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Single Copies 6 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage (Cash With Order): • DAILY CALL (Including Sunday), 1 .year '....SB.OO DAILY CALL (Including Sunday), 6 months .$4.00 DAILY CALL— By single month \u0084«n V CALL, 1 year •*•"" WEEKLY CALL. 1 year •. » 1 - 00 FOREIGN' ) Oally $3.00 Per Year Extra rOREIGN J gu _ _ $4.15 Per Year Extra POSTAGE. J Weekl y $1.00 Per Year Extra Entered at the United States Postofflce as Second Class Matter/ ALL POSTMASTERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS. Sample Copies Will Be Forwarded When Requested. Mail subscribers in ordering change of address should be particular to jrive both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. NEGLECT OF THE POSTOFFICE BUILDING t i tE are accustomed to complain of the wretched inefficiency \A/ of the Schmitz grafters in the executive offices YY and their sneglect of the duty to restore' and rehabilitate the public buildings of the. city. The complaint is just, but we expected nothing better from that crowd, and we have finally got rid of them for good and all. No such condition applies to the federal bureaus in charge of restoration and construction work in this city, but' their neglect of duty appears to be as complete as that of the municipal officials. The condition of the postoffice has been a public scandal for more than a year. This was the most expensive building ever erected ' by -the government outside of Washfngton. Money was wasted • with" both hands on gaudy ornament, conspicuous chiefly for its ' bad taste. Marbles were brought from all over the world to pro vide startling contrasts of color. , The incongruous and unsuit- J;able- result was fitly characterized by <£ 'federal judge, appalled by the pretentious magnificence of his surroundings, , who said he felt asiif he were presiding at a .soda water •fountain. The chamber of the court of appeal is finer than a pinto horse in a circus. V. All this might be suffered to pass without remark if the federal construction bureau would live up to its own gauds and keep them in decent repair, but the visitor to this magnificent ruin sees vfcrokeri sidewalks, marble paneling destroyed and, worst of all, the /"Outer walls propped with : unsightly scantling.' \u25a0: In a moment of \u25a0 bureaucratic activity following tHe'nre they appear to have mended . th'ebroken windows, or otherwise we might expect to see a gaping .-.'sash stuffed with an old pair of trousers to keep out the winter's • ' ftawv A decoration of that character would be quite in keeping •with the rude stilts that prop' the leaning walls. Money for the necessary repairs was appropriated long ago by •;: congress, but nothing appears to have been done except the stuffing • of- pigeonholes. In its present state of -unsightly dilapidation the ' • gaudy building- finds its nearest analogue in one who wears dia \u25a0-mends'in a dirty shirt. ;£! '^\\ '£?\u25a0 • "THE MASTERY OF THE PACIFIC" IX connection with , the forthcoming cruise of the battleship fleet in Pacific waters the merchant marine league of the United .States makes a strong point about the real "mastery of the Pacific." We quote: . -. : . • : But how about the commercial mastery? Is not this equally im portant?. What kind of a figure has . the United States come to cut in those western seas? • Six months ago there were 15 American merchant steamships, most of them of large size, running from our western ports ,in trans- Pacific service to Australasia-, and the orient. Since congress adjourned on March 4 •last, without enacting the ocean mail bill which President, Roosevelt so •earnestly recommended, one of these American steamships has been lost at sea. Six others have been withdrawn and it is rumored that two more ftill follow. In six months, therefore, the American merchant fleet in Pacific commerce has shrank from 15 . steamships to eight, and when congress /reassembles next December it is likely that only six will be left. • • • When the great armored fleet goes around the Horn, therefore, the "ivQrld will-see the grotesque spectacle of 16 American battleships guarding six American merchant steamships in trans-Pacific commerce— almost three :. battleships to one merchantman. We 'Americans seem to be terribly Solicitous of our military prestige. 