The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 15, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1895 SPAIN IN BAD HUMOR, Enraged at This poun- try’s Attitude Toward the Cubans. TROUBLE THREATENED. An Accounting Will Be De- manded When the War Is Ended. A TIRADE BY SENOR ALVAREZ | The Mayor of Havana Says the Flag | Will Not Protect Future Ex- peditions. 1, says is not a se- anger d the 10 is at the Union-squ the insurrection in ( matter, but that ad of tronble between ted State our Gov »us extending | 1sters. | ard noth- t Martiinez ed no con- He believed that zeneral be sent | . and that the I be placed in ion aifairs, en- entire opera- n asked about the| Ivacez said: f outlaws led by foreign- class of Cubans have h it. In the Santiago gents are nearly all ne- | \eir leader, is' a mulatto; Domingan. All the other insu nts are American v are foreigners on Cuban i be shot down. American are aiding them should | in Cuba is not between tions, and that they , ‘we will be neutral,” It isa ne nation is baving in its own ds | r that the al war Am s t foreign- | 1t allow their own citizens to con- . against Spanish authorities, and friendly nation.” s not the United States by proc- and by orders to men-oi-war and | > cutters shown its friendship for | Yes, but what good does a man-of-war Key West do? None atall. xpeditions are fitted out j the same | sent under the protection of the Perhaps your Government nows that Spain is keep- | all the expeditions that | are sent out, and when the trouble in Cuba | over, will ask tbe United States to pay | yur newspapers publish de- | its of how those expeditions | , and how they are landed. | to be held in your cities, | for the avowed purpose of | plies to Cuba, and expe- d out and sailed under | flag with no redress for | t me tell yon this,” continued Senor ¢ American flag is being crime. Spanish offi- of letting expeditions ail under the Ameri- | e day may come when an | vill no longer permit a vessel to go | 1gh respect for the flag. Some- | not to the flag, but to | —and there may be | n and the United escape beca ca free ti thing will “Another thing we do not like,” said | Senor Alvarez, ‘is insisting that the Mora | claim be paid just when ‘Spain needs money for war purposes. The claim itself end should never be paid. All rators have decided against it. Mora was never an American citizen until property was destr would r have been pushed if Min- er was not to get a share of it. And hy does not the United States pay the claim that Spain has had ever since Flor- i was -purchased? It was then agreed that Spanish residents who gave up their property should be reimbursed, but they have never been paid. It does not come with good grace for the United States to ask Spain to pay 2 million and' a halif now, and the manner in which the claim has been pressed makes Spaniards sore. The TUnited States does not pay the award made by the Bering Sea Commission and is getting the reputation of being a bad debtor among the nations, yet a demand is made that Spain pay tie unjust Mora W aim, and must do it at once. All these things make our blood boil.” Senor Alvarez expects to return to Havana in September. c L’I!,(’SAS TAR RISING. The Tide Has Turned in Favor of the Insurgents. NEW YORK Y., Aug. 14.—Gonzalo de Quesada, secretary of the Cuban revo- Iutiomary party, yesterday received a letter from General Antonio Maceo, dated from the camp of Monto Palo July 31. The neral decl; that the revolution in Santiago and Camaguey provinces is very powerful and that the insurgents are marching from success to success. The Spanish soldiers, he says, appear to be panic-stricken and surrendered’ in almost every encounter. He adds that five repre- sentatives of the Eastern department have lett for Camaguey in ‘order to constitute the provisional government of the republic. Other advices from Camaguey and Santiago de Cuba state that General Gomez's army is bemng daily re-enforced. The city of Puerto Principe is in a pani and the Spanish soldiers are afraid to ven- ture out of it. Martinez Campos has in- structed that all columns of troops sent into the country from Puerto Principe must erect milestones to mark their line of route, so that he may satisfy himself that they visit the places they’arc ordered to. From eight to ten cases of yellow fever are registered in Puerto Principe daily. All the young Cubans in the place have joined their fellow-countrymen in the tield. Fiity soldiers from Galicia, who | Made | guaranteeing have been accommodated in the regular and improvised hospitalsand the churches in Santiago de Cuba. Campos Goes to Santa Clara. HAVANA, Cupa, Aug. 14.