The morning call., 1893-05-07

Dennison arrived proudly in all the glory of
gold coin, and forthwith he and his COM
panlons began TO astonish the natives.
"Change for that" lie said, on the first
occasion to the hotel clerk, slapping with
conscious pride atwenty-dollar piece on the
counter.
Whats that?" asked the clerk, who had
sized the Senator up and knew he came
from California
That" cried Jim in astonishment,
that's a tweuly-dOllar pieee Have you
no eyes? Can { you see? Where were you
raised? That's the kind Of money we have
in California, where l came from"
rs II? Well. ii doesn't go here"
Not go! a twenty-do piece no
goodr'
Good enough in its way but we sell that
stuft on Wall street to the brokers and buy
current funds with it. The market shifts
50 constantly that cannot tell the rate
from one half hour TO another. Sell your
gold, MY friend from California, and like
sensible man. do as other people are doing
in New York.
1t was a bitter pill for Senator Jim to be
lectuTed by a hotel clerk. but it did him
good, and he fell into line with his "wad"
Ike the rest Of folks. lie soon tired of New
York. though. where California, he found.
was as much below par as the greenbacks
OF the period were. DennisOn made a point
OF relating this incident when he returned
at al times and in all places, especially the
Ivy Green, where
Mid laughter and much drinking
sun was the story told
How that sutp Of a New Yorker
Paper preferred to gold.
1t was one Of the Guerrero familv-Gus.
believe-who wounded Harry Logan, the
stoekbroker, so severely by a pistol-bali that
1t was only saived by $1,000 pl aster.
George James White is another in the
gallery OF Ivy Green portraits. A sharp
faced man, with deep-set eyes and
hawksbill-like nose with a carmne tin.
White came here from Victoria. 3. c..
which place he had reached from India.
and brought with him a female companion
with the stage name of Ada de We're for
she was a choregra phic artist, and often
graced our local theaters with pas seul
White, himself. practiced law in the
Police Court. He 'fatigued" and irr!tated
the members Of the police by his acuteness
and the manner in which he snatched his
prey out of the arrestng officers hands
He came legItimately by this legal acumen
and sharpness of practice. He was of
good family, son of Rear-Admiral White
of the British navy, and in India had held
the position of attorney general. In that
great trouble which fell upon India in 1857
the Sepoy mutiny-White saw, or thought
he saw, his opportunity to make large sums
OF money by playing fast ard loose with the
British Government, and into the hands of
the rebels. 1t was about the time of the
CawnpOre massacre and the surprising
movements of troops under the great
General Havelock. The Attorney General
was detected In furnishing supplies TO the
mutineers. Disgrace followed, then flight,
till he finally brought up in San Francisco
without coin, credit or character, but with
head full OF brains, and with experience
enough to know how 10 use them. Think
of the change in Whites eondition-and San
Francisco was full of illustrations OF for
tunes reverses then as nOw-from being
AttorDey-General in fnuia. most impor-
IA nj 0ff ira nf fnfa
rounded by all the appliances OF wealth
and retlnue OF servants. to scrambling for
living in the police court OF this city. with
dlngy room in Dunbar alley and the
lunch;;table Of the Ivy Green as a feeding
plncei
It will not be sharp transition from a
police court lawyer to take up policeman
now-Officer BiiZ, little fellow. with
strongly defined Hebraic markings. Bltz
had the faculty of dropping into the soft
oerths about the City Hall He was great
pet OF Martin j. Burke. for many years
Chief OF Police under the municipal gov.
ernment of the Peoples party, He was n
sort OF ald-de-camp to Mr.. Burke. it NAV
be said, active and as faithful as the collie
in the sheep flock on a Scottish hiIlside
He was the officer OF, the Board Of Surer-
visors at one time; at another, a superiD-
tendent of hacks. lie prided himself on his
clothes ana was always on the right side of
the books of the best tailors in town.
1-Itlle icilLL was not nal1-DdQ sort of
fellow, as the members Of the reporters,
union used to think, for lie was devoted
fag to that organization, where he was
worked without mercy. After his friend
Burke went cut Of Office, he lost. in an un-
lucky moment. his position rs officer to the
Board of Supervisors, and never held his
head up subsequently. He died while on a
visit to watering place somewhere in the
interior; there were those who said of n
broken heart over blighte1 prospects.
am not prepared to believe this. A police.
mans heart, like woman's, is not easily
fractured.
Judge II. p. Coon. although strict tenn
perance man, could not resist the tempta-
tions OF Mistress Ellen Moons English
lunch. lie and Martin j. Burke were often
seen at the Ivy Green tables during the
luncheon hour with Major Tompkins, little
Owens. Judge Bennett; DR.. Mackey. Vir-
ginia Mexican War veteran; Judge Tingey:
the Sharps, Solomon. William and George;
Judge Parburt. David Mahoney, William
V. Garyey, Charles d. Carter; Colonel
Graeey. WHO was killed in Mexico fight
Ing against Maximilian; Judge F0bes,
who died in 1852; Dr. Corbett. and
Judge Dorland, who handed down
decision at that early day making dogs
property. Speaking Of Judge Coon. who.
n the maib, was man of sense and
Judgment. the reporters of the time had him
Town very fine. The Judge was troubled