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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09

heavy grade, pausing on the crest Of
some height silhouetted against the sky
for single instant, then rushing dizzily
down to the next level.
There is, TO me, an endless fascination
about this peculiar feature of our fascin-
ating city's streets. 1 watched the down
ward career of a Sacramento-street car,
sweeping, stately, from the serene heights,
past beautiful homes. great schools and
goodly churches, to plunge, at last,
through Chinatown's weird squalor, into
the hurrying rush of the business quarter,
until it swung around the curve at the
water front, to begin its upward flight.
Gray and countless, standing shoulder
to shoulder along the hills, hiding behind
their uncommunicative walls endless sug-
gestions of human love and hate, Joy and
sorrow and boundlesS hope, the homes of
the city spread, rising, tier upon tier,
until they ranged against the sky, reced-
ing, row upon row, to the further line of
the peninsula. On the other side the bay
were Berkeley, Oakland and Alameda,
and an on-reaching vista of further blue
hills on the Marin and Alameda shores,
and lending its own beauty to all the bay
smiled in the sun, bearing upon its
broad bosom the ships from far lands and
near.
Could any other city on this continent
spread such vision of wonder for the be-
holder? 1t will be a day for the Civic Fed
Grafton and all the law and order leagues
in the city to take Holiday and rejoice
when the people of San Francisco come
really to know the strength and order, the
good government and helpful strength
that lie in our city's blessed hills.
ADELINE KNAPP.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09

" F only it were not for the everlasting
hills!"
This is what San Franciscan said
to me. recently, when 1 spoke of the
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09

more moved to his seat. 1t was period
of great solemnity.
''The dinner was good and the table
most richly furnished. There were about
thirty guests in all. 1t became more lively
as the dishes ratified. The plateau in the
center of the table was very elegant. 1t
was fully twelve feet long and two feet
wide, oval at the ends, and figures, eight
inches high, with extended arms COM
posed of a mirror surrounded by gold fe-
males holding candlesticks. The table
was garnished with artificial flowers. The
plate was very handsome china. highly
gilt, and the dessert knives, forks and
spoons were of beaten gold. The dinner
was ended at about half-past o'clock"
Mr.. Hubbard attended another dinner at
the palace" and spoke of it as a grave
and serious affair.-Utica Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
WHITE ROUSE DINNER IN 1919,

Described by a Congressman Who Was
a Guest of Presiden Monroe.
The December meeting of the Oneida
Historical Society was held in the Arcade.
The speaker of the evening was Robert ]. !.
Hubbard of Cazenovia.
Mr.. Hubbard's subject was political
and Social Life in Washington During the
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09

which has been the subject of general
comment throughout the valley. How
did it get up there? What could be the
object of anybody in seeking such a dizzy
height and isolated location for a residence? :?
Who were its occupants? These are few
of the questions that have been asked and
that no one could answer. Few suspected
that in the lonely cabin perched on the
heights could be found the solution of
mystery which perplexed not only Santa
Barbara, but the country at large, last
spring
1t will be remembers by the readers of
The CALL that considerable commotion
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
Soiled Bank Notes.

A well-known bank cashier was talking
the other day about the possibilities of
contagion in soiled bank notes, and took
occasion to remark that much cleaner
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09

General William Booth originated the
name Salvation Army in 1878 after he
had been engaged in evangelical work for
seventeen years. The first name of mis- re-
ligious organization formed upon military
lines was "The Christian Mission which
he started in a small way in 1865
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
PERCHED ON A MOUNTAIN TOP
WHERE A YOUNG MAN WAS EXLED TO EXPIATEI
HIS FOLLY
HIS FOLLY,

WAY up on the very pinnacle of
a small peak of the first rise of
the Santa Ynez Mountain range,
l in full sight of Santa Barbara, a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
New Lines of Battle.

If the gold men bolt at Chicago what
will ;!ey further DO? Put up a ticket of
theiF own? Or sulk and let the republicans
them? Or come out openly and assist the
re u5liCaEs?
If the gold men walk out Of the Chicago
convention it will be because of the adop-
tiOn there of free coinage platform and
the nomination of free coinage candidate
for President. They are bitterly opposed to
that programme. They hold that free sill
yer would prove destructive to the credit of
the country The logic of their position,
therefore. would appear to call for some
thing definite on their part after leaving
tie company of their longtime associates.
Simply to go home and sulk would be an
unsa tisfactory play for men of high pur-
rose and high feeling. wrought up to the
highest pitch of protest
Choosing, then. between putting No n can
G'iaie OF their own or supporting the nomi-
reg Of the st. Louis convention will call
fer thorough canvass of the whole s;tua
ton. On the ons s1fe" %ffl he the siIvar
i9e1. united and -a1,SressfSa. ,I3hey will he
acting n the name of democracy. In their
ranks VIII he men ~wh0 have not before af
f!iatsd with democrats But the purpose be-
ine, 20 commit the government 10 free COIN
age. silver men of all parties will now be
staining shoulder TO shonldsr. in support of
tie Chicago ticket VIII there be any way
10 defeat them but by union of the gold
men? II the sold democrats put up Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05

Cleveland, or any other man Of their own.
will they not necessarily weaken the gold
side of the controversy? The republicans
will have lost some Of their western
strength, and unless this is made up to
them in some way, will not the cause Of
sound money be put In peril at the polls?
Can 1t be made up to them in any way but
by the coming of eastern democrats to
their support?
1t is suggested in some quarters that no
eastern democrat can support the nominee
or the st. Louis convention unless he
stands on straightout gold platform. That
is to say, the ST. Louis platform must de-
care as unequivocally for gold as the Chi
caSo platform for silver. 1t is doubted II
this condition is met at st. Louis. Some
very prominent republican leaders are pre-
dieting and advocating a bimetallic deliy-
erdEce conditioned on international agree
ment, as meeting not only the emergen-
c.es of the case but the record of the
party. They think, too, that Such deliv-
GRANGE. as opposed to one demanding the
free coinage of silver by this country with
out regard to the action of other nations
should receive the support of every sound
money man in the country. The sound
money men are primarily against free sill
yer as an independent policy to be adopted
by this country, and the defeat of the Chi
cago nominee would defeat that policy
Then, as is pointed out, the sound money
men having the game in their own hands
could go to work to put the currency laws
of the country into a more satisfactory
shape without hurt to the country's credit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
Increase the Water supply.

The COnferees or the District appropria-
ton bill seem to find it difficult TO reach
anything that .approximates agreement OH
several matters of considerable Importance
to the nearly three hundred thousand peo-
rle who reside at the national capital
That there is disag reement as to two or
three Of the topics which are being seri-
Cusly ana almost continuously debated by
those who repI esent. respectively, the House
and the Senate is not altogether surprising,
but that there should be any difference of
opinion as to the Senate amendment pro-
viding for an absolutely necessary increase
If the city's water supply is really most
remarkable. All the testimony in the case
is on one side of the question; the only
argument adverse to the completion of the
aqueduct tunnel is really no argument at
all, inasmuch as it is merely a statement
10 the effect that so much OF increase
in the aII.-.-,"t appropriated would be IN
polite from the standpoint vi .ha netty
politician who jugSles imitation economics
on the stump in every presidential year
The amount needed 10 make the tunnel a
successful aqueduCt is not eXtravagant;
compared with a very large percentage of
the appropriations in the river and harbOr
bill it is insignificant and If the comparison
is carried to the extent of an attempt to
institute a parallel between the COMPARE
tive necessities it Will at once be evident
that opposition TO the tunnel appropria zion
is inexcusably unreasonable Washington
grows steadily and. a matter of course
there is steady increase in the righteous
demands of those who nave made IL their
earthly abiding place. The cry for more
water C, mmenced some years ago, yet
while temporary cXpedients have given
temporary satisfaction, there still remain
many shortcomings of which taxpayers
may legitimateiy and forcibly complain.
II is difficult to understand how the House
conferees can by any process of reasoning
oppose the Senate amendment which seeks
to provide Washington with an unques-
TONED essential; they should concede The
sOundness of the senatorial contention
without further delay; II is not likely that
the House will find fault with them for so
doing, for the shortage in our water supply
has been felt by members of Congress Just
as well as by other dwellers at the national
capital Whatever else the Senate con-
ferees and the Senate may let go of in
this struggle between the two houses, there
should be no loosenirg of the senatorial
grip on the amendment which provides for
the completion of the aqueduct tunnel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05

Congress having required the Ford Thea
ter commission to report once more upon
the cases OF the eleven persons whose ap-
proved claims for damages have been I'D
set by what now appears TO be official
meanneSs and malice, the commission
should not be satisfied with perfunctory
re-fear1ng. In view of the discourtesy
shown the commission by the House of
Representatives end by the officials d.
rectly responsible for the assault, the COM
mission owes it to itself that II SO into
the subject more deeply than it yet las
done. In addition to re-eXaminng the
disputed cases. the commission might very
properly seek to ascertain the inspira ton
and motive of the alleged new evidence
forced upon it's consideration 1t Is q
noteworthy fact that nearly all of the
employees OF the Record and Pension Of
flee who testified adversely to their chief
at the inquest which followed the dis
aster are no longer in government employ,
although nrui:y Of them were said to have
mad very good records rs CLERKS S,.ior to
the day when they told the coroner's Jury
what they knew and thought about the
awful occurrence for which the law some
how or other, failed to hold anybody to
accountability. Prior to the inquest the
Secretary of War publicly and officially
declared that all witnesses would be pro-
tected. Perhaps they have been, but the
Secretary's protection evidently did not
amount to much. The Ford Theater COM
mission has wide field in which to oper-
ate If it cares to take advantage Of an
opportunity afforded it by those who
should have been satisfied to let well
enough alone instead of engaging in the
pursuit of those whom the commission
deemed worthy OF financial relief
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
Washington Was Also Wise.


But unless the trolley companies can
make money by aboishinS their poles and
overhead wires and adopting something
less Objectionable. their wires and poles are
likely to stay with us for all time. New
York is not always a wisely governed city,
but wisdom ruled there and folly here when
the trolley question came before the re-
spective local authorities. Here we got i'm
proved transit on the terms proposed by
the companies. There they will get 1t a
little later, but on terms satisfactory to the
city and to the city's residents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
Her Opinion.

1ourg Mrs. locker looked rather appre-
hensive as she watched the frown gather
over her husbar DIS brow while he read the
newspaper. He crumpled it and threw ii
on the floor, and exclaimed:
What we want is silver!'
"Oh. hardly think that we could stand
it in the present condition of our affairs -
she replied.
Her husband glared at her, and said:
You don't mean to say that you want
nothing but goldr'
"Oh. no indeed. 1 don't want anything
as expensive even as silver. We can get
along very nicely with quadruple plate
which looks just as well and wears just as
long. And nobody is going to know the
difference unless some one is so impolite
as to hold the table ware up and look at
the bottom"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
THE STAR BY MAIL.

Persons leaving the city for any
Teriod can have The Star mailed to
them to any address IN the United
States or Canada, by ordering it at
this office. in person or py letter. or
postal card. Terms: Is cents per
week; % cents for two weeks, or 30
cents per month. Invariably in adj
vance. Subscribers changing their
address from one Post-office to
another should give the last address
as well as the new one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05

In addition to the social advantages
which the Princes friendship may bring
to Mr.. Astor, 1t is, ewing to the peculiar
mental constitution of the average British
citizen, no small thing to have newspaper
edited by personal friend of His Royal
Highness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
A Question Decided.

The sun sorter winks when a cloud passes
by,
In a KNOWN and amiable way,
An the boughs they lean low DER the spot
where l lie,
Like they had somethin' pleasant ter say.
An l know whut they mean, fur it's per-
fectly true
That they's sense In their blinkin' an
swishin;
They want me ter tell EN- whut I'd ruther
do,
Or go fshn'.
I'm takin' my leisure ter ponder 1t Ger
Fur it's pleasant ter doZe an ter dream:
It's fine whur the MOSES grow thick on
the shore,
And the shiftin' light spangles the stream
It's silent an cool; an I'm there out O.
view
OF them ez thinks life hez a mission.
1 don't know of nothin' that I'd ruther do
Than so fishin'.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
The Difference

You have your clothes made almost ex-
actly as L do he remarked to the tailor
made girl.
Yes, she replied. 1.-The principal differ
ence Is that mine are always paid for on
delivery"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05

Two hundred and forty men toiled today
On the rev city post-cffiCe building This
increase in the force indicates an awaken
ing Of the authorities to the fact that un-
less special effort is speedily made it will
rot be pC ssible for the Supervising Archi-
tects methods to bring about completion
of the structure prior to $780, or there
abOuts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
SHOOTING STARS.
A Summer Consolation

The boy upon the ounces seat
A CLEAN of comfort now may catch;
For well he knows that he could beat
Professors in a swimming match.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
A Radical Treatment.

You have been living too high" said the
physician. You'll have to stop it,
Il realize that" was the reply. That's
why 1 sent for you. Now 1 won't be able
to afford It,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05

General Weyler's objection to people who
send out news dispatches from Cuba may
be due tn professional jealousy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05

As a Kentucky thoroughbred. Governor
Bradley prefers being scratched TO being
left at tine post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05

The public ard the members of the the
atrical profession unite in declaring the
season just closed very unsatisfactory
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
DinninutiVe,

II understand" remarked the casual
observer, that there are great many
theatrical stars this season."
Yes replied the song-and-dance gentle
man. An it's good deal like 1t Is in de
real ting. Ye've gotter pull telescope on
most of EN- before ye kin find EN-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05

Within the next day or two many bills
Will doubtless be passed by the House Of
RepreS- natives, for it is a congressional
custom to rush through vast quantities of
legislation at the last moment. Among the
many bills now on the House calendar is
one TO which The Star would direct es-
u Ctal attention. It is Senate bill 2ODS ''au-
thorizing the employment of day labor in
the construction of certain municipal build
iESs and works in the District of Column
bia. The Senate passed this measure
without even a qribble-the propriety of
such legislation cannot nationally be ques-
Homeland the House should speedily put
on record its willingness to be as fair to the
District of Columbia as the Senate has
Been. The bill is entirely devoid of any
features likely to work injustice or cause
unseemly complications: it simply provides
that hereafter the District Commissioners
may, in their discretion, cause to be
erected by day-Iabor instead of under con-
tract. ali buildings authorized to be con-
structed for the District of Columbia under
appropriations made by Congress, and may
likewise cause 70 be done by day-labor such
ether municipal works in said District as
in the judgment of the Commissioners it
nay be IN the public interest to do in that
H&Hner- Every business man will at once
appreciate the qualities of this bill: it gives
TO the Commissioners a power that should
always have been vested in them and 1t
promises to the people Of Washington gen.
orally better and more truly economical
government. The House of Representa-
uVes will do the right thing if it makes a
Ia FsOf this bill before adjournment comes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05

Any attempt to pin Mr. Mckinley down
to what he said years ago On the money
question years 9go might be considerably
weakened by pointing to Secretary Car
Isle TO impress the fact that a man may
Change his mind
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-14
TRACK AND TRAIN.

Engineers Brown and Lowe are on the
| off list.
Brakeman John Quiglsy Is laying of,
to-day.
Brakeman Thornton was put on a regu-
lar crew with Conductor Hubbard.
Master Mechanic Taylor's wife was sud
denly called to Caldwell, Kansas by the
illness of her sister.
The coal business on the Atchison ID
quite lively at present. From the mines
at B~lossburg, Starkvills and Cerriilos
about $50 cars are loaded. each day. The
Southern Pacific is taking forty cars per
day from the Blossburg mines.
A large contract has been let by the
engineering department of the Atchison
to the American bridge works. OF Chicago.
The contract calls for the construction OF
sixty eight bridges, the3work on which, is
to commence early in the spring. Eleven
of the sixty eight bridges are to be iron
through bridges, forty-one iron girder
bridges, and sixteen iron eye beam span
bridges. The majority OF the sixty-eight
itokOo III W 10 "A = Vh - Shl-
cago division of the road, at points be-
tween Kansas City and Chicago.
A stock run, from Pueblo to Kansas City,
a distance of 635 miles, was made In
twenty one hours and twenty seven min.
utes, on the Atchison recently, no other
line has as yet come within that limit Of
speed between these points, in hauling .
stock train of similar tonage,-that Is a
speed of thirty miles an hour Including all
stops and delays In transit. Such time Is
possible because there is a system and
discipline built up on the Atchison that is
as near perfect as may be. The humbIest
employee, as well as the highest official.
SCENE to be at all times enlivened with a
sense of Importance In maintaining q
routine that carries with 1t safety and dis
patch.
Miss Pullman, who receives $4,000 per
year for furnishing names for Pullman
cars, has selected for the new equipment
of sleeping and dining cars on the Iron
Mountain line the following remarkable
names: Dining car, Quantzintecomatin
s~leepers, Chililitli and Nezahualcoyati.
Assistant General Passenger Agent Payne
wired General Passenger Agent Townsend
as follows, last evening: Especial train,
with delegation of doctors en- route to Pam
American congress arrived at Little Rock
thirty minutes late, caused by DIR. John
son, Of Washington, and Dr. Reed, Of Gin
c%innati, who insisted on performing an
operation on the name Of our dining car.
1t is very successful and everybody feels
much relieved.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-14
personal pENCiLrNGs.


Juan sautIstevan is in the city from
Taos, to-day.
Luis A. q. de Baca, OF Union county, Is
In the city to-day.
Antonio Garcia, wife, and son 5extro,
are In the city from Sapello, to-day.
Charles Ilfeld is expected to arrive from
New York City, tomorrow evening.
H. y. Short. general auditor OF the Atchi-
son, was a through passenger on No. l last
evening.
Venceslado Lobato, of Union county, Is
10 the city as a juror and gave this Office a
pleasant call. \
II. A. Harvey is In the city to-day to
vouvvy mr.. anu MRS. W. i. Tnompsou W
Mount Aspen.
X. B. Schoonmaker and Will Schultz
will make q farewell autumn trip to the
mountains tomorrow.
Max Nordhaus will leave on an indeh-
mite visit TO his parents In Westphalia,
Germany, Wednesday next. 3.
J.. Francisco Chavez, of Valencia county,
10 in the city, presumably on the mission
on which I. B. Catron failed. z
Joe Dohertv. Miss M. j. Doherty, Mora;
W. A. Evans, Lebanon, Kentucky: Frank
Kimball, are registered at the Plaza hotel.
John and E. e. Hunter, Deadwood, g..
d.; N. e. Hall, Chicago; Joe Erwin, 81.
Joe Juan Santistevan, Taos ARE stopping at
the Harvey house. I.
John Connors, Oil City Lucino Salazar
Frank Vigil, Tito Melendez and Aisselio
Chavez, Mora, are late arrivals at the
at the Central hotel.
J. u. Kutz has arrived from Warsaw,
Indiana, to make Las Vegas his future
home. He viii engage in heating and
sewerage contracting.
W. H. Evans, a merchant of Lebanon,
Ky, is In the city, with the intention OF
locating here, IL the town, climate and
people are up to bis expectation.
Mrs. John G.. Wagner Ind bright little
boys aud Mrs. Chas. F. Myers, of Albu.
querque, a sister Of Mrs. Wagner, will ar
rive in this city from st. Louis this even
ing.
F. J. Minroy, Fl. Collins; Luis A. c. de
Baca and Juan Tenir Baca, Union county
Robert Martin, Engle, N. H., and Il. W.
Brownell, TT. Collins, are guests at the
New Optic. a
Charles F. Myers, of the firm of e. J.
Post & Co., Albuquerque, and OF Wagner
& Myers, of this city, is expected up, to-
morrow. accompanied by George Camp
field, bookkeeper of the first named firm.