anaheim-gazette 1902-06-12

Anaheim VOLUME XXXII. G. S. EDDY, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE—Center street, opposite City Hall. Office Hours: 10 A.M. to 11 A.M. 2 P.M. to 4 P.M. 7 P.M. to 5 P.M., evenings. Residence—Corner Center and Palm streets. ANAHEIM CAL. DR. F. H. HOUCK DENTIST. OFFICE NEXT DOOR to P.O. (Federman Block, up stairs.) HOURS 9 to 8 ANAHEIM CAL. HERBERT JOHNSTON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and Residence: Corner of Broadway and Los Angeles St. Telephone 656.... Office Hours: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., evenings. Dr. A. W. Bickford OFFICE OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE. Telephone Central. Residence near Christian Church. Telephone 101. ANAHEIM CAL. Boston Bakery FRESH BREAD, PIES AND CAKES. Ice Cream and Confectionery S. Kistler, Proprietor W. P. Turner, Fullerton Machine Shops J. F. HILTSCHER & CO., Proprietors Gasolene Engines Sold and Repaired Estimates Furnished on Pumping Plants Agents for the M. and E. Gasoline Engines WE GUARANTEE OUR WORK Telephone MAIN 54 will bring us IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR PROPERTY OR TRADE it for Los Angeles realty; or if you want to buy a place in Los Angeles or surrounding country, list with Wm. Schwenckert REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENT Boom 215 Henne Bldg, No. 122 West Third St., Los Angeles A Specialty made of Orange County Property SEE ME FOR THE BEST PROPOSITIONS IN FIRE, LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE, or write and I will call. Agent AACHEN & MUNICH FIRE INSURANCE CO. of Germany, and the AETNA LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. of Hartford. (Chartered in 1820) The best and up-to-date Livery turnouts City Livery Stables EDWARD A. ZEUS, Proprietor, Boston Bakery FRESH BREAD, PIES AND CAKES. Ice Cream and Confectionery S. Kistler, Proprietor W. P. Turner, Pharmacist DRUGS, MEDICINES, Perfumes and Toilet Articles. BEST 5-CENT CIGAR IN TOWN MEDICAL HALL, KOLL BLOCK. PUBLIC TELEPHONE OFFICE. FRITZ RUHMANN'S Germania Halle. BACKS' NEW BUILDING LOS ANGELES STREET Keeps on hand a Large and complete stock of liquors, wines and cigars. Cold beer always on draught GO TO THE Oak Barber Shop FOR A FIRST-CLASS SHAVE OR HAIR CUT. TWO DOORS WEST OF BANK. HUSMANN BROS. CITY MEAT MARKET F. W. Fleischmann, PROPRIETOR. Best Meats the Market Affords Always on Hand. Also keeps on hand Sausages, Bacon, Ham, Lard, Etc. Meats delivered to all parts of the city free of charge. Roman Wisser Favorite Saloon. Finest of Wines, Liquors & Cigare Pool & Billiard Tables Schindler's Building, Center St., Anaheim LOS ANGELES BEER ON DRAUGHT. J.M. Griffith Company A CORPORATION LUMBER DEALERS Near Railroad Depot, Anaheim, keep constantly on hand Doors, Blinds, Windows Mouldings, Posts, Shakes, Shingles, Lath, Hair Plaster of Paris. C.F. GRIM, Agent. The best and up-to-date Livery turnouts City Livery Stables EDWARD A. ZEUS, Proprietor. DOCTORS DON'T APPROVE OF IT--- READING BY ARTIFICIAL LIGHT; BUT THOSE WHO DO NOT DENY THEM-SELVES THE PLEASURE OF EVENING READING AP-PRECIATE THE COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE OF AN ELECTRIC LIGHT IN THEIR BEBTHS CALIFORNIA LIMITED SANTA FE ATTENTION-FRUIT GROWERS! Do you Fertilize? LIME-LIME-LIME Fertilizer for Fruit and Vegetables! REFUSE LIME CAKE for sale at 50c a ton at Sugar Factory, Los Alamitos. Crop doubled and trebled. See E. KOSSERT, Anaheim, for particulars regarding the practical results of its use by himself and neighbors. LOS ALAMITOS SUGAR FACTORY SUBSCRIBE FOR THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE OLDEST PAPER IN ORANGE COUNTY Subscription $1.50 Per Year. Send For Sample Copy Pool & Billiard Tables Schindler's Building, Center St., Anaheim LOS ANGELES BEER ON DRAUGHT. J.M. Griffith Company A CORPORATION LUMBER DEALERS Near Railroad Depot, Anaheim, keep constantly on hand Doors, Blinds, Windows Mouldings, Posts, Shakes, shingles, Lath, Hair Plaster of Paris. C. F. GRIM, Agent. F. BACKS, UNDERTAKER And Dealer in FURNITURE. Wall Paper, Cornices, Window Shades, Picture Frames, Upholstery Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass Sewing Machine Supplies, Etc. Dor. Los Angeles & Chartres Sts. Napoleon Hart. ...DEALER IN THE FINEST BRANDS OF... WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS CENTER STREET, ANAHEIM. Bottled goods of superior quality for family use WIELAND BEER. Give me a call. RICHARDMELROSE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW And Notary Public. Special attention given to Probate Matters. —Center Street, Anaheim— West, Bell & Tipton:: Attorneys & Counselors-at-law HELMSEN BLOCK Center St. - ANAHEIM, Cal RAILWAY TIME TABLE. Time of Arrival and Departure of Trains. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. Trains on the Southern Pacific pass Anaheim as follows: To Los Angeles. Daily.....7:22 am Dally.....9:49 am Daily.....4:22 pm Dally.....6:06 pm Pass Loara Station: To Los Angeles. Daily.....7:56 am Dally.....9:45 am Daily.....4:27 pm Dally.....5:50 pm LOS ALAMITOS TRAINS. Leave Anaheim— Arrive Anaheim— 9:35 am 8:00 am 2:07 pm 11:37 pm 5:50 pm 4:30 pm Daily except Sunday. TUSTIN BRANCH. Leave Anaheim Arrive Anaheim 9:49 a.m 4:22 p.m. Daily except Sunday. NEWPORT BEACH RAILWAY. Daily Schedule. Leave Anaheim. Arrive Anaheim 9:49 a.m 7:52 a.m. 6:03 p.m 4:23 p.m. All trains connect at Santa Ana with Newport trains. Santa Fe Time Table Effective June 1, 1902. Trains on the Santa Fe Route leave Anaheim for points named as follows: To Los Angeles—7:58 am 9:57 am *11:49 am*, 5:00 pm To San Diego—9:35 am* 2:07 pm To Redlands—*11:31 am* To Riverside and San Bernardino—*11:31 am*, 5:54 pm. To San Jacinto, Perris, Temecula and Elsinore—*11:31 am* To Santa Ana—9:35 am*, *3:07 pm*, 5:54 pm. To Pasadena and Azusa—7:55 am*, 9:57 am* *11:49 am*, 5:05 pm. To Escondido—*2:07 pm* To Fallbrook—*9:35 am* To Redondo—7:55 am*, 9:57 am*, *11:49 am* To Chicago, Denver, Kansas City and all points East—5:08 pm*, 5:54 pm. Trains marked with a • are daily except Sunday. All others daily. The Weekly Gazette. Established 1870. SUBSCRIPTION, - $1.50 Per Year. Six months....$1.00 Three months....75 Payable invariably in advance. Transient advertising rates,$1 per inch per month. The GAZETTE is issued every Thursday morning. Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter. Send your LACE CURTAINS to THE Santa Ana Steam Laundry Every facility for doing the best work. E. W. McCollum Agent, Anaheim JOSEPH BACKS, Undertaker and Embalmer DEALER IN Furniture and Bedding Repairing Done. je15 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Estate of Jacob Duscher, deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE undersigned, executrix of the last will of Jacob Duscher, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit the same, with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice (which publication was first made on the 24th day of April, 1902), to the said executrix at her residence at the corner of Center street and Los Angeles street in the city of Anaheim, Orange county, California, the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate in the county of Orange, California. Dated this 18th day of April, 1902. MARY LOUISE WARNER. H. W. CHYNOWETH, attorney for the estate, apr24-5t ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA. THURSDAY. JUNE 12, 1902. Editorial Note and Comment The most ridiculous charge yet brought against Gov. Gage by the daily newspaper trust is to the effect that the warden of San Quentin prison swindled the state out of $112 worth of goods and presented them to Gov. Gage and his family. The charge was first made in the San Francisco Call and Chronicle, and recently in the Los Angeles Times. The charge even went so far as to say that the Governor had personal knowledge of the fraud and was one of the parties to it. The charge was so ridiculous that no one gave it credence, but the criminality of the charge shocked every citizen of the state. Otis, of the Times, was quick to realize the bad step he had taken in fighting the Governor, and the following morning came out in an editorial saying that the matter had slipped into the Times in the rush of night work, and that the Times desired to say that it did not believe the Governor had guilty knowledge of the alleged transaction. Otis was quick to realize that he had placed his neck in a criminal halter, and he was quick to retract the villainous charge, and sought to crawl out of the affair by saying that another paper first printed the story and the Times took it for granted it was so. No other papers but the two San Francisco papers published the scandalous lie, and they are to be prosecuted criminally and civilly. But the attention of the Republican party of California is called to the attitude of the Times toward the party, as herein disclosed. That paper is not willing to leave to the party's representatives the matter of choosing a candidate for Governor. By implication it charges that such representatives are not trustworthy, and then gives the dictatorial order that the party shall not "handicap itself, at the outset of the campaign; with a candidate whose name is a synonym for discord and defeat." And the terrible threat is made, by implication, that the Times will labor to defeat the Governor if he be renominated, inspired by the hope that he will "get licked so badly at the polls that he will carry down the congressional election in the wreck with him." What must the Republicans of California think of a newspaper that assumes such an attitude and yet pretends to be loyal to the party that attained its strength and glory by standing shoulder to shoulder against the common "political enemy." Unless the party responds to the crack of the Times' whip, that paper will not only strive to turn the state of California over to the tender mercies of the Democrats, but will also aid in making the next Congress Democratic by the defeat of California candidates for Congress. The clause in the official call for the Republican state convention re-idence that the Times is neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet is cumulative and conclusive. Differences in modes of locomotion between the Old World and the New are quite as noticeable in the street railways, buses and public carriage as in the steam-trains of which I have already written. To be sure, a part of the "Americanization of the world" of which we read so much in English papers and magazines in these days consists in the introduction of American street-car lines, and underground London will soon be tunneled with American subways where American electric cars will run on America's rails for the benefit of the English public. But in many minor particular distinctions will long be observable these methods of transit, rapid or otherwise. THE LONDON BUS. Long may it be before the old-fashioned London bus becomes a thing of the past. To be sure, it is awkward ungainly and lumbering, but it is no picturesque and so interwoven with London's life and literature that this world's great metropolis would hardly seem to be the same place without their two-storied bus and the facetious bus driver. Besides, there is no spot in all London from which the leisurely tour can obtain so good a view of the city and of the restless passing through from the top of a London bus. When he has made his way up its precarious corkscrew stairs, and has taken his seat in spite of the numerous lurchings and heavings of his ship (which threatens every minute to throw him overboard until he has obtained stable equilibrium) he finds that all London is at his feet; that he can look down upon them. the Governor had guilty knowledge of the alleged transaction. Otis was quick to realize that he had placed his neck in a criminal halter, and he was quick to retract the villainous charge, and sought to crawl out of the affair by saying that another paper first printed the story and the Times took it for granted it was so. No other papers but the two San Francisco papers published the scandalous lie, and they are to be prosecuted criminally and civilly. If Gov. Gage will severely punish these journalistic vultures who prey upon character and scandalize society he will have the thanks of every liberty-loving citizen of the state. If he will bring the strong arm of the law upon these vampires who criminally and maliciously assail the good names of citizens he will have earned the gratitude of every honest man. To charge that the Governor of the state was a party to and cognizant of stealing $112 from the state treasury is so preposterous and villainous that the papers making the charge have been denounced in unmeasured terms from every nook and corner of the state, and has not only brought scorn and ridicule upon the papers that did it, but has created a sympathy for Gov. Gage that makes him sure winner for the nomination. The conspirators “overshot the mark,” and the infamy which they sought to bring upon our grand old Governor is falling upon their own heads. Be it said to the lasting credit of the country press of the state that not one paper printed the scandalous calumny nor gave its dissemination any encouragement. All praise to the country press of the state. When the charge appeared in print Gov. Gage made a broad and sweeping denial of the charge, manfully and courageously denying in toto every allegation, eloquently proclaiming that the citizens of California have known him for nearly thirty years, and asking if there was one fair-minded person who believed that he would imperil his reputation, stultify his manhood, disgrace his family and forfeit the esteem of his friends by even attempting to dishonestly acquire $112 worth of goods from the state or from any other source. This latest “charge” merely illustrates the desperate tactics the daily trust of the state is employing to defeat Gov. Gage for a renomination. Let every fair-minded Republican rally to the support of Gov. Gage, and by their action place the seal of condemnation upon such po- by standing shoulder to shoulder against the common “political enemy.” Unless the party responds to the crack of the Times’ whip, that paper will not only strive to turn the state of California over to the tender mercies of the Democrats, but will also aid in making the next Congress Democratic by the defeat of California candidates for Congress. The clause in the official call for the Republican state convention referring to organization of congressional district conventions will be of interest. The recommendation reads as follows: That in view of the redistricting of the state into eight congressional districts, and there being no congressional district committees which represent fully the new districts, it is recommended that the delegates to the state convention shall constitute the congressional district conventions for nomination of candidates for Representative in Congress for their respective districts, as provided in section 1361 of the Political Code, and said delegates to the state convention from each congressional district shall respectively meet for the organization of a district convention in said city of Sacramento prior to the final adjournment of said state convention, and nominate a candidate for Representative in Congress, and provide for the selection of a congressional district committee, or adjourn to such other time and place as may be determined upon for that purpose. Perplexed the Germans The Shah of Persia while in Berlin took more delight in hearing an American musical machine, of which there is one at the Persian legation, than to listening to all the crack military bands. His majesty sat in his shirt sleeves for hours enjoying the strains of “The Star Spangled Banner” and other airs. From time to time he handed the operator some Persian cigarettes. The shah found the climate of Germany disagreeably hot. He spent most of his time indoors in his shirt-sleeves, and when he entered a special train at Lepsie on his way to Carlsbad he took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves and sat at an open window fanning himself and inexpressibly shocking a large military contingent which was bidding him farewell and whose ideas of propriety never admit that a gentleman may be seen in his shirt sleeves. The shah is equipped with a letter of credit for 4,000,000 marks, which sum, since he and his entire retinue are the emperor’s guests, has scarcely been touched. Among other gifts she shah gave 10,000 marks to the fund for the relief of the Martinique sufferers. Constipated Bowels. To have good health, the body should be kept in a laxative condition, and the bowels moved at least once a day, so that all the poisonous wastes are expelled daily. Mr. G. L. Edwards, a world’s great metropolitan world seems to be the same place without this two-storied bus and the facetious bus driver. Besides, there is no spot in all London from which the leisurely tour can obtain so good a view of the city and of the restless passing through it from the top of a London bus. When he has made his way up its precarious corkscrew stairs, and has taken his seat in spite of the numerous lurchings and heavings of his ship (which threaten every minute to throw him overboard until he has obtained stable equilibrium) he finds that all London is at his feet; that he can look down upon the noble in his lordly carriage, as well upon the poor pedestrian who cannot afford the coin for a penny ride; that he is raised about to the level of the second-story windows, and has a constant panorama of unending interest opening before him. It was from this commanding position, it will be remembered, that Mark Twain “met the Prince of Wales.” The Prince was riding in his carriage in the street below, and Mark said that the Prince would undoubtedly remember him because he wore a single breasted cutaway coat, with three buckles on the front and two behind. But I suppose that even the London bus is doomed in the march of modern improvement, more’s the pity, and will give place one of these days to take electric motor or the commonplace tram. FARES AND FARE-COLLECTORS. Another distinction to which I have alluded in a previous article is that method of collecting the fares on this street-cars. In America the brusque conductor would scorn the man who offered him one cent or even two hours ever short the distance he wished travel. Nothing less than a nickel was satisfy him, even if you do not wish to ride more than a rod, but the regulations of European tramways compel him to collect for the distance traveled from one cent to ten or more. The method has its convenience for poor people and those who take but show rides, though there are no roads Europe, so far as I know, where can ride for hours for a five-cent fare as in our own land. In some European countries, netting in Germany, the vicious system of tipping has extended even to the conductors of the buses and street-cars, and besides their regular fares, many penguers pay the smallest coin of realm to the man who has the privilege of collecting the legal fare. A slight offset to this evil custom it may be said that these conductors are invariably polite and gentlemanly to even individual passenger. However crowded—the car, they tip their hats and say “Bitte” when they collect his fares giving the traveler a certain impression that he is somehow conferring favor upon the official by riding with him. Many of the cars in Europen cities have seats on the roof as well as inside. Sometimes these are open to the winds of heaven and sometimes are closed in, often the fare above cheaper than below. They are often divided into first class and second class. stultify his manhood, disgrace his