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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1895. the valley road should have described the property they wanted. He then intro- duced the following, which he wished in- serted in the bill: Provided further, that the Commissioners shall have power to lease, for a period not ex- ceeding fifty years, to a railroad corporation incorporated in this State and not having at the date of the passage of this act any terminal facilities in the city and county of San Fran- cisco, the land belonging to the State and de- seribed as follows: All that portion of China Basin lying within the following described lines: Commencing at the intersection of the | south line of Channel street with the east line of Kentu street (Kentucky street being 150 | feet in width); thence in an easterly direction | at right angles with said east line of Kentucky | street to line of the seawsll or thorough- | fare approved March 15, 1878; thence in a | direction along said inner line of the | e to fits i ction with the | > of Fourth street (Fourth street | fect wide); thence northwesterly line of Fourth streetto | line of Kentucky street; thence north- | said east line of Kentucky street to i g. shall have access thereto, through cna or more con- | forming, however, with ore provided 1dition shall | ed in said lease that said corporation shall proceed within six months from the date aid lease, to improve said premi 1 purposes and proceed thereaiter construct up ments as ma; bor ¢ Provid tion which is g for shall, within dc track, e inser! e years from s tandard gauge railroad, and 1 ate the same, for fre adi e of not tand passe an two hun- uthorized | hat no debt or the State for any | al furnished, under con- ,by the actof the lessees of i the parcels of land in this act mentioned | bed ovided er, that & failure to comply of the provisions of this act shall | ithout further ase given nnd, he property herei with the im the State, and all ¢ herein authorized | 1o e oses, the Governor | e State are hereby of, with like powe * members of said board. 1 to the Harbor Commissionersleas- ont property for terminal pur- , though, that the ndment was too broad, as he ave the Commi part of the ¥ depot, for $1000 a year. en explained that, not ith t ater front, he had ad- the engineer of the Harbor ioners and that he had kindly it a portion of China Basin | thought would be valuable to | The law said Channel street should be kept open, so he had left | it out. He pr i claimed to rent being had uzh it had isco at , even tk San F ts of feet of the fifty the b s and lumber change he explained w in substituting the Attorney-General for the Mayor in the | e the front. 1 on as Reid sat down McKelvey of | Orange tried to introduce san amendment | to Reid’s amendme This provided that | the te to be granted should | not vith les of any city or | town fronti: on navigable waters. He | argued that the new law was unconstitu- tional since it authorized the lease of water- front lots, which the constitution forbade. Powers of San Francisco showed the weak- | ness of t guments of the opponents of | the measure and referred to their suspi- | d to ng specific laws,” | : iven if I did not Ishouldin | this case feel that it would be bestto find what portion of the front the new com- pany could use. “Mr. Reid frankly and ingenuously tells as drawn up with the assist- engineer of the Harbor Com- | missioners and one of the members of that commi It is, therefore, not at all at the property he has marked rable for the purposes for which the new compa it. The gen- ed th land avail- | lay in China He is in this. The | Tepa of the Harbor Commission show | that there is land the Central, India an. Dry Dock basir 0. J Basin. also. Powers then argued that, by admitting continual details every day. the next week could be occupied ments. Yet the bill the Harbor Comm duty, and t} for granted introducing _amend. | was sufficient if | oners would do their | the learned gentleman from | d the chief engineer of the Har- | bor Commissioners, we might as well send itto the graveyard. Several days will be taken up piling on amendments. It will | then go to the Senate, and if'that body | disagrees to any of these amendments, none of w ve been made up with the assistance of nds of the bill, it will then have to be referred toa conference commit- tee, and long before their decision can be reached the Legislature will be adjourned and the bill killed.” sie of Sacramento. stated that when reckels had interviewed him he had expressed the opinion that any citizen who chould put obstacles in the way of the competing organization could not properly conceive the duties of a citizen, yet the constitution, he