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The morning call., 1895-02-01
THE SINKING OF THE ELBE.

This disaster seems to have been one of
those which are irreverently designated by
Coroners' juries as the acts of God. A
four thousand steamer, loaded with
passengers and steering west, was run into
at or o'clock on a dark, windy morning
thirty miles from the coast of Holland, by
smaller steamer steering north and was
sunk in twenty minutes with nine-tenths
of her human freight 1t is the story of
the Arctic, which was sunk by the French
steamer Vesta, forty years ago, off the coast
of Newfoundland.
We are not informed whether the Elbe
was built in compartments, but it is pre-
sumable that she was not as, had she been
so constructed, she would not have filled
so quick. The Crathie struck her abaft the
port bow, just about the engine-room, and
having driven her bow through the Elbe's
plates, backed out and let the water into
the doomed ship. Had the Crathie left
her bow in the hole she had made the Elbe
might have floated some time longer and
all hands might have been saved. The
sudden disappearance of the former after
the collision calls for explanation; it may
possibly turn out that she was seriously
The morning call., 1895-02-01
PERSONALS.

Dr. L. P. Tooley OF willows is guest at the
Grand.
JIG. Ayres, U. S. N, is a guest at the occi-
dental
J.A. Mcknight, capitalist of Seattle, is at
the Lick.
Colonel L. S. Rabbit and wife of Mare Island
are at the Occidental.
]. B. Harris, a merchant of Wheatland, is
registered at the Lick.
George H. Stepp, Woodland merchant, is a
guest at the California.
I. Levy, leading merchant of Lower Lake,
is registered at the Lick.
Isaac Foster, a wealthy cattleman of Winnie
mucca, New, is at the Russ.
]. r. Miller, who owns a canning factory at
Healdsburg, is guest at the Russ.
Archdeacon Scriven of the Episcopal church,
Victoria, is registered at the Russ.
Lloyd Spencer, a Napa attorney, was among
the arrivals at the Lick yesterday.
J. D. Grant, a business man of Healdsburg,
arrived at the California yesterday.
A. V. Oliver, mining man from West Point,
was an arrival at the Grand yesterday.
j. G. Scott, secretary and treasurer of the Lick
Mills Paper Company, is at the California.
Captain A. Lederman, a gentlemen who
figures in many aquatic shorts and who resides
in st. Louis, is at the Grand.
C. II. Phillips, the San Luis Obispo capitalist
who recently purchased the Chino sugar fac
tory is at the Palace with his wife.
The morning call., 1895-02-01
BARRIOS CARRIES HIS POINT.

If the dispatches from Central America
can be trusted President Barrios of Guate-
mala has accomplished the object for
which his uncle struggled in vain. The
Presidents OF Salvador, Nicaragua and
Honduras are said to have agreed to stand
by their neighbor in his contention with
Mexico, and Costa RIGA, though hanging
back, as her wont is, will probably
presently join the procession.
To cement the union, it is likely that a
little bloodletting may be necessary. A
naked compact may be broken, but when
allies have fought shoulder to shoulder
they are apt to think together afterward.
The young men of Mexico who have never
learned how hard bullet hits may posi-
bly, insist on vindicating their manhood in
the battlefield, and thus, though there isg
no real cause for war, and so prudent d
ruler as President Diaz cannot be suspected
OF desiring it, it is quite possible that the
dlsputants may come to blows. 1t will not
matter much. Spanish-American wars are
not usually bloody; short list of killed
and wounded generally satiates the Cen
tral-American appetite for gore. AT the
last instruction at San Jose de Costa RIGA
oil LII pOSlHS IOlCS was 1uuoIClSu OiA OGNA
side and there was murderous fire of
musketry, but the only man whose life was
taken was peaceable citizen who was 60
ing home after supper, and who was shot
through the stomach as he was digesting
his frijoles.
If Barrios succeeds in founding Central
American confederation, he will have rem
dered signal service to his country. AS
it stands, the five Central American States
occupy no place in the family of nations.
They are too feeble to command respect,
and when foreigners are assailed by mobs
in the Central American towns, the State
to which they belong is chastised like
forward child. They are a standing temp
tation to predatory enterprises by rapa-
cious powers. If it had not been for his
fear of irritating the United States, Bis
marck would have laid hands on one of
them when he took the colonizing fever.
If they were united they would constitute
a respectable nation, with an area nearly
twice that of California, population of
three millions, and soil of extraordinary
fertility. Hindustry and agriculture were
made safe by stable government the
world could dispense with the coffee of
Brazil. Even now, coffees are grown in
Salvador and Costa Rica which can fairly
compare with the finest Mocha. But moth
ing can be done with a country whose
normal condition is disorder with chronic
revolutions.
The morning call., 1895-02-01
KILL IT.

