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SUNDAY The San Francisco Csill JOHN D. SPRECKELS. . . * * » . *44 * \u2666 :1.. t .Proprietor CHARLES W. ftORNICK, .»*..*.*.**..** Manager ERNEST S. SIMPSON i. t \ \u25a0 . »'»»»»» »i.4.;* t Managing Editor Address All Commuaicntloßs to THI3 BAN FBAJf CISCO (CALL Telcphoar "Tcaipornrr P«^>— >A»Ss tet The CalL Tb* Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish* BUSINESS OFFICE .Market and Third Streets, Ban Francisco Open Until 11 Q'elock Erery Night in the Tear. EDITORIAL R00M5. » ...»....,.«...«».. , 4. . .Market and Third Streets MAIN CITT BRANCH.... 4. .. ....».,,.... 1651 Flllmora Street Near Post OAKLAND OFFICE— 46B llth.Bt. (Dacoa bloak) . .Telephone Oakland 1013 ALAiIEDA OFFICE— I43S Park Street.... .Telephon* Alameda £33 BERKEI.ET OFFICE— S"W. CoX. Center tad Oxford. Telephone D*wkel«y 77 CHICAGO OFFICE — &£arqttett* X3ldff..C Georpo Krognees, Hepr*B©nta.tiv* NEW TORK OFFICE — 30 Tribune Bld». .Stephsn B. Boitth, R«prescntatlv« WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT. ...Ira E. 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He does not -believe in the collection of debt by force, and in this he has the enthusiastic support of the unspeakable Turk, whose dreams are haunted by gunboats that present long bills for instant payment and will take no denial. 'As a general principle of international law the United States is right in this . contention, notwithstanding the dubious support which it receives from the welching nations and communities all over the world. Being a pefce conference, The Hague deliberations are mostly concerned with war and the methods of its waging. But at the outset they are much troubled about definitions. They- would like somebody to tell them how to know a war when they see it. In a word, the conference is much perplexed by the question, "What is war?" put with* all solemnity by a Chinese colonel. The matter came up in committee. The embarrassing question put by the Chinese 'colonel left the committee in the air, with these results, as described by a correspondent: The members were discussing the French proposal in favor of formal declarations before acts of war. Though a military delegate from the Celestial "Empire, he said he was puzzled /to know the nature of the operation concerning which announcement must be made. China had on various occa sions been set upon by one or other of the European nations, each of which had disavowed any purpose of making -war. And only recently, when most of them, assisted by the United States, sent an allied army to Peking,, and later some of them, under-Field Marshal Waldersee, devastated a wide stretch of country; they had all been at particular pains to inform their victim that in no sense was this war. Naturally his countrymen were now curious to know what they were to expect if, following 'the rule subsequently recom mended by the committee, some nation or nations were to apprise them of their purpose to make war upon them. The other delegates, the dis patches say, listened respectfully, but . none of them undertook the desired definition. \u0084._ , \u25a0 -"" ; Venezuela not long ago found : herself in a similar quandary when English and German warships appeared off her shores and proceeded to discharge large guns at La Guayra, all the while disclaiming any. intention of making war, and to Turkey threats of similar treatment are a matter of course. If declarations of war are to be the rule hereafter, fighting that isn't war is likely to become commoner than ever. — The question, When is a war not war? can only be answered after the fullest scrutiny of motives. Killing is not always murr der and slaughter is not war when it is purely informal. It is, indeed, a nice question of construction, quite worthy of the august deliberations at The Hague. •'. .