thought, jorbade the granting or selling of water-front property to prevent just such action as they were asked to take. The new road, he knew, would be a godsend to the State and to the railroad company but he was satisfied that, much as he regretted it, an_obstacle presented itself in the constitution. Mr. Brusie’s protestations of sorrow did not overcome the House. Some of them even had the unkindness to wink their other eye, and Bledsoe of Humboldt went so far as to doubt the purity of his motives. He emphasized Powers’ statements of the effects of further amendments. “It has not been shown us,” he said, “that this particular piece of land would be useful to the new road. The engineer | of the San Joaquin Valley road has not BUIV the front and does notknow what his company wants.” “If you continue these amendments,” he cried, “‘yon might as well strike the bill from the files and admit that the entire front is in the control of the Southern Pacific. None of them are presented in good faith and none should be adopted.” Dwyer of San Franciseo also thought the amendments were introduced to kill the bill. He was sure that to ‘‘grant” did not mean to lease. Bachman of Fresno was »f the opinion that their fears as to the | he wanted the bill referred Kelsey, Laird constitutionality of the bill were all imagi- nary, and he declared the Supreme Court of the United States had so decided. “This objection,” said he, “is meant merely to delay the building of the San Joaquin Railroad.”” McKelvey of Orange then labored hard to show the unconstitu- tionality of the bill. He was followed by Dinkelspiel. who announced that the con- stitutional question was absurd. The ob- jection that the rent proposed was too small seemed to him ridiculous when the ance given to other roads was con- ed. He thought the purpose of the amendment was solely to obtain delay and obstruct the bill’s passage. Once more the floor claimed by Powers. The bill, he said, was drawn so that it would not come under the prohibition of the constitution. It would be folly to try to make the com- peting road take a piece of land they could not use. They would have to send an en- gineer to survey the front in order to specify | the land they wanted. “This,”” the speaker continued, “is not | right, it is not fair, it is not equity. There is no necessity for it except the necessity which the Southern Pacific Company feels of keeping the water front for itself.” He urged that San Francisco asa munici- pality had so much interest at stake that it should be represented on the board of commissioners by the Mayor. It was not right to deprive the city having more in- terest in the matter than any other locality of its representation because of personal prejudices against a man. Mr. Powers explained that the bill was merely an enabling act. The San Joaquin Company and the Harbor Commissioners would have to decide whether a lease | would be desirable, and if the property were improved and the lease was not legal it would be the railroad company and not the State that would be the loser. Judge Waymire of Alameda announced | that he was in favor of the bill just as it stood. Bulla of Los Angeles wanted the water front kept open. He was afraid that before ten years a certain number of men wounld have absorbed all the stock of the company, and thus give them the contrel of the proposed fifty acres. “Are you not aware that the prop-rty reverts to the State in fifty years?” asked Judge Waymire. Bulla answered this by askinga question in return as to what the new company would be required to put on the land. Phelps of San Mateo made a stirring speech for the bill as it stood. “We can never have real prosperity,” he said, “till San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles are railroad centers. I be- lieve in giving every competing road ter- minal facilities h as th contem- plated in the bill. 1f sofe of the argu- ments presented here were sound, the ex- isting roads would have a sole and perpetual right to the water front. The constitution did not intend to convey such onopoly to one corporation.” i rinity then indulged in a talk about giving away one's birthright. He was opposed to giving up the people’s claim to the front. He San Joaquin Valley Railroad wanted the rth, but that they would not getit. If his amendment were not satisfactory, then to some com- mittee. No one doubted this. Still the House was not willing to grant it, and a general murmer of interest went up when Judge Waymire d, “Was not this bill drawn up under the advice of Mr. Holmes, the chief engineer of the Harbor Commis- sion, who was once in the employ of the | Southern Pacific?” “Iknow I telegraphed for Mr. Holmes, but I don't know about his ever beinga railroad man,” was