The morning call., 1893-04-04

The Pullman car leases on Chicago trains
are to be raised from SIS to So per day by
the Pullman Company. This means that
the passenger will discover he has TO pay a
few dollars more for sleeping accommoda-
ton than he would II there we're no fair.
The eagerness with which every one who
can make money on the smallest pretext is
raising terms shows that Chicagoans have
not entered upon this absorbing business
merely for amusement or health. At every
turn the visitor viii be reminded that with
ont money his state is utterly fOrlOrn
Those who are well supplied with cash may
submit to the eNtoTtonate rapacity as oae
of the ezcitements Of the visit. hut the
needy will have excitement enough without
cash, and the pleasure will be hard to ex-
plain.
GTuWbling is going on about the manner
in which competent young men in Califor-
MIA have been passed over In the appoint
ments to do survey work In Alaska this
year. Mr.. Nendenhall of the United States
Coast and Ge0detic Survey has selected as
sistance almost exclusively from the East
and ignored the Pacific Coast although
young men OF scientific attainments are
numerous and the eaEerness 10 undertake
such work for the sake Of adventure and
experience is genuine and strong. Bringing
out assistants from the East will not reduce
the expense Of the expedition, and il is i'm
Professor Davidson's son does not 90 to
Alaska this year to look after the chro-
nometers. Ho was offered the position at
$50 month, and refused, but an Eastern
man has accepted il at double the salary.
Why not have given the larger amount to
Mir. Davidson, who has had experience of
the north?
If Ernest Harris opinions on the way to
meet an invasion Of cholera are correct, San
Francisco has little to fear. He pronounces
it absurd to describe cholera as being
propagated by contact or through the at
m0sphere, and declares that protection
against cholera means simply purity OF
drinking water and publication of the soil.
Even il the water is of doubtful quality, it
will be harmless if boiled. Good water and
attention 10 sanitation will defy an cpl
demic, and limit any visitation to isolated
cases. San Francisco at least has fairly
VINO lesOme water, and undoubtedly has
abundance Of it for all purposes. As to the
SOIL 1t Is fortunately extremely pOrOus, and
the ocean breeZes effect much in relieving
the city OF odors. The Street Committee
should see TO it that more attention is given
10 the cleaning Of the thoToughfarPs and
alleys, and Chinatown is perpetualy in
need Of a scrub. This work can be encour-
aged whether cholera comes or not.
The unwilllngness of the late Mayor of
Oakland to quit Office has doubtless afforded
good deal of mirth to townspeople who
understand his zeal and anxiety for the
public welfare Rather than give up pos
session lie was prepared 10 camp on the
premises. but IL was unkind OF him to
expect his friends in the old Council to do
the same. BY refusing to keep him COM
panv on Saturday night they showed that
they took a practical and c0mmon-sense
view of situation In which they had lost
the game and could only retire gracefully.
Com iiCatiOns are likely to arise in cOnnec-
tiOn with the approving of bonds, but tile
new Council will soon stTaighten affairs
ont. DR.. Pardee was yesterday fully in
stalled as Mayor of Oakland. and Mr. Chap
man has ceased from troubling. Oakland
has now an opportunity to move ahead
under good government and the last cleo
ton proved that 1t Is in the mood to de-
maDd it.
Prince Roland Bonaparte, who has ar.
rived in America not expressly for the Chi
cago exhibition. is n OF one Of the titled aris-
tocrats who will attract much attention in
the gay world, but. nevertheless. care is
taken [ describe him as the grand nephew
of the Little Corporal Emperor. That of
course enn0bles him. The Prince has his
thoughts fixed upon science. He is AN
arcl 8ologist on broad scale. for lie studies
anthTopoogy also and has written copiously
on the subject. His tour extends to the
Pacific Coast, and in San Francisco he de-
serves reception al the Academy Of
Sciences. One other Prince in Europe is
devoted to science-the ruler of Monaco
He draws a large revenue from Monte
Carlo, where tie Casino this year has
earned from gambling nearly 5000, 900. a
figure which shows that in spite Of financial
ruin to many and a run of suicides there is
a steady feeding Of the passion which seeks
excitement and fortune in games of hazard.
queer story comes from Cuba to the effect
that the American admiral WIN arrival of
Havana III command of the escort to the two