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ABROAD COMBINE IN ENGLAND.

The impression has prevailed in this coun-
= that railroad affairs were better managed
IN England than in this country. While
his impression may be partially true, il ap-
pears from late dispatches that there is
much cause of complaint even in England.
The railroad companies appear to have pre-
vented adverse legislation in England by a
plea much ike that tie Southern Pacific
Company put forth in this State. Finding
that Parliament was worked up to the
point Of doing something, the companies
said that if they were allowed TO reform their
schedules they would do SO in the interest
Of the people. The English lawmakers
gave them a trial, and the result was COM
bine and a uniform raise Of rates. 1t did
not take the people long TO discover that
Parliament had been hoodwinked, and now
the dispatches say there is talk Of measures
Of discipline that are not readily distin-
gushable from confscation. But Partia-
ment will step in between the railroads
and confscatiou. There is no country in the
world in which the rights of property are
more thoroughly protected than in Eng
land. The railroad companies may conis-
cate the peoples money to the extent of
extra charges. but there will be no confis-
cation of railroad property. But it Will be
interesting to note If the combine has power
enough 90 prevent a reasonable reduction
of rafps
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PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.


Ex-Mayor Grant of New York has had
five lattering business offers, but has not
definitely decided which, If any, OF them lie
VIII accept.
Tie term "the grand old man" was first
used to designate Mr.. Gladstone by Sir VIII
liam Harcourt, and was heard in 1880 upon
the return Of the Liberals TO power.
Reuan died so poor that his library will
have TO be sold TO enable his wife to tide
over the period which must elapse before
the Government grants her pension.
The Emperor and Empress of Germany
decorated the family Christmas tree this
year with their own hands The festivities
were held in the new palace az Potsdam.
John V Wright Of Tennessee viii be a
candidate for the office Of land commits
soner under the new national administra-
ton. He was Congressman before the civil
war
According to paper Published In Bristol.
England, Lady Henry Somerset, the tenn
perance advocate, is the owner OF fourteen
buildings which are now being used as
saloons
Commander-in-Chief Weissert Of the
Grand Army OF the Republic will visit the
New Hampshire encampment at Manches-
ter February s. accompanied by the mem-
beers of his staff.
"Tom" Reed was asked the other day
whether he had ever been invited 70 din
ner, as Speaker Of the House Of Repre-
sentailves, without also being asked to
speak. "Neverw was the reply.
Father Antoine de Padoue, whose recent
death at a TraDpist monastery in France
has been reported by cable. was none other
than Prince Malatesta, who fought as an
ally of Louis BonaDarte against the Pom
titiesl troops in Italy.
General J. I. Wilder. who was COM
mander during the war of the famous
"Wlder's brigade" and fred the FIRST shot
into Chattanooga, has resided for the last
five years az johnson City, Tenn. Where he
has extensive iron properties.
j. Il. Wade, prominent citizen Of
Cleveland, Ohio, has donated four acres in
Wade Park to the trustees of the Kelley
estate Tor the erection thereon Of an art
museum under the terms of the Kelley
bequest, which is said TO be worth $500, COO
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WILL CHANGE HANDS.
The San Mateo Electric Road TO Have
a New Management.


IL was rumored in street-railway circles
yesterday that a change would soon take
place in the management Of the San Mateo
electric railway and that the present board
of directors would retire on or before the
10Th OF the month.
Inquiry was made at the Office OF the
company, but no information in regard to
the rumor could be gained.
From one Of the officials, however, who
has been with the company under the
psesent regime, it was learned that change
would take place Immediately, and in fact
part OF it had already gone into effect.
The road, according to the officials state
ment has been badly managed and the
directors have been unable TO agree for
some time past.
lis finances have also been in bad state,
the company not beng able TO meet the
obligations 1t entered into while under
process of construction.
This has been the main cause OF the
present trouble, as the road has fully come
up to the hopes of its projectors SO far as
the traffic was concerned.
They have never been able to pay off its
Just obligations, however, and one of the
heaviest payments became due Yesterday.
This was for the sum Of 100000 advanced
by {. Z. Butler on the construction account,
when the road was in dificulties, and which
enabled il to pull out at that time
Dir. Butler has always had say in the
management of the road, but has never been
thoroughly satisfied with the manner In
which il was run.
He has decided now to take the full con-
troll into his own hands. and the first change
made was in the resignation of Superin-
tendent Thomas, which took effect yester-
day.
Whom Mr. Butler intends to pnt in his
place has not yet been decided upon. but it is
understood to be well-known street rail-
way man.
At any rate there will be general shake
up all along the line, which it is hoped
will give the public better service than the
present
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NEVER MIND THE PRovERB.