—Captain- mpos started this morning for ara with 100 members of the First 3rigade, who displayed much enthusiasm. HUNTIRGTON 15 BACK Continued from First Page. the French people and also of the Ger- mans. Speaking of these, he said: “I did not so much poverty in France The French are economical, in- nd saving. They don’t splurge us do, who go to Europe and seem to spend money for the purpose of showing tnat they have it. In a French store every particle of space is economized, and a small store does as much business as a big one here, where the rent would be $10,000. If we, in this country, would practice economy as they do'in France and most countries of Europe, we would thrive much more than we do. I like the French for their industry and economy. I like the Germans as well for similar reasons.” Mr. Huntington received many inquiries about South America, and to these he said the way to get along with the republics, was to treat them fairly and not to drive them. As for Cuba the expectation abroad was that Spain would put down the rebel- lion. Of the Nicaraguan canal Mr. Hunt- ineton-said he did not think it would ever be built, since to pay interest on the money it would cost to build it would make the tolls the highest in the world. The traffic would never support the canal, since our | great east and west railroads supplied the better means of carrying freight, as com- pared with the canal. The bulk of this came from west of the All anies and would go west by rail instead of going first to seaboard and thence by the canal. Mr. Huntington said it was doubtful if he attended the meeting of the railroad presidents, since any freight agreement would probably be broken by somebody in due time. Mr. Huntington said his new large mansion at Fifty seventh street and Fiftieth avenue is jor sale if anybody d pay for it what it cost. He has bought a house in San Francisco, where he remain from October next until M: 1896, although New York will remain his home. He expects to live at Throges Neck. As to the marriage of his son, Archer M. Hauntington, he said he attended the wed- ding in London. IRGUING AT ALBUDUERDUE Receivers Answer the Charges th the Gable Letter. | Declare That a Separate Regime Would Disrupt the Entire System. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Aug. 14.—To- day’s procee in the suit praying for a separate receiver for the Atlantic and Pacific Railway was begun by reading affi davits by General Traffic Manager Bissell, General Manager Robinson and Receiver A\ er. These affidavits denied the charges as to unjust rates and methods made in a letter of T. R. Gable and an affidavit of Mr. Jennings. Mr. Robinson explained that the Gable letter was written to him in response to his request, and all other managers of the system would make any suggestions deemed necessary. The opening argument for the plaintiff, made by Mr. Jennings, reviewed at length the history of the mutual relations of the Santa Fe, San Francisco and Atlantic and Pacific capitalists, showed that Santa Fe and San Francisco owned the Atlantic and Pacific, furnished money to puild it by the Atlantic and Pacific bonds and by direct advances and dona- tions as owriers. A history of the bonds under which a new receiver is demanded was zecited, and a claim was made that such bonds entitled the naming of a receiver. Mr. Jennings complained that the Santa Fe reorganiza- tion committee had made no provision for aking care of the plaintiff’s bonds n Jennings was followed by General-Solicitor Peck of the Santa Fe system in a long ar- gument in defense of the present receivers. He said: “A court of equity is the highest court. The present plaintiffs tried just what they are now trying when they applied for a separate receiver for the Francisco. Judge Cald answered at the time they had no right to a separate receiver, since_the effect of such-a cnange would be to disrupt the system without benefit to any part of it.” Mr. Peck was followed by Hon. N. B. Field and Judge Storey, in the same strain. The latter had not concluded his argument when court adjourned. MISTERY AT STOCKTON, An Unknown Young Man Found Severely Wounded Under a Bridge. He Absolutely Refused to Make Known His Identity and Later Disappeared. STOCKTON, CaL., Aug. 14.