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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-24

A lady returned from foreign tour claims
that her health was sustained by the use Of
Lydia l.. PinkhaIn's NeSetsbls Compound,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-27
TAKING OUR MEA> URE.

Commenting upon the Rea-Wood case,
which has been to San Jose what the Grand
Jury has been to San Francisco. the San
Jose Picnic looks for good results, always
provided that the public will look upon such
practices as moral and political crime"
"If. however" our San Jose contemporary
continues, ''our citizens remain passive, en-
courage such things because they look
smart and partake OF the cuteness of the
hoodlnm, instead of giving deserved CEN
sure when there is visible wrong. no good
will have been accomplished" Movements
like that under consideration take the moral
measure of community. Corruption is
shown and may be punished or condoned.
The community that does not condemn APP
proves. 1t encourages Others that way in
clined 10 go ahead. 1t declares also to
honest and self-respecting public servants
that it has no use for them. Their integrity
is not appreciated. The rising genera
alton gets the idea that to succeed in
public life the servant must rob his en-
ployer. The impunity with which boodiers
have carried on their practices in this State
casts the darkest shadow that rests upon
our people. Not only have they been robbed
of their substance, but the character of the
community has been lowered in national
estimation. The dictum is everywhere &C
cepted that the public servant cannot be
much worse than those he serves. This
dictum certainly holds good where the
boodler is exposed and permitted to go I'M
punished. Corruption in office in such cases
becomes a matter of opportunity. The man
in Office improves a chance which the man
out OF office would embrace if he could.
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THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

An effort VIII be made TO bring the next
Democratic Convention to this city. We
trust the effort will be successful. The
more people we can persuade to cross the
continent the better for those who live on
the Western edge CT it. 1t is better for
California that people see Us at home than
that they form their impressions of us from
the comparatively few we send abroad. The
Democrats viii know how not to conduct a
campaign for the convention. II has been
discovered that there is no great virtue in
free drinks. II induces lot of people to
declare California their second choice, but
does not seem 10 help them from second TO
FIRST. Probably if the Republican Commit
tee had voted on a second choice San
Francisco would have won by large ma
1oTty. 1t may be well also to tone down
tie inducements we ale prepared to offer.
4 committee Of self-respectng men could
hardly cast a vote, a consideration for
which has just been ostentatiously offered.
\ trip 10 California, including a visit in
state TO the Yosemite, would be a fitting
compliment to offer our guests, but can
hardly rank high as an inducement to deter
mine party policy. We do not imagine
that the location Of the convention will have
any appTeciable influence on the vote in
November. Some enthusiasm might be
created if the candidates accompanied the
delegates, hut the delegates themselves re-
tire from public observation the moment
the candidates are named. The people will
read The platform they present, but will
not vote FOR candidates on a bad platform
because 1t IS Of home manufacture.
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A MAN HANGED AS A JOKE.
He Said He Wanted to Die and His Fell
lowWorkmen Strung Him Up.

He Said He Wanted to Die and His Eel
low-Workmen Strung Him Up.
81 n tired Of living; l wish | was dead"
gloomiy remarked George Gage to his fell
low-workmen in the Hitchcock Manufacture
ing Works. at Cortland, \. Y. 'Pd commit
suicide if l had the means here"
Gage married some months ago a woman
who had been married twice before. Their
married life was not happy. Gage thought
his wife was untrue and she, complaining
that lie was lazy, turned him adrGt last
month. Then he became melancholy and
took to drink.
lie was unusually depressed, but when he
said he would commit suicide if he had the
means ut hand his associates did not think
he meant it. William Howard, the en-
gineer, rallied him by retOrting:
That needn't worry You. I'll get you
rope"
-, We'll. get ii, then" replied Gage. "and
Howard went for rope, while the work.
men gathered about Gage and chaffed him,
telling him be hadn't nerve enough to hang.
Presently Howard returned with a rope,
and, handing it to Gage. said:
Now get to work and We'll give YOU
hand"
Gage made running moose, and, putting
II around his neck, tossed the free end over
beam. 1t was caught by the workmen
o"N "4tH a pun lucS ooOu l!du GaRe SlS-
pended in the air. He struggled and sez-
ing the cord held on to it with death grip
When the men tried TO lower him the
rope caught on the beam, which prevented
II from slipping, and as they approached
Gage to take him down he kicked at them
1t was some time before he could be lowered
and the moose could be unfastened Then
he was unconscious.
The Sheriff'S Office was notified by tele-
phone and deputy took Gage, still insen-
sibie, to jail, where n physician finally re-
stored him to consciousness
Gage, who is not yet out of danger, per-
sists in the determination to end his life.
The workmen say they hanged him as
joke, having no notion that he meant to die.
New York World
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AT PARITY WITH GOLD.

