The San Francisco call. [volume], September 18, 1907, Page 6, Image 6

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the;oil trust in California
THE attention of Attorney General Bonaparte is invited, to the
Associated oil company of California and to the general con
duct of the petroleum industry in California. The Associated
is, of course, nothing more than the Southern Pacific com
pany in disguise. The' existence of a combination in restraint of
trade will scarcely be denied: Los Angeles shippers and other oil
dealers and producers in the southern. fields complain that they can
; get no cars because the railroad has transferred . its oil transporta
tion equipment to the Associated. The independent shippers pur
pose to bring the, matter to the attention of Interstate Commerce
'Commissioner Lane during his forthcoming visit to the 'coast/
It seems as if this matter might have got beyond the stage of
investigation and that the department of justice rather than the
interstate commission has the appropriate machinery to deal with it.
The relations of the railroad and the Associated are no secret.
More than a year- ago Commissioner Garfield wrote "the owner
ship of Associated oil stock by the "Southern Pacific, company has
an important bearing on the whole situation , and is regarded by
independent producers as especially obnoxious, particularly, so be
cause of numerous indications that the Associated oil company is
in a working combination with the Standard." Mr. Garfield added:
""Complaint is almost universal in California that instead- of com
peting with such large buyers as the Standard oil company and the
Associated oil company the railroads have actively assisted, such
buyers in depressing prices." ,'"*•!*" '
The Garfield report is full of evidence concerning rebates,
granted to the .Associated by- the 1 railroad companies operating in'
California. Most of these cases were for .shipments between poirits :
within the state and, therefore, not obnoxious to the provisions of
the Sherman law against trusts : or 'the law regulating -interstate
.commerce, but they are available as evidence tending to show the
existence of. a trust :or combination in restraint of trade which, of
course, is not confined to business done, within the state of Cali
fornia. On the subject of favoritism the report, says: \u25a0 \u25a0
Representatives of the Southern Pacific company and of the Associated
oil companj' deny this charge of favoritism, but it is strongly supposed by
the testimony of producers. Whereas complaints were almost universal \ on
the part of independent shippers that they were unable to guarantee- deliveries
the Associated oil company can and does make such guarantees. Contract
after contract has been lost by independent producers and succeeded to by
cither the Associated oil company or the Standard oil company. The charges
of independent shippers are ..corroborated by the testimony of leading re
\u25a0 ceivers of oil, many of whom have stated that they had serious difficulty
in obtaining deliveries, when buying from an. independent '.-producer," -'-but
almost never when they purchased from the Associated oil company or the
Standard oil. company. \u0084' •' >.
The Associated oil company admits that it never lost a contract "because
.of car shortage. .• . , : . '\u25a0. .
*/i There is ample evidence to prove, to the satisfaction of a. jury
. .that a trust exists and there are two methods by \vhich that trust
.can be broken. .One is by proceedings under the Sherman law
founded on 'interstate business, and the other is action under the
Cartwright law of California, whose provisions are very stringent.
i It should be worth while for the independent producers and ship
; pers to finance a prosecution under this law. : > .\u25a0 ;
:•\u25a0- 1- \u25a0\u25a0• \u25a0 , • " \u25a0 -- , ; "\u25a0'\u25a0';:, \u25a0 '%\u25a0\u25a0 ' \u25a0 ' .;;, ' '
A FUGACIOUS FREEjBOOTER
\u25a0TTmay.be said in behalf of William E. Dargie, publisher of the
\u25a0I Oakland Tribune, that his newspaper, has never made any pre-
Jj^ tense of honesty, common or superfine. Editor Dargie has
\l , frankly flown the black . flag all his life as a freebooter in . the
: newspaper field. If. there was any means of corruption of press
that his journal lias; not "used 'it was because' it escaped
•observation. That is Ids record as a newspaper publisher arid a
some time member of rhe state seriate: : " \u25a0 "'\u25a0" -—-'-'-•-\u25a0•—--
' Lately and in the intervals of. his malignant /endeavor tofdis
|: credit San Francisco'he has devoted This T. columns \u25a0'tb" : a i -. scries ''of
'attacks, on the graft, prosecution in this city with the object of
.creating sympathy for Patrick Calhoun and the other accused bribe
; givers. His motives may easily be^ inferred from his record. If
there is any corporation money, lying around loose it does not easily
escape Dargie's prehensile fingers. It might be interesting to ; get
>ome testimony from William J." Dingee on this subject. There
is no secret about the fact that Dafgie's newspaper' was for years
j under regular subsidy from the Contra Costa water company to
\u25a0betray the interests. of the Oakland water consumers;. - -'-' \u25a0"/.
