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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
THE POLICE DECISION.

The acquittal of Sergeant Whitman by
the Board of Police Commissioners will
not give satisfaction to the public; neither
will it change the opinion of single per-
son who has held the accused guilty.
While the fact will be admitted that the
witnesses summoned before the Commits
sioners were not Of a character to carry
conviction it cannot be denied that they
were as worthy of belief as the witnesses
on the other side. And the witnesses
against Whitman testified TO facts within
their own knowedge-the others only
clai.: Led that under like conditions they
did not share the knowledge. The posi-
tive witnesses are supported by mass
of ciTcumsiantial evidence. Everybody
knows that some offenders against the law
are arrested while others escape. All
know, TOO, that arrest is optional with the
Police Department. The Board of Super
visoTs pass ordinances which it is not
intended to enforce literally. The ordi-
nances give the Police Department degree
of discretion which many high type of
official would exercise wisely and refrain
from abusing. Unfortunately for the
verdict of the Commissioners there are
piles of evidence going to show that this
discretion has been abused. One offender
never seems to offend; another is offending
all the time.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

mining engineers have not given much
consideration to the bay. They must
know. as they probably have some ac-
Quaintance with the law of gravitation,
that matter seeks its lowest level. 1t stops
on higher level until the obstacles in the
way of a lower one are removed or until
force is applied sufficient TO overcome the
obstacles. The earth loosened in the hy-
draullc mines will lodge all the way from
the mines to the ocean, the heavier por.
tons finding lodgment near the mines, the
lighter floating on until the force of the
current is overcome by the law Of gravita-
ton. The real problem involved in this
method of mining is if there is space into
which the detritus can be confined so as
not to infllct injury upon the valleys. the
rivers and the bays. There is no more
momentous problem now before the
people of this coast.
1t is filled with such possibilities of cost
that the people of this city who have given
the matter any thought would gladly pro-
vide against them by a sacrifice OF all the
gold in all the gravel ranges in the State.
But there are individual rights of property
10 these mines which should b. considered
as far as may be consistent with the gen.
eral welfare. 1t is these individual rights
which have restrained the people of the
valleys and cities from opposing such ex.
periments as are proposed in the Caminetti
hill
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
THE CALCULATING MIND,

