The morning call., 1893-07-30
GOSSIP OF THE HOTELS.

GOSSIP OF THE HOTELS.
George Baldwin, day clerk at Lucky Bald
wins big nostelry, received the following dis
patch yesterday morning from Red Bluff:
"Have carriage meet me az Oakland mole. Go
TO hotel without change. Find me in baggage
car j. H. CRosSMAN."
"JIm" Crossman Is one Of the Oldest and best
known mining men on the coast. He Is pio-
neer of 1S47. Recently he went up to the
mountain country near Redding to look after
some mining properties. Wednesday he drove
a spirited team Of horses, and & runaway acci-
dent was the result. Both legs were broken.
and Mr.. CrOssman was otherwise bruised ana
injured. Consequently when he reached San
Francisco last evening he arrived at the Bald
win In an improvlsed ambulance.
Alfred Burrows, one of the most prominent
characters Of Grass Valley. Is guest at the
Baldwin Hotel. Judge Burrows is Califor-
Man of the Bret Harte type. He is lawyer.
scholar, student of Shakespeare. geologlst aud
rare conversaIionalist. He has taken run
down TO the bay for pleasure ana recreation.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Suffern Taller have returned
to the Palace Hotel after months sojourn at
Monterey and Coronado beach. Mr.. and Mrs.
Taller are leading society people OF New York
and are prominent members Of Ward McAllis-
ter's famous four hundred. They are visiting
the coast on their wedding tour, their elabof-
ate wedding in April last being still fresh in the
minds OF newspaper readers. Before her mar
rage Mrs. Taller was Miss LOrillard OF the
famous New York family of that name.
Governor 81. II. Markham came down from
Sacramento yesterday. and occupies his old
apartments, room 70, at the Palace Hotel. He
is accompanied by his secretary, M. II. Hig-
gins, and will remain In the city until Monday.
Judge W. E. F. Deal Of Carson City. New.
is a guest at the Palace. He is accompanied by
Mrs. Deal. the Misses G.. and J. Deal, and w. Il.
and r. Deal. Judge Deal is largely interested
in mining properties and is one Of the solid men
of Nevada.
Paul c. Oscanyon of New York City Is regis
tered al the Palace Hotel. Mr. Oscanyon Is an
expert electrician, and Is connected with the
largest electric company in the world. he has
just completed large contract at Bodle, having
superintendent the fitting out with electricity OF
the greatest mining plant in Bodie.
P. E. Her of Omaha, Nebr., Is q guest at the
Palace Hotel. He was one of the original pro-
moters OF the stOckyards at Baden. aud Is the
owner Of extensive stockyard plants in Chica 60
and Omaha.
DIR. Nj. Wolf OF Heidelberg. Germany. and
Paul Rothschild of Trier. Germany, arrived
from the East yesterday, and are registered at
the Palace Hotel. DR.. Wolf is one Of the pro-
fessors at the famous Heidelberg University,
aud is making his first tour OF America.
DR.. X. Takayama of Toxic. Japan. Is guest
at the Grand Hotel He is native scientist
and philosopher, and for the past month has
been rusticating In the Santa Cruz Mountains,
near Wrighrs station, where he has been study
Ing the fora and fauna Of California. He will
return to Japan on the next steamer.
NJ. E. Morden registered at the Grand Hotel
Yesterday from Kernville. There are not many
people he.eabOutS who are familiar with Kern
vile, for the reason that 1t is the new cOgnO-
men given to Sumner, Kern County. Some
time ago the residents OF Sumner, encouraged
by the march OF progress and he Introduction
OF electricity, discarded the name OF Sumner
and substituted that OF Kernville. Sumner Is
no longer a railroad eating.hOuse and water
tank affair, but Is prosperous town, with
newspapers, banks and pawnshops.
DIR. L. O. Noyes of Juneau City. Alaska. ar
rived In the city yesterday by way of Port
Townsend and Portland, and is registered at
the Grand Hotel. He is one of The confidential
agents In Alaska OF the Alaska Commercial
Company.
+. S. Wickersham Of Fresno Is guest at the
Lick House. He 10 one of the Supervisors Of
Fresno County and prominent yonug business
man and politician. He Is a son Of Petaluma's
Well-Anown banker, /. e. Wickersham.
George P. Castle Of Honolulu Is registered at
the Occidental. Mr.. Castle has Just returned
from visit TO the Worlds Fair and the East.
He is prominent sugar.planter and merchant
at Honolulu.
Harrison Gray Otis. editor and proprieto: of
the Los Angeles Times, is a guest at The Occi.
dental