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NOTICE !
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THE REPEAL BILL IS PASSED.
There has not for some days been any
doubt as to the action of the Senate on th*
repeal bill. Tnere were; mare than enough
Republicans ready to rote for the bill to
make up lor the Democrats who would
oppose it. The bill passed yesterday, as
was expect**!, and is now practically the
law of the land. . it is the mo3t important
measure that Mr. Cleveland will be called
upon to sign. It gives the sanction of the
United States to a policy which takes th*
money function from one-half tbe money
in the world. Henceforth In this country
all securities and all kinds of currency will
be payable in gold. Silver dollars will
still be used, but as 'heir number is limi ed
they will pass at their gold valuation. The
depreciation of silver bullion will not affect
the money value if a silver dollar. Trip
victory of the money power seems to b«*
complete, How long It will stand there is
no one wise enough to know. .
AFFAIRS IN BRAZIL.
Shortly after the commercial treaty be
tween Brazil and the United States was
put in oteraiiou there were intimations
that certain E.iropean powers were plan
ning to render it ii effective. They saw
what the free-traders of the United States
refused to see, that the treaty gave Ameri
can products both natural and manufac
tured, an advantage in the Brazilian mar
ket. '1 he Europeans had kept American
products oul by their ability to place
their goods in the market at lower rates
than Americans could afford. The com
mercial treaty, reducing the doty on
American products deprived Europeans
of this advantage. The fir-"* effort was in
the direction of controlling the Braz lian
Government. There were some coven
threats made as to what might happen if
Brazil did not put European nations on
the same commercial footing as the United
{-tales. But there is no ieport of a de
sire on the part of the present Govern
ment of Brazil to abrogate 'he treaty. Th"
next step was to undermine the Govern
ment that refused to be controlled. In
most countries there are men who are.
willing to head a revolution, and Brazil
is no exception. A Brazilian admiral was
induced to turn bis guns against the city
His vessels were built to defend, and irom
some source has been sui plied with money.
The salute of the American admiral may
bave b*en simply &n injudicious expres
sion of sympathy witb the European
nations who are believed to be at the back
of A'jntiral Mello.
Minister Thompson appears to nave
■bown the true American spirit in bi< dis
patches to tbe State Department. What
action the President will take ran as yt-t
only be conjectured, but it it much to be
b peri that no mistakes will be made. The
administration is not supposed to b«
frlenaly to the so-called Mendonca treaty,
but it will not probably stand by and oer
mlt foreign dictation to defeat a declared
American policy. With a movement of
the people of Brazil this Government
would have nothing to do, but a combina
tion of foreign interests against American
Interests is quite another thing.
ANOTHER TEST.
Yet mother foreign commissioner has
begun a tour of California to test 'our
wines and ascertain whether any of them
ere suitable for blending and relabeling as
the vintaga of foreign growers. This
visitor comes from Spain, and he may well
take a paWnul interest in the condition
of our vineyards, the most ancient of
which drew their st<ck from the Iberian
Peninsula in tne days of the missions.
He has hopes of finding here some vint
ages that may dilute agreeably tbe very
rich and heavy wines of Spain, which
thereby may command a wider market.
Unfortunately for Spain there is a falling
off in the demand for heavy and beady
v. me?, which were the principal in con
sumption long ago, and tbe preference is
for light, exhilarating wines, a few glasses
of which wlil not eoofiM tlie ■<■■■■■
California is in the proud position o:
being able to supply both qualities. On
the wbol- It would be very much better if
we could reach tbe houses of consumers
directly, but we cannot refuse to supply
ountries which handle our wines afresh.
Frauce is the principal sinner in this re
spect. It buys largely of Spanish, Italian
and Hungarian wines, puts them through
mlxine processes and sells them as French.
Xo other nation could make tbe miracle go
so well. All this may be chanced by im-
proveoieots in cur own methods and by
enttrprise in placing oorwines under their
own brands in Euroi c aid the East. Con
gress could give material assistance by
putting an end to tbe importation o!
empty botUes and cases from abroad.
which are only used to deceive tbe Ameri
can consumer and to cheat him of tbe
liigber price he is willing to pay for a
supposed wine f'f reputation from Europe.
TREATMENT OF CRANKS.
It is hardly practicable to put the large
proportion of men and women who
are regarded a3 cranks UDder treatment.
Up to a certain point in mental disorder
they have a right to freedom of person
and in action. It is Dot consistent with
our ideas of personal liberty to punish a
person for what he may possibly do. But
tin-re are many stages of the crank disease.
In the early stages certainly and in the
later ones probably the mind may be
impressed with the thought of personal
responsibility. It the disordered mind is
inclined to violent remedies for real or
fancied wrongs that tendency may be
repressed by an example of the conse
quences following such acts as are medi
tated. If the crank knows bis being a
"rank will not save him he will restrain
his murderous propensities. If Guiteau
had disappeared after the murder of Gar
fie.id and the announcement bad been
made that he bad been hanged after a fair
trial, under circumstances which wonid
assure the public that the trial was fair,
there would have been fewer of that type
of cranks now threatening the lives of
prominent -public men. To unbalanced
minds the thought of being the center of a
nation's gaze for a few weeks throws the
final scene into the background. A vain
per-on. who only realizes fact* when they
actually confront him, will often take the
chances of the death penalty for the sake
of a little brief notice from the world at
(arse. Of course, the idea of hanging an
irresponsible man is repugnant to well
ronstituied misdn.
But it is a recognized principle of law
that a condition a man brings upon him
self is not a vai.d defense. A man may
not get drunk and cummit murder. He
may not in ar:y way make himself irre
sponsible for a period and escape the
pun'st mem the law pronounces against
; l.e crime committed while in that condi
tion. A person may brood r>ver an imagin
ary tffense against himself until he work*
l.itDself into a condition of mind which
medical experts would declare uncontrol
lable. But tr ere was a time when the
brooding might have been controlled.
There was a time when the idea of revenge
would be put out of the mind bad the cer
taiLty of punishment been a companion
'hought. But the chance of escape after
being the hero of a month's trial in
fluences the imagination of tbe crankily
imposed person.
S cie ty is soni'-times compelled to resort
to harsh measures to protect individual
if*. Every man of prominence caDno t
afford a body-guard. Public officials will
continue to make enen;ie-> until a way i«
!nund to divide one office among a hun
dred applicants. It will not do, however,
to add reasonable apprebeimion of assassi
nation to the inevitable objections to a
public career. Wouid it not be much bet
ter to assume accountability on the part of
murderers who are sane ecnirgh to perform
the ordinary du'ies of a ci:iz«n ?
RIVERS AND DRAINAGE.
Through the cultivation of the land a
noticeable change is taking place in the
condition of navigable rivers. In the
dry seasons of the year they have less
depth «f water than they formerly bad.
•md in the case of the Ohio, which has
a great commerce as far upas Pittsburg,
where it is formed by the junction of the
Monongahela and Allegheny, the difficul
ties at certain points are 6iich that the
river route is becoming unreliable. That
this route should fall into disuse would
be a serious misfortune to trade, as New
Orleans thus gets cargoes of coal on barges,
amounting often to 20.000 tons duriDg the
>.viti'er *e 'son, and transportation exclu
sively by rail would be a serious blow to
the port. The causes of the decrease in
the volume of water are easily assigned.
The whole watershed of the tributary val
le.vs ha* come under cultivation, and
drainage and improvements of the water
courses have so facilitated the escape of
the rainfall that the supply falls off rap
idly, and the flood waters soon decrease.
A storm brines a rapid rise in the river,
and its abatement is marked by a rapid
lowering of the volume. The Ohio waters
debouch into the Mississippi sooner than
they were wont to do when the country
wis wild and sparsely inhabited. It has
been suggested that large reservoirs con
taininz many thousands of millions of
gallons, shoud be formed, from which
I he Ohio could be sustained at a navigable
level all the year round. Doubtless thi>
work could be carried out successfully,
but it would involve heavy initial ex
i>en c c. The various contiguous States are
directly interested in maintaining the
waterway, and they may prevail on the
Government at War hington to pay the ex
pense, as hits been done in constructing a
dam below Pittsburg. But Congress may
be chary about launching into such expen
diture.
REPEAL AND THE MARKET.
Although the repeal of the sliver pur
chasiug clause of tbe Sherman act wn
considered c-rtain, yesterday for some
reason or other the New York stock
niarket opened sluggishly. Fluctuation*
were not heavy and in the end
there was a decline. Repeal did not
furnish the stimulant that its advocates
liad promised. The reason for the decline
is that London was selling American
securities in the face of repeal. Several
reasons are given for this disposition of
English holders, but Drobably the prin
cipal one is that tbey preferred ihe money
to the stocks. They cannot now put for
ward the plea that they were afraid that
the value of the stock would eventually
be paid in silver. Whatever fall in prices
that may now set in will be due to the
contraction of tha currency.
UTAH AS A STATE.
It is stated that the Committee on Ter
ritories Is likely to report a bill to admit
Utah as a State. Ihe Territory of Utah
has been Democratic, and it is assumed
that the State would continue in that
political faith. For a long time here has
been but one objection to Utah. Her
pepuiation is sufficient and her resources
are Immense. Her cbief city is a ball
way station between Chicago and San
Francisco. Her people are exceptionally
frugal aod industrious. The only reason
why she has not been wAtcnmad into the
THE MORXIX6 CALL, SAX FRAXCISCO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1893.
raniih of BtatM is ber peculiar notiuna as
to tbe family relation. There are forty
four American Sates which hoid that a
woman is entitled to the bent busband she
can fi:.d, and sbould not b« required to
ihare him wltb aootberwc man. Tbe forty
fr ur States hold that tbe family relation,
buiit upon one busband and one wife, is
tbe cornerstone of tbe social structure.
Believing so, they do not want a sister
State in which a man may have as many
wives 46 be' can support, and be allowed
to introduce into society tbe children of
earn vsife. Witb the religion of the people
cl Uttb outside of this plural-wife prac
tice tbe peri !e Di the other States bave
nothing to do. But there will be a protest
against tbe admission of a State wbich
tolerates practices destructive oi tbe basis
of our civilization.
A NOVEL PROPOSAL.
W. T. Stead of the Review of Reviews is
about to start a daily pater in London on
principles absolutely original. He has
registered his joint stock limited liability
company O'i a footing never before heard
f. Tbe only capital *utecribed is $100.
That is enough to put the paper in tbe
hands of a company. Bat in the articles
of incorporation he makes himself absolute
dictator — chairman permanently, editor
permanently, a czar of secrets and policy,
with power to engage in eyery kind of busi
ness and launcli out into every species of
philanthropy except life insurance, and to
send out commissions and agents ail over
the earth for news and action. He does
not propose to confine the paper to narrow
limit* of success by any mean?, but will
mane it a propaganda as well as a vehicle
of news. It must succeed commercially,
i r it cannot succeed at ail, but it is not in
the strict sense a commercial venture. He
expects to sustain 'n it a personal equation
<>f a high standard. It would be n > surprise
if he sends some of his agents into Parlia
ment a« workers behind tbe scenes, and
even gets them into tbe Lords. The man
who interviewed the Czar, sent General
G-irdon out to Egypt, an<i wrote the Saiva-
tion Army work, "Through Darkest Eng
land," has lofty ideas, although many of
his contemporaries consider him a trifle
Mohammed-like in crazes of enthusiasm.
They do not, however, deny that he works
iiarder than most men, and witb method,
too.
How does ilr. Ste^d propose to launch
his paper on a capital of $100? It is to ap
pear next yearon July 1. Asa preliminary
he requires 100. 000 subscribers in advance—
100,000 persons to pay 2G shillings for a
\ ear's subscription, or $f>50,000. To each
subscriber be. will not only supply the
paper, but a $5 bond with 5 per cent inter
f-t. Should the circulation run up to
2001000 per day he propose* to p;iy 10 per
cent interest. With such a circulation he
-lould be able to secure an advertising
patronage equal to the Daily Telegraph
arid co at a j>. nip the new vt-nturr would
be a power in t c land. Unless the public
-how their confidence in him as he wishes,
Mr. Stead will not be^in operations. The
novelty of the proposal is likely to capti
vate many who may imagine that they
will have some share in the policy; but in
that matter, unless they accord with the
• hief director and editor, they wouid be
b^-oliitelv mistaken. Stead is about rs
stubborn as the law of gravitation when
he takes a notion into bis head.
It does not follow that when the paper is
prosperous th* bondholders will be bought
out, Mr. Siead thinks t he rate of Interest
nothing compared with keeping sub
>rnuers. He would pay out $50,000 at 10
pat cent per annum, but 100.UOO steady
subscribers are worth far more than th«t
in influenc* on politics and social event*,
and probably far more advertisements nt
high rates would How in than could be
published.
Few other men could attempt such a
project. But trie Prime Minister of Eng
land is hardly more prominently before
the pub ie than W. T. Stead, and all
through his perseverance in pegging away
at any undertaking he espouses. Hi* sen-
MtiaaaJisa has general y been in u-eful
directions and people have forgiven him
when he has overshot the mark. One
thing may be expected if he succeeds.
Some of the worst abuses of the age will
be attacked with a vigor which will end
them or mend them, if courage can dv it.
ARGENTINE WHEAT.
The capacity of the Argentine Republic
as a wheat producer should BUggest to
American legislators that i tie foreign mar
ket for our agricultural products is at
best precarious. No one can liiiit the
amount of wheat Argentine may produce
when she gets her finances in a condition
to help to develop her agricultural re
sources. There is another new country
whose resources are as yet unknown.
Australia is now an irrmeuse sheet) pas
ture, hut water will turn a pasure into a
wheatfietd. The rapid increase in the
wheat product ol Argentine in the last
four years affords a mtgenMon as to what
Australia may do. The* prospect in view
of the American wheat-grower— if he must
sell his product in competition wit , the
wheat-growers of these new countries,
where land and l»hor are cheap— is not in
viting. But if the United Mates preserves
its own markets for manufactured goods
there will soon be little wheat to export.
It has been estimated that under a protec
tive policy the home connump'.ion of wheat
we uld be equal to the product as early as
1900. When that time comes the American
wheat-grower would demand protection
against the Argentine and Australian
wheat-grower, arid would get it. Wheat
would then be worth what it costs to pro
duce it without much reference to the
piices recorded in Liverpool.
Keeley and his motor are still to the
fore, altbouEh some may doubt it from not
seeing the customary flow of jokes on the
subject. It ie not supposed that there is
any heavy financing of the invention now,
faith iv its capacity to apply a pressure of
20.000 pounds on the square inch having
evaporated. Some marvelous stories on
its rowers are, however, retailed in a book
which ha« been published. The most in
teresting point in thia work is that an of
fer has been marla to Professor James
Dewar of the Koyal Institution. London,
to come tv Philadelphia and investigate
•i.c phenomena behind the machine, tne
interatomic ether which is asserted to do
Mich marvelous things by the mere scrap
ing of a nddlesiring, or the vibration of a
particular note. There are many scientific
men in America who would answer just as
well, but perhaps I)e»ar has been Invited
because he is not likely to come. Were he
to comply the world would soon know
wha* besides mystery is behind this re
puteii discovery which, after twenty years
of talk, is no forwarder. Dewar is dis
tinctly an investigator. De has carried
the liquefaction of gaseß to a much further
point than anybody else. Nobody before
has been able to band round a pint of
liquid atmosphere.
The colliery strike In England now col
lapsing lias lasted three months and is the
most remarkable on record. The whole
trade was paralyzed and witb it many
industries dependent upon coal. Public
sympathy has to a great extent been witb
tbe men, because it soon became plain that
tbey were being made the victims of mis
management, greed and downright de
bauchery of business among the colliery
proprietors. Coal contracts were let at
minous prices on the understanding that
: wages could be forced down to ?uu theuj,
l »nd tnat a strike for a certain time would
j add to profits by raising the price of cr al
I anrt reducing tbe sleeks on band. This
! was such a rascally phase of underhand
business that the public gorge rose at tbe
enormity and consumers assisted the strik
ers by burning as little coal as possible and
subscribing to relief fund*. Tlie London
Chronicle bi* raised over $30,000 in «n»»
--i scriptions. There have been ea«es of acf
; ual starvation anting ti.e miners' families,
| out on the whole tlie men bave refused to
submit to a reduction, and now the em
ployers are yieidinz. The history of this
strike may result in some startling social
istic legislation, for it will never do to per
mit m*n who own the coalfields of a coun
try to abuse their position outrageously.
The swindler, Griffith or Griffs, who is
giving so much concern to the police of
Xew York and London, and wb • is re
ported to bave served a brief term in San
Quentin, has talents enough to secure him
a good livelihood and a competence by
honest ways, but he prefers to lea«i a life
of deception and knavery. His successful
personation of a business relationship
with John D. Rockefeller of the Standard
Oil Company is remarkable from the fact
that it imposed upon so shrewd a man as
Sampson Fox. who owns steel works in
Yorkshire, England, and in Illinois, and is
presumed to be familiar witb the sound
business methods of America. He seems
to bave fallen as easily into an oil-deal
trap as a simpleton. Perhaps It was his
tuft-bunting weakness wbtch misled him.
Tbe cbance of meeting so wealthy a man
»s Rockefeller was not to be neglected.
Sampson Fox has given about $200,000 for
the promotion of musical art in England,
for which generosity he bas baa tne pleas
ure of dining with tbe Prince of Wales.
When his "nide" in politics comes in he
may be maie a baronet or a peer. That is
how rich men become elevated.
Apprehensions already exist as to the
car accommodation on the various street
railroads when tbe Midwinter Fair is opeD.
Tbe companies now have a consolidation
wbich amounts virtually to a monopoly of
the city passenger traffic. They will doubt
less not manage traffic so as to disgus;
the public, but probably tbey will study
economy as well at rereipts, and not bave
so many car* running as would be the case
with opposition. One broad thoroughfare
U unappropriated by the companies, and is
excellent for driving and bicycling, buitiie
pedestrian who wants to trudge to trie park
for the sake of exercise has not been con
siilered »t all in the laying of sidewalks.
The street railroad companies understand
t tie fortune to 1 c made nut of 5-cmt fares
when many thousands 'ravel westward on
special occasions. They are certain to reap
a harvest this winter which would recoup
them for subscriptions to tbe iair five times
the amount tbey gave.
Peixoto of Brazil is jetting a navy to
gether, but he lias lost much time in be
e nning. He little anticipated that the
revolutionaries would hold out co long
without land forces. The purchase of
Ericsson's boat-destroyer is a very lucky
movement, provided it can be smugg ed
into the harbnr of Rio. It U believed to be
effective for its deadly work of discharg
ing a shell under water with sufficient
range and explosive force to end tbf career
of any ironclad which it strikes. The I x t—
tie naval war in Brazil may thus have les
sons for the fighting countries. Tnere is a
great want o! experience to show just
what can be done with the huge armored
vessels and the little torpedo wasps which
*re constantly being launched aiid never
sunk, unless by accident.
The lesson of the assassination at Chi
cago is that public officials should not
make themselves too public to every Tom,
Dick ana Harry that calls and walks in
without knocking. Even in newspaper
offices a man unknown has generally to
mate his business in advance before he is
accorded an interview. A Mayor, just be.
cause of nls prominence, should be careful
about interviews, not only because of the
prrsunal risks, but because too much ac
cessibility must fritter ati-ay bis time.
It is to be hoped our business men will
not neglect the opportunity to confer with
VV. J. i'arker, traveling agent of the Mexi
an Central Railway, as to the prospects
of commercial relations with the sister
republic. Mr. Parker states that the Mexi
can Central is prepared to put the rates
on goods from San Francisco on a rarity
with the rates on goods from tie Eastern
Considering the distance this is
nothing more tbin fair play. The thing
to be done it to find out what commodities
we can supply advantageously. *o as tn
obtain a better share in this trade. There
ou^ht to be a large opening for the Pacific
(oast merchants if they will study what is
required.
The European powers would doubtless
hail with joy the restoration of monarchy
in Brazil, under the belief that it would
be more stable and would give them a
better b"ld on commerce, it is doubtless
the fact that the reciprocal bargain made
with the United States is not regarded
with favor Id Europe, buttbe Government
it Washington should do all It can to
maintain this preferential arrangement.
There Is no doubt that one of the Countess
d'Eu's sons has gone out to Brazil, and the
revolution now in progress under De
Bt«llo may be in favor of a royalist res
toration.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Dr. Ella Z. Cnandler of St. Paul was
unanimously elected a member of the
State I>-rit .] Association at its late meet
ing, in that city.
The love of.music amounts almo«t to a
passion with the Countess of Dunraven.
When living at Adare she always sings in
the village choir.
The Queen Regent of Spain has returned
with her children to Madrid for the winter
from San Sebastian, where she pasted the
greater part of the summer.
Verdi, tha veteran composer, passed his
eightieth birthday recen ly. He lives in
absolute seclusion iv his beautiful villa of
> :iif' Agata, near bis birthplace at I'.u-
seto, and is silll, in spits of his age, an
early riser.
It is generally believed in Germany that
the Emperor's real obj-ct in making ad
vances to Prince Bismarck is to induce the
ex-Chancellor to give ud a number of let
ters whim h« wrote to him during ttie Ill
ness of the Emperor Frederick.
Lady Shelley, widow of the late Sir
Percy Horence Shells, Bart., has pte
sen'ed to tne British Museum one of the
only ti.ree known copies of Shelley's
"(Elipus Ty ran n us, or Swellfoot, the
Tyraut," the eutire impression of which
was destroyed, with the exception of seven
copies.
Many years ago Mrs. Manse! Talcott
stave tlie Chicago Orphan Asylum a iund
bnneinz an annual income of $300. stipu
lating that the money should be spent in
buying new shoes for all thf inmates on
Oc ober 12. her husband's birthday. This
year 232 children received new footwear
on that date.
Towjnbend's famous broken candy. 2 lbs 2sc*
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Palace Dams, 713 I ilhert; warm «ea water
Cuies rlieumaiiim, neuralgia, many ailments. *
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SCHRtriBEK's Ke<taur. nt. 834 Market stren,
correct place for ladles, eentlemen and families
to breakfast, luncli or dint, table d'hote or a la
carte. •
> ■» «
Langlet's San Francisco Directory for 1894
commenced lt« canvass on Monday, October
30, and eveiy authorized canvasser will here
after wptr a badg of red rlbnon with the
words. "Canvasser Langlt-y's 1804 San Fran
cisco Directory." It has been found necessary
to adopt thl« plan In order to protect the public
from Impostors. *
Another Great Reduction in Rates via the
Shasta Route and Northern Pacific R. R.