. Why dig up the evil smelling past? Mr. Dargie would gladly
bury/it \u25a0 The answer is that the past helps to explain, the preserit.if
explanation were necessar}*/ Editor Dargie's recent activities have
been concerned in the first place with his defense of the rotten
political machine of which AViUiam F. Herrinis the chief engineer
and Senator;Perkins the stoker. Dargie is perhaps the noisiest
,yelper in the pack: that barks by order of Herrin and Perkins. 'That
explains ; his regarding the. Berkeley postmastership.; "
. . . Secondly, Editor Dargie- has been busy backbiting the graft
prosecution in this city. No explanation is needed : to discover* his
•motives. ; His past : tells that story. ' ... /.^
With a past and present of /such character it is 'not surprising
that Editor' Dargie .should sErink from the probe. He knows "the
sort of v questions that will, be. put to him on the witness stan*d.- He
-discovers ma 'hurry that he has urgent business on the other side
of- the continent. Between two days he leaves the jurisdiction.- of
California.
. ... To cover .>his;flight .this injured innocent leaves .-behind* him
orders to ; picture himself as "an object of persecution, v rnaUcidus arid
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unjust. "There is a crusade," he says, "against the Tribune." Too
ba^i, too bad! '>: ..; ' . - /. •* .. -: - ,
\u25a0 It is sometimes v worth while to kick a dog for the sake of-ex
ample. In Oakland Dargie and his history arc- perfectly well known
and nobody pays any attention to what : he : says except in the way
of . such contempt /as might be accorded to a common ; drab. In
other parts of the state he is less well >knownV and his hasty de
parture for the cast is proof that he does not court publicity, but
he will discover that making a trade of malignant slander provokes
inquiry respecting the source arid, inspiration. • . > . \u25a0
But. N Bditpr^^ Dargie -\s of .'ho reabconsequence. It is the men
who hired 'him and the methods- of. those men 7 that need exposure,
and exposure they, will get if. Editor: Dargie can be got on the wit
ness stand and made to tell what he knows. . - :\u25a0 --.v.:
OURi neighbors across; the Canadian border are h'aving ; *a" weary,
time trying to square themselves over the \u25a0Vancouver/ riots and
are studiously forgetful of the patriotic hypoensy; with/which
the Bellingham bay emeute was' handled as an exhibition' of
American lawlessness impossible of occurrence 'under the /British flag.
Thus the Vancouver World, writing of the Bellingham troubles be
fore the Canadians broke loose, had this. to, say: r
\u25a0 The Bellingham mob has stirred up a 1a 1 large " issue.- Hitherto
Canadians have been^amused, when' the consequances have not been annoying
and. injurious: to their own country, to observe; the assiduous* endeavors;' of
' successive British;' governments to cultivate /the" \u25a0'; friendship ' of "the United
States. It wiy on this account be ' d most interesting to watch such , develop
ments as follow the imbroglio across the border. ' Had" any of his white sub
jects been the victims the "government of his \ majesty^ would \ possibly have
been less concerned. " X°r "white , men , are more capable of * taking care of
themselves : than are these British. Indians, whose interests; therefore, the imr
perial authorities j guard ] most , jealously. ?It is, in fact, \ doubtful if any event
other than -an intentionally unfriendly act could have /placed London and
Washington in a more .difficult v position or done 'more to J bring about an
international situation^in^wjiich. the determined ..friendliness -of Great Britain
.would no longer be possible. .. -e^V'S ",
We trust that the: same, austere regard whicn his maj esty's gov
ernment lavishes on the vagrant Hindu will be extended to the Jap
anese whom the Vancouver mob threw- into the harbor'and whose
windows they broke. To be, sure, the Japanese are not British-sub
jects, but they are^Britain's most favored allies, and \ we can return
with interest the ready sympathy i so profusely offered by the Can
adians over the "difficult position". created between Washington and
> London?, The ; Canadians .hav^/a situation of their /own which
might, but : probably.-'. w'ill_ not, make them more modest about "offering
advice /to the people of. the United States. : . \ V .I^^
\u25a0 Wellmain/ might escape •\u25a0 ady«rse
vririds" ? by • tunneling - to ..the f pole^ ''
• Lipton is after the: cup again. Jt
will have . added " value a? j an, antique
by the time he captures,- it.--. ... . .. -'
i^The", number \u25a0 of \u25a0 divorce suits -in , the
local -courts j indicates"; that
Larkin's itrial;, marriage theory: . has
many adherents.
