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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-10

artists. Were a man to begin painting
there tomorrow he would not, as Jules
Pages did when he worked on his famous
picture, the one that received honorabls
mention at the Paris salon Of 1896 and
that helped him TO win finally the medal,
have to have some one constantly by him
to keep the inGuisitive Celestials from
hanging on his shoulders and his easel
They probably would glance at him from
distance unconcernedly.
Peixotto sketched in Chinatown last
year, but he did not attempt color, sig
nificant fact. 1t is said that he VIII have
the distinction Of being the last OF the
artists or any note to seek themes in Chi
natown. Even the students. those who
send broadcast calendars and Christmas
cards, are looking elsewhere for studies,
for, like the painters in oil and the many
who have done exquisite things In water
color and pencil. they feel the change that
has gradually been transforming the To-
cality. and they. too, no longer find In
spiration there.
Chinatown Is passing. With every
bucket OF whitewash the end Is FASTENED.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-10
WHlTEWASH AND ELECTRICITY
ARE MAKING PlCTURESQCg!
POSSIBILITIES BUTb
MEMORY.

T HERE is no doubt that the China
town Of artists will soon be but
u memory. What would you have?
The walls are being whitewashed, tie
passageways are being lighted with
electricity, everything that used to
have charm is being transformed in
color and picturesque possibilities.
! should not care to paint there
again. What color there is is gaudy,
cutre, regarded from the standpoint
Of present-day art. It was not so 4
few years ago. Then there was at
rnosphere-theIe was faint, almost i'm
perceptible smoke from the ireplaces
giving tone.
OF course it was never a pleasant
place to work because Of the dirt and
the way the Chinese had Of scram-
bling over ones shoulders. But an
artist would rather have it so than
as it is. Now that it is being made
e.ean there will soon be nothing to
paint.
It Is a pity. believe that every
artist who has worked there regrets
that Chinatown cannot be permitted
TO grow old with the passing years
and to change only as age would die
tate. AMEDEE JoULLIN.
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The old Palace Hotel and the Royal.
which once teemed with color and where
in each room could be found material for
a characteristic sketch, have the past
year or so become as commonplace as the
most practical Board of Health man
could wish.
On every street some ornate little bal
cony. beloved by wielders of the brush,
has been removed or painted over. Lean
ing walls have been Strengthened and
loose boards on the older buildings have
been nailed down. On the roofs odd eff
fects secured from a vista in which
clothespoles and lodges filed with bbom-
ing plants were deliciously mingled are
seldom found now. There will be still
other departures One man who used to
paint there declared the other day that
the inhabitants themselves are coming to
lack something that at one time made
them excellent subjects for studies. Per-
haps they. too, are yielding to the pres
sure of civilization. and while learning
the use of English and soap they may be
losing the distinctiveness that has hith-
erto made them SO much worth while to
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visited-it is passing.
Perhaps you don't see it. That
all depends upon what kind of an eye you
are locking with.
If il be q financial eye of course you
don't see It Business was never better.
say the merchants up Dupont street
Tourists come and go, faster and thicker
year after year The country is prosper
Gus and there is money enough aloat TO
reach the rare old lacquers and porce-
lains and worries that bring the righteous
and the unrighteous profit
II It be the eye of the statistician, you
don't see it, Population within those
dozen blocks is on the rapid increase, you
say. Where once a few pioneer Chinese
huddled, now there are thriving families
rearing plenty Of small fry to fill the tene-
nents even fuller.
All. but If it be the eye artistic. Then
you know only too well that there is no
longer in our midst a little, crowded
treasure trove Of Oriental colors that
blend to harmony, of shaky walls and
rotting structures that beg to be trans
ferred 70 canvas. The artists have been
robbed Of their treasure. they say, and
the robbery was committed by Board.
Many men and women who are famil-
far with every nook and corner and all the
devious ways of Chinatown stroll through
the narrow streets these days and glance
about regretfully, as they note a change
in some doorway; the absence of some
awning, OF the addition of some modern
device.
They are the people who look for lights
and shadows. color effects, types OF hui
rnaaity-they are the artists to whom
Chinatown has brought much of happiness
and no little measure OF fame. 1t is through
their achievements that the place lie des-
tined to live for years and years after the
city viii have RACED the present quarter.
1t is from their viewpoint the death war;
rant Of Chinatown was signed when some
men, collectively known as a Board, be-
gan to buy whitewash, and It is their Chi
natown that is slipping into the waste
that past days make.
Who would choose TO paint a flooring
of macadam? Who could see anything pic
turesque in a wall which stares one out
of countenance with its unblinking white
ness?
Not an artist, surely.
II used to be that not day passed but
the congested alleyways, the obscure
courts and even the Travelled main streets
were dotted with easels. Even though Il
rained there was always some typical,
slant-eyed creature ready to pose. Art
students by the score found II inspiring
TO be working beside painters whose work
was already spreading the fame of China
town. Now on the sunniest days one may
loiter about through the streets, in the
shops, anywhere, and find no sign of a
pencil or brush. Pretty Chinese children
play about the doorways. Curious figures
silently shuttle in and out the PASSAGE
ways, but the artists who knew them
%have departed, apparently for all time.
Why? Because everything that used to
be charming 10 them is rapidly being
spoiled
The very atmosphere, they complain,
which formerly was TO them redolent of
Orientaiism, quaintness - "old world
charm" they called it-bas been replaced
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FROM AN ARTISTS STAND.
POINT CHINATOWN is EACH
YEAR BECOMING MORE
IMPOSSIBLE.

