The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 25, 1895, Page 2

THE N FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1895. BETWEEH TWO FIRES, Defeated Insurgents in Formosa Slain by Tribesmen. BLACK FLAGS. WAR ON Two Cruisers Bombarded Bar- racks, Shelled Forts and Captured Villages. JAPAN'S TRADE IS ENLARGED. Signs of Returning Prosperity Come From Recently Disturbed Sec- tions of the Orient. TOKIO, Sept, 13 (vi TwoJa Naniwa 1 they bombarded | ons, landed f the troc N lding for the next five settled. In ad-| is now bui ave fonur i Sovereign t 7000 to 8000 te with a speed of iber of smaller to me is carried six first-cl 2 more powerful a foreign flag in ther with a large cent fast cruisers. on has been attracted in | e that the King of | ve mining rights in i Phyong-an-do for a period € yearsto an Am; an trading company, a firm well known in the East. | The only condition attacbed to the grant is that the company shall pay one-fourth ot its profits to the royal treasury. The Japanese press accuses its Nationals of want of enterprise for allowing themselves to be thus forestalled by an American firm. The recent storm and inundations in Japan caused serious injury to two lines of railway, the Tsuruga and Hokuriku. Itis calculated that no less than 4,500,000 yen will be required to restore the lines. Pending the resuraption of the Formosan campaign on a large scale, no events of special importance are taking place there. The island was visited by the usual sum- mer storms on the 4th and 5th inst., with the result that communications by land and sea alike were interrupted. It appears that the inbabitants in the central region and aboriginal tribes are reported to have killed all the defeated insurgents who took refuge in the mountains. One of the most notable features of Japanese commercial progress during the last five years has been an dincrease of banking facilities. The number of private banks ha ased from 272 with an ag- gregate capital of ven, in 1890, to | grew | and his 761 with an aggregate capital of 54,250,000 yen in 1894. In addition to these there are 133 national banks with a capital of 49.- 000,000, 894 companies, akin to banks, with a capital of 103,000,000, and thirty-four savings banks with a capital of 11,500,000. The marked growth of America’s silk purchases from Japan during the past ten years is quite a feature of the Japanese trade. These purchases increased from 5,500,000 yen 1n 1885, to 23, 000 in 1894. It may be added that whereas Japan’s total exports to all countries aggregated only 29,000,000 yen in 1885, the figure for 1894 2,000,000 approximately. The expected resignation of the portiolio of Foreign Affairs by Count Muthu is not likely to take place for the present. At all events the count’s health is sufficiently re- stored to permit his continuing the dis- charge of the duties of his post, and the nation cannot spare him cenveniently. The violent members of the opposition in Japan, finding themselves precluded from fomenting popular discontent by platform harangues, have compiled and published brochures of an incendiary char- acter, denouncing the Cabinet for return- ing Liaotung peninsula and inciting the people to express their dissatisfaction in a forcible manner. Several of these extrem- ists have teen prosecuted under the pro- visions of the law of publication. A remarkable literary coincidence has recently been established in Japan. Miy yake Yujiro, a Japanese journalist, has enown that a celebrated Chinese poem, written several hundred years ago by Liun Ting Che, bears a really striking resem- blance to “The Last Leaf” by Oliver W. Holmes. Tt is scarcely conceivable that the American author could have had any knowledge of the Chinese poet’s work. Chinese merchants are gradually return- ing to SBeoul and resuming business there. They labor under several disadvantages. However, many of their principal connec- tions have been severed owing to the Tong Hack rebellion, and they are obliged to import their goods via Nagasaki instead of getting them direct from China, and they no longer enjov the protection of the once all-powerful Chinese resident Yuan. None the less, these inimitable traders are beginning once more to make headway against their Japanese competitors. DEPEW AS A PEACEMAKER. He Went to Newport to Settle Differences Between Fanderbilts. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 24.