The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 16, 1895, Page 1

N Tall VOLUME LXXVIL_NO. 96. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURI;AY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1895. PRICE FIVE CE killed by an electric car this evening under the very s of his wife and three child- ren, who were waiting for him. He was on the front end of the car and dismounted while it was in motion, falling directly in front, where he was badly mangled. Laatge e g THE UNKNOW THE PACIFIC SLOPE, Kidnaping of a Thief by an Oregon Sheriff at AD AT VALLEJO Body of a Laborer Found Floating Near D Mare Island. Fresno. VALLEJO, March 15.—As Quinton Kane, a boatman, was rowing past the magazine wharf at the navy-vard this afternoon he saw a pair of hands protrud- ing from the water, and on investigation found the body of a man. He made fast to the body and towed it to the wharf, where he tied it,and sent for Coroner Trull, who went to the d and brought the body to this side, where the inquest was held to-night. The body is evidently that of a long- shoreman, who was about 45 years of age, 5 feet 7inches in height and weighing 200 pounds. The body was dressed in blue overalls and jumper. In the pockets of the clothing an empty snuff-box, white- handled jack-knife, a purse containing five cents and a small key for a satchel were found. The remains were not identified and will be buried to-morrow afternoon, unless word is received by Coroner Trull to hold the body for identification. No scars or marks of any description were on the body. A VERY BOLD STRATAGEM The Officer Prevents the Es- cape of a Criminal by Quick Action. OUTWITTING OF ATTORNEYS. A Writ of Habeas Corpus Secures Freedom to a Prisoner for Only a Brief Time. FRESNO, Cal derson was house here of Oregon, wh Her larceny. March 15.—Charles Hen- from the Court- ity Sheriff Sears down to get regon for SAN RAFAEIFL;[TLE HERD. A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOoY WARNS A TRAIN OF IMPENDING DANGER. city for some time, 1 abouts became know for ernor of here two s arrest on 0 uisition of the Gov- The man was arrested nd he immediately swore o ) on for a writ of 4 e habeas corpus. He was taken before Judge | SIGNALS THE ENGINEER AT NIGHT E. W. Risley of the Superior Court, who WitH A RED Lan< case until to-day in order TERN. ,March 45.—Joseph Rielly, aged 6 years,is San Rafael's little hero, {and he earned the title last night by warning a freight-train of danger. As the San Francisco and North Pacitic Coast freight-train, consisting of forty cars, was coming on the down grade, near the trestle bridge, abont 100 yards from the depot last night at 9:30, the enginecer saw a red light ahead of him on the trestle and managed to stop the train within twenty vards of the signal. He was informed by little Joseph Reilly that there was a buggy turned upward on the trestie and that the driver, A. B. Moretti, and the horse were in the creek. The horse and driver were rescued unhurt. Little Joe was in bed when he heard the clatter of hoofs on the trestle and knowing that the sound was unusuzl he sprang out of bed, lit the lantern and ran to warn the approaching train. The horse had become unmana- geable and had run away, finally getting on the trestle, and there wrecking the buggy. in taken sument by 2 ted on a Hendeson left the courtroom, by Deputy Sheriff Sea ey reached the place where Sears’ - was standing the Deputy Sheriff seized Hendeson, hurriedly forced him into and drove madly off. Hende- s quickly swore out an ap- piication for another writ of habeas corpus, but it was impossible to serve it, as the Oregon officer had escaped with his oner. IRRIGATION TAX CASE. to Prevent Collection of a Heavy Assessment in Sunset District. , March 1 The collection of inset Irrigation District, the n the State, will be fought in the the last election of directors and other the district the element in f ding the proposed canal and making s improvements elected , and the Tax Collector, C. 0. wus preparing to sell different holdings for delinquent taxes, which amounted to about $15,000. The assess- nient was a heavy one,and its collection resisted on the ground that the list of 1quent lands had not been made out in proper form. J. Arnandon was to-day granted an unction by Jus J. R. Webb of the Superior Court, Tax Collector ands until. April st step in what promises 1t for the disorganization ZELLAR WILL CONTEST A Compromise Between tiie Contestant and the Proponents. SAN RAFAEL, March 15.—The contest of the will of Sophia Zellar came to a sud- den termination this morning by a com- promise between Mrs. J. F. Jordan and Mrs. Rosaline Vater, the legatees under the will, and Herman Zellar of Healds- burg, the husband of the deceased, who was left only $1in the will. The particu- lars of the compromise were not made known, but it is understood that Mrs. Jor- dan and Mrs. Vater conceded $10,000 and the costs of the suit to contestant. Mrs. Jordan had been bequeathed $20,000 by Mrs. Zellar. Death of Three Well-Known Citizens. SAN RAFAEL, March 15.