1 But how about our commercial prestige? .Is' this worth nothing?. x . ' Japan gives subsidies for steamships — very large subsidies, if we consider her scanty financial resources — for the Japanese states men understand that trade follows the flag. They know that every subsidized Japanese steamship will bring business 'to Nippon mer chants. England follows the same policy both on the Atlantic and the Pacific— and it pays. , " . ' There will be no war for the mastery of the Pacific other than the commercial war, and that, it seems, nve are allowing to go by default. Demagogues stampeded congress last winter \u25a0 by shout* ing that Harriman and Hill would be the only beneficiaries of a subsidy. If that were true, as it is not, it would still be no argu ment against the policy of subsidies, which is intended first to foster a strong merchant marine and secondly to put merchants and manufacturers on an equal competitive basis with foreigners. That is the way to win, "mastery, of the Pacific." nr^HE'connict of law between the state and federal jurisdictions I comes to a head under the recent order Judge Pritchard J_ of the United States circuit court in North Carolina suspend ing pendente lite the 2}£ cent passenger rate law. The validity of that order and the power of the federal court to suspend or set aside a. state statute were and. are hotly contested by the governor and other local authorities;' and threats were made of proceedings for contempt of court on one side and on the other that the court's .order would not be obeyed; The parties : to the : controversy, how ever, appear to have arrived -at. a more sane state of mind and will thrash out the dispute in peaceful fashion by resort to the United States supreme court. This promises to be a leading case on the powers and duties of the states that now lack definition in so many important par ticulars. Some nine months ago Secretary Root delivered a remark able address, in which he said that if the states continued to" neglect their powers and duties the federal government must step into the breach. During the delivery . of that speech a Vigorous dissent was made by J. P. Morgan and other financial and transportation magnates who were present. The period since that day has been marked by a remarkable renewal of activity by the state r. legisla tures in the matter of railroad regulation. Two cent passenger HARD TO PLEASE EDITORIAL PAGE rate bills have been enacted in more thana dozen states and others have put demurrage laws'- on' tHeir- statute books. When Secretary Root spoke it seemed as if the states' had', surrendered altogether" to the ' federal : government the duty of regulating the railroads".' Morgan and .Harriman warmly resent the federal activity in this regard, and as the inaction *of the states suited them very well; they expressed open -disapproval of what they described, as "Root ! s revolutionary ~ doctrine."-" :- :_ x :> • ;je .. : v.C .v " They are hard to satisfy. : Now that the; states have - asserted their powers the that the federal jurisdicion has been invaded. f The' suits brought in the North Carolina federal court are instituted by the Southern railway,. of .which: J. P. Mor gan holds the control. ?:[ : \u25a0;• \u25a0: \u25a0; ;' •:; '\u25a0 ' v - 'it l.'-\l .'