: When John Lewis and Ruth! Lemon
were -wed .• they made' an agreement
that in ' ; case of a=[divbrce she should
riot ask for alirhohy. * The divorcesuit
. J. H. Graves Js at the ' Baltimore: from
W!llowsv} : -i^.:/-^ '^:l^i^-': : : \u25a0?:•;." v \ : ' \u25a0 \
: .|!dwj)Ti;M.-BueH of Orange," Mass., Is
at -^th'e^sS.<»oy .'//•;' /•' -/' l-^ .' : -'.;.: : ,:/ ]'-:S :
". Cass 51-' Lewis of Hoilister Is a guest
at^the. Ma'Jestlc.V;; 'f ; -\u25a0 * >\u25a0.'.':*\u25a0.' jrliH'';''
;' Dr. Charles ;W«4fl|e •Is - tit) the'; Hamlln
from *t)lnuba,/ Cal. '. :,. : " , \u25a0 v> '. .i
: G. H. Haesford \u25a0Is .a ' guest at /the
Dale /from 'Fresno.*/ //,;::\u25a0; ;«::..; \u0084; •',
J. : C. Jeffery ;* and " Mrs'f Jeff ery are at
the ' Savoyjf r-om -' Seattle. ;^l^/ ; / ,/;' ' •;'.- '.C'-~-
P. PPs. s Hoovertregistered .'at the Balti
more from Sellna yesterday. ,/\u25a0'"/
J, C. , • yirison,'',' a i rail wa'ym an > of . San
Jose,/ iß.regJstefedratVthe: hamlln. '\u25a0\u25a0 ' \u25a0/
,/?' Charles \u25a0\u25a0' 'X. :' Latbri> jfora . Del • Monte is
at' the St. Franclfe£for /a-.few/rdays.'"/;
' ,C. A- Koppe and"; Mrs. Koppe '.'of ; Reno
are /among jthe ; guests / at •. the; Imperial.'
i ' H. J. ;Labatt >rid Mrs. \u25a0 Labatt* of , Ken
tucky; are / registered j at |the:St;c Jan)«B. :
> 'Thomas. 'Crelghtori'iof "i Boston I: regis
tered' yesterday - atTthe/ Majestic/ An
nex. \u25a0' \u25a0: .-. . .; ., '\. \u0084V, 4- ... :\u25a0. \u25a0 \u25a0"!'",. .\u25a0\u25a0
.' M. ; .F. O'Brien, a « warehouseman ..of
Boston; -is !a|guest|at : i;the'iCJrand"Ceri-' >
tral. ; "
A B^
SQUARING- -THEMSELVES \u25a0UP NORTH^
.;' NOTE' AND COMMENT
has come and alimony, has been asked
for.- It's a clear case of being handed
one. '" ; .'// : . ' : : ir - "-'\u25a0 \u25a0'\u25a0 \u25a0' ; >'-/ ; '.
Count". Tolstoy, says': he does not
possess';' a; single /article that he' could
possibly t dispense 'with: v ArV,whiskers :
absolutely "necessary i to a : triah's : ex
istence?' \u25a0 ' \u25a0 V,'--. \u25a0" 0 '" "•>;\u25a0 ;.T-' \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0>\u25a0.;
A golden slipper is tb'be presented \
to" the\Chicago \u25a0 . woman v who^hasi : ; the i
most : l>eautiful:-fdot;^- Either: "the' \u25a0 sisce : .\
of j 1 the .Chicago foot has I been! exagge'r-J
ated * or -the donor 'is extravagantly i
rich:' . *"\u25a0\u25a0'•\u25a0\u25a0 \-\i. \u25a0 : : \u25a0 ' - : : \u25a0 ••\u25a0; \u25a0\u25a0'-\u25a0\u25a01
Personal Meritibii
Floy^.WjLerw^rth'of K R«d Bluff--ftr
rlyedilh' town ; yesterday." : He' is ,'at' the
P*le. ; ' .\u25a0"\u25a0•\u25a0.-'/•.•:' ...'. . . ,V. \u25a0"."-. - " .:•': '\u25a0.-\u25a0\u25a0'
\u25a0 Henry /Adams "of Qulncy, ,111., accom
panied by,: Mrs. Fa4r
mont.- 7 ;. ;\u25a0"•;•\u25a0••.... .\u25a0.\;-.-:\ ; \u25a0 .. \u25a0:•\u25a0-.
; ; "Charl6*. F/. Langley'/of ; the'- .-Pijaro
Valley » bank -is": 'registered Vat -the' lm-"
perlal; v•• .\u25a0•;\u25a0.. :.' -./ : a : - -; \u25a0 : -:v -; .-".„• \u25a0-• : '~
1' John; "B.', punea'n oflTreka'and H. \Aj;'
BaJrdVof; Sacramento rare .'at; the Grand
Central." - '\u25a0'• r -V.-:'-''^':i:j\:- l :''; >]: : '•' .-""-- /-,•\u25a0
\u25a0• • E.2^W. ; Maxom of •"- Los -Angroles, ac
companied* by Mrs."- Maxom,. la at the
J*n*ereonJ-;.J",:: ; :'.';.- ; ; \u25a0 ".',-."• " : .-, \u25a0/\u25a0\u25a0 -:'\r
-,M6rganlß. Ross arid ilrs.'RoesTregis
tered\at ,' the; Falrinont : yesterday ; f roni
Coronado. . /" ;" '.'\u25a0':' 'v : "{-.-. " : 'r '
\u25a0": : Meyer .', Blum i and ;. Mrs. I Bium . r«'gis
tered ;at; the^aiajeetic yesterday 'vfroiri
Oermantown:/;.// '/.,/"/ '; \u0084-/. t f---;.^
;: S. -, Plnschomer and Mrs. \u25a0 Plnschoiner
Ofjthe.'White'.HouserCloverdale;fare;at
the^^Franels.i;::; t -:/:/^/'/> '-. --x;;-:; --'..;.:.
o-v James £ French ;^ Dorrance V arid ; Mr ».-
Dorranc* • of % New * Tork \ city are Jaruests
at -/the •.Fairmont, -'^w :-;>\u25a0 ' \ '\u0084 - \u25a0 .-";\u25a0-•.:
' Jr : : C.\: SpearWMrs-" Spears and- Miss
JenhJe Spearif are' atlthe ; Imperial * from
From: the Call's Joke
Corner
' /. ; .PLEASE ;....'
t What do 'you think of the great
poem, \u25a0 *\The Joys; of Jaggery," |In the
Cosiboswilliton -Magazine for Octember,
l ( 0 cents a copy, at all newt: stands?
You ARE invited to write and tell, us
whether It Is not the greatest j poem In.
the English language. , What *DO you
think of; the line, "Around the ceiling
Jagged Jiggers Joggled"?
\u25a0 : Did ,: the . author mean AXY thing, ror
was he 'padding TO nil space?
We are TRYING to. sell all the copies
of the magazinf," : AND . want . ; you to
help us by ; discussing the poem and
keeping UP the interest. , , .. :
' _ w e ; gqt s Something Fierce," the great
est'living '.eitfti<V-Choking •\u25a0 .Swifter, the
poet,* and Ella Wilier; Whee.lcox,' pwr
veyor;-OP*perfectspfatltudes/^ -to' take*
sides-'on' J the matter,'" and in ' this way"
\u25a0we ; HAVE " boomed.,' the sale of the
magajrinev ;.: \u25a0 /\u25a0 :---' r *. '\u25a0 ; "-; ; : : -" \u25a0 "
'Do you think t the expression "gag
gling- gloom" expresses a thought- or
merely ; occupies A 1A 1 certain amount- of
space?". '::.- \u25a0-.r- 1 ,----. .\u25a0•- ;v ; ;> — - r . \u25a0 •
Please help. WlTHyour kind assist- ;
ance we may : yet sell • OUT ' the entire
edition." r- -:':
: : We;believe we mentioned that this
great poem- APPEARED in the Cosmo
swillitonfor Octember, :lO cents a' copy,"
at'ftll'oewß:«tan'ds ; ;\~v*.-'s; - i.r--V'«'-':%rt.v >
• '\u25a0 \u25a0 • \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 • \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 -. \u25a0 •'.•\u25a0
1 STBOXG ETIDEXCB
Stnith-r-Is ( it ,- true' c ' that * jdn.es : is
showing symptoms of Insanity?" .
