The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1895, Page 1

VOLUME LXXVII —NO. 97 " SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1895. THE PACIFC COAST, Fresno Raisin-Growers Consider Plans of Organization. DRAFT CF CONSTITUTION A Central Agency Is to Have the Control of the District Sub-Agencies. SEVEN MEMBERS AS MANAGERS The Executive Committee Will Have Absolute Power to Contract All Sales. I8N0, March 16.—Thomas E. Hughes | led at the meeting of raisin-growers 1 was held in Kutner Hall to-day. gathering was the largest held this isin-growers from all parts of the ng present. hite presented the report of the appointed to draw up a consti- It entered fully into the details of tution. organization and met with very general approval. The Central Association is to have a president, secretary and treasurer and an executive committee of seven, to be chosen at the annual meeting of the stockholders. The officers are to be under heavy bonds. A constitution to be adopted by each of the various district organizations or sub- companies was included in the report of the committee. Its provisions are merely suggestions, as it isone of the strong points of the new combine that each little district is to be asnearly as possible self-governing. ‘When a grower delivers his goods to the packing-house of his district he is to re- ceiye 50 per cent of their value. If the board of directors of the sub-company see fit they may advance the grower money with which to pick and cure his grapes, taking a crop mortgage as security. The money so advanced is to be deducted from the first payment to the grower. ing the packing season the seven of the central association will frequent meetings to manage the ter of sales, consignments, receipts, They are to have absolute power to act for all sales, and, being a small body, can act quickly in case of need. All raisins cured by any member of a sub- company is to be sold through the central agency, and thus all competition between #he growers will be stopped. It is expected that this plan will also do away with the dryingof grapes bofore they are ripe in order that they may be first in the market, D. T. Fowler, - White and William Harvey were appointed a committee to draw up an address to the raisin-growers of the valley. of the chief obstacles in the way of nt is the fear among O co-operation - - | all over , | fendants. English and the Judge refused to admit them, but advised them to study English until they can comply with the require- ments. —_—— ACCIDENTS AT SACRAMENTO. Several Persons Injured as the Result of a Series of Runaways. SACRAMENTO, March 16.—There was a series of runaways on K street in this city to-day, which resulted in three ladies and a Chinaman being thrown from their vehicles and injured. Several horses were hurt and a Jarge number of rigs of various descriptions were entirely demolished. The first runaway occurred at o'clock this afternoon, when the horses at- tached to a Chinese vegetable wagon took fright and after running two blocks dashed into a cab belonging to a local liveryman. The Chinese driver was thrown to the side- walk by the force of the collision and was seriously injured. When picked up he was unconscious and covered with blood. The animals attached to the cab, after wrecking the vehicle by colliding with a telegraph pole, ran to the outskirts of the city before they were cap- tured. Their rapid flight caused other stampedes, and for blocks remnants of wagons could be seen at all corners. About an hour later a buggy animal, driven by Mrs. Ammon of Clarksburg, be- came unmanageable and ran into a deliv- ery-wagon. The lady thrown to the sidewalk and was badly bruised. The animal attached to the delivery wagon dashed across the street, ran into a buggy in which were seated two ladies, and the buggy wasupset and the occupants were thrown into the street, one of them, Mrs. George Gibbs, being severely cut on the head and arms, while her companion, Mrs. Stapleton, was severely bruised about the head and body 105 ANGELES SENSATION. ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE WIT- NESSES IN A CHINESE MUR- DER CASE. A BARKEEPER ALLEGES THAT A DETECTIVE Is THE PRIME MOVER IN THE MATTER. LOS ANGELES, March 16.