- Leaving this difficult theme in very much the same condition of perplexity as at the start, the conference took ; up the search for a "humane bullet." This is not intended to be- a" form' of life saving apparatus, but rather a, means of rapid transit to another world. Of course, the really humane bullet ought to be admin istered under chloroform, but in the hurry of a campaign this is impracticable, and, therefore, the conference recommends some thing that will go through a man- -with nothing more disturbing than a clean whistle. The bullet that tears gaping holes is only fit for crocodiles and other monsters. The Hague- conference is agreed that it greatly adds to the discomforts of war aridishould be discouraged. **** \u25a0 V \u25a0 ; If the conference, should not succeed in making war safer than peace, at least we may expect a full set of rules governing the etiquette of the game. VV'<- AN AMBASSADOR'S SOCIAL y TROUBLES f ' | 1 HERE is a woeful disturbance in society. Wives of wealthy I and respectable citizens, railroad magnates and the like -as yet jL ""convicted of crime complain that they 'have been \u25a0turned down by Ambassador Reid, who represents this government 1 -at the court of St. James. There is Mrs. Theodore P. SHonts,. for! instance, who is. peddling a complaint that this truckling ambas sador pretended he could not get her tickets for the king's* ball; \u25a0 and what is an ambassdor for anyway? ' ' j We cannot pretend to answer that question, but the ladies- God bless ' them — appear to have settled; it to their own satisfaction Quite possibly they are right. As a functionary of state in these! days of telegraphic communication the ambassador, is superfluous- 1 He does noi eacn his salt. But the ladies have. found work for hihi. He is the high court of appeal to decide who is arid who is not "socially impossible." - .....-.'.\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0 To be sure, the exercise of this function may involve tragical consequences. Social careers are made or .blighted by a nodiv There is : no appeal, and the ambassador is his own executioner. He hblcis the shears of fate, and is respected accordingly. The Y high regard in whifch he is held finds expression in flatteririg; notice by a respectful press. Thus we learn fronra dispatch printed this week in San, Francisco' that "Ambassador,; Reid's;* final;- entertain ment fully maintained the" regal standard of the Dorchester House affairs." The company,; we are toid, included "earls, countesses, lords, ladies and army officers."', The^ ambassador appears to have been short on dukes and marquises, but it is added . byC ,way> of afterthought that there were some Americans present, v How r * did 'they get in? Finally we are permitted \ to: knbwl here in Sar^Fran^ cisco, at the jumping off place, 7,000 - miles away ; from the scene : of these exalted festivities, that /'siippcr, was served in the library/ i There lis even yet another tragedy connected with: the officei The, English people have been accustdmed'* to >VAmericarf^ambassai dors who made jokes, like Choate, for instance. "Mr. Reid makes no jokes and understands none. English society feels aggrieved^ They expected America to provide them with vaudeville Tambassa dofs, and .they got only/Reid, who gives them supper in a' library; EDITORIAL PAGE The Vacatidti-T A Cotiimued Story. Chapter 3 and that is no:joke: The trouble with the English is that Mr. Reid is funny enoughvif ' they; could only see it. \u25a0 • / '- : -l THE TEMPEST IN THE NAVY THE navy-;; department is^somewHere" bety/een a storm and a ste.w. The;' bureaucrats cannot> agree .among -themselves how the, new. battleships .-. should* .be built! Some^ of i the younger element are free to say : that - the construction department is run by ."antiquated fossils," and .the place : is filled with infuriated admirals in consequence. ,; * J Certain members ' -. of the general, board, of which Dewey is chairman, severely; criticise the board of construction. Dewey has taken noTpart in- the dispute, which has been -carried on by some of the younger -members (of the general board, who object to the plans adopted for the two big! battleships of i-thcvDreadnpuglit type now about -to be biiilt. Such criticism is a frigKtful infraction of naval and official; etiquette. The rude, untutored would describV it as "butting-in?' .Their presumption was treated^ as it deserves, and /Secretary ,\ Mctcalf, ; after conferring \yith.the boarcj of construction; promptly/pigeonholed the recommendations, -f *. There is an;.entrarice but 'no 'exit from a, pigeonhole/. It is the customary^. formjpi.: official execution! \u25a0 The incident ;.was supposed tojbe closed, but- this has' proved to be a serious mistake. The yo,uthf ul naval -critics would not stay Ipigeonholed, and they printed in the Navy a ieries. of .damaging articles exposing defects- in ;the designs for the -Jnew * ships. Extracts from -these /articles r; have been reprinted ; in The Call aijd were accompanied by «„ Rear Admiral Brownson's [ very weak 1 reply,^ which was, in' fact; 'rather a \u25a0'.. cori- I fession ; than an -answer. I \u25a0: Now - : there.- is a tremendous ; v fuss; in therfdepartment Cover these articles, and there, is ar'l6ta r 'l6t of discipline ior/tlie : officers' [ who wrote the ni.-" Their names have not been published, but there is not much doubt about their identity. -- - t The talk about discipline for. the . writers is the merest non sense. It;^lrnpl^ represents, a state ; of mind in 'the Stalkers •- without power to do anything. . -Th^, question 'is, Ar^ the criticism aqd true? "On jthat point the people 'of; the United : StatesV who pay the bills, would like to be inforrned/;~The • charges i-made-'by: ' the Navy^are ; yery|damaging; jand"cannot be met by :half-heafted and eyasive- official, denials. Let us have^the truth. :. BACK 7 DATE— Subscriber." City. July 13/1867,^ fell: on a") Saturday. - .„ ••\u25a0 COLOMBO-^G.VGm • Alameda," Cal. The population of Colombo,' Ceylon, is esti mated-at 1160,000. v- - '. V '. n :/ v MARKET ZsTREET-rAi I L.;;Somers-: vllle'.: Cal. cLThe width ; of ; Market i street, \u25a0 San Francisco,' is :l 2o ffee C: •' ' . >'"";\u25a0 \u25a0 .. : ;. ;\u25a0 •";\u25a0"\u25a0': •\u25a0>.•\u25a0..:;\u25a0\u25a0-.. SEDGWICK— AI'- M.. City. John : Sedg wlck was sheriff; of; the city and' county, of i Sa"n*Franciscolnllßß2-3. f \ • \u25a0;. \u25a0\u25a0 j -•.-;,'\u25a0\u25a0 • r--^-"- •\u25a0>/'•\u25a0 -\u25a0• 1 •"; - PEDRO--G. f&> - &'; "\ Co 11 1 nsvi 1 1 c, Cal . } In "\u25a0 pedro if a player : bids; and : makes j It . hearts he? must i lead '. " - .:- ;- .-\u25a0 --\u25a0 •\u25a0\u25a0•"•,--\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0•-..•. •;.,;\u25a0.: v . \u25a0 ' SCIENCE^-S.,^Clty. \u25a0;\u25a0 The | office ; of •_ the = secretary of : the' Academy; of \u25a0 Sciences. ls/ at 1 8 1 2 . G ough \u25a0 street; Sani Francisco.*."