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4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1896. SACRAMENTO'S GAY EX-MAYOR, Relatives Hindered Gregory In His Wooing of the Widow. i CHAPTER III EXCITING. Mrs. Lee Asked to Deny a Rumor | of Her Engagement to “Guardy.” | OFFERED PAY, BUT REFUSED. | Brother Frank Fails to Buy Her Silence—Hundreds of Letters From Eugene. SACRAMENTO, CAL., May 20.—Letters, letters, letters! Ex-Mayor Gregory and the widow of Red Bluff are remarkable correspondents. For three days Mrs. Lee has been on the stand identifying and commenting upon the tender billet-deux received from cld “Guardy,” and when she was excused this afternoon the stock | not yet exhausted. When one collec- 1 is disposed of a special venire is issued and lo el for the fair plaintiff stag- | gers into the courtroom under the weight | of another armful. When the case against the ex-Mayor, who is accused of having rauded his erstwhile sweetheart out of $ , is ended, the court would find a ready sale among the love-lorn readers of fervid romance. The prosecution occupied most of the morning session reading letters from Gregory to Mrs. Lee. They contained po- litical gossip mixed with comments on business and social events. The District Attorney, in answer to a question from ated that he considered the let- ters “A.B.R "’ which were explained to mean wer by return mail,” and which occurred at the ending of many of Gregory's letters, as expressing more than mere business interest. Several of the letters were written under apparent difficulties—two or three on trains, one in bed and one at midnight after the writer had returned from a ban- quet. In a letter written in bed the ex- Mayor sai ““It is customary to take cake to bed to produce effusive dreams, but I could not resist the temptation to eat the delicate morsel you sent and took your Jetter to bed instead. It is rather difficult to lie in bed and write a letter, using my knees as | a desk.’ ! Reference was made to a meeting at the Gregory residence. Mrs. Lee stated that she wasin the habit of going to his resi- | dence on visits. One day when she went there Frank Gregory met her at the door. | He was considerably excited and asked | her if she had seen an article 1n the news- | papers concerning her and Eugens. She had not, and he sent out for a paper. The | Grezory family then asked her to sign a card for publication denying the state- | ments made in the papers, making her | vromises of payments of $50 a month. | She went to Judge Armstrong for advice, | knowing him to be defendant’s attorney, but considered him her friend. Arm- strong advised her not to sign the card, as | it would lead to more newspaper talk. Mrs. Lee stated that she had no remem- brance whether she had told Judge Curtis | that Gregory wanted to marry her. “Itold him what Eugene had said to | me,” she continued, but was shut off by | objection. After a short recess Bruner presented a file of over a hundred letters to tRe widow, asking her to identify thosein her writing. This was objected to by the District Attor- ney and a stormy discussion resulted. *Imade the statement that she wrote | three letters to his one and I was contra- dicted. Inow want to show that I stated the truth,” said Bruner. | Mrs. Lee nodded her head vigorously at | this, but the District Attorney admonished | her not to speak on the subject. The let- | ters were finally ruled by the court to be irreleyant. Louis Schindler, assignee of Gregory | Bros., who had been their bookkeeper for | several years, was put upon the stand by the ! District Attorney this afternoon. Schind- | ler was examined in regard to Gregory i Bros.” financial standing in 1894 and at the time the insolvency proceedings were commenced. Among the assets shown by the schedule of the petition in insolvency | were several claims on which lawsuits | were pending. These the District Attor- | ney pronounced “dummy assets,” and he showed that without these the assets would be over $35,000 less than shown by the | schedule. The examination of Schindler as to transactions occurring during 1894 was objected to by defense at irrelevant, and a hot argument followed. A statement made by Schindler during August, 1894, was introduced, showing that the firm was at that time solvent. The items of this statement were taken up | oue by one by the District Attorney and | compered with the books of the firm, and several apparent errors were disclosed. | One of these, a note for $2000 owed to the D. 0. Mills Bank by the firm, was explained | afterward by the witness. The mistake was due to charging the note to the bank | instead of to Mrs. M. E. Gregory, who had | taken the note wp. Mrs. Gregory is thei mother of the Gregory brothers, and is | named as a creditor of the firm to the ex- | tent of several thousand dollars. I e BIG FIRE AT SACEAMENTO, EKent Brothers’ Stables and Several Resi- dences Consumed. SACRAMENTO, Cav, May 2L.