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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
THE FIGHT FOR THE RIVERS.

NROSPECTS for the improvement of the river D system of California were brighter than at this time. In both the Sacramento and the San Joaquin valley the revived hopes of the people have stimulated their energies and they working with vigor for the accomplishment o the enterprise The outlook is certainly promising. The State officials are showing commendabe activity The Attorney General has approved the contracts let by the State Commission for deepening Newtown shoals and that work will begin as soon as favor able decision on it is received from the War Depart ment
 The United States engineers recognize the impor- tance of the improvements and are cooperating in the effort to obtain them They have this year re- commended appropriation by Congress of $2So ooo for the purpose Of deepening the Sacramento from Newtown shoals to Sacramento and as this is the largest sum ever recommended for that section it is an unmistakable evidence of the growing interest taken in the work by the national officials.
 Nor Is 1t among officials only that we find evil dences of increasing purpose to bring about the much desired results. The people are aroused and are ready to do their share in completing the task oi saving the valley lands from the recurring floods According 10 the Sacramento Bee the farmers of Yolo freely signing agreement to build up and connect the levee system to either side of long and substantial overflow weir. The effect of this will be that no water will flow into Yolo County until the high water mark is touched by the flood at the city of Sacramento
 Each of these things will count as a factor in SUD- port of the bill introduced by Congressman De Vries appropriating S5ooooo for river improvement and if all the forces in movement be brought to work in concord we may reasonably expect the pas sage of the measure.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
SOMETHING GREAT FOR CALIFORNIA.

FOR the whole United States this is year Of
 unusual opportunities thousand evil dences of the coming of an unsurpassed pros- perity to be seen every side. All over the Union men Of enterprise and business sagacity are preparing to make full use of the industrial revival. Affairs or less great to be undertaken in every State. The competition will be keen and those who are ambitious to win the richest reward for themselves and their communities must be prompt, vigilant and energetic.
 The prospects for California are brighter than those of any of her sister States. In the wide sweep of the republic there Is no commonwealth whose opportunities in this year of promise are so golden as We have every advantage of re- vivng industry and increasing trade that other American communities possess, and i'll addition thereto we have the promise of the marvellous tra- fc that is grow up on this out of the com ing development of the gold fields of Alaska.
 Men of light and leading among have already set about devising means to seize these opportun- ties as they arise and profit by every benefit they afford Steps have been taken to draw the Alaskan trade to this city and to hold it. The Golden Jub- lee will be enticement to tourists and the min ing exposition will attract miners of all classes from those who labor with pick and shovel among the placers to those who have millions to invest in gold bearing quartz.
 The plans devised for the Jubilee and the expo sition of such excellence to merit the SUD- port of all Caornans who have the ability and the public spirit to support anything The whole com munity should join in the two movements with the ardor of genuine civic patriotism. There should be no lack of active cooperating work, no lack of liberal contributions
 This is the time to do something great for Cali fornia This is the time to show to the world the bountful profusion of her resources the rich pro- ducts of her labor and the industrial skill and energy of her people State pride and commercial profit are alike at stake and the issue appeals to both the business and the bosoms of men.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
THE HATPIN'S NEW RENOWN.

HE hatpin seems to have engrated itself upon
 modern civilization by embedding itself in the
 muscular tissue of the race. As mere imple- ment devoted to the laudabe purpose of keeping the feminine hat straight the pin could never have at tained to The best 1t could have hoped for was moderate popularity. But soon the pin was found to be available in many directions. It would when intelligently guided, pick lock, open ink bottle, furtively spear pickle In fact there would be difficulty in naming all the things It able to do. Then all at the sphere of the hatpin widened Ii a ill public place crowded more than the exigences of the jam seemed to warrant a sharp prod awakened him to a sense Of error and suggested sudden reform. The pin became weapon of defense. Far be 1t from to say that 1t a weapon of offense. Let the who have been punctured by 1t examine their own consciences and make paint if they can.
 But just the hatpin is at the zenith of its fame. It has vanqushed robber He had invaded with evil intent backed by a gun, Chicago street car, and he fled thence with a tiny drop of blood marking the place where the hatpn had pointed out to him his mistake There woman in the car when he entered and she drew her hatpin so hastily and employed 1t well that all he could do was to say "ouch' and go away from there. What recks it II the woman's hat sagged sideways the while? What if 1t fell off? This was no ordinary occa sion The hatpn foreverl
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
THE LOS ANGELES SCHOOL SCANDAL

D BASED to the verge of vicious partisanship \ must have been the Los Angeles Herald when AD in a recent editorial 1t said: The articles in the San Francisco Call of last Tuesday relating to the School Board scandal in this city formed one of the most contemptible pieces of work of which an alleged great newspaper guilty. The Call apparently placed its columns at the command of Webb in order that the latter might dstort the facts and confuse the minds Of the papers readers with respect to his questionable actions
 To refute that wanton misrepresentation there is needed only plain statement Of the facts When the first disclosures in the Los Angeles school scandal made The Call recognized the importance of the issue to the people of that section indirectly to the State at large It thereupon set about making a full and fair investigation of the charges and charges on both sides Its representatives and special correspondents gave much time and careful study to the proceedings as they developed from day to day, and The Call itself gave much space their reports
 The first notable feature of the case was the testimony given by Axtell and Adams, which incririnated Webb. Full reports of the evil dence of these men were published in The Call and then Webb asked for hearing. The charges of the accusers having been made public it was only fair to give the accused chance to be heard before the popular tribunal To have re- fused his request would have been denial of fair P4dy ASPGSAdll tO every sentiment Of justice and false to the settled policy of The Call of acting in all affairs Of this kind with judicial mpartiality
 MT Webb, having been accused of gross offenses in office, had a right to be heard. We pub
 shed his statement essential part of the pro- ceedings in the investigation of the truth He claimed that he did not have fair hearing at home. and the violence with which the Herald attacks The Call for permitting him to be heard at all goes far to justify the claim. That fact an additional reason If any had been needed, why The Call should permit him to make the best defense he could against his accusers When a charge Is well founded justice suf fcrs nothing by that liberty which gives the accused chance to defend himself.
 The Call is eager and earnest in the performance ot the duty ot exposing every corrupt practice that exists in official life It desires to maintain as far possible the highest standards of honor in the ad mnistraon of all public trusts and that end gives prompt and powerful assistance to every movement designed to expose rascalty and turn the rascas out It does not intend, however, act from biased mo- lives, prejudice passion Nor will it condemn any unheard It seeks the truth and in all cases acts fairly, mpartiay and justly by giving hearing to both sides. To do otherwise would be to perform what the Herald calls "one of the most contemptible pieces of work of which an alleged great newspaper guilty.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
ANEW MINING VENTURE.


 the Grand Hotel. Only about twenty members were present and nothing was done more than to discuss in a general way the plans and hopes of the organiza- ton. The Kotzebue Mining Company is an organization composed of some of the leading business men of the State, which has for it's object mining and trading in the vicIrity of kotZebue Sound, a body of water in Alaska which runs in off the Arctic Ocean a short distance above the Eer.ng Straits.
 The company intends building or buying it's own vessels and will start for the north about next April with sufficient sup plies to last it two years. The capital stock of the concern is s1, ,000, 900, of which amount $S20 900 has already been sub- scribed. The stock is divided into 10000 shares of s100 each and will be distributed among fifty members, to which number the company will be limited. The officers of the organization are c. c. Gleaves of Bedding, president; general manager, L. c. Frishea of Anderson; vice-president,
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
A TOUCH OF NATURE.

the Baldwin Theater, wearing in the bosom of her gown large bunch of vio- lets, tied with purple ribbon. Seated in the place directly opposite to her was a frail little fellow, who could not have been over twelve years old. He was evi- dently a sufferer from some sort of spinal trouble, as his head and the upper portion of his body were inclosed in a frame of steel and leather, and an armed brace was tightly strapped to one of his legs. Poverty, too, had set its hand on him, as his clothes, though clean, were old and threadbare, and there were holes in the fingers of the cheap cotton gloves worn by his sister, who accompanied him. The violets worn by Miss McHenry caught his eyes, and, turning, he whispered something to His sister, who blushed and told him to wait a while. He remained quiet, but continued to gaze at the flow CTS with all the power of his large sad eyes. Just before reaching her destina- tion Miss McHenry's attention was at tracted to the little fellow, and, noticing his evident admiration of the flowers she was wearing, she took them ribbon and all, and handing them to him, told him to wear them for her sake, and got off the car. After her departure it, somehow, seemed as if the sun came into the car from both sides at once.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

