so because the monetary
system of the country was based upon the
honesty, or rather the dishonesty, of what
were called "wildcat" banks. The circu
lating money medium of the country was
always subject to the wildest fluctuations.
There was no stability anywhere in the
business world, and in the eighty-five pre
ceding years the Nation had accumulated
but little wealth, comparatively speaking.
In the three decades following 1860 the
.Republican party conducted the affairs of
the Nation, and in those thirty years it
increased the wealth of the country nearly
four times over and by its wise adminis
tration of the public affairs of the people
nearly $10,000,000,000 was induced to find
employment in the construction of rail
ways alone. Not only so, but enterprises
for the manufacture of nearly every
known quality and kind of merchantable
goods and wares sprang up in every State.
There was waiting employment for all
who chose to work, and at the end of the
three decades more working people ia the
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1896.
United States owned their own homes
than did the same class of people live in
their own houses in any two of the coun
tries of Europe. Therefore the Republi
can party i 3 the capitalist's party, the
manuiacturer's party, the miner's party,
the merchant's party, the mechanic's
party, tho farmer's party, the laborer's
party, the home-seeker's party, the pro
fessional man's party, and by every rule
of logic and by the history of events it
should be the party of every first voter.
THE FRATERNITY OP BARBERS.
The journeymen barbers of San Fran
cisco have rights, and they propose to
maintain them. And not only so, but they
propose to introduce quite a number of
much needed reforms. For this purpose
they aim at effecting a new organization,
and as soon as it is completed, which will be
by a charter from the International Union,
they will make the effort to close all shops
at 8 p. m. on weekdays, and not open at
all on Sundays. This is a right move in a
right direction. There is no sense at all in
keeping barber-shops open in the evening
until all opportunity for recreation and
amusement is lost; besides, barbers who
have families should not be deprived of the
pleasure of spending their evenings at
home any more than any other men.
But there are still other reasons why it
is desirable that the organization should
be. A fee of $1 to ?5 is now charged to pro
cure a journeyman a situation, and very
naturally the one paying $5 has a better
"edge" than those who pay less. This
would seem to be rank discrimination.
The new organization will make a uniform
charge of 25 cents for registering an appli
cation for a job, while efficiency and faith
fulness to duty will be the only security
needed to hold one in his position. The
society will have the additional feature of
a sick fund and an employment bureau.
WHY M'KINLEY?
It seems assured that William McKinley
Will be nominated by the St. Louis conven
tion. It seems to be the will of the majority
of the people of the United States that he
shall lead in the work of building anew
where a Democratic administration has
laid waste. It is not because Mr. McKin
ley is the one and only great statesman in
the Republican party. It is not because
he is necessary to the party and country
as no other man is. It is not because be
has explored deeper into the science of
government than any other Republican
political economist has. It is not because
he has had more experience in conducting
the affairs of the Nation than the Allisons,
the Reeds, the Shermans and the Harri
sons have. It is not because he and only
he possesses the confidence of the indus
trial and the agricultural and commercial
world. His peers are many in the Repub
lican party.
Mr. McKinley is the choice of the people
for just one reason. He represents more
than any one else now living the policy
of protection to American industry. The
whole country— political friends and po
litical foes alike— has entire confidence in
his integrity, in his strength of character
and in his honesty of purpose. These
qualities are essential in a candidate for
tue highest oilice within the eift of the
peoDle; but what is true of McKinley in
this respect is true of every other one ol
the statesmen who have stood well to the
front in connection with the St. Louis
nomination. Mr. McKinley is the choice
of the people because his nomination is as
a two-edged sword in the vitals of the
Democratic party. As chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee of the lower
house of Congress he bore the banner in
tlie fight which culminated in a great vic
tory for protection to the Nation's indus
tries and commerce.
"When the juggling and tinkering with
the tariff by the Cleveland administration
culminated in the terrible 'panic of 1894,
and the fallacy of the economic principles
of the Wilson-Gorman tariff act were ex
posed, the people made up their minds
that they would not only rebuke Cleve
landism, but they would emphasize their
disapproval of the repeal of the act of
IS9O by demanding its restoration under
the leadership of the very man who com
piled the figures, formulated the bill and
carried it to victory. By common consent
tbe people named the act the "McKinley
tariff Jaw," and in view of the splendid
service it did the country, and in view of
the "!<>nifold disasters which its repeal
caused to be thrust upon the country,
thero is a charming fitness of the events
which are conspiring to send Mr. McKin
ley to overthrow the monstrosity which
superseded the tariff schedule of 1890 and
reinstate his own. If the Democracy is
not dull to obtuseness it will feel the sting
of this rebuke.
It is to do these things that Mr. McKin
ley is selected to lead the party. By send
ing the author of the tariff act of 1890 to
the White House the people emphasize
their demand for "McKinley" protection,
and also emphasize their condemnation of
the party that tore down "McKinleyism"
that the products of the common as well
as the expert labor of the other nations
might be supreme in our markets. Above
all men in the Republican party Major
McKiniey is the most distasteful to the
Democracy. The whole burden, force and
energy of the Cleveland administration
has been centered against "McKinleyism,"
and now that the people propose to send
Mr. McKinley to drive out the Democracy
and plant "McKinleyism" in its stead, the
humiliation of the Democratic party
should be so great that it should make
haste to commit hara-kiri.
THE "SUNDAY CALL."
One of the most striking features of to
morrow's issue of The Call will be the
experience of three San Francisco girls in
Paris, their shopping tour of the world
famous Bon Marche, their experiences
with the stranger in long coat and large
neckwear, who attempts to flirt with the
chaperone on the boulevards. There are
several fine illustrations with this,
sketches from the life made in Paris by
the San Francisco girl who signs herself
"Van Dyke Brown." Both the pictures
and the letter-press are in the height of
their respective arts, and aside from this
are light and graceful.
The San l-rancisco summer girl will be
handsomely and accurately portrayed both
in picture and verse. There is a very
humorous but entirely true story of the
man who ate 10,950 beefsteaks consecu
tively; a sprightly written account of
what is probably the youngest artist in
the world, a remarkably precocious infant
of Folsom street, who draws excellent
pictures on the sidewalks and on the dead
walls, tnough but 4 years of age, and is
the wonder of the neighborhood; and
there are a host of other very attractive
features, nearly all of which are splen
didly illustrated.
BLAND`S NEW BOOM.
Presidential Candidate Bland's Missouri
managers have decided to organize on the
school-district plan in evory State, so that
when the delegates reach Chicago the
whole country will, as with one voice, cry
for "Bland." "How big was Alexander,
pa, that people called, aim great?" would
make a good rallying song for Silver Dick,
j because the untutored mind would get the
J idea that he is too big for any walk that
j did not lead straight to the White House.
Mr. Bland is exceedingly anxious to be in
dorsed by all the State conventions that
are yet to be held, but who will indorse
the conventions? Certainly not the voters
of the United States. Their good common
sense teaches them that it is better for the
country that the people pass by on the
other side of Bland's ultra free-trade
doctrine.
No one will dispute the right of Missouri
free-trade Bourbons getting together a:td
resolving that Bland is the logical candi
date of the Democratic party for Presi
dent, only that the word "logical" is forced
out of its proper place in the construction
of a sentence that is intended to convey a
Democratic idea. However, Bland ia a
representative Democrat. He knows bo
very little about the science of Govern
ment that he is as liable to think that
"economics" means Bomething to eat as
anything else. But how ridiculous it was
for Bland and his friends to meet in St.
Louis and resolve to boom him when the
city was crowded with delegates to the
Republican National Convention—dele
gates who will nominate a man for Presi
dent for whose presence in the White
House every business in the land is pray
ing.
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.
Lord Salisbury from boyhood has been
known In his domestic circle by his second
name, Arthur.
A grandnephew of Jacquard, the inventor of
the loom— and the last of the family— has just
died at Lyons, where he was a concierge.
The widow of Baron Hirsch gave, in honor
of his memory, 100,000 francs ($20,000) to
The Typical Hunker, 89 Described by Mr. Sebastian, the Exodus of Whom to
the Prairies Has Begun in Earnest.
the Director of Public Assistance in Paris, to
be distributed among the poor.
Bradley Newell of Vermont has become
"well heeled" since he entered upon his career
as a healer. In other words, he has made $25,
-000 since the Ist of last January.
Turner s well-known "Boats Carrying Out
Anchors and Cables to Dutch Men-of-War"
was sold recently in London for $8135. It was
exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1804 and
was sold for $15,750 at Lord Delamere's sale in
1855.
In order to mark the Hungarian millennial
celebration the University of Buda-Pesth has
decided to honor six of the most distinguished
Englishmen. The six it has chosen are Mr.
Brye, Lord Kelvin, Sir Joseph Lister, Protessor
Max Muller, Professor Henry Sidgwick and
Herbert Spencer.
LITTLE GIRL'S DRESS WITH
GRETCHEN WAIST.
MAY BE HIGn-NECKED OR LOW TO WEAK
WITH OI'IMFES.
A graceful little gown for girls of one to six
years is shown here. It has a short waist of
the Gretchen type and may be trimmed with
flat bands on the shoulders, or with epaulettes,
and may further be varied by being made low
la the neck for evening wear or to be worn
with guimpeß.
A dainty evening frock was of white taffetas,
with a thin stripe. Narrow, thin ribbon joined
by white beading trimmed the waist, being
turned at the corners to simulate a yoke. Tne
sleeves were finished with a ruffle of the silk.
The other gown shown was of white lawn,
tucked material being used for the body of the
waist. It had bands of embroider y on the fitted
lawn sleeves, collar, and on the shoulders.
A dress of old-blue challis, with a white
figure, had white lace bands on shoulder, on
sleeve and collar.
A dress of mixed woolen goods of a greenish
tone, had flat bands of green silk, with lawn
laid over them.
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.
John Sebastian of Devil's Lake, North Dakota,
who is extensively engaged in wheat-growing
in that vicinity and throughout the Red River
Valley, is in the City. He says that during
the last few months there has been an enor
mous rush of the members of the queer sect
known as tue Dunjcers to that part of North
Dakota.
The exodus is mainly from Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana, though some come from the
Southern States. Mr. Sebastian says that about
three years ago a committee was sent out from
the old Dunker settlements to find lands for
young Dunkers. They selected six counties
in the Devil's Lake region, and then word was
passed along in the old colonies that a prom
ised land had been found.
That was all the assurance the enthusiastic
Dunkers wantea. They never thought of the
cold nor of cyclones, for they are fairly well
acquainted with them, but considered only the
deep black soil of the Dakota prairies.
"It is the great desire of the Dunkers to own
a big farm," said Mr. Sebastian, "so when they
learned that they could get land for but little
more tuan the Government price there was a
hegira to that section. A Dunker doesn't care
for hard work, coarse clothing and plain food.
"He wants a big barn, plenty of fat stock,
a great farmhouse full of children and to be
comfortable and enjoy the attendance on his
religious services.
"They are honest, God-learing people. How
ever, many of their religious ceremonies seem
odd to the stranger, especially the washing of
feet, which is regularly practiced during the
great love feasts or revivals. The bishops and
elders go about cleansing the feet of the breth
ren, and the sisters wash one another's feet.
The ceremony is concluded by extending the
right hand of fellowship and by exchanging
the kiss of brotherly love. In the church the
sexes are separated, and so this does not mean
that there is indiscriminate kissing among
the men and women. The men are very sedate.
"There is another strange thing about these
ceremonies, and that is that after the washing
of feet a hearty meal is served in the church,
mid then comes the ordinary communion ser
viet\ at which bread and wine are served.
Tht-ir houses of worship are built witn fully
equipped kitchens in the basements and sleep
ing accommodations in the attics, so tbat these
love feasts may last for several days and be at
tended by brethren from a distance.
"l'ou may do anything you please with these
Devil's Lake and Red River Dunkers and they
won't go to law. To their mind a lawyer is a
thing of the Devil'sown invention— a disturber
and a stirer up ol strife. Any trouble the
Dunkers have is always settled by the church
dignitaries.
"A Dunker won't bear arms, either, or belong
to a secret society. He is a man of peace, in
dustrious, honest, eschewing gossip and dress
ing in the plainest way. The Dunkers there
part their hair in the middle and let their
beard grow— it is their religion to do so. The
Dunkers wear a slouch hat and the plainest of
clothes for the same reason. The garb of the
Dunker woman is also plain and severe. There
are no milliners among them, for each woman
makes her own hat, and as no feathers or other
ornamentation is allowed this is a simple mat
ter. The wearing of jewelry is strictly forbid
den.
"These Dunkers are very valuable citizens
for North Dakota, and they are receiving a
hearty welcome there. No country can have
too much honesty, and these people are honest
and straightforward beyond any class of set
tlers we have ever had.
"There has been a rush of Dunkers to Devil's
Lake for three years now, and the rush this
year is the biggest we have ever had. They are
coming In by trainloads, bringing their goods
along. Many have arrived in time to put in a
full crop of the different kinds of grain and
other products.
"Though a queer people irom the standpoint
of most persons, they certainly possess great
virtues, and this is why they are being warmly
welcomed in North Dakota."
THE LAST HORSECAR.
'T!s a last, useless horsecar—
Deserted, alone;
All its old- time companions
To kindlings have gone.
No car of her kindred —
Nor carette— is nigh
To re-echo her ramble
And give sigh for sigh.
I'll not leave thee, thou lone one,
To rust and decay.
Since the rest have departed
I will send thee away.
Go thou to the wood-pile;
On its splintery bed
Thy mates are reclining,
All useless and dead.
And monrn not that thou must
Be broken and burned.
But rejoice in the sum of
The lares thou hast earned;
For, at best, every life is
Like a seed that is sown.
To flourish and blossom
And perish, alone. —Chicago Record.
Praise for Coxey.
Pasadena Star.
Anybody who thinks Coxey is a fool is mis
taken. He is a smooth, polished and able
speaker, cunning of argument and ready of
wit, and withal tall, handsome and pleasant
voiced— a very Mepnistopheles of politicians.
His Measures Nut Approved.
woodland Mau~ v
No Democratic paper has as yet had the
v ardibood to nominate Wilson (or President.
PERSONAL.
J. J. Thomas of Salt Lake is here
J. H. Hanson of Fresno is a guest at the Russ.
D. M. Addison, United States Navy, is at the
Palace.
W. H. Fulcher of Stockton is at the Russ with
his wife.
James Walsh of Paso Robles arrived here
yesterday.
L. A. Rice, a merchant of El Paso, Tex., is on
a visit here.
M. Thomas, a Utah mining man, is a guest
at the Palace.
Howard Gage, U. S. N., la among the Occi
dental's guests.
J. A. Brent, a business man of Salt Lake City,
is at the Palace.
Sam Meyer of the Healdsburg Enterprise is
at the California.
J.Jerome Smith of Stockton came down to
the City yesterday.
W. H. Clary, a merchant of Stockton, is
staying at the Lick.
John C. Fisher of San Diego was among yes
terday's arrivals here.
E. E. Hall, an agricultural implement dealer
of Stockton, is in town.
James E. Brent, a merchant of Salt Lake, has
apartments at the Palace.
Dr. J. E. Brice of San Jose was among the ar
rivals at the Russ yesterday.
James F. Peck of Merced County is among
the latest arrivals at the Lick.
E. M. Gates, a Kew York dry-goods merchant,
is at the Palace with his wife.
Edward McGettigan of Vallejo, well known
in State politics, is at the Russ.
A. S. Cooper, the popular County Surveyor of
Santa Barbara, Is at the Grand.
L. C. Jacobs, the hotel man and capitalist of
Oroville, is staying at the Lick.
W. M. Brewster ot Georgetown, Mass., is
among the guests at the Palace.
Judge J. C. Crowley and wife of San Rafael
are registered at the Occidental.
M. B. Johnson, a leading business man of
Cincinnati, is at the Occidental.
8. Buckner, a capitalist of Visalia, is regis
tered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
B. Baruch, a coffee-planter of San Salvador,
arrived at the Baldwin yesterday.
Winfield J. Davis, the merchant, of Sacra
mento, is on a visit to the Bay City.
Greg M. Samayoa, a rich business man and
coffee-grower of Guatemala, is in town.
J. M. Wilmans, who is interested in mines
near Newman, is registered at the Lick.
President and Mrs. David Starr Jordan of
Stanford University are at the Occidental.
C. G. Bacon, a well-known mining man of
ionora, is a guest at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
R. H. Cowan, a business man of Nagasaki
rapan, is among the guests of the Occidental
Dr. W. C. Reith of Sacramento arrived in
own yesterday and took a room at the Grand.
John C. Fisher of San Diego is here for a fey
days, and is making the Palace his headquar
ters.
District Attorney H. P. Andrews of Tehama
County was among yesterday's arrivals at the
Grand.
Joseph D. Sproul, the wealthy and widely
known resident of Chico, is registered at the
Palace.
Francis Herera of Guatemala, who has ac
quired a fortune in growing coffee, arrived
here yesterday.
John Ragglo, the stage-owner, mining man
ana well-known resident of San Andreas, is a
guest at the Grand.
John W. Mitchell, a well-known attorney of
Los Angeles, arrived here yesterday evening
and is at the Palace.
Among the latest arrivals at the Cosmopoli
tan Hotel are P. Moyne of Riverside and J.
York of Los Angeles.
S. G. Little, the rich banker, of Dixon, who
invested $7300 in a bogus gold brick some
time ago, is -at the Russ,
Dr. George Ivancovieh of Petaluma is at the
Lick and will be here for the Servian-Monte
negrin celebration to-morrow.
Fred Cox, the millionaire banker, cattle
grower and extensive land-owner, of Sacra
mento, arrived here yesterday. He is at the
Grand.
Dr. H. af. Smith of Washington, D. C, one of
the United States Fish Commissioners, arrived
at the Grand yesterday on one of his periodic
visits to this coast.
Fernand Cadillac, a wealthy Parisian, ar
rived here on the steamer Acapulco yesterday
from Panama, and is at the Occidental. He is
accompanied by Mrs. Cadillac.
Professor R. E. Allardice, the mathematician
of Stanford University, registered at the Cali
fornia yesterday and in the evening attended
the theater with a party of friends.
K. B. Miller, a member of the Chicago Board
of Trade, arrived from the East last night, and
went to the Palace to join his wife, who cpme
here some little time in advance of him.
W. H. Cleary of Stockton, who owns exten
sive mining interests at Sheep Ranch and who
is a large land-holder of the San Joaquin Val
ley, is in the City on a business trip. He is at
the Lick.
D. W. Alverson, a pioneer general merchant
of The Needles, on the Colorado River at the
crossing of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad, is in the City on a business, trip, and
is registered at the Grand.
Jose Matos, secretary to the Guatemalan
legation to Spain, arrived from Central Amer
ica yesterday and took apartments at the Oc
cidental. He was a very prominent young
man before his selection for this diplomatic
mission.
"General" J. S. Coxey of Massillon, Ohio,
the former commander of the Commonwealth
Army, who is now making a tour through Cali
fornia delivering political speeches, has re
turned to the Baldwin with his wife after a
few days' absence.
Fernand Carillac, formerly Frencn Consul to
Salvador, but now on his way home to Paris
with his wife, was a passenger on the Acapulco
yesterday. In the same party are Mr. and Mrs.
Betaillian, who are returning to Paris from
Guatemala. They are all at the Occidental.
Among the Acapulco'a passengers from Sal
vador was Dr. Pacus, the Minister of War. He
is on his way to Paris, whither he will be ac
companied from this City by the two sons of
Minister of Finance Lemus, who have been
attending school in California for some time.
A number of prominent coffee-planters, or
owners of fincas. as the Central American
plantations are called, are at the Occiden
tal. The coffee season is over, and only
about a two-thirds crop was harvested this
year. In the party are: Dr. David
Luna, owner of one of the finest
fincas in Guatemala, his brother, Herera Luna,
and his daughter, Mrs. le Fechi, who is
reputed to be the richest woman in
Salvador; Mrs. Mercedes R. de Mellendy
of Salvador with three daughters and a
son; Eulalia Morales of Salvador; Gregory
M. Samayoa of Guatemala, F. Herrera of Guate
mala, who was here five years ago, and three
grown sons of Senor Castillo of Salvador—
Eladio, Jose and David— the youngest of whom
has come to the Uni ted States to attend college.
Samuel Killebrew of Brownsville, Term., for
fourteen years the engineer of the Mexican
International Railway, arrived at the Grand
yesterday and registered Avith his wife.
He ia now on his way home after an
absence of eighteen months, during
which he has been traveling partly for
pleasure and partly for business. He thinks
the coffee industry of Central America is
being overdone and he looks for unpleasant
consequences in the next few years. He is not
an enthusiast on Mexican and Central Ameri
can investments, for he says that during the
fourteen years he was in Mexico he invested but
$50 and does not purpose to spend any more.
That single investment was in a mine and the
money was paid to a Mexican to examine the
property. The Mexican got drunk and never
returned with the coin or the desired informa
tion.
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, N. V., June 12. -At the St.
Denis— A. Liebman; Continental— \V. M. Mc-
EUigett; Amsterdam— J. L. Rowley; Park
avenue— C. J. Switt, A. R. Wells; Brunswick—
P. T. Clay, Mrs. C. C. Clay, the Misses Clay ;
Warwick— G. T. Lamar Jr. To sail per the
steamship Paris Saturday for England— Arthur
A. Bowden, W. R. Lane, Mrs, Lane, J. A.
Tren.ch.aid, P, M, Stgckbye.
CURRENT HUMOR.
Two natives, youth and maiden, chanced to
be lingering at the dock when the new nil*
sionary came.
"Isn't he sweet?" she whispered.
"A perfect pudding!" he rejoined— Detroit
Tribune.
"I'm going to move my business to Green
ville," said Pawl, the undertaker, to a friend.
"Isn't the town well supplied with under- ,
takers 1" asked a friend.
"I think not. There are only two there now,
while the place has twelve physicians."—
Judge.
Milligrubs is inclined to low spirits at times.
In one of these spells he grumbled the other
day, "This is a dreary world; that's the reason
I hate doctors— they helped brine me into it.'
Here he stopped, but brightening up a moment
later he added, "However, they help us out of
it in the end; so they are not so bad, alter
Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Fret— lf I had money enough to go
abioad and stay a year I would be perfectly
happy.
Mr. Fret— would I.— Detroit Free Press.
"Do you notice how time flies, Tommy?"
"Yes'm."
' "In what way?"
"W'y, seems to me 'taint been a week since I
wuz licked for skatin' on thin ice, 'n last night
I got it again for goin' in swimmin'!"— Chicago
Record. - - . . ::...
Young Fish— There's a hook with a nice
worm on it.
Old Fish— Keep away from that.
Young Fish— l've stolen lots of worms from
hooks.
Old Fish— Yes, but there isn't any fashion
plate reflected in the water this time. That
hook belongs to a freckeled-faced boy with a
ragged straw hat. He's fishing for fish, not for
fun.— Hartiord Times.
Wallace— For the life of me I have never
been able to laugh at these mother-in-law
jokes yet.
Ferry— you had a mother-in-law worth
$85,000, as mine is, you would laugh at every
joke she made.— Cincinnati Enquirer.
California glace fruits, 50c Ib. Townsend's.* ' '
Extra fine Caramels. Townsend's, 627 M'k't*
Best peanut taffy in the world. Townsend's.*
Fresh buttercups, 25c a pound. Townsend's.*
> We lead in home made taffies. Townsend's.*
— » * ■»
A Nice present for Eastern friends—Town
send's Cal. glace fruits, 50c lb. 627 Market st •
Finest eyeglasses, specs, 15c up. 81J£ 4th st.
Sundays 733 Market street (Kast's shoe store).*
■ — ♦ »
Special information daily to manufacturers,
business houses and public men by the Prest
Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Montgomery. *
Vacation excursions over the N. P. C. K. R.,
la Sausalito ferry, through a country unsur
passed for campinic or a day's outing. Addi
tional trains alter June U. •
Judicial Despotism.
Barry's Star to-day makes one of thebitterwt
attacks upon Judges that was ever made by
anybody, and calls upon the Free Press De
fense Association to reorganize to protect
human rights. It also accuses Hudelson,
president of the A. P. A., of having betrayed
that organization of bigots, and states that be
fore coming here he lived upon the shame of
women. •
The question at Moscow— "Nicholas, dear
off sky," sighed the Czarina.
"What wouldst thou, my petrovich?" asked
the Czar.
"Is my crown on straight?" — Pittsburg
Leader.
•99 75 to Washington, I). C, and Re
turn.
The official excursion to the fifteenth annual
convention of the Young People's Society Chris
tian Endeavor at Washington. I). C, July 7, will
leave Los Angeles Monday, June 29, at 2 p.m.
and San Francisco Tuesday, June 30, at 7 a.m.
The route will be via the Central Pacific, Union
Pacific, Chicago and Northwestern, and Baltimore
and Ohio railways, and the excursion will be made
under the personal supervision or O. w. Campbell,
president of tho California Christian Endeavor
Union, 18 North Second Street, San Jose, and
William ('. Ale.xauder, ex-presldent of the Cali
fornia Christian Endeavor Union, 21 North Fourth
street, Han Jose. For further information and
reservation of berths apply to either of the gentlf
men or to I). \V. Hitchcock, 1 Montgomery street,
San Francisco: C. £. Bray, 2 New Montgomery
street, San Francisco; O. F. Herr, 23 Bouth Spring
street, Los Angeles, or to any ticket agent of the
Southern Pacific Company.
Excursions to Grand Canyon of the
Colorado.
An excellent opportunity for seeing this wonder
ful scenery at a nominal expense is afforded
through the excursions to leave San Francisco
June 20 aud July 1 over the Atlantic and Paciiic
Railroad. Fare Includes stage trip frou: Flagstaff,
meals en route and hotel expenses at Canyon, $75.
For full particulars call on or address Thos.
Cook <fe Son, excursion agents 621 Market street,
under Palace Hotel, or any agent Atlantic and
Pacific P.allroad. 11. <_'. Kush, assistant general
passenger agent, 61 Chronicle building, S. P.
St. Louis Convention
Parties taking advantage of the cheap rates to
the Republican Convention can secure tickets re
turning via St. Paul and the Northern Pacific
Railroad. T. K. Stateler, general agent, 638 Mar
ket street, San Francisco.
Mothers give Dr. Siegeet's Angostura Bitten
to their children to stop colic and looseness of the
bowels.
HEW 10-DAT.'
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE BY
Til. -lap 4 Sons,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
And Publishers "Real Estate Circular."
4 Montgomery Street,
OIO.Y TRUST BUILDIXG, COMER SIRKET.
NEW PROPERTY.
Goagb St., bet. Grove and Fulton, 4 blocks from
City Hall; street accepted: bouse 11 rooms and
bath, and lot 25x8*2:6: $3500.
Corner; Pierce and Filbert, 1 block from Unlon-
St. cable-cars: 28x80; $900; or larger lot.
Lots 34:4x137:6, $1000 each; or 37:6x60,
$900; Greenwich st., bet. Pierce and Scott; good
view of the bay.
Pierce-st. lots $575 to $650: bet. Filbert and
Greenwich: very cheap. _ ■ „
Corner: $800; Lombard and Pierce: 23x100.
Lots »500 each Lombard st., bet. Steiner and
Pierce; 23x100; street graded, macadamized and
sewered. ...■,,
$3500— Sacramento st., bet. Hyde and Larkln;
23:9x137:6; and 2-story 6 rooms; cable-cars pass;
street accepted.
INVESTMENTS.
Polk St.; brick building in the best business cen-
ter or the street: 3-story and basement: $20,00u.
: Third st., near Mission; brick building: leased at
$145- (22.500.
Clay St., near Davis: brick building; rents $ 180;
good frontage: only $'.28,000. .
Ueary-st. business corner: 3 frontages; rent*
$142 tO; near Taylor: $25,000.
Four fine flats: cor Howard sU, near 9th: 41 -3x
100; rents $72; only $11,500.
CHEAP AND REDUCED PROPERTY.
Reduced to $3000; cor. Jones and Lombard; 36x
137:6; elegant view of the bay. -
$50i>casb; McAllister St., near Baker:- 25x100
and flee 2-story bow-window house of 10 rooms
and modern conveniences; prio» $5850. .• ■
Keducea to $300 each; lots 25x1J5; Tiiden st,,
Dear Castro, and between 14th and 15th sta.
Corner Fillmore aid Filbert sts.; 24x100 and
cottage; street accepted; cars pass 3ooo. ■ .
Corner residence reduced to . $4500; 3 block*
from Market st. ; corner Octavia st. and Hickory
aye.: 10 rooms, bath and modern conveniences.
Bush st., near Fillmore: 27x137:6. and fine 2-
story and basement house: 10 rooms and bath; in
first-class order: very sunny: $5500. .
$1000—25x100; Parker aye.; a wid« street; near
Fulton andJ McAlt!ster-st. cars.
Llberty-st. house and lot: 25xll5and comfortable
2-story: bet. Valencia and Guerrero; one of the
finest residence streets of the Mission: reduced to
$3750. :■■■:■-
-$2500 —25x114 and rear cottage; rents $18; 6
rooms; 23d St., near San Jose aye.; street accepted.
Very cheap— Marine view; Iot2oxl00; $2500-
Devisadero st., near Broadway.
.NE. corner Webster and. Herman ats. : 37:6 x
87:b: $2800; easy terms. =
Union St., N. side; magnificent view; 27:6 x
137:6; $3100 only; bet. Scott and XJevisadero it*.
in Baldwin Park, '