The morning call., 1893-07-20
GOSSIP OF THE HOTELS

GOSSIP OF THE HOTELS.
Several thousand persons visited the Baldwin
Hotel Yesterday to look at the hotel register iu
order to gaze on the autograph of Vice Presl.
dent Stevenson. They were disappointed, how.
ever. for the entire Stevenson party was regis
tered by the Vice-President's secretary. Wha,
was still more surprising to the autograph
seekers was the fact that the Vice-President's
name and initials did not appear upon the reg
lister at all. The secretary enrolled him as
1.-THE Vice-President. Bloomington, Ill.", and
directly beneath appeared the name. Mrs
Stevenson, Bloomington, ILL.,"
The Vice President pays his own hotel bill:
wherever he goes. He is business man IL
every sense OF the word and looks closely atte
the expenses of his Pacific Coast tour. Wher
he arrived In Los ANGELES last week he had hi.
secretary send kilograms to each OF the fivt
leading hotels OF San Francisco asking for theil
rates per day, and requesting that answers bt
sent by wire 10 Los Angeles. The Palace, LICK
Baldwin and California put 10 their bids BY
vile, and The Baldwin was awarded the con
tract. Hence it Is no secret among hotel mer
why the Vice President and party are guests a
the Baldwin Hotel during their sojOurn in this
city.
A tall young man walked into the Occidental
Hotel yesterday and registered the name o.
Waldo S. Waterman OF San Diego. He Is the
son of the late Governor Waterman. and Is
rancher and mining man In San Diego county
Mr.. Waterman is the superintendent OF the ex
tensive Waterman gold mines at Julian, and !;
also interested In the San Diego and Cuyamaca
Railway.
General John S. ClarksOn, ex-POStmasfer-
General and Republican party leader. was al
the Palace Hotel yesterday bidding fareweli tt
his friends in this city. The general departed
last evening for Southern California. where he
will sojourn for a week among the orange
groves
A modest young New York millionaire, Mr.
c. w. Bnsse, is a guest at the California Hotel.
Mr.. Binsse Is a greater fisherman than Grover
Cleveland and greater hunter than Benjamin
Harrison. He is acknowledged TO be the most
enthusiastic devotee of out of door sports In all
New York. He spends at least ten months ou
of every twelve in hunting and fishing. Or
Monday he returned from four weeks trip IL
The Blu Lake region of California. and leaves
to-day for a six weeks fishing excursion IL
British Columbia. He will then return to SaI
Francisco and spend a month in the Yosemite
Valley. Mr. BinsSe Is crack racket-playel
and last year won the New York championship.
Henri Volckner, titled Hollander. who
lives in Amsterdam. has been stopping at the
California for several days. He has already
visited tie Yosemite and leaves to-day for two
weeks tour OF Yellowstone Park.
W. w. Ewing is registered at the Russ
House from Charlottesville. Ind. Mr.. Ewing
is neighbor of General Lew Wallace, the
famous author OF "Ben Hur." He thinks MIR
Wallace contemplaes visit TO California dur
ing the coming autumn.
Mrs. Rose l.. Burchan. Md, OF San Bern ar
dino is a guest at the Russ House. Mrs. Bur.
chan has won fame and fortune In Southern
California as d regular medical practitioner
and is one OF the few women In the country
who has made the science of medicine sue
cess.
Another famous woman in the city Is F. Ada
Ballou of san Diego, who is a guest at The
Grand Hotel Mrs. Ballou is a lecturer and
literary worker aud stands at the head OF the
talented society set in San Diego.
c. A. Stephens Of Los Angeles is registered at
the Grand Hotel He comes UP here to boom
his pet hobby which the same Is State division.
Mr.. stephens has been cryin for Stale division
for fifteen years. and all the newspaper articles
he has written on the subject would fill a
library. For many years he was interested liz
mining properties in Lower California.
j. M. Schaeberle OF the Lick Observatory on
Mount Hamilton is guest at The Lick House.
1t Is noticeable that all attaches Of the Lick
Observatory Invariably register at the Lick
House. holding the name OF that hotel in the
strictest reverence. Professor ScnaeberIe has
Just returned from South America by way of
New York, his successful observations In Peru
having made him famous among astronomers
throughout The world.
Captain r. Roberts of MADEIRA Is guest a,
the Lick House. Mr.. Roberts possesses a most
remarkable first name and when he writes
"Return Roberts Oh the hotel register the clerk
Invariably looks at him twice and then swal-
lows his smile. Mr.. Roberts is accompanied
by his wife and will remain In the city for q
week or ten days.
Frederick s. Pott OF San Jose, e1.manager OF
the Fredericksb sburg Brewery, is at the Lick
House. He has been chaperonng party OF
German heirs 10 the Lux estate through the
San Joaquin Valley. and will leave In a few
days for Lake Tahoe, where Mrs. Potr and
her sister, Miss Lena Lux, sojourning for the
summer. Mr.. Pott contempates trip to
Europe this fall.
Z. L. Kern, well-known business man OF
Butte City. Mout., is at the Russ House. Mr..
Kern says the tough aud wicked Butte OF few
years ago Is now thing of The past, aud that
Butte City is now quite as respectable as Den
yer or Salt Lake.
William s. Edwards and wife of Calico San
Bernardino County. returned from the Worlds
Fair yesterday and are registered at the OccI-
dental. Mr.. Edwards Is the superintendent OF
the famous Calico silver mines, and will depart
for his home to-day.
CALIFORNIA glace fruits. soc h. TOwnsend's g. =
LATEST tints In fashionable stationery at
Sanb0rn, Vail & Co.'s, Market street.
CRYSTAL Baths swimming tank emptied