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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-14

J. P Morgan. jr.. Of the firm OF j. r Morgan .
Co. is TO go to London. to become 1t Is said resi-.
cent managing partner in the banking mousse OF
! s Morgan & Co. taking the place or the late
Walter Burns Messrs. Morgan Co were not READY
yesterday make statement on me ma
ter J. Pierpont Morgan IS the head OF the Lon.
don as well as the New-York house, ana also 81
the Paris house OF Morgan, Harles 20 j. =.
Morgan. ir who is young man about thirty, years
old has rad a business experience OF nearly ten
years in the NewYork house. and Is thorougny
ACQUAINTED with every detail of financial trans
actions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-14

There are an unusual number Of counterfeits n
circulation. In a week the banks have received
three notices Of new counterfeits from W. r Hazen'
Chief Of the Secret Service The latest is OF ten,
dollar silver certificate Series g. check letter u
plate No. A.. Treasury No. Hfll253 the bogus
certificates are printed from photo-mechanlca proc
ess plates on two pieces OF paper which are atte,-
ward pasted together and between when sl.h
threads have been distributed. The chlef notlce-
able defect is In the printing, which is not aiWay5
good the portrait Of Hendricks being sughty
blurred Previous counterfeis coming to the at
tention of Chief Hazen were Of the s. silver GER
tifcate and the 81 Treasury note
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-14
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

There was revival yesterday OF the report OF
hitch in the deal for the consolidation OF the New
York and East River and the Equitable Gas com
panies under the name OF the New Amsterdam uas
Company. The stury is that the East RIVER PEI
pie after putting their experts TO WORK on 'ne
Eauiab.e books found that the Equitacie does ''''
earn as much they had supposed IL earned oeioi7
they undertook to buy ii. They are. therefore, -
rumorcd dissatisfied with their bargain IL IS sali
that they went So far to consult counsei Win
reference to upseting the deal but the matter mao
gene SO far that counsel advised that II must DO
carried through. The agreement made between the
two companies and the Contra trust Company
explicit In stating that the plan becomes operatVe
uron the assent of 4 certain amount Of stock ms
amount has assented Tho Equitable people say
they never gave any statement as 10 the earnihss
Of the Equitable company before selling II 10 tne
East River people. The latter Simply bought anu
investigated afterward. director OF TN tne eoTres
River company said: 1T is true that the ngures
we have found i'm regard TO the Equitabie , Sonl
pany are not as we thought they woull pc. iheIS
have been a number OF meetings a. Wlich III. tne
whole matter has been discussed. further uha"
that | have nothing TO say.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
HE HAD DONE HIS SHARE.
Spare Momen.s.

In the last Egyptian campaign the Royal
Irish Regiment was stationed about three
miles from Lord Wolseleys headquarters, so
he sent to the officers saying he would like 10
dine with them and see the regiment paradeG.
After dinner the men were called together
and Lord Wolseley addressed them 10 this
style:
'Men of the Royal Irish Regiment, you are
on the eve OF what l believe TO be one OF the
greatest battles of modern warfare. You Will
meet men worthy of your steel and far above
your number; but still do not doubt you. I
feel sure you will do your duty. Goodnight,
men, and remem ber there are lei OF the enemy
to every one of you"
Next night found the regiment creeping
slowly on the sands toward the Egyptian
earthworks.
Not word was spoken they crept nearer
and nearer, ill at last with one wild Irish
shout they sprang up and charged the works.
They fought on for some time till one OF the
men came on q gun manned with ten gunnerS
and after severe struggle managed to kill
the ten.
After that he took the rope from the gun,
tied the ten bodies together, sat upon them
and calmly began to smoke.
He had not been there many moments be-
fore an officer came up and sternly ordered
him to the 'front.'
"Sorra peg will stir. surel I've killed me
tin min, an ii livery body in the regiment had
done the same sorra one would there be lett
to till the tale"
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29