—One of the most extensive fires that has occurred in this city for years started at 15 minutes to 1 o’clock this morning in the Kent Bros.’ stables, the cause suspected to be incen- diary. The fire spread to the adjoining resi- dences and two houses belonging to Mrs. Mickles were entirely destroyed. One of these was a two-story structure, the other & cottage. Kent Brothers are the heaviest losers. Three new hacks, three iarge picnic-wagons, each worth $500, three de- livery-wggons and a number of other vehi- cles were entirely consumed as well as six valuable horses which perished in the flames, besides a quantity of harnes: Their loss is estimated ai” $4000, and total, as they did not carry a cent of in- surance. The residences of Mrs. Mickles, which are also a total loss, were worth in the neighborhood of §3000. The fire obtained great headway before it was discovered, and for upward of an hour the department had more than a hard struggle with the flames. The flimsy na- ture of the structures and the inflamma- ble nature of their contents all combined to make this fight a bard one. When the police, who arrived first on the scene, broke in the doors of the stable, they found the interior a mass of flames. They attempted to save the horses, whose screams were more than human, but found it was absolutely impossible, as in their struggles it was found impossible to approach them. Rob- ert Kent, who is the heaviest loser, is a member of the City Board of Trustees and 1s financially wrecked, as nearly his entire capital was invested in the stable plant. . STRAW BONDSMEN Fugene Bosquet’s Suretics Punished for swearing Falsely. SACRAMENTO, CAr., May 20.—Yester- day Eugene Bosvuet, waiting the result of an appeal from a judgment convicting him of placing his wife in a disorderly house, was released on bail bonds, which later in the day were discovered to be worthless. Davis Simmons, a local auctioneer, who presented the bonds to the Judge for ap- proval, and all the bondsmen were cited to appear this morning in contempt of wnrtd proceedings and Bosquet was rear- ested. immons and two of the bondsmen, A. Flores and A. Barbiere, were this morning fined $250 each for contempt of court and instructions given to the District Attorney to present charges of er;ury before the Grand Jury against etu:g| of the bondsmen. A BOLT AT UKIAH. FINED. Delegates to the Supreme Circle, Com- panions of the Forest, Leave the Convention Hall. UKIAH, Can, May 20.—The tenth an- nual session of the Supreme Grand Circle, Companions of the Forest, adjourned to-day, to meet at San Francisco to-mor- row evening. When the election of officers was reached this morning Mrs. E. 8. Roy was elected supreme grand chief companion for the ensuing year and Mrs. E. 8. Halpruner sub-chief. Before any further nomina- tions could be made twenty-nine delegates left the hall, owing to some dissatistaction in the assembly, leaving less than a quorum present. No further business could be transacted and an adjournment became necessary. A majority of the delegates left on this afternoon’s train, and others will follow to-morrow morning, to attend the meeting to-morrow evening. A bail was tendered the delegates by local circle this even- ing. VICTORA SCHOONER LOST Wreckage From the Missing lMay Belle Recovered by Indiaps. The Binnacle and Other Portions of the Vessel Found in North. ern Tepees. VICTORIA, B. C., May .—Reports brought home by Captain McAuley of the just-returned schooner Penelopé indicate that the fate of the Maggie Mac and Walter Earle has been shared this spring by the Victoria Sealing and Trading Com- pany’s 58-ton schooner May Belle, which, with Captain Ed Shields in command and acrew of six Victoria sailors and twenty native hunters left here for the sealing grounds early in January. It touched at Tatoo Point, near Cape Cook, and there received the last of its hunters, then pass- | ing out into the storm-tossed ocean and never again being spoken or sighted. After the big blow of January 25, which severely tried the mettle of much larger | craft, the cook of the Penelope picked lup a hatchway bearing the num- bers 1168, which he took to be that of the Belle, for whose safet>. fears were even then expressed, but con* clusive evidence of its destruction was not secured until the Penelope wasrunning home and chanced to learn that Indians at Jacklesett had cached a quantity of wreckage, apparently belonging to the missing schooner. He at once investigated and at the In- dian rancheros found the binnacle of the Belle, which was positively identified, with several other pieces of marked wreckage. This leaves no doubt that the vessel went down in the late January gale with all on board. 3 A peculiar circumstance in connection with this clearing up of the May Belle mystery arises in connection with the ap- pearance here last week of Anna Eva Fay, the spiritualistic medium. - William Mun- sie, the schooner’s managing owner, asked her at a public entertainment 1f definite news would ever be received of the lost vessel. Bhe answered: ‘*Yes, you will have positive news of her before angther week closes.” b eyl SANTA CRUZ'S CARNIVAL. Artist Lemos Making Rapid Progress With the Decorations of Arches and Floats. SANTA CRUZ, Can, May 20.—At the meeting of the general carnival committee to-night the reports from the sub-commit- tees showed very gratifying progress of the work of preparation, particularly that of Willilam Lemos, the artist who is build- ing the decorations for the various station- ary pieces and the floats. Mr. Lemos re- ported that the grand arch, which would stand at the enwrance to the grounds was ready for erection as was also the queen’s palace. Mr. Osborne, who has charge of the electrical work, reported that the poles and guy ropes set in the river between the audicