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AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

"McKane's strength in politics." said L. O.
Harris of Gravesend. l.. l.. yesterday in speak
Ing of the recently convicted boss OF that town,
"was attributable TO the immense power vested
I'm him and his distribution of political spells.
His reputation OF staying with friend under
all circumstances gained him great many ad-
herents among the class Of men who think that
is the most admiral lie of human character
istics. In his distribution OF patronage Me-
Kane never allowed man 10 become benef-
ciaTy whom he could not use 10 further his own
ends. Business men who were opposed TO him
politically or who objected TO his methods were
kept quiet through tear. for opposition 10 the
boss meant In every case either absolute rum
or serious injury in business. The community
of Gravesend will greet his final conviction. if
such should come with manifest signs of APP
proval."
''The loss OF the old Kearsarge and the re-
currence OF the mardi gras festivities In New
Orleans recall the last visit which the ship
made to the city mentioned" said Captain r.
c. Swigart, an old Mississippi River man, yes
terday. aft was in 1882, during the mardi
gras season. and was the first time since the
war that any considerable number of men-of
war had come up the river. The officers Of the
fleet gave hop, during the festival period, in
reciprocation for the many courteses ex-
tended them by citizens during their stay. The
day before the event two ladies went aboard
and asked 10 be shown the gun which mad sunk
the Alabama, and the next day boat came
alongside bearing wreaths enough to cover the
old cannon. A note accompanying them re-
ya:.led the identity Of the ladies. They were
tie nieces and nearest surviving relatives OF
Captain Stevenson, who commanded the Ala
bama."
ID. w. lehman, an official of the Chicago.
Milwaukee and ST. Pml road who is In the city,
says that his line has abandoned its dining car
service between Chicago and st. Paul and will
probably take like action over the entire line.
Railway eating.houses. established at con-
venient points, will be substituted. 1.-THE SER
vice." said he, has failed TO pay anything like
running expenses, and believe that such is the
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NUMBERING TRAIN ROBBERS
:. :: :: AGAIN ESCAPE.

.The train. robbery in the southern por-
ton Of; the State presents no new features
of.audacity and skill in nefarious work.
1t was: well-planned raid, carried out
with a recklessness which should bring
the exemplary punishment of the rope to
the gang. but the probability is that if
caught.they will have the usual good for
tune, perhaps to escape Jail and if not to
bTeak: out of it. The tenderness with
which. train robbers are dealt with is edify-
ing and. encouraging to the craft. The
robbers at Roscoe seem to have been
touched with compassion at the fate OF the
fireman. who was so crushed between the
engine and the tender that he died in a
short time. They also expressed regret
that tramp should have been killed. In
the minds of some. people these commiser-
ating pangs may redeem the character of
the depredators, but such judgment
would be warped. They should be judged
by their actions. In order to loot the ex-
press-car they deliberately derail train
and care nething for the consequences so
that they get the money. Had the train
been going at forty miles an hour the con-
sequences might have been frightfu to the
passengers. But two lives lost are enough
of homicide to the account of these villains.
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THE BONDING PRIVILEGE.

The considerations which continue the
bonding privilege in operation in fhe face
of the arguments urged against it are a
puzzle to people not in the confidence of
the Treasury Department. American rail-
roads are supposed to have some influence
with the Government, but it is clearly for
the interest of their roads that the bonding
privilege should be discontinued. What is
the power that withstands all the influence
brought against it The local roads, which
possibly derive some benefit from their
connection with the Canadian roads, are
hardly able to contend successfully against
the transcontinental roads. An Eastern
writer says:
No doubt American railroads can take care
of themselves with their hands united But
with their united strength they are not able TO
cope with their Canadian rival when Ironclad
laws of this country give all the advantage TO
the latter.
There are two ways to produce an equal
ity in the condition upon which Canadian
railroads are run. One is to relieve Amer
lean roads from embarrassing laws, the
other to impose equal endorsements
upon Canadian roads. The two conditions
which now give the Canadian road an adj
vantage are the American interstate conf
merce act and the Indebtedness of one of
the great transcontinental railroads to the
Government. 1t may be urged on Con-
gress that, as our roads have to compete
with roads which are free from Govern
ment control, and which are also released
from the burdens Of interest the American
roads carry. the shortest way out of the
inequality will be to repeal the interstate
commerce act and make the transconti-
mental roads present of their debt to the
Government. Is it possible that the bond
ing privilege has been retained to give
ground for demand Of this nature?
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THE REFLECTION OF PEcKHAM.

