The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 28, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1896. THERE ARE SOME LOOD PRECEDENTS, Kentucky's Legislature Has the Right to Repeal the Charter. CALIFORNIA'S CHANCE. Should Lose No Time in Send- ing Material for the Fight Against Huntington. HONEST MEN ARE FOR REFORMS But the Southerm Pacific Lobby Will Rally for a Most Determined Struggle. FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 27.—1It is now rtain that Senator Goebel’s bill, for the veal of the charter granted the Southern c in 1884, will not be taken up until The bill will probably be re- k by the Judiciary Committee . but the calendar is crowded he Senatorial contest is settled little prospect of the Legisla- iown to its regular work, and re is but little proba torepeal the charter of the Company being reported ving it under consid- 1 efforts are made to ng efforts will be made to keep committee until Huntington's i lobbyists have completed al defeat goes 1 take active : to sec assage. ers of both houses of h those of the past, ed attorneys of the ations whose inter- ected by legislation, h men stend together is or can be easily per- s wWo western section of the State, to Paducah and Fulton, Newport News and 1 road and its several Mr. Huntington will have ipporters and some strong and so the section east of 2 the line of the Lexington division of the Chesapeake "hough the people in parts of the State are bit- le to his system, he usualiy s to secure the election of candi- i to his interests, and so ns of his opponents. however, is California’s the last election ave of Republican success which ctediy swept over the State of d down before it many of rney members and others y the seats in the Legisla- as their own personal property, or s to which they had a lifelong lease. better men have taken their men who were elected on pledges the abuses of their predecessors, sufficient number are aded over to Huntington’s ger in store for him—not outhern Pacific charter e to correct many 1is management is upon the people who from tion are at his mercy. 1 that the temper of the vy and of their Legisla- ble now to the correc- uses than it has been er be again. An on of circumstances t so, and California should not the opportunity that will probably or be within reach again. Indeed, it ay pass beyond her reach even now un- 1pt measures are taken. All the bearing on the history of Pacific Company, and the the fight that has been made ainst it, should be laid before the several embers of the Legislature in printed 1and also by a strong and capable tee without loss of time. Delay and hern tington time to fix things to his own liking. That the Legislature has the power to repeal the charter ot the Soutkern Paclfic Company, or any other like charter, in whole or in part is now generally con- | ied. Many cases have arisen in the past x vears in which that power has been tested in the highest courtsand in every instance affirmed. from the City of Louisville. titution r ed exemption from taxation of property de- voted to religious or educational purposes. To avail themselves of this privilege a number schools in Louisville secured the passage of acts making them corporate bodies, such acts containing a clause ex- empting them from taxation. In 1800 the Legislature passed an act amending the cbarter of the city of Louis- ville, and by this act virtually, if not in so many words, repealed so much of the school ch: rs referred to and others as xempted them from taxation. The schools bined to te he case, and were beaten he Louisville Law and Equity Court. Kentucky Medical University, how- er, carried their own case, which had features, to the Conrt of Ap- ich decided against them, saying they acquired no vested rights under charter from the State that the e could not take away. The fight was a long and a hard one, and the case was well presented and fully dis- cussed. The opinion of the court was mous as to the power of the Legisla- ture to repeal the exemption clause. The old con- ¢ c me spe -als, W T ev pe t HUNTINGTON IN WASHINGTON. On Hand With His Retainers to Back Up Projects. ASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 27.—C. P. ington arrived this morningaccom- 1 rles H. Tweed, an attorney for the Southern Pacific, and whose office isin New York. Huntington spent con- siderable part of to-day at the Capitol. Johrn: Boyd, his faithful retainer, had him in tc Huntington held a veritable state rec nin the marble room of the Sen- ate, : Senators came ou: singly and in pairs and groups to worship at bis shrine. They seemed proud to do+ him reverence. Huntington bore himself with the dignity ost insure a defeat, as it will give | Several of these were | in a measure for the | of a king receiving his loyal subjects. One of the California Senators said to-night: “Isaw Huntington and John Boyd to- gether in the rotunda of the Capitol to-day_ and stopped to observe them. There stood Huntington, a conspicuous figure, the at- iraction for alleyes. He was being pointed out by Capitol guides as the great million- aire and railroad. magnate, and seemed to enjoy the sensation he created. But what amused me most was his man Friday. John Boyd. He stood by his master, rub- bing his bands together with great satis- faction and evident enjoyment. Boyd's face was wreathed in smiles, and he was appa- rently very nroud of his exalted station in Huntington’s employment.” Huntington left for Newport News to- night, but returns here in a few days. He has several big schemes on hand besides the funding bill. One is the Santa Monica deep harbor project; another is to urge an appropriation by the Government to pay the Southern Pacific's claim of several million dollars for bhauling troops, mail, etc., which has always been defeated here- tofore. He will also endeavor to secure a right of way through the San Carlos (Ariz.) Indian reservation for a branch railroad from Bowie to Globe. The sub-committee of the House Indian Affairs Committee to-day reported favor- ably upon several recommendations con- tained in President Cleveland’s message transmitted to the 1ast Congress. vetoing the bill granting the Southern Pacific a right of way through San Carlos without the consent of the Indians. The commit- tee is in favor of limiting the amount of land to be set aside for depots, yards and terminals, as well as the land for right of way for the railroad, and also requiring the railroad to file in advance a plan of its proposed route and the land it wants, but the sub-committee is adverse to'the Presi- dent’s recommendation that no rights-of- way be granted any railroad without the consent of the Indians. The full committee meets Thursday and will probably adopt the report of the sub- committee, but if it passes in that shape Cleveland will probably veto it. REOUEST TO POWERS Continued from First Page. the plan first set forth by Peter the Great for the partition of Turkey between the powers, Russia taking Armenia and Con- stantinople, France taking Syria and Palestine and England taking Egyptand the eastern shores of the Persian Gulf, the remainder of the Turkish empire to be diviaded among the other powers. The Daily News also has a dispatch from Sebastopol asserting that secret prepara- tions are going forward there for vessels and armaments for a volunteer fleet. It is the general belief at Sebastopol, the dispatch asserts, that these preparations foreshadow some action in the spring. e sget w IN THE DISTURBED DISTRICTS. Great Destitution Follows the Raids of the Kurds. BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 27.—The following | letter from Constantinople, under date of January 4, surveys the general situation in | the disturbed districts of Turkey: *‘On December 31 a terrible slaughter of half of the Christian inhabitants of Birid- ik took place. It is said that the Kurds did these things. Panic prevailed at An- gora and all along there to Nicomedia last week. Some new danger has threatened Sivas. At Marash the situation is not good. Mr. Terrell has been promised that regular troops shall replace the Redif Guards there and has had new cautions given the Governor. At Cesarea the situa- tion has improved, though confidence is weak. At Harpoot destitution is terrible beyond all comparison with other places yet heard from. “The total killed known is 12,078, and 5064 houses have been burned. The area here included is about one-fifth of the whole devastated, but it seems likely that the losses are one-third of the whole. At Mardin it is still impossible to go outside of the walls of the city. At Bitlis there is more security for the missionaries who will probably remain there all winter. Adana has suffered a good deal from panic. Hadjin is still safe, but reports are now circulating of trouble there. “The college (male) of the American Board of Harpoot has commenced its claszes. At Sivas the missionary schools have been reopened, and the people are venturing out fairly well. There has been a season of fasting and prayer at Mar- sovan. The people say that even the nursing babes were made to fast until noon. *‘Relief work grows apace. The Duke of Westminster's committee has sent $25,000 more. In Van about 9000 people are being helped with funds sent Dr. Grace Kimball of Bangor, Me., who Las rented two public ovens for feeding the poor. Consul Hapson at Mousk has the Hassoun villagers still safe, and is furnishing them with grain. “In Trebizond about 5000 people are be- ing helped. At Harpoot relief work has peen authorized after pressure from the English and American legations and the first $1000 has already been distributed. At Constantinople missionary rooms are transformed into a clothing warehouse. The clothing and bedding go mainly to near points, Trebizond and Cesarea. “The Embassadors have intervened to save the populace of Zeitoun and a consu- | lar commission has been accepted to go there and mediate and prevent massacre when the place surrenders.” - SATISFACTORY RELIEF WORK. Thousands Depend Upon the Anglo- American Fund for Bread. LONDON, Ex6., Jan. 27.