Senator Stewart introduced into the Min
ing Congress that recently met at Denver
resolution urging the National Congress
to pass Laws restoring silver to parity with
gold. 1t is quite within the power of Con-
gress 10 declare a 412H-grain silver coin a
dollar. 1t may make such a dollar legal
tender for all debts which have not been
made payable in gold by contract, and may
make ii The dollar of general business. But
1t is not in the power of Congress to make
the 4l21a-grain silver dollar worth as much
in the commercial world as the 2jS-gran
gold dollar. Il cannot prevent this holder
Of the gold dollar from refusing to part with
it as an equivalent of the silver dollar. In
the event of free silver coinage the owner
of gold dollars will hold them at premium.
Until there should be an appreciation in
the commercial value of silver bullion, the
premium would be equal TO the present dis
count Cd silver. reckoning on the gold basis.
1t Is hoped and believed that the present
law requiring the purchase OF 100000
ounces of silver each month will, within
few years, bring silver to parity with gold.
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THE TWO BOARDS.

The Traffic Association and the State
Board of Trade had pleasant conference
on Wednesday. Mr.. Maslin of the latter
board said that the only motive the board
Of which he was member had had ia with
holding its Endorsement from the Traffic
Association arose from doubt as to its pur-
poses. Mr.. Masin thought that this doubt
was quite prevalent In the interior The
impression had certainly gone abroad that
the Traffic Association was essentially a
San Francisco affair. 1t is not surprising
That such an Impression had been created.
The organs Of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company worked assduously to create this
impression. Both the Record Union and
the Chronicle assured their readers that
the interior had no place in the movement
Several country papers re-ech0ed this idea
Recently better feeling has prevailed
Several country associations have de-
clared their purpose TO work In harmony
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inch guns. besides the same auxi,iarieS. If
the Spaniard can stand the strain of the
discharge of her own guns, which is very
doubtful, she would be the most formidable
vessel at close contest, while the English
men, with their capacity to pour in hail
of two-inch nroiectiles, would possess
capacity to disable an antagonist at close
quarters. The American fills middle
place between the Two. If her 6-inch guns
could get the enemy's range accurately they
would be apt to silence his fire. Two or
three Sinch shells would disable anything
afioat.
1t is observable that the range OF fire OF
these vessels is supposed TO be far beyond
ANYTHING contemplated at the time of our
war. They are expected to be able to strike
an enemy's fort nine miles away, q distance
at which the ship itself would appear to the
fort mere speck on the ocean, far too small
10 be an object OF hopeful fire. If their guns
were aimed with anything like precision
they could render the fort uutenable without
sustaining any injury themselves. Even if
a chance shot did hit them at long range it
could not do much injury to the sx-inch
armor they are to wear on their sides.
1t Will be remembered that these vessels
are not so much intended for warfare as for
pllnge. They belong TO the class of cruis-
ers known as commerce-destroyerS that is
TO say, they are intended to prey upon I'M
armed merchant steamers. whose capture
and destruction would. it is supposed, dis
rose belligerent to make peace. How far
they would accomplish this object remains
to be seen. On the Pacific ship like the
Blake or the Benheim could probably give
an account of the City OF Picking or the
Colima. while the New York might capture
the China or the Belgic But it would need
fine seamanship for either OF them to over
haul the City of Paris or the Furst Bismarck
on tie Atlantic. Those steamers make their
twenty miles an hour, as a matter of course,
and, strange to say, they maintain in their
daily work the speed they showed on their
trial trip. 1t would not be easy for slower
vessel to catch them on tine ocean.
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wEATHER FORECAST.
pFPARrME~ or AGRICULTURE, ;
" a. yrgt-rs TT#RhaT~