;: - The REJECTION OF Peck ham by the Senate
: implies that the trainers of the con stitu-
:. tien rHeant:what they said when they de
clared that 1.-THE President shall have
power by. and with THE .ddcice and con-
sent Of :the Senate to appoint Judges
: Of the: Sppreme Court" What they did
mean wRs not a new question. 1t was
f@ught< out to q finish under Tyler. when
appQfntmeHts and reflections were shuttle.
cooked back and forth between President
J.: and Senate until. the country was dis
J: gHsted: at the unseemly spectacle. Mr..
=: Cleveland does not seem to regard himself
> bound by the precedent of 1914 He holds
hat:he is free'to fill vacancies in the pub
r lie service without the advice of the Sem
ate. He departs from the example of his
predecessors does not take the Sena-
;-t0rs from the State of which his proposed
. nominee is a citizen into his confidence be-
fore the nomination to ascertain whether
they .'Eadyise that it be made. He
ignores them. They naturally strike back
and majority of the body to which they
belong. .actuated by a fellow feeling, re-
:. assert by their vote the proposition that
they must advise as well as consent to a
nominatloD,3
:, Ii. the Senate had confirmed Mr.. Peck.
hams nomination the confirmation would
have been equivalent to a surrender by
that body OF the right to advise as well as
g TO consent to appointments. The nomi-
mating power would have been handed
over to- the President exclusively. That
construction of the organic. instrument
majority of the Senate has refused to &C.
cept.:..
: 'E.he. sprectical effect of the vote will be
to restrict the power of the President over
the Federal patronage and to enlarge the
influence of the Senators. Henceforth.
when a nominee goes before the Senate for
confirm alton. the Senators from his State
Will be asked whether they advised the
nomination.. If they did not and seriously
object the appo1ntee will be rejected, par
ticUlarly if the objecting Senators are of
the same political faith as the President
The courtesy Of the Senate Will oblge
members to stand by each other: they
:: will deal by each other as they expect to
be done by. : 1t is observed that the argu-
ments IN favor of Peckham uttered by a
: Sen ator. from Wisconsin carried no eight
Z In opposition to the objections of the SEN
,.atDrs from New York. This practice may,
perhaps, enuTe to. the advantage Of the
public, service :; the Senators are more
! liKely: to be familiar with the character of
leading men in their State than the Presi-
dent can be-.
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A DOUBTFUL ENDORSEMENT.

The New York Times says that the vote
by which the McCreary resolutions were
adopted represents very fairly the senti-
ment of the country on the course of the
present administration and that which
preceded it In relation to the Hawaiian
business. The vote-177 to Twas party
vote, but the Times assumes that Repub-
licans who indorse the course OF the
administration are more numerous than
Democrats who oppose it. The Times at
present has complete monopoly Of that
opinion. So far as Democratic news
papers indicate the popular feeling there
are more Democrats who 90 not approve
of the Presidents Hawaiian policy than
there are who differ with him ON any
other important matter.
The morning call., 1894-02-18

Sketches and anecdotes about Gladston e
keep multiplying. Nobody completes the
picture of the man as Lockhart did of
Scott. Each contributor presents glimpse
and the reader. in his own Zoetrope. has
to make q composite picture out of the
fragments. Mrs. Drew. the Premier's
daughter, has written an article on her
father as Zone of Our Working Men,"
In describing bis habits of application
during all his working day. which leaves
him little so-called leisure. Mrs. Drew
quotes passage written by Mr.. Gladstone
for an American magazine, as follows
"Precept freezes while example warns.
Precept addresses us, example lays hold
of us. Precept Is a marble statue, exam
pie CLOVIS with life;-a thing OF flesh and
blood. There Is one kind of exchange at
least between nations which hostile tariffs
can hardly check-the exchange oil high
personal example," Mr.. Gladstone always
devotes the morning to business. The
booksellers keep him supplied with cata-
logues, ana every day he glaDces over
those that come. The subjects sure OF
getting an order are: Witchcraft. strange
religions. duelliDg, gipsiess epitaphs, the
The morning call., 1894-02-18

of this product has fallen since 1890 fully
80 per cent. Two principal causes have
produced this disastrous result. The
foreign product has been increased and
cheapened. and the election >whcn imme-
diately followed the passage of the Nc
Kiniey tariff bill indicated a change in the
national policy. The recommitment of the
Wilson bill would promise either con-
siderable change in its features or its de-
feat in the Senate when it comes 10 a vote.
The fight against it among Democrats is
not so much that il fails TO provide reve-
nues as that it leaves so many important
industries exposed to foreign competition.
Democratic producers of raw material do
not see why they should be exposed to free
competition with cheaper foreign labor
viii lie the manufacturer OF the articles
they produce is given protection.
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TO REcoMMIT THE BILL.

