The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 15, 1895, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 189 THE FIVECENT FARES, The Southern Pacific’s Plan to Raise Rates Fails. M'COPPIN’S ACT STANDS. The Senate Passes the Street- Car Bill With All of Biggy’s Amendments. ONE RESULT OF THE EXPOSE The Influence of the “Octopus” Is Fast Waning and Its Grip Relaxes. SACRAMENTO, March 14.—Senator 3 tement has had one effect. Had it not been for hi ction the Senate would certainly have passed the bill in the interest of the Market-street combine, re- g the McCoppin act and permitting ays of San Francisco to re- fuse transfers and to charge more than 5 cents on most of its lines. s. When the bill came back from the printer to-day all of the amendments which Biggy had insisted upon were ac- cepted with scarcely dissent. The Freeman bill ws condition, th restored to its original isted prior to the Southern Pacific’s successful effort to sneak in amendments, and beyond that a proviso was added that the act should not be con- strued to repeal the McCoppin act in any way. The bill was then declared to be sat- isfactory to all, and was sent back to the printer. So a little bravery on the part of Senator Biggy, coupled with the earnest efforts of Senators Burke, McAllister, Withington and others, has saved San Francisco from another scheme of the octopus. As the bill now stands, it is said to be chiefly of value to help out certain rail- road-bond projects in Los Angeles. Another instance of the woeful decrease that has taken place in the influence of the Southern Pacific Company since the expose of the Senate “‘combine’ by Biggy of San Francisco came to light to-n when the iniquitous anti-Robinson, anti- stopover bili was withdrawn from the The bill was placed on the urgency file by Speaker Lynch. It was so amended that it had no terrors, but if the Southern Pacific had had its former power the bill would have been transmitted to the Senate and reamended into shape there and then, broug to the Assembly and the amendments concurred in by it. Dodge of Alameda, Bledsoe of Humboldt and several other gentlemen were loaded e with red-hot arguments and worded amendments, with which they intended to effect the final and utter demoralization of the measure. When the bill reached Speaker Lynch announced that a Senate bill re- ng to leasing itural lands would nserted, and before any one quite real- ized what was happening he ordered the new bill 1 a second time. It took a half minute for the House to recover its presence of mind. Then Bledsoe b 1 frantic howls to attract the Speaker’s at- tention. But it was Lynch’s own bill that W erned, and that gentleman leaned back smilingly in his big chair and paid no attention to the uproar that almost drowned the stentorian tomes of Clerk Branch’s voice. When the clerk had fin- ished reading the substituted: bill Lynch’s head reappeared above his desk, and when Bledsoe began to object he announced that the objection came too late. It was further explained that the substitution Dbad been decided upon last night. The withdrawal of this bill isan ad- mission that Dr. Robinson has once more beaten the Southern Paci It is now too late for it to be revived in any form. A LIVELY ROW. SENATOR BURKE AcCUSES EARL OF BRE G A PROMISE. March 14.—The feat- ures of th on of the Senate to-day were the of the constitutional amendment to submit to the people of the State the proposition to grant suffrage to women, the passage of the election law, and the refusal of the Senate to pass the bill giving the Board of Examiners control of the State penal and charitable instit- utions. The last brought out a bitter colloquy. Earl of Alameda voted against the bill. Burke of Santa Cruz walked over to Earl's desk and accused him of going back on his promise. He declared that Earl had promised when section 3 was stricken out a day or two ago to vote for the bill. “I did not,” said Barl. “You did! you did! you did!” said Burke, Withington and Gesford in chorus, and a little profanity enlivened the dis- cussion. 