The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-24
Another Exploring Expedition Will Assay
Its Lofty Peak.
Our Recent Distinguished Visitors Are Home
Again, With Just Appreciation of
the Needs of This Coast.
Special to THE SUNDAY CALL.

"a eHS CoA eu' OuC0 DlOT6 MI L. W IeuSoCAl 10
sent forth as the society's messenger to
bring back the secrets of the st. Elias
stronghold, and this time great array Of
Government interest backs the explorer and
the Geographic Society. The Geological
Survey co operates with the society to the
extent of detailing Mr. Russell to the work
and allowing the same field expenses that
he would have if going to any other
region Of geological interest for the
survey. The Geographic Society in
trusts TO Mr.. Russell a sufficient fund
for the employment of camp-hands. the pur-
chase of supplies, ETC. The Revenue Ma
rlne Service co-operates by affording trans
portation on its cutters whenever consistent
with their duties and not interrupting reg
! ular cruises. The Bear. which is now taking
Governor Knapp on a cruise through the
Aleutian Islands, is to touch in Puget
Sound next week for orders, stores, ETC.,
and, taking Governor Knapp back to Sitka,
will carry the exploring party on to Icy
Bay, leaving them there early in June
Should any OF those international Compllca-
tons which render the disposal of revenue
cutters such an uncertainty this season, de-
fleet the Bear from its course, the Fish
Commission stands ready to cooperate by
sending the explorers to Icy Bay on board
the AlbatrOSs as it goes 70 its summer work
off the Shumagius Lastly, the Coast Sur
vey will Cooperate to the extent OF adding
its Yukon River party to Mr.. RuSselIs
mountain camp If the word sent to
ST. MICHAELs AND oUNALAsKA
Reaches them in time to wait at the latter
place. This arty, which finished work on
the survey of the one hundred and forty
first meridian last fall, fi0ated down the
Yukon and spent the winter at St Michaels,
intending to return to San francisco by the
first opportunity this spring. Superlntend-
ent Mendenhall is most anxious to have
this party put in the season on Mount st.
Elias, and if It makes connection the great
mountain will no longer be mystery.
There Is great enthusiasm in the Geo
graphic Society over this latest enterprise
and special Alaska meeting was held last
night to discuss the project and speed the
explorer on his way DR.. Sheldon Jackson,
as citizen Of Alaska, made short speech,
giving an account of his Arctic cruise OF
last year, IN company with Captain Healey,
on the Bear The bill which was in
troduced into Congress through his ef-
forts, and looking to the purchase OF
Siberian reindeer as a permanent food
supply for the starving Esquimaux of
Alaska passed the Senate, but failed to be
acted upon by the House of Representa-
tiyes. The Bureau Of Education then sent
out unofficial requests to newspapers,
churches, etc, and in this short time over
$1,000 has been contributed. DR.. jackson
leaves this week for Puget Sound to join
the Bear and proceed in her TO Siberian
villages, which he visited last year, buy the
reindeer and carry them across the straits
TO the hundreds of square miles of reindeer
moss and the hundreds OF poor hungry ES-
quimauX awaiting them.
Next in the Alaska boom is the establish
ing Of a new mail route and in July steam
ers will make monthly trips from Sitka to
Ounalaska and return, following the coast
line closely and stopping at nine places,
where
TRADING, CANNING AND MINING
Have been carried on with no c0mmunca-
ton with the outside world save such
schuOners as those enterprsing pioneers
chartered on their own account. Five COM
panies made bids for carrying the mail over
this stretch of ocean and great zeal WAS
manifested in the matter. Postmaster Gen.
eral Wanamaker has returned properly i'm
pressed with the needs and Importance of
the Pacific Coast, and new routes and new
Postoffice buildings may be expected to grow
up like magic. o.
The travellers returned to the city last
night, and tiattering as the demonstrations
and the proofs of popularity have been, it
must have been great relief TO the PreSi-
dent 10 come into an empty depot as quietly
as any private citizen, and drive home with
out keeping his hat in air all the way and
making a speech before he could even sit
down to Internationally singing for his
supper. Fatguing as the travel must have
been without the ordinary travellers pri vi
Iege of wearing his old clothes and letting
the cinders settle at will, his being dressed
up aud preSentable from sunrise to mid
night, talking to strangers all of the time
in the persons Of the committees OF wei come
and reception that met him far down every
road, the making from two to ten I'M
prOmptu speeches every day must have
been most wearing of all. Astonishing as
was the Presidents record in that line dur
ing the campaign, when he addressed Gne or
more visiting delegations and professions
through all the indianapolis summer, he
has far exceeded that record now. An en-
thusiastic New York club man, and it is
hard for New Y orl1er to be enthusiastic
over anything that happens off his own
island or done by one not belonging to his
community, declares the Presidents speech
at the
PALACE HOTEL BANQUET
To be the prize GRAFTON Of all, the NEST
fitting and excellent speech that could have
been made at the place and time aad-hear
this!-he backs President Harrison as an
after dinner Speech-maker against Cbaun-
cey Depew and General Horace Porter.
Language and a New Yorker can say no
more, aud in the lottery of speeches San
Francisco drew the first prize.
Secretary Blaine Is in New York Ill, and
cannot return to the city until next week.
and Private Secretary Half0rd sailed from
Liverpool few DAYS since, so that all of the
Presidents official family will not be with
him for several DAYS. He will have rest in
a measure for few days, but a mass of
things are awaiting his consideration. Right
away Secretary Foster wants attention for
his seal islands. and right away small
army OF office seekers want attention.
And Senator Blair awaits with fortitude
and resignation that other place and salary
that Will solare him for Chna's back
handed cuff. As diplomatic Senator Blair
has already shown his coiors. Yes" he
said, in an undened interview, Japan
would suit ne just as we'll. The salary is
the same. ?" How acceptable he must be to
any nation after that fiattertng expression
as to the deSirability of one country or race
as against another! The japanese Govern
ment must long for Senator Blair to be
accredited to its court. and the career of
such diplomatic would not De eyentless
wherever he went
The California pioneers had their vernal
fete as usual this year, each '49er year
older than when he last ate planked sbad ut
Marshall Hall. The number of old Cali
fornians residing here is most amazing, ard
each year they and their friends have shad
dinner and reunion down the river. One
hears much Of the abundance of
sHAD IN THE SACRAMENTO RIVER,
But little of the ways of cooking the royal
fish on the Pacih Coast. The transplanted
shad seems not to have taken his shad
with him, but your pienicker or fisherman
need only to dig a trench, build a fire,
and when it has burned nearly to Goals set
the shad before it, The shad is split, its
backbone removed. and the two fiat pieces
tackled to plank, whose lower end is sharp
ened and thrust into the ground before the
fire. While the fish sizzles and browns the
cook bastes 1t with melted butter, and when
it is done, carved, as it lies on its own plank,
and set before the consumer gastronomy
can offer nothing better. Various lawyers
and club-men and sportsmen pride them
selves upon their ability to plank a shad to
a turn, but all along the lower Potomac are
woody headed uncles" whose skill in that
line is an inheritance and famed through
the back country. In shad time the whole
Potomac front is fragrant with thanked fish