-\ / \u25a0 ; THE perplexities of the commanding officer at the -Presidio of Monterey are not singular. They are, indeed, such as. have pursued the authorities of every garrison town and post since' the army canteen was abolished. A measrure promoted by well meaning people in the cause of temperance, it has, become a cause of drunkenness, with attendant evils of an even more serious sort. Colonel Mail's' has his . hands full with the frowsy fringe of so called "soldiers^' clubs" that infest the outskirts 'of the Presidio of Mon terey. General Funston has constant trouble of the same nature with the doggeries that line the approaches to ; the Presidio of San Francisco. Harpers Weekly- reviews the history of niilitary and naval policy in this regard, dueto a mistaken idea of human nature, as it finds manifestations in soldiers and sailors: >\;-- John Long pursued -the idea a little further. It had long been the custom in the navy .to give the sailors beer at one of their meals. John Long forbade it. The consequence was not circumnavigation; it was drunkenness. When themen: got shore leave they -drank: enough to last themfor a good while, and they; didn't return to the ship; they were returned to it in bundles. A like result vfollowed'the. abolition of 'the rig"ht to sell wineS and beef in the army canteens: Since then the sides of streets leading to army posts have been lined with rum shops, while the middle _of the thoroughfares has been decorated with intoxicated United States uzt !prms. ; Colonel Maus has requested the authorities, of Monterey?. to give his men protection from these birds of prey, but .we have little confidence in this resort. > T ou can drive out human nature with a pitchfork, but it will -return in far worse shape. Give the men their beer and their light wines under a wise supervision, for otherwise they will go outside- for whisky 6t rum or worse. S. p. Walllngf ord \u25a0' ot Reno is at the Dorchester.'^. -"\u25a0" \u25a0 John IT.* Newton; of New York; is at the St. Francis. ! John .Ward and' wife of Goldfleld are guests at the Fairmont. \u0084.*: Johri R. ; Searles ' of , Goldfleld ' arrived at the \u25a0 Fairmont - yesterday. , ; .! A. ; 8. . Campbell of r Marshfield, Or., ' is a'guest at the Hotel Hamlln.- ; F. Jenher and ; family^ of : Fresno' ar rived at the ilamlln- yesterday.- /' t>. : H. ' Taylor registered . at ; the i-t. Francis j from ._ Nevada ; yesterday. ;"G. E. Finkham, wife and daughter of Fresno are i at the" Majestic Annex.. V T.\C.''Allen, r a lios Angeles. hotel man, arrived 1 . at. ; the;.Hamlin yesterday. \u25a0• ' Dr. and Mrs.* . Alex> Garceau : J:,have taken apartments ' at the i- Majestic^ per manently. ' :- ; ' ' \u25a0A. P. Davis arrived from Washing ton " yesterday and -is a' guest at the St. '. Francis. : , : : iSttßßffla^fl^S^i^*! M U Mrs." Frances • Hbdgkins arid Miss Lu cille" Biidd of ', Stockton are' guests :at the : Majestic. > ;< wG. ;B. ? Wllcbx '\u25a0 and "wife and •; Miss Bruce: Morgan,' all' of Red Blurt, are at the ; Jefferson. - • \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'/'}.\u25a0 ->i ':\u25a0 ;-v v: ; r :' Herman Akwobd and wife of Chicago are ! at ithe J Dorchester,^ having,; arrived here; ye sterday. ' : .;_ " : --- ] ;•' \u25a0£". \u25a0".& "7 ti'i Louis Schlesinger ; arid ; wif e "and ,two son* [arrived s here I from ',. Newark, 1 ,- N.Y J.* yesterday, are ; at; the; Majestic SctMe Pitiful Sigh &|pfof ijg TROUBLES OF A COMMANDING OFFICER Personal Mention \u25a0"' -"W". A: Clark - JrT, son of ex-Senator Clark of . : Montana, is at the Fairmont., Henry Kaeding, a prominent mining man of Mazatlan, .arrived : at s the '\u25a0 r'air mont yesterday. Frank A.Vkeith arrived in town;yes terday from; Tbnopah and is ; staying .at the Fairmont. ; :• ! Mrs. Charles ; W; Geddes and: daugh ter arrived: at; the Majestic Annex yes terday from Goldfleld. , ; _ James -WVr Mow,* a hardware? mer chant; of .Denvevis'at^the-Hamlin, ac companled\by t his wife. - Q. J E. ; Wise, '\u25a0 C. 'w:- Heckman, ' L.' H. Johnson ! and; E.| M. McDonough,\,frpm I LOs Angeles, are at the- Jefferson. t \r< ' In tHe Joke World " Host— Why did you : write alp Jour guests that" this ; ls^tq : be • a very 'infor mal .'affair? - v ! v ' :*:?•'* \?~-' r i'-. ' '. •' ''*; >*•*£\u25a0 '.Hosteßs—rSo- I'd be sure- to 1; itlie best i dreaßed*w6mah--here."- : —Llfe.*'^' ! ",V "•• ":"\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0' * : .*":'..'• : \u25a0'\u25a0• \u25a0'\u25a0 ','ZV> The ,poet- carved his way •. But i lie "was~ like". to starve.- ," " " \u25a0':-\u25a0-. For "that.Valackiaay.v-.."-.;--* v ; - : •Wasfall'he* had^tOi'carve. ; '-/• '.« "'\u25a0'>• -:-. < *; J i/i— Philadelphia Press.'" \u25a0 \u25a0 :,..-»\u25a0; »*•;'" .';••\u25a0\u25a0' ;' !f-*'i ' \u25a0\u25a0 <X* Professor— What ", is) a . vacuum?* 1 : . \ -•'. '• Student—^i; can't ' Just tell, .but I; have it ' lm my. head, all; right— The Columbia Jester. r ; .. \u25a0 — . ; -\u0084 ; - .. ;--; -:;?:?t : Railroad Gossip THE Peninsular railroad probably will be in operation in about 90 days, according to the announce - ment , made .by^ the . officials In : ; Charg4."' 4 , r The*'*distributlbn i oif ties; be-. ; tw.e,eg* Mavfl'eld andlLos.-Gatos - .was ordered: begun; yesterday,' and as the road bed 'Is- laid this work should be completed within the time specified. The opening of this road will give a short 'line to Los Gatos, which has been urgenUy jflemanded by- the residents of tha!t v jt>dwn,; and those :of the \u25a0 surrounding territory. .- • •I The Pennsylvania system is making a small fortune out of -hauling steel for the buildings In this * city from Ambridge, Pa., to x Chicago. There is no- struggle to secure this transporta tion'fas the material | originates on its 'line;^,but the;,war comes on when it reaches Chicago. .There are several carloads of steel, on the. road Bow for the First national bank, which is t6 occupy; the site -of . the old Masonic association . building -at the corner of Montgomery and ,' Post streets. Four cars have reached Chicago already and more -are on the way. It is said by ; the of- the Pennsylvania lines that.their: westbound business has in creased- at least 100 per cent since the fire. -.. Fred . W.\ Prince of the city ticket ofllce;of the Santa Fe has returned from a trip, to, the frozen north and has taken pictures^ of glaciers 'and icebergs and other- interesting features of arctic scenery. ; . ..\u25a0-.--. • \u25a0 • \u25a0 . "What surprised me most," observed Prinze, "was the immense- volume of business that was being done out of Skagway, which is the. transfer point for all; the Yukon-. region. The White Pass and CYukon :. railway is > doing an enormous business. It is well built and has splendid equipment," good passen ger coaches, big gondolas, flat and box cars. >The [steamers deliver an enor mous; amount, of freight to that for the Yukon country, arid the line ought to be paying .well. Juneau, too" has -made wonderful strides and is a typical American city : for bustle and for business." V.:. . \u25a0 .The Interstate' commerce commission has made a ruling •'that the- ratel on flour.is-to be 7: cents higher than that on. wheat.; This decision was'the result of a suit, brought recently by the Kan sas millers. \l I /? :^ orthern electric has announced that it .would have trains running into Sacramento.by September and-adve- tlses; a schedule of a mile a minute It has^a, line projected : from Chlco to": Red Bluff and also; will have a line to Colusa. , The -road: Is I nbw ; operatfne passenger; trains by day and freight by night between Marysvllle -and iChico Z f, r6 4 * no . ther^ »ne heading from Vallejo to. Sacramento -.which, it. Is de clared, is | entirely; Independent of the | Northern: electric. ,- ~~" - \ : Adrian ' Joline, president and chalr ma.n _ ot \ the, board of the Missouri, Kan sas^ and, Texas,^who, Is spending a'short time atjShastajSprings, -is expected In the city, about -the 'middle: of the'mbnth ' : Th6 ".Chicago, Milwaukee and St. ; Paul railroad of ; Montana 'and Dakota through E. : D.Sewall.V its- president; announces ..the appointment/o f SH:5 H: P. Pierpont- asjj general - frelgh 1 1 agent - and F/A. Miller. as general passenger 'agent. This isr<ttter : Chicago, Milwaukee and ; St. 1 Paul's 3 extension" to ;^the ""Pacific coast, r ;w;hlch.'i tn f spite.-: of 'predictions' :"to Uhe .contfary.^ls* beings extenfiedf as frapidiy as -menvand" material? can b6- assembled. It. is « figured. that the : entire line '.to \Ta 'coma*.wili7 be I completed by January, 1&10:.: -" V : • ••-.; •;.\u25a0•..•> -.\u25a0.