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The San Francisco call., 1899-04-28

dered into this land of milk and honey
would do the work, and 1 believe we
should find shiploads and carloads land
ing at the Golden Gate, ready to people
up our beautiful valleys and make this
land blossom like the rose. You may
consider this an extravagant picture. but
I think 1 am not an over-enthusiastic
man, and look at question of this kind
in the light of what history teaches us.
Great communities nations = have
grown up from small beginnings and
through the force of example. and we
can hardly overestimate the vital impor-
tance and value of securing the first
party of emigrants-whose eyes are even
now looking wistfully toward this land
right here The people who come here. to
settle among us do not ask the gift of
money: nor do they need it. They are
entitled. though to fair and liberal treat
ment and the hand of fellowship:
to sympathy and the encouragement of
good wishes: for lone little word in kind
ness spoken is often worth far more
than dollars.
I was in the mercantile business for
fifty-eight years, and through many Of
the earlier years, during the gold excite
trade almost unique in the history of com
mercial incidents. One of my rules of
business was never to sell man any
thing at a price which | thought pre-
cluded him from getting his profit, for L
would rather send an article to the auc-
tion-rooms and sell it for whatever it
might bring than to have the customer
buy and lose, for such is the better mer-
camille policy, to say nothing of the
right or wrong of the matter | have
never wished for the reputation of being
a liberal man, but L have always given
weight and measure, not believing that
a man when he has paid his legal taxes
has given all he should give.
The poor we always nave with us and i
have endeavored in a way to look out for
their interest, knowing that the rich and
forehanded can take care of themselves.
| have given money where l thought it
would do the most good. but giving work
is the best of all, for labor. in my opinion,
dignifies, while the acceptance of charity
tends to lower self-respect. A dollar leads
literally to nothing, but work may mean
all things. From small beginnings may
grow the greatest results.
| recolleCt, when the National Park
Bank building was in process of construc-
ton in New York, l stopped one morning
in front of ST. Pauls Church to watch for
a moment the workmen on the towering
chimney which l had seen steadily ris-
ing in the air day after day until 1t had
attained a great height. My eye was fas-
cinated by the careless confident way in
which the workmen walked about at that
dizzy height, often with only a single
piece of planking between them and the
sidewalk, 200 feet below, and l said to the
contractor: "ThoSe men walk about on
that f1imsy scaffold as carelessly as
though it was on the ground" NO"
said he, they are not careless at ALL
They are simply sure, and are as safe
there as at the curb. You see," said he,
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said Mills, ito inaugurate our literary
exercises by patriotic song
The national anthem was then sung
by the guests. Mr. Mills paid tribute
to the great protector of liberty in his
many protean Shapes, Coils P. Hunt
ington. Before the chief had an oppor-
tunity to rise the literary light of the
Central Pacific asked for song, and
while the president was standing the
hall echoed with For He's a jolly
Good Fellow" until tears of joy began
to course the cheeks of the well-dined.
When the health of the chief guest
of the evening was proposed c. 2.
Huntington, president of the Southern
Pacific Company, responded, speaking
as follows:
Gentlemen of the Southern Pacific Com
pany and of San Francisco: | feel most es-
pecially honored this evening, not alone
by your invitation but by the character
of the gentlemen whom, through your
courtesy, l have the pleasure to meet
some for the first time. L have not been
asked to respond to any toast except the
toast to my good health, and think that
all of us can say that our good health is
the one particular thing upon which we
can afford to be most warmly congratu-
lated. To be sure, the newspapers have
me practically knocked out" every time
1 visit the State, and l have learned to
expect as usual episode accompanying
my soJourn among you here the receipt
OF letters from New YORK asking ANXIOUS
ly whether ] am seriously ILL.," as the
newspaper dispatches state it; but I
manage generally to put in a full days
work and retire at night happy in the
consciousness of having earned my days
wages, and with the added qualification
that l have been able, without effort on
my own part, to furnish the newspapers
of your city with a news item of more or
less interest, according to the way one
looks at it. l feel sometimes that l have
been unduly favored by the press and
received much more than my fair share
be avoided, and now that the anti-car
toon law has gone into effect l suppose
the attentions will be redoubled. But [
not the time to waste. In the Fremont
Buchanan Presidential campaign l recOl-
lect that one of the charges made against
Fremont was that he was a Catholic,
and one of the opposing newspapers re-
iterated the charge and said, IF he is
not Catholic, why doesn't he come out
over his own signature and deny it?" The
Rochester Democrat-which, by the way,
was Republican organ at that time
responded substantially like this: 1--WE
pronounce James Buchanan an ass. If
he isn't an ass let him come out over his
own signature and deny it."
l am very glad to meet you here this
evening and to become acquainted with
so many of San ~Francisco's prominent
business men Having been all my life a
man of trade and labor, l should stultlfy
myself if I did not say that I am a
thorough believer in such men. I like to
talk with them, for they are up to date
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-28
HOW THE GUESTS WERE SEATED.

