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BEFORE THE PEOPLE.

The people <j[ San Francisco are now in- ;vlted" to subscribe In the stock of the Sar. \Joaquin Valley Railroad. We do not sup- Ipose there i9any doubt about the stockbeing ultimately taken, but there Is KOtue- :thing in the manner in which a thing i*done. The people of San Francisco shouldtake stock as if they wanted the stuck, notuifit was forced upon them. Without alocal system by which S.m Francisco mer- |chants can reach their interior customers-;

at reasonable cost for freight the NorthAmerican Navigation Company will be jshorn of much of its usefulness. If the ;Southern Pacific can kill the isthmus lineby charges on freight from San Francisco |it will surely do so.

TAKE PRECAUTIONS.

It would be presumptuous to offer ad-vice to Chicago oh precautions against fire,but people cannot help marveling that acity which has had such dreadful experi-ences should now have a fierce conflagra-tion in which forty lives of brave menhave been sacrificed. Mayor Harrison isreported to have said that now that thisdanger has shown itself in the fair, the citymust assume control of the brigade ar-rangements and all regulations in dealingwitli fire. This is a wise step, inasmuch asit will place authority in efficient handswith ample resources. The effect of sucha disaster is distinctly ba<j. The foreign-

ers who 'sent works of art to the exhibitionhad not only difficulty in procuring whatthey wanted, on account of the dread offire, but had to pay exceptionally highrales of insurance. A catastrophe sad asthis must confirm some of them in theirfears. Had the wind iavored the spreadof flames over the grounds the loss of prop-erty must have been grievous, because thefair buildings, handsome as they are, can-not be ranked as solid, permanent struc-tures. Let us hope that the effect will notreact on the exhibition which now prom-ises to be a success in Golden Gate Park.Care mmt be taken to have the buildingsfor that exhibition well protected and sepa-rated by considerable distances. The parkispassably sheltered at the site chosen andhigh winds are not frequent in winter, buta fire which had got headway would not beeasy to subdue in the park ifit shouldoccur during a spell of dry weather.

THE BALANCE OF TRADE.Much surprise ha9b«en expressed at the

adverse balance of trade which reports

show for the first half of tho present year.While there has been some falling offin the quantity of exports and some in-crease in the quantity of imports, thecause of the change noted is more invalues than in material. Cotton andwheat, two American staples, have beenunusually low this year, while coffee andsome other minor articles of import havebeen high. When there is a falling offboth in quantity and value of exports andan appreciation both iv quantity andvalue of imports, a period of depressionmay be expected. Without doubt the ap-prehension of European countries that ourbonds may be paid in part in silver hasbad considerable to do with the drain ofgold. ___________NOT A GOOD TIME TO STRIKE.

Eastern gold papers are trying to Impressupon the minds of labor organizations theimpolicyof ordering strikes at the present

time. The falling prices consequent uponthe demonetization of silver and the de-crease ia manufactured products in con-sequence ol tho expected revision of thetariff on a revenue basis combine to reducethe demand for labor. These are menacesagainst prosperity which we will have tocontend against for some months longer.If the present Congress should expire

without a material change of the tariff,and if the sobor second thought of the

peorle should manifest itself so ns towarrant the expectation that there will benochange for the worse, the old conditionswill be restored. The silver questionmight still remain to be settled.

ENGLAND AND THE KHEDIVE.

A curious bit of gossip comes from Lon-don about Ezypt. Itis probably no morethan gossip in a hot anil irritable season,

but without occasional rumors there wouldbe political stagnation. ItIs to the effectthat t!ie Khedive's visit toConstantinople,

where lie is to marry a daughter of theSultan, i8occasioning the British ForeinnOffice much anxiety. This is couDled withthe announcement that the British Minis-ter at Constantinople is about to have achange of post, and that the very able manwho has uuided Egypt through all its re-cent troubles— Lord Cromer, formerly SirE. Baring—is about to leave Cairo. Itisextremely unlikely that these chances havethe remotest association with the youthfulruler of Egypt's intpntion to travel or thepreliminary negotiations to thnt end. Butit is quite probable that England wouldhave preferred Abbas to remain in theland of P&araob ard survey mankind fromChina to Peru through English spectacles.

There are numbers of intriguers at Stam-boul interested in givinghim other viewsof his destiny and the light methods ofgovernment than have heretofore beeu in-culcated.

Frame, Russia and Turkey are not ntall averse to giving England bother InE/ypt if they get a chauce. They do notadmit that England should be there at all.and certainly n it permanently, and as far:is words and promises go England has sol-emnly said she will withdraw when hermission is fulfilled. But it is perpetuallyinconvenient to fix a date, and thi circum-stances which compel occupation mayprove stronger than a desire to evacuate.

Tnat the occupation is not harmful toEgypt was recently testified to iv a re-markable manner by M. Dubois, whowrote a series of articles r.s a special

commissioner appointed by the Figaro.That journal gave a sitrnal instance of itsfairness by printing the report, which un-questionably was not, what the French ex-pected. M.Dubois went out withan openmind, but with prepossessions against. Al-bion's control of affairs. lie returned con-vinced that under England's tutelageEgypt has made notable progress; that thefellaheen are secured in the fruits of tlieirtoil; that the finances are sound and or-derly; that prosuerity is increasing regu-larly; that the various departments arewell conducted, and that the Egptiaus Cudtlieir country a Utopia under England.This is goud testimony, altogether opposed

to any general charge that the couijiry isbeing milked for the benefit of the Eng-lish. No doubt Eugland has some gainsin view, but the dominating motive is theestablishment of order i*. a region wheredisorder might produce widespread con-fusion.

THAI TOWER.The sketch of the tower which it is pro-

posed to erect at the City Hall is about assuggestive of beauty and grace as an old-fashioned churn disproportionately tall.Ifa tower is necessary itis surely possibleto design one of elegant form, and not soabsurdly High as to dwarf a huge cluster ofbuildings already reudered unimpressiveby neighboring structures too clo-elv en-circling the site. A tower 450 feet highwillnot mend these defects. Itwillrathercall them into prominence by being con-spicuous at a distance, and the strangerwillask what kind of shot th^v make upthere. The insertion of a clock wouldhardly diminish tho deformity. If thereriiu«t be a tower, half of the height sug-gested would be ample exhibition of SanFrancisco's municipal taste in buildings

And itwould be quite costly enough also.The estimate of cost now formed is nocriterion to go by. The real estimate iswhat experience h is proved to he the rulein civic structures. The history of theCity Hail ia rich in the exemplification ofextravagance. It seems to have beenprovidentially devised as a fabric wherethe contractor has perennial employment,first in building up and then in Boilingdown. A tower 450 feet high may extendthis characteristic indefinitely. Ifsuch amonstrous excrescence is likely to be aneyesore its utilityhas yet to be discovered.Merely to mount a clock or a peal of bellsis scarcely sufficient warrant. The pigeon^might like it, and so inicht the rookspecies perpetually hovering around theCily Hall.

A BAD DAY IN COURT.The daily San Francisco Police Gazette,

otherwise the daily Examiner, had a badday in court on Monday. The case onhand is variously known as that of theExaminer vs. Heath, the McWhirterca>e or the Stilweil and Bieelow case.The admitted fact is Ibat McWhirter waskilled boom months ago in Fresno County.The Examiner appears to have thoughtthat Ibetlme had come for it to make animpression on the public mind, and ac-cidentally itlet loose its pang of amateurdetective?. These men have had the useof the columns of the Examiner to makeout their case and appear to !>ave beenwell supplied with money to secure evi-dence with. They had succeeded in pet-tinga couple of rather hard characters inprison under suspicion of murder and oneof them was on the stand Monday. Thewitness made no attack upon the gang ofExaminer detectives who had pursuedhim, but somehow let the light shinethrough them. They may have had abetter purpose in working up a case,against Heath than his testimony in-dicated, but the general impression ofspectators was that the interests of justicewould be promoted by a change of placesbetween the accused and his accusers.

THE SILVER RUPEE.A London dispatch cays that Mr. Rus-

sell, Parliamentary Secretary for India,stated in the House that the object of therecent silver legislation in India was notto fix the value of the rupee at sixteenpence or at any other amount, but to pre-vent a future fall in price. IfMr.Kussellwillcome over to New York he will beinformed that the price of the silver rupeeis fixed by the immutable law ot demandand supply. Aud yet it is proposed toprevent tha future fallof a silver coin bylegislation. Itappears that when it suitsthe purposes of cold advocates to considerthe law of demand and supply immutable,itis so considered :but when the interestsof the gold men are best served by legis-lation, legislation it is.

RESTORING CONFIDENCE.

Mr. Cleveland has retired for rest andrecuperation alter his great act of restor-ing confidence. His part in the work con-sists incalling Congress to find some wayout of the chaos in which the election ofMr. Cleveland involved the country. IfMr. Cleveland ha9at last become imbuedwith the idea that he is only one branch ofthe Government confidence may be inducedto abide with us again. But uo more yen-

tureg into the aristocratic lines of govern-

ment will bo tolerated. Public confidenceHiiia large sense the public judgment.When confidence gives way it is because

the judgment of the great m«j >rity of(35.000,000 of people perceive a departurefrom this beaten track.

A CHICAGO VIEW OF THE CHINESE

The Her. William G. Clarke has been tell-ing the people of Chi ago what he doesnot know about the Chinese. As it takesthe average man a long time to tell whathe does uot know, Mr. Clarke's sermon wasdoubtless a long one. Among other thingshe savß : "Efforts to imprison and deportalien residents in this country who aresubjects of a friendly foreign power willresult in violation of former treaties withChina, and will contravene the principleof the nation's justice and internationalcomity." Mr. Clarke should know by thistime that the design of tne Geary law wasnot to imprison or deport. Its design wasto register the Chinese lawfully in thecountry, so that they might not be mis-taken for Chinese who had smuggled them-selves in. The act was especially friendly

to Chinese, and would so have been re-garded had there not been a large Chineseinterest to be served by bringing Chinesesurreptitiously into the United States.Again, Mr. Clarke says: "Prejudice is solittle and malicious, it inflicts upon theChinese a taxation that amounts to rob-bery, and treats him to brickbats andlynch law with scarce a restraint." Aclergyman should inform himself of whatlie speaks before he calumniates a com-munity of bis own countrymen. China-men pay less taxes inproportion to theirproperty or tlieir earnings than Amer-icans. They escape without taxes by notusing the articles so taxed. As for brick-bats and lynch law, a Chinaman is as safein San Francisco as a white man in Chicago.But Mr. Clarke finds the gravest chargeagainst the Chinese to be their ability todo more work fur less money than ourworkingmen. "Economy and industrynre," he says, "their most glaring offenses,their endurance of poverty and hard labortheir chief faith." IfMr. Ciarke weropreaching to a congregation of working-

men he would nor talk in this strain, liewould not encourage tne coming in largenumbers of a race of laborers who. bytheir lack of family dependents, can main-

tain themselves on lower wages than theAmerican family mau requires. If thisChicago divine were told that I]., wasstriking a blow at the family relation, as itexists in the United States, Lie would un-doubtedly disclaim any such purpose.And yet that is wha". lie isdoing. If theAmerican labovwv cannot compete withthe Chinese* except by giving up the hope

o£*'fK".i'e.- aud family, lie will compete onteat basis. Toe American laborer cannotallow himself to De driven out of thecountry, for there is no place for him togo. The fight against Chinese immigrationis, in fact, a right for a standard of wageswhich will enable workingmen to bring

up families in arcordance with the require-Dieata of our American civilization.

