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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11
PERSONAL.

Ri Widney of Los Angeles is at the Palace.
H. W. Crabb, fruitman of Oakville, is reg
istered at the Grand.
Es. Churchill, banker of Napa. is regis
tered at the Palace.
Judge John D. Works of Los Angeles is regis
tered at the Baldwin.
Il. W. Patton, newspaper man OF Los An
geles, is at the Grand
John A. Manley and wife of Victoria are
guests at the Baldwin.
Professor E. Griggs of Stanford University is
staying at the Occidental.
DR.. E. G. Case OF Ukiah is in town. He is
registered at the Baldwin.
Ex-Sheriff Tom Cunningham of Stockton is
registered at the Baldwin.
Nj. Nilsson, of the firm OF Nye & Nilsson of
San Diego, is at the Grand.
]. NJ. Murry, furniture manufacturer of
Minneapolis, is at the Grand.
E. Morgenstein of Morgenstein & Co., Seat
tie, is registered at the Baldwin.
]. P. Treanor, an insurance man of Fruit
vale, is guest at the California.
B. J. Wilson, a real estate dealer of Stockton,
is among the arrivals at the Baldwin.
E. Lang, Portland wholesale merchant, is
among the late arrivals at the Palace.
]. B. Hoyt, a newspaper man of Suisun, Is
one of the recent arrivals at the Grand
DR.. J. B. s Holmes and wife of Atlanta, Ca,
arrived at the Palace yesterday evening.
R. Healy, prominent citizen of San Jose, is
among the arrivals at the Cosmopolitan.
]. r. Grant, a son of the famous general and
ex- President. is staying at the Occidental.
Count de Kergorlay is registered at the Pal
ace. He arrived yesterday from Redding.
j. NJ Lakenan, foundryman of Grass VAL
ley is in town and has a room ut the Lick.
A. s. Millar, a well-known mining man, is
down from Alaska andis staying at the Lick.
Robert c. Nash, formerly private secretary
OF Senator Stanford, is staying at the Calitor-
mia.
John T. York, City Attorney of St. Helena,
is down from Napa. He is registered at the
Lick.
Sheriff U. S. Gregory of Amador County is
down from jackson and is registered at the
Grand.
JK. Harrington, a civil engineer and poll
tieian OF Santa Barbara, is staying at the
Grand.
Miss Alice Harmon arrived in the City yes
erday from Montgomery, Ala, and is q guest
at the Cosmopolitan.
A. C. Scanlin of ST. Louis, NO., arrived from
the East last night with his wife and regis
tered at the Baldwin.
]. L. Chaddock, who is engaged in the dried
fruit trade at Fresno, is registered with his
wife at the California.
]. B. Kelly and wife, from San Luis Obs DO,
who are visiting the City at present, are stay
ing at the Cosmopolitan.
F. ]. Wheeler. the Great Northern Railway
agent at Vancouver, is paying San Francisco a
visit with his wife. They are registered at the
Occidental.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Manly and Lloyd A.
Manly, tourists from Great Falls, Mont. are
staying at the Baldwin. They recently left
British Columbia.
large party arrived in the City yesterday
from Portland, Or, viz: Joseph Manning,
William Dorning, John McCartan, James
Tonor and George Yolnard. All are staying at
the Cosmopolitan.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11
PERTINENT INQUIRIES.