family and forfeit the esteem of his friends by even attempting to dishonestly acquire $112 worth of goods from the state or from any other source. This latest "charge" merely illustrates the desperate tactics the daily trust of the state is employing to defeat Gov. Gage for a renomination. Let every fair-minded Republican rally to the support of Gov. Gage, and by their action place the seal of condemnation upon such political villainy. The Los Angeles Times says, in an editorial headline, that "Gage cannot be elected." Its exclusively direct mind-reading wire reports from Washington thus: "The fear here is that if Gage insists upon running he will be strong enough to get the nomination, because 'the machine' most likely will control that part of the program, and will then get licked so badly at the polls that he will carry down the congressional election in the wreck with him." And then, again editorially, we have the suggestive declaration that "the strong opposition to his renomination would insure his defeat at the polls, even if his henchmen should succeed in their purpose to force his nomination." Whether Governor Gage can be nominated, and if nominated subsequently elected, is a matter of opinion. The value of the Times' dictum that he "cannot be elected" may be gagged, in the opinion of the Los Angeles Herald, by the similar dictum two years ago in respect to the nomination and election of Representative McLachlan. It may also be estimated by the result of the Times' predictions and efforts in opposition to Henry T. Gage when he was the Republican candidate for Governor four years ago. The evi- bidding him farewell and whose ideas of propriety never admit that a gentleman may be seen in his shirt sleeves. The shah is equipped with a letter of credit for 4,000,000 marks, which sum, since he and his entire retinue are the emperor's guests, has scarcely been touched. Among other gifts the shah gave 10,000 marks to the fund for the relief of the Martinique sufferers. Constipated Bowels. To have good health, the body should be kept in a laxative condition, and the bowels moved at least once a day, so that all the poisonous wastes are expelled daily. Mr. G. L. Edwards, 142 N. Main St., Wichita, Kansas, writes: "I have used Herbine to regulate the liver and bowels for the past ten years, and found it a reliable remedy." 50¢ at Hatzfeld's. Her Face was Worth One Dollar. Miss Connolly, a New Orleans belle who sued for $10,000 damages because her photograph had been used in conjunction with advertising without her permission, has been given judgment of $1. The St. Charles hotel issued a pamphlet and on the first page published the young woman's photograph, together with a poem to the "Creole Belle." All of the railroad companies subsequently used the photograph, and millions of folders were sent out. In deciding the case the court held that the defendants had no intention of injuring her, were perfectly respectful in what they said of her, had no knowledge that they were publishing her counterfeit, and withdrew the picture as soon as she complained. Hot Weather Weakness. If you feel fagged out, listless and lacking in energy, you are perhaps suffering from the debilitating effects of summer weather. These symptoms indicate that a tonic is needed that will create a healthy appetite, make digestion perfect, regulate the bowels and impart natural activity to the liver. This, Herbine will do; it is a tonic, laxative and restorative H. J. Freegard, Propr. Grand View Hotel, Cheney, Kan., writes: "I have used Herbine for the last 12 years, and nothing on earth can beat it. It was recommended to me by Dr. Newton, Newton, Kan." 50¢ at Hatzfeld's. Many of the cars in Europen cities have seats on the roof as well as inside. Sometimes these are open to the few winds of heaven and sometimes closed in, and often the fare above cheaper than below. They are often too divided into first-class and second-class compartments, with a slight difference in fare between the two. To the idea of aristocracy and the secession of the poor and the rich goes down to the smallest concerns of life. In most of the European cities electricity has not been harnessed for uses of the people to nearly such extent as in America, and the electric cars often seem like primitive affair of the early days of electrical science. There are, however, exceptions to rule, and no city in the world has finer electric-car service or more beautiful or speedy trams than has Bristol on the banks of the Danube. "COMPLET." Another thing that strikes the American as peculiar, after he has beenustomed to being jammed into his electric cars twenty deep, or rick with the help of a precarious seat from his office to his home (a door other passengers jolting, joucing knocking against him at every alley unevenness in the road-bed), is fact that in many cities the passenger are respected to a most surprising greece, and when a bus or car is why, it is