The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 23, 1895, Page 1

= o~ VOLUME LXXVIIL—NO. 53 SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1895 PRICE FIVE CENTS WAIGHT ACT IVALID. So Declared by Judge| Ross of the Circuit Court. MILLIONS ARE AT STAKE. | Held to Be a Violation of the United States Con= stitution. PROPERTY RIGHTS INVOLVED. The Case Will Be Carrled Before the Highest Tribunal in the Land. | 22.—One rendered given by | he United States Circuit The decision declares act unconstitutional. y the Legislature of 1887, i er $50,000,000 worth of I een issued decision rendered by Judge Ross emurrer entered in the suit of ; Bradley et al. vs. the Fall-| ion District. The action was | it in equity by which it was sought to | enjoined the execution of a deed for n land of the complainant under a ¢ the collector of the irrigation fy adelinquent assessment property levied under and by he provisions of the Wright act. cement that the decision ered this morning crowded | with some of the most ights in California. | d over two hours in ich covered thirty- ewritten pages and con- 0 w ords. of the Wright act is he confirmation of ior Court. In this particular case the Superior Court has red pr It has the United States Supreme ation cases that where | mation proceeding and close of these proceedings | the reg of the proceedings is con- | firmed, then the case is adjudicated and the constitutionality of the proceedings | cannot be bronght up. There are several | a of this character. t of the bonds sold undér the Wright { tion act are in +/he districts in'which | the praceedings under the Wright acthave | pen confirmed by the Superior Court. | when a; | pended. without due process of law and for any other than a lawful purpose. Such ques- tions are not to be determined by consid- erations of expediency or hardship. Un- fortunate as it will be in the losses that will result to investors, and desirable asit undoubtedly is in this section of the coun- try that irrigation facilities be improved and extended, it 1s far more important that the provisions of that great charter which is the sheet anchor of safety be in al'l things observed and enforced. The vie bove expressed render it unneces- sary to consider tke other objections urged on the part of the complainants.” Samuel F. Smith, one of the attorneys for the defendants, was seen shortly after | the decision was rendered and said: “We will push the case, as an amended answer will in nowise affect the decision. There will be but three points to our an- swer: That the petition alleges that there was no stream of water, while in fact there is enough water nine months in the year to irrigate one-half the county; that we did not include the tracts of I alleged to belong to the State and the United States, and that they were not included in the estimate of the amount necessary to irri- gate the land in the district. “This decision will affect the property rights of alien holders, and it is hard to say just how far-reaching this decision will be, or how much damage it will inflict on the State. It will, if upheld, destroy most, if not all, irrigation districts, and will affect not less than $25,000,000 worth of bonds. t of Judge Ross’ decision is that the Wright act is unconstitutional by rea- son of its provisions being in no way framed for public purposes, but delegates | to private parties the right to dispossess others of property without due process of law, which is contrary to the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States. **We have had all the heavy legal talent | of California arrayed against us in this suit and have had no assistance of any kind from other irrigation districts. It is of the utmost importance to California’s reputation that this act be upheld and we will fight it through to the bitter end.” AFFECTED. Judge Ross’ Decision Has No Bearing on the Sunset Case. FRESNO, CaL., July 22.—The decision of Judge Ross, handed down to-day, de- claring the Wright irrigation law uncon- stitutional, will not have the effect gener- ally expected. It was thought by many people interested -in the great Sunset dis- trict, the Turlock district and other dis- tricts that all work would have to be sus- But this will not be so. The de- tision wasin a case entirely distinct from that which has been in the State and Fed- eral courts so long. The case, for a decision in which the directors and contractors of the Sunset FRESNO N district have been waiting, is now in the | United States Supreme Court. A decision as expected last May, but it has been de- ferred until October, and until that time no work will be done in the Sunset dis- trict. If the outcome is favorable the con- struction of the eanals will be rapidly pushed, but othé¥wide it will be aban- FIRE I UTICA- MINE, Angels Camp Greatly Excited Over the Catastrophe. GREAT DAMAGE CAUSED. Seven Men Rescued by the Brave Action of Superin- tendent Lane. THE WORKS BEING FLOODFED. It Is Classed as the Largest Gold- Producing Mine In the United States. ANGELS CAMP, Can., July 22.