It is now intimated that the Senate may
recommit the tariff bill with instructions
TO the Finance Committee to grant hear
ings. This crisis in the career of the bill
was precipitated by the refusal of Senator
Mills to give representatives of jute and
fax interests a hearing. The Finance
Committee had made up its mind to place
all raw material on the free list. and it
lid not want to hear reasons why it should
not. 1t the fax and jute industries get a
fearing, wool will demand one. The price
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The Overland Eluar

The Union Pacific is the only line running new
Pullman double drawing-room sIeepers and din
ing cars, San francisco TO Chicago without
change, il three and onehalf days. All tickets
good via Salt Lake City and Denver.
Select tourist excursions through to Chicago
without change every Thursday, in charge Of
managers
steamship tickets on sale to and from all points
in Europe.
For sleeping-car accomm odations and tickets
call on ID. w. Hitchcock. general agent, Mont
gomery street, San Francisco: r. r. Ellsworth
agent, Sls broadway. Oakland. Cal; or q. f Herr
229 south Spring street. Los Angeles Cal
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BANK CLEARINGS.

While there are reports from various
parts of the country of business reyivals.
no improvement is shown in bank clear
ings. The reports for the month of Janu-
airy show a decrease. as compared with
January, 1898. of 31.9 per cent for the
whole country. The greater decrease of
39.2 per cent for New York is due in part
TO the comparative absence of speculation
in that city. The volume OF clearings in
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SURSCRTPTTON RATES:

DAILY CALL dncluding Sundays, IS per year by
mail postpaid; rs cents per week, or 65 cents per
calendar month, through carriers DAILY Ca1L
five copies, three months, Sc %. SUNDAY CALL
81 30 per year postpaid. SUNDAY Gall "a aug q
WEEKLY CALL, $3.50 per year, postpaid p" HAiAA
CALL, 81 per year, postpaid
THE CALL cannot return rejected MANUSCRIPTS
nor will the editor enter into correspondence re-
blSClllk Ilarn
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PhilIips' Rock Island Fxcnrc;o,s

Lea San Francisco every " ednesday and s.rur
day via Rio GRANDE AND Rock ISLAND Rvs
Through tourist sleeping cars to Chicago and Bos-
ton. Manager and porter accompany these excur.
sions tbTo ugh to Boston. For tickets sleepng-car
acc omnodations and further informa ton address
CLlNToN JONES, General Agent Rock Island Ry.,
30 Mon gomery street. San Francisco
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MORE than $4,000 people read the Pacific
States Watchman"; 10000 bona fde subscrIb.
ers: largest legitimate circulation OF any
monthly west of the Rocky Mountains. A few
dress VIM. Fl. BARNES, ST. AIMS building,
san Francisco, Cal. a.
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.pUBLICATIoN OFFICE:

525 Montgomery street. near CLAY, open until II
O'Clock p NJ: BRANCH OFFICES; 40 Market
street near Kearny open until u o'clock midnight;
39 Hayes stxeet open until $50 o'clock Dos Iarkin
street opeii.until 80 O'Clock ;SW corner Sixteenth
and: Mission streets, ouen untl u O'CLOCK 1oIo
Mission street open until O'Clock; ana Ito MINI
tfyeet, epelj. Until $3.50 o clock.
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When prisoners resist Paris police they
take off one of his shoes and compel him
10 walk like ''My Son john" He is so
bampered usually by this treatment that
there is no further trouble. If this is lot
enough. they cut his trousers buttons, and
force him to use his free hand to hold on his
garments,
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Overland Route.

The Shasta Route aud Northern Pacific Rail.
road 10 points in Washington, Idaho, Montana,
the Dakotas. Minnesota. Wisconsin, Illinois
and all Eastern States is the most comfortable
and picturesque line of all. Daily train SER
vice. with dining, Pullman Palace and up-
bolstered tourist cars on all trains, T. K
STATELER, General Agent. 63S Market ST.
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photograph of Mr.. GLADSTONE making his
maiden speech in the Commons in 1888 has
come into the possession of Mr.. Labouchere
1t represents the present Premier as appearing
on that occasion in white trousers and frock
coat with brass buttons.
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PALACE HOTEL.

