davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The morning call., 1893-10-04
AN EXTRAORDINARY INVENTORY

Never in the history of this State has
such an extraordinary inventory been made
as that which has just been filed of the
Stanford estate. 1t gives the public an in
sight into the nature OF the properties held
by the deceased railroad magnate. The
first fact that addresses attention is the
immense landed interests held by the de-
cedent. Evidently land was considered
more desirable than railroad stocks. 1t Is
well that there is to be an end of accumu-
latiOn for individuals or few with extra
ordinary corporate advantages would go
on adding field to field and stock to stock
until the bulk of all the property 10 the
State would finally pass into the hands of
a few persons. There are also some reve-
lations disclosed in the inventory which
could not have been made without great
Inconvenience to individuals at an earlier
day. and even now may raise some ques-
tions for which an answer, if given at all,
could not be given above whisper. There
is, in addition, hint that the great prop
erty thus placed on the inventory is not
all by long way that the decedent pos
sessed. There are to be supplemental in
ventories.
But the value of this immense estate is
not shown. The decedent was averse to
any appraisement. lie did not know him.
self tie value of his possessions. 1t is
doubtful if he could have told within five
million dollars. Many of the stocks have
now only nominal value. 1t is said that
the decadent did not accumulate property
so rapidly in his last years. Probably
many of the investments made were not
at once remunerative. The great ranches,
for instance. with all the improvements
made, had probably never paid any divi-
dends. But it does not appear that the
division of railway profits he'd been sub
ject to much shrinkage. The one redeem
ing feature is that Drospectively the
greater part of this vast property will be
turned back to the community for educa-
tional purposes.
The morning call., 1893-10-04
RATE ANNOUNCED.
Union Pacific Makes the
First Cut Westward.
STREET RAILWAY COMBINE.
Mr.. Huntington Says All the Roads
Are Agreed Upon the Material
Points in the Deal.

The first result of the withdrawal Of the
Union Pacific from the Western Passenger
Association is of direct interest to residents
of this State. Thai road will on the 10th
inst. put into effect the proposed 500 90
round-trip rate from Missouri River points
to the coast General Passenger Agent
Lomax of the Union Pacific yeste erday
notified the Southern Pacific officials OF
this action.
Passenger trains from the East over the
Southern Pacific yesterday were detained
eleven hours by a freight wreck between
Iron Point and Golc0nda, New. Eleven
cars were derailed by the accident, which
was caused by truck giving way under
fruitcar.
Carlton C. Crane, Pacific Coast passen-
ger Al gent of the Vanderbilt lines. started
for Chicago last night.
II. E. Hun tington. in speaking Of the
proposed street railway combine yester-
day, said that there was no truth what
ever in tho reports of serious opposition to
the consummation Of the scheme. The
Ferries and Cliff House line, he said. sus-
tanned exactly the same position toward
the deal now as it did at the beginning OF
negotiations. and if the line has become
ment he had not heard of it. MIR. Hunt
ington further said that all the roads had
agreed upon the material points In the
deal, and that the only matters yetremain-
ing TO be settled were those minor details
which are constantly coming to the sur
face in all transactions Of similar magnl-
tude. 1t is understood that the contract
has been signed by all the roads interested
except the Ferries and Cliff House and the
Omnibus system.
The Southern Pacific officials have
adopted new plan across the bay for the
sale of tickets for travel on the Seven tn
street line and the ferries. At all the
leading drugstores they may now be- pro-
cured. This scheme will obviate the
necessity of additional ticket offices.
In the matter of low railroad rates "Chi-
cago day" at the Worlds Fair will be
favored far more than any other like
event, as appears from the following
schedule Of rates just issued by the various
roads. These rates will have no effect
upon travel west of Ogden. however:
From all points where the one-way
the excursion rate shall be one-way regu-
lar standard rate for the round trip.
Tickets to be sold October and 8, limited
TO return to October Is.
From all points where the one-way regu-
lar standard rate is over Sc and not more
than S23 the round-trip rate will be so per
cent OF the one-way regular standard rate.
Tickets to be sold October 6. and s. lim-
tied to return October 49,
From all noints where the one-way
standard regular rate is more than S23 aud
not more than S33 the round-trip excur-
sion rate shall be 70 per cent of the regular
standard rate. Tickets to be sold October
6 and to return October 1S.
3From all points where the one-way regu-
l.r nd orA % khr hn
round-triD excursion rate shall be 70 per
cent of the regular one-way standard rate.
Tickets to be sold Octo ber 6and Z and linn
tied to return October 23
The morning call., 1893-10-04
A REMARKABLE SPEECH.

