The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 23, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY. MARCH 23, 1897 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier. .$0.18 Daily and Sunday CALL, oue year, by mail..... 6.00 Dafly and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail. 3.00 Daily and Sunday CaLz, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Bunday CALL, one month, by mail. .68 Sunday CLL, one year, by mall 1.80 W SAXLY CaL, onie year, by mail. g BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Marke: Streer, an Francisco, Californis. Telephon atn— EDITORIAL ROO! 517 Clay Street. Telephone.... .. Main-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 627 Montromery atreet, corner Clay; open uatll 9:30 o'clock. 359 Hayes street; open nntil 618 Larkin sireet: open until 9:30 O'clock. 6W. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open antil 9 o'clock. 518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clocks 167 Ninth st open until 9 o'clock. 1305 Polk stree 19:30 o'clocks OAKLAND OFFICB: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 52, 34 Park Row, New York Clth DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager, o THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. | | We have got the boulevard started, now let us keep it movine. The situation lock exciting, but the stock markets re- main quiet, and war is not yet in sight. in Greece continues to| The concert of the powers is not singing much more harmoniously at Athens than it did at Constantinople. It istime for either England or Russia to tzy & solo. From now until the new tariff goes into effect foreign xoods will be rushed into | the country, and it is therefore the duty of Congress to rush the new biil and head them off. Senator Mills has joined those Demo- crats who are opposed to any obstructive tactics against the tarff bill, and it cezins 10 look as if Democracy had recovered its senses a littl Bailey of Texas, the new Democratic leader in the House, is a small man for | the position, but as he is generally known as “'Baby” Bailey there muy be a chance | for him to grow 1nto something. Stockton has begun to draw coal from Corral Hollow mines by way of the new road, and thus another important enter- prise has been brought to a profitable conclusion. Now for the next one. If ever a legisiative body was in a condi- | tion of sixes and sevens it is the United | States Senate on the question of organiza- | tion, and what is more no one knows| which are the sixes and which are the | sevens. { The tariff debate this week will not at- : tract the pubiic attention it did in former | vears. The people have setiled the ques- | tion at the polls and all that Congress has | todonow is to register the popular will | i 1f the towns of the Mississippl Valley should take a notion to bold water carai- | vals in the spring tliere would be no diffi- culty about the water. The rivers are ever ready to overfow and carry it through the | streets at a moment’s notice. When the Kentucky Legislature meets in ex ra session it is going to find the Sen- atorial fizht more complicated than ever. All the old contestants will be in the ring, and in addition the Governor will whirl in, take a hand and play it alone. William L. Wilson says the Dingley | tar.ff is desizned for *‘class taxation,”” but as the class to be taxed is that which uses foreign-meade goods in place of those made by home industry, the people can stand it even if Wilson's words should be | troe. The celebration at Berlin of the cen- tenary of the birth of William I may help the Kaiser in his efforts to induce the | world to give to that dignitary the title of William the Great. It will at any rate advertise the title and that is half the battle. The yachting season opened badly. by the burning of the clubhouse at Sausa- lito, but there is energy enough in the | club to build another, and before long we may have a sight of a new clubhouse ablaze with revelry instead of confla- gration. This is the critical period of the year for orchard crops, and the effect of every irost will be watched with interest. For- tunately there is comparativeiy little danger of any such disaster as came unon the State last sprinz. Such Irosts are rare in California and are not likely to happen in two successive years. It seems clear the policy of the Kaiser at this time is designed solely to break up the alliance between France and Russia. 1If he can ao (hat by acting with the Turks be will be satisfied to see Crete restored to Moslem rule, and on the other hand he would be just as willing to take the side of the Greeks if that would advance his pol- | icy to any extent. The rapidity with which the work on the new boulevard is being pushed for- ward is an evidence of the skillful man. sgement of the directors and the earnest- ness of the workers in the task in which they have found employment. If the re- quirea support is now given to the project by the people we shall nave this beautiful driveway completed before long and an- other notable addition made to the attrac- tions of the City The account given yesterday of the ! growth of Watsonville was a striking illustration of tbe value to & community of a great mauufacturing enterprise. Much has been done and much more is projected at Watsonville in the way of general development to advance tue wel- fare of the place and the sarrounding dis- trict, but nevertheless 1t is the great sugar factory there which gives confidence to trade and encourages capital to undertake new enterprises. The London relief fund for the starving yeople of India now amounts to more than §2,000,000, but large as that sum 1s it will hardly suffice for the work thatis to be periormed. The most gratifying feat- ure of it is that the sum is great enough to show that symvathy has been awakened in England for the coadition of the people of India, and as a consequence it is reason- able to expect that the Government wiil be THE MAYOR’S APPEAL. ‘We publish this morning ah open letter from Mayor Phelan to the citizens of San Francisco urging them to subsoribe promptly and liberally to the fund for the con- struction of the new boulevard. The appeal is terse and directly to the polnt. Itshould be read by every citizen, and all who can afford to do so should respond to it with a true civic patriptism. It 1s not necessary to go over again the advantages of the proposea work. All citizens who take an intellizent interest in municipal affaire are well aware why the work was unaertaken and why it should be vigorously pushed forward. Itlis to pro- vide work and wages for industrious men who have long suffered from enforced idle- ness and who, with their families, have in many cdses undergone actual destitution. It is to provide the City with a much-needed highway at s comparatively small cost. 1t is therefore an issue of sentiment and of the support of men of generosity and publi business, and on each score well deserves c spirit. The contributions to the work are already of a magnitude highly creditable to the City. The Spring Valley Water Company and ex-Mayor Sutro have generously given the right of way. Mayor Phelan has given emphasis to his appeal by donating $1000 to the fund for constructing the work. Other citizens in proportion to their means have been hardly less generous. The nu; mber of contributors has béen great. The enterprise therefore is fairly started. Let us continue in well doing. The number of men to whom work has been so far given is but a fraction of the whole number who need it. The amount of money subscribed is insufficient to com- plete the work. more money is forthcoming and the fund ments of the enterpris Reaa the Mayor's appeal! ‘What has been accomplished will bs largely a labor in vain unless raised is made equal to the full require- Respond to it. Let us construct a boulevard which will be a monument to the public spirit of our citizensand a just object of civic pride not only by its beauty, but by the manner in which it was under- taken and completed. DEMOORATIO POLICY. According to a statement recently made to a correspondent of the New York Herald by Senator Milis of Texas, the Republi- cans will experience no difficulty in se- curing the passage of the tariff bill either int e House or in the Senate. “Itisthe intention,” said Mr. Mills, “*of the Demo- | cratic Senators to point out the evils of the | measure and some long specches on that line may be expected, but you may de- vend upon it the Democrats will not throw any obstacls in the way of the final passage of the bill.” The statement of Senator Mills is in ac- cord with statements on the same subject made by Senator Jones of Arkansas, Sen- ator Morgan and otber influeatial Demo- cratic leaders. It may be regarded, there- fore, as the settled policy of the Demo- crats in the Senate to content themselves with speaking and voting against the | bill, without making any attempls to de- lay its prompt adoption. If this policy is carried out the treas- ury will derive great benefit. Importers | have already begun to bring large quanti- ties of goods into the countrygo as to avcid the higher duties which the new tariff w impose. So large are these importations that the customs receipts at New York are now abnormally high. The New York Herald reports that on | March 15 the customs duties paid in that city were the largest for any single day on record. The high-water mark had been for customs duties August 1 1872, when the total receipts were $2,308,000. but those of March 15 amounted to $2,667,979, or nearly $360,000 above the highest record hitherto made. In his speech on reporting the bill to the House Mr, Dincley estimated that if the tariff could be enforced by May 1, in- stead of being delayed to July 1, the country would save over $15,000,000 in | revenues. This statement is hardly an From this time on until | exaggeration. the new bill goes into force foreign goods will be rushed into the country as rapiily as possible, and it is therefore in the highest degree expedient that the new | tariff should be pu: into effect at a date not later than the time fixed by the Ways and Means Commitiee. There will be some change made 1n the bill as reported. That much seems evi- | dent from all reports that have come to us. Caiifornia may gain by these changes to the extent at least of having a higher duty piaced upon Zante currants and possibly in soms other schedules. Ampole time will be given for consideration of all amendments of this nature. intention of the framers of the bill, nor of the Republican majority, to rush it through without allowing fuli and proper consideration of every feature. All these legitimate amenaments can be made, however, without prolonged debate, and the country will give the Democratic party credit if those who represent it in Congress will follow the wise policy out- lined by Senator Mills and others and ab- stain from throwing any obstacie in the way of the final passage at an early date. PELAGIO SEALING. If Dr. Jordan is right in hls estimate of the views of the administration on the subject of the protection of seals in Bering Sea, it is probable we shall soon see the end of that blundering and ineffective policy which has been too long pursued. Dr. Jordan reports that he had a talk with President McKinley, and says, “Before I finished an explanation of the sad condi- tion of affairs 1n Bering Sea, I thought I saw blood in McKinley’s eye.” It will be remembered that under the Cloveland administration the task of pro- tecting the American seal fisheries was regarded asso hopeless that it was seri- ! ously proposed by the Government to ex- terminate all the seals on the islands. | That would have been like curing a dis- ease by killing the man who had it, and the very fact that it was even considered shows how fatile was the foreign policy of the Cleveland administration not only in sction but in counsel. Dr. Jordan believes itis probable that Great Britain will not refuse to unite with us in taking steps to preserve the fur seals. This belief is based upon the fact that the conclusions of the British commission agree in all maiters of fact with the find- ings of the American commission, and therefore both Governments have a basis of agreement on which to rest a harmoni- ous course of action. 