—The Daily News will to-morrow say that satisfactory reports have been received of the relief work in thirteen centers in Anatolia. In the district covered from these centers there are 120,000 persons depending upon the Anglo-American fund for their daily bread. g MISSIONARIES NOT DISTURBERS. Denunciation of Charges Made by the Turks. BOSTON, Muass., Jan. 27.—The Ameri- can Board to-day received a cablegram saying that the Turkish Government had refused permission for Rev. H. 8. Barnum, the editor of a missionary paper, to go to Erzeroum to engage in relief work among the Armenians, on the ground that mis- sionaries are proven disturbers. The dis- patch adds that Minister Terrell denounces the charges as calumny. A Cigar-Dealer Assigns. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 27.—Henry B. Grauly, one of the largest, if not the largest, cigar-dealers in Philadelphia, do- ing business at 527 Chestnut street, this city, has made an assignment. No state- ment of liabilities and assets is given, PR e A Receiver Appointed. OTTAWA, ILL., Jan.27.—The Marseilles Manufacturing Company, which is the principal industry of ‘that little town, operating the largest implement -factory in Central Illinois, failed for $200,000 to-aay. Its creditors ere scattered from the Missis- sippi to the Atlantic seaboard. FLOODGATES OF THE SKIES AJAR, California Again Deluged by a Heavy Fall of Rain, DAMAGE AT WOODLAND. Tracts , Bordering on Swollen Streams Washed Away by the Torrents. STOCKTON IS THREATENED. Rapid Rise in the San Joaquin and Mormon Channel—Other Sections Under Water. SACRAMENTO, Car., Jan. 27.—The | steady storm of the past twenty-four hours | is beginning to be moticeable in many of the newly reclaimed districts, and it is feared that within the next twenty-four | hours almost incalculable damage will | occur. | "On Androus Isiand, some distance be-| low this city, the lower levee has crumbled | away, and one small reclaimed district is | entirely under water. As yet the levees on the other two districts have held, and the owners are laboring night and day to | strengthen them. A break is also reported in the levee on Ryer Island, which has | done great damage, and breaks in the bank of the Sacramento River are reported from various localities, many small hold- ings being under water. In the southern portion of this city con- | siderable difficulty has been experienced owing to the overflow from the sewers, which are too small to carry off the great amount of water that has fallen. Streets and yards are flooded, and in several in stances the water has entered the lower | floors of the residences. Esvecially is this the case in dwellings which were erected befors the adjoining streets and lots were | | filled in, but as far as the levees are con- | | cerned there is no symptom of danger. | | Railroad traffic on the northern road by | way of Willows has been abandoned for | the present, as the creeks from the coast | range have overflowed their banks and | caused numerous washouts, and several | | 1andslides are reported on the Shasta divi- | sion, These have been removed, however, | and the authorities are laboring hard to | restore the Willows road. e e 8 | WOODLAND REFORTS DAMAGE. Land on the Wolfskill Rancho Is Being Washed dway. WOODLAND, Car.,, Jan. 27.—Cache | Creek was rising rapidly this afternoon, | and if it continues for three hours the | track north of the woolen mills will be | | washed out. | Late to-night a report reached this city | | that the bulkhead at Moore’s dam had | broken out, and that the ditches on this side are ail running full and threatening a large scope of country west and north of Browns Corner with overflow. At 4:30 o’clock the pile-driving crew re- turned from the Yolo_bridge and reported | that no further work can be done before to-morrow. The country is flooded within a half mile west of town. Country people cannot get into the city. | _An immense tract of land in the Wolf- | skill rancho is washing away. Colonel | Taylor spent a fortune last fall in the hope | of preventing a repetition of last winier's washout, but his efforts have been with- | out avail. Some of the best Jand will go | down the stream to fill in the tules, and | the creek is changing its course. | _ At Winters the rainstorm precipitated | 1.70 inches of water from 4 or 5 o’clock | yesterday afternoon until 8 o'clock this | morning. Putah Creek did not reach high-water | mark and at 9 o’clock it was reported to be | at a standstill. No bridgesor culverts are | reported washed away, and the damages | to the county roads are not of a very seri- ous character. At Capay there is no rain-gauge, but one correspondent is confident that the rainfall | during the afternoon and night was more than two inches. There was a report early this morning that some small cul- verts in Hungry Hollow had been carried | away. A vportion of Capay was again flooded by water from the oid abandoned ditch. —_— STOCKTON IN DANGER. Mormon Channel May Overflow and In- undate the City. STOCKTON, Car., Jan. 27.—It began raining heavily again this afternoon and | the already swollen streams are to-night | | assuming a dangerous aspect. Manufac- | turing institutions located along Mormon | Channel expect to have t o shut down in a few hours. The water is running through the streets of Linden to-night, and it is | feared that Mormon Channel will leave its banksin this city before morning. The channel was h igh to-day and 1t is probable that the result of last night’s rain has not been seen here yet. At Linden a heavy rain fell last night and to-day. The San Joaquin Riveratthe | county bridge is but a foot and a half be- | low the high-water mark, but the water is rising rapidly. At Lockeford the Moke- lumne River was reported very high. The water ran over the levee into the J. C. Kerr ranch, flooding the tract, which is bottom land. At Farmington it was said that Lit- tlejohn Creek could stand a whole lot more rain. A farmer who came,to town this morn- ing on the Cherokee land road reported that water from the Calaveras River was running into North-street canal, near the West winery. An authentic report was received here to-day that Ryer Island was being flooded by a break in the levee. The island is three hours’ distant from here by steamboat and is on the Sacra- mento side of the San Joaquin’s channer. 1t is all reclaimed, and thousands of acres of grain are threatened. A special dispatch to the Mail from the head of Grand_ Island, received to-day, | says that the San Joaquin River at that point is 614 inches higher than ever pre- viously known. £ 1 A. m.—Mormon Channel is now risin, at the rate of five inches an hour. It is expected that the boiler-rooms of the woolen-mills will be flooded before morn- ing. Heavy rain is reported to-night from all points in the San Joaquin Valley. The San Joaquin River has risen one foot dur- ing the past twenty-four hours and is still swelling. Tributary streams are running bank full and threatening to overflow. B LOS ANGELES NOT SLIGHTED. Denizens of the Angels’ City Find Use for Their Umbrellas. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Jan. 27.—The Los Angeles world is again under an umbrella. The streets are running with the down- pour of another storm, which is in a fair way to be a heavy one for the season. The rain commenced at 8 A, M. to-day, and up 3 to noon it had registered .11 of an inch, making 3.42 inches for the season. At1 o’clock the downpour had become something terrific. The storm drains in a balf hour had become unable to care for the water and the streets became impass- able for pedestrians. This heavy shower continued for about half an hour, and in that time over an inch of rain fell, making the total up to to-night 1.28. Rain ceased falling in the afternoon, but the skies are black to-night, and the weather bureau announces the indicationsare that another inch will fall before morning. e KNIGHTS LANDING THBE‘.TEN“D. Backwater From the Broken Levees En- oroaching Upon the Town. KNIGHTS LANDING, CAL., Jan., 27— The water is still pouring into the break in the Lippincott levee, two miles below town, but the backwater is a quarter of a mile below town, and has not perceptibly risen since yesterday. If now seems that unless there is a big rise in Cache Creex, the water from the Lippincott break will not make any furtherencroachments upon the town territory. Advices from down the river are to the effect that the break on the Hershey place is now about 700 feet in width and much deeper than it was last year. Asa result, while the river is not as high by four or five feet as it was last vear, the water in the Yolo basin is a foot deeper than it was ever before known. There was a terrific storm late yesterda: afternoon, during which an inch of rain fell ina few minutes. The storm continued dur- ing the night, and to-day the weather has been very showery. At 8 o’clock this morning the rain for the twenty-four hours amounted to 1.50 inches. The Hays & Garoutte tract is flooded. ‘When the Lippincott levee broke the back- water swept over the Wright farm and attacked the north levee, on the Hays & Garoute tract. It =oon gave way, and a great volume of water poured in. The tract comprises about 2000 acres, and was guarded on all sides by what were sup- posed to be secure levees. Nearly all was under water to-day. Mr. Hays moved his family to the residence of William Brown- ell and his household eftects to Woodland yesterday aiternoon. 