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The morning call., 1893-06-20
THE TIDE TURNING.

Upon sober second thought some of our
Eastern contemporaries have modified
their views in respect to the Chinese regis
tration act. II does not seem to be so bad
as their fancy had painted. For example,
the New York Mail and Express, which at
first seemed to regard the registration act
as about the same as a deportation act,
now considers the act kind of breach of
courtesy. 1t is not placing Chinese quite
on level with American citizens. To
quote its own words:
The San Francisco CALL does not agree with
the Mail and Express on the subject of Chinese
exclusion. THE CALL, for instance, does not
think that the deportation of the Chinese will
be much of a hardship to them, although II
must be aware of the fact that many OF them
have formed ties here which make our country
their only home. The registration provision of
the Geary law, according TO THE CALL, is no
more OF a hardship on the Chinese than the
statute requiring citizens TO register before they
can vote. With the citizen registration is a
voluntary proceeding. If he does not register
he Is not driven into exile. The registration
qualities him 10 vote. and when he registers he
does not do AN ignominlous thing, but exercises
right.
1t is true that the American citizen who
does not register is still allowed to remain
in the country. Registration is not con-
sidered an ignominous thing for tho reason
that the act is but the exercise of right
The Chinese might take the same view of
the Chinese registration act. Registering,
according to its requirements, would be
the exercise of right which Congress has
graci0usly granted them. The right to re-
main in the United States is one that
should be appreciated. Chinese who do
not consider it worth the trouble an
American citizen voluntarily undertakes
as condition of suffrage are simply re-
quired to go. Our New York contempo-
rary is much mistaken in The belief that
many Chinese have formed ties here which
The morning call., 1893-06-20
A FINANCIAL SHOCK.

The lecture on municipal law which ex-
Justice Thornton read to the Finance
Committee of the Board of Supervisors on
Saturday night threw the committee into
a state of mind. Mr.. Thornton sim ply
read section of the State constitution
and a paragraph from a Supreme Court
decision and reminded the committee
that the constitution had not been re-
pealed nor the decision reversed. The
result was that the committee understood
that they could not break their dollar
limit pledge in order to meet the deficit
Incurred by the last administration If they
wanted to. The decision says that the
deficit of one year could not be paid from
the revenues of a succeeding year. The
only way to pay deficits was to submit the
proposition to pay to the people. The
constitution requires a two-thirds vote on
any proposition to issue bonds or to pay
debts unlawfully incurred. The question
naturally arises if the creditors of the city
have no redress. II the law does not pro-
vide one the logic OF the situation does.
Debts do not incur themselves. There is
always a responsible party somewhere,
and it is this party the creditors must look
10 for their money Every head of a de-
paltHoHt was uuuet JULIUS W couuucI lis
business in accord with the law. Pre-
sumabIy every head of department knew
what the law was. This. however, is only
presumption. There is nothing in the
manner in which city Offices are conducted
to justify it. But law-breakers cannot
plead that they were ignorant Of the law.
Ii they could thefts would be even more
common than they are now. The pebble
which Justice Thornton threw into the
municipal puddle produced considerable
agitation. Its ripples reached from the
Supervisors to the heads of departments
and from the latter to their bondsmen. 1t
is more likely than not that creditors will
have 10 satisfy tho voters that their ac-
counts cannot be collected in any other
way before popular vote will make a
levy valid
The morning call., 1893-06-20
CHOLERA BUT NO SCARE.

Cholera is distinctly getting footing in
number of French towns, especially in
the South and West, and it undoubtedly is
prevalent along the Red Sea on the
Arabian side. Its tendency in propagation
is TO follow lines of travel and to spread
by contact and impure water. The route
taken from the Red Sea to the south of
France is one much travelled. and even if
Russia does not contribute her share of
propagation this year it may be feared
that fresh outbreaks will occur in pro-
vincial France. Paris has recently been
devOting attention to water supply and
sanitary measures and is believed to be
reasonably secure against an epidemic.
Judging from the stream of travel trend
ing from this country to Europe, thoughts
of cholera play very minor part in the
anticipations of the travelling holiday
seeker.
Berlin is in no especial danger. and 1t
suffered little last year. The German
Government is vigiant in guarding against
invasion OF the germs from Russia, and
thus far the sanitarians and medicos are
triumphant. Still. the ports of the world
are open. the railroads carry hundreds of
thousands of passengers daily. Formerly
years were occupied in carrying cholera
from its breeding nest in the delta of the
Hooghly round the globe. and even in
reaching Europe. but now six mon tbs suf-
fee. and all because we have steamships
and the tour of the earth may be made by
the hurry skurry traveller in less than
eighty days. England can hardly hope to
escape. Indeed. one case in London is re-
ported. But England is we'll prepared
both in the cities and rural districts 10 con-
quer the enemy. and the orders recen tly
issued to official medical officers. that they
must not take holiday until late in the
season. are timely and prudent. 1t is un-
fortunate that just when abundance of
pure water is needed long prevailing
dr0ughts should have restricted the avail
able quantity almost to the famine point
and rendered what is procura Bile suspicious.
On the other hand, the cholera bacilli are
rot favored by dry weather. although it
predisposes to other forms of sickness In
the United States there are no abnormal
conditions of season, and the precautions
taken at our various ports will probably
prove adequate to deal with cholera locally,
should it come, and check it from sweep
ing into the interior.
The morning call., 1893-06-20
EVOLUTION OF MILLIONAIRES.

The controversy which has so long been
apprehended between Henry Miller ami
the heirs of the late Charles Lux has at
length broken out and the issues between
them are to be submitted to a court of
law. But the property interests involved
have grown to such enormous proportions
that there was probably no way of dissn-
tangling them except by an appeal to a
court.
When Mr.. Lux died his partner, Mr..
Miller. in kindly furnishing THE CALL
with material for his biography, roughly
estimated the joint estate at S5,000,O00 or
S6000.0 coo, though be added that it might
not fetch SO much al forced sale. 1t is
now supposed to be worth $40. 900, 600, one
half of which belongs to Mr.. Miller and
the other half to the Widow Lux and her
relatives. This prodigious sum is invested
in land and cattle. l. is an eXaggeratiOn
to say, as a newspaper lately did, that
Miller can drive bunch of cattle from the
Arizona border into the State of Oregon
and feed them every morning on his own
grass. But his pastures in this State are
measured by scores of square miles and he
is the owner of nearly equally large tracts
in Arizona, Nevada. Utah, Oregon and
Washington. AS to his cattle, be would
probably answer al inquiry as 10 their
number, as the great st. Louis cattle-hOuse
of Hunter & Evans replied to a similar
question: "Oh! we can't tell how many
head we have, and we really would like TO
know. If you can find out the number, not
to too fine point. but within 1000 or 5000
of the exact figure. we would be obliged
for the information"
The late Charles Lux was one of the
best men who ever came to this State.
He landed in New York friendless, pen
nlless German hoy and drove a butcher
wagon. He carried on a retail butcher
store in this city. Thirty odd years
afterward he died worth half of this enor-
nous estate. But he worked as hard
and was as hail fellow we'll met with his
wagon-dTiyers and every one else after he
became worth millions as he was when he
had not dollar. On the Christmas before
be died he filled an old battered. muddy
wagon with turkeys and drove round de-
livering them at the houses Of his friends,
with kind Christmas greetings, and being
careful, milliona aire though he was. to de-
liver them at the kitchen door. He had
many friends and distributed many tur-
hcyos bO Dc Hdu Hdtu uay
work, but it was worth it to see the smiles
on the faces of the poor women who came
into an unexpected turkey.
Henry Miller, partner of Mr.. Lux dur
ing the life-term of the latter, is just as
modest. unoDtrusive and kind. 1t is of
him that Nordhoff tells the story of the
terms on which he associated with mis-
vaqueros. Meeting them at a rodeo,
where all had collected in a shed in which
seats were scarce, Miller took his on the top
of an upturned barrel. He had occasion to
leave the room. When he returned he
found that one of the vaqueros had taken
possession of his seat. He made no re-
mark. but continued the conversation
standing and leaning against the wall.
The morning call., 1893-06-20
A ROLL OF HONOR.