-;- ...- * - C^ZRt'.' Woodruff '* has "appointed rate cl'sj-k in*; the'bSice:6fthe' Union Pa clflc cln.-thisV;city,J.vlceVJ.l'H. : MetfOrd, who» has 'to go into business with 7a" private 'firm;' '" l tie Insraer- r \u25a0 . • Discusses t ransformaribn of Banker Murphey^s daughter into a thorough Parisienne and -tells of wit of yachtsman from raisin belt X 1 „ . \u0084 -* /TRS. ADELAIDE BRECKENRIDGB. who Mrs. Breckenridge |W| ha 3 wrltten a pantomime, whidu tto Stranger to Chums * y fdispatches tell us, will hare a Londc* production, was never suspected to possess a desire to shine as adramatfc writer in the old days when she .was one of the most popular of our -society girls. She was always known to be clever arid Jolly, and always .ready far anything that was up in the way of, a merry time. / She was also known tp be possessed of a strong will, which showed itself when she defied her parents and married young Jack Breckenridge. .Since Addle Murphey Breckenridg© took up her permanent residence in Paris I hear that she has become so French that her old friends would not know her. She has a near approach, to a "salon," which so many of our clever women have tried to establish here with disastrous results. Mrs. BreckenrldgVs salon Is said to be almost Recamierlike in its scope. Nobody is permitted to speak' anything but the Parisian tongue within the confines of her drawing, room, and that must be rather a hard ordeal fpr.San Francisco, girli who. call upon their onetime chum In her French home. •• • .. -."'\u25a0.',•.\u25a0.'" .'-."•• . '. ',.-'. -yjy By the way, "I. am told that Banker. Murphey^' the. father of. the new asplrqßT for dramatic honbrs,.stiir insists on" wrftlng. his,nanie : withotit;th.e "e^but hi* wife arid daughter as stFenuousJy- urge -the addition of the euphonic little vowel. n '-' c '1 i •'.-\u25a0\u25a0 One of the most enthusiastic .yachtsmen ia Berry Explains . \u25a0 '...^^ par ta i 3i 3 : Fulton.'G; Ber^. •They-'bAvf Daughter's. Beattty \ Called him .rAdinirar or "Comtoodore'*. Berry down in Fresno, Which is his home, .ever since he the yachting craze. He is "Colonel" Berry to other's. • Berry is. a- natural wit,- and many of his older stories are going the rounds,' though he is still adding new. ones to his reper toire. He tells one about a darky fa.a New York. hotel .who took him for a century plant. And- one "night he was in; a box. at the Macdbnbugh \u25a0..•theater when his daughter, "Maude Berri .Fisher Mpuiaa, .was the prima donna In the performance. Some .one remarked." that Madame" Berrl was very handsome. "Yes," drawled the beauty's father, "she gets her figure from her mother and her voice from me." 'As Mrs.- Berry happen^a to be as plump as her husband is slim, and the admiral's singing; voice is not considered his strongest point, the joke was much appreciated. V . •,-." n _ ... '.: '•••• It Is astoni'shins how few rich San Fran- Opportuntties tor V . bwn yachts we have such a Yachting Neglected \u25a0 . splendid water fight at our doors. Mrs. Fred Sharon used to be fond of yachting, and her husband's yacht, the Louise, was named after her. -But yachts women are rarer than yachtsmen in our smart set. Shortly after her. marriage- with Hermann Oelrichs Tessle Fair had an immense craze for yachting, and her husband leased the Stranger, a handsoma yacht, from Millionaire Scott of ;New York for her use. Mrs. Amy Crocker Ash Gillig Gouraud, etc., was an! enthusiastic yachts woman for many years. Commodore William McCarthy, fell In love with Edith Hall, the Tivoll soubrette, mainly because she adored the briny, as .well as he did, and after their ; mar riage they spent many happy hours cruising up and down in Californian waters. The first Mrs,. James .V.-Coleman" was passionately fond of thd sport, anil A the time 'of her singularly tragic ; death was i preparing for an extended tris* on the Carmelita, the 'yacht which, -was named after her by her millionaire husband. •\u25a0 ' •.. ':\u25a0'. .-._ .- : ";,'v;-" : :.".^."V : - \u25a0'•'- '\u25a0'". ':"\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0_ -\u25a0 .