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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1895. Waymire, Weyse, Wi son, Zocchi. Speaker of the amendment was to prevent Super- pany for $294, the value of Rube’s guns, Lynch . visors from making a license rate so high i pistols, team of oxen and money found on Absent—Ash, Bachman, Barker, Boothby I LS e “This 1 Butler, Coleman, Collins, Dinkelspiel, man, Hatfie:ld, Jones, Keen, Kelsey, Llewellyn, Mc . Osborn, Rich: ford, Staley When the bil Reid of T 3 even before the title had been read: ow, Mr. Speaker, I move that Senate bill 709 be passed on the file." This would have delayed its considera- tion until Monday, but Reid’s intent was too palpabi “I object,” said Laugenour of Yolo, and a dozen voices echoed the objection. Still Reid would not down. Hedeclared that the bill had not been returned from the printer and that he wanted to know where it was. 3 There was no second to your motion,” said the chair, who had overlooked Reid’s motion. “But there was. Butler seconded my motion.”’ “Yes, I seconded the motion,” said the Sacramentan, tion to the Ho “I hope this motion will not prevail,” Powers. Chis is a mattexr of too much importance to the State to admit of causeless delay. Dwyer of San nd the chair put the ques- e. said Francisco heartily con- This bill is no good for anybody,” Reid here interjected. ‘It gives the Harbor Commissioners a right to give away the whole water front to the Southern Pac dependencies oranybody else, and I am op- posed to it until it is properly changed.” 1 for the question shutoff further The Sy sked for those in favor of the motion to pass the bill on the file without considering it to-day. Not-even Reid voted “aye.” A thundering chorus 0i “no’" showed where the sympathies of the House lay. The House ordered the bill read the sec- ond time. Then Powers showed how the amend- ment itself answered the objections raised against it. “It is said the Harbor Com- missioners can rent out the whole water front,” 1 he. ‘“That is true; but if you ntlemen, it only to give lities to different railroad. ic's A debate. **Does not this bill exclude E from getting terminal facilitie Cutter. “It does. nswered Powers, “and it is right that it should be so. "No lihe incor- porated in this State is excluded, though. If the Eastern lines want terminal facili- ties here th n reincorporate under the California laws.” The subject of rent, Powers said, had been included in the amendment because the State was forbidden to give aid to rail- road enterprises. Diwyer made a spirited appeal. The new railroad he thought was modest in its re- juests when the immensity of the benefits it would confer on the State was con- sidered. “They come and ask for fifty acres. Then they agree to pay us a rental of $1000 a year. Why, you ought to be glad to let them havea hundred acres if they should ask for it, and beg them to take it, too, ead of quibbling over a few dollars, These men are not a lot of impecunious tern lines inquired speculators and schemers, eager to gobble up everything in sight. This is the people’s road. It don’t belong to any close corporation.” North of Alameda claimed the floor in order to introduce twoamendments. North claims to be a friend-of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad, yet his amendments, one of which was adopted, will only serve to de consideration of the bill. His first amendment was to provide that no, corpo- ration could assign a lease given under the provisions of the bill. The second was to strike out the clause placing the rental at $1000 per year. Powers moved that the amendments be considered separately. A ion en- sued, when North said he saw his error in regard to the limited rental prop ion, and would withdraw it. I think my first amendment is necessary,” he continued. Dixon of San Francisco said he did not want to be considered a railroad hireling, and was a friend of the new road, but he was opposed to the $1000 rental proposi- tion and thought that the lease should be let to the highest bidder. Bulla offered an amendment to the amendment a clause that the lease should not be assignd “without the written consent of the State Board of Harbor Commission- ers.”” This was voted down. North's amendment was adopted. Then Reid tried to get in an amend- ment. Then he said: “I move that the whole bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Navigation.” This met with no second, however., Judge Spencer of Lassen scored the op- ponents of the bill severely. *‘Inasmuch as we all of us said we were willing to help this road,” he said, “I thonght to see every member hold out to it the right hand of fellowship. If we are to judge by the action of some of the gentlemen on the floor and