The resolutions adopted by the San Jose
Board of Trade ON Friday evening in
regard to the improvement of Alvise
harbor are in the fullest sense pertinent
to the Senatorial contest now before the
Legislature. The people OF San Jose have
long desired the General Government to
make certain improvements at Alviso, and
have worked earnestly to that end. They
have not found, however, the support from
our Senators which they were entitled to
expect, and as a consequence their local
efforts have hitherto been in vain.
The San Jose people do not resort to any
indirection in dealing with the matter,
nor hesitate TO point out the exact place
where the blame lies. One of the resolu-
tons adopted by the Board of Trade
declares "the need of an able and energetic
representative in the United States SEN
ate--one familiar with the needs of this
and all other sections of the State, and
who will be prepared at all times to
champion the right of the people against
any antag onistic influences"
The Stare Board OF Trade, the Cham Der
of Commerce in this City and similar
bodies in all parts of the State might well
and appropriately indorse these reso.u-
tions. Almost every city OF note in Cali
fornia has experienced the neglect of our
Senators in regard to its claims for public
improvements by the Government, and in
San Francisco and some others the neglect
has been carried to an extent which argues
a total indifference to public duty.
1t cannot be urged in defense of Senator
Perkins that he has been rendered forget
full of local interests by reason of his de-
votion to great National questions. He has
taken no part in the debates OF the Senate
on large issues any more than on small
ones, and has been as indifferent to the
Nation at large as TO his own State.
So com plete blank is the record of the
services of Senator Perkins at Washing
ton, that when it is asked what has he
done, the question is regarded as some
thing of an insult to his supporters. He
asks for reelection on anything except his
record. His advocates assert he has a fine
sense of humor, but they do not claim
that he has any sense OF legislative duty.
Therefore all inquiries as to what he has
done in the Office to entitle him 10 the
votes of legislators, are either evaded or
scoffed at.
However the advocates of Senator Per-
kins may rIdicuie the idea of merit having
anything to do with the selection of SEN
ator, it is nevertheless the duty of Iegis-
lators to inquire into the merits of candi-
dates. A man who has been intrusted
with an important Office must give some
account OF his stewardship. What has
Senator Perkins done in the Senator In
what way has he employed such abilities
as he possesses?
As was SAID by the San Jose Board of
Trade, there is need of an able, energetic
representative in the United States Senate.
If Senator Perkins is such a man he can
surely point to something he has done or
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11
J. J. pIERsoN.

contains entries as far back as 1860. The
most recent of consequence is that of Ii Hung
Chang.
Possibly the oldest woman in England Is
Sarah Thomas, who on February will be 100
years of age. Mrs. Thomas has smoked clay
pipe for sixty years and bids fair to enjoy life
and tobacco for some years to come.
Henri Rochefort derives an income of $780,
900 yearly from PIntransigeant. The Debats
reproaches him with socialism and with CIV
ing no benefit to his employees. 1t is believed.
however, that NJ. Rochefort is exceedingly
generous to political refugees and he spends
carelessly.
One of the valuable relics intrusted to the
care of the grand master of Massachusetts, Ma
sons is "the Washington urn small golden
urn containing lock of General Washington's
hair. Mrs. Washington presented the lock to
the Grand Lodge in 1900, and Grand Master
Paul Revere made the urn.
Boxes of tin soldiers play most important
part in the lie of young Hohenzollerns, and
the battles they hear of in their history les
sons are all fought over again with great zest
and yigor. Waterloo is their favorite conflict,
because" they are told, England would
never have won the day if Butcher and the
Prussians had not come to help"
recent Iamlly council OF the menu erS OF
the houses of Savoy and Orleans has succeeded
in inducing the Duke and Duchess of Aosta to
abandon their intention of an immediate sep
aration. The Duke of Aosta is the eldest
nephew of the King of Italy and the Duchess
is the daughter of the late Count of Paris and
a sister of the Duke of Orleans.
One of Ithe early Duchesses of Marlborough.
the Duchess Henrietta was passionately at
tached to Congreve, the playwright, who, for
long time, dined at her table daily. When
he died, in 1923, the Duchess had life-sized
image made exactly resembling the dead dra-
matist, and this efhgy, SO the gossips said, was
always placed on the seat formerly filed by
Congreve himself.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11
UNRELEN ING.

walked with my friend of an earlier time
Whose guidance strive to heed;
VINO checks my spirits that lightly climb
In praise of some modern deed
There no great men," he assures me Oft
''Like those that We know of yore
The senate and stage have completely doifed
The glorieS that once they wore.
'The pictures they paint" saws my mentor, grim.
Are patches devoid OF art,
And the girls are no longer demure and trim
Like the girls VINO ensnared my heart.
And the tales read alj the songs we sing
Are reflections of other days;
The halos which genius, extinct may fling
Ger posteTity's books and lays"
SO thought to beguile him with other themes
And spoke of The ight that shone
Where the West afiame viii h the suns last beams
Proclaimed that the day had flown.
Unsmiins. 10 watch the scene he stood;
Its radiance brought no Joy
ats fair" said he, ''but it's not as good
As they gave US when L a boy"
Washington Star
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11
COAST EXCHANGES.