The New York World says: "The pen
sion roll of the nation should be a roll Of
honor. 1t is not to be tainted with fraud
or corruption. On it should be inscribed
the name of every one worthy the bounty
OF the nation. but no one without claim to
that bounty. Pay countless millions, if
necessary. to the deserving veterans of
the war and the needy families OF those
who have passed away. but nothing to the
sharks. ever eager to prey upon the Goy-
srnlnent."
All this is very fine. The World has
patted certain pensioners on the shoulder
to keep them in good humor, while others
are being accused of fraud. The pension
roll is roll of honor. The creation of it
is the grandest ac. nation ever per-
formed. For the first time IN history the
common soldier has been provided for in
proportion. to his necessities and his SER
vice. Possibly out of the hundreds of thou
sands on the roll few have found place
there which the law did not intend to take
up. But the roll is roll of honor all the
same. Most of them have done good SER
vice and are now suffering for 1t. IL a
small proportion have imposed upon the
authorities much larger proportion have
earned more than ten times as much as
the law gives them. Collectively they
saved the country from dismembermentan and
made sacrifices to preserve conditions un-
der which the sue eeding generation ac-
eumplated thousands Of millions of dol
lars. And the whisky and tobacco tax
pays all and more than the cost of this PEN
sion roll which our Democratic friends
cen slider such hardship
The morning call., 1893-06-20

PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Mrs. Humphry Wards novel, David
Grieve," has been translated into Swedish.
Lieutenant Siegl of the German army
and his wife have gone to Africa to spend
the honeymoon.
Miss Fawcett, the young English woman
of recent ''above the senior wrangler"
fame. has adopted the profession of cleo
trical engineer.
General Longstreet lives in what is de-
scribed as "a white pine bandbox of a
house" near tue ruins of his fine old man
sion. in Central Georgia, which was de-
stroyed by fire few years ago.
One of the teachers of the Buffalo High
School says that Mrs. Cleveland was
neither the brightest nor the dullest of her
class. and produces in evidence certain
French textbooks in which she interlined
the transla ion.
Charles w. Dayton, the new Postmaster
OF New York, whose appointment seems
to suit every one. is the principal owner OF
The Harlem Reporter, society journal.
He is also, what is more important, a
member OF Tammany and an intim ate
friend of Secretary Lamont.
The morning call., 1893-06-20
A SPLENDID SUCCESS.
The Grand Opera-House St. Patrick's 5
Day Celebration.

A meeting of the various societies which
formed the St. Patrick's daY celebration
in the Grand Opera-house. was held on
Sunday afternoon at the K. r. B. Hall to
hear the final report of the treasurer, DR..
j. f. Gibbon.
The gross receipts from the celebration
at the Grand Opera-house amounted to
1882 The expenses were $685. leaving
S1607 as the net amount paid over tn the
Sisters in charge of the MagdaleE asylum.
The result showed splendid management
in every department of the festival
5 tribute to the great executive
ability OF Colonel John O'Byrne. the pres
ident Of the convention, who projected
and directed the man age ment of the affair.
be was presented with beautiful gold
pen and pencil case in behalf of the COR
vention, by NJ. f. Donleavy, the chairman
of the literary committee. A vote of
thanks was unanimously passed to the
press and to the officers of the convention
for the aid and encouragement of the one
and the untiring labors OF the other. The
meeting then adjourned to meet at the call
OF the chairman III January. 1894.
The morning call., 1893-06-20
FIAT MONEY.

There is good deal of point in the opin-
ion expressed by Senator Dubois of Idaho
that the establishment OF the single gold
standard would lead eventually to an issue
of fat money. The utter impossibility of
redeeming any considerable proportion OF
the currency in gold would. In case of
financial cricis, render the issue of fat
money the alternative of national bank
ruptcy. AT the present time bankers
estimate the amount of coin and bullion
that may be coined in the country at 3 per
cent OF the currency. They say this is
enough as long as people have confidence
that they can get coin when they want it.
In other words, SO long as currency passes
from hand to hand it makes little differ
ence whether it has coin basic of per
cent or of 30. The same may be said OF
fat money. So long as its volume was
The morning call., 1893-06-20

gled themselves into the country have
acted on their individual responsibility.
Their Government was not responsible
for them. and would not have interfered
had the American courts punished them
for their violation of law. But when
Chinese officials give laborers certificates
declaring them to be merchants. students
or teachers. the Chinese Government be-
comes responsible. And if the Chinese
Government deliberately violates the
terms of the treaty with the United States.
the Government of the United States will
be fully justified in declaring the treaty
no longer in existence. The classes are
so clearly defined in China that there can
be no mistake between the exempt and
non-eXempt classes.
The morning call., 1893-06-20
WOES OF JURORS.

The jury who have the Borden case In
charge are very strictly tied down by the
laws of Massachusetts in The matter of
recreation and indulgences of any kind.
1t is quite right that they should be en-
jolned not to discuss the trial in any
phase, for they are not in the mood TO
approach conclusive deliberatien until the
Judge has summed up. Perhaps also the
perusal of newspapers is not relaxation
which should be too freely INDUCED if
neutrality and Independence of judgment
are to be preserved. But in every other
respect OF daily habit these jurors are very
strictly regulated. The regulations may
almost be considered irritating. Restric-
tions are applied to the use Of tobacco as
well as LIQUID stimulants. The jurors are,
however, permitted TO Whit a cigar on
their way to court or back to the Parker
House. What contrast to the breadth Of
freedom enjoyed in California, where Gus
pidors are accomm odatingly provided for
rumina ating jurors. Such courtesies do not
interfere with sound reflection on the
merits of case. 1t is indeed more than
probable that little annoyances of depTiva-
tlon tend to exasperate a mind which
otherwise would be calm and cogitative
Too little exercise is another grievance.
The jury must be kept together. and there
are always few men who dislike to walk
and who enjoy nothing so much as q rest
in chair tilted back. Hence those who
dearly love perambulations are sacrificed
10 those who have lost their legs The
theater is not permitted. bat the church is.
and yet because these Borden victims can
not agree upon a place of worship they
must content themselves with separatist
deyotions. A fortnight of this fsh-out- Of
water life is a severe tax upon the human
constitution. and the jurors must be pro-
fouudly glad when their verdict has been
returned
The morning call., 1893-06-20
WILL COME AS GUESTS.

European correspondents of American
journals say that comparatively few Eu-
ropsans are coming to the Worlds Fair.
1t appears that comparatively few Eu-
ropeans can afford to come, and those few
prefer to spend their money in Europe.
Except to an occasional globe-trotter, the
new world has no attraction for the old.
1t is good place to dump paupers upon
and good stroke OF business may be oc-
casionally done by picking out rich Ameri-
can fools to build up impoverished fami-
lies with. But the average well-to-do Eu-
ropean takes little interest in America.
Still, we presume there are quite number
who would condescend to come over as the
guests of this Government.
The morning call., 1893-06-20
LAID TO REST.
The Funeral of George M. Bowers
Yesterday Afternoon.


The funeral of the late George M.
Bowers, who died in this city last Satur-
day, took place from the family residence,
2610 jackson street. yesterday afternoon.
Iu accordance with the wishes of the de-
ceased the service was very simple, only
the family being present.
Mr.. Bowers was one of the oldest
pioneers in this State, and through mining
speculations he amassed considerable
wealth. 1t is said that his income for
some years past has amounted to at least
$1,000 a day. Besides his many invest
ments in California he owned several
mines in Arizona, among them being the
celebrated Cliff and Bonanza mines, which
alone are worth several million dollars
For the past few months the deceased has
been complaining. but not until recently
had he been confined to his bed. There
was no hope for his recovery and death
was momentarily expected for a week
Mr. Bowers was GA years of age and q
native of Maine
The morning call., 1893-06-20
Their Annual Encampment

The First Troop of Cavalry will camp
this year at Healdsburg, the citizens of
that place having subscribed $500 to aid in
defraying the expenses. The encampment
will last one week between July 10 and %.
The San Francisco aud North Pacific Rail-
road Will run excursions to the cam D daily.
The Third Troop Cavalry have had cor
siderable trouble in securing quarters for
thelr weeks outing. Santa Rosa was
thought of. but as the citizens of thai
place failed to offer favorable inducements
they decided to go to San Jose, but the
Garden City residents would not put up
dollar. Finally they negotiated with Ukiah
and found ready purse of $500. The
boys have accepted this offer and. under
the command of Colonel Barry. they will
camp at that place for one week, The
date has not yet been decided upon.
The morning call., 1893-06-20
A DOOR WIDE OPEN.

The action on the part of the Secretary
of the Treasury in admitting Chinese to
whom Chinese Consus may issue certif-
Gates declaring the bearer to belong to
the exempt class opens a wide door for
Chinese laborers to come through. But
the door in one sense may prove to be a
trap. If the Chinese CoDsuls give laborers
certificates declaring them to be of the
exempt class, the Chinese Government
will be responsible. Up to the present
time the Chinese laborers who have snug
The morning call., 1893-06-20

make our country their only home. 1t Is
doubtful if there are ten Chinese in the
country who regard the United States as
their home. Their aim and purpose is TO
get back to China with money enough TO
live upon. Failing in the money part.
they intend to go back anyway before
they die. and if they also fail in that they
want their bones carried back. They are
willing TO give two or three years work to
get into the country. but their idea is that
eight or ten years work will enable them
to return.
The morning call., 1893-06-20
TO THE WORLDS FAIR.

