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The morning call., 1892-08-23
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Thomas J. Wise. the Hon. secretary of the
international Shelley Society, is preparing
a volume of Mr.. Ruskin's unpublished let
tiers.
Marquis Guiccioli. the new Italian Embas-
sad0r at Berlin, is granddaughter of the
beautiful Countess GuicUioli, whom Byron
loved.
bust of LouIsa Alcott, by Mr.. Ricket-
SOB. has been given to the "Oid Concord"
Public Library by Miss Alcett's sister, Mrs.
Annie Il. Pratt.
Judge Morse of the State Supreme Court
10 Michigan declines to let his name 90 be-
lore the Democratic State convention for
the goYernorship.
Richard Harding Davis, whose "Galle-
gher' is in its twenty second thousand, was
educated az Lehigh and Johns Hopkins uni
versities. He Is % years old.
Charmeagne Kohler. an actor and teacher
OF elOeution and dramatic art has DECIDED
to become monk. He was several seasons
with Booth and achieved success in promi-
nent roles.
DIR. A. c. Mackenzie, principal of the
Royal Academy of Music in England, has
been appointed conductor of the London
philharmonic Society, in place of Mr..
Cowen, resigned.
Louis G.. Brennan, the Irish-Australian
who refused an offer OF $3.50, 900 from Russia
Tor his famous torpedo, in order to sell il to
England for S550,000. has been made Com
panlon OF the Bath by Queen Victoria.
Squire Massie Beasley of Aberdeen. Ohio.
has made the town famous as the American
Gretna Green. For many years he has been
marrying all corners until now his record is
between five and SIX thousand couples.
William Erastus Collins Of the Hartford
Evening Post has recently reduced his girth
II inches-from A to - incheS--by a scien-
tihc system Of breathing. bending and diet
ing without losing his muscle or his general
health ana strength.
The morning call., 1892-08-23
MONEY IN BANK.

The people in the State of California have
the sum of S19S, 646 Al 0s il the several
banks of the State. The savings banks
hold S127, So. 0SS Il. the commercial banks
S53. 247, 262 70 ana the national banks Sl6,-
669 IL So. The deposits in the commercial
banks are the floating capital of business.
They could not be largely diverted to any
Their purpose without danger Of embar-
TaSsment to solvent companies, firms
and individuals. The paper of a pri-
vate firm is much like the note Of
the Government. No one cares for the
coin until there is a doubt If the coin is
Oh hand. a large floating capital In bank is
an assurance that firms which are clearly
solvent will be tided over a pinch. The
1927, 600, COO in the savings banks is as a rule
seeking investment. 1t is deposited in these
banks pending an opportunity for invest
ments which promise ample security and
larger dividends. When the bank invests
il they require higher rates of interest than
they pay depOsitoTs. The deposition would
In a majority of cases make such invest
ments direct if he knew where to place his
money. While this vast sum is in search of
investment the State is held back by lack
of capital for industrial enterprises. a
local system Of railroads is the greatest OF
our needs. Other industrial enterprises
hinge upon this. Manufacturers want
some assurance that they can reach
their natural customer at reasonable cost
as condition Of investing money in
such industries. The present railroad
policy of charging all the traffic will bear
has an element of uncertainty. The ship
per cannot know what the charge viii be-
If there was a fixed rate per mile per ton he
-,rrfd I,lof I
cost. He could then calculate the entire
cost of placing an article where there was a
demand for it, with an approach to accur-
acy. With fixed rates both for local and
transcontineDtal systems, California manu-
facturers could closely estimate the percent
age of protection the cost of transportation
offered against Eastern competitors. The
problem our people now have to solve is to
convert the partially idle money in savings
banks into active available capital for rail-
road and industrial enterprises. The
owners Of this money will require good
security and current rates Of interest. A
local system, judiclously planned and con-
Quoted, will constitute as safe security as
the passbook OF a savings bank. 1t will
also do what savings banks are not allowed
to do; it will stimulate industries which
are certain to cause a rise in values A
person holding $4,000 in real estate and
$4,000 in ready money would be offered an
opportunity to so invest his ready money
without risking the latter as to double the
value OF the former. California now has
population Of about 1,250. 200; San Francisco
OF 0,000. Suppose 100000 should be
added to the population Of the State and
100000 to the population OF the city, what
would be the effect upon real estate values I?
The morning call., 1892-08-23
TRAVEL ABROAD.