Decoy, collided at Devonport Harbor Noven-
Der 8. The engineer on the Ferret mfstook
the signal "full speed asteIn" for 'full speed
ahead" with the result that the Ferret
crashed into the Decoy, lying astern. Both
boats were seriously damaged AS the Lynx
and Thrasher are still laid up four of the six
desttoyers OF the Deyonport fotilla are now
disabled.
Every southern harbor of any consequence
in the south OF England is now provided
against torpedo attacks Etch narrow en-
trance has its boom. and each of these booms
has associated with it a boom-defense vessel,
generally an old gunboat. In time of peace
these vessels are in charge OF naval pensioners.
This scheme OF torpedo defense was devised
and begun two years ago.
Combined army and navy maneuvers are
about 10 be undertaken in Italy. The eff ective
strength OF the navy, which is now $4,000
men, is to be increased TO 81 900 by calling in
the reserves. The maneuvers Will extend over
one month, and sixty-two vessels of various
classes besides sixty-five torpedo-boats, will
participate in the affair, which will include
an attempted landing upon the Tuscan coast.
The Russian battle-ship Gaugoot which
sank in the Gulf of Finland during firing
practice about three months ago. IS to be
raised. A Swed ish salvage company has taken
the contract for $50, 900 roubles, about T4Io,-
600, and as the ship lies in seventeen fathoms
of water the task OF raising her will be diff
cult undertaking. The sinking OF the Gaugoot
was due TO bad workmanship on the hull, and
her water-tight bulkheads were an Illusion.
7 In consequence of this accident the admiralty
has determined to thoroughly test all bulk
heads of new ships before fitting for servite,
and to fill the completed compartments with
water to the top, thus proving the strength
and tightness of the bulkheads 1t IS stated
that while the Gaugoot was afioat her steam
pumps were constantly going whether the
ship was in port or on cruise.
French naval estimates for the navy for
1898 have been completed and will shortly be
submitted to the Chamber. They provide for
a total expenditure of $53 O56 900. an in
crease OF $4, O52 600 over the present year.
and So, 500, 600 for repairs. Sixty-four vessels
of ell classes are under construction, and
total of eighty-four VIII be completed, accord
ing to programme, within six years, embrac-
ing the following types: Eight battle-ships,
ten armo-ed cruisers four first-class cruisers,
three second-class and three thIrd-class cruis-
ers, one first-class aviso, ten torpedo-boat
destroyers, six seagoing torpedo-boats, and
thirty-six first-class torpedo-boats. While
great Improvement is visible under the new
order of management of the navy, the cost of
building ships is still greater than in England,
and the battle-ships Charles Martel, Charlie
magne and Gaulois are admitted to cost from
20 to 25 per cent more than similar vessels in
in the British navy.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
PERSONAL.

T. Hirose of Los Angeles is at the Cosmopol-
itan Hotel
Dr. W. D. Rodgers of watsonyille is at the
Occ dental.
]. D. Culp, the to tobacco-grower of San Felipe,
is q the Lick.
H. Levitt. Grass Valley merchant is stay
ing at the Lick.
Sheriff Milton Besse of Santa Cruz County
is at the Grand.
Mr. and Mrs. John WolfskiI of Los Angeles
are at the Grand.
H. Sheridan of Elko, New, is staying at the
Cosmopolitan Hotel.
NJ. p. Stein, a Stockton mer chant, is at the
Baldwin wi; h Mrs. Stein.
Walter Mills, a mine-owner from Grub
Gulch, is registered q the Lick.
B. l. Johnson. a horseman from Chicago, is
a recent arrival a the Baldwin.
A. Mcmillan, merchant of Knoxville, is at
the Lick with his wife and child.
N W. Moodey, Tax Collector of Fresno
County, is registered at the Lick.
C. H. Sinclair of the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey is at the Occidental.
District Attorney Carl E. Lindsay of Santa
Cruz is recen arrival al the Grand.
Professor George kriehu, OF the department
of history in Stanford, is at the Palace.
Governor Budd came down yesterday from
Stockton and is making a short stay in the
city.
Samuel McMurtrie, the railroad contractor
of San Luis Obispo, is late arrival at the
Palace.
Daniel R. Murphy, ex-United States District
Attorney from Oregon is OF the Palace for
few days.
Marion Biggs, Jr., who owns orange groves
and other real property near Oroville, is stay
ing at the Grand.
William H. Cornwall of Honolulu arrived at
the Palace last night en- route from New York
to his island home.
H. W. Leonard and C. NJ. Manly of Boston,
Mass, are among the recent arrivals at the
Cosmopolitan Hotel.
G. s. Bloss, real estate agent OF Atwater
who has charge of the Mitchell estate prop
eriy sales, is a. the Lick.
John V. Clarke. presid ent of the Hibernia
Bank of Chicago, is a recent arrival at the
Palace. Miss Clarke is with him.
]. Baines capitalist OF Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada, mpanied by his wife and daugh-
ter, is registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Charles A. Piercv of Chicago, auditor Of the
National Linseed Oil Company and of that
company's railway car line, is at the Palace
DR.. A. E. Osborne of the Home for Feeble
Minded Children located at Eldridge, Is at the
Grand, accompanied by Mrs. Osborne and by
DR.. Albert E. Osborne of Thermalito.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
NEW TO-DAY.

SCOTS Emulsion is not a
"baby food,' but is most
excellent food for babies
who are not we'll nourished.
A part of teaspoonful
mixed in milk and given
every three. or four hours,
will give the most happy
results.
The cod-liver oil with the
hypophosphites added, as in
this palatable emulsion, not
only to feeds the child, but
also regulates its digestive
functions.
Ask your doctor about this.
SOC and S.oo; all druggists
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New York
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
SENSATIONAL JOURNALISM.
The Arena

We do not want sensational Journalism; we
are only made TO think that we do. There is
no real demand for putridity in the form OF
printed sheets of large circulation. The her
culean efforts made to keep up these large cir
culations are evidence of their instability
and the vast sums of money spent by the
great dallies i'll advertising themselves show
journals, IN their vaulting ambition for great
ness, have o'erleapt themselves and fallen into
the ditch.
There is time in the future when the ex-
penditure OF money and the utterance ofdogma
VIII fail TO keep up the calculations which con-
stitute he sole value of these 'grea," dailies
When that time comes, and not until that time
will the public get what it really wants, and 1t
will not secure such prize until it begins to
think that there is real demand for sensa-
tional Journals.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
A WELL-WON VICTORY.

TINE between the California Jockey and
the California Owners and Breeders Protective Associa
ton has been settled terms that constitute a vic
tory for Boots who made the fight the associa
tion for de pryed of and ruI
from the of the club.
is complete in all essential particulars The
Protective continues its existence Mr. Boots re-
mains president it, and badge returned and
admitted to the tracks of both he California and
the Fac fc Coast jockey clubs
of the controversy fortu-
every respect As THE CALL pointed out the
between the conendng
racing and horse breeding interests State
amicable had not been might
have similar have bean
disastrous in the East.
danger to have passed peace is re-
a fair all parties it is not worth fighting
again All is well that ends we'll ending
OF certainly promises we'll for all concerned The victory
prove beneficial to the entire horse industry the
State particularly the patrons and the
friends called "the sport kings" We con-
graduate Mr. upon his successful fight rights
breeders the jockey upon
who much esteemed
by all true horsemen in California
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
MACHINES FOR CANAL WORK.

SERIES OF papers giving inventions
~ and devices for canal work constitute poant
OF Of month and to
the people of California they will be found particularly
esting great aid in
portion of the dredging and
Dor work called upon 0 near future
The principal article OF the which narrates
what has been accomplished by the devices
Chicago drainage This paper results Ii sets
forth speculaons to what be achieved by
1t confines itself statements of being
what the machines operation. 1t is
therefore the best kind OF promise for the
promise under the of deeds performed
1t will not be ali the variety the
cent devices in operation the Chicago show
the advantage they confer in work of the
who know what has been the in the United
public seldom that any sort of
construction is finished cost exceeding original
estimates the value of the machines use in
Chicago enterprise will amply by the fact
that these machines have made possible
for millions of dollars less than computed by the
Government engineers
The of the appliances are the huge
machines removing canal and dumping it
the banks. These of such size that
appear distance brid ges spanning the
channel rather than shoVels for handling
700 feet long and capable sustaining weight
fifteen carrying hundreds of feet
away at rate OF 500 cubic yards hours These
losaI poised pivot ging free and
under such control they be directed with
muscular labor than required the wrist
Inc contrast between this machine and the old of dig
canals by shoves hands of aborer OF the
advance made along the line 1t is
calculated that improvements made in explosives blasting
have alone saved in work upwards
ind there other inventions hardly
tant in their contrt buttons economy.
California has these new machines She needs
them in the of deepening rivers draining the
marshes around her bays harbor work Her main
interest in them just however
they that the Nicaragua Canal is an
hos fact eeen epoch making history of such
rprses, and in the future construction will be
scale that few been regarded
a impossbiIty.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
NOTES ABOUT NOTABLES.

Isaac H. Clothier OF Philadelphia, who re-
Gently purchased in Europe the beautiful
pain ting, "a Quaker Wedding" has placed it
on exhibition at Swarthmore College, and it
has been hung in the col lege parlor.
The centenary of the birth of Thomas Hayes
Bayley was celebrated recently at his birth
place, Bath, England. This song writer is still
remembered By few popular ballads like
'Pd Be Butterfly" "Gayly the Troubadour"
and "The Soldiers Tear"
Mile. Mark Twain is what the Paris Figaro
calls the daughter OF Samuel L. Clemens, who
is studying music i'll Paris 1t SAYS: "The
very beautiful voice Of this young woman of
1S will some day make her as fascinating on
the stage as her father is in letters"
Mr.. Gladstone expects 10 spend part of the
coming winter in Cannes where he will be
the guest of Lord Rendel at Chateau Thoren.
1t is noted of the aged statesman that when
ever he is likely to be absent from home for
any time he likes to to take his own books
and writing materials with him. He has a
considerable collection OF paper knives, nk-
stands, ETC., gifts from admirers. The knives
nre nearly all very large. Several have
ivory blades and are mounted in massive
silver.
| The Earl OF Harrington is to be counted
| in the list of British peers who are not above
deriving an income from trade. He is the
owner of n frui shop at the Trafalgar Square
end of Whitehall, which he has dubbed
| Elvaston, after his castle in Derbyshire. Its
windows placarded with the frank
! announcement that the fruit is from our own
gardens" Wnen the shop was first opened the
costers tried to break up his business They
used to gather arc md it with their barrows,
| creating so much disturbance that the police
had to interfere. The result was splendid
advertisement for the Elyaston shop and its
profits st once increased $50 per cent.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
THE LATE JAMES w. GETcHELL

To the Editor Of the San Francisco Call-SIR:
The life OF the late James NJ. Getchen was so
replete with interest ting incidents, and his
devotion to the principles in which he believed
SO conspicuous, that his death should not be
unobserved He came from highly respect
able family, which migrated TO America with
William Penn. He studied law under Thomas
Corwin of Ohio and S. P. Chase, afterward
For some time he was the political manager
for Mr.. Chase, whose intimate and beloved
friend he remained until his death. In 1871
he engineered and bore very conspicuous
part in the effort to nominate that distin-
guished patriot for the Presidency.
In his early manhood. when it required
courage and ability to take that stand, Mr.
Getchell became an active Abolitionist and
he was among the very foremost of those who
undertook the defense of the fugitive slaves
Among other celebrated causes, he managed
the defense of n black woman named Margare
Garner. who, 10 preserve them from slavery
killed her mulatto children He was a mem.
Der of the first Republican convention ever
held in the United States. He was long and
intimately associaled with Rutherford r.
Hayes and with General w. T. Sherman. on
OF whose brothers married his only SISTER
In 1860 he came to California and was a
special agent OF the United States Treasury.
Twice. as I am crediply informed, he was of
tered Federal Judgeship on this coast bu +
in each instance declined on the ground that
he inrended 10 return 70 the Eastern States.
In 1872 he was appointed q Registrar Of
Bankruptcy by the late Judge OGDEN Hoff.
man, ana during MS 1ncum bency OF that no.
sition, as he was then again fntendin q In
leave California, refused an appointment as
Collector of Internal Revenue in San Fran
cisco rendered to hi m by President Hayes. He
was also offered nnd declined to accent the
consulship al the Hawaiian Islands
Such Is rough and meager outline of the
career OF man remarkable for his intelIi
gence, his attainment MS unobtrusiye WAYS
ana his ster ing character. His body was in
lerred on Thursday last, but his memory and
his influence will long survive. and win he
treasured by his relatives, by his fti,nds and
by the public prpfICoI
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
TROPICAL EXPERIMENT STATION.