Coming from a man Of many millions
representing other men OF many millions
each, the recent speech of Senator Came
ron of Pennsylvania may be described as
remarkable. The Pennsylvania Senator
dealt gently with Mr.. Gladstone's admis-
sion that England as q great and increas-
ing creditor nation could not join in the
movement to remonetize silver. Having
stated Mr.. Gladstone's position, Mr.. Came
ron said:
l am tempted to sit down and leave this
speech Of Mr.. Gladstone TO stand alone as the
ground for the vote shall give on the bill now
before us. 1t Is ground enough. To my mind
it carries conviction as to the true course OF
an American.
To Mr.. Cameron's mind the fact that a
creditor nation desired to destroy one-balf
debtor nation should resist such destruc-
ton. This reason is quite logical. Mr..
Gladstone did not assume that the single
gold standard was better for the world
than the double standard; he simply
thought that as the world owed England
a good many thousands of millions Of
money, it was for the interest of England
that money should be made as dear as pos
sible. In respect to the money policy of
England, Mr.. Cameron said:
The chief claim of our nation to merit In the
eyes of us who have share in Its government,
and in the eyes of every republican citizen,
W white or black, rich or poor, whose opinion We
regard. is that from first to last, on all occa-
sions and In every form, America has asserted
the most emphatic possible negative to the
policy and methods of the moneyed power of
I.,xv ~.
fo uuded Plymouth TO the day when Penn
founded Philadelphia; from the day when the
tea was thrown into Boston harbor to the day
when Washington wa. inaugurated President;
from the day when Jefferson imposed bis EN-.
barge to the day when the civil war ended, and
down 10 the day when we passed tho act now
under discussion, he chief interest OF our his
tory In the eyes OF America or Europe, has been
It's successful protest against the Ideas and in
terests of the moneyed power OF England.
whether that power was for the moment EN-.
bodied in church or king, in landed aristoc.
racy or In a Il aiding monopoly.
1t will be observed that Mr.. Cameron
did not seem to carry this successful re-
sistance to tho money policy of England
beyond the date of 1873. 1t is true that
since that time our money power has be-
coma great and has allied itself with money
in England. But Mr.. Cameron proposes
to maze stand at this point. He says:
Any further measure which tends to discredit
silver is. at least for the moment, furtnerance
of the British policy; It tends to support tho
monopoistic gold standard. In voting against
such measure 1 stand, therefore, on assured
ground. The whole history OF the American
people for 25O years. every precedent Of every
party In american politics. the entire mass of
our legislation, every principle Of our national
policy supports me. My vote needs no defense.
The morning call., 1893-10-04
HOIST THE FLAG!
Bow Readers of The Call,
Attention!
This Naval Contest Bids Fair to Be
of Great Interest, so Pitch In,
Fight, Then Write.

Boys who read The CALL are taking
great interest in the naval fight contest,
and already several manuscripts have been
received. They show that the American
youth are we'll posted in naval matters.
and already it is assured that when the
articles are published most interesting
collection will be got together.
Such battle scenes as possible will be
illustrated by CALL artists. and the
juvenile mariners will have good oppor-
tunity to show how they can depict on
paper their imaginary battles.
This is going to be a great month in the
history of the United States navy on this
coast. A large ba tie ship is to be launched
and tho trial trip of one of the sNiftest
cruisers will take place. No time better
fitted for these stories could be chosen.
Remember the conditions of this contest.
They are:
Q) Competitors must be under 8 years
of age.
(2) Stories must be written on one sid Q
Of ihe paper only; story to be over
1 500 w ords long, and the name, age and
address of tho writer must accompany
each article.
(3) Stories must reach the Office of
"1he Call" before the night of Wednes-
day, October IL.
Remember that selection of these sto-
ries will be made aud published in The
CALL one week from next Sunday and the
writer's names used. For the best story a
prize of $40 will be paid. and prize of S.
for the second best.
So. up with the stars and stripes, boys
pitch into the enemy; whip him or surrender
if you think best, then write us all.abnut it,
and The CALL will let the public know
how Young America would fight its ships.
The morning call., 1893-10-04
NOT THE STATES DUTY.
The State Investment Question Be-
fore the Supreme Court.

IOIS luC oupTSIt1e SOuTI.
Arguments were heard before the Su-
preme Court yesterday, sitting in bank. on
the question of the insolvency Of the State
Investment and Insurance Company.
Efforts to bring the concern under the
insolvency laws had been previously de-
feated in the Superior Court by Attorney
General Hart. who had brought an action
il the name of the PEOPLE of the State OF
California to dissolve the corporation, and
had succeeded in getting Judge Hebbard
to take his view Of the matter and appoint
ex-Judge Van Reynegom receiver of the
bankrupt concern.
The company and the majority of its
creditors filed an appeal to the Supreme
Court from this decision, and the matter
came up for argument yesterday. Ex-
Judge Sullivan made tho principal argu-
ment for tho appellants, representing that
in all such cases the insolvency laws were
the only ones in force. and that both the
bankrupt concern and its creditors desired
that this should be enforced and that the
Sheriff should remain in possession of the
company'S property.
Against this Hart commanded that the
State Legislature had provided for all in
surance corporations, and that the insolv-
ency laws had no power in such case.
The only measure that could be taken was
the immediate dissolution of the concern
and the distribution Of its assets among
the creditors by the State.
Several OF the Justices, chiefly Chief
Justice Beatty, argued with Hart over his
contention, the prepoDderance of opinion
seeming to incline toward the power Of the
creditors to direct themselves in what way
tine concern that owed them mouey should
be wound un. The States obligation, con-
tended the Chief Justice, would surely end
at the declaring Of the company dissolved.
Eventually the matter was taken under
advSement.
The morning call., 1893-10-04
THE PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS.

The Parliament of Religions at Chicago
has adjourned after being twenty days in
session. During this period professors of
almost every known faith were heard in a
kindly tolerant spirit. The lesson of the
parliament will be to temper the zeal Of
proselytism. 1t will not shake the faith Of
those who recognize in Christianity the
purest form of communion between man
and his Maker. But it Is within the bounds
OF probability that some Christians may
have learned the lesson OF charity in new
light; and that, as we all remember, was
set by the great Teacher above all the
virtues.
When, few years ago. Morgan Dix.
rector of Trinity in New York, took the
lead in a movement for the union of all
Protestant churches, while equally pious
and sincere ministers of Christ formed
plans for the reunion Of the Protestant
and Catholic churches, ssgacious prslate
raised the objection that religion owed its
The morning call., 1893-10-04
THE CITY'S HEALTH.
A Good Showing Made During the
Last Fiscal Year.

A Good Showing Made During the
Last Fiscal Year.
The annual report of the Board OF Hath
was filed with the Supervisors yeser-
day.
Realth Officer Keeney in the reprt
says:
hope, as soon as the proper appliances fv
the destruction of garbage are put INTO opefs
tion and the disease e-breeding dumps arr
abolished, as also the proper lnspe ctlon Oh MIX
is begun aud restrictive measures iof us saie
carried out, We will find greater decrease IL
The deaths from Zymotic causes. Inc Idiilne
of in the death-rate is due III measure 10 lhe
generous cooperation of your honorable boarc
of Supervisors and the SuporlDtenueht "
Streets; also that OF the Chief OF Poiice. Iht
city was threatened for some months wltD al
epidemic OF smallpox, but by prompt metnods
of isolation, vaccination and disinfectanIs Il
was averted.
The report shows that the health OF the
city during the last year has been un'
usually good. One of the features of the
report is that there were 367 deaths
during the year from violence. The tota
mum Der of deaths was 6061. decrease ol
$50 on the record of the previous year.
The total number of births recorded
during the year was 1889.
The morning call., 1893-10-04
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Mrs. Ulysses S. Grants memoirs will not
be published during the authors life.
The Duke of Westminster owns by far
the most valuable collection OF plato OF any
person in England.
When DR.. w. Seward Weob's new home
in the Adirondacks is completed 1t will
have cost $1.500.000, and will probably be
the finest private residence in America.
Mrs. Blount, the ex-Commissioner's
wife, says that some of the native women
she met in Honolulu were as cultivated
and refined as any women she ever saw.
1t may interest admirers of Whittier TO
learn that Maine investigator who
searched his poems. stanZa by stanZa.
found f0rty-nine flowers mentioned by him.
Mrs. Alan Gardner has been making q
record in India In the pig-sticking line.
She mas also done great things shooting
and spearing panthers and hunting chee-
tabs.
Mrs. Kenna. widow of Senator Kenna.
who died poor last year, has been ap-
pointed PostmlstreSs at Charleston. w.
Va, and his son has been made page IN
the Senate.
The Princess of Wales. often picks up
dusty little tots on the road near Sand
ringham, and. placing them in her own
carriage. has them delivered At the humble
homes OF their grateful parents.
Mrs. P. w. Farmer. who lives near West
Plains. Mo-. wrote a carriers address for
Mark Twain (Mr. Clemens) when he car
ried for the Hannibal Courier. She is a
cousin of Alice and Phoebe Cary.
The morning call., 1893-10-04

