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The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

The extraordinary letter from Senior
Rodriguez, Minister of the Greater Re-
public of Central America, which was
read in the Senate on Friday, seems TO
oppose an effectual bar to the passage of
the Nicaragua canal bill at this session of
Congress. The bar may be eventually
overcome, but it will require diplomacy
to do it, and the success OF the measure
therefore is now dependent not SO much
upon Congress as upon the incoming ad-
ministration.
In his letter Senior Rodriguez calls at
tention to the fact that the contract made
between the Nicaraguan republic and the
canal company stipulates that the con-
cession shall not be transferable to any
foreign power, and as he goes on to say
the bill now before Congress seffectually
makes the Government of the United
States the virtual controller of the canal.
Therefore the contract would be violated
if the canal company should accept the
terms of the proposed bill, and the Greater
Republic of Central America would not
consent TO the con struction OF the work.
Other points are made by the Minister.
but :hey are of less importance. The one
which is vital to the project is the one we
have stated. The United States is not
likely to grant a large subsidy to the canal
or to guarantee the bonds OF the company
unless it is well assured that it will have a
virtual control over the canal both as
commercial enterprise and for purposes OF
war. We cannot undertake 10 build a
canal thatis to be left in charge of power
so weak as Nicaragua, and so unstable as
the Greater Republic. The Nicaraguans
could not defend the canal for single
day against British force in case of war,
and the newly formed Greater Republic of
Central America may vanish from the
face of the earth before the close of this
year.
1t can be well understood that the read
ing of the letter caused marked sensa-
tion in the Senate and was a heavy blow
to the advocates of the bill. Senator Nor
gan, with his usual vehemence, declared
the letter TO be an insult to the Govern
ment with this threat fouted in our
faces" he said, "the Uniled States Senate
might as well surrender its functions, so
far as dealing with foreign nations is con-
cerned." He suggested that Great Britain
or some other foreign power hostile to
American supremacy in the isthmus
might have prompted the Greater Repub-
lie in interposing to prevent tue action of
the United States.
These assertions, however true they
may be, can have no effect upon the bill
as it stands to-day. The refusal of the
Greater Republic to admit canal under
American control closes the subject for
the present. 1t does not, however, finally
determine the issue The construction of
a canal across the isthmus is necessary
to the commercial prosperity of the
United States, and it will be the duty of
the incoming administration to provide a
means whereby it may be accomplished.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
NEW TO-DAY.

Your cough, like a dogs
bark, is a sign that there is
something foreign around
which shouldn't be there.
You can quiet the noise, but
the danger may be there just
the same. Scott's Emulsion
Of Cod-liver Oil is not a
cough specific; it does not
merely allay the symptoms
but it does give such strength
to the body that it is able to
throw off the disease.
You know the old prov
erb of "the ounce of pre-
vention3" Don't neglect
your cough.
Your druggist keeps seots Emulsion of cod-lver OIL
Put mp In soc. and Sr.oo sizes
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
NEWSPAPER, PLEASANrRY.

Maud-Nhat do you consider mans greatest
fault?
Edith-His scarcity ty-Florida Times Union
"Pm hungry enough to eat horse"
"Come along with me and we will have q
couple of ponies. es."-Indianapolis Journal.
The Coun tess-Do show me the coronet.
The Earl-My dear. I'll show you the ticket
for the coronet 1t was hypothecated to pay
for the engagement ring.-Puck.
"a man is being tried in Boston for murder
on the high seas"
al thought justice would overtake some OF
these tenors before long."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
"Now. Violet, can you give me any reason
why l should not punish you for being
naughty?
Violet-Yes, ma. The doctor said you
weren't to take any vi'lent excise. ."-Boston
Guardian.
Fuddy-Yes. know; but has Plodder really
written anything of value2
Duddy-Of value? Decidedly yes. He showed
me one article alone upon which he had spent
at least S. in postage-Boston Transcript.
She attempting to ride the bicycle for the
first time)-I'm afraid I'll fall.
He-Haye no fear; will support you.
She-Indeed, this is so sudden.-Yonkers
Statesman.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
CHANGES IN BANKING LAWS.

Among the most interesting and i'm
portant subjects to be discussed and acted
upon in the near future by Congress is
reform in the National banking laws. 1t
is improbable that any sweeping changes
will, for the present, be more than dis
cussed; but it is almost certain that
changes small in form though possibly
large in their benefit to the public will be
promptly made.
Among the proposed measures of i'm
provement is the provision for the organi-
cation of banks with capital of not less
than $4,000 in small towns of not more
than 1000 people. This it is believed will
prove of advantage to the Western and
Southern States in many places where
banks at present are scarce by reason of
lack of capital to get together the $4,000
necessary for a National bank by the old
law.
Another proposal is to permit National
banks to increase their circulation to an
amount equal to the par value of their
bonds deposited in the United States
treasury to secure circulation. There
would be no danger in this, for the bonds
are selling in the market for premium,
anu INC note'noluel LAS on ouuAllonai
security by first lien on the assets of the
bank. The reform would save banks from
being compelled to tie up 10 per cent of
their capital by the restriction which
limits their notes to 80 per cent of the
bonds they deposit.
A more radical suggestion is that banks
should be permitted to issue notes based
upon their reserve or assets and limited to
such proportion of the same as is found
reasonable by the statistics of failures.
To make this plan secure the banks
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
VERY REV. M'NULTY HERE.
Venerable Catholic Pastor OF Ne" Ger
sew in Search of Health.

Venerable Catholic Pastor OF New oer-
sey in Search of Health.
Very Rev. w. McNulty, pastor the last
thirty wears and over of st. Johns Catno-
lie Church at Paterson, N. j., arrived here
Yesterday by way of New Orleans and the
Sunset route, and registered at the LICK
House.
He has come to California for snort
vacation and for needed rest. AS yet ms
plans are not formed, but Monterey wll
be one of his objective points during his
visit here.
Yesterday evening he hunted up ana
visited with the Paulist Fathers In old St.
Marv's Church on California street Some
of them he used to be acquainted with In
New York a number of years ago. Other
wise he knows no one in San Francisco.
His soiourn here will be one solely Tor
health and pleasure. 1t is twelve days
since he left his pulpit 10 begin the loul-
ney westward. -,
He is a venerable man, tall, with snow
white hair and a fringe of snow-wnite
beard we'll under his chin. He wears the
usual clerical collar. and that alone lnd1-
Gates his calling more significantly than
could his high shiny hat, his worldly al,
his twinkling eyes and the kindly humor
of his conversation.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

I matter of fences and other distractions
on Sickles avenue so that the club can
take steps to have them removed.
Michael Neubauer and Thomas Matt
land were appointed committee to locate
all the nuisances in Ocean View and re-
port at the next meeting of the club.
There is considerable complaint in Ocean
View against cesspools.
The club discussed the Senate bill to
reduce streetcar fare to ~ cents between
certain hours of the morning and evening.
The sentiment of the club was against the
reduction, as it was feared that the trans
fer privilege would be lost.
A committee was appointed to see the
proper committee of the Board of Super
vlsors this week about hydrants and cleo
trio lights for Ocean View.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
TO ROBERT BURNS.

oh, Robbie, " deer departed shade,
Where hath thy gentle spirit rest1"
Hast thou a peaceful refuge found,
From all the pGngs that rent Thy bTedstF
oh heart that beat too fast and free
For rigid schoolmen's measure,
SO quick to bleed for others pain,
SO finely tuned to pleasure;
That saw a grace in common things
To sweeten lowly duty,
The wee sma' moosie's fragile life,
The daisy's modest beauty;
Have you, for all these hundred years,
Known rest from toll and trouble,
To you, fair Scouand's dearest son,
Meeted in measure double?
Was there for you a Joy more sweet
Than found In earthly loving?
And would your songs, If sung anew,
Be still more deeply moving?
We ask, but never answer comes
From out the darkness dreary-
And never more a spoken word
From lips with singing weary.
Yet still the echo OF your songs
Rings on adown the sges,
And Burns is still the brightest name
That lights old Scotis's pages.
MRS. FRANCES ELLA SCOTT
San Francisco. January 25 1897.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
DON'T WANT LOWER CAR FARE.

ocean View Improvement Club Fears
Losing tn Transfer Privilege.
The Ocean View Improvement Club met
Yesterday in Taylor's Hall. There was an
attendance of about forty persons. The
officers of the club are: President,
Stephen Mangam; secretary, NJ. +. Tay-
lor; treasurer, William Shepard; delegates
to the Association of improvement
Clubs-M. F. Taylor. William Shepard,
Jemes Irwin, M. Neubauer and W. w.
McNulty.
John Maloney and ]. Logue were ap-
pointed a committee to investigate the
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Mai Moody, F. A. Greenwood, E. NJ.
Greenwav, Redick Duperu, Mr., ana MIS-, s.
Charles Fox Tay, Mr.. and Mrs. George y.
Boardman, Louis Masten, Miss Alice Ii
Masten. T. Danforth Boardman, MISS
Gertrude Bates, Miss Bernice Drown, Mr..
and Mrs. Rounseviile Wildman, Miss
Daisy Van Ness, Miss Ida Gibbons, Gl Mss
Monroe Salisbury. Miss Kate Salisbury
Miss Jessie Hobart Samuel Boardman,
George de Long, Miss Saliie Maynard, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank ]. Carolan, Miss jessie
GIaScock
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

May-I think Kate's refusal will have good
effect on Charley.
Maude-I hope so, but he's so frightfully
slow.
May-I know, but he told me it had cut him
to the quick.-New York Press.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
.Mr. WINDOWS Soothing svrnn,,

Has been used over fifty years by millions "
mothers for their children while Teething with per-
feet success 1t soothes the child, softens he gums
allays Pain. cures Wind Collie regulates he Bowels
and is the be remedy for Diarrhoeas whether arls
ing from tee- ing other causes FOR sale by drug
gists in every part OF the world Be sure and ask
Tor Mrs. Winsow's Soothing Syrup 2oc Dosta
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
The Degree of Honor.

The fourth annual entertainment and dance
given by Ivy Lodge in Elite Hall, Oakland last
Wednesday great success and was attended
by very large number of people. The SAWYER
Siste RS, Miss Laura Dubois, Mrs. Eva Cogan and
Miss Nellie Sawyer took part in the affair and the
event closed with the production OF a farce. The
proceeds will be used to purchase costumes for the
drill team.
The hall of Silver Spray Lodge was crowded
last Tuesday night the occasion of the instala-
ton of the officers Of the lodge by Deputy Miss
Mary Pinkham. There were present delegates
from the Oakland Lodge and the lodges of the Mis-
sion District There after the ceremony a
musicale, in which w. Brown, n. Roberts Evelyn
Mayor, G. L. of H., Verdi Gilmore the Misses
Smith and Clark, Mrs Linda Malloy, Miss Nina
and Mrs. Eva Cogan took part.
Frogs, when cooked, taste very much
like chicken.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
MAJOR Mckinley AND THE YOUNG
Pdentelect Mckinley is man he

able tact. In this respect ne is gooo oeal
like Garfield, but even Garfield STUN bled oc-
casionally. Mckinley improves upon Gar
fields methods, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. There isn't so much of the effusive
about him, not so much OF the arm around
your-neck style, but he leaves fully as good an
impression. But Garfield and Mckinney would
fast week rather than have caller leave
them in anger. 1t was a kind OF religion with
them to make friends out of every sort OF ma
terial
While the Major was in town on his recent
visit young reporter connected with local
daily called upon him for an interview he
was plea antly received and had the distin-
guished victim quite to himself. The Major
wa. as pleasant as the typical basket OF chips,
and the interviewer foraged in great style.
At last, exhilarated by his success and lured
on by the Majors open manner, the reporter
hurled this question square at the mark:
"Major," he SAID. ''this may be rather a
blunt query, but have you decided yet on any
single member of your Cabinet?"
The Major was smoking when this center
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
COL, GREENE'S SUCCESSOR
1t Is Probable That Major John
A. Babcock Will Be the A.
A. G. for California.
The Dance That Was a Brilliant Event
at the Preside Post on Tues-
day Evening.

AS has already been announced in The
CALL, Colonel O. D. Greene, A. A. G., will
go on the retired list to-day. 1t was the
talk in Washington few days ago that
Major John A. Babcock of the adiutant-
generals department will succeed Colonel
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
The CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.

1t is reported that Olney will find a fine
law practice awaiting him in Boston, and
the country, of course, will be willing for
him to stay with it.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

CORONA po.-Atmosphere is perfactly dry 81.
end mild, being entirely free from the mists COM
mon further north. Round-trp tickets by steam
ship, including fifteen days board at lhe hotas Ia
Coronado. $65: longer stay So 30 per day AppS
a New Montgomery st.. san Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Whether the Legislature is to make the
session as a whole long or short is doubt
full, but il is cutting the daily sessions in
both houses short enough to serve for
plug cut.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Olney has publicly congratulated Sher-
man on his coming succession to the State
Department, and on the sly he is perhaps
congratulating himself on getting out.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

AS a result of the construction of large
ocean steamers, it has been found neces-
sary to dredge the Thames to allow their
entrance to the docks at London. By and
by ships may be so big that they will have
to do their docking on the ocean beach,
and any town inside harbor Will be out
side the channels of trade.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

As it is now said that William Waldorf
Astor has the gout it would seem his
claims to be considered a British aristo-
crat can no longer be disputed.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Among the measures before the Kansas
Legislature is one to dissolve the organiza-
ton Of several counties in the western
part of the State. The claim is made that
the counties were organized prematurely
as some OF them have less than 1000 inhab-
itants and are not able to support their
governments. 1t is evident The West
Kansas boom which came up like the
grass has skipped out like the grasshop-
per.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Since Governor Leedy of Kansas replied
to Eastern attacks on his State by saying
Kansas has room enough in her schools
for all her children while the rich Eastern
cities have not, the cultured critics have
dropped the subject of education and re-
turned to their solemn and serious dis
courses on Western whiskers.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Sam Jones says he never in all his life
saw place where sin is so respectable as
it is in Boston, and now Boston is in doubt
whether to regard the saying as a compIi-
ment or q slur
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

registered voters of Connecticut are BIZ
cycIers, but this is not the only reason of
the power of the machine in politics in
that State.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Senator Hill says he wishes no political
obituary, which is not only equivalent to
saying he doesn't believe he is dead, but is
fairly good proof that he is live enough to
kick
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Dean Hoffman of the Episcopal Theological
Seminary, New York, has sent a check for $685.
600 to the University of the South at Suwanee,
Tenn, and has given it property at Bridge
port, Ala, worth SIS, 900. He promised some
time ago to make the gift in case of McKinley's
election.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

SPECIAL information daily to manufactures.
business houses and public men by the Press
Clipping Bureau (Allen's) SO Montgomery.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

she is so much younger than Gladstone
that she is afraid to abdicate less some one
should cite the case as an evidence that
woman is not the equal of man.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25


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The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

In default OF any industry at which con-
vicis can be kept busy under the present
law, New York officials are discussing
the advisability of putting them through
a military drill every day. The move
ment it will be seen has the possibility of
proceeding so far eventually as to turn
every penitentiary into West Point
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

1t is now said that it cost Richard
Croker nearly 81, 600 900 to race his horses
in England and get acquainted with roy
atty, so it seems that while Wales may
have become common in some things he
still keeps up the price.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

One OF the notable features OF the expo
sition to be held in Turin next year is to
be an exhibition of the rise and progress
of comic art, and if admission is permit
ted to the comic weeklies of this country
the exposition can be made to include the
decline and fall as WELL
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

No TOILET is complete without bottle Of Ayers
Hair Vigor-the best hair-dresslng. Ask your
druggist for Ayers Almanac
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Two years ago the Legislatures all over
the Union were fighting the theater hat
and now they are fighting the trusts.
Anything goes that promises to give the
world q show for its money.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