T recent meeting of Redlands Horticultural Club
attention directed proposal the part OF the
Government to establish tropical experiment station In
Southern Florida and committee appointed by the club
consider bringing the establish
ment of a similar station in Southern California.
The Riverside Press in commenting the action of the
club THE worthy Of cordial support
all sections California the horticultural
clubs Boards of Trade in various fuigowing towns
should the with the Redlands
committee in their efforts favorable action the
proposition
The of the Press should be amended to the
of calling upon all California; southern section
only cooperate Redands working for proposed
object Anything that tends increase diversity the fruit
industry of the State that all portions Of
it, and the and people every section should unite
promoting any enterprise designed bring
about such results.
known that Secretary Agriculture is warmly in
erested in projects promoting planting of all kinds
whether of forests orchards A time made
note OF plan devised By him accmae to the arid
regions OF the Union It therefore, he will be favor
able to such stations tropical portions of the country
and there is better for station than Southern
California In fact he find southern counties favor
able places for suitable for semarid
districts as well as for tropical regions.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29

With go pounds strain
t. S
O fmot wort i'm De
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b mad anempioye
method
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
SURPLUS CASH IN KANSAS.

PLEASING and somewhat surprising indication of pros
II perty disclosed by the
the bankers of upon 10 advise
farmers what with their surplus been so
short calamity howles assuring the peo-
pie farmer would have money enough
paw his eb bankers ShyocSs seeking
reduce debtors penury with
advice as from fairy tale and re-
wrought financial revolution in
conditions of the country.
The Farm Springfield, Ohio in publishing sum-
mary the bankers have given farmers
through medium the Kansas newspapers major
ly them advise first the payment OF farm debts
interest," and second the avoidance of wheat-rang
the exclusion industries. Another point the
bankers the value of improved They
urge upon surroundings more
comfortable beautiful, ground better
better living for the farmer and his family pay
long rum just surely improvement hous
ing and feeding OF live stock.
point advice which
warning against planting wheat AS one
OF the bankers it farmers should let
tempt ultimate destruction" The dvce is
selling hay selling them as
material 1t the opinion OF Farm Necs that
equally applicable nearly all the farmers
country high wheat prices
year obtained in 1885, Notwithstanding
started give raging hopes
the harvest of the coming
Whether given by shows the
be made of surplus of
question that farmer decide for himself
The the interest country
large Kansas passed the calamity
howling about hard times and demanding money
talking business with bankers
surplus funds dollar OF which is good gold
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
A BETTER FEELING IN TRADE.

NRADE better throughout the East last week Ihls Is
noteworthy improvement in business seldom occurs
of the year. 1t thought that the country
entered upon period dulness which would continue
until spring but from cause or causes
yet explained picking the season
wken according all precedent it should be quetng down.
ascertaned the moment 1t is the heaVy
export demand for American products which is remuatng
commerce. The export of wheat from Atlantic
ports very lively and accompanied by advance in prices
That deficiency in the all the world except IN e
United States like Banquos ghost will not down. ana the
powerful bears keep it down. Every
and then it bo ereney and prices bob up IN sym
pahy The has also improved of late and Is
large which important factor in the rade
revival Corn going out of the county in large quan
and this matters along And last Dut not
shipping manufactured uets especially
machinery of the Eastern seaports than ever before
1t natural infer that it is this remarkable export move
which is revving business 1t is so thought on wall
street. any rate Wall generally sizes sttua
ions correctly The is shown in gain OF 1 per
in the bank ceang against 25 cent for the pece
ing week. The failures the week 236 against 235 for
before the corresponding week in 1886 and @
in 1895.
The great staples than holding their Wool
which recently been dull is active and prices are
fmer This improved demand for woolen goods
the colder weather throughout the East 1he
demand for whole abatement though sew
era individual lines quiete The tendency in wages is
upward, which being favorably commented in COM
centers The market exhibited in
buoyancy OF the week, though railway
shares neglected.
On this conditions remain about the as last
week The feature the advance in wheat accompanied by
increased trading call greater activity shipping
But the other cereals dn and rather weak than
otherwise If the wheat continues however they Will
probably sympathy with governing cereal. Wool
also dull but too will doubtless do better again if
the provement in the East keeps up.
Provisions still quiet unchanged prices The hop
has been slowly passing Of first hands prices which
yield good Beef and pork continue
steady quotations which ruled for time Dried
dull ever and it almost impossible
sell lois though feeling alsin has lately been
reported frmer.
Tn crop outlook though at this time of
The year than favorable up date. Thegh rains
thus received the central and
northern of the State seed large with the reason
able expectation getting good returns from their crops next
The southern portion OF the State needs more ral
Present stocks OF the principal farm staples indicate pretty
general cleanup before the forward hence
the outlook this fiat for fair prices in 1885, In
fact it is the opinion all sides that the forthcoming
VIII be OF the successful for long time.