The San Francisco call., 1897-07-31
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The SIMMER MONTHS,

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THE SUMMER MONTHS.
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= NO EXTRA CHARGE. Fifty cents per month
for summer months
The blanket business booms.
Eyerything goes that heads for Alaska.
The question OF the day: when are
Sou going? 2"
.Train+robbers may get the Alaskan
fever and take to holding up treasure
ships.
When the Klondykers return they may
bring US gold enough to Fepave Market
street.
If the regular army is too delicate to go
to Alaska this winter Uncle Sam should
call forvolunteere.
The best and brightest reading for to-
morrow will be found 1.-THE SUNDAY CALL.
Leave orders for it to-day.
We shall never believe British Colum-
Eiahas done her full duty until she builds
a bike route to the gold fields.
There is no stopping the Klondyker.
All that can be done is TO wish him luck
: and throw horseshoe at him.
" Great B4itain may have Palmyra Island
if she wishes. Il is lit only for a cable
station, and We can have better one at
Hawaii.
There is possibility that the commit
tee OF one hundred may drop the charter
business and proceed 10 organize itself as
in Alaskan expedition.
American retaliation may even up with
British royalty on the Klondyke, and it
Will not be the first time such thing has
happened on this continent.
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- The revolt in India is not likely to be
serious: for the: British empire but it is
= going to be grave affair for those who
get caught in the Whirl of it.
The imposition OF the burd ensome Cana
dian tariff on the miners of the Klondyke
may create friction enough to warm up
the situation in spite of tie climate.
!. Now that we have ninet men and
ono ..woman to draw up the outline of a
new charter we may hope to get good
. one. a great deal OF reliance can be placed
ON: the woman.
=: If the United States cannot send 100
soldiers to Alaska this season then Dan
Lamont must have left the War Depart
ment in a worse condition than Carlisle
left the treasury.
e We have just reason to complain of some
Things about the Canadian administration
= ON the Yukon, but after all it is much
better than the non-administration of our
government in adjoining districts.
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=. The worst of the. long depression is
i: over. Some effects of the hard times lin
ger with us, but hope has returned, and
: the dreariness of the dull days has van
ished from every home in the Union.
Politics Is so completely overlooked at
this time few people are aware that over
in. Ohio and Iowa the Democrats are try
ing to get up enough excitement on the
subject to interfere with the Republican
. walkoyeT.
The so-caI1ed fanatics" of Brazil are
putting up the biggest war and the fercest
fighting of the year, and from last ac-
counts have fair chance of pacifying the
% o6, 81 |, oiA - fu
a Telegraph wire.
If Andree's balloon should be driven
e BY the wind to the region of Peary's ship
there would be nice international dis
pute as to whether the United States
= should have the credit of discovering An
dree or Norway should have the honor of
relieving Peary.
The fact that Congress did not author
ize the President to appoint monetary
commission has not disturbed in the least
the promoters of the comm ission pro-
gIamme. They are talking now of hold
ing conference to appoint commission
Of their own to make report to Congress
without asking the permission of the
statesmen.
1t seems to be pretty well settled that
Great Britain will take part in the pro-
posed international monetary conference.
and will cooperate in the restoration of
the use of silver as money. The distress
in India will incline her to do this, as it is
imperative that something shall be done
Tor the relief of the oppressed people of
that country. The gold standard is too
heavy burden for overcrowded India to
carry, and if relief is not given there will
be a revolt.
. The Pennsylvania law imposing a tax
of cents day upon all alien laborers in
the State has stirred up the Chinese, who
cannot evade it By becoming citizens, and
money is being raised to test the law in
the courts. 1t is believed the statute will
be knocked out; but in the meantime it
has led to the naturalization of many for
eigners who are no credit TO the citizen
ship OF Pennsylvania, because they be-
came citizens only TO avoid the tax, and