—Last even- ing George Salch and Henry Woodsun while crossing the bridge on Pilgrim street over Minor channel heard groans issuing from beneath the bridge. On making an investigation they found a young mun about 20 years of age lying on the bank, bleeding profusely from a wound in the right side of his neck. He was suffering greatly and talked in such an incoherent manrer that they concluded he was badly 1mjored and went in search of assistance for him. A lot of campers were located near by angd from one of these a lantern was ob- tained. Woodsun wiped the blood from the wounded man and with the aid of ‘Salch removed the sufferer to one of the campers’ tents. After the flow of blood was stopped the young man revived, but refused to give any account of how he had received the wound in his neck. He also refused to give his name or tell where he lived and seemed anxious to have the whole matter hushed up. The men who had found him wanted to save themselves from being im- plicated in the affair and so reported what they had learned to the police. Vshen they returued to the camp the man they had discovered under the bridge had gone. He disappeared when one of the campers went to the channel for some water. Several shots were heard fired earlier in the evening by some of the residents of the neighborhood, a number of whom ran out were placed on guard at the El Sugareno ntation, have gone over to the Cubans th their arms and ammunition. The rgent outposts around the city can be y disecerned from the church towers, Fifteen hundred wounded Spanish soldiers to see what the trouble was. It is thought from the reticence of the man who was found wounded beneath the bridge that the affair involves some amour of his, and that for this reason he would say nothing about his assailant. Louis and San | NEWS OF THE COAST. Maguire Lectures on the Single Tax Prop~- osition. ITS EFFECT ON WAGES. Men Would Find Employment on Lands Now Held by Speculators. BETTER TIMES WOULD FOLLOW. The Congested Condition of the Labor Market in Cltles Would Disappear. SAN JOSE, CaL., Aug. 14.—The single tax proposition was the subject before the | Grange summer school at Normal Hall this morning. the speaker, and for an hour he held the closest attention of his hearers. The distinguished gentleman treated his subject with special reference to the farmer, how it would affect Kim and how it would affect the holders of personal property in cities. In beginning his re- | marks Judge Maguire said that the propo- | sition was to take the tax off everything except land, and that the land should be taxed irrespective of any improvements upon it. “The effect of removing the tax from everything save land would be far-reach- ing,” he said. *“There would be no half- way ground and either good o1 great harm would result. The land is the gift of the Creator co mankind. Man is aland ani- mal and all he eats and wears comes from the land. The advocates of the single tax are not advocating a measure which will give to the idle and destitute something from the industry of the workers. “On the other hand they propose that every man who is willing to work shall have the opportunity of doing so. Every man who is willing and able to make a living should have the opportunity of doing it. There are men who cannot find work. There are millions of acres of idle and unprobuc- { tive land which men would cheerfully oc- cupy and make productive, but they are denied the right because land monopolies hold possession. “Land has little or no value except as the community by its industry and growth gives it value. This is recognized by the holders of land who keep it for speculative purposes, knowing that as the community | grows and increases in population and in- | dustry there is a constant increase in the value of the land. This increment does not come from the man’s industry, but comes from the community. Naturally the community should have the incre- ment. “Now, we believe that if taxation is laid upon the land slone, the land which is held for speculative purposes will be thrown upon the market. This will allow the hundreds of men seeking work to find land upon which to live and work. No one wiil deny but that the men who are willing to work should be given the oppor- tunity. With the wonderful inventions of a labor-saving character many men have been thrown out of work. Land monopoly holds them in the city, already overrun and crowded with men seeking work. It is a natural consequence that wages go down. By puiting the land upon the mar- ket it will go back to the people, where it belongs, and the congested condition of affairs will be relieved.” His address met with hearty applause. Professor Kellogg of the University of California spoke in the afternoon. To-morrow afternoon Hons. John P. Irish and M. M. Estee will talk about gold and silver respectively. TROUBLE OVER AN ESTATE. A Husband Brings Suit Against His Wife’'s Adn.inistrator. SAN JOSE, CaL., Aug. 14.