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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

"Times are getting much better for the stock
men, said S. s. Bayley, formerly OF Modoc
County, yesterday as he chatted with old ac-
quaintances in the corridors of the Lick House.
1.-THE price of beef is going up, and If the stock
raisers will only hold back little and not
force their cattle on the market they may COM
mand their own prices
sit was not very long ago that the stock
raisers in Nevada had no market for their cat
tle., II they shipped them to this city they re-
ceived only five cents pound on the hoof, ana
then had to pay the freight. Now the Eastern
people have come into the market, and the
Nevada men are receiving seven cents pound
net on the ground
1.-The Strengthening of cattle here on commits
sion is what has injured the business more
than anything else. By that system the
slaughterer made from $50 to 500 off the cat
tie he killed, while the Original producer was
lucky if he quit even on the freight. The
changing of all this Is now possible, because of
the altered conditions, and whether or not 1t
shall be done rests entirely in the hands OF the
stock-raisers."
E. c. Farnsworth, Mayor of yisalia; William
81. Hammond, County Clerk of Tulare County;
Ben M. Maddox, editor and proprietor of
the Visalia Times, and E. o. Miller are mem
bers of delegation of Visalia citizens which
is sent to lay the claims to recognition of that
city before the Board of Directors of the new
valley railroad, and to state to them what that
city would do in the matter of rights of way,
subscriptions to stock and so forth. Through
courtesy to the board the members Of the dele
cation declined last night to state what in
ducements they were authorized to offer. One
of them said, however: "You may say that in
comparison with the wealth of the two cities
Visalia viii do five times as much as Stockton
has DONE"
81 sincerely hope" said Banker Hewlett of
Stockton at the Union League Club yesterday,
"that this building of the new railroad will
not result in boom in real estate in our sec
ton. boom or any sudden increase in land
values retards rather than helps the develop
ment of country in my opinion. The new
railroad will bring In new people, most of
whom will become actual settlers. These then
should be permitted to secure homes at bed
rock prices and share in whatever gradual rise
in values which may and surely Will follow.
In this way all will benefit, and you know that
the true prosperity of any country depends
largely upon the prosperity of all its citizens"
81 have just received telegram from Direc-
tor-General de Young expressing his profound
sorrow over the museum robbery at Golden
Gate Park" said Colonel K. B. Brown at
the Palace Hotel last night. "The general
informs me that he is heartbroken over the
rascality of the mscreants who purioined the
coins and gems, but he asks me to assure the
good people of San Francisco that he will
duplicate the piliered treasures If it costs him
ten times their original value"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10
IMMEDIATE RESULTS.

The strongest encouragement that San
Franci SEQ has received to put forth all her
energy in building up the State has been
furnished by D. NJ. Carmen, the energetic
chairman of the Half-million Clubs trans
portation committee, upon his return from
Los Angeles, whittier he went to make
arrangements for the excursion from San
Francisco to Los Angeles and Santa Bar
bara on the occasion of the fiestas there.
He reported as follows:
81 had an opportunity during the even
ing of seeing what has made it possible for
Los Angeles to produce the finest display
of its kind that America has ever seen.
The business tact, the system, the energy
and the public spirit evinced by the COM
mitteemen are guarantee that even their
great undertaking will be carried to sue
cessful completion. 1t also explains why
Los Angeles has made such strides during
an unprecedented period of commercial
depression. l heard while there no COM
plants of hard times, but did hear one
merchant say that he was convinced San
Francisco had taken new lease of life and
was the coming place in which to make
money. He had heard of the changed con-
ditions and thought that San Francisco
awake was the best city he knew Off
1t is not difficult to imagine what this
City might have been long ago if the spirit
that is now stirring our people had been
earlier awakened. The hearty co-opera-
ton of Los Angeles is particularly COM
mendable, and is what might have been
expected from city which has shown so
much public spirit and has secured results
so remarkable.
The excursions are to be the greatest af-
fairs of the kind ever seen in California.
Every town and city included in the itin-
erary is preparing to give the excursionists
royal entertainment without charge. The
train from San Francisco southwark will
be a luxurious affair of vestibuled Pull
man sleeping-cars, with dining-car fur
nished with bath, barber-shop and the
Ii Ike. 1t viii leave the city next Monday
at P. NJ, and will remain half hour at
MERGED and another half hour at Fresno.
There will be side trips to Santa Barbara,
Riverside, Redlands, Pasadena, Mount
Lowe and other places of interest in the
south.
The train from Los Angeles northward
will leave Monday evening, the I'D inst,
and will stop at Bakersfield, Tulare,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

We have all we can do to get what rightfully
belongs TO us in California, but we will say a
word for Alaska. Our friends up there have a
good country, far better than the same latitude
in Europe, which affords homes for 10000 900
people. The Territory produces $16 600, 900
outside of the seals, yet they have no military
protection, not single post; but one light
house on the entire coast, and the land has
never been surveyed, so land cannot be bought
or pre-empted In time to come people will
wonder why Alaska, with its gold, silver, iron
and coal, was SO long neglected.
News
Some very excellent methods have been dis
covered in the antipodes for the improvement
of government and the betterment of society.
New Zealand has recently hit upon plan for
doing away with intemperance. 1t consists in
photographing drunkards and supplying every
saloon-keeper with copy of the photograph.
Those who sell to the men whose photographs
have been given to them are liable to fine.
This is certainly novel scheme, and its opera
ton win be watched with interest.-San Diego
Union.
If Fresno County were as thickly settled as
Rhode Island it would contain more than
1000 900 people. Yet Rhode Island is not
crowded, and the soil is much less productive
than the irrigated lands of Fresno. The Hun
dred Thousand Club need not fear that the
mark has been set too high.-Fresno Repub-
hcan.
Shall new map of the West be NADER With
more States the East would not rule ON the
money question. Irrigation is destined to be
not only great but very serious question.
The West must solve it, and without much
assistance or sympathy from the East.-Los
Angeles Record.
The big indemnity extorted from France as q
result of the war of 1901 did not help Ger
many much 1t started wild speculation and
disturbed trade for years. There is a lesson for
Japan in this experience. Virginia City Enter
prise.
1t will not be many years until the valley
railroad will have many branches as tree.
All parts of Central California will share It's
benefts.-Stoekton Independent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10
A NEW MIssION-Ro
The Congregational One at the Y. NJ. O
A La in Great REQUEST.

