"THE CALL'S" OFFhR.Those who have not obtained parts 1and
2 of "Picturesque California" should se-cure them before Thursday of next week.Part 3 is now ready for distribution atThe Call's main office, 525 Montgomerystreet; the Branch, 710 Market; the Oak-land office, 1010 Broadway, and interioragencies.It Is doubtful whether another oppor-
tunity will ever arise whereby so valuableand so fine a work as "Picturesque. Cali-fornia" «an be acquired for so triflingasum. v
WHAT THE SENATE WILL DO.Washington correspondence intimates
that the Republican Senators will makeno effort to 10 amend the Wilson tariffbill as to make it more acceptable to thecountry at large. Their argument is saidto be that itis a Democratic measure, andas such the worse it is for the country thebetter for the Republican party. This,however, i9not a tenable position to standupon. The first duty of a RepublicanSenator is to defeat the bill if be can; ifhe cannot, to insist upon amendments thatwillrender it iea9 harmful. It should notbe difficult for Republican Senators tofind out if the bill can be defeated unlesscertain important amendments are agreedto. If they find that itcan be defeated itwould then become their policy to with-hold assistance to the Democrats who pro-pose to make certain amendments on con-dition of their support. It is supposedthat the two New York Senators willvoteagainst the bill if the Senate retains theincome-tax feature. It is supposed, also,that the two Louisiana Senators will voteagainst the bill unless protection in theform of either duty or bounty is given tosugar. Ifthese four Senators should voteagainst the billit could enly be carried bya majority of one vote. Tliere are threevacancies in the Senate, leaving the mem-bership at eighty- five. Of these forty-fourare Democrats, thirty-eight Republican*pnd three Poiulists. Iffour Democratic jvotes should be cast against the bill the jaffirmative vote, including the three Popu-lists, would not exceed forty-three. TheRepublican vote, re-enforced by fourDemocrats, would be forty-two. Thiscombination would leave the bll amajority of one. If one more Demo-cratic Senator can be gaiued the billwould be beaten by the same majority.The combinations of the Republican*
should be to defeat the bill if possible, ifnot to amend it. The policy of destruc-tion can never be justified. The Republ-can Senators were elected to do the bestthey can for the country, not to aid legisla-tion that will ensure the early teturn ofthe Republican party to power. If thisbilli9beaten in the Senate there willbeno tariff legislation until after the nextPresidential election. If the Republicansdo not have a clear majority of t tie nextHouse their number will certainly be soincreased that any billthe Democrats willbe likelvito frame enn be beaten. But ifthe billpasses the Senate it willbe the lawfor at least four years. President Clevp-
land will stand in the way of repeal tuneyears, and if thenext administration shouldbe Republican and have a majority in bothhouses of Congress, some months wouldelapse before a new bill would be agreedupon. Meantime the country would besubject to the uncertainties of contem-plated tariff legislation.
A STRONG COMBINE.The Examiner has elevated Mr. Chris
Evans into a position wtiich makes himeligible as a boss. Mr. Kvans has had thelittle difficulty with the law which, if notindispensable In a boss, is not consideredan obstacle in his way to supreme power.The sentiment has been created that Evansitrather a victim than a criminal. Itiscontended that he would commit no actsof violence if he were let alone. Thetrouble he has had has arisen entirelyfrom a disposition on the part of certainofficious persons to restrain Mr. Evans'natural propensities. Whether Mr. Evanshas had the training a boss requires is notpositively known, lie may be a bornpolitician only waitinz for an opportunityto show what he can do. But ifthe party
is afraid to trust its fortnnes to an un-trained band there is that other distin-guished light in the party who certainlydoes not lack experience— Mr, ChristopherA. Buckley. The two would make astrong team. They would be the mindand the arm so to speak* The one would
plan and the other execute. Both havestudied law from the outside, and are tre-
sunird to be content with the knowledge
thus gained. Itis time for the Deim crats
to be up ami doing. Tney have a hardtight before them. There has neVfcr beena time when a geod salary wa» more desir-able than at present. There is certainly aloud call for a combination of the bestbrains aud muscle in the party.
A COMPOSER'S CAREER.