THE PALACE HOTEL OCCUPIES AN ENTIRE
model hotel OF the world. Fire and earth quake
proof Has nine elevators. Every room is large.
hgnt ana airy The ventilation is perfect bath
and closet adjoin every room Ali rooms easy
or access from broad. light corridors The central
SQUIRT Illuminated by electric light. Its immense
fiAss fool broad balconies. carriage-way ana trop-
lcsi plants are features hitherto unknown IN Amer
lean hotels Guests enteRtsined either TIE Amer
lean or european plan The restaurant Is the mess
In the city. Secure rooms In advance oy teie-
graphing. THE PALACE HOTEL, !.
1st tf San Franciseo. Cal.
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NOTICE!
-F.EBRUaRY, 1894. .

t:".Anq of5oilt patrons arko JaiEto find THE
MORNING CALL for sale by trainboys
ssill.Hoitfer a faror By notifying this office
Of the fact, qda,ipg the date and train.
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The late Captain Daniel Pratt Manix OF the
marine corps had charge of the detachment Of
marines on the monitor Saugus that guarded
the conspIrators and John WILKES Booths
body until they we're removed to the Washing
ton arsenal
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THE EASTERN OFFICE OF THE CALL
so Potter building New York City is provided with
hies of California papers. Visitors welcome. Ad-
+. K. MISCH Manager.
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THE MORNING CALL

Has a larger Circulation than any
other newspaper published in San
Francisco
The morning call., 1894-02-18

THE Grip leaves its victims in a weak condition
inviting other and more serious diseases to lay
hold of the Frustrated system and weakened
organs. Hoo DIS Sarsaparilla restores health.
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THE DAILY MORNING CALL

FUR SALE AT
New York .BRENTAN No BROS. 5 Union Square
Chicago ........-......W b. STZFR 1S9 State street
New Orleans. .GALLOT &.JOUBFRT. LIZ Commo3
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To Newsboys and Dealers
A third edition OF Arthur McEwen's Letter has
been issued. On sale to-day Sunday, 429
Montgomery.
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sxEATHIS... PREDICTIONS.
% l.rl:AR.54 NEST OF .AenicULLrURE,

:; -. I'D IPA EiIslESr> OF AGRICULTURE,
-. :: :. ~. - WEArREF BUREAU.
-: !: AZ fhAN CISCO Febfuafga a., 1884,
: q nc ial., + ore cast fon :Twentx-four Hours
>":@ Ending Midnight Sunday.
= san. francisco and Vicinity Rain. followed
Sunday: AFTERNOON or night by probable clearing
:yge Ter qQl er : brisk s9ltHerly winds yeeFing
. tGt westeTly and sincfeas ngin force. =.
-. .:++ q s. s. r 4GUT, Local Forecast ofciaL
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POULTRY supplies 50-page illustrated book
10 cents. Croley. AIT Sacramento ST., S. F.
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NEW wEsrERN HoTEL.

Z EARNY ANDwAsHINGToN SITS RE MOD
u cleo and renovated. KING, WARD co.
European piau Rooms SOC TO 81 so per day, % To
IS per week So to $50 per month Irss baths; hot
room; elevator runs all night fel7 WeSaSa IL
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MARCH styles Buttericks patterns; catalogue.
mailed free. Il. A. Deming, l24 Post St. S. +.
The morning call., 1894-02-18

If affiicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Tho MP.
son IS Ese Water. Druggists sell it at rs cents
The morning call., 1894-02-18

Nine. Elise Hwasser died last week at Flske-
backskIe. She was once the greatest of
Sweden's actresses ana created the heroines
in Ibsen's plays She was queen of the Swedish
stage for forty years, and retired TO private life
in 1888.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
~ oakland Water Company is hereby given that
IN pursuance or resolution Of the Board of
directors of the Oakland Water Company, unanl-
mously adopted st meeting of the said board,
duly held at the once of the company in the city
ana county OF San Francisco, State of California,
on the 2Sth day OF january; 1884 CAR the members
OF said board being presenD, meeting of the
stockholders of said Oakland Water Company Will
be held at the ONCE OF the company, No. 224 Calf
fornia street, In the city and county of San Fran
cisco, State of California {the same being the
principal place OF business of. said corporation
and being the building where the Board OF Di-
rectors of said corporation usually meet.
THURSDAY the 5th day of April, 1894, at the hour
OF O'Clock P. NJ, for the purpose OF considering
and acting upon the proposition to create bonded
indie btedness of said corporation to the amount
In the aggregate OF eight hundred thousand
1880 OOoJ dollars, gold coin OF the United States
of America. for the purpose OF paying any indeSt=
edness of the corporation now existing or which
may hereafter be creayed, and OF providing funds
to pay for the construction and laying Of water
mains and pipelines and for the extension and
development of its water-works system. and for
the purchase and acquisition OF such property as
may be within the objects and purposes of this
corporation.
Dated the 29th day OF January 1894
BY order OF the Board of Directors
ANDREW w. ROSE JR.
ia30 I'd Secretary of the Oakland Water Company.
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e. HBLAcK. painter. ia Eddy street.
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General John W. Baylor died at his ranch in
Uvalde County, Tex, aged ~. He raised a
regiment for The Confederacy and captured
Arizona from The Federals. He was Military
Governor OF the Territory under the Con-
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PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT,