n T Is very true that from an artists
standpoint Chinatown is each year
becoming more and more impossi-
bic. There used to be a certain de.
light in working there, right in the
heart Of San Francisco, and yet as
lar removed from the hustle and gar
rishness CT the modern city as
though one had sailed over seas. Most
Of that charm is lost, for with every
attempt to Americanize the place,
with the idea Of producing order and
compelling cleanliness, the old orien-
tai atmosphere is dissipated.
have always felt that had China
town hourished in or near any Of the
great art centers Of the world it would
have been made famous for all tirus
by brush and pencil.
never go there nowhere is moth
ing to attract one. Much that was
cnce so picturesque has either been
covered over with whitewash or is be-
ing repaired and put in order for a
coat Of whitewash tomorrow.
T. WoREs,
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rn FLOWER Kz1Lm-sY rmo wonEa
p HINATowN Is passing.

San Franchises Chinatown, the
talked Of, the written about, the
visited-it is passing.
Evening star., 1901-09-23
THE COURTS.

Equity Court No. 1-Chief Justice Bingham.
McCabe agt. McCabe; restraining order
against defendant granted. knights OF La
Dor agt. Parsons; time to take testimony
extended till November 1, 1901. Barnes agt.
Barnes; testimony before Rutledge Wilson,
examiner, ordered taken. Knights Of Labor
agt. Parsons; commission ordered to issue.
Rose agt. Granite State Provident Assoca-
ton; auditors report confirmed. Shappirio
agt. Goldberg; time to take testimony ex-
tended to October 10. Hough agt. Hough;
commission to get testimony ordered to is
sue. Leighton agt. Leighton; re-reference
to examiner ordered.
Probate Court-Chef Justice Bingham.
Estate of Edwin Shuttle; commission or
dered to ISSUE Estate of Ann l.. Wilson;
account of sale filed. Estate Of Jas. T.
Slower; inventory and statement for account
filed. Estate Of Jas. B. Johnson; statement
for account and proof Of publication filed.
In re VIM. H. Beatty; statement for account
filed. Estate of John Mcdonald; order fix
ing commission Of administrator at ~ per
cent. Estate Of Catherine Shea; wilf dated
September 8, 1S99 filed Estate of Geo.
Brown; petition for letters Of collection filed.
Estate of Jas. Williamson; will admitted to
probate and letters testamentary granted to
Mary Williamson; bond, $400. In re Nellie
Fewkes ct al: statement for account filed.
Estate of Franz Sabotka; summons returned
served. Estate Of Elizabeth B. Nicholas;
summons returned, not to be found.
Estate Of Mary T. Mccarthy; summons
returned served. Estate of John Murphy;
order authorizing substitution of bond. Es-
tate Of Jas. M. Hilton; will fully proved.
Estate Of Johanna NJ. Griffin; assignment
of interest by Daniel Connor to Mary Con-
nor filed. Estate Of Mary T. Mccarthy:
notice to attorney for respondents as to
time OF hearing filed Estate OF Christine
Mueller; proof of publication filed. Estate
of James E. Hannah: order of publication.
Estateof Ann L. Wilson; account passed.
Estate Of Geo. w. Johnson; do. In re Alice
A RoPPS FStata
chart; Inventory filed. Estate of VIM. 8.
Yeatman: inventory filed. In re Louisa A.
Mueller ct al: account passed. In re Hugh
s. Patton; affidavit in lieu Of account filed.
Evening star., 1901-09-23
CONDENSED LOCALS.