-Not since the great cave at the Utica mine in 1889, when seventeen men were killed, has vinza Hayward, C. D. Land and the Ho- bart estate own the property. At midnight Superintendent Lane pre- dicts that the burning chambers in the mine will be entirely submerged to-morrow and the fire squelched. A million gallons of water are flowing hourly into the mine. 5 AT THE COMPANXY'S OFFICE. James Cross Tells of the Mine and Its Workings. James Cross, president of the Hobart Estate Company, which, with Alvinza Hayward, is interested in the Utica mine, said last evening, in the office of the com- | pany: “The tatest advice we have is that a stream of water has been brought to bear on the fire direct, and if it is not spread too far the flames will no doubt soon be under control. “The Utica mine has been worked for many years,” continued Mr. Cross, “and at the time of the breaking out of the fire was a most productive enterprise, and had been for two or three years, tke work being done in fine bodies of ore. It has three working shafts and runs 120 stamps, which are kept at work all the time, except when the mill has to be stopped for necessary repairs. The mine, which is well timbered, gave employment to an average of 475 men a day. “0f course, we do not know at this time the extent of the damage done by the fire, but this we do know, that the water of the old Union Ditch Company, which belongs FIFTEEN REDS SLAIN, Marauding Bannocksare Shot by a Band of Settlers. FOUGHT THEIR CAPTORS. Attempted to Escape ' After They Had Been Piaced Under Arrest. TROOPS HELD IN READINESS. Wyoming National Guards Ordered to Prepare to March at a Moment’s Notice. CHICAGO, ILn., July 22.—A special to the Chronicle from Market Lake, Idaho, says: It Il it GALLOWS FRAME AND MILL AT TH there been such a scene of excitement as was witnessed here last night a few min- utes after 7 o'clock, when the fire alarm was sounded and it was learned that the interior of the Utica mine, the support of the town, was on fire. Smoke was seen issuing from the Stickle and the Utica north shaft, and as soon as the first load of men ascended it was as- certained that the fire had originated in a stope at the 800-foot level, 300 feet north of the Stickle shaft. ) As there are three shafts, most of th men were soon in safety, but when it was ascertained that seven men still remained on the 900-foot level, below the raging flares, the excitement that prevailed.on top can only be imagined. Superintendent Tom T. Lane headed a rescuing party and put in a bulkhead of sufficient strength to restrain the smoke for a few minutes within the stope. The heroic young superintendent then gave the signal to be lowered 100 feet. The lamps of the seven imprisoned men had been extinguished and five minutes were consumed in groping their way to the skip. HON. C. C. WRIGHT, PRESIDENT OF THE LAST IRRIGATION CON- GRESS AND AUTHOR OF THE DISTRICT LAW OF CALIFORNIA. (Reproduced frop m a photograph.] The Supreme Court has under considera- tion a case in which the proceedings have been confirmed and the constitutionality of the act challenged. s for the irrigation districts say if the Unlted States Supreme Court »ws the decision it made in the Hagan reclamatio and others it will pro- mation acts of the Supe- dicated matter tha* cannot will legalize $40,000,000 igation bonds that have the proceedings have been confirmed. | However, the decision of Judge Ross in- | es $25,000,000 worth of bonds of ir- ion districts in which confirmation proceedings have not been had. The main points on which Judge Ross decided the case were that under’ the Wright act the land was taken from vri- vate owners without due process of law and that it was not for public purposes. It | was not like taking proverty for a‘high- but was the taking of property for benefit of property owners, whether be few or many. Closing Judge Ross “*The fact that vast sums of money have been invested in works constructed under pursuance of this legislation and that bonds running into millions have been issued and sold thereunder, and that many individuals may not otherwise be able to secure water for the irrigation of their respective tracts of land, and that the validity of the legislation has been several | times sustained by the Supreme Court of the State, while demanding on the part of this court great care and caution in the consideration of the case and casting upon ita v grave responsibility, cannot jus- tify it in failing to declare invalid legisla- tion which, in its’ judgment, violates those principles of the constitution of the United | States which protect the private property | of every person against forcible taking | doned entirely, unless cision will have no effect. another law is vassed by which the difficulties may be overcome. Judge M, K. Harris, who is the attorney for the residents of the Sun- set district who are endeavoring to have it disorganized, said to THE CALL repre- sentative to-night that Judge Ross’ de- The opinion of Judge Ross may possibly lead to another fight by those who favor disorganization if they are defeated in the case now pend- ing in the Supreme Court. MANY ARBITRARY FEATURES. It Took Private Property Without Due Process of Law. Judge B. F. Lee of Los Angeles, who, with his wife, is visiting in this City, was seen at tho Baldwin last night in relation to the decision of Judge Ross declaring the Wright irrigation act uncopstitutional. | He is not connected with the ase in ques- tion and was unable to go int( | its details but believes that the Unitec States §¢ preme Court, should the qu stion res that high body, will sustain bhe Cif Court. =% *“The act,” he said, “possesse, jmaly ar- bitrary features, as it takes private prop- erty without due process of law, and is not for public purposes. Irrigation districts were formed, bonds issued and a tax levied, which in some cases was greater than the ordinary tax levy. To smallland- holders this was oppressive, notwithstand- ing the common benefit that must and was intended to come to all. This doubtless prompted, in a great measure, Judge Ross’ decision. “In many cases condemnation suits were tried before the Superior Court, as was provided -for in the act, and these settle- ments will not be affected by the Circuit Court’s action. But in others, where the Continued on Second Fage. When the party reached the top they were in an exhausted and fainting condition, but all soon reached the surface in safety. Had Tom ILane hesitated two minutes the men would have perished, and the seven miners owe their lives to his | bravery. When it was ascertained to a certainty that no others remained in the mine, after the smoke and gas had begun to pour forth in such volumes as to repel all at- tempts to descend, the mouths of the shafts were sealed and an endeavor made to smother the fire with steam. After this had proved ineffectual orders were given to flood the mine. Every man in the town volunteered his services and worked as though his existence depended upon his efforts. Although the mouths of the shafts were closed the gas found many avenues of es- cape through fissures in the ground caused by abandoned shafts and the porous char- acter of the earth. Thirteen hundred inches of water are | pouring into the mine. Itis estimated it will require 18,000,000 gallons to reach the stope where the fire began, and that ninety hours will be consumed in getting this water to the seat of the fire, and it will take three weeks or more to get the water out. This is a favorable view of the situa- | tion. Many of the miners predict that a large area of the underground workings | will be burned before the water will reach the fire. he loss cannot be estimated with any ree of correctness, but assuming that e fire is confined to aradius of a hundred Teet, the water and *flames will probably do damage to the amount of a quarter of a million. It is believed that the fire was caused by a blast which was set off just before the men came off the 6 o’clock shift. Scores of employes are stationed along the Utica Company’s ditches and pipes as a protection against any malicious inter- ference with the water system. In a bulkhead in the Utica shaft last night, a few feet from the surface, 108 men were overcome by the gas. Some of them were in a serious condition, but it is now believed all will recover. The fumes of the rising carbonic acid gas were so in- tense last night that many families in_the neighborhood had to seek other quarters. The Utica is the largest gold-producing L s 5 74 mine in‘the United States. It is said to yield far in excess of $500,000 per month. Ovér 700'men are employed, and at-least 500 of these will be tiirown out ¢f employ- ment for six weeks or two months, Al- |Sketched from a photograph for * to the Utica Company now, anf tween 18,000 and 20,000 miners’ der a strong pressure, has beer the mine for the purpose of This will stop the fire unlesy should give ont before the mi| At all events, the fire and the occasion some delay before o be resumed ; how long cannot| the water is pumped out.” SWEPT BY A CW Death and Destruction VIg Upon a New“Mexico Town. Twenty People Sald to Have-Been Crushed to Death Beneath Falling Bulldings. WHITEWATER, N. Mex, Jaly 22— Couriers arrived here to-day from Silver | City with the startling news that a cyclone and cloudburst had swept down upon that place, carrying death and destruction in its path. The couriers said they had none of the particulars of the disaster, except that the report was that twenty people had been crushed to death by the collapse of the Immer House, the largest hotel in the place, and in other buildings that were ruined. The Santa Fe officials declare that their advices are that no lives were lost, but five hotels and several buildings were ruined. They had only meager bulletins, and