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The morning call., 1891-01-11
THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE.


The Legislature is asked to divide San
BernardnO County, SO as to create new
county, to be known as Riverside County. in
the southwestern corner. Opposition to the
scheme is made by the residents of the
county who live outside of that corner.
That county with an area of %, 400
square miles, half as large as New York
and three times as large as Massachusetts,
will ultimately be cut up goes without say
ing. But something more than area is re-
qulred TO warrant county organization, and
that is inhabitants. OF these San Bernar-
dino, according To Mr.. Porters census. con-
talns only %, 497-rather small APPLE to
make two bites of.
The idea of the Riverside people is that
they support the county government. and
that there would be money in sloughing off
the mountain and desert portion. which con-
tains few taxpayers. But IL their wish
were granted these mountain and desert
sections would find it difficult to sustain
the expense of county organization. Under
such circumstances, probably the Legisla-
ture will decline to accede to the wishes of
Riverside, and let San Bernardino remain
as it is for the present.
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WOMEN VOTERS.

The Federated Trades, by vote of AZ
to Is, agreed on Friday to comply with
a request of the American Federation of
Labor, to the effect that they should indorse
a petition to Congress in favor of female
suffrage. There was spirited debate on
the subject, but nothing new was elected
either in facts or in reasoning; unless the
position assumed by bodies representing
labor should be regarded as novelty; and
this is really no novelty, as the various
labor organizations have generally recog-
nized the equality of the sexes.
1t will be found, when the petition is pre-.
scented to Congress, that the seed has been
scattered on stony ground. There is no
reason to believe that any change has come
over the spirit of Congressional dreamers
since the days when the Red-headed Rooster
of the Rockies used to make the chamber
ring with impassioned appeals for the rights
of women. Congressman are polite and
gallant to the verge of adulation; but when
it comes to action they are resolutely set
against dividing with the other sex the re-
spOnsibilities and the spoils of politics. Not
even when Ohio and Oregon nearly admitted
women to the polls, and Wyoming did
actually admit them, was there any sign of
waveriug in the national legislature In law,
the words person and citizen include the
fairer half of humanity; but in the political
arena the old adage still obtainS-Power
goes with the beard.
There never has been any answer worth
mentioning to the arguments which Mills
arrays in his "Subjection of Women -; but,
on the other hand. there is hardly an in
stance in human history where the posses
sors of power have voluntarily divided it on
equal terms with any one else. Congress
did concede equal rights to the negro after
the war; but if the population of New York,
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts had been
nearly equally divided between whites and
blacks they might have voted to reject the
fifteenth amendment and it would not have
been ratified. To give the suffrage to women
strikes the average man as a scheme to re-
duce his political weight by one-half. Ofthe
100000 of persons in this country over
Sl.500, 600 are females. II those who are of
adult age were to vote there might be an
unexpected revolution in the political COM.
pleXiOn of communities. Generally speak
ing women get their political views from
their husbands and brothers; but the notori
Gus differences OF opinion on religious mat
tiers between the male and the female mem
bers Of households justify a suspicion that if
political strife grew warm they might divide
on political issues in like manner.
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THE INDIAN PROBLEM.

The recent Indian outbreak imparts i'm
portance 10 the statistics of our Indian
population contained in the new census.
According 10 them the surviving Indians in
the United States number 244, 7O4. OF these
it seems that only 80, 567 are self-supporting
and pay taxes like other residents of the
country. The Others are either entirely
supported by the nation or are provided
with homes on reservations where they are
supported by farming, herding, hurse-breed-
ing, etc. OF the entire number SO,7I5 are
males, the disproportion of females being so
large as to account for much of the de-
m0raliz4tlon OF which one hears.
The flaw in the management of these Indi-
ans is its eleemOsynary feature. No race
which is dependent on others for support
can thrive. Such condition would de-
moralize the race to which we belong. As
it is, the Indian is relieved from the duty
Which develops manhood and self-reliance.
1t is of little consequence TO him whether
he works or not. Ii he does not work he
falls back on the Government when he is
cold and hungry and demands blankets and
ratinnS- If fhsy orc not forthcoming no
sulkS and plans outbreaks. Then the army
is called into requisitiOn and peace is re-
stored at the cost of lives
of continued exertion at productive pursuits,
and that if he is not fed by charity he will
die OF starvation. If it is so, it is an unfor-
tunate circumstance. But we observe that
this very remark has been made of other
races besides the Indian; in some instances
of races which, when left to themselves and
offered the alternative OF work or hunger
have toiled steadily enough. 1t used to be
said of the negro that he also was Incapable
of self-support, and that if he were deprived
of the fostering care of master he would
pine and languish and die. But the census
tables do not indicate that he is dying off
very fast. however sOrely he may be pining
for the restoration of slavery.
The Indian problem is a difficult one, and
it cannot be solved on purely humanitarian
principles. Many of our gravesT mistakes
have been committed with the best inten-
tions. 1t may fairly be expected that the
present war. with the loss of life which 1t
has involved, will lead to au enlightened
consideration of all the factors in the case
and to a new departure in our methods of
dealing with our predecessors on American
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PRINCE CHUN.

China is such an unknown country that
little or no attention was paid in Christen-
dom to the death of one of the most eminent
men in the empire, Prince Chun, the father
of the present Emperor, kwang-Su. Had
he lived in any Christian country the papers
would have teemed with obituary notices of
him.
lie was an able, enlightened and resolute
Prince, who, with his brother. Prince Kung,
did much to shape the destinies of China
and to counteract the retrogrAde policy
which has been dominan, ~ Picking during
the present century. Before Ken Flung
died, shortly after the capture Of Picking by
The Ang.o-FreEch expedition IN i>6l, he
appointed q bitter zoe Cf foreigners - sue
Ce-d / u "a ,l5 -l---s, L-s F---css hUng
AMI C-Ul realized Icas s2-h 4 -ulsz would
z-<-4ya-e ; s-s-z- whtE Vas grave
ec-Cs2 8--sz1v Nc-- y b. wzs ; man of
at.l--- O. st.1s- q cs-g - s-cGCS, marched
n .-s -sH hHgs-.-. ,a-Sc5 hun and put
Glu. % -sl-1- \ :---.1 WIS then held 10
provide >-:cs>s :. After long debates
t1e caoie5 II ms council fell upon son of
the sic Emperor. s boy named Tung-che.
As he VS. incapable Of administering the
Government q Council of Regency was APP
pointed, with the two Dowager Expresses
at its head; but the minds which controlled
were those Of the two princes. Kung and
Chun.
Tung-che died of smallpox in 1875, having
been mentally iucapacitated for some years;
and the council which had appointed him
chose as his successor Kwang-Su, the eldest
son OF Prince Chun, boy years old
During his minority the Empress, aided by
the Emperor's father and and his brother,
administered the Government until the
death OF the elder of the two cid ladies {;
then the youthful sovereign was declared of
age. In a singUarly modest address Kwang-
Su declared that he relied u on the sur
wing Dowager Empress and on his father
for counsel to guide him in the task which
had been thrown upon him. And, indeed,
the real work Of governing was still dis
charged by the two Princes. 1t was to
them and to Ii Hung Chang that General Will
| son was referred when lie proposed his plan
for the establishment of a railroad system
in China. He speaks of them as enlightened.
progressive men, who were hampeTed by
the Tory prejudices of the Peking aristoc-
racy and bureaucracy. Prince Chun, who
has now died, was at the time of his death
President of the Grand Council and Com
mander-in-Chi of the army at Picking
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EVERY BONE BROKEN,
Frightful Fate of Robert Simcox,
City Hall Workman.

