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M'UULLAGH,s DEATH.

The circumstances attending the death
of J. B. McCullagh, the veteran and
famous editor of the St. Louis Gto6e-De8ao.
crat, will have the effect of reviving the
controversy over the right OF a man to kill
himself when life has become an incessant
pain and is of no further value to the pos
SCISSOR.
Mr.. McCuflagh was believer in. the
doctrine of the Stoics. He was no weak
ling. There was no coward s. blood in him.
He deserted no apparent duty. Heworked
and fought SO long as there was strength
in him to do either, and then not caring
to linger "superfnous on the STAGE and
knowing that his pain aud weakness
would render him a source of anxiety to
those whom he loved, he ended life ''in
the high Roman fashion, and made death
proud to take him."
Whatever views one may take of the
philosophy of fsuicide as an abstract ques-
ton. none who have known: McCullagh
either personally or. by his.wide extended
fame will reproach his memory for acting
as he did when the issue ito be or not to
be- came to him for determination. We
could not: judge him rightly unless we
knew all the conditions of his life and felt
all the pain that racked his body. These
we do not know and have not felt. We
only know that he had been strong and
faithful worker for good in America, that
ne had broken d own at his labor that he
longed for rest and went to it in The way
and at the time which seemed best to
MIN. On that record he merits all honor
for his life and the tenderest pity for his
death =
T. McCullagh was one of the foremost and
/ strongest of that generation which devel-
oped out of the stress and strain of our
civil war the qualities of heart and brain
which infused new force and vigor into
American journalism. The nervous inten-
.sity of thought and feeling which were
produced among all classes of people by
the excitements of war affected every in-
.dustry of the country, but in no kind OF
work were these effects more N arked than
in that OF the publication of newspapers.
The change was RADICAL. In the old days
the news features of a paper were subor-
dinate to the editorial columns. When
the battles came; however, public interest
demanded news a bove everything else, and
out of that universal and intense demand
came the newspaper of to-day.
f.. large part of McCullagh's success was
due to his understanding of this new need
of the time. He gathered therews wher-
ever it was to be found and at whatever
cost. He was himself a trained gatberer
of news, having served as correspondent
at the front during the war, and he profited
by the experience thus gained when he
became the editor of a great paper. Jour
nalism therefore owes much to his exam
pie and his influence. and his fellow
mem bers in the profession will feel that
in his death they have sustained the loss
of q leader whom they can i'll afford to
spare.
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fortably filled with the better class of visitors

fortably filled with the better class of visitors
intending to spend the winter on the coast.
electrical circles are interested in the i'm
mense power-plant located in the San Gabriel
Canyon, from which power will be trans
mitted to Los Angeles for use in operating the
street-railway system. This will be the model
transmission plant of the south and will mate
rally add 10 the upbuilding of that section.
The matter of converting various cable lines
nto electric roads is under Amusement and
with cheap power, it is not improbable that
many of the outlying districts which have
heretofore lsbored under the disadvantages of
inadequate transpor tation facilities will now
receive the attention which is their due.
''The southern section of the State is fully
awake to the advantages of good roads. The
increased population with which that section
is favored during the winter months has given
an impetus in this direction with the most
gratifying results.
Especial attention has been given to the
drives leading out from Los Angeles toward
San Bernardfno and Riverside. The distance
is but sixty-fve miles, and the attraction
which the run has for tourists awheel has
brought the matter OF good roads prominently
before the public.
"There is no more pleasing section in the
State than the valleys east of Los Angeles, and
few hours wheeling that can take in such
sections as Pomona, Rialto San Bernardino
and Riverside is an attraction which the resi-
dents OF these sections are not slow 10 press
upon the willing tourist.
"And, by the way, it is the insistence of the
Southern California resident-the faculty OF
holding to the proposition which he advances,
and his kindly expressed feeling for rival
communities-tha is so rapidly building up q
worldwide renown for Our Italy,"
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money power now in control of our Govern
ment our corporations, our trusts, our rail-
1odds, our telegraphs our newspapers, our
religious newspapers to go too far in placing
burdens and restrictions upon the mudsills OF
society," which will be followed by another re-
anything since the French Revolution.
The money barons are now in absolute con-
troll of all the industries and avocations OF IN
mudsills of society. II was an eVlI uay lor our
country when these money barons Wrested
their magma ,charta the "Nat1ohaF Dank act,
from plant. Congress and prought the Ma
tion under tribute 10 their greco. Inns y none
the less true because SO few men unuerstano
the secret of their power. And they have held
sway for a quarter of q century, during Wnicn
one statesman after another has lallen as tne
great Daniel Webste fell on the Ttn OF Marcn'
1850, before the Shareholders power to pc re-
warded by political promotion, tnougA "a
Webster's case'it came too late Tor tne reWaIo,
and as his great name passed behlnd q ciouu aa
the power which tempted him TO fall was
broken and utterly destroyed Lincoln afose
and slavery fell.
To make good this retrospect ana Wsbnfns Y,sbaa
let me repeata part OF what was puDhshea
few days since in the editorial columns OF d
Republican paper which has daily clrGula- clrGG1!
ton OF zoo, 900 copies with probably mi u
readers, the Philadelphia Item, as TO the
power and influence OF the "NStioneIs bankers
over the industrial and commercial afalrs OF
our country. Alter quoting one OF tne largest
Eastern financial news associations as Saying
that '.it is noticed that Eastern capital Is IN
clined to seek investments nearer home,
probably the result of the recent poltlcal
campaign, the growth of Popuiism having
probably revolutioniZed theinveStment neld,
the Item MAKES these comments:
''That is very large news. 1t is vitally 1mpor-
tant news And the worst of 1T is that 1t is
feet well known to every expert on the street.
1t all means this: These money lenders are
now intimd attng the West and South. They
we'll know their power. They well know that
Industry cannot be carried on except with the
aid of loans Of money; that when they shut
down on loans business is likewise shut down.
Which means that these money lenders, as
things now are, have our country by the
throat This power for good or evil is so great,
is so overwhelming in. its effects, bringing
starvation and misery to given Localities, that
people are unwise TO intrust it in any other
hands than their own organized Gov,
ernment, and this is the very "A
OF financial economy. 1t is time
that Government committee act IN be-
half of the people instead of the usurers VINO
now sap the life out of industry to an extent OF
probably over two thousand millions each
year." ana there is more to the same effect. 1
think that our money barons have too much
power. 1t is not good time for taking the
Government out of Inc banking business"
-. JOSEPH AsBURY JOHNSON.
San Francisco, December 81. 1896.
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THE SUNDAY CALL.

The first Sunday issue of THE CALL in
the New Year will be a fine number in
every respect. Its contents will make a
pleasing variety.
There will be collection of views OF
rare merit and interest from local artists,
showing their respective skill in different
lines of work.
An article that will create astonishment
and command admiration for the man of
talent and persevering endeavor of whom
it treats relates to one Of the really great
intellectual feats of the time. 1t will be
OF particular interest 10 phiologists every
where, and is the first publication of facts
that will bring fame 10 a resident of San
Francisco who has been hitherto prac-
tically unknowD to the world of litera-
ture. This mans work has already occu-
pied thirteen years of his life, and to
complete it. ten years more Of incessant
la Dor will be required. The task is most
stupendous one, and the result. will be g
monument to history and an invaluab Bile
aid in diplomacy and commerce to the
EngTish-s peakiig nations.
: Westerners with taste for poetry have
very kindly regard for Sam L. Simpson,
Lie ClofcI pOSt "a OTcEOH Ills verses 10
the River" and TO The Sword place him
in the rank of the best minor poets of the
country. In Sundays CALL will appear
another contribution from Mr.. Simpson
entitled "a Forgotten Anniversary" 1t
is happily illustrated and Will make de-
ightful reading. 1t can hardly be termed
':heroc," but Mr.. Simpson will be- com
mended for his bravery in championing
the cause of a friend of mankind whose
glories have hitherto been quite obscurea
in rather commonplace region of prosy
reality.
The very latest secret of photography is
disclosed for the benefit of society women in
general, and some revelations are afforded
that will be received with surprise as we'll
as musement.
An excellent letter from the north OF
England gives description. of scenes
amid the historically rich ruins of ancient
York.
Flremen will find meat for discussion
in new invention that promises to dis
'pense entirely with the fire horse.
Evtry department is well filed and no
Sunday news paper on the coast will be
productive of more genuine enjoyment
than THE SUNDAY CALL.
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the home of this presumably well-ooddled

the home of this presumably well-coddled
miss.
Judge Murphy OF ST. Louis refused to allow
a policeman to testify in his court, saying
"There hasn't been policeman in st. Louis
for ten years who has seen anything" -
The Dowager Empress OF Germany is visiting
her mother, Queen Victoria, and recently cele-
:brated her fifty-sixth birthday by an elaborate
royal dinner party. She is considered one OF
the best scholars among the royal women oi
Europe.
The State of Maine furnished one-eleventh
of the Governors chosen last fall in the differ
ent States of the Union. They are Llewellyn
Powers in Maine, Hazen P. Pingree in Michi-
gan, Frank S. Black in New York and JOHN R..
Rogers in Washington.
Mrs. Temple, the wife of the new Archbishop
of Canterbury, after making q call the other
evening entered what she supposed was ner
own carriage and ordered the coachman to
drive to the palace The coachman promptly
drove her to the Palace Theater of Varieties,
and it was with great difficulty that the good
lady, who had never been in such a place in
her life, was able TO persuade him that that
was not the destination she wished.
Queen Victoria always wears. three rings
one that the Prince Copsort placed on her
finger when they were married, her engage
ment ring. and slender circle carrying a.tiny
diamond, gilt from her husband that was to
be two or three years before they were welded.
The Queens coronation ring is never out of
her sight and is worn by her every evening.
1t is a band of gold containing cross in ru-
bies surrounded by white brilliants. A coro-
nation ring is supposed to symbolic the we'd
ding OF the sovereign with the nation.
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PERSON AL.

l.: H. Graeter of Placerville is in the City.
g.. NJ. Pratt of Chicago is at the Palace.
A. Brown Of the ship Arctic is at the Grand.
j. F. Kelly of New York is a late arrival
here.
G. W. Mcintyre of Salinas is late arrival in
this City.
Max Kahn of St. Joseph. Mo-, is a recent ar
rival here.
J.w. Hughes of Sacramento is registered at
the Grand.
Alb. Shoemaker. a business man of Modesto,
is in this City.
: Max Engle Of New York is visiting this City
and is at the Palace.
. 3. P Stevens. an old resident Of Portland,
arrived here yesterday.
Ex-senator x. E. Kelly of Williams is among
the arrivals at the Russ. "
G. W. Mahon OF Bakersfield and K. s. Mahon
OF Yuba City, are at the Lick.
lieutenant Eugene t. Nilsson OF the United
States army is at the Occidental.
P. E: Norris.and T. J. Kennedy of Portland,
Or. were among yesterdays arrivals
David Young of Stockton, q manufacturer of
agricultural implements, is in this City,
/ H. Plowman OF Seattle arrived on the walla
Walla this morning on visit 10 the City.
/ D. y,
of Merceds are at the Cosmopolitan Hotel;
George D. Mclean, the wellknown mining
man OF Grass Valley, is here for few days: :.
Mrs. Clara Williams and son of Palo Alto are
among the guests at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
J. B. Sanford of Ukiah, one OF the newly
elected Senators from that district, is in this
City.
E. w. Garden came down from Portland,
o., last night and is at the Cosmopolitan
Hotel
Among the arrivals here yesterday was E.
M. Mannion of. Los Angeles. He is at the
Grand.
William Pritchard of Sacramento is spend
ing New Years here. He is registered at the
Grand.
w. F. Morgan of Liverpool, England. is in
this City on bis way to Japan and staying at
the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Miss Alma A. Kaerth came down from Sacra-
mento to spend New Years day and registered
at the Cosmopolitan Hotel
Edward Pelifka of Michigan Bluff, Super
visor OF Placer County, is at the Russ. He is
one of the old residents of thatregion.
r. G. Sargent, the millionaire landowner of
San Joaquin County, one of the pioneers, and
largely interested In Stockton, is in this City.
George f. Beveridge, who owns an interest in
a large gold mine in Mexico, arrived here last
night and is at the Palace. He is the son OF
Ex-Governor Beveridge of Illinois
Thomas E. Ladner, founder of the town Of
Ladner, British Columbia, snd propri etor of a
general store and of various enterprises there.
is at the Lick, accompanied by Ed B. Ladner,
also of British Columbia. w. B. Ladner OF
Auburn is also at the Lick.
IS. H. Friedlander leaves tonight for Port
land, Or, on business connected with the va
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failures is the necessity of better banking
laws and more thorough supervision OF
banks in the States where they have ocr
Cured This lesson will have. its effect
when Congress enters upon the work OF
extending and revising the national bank
law, and will probably lead the Legisla-
lures of the several States affected to re-
wise their local laws to some extent.
From the failures. therefore, we may ex-
pect good as well as evil results; and the
prospects are that the good will rem ain
with US long after the evil has been over
come and forp often.
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NEWSPAPER PLEASANTLY.

81 don't know what to do with my boy, he
hates to read So"
"Why not make book reviewer of him?"A
Br ooklyn Life.
Bacon-I was reading to-day of violin
maker who made over 1000 fiddles in his life.
e Egbert--Its q fact, then, that the evil mar
does lives after him.-Yonkers Statesman.
Old Gentleman-Seriously don't RENE mbe,
ever to have told a lie in all my life
Young Gentleman-so? Well, do you know
I'm getting little forgetful myself. Boston
Transcript.
Brown-Do you believe in civil service re.
form?
Jones (who has failed to pass an examina
tion)-I do The questions should be made
.easier.-Puck.
"What's the cleaning, Uncle Tom?"
''Well, Before man is married it is the time
to take a walk. but after he is married 1t IL
the time he falls over rocking-horses and
building blocks on the sitting-room floor
Chicago Record.
''Do you believe that a green Christmas
makes fat grayeyard?n asked the horse
editor.
81 don't know anything about that" replied
the snake editor, "but do know that any sor,
of a Christmas makes a lean pocketbook."-
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegrapb.
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NEW TO-DAY.

No other oil and. no other
medicine has eyer been dis
covered which 'can take the
place of Cod-liver Oil In all
conditions ofwasting. New
remedies come, live their
little day and die, but Cod
liver Oil remains the rock on
which all hope for recovery
must rest, When it is scien-
tihcally prepared, as'in SCOTS
Emulsion, it checks the pro-
gress of the disease, the 'con.j
gestion and inharnmationsubJ
side and the process of healing
begins. There is the whole
truth. Book about it free.
SCOTT BowNEs New Yosh.
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Letters From the People.
OUR MONEY -BARoNS.

The Banfs Act Their Magma. Charter.
. Conoress Their Runnyn1ede
To the Editor of the San Franciso Cal-SIR
Believing that there are large numbers of men
who CAN really think below the surface and
who will do it if once jolted out of the rut in
which they go the rounds of their daily activ-
ity, am encouraged to go on trying to break
up their apathy and fix their attention on GER
tain aspects of publicaffairs which elude their
observation and leave them wholly absorbed
in their own pursuits, that they may not go
on in blind Inconsistencies of the subtle but
well.nigh all-powerful influence at work an
abolt them which should be clearly under
stood an d seriously dealt with by every loyal
citizen.
Lam constantly reminded by passing events
of The attitude of just such men when Lincoln
and Trumbull, Greeley and Seward, Phillips
and Sumner, Giddings and Lovejoy, Whittier
and Lowell, Fremont and all the early Repub-
licans strove so 5ravely to awaken the coun-
try to a full consciousness of the ever growing
aggressiveness of the slaveholders' power, its
increasing victories and its dominance in
every department of the Government, and
do not forget how these apatfetic men awoke
at last and came to the support of these
maligned Republicans, for the clamor against
them as fanatics and dlsturbers of business
was just as petulant aud persistent it is to-
oays agalnst.tnose VINO lnslst lnaL the resent
order of things must be changed or a worse
fate wi tn more menacing future will pres
entity overtake our country than came with
the shareholders rebellion.
Intelligent men neod hardly be reminded
that the power which had gained control of
the Government In 1855 felt comfortably Sc
cure in its immense advantage apd-conidently
counted on the final but sullen surrender of
these. Republican agitators and the ultimate
triumph of the Southern arIstocracy over the
greasy mechanics and other "mudsills OF so-
ciety" in the North, for the "business inter-
ests'' of the North were unitedly opposed 10
agitation. History records the result. In our
day, as in that day, danger turks in the apathy
OF business men, who are immersed in their
own affairs and only ask to be let alone in
trade and that there. shall be no disturbance
fact. that their own apathy may lead. the
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EASTERN BANK FAILURES.