^; ? GALVESTON— H.ll.'ci'ty/ An. article In ; the < Call I explaining ;" the T manner/ In., which' public officials tare In Galveston/l;' Tex., . "was published !. : V June i, 1907. '': ';" '\u25a0 ",'-': ' ; ' - ' . . \u25a0 \u25a0:' '-, ' '•;\u25a0':": •\u25a0.'\u25a0.•.- \u25a0\u25a0 ' \u25a0 ' ;--ICE'i CHEST- r M.f y.y : Clty^^A r cheap; 'mixtureltolputfaround|«n3lceYchestltoy! keep it cold Is' pounded rock salt In the proportion 7of j one f part i to] two] parts [of X pounded; ice.^|.This^'wlirj cause f the "tem- \ perature\to ! fair to[4rdegrees/1^" \u0084:\u25a0-•:\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0- ,^"\ :.''-;;;,': .''- ; ; ; ,' \u25a0:•* :"-:•'']':; •"/'"\u25a0•\u25a0'"\u25a0 ;, FREE '•':; LIBRARY--^R.V; Li.- M.. : City* V The"; free' public I llbraryiln^ Oakland;- is' located!y at and p\ Fourteenth; streets.\?: '"\u25a0\u25a0 :.."." v -;v ;'"_"> ''Ji--ii y -i^'' :^' : -: i: '-i :\u25a0'\u25a0': : — -\ •' \u25a0 '\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0-" '.'l *\u25a0\u25a0:-.'\u25a0: •\u25a0'\u25a0-. .-.\u25a0.--';:'"\u25a0 -*'\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0*'./\u25a0.*\u25a0 \u25a0 THfe DREADN^GHT^-Subscriber.i? Cf ty.i'TheV ßritish*: war ifshipi Dread-C, nought itwas laid % atjl Ports-^ ! ! riiou t h tin ': 1 902."; T- She i- was •\u25a0 launched *mV Answers -to Queries "\u25a0w» o<l -l ai V? accor dlng ;to contracts^ishe was to be completed in February. 1907. .-. »-\u25a0,\u25a0\u25a0-.\u25a0» \u25a0 i^STEFFENS-^A ! Reader, ; Alamcda, Cal. Lincoln Steff ens -is •: a writer -for the -American. \u25a0 <o HAYSEED-^ Subscriber, City., -By j inquiry.: at :; some of . the local }\u25a0 picture dealers ] you may ' be able ito secure^ the" Picture you desire. \ .' ' . RECORDSt-W; J^City.:, Tour^ques-" .tlon In] regard: to 'tiUe Is one that calls* \ T .°Ji a , legal; opinion, jwhlch? this :depart , ment , does * hot \u25a0givei'; "Consult f some • re putable;attbrney;t;; . .\u25a0 " ;.;.::/;: \u25a0'\u25a0" '-' ; -„\u25a0 '•.• \u25a0\u25a0 '\u25a0\u25a0.'•:\u25a0- "-.• " ' \u25a0-. \u25a0 ;\u25a0_ : tiAUGH—J/ R a; City. VBlla\ Wheeler % is ; the "iwriter- of '* the '\u25a0 poem * in which i are the: lines: -^ V " ? "Laugh^andlthelworld laughs with you; Weep, and; you weep. alone." r \u25a0 '\- -.: .:--^; \u25a0 • \u25a0"-\u25a0 .'•\u25a0' - -•.:'\u25a0\u25a0 ' - •'\u25a0:, REFDGEEs4HFt.m,-City. \u25a0\u25a0'^An'iorder ; to . the ; effect -that i all \ refugees f must'] re move^fromlthe^cltyi parks: was issued ' byi the '% park ; commissioners] May .228,^ to 'take ;effect?Augustu;? 1907^^ -;\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0'^-\u25a0" '.\- : \u25a0::':' : :-^.: ".-.*. ••'-..'\u25a0"''\u25a0- '" •v - •."'\u25a0'•:' '-..- \u25a0'- ' - \u25a0V ARCHBISHOP; ANDIiPRIEST^Sub? scriber. f: Sebastopol," Cal. v The i given name , of ; Archbishops^ Ireland^ of ;\u25a0 St' Paul, ; Minn.;*? Is ; Johnril In 2 addressing la' !J?H*S*SS Person r of his station It would be properitoiwriteU'ToJ hls r arraoe,^Arch:' \u25a0bishop ? Johnl Ireland^ most 1 reverend 'and dear^ sir.",,".;'": : r ''/^'. \ - ':\u25a0 \u25a0; : : . .: \u25a0"';- ' •. ;V, . > "-; \u25a0' - . > » . i^ManyJbf, the *: Catholic of ; San i Francisco|took 2 an | active fpartiln rellevlngithelrefugeesfafteritheiearthV. quake. M Rev2f D^s CV^Crowley^ of i the Youths^f directory ; ..?,A was 1% particularly, iactivegin|Becurlngih«mesSandsshelter for 'them. \u25a0\u25a0'-' '- :'.\u25a0 ~" ' X rv.:' \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0'.-: ;; — •* J Personal Mention . J. P.' Warren Tof Spokane Is at -the Jefferson. jßßßfcriftggS " •\u25a0\u25a0-. 