The San Francisco call., 1898-06-23
COLLECTED IN
 THE CORRIDORS

Leonard Coates of Napa is staying at the Grand.
 ". Faul1 of Angels and wife are guests at the Russ.
 G. w. Harney of Marysville is staying at the Grand.
 L. R. Sargent of sargents station is stopping at the Occidental
 w. P. Thomas, prominent attorney of Ukiah, is at the Grand.
 BIT. K. Preston, secretary of the lone School, is stopping at the Grand
 Mrs J. D. Spreckels and family have gone to Coronado to spend few weeks
 Captain, John K Jeffery and H. B. Jef- fiery of Chicago are registered at the FaI- ace.
 H. H. Sylvester of the United States Geological Survey is registered at the Oc- cidentaI.
 H. M. La Rue of Sacramento arrived yesterday to attend the meeting of the Railway Commission.
 MT. and Mrs J. Tobin are up from Burlingame for a few days. They are stopping at the Palace.
 Fl. w. Lake, manager of the Baldwin Hotel, has returned from a tour of the southern summer resorts.
 N. a q son of the South Z A TRAIN THAT verv yfT rIglgT bugv i9 man 4 HAD A JAG. 9 during working z hours and at An,AAnAAAnM<s.9 times the pres
 sure of not Knowing what to do with a network of trains furrows his brow into the proverb- ial washboard. However busy he may be he never loses his ingrained suavity of manner or his instinctive pohteness, though disturbed when his work sits hardest upon him. AS the master of transportation the movement of the sol diers comes under his surveillance as soon as they are put upon Southern Pacific lines. The Red Cross Society knows this and at the main office where women con gregate. vfeing with one another to anne liorate the natural hardships of the sol dier's life. MT Richardson is a special favorite. Never does he fail to answer the telephone when information is re- quired concerning the arrival of trains bearing soldiers The other day he was called up by the Red Cross Society and, to his surprise heard a voice that be- longed unmistakably to man. The fol- lowing long-range conversation took place:
 Voice-Would you please tell me If train No. is on time this evening and how many soldiers there are on it?
 Richardson-No. 2 has a jag. Twelve.
 voice-What's that? A jag? How can a train have a jag? Do you mean that 1t is twelve hours late?
 Richardson-You don't understand, my dear man. Why, nothing is simpler. No. 2 is on time with small load of twelve soldiers.
 And the voice had to explain to the la dies present
 Joseph R. Ward, U. S. N., and wife ar rived from Vallejo yesterday and are stopping at the Occidental
 John Breuner of Sacramento has recov- cred from a recent illness, and will re- main at the Palace prior to his departure for Sacramento.
 Mrs. E. K Stevenot, secretary of the local Red Cross Society at 16 Post street. has gone to the mountains on we'll earned vacation.
 J. M. Studebaker, the well-known manufacturer of farming implements, has returned to this city after short visit to San Jose.
 Mrs. J. J. Spieker, Miss Georgfe Spieker, Miss Florence Dresbach and Mrs. w. s. Leake left last evening for Highland Springs to spend month.
 Major w. s. Metcalf of the Twentieth Kansas Regiment was presented yester- day with a very handsome pair of field glasses by the citizens of Lawrence, Kans., who are great admirers of the major.
 J. D. Heise, the crack shot and cham pion of the Schuetzen Verein of this city, started for Bremen, Germany, last night. He will stop in New York two weeks to take part in the Schuetzen international shoot in that city