The San Francisco call., 1896-07-03
PERSONAL.

A c. McGehey of Sydney arrived at the Grand
yesterday from Australia.
Samuel Hoyt a large dry-goods merchant of
New York City, is at the Palaces
E. 81. Winship, one of Napa's merchants, is
one OF the arrivals at the Grand.
F. N. Jennings, capitalist of San Diego, is
registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Rev. j. A. Wickman and wife of Portland
Or, are guests at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
J. B. Sumner, who has an orange-grove at
Fair Oaks, registered at the Russ last night.
Samuel Allen registered at the Occidental
yesterday with the arrivals from Australia.
j. E. Rawlins, rancher and stock-raiser of
| Hanford, is among those registered at the
Grand.
E. w. Kenyon, proprietor of the Windsor
Hotel at ST. Helena, is making short stay at
the Russ.
Among the Mariposa's passengers that regis
tered at the Grand was g. A. Chapman OF New
Zealand.
S. C. Walker, Tacoma merchant, well
known in the Northwest, arrived at the Palace
yesterday.
Mrs. w. H.Avery of .moa was among the
ocean travellers that registered at the Occi-
| dental yesterday.
Mrs. L. A. whitehurst of Gilroy. wife of State
/ Senator Whitehurst, is registered at the Lick,
with Miss Whitehurst.
DR.. C. r. Hibbett, surgeon aboard the United
States steamship Bennington, is making a
short stay at the Palace.
William B. Jones of Boston. Mass, returned
yesterday from Honolulu, after conducting a
Raymond excursion to Japan.
r. P. Grear of the local ammonia works re-
turned yesterday from Australia, where he has
been establishing big business.
]. F. Martin, who is New Zealand mail agent,
| ana Thomas G. Spies. assistant New Zealand
mail agent. are at the Occidental.
Mrs. Alice Mills, wife of the United States
Consul General at Hawaii, arrived yesterday
| from the islands. She is on her way to WASH
| ington.
Among the arrivals at the Palace yesterday
| were the following Londoners: F. Razelton,
Curtis A. Rider, r. Ernest Smith and E. w.
| Jansen.
Martin Smith, young man of this City, re-
turned on the Mariposa from trip to the Ha-
waiian Islands, Australia and New Zealand
He is at the Grand.
Lew A. Norton, Deputy Sheriff of Sonoma
County, is at the Russ. He is awaiting the is
suance of extradition papers for an embezzler
in the State of Washington.
Miss Fannie Campbell of Sacramento is in
the City visiting friends. She will soon leave
for Seaside and Del Monte, Monterey County,
where she will spend the summer season.
R. W. Dodge, mining expert of Kansas City,
Mo-, returned yesterday from Australia,
whittier he went some time ago to take charge
of a smelter for big mining concern. He is at
the Russ.
Charles II. Brown of Edinburgh, Scotland,
was among the passengers that arrived on the
Mariposa yesterday. Mr.. Brown is on his way
around the world and al present is guest at
the Palace.
Herbert E. Salt of Coleman, Tex, was pass
enger on the Mariposa. He has completed
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most prominent islands, and in a few days will
leave the Occidental for his Texas home.
S. w. Collins, MA, Stanford University, is
at the Grand. Mr.. Collins is a physicist.
While an undergraduate he was most sue
cessful business manager of the college daily
paper, and was Boss Buckley in his local
sphere.
E. Harrow, a resident of New Zealand for
fourteen years and for sixteen years previously
q resident of South Africa, arrived at the
Grand yesterday from Auckland. He is on his
way to England TO visit scenes familiar to his
boyhood.
DR.. E. B. Foote, who came here recently with
the excursion OF ecleetics, returned to the
| Grand yesterday after having visited the Yo-
semitic. He is physician of long practice in
New York City, and is travelling now accom-
panied by private secretary for q sort of va
cation while his son is in charge of his prac.
tice in the metropolis.
Five ensigns came mp from Santa Cruz yes
terday and went to the Occidental. They have
been on board the Philadelphia, but owing to
the recent arrival OF six newly graduated
ensigns from Annapolis these have been trans
ierred TO the Oregon. Their names are: P. NJ.
Bannon, r. z. Johnston, J. P. Morson, F. D.
Karns and NJ. J. Mccormack.
Mrs. Isabella Strong, wife of Joe Strong, the
well-known local artist. and the adopted
daughter of Robert Louis Stevenson. left
Samoa on the Monowai for Australia the day
the Mariposa stopped at Apia. She purposed
10 visit her son, who is in college at Yelling
ton, New Zealand. Mrs. Strong has been
writing "reminiscences of Robert Louis Steven
son for Harpers' Weekly.
E. Valentine, recent arrival at the Grand
from Juneau, Alaska, where he has lived for
the last ten years and where he is interested
in many large business enterprises, says that
the Sharkey-Corbett fight could easily be
pulled off at Juneau, as the National laws gov
erning Alaska do not prohibit prize-ighting
He says that they have had a number of hard
fights to q finish near Juneau and nobody OBJ
jected.
William Aston Hayne Jr son of Colonel
/ Hayne OF El Montecito, suburb Of Santa Bar
bara, and an older brother OF Judge Hayne of
this City, is at the Grand. He, too, is proud
descendant of 1.-THE South Carolina Haynes TO
whom lawyers occasionally refer in court when
attempting oruffle the serenity and dignity Of
the little Judge in his position as counsel Mr..
Hayne has long been considered one of the re-
liable gallants Of Santa Barbara and is as we'll
known to fair visitors as is Don Carlos de la
Guerra, scion of a his torical Spanish family
that was IN the zenith of its glory during the
early days when frijoles and hides were the
principal products of California.
H. Fischer OF Bengal, India. is at the Palace
on his way to his old home in Germany, on
leave of absence. He has been in India since
1874, and latterly has acted as manager oi the
Central Dooars Tea Company, of which he
is stockhoIder. The plantation covers
} an area of over 1900 acres, all of which
is covered by lourishing tea plants. The aver
age yield good condition maintaining, is from
600 TO 500 pounds of tea to the acre, with q
profit of about $500. Tea will grow anywhere
there except in moist land, and as the annual
rainfall is 200 inches, level undrained lands
are not the best: The plantation requires
the services of about 1000 native laborers
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