—Judge Rey- nolds was occupied this morning in hear- ing the case of Horace A. Meyers against estate of Meyers’ wife and guardian of the two minor children, Mignonette D. and Alice M. Meyers. The action was brought to prevent Salisbury from administerin, upon part of the estate, as the husban claimed it was commnniti; property. Mr. Meyers testified that when he was married in 1886 he_had $500, and with it bought the lot in dispute. As his position was a dangerous one he had the deed made {out in his wife’s name. In 1889 they tried to borrow money on the lot, but found the deed defective, and a new deed conveying the property to his wife was made. Be- tween the making of the first and second deeds the laws of the Btate had been so changed as to allow a wife to acquire sepa- rate éiroperly. Judge Reynolds intimated that the second deed would be recognized. Under this ruling the property would be adjudged separate property, and conseauently part of the property to be administered upon. The case was submitted and the plaintiff allowed ten days in which to file briefs. CORPORATION TROUBLES. A New Outbreak in the Affairs of the San Jose Mear Company. SAN JOSE, Carn., Aug. 14.—The trouble between the directorate and stockholders of the San Jose Meat Company broke out anew this morning, when Louis P. Cooper et al. petitioned the court foran injunction restraining John A, Woodward and other members of the directors from selling stock to pay an assessment of $5 per share levied June 25, 1895. 1t is also asked that the action of the directors in levying such assessment be declared null and vois. Judge Reynolds granted a temporary in- junction restraining the directors from sell- ing the stock to satisfy such assessment and ordered the directors to give $2500 bond to observe such injunction. About a year ago the 'Woodward faction ousted the Cooper faction from the direc- torate, and since then there has been more or less trouble. A few months ago both factions had armed guards about the shops, but the court sustained the Woodward fac- tion and the Cooper faction was oustea. Acquitted of Stealing Barley. SAN JOSE, CaAv., -Aug. 14.—James C. Spencer and his three sons were examined on a charge of grand larceny before Justice Dwyer this afternoon. The Spercers were accused of stealing between forty and fifty sacks of barley from B.J. Tully, who re- sides on McLaughlin _avenue. The evi- dence was not sufficient to hold the Spencers, as it was shown that a man named Castro had disposed of the grain. An effort will be made to locate Castro. The charges against the Spencers were dis- missed, but it is thought 1f Castro can be located new charges will be preferred. Recult of a Lovers’ Quarrel. SAN JOSE, CAL., Aug. 14.—Milton White was tried before Justice Dwyer this morn- ing on a charge of stealing a gold ring be- longing to Mrs. Mary Olmstead. Mrs. Olmstead testified that she and White had Hon. J. G. Maguire was | Guy H. Salisbury, as administrator of the | been lovers and were engaged, she had given him a gold lging’.ani‘dint;hn; White tired of her and gave the ring to an- other young lady. TRBis so enraged her that she demanded the rine back, but White refused to comply with her request, Hence she preferred the charge, As there was no evidence that White stole the ring Justice Dwyer discharged him. Justice Dwyer informed Mrs. Oim- stead that his court was not the place to settle lovers’ quarrels and advisef her to again become White's sweetheart and in that way the ring would become commu- nity property. % _Abandoned by His Wife, SAN JOSF, CAL., Aug. 14.—William A. | Duncan to-day commenced suit against | Catherine Duncan for divorce on the | ground of desertion. The couple were | married in_Stockton in 1889. In April, | 1894, the wife abandoned her home and | since then has refused to have anything to do with the plaintiff. Thereare no chil- | dren or property to fight over. Went Over an Embankment. SAN JOSE, CaAn., Aug. 14.—William Mann, who resides ‘above Los Gatos, yes- terday had a narrow_escape. While com- ing down the Snell Mountain road with a Joad of hay, at a .bend in the road his horses shied, and horses and wagon went ‘over an__embankment . fifty feet high. | Neither Mann nor the horses were seriously | hurt. A Runaway Accident. SAN JOSE, Car., Aug. 14.