';. Browne-Well, the circumstantial cvi
' den'ce - Is ' strongs H& was . run over by
ah , automobile: yesterday and admits
that- It* was his own fault. 1
\u25a0 /-. \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0« : - •-\u2666•-• \u25a0- \u25a0-\u25a0- . .' -. .
THREE A. M. SARCASM /* , i'
' "This 'is /a, nice ' time to l?et home."
Tou said; you' were coming early."
"At .offish, raj dear. Had to -balance
.books.". ; .\u25a0 .';•\u25a0'.'/" \u25a0\u0084.\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0'"./'•\u25a0
; ' "It's plain that in doing it ; you un
balanced your feet." ' /:\u25a0>\u25a0;- .
'\u25a0't*v : •»/.:*' \u25a0\u25a0'.. .'\u25a0:'\u25a0 \u25a0* .' . • \u25a0•." :" \u25a0
waitixg to test jt
• - '"How do ybu like: your new automo
bile?" .:.,\u25a0 ;:. . .;.>- /•;,•: :/:; :,' i \u25a0\u0084\u25a0.\u25a0/:.,,
~* "I /don't ; really knojv;; \u25a0\u25a0: haven't had ; it
out , of; the repair, shop long enough at
a time to give it a really good test." '\u25a0'; '
>^*.\,'.'.~_. ".-\u25a0.:'. • .'- •.•:-\u25a0.'\u25a0.:;• ..;\u25a0\u25a0 .\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0
'\u25a0 , •_./;\u25a0" THE QJfLY RESPITE .
\u25a0"Doesithat wrfmeh. next door quit
playing the. piano?". ~ . \u25a0:'-. .\u25a0.\u25a0 L
. /"Only Tong enough: at a time to stand
off- the/ installment- collector." : '
Answers to Q uer i es
VOCABULARY-^fSubsc'rlbef, CitjvThe
best answer/ that; this department^can.
furnish:ln-reply:to;your questionHs.the
followinglfrofri'-ifLife • and A Growth of
Language.'^by Whitney: '\u25a0 "The vocabu
lary/;- of £a; rich V a«d ; long:" -; cultivated
language";like;the}Engllsh;may, be esti
mated at about'4o<),oop words/but' 30 000
Is;alvery:large estiniates for the number
'ever/used' in- writinsJbrfspeaking" by a
well:educated.man7 3,000 to 5,000, it-has
.been';Carefully;estimated;/;cbyer :the or
/dinary-; needs £of cultivated l,int'ercburse,
and j the- number acquirediby," persons of
lowest draining."and^ narrowest inform
ation is • considerable:less 'thanHhhs.'! :
-^\^VAR?rS HELL—-H: H." H.; Alameda,'!
Cal.- " The ...terse-."expression. \-"TVar is
hell,"«is credited to' General ."William T.
