The morning call., 1894-11-15
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.


elimination of that lamentabe public sentiment
In California which was inclined to make
heroes of the worst class OF desperadOes is fur
nished by the utter failure OF the recent theat-
rcal venture OF the wife aud daughter OF Chris
Evans" said L. /. Seeger. who resides near
Visala, al the Lick yesterday. "The TWO per-
sons mentioned are now working In prune-
packing est blishmeni, where the daughter has
the reputation of being the most adept worker
In the place. II was only q few months since
was In tins city and saw the billboards covered
with flaming posters and the papers filed with
glowing accounts of the debut of these women
In play written especially for them, aud IN
which he outlaw was pictured as prosecuted
hero. But the people instlnctively revoIted at
the lesson conveyed, and the press, was glad
TO see, refused 10 bolster up the play after it's
sensational features had become common
place. In Fresno and other localities where
Evans was best known the play proved losing
venture, and 1t has finally, hope, dropped out
Of sight for all lime to come"
81 had heard so much about Montana's paint
mine," said Lem Norton, the horsemap. at he
Palace yesterday. "that several OF us who were
recently in the vicinity OF Townsend, near
which place the mine is located, determined TO
go out and investigate 1t out OF pure curiosity.
The stuff is something like sandstone in its
four colors, although we saw but two. The
story goes that from this rock the Indians. in
years gone by, used TO make all their paint for
decorating their persons when on the Warpath
and that they would come from points hundred =
OF miles distant In order to secure IL. The mine
was discovered by an old-t time frontiersman
named Thompson. who still retains an interest
In the property, and has Illustrated the coloring
properties of the stuff by painting a pair of
hrOnphne he a M
other light shade OF coffee. No one seems ia
have yet experimental with the stuff TO ascer-
tain whether IL possesses any commercial value
or not, but II IL does there is enough OF IL in
| sight to make dozen fortunes"
IAN incident or result OF the late election in
| Buffalo, N Y, which will interest many of the
Older residents OF San Francisco was the cleo
ton of Judge Thomas King to The office OF
| Police Justice" said Charles +. Morton OF the
city mentioned, in the Occidental Yesterday
| 1.-The peculiar feature OF Judge Kings election
] Is that he was the only Democrat who suc.
ceeded In getting through out OF all the officials
voted for, and he only had narrow margin of
| 191 votes the best OF 1t. The reason to saw hIs
election will possess local interest here t. that
he was, away back In the sos, the editor O,
the Bulletin. and is brother of James King of
William, who was murdered in this city, The
full force OF Judge Kings popularity in Buff
| falo is best shown by the facI that the -publi.
| can candidates In Buffalo were elected by ma
| lorties ranging from 5000 to 5000. For the
past twenty-five years Judge King has been
one of the most unique figures on the bench
In New York State, respected alike by men OF
all political creeds."
3. c. Bachelor. agent of the Pneumatic Tor.
| pedo and Construction Company OF New York
| is In the city looking after contract which tins
|
guns for the fortiicaton of Fort Point at the
Preside The work is to be completed mex,
spring. and each gun Will be fifteen inches Dor,
| and fifty feet in length. Gun and carriage will
| In each instance weigh about fifty tons. The,
are to be set on almost The same level, eighty.
three feet apart. placed In row.. Their loca.
ton will b. to the southwest OF Fort Point,
| few hundred yards from the most northerly
point OF that promontory. The gun platform
will be 275 feet above the sea level. The posi-
tion commands the Golden Gate and its ap
proaches.
F.A. Locke OF Butte. Mont, Is at the Russ
and says that a letter just received by him from
| Helena, declares that the result Of the recent
| tion In thai State resulting in the location Of
| the capital 10 that city. has had a wonderful
eff CT in reviving the real estate market. 1.-THE
| fight made by DAILY and the other men inter
ested ID Anaconda was the most persistent
probably, OF all similar contests ever waged II
this country and IT'S result illustrates the fact
that money is at times powerless TO defeat tht
Will of the people," said Mr.. Locke.
| Congressman Geary of the First District Is
guest at the Lick House, and is accompanied
by Mrs. Geary.
George f. Griffin OF Phoenix, Ariz was a
| the Palace yesterday. He says that the adven,
- no a
making rapid strides toward the valley in which
Pn9nIx is located, promises the inauguration
| of new era in that section. The city itse
| shows signs of more extensive improvements