Reid’s answer. By this time the House had grown im- patient. The question was demanded, and Reid’s amendment was defeated, the vote being as follows: Ayes—Barker, Brusie, Bulla, Butler, Collins, Cutter, ng, Glass, Hatfield, Huber, Kenyon, North, Osborn, Reid, Wade, Weyse—16. Noes—Ash, Bachman, Bassiord, Belshaw, Bennett, Berry, Bettman, Bledsoe, Boothby, Cargill, Coghlin, Coleman, Dale, Davis, De- vine, Devitt, Dinkelspiel, Dixon, Dodge. Dun- bar, Dwyer, Fassett, Gay, Guy, Hall, Healey, Holland, Hudson, Johnson. Jones, Keen, Lewis, Meads, McCarthy, Mer. elson, O'Day, Pendleton, Phelps, Powers, Price, Richards, Robinson, Rowell, Sanford, Spencer, Staley, Stansell, Swisler, Thomas, Tib- bits, Twigg, Waymire, Wilkinson, Zocchi—57. Absentand not voting—Freeman, Laugenour, Llewellyn, McKelvey, Tomblin, Wilkins, Mr. Speaker—7. Laugenour paired with McKelvey, who would have voted for the amendment. Speaker Lynch also refused to vote. McKelvey’s motion was voted down by a decided viva-voce vote. Then further needless delays were shut off by a call for the previous question. This brought up the bill for final pas- | sage, amended only to make it illegal for the new company to assign a lease it might have obtained. Only nine men voted against the bill, while 60 voted forit. It was noticeable that on this occasion also the Speaker did not vote. Those who voted against the bill were: Noes—Barker, Brusie, Bulla, Cutter, Hatfield, Huber, Reid, Wade, Weyse—9. The supporters of the measure were: Ayes — Ash, hman, Bassford, Belshaw, Bennett, Berry, Bettman, Bledsoe, Boothby | Butler, Cargill, Coghlin, Coleman, Collins, | Dale, Davis, Devine, Devitt, Dinkelspiel, Dixon, Dunbar, Dwyer, Ewing, Fassett, Gay, Guy, Hell, Healey, Holland, Hudson, Johnson, Kelsey, Kenyon, Leird, Laugenour, Meads, McCerthy, Merrill, Nelson, North, 0’'Day, Osborn, Phelps, Powers, Price, tichards, Robinson, Rowell, Sunford, Spencer, | Staley, Swisler, Thomas, Tibbits, Twige, Way- mire, Wilkinson, Zocchi—60. Powers moved to have the bill trans- mitted immediately to the Senate. This was ordered and many of the members left their seats to exchange congratulations when they were electrified by hearing De- vine of San Francisco announce: *Mr. Speaker, I wish to give notice that on the next legislative day I will move to recon- sider this vote.” This caused the bill to be held back. It was a thunderbolt from a clear sky. The comments as to Mr. Devine’s mo- tive were anything but complimentary. He had voted against Mr. Reid’s amend- ment, against McKelvey’s amendment and for the bill. That he should at the last move to reconsider when such action could be productive only of delay was considered very suggestive to say the least. The reception of the bill by the Senate will be almost as hearty as that given it by the Assembly. The Tailroad fiobb)‘ has been busier in the Senate than in the lower house and more opposition is anticipated, Is THERE any baking powder to compare with Dr. Price’s? Its equal has never been found. Seattle Controversy Ended. SeatrLE, Wash., March 11.—The long controversy over the county treasurership was ended to-day. A. P. Mitten, the retir- ing Treasurer, transferred J. W. Maple the cash deposit at the banks, amounting to over ,000. Maple insisted on the pro- duction of the money at each bank and re- deposited it as a special deposit. = Heavy Storm in the Sicyras. Fresyo, Cal, March 11.—One of the heaviest storms in years passed over the Sierras east of this city on Saturday night. Boxes on the telephone lines were burned out and what was almost a waterspout overflowed the streams. nted that the | A DAY OF DEBATES, Senators Wax Warm in Discussions Over Legislation. TELEPHONE BILL KILLED. Los Angeles County Bond Bill Passed, but Will Be Re- considered. THE REFORM BILL ATTACKED. Senator Earl Led the Fight Against It and Acrimonious Person- alities Followed. Sacrayexto, Cal., Mar¢h 11.—The two topics of oratory and debate in the Senate to-day were Mathews bill granting Los Angeles County the privilege to bond itself | for railway building, and the bill which gives the State Board of Examiners super- ory power over the boards of State charitable and penal institutions, intenided, | as its supporters claim, as a check on ex- travagance. The County Government bill occupied nearly the whole of the morning session. The exposure which the CanL made of the joker by which the Assessor was to make 6 per cent net on the personal taxes collected, and which caused the S8an Fran- cisco delegation to amend the bill so far as the provision affected the city and county, caused a storm of country protests to pour into the Senate this morning, and nearly half the Senators offered amend- ments to exempt their counties from this provision. The bill was finally passed and sent to the Assembly. The debate of the day was over the bill fathered by the Assewnbly Committee on Retrenchment and Reform, which provides that the Governor, boards of the prisons, asylums, normal schools and reforma- tories, and all commissions and persons | employing persons paid for wholly or partly by State appropriations or moneys which would otherwise go to the State, shall report to the State Board of Examiners the names of the per- sons so employed, with their services, their salaries, and the necessity for their employ- ment. The bill further provides that the State Board of Examiners shall inquire ag to the necessity for having each employe, and shall fix the salary at a rate not higher than would be paid for private institutional employment of like | character. It is also provided that except | in cases of urgency the local boards shall employ no one without first reporting to the State board of examiners and receiving the authorization of that body. Senator Earl led the attack upon the bill, which he declared would be a blow at the ate University and the public schools. Senator Burke declared that Earl's argu- ment was a mere subterfuge. The bill did not include the university and the public schools, and if Senator Earl really feared that it did he could offer an amendment which would certainly exclude them. Senator Withington hit Earl a verbal rap by declaring that his argument against the bill convinced him that it would be wise to vote for the measure. Senators Orr and Biggy made speeches in support of the bill. Senator Langford attacked Senator Earl, declaring that he had had a director of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Asylum sitting by his side as a lobbyist, and that he had killed a bill at that director’s instigation. To this Earl replied: *“I have seen no one lobbying more on the floor of this Sen- ate than the directors of the Insane Asylum n the district of the Senator from San Joa- quin and to whom he introduced me on the floor of this Senate. His high-sound- ing expressions had better be moditied a little.” When the vote was taken there wasa good deal of dodging and a call of the Sen- ate followed, during which Earl went to Beard’s desk on an unsuccessful mission to get him to change his vote, and White- hurst was quite as unsuccessful in his visit to Shippee’s desk in trying to get him to vote at all. The bill was carried by the fol- lowing vote: Ayes—Arms, Beard, Biggy, Burke, Dunn, Fay, Franck, Cleaves, Henderson, Hoyt, Lang- ford, Mitchell, Orr, Pedlar, Seawell, Seymour, Simpson, Toner, Voorheis, Whitehurst, With7 ington—21. Noes—Aram, Androus, Bert, Denison, Earl- Hart Holloway, Linder, Mahomney, Mattin, Mathews, McGowan, Shine, Smith—14. Failed to vote—Flint Ford, Shippee—3 Absent—Gessford, McAllister—2. Earl changed his vote from no to aye, and will move for a reconsideration to-mor- Tow. After a deal of discussion over Senator Mathews' bill, permitting Los Angeles County to bond itself for railroad con- struction, the Senate voted to reconsider the action by which the bill was passed on Saturday. The vote stood 24 for reconsid- eration to 12 against. The bill was made a special order for to-morrow. On motion of Withington of San Diego for the Judiciary Committee the state- ment of population of the various counties, based on a calculation from the guber- natorial vote, was stricken out and an arbitrary figure of population inserted as given by each . Senator. This was done to meet Earl's objection urged Saturday evening as te the mode of classification by population. Under the adopted classification there are fifty-seven classes, each county forming a class; San Francisco first, Los Angeles second, Ala- meda third, Santa Clara fourth, Sacra- mento fifth, Sonoma, sixth, San Joaquin seventh, San Diego eighth, Fresno ninth, San Bernardino tenth and so on to Alpine fifty-seventh. Hart of Sacramento caused a debate by a proposed amendment, which was lost, to have Supervisors in cities of the twenty- fifth class (Kern) name paper for official advertising. Another amendment by Hart carried, giving counties one extra deputy sheriff and two extra county clerks for each addi- tional Superior Judge. Amendmentswere made following in the lead of the amend- ment by Biggy of San Francisco resulted in giving Tax Collectors or Assessors no commissions for personal property col- lections but to make salaries payment in full. The bill went to the printer and was made a special order for Wednesday. A bill was passed appropriating $3000 deficiency for putting in heating and ven- tilatinlg apparatus for the San Jose Normal School. LIVELY NIGHT SESSION. A VARIETY OF MEASURES PASSED UPON BY THE SENATE. SacraMENTO, March 11.—Senator An- drous broke the Senate record to-night. He requested a reduction in the appropria- tion for an institution in his district, and was permitted to introduce a bill cancel- ing the appropriation of §245,000 for the Whittier Reform School in the general ap- propriation bill and appropriating $200,000 for that institution. ' ““They have reduced the salaries at Whit- tier,” said Senator Androus. ‘I have let- ters stating that $200,000 will be sufficient. Economy is in the air and we want to be- gin in Southern California.” The bill was read the first time and hurried to the printer. The telephone cinch bill was killed to- night. The measure secured but 11 votes to 22 against it, Senator Biggy asked the author of the bill to explain its purpose. There was no explanation. Senator Earl’s bill, which has for its ob- ject the prohibition of the sale of liquor within a mile of the State University or of any State prison, passed the Senate by a unanimous vote. Senator Bert’s bill to abolish Dr. Potter’s Home for the care of inebriates came up for consideration. Bert declared that the institution was a modern bastile. The bill was finally passed without a dissenting vote. Senator Fay withdrew his bill directing the Board of Harbor Commissioners to ex- tend the seawall north and substituted As- semblyman Spencer’s bill, No, 889, relat- ing to elections. The bill provides that nominations shall be filed with the Secre- tary of State not more than sixty nor less than thirty days before an election. It also provides that the Supervisors shall choose the election officers, and seeks to regulate the elections in such way as to guard against frauds. It is provided that the election officers must be chosen nearly as possibe from all political par- ties. Assoon asclerks complete the tal- lies they must trace the lines beneath and affix their initials to prevent interpolations and to enable the authorities to trace frauds. A feature of the bill is that re- quiring the clerks, as soon as the last vote is cast, and before they begin count of the ballots, to cancel all unused ballots and seal them up to be sent to the® County Clerk. A further provision affects the stamp. The stamp is to be made of a solid piece of wood with a cross cut in each end. The bill was read for the third time and as finally passed by the Senate. Senator Mahoney’s bill providing for the appointment of an examining engineer to license engineers of portable und station- ary engines and boilers and to establish the duties and compensation of the exam- ining engineer was attacked by Senator Martin. Semator Biggy declared that the bill was most dangerous. He called upon Senator Mahoney to lain the bill. Senator Mahoney made a short statement and asked that the bill be passed by for the evening, Senator Whitehurst declared t the purposes of the bill were per- i Every engineer connected with a steam threshing machine would have to be examined. The bill would entail a great expense and would make situations for a host of place-hunte: The Senate refused to allow the bill to go over until to-morrow and promptly defeated it. Assemblyman Powers’ bill, which changes the Board of Election Commissioners by giving to the Mayor the authority to appoint the four Commissioners, passed the Senate. Senator Ford had Assembly bill 702, in- troduced by the Assembly Committee on Corporations, placed the special ur- geney file to-night. This aroused the ire of Senator Bigey, who asked why the Sen- ator from Sierra should take such an inter- est in San Francisco affairs. Senator Biggy succeeded in having the bill, which has passed the Aksembly, referred to the San Francisco delegation, though retaining its place on the file. The bill, it is claimed, will, if passed, re- peal the McCoppin act. It applies to cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. A pro- vision of the bill provides that not more than five cents shall be charged as a fare for a distance of less than three miles. This would enable the street roads to charge more than five cents for a greater distance thin three miles. A gecond pro- vision relates to the speed of street rail- way lines, which in the bill is increased from eight to twelve miles an hour. Brusie of the Ways and Means Commit- tee introduced the general tax levy bill. For the forty-seventh fiscal year it pro- vides the following items: For general fund, §—; for school fund, $2,195459; for interest and sinking fund, $141,135. Simi- lar amendments are allowea for the forty- eighth year. Besr is always cheapest. Dr. Price’s, as the purest and strongest of the baking powders, is more economical than the ordinary kind. CONGRATUL. ATING BASSFORD. - The Assemblyman Receives Many Pleas- ant Letters From His Admirers. SacraMENTO, March 11.—J. M. Bassford, the Assemiblyman from the Nineteenth District, has received numerous let- ters of congratulation from sportsmen in moderate circumstances in all parts of the State because of the able and effective fight he made in behalf of the new fish and game law which recently passed the lower house of the Legislature. The measure, the passage of which was secured mainly by his efforts, is very popular with the people generally, though millionaire sportsmen condemn it because under its provisions the wealthy gun clubs can no longer con- trol the shooting on large tracts of tide water marsh land. Mr. Bassford comes from Vacaville, So- lano County. He is one of the hard- est workers in the lower House, and was early in the session recognized as one of its leading members. He studies carefully each measure as it comes up, weighs carefully the pros and cons and forms his own opinions upon each question. Bassford is not one of the shirkers, and he prides himself upon a record which shows Slnt never yet has he missed a rollcall or moved for an ad- journment, —— REV. ME. BUKEY IN PORTLAND. Left Los Angeles on Account of Domestic Troubles. PorTLAXND, Or,, March 11.—A recent dis- patch from Los Angeles stated that Rev. R. B. Bukey of that city had disappeared from Garvanza, Cal., mysteriously and was believed to have been murdered. Rev. Mr. Bukey is in Portland, and has been holding evangelistic meetings in this city in connection with Rev. Mr. Newton since last December. He states that he left Los Angeles on account of domestic trouble. Lo sy Refused to Dismiss the Case. FRresyo, Cal., March 11.—A motion made by the District Attorney to dismiss the case of W. G. Lane, who is charged with the murder of William Canfield at Sanger four years ago, was denied by Judge Stan- ton L. Carter to-day. A year ago Lane was convicted of murder in the first degree but the Supreme Court ordered a new trial. Convention at Salt Lake. Sarr Lake, March 11.—The constitu- tional convention spent most of the after- noon in discussing mileage and the report of the committee on rules. The time for the daily meetings of the sessions was fixed at 2 v, M. WANTS A RECEIVER, The Oregon Short Line Once More in Court at Portland. MILLIONS IN MORTGAGES. American Loan and Trust Company Protecting Its Interests. COUNSEL STORY'S STATEMENT. He Says the Present Receivers Have Enough Money to Pay De- faulted Interest. PorTLAND, Or., March 11.—The hearing was begun in the United States Circuit Court to-day before Judge Gilbert on an | application for an independent receiver for the Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway. This kearing is on the application of the American Loan and Trust Company for the appointment of a receiver independent of Union Pacific interests. The Union Pacific receivers are at present also re- ceivers of the Oregon Short Line and Utah i Northern, having been appointed separate | receivers of thatline in proceedings brought | by John F. Dillon, trustee of the first mort- gage on the old Oregon Short Line, which is the line from Huntington to Granger and the branch to Ketchum. The American Loan and Trust Company is trustee of the consolidated mortgage on the Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern system, which was executed about the time of the consolidation of the several roads into one system, and which covers allthe lines subject to the first-mortgage liens, and on some of them subject to second-mortgage liens. It was on this consolidated mortgage that the foreclosure proceedings were be- gun in Judge Gilbert’s court by the Ameri- can Loan and Trust Company. This com- pany isalso trustee of the collateral trust bond securities of the consolidated system, and also of the first mortgage on the Idaho Central, a minor branch of the system. The consolidated mortgage is for $10,895,- 000. The collateral irust mortgage is for §14,000,000. The first mortgage on the Idaho Central is for $145,000. The total amount of the mortgages on different parts of the Short Line system, which are prior liens to the consolidated mortgage, is $27, 940. Of this amount John F. Dillon is trustee of the first mortgage on the old Oregon Short line for $14,931,000, and ofthe first mortgage on the Salt Lake and West- ern for $1,080,000, a total of $16,011,000. Joseph Richardson is trustee of the first mortgage on the Utah and Northern for $4,955,000. James M. Ham is trustee of the first mortgage on the Utah Southern for $1,528,000 and of the first mortgage on the Utah Southern extension for $1,950,000, or a total of $3,478,000. Dillon, Richardson and Ham are trus- tees for mortgages on different parts of the | system aggregating $24,442,000. All of the trustees oppose the granting of the appli- cation for an independent receiver and favor the continuance of Union Pacific con- trol of the Short Line system. Their mortgages are all first liens. These latter aggregate $25,040,000. Morsfield & Story and Dolph, Mallory, Simon and Strahan are the attorneys of record for the American Loan and Trust Company, and Senator Thurston, Winslow S. Pierce and 8now & McCammant will appear for the defendants and urge the continuance of Union Pacific control. Winslow 8. Pierce, counsel for the first- mortgage bondholders on the Oregon Short Line, moved a dismissal o the case. Story, counsel for the American Loan and Trust Company, suggested that he be heard in his statement of the complainants’ case before Pierce’s motion was argued. His suggestion was adopted. and he began his statement of the American Loan and Trust Company’s complaint for a separate re- ceiver. He explained the organization of the different companies which were merged into the Short Line system, and of their consolidation into the Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway Company, After stating the default of interest on the bonds he said there was no question that a receiver should be put in possession of the property. The only question was who was to be chosen, and this was the point at issue in the suit. He then read from the traffic agreement between the | Oregon Short Line and Utah Northernand the Union Pacific, showing that the two | companies’ roads were to be worked as one line. He said at the time of this traffic contract the laws of the United States pro- hibited the leasing of one railroad to an- other except by express legislative author- ity, and this traffic contract was intended and did practically take the place of a lease. He compared the two sides of the Union Pacific system. On one side he placed the corporate officers of the Union Pacific Company, who had controlled eighty sub- sidiary companies for the benefit of and in the interest of the Union Pacific Company. On the other hand he said there are num- bers of people having their money invested in the stock and securities of the sub- sidiary companies controlled by the Union Pacitic Company. He referred to the Ames bill and said Mr. Clark, Mr. Mink, Mr. Atkins and the executors of the Ames estate secretly ar- ranged to place the Union Pacific Com- pany and its eighty subsidiary companies in the hands of Mr. Clark, with Mr. Mink and Mr. Anderson as receivers, and in furtherance of this plan they brought the Ames bill in the United States court at Omaha. Mr. Story gave way to Mr. Pierce to argue his motion for dismissal or that the case be remanded to the district of Wy- oming as the court of primary jurisdiction. He said the first-mortgage bonds on the Oregon Short Line outstanding amount to $14,931,000; the first-mortgage bonds on the Utah and Northern amount to $4,495,000; the Utah Southern Railway Company has outstanding $1,650,000. All of these mort- gages are prior to the consolidated mort- gage, The bonds secured by these prior mortgages are in amount more than double the consolidated mortgage. Mr. Pierce also said that if the jnnior mortgagee (the American Loan and Trust Company) would pay the interest on the, prior mortgages and furnish adequate se- curity for future payments he stood ready as representative of all the first-mortgage holders to accept it and withdraw from the case. Mr. Story interrupted to say that the receivers had in their hands sufiicient funds to pay all the defaulted interest and if they would turn this over to an inde- pendent receiver he would agree that the receiver should pay the interest on the first | mortgages. INVESTIGATION AT SEATTLE. A Customs Statistician Is Being Looked After. SearrLe, Wash., March 11.—Collector of Customs Saunders is investigating charges against his statistician, Deputy Stephen House, preferred by Special Treasury Agent Bean. When Bean came here on his inspection tour he recognized House as a4 man who had been indicted five years ago in Idaho for horse-stealing. House admits having been in trouble with the Mormons about horses, but says that he rounded up a bunch of horses and when he found some of them did not belong to him he turned them loose. Hisfriends say that Bean is actuated by personal feelings growing out of their rivalry in Idaho poli- tics. They say the Mormons procured his indictment on trumped up charges out of revenge for his co-operation with Senator Dubois, the United States attorney, and with his brother-in-law, the United States Marshal, in prosecutions for bigamy; also because the Mormons wanted to get pos- session of valuable water rights House owned. House is the only Republican re- maining in the Puget Sound customs ser- vice, and has served under the two preced- ing Republican administrations, his ser- vices being highly valued. Huxpreps have tried but none have succeeded in_efforts to equal Dr. Price’s Baking Powder. Without a rival for forty THEY WILL ALL FIGHT IT. LIQUoR MEN INTERESTED IN TwWo MEASURES Now PENDING. ONE BiILL SLIPPED THROUGH WITH- ouT THEIR BEING AWARE oF IT. SacraMenTo, March 11.