The opportunity of the San Francisco
delegation at Sacramento has come. They
must rise now and resent the insult to the
city contained in the proposed bill to ap-
point an inquisition of three to manage
our affairs for US. This drag-net investi-
CATION threatens every county, city, town,
village and hamlet in the State. San
Francisco in speaking for herself speaks
for all. Her delegation must stand forth
as the champions of home rule. They
must not plead for local self-government,
but demand it as the right of every Amer
lean community.
The city delegation should hold a caucus
at once and organize for a winning fight
against the outrage. San Francisco is not
incapable of self-government, as the advo-
Gates of this bill imply. 1t is city of
homes, built by honest men. cherished by
noble women, adorned by culture and
illumined by every domestic virtue. Out of
the love of the people for their homes,
grows their love for home rule. Out of
their devotion to the sanctity of the home
rises the indignation against outside
interference and inquisition. To de-
fend their homes, the people look
to their representatives. Those who stand
up for San Francisco at this juncture will
not be forgotten. We repeat that the OPP
portunity of our delegation has come. Let
them crush this infamy as soon as it shows
its head upon the floor of the Capitol.
There should be no apologies, no excuses,
no temporizing. The bill is an abomina-
ton in conception, in design and in meth
DDS. 1t must be killed in the interests of
every principle of good government and in
response to every instinct of American
manhood
The morning call., 1895-02-01

and postponements, and that the true
course to pursue is the course which is
adopted by men of business when they find
that their debtors cannot meet their
liabilities, namely, to foreclose on the
property mortgaged, and make the most
they can out of it. This is a plain. straight
forward, business-like way of dealing with
the question, and it seems to be the only
course to which those adjectiyes could be
applied.
1t is not worth while wasting time over
the abstract question whether it is consist
ent with our political system to have the
Government run railroads. The time to
discuss that question passed away long
ago. AS a matter of fact the Government
has got railroad, in posse if not in esse,
and the practical question of the hour is,
What shall it do with it?
The morning call., 1895-02-01

heavier than the other. This crosspiece has fixed
to it an oval piece of fat iron covered on both
sides with thick felt. small conical bag,
filed with ce1lulose and having hole through
its center, can be slid on to the rod. Back of
this bag is applied large washer, which is
held in place against the bag by nut which is
pushed down the rod to the threaded part
where it engages the screw. When leak has
been located any man can seize leak-stopper
corresponding approximately in size to the
width of the hole. Then holding it with the
lighter end of the pick toward him, so that the
pick and oval plate lie alongside the rod, he
can introduce it into the hole. He can avoid
the rush of the water by standing to one
side. AS soon as the pick has passed
through the plating the heavier end de-
sends and the pick places itself across
the hole while the pressure of the
outside water forces it against the side of the
vessel and throws the pick arm across the
opening, SO, resting on the plating around the
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boy-Florence, Leila, Helen, Gertrude and
Hamilton Mex. Jr.; Mrs. Shepard has four,
Mrs Sloane five, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
five. Mrs. George ]. Gould has small flock OF
five little people in her nursery. There are
four little Coleman Draytons, five Waldorf AS
tor children and three little Burke-Roches.
Marion Crawfords father started in life as
wood-carver, and by curious freak OF tate ne
designed the handsome mantels in the house
of his future father-in-law, Mr. Ward, on BOND
street, New York. Later in life, when he was
a sculptor in Rome, he met Miss Louise Ward,
wooed her and soon married her. The novelist
was born abroad.
Joshua lowering, leading business man and
the president of the Young Mems Christian
Association of Baltimore, will probably be the
Presidential candidate for the Prohibitionists.
Mrs. C. B. Craig and Mrs. n. Milliard Bell, OF
Denver, Col, having been drawn on jury, are
willing to do their duty as jurors citizens and
taxpayers.
General Booth of the Salvation Army has
finally concluded to locate his oversee colony
somewhere in Manitoba instead of taking it to
Australia.
The morning call., 1895-02-01
Russ;a,s Empress Gains strength.