Mail general agent; Jerome Madden,
land agent.
w H. Mills of the land and literary
department maintains that the function
was private and therefore resents
press comment on the social event"
He goes so far in the expression of his
displeasure as to threaten the aggre-
gate resentment Of the fourteen rail-
osders who conceived and executed the
scheme for an expanded feast. 1t is
worth passing comment here to OBJ
serve that Mills was discovered by the
late Leland Stanford and for many
years basked in the sunshine of Stan
ford's favor. When the Huntington
regime came into power Mills readily
transferred his allegiance to the new
king and excluded the word gratitude"
from his lexicon. Without going into
details concerning the story Of lost ad-
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-28

" HE expanded banquet given in
honor of Coils 2. Huntington at
the Palace Hotel last evening by
l. fourteen officers of the South
ern Pacific was an affair worthy
of our blessed railroad aristocracy Ac-
cording to inside information obtained
from the yellow building the dinner
was rendered to President c. P. Hunt
ingtOn and Vice President General
Hubbard by the following general Off
GERS of the company: George Crocker,
second vice president; J. c. Stubbs,
third vice president; julius Krutt-
schnitt, fourth vice president; w. F.
Herrin, head of the law department
and promoter Of United States Sena-
tors; William Hood, chief engineer;
n. T. Smith, treasurer; e. c. Wright,
secretary and controller; William
Sproule, freight traffic manager; w
H. Mills, head Of the land department;
DR.. Gardner, hospital corps; ]. A. Fill
more, manager of the Pacific Coast de-
partment; T. H. Goodman, general pas
senger agent; R. P. Schwerin, Pacific
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-28
Vice President Stubbs Displays Rare
Genius and Diplomacy in Seat
ing the Guests.
George CrOCker, as the Leader of the Fourteen
Banquet-Givers, Occupies the High Posi-
ton OF FiOst-SpeeCh of the
Guest of Honor.

miration The Call simply calculates
that Mills represents one-fourteenth of
the aggregate resentment entertained
for this paper in the yellow building,
and his one-fourteenth is duly recorded.
The merchants invited to meet Mr.
Huntington gracefully accepted the in
vitation. The company at dinner num-
bered one hundred and fifty -four and
represented much Of the wealth and en-
terprise of San Francisco. The ban
quet was a success, and when the credit
of the achievement belongs to fourteen
men it may seem a little invidious, if
not ungracious, to single out one rail
roader for special praise. 1t is emf
nently proper however, that the mas
terly genius of Vice President ]. c.
Stubbs should receive more than pass
ing recognition. This recognition is ac-
corded with no design to detract a
single laurel from that accomplished
political manager, w. F. Herrin, the
light of the law department. The great
achievement of the banquet was the
skillful manner in which Vice President
Stubbs classified the attendants The
chart itself is living example of his
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genius. Gaze upon it from any point
OF view and the mastery hand and
mead of the third vice president may
be recognized. When the chart is
placed on an even keel it is observed
that George Crocker is at the head of
the table. Counting the number, fif-
teen, seated in the high official zone
seven will be found to the right and
seven to the left of Second Vice Presi-
dent Crocker. c. p. Huntington is the
nrst to Mr.. Crocker's right Seven is
the divine number, and Mr. Hunting
ton is first of the seven. to the right.
recollect. Veer the chart around a, lit
tie bit and Huntington is made to ap-
pear at the head of the table. Now, as
George Crocker was the chief Of the
fourteen rendering the banquet. he oc-
cupied as host the head of the table.
On his right sat c. p. Huntington and
on his left General Hubbard. Mr..
Stubs has good right to be proud of
his work. Yesterday he admonished the
press, no matter what comment might
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-28
MYSTERY STILL UNsoLVED.
No Clew to C. B. Chase, Supposed to
Have Jumped From a Ferry Boat