the evinced by the amendments they ha troduced, their protestations were not sin- cere.” Reid again made objection on the ground that the bill did not specify what improve- ments were to be made, and announced that the bill was, therefore, faulty, and he would vote against it even if he should have to kill a competing railroad by so doing. Then further talk was shut off by a mo- tion for the previous question. This was as to Cutter’s amendment. A rollcall was had and fifty-four men recorded themselves against the amend- ment, while only Brusie of Sacramento stood with Cutter in its favor. Reid waited to get in some further amendments. The House was not ina temper for trifling though and the bill was sent to the printer. It will come up for final passage Monday afternoon. In the Senate Aram opposed the bill openly. Bert is understood to be working against it quietly. The bill will undoubt- edly pass the Senate by a large majority, however. KILLED IN PORTLAND, A Boy Met Death by Touching a Live Electric Wire. PorTLAND, Or., March 9.—Edgar Mayer, aged 10, a son of Julius Mayer, the well- known wholesale liguor merchant, was in- stantly killed this afternoon by coming in contact with alive electric wire at Montgom- ery-street station of the Portland General Electric Company. The boy was an ap- prentice at the station, and while experi- menting at the switchboard he accidentally connected the circuit, which sent 1000 volts through his body, killing him instantly. 5 bk e Fresno Divorce Suit Transferred. Fresyo, March 9.—Martin Denicke, the rich farmer who married a wife twenty years his junior, will push his suit for divorce, which is based on the ground of cruelty. The suit brought by his wife, Lillian Denicke,on the same ground was denied yesterday. To-day the wife’s attor- neys made a motion for a change of venue to San Francisco, and this was granted by Judge J. R. Webb. Lobbyists From Alameda Carry Their Point in the Senate. HIGH PAY FOR CFFICIALS. The Extravagance in County_ Government Across the Bay May Continue. ASSEMBLYMEN WILL FIGHT IT. Fassett of Livermore Draws Some Comparisons to Show the Injus- tice of the Matter. Sacramexto, March 9.—The salary raid- ers of Alameda and the Oakland lobby triumphed in the Senate to-day when the county . government bill was amended so as to practical estore the old high figures. Under this law the Assessor, it is claimed, will net about $17,000 1 $4000 more than ex-2 ore the office netted him. r is allowed $4100 r deputies than was allowed two ary of the Treasurer is at the old figure of $6000 and that of District Attorney estored to $6500. Assemblyman Fassett, who has fought for retrenchment in county government, is very much displeased with the action of | the Senate. ‘I understand,” said he, “that | with the exception of the Sheriff the old salaries have been restored. Our people desired that with the exception of Assessor the offices should net the office-holders about $3000 a year, and that the office of Assessor should net about §3600. 1 do not | think the Assembly will submit to these Yy changes. ‘ “I shall most earnestly oppose the amendments. What reason is there for | placing the salaries of the officers of Ala- meda County at so much higher figures than those of Los Angeles? The counties are about equal in wealth and population. In fact, Los Angeles in the very bill under discussion ranks as class 2 to Alameda’s class 3, yet the salaries of Alameda are much higher.” Assemblyman Fassett represents rural Alameda. His home is in Livermore. He is greatly annoyed at the persistent and, as it now seems, successful attempts of the Oakland lobby to maintain an extravagant county government. Senator Beard declared that the salaries raised from the agreed figures in the county government bill by amendment to-day were those of the Assessor, the Treasurer and the District Attorney, -— IN' THE SENATE. AMENDING THE COUNTY GOVERN- MENT BILL. SacraMENTO, March 9.—The exposure by the CALL of the joker in the county government bill Twas the talk of the San Frangisco “@elegation to-day. There was a hurried'informal meeting of a number of the Senators and it was decided to take steps to exempt the city and county of San Francisco irom the features engraited upon the bill by which the Assessor was entitled te retain 6 per cent of the personal property tax, $5 on every 100 names of persons returned by him as subject to military duty, and by which the License Collector was entitled to retain 10 per cent on all licenses collected by him except where otherwise provided. Senator Biggy submitted to the San Francisco members a proposition to amend section 215 by in- serting after the word *act” in line 12, the following: Provided, however, that in counties and cities of