'Judge V A. E. Boynion of Oroville Is at the >St. Francis. :'-/* Senator Charles 11. Belshaw ls' v at the St'" Francis. - '" Judge}K. 6. Bradley of Vlsalla- is at the :Baltlmore. .\u25a0\u25a0•-. James Green: and wife of San* Mateo I are at the. Majestic. 7 \u25a0 i ;• WoE; Hampton and wife of Los' A ngeles-are at the Fairmont. *v J. CC. .Powell ;; and H. P. Sullivan of Nomeare'at the Jefferson. . Thomas -' J. : Steinnietz and* wife of Reno > are * at ; the "Jefferson. -M. R. Daren port and ,wi f e of Baraboo, Wis., are at the " Majestic. /; . j , "'. H. E. Morrlsh. editor of the Coif ax Sentinel.; 1b Tatf the 7 Imperial. aW-wlfVof \u25a0Ande^-' Bon;^La.Y'\u25a0'a_^e at th» I Dorches*e"n" . Edwin Duryea of Palo Alto \wiil' be at , the ,. lmperial *for ! . several- days. \u25a0 > B.Vt. Arehdt, a.Hrnerohant of; Salinas, and his wife are ; at - : the Jefferson. -V :.: J. C Le Crolx. a cigar' manufacturer of; Jacksonville, }Fla:.'- Is at ; the Hamlin; ~ : E.: M. : Cox and F.\Spauldlng.\u25a0mining men; of j Goldfleld, -arejat > the Baltimore. C. \u25a0;, F.v A. Talbot ."and "wife "' and Miss Talbot.of "New York are at the. Fair mont. .' : '',: ' - \u25a0 -'•' H. C, Greenager, . a dry goods mer chant of AChlcago.aiid, his wife are at thej \u25a0Hamlin.'-" A. H. Thompson,; a. representative of the .Pacific; steel-: company of: Peoria, 111., ls-'at- the. Savoy.^ ' ' ;/, ' ; Charles Dunphjv and wife, '.who':hav'e been'vistins at Catalina.' have returned and are; at ;the Fairmont. V: • ;\u25a0"-\u25a0' i,\u25a0 C. W. (Oliver, and ; Harry F. Recob of Losj Angeles are .atfthelHamlln^where they i will be for . several days.* . Jacici Barrymore, > brother "of r Ethei Barryrnore.f and his wife fare at I the ;st. James.Yen route to' southern California. *-~:W«.' P. Howe, representing 1 .a"; large undertaking* supply \u25a0 house . at': Kansas Ci ty, ; and Mrs. : Howe^are" ; at the Savoy. v^: Mrs. VG. F. Mero\ of ' Blair, _Nev.;Vis at the \ She ; came ? toj seek * news of. her son, .whowas lost on ; the steamer Col umbla. : " \u25a0'.: - : " ; ,; \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'"., E.H P. ,Vlning of\j New Tork," former general j manager of the- Market "street cable * lines,! ls^ at "':\u25a0 the | Imperial, i'] He is here 'on a" short visit. ; '- : ' ' -I : Captain E.y, Nelson lof Detroit.; Mich t a • lumber Jma'gnate, jis ,atithe; Majestic. He Us; heavily? interested In mining, on this i coast. v iS.^K/ii S.^K/i Thorpe : of ,. the Liverpool! barley houseTbf *&lCo.'; hag j returned | to" San^Francls'colafter^a^slx^months'.^so'- Journt.inTEngland." : "", '• A :.;. Cincinnati - party, . composed of George '{ H. ? Boh rer « and . wife,*; Geo rge -F. Dittaile :and|,wife,j Mrs."V Robert fJ.vPat-^ ton 3? and t: Miss '\u25a0} Sophie Wagner,: . is; at the" 1 Fairmont:,.-- ' ; " \u25a0 h : ,W. ; F.}Kn"ox,';'ai lumber of Saci ramentoTl|brdughtTa;?party,rqft\frjends f rom J theicapital «cityj in ; his automobile I yesterday iand^ they; are -staying iat the I Imperial.- . . .."" .* ; .^^^^^®? » : ' * : [ ;;/,' C-1 F. * Nourse^" a well? known ; local : en jgineer^leftiThursdayimorningjforiNew, j York,' ensrouteitOj ßussia,\where \u25a0 he"* will' invest! gate X several mining rs properties ! inTtthe}' Ural • for -London j financiers.^ \0 : \^'/. : ';^" ' -\u25a0\u25a0' : --''-' P i Fred i ILv Kline, } the mine owner, \ of I Goldfleld land f Arfzona,^ after,- gpendlngr; a ; week I in{ town,'? has * gone * to * Del ;Monte iwith i Mrs. ji Kline "1 and sister, \- Miss Ida >. George J; of ;; GrasstValley. Kline's yacht and | launch! are* nioored * In ' Mon terey bay I and \ thel party j expects \ some rare ; salmon 'fishing.*' ",. - . : " \u25a0;'-- of 4 bad j falls"/,'.-; remarked Jones."."l;fell;outiof a'^wlndowj 'once; and theisensatlqrilwasiterTlble.^Duringlmy^, transit Uhrough\theTalrJl' really •believe Ijth'oughtfof ieveryjmean*'act>l;had'ever committed | Inj iny^ life." : - . . :1^BBB&EH BB € H*m!'^igTOWled' > Th.ompson^''you must have] fallen^anf awful ; distancei!"^-Phlla delphla?lnqu!rer. .• " " r .'.'.;\u25a0, ;\u25a0_,\u25a0' wu %M 1 ells; of another branch of Barry more family that has dramatic talent and of success a Trinity church singer has won as Amncris Af/eo H«Pe T n T~~+ "|—% THEL. BARRYiiORE/"has a little couV » MiSS Mills ™ent TT a few degrees removed, who Seems *c I Shown at College J—/ haTe inherltedi nherlted the family talent for j dramatic Impersonation. Thi3 le Mlsa Helen Hill, a coed at the University .? i California: Miss Hill's grandmother was a Drew, and her grandfather is Bar ! ton Hill, the veteran actor, so well known to San Franciscans, and one of tbe 1 early /membera- of the Bohemian- club. The unirergity girl has appeared In some 'of the theatrical performances at the college, 'and I hear that she is a natural comedienne. Her father. Charles B. Hill, the Insurance man. at one time had thoughts of becomlne an actor, I believe," but he became anastrono mer instead, being associated forsome years with Professor. Davtdson at the Chabot obserTatory;'and later with Barnard at the Lick observatory on Mount Hamilton. He has one sister; Leila, on the stage, and his eldest sister, 1b a well known writer, author of "The Pettisbn Twins" and other studies of child life/ Both" Charles and Marlon Hill used to appear frequently in local amateur theatrical productions. ,They were* in the .cast of "Esmeralda" with Blanche : Bates, when 'the latter made her first appearance la a part of any consequence as the heroine of the Burnett comedy. Calif n*-ni o ni~i „ FROM ' New York I hear that Mlas Vna «m!-?C^, Fairweather. who used to b/Sa con ' P m Ai<la traltp singer In Trinity church, to ap pearing. In the summer season of grand opera there.' and has made a hit as Amnerls \ in . "Alda." The manager of the company predicts the usual great things for her. In Miss Falrweather's case it is right to believe that he is not counting on what might turn out a lemon, for she.has'an admirable Toice. which has had good training from her childhood. Besides, music was her in heritance, ; her father being Henri Fairweather, once one of the best Vfag nerian interpreters in -London. Her mother. Mr 3. llary Fairweather. Is one of the- most successful instructors in dramatic expression that ever settled In these - parts. ' ' An Oversight WHAT has the Press club dona that r _ -. It should be completely Ignored by inylUDaom ~ a . wr ite r in an evening paper? She— I feel sure she's of that inconsequent sex and hates the men In her profession for some reason— discourses entertainingly on the subject of local clubs. The Pacific-Union is pjaced first; it usually is, no doubt because it is the nearest to a millionaires' club we have, tfext in her'category comes the Bohemian and then the University. These she considers the three repre sentative clubs' of_ San Francisco, but she adds ,that there are .."a. couple of others," the Family and the Cosmos. Poor also ransl Not a word about the Press, and yet after all the Press is rather a nice club. President Roose velt'liked it, and Lillian Russell thinks, it the jolliest club in this part of. the ; world., •-' • In the ante-earthquake days. in the old Press club jinks room the ladies had it their own way on many a delightful occasion when the popular; refreshment at