for the sake of protection from its chief
destroyer. man. The whale catch this
year is wholly unprecedented in the an
mails of the whaling fleets. Scoresby re-
cords greater catch than was reported
last year. but this season surpasses any
successes on record. Actually eighteen
vessels have captured 1913 whales and four
of these have 1913. The Narwhal has
forty-one whales and the Balaena thirty
one. This is marvellous luck. Perhaps
the profits would have been greater had
there been fewer. Bone can hardly keep
up its high price unless in some mysterious
way fashion comes to its aid by providing
an extended use. Now that the habitat of
the more wary bowhead has been dis
covered its numbers will soon be thlnned
out and then bone may be in the ascend
The morning call., 1893-10-04
BROTHERHOOD OF LABOR.
P. Hardiman Convicted of Battery
Upon the Sergeant at. Arms.


The Brotherhood Of Labor was largely
represented in Judge Lows court yester-
day morning. when P. Hardiman, the
orator. was charged with battery upon the
sergeant-st-arms at an open meeting on
Thursday night last. Hardiman had pre-
viously been expelled from the brother
hood. but attended the meeting in question
with small American flag wrapped round
his hat
AS SOON as his presence was observed a
resolution was put to the meeting and car
RED that he be expelled. Hardiman pro-
tested, and claimed that be had a right to
be present, as it was an open meeting.
His protests were of no avail. and the
sergeant-at-arms was instructed to give
pr0mbt effect to the resolution. Hardi-
man resisted, and during the scuffle he bit
the sergeant-at-arms In the eye.
A large nun ber of witnesses were exam
ined, and the Judge convicted the defend
ant and ordered him to appear for sentence
this morning. Hardiman, who conducted
his own defense. gave verbal notice of
appeal.
The morning call., 1893-10-04
Marine Items,

j. n. Knowles rdicues the story told oil
Captain Porter of the Newport havin G
been rs far north as 81 degrees. He says
that "a degrees is as far north as the
wbaler got.
Repairs to the Alcatraz fogbell have been
completed. and the bell will be working
during thick weather from now on.
Captain S. b. Randall. who has been SC
long in command of the tug Coils, has re.
signed. His successor is Captain W. G..
Downing.
Captain jerome Jameson has been ap-
pointed master of the tour-masted schooner
Spokane, vice Brandanberg.
The morning call., 1893-10-04

in the Republican forces. The Republican
party under the Kelly and Crimmins lead
had become so obnoxious that the bulk of
the Republican party went over to the
Nom Partisans. Had the Democrats voted
as they shouted the Non-Partisans would
have elected their entire ticket. But at the
last moment the Democrats fell into line
and voted the Democratic ticket nearly
straight.
The morning call., 1893-10-04

and lef. an estate valued at some $50. 600.
consisting of real estate in ian Francisco
and also in France. By his will he be-
queathed his San francisco property to
two sisters. Mrs. Luro and Ms. Devpzac,
while his French property wers to Emile
Luro. John M. Byrne of Sal Francisco
was left sole executor of the wiz
The present contestant clainsthat three
weeks before his death Bernisformally
revoked his will and that he dad intes-
tate. The will In question was txecuted
ten years ago and was found amng Ber-
MIS- papers when he died.
The morning call., 1893-10-04
THE WHALERS IN LUCK.

The very remarkable whaling successes
this season in the Arctic are an indication
ginning operations at the earliest possi-
Bile date is by far the best. 1t seems
now to be proved that the bowhead, far
from being extinct, has only developed a
moderate reasoning faculty and has re-
sorted to comparatively inaccessible waters
The morning call., 1893-10-04
BUCKLEY AT A DISTANCE.

Christopher A. Buckley in New York is
not dreaded by San Francisco Democrats
How it will be when the great Democratic
chief arrives in San Francisco remains to
be seen. 1t is not perhaps that Buckley is
30 much moro adroit as a manager than
the Democrats who have tried to run the
party in his absence as that the rank and
Gle of the party have more confidence In
ais ability. Tie partial success of the
Democrats last year was gained by split
The morning call., 1893-10-04
A Notable Wedding.

Edward LAWYER Burchard, only son of
Hon. Fl. c. Burchard. formerly member of
Congress and late Director of the Mints,
who is a nephew of Mr.. A. nj. LAWYER of
this city. will be married to-day in Free
port. ILL.,, to daughter of Judge Z. P.
Barton.
The morning call., 1893-10-04
Stanford's Large Estate.

An inventory of the estate of the late
Leland Stanford has been prepared for the
appraisers, who will commence at once to
fix the valuation of the various properties.
1t is stated by the exccutrix that the in
ventory does not include all the property
belonging to the estate, there being other
property in the hands Of e. p. Huntington,
but that so far no accounting of this can
be got from that gentleman. Legal steps
will be taken to compel him to surrender
the property.
The morning call., 1893-10-04

ur VISITORS TO THE WORLDS FAIR will
Hnd THE CALL on sale at the newsstands in the fol
lowing hotels: Palmer House, Auditorium Hotel,
Riggs, House. Clifton House, Commercial House,
CarIt House Grand Pacl fc Hotel Sherman House,
leland House, Northern Hotel, Richelieu Hotel
fremont House, Virginia Hotel and Wellington
At WASHINGTON. D. C.-Ths Willard, Arlir
top Ebbitt and Shoreham Hotels.
The morning call., 1893-10-04
.1esCRIPTIoN RATES:

DAILY CALL dncluding sundays, s6 per year oy
mail postpaid 10 cents per week. or 65 cents per
calendar month, through carriers. DA6t4 CALL' aII
fxe comics three months, $6 20. SUNDAY CALL,
Al so ner YEAR postpaid. SUNDAY CALL ah9 q
WEEKLY CALL, $3.50 per year, postpaid. " EEhAi
CALL, 81 per year postpaid.
THE CALL cannot return rejected manuscripts
nor will the editor enter into correspondence re-
The morning call., 1893-10-04
PUBLICATION OFFICE:

b25 Montgomery street, near Clay, open until II
O'clock p NJ BRANCH OFFICES; 10 Market
street near Kearny. open until IL o'clock midnight
SSs Hayes street. open until $50 O'Clock; 6o3 LarAn
street open until 80 clock Nv. corner sixteenth
and Miss'o streets. onen until o'elocS; 1oio
Mission street. open until clock; and 116 Ninth
street, open until so o'clock.
The morning call., 1893-10-04
."Mrs. Winsiow,s soothing syrupo

Has been used over fifty years by millions OF
mothers for their children while reething with
perfect success 1t soothes the child. softens the
Gums. allays Pain. cures Wind Colic regulates the
Bowels and is the best remedy for DiarrhGas
whether arising from teethng or other causes.
For sale by Druggists in every part OF the world
Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup. Csc bottle.
The morning call., 1893-10-04
Another Will Contest.

Jules Alphonse Devezac has fled con.
test in the Probate Court praying for re-
vocation OF probate OF the will of his late
uncle. Gauderic Bernis, who died October
27. 1892
BerniS Was native Of Malsbat, France,
The morning call., 1893-10-04
Phillips Rock Island Excursions

Ph1ilips' Rock Island Excursions
Leave San Francisco every Wednesday and Satur
DAY via Rio GRANDE AND Rock ISLAND RVS
through tourist sleeping cars to Chicago and Bos
ton. Manager and porter accompany these excur
sions through to Boston. For tickets sleeping car
accommodations and further Information address
CLINTON JONES, General Agent Rock Island Ry.
30 Montgomery street. San Francisco.
The morning call., 1893-10-04
Now is the Time to visit the worla,.

NOW Is the Time to Visit the WorId,s
Fair.
Commencing Friday, September l, the fare to
Chicago and return via the Union Pacific will be
$50. - ~
The Union Pacific is the only line ru,nin.
through Pullman seeping-cars and dinino-cars
San francisco to Chicago. without Change, In
three and half days.
All tickets good via Salt Lake City and Denver.
for seeping-car accommo modatIons and tickets
can on d. W. Hitchcock. general agent. No. 1
montgomery street. San Francsco: F. r. ELS
worth, agent, 913 Broadway. Oakland: or G. F..
Herr, agent, 22s South Spring street. Los Angeles.
Cal.
The morning call., 1893-10-04

# Call subscribers ,rho intend leaning
the city 'oiU notify the business office OF
their change of address the paper auiH be
5ortuorded to them regularly.
The morning call., 1893-10-04

The "igilant has probably set The fashion
for bronze bottoms. Some of Uncle Sans
warships are to try them on the recon M en-
dation of a naval officer.
The morning call., 1893-10-04

~ would like to proclaim the value of Hood,.
Sa1saparilla from the top of the highest peaks
with voice strong enough for the whole earth to
hear it." j. B. HoRNBEcK, Harpersville N Y
The morning call., 1893-10-04
NoTTCEI

T.. Any Of our patrons oobo fail to find THE
MORNING GALL for sale By trainboys
aUiu confer q fauor By notifying this office
>G the fact, naming the date and train.
The morning call., 1893-10-04
THE MORNING CALL

Has a larger Circulation than any
other newspaper published IN San
FRANCISCO.