—John Fran- ENDS. of the district. Bogus Petrifaction-Dealers’ Case. FRESNO, March 15.—The preliminary examination of H. K. Lemmon and G. H. Woods, who are charged with having sold THE: BRIBE. INOUIRY Senator Biggy Recites His Accusations Un- der Oath. DUNN AS A FINANCIER. An Allegation That He Was In- troducing “Cinch” Bills for Gain. CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCE. Tendency of the Committee to Pre- vent the Possible Lexowing of the Senate. SACRAMENTO, March 15. — Senator Biggy swore before the Senate investigat- ing committee to-night that Dunn tried to induce him to enter into a combination of twenty-three Senators for the revenue that might be collected out of the railroad and corporation “cinch” bills. Dunn swore that Biggy false. Julius Kahn swore that Dunn told him statement was been admitted to-night if Attorney Foote | had not skillfully so stated the fact that it {was almost forced on the committee in | spite of its rule to follow procedure in | courts of j ce. The Legislature talked of Lexowing San | Francisco. What does it think of Lexow- ing itself? The committee's verdict, which may be “Not proven,” will be returned to the Senate to-morrow. Senator Simpson, chairman of the In- vestizating Committee, read the statement made by Senator Biggy, which led to the investigation, when the committee met to-night. The Judiciary Committee room was thronged with a crowd of the curious. Attorneys W. W. Foote, Joseph Nougues, Julius Kahn and J. J. Dwyer appeared for Senator Biggy, and Congressman Grove L. Johnson announced that he had been en- gaged to defend Senator Dunn. H. M. La Rue, chairman of the Grand Jury of Sacramento County was an interested lis- tener during the proceedings. Attorney Foote asked if any course of proceedings had been mapped out. Chair- man Simpson answered that the rules ob- served in courts of justice would be fol- lowed. The brief time allowed only the hearing of the charge against Senator Dunn. ‘“Are you sitting as a judicial body and not as an investigating committee 2" asked Attorney Foote. “No, sir,” Senator Simpson declared. and then said that Senator Biggy should make out his case first, but that the com- | mittee would hear other evidence than Biggy’s statement. Attorney Foote asked if the charge would be confined and restricted to its application to Senator Dunn. In reply to a question as to whether the GOV BUDD WILL SIGN Sanctions the Valley Road Terminal Measure. NO HITCH WILL OCCUR. All That the Bill Asks Is for a Lease of Lands on the Water Front. THERE WILL BE SAFEGUARDS. The Executive Sees No Objection to the Proposition Sanctioned by the Legislature. SACRAMENTO, March 15.—*I shall sign the bill.” That is Governor Budd’s answer to the sensational story in one San Francisco morning paper that he would not act favorably on the bill to permit the leasing of water-front lands for terminal facilities by the San Francisco and San Jozquin Railroad Company and his reply to the editorial advice not to do so which TinER HENDERSoN LEFT OUT IN THE COLD. etta, a well-known citizen of San Fran- cisco, who was engaged in the wholesale liquor business, died last night at 11 o'clock. Mr. Franetta came to make his home in n Rafael about ten years ago and engaged in the liquor business here. A few years ago he disposed of his business and- invested in real estate. He leavesa widow, two daughters and one son, who is etriied human body to y continued until | next wee man, who made | the figure, testified that it was only one of four that he had manufactured, AT SPOKAN The Strike Leader Indicates the Future Policy of the A. R. U. March 15— Bugene | €P£aged in business in Guatemala. Mr. I American Raen® | Franetta had a host of friends. He was a b ... | member of the Masonic order. He was aged 62 years, and was a native of Russia. James Peter Christensen, the well-known real estate and insarance agent of the firm of Wood, Christensen & Co., also inter- ested in the Pioneer Mill and Lumber Company, died this morning at 8 o’clock in S8an Francisco. He leaves a widow and one son. Mr. Christensen has been in San Rafael for over twenty years. He was 47 vears of age and a native of Denmark. G. Jacob, a prominent Republican in nce at the Auditorium. He d red iction that strikes could only re- ina failure, and that henceforth the union will work along political lines. ““There can be no permanent or satisfac- tory solution of this railroad question,” he said, “‘until the Government takes posses- sion of the railroads and runs them in the interest of the people. Our recent experi- ences have demonstrated that defeat is in- evitable. Just as soon as a striku is inaugu- rated disturbances will occurr. Courts will | 10cal and San Francisco politics, died he_re be applied to, injunctions and mandamuses gg-;’ag(flge{ ;]405:"5; g;la; Wg;‘}::isggopr}xg will be issued, and the leaders will be ar- | 103 var's Yridow and six children " rested and thrown into jail. Then the L SR strike will be easily broken. Itell youa Engineer James Welsh Dead. strike cannot succeed when it is against| SACRAMENTO. March 15. — James the United States Government.” “What is your private income?” was asked. “I have not got a dollar. I own my home, that is all.”” Mr. Debs will leave for Seattle over the Great Northern at 7 o’clock in the morn- ing. He will visit Tacoma and Portland and go through to California. — - Suing for Subsidy Payments. TACOMA, Wash., March 15.