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The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.

c OMETHING other than accident must be the
y controlling cause OF so many railway catas-
- trophies following one another with such rapid
succession have taken place the Southern Pacific
system within this State since the notable at New
man last July, in which two tourists their way to
the educational convention at Los Angeles killed
and eight other persons injured.
II each case be considered alone doubtless a good
showing be made to prove it to have been caused
by unavoidable accident or by some carelessness
OF subordinate employees OF the road, but when the
whole series taken into consideration and the fact
is noted that since July there have been accidents
on the Southern Pacific system will certainly ap-
pear to intelligent men there must be something
wrong with the management OF the roads. What we
call accidents subject to law other events,
and when they occur with great frequency par
Cular system OF railways and in particular locality
it is fair inference that the law which determines
them is one for which the management is largely re-
sponsble
In cases of this kind that to come before the
courts in the trial OF suits for damages The Call has
no desire to inhame the popular mind to excite
prejudice against the company Still is evident that
something should be done to enforce upon the South
ern Pacific Company better supervision of its roads
in this State and safer OF operating them.
Whether it be the economy enforced by the president
and board OF directors, whether 1t be the lnCon
potency OF the general manager, is clear that acc-
dents are too numerous and follow one another too
rapidly.
The verdict of the Coroners jury at the inquest
upon the bodies of the victims OF the Famoso wreck
is that they their death by collision OF trains
due to the negligence OF the employees OF the South
ern Pacific That presents the subject far the
Coroner inquiry could 60 and perhaps in that it
NAV be as far as the most searching inQuiry could
have gone but in many instances the wrecks due ap-
parenty to negligence of employees may have been the
result of overwork Of the employment OF inefficient
men on account OF economy. The punishment OF sub
ordinate employees will have no effect in determining
the company to improve its management and exer-
else truer economy hereafter. What is needed is
some OF making the managers OF the roads
feel their responsibility and take the steps required
to make railway accidents less frequent
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

The report that the Dreyfus indignation meeting
called to assemble at Hyde Park, in London, at
tracted only the usual idlers of the city recalls the
statement made by the London Chief OF Police some
years ago that matter what kind of meeting was
called in the parks squares of London it al
ways the same crowd that assembled. A whole lot
of noise that passes for the voice of indignant peo
pie is after all only the clamor of irresponsible per
sons who shout just because they have nothing else
to do, and applaud at mass-meeting other folks
aDD1aud at theater
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
BRYAN AND COCHRAN.

T has not gilded any OF the plumes in Mr. Bryans
helmet that he suffered himself to take part in the
Trust Conference at Chicago and be put in con
trast to who in the habit OF preceding speech
upon any subject with thought that subject
His refusal to debate with Hon Bourke Cochran
was an exhibition of caution incompatible with
his attitude of nfallibty. He first became notorious
through persistently repeated challenge to Mr.
Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle to enter into Joint debate
with him His fervd ondness for that means Of
manifesting himself seems to have cooled to such an
extent that after his meeting with Cochran was an
nounced he fnched and retreaed An attentive read
ing OF Cockran's speech and of Bryans, delivered
next day. reveals the of the Nebraska mans
abstention from combat. Cockran's speech is mas
terly statement OF the trust issue, its cause and its
remedy The remedy requires no doubtful nterpreta-
ton of constitutional power but is ample and amply
within the powers now derived from the fundamental
law His exposition OF the need OF a statute of pub
licty and the means OF legal restraint puts clear hor
zon to the whole question.
Mr. Bryans speech remarketed the p1atitudes of his
San Francisco speech, especially his and mex
cusable misquotation from Lincoln, and instead of
clear horizon put around the whole issue circular
fogbank in which his voice dEoned like foghorn
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
The Government Has Appointed Professor Harry H. Hrst OF
the University Of California the important Work

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to do and
be to
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The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
AROUND THE
CORRIDORS