Via the Union Pacific The Overland Flyer
Only 312 Days to Chicago.
The Union Pacific is the only ltne running Pull
man double drawing groom seeping-cars and din
ing-cars, San Francisco TO Chicago, without
change.
Tourist excursion every Tuesday and Thursday,
running through to Chicago without change, in
charge OF a manager.
Passengers allowed stop-over privileges at
Salt Lake City and at Denver.
For full particulars apply to d. W. Hitchcock.
general agent, Montgomery street, San Francis
co; +. R. Ellsworth, agent, 91s Broadway. Oak
land; q. +. Herr. 22s South Spring street, Los
Angeles.
The morning call., 1893-06-20
Epworth League opcial Exoursion 70 the

Epworth League Offjcial Excursion to the
Worlds Fair, Cleveland and Montreal
Leaves San Francisco June 23 under supervision
OF Rev, II. NJ Du Bose, D. D.; William Abbott and
rev. Loyal L. Writ. Sunday at Salt Lake City, for
which a special invitation has been extended and
a special programme has been arranged Side
Trip TO Grays Peak. over the most wonderful Loop
IN the world. The best Colorado scenery Side
TRIP also to Colorado Springs, Manitou and Pixies
feak. Ihe finest and cheapest excursion of the
season. send Tor itinerary and full particulars to
any OF the above named. or to d. W. RITCaCOCK,
general agent. Montgomery st.. San Francisco
The morning call., 1893-06-20
Society Notes.

A concert will be given this evening at
the rooms of the Women's Educational
and Industrial Union, 1924 Sutter street.
The Mystic Forty will give their second
anniversary ball at Odd Fellows Hall this
evening.
Bickerdyke Camp No. 2. Daughters of
Veterans, will give a clothespin psrty AT
Mozart Hall this evening.
Meade Corps No. 81 will give an enter
ta'nment and dance this evening at Social
Hall, 102 OFarrell street.
The morning call., 1893-06-20
PUBLICATION OFFICE:

525 Montgomery street, near Clay, open until II
o'clock p. NJ. BRANCH OFFICES: TO Market
street near Kearny. open until 10 o'clock midnight;
S3s Hayes street open until 80 o'clock 603 Larkin
street open until :}Oo'c clock SW. corner Sixteenth
and Mss streets, onen until O'Clock; 25lo
Mission street. open until O'Clock; and 116 Ninth
street, open until 80 o'clock.
The morning call., 1893-06-20
Phillips, Rock Island Exonrs;on.

Leave san Francisco every Wednesday and satur-
uay 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-c car
accommodations and further information address
CLlNToN JONES General Agent Rock Island Ry.,
80 Montgomery street, San Francisco.
The morning call., 1893-06-20

rE- VISITORS TO THE WORLDS FAIR will
find THE CALL sale at the newsstands in the fol-
lowing hotels: Palmer House. Auditorium Hotel,
Briggs House. Clifton House, Commercial House,
Gault House Grand Pac tic Hotel. Sherman House,
Leland House, Northern Hotel Richeieu Hotel.
fremont House, Virginia Hotel and Wellington
Hotel.
AT WASHINGTON. D. C.-The Willard, Airing
ton Ebbitt and Shoreham Hotels.
The morning call., 1893-06-20
Angostura Bitters-A Suit Decided In


Chancellor Allison of the Chancery Court of
Davidson County. Tennessee delivered an opin-
ion yesterday morning in the case of j. G. B.
Siegert & Sons vs. B. S. Lowenthal & Son The
bill alleged that the latter firm was applying the
name "Angostura" TO a compound it was selling
and that this was. infringement OF the right of
complainants, who are the proprletors of ''Angos-
exclusive of the name "Angostura." The
Chancellor sustained compIainants in their claim,
and enjoins the further selling under the name
"Angostura" by defendants. and orders that an
account be taken of profits arising from such sale
heretofore.
The morning call., 1893-06-20

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