the first class the Assessor shall receive no commission for the collection of taxes on personal property, nor shall such Assessor re- ceive any compensation for making out the military roll of persons received by him as sub- ject to military duty, as provided by section 1901 of the Political Code. At the night session Withington intro- duced this amendment in modified form to include the License Collector. The amend- ment was adopted. There were a good many wrangles during the day over the consideration of the county government bill, which was amended s to practically grant local option to counties on a vote of the people. Denison offered an amendment that this section should not be so construed as to prevent Supervisors granting licenses where the county bad voted for license with a record proviso, that the section should not prohibit cities and incorporated towns from making sanitary and police regulations. This amendment was with- drawn to be offered at a later stage of the proceedings. Senator Earl introduced an amendment which was bitterly attadked by Senator Pedlar, who declared that it meant the du- plication of deputies for all new counties of the State, just to provide Alameda County officials with deputies. Senator Pedlar declared that he had heard there were ‘‘jokers” in the bill. The proposition was for an increase of depu- ties where additional Superior courts had been given. There was a lot of talk over whether the sections and salaries would fall with the classification if the classification fell, as Senator Earl seemed to fear. Senator Burke declared that there were fourteen lawyers on the Judiciary Commit- tee, If the present act, as Senator Earl seemed to fear, would fall and crumble into ruins, then the lawyers of the Senate were guilty of criminal negligence in seek- ing to pass what might be a complete failure. It was agreed at the close of the night session to refer the bill back to the Judi- ciary Committee to pass on its constitu- tionality: Then Senator Seawell discovered how the joker in the bill, interpolated for a job in San Francisco, affected his own district. The License Collector was also the Sheriff in Mendocino. * His salary would, with the 10 per cent fee, be increased $1700. In So- noma County the License "Collector’s per- quisites would be $6000 a year. He asked that the sub-section granting License Col- lectors 10 per cent be stricken out. The Senate refused to accept the amendment. Senator Seymour offered to amend sec- tion 233 so as to read as follows: “This act so far as it changes the compensation of any county officer herein named shall not affect the incumbent.” Senator Withington declared that this was a double-headed ‘bug” to undo all that had been done. Senator Pedlar suggested that Senator Seymour make the amendment apply to his own County and lev the other counties alone. Senator Smith declared that the purpose that prohibitory. amendament was introduced at the instance of the California Protective Association. It is a move of the liquor men,” declared Senator Smith. The amendment was defeated. Senator Denison offered hisamendment, previously described, relating to local op- tion and police and sanitary regulations. Senator Withington declared that this was a most vicious amendment. The amendment for which G. W. Baker, the attorney for the California Protective ciation, has been lobbying is as fol- Provided, that the provisions of this section shall not be so construed as to empower said Boards of Supervisors to prohibit the con- duct of any business for which a license has been heretofore authorized under the laws of this State since the adoption of the new con- stitution of 1879 without first submitting the question to a vote of the people of such county and obtaining a majority of the voters voting upon said question in favor of such prohib- itory measure. To which Senator Denison added the provision relating to cities and incorpo- rated towns. The amendment by Senator Denison was voted down. A multitude of minor améendments were offered as soon as the last section of the bill had been read. The county government again considered on Monday. A resolution was adopted to-day to ad- journ sine die next Thursday. OPPOSE THE ’BRIDGE BILL. bill will be ASSEMBLYMEN VOTE AGAINST THE San Francisco MEASURE. MENTO, March 9.