—A sensation developed to-day in the matter of Chinese troubles when E. H. Koch, a witness who appeared and testified at the examination of Wong Chee, Wong Chuy and Wong Wing on a charge of murdering Lou Suey, went to the Courthouse and made a state- ment to Deputy District Attorney James. Koch was employea in a saloon in China- town, and was near the scene of the tragedy when the shooting occurred. He says that before the examination came up his employer told him that he had better not testify against the men accused of murder, and that he was afterward advised by other parties to keep his mouth closed. After the examination, during which he did testify, regardless of caution, he was called up and discharged from his position. Koch implicates ex-Detective Bosqui in the matter, and claims the belief that the ex-officer, who sided with the Wong Chee faction, was the cause of the intimidations being used and is the person engaged in the attempt to have the evidence sup- pressed. This Chinese case hae excited heath and several San Fran- | sinders are here looking after | nse of Chee and the two other de- | ate, the de! The Female Incendiary Case. LOS ANGELES, March 16.—Mrs. Knox, ne of the women charged with having set e toa house on Pico Heights, re- ased yesterday afternoon by Justice oung, the evidence not being sufficient to THEIR WORK IS DONE, SOME CLOSING SCENES. | The Members Become Kitten- PAPER PELLETS ARE USED. Tokens of Remembrance Presented Sunday Morning Sees the Death of the Legislature. | ish at Parting and Play Like School Boys. to the Officers of Both Houses, SACRAMENTO, March 17.—Tt is 1:42 o'clock on the morning of St. Patrick’s day and the Thirty-first Session of the Cal- the token of appreciation of his constitu- ents of the Twentieth Senatorial District. Senator Mathews made the speech which accompanied the present. To Senator Earl was presented a huge bouquet of California poppies, the gift of the ladies of Sacramento in behalf of his efforts to make the eschscholtzia the State | flower. In the Assembly it was 8:30 when the Speaker’s gavel descended. By that time every chair in the house was filled. Hardly a desk lacked a feminine visitor, while the galleries and lobby were gay with bright costumes, As soon as order was obtained Speaker Lynch read a telegram from Walter Morosco inviting the members of the As- | sembly to be present on Monday night at the first presentation of Assemblyman Brusie’s melodrama at the Grand Opera- house. The nvitation was accepted by a unanimous vote. Then a series of resolutions were pre- sented as the House waited for messages from the Governor and the Senate. Some of these were in earnest, but more were humorous. The first was presented by Bettman, thanking Speaker John C. Lynch for his uniform courtesy to all members and the fair and impartial man- ner in which he had presided over the de- liberations of the Assembly. Among the many resolutions that fol- lowed was one from Belshaw of Contra Costa to make Reid of Trinity chief ento- mologist of the State, at a salary of $20,000 THE SENATORS DODGE An Evasive Report by the Bribe Inquiry Committee. ITS LABORS EQUAL ZERO. A Profound Verdict That Either Biggy or Dunn Told a Lie. THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE. So the Senate Coolly Turns the Whole Matter Over to the Grand Jury. SACRAMENTO, March 16.—Jinks, low jinks, instead of a tragedy, closed the thirty-first session of the California Senate. IF ,- 1Bt L “NOMORE ! ONE DOSE 15 ENou wouLD CARRY OFF THE CAP(TOL HE couLD. e BENATOR BLOWHARD oF RETRFNCHMENT, HoOME that one of the Senators involved in this affair has sworn falsely and should be held up to the world in his true light and be punished for his misconduct. On the other hand it is equally plain that one of them has spoken the truth and it is but megager justice to him that he be able to sub- stantiate his words more fully than has been Ppossible in the limited time at the disposal of this committee. From both considerations therefore your committee recommend : First, that the whole matter be referred to the Grand Jury of Sacramento County, now in session. Or second, that this committee be continued in existence, with power to sit during a recess of the Legislature, and to report the results of its labors to the Governor. We feel that some further inquiry is due to the innocent party, to the people of the State and to the good name of this honorable body. We herewith transmit a transcript of all the evidence taken in said investigation, all of which is respectfully submligted. C. M. SIMPSON, Chairman, EUGENE ARAM, C. SwrtH, J. H. SEAWEL L. A. WHITEHU Committe For half an hour Senator Simpson vainly sought to gain recognition of the chair, as resolution after resolution was sent up to the secretary’s de Finally, when this recognition was accorded, Senator Simp- son tersely announced: “Report of the Investigation Committee.” Dunn leaned