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The San Francisco call., 1896-01-26
MERCED,s DEFUNor BANK.
Directors Remsoved From Office by Dect-
sion of Judge LdtC.

Directors RemoUed From Office by Dect-
sion of Judge Ldtc.
MERGED, CAL, Jan. 25.-The contest
for the ousting of the old directors of the
defunct Merced Bank was concluded yes
terday in the Superior Court, and to-day
Judge Law rendered decision removing
them from Office. The new directors will
be announced by Judge Law next Monday,
from list agreed upon by the depositors.
The trial was begun last Thursday by the
Bank Commissioners. District-Attorney
Ostrander represented the Attorney GEN
eral for the plaintiffs, and ]. f. Peck ap-
peared for the directors.
The depositors feel much elated over the
decision, as they claim that the settlement
of the affairs of the defunct bank will now
proceed more rapidly and on better busi-
ness basis.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-26
TO BENEFIT THE DIXIE.
The Duchess of Marlborough VIII Carr,
HeGuy Life Insurance.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 25.-The re-
port that the young Duchess OF Marl-
borough tnee Vanderbilt) was to have her
life insured for the benefit of the Duke is
confirmed in private letter The amount
applied for is 100000. An application has
been made and medical report submitted.
but so far as is known the insurance COM
panies have not passed on it. The proba-
biities are they will accept the risk, for
they will receive a big premium and get
other benefits. Besides, the British COM
panies like to mortgage the lives of the
aristocracy. This will be one of the largest
if not the largest Of risks ever taken. 1t
will undoubtedly be underwritten by a
syndicate.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-26
Amp,statfon Is Necessaru.

OAKLAND, CAL, Jan. 25.-Engineer
John A. Stanley was brought from San
Jose tonight and taken to the Fabiola
Hospital. He is badly injured and one
leg will have to be amputated, but it is
hoped the other will be saved. There is
chance for his recovery. Stanley lives at
Seventh and Oak streets with his family.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-26
snnta Rosn,s Iunrorement Cluh

SANTA ROSA, CAL, Jan. 25.-The
Santa Rosa Improvement Club met for or
ganlzation last night. D. e. McKinlay
was elected president; j. P. Overton, vice
president; w. J. Eardley. treasurer and
H. Striening, secretary. The club has
about fifty members to start with, and all
are full of enthusiasm for the work OF i'm
proving the town.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-26
Miss Cooper,. Debut.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Jan. 25.-A
cotillion was given at the Arlington last
night by ]. w. Cooper, one of Santa Bar
bara's pioneer residents and most re-
spected citizens, to celebrate the debut of
his daughter, Miss Bessie, who has for
several years past been a pupil of Miss
Heads school in Berkeley. Rear-Admiral
and Mrs. Beardslee and Captain Cotton of
the Philadelphia received with the parents
of the dcbutante and there was a big at
tendance of officers from the cruiser.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-26
4 FLoURIs8ING INSTITUTION.
annual Meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce in Paris.

PARIS, FRANCE, Jan. 25.-The second
annual meeting of the American Chamber
of Commerce in Paris was held this even
ing in tie Cafe Richie and was very sue
cessful affair. Mr.. Morss, the American
Consul General, made a speech, in which
he sketched the history of the chamber.
President Stephen Tying described its
foundation. Speeches were also made by
William Seligman and Vice President
Peartree. The latter enlarged upon the
future of the chamber.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-26

The signal box was knocked over and lay
across the narrow-g gauge track.
Only the tender of the narrow gauge
train left the track with the engine.
Shortly after the accident a gang of men
was put to work clearing the track, and
everything will be out of the way by morn
inp.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-26
ACTS UP TO ITS NAME.
The StinOer Joins the Ranks of Santa
Bdrbara NetUspapers.

bdrodTu NetoSpdpeTs.
SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Jan. 25.-
Santa Barbara received lively shaking
up tonight through the appearance of a
new weekly paper called the Singer, and
which acts fully up to its name. The little
sheet handles matters local without gloves,
and strikes out from the shoulder at
prominent citizens and residents, while
promising more and livelier sensations
next week.
While the editor of the new sheet is
nomlnally one J. A. Fowler of Summer
land, formerly connected with the Santa
Barbara Fire Department, and it is evil
IDENTIFY printed at safe distance from this
city at the office of S1mmerland paper,
there is a mystery regarding the people
backing it with brains and capital. but it
is generally accredited to one or two bright
members of the City Council.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-26

is the baseball management going to do to
raise funds for the season?" The answer
to this question will, in large measure.
decide what sort of showing the men will
make in intercollegiate baseball matches
this season.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-26
An accident on. the Franoe,