Sax FRAHcIstu. November 20, Is9l)
Weather Conditions and General Forecasts
Threatenlng and cloudy weather continues over
Washington and Northern oregon, though the rain
area s., confined To the Washington coast, where an
average Of about hfth of inch tell since this
morning. Generally fair weather prevails il all
other districts and viii continue except that tho
conditions are favorable for drifting fogs on the
upper california coast.
The ternneraI lre changes have been slight along
tsc Coast a fail being recorded over Western
Washington aud oregon aud extreme Northern
ana Eastern California with slight rise in East
t-u WASHINGTON. Northern Nevada, in the San
Joaquin valley and IN this city. The highest tenn
rerg-ure in san Francisco today was IL degrees,
q. Fresno -. At Los Angeles 80. aud at Yuma So
The n .Smuu oregon and washington tempera-
tu.e ranged from II degrees Al Baker City TO 50
Waia Wsi.S-
The hiel-Fressure ares Is over Eastern Nevada
and U-ah this evening aad the lowest pressure COW
eg- Northeast Washington. being the rear portion
ut q storm trough that coyered the British pos
sessions north OF Montana his moraiRS
Forecast Until s p. ~. Friauy.
For Northern Calitoraia-FGi7. except foggy on
upper coast. drifting southwark; noriher iy winds,
becoming ea>terly in eastern portion: cooler in
northern portion, except stationary temperature at
E-reAa; stationary Temperature followed by cooler
10 extreme southern portion, except preceded by
slightly warmer a keeier.
For southern CalloIuia-FAir weather prevail
lag. nor. d winds; slightly warmer in eastern por-
i.1a and slightly cooler along the coast
For Oregon ana Unsatisfactory weather
ia rain 80 Western Washington clearing away,
ey-cp,ta m southern Oregon with fog on the
ura-9a CoIst; southwester.y winds; stationary
temperature, except cooler in Eastern Washington.
Eur t-a1-Falr weather: stationary temperature.
HuBEET r hHEEsM. Chef OF Division.
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TARIFF DODGING.

The Democratic party is seriously dis
tuTbed over protest by the New York De-
mocracy against free trade. Congressman J.
d. Warner writes TO Senator Carlisle that
Democratic Congressman who are in favor
Of Telegating tariff reform TO the rear are op-
posed 10 Mr.. Mills. Senator Carlisle, in re-
ply shows that he : subject 10 the strange
deiusion that tie Democratic party is prac-
tically united on the tariff question. Car
Isle himself q 2 fTee-t-ader and his sympa-
tiles are with Cleveland and Mills. Tue
truth. apparently, Is that the more sagaeious
Leaders Z! The DEMOCRATIC party are afraid to
trlsttEe asZt Pes 1s1 ti2l contest 70 an open
issue bstreea IL ING parties On the tariff
q lesilg1. I1e Republican platform is the
present -a--1 there Will be no hedging on
that ieees. Il lie ye-T or more Of trial the
IIessL; iaf4f hsS experienced 1t has gone
FAR 70 Demonstrate that a theory which
seemed plausible IS az wise in practice. No
injurious results have followed and benefits
are visible every where. There would not
be much danger 10 the assertion that il all
other questions could be eliminated from
next years contest platform dictated by
Cleveland, Mills and Carlisle would not be
Endorsed by 100 electoral votes. But as the
South votes on the race issue its l59 votes
may be counted in advance for any Demo-
cratic candidate who may be nominated.
Such sagacious politicians as Governor Hill
Of New York and Senator German of Mary
land perceive the peril of free-trade cam
paigu. They are not al all certain that New
York, New jersey and Connecticut can be
held in that issue Rather than go into the
campaign under the iree-trade banner they
risk discussion in the party in the prelimi-
nary stages of the contest. The Republi-
cans can beat Cleveland and Mills more
easily than Hill. German and Crisp. The
party for protection would have little to
fear from an open free-trade opponent. But
skiilfully planned attack On details will
not present the question Of free trade or
protection. but the question whether the
rate OF duty on different articles was the
wisest that could have been made.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-27