The Congregational One at the Y. NJ. @.
A. Is in Great Request.
The Congregational ladies interested in
home and foreign missions have taken a
pleasant room ON the fourth floor of the
Young Mems Christian Association, where
all information respecting missionary
work is supplied to visitors, who also are
allowed access to the library with which
the room is supplied.
The.societies that have combined to take
the room are the Woman's State Home
Missionary Society of California, 1.-The Young
Ladies Society and the Foreign Mission
airy Society. The officers of the State So
ciety are: President, Mrs. E. s. Williams;
secretary, Mrs. Mary l.. F. Eastman; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. L. III. Howard
treasurer, Mrs. ]. NJ. Haven.
Miss F. Williams is the president of the
State society, Miss g. Barker the CORE
spending secretary and Miss Grace E. Good
hue the treasurer. Every day an officer OF
one or the other of the societies spends sew
eral hours. at the mission-room to supply
information to visitors. On Thursdays Miss
Merritt of Oakland is in charge, and a
weekly missionary meeting is to be held on
those days.
At present the young people are engaged
in studying the various countries which
are considered as foreign missionary fields
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and byways, one-third more spiritual hot
shot to be poured into the sable ranks Of
the immense army of the evil one.
Even the rear guard of the evangelical
warriors is to be increased, SO that instead
of the timid, shrinking pin-wearers num-
bering only 1000, they are to be run up to
$500. There is to be no escape from the
uniformed invaders, and when the sound
of the cornet, drum and tambourne Is
heard approaching the worldly might as
well prepare at once to surrender, for no
mercy will be shown.
Following is the programme of work
mapped out for the year: There must be,
says the commander, A, OILS visits to fam
lilies, 1921 visits to saloons; SO, 1877 persons
to be separately dealt with in the saloons,
262, 387 persons to attend the slum corps
| meetings and 1916 souls to be saved.
The attack is to be general, and regular
warriors, charioteers, out-riders, summers
and hfe-savers are to march forth in every
direction, and the 1000 commanding Off
GERS are to be increased to 2700. 1t is to be
prosecuted in scientific manner. too, for
the emboldened stalwarts and braves are
to file down upon the strongholds of the
devil according to the ratio of the popula-
ton of the wicked cities.
But the work is not to be narrowed down
to simply this-a new movement has been
started, and the citadel of Beelzebub is to
be assailed where it is the very weakest.
The new feature of work is to be nothing
less than a fishing for children in the
muddy stream of humanity. Commander
Booth, Major Keppel, Captain McFee,
and Editor Milsaps have their nets ready
for thousands of poor, nl-treated or
neglected, ill-fed, ill-clad, dirty and be-
draggled juveniles in this city, and the
ranks of the junior salvationists are to be
nightly swelled. The children of this
city will not, perhaps, prove hard to cap
ture, if the donations of the various schools
to the poor may be taken as a criterion.
Ensign McFee gives the following list of
recent school donations for publication:
Washington $50 rs, Fremont So rs, Clement
S26 10, Golden Gate $13 So Crocker $50 S5,
Broadway SIC SO, Hearst 81, Columbia SO,
Irving 81 90, Harrison ST., LIE Conte 81 80,
Haight $40 SO, Cleveland 81 IS, Douglas 81 GA,
Cooper $1S 20, Fairmount 81 10, Webster
$2S AS, Lincoln $29 46, Pacific avenue $780,
Garfield 81 TO- Agassiz S21 80, James Lick
So S5, Horace Mann (evening) So 80, Humboldt
SIS 25, South Cosmopolitan 81 20, Lowell
Everett ST. Pacific Heights $93, Sherman $40,
Girls High So %, Buena Vista 81, Lincoln
(night $62 90, Rorace Mann $2S rs, Garfield
So 81, West End So, Longfellow $13, Redding
81 50, Whittier S17 50, North Cosmopolitan
$50, Hawthorne SIS, Franklin SIC, Hamilton
81; total, 1914 60. The grand total OF cash,
clothing and everything amounted to $374S.
The Salvation Army of the United States
has in course of construction .splen-
did edifice, which is to be the national
headquarters. 1t is nine-story stone and
brick structure, going up ON Fourteenth
street, in New York, and will be known as
Memorial Hall. 1t is expected to have it
completed this year.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Queen Victoria has just lost the last royal
servant who knew her as child. q. Fleming
entered the service OF the Duchess of Kent in
1880, and was transferred to the Queens house
hold in the year of her accession. He retired
in 1886, and died on March 3, aged 70. The
Queen manifested her usual sympathetic in
terest in the illness of Mr.. Fleming, and on his
decease sent wreath bearing the inscription,
ga word OF sincere regret to faithful servant
Victoria
AS traveller, writer, editor. hotel-keeper and
dealer in real estate the late Maturin M. Ballou
of Boston was remarkable man. In his later
years-he was 75-his liking for travel became
passion, and he was in Egypt when he died.
Mr. Ballou was the talented son of a famous
father, Rev. Hosea Ballou having been one of
the most noted diyines in New England half q
century ago.
One of the fads of the new Gear of Russia is
the study of electricity. He is intensely inter-
ested in everything pertaining to electrical
science, and reads eagerly descriptions of the
latest experiments and applications in that
line of endeavor. He is said to have made sew
eral ingenious contrivances himself in the SIM
pier lines of electrical manipulation.
Much regret is felt in the literary circles of
Germany at the death of Colonel Won Conan
sen, who died recently in Cassel He was one
of the best-known German authorities on
Roman archaeology, and wrote number of
books on this and other subjects.
Yictorien Sardou, when staging one of his
plays, has an eagles eye for details At a recent
dress-rehearsal in Paris he compelled an actor
to leave the stage and delay the action ofthe
play until frayed button on his coat was re-
placed by new one
The well-known sculptor Giuseppe Grandi
died the other day in Milan, Italy. His first
academical prize was received for statue of
Odysseus Among his most celebrated works
is his statue of the philosopher Beccaria.
Hezekiah Butterworth of Boston, proprietor
of the Youths Companion, has completed his
plans for long-contempla trip to South
America, Spain and the Holy Land. Hewill sail
May and will be absent about year.
When Mr.. Gladstone was in Mentone re-
Gently he was met at the station by hundreds
of people, and listened to an address by the
Mayor. In answer to the cheers and words of
welcome he stood for some time with his head
bare, and replying to request to keep his ha
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10
SYSTEMATIC STEALING.
The Butler of Santa Cruz millionaire
Arrested Here.

The Butler of Santa Cruz Millionaire
Arrested Here.
Albert Pontet was arrested at the ferry
last night by Detective Anthony and taken
to the City Prison, where he was booked
en- route to Santa Cruz on charge OF grand
larceny.
Pontet and two women, one being his
wife, were recently brought from France
by j. Smith, millionaire at Santa Cruz.
Pontet served in the capacity of butler, his
wife as nurse and the other woman as
chambermaid. Pontet and his wife have
been Systematically robbing their em-
ployer, but the fact was not known until q
few days ago.
Pontet had come to this city and his
wife was to join him here last night. She
was arrested at Santa Cruz, and a lot OF
stolen articles were found in her possession.
A message was sent from Santa Cruz to
police headquarters mentioning the train
She was 10 have taken, and Anthony went
to the ferry, where he found Pontet wait
ing the arrival OF his wife.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10
TO ADVANCE ONE-TH|RD.
Commander Booth Is Prepar-
ing a Salvation Army
Manifesto.
Ensign McFee Shows What Each
School Donated to the Home
Poor.

Commander Ballington Booth has in
preparation a manifesto, which he
will issue to the Salvation Army next
Saturday 1t will be an inspiring docu-
ment and patrons of the War Cry will
wonder when it reaches them. A fierce
onslaught is to be made upon Satan and
the hosts of sinners, and Commander
Booth in his manifesto will marshal all his
jealous forces for titanic effort in the
coming campaign.
The keynote of the manifesto is indi-
Gated in the little fraction "one-third," but
that fraction stands for mighty things. II
means one-third more work in the slums,
one-third more battling in the highways
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10
SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.

It Wasn't Corrected.-"Well, I did think you
had more education than that" said Mr.. Joo-
bHs, airily, to the grocer. "'N-o-t-i-c' doesn't
fpell notice 1t comes nearer spelling nc
tick than anything else"
eyes," said the grocer, "that is what il
means"
Mr. Joobus concluded that he could get along
that evening without any apricots-Cincinnati
Tribune.
'I beg of you to pay me what you owe me-"
"Can't do it."
"Well, just give me enough SO that I can be-
gin suit against Texas Siftings.
''Many man." said Uncle Eben, .shab foun'
dat de pinnacle OBJ fame am intiahly too p'inted
to sit down on wifi comfort. "-Washingto Star.
'sMy task in lite," said the pastor of one of
churches, eomplacently, consists in saving
young men,"
Whereupon one of our fair maidens, with a
soulful longing, replied: "Saye good one for
me."-Troy Chief
"Mr. Stalate," she murmured, "do you re-
member when, in 1894, we sat up to watch the
new year come in?"
eyes," he replied. rapturously.
''well-don't you-don't you"
"Don't what?"
"Don't you think we are beginning rather
early THIS year ~ dsHlLR toH 0ldl.
1t is thoroughly proved that Moses, when he
drafted the third commandment, did not fore-
see the existence of morning paper reporters
and their right to drag a minister out of bed at
midnight in order to ask him whether he
preached heresy in his last sermon or no t.
Minneapolis Journal.
When the bellows gave out and the organist
in Rockland church was unable to get any
thing but few groans from the instrument,
and the pastor remarked, ''The organ has failed
us at a vital moment; let US rise and sing
Praise God From Whom all Blessings Flow
some of the people wondered just what he
meant.-Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
His First Visit.-''It seems very swampy along
here" observed the New Yorker, looking Ian
guidly out of the car window. How much
further is it to Chicago?"
you've been in Chicago half an hour" said
the conductor, majestically.
"Good graciousl don't see any residences"
"You must be near-sighted, sir. / can see the
dwelling of one of the oldest families in Chi
cago not half a mile away"
81 can't see it at all. What's their name?"
"Muskrat."
"Bless my soul."-Chicago Tribune.
'eThis man." remarked the asylum attendant,
sis the most complicated case in the institu-
ton. He started with mild attack of the Ma
poleon revival, struck the Trilby at its in
ception and this soon developed into mania
for duplicate whist. Now the poor fellow i'm
AGNES he can see some lueidity in the ideas of
those publishers who turn their papers over to
female editors. The experts pronounce his case
incurable. w ashington Post.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10
Denounced by the Press club.

