The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-11
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Colonel L. Chalmers Scott, who is candidate
for adjutant-general, was newspaper CORE
spondent once, and although but boy at the
time worked up big "seoop" for the New
York Herald. The other evening at the Occl-
dental he was telling about it and said: upon
the opening of the China steamship line IN
1867 made the round trip to China and back
on the first steamer the old Colorado, on her
first voyage there as special correspondent tor
the New York Herald. On our arrival at Hong
kong at midnight the Pacific ana oceanic
steamer, which had waited twenty-four hours
Tor us, was ready to start. borrowed
the captains gig and boarded her
and mailed my letters, paying pursers'
rates for postage. She LETT in half an
hour for the West. There was no other
steamer for week and so the Herald beat the
Tribune and other New York papers. Coming
back our steamer was to leave Yokohama at
such an hour that the latest quotations from
Shanghai on rice and flour and other lmpor-
tant articles by cable were four or five hours
old. l arranged for tug to come down the
channel and meet US with the quotations later
than any others had received. Before our
arrival at San Francisco the local agent of the
Herald had chartered the Western Union tele-
graph line for twenty -four hours for trade pur-
poses. l came from the steamer without wait
ing for my baggage to the telegraph Office and
sent off all the quotations and other CORE
spondence in cipher, and the Herald printed
the news twenty-four hours ahead of all the
other New York papers. The Herald having
the line would let no news through for the
other papers,"
c. c. Terrill, who is heard frequently in the
councils of the Civic Federation, returned from
visit to the Santa Rosa Rose Carnival yester-
day and when told that the federation had
been informed by Manager E. P. Vining of the
Market-street Railway Company that the COM
pany was complying strictly. with the fender
ordinance, he smiled broadly and replied:
"That reminds me of the story they tell of
well-known attorney of Sacramento, who is
wont to indulge too deeply in the intoxicating
bowl. short time ago his friends resolved to
have him arrested on account of his drunken
ness, so as to teach him a lesson.
$50, late one night when Attorney x was I'M
usually exhilarated he was literally dragged
away to the City Prison and credited on the
prison register with disturbing the peace. X
put up $5 bail and gave his name as Smith-he
was sober enough to appreciate the advisable
ity of that, at least
THE next morning when the case was called
an attorney arose close to the Judges bench
and moved, very solemnly, for the dismissal of
the case. His Honor blinked knowingly and
asked:
"'Which is the defendsnt?' as he looked to-
ward the dock.
Gust then the attorney leaned over and
whispered to his Honor:
"'Sh, Judge. I'm the defendant
"tCase dismissed, said the court
"Do you think the counsel of the Market
street Railway Company and their imported
manager can obtain dismissal of the charges
OF disregard of the law by such plan? Well.
l think not
Colonel John s. Young of the Russ House last
evening was speaking of the great reduction in
the number of guests at the hotels at the be-
ginning of the harvest season. ga month ago
the hotel was crowded. The falling off in the
arrivals from the interior of the State now as
the harvesting is about to begin is nearly so per
cent, and for the next three or four months
large number will be kept at home.''
Manager Thorn of the Grand Hotel takes a
good deal of interest in the coming Venetian
water carnival of Santa Cruz, and has notified
the committee in charge that he will give them
all the committee-rooms they may require in
this City in the Grand Hotel. Mr.. Thorn has
been placed on the committee on promotion by
Chairman Sullivan of Santa Cruz.