full, and that is all they about it. No one else is allowed to in if the seats are all occupied, there may be standing-room on this side, according to the American plan for twoscore more people. You may see car after car go by; the exasperating sign," Complet., its end, and no frantic waving of umbrella and no objurations of kind will induce the conductor or torman to stop and let you on." You may cool your heels on a f- Gazette. JUNE 12, 1902. NUMBER 33 ON CABS AND CARRIAGES My Respects the English City is ahead of Us in America—The Taximeter. FRANCIS E. CLARK, D. D. DISTRIBUTED TO THE GAZETTE. ences in modes of locomotion in the Old World and the New State as noticeable in the street-cars, buses and public carriages in steam-trains of which I have written. To be sure, a part of Americanization of the world," we read so much in English and magazines in these days, in the introduction of Ameriet-car lines, and underground will soon be tunnelled with subways where American cars will run on American roads; the benefit of the English pubs in many minor particulars will long be observable in methods of transit, rapid or other. THE LONDON BUS. May it be before the old-fashioned London bus becomes a thing of the past. To be sure, it is awkward, and lumbering, but it is so unease and so interwoven with life and literature that the great metropolis would hardly see the same place without the fixed bus and the facetious business, there is no spot in all London which the leisurely tourist can so good a view of the city the restless passing throng as to top of a London bus. When made his way up its precarious stairs, and has taken his seat of the numerous lurchings and he of his ship (which threaten minute to throw him overboard) has obtained stable equilibria finds that all London is at his feet he can look down upon the night for half an hour while twenty cars that are going your way pass by, and you are almost inclined to think that with all its inconveniences the American system of "cramming them in and ramming them in and jamming them in" has some compensations and advantages. Moreover, in many countries the conductor is apparently allowed to exercise not the slightest discretion. If the law says that only six people can sit on each side of his car, then only six people will be allowed to sit there, whether they are fat or lean, children or adults. In Italy I have seen a car one side of which looked half empty by reason of the fact that there were two grown people and four little children who preferred to squeeze themselves together in a little bunch, leaving nearly half the seat vacant, where three more moderate-sized people could find ample accommodations. But no, the conductor was obdurate, and no amount of coaxing would persuade him to let another mortal occupy one of those vacant seats, because there was already the regulation number upon it, and the car must go on its way half empty in order to obey the letter of the law. CABS AND CARRIAGES. In the matter of cabs and carriage service there is no doubt about it; the European city has decidedly the advantage of the American. Cabs are comfortable, numerous and exceedingly reasonable in price; at least they seem so to one who has been long subject to the extortions of American cab-drivers. One of the small matters that gives our country its first installment of a bad reputation with the average travelling foreigner is when he finds that he must pay a swindling cabby three or four dollars for carrying him from the wharf to his hotel, when in his own country he would not pay as many shillings as he pays dollars in America. The regular tariff rates are often unreasonably high. MRS. MAUREY'S SERIOUS LOSS Fire Sweeps Through Her Apartment House, Doing Much Damage A letter received from Mrs. Wilmot Maurey of San Francisco by a friend in this city brings details of the fire which some weeks ago swept through her apartment house in that city. From it we take the following brief extract, which will be found to be of interest by the many friends of the family here-about, who regret to hear of the losses sustained: "The fire was a surprise and shook to us. At 4 a.m. we had to rush from a burning building, clad only in our night robes, even bare-footed. It was a strange situation for me, with my child in my arms, to look down and see the stairway below me on fire. Baby and I made our escape by the rear stairway. We almost strangled from the smoke. I could not see two feet before me, and I did not know but that at any moment we might be consumed in the flames. "We have never ascertained the cause of the explosion and fire. Nana (Mrs. Hardin) lost her best clothes, which she left here on her trip to Cochise; her furniture to. It was uninsured. Mamma had some insurance, but she lost $1,000 over the insurance in stage dreses, music by stacks, furniture, etc. I had no insurance on my property; had some handsome things I thought too much of to wear: elegant Persian material. $8 per yard; broadcloth, $4 per yard, white silk and lace skirts, broacaded skirts, etc., which I thought I could not afford to wear. All were lost. "I lost over 100 fine art engravings, colored studies, and one set of art studies which were a present to me. I had quite a little library of fine books, which were destroyed. Some of my largest oil paintings—one of Panama, for which I had had an offer of $50— European city has decidedly the advantage of the American. Cabs are comfortable, numerous and exceedingly reasonable in price; at least they seem so to one who has been long subject to the extortions of American cab-drivers. One of the small matters that gives our country its first installment of a bad reputation with the average traveling foreigner is when he finds that he must pay a swindling cabby three or four dollars for carrying him from the wharf to his hotel, when in his own country he would not pay as many shillings as he pays dollars in America. The regular tariff rates are often unreasonably high in our land, and few knights of the whip confine themselves to their tariff when they get hold of an unsuspecting tenderfoot from Europe. In the Old World the cab-drivers doubtless are just as dishonest, but their peculations are on a smaller scale, and the tariff seems so much less that the swindle does not affect the pocket-book to the same extent. Moreover, if one is on his guard and exercises reasonable decision of character with his Jehu, he can avoid being seriously gouged, for every cab in Europe must contain the complete tariff, which the traveler may always demand when in doubt about his fare. THE TAXIMETER In some countries the ingenious taximeter has been introduced, and this is by far the best system of all for it avoids all disasters and traveller and driver to a machine that has no temptation to lie or overcharge. Thus in Stockholm, for instance, each traveller as he sits in the public carriage is confronted by a little dial which tells him every half-mile how much he has to pay. It starts with "fifty ore" indicated on its face, for he can go no distance, however short, for less than this sum—about thirteen cents in our money. After he has gone a mile or so the hand on the dial remorselessly moves along, and he sees that he must pay sixty ore, and then seventy and then eighty, and after a while he has used up a whole crown, or twenty-six cents, though it is a long ride indeed that will cost much more than this. When he has arrived at his destination the dial tells him plainly how much he owes the cabman, who can never dispute the charge, and who with a very small additional gratuity goes off happy. Some kind of a cyclometer arrangement makes it possible on wheeled vehicles thus to measure the distance accurately. But even the sleighs in Stockholm in the winter-time are fitted with the same taximeter, and tell the passenger how far he has slipped over the smooth and icy streets. But I imagine that the best days of the cab and the cabdriver are in the past, even in Europe, for the electric road is slowly but surely making its way into all parts of the eastern hemisphere as well as the western, and the end of the century may look back upon the cab-driver as well as the cab-horse as one of the curious relics of a past civilization. Saved Two from Death "Our little daughter had an almost fatal attack of whooping cough and bronchitis," writes Mrs. W. K. Haviland of Armonk, N. Y., "but when all other remedies failed we saved her life stage dresses, music by stacks, furniture, etc. I had no insurance on my property; had some handsome things I thought too much of to wear: elegant Persian material. $8 per yard; broadcloth, $4 per yard, white silk and lace skirts, broacaded skirts, etc., which I thought I could not afford to wear. All were lost. "I lost over 100 fine art engravings, colored studies, and one set of art studies which were a present to me. I had quite a little library of fine books, which were destroyed. Some of my largest oil paintings—one of Panama, for which I had had an offer of $50—were consumed. My loss exceeds $500. "It was as if by miracle my trunk on the first floor was unharmed. It contained my heirlooms, some unmade party dresses, and valuable papers. "After the fire I searched among the ruins and recovered about $75 worth of gold and silver jewelry; just discolored from the acid from the chemical engine. The two most important papers I believe I have were recovered, wet but otherwise unharmed. "Soon after the explosion Mamma uttered a piercing and terror-stricken scream. She shrieked 'Fire!' and roused all. She directed the firemen to take an old sick man out by the window down the ladder. After all the inmates of the house were saved he called for her jewelry and insurance papers. They were saved for her. A gentleman from being closed the door of her studio, shutting the flames out and extinguished a little fire that had started in the