/ The bank failures in the Lake States
constitute the largest cloud on the finan-
cial and commercial horizon of the coun-
try: They have been serious enough TO
engage the attention. OF all parts of the
Union, and in the States where they have
occurred have occasioned a widespread
.distrust which it is not surprising to learn
is proving almost as preiudicial as the
failures themselves.
1t is worth noting that the lack of con.
'fdence caused by the failures is confined
almost wholly to persons who are outside
the higher circles of commerce and
finance. Bank presidents and the larger
merchants and manufacturers of the
country haze shown no signs OF panic,
but on the contrary have treated the fail
ures as ordinary events in the course of
business and significant of nothing except
mismanagement.
The judgments of the experienced mas
ters of finance and commerce are un-
doubtedly correct. All the evidence made
public concerning the failures show that
In every instance the taking banks have
been conducted without regard to good
business methods. Money has been
1OdHcu WAbAOub BOOQ ocCuIlly, duu ulOTe-
over has been advanced in amounts ex-
ceeding what the capital of the banks
justified. Such methods would lead to
disaster even under The best conditions,
and it is not to be wondered at that they
have proven disastrous now.
The clear understanding that the fail
ures have been due to bad managem eht
and other causes that are wholly local has
prevented any distrust arising in other
portions of the country. There is little or
no danger of runs on banks Inside the
districts which have been already affected.
In fact there is reason for believing the
distrust. there will soon pass away and
business will move forward with as much
confidence as eyer.
The one lesson to be learned from the
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A bOSTON BABY.

Baby's brain is tired of thinking
On the wherefore and the whence;
Baby's precious eyes are blinking
With incipient somno.ence.
Little hands are weary turning
Heavy leaves of lexico1:
Little nose is fretted, learning
How to keep Its glasses on
Baby knows he laws of nature
:. Are beneficent and wise;.
His medulla oblongata
Bids my daring close his eyes.
And his pneumogastrics tell him
Quietude is always best
). When his little cerebellum
Needs recuperative rest.
Baby must have relaxation,
:: Let the world GO wrong orright.
Sleep. my darling; leave creation
To its chances for the night
Boston Pilot.
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AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Thomas H. Van Frank, the electrician, who
did the varied and complicated electrical
work in connection with the lighting OF the
Emporium Building, has returned here after
several weeks in Southern California, where
he went for his health. He:is much improved
and will again give his attention to his cleo
trical business here.
Mr.. Van Frank says things have a CHEEKY
look in the south. There is q steady thrift
nearly everywhere one may turn. He believes
from the way things appear that there will be
an Improvement during the next few months.
"The business outlook in the south" )" said
Mr.. Van Frank yesterday, 'has materially
bright htened since the election excitement has
cleared away Los Angeles is rapidly fliing
with tourists; all the leading houses are COM
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drivers seat of stage coach The'driyer was
an interesting character, loaded's with good
and it was with reluctance that they parted at
the end of the Journey 'I'm glad ter hev met
yer, fellers," said the driver, in farewed'
Eyer see, 1 heven't seen man this summer,
exceptin' minister's"
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

PAPUA-W. NJ, San Diego, Cal. Papua, or
New Guinea, is with the exception of Austria.
liza, the largest island in the world. 1t is 1900
miles in length, with varying breadth of from
200 to 430 miles. The area'is 234,76S square
miles. The area of British New Guinea is 49,
460 square miles.
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Phillips ROCK island Excnrs,or;,

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 these excursions ;o
Boston. For tickets. sleepIng-car accommodation
and further information. address Clinton Jones
General Agent Rock Island Railway, 80 Mont:
gomery street. san. Francisco
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GLAD HE had NET THEM.
Boston Evening Record.

Boston Evening Record.
f. well-known Worcester clergynien tells a
good story at his own expense. In his younger
days he was tramplng through the White
Mountains with a companion, who was also a
clergyman. One day they mounted the
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rious enterprises of his firm. Mr.. Friedlander
will be absent for ten days, after which he will
return to devote his time to the interests of the
Carnival of the Golden Gate.