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The San Francisco call., 1899-07-23
ANOTHER
GREAT
EXAMINER
RESCUE.

world its latest effort at rescue and the
alienation of human suffering. They say
that while they cannot help applauding
the noble self-abnegation that has always
characterized that conservative ana nom
sensational publication, of fireside fiction,
yet in justice to itself it should make
known to the public its heroic efforts in
behalf of those unfortunate hill tribes
who, amid the mountains of Belvedere,
have been undergoing all the awful suf-
ferings of prolonged thirst.
The story of the drought, of the demon
stration against Coop of the hardships
endured and the fortitude displayed by
the residents of the Sahara of the Pacific,
who for days subsisted with nothing over
their heads but a roof, and nothing around
them to drink but hard and soft liquor,
has already been told in these columns.
Here is the story of the Examiners latest
rescue.
Among the curious things incident to
Belvedere is one of those wonderful in
sects catalogued by naturaiists under the
general head of Special Commissioners
and ambassadors Extraordinary of the
Daily Examiner"
When the water famine came he saw
his chance, and standing upon the high
est mountain top he, like Moses of old,
promised to find for them paradise and
water in the desert
ambassador, awakening from his slumber,
proceeded to the top of his house and
gaZed into his tank. He found Ii as dry
as the columns of his own paper Swear
ing softly to himself, he took the boat for
this city, his head sunk upon his breast
with the weight of the stupendoub scheme
his brain was evolving. Arriving on this
side he proceeded to his paper, where
a special meeting of the heads OF the de-
partments was called while he unfolded to
them his massive idea. They listened and
were overcome by its magnitude. But
what can stop the Examiner when rescue
is the slogan?
The idea was adopted and a short time
afterward a sprinkling cart filled with
clear, cool water and drawn by two mag
nificent horses was seen to go on board
the Tiburon boat. 1t arrived at the other
side and, guided by the Extraordinary
ambassador, it proceeded to his house.
There it halted while he mounted to the
roof and again gazed into the tank Be-
hold 1t was filled to the brim with
water.
The explanation is simple. Water has
been running in Belvedere for days. He
simply did not know enough to turn on
the cock. The Examiner has a watering
cart and a span of horses it will give
away TO the next person who will send in
a prepaid subscription for one month.
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in the city yesterday and went to N.
Lick.
Arthur L. Levinsky, leading lawvs,
of Stockton, is guest at the Palace
!. Iarg GsE Matt heYSqf Angels Camp +.
among the late arrivals at the Grand
Dr T.. A. Mclean has come down from,
Sacramento and is staying at the Grand
Miss Ada. Wyckoff of Lorin has left for
Boulder Creek to spend several weeks
e Sabachi, a capitalist of Los angeles.
is one of the recent arrivals at the Grand.
Edward Skinford, one of the leading at
tornevs of Colusa, is guest at the Lick.
r F. Jackson, a well-known and popu-
1ar hotel man of Hot Springs, Ark, is a
guest at the Palace.
G n Sterry, counsel for the Southern
Pacific at Los Angeles, is at the Palace
with his wife and family.
r. p. Elliot, a lucky miner from Daw-
son. is at the Palace. He arrived yester-
day from Seattle by train.
Daniel f. Hayes, the Prison director,
returned last night from a IMP " pol-
som. He is at the Occidental
C. A. McElfesh, a prominent member OF
the order of Foresters in Los Angeles Is
among the late arrivals at the Grand.
Lieutenants : B. Putnam, ]. ]. Hau-
ser and ] G. Leefe were among yester-
dav's army arrivals at the Occidental.
H P. Anderson, a lucky prospector VINO
has returned from the Klondike, is
guest at the Palace, where he arrived
last night.
w D. Long, the well known theatrical
man, has returned from his recent vlslt
to New York and is registered at the
Occidental.
Frank Madison, grand president Of the
Native Sons. is up from Santa Cruz on q
visit of pleasure and business. He is reg
istered al the Grand.
DR.. c. I. Fletcher of Indianapolis ana
DIR. C. P. Mcconnell of Chicago are regis
tered at the Grand Mrs. Mcconnell &C
companies her husband.
Jay w. Adams, Pacific Coast agent for
the Nickel Plate lines, has returned from
his recent trip to Los Angeles, and is reg
istered at the Occidental.
John Rodgers. a mine owner OF Chicago,
who Is interested in large and valuable
mineral properties all through the West.
is at the Lick on business trip to the
Coast
Professor John ]. Donovan Of Santa
Clara College has returned from H. re-
cent vacation which he has been spending
in Boise City, Idaho, and is registered at
the Lick.
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poses to transfer the duty of calling out
street names from the conductor to the
motornlan of street car, whose attention
is not diverted by collecting fares and
making change. In order to make this
duty convenient for the man on the front
platform hinged mouthpiece. is fixed to
the under side of the car roof on the end
of a tube leading into the interior of the
car. He has only to call out the street
as it is approached, and his words are car
ried into the middle of the car, where
every one can hear them. When it hap
pens that this particular end of the car
is being used by the conductor the mouth
piece is turned up but of the way.
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SALES.
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

DtMPLE arrangements have been made tor hold
I l ing the Republican primaries in manner that
1 4 will secure to every member OF the party his
right to cast an honest ballot and have it honestly
counted. That much has been gained by the energy
and the resolution OF the rank and file OF loyal Repub-
hcans in combating the schemes OF wouid-be bosses.
Il IS now time to consider the step that must be
taken toward the accomplishment OF Republican sue
cess at the polls and good administration OF munici
pal atfairs
To assure the nomination of good men II is neces-
sarv the convention should be composed OF men who
are resolved to make such nominations. II Is, there
fore the duty OF Republicans in every Assembly dis
trct TO elect to the convention Of approved worth
and OF known civic as well party loyalty. That IS
the next step in the march to victory and good gov
eminent 1t is the step which must now be arranged
prepared for and made certain.
One of the points to be insisted upon in choosing
delegates is that no Office holder should be among
them OF course ofice-hoders have all the rights OF
other citizens but in this proprety dictates they
should stand aside and if they do not they should be
put aside by the voters The holders of office may
rightly enough take active part in the primaries,
but not one Of them ought to hold seat in the
vention The body that is to represent Repubcanlsm
in nominating candidates for office must be composed
of men who have no personal avors to ask, wires
to pull They must be delegates animated by the sole
OBJECT OF nominating as the CdlluOdlcS VI TIC pdIy
men who can be relied upon be faithful in office to
every duty and responsibility intrusted to them.
Nor is that all. In addition to nominating good
ticket the convention elect body OF energetic,
honest able, reliable a County Committee. 1t
will be Of little avail to nominate strong ticket if the
committee intrusted with the management Of the cam
paign be not equally deserving of public confidence.
Its membership should be carefully considered. No
man suspected with good cause to be servant
ally of woud-bc bosses ought to have place among
the party managers, be intrusted with authority in
the party council during the campaign.
These then the issues before TO elect to the
convention good men, not of whom is Office
holder; to the nomination, first of strong
ticket and second, the selection of trustworthy
County Committee. To attain these desired ends it
will be necessary that the business men, the property
owners the taxpayers and the intelligent workngmen
of the party shall from this time give attention to
their political duties and take active and an earnest
part in the primary elections
The time has come for the better elements of the
people themselves in the management of poll
tics San Francisco start her career under the new
charter with good administration if the people 50
will it. The Republican party has opened the way for
honesty to triumph and if corruption win it will be
solely because the taxpayers have neglected their po
litical opportunities and civic duties.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Caifornia-"The Dancing Girl
Columbia 'Heartsease," Monday night
Orpheur-Vaudevlle.
Beard"
Alcazar-''The New Magdelen.'
Opera HoJse-'Ohvette."
C-hues zoo Free Theator-vAudevile afternoon
and
Olympia, corner Mason Ellis streets-speciaitiss-
Interstate Co.. Market street, Eghth-Bst-
OF Manila Bay.
Baths-SWiu1mfng Races etc.
Parh-Grand performance to-day
Union Coursing Park-Cou--tng to-day.
Recree tfnr Park
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Those who ad-
mire the modesty
and reticence OF
the Examiner are
heaping eulogies
on that sheet for
the dimdence 1t
displays in not
heralding to the
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AROUND THE
CORRIDORS

Lieutenant Frank Watson, U. S. N, is
a guest at the Occidental.
Edwin Tilly, wealthy mine owner OF
Nevada City, is one of those who arrived
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-23

A leading feature of San Franc,sco-
Townsend's California glace fruits: soc 10:
IN fire-etched boxes or Japanese baskets.
bZI Market street, Palace Hotel bldg
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-23