A horrible death occurred yesterday at
the City Hall, when Robert Simcox, aged SO
years, OF 133 like street. an engineer in the
employ OF Douglass Bros, the contractors
Tor the winding staircaSes at the City Hall.
fell from seventh-story window, distance
OF no feet, and was dashed to pieces on the
sidewalk below, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. The workmen were employed in the
building yesterday as usual, when a band
New Year shooters was heard coming down
Broad street. Immediately all hands rushed
TO the nearest windows to gain sight of
the merry-makers. Simcox, who had charge
of hosting derrick ON the seventh floor,
stepped to an open window to look at the
band as they passed.
Directly below the window at which SIM
cox was standing is another window, the
top OF which has a broad corniee forming al,
apex. This prOtrudes just under the sill of
the window at which Simcox was standing.
and, in order to gain better view. he
stepped out on to this apex and learned for
Waru. me apex was coated with snow and
Ice, and he slipped Feeling himself going.
Slmccx turned half round and made fran
tic grab at the window-sill but could not
catch 1t firmly. His fingers were dragged
from the ledge by the weight of his body.
Immediately after he plunged over the
parapet the doomed man turned complete
somersault. and his head struck on the
metai-edged cornice on the outside of the
sixth floor, fracturing his skull, smashing
his jaw and inflicting gaping wound Just
below the chin. From there Simcox dropped
with frightful velocity to the street below,
turning over and over in his fall until he
was dashed upon the concrete slabs of the
sidewalk surrounding the building.
Mr.. Douglass, SimcoX's employer, was
standing at the second-story window as the
body shot past him, but with such velocity
that until appraised by the noise and shout
ing outside Mr.. Douglass thought it was a
bundle of rags or something a workman had
thrown from an upper window.
The cries of SimcOX's fellow-workmen
when they saw his fall attracted the at
tention of the masqueraders some of whom
quickly ran TO the spot, and were astounded
to find the man still alive. They gently
picked him up and hastily conveyed him 10
the Hahnemann Hospital, where death
ended the unfortunate mans sufferings ten
minutes after his admittance.
On examination the doctors found there
was net a whole bone in the mans body
His skull was fractured, the jaws smashed
ami swinging TO and fro, and his thighs,
ankles and leg bones were all broken. To
use one of the doctors words, HE was
nothing but a bag of broken bones and
flesh"
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SILVER AND GREENBACKs.

The Cleveland Ohio Leader seems under
the impression that there are points of re-
semblance between the bill vetoed by Prasi-
dent Grant in 1874 to add about 500, 600 600
TO the greenback issue of the period, and
the bill now under consideration to convert
a number of millions of silver bullion into
metallic money. There is the difference
between the two measures that there is be-
tween a promise to pay money and the
money itself The greenbacks were an
issue OF paper currency redeemable on their
face at the pleasure of the holder, but in
reality redeemable at the pleasure or con-
venience of the Government. A measure
to increase the amount of this currency, then
worth about 70 cents on the dollar, and a
measure TO increase the amount of dollars
with which the currency could be paid, are
about as antagOnistic as two financial meas
ures can well be. When President Grant
vetoed the bill adding S10O000,O00 to the
Governments promises to pay, an increase
of the amount of coin with which these
promises to pay could be paid In would
have been welcomed with alacrity by every
| body, possibly excepting the Wall-slreet
| clique, who had accepted the English policy
| of making gold the sole money of COM
| merce. The people had not then discoV-
cred that the silver dollar was no longer
on the list of American coins. 1t had been
dropped two years before by an amendment
to the Coinage Act, which attracted no pub
lie attention. When few years later the
people discovered what trick had been
played upon them they elected Congress
pledged to the restoration of silver The
silver-coinage act of 1878 was vetoed by
President Hayes, under influences from
Wall street. but Congress promptly passed
the bill over the veto. Ever since the silver
dollar has been legal tender for the whole
volume of greenbacks outstanding. The
fact that the Treasury Department has not
! paid legal tenders in silver coin has moth
ing to do with the law making the 4l2B-
grain silver dollar a legal tender for all
| Government dnes
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BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
Drawing of the Players for the PreIim
mary Games.