The mystery surrounding the disa7-
pearance of Charles B. Chase, the cT-
soldier. who is supposed to have commit
ted suicide by jumping overheard from an
Oakland ferry boat Tuesday night, is still
unsolved. The note signed by the missing
man in which he declared his intention
to make Way with himself which, to-
gether with his discarded coat, was found
on the deck of the boat after 1t had en-
tered the slip on this side OF the bay, is
the only evidence thus far obtalnaple 10
account for his sudden disappearance.
AT 227 Minna street where Chase lived
with his wife and child, the only ln1orma-
ton to be CLEANED was that the eX-soldler
had been in the habit of spending mis-
nights and the little money that came into
his possession at the Cafe Royal poker
tables His only source of revenue ap-
pears to have been well-to-do relatlVe
in Vermont. who occasionally sent MN
small sums of money. ChaSe'S lnfatuaIon
for the gambling table seems to have an
only feeble and spasmOdfc efforts TO Sc
cure employment. which were unSucceSs-
full 1t is very probable that he became
disheartened because of his inability TO
beat the game and there is also a pos
sibility that he may not have carried out
his threat to take his life, but SIMPLY
left for parts unknown, the note ana Coz
found on the ferry boat being IeIt as
blind.
Mrs. Chase is said to be very much
worried over the disappearance or her
husband. but she refuses to see reporters
Mrs Chase was in Oakland yesterday,
endeavoring to obtain some cleW OF her
husband or proof of his death, but her
mission was unsuccessful.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-28
SCENE AT THE BANQUET AT THE PALACE

Sheep as a Lamb" The absence of
Colonel Burns must have been deeply
regretted. He could have elucidated
to the assembled company many Of the
terms employed on the racetrack and
explained to DR.. Mackenzie and Rabbi
Voorsanger the difference between a
long shot and odds en-"
No one can dispute the fact that the
banquet was great success for pri-
vate function, yet 1t is regarded as de-
plorable that Railroad Commissioners
LaumeiSter and Blackstock were con-
strained to remain away. Each one is
versatile and able to throw much light
on the process of lightning change"
Either could tell how it is possible for
a candidate to change his mind sud
denly after he is elected to office.
The Stubbs chart, which nobody has
a right to monkey with, shows Rev,
Dr. Stebbins, Rabbi Voorsanger and
Rev. DR.. Mackenzie all placed within
the zone of the great and gifted. Only
Captain Nelson interviewed between C.
=. Huntington and Dr. Mackenzie. AS
close as the eminent clergyman was to
the president of the company he was
not so far away from others as to fail
to keep an eye on Horace Platt. If not
closely watched at banquets Mr.. Platt
will drift away from his early ortho-
doxy.
The fourteen acted wisely and we'll in
asking three eloquent preachers to the
feast, and Vice President Stubbs again
displayed a rare sense of the eternal
fitness of things in placing all three
near the president of the company The
unkind suggestion has been thrown out
that many shippers were invited to
meet Mr.. Huntington in order to an
ticipate the competition promised by
the Santa Fe. Surely no one would
imagine that the clergymen were
sought to increase the worldly busi-
ness of the company The desire for
favor in another sphere is implied, and
perhaps favor is there needed.
At the banquet board last night there
was departure from the old order of
exercises. The heads of the various
departments of the railroad institution
did not follow the time-worn practice
of eXalting each other. There were no
special eulogies for the freight depart
ment or glowing tributes to the literary
bureau.
While the walters were passing the
cafe noir to the guests J. G. Stubbs
rose from his seat and painful hush
fell. Mr.. Stubbs spoke Of the necessity
for all good workers of the community
to uplift the city and raise the State
to a commanding position In the hier-
archy Of commonwealths Without a
warning Mr. Stubs relinquished his
right as lord high introducer and the
pride of the Southern Pacific, William
F. Herrin, placing his hands upon the
cloth, began his postprandial argu-
ment.
Let us now to the feast of reason"
said the legal giant, and then the battle
of tongues and profound thought be-
gan With befitting sentiment w. H.
Mills was introduced.
1T is a custom of the Southern Pa
cific Company in banquet assembled
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-28