1f Great Britain does not consent to the terms proposed by the United States it will be possible for our Government to undertake the protection on its own re- sponsibility. It is proposed to brand the female sedis on the islands in such a way as to destroy the value of thetr skins, and also to protect the males by herding them in the salt lagoon on 8t. Paul Island dur- ing the sealing season. According to Dr. Jordsn, experiments made last summer have demionstrated the feasibility of these two measures, and if carried out their effect will be to put an end to pelagic seal- ing by rendering it unprofitable. It is certanly time the United States Government should take some deter- mined action in the'matter. While yea have been wasted in fruitless negotiations with Great Britain, the practice of pelagic sealing has been carried on to such an ex- tent that the great herd of seals in Bering Sea has been well nigh exterminated. It is gratifying to learn from Dr. Jordun thst the present administration will put a speedy end to this condition of affairs. Pelagic sealing will be stopped and the fur seal herd will be preserved. It seems we may look to McKinley for compelled to undertake reforms which will go far toward removing the cause of fam- ines in the future. 1 protection to our seal fisheries as well ay to our other industries. He'means busi- ness in every direction. It is not the | DIPLOMACY AND MONEY. It is sienificant of the conditions under which we live that while at this time the warships of the nations are gathering in Grecian waters and men are being armed | along the Turkish border; while dipio- | matists and statesmen are fretting their | weary brains by day and by night, the in- | telligent portion of the world pays less | attention to what is being done either by the warriors or the diplomsatists than to what is going onin the stock exchanges, People are looking not to Crete but to the London money market to see whether there will be peace or war, and as long as the market is quiet they are not disturbed by anything which happens among the warships or the soldiers. During the whole period since the pres- ent crisis began the money market has bzen quiet, the sale of stocks and bonds has gone on undisturbed, and there has been no evidence of excitement on the side either of the bulls or the bears. This Jact is regarded as conclusive evidence that there is no immediate danger of war and that however affairs may go in the Levant some means will be found of maintaining peacs and keeping unim- paired the value of the bonds of the na- tions involved. To this extent the money power rules the world. Warriors may be ready to fight, diplomatists may have arranged alliances which wi!l jrstify their nations taking action to settle the Turkish ques- tion, but until the money-lenders and tne bolders of Turkish bonds see a way to save the capital they have invested in Turkish securities it is not at all likely that any Government will take the initiative in de- claring war. Unless therefore the Greeks end the Turks break away from the con- trol of their leaders and force the hands of Governments and ‘bondnolders alike the present crisis, like those which have precedea it, will drag itseli out into petty squabbles and end in nothing. THE PANAMA CANAL. Data have been recently turnished to the public by the Technical Commission em- « ployed on the survey of the Pacama ca- nal to show that a feasible and finanoially practical plan for its construciion has been devised. It is also reporied that the plan has been adopted and that the canal company is now making preparations for the vigorous prosecution of tue work. According to these reports, the harbor of the canal at the Atlanticend will be about the mean sea level, the tide being of no account at that point. On the Pu- cific coast the harbor will vary between the elevation of high tide and low tide. The highest point of the canal will be 34 weters above the sea ievel. This rise will be provided for by five locks on each slope. The supply of water for the canal isto be taken from the Chagres River, and at the summit level the normal width of the canal wil bs 25 meters at the bot- tom and 50 meters at the water-line. The reports given do not include esti- mates of the cost. 1t is stated, however, that the company, which has now at work more than 3000 men, has sent an agent to Jamaica to arrange for several thousand more to push the enterprise. The con- struction is to be carried forward rapidly and it is said that the promoters are san- guine of success. It is not clear whether these statements deserve full credit or not. It has been no- ticed that whenever there 1s a prospect that the United States will enter seriously upon the work of constructing the Nicar- aguan canal reports of increased work on the Panama enterprise are at once put forth, Whether these are intended to discourage the Nicaraguan pro- jeet or are to be used for the purpose of stimulating Americans to carry on that work in order that our Government may have control of the great interocean waterway is doubtful. They are calculated to work both ways, and it is not easy to decide in which direction the chief effect will be found. As for the Panama scheme its: spite the favorable reports which are so often made public, it hardly seems likely that it will ever be accomplished. At the present time it appears to be very little more than a means whereby the company which holds the franchise is enabled to draw money from the French people. Roth the Panama and Nicaraguan routes have been surveyed by competent engin- eers ana the weight of authority is decid- edly in favor of the Nicaraguan plan, The statements issued by the Techuical Commission, therefore, are