Only $80 to Cincaijo and return. Good «lsty
days. Two turoueb trains leaving Portland
morning and evrnlng. Finest equipped trains
In i tie ■ world. Composed of .Pullman palace,
Pullman uubolatered tourist and diiiing cars
unsurpassed. Lowest rates. Communicate
will) in before puicbaslne elsewhere. T. E.
STATELEK, General Agent, 638 Market St.,
bhV VrmaiinA *
THEIR SYMPATHY
Supervisors' Message of
Condolence.
THE BROTHERHOOD OF LABOR.
Several Supervisors Object to the j
Proposed Milk Ordinance in Its
Present Shape.
There was Terr little business of any im- j
portance before the Board of Supervisors
yesterday afternoon.
When the session began Supervisor J
Kennedy offered the following resolution I
of condolence, which was ordered trans
mit tea to Chicago:
Beielmt, That the Board of Supervisors or j
San Francisco, in session assembled, deeply de- j
plore the untimely end of the late Carter H.
Harrison. Mayor of the city of Chicago. In full i
knowledge of his especial ability as a judicial i
leader, Dis eminent qualifications as a man and I
citizen, and bis lusiincts as an advocate of
progress, we bearttly extend to bis family, the
board of Aldermen and tbe people of Chicago
our Mncerest sympathy In the hour of tbeir
great misfortune.
The resolution was adopted by a rising
vote.
In the matter of the petition of the
United Brotherhood of Labor requesting
the board to favor the establishment of
Government workshops, and lay the mat
ter before the Governor with the request
that he will call a special session of the
Legislature to afford immediate relief by
the appropriation of funds to be used on
public works, the Committee on Judiciary
reported as follow*:
Your committee feel and express sympathy
for ail persons who desire to nod employment
and are unsuccessful, and if id the power of
'tie board would oeem It their duty to recom
mend the peiformance of such worK as might
ailord temporary employment to all persons I
willing to woik. but unfortunately tbe powers
of the board are so circumscribed thai no ex- I
penditure can be made or authorized except I
suet) as are provided by law, and no liabilities |
can be incurred, being expressly prohibited for
any purpose, no matter what. The constitu
tional provisions as to revenue and end!- i
lures having the same binding force and efleet
on the Legislature, preveutsany such relief be- I
lot granted if a special session of the Legisla
ture of the State was cony. Ned by the Gov
ernor, tberefoie the action petitioned for would
be of no avail to the Demons who Imagine ibat
relief could be extended by this mean?.
i be fads ai >• that under the municipal and
State Governments no appropriations of money
can be niaae for tire purpose. Ibe statement
embodied in tbe petition as follows:
We do Dot say the Government owes any able
bodied man or woman a tiring, but we do emphat
ically declare that it owes every per? on a right to
earn a Uric?,
Is a somewhat peculiar statement, as since tbe
foundation of our Gov-rnment it has been and
Is the inalienable right of every cluzeo to earn
a living. 'l he meaning, therefore, of tbe peti
tion can on be that tie Government must pro
vide work for the unemployed. The result, if
It can be defined and carried out, would be to
take all incentive from tbe workiugmen, to I
make ti em drones upon the public, destroy all
ambition and degrade what is the pride of our
working class— their character and Indepen
dence.
The report was adopted.
Supervisor Stantou's order providing for
the disposition of bodies where death was
the result of crime was finally passed. The
order has been published in full in The
Call,.
Tm order providing for the confine
ment hereafter of girls charged with
offenses in the Magdalen Asylum instead
of the branch County Jail was referred
to the Health and Police Committee.
A resolution was adopted empowering the
Mayor and street Committee to employ a
suitable expert to pass on and examine
the quality of material used in the mixing
of concrete for the city sidewalks and the
quality of bitumen to be used on city pave
merits, th« salary of the expert not to
exceed 8150 a month.''
The new milk order as published some
days ago was ordered passed to print.
Supervisors Dundon, Stanton and James
expressed some opposition to the order in
its i resent shape.
The clerk was instructed to advertise
for proposals for the erection of an engine
house for the use of the Fire Department
on the Ocean House road near the corner
of Douglass street, in accordance with the
plans and specifications of the Board of
Fire Commissioners.
A resolution was adopted directing the
clerk to advertise for proposals to clean
the brick sewers in the district bounded
by Fourteenth. Eighteenth, Mission and
New Channel street-.
Suit Over Clipperton Island.
The lo: g pending disputes over Clipper
ton Island have resulted in a civil suit. F.
W. Permien, the plaintiff, maintains that
he has been wronged ont of an interest in
the island, end that an effort is being made
to dispossess him entirely. He says that
in February last he was the sole owner,
and that the island, with its guano deposit",
was worth 55,000,000. His attorney, M. C.
Chapman, advised him to organize a com
pany to develop the island and induced
him to convoy a half interest to J. A.
Magee Jr., P. J. Laffin, A. A. Cornell, J.
J. Bigelow nnd Andrew Anderson. He
received no m< ney ror this interest, but
made the conveyance on the representa
tions of his attorney to the effect that It
was necessary under the law relative t<
the formation of companies. He now aske
that the conveyance be declared void.
Bailey Still Fighting.
The case of Thomas W. Bailey, alias
Kennedy, wanted in Detroit for tbft kid
naping of Joseph Perrien, came op again
before Judg* Murphy of Del Norte yester
day. Mr. Cook's objection to the sufficiency
cf the warrant had been previously over
ruled by th<* Judge, and yesterday it was
expected that Cook would attack the facts
contained iv the requisition papers. How
ever, when the case was called, Mr. Cook
stated that he consented to his motion
being dismissed, as he had sued out an
other writ of habeas corpus, returnable
before Judge Hebbard tn-day. Judge
Murphy made the n-nnl order.
Why suffer from scrofula when Hood's Sarga
parllla is eucli a potent remedy for all blood dis
eases? Send for a book containing statement* of
cure* to C. 1. Huod & Co., Lowell. Mas;.
The Overland Flyer.
The Union Pacific is the oniy line running new
Pullman double drawing-room sleepers and din-
Ing cars, San Francisco to Chicago, without
change, in three and one-half days. All tickets
good via (-ait Lake City and Denver.
Select tourist excursions every Tuesday and
Thursday In charge of managers.
Steamship tickets on sale to and from all points
In Europe.
For sleeping-car accommodations and tickets
call on I). W. Hitchcock, general agent, 1 Mont
gomery street, San Francisco; F. K. Ellsworth.
nsrPTit, 918 Kroadwsy, Unit land. Cal.; or G. F. Herr,
U-a faoiiih Spring strict. Los Angeles, Cal.
rtiillipx' Rock Inland Excursion*
i.cave »an iratieisco every »e«ines<i»y ana Satur
day via Bio Gbandk and Rock Island Kys.
Tbroaßh tourist sleeping cars to Chicago and Bos
ton. Manager and porter accompany these excur
sions through to Boston. For tickets, sleeping-car
accommodations and farther Information address
Clinton Jones, General Agent Rock Island By.,
86 Montgomery street. San Francisco.
"Mrs. IVini»lnTr'« Knnthinr h»iri»»"
Has been used over firty years by millions of
mothers for their children while Teething with
perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the
(.mi.-, allays Pain, cures win l Colic, regu at»s the
Bowels, and Is the beat remedy for niarrhoeas
whether arising from teething or other causes.
For.saie by lJru.'sjists in every part of the world,
lie sure aud ask for Mrs. Window's Soothing
Syrup. 25c a bottle.
Angostura Bltters.says a lonsr time sufferer from
Indigestion, thoroughly cured me. Sole manufac
turers. Dr. J. G. B. Siegert & Sons.
The favorite for restoring life and color to the
hair Is Parker's Hair Balsa*.
v j.N-i-Ei:r cikns. the best cure for corns, 15c.
Susar lower. Fine Gran. Sugar 17 lbs for «1 at
Sbarboro A Co.'*, 531 Washington st.
DRY GOODS.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Great Clearing Up
Clearing Out Sale
OF THE BALANCE OF OUR
GIGANTIC CASH PURCHASES !
There remains only a short time before the arrival of our Holi-
day importations and the beginning of the Holiday season and in
that time we MUST make a clean sweep of the gigantic purchases
that we made during the New York money panic. This CAN be
done, and with the extraordinary inducements that we offer this
week, it WILL be done, for no lady who admires ELEGANT AND
FASHIONABLE DRESS MATERIALS will miss making an imme-
diate selection from the vast assortment of new styles, designs,
weaves, colorings and effects, offered at the TREMENDOUS SAC-
RIFICE quoted
TO FORCE EVERYTHING OUT QUICKLY !
COLORED DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT !
At 35 Cents.
100 pieces 38-INCH FANCY EOPSACK SUITINGS, in illuminated, place and nov.
elty effects, actual value 50c, will be closed out this week at 25c per yard. .
At 35 Cents.
50 pieces 40-INCH ALL-WOOL ILLUMINATED CHEVIOT SUITINGS. In neat
checks, stripe* and diagonal effects, regular price 75c, will be closed out this week
at 35c per yard.
At SO Cents.
75 pieces 44-INCH ALL-WOOL NAVY BLUE STORM SERGE SUITINGS, in light,
medium and dark shades, actual value SI, will be closed out this week at 50c per
yard.
At SO Cents.
90 pieces 40-iNCH ALL-WOOL FRENCH CREPONS, SATIN SOLEIL and FANCY
WEAVES, choice collection of new and desirable shades, lormer prices $1, will
be closed out this week at 50c per yard.
At SO Cents.
45 pieres 40-INCH ALL-WOOL FRENCH BEDFORD CORDS, different widths of
ribbings, in a variety of staple colors, former price $1, will be closed out this week
at 50c per yard.
At 75 Cents.
40 pieces 53-INCH ALL-WOOL PANAMA WEAVES, shaded and novelty effects,
extra good value for $1 50, will be closed out this week at 75c per yard.
At 75 Cents.
50 pieces 50-INCH ALL-WOOL NAVY BLUE STORM SERGE SUITINGS, in fancr
weaves and diagonal effects, actual value $1 50, will be closed out this week at 75c
per yard.
At 75 Cents.
35 pieces 52-INCH ALL-WOOL TWO-TONED CAMELS-HAIR CHEVIOT SUIT-
INGS, in wide-wale diagonal effects, new colorings, extra good value for Si 50,
will be closed out this week at 75c per yard.
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SILK DEPARTMENT! _
At S 5 Cents.
150 nieces COLORED INDIA SILK. 23 inches wide, soft, heavy quality, perfect finish,
former price 50c, will be closed out this week at 25c per yard.
At SO Cents.
500 yards 22-INCH ILLUMINATED SURAH SATIN, former price 75c, will be closed
out this week at 50c per yard.
At 75 Cents.
20 pieces 22-INCH BLACK SURAH, fine, heavy quality, former price 81, will be
closed out this week at 75c per yard.
At 4 1.00.
50 pieces 23-INCH COLORED BENGALINE SILK. In all the latest shades for street
wear, beautiful, soft, heavy quality, former price SI 50, will be closed out this week
at $1 per yard.
At *1.00,
40 pieces FANCY TUFTED BENGALINE SILK, very pretty combinations, former
price SI 50, will be closed out this week at Si per yard.
At $1,00.
25 pieces 22-INCH COLORED STRIPED MERVEILLEUX, former price $1 75, will
be closed out this week at SI per yard.
At 4 1.00.
10 pieces BLACK FAILLE FRANCAISE, extra heavy quality, former price 8150,
will be closed out this week at SI per yard.
At SI.OO.
15 pieces 24-INCH BLACK SATIN, beautiful, soft, rich finish, former price 81 50,
wilt be closed out this week at SI per yard.
At 1 . 50.
30 pieces 24-INCH FANCY BROCADED SATIN. In evening shades, extra heavy
quality, former price S3 50, will be closed out this week at SI 50 per yard.
At 1 . 50.
40 pieces 20-INCH CHANGEABLE SILK. VELVET, in a variety of beautiful effects,
former price £2 50, will be closed out this week at $1 50 per yard.
SPECIAL Fr n Tc d^pe. SPECIAL
At 1 . 50.
150 pieces 24-INCH BROCADED FRENCH CREPE, extra heavy rich quality, beau-
tiful soft finish, all the newest street and evening shades, regular price S3 50, will
be closed out at $1 50 a yard.
BLACK DRESS GOODS!
At SO Cents.
40 pieces 37-INCH SILK LUSTRE ALPACA, former price 50c, will be placed on sale
at 30c per yard.
At 35 Cents.
40 pieces 39-INCH ALL PURE WOOL HEAVY SERGE, worth 60c, will be closed
out at 35c per yard.
At 5O Cents.
25 pieces 40-INCH ALL-WOOL FANCY STRIPES, former price $1, will be closed
out at 50s par yard.
At 55 Cents.
25 pieces 40-INCH ALL PURE WOOL FANCY WEAVES, extra value for SI, will
be placed on gale at 55c per yard.
At 85 Cents.
25 pieces 44-L.nCH PRIESTLEY'S ALL-WOOL NOVELTIES, former price $1 25.
will be closed out at 65c per yard.
At 65 Cents.
30 pieces 41-INCH SUPERIOR LUSTRE ALPACA, former price $1, will be placed
on sale at 65c per yard.
/ B/r*^ MURPHY BUILDING, /
(/(/ Market Street, comer of Jones, /
S .A.:Kr CISCO.
