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The San Francisco Call
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THE COLUMBIA DISASTER
THE Pacific coast of North ', America is -strewn with wrecks.
Sometimes these disasters' are due to fpg; sometimes to hugging
the shore or to a desire, to save time and coal. It is an unfor
tunate fact* that -.the coast marine, so far as it is used for pas
senaer service, is largely made up of ships that ought to Jiave gone
to the scrap heap long agcV The Q)liimbia was one, of the very
best ships in the coasting trade, but her bulkheads were so inade
quate that when one compartment filled with water it overflowed
into the others the moment the vessel began to settle. It-.is stated
officially that the. ship had such bulkheads as the law requires, and
if this is true it is clear that the statute needs amendment. Bulk
heads of the character installed on the Columbia are really worse
than none because they give a false sense of security.
• Moreover, there is evidence at hand .to indicate that -the
Columbia was not properly found in the way of life saving apparatus.
The crew .of' the steamer Daisy Mitchell picked up among the
wreckage the batteredihull of a rotten lifeboat which had gone to
pieces in the act of launching from the Columbia. The boat could
not stand the strain caused by the weight of passengers who filled
her in a despairing effort to escape. . '
It is not possible at this time to assign blame for the wreck.
The brave mariner, Captain Doran, who went to the bottom with
his ship, will not be held responsibler^^He^wasa competent and
efficient seaman^ whose untimely^Eate is cause for heartfelt sorrow.
It is undeniabfe that on a coast where fogs abound collisions
between ships * traveling in opposite directions , are inevitable fif
vessels follo\y the same course both ways. This danger it 1 is entirely
possible to control'either by regulation,- statute or agreement among
mariners:. The public^ safety demands that ships going north along
the coast should. not take the same course as those coming south.
A convention among mariners under the guidance of the treasury;
department could very easily lay: out these courses parallel to- the
shore, an outside course for one and the inside course for the other.
That agreement would in great measure confine the danger of col
lision to the harbor entrances. . .
We cannot leave this subject without expressing the strongest
condemnation of • the inhumanity shown by the agent of the San
Francisco and Portland steamship company in this city, who deserted
his post to slip off to his country home at a time when so many
lives were at hazard and the offijee thronged with frightened and
sorrowing relatives. When the public be damned policy takes that
shape it passes all endurance:
A RAWHEAD AND BLOODYBONE PLOT
j politician is complete in these days without his base and
scurvy plot. .It is part of his capital, his stock in trade. It
fulfills the purposes of a bad; egg to throw at the other fellow.
So 'much is said- in explanation of the perilous' state of mind
that afflicts "our : otherwise -sober contemporary, the Springfield
Republican/on the subject of the fleet's voyage to the Pacific waters.
In the Massachusetts view it is Dr.. Roosevelt who ; is the. wicked
plotter, and this is the way they talk about his hellish plot:
This plot to send our overgrown navy away from the Atlantic waters, where
its traditional and 'proper liome is, and along; those Pacific shores and among
those islands which, in an evil hour, were made a nondescript adjunct to our
federated commonwealth,- began with deception, and' is. pregnant Avith dan
ger—the danger of needless and useless' war: If it aims :\u25a0 at -anything, it aims
at. that "control of the Pacific" ' which our talkative president, began to iboast
of (proleptically) some two years ago, ; and which can never be gained by the
United States except as the \u25a0 result of long and ; bloody, warfare. - Even . if i' so
'gained, it would be useless to our people, who no more need it for legiti
mate commerce than we. need to control 'the* Indian ocean or the Baltic or
Mediterranean, sea.. .
What queer things they see down east! For the benefit of
people not afflicted' with a Massachusetts vocabulary it should; be
explained that this prolepsis from ; which Dr. Roosevelt \ suffered
was not ; a form of disease, but. merely* a^habitrof looking
and being forehanded. It is something like- Wagner's" music— riot
as bad as it sounds.