the Philippines with the First California
Regiment, lectured last night befors
Cathedral Council, Young Mems Institufe
He spoke entertainingly of Brigadier Gen.
erai Smith and his brave boys, tracing
their movements from the time they leff
the Philippines. Dr. A. P. O'Brien and
Father McKinnon the lecturer characte7S
lied as the two real heroes of the war-t
the former for his heroic selt-sacrifce irt
oreanizing the smallpox hospital and tbS
Ia +, ter for his devotion to duty in attend
ing the wounded and dying. The speaker
was loudly applauded at the conclusion
Of his address,
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-28
ON OUR SHOULDERS.
Professor Bacon Delivers a Strong
Lecture on "The White Mans
BURDEN -

The fourth of the Claiming Auxiliary
lectures was delivered yesterday after
noon in the parlors Of the First Unitarian
Church by Professor Thomas r. Bacon
of the University of California. His SUBJ
ject was THE White Mans Burden" and
in it's application he dealt with the pres
ent situation in the Philippines. Professor
Bacon has given much study and thought
to the complicated question with which
this Government now has to deal, and his
remarks were very applicable and he held
the closest attention of his audience.
In brief Professor Bacon demonstrated
by logical analysis the doctrine of Kip
ling as it is applicable to the present ext
gencies in the Philippines He declared
already on our shoulders, and that 1t is
not a question whether we want it or not;
Having it, he said that we are compelled
to govern the Philippines in the interest
of the inhabitants of the islands at any
cost AS to the kind of government that
he favored, Professor Bacon .saId that it
was defined most thoroughly in the
proclamation issued by General Otis.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-28

be made of the function. to beware of
tampering with the chart The genius
OF Stubbs, which elevated George
Crocker to the nephew's position. may
some day put the same George on the
throne. And Mills will float in on the
first tide.
Governor Gage and D. NJ. Burns
were not present. Had the Governor
been there he could have responded
with his usual eloquence to the toast,
"One Might as Well Be Killed for a
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-28

A fine NewhalI Piano in perfect order
for $50 to-day at Mauvais' 769 Market
street.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-28

Lectured on the First California.
DR.. P. ]. II. Farrell, who left here 70
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-28

''Pegamoid'' gold latest best. perfect paint;
sample bottle 25c. Pegamoid. 6S Chronicle bldg.s
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-02-17
on Neyer Paid Me Better.n

In an address at the recent annual meet
ing OF the United Kingdom Alliance, held
at Manchester, England, Rev. Charles Gar
rett said:
81 met with a brewer, a good man in MS
way. who had been a member aud office
bearer in our church for years. He was a
man Kindly, generous, ready to help any
body in distress, and with a kindly word
for anybody in trouble. He met me, and
we had a hearty shake OF the hand. He
said; Well, Mr.. Garrett, l suppose you are
as earnest in teetotalism as ever Yes, l
said. rather more We'll, he said, It's
ali righth, you know; it pleases you and it
doesn't hurt me. Tue fact IL, | was never
doing better than 1 am doing now. Not
long afterward | saw his second son come
out of the yard in delIrium tremens with
three men struggling with him, a hne
Young fellow, and broad-chested. l saw
them as they wrestled with him, his veins
standing out like ropes on his forehead'
and hts ewes flashing. l saw him fall; they
carried him in. Half an hour afterward
heard a whisper, 'he is is dead, and went
in to try and comfort the family; and when
I entered the room, there was the body,
and on that side was the mother drunk,
and on the other side was the brother
drunk. As 1 stood and looked on that hor-
rible scene l heard that fathers woros
again, 1T never paid me better"
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-02-17
HUMOROUS.

Bill-She said her face was her for
tune. Jill-Poor thing!
"Did you lead your CLASP "No,
but the whole faculty were after me.
"And you will not elope with me,
Mamie?" Certainly not. just look
at pa and ma! They eloped.
Proud Mother-Oh, John, the baby
can walk! Cruel Father-Good. He
can walk the floor with himself at
night then.
Would-be Writer-What do you
consider the most important qualhca-
ton for a beginner in literature?
Old Hand-A small appetite.
The bear that walks like a man, no doubt,
Is a frightful foe to be hunted out;
But a worse foe yet-of his clutch BEWARE
Is the awful man who acts like a bear.
Wee Miss-Mamma, mayn't l take
the part of a milkmaid at the fancy
ball? Mamma-You are too little.
Wee Miss-Well, I'm a condensed
milkmaid.
Excited Oh, professor, the
cook has fallen and broken her collar
bone. fredericksburg her at
once. You told her what to expect If
she broke any more.
"Papa," said Sammy Snaggs, ''the
paper says that a phantom party was
given last night. What sort of a party
is that?" "Oh, it's some sort of a
ghost of a show" replied Mr.. Snaggs.
He sang a song to her nut brown hair.
Her rosy cheeks, her brow so fair;
He praised her eyes, and said that there
Was sunlight in them hidden;
The maiden fixed him with "a are,
And said: Jaw, quit your kiddin'.'
Family Doctor-You must let the
baby have one cows milk to drink
every day. Every well, if you say
SO, DOCTOR" said the ~perplexed young
mother, ''but 1 really don't see how
he is going to hold it ALL"
Father" confessed the callow
youth, II have married her. We are
two souls with but a single thought.
"Well you've gained something. A
single thought isn't so many, but it IS
one more than l ever knew you to
have before"
In a car a small boy was observed
to be suddenly agitated, but regained
his s~elf-control after a few moments.
Soon after the conductor appeared
and asked for fares. When he stood
before the small boy there was a slight
pause, and the passengers were sur
prised to hear the following; "Pleathe
charge it to my papa I've thwallowed
the money"
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-02-17

According to newspaper reports a tenn
perance wave is at present sweeping over
Kentucky.
The san Francisco Chronicle asserts rho
existence. under the State Capitol at SnGra'
mento. of a notorious whisky selling JOINT.
The Prohibition vote of oregon, as ON.
eially reported, was 2210 for the head Oh
the ticket, with IN average OF 24l9' Ihd
vote for lowering was $40
oregon Prohibitionists are pushing en-
rollment work, and report that about TWO
thirds of their signers are new converts.
The enrolment is largely in excess OF tho
last State vote.
The churches OF Lexington, KY, haye
formed a permanent organization to con-
tinuet the fight already begun against the
saloons of that city. The liquor dea.ers
are adopting "boycott" methods against
everyone that Joins the movement.
Charleston 6. CO papers comment upon
the fact that in Yorkville, Of that state
population 25O0-betweep $4,000 and $4,000
In cash was paid to merchants in return lof
goods. The papers explain the fact by
saving that liquor is not sold in York County,
Father Chimquy, Canada's famous ex'
priest. known throughout the Dominion as
1.-THE Apostle OF Temperance" died at
Montreal on January IL, He was born IN
1909 and ordained In 1888. In 1851 tue Ca
madam Parliament extended to him public
thanks for his work for temperance
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-02-17
A MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE.
The Brooklyn Navy Yards Big Machine
Shop Totally Destroyed.

New YoRK CRY (~speciaD.-In a mou
tain OF fame that illuminated the sky for
miles and drew thousands of spectators to
the scene, the big machine shop of the
steam engineering department in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard was burned to the
ground early Wednesday evening. The
destruction was complete. Nothing OF any
value was saved, and the building, which
was an immense affair, and was the princi-
pal machine shop of the Navy Yard, is a
few portions OF brick wall that still stand
as naked reminders of what the building
was,
Besides much valuable machinery. a
large number Of patterns of engines of
men-of-war were destroyed, that cannot
be replaced. Among these were the only
patterns in existence Of the engines of the
battleship Maine, and it was a singular CO.
incidence that exactly one year ago-on
the night of February Is, 1S9s-the Maine
herself was blown to pieces in Havana Har-
Dor. while on Wednesday the keel of the
new Maine was laid in Cramps shipyard
Thus the famous battleship is now entirely
relegated to the past, with not even hef
patterns left, and with her final oblitera-
tion a new Maine steps into her place.
Patterns for the Chicago, the Raleigh,
the Atlanta and the Cincinnati and many
of the older ships OF the Navy, besides a
vast number of valuable drawings were
also destroyed, and cannot be duplicated.
The loss in figures is estimated at ST.
900, 900, OF which $3.50, 600 went in the build
ing and s400, 900 in the machinery.