—While Mr. and Mrs. Espanoza and baby were return- ing from Warm Springs last night a run- | away aashed into their buggy, upsetting | it. 'The occupants were thrown heavily to | the ground and Mr. Espanoza had four ! ribs broken. Mrs. Espanoza and the baby | escaped with a few slight bruises. Pleaded Guilty to Larceny. SAN JOSE, CAL., Aug. 14.—Meche Mar- tinelli, the 18-year-old boy who was ar- rested for burglarizing the residence of Mrs. Gordon on Julian street, .pleaded | guglty to a charge of petty larceny inJus- | tice Gtass’ court this morning, and wassen- tenced to 130 days in the County Jail. Trout for Santa Clara County. SAN JOSE, CAL., Aug. 14.—Game War- den Mackenzie expects to receive 100,000 trout during the coming week for distribu- tion in the streams of this county. A couple of months ago 50,000 rainbow trout were planted in the streams of the ccnnty. | Opening of the University of the Picific. S8AN JOSE, CAL., Aug. 14.—The opening exercises of the University of the 2acihc were held this morning. There wereabout 200 pupils in attendance, an incregse over the enrollment of last vear. There jre but few changes in the faculty. { SACRAMENTO POLICE SUED The Plaintiff Asks $10,000 Damages for False Im- prisonment. Was Kept In Jall for Nearly Two Days Though Gulilty of No Offense. i SAURAMENTO, CarL., Aug —P. K. Turner, an employe of a downtown hotel, commenced suit to-day againsi Chief of Police Drew and Police Officers Maley, Wilson and Talbot for false imprisonment and asks for $10,000 damages. In hiscom- plaint he recites: “That after his arrest on the night of August 9, 1895, plaintiff was castinto a cell at the City Prison of the cily of Sacra- mento, wherein were certair prisoners ac- cused of opium-smoking, murier and va- grancy, and was there compelled to re- main until the time of hig liberation on Sunday, August 11, 1895, af11 o'clock A. M. “That at the time of liis detention the plaintiff was not permitted by Drew and Maley and Talbot and thase in charge of the City Prison to commtnicate with his family or friends or to obtain or furnish bail or permitted in any manner to learn the cause of his detention. “That plaintiff hereinis a married man with a family, consisting of a wife and five children, all of whom ‘were and are de- pendent upon the laborof plaintiff; that at no time was any complaint on file against the plaintiff of a criminal nature, nor was any charge ¢f any sort placed against him at the city prison or else- where; that at the ‘time of his arrest plaintiff was employe? at the Western Hotel, in the city of Sacramento, receiving a salary in such employment, and by rea- son of his detention snd imprisonment as aforesaid he was discharged from his said position and lost said employment; that said imprisonment was wholly unlawful and illegal and wrongful, and it was learned by defendants, Drew, Maley and Talbot, prior to his release and on the 10th day of August, 1895, that plaintiff herein was not accused of any crime and his de- tention was not desired for any criminal offense, but notwithstanding such fact de- fendants detained and restrained him of ¥ga5{§mrc)v until the 11th day of August, The facts of the case seem to be that Turner while in a variety theater was pointed out to an officer by 2 would-be de- tective, who stated that he was a man who was badly wanted. The officer, acting upon this Information, locked him up ani refused him baill It subsequently devel- oped that the prisoner was not the man wanted and he was set at liberty. - ELECTRIC CARNIVAL: Some of Its Important Details Decided Upon by the Committee. SACRAMENTO, Carn., Aug. 14.—There ‘was an interesting meeting of the execu- tive committee of the electric carnival to- night at which decisive arrangements were made. Since the time when Director-General Coleman announced that he had decided upon the plaza as the place for the review- ing stand there has been & great deal of opposition manifested by those who thought the plaza too small and who fa- vored the Capitol park. To-night the di- rector-general was almost unanimously voted down and instead of placing the re- viewing stand in a plaza covering one city block it will be placed at the main en- trance of the Capitol grounds. The line of march will be from Tenth to K, to Second, to J, to Tenth ““d,l}”‘s‘ the reviewing-stand at the Capitol. The Capi- tol building itself will be brilliantly illu- minated with incandescent lamps so ar- ranged as to show its outline. The trees and walks in the park will also be bril- liantly lighted with electricity. At the committee meeting to-night it was an- nounced that electric floats would be the principal features of the parade, and that they would exceed anything ever seen in the United States. et g WKECK OF A CATTLE TRAIN., The Fireman Scalded to Death and Several Other Men Injured. SPOKANE, Wasn.,, Aug. 14.—A stock train on the Washington Central road was wrecked at Almira last night while run- ning at a high rate of speed. It was rounding a curve and struck an open switch. The engine and eleven cars rolled down a twenty-foot embankment. Fireman Fred Pritz of Sprague was caught underneath the engine and scalded to death. Engineer Hobart bad his leg broken, and balP? a dozen men uccomgunying the stock were more or less ot and bruised. Of the 317 steers carried 200 were Kkilled. | The engine and cars were completely de- molished. Read What the Daily Re, Said Last Evening. - TWO BITS On the Bollar for a Fine Suit of Woolen - Clothing. Julins W. Raphael was treated to a sur- prise party yesterday that lasted all day long. The well-known Kearny-street firm of Raphael’s announced that, in conse- quence of damage by water, the whole stock of clothing and furnishing goods would be sold at a great reduction in prices. Buyers were on hand quite early, prepared to get bargains, but were dumfounded at the slanghter which had been made on for- mer selling rates. The news that clothing was being sacrificed spread like wildfire, and vcri soon the deluge of people com- pelled the firm to close the doors while cus- womers on the inside were waited on before admitting those who were crowding out- side on the sidewalk. The crush was sim- ply tremendous, and the sales of yesterday must have made greatinroads on the stock. Everybody who bought anything went away more than satisfied. Some of the clothing was scarcely touched by water, but there was no discrimination. Suits went for a song, and they will continue to . NEW TO-DAY. he Astonishing Feature! : And what is pleasing the public more than anything else, is that the class of goods damaged in the serious accident Sunday night, when two floors of the big store were flooded by water, is of the highest grade. Our very finest goods were the goods that suffercd most. It’s not cheap stuff ; we have never carried cheap stuff, but our very finest Men’s Suits, our very finest Boys’ and Chil- dren’s Clothing; our highest grades of Furnishing Goods; our highest grades of Children’s Furnishings; | cleaned up. ment prevailed to-day. —Excerpt from Goods, Slightly Damaged, Going For a Mere Song. Raphael’s (INCORPORATED), go for next to nothing until everything is The same rush and excite- Y. the Daily Report Aug. 14. some actually ruined; going for a mere song. O10 (0000000010000 0.0 0C.0C.0C.00000; CCB0 0000000000000 X e A A A A ALITTLE WET, BUT STILL BEING RUN BY YOUR OWN SAN FRANCISCO BOYS, ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo0 ©® : O D i r Is to place the store in the hands of decorators, artists, carpenters and plumbers as quickly as possible, so as to restore it to its former beauty, and whatever damaged goods are not sold in a few days will be disposed of to parties who are already figuring on the entire stock, but we would much rather prefer you to get the benefit of it, though we are very anxious to have our store restored to like it was before the sad acci- i dent of Sunday '0,0,0,0,000,0,00000000000; others heavily damaged ; some slightly damaged by water—all the latest novelties, all ® ® ® O, ® ® ® O] C 9, 11, 18 and 15 Kearny Street. TROUBLE AT SANTA CRUZ Protest Against the Letting of the Courthouse Con- tract. Watsonville Citizens Oppose the Action of the Super- visors. SANTA CRUZ, Can, Aug. 14.