It may be that the rhetorical disturbance in Massachusetts is
not very important or alarming. The country is not "on the: brink
of. war," or, indeed, ' anywhere near it, -, nor doesi;Dr3Rooseyelt
spend his vacation "hatching out" villainous schemes to. destroy
the country. \u25a0 /
The ' Massachusetts portrait of Theodore Roosevelt : looks Jike
a cross between Mephistbpheles and Bombastes-Furioso and is first
cousin to Guy Fawkes.. The -country is sitting on a powder barrel; |
arid' Colonel Roosevelt, wearing a mask and -the sword _ of >aswasli-j
buckler, stands ready to" 'apply the match. The * fairies: are { not ? all j
dead and the image' of the pirate king'is still cherished in !
Massachusetts. ' M&R&B^ r - I
HOW THE MONEY IS MADE
PNCLE^JIMMY WILSON hotly resents the slingsand arrows
of - : certain graceless scoffers who f have c declared ? with .an : in
jdecent snigger ' that— the department Vof agriculture has^ no
other function than to'distribute among.the farmers-seeds that
won t gtxjw or else grow the wrong tiling. It rffay be true that unhappy
mistakes nave occurred ajid 1 the ostensiblt carrots in the package
have grown up as hollyhocks i n tKe garden , 'but let that. pass arid
give-up tne stage, to Secretary. Wilson^ who- presents himself as
Monte Xristo, turned rfather of hispeople: : '•
; In a word Secretary^ Wilson announces that t the; 'department of
agriculture is ivorth $231 ,859,000 annually to th^e Americari people.
EDITORIAL PAGE
If there Is a "Big Stick" Swing It and
Stop the S|ri|i^ Valley Steal
AC C ORDINGr to District Larigdon; who bug;ht to know and may be be^
lieyed, the graft prosecution has no^ of*^
boodle supemsors to jami^rbu^
: water ; company with;sl6o,ooo:of ;the city 's \ money.'. Mr; Langdori^ says^he
nothing ; of thisf deal until he read labout it inyyesterday morning^s '\u25a0 newspapers.
:So, then, this; indecent propbsitibnV in so far as; the supervisors i-are concerned; is
the farewell of the bopdlers;tb oflßlcial life— -a paWng!gift;td:tiie municipality that they
have; plundered so^s^
people
There is absolutely neither reason nor justification for it. The endorsement of those
reputable citizens who we^e fright^
ragebus demand vtlie ; respectability of : their ' names is no shadow of an excuse for the
rushing thrbugh^ctf^ this; jbbt4&rid /that^it' islai job \u25a0 must Vbej apparentX.tp anybody'^who
measures Spri^VaUe^
of its physical condition. ( \u25a0 ' - '.
if there wereimerit in the water monopoly f s plea, even if it were the business
and duty of the city to rescue the cbricern that has done nothing but squeeze and strip
the public, that Tbusihess and that duty should in all decancy be left to; supervisors ; riot
with crime and sjiame^
they have disgraced. Their 'places will soon be filled by men- m
repose confidence^ We lia^
compelled to -keep their hands out : of the public's: pocket: It is iruejthatjMaybr Tay
lor, upon examination of the conditions and circumstances, may kill tie Spring Valley
resolution, but it; should never get that far through action of the boodlers.
Consider the;iniquity :of ; tfte, Spring Valley^ grab : The city is v asked to give the
water company $160,000 to repair aY pipe line, and the plea is made that a corporation
claiming to own property wqrtlx more "than $50,000,0(K) is too poor to raise that sihn.
The v original demand was f or ; $200;00b, but the corporation now consents take
$160,000. It is' an astonishing example of moderation. 1 s !
How is^ this money proposed to be^applied? ': It wiU be used, if the Spring Valley
people are telling the truth, to increase the capital ;• investriaent of the company on
wm'ch the. water consumers of Sari}Fraric
In shorty the corporation asia j the tax pay ers to give Spring Valley $166,000 and then
go on paying 5 interest on their own money 7
Probably no more astomshing financial tra^
cipality. UsuaUy^ the party who lends money expects to get itback with interest. In
this instance not only does he get back- no part of the; principals but he actually goes
in debt for interest on his own money. Can you beat that? • . >
The plea of poverty made by the iSpring Valley .water cbmpany is preposterous.
An assessment of less than a dbllar v a share would raise more money^than^thec
needs.: ; If the corporation is insolvent, as its^ officials: pretend, then it should ask for .a |
receiver and have the i property put Injshape ior v sale, toj the city at a reasonable price. |
The basis of this demand (on the city is; a.confession; of incompetence by the officials |
of the company. They; can afford ,tb;niake^ can make- a clear j
$160,fe^by3t^ proc^ interest on^the gift
forever. Talt of .; skin games!' *' \u25a0 :^ * • <r • 5
Arid yet '!Big Jim" ;Gallagher; the perspiring arch^boodler of the v crookeli bp^rd;
says the supervisors will* pass" this |; manifestly^ dishonest \ resolution ; today.' The Call
urgently invites to this matter^^^^
stick,'i-let itbe-swung in^ hui^ and witha
to keep the outgoing boodlers from consummatihgethis infamy.
The process Jor, this " conclusion ;is a miracle of arithmetic. Govern-;
ment arithmetic is 'often that, way. v/, . ' ''. "'' : •- ' " '
In the first .place he counts $30,000,000 worth M^weather 'proph
ecies every year. It is not very" clear who gets" the money,- but
we are given to understand that the value is received .VwHen unto
ward happenings are forestalled. By; thei same process the citizen's
wife might justly claim that she has earned his 'week's salary when
she sews up a; hole in his pocket: -. . ' -
This ideiightfuhand. inspiring form of official arithmetic; calls to
mind Major -Frank ;McLaughlin's celebrated lament that he lost
in ' politics. Sit . is true' he never had the 'money , ; but Ihe
would- have had it if some s weatherwise\ bureau had persuaded him
to stay-with the? dredges in Orovilleiat the time when he undertook
to. guide the destinies- of the republican^party^n California: ,*But
Major vMcLaughlin has '.:not r counted the; '*iriyaluai)le i'^offset -arising
from the service he did his- : country. . It; wbuld! take"; a weather
bureau to . measure ;. that. / Gne remembers -that Major;; Mc-
Laughlinpromised the country, prosperity,; as the result of his labors;
and, sure enough, we got s it. If memory serves it was the^week
before McKihley's- first election when 'v Major'- '\u25a0Mcliaiighlin' ; ''flung
his' inspiring banner^across New Montgomery ', street' 'from^'is-Head^
quarters, bearing the defiant andiprophttic legend, "Four "Days /from
the"i Dawh ; ofj Prosperity." .•; Gan [ any.;vveather; bureau beat that ? . \u25a0 >
But this is a^digression, jahd; if iwe ; return ; to (Golonel Sellers ; we
learn that GirfbrdSPirichot makes" a year for the people
with his 1 ; forestry bureau and-, then has timeMeft ;to play : tennis, with
Colonel Roosevelt: : Don't -ask us how he ."doeV: it. That way /mad-^
nessi lies. But we;;may add that; the figures are not ours^and^ arc
taken/. from .the Washington ; correspondence bf. 'the Boston ; Trail!
script, a most reliable arid veracious journal, never suspected of
humorous intent. '' ' ' '
!..! =H. H. Stout of Martinez, is at .the
Palace, i V', \u25a0 : ; ''j 5 "." •\u25a0:"\u25a0.'.'/-\u25a0 '.-."v.:- '•. '.*
Horace Conroy' of Palo^Alta'is at the
Hamlin.; T.:*^' 7 ;;. :'.:\ '\u25a0''- ; '':'-" T^/.vi ',
"i Joseph Leiter *of is'at ;the
I Pairrhoht.'',': • . . . "\ "•"., /.. ;-•. \u25a0 *-.' : \'-',: : \u25a0 :: ~ :
M. F. Tarpey of . is at the
Dorchester. -: ; : ':'\u25a0•.'-.' .\u25a0'\u25a0:,-.* '-v : -
F.'R.',Pease and wife of Tucson are' at
the*Hamlin.t. c 7; ;; ' ' .;.> ; '_> f .. \u25a0-,•••.:-,\u25a0;•-;\u25a0;;-; /;;
WilliamtF/ Watson :of Boston is •at
I the Hamlin: :\u25a0.: . : f . .- :; V. \u0084
I 1I 1 Attorney \u25a0• E." 0 .; Miller of ; V isalia is at
theTßt^Francls.^;^.^ -v. .: ':'\u25a0 ; ,;- --IV":--. : V
r, C.G. ;; of ;, Seattle ls'at' the
Majestic fAhnex. '-:' ' •'.; - ; " -, : J \u25a0';-. \u25a0\u25a0[*,
\u25a0 Dr. Downey- arid lwife of 'Suisun are
at thej ßaltimore."' \u25a0-'\u25a0'.{ "\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0" ' %!^j "\u25a0/\u25a0\u25a0. ',-\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0
'William C/i,Walton." a mintng/tnan of
Reno, is:at^the"Hamlln. _ f-~- "*/
. H.>R. Moris6ntandlE.\ll-HoilowayJof
Butte, \u25a0 Mont., ; are at > the"; Hamllri?
\u25a0 H. R. \\Vagner,** a * mmmg 1 ; man ' from
Mina, Nev.';. is <atl the Baltimore. :_
: : Ex-Governor ,Carteri of and
Mrs. Carter "are* at* theT Fairmont.' .;":;':
•: Lieutenant C. M.iTozer, 17ni ted" States
navy,\ and : wif e v are'at | the] Savoy^' ':' ;
[?.~ r -^-iv- -/•"\u25a0\u25a0!\u25a0 rs -\u25a0-^'-''-vj^jjaaffiO-^kßss**^:*^- \u25a0' » "\u25a0-.
.F. .:\u25a0 Helland, . chief ; engineer. ; of ; the
steamship tChina,*> is at the; Savoy. -
George E." Youlf,, . -.I prominent*.; in
leading -arrn'of; Seattle: furnlshlns^gep;'
PeKsohal Mention
"eral,* rniiilng"; supplies, .is at \u25a0 the* St'
Francis.'- '".(.. '-. '\u25a0••-••'.: r'i . , r
:H. L.... Richardson,^, a i. merchant of
Portland,'- Ore.;: and j hisj.wif c rare at the
Savoy.*-' \u25a0..:". . '\u25a0> "..<\u25a0\u25a0' '.- --x''/"-^/,-. '\u25a0 . '„"' '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.-\u25a0]\u25a0
v .E."L. ? Abernathy.and wife of Syracuse/
.whoj are', touring i the I coast, are •at \ the
Dorchester. \u25a0 < ; : ;.j; ; : ;.";--; Q:> ;. \u25a0 ••-.*
',;.'; IL I Tarbott and -P." Sivertson, : cattle'
men.^of > Medicine t Hat, Canada, "are at
the " : Majestic^ , -. '. • ': ---•.:•': . :
YD. W. ; Edwards farid ; wife : of
apolis.^ j,who v are^ touring'-' the fcoast,' are
atHhe^Sayoy.'v'-'vcy ; .:'' ".'-K-'.'.-L? \u25a0':'.-" .':^. : .v y
X ; - Captain'j. w.v Saundera,;: commander,
of "the 'steamship'- ManchuriaV ; is regls-"
tered'atithe .Savoy.V \u25a0\u25a0":'' : ;-• v. : ":
F. ~. S. .".Murphy 'l . and . C. \ E. - Murphy,
prominent. ilurnherrnenVJof Salt' Lake
City;rare;atUhe;St^ Francis::- ;*:' -
"AT". Alexander,'' i 'a/promiri*erit ' clothing
merchantn t "of; NewJTpr k/fis f at\the] Bait}-;
"more a; pleasure^ trip] to ',tHe 'cbastjij
:.\u25a0\u25a0-' A. : D.; Carver?;: Mrso Carver and £ Clif
ford :.N,: .N, Carver^ if of York,? who]" are
tQuring\th4'coast,'fare,at\t he "Fairmont."