T O. Kraft. a banker of Red Bluff, is
at the Lick.
Al Griffin. the Fresno real estate man,
is a guest at the Grand.
A. w Fox, mining man or Grants
Pass. Or. is registered at the Grand.
I S Feron of Shanghai arrived sun
day on the Coptic and went to the Palace-
w. M. Graham prominent mining en-
gineer of Hartford, Conn.,, is at the PaI-
ace.
Joseph McClay. a wealthy mining man
of Calaveras County, is guest at the
Russ.
Frank R. Jones. L. S. A, arrived from
Manila on the Coptic yesterday ana regis
tered at the Palace.
H. c. Perry and wife of Honolulu are
guests at the Occidental. They arrived
Sunday on the Coptic.
Hon. John Barrett, eX-Minister TO Slam'
is expected to arrive at the Palace lnis
morning from the north
s. d. Wagnes, a welI-known business
man of Marshville, Or, is registered at
the Lick, where he arrived yesterday.
DR.. D. E. Roberts. one of the leading
physicians of Calaveras County, is at the
Grand on a little pleasure trip to this
city.
Among those who arrived in the city
yesterday and went to the Russ was ].
A. Morehead a weIl-known mining man
of Uokcotta, Wash.
Lewis Einstein and family are regis
tered at the Lick. Mr.. Einstetn is
prominent banker and one of the wealth
lest residents of Fresno.
Mrs. S. L. Bee of this city returned
yesterday from the Orient, where she
has been making tour of pleasure She
is staying at the Palace, and has her son
Everett with her.
Vice President Payson and Chief Engi-
neer Storey of the Valley road left yes
terday for a trip of inspection over their
line as far as Bakersfield. They will be
gone until the end of the week.
w. H Keith, the popular barytone, left
on the Queen to make an extended trip
through Canada, the East and Europe.
He was accompanied by his mother, ana
expected to be gone some time
W. K. Miller of Troy, Kans., is among
the recent arrivals at the Occidental. He
is accompanied by his family and Will
probably remain to witness the arrival
of the volunteers from his State
r. D. Bucknam, superintendent of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company at Pan
ANA, was one of yesterdays arrivals at
the Occidental He is on a trip to the
city which combines business and pleas
ure, and is accompanied by his mother.
Chief Justice Judd of Honolulu was
passenger on the Coptic which arrived
in port OH Sunday. He was accompanied
| by Mrs. Judd. and as soon as the vessel
| docked they went to the Hotel Richelieu,
where rooms had beeen reserved for
| them Their son and Charles A. Hart
well. son of Judge Hartwell of Honolulu.
! registered at the Occidental.
! E. O. Mccormick. general passenger
! traffic manager of the Southern Pacific
! Company, left last Saturday night for
! Denver He went to attend a preliminary
meeting of the Western Passenger
! Agents Association, which has for its
object the arrangement of meeting to
! be held later in Chicago where the north
! ern lines will be invited to send repre-
| sentatives, in the hope that the rate dlf-
! ferences may now be adjusted.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
Don't Paw the Tax.

Contra Costa Gazette.
In San Francisco Tuesday Judge Trout
gave a decision to the effect that Wells,
Fargo e. Co. and not the shipper was
obliged to put the one-cent revenue
stamp on the shipping receipt. This is
the second decision that has been rem
dered against the company, and it seems
that it is about time that j. j. Valentine,
the anti-expansionist and who is against
everything that affects the Golfers of the
gigantic corporation that he represents,
should be getting his eyes open. In the
future the people of this town and county
should refuse to pay the cent. They have
heen robbed long enough.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

An English army officer is in this country for the
purpose of securing thousand mules for in
South Africa This wandering so far from the seat
of expected trouble is a tac admission by the Brit
ish that all the harsh things they have been saying
about the mulishness OF the Beers untrue.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
SOME OF BURNS VOTES.
Red Bluff Sentinel.

The Woodland Mail seems to think that
D. NJ Burns should be elected Senator
because the San Francisco press has lied
about him The residents of this State
have been acquainted with him and his
record for the past twenty years. 1t
should be sufficient to defeat him that the
great majority of the people don't want
him If there should be an election held
and the question should be Burns or no
Senator, Colonel Dan would not get over
100 votes in Tehama County, and all the
balance would be mo Senator
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
PRESS COMMENTS
> g g 8 @ o @ Q o 9 8 9 g 9 o -
The Situation Exaggerated.
GoIipos JD6ay