1 said, “You can’t bluff me,” and waved Burke away. Senator Earl subsequently made the fol- lowing statement to the press: “The Senator is greatly mistaken about my promising any one that I would vote for Assembly bill 526, and was laboring under clev was o, great excilement over the defeat of a favorite bill. Yesterday when the bill was wup Senator Ford tend- ered an amendment striking out sec- tion 3 of the bill, and at the time he and Senator Bert publicly declared to the Senate that they would support the bill if the amendment was adopted and they were taken up on their offer by the friends of the bill and the amendment was accepted. I made mno declaration whatever. But after the friends of the bill had accepted the Ford amendment and not before I did say to some about my seat that I intended to support the bill so amended, but this declaration did not and could not have affected or in the slightest degree in- fluenced any man’s vote, for those that may have heard me had already accepted the amendment and were advocating it. “Upon examining the bill as amended I found that the Ford amendment did not carry with it all the obnoxious parts of the bill, and I felt obliged to vote against the measure. Had any Senatorin theslightest degree been influenced by my statement I would deem myself to have surrendered any further independence of action in the matter. “If Senator Seawell’s proposed amend- ment had been adopted the last poison fang in the bill would havc been out and I would have supported the bill.” Burke insists that he did promise to vote for the bill. He also accuses Seymour of dodging the vote. “genx&)r Seymour made the pretext that he was downstairs and that he dia not | know that the bill was coming up. It is very strange that these changes should take place within twenty-four hours,” was his comment. “I was informed by Boruck before the vote was taken that the men would break on its passage.” At the night session Senator Hart made an argument in behalf of legalizing gam- bling. The proposed constitutional amendment providing that nine men on a jury may convict was refused a passage at the after- noon session. A concurrent resolution was adopted granting J. M. Hutchins of Yosemite Valley use for ten years of a cabin and sur- rounding five acres. Mathews of Los Angeles made a good fight for his bill authorizing counties of the second class to build, lease and operate railroads. It was refused passage early in the week, but came up on reconsideration. There was little opposition to the bill, but when the roll was called the negative votes piled up and Mathews demanded a call of the House. Ford of Sierra was brought in and voted aye, but this gave only sixteen votes each way, and the bill was declared defeated. This bill was designed to permit Los An- geles to issue bonds to aid in the construc- tion of a railroad to Salt Lake. The bill repealing the act creating a State Bureau of Labor Statistics was re- fused passage. The following bills were passed : Linder’s bill amending the laws of 1885, 1887 and 1889 relative to the indebtedness that cities of the fifth class may incur to obtain water works. Raising the age of consent from 14 to 18. Prohibiting the display of foreign flags on public buildings. Repealing the law relating to quarantine of the port of San Francisco. Providing for a new system of holding pri- mary elections. This is Spencer’s bill, which also passed the Assembly to-day. Bills were passed at the evening session as follows: Frohibiting the sale of short-weight butter. for the relfef of mines within the s of Yosemite National Park. Prohibiting the obstruction of rivers by dems and compelling fish-ladders at certain points Acquiring County irom title to a road in El Dorado mith’s Flat to Lake Tahoe and appropriating $2500 for its maintenance. Appropriating $33,700 for the improvement of streets around tne Capitol at Sacramento. Authotizing the reorganization of the Na- tional Guard. Appropriating $5000 for an additional build- ing for the Women’s Relief Corps Home. Creating the office of Fish and Game Warden | in each county. Appropriating §6500 deficiency Southern California Asylum. ASSEMBLYMEN IN ANGER for THE PHILBROOK BIiLL LEADS TO ACRIMONIOUS DEBATE. SACRAMENTO, March 14.