New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA
EPWORTH LEAGUE CONVENTION -ru,
MINT LoSS-PROFEsSoR WEN
DELLS CRITICISMS.
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San Francisco. July 6.-Great preparation.
being made for the Epworth League convar
ton. which meets here on July Is and continna.
for week. 1t is estimated by the railroas -
ayers that fifty thousand persons will coma -
during the week An unusual number os -,
cations has been received by the Ieagus ~
ayers in all parts of the country because q. 49,
attractiveness Of this excursion trip across -.
continent and the hberality given in the ebo,.
of railroad routes coming and going Fva-
effort will be made to give the visitors o..
erous welcome. At Sacramento Stockton -.
Angeles. Fresno. San Jose and other nl,o.-
which the league will pass through fruit ana
flowers will be distributed free TO all the r,sr,
bers. The ferry building and the City Hall wyn
be Illuminated every night with electric light.
and the Mechanics Pavilion where the exercise.
will be held. will be handsomely decorated. Tba
main streets will also be decorated with the rad
and white colors of the league
Mint. which was discovered this week. will nroh
ably lead to more care in handling and guarsir.
coin both here and at the other mints Exnsrrs
declare that the main cause of the theft was On.
crowding of S25000000 into a vault intenaaa ..
contain only S5.0O0.0OO. The result was terrihl.
confusion and mass Of coin which il wa.
physically impossible TO count every dav a,
the law provides. The theory of the experts ,s
that some officials of the mint saw the ounor-
tunity for stealing which the confusion offered
and took six bags. each containing $1,000 This
loss will probably result in better arrangement,
for guarding the coin. and new checks to such
offence
William A Brandes. of Oakland. who beat
his young stepdaughter to death and than
hanged her TO a bedpost to give the impression,
of suicide. convicted this week of man.
slaughter and sentenced to ten years in tbe
Folsom Prison The judge scored the jury in
the severest terms for their failure to bring in
a proper verdict Under the evidence a life
term would have been light punishment for tho
crime
The Pacific Union Club this week gave
farewell dinner TO J. c. Stubbs. who has de-
parted for Chicago TO take charge OF the traffic
management of the Southern and Union Pacific
companies. the Oregon Short Line and ths
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Fifty friends of the popular railroad man were
present.
The Southern Pacific Company has given no.
tice that after August liquors will be sold
| on any of its ferryboats that ply between here
and Oakland and Alameda, as we'll as on ths
big saloon ard Vallejo boats The bar privi-
leges on these boats brought in $3.50 a day
This action is only the natural consequences OF
the abolition two years ago of bars and saloons
from all the stations. except at the eating sta
tions for the benefit OF travellers One result
OF the closing OF the bars the ferryboats
will be TO reduce intoxication and disorder ON
the return Of the Sunday picnic crowds and the
action Of the railroad company is warmly COM
mende6 by those who have the cause OF tenn
perance at heart
DR.. Herbert NJ Hopkins instructor in Latin az
the University of California, has been called to
the chair of Latin at Trinity College DR. Hou-
kins is a graduate of Columbia of the class os
93. and received his masters degree from
Harvard in 1896 His election TO a full profess
sorship at Trinity is regarded as high homer
at his age.
Professor Barrett Wendell. OF Harvard Gre
ated mild sensation the summer school OF
the University OF California by a sharp criticism
of the papers handed in by his class in English
literature. He asked the members TO state in
writing the benefits and objects which they ex-
pected TO gain in the course Many took Oc-
caSion TO fill the papers with laudatory refer
had long wOrshipped him from afar off. and now
came 70 sit at his feet and gather inspiration
from his gifted lips He declared ne had never
known of woman making such fool OF her
self a single page before. and he called most
Of the papers disgusting slop"
The Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association has
let a contract for seven story and basement
apartment house in Turk-st-. near Market-st
DID rooms.
Harry Morosco this week sold his lease OF ths
r~&ld Opera House to Charles L ACkerman
and Morris Meyerfeld jr- The lease has three
years TO run. MorOSco tried melodrana and
comic opera but in neither Of these two Things
could he make this big house south OF Market
St pay. II is understood that there will be no
change made in the character of the house oy
the new management The Frawley company
is now PLAYING there. with E j, Morgan as the
leading man. The opera house Is owned oy
John W. MaCk2y and James L. Flood out u
has never paid the interest the investment
be cause of its location Blanche Bates mas done
a big business in her second week or u nGsr
Two Flags" and the play is billed for two weeks
more, and with fine scenery. a large company
and Blanche Bates's personal popularity anu
splendid acting. ii will probably draw Wen uu
the end OF the season; but IL is risky 70 attehp~
TO anything for month in San Francesca
Edna Wallace Hopper will so back 70 New
York nearly $500 900 richer than she came Wes~
Her mother left TO her practically all the fortune
that she inherited from Dunsmuir. the coaI
millionaire. Edna's brother. who is Deh'e1
bar<aeDar yat only SIt4l a month