PARIS, FRANCE, Jan. 25.-Dispatches
from st. Nazaire state that a very serious
accident occurred there to-day in the
course of the trial of the machinery of the
new transatlantic steams ship France, just
constructed. The report says that a num-
Der of persons were killed and injured
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-26
MERGED ALARMED.
Valley Road Engineers Are Surveying
AtcGY From the City.

MERGED, CAL, Jan. 25.-Surveyor Gra-
ham of the Valley road is running sur
vey from the Merced River northeast of
this city to join the line already staked to
the southwark. Merced citizens have be-
come somewhat nervous over this new
move, and it has served to spur them to a
more united action in regard to conces-
sions to the comp pany. A committee of
the Valley Railroad directors will meet
the City Trustees and all others who wish
to be present next Thursday evening, at
which time the location of the road, as far
as Merced is concerned, will be settled per-
manantlU
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-26
OHOKED TO DEATH.
Sudden Passing of Orrin Barr, q
Pioneer of TisdLiG.

Pioneer of TisdHG.
VISALIA, CAL, Jan. 25.-Orrin Barr, an
old resident of Visalia, died very suddenly
this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, choking to
death upon piece of orange he was eat
ing before physician could be sum-
moned.
Barr came to Visalia in 1859 and has
been engaged in business here since. He was
a charter member of the Visalia Lodge,
A. o. U. W., and on Tuesday evening of
this week was installed as one of the
officers of that order
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-26
NEW TO-DAY.
|. mans health

A mans health
carries him through
the world. He de.
pends on it for eu-
joyment, for happi.
ness, for success, for
the achievement of
anything he has in
b and. Americans
take big chances.
Theyrisk everything
lii business. They
have confidence in
their brains and
their ability. The
American business
man is active, lexi.
BILE, elastic. Knock
him down with fail
ure and he is up
in a minute.
As long as he keeps
h is health, failure
mean any.
thing to him. He
has lost a little time,
but that is all. If he
can keep his health,
he will go on to sue
cess. He feels sure
of that, and vet his
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-25
THE METROPOLITAN.

The play-writer has been described
as an individual sitting upon the pro-
mOntOry Of dramatic imagination,
looking out over the sea of impossi-
bility, taking note Of every phase de-
YelOped that has the slightest likeness
to human interest. This is somewhat
OF long shot, il true, but whether
true or otherwise, the actors who i'm
perSOnate the characters imagined by
play writer's, have no such easy time Of
It,. The actor must be, not-seem, and
no matter how pretty the scenes, how
strong the speeches, how thrilling the
ClimaxeS or how ingenious the story,
the actor must depend upon his re-
sources. For instance, there are no
Irish plays having plots of deeper in
terest or more ingenious in construc-
ton, and none having prettier or
more realistic scenic effects than seen
in Kerry Cow" and ''Shaun Rhue";
yet without the true Irish persOnali-
ties depicted by the Dan O'Hara, the
Larry Donovan and the Shaun Rhue
created by Joseph Murphy, they would
Ego" for naught. These delneations
are original to Mr.. Murphy, suggested
possibly by the lines OF the plays, yet
developed in their details by Mr.. Muir
phys actual knowledge Of Irish char
acteristicS, actual acquaintance with
the topography and history of Ireland.
Joseph Murphy will commence an
engagement at the Metropolitan Sun
day evening, Nov. 20, presenting
"Shaun Rhue." Sunday and Monday
nights and Wednesday matinee.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-25
THE BIJOU.