him how he expected to get a fish up through so small an aperture. We'll said he I don't know. You see, in the five years I've been coming down here I have only had one fish on the end of my string and he was crab. But there is q heap of satisfaction in expecting some thing to bite-just as a fellow dreams of what he would do if he was rich |" R p. Schwerin of the Pacific Mail Company has gone to New York On a business trip.
 R. Demmng, a mining man connected with the TreadWel mine, Is staying at the Occidental.
 Dr. w. E. Mack, who accompanied the river boat Vallejo to the mouth of the Yukon, is at the Grand.
 C. A. Low, formerly with E. L. C. Steele & Co., of this city, has returned from New York, and is at the Palace
 Miss de Courcey Corbett, a prominent Irish society lady. is registered at the Occidental She is travelling through the United States on a pleasure tour.
 F. F. House, general superintendent of the Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, and wife, accompanied by Mrs. H. A. House, are visiting Mrs. A. l.. House of All Hyde street.
 Colonel A. F. Leonard, proprietor of the Lawrence Daily Journal or Lawrence, Kans., also tax commissioner ot the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway, is in the city, on his way to visit large ranch he owns near Gflroy.
 Joseph McGillivray, one of the pioneer miners of this State, has returned to San Francisco after an absence of fourteen years. MT. McGillivray is at present operating mines for London company in British Columbia.
 J. D. Barnes, who arrived here few days ago from the gold fields of the north, and whose good luck in that DOT tion of the globe has already been pub lished, met with a very pleasant sur prise yesterday afternoon in the office of the Palace, where he is stopping. His brother, J. L. Barnes, and he have beer separated for nearly fifteen years, and though they have spent many thousand dollars in searching for each other they were always disappointed in their quest. yesterday they at last came together, and the reunion was a joyful one indeed.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
COLLECTED IN
 THE CORRIDORS

John Smith, Petaluma rancher, Is at the Lick.
 A. R. Pike, horseman of St. Louis, is at the Baldwin.
 Nellie McHenry, the actress, arrived at the Palace yesterday
 l.. A. Spitzer, Assessor of Santa Clara County, is at the Grand
 C. NJ Mclaughlin, a San Jose capital- ist, is at the Occidental
 E. Waldo Ward, an actor of New York, is at the California.
 l. Hodgeson, prominent merchant of Chicago, is at the Palace.
 N. R. Neary has come up from Santa Cruz, and is at the California.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
pr A. M. Gardner of Fresno: s.crs+.. otto Shackelford of this citv

i. A, M. Gardner of Fresno; secretsrv olto Shackelford of this city.
 IL. G. Ronsohoff, business man of Salt Lake Clty' IS at the Baldwin.
 J. II. Hare, well-known business or NC" York, is at the Baldwin. Dr. A. M. Gardener, superintera.,. 'iie t>apa Insane Asylum, is at the Ijck
 J. R. Lyons and M Chabot two .S men of Walla Walla, are at the I,icI
 Harry Lansing, a large rancber oregon mas registered at the Califo-,,o
 George H. George. a canita,is. hia' fly. "'i HIS 1am-
 s. J. Kaufman. miner of D.
 at the Baldwin from Washineton n, T IS tory. 'oh Ierri-
 J. L. Koser, the manager of tho
 els sugar-mills at WatsonyiIle is at .,s- Grand. IS at the
 pr. c. c. Gleaves of Reddirs
 surgeon of the Bear, is a guest ,.ierls a. .hs Grand. soeSl at the
 H. M: Yerington. prominent ra,,uo man of Carson, New, is staving alt' at taa taa Palace. aSins at the .. T. Black, Superintendent of ppb,;c Instruction. is at the Lick froua saana uuac mento. oiA odcra-
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
AIMS TO GIVE NEWS, NOT FILTH.

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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
THE PLEASURES OF HOPE.

eook stroll along the city front last Sunday, and was mucn struck with the number of able oooieo men who were engaged in sup porting lines that were let down into inc water. l will not say they were fishing
 for they simply lowered the line into the bay. and then. settling themselves com
 fortably against pile or heap of lumber
 drifted off along the unexplored paths of speculative thought, which invariably lead to slumber and oblivion. I accosted one Of these fellows, whose line was let down through crack in the wharf barely a quarter Of an inch in width, and asked
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

Lady Coventry, who was married in 1915, and is the mother of six sons and three daughters, has hobby for collect ing antique and beautiful things, and at Balfour Place, her handsome London house, there are some of the finest speci- mems of Chippendale in existence. She also possesses much beautiful old china and many fine pictures.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

During the late Dr. Houghton's minis trations at the Little Church Around the< Corner one of his parishioners was ac- cused of forgery. The doctor hastened to him and received confession of his guilt. He advised the man to plead guilty, which was done, and nearly every day of his service in prison the rector visited and comforted him.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

Last night a meeting of the principal mem bers of the Kot- Zebue Commer- clal and Mining Company W a s
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

One of the girls who is ambitious to shine as a football player has been arrested for vagrancy She sprinted fairly well, but the policeman who tackled her out of her class as to weight and she didn't reach the goal
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
AUCTION SALES.

By A. F. RookerThs day, January Howard Il
 By ". ButterfeldThis day, January Furniture at 5lO Geary o'clock.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Auens 5l0 Mont gomery st. Tel Main 1O42
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
ANU SEMENTS,

ADJUSTMENTS. Baldwin" The Mexico" Calfornia-"A Night in New York" Alcazar-"Esmerada' Morosco's-"The Plunger." TiYoi-"Mother Goose" Orpheum-V Vaudeville BushThe Thalia Opera nig ht OberOn- Cosmopolitan Orchestra. sherman, Clay Co., Hal-Debut of Miss Frances Davis The Chues-ChQuta Vaudeville California Jockey Oakland Racetrack-Races
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

ANGoSTURA BITTERS are endorsed by ali tSe leading physicians and c 1emists for purity and wholesomeness Get the genuine.-Dr. Siegert's
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

Patent inside papers yet passing about to an admiring constituency accounts of the beautiful presents Pugilist Ftzsrnnons made to his wife Christmas. These diamonds and other costly ar- tcles such the wife of the average man sees only in show window. And now comes an Australian paper relating with frankness little less than brutal how the parents of this liberal person have had to go to the poorhouse. There IS doubt that Fitzsim- mons is hard man to whip, but if the paper quoted is in there is doubt that he needs whip ping as badly as any who could be mentioned
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

THROAT TROUBLES. To allay the irritation that induces coughing, use "Brolca'S BronchiG I1oches." simple and safe remedy.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

Yesterday jolly Miss Nellie Me Henry, who Is at the Palace, got into a Market street car in front of the door of her hotel tn nn m +n
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

Said S. V
 Bevis, a gentle man who is stop ping at one of our principal hotels on his first visit to the coast: "I
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

An evening paper known as the Bulletin has the bad taste to speak of itself 'rival journal" Rival to what? The thing excites moderate curiosity
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

Though the actions of Rev. Edwards Davis at San Quentin have been indorsed by his church, the church, it may be worth while to remark, was not there to observe the actions.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

SILVER DOLLARS - Cores SpOndent. Milton, Cal. Silver dollars of the United States are legal tender to any amount unless otherwise expressed in the con- tract.
 A CONVICT-F. H., City. A convfXt out on parole does not by reason of his being out in that manner regain his civil rights, consequently he is not entitled to vote. In order to be restored to his civil rights convict must first be pardoned
 HALF-DOLLAR-Coi San Jose, Cal The half-dollar of 1861 you have is one of the last of that denomination coined in the United States branch mint in New Orleans. There is no demand by deal- CTS for such. Dealers offer them for S5 cents. Neither is there any demand for MaXimfllian dollars of 1867. Such are of fered at from $1 D to g 50.
 COPPER CENTS-A., City. Conner coins of the United States are a legal tender in any amount not to exceed 9 cents. If you offer five 1-cent pieces in payment of fare on streetcar the con- ductor is bound to accept the same The fact that a conductor refuses to take such from you in tender of fare does not alter the fact that the amount you rendered was a legal tender and if he allowed you to ride free that is a mat ter he will have to account for to the company.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

Open Sundays till D. m. Genuine eye- glasses, specs, 15c up, at 8 Fourth st.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

Unless the Governor of Georgia interfere woman will shortly be hanged in that State There will be general hope that the executive will exercise his right of committing the sentence to imprisonment. Women are not prone to murder They do not com hitting hundred They do not notably need a lesson show the lack of restraint And in so many respects they do not stand before the law the equal of that the mind revolts against holding them equal in the matter of punishment.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

Mocha pistache, pineapple cake. so5Larkin
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

Mrs. Mack of New York has been sentenced to ff- teen years in the pententiary Her offense it will be remembered, was that of killing and chopping him into bits easily portable. She certainly has no reason to complain Not being old, she may be re- leased while yet vigorous enough to swing an ax
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11

Young MT. Fairs bar room fight in New York was perhaps worth telegraphing the conti- nent In other respects it was much like any one of
 dozen scraps" the observant citizen who stays late may have the joy of seeing any night oreven of participating in if such be his humor.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-12-10

Colonel Bryan remarks that he can
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Your wishes are shared by no less a
parsonage than VIM. Mckinley.
There are also others.