The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 19, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1895. —_—m——————— e IMPROVING THE WATER. The Argonaut, an able and worthy jour- 1, has done TuE CALL an injustice. It charges us of being “engaged in a crusade nst the water supply of San Fran- g the past week Trx Carr did ppb- lish criticisms reflecting somewhat on the | managementof the water company. Its char ere direct and specific. We gave fhe names of the parties who complained and located the section in the ) where the evil was said to exist. complaint was made by honorable tives actuated them The lemen. Pure n Tre L1 also. e cause can be { We are informed at this wri evil does {y removed. ng that the Son Wians ‘“.;‘.‘(;:!’;r:.l ia. | water company is making all haste Telephone.... ..-.-..Main—1868 | to cure the defects in its system as EDITORIAL RCOMS: pointed out by the interviews in THE CALL. " 517 Cu | When the proper improvements have been Telephone --Main—1874 | made TuE CaLy will note the fact and will Jock. Hayos street ; open ng the Sultan of Turkey 1 be sho the chutes. tunately California has a s in it. Campos promises ands ifreedom 1 den a generous publicity of the good | deeds of the water compgny. We made | our charges direct and positive; moreover, the charges were truthful and good mo- tives caused their publication. We are not “engaged in a crusade against the water company” or any other company. We are engaged, however, in the publica- tion of a fearless, clean and independent newspaper. We hope the Argonaut will upon investi- gation consider the position taken by THE Carr to be truthful and considerate. We | bope 1t will be generally conceded that thus far the weifare of the people has not been forgotten nor neglected. The plain truth has been told, and we believe the aut will find THe CALL is possessed of it honesty and independence to do t justice to the water company as as to the people, in whose behalf the mak EDOCATE The women’ struck the keynote of reform en it an- nounced that the education of mothers was the best protection of daughters. Had the wretched mothers of the Latin Quarter 2 better understanding of their obligations to theirchildren the frightful crimes which on it. have s d the City to its d s would About t never have oceurred. S It is almost impossible for human nature SRR | to have an elastic and adjustable point of | view. It is more natural to damn the 20 kno depraved than to seek an understanding room i an have standing cisco for a back lick g and here will be & hea: v of this country reason in Buckley's re- ; he naturally desires quoted as saying the coming ngress will be short, quiet, and ictly to long as Buckley has a chance to rule Democracy will never have a 2 the Democratic re- ckley, and now they t one foot into tariff reform is to ddle the financial ¢ now State shows that many on foot. at Republican suc red it is notab! ss next year that every political is becoming clearer. Now that the railroads themselves are talking of compelling Pullman to reduce rates we may begin to date the new era at once. ter, the faith-healer, seems as com- lost to view as if he had to join the S plete company of Democratic candidates for the | Presidency. worth noti to San Fr. that promises of p ncisco come this time s of men whose prom- gold. P fro; ises are a The Republican National Committee should remember that a National Conven- tion held in Chicago will be dangerously close to a slaughter-hous: All signs point to the conclusion that 8an Francisco is preparing to proyide her- self with a thoroughly good municipal ad- ministration at the next election. ‘When Adlai Stevenson said Cleveland can have the Democratic nomination next year if he wished it he clearly showed how little he thinks the thing is worth. 1f it be true that the Kaiser has joined hands with the Sultan what becomes of that wonderful alliance with F i have been hearing about £0 much ? However indifferent a man may have ‘been to Eugene Field during his lifetime, no one can read the memorial poetry writ- ten in his honor without regretting that he died. Slumming parties have become so com- mon in Chicago the Mayor has had to issue an order forbidding the police to ac- company them, as they have grown to be a nuisance. Hall Caine has bowled over Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago at one fell swoop by declaring the most in- teresting thing he saw in America was a unique library in the interior of Mont- gomery County, Pa. As a result of the defeat of the female- suffrage question several important papers in Massachu re the people of that State mus andon the notion that they live in an advanced or an especially progressive community As a result of the elections real estate has advanced in Washington City, and an expert asserts it to be au invariable rule there that when Republicans come in proverty and rentals go up, and when the Democrats win prices go down. An analysis of the vote in New York City shows that Tammany’s fnil strength is about 120,000 votes, which 1s about 35,000 less than a majority, so that whenever the opposition is united it can always down the tiger, but whenever it splits the cat comes back to victory. The Wichita gle recently said it is time for Mrs. Gougar ‘‘to realize that she is more tiresome than a prize-fighter and not half so good-looking”; and now if any one sees an eagle flying west with all his tail-feathers gone he may know that the bird came from Kansas. As the traffic of railroads affords the best measure of the general business of the people it is worth noting that not a road in the country is earning as much in this so-called revival of prosperity as it did in 1892, under what the Democrats were so _fond of denouncing as the destructive Re- wublican tariff, long talked about of their depravity and provide remedies for its cure. The prevalence of immorality is afar greater reproach to the enlightened members of the community than to the depraved themselves. Tor in great part these evils are product of ignorance, and such ignorance would not be possible if those charged with the duty of teaching did their whole duty. ‘We need not be surprised if the coming trials develop a system of traflic of which the membersof the politer circles of societ, can form no conception. Of course, pa- rental connivance would be no condone- | ment of the crimes, but its discovery, if it |exist, would disclose an immeasurably darker and deeper form of depravity than the one charged against those under arrest, and would impose a sterner and more un- relenting obligation on the members of society. To condemn parents is traffic in their children would be a deplorable and dangerous shift- ing of the responsibility of those whose duty it is to direct the moral tone of the community. The enlightened mothers of San Fran- eem at last to appreciate the re- v which they owe to their less | fortunate sisters in maternity, to them- selves and their own daughters, to the community at large and to humanity in general. To uplift and inspire these sod- den and sordid ones is a duty calling for | exercise with an imperious demand. In its discharge there will be required a deli- cacy, a sympathy, a tenderness, a patience | and, above all, a charity of the highest and lmon unfailing kind. { And as acommunity, like the individual, has the right of self-protection, it might be | profitable to inquire how many of these | mothers were born on American soil, whence they came, to what extent they have been able to appreciate and avail themselves of the influences of American civilization, and in what teasure, if at all, they, as aliens to these influences, stand as a menace to the security of American in- stitutions. The subject, in all its aspects, is broud and deep, and it is believed that | the wisdom (which means the morality) of the mothers of San Francisco will be able to handle it ably and inteiligently. QUEER DISCRIMINATION, The Southern Pacific Company, in order to drive the Oregon Railway and Naviga- tion Company out of the northern trade, has puton a ‘‘specisl train’’ between San Francisco and Portland. It runs only on the days when the steamship company’s boats sail, and on those days and for this train the rate to Portland was made §$15 50, on other days and for other trains the rate remained at There is mo reason for this course except a determination ‘to drive a competitor out of the field, and so secure a monopoly of the trafic. The steamship company, alarmed by the atti- tude of the Southern Pacific, sent its lead- ing officers from Portland to this City Yfor the purpose of trying to make an amic able arrangement which would avert a rate war, but they were not successful. Apart from the question of public policy volyed in this matter, there is the legal one. While the law creating the Railroad Commission and aefining its duties does not distinctly provide for such a contin- gency as this, and while it may be true that as the rate is for interstate traffic and therefore does not come under the jurisdic- tion of the California board, it is clear that the Southern Pacific is practicing discrim- ination, and we know that discrimination is unlawful. The case would admit of no both within the State. In that event the making of a special low rate for the pur- poses of the rate charged for this train would have to be extended to all other trains, and once the rate was lowered it could not be raised without the consent of the board. The situation seems to be new and to call for special action. The Interstate Commerce Commission clearly has juris- diction, and the presumption is that the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company will apply to it for a remedy. But it should not be depended on to do so. Cali- fornia has more at stake in this matter than any private corporation, and it be- hooves the leading commercial bodies of San Francisco to give it prompt and intel- ligent attention. The spirit of the interstate commerce law is to prohibit what the Southern Pa- cific is doing, although there is no express prohibition to cover this case. Itisnothing to the point that the steamship company may be financially able to carry on the fight over rates indefinitely, and that dur- ing the pendency of the struggle there is a great temporary gain to the State. The presumption is that the Southern Pacific would not have gone into the fight without excellent reason for believing that it could intelligent | including Pullman accommodations, while | question 1f the points of destination were | the evil at its source. win and in doing so drive a rival out of the field and secure a moenopoly of the busi- ness. It is in the abuse of its power as a monopoly that the Southern Pacific has dore so much barm and rendered itself so odious. Another matter which cannot be omit- ted from consideration is the heavy reduc- tion in its revenues which the Southern Pacific will soffer by reason of this war, It has recently repeatedly declaréa that the reductions ordered by the State Railroad Commission wsuld be ruinous and that in consequence it would have to reduce the wages of its employes. Yet, in order to crush a rival it is doing just what it declared it should not be compelled to do. We may be sure that however the present war may tezminate the Southern Pacific will secure an advantage and the State suffer an injury. THE THUGS APPEAR. sannounced in the daily papersa ago that a number of desperate characters—thieves, robbers, burglars, gar- roters and the like—had been driven to San Francisco by the cold weather of the Eastern States. What is likely the first of their operations occurred Sunday night in a saloon at the corner of Pierce and Green- wich streets. Two robbers entered the saloon and commanded the proprietor to throw up his hands. Instead of comply- ing he fled, and then the robbers turned on Alfred A. Neville, who was standing at the end of the covnter reading a news- paper, shot him to death and escaped in the darkness. Evidently Neville was killed in cold blood for fear he would be able to identify the robbers. He was an honest, sober, industrious carpenter, and his murder leaves a widow and three young children without means of support. If the thugs recently arrived from Chi- cago were known to the police here it strikes the ordinary citizen as a strange thing that the fiends were not at once driven out of town. It might be argued that this would merely shift them upon other communities, but this community has