not to be ac- cepted without hesitation. Thev are in- teresting, but it is by no means certain that they are reliable. PERSONAL. C. J. Crossby of Lincoln {5 at the Russ. J.D. McDougail of Stockton is in town, E. W. Runyan of Red Bluft is at the Palace, IL. L. Green of Fresno is at the International. . F. Doble of Boston 18 here on a business trip. John J. Mooney of Los Angeles 1s at the Lick. H. M. Livingstone of New York is in the City. Simon Hansen of Altamont is at the Com- merclal. F. E. Van Buskirk of New York is a late ar- rival here. Jesse Pollard of Boise City, Idaho, is a recent arrival here. W. L. Pritchard, a oattleman of Sacramento, t the Grand. George H. Berry and Mrs. Berry of Michigan are at the Palace. i G. 8. Smitn and wife of Haverhill, Mass., are at the Cosmopolitan. D. N. Carithers, the merchant, of Santa Rosa, arrived here yesterday. C. T. Stewart, s business man of Helens, Montana, s in the City. Senator J. H, Shine of Tuolumne and wife are down trom Sacramento snd are staying at the Cosmopolitan. Judge J. W. Davis of Tulare County is here on a brief business trip. Thomas Scattergood, wealthy resident of Philadelphia, is on a visit here. C. C. Hogue, & leading resident of Albsny, Oregon, arrivea here yesterday. P. P. Lyttaker of Merimac, Butte County, is on a visit here. He is at the Rusi. i J. A. Cranston of Portland, Or., was one of the arrivals at the Palace yesterday. A. 0. Nelson of Stillwater, Cal., is in the City and is registered at the Cosmopolitan. The Rev. W. H: 8tory, an Episcopal minister of Marysville, has arrived here andisat the Occidental. C. A. Storke, an attorney of Santa Barbara, and ex-member of the Assembly, is registered at the Lick. H. B. Gillis, an attorney of Yreks, is at tho Grand. He is one of the old residents of that northern town. C. L. Hunter, o weslthy real estate owner d business man of Chicago, and & party of Eastern friends, who have b:en visiting South- ern California, are at the Occidental. W. N. Babcock of Omaha, long connected with the Union Pacific Railroad passenger de- partment, ana for a time stationed in Denver and Wood River, ison a visit here. He is at the Palace. Otis A. Poole, an extensive tes buyer and importer of Yokohama, is at the Palace. Mr. Poole has been for & quarter of & centuty or more in the business and comes to San Fran- clsco nearly every year. H. J. Mayham of Denver, who owns large miniug interests in different parts of Colorado aud who has lately invested heavily at Gold Creek, Nevada, is in the City. He hasrecently been visiting Southern California. William R. Lioyd, a prosperous miner of Alaska, who only a few days ago returned from Europe, left yesterdsy on his return to Alaska, accompanied by ten other miners, who have been wintering at the Commercial Hotel. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald and his sec- rotary, E. M. Green, will leave to-day for Hawall 0 look into the possibility of supply- ing the islands with white labor to take the piace of the Japanese, Chinese and other for- eigners who work at sugar-growing at such ruinously low rates. Ex-Governor W. D. Hoard of Wisconsin, who with his wife and son has been visiting California for several weeks and who arrived here from the south on Sunday, left yesterday for home. He is the editor and owner of Hoard’s Dairyman and is & brilliant speaker and caplial story-teller. George W. Peck of *Bad Boy” fame beat him for re-election. He bas been away from home t0 get a rest. CALIFORN.An~ > IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 22.—At the Plaza —Mr. and Mrs. W. Haas, H. Huas, the Misses Haas; Grand Union—Mr. and Mrs. N. Long, W. H. Taylor; Imperial—Mr. aad Mrs. E. C. Herst; Union-square—G. Reid; Holland—E. A. Phelps; Aibert—J. S. Fanning; Astor—B. Ambler; Startevant—T. M. Keily; Cosmopoli- tan—F. D. Fra — THE VILL.GE LA, AT PLAY. What matter that his trousers bear P Since roses In his roun1 cheeks glow, While sparkii. g giance aud igh laugh show A spirit bilthe and fiee? ‘Wit grimy band he knuckles down To iei & murble fi Intently scans the sphere ‘And chu. kiea In his deep delight * Whea luck approves his eye. No mercenary gamester he That craves a rival’s blood; Asquick to share Dame Fortune’s smiles Aseer he s to court hee wiies— A gentleman in bud. He has not heard the city’s far, 1nsistent voices cali; Yet 1ot a Lird in wood or field Nests long from his keen gaze concealed— He knows and loves them a L. N0 cares oppress nor sorrows dim ‘The joys his projects bring; For all life ong or for & day 1'd rather be that boy at piny Than Pre or King. ERANK PUTNAM 16 Chicago Herald. AROUND T«E CORRIDORS. L. Feigenbaum, & merchant and wool-buyer of Ronnervitie, Humboldt County, arrived here yesterday, vrincipally to seek medical advice, as he has been suffering for some time with sciatic rheumatism. In an interview with Mr. Felgenbaum, who hatls from the cen- ter of the wool-producing section of Northern California, he said: “Ihave been engaged in this rich and un- develcped portion of Caiifornia since a boy. The town of Rohnerville is one of the oldest settled towns in Humboldt County. The val- ley, which has a very rich sofl where no irri- L. FEIGENBAUM, Who Comes From the Northern Redwood and Wool District. gation 1s required, has increased very rapidly in population. Dairying, fruit-growing and grain-raising are the principal industries, The mountain lands have been decressing in population. The latter I attribute to the de- pression in the wool market caused by the tariff fssue.” Mr. Feigenbsum says that from his own knowladge the owners of a number of large sheep ranches were obliged to surrender their entire possessions 10 tho banks. Ten years 8go (He same parties were In excellent clrcum- stances, refusing $10 an acre for theirland, while now the same could not be sold. 3r. Feigenbaum has had tons of wool stored in bis Humboldi warehouse for months. Be- fore McKiuley’s election it was impossible for him togetan off¢r for wool. Since the elec- tion ho has had a number