Drawing of the Players for the PreIim-
mary Games.
The drawing for the preliminary games in
the Olympic Clubs billiard tournament,
commencing tomorrow evening at o'clock,
resulted as follows:
First Glass; Waugh IT'S points, FORSYTH 200
Beatty l75, Williams 300; 3 Kruse 175, Burns
100 4 Russ $50, Bowie 10; Taylor $50
Kelly 175.
Second Glass; Tremper 100 points, Willard
200; Fdinan 100, EgbeIt $50; 3 Reddlng 90
Epinosa 100; Noroney 200 Sullivan $50
> Moulder l7o, DrIheld $50; Thornton 100,
Wood I75.
The games will be played in the order
named ana two games in each class on each
evening. After playing the preliminary
games, as above, competitors can finish
their series by mutual agreement, provided
they play one game with all III their class.
The rules governing the tournament are
posted IN the biliard-room and the prizes
will be as follows: First prize i'll each class,
trophy of the value of 500; second prize in
each class. a trophy of the value of SIS.
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WEATHER. PREDICTIONS.
SIGNAL SERVICE, U. S. ARSIy,0
DIVISION OF THE PACIFIC, :
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DIVISION OF THE PACIFIC, ?
SAN FRANC1sCo Jan. 10. 1875 p. NJ.
Synorsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours.
The barometer has risen in all districts especially
in Eastern oregon and Eastern WASHINGTON. The
auti-cvcloue central in Eastern Oregon aud North
ern Nevada shows a tendency to remain stationary
and Increase ia Intensity. Under such an influence
the temperature remains about stationary, and
there is very little indication OF warmer weather.
The winds are generally northerly from Mexico to
British Columbia, and the cloud formation has been
very hight. being almost entirely confined to parts
of oregon and Washington. The marked absence of
clouds Will give fun sway to the effect of radiation
and low temperature with frosty weather will en-
sue The barometric pressure is above the normal
al all stations amounting to over hall an inch in
Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon and Northern
Nevada Throughout Or egon, Washington and
Western Nevada the temperatures have remained
below or near the freezing point in the warm
ported in the past twenty-four hours were IS de
grees below zero At Halieck and Carlin' New
Forecast till p. N. sunday.
For Northern CaIfornia-Fair weather; winds
generally north TO west nearly stationary tempera-
tnre; nuSt
For Southern Calfornia-Fair weather; winds
generally northerly nearly stationary temperature
fro7ts.
For Oregon and WashinSton-Falr weather,
cert Light snow at Baker city; variable winds, gen
orally uortucTly; nearly stationary temperature,
jobs p FINLEY,
Lieutenant Signal Corps an charged.
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sIoO,OOo,OoO WANTED.

There is no longer a reasonable doubt of
the intention of the Nicaragua Canal Com
pany 10 ask the Government to loan its credit
to the amount of 500 100000. The prop
osition IS not one to be dismissed with
out careful consideration. The principle
OIL loaning the credit of the Government
TO private corporation is not a sound one.
Out departure from sound principles may
be Justified by conditions. We assume that
The canal will be constructed, and by
European If not by American capital. While
the United States would never permit an
European power to exercise any control
over the canal, even such as may be deemed
necessary to protect an investment, it will
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Gladstone, instead of announcing his retire
ment, as was recently rumored he intended to
do, Is evidently preparing for another campaign
in the belief that Liberal gains OF seats In the
Commons, constantly repeated during the last
four years, mean much more than success"
There is constantly growing belief that there
Will be dissolution OF Parliament and general
election at an early date, and IL is said that If
necessary Gladstone would not hesitate to spring
the 'dsesiablishment" question 10 secure the
nonconformist vote. There IS no doubt that
affairs have of late looked rather gloomy for the
Liberals and that Salisbury appeared stronger
than ever. Does Gladstone expect to profit by
the usual timely bunder Of the Tories? II the
Conservatives should at once appeal to The coun-
try IL would be most nopportune for tue Liberal
party.
Another suicide has startled Monte Carlo
There have lately been quite number of these
tragic seques TO tales of ruin traced to The we'll
known gaming tables. A week ago it was Baron
Won Isny, Bayaran nobleman, who finding
himself bankrupt, ended his life with morphine.
ow 1t is Russian Of wealth, who staked all
aud lost. In spite OF strenuous efforts 10 SUD-
press the TRUTH 1t is well known that the number
OF violent deaths, The result OF the blighted homes
OF those who lreQuented the gaming tables has
recently been quite large. fact attested by the
unmarked graves that tell the TOO familiar story
OF ruin aud suicide.
While France and other European nations are
increasing their debts this country has been nav
ing OFF its obligations at an astonishing rate
The highest point reached was IN 1866, when
the national debI amounted 10 SETS, 236 49,
Counting The available Treasury assets 1t is est-
mated that The credit Side OF Uncle SANS ledger
now shows an advantage of S1.7oO 0oO, 900 for
the past twenty-five years, or almost IS 800 900
week.
The proposition to stock Alaska with domesti-
Gated reindeer Is based on the fact that while
the natural food supplies 1.-The natives are con-
stantly being diminished tuere are In Central
and Arctic Alaska between 100000 ana AGO.
600 square miles OF moss-covered tundra and
rolling plains OF grass that are especially adapted
by nature for the grazing of the reindeer, and
practically useless for any other purpose
The Christmas reflections of resident of New
York Oh the windows OF a block and the various
articles he saw piled on the window lodges can
md a counterpart 10 this city. Almost any
night storm Is likely TO arise that will scatter
vast assortment OF articles endangerlng the life
OF the belated pedestrian. A timely hint Will
permit window gardens and brlc-a-brac to be
made secure
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THE NEW FRENCH LOAN.

Paris dispatch says that French peasants
IN large numbers camped in the vicinity of
the office OF the Minister of Finance, to be
as near the head of the line as possible and
thus become early subscribers to the new
French loan. This desire to invest on the
part of the French people speaks volumes
for the credit of France. The evils of a
national debt are much mitigated when the
debt is held at home. The annual interest
is thus distributed among the people and
goes at once into the ordinary channels of
trade. The purchasers of the new bonds do
not consider whether the debt will ever be
paid. Interest is rajd, and when bonds are
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be impossible to prevent the company from
obtaining money under conditions which
may hereafter raise the question of the
natural right of an investor to protect his
investment. The sum of 500, Oo0 600 would
not go far if, through the investment of
foreigners, movement should be made on
the part of one or more foreign Governments
to protect the interests of their citizens or
subjects. When the details of the over
lures the canal company will make to the
Government are made public, the merits of
the proposition may be more intelligently
Cd
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srHsCRIPrIoN RATES;

DAILY CALL jincludlng Sundays. So per year by
mail postpaid: 10 cents per week or 90 cents per
calendar month through carriers. DAILY CALL,
I've copies. three months, S. 70. SUNDAY CALL
twelve pages) 81 so per year, postpaid. SUNDAY
CALI. and W EEKlY CALL, 81 so per year. post
paid. WEEKLY CALL eight pages), 81 20 per year
postraid CUBS of ten (sent TO one address,, $40
The morning call., 1891-01-11

Malvina Parker has sued w. NJ. English,
Hattie, J. NJ. David and w. II. Hay and
five other defendants to recover the value
Of the West End Lodging house, and charges
them with fraud. She sold this establish
ment to J. NJ. and Hattie Hay for S440O
taking for payment 5000 cash. a mortgage of
500 on the furniture and a mortgage for the
balance on property in Manawa Park. Iowa.
She claims to have found that the latter was
and is not worth 500. and hence the suit.
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Stored Cusnidnres

While some of the new janitors were
proving about in unfrequented crannies
near Judge MurDhy's chambers, yesterday.
they found seventeen large-sze china ems
pidore3 that had been secreted under an
old sofa. Other valuable articles were found
disposed OF in a similar manner. OF course.
it is possible these things were stored where
they were found to have them out of the
way. but the scarcity of cuspidoresin many
of the neighbor apartments leads to the
suspicion that the original purpose in putting
them there was not storage.
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ROE Montgomery street, near Clay. open until IL
O'Clock P NJ. BRANCH OFFICES; 10 Market
street, near Kearny, open until u O'Clock midnight
SSs Hayes street, open until $3.50 O'Clock; sos
Larkin street. open until so o'clock 25ls Mission
street, open until 9 O'Clock p. NJ, and JIG Ninth
street omen until 40 p NJ
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SiZtGGl-PagG Edition.
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j January. lS9

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Alfred Clarke has filed another petition
with the Board OF Supervisors asking that
Casselli avenue be graded and side
walked from Douglass street westerly to
DapYers street. He maintains that Inis
public work is necessary in order to enable
the Fire Department, in case of fire, 10
reach his large reservoirs for water supply
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offered in the market in ordinary quantities
they find a ready sale. The vast number
of PEOPLE interested will prevent any adj
ministration from failing to provide for the
Drompt pavmeDt of interest.
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A MOVE to Market street

Has been made by c. Brown & Son Formerly OF
3S Geary sIreep, who have opened their new
quarters in the Academy of Science Building,
1913 Marx street. with complete line of stoves
kitchen supplies and hardware.
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CHINESE EMIGRATIoN.-By the City of Picking
which sailed yesterd y for China, 12O Chinese
left for home. Five OF these were remanded
from this city, one from San Diego and Ia were
registered at the wharf.
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Dividend MOTTO

dividend Notice-The Mutual 81
80 ings Bank OF San Francisco 35 Post az "a ~
the hali year ending December 81, 1890 diviaand
mas been declared at the rate OF five and
70 4-lU) per cent per annum term deposits asa
Tour and one half t41al per per anntim on ord
nary deposits. free of taxes, payable on and aftar
Friday, January 2, 1891. ~ 'i'er
de23Sw JAMES A. THOMPSON, Cashier