—The action of the Board of Supervisors of Santa Cruz County in awarding the contract for the erection of a courthouse building to R. M. McCabe at a cost of $53,475 has caused much dissatisfaction, especially among the residents of the southern end of the county. The District Attorney was yesterday pre- sented with a petition largely signed by prominent citizens and taxpayers of the city of Watsonville requesting that official to commence an action against N. A. Com- stock, the architect of the proposed build- | ing, to recover the amount already paid | him, by order of the Board of Supervisors, {for his services as architect, and also to in- stitute actions against the individual Sup- ervisors and their bondsmen to recover damages for allowing the same. | The petitioners aver that Comstock had | no leeal claim against the county; that the | Board of Supervisors proceeded illegally in their adoption of the plans and specifica- tions for the courthouse; that no proper bond was exacted of the architect; that the Board of Supervisors had no power under their resolutions adopted to let the con- tract for a greater cost than $40,000, and that McCabe was not the lowest respon- sible bidder. In their advertised notice to architects, inviting the submission of plans and spec- ifications, the Supervisors announced that the cost of the proposed courthouse should not exceed $40,000. Among the plans sub- mitted those of Architect Comstock were considered the best and adopted by the board, who then proceeded to advertise for bids for the construction of the building. Under the law it was necessary that this advertisement should continue for sixty days, during which time iron, steel, terra cotta and building material generally ad- vanced rapidly, with the result that when the bids were opened all were found to be greatly in excess of the estimated cost. The Superyisors finally concluded to ac- cept the bid of Contractor McCabe. The contract was duly entered into, the bonds of the contractor and architect were ap- proved and the work of excavating for the foundation of the building has been stead- ily progressing. It is contended by the dissatisfied citi- zens of Watsonville that the Supervisors were bound by their order fixing the esti- mated cost of the building, and had no le- gal authority to enter into a contract in- volving a greater expense to the taxpayers, and that, consequently, all payments made to either architect or contraetor are illegal. It is not known what action the District Attorney will take in the matter, but it 1s expected that he will hold that a differ- ence of opinion exists as to the wisdom of the action of the Supervisors, that they acted within the scope of authority granted them by the county government act, and that, consequently, no proceedings against ‘them will lie. i There is a decided conflict of opinion over the matter, many of the most promi- nent citizens and largest tax payers hold- ing that the Supervisors have exercised sound judgment in awarding the contract, and have acted for the best interests of the county. The signers of the document are the following prominent citizens and tax- payers of Pajaro Valley: Watsonville Bank, by G. M. Bockius, president; Pa- jaro Valley Bank, by John T. Porter, presi- dent; James Walters, W. W. and Mary A. Ford, Otto Sloesser, G. H. Brewington, John D. Brown, J. F. Cooper, A. N.Judd, P. J. Thompson, Henry Jackson, D. Alex- ander, A. O, Peckham, Edward White, William McGrath, W. R. Radcliff, G. M. Bockius, Owen Tuttle, J. 8. Menasco, M. B. Tuttle, James Redman; The A. Lewis Company, Otto Raphael manager; M. Valentine, I. M. Grimmer, N. McLean, Chasles Zoellin, T. C. Pearson, Samuel Mann Jr., T. D. Alexander, Alfred Hiscox, E. F.Wyckoff, J. J. Morey, Joseph Albright, Wwilliam Mann, R. J. Trussler, M. Cassin, Joseph M. Collum, William Dehart, W. A. Sanborn, C. H. Connell, P. Lauritzen, G. Q. Bush, J. L. Curtis, J. Kennaugh, John Colecower, H. 8. Fletcher, W. V. Leu, M. J. Hughes, J. A. Thompson, G. A. Trafton, William Henderson, George Sietz, L. V. Willits and L. C. Pearc: HELD IN A SEMINARY. Divorced Parents Contest for the Posses- sion of @ Daughter. WARRENSBURG, Mo., April 14.—A writ of habeas corpus was served to-day on the Sisters of Charity in charge of St. Ce- celia’s Seminary at Holden for the posses- sion of Cora Jones, about 17 years old, an inmate of the seminary for the past three years. Four years ago, in Chicago, Martha M. Jones secured a divorce from Joseph Jones and secured the custody of their child and laced her in St. Cecelia’s Seminary at olden, where she has remained ever since. She was accidentally discovered there by Representative Hinde of Kansas City, a friend of the family. An uncle of the girl made the demand on the sisters for the possession of Cora and was refused, as they would give her up to no one but her father. Yesterday Mrs. Abbie Hienman of Chi- cago, an aunt of the girl, representing ber mother, came to Warrensburg and swore out the writ. S = SACRAMENTO’S MIIAN MAN. Robbed a Blind Pencil-Peddler While the Fiotim Slept. SACRAMENTO, CAr., Aug. $#4.