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The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20
COLONEL GREENE ETOLEAVE,
The Adjutant- General of the Depart
ment of California to Go on the
Retired List.

Colonel OliYer D. Greene, A. A G.,
Acknowledgement of the department of Cali
fornia, a position he has filed for some
time with credit to himself and the de-
partment, will be retired next Monday on
account of age, having attained the num-
Der OF years when the law says officers of
the army must go on the retired list.
Colonel Greene has brilliant military
record. He was born in New York in
1883. January %, 1S49, he was appointed
to the United States Military Academy at
West Point from his native State and en-
tered there July 1, 1s49. He graduated in
July, 1854; became active brevet lieuten-
ant of the Third Artillery July l, 1854;
second lieutenant, Second Artillery, No
vemDer 25, 1854; was appointed captain
August 3, 1861; major, A. A. G., July II,
1852; lieutenant colonel, A. A. G., volun-
teers, August 20, 1862; captain Second Ar
tillery, October l, 1868; Jieutenant-colonel,
A. A. G. Omitted States army, Feb
ruary 81, 1887. His brevet rank
is as follows: Brevet captain United
States army, July 21 1861, for gal
liant and merltorious service at the
battle of Bull Run, Va; brevet lieutenant
colonel March 13, 1866, for meritorious and
gallant conduct at the battle OF era mp
tons Gap, Md; brevet colonel, U. S. a,
March Is, 1865 for gallant and meritorious
service at the battle of Antietam, Nd;
brevet brigadier- general, U. s. a, March
13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious ser
vice during the War of the Rebellion.
At army headquarters it has not yet
been ascertained who will succeed Colonel
Greene in the position he now so ably
fills. 1t was expected that the late Major
Wilson, whose death occurred at Van
couver Barracks a few days since, would
have been his successor. Now there is
some talk that the position may go to
Colonel Sheridan, brother OF Gallant
Phil Sheridan"
1t is not known whether the remains of
the late Albert S. Willis, United States
Minister to the Hawaiian Islands, will,
upon reaching this City. be accorded mill
tary honors, no order to that effect having
been received from the War Department
at Washington.
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pose of simplifying and reducing the expenses
of their work. This BILL as Mr.. Splitter and
other Assess ors say, will benefit both the Off
cials and the PEOPLE.
w. NJ. Nuuer, Assessor of CaiaVeras County,
and G. o. King Assessor of San Luis Obispo,
who are also at the Grand, say with Mr. Splitter
that the bill is useful one. They and many
other Assessors of The State have been doing
what they could to get the measure passed.
Mr.. Splitter is here for brief stay only. He
will return TO his h ONE in day or two. He
continues to maintain a strong. interest in
grain and fruit growing, Notwithstanding his
retirement from the life of farmer.
"It seems to me-" he said, THAT the valley
land of Santa Clara County is UNSURPASSED in
richness by any other land in all California.
It's soil is enduring, and the farmer who pos
sesses it has something that will always afford
him a steady revenue. only wish there was
more of the valley land. 1t is of a kind that
is satisfying TO those who hold it,"
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and needless taxes. According to the
state ment OF President Jordan, out of the
present income of $3.50, 900 OF Stanford Uni
versity, more than $4,000 each year is
taken for State and county taxes, "and the
balance OF the 5000, 900 representing it's
annual cost of maintenance is taken from
Mrs. Stanford's private means pin
money which she had saved up for the
building of kindergartens and for addi-
tions to the museum"
This showing is certainly not creditable
either to the wisdom or the gratitude of
the State. 1t is not grateful to Senator
Stanford ard to Mrs. Stanford 20 thus tax
the benefits which they have desired to
confer upon the people. Neither is 1t the
part of wisdom TO take money from uni
versity, where it serves the highest use,
and apply it to lower one. The relief
asked for should be granted at once.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20
NEWSPAPER PLEASANTLY,

Mama-Johnnie, when you feel angry, you
should always count ten before you say any
thing or do any thing.
Johnnie-But it lakes too long.-Puck.
Bobby-Pappa, what was "The Crime of
1872"
Papa-Oh, that's when your grandmother
came to live with us.-Atlanta Constitution.
tWhere did you learn that style OF intense
concentration in your drawing?' asked the
would-be critic of rising artist
From a mustard plas ter" replied the
fiippant genius.-Cleve and Plain Dealer.
"Pm tired of the men of to-day" declared
Miss Elderly 1t was very different in the good
old days of chivalry."
do tell me about it, dear" answered Miss
Deeply; sit was before my time, you know
Detroit Free Press
Con ductor-D.d you see the man with the
child?
Driver-No.
Conductor-He's the proudest father I ever
met. Insisted on paying full fare for the six
month-old boy.-Odds and Ends.
"Yes," exclaimed the elephant, bitterly,
'.they have gone and educated my wife to
almost human intelligence, and now she
doesn't know how to get along with one trunk
any more"
There were times possibly, when education
was not the blessing it was cracked up to be-
Detroit Journal
"There," said the managing editor, "goes
the queerest man I ever saw"
"How's that?" the city editor asked.
"He came in here 10 submit an article for
publication, and didn't say that he had always
been steady reader of our paper."-Cleveland
Leader.
Music Hall Manager tell you I can't give
you all engagement
Artistc-But am the cleverest mimic in the
world. Mention any ore you like. and l will
| show you how can take them off,
| Nj. Fl. M.-Thanks, very much. 1 will men,
| tion yourself.-Illustrated Bits
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ments IN which large sums of money are
invested and in which large manufactur-
ing interests are centered in the district,
all practically without protection against
fire. The owners of property are surrlng
themselves to have this condition OF al
fairs done away with.
Yesterday representative of the prop
erty interests appeared before the Flre
Department Committee of the Board OF
Supervisors and asked that hydrants
might be placed on the avenue. The com
m ttee saw the need of hydrants and fully
understood the danger in which valuable
property is placed by reason of their alb
sence. Nevertheless, unless there is
water main the hydrants would be use
less. After talking the matter over an
agreement was reached that if the prop
erty-owners would secure water supply
in a main to be no. less than eight inches
in diameter the committee would recon-
mend to the Board of Supervisors to pro-
vide the necessary hydrants. The main
will probably be occurred.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20
STAMFORD UNIVERSITY.

The plea of President Jordan for the re-
lief of Stanford University from taxation,
which was published in THE CALL yester-
day, was in a brief space thoroughly
convincing argument in favor of the pro-
posed measure. 1t was not long, but
every word OF it had weight and it is
hardly likely that any one will attempt TO
refute either It's statements or its conc!u-
sions. President Jordan says:
There is no other State in the Union that re-
ceiyes outside gifts in so cold a spirit as Cali
form ia and for that reason there is no large
State which has received so few gifts. This
is Il OF because the State is really unfriendIy,
but because the constitution ana statutes were
framed before these matters came to be con-
sidered. For instance, when Mr.. Rockefelle r
founded the University OF Chicago it was ex-
empted from taxation and the citizens of Chi
cago furnished all the buildings. duplicating
dollar for dollar the millions which Rockeiel-
ler gave. Mr.. stanford in making a larger
gilt than Mr.. Rocke Ter exacted nothing in
return and has received nothing. 1t would
be fitting as graceful act of recognition for
the State, which has already sent onward OF
1000 students to Stanford University for their
education, TO relieve the endowment from
taxation. Already through the generous way
in which Mr.. Rockefeller's gift has been
treated the University of Chicago is able to
expend twice as much each year as Stanford,
though the original gift was less.
The contrast between the way in which
California treats this munificent endow-
ment and the way in which il would have
been treated in any large Eastern city or
in any city in Europe is certainly not to
the credit of the State. While in other
communities such endowments have been
added 20 and encouraged in every way,
California has deliberately lessened the
endowment by imposing upon it onerous
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ness is improving in that part of the San Joa
quin Valley and that future prospects in dif.
ferent lines are good.
Ira D. Wines, who is the owner of grazing
lands near Elko, New, and OF stage lines cen
tering in that town, is at the Russ. He l.
down on business trip.
george H. Hallett, the oldest guest at the
Palace Hotel, on Monday celebrated the
twentieth anniversary of his experiences a.
that big caravansary. He antedates and over
tops all the other guests in that he has moi
been there longer than anybody else, but thai
he has maintained his residence there. Sew
eral friends Joined him in celebrating the
event and the Palace sent him q colossal cake
in commemoration of the event.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20
BEWITl HE'D.

Twas dism al day, an dour-looking lot
That crowded the car, when a dear little dot
OF a woman came in and laughed:
And, presto! the dark was with Sunshine shot,
For she was WITCH though she knew ii rot
Eap h face told a ale of her craft.
Her ripping laughter, that ran In quest
OF victims, found never enc to cont st
Its con!agion. The whole crowd fell
E'en the crossest nd CO dest. and crabbedesJ
BY responsive smiles 10 the witch, confessed
That they'd yie ded to ner spell.
The cynic who'd sworn his heart bankrupt quite
n OF sign Of a sentiment left-on sight,
Fer he knew IL, honored draft;
Like the rest, his face fairly beanled in spite
OF himself They were all bewl ched by that mite
OF a btdy, VINO came in and laughed.
MARY NORTON BRADFORD in Boston Globe.
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NEW TO-DAY.
You think Of Scott's

You think of Scott's
Emulsion as only for those
who have consumption or
who have inherited a ten
dency to it. Almost its
greatest use is for those
whose condition is so inn
paired as not to be able to
get the good they should out
of their ordinary food. In,
nearly every case with these,
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
liver Oil brings back appetite,
stimulates digestion, restores
color and plumpness, and
controls the diseases of thin
ness. Book about it, free,
so cts. and sr.oo, at all druggists
SCOTT BOVINE, Chemists, New York.
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farm of 200 acres picturesquely located
at the head of Chester Valley, within an
hours ride OF Philadelphia, was recently
sold for $500, which is estimated 10 be
less than the cost of the buildings on it.
As an illustration of the heavy shrinkage
of farm values in the East, the sale has
been the occasion of no little discussion,
and while some take gloomy view of the
situation the Philadelphia Inquirer points
out that one conspicuous American, whose
fortune is counted in millions, made a
good deal of it by buying farms at such
times as those.
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owns THE NOTED
LITTLE JOHNNY"
Arrival of Bonanza Miner
I. 7. Brown After See
ing Randsburg.
He Says the Surface Indications
of That District Are the Best
He Has Ever Known.
Mr.. Brown and Mr.. Shinn Will Proba.
bIy Visit the Mother Lode-Operat.
ing Great Properties.

]. J. Brown, one of the largest owners
OF the famous Little Johnny gold mine,
the richest at Leadville, and James A.
Shnn, lessee of the Cleveland and White
Cap mines in the same camp, arrived here
yesterday from Randsburg and are at the
Lick.
They are among the biggest mining men
in Colorado. Mr. Brown was superinten-
dent of Dave Moffatt's crackeriack mines
for eleven years. Amorg them were the
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AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

County Assessor L. A. Splitter OF Santa Clara is
among the arrivals at the Grand. Mr.. Splitter,
whose home since he was first elected as AS
SCISSOR some years ago, has been at San Jose.
was formerly engaged in grain-growing in
Santa Clara County. He settled there thirty
seven years ago, and has for long ZINE been
among the best-known men in that part of the
State
Mr.. Spitzer has recently been at Sacramento
i'll connection with an important bill drafted
by Assessors of various counties tor the pur-
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

When Editor McCuliagh was alive all
the sparkle, snap and vim of the para
graphs of the St. Louis Globe Democrat
were attributed to him, but now he has
gone to the land of no paragraphing and
still those of the Globe Democrat are as
good as ever. From this We may draw
the conclusion that a bright American
newspaper would continue to edit itself
with force and fluency even if all the
writer's in the world had gone glimmering.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20
TO AID ST. MARY'S,
The Catholic Ladies Will Get Book
subscriptions to Raise the Debt
of the Cathedral

OI III6 NdI n6uraI.
At meeting of the Catholic ladies of
this City, whose object was to take
measures to aid st. Mary's Cathedral, the
plan adopted was to take book subscrip-
tions, to be made during the coming year,
TO be handed over to the cathedral next
Christmas. BY his means it is hoped TO
decrease the debt of the church, which
amounts to $65, 900.
Many OF the ladies present undertook to
be responsible 1T the close of the year for
various large subscriptions. 1t is hoped
many Others will soon give their co-opera-
tlon and that at the end of the year the
mother church of this City will be mate
rally relieved.
The Arch bishop presided at the meeting.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20
HYDRANTs ARE NEEDED.

Factories on Sixth Avenue South Seek
ing Protection Against Fire.
Sixth avenue south may have the ad-
vantage of protection against fire soon.
Not long ago the glue works were de-
stroyed causing loss of life and a money
loss OF $4,000 The street is eight feet be-
low grade, and this has been one reasonwhy
water main has not been laid through it.
There are tanneries and other establish
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20
;. winslow,s soothinp sv,rn,

Bas been used fifty years by millions ~
mothers for their children while Teething with per-
feet success 1T soohes the child softens he gu ms
allays Pain cures Wind Collie. regulates The Bowels
and is the best remedy for Diarrh@as, whether ars
ing tee.hing or other causes For sale By drug
gsts in every part of the world. Be sure and ask
Tor Mrs. Winsow's Soothing Syrup. Zoe bottla
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rhfIlins. Konk 1sIann rrcnrs,on.


Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Rio
Grande and Rock Island Railways. Through
tourist sleeping-cars to Chicago and Boston. Man.
ager and porters accompany thess excursions to
Boston For tickets. sleeping-car accommodation,
and further information. address Clinton Jonea
General Agent Rock Island Railway, 30 Mont
gomsrY street San Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 19.-At the St Cloud:
P. Z. Benner, J. P. Eisenbach: Astor h.
Greeneway; Man haitian: ]. A. Ledden; Ev-
erett: w. f. Morley; Albemarle: Miss b. c.
and Miss E. Nichols; Park Avenue: j. c. Bull.
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PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.

The French Minister of the Interior, NJ. Bar
thou. is receiving much praise for having re-
fused to fight duel with a man who afro
ctouslY slandered him.
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Observation-Disclosures is perfectly dry zot.
and mild being entirely free from the mists COM
mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam
ship including fifteen days board at the hotel de
Coronado, $65; longer stay So so per day Apply
New Montgomery St, San francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

Police Justice OF st. Louis recently refused
to allow policeman to testify in his court.
"There has not been policeman in st. Louis
for ten years who has seen anything" said he
in eXDlan ation.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

The Queens speech to Parliament is
longer than usual, but it says as little as
ever.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

81 don't know" cried the excited feminine
voice in the darkness, whether you are my
husband or a burglar, but I'm going to be ON
the safe side and shoot."-Tit- Bits.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

Since the Cuban guerrillas have begun
TO attack Spanish warships Weyler won't
feel safe even when he takes water.
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CosMoPOLrrAN

Opposite U. S. Mint 100 and 102 Filth St. san
Francisco, Cal.-The most select family hotel Ia
the city. Board and room 81, 81 25 and 81 so per
day, according TO room Meals 25c. Rooms 500
and 76c a day. Free coach TO and from the MOTEL
look for the coach bearing the name Of the Coz
nopolitan Heteh MA. fAHEY, PropEist0G
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

When economy gets good broom in
her hand she will sweep out lot of COM
missions, as well as other useless things.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

The wave of economy which has struck
the Legislature may be regarded by few
people as a cold wave, bat most folks will
like it.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

Legislators who desire to undertake
iunketing trips should be made to pay the
freight.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

1t is reported from Washington that the
Harrison refunding bill will be talked to
death, So that affair looks all right.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

The Legislature presents bills, but the
people have to meet them.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

Now that old man Salisbury has Parila.
ment on his hands, Grover should send
him letter OF coincidence.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

A monument to Baker would not be an
extravaganza, but the payment of a debt
long due to genius. vaIor, eloquence and
patriotism.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

Economy is the watchword to this ex-
tent at least that it is the word in the
Legislature. and the people have watch
on il.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

ALWAYS keep in the house a bottle OF Ayers
Cherry Pectoral, for throat and lung troubles
Your drug gist has Ayers Almanac.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

There are lots of extravagant bills be-
fore the Legislature for the members to
practice economy on.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

The Cubans continue to ask for arms
while the Spaniards seem content to rely
on their legs.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

The clamor against the PARK Commits
sion seems intended to hide the noise Of
the grinding of a political ak.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

The stuffed payroll has given the Legis-
lature an object lesson which the State
may profit by.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

1t is evident that irrigation has ten
dency to excite men almost as much as If
it were done with whisky.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers,
business houses and public men by the Press
Clipping Bureau tAllen's), $40 Montgomery.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

The Nicaragua canal comes to the front
in Congress with good backing.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, when she was
first married, made, washed, ironed and sold
shirts to neighbor's stableman in order that
she might earn some money to entertain GER
tain delegates in manner befitLing her rising
Young husband.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

The people of every county should re-
member that legislative economy, like
charity, must begin at home.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

Truckee holds her festival in an ice pal
ace, but the fun is red hot.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

President Winston of the University o1
Texas, has been visiting the University O
Michigan to learn something of its methods s.
and it is rumored that he may try to get one
or two of its professors for his own institution
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

Henry Barnard of Hartford, Conn.,, referred
to in q recent issue OF ''The New England
Magazine" as the Nestor of American Educa-
tion," will be SO years old on January "a, and
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

King Humbert, IN compliance with the sug
gestion of the celebrated Italian traveller,
Count Gubernatis, who has recently returned
to Rome from a tour through the United
States, has decreed the foundation of per-
manent museum of American industrial and
natural products in the Eternal City, the OBJ
iect of which is to foster the trade between
Italy and this country.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

The English papers are telling an amusing
story about Lord Darlington, TO the effect that
at the last drawing room held by the Queen he,
in announcing the names of the ladies pre-
sented, according to his duty as Lord Cham
berlain, got mixed" and announced a GER
tain Mrs NJ. as "Lady M Thereupon the
Queen bent forward TO greet her with the kiss
on the cheek that is always given to wives and
daughters of peers. AS she bent, Lord Car
rington found out mis- mistake, turned ex-
tremely pale, and gasped out: "Don't kiss
her ma 'am--don,t kiss her! She's not lady at
ALL"
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

@ Bliss of New York was supposed to be
good Cabinet timber, but as he has re-
fused TO accept it is evident there was a
knot in him somewhere.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

Very few appropriations asked of the
Legislature so far are al all appropriate to
the season. Some need pruning and some
need chopping off at the roots.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

Stanford University should be relieved
from taxation Instanter.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

The Delaware Democrats are talking of
sending silver man to The Senate, and
Bayard might as well make up his mind
to stay in England.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

Senator Hill seceived the nomination of
the Democratic legislative caucus at Al
bany for Senator, but it was a long way
more perfunctory than mplimentary.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

See Truckee and reiuvenate yourself.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

The wardrobe OF the Prince OF Wales requires
the unceasing attention of two men to keep 1t
in order. When the Prince requires new
clothes letter is sent or his valet calls, re-
questing the tailor to be in attendance al
Marlborough House, generally at IL A. NJ.
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The Nicaragua canal may come high, but
we must have it.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

MOCHA, pistache & camelia cake. 9O5 Larkin. =
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

Chief Clerk Duckworth won't do it
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

CALIFORNIA glace fruits, SOC lb. Townseur..
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the people of that city are preparing to cele-
brate the event in fitting manner.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

There is fun in the mountains.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

HE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

Miss Helen Varick Boswell has been tell
ing the women of New York they can
never obtain suffrage by acting as nom
nartisans-that they must join one side
or the other in the next campaign and
make a party fight of it; wherefore it is
safe to say that in tie next election in
New York there is going 10 be in the field
such thing as surprise party.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

Cecil Rhodes reference to the "unctuous
rectitude" OF his critics in England has
raised a row in that country, but the
clamor is strictly confined to the unctuous.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

The proposed construction of a water
way from the ocean to the great lakes is
good in itself, but as it will benefit only a
quarter OF The Union it should not be
gwen preference over the construction of
the Nicaragua canal, which will benefit the
whole
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

In nominating ,Altgeld for the Senate
the Democrats of Illinois neither compli-
men,ed him nor did credit to themselves,
but fortunately the nomination meant
little and is worth less