the "smokers" gave way to ice cream, salads, coffee and punch, in deference to the supposed taste of the fair ones. AifdTremember one -ladies' 4 jihks v night I saw a pack of dainty cigarettes scattered about the ladies' dressing _room, certainly ,a thoughtful provision for the gentle guests I' dislike nothing more than carping"" remarks directed at my fellow scribblers, but I must again draw attention to this article on clubs. Somr typical Bohemian club members are enumerated, but there was evMer.tf. no attempt to cull the names of the most distinguished in the world of * r: and letters. Why, for instance.- did the writer omit mention of Char!?* Warren Stoddard? Why say nothing of that wonderful quartet. Clay Greene. JoeGrismer, Frank Unger and Harry Gillig? Why not have said somethrisr at . le^st about Denis O'Sullivanvand Holbroofe Blinn? Dear. dear. V-S* might .easily have had a "chat with Captain Fletcher and have borrowe.! > membership list," whence could : have been culled a celebrated name from each alphabetical section." Pardon.me, fair. lady, if I have wounded your sensibilities by thus'draw irig attention to your delinquencies! Perhaps my lack of appreciation oi your effort to extol our clubs' virtues may be/ due to the fact that you failed to mention ME. Gpsip in Railway Circles THE '. mercantile . community Is somewhat excited over' the ad vance mi minimum weights^ , .which becomes .effective August 1 under the official classification."" The official; ..classification, It r may be said, "', '. affects ' shipments originating at : points , east of Chicago and destined toj points outside of the Jurisdiction of the : transcontinental ; ( freight ' bureau. Therefore,' there". ls no need for anxiety, as.the minlmunvweights andrates pro vided' for ; in the: transcontinental .tariff will not: be disturbed. «• The only excep tion to this will be in the'ease of?shrp ments i originating or destined to points east of, Chicago .from and -to which no through ' fates are published. : Henry Avila of; the Union Pacific »s responsible for^ the. statement that the women : of Ireland' are -more patriotic I than the : men:, and .declares that the j travel from this city,. to .-Ireland : this I season;- for j" the 'exposition, in Dublin | consists .: mainly :. of .women.- . Several I large * parties '.of .women, were ' formed* ; in :different^ parts of ..the -state, bound' i for ; the Emerald' lsle. \u25a0 ':.\u25a0-•\u25a0 --. •:..\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0"• v - •.-"•- Edward Chambers and H. P. Anewalt ,of the SantaUFejare in ; the; : Yosemlte valley, and 'are expected to return any ; day. Chambers believes. that;in order to^enjoyja]holiday*a;man should com^. ' blrie .business ;': with pleasure, and -,.' to^ conform' to his; theory .has : taken .his ! office: force; along -writh^him.'' It. is said : that Hhere . are some ;. embarassing mo \ ments.; for? thq stenographer when" Mr. Chambers is f&hing, for the "man dictates .while! engaged In ".this pastime,' and : ; his ' secretary has .to » be ; extremely careful 'not r to ', put -Inlthe business ters *; some of ..the remarks Iwhlch are made'when a trout gets \u25a0 off. the hoo£ ' . # - \u25a0-\u25a0«--»•\u25a0_• \u25a0 . \u25a0- "-' Engineer ; Kelly . of, Southern " Pacific engine, ISO 2 had an experience ; Friday night J&ti Anita;, nine miles ; north '^ of Chico.twhich r he" will 'not -forget.** Hi 3 engine! Jumped, the'track and took four bars along,"' ran \ for U2O feet on ; the : ties and;- then > turned Jgracef ully over. . " No onei'.was^hurt*, ln ;" the accident. ; The commission on ; accidents has not as yet reported* Its' 1 cause. )'_ \u25a0• ". \u25a0•\u25a0--; '-•-.