The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-25
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

J. L. Wilton OF Topeka, Klaus, who was at
the Palace yesterday. was discussing the last
sensation afforded the public by Mrs. Lease
the noted woman Pepulst OF that State, in
avowing herself a Mason and proposing TO In
stitute lodge among the women. "Mrs lie ase
has, feel sure, better piece of news in store
for the papers than the one we speak Of" said
he. LIT has been known in certain circles tn at
she mas for some time past shown a decided
sympathy for The work OF the Salvation Army.
She has attended their meetings and in other
ways given evidence Of the interest which in-
spred her. JUST before left Topeka friend
of mine who knows her sta ed that there was a
strong probability that she would retire from
the political field ana enter theoretically into
the work mentioned. People on this coast can
not realize what a sensation such step Will
make In Kansas, where she is by long odds the
most noted person before the public to-day
AS Salvation Army lasse on the platform and
in the street she would provo drawing card
unequaled in the annals OF that body's work."
portland. Ind. seems to be the original city
about which l heard so much when 1 was a
boy. which had had its streets paved with
gold" said Z. NJ. Lewis Chicago commercial
man. at the Occidental yesterday. "The
authorities have for some time been paving the
streets with qualify of limestone taken from
a quarry In the neighDorhood OF The town, and
short time ago some inquisitiye mind dis
covered that the stone showed indications OF
mineral wealth. He collected quantity of 1t
and sent Ii 10 a prominent chemist in Indian
apolis. who Analysed It and found that IL ran
about 500 to the ton in gold and silver. AS a
consequence the contractors who paved the
streets propose to tear up the precious stone
and replace 1t with something less valuable.
but the city fathers are disposed to hold on to
what they have and give the city the beneft OF
the lucky find"
I. i. Herndon, who has been working on the
line Of the new Prescott and Phoenix Railroad
in Arizona. was at the New Western yesterday.
"This road runs through some OF the widest
country l ever saw or read Of" SAID he last
night, land when was out with the surveying
party we ran across some curious specimens OF
the aborigines. We encountered one band
with which We found Jesuit priest who had
been with the natives for over thirty years, and
had only twice met a white man In all that
time. The Indians were naked as the day
on which they were born, and the priests only
article OF apparel was an apology for pair of
pantsloons made of cowhide. One trace of the
few visitatinns of the white man was still WIS.,
iole among them, and that was the ready recog-
milton which they gave bottle OF whisky.
could have traded a small demljohn of the stuff
for enough squaws to have started hula.hua
show"
"a curious phase OF newspaper work devel-
oped In one OF this mornings papers," said
wei-known newspaper man yesterday. "a long
telegram from Chicago, elaborated with flaming
head lines, gave the particulars OF big land
deal in this State, in which local railroad was
one OF the parties, and several Chicago cap
italists were the diners Interested. The tele-
gram was special and besides paying the
tolls for transmission the paper which printed
IL presumably paid the person who sent the
dispatch regular space rates. As exactly the
same matter was printed in another OF the
morning papers couple OF weeks ago, for
which regular advertising rates were paid by
the railroad company, the natural suggestion TO
my mind was that somebody at the Eastern end
had succeeded in doing pretty slick piece OF
advertising work under the guise OF news
feature"
The papers persistently keep I'D the cry
that there is no longer any profit In sailing
craft" said Gaylord Morgan of Dover. N. H.,
who Is connected with a navigation company at
that place, "but the statistics OF our company
and those of others which have been brought
under my observation show that there is still q
good margin OF profit in those vessels. We own
several three-nasted scbooners which at the
annual meeting of our directors were shown TO
have paid dividends averaging IL per cent.
These dividends represent a years earnings.
well-knOwn Bath built four-master which is