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The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27
MUNICIPAL ECONOMY.

c O general has been the approval given to the
\ plan proposed by the Merchants Association
- for the purchase of supplies by the Fire Depart
ment there hardly fail to be feeling OF surprise
that it, similar plan, not adopted long
ago. 1t is strange we should have gone through
years OF experience with the existing system before
discovering that a better could be easily devised
The plan suggested is simple one. Under its terms
the Fire Department will prepare each month list
of everything it will need during the ensuing month
and will submit statements to- the reputable merchants
OF the city with requests send in bids the entire
list. In this way the department will get the advan-
tage of getting goods at competitive prices in the
open market at figures based on market rates
1t will compel the department to keep the department
within its monthly allowance and by doing so assure
merchants in legitimate business that their claims will
be audited and that they will be subjected to loss
by arbitrary rejection OF bills which have been con-
tracted against depleted funds
The Fire Committee OF the Board Of Supervisors
has agreed with the public in approving the plan and
has decided to report it favoraby the board at the
next meeting. The prospects are it will be adopted
by the board and put into effect, for the Republican
majority of the Supervisors have shown themselves
determined to keep their pledges the people and to
carry out reforms in the direction OF economy in all
departments of the city government.
The Merchants Association having been thus sue
cessul in devising means of saving public money
may possibly be equally successful in drawing up a
plan by which the dollar limit be maintained
without Gripping rendering inefficient any depart
ment of the municipal administration. The task is not
easy that which has been accomplished, and Il
is foregone conclusion that if attained the re-
suit will not have the almost unanimous approval
given to the plan for purchasing supplies.
Many Improvement clubs and a considerable num-
Der Of citizens who sympathize with them desire to
have the dollar limit pledge set aside in order that
the lax levy may provide money enough not only for
maintaining the efficiency of the departments, but for
undertaking public Improvements. The majority OF
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America, 351, ]. r. Heiser, 500
P3iny r1ary Il. 1894 Best at w English
enot stroke barred game. 1892 points.
John Roberts. in match Manchester, Eng
land Nav 3 and 4. 1894; push and spot
barred. 4SO, John Roberts; London, Eng
land June, 1896 English spot stroke
game, 1904. w. J. Peall. $1,000 up, london,
November 3-8 1890. Fourteen-inch balk
line game. with anchor nurse, 566, -.
Schaefer, New York, December 10, 1S95;
anchor nurse barred, 359. Frank Ives, Chi
cago III. December 6. 1894; eighteen-inch
baTk line. anchor barred, except for i've
shots. 80. in 600 points up, F. Ives, New
York April 2. 1896 Cushion caroms, 900
noints up S5, T. Ives. Boston, Mass, April
IA 1896. Eighteen-inch balk line, one shot
each in baik and in anchor, 14O in $40 up.
with average of 81 4-16, F. c. Ives, New
York City, December 2, 1897.
wEYLER-w. c., Manka, solano Coun-
ty, Cal. General Weyler, the Spanish
General, according to the various ac-
counts that have been published about
him, must be like Topsy-"neVer was
born les growed; dat's alp'-for none or
them tell the place of his nativity, ana
in several accounts he is declared TO pc
the descendant of parents of Spanish
French and Irish birth; that IS, three uli-
ferent accounts differ as to the natlonal.
ity of his parents. Another accountt
states that he was born on an island OH
Spain, but does not give its name puI
all agree that he was born in 1885,
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AROUND THE
CORRIDORS

E. Burke, a Hanford capitalist, is at the
Lick.
H Haslacher, large grain buyer OF
Oakdale, is a guest at the Palace.
w. W. Wright of Sacramento is one OF
the late arrivals at the Occidental.
w. r. Crithers. a prominent business
man of Santa Rosa, is registered at the
Lick.
n J. Crocker will make Burlingame his
summer residence He has leased a cot
,tage there.
]. B. Peakes. proprietor of the Sea
Reach Hotel at Santa Cruz, is registered
at the Palace.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Friedericks, two trav-
e1ers from the City of Mexico, are stay
ing at the Palace.
Robert Effey. ex-Mayor of Santa Cruz
is staving at the Grand on a snort pleas
ure trip to the city.
Marion Biggs Jr., a large rancher OF
Oroville, is among those guests VINO ar
rived at the Grand yesterday morning.
H A. Jastro, chairman of the Board
of Sunervisors of Bakersfield, is among
the guests who arrived at the Grand yes
terday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claus Spreckels have come
up from their country home at Aptos on
a brief visit They are staying at the
Palace Hotel.
Colonel Charles C. Hood, commanding
the Sixteenth United States Infantry IS
q guest at the Occidental, where he ar
rived yesterday.
Robert Stirrat formerly local pho
tocrapher and now a Klondike capltallst,
has returned from his home in the north
and is in the city.
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How the
Captain Remembered
Blanche Bates.