—Acrimoni- ous personalities were occasioned by the attempt to reconsider the bill making it impossible for Judges to disbar attorneys unless by trial. The motion to reconsider was made by Judge Waymire, but was de- feated by a vote of 26 to 34, and Mr. Phil- brook’s friends are congratulating him. ““This bill has occasioned more disgrace- ful and aunoying lobbying than any other this session,” said the Alameda Judge in making his motion. “The lawyer inter- ested [referring to Philbrook} was bother- ing me continually. I told him then that I was opposed to the bill, as I thought it was & gratuitous insult to the Supreme Court and its Judges. I see by a morning paper that I promised to vote for his bili. This is not true. Philbrook told me he had letters from these Judges approving the bill. I said if he could show me them I would vote for it. But I have had no reason to change my mind.” ‘Waymire wanted to introduce and have read Chief Justice Beatty’s opinion on the case. The House objected and as soon as his minute wae up made him sit down. North of Alameda began reading the de- n as his speech of the subject. Time was called before he was half through and Belshaw grabbed the book and finished the decision. Judge Spencer said he made an appeal for justice. He denied that the Judges were exposed to insult. If a man misbe- haved he could still be fined and impris- oned. The bill takes out of the hands of | one man the power of refusing an attorney permission to earn_his liv So grave a punishment should not lie in the discre- tion of a man who might be moved by prejudice. ‘Wade of Napa said that a Judge would not have the right to refuse any other class of men the right to practice their pro- fession because of contempt they might have displayed. He therefore thought it wrong to wreak such vengeance on an offending lawyer. Dixon of San Francisco is much in earnest in favor of the bill. When lawyers on the floor of the house indulged in severe criticism of Attorney Philbrook for lobbying for his bill, the San Francisco Assemblyman said: “Is that any worse than making a trade of your vote and agree to support a bill to license architects to ob- tain a reconsideration? I don’tthink it is. And, gentlemen—"’ A clamor arose and drowned even the voice of the Speaker and the banging of his gavel. Dixon subsided with fierce glances at the gentleman from Alameda, who flushed deeply, but said nothing. The chairannounced that he would allow no personalities, and a vote was taken with the result that Philbrook will, if the bill is approved by the Governor, be readmitted to practice. The vote was as follows: Ayes—Bassford, Belshaw, Bennett, Bettman, Boothby, Bulla, Butler, Cutter, Davis, Devitt, Dinkelspiel, Dodge, Fassett, Guy, Hatfield, Huber, Kelsey, Laugenour, Meads, McKelvey, North, Pendleton, Tibbitts, Waymire, Weyse. Zocchi—26. Noes—aAsh, Barker, Berry, Coughlin, Coleman, Collins, Dale, Devine, Dixon, Dunber, Dwyer, Ewing, Gay, Glass, Hall, Healey, Holland, Hud- son, Kenyon, Lairg, McCarthy, Nelson, O’Day, Osborn, Richards, Robinson, Rowell, Sanford, Spencer, Staley, Thomas, Twigg, Wade, Wilkin- son—34. It is understood that Governor Budd re- gards the bill favorably ana will sign it. San Francisco Police Bill. SACRAMENTO, March 14.—Wilkinson’s bill, authorizing the Supervisors of San Fn{nc'\sco to appoint from 50 to 100 extra policemen whenever they should deem it necessary, was passed to-day. Ewing of San Francisco introduced an amendment striking out the limit of 100 men. Realizing that his action would not be in the line of economy he withdrew his amendment. Several of the San Francisco delegation urged the passage of the bill, 0'Day of San Francisco making the speach of his life. There was little objection to the bill, none of the San Francisco delega- tion voting against it. Ewing did not vote. —— MR Furniture Furned. HARTFORD, . Conn., March 14.—Fire in the building occupied by Charles Hart & Co., ‘dealers in house furniture, at1 o’clock this morning caused $100,000 dam- age to stock and building. the | STANDING BY WOMEN, The Assembly Rejects Amendments to the - Suffrage Bill. SPENCER ITS CHAMPION. His Urgent Plea That the House Stand by Its Record. A VICTORY IN TH® SENATE. Passage of the Proposed Constitu~ tional Amendment After Hard Work by Its Advocates. SACRAMENTO, March 14.