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The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
WILL THE SENATE ACT?

The Senate has been doing fine lot of
resolving about Cuba during the past
week. Thursday it had before it four
measures affecting that battIe-rocked
island. One was to instruct the American
administration to inform Spain that we
are unpersuaded of the justice of Murderer
Weyler's treatment of prisoners of war;
another vas the Morgan resolution con-
corning the letters of Maxine Gomez to
Presidents Cleveland and Mckinley; an
other was a joint resolution to extend
belligerent rights to both the Spanish and
Cuban Governments in the ports and ter
r!tories of the United States, and the
fourth was an injunction against the ac-
QUESTION of Cuba by any European power.
OF course nothing detinitive came of
this resolving, there being a lackadaisical
absence of unanimity back of it. The
Senate hadn't much else 10 do. it's discus
sion OF the proposed Nicaraguan treaty.
looking to the completion of the canal,
having curled up to the blue SKY several
days before. So it would seem that q
good way to defeat one of the impending
disappointments of this mundane life
would be to forego at the outset any hope
that these Cuban reso utions will amount
to anything more than the same soaring
vapor.
Senator Morgan stated Thursday that
he was going 10 introduce still another
proposition III Cuba's behalf-one provid-
ing for the shipping of food TO the fam
ished Christians in Crete and Cuba, as the
American Government has already de-
termined to send a ship-load to the starv-
ing people in India. Is it likely that this
manifestly fair and consistent proposal
will go through? We venture to dare
one more di.appo ntment in this matter
by earnestly hoping that it will. We
should like to see America be at least a
little fairer than the other big powers OF
the world. who are being unfair 10 a de-
gree which civilization has seldom seen
eOualed.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
PR ONAL

John Tiernan OF Utah has arrived here.
F. C. Lusk of Chico is here on a short visit.
William Lawrence of Denver is in the City,
F. seigrath Of Salt Lake is at the Occidental.
Martin s. White OF New York is a the Palace.
DR.. D. E. Osborn OF ST. Helena is in the City.
Ex-Congressman Louttit is here on short
visit.
F.s. wensinger of Freestone is at the occi.
dental.
Herbert Bars, a business man OF Redding, is
at the Russ.
j. W. sewell, a butcher of Redding, is 9 late
arrival here.
J. w. Bailey, a mining man of Montana, is
at the Grand.
J.J Doyle of Santa Cruz is among the late
arrivals here.
J. NJ. Cox a business man of visalia, arrived
here yesterday
P. A. Nelson and daughter of Utah are at
the Cosmopolitan.
Arthur Lincoln, g well-to-do merchant of
Montreal, is in town.
Charles Ham and family OF Frankfort, Ind,
are at the Cosmopolitan.
J. Nsglee Burke, Mrs. Burke and children, OF
San Jose, are at the Palace.
]. Macarthur and Mrs. Macarthur of Aber.
deem, S. D.. are at the Grand.
Lieutenant Richard Inch of the United
States navy is al the Occidental.
r. McMillin. w. K. Moffat and w. Mccall of
Scotland arrived here yesterday.
Ex-D.strict Attorney James F. Farraher of
Yreka IS registered at the Palace.
w. G. Albertson, a business man OF Tahiti,
has arrived here on his way East
Robert Graham of Los Angeles is late ar
rival in the City. Ee is at the Palace.
B. J. Wood. a business man of Los Angeles,
is in the City, accompanied by his wife.
George F. Beveridge, lesding mine-owner
OF Santa Rosalia, Mexico, is at the Palace.
Charles Carpv, the wholesale wine mer-
chant, starts for tour OF Europe on April 9.
Alexander Kleuffer, a mining man Of Custer
City, Idaho, is among the arrivals at the Russ
Ex-Dlstrict Attorney James W. Bartlett of
Weaverville is among the late arrivals in the
City.
John C. Lewis. leading grain and general
commission dealer of Portland, has arrived
here.
The members of the Golden Gate Excursion,
consis ting of about thirty Eastern people, are
at the Palace.
Thomas L. Darbey of Denver, who has be en-
engaged in different enterprises in Colorado
is registered at the Occidental.
D. H. Fitzgerald, wealthy plate manu-
facturer Of Pittsburg, Pa, is quariered at the
Russ. He is here on a sightseeing trip.
George II. Durbrow, who has for long time
been Interested in the borax beds near Salton,
on the desert, has arrived here after a long
absence.
whitelaw Reid of the New York Tribune,
who, with Mrs. Reid and the children, has
been putting in the winter at Phoenix Ariz,
has arrived III the State, accompanied by his
family, and is now at Millbrae.
Thomas B. A. Price OF Boston. who is con-
nected with important mining transactions,
is al the Palace. Mr.. Prics says there is good
feeling in Boston toward safe mining enter
prises. "You know he said, chat about all
the big copper mines OF this country are
owned by Boston capital. This is true OF the
Calumet and Hecla and other great mines of
the Lake Superior region, and of the Montana
properties. They have made money and con.
sequently they feel kindly toward legitimate
projects.n
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
CULTURE AND KNOWLEDGE.