\u25a0 ; ;-:.-^ "\u25a0\u25a0 : '.\±\ :-';:-=-V:: -';:-=-V : --"';'• \ ::: '': ; ; : .' The Sniart Set »' PARTY- consisting of ."airs^ M> A;. TV Newell, Mlas Newell. Miss .Alma f-\ Halnes.- ' Mr s,. Frank. '.G.. /Smith, "*" *" Miss Thelma. Parker, Mrs. Bushr Finneil. Philip, Finnell. Mrs. Eatpn and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Knight "re turned from Honolulu on the "Mongolia Tuesday. These merry ..travelers, parsed the last three- -months- on the Parker, plantation at Honolulu as the. "guests, of Mr." and Mrs. Fred S. Knight. ' "•; \u25a0•...-•' • ' • ' '\u25a0 Miss Minnie Lamberton .was ' the hostess at a delightfully informal tea at 'Holly Oaks, Sausalitb, ; yesterday" afternoon. /Among \u25a0 those, who .were asked >were Miss Mary - ; Flndley,--Mrs.' Frank Flndley, Mrs. Orrln Wolf; MlSs Vinzent, Mrs. Mason," Miss Mason;' Mrs.' A. A. Watklns, Mrs. F. A. Robins; .Mrs." Bryant, Mrs. Keeler, Mls's Etelka Wll-, liar and Miss Edith Miller. . • .." \u25a0 * •- - - • \u25a0 "\u25a0\u25a0«'. Miss Ethel Cooper, the much read and traveled daughter of Judge James Cooper, has returned from a delightful outing at Lake Tahoe. • • • Lieutenant Samuel Bryant, 17. S..- N., will soon be detached from the Buffalo. He Mpects to be ordered to Newport, R./IJi for shore duty. . • \u25a0 • • .. • • Mrr, Hughes, wife of Dr. Leonard- Hughes, U. S. A., gave a beautiful-regi mental tea Tuesday aftefrnoon at -her home on Angel island, in honor- of Mrs- Thomas Hammond, . whd is the latest bride to- join , the Twenty-second in fantry. . SES&iB • •.\u25a0 • . • . Lieutenant and Mrs. Hammond . have, most attractive quarters at the ~ Rifle range,-Point Bonita. . _• ' -..- " ; • Miss Helen Wheeler 1 will gve an" in formal tea In honor of Miss • Mazie Langhorne this afternoon -at". Rose bank, her attractive Sausalito" .home. Quite a number of the younger mem bers of society will cross from. this, side of the bay. " • \u25a0•» \u25a0 \u25a0 .Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Carlgan re ' turned on . the Mongolia Tuesday; from a four months' tour of Japan, . China Answers to Quisries A QUOTATION— C. R., City. The ex pression, "Few die and none resign," is. not : correct. Jefferson was the first to express the sentiment.'. . At the time he was putting into effect his plan of re movals and appointments for political . reasons he wrote in a letter to a'com mitteo -of New- Haven merchants: "If a due participation in office is a matter of right, how. are vacancies to be ob tained? - Those by death are few; by resignation none.". . • • -\ • PORT,, AND STARBOARD.—Sub scriber^ City. An old time captain to whom"; your question about port and starboard tack • was submitted, gave the following answer: "A vessel is on \\ the port ':\u25a0\u25a0 tack . when . the \u25a0 wind is coming over the port, or, the left hand side. She ..is on the starboard tack when- the wind comes over the right Conditions in California The California Promotion committee -wired the following to its eastern bureau ia New Tork yesterday:' . ..-,-:.: California, temperatures for the last 24 hours: . "Eiirtk* .;.....\u25a0..'...:. .:.;,...'.:......\u25a0.'..".Miaimom 96.....'..Uaxbnnat 62 Ban Francisco..... ....... Miaimum 88."...... Maximum 64 . _• Saa Diejo^......t.. ....._„.......:.-.....Minimum 64..".,... Maximum 78 Bank clearings for the -week endiny Thursday noon, August 1: ' \u25a0 Baa Fraaciseo: .$39,»75,993.47.....'.1906......539,917,019.20; slight rain Saa « Franci5c0.........-......;.....1905«.... 39.235.630.97; alight gata Los Angeles.... 9,301,625,00 . .1906: 9,698,427.00; slight decrease Oakland ....... 1,885,583.74......W0« 3,221.113.36; decrease 41 per cent Baa jr05«.;..\... 399,*14.10;..... 190«.;.... 300.499.1T; gala 33 pet cea« California lemon growers are waliziag~ »ig rpricei '-this year on a joed crop. Pric, "• V*J' om. **<5° t0 ?5? 5 * *•*• *a<* **• expocted to gV t» 17 a' *«,*as against $3 in former ;seasons. :-/:'.;•- -5 \~*. i' -*\u25a0»"'\u25a0-*>' {Work begias today oa the Orpheum theater Building at thw old on O'TsrreU •treet Delow PowolCSaa Francisco. It wlU'bo a "class A. areproof k »triictar»l wlla stone exterior. ;Tho;gTOttßd:sito;ia'lo7:6xl37i«.V^ completed ,l>nildin» WiU eeet $350,000 a» cording to preseat estimates, and will be devoted entirely to tho purpoaas of tio th«at«r i AUGUST 2, 190| and. Korea,, having visited all the. large cities and interesting places of those ';\u25a0 Countries."- th 43 lntereatingr couple wera. curio hunting: and have added to. their collection, many rare and beautiful em broideries, carvings and ornaments: of : silver. Jade and bronze. After a short visit with relatives here , they, will be the guests of Mrs. W. H. Crockee at Burllngame.^ > y: \u25a0 «-\u25a0- . '\u25a0\u25a0: '••.• •'-: \u25a0 : '\u25a0;* • ' *\u25a0" ''\u25a0*\u25a0: \u25a0.- "'\u25a0:\u25a0 ':*'.f-y: : - sr : \u25a0 .*• Charles "Laton and-'Mrs- Latoh .come. up from Del Monte for a few days . and are registered at the St. Francis. \u25a0'-.-'. \u25a0[•'.:'\u25a0 •\u25a0'•'.'\u25a0 ---'.'">. •'.-"* ; •• :: "•••\u25a0 \u25a0 .\u25a0". '\u25a0',•, • .". . : -• • "'Captain Isaac. Newell, tj. S. A.; and his sister,, Miss Newell, will saU on : the Manchuria today ".for a three : months* trip, -to the^Phillpplnes. ; During:, their. .absence-. Mxs>NeweU will visit southern". Calif orrira.'.tb.e 7 " Colorado . canyon aid : Chicago^ .;; i .'\u25a0-\u25a0. ' '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'. \u25a0':\u25a0\u25a0': :.. : \ ',' .' • ' .' '".".. . • \u25a0 . ' • \u25a0" •' •"'\u25a0,." •. 't "\u25a0"'• "•\u25a0'•' . "Miss Van .; Berger :-. " and Miss Marie. ; . .Louise Foster of Ross valley are.regts 1 - . tered at the Hotel Veridome, San Jose. . • •: \u25a0 *•••\u25a0. •' •.' .•• ...." \u25a0- \u25a0. " . Mr.- and Mr^ Charles. C. Moore, have been motoring, in the- northern part of ' "th* state for the" past two weeks an^ .are now at ' their country Home .-. nea^P Santa Cruzl" "v ; :••'\u25a0• " \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 » • " '••\u25a0 . •". • • .. .*. • ""• ". \u25a0 Mrs." '.James "Tucker was. down from her country, home at Sf. Helfettia yester day rto attend .to hftr business affair's. She returned at once owfntf.to the se .rious indisposition of her jnbther, Mrs; • W. R. Bourn..": " " • . •. -." ' • '"\u25a0". • •\u25a0.' • " . • ""\u25a0• :• ':• .. " •• \u25a0*\u25a0•"•". • Mrs.* Sa'de it- Gardner returned on the.' Maripo'sa after, a •. month's visit at 'Tahiti. ••• . ••..\u25a0•. .-. \u25a0-].'.':.•'"-\u25a0\u25a0/.-...\u25a0\u25a0;;\u25a0; . .. Mfsl R6bert Beck; "a stater of Horace Hill, has arrived from Philadelphia and "will pass, the winter In the city., v . ••\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0 -"-'. •: .".'*• •\u25a0 • "..;••" '.\u25a0.-• .-\u25a0'.: : .. \u0084-31133 Marietta Havens of .Oakland S» the guest, of -Mrs.- .Thomas- Meln : lni the Yo^emtte valley. : ' :.-.". . i \u25a0\u25a0'{' ;"." •'• •. : •.\u25a0 " - ..\u25a0 \u25a0• -.* ': \u25a0? ?;?.•&/:\u25a0\u25a0*\u25a0•: :/;•..\u25a0 C. J. -Deeringi cashier- of " the ' Union trust company, will leave the." elty to morrow with . .his ' family. .: for -a ; tour. ' through -Canada and the northwest,. In cluding th.c -Yellowstone park, _and .will be absent from- the city about a month. hand side. .'lf-she isLrurining dead be •fore- the wind she". Is on the tack'op posite the- side on which she carries her boom. \TKus," if her boom is ofT to starboard, she is on-' the port tack. A vessel on the starboard tack' has the right of way over one . on the port tack, and on meeting the vessel on the port tack must keep clear. \u25a0 . ,-.-• • - • " . FENIANS— A. &V City.' In 1870*, 3lay 20, Fenians attempted to invade Cana da, but General George G.. Meaiie was sent to the scene of operations and prevented the invasion by seizing the men anJ arms. \u25a0 • ; • • . • . . . CORNELIUS— F. T. S.. City. Rlchar.l Cornelius, president of the carmen's un ton, is a member of the board 'of. civil service commissioners of ' San -Fran cisco; salary $100 per month.