—Once more the Assembly has declared its determina- tion to stand by the Republican plank of the platform regarding woman’s suffrage. When Jndge Spencer’s bill came back from the Senate with the word “male’ inserted where it would kill the purpose of the bill its author prepared to fight, and the ladies who have been working for the measure since its introduction once more bes the House. The bill was brought up among the Sen- ate notices this morning. Judge Spencer addressed the House briefly as to the ne- cessity under the pledges of the Republi- can platform of refusing to concur in the measure. He then made the matter a per- sonal one, and, stating that he had not be- fore usked the House to do anything for him, he besought them to show by their votes for his sake that they did not agree with the amendments introduced by Sen- ator Gesford. The vote wasas follows on the motion not to concur in the Senate amendment: Ayes—Ash (R.), Bassford (R.), Belshaw (R.), Cargill (R.), Coughlin (D.), Cutter (R.), Devitt (R.), Dunbar (R.), Hatfield (R.), Healey (D.), Kelsey (R), Laird (R.), Laugenour (D.), North (R.), Reid (D.), Robinson (R.), Stansell (R.), er (R.), Thomas (R.), Wade (R.), Weyse (R.), Speaker Lynch (R.)—-22. Noes—Bachman, ‘Barker, Benmett, Berry, Bledsoe, Boothby, Brusie, Bulla, Collins, Dale, Davis, Devine, Dinkelspiel, Dixon, Dwyer, Ewing, Fassett, Fay, Glass, Guy, Hall, Huber, Hudson, Johnson, Jones, Keen, Kenyon, Mc- Kelvey, Merrill, Nelson, 0'Day, Osborn, Phelps, Powers, Richards, Rowell, Spencer, Staley, Tib- Ditts, Tomblin,Waymire, Wilkinson, Zocchi—43. Absent—Bettman, Butler, Coleman, Dodge, Freeman, Holland, Lewis, Llewellyn, Meads, McCarthy, Pendleton, Price, Sanford, Twigg, Wilkins—15. VICTORY IN THE SENATE. THE PROPOSED SUFFRAGE AMEND- MENT CARRIES. SACRAMENTO, March 14.—The consti- tutional amendment to be submitted to a popular vote, giving women the right to vote, was called up by McGowan of Hum- boldt in the Senate to-day. It was offered in the Assembly by Barker of Santa Bar- bara (Pop.), and has already passed that body. Lady lobbyists, headed by Mme. Sorbier of San Francisco, Mrs. Spencer of Susanville and Laura de Force Gordon of | Stockton, were on hand and busy flitting about seeking to win votes for their cause. Martin of Placer provoked applause by announcing that he would vote for the pro- posed amendment, although he had voted against the bill. The roll was called, and after a call of the House and a long wait the amendment was adopted by just a necessary two-thirds vote. This was not accomplished until Withington of San Diego and Aram of Yolo had been made converts. The vote is as follows: Ayes—Aram, Androus, Beard, Bert, Burke, Denison, Earl, Ford, Franck, Gleaves, Hart, Holloway, Hoyt, Langford, Linder, Martin, Mc- Gowan, Mitchell, Orr, Pedlar, Seymour, Shine, Shippee, Simpson, Smith, Voorheis, Withing- ton—27. Noes — Arms, Fay, Gesford, Mathews, Mc- Allister, Seawell, Whitehurst—7. Absent—Mahoney and Biggy. Present but not voting—Dunn, Flint, Hender- son, Toner—4. Gesford changed his vote from no to aye, and gave notice of a reconsideration. ALAMEDA SALARY RAIDERS. THEY GAIN A VICTORY IN THE LEGISLATURE. SACRAMENTO, March 14.—The salary raiders of Alameda won a victory in the Senate to-night and delayed the passage of the general appropriation bill. Senator Earl declared that six out of nine of the Alameda delegation were op- posed to the conference report which re- duced the salary of the Treasurer of Ala- meda County from $6000 to $4000. “I sat up till 1:30 o’clock waiting for the Alameda delegation to agree,” said Sen- ator Withington. “The Assembly made all concessions for higher salaries voted in the Senate for Alameda, except that of treasurer, and Assemblyman North seemed to think an agreement of a majority had been reached on the treasurer's salary. The Alameda delegation had better settle its own differences instead of delaying leg- islation.” *‘We can’t dance attendance on Ala- meda any longer. Alameda has been in a stew over salaries for the past two months,” said Senator Smith. “1f the fair-minded Senator from Kern would attend to his own county and leave Alameda alone he might do better,” re- torted Earl. “Iam tired of this injustice. I resent it here. Itisreserved for the dis- tinguished Senator from San Diego, from the horned-toad district, to dictate what Alameda shall do. He did not sit up till 1:30 o’clock waiting on Alameda.” “The Assembly and the Senate failed to agree,”’ said Withington. “The confer- ence committees were appointed. The Assembly receded from all the reductions on salaries except one. The conferees agreed on the cut. Now, the