Mr.. James G. Cannon of the Fourth Ma
tional Bank of New \ ork is reported as
saying: Il have come back from the West
full of protective travel ideas. If something
could be done to prevent so many of our
people from going to Europe each year, and
make them take a swing around the circle
in tie West we should hear less of section
alsm, and the people Of the East would
take a broader view of the business situa-
ton" These are the views a we'll balanced
mind might be expected 10 entertain. But
we very much fear that nothing can be done
in the way Of changing the route of Eastern
travel This route is mainly dictated by
women with social aspirations. "When
was in London" or what / saw in Paris"
goes further in fashionable Eastern circles
than the most lifellke description of YO-
semitic ever written. As a rule women do
not travel TO improve their minds. The
only world they care to increase their
knowledge of Is the world OF fashion.
When Queens drawing-room is out of the
question there is some satisfaction in hav-
ing seen the Queen taking her daily airing.
There are families in ali the Eastern cities
who make an annual trip to Europe, but
have never been west of the boundaries of
their native State. In their circle it is the
thing to go to Europe for the summer.
They follow the beaten track. meet other
tourists at the usual places and lay in a
stock Of new clothes AT Paris or London.
While the ladies of a family generally de-
termine where the summer shall be spent,
the male members generally take kindly to
the choice Of Europe. Very few well-known
society men in New York, Boston or Phila-
delphia have been west Of Ohio. Who ever
heard of an Astor or a Vanderbilt west Of
New York? A member of the latter family
once rushed over his own railroad system
and got back as soon as possible for his
annual European tour. In point Of fact
the greater part of the solid people in New
York society are-more English than Ameri-
can. They live abroad about one-thlrd of
the time and ape English customs when
in their native country. The head OF the
Astor family now resides in London. The
so-called American colony in both London
and Paris is made up largely of rich families
who imagine that there is a greater social
distinction to be gained in these foreign
capitals than in their own country.
The morning call., 1892-08-23
ELECTIoNEERING DIPLOMACY.

It might be expected that the recent
proclamation of the President equalizing
the conditions upon which American and
Canadian canals may be used by the people
of the two countries would bs discussed In
England and Canada as bit of electioneer-
ing diplomacy. There is an election pend
ing, and every wise act Of the administra-
ton Is an argument in favor of a second
term. Consequently the severe political
morality OF our transatlantic critics would
require the President to commit only foolish
acts pending the election. Bot from the
Democratic press of the county the admin
fstration has q right to expect fair treat
ment in respect to its foreign policy. Our
people are first Americans and second Dem.
ocrats or Republicans. No Republican
would like to see Democratic admiBistra-
ton convicted of shaping the foreign policy
with personal view to winning an election.
Reversing the situation, Democrat should
not too readily join In the foreign hue and
cry that policy just and wise in itself was
devised with a personal view TO its effect
upon the public mind.
The morning call., 1892-08-23
THE END NOT YET.

THE CALL does not usually pay much at
tention to the opinions of the English press
regarding political events in the United
States, but it is well occasionally 10 lay
before the public their opinions. The fol-
lowing paragraph from the Chronicle, pub
lished in London, was evidently suggested
by cur labor troubles, but it refers TO a
more serious matter:
The American people had the most splendid
inheritance ever conferred on a nation, and they
have grossly miSused it. Hordes OF vulgar
oifice-seekers have been permitted to tatten on
the public body; great cities are given over TO
men who ought To be In prison, and millions on
millions OF acres OF public lands are given with
a light heart 10 railway corporations which now
threaten 10 strangle The republic in their octopus
like grasp. This is the real. practical anarchism
which ruins states, compared with which The
anarchism Of handful Of desperate fanatics IS
almost iunCcuous.
Such paragraphs as the above may be
read by the great mass of our citizens with
but passing notice. All, however, realize
that public affairs in several of our large
cities are in a deplorable condition, but how
does this concern them? And what could
the individual do If he wished TO improve
matters2 One person says individuals are
naturally corrupt. and he asks sneeringly il
The CALL believes il can make men honest.
In considering affairs at home-iD San
Francisco aud in California generally-THE
CALL says it believes things could be i'm
proved 1t believes the great mass of our
population are honest, and that they are
waiting for few rublic-spirited men to
moVe-men in whom they have some conf
dence-when they would sweep out the cor
ruption which now so generally prevails.
There is no question but there are men in
office in San Francisco who would pack a
jury if paid for so doing. or even steal
public money. We are by no means sur
prised 10 see comments in foreign journals,
evidently indted under the impression
that our institutions cannot stand such
strains as they are now undergoing but
The CALL believes as confidently that we
shall be able TO SurmOunt them as we were
when the war of the Rebellion broke out.
Our citizens will rise in their power and the
United States will still progress in wealth
and grandeur, but this will not be accom-
pllshed by permitting few men to control
the city and State by the use OF money.
The morning call., 1892-08-23
THE SOONER rae BETTER.