the right to protect itself, and other communities are presumed to have the ability to protect themselves. As, how- ever, it isright to assume that the police of San Francisco are better able to handle such matters, it is clearly the duty of the police to do all human power to check An admirable plan is to round up all the thicves, take and publish accurate descriptions of them and require them to report once a week at po- lice headquarters. The people of this City shounld expect and be fully prepared for ali sorts of crimes this winter. One of their most important duties is to report to the police every sus- picious person seen and every trivial crime committed. Accuracy of descrip- tion is exceedingly important. This care would simplify the work of the police. Popular expectation of an incursion of thieves has started peddlers of “burglar alarms’’ on their rounds. As burglaries are generally committed when al! the members of the household are absent, these toys are of little value, and he is a poor worker at tae craft who does not know how to outwit these foolish devices. A black-and-tan dog is the best burglar alarm ever invented. ; The police courts can do their share by inflicting the fullest penalties on peity thieves, and the higher courts can add to the effectiveness of the cafipaign by pur- suing a similar course in graver cases. PERSONAL. Postmaster W. S. Leake of Sacramento is at the Palace. Daniel 0'Toole, & mining man of Fort Yuma, Ariz, isin town. . T. Sanders, a mining man of Cripple Creel, Colo., is among the arrivals at the Lick. Dr. A. E. Osborne, Superintendent of the Home for Feeble-minded at Eldridge, 1s at the Grand. C. Troup, & business man of Nelson, the most important town in the rich silver Kootenai country, British Columbia, Is in the City. J.C. Bull of Arcata, one of the contractors for building thne rock work at the entrance to | Humboldt harbor, is spending & few deys here. D. J. Flanigan, owner of extensive lumber- mills at Eureke and who is also engaged in merchandising there, is among the arrivals at the Grand, H. 8. Schwatka of Oregon, a cousin of the famous Frederick Schwatka, the explorer, is in the City. He has had charge of the Govern- ment work for the contractors that is now going forward at Coos Bay and the mouth of Siuslaw River. Jetties are being constructed there for the deepening of the channels. William Melvin and Alexander Espie White of Scotland are in the ¢ Mr. White is a brother of John E. White of Marysville and Mrs. Judge E. 8. Belcher. He and Mr. Melvin arrived here recently from Edinburgh via New York, and in a day or two will leave on a sall- ing ship for home CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N -, Nov.18.—Among the re- cent arrivals are: A, Adeldorfer, S. L. Mennin- ger, Hoffman; A. Zuckerman, Stewart; J. M, Brophy, Grand Union; Mrs. J. W. Brown, Hol- land; P. T.Cavanaugh, J. King, Cosmopolitan; A. B. Greenwuld, Coleman; A. H. Hoadley, J. Wilson, Mrs. J. F. Fugezi, Astor; J. D. Isaacs, ¥. P. Jacobs, Stewert; H. M. Sherman, Park- avenue; J. R. Ward, Everett. TYPE SET BY HAND. East Oakland Mail. Ban Francisco Typographical Union has made arrangements with Mr. Shortridge to dispense with the use of type-setting machines on THE CALL for a year and a half. Thismeans employment for about & hundred printers who would be thrown out if the machines were introduced. When the Examiner put in the machines it stated that they would not de- crease the number of employes, but it did, Fully & hundred printers were thrown out. A like number were displaced by the machines on the Chronicle and the effect was the same on all the evening papers, and asa result the newspaper printers were all compelled to quit the business, leave the town or crowd into Tue Cavrvoffice. Mr, Shortridge’s treatment of the printers is appreciated by organized labor gen- erally, and it is safe to predict that the few dollars extra it costs to set the paper by hand will be more than made good by the increased popularity of the paper. LUCK IN NEW ZEALAND. Auckland News. At a recent ballot for sections on the Awarua block, in the North Island, four members of one family had sent in separate applications for a particular section, which a large number of other persons were anxious to seeure. The first name drawn out of the ballot-box was thatof the head of the family, but as he was Dot present to pay the first half-year's rent an- other drawing took place, with the result that the nameof another member of the family turned up. This applicant was also absent, and again the ballot-box was turned round. At the third drawing the name of another member of the family appeared, and as he did notattend a fourth bailot was taken, when, strange to relate, the name of the remaining member of the family was drawn., He also was absent, and eventually the section was secured by another applicant. —_— THE LOTTERY FRAUD. San Jose Mercury. Uncle Sam announces that he will no longer be imposed upon by the lottery companies, several of which are violating the law by send- ing their matter through the mails. There would be no lottery business done in this State if every newspaper followed the example of THE CALL and the Mercury, which exclude all lottery aunouncements from their columns, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Oneof the quaintest characters seen in San Franciseo in many a day is a woman dressed in a suit of blue, ana weariug innumerable tiny bells which jingle whenever she moves. The bells are about her neck and down her sides, and pretty much over the dress. They are each but about haif an inchlong, but perfect in shape, resembling minature dinner bells, Many other eccentricities of dress are also shown. At her side is a large brass bugle, and on her head is worn a soft felt hat. The woman is well along in years, and her gray hair lends a strange contrast to the garb. She is M1s. A, E., de Steffani, whose home has for a long time been in San Jose, and who is publishing a curious paper in Oakland, full of poetry, with the odd name of the Bugle Call. On the street,.as she moved ebout, she car- ried under her arm several copies of the oda sheet, while about her head suspended from a long pole, which it was all she coulddo to earry, was