Senator from Alameda wants to undo all this and delay matters.” Senator Seawell asked Senator Earl if the men elected had not been elected on plat- forms pledged to retrenchment. Earl’s re- ply was lost in the hubbub. The Senate re- fused to recede, and so a new conference will have to be held. The general appropriation will be de- layed and the chances are that not a single salary in Alameda will be cut. Senator Beard voted to accept the conference re- port. Senators- Earl and Denison voted against it. Assemblyman Fassett, who has fought all along for economy, was an interested witness of the victory of the office-holders of Alameda County. An AllegedzCinch Bill Withdrawn.; SACRAMENTO, March 14.—The barbed- wire bill, prohibiting the use of barbed wire for fences along the roads, was with- drawn to-night by its author, Kelsey of Santa Clara. This caused considerable comment, as the bill has been carefully watched as an alleged “cinch” bill. John C. Pelton, the old schoolteacher, Wwho has been begging something from every session of the Legislature for the last ten years, in spite of his having a well- to-do son in Oakland, obtained the passage to-night of a bill giving him §5000. O'Day of San Francisco, after a gallant fight, succeeded in having the bill appro- priating §1052 for Jerome O. Deasy, which was defeated yesterday, reconsidered. The bill was then passed by a vote of 43 to 21. OREGON RAILEOAD CASE. Senator Thurston Makes an Argument in Favor of a Demurrer. PORTLAND, Or., March 14—Senator John M. Thurston to-day argued in favor of the demurrer to the billof the American Loan and Trust Company against the Ore- gon Short Line and Utah Northern Rail- way Company. He said the first mortgages on the origi- nal Oregon Short Line and the Utah and Northern were first liens on the properties and that any subsequent mortgage was subject to these prior liens. 2 Thurston held that judicial propriety, which the solicitor of Diln, a trustee, had d, required that when was brought it be com- menced in the Eighth Circuit, which had primary jurisdiction. He said in these proceedings the counsel for complainant had referred time and again, by innuendo rather than by plain speaking, to errors in the orders made by the Federal courts from the beginning of the Ames suit down to date. He said he should never stand and criticise the actions of the Federal court of his country. He said that in the Dillon case the court of Oregon and the court of Idaho conceded by their orders that the Wyoming court was of primary jurisdiction, and conceded to it the right to primarily make any order in that case. Thurston then paid his respects to Mr. Story’s statement that the American Loan and Trust Company did not ask for the ap- pointnient of its receiver, but for the appointment of a proper court receiver, and said the petitioner had picked a receiver, meaning John M. Eagan, chairman of the Managers’ Association during the great strike of last summer, had brought him clear across the con- tinent, he had sat in the courtroom during all of the argument, and sat there as “pe- titioner’s exhibit A in the case. 00D SAN BERNARDINO CASE. AN OFFICIAL'S SUIT AGAINST HIMSELF T0 RECOVER HIS SALARY. A MATTER OF GREAT INTEREST TO EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE. SAN BERNARDINO, March 14.—A peculiar suit was begun here to-day, when J. “W. B Diss; ant County Clerk, mandamused Diss as County Auditor to issue warrants for one week’s salary earned between January 1 and January 8. It happened that all the county officers whose terms expired with the beginning of this year served fifty-three weeks, but the Board of Supervisors refused to allow pay for the last week. The case comes up next week in the Su- perior Court and will be watched with in- terest all over the State, for the reason that every county officer in California, whose term expired last January, is in the same position as the San Bernardino officers. BLOCKS A RAILROAD. A Woman Insists on Her Claim to the Ownership of Land. SAN BERNARDINO, March 14.—Mrs. Sheldon of Rabel Springs has'come in con- flict with the Arrowhead and Waterman Railroad by building a wire fence across the road and notifying the company that she claims the land. Mrs. S8he’don formerly owned the land and her decd to the company was a right of way with a reversion back in case the company abandons the road at any time. Owing to financial troubles the motor road has not been in operation for several months. The company recently leased the right of way to parties for a term of years, and in preparing to reopen the road they find it blocked with a wire fence. A lively law- suit may be the result. A Book-Dealer Fails. SAN BERNARDINO, March 14.—A. W. Barnum, a book-seller, gave a bill of sale to-day fo H. I, Harris of his stock for the benefit of his creditors. The transaction was equivalent to an assignment and was agreed to by representatives of the San Francisco Board of Trade and the Los An- geles Board of Trade. The liabilities are about $11,000 and -assets $13,000. About half the indebtedness is held here and the other half in San Francisco and Los An- geles. Mr. Barnum was established in business here fourteen years. e MISS DICKASON’S CASE. Attorney Hart Satisfied Ihat She Will Soon Reappear. SACRAMENTO, March 14.—Ex-Attor- ney-General Hart says he is satisfied that Alice Edith Dickason has only changed her lodging place for a short time and wit appear again in a few days. “Bince she has been in San Francisco she has occupied rooms in the Blythe block,” he explained, “but three weeks ago, after we had received our last decision in the Supreme Court, I notified her that Mrs. Hinckley wished her to vacate the rooms, and she promised to do so. I have no doubt but that she has merely fulfilled her promise. Several times before she has disappeared for several weeks, going to visit friends and leaving no word of her where- abouts. This, I think, is the explanation of her present disappearance.”’ LT i OREGON PRODUCE 1IN THE EAST. Big Shipments of Potatoes and Eggs to Missouri River Points. PORTLAND, Or., March 14.—There is a heavy movement in potatoes from Portland to Missouri River points, an average of ten carloads being sent each day. These ship- ments are made possible by the low prices ruling here as a result of the over-supply in the country. Thereis a good demand for Oregon potatoes in the East, and the movement will continue unless local prices are advanced. Any raise will immediately check the business, and the markets will fall back to the unprofitable rut which characterized it so long. The experiment of shipping eggs East, which was tried two weeks ago, proves to be a good thing for Portland. Two more carloads of Oregon eggs will be sent East in a day or two. The local quotation was | 8 cents, but as receipts are growing lighter and the market will soon be relieved of the over-supply, an advance may be looked for very soon. A BIG FROST WAVE Sweeps From Siskiyou to the Pass of Tehachapi. THE VALLEYS SUFFER. Fruit Trees in Solano and Te- hama Counties Sustain Much Injury. RUIN IN VACAVILLE ORCHARDS. The Loss to Farmers in That Section Will Amount to Over $200,000. “The frost of last night,” said Forecast Official W. H. Hammon of the Weather Bureau yesterday, ‘‘was nearly as severe as any that we experienced last winter. The low temperature extended as far south as Tehachapi Pass, and it must have had an injurious effect on the fruit crops. It was not unexpected, however. We sent out warnings throughout the State yester- day morning, and if the growers took proper precautions their losses cannot be heavy. “The frost is the result of a cold wave which started from Montana and the Dakotas last Sunday, and which, after sweeping the entire length of this State, will swing around through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The progress of the cold weather has been carefully watched and eyery locality has been warned of its approach. On Tuesday night it reached the Sacramento Valley ; last night the San Joaquin felt its effects, and to-night I ex- pect a light frost in the region south'of Tehachapi Pass. ‘“This is the season at which fruit trees are tenderest—that is, most affected by in- clement weather. Pears and apricots are now in flower, or have just cast their petals, and a touch of frost at this time injures them infinitely more than would be the case two weeks hence. Prune trees, however, are still in the bud, and will probably escape injury; but grapes, being 8o mnear the ground, are likely to have suffered severely. The produce men can probably give more definite information concerning the advancement of