MODEM CRUISERS.

In a few months fresh light will be thrown
upon the branch OF naval architecture
which embraces cruisers, or commerce-de-
strOyers. The New York, which is being
built at Cramps sbip-yard. will be launched
and her performance can then be compared
with that Of similar vessels lately built for
Great Britain and Spain. The displace-
ment Of the New York is $50 tons and her
length 381 feet; the displacement of the
sister ships Blake and Blenheim, built In
England and already launched. is 5000 tons
and the length 3T5 feet; the displacement
of the Carlos V, built at Cadiz for the
Spanish Government is 9235 tons and her
length 364 feet. The prOpelling force, as
given in horsepower, is 10000 in the case
Of the English ships, 10, 800 in that OF the
American and 5000 in that of the Spanard.
OF course the problem TO be solved is, which
vessel can steam the fastest so as to over
take an enemy's vessel and which vessel
can carry the heaviest battery.
In the case of the New York and the
Carlos V the speed covenanted is 20 knots,
while in the English ships it is % knots. L.
remains TO be seen whether the contractors
can fulfill their bargain; and for how long
period Of time the requisite speed can be
kept up. A cruiser which could steam 20
knots for three or four hours, and whose
machinery then failed to work so as to OBJ
tain an average OF over Is knots for the
next twenty-four hours, would be at the
mercy Of an enemy which began with IS
knots and kept up that speed for two
days. And it has been tie experience
Of all Governments which have built men,
of-war by contract that the contract rate
OF speed is rarely maintained beyond the
bare limits OF the trial trip. After the YES
sci goes to sea her bottom becomes foul and
she falls back into the list of slow.goin
craft. 1t is only passenger steamers whose
earnings depend upon their speed that
never suffer from foul bottoms.
The batteries of these ships contrast
enriously. The Spaniard will carry two IL
inch and ten 5k-inch guns. besides machine
guns and torpedo tubes: the Englishmen
will carry ten 6-inch and twenty pinch
guns, besides machine guns and torpedo
tubes; whiis the American will carry six g.
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Diphtheria Not Unusually PrevaIe,

The cry Of the unusual prevalence of
diphtheria this month does not seem to be
supported by the facts. If the daily aver
age of deaths from that disease continues
there Will have been twenty-seven at the
end Of this month. In November Of last
year there were 81; in 1889, 10; 1883. % !:
1887. a; 1886, 30; 1885, 81. This is an aver
age OF over Y deaths from this disease In
November for the previous six years. One
hundred and twenty-five cases Of diphtheria
have been reported at the Health Office
this month against 2j5 cases in November
last wear
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-27

with the State Traffic Association. Pro-
ducrrs have discovered that if the rates Of
freight can be reduced PARTON of the ben
eft will accrue to them. The present out
look is that the people of the State are
practically unanimous in support of the
movement inaugurated in this city to secure
better terms of the 1ransconiinontal Rail-
roa1 Association
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NOTICED