The Arroyo GTande Herald says:
The fight that is being made by San Francisco
10 lower freights on this IL is feared put
ting of the resumption Of work on closing the
gap between Santa MargaIita and Elwood. The
city papers state that there are &C, 900 tons of
freight he way from New York coming
around the Horn in clipper ships. This viii IN
doubleday have its effect on the southern Pacific
and Is probably one OF the factors that IS delay
Ing railr DAD construction by that company. They
cannot have this coast BY the eals always and
the sooner they find 1t out the better.
THE CALL is Informed that about % men.
are employed on the 100 miles between
Santa Margarita and Elwood. Ii is sup
posed that they are retained to make a show
of fulfilling conditions under which the
right OF way was given the company. At
the rate work is now being prosecuted each
man employed has about fivo miles of road
to build. While the fight that is being made
in San Francisco TO lower freight on this
coast may have had something to do with
the cessation Of work On the proposed road,
the fact that work has ceased should con-
vince the people living along that route or
elsewhere that il is not we'll TO depend
solely upon the Southern Pacific Company
for a local system of roads. The water
routes afford competition in through freights,
but competing local system is quite as
much needed as acrosS-the-coDtinent COM
petition. The course of the Southern Pa
cifc has shown that it is not well for the
people Of great State to hand one branch
Of business over to a single corporation.
There is competition in every business but
that of transportation. branch OF business
in which monopoly may be especially op-
pressiVe. At present the people OF the
whole State are dependent upon the whims
and caprices of four or FIVE men, whose
headquarters are at the corner of Fourth
and Townsend streets.
The morning call., 1892-08-23
A RAILROAD PUFF FOR w. B. CARR

THE CALL is slightly interested in politics.
at least so much interested at the present
time that 1t does not intend knowingly 10
play into the hands of our oppressors, the
managers Of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company. With the view of enlighteDing
our citizens a few days ago as to what was
traDsplriEg in this State in railroad circles
we made inquiry as to the uses which
were TO be made OF the managing abilities
of an old political acquaintance-W. B. Carr.
The inquiry 1t seems was not pleasing b.
the Record Union, for that paper responds
in the following language:
Our esteemed contemporary, THE SAN FRAN
CISCO CALL, mentions the name OF The Hon. w
Il. Carr, and asks il this Is the gentleman who
wa, formerly interested in political matters In
this State 1t still further inquiries II this is The
gentleman who became obnoxious to the people,
and concludes by saving that his employment In
politics at the present time is significant.
In its way The CALL is always malicious and
nearly always succeeds In striking Its friends
w. b. Carr was in former times connected with
the politics of this State, ana we care not who
are his friends or who his enemies may be to-day,
we are prepared 10 assert that the State never
knew a more honorable politician. There have
been leaders and bosses since Mr.. Carr was tie
great directing force of politics this State and
not one Of Them can claim 10 be in any respect
tile equal Of Mr. Carr
The CALL rather likes the holiness In
which the Record Union comes to the de-
tense Of w. b. Carr, for really if this per-
son labored in the interest of anybody II
was that Of the railroad company, and the
Impression is pretty general now that his
services are again called into requsition
for the benefit of Messrs. Stanford. Hunt
lngton q Co. The Record. Union saws:
I'VE are prepared 10 assert that the State
never knew more honorable politician.
There have been leaders and bosses since
Mr.. Carr was the great directing force of
politics Ia this State. and not one of them
can claim to be in any respect the equal of
Mr.. Carr" 1t is possible that Mr.. Carr
stands head and shoulders above any of
the bosses which of late have worked for
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
and that he is more honorable in his deal
ings with the company. for now it is be-
lieyed that the bosses work for them selves
as well as for the railroad company. When
Mr.. Carr worked for the railroad compapy
formerly it was said there were no less
than eight subsidized newspapers In tie
State. THE CALL wonders now whether
he will have as many aids in the work
which IL is surmised he is now entering
upon. 1t was thought Mr.. Carr had retired
from the service OF the railroad company a
The morning call., 1892-08-23
CLERICAL CLUBS.
inisters' Meetings Almost Abandoned
in Favor OF the Revival.