Poets are born, not made, the ancientaphorttiu allinns, and the common beliefis that comunsers have their divine hai-
|mony instilled by inspiration. But both| poets and composers have to toil very hard
before they are entitled to the name, andsuch gifts as they have are of very littlevalue dissociated from the labor that train*and stimulates. Sir Arthur Sullivnn, thecomposer of "The Golden Legend," the"Mikado," "Pinafore" and other well-known works, has for the first time in hislife submitted to an interview for the sakeof the nural example to boys, aud givenan Insight into his own career- Itis in-structive as an example of how men riseto success, ifnot to greatness. His fatherwas bandmaster at the Royal MilitaryCollege, Sandhurst, and as soon as hecould hold an instrument he set him tolearning every oue in the band, except thebassoon and the hautboy. Ho practicedevery day, and although not a member ofthe baud he attended the practice rehear-sals, and was soon facile and skillfulinplaying every instrument, with tin excep-tion of the two mentioned. That experi-
ence has been of the utmost advantage tohim as a composer, because it has en-abled him to judge of the possibilities ofall the instruments and their effects, sin-gly and collectively.
The next step in Sir Arthur's careerwas to become a member of a churchchoir, in which a good voice is ceitain tobe brought under very careful cultivation.Joseph Maas and many other Englishsiugers of high 6taui!ing owe much totheir training in t!ie great cathedral choir?,
the salaries baiiu sufficient to tempt godartists to remain ing them. As a choirboySullivan had the good fortune to sing in
the oratorios in which Jenny Lind tookpart, and he remarks that the first time heheard that purest of all soprani he hadnever listened to such exquisite singing.Better voices he has heard, but never suchmanagement and expression. "Igut backin the evening," he says, "and sat half thenight on the stairs. Iwas in such a stateof nervous prostration Icould not go tobed. Inever knew there could be suchexquit-ite music on earth. 1 could notcry, 1 could not speak, Icould not reallythink. 1 was simply paralyzed with astrange overpowering emotion."
This outburst ol emoti.onal rapture overthe great songstress' singing indicates thatthe cemposer had deep down in his naturethe love of music, but as to what he mightmake of it,or expand iuto, he had as yei
no conception. A time came when theroalto success, as the training which en-ables the s?udent to triumph, was open tohim, and he joyfully tt ok it. His experi-
ence exemplifies that scholarships are notworthless in the development of talent.Through Jenny Lind's efforts mainly In-Mendelssohn scholarship was founded,soon after the first performance o! theoratorio of "Elijah." For the first compe-tition the competitors were to be from 14to 20 years of age. Young Sullivan en-tered and forwarded his compositions.There were thirty candidates, and Barnby(now also knighted) and Sullivan were se-lected for final competition, and were sub-jected to a viva vece examination. He andBarnbv were told tuat one of them mightexpect a letter of nomination on the mor-row. The day was passed in agonizingsuspense, and the letter came to ArthurSullivan. The Mendelssohn scholarshipwas the one thing needed to ripen the com-poser for his brilliant career, and wellhehas justified the confidence and hope re-posed in him. Sir Arthur is now rich andeminent. Fame has come to him in everyland, and multitudes who know nothing ofmusic theoretically, yet acknowledge, his in-fluence by siDEing or otherwise performingnumbers from his operas or ballads. But'his career is a demonstration that what theworld terms good luck is intimately inter-woven withpurpose and severe applicationto toil, at all events in the professionswhere the mind is dominant.
WORRIED LONDON DAILIES.
It is surprising that London papers
Bhould show so much temper over the PallMall Gazette's announcement of thf> inten-tion of Mr. Gladstone to resign the leader-ship of his party. The Gazette did notfix a date for the contemplated resigna-tion, itallowed Mr. Gladstone as muchtime as the condition of his health mightpermit. Jn view of his age Rnd growingphysical infirmities, there was not muchrisk in predicting that the retirement ofthe great leader would occur within a Jewmonths. Itis true that the Gazette pro-fessed to have especial information con-cerning the event it predicted, but Mr.Gladstone's letter admitting the impairedcondition of bis health warrants theassumption that the special informationwas rather in relation to Mr. Gladstone'-.health than immediate purpose. la /act.the Gazette might have, said that Mr.Giadstuue would soon be compelled to re-tire, instead of saying that he intended toretire.