. II the object of President Harper of
Chicago University in getting the Coun T.
ess of Aberdeen TO deliver the convoca-
ton address was simply that of advertis-
ing the institution anu attracting public
attention it has been abundanty attained.
The address of the Countess delivered on
Thursday was more fully reported and
widely printed than any other address of
the kind which has been delivered in this
country for many years.
The attention given to the address was
due mainly to the fact that it was the ad-
dress of a countess. This is we believe the
first instance of the choice of woman 10
make an Grafton of the kind before great
university in America, and the high social
position OF the Countess added 10 the at
traction which the novelty had for the
public.
When full allowance is made, however,
for the interest. in The personality of the
speaker it will be found that the address
itself was in every respect worthy of the
attention given it. The theme chosen was
THE University and Its Effe ct on the
Home" 1t dealt with the contrast be-
tween knowledge and culture, and was de-
signed to point out that our universities
should aim to give culture which can
be carried into the home and add to the
value of family life as we'll as knowledge
which Is useful in the Office, the la boratory
or the market.
THE home" said the Countess, "has not
reap that harvest of benefits from uni
versity education which might have been
expected" This fact she attributes TO q
defect in the home and declares that the
average home is roty yet fitted for its me m.
bers to get all possible good from univer-
sity education. The majority of students
go to college unprepared for the higher
training they receive there, and as a con-
sequence gather knowledge of special
kinds rather than true culture and schol-
arship.
The work of fitting the home to the
university and preparing it to send we'll
trained students to the seats OF learning
is to be performed says the Countess, by
the higher education OF women. Much
has been accom- plished in that way and
the movement is rapidly progressing, The
universities have developed the hearts and
minds OF women. and they in turn have
developed in tho home a culture which
did not exist there before.
The outlook for the future is therefore a
hopeful one. The home through highly
educated women will gain more and more
benefits from the universities, and the
universities in turn will gain more and
more from e homes. That is the ideal
which the Countess of Abe rdeen sets be.
fore Chicago, and it will be well worth
while for the university and the city 10
give heed to it.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
/. A SURPLUS AT LAST.

Treasury reports for March show that
the receipts of tine Government were
So. .004 900 in excess of the expenditures for
the month, and thus the Wilson tariff has
apparently shown itself sufficient for once
to meet the requirements of the Govern
ment and to provide revenue equal to
current expenses.
1t is only in appearance, however, that
this condition exists. The excess OF reve'
nues is due to the large importations
brought into the country for the purpose
of forestailing the Dngley tariff, whose
establishment cannot be much longer de-
layed. Had it not been for this rush on
the part of importers the reports for March
would have shown q deficit as usual, and
the country would have been a little fur
ther in debt than it was at the beginning
of the month.
According to reports from New York as
soon as the importers heard that the
Dingley tariff was to go into effect from
April they acted promptly to obtain the
benefits of the lower duties under the
Wilson law. In one day at the New York
Custom house the receipts amounted to
81 ,726, 453. and of this the sum OF 81, 26S, 232
repres es,nted duties on goods Withdrawn
from bond, leaving the amount OF duties
on direct i'm portations at $45S 230.
The receipts at the New York Custom
house for; March amounted to total of
SIT, 5z9, ,633: They w-re exceeded in any
one month only once before in tine histor,
of the Government, which occurred in
1872. just aftera 10 per cent reduction in the
tariff. 1t will be seen. therefore, that the
sole reason why there is a surplus of reve-
nue. this month is the consciousness on
the part of the importers that. the new
tariff is near at hand.
1t is a question whether the clause OF
the Dingley bill putting the new tariff
into effect on April will be sustained by
the nate, or if SO sus tanned would be
upheld by the courts. This question, how
ever, does not affect the action Of the i'm
porters to any great extent. They are
taking no chances. They have brought
their goods into the country, have taken
them out of bond at once and paid the
customs duties. Thus does the Wilson
bill in its closing days steal n surplus from
the Dingley bill and make q showing for
itself which is not widely dissimilar from
Obtaining credit under false pretenses.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
THE MISSISSIPPI PROBLEM.

The Chicago TimeS-Herald is regarding
the rising Mississippi out of the corner of
its weather eye, and low, dubious whis-
tie is the result of what it sees. Like The
CALL, it proce. DIS to set its food-editor to
work devising some gigantic plan to stem
the awful current and put an ena to the
catastrophes which tue overlooking waters
bring upon the hapless lowlanders every
year. 1t is problem which is rapidly
forcing itself before the whole country for
solution. 1t becomes more serious every
day and every year.
Several plans have been proposed. Tho
levee system is pronounced a total failure
and impossible OF improvement to any
practical extent. Z. Ellet, an engineer
who is familiar with the river from one
end to the other, advises the building Of
huge reservoirs near the upper end, in
which TO store the excess of water in win
ter and from which TO liberats it in sum-
mer, thus keeping the river always uni
formly full and navigable, without danger
of an overflow. The Government would
have 10 build these reservoirs and there
would have to be considerably more than
two or three of them. Yet the plan is to
all appearances feasible, if somewhat ex-
tensiye.
Oilier less practical suggestions have
been offered, and only one more practical
one. This latter seems to be the ideal and
only expedient. The Times Herald claims
the original concep ption OF it. and pro.
pounds it as follows:
The simplest of ali plans is the adoption of
irrigation in Northern farming, or in those
States whose waters are tributary 10 the Ohio
and Mississippi 1t would accomplish two
great results-it would make farming more
profitable and it would prevent the disastrous
foods. Waters stored on Northern farms for
use in midsummer cannot devasta.e the low
coun tries to the southward. while our farmers
would never suffer from q season Of drought
At present the situation all along the
Mississippi Valley is one of the gravest
that the residents thereabouts have ever
had to face. The water is simply spread
ing over the whole valley, driving every
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03

thing before it. It has the city of Rose
dale. Miss, entirely submerged and its
1000 citizens fleeing to the hills. Refugees
coming shiveringiy into Jackson declare
that half of the misery has not been told
that no pen could describe it. And all
the time the water is climbing over the
levees at the rate of an inch per hour. Is
it not time for something to be done? We
would advise those farmers at the upper
end to begin irrisatiug pretty soon il they
are going to do it at all. The Times Herald
should urge its proposition persis: entity
and Systematically where it will accom-
plish the desired result.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
orinda,s April Foo, par.

orinds Parlor. N. D. 6. W., which has In its
membership large number of young ladies', who
engaged in the serious work of the paror or wing
private minstrel en.ertain menls after adjourn
ment OF the parior, some arrangement to enter-
tain It's friends On THURSDAY night the parior
nad high time eelow stairs. for it gave April
building which Is In the basement of that hui d.
Ing Thtre was goodly attendance and a fine
progtamme OF dances One which was freauen ly
on tne prosramme and much enjoyed the
cheat waltz During the evening there was q
Irioy saie-that is. a mum Der of the members Of
tne parior s. ood on low platform concealed from
tne auoence by large American flag, aud al
tmAt couid De seen was . row Of ieet. ar Crow
Ell OF Ei Dorado Parlor, Native sons, announced
tnAt ne mad been chosen auct.oneer and that he
"ouia e1er to the highest bidder the TrIl bies on
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
FOR GREECE AND CRETE.

storm and shame ana fraud and darkness fill the
natio fui: with night:
Hope and fear whose eyes yearn eastward have
but fiie and sword in sight:
one alone. whose name Is one with CORY sees and
SEEKS the light
Hellas, mother OF the spirit, sole supreme In war
and peace
Land OF light, whose word remembered bids ALI
fear and sorrow cease,
Lives again. viii e freedom lightens eastward yet
Tor sons of Gre .ce.
Greece where only men whose manhood Was as
Codhead ever trod,
Bears the hind world witness yet OF light where
wi her feet are shod:
Freedom, armed OF Greece, was always very m an
and very God.
Now the winds of old that filed her sails with
triumph, when The feet
Bound for death from Asia fled before them
str1 ken, wake to greet
Ships full winged again for freedom toward the
sacred shores or Crete.
There was God born man, the song that spake of
o,d time said and there
Man, made even God b. trus: that shows him
nought too dire dare.
Now may light gain the beacon lit VIII en- those
We worship were.
ALGERNoN HARLEs SwINBURNEa in the Nine
teehth century.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
AUDITOR CALLS A HALT.
NAT. Frederick Says That City and
County Hospital Expenditures
Arc Far Too High.

As a result OF Auditor Broderick's visit
to the City and County Hospital on Thurs
day last the Finance Committee of tho
Board Of Supervisors was notified yester-
day that it was time 10 call halt on the
expenditures for repairs to the sewer sys.
tenn of the institution.
Mr.. Broderick did not lay any blame at
the door of the Supervisors. but stated
that the excessive expense was the fault
of the Board of Health in using iron pine
at $2 so per foot when stone pipe at 35
cents foot would have served Just as
well. He declared that in consequence
Improvements that were to have cost $500
will run into $4,000 or 5000 II carried out.
He asked the committee not TO authorize
any more demands for the present, as ne
would be compelled to reiuss to sign
them. The committee agreed to look
closely into the matter.
Later the contractor for the work pre-
sented demands on tho treasury drawn on
urgent necessity" blanks for over $500.
Auditor Broderiok refused to consider
them and told the contractor 10 place
them on hospital fund blanks and have
them indorsed by the Finance Com mittee.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
FOR OHARITY'S SAKE.
An Evenings Entertainment Promised
for next Saturday Night.

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for next Saturday Night.
Next Saturday evening Leland s.
RamsdelTs farce, Fifteen Thousand Dol
lars, or A Lottery Ticket" will be pro-
duced al Armory Hall in Alameda. 1t
will be a charity performance, the pro-
ceeds to be distributed among the poor of
Alameda by the Alameda Women's Char
liable Association. The boys associated
with the young author are Herbert Clark,
Clarence Oliver. Robert Vaileau and lie.
land Price.
The story of the play relates the trials
OF Farmer PUN mpkinhead and his wife and
their triumph over misfortune. The au-
thor is only 15 years of age, but his work
is said to be highly meritorIous. The re-
ing's entertainment. The cast is as fol-
lows:
ST Pumpkinhead, Leland Ramsden; Mandy
Pumpkinhead, Herbert Clark; Mr.. Vanderbilt
ana Bunko- sieerer, Clarence oliver; Sam Van
der pill, Robert Vaileau; officer Murphy, Le-
land Price; "cops," newsboys. Dutch band,
etc.
In addition to the farce the following
programme will add to the evenings en-
tertalnment:
Piano solo, Miss Helen Entzman; recitation,
vocal solo, Mary Linderman; three old jays in
song and the real ballet, Clark. Oliver and
Ramsdell; tenor solo, Robert Valleau; fire.
Grub swim ging, Rita Myloth; plantation songs
Clarence Oliver; Massa troupe of japanese
acrobais. e
During the performance Miss Mary Linz!
derman will present to the Alameda AlertS
the championship banner prepared for
them.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
DENNIS JoRDANs MONEY.
Litigation Involving = Recent Leg.sIa
1.-Two appropriation.

Litigation Involving = Recent Leg.sla-
tive appropriation.
Suit was comm enced yesterday by
Thomas R. Hayes aga inst Dennis Jord an,
Wells. Fargo & Co., Carl Spelling and
others for the purpose of determining
who 10 entitled to the money recently
voted to Mr.. Jordan by the Legislature.
Jordan had q claim against the State for
$79, 600 on account of work and material
furnished in constructing the Folsom
Penitentiary. An understanding was
finally reached and Governor Budd on
Thursday signed the bill appropriating
$63 563 to pay the claim.
When Jordan went through bankruptcy
several years 40 Hayss acted as assignee
for the benefit OF the creditors. He now
alleges that Jordan omitted the States
Indebtedness to him from his schedule Of
assets. For that reason he asks that Jor-
dan and ali others holding assign ments
from him be restrained from collecting
the money from tue State; that the cash
be paid into court ana that enough of it
be held to pay the demands of Jordan's
creditors with interest from tho date OF
his insolvency.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03

Roberto. Ingers0ll. has written q letter to an
Atlantic paper denying the statement recently
made by an Atlanta paper that she is Presby-
terian.
Prince Alexander Imeretihsky, the newly
appointed Governor-Gen eral at Warsaw, is the
son of the last independent prince OF the Cau-
casus ano was formerly regarded as the Rus
sian candidate for the Bulgarian throne.
One of the English bishops is also a geolo-
gist. Being asked 10 say grace at swell pri-
vate dinner he stood up and performed that
junction. but went straight On while on his
feet with geological disquisition, which he
had been pouring into the ear of his neighbor
when interrupted by the summons.
John Cooper Van Tassell, the Oldest resident
of Greensburg, NY, mas just died at the age of
30 years. His father, William c. Van Tassell
fought in the war of 1912. Hfs grandfather
fought in the revolution. Mr.. Van Tassell was
not soldier but in the War of the Rebellion
seven OF his eight sons took part.
An event of national i'm portance will shortly
take place in France. 1t lis the retirement of
NJ. Delber, the executoner, who, now tn at he
has guillotined 502 criminals, thinks it high
time his successor was appointed. He is So
years OF age, and has been forty years in his
country's service.
The German Emperor is said to be very
fine shot, although obliged to use his gun only
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
WITH YOUR COFFEE.
her husband exclaimed.

'Impossiblew her husband exclaimed.
She smiled kindly.
'Conventionally, yes" she answered; "but
artisticaly, no."
In other words, she would have those roses
for her hat, even although they were robins
egg blue and did cost $25.-De.roit Journal.
"Why do so many modern writers seem to
prefer notoriety to iame?"
because a man has to climb for fame but
be can get notoriety by en- easy tumble
Cleveland Leader.
'When you stepped on that gentleman's
foot, Tommy, l hope you apologized?"
"Oh. yes; indeed did," said Tommy, "and
he gave me 10 cents for being such good
boy"
"Did he And what did you do then?'
stepped on the other and apologized again,
but it didn't work."-Harper's Round Table.
Electric lighting said Bilkins. doesn't
seem to be such modern idea after ALL"
"How is that ?' asked wilkins.
"Well, you see, Noah must have used the
ark light. ."-Detrcit Free Press.
= Pull her tail IL you want to make Maltese
cross.-Elmira Star.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
Friends Of tho Forest.

The monthly social Of Pioneer ParIor. Friend.
OF the Forest, on Tuesday night was . lightfui
AFFAIR thas was attended by many of the friends OF
the members IS well by representatives of
Richmond and Lincoln pariorh Prominent among
those present were NJ. Boehm, DIR. Lefier and DR..
Patten. he affair q dance with pumbar. b.
tween each dance on the programme which had
been ARRANGED by the committee consisting a Mrs
Mrs Jt1fries. Mrs. b. Mackret Miss NJ Guuther
and Miss 81. Phipps. Particular features Of the
evening were: Fiano solo. Miss Turner: tecita-
lion, MISS Frances auckland: vocal solo Mrs w
A. Neaile; guilt ar and mandolin duet Messrs Ja-
brothers There was . collation. during the even
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
Bay City circle, c. of f.

Social Hall, in the Alcazar building was well
filed last night b. the members and friends OF
Bay City ircle, Companions OF he.Forest f. OF A.
who had altered for ihe purpose OF enjoying a
Or 20 domino party hat had been arranged by. the
following named committee on entertainment: b.
Marks (chairmaD), Miss Mile BerkneIm, Mrs:
Paul Roth, Mrs. r..E. Goodman, MISS LuDoSch,
Ali those who took part in the grand march were
required 10 wear a domino. and lheie. was a. COM
mitt to D. ss upon the ID erits OF PARTICIPANTS
TO their quail cations 10 rec i've three prizes that
were cred. one was Cor the hand soine5tedopho
another for the most beautiful face seen under a
hUod ana the thir for the worst looking race Ihs
modesty of the winner of The second priZe pre-
while the one that was SO usy that she got the
prize did not want the wor d to KNOW II Dancing
TO the strain of Barne.rs orchestra was KEPT up
Till a Iata
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
Santa Fe Limited From San Francisco
Three and - Half Days to Chicago
Via Santa Fe Route.

To accommodate our Northern California pa
irons, on Mondays and Thursdays the first
class Pullman seepingcar leaving San Fran
cisco s p. win connect at Barstow
with the Santa Fe vestibuie frain carrying
dnng-car, buffet. smoking-car and Pulmsn pal
ace drawing-room sleeping-cars for both St Louis
and Chicago via Kansas City. This shortens the
running time twelve hours Sends for literature
descriptive of our San Francisco ticket
office GA Market street, Chronicle building; teIe-
phone main 1881. Oakland, ll1s Broadway.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03

exhibition, one pair at time. the highest bidder
to have the owner of them part er for the
evening.
that figure. One enthuSias ic individual, who
raised every cne GEMS until he was dec ared the
lucky man, paid his money TO Mrs l. IA b. Mills
acting as cashier. and very much
surprised to discover that the owner OF
the shoes he had bid was his wff' There wal
one pair on exhibi ion thai of the gentIeme h
seemed anx ous to bid on bur one did bid a nicSA
for them, aud, being the lone oder, he carried OF
the prize and it was prize for the shoes, thougH
large belonged to Ole or The handsomes ladies of
the paror Then followed the dance, durin :
" hich eacn rar icipant wore what he or she found
in bonbon As The evening wore on light Re:
freshments were served. The committee that
had charge of this affair was Mrss Lena b NILS
Miss Alma Reime,s S. Miss A. McPhIllips. Miss
Ed,Ih Higgins and Miss Annie Seipe: