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The San Francisco call., 1899-07-10
STILL A FEW
IDEAS WORTHY
OF IMITATION
Oakland Can Learn of
Other Cities.
TRUTH TOLD BY TOURISTS
CANNOT BUILD a CITY ON
CHEAP POLITICS.
Water Front Treasury the Key to
Which Demagogues and De-
stroyers Will Never
Find.
TRUTH TOLD BY TOURISTS
CANNOT BUILD A CITY ON
CHEAP POLITICS.
Oakland ONCE San francisco call,

Suo bTOdQWdN, j ulE j.
Somewhere I have read. Come let US
reason together" Apparently they obey
this injunction in some places but never
in Oakland. This permanent ignoring of
such sage advice is brought out prom
inently just now by reason of the return
Of a few intelligent Oaklanders from the
East. They have seen something greater
than Oakland, they have noticed few
ideas broader than those prevailing here
and they all tell the same story-God has
done everything; Oakland has loafed
George D. Metcalf is one of these tour
lists. In expressing his ideas he used the
following words:
The most common thought that comes TO a
resident of Oakland VINO appreciates oakland
arI endeaycrs TO compare II with Eastern cltles
Of the same size or smaller, is that Oakland is
beyond all question far richer in natural al
vantages than any of them, but Is poverty
stricken in what her inhabitants have done
for her.
Oakland as a city. from location and sur
roundings ought to be par excellence the mo1t
beautiful in the country, but as matter OF
and is inferior TO many Eastern cities OF one
half its population in all those things that 90
TO make an attractive, progressive, live place
We have all the natural advantages mere but
are woefully lacking in the progressive spirit
Of the age. What Oakland needs more than
anything else is that the people should AWAKEN
not only t. a proper sense and just appreclatlon
of what they have but to the possibilities IN
perfecting what they have.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-10
Mountain Boy a Winner.

SAN JOSE. July e.-Mountain Boy beat
Crosspatch in sthe coursing here to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-10
RAILROAD TRAVEL.

MOUNT TAMALPAIS SCENIC RAILWAY.
Leave San Francisco. via Sausalito Ferry.
Commencing SUNDAY, April %, 1899
WEEK DAYS, $50 a. and 1:45 p m.
Extra trip on Monday, Wednesday and Satur-
day at 5:15 p. m. Returning Same Even
ings, Arriving in S. F. at 11:20 p. m.
SUNDAYS. s. 9. 10 and II a. m and las. 2:3o
and p.
Fare. S. F. to Summit and Return. 81 40.
THOS COOK & SON. Agts.. 621 Market st.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-10

Wild Nora won the match race from
Clan-na- Gael in the straight courses.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-10
Reynolds boWled I VIDE.
CALIFORNIA CRICKET CLUB.
OF BOWLING

Runs at fall of each wicket-One for %. two
for 2S three for 49, four for 46. five for Al six
for A. seven for So eight for So nine for II. ten
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-10
PACIFICS WIN.
CALIFORNIA; Lose a Pennant Match the
First Time This Season.

The hitherto unbeaten California Crick
ct Club met with its first defeat yester-
day on the Alameda ground After send
ing their opponents. the PaCifcs whose
strength lies in batting, to the bat first
and getting them all out for the moderate
total of 81 runs the CALIFORNIA; failed to
reach that number and lost the match by
eighteen runs.
j. Myers and c. SimmOnds went to the
wickets first for the Pacifics and made
so good defense that 40 runs were reg
istered before Myers was caught off
Dickinson. In the next over Simmonds was
out leg before wicket to Dickinson, and
no Cne else made any stand except g.
Theobald 10 and J. H. Harbour 13. Dick
inson bowled successfully throughout,
taking six of the eight Pacific wickets for
an average of not quite six runs per wick
When the CALIFORNIA; went TO the wick
cts z. G. Sloman was run out for "a runs,
and A Dickinson was caught off Harbour
for IL A D. Reynolds made a good stand,
scoring % but he received no support, and
the innings closed for Is runs, nineteen
short of the number necessary for VIC
tory c. SimmOnds bOwled very well,
taking six wiCkets for 26 runs.
There being some little time left after
the conclusion of the CALIFORNIA; inning,
the Pacifics went to the bat again. J.
Myers and c. SimmOnds facing the bowl
ers. Myers was caught after scoring
seven runs. but SlmmondS. on pelng joined
by Coles. scored freely, and at call of time
had IL runs TO his credit. The Pacifcs
thus made a for two wickets in their sec
ond inning. The match, however. was de-
cided on the first innings and ended in
victory for the scarlet and blacks-thetr
first this season. The full scores follow:
PACIFIC CRICKET CLUB-FIRsT INNINGS
J. Myers c Farrell b. Dickinson. on.............. 25
c. Simmonds l. b. W, b. Dickinson. p
c P Coles c. Reynolds b. Dicknson........ 3
G. Theobald c. Thomas b. Reynolds---...... 10
|
H. P G. Gordon not out............-..........
A W Wilding c. Reynolds b. Dickinson-... 1
J II. Sandilands absent .....-....-...-.-...-.-.
W G. Selwood C. Thomas b. Dickinson......
Byes T. leg b. g. wide 1...........-.--...... IL
Total for eight wickets- .....-....-...... 81
Runs at the fall Of each wicket-One for ~.
two for so three for 81 four for 81. five for 81,
81. s. seEen for Sc. elght Tor 81.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-10