—Chauncey M. Depew returned from Newport yester- day, where he is supposed to have been on a mission of peace to patch up the differences between Mrs, William K. Van- derbilt and her former husband’s -family, in anticipation of the approaching marriage of Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt to the Duke of Marlborough. Depew looked very happy, as though he had accomplished the object of his visit. Miss Vanderbilt's engagement is the absorbing topic of society's conversation, and all sorts of rumors and speculations are going its rounds concerning the pos- sibility of renewal of friendly relations e ———— A ' pollinares “THE QUEEN OF TAELE WATERS” Supplied under Royal Warrants o Ber Majesty the Queen of England, and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. : between her mother and her father’s family and what settlements Mr. Vander- bilt will make upon her. Her dowry will, of course, be a large one—$10,000,000 is the sum generally mentioned in society’s gos- sip. This will be secured to the future Duchess in such a way that her husband will only be able to touch the interest of it. Blenheim, the house of the Marlboroughs, can be kept up handsomely on $500,000 a vear and much of its old splendor revived. Tts price art treasures, however, which went under the hammer some years ago, cannot be restored to it, although, with a doting father to stretch the annual allow- ance out from time to time, the young American Duchess can secure others. In addition te the $10,000,000 dowry, Miss Vanderbilt will have $50.000 a year, which sum goes with every Vanderbilt girl for pin mon e YOUNG BUT VERY WICKED. The Masecot of a Fire Department Sen- tenced for Burglary. WICHITA, Kaxs., Sept. 24.—The mas- cot of the Wichita Fire Department, Bill Tice, alias Nigger Bill, aged 7 years, was to-day found guilty of burglary and sen- tenced to the Hutchingon reformatory. The littie fellow’s brief life has been a career of crime, and yet on account the wonderful versatility of his genius has been the pet of the police and fire dv;»art- ments for some years. He was left in Wichita by a band of gypsies when a baby and every charitable and reformatory in- stitution in the city has had a hand in his education. Racing men have carried him about from city to city as a mascot, and the knowledge of horses which he has thus acquired is marvelous. Of late he traordinarily bold in his crimes »uth had always given him im- from punishment. The firemen nsolable. munit are i WTH FUNDS AND BOOKS Disappearance of the Treas- urer of a Beneficial Concern. All He Left Was Bushels of Printed Matter, a Cheap Desk and Two Chalirs. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 24,.—Charles H. Vice, iwrer of the Home Mutual Aid Association, has disappeared and taken with him the books of the associa- tion and thousands of dollars which have been wrung from the public by false repre- sentations within the past eighteen months. He left not a dollar in the treasury with which to pay claims against the association. All that he did leave was several bushels of printed matter, a cheap desk and a couple of chairsin a bare, un- carpeted room. The Home Mutual Aid Association was incorporated under the laws of Missouri, February 14, 1893. Its first officers were Frank Sullivan of Edina, Mo., president; M. D. Hollister of Kansas 'City, secretary; C. H. Vice of Edina, Mo., treasurer, and W. D. Hollister of Edina, financier. It was incorporated as a fraternal beneficial order. It insured men and women between the ages of 14 and 54 years. An insurance policy for $1000 in the concern cost the insured $2 « month, and for that he got $1 a day during sickness, not exceeding ninety days in any one year, and $1 a day when temporarily disabled by accident. If he was totally disabled he got the full amount of his policy or the full amount was paid to his beneficiary at death. The benefits to women members were as liberal as to men, WOOL WAREHOUSES GONE Flames Swept Through a Six- Story Buiiding at Phil- adelphla. Other Structures Badly Damaged and the Loss Will be Very Heavy. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 24.