Occasionally ahuman phen omenon arises
so adept in working out sums in arithmetic
as to surpaSs the feats of the Babbage CAL
cuatlng machine as far as that marvellous
fnventin has been carried. Were the
machine completed it would perform won
ders about as amazing as counting the
sands OF the seas ore may be con jectured
TO be, but more than half its mechanism is
non-exlStent beyond the plans of the in
VeDtor. jacques maud, a Piedmontese.
is at this moment astounding Europe with
mental arithmetic. He does not profess to
be anything more than calculator. He is
dull and uninStructed on whole ranges
of subjects about which a common school
boy has information. But he has start
ling capacity or endowment of graspiny
figures In blocks, and in a few seconds
giving huge additions or stupendous QUO
tients, which it would require hours to
show on paper. This talent was discov-
cred early in life. 1t has not been assisted
by education, but it has been developed
by practice. Apparently there is no strain
upon the mind. A representative of the
Westminster Gazette propounded test
which will be admitted as severe for the
ordinary BRAIN He had to multiply /, 234.-
also by the days of the year and state the
result in French confines. He gave the
answer quickly and said it was too easy.
Then a problem in revolutions of cylin-
ders going at various rates was given, and
In minute or two the solution was an
nounced as 34,79S4SS. The scientific men
of Europe have all studied Nj. Iuaud, but
as might be expected they add not much
to their own knowledge and nothing to
his. He is harnessed to gift he knows
not how or why. He cannot explain his
processes and would fail in a treatise on
arithmetic. He calculates almost uncnn-
sciously just as he winks his eyelids.
Psychologists say it is special develop
ment of brain, but they know no more
about the definite causes or explanations
than they do about the changes of nerve
tissue which induce paralysis agitans.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Charlotte M. Yongp, the novelist, is now
70 wears old and has written more than 100
books. She began novel-writing when she
was 20.
Senator Palmer of Illinois contributes to
the new congressional directory an autubi-
0graphy longer than that of any other
Senator
town OF Easton. Mass, new high-schonl
building which will cost about Sc, 900
when completed.
Miss Elizabeth Elkins, daughter of
Stephen B. Elkins, is to marry Desha
Breckenridge, son of Congressman Brock
inridge of Kentucky.
1t is rumored that in spite of his lavish
expenditure of money William Waldorf
A stor Is not getting all tile recognit he
would like in England.
Miss Elizabeth Green of Detroit seems
to be the representative of American
beauty in Europe just now. She is turning
Partisan heads at present.
Henry NJ. Stanley declares that he will
be candidate for seat in Parliament a.
the next lection, and that he has no inten-
ton of returning to Africa.
Miss Carrie Coddingion Of New York
and her sister, Mrs. Robert Browning of
Venire, have given to the New York Prot
rstant Mission Society a chapel built in
memory of their parents.
Edward j. hopkins. one of the most dis
tinguShed of English organists, recently
celebrated the completion of his fiftieth
year of serv CO as organst to the Temple,
IN London. H. is now rs years old.
The Boston Herald is authority for the
statement that Secretary Gresham is
mighty good poker player, and declares
that General Grant took great fancy to
him on that account.
Mr.. Astor, the multimillionaire, who is
now seeking social recognition In England.
and who, it is hinted, means to become a
British subj"ct with view to the peerage.
is about So years old.
Stewart l.. Woodfold of New York is
Chauncey Depew's only rival as an after
dinner speaker he has a striking per-
snnality, Il wing gray side hiskers, broad
shoulders and high forehead.
Miss Hattie Sawyer of st. Louis. who
has been studying In Berlin for the last
three years, has been offered liberal terms
for all the songs and other compositions
she can supply by a German publishing
firm.
The sale of Ruskin's works. it is said. Is
his only income; and great part of that
goes TO an army of pensioners to whom in
the days of his wealth he pledged him.
self - needy relatives and friends, dis
charged servants. and institutions in which
he TOOK an interest at some time or another
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
LAND VALUES.

The Los Angeles Herald takes issue
with THE CALL in respect to the value of
agricu ltural land in this State The
Herald says:
There are plenty of farms and orchards in
Los Angeles, San BernardiDo and Ventura
counties that yield net from $3.50 to, In excep-
tional cases. $500 and upward an acre. They
are not held at anything like what would be
their capitalized value at 10 per cent, or at
more than one-ffth Of that sum, aud so OF lands
less iemunerative.
We presume these statements are liter
ally correct But can the results be re-
lied upon as a bas is of land values? Is
there any considerable portion of the agri-
cultural land ip this State from which a
net income of 500 year can be counted
upon? If there is, THE CALL will gladly
proclaim the fact. The article with viii b
the Herald mainly disagrees deprecated
the effect o high land values upon people
looking for investments and inclined
to favor California. That a man with
family may realize $1,000 year from ten
acre fruit orchard will be readily admitted.
But If land at present unproductive is held
at one-half of what fruit orchard In full
bearing would be worth there will be but
Hoio anu tieIe uuytTs lue purchaser
has to take all the chances of changing
conditions. while the seller takes too large
part of the results of success. The high
price of lands is akin to the Southern
Pacific's practice of charging all the traffic
VIII be. The seller is in with the profits.
but stands none Of the losses.
The Herald thinks the statement In
IHE CALL that but few people East know
anything about California is ridiculous
when applied to the southern counties. A
lelsnreiy trip East might change that opin-
len. Los Angeles. like manv other places,
is larger and more important part of the
earth,S surface al hnme than ahrnad
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

the American Government. Without
doubt custom blunts the sens Utilities. We
read of foreign customs that do not seem to
us consistent with modern civilization.
But we have nothing to say as long as ex-
hibition of such customs is confined to
other countries. But when they bring
them over here we have something to say,
and our right to say it has been demon
strated by the revision TO which foreign
plays have been subjected in this country.
Il is about time that foreign artist vaga-
bonds who hope to make themselves talked
about by violating the American sense OF
decency should be taught a lesson.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

million dollars worth of stock offered at
$40 share, with the assurance that what
the public did not want would be taken by
the syndicate, the chances are that the
syndicate would not need to subscribe a
dollar. Subscriptions would come in if
there could be an assurance that the
project would be carried through. There
are doubtless from two to three thousand
people in the State who intend to go to
Chicago in the course of the summer
rather than miss the Worlds Fair. There
are anywhere from ten to fifty thousand
people who cannot afford togo to Chicago
and there are several hundred Thousand
people in the State to whom trip across
the continent makes an expense too great
to be even thought Of A large percentage
of all these people would subscribe to fair
stock, tn king from one share to twenty,
according to their means. But where is
the responsible syndicate?
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