Itis suggesteJ mat the scarcity of ice-bergs lv the North Atlantic early thisseason explains the lout; droughts exper-

ienced in Europe. The bergs cool the

ocean water, and the gulf stream, whichtrends to the northeast, has this seasonbeen deprived of its normal ice tempering.

This -urmHe does credit to the imagina-tion, but not to the reasoning faculty.The drought has been much too wide-spread in France, Northern Germany,Austria and other pans of Europe re-motely affected by the suit stream to war-rant the assumption indicated. Irelandand Scotland, which are greatly nioduiedby the vvaiui ocean current, hive hadplenty of rain, mid Norway, which alsoowes much- 10 th« stream, has not berndried up. Iftardy in appearing the hernsare now making up for lost time. One isreported with tiuo feet of ic*above water

and twice as much below to float—

tiier-allya congealed mountain "U its travels,

such v mass will lower the temperaturefor miles at sea. Dr. Nansen, LieutenantPeary aud two other Arctic voyagers havethis year an opportunity to note themeteorology of the far north. Their re-ports may shed some light on strangeweather which has had no parallel lorover a century.

Tho worl'i of wealth will struggle thisweek over possession of a famous cullec-tiou of Kembrandt etchings to be dis-persed at Christie's in London. The rarity

of sume of the priuts is certain to mak>iihe auction memorable, btiiugeucy in thomoney market does not stand in the way

of thi'Se who hay»» (treat fortunes paying

fLulu 820,000 t>» $30,000 f0r a single print,

nut more admirable than many others, butbo scarce that ouly half a du/.en are knownto be in existence. One of ihe irizes atthis sale is the only print fiom the pl.ueever iikely to come into the market, ail thei-iiiers bemu in museums. For Ibis lucrecan be no scale of value. Three or lourmillionaires mightbid it up to SIOO.uOO, butas a rule tho opulent are not ia«ii. There.isjii they offer much is often that theyh.re sure ot getUog tiieir money back whenthey sell, it is a cnvictton of constancyof value which buoys up the old m.isiei

market. M.tny people have old masters

which they xdure because they art) valu-able, so many hundred dollars per inch,

but for the art of which, they have ii'-tlt:real feeiiua.

It, is scarcely credible that the SouthernPacitic Company could be responsible forthe conduct of v number ot brakemeu onSunday at Mission-street wliarl, in ob-structing passengers who were going onboard the llosalie. Itis described as anevidently organized proceeding, insomuchthat threats were made of turning thesteamer's hose un them. Yet unless someout; prompted ibe action it is singular thatany employes could act in thai fashion toinjure the business of an positionsteamer, which affords employment toother men. The monopoly has had itsspotters at work in the mean and contempuibie tasK of noting those wao use the op-position steamer. This Is a littleness ofconduct which could liardiy be matched ina village where only two or three ol eachtrade can exist.

Tho cholera is even worse at Mecca thanhas been supposed. A medical delegatefrom E^yut declares that the deaths aretwice as numerous as have been reportedofficially. The roads are strewn withCuipses, which are doubtless being de-voured by the vultures, and a pestilence

of another kind is feared. The disease isso viruleut mul (alal that the populationof Mecca must oe far reduced aud theremnant of livingin terrible straits. Yetthe pilgrims will continue to head towardthe 6acred city, beiug not more affected bywarnings than a migration of lemmings.

Rumor has it that the Southern Pacificis about to raise the rates for some of thecommodity shipments from the East.Vaulting ambition may have overleapeditself. The great tail of rates recentlywas designed to killthe opposition of theNorth American Company.but it bad the subsidiary effect of givingundue favor to Eastern manufacturers,whose shipments to California have lu-jured certain local manufacturer*. Apro-test against this infliction is believed tohave been made by a few manufacturer?,aud the raisins o( rates on goods from theEast may be the result, Perhaps this isthe first time in the history of the SouthernPacific that anybody has complained thatrates are too low, and the company, Itwillbe conceded, has not obeyed its traditionalinstincts, which are to charge all the trafficwillbear.

T:.e growth of the petroleum trade atBaku is astounding, la 1887 the exports

from liatoum were 67,000,000 gallons; in1892 they were 261,000,000. The productionof 137,000 barrels a day is a mere drop inUw bucket to wbat cuuld be done did theworld and competition permit of a bigger

field. Oil was sold last year at less thanhalf a cent per gallon at Baku. Our Con-sul at Batoum concludes that there mustbe a limit to production. No doubt, but itis not yet in sight. Only a very smallarea ina very large total has been tapped,and the flow continues like a flood. Otlat# the Bafeu capitalists have made specialarrangements iv ludia and China to ex-tend their business.

Itis cheaper by $18 75 to go to Chicagofrom Portland, Seattle or Vancouver tban

from San Francisco by the Central Pacific,Southern Pacific or Santa Fe. Thatamount may also be saved on first-classtickets from San Francisco by taking theCanadian Pacific or Great Northern route,free passage being given by steamer to thenorth. Tourists who are not seasick haveconsiderable inducement to prefer thenorthern routes. The Union Pacificcharges 535 from Portland and $53 75 froiuSan Francisco. Consistency is nothing inrailroad management.

Seals are reported to be numerous in theColumbia River. This may account forthe scarcity of salmon, although thegreater probability is that the salmon have

been thinned more by fishermen than theirnatural devourers. The seal is a destruc-tive prowler, lie is aut to take a bite hereand there off the shoulder and leavethe rest of the hsb to the crabs andradiates. But in the war ot races there isa natural balance. Fluctuations iv fishingare inevitable. Next year tb^re may be arun of Columbia salmon and then thefinbennen willcomplain of low prices andtLe canneries of a Rlut.

Two tons of dynamite blown up nearDenver must have made thellockies rattlefor many miles aronnd. No explanationis given of the cause, but as two tramps«re reported to have disappeared the in-ferencß is fair that one of them lithis pipewithextravagant defiance of cost and con-sequences. Lightning occasionally *nts offa magazine unless a lightning rod in-terferes.

PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.Governor Russell of Massachusetts has

appointed Kobert Grant, the novelist,Judge of Probate for Suffolk County.

Attorney General Townsend of SouthCarolina says that the Stato "dispensary"system of that commonwealth is going tobe a success.

Senator Peffei of Kansas was born inPennsylvania, near the town of Carlisle,and he has recently been back at the oldhomestead on a visit.

Ex-Governor Buran K.Sherman, so wellknown in lowa, itis .said has lost his prop-erty througb the failure of an insurancecompany, and is now a "floorwalker" iv abur dry-goods house.

Emma Cnrbett is a Colorado youngwoman who intends to ride from Chudrou,Xebr., to Chicago, with a view to beating(he record recently made by John Barryand his bronco Poisor.

The lion. James Ilarlan will be tem-porary chairman of the next lowa Re-publican State convention, Ex-SenatorHhi'lud lias been for some years livinginretirement at Mouut Pleasant, lowa.

Sir John Curling, koiftbt commander nfSt. Michael and St. George, is oue of tlierecent creations of the Gladstone govern-ment. Sir Jnlin lives at London, Ontario,where he is much respected and brewsexcellent beer.

M. Z 'la, having been suggested as acandidate for election lo tha FrenchChamber of Deputies, writes to theParisian newspapers that he lias nothought ofentering a parliamentary careerat present.

Mine. Tel Seno is the only womanlawyer in Japan. She was educated inthe L:ni:e<l States. Aside Iroin her pro-fession, she is active in end^avoi toameliorate the condition of her country-men, and 1 has founded a training schoolfor women in her native town.

HAS FIVE PLANS.

Dr. McDonald's Views onthe Pacific Bank.

He Sends Several Proposals for Re-suming; Business or Winding Up

the Concern's Affairs.

The Bank Commissioner* were still fig-uring yesterday on tho resources andliabilities of the suspended People's HomeSavings Bauk. A report willprobably becompleted to-day or to-morrow.

Dr. It.H. McDonald baa sent from NewYork to his son. It. 11. McDonald Jr., vice-

-1 resident of the Pacific Uank, a number ofplans for reopening or reorganizing tnat

concern. The senior McDonald holds 5011of the 10,000 shares of the capital stock ofthe Pacific Bank and he is willing to sub-mit to any rational pint) for the resump-

tion of business. He agrees to Day anassessment o£ §100 per share on his stuckon condition that the heavy stockholderswillpay a similar assessment 011 uio stockthey hold. This, the doctor says, wouldimmediately restore the capital stock, and

he business of the bank could be resumedat once. More than thi.«, he agrees to loanthe coin requisite for tbe holders of smallblocks of stock to pay the assessment. Ifthis plan be accepted H. 11. McDonald Jr.is willingto retire from the vice-presi-dency, but he willinsist upon retaining aseat in the directory.If the proposal is not acceptable Dr.

Mi-Donald agrees to retire from the- bank,exchanging his shares lor th«i assets 1 steuas bad and doubtful by the Bank Commis-sioner.", provided that the John BrownColony and Mohawk canal securities arelisted under that Dead.

The third proposal is that Dr. McDonaldagrees to sell all his stock, other stock-holders joining in the sale, at. whateversum shall be named by two or more disin-terested arbitrators, tne price to be basedon a fair appraisement of the assets of thebank.

Dr. McDonald is also willing to meetthe other stockholders half way and toprovide for an immediate payment of alldebts due depositors and bankers, puttingup his pro rata of the sum required if theothers willdo the same.

The directors of the bank have discussedthese proposals, out have not yet arrivedat a definite conclusion. A meeting or thestockholders willbe called some time nextweei£, when Dr. McDonald's plans will befurther considered.

Director J. J. Bowen suggests that th»easiest way to settle the dimculcy wouldbe for all the stockholders to put theirstock in trust, giving the trustees powerto liquidate. After depositors and bank-era had been paid in full the remainingassets could be distributed among tneoriginal stockholders.

Tne proposition lias been submitted toDr. McDonald and the directors are await-ing bis views in refereucb to it.

A PECULIAR LETTERReceived by Postmaster Backus

From New York.A strange letter was received a few days

ago by Postmaster Backus fr\u25a0 >nt a lady inLe Roy, Geuesee County, N. V., of whichthe following is a copy. Itis ivreferenceto some lost relatives who are supposed Tobe inCalifornia:

To the Postmaster or His First Assistant,San Francisco, Cut.— Deab Sir: Isend youthe enclosed letter, begging you to do all layour power to forward It. to The right person.Tin* address i*all Ihave. Ionly know Mr.aud Mrs. Colli:irwood are somewhere In Cali-fornia; that they burled their only child, ayoung man. & few months ago, and that theymust be people of some wealth.. Their receipt of ;lieenclosure may mean lifeor death to a cousin of hers. Iask you to takemis trouble in the name of humanity and forthe sake of the Christ who died for us. Yoursrespectfully, Uattib B.Glass.

GOSSIP OF THE HOTELS.Tennant Harrington, banker and business

man of Colusa, Is a guest at the Palace Hotel.Mr.Harrington, who is one of the most orom-nent young men of the State, com^s to SanFrancisco on his boneymoou. He has ]Bst beenuuued in marriage to one of the belles ofColusa. and after a brief sojourn here theyoung banker and hu bride willmake a trip toSouthern California.

O. Albert Bernard of Washington, D. C, regis-tered at the I'alace yesterday. Mr,Bernard isa sp-'Cial agent of the Government, and is en-paged la the compilation of statistics on labor,vice and crime. He has already been on thecoaat for nearly a month, and will remain aslong before returning to Washington.

Colonel J. S. Young, proprietor of the RussHouse, has it-turned froman extended vacation

in Sonoma and Mendocino couuties. ColonelYoung formerly resided in the localities namedand has had an enjoyable visit among his oldfiieuds. I'wo well-known hotel m?u from theInterior are Inthe city. H. VV. Chase, proprietor

of the Hotel Nadeau at Los Angeles, is at theGrand, and W. S. Crank of Hie Anacopa Hotelat Ventura is a guest at the Kuss House.

ArthurH. Barendt, a well-known San Fran-cl.sco journalist, and Ills bride, arrived at theOccidental yesterday from Lake Tauoe, wherethey have been sojourning for their honeymoon.Air.Barendt married a pretty Alameda girl twoweeks ago.

Among the arrivals ou the Panama steameryesterday was Gustave T. Guzman of Guara-mala, who is tegisieredat the Occidental Hotel.Mr. Guzman brines with him from CentralAmerica four native Indians who are trainedmusicians. They play the most reiiiaikablennuic upon four ol the most uuique tnstru-nienis ever seen In this city. Mr.Guzman andhis quariet of Indian mnsielans are headedfor Chicago, where they will amuse the visitorsto the World's Fair, and corral the Americandollar.

Charles Aull, the warden of theSiato prisonat Folsom, Is at the Palace Hoiel ncoompaniedby his" wife. The warden Is hereto meet andconsmil'witli Governor Maikham. and to makea personal report to him in relation to the re-cent outbreak of prisoner;) at Folsom.

A familiar flgure .it tne Palace Hotel yester-day was B. XI. Steinman ot Sacramento. Mr.Steinnian was elected Mayor ol Sacramento atthe election last fall, and Is one of the mostpopular business men In the Capital City. Hewill consult with the directors of the WinterFair to-day, with a view toward having Sacra-mento aiiimaterially toward the enterprise.

Count Stenboek, an eminent Russian noble-man, who Is said to be one of the Czar'? favor-ites, is registered at the l'alace Hotel from St.Petersburg, He I*accompanied by M.Gruner,also of St. Petersburg, who iihis most part Icu-lar friend and traveling companion.

MUST MAKE A BID.

No Free Franchises forStreet Railroads.

Opinion of City and County AttorneyCresswell in the Metropolitan

Railway Case.

City and County Attorney Creswell senta communication to the Board of Super-visors yesterday in response to an inquirymade by tl;e Street. Committee as towhether the hoaid had the power to grant

a franchise to the Metropolitan RailwayCompany to extend its system without ad-vertising for bids and awaidiug the fran-chise tv the highest bidder.

The opinion of the City and County At-torney will be of great interest to the

various railroad companies of the city, asaccording to it no railroad company willle able to secure a franchise for even thesmallest extension to its lines without pay-

ing the city for it.The opinion is as follows:Tbe l'u-t S'-ntenee of section 1of the act of

1lie Lem-Uiurc referred to leads as follows:Kvery Irauchise or privilege tv erect or lay tele-

graph or teli phone wires, to construct or operaterailroad* uloiitror upon any public street or high-way it to exercise any otuer privilege whatever

hereafter pr»t-usvil to be granted by the Hoard ofSupervisors, Common Council or other governingor legislative body or any county, cityand comity,

city, [nun or district within tins Mat<- shall begranted upon the coudlli>iiis Ul this act provided,anil not otberwlse

There is nothing In the act that qualifies themeiultigot inese words other than a proviso••thai nothing In tins section shall atlect aspecial privilege granted for a shorter term.nan two years."

The petition of the Metropolitan RailwayCompany does not come within the proviso ofliie aci because a special piivllegeis Dot asitedfor a Midi ler term than two \eais.

'1here is neither obscurity nor 'ambiguity inHi • sentence quoted. Ii is plain as words canmake it. If the sentence is read after ther-iiniliiatiou ofrveiytuiiiKinItnot referring torailways itwill be seen that itis of no doubtfulMeaning. Iwill quote as Isuggest:

Every frmu'hlso or privilege to construct. oroperate railroads along or upon any public streetsor li!*lnv;i;ssiiail tie granted upon u« conditions111 ;1.;- act provided, ami nototherwise.

The remainder of section 1 cleaily shows(be condition that shall be observed. Section2of the act make* li8 crime for any memberof tlie Board of tsupei visors woo shall by hisvole violate or attempt to violate Hie provisionsof tin? act, anil prescribes a penalty therefor.

The Metropultiau hallway Company, by thepetition leferred to, RSks £or an additional fran-chise upon the public si reels of the city andcounty of Sao Francisco, which. Inmy ouintou,can only be anted upon a compliance withtheact of 1893. The act plainlysays that such afranchise or 11iviieut; cannot be prattled in anyoilier way than thai prescribed by this act. :

in my opinion it' yon should grunt or attempttogrunt the franchise ot privilege asked for by

the Metropolitan Hallway i<>inpany, withoutcomplying with the act of 18i)3, you would acguiltyof a crime and you woulu 1101 confer auynatichise or privilege upon tho compauy.

Judge Campbell Sues.Police Judge Campbell has filed suit in

the Superior Court against Hugo Hume,as proprietor Of th» Evening Post, to re-cover £50*000 damages for slander.

The aliened slander is contained in anarticle which appeared in the EveningPoet on the evening of July 1. It washeaded "Bad," "Scandalous Conduct of aJudge," and so fortl:, and cast, seriousc urges upon the Eugenia Home, nearBerkeley, of which Mrs. Campbell is theproprietor. The article stated that JudgeCampbell was in the habit of going to thehome in the evenings and misconductinghimself with the inmates.

Tnrougn this the Jutige thinks that hehas been injured both in reputation andprofession to thu extent of the amountclaimed.

The Old City Hall.Chief Crowley's present illness ia attri-

buted to the old City Hall, and it will per-haps be the means of a long-looked-fororder to remove to the new quarters. Lastweek the Chief, on being asked as to whenthe removal might be expected, repliednb"Ut the beginning of August ;but he hadbeen so often disappointed that itmightbe months yet iustead nf weeks.Itwas announced yesterday that the now

prison and the offices on the floor above itwould be ready for occupation by the mid-dle of August.

John R. Jarboe's Will.Yesterday afternoon the willof the late

Jnha K. Jarboe was filed for Drobate. Allthe property is leftunconditionally to tes-tator's widow, who is also made executrix.The willis snort and distinct.

California elace [ruitß,sOclb. Townsend's.*J. F. Cutter's Old Boukbon— This cele-

brated wlilsuyis for sale by all l!i«icass drue-gfats aud grocers. Trademark— btar within ashield.

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ADVANCED RATES.

Sunset and CanadianPacific Plans.

NO SETTLEMENT REACHED.

Demands of Conductors Refused by

Southern Pacific Company— LocalRailroad News of Interest.

The new? has reached the city that onJuly 17 the rates of the Sunset route willbe advanced all along the line, and on July20 the Canadian Pi-cine willdo the same.

When the. first steamer of the NorthAmerican Navigation Company left SanFrancisco Mr. Huntington boldly an-nounced that a wholesale cut would bemade in rates by the Pacific Mail Com-pany, and by reason of it the $200,000

raised by the merchants of San Franciscoto establish the competing line would soonbe exhausted.

True to his threat, Mr. Huntington didreduce the rates, but the loyal shippers ofSau Francisco have preferred to pay fairand just rates to the North American Nav-igation Company, and inconsequence thatline has been making money while the

Pacific Mail Company has been losing

thousands of dollars.While Mr. lluntington has been unable

to crush bis competitor, the North Ameri-can Navigation Company, he has succeededin arousing the antagonism of the manu-facturers of San Francisco. During all ofthis fight imported manufactured goodshave been finding their way into this Stalevia Liverpool and New Orleans and overthe Sunset, route at much less rates thanthe same classes of manufactured goodscould be moved from San Francisco to thes<tine points hi the interior.

Sucn a course could only result in eventu-ally killing the manufacturing business ofthis State, and in view of this the manu-facturers have made a vigorous protest.They have pushed ahead vigorously, mak-ing not only a determined fight to placetheir goods in the interior, but also tobring ihe .Southern Pacific to a realizationof the injustice of its conduct.

The effect of their protest has been felt,

and for several weeks the Southern Pacificpeople have been busy arranging for ageneial advance of through rates.

Yesierday, Agent llintou of the PanamaRailroad Company received a telegram

from New York announcing that the Sun-set route would advance its iates on the17th iust., ana the Canadian Pacific on the20th.Itis also hinted that the through rates j

from New York to San Francisco will be jraised at once by one of the transconti-nental lines, but just what commodities !willbe affected by the advance in chaiges |is not known at present. Agent Hintonhas been informed that the correctedtariffs nave been forwarded to him.

Among those conversant with the rail-road situation the present advance in ratesby the Southern Pacific is considered avictory for the North American Naviga-tion Company, and the promoters of thatenterprise so regard it.

Traffic Manager Leeds in discussing thematter yesterday said: "Ifthe advancemeans anything it indicates a grand vic-tory for the North American NavigationCompany and the Panama Kaiiroad. Itmeans that freight will no longer have tobe carried at a loss, and in consequencethe two companies will do a flourishingbusiness.

'•The Southern Pacific undertook tocrush us out of existence, but they have(ailed and we willreap a harvest when therates are advanced to a point that permitof just compensation tor the transporta-tion. Then* is no intention at present toraise the rates of the North AmericanNavigation Company."

First-class travel from Portland to Chi-cago is much cheaper than from Californiaand there is but little prospect of bringingabout a change through the Southern Pa-cific Company. The rat- for first-class pas-sage from Portland to Chicago is $35,while from this city itis $53 75.

The Canadian Pacific and Great North-ern are now carrying passengers out ofSan Francisco for Chicago for much less11.1 11 itcosts for a direct ail-rail route fromthis city, Ihe Union Pacific charges only535 for a first-class ticket from Portland toChicago, but on account ofan arrangementforced by the Southern Pacific it charges$53 75 from this city to Chicago via Ogden.

The trouble, existing between the South-ern Pacific Company and its conductorshas not reached a settlement, and some ofthose interested fear that there is moretrouble, to follow. One ol the conductorsin talkingabout the trouble said :

"The company .does not appear to wantto come to an agreement with us, and inordrr to bring about a settlement we havesent for Grand Alasier Clark of theBrotherhood of Railroad Conductors andhf willbe here inn few days.

"All rye ask the comiany to do 19 toadopt some rul« for the discharge of con-ductors. Under the preseut arrangementthey are discharged, and no reason fortheir retirement can be obtained from thecompany. They have no opportunity topresent a defense."

The officials of Fourth and Townsendmake sport of the report that DivisionSuperintendent Wright of Sacramento isabout to be retired, and it looks very muchas if Colonel Crocker will succeed Ivre-taining his relative in office.

Tratn'c AImager Leeds continues to re-ceive encouragement for the .Stockton andUakersrield road, and he expresses great

confidence In obtaining sufficient aid toconduct it. The executive committee ofthe Traffic Association willmeet this after-noon to agree upon a plan for solicitingsubscriptions, and then the work will bepushed forward rapidly.

City's Patients.According to a report ol the Receiving

Hospital steward, Hubert Trewin. thetotal number of cases treated at the insti-tution daring the year was 4966. Tberewere 80 deaths at tlie liosuital. Six hun-dred aud three were treated for fracturedbones, 83 being for skull fractures, 8 ofwhich proved fatal. The average numberof patients treated dnily was 14.—

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The peculiar medical properties of Hood'sSarsaparilU are soon apparent after taking It.One lady s:»ys: "It shows its good effect quickerthan any other medicine Iever saw." Try it,

TO THE WORLD'S FAIR.Via the Union Pacific

—The Overland Flyer

Only 3V3 Days to Chicago.The Union Pacific

'Is the only line running Pull-

man double drawing-room sleeping-cars and din-ing-cars, San Francisco to Chicago, without

chance.Tourist excursion every Tuesday and Thursday,

running through to Chicago without change, Ivcharge of a manager.

Passengers are allowed stop-over privilege* atSalt Like City and at Denver.

For full particulars apply to D. W. Hitcheoc*,general agent, 1 Montgomery street, San Francis-co; F. R. Ellsworth, agent, 918 Broadway, OaK-land; U. 1. Herr, XJ9 South Spring street, LosAngeles. _

rhinitis' Rock Island ExcursionsLeave San Francisco every Wednesday nnd Satur-day via Rio Übanue and Rock Island Rys.

Through tourist sleeping cars to Chicago and Bos-ton. Manager and porter accompany thrso excur-sions through to Boston. For tlcsets. sleeptng-caraccommodations ami further information addressCi.intos Jones, General Agent Rock Island Ry.,36 Montgomery street, San Francisco.

"Mrs.Wlunlnw'a Soothintr Sfrun"

Has been used over fifty years by millions of

mothers for tlielr children while Teet'iluij with

perfect succcs*. It sootues the child, softens tlioUums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic,regu ates tneBowels, and is tue best remedy for Diarrhoeaswnetaer arising from teething or other causes.For sale by tirutfßlsts ivevery part of tne world.Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow't SoothingSyrup. 25c a bottle.

Reduced Rates via Northern Pacific Railroad.Greatly reduced rates to the World's Hair via

Shasta loin- and Northern Pacific Railroad.T. K.Stateler, general agent passeneer de-partment, t>3B Market street, San Francisco.

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6THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1893.

THE MORNING CALLHas a larger Circu'ation than anyother newspaper published in SanFrancisco.

.fHKEASTERN OFFICE OF THE CALL.90 Totter building.New YorkCity,is provided withfiles of California papers. Visitors welcome Ad-vertising rates ami sample copies furnished.

Y.K. MISCH,Manager.

THE DAILY 3IOKXTNG CAIXFOR SALE AT

.New York TiItr.NTANOBROS.. 5Inlon fqinreChicago W. B.SIZKR, 188 State street

New Orleans. .GALLOT&.TOUBKKT.lir.1!,Common

subscription; rates:PMT.Y CALL (including Sundays), ?G per year by

mail, postpaid; 15 cents per week, or (55 cents per

calendar month, through carriers, DAILYCALL,five, pies, three months, *i;85. SUNDAY CALL,

»i 50 per year, postpaid. SUNDAY call and

WEEKLY. CALL.*2flo per year, postpaid. WXEKLTCALL,tlper year, postpaid.

The Cam. cannot return rejected manuscripts,jior will the editor enter into correspondence re-specting thrill.

PUBLICATION OFFICE:P2." Montgomery street, near Clay, open until 11o'clock P. SI. BRANCH OFFICES: 710 Marketstreet, near Kearny.open until 12 o'clock midnight;339 Hayes street, open until 9:3o o'clock; (3O3Larkinstreet, open until 9:10o'clock; SW.corner Sixteenthand Mss'on streets, orcn until 9 o'clock; 2."18mission street, Open until!)o'clock; and 110 Ninthstreet, open until :30 o'clock.

83- VISITORS TO Till: WORLD'S FAIR willfind Tub callon sale at the newsstands In the fol-lowinghotels: Palmer House. Auditorium Hotel,Bripgs' House. < Uftnn House, commercial Souse,Gault House, Grand Mac lie Hotel. Sherman House,Leiand House, Northern Hotel, Riehe'ieu Hotel.Tremont House, Virginia Hotel and WellingtonHotel.

at WASHINGTON. D. C—The WlUanl, Arling-ton,Ebbitt anIShoreh Bob Is.

AUCTION SAXES TO-DAY.

Ft -RMTriu•-.—l'.y Geo. F. Lainson. at 33 HillSt., at 11 o clock.

Grocxry Store— V.j S. Hasch. at NE. cornerHoward and Twelfth «*., at

-D'clock.

WEATHEK PKI DICTIOXS.DEPARTMENT OF A(,i:irriTTKK. "|

Weathkr lirßEAir. >-San Francisco, July 11, 1893. )

Official Forecast for Tu«»nty-four floursi:ii(i:ii :»li<lnij;htWednesday.

San Francisco and vicinity—

Fair weather;much warmer Wednesday; slightlycooler Thurs-

day; oortneriy siiifti-iz to westerly winds aboutnoon. J. J. Gray. Acting Local Forecast Official.

THI2 evil. CALENDAR.

.Ti-t.Y. I*»3.Mi. m. TuJ W.|Th.!l'r. I-,i. Moon's Phases. j

i i 1 (7*- .Inly titb. jV ast Quarter.

2315| 6 7 8 I1 j— —

£% July 13th, i)

9jloj11 J I-' j l.'lJl4j15 \u25a0-\u25a0J -New Moon. |

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WEDNESDAY JULY 12, 1893

MISCELLANEOUS^

THAT WONDERFULCROCKERY

Clearance Sale—AT—

COOK & GO'SIS STILL GOING ON.

We've astonished everybody and no wonder wedid. Itis no small matter for a lnrare crockery-

house to force the sale of 00.000 worth ofcrockery and glassware. To sell enormous quan-tities requires a rrigbtful sacrifice, and those who

have already bought at our sale secured the nicestand beat crockery made for the most triflingsuraor money. Ifyou haven't bought any of thosewonderful bargains do so rightaway. They can'tlast forever. Itis jusc like selling a bright newdollar for tour bits.