on the streets to-day Captain Goodall
very rarely goes to a theater, and, OF
course has missed seeing the talented
actress since she became famous, WhlIe
little of Miss Bates travelling has been
done on the Pacific.
Strange to say, that fact of Captain
GoodaIl and Miss Bates having known
each other in years gone by came up over
a question of dates. II have very poor
memory for the day and hour on which
certain things happened said the cap
tain to some friends a few days ago; but
facts I never forget. That advertise
ment' (pointing to the announcement that
Blanche Bates would appear at the Cali
fornia Theater) ''brings some things that
happened nearly thirty years ago to my
mind 1t was somewhere around 1913, ana
was making my first voyage to sea as
boy on the old CZarovitch. Those were
the days when there were no steamers
and we had quite a number of passengers
for Australia aboard. Among them were
Emersons Mnstrels, and Mr. and Mrs.
F. NJ. Bates were members of the com
pany. Blanche was then, 1 should think,
about years old, and many a romp she
and 1 had around the deck of that old
bark
w. Robertson and w. w. Stousland. two
hotel men of Fresno are at the Lick
on a short pleasure jaunt to the city.
G.. H. Topley. large merchant and pro-
gressive business man of Vallejo, is one
of the arrivals of yesterday at the Grand.
]. T. Taylor, one of the most promi-
nent citizens of Bakersfield, is among
those who arrived in the city yesterday
and went to the Occidental
John B. Parish wealthy mining man
of Denver, is a guest at the Palace, where
he will remain during the time his buSi-
ness will keep him in the city.
loa, Mexico, is a guest at the Occidental
where he arrived yesterday from the
south. f. G. ValenZuela accompanies the
general
F. C. Brewer, a banker of Boston. is at
the Palace with his wife, family and a
party of relatives and friends. Mr..
Brewer is visiting California for the pur-
pose of seeing his son. who is attending
st. Matthews School at San Mateo. The
founder of the school. Rev. Alfred l..
Brewer, was an uncle of the Boston capt.
taliSt
c.. C. Usher. prominent club and So
ciety man of Boston, is at the Palace with
his wife. Mrs. Usher, who was formerly
Miss Menzies a daughter of Commander
Menzies of the navy, accompanied her
husband when <he rode horseback from
Ashland N c., to the City of Mexico.
The trip which was taken in the way
of a honeymoon, created quite deal of
comment at the time.
Rufus H. Heron, the Los Angeles oil
magnate, is a guest at the Palace. Yes
terday morning he received a telegram
from Mining Expert Wilson reporting IA
vorably on a deposit of copper ore be-
longing to Mr.. Heron in Shasta County.
This means that many thousands of dol
lars have been added to the already large
fortune of Mr.. Heron, and. as the de-
posit in question is located in the vicinity
If lannon's Iron Mountain Conpar
mines, the good fortune may run up into
the millions as likely as not.
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PREPARING FOR THE WELCOME.

IRON the steps that have been taken toward pre-
| pairing reception for the California Volunteers
ON their return from the Philippines it is prob
wishes OF the people The work of arranging for the
occasion is to be widely distributed and host OF
willing hands will take part in it.
For the purpose OF getting assistance from all who
are warmly interested in the reception the executive
committee has decided to call meeting of the
relatives OF the volunteers and the military officials OF
the State including Adjutant General Seamans, Gen
era Dickinson General Warfeld and General Muller
At this meeting, which's to be held on Friday, it is
designed to determine upon the plans for the recep
ton and to assign to various committees the work
expected of them.
The transport bearing the Californians is on
its way home 1t is estimated thirty days will be
Quired for the voyage. We have, therefore, just about
a month in which to prepare for the welcome. That
time ample for the purpose, but there should be
unnecessary postponement in beginning the actual
work, for a month passes quickly and everything
should be ready before the transport is sighted,
that there will be rush confusion the last
moment.
1t is scarcely necessary to say the general public
will cordially respond to whatever appeal may be
made by the committee in charge OF the reception
All hearts in sympathy with the movement to
make the welcome great popular demonstration,
and the extensive the ovation is made the better
will the people be pleased
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27