Aaa, OF our patrons l0bo foil to tll1d THE
MORNING GAIL for sale By troin-boys
NllcoIJer q far0r By notifying this office OF
utJ0ct. naming tie date and train.
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DAILY CALL EncuGtug sundays. Sc per year b,
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es5 Montgomery street, near Clay. open until II
O'Clock P NJ BRANCH OFFICES: TO Market
street near Kearny open until - O'Clock midnight
$50 Hayes street. open ultil $3.50 O'Clock: 6O3
Lsrku street. open uaiii 80 ocloc&; 20 IS Mission
street cpen until o'clock P. NJ; and II6 Ninth
sfrerf ,,,eg uu-Fi q 30 = "
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AUCTION SALES TODAY.

tUnNIrrRF--By Geo r. LamsOn. at 1897 Taylor
81. a. i O'clock
SAJoox.-By Chas. Lew x Co., At ll35 Market
ST., at 10 O'Clock
PHorovRAPl5 GALLERy.-Ev Z. s Spear q Co.,
~ lI40 Marhst St, Al Il O'Clock.
ART Goor--By Wu. EutJeraeld at is Post ST..
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warrant was issued on Wednesday for
the arrest of John Doe" on the complaint
of Joseph Conway. who claims to have come
down from Oregon few days since with
$500 in his clothes. but was inveigled into
liquor saloon. His loss amounted 10 S145.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-27
Seekers After Kno1rIedco.

The Chautauqua Circle of Grace NJ. E.
Church has adopted the name chresto-
mathans, signfying seekers after knowl-
edge by inquiry. Rev. DIR. McClish is Presi-
dent of the circle, and the membership is
forty eight. :
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-27

Has been used over nifty years by millions OF moth
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success II suothes the child softens the gums al
lays PAIN cures wind collie, regulates the bowels and
IS the best remedy for diarrhea whether arising
from tecthing other causes For sale by dru,
gisis in every part OF the world Be sure and ask
Tor Mrs. winsiow's Soothing Syrup. Twenty-Five
centsa bottle
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CALIFORNIA WILD FLowERs.-Fac-simile of
water coiors especially suited for Christmas gifts
70 Eastern friends; price reduced. Visit Dew
lng's great book ana picture safe this week
ROOD B2NdlDg, Sl3 Market street
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-27

Officer III. G. White arrested at an early
hour yesterday morning an old man named
George MrNary. He was sent to the Home
for the lnebriates because demented.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-27

IF you suffer from any disease of the blood
stomach disorder, or difficulty with the liver and
kidneys, try the peculiar medicine HOODS sarsa-
parllla. BE sure 70 get Hoods Take no othar
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-27

The will OF James GalligaD, who died on
the 18th inst, leaving an estate worth
$4,000, has been filed for probate. He
bequeathed $4,000 to each of his nephews,
Charles and James Gaffuey, and $500 each
to his two brothers and sister.
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He Was Demsnted.

New STYLES of white china for decorating at
Nathan, Dohrmann e. Co.'s, 122-132 Suffer
street, below Kearny.
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James Ga,ligan's Beuues,s.

CHOICEST French candles aud chocolate
creams in the city. Townsends 627 Market ST. Z.
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TILE MORNING CALL


Has \ larger circulation than any other
newspaper published in San Francisco.
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-
NoilCE 10 CREDIToRS-ESTATE OF JOHAN
~ OLSON, deceased. Notice is hereby given INV
the UNDERSIGNED. HILDA OLSON, Administrative OF
lhe estate OF JOHAN OLSON, deceased to the cred
ltors or aud all persons having claims against thu
SAID deceased, TO exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers. within four months after the first pubiE
cation OF this notice. to the said HILDA OLSON
Aumlnistratrlx, at the office OF MESSRS LOEwY
* " IsCH Attorneys for said Administrative $40
Iine ST. San Francisco the being her pIaee for
tne Transaction OF the business of the said estate in
the ,lty ana County OF san Francisco State OF taI
lornia HiLDA OLSON, administrator of the
estate OF JoHAN OLSON, deceased. Dated az San
FRANCISCO. October IL. 1891. oc3o Fr 5f