—Richard Brown, H. G. Hamilton, B. M. Campbell and M. H. Evans, owners oi the new rolling-mill at Lakeview, have brought suit 1o recover $22,500 of the $25,000 subsidy promised them. The defendants are promi- nent citizens. The money under the agree- ment was to be paid in monthly sums of Welsh, a well-known citizen, who has re- sided in Sacramento for upward of thirty years, was found dead in his room at the residence of Mrs. Dalton this evening. Mr. Welsh was well-to-do, having fol- lowed the occupation of engineer on the Sacramento River boats for years. The cause of his death will probably not be ascertained until after the Coroner’s in- quest is held. Lot Burglars in Napa. SACRAMENTO, March 15.—Two bur- glars effected an entrance through a win- dow into the residence of Mrs. Emily James on Calistoga avenue, at 2 o’clock this morning. They were heard coming in, however, and were scared off before se- curing any booty. The marauders are sup- posed to have béen tramps. he was in Sacramento for “‘the stuff,” and that if the insurance companies wanted bills passed or bills defeated they must pay. Dunn swore that this statement was false, too. The committee took a narrow view of its powers, and a technical view as to evi- dence. The attorneys sought to intro- duce other evidence, but it was ruled out | on technicalities, and the investigation was confined to the charge made by Biggy, and this charge was limited in its applica- tion to Dunn. The atorneys were fortified with other evidence, which under this construction could not be admitted. There is more trouble in store for the Senate. It must either investigate now and make a thorough investigation or else rétire besmirched. There is evidence of a combine. Does the Senate want it made known? If so it can appoint a committee to sit after adjournment to take the evi- dence. Attorney Nougues pointed out to the committee that it could sit after the Legis- lature adjourned. The committee was not disposed to take this view of it, though justified by Congressional precedent. Here is a fact which may cause a change of heart: If the committee will sit after the session, or if the Senate will empower a committee to do so,then a number of business men of the city of San Fran- cisco will tome before that committee and testify that they have been approached by legislators for money to influence fgis- lation. These men do not care to appear before a committee with the Legislature in session at the same time and their busi- ness in jeopardy through bills which are before that Legislature. If the Legislature adjourns now, with these facts known, without empowering a committee to make an investigation it goes out of existence | blackened. The testimony of Kahn would not have | committee would sit after adjournment, it | the investigation was to take a wider | range, Senator Seawell declared that the | committee should get further authority | from the Senate. [ Attorney Nougues declared that the | committee had authority under the code. | There was a little more preliminary | sparring. Foote did mnot' want the in- | vestigation confined to the charge against | Dunn. He was ready to go on with the | case. Attorney Nougues cited pre- | cedents to show that this committee | could continue its investigation after the | adjournment of the Legislature. He read | Biggy’s statement and declared that if the committee was prepared to listen to the evidence he would produce evidence | relative to ‘“‘cinch” bills, their authors, their purpose and what the men who in- | troduced the bills had done and said. If | the committee find that the scope of the investigation was such that it would need to continue a resolution might be intro- duced for that purpose. “We are pre- | pared to go on as far as you are prepared to go,” continued Noungues. | Senator Smith of the committee declared that the scope of the investigation evi- dently was greater than he had anticipated. He favored reporting back to the Senate at once for further power. Foote objected to this. Senator Biggy was ready to go on the stand and sub- | stantiate the statement under oath. “The attorney for Mr. Biggy blows hot and blows cold,” said Johnson. “He pro- poses to have an investigation that will last all summer and then objects. It is evidently not the intention to investigate Mr. Dunn, but to throw mud on the Senate.”” Senator Biggy, after being sworn, said that Senator Dunn proposed to him to sell | his vote. The first time was in the county committee-room, on Sutter