Special information sunnlied daily to
business houses ana public men by the
Fress Clipping Bureau (Allen's), $40 Mont
somegy street. Telephone Main 1042,
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-23
SAN FRANCISCO aND HER LIBRARIES

c AN FRANCISCO is the only American city Of
- metropolitan rank that is i'll equipped with libra
- ries In that respect she is far behind other
large cities OF the Union that any comparisons on the
subject would be odous to her people That much IS
well known and understood, and has been the desire
of many of the earnest leaders of the intellectual
life of the city to bring about better condition OF
affairs.
The desired end is not mpractcable nor even diff
cult of solution, and if it be sought in the right way
and by the right may be accomplished within p
time comparatively short.
The key to the situation is the Mercantile Library
with its handsome building, its valuable collection OF
books, its heavy mortgage and its location out Of
reach of the class OF people to whom such library
appeals. If the Mercantile Library could be conso-
dated with that Of the Mechanics Institute there
would be at established large downtown library
of the first class with patronage sufficient to main
tain and to develop it into OF the foremost OF its
kind in America The Mercantile Library building
could be sold for sufficient to pay the debts OF
the institution so that the consolidation would impose
no burdens on the Mechanics Institute.
Nor is that all. 1t is we'll known the Free Public
Library is not only nconvenently but inadequately
housed at the City Hall The Mercantile Library
building is in a good situation for the Free Public
Library and if purchased by the city would furnish
it needs for its books and its work.
There are, OF course, sentimental objections to
breaking up the Mercantile 1t is the Oldest library
the city, has history of which its supporters are
Justly proud and it is natural many of them should
hesitate to dsestablish it Such considerations, how
ever are well supported by by right
respect for the object of the founders of the nsu
ton The pioneers established it for the purpose OF
providing San Francisco with a great subscription
library that would be Of to her scholarship, her
culture and her general education. Such their OBJ
ect and events have brought it about that the object
can be attained much better by union with the Me
chanics Institute than by maintaining the Mercantile
as a separate institution.
San Francisco requires two libraries, free and
public the other maintained by subscription; the one
centrally located and distributing its books through
subordinate reading in different parts of the
city the other located downtown where the business
OF the community is carried and readily accessible
to its patrons during business hours or during the
evenings. The Institute Library is ideally situated
for the uses of business It is just where such
library should be- while the Mercantile is of the
way 1t is at the Institute Library therefore, the
great subscription library should be built up. BY as
ssting in that work the object of the founders Of the
Mercantile can be best carried out a speedy reaza-
ton and San Francisco be supplied with library
worthy Of her rank among the cities of the republic
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CAL1FoRN1ANs IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, July 22.-W. A. Mears
of San Francisco is at the National; E.
o. Hadley of Oakland is at the st. James.
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There must be mistake in the dispatch from
Montevideo that announces the presence Of the
United States gunboat Wilmington off the mouth of
the Platte River. 1t cannot be that Bill Bryan has
sncaked into South America
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-23

No doubt Mr.. Chambers can keep up a reasonable
degree Of courage down at Samoa by saying to him
self and again that the President does
want his resignation of the Chief Justceshp, but let
us give pause Is it OF record that the President has
ever been asked?
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-23

bearded lady in New York is afflicted with dis
ease the particular manifestation of which consists of
4 swelling OF the head and hands. Physicians can
readily understand how the ability raise whiskers
would swell the head OF any woman, but they cannot
for the life OF them see how it would puff her hands
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-23

The proprietor of hotel at Suisun caught man
the other day in the of stealing his cash register
The fellow explained that it joke, but the hotel
still Of the opinion that if he had stopped
him, the joke would have been carried too far.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-23

Lombroso, the great crimnologist, who has been
making long-distance study of Lieutenant Hobson
OF the Merrimac, is inclined to the belief that the
.ung naval hero is the greatest of all kissing bugs.
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NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE
PERRY LJJKENS s5R Tribune Building
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Superstitious people will hail with delight the news
that trust has been formed control the opal mines
Of Mexico. No will object to a corner in bad
1,,1t,
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CHICAGO NEWS STANDS.
EhSrxnAn House; o. News Co.. Great Northern Hotel
fremont House; Auditorium Hotel
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NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE
&C. CARLTON. Herald Square
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NEW YORK NEWS STANDS.
A. BrentsnA q Union sQua<ei
Murray Eun Hotel
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Cotton was quiet. but sentiment was generally
bulhsh and prices advanced. Liverpool adv!ces
were better than had been xpected. there
foreign buying here and shorts covered Further;
continued fair weather is predicted during the next
thirty six hours. Advices from that State reported
further serious damage and the latest Texas State
and dry, with local hot winds in the interior. The
rainfall Tor the week Was very light, being insuhi
cent to prove of benefit to YruwlnH crops except
in af.w localities over the southeastern portion of
Vhc drought continued in most sectons No rain
Of any 'nsequence has fallen In some portions Of
the state since the early part OF July and the con.
T TSteT for stock is Te.nE SGafGe IN zone ;eoti9ns
n conAenaus Of opinion among tho correspondents
that the drouGh has seriously intured the crop and
ported two three weeks only fair crop is
Indicated Many eIortplAnt shedding leaves squares
and the plant has stopped growing and fruIting in
some sections. tits reported from some localities
na Of crop aea% ON
in wIliamson and rev other COUNTIES Boil xeevil
n few places ent ke:e pest. are not general Tho
rapidly and picking is being rushed. Cotton whore
picked is not turning ont a. we'll a. WAS expected
some sectious 1t is reported that good ra n would
improve late cotton but would be ofvery little any
The Houston Post estimates they teld in Texas at
ALSO 900 bales. Some unofficial advices today
many operators here contend that rains at the
present time would do more harm than good. On
ern and Wall street operators. but prices reacted
only slightly. DALLAS. Tex. Aug 22.-"6till dry
ouslv DAMAGED. Don't think rain would help any
now. We hear from north Texas that top OF plant
tie top crop after this"
WACO. Tex. ,Aua 22.-"Drought continues and crop
deteriorating. Weather extremely hot"
C0FFEE-Rio tho spot dull at bhsc. for No Z.
No sales. Futures were generally unchanged closing
| steady. Sales 1000 bags Havre and Hamburg
were unchanged American warehouse deliveries
1879 bags. Rio was weak. but prices and ex-
change were unchanged. receipts, IL, 900; stock,
Bls 900. Santos was iunohangsdi receipts Al 900;
stock 900 900 Prices here as folloMs
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Pn,i.d.iph,a Uiosi,s ouet.tion..

Bid. lSted BID Lsked.
Camb Steel o9h 23N Psnn r n. 67N 90
C.ohaa l3E "a Pa Nj LAP 27k 27N
c.oGGp. 40 4eh Phila Trac sok eoK
ELCofA 2oh 2oA Onion Trao Ala AIN
\ Bat las $50 10 Co... COZ ITO
Ep Bat pf.l6O 100 wNY6P. IN N
E&RT A,lolk Wells l. Co. 6oh 81
LehV RR 27h 27Hwels Co, o. l2
Narsden.. =. I'm l7N Wells O. p. can
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The receipts Of the Government to-day were:
Customs. S563.147: internal revenue, $SS2.
s27 miscella an eous sir. oiS total Of 81, 452,-
9e2 The disbursements were SS05.OOo an
s55cses OF receipts over .sxpenditures OF
date have been $S7, 093; the expenditures
$sS. 81 ,oo0. an excess OF expenditures over
receipts Of SIC. 51l .09S.
The official count OF caeh In the Treasury to-
day compared with that OF last Saturday shows:
AUGUST 10. AUursr "a.
Gold coin and bullion .s2t5. s6t,77t t24o,t77.7b3
Silver dollars and bullion 5.2i1 ,AoS 4atb.0ao
U. 8. notes ............... 1905. 1oS 17.2os.246
Other assets less demand
liabilities. ............... 5.pt5228 11,o16.ooe
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iINAACIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
SATURDAY, Aug. 26.

