The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
Mayor Carlson of San Diego Re-
visits the Scenes of His
Youth.
WHAT THE HORSES ARE DOING
On the Whole the Representative of
the Golden State Are Having
a Good Time.


registered at the Astor House. where he
sleeps, but it is nevertheless true that he
dimes in some of the little French
restaurants around the easements along
Nassau street. At times ne goes into the
small. coffee joints, climbs up on STOOL
and takes his reDast with the kids.
"And why Dot?" he exclaims, arching
his eyebrows. AZ would not consider my
visit here complete if 1 could not live my
boyhood days over again. When ] was a
youngster here and New York was more
or less of village l used to frequent these
haunts, and as matter of fact, right low
down, haven't had so much fun since"
1t takes great deal of pressure to get him
into one of the parks or out in the resi-
dence quarter.
He seems to scent the delights of the
past only in the neighborhood of Wall
and Nassau streets, and there he can
generally be found. 1t may be timely to
say that Mr.. Carlson is here principally
to work up railroad scheme centering in
the right of way he has from Salt Lake
to San Diego He will probably get back
to the seaboard in time to run against
Congressman Bowers for Congress.
If you drift little further up Broadway
you can find J. d. Hanbury, who has Just
returned from London, where he has been
laying wires to sell gold mine. He
spends great deal of time with his rail-
road friends, and bevy of them can
always be found around him at the Union
square Hotel. He will leave for home in
few days.
Mrs. Elizabeth Berkmeyer, residing on
Versailles avenue, Alameda, is shortly to
have issued a novel from the publishing
house of F. Tennyson Neely. Mrs. Berk-
meyer is the author of ''The Lost At
lantis," published some two years ago.
Detectives Seymour and Whitaker of
Captain Lees brigade have arrived to see
how travelling agrees with forger and draft
raiser Dean, who was detained in New
York recently to await the coming of these
two gentlemen. Mr.. Dean was not par
ticularly anxious to linger here, but Chief
Conlon convinced him that Seymour and
Whitaker were good fellows and worth
any amount of waiting for. While since
their appearance here they see a good deal
of Dean it is not true that they are taking
in the town as trio. Seymour regards
the Raines law and the proposition of
closing refreshment parlors at midnight
as class legislation, and admits that he is
outcIassed. Both of the detectives went
of Liberty Enlightening the World They
think she would be IN better business on
Goat Island, smiling on San Francisco and
Oakland. Whitaker ordered such q meal
here as one can get in San Francisco for 81,
and the bill, exclusive of walters fees, was
Sc 25. He says the walters fee is 10 per
cent and the proprietor's 500. They both
admit that they dislike New York almost
as much as does Dean.
The sea has given up another victim.
Owen B. Jones, theatrical man, who be-
gan his career in San Francisco, was re-
Gently found floating off Brooklyn docks
His stage name was Edmund Drury ard
his first appearance in the West was in
Hazel Kirke." He was well known in
California and not over 30 years of age.
Society is not little surprised here at
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst's giving up her pro-
posed trip by special train to Moscow to
witness the coronation of the Gar Tne
lady had invited Minister Bayard and his
family to join the party, but the diplomat.
for some unaccountable reason, could not
accept the invitation and the trip was
called off.
James Moffitt of the paper firm of Blake,
Moffitt & Towne of San Francisco left to-
day for Europe on the Campania. He will
join his family there and after remaining
for few of the summer months will re-
turn to California and business.
Miss Viva Cummins, the talented daugh-
ter of Ella Sterling Cummins, well known
to California literature, gave an Oriental
costume concert last week. at Friendly
Hall, 81 East Thirty-first street. 1t was
well attended by both New Yorkers and
Californians
Will NJ. Clemens, formerly of San Fran
cisco, appears in four magazines for the
month of June, and California writer's
generally find good market here for all
kinds Of literature.
wonder if Coils P. Huntington ever
comes across the shades of his old enemies
i'll what prattling and superstitious people
are pleased to call his haunted house."
The railroad king was reluctant about
hnally making it his permanent abode,
out as ne has permitted his two larze feet
10 guide him around in its several halls
ana adjoining rooms without encounter
ing death, he is satisfied now that nothing
unusual is likely to happen; at least until
congress takes fall out of the Pacific
Railroads funding bill
Inc starting machine introduced at the
lngleslde track in San Francisco has at
tracteo Tue attention of the New York
racemen. L. ID. Williams recently ar
rived here from the West and is chartered
at the Hoffman House. where with local
norsemen arrangements are being made
to prepare for the introduction ~ the con-
trivance on New York tracks He leavas
for Europe soon, during which time wort-
ing models will be shipped from San
francisco TO be put in operation when he
returns. Freddie Gebhardt Jaor EoI-
lansbee and W. R. Hearst, together With
Mr.. Williams, get together ouite fra.
quently after theater hours and tall orer
California "reminiscences like four no,,s o'e4
John MackeY Of the Rancho del psso