p In opening its fifty-ninth volume the Placer
vile Mountain Democrat takes occasion to re-
mark, with some show of honest pride, that
"the press from which its holiday compliments
were first issued came around the Horn to
Monterey in 1S48, and thence to Placerville in
1851. 1t was the beginning of what is now,
aside from the metropolitan press, one of the
best equipped printing offices in Northern
California. The Democrat is thus thechild and
champion of what was and is the mother
county of the State. Coming down from the
early fifties to the outgoing nineties, with
pride of place intensified by precedence in
time, and not always sharing in the prosperity
it has promoted, it has been loyal and true to
its city and county,
The Sonora Union Democrat says that the year
1896 witnessed much industrial advance
ment in Tuolumne County. 1t was the mos
prosperous year since the decline in mining
TWEEN ty-five years ago, and to the uncoverlng
of rich treasure beds during the past two
years can be attributed the unprecedented
growth of the county in population and in
business and building enterprise. 1.-THE growth
has been healthy, substantial one, not in
hated by boomers from boomland, but steadily
keeping pace with the actual developments
and rich discoveries in our mines. 1t has been
a growth founded on merit-by q knowledge
that the ore bodies beneath our territory are
OF such character and magnitude that thou
sand stamps can be kept continually dropping
with great profit for century TO come, and
then there would still remain all inexhausti-
BILE supply that could be probably worked,
and will be, with the advent OF still cheaper
modes of reducing ore.''
The Los Angeles Times annual, issued jan
uary 1, was magnificent newspaper of forty
eight pages, with illuminated cover, replete
with matters of interest, historical, literary
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

THE contest of Samuel M.
ShOrtridge for the Senate has
been clean. He has neither
viIified his opponents nor
sought the aid of those who
delight i'm viIificatiOn. He has
appreciated the dignity of the
high office TO which ne aspires
and has so conducted himself
i'm seeking 1T as 10 prove him
self deserving to attain it. He
has not asked the support of
the unworthy and has mot re-
ceiyed lit. His friends have not
found it necessary TO assail
other candidates i'm order TO
promote his election. They
have not maligned honest men
nor accused legislators fseek-
ing brides. They ask the cleo
ton of Mr.. ShOrtridge to the
Senate because he has snerited
the honor and because from
the record of his life they can
give assurance that when an
account is asked of his stew
ardship ne Will be able 10 show
service dome for his State and
for the Nation, for his party
and for the people, which will
render him as hOnOred i'm Office
as he has been honorable i'm
seeking it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

John ]. Pierson, the Sgallery-gods' ideal vii.
lain. is in town. What is more, he is booked
for season at the Grand opera-house, the
scene of a series of triumphs when Mr.. Pierson
was the best-hated man in San Francisco.
Pierson is a man of fine physique. Well
shaped head tops a pair of splendid square
shoulders. He has q determined 1ace' with
piercing eyes, that enable him TO 90 wicked
deeds with directness ana an appaIeu
fendish delight that often had disastrous
results.
The boys from the gallery got into the naolt
of Glazing for' Pierson at the stage door after
the show They had not been able to exhaust
their wrath at his intense villainy IN misses
and hoarse yells in the theater, So they nlieu
their pockets with stones, which they let ny d.
him as he went into the street. When they
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

foreign navies aggregating 155,S49 tons,
377,9S0 horsepower, and over $53, 100000 in
value.
fine record was made at the Portsmouth
dockyard last month, when from Monday
morning to Saturday noon thirty-one armor
plates, averaging fifteen tons each, were put
in place on the hull OF the battle-ship Caesar.
HDuring the steam trials of the Powerful the
temperature in the stokeholds ranged from
70 to 80 degrees. In other vessels fitted with
the ordinary Scotch or tank boiler. the heat is
never below 80, and has gone as high as LAO
degrees.
EThe Turbiana, a torpedo-b boat built at Walls
end-on-Tyne to demonstrate the efficiency of
steam turbine engines, had q trial December
lS and made the remarkable speed OF 1916
knots. The boat is only 100 teet long, 9 feet
beam, and displaees 40 tons.
The Entire Rio, torpedo boat destroyer, built
in England for the Argentine Government,
has arrived at Buenos Ayres, having made the
run from st. Vincent distance of 300 miles,
without calling at any port for coal. This is
the longest run made by any torpedo craft.
BAD luck seems to follow recent French naval
construction. The battle-ship Carnot barely es-
capped serious accident through the timely
discovery OF arrangement of the steering gear
Her boilers were also found to be damaged
and the ship was towed into Toulon for re-
pairs Almost at the same time the Charles
Martial. battle-ship, while undergoing trials at
sea, struck floating spar and damaged one of
her propelers, necessitating return to port.
Prince George, British battle-ship of $4,000
tons which recently completed her trial trips,
made 1852 knots on TO- 464 horsepower dur
ing the eighth natural draught trial, 1873
knots with 1928 horsepower under four
hours forced draught, ana 14.76 on 6185
horsepower during a thirty hours continu-
Gus run, to ascertain her coal cons mption,
which was only 1888 pounds per horsepower
per hour. Her battery, consisting of four IL
inch, six 6-inch, eight 12-pounders ana eight
3pounders (the three latter guns quick fring),
can deliver fire in broadside during five min
utes-16 rounds 12-inch, $50 rounds 6-inch,
400 rounds 12-pounders and 600 rounds of g.
pounders-making a total weight of missiles of
80, 200 pounds or nearly 1874 tons.
The entry of naval cadets in the British navy
is TO be changed and goes into effect at once.
The object is to gradually raise the age of en-
try and to shorten to some extent the period
of training on the Britannia. Cadets will
hereafter be entered three times year instead
of twice, as hitherto, and the appointments
will be dated from January Is, May 15 and
September Is, at which dates the limits of
ages for 1897 will be: January Is and May
10, 1312 to 10 years; September Is. 1917
10 1914. For the entry on January Is,
1898, Inc limits VIII be Ia to 151%. There are
10 be three terms of about thirteen weeks each
year, and the period of training on the Brit
ANNA will extend over four terms. The period
of service as naval cadet aiioat is to be eight
months, making t. he time from entry to eligi-
bility for promotion five years, against six
years in this country.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

at least tried to do. A full report of the
proceedings of the Senate is kept for him
IN the Congressional Record. Is there no
single line in that publication to which
his supporters can point with pride or at
least with satisfaction? Has he made no
effort whatever on behalf of California
To these and similar questions Republican
legislators should demand an answer. 1t
would be folly to re-elect a man who,
after having been tried IN office, has
shown himself inferior to his opportuni-
ties, ineffective In his work and recreant
to the trust repossd in him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11
I" CHANGE" ON STRRETCARS.
Minneapolis .fournaI.

Minneapolis Journal.
After eight years of litigation the New YORK
Court of Appeals has decided that streetcar
conductor Cannot be required to change SIS
bill. and that 81 bill is the limit The de-
cision is based upon the reasonable theory
that to compel the conductor to change large
bills would oblige him to carry large amount
OF money and virtually to engage in the bush
ness OF banking, which would distract his at
tention from proper oversight of his cars
and passengers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11
THE SENATORIAL CONTEST.
San Francisco News Letter.