of offers, and he now predicts that the lonely wool-grower of the morth will soon realize just and honest reward for his industry through the McKinley tariff law. He 18 a close observer, has traveled exten- sively, and says there is no richer or better soil undér the skies for pastures, fruits and grains than Eastern and Southern Humboldt. He compares the low lands with the Egyptian sofl, the richest in the world. KEN AND v OMEN. ‘The oldest person in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and for that matter probably in the State, Is Mrs. Mary Malie, who will cele- brate het one hundred snd seventh birthday this moath. A red-eared rabdit weighing seven pounds was killed in a Boone County (Mo.) graveyard the other day and .the left hind foot was at once forwarded to William J. Bryan at Lin- coly, Nebr. Henry Irving is remembered in London thirty-seven years ago as a young elocutionist of considerable pawer. Ho read scenes from “Virginius” and “The Lady of Lyons” to ap- Ppreciative audiences in 1860. A new pioture of Charles Dickens, from the tic side, may be expected in & book, My As 1 Recall Him,” by the late Miss ‘| Mamie Dickens, revised by her sister, Mrs. Kato Dickens Perugini. Jord Brassey, Governor of South Australis and owner of the yacht Sunbeam, was thrown from his horse recently, breaking his collar- bone and sustaining severe injuries in the chest. He was pitched on his head and the borse rolled over him. “THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL Letters From Our Readers on Topics of Current Interest. A Friend of Lincoln. Editor San Francisco Call—SiR: Any one who has a heartfelt will be moved profoundly over the mistortune whicn of Chicago. AndImay remark in passing that for Lincoln’s memory, for Lincoln is more than a memory to his countrym whom Lincoln found most worthy of his personal friendship an Schneider. In1848, at the age of 25, he left Germany for the German Government of that day to tolerate. . He was full of thesp] hence was called a revoiutionist Quite naturall became the personal friend vf duuntless and ragard for Abraham Lincoln s overtaken C'pm:de'io;:fysfl?i::i oln” advisedLy, Tany “regard for Lincoln” advisediy, &1 Sob 4 official trust was George :canse his poiitical views were too liberal irit ot ’48 in Europe, and 1y he found his way to Iilinois and in dze time Tecolute young Lincoln, Quite as naturally, when Lincoln became President he chose George Scaneider to be special envoy to The Hague 10 represent the Government. Those who have followed the financlal history of the country during the war closely may remember how difficult it was in 1861 to find & market in Europe for the first war bonas, and how, after repeatea failures to negotiate any Captain Schneider to undertske the task. The special envoy soon accomplished that iask and he issues, and subsequent issnes found ready sale o to record what recently befell Captain Schneider at the age cf 73. On his return to the United States twenty odd years ago he Iilinois and was continuously the president country was startied by the sudden collapee o unexpected and apparently more mysterious. and if it be possible for Lincolu to mourn o heart is pained as he comprehends the cause of blow upon his old friend, Captain George Schneider. The story may be briefly told, having come to hand within & day or two. iderabie sale, President Lincoln selected kigh standing and diplomatic abiiity of the found a marxet for §50,000,000 of bond n the Continent. It gives a man the heartache founded the National Bank of 108 fatal day last December when the whole the bank, for nothing could have been more AsIview it a bragen crime was committed, ver events that are passing on esrth his noble the disaster which came with such a crushing the facts It will be remembered that the National Bank of Tllinois owed a large sum of money to @epositors when its doors were closed in December, for it was in high favor with the public and had an unblemished record of twenty-five Rrobably not half a dozen readers of THE CALL, en paid. Icannot recalla like instance in all years It isnot known to the general public, that the last dollar due depositors has already the multitude of bank failures in thiscountry. The fact that they were ail paid in full within ninety days from the day the bank closed gives the thoughtful reader a clew to the cruel crime commitied against Capiain Schneider and bhis associates in the bank. The blow fell upon the bank in this way, without a note of warning to Captain Ecuneider or any officer of the bank: The fact has jusi been discovered that on Sunday afternoon pre- vious to the failure on Monday the executive board of the Ciesring-house Association of Chicago met in private and decided to withdraw its support {rom the Nationa! Bank of Illi- nois, and when the news was published on Mon the a:armed depositors, when day morning a rush was made on the bank Ly (s doors were closed, and it passed into the hands of receivers. It now anpears that the bank thus suddenly crushed had a larger reserve fund on hand on that fatal Mond ay morring than any other bank in Chicago or the whole country. What was the motive which led to the withdrawal of support by the Clearing-house Asso- clation? We all know the reason assigned, but support was withdrawn has now been demonstrated by the ositors, a act which I do not believe could be a the absolute solvency of the bank when the Jarment of ihe lass dollar due de- ccomplished under like condiiions by any two nks in the United States to-day. If the reader understands bank figures let him read toe bank statements which have appeared in the ne for himself. Very, few of them could pay 50 cen! can see who will Tead their published statement wapapers within the past ten days and judge 18 on the dollar within ninety days, as any one s understandingly. How then did the National Bank oi Illinois pay iis depositors when thus suddenly forced to the wall? Here s the pathetic answer: Capt tune, the aceumulation of riendship of the immortal Lincoln. of Tilinots wa 855 Market streel, March 22, 1897. ain Schneider gave up_his entire private for- long lifetime, in & quietand manly way, and the depositors are all ald; butat73 he is left without resources, but not without honor—i found worthy of the 1 close with the simple statement that the National Bank supporier of the financial heresy known as the free coinage of silver. JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNSON. WITH YOUR COFFEE. “What's your line of work, young man ?” “Iam in & dentist’s office, sir.” “And {s your business reviving, sir?”’ “That's just what itis. Ishake up the cus- tomers after the old man gives 'em laughing gas.”"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. 05g00d—Do you beiieve in hypnotism? Dowley—I do. Every time I look at my wife and hear ber talk I becomge more and more positive that I must have been hypnotized when we were married.—Cleveland Leader. ‘The March hare is said to have got mad be- cause it had to stand fourtecn different kinds of weather in two weeks.—Puck. “I¢'s a real pleasure to me to give you any- thing,’ said he, as he forced a bouquet into her han ‘Stay,” she replied, handing back the flow- ers; “'you are like all the rest of the men. All you care for is your owu pleasure. Take ths flowers; 1 cannot consent to encourags such se.fishness.”—Boston Transcript. Hojack—I am afraid that Rev. Dr. Thirdly’s usefulness ip his new parish will be very lim- ited. Tomdik—Why? Isn't he liked? * Personaily, he is very much liked, but his wile has better taste in dress than any of the femaie members of his congregation.”—Har- lem Life. Virgil says of some of his people: “They can because they think they cal But in the sardine business people can because they have to can.—Somerville Journal. Pub isher—1 wish you would write us a good | sea story. reat Author—But I have never been to sea. “Lknow it.. 1 want a sea story that people can understand.”—New York Weekly. A TITLE- DEED DISPUTE. Daughters of the Late Police Sergeant McKenna Say He Was Mentally Unsound. Nellio M. Lewis and Lillie G. Moran, | survivine daughters of the late Police Ser- geant Thomas D. McKenna, have insti- tuted a suit, by their attorney, ex-judge A. A. Sanderson, to set aside a deed which ne execuied shortly before his death con- veying his real estate to his wife, Frances F. M. Kenna. The ground stated for setting aside the deed is that it was made without suffi- cient consideration. Itis shown by the complaint that Ser- geant McKenna’s first wiie died in this City on ihe 15th of June, 1895, and that on the 19th of June, 1896, he was married to his second wife. 1t was on_ the 26th of last February that he deeded the property to ':l“ second wife, and one week later he died, The daughters of the decedent allege that their stepmother plannea to deiraud them of any share in the property that was accumulate! by their father during the time that he lived with their moth his first wife. They say that their step- mother falsely informed him that bis children did not care for him, and that as he was sick and mentally weak she over- ruled and controlled his mind, so that his act in signing the deed was not a volun- tary act on fii- part, and that he did not understand the result of his attempt to convey the title to the defendant without consideration. The properly in dispute is on Valencia street, near Seventeenth, adjoining Mayor James D. Phelan’s proverty on the south. It is worth about §10,000. The will of Ser- geant McKenna bhas been contested on similar grounds, FISH COMMISSIONERS. Attontion Hus Been Called to the Capture of Trout in Sonoma Creek. The Fish Commissioners are doing all they can to suppress-illegal trout-fishing, but it seems that the poaehers watch the movements of the patrol officials, and when their backs are tyrned the capture of trout by hook and spear goes merrily on. The following letter was received to- day from a well-known angier who resides 1n Sonoma and it speaks for itself: SoNoma, March 21, 1897. Sporting Editor Call: I noticed some tim agy thut THE CALL stated that the Fish Com- missioners would dispaich doputies into the couniry for the purpose of stopping illegal fishing. Well there may have been office: up this way forall I know, but if tnere has been any of the Commissioners patrolling the Sonoma Creek, I think that they must have looked over their shoulders quite irequently, otherwise'they would ceriainiy have seea auy number of peole tiishing along the creek from Glen Ellen to Sonoma. To-day (Sunday) quite s number of fishermen were catching trout bove Glen Ellen, and if any of the Fish Com- missioners will spend & few days on the stream, specially on Saturday or Sunday, they make s good killlug on poachers. 1just men- tin this because I think it is a shame that the trout law is not observed as it should be in this part of the country. Yours, ete., A LOVER OF FISHING. Costly Borrowing. Suit has been commenced in the Buperior Court by Edward Ackley against Thomas J. Carroll and Hannah C. Carroll to collect the amount due on a note given by the defend- ants for $159 in favor of Antonio A. C. Bon- neill. Ordinarily a note ior 80 & smount would find its way into the Justices’ Court at the beginning of the litigation, but this action seeks to enforce a chattel morigage aud in addition 1o recover interest on u origal amount at the rate of 5 per centa month, compounded montnly, Tne plaintiff also asks that $100 be allowed as a fee for h attorney, M. G. Cobb, and that the defendants be compelled to pay the costs of court. FRATERNAL FELLOWSHIP. The Recent Session of the Officers of Sutter Camp of the Argonaut Degree, N. 5. G. W. Druring the past week the following named of- ficers of Sutter Cemp of the order of the Argonaut itive Sons of the Golden West were in tive Sons’ Hall and conferred their novel and somewhat extraordinary side degree upon two members of San Francisco Parlor, who took roth degrees. They conferred the first on thirty-two more and gave them the secon! by