Joseph Logan. colored, was today charg-
ed In the Police Court with cutting Alex
ander Nolan, also colored, with a knife
August 20 last. After hearing all the evil
dence Judge Scott decided to release the
accused on personal bonds.
The District Commissioners have acted
adversely upon the application of ConnOr
Brothers for permission to use one sewer
connection for two houses at 500 and 500
Marshall street, and will require separate
connectionS for each dwelling
Henrietta Rhodes, colored, sixty years
DID, living at 1911 25th street, fell from a
street car at 14th street and New York
avenue early Saturday night. She escaped
injury.
An overheated gas stove caused a slight
fire in tailoring establishment at 2l53
Pennsylvania avenue northwest about $50
o'clock last night. Damage to the amount
of about $25 was done.
H A. Howell. fifty-five years old, who
lives at lib Market street, Philadelphia.
fell from ear 81 of the Metropolitan line
at the Baltimore and Ohio depot last night.
He was not badly injured.
Evening star., 1901-09-23
STATUS OF STRIKE.
PaperhanEers and the Operators Not
Yet at Peace.

Paperhangers and the Operators Not
Yet at Peace.
A constant incoming stream Of new
workmen is claimed by the master paper
hangers of this CITY, and. 1T is said, they
are being put to work daily by the differ
ent houses where the strikers have with
drawn their men, This morning one Of the
proprietors stated that he had received six
new men, coming from as many different
points Of the compass. Men came from as
far as the Mississippi river, he said; others
from the New England states and Canada,
and still others from the sunny south.
But the strikers are not dismayed by this
showing. as they claim to have made an
impression on the men employed by the
different bosses as recently as Saturday
night. 1t was stated by one Of the off,
cials Of the striking men that the union
was given assurances by a number of these
toilers that, coming to this city without
funds to last them any time, they would
work for q week, but at the end Of that
time would leave. This action would be
taken, so they said, because they were not
aware Of any trouble existing here before
their arrival.
1t was also stated that one of the sub
contractors, who has on hand q large
amount Of work, received from the stores
Of the Masters Association had communi-
Gated with the union, saying that he would
not do the work and that he would stand
by the union,
Evening star., 1901-09-23
Deaths in Forty-Eisht Hours.

The following deaths were reported to the
health Office during the forty-eight hours
ending at noon today:
Elizabeth Cant. 50 years; Patrick Har-
rington, S. years: Mary Elizabeth Davidge
81 years; Thomas Kennedy. IS years; Anna
b. hammond. 81 years; William Rencher.
81 years; Addison Coates, go years: Elisha
Orme Mannakee 60 years; Angelina Simp-
son, 60 years; John James, So years: Joseph
Briscoe. 55 years: Mabel Taylor, 81 years;
John Lynch, So years; William Bracken.
81 years. Samuel Monroe, SO years: Arthur
Smith. 40 years; William Jackson, II years
Louisa Phillips. 81 years; Earnest Adair, %
years: Carrie Hudson, q years; Louise
Powell, II years; Addie Jackson, Is years;
Annie Louise Bogee. years; Ruth Brown,
2 years; Ellen Lorraine Fraser. 1 year; VIII
liam A. Mitchell, l year; Clifford Marble
Creney, 10 months; Ethel Murphy, 8
months: Rufus Wilber Wimberly, months:
Mary Brown. months: George Carroll, !
days: infant of Mary v. Jackson. day;
infant of Lizzie Parker Jones, days; in
FAINT Of Eaien Daniel, day.
Evening star., 1901-09-23
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
Fair Tonight and Tuesday; Fresh East
to South Winds.