The hostilityof the London press to thePall MallGazette may be attributed to thezeal with which Mr. Astor lias enteredrpon the work of reform. BeiDg himselfindependent of the counting-room, he h;ts
assumed ttiat all other papers ought to beconducted as If they were likewise inde-peudent. But while Mr. Astor's Englishcontemporaries are rich, they have becomeso by drawing a large revenue from thepublic. Although the counting-room maynot have dictated to the editorial depart-ment, it has asserted itself in its ownmore immediate spheres of action. TheLondon editors, having to make theirpapers pay their own way, are not un-naturally irritated at criticisms from apnper that is relieved by the fortune of it?owner from sufh considerations.
GOOD READING FOR CLEVELANDOne of our Consuls in Germany gives
the American State Department the fol-lowing:
German manufacturers have their warehousespiled up to the ceilings with goods ready forftbiptnent as soon as the proposed tariff revisionInthe United States goes into effect. Through-out Germany Itis undeistood that the new tartfJlaw willbecome operative early in the presentyear, and the mauufactuiers or goods whichfind a ready sale in the l/nited BtatM are hold-Ing them back so as to avoid tho present iii^tiduiy.
Itis not unlikely that a number of suchreports would convince Pre-ident Clew-laud that even foreign Consuls ought to beiiisympathy wit!) the administration un-der which they hold oflice. While factscould not be annihilated they might beignored. Without doubt American manu-facturers have been discouraged from re-opening their mills by tlie knowledge ofthese farts. They want to knew just howcheaply foreign goods can be placed in ourmarket before they decide whether itwillbe possible to compete successfully. TheGermans are oow our most formidable
competitors. They have invaded the Sue-lish market with the kinds of eoous Eng-
land exports. Lmder a low tariff they willtake nearly complete possession of ourmarkets.
TOO MUCH SPITE.An Eastern exchange says:
Cleveland nominated Hornbiower and Peck-ham to spite Hill. We suppose nobody deniesthat. Hill cot lioi'Dbiower defeated aud pro-poses to defeat Perkiiam to spite Cleveland.Nobody willdeny that, Jhe animus Is equallydiscreditable on both sides, but Cleveland is theaggressor.
While the two Democratic politiciansare fighting each other the capacity of theSupreme Court of the United States totransact business Is impaired. The courtis three years behind its work at best andis going further behind every year. If thePresident wanted to humiliate the Senatorfrom his State he might have tried hishand on a State officer whicn the iucuni-bent would continue to till until his suc-cpssot should be appointed. The reckless-ness and disregard of public interestsmanifested by Mr. Cleveland in his desireto promote personal ends have rarely ifever been paralleled by a President of theUnited State*.
A SUBSTANTIAL MYTH.Tlie tariff-reformers have steadily as-
serted that American tin plate was amyth, or, at least, that it was not pro-duced In commercial quantities. It ap-pear*, however, that the niytliis takingon substance. The Erie Preserving Com-pany, a large canning establishment ofBuffalo, N. V., bought last year 18.000boxes of Welsh tin and 1000 of Americantin. Thiß season, the manager saye, the)'will use all domestic plates. The qualityis satisfactory, and the price 5 cents a boxless than the Welsh tic can be sold forafter paying the duty. Having got belowthe foreign price, it will not be long be-fore American competition will briug theprices down to the cost of production.Such, at least, was the experience of thesteel-rail consumers. The only thing thatthreatens the tin-plate industry now is theWilson tariff bill.
TOWERS ON MUD.
lieivrts arp renewed that the tall towerserected in Chicago for business purposesshow sign 9of an insecure foundation.What may lie at the bottom of the surfacestrata does not aeem to be known, but thesurface is too soft to bear the weight piledupon it. Reports to this effect circulatemost freely in rural cities, but if therewere not some truth in them an officialexamination would be Invoked to get themat rest. Itis asserted that the tall granitebuilding in which the Board of Trade con-ducts its betting bus. ness is showing signsof distress. It is about six stories toohigh. Land rent is cheap up above theseventh story, but if walls are reallycracking tenants will decline risks at anyprice.
The urgent ueed is uudiminishe-l forgenerous subscriptions to the relief fundon behalf of the unemployed. The moneyin band, is running down fast, but thenumber of the applicants for work remainwith little fluctuation. To realize whatthe situation is the public should eithersee or conceive the GOO men waiting in lineon Leidesdorff street for tickets which willenable them to earn SI a day. They arenearly all tu'arrlei men, ana all are resi-dents of the city, who by their toil havehelped to create its wealth. They havewives and children dependent on them. Adollar a day is a small, sum to go round,even in securing necessaries of food andhousehold requirement. To make roomfor mose who have had no work the com-mittee are obliged to discharge hundredswho have bad ten days or a fortnight ofemployment. It is in this manner thatextreme distress is being tided over, butfurther exertions are necessary. Everydollar laid out in this way has a twofoldreward. Ithelps the necessitous, and en-ables work to be performed at the parkwhich would ultimately have to be done attwice the cost out of taxes.
Complaint comes from Halfmoon Laythat the State authorities neglect thatsection in the matter of protecting fishand that illegal fishing goes on constantly
in the waters of Pilarcitos Creek, whichis remarkably well stocked notwithstand-ing. There are also complaints that in thestreams of Maria County much poachinggoes on without molestation. All thismay be true without casting much blameon the Fish Commissioners. They are notübiquitous, and possibly have the otioseframe of mind which expects tbe inhabi-tants of a district to stand by the law andsee that it is observed. If the residentsare indifferent ab at a close season andwink at illegalpractices, such as spearingsalmon or dipping fish out of shallowpools, the Commissioners can do little oftheir own initiative. They ought to havethe backing of public opinion and co-operation, not the sneers of those who donot think it their business to interfere.As things arts poaching Is prevalent, bothas to game and fish. Deer, for instance.in some of the northern counties are nomore preserved in practice than squirrelsor bear. There is always venison to behad.
Old as he is and growing dim in sightthere is yet a member of the House ofCommons almost ten years Mr. Glad-stone's senior, though not so long in Par-liament, still hale and possessed of allbisfaculties, and not disinclined to contest anelection ifany one should be so uncbival-rous as to stand against him. Tli'ls isCharles Pelbaui Yilliers, who was born in1802, and is commonly spoken of as thelather of the House, which he entered in1835. According to the notions of twentyyears ago he is a stout Liberal, very muchbroader than the Whigs, whom he hasseen triumph and fall away again as aparty fitted to lead. He took an activepart In the repeal »1 the infamous cornlaws, and all the movements which lea upto Peel's coup in 1840. In short, be wasan active agitator on the subject beforeCobuen and Bright were aid of, andwas instrumental in bringing those men,then unknown, into the Parliamentaryarena. lie has many anecdotes of theparliamentarians of bygone day*, such asCanning, the Duke of Wellington, O'Con-nell, Peel, Disraeli and many others. .Heheard the celebrated speech durine the de-liveryof which Disraeli was hooted downand told his jcerers that they would oneday listen to him. The statesmen of to-day are very different in manner andmethods. There is less oratory, butspeakers abound; less preparation, butmore readiness and assertivenes*.
Ifthere are no more public executions inFrance, so much the better for public de-cency. J.ei nipu who are doomed to diefor crime feel that they are wretchesshunned by society and not a mock speciesof hero saying farewell in nielodruinaUcexaltation to a rabble, whose stoicism isBeen in gloating over the outflow of otherpeople's blood. Vaiilam died unrepentantand glorying in his bomb exploit. Whmhe means by "Death to society" and "Longlife to anarchy" is not to be unraveled bylogic or reason. Society is dead in themoon, and yet anarchy is not regnant, forour luminary follows its appointed coursewithuus\v.-i viug punctuality. IfVaillant'scrude theories had scope the earth wouldbe a graveyard. Do these peoDle imagineitiiithistory willreverse its story?
The glad news is telegraphed from Zan-zibar that W. Astor Cbanler, who hasbeen trying to enter the unexplored re-gion in the northeast shoulder of Africa,has been beard from as late as January
23 on his way t<> the coast. B* was to
reach Mcmbasa on February io. Mr.Chanler ban been balked in attaining theultimate objects of his journey, but he isat least safe, and he bas gathered someexperience which will serve him in goods'ead when next he forms an expedition.He has not to no begging among the scien-tific societies for resources.