In Saved From the Sea" the at
traction announced for presentation
at the Bijou following Gus Heege a
good story is admirably told. The
novel mechanical effects are surpris-
ing examples OF reals tic modern stage
craft and the scenic artists skill,
the notable effects being the thrilling
explosion on the "ocean waif" at sea
and the rescue in mid-ocean, the real
istic demolition Of the bridge in act
second, and the precipitation Of the
villain to the waters below and the
wonderful scene at the scaffold-a
novelty new to the stage, and scene
that found its prototype in real life.
In all it is a drama Astounding in mar
velously strong situations and scenic
triumphs.
Cosgrove and Grants comedians,
who will be seen at the Bijou shortly
in their new version of 1.-The DaZzler"
are according to all accounts making
the most pronounced hit this year
history. Every year it has been
changed and frightened up a bit to
keep it up with the times; but this
season it has been entirely rewritten
from beginning to end, with new
story, plot and Incidents. 1t is decid-
eddy superior to the old version at It's
BEST and as the company presen ting
it is the cleverest that Cosgrove and
Grant have ever. had the performance
is a decided improvement. The COM
pany includes Will West, Max Miller,
Griffin and Cowper, Ida Rodgers, Min
ME Cline and the Misses Sanger,
Riggs, Marks, Eva Leslie, Bone vikle,
Mispah and Rose Leslie.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-25
AGAINST FUSION,

LEWISTON, Me-, Nov. 18.-Every in
dication is that the alliance which ex-
listed between the Populists and the
Democratic party during the recent cam
paign can no longer exist. L. C. Bate
man, who was the Populist candidate for
governor, is constantly in communica-
ton with the leaders of the middle-of-
the-road Populists, and they declare in
the most emphatic terms that fusion be-
tween the two parties shall no longer
exist. Mr.. Bateman was asked what
would be the future of the Populist par
ty. He said:
Bryan and his issue are done for.
Had he boldly planted himself upon the
full Populist platform he would have
had a future. He is lost. Daniel Web
ster made the same blunder so years ago
We shall demand the utter overthrow of
the whole metal basis system and the
establishment of purely scientific paper
currency based upon the entire wealth of
the cslntry. We shall demand the gov
ernixcot ownership of the railroad. tcle-
graph and telephone lines. l look to
see, with the passage of a silver bill by
the Republicans, the silver Democrats
uniting with the gold wing of the party
and going back to their old position Of
the opposition party = only this and
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-25
DISFRANCHISIN YES
We take tie following article from
1.-THE Minneapolis Times"

We take tie following article from
THE MinneaDolis Times"
One of the singular facts which has
been developed by the recent election
is that men will vote to disfranchise
thems, Ives. While the result of the
election, touching the constitutional
amendments submitted for ratifica-
tion or rejection, can not be definitely
known until the official count, it has
been conceded generally that each one
of the amendments received large
majority Of the votes cast upon the
issue. This means that the next vote
in Minnesota will be at least $4,000
smaller than the last, allowing liber-
ally for the increase in population.
The particular amendment in ques-
tion is that which requires voter to
be citizen Of the United States, hav-
ing secured his second papers" at
least three months before election.
This means that the resident Of Min
nesota, in order to exercise the fran
chise, must have lived at least five
years and three months In the United
States before election, and that he
shall have applied for his FIRST pa
pers," made the declaration of iuten-
tion to become a citizen, at least two
years before he applied for the second
papers, be fore he can vote.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-25
THE POLITICAL FUTURE.
A Prohibition View Of II.