a monstrous silken banner, with three rows of eagles, underneath each of which was the Latin motto, “E Pluribus Unum.” Bars of cardinal red velvet crossed the blue serge dress at irregular intervals, and accou- tered with the bells, bugle, banner and other paraphernalia she made a very striking figure, indeed. At the American Exchange afterward Mrs. de Steffani explamed that she wore the garb to boom her poetry. and this got a larger circulation for her paper. ‘‘Iam now writing & poem,” she added, “on Dr. Smith, the author of ‘America,’ which I will have finished by to- morrow, end this I will publish at once.” The woman with her strange accouterment at- tracted much attention on the street and at the hotel. Itissaid that at one time she and her hustand owned large property in Sanda Clara County. Thomas Mootry, who in the efirly days of this City was engaged in the drayage business here, end who for some yvears has made his home near Boise, Idako, where he owns a rich gold mine, is lying illat St. Luke's Hospital. For some time, until recently, be has been stopping at the Grand Hotel, but about two weeks ago nervousness, combined with heart and stomach trouble, made his transferrence to the hospital advisable. Mr. Murphy has run the gauntlet of Indian bullets many e time while staging it back and forth to his mine and has had numer ous nar- row escapes. The Blackfeet, Shoshones, and occasionally the Sioux, kave made life full of thrilling interest to him. In his older days he has returned to San Francisco, where he ex- Dpects to pass the remainder of his existence, W. E. Rogers, one of the owners of the well- known Amalie gold mine in the wilds of the eastern part of Kern County, is at the Lick. This mine is in the Piute Mountains. The ore is rich, and Mr. Rogers has just had @ remark- able experience, which he told of yesterday It concerned the stealing of the ore,to which the dispatches have briefly alluded. “‘For some time I had been missing ore, or ratber the grade of what I shipped had been running down,” he said. It run down so fast that it was evident something was the matter, I set a watch and discovered that my ore sorter was taking the rich ore, a sack at a time as he sorted it, and burying it in the sand, while he placed sacks of almost worthless rock where the good ore should have been put. “He kept on in this way till he got 2300 ‘pounds of rich ore stored away. Then he gave up his job and hired a muie teem to come at night and- cart off the gold. I hed officers ready for him, and they nabbed him in the nick of time. They started with him over the mountains for Bakersfield almost at once, but going across he gave them the slip and got away. His name is Frank Deane, and his work was about the smoothest I have ever known. Had he succeeded in getting the sacks of ore marketed he would have made a comiortable fortune. Not a word has been heard of him since he escaped, though he has been sought high and low.” W. E. Baines of Coos Bay, Or., who some time since brougnt the great Joggins-shaped rait from the Columbia River, is again at the Lick. after a visit to the north. He says the mount- ains of the Coast Range are just now full of game. Some of it is very big, and of a kind to capture the most adventurous and enthusiastic of sportsmen. *‘The big game is the elk,” said Mr. Baines, “and of these there are plenty, though the hunter can no fonger get them near the coast. He must go to the almost impenetrable woods. The elk have their runs where they have to go for water, and the hunters by finding these are abie to get all the meat they wish. The elk are numerous enough if the hunter will go after them. There is an abundance of biack, brown and cinnamon bear there, too, and the streams are alive with ducks, geese, swan and other birds. ““Add to these theotter along the ocean shore, the skins of which are worth as much as $150 and $200 each, and to say nothing of such game as deer, of which there are large num- Dbers, or the numerous kinds of fish, you will see that that part of Oregon is & most attract- ive field for sportsmen. In fact it is the best all-around hunting country I know.” George H. Hilton of Mazatlan, Mexico, is at the International, accompanied by his wife. He tells & strange story of the way American business men and their enterprises are gain- ing headway among the sleepy descendants of the Aztecs. “The firm T am engaged with,” said he, “is composed of a couple of brothers from Ver- mont, and who have been in the State of Sinaloa but a short time. They started in with & small manufacturing business, and now they own and run an iron works, a saw and grist mills, & tinshop, match factory, & broom and brush manufactory, harness factory, lumber- yard end other enterprises, which employ in all about 400 men,” Mr. Hilton is here on business in connection with some of these manuiactories. “The Alhambra Opera-house of Redwood City will nave the most beautiful drop-curtain in the United States. No theater will surpass it. I bar none. John Stanton is painting it, and it is Venetian, with gondolas, gondoliers and lanterns. Itis a dream of beauty. Before it goes up it may be exhibited at the Bolie- mian Club.” o said Charles Josselyn, pro- prietor of the Alhambra, yesterday. When asked about the opening of the new opera- house he said the event would occur about the 1st of January next. Being asked if it would be opened with champagne he replied that beer would be nearer the mark. Ifany con- siderable sum of money be expended in honor of the dedication it will be disbursed to pay lyric and dramatic stars. It goes without the saying that many representative San Fran- cisco playgoers, among them the illustrious “first nighters,” will visit Redwood City on the occasion of the opening. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE A MOTHER'S- VOICE. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: The subjoined protest, which I hope you will publish, is written merely from a standpoint of justice or good sense. I have not been at the Durrant trial, nor ex- pect to be at any other, as I am & busy mother of & family, whose time is pretty nearly occu- pied with private affairs. Save occasional writing T am not occupied with public affairs, though I take & keen in- terest in all of them. PROTEST. As a progressive er whose ultimate aim is the good o} humnn‘;::y, it is to be hoped that you will uphold the mother’s public right in this City to act the part of humane parents. In the case of the moral murders committed here among children, and recently brought to light, passive endurance is criminal carelessness, and would brand every woman with moral obloqu{ ‘Who consented io the same. he [aw of theland rates the ive con- senter 85 partner in the crime. Where is the consistency then, in withholding the right of action, without’ which knowjedge becomes worthless and lapses into insensible indiffer- euce? “Closed doors” insuch an_ instance means depriving the motherhood of the Nation of its natural prerogative of yielding that moral aid and support which has ever been avomm‘l part, tndp ll;:: now become her active uty. uences of evil have ever been The con A7s 47 more severely felt by women than by men; then what a hurlwmg it is to say that the de- tatls of these crimes are too revolting for their delicate ears. True modesty does not lie in prudish squeam- ishness or ignorance, but in fearless innocence. Men and women are nerved to heroic action by effort—not ease. The poorest atom of hu- :::é;yfi )\‘,’fi'fil," In‘;o heroism while lgmn a and proving ca) active service. Kindle m%h [y Em‘yd hearts alike and it will subdue every difficult every obligation and end 1n a moral u‘) eaval that will elevate the whole State. Let it begin in San Francisco to-day. Where is there & bet- ter place for an example ? Surely by so doing out of evil will come great good. Failing in this let us nevermore flaunt our boasted civilization; let us nevermore send missionaries to the Orlent to prevent Hindoo mothers paying their tribute of innocent vic- tims to their sacred Ganges while this tenfold greater evil is discussed with such privacy and exclusion as tends to increase mtger that ob- literate the evil. Mns. K. A. MOSES. 48734 Haight street, Nov. 18, wsf % PROPOSED CYCLE SHOW. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—DEAR Srr: Referring to your timely suggestion in regard to holding a Coast Cycle Show in San Francisco. 1 will say that this matter has already been under consideration by promi- nent and publ ic-spirited citizens, who realize that it is greatly to the interest of our City that ashow of this kind be held here modeled after the London, New York and Chicago Cycle Shows. These gentlemen formed an organiza- tion called ““The Pacific Coast Cycle Show Asso- ciation,” for the purpose of holding a yearly Cycle Show in San Francisco. When the mat- ter was sufficiently matured, they placed it in the hands of people actively connected with the bicycle trade, who have made & canvass of the bicycle-dealers and secured the signatures of thirty-nine of the most prominent firms. Among these are the following : Robert C. Len- nie of Morgan & Wright, T. H. B, Varney, O. 8. Potter & Co., Mohrig & Morrill, George W. Alexander, E. C. Stearns & Co., Sterling Cycle Company, Pope Manufacturing Company, In- diana Bicycle Company, Hooker & Co., Pacific Coast Bicycle Company, Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden, March Cycle Compnn‘, Deere Imple- ment Company, Overman Wheel, Crown Bi- cycle Comg ny, Clipper Bicycle Company, A. D. Ayres, W. K, Evans, Remington Arms Com- meet pany, Howe Scale Company, F. J. Arnold & Co., Columbus Buggy Company, Czar Cycle Com- pany, Windsor Cycle Compariy, and others. A preliminary organization of the associa- tion has been’effected, with headquarters in the Crocker building. The present directors are: William Greer Harrison, John E. Rich- ards, John ¥. Burns, Leonard Gill, C. F. John- son and A. F, Estabrook. The Cycle Show will consist principelly of exhibits of bicyeles by the different manufac- turers and dealers and bicycle goods of all kinds. It completes the circuit of bicycle shows which have been held in London, Chi- cago, New York—San Francisco. More than 150 bigyele firms have entered at the New York show and 175 firms in the Chi- cago show. At San Francisco enough assurances of support from the local representatives alone have been received to make the affair a suc- cess, and some of the Eastern concerns will remove the‘r exhibits bodily from the New York show at its close to San Franeisco. The committee on arrangements of this association is laying out comprehensive plans that will draw people to San Francisco from all over the coast States to visit the show, A band of music will be in daily attendance, closing with a grand bicycle promenade co cert and winding up with a bicycie run parti- cipated in by zll the clubs through Golden Gate Park, with a complimentary ride down down the water chute and a salt water swim at the Lurline Baths. Some of our local dealers have information that their factories will send out special displays for this show. Messrs. Morgan & Wright of Chicago, through their representative, have assured us that they will make the finest electrical display ever seen in a bicycle show. Other dealers ‘state that their displays will be equal to those at Chicago and New York, so that there is a prospect that San Francisco people will have a bone-fide “show” without having to travel East after it, Very respectfully yours, C. F. JoHNsoN, Secretary. Pacific Coast. Cfde Show Association, room 86, Crocker building, San Francisco, November 16, 1895. ONLY GOOD WORDS. November 16, 1895. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: I hear only good words for THE CALL, and I congratulate you Hpon the high moral stand you have taken in its management and upon your success. Yours truly, IRrA G. HoITT. Hott’s Oak Grove School, Burlingame, Cal. FROM WESTERN SANCTUMS. Protection Will Cure These Evils. Fresno Republican. Importations of foreign lemons show an in- crease of from 9000 to 40,000 boxes over the same month of last year. Lowering the tariff on foreign {ruits has given a fresh impetus to foreign production, and heroic_efforts are being made to regain possession of the American market. In raisins.and dried fruits the prices of the foreign product have been cut to a figure that makes domestic production extremely precarious. In the meantime this country is trying the experiment of getting along without sufficient revenue to pay its running expense Relief Near at Hand, San Jose Mercury. A mule train is in operation between Stock- ton and Fresno, and it is saving money for the merchants. In the meanwhile the Valley Road is heading toward Fresno, to which eity it will carry the relief that the Southern Pacific has refused to give, and then it will no longer be necessary to fall back on primitive methods for hauling freight. Downfall of the Bean. Salem (Or.) Statesman. The United States Supreme Court has finally decided that beans are vegetables. Atthe Or- egon Penitentiary and in Boston they had be- fore been regaraed as fruit. They will never again dare assume & place asdessertin the class of ihe lordly prune. Mad Followers of the Red Flag. Sacramento Bee. The people of the United States are patient and long-suffering, but there will come a day when they will place their heels ou these for- eign rattlesnakes, who have been warmed at our hearthstones, and who remain here to plot anarchy and to applaud murder. Here’s a Tip From Oregon. Pendleton East-Oregonian. San Francisco is going 1o capture the Repub- lican National Convention, and Tom Reed has a cinch on the nomination for President. “From Maine to California” will be more than a figure of speech in a few short months. How Democracy Utilizes Populism. Fresno Republican. It is a notable fact that in those localities in Kansas where the Democrats and Populists fused the Democrais got all the offices that were not captured by the Republicans. The ;sme result has been noted in localities nearer ome. Protection for the Matrimonial Market. Williams Farmer. Why not puta tariff on titles? They are a foreign importation, and during the last twenty-five years the United States has been drained of 187 silly maidens and something like $175,000,000. John L. Had Sand, Anyhow. Sacramento Bee, Corbett did not lest long. He has retired from the prize-ring jnst in time to escape being well thrashed. After all, John L. Sullivan was the k&nx-‘)in of the wholecrowd. His business was to fight and he always fought. In Congenial Assoeiation. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.; Mr. Bayard, after he gets out of office, will have as much of a hankering to remain in England as an ordinary comptroller of the cur- rency has to become the hengoia bank or trust company in New York City. His Forte Is Killing Others. Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle. The trouble with the Sultan’s offers to de- capitate subjects who offend civilization is that he always manages to overlook the chief offender. The Sultan is not sufficiently self- conscious. Things Have Changed. Salem (Or.) Statesman. It is said tea culture has been suecessfully introduced in Arkansas. We believe it would find encouragement now in Kentucky. use of water ufill also grow in hv!or :.‘horye. The It Ys Taking Water That Hurts. Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise. It is sincerely to be hoped that the result of the recent elections in Kentucky will not the Democrats of that State to fl'nk Skdiive — e TOM MOORE'S COTTAGE, Margaret M. Halvey, in Donahoe's Magazine, The cottage which is accepted by manyas heving been Moore's temporary abiding-place in Philadelphia ranks now as one of the many attractions of the magnificent park which in its rapid growth has absorbed much of the nny s historical ground. Some of the famous buitdings it contains, such as “Grant's Cabin,” which was or’l,iinnll the general's headquar- ters at City Point, Va., and “Letitia House,” the old-time residence of William Penn, have been moved hither for purposes of preserva- tion, but “Tom_ Moore’s Cottage” stands un- & wanderer roved’’ “fl banks” found favor in his eyes, D elaid NOTED PERSONS. On the last of October the King of Portugal paid a visit 1n state to Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales, The King wants to borrow a large sum of money. Mrs. Amelia E. Barr has lived for so long in America that many persons have come to regard her as an American woman. She is & north of England woman. Ex-United States Senator George F. Edmunds of Vermont has taken up his residence in Philedelphia. He calls it ‘the typical Ameri- can city of this great country.” Hon. John Lowell of Bostor has been elected by the Peabody fund trustees as president, to take the piace of the late Hon. R. C. Winthrop. It is a notable but just tribute to ex-Judge Lowell. R. E, Peary, the explorer, is in New York The writing of his book, which will tell the story of his entire work in the Arctic regions, ‘will occupy most of his time until he resumes his duties in the engineer corps of the navy. Itis announced that according to the will of the late H. O. Houghton, his interest in the publishing firm of Houghton, Miffiin & Co. is to continue, and each of his children is to share alike the profits. Ten thousand dollars is given in trust to each of his three daughters, the earnings of which they are to devote to the benefit of the ‘“worthy poor” of Cambridge. At their death their descendants are to carry on the work forever. The remainder of his property is equaily divided among his chil- dren, Rev. Richard Roberts, ex-president of the English Wesleyan Conference, has preached, it is calculated, during forty-three years of his active ministry, 11,438 times, or 266 times per annum, giving an average of over five times a ‘week. During thirty of these yearshe traveled on an average of 18,000 miles a year. This does not take 1nto account the vast amount of preaching and traveling done during the later years of his.retirement. ‘Mr. Roberts is 72 years of age, and still possesses the most buoyant spirits. By the recent death of General O.M. Poe of the United States Corps ot Engineers, at Saulte Ste. Marie, Mich., the country has lost a very accomplished engineer. He was graduated from West Point in 1856, He won seven brevets and promotion by his gallantry and skill during the war, being one of Sherman’s generals during the last year of the struggle. For some years he has had charge of the new lock under construction at the ‘“Soo”—one of the largest in the world, to cost about $£4,000,- 000. This remarkable achievement—to be completed in & year—will be his best monu- ment. His death was the result of an accident which befell him while he was inspecting the lock. FREE TRADE CAUSED STRIKES. The Commissioner of Labor has just com- pleted a report upon strikes, the period cov- ered being from 1881 to June 30, 1894. Sum- marizing briefly the results of recent years, 1891-94. we have the following results: Number Employes of sirikes. made idle. 1891-92, 24 month: 3016 505,735 1893-94, 18 month ‘WAGE LOSS OF EMPLOYES. Strikes. Lockonts. Total. 1891-92. 24 1!‘!’!;?;:‘“" ..$25,674,336 $3,789,722 $29,314,058 months... 38,176,519 7,116,632 45,263,151 L0SS TO EMPLOYERS, Strikes. Lockouts. Total. 1891-92, 24 5 largg?;hu ..$11,322,979 $2,311,968 $13,634,947 months... 18,963,361 1,630,904 20,594,265 During the years 1891 ana 1892 the country was under an administration favorable to pro- tection. During the later period to June 30, 1894. we were afflicted with a free-trade ad- ministration for sixteen montbs and the cer- tainty of it during the other two months. During the free-trade year and a half there were 242,245 more employes made idle by strikes than in the two full yearsof protection. During the free-trade year and a half the loss of wages to employes was $15,979,093 more than in the full two years of protection. =During the free-trade year and a hali theloss to employers of labor was $6,959,318 more then in the two full years of protection. Bringing the facts down to an average monthly basis we have the following: MONTHLY AVERAGES. Protec- Free tion. Trade. Trade. 1891-93. 1893-94. Increas Employes made - 21,072 41,504 20,482 1,221,419 $2,516,286 $1,204,867 568,123 1,144,126 567,003 During the present free-trade administration there were 20,482 more emploves idle in every month, through strikes or lockouts, than dur- ing the protectson perind. The loss of wages to employes was $1,294,867 & month more under Mr. Cleveland's regime, and the loss to employers was §576,003 & month more. Both emJ)loyers and employes have common ground, and good reason, to obpose anything that will ever help 10 restore to power an administration favorable to free trade.—American Economist, Friday, November 15, 1895. SIDELIGHTS ON SHERMAN. Philadelphia Item. One of the most interesting chapters in Sen- ator Sherman’s book is that which relates to the bond-seliing when he was Secretary of the Treasury. He says he found a contract exist- ing for the sale of bonds which “gave a monopoly to the syndicate,” and he immedi- ately gave notice of & change in that respect. The result of this action on his part, he points out, “was to 50 popularize the loan that within a brief period I'was able to terminate the con- tract according to its terms, and to sell the 4 per cent bonds directly to the people at par, without commission or the aid of a syndi- cate.” It is hardly necessary to specify the marked difference between Senator Sherman’s plan and the recent exhibitions given by the Cleveland administration. Philadelphia Record. Senator Sherman has a very poor opinion of the wisdom of General Grant as a financier. Yet General Grant had the wisdom to veto the $300,000,000 greenback inflation bill, and that is more than can be said for Senator Sher- man, who was one of the supporters of ti measure in Congress. That Senator Sherman has learned nothing and forgotten nothing in this matter since then is to be seen in his hos- tility to greenback redemption now, when the greenbacks are used with such mischieyous effect in undermining the specie basis of the currency. New York Times. M. Henri Rochefort apens the brilliant pref- ace to the “Adventures of My Life,” just be- gun'in Le Jour, with this pertinent remark: “To say to a well-known man, ‘You ought to write your memoire’ is & polite way of giving | him to understand that he is no longer good for anything else.” Whether any misguided friend suggested to Senator Sherman to write his “Recollections” or whether he made tie uugiemun 10 himself, the interpretation of M. Rochefort seems to apply. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Whoever in the future writes about the period from 1855 onward will be compelled to frequently consult Sherman’s book, and to oc- casionally draw upon it. He saw the greater part of the political history of the past forty years made, he helped to make much of it, and he tells how it hnmxnad to take the shape it assumed and who did the shaping. Iowa State Register. Mr. Foraker was a little hasty in saying Sen- &tor Sherman should have postponed the pub- lication of his beok until alter the election. Ohio went Republican, just as if President Garfield's sttitude toward John Sherman in z}xe cgnvenuon of 1880 had never been ques- oned. : Wichita Eagle. While his defeat for the Presidency mav have been crushing to him, John Sherman should five full value to the fact that the country tself stood it very well. Philadelphia Inquirer. John Sherman says Ben Harrison is “cold and abrupt.” Itis Ben’s understanding thatJohn is by no means a hot tamale, THE COMING CONGRESS. Philadelphia Inguirer. ‘The Republican party has a mission. Itis to rescue the Government from the contempt of every foreign nation and “:l ‘::fw" t':n Pros- ritv that was 0 pronounce ore the part: ‘07 Clyevtllnd -n‘:ied through the land witl romises, leaving in its wakea dismal blight. Bemoerw has been welghod and the weight is short. {‘ho—u«wla understand the situation well enough, and excuses will not be accepted. ‘There is nothing like an overdose of rough ex- rience, and experience alone is accountable for the Tiepublican gules of 14st yoar and for the cyclones of T it ‘Washington Times, Again the report is being circulated that President Cleveland is sbout to adopt measures | 1ooking toward the recognition of the Cubans., i and again the report will prove groundless nn- less, p’erha .thg‘;’resldentcln see @ political ravantage in doing so. Thers is about asmuch sentiment in Mr. Cleveland as”there is ina goose, and people who think he will writea glowing tribute to the valor of the struggling Patriots in his coming message may better make up their minds to read a siring of plati- tudes on “my administration.” £y Chicago Record. Those who expect the next Housa of Repre- sentatives to indulge in wild and foolish legis- lation do not understand the character of the intentions of the Hon.Thomas B. Reed. That gentleman intends to have a great deal to say on the subject during the next six or eight months, and he :as a very clear head and ex- cellent judgment, besides & mnerve that gns been repeatedly tested. He will tell you that there will be a short session and as little legis- iation as possible, and he knows. Chicago Tnter Ocean. 1t is all nonsense to talk about “the refusal of Congress to issue more bonds.” They have one imperative duty,and that is to stand by and make the treasury credit good. Asa tem- orary relief they may be compelled to issue Ponds, however mauch they may be averse to the act. Congress owes & duty to the whole people of the Nation, and the people will un- mistakably demand that every obligation of the treasury shall be met. New York sun. Ridiculous as it sounds for the United States at this period of their existence, we are on the straight road to bankruptcy. The situation is such that with Congress in Republican con- trol, a President of the oprosition must accept the revenue bill which' is laid before him. There is & deficiency in the Netional revenue, and we must have money. It isa condition which confronts us, not a theory. Salt Lake Herald. Yet a little while and Czar Reed will be re- enthroned and his ukases shall again be the law of the House, for ‘‘the thing that hath been, it is that which shall be.” ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Brocks To A MrLe—s. C. 8., City. There are so many different-sized blocks in this City it is necessary to select various parts of the City in order to answer how many there are to & mile. On the north side of Market street, from East street west, there are, including the space occu- pied by the intervening streets, a little over eleven blocks to the mile: on the south side of the same street, including cross streets, there are eleven blocks to the mile; on the same side of Market street, from First street west, which includes the long blocks and cross streets, there gre but six blocks to the mile; on Third street, from Market south, nine blocks and cross streets make a mile; on Mission street, from Fourteenth street out, there are nine blocks and cross streets to the mile; along Kearny street there are nearly fifteen blocks, with cross streets, to the mile, while on Califor- nia street, from Drumm west, there are nearly twelve blocks to the mile, including the cross streets. DivE OF '94—R. P. Hanford, Kings County, Cal. The statement has been published seve- ral times in this department that there were but twenty-four dimes coined in the Mint at Sau Francisco during the year 1894, and that $5 had been offered for one of ihese coins. They were not put in circulation, conse- uently, if there are eny dimes out with the gan Francisco Mint mark on them and the date 1804, they are what numismatists call “restrikes,” else they are counterfeits. JLLEGAL MARRI. In Eng- land a marriage with a deceased wife's sister was never legal, but some doubts having been entertained on the subject such marriages were expressly declared illegal by the mar- riage act of 1¥36. The House of Lords has declared that such marriages contracted be- tween English subjects in foreign countries where such marriages are recognized are il- legalin England. RANCH-OWNERs—E. E. L, Florence, Snohomish County, Wash. Henry Miller, the owner of large ranches in this State, resides in this City. Colonel Jacks, another owner of large ranches, lives in‘ Monterey, and J. Reed, who owns large estates in this State, is a resident of Reedly, Fresno Count: STREET-SWEEPERS—O. 8., City. The uniform- ing of the street-sweepers of this City was sug- gested by the Merchants' Association. The numbering of the men is for the same purpose as the numbering of policemen and conductors and gripmen, to give any citizen &mOpportu- nity to report any delinquent. “Ir THUNDERED LoNG AGo”"—J. 8. H.. Ala- meda, Cal. The article published in THE CaLL last September under the head of “It Thun- dered Long Ago” refers to &n old cennon that is at Alameda Point, in Marin County. véry near the first stopping-place after leaving Sausalito. RELIEF—Mrs. F. A. City. The French for re- lief is soulagement, as relief from pain; also allegement de la douleur; soulagement a ses peines, as relief from one’s trouble; redresse- ment, as relief for damages, and secours as re- lief when used in the sense of charity. Tre HIGHEST MOUNTAIN—U. 8. G. M., Pixley, Tulare County, Cal. The highest mountain in North Ameriea is Mount Logan, located fifteen m‘;les northeast of Mount St. Elias, Alaska Territory. Its height is 19,512 feet. The measurement of Mount St. Ehas is 18,015. SIERRA LEONE—E. A., City. The United States Consul at Sierra Leone, Western Africa, is Robert P. Pooley. The rates of postage to that place are: Letters, 10 cents per hali- ounce; printed matter, 1 cent per ounce. CARTER HARRISON'S DEATH—A. D., City. Carter Harrison, Mayor of Chicago, was mur- dered October 28,1893. P.E.J. Prendergast, who murdered him, was hanged in Chicago July 13, 1894. Prisoners are not electrocuted in the State of Illinois. ST. MARK'S PLACE—S., City. What is now known as Morton street was originally called St. Mark’s place. On the 25th of May, 1869, the name was changed to the present one. RALSTON'S DEATH—L. MeD., City. W. C.Rals. ton, who was president of the Bank of Califor- :1&!7, died in this City on the 27th of August, KALAKAUA—G. W. H., Sepastopol, Cal. David Kalakaua, King of the Hawaiian Islands, died in this City November 16, 1891, A DiME OF 1855—W. R. is offered for a dime of 1830. such for 25 cen! City. No premium Dealers offer Orp-fashioned Boston mints,25¢.Townsend's*® ‘THE Roberts Printing Co.—picture cards. —————————— BAcox Printing Company,508 Clay street.* ————— e SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * —_———————— HUsBAND'S Calcined Magnesin—Four first premium medais awarded; more agreeable to the taste and smaller dose than other magne- sia. For sale only in bottles with xexls!er‘?d trademark label. R AR e R TuE Argonaut Whisky has been on the mar ket r great many years in bulk, but it is only recently that it hes been bottled. 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