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The morning call., 1893-12-04
DISCOUNTS OF ATHLETIC SPORTS

The objections that have been urged
against prlZe-fghtiBg are that it is brutal;
that 1t encourages gambling and tends to
disorderly conduct. There is a general
agreement that these points are we'll
taken. 1t follows that athletic sports that
are encouraged by educational institu-
tions, either directly or indirectly, should
be free from he.taiBt that attaches TO pu-
gilistic sports. A writer in The Nation
enumerates some of the casualties that
occurred in single game of football
played by two Eastern college teams. One
of the teams was so roughly handled that
only two of the men were able to appear
for some days. 'Three had broken legs !:
two broken arms; one man carried from
the field with terrific cut in his head and
blood running profusely over his clothing !;
one nose broken; one man now hanging
between life and death; one man killed."
In priZe-fghts only two persons are in
jured, and even If they are killed there is
no appreciable loss to society; but If in a
game of football considerable percentage
of players are injured. some permanently,
besides the loss to themselves there is
positive loss to society. The victims are
young men of promise. They have per-
feet physical endowmen;s. A hundred
successful games will not make amends
for one cripple for life. 1t may be said
that such games as baseball and football
are theoretically free from all such objec-
tions. Then more is the pity that they are
not practically free. Baseball, for ins
stance, is manly sport, and kept within
reasonable limits it is worthy of all en-
couragement; but after awhile the money
making and gambling tendencies were ap-
parent Thousands of dollars were COL
lected as gate money; spectators hired
teams and Ditted them against other
teams. Money was staked on the result.
Baseball-players drew salaries and trav-
eled about the country giving exhibitions.
There was not much brutality, but the
athletic game rapidly degenerated into a
mere show for money. The SPECTATORS
and shOwmen had vulgarized and demoraI-
lied the game. Then its popularity began
to wane.
Football then became the favorite game.
With the increase of enthusiasm there was
also an incl ease of excrescences. On one
occasion when game was played be-
tween two Eastern college teams it was
reported that after nigbtfall they "painted
the town red." The disorders and breaches
OF the peace were the subject of general
complaint on the part of orderly citizens.
whenever 1t appears that any athletic
sport encouraged by educational institu-
The morning call., 1893-12-04
COMING SILVER.

A proposition is now under discussion to
80 change the constitutions of several
States as to authorize the State to coin sill
yer and declare the coin a legal tender
Colorado and Texas are the States which
lead the movement. The POpulists pro-
fess TO find their authority for State coin
age in the last section of the first article
to the Federal constitution, which provides
that no State shall ''coIB m oney. emit
bills of credit. make anything but gold
and silver coin legal tender in payment
OF debts" But this section seems TO be
conclusive of The purpose of the constitu-
tion to withhold the right of coinage from
otates When a State is denied the right
to make anything but gold aud silver coin a
legal tender, it presumably has the right to
MAKE gold and silver coin legal tender. but
thls Goes not carry the right to coin either
gold or silver. What 1t does carry is the
right TO make silver dollars coined by the
United States legal tender within a
State. Ii several States should band to-
gether to make silver legal tender in
each and all, IL is not easy to see how Con-
gress could prevent such use of silver.
But the silver States would thereby estab-
lisb for themselves conditions that could
be enforced only in States that become
The morning call., 1893-12-04