'Sherman. ;.'/.The;same, idea^is Expressed ;
by v,Wllliamv ,Wllliam Shakespeare"* in Henry VI," 1 i
p&rfll.'ActAiscene 2: ". - . I
;•'/\u25a0 Youhar; Cliff6fd~o,vwaf, thbu son of
'• ;.V^heli;:",l^/'\u25a0\u25a0'-'.'".'\u25a0;. •' '-':' \" "' " '
Whom f angry' heavens, do make'; th'eif
:\u25a0: .;, -.J minis ter,';\ ;\u25a0:;;/';:_ ':"[./\u25a0. ...-_:: . /;/-::
Throw in the'frozen bosoms of our part
Hotfcoals'"of vengeance:^' f/ •
•\u25a0 \u25a0 '\u25a0-'.''.'"••.:,'.\u25a0." •.7—-••".\u25a0 '\u25a0."*'""' "\u25a0 \u25a0'_ • •
•: dancing Schools—xc-i^s. -' As" this
depaftment;*does;pqt"|adver..tlse;any prf
,VAte^enterprlse^Jtft»nßO.ti-"prlntlthe lo
cation ?of • private | ditijeing.-( scHools -. and
Ne\v y Mexico.T' Th?y /afefoafa pleasure
tour. "-. ' '_;',-; -:f-.r?-v:.. t^'-^.\ .-; .• •\u25a0•
••< , Dr. »\u25a0. A.; E."> Dlclctnson'^of -LTJkiah \u25a0 r«>
turnedjtoHhe Hamirtt^yeetttdty efter 4
sb6rtivislt|southlV;';-^v~ : "'v' : • > \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 "
,:Z H.'i H. j McClure'and airs. ; MeClure h&vo
takan^ apajtmerits> at \- the • Jeffersoru
They;."are : - fromv Fresno. \u25a0 .•:.."-'".;;
a cracker manufac
turer; of $ Portlana,i is '-registered " at the
St.lFranJcl$/
u; Judgft W. ' S.iSayre' of .Ijake county "is
In itowtCi Havipg>-beea? aUbp'ena^d* as '\u25a0: a
called? upohVJudge'Graharn yesterday.'
SEPTEMBER 18, l? 07
THE INSIDER
Tells of A. R McNeil's strange mayoralty
campaign in San Jose and also of an episode
concerning E. Wright, boodling state senator
-a* c- * i-i rry}iE discussion of would be canHtfate*
Made Sure of One - for mayor remind 3 me of the tiae when
Vote for McNeil -»\u25a0 A 8.- McNeil, who now conducts a
printing office; in this city, ran for mayor of San Jose after securing bis
nomination- by petition. The McNeil campaign aroused no enthusiasm, but
the -candidate was optimistic. His name was on the b3llot and the silent
vote-would surely : el wt him. One of McNeil's printers wandered into a
cigar store the night before election and the citizens there assembled wanted
to know what he. was going to do in the morning.
. "It's a sad story," he replied.- "I don't want to vote for the boss, but
I've made a house 'to house canvass of my precinct aftd there isn't a McNeil
man in it. I don't want to ljurt my employer's feelings, so I gccss 111 have
to give him a .vote." . -
/The result proved the correctness of the forecast McNeil got one vota
in that 'particular precinct, and bis grand total for the whole city was 93
out of a poll of about -6,000. \^
vw^'tv;,. ; h; Few. people know that Eli Wngh£ tha •
Wright Tries His boodling state senator from Santa CUra j
Graft On Phelan coun ty, whois now a fugitive from justice,
tried to hold up James D. Phelan when the latter, was mayor. The legis
lature'had appointed a speciarcommittee to investigate charges of police
graft in Chinatown: Wright, who was then a member of the assembly, was
on-the investigating. committee. A' friend of the mayor recommended Wright
to him. as an" ambitious young man who, having been elected as an anti
machine candidate, might take the mayor's side of the controversy.
• Wright saw Phelan. The next time the mayor met Wright's sponsor
he said: "Don't send any more of that, kind to me. He was willing to take
up', my side of -the case, but he wanted $500 for doing it."
\u25a0It is a matter of history that during the investigation Wright proved
himself a zealous enemy of. the Phelan administration.
'r* 3 * or»o r» j» I was told recently of an interesting episode
Cries Over Devil s in the life of late MrB . Hopkins-Searlw,
. Dearth Of Friends w fc o was well known here- When a child »ho
made her'»hom'e for a time with an uncle and aunt who were strict members
of the Presbyterian church. Her imagination had been excited by the stories
about the devil which she heard from the pulpit Sunday after Sunday, and
one day, while she was sitting on the roof of a shed in her aunt's fcack yard,
swinging her feet, there crept into her wandering thoughts a distinct vision.
of the horned and hoofed devil as he had been pictured to her by. the rugged
old Presbyterian ministei. Her eyes filled with tears and her* lip trembled.