—While the liquor men have been trying to passa uniform license bill, and failing in that have sought to engraft on the county govermentand other bills provisions which would recog- nize the traffic in intoxicants and givea favorable status to the business, right un- der their very noses two bills have been passed which if signed will seriously cripple the liquor inter- ests. One of these bills through a defect of construction has come back to the Legislature, and the liquor men will have an opportunity to test their strength in an attempt to defeat it in the Senate aud the Assembly. The other bill is Senator Withington’s pure food bill, which applies to liquors as well as to breadstuffs, and which the author confidently believes will receive the Governor's signature. Withington’s bill will if enforced absolutely prevent the adulteration of liquors. But the bill which will strike consternation in the liquor lobby is Senate bill 369, introduced by Senator Voorheis, and passed by both houses. The California Protective Asso- ciation conducted a vigorous prenomina- tion and pre-election campaign. It succeeded in having many of the Senators and Assemblymen pledge them- selves not to enact legislation adverse to liquor interests, and while G. W. Bakerand | the members of the California Protective | &y Association have been most strenuous in their efforts to secure favorable legislation | for the liquor interests they allowed this | bill to quietly pass both houses, i ignorance of the fact that it is the strong- | est local-option measure ever passed in an State, and one which attorneys regard as | sure to stand the test of the courts. But| for the fatal defect in engrossment this bill | might have received the Governor's sanc- tion and now be in force as a law. In 1891 the Legislature passed a bill for the creation of sanitary districts, fo be | The act regulated by a sanitary board. provides that when twenty-five ci holders petition a Board of Supery: an election to determine whethe tary district shall be created, the board must order such election. The bill intro- duced by Senator Voorheis to amend this act passed the Senate by a vote of 22to1 and the Assembly by 48 aflirmative votes, with no negative ones. The amendment to the law as passed provides that the sanitary board make and enforce regulations regarding disorderly houses, and to declare the qualifications of persons who may sell liquor at retail, no one being empowered to sell liquor unless he has the approval of the board. The por- tion of the amendment which has direct bearing on the liquor traflic reads as fol- lows: To make and enforce all necessary and proper regulations for suppressing disorderly and disreputable resorts and houses of ill fame within the district, and to determine the quali- fication of persons authorized to sell liquors at retail, and from and after the passage of this act no license to keep a saloon or sell liquors at retail shall take effector be operative withinany sanitary district unless the same be approved Dby the sanitary board of the district; toimpose fines, penalties and forfeitures for any and all violations of its regulations or orders, and to fix the penalty thereoi by fine or imprison- ment or both, but no fine shall exceed the sum of $100, and no such imprisonment shall ex- ceed one month. Under this amendment there is nothing to forbid the organization of sanitary dis- tricts throughout San Francisco and other large cities, as well as in the county, and to absolutely forbid the traffic in liquor in such districts. The fatal defect in the bill as printed is that in the title the word “Collections” appears where the word “‘elections” should appear and the date of the act sought to be amended is omitted. ‘When the bill was read by the Governor lately he noticed the fatal clerical errors and notified Senator Voorheis, its author. The bill has been recalled for repairs, and a lively fight is now anticipated Blood is Life | And upon the purity and vitality of the blood depends the health of the whole system. The best blood purifier is Hood’s Sarsaparilla This is proved beyond any doubt by the wonderful cures which have been accom- plished by this medicine. Weak, tired, | nervous men and women tell of new | strength and vigor and steady nerves given by Hood's Sarsaparilla. 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