which greet every act of the. play at
every performance are sufhcient eYlqehce
Of the brilliancy and artistic worth l. OF
to note that Monday nights performance
of "Heartease" will be the fiftieth per
formance of the Miller season at the Co
Iumbia Theater, and the management has
arranged TO commemorate the event by
making it souvenir night.
great London Garrick Theater success,
Brother officers" will be staged by
Henry Miller at the Columbia Theater on
the evening of August Z.
The TivoIi's grand opera season will
open next Monday evening with fine
production of Verdfs masterpiece,
Aida" with an exceptionally strong cast.
Among the newcomers from Europe are:
Fraulein Ella Prosnitz, a dramatic So
prano from La Scala, Milan; Baron Ber-
thald, a phenomenal tenor from the I'M
perial Theater, Berlin; Signor Vincenzo
Foneari, an italian tenor from Genoa, ana
William Mertens, an American barytone.
Among those who have been heard mere
before are: Miss Mary LinCk, Miss Anna
LIGHTER, Signor Wanrell, Herr Schuster,
Inez Dean, Signors Avedano and SaIassa.
The management of the Tivoli claims that
never before in any city In the world mas
nounced to appear in opera at popular
prices, and with powerful orchestra ana
increased chorus the forthcoming season
has every promise or being prllIlaht
one.
Business has been excellent this week at
the Alcazar Faust" is holding the
boards and is artistically presented. This
is Lewis Morrison's farewell week at the
Alcazar. Florence Roberts will remain
some five weeks longer and be seen IN
several of those old reliable emotional
dramas. Romeo and Juliet" will be the
bill all of next week, to be followed by
The Lady of Lyons.
Faust" is playing to good business at
the Grand Opera-house. Next week the
tuneful "Boccaccio" will be revived.
The Frawley Company is being well re-
ceived iE Madame Sans Gene, and is
playing to crowded houses. Seats are now
selling for Zone of Our Girls to follow
Sans Gene" on Monday.
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COMPANY 32-M. r., City. This de-
partment has not been able to discover
anything about Company 81.
A MILE sQUARE-M. G., city. One
square mile contains $40 acres and a tract
one mile square contains the same amount
of land, consequently there is no differ
ence between one mile square and one
square mile.
RUNNING-A. S, City. There is no
record of any man having run mile un-
der four minutes. The records are: Eng
land % 4l2 iSSF W G Ge4Tg a. L9Pa9m Tboma AP
Conneff. Travers Island, August 20. 1895.
THE FIRST CALIFORNIA; c., City
The Sherman having on board the First
California Regiment of Volunteers, should
reach San Francisco in about thirty-two
days from the time of departure from Ne
grOS Island.
DRYDOCK-J. II. c., City. The Govern
ment drydock is to be located at Mare
Island. To obtain a copy of the law au
address a communication to the Repre-
sentative in Congress from the district in
which you reside
OLIVE OIL-Subscrber City. Expert
ence during a number of years shows that
California produces as fine and as pure
olive oil as has ever been produced any
where, and that the pure California oil
will keep good much longer than imported
oils because of the care taken in its prep
aration. In Italy 1t is claimed that the
finest and the purest oil is produced in
Lucca and in France in Nice.
FOR THE WAR;. F., City. The Gov
ernment is mastering out of the service
the volunteers as rapidly as the work
can be done Those who enlisted from
this State have in part been mustered out
and possibly within six weeks from the
time of sailing from Negros Island the
California Regiment will be mustered out
in this city. Those who enlisted in the
The fact that such as enlisted during the
war with Spain in the regular service
We're not discharged upon the termination
of the war with that country is proof that
they are to be held to their three years
enlistment.
SPECIAL DELIVERY-Old Subscriber.
Callahan, Siskiyou County, Cal. If u
party addresses a letter to James Madi-
son. Chicago, Ill.," and places a special
delivery stamp thereon the postal author
tiles in Chicago would be unable to de-
liver the same unless it should happen
that there was but one James Madison in
that city, and his name was either in the
city or postal directory. If there should
happen to be dozen James Madisons i'll
that place, the postal authorities would
not be able to determine which one u de
liver it to, and it is not to be expected
that the carrier, who is allowed but q few
cents for the special delivery, would go
out hunting every James Madison to as
certain If the letter was for him The
postoff1ce departments make diligent
search for any one If clew is given to
his business or place of residence.
BILLIARD PLAYING F. B., City.
The following is the record for billiard
playing: Best run at three-ball carom rail
game, Harvey McKenna, Boston, Mass,
December 81 1887; average, 416 2-3. Best
at four-ball carom game, 1883, J. Nc
Dewitt, New York, January 8, 1863 Best
at champions game, three-ball caroms:
14x2S lines. 1885, George Slosson, match of
5000 points 600 per night, Paris, France,
January 80 to February 8, 1882; best in
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27
MIDWEEK DRAMATIC NOTES.

"Heartease," as presented by Henry
Miller and the special company at the
Columbia Theater has proved a success
and the theater has proved too small to
hold The immense crowds seeking admis-
sion The demand for the play is so
great that it has been arranged to con-
tinue 1t next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings, and in addition
there will be a special matinee on
Wednesday. The rounds Of applause
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the taxpayers however will support wel-consid-
cred plan for providing efficient administration OF
municipal affairs within the dollar limit OF taxation.
1t is to be hoped the association which so potent
factor in demanding the pledge will be successful
in devisng by which it can be kept without
injury to any branch of the government, entaing
a parsimony which is the opposite of economy.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27

There is little splutter among experts in the East
to determine exactly what relation the automobile
man bears to the machine He is not driver, for he
does not drive it, nor is he conductor, engi
neer nor yet a brakeman 1t is admitted he does
something than ride the vehicle, but we haven't
any word in the language to express it.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27
CALIFoRNIANS IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. July 26.-Edward w. Pen
field and Hugo P. Freear of San Fran
cisco are at the Holland. ]. S. Guttmann
of Sacramento is at the Imperial Her
bert Pease of Los Angeles and Mr. and
Mrs. l.. Tozer of Sacramento are at the
Rivers.
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CALIFoRNIANs IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, July 26-F. H Me-
Kenney of San Francisco is at the Airing
ton; William A. Thompson and wife of
San Francisco are at the St James Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson sail for Europe on
Tuesday next.
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Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by tha
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's) $40 Mont
gomery street. Telephone Main 1912
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27
Took in the Custom Hnuse

Cadet Taylor, Surveyor of Customs at
Omaha. paid a friendly visit to the Gus
tom-house yesterday. Mr.. Taylor is here
to welcome his two sons who are on the
way to this port from Manila.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27

Captain Charles
Miner GoodaU
and B | a n c h g
Bates were great
f T i e n d S many
years ago, but
neither one would
know the other If
they were 10 meet
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John !. ingalls, has announced Willingness to re-
turn to Congress if the people desire it, and shall
now have chance to see whether prosperity has so
turned the heads OF the Kansans to lead them to
look in his direction.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27

Nothing contributes more TO digestion than
the use of DR.. Siegert's Angostura BtterA
Don't accept an imitation
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Columbia" "Ieartsease."
Cauforna--'bIme. Gene
Orpheum-Vaudeyi
Tivoli--"WanE"
Alcazar-"Faust"
Opera House-"Faust.'
Chues Zoo and Free afternoon
Olympia corner Mason and Ellis streets-Speciaties
Interstate Panorama street Elghth-Bat-
of Bay.
Sutro Notwithstanding Races.
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If it be true, reported, that the latest Chicago
city directory contains 100000 more names than any
other book in the world, it may be put down the
greatest volume Of depravity record.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27

The California boys are the transport and the
transport is the way get ready for the
transport OF the welcoming day.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

COMPANY 92-M. r., City. This de-
partment has not been able to discover
ANYTHING about Company 80
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cal.glace fruit SOC per lib a, rownsend.s
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Because two-hirds OF the applicants in that city for
enlistment have been rejected the St Louis papers
claim the standard of the army in the Philippines will
be the highest known. The argument is clearly
unsound. Every St. Louis applicant might be rejected
and still the standard remain lower than that required
of California volunteers
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27

If Agunaldo has any desire to catch Tartar, now's
his chance. There pair OF them headed his way:
General Joe Wheeler and the army transport bearing
him to Manila.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27

DRYDOCK-J. H. c., City. The Govern
ment drydock is to be located at Mare
Island. To obtain a copy of the law au-
thorizing the. construction of that dock
address q communication to the Repre-
sentative in Congress from the district in
which YOU reside,
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27

Faust" is playing to good business at
the Grand Opera-house. Next week the
tunefuI ''Boccaccio" will be revived.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27

When Buckley gets through with his "reminiscences,
the Examiner will have face on it like that of
plugugly caressed by kissing bug.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27

Alger has the satisfaction of knowing the thud that
followed his fall was by no means dull
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27

RUNNING-A s., City. There is no
record of any man having run a mile un-
der four minutes. The records are; Eng
land, 4:12$4 w. G.. George, London, All
gust % 1886: America, Ais 3-5, Thomas p.
Connect. Travers Island August 90, 1895.
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A MILE SQUARE-M. G., city. One
square mile contains $40 acres and a tract
one mile square contains the same amount
of land, consequently there is no differ
ence between one mile square and one
square mile
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27

The Sherman, having on board the First
California Regiment of Volunteers, should
reach San Francisco in about thirty-two
days from the time of departure from Ne
gros Island.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27

The Frawley Company is being well re-
ceived iE Madame Sans Gene" and is
playing to crowded houses; Seats are 1 now
''Sans Gene" on Monday.
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NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE,
PERRY LIKENS JR...............20 Tribune Building
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CHICAGO NEWS STANDS.
House; p o. News Co.; Great Northern Hote
Fremont House: Auditorium Hotel
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THE BABAYLONES.

Y MOTHER has been added to the tribes, sept5,
| ! clans, races or nationaItes found refusing TO
be yoked among the new subjects OF our 1mPe-
-.,1 a>-,ar.r,ar+ N the p1i1iDDiDPS.
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NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT
c. c. Herald Square
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c. GEORGE KROGNESS.
MANAGER Foreign Advertisine Marquette Building
Chicago.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-02
MARCHAND, THE HERO.
French Populace Goes Wild
With Excitement
Over Him.

Paris, June 1.-The civil and military
authorities and a big crowd of people
went to the railroad station at Lyons
at one o'clock this morning, to well
come Major Marchand, the African ex-
plorer, on his way to Paris from Tou-
Ion, and great concourse began as
sembling around the depot here Of the
Lyons-Paris railroad at an early hour
today.
A dramatic scene occurred at the
Military club in the course of the eve
ming. Major Marchand, in response to
loud cheering, appeared upon the bal
cony with the minister of marine, NJ.
Lockroy, and the minister of war, M.
Krantz, on either side Of him, and
shouted, "Be united, vive la France.
Vive la republique." The throngs went
wild with excitement. The chamber of
deputies this evening adopted a resolu-
ton of thanks to Major Marchand for
his services in Africa and to Gen. Gal
lieni for his brilliant administration in
Madagascar.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-02
QUICK AND FAST.
Smith Released Yesterday and Viau May Go
Today.

Smith Released Yesterday and Viau May Go
Today.
Smith, the infielder, was given his re-
lease by the Worcesters yesterday.
VIau will be released probably today.
Manager Leonard received notice from
President C. A. Marston yesterday that
the pitching staff must be cut down i'm
mediately by letting one man go.
Manager Leonard has been trying to
get fnfelder Leach from Louisville. His
addition to the team would make it
wonderfully strong. Manager Leonard
received yesterday a letter from Presi-
dent Drvfuss of the Louisville club,
saving that club cannot spare Leach
at Dresent. Clingman is laid off on
account Of injuries, and Walter Wood,
Who is taking his place, won't play Sun
dav ball. so the club has to use Leach.
ne adds that when Clingman gets
around. he may be able to let Worces-
ter have Leach.
This will be ladies day at the oval.
II comes on Tuesdays, but on account
of Tuesday being a holiday, when the
law is off, il was changed to today.
Springfield andWorcester stand so close
tbat the game will be a hot fight. Dad
clark will pitch for Worcester today.