said all communication with the ill-fated town had been cut off by the cloudburst. All the bridges on the Bilver City division of the Santa Fe road have been washed out and large sections of track have been carried away. The greatest apprehension is felt for the people of Silver City. Itisfeared many of them have per- ished. A relief party has started out from here. Its return iswaited with the greatest anxiety. & Silver City is a pretty little city, built in the canyon at the foot of Mogollon Moun- tain. It hasabout 3500 inhabitants. The water burst forth above the city, and was preceded by such a rumlgling that warning was given in time for great numbers to escape. No idea can be given at this time as to the Joss of life, but it may have been greater than at first reported. iasCgr e HIS SANITY IN QUESTION. Charles Searing Examined in a Brook- lyn Court. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 22.—Charles Searing, a nephew of Bishop Goodsell of California, was before Judge Clement of the City Court of Brooklyn to be adjudged as to his sanity. When questioned he said that he had resided for some monthsat the Epileptic Home, where he paid $7 50 a week for his board. A few weeks :%o his funds became low and he was unable to continue the payment. He was then re- moved to the Flatbush Asylum. Mrs. George A. Druatt, his sister-in-law, de- clinefie to be responsible for his mainte- nance at the home. R Searing said tbfiz he has had regular re- curring fits of epilepsy. . He was formerly asalesman for the International Oil Works, 633 Gold street, this ci! ho now owe him some money. -Judge 'ment ordered a further examination to be made and:to bring Searing before him in two weeks, . Jach ~enched and waltiom o the cav- alry gets there quick every settier_ between Jackson Hole and this railway station may be massacri MORE BLOODSHED FEARED. Indians ZLeaving for the Scene of the Trouble. POCATELLO, 1paro, July 22.—At the Bannock; Indian agency, thirteen miles north of here, those in authority who are in possession of all the facts obtainable do not believe the trouble in the Jackson Hole country can possibly reach a final settle- ment now without more bloadshed. The rumors current here last night regarding the depredations of a returning band of Bannocks and their killing of three white settlers cannot - be further confirmed. Not more than fifty Indians have so far re- turned to the immediate vicinity of the, agency,'and they will not talk. Although it can be positively stated that the rumored danger in this immediate vicinity is without foundation, it is confi- dently believed from the advices brought daily by the Inaian police from the scene of the recent trouble in Northwestern ‘Wyoming, that there will be other clashes there between the Indians and the settlers and the tough characters in the Jackson Hole country. The police who were sent to bring back the hunters returned to the reservation with remarkable speed, and reported to the agent that they had argued with the Indians, but that they refused to | return, and as they outnumbered the po- lice ten to one they could not bring them with them. The Indizn police, as a rule, are Indians first and police afterward, and they evi- dently also made a report to their brother braves, for almost every able-bodied Ban- nock has, between the return of the police and this time, decamped for the scene of the trouble. From some of the most trusted police it is learned that many of the Indians who are apparently returning to their homes have quietly said that they are taking their squaws and papooses home to the reservation, and that then the warriors would return to see those white men in the Jackson Hole country. ¥ The clash in that region is one that re- curs; every year, but this time, THE CALL correspondent learned at the agency, there seems to be a determination on both sides to settle the question as to whether the In- dians have a right to hunt in that country regardless of State game laws. The In- dians will not give up their old grounds without a struggle, and the bona-fide set- tlers and the characters, far worse than Indians, who infest part of the country are determined to give the Indians such severe treatment that they will not return next year. Regarding these hunts Indian agents labor under the embarrassing situa- tion of instructions from Washington that both treaties and State Jaws must be re- spected, yet in several instances they are in direct conflict. It was learned at the agency that at least 200 bucks are absent from the reserva- tion, and nearly all their leaves of absence expired some time ago. Agent Teters has begun a thorough investigation of the trouble, and is making a trip through the Jackson Hole country on horseback. The trouble reported by ranchmen in the mountains of the Salt River Valley cannot be further confirmed. AgentTeters is ex- pected back Wednesday, and an authori- 1ative statement can then be secured of all trouble that has occurred, although even he probably cannot foretell just what will be done by the silent red men who are now said to be plotting a return to their dis- puted hunting grounds unincumbered by their women and children. It is the general opinion at the agency that the Bannock braves cannot be brought back to the reservation without the use of Federal troops. NOT MASSACRED BY BANNOCKS. News Received That the Princeton Geo- logical Party Is Safe. NEWARK, N.J., July 22.