room. Some of her finest studio furniture was saved, as well as my best china painting and a number of my oil and tapestry paintings." Power Plant H. C. Kellogg has been engaged as engineer in charge of the Riverside Power company, a corporation recently formed to construct, equip and operate a power plant for the manufacture of electricity for lighting and power purposes. The scheme involves the construction of a canal six miles along the south bank of the Santa Ana River; starting at the Narrows, northwest of Riverside, and running easterly until an elevation of eighty-five feet above the river is reached, when the water will be turned back into the river after having supplied sufficient force for the generating of 500 to 700 horse power. The diversion of the river channel occurs on lands owned by the company. W. E. Podley, manager for the San Jacinto Land company, has the contract for the construction of the canal. Specifications have been prepared and a field force is now at work on the survey. The canal will have a capacity of 700 miners' inches and will be cemented. It will cost $85,000 and will be finished the first of the year. The cost of the power-plant, fully equipped, including the canal, is approximated at $200,000. Indian Commission The commission recently appointed by President Roosevelt to investigate the needs of the Warner ranch Indians and to select a new reservation for the of the cars in Europern cities sits on the roof as well as inside. These are open to the four of heaven and sometimes cov, and often the fare above is far than below. They are often divided into first-class and second-compartments, with a slight difference in fare between the two. Thus a law of aristocracy and the separation of the poor and the rich goes down smallest concerns of life. Most of the European cities elec-has not been harnessed for the people to nearly such an as in America, and the electric train seem like primitive affairs early days of electrical science. Care, however, exceptions to this and no city in the world has a electric-car service or more beau-tor speedy trams than has Budda-in the banks of the Danube. "COMPLET." Another thing that strikes the Amer-peculiar, after he has been acc-eded to being jammed into his own cars twenty deep, or riding the help of a precarious strap this office to his home (a dozen passengers jolting, jouncing and being against him at every slightness in the road-bed), is the fact that in many cities the passengers suspected to a most surprising deand when a bus or car is full, it is full, and that is all there is fit. No one else is allowed to get the seats are all occupied, though may be standing-room on the in-according to the American plan, noscore more people. May see car after car go by with exasperating sign, "Complet," on rail, and no frantic waving of your villa and no objurations of any will induce the conductor or mo-n to stop and let you on. Thus may cool your heels on a frosty But I imagine that the best days of the cab and the cab driver are in the past, even in Europe, for the electric road is slowly but surely making its way into all parts of the eastern hemisphere as well as the western, and the end of the century may look back upon the cab-driver as well as the cab-horse as one of the curious relics of a past civilization. Saved Two from Death "Our little daughter had an almost fatal attack of whooping cough and bronchitis," writes Mrs. W. K. Havi-land of Armonk, N. Y., "but when all other remedies failed we saved her life with Dr. King's New Discovery. Our niece, who had consumption in an advanced stage, also used this wonderful medicine, and today she is perfectly well." Desperate throat and lung diseases yield to Dr. King's New Discovery as to no other medicine on earth. Infallible for Coughs and Colds. 50¢ and $1 guaranteed by all druggists. Trial bottle free. Term Trial Jurors. 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It is accompanied by William Collier of River-side, special attorney for the Mission Indians, and Miss Haskins, official stenographer. It is making the trip in an old-style prairie schooney equipped for a trip of several weeks. A conference has been held with the Indians at Warner's ranch. The commission will inspect different tracts of land offered for the new home of the tribes. Tax on Babies. Extreme hot weather is a great tax upon the digestive power of babies; when puny and feeble they should be given a few doses of White's Cream Vermifug., the children's tonic. It will stimulate and facilitate the digestion of their food, so that they soon become strong, healthy and active. 25¢ at Hatzfeld's. IN CUBA where it is hot all the year round Scott's Emulsion sells better than any where else in the world. So don't stop taking it in summer, or you will lose what you have gained. Send for a free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 409-415 Pearl Street, New York, 50c. and $10c.all druggists.