—The six-story wool warehouse of Charles J. ‘Webb & Co., 116 Chestnut street, was de- stroyed by fire to-night and several build- ings adjoining in the rear were baaly damaged. The fire started in the base- ment in the rear of Webb & Co.’s building at 8:15 o’clock, and it burned furiously for an hour, when the flames were partially subdued. The fire was practically extinguished at 11 o’'clock. . Webb & Co. lose $200,000 on stock, etc., covered by insurance. The building occupied by this firm, and which was completely gutted, was owned by the John A. Brown estate, and the loss by its destruction is placed at $50,000. The build- ing was insured. I. Refrisynder, a wool merchant, who occupies portions of the buildings 110 and 112 South Front street, and which struc- ture adjoined the rear on the Webb build- ing, loses $10,000 by fire and water. The establishment of Charles Linning & Co., limited, manufacturers of chemicals, at 112 South Front street, was damaged to the extent of $5000. The origin of the fire is not known. The rear of the building occupied by H. H. Heston & Co., wool-dealers, 118 Chestnut street, next door to Webb & Co.’s ware- house, was damaged to the extent of $10,000. e FLAT DENIAL OF CHARGES. Wyoming Officials Declave That They Have Not Been Derelict. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 24—In an open letter to the Secretary of the Interior, signed by Governor Richards, Secretary of State C. W. Burdick, State Engineer Mead, State Treasurer Hay and State Auditor Owen, a general and specific denial is made to the charges recently made by State Sena- tor Robert Foote, to the Inmterior Depart- ment, charging Governor Richards, Treasu- rer Hay, Senators Warren and Clark and other prominent Wyoming officials with fraud in connection with the operations ot the Carey land act. The letter details the manner of procedure adopted by the land board in carrying the Carey act into effect and gives the names of ail applicants for land_under the act. The letter de- nounces Foote’s charges as scurrilous and libelous, and states that mno attention would have been paid to them had the au- thor not attempted, in addition to assas- sinating the reputation of the Wyoming State officials, to attack honorable citizens of other States, who in good faith,in ac- cordance with the Wyoming laws, are giving their money and energies to the de- velopment of the resources of this State. Sl Disastrous Forest Fires. RIVER DE LOUIS, Queskc, Sept. 24.— Disastrous forest fires are raging in this vicinity and extend over an area of several miles. Fourteen buildings have been burned at St. Arsena, and farmers at St. Epiphane and St. Modest nave also suffered to a great extent. g Anti-Christian Proclamations. LONDON, Exa., Sept. 24.—A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Shanghai says that the eatire province of Cheklang has again been placarded with anti-foreign 4nd anti-Christian proclamations, causing much anxiety among foreign residents, SAVED BY THE WIND. Ethelwynn Was Out- sailed by the British Boat. SPRUCE IN GOOD TRIM. “No Race” Declared a Second Time in the Contest of the Fifteen-Footers. FINE SEAMANSHIP DISPLAYED. Up to the Time the Breeze Died Away the Challenger Was Leading Well. CENTER ISLAND, L. I., Sept. 24.—For the second time ‘no race” has to-day been declared in the Seawanahaka Yacht Club series of international challenge races for smail boats. This time, in varying winds and sometimes lack of any, the Eth- elwynn and Spruce IV struggled during the full racing time of five hours to go twice around a triangle of two miles a side, but only managed to finish a little more than five-sixths of the twelve-mile course. The result today has been distinctly favorable to the seamanship of the chal- lenger, who gave a fine exhibition of sail- ing his boat for all there was in her every minute the race was on, and while the American was generally well handled, an error of judgment on the first ieg of the windward work bade fair to give the English half-rater a good lead had not the fickle wind ended the day’s work in an abortive trial, because the five hours in which the course had to be covered was used up with the little boats yet more than three-quarters of a mile from the finish. The course to-day was a run off the wind, a reach northwest and a beat to windward south by west half west. Viewed as a whole the Spruce outsailed the Ethelwynn ‘“on the wind,” while the American was superior on the English boat’s reputed points. There were about as many and varied classes of vessels in the attending fleet as on Monday, and more will doubtless be on hand to-morrow, when the triangular course will be tried again. - — THE EASTERN TRACKS. ON Yery Fast Time the Four Events at Fort Wayne. FORT WAYNE, I~xp., Sept. 24.—To- day's card had four events and there was fast time in all of them. 2:14 trot, purse $800, Baron Rogers won, Lady Robert second, Almeto third. Best time, 134, 2:10 trot, purse $1000, Nightingale won, Dand Jim second, Miss Nelson third. Best 0. S pace, purse $600, Ci im second, Hafry Vietor third. ptain Crouch won, Best 114, 8 trot, purse $2000 (unfinished), Dentine iltgl second, Rhoetta Soap third. GRAVESEND, X. Y., Sept. 24.—Five furlongs, Salvable won, Forum second, Carib third. Time, 1:04. One mile, Adelbert won, Leonawell second, The Bluffer third. Time, 1:433;. Five furlongs, Prince Liet won, Right Royal second, Bloomer thitd. Time, 1 One mile, Flying Dutchmen second, Lucania third. Time, 1:4215. Six furlongs, Rey del Careres won, Illusion second, Jack of Spades third. Time, 1:15. One and a half miles, Connoisseur won, Pep- per second, Caracas third. Time, 2:88. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 24.—Seven furlongs, Hush won, Hacienda second, Constant third. Time, 1:30. ix furlongs, Millie M won, Forget second, Fannie Rowena third. Six and a half furlongs, Lolie Easton won, .{o&x ny McHale second, Minerva third. Time, on, Annisette 2 Eight and a half furlongs, Sumo won, Prince second, Freddie L T third. Time, 1:493. Five furlongs, Geneva C won, Commercial second, Jack Martin third. Time, 1;0415. Seven furlougs, Tom Elmore won, Immilds second, Revenae third. Time, 1:29. OAKLEY RACETRACK, Onro, Sept. 24.—The record of both local tracks for two-year-olds at six furlongs, was broken to-day by Sherlock, he going the distance in 1:14. Five furlongs, Faust won, Willie Shannon second, Starbeam third. Time, 1:02%. Six furlongs, Millard won, Mate second, Early Rose third. Time, 1:15. 8ix_furlongs, Sherlock won, First Mate sec- ond, Don Carillo third. Time, 1:14. One and an eighth miles, Handsome won, Fayette Belle second, Basso third. Time, 1:56%. Six Turlongs, Twinkle won, Miss Lilly secona, Roosevelt third. ON THE FIELD. St. Louis Players Badly Beaten by the Cincinnatis. ST. LOUI8, Mo., S8ept. 24.—Again the disor- ganized Browns were beaten to-day by the su- perior work of the Cinciunatis at every point. Good luck saved ashutout in the ninth inn- ing. Score: St. Louls 1, 5, 6; Cincinnatis 11, 15, 3. Batteries—Kissinger and Miller, Rhines and Vaughn. Umpire—McDonald. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 24.—Pittsburg won again to-day on lucky hits, aided by tne wild playing of the Louisville in-fielders. Foreman was batted much more freely than McDermott, but strong support in the field counted in Foreman’s favor. Attendance 500. Score: Louisvilles 5, 10, 6; Pittsburgs 7,7,2. Bat- teries—McDermott and Spies, Foreman and Mack. Umpire—Emslie. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 24.— Stafford saved the game for New York to-day by making a great catch of Demont’s hard liner in the eighth after two runs had been scored. James, & new man, P\lched for Washington, and while wild, was hit safe only five times. Game was called on account of "darkness. Attendance 1400. Score: Washingtons. 5, 10, 1; New Yorks 6,5,1. Batteries—lames and McGuire, Clark and D?lle. Umpire—Hurst, BROOKLY Y., Sept. 24.—To the credit of the Brooklyns was added another errorless game to-day. Neither the fielders nor the bat- tery made & misplay. As the home players hit Stivetts hard when men were on bases they won the game hands down. Attendance 1800. Game was cailed on account of dark- ness. Score: Brooklyns 11,13, 0; Bostons 2, 10. 3. Batteries—Abbey and Grilmm, Stivetts and Ryan. Umplire—Murray. BALTIMORE, Mp., Sept. 24.—Philadelphia looked like a sure winner in the ninth inning to-day, but an error by Boyle allowed Keeler to kcore the tying run. Game was called on account of ~ darkness. Attendance 6500. Bcore: Baltimores 11, 1; Philadelphias 7, y Batteries—McMahon and Robinson, Orth and Clements. Umpire—Keefe. proneiis. ki BATTLE OF FEATHER-WEIGETS, Lavack Put Cochran to Sleep in Six Rounds. CLEVELAND, Omxio, Bept. 24.—The Cleveland Athletic Club tournament was held to-night before a large crowd. The main event was the set-to between Johnny Lavack and Tom Cochran, both noted Cleveland feather-weights. It was put down for ten or fifteen rounds on the pro- gramme, but it was all over in less than twenty minutes. Lavack fought fast and furiously. Cochran was beaten all over the ring, Lavack being merciless in his punishment, and in the sixth round Coch- ran found the pace too hot and gave up the fight. Joun L. Sullivan and Paddy Ryan will box +ix rounds before the Cleveland Ath- letic Club on October 6. — 4 Umpire Wright Improved. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., 8ept. 24.—Dr. Francis W. Bennett of this city, who is in attendance upon Harry Wright, chief of baseball umpires, who is ill. reports late to-night that while his patient is still in a- critical condition he is resting easy, and there is a slight change in his condition for the better. FRIEND WANTS TO WITHDRAW. Will Not Risk Being Thrown Down by Fitzsimmons. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 24.—As a re- sult of his dispute with Bob Fitzsimmons Lawyer E. M. Friend has decided to with- draw his $5000 in the $10,000 stake for the heavy-weight championskip fight with Corbett. Mr. Friend said: “Fitzsimmons has thrown all his friends down, but he will not do so to me. I will call on Phil Dwyer, the stakeholder, and demand the $5000,’ Brady, Corbett’s manager, was asked if Friend’s action would invalidate the arti- cles of agreement between Corbett and Fi_lgsimmons for the fight in Texas. He said : “Corbett will explain his position to the public next Monday night. 1 have noth- ing further to say.” — Rose Means Business. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 24.—The fol- lowing cablegram has been received at the New York Yacht Club house: NEWMARKET, Sept. 24. To J. V. 8. Oddie, Secretary New York Yacht ew York: Your message received. personally the challenge sent through } ul Victoria Club in my name. Con- firmatory letter will follow at once, and I make Do restrictions as to conditions. CHARLES ROSE. S JOSE FAR BACES Fred Mason and Ethel Downs the Winners of the Events. First Heat In the Initlal Pacing Contest Covered in 2:10 Fiat. SAN JOSE, CaL., Sept. 24.—The open- ing day of the annual fair of the Santa Clara Valiey Agricultural Society was a success. The weather was clear and sunny, the track was never in better condition, and the crowd, while not large, was of good size for a first day. Most important of all, the races were excellent and the time made satisfied even the most exacting race- goers, The feature of the day was the fast mile made by Fred Mason, who, in the first heat of the initial race, paced a mile in 2: Fred Mason was a hot favorite in the special 2:13 ciass pace, After sgoring a dozen times the horses were sent away with Fred Mason in the lead, Plunkett second, Hanford Medium third and Ketchum last. Ketchum has a reputation for ill temper, and he was at his worst. He is capable of putting up a good race, but he only went as far as ng eighth pole, where he deliberately ran into the fence. | He was then sent back to the stables. The positions of the other three horses never changed. Mason finished well in the lead, making anew record for himself, having paced the mile in the fast time of 2:10. The next heat was a repetition of the first, although not_so fast. Mason led all the way around. Plunkett again followed him under the wire, with Hanford Medium an indifferent third. The third heat fur- nished a pretty contest between Mason and Plunkett, and coming up the stretch it looked as though the favorite would be beaten out. Mason had just enough left in him to win, beating the game Plunkett by a head. The 2:23 class trotting race called out five horses. In the betting Ethel Downs was a great favorite, and she led from the start. -~ A pretty race ensued when the stretch was reached, at which point Ethel Dewns led Native State by a length. Na- tive State made a great effort, but the black mare was too fast for him. Ethel Downs won the heat in 2:14, Native State second, Letter B third, Maud H fourth and Lady O hith. in the second heat the black mare again started off in the lead and was never headed. Letter B broke shortly after crossing the wire and dropped back from third to last. Native State gave Ethel Downs a great contest for the third and final heat of the race, but Keating let the black mare out cominE down the stretch, and Native State was beaten by a head. Special pacing, 2:13 class; purse $500. Fred Mason 111 Plunkett.... 232 Hanford Medium, 388 Ketchum ... dis Time, : Trotting, 2:28 class; purse $500. Heats, best three in five. 111 222 83838 WOULD FREE (RELAND Continued from First Page. or peace at any price policy of the Irish parliamentary party. The dissatisfaction failed to evolveinto anything more definite, however, until within a tew months ago, when asa result of the general election, the Rosebery Government,which, although Liberal in name, had friendly leanings to- ward the Healyites and O'Brienites, was replaced by an administration of those im- placable foes of Irish agitation, the Tories, with an overwhelming majority in the House of Commons at its back. Just as soon as the result of the election was a foregone conclusion, there was an in- terchange of opinion between representa- tive Irishmen in different parts of the country affiliated with the, old National League, as well as with the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Clan-na-Gael and kin- dred organizations. This was followed by a conference of those intérested, and then the Irish race in America was electrified by a lengthy and vigorous *“call to action,” and to which the signatures of scores of Celts of national reputation were attached. This document declared that the Irish struggle for freedom had reached a mo- mentous period; that their native country had been abandoned in the crisis of her fate by the Liberal leaders; that she had been alternately betrayed by the Whigs and dragooned by the Tories; that parlia- mentary agitation, after long and patient trial, had utterly failed to accomplish its object, and that, therefore, it only re- mained to consider what other method of procedure or argument could be used to achleve her Jiberation. To the proclam: tion was attached a call to Irish societies of all kinds—political, social, beneficial and literary--to send delegates to a con- ference to open in this city to-day. The appeal met with a hearty reception, al- though it was antagonized by an element of the race on the ground that it was more the forerunner of an Irish-American political movement than a genuine effort in bebalf of the mother isle. Over 1000 delegates were selected or designated by societies, and the majority of these have been on the ground for several days. o datiatantfudbnbaiy Seized a British Schooner. WASHINGTON, D. 0., Sept. 24, — Cap- tain Hooper, in command of the revenue cutter Rush, reports to the treasury, under date of August 24, from Unalaska, that on August 20 he seized the British schooner Beatrice in Bering Sea. She had on board 140 fur seaiskins, but only en- tered on her log 70. She was turned over to the British war-vessel Pheasant. OFFIGIALS IN A HEAT, Tilt Between the Board of Equalization and Fitzgerald. QUARRELING BY LETTER The Attorney-General Refuses to Meet With the Board. MOREHOUSE'S SHARP REPLY. Ignore the Legal Adviser in Instruc- tions to County Audi- tors. SACRAMENTO, Cavr., Sept. 24.—The State Capitol has become a seat of con- stantstrife. Following closely upon the heels of the clash between Controller Col- gan and the State Board of Examiners comes another even more bitter between the Board of Equalization and Attorney- General Fitzgerald. Chairman Morehouse and the State's legal adviser have indulged in some caustic correspondence, which was made public to-day. At the late session of the Board of Equal- | ization the assessments on twenty-six counties of the State were reduced 10 per cent, and since that reduction an inquiry reached the Attorney-General from Teha- ma County as to whether, in the ecase of morteaged realty, the reduction was to be made upon the mortgage or upon the land. The Attorney-General delivered an opinion to the effect that the reduc- tion should bhe made upon the assessed valuation of the mortgage for these rea- sons; First, that they, together with all other secured debts, are, for the purposes of assessments and taxation, to be deemed and treated as an interest in the property affected thereby. Second, because mort- gages and other secured debts are not sol- vent credits within the meaning of sub- division 6 of section 3617 of the Political Code. ‘When the matter was brought to the at- tention of the Board of Equalization it differed from this opinion, holding that the assessment on the property itself should be reduced, and that a mortgage was only an interest in property. After due consultation on the subject it was agreed by the members of the board that a telegram be forwarded to Attorney-Gen- eral Fitzgerald requesting his presence at the meeting of the board for the purpose of consultation on the subject. The fol- iowing answer was received: OFFICE OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL, SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. é:;‘; To Hon. L. C. Morehouse, Chairman State Board of Equalization—DEAR SiR: I am in re- ceipt of your telegram of thisidate, requesting me if possible to meet the State Board of Equal- ization to-morrow. This, I regret to say, I can- not do consistently with the public duties im- posed on me by law. It is no part of my duty to attend the meetings of State boards, com- missions or other bodies, except the Supreme Court. (See section 470, Political Code). It will, however, give me pleasure to give your board any opinions it may require upon any question of law relating to it as such. Notwithstanding the law does not require it, Ihave instructed my deputy, Judge Post, to meet the board and render it any assistance he can. Respectfully yours, . ‘W. F, FITZGERALD, Attorney-General. In accordance with the Attorney-Gen- eral’s request Judge Post appeared before the board and stated that any opinion ren- dered by him personally would in no man- ner be binding upon the Attorney-General, and that the proper way to proceed in the matter would be to procure & straight opinion from the Attorney-General, whereupoa the following response was mailed to the Attorney-General by L. C. Morehouse,chairman of the Board of Equal- ization: OFFICE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, SACRAMENTO, September 24. Hon. W. F. Fitzgerald, Attorney-General, San Francisco—DEAR SIR: I peg toacknowledge the receipt of your favor of yesterday. It is a mat- ter of regret to this board that you find it in- consistent with your public duties to meet with us for consultation on matters of importance affecting the revenues of the State—questions which cannot always bereduced to writingand which must be decided without delay. It appears to this board that while the law may not make it a part of your duty to attend meetings of the State Board, official courtesy and the public interest would seem to require it, especially when the particular State Board is holding its session in the State capitol, where the law requires your office to be. Here- tofore we have felt at liberty to call on the Attorney-General to consult with the board at any and all times, and they have slways cheer- fully complied with the request of this board in that particalar. The Attorney-General, as we understand it, is the counsel for the several boards, commis- sions, etc., and, as we understand, no State institution is empowered to employ other counsel (see page 66, statutes 1895). As a mat- ter of courtesy we invited you to consult with this bosra in consequence of reading in the public prints your opinion given to two or three Auditors in relation to the decrease of mortgages, and, it being in conflict with the instructions given the Auditor by this board, we deeded it proper to consult with you and get the reasons for such opinion. As long as you have called attention to section. 470 of the Political Code, regarding your duties and claiming exemption from attending sessions of any State institutions except the Bupreme Court, I would respectfully call your attention to section 852, which provides for your residence here where we might consult with you without delay, and if, in case of your individual absence, you would permit your agsistant to act for your office delays might be obviated. But in your letter of yesterday you stated you would send in your deputy, Judge Post, to consult with the board. On such con- sultation, while your deputy seems to agrée with the board, he aid not feel anthorized to give an opinion. Very truly yours, L. C. MOREHOUSE, Chairman State Board Equalization, Before adjourning yesterday the board prepared and had mailed the following circular to the several County Auditors: SACRAMENTO, Cal., Sept. 24, 1895. Dear Sir: Referring to our order of August 80, 1895, in which the property of your county was ordered reducea 10 per cent, you are hereby instructed as follows: In all cases where the property s subject to & mortgage or trust deed the percentage must first be deducted from the assessment of the property sffected, and the deduction made from the decreased assessment; and the change must correspondingly be made in the total. value column, otherwise there will be a less amount of taxes raised than is necessary for State purposes. To illustrate: Sup- pose that A is assessed for a tract of land valued at $1000, subject to a mortgage of $500, and the percentage, say 10 per cent, deducted, would be $100. Total as- sessment, $900. The deduction for mortgage interest, $500, aud the amount upon which taxes would be levied upon A’s property would be $400; but suppose A’s property was assessed for $1000, subject to & mortgage of $950, the 10 per cent reduction on the property making it $900, the mortgage interest could not be greater than the assessed valueof the prop- '} erty; consequently, A would be assessed for nothing and the mortgage interest would be reduced to $900. In case the property is as- sessed for 1000 and the mortgage interest is the same amount, both are reduced and A is assessed for nothing and the mortgage interest for $900. But in no case where the property, after reduction, exceeds the value of the mort- gage interest, is the value of the mortgage in- terest to be reduced. L. C. MOREBOUSE, Chairman State Board of Equalization. CHARLES M. COLGAN, Clerk. KILLED ON H. SHIP. Captain Revelle Was Murdered by Po- tomae Riwver Pirates. BALTIMORE, Mp., Sept. 24—Captain Benjamin F. Revelle was murdered on board his own vessel, which was then scuttled and sunk in the Potomac River, near Riverside Park. It is supposed that the murderer was a member of the crew, who, after committing the deed and rob- bing the body and boat of all the valuables he could find, went ashore in a small boat. Captain Revelle left here a week ago, and subsequently sailed from Annapolis on his schooner John A. H. Dixon with a load of lumber. Nothing was heard from the captain or hisvessel until late last night, when news was received that the steamer Sue had found the Dixon floating in the Potomac near Cedar Point, and ap- parently abandoned. On investigation Captain Revelle’s body was found, with wounds showing that he had been mur- dered. The Sue towed the schooner as far as Riverside Park, where it was found that an attempt had been made to scuttle her. Before she could be beached the schooner sank., Asyet there is no clew to the mur- derer. on N BEBELS DESTROY A TOWA Yumuri, a Cuban Seaport, Devastated by the In- surgents. Return of a Steamer With People Who Lost All They Possessed In the World. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 24.—After an unsuccessful search for Yumuri, a Cuban seaport, the British steamship Cul- more, a fruit-carrier, which was sent there to load bananas for Philadelphia, returned to this port to-night and reported that the entire town had been devastated by the in- surgents’ torch on September 18 ana aestroyed, not a home having escaped the ravages of the flames. Several of the refugees were picked up along the coast of the former town and brought to Philadel- phia on board the Culmore. Among the number were Colonel Miguel Arrue, a prominent fruit exporter, his wife and family, and J. Rodriguez and several women and children, who formerly lived in comfortable circumstances at Yumuri. They were for the most part engaged in shipping bananas and cocoanuts to Phila- delphia and New York, and they lost all their property. Prominent citizens of Yumuri sympa- thized with Spain in her warfare upon the Cubans, and the insurgents determined that in order to render such sympathy in- effectual they would destroy the town. Hundreds of persons, many of them the poorer classes, were left homeless. A mountain railway, or fruit elevator, used to carry the bananas from the mountains where they grow, to the seashore, was also totally desiroyed. It was a novel elevated road and -transported bananas by unique means ten or twelve miles to the coast. This road was owned by J. D. Hartand asyndi- cate of Philadelphia and New York fruit- dealers and cost the proprietors many thousands of dollars. They propose to hold the Spanish Government responsible for the damage to their property. HAVANA, Cupa, Sept. 2i.—Reports have been received here that Colonel Her- nandez, commanding the Government troops in the Sagua district, overtook a band of rebels on the plantation of Gar- idad and routed them. Pursuing them, he attacked them again at Libano, killing three, taking three prisonersand capturing a quantity of horses, arms, ammunition, etc. Lt is also reported from Sancti Spir- itus officially that Lieutenant-Colonels Navas and Cavestany with their combined forces had a battle with the rebels at Olalsita on September 21, in which four rebels were killed. MADRID, Sparx, Sept. 24. —A special to the Imparcial from Havana says that on Saturday last a force of 600 rebels sur- prised a party of thirty-six Government troops under Captain Reestra at Palma Sola in the Sagua district. The soldiers made a strong resistance, but were over- powered by numbers and twenty of them were killed. Captain Reestra and the re- maining sixteen of the party succeeded in making their escape. e, FOUGHT WITH THE YAQUIS. Desperate Battle of Ranchmen and In- dians in Mexico. HERMOSILLO, Mex., Sept. 24.—News was received here to-day of a fight between a band of twenty Yaqui Indians and a scouting party of ranchmen in the moun- tains southeast of here. The Indians have been making attacks upon the ranches of the stockmen and have driven off several hundred head of stock and burned a num- ber of ranch buildings. The ranchmén or- ganized a party and went after the Indians and after following them for several days came upon them in the mountains. The; fired upon the Indians and the lntterstoog their ground. The battle wasa hand to hand conflict, resulting in_the killing of five Indians and the wounding of several others. Three ranchmen were killed and five wounded. St gt e} Features of Rome’s Fetes. ROME, Iravy. 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