2 This afternoon the water from the Lip- pincott break was reported to be gradually creeping this way. A force of men has gone down to see it anything can he done to avert a flood. The wind has subsided, but the river has risen three inches since morning. e SANTA BARBARA FLOODED. State Street Becomes an Impassable Sheet of Water. SANTA BARBAR. CAr., Jan. 27.— Santa Barbara has within the past twelve hours been treated to the fiercest downfall of rain ever experienced here. About 4 o'clock this morning the deluge began, nd at 11 o’clock this forenoon 2.11 inches had fallen, fully half of the precipitation occurring within two hours. The effect of this great flood, falling upon the already sodden earth, cannot beconceived. Little actual damage was done, however, beyond the gullying of a few ill-graded streets and the caving in of an occasional sewer. State street, the one business avenue of the city, a broad thoroughfare two miles in length, covered with concrete and lined by business houses throughout the better portion of its course, was selected by the little rivulets in the upper part of town as their smocthest course to the ocean, and as a consequence a torrent poured down the street at a furious rate, filling it from curb to curb with a sheet of water seven inches in depth. The two sides of the street were for the time effectually separated. The cellars of Fithian block, now under erection, were filled with water and the city fire engine was brought into requisi- tion to pump them out. The railroad track was flooded at Saticoy and Jland- slides and washouts have occurred be- tween here and there. Theré is some hope | that the southern train due here at noon may meander in before to-morrow morn- ing. The channel was so rough this morn- ing that the gasoline schooner Santa Cruz, belonging to Justinian Caire and plying between Santa Barbara and the island. which left port, was obliged to turn back. S DAMAGE AT BLACKS, Large Warehouse Stored With Wheat Razed by the Wind. BLACKS, CAL., Jan. 27.—On Saturday there were strong hopes that the backbone of the storm had been broken. These hopes were dispeiled yesterday afternoon. About 2.25 inches of rain fell from 4 o’clock last evening until 8 o’clock this morning, and a greater part of this fell in a few min. utes during the afternoon. was accompanied by a high wind from the south. The Thomas & Hunt warehouse here, which was built in 1875and was a structure 435 feet in length, was blown down. All except about twenty feet is flat upon the ground. The part left standing was pro- tected by boxcars standing on a sidetrack. The warehouse contained about 500 tons of wheat, which is more or less damaged. It was placed under cover as soon as possible. ‘Within a few hours after the cloudburst yesterday afternoon all the creeks and ar- royos in this neighborhood were running pankful. The water now appears to be at 4 standstill. - e DOWNPOUR AT NAPA, Streets of the Town Converted Into Min- iature Rivers. NAPA, Cavr., Jan. 27.—A terrific rain- storm set in late yesterday afternoon, and for several hours rain fell in torrents. The sewers were not equal to the task of carrying off such a large amount of water, and the streets were, therefore, soon con- verted into miniature rivers. Napa River and Creek became raging torrents and overflowed their banks at some points. The rain was accompanied by a heavy wind, which did some damage to fruit orchards throughout the valiey, and also by heavy thunder and flashes of lightning. The latter interfered greatly with the fire- alarm system in Napa and several false alarms were turned in. Grain is not high enough in this valley to be greatly damaged by the wind, and the only fear is that much of it may be washed out. The water has gone down considerable during the day and the river is now running inside its banks. i IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY. Nature Sheds Copious Tears Upon San Jose and Los Gatos. SAN JOSE, Carn.,, Jan. 27.—It rainea heayily in this vicinity all last night, the rainfall in this city for the twenty-four hours ending at noon to-day being 1.38 inches. This makes a total rainfall of 8.5¢ inches for the season, against 17.13 to the same date last season. In Los Gatos the storm was even heavier, 1.85 inches having fallen between 9 o’clock last evening and 6 o’clock this morning. The_ streets and creeks in that place are tlooded. Mefi e il MERCED WIND-SWEPT. Slight Damage Done by a Stiff Breeze From the South. MERCED, CAL., Jan. 27.—A stiff wind from the south set in yesterday morning and continued with increased velocity un- til noon to-day. It felled a few fences and here and there a few weak roofs on barns suffered, but otherwise no damage re- sulted. About 9 o’clock last night a’ driv- ing rain set in, and continued with but few intervals until 10 A. M. to-day, the down- pour measuring one inch for the few hours it continued. Big pools of water stand in all the low places, and the ground every- where has received a thorouch soaking. lagu s e Yolo Bridge Loses a Pier, YOLO, CaL., Jan. 27.