Apropos of the late Lord Derby's gift of
$4,000 to science the London Chronicle.
in commentator of such deeds. remarks
thai "the founder of the Lick Observatory.
an illlterate German SPECTATOR, who had
never so much as attended meeting of
the California Academy of Science, made
it, to the amazement of that modest and
decidedly impecunious organization. one
of the wealthiest societies on the American
continent" Then the fact is noted that
Henry Cavendish, who was a very great
scientist and discovered the compost
ton of water. did not leave six
tune in cash was nearly S10.000.000. These
matters often go by contraries Perhaps
had James Lick been a,regul ar attendant
at the meetings OF the old Academy on
Dupont and California streets and taken
part in the often discursiye proceedings
he might not have given an endowment at
all, although undoubtedly science did
need all the prop be gave. AS matters
resulted he builded better than he knew.
The moment the academy was rich every
body hasteued TO join il, and now there
must he some intellectual and sympathetic
qualification for mem bershp. Ii is often
the case that great benefactiOnS to chart
ties are bestowed by those who gave little
evidence of charity in their lives.
Mr.. Lincoln. our late Minister at the
court of s.. James, is said to have retired
from his post considerably ont of pncket.
His salary is ample In London for a quiet
life without frequent dinner parties or
the endeavor 10 respond to the pace of the
rich, b ut any attempt at 0sientation must
be INDUCED out of private income. In this
respect a Consul. General in London is
much better off. He has actually an OBJ
porlunitysto improve his fortunes and prob
ably does on the fat fees. Great Brit
ain goes to the other extreme IF
indulgence. The scale of Embassad ors'
salaries extends from S27,5d0 in Spain,
the lowest amount, to $4,000 in France,
countries. Sir Julian Pauncefote's salary
at Washington is $685. 900. AS En- bassadors
have now been very much disrated in i'm
poItdnce and usefulness by the telegraph
and the posiOffice, and are left very little
initiative, diplomacy is not underpaid, but
there are only few offices for the ambl-
tious.
George Augustus Sala selects number
OF words from DR.. Schele de Vere's
''Americanisms" and credits them to John
Bull The paternity may be difficult to
esta blish, but there need be no quarrel
over such words as boozv, bluff. cabbage
(tailor'sl, alewife, apple-pie order, sick as a
eat (or dog, daze. chuck full, demoraliz
(lt occurs in speech by Grattan), drafted,
dummy. fiummux, fork out and grass
widow. Mr.. Saia points out that "chouse"
has very curious origin. Somewhat differ
emily spelled it is corruption of the
Turkish word for messenger. agent or
Interpreter. A Turkish commercial agent
N the time of James l swindled some mer-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
Present State of the Mauritius.

The Mauritius is an interesting study
for an economist. l. was tiourishng in a
rather torpid way with its old population
of French and negroes, who were rather
largely mixed, when British enter rise saw
in it an opening for the unlimited cultiya-
ton of the sugar cane. Estates were
bought up a, fancy prices from the native
proprietors, who generally migrated into
the towns, TO their own detriment. Then.
as the enfranchised negro was not found
IT, be an effective laborer. coolies were i'm.
ported by tens of thousands and it was
supposed that the consolidation of plapta-
tons and improved machinery would do
the rest.
1t has all resulted in hopeless waste of
capital. and Cinnamon and Hindus are
rapidly buying up the land and forming
small homesteads. This in itself might be
a good result, though the extinction or
supplanting of white population cannot
be looked upon with indifference. Un-
fortunately while the Hindus contribute
five-sevenths to the population they only
contribute about fourth to the schools.
So far it has been the substitution of
lower for a higher civilization, and there
has been no material prosperity to show in
return,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
NOT A LURID RED.
Some One Has Painted
the Town.
What the Local Artists Think of the
Work From a Critical Stand
point.
The town is painted red.
Have Won noticed it2