tions Is not favorable to physical, moral
and intellectual culture. then there is good
ground for both criticism and restraint on
the part OF educators them selves. This
limitation may only 90 to what are recog-
nized as hurtful excuses. For instance,
why should as large a per cent of those
engaged in a game of football be manned
as are manned in battle? Complete sta
tistics have not been gathered, save in a
few Instances. as to games. But if par
ticular cases might be pointed out, when
an army after hot battle did not have
greater ratio of men put out Of service
than were put out in an "atnletic game"
would there not be some good occasion to
call for a revision OF the sport?
That Is the point that many are>now
pressing. They believe In all healthy ath-
letic games. They want them maintained
on high ground so that they shall be &C
cessories of the best training. rather than
for the cultivation Of cripples. That Is
the way that many are now looking at the
question, even after they have enjoyed the
game as spectators. The gladiatcrial con-
test. the bullfght and the dog-fght will
always be enjoyed by the element which
loves brutality. But that is not a good
reason why any such tendencies should be
encouraged or grated on TO any system of
education. The humane element should
have the mastery. The plea is not for the
dropping of any athletic game, but for the
elimination of eXcesses. so that it shall be
maintained on high and unimpeachabl
ground
The morning call., 1893-12-04
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Ex-Postmaster Wanamaker is suffering
from grip.
London has gone wild over a new pianist
from Austria. His name is Weiss and his
hair is no longer than Paderewskfs.
Bishop Ethelbert Talbot of Wyoming
and Idaho is visiting friends in Baltimore
he tells interesting stories of life among
the miners in the West.
General Lew Wallace says he was six
years In writing his prince of India"
He consulted many books, out only one
personals wife-in reference to the work
w. d. Howells is said to have enough
literary work mapped out and contracted
for for the next year TO assure him, with
the roy yalties on his published books, an in
come OF $4,000
George b. Mcclellan, son of Little
Mac" is % years of age and a favorite of
Tammany Hail. There is said to be a
probability that he will be New York
City's next candidate for Governor.
Neal Dow of Portland Me-, known as
the Apostle of temperance" will be 90
years old on March 20, 1894. and temper
ance societies all over the world will unite
In celebrating the anniversary OF his BIRTH
William r. Smith. who for many years
has been the superintendent of the Botan-
ical Gardens in Washington, has, 1t is said,
personally directed the planting of more
than 100000 trees in different parts of
the United States.
The morning call., 1893-12-04
ANOTHER TRANSFER ORDER
Market-Street Cable and Fourth.
Street Car Exchane es.

By an order of the consolidated street
railway companies. which went into effect
yesterday, additional transfer facilities
have been accorded patrons travelling in
the southern part of the city.
Transfers will be issued from the
Fourth street horSecar line at Fourth and
Market streets TO the cable cars on the
latter going toward the ferry only, and
from the Market-street cable lines TO the
Fourth-street hoTsecars going south only.
Transfers will also be exchanged with the
Mission-street hOrsecar line at Fourth
and Mission to the cars on the latter going
west only. At Fourth and Folsom the
FOurth-street cars will also transfer to the
Folsom-stre horsecar line, either direc-
tion. Transfers will also be given to the
Potrero and Bay View bobtai-car line at
Fourth and Townsend streets. The pa
irons Of the latter system will hereafter
be enabled to transfer to either the Fourth
street or Fifih-street car lines. A saving
in time 10 the travellers from these south
ern sections will also result. as by the
change allowed to the Fourth-street cars
several blocks and considerable time are
saved.
The morning call., 1893-12-04

Our Society Blue Book for season OF 1S93-94
has just been published by Charles G. Haag,
179 Crocker building.
Upon inspection tie eye ls struck with the
elegant appearance OF the volume, bound In the
latest fad of onehalf blue and white.
Another look reveals uniformity, good and
clear looking typographical work, and the in-
formation conveyed on pale-blue leaves is set
forth IN generally attractive manner. The
scope covered is as large as usual, with several
improvements. Besides containing the direc-
tory Tor The principal cities OF the coast. the
best local clubs and societies, with the mem.
btrs and their addresses, are noted, together
with The personnel OF the press, list of hotels
and permanent guests, diagrams OF all leading
theaters, shopping guide and business refer
ence-all useful information to the class for
which il Is intended.
The headline index as part /, ''San Fran.
CISCO; part III, Arrangement by Streets"
etc, Is a particular improvement. which will be
generally appreciated. The neat typographical
work by III. S. Crocker Company, 215 Bush.
For sale at all bookstores. Price, So.
The morning call., 1893-12-04
THRIVING RICHMOND.
Work on the New Cable Line Is
Well Advanced.

Work on the extension of the Ferries
and Cliff House Railways Sacramento
street line to he park through Richmond
is being prosecuted in very speedy man
ner. Yesterday men were in force at work
at arious points. no attention being paid
to Sunday. SO eager is the railroad COM
pany to push the cable extension.
The trenches have been opened on Sixth
avenue as far as Point Lobos avenue and
the cable roadbed has been put in on Sac
ramento street to First avenue, on Lake
street as far as Sixth avenue and Oh the
latter two blocks to Clement street.
The eXcavating for the ca BILE trenches
has been stopped at Point Lobos and Sixth
avenues, owing to the fact that the latter
is not graded from Point Lobos to D street
-four blocks. There is considerable to
do to bring the avenue up to the street
grades and a large quantity of filling will
have to be done. Work on making the
street SO that the cable can be extended TO
d street and the park has been commenced.
The sandhils in the vicinity will furnish
plenty of material for the work.
The morning call., 1893-12-04

and 1t contained mass of family relics
wnlch had been hidden away ana forgot
ten. A Bible lay on top and gave the
name OF the possessor. There were let
ters. miniatures. locks Of hair. ana many
other relics of dead children and friends
wnicn bad been treasured by some one
now also still in death. The American
tenants took the trouble TO search out the
relatives and hand over the relics. What
a Iamiiy history they had at hand Ior
fascinating romance!
Prince Alexander of Batten berg. who
was Prince of Bulgaria. and showed re-
markabe qualities as wise ruler and able
soldier, made the error of his life when be
married Fraulein Loisinger. the opera
singer. His marriage with the Princess
Victoria, sister of the German Emperor,
was prevented by Bismarck. but with the
ex-Chancellor's downfall the opposition
melted away, and at last the consent of
the Emperor William was gained. The
matcn was ardently desired by the late
emperor Frederick and the Empress, and
also by Queen Victoria, whose daughter.
Frlncess Beatrice, is married t" the
Prince's brother, Henry of Battenberg
PriEce Alexander had a romantic mar
Tlage, after five or six weeks cOurtShip at
Mentone, where he passed as cotton
spinner from Heidelberg. Unfortunately
he bad not long enjoyed his welded bliss.
he had doubtless become thoroughly tired
OF worldly ambition when he married the
Fraulein.
The terrific bombardments going on at
Rio lately have been somewhat exagger-
ated In their consequences. The firing was
mostly Wild. If we may judge of the
effects on foreign vessels in the harbor.
Small boats and launches went to and fro
much as usual, with the shot whizzing be-
tween DE Mello's ships and the shore bat
terles, and the latter had no trouble in
getting provisions and vegetables. The
foreign war vessels, having the RESPONSE
6lity of keeping their crews cheerful
organized races In the harbor. and the con-
tests were conducted with irrepresslble
spirit. When collisions occurred in round
ing the stakeboats there were Outbursts of
sailors language in many tongues.
James G. Blaine deserves monument,
but he already has it in the work he per-
formed with such courage and ability for
his country. One in chiseled stone or
monumental bronzs would be artistic
recognition of his eminence, but If it were
in Washington to-day it could not spread
his name or fame further than it is. The
apathy with which all proposals for ma
tional comnemOrations of this character
are received contrasts strangely with the
enthusiasm and brilliancy of numerous
general commemOrationS at Chicago DUR
ing the fair. General Grants monument
was long time doubtful realization, and
Mr. Blaine's is even in worse case, for
only S115 has been subscribed since last
spring. One useful way of commemorate
ing statesmen and other public men would
be to found a national portrait gallery and
take care that only the eminent obtained
place therein.
The morning call., 1893-12-04

Sutro bathhouses, down at the navi,io,
around the lIfe-savlng station. tbronrh ~
grounds on Satro Heights and alono tho tho
newly opened beach road was one ce,t,r' tme
uous string OF vehicles of all descrinti"ns
men on horseback. bicyclists and naa' o.
trians. The new driveway on ths p' peoss
although not yet completed, has becoo,.,
very popular with the owners Of horaono ono
it follows the beach and gives an nnhroI,o as
view of the ocean from the pavilion iosll
distance beyond and around the life-sauuG;nng uGng
station.
On he beach many little lunche. No.
noticed spread here and there upon "1s ths
sand, while those who partook of tbano
lolled about in un6ignified, but comforta
BILE positions, upon the same cushion snn
piled by nature.
From the Cliff Honse verandas In ,bo
rear and from various points of yantsgo
along the beach little and big knots OF iS50
terested spectators cOngregated and viewad
the wrecked City of New York with glassas
and the naked eye as she lay plainly yisi.
bic against the dark background of the
point beyond her. Few signs of life were
visible aboard Of her and the position In
which she lay has not materially changed
from that of month ago.
The kodak fraternity were out in force
ana TOOK snapshots at about everything
conceivable upon the earth or in the
waters. Along the road leading from the
Clln House road station down to the
pavilion vendors of peanuts. candy aud
more lndigestible articles Of food, divided
nonors with the strength-tester, the
fortune-teller and the hurdy-gurdy woman
IN their scramble for the Elusive nickel.
Good progress is being made on the
Sutro bathhouse and the Olympic salt
water works.
AT the former the Cliff and Ferry has
run two surveys for the purpose of locating o
track for the continuation of its line. but
the matter has not yet been settled. The
wharf which the saltwater works COM
pany Will construct, it Is said, will be
elevated so that il will not interfere with
travel on the beach.
Returning home by way of the Park and
Ocean and Haight-street lines, the great
est crowd was encountered at the innction
of the two. A dozen cars were strung
along awaiting chan ce to enter the turn
table prior to the return trip, all of them
loaded. There seemed no perceptibIe
diminution of the crowd for the half-hour
or more which reporter stood and
watched il, although all the lines were
handling an enormous mum Der of people,
The morning call., 1893-12-04
A KIND OF FLANK MOVEMENT