—Cache Creek was higher this morning than it has been at any time this season, The levees were all right, however, and would have stood four or five feet more of water. The center pier of the railroad bridge was carried away this morning and no more trains The rainstorm | will be permitted to run over the structure until it is repaired. The creek has re- ceded two or three feet since noon, and the worst results of the storm are believed to be over. —_——— Redding Hemmed In. REDDING, CaL., Jan. 27.—Rain began falling again Saturday and continued Sun- day and to-day. The river has raised to such a height as to make it impossible to cross either by bridge or ferry. There is no mail communication irom the east side of the county or from the south on account of washouts on the railroad and high water. The rain has ceased for about four bours and the indications are to-night that the storm is at an end. e San Joaquin Valley Benefited. FRESNO, CarL., Jan. 27.—The fruit and grain prospects of the center of the great San Joaquin Valley were never more promising than at this time. The sharp rise in wheat will have the effect of greatly increasing the acreage of ‘the valley. Nearly an inch of rain has fallen here during the past twenty-four hours, mak- ing over four inches for the season, against eight inches for the same time last year. e It Falls Upon Newcastle. NEWCASTLE, CArL, Jan. 27.—A brisk wind prevailed here all of yesteraay, clos- ing with the heaviest rain known here for years. It began falling in the afternoon and continued zhronihont the night, and this morning all of the streams are swell- ing to their utmost and the ceived a thorough soaking. has been reported as yet. IR Santa Rosa Deluged. SANTA ROSA, CaL., Jan. 27.—Rain has been falling in this section almost con- stantly for the past ten days. Yesterday afternoon it came down in torrents, and, with loud peals of thunder and blinding sheets of lightning, combined to make the severest storm of the season. The fall for the past twenty-four hours was 1.31; for the season, 17.6 round re- No damage gl Pacific Grove’s Moist Visitant. PACIFIC GROVE, Car., Jan. 27.—A storm that promises to rival in magnitude and duration the one of a few days ago be- gan here about three o’clock this after- noon, and rain has been falling continu- ously since. Grass and grain are spring- ing up rapidly and wheat prospects were never better. el Fentura Receives a Wetting. VENTURA, CAL., Jan.27.—Three inches of rain has fallen here since 7 o’clock this morning. The Southern Pacific track at Saticoy was covered with water so trains could not cross it. Itis raining very hard to-night, and much damage is likely to result. . Furious Downpour at Blocksburg. BLOCKSBURG, Car., Jan. 27.—The worst storm of the season has just visited this section. A southeast gale drove a furious downpour of rain before it, the rainfall for the storm being 18.25 inches. The mercury is at 50 degrees above zero. Rt Salinas River Booming. SAN MIGUEL, Car., Jan. 27.—It is raining in torrents; 1.91 inches of water has fallen in the past twenty-four hours. The Cholame and Parkfield stages were unable to make their 4rips. Salinas River is booming. CHAMPIONS OF SUFFRAGE At the Annual Congress All the Officers Were Re- elected. Sarah B. Cooper of this City Se- lected as an Auditor of the Association. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 27.—The Woman Suffragists re-elected the follow- ing officers for the ensuing year: Honor- ary president, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, New York City; president, Susan B. An- thony, Rochester, N. Y.; vice-president- at-large, Rev. Anna H. Shaw, Phila- delphia; corresponding secretary, Ra- chael Foster Avery, Philadelohia; re- cording secretary, Alice Stone Blackwell, Boston, Mass. ; treasurer, Harriet Taylor | Upton, Warren, O.; chairman committee on organization, Carrie Catt, New York City. 5 As under the constitution auditors of the National association must be changed every year, Miss Loury Clay of Kentucky and Miss Sarah B. Cooperof San Francisco were elected to those positions. ‘To-day’s sessions were devoted to re- ports of various committees and memorial addresses. During the afternoon the mem- bers, upon the invitation of Mrs. John R. McLean, attended a reception, where they were presented to Mrs. Julia Dent Grant. To-night the new star to the woman- suffrage flag, the State of Utah, was the most important jeature, and a cordial welcome was extended the Sehators and Representatives in Congress from that State. YET FAST ON THE SANDS, Crew and Cargo Being Taken From the Stranded Steamer St. Paul. During the High Tide of a Full Moon Another Effort Will Be Made to Save the Ship. LONG BRANCH, N.J., Jan. 27. — One- half of the crew of the stranded steamship St. Paul were taken off this morning and shipped to New York, where they