There are no old, obsolete goods In this sale.

Everything we offer is bright, and elegant, asthose will testify who hava already attended the

sale.Ifyou don't buy one of our $9 75 dinner

sets tills week you'll be too late; it's a $20set In ordinary times. It's of white semt-porcelain and the best goods In tne coun-try. Following li the composition: dm dozen

each dinner, soup, pie. sauce and butterplates, 1 dozen cups and saucers, 1covered veg-etable dish, 1uncovered vegetable dish, 1salad

bowl, 1 lOup tureen, 3 platters, 1pickle dish, 1sauce boat, 1 glass salt shaker. 1 class peppershaker, 1 glass syrup jug, 1 glass butter dish, 1glass cream pitcher. 1glass oilbottle, 1 class vine-gar bottle. 1glass spoon holder, 1glass sugar bowl,1dozen goblets and 1glass fruit bowl.

2000 SOLID-COLOR CUSPIDORES, sold at 91 25heretofore, now selling at 35c.

500 BEAUTIFUL. SHKLT, CHINA CREAMPITCH in pretty decorations, cut downfrom 85c to 30c each.

200 dozen EGGSHELL CHINA TEA CUPS AND.SAUCICKS, ailIn tasteful decorations, regularprice 50c, now selling for200 a pair.

450 CRYSTAL DECANTERS, engraved and witb.stopDers. closing out at 10c.

2000 dozen NEW, FINK THIN-BLOWN TUMB-LERS, 5c each.

600 dozen EXTRA FINE CHINA BERR? ORSAUCE DISHES In twenty-five different dec-orations, never gold for less than $6 a dozen,

now selling for 15c apiece.

400 BEAUTIFUL DECORATED EGG-SHELLCHINAMUSH SETS (bowl, pitcher and plate),old price was 92, now selling at 85c.

200 VERY NEAT TABLE LAMPS withcoloredglass bowl, fitted with chimney, burner andwlcs, 35c.

Thousands of Other Bargains.

It's the Biggest Sale Ever Took Place in theCountry.

123 Kearny St.jy92t SuWe

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iGreatly Reduced Prices. J|$40T0$75PerAcre|*

TERMS TO SUIT PURCHASERS.*

*RANCHO DE NOVATO, comprising

*"*"5000 acres at Novato, Marin County, Cal., "Jf*on line of S. F.and N. P. By. (Donohue

*"*\u25a0 broad-gauge) 26 miles from San Francisco. JfJ This property has been subdivided into acre J*

tracts and small ranches of from 10 to 200*

J acres; any desired size. The land varies J*fromlow bills to rich bottoms, and is per- JJ fectly adapted to growing olives, prunes,

**peaches, grapes and allkinds of fruit,grain JJ and vegetables. Unlimited market incityJJ forproduce; both rail and water transpor- JJ tation from th property to San Francisco. JILow freightand fares. Town of Novato, JIrailroad station, hotel, stores, first-classiIgraded school, postoffice and express offices,iJ meat market, etc.,allon the property. JICallonor address I

J SYNDICATE INVESTMENT CO. **64 and 65 Chronicle Building.

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JOE POHEIIMjf^ Ihave just received the

jft Finest Assortment o f Trousering

/jPStk FullLine ofEnglish Worsteds/jjgNBk &A Which Ipurchasedliftpl AT 'a"'BARGAINsl^'iE W AEii \u25a0Now ofTer ;"* to *'

ie publia

l|g| \ 20 PER CENT. REDUCTIONgflirafi\ SEE THE WINDOWS!

Hi\ perfBctFitsiia_r EEil(irNosale

II\ JOE poheimTthe tailore£**"'»i& V lno&m2 Market St.

803Montgomery St. 724 Market St.jeiB tf SnMoWt

COAL!New or Old "Wellington »9 50Coos Bar 7 OODiamond House , 8 OOSeattle 8 OO7 Sacks of Redwood 1OO

KNICKERBOCKER COAL CO..622 Howard Street, Near First.

inrl6 WeSu tf

mm ChJ<>hi «t.-»'« English Diamond Brand.

rENNYROYMPILLS,—^JTVk. Originaland Only (»eituine. A

fallx V^ftS. Druggist for CMcitttter*English 'l)ia-/ffvStf*N*?'a*3<s)l'>>°'>.i Brand inKcd »nd tfoW me:»llie\V»T^

—-7«jJ5 boxes, sealed withblue ribbon. Takef~*"v\

no other. Refutt dangermu •nftjtiru-

aA*-j^M Druggist for ffiichester s English D'igf\S

& «*£J no other. Refute dangerou* wuhstitu-I/ (W tfi/nicnd imitations. AtDruggists, or send 4«.Iy Jf in itarap* for particulars, testimonials anaVV IS? **Kellcf for !.u<i!.«." inUtter,br retura-\. _ff M...1. 10,000 Ttalimaaialß. .Yams aver

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Soldtr »il '.ocal Drugsi't'- •i*lill»d«!?4>lk-mr22 ly WeSaSu

TO WHOM IT MAYCONCERN:L>ART IKS WITH MONEY FOR INVESTMENTX can findchoice City and Country Real Estateat maritet values, and Loan* with approvedSecurity at the office of Lh; ROY O. HARVEY A

Co.. Mo. 518 Montgomery street. San Fran-clsco-

je3oej)d7t.NKW TVKSTEUN HOTEL,,

I'EAHNY-ANDWASHINUTON SXS.-RB-MOD.«lca aud renoTMod. KIN«, WARD *Caa""' ;Kooms 60c to$160 per day. «3 ta

ffdP?«.7 eikVW 10 30 per '»»! ««"» baths; ho*»na cold water every room; lire grates in ovaryroom; eiovator runs allnlgtiu lel7 VTeslsiHy