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THE RAILROAD DISASTER.

Not since the Big Tree accident, or the
Tehachapi disaster, has the community been
so rudely startled as it was yesterday on
receipt of the tidings of a shocking rail
road accident at the narrow gauge
drawbridge over the Oakland estuary
Soon anxious inquiries ascertained that
shortly after 2 o'clock the narrow-gauge
train for Oakland, with a number of pas
sengers from San Francisco, including some
who expected to spend pleasant afternoon
at the exhibition of ST. Joseph's Academy.
had dashed into the estuary at the foot of
Webster street, the engine, tender and pas
senger coach plunging into the deep water,
and thirteen or more persons being drowned,
though rumor magnifed the number into
forty or fifty. Fortunately few of those
imprisoned, including Captain Hackett
of the Oakland Council, succeeded in escap-
ing through the windows. Efforts were
promptly made to release those imprisoned
in the car, but though several were taken
out still breathing, the attempts to resus-
citate them proved unavailing, and their
bodies soon found temporary shelter in
the Morgue, where all but one were identi-
fed by grief-stricken relatives or anxious
friends That some one blundered there is
no doubt, but on whom the blame rests is
at present Swallowed In doubt The bridge
tender claims that the danger signal was set
and exhibited the broken stick of his flag in
support of his declarations In eXtenuation
of the engineer, it is intimated that possibly
the air-brakes failed to work at the proper
moment Whether this was the cause, or
the disaster was the result of carelessness,
as broadly intmated, is a matter of uncer-
tainty, for the fate of the engineer is still in
volyed in doubt, some asserting he is alive,
while Others believe he found a watery
grave in the estuary
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THE PosroFFICE SITE.

There will probably be a longer delay
than was expected in the selection of a site
for the San Francisco Postoffice. The
Secretary Of the Treasury, Postmaster
General and A ttorney-General have held
two or three con ferences, but have adj
journed to some day next week. Should
the report that special examiner is to be
sent to this city to look after a proper site
be true the delay may extend over several
weeks The appointment of a special ex-
aminer looks much like beginning the work
ofselection again. He may find, upon arrival,
that better sites can be procured for the
money appropriated than have been re-
ported to the board at Washington. There
Is q, general belief among real estate experts
that $500, 900 is enough for site in the
vicinity OF Union square The one point
upQn WHICH the public may be congratu-
lated is. that the Tehama-slreet site is not
likely TO be accepted, The speculation
that was: Sc poorly concealed in this selec-
ton is. pretty certain to be fatal to it. The
city does not propose TO be subject to the
reproaeh that an $500, 009 appropriation was
necessary to obtain a S5OOO0O site
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POLITICAL LINEN,
1t Is Being Washed in CAMPAIGN
Hot Water.

" am told" said q prominent member of the
Republican Executive Committee" yesterday
" that some Of the henchmen OF my friend Martin
Kelly are threatening to make examples of GER
tain members OF the County Committee who are
identified with our movement.
" Their plan, l understand, is TO arraign them
on charge of political heresy or something of
that kind. Now that Kind of talk makes me
tired. Not that doubt their willingness to do A
thing OF that kind, for it has been done before In
this city, but there is something actually humor-
Gus III 1t coming from such man as Martin
Kelly. The constant boast OF those fellow.
seems to be their loyalty 10 the princpl es of Tho
Republican party, an Il one would think, 10 listen
10 mem, That they had been lifelong supporters
OF the cause.
d" But what are the facts in the case an for os
Kelly Is concerned? Well, I'll tell YOU Ii ia a
matter OF record that this same Martin Kelly
VINO Is now schemin9 to succeed Mr.. Higgins,
sat IN the convention that nominated Stopeman
Tor Governor. lie not only voted for Stoneman
but cast for him four or five proxies winch he
mad succeeded by some means in obtaining IL
had been agreed between HIM and Buckley that
ne was TO support Hearst for the nomination bnt
Tor some reason lie went over to Stonenan
MA, tne consideration was OF course, am
aDie 10 say, but the result Of II was that lie was
ANONYMOUSLY elected from the party, and came
over, horse foot and dragons, to Higgins
lie mas been trying ever since to get back
INTO the Democratic party, but he has made a
failure oil IL thus far. / know that he mada
oyertnre e; ID November last to support the Dem.
Oclatlc tlcket, but Buckley wouldn't have r.
when Mr.. Higgins died Kelly got IL into bis
mead that The Republicans were going to 1pht a
losing battle, and be lost no time in getting to
buckley. He claimed that he was reiuyenaied
Democrat and asked to be let into the fold
feople who know Buckley. however know now
unforgIvlng he Is. ana when he is once betraved
Tie man WHO does II need not attempt TO curry
favor with him again. He fastened TO send Mr..
helly away with a flea In his ear and the latter
seeing there was no hope in that direction ioined
WIN Crimmins to control the Republican organ
lzati0n. How well they Will succeed remains n
be seen. "'i' "
Now these men who are TO be excluded. II re-
port be true. from the County Committee ara
iile-l0ng Republicans. and If Mr.. Kelly or MIR
1i,,', INNS atlempt any hlgh-handed methods
Win them they will hear an explosion
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THE ORIGINAL PAckAoE DECISION

A member of the Supreme Court has de-
Tended the recent original package decision
on the ground that the same court, though
Of course composed Of different persons,
rendered a similar decision some sixty years
ago. Some few years ago the prohibition
laws OF Kansas were sustained on the
ground that the police power of a State
gives II power over traffic which. in the
opinion Of the State, is Injurious to the well
fare of the people. Under that decision
great deal of property was destroyed with
out compensation to the owners. Ii was
held that the police power of State could
not be invoked to prevent the buying of
any article outside the State and having it
delivered to the purchaser within the State,
but at this point the police power CT the
State came into action and might be used
To prevent the sale or distribution OF such
articles. The court now holds that the
police power Of the State cannot be used TO
prevent the sale of the article in the origi-
nal package.
The logic of decision can often be best
illustrated by carrying the conclusion ar
rived at to its extreme limit States have
regulated the transportation and sale of
gunpowder and other explosives on the
ground that such regulation was necessary
TO the safety Of the people. May the State
be deprived of the right to regulate the
handling of explosives while they retain the
form in which they were brought into the
State? Must the people Of any State, and
If so, of all the States, be exposed to the
consequences of the indiscrminate sale Of
explosives in the original package because
the restriction Of such sale would be q re-
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Bankers and capitalists will watch with
interest the fate of the bill reported to the
Senate by the Committee on Judiciary pro-
viding that all circulating notes Of national
banking associations and all United States
legal-tender notes, and all other notes and
certificates of the United States payable on
demand and circulating as currency, shall
not be exempted from taxation under the
authority of any State or Territory, pro-
yided that any such taxation shall be exer-
ciSed in the same manner and at the same
rate that any such State or Territory shall
tax other money within its jurisdiction.
Legal-tender notes have heretofore been
pronounced obligations of the national
Government and exempt from State taxa
ton.
The residents of Panama are evidently a
little too sanguine regarding the compile
tion Of De Lesseps' great undertaking.
The calculation that ere the close of the
year work on the canal should be once
more in full swing with an assured pros
pect of steady prosecution till the last
stroke unites the waters Of the two great
oceans is not likely to be realized.
In the Naval Appropriation Bill the Sen
ate provided for the appointment of com
HleolOu OI TWO laval OmceTs, an army
officer and two civilians to select a suitable
site for dry-docll on the Pacific Coast or
OF the waters connected there with, north
of the fOrty-second parallel, including the
waters of Puget Sound.
The declaration that during the past
nineteen years 124 cases of leprOsy have
been admitted to the Twenty sixth-street
Hospital is startling one. If such a rec
ord had been made at a Boston institution
there would be less Eastern opposition to
the Pacific Coasts desire to exclude the
Chinese.
The trial of the Bulgarian conspirators
has resulted in the conviction of a number
of them, Major PanitZa being sentenced to
be shot; but inasmuch as the court made
recommendation for mercy. it is probable
that the death sentence will not be carried
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ABOUT LOTTERIES.

People who are the most severe in their
condemnation of lotteries and other games
of chance admit that fairly conducted lot
terry is preferable to one in which the man.
ayers steal the prizes. The people Of this
State are now so fortunate or unfortunate
as to have a choice between the two kinds.
The general belief is that the Louisiana
Lottery is fairly conducted. The profits
are enormous, but the prizes offered are
paid TO the parties holding the winning
tickets. At least such is the general I'M
preston, and we have no especial knowl-
edge to the contrary. But there is a little
local lottery which. apparently, is conducted
on the opposite principle. 1t is well known
that the Examiner has offered a list of
prizes to subscribers who make the closest
guess as to the census returns for this State.
There seemed to be no other objection to
the scheme than its lottery feature until
the appointment of former employe of the
EramiRer as Census Supervisor Of the First
California District through the influence of
the Examiner suggested purpose on the
part OF the proprietor of the Census Lot
terry to get first look at the returns. The
advantages of a first look at the returns are
obvious and need not be enumerated in de-
tail
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.INTEKNATIoNAL oorYR1Gur

A prominent official in the English Gov
erHment is reported to have declared the
American House of Representatives a
House Of Thieves" on account of its
adverse vote on the International Copy-
right Bill. He is furthermore reported as
SAYING that mo man who has taken part
in the maintenance: Of this organized theft
is fit to be admitted into English society,""
1t is not probable that the Incorporate
rawlings Of an English official will affect
public opinion in this country The deci-
sion Of the House of Representatives was
that writer's who are so largely indebted for
the material which gives their work pecu-
mary value to works which have become
common property are adequately paid for
their work by copyright for term of years
IN the country of production. The copy
right on the best of English literature has
expired. No one now pays for the priyi-
lese of publishing Shakespeare's works.
IL ideas are property in the common aceepta-
ton Of the term, how does it happen that
the English, who are such sticklers for
property rights, have allowed the property
right in their best literature to lapse?
The demand for an international copyright
law is made rather in the interest of pub
fishers than of authors. Publishers want
to have exclusive rights in works they pub
lish. They make more money by publish
ing small editions at handsome profit
than in publishing large editioc..[ =. the
profit competition allows the author. on
tie 9taid ,rs > The largest possible
-slied Conn and 1t is a mistake to suppose
. . seconds. tsaf%ho do not pay the author a
stipulated royalty.are of no benefit to him.
English writers have often achieved no.
toiety through American readers. The
high prices which their books are sold at in
the country Of publication, where the pub
Usher has monopoly, precludes large
sales until the author has become known.
Many writers of second rank who would
never have become known to the English
speaking public through the circulation
their works attain in their own country
have taken their first upward step on the
strength of foreign reputation. Such
writers are often paid prices for work for
American publications, which, of course,
may be copyrighted by their purchasers,
which they could never have commanded
had not some American publisher printed
cheap reprint of their English copyrighted
works. AS rule, we doubt if an author is
injured by the free publication of his works
abroad. Ii such publication brings him
fame, the exclusive right he possesses to his
work in the country of his residence en-
ables him to turn that fame into money.
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straint upon interstate commerce.! If so,
persons DESTROYS of engaging in traffic
that the State assumes to regulate may
escape all State supervision by having the
article he deals in brought into the State
in a form convenient for use. The original
package may contain an ounce of gum
powder or a gill of brandy.
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS.
SIGNAL SERVICE, L. s. ARMY.
DIVISION OF TIE PACIEIC.

SIGNAL SERVICE. L. s. ARNrY.O
Division THE PACIFIC.
San FRANCISCO, May 80, 1885, r. NJ. }
Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours.
The barometer is highest of the coast of North
ern California and is lowest in Nevada; the temper
AZURE has fallen in Northern California and
elsewhere Rain is reported follows: Spokane
Falls, %; Portland. .O4.
Forecast Till s T. NJ, Saturday.
For California 80 Fair weather: westerly Winds
nearly stationary temperature
For oregon and Washington Fair weather
in southern Oregon; light rains elsewhere; south
westerly winds; nearly stationary temperature.
J. Z MAXFIFLD
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CALL. SAN FRANCISCO SATURDAY, reo-EGIIr PAGES

President, John Brown; Second Vice President
Thomas Quinn; Recording Secretary, Thomas f.
Treasurer, Fred w. Filzer; Sergeant-at-Arms,
Richard Evans; Executive Committee-John
Stack, William Stevens, j. ID. Lennon, H. Davis,
Joseph Connolly The club Endorsed Henry Pill
ster for The nomination of Tax Ollector.
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AucT1oN SALES TODAY.

FuRNITuRE-By Geo +. Lamson, At 4O7 Leaven-
worth St. at II o'clock.
REAL FsrATE.-By s. W. Ferguson, at MIL
Valley. at l O'Clock.
REAL EsrArE.-By Bovee, Toy y Co.. at Wellesley
Park
REAL EsrArE-By E. W. Woodward & Co., at
9O2 Roadway, Oakland, at P. N.
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Precinct Ciuh orranizaa.

Republicans OF the Eighth Precinct of the
Forfy-ffth Assembly District have organized
club by electing the following officers: NJ Heath.
President;- II. q. Smyser, First Vice. President:
A. W. Phillips Second Vice-President; C. c.
DRYDEN, Secretary.
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Teachers, vacation Excnrs;on

Leaving San Francisco on June Sd. runs through
to Chicago, New York. Boston and Philadelphia, in
Pullman tourist cars, and will be select party OF
teachers and friends, thus insurng only the most
desirable company and congeniaI society on the
trip. A stop Will be made at Salt Lake, Chicago
and Niagara Falls. and the excursion will pass
through the grandest scenery the continent (via
the Rio Grande road in daylight. Every con
venence and all the comforts of modern travel at
the lowest possible fare. Ladies travelling without
escort need have no fears, competent conductor
goes through with the party to destination For
seeping-car berths and tickets apply to j. G. Nc
Call, % Montgomery st.
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HAVE you ever seen Wellesley Park? II not, ,
do not fail TO take the special excursion train
that leaves Third and Townsend streets this Sat
urday) morning at O'Clock, and attend the auc-
lion sale Of the finest tract OF land III California
You Will have the opportunity OF securing
suburban home in the choicest locality in the
State on most reasonable terms. Round trip
tickets only 90 cents Free collation. served.
Bovee, Toy 81 CO., AuctOneerS.
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IF you want to take pleasant trip to-day, Sat
urday, 20 to Wele sley Park, San Mateo County,
and see The most beautiful tract OF land in Cali
forna. Round trip tickets only so cents Ex-
cursiOn train leaves Third aud Townsend streets
depot at O'Clock. Boyee. Toy & Co.. Auc.
tiOneers
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A TRIP to Wellesley Park, San Mateo County,
to-day Saturday, will afford you an opportunity OF
seeing the most beautiful tract of land in Cali
fornia, and OF securing suburban home amidst
The oaks. Excursion train leaves Third and
Townsend streets al o'clock this morning.
Round trip tickets 80 cents. Bovee, Toy g. Co..
AuctlOneers.
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BALLAD Conc ERT. A ballad concert was
given last evening at 1910 Polk street, by the
Little Sunbeams," band OF missionary chill.
dren. Among those who assisted on the pio-
gramme were MIS-. j. NJ Pierce Miss Anna
Wood, Robert Lloyd. Frank Mitchell George
Shook and DIR. Thomas Hill
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ADMITTED TO PRACTIcE.-John A. Kmbal
has been admitted to practice in the Supreme
Court on presentation OF certificate from the
Supreme Court Of Michigan; also G. q. Martin,
on presentation OF certificate from Tie Supreme
Court of L eunessee
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PUBLICATION OFFICE

r .IMontgomery street, near Clay open until IL
O'Clock T. N. BRANCH OFFICES: 10 Market
street, near Kearny open until y O'Clock midnight;
$50 Hayes street, open until 9:SO O'Clock; sos
LaTkin street, open until 80 CLOCK, aud 25lS
Mission street, op9n until O'Clock p. NJ.
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ALL who use Dobbins' Electric Soap praise il
as The best, cheapest and most economical fam.
lly soap made; but II you VIII try II once ii Will
tell still stronger tale OF It's merits itself
Please Try 1t. Yourgrocer will supply Won. =
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MARINE HOSPITAL. = The patients in the
Marine Hospital were entertained on Thursday
evening by literary and musical exercises. The
programme was arranged by Miss Annie Z ond,
Fred Carlson and George Very.
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J.FCUTTER's OLD BoURBoN.-This celebrated
whisky is for sale by all hrstclass druggists and
grocers. Trade mark-star within a shield
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THE hot days of summer will soon be here
Before they come take Hoods Sarsaparila to tone
up and strengthen your system and put you in good
condition. Sold by all druggists
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IA STRAY BooK.-A copy OF "Deerlng's An
notated Code of civil Procedure" belonging to
william X. McGrew got astay on Wednesday.
The finder will confer a favor by returning IL to
Room 13, 307 SanSome street.
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Any Of our patrons VITO fail to find The
ECRhiGG GILL for sale BY train-boys wM
Confer favor BY notifying this office of he
1pcf
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CHANGED HANDs.-Quaker Restaurant aud
Cafe 30 Ellis street. Good cooking, quick ser
vice and popular prices. Frank NJ Smith, pro-
prietoT, formerly at Occidental Hotel.
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No snide agents. Fine bust cabinet photos,
81 80 per doz. New York Gallery, 1144 Market
street, between Mason and Taylor
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The South End Democratic Club was organ.
lzed last Wednesday night at the corner OF silver
aud Third streets aud the following officers were
elected: President. William Boyce; First Vice.
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SPECIAL NOTICE FOR THE SUMMER
MONTHS

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ing the summer months can have THE DAILY CALL
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For Young AEN.-To-morrow afternoon at
3 O'Clock the service al the Young Mems Chris
tan Association II al Will be of unusual interest.
Rev. II. Grattan Guinness, d. D., OF London, Will
deliver the address.
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nesla For sale III bottles only, with United
States Government registered label attached,
without which none is genuine. At druggists
and country stores.
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Platts Chlorides. the Best Di-infe Giant ,
Chemically kills disease breeding matter
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THE MORNING CALL
Fas larger circulation than any other
published in San Francisco.
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JUDGE LAWRENCE OF the Supreme Court of New
York has Just decided that DIR. j. G. b. Siegert &
Sons have the exclusive right to the trademark and
of Angostura Bltters, and has granted them an
injunction against C. W. Abbott & Co. of Baltimore
restraining them from using that name or putting
up goods in imitation of Angostura Bitters
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Heart disease curea, 81. Rogers Heart Tonic.

rEARs'soaD is The most elegant toilet adjunct.-
Visit Battle of Gettysburg Market and Tenth
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OF course you are going to Wellesley Park
TO day to see the beautiful tract OF land that Is
10 be sold at auction. A day amidst the oaks,
lnhaling the delightful odor of The new-mown
bay. VIII rest and inyigorate you. Do NOT miss
this nne Opportunity Tor days outing. but take
The excursion train that leaves Third and Town.
send streets. this Saturday morning, May 3Ist
Tor Wellesley Park. Round trip only Soc Free
collation. VIII be served. Boyee, Toy & Co., AUG
tOneerS.
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LBS elN-csS cam mixed candy, In japanese
b9sk5t, soc. Townsend's, 627 Market ST.
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FoR Disordered Liver try BErcRAN,s

Ess, Indigestion and Pain are horrors
that Packers GINGER Tonic will abate.
PARKER's HAIR BAIsAM aids the hair growth