An authority on finance. Thomas Skin-ner, shows that America was not alone inthe decline of many kinds of securitieslast year. The shrinkage of stocks wenton inEngland to a tremendous extent, andthe year is pronounced the worst that hasbeen experienced for a long period. On:)00 principal securities quoted in the offi-cial list of the Stock Exchange the fall was5340.000.000. This is only a email propor-tion of the stocks listed, there beingnearly3000 officially recognized. We may seewhat stock speculation has become fromthe fact that the total number of com-panies in the world in existence in April,1893. was 17,553, in which the capital paidup amounted to $5,065,590,750. The littlestock of gold there is in the world has agood deal to do in accommodating thewants of speculation a» well as legitimatecommerce.
AROUND THE CORRIDORS."Ihave frequently heard San Fianciscans
speak of Hoss Buckley aud other politicalmag-nates ot this city," eald A. L.Soper of Brook-lyn,N. V.,yesterday, •but 1doubt if this coun-try has ever furimued an instance of powercentralized, In one man such as that of JohnJ. McKane. (Jravesend boss, who is now ou trialforMs alleg'-d cilminal acts duiing the electionlast fall. He held neatly eveiy Important tilheeIn ihe town of Gravesend, and to sum \u25a0 olthe offices ne appointed himseif. His laflooneeover the community is lusjilied by fear of theman, who is, orhas been, In a posltiou totuiuany man who opposed his will. His action Incontemptuously refusing to obey an order of aJudge of one of the highest courts In the Statewillgive some idea of the methods employed bythe man lvhis politicalcareer."
W. 11. Lorlmer of Troy, N. V., who was intins cityover Sunday, says that the programmeof the machine Democracy of that State Is torun Hillfor Governor again this year. "TneauDointmeuts. aud in fact almost every act, ofthe admluistiatiou have tended to slreugtDeuthe machine party lv the State, and It is be-lieved that inteiuul dlsseusious caused by theti^ht betweeu the auti-Miiappersaud the machinecau be oveicome. Hill ts undoubtedly oneof the brainiest men lv the paity iv NewFork, and inorder to pacify oue of the strong-est elements;of objection to the machine, Lleu-tenaut-Goveinor Sheehau is to be sacrificed.Hilllits always had a large following amongUrn BepnblleWM, and the gentlemen who arebow flcortttKinhis nomination think that thiscontlngeut ctu be relied unon in case he Isagain a candidate. Unless there Is a radicalchange for the belter iv bu-iuess circles beforethe election, however,Ibelieve that any manthe Demociacy cnula put up willbo beaten byau overwhelming majoiity."
James Hart, au officer from Fresno Cuinty,i*!u the city looking fur one Lester MeOapOO, whoabout a year ac<> met with an accident on theSouthern Pacific road by which he lost a lootand for which he has a suit pending against thecompany for $20,000 damages. McCapes disappeared some days ago from Tulare, where hewas visiting bis parents, and ithas been foundImpossible io trace Mm as yet.
A "soap artist" walked Into the Occidentalbarroom yesterday and sought to strike a bar-Rain for decorating the bigmirror in the rear ofthe bar. "I've just «trucU the towu," said hi' toa (a i.i, reporter, "aud Ifind that my businessdon't take well here at the start. What kind ofwork do Ido Oh! landscape, bits of mountainscenery and the like. One of the prettiest effectsyou ever Been Is an old-fashioned millwith Its water-wheel on the ouiblde. No palm-er's brush ever outlined anything more strik-ing that this is when done with soap. IRet $10for worK of this kind, and it willlast from threeto »ix mouths if protected from the flies. Ialso make a few dollars on the side by bronzingga»-llxtures t and manage to gel along prettycomfortably between the two kinds of work.Yes, li's a queer business, but It's honest."
Charles Robert .Smith, a prominent attorneyof Cleveland, Ohio, Is at the Palace. He basjti«t returned from the vicinity of Guanajuato.Mexico, where a company of Eastern capital-ists propose making some Investments. Mr.Smith thinks that among other things the com-pany mentioned has Inview is a system of elec-tile loads In the vicinityof l.os Angeles, whichwill be about eighteen miles long. The lines,he pays, willnot run into the city, and only aportion of the necessary franchise has as yetbern secured, aDd for that reason he is unableto give the full purport ot the project publicity.
Professor Horace Brigg«. who for over fortyyears was engaged In tiltingyoung men forcollege in Huftalo, N.V., is staying at the Ken-ton for a few djys pnor to Ms depaituie forHawaii, where tie goes for the purpose of mak-ing a personal investigation of the state ofaflalrs, more particularly a« to tlie relationshipof the mUslnnailcs to that country andwhat part they nave taken in its de-velopment. Speaking of Eastern mattersof interest the professor says ttal the recenttrials of trolley power on the Erie canal wereunsatisfactory because of the difficulty ex-perienced in getting ib« boats arouud a curve.In politics he taya the rtvolt agaiuM tne ruleof Tammany Is wide open and willbe lasting,and that a lute proportion of the citizens ofthe State aie nppos d to Cleveland's attitudeon both the tariff and Hawaiian questions.
A well-known bßSlwn man of tills city whilediscussing the question* of national importanceai present before Congress with a friend in theI'alace last evening remarked: •One of theCongressmen from ihls State, who has proclivi-ties of a Popullstlc Mtnrt,ha* a bill inprepar-ation, and which he willIntroduce in Congress,which will raise amerry war Inrailioad circle*.It provide! that all palace, dining-room iindother cars of like nature which are designed tomeet the wants of the ileh shall be taxed $100a ypar each. The bill Is so framed, Iam toid.as not to apply to what are knowu as emigrantor touiist cars, but will be made applicable tocars owned by private Individuals."
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.Mrs. Humphry Ward's new novel, "Mar-
ce Ha." willbe published late next month. Ithas been delayed by the author's illness.
Keinhart, the celebrated artist, dresses withgreat care, has curly hair whicti is nevercombed, a small mustache and markedlyGrecian profile.
Marlon Crawford's few American novels aresaid to be the least popular ODes he has written.His reputation has been made chiefly by hisromantic tales of modern Italy.
Mrs. Maitha Miller of Chicago is said to betne pioneer prison reform worker of this coun-try, havingbeuuu her efforts lvthat line at St.Louts In1854. Since theu she has devoted herentire life to it.
Amoug the persons upon whom the Order ofthe Leglou of Honor was conferred recentlywas Mme. Kochlln-Schwartz, president of theFrench Women's Uulou. At the present timeabout twenty women are entitled to wear thered ribbon.
Senator Walthall has always been regardedas the onlydistinctive type in Congress of theSouthern statesman. I'hyslcally he is tail and»pare, straight as an arrow, with long blackhair, a piercing eye and a proud cnnlage that(\u25a0els off the puuclillous courteousness of hismanner*.
Klialila Bistany, a Syilnn merchant, whocame to visit Uio World's Fair last May, liasremained in America, and Is at present inI'utlalo, \u25a0tiidviDt; ruiiiiiierci.il laws and work-lug on a project to establish In this countrysilk manufacturing fioui cocoons iv the Syrianfashion.
Captain Pierce Thompson of Soutbport, Me.,made bis first voyage when be was 10 yearsold, commanded his vessel at 18. and Is stillfollowing the sea at 74. His son sails with himas mate. Capulu Thompson Is a devoutMethodist and lias prayers on shipboard everyday, and fullreligious service on Sunday. Hewas never wrecked, never lost*a man andlaughs at the Idea of turning landlubber andretiring from seafaring life.
LEEDS' MISSION.
Why It Should Meet WithSuccess.
Towne (joes to Meet Huntington— NoNews From Chicago— The Sac-
ramento-Street Cable.
The result of Traffic Manager Leeds'mission to New York has not been defi-nitely announced, but the members of theTraffic Association ail appear sanguinethat everything will turn out all r;ght andthat when Mr. Leeds returns it willbefound that he bas accomplished thatwhich he was sent to do.