*:;. Adria n 1 W.y s Sp.livalo ? <and I'-wif e » and
Jackj E-lMighell; of- Berkeley; are ;spend-^
1 ng i a s , few,: day s '\u25a0. ii nn \ town and- are- a t : the
Dorchester. . .--.«»
Joh n j H.^ NortonlilSpi talist i of J Lk>s
Ang-eles.^with 'I hisfewif efand '^Miss rAmy 4
M*f Norton" and S Mi ss"> Barne tta^ Norton
arejatUlierral&cy, • ' • "l" l
In tßailway Circles
THE Southern Pacific is hastening
the .work; of building the road
on the Newark side" of .- the bay
\u25a0 .to the r Dumbarton abridge, j and
the grading has been completed to
the > marsh' -lands,- where ~ some^ pil
ing \u25a0 must '^be Jdpne'v before J tide » water
is: reached.. Last* Sunday; there; were 36
carloads 1' of -ties '.' at ; Newark : that . will
be - used : f or ;;. the ; line \ from Newark > to
Niles," on which the grading. 5 is : nearly
finished.' Newark promises tcT" -.be "one
of " the most \ active /of the I little towns
across • the bay. and' already! it" is ex
periencing, a small \slzed boom.
i. - -The .fruit "< growers of . Santa Clara
valley- will -have nofreason < to grumble
with^ their lot [this ';season,','j*said : a rail
road* man iwhb^ had been through the
county looking, over, the fruit situation •
"It yls « not r. often Z that ;\u25a0 the -raiser v of
peaches .gets; |100 a ton for "his; fruit
and a peaches t are ; peaches '\u25a0;. nowadays.
Apricots if or, canning, are bringinglfrom
fßo!to?s9o*^'ton, while;pearY are'real
lizingaJTOanon.; 'Rather-different 'to
the time ;when " a^ BartlettTpear Tgrower
along the " Sacramento ; river sent : a car
load of A this--, fruit : to T j Chicago:, arid
in » return i received I' a .2 ;, cent postage
stamph " Prunes v which two > years ago
\u25a0old ~tor 1 2 Uo; 2%", cents': now. bring ; V4 %
to s%"centa per.p^und.'' V-- >'-*\u25a0-'
J. ..TV. >If cClymond left for the south -
era part of , the; state last Monday even
ing s for ; the - purpose '? of ; meeting; C. M. !
Secrist. \who sis jto -be! the"; general man
ager; of UheyPaciflc if ruiti express;';: Mc-
Clymond:is ;to^represent: the Harri man
interests ;on, this coast.?"'; ; ,;•:\u25a0-\u25a0 ->'•;'> ', ; ,^v-:^:
\u25a0"\u25a0""\u25a0'' - '.:.:\u25a0':. "."*:' *_'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 .•\u25a0", ;'•': '•[\u25a0
-:? E. •E. Calvin, \u25a0 vice president and \u25a0 gen
eral p manager of t the Southern . Pacific,"'
who has been on a' tour of inspection as
far r as .' Sparks, Xev.; -* has returned :to
the; city. '^3§§Bß&BXk&Bߧ§P£''- ' ~
: F. i H.t Stockcr. :: Pacific; coast*:' agent '<'of
the Despatch^, who' has * been
spcndlngjthe, past; month in Oregon, 1 has
returned I . to'<the city. :
-W. S.Falmer.igeneral superintendent
of .the 'northern \ division, ; has returned
from iaitrip^through" the -northern part
of^the state. /
GphGefning^Bo^dlers
—The" Stockton' Mail , In ; discussing Ahe
graft? "cases; \u25a0'.involving?- Louis .Glass,
Patrick^Calhouh'/r.Tlrey,' VI* *.. Ford * and
others,"*; says :"/. " -^ ;:' '\u25a0. ' '. : " . ' --,:
\u25a0 'r"When_£the"£ "case': gets Ito1 to the jury,
we ;._mayjr; expect r , to • hear K lf rom" Delmas
an ielo^uentfplea.^ for v the) liberation; of
Mr.^Glaaslon |th ej! grouh d Uha 1 1 he •, was
a\ylctim*bf rdementia*San',Franciscana,'.'