Ministers Meetings Almost Abandoned
in Favor OF the Revival.
The presence OF Rev. b. Fay Mills In the
city the past few weeks has. to a certain ex-
tent, demoralized the weekly meetings of
the local clergy. The Presbyterian pastors
have made no pretence of meeting for a
fortnight past, while the attendance at the
Baptist, Methodist and Congreg ational
clubs has been sparse indeed-al are de-
voting themselves with zeal TO the great
revival.
AT the Methodist ministers meeting yes
terday Instead of the usual paper the clergy
gave their views on the benefit derived thus
far from the revival. The consensus of
opinion was that though no large accessions
TO membership were noted as yet, there
was abundant evidence OF an awakening
Of religious fervoT. The churches are
thronged and many conversions are being
marked.
AT the Baptist meeting Rev. DR.. Dewitt
delivered an address on the subject of
Natural and Human Agencies OF Soul
saving" Rev. J. Sunderland described the
position OF the church in the Northwes tern
States, and Rev. DR.. HaTtwel gave an en-
eouraging report of Baptist missionary work
among the Chinese.
The morning call., 1892-08-23
THE ENGLIS III VIEW.

The London Standard says: "Men do
not fight like tigers and wreck property
with savage fury unless driven desperate
by want. Evidently point is reached
when the men feel that life is not worth
living" This is the view foreigner would
naturally take of American labor troubles.
The patience with which the people Of Eu-
rope bear the unnecessary burden of gov
eminent teaches that men only rebel when
driven desperate by want. In the United
States men are more tenacious of what they
conceive to be their rights. This disposi-
tion arises from the fact that In this eoun-
try men have other rights than the bare
right 10 live. The starving point is fought
against from distance. The conclusion is
that it is better 10 fight on a full stomach
than on an empty one. Any people will
take their lives in their hands when there
is nothing but fight between themselves
The morning call., 1892-08-23

Rail road Commissioners sitter I'm popular
prin ciple than the kind of back homeless
creatures California possesses. These CON-
missioners in Texas have actually fixed a
schedule OF rates for the railroads in the
direction OF popular relief. but unfortu-
of the railroads, and this is shown in the
decision more or less profound by the United
States Judge at Dallas giving the railroad
companies an injunction against the Com
missioners. and prohibiting the imposition
of rates upon which they agreed. The rail-
roads say they would have lost seriously by
the proposed changes. That is what the
Southern Pacific says when any one suggests
that it might knock cent off upon \ charge
OF SIS per ton for hundred miles. AS
matters stand California's Railroad Com
mssioners are not likely to come in conflict
with the courts. The Commissioners earn
their salaries by faithful service in doing
nnlhing
The morning call., 1892-08-23
Post-street Extension.

A modified report has been submitted 10
the Board of Supervisors by the POst-street
Extension Commission. The report in-
creases the expense Of the Commissioners
from S19.3i6 TO S27,4 46. and the cost of
the extension from $50. 103 to Sl0I, 925 10.
The chief modification is the shifting of the
burden of the levy 10 the owners of the
property fronting on the proposed line of
extension between First and Central ay-
enues. The actual levy from First to Cen
trail avenue in the original report was S23.-
639, and il has been raised TO SIS, 79S. The
district from First to Thirty-third avenue.
between Point Lobos avenue and Califor-
MIA street, will be assessed SAC, $50. In the
original report IL was S48 400
The morning call., 1892-08-23
ASSOCIATED STOCKHOLDERS.
They Conclude to Place the Stock e.
change Property in the Market.

They Conclude to Place the Stock Ex-
change Property in the Market.
& special meeting of the company of asso-
cated stockholders was held yesterday
morning, and it was a spirited meeting
which was not of short duration. The
purpose Of the meeting was to determine if
the building On Pine street, near Montgom-
cry, and known as the San Francisco Stock
Exchange. should or should not be offered
for sale. 1t was finally decided, By a vote
of 81 TO 81. to place the property on the
market with the price fixed at $3.50, 000
This vote. it is said. is not that of the
majority of the active members of the ex-
change. as nearly one-half of the ma
jority votes were proxies from members
who have made fortunes, have retired and
are now living outside the State. Some
years ago the Western Union Telegraph
Company, il was stated. offered $500, 900 Tor
the Dr0Derty.
The morning call., 1892-08-23
Demented and Dangerous. :

A shabbily attired fellow who followed
a young woman living on Haight street
until she sought the protection of hiram 3.
Cook was arrested by Offirer Harry Moran.
The prisoner gave his name as John Selling
barger, and as he carried a pistol he was
booked for carrying a concealed weapon.
There is little doubt that the prisoner is de-
mented. He declared that he had been
robbed of $50 by the young lady he was
following. lie said he had intended to kill
har
The morning call., 1892-08-23
YESTERDAYS OPIUM SEIZURES.

Two Successful Raids I'm Chinatown by
Internal Revenue Officers.
Internal Revenue Officers Thomas Gill
christ and Callundan yesterday morning
made two opium seizures in Chinatown.
At 10 Waverly place they captured Il stove,
the manufacture of the drug. Two cans
containing about 10 pounds of unstamped
domestic opium were found in the same
place. Shortly afterwaTd the officers raided
den at 80 Spoford alley, kept by Hang
Wa. where they seized eight cans OF mixed
domestic and imported opium to which had
been affixed stamps that had once been used.
No arrests were made In either instance,
The morning call., 1892-08-23
WEATHER PREDICTIONS.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
WEATHER BUREAU.
san Francisco, August %, 1892.

SIX HANNIsLOl alstIst % Ioy-'2
For TweHty-four Hours Ending Midnight
Northern California-Fair. but foggy and cloudy
along the coast: southwest to northwest Winds
brisk along the central coast: stationary tempera
ture except cooler in the north central and south
central portions.
Southern Canfornia-Fair. bnt partly cloudy and
fogsy along the coast; south to west winds; sta
tionary temperature except cooler in northern por
tIon
Oregon and Washington - Fair; northwest TO
southwest winds; generally cooler except station
AIRY temperature along the Washington coast.
Neyada-Fair; westerly winds; nearly stationary
temperature.
Utah-Fair; cooler, followed by stationary in
northern portion.
san Franciseo-Foggy; westerly a.nds; nearly
stationary temperature. JOHN p FINLEY.
lieutenant Ninth Infantry. ofheer in charge.
The morning call., 1892-08-23
A Newspaper Thief,

Mathew Mugan was arrested by Police.
man Melendy and booked at the new CITY
Hall station on charge Of petty larceny.
Mugan was caught in the act of stealing a
can OF milk and some bread from the door
way of house on Garden street. near Post
early Sunday morning. When searched
at the station seven MORNING CALLS were
found In his pockets, for the possession of
which he could not account, and which
were probably stolen from the doorsteps of
subscribers in the neighborhood.
The morning call., 1892-08-23
SAN J0SES SUNDAY LAW.
The Dennis Habess Corpus Lease Goes
Over TIL Friday Next.

80 WI Bue OOts
Over TIL Friday Next.
John Dennis, the San Jose saloon-keeper
under sentence OF imprisonment for violat-
ing the San Jose Sunday-closing ordinance,
was brought before Judge McKenna in the
United States Circuit Court yesterday on a
writ of habeas corpus. The hearing was
postponed 10 Friday next and the defendant
ordered to be released on $500 bail, to be
approved by the Judge Of the Superior
Court OF Santa Clara County, pending the
hearing of the writ Dennis, who Is n
British subject, claims that the San Jose
ordinance is in violation of the constitution
Of the United States
The morning call., 1892-08-23
The Divorce Court.

Divorce suits have been Instituted nv
Sarah NJ. Phillips VS.. Barrus Phillips. w.
Mof1itt vs.. Julia Moffitt, Mary Callahan VS..
Charles Callahan and Annie A. Wharf va.
William G. Wharf.
Yesterday Judge Finn granted a divorce
to Alice Z. Heritage from John l.. Heritage
on the ground OF defendants extreme
crueIly. Ihe custody OF the child was
awarded to plaintiff. The parties intermar-
ried In this civ in 1891
The morning call., 1892-08-23
Probate Court Matters.

Weltby Stafford has been appointed guar
dian OF Sadie S. Stafford. the sureties being
Fred Foster and Nathaniel Taylor.
The appraisers OF the estate of Domingo
g. de Anterior have filed their report in the
Probate Court. The property consists of a
lot and improvements at the corner of
Pierce and Larkin streets, valued at S45. 600.
the land being appraised at S27, 900 and ths
improvements at $4,000