—Rather a heated tion aroused in the Assembly by the bills granting the Harbor Comm sioners power to re-arrange the property at the junction of Market, Clay and Kast streets. Dixon fathered the bills in the Assembly and explained that the first bill was in- tended to enable the construction of a bridge for foot-passengers to the ferry depot. He told of the advantage of having the property laid out and improved. The other members, however, insisted upon talking of all three bills at the same time. The fact was developed that they were opposed to trading one piece of prop- erty for another. Wade of Napa thought that they should | condemn andl buy any property it wanted and pay cash for it. opposed to the Harbor Commis- elling or trading any of the State’s property along the front, though. When the question was put on the final passage of the bill only fifty-four votes were cast. Only twenty-seven were cast for the bill. As it takes forty-one votes to carry a Senate bill Dixon changed his vote from “‘aye’ to “no” and gave notice of intention to reconsider. The other bills were then passed on the file till there should be friends of the measure present. — THE SENATE DoEs A BIT oF RE- HING AT LAST. Committee on Attaches, embodied in the form of a resolution, was introduced at the night session of the Senate. It recom- mended the dismissal to-night of all ser- geants-at-arms, porters and messengers to fhe various standing, committees, except those of the Committees on Judiciary, Finance and County and County Boun- dari It recommended the dismissal of all committee clerks, except those of the Judiciary and Finance committees, to take effect Wednesday night, March 13. The resolution was amended to exclude the clerk of the Committee on Enrolled and Engrossed Bills, and was adopted by the Senate. At the morning session Senator Biggy moved to reconsider the vote by which Senator McAllister’s substitute bill, fixing the number of legislative attaches in the future, defeated. There was one hour's disc consideration and passage of the bill. its provisions the number of Se and attaches is fixed at sixty per diem of § sembly at seventy-eight, with a per diem of $33050. This makes the expenditure for attaches in the future about one-third of what it has been during the present session. SOME NEW LAWS. on, which resulted in a re- By GOVERNOR BUDD APPROVES BILLS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE. Sacramento, March 9.—The Governor has signed the following bills: Appropriating $4000 for building & new Chico normal school. Amending the Civil Code relative to the adoption of children. Providing that an Italian interpreter for the San Franeisco courts need not be g native of Italy. Amending the Civil Codeto provide for con- solidation of colleges and seminaries. Prohibiting adulteration or deception in butter or cheese. Amending the Veterans’ Home act so as tp provide $150 a year for each inmate, the total to not exceed $45,000 in any one year. Amending the Penal Code provisions con- cerning grand larceny. The Governor has vetoed Langford’s bill, No. 242, providing for the division of swamp land districts. HUMBOLDT'S NEW JUDGE. Bupp AppoINTs E. W. WILSON TO THE SUPERIOR COURT. SacraMENTO, March 9.—Governor Budd has appointed E. W. Wilson of Eureka to be Superior Judge of Humboldt County, under the law recently passed by the Leg- islature, increasing the number of Judges for that county to two. Judge Wilson is a native ‘of Missouri, 42 | years of age. He is a graduate of Michigan University at Ann Arbor. In 1879 he was elected District Attorney of Humboldt, and bas a large practice. He is a Democrat in politics. Senator Frank McGowan of Humboldt, speaking of the appointment, said: “Wil- son is an able, painstaking lawyer of tine judicial mind, and in my opinion wis make one of the ablest Judges in tu State.” ISy The Telephone Amendment. SAcrAMENTO, March 9.—A special meet- ing of the Constitutional Amendments Committee of the Assembly was held this afternoon. Mr. Brusie appeared before it to urge a favorable report on his proposed constitutional amendment to the tele- hone lines under the supervision of the oard of Equalization. The committee decided unanimously to recommend the adoption of the amendment. A lady had the wrong tooth pulled by a Detroit” dentist, and she recovered $500 damages. The report of the | Serves on the Monitor Monterey as an Apprentice. SHE TELLS HER STORY. Love for the Sea and Desire for Male Attire Prompt Her Action. RAN AWAY FROM HER HUSBAND Sailors Corroborate a Portion of the Female Sailor’s Strange Narrative. SearTLE, Wash., March 9.—Puget Sound can boast not only of many excellent sailor boys, but of one sailor girl, and she is not content with sailing on a mere mer- chant ship, but served seven weeks on the United States ship Monterey, and she also claims she has been on other ships, but it is believed she is afflicted with a vivid im- agination. She she was on the Mon- terey in the d of a sailor boy, and her story is borne out by the stories of sey- eral sailors. The girl who has this unique career bore several names and has had many vicissi- tudes,though still young. The first name she bore after coming into the world at St. Cloud, Minn., about fifteen years ago, was Ida May Townsend. Her fatherdied when she was but 3 years old, and she wasadopt- ed by a couplej named Bunt, whose name | she took. Six years ago the Bunt family moved to Whatcom, and last May the girl, still a child in years, married a brick-ma- son named K, J. Love. But she had alway passion for the sea and for assuming male attire, and could not settle down to the prosaic bliss of mar- ried life. Thus it was that last August she deserted her husband for the free life of the sea, and donming the clothes of an appren- tice went on board the Monterey, only three officers and three or four seamen, it is alleged, knowing her secret. The girl was located at Leavenworth a few daysago and she talked freely. She claims to have been on the Mohican and the Independ- ence, but as to this her story is not given much credence because it cannot be veri- fied. She says she endeavored to ship on i!l)e Monterey last August, but was not | successful. A few days later she went to | Port Angeles, whither the Monterey had sailed, and again applied to the ship with better success. Concerning her experience at Port An- geles, she said: “I presented myself to the officer of the deck, who was a different fellow than I had seen before. When I told him that I wanted to ship he asked me what kind of a boy I would ma I told him I wasa daisy. That settled it and taking me be- { low he told the man on watch to call Calla- han. In a few moments Callahan reported. ‘Callahan, you have an extra uniform; bring it up,’ demanded the officer. Calla- han soon returned with the suit. The officer told'mé Yo try it on and showed me | a little room where T could change. You ought to have seen nhim when I came out. | He said. ‘Why. you make a fine boy. Go to the surgeon and be examined.” I re- | ceived an examination and was given my rating. I was assigned to duty as the plumber’s apprentice. We went to Port- land and from there to San Francisco.” William Fiske, a sailor on the Mohican, says that “Billy” Root, the plumber on the Monterey, told him at Port Angeles a few weeks ago that the girl had been on the ship. Fiske says: “Root told me he was finally afraid the gixl would be found out and he put her on shore. Root said that during the seven weeks she was on board she answered at rollcall to the name of Daniel McArdle. That’s the name Root told me she went under. Root told me to | hunt the girl up when I came to Seattle and I did so. I found herhere. Schofield, an apprentice, also met her, fell in love with her, broke his liberty and is now in the ‘ship’s jail.” You can’t believe half the girl says, though.”’ Although it is claimed that the girl is only 16 years old, she looks to be about 18 and claims to be 24. She is of slight build, weighing abont 125 pounds, and is as well muscled as any athletic young fellow. Her face is a study. She has a very boyish ap- pearance and her features are sharply out- lined and would attract attention any- where. While not handsome, she is not bad looking, although her coal-black hair, which is cut short, and her piercing black eyes and high cheekbones suggest a strain of Cherokee blood. Her short upper lip, which she is in the habit of puckering up when she smiles, displays a fine set of teeth. Her hands are large and calloused, indicating familiarity with tarred rope and sails, She wears a No. 5 man’s shoe and is somewhat proud of the distinction. '‘RANCE. The Relatives of Count de Castellane, Return to Their Homes. NEW York, March 9.—The remainder of the family of De Castellanes who have re- cently visited America left for France to- day on the French liner La Brgtagne. They are the father, mother and younger brother of the fortunate Count who car- ried Miss Anna Gould to his Parisian home. Marquis de Castellane, Marquise de Castellane and Count Jean de Castel- lane are the respective titles. Other cabin passengers who have se- cured passage in the French vessel are; Count de Bauthellie Chavnagie, Countess Divonne, Right Rev. A. Durier, Mrs. A. L. Hort and seven Sisters of charity. Pl A antsE COMRADES TO CELEBRATE. Chickamanga Battles Will Be Kefought in Story in September. NEW York, March 9.—The order of the Comrades of the Battlefield will hold its annual meeting and memorial service for the dead at the Chickamauga Military Park on September 19 and 20, 1895, the time of the dedication. The general commander, George D. # Dolton, of 5t. Louis, requests that all sol- diers who served the nation should ad- dress him for information concerning the coming event and in order to encourage a full attendance on the days of the celebra- | tion. LI 2 Judgment for the Company. BirMiNGHAM, Ala., March 9.—In the Cir- cuit Court at Vernon, Ala., to-day the Southern Express Company got judgment for $4900 against Allan H. Burrows, father and administrator of Rube Burrows, the train-robber. The verdict was for the amount of money of which Rube had robbed the company. Allan Burrows two days before got judgments from the com- \ his person when captured and killed. Rube bought a big farm with his plunder, and it will now go to the company. o SCALPERS WON THEIR SUIT. An Old Case Settled by the Chicago. Cuicaco, March 9.—Judge Adams to-day decided the case of Mulford and Macken- zie, the ticket-brokers, against the Chicago and Alton Railroad, finding the issue for the plaintiffs and fixing their damages at $10,854, . Mulford and Mackenzie were the firm of brokers who, in 1880, had an office in this city and also in St. Louis. In that year they bought of the Alton road $30,000 worth of tickets at 50 cents on the dollar, the tickets being good over the Alton road between Kansas City and Bloomington, thence east over the Lake Erie and We: ern. Shortly after the purchase of the tick- ets a passenger-rate war set in, and for two years the tickets were unsalable. In June, 1882, after the brokers had disposed of about half the tickets, the Lake Erie and Western, which had gone into the hands of a re- ceiver, reported that the agreement be- tween itself and the Alton by which the tickets had been made good over that line east of Bloomington was dissolved, and the tickets became worthless. Judge Adams held, in effect, that the tickets were contracts made by the Alton. Courts in SILVER IN THE SOUTH. Congressman Bryan Instructs the People of Nashville on Bimetallism. NasHvILLE, March Ex-Congressman W. J. Bryan of Nebraska spoke to a large and enthusiastic audience to-night on bi- metallism and was constantly applauded. The position taken was that bimetallism is vand that the United States is powerful enough and large enough to re- sume the free and unlimited coinage of silver regardless of the action of other na- tions and that in any event no change could make affairs worse than they are now. The policy of the administration and Mr. Carlisle in reference to bond is- | sues was severely criticized. The sveech was a strong presentation of the case of those favoring bimetallism. WAR AMONG MINERS LIKELY THE NEW CAMP OF ALHAMBRA, COLORADO, MAY HAVE BLOOD- SHED OVER CLAIMS. PROSPECTORS ARE ARMED TO RE- TAIN PossessioN oF TOWN- SITE LANDS. CrrerLE CrEEK, Colo., March 9.—Serious trouble is threatened in the new mining camp of Alhambra over disputed claims, On January 30 the Alhambra Town and Land Company went into a new mining center and located in the neighborhood of forty claims, doing but little work on them and not placing them on record. The recent excitement in the camp has brought a deluge of miners and prospectors to the district, and they have been working the locations claimed by the Athambra Company. The company has made a strong protest against the operation of what they claimed as their property, but the miners will not cease work. A num- ber of cowboys and prospectors have or- ganized and secured guns and ammuni- tion, with the intention ef defending their clai el e i SWINDLER OF WOMEN CAUGHT. On a Plea of Wanting a Housekeeper He Secured Trunks. Bavrivore, March 9.—Detective Gault returned’ to-day from York, Pa., where he arrested James Clark, alias James Lewis, Templeton, charged with swindling s. Sadie Fields of this city out of two trunks and contents, valued in all at $300. Clarke came to this city some weeks ago, and advertised in the papers for a house- keeper to take charge of his home in Los Angeles at $50 per month. He received about 250 replies, and among them was Mrs. Field, who was engaged by Clark. She sold her household goods and with $300 secured, bought clothing, which she packed in two trunks. On Wednesday last, the day before she was to start for the West, Clark secured the trunks, under the pre- tense that he was to ship them West. He disappeared and detectives were put on hi track. One trunk was recovered in this city and the others in Clark’s possession to-day. He indignantly denied the charge, until proof was produced. He is an elderly man with a rather clerical appearance. Letters in his pockets show that he has advertised in the papers of other cities. — - ROSEBERY VERY SICK. Rumors That He Intends to Resign Offi- cially Denied. New York, March 9.—A special to the World from London The London newspapers now refer for the first time to Lord Rosebery’s condition as serious, and say that he desires to resign. The Morning Post says: Lord Rose- bery has been much more seriously ill than the public imagines. Influenza is bad erough, but when insomnia is added it is difficult for the patient to regain his strength. The protracted illness of the Premier has given rise to rumors that his lordship intends to resign, which, of course, wonld mean a break-up of the Gov- ernment and Parliament. The Chronicle says: His (Rosebery's) terrible insomnia continues, and his recov- ery is tedious. The Star observes that the lobby in Par- liament was the scene of intense excite- ment for some little time when the rumor got about that Lord Rosebery intended to resign the premiership on account of ill- ness. Little groups quickly gathered here and there discussing the possible results of such a step. An official contradiction was soon forthcoming. Questions for the New Party. PrrrspureG, March 9.—The new national party conference, which convenes next week, will have under discussion fourteen propositions, as arranged by the Commit- tee of One Hundred. The abolition of the liquor traflic, the free coinage of silver and the tariff question will likely receive the most attention. Secretary Swager says the letters received indicate these three questions, along with the party name, will receive the most attention. e Elbe Mail Reached Chicago. Cuicaco, March 9.—The first direct mail pouch from the ill-fated steamer Elbe reached Chicago last night. The pouch was one of a number which had been washed ashore after the wreck. It con- tained books, newspapers and some 500 let- ters addressed to Chicagoans and persons living in the West. The books showed the effects of the salt water. Some of the ad- dresses were iilegible. oS A. H. Carpenter Dead. MitwAvkee, March 9.—A. H. Carpenter, the retired general passenger and ticket agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, died at 11:40 to-night. months, TIsabsolutely necessary in order to have good health. The greatest affliction of the human race is impure blood. There are about 2400 disorders inci- dent to the human frame, the large majority arising from the impure or polmo}t’m condition of the blood. The best remedy for all blood dis- eases is found in Hood's Sarsaparilla. Its remarkable cures are its loudest praise. It is not what we say but what Hood’s Sarsaparilla does that tells the story. No remedy has ever had so marked success, or won such enormous sales. Sorofala in its severest forms yields to its potent powers, blood poisoning | and salt rheum and many other diseases are permanently cured by it. For a general Spring Medicine to remove those impurities which have accumu- lated during the winter, or to overcome That Tired Feeling, nothing equals HOO! Sarsaparilla “ wish to say that 8 years ago wehaa & beautiful boy born to us. At the ageof1l months he breathed his last, a victim to impure blood. On Aug. 4, 1891, another boy was born, who at tha age of two months became afllicted with the same disease. We believed the trouble was con- stitutional, and not common sore mouth. I procured a bottle of Hood’s Sarsaparilla and commenced to give it regularly to both mother and baby. Improvement be- fnn at once. We have succeed in eradica- lng the scrofulous blood from the system ani today we are blessed with a nice, fat baby boy, 18 months old — the very Picture of Heaith, all life and full of mischief —thanks to Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Iam a minister in the Methodist Protestant church, and it affords me much pleasure to recommend Hood’s Sarsaparilla to all as @ safe, saure remedy. Even my wife, after taking Hood’s, became healthy and fleshy and has the bloom of girthood again.” REv.J. M PATE, Brookline Station, Missouri. 'S D. §, DORN HAS RETURNED. TRYING AN ELECTION CASE WITH HIsS BROTHER IN SAN Luis OBISPO. HunTING AND FISHING MounTaiNs — HE Saw MaAaRDI GRAs. IN THE| THE D. 8. Dorn, the attorney who was for- | merly the legal adviser of the Pacific | Bank, and who disappearced before the | opening of the Dick McDonald trial—at which his testimony was wanted by the District Attorney—is again in town. “The statement that I left the city to avoid being a witness in the McDonald case is erroneous,” said Mr. Dorn at his Geary-street residence last night. “I have been away on the first vacation I have | taken for two years, and that was| settled on when my brother and | partner returned from his European ! trip a year ago. I was in town on several [ occasions when the case was called, but it | continued each time, and when I started on my vacation I understood that it would not come to trial for several| “The published statement, that Ie deposited a large check in the Pac Bank, or any number of check gating any large amount, is incorrec was stated that checks bearing my were deposited by some one else, but | there is no evidence to show that I ever| signed them. Asa matter of fact it is my | | t | Attorney D. S. Dorn. opinion, as a lawyer, that no evidence that | I can give will be found material to any of | the charges against McDonald. | “Where have I been? Well, I went first A. Dorn, who is District Attorney of that | county. Atthe time it is said that the prosecution in the McDonald case was lmnting for me all over the State I was associated with him in trying the con- tested election case oi County Surveyor Woods. | At the conclusion of that case I started | on a hunting and fishing trip on the | Carissa plains and into the Santa Ynez Mountains. A washout delayed our party | and we were gone longer than we had expected. | “The trout-fishing in those mountains is | glorious sport. The fish are large and | gamy and bite ravenously. It is ap un- usual thing for a fisherman to return from a day’s outing without a full creel. By the way, I learned a new way to cook trout this trip which surpasses anything in the | line I ever experienced. You take the trout just as he comes from the water, | wrap him_in three folds of wet brown paper, and lay him on the coals. When the paper begins to burn he is ready for the table, and makes a dish fit for a king. | In hunting, we were not so fortunate, se- curing no game larger than quail and cottontailis. “Shortly after my return from my hunt- ing trip my wife and I went to New Or- leans to visit relatives and attend the Mardi Gras. The McDonald case, if I re- member rightly, had been submitted to the jury before 1 left the State. *I got back a few days ago and have been very busy ever since. I shall be here at the next trial of McDonald and when | my evidence in the case is given the pub- lic will readily recognize of how little im- portance it really is.” The perjury charge against Dick Me- Donald was considered by the prosecution to be the strongest of the three preferred against him. Since a jury has vsisagrecd on that the embezzlement case, which is thought to be the next strongest, will next be tried. acquittal the charge of falsifying the rec- ords of the bank will be submitted to a jury. Ifa third disagreement is reached the perjury case will again be brought to the front. / As Judge Murphy will not handle any more criminal business the McDonald gmsgcunon will come up before another ustice, probably Judge &'nllnc& Dorn’s testimony in the case was wanted to ex- gxl‘am the alleged presence among the nk]'s:sstlz:s of $100,000 worth of his per- sonal checks against an account sai only $1500. 5 £ o —————— Dockery Commission’s Expert Pay. WasHINeTON, March 9.—The Govern- ment has made a settlement with the ex- perts of the Dockery Commission, which investigated and reorganized - the methods of the several executive departments. J. W. Reinhart, the chief of the commission, ! about $600,000, repr | noon. | and Trust Comp: | of a receiver, to San Luis Obispo_ to_visit my brother, F. | & If that trial results in & disagreement or | with his amount and filed a protest. He claims to be entitled to $10,000 additions Napa County Electric Road Scheme. St. I A, Cal., March here is an undercurrent of interest felt here in regard to the proposed electric road up through Napa Valley to C The County Supervisors have been applied to by Wil- liam McGeorge, who came before them to ask for a franchise for a trolley-road. The matter was taken under advisement, but the franchise will not be granted until M McGeorge explains who the ¢ who are hehind the scheme. The faet of the fr has stirred up an silver mining companies who recogr the ben accrue to the people o electric roa 1 by v of St. iburon Point and ferry as an outlet. McGeorge is vected at the next meeting of the Super- vlsors, and it will soon be known whether he has substantial backing. - The Orvegon Railway Receivership Case. PorrrAaxD, Ore., March 9.—The b of the petition of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company to have appointing Edwin McNeill rec modified as to release him from pa nting funds spent by the Union Pacific receivers before the system w parated, was concluded in the United ¢ s District Court this - Judge Bellinger took the case un- der advisement, stating that he would probably render a decision the last of next week. The application of the American Li ny for the appoiniy rdependent of the Un Pacific interests, for the Oregon Short 1 and Utah Northern will came up before Judge Gilbert in the United States Circui Court Monday 9, toga. pitalists are nchis: nterest mong the quic would ion if an listoga caring order —_—— Dr. Samuel Fuller Dead. MIDDLET or March 9.—Dr. 8amuel Fuller, emeritus professor at Berkeley Divinity School, died last night at his resi- dence on Court stre He was born in 1802 and for over seventy years has been connected with the ministry of the Episco- pal church. 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