One of these gentlemen, in an interviewyesterday, gave many significant reasonswhy the present relations existing betweenthe North American Navigation Company
atid the Panama Railroad should continue.liIs unquestionably true, he says, that
the Panama liailroad must desire thefriendship of the merchants of San Fran-cisco. It ia also' apparent that the incent-ive which prompted the P.mama RailroadCompany to sever its relations with thePacific Mail Steamship Company wafound in the policy of the last named cor-poration. By the limit placed on theamount ol freight which Pacific Mailsteamers were permitted to carry the Pan-ama Railroad was deprived of the greatervolume of business to which itwas entitledby reason of being the cheapest line nat-urally for the movement of through busi-ness between the Atlantic and Pacificcoasts. The Pacific Mail policy wasprompted and dictated by the Transconti-nental Association of Railroads. Tne Pa-cific Mail Steamship Company is controlledby C. P. Huntington. The policy of thetranscontinental ronds must always be todiscourage the use of ships in the throughbusiness and this policy means oermauenthostility to the Panama Railroad Company«* \u25a0 competitive carrier between NewYork and San Francisco. Hence the pol-icy of the Panama Railroad Company can-not be to ifMime its old attitude towardthe transcoutinental roads.Itis true that SoOO.OOO insteadlof 5200,000
was necessary to enable the North Ameri-can Niivinii'ii'ii Company to m-et the con-ditions contrived by the Southern PacificCompany in its warof extprmination. Asit cost tlie railroad $7,000,000 to exhauhtttiat $300.0X). it whs apparei.t that the> utliern P.tcifJc Company and allied roadscould nut carry on such a war indefinitely.Hard time* h»d much to do with the fall-ing off in the business of the North Amer-ican Navigation Company. Merchantshave watted to place otder* and have thenwired instructions, and goods have beeforwarded by rail mure largely, but atraies which would have been impossiblehad the North American Navigation linebeen oat of the way. Tne facts in thisconnection and their due significance art-fullykm wn to the Panama Railroad Com-pany people, who do not ascribe lukewarm-ness to the merchants of this city. Thereare reasons which make it probable thatthe Panama Railroad Company desire* toretain the friendly relations it has withS«n Franciscan*). A deal innde ny thatcorporation hostile 10 this city, which thegood faitii thus faishown gives no reasonto apprehend, would uot benefit the Pa-nama people. The Traffic Associationwould uot be compelled to me either theSunset Hue or the Panama line. It w;i-
also said that the Panama road sought toa-cerain what business could be done herelong before its relations with the PacificMail were dissolved. Its policy is thereforenot new.BCapuin Merry, president of the NorthAmerican Navigation Company, deniestbat he has made the statement attributedto him in a morning paper to the effectthat bis company will not continue thePanama line after May 1. He says thatlie has not made any statements concerningthe matter, ami has, in fact, declined todiscuss it at all.
Itwas expected that the wire rope onthe Sacramento-street cable-line extensionwould be strung Sunday, but a slight delaytias occurred which will keep the workback a day or two. Cars will be running,however, ina very few days.
The negotiations fur a settlement of therate questions which are pending in Chi-cago !iave as yet resulted in no agreement,although the Southern Pacific officials hereappear hopeful of an ultimate agreement,
The Visiting officials of the Atlantic sys-tem of the Southern Pacific started Eastlast night. They were accompanied byG-neral Manager Towne, who goes tomeet Mr. Huntingtou.
A. C Sheldon, general agent of the Bur-linctnn line and located at Portland, is inthe city with his wife.
Thomas Bell's Taxes.George btaacke and John W. C. Max-
well, executors of the will of the LiteThomas Bell, have sued the city andcounty of San Francisco and Tax CollectorBlock to declare void certain assessmentslevied upon property belongiug to Hie d«-MMed.
The assessed property consists of 79bonds of the Eureka and Palisade Rail-road Company valued at 518.750; 680 sharesof the BeUingham Bay and British Colum-bia Kailroad Company valued at $30,500;3435 shares of the Bellinghaui Buy Im-provement Compauy valued at 585.875. andMfil shares of the Black Diamond CoalMining Company valued at S3OIO. In thefirst instance it Is alleged that taxes havebeen paid on the property in the btate olNevada, while the property of the remain-ing; companies is stated to be located inthe State oi Washington, and taxes paidthereon. The assessments have been paid,amounting to $1743 12, under protest, andsuit is brought lor the recovery of themoney. •—\u2666
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States Watchman"; 20,000 oona ride subscrib-ers: largest legitimate circulation of anymonthly west of the Uocky Mountains. A fewliiat-class advertisements will betaken. Ad-dress \VM.H. 15AUNLS, St. Ann's buildinu.ban Francisco. Cal. •
Juliau Antovero. a bootbiack, has been sentto the Stockton Asylum for the Insane, hisderangement being due to a belief that he ishounded by spirits.
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Overland Route.The Shasta Koute aud Northern Pacific Rail-
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•Francis P. Devlne, a bookkeeper. 49 years ofage. and residing at 207 Valencia street, was
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managers.Mtaiushlp tickets on sale to and from allpoints
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lor Eleepirp-car accommodations and ticketsrail on D.V. Hitchcock, general agent, 1Mont-gomery street, ban Francisco; F. K. Ellsworthagent, 618 1 roadway. Oakland. Cal.; or U.F.Herr'\u25a0«;•*» fccuth Siringstreet. Los Angeles, CaX
Phillips' Eock Island KxeursionsLea ye J«n h runclsco every \\erineeday and Saturday Tia Rio Gkandk and Rock Island RysThrough tourist sleeping cars to Chicago and Bos-ton, aiaaager and porter accompany these excur-sions tlm ugh to Boston. Fortickets, sleeping-carace t.n.modatit es snd further Information addressClinton Jones. General Agent Rock Island Ry3b Montgomery street, San Iraucisco.
6 THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY <>, 1894.
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V"OTICE TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THIS;XI Oakland Water Company is hereby given that 'In pursuance or a resolution of the Board ofDirectors of tbe Oakland Water Company, unani-mously adopted at a meeting of the said boardduly held at the office of the company, In the cityand county of San Francisco, State of Californiaon the %J»tb dayof January, 18K4<ail the membersof said board being present), a meeting of tbestockholders or (aid Oakland Water Company willbe held at the office of the company, .No. 2^4 (all-lorula street, lv the city and county of Kan Fran-cisco. State of California (the same being theprincipal place of business of said corporationand being th« building where the Board or Di-rectors of said corporation usually meet), onTHURSDAY.the sth day of April,1894.at the Hourof a o'clock p. m., for tbe purpose or consideringand acting upon the proposition to create a bondedindebtedness or said corporation to the amountIn the aggregate of eight hundred thousand($900,000; dollars, gold coin of the United Matesof America, for the purpose of paying any indebt-edness of the corporation now existing or whichmay hereafter be created, and or providing fundsto pay for the construction and laying of water-mains and pipe-lines an ifor the extension anadevelopment, of its water-works system, and forthe Durcoase and acqulsit on of such property asmay be within the objects and purposes of thiscorporation.
Dated the 29th day of January. 1891.By order or the Board of Directors.:„„._ ANDREW W. ROBE JR.,U3otd Secretary of the Oakland "Water Company.
TRUSTEES' SALE.TN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS ANDJ. under the authority of a certain Deed ot Trustdulyexecuted by WILLIAMAPPLEGARTH andMNA AFPLEGARTII (bis wile),parties of thefirst part, to HENRY C. CAMI'HKLLand TUAIv-DEI S B. KENT.Trustees, parties of the secondpart, and the SAN FRANCISCO SAVINGS UNIONparty ef the third part, dated June 19. 1589.'and recorded In the Office of the County Recorder?f.ihe
nCou.,ty of Fres "°- State of California, inLiber 99 of Deeds, at pages «5. aim following-andIn pursuance of a resolution passed on tbe 2Sr|i
day or December, 1893. by the Bonrdof Directorsof said SAM rRANCISCO SAVINGS UNION aCorporation, ana the holder of the note (No 94*15)tosecure payment of which the aforesaid Deed oflrust was . xecuted, declaring that default hadbeen made lv the payment of the principal sumand other sums Uue under said note and Deed of
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11ESDAY.the 13th day ofFebruary.A. U.1894 at13 o'clock m. or that day. and at th- Auct onSaiesRoom or EASTO.N. EL.DRIDGK 4 CO No 638Market street, In the City and County or' tinFrancisco. Bute of California, we willsell a- pub-lc auction, to the hUhest bidder, tor cash in (i idCoin of the United Slates, all tbe piece or parcelriiVEr ?UU te '.Kthe C"untv of Fr«no State orCalifornia, describvu »s follows, to wit-
° "'According to the OJucial Plats and 'system ofSurvey* of the Government of the United "utes^In Township Fourteen (14) South Range Eil^'Un?I18 ',EaSt M<)U
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