Fair Tonight and Tuesday; Fresh East
to South Winds.
Forecast till 8 pm Tuesday.-FOr the
District of Columbia, eastern Pennsylvania
| New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Vir-
ginia, fair tonight and Tuesday; fresh east
to south winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
Clear and pleasant weather was general
during the past twenty-four hours, except
in the extreme northwest, the Pacific coast
and the northern plateau, where there were
rains accompanied by low temperature,
and followed this morning by heavy frost
in western Montana. the northern plateau
and northern Nevada.
Fair weather will continue for the next
two or three days in the Ohio valley, the
east and south without any decided
changes in temperature, except in the
lower lake region and Ohio valley, where
It will be somewhat cooler Tuesday after
noon or evening.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds
will be fresh east to south; on the south
Atlantic and east gulf coasts fresh easter
ly, and on the lower lakes fresh southwest
erly, shifting to northweSterly.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have fresh southwesterly
winds and fair weather to the Grand
Banks.
tnches) has been reported during the past
tWenty-four hours: Kingston, Jamaica, 2SS.
During the twenty-four hours ending 8
am. Sunday: Portland Ore, 1:1O; Trini-
dad, LOS; Red Bluff, 1.O2.
Mercury Takes a Rise.
The temperature registered today by
House & Herrmann's standard thermom-
eteT was as follows: am, 81; II noon,
10; pm. 50.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Septembe %, 4 pm, r.;
pm, IS; II midnight, 50.
September %, am, 80; am, 81; IL
noon, u; pm, 10.
Maximum. 70, at pm. September 3;
Barometer-September ~, pm, 1921 !;
8 pm, 1923: II midnight 1925.
September g. 4 am, 1924; am, 30. .26;
noon. 30.25; pm, 30.22
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature. 66; condf-
ton, 13; receiving reservoir temperature
dition at south connection 4; distributing
reservoir, temperature, 6S; condition at in
fluent gate house, 6; effluent gate house, -.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, $50 am and 1OO7 D.
m. high tide, 3:O6 m and 1927 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 10:4S am. and II 1:06
pm; high tide, 4:O3 am and 1882 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 6:4S am; sun sets. 5:57
pm.
Moon sets, 1:4O am. tomorrow.
TOmorrow-Sun rises, $40 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and napttha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise
Evening star., 1901-09-23
Real Estate Transfers.

Lanier Heights-George N. Rider ct ux.
to Mary e. Mann. lot 107; SO.
Twelfth street southeast between c and
D streets-Richard Rothwen to John w.
and Addie W. Foster, lot 33, square 1917;
SO (stamps, rs cents)
Eleventh and East Capitol streets north
west-Clarence F. Donohoe. trustee, to
Mary E. Walls, half interest in part lot 4,
square 966; $4,75O. Henry c. Tracy ct ux.
to same, half interest In same property;
$4,75O
East Deanwood-Isabel ]. Gordon ct vir.
Henry D. to James P. Norwood, lot 6.
block 1s; $125.
Deanwood Heights-John w. Gregory ct
ux. to Fendall Sutherland lot Is, block 1S;
500.
Third street northeast between e and F
streets-Samuel A. Drury ct ux. to Mary
E. Courson, lot 02. square 754; SO.
N street northwest between 18th and 18th
streets-Mary w. Wootton ct al. to Wm
]. Eynon. lot B, square $50; SO.
Whitehaven. St. Philip and Jacob-The
Home Land and Mining and Mannfactur-
Ing Company to VIM. Montgomery, lot 35,
block 4: $25. Same to Frank NJ Campbell
lots 1, 2 and 3, block 8; $500.
street northwest between 2Sth and Goth
streets-Waiter G. Duckett ct al. trustees.
trustees. part lots 20S and 200, square
1853; $2,1OO.
Twenty-ninth and M streets northwest
same to same, part lot g. square 1912;
$1,000.
G street southwest between 9th and 7th
streets-Anjennette Dunster to Robt. T.
Ballard, lot l.. square 46S; 81. $50
Long Meadows-John Cook, trustee. to
Henry I. Hopkins lots 224, 226 22S and o29,
square q; so. Miles Fuller ct ux. to same,
lots 223 and 227, block q; $40.
Meridian Hill-Edward H. Childers to
Hallett o. Nettleton lot 50. block IL; $40.
Evening star., 1901-09-23
Encounter a Burglar.

A dispatch from Allentown, Pa, says
that Winston Birch. believed to be a resi-
dent Of this city, had desperate struggle
with a burglar yesterday morning about !
o'clock, which resulted in both the burglar
and Birch being wounded. Birch Is the
guest Of Mrs. D. D. Jones Of Slatington
and was reading in his room when he heard
the burglar at work In the dining room. He
took a revolver, descended the stairs and
grappled with the intruder. The burglar also
had pistol, and In the struggle Birch was
shot in the leg. The burglar then made his
escape, but as he did SO Birch fired at him,
wounding him in the shoulder.
Inquiry today failed to disclose that Mr.
Birch is resident Of this city.
Evening star., 1901-09-23
Voice of Organized Labor.

At recent meeting of the Journeymen
Tailors' Union Of this city resolutions Of
fered by James McDermott were adopted,
deploring the treacherous assassination Of
President Mckinley and stating that ION
the theory that an ounce OF prevention :s
worth a pound Of cure" Congress is petit
toned to so legislate that similar calamity
may be rendered impossible. The union de-
clared also that organized labor is the
greatest sufferer" from the assassin's act
and that union Of workingmen should
tolerate anarchists within its ranks. The
resolutions were signed by John McConville.
president of the union, and William Terry,
secretary.
Evening star., 1901-09-23
In Memory of Mrs. Graves.

A memorial service was held at Salvation
Army Hall last evening in honor Of the
memory Of Mrs. Linda l. Graves wife OF
Mr.. B. B. F. Graves Of this city, who died
on the 18th instant. The chair which he'd
been occupied by the departed one was ap-
propriately draped and covered with beau
tiful flower pieces. while beautiful songs
were sung and touching remarks made by
those who had known and loved her for
years, among these being Mr.. II. B. F.
Macfarland. president of the board Of Dis
trtct Commissioners, who spoke of her
beautiful Christian character and patient
fortitude.
Evening star., 1901-09-23
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following: s.trE
White-Irvin M. Durnbaugh of Harris
burg, Pa. and Lottie M. Baldwin Of Lam
caster. Pa: John A. Hughes and Stella R.
Orange. both of Charles City county, Va
Festus B. Phillips Of Raleigh, N C.. and
Nina E. Wilkinson of this city; e. Eugene
Longley and Mabel 8. Oxley.
Colored-Salvadore Warfield and s,,sie A.
Adams: James c. HI. Otto and Marie Jones;
David Grayson OF Fairfax county, Va, and
Jennie Roy Of Alexandria county. Va
Evening star., 1901-09-23
"war Councii- to He Held.

The directors of the Y. NJ. C. A. of the
District have issued unique invitations to
a supper to be given at the building on G
sire next Friday evening. They read as
follows:
September -. Your presence is very much
desired
"A substantial supper will be served at @
o'clock sharp.
Warm remarks begin at 6:45. Come
prepared 10 listen to a real live proposition
and have a good time.
REPLY on attached card before Wednes-
day, September %, whether you can come
and whether you want supper"
Evening star., 1901-09-23
Before the Grand Jury.

The case Of Charles Doyle, colored, ac-
cused of the murder of Halard Dent, by
cutting his throat while in stable near
police headquarters, the 18th Of last July.
will be called to the attention of the grand
jury next Thursday.
The following, recently indicted. will he
arraigned tomorrow before Chief Justice
Bingham: Frank Barnes, John r. Clements,
Howard Allen. William Evans. William
Green, Richard Jackson. William Nolan
and Horace Marshall
Evening star., 1901-09-23
Two RObberies RepOrted.

The police were informed today that two
robberies were committed at 7O7 18th street
northwest between midnight and $50
o'clock this morning Benedict David re-
ported that his room was entered and rob-
bed of a diamond PIN worth $50; clothing
valued at $40. and $40 in cash
A coat valued at SO, the property of Mrs.
John Barrick, was taken from the rack in
the hall
Evening star., 1901-09-23
A Portrait of Shakespeare.

From the London ChrOnicie,
At Sotheby's yesterday some oil paint
ings. the property of the late Mr.. Augustin
DAILY. and pictures and engravings from
various other sources came up for sale.
The most interesting lot of all was a por-
trait of William Shakespeare by an un-
known artist. % inches by Is. inches from
the collection Of Lord st. =Leonards, and ex-
hibited at the national portrait exhibition
at South Kensington in 1866. This was
purchased by Mr.. Sabin for f25 10s The
DAILY collection also included two portraits
of Thackeray by A. Bought, the more i'm
pOrtant of which represents the novelist.
half length. seated, reading a book. This
realized Ell 1Os., and the other full
length drawing In water colors sold for
tl5 5s., both being purchased by Mr.. Sabin.
Evening star., 1901-09-23
Wife's Alterations.

On the ground of alleged desertion, Annie
Louise Kirby today petitioned the Supreme
Court Of the District of Columbia to grant
her a divorce from Francis A. Kirby. The
parties were married In Alexandria, Va,
in August, 1879, and have a child. Mrs
Kirby charges that without cause her hus-
band left her in January, 1887.