Same old thing" every Oaklander no
doubt said when he read these gentle
mems remarks. The expression is sig
nifCant. it is the same old thing, and
just so long as this city permits a Creator
to do all the work and not bear its share
Of the burden it will always be the same
old thing. 1t surely is not too much to
expect that people who have as much in
telligence along ordinary lines as have
Oaklanders should get together and rea-
son once in a while. l do not mean gath
er at an officials house, sample his wine,
eat his turkey and spend two or three
hours debating over the making or break
ing Of a policeman. What is necessary is
that the men who are, perforce, inter-
their money and interests lie. should come
together and reason in the same spirit
and on the same practical basis as would
the partners in a firm regarding any large
mercantile transac ction.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-10
CREEK ROUTE FERRY.

CREEK ROUTE FERRY.
From SAN FRAnClSC0-Foo. o. Market Street fShp S)-
'7:15 900 HOGAN. t13o 200 t3:co
400 t5:co '6:o0r.a.
From OAELAhD-Fool OF DrcadwHy--G:00 800 100oA.M.
1890 loo ta:oo 300 t4:o1 -5:oorM.
COAST DIVISION Bread Gauge).
(Third and Townsend St+.)
s0:IOA Ocean View South san Francisco. '6;30P
s7;OOA San Jose and Way Stations New
Almadcn Wednesdays only ...... eSiOOA
t7y3OA Sunday Excursion for Santa Cruz,
Pncfo Grove ard Principal Way
Stations .,..,............. ts'''oF
8i00A San Jose. Tres PnOs, Santa Cruz,
Pacific Grove rasn Ruhles. San
luis Obispo. Suf. Lompoo and
Principal Way Stations 4:lOP
IO,lo4 San lose nnd WAY Statiors ....... G:y5A
7I:3OA San Jose and Way Statious 80. it30P
"2,45r San Mateo Redwood Menlo Park
Pafo Alto Santa Clara. San ,luse
Hollister, Santa Cruz. Salinas
Monterey and Pacific Grove. 'iO:5OA
sSs30P San Jose. Santa Cruz Pacific Grove
aud PRINCIPAL Way Statious....... '1'3oP
sl:ISP San jose aud Principal Way Stations 9:loA
SCOOP San Jose and Principal Way Stations -s:3oA
5:3OP San lose and Principal Way Stations 'S;0OA
6;:tOP San Jose and Way Stations o;3OP
tii:4JP San Jose nn1 Way Stations. t1;30P
A for Morning Pfor Afternoon
sSunday excepted. Sunday only Saturday only
bSaturdaE aud Sunday. ISunday and Monday
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-10
Total for eight wickets-.:.;...-..
OF BOWLING

Runs at the fall of each wicket-One 70
two for so, three for 81 four for 81. five 70
six for 50. seven for SO, eight for 81
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-10

There is but one thing to make a city
great-work. The only thing that can
bring work to Oakland is the development
of the water front by the establishment of
large industries. For a generation peo-
pie with petty political ideas have sought
to maks capital out of all manner of agi-
ceived in good faith they would have
proved a benefit, but no agitations pro
Iessionally concocted have ever proved
peneft 1t has been the ambition OF every
oemagogue who has had hand In con-
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-10