TIRE CALL d,es not propose to diseour-
age the newly installed officials by refer
eBee, editorial or otherwise, to the proverb
which tells us that "a new broom sweeps
clean" We propose TO give them credit
for honest intentions and to urge upon them
the necessity Of fulfillmeHt Of promises. 1t
may be said that the city has not in recent
years entered upon a municipal term with
SO good prospects of honest and efficient
government. The Board Of Supervisors
have already taken action that will make
descent into the ruts worn by recent boards
unpleasantly noticeable. The head Of Tie
Street Department has exposed the short
cJ1nirgs Of his predecessor with a vigcT
that promises that for the next two years
good showing will be made for the money
expended upon the streets. a good, clean,
efficient government, ali the way through,
would be worth millions 10 this city. It
would a standard to compare future ad-
ministratiODs by.
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THE CLIPPER LINES.

The complete success Of the Cape Horn
clipper line opens a new era for San Fran
cisco. The wonder now is that for so many
years the advantages OF the city as a sea-
port have been sacrificed to promote the in
terests Of a transcontinental railway COM
pany. That two-thirds OF the merchandise
we receive from the East and from Europe
can be freighted to better advantage by sea
than by land is now apparent. Even if the
tTansc0ntnental railroad company had
done its best to serve the people instead Of
discriminating against them the sea route
should still have been kept open. In very
few months the merchants Of this city will
be able to undersell interior merchants who
receive their goods by railroad. This does
not mean that San Francisco merchants
Will supply the individual customers Of in
terior merchants, but that the latter will
find it to their interest to buy in this city
instead of sending orders East for goods TO
be freighted by rail. In this way. step by
step, San Francisco will recover its lost
territory, and the benefit resulting from
such recovery will bs shared by the in
farior
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IN SWEAT-SHOPS.

The House Committee on Manufactures
is promised some startling revelations con-
corning the condition of workers in the
sweaters shops of New Y ork and Boston.
The subcommittee found a female physi-
clan who combined professional duties with
the gathering of statistics 10 show that a
protective tariff does not drive poverty out
of the land. The cases the lady testIfies to
are certainly sufficiently narrowing to serve
all the purposes of free-trade committee.
A woman with a consumptive husband who
can earn but fifty cents day affords an eX
ample rather of what disease may do than
OF a depressed condition of general indus
tries. Unfortunately, labor IN no country
is paid at a rate which enables one Of the
naturally dependent members of 4 family
to support the natural provider. If the
sick husband had been well he might have
been able to earn enough to keep his family
in comfort. But as he was sick his family
is brought forward to prove that the pro-.
tectiye policy does not improve the con-
dition Of wage-eaTners.
Per contra, We have the statement OF Off
cials Of a leading steamship line which
shows that thousands Of foreign-bor labor
ers elrn money enough in the summer to
support them in the winter In idleness in
their native country. Probably if one Of
these Immigrants, who clear $50 a month
during eight months in the year, and habtu-
ally spend their earnings In European
trips, should become sick his family. if he
mas one, would be unable to provide him
with the comforts his physical condition re-
quireS. Statistics based upon isolated cases
prove nothing except that individuals
suffer. IN this State of California, where
with an abundance OF land we import a
large proportion of the food we eat. where
with 4 climate favorable to the conversion
of raw material into manufactured goods
we buy almost everything We wear, there
are thousands OF people who cannot provide
their families with the common necessaries
OF life. We 10 not say that 10 most cases
these people are to blame. They have
somehow failed 60 utilize the advantages
nature has provided Some have failed
through laziness. some through IMPROVE
dence, some through misfoTIunes that could
not be aYerted; but their failure does not
prove that if men in the bleak Northwest
eTn States can make money by sending
poultry, eggs, meats aad other food prod
ucts to our market. Calfornians cannot
make a living raising such food products
for a home market. II the free-trade Con-
gresS expects TO overthrow tables showing
the comparative wages Of the mass Of
workers iD this country and in Europe by
isolated cases where sickness has reduced
industrious and worthy people to- pov-
erty, the chances are that disappoin tment
awaits it.
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give an account of their stewardship, while
under the latter the accounting is between
man and himself. As the country belongs
to the king. the rulers have to give no ac-
count of the portion of the revenues that
they appropriate to their own use. Al least
such was the rule Of the BourbOns. and
when the present head of that house speaks
of The realm of his forefathers" he gives
ground for the conclusion that he considers
France in a sense as a fine piece of private
property, from which he has temporarily
been expelled by undutiful action on the
part of the representatives of the people.
The Panama scandal Is bad enough. but
the rule even of an honest Bourbon would
be far worse. The Indignation with which
disclosures of rascality are received indi-
Gates that at heart the French people are
honest
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GLADSTONE AND HIS CRITICS.

Premier Gladstone appears to have given
Johnny Bull offense byspproving of book
which disparages the Elizibethan era. The
glamour of two centuria was needed to
create an English opinion to the contrary.
There were Henry VIII. who alternately
divorced and beheaded a wife. Queen
Mary. who burned people Of different reli-
gious convictions from her own. and then
the long and In some respects glorious reign
Of Elizabeth. But the condition Of the
people during Il reign following such a
m0ekery Of government as was witnessed
under The two preceding reigns could not
have been far removed from barbarism.
Elizabeth herself in these days would not
be tolerated. Were not Victoria wiser
Queen ana better woman than Elizabeth
she would never have celebrated the fltieth
anniversary OF her coronation. Out Of
England the cOnyictitn Is somewhat general
that when critics attack Gladstone they do
so In defense Of some venerable sham shieh
he considers it his duty to expose.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-10
THE DEMOCRATIC PROGRAMME.

Senator McPherson's declaration in favor
Of the repeal of the Sherman silver act is
not an accident. He is a very prominent
member Of the Cleveland wing Of the party
aud would not take a position antagonistic
10 that the coming administration win
adopt. But the part Of McPherson's
speech In which he spoke Of the Sherman
act as cowardly makeshift was uncalled
for. The Sherman act was an experiment
which could only be pronounced a failure
after 1t had been tried. When the act was
passed there was a well-grounded hope that
other nations might come to our assistance
As they have declined to do so, the Ameri-
can Congress will doubtless proceed upon
the assumption that the Sherman act is a
failurn.
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One Of the most famous trials in modern
times begins to-day in France. l. is the
beginning OF the Frerch Governments
prosecution of the venal men who have
been concerned in swinding the French
peasantry ont Of their francs for sea-sand
ropes. The accused to be aIraigned are
prominent. They include Charles de
Lesseps, the son OF the Count who made
the SueZ canal. France will culver with
excitement while this trial proceeds. But
if the Government proceeds Tes0luteiy.
only individuals will be ruined in repuia-
ton and degraded of character. 1t Is much
better to ruin by exposure individuals than
to shock whole nation with the conjec-
tuTable revelation that bench, Legislature
and commercial firms are all immersed In
breedng-pOnd of filthy hucksteTing.
Conceaiment is not half so good as ex-
posture, for IL will leave the royalists
nothing to say except in dark corners.
The English have had some experience of
this system Of curtailing expenditure in
elections. Within this century as much as
$500. coo was paid In brides and treating for
a single election between rival county
families. There were no principles of any
mnment involved between the briber and
tue bribed. One family would have an
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-10
Where Is Joseph B. Cook ?

When Chief Crowley unfolded a volumi-
nous document yesterday morning and rec
ognized it as transcript of the proceedings
before the Hawaiian Supreme Court upon
the extradition of Joseph b. Cook, the de-
faulting clerk of Police Court /. he express ed
himself in positive terms. The transcript
shows that the proceedings in the Hawaiian
court were discontinued when 1t was dis
covered that Cook had escaped from the
islands.
what good does that do us?" asked
Chief Crowley. What we want 10 know is
the whereabouts of Cook right now.''
1t is believed that Cook forfeited the $500
bail be was required TO put up and arrived
NO "a ifhouf aapt
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Fletcher Again EIees.

The police are looking for Barney
Fletcher. Dsgro burglar. who was sent to
the House of Correction on December 6.
1890, for term of three years for stealing
$40 from L. II. Thurston, and who in
few weeks after his incarceration managed
to give the guards the slip and get AWAY.
He was recaptured, and until recently has
been working under strict surveillance.
Barney Is splendid stabe-hand, and re-
Gently. having only four months TO serve.
he was made trssty in the stables Bar.
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s1usEaENrs TITS EyENING.

KwFIL's THFATKR, Powell street. near Mar
The Magistrate"
.voII 0rERA House Eddy street, of Market.
era-"Faust"
JRoVE-STREET 1HEATEH. Grove street. above
ok" CiHaut~tIa CT The Little Glass slipper"
NIGWAM THEATER, corner Stockton and GeaTy
streets-Opera and Variety Performance
CAIIFoRNIAT HEATER, Bush street above Kearny
"The Old Homestead"
FUsH Strict THEATER. Bush street. between
esTDy and MoutgOn -Schilings Ministries.
BALDWIN TFEsTER. Market street. near Powell
st he Sportsman"
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REALM OF HIS FoREFArnERs.

The Count Of Paris processes to be much
gFieYed over the discovery that the repre-
sentatiyes Of the republic have brought
shame upon 1.-The realm Of his forefathers"
The scion Of royalty is not, however, over
come with grief; he is ready TO take France
under the wing OF his family again, even
with this bIos uysn her name. The Count
of p II Droba bly, realizes that one differ
nla.ween a republic and monarchy is
der
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625 Montgomery street. near Clay. open until II
O'Clock r. n. BRANCH OFFICES: ITO Market
street. near KearnY, open until II O'Clock midnight;
S39 Hayes sire It, open until 8 so O'Clock. 500
Larkia street. open until 9tSo O'Clock: 25I Mission
street open until O'Clock ?, NJ; and 1l6 Ninth
street. open until SO P. Il
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ney evidently thought he had served long
enough, and on Saturday evening last, just
before the locking-up time, he drfted away
in the fog and has not been seen since.
The guards are ehagrined and say that
Barney must serve out his term ii they hunt
for him for six months
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Bitten bv a Beheaded Turtle.
New Orleans Pieayune.

A New Haven restaurant-keeper' bought
a large turtle the other day. The turtle was
ward the restaurant keeper picked up the
head to look at IL. The mouth was open,
and he thoughtlessy put his thumb and
foIefinger into it. Instantly the jaws shut
down upon them like wise, and had 10 be
pried open with iron instruments before the
unfortunate victim could be released from
his painful position. His thumb was nearly
bitten off ana his finger dreadfuly LAGER
ated. He says that he will not put his
fingers into turtles mouth again. even il
il is dead
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-10

EVERYBODY travels nowadays Bad water. bad
food. bad air, unwholesome local Influences these
must be met Sickness, and often death, OF it.
The best shield by land or sea is Parker'S Ginger
Tonic II cleanses aud inyigorates the stomach.
and keeps the circulation pure Take bottle with
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-10

Anp OF Our patrons leho fail to ind THE
MORNING Gall for sale Ju tratn-b0ys
V'jcoyer a 1oror by notifying this office o.
h0oct. naming The date and train.
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THE MORNING CALL
PURLTCATInN oFFICE

Has 3 larger circulation than any other
Newspaper published in San Francisco.
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THE EASTERN OFFICE or THE CALI,
Potter building. New York City. provided with
t!ss q California papers. Visitors welcome. AG-
NulshA IateS and sample copies furnished.
r. X NISCH Manager.
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The convenience OF a jar OF Cudahy's Rex
Brand EAtract OF Beef Is never better appre-
ciated than when some erOcers "just out"
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THE DAILY MORNING CALL

~
New York. - .BRENTANO BROS. 3 Union Square
Chicago. News Stand Palmer House
NtN orleans ...,,....... GALLOT a JOUBERr.
1l51. st.
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IT is not whatlts propretors say, but what Hoods
Sarsapara does. that tells the story OF its crit.
Hoods SRFsaparllla cures when all other medicines
z.
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The European vineyards annually pro-
duce 1852, 30o,00 gallons Of wine.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-10

Two pounds cream mixed candy in Japanese
baskets for 90 cts. Towns nd's. Palace Hotel. Z.
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ANGosrURA Bitters cures collie, fever and ague
and indigestion. The genuine manufactured only by
Or. j. g. b. SegerI Sons. Ali druggists keep them
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-10

A SLIGHT COLD, if neglected. often attacks the
Lungs. " BFoiafs Bronchial TrOches" give imme
diate relief.
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"SPERRY's BEST FAMILY FLOUR Is ahead
of them all.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.


E~zSs Nine. Rose, from Honolulu, clair
S-S v0yant; card-reader. III Geary ST. Ia0 II
E~5S@ Notice-Bids Will Be Received for
kS~S the supply OF groceries for use at the Vet
Grams Home. Yountviile. Napa County Cal, for the
six months ending July 81, 1893. Information In
regard to amounts Will DO furnished at the Secre-
tarys once room 81. Flood building, corner Fourth
and Market streets, San Francisco where bids must
be sent before January l6. 1893
ii. 7. HoBBERT.
NJ ID. HYDE.
q. II. STEVENS,
jas II Committee on Supplies.
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AUCTION sALEs TODAY.

FrRNIruBE.-By Chas Levy Co, at 1875
Market St. at 10 O'Clock.
EUBNITURF.-By L. Vincent. at l045 Market
St. al 10 O'Clock.
FuRNI7 uRE-By s Basch. at 3I9 Suffer ST., at
j O'clock.
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WFATarH PRrDICTIONS.

WEATHER PREDICTIONS.
uEFABTHFST OF AsRrCULTURE,
WEATHER BUREAU.
SAN FRANCIsCo. January 8. 1897
Official Forecast for Twenty-foUr Hours
Ending Midnight. Tuesday.
san Francisco and vicinity - Fair weather;
warmer by Tuesday night variable wlnGs.
2. 7. jenkins. Local Forecast oncial
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I OST-A PASSBOOK WITH THE HIBERNIA
Ia Savings and Loan Society OF San Francisco, in
the name OF ALEXANDER j. McKERRON. No.
bank. las Of
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TO- Bad Tenants Elected for 50. Coffee
NO lions made. city or country. Pacific Coiiec-
ton Co, AIS Montgome-v St. r. o. Tel. $3.50 de2t II