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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-12-23
congressional.

W~AsHISGToH, Dec. 19.-Immedi
atcly upon the converting VI the Sen
ate to-day the Vice President laid
before the Senate Il letter from the
Secretary Il the Navy transmitting
the report - Admiral Walker on the
subject Of Hawaii, which the Senate
called for by resolution. The letter
and report were referred without dis.
cussion TO the Committee OH Foreign
Relations.
Pasco OF Florida reported from the
Committee on Public Lands a bill ex.
tending the Act relating to abandon.
ed military reservations. Passed with
out division.
y resolution was introduced by
Allen Of Nebraska providing for the
appointment OF Il select committee to
investigate political affairs in Ala.
hama, which, at his request, was laid
on the table in order that he might
submit some remarks on it later. He
also introduced a resolution for the
appointment Of Il committee Of five to
investigate the Senate restaurant
Allen wns about TO spcok on this
matter, when Hale OF Maine inter.
posed an objection To it's immediate
consideration and it went over.
Bate Of Tennessee called up the
bill to establish a National military
park at the battle field OF Shiloh,
The bill wns passed.
\ resolution offered yesterday 10y
Lodge. calling on the President for
the correspondence in the Ezcta OK,
cxtradition case, was passed without
division.
Tho Senate then toook up the Nj,
caraguan Canal bill. Turpic, wllu
hal the floor when tho Senate nd
journed yesterday, yicldedto Cullom.
1t was remarkable, Cullom thought,
! that the world had submitted to such
a long delay in the construction OF the
canal, which vas regarded M u com
mercial necessity.
The Senate Committee OH Foreign
Relations ut u meeting to-day decied
to report favo:ably on the japanese
treaty at the next executive session OF
the Senate.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-12-23
srhnnI- Iirnnri.

Following is the report Of the Smith
Creek school FOR the month ending
Dee. II. lspji
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-22
MckANE.

The enormity of the crime of which
John Y. McKane is convicted may be
dimly perceived when it is remembered
that McKane was in position in 1884 to
do what he is convicted of having done In
1892. In 1884 Mr.. Cleveland carried the
State of New York by a small majority,
which is quite generally believed to have
been furnished after compilation of re-
turns from the interior had shown just
how many votes were needed. There
would have been an investigation in 1884
had not the memory of 1876 been still fresh
in the minds of the Republican leaders.
The election of Mr.. Cleveland, IL McKane
is really responsible for it, is the least of
the evil consequences of McKane's ras-
cality. The republic can survive Mr.
Cleveland. but the one thing it cannot
survive is settled belief that elections
are carried by fraud. There is no party
capital to be made of this feeling. Neither
party can say that its hands are clean.
In both houses of Congress members are
seated whom the majority know were not
fairly elected. 1t is a kind OF rule to
stand by party claimant when possible
doubt can be thrown upon the result. The
conviction of McKane shows that there Is
a growing adherence of the crime of
cheating at elections. The smart boss
who stuffs register lists and miscounts
ballots has had his day. Such things will
continue to be. but there is a growing
purpose among men of all parties TO make
any form of cheating at elections as peril
Gus as burglary or train robbery.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-22
ELECTION PRECINCTS.

There seems no other reason why the
boundaries of election districts should be
changed each two years except to make
work in the Registrars Office. There are
probably defects in any allotment of
voters into districts and precincts that can
possibly be made. An aspirant for the
Legislature finds that his district as
mapped out is not friendly to his prefer
ment, and be perceives how by looping off
precinct here and adding one there a
mora favorable showing may be made.
In looking over the revised maps sub
mitteG by Registrar Evans it was found
that the boundaries Of all the eightee dis.
tricts have been changed. One of the
Commissioners of Election said it did not
much matter if such changes were FREE
Quent, as not one voter In 10000 knows the
boundaries of his own district. If this as
serti0n is true, the fact is the natural re-
suit Of the frequent changes that are
made In the districts. There is a general
desire among active politicians to SO ar
range election districts as to disfranchise
the minority as nearly as possible. It Is
considered fine work to group minority
precincts into an Assembly district, thus
leaving three or four districts to the
majority, though by slender majorities.
We do not know that the new districtiDg
has been done ON that principle, but If it
has there is precedent for it. There will
probably come time when just measures
and honest and able men will be trusted to
secure party a majority in legislative
body. While it is true that the time does
not seem to be coming very fast, there is
an abiding faith that it is coming
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-22
A HALTIN SPURIOUS SYMPATHY.

There has been deal Of false sentiment
cultivated in certain quarters In favor of
the bandit, Evans, which will now prob
ably disappear The criminal has passed
out of sight of the world. When he was
in the mountains and made game of his
Eursuers he seemed to many to be an in
terestlng character. There was a great
deal of sentimental talk about his pluck
and bravery and a scant sentiment of SYM
patty for the man. Every rascal who
breaks into house. loots bank or stands
up citizen on the streets at midnight is
brave in certain way. Evans had Just
that bravery when he robbed q railway
train and murdered number of men. A
spurious sympathy creates q fascination
for crime. There were hundreds IL not
thousands who would have been better
satisfied to read about the escape of the
criminal from justice than to hear of his
conviction. 1t was this false sentiment
that drew so many to witness the perform
ances of the Evans and Sontag" drama
in this city. That drama is now utterly
spoiled. 1t was nothing less than
school of crime by which money was pro-
cured TO help the bandit in his fight
against justice.
Now that Evans has passed out of sight
the public interest in the man will very
soon cease. By some miscarriage of JUS
tice be was not executed for his manifold
crimes. Before this final con viction there
we're signs of correction Of the false
sentiment that has been cherished by one
element of the community. Evans had
only done what other bandits had done
and were doing His EXHIBITS were not
even so notorious as those of the Dalton
gang, most OF whom have been extermi-
mated. The last robbers Of railway train
in this State worked on the same lines as
Evans. Robbery and murder went. to-
gether. 1t was reported of Evans that he
greatly longed to kill one or two men, not
for plumber but for revenge. When a
great criminal goes within the prison
walls for life he ceases to be hero. The
glamour has all gone. The romantic side of
such life disappears That is the dis
illusion that will follow the disappear
ance of Evans
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-22
A VIGOROUS PROTEST.

The furniture-workers of this city have
adopted resolutions protesting against the
practice furniture manufacturers have
fallen into OF employing Eastern labor
while equally capable men are in forced
idleness In this State. The manufactur-
ers will reply, we presume, that Eastern
competition compels them to employ labor
at about Eastern rates. There is but a
small margin of difference, which it is to
the interest Of both parties to overcome.
Other things being even it is better for the
local manufacturer to employ local
mechanics. If his workmen live here they
will become customers to his factories. II
is the thousands of homes in each of which
there are but a few hundreds of dollars
worth of furniture that keep factories run.
ming. The occasional contract to furnish
a grand house is desirable item of trade.
but such contracts are rare. But all the
new homes being built from year TO year
are sending In their orders all the time.
The present is good time to bridge over
past differences. Let employers and en-
rloyes state their respective cases friendly
and truthiully with view to mutual con-
cessions. Some of The men now sboveling
sand at the park for a dollar day have
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-22
HIGH-WATER MARK.

Galusha A. Grow is elected Congress-
man-at-large from Pennsylvania by the
largest majority ever given TO any can
didate in that State. The fact is full of
significance. Mr.. Crows vote In the
House will not have any influence upon
any measure that maycome before it. He
will always be submerged by majority
of one hundred or theresbout, and neither
his ave nor his no will be heard. The
Republican voters of Pennsylvania did
not turn out for the purpose of adding to
this strength of the party 10 the House;
they simply desired to express their opin-
ions on certainl measures that the Demo-
Gratis propose to enact into laws. There
was In smaller way. but with equal
emphasis, equal expr essions of public
opinion in New York two weeks ago.
These. following upon the sweeping
changes In public opinion shown in the
November elections, should suggest to
Democratic Senators that possibly the
best way they can serve their party is to
vote down a tariff bill which has been
condemned in advance. While the Demo-
Gratis may contend that the industrial
depression was not caused by an appre-
hension that the present tariff would be
repealed they cannot persuade themselves
that the people do not attribute the pres
eIt hard times to the action Of the party
on the tariff question.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-22
ANCIENT GOLD MINES.