and |that|boodllng;lby: the ?rich . Is 7« at
theF^worst > > \ ? only 4 ;a-/diseaser':if6r j which
suehmen as Glass and, Calhoun deserve.
pityiratherlthanjimprisohmeht.';^"*;'l : '
j'S "Forjithelj use £bf g In;* the
:txials'ofjthel wealthy iboodlers}the!Mail'
sugges ts|a'|new,tf oath ";jsotnethingi like
. thls:^'l«soleranly/i swear >i to rteli^. the
.trqth^o'r/atl leastlfpaf t£bf |the striithr
provided; I^thirik, It i will-reflect^upon
nobody^and|th"eila.wyersifor!ithe~defense
feav elnolob j MtlonlL'dgEßffiSM&r- • " '*. :
The Insider
:Throws new^lightion the Markham campaign
and shows that road to federal pie counter
runs through the state capitol at Sacranierito
„ \u25a0 nD „ .. / 'p. i A CCORDING to the new order of affairs
HOW E. B. Pond Lost A Jn tn ; appointment o f federal B%ers
the Governorship* -Tl for ; California the place, of United
States, shipping commissioner rendered vacant by , the death bf:Charles F.
Basseu; must be filled by one whose, name appears on the list of civil
service veligibles. The emolument of the position is $4,000 per annum and
the duties do not involve any great fatigue.
1 Twenty years ago Charley Bassett was a- familiar figure. in the political
arena;. He loomed up; quite conspicuously in the Markham ' campaign,
wherein he served on the executive committee of the republican state central
committee, along with John D. Spreckels, Irwin G. /Stump, J. B. Stetson
and D. M. Burns. The distinction or. notoriety of discovering" Henry H.
Markham was accredited to Bassett: , There was a notion in the republican
camp'that the candidate of, the party should hail from, the region 'south of
tKe'Tehachapi' range. Bassett, in his, wanderings among . the \ orange groves
heard of Markham' s ; war record and congressional career^ He came back
to SSatn t Francisco j convinced that he had picked -a winner. , Simultaneously
Colonel Burns came ? back 1 from Mexico with , wealth from the Candelaria
mine. Thetcolonel Accepted the ; tip convcyed;by Bassett. At Sacramento,
where th,e state conventitn was held, >V. ,W;;Morrow, who had a majority
of the delegates, was adroitly jockeyed out of the nomination and Markbam
was chosen. E.B. Pond, 'whose superior abilities, as mayor of $&n fnn
icisco had attracted theattention of leading men -throughout the state, won
I the democratic nomination for governor at Stra Jose. The campaign
[began with the betting two -to one in Pond's favor, but a change, quickly
j came when.W.j W. ) Stow,'' supporting Leland Stanford's purpose to remain
in. the United States senate, began vto summon democratic .and republican
statesmen from the interior to .his private office in California street. Two
weeks \u25a0 before the election Pond came in from the country and practically
admitted that the Stanford tide .would float Markham to the gubernatorial
harbor.; Bassett's devotion to Markham and the G. O. P. was recognized
by his appointment to the office of state harbor commissioner. .
MattOS On Slate It is^ common gossip that United/States
\u25a0-\u25a0' c jt_T = Senators Perkins and Flint have selected
tO Succeed Dare Senator Mattos- of Alameda to succeed John
T. Dare as United States appraiser. No wonder there are. so many aspirants
for membership in the legislature. It seems that the main -road to the
federal pie counter runs through the state capitol- at Sacramento. Ex-
Senator Stratton ; is .collector of customs; ex-Senator Woodward is surveyor
of the port; ex-Senator Devlin is United. Stated district attorneyr ex-Senator
Ralston is United States subtreasurer; ex-Senitor Muenter is coiner, in the
mint, and ex-Speaker of the Assembly Fisk is postmaster. Senator Mattos
is slated^ for Dare's place, and there is an impression that ex-Senator Voor
heis;of Amador will be appointed superintendent of the mint to succeed
Frank Leach! * ...
; It is suggested that these fortunate recipients of federal recognition
andothers entertaining a sense of gratitude for favors to come should get
together and resolve to present Senator Perkins with a loving cup.