"Poor, poor devil," she sobbed, aloud.* "Nobody cares for him; nobody's
sorry for him; everybody just hates him.. Poor, poor old devil!'* And so, on
that sunny afternoon the future possessor of $40,000,000 sat and wept audibly
over. the unhappy state of the being to. whom she firmly believed all the .
troubles of the world were due. Mrs. Hopkins-Searles performed man^A
magnificent charities in later years, but her first and childish charity was
superb. At least, so far as I know, she bears the remarkable distinction of
being the only person who ever really pitied the deviL
The Smart Set
A DELIGHTFUL little tea wa»
-given by Mrs. E. TV- MeKinstry
yesterday afternoon In. her home
on Pacific avenue, at which Mrs.
Leonard "Wood, who arrived from the
Philippines jon the Sherman yesterday
.morning:, was the guest of , honor. ; Mrs.
Wood, who," with her son, left the city
for Bostonj'last- night, has .many :old
frle : nds : here and 'these were glad of so
pleasant an opportunity of seeing her,
even for so short a time. The hour or
two-over the teacups gave, one more
charming recollection of this popular
woman to . those who were fortunate
enough to be Mrs. McKinstry's guests.
Mrs. Wood was Mrs. Eleanor Martin's
guest for the earlier part of the day
and- for luncheon. She is to place her
son at school in. Boston before return
ing to the Philippines.
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Letters to friends here from Paris
bring the welcome news that Mrs. W.
E.Dargle is convalescent after her
long illness and Is.oneof the enthusi
astic women who run their own motor
cars daily on the Bois.
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i Mrs. W. I* Jackson, .who was Miss
Marie -Williams, is being. widely enter
tained -here : during a week's Tislt^, She
left • Tacoma nearly a. week ago and
may visit friends in the southern part
of -the state before returning.'
A great social favorite Jn London la
Madame do Dominguez. who has just
left her English home to - take the
baths at Carlsbad. ' As Miss Murphy,
her 4 letters,-, which were read In
created : a great deal of amusement by
their comments on the smart tfets of
San Francisco and . Burlingame.
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Sausalito people are regretting the
departure of Mr. - and ,- Mrs. ." William
Home, who v was Miss Grace Martin,
who will °move ; from that town In a
few days and will make' their future
hoipe , in San RafaeJ. Both are great
favorites -in Sausalito society,' where
they \u25a0 have liv«d since their marriage
a i few years ago.
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\u25a0 '\u25a0 Lieutenant Samuel Bryant and Mrs.
Bryant, ..who was Miss Carrie Merry,
.with Mrs. "W. Li -Merry, leave In 'a' few-,
'days for. tne- east., -Lieutenant 'Bryant
is detached from " the Buffalo and- has
applied for an Annapolis detail. Mrs.
W.'L.'MetTy will go with her daughter.
One of \u25a0 th^i season's . first bridge \ par
tlet t-was given 'Friday to Mrs. Horatio
Lawrence. by Mrs. Paul Bancroft in, the
attractive' Bancroft residence on .Jack
son i street. • The score ,of • guests con
tested'for,'charming' prizes and en-
Joyed ;an V informal tea afterward, * to
which a few N friends who do not play
the/ fascinating "game were .bidden. .
-. Among the: many , San ' Franciscans
who :on;: on ; the - Sherman .yester-'
day " morning , were \u25a0 Captain and - Mrs.
Martin^Crimmiris, .who was" Miss Mar
garet 'Cole, and ; their, two little $ sonsY
Lieutenant' and .Mrs.'- Daniel* Shean v and
Mrs.' Shean's : sister, Mrs.' " F.' S. Darragh,
who : sailed ! with her 1n ..: the ; early
spring, "were : also"; welcomed back' by a
host ;\u25a0 of ":. friends."- They } hay« •. gone to
the Hotel Stanley, in California, street,
for the present, f .
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i^After a month's visit to friends in St.
.Helena, Miss Betty Angus is again "at
Cp^ditipns in California
committee wired tie followli* to its eutan Ihtms la V«r
York yesterd*T:; * *" \u25a0
v C*liforai*,poiati: t •- ,- . .
.v— ••.•-:.:...: ."'..1.. .Miaimnm ....... JUximum «a •- \\
\u25a0 B»a -rnsdsea .............:.::;... .Miainwi M ;...:. ju*imus 3S '
\<X'S*ti*°nl*'?**l»i£ crop for 1907 will « C wd b 100,000,000' pomalt. *ad on^tjjirtf >!«"
\u25a0.* 11 ™ a ?y a; *««»>»«ket^. ..Grtwm receivt.fiam 4 to 3 ««nt» * ponad, Vhtt» tie rulia* prica
\u25a0 on.ti* mwrkot w S^iceata */ ponad." ; roixTtiioiuaßd carliida, will be* mb^ to m»rket. *
•-'•"\u25a0\u25a0VA?**. s *S el ''^ or K:. i » •n;op;oa li t]» Lfrl'Stniuf buhdios at Ka« aid Battery atxeets, Saa
TraaoUco. \u25a0> TW« U * 5,/itorjr . elai » A "stfacturo, 91x137 A. \u25a0"
,K"rt?«P^»>«!iT^^* hi J !^"^*?«^ti«;e'oimittee from Ororillo -w/thwe'-to v{
good opening for an oli-rs fa«toiy. v : ' . ,
her home in Union street, bringing i
with her some delightful recollections |
and a becoming- country tan. San
Francisco society is devoted to this
charming: English girl and glad that
the coming season, like the last, will
find her In the city of her adoption.
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, Mr. and Mrs- Samuel P. Connor, who
have been visiting Captain Clarence
..Connor,. medical S.^A^^at xiia
• Presfdlo, I .* for : the past - few - days, -left
"San Francisco Sunday night for their!
home in New York
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Mrs. Lovell White will leave San,
Francisco today for a two weeks* visit
with a party of friends to Calaveras ,
big trees. Mrs. White, who has. over- \u25a0
tired herself with a long season of.
clubwork. hopes to return rested and '
.invigorated and ready for the winter ?
season.
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Still .another' welcome traveler from,
the ... Sherman . was Dr. John D. . Tost. ; i
who nas come up for a long visit .He 1 !
will : make the Pacific Union • club hl» !
headquarters for the present and willj
be much entertained -by ail the clubs*'
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Among the Calif ornlans la Paris ar« i.
Miss Ethel Valentine and Miss Paulina j;
Fore, who have been traveling slowly !
for months In Europe and will spend j
some time at the French capital. Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Postley and Mrs.
Sterling G. Postley are also en routs
to Paris, having left Carlsbad a raw
days ago.
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After several months abroad. MUs i
Lillian O'Hara and Madame Baer ar* j
in Paris, but plan to leave shortly for I
San Francisco. .-ifiSSSiS .• !
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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Raas, who have i
been for some time in Switzerland, are j
two more Callfornians who will spend !
the coming month In the popular;
French city, which seem* more at
tractive to tourists at this time of the!
year . than- at any other.
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Much interest attaches to the en
gagement of Mrs. Henrietta N. Hobbs
of this city and Almeron SklnWe Jr.
of. Riverside. Mr«. Hobbs Is the widow
of J. K. C. Hobbs of the. well known
pioneer firm of Hobbs, Wall & Co. She i
returned recently from an extended \
"stay In Europe. The wedding will taka !
place 'before Christmas. After Mr. j
Skinkle disposes -of his interests in -I
southern California he will return ton
San Francisco with his bride' to ,liv« !'
'here permanently.
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.Mrs. V.'; C.Balrd, Benjamtn Balrd \u25a0
and Miss Marie Baldwin are again !n 'l
Paris, after an extended trip through
Russia. They "will leave agarn : shortly >
for the chateau district. \
CHANGED AUCTION ©ATBS.
. . Th« police have caught an enterpris
ing \u25a0 swindler who invented a new
method of making a living. An in
spector of : police in caaually passing
down a; street noticed a man pasting
v slips over notices of -public auctions and •
making '--alterations'; in their dates,. At j
first . he did "not ' Interfere, but later
arrested the -bill, poster, who finally
confessed that. foxfajfidnsiderable time I
hehad been altexja^ne dates of sale 3 I
In this fashion^ * This", enabled him to 1
attend the" sales -at' the prt^par- 4»t»» 1
as .practically the. only, buyer. wn«n ha '
could secure goods at hi* own price in J>
the 'absence of competition.