The N. Y. Voice Of the Nov. S h,
says:
''The future of parties in this oln-
try 50 far as Influenced by last T les
days verdict of the people, is rather
interesting subject for speculate IN.
The Democratic party is undoubtedly
in bad way. 1t has traded off very
strong element of the party, strong
both In wealth and brains, for its
Populist allies. II this alliance can
endure for another four years, and the
leaders Of it can get along without
dissensions among themselves, the
outlook for the Democracy in 1900
would be by no means a hopeless one
on the very same lines as those Of this
year. But it is incredible that such
could be the case. The Populists will
go into the next House of Represen-
tatives, apparently, with twice as
large delegation as they had in it
last year. They are therefore likely
to "feel their oats" even more than
in the last year or two, and to demand
the unconditional surrender of the
Democratic party not only on the free
silver issue, but on all the other
POpulist issues. On the other hand
large number of Democrats who were
willing to make the experiment on
free silver this year, and who stood by
the party rather ruefully, will. in view
OF the disastrous results, rebel against
any further surrender TO Populist de-
mands. The National Democrats"
had hoped to constitute of themselves
an ark of safety for the future, but
Palmer's small vote is not likely to
give much strength to the hopes in
this direction. We suppose the Demo-
cratic party will be saved, somehow,
from the dangers that threaten it. It
is used to internal squabbleS, and to
being 1.-THE party Of the opposition"
In fact, during this generation. the
only real strength it seems to have
had was when, out Of power, its whole
task was to oppose whatever the other
fellows attempted to do. Its con-
structive power has not been ex-
hibited to advantage for 10, these
many years. But it has now lost sew
eral Southern states twice in success
sion, its Old-time leaders have almost
deserted it, and even New York city
has gone back upon it. Truly these
be troublous times for the once "un-
terrified" descendants of Andrew
Jackson. Here is their hope: Which
ever old party is in power. the cCultry
soon wishes it had the other. Four
years seems to be as much as the ma
tion can stand Of either party at one
time. This was the year for a Repub-
lican landslide. Four years hence it
will be the Democrats turn again.
AS we have observed before, the con-
dition is like that at cheap board
ing-house. where the old boarder in
formed the new boarder that it made
no difference whether he ordered hash
or stew. he would wish he had ordered
the other. The story va, apropos
four years ago, eight years ago. and
II years ago; and may be equally so
four years hence.
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sofa, was ultimately held in Thread
Needle Street, London.

sofa, was ultimately held in Thread
Needle Street, London.
We believe that the course of events
Will teach the employer that he was
cheated and swindled; that there is
no prosperity to be found under the
gold standard; that it means a falling
market, and that means ruin for all
producers.
We hope the business class are not
without the capacity to learn, We
have got Mr.. Mckinley elected-we
are entitled to the prosperity prom
ised, but instead we see nothing but a
lot Of newspaper twaddle, and a rush
Ing out Of commercial men to secure
the business which cannot exist. The
price OF wheat has gone up because of
short crop in other parts of the
world, but other commodities have
not risen in proportion. The exaction
of the lumbermen, the coal-mine own
er. the money-lender, and the trans
portation companies may be in
creased, but these do not mean pros
perity for any but themselves. They
mean larger deductions from the in
come Of the embarrassed agriculture
lists and workingmen. You cannot
make the poor man rich by taking
money out Of his pocket. You may
"encourage" the American industr
that plumbers, but you discourage
the American industry that is plum
dered.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-25
HARDLY FAIR.

The last number of the Denver New
Road prints the following:
There are many good reasons for
Bryan'S defeat.
First: votes.
Secondly, there are 5000, 900 farmer
and 100000 labor votes. These two
elements Bryan so eloQuently pleaded
for combined could have easily elected
him, and had two or three million
votes to spare.
his defeat. Now give 'em government
by Injunction with vengeance.
We have no doubt that there were
millions of votes cast for Mr.. Bryan in
the receut election by the men who
toll in mines and mills and factories.
1t Is true there were millions more
who did not support him, although
they at first felt like doing so, but
they were inundated and terrorized
and brought under influences that it
was impossible for human nature to
withstand. We have heard of numer-
Gus cases where, the day before cleo
ton the employers Of labor addressed
their workingmen and said to them,
that if Bryan was elected they need
not return to work on Wednesday
morning, for the establish ment would
be closed. 1t is not surprising that
under such threats, vast numbers of
good, honest men, fearing that the
food supply Of their wives and chill
dren would cease, were terrified into
voting for Mckinley. The farmer
who has his cellar and bins full can
scarcely realize the position of the
men whose daily bread and daily life
depend upon their daily work. There
is, in such threats as they were SUBJ
jected to, something to appal the
hearts of the stoutest.
But it may be said:-were the en-
ployers Of labor honest in putting
such stress and pressure upon their
workmen--did they believe it? We
have no doubt that the great major
ity of them did. They are not, as a
rule, statesmen or profound thinkers
They were themselves in the power of
the banks; If the banks withheld &C.
commOdatiOns, they would have had
to 60 into bankruptcy. And so they,
in turn brought pressure to bear up
on the workmen. And the local banks
were in turn terrorized by the banks
Of New York, which are under the in
fiuences Of the banks Of the Old
World. There are very few banks
that could exist in the face of the
concerted opposition of the great
capitalists of the East; their credit
could be destroyed; their accommoda-
tions withdrawn and their business
intercepted. Hence the other end of
the rope, that was frightened around
the neck OF the sworkmen in Mime
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-25
MANY MEN OF MANY MINDS.