—J. E, Brown, arrested here several days ago for battery committed on a Chinaman, bids fair to_be proven the meanest man on rec- ord. Brown, who is a-hanger-on at a water-front hotel, will to-day be charged with burglary. Some time ago aroom in the hotel oc- cupied by Patrick Brady, a blind pencil- dler, was burglarized while Brady slept. verything of value was taken. Among the articles missing wasa bulldog revolver. Several days ago Brown sold a revolver which Brady identified as belonfing to him. Brady recognized the revolver means of soap, which he had placed in the chambers to keep the cartridges, which were loose, from falling out. A S T R ROBBED NEAR ST. BELENA. Conrad Workover Had a Battle With a Lone Highwayman. ST. HELENA, CAL., Aug. 14.—A masked highwayman held up Conrad Workover ‘while he was returning home from Samuel Springs Tuesday evening about dark, rob- bing him of $16 and a check for $15 on the Grangers’ Bank, San Francisco, drawn by Reuben Clark. As the robber left Workover, the latter drew a pistol and ordered him to throw up his hands, intending to capture him, but the highwayman drew a pistol and fired six shots at Workover, two of them pass- ing through his clothing, but doing no injury. i Workover returned the fire, but his horse became unmanageable and ran away. 7 E The highwayman was tall and_slender, about six feet high and had a sack drawn over his face. 5 BUDD IS MUCH IMPROVED He Still, However, Is Subject to Severe Pains in the Head. . It Will Be Several Weeks Before He Is Able to Leave His Mother’s Home. STOCKTON, Cirn., Aug. 14.—Governor Budd was much better to-day. He passed a restless night, and as usual had severe pains in the back of his head. His left leg and ankle are swollen with rheumatism, and the right wrist and hand are also very painfnl from his old complaint. During the day his temperature fell to almost its normal condition, and his pulse was much steadier. He is so weak that he can hardly lift himself from the bed, and it will be sev- eral weeks before he can leave his mother’s home here. Then he contemplates going to Tiburon and living quietly in an ark in the bay until his nervous troubles are over. He will not allow himself to be bothered by politicians_or office-seekers, and will there be guarded carefully from all annoyances of this kind. He has been a much sicker man than any one realized. PO R AMBITIOUS SANTA ROSA. One of the Biggest Improvement Booms in Iis History. PRyl SANTA ROSA, Can., Aug. 14.—Santa Rosa is baving the biggest improvement boom in its history. More new dwelling houses are being built here tban at any time known before. A great many store | buildings have peen lately remodeled or are now being remodeled. A thousand feet of new cement sidewalk has been put down and a number of blocks of street are being newly paved. s More men are am;fioyed on public works here_than ever before, and the town is rapidly taking on a metropolitan appear- ance. A movement is on foot to erecta new_,thre'e-sto? brick block at the corner of Fourth and Washington streets, and one of the biggest brick blocks in the center of town is to be converted into an office block, to be supplied with an elevator and all modern conveniences. The citi- zens are united on the provosition to make the town go to the head of the list in the State. ———l LOS ANGELES KNIGHTS List of Those Who Will Make the Pilgrim= age to Boston. LOS ANGELES, Can, Aug. 14—The following members of Coeur de Lion Com- mandery No. 9, Knights Templar, will leave this city Sunday, August 18, en route to the twenty-sixth. triennial conclave of Knights Templar, to be held at Boston beginning August 26: M. T. Adams, emi- nent commander; Mayor Frank Rader, eneralissimo, and wife; George Sinsa- ugh, captain-general; Mr. and Mrs. Her- vey Lindley, James Cazneo, Dr. J. W. Trueworthy, D. M. Sutherland, Mr. and Mrs. 8. K. Lindley, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lankenshim, Dr. L. W. Frary, Niles Pease, J. C. Hassinger, W. L. Clarke and N, R. Folsom. They will leave here at 2 ». M. ana pro- ceed to San Francisco, whence they will journey East on the Golden Gate Com- mam;ery's special. ANOTHERE MERCED ARREST. It 1s DMade in Connection With the Merced Bank Affairs. MERCED, CAL., Aug. 14.—The second arrest was made to-day growing out of the Merced Bank affairs, as brought ogt in the recent Atwood-Nelson suit, Vice-President Landram was placed under arrest this afternoon, charged with embezzlement. He was released on bbnds of $100. Six more warrants will be served by to-morrow night.