\u25a0, • - - • L W." A. Blssell of 'the Santa Fe, who has [ been ; spending: aj few weeks , at ', his residence t at Lake ,Tahbe» has* returned to\the!city.v: lt* ls' not ; generally known ; that I ' Blssell; is an enthusiastic; botanist." In fact,* had; lt not been for the onerous, and J wearisome \ work lof ; making : rates ; foritheVUnlted* States Blssell may, have; invented ;; a.- pippin : which even the : .••\u25a0\u25a0-.•• '.-.•'\u25a0 \u25a0 * :,.• \u25a0 \u25a0 "\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0- ' ~~ .•\u25a0 - .„ \u25a0. \u25a0 ! ! . Conditions in % California The California Promotion committed wired the /ollowin^.to its eastern bureau fai »«» • Tork yesterday: _ *s: , ' /\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0' ««w. ; Califonil* temperatnre* for the paat 24 hirers: . San Francisco \u0084...:.. ......Minimum S4.;.^;x«fca aa 60* ' -, ''Sa ?s l! ieco ,;-"^-A: -""V--": ".-—.-• ;«;.... .JSaiiaaam 73 ; Ban; rranciseo ibuildimr: permits^for; the w««i endlni nooa. Julr 27 .' \u25a0 Permanent f i^-a*««-l*"l^«a»sssLri^«;,'..- - —. , • ™* . \u25a0 •<r^^~pgj^-"iV %Mi:aY,rir.Y • •M v ** n<> \u25a0• -....1844,000.00 : Z^Cmz^^^in a larse scale i. progreWia,jrapldiy at Ho^^ille. Placer wunty JULY 28, 1907 stoutest railroad, man could not swallow. • • • E. K.A;oorhees, general freight agent of the St. Louis and San Francisco lines, Is expected in the city during the week. * v • . • •- * Abner S..Mann has relinquished fiis desk and betaken himself to "the path less woods." where he intends, to slay deer and do other things which every circumspect man is supposed -to do when i taking a vacation. . Some people say that Abner Is spending his vaca tion by taking stock on hU ranch among the 'hills of Mendoclno county The first lot of 53 reclining chair cars are expected to reach here 'from St Louis in a few days and will be put in service on the coast line and across the bay. The Southern Pacific has been promised 150 more In the course of a few weeks. ; ?- v \u25a0 , . . • • • . • w -";R.;;Aiberger. traffic manager of tne Tonopah and Tidewater railroad has returned from an Inspection trip of the line. He, says that there is a great deal of construction work goiny on in, the desert and that large num bers of people are going Into Nevada over his road. - \ \u25a0- \u25a0 \u25a0 "\u25a0: •-.'•-\u25a0• , S. E. Busse, superintendent of the Santa Fe reading rooms, arrived In the city yesterday and reported that he has opened .35 rooms on - the , system. His headquarters are at Emporta, Kan. • \u25a0 \u25a0 • - • > "If there haa been a change In rall road'ng during the last years," re marked an old railroad man. '>J»at can be said : of -.the steamship business; Here Is a sample: The Lusltania is advertised to arrive in New York/with in a. few days, and the prospective pas senger is allured to make the voya-a in. the vessel by, being told thkt there are 1.200 windows on th« ship as large .as those to be fount in houses. s,ooo lelectric lights °v. milll onaires, a telephone In each cabin, open flre grates, brass bed steads and beds warmed by electricity. This boat , is 790 feet long and the ad vertisements, read that the third class accommodations are better than tha first class of a^ few years ago." • . «• .\u25a0 • _'O. \u25a0W.Lehmer. trafflc manager of th« 7» O ?h te Valle y railroad. • Lnounce^ that his company has reduced the* rati over the^llne for the month of August from fslß to-;SI2 for .the round frin This- fare takes the traveler into the" heart of the valley. in ®