Now here Is man-doubtless a
good, honest gentleman,-who at
tacks us fiercely for selling out the
party to the Democrats, when the
truth was that we did our best to
have the Peoples Party National Con-
vention at St. Louis nominate its own
candidates and stand on its own
legs. But through internal dissen-
sions, fomented by S. M. Owen, and
worked up on the train from Mime
apolis, with a few "smarties'' like
Dobbyn and Aver, to do the fine work
and take the snap-judgments, we
found our own state would not stand
by us; and the very men who had been
sent to the convention instructed to
support us for the presidency rash
ed around among the delegates from
other states, telling them we did not
represent the Peoples Party of Min.
nesota. We were forced to drop into
line behind the fools. II we had re-
sisted the whole country would have
been told that we were actuated by
personal ambition. We yielded our
better judgment and our party lost
Minnesota and lost the presidency,
And now a subscriber writes US thus:
Editor Representative:
1 have just noticed that my sub
scription to your paper has expired.
Enclosed find money order for so
cents to renew for six months more,
/ am not in favor of your position
regarding political matters this year;
and unless you change / shall not en-
dOrse you by taking The REPRESENT
TATIvE again. The Peoples Party
was sold-out at St. Louis and also in
Minnesota, and now the national par
ty is dead as Hector; and you endorsed
the sell-out by advocating the cleo
ton of Democrats who destroyed the
party.
knew Of the plan to sell out long
before the convention met; and | no.
titled the secretary of our State PeO-
what the Chicago convention would
do; and al 20 what the St. Louis con-
vention would do.
What are you going to do now?
Stand by a corpse until it stinks? You
ought to know that you should zoe
ware of the Greeks bearing gifts"
Yours truly, CHAS. l.. GR1FFING.
Jacksonville, Fla. Nov. IL.
If our friend will read this weeks
issue he will see what we propose to
do. We propose to try and reform the
grand old Peoples Party, and rebuild
it upon the Omaha platform. not up
on the bastard screed of 1896. We
propose that the Peoples Party shall
elect the majority of the next Con-
gress. II there is to be cooperation
there shall be no merger. and nothing
shall be done to drive the Populists off
the field in disgrace. And further
more we propose to bury the knaves
and fools who have come so near to
numbering the noblest organization
ever set up in any land on earth.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-25

was 1873. One day alone, Dec. %, tho
police were obliged to care for 1T I'M
fOrtunateS. This was the year that
Mayor Eustis started his soup kitchen
scheme, and more people were attract
ed to the police station than would
0therwise have presented themselves.
Last winter slight falling OF was
noticed, but this winter it looks as il
the number would be as large as ever.
As high as forty applied for lodging in
October, and thus far this month, in
Guiding last night, when there were
sixty eight dodgers, the tramp-room
has been occupied by 1923 men. On the
morning of the 10th, ninety-two men
were sleeping on the benches and
floor.
We would ask our readers to note
that, according to this article, it was
after the passage Of the act in $685. re-
Dealing the act of 1890, providing for
the purchase of 4.5,O, 900 ounces of sill
yer per month, and the turning of it
into silver paper money, that the mis-
cries of the poor rose to such vast
proportions, and the station houses
overlooked with the unemployed. 1t
will be remembered that the bankers
and the politicians Of both the old
parties 4clamored for the passage Of
that act, and promised us overwhelm-
ing prosperity, just as they did prior
to the recent election; and in both
cases the direct result was vast in
crease in the number Of unemployed,
and OF those living upon charity.
1t seems to us that the worst men
in Gods world are those who mislead
the people to their ruin for personal
benefit. We don't like the idea of an
eternal hell, but we would be glad to
see such men put somewhere, after
death, where they would get thorough
ly warmed through during the next
few hundred years. The world is so
beautiful when it is prosperous, and
such horrible thing when it is op-
pressed, that no crime can compare
with that of cheating and deceiving
Ing the people.