different crops than I, but I received a letter re- cently from the Board of Trade at Visalia stating that the fruit trees are now at their most critical stage. “The severity of the frost? Well, it is not what we call black, for it would injure only delicate erops and those trees which are now putting forth tender shoots. Its wide extent is somewhat unusual, and ap- parently the conditions of clear, cold and still atmosphere must have existed every- where. In the Sacramento Valley the temperature ranged between 30 and 40 de- grees, though the freezing point was reached at only one point, Dunnigans. The temperatures as reported from other points at 7 o’clock this morning were: Biggs Station 35, Red Bluff 37, Wheatland 38, Willows 35, Williams 34, Fruito 35 and Germantown 36. The minimum at Sacra- mento was 36 degrees, but that is accounted for by the fact that in that section the coldest weather come yesterday afternoon, and it had already begun to grow warmer. “The San Joaquin Valley was not so for- tunate, though, at Stockton ; because of the city’s position at the head of navigation the thermometer did not fall below 39 de- grees. The reported temperatures at 7 o’cleck are: Oakdale 33, Lathrop 35, Mo- desto 35, Borden 33, Goshen 30, Lemoore 33 and Tulare City 35. At Fresno the mer- cury registered 34 degrees, which is pretty cold for grapes. Independent, on the other side of the mountains, was frozen down to 26 degrees. “Up Petaluma way and in Sonoma County the temperature was even lower. At Glen Ellen the lowest point, 29 degrees, was reached. The other reportsare: El Verano 31, Napa 32 and Santa Rosa 84. From the Santa Clara Valley we have no reports, but during former cold seasons, when the glasses in surrounding sections have registered precisely what they do now, Santa Clara has registered about 35 degrees.” “You think that none but the fruit crops can have been injured ?” “The truck farms and gardens back from the coast, such as those in the vicinity of Fruitvale, were probably affected, but those crops can be readily replanted and their loss will therefore be small.” Situation at Vacaville. VACAVILLE, March 14.—The fruit in- dustry in this section of the State received a severe blow last night, and to-day the effects of the unusually heavy frost are to be plainly seen. An examination of the orchards by their owners revealed that their worst fears had been realized. The apricot crop, which was badly affected before, is now prac- tically wiped out of existence, and only in a few exceptionally well-favored places will there be any to speak of. Theapricots had reached the size of large peas and would have been the earliest known for years. The blow is severe, as many or- chards were entirely planted to apricots. The almond crop, which was in about the same stage of development, is also de- stroyed. Barly cherries have been killed and early shipments stopped. Later varie- ties have not reached that stage in blossom where there will be much damage. The general opinion seems to be that part of the peach crop has escaped. This, however, cannot be told with any degree of certainty, as the fruit is still in the cup and may never develop: The same is also true of plums and prunes, and it will be fully a week before anything certain can be said. Trees and leaves escaped unharmed. The estimated gross loss on fruit will not be less than $200,000 in the valley. The loss in vegetables will also be many thou- sands of dollars. The weather is cool this evening, and there are indications of another frost to-night, although it will not be near as severe. Frost at Red Bluff. RED BLUFF, March 14.—The observer of the Weather Bureau displayed the frost flag all day yesterday and to-day as a warning to fruit-growers. Last night the temperature registered 39 degrees, and as the atmosphere was clear there was con- siderable frost. The apricot, peach, cherry and almond trees have been in bloom for some time. The frost of Wednesday night certainly did some injury, but to what extent cannot be ascertained at present. The injury cannot be estimated for several days yet, when the bloom will begin to fall. Another heavy frost is expected to-night. The apricot crop of this county gave promise of being very short, and the frost may destroy it entirely. IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY. Damage to Orchards and Gardens in ZLow-Lying Places. SACRAMENTO, March 14.