courtesy: C. E. Clinch, C. Othet, A. bradley, J. Franks, D. F. Doanovan, W. Willlams, The Emblem of the Order of Argonauts. H. Nath uzhiel F. H. Trebilcox, J. C. Tyrell, 3 Broms, L J. Campheil, F. Xose. Frank M. Miller, W. Dibble, W. J. Morrls, 3. Wates, . J. Dinkeiman, A. J. Haskins, T. E. Dunkley, 3. Fon«in and G. J. Champion Thi-, lie side degrees of the Order of Na- tive Sons sended wicn a great deal of mystery, bul there Is no lack of un for ail except hose Wio take the degree. for they never know what I3 com- Ing next. ‘Lteaccompanylng cut s a plcture of the degree emblem. Afier the ceremonies there | was & banque:, at which Grand Secreiary Lun- | ntedt acted as fonstmaster and acquitted i {mself | iua manner that astonished those who bad seen h m act n a like capacity on _jrevious occasins. use the expression of one of the banqueters “he was sim. iy immense” A numberof volun- teer toasis w d the regular ones and then there was a programme of songand mus.c, inter- | spersed with reminiscences. The following-named are those who took the de- grees and are now wearing & laper bution on | which there is engraved the emb.em of the de- | 3. F. Bernard, 0. 1. Blackman, (. & Boide- | s, B. | ? M. Epbraim, E. V. Fleury, | A. L. Fnedlander, E. H. Folsom, D. L. Fiiz' | erald, E. Gauthier, E. GauthlerJr. E. J. Grady, . E. Jerichten, J. Goodiriend, . R. Heverin. B F. Haolon, A.F. Holmberg, J. K. Hawkins; R. Jausen, J. J. Jamisou, k. (. aws, H.Lachman, | E. Lunstedt, K. H. Morse, K W. Martiand F. W. ©. Maestreitl, J. O'Dwrer, J. O'Gara, H. F. u F. B lyan, J. B. Stoval, W. IL Sianiels. W. D. “hea, Leonard Stone, J. H. Seéver- ance and F. Topping. The 0dd Fellows. Orfentsl Encampment conferred the golden rule and royal purile cegrees on several candidates Iast Saturday, aad the reputation of this encamp- ment for excellence of work was fuily sustained. To-morrow night Wildey Eacampment will work in the golden rule cegree, having several candi- dates ready (0 receive It. Ophir Lodge baliotted for four candidates last Friday upon whom the second and third degrees ‘were conferred by the exce sior desree team. ~The noble grand announced that the nomination of aud_electon for representatives (o the Grand Lodge will be Lieid nex: Friday. The Union Distriot meeting held in Stockton on the 17th iust. was a yrand success. The grand master and the grand secretacy were present dur- ing the celebration. Previous 10 the colebration there were two Initiations. and then followed a choice pro ramme and an excellent banauet. Last S8 urday & team from Occidenta Encamp- ment of ~acramen.o visiied Zeta Enca pment of Placerville and assisted in Juitiating thirty candi- dutes. At the close of the ceremonics there was a banquet 10 visitors aud members. General E. H. Black of the Patriarch Militant rank has recen:iy returned from the East and has brought with bim & stock of new s ories, which he Wili Tetall #8 OPPOFLUNILY presents 1tse: . Star Kncampment of Kive:side will be visited next Saturday by Laurel kncampment, when fif- teen cand dates whl be inf ited. Orlental lircampment aud Canton, San_Fran- cisco, have secured much first-ciass talent to take partin the enteriainment it will give in Odd Fel- lows’ Hail on the 26th of April. Hogas 3, Oneonta Parlor, N. D. G, W. The officers of Uneonta Parlor of Ferndale, ‘Humboldt County. have been Installed by Dis:ric: Depoty Minnie =.. Hall of Union Parlor, Arcata. During the evening ihe Native Sons of Ferndale visited the dauchters n a body, and. ceremony of instaliation was over, there was & dunce and an excellent supper served by ladies. ‘The new officers of (neonta Parlor are. Genevieve Smiley, Annle Moaxce,P.: Chiis- tina Eerding: Dalsy Kemp, Mary i Hatde Guptill, K. & ; Clura Brice, T.; Laura Edwar/s. 1 lina Scoit, Carrle olcomini, 0. & The Foresters’ Picnic. The Picnic Assoclation of the Anclent Order of Foresters has decided 10 hold its nex: picnic on the 51s: of May in Niles Canyon, and commit ees have been appoint=d to (ake charge of the affalr. The officers of the assoclutiou are Joseph Hagan, president; Jemes McCracken, vice-president: George J. Berger. se retary: Mrs. M. E. Falconer, trvasurer: and Mrs. J. Hartley, sergeant-at arms. Ibe assoclaiion is made up of Foresters and L om- pavions of the Forest. aud eftorta will be made 1 iave this the most enjoyable outing (hat bas ever been given under the auspices of the association. Minerva Cirele’s Auniversary. Minerva Circle, Companions of the Forest, branch of the Friendly -oclety of the A. v, F., ceiebrated its thirteenth aunive, in Foresters’ Hall, by a ball, given under the direc- tion' of the following-nsmed Iadies, who were the commitiee of arrangements: Mis. Ellen Barret:, Mis F. M. Massey. Mrs. Alice K'ein, Mrs. Fila Builer and Miss May Bell ‘There was & good aitendance and a great deal of enjoyment for ail the participants, " Ihe floor mauager was Miss May Bell, who was sssisted by Miss M. Weiner. During the evening Mrs. Julla Bi; ' 88 & Y pay fortuncteller, wan kept quite busy “telling the laaies’ present what, e ‘was in store h‘: them. BOed iy e Atthe firs. mee:i e {116 Jour rmqfaee:ing in April this circ’e will fol- Enterprise Circle, C. O, F. Euterprise Circle, Companions of the Fores’, friendly branch of the Ancient Order of Foresters, has decided to give a social on the second Sawur day of every month i 7 o e in Socfal Hall i the Forest- ly for the pur) ¢ piving thel amounts of Totuzanco 1o the beneficiaries of @ member atter denth. Al ‘such organizations claim, and do so with knowledge of the fact, that there I8 fraterni.y aud sasisant as well as d sch benefiu that the obilgation taken at the time of inltintion (o ns- sist & follow-member of the Order who is In dis- tress is carried into effect. There ar numerous cases that verlfy this, but it fs ten tha: sug are known outidde 0f (he meetinz-place of body rendering assis.ance, but occasionally the facts of & case ge_out. ‘About two weeks ago Argonant Councll of Royal Arcanum held an open n eeling and gave ‘entertat.ment to iis ffiends in Nutive Sons’ Jlal. At the'close of the programm Kegent George \V, Dixen was informed tnat & member of the ord 1 total stranger in this L ity, WAS SIck 8¢ L Lo .c's Hospi'al. rie made an ‘nquiry the following ‘morniug, discovered that the man Was & membe: of L.ong Branch Councll of Loug Branch, N.J, had come 10 this City in the hope of betteriug bini’ self, but was unfortunate, and ith the unci ployed fiied an applica:ion for work on the boul-. vard, but before he obtained n reply bhe way stricken with pleuro-pn-umionia and was discot. ered by & physician, who had uim pluced ia t, hospiial temporarily. A dispatch wa couticil at Long Bravch and the rep y that camo fnstantly was “Tae the best of crre of our brotiir At our expense,” and this was signed by the reen: of the council ‘snd the secretary The strang, Who Is thousands of miles away from home, Is b ing cared for by strangers because he is one of them, bound by the ties of fraternity. COTTGES FO YOSETE There Will Be Batter Accomme- dation for Visitors to the Valley. Commissioners Want a Survey f the Line Betwzen the Val'ey anl ths Reserv:. The Yosemile Valley Commissioners are proparing to extend the present ac- commodation for visitors to that pictu:- esque locality, which has proved entirely inadequate since the destruction of tho Stoneman House by fire last fall. Tk Legislature has increased the general propriation of $22,500 for two fiscal yea, by a grant of $8000 additional for needed improvements, such at the repair and con- struction of buildings, e'c. At yesterday's meeting the board in- structed the finance committee to make arrangements for the renovation of the old Hutchings house and to make the guardian’s office suitable for the reception of guests. The Sentinel Hotel can provide 43 rooms, the Hutchings house 20 and the guard- ian’s office 12, making a total of 75 rooms, but even this accommodation must be in- creased before July 1, when the Chris Endeavorers are likely to pay the valley a visit. The board therefore instructed the hnance committee to consult with an arcbitect, with a view to the early con- struction of five cottages near the Sentinel Hotel. The board, having every regard for economy, will endeavor to make tha extra $8000 go as far as possibie, but should this prove insufficient the unex- pended balance, if any there be, of the general appropriation will be devoted to the above-named purposes. ‘The only other business of publicinterest transacied at yesterday’s meeting was the board’s acceptance of a letter drafted by the secretary and addressed to the United States Surveyor-General, askinz for a proper survey of the line between the Yosemite Valley and the National re- serve. ——— THEY MAY NOT SAIL Belongings of Theatrical Performers Attached for Breach of Contract. Marlo and Marlo and Virginia Arago, the daring trapeze artists who have been thrilling audiences at the Orpheum, will not depart for Honolulu to-day unless they can find some method of releasing an attachment on their stage parapher- nalia before the hour the Australia sails. The Sheriff has possession of their cos- tumes and other property on attachment in a suit begun by J. D. Hopkins of Chi- cago. Th» plainiiff is a theatrical man- ager, with whom the combination signed for an engagement. For some reason (they claim through no fanlt o/ their own) the performers were unable to fulfili the contract, and Hopkins ed for breach of contract, placing his damages at $1350. S e ‘TOURISTS—Ci lornia glace fruit, 50¢1b., ine'- egant fire-eiched bxs. Just what you want for Eastern friends. Townsend's, Palace Hotel B'd> e e SThe loug agitation in England agsinst the Cruelties of the royal hunt has resulted in the Queen commanding that a report on the sub- ject be submitted to her, Her Majesty is dis- posed to abandon the buck hounds altogether, 1nany case, it seems certain that the hunting of tame stags will be discontinued. e g €PECIAL information daily to manufacture busiuess houses and public men by the Pre Clipping Bureau (Alien’s), 510 Montgomery. psti o ot Huspaxp's Calcined Magresia—Four first- premium medals awarded. More agreeable to the taste and smsller dose than other mag. nesia. For sale only in bottles with regis tered trade-mark label. . e Ignace Pelotte, who died on Mackinaw Isl- and recently at the sge of 93, was the last sur- vivor of the American Fur Company. He had en indistinct recollection of John Jacob Astor, the principal owner of the company, and & memory of events of interest in the West dur- ing the first half of the century. ¥ree Stop-Over ut Washington. On all through tickets between the East, West, North and South reading via the Baitimore and Ohlo allroad & stop-over at Washington cen by 8-cured, without extra charge for ratiroad fare, by depusiting the ticxet upon arrival at Washingt with the B. aud O. station ticket agent at tha: point. Washington is always attractive (0 visiiors and particaiarly so while Congress is in session. This arrangement for stopover priv doubtiess be appreciated by the public and will bring to the National Capital many travelers to view its superd public buildings, monuments, ' museums ana thoroughfares B e il Al THROAT DiskasEs commence with a Cough, Cold or Sore Throat. “Brown's Bronchial Troches’ sive immediate and sure reliet, —_———— THE agreeable flavor of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral makes it easy to administer {0 childrea. Itsgreat merlts confirm its popaiarity. —_————— Photography is the faa of the Baroness Rothschild {n Paris, and an ideal studio and latoratory has been erected in the garden ad- jolning her palace in the Rue de Monceau. The twgstory building occuples a large lot, and has numerous rooms for photographic work in all its branches, 8 drawing-room, dressing-rooms and every possible facility for making good pictures. — WDER Absolutely Pure. This Is Fraternitv. Celebrited for it«great ieaveuins strencth and Dealthfuiness. 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