—The Prince- ton student geological exploring pafty has not been massacred by the Bannock and Blackfeet Indians. A letter received here to-day from A. L. P. Dennis, son of the Reyv. Dr. J. 8. Dennis of New York, dated Dubois, Wyo., July 13, says the party on that date passed thirty miles to the north of the scene of war. All of the party are safe, the letter says, and unlessthe Govern- ment troops push the Indians on their trail they will escape. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 22.—Appre- hension in this city for the safety of the Princeton student geological exploring party was dispelled to-day by the receipt of a postal-card this morning from C. L. Frederick Pease, a member of the party, dated Dubois, Wyo., July 14. The card, which is addressed to his parents, says: *‘All are well. The mountains are cov- ered with snow and we have to cross through it. Dox’t worry about the Ban- nock Indian troubles. They are seventy- five miles from here, but we are daily leav- ing them far behind.” TROOPS IN READINESS. Ordered to Prepare for a Trip to the Jack- sons Hole Country. OMAHA, Ngs., July 22.—The Wyoming militia have been ordered to hold them- self in readiness to move into the Jack- sons Hole country at a minute’s notice. The Indians are increasing in numbers rapidly and a general uprising is feared. LARAMIE, Wyo., July 22.—Fred Hesse Jr., captain of Company A, of the Laramie National Guards, has received orders to report to his colonel how many men he can send to the scene of the Indian trouble, and to make preparations for a journey. [ HIM BY THE O ty People at a Maine Re- rt Treated to a Sen~ sation. [ismith’s Novel Method of plining a Recalcitrant Husband. EACH, Mg, July 22.—N. F. a wealthy liquor-dealer of Bos- wife expected him Saturday end Sunday, brought with him es, a music-teacher, and his at- o her were rewarded by the wife g him by the ear around the piazza ng’s Hotel yesterday in the presence eral hundred guests. bhme time ago Mrs, Goldsmith discov- her husband with Miss Cowles on ‘West street, Boston. She applied a horse- whip to the young wWwoman and then arched off with her husband. 3 Miss Cowles and her mother, a Mrs. Foote by her second marriage, came here two weeks ago, and during their visit en- tertained a rich uncle, who now turns out to have been Mr. Goldsmith. When Mr. Goldsmith did not meet his wife at the hotel, she set out to find him yesterday, and, when she had succeeded, marched him by his left ear from the dining-room of the Ocean House over to Young’s Ho- tel, and before the guests accused him of giving Miss Cowles a $20,000 house and other gifts, while she and her children had been left entirely unprovided for. After the scene Miss Cowles and her mother drove away in a double carriage, Mr. Goldsmith joining them on the road, and Mrs. Goldsmith and a detective ‘boarded the evening train. Mr. Goldsmith is nearly 70 years of age, his wife about 60, and the music-teacher is not over 30 and handsome. PROSPECT OF A STRIKE. Trouble on the Gould Lines May Result in a General WalKout. Caused by the Abrogation of a Con-~ tract With the Order of Telegraphers. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 22.—A special from Little Rock, Ark., says tbat unless Grand Chief Powell of the Order of Rail- way Telegraphers, who arrived in Little Rock to-day, effects a settlement between the telegraphers and the Missouri Pacific Railway Company a general strike on the Gould system, affecting every department of the lines, is almost certain to be inau- gurated. $ The trouble arose out of the order of Superintendent J. A. Edson of the Cotton Belt, a part of the Missouri Pacific system, abrogating the contract with the Order of Railway Telegraphers. Edson issued an order on June 28 abro- gating the contract between thé road and the Order of Railway Telegraphers, the order to take effect July 28. The reason given by Mr. Edson for the abrogation of the contract was that the order was badly managed and interfered with the disci- pline of the road. The dispatch from Little Rock contains the information thatthe order issued to the Cotton Belt telegraphers is but the be- ginning of a movemrent to be extended to other branches of the Gould system if this first move proves to be successful. Next Sunday is the date fixed for the cancella- tion of the contract. WEDDED T0 A COUNT, Mrs. Spiess Became the Bride of an Italian Nobleman. PERFORMED IN PRIVATE. The Nuptial Knot Was Tied by One of New