—The heavy frost of last night caused considerable damage in the fruit interests lying along the low river lands bordering the Sacra- mento and American rivers in this vicinity. Apricot orchards have been the heaviest sufferers. Early peaches were also hit hard and the late blossoms of the almond are blighted. It is almost impossible to state at the present time the amount of damage that has ensued. Orchardists, however, com- bine in saying that the heaviest damage is confined to the low-lying, damp places. Orangevale and Newcastle fruit-raisers report that they have sustained no damage. Small fruitmen from the vicinity of Brighton report that the strawberry crop is heavily damaged and vine products, noticeably string beans, have been cut to the ground. Between Sacramento and the town of Folsom the orchards on the lowlands have been materially damaged, the apricot- growers, as in other localities, being the heaviest losers. On the high lands lying back from the river the loss is merely nomi- nal, and vinyardists claim that the frost has been to their interests, as it has driven the sap back into the roots of the vines and hindered the buds of the fruit spurs from bursting into leaf, to be nipped and destroyed by heavier frosts, which are ex- pected by local weather prophets later in the season. [T WAS A FLOATING REEF. STRANGE STORY OF A SKIPPER'S EXPERIENCE IN THE SOUTH SEAS. A LETTER RECEIVED AT THE Hry- DROGRAPHIC OFFICE AT PORT TOWNSEND. PORT TOW L SEND, Wash., March 1 Captain Charles A. Peterson of the British bark Darra, which sailed from Puget Sound for Sydney last August, and is now at Shanghai, has sent the following letter to the Branch Hydrographic Office here: On the 30th of December last, while my ves- i sel was in latitude 40 north, longitude 163.50 east, the men working in the rigging reported reefsto the westward. 1went up with glasses and found for about eight miles the water was milk white, with detached patches at the north end, with a clear blue water between them. Theship waslying in a dead calm, with a glassy sea. At noon the reef was clearly visible, and at 2 P. 3. it passed, traveling at the rate of one and a half to three miles per hour, rushing past the ship as if she was lying moored broadside on in a string tide. The sea was covered with a belt of white, tranquil foam, & mile and & quarter broad, and in it were all kinds of rubbish from the shore, such as bark of trees and cocoanut husks. All kinds of deep water fish, as well as four distinet sorts of fish found in the shallow water or on the reefs, were playing around the ship, while the reef, or whatever it was, passed by us. At 5 . 3. the foam belt was out of sight to the eastward. I write fully on this, as it proves how easy & man might report false danger. Had I had a breeze before noon and sailed away from it, I would certainly have thought a reef existed. As you will see by my meteorological log, I had no current for that twenty-four hours. Erenagoe e s SPOKANEEMBEZ ZLER'S SENTENC The Prisoner Acknowledges Robbed the Cownty. SPOKANE, Wash., March 14.—An in- terested audience assembled in Judge Buck’s court this morning to hear the case of W. G. V. Renwick, late deputy in the Auditor’s office. Attorneys for Renwick notified the court they had concluded to carry the case no further, as their client pleaded guilty to embezzlement. > Judge Buck then sentenced the prisoner to two years in the penitentiary at hard labor. Renwick said: “I have sinned, I know, without sufficient thought for the conse- quences. I succumbed to temptation. As to my past services, since I came here from Puget Sound in 1891, my friends and inti- mate acquaintances are well acquainted. “I introduced the best method as an ex- pert accountant for keeping books that there is in the State. My work was always thorough. My only fault is that I w tempted and fell. I assure you that I will never be guilty of a like offense again. My greatest sorrow_is for my young wife. I expect to be out in about eighteen months.” SR At FIRE AT WOODLAND, Destruction of the Woodland Flour Mills at Midnight. WOODLAND, Cal, March 15.—The Woodland Flour Mills were discovered to be on fire at 11 o’clock last night. 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