The attention of the Press Club of San Fran
cisco has been called to the fact that some I'M
known persons have been going around the
city, representing themselves as officers of the
club and soliciting subscriptions to defray the
expenses incurred at the Bohemian links and
nounced by the officers and members of the
club as imDostors. The club solicits no sub
scriptions for any purpose whatsoever, and has
no soliciting agents in the field.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10
A Big Deficiency.

Accountant Williams has prepared state
ment OF the condition of the finances for the
benefit OF Chairman Taylor of thaFinance Com
mittee of the Board of Supervisors, in which he
fixes the deficit in the General Fund for the
close OF the fiscal year at $3.50, 600. This does
not include the floating debt of $211 500 for
goods bought and consumed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10

At the Kew Gardens greenish glass has
been used for the greenhouses for half a
century. Recently experiments with ordi-
nary white glass showed such remark
able improvement in the plants that the
green glass will be given up altogether.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10
Has Won the Suit.

Michael Murphy has won the suit relating to
land on which he located in Alameda County
He said last night: about twelve years ago
located on land in Alameda County. There
has been litigation ever since. About three
years ago the Land Office in this city decided
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10

in my favor and the Land Commissioner IN
Washington approved the decision. The Sec
retary of the interior also approved It. The
case has now been settled for good" Mr..
Murphy is well known as Grand Army man,
bavine been chapIain of Lincoln Post for the
last ten years Messrs. Sumner 4 Moses are the
attorneys who have acted for him through the
affair
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10

submit pledge to patronize the road with the
offer to give the right of way through the
county and depot ground In this city and
subscription of $25, 900 TO the stock. That
is more that has been offered by any other
county in the State, and we think ought be per-
fectly satisfactory to the promoters OF the new
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10

The army and navy of the Argentine
Confederation are kept up at an annual
cost of ST., 600 900:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10

Remember, it viii benefit your business
to pledge it to the competing road.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10

Mayor Sutro was wise to reflect that any
discouragemen of smooth bituminous
pavements would be an encouragement of
cobblestones.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10

How helpless the giant CULVER was
when the Lilliputians bound him to the
earth with ten thousand small threads.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10

AS this is Holy Week, it might be profit
able to reflect that industry as well as piety
is essential to the development of a high
moral character.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10

Too much silurianism in a community
gives every body tired feeling.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10

As San Francisco finds it SO hard to
digest the cobblestones which she swal-
lowed so many years ago, she might try
bituminous rock as an emetic.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10

Daggett and Pepper are the bright par
ticular stars who are now doing the split
act in the Democratic ballet.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10

Perhaps Cleveland would rather let the
country go without an adequate revenue
than to spoil his holidays by an extra ses-
sion of Congress.
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Little Ethel Brown.

The question of the guardianship oflittle Ethel
Brown, was decided yesterday in Judge Stacks
court by the withdrawal by Mrs. Kendelburger
of her application for letters of guardianship.
The girl will not go to Mills Seminary now
probably, but will remain in the care of Mrs.
Rynders, who is also known as Mrs. Tobleman.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10

1t is not at all paradoxical that on May
1, which is Labor day, we ought to rest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10

If you neglect to look for California
products when you go shopping you will
overlook your own interests.
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Another contest of the income tax will
be necessary to settle it.