Salinas Index.
A Castroville correspondent of the San
Francisco Examiner gives a highly ex-
aggerated account of fish dying in the
Salinas River near that place, which is
attributed to the water used at the
Spreckels sugar factory flowing into the
stream. The correspondent in question
wants the factory closed down and says
that a special meeting of the Board of
upon the matter. The alleged facts are
for the most part the offspring of a lively
imagination. The situation is greatly ex-
aggerated Besides, it would be better
that every fish in the river should die
from the factory to Moss Landing than
that the big mill should be shut down. All
persons living along the river have wells
for domestic use
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

unless the sender prepaid the war tax
which the Government designed that the
company should pay. The company so far
has lost all suits of this kind, and if the
for S. and costs, from the judgment on
which there can be no appeal, the wealthy
corporation would soon find it more eX-
pensive TO shirk its payment of the war
tax than to pay it.
Sacramento merchants who have threat
ened suit find that their goods are carried
without collection of the one cent on each
package, the company, of course, affixing
the Stamp.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

The story that General Otis sentenced soldier to a
years confinement in Bilibid prison solely because
the soldier wrote letter to the general without OBJ
tanning permit from his regimental officers is in
teresting a campaign tale but is not likely to be
trpe General Otis is not popular and may not be a
great commander, but there is no reason for beiev-
ing he has turned into a senseless tyrant.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
cAL1FoRN1ANs IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-F. f. Keat-
ing. Myron McHenry and wife and F. NJ.
Lee and wife of San Francisco are at the
Wellington. w P. Reddington of San
Francisco is at the Shoreham. j. t.
Wymen of Oakland is at the st. James.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

heard it several times You wouldn't be
likely to tumble to the joke the first time
you heard it, you know.-Boston Tran
script.
'.Wfll. one in the class" asked the
teacher of rhetoric, give a better form
to the sentence. John can ride the mule
if he wants to?'
John can ride the mule if the mule
wants him to- said the boy with the bad
eye.-Chicago Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
War Tax ON Stocks

Internal Revenue Collector Lynch re-
ceived yesterday from the Internal Reve-
nue. Commissioner a decision to the effect
that the stamps representing the war tax
accruing to the original issue of stock
shall be affixed to the stock certificates
and not to the stubs of the stock books.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
LATEST STORIES
of the
FUNNY MAN.
Appreciated.

Watts-Did you see that story about an
arrowhead being brought up from a
depth of more than 1900 feet under
ground?
Potts-Yes. Strikes me the fellow that
shot it that deep into the, earth must
have been pretty good man in his
time.-Indianapolis Journal
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

SQUARE FEET-W. C. H, City. To
multiply two feet by two feet will not
give as a result four square feet any more
than multiplying two beans by two beans
would give four square beans. If two
square feet are multiplied by two square
feet the result will be four square feet,
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

''Charlie Youngpops baby is beginning
to talk now
Has Charlie been boring you with
stories about it?
No, but | sat near him at the lunch
counter to-day, and l heard him saw ahl
sent -mindedly to the waiter girl, Dim me-
a jinky water, p'ease.' "-Catholic Stand-
ard and Times.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS-A. R.,
City. A woman can take an examination
under the civil service rules for any posi-
ton which she is not physically disquali-
fed from filling. Application for exam1-
nation blanks should be made at the de-
partment the applicant seeks to enter.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
Cal. glace fruit SOC per ID at Townsend.s. /.

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen 81, $40 Mont
gomery street Telephone Main 1912
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
War Tax on Wells, Fargo & Co.

sacramento Bee.
Wells, Fargo & Co. has lost at San
Francisco another suit brought against
the company for damages because it re-
fused to transmit a package by express
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS,

THE .DTTRRANT CASEY. R. s., Oak
land. Cal The testimony given upon the
trial of w. H T Durrant for murder has
not been published in book form for gen
eral circulation.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

Grimes (to Spencer, who has told one o+
the best stories)-Ha ha! Do YOU know
Spencer always did like that story.
Spencer thought you must have
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

Whenever the cloud hangs most darkly over
South Africa old man Kruger writes evasive re
ply the British and before they make out what
he means the clouds roll by and the negotiations
begin again.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

There is some talk that the next Democratic Ma
tional Convention may meet at Milwaukee. In such
an event Bryan and Beer would be appropriate
slogan for the ensuing campaign
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

Jack-That shows how girl can be dis
tant without being cold.
Tom-What does?
Cornell Widow
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

Next month the first class battleship Kentucky will
be launched. Just imagine the shudder that will run
along the spine of the Blue Grass State when she
takes to water
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

The town OF Dyea is to be put on scows and moved
across Lynn Canal to Skaguay. Here is op-
porunity for good vigorous cyclone to be OF some
use.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

No well-regulated household should be with
out DR.. ]. G. B. Siegert & Sons Angostura
Bitters. uneQualed an appetizer.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

The demand for Chickasaw brides is sure to fall
off A bill has been introduced in the Legislature of
Oklahoma raising the price OF marriage licenses from
$50 to $1,000.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

There IS q woman in Allegheny who
dearly loves to use big words, and she
does not always use them correctly The
other day neighbor complained of inces-
SAINT pain in her back, whereupon the user
of big words said:
'I would consult DR.. Pellets for pains
in the back. He's the finest backteriolo-
gist that | know of. ."-Pittsburg Chronicle
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

The Crown Prince OF Japan is to build temblor-
proof castle He will think it castle the air if one
OF our good, healthy Kansas cyclones locates it.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

Paris is to lose another historic palace, but this
time demolition will be the work OF rightful owners
and not the fury of the mob.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

PRIVATE RESTDENCES-B H L.,
City. The stone of which the Flood man.
sion on Mob Hill was built is the Connect
icut brownstone, and that of which the
Claus Spreckels building on Van Ness
avenue is constructed is the Arizona red
stone. You can ascertain the cost of pri-
vate residences by consulting the contract
book in the City and County Recorders 8
office The building on the northwest cor
ner of Washington and Laguna streets
was built for Mary 1. Crocker.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

Lieutenant Peary, according to the latest reports,
has lost his toes through freezing in the far north
One would hardly suspect the lieutenant OF so bad a
case OF Cold feet"
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

There is no truth in the statement made by morn
ing contemporary that the Republicans OF San Fran
cisco are grooming dark horse for Mayor.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

After the Trust Conference at Chicago comes tn
Antitrust Conference at St. Louis, but it won't
an improvement
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

Governor Gage would not declare holiday to do
honor to the return OF the California Volunteers.
Governor Roosevelt OF New York has declared two
holidays in honor OF the homecoming Of Dewey 1t
all depends upon the caliber of the Governor, and
everybody knows that Roosevelt is big gun
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

Bryan did not wish his speech at Chicago to be
construed as reply to Cochran and it is safe to say
it will not be.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

In the biography of DR.. Hawtrey. IA
nous English schoolmaster. there is de-
scription of his unkempt appearance, with
a comment which has been greatly
quoted. 1t is said that he was scolding
for being late at morning lessons some
boy who replied that he had no time to
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
ADJUSTMENTS.

Vaudeville.
Tivol-"Otheo'
Much Johnson"
Grand opera Majors Daughter
Chutes every and
evening
Olympia, Mason and Ellis streets-Specaltes.
Baths-Swimming Races.
Mechanics PavIion-Alechanics' Philippine Ex-
hibit.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
THE STATE AIR.

HE great success OF the State Fair at Sacra-
mento is gratifying to every public spirited
Californian
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

tor
Yes" replied the boy, "but 1 wash
EychaOpe
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

STREET GRADES-M. D., City. The
grade of a street in the city of San Fran
cisco cannot be changed by railroad
company at will, but when railroad
company lays down track it must do
so according to the official grade. In
a number of instances the streets have
not been up to the official grade and when
a railroad company built a track on the
true grade there was some difference with
the track space and the rest of the street.
act of the Board of Supervisors on the
petition of a majority of those having
frontage on the street where change is
sought.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE
PERRY LIJKENS ,IR.............29 Tribune Buildin
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