Have you noticed it?
You have some of 1t on your coatsleeve,
probably, i: you brushed carelessly against
lamppost or mailbox the other day.
1t isn't a loud, emphatic, brilliant red.
but it's all red; that's the main point. 1t
is a shade of red between that If a port
harbor light ami 81 brick made of New Jer-
sey mud. 1t is a good, durable red, rather
modest in hue, perhaps, but warranted not
10 show the dust.
Be careful when you drop in your mail.
for there may b. spots not entirely dry.
The gas company did 1t. Early Monday
evening they started out staff of genuine
hand oil painters. Each man had brush
and pot of red paint.
In the darkness they painted, silently,
but vigorously and effectively, and when
was to find itself painted rich straw berry
red
Originally the pigment of the painters
pots was gaudy. screaming red, bat the
darkness of the night was so thick that it
got mlxed with the color and gave it a sub
dued shade.
L; was the intention of tho gas company
to make its benevolent work heard rs well
as seen, 80 it selected a hue that was as
brilliant as Yelland's setting suns, bu
they made the mistake OF painting at
night. When a second coat is put on they
VIII paint while the sun shines.
Strangers who came into town Tuesday
morning remarked on the rare modesty
and quietness of san Francisco folks as
eVlnced by the colors chosen for their
lamppoSts and leiter-boxes. They didn't
KNOW the true inwardness CT thu matter
and now brilliant we would have looked
had the yellow Ocnre not given out at the
wrong time and the darepnSS 0f tbn nj U
got mixed up with the paint.
Artists generally speak web of the work
OF the gas company's painters. Mr.. Keith
IS little disappointed a the lack OF rit
IN the work. He says trltip more of the
lmpressionist's efforts on some of the mail
boxes would have been better, vet as
whole he thinks even a VeTestchagin
could scarcely have put more realism into
the work.
Mathews says the general style of the
work Is good, but in some places the tech
niQue of a master painter is missing
Ludovici says the groundwork is excel
lent. blu tn. perspective is not always
good. "Bps ides," he says, "the whole
color is too subuued for town that is as
lively and enterprlsing a San Francisco
ought to be-"
Lee Lash expressed about the same
views, only IN fferent words, and Secre-
tary Martin said he knew The work was
genuine oil painting, for he got daub Of
III on MS myers when he went to mail one
of the big special editions OF THE CALL.
Upon the whole the gene, a! verdict is
that the gas company did well when it
painted all our fampposts and mailboxes
the color of coagulated blond corpuScles,
and though the c0nnoissears cannot re-
strain their natural tendencies toward
criticism. even the most eXacting of these
declare that IL was praiseworthy effort
on The part OF the gas company, and hat
when it covered he city with red it COW
cred itself with glory at the same time.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
MUST COME DOWN TO THE BAY

In the course of well-co1sidered ar
ticle on the hydraulic mining problem the
Sacramento Record Union prints the fol-
lowing:
Mining debris does not at once come down
the streams in their lower courses. The In
qualities in The grade of the bed of The river
al first lodge the mining debris on the level
portions; but with the further prosecution OF
mining the riv r beds have tendency TO ac-
qure an even grade. On any level stretch of
river bed the upper end fills up fist. This
makes continuous aud even gradient. over
which the subsequent detritus passes unIm-
~ ded. For a long time then the effect of
hydraulic miping Will not be fell seriously in
the lower courses of The river; but should any
OF the debris escape INTO the rivers, IL is the
plan OF all legislation, and all suggestion that
has be- roposed. to deposit the detritus In
San Francisco Bay. This. plainly speaking. is
The outcome OF he whole SYSTEM and IL is use
less to attempt TO invent for il any disguise.
1t is a singular and depl0rable fact that
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
COMING WEST.

While people were understood to be 60
ing West there has been a somewhat gen.
eral Impression that money was staying
with the East. This impression appears
to be erroneous. Chicago has more gold
than New York. The latter city Is in fact
goor as far as money goes. The last re-
port Of the Comptroller of the Currency
only gives New York S12, 1859 against
S14, S24. $50 for Chicago. With this show
ing there does not seem much real basis
for the promises of support which the New
York banks give Secretary Carlisle if he
would do as they wanted him to do. Fol-
lowing is statement of the holdings of
banks in Eastern cities and in Western:
Gold in Western cities. ...... 1927 6O4, $50
old IN Eastern cities. 224l1,77S
Gold in Western S.ates......... ...... 25,54l,002
Gold In kastern States. 16708.5 $50
There are fifteen cities classified as
Western and but eight as Eastern. Of
course, San Francisco and New Orleans
are classed in the computation as Western
cities. This report does not cover the sup
ply of gold held by private individuals.
private banks or State banks. While there
is no means of ascertaining exactly how
much gold is in circulation in this city, it
is probably greater than that in circulation
in any other State. Our savings banks are
full of gold, and there 10 more or less in
every mans safe or pocket.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
Daughter of a Regiment Married.


In st. Peters burg a real "fglia del rrgi-
mento" has just been married. The happy
bride was the daughter of the Semenovsky
Regiment of the Imperial Guard, and she
married Lieutenant Alexander Redansky
o. the Eghty-sixth Infantry Regiment.
age, has always gone by the name of
Eugene Semeuovskaia, taking her patron
yuic from the regiment, was found as q
baby, lying half naked in ditch by the
men of the SemenovSky Regiment as they
were marching from Pievna upon Constan-
tinople in December 1873, The little
Turkish founding was tenderly cared for
and after time baptized into tho Russian
ortho dox re ligion, her godfather being the
surgeon of the regiment and her wod-
mother the Princess Eugene of Gsaeni4rg.
The regiment intrusted her educatiCgp to
qualified persons, and the bride now brings
TO her husband a handsome dowry, pro-
vided by her military guardians
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
HAD HIS RUN FOR NOTHING.
A Georgia Moons1iner's Wonderful
Race Over the Mountains.
Atlanta Constitution.


Ihere Is case that went to record
yesterday on the docket of the United
States court which for genuine grit and in
dpmitable energy outstrips anything to be
found in the pages of Longsrreet's funny
book. The man who breaks the record is
Albert Oliver, a plain. everyday moon
sinner. 1t seems that Oliver was making
good deal of whisky without tue approx
ing eye of the law peaping into his still
house. But the deputies got wind Of his
method and determined to rake in his dis
tilery. Accordingly. just night OF two
ago, two deputies, Stanley and Dckey, left
Atlanta and went to Bme Ridge, far up
into the verv heart of the mountains of
North Georgia. They had been riding
about an hour over the mountain SIDES
when they came upon Oliver walking
along the road carrying a lantern, He
was allowed to pass aud the officers rode
on, susp-cting him. and determined 10
reach his disiillery and raid it before the
break of day. Did they DO il? Well,
hardly.
1t was ten miles to divers distilery
The road was rough and rocky. More than
this. 1t was as dark as Egypt. But Oliver
SAID to himself, "rbesp are revenue in
speciors and III see them one better be-
fore they shall get the pot" The echo of
his ears before his mind was made up TO
beat those officers to his distillery, so, taxi
ing off his brogans ana blowing out his
lantern, he turned back aud struck up
FOX trot" down the big road that led
around the mountain to his whisky fac
tory
Here's where he put in some good licks
for Georgia grit BarefoOted, with his
shoes thrown over his shoulder aid a lam
tern swinging to him. he made the trip to
his little secret stiIlhouse-a distance of
ten miieS-by passing the officers on a
flank movement. had all the apparatus
moved away TO his house, armed himself
with pistol aud went back to welcome
the officers. He did all this long before
daybreak, and before the officers, who de-
clared they Travelled with their horses hot
under spur and whip, approached his
premises. There they found Oliver. COW
cred with dirt and dust, mis- cloths drip
ping With foamlng perspiration. He was
painting ike dog after an all-day chase.
he had made his trip, run ten miles over
mountain tops, waded creeks and branches
and taken away his dist tllery, bat the off
GERS caught him at last, stealing in their
footsteps, perhaps with murdrruus inten-
tlons. He threw his pistol on the ground
behind him and gave himself up.