Another leading man, John L. Howard,
whose ideas are all commercial. expressed
himself a couple of days ago in language
that is as truthful as it is plain He said;
Oakland is the sleeping apartment Of san
Francisco, and it seems as If ii was going -
stay asleep : far branching out CONNER
cialy is concerned. The people show a lack
OF interest in developing che resources Of the
city I know Of no city of a population ct
20. 900 which has the commercial Opportunities
Of this city that has done SO little in that
direction
For example, Oakland is thirty odd years
old and there is only one private wharf at
which ships can land. The city owns two small
piers. and that constitutes the entire list OF
our facilities for doing commerce.
The harbor should be completed The estuary
should be dredged. retaining wall built and
the water front land reclaimed by filling in
with the mud from the dredgi1g.
There is no reason why Cargoes should not
be shipped and landed at this port directly
instead of transferring at San Francisco. as is
done at present.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-10

returned from a larger world than Oak
land. and he voices a few truths as fol-
lows
The prominence given by all the great East
err cities 10 parks and h0ulevards is something
that Oakland might note and initiate with ad-
vantage should like 70 transport our City
Council ard officials and certain taxpayers TO
cities where they could thousands OF people
apparently ample public driveways and breath
ing places, and then have them note the move
meats foot for more of them. A man on the
returning train asked me what / had to show
him in Oakland. / had TO reply nothing. except
that Oakland is q sort Cf park and garden in
itself that nature had done much for while
we as yet have done nothing.
come back though. full Of the highest hopes
for Oakland. We are on the threshold of great
things that I now foresee for our city and sec
ton for fear Of startling people. Still, some
people need startling. There are such people
even in Oakland.
There one OF two practical or specific con-
siderati0ns. besides these general ones. that
bring back 70 Oakland from my hasty trip
through the Eastern cities One is the matter
of bonding a town for public improvements and
for public purposes. Cleveland, not very many
years ago when its population $4,000,
bonded itself for 81 90 900 all of that sum. mind
you, for the purpose Of securing. subsdizing. if
you Will. manufacturers and transportation
lines one site together with quarter Of
n nllion dollars, given outright to a single
manufacturing concern Well, Cleveland now
has twelve great railroads and its population
Is 300 600 Does this look though Oakland
ought TO be afraid OF Mayor Shows modest
million dollar bonding plan?
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-10

It seems foolish, as ii is stale. to repeat
any Of the tremendous advantages that
exist in this city simply waiting for the
public spirit to profit by them. Down on
the water front (Which to any other city
would be a public treasury large grain
firm is now erecting a mammoth ware
house This move should have been made,
speaking progressively, the signal for
big civic demonstration. with bands and
banners and all the legitimate hullaballoo
that modern. wideawake people have of
calling attention to their Importance.
Should this one warehouse prove a sue
cessfuI venture (and the shrewd firm that
IS building il has no doubt satisfied itself
on this poinO, il can only mean one thing
--one by one all the large grain kings of
Port Costa, Benicia and Crockett must
follow suit, and have a warehouse offer
ing the same advantages as their compet-
itor in Oakland. For years shipping men
have debated the possibility of bringing
wharf and rail together at a nearer point
than Port Costa During the last three
years this has actually been done in Oak
land. and yet probably not one person in
a thousand in the State of California is
aware of this fact. At the same time |
venture TO gamble that every town in the
State, and possibly every citizen regards
Oakland as a political bear-garden, with
no higher aims in view than chasing
shadows and quarreling over apparitions
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-10

COAST DIVISION Marrow Gaugc).
Foot OF Market Strcetl
t7s45A Santa Cruz Excursion for Santa
Cruz and Principal Way Stations !S;O01
sII5A Newark Centerville San Jose Felton,.
Boulder Creek. Santa Cruz and Way
s2;I5P Newark, Centervillo. San Jose, New
AlmGden, FELTON,. Boulder Creek
Santa Cruz and Principal Way
Stations ........................ 'IO;5OA
tions. 0:2Oa
b4;l5P Felton, Santa Cruz and Way Sta
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

vain.
But Bernhard is by no means the
first dame to assume the part of the
Dane. Our own Anna Dickinson once
essayed the part with marked success,
and every one who witnessed her inter-
probation of the young prince was
struck by the thorough scholarliness
she displayed in her part. History has
it, too, that Siddons, the old time queen
of tragedy, once played Hamlet at
Bath very, very many years ago, but
owing to certain physical defects Sid
dons never felt at home in tights and
soon gave up the part. Charlotte Cush
man, to come back to more immediate
times, also made certain name for
herself both as Hamlet and as Romeo.
Cushman, with her tall and command
ing features and her expressive face,
fitted we'll the part, but she, too, owing
to the severe criticisms which her es-
says in masculinity aroused, soon drop
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

he's my husbands brother. My hus-
bands dead
well, guess you'd just better take
a West Madison street car and tell the
conductor to put you off at Halsted
street. Your brother-in-law ought to
have told you how to reach him" the
broker said, severely.
Eyes, that's So Thompson added.
'It's beastly hot weather to be going
around Juggling heavy baby"
The little woman made no attempt to de-
fend her brother-in-law, but moved I'M
easily on her feet A young woman and
messenger boy halted to see what was go
ing on. The baby now began to scream
and the little woman looked more woe-be-
gone than before Come on" said the
broker. I'm put you on a Madison car if
you'll come with me. Just over on the
other corner
But my brother-in-law said that the BIZ
jou was down town. He told me that"
she repeated
But it isn't down toWn-its over on the
west side" Thompson said triie impa-
tiently. He appealed to the young woman
who affirmed that the theatre was located
west of the river Then the messenger
boy said he knew it. for he'd set up IN the
gallery lots of times"
But this consensus of opinion did not
move the little woman The baby cried
and Thompson asked her why her brother
in-law didn't take her to the Bijou if he
wanted her to g~.Another friend of the
broker came up and Joined the party and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02
SARA BERNHARDT AS HAMLET.

soliloquies are admirably adapted to
the glamour of the Bernhard voice
So it was little wonder that both Paris
and London waxed enthusiastic over
Bernhardt's presentation of this great
tragedy But in one respect the. play
was not altogether success. This
was because of the disappointing sup
port which the Partisan star received,
and particularly because of the unfor-
givable ugliness of Ophelia. In fact, it
has been insinuated that the vain Sara
was afraid that too fair Ophelia
might detract the attention of the aud
fence from her own inspired acting,
and for this reason she saw to it that
an actress of decidedly plain cast of
countenance was appointed to take the
part Of the i'll fated heroine. While
this was a Disappointment to many
people, it surprised none of the friends
of the divine Sara, who have long since
learned that she is most undivinely
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

middle-aged woman edged her way into
the assembly. Meanwhile Thompson, the
broker, and the young woman tried to III
duce the little woman to take the Madi-
son street cable and the baby howled so
loud that everybody who passed turned to
look at the group. Gradually crowd
formed about the original nucleus of the
the broker, the woman and the baby
People in the outer rings asked what the
trouble was. Somebody said that the baby
was having ia spasm,' but this theory
was soon given up for the more exciting
belief that the woman mad been trying to
steal Thompson's watch. Another party
formed which averred that the little wo-
man had escaped from somewhere with
her child. The crowd grew and grew, but
the inside mel1bers still argued with the
little woman lk6at the location of the BIZ
leu
The wall a psople hemmed them in
cIossr. finally IA little woman took ;
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

Glorious Fourth under the supervision
of grand master of ceremonies Ditmar,
in which all aspirantS for cake walk
honors are invited to participate. Chef
Keyes will give a frog dinner in the
most elaborate style with all the neces-
sary dishes TO dinner served in
courses. Other amusements will be in
trodueed to make the day one long to
be remembered At Z o'clock in the
evening Prof B. Bourklee will give a
balloon ascension All friends of the
club are cordially invited to visit them
on the Fourth.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

good hold of the baby and asked Thompson
what time it was. He drew out his watch
with some difficulty. for he was quite
pinned down. He said it was just exactly
ten o'clock.
Then. said the little woman, II guess
I'll go and buy some stockings for the
baby at the Blue store. My brother-in-law
will be waiting for me right at the door.
| must go right back to State street, for
he will be waiting
The broker looked at Thompson, the
young woman smiled and the messenger
boy grinned widely why didn : you tel
us that at the start?" Thompson asked
sternly.
''Why didn't you ask me?' the little wo-
man answered, The crowd separated into
units. the little woman shifted the big
baby and went on toward State street.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02

There seems to be no limit to the
aspirations of the ambitious Sara
Bernhard. First she made herself a
theatrical manager and now she has
been making herself a man.
One of the most remarkable theat-
rical events of the year has been the
appearance in Paris and London of
the divine Sara as Hamlet. When
one considers the particular vices and
virtues of the youthful hero of
Shakespeare's greatest tragedy the fit
ness of the Partisan actress to interpret
such a character becomes fairly evil
dent. There is something essentially
feminine and vacillating about the
melancholy young Dane, and his long
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02
YOU HAVE MET SUCH.

Chicago Chronicle.
She was one of those little women
who stumble through life asking help
of everybody who passes her way. She
was dressed in faded shirt waist and
4 skirt which draggled behind her.
Her hat was garnished with discour-
aged-looking ro1es and her finger ends
did not reach to the tips of her gray
cotton gloves.
She held fat baby in her arms as she
stood irresolute at the corner of Wash
ington and LaSalle streets. The big
baby and the dropping little woman
attracted the attention of man going
past. She caught his glance, opened
her lips to speak, then closed them
again. He turned and came back to
her-she was such wretched little
kitten of a woman and the baby look
ed so heavy in her thin arms.
What do you wapt?" the man
asked.
The little woman looked at the big
broker. Where is the Bijou?" she
asked. THE Biiou theatre" She
spoke with slight foreign accent and
she shifted the weight of the baby, who
snarled sleepily.
The broker knitted his brows. "Why,
it's over on the west side. You'll have
to take cable car over there and get
Off"
But my brother-in-law said that it
was downtown" she put in deprecat-
ingly.
But I'm sure it's over on the west
side" The broker caught glimpse
of friend passing by. "Oh, Thomp-
son, come here,"
face with his handkerchief, came to a
stop. "Hullo," he said, looking from
his friend to the bedraggled little wo-
man with the baby.
isn't the Bijou over on the west
side?" the broker asked. over on
Halsted?"'
Thompson said that he was sure it
was, but the little woman continued to
wag her head and say that her brother
in-law said it was downtown.
What does your brother-in-law
know about it?" the broker asked
HAS he ever been there?"
ooh, yes, he's been there. He's
scene shifter."
"Then he ought to know" Thomp-
son said. He now took hand at the
questioning. What were you going
to meet your brother-in-law for?" he
asked, insinuatingly. Il don't believe
that the theatres opeu in summer, any
how"
"Oh, just to. see him." the little wo-
man answered, vaguely.
Didn't you want to go to the play.
tho show"
nc was 1Agoing to ~ him
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Kiel as to her build and the likelihood
of her bringing back
THE AMERICAS CUP.

The AMEhlCA . COH.
While the newspapers are generally
full of praise for Lady Randolph
Churchill's Anglo-Saxon Review, the
Daily Chronicle eyes it askance and
says:
Notwithstanding the gorgeous bind
ing, it is nothing but a colorado imi-
tation of the yellow book, with the
same writers, the same makeup and the
same kind of contents"
The Times says:
Lady Randolph mas planned herquarteriy
with daring and originality and has carried
it out with remarkable success.
The birth of third daughter to the Gar
and Czarina is regarded as an event of
great political Importance, because a
strong party in Russia was only awaiting
the event 10 resume Its nischievous in
trigues against. the hated Princess Of An
glo-German blood. The influence of the
Empress Dowager. whose relations with
her daughter-in-law are not of the most
cordial description, is expected 10 increase.
Mr.. Alexander E. Orr. of New York, for
mer president of the Produce Exchange,
has been summoned TO the north of Ire
land by the death of a relative. Mr.. Orr
will remain in ireland until September.
when he
WILL RETURN TO AMERICA.
The book publishing season is now prac-
tically over. No book of Importance will
be issued for another two months. The
successful writer's are already preparing
for the holidays. Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
Parker start for Carlsbad early in July.
and Mr. Samuel l.. Clemens c'Mark
Twain'D and his family, go to Sweden.
Mr.. Clemans. while in London, has been
much benefited by the treatment of a
Swedish doctor and he is now going TO q
remote town to take the regular Swedish
cure.
A limited edition of Mark Twain's''
writings, which Chatto & Windus will pub
lish, consists of twenty-five volumes. They
will be specially illustrated and viii con-
tain matter not included in any previous
collection of his works.
Mr. and Mrs Poultney Bigelow have
gone to Dinard, where they will take a
villa.
Mr.. Anthony Drexel has taken Lord
Ampthills seat Norris Castle, Isle of
Wight, for the yachting season.
The Clyde shipping returns for the past
six months beat all records. One hundred
and twenty-five vessels. aggregating ga. :
ST tons, have been launched, and over six
months fall work is still on hand.
An interesting order was issued this
week to the governors of prisons. to the
effect that all convicts undergoing penal
servitude who have not passed the third
standard in education must be relieved
from work an hour daily. to be devoted To
the examination.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-02
NEVER DRINK FISHING CLUB.

The Never Drink fishing club, COM
posed of the following we'll known
cigarmahers, left for Postum Rifle last
evening; Lou Snider, general manager
and director of all; Aug. Bartens,
grand head chief of the table d'hote;
Charles Keyes, head man of the hus-
tiers; Charles Watson, Frank Burke,
Charles Buale, fishermen; Chas. Dit
mar, general bait hunter, whose equal
cannot be found The club expects to
be in camp for about three weeks and
to have a good time generally. They
will have a grand cake walk on the