The pending war between the Matabeles
and the English is likely 70 solve one of
the puzzles Of history and to determine
from what source Egypt and Palestine OBJ
tanned the gold which was abundant In
both countries ten and twenty centuries
before Christ. Nothing surprises scholars
so much as the abundance of gold in
Egypt at the time of the exodus and the
quantity of gold vessels which the Israel
ties possessed at the time of the Assyrian
and Babylonian conquests. Neither
Egypt nor Syria contains gold mines, nor is
there evidence of gold dust In the gravel
of the Nile or the other rivers. At the
present day no gold is found on the shores
of the Mediterranean or the Red Sea; and
the geological formation forbids the theory
that gold mines of any Importance were
ever worked in that region. Yet gold
vessels were so common as to be counted
by the hundred, and we read of statues of
gold. shields of gold, thrones of gold
A solution of the problem has probably
been furnished by Mr.. ]. Theodore Bent.
who has just published in London a re-
port of his explorations in Mashonaland,
in Africa, between the Zsmbesi and the
Linpopo rivers, in about 20 deg. south
latitude and 81 deg. east longitude Here
stood at one time a city called Zimbabwe.
and stretching from this city along the
bank of the Sabi River long string of
settlements appears to have extended.
The city and its extension are naked
ruins. inhabited by the jackal, the lion and
the ostrich, but parts of the ruins are sur
rounded by wall which is a very remark
able monument indeed. 1t is a dry wall
built of small stones compactly Joined In
places it is So feet high, 16 feet thick at the
base and 10 feet thick at the top. Such
walls surround circular spaces or oblong
| spaces, which may have been used for
purposes of religion or for reduction
works. The approach to them is through
labyrinthine maze with circular paths
aud towers at intervals, obviously con-
structed for purposes of defense with some
| knowledge of the military art.
IL the rock ridges of the plateau On
which Zimbabwe stood are remains of
ancient gold mines which have been worked
over and over by the Kaffirs and other
modern inhabitants oil the country until
there is not visible vestige of gold left
Three or four thousand years ago the
mines were probably rich. Mr.. Bent be-
lieyes that the rock was mined, taken to
The cities inside the walls to be crushed
and smelted. and shipped in the shape of
ingots to the ports of the Red Sea and the
Gulf of Alden. This was not the work of
the aborigines, for they had reached no
such stage OF civilization as would have
taught them to extract the precious metal
from its ores. 1t must have been done by
Arabs, who had some experience OF mining
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-22
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Ex-Governor Curtin is one OF the remaining
remarkable figures Of war times. He may be
seen any evening In the Stratford Hotel dining
room In Philadelphia. looking hearty and vigor-
Gus, straight as an Indian and alert as soldier.
and his mind is the sIOrehOuSe OF more enter
tanning "reminiscences than that of any other
man living In the United States.
Cornelius Vanderbilt looks after even the
smallest details Of the New York Central Rail-
road. The other morning he came In and gave
hall dozen people talking to because the
clock in the station had stopped at $40. 1t
was the second time the clock had gone wrong;
and he didn't want it 10 happen again
Governor Peter Turney of Tennessee though
20 years of age, Is still an enthusiastic deer and
fox hunter. Uncle" Tim Dyer OF Vinal
Haven, Me-, has Just celebrated the ninetieth
anniversary of his birthday by taking alone and
unalded, fishing in an open dory, a halibut
weighing 332 pounds.
DR.. j. w. NJ. Williams has resigned the active
pastOrate OF the First Baptist Church in Balti-
more, which he has held for forty-three years.
He becomes pastor emeritus, and is succeeded
in the active duties Of the pastorate by Rev.
Curtis Lee Laws, who has been his CO. pastor.
Miss Imogen Quincy, who has entered politi-
cal life TO the extent OF seeking The postlnis-
tresship OF her town, says that no woman can
earn a livelihood at pOetry-tne statements of
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Notwithstanding.
w. B. Derbyshire of England has just pur
chased OF Charles b. Christian of Orange, n. j..
a collection of autographs of famous men,
which includes letters from all the Presidents
of the United States except one.
The former companions of Mark Twain's
boyhood in Monroe County, Mo-, cannot under
stand Marks popularity. They say he was the
dullest boy in the county school and the LATEST
one In the neIghborhood.
j. S. ClarksOn says he is more Interested In
making money than In making politics, but in
Inmates lie is ready TO sacrifice his personal in-
terests should his party require his services as
leader in campaign.
Bret Harte, although past so, and in poor
health, Is very handsome man. his face re-
tains an appearance OF youth, while his hair is
sivery white. He has a slender figure and an
erect carriage.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, being told the other
day that Boston blue-stocking had called him
effeminate, retOrted, $50 1 am. compared with
her."
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-22
THE SURPLUS COUNT.

a 1ree-traoe contemporary says: 1.-THE
protected industries employ an insignif-
cant fraction of the labor Of the country"
1t Is this fraction, Insignificant or not,
which Is now beating wages down in the
so-called unprotected industries. The
operatives that are thrown out of work by
the closing down of a mill must do some
thing. They compete. therefore, with
carpenters, masons. tanners and farm
hands and break down the rates all along
the line. There can be no other distinction
in rates of wages than that arising from
the greater skill, endurance and other per-
sonal quality required in one department of
labor over another. A trade easily mas
tered will command less wages than one
but comparatively few men can become
proficient in.
In the commercial market il Is the sur
plus. however small, that fixes the price.
There is S., 500, 000.O0 of silver in the
world estimated at the old ratio OF from
151A to 16 to 1. But there is a small sur
plus, possibly 800, 0OO, 900 or $500, OOO. 600.
which is thrown at buyers whenever one
appears. The consequence is a low sales
record. though but very little could be
bought at that figure. So it Ia with labor.
Five million persons find employment in
so-called protected Industries. There are
more than twice 100000 employed In So
called unprotected industries. but if ], oOO.-
600 ofthe former are thrown out of EN-.
ployment wages In all industries decline.
The "insigDifcant fractions" which the
free-traders refer to so fippantly are a
large enough fraction to make any unpro.
tected worker BILE for his place.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-22

in Yemen. 1t is evident from the elaborate
system of Notifications by which Zim-
babwe and other cities were protected
from attack that the miners worked in a
hostile country, and that they were pre-
pared to defend their treasures by the
sword.
The region in which the English CON-
panies and the Matabeles are now contend
ing for the mastery would thus be the
Land of Ophir. so constantly referred to in
the Bible. There are inscriptions of the
time of Queen Hatasu of Egypt-some
seventeen OF eighteen hundred years be-
fore Christ-in which a country called
Punt is described as having been captured
by an Egyptian expedition for the sake of
the gold. ivory, ostrich feathers and wild
beasts skins it afforded. Seven centuries
later Solomon. King of Israel. obtained the
same commodities from a region which bis
ships reached by sailing south from port
near the present city Of Suez. Tiglath-
Pileser of Assyria, three centuries later.
received gold. silver, incense and spices
from some unknown country in the south.
And Herodotus. writing a couple of GEN.
turtles later, describes an expedition fitted
out by Pharaoh of Egypt and manned by
Phenicsns. which sailed down the east
coast of Africa until they came to point
where they saw the sun rise on their right
hand, that is TO say, point beyond the
capes. Mr.. Bent argues that all these
authorities refer to the gold-bearing coun-
try between the Zambesi and the LimpOpo.
The theory is not only interesting In an
archaeological point Of view 1t may pos
sess practical Importance. 1t is highly
improbable that the ancient miners with
their rude appliances and their primitive
methods were able to exhaust the gold of
the quartz veins. A good deal of it must
be there still. If 1t is. it is easy to under
stand the eagerness of the English to
possess themselves of the country.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-22
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.

well-kDown Italian critic, writing OF the re-
cent production OF the "Valsyrie" at the Scala,
Milan, says: "Tbere are still some people who
seek TO mitigate the failure Of the performance
by blaming Its execution, but their labor is
spent IN vain. We are well informed that the
execution was such as the opera has had In
Germany, and the management went to i'm
mense expense in Its staging. The 'Vakyre'
is strong in its ensemble-it is an opera for
Titans, but it is heavy, monotonous as the skies
whence IL has drawn its coloriug; II Is as
austere as Its characters. In Germany these
dramatis persona are In their natural atmos-
phere, but the 1 allan public is skeptical with
regard TO gods and demi-gods, and WagDer's
nebulous characters, drawn from the northern
olympus. speak language as slow as their
movements. dialogue follows dialogue. the
mammoth conversations being faithfully de-
picted in the music, the characters remaining
silent and immoblle, while the orchestra trans
lates their sentiments. The audience mean
while has the aspect of a congregation OF de-
voices listening TO a sermon. When Wagner
composes music for the music's sake then Italy
Is In accord with him; he is magnificent,
matchless; but when he pBfs his peculiar sys-
tenn Into work 10 such operas as the 'Valky-
rie,' alas. we differ from him."
They have wholesome rules against speech
making from the stage or concert platform in
England, which, If introduced into San Fran
cisco, would prevent repetitions of startling
exhibitions which lovers OF music have on
more than one occasion been treated 10 upon
the concert platform Of late. singer Of pop
ular cittles, one Charles CobOrn, recently re-
sented in speech a irif1ing Interruption, while
he occupied the stage at the Palace Theater,
London. This caused him to be warned OFF by
the management, TO sacrifice salary OF 500
week; and took him 10 The police court TO
answer a charge OF disorderly conduct, the
said charge resulting 10 his being bound over to
be OF good behavior for three months.
There is abundant evidence TO prove that per-
formances OF favoriIe operas In The concert
room, without OF course acting and scenic &C.
eessoriess but with good singers In the prin-
cipai parts, tirst-c!ass orchestra, and a well.
drilled chorus. may be made very attractive In
musical centers. This is not surprising as the
majority Of works written recently for the lyric
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-22

feet OF snow covered the ground. "Tbe win
Ter in that section has been unusually cold, and
the frequent billiards which have swept over
the entire st te have caused death ana suffer-
ing on all Sides" said he. About a week ago
the mercury dropped 10 80 degrees below zero.
and on the following day found that no less
than fifty calves had been frozen to death. For
the past month the temperature has ranged
from 16 to % degrees below zero. except on
the occasion named" The ranch over which
MIR. CarrillO presldes is twenty-five miles
square. There are over 5000 head OF cattle
spread out over the range, and large army OF
cowboys are employed in their handling.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-22
THE SUTRO BATHS.
Why Their Opening Will Not Be
TO.OaV

1--WE only guessed and hoped that the work
would be completed by Washington's birth
day." said Adolph Sutro yesterday, when asked
by CALL reporter why the much talked of
SutTO baths at the Cliff House are not ready for
opening to-day. as was formerly stated.
The fact is, continued the capitalist, ''the
work has proved TO be very extensive one.
For instance, there was ironwork for which
they were obliged TO send East.
ave have had seven carpenters and from So
TO 40 painters at work all along, but there has
been great amount OF painting to do. Then
there ar palms to plant, and hanging baskets
OF flowers and ferns to prepare"
when will the baths be opened ?' "WelI
probably not for six weeks so. We hope
that everything Will be ready early in April, by
The LIST, PERHAPS.
'Some of the adornments for the building
Which have taken considerable time to prepare
consist OF number OF large and handsome
mirrors, which are at present receiving The
finishing touches from the gilders' hands in the
Sutro library, in the Montgomery block.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-22
The Overland FLYER

The Union Pacific is the only line running new
Pullman double drawing room sieepers and din
ing cars. San francisco TO Chicago, without
CHANGE three and one-hsif days. All tickets
good via Salt Lake City and Denver
Select Tourist excursions through to Chicago
without change every Thursday, in charge of
managers
steam ship tickets on sale to and from all points
in Europe.
or sleeping-car accomm odations and tickets
cali on ID. W. Hitchcock. general agent Mont
gomeIy street, San Francisco; F. r. Ellsworth.
agent SIS froaawsy, OakIand. Cal. or &. +. Herr,
2zS South Spring street, Los Angeles, Cal
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-22
Overland Poute

The Shasta Route and Northern Pacific Rail.
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The Dakoias. Minnesota. Wisconsin, Illinois
and all Eastern States IS the most comfort able
and picturesque line of all. Daily train SER
Vice. with dining. Pullman Palace and up
holstered tourist cars on all trains. L. X.
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