SOLDIERS HOME-H. E. P. and E. P,
City. The Soldiers Home at Santa Mon
lea consists of a number of buildings
erected at various times and by different
contractors. Construction was commenced
during the fiscal year June 80, 1888, and
was continued from time to time as neces-
sity arose for greater capacity, owing to
increased membership. The following is
a list of the principal contractors on the
several buildings: David Perry, San Fran
cisco barracks A. B, c and d; Robert
Beyrie, Los Angeles barracks Il; Nc
Nally & Faulkenhan, Los Angeles, bar
racks f; iona & Jay, Los Angeles, bar
racks G: Child Hatton * Field, Los An
geies barracks H; Robert Beyrle, Los An
geles, dining hall, hospital in administra-
fion building hospital in north wing, head
Quarters building and laundry; McNally
FsuIkenhan Los Angeles, hospital
South Sc Wing; Wing B. D. Kronnick, Los Angeles,
main main Kitchen; Child. Hatton & Field, Los
Angeles. at bakery: John Harmon, Los An
peIes governors present residence;
Sitcbel &, Wilson, Los Angeles, surgeon S
rasidence: Ford & Co., Palms, farmers
residence and stable : Sinclair & Beer
San Diego. chief engineers cottage, guard
bouse and hay barn; De Ware & CHS
holm. Los Angeles, power house; c. A
Conant q Co. Ward memorial hall.
Mains & Haupt of Los Angeles have re-
centlV entered into a contract with the
home for the erection of chapel.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

CHICAGO NEWS STANDS.
Sherman House: P O.. Co.; Great Northern hoos
Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

NEW YORK NEWS STANDS.
waldorf-Astora Hotel; A. Brentano 81 Union squar'
Murray Hul Hotel
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT
c. c. CARLTON Herald Sauar
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

WASHINGTON d. c. OFFICE. E......... Wellington Hotel
J. L. ENGLISH, Correspondent.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propretoe

c. GEORGE KROGNESS,
MANAGER Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building
Chica9o
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-10-04
w. 80. T. u. DEPARTMENT T
Conducted by the ladies of the w. 6.
Il. L. OF Anderson, 5. G.
Words TO Live BY.

After one of the great National w
c. T. U. conventions, the d"lrgates
went to visit Miss Willard s ho,n. in
Evanstown, ILL., Many of the women
who bad this privilege were deeply
impressed with the mnttnes on the
walls Of Miss Wilard's $ study and
sleeping room.
In the Den was this motto, which
explains III some degree why Miss
Willard accomplished So much work:
For who knows most, him loss Of
time most gricvcs."
In the sleeping-room. inscribed on
a small white banner. suspended from
the head of the bed by -llk.u cord
was this
sleep swcctly in this quiet room,
o thou, whoc.r thou art.
And let no mnlrnfnl yesterdays
Disturb thy quiet heart.
Nor lc: to MORROW scare thv rest
With dreams of coming ill
Thy Maker is thy clInngtlcs- friend.
Iii, love surrounds the still.
Forget thysclf and all the world;
Put ont each glarin. ..h.:
The stars are Watching overhead.
Sleep swert'y then. ';"oi night.
un the wall in the ,.i.c rom was
thi~ quotation from W'i,'irr All
"ho kncw hcr will tc-.f, l,"w we'll
this woman -!ond the ,e>'
Search thine OWE heart: What pain
eth tiirro
In others, III thysrlf may be,
All dust is flail; all flesh is weak,
',' thou the true fwnnan) thou dost
seek
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-10-04
Cook Stove as Il Monument.

William Mckillip, at an early day
citizen Of Traverse City, but for
many years a resident of Muskegon,
tells a curious coincidence that came
in the list Of his experiences. MIR.
Mckillip is Il native Of Washington
County, New York, leaving it in 1916,
and in cemetery there with which he
was familiar in early life, there were
deposited the remains Of the wife of
one Aaron Crosby As a monument
to her memory there was placed over
her grave common cast iron cooking
stove, on the top OF which Il marble
slab, with the appropriate inscription
of name, etc. The pccuiiarity Of the
cook stove monument naturally i'm
pressed itself upon his mind, aside
from the fuct that he was acquainted
with the man who sought in this nov
Ell manner to pcrpctuatc his wife
memory, but he vas destined to see
another monument Of the same sort.
Happening to be i'll Springfield, ILL.,,
in 1862, he found the Sabbath some
what lonely among strangers and to
kill time wandered out to the cemc-
terry. In looking about he came upon
the counterpart of the cook stove me-
mortal, and, nron reading the inscrip-
tion on the slab, found that wife num-
Der two Of Aaron Crosby was resting
beneath. No doubt both these wives
wero excellent cooks. and the appreci-
ativc Aaron knew no more appropriate
way to perpetuate this great qualifica-
ton.