SATURDAY. Aug. 20.
There was fair mount OF business in stocks
to-day. and II was unusually we'll distributed
Tho course OF prices. however. was ir-
regular. and net results were about equally
divided between gains and losses. The issu-
anco OF the bank statement was awaited with
interest, and It's appearance was followed
BY O buying movement. IL showed that
the banks had lost $a70300 in cash. An
Increase in loans Of $9056,000 was a re-
Election OF tho larger dealings In stocks.
and proved that the requirements Of specula-
tion could be readily met. An explanation Of
en- increase OF S6.934 100 In deposits Ia found
In the increase IN loans. A decrease OF 81. To3.-
625 In the surplus reserves ia accounted for, OF
course. by the increase In deposits and tho de-
crease in cash. The loss in cash was to the
Federal Treasury.
There were no quotations from London, the
Stock Exchange there being closed. There was
some buying here. however. for foreign account.
with the chief inquiry for Northern Pacific. The
stock that led In the dealings was Atchson
preferred. Still. the large market for 1t did not
result in any improvement in it's price. The
heavy absorption Of this stock has kept up un-
interruptedly for full month. demand for
Union Pacific common sprang up and was ac-
companied ny a report that dividend on IL
might be declared by the directors at their
meeting the coming week. II also was reported
that the dividend on the preferred would be
increased so as to make the rate per cent In
stead OF g. Southern Pacific again was freely
bought, and Northern Pacific likewise was
taken In considerable amounts. Other railroad
Issues for which there was good request were
Chesapeake and Ohio. Chicago. Great Western.
Burlington and Quincy. Rock Island. st. Paul.
Louisville and Nashville. Missouri Pacific. Nor
folk and Western and Reading first preferred.
There was fractional addition to the price Of
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Sugar Refining moved
up In spite OF the talk Of renewal OF hostilites
In tho sugar trade.
As compared with the final prices OF last
Saturday. the majority Of stocks are higher.
Themore important net advances are In Amer
lean Tobacco. TX per cent: Consolidated Gas.
@; Baltimore and Ohio. 81; Northern Pacific.
~; Union Pacific preferred. IL: Kansas and
Texas preferred. Tennessee Coal and Iron and
Union Pacific. 1keach Reading hrst preferred
and United States Leather. is each Continen-
tai Tobacco. IN: Chesapeake and Ohio. ! Mis-
souri, Pacific. y: and Baltimore and Ohio pre-
ferred, y per cent. The noteworthy declines
are in American Sugar Refining. 81 per cent:
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. A.; Manhattan Rail-
way. az: Southern Pacific X, New York
Central and st. Louis Southwestern preferred.
each: Federal Steel preferred. y: American
steel and Wire and Pennsylvania Railroad. Y
eachi Burlington and Quincy and st. Paul. r.;
per cent. each.
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United States and State Bonds dn SIooOs).
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MINING NEWS.

=, A desratch from Victoria, II. @, stntes that
Four iect OF ore has been found In the Grace
Dore. Fort steele district, Ess. KoNtonay. that
asaavs from ID TO 10 per cont nickel
springs and Nav York meo are diving tan
mel IN the Chssapeake 70 omen the vein at a
ne e ore H Of which Sonsiderabie has been tI.
traSted. run on the rock by the Lee stamp
deoTsstown. ,Gol.. 'bTousht sa'5ss: The orc
t sss t Sa.t n! * eight mon in month at
Letters from Deadwood. 8. d.. state that, the
Golden Reward COMPANY is resuminG work on
ore ore G "a FREQ S2 Milling for short distance but be.
comes refractory with depth. Tho COMPANY
SAT- sfs 1 he f1Sn %ss
tons Of ore dai ~, Ore Sssay!hT Is per cent.
A telexram from Butte yesterday reported
that the Katie. which adjoIns the Hope mine.
which is one OF the most compists plants in the
world VIII be IL oneration next week: The
surerintendent is trying to make contract TO
new mill and concentrating machinery Of the
Basin Gold and Copper Mining Company is in
In another column W. B. Harris prominent
mining engineer Of the Vast. gives some inter:
oa H
10 Montana. limited amount Of the treasury
stock OF tho company is offered at LOO per
share for the purpose OF constructing a con-
centratinR plant OF FOO tons daily capacity.
3. q, Moore. general manager Of the Spena-
yuma. and John Gardiner OF Boston. one OF the
large stockholders, returned yesterday from a
personal examination Of the company proper-
ties In the Clark and Black Rock districts. Ariz
They report thirty men at work and everything
looklng well. A new double compartment
working shaft is being sunk on the Moeking
Bird. and drifting will begin at the 100 level
Sorted ore from tn ella I'm runs 500 to the ton
4 ten-foot ledge has been discovered in the
Early Morning claim that runs high In gold
and copper. The resurvey OF the reservoir and
irrigation proposition has Just been COM
pleted. 1t Is claim ed that by filling the reser-
voir once year 10000 horse. power can be OBJ
tanned. and tho same water Ia available for ir-
riRation purposes. The engineers report that
the reservoir can be filed four times year.
MINING MACHINERY CHALMERS,
4h 10 Broadway, New York. manufacturers Of
mining and smelling machinery. Estimates on min
ing. milling and smelling supplies promptly fur.
nishcd.
Nj LINING MACHINFRY-UneIcelled in efficiency.
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