The contest now on in Sacramento over
the choice of the United States Senator
should attract the attention and interest
of the people of California TO an unusual
degree on account of the elements which
enter it and the lines upon which it is be-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

blaekmail and bribery will go hand in hano Id
determining their choice of Senatorf
This is the question THE CALL asks, In DiacA
type and it is pertinent question too. liners
is no more reason of charging Mr.. Shortrldge
friends with using money in the Senatorial
campaign than there is IN charging ferAlns
friends with using money in the November
election Perhaps not so much
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Kaiser Wilhelm's jubilee cup. to be raced Tor
by British yachts next summer on the occa'
sion of his grandmother's reign OF Sixty years,
is three feet high. The course OF the race Will
be from Dover to Heligoland.
Perhaps as fine an autograph album as exists
is the visitors book at Hawarden, wherein the
names of Gladstone's guests are recorded. 1t
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

Having been trained in the public
schools of the State and having rendered
service TO them as a teacher, no man in
California is in closer touch with the great
body of men and women who have been
educated in those schools than Samuel M.
Shortridge. He shares their pride in CALI
fornia as well as their National patriotism,
and in the United States Senate will give
utterance to their sentiments and main
taip their welfare.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

leave san Francisco every Wednesday, via Rio
oaa Aio ana Rock Island railways. Through
tourist sleeping-cars to CHICAGO md Roston NO.
sger ana porters accompany these excursions to
session For tick cts. sleepIng-car accomm odation,
and further information. address Clinton Jone.
General agent Rock Island Railway 80 Monr
gomery street. san Francisco
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11
A PERTINENT QUESTION.
Rakersfield Californian.

What do the Republican members of the
Legislature think of rhe Examiners reiterated
insult TO them in its oai1y suggestion of
sack" At the capital and OF the likelihood that
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11
NEWSPAPER PLEASANTLY.

Patient--I am convinced that Death, after
all, is the best physician.
Ductor-Why SO?
Patient-Because he pays only one visit
Judge.
Doctors wife-Have you told Mrs. Blank
that her baby is deaf and dumb?
Old doctor-Not exactly; but have told
her that if the little girl grew up and married
her husband would be devoted to her.-spare
Moments.
Boggs' old friend-Great heavens, mani Do
l find you reduced to playing cornet on the
street corner to make living?
Boggs-I amt doing this to make q living
MY wife won't let me practice in the house.
London Tit-Bits.
Doctor-Yes examined your son carefully,
and am convinced that his condition is en-
tirely due to climatic influences. You ought
to send him to warmer Climate.
Parent-Why, doctor, hats absurd. Ever
since he's had bicycle he has done nothing
else but scorch.-Boston Courier.
Now, Thomas" said the teacher, "write me
a sentence in which the words pine and butter
nut are used"
And Thomas wrote: ''Tha fellow felt al
mighty tough, when him his best girl cut.
First he thought he'd pine away. and then he
thought he'd butternut."-Detroit Journal.
Bereaved-Well, doctor, now that the inter-
val permits nv speaking calmly OF my hns-
bands demise, am prompted to ask you
your confirmed opinion as TO the cause of his
death.
Doctor-A complication of diseases, madam.
Bereaved-Ahi That was like him. He al
ways was versatile in everything.
Dispatch.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

CORONA Do.-Atmosphere is perfactly dry .o,,
end mild. BEING entirely free from the mists com
mon further north. Round-trip tickets. by steam.
ship, including fifteen days board at The hota Ie
Coronado, $65: longer stay So So per day. Appls
New Montgomery St.. san Francisco
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11
mrs. winsIow,s Soothing svruD,,

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

"Wen." said the casual caller. reaec,ivs1v
Grains and people may be late frequently. but
there are some things always on time"
Name them,' replied the snake editor.
wen. the hourglass and the scythe, for
example."-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers
business houses and public men by the Press
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

Intelligent Republicans will not miss
the significance of the fact that the chief
opponent of Mr.. Shortridge is Demo-
cratic Doodle organ, whose manager is
known as Long green"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

What has Senator Perkins ever done in
the Senator
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

Judge Daily declares there can be no eau
Gus of less number of persons than are
required to effect the purpose for which
they have gone into caucus. Who dis
putes that propositions.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

Senator Perkins has been tried in the
Senatorship an what does The trial bal.
ance show?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

Hiring a Democratic Doodle sheet to as
sail the honesty of Republican mem bers
of the Legislature may be good way to
hide the defect of the candidate it advo-
Gates, but it does NOT advance his merit
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

Samuel NJ. Shortridge has advocated
and worked for the Republican party in
season and out of season and has merited
the honors of the party by arduous SER
vice in its behalf
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

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