York’s Aldermen. OPPOSED BY BROTHER JAKE, He Remained Away While His Sister Was Being Transformed Into a Countess. NEW YORK, N.Y., July 22,—The Count and Countess Geralmo Nasseli will sail for Europe this morning. The voyage will be a honeymoon trip, for the couple were yesterday made man and wife in what is now known as the marriage chamber of the City Hall by Alderman Frederick Ware. So quiet was the entrance of the bride and groom expectant, and so modestly were they arrayed that very few if any save the officiating Alderman himself and the witnesses knew that the former was the beautiful Mrs. Amelia Spiess of 17 East Sixty-third street, and the latter no less a person than Count Geralmo Nasseli, the Italian Consul at New Orleans, and late Vice-Consul for Italy in this city. It was a private mar- riage, none but a few iriends of the bride being present. Among them were her two lovely daughters, the Misses Claribelle and Viola Spiess. The ceremony did not take long, and after it was over and Alderman ‘Ware had congratulated them, the happy couple went uptown, where a wedding breakfast was served in the same unosten- tatious manner in which they were united. The Countess is 33 years of age and so is the Count. They were thrown much to- gether in society in this city, where they learned to like each other, and the liking ripened rapidly into love. *Jake” Hess, brother of the Countess, was not one of those in the City Hall wheu the marriage took place, and it is under- stood he was not altogether disposed to look upon it with favor. This was inferred from the manner in which the ladies of Mr. Hess’ household received the.news and their extreme reticence. ‘“We have absolutely nothing to say,” was their an- swer fo a reporter last night. It was different at the house of the bride. One of the Misses Spiess said to a reporter: ““The marriage was quite a private affair, and the civil ceremony was made necessary by the laws of Italy. As regards the feel- ings of my uncle’s people, I really know nothing.” The witnesses to the marriage were Count Branchi, Italian Consul at this port, and Second Vice-Consul Alberti. The Countess will be presented at the Italian court soon after her arrival in Rome, and in the fall will return to this country. CHEAP ORIENTAL LABOR Labor Commissioner Fitzger~ ald’s Charges Discredited at Washington. Government Officlals Claim They Have No Evidence of a Conspliracy. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 22.— The Government officials here have, up to the present time, no evidence at hand suffi- cient to justify the belief that the charges of Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald of Cali- fornia that a conspiracy existed for the farming out of cheap Oriental labor to Americans, supplied by agents located in the Hawaiian Islands, are well founded. The position of Commissioner Fitzger- ald, it is said, is also overthrown by the declarations from Senator Perkins and other prominent coast politicians that there was nothing to warrant the impres~ sion that such a conspiracy existed. T A GIRI’S INFATUATION. ZLeft Her Home to Join a Man Already Married. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ixp., July 22.— This city was startled to-day by the ans nouncement that Ella McCleary, the beaus tiful 16-year-old daughter of Mrs. J. C. Mce Cleary, had left home and gone to St. Lounis to join Fred Flynn, a married man and a former resident here. Flynn, several months since, began pay+ ing Miss McCleary attention, but her mother, learning that he was married, or- dered him from the house and accused him of being married. This he denied, but left and went to St. Louis, where he se- cured a position as conductor on an elec< tric-car.” He kept up a clandestine corre« spondence with the girl and sent her a ticket to St. Louis, urging her to join him, While her mother was in Louisville visit- ing relatives last week she made her prepa« rations.and left. It is said Flynn was forced to marry his present wife at the point of a pistol. —_————— LUCK OF A MORTAR-MIXER. Fell Heir to a Half-Million Dollar Eng~ lish Estate. DUBUQUE, Iowa, July 22. — Frank Boswell, a young man from Omaha, em- ployed here for several months past as a mortar-mixer, has received news that he is heir to $450,000 from the estate of his aunt in England. Roswell left Englnnd about six years -go. Notice that he was wanted to claim the estate appeared in the newspapers and friends at Omaha informed him. He also received a letter from the attorney of the estate, sent in care of the Mayor of Omaha, to which city he had been traced. Boswell declines to be interviewed on the matter until the news is confirmed and mixed mortar as usual to-day. ML I A To Enforce PNA‘WM‘ n. ‘WICHITA, Kaxs., July 22.—The Board of Police Commussioners, in compliance with the expressed wishes of Gover i left for Toveka to-night for a p::lzl;‘:‘lfl;lnl: ference on the subject of enf the prohibition law Whu“?mment o