The producers of ''Mariani Wine win Mariani),
should according to report soon have splendid mar
ket in Russia for their nerve and brain tonic, as
the Dowager Empress has, at the suggestion of the
Prince of Wales, drank it since the death Of her
consort with the most remarkable and beneficial re-
suits 1t seems that her Majesty is one of the many
delicate persons with whom stimulating drugs like
quinine, iron and Peruvian bark disagree, but such
is not the with the wine tonic referred to. 1t
is well known that the Princess of Wales also de-
rived increased strength OF brain and nerves from
it during her last great trials. Moreover in conse-
quence of the benefits obtained by the Empress
great demand for this tonic has sprung up among
the ladies Of Russian aristocracy suffering from
'Nerves.''-The Court Journal London, JAN IL,
1895.
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The death is reported of old Louis Patio,
the negro whose name is familiar in connec-
ton with the Dade massacre in Florida.
Patio was Dade's guide, and was accused
of having led the American troops into the
ambuscade in which they lost their lives at
the hands of Osceola. The feeling against
him was SO strong that he had to fly the
State. 1t afterward turned out that he
was innocent of the charge and he returned
to Florida to die. He spent his last years
at his early home, much respected by
whites and blacks. He is said to have been
native African, and master of wood
craft
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whole, it affords a point of support, while
the felt-covered plate reduces the leak very
much and makes easier the next operation,
which consists in slipping the bag of cellulose,
washer and nut over the rod, screwing down
the nut until the bag of cellulose is COM
pressed against the hole. The cellulose bag
fills up all parts of the hole, no matter how
irregular, as the great value of the cellulose
consists in its absorbing water and greatly in
creasing its volume. This elastic mass makes
tightly applied mat over the hole, which can
not be accidentally disturbed or displaced
Should the hole be not more than ten inches
wide and several feet long a number of leak
shoppers can be used side by side, so as to
gradually fill the hole
The morning call., 1895-02-01
REILLY's FUNDING BILL.

The speech Of Harris of Kansas on the
Reilly funding bill was an education for the
Eastern members of Congress, who know
little or nothing of the Pacific Railroad
question. Harris was himself one of the
engineers who built the Union Pacific and
is familiar with its history from its birth to
the present day. He did not follow Mr..
Reilly into the questions of detail which
were raised in defense of the bill, but he
took the broad ground that the Govern
ment ought to foreclose the mortgage and
sell the property pledged, as it would do in
the case of any other debtor. He saw no
advantage in pursuing any other course.
Mr.. Harris is not in favor of the Govern
ment ownership of all railroads. But he
holds that the Union and Central Pacific
occupy exceptional ground. They are
great national highways and different in
their relations to the people from other
roads. He sees no objection to the Gov
eminent acquiring the ownership of the
roads and operating them through lessees
or by commissioner.
The case hes in nutshell. The present
companies which own and run these roads
will presently find themselves indebted to
Reilly states to be $136,O000Oo. That debt
they are unable to pay. They ask the
Government to extend it, promising to
pay a low rate of interest on the extended
bonds. If this proposition is assented to,
the position of the Government will be
what it is now, except that the bad debt
will be increased by adding the accrued in
terest to, the principal, and the ability of
the debtor TO pay debt of $136, 000, 600 will
be less than its ability has been to pay a
debt of So, 900 600. On the other hand, Mr.
Harris, and those who think with him,
hold that nothing is to be gained by shifts
The morning call., 1895-02-01

damaged herself, and that her captain
thought only of his own ships safety.
That was the reason the captain of the
Vesta gave for abandoning the Arctic.
The sea Is such wide place, and, in
co mparlson, ships are such small objects.
that 1T seems strange that collisions should
occur. But they do happen, and some
times, as on recent occasion in this bay,
they take place in broad daylight, when
each vessel has ample sea-room. When no
charge OF negligence can be proved against
the officers in charge there is nothing to
be done but to deplore the casualty.
The morning call., 1895-02-01
SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.