street, about a . Continued on Second Page, appears in another morning journal of that city. “I shall sign the bill,” repeated the Gov- ernor, “but I shall not do so immediately. When a satisfactory lease has been pre- pared and has been approved by the Board of Harbor Comissioners, of which Mayor Sutro and I are members, tnen I will sign the bilL.” The Governor continued: “Iam not going to sign any bill which would give away the water front of San Francisco to any corporation. That is not the purpose of this bill. If the lease is prepared specifying the mudflats in China Basin and no other State property I shall sign the bill. The lease must contain all the safeguards necessary. It must state specifically just what is wanted. It must provide every safeguard that is needed. “But it is idle to discuss this feature. The valley road does not want to grab the water front of San Francisco. All that it asks is to lease terminal facilities. The directors of the valley road are perfectly satisfied with the lease proposed, so there will be no trouble and I shall sign the bill.” FOR THE NEW ROAD. THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF RAILS SooN To LEAVE NEW YORK. J. D. Spreckels and Attorney Preston returned from Sacramento yesterday. Mr. Spreckels said, when asked what caused the delay on the part of the vernor in signing the bill granting the valley road privileges on the water front, that the bill had only been engrossed and placed in the executive’s hands yesterday, and that there was no reason for alarmmin the apparent delay. 5 “The Governor assured us that he would | sign it,” said Mr. Spreckels, “and you may rest assured that he will do as he has promised. Everything is moving along nicely and we apparently have clear sailing before us.” Engineer Storey finds that the work of attending to the numerous applicatipns for work which have flooded the office of Mr. Spreckels for weeks past has in a large measure been shifted to his shoulders. It might be well to state in this connection that Mr. Storey has all the men he re- quires, and that applications of this char- ! acter are usel Itis stated that the first shipment of' rails for the new road will leave New York on April 1 and will consist of 2000 tons. It is believed the trip around Cape Horn can be made easily in seventy days, if no un- favorable weather is encountered. This probable order of 30,000 tons of rails has had a marked effect in the East, where this W. B. Storey Jr., Chief Engineer of the Valley Road. [From a photograph.] particular line of business has been ex- ceedingly dull, and manufactarers look upon it as in the nature of a sign of re- vival in business throughout the whole country. Several members of the Pacific Stock Exchange subscribed to the capital stock of the road yesterday, and it is expected that a substantial amount will be secured when all the members have been heard from. Some criticism was indulged in yester- day among projectors of the new line re- garding the position of Stockton in the matter of subscriptions to stock, and a comparison with the attitude of San Jose was made which was not at all favoroble to the former. Stockton plainly states | that her subscription to stock is contingent upon the main line passing through that city, while San Jose says either the main line or a branch will be acceptable there. ,TO REWARD HONESTY. THOSE WHO STOOD BY THE VALLEY Roap T0 BE COMMENBED. A-proposition has been set on foot by Mr. William Fahey of.this city looking to a grand reception of the representatives in the Legislature who stood with the people in the recent vote on the bill giving to the State a competing line of railroad through the San Joaquin Valley. % The idea 15 to appoint committees, which are to formulate a plan to demonstrate public approval of faithful services from public servants. “I believe,” said Mr. Fahey, “that this matter shottld be taken up right now, and that the people should show their appreci- ation of ‘these men whom they sent to the Leinslalure to do them honest service. “In this case the city and the State have received a great benefit through a very small majority. When that majority ar- rives at the ferry-landing of this city I be- lieve they should be welcomed with™ great acclaim.” Metropolitan Hall or some other place should be Eired ana speakers invited to proclaim the sentiments of the people in regard to the men who stood by them in the hour of trial. “The committees should all be at the ferry landing to meet the statesmen as they come off the boat, and march with them through the streets with banners and transparencies. The names of the representatives should be displayed in a most prominent manner.”’ BUREAU OF HIGHWAYS, THE BILL Passes AND Now GoErs TO THE GOVERNOR. SACRAMENTO, March 15.—Quite a fight was made in the Assembly to-day against the bill authorizing the appointment of a Bureau of Highways consisting of three members at $3000 a year. This commis- sion is empowered to gather statistics as to the condition of the roads in each county and to advise with the various Boards of Supervisors as to the best methods to be employed in roadmaking. They are also to superintend the distribution of the powdered trap rock for roads from Folsom. They are, of course, empowered to employ clerks, and altogether $31,000 is appropri- ated for their use in the next two years. The commission is a necessary one. It is the direct result of the good roads con- vention, and the provisions of the bill were decided upon after long discussion, as the membersof the committee realized that commissions were in disfavor. Bledsoe, Belshaw, Dr. Glass and Spencer opposed the bill on the ground of economy, while the friends of the measure urged that it would be economy to pass it, and the bill was sent to the Governor by a vote of 46 to 23. e Conviction of a Madera Murderer., MADERA, March 15.—The jury in the trial of Jim Hanlip, an Indian, for the murder of Pasquale Milesi, brought in a | verdict of murderin the first degree, with a life sentence late last night. 500 on the presentation of the expense The plaintiffs allege that only $2500 has been paid on the subsidy. L T Court-Martial Called at Vancouver. PORTLAND, Or., March 15.—A. general court-martial has been called at Vancouver Barracks and it is understood that one of the cases to come before it is that of Lieu- tenant E. L. Loveridge, Fourteenth In- fantry, United States Army, on a charge of drunkenness. Lieutenant Loveridge was recently promoted from second lieutenant in the Eleventh Infantry to be first lieu- tenant in the Fourteenth. —_— The Oregon Receivership Case. PORTLAND, Or., March 15.—Argument in the demurrer in the Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern receivership was con- cluded to-day. A decision on the demurrer will be announced Monday. e Fatal Accident at San Diego. SAN DIEGO, March 15.—H. H. Voss,a cesident of this city, was run over and MEMBERS OF THE SENATORIAL INVESTIGATING COMMITTER. WOMEN MAYNOT VOTE The Equal Suffrage Bill Given Its Quietus in the Senate. AN UNEXPECTED DEFEAT Favorable Action Followed by Reconsideration and an Adverse Vote. TEACHERS WIN THEIR FIGHT. Passage of the Pension Measure After a Long and Stubborn Con- test by Opponents. SACRAME suffrage bill p in the Se Equal suffrage gained a v Senate to-day, but its advo elated that they th i ard ther TO, March 15.—The woman ed away to-day. 1t died ictory tes were so on aside, on and de- feat. enate destroyed the purpose of an Assembly bill to give suffrage to women by fnserting the word ““mal n the bill. he Assembly refused to accept the amendment, In an unguarded hour to-day the bill came back to the Senate, and the Senate receded from its amendment. This gave suffrage to women. When the opponents of equal suffrage re 1 the fact they raised a storm of protest, and a motion to reconsider was carried. Then the vote was taken again on the motion that the Senate recede from its amendment. The equal suffragists were routed by the following vote: Some Ayes — Androus, Denison, Gleaves, Hart, Holloway, H McGowan, Orr, Pedlar, —16. Earl, Franck, vt, Langford, Ma- mour, Smith, Voorh Noy Dunn, Fag Arms, Beard, Bert, Burke, essford, Hendersou, Lin- Martin, , McAllister, Seawell, Shippee, Whitehurst, Withington—19. Absent or declined to vote—Biggy, Ford, Mitchell, Simpson, Toner—5. virtually disposes of the bill at this ession the teachers’ pension bill came up for consideration. The bill, which is No. 736, roduced by Ewing, passed the Assembly last night. Senator Mathews attacked the measure. He was followed by Senator Simpson, who declared it was a service pension bill. The State Teachers’ sociation had con- demned the b so had the Southern California teachers’ convention, . Ii the teachers wished to organize let them organize under the county insurance plan or some similar law. Senator Ford came to the rescue of the bill. He eulogized the schools of Ger- many, which the United States might well emulate. There the pension system pre- vailed. “Do you know what they pay teachers in Germany ?"’ asked Senator McAllister. “I don’t care what they pay in Ger- many,” was the reply. ‘““Wages are lower in Burope than here. This bill proposes to take 1 per cent of the salaries of certain teachers.”” Senator Pedlar yielded to none in his support of the public schools, he said, but he could not vote for the bill. Senator McAllister declared that the district which he represents was opposed to the bill, and Senator Mathews read opinions of teachers in San Francisco opposing the bill. The latter offered an amendment to destroy the State aid feature. Senator Gessford did not believe in class legislation. He favored the amendment. The teachers could then form their own organization. The amendment was adopted and the bill was sent to print. The Committee on Conference on the county government bill allowed the salary raiders of Alameda to have their own way, and the Senate amendments were ac- cepted. 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