The Smart Set \u25a0
MRS. MARTIN NOVAK gave a
farewell tea on Monday after
noon at her quarters at the dis
charge camp, Angel island, in
honor of Mrs. A Hannay, who was former
ly Young, a daughter of Gen
erilsYoungi U.S., A. Among those who
enjoyed \ Mrs.: Novak's - hospitality were
Mrs.-^George_C. Cook. Mrs.^ Leonard
Hughes, -Mrs.', Crepts, Mrs. Orrin - "Wolf.;
Mrs. ; Fredericks,; Miss Dora": Frederick's,
Mrs. Philip Remmtngton, Mrs.Whitfleld.
Miss Whitfleld, Mrs. : Newell, Miss
Newell,' Mrs. Berry," Miss 'Betty • Rey
nolds, Miss Jamieson and Mrs.-'Rich
ardson. • \u25a0 '\u25a0
-Admiral Farenholt! is a guest of Ad
miral and Mrs. Joseph Trilleyat Shaw
mut'rlodge, at Pacific Grove. Admiral
Trilley : : gave a" stag 'dinner last : Satur
day * evening : in honor of his . visitor.
The guests were Hon. N. P. Chipman,'
Colonel Maus, Captain Lewis, Captain
Estes, Lieutenant Bowen 'and J. -P."
Pryor. ,
" Mrs.- Marshall Flint, formerly^ Ann
Apperson, has returned from i a tour of
Europe and is at" the Hacienda, the
home of Mrs._Phebe Hearst, on the Mc-
Cloud' river. As Dr.- Flint has accepted
a professorship at Yale rshe will soon
depart . for ' the east, •where she will
make her future home, to the regret of
hef : many friends here.
:f Mrs.. William Tevis returned on Sat
urday to '; hefwjmmer home on Lake
Tahoe/ J She accompanied Mr. and -Mrs.
Robert Oxnard from - the lake and re
mained'with, them last" week— wtilch
was a trying. one for. Mr. Oxnard. Dur
ing a ; pleasure 'outing j he . fell and suf
fered a fracture of the arm. and shoul
der, blade. .It la possible he' may again
return Ito \u25a0 the hospital.
Army, people are .rejoicing over, the
news that Captain "Raymond H. Fenner
and ' Mrs.'. Fenner will again make their
home at' Fort Baker. For the past year
Captain Fenner has been - stationed <at
Fort 'Monroe,' Va:' -"' ' ' \u25a0..
Miss Laura: Baldwin, daughter of .Mr.
and* Mrs.' A; S. Baldwin, has returned
from" her. eastern visit. ,-
-.Among: the latest arrivals at the
Kaiserhof , Bad Nauheim, are Mrs. Lo uia
Roesch and Miss Roesch of this city.
\u25a0Mlss.Genevleye "Harvey is. In town,
visiting Mannie Rodgers.
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\u0084-»J .[ H. Pryor. ar^d" family of Sausalito
are . stopping at -, the ; Hotel : Chatham,
Paris/ : ..' 1 \u25a0 ' .";- , "
Mrs. ; Charles " ; Klerolff is enjoying the
warm/air. of "Pasadena. She i will visit
in Berkeley } before . returning here ' for
the wlnter.^HUjHUSS
; Eldridge Green. of San Mateo Is visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Green, at Pel Monte.;
A""party. of -. automobllists. .consisting
of < Mrs. William . Pierce 'Jobnson.y Miss
Johnson and ' Miss rj.-: Johnson ;of ? the
Claremont'country? club."; Oakland, and
Morgan^ -I. tTowne^and^Gardener Towne
of jPalo 'Alto.^ave been -enjoyins ' Del
Monte. .