IL the Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune is well informed the ad-
ministr alton has at last discovered Ha-
waIian policy. 1t should be borne In mind
that both Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Gresham
rejected the Harrison policy of annexation,
because the Queen had not been consulted
on the dethrOnement proposition. The Pro-
vjsonal Govern ment has been so rude as
to set up Government without asking the
consent of the head of the Government
thereby to be deposed. Mr.. Cleveland
proposes now to place the Queen back on
her throne and then to suggest the propri-
ETY. Of abdication. If the Queen does not
take kindly to the suggestion, half a million
American dollars will be displayed as
convincing argument that Mr.. Cleveland
and Mr.. Gresham know better than she
what is for her good. Under this policy,
II such it can be called. the Hawaiian uues-
tion is much simplified. It is simply a
question whether the Queen can be in
duced to accept a sum of money to retire
The good Of the people of the United
States is not considered, neither Is the
well-beiDg of the people of the islands
The grea. act of justice which Mr.. Cleve-
land and the administration have on hand
is to see that the Queen has her throne or
the price Of 1t. The only interest kept in
view is that OF the Queen. 1t is not prob
able that this Washington gossip is more
than straw to ascertain the direction and
force of public opinion. II cannot be that
either Mr.. Cleveland or Mr.. Gresham sim
cerely propose to make the personal de-
sres of deposed Queen the pivot upon
which turns so grave a matter as the an
nexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the
United States.
The morning call., 1893-12-04

According to the report Of the Secretary
of the Interior the Indians are benefiting
by civilization, such as they have it, by
increasing in numbers. This is contrary to
the received opinions. but ascertained
facts override assumptions. There are
now over 250. 200 red men in the country.
What their number was a century ago
before the West was opened up is very
mu ch matter of conjecture. They were
certainly not nearly as numerous as the
buffalo at that time. The reasons for the
ADVANCE Of the Indians numerically are
precisely those which operate IN British
India. The inte rtr bal wars have ceased,
and in peace. and for the most part with
food In abundance. the red men are adapt
ing themselves to a new life, In which
hunting is only subsidiary and tie nomad
tendency is diminishing. The success of
number Of the tribes in agriculture is re-
markable. Time is wearing out the strain
OF savagery in the aboriginal stock, and
fifty years hence the red man, except In
physiognomy, may hardly be distinguish
able from other citizens.
A good deal of sympathy may be felt
for the domestic affections of Miss Gould.
She pays the penalty of being wealthy
and the daughter of a man fabulously
wealthy. A mansion At Tarrytown such
as millionaire alone can afford to keep
up is. after all, scarcely habitable owing
to worry. Servants are not enough to give
comfort. There must also be a guard of
police, dozen strong. watching day and
night, and even then apprehension is lot
bHnished. Every person who approaches
the 10 mansion is suspect, and Miss Gould
seems to have a life little happier than the
Gar, who sees nihilst stalking in every
shadow and his doom in a falling leaf.
The cranks and the covetous, who are
nearly as bad, are responsible for this ter.
rorism, and there are no means of obtain
ing emancipation from the nuisance. To
live at all means constant vigilance. There
Is no bribing the horde into truce. Such
are the penalties of wealth. There is more
comfort in modest competence.
Two American ladies recently took a
house 10 Grosvenor square, London, which
had belonged to Lord bennington. In a
large bedroom over the drawiDg-room was
a closed door. The new tenants got a
locksmith to open it and made a discov-
cry. The place had not seen the light of
day for generations. A newspaper of
sixty years ago was among the contents.
Beneath some old chintz coverings an iron
casket Was found fastened to the floor,
The morning call., 1893-12-04
MONEY AND LABOR.