Their lips met.
"The goal at last" he murmured.
y Touchdown" she observed, gently, correct
ing him in accordance with her understanding
of the football terminology. -Detroit Tribune.
He--And am 1 the first man you ever loved,
darling?
Darling-Gracious, Georgel you forget that
you are in Chicago.-Judge
"Out in Oregon" said man from that State,
"the air is so clear that you can see the peak of
Mount Shasta, in California, from the peak of
Mount Hood, in Oregon, a distance OF ZIG
miles,"
"Here in the East we can see much farther
than that"
"Oh, come now"
otis fact. The moon is FAC, 900 miles away,
but we can see it on clear night."-Life.
Briggs-Did you have mucn to drink at the
dinner last night?
Griggs-Yes, sir! When I came out 1 felt like
pousse cafe-St. Louis Post-Dfspatch.
"Gag him!''
"Put the ice-cold iron in his mouth"
''Tie his head back so he can't move ith
At this critical moment Mr.. Finkenbinder
woke with a start from horrible dream in
which lot of ferocious horses had got hold of
him and were using him as he was in the habit
of using his own horse-Chicago Tribune.
Miss Billing-What kind of man would you
like to marry?
Miss Willing-Oh bachelor or widower.-
New York Herald.
The morning call., 1895-02-01
UP TO DATE IDEAS.

Ever since ship has floated upon the ocean
the maritime world has been looking forward
to the discovery OF some practical means of
stopping rapidly and easily the dangerous
leaks which so often cause the loss of ships and
eargoes. The method that nearest approaches
the right thing is that OF the French inventor,
Colonies. The apparatus used by him for ap-
plying the cellulose to the hole is extremely
simple. 1t is composed of steel rod, threaded
ON part of its length, at the end OF which is
pivoted an iron piece, which, when at right
angles to the rod, has the appearance OF pick
ak, one of the arms of this orosspiece being
The morning call., 1895-02-01
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Mrs Strong, wife OF the Mayor of New York,
has as much executive ability as her husband,
and while she does not take advantage of her
"pull" with the city's manager in civic or Off
cial affairs she has for many years shown her
fitness to be the mate OF man whose ability to
conduct public affairs caused him to be chosen
for New York City's Mayor
DIR. Parkhurst, when young theological stu
dent, was sent abroad for several years to
study. When he returned he preached in the
little town of Clinton, Mass, where he was
born, and where his father had been min
lister for seventeen years.
The Vanderbilt olive branches are numer-
Gus. Mrs. Twombley has four little girls and a
The morning call., 1895-02-01
The Hobart Estate.

The articles of incorporation of the
Hobart Estate Company were recorded in
Alice NJ. and Ella V. Hobarts conveys to
the Hobart Estate Company twenty-nine
pieces of real estate, including the Hobart
building on Market and Montgomery, the
house on Van Ness and Washington, and
various other pieces of property situated in
different parts of the city. The Hobart
Estate Company is similar to the Sharon,
Croker and Murphy estate interpretations.
The morning call., 1895-02-01
Customs Changes.

Collector Wise has appointed John HI.
Reardon as assistant United States weigher
in place of B. T. Harrison, promoted to
inspector Daniel O'Leary takes the place
of Harrison as the head of the Chinese
ht1ro
The morning call., 1895-02-01


Has been used over fifty years by millions OF moth
ers for their children while Teehing with perfect
success 1t soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays Pain cures Wind Collie, regulates the Bowels
and is the best remedy for Diarrhpas whether
arising from teething other causes. For sale by
Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and
ask for Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup 25c a
t,ott
The morning call., 1895-02-01

A commission that does no good to any
body harms everybody.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

The first theological seminary in this
country to open its doors to women was
the Meadevi1le Theological School, which
graduated two women in 1885.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

Jury reform is the coming issue, and has
lots Of backing behind it.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

TISSUE PAPER for lamp shades and flowers
all colors in stock. Sanborn, Vail & Cos
The morning call., 1895-02-01

If Hurley offered bride to juryman
who bribed Hurley?
The morning call., 1895-02-01

CuR-IT-UP heals wounds. burns and sores as
If by magic. Itcures chilblains and poison oak
in one application 1t relieves all pain.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

RHEUMATIC pains and cold weather go together.
1t is then that the Tactic acid settles in the JOINTS
Hoods Sarsaparilla removes this poisonous faint
and thus cures rheumatism.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

Every man who subscribes to the valley
railroad signs his title to public esteem.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

VALENTINES for '95 just received. Beauti-
full designs. Sanborn, Vail & Co., TAI Mar
ket street.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

The Railroad Commission should be rail
roaded out of commission.
The morning call., 1895-02-01
"Mrs MinsIow,s soothing syrup,

Do YOUR feet trouble You? Consult the best
Chiropodist. 81 Powell street; elevator.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

THOUSANDS of ready framed pictures:
latest subjects and lowest prices. Sanborn,
Vail g. Co.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

Legislators will find that economy is the
saving Of those who favor it.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

The public eye sees more than the eye of
any individual and the best way to dis
cover crime is to investigate it publicly.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

The pruning that is most needed in the
wine industry and the fruit industry is the
pruning off of the useless commissions.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

Since the Senate committee of grave and
reverend seigneurs admit that they can
not agree on currency reform they might
at least agree to drop it.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

Calling the roll of legislative attaches
every morning is popular measure. In
fact the people would rather lose the at
taches than the rollcall.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

Has the Railroad Commission done
good or done nothing2 Echo answers:
Nothing.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

Get THE WEEKLY CALL this morning.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

Ask the farmers what the Horticultural
and ViticuItural commissions have done,
and they will tell you that Commissioners
have drawn their salaries.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

If the investigations of the Retrenchment
Committee cause half the legislative at
taehes to lose their heads the people won't
complain.
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No possible commission could regulate
railway freights and fares half as well as
competition can do it.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

The best arrangement of a junketing
tour that the Legislature can make is to
cut it short.
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Retrenchment should be drastic.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

What would be the difference between
inspectors who don't inspect and detectives
who don't detect?
The morning call., 1895-02-01

By free competition not only does every
thing regulate itself but it regulates itself
in the best way.
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1t is about time that home investigation
was pushed home.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

Missouri's Vest asserts itself. 1t will
keep silver in its pocket and be pulled
down no more.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

In THE WEEKLY CALL that appears this
morning special departments will be found
devoted to all the leading industries of the
State. Read it and keep posted
The morning call., 1895-02-01

When honest men divide criminals null
&;,olr-
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No permanent reform can be effected by
simply removing an evil, for, unless some
thing better is put in its place, another
evil will spring up Immediately.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

To DRIVE cough from the system use DR.. Bull'i
Cough Syrup. IT never fails.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

By its experimental stations the Agricul-
tural Department Of the State University
is doing more for horticulture and viticul-
ture than forty Commissioners could do.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

VERMONT maple sugar, 15cl ID, Townsend's."
The morning call., 1895-02-01

The proposal to give the Bank Commits
sion further powers meets the popular de-
mand just half way. The commission
must either do better business or quit bust
ness
The morning call., 1895-02-01

BACON Printing Company, sos Clay street.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

As an evidence that good county roads
can be provided under the present road
law, the San Jose Mercury points out that
the roads of that county are in such excel
lent condition that although this is the
middle of winter and we have had two
months of almost continuous rains the
Mercury is delivered every morning at Gill
roy, thirty miles distant, by means OF a
bicycle.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

THE WEEKLY CALL follows the course of
the daily. Its motto is truth, its policy
is progress, its methods are Independent,
and its aim is the advancement of Cali
fornia
The morning call., 1895-02-01

Abolish useless commissions.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

By sending THE WEEKLY CALL to your
Eastern friends you will acquaint them
with the varied industries and attractions
Of California and may induce them to
come here and invest their money and
make their homes.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

In opposing the funding bill it matters
not whether the directors of the rail
roads were patriotic citizens who labored
solely for the public good or whether
they were plunderers of the people; the
only point in issue is that the companies
cannot pay the debt they owe, and, there
fore, the law must take it's course and the
mortgages be foreclosed.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

AS result of the destruction of buffalos,
1t is said that the robes are in great de-
mand as luxuries. They are worth from
$50 to 800 each, and the fortunate posses
sor of one is considered to be away up in
the top notch of fashion.