•.. Mr. and Mrs.'Henry.Clarence'Breeden.
who had been .'. enjoyins " the " sights
Conditions in California^
J Jhe CtUfwnU Promotion committee wit* tha foUowiaj to tt,:«u^ tamj U N.w
York yeitsrday: \u25a0.\u25a0„'. , . _ -
•"\u25a0; : Calif orniijemperatwfli .for the peat 84 Immit*:
\u25a0*" W^r^JU;"" -"**•"""" •\u25a0\u25a0•Minimum *3 ... . . .U^im^m ; 58
Sin rrwicisco......... .. v .... V.:,Miai=naa 54... . . . JtixWa «
Lumtof ; r«c«ipt» it'Su FruieUeo for tho p Mt w««k, «1.00« OM f Mt .
.-Reports r«ceiT«l by ti«. California Promotion easinUtt«i ] fwii ' lCo4««t« \u25a0»\u25bc iW« M
activ« ; S4le» of.;tm*n'f*rmi la thW Tidaity'of Turloek. " *
: jTUV^elwtricir^ro^^aertiji.Stocktoi^ad Laji U a%4r17 a^^ v
p^ctjKl ; to^bo a operation by ; A a?a .t ; 10,;,; Th. U^ will tW 1» «t^4^ ». Si««.,tt
«I^^^^ t^inerth t»,S« Dl^, o» th« JS ' >.
87x157:6. ;^^« budding will W* ; cliw • A l.traat^., .: *.< ..term i» lui.ht.Ma
adjo.Mng tMi ther. will b. >»U rttry ! WMta. fieta,"' « B.ti.ry .ttLt.
JUI.Y ...24, 1907
around Santa Barbara, have gone to
Coronado In their motor car.
Miss Susanne de Fremery. who re
cently .returned from New York, is
vjplting in Sasualito as the , guest of
Mrs. Charles Shoe.nmaker, formerly
Jean Howard of Piedmont.
Mr.. Wills and Miss Carrie Mills, will
leave today, for a prolonged stay in Ne
vada. Miss .Mills lately 'returned from
Boston/ where she had been attending
school.
General N. P. Chipman of the appel
late court of California* and Mrs. Chip
man are paying their usual summer
visit to*Paciflc Grove.
Miss Helen Baker, has returned from
San Rafael, where she was the guest of
Mrs. Frank B. Anderson.
The latest arrivals at the I4do Pal
ace hotel. Riva, Lake GartJa, include
Mrs. F. Homerfet, Miss C. Cowell and
Miss H. Cowell of this city.
Miss Lucy Kins has. b*e» visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Worthlngton < Ames at -Fair •
Oaks. \u25a0-.:-. <
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Earl are spending
a few days at Burlingame as the guests
of Henry T. Scott. '
Captain- and Mrs. Hannay. U. -S. A..
will leave tomorrow for an eastern
vtsit^HQßUHinßHMe^
Miss Josephine Beedy has returned
from a visit with Mrs. Gaston Ashe
at her ranch at Tres Plnos.
Samnel G. Buckbee has been a guest
at the Hotel Vendome at San Jose.
Raps Western Union
on Slow Delivery
Editor Call: I desire to send a
challenge through The Call that I can
beat*. a Western Union telegram on a
1,000 'or 100 mile lap with an ox team.
Three years ago this summer I sent
a -wire from Spokane to San Francisco
and after getting the local managers
at : . Spokane and Portland to aid me I
got the message 'delivered after ,two
days. Within six years past I have had
some five or six equally bad- pieces of
luck/with this grape vine line.*
Two weeks ago I filed a wire at Sart
Anselmo," Marin county, California, at*
3:30 p. vn." for San . Francisco: : at th«
same time I bet $5 with a well known
.San Francisco man that I could l«av«
at;s p. m. by train and beat the tele
gram to my residence. Ij*won" .tha
money easily, for the wire did not
reach San Francisco until 8 a.-m. tha
;next day. taking U hours to travel -4 J
,miles. Now^ ? an ox team cao travel
three, to. five -.miles per hour. 'So i will
offer : ths i suggestion that some one
with an eye to profit start an ox team
relay service In -opposition to the
Western ' Union. .The* former will win
out,* for an ox team can pull a pretty
large load of teJeirrams and won't cost
as much as the lumberiny Western
Union servlee. Respectfully,
„ _ A. R. KAXAGA.
San Francisco. July 32, 1307. \u25a0