will go on board the steamer St. Louis, the sister ship of the St. Paul, which is to take the latter’s place on Wednesday. Captain Jamison ana two of his highest officers were left behind. All day tne work of movine the cargo was kept up, and by to-morrow morning it is expected will all be taken off and be on its way to New York. No attempt was made to-day to haul off the stranded ship on account of the ex- tremely low tides, caused by the westerly winds. The wind must be from the east before the ship can be floated. The moon will be at its full on Wednesday, ana on that night the tide will be unusually high. ‘I'he davits and movable tackle, weighing hundreds of tons, were transferred to lighters and tugs to-day in order to lighten the ship. Eielesiipy Failure of a Big Factory. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 27.—Christian Abvele has been appointed receiver for the Consolidatea Wall Paper Company on the application of H. G. Craig & Co., credi- tors. The factory is at Mamaroneck, N. Y. The liabilities are estimated at $90,000. The available assets are only about $3000 in book accounts. = e Modjeska’s Company Disbanded. CINCINNATI, Onro, Jan. 27.—Modjes- ka's company disbanded and returned to New York to-night. All of her engage- ments have been canceled for a month at least. SINTA' CRUL'S BIE LAND SUIT, Defendants in the Soquel Rancho Litigation Demur. FIGHTING FOR HOMES. Scores of Land-Holders Whose Title to Property Has Been Questioned. FIVE TOWNS ARE INCLUDED. Heirs of Don Castro Seek to Recover the Vast Tracts Formerly in His Domain. SANTA CRUZ, CAL., Jan. 25.—The de- fendants in the big land suit which covers all the property on the Soquel rancho and Soquel augmentation have begun to take action. One hundred of the many land-owners interested have filed a de- murrer, declaring the court has no juris- diction of their persons nor of the subject of the action, and that the plaintiff has no legal capacity to sue; that the complaint alleged cause of action in the complaint is barred by the provisions of sections 319 and 343 of the Code of Civil Procedure of California; that it is not alleged whether any person is interested in the estate of the deceased, or was or wasnot in the possession of the real estate, or whether this action was commenced for the pur- pose of enabling the plaintiff to take the charge and management, and of entering upon and preserving from damage, waste orinjury, the real estate in the complaint described. And, finally, the defendants say that it isnot alleged Whether or not the decedent, Martini Castro Depeaux, left a child or any other heir. This suit has become known since the complaint was filed some six weeks ago as the Soquel augmentation suit, or, locally, the big land suit of Santa Cruz County. It is brought by Mrs, Elizabeth Peck, the executrix, and the heirs of Martina Castro Depeaux, the widow of Don Rafael Castro, who. after his death, had married Mrs. De- peaux. She had sold large tracts to F. A. Hibn & Co., and this firm sold in turn to the present holders. The heirs claim the titles of the latter are defective. Many of the two hundred defendants have declined to join those who filed the demur- rer, claiming that they had not been prop- erly served, and they take no judicial no- tice of a suit having been brought. Others say that if their deeds, which they obtained through the F. A. Hihn Company and other original purchasers from Don Castro are not good, they are ready to surrender title. Besides the defendants named in the com- plaint there are some 200 or 300 owners of estate, but they obtained their deeds di- rectly from Don Castro in his lifetime. The plaintiff has acted on the theory that if a deed from the original owner were necessary in their cases, it would be also necessary to the title of the defendants. The lands embrace a section of country from the Santa Cruz Mountains to the sea, some fifteen miles broad, including the towns of Highland, Soquel, Capitola, Aptos, San Andreas and some of the finest farms and orchards in the county, on many of them handsome residences and fine homes having been built. Plaintiffs in this suit claim that Martina Castro Depeaux was not mentally sound, having been for some time 1 an insane asylum, and that she was incompetent to give deeds to the property in question. The land was originally a grant from the 7| est man along the coast. does not contain sufficient facts; that the | lands that were originally of the Castro | Mexican Government, and Don Rafael Castro was in those days counted the riche His widow mare ried again and survived her second huse band, and when she died left heirs, of whom Mrs. Peck, the executrix of the es- tate, is one. * The action at law continues to be a topic of general interest, though many believe that none of the titles to the land can be distributed. The filing of the demurrer is evidence of notice taken by the nearly 150 defendants, who join in it, that Mrs. Eliza- beth Peck and the Castro estate, as it is commonly termed, have at least come into court, but they believe that whatever rights may be claimed have not been prop- erly set forth. The many hundreds of owners of landswho have lived so long in their homes undisturbed look upon the action as a hardship, even though their titles shall be found cood in law, for the legal proceedings will cause them consid- erable expense and annoyance. It is quite probable that, in case the plaintiffs shall es- tablish their claim, the present owners will rerain their homes, even though it muss be done by a repurchase of the property. MAY SUCCEED RUNYON. Potter Palmer Mentioned as an Active Candidate for the Embassadorship to Germany. CHICAGO, IrL, Jan. 27.—A marning paper prints the following: Potter Palmer may be the Embassador to Germany to succeed the late Theodore Runyon, who died Sunday. It is said that an active movement in Mr. Palmer’s favor has been started among influential Chicago voliticians, among whom the name of W, K. Carlisle is men- tioned as being particularly interested, but the latter maintained a frigid reserve when called upon last evening. Potter Palmer is one of the most dis- tinetively Chicago men in the city and his career during his forty years’ residence here has been not unlike that of the city itself. Starting in a small ary- goods store on Lake street forty | years ago he soon built up | 2 business which had the largest retail | trade enjoyed by any house, not in Chicago | alone, but of the entire West. He is prob- ably as well known as any man in the city, and his successful business record is one of the most remarkable in the West. — - ROYALTY SENDS CONDOLENCES, Emperor and Empress Remember Mrs, Runyon in Her Sorrow. BERLIN, GerMANY, Jan. 27.—The Em- peror and Empress have sent their condo- | lences to Mrs. Runyon to-day. The room | in which the body of the Embassador lies | contains a large number of wreaths sent by | friends. All receptions in the American | colony have been postponed. | The Rev. Mr. Dickie will officiate at the services that will be held at the Runyon residence to-morrow, at which ohly mem- bers of the family will be present. At the services which will be held at the Episcopul church Thursday the Rev. Mr. | Dickie and the Rev. Mr. Frye will officiate. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 27.—It is said at the State Department that no re- | quest bas been made by Mrs. Runyon for a war-vessel to convey the remains of her deceased fusband to America. Should such a request be made and granted, con- siderable time must elapse before it can be | carried out. The three United States vessels attached to the European station are all in Turkish waters and it would be several weeks be- | fore they could reach a German port for | the purvose of receiving the Embassador’s | remains. One of the vessels of Admiral Bunce’s squadron, now at Fort Monroe, Virginia, might be assigned to the duty, but this also would cause great delay. e | King Menelok’s Termas. ROME, Iravny, Jan. 27.—The Govern- ment has received information that King Menels addressed a letter to General Barateri stating the terms of peace. The Abyssinian monarch demands that the Italians shall withdraw to Massowah, | Keren and Asmara, abandoning all the | territory now occupied by them and re. nounce the protectorate of Italy over any Abyssinian territo: s Fatal Explosions in a Mine. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 27.—Explosions occurred in two coal pits at Pontypridd, ‘Wales, this mornicg. It is believed that forty-three men have been killed. The pits are on fire and the shafts destroyed. AR P iy An Absconder Caught. LONDON, Ex6., Jan. 27.—The Chronicle will to-morrow say that Fritz Widemann, the lawyer who absconded from Berlin leaving debts amounting to over a million dollars, has been arrested in New Orleans, For 3 days NEW TO-DAY. N For 3 days In looking around for something out of the or- dinary to start the season with ; something that would wake the people up and set them to buy- ing at omce, we came across a big stock of Pants that had to be sold quick. Just the thing. Only one drawback—had 'to buy whole stock or none. 2000 pairs. Great Casar! Would enough of San Francisco come out in" the rain to buy that many ? H. ROMAN & CO., -~ Cor. Fifth and Market Sts, 57 Mail Orders for these posted before 8 o’clock Thursday night will be Alled. We'’ve done it—bought ’em. The whole 2000 pairs. Next thing’s to sell 'em. We’ve chucked ’em in our window—that is, about 500 of ’em: See what they are before you come in. Bull breeches, guaran- teed never to rip, $1.35. All Wool pin heads and hair line stripes, $2.50., All-Wool Cheviots and Cassimeres, $3.00. All-Wool Worsteds, $4.00. Don’t stop to think, or you're lost. These prices good only till Thursday night. H. ROMAN & CO., Cor. Fifth and Market Sts.