Eastern papers are teamipg with figures
showing large surplus of money In banks.
This condition Is not peculiar TO New
York, but Is shown, perhaps to less de-
gree, by other Atlantic cities. At the same
time great destituti0n is said to prevail in
Chicago and Detroit, and there is no rea-
son to suppose that the poor in these two
cities are much worse off than in neigh
boring cities. 1t is evident, therefore.
that both money and mon are idle. Labor
cannot operate without capital, and capt.
tai prefers to remain idle.
When during the political campaign of
1852 protectionlst journals predicted as a
result OF Tree trade the condition which a
prospect of greatly reduced duties has
brought upon us only the thoughtful few
comprehended the basis upon which the
prediction was made. That a removal of
duties on some products and a reduction
OF duties on Others would cause mills to
shut down was loosely held to be an exag-
GRAFTON imagined for campaign purposes
Aud yet, what more natural? Free-traders
anticipate q large increase in revenue un-
der the lower tariff, which can only be pus-
sible under greatly Increased importations
And If foreign mills are dumping their
goods into the United States under the
lower tariff law what remains for Ameri-
can mills to do? The alternative is to pro-
dpce goods so cheaply that foreign mills
will be unable to sell their goods even un-
der the lower duties or not to produce at
all. The latter is possible only to lim-
tied extent. Men must work. Under this
pressing necessity wages quickly 60 to the
point at which work can be- mad. The idle
money and iule men will get to work in
time, but the rates of wages will depend
much upon what Congress may do this
winter
The morning call., 1893-12-04
The Overland FLYER.

The Union Pacific is the only line running new
Pullman double drawing-room sleepers and din
ing cars. San Francisco to Chicago, without
change, IL three and one-haIf days. All tickets
good via Salt Lake City and Denver.
Select tourist excursions every Tuesday and
IN hursday in charge of managers
steamship tickets on sale to and from al points
in Europe.
FOR sieeping-car accomm odations and tickets
eai on d. w. Hitchcock general agent Mont
gomery street, San Francisco; f. X. Ellsworth.
agent, SlS Broadway, Oakland. CAL: or &. +. Herr
229 South Spring street. Los Angeles. Cal.
The morning call., 1893-12-04

party to the agreement The note Of a
bank in one of the silver States would not
be good out of those States. The currency
of such bank could have only local circu-
lation. 1t is quite likely that before Con-
gress adjouTns the silver forces will be
strong enough to warrant reliance upon
national legislation to restore silver to its
former standing as money.
The morning call., 1893-12-04
PUBLICATION OFFICE :

525 Montgomery street, near Clay, open until IL
o'clock P NJ BRANCH OFFICES: 10 Market
street near Kearny. open until IL o'clock midnight;
$50 Hayes street open until $50 o'clock; sos Larkin
street open until so clock; SW. Sixteenth
and Nilsson streets. until O'Clock; 25lS
Mission street, open until O'clock and 116 Ninth
street open until 8: 80 o'clock
The morning call., 1893-12-04

urvIsIToRS TO THE WORLDS FAIR will
and 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 fc Hotel Sherman House,
LELAND House, Northern Hotel. Richelieu Hotel,
fremont House, Virginia Hotel and Wellington
Hotel
AT WASHINGTON D. C-The Willard, Airing
ton, Ebbitt and Shoreham Hotels.
The morning call., 1893-12-04
The Argonauts to Feast.

The society of Argonauts, which was
organized some time ago by California
ploneers who objected 10 the time limit
fixed by the Californi ia Society of Pioneers,
IS to enjoy the hospitality of its president,
Edward Holland, at banquet this even
Ing at the Commercial Hotel.
The morning call., 1893-12-04

celvable kin6 of novelty, which will be-
forwarded when the time comes for placing
exhIblts. The people who have made
these preparations are loudest in their de-
mands that there shall be a humboldt
building.
uoVernor Z. I'll. Sheldon OF South Dakota,
In response to an official reouest from the
management of the exposition, has an
nounced his selection of May as South
DakOta's day at the fair.
The morning call., 1893-12-04
Northern Pacific RaiIroad.

The rates are much lower via Portland, Ia
coma and Northern Pacific Railroad. to st.
Paul. Chicago and all Eastern points than via
any other route. L. X. Staieer, general agent
63S Market street, San Francisco.