Mrs KendaPs ode TO Edwin Booth has
stirred up English critics. Some declare that
Booths greatest fortune was In not living long
enough 10 read IL.
The morning call., 1894-02-18

Mrs. Williams OF GAINESVILLE. Ohio who cele.
brated her one hundred and sixth birthday last
week, met General Washington when with her
parents she was on her way west to Ohio.
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Sir Edwin Arnold says that there are 80 900
young women in England who write poetry
and look forward 10 the day when fame Will
perch on their bToWs.
The morning call., 1894-02-18

James Gordon Bennett daily grows more 10
resemble his father. His bair ana mustache
have become white, and bis walk and general
manner are like those OF the elder Bennett,
The morning call., 1894-02-18

William I. Walters, the art connoisseur Of
Baltimore. throws open his art gallery 10 the
public each autumn, charging nominal admis-
sion fee, which is devoted 10 charity. A large
sum Is raised In this way for the poor each year.
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George o. Roussel, one of the proprietors of
the Sisson Mascot, has been in the city during
the past few days. MI. Roussel, in addition TO
being capable newspaper man, is also clever
artist. Journalism at the base of Mount
Shasta" said Mr.. Roussel yesterday. sis not
what il is cracked up TO be, especially when
there are TWO feet of snow on the ground"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-19
SHE HAD NOTHING TO WEAR.
But Owned 80 Costly Frocks, ia Pairs of
SILK Stockings. and so Forth.
(Nptx- Norl,

What do you think Of a woman who
is the owner Of oighty-nine dresses of the
very finest Of silk, satin, velvet. and
other expensive dressgoods. 1O5 skirts Of
every conceivable texture and fabric. ia
pairs Of silk hose nineteen rich and
costly shawls, and undergarment Of the
finest linen by the trunkfui and vet had
never worn a single one Of these dresses.
shawls, undergarments. or pairs Of h.se?'
said a well-knoWII Boston woman. ct
seems incredible, but those things were
some OF the articles of wearing apparel
that belonged to Miss Joanna Farnham.
of Milton. y. H.. although no one ever
knew il but herself until she died. She
wore the cheapest clothing all her life.
and her common remark was that she had
nothing 10 wear
Miss Farnham was 50 years old when
she died. Although she went from Milton
to Boston when she was a young girl
and lived there until her death, she al
ways called Milton her home She wa.
for years an employee Of Boston hotels
and made no intimate acquaintances
When she died II was not known that She
had even enough to give her a decent
burial, but in her old trunk in her room
at the hotel were found 5000 in good Sc
had nearly 5000 on deposit In n savings
bank. and "A key wrapped In a piece Of
paper On the paper was written: This
key will unlock a trunk at my Cousin
AIMS house in Milton The trunk was
found there, and the key unlocked IL. II
was packed fun Of such things as | have
mentioned. and contained another KEY
wrapped In paper. with information.
on the paper that this key would unlock
another trunk at another place. That
trunk was found with like result. with
third key for third trunk IN still an
other place. This went on until twenty
large trunks belonging TO the eccentric
dead woman had been found Besides the
wearing apparel already been spoken OF
valuable china-ware. tewclry. and silver
ware. large quantities Of the very finest
table and bed-llnen. the best English
table cutlery. and many pieces Of choice
bric-a-brac were found In the trunks.
This precious storage made a load that II
took three yokes Of oxen 90 haul on. OF
Milton. Miss Farnham's heirs agreed IA
sell the whole Of these vauables nv
auction In Boston. and they netted more
than $4,000, nowhere near their actual
value"