A Judge in Maine has declared the law
OF that State does not recognize hypno-
tism, and now it is question for debat-
ing society whether Maine is ahead of the
time or behind it.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Susan B. Anthony began to make speeches
for abolition as early as 1853. Her efforts to-
ward woman rights began only after the War
of the Rebellion, when the freedom of the
slave had been secured.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

It is prosposed in England to make the
celebration of the sixtieth year of the
Queens reign a season of gifts to the poor
and of providing parks for small towns
and villages so the people will have good
reason to enjoy the occasion.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

The city assessor of New Haven has
raised the assessment of Yale for taxation
purposes from less than $4,000 to more
than 100000. AS a consequence culture
and the Yale spirit have taken the war
path and a lawsuit is threatened.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

The new rule of the State Department
forbidding our EN- bassadors abroad from
making speeches on questions that divide
political parties at home is being generally
commended, but the friends of Bayard go
right along saying nothing.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Rumor has it that the Emperor Nicholas will
receive succession of royal and imperial WIS.,
itors this year. The series will begin with the
monarch of ustria-Hungary, who is to.arrive
at St. Petersburg IN February Emperor William
following q few weeks later.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Governor-elect Leedy OF Kansas was so over.
whelmed by Populist office-seekers that he
was obliged to fee from Topeka. And now
the office-seekers are sending him their pho
tographs.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

The Sultan of Turkey not only has rigid
censorship OF the press but he has ordered that
no newspaper be published until the after
noon, so that the censors will not have to
forego their morning nap in order to supervise
them.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

The Chicago Health Commissioners have
declared the water supply of that city to
be unfit for children to drink and have
shut it off from the public schools, but as
the children will have to drink it at home
it is hard to see where the benefit comes in.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

The keel of the Canopus. battleship OF 1880
tons was laid at Portsmouth dockyard on
January 4. She and sistership, Goliath, be-
gun at about the same time at Chatham, are
to be completed in twenty months. and Will
be launched during the present year.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

STRONG hoarhound candy, 15c. TownsenGs'
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Some prying investigator has discovered
that the uniform of a colonel on the Gov
ernor's staff costs 500 IN Massachusetts
and twice as much in Vermont, and now
there is a hubbub in the far East that
would stifie the noise of any racket Kan
sas ever made
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Jessie Ackerman. now in Baltimore,
will soon enter upon her duties as assistant
pastor of the Fourth Baptist Church of Chicago.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Byron wrote his celebrated poem of 'The
Bride of Abydos' in one night, and without
mending his pen. The pen is till preserved in
the British Muse um.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Russian cruiser called Swietland, the
third of that name in the Russian navy since
1854, has just been launched at Havre. She
is 1856 feet inches by 43 feet 4 in beam and
1928 tons displacement The horsepower is
$500 of which q spead of 90 knots is expected.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

Brazil has sold to Japan the fine cruiser
Almiyante Barroza, recently built at Elsw1ck.
She is $3.50 tons displacement, has a speed OF
twenty knots and carries six 6-inch and four
4.7-inch guns, all quick firers.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

cruiser OF 1900 tons displacement has
been built at Foochow. She will receive her
armament OF rapid-fring guns at Porl Arthur,
and is to be used as q schoolshfp for the pupils
OF the Chinese Naval Academy at Tientsln.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
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Italian naval estimates have been grea tly
reduced of late years, and shipbuilding has
been practically suspended since 1891. The
expenditures nave been cut down from S24,-
100000 to Sis, 5000 900, and all hope OF exc
cutting the naval programme begun in 1887
appears to be at an end.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

EDITORIAL ROOMS:
b17 Clay Street.
TsIsnhens Main-1s7A
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

At the Newski shipbuilding establishment,
ST. Peters burg, six torpedo-boats are TO be
built during the present year. The boilers are
to be arranged to burn either coal or oil. The
stokers on boats burning oil have to wear
colored glasses to protect their eyes from the
intense glare of the burning fluid