forward in his desk and eagerly followed the reading of the secre- tary. BSenator Biggy sat quietly in his chair, closely watching the secretary as he read. The report began with a preliminary statement of the facts which led to the in- vestigation. A resume of the testimony followed. As predicted in the CaLw, the report of the committee was a Scotch one— “not proven.” Senator Androus moved that the report be adopted and the committee discharged. Senator Biggy seconded the motion. Senator Dunn took the oor and declared that the charges made by Senator Bigg, were utterly false. Senator Orr, who in the chair, ruled him out of order. Senator Withington raised the point of order that Senator Dunn was in order. Dunn was allowed to proceed. He denied Biggy’s charge. He had served with Sena- tors Martin and Mathews before he knew Senator Biggy. He referred to his record asa legislator and declared that he was willing to go before a Grand Jury of Sacra- mento County or before a committee ap- pointed by the Legislature, with full pow- ers to investigate. He concluded by ask: ing the Senate to appoint such a com- mittee. “I did not intend to discuss this matter on the floor of the Senate,” declared Sena- tor Biggy, “but the discredit thrown on my accusation makes it necessary for me to reply. I took a solemn oath to the God who gave me existence to tell the truth to that committee. I took my nomination of Senator unwillingly. It was no one but Dunn”— At this point Biggy was called to order. He replied that he should be accorded the privilege which had been accorded Dunn of speaking, “Before I would falsely accuse a brother Senator of a crime like that,” continued Senator Biggy, “I would ask God to strike me dead. I will stand by the accusation if it is the last breath of my life. I do not wish to explode a bombshell on the floor of | ) but it is my duty—"" Med "o "order But motion of Seawell was allowed to proceed. He related substantially the ch he had made in the open Senate and before the committee. Dunn had told him there was $8000 for standing in with “the com- He had mentioned this to Senators and to He was willing es which bine."” ec Gesford and Burke, to Judge S! John P. Dunn and others to go before any investigating body ora grand jury to substantiat e his Attarnav losanh THE FALL OF EWING. Sullies His Record With a Job on the Eve of Adjournment. LEADS A TREASURY GRAB A Speech by Ventura’s Silent Member That Nets the State $240. CALLS THE SCHEME A “STEAL.” A Surprising Incident During the Closing Hours of the As- sembly. SACRAMENTO, March 16.—Two As- semblymen, Belshaw of Contra Costa and Ewing, the Populist member from San Francisco, who have during the entire ses- sion been severe on the treasury raiders, were connected with the last attempt to grab unearned dollars from the treasury. It occurred this afternoon, and would have succeeded but for the watchful- ness of Peter Bennett of Ventura, who made his first speech and ed the State $240. Some days ag ng introduced the following resolution Resolved, That the sum of $240 is hereby or- dered (o be paid out of the contingent fund of the Assembly to J. C. Bunner, as compensation for services rendered as expert for the Commit- tee on Homestead and Land Monopolies, the same being for thirty days’ services at the rate of $8 per day, and the Conuroller s hereby or- dered to draw his warrant therefor, and the Treasurer is directed to pay the same. It was sent to the Committee on Ways and Means, and this afternoon just before recess -Brusie returned itto the desk with the recommendation that it be adopted. A number of members objected to the reso- lution, as they did not know who Bun- ner was nor why he should receive $240. Powers of San Francisco 1 he was unacquainted with the motive of the reso- lution, and wanted to know what it was. The chair questioned Belshaw, who stated that the bill was all right. r The House was about to vote on the proposition when *Uncle” Peter Benuett, the chairman of the Committee on Home- steads and Land Monopolies, demanded the Speaker’s attention. Every one turned in surprise. Bennett had not spoken be- fore and the members were electrified to find the splendid presence he displayed. “This whole thing is a steal,”” he “This man was hired for seven days. At the end of that time he was told that bis services were no longer needed and the se nt-at-arms was instructed to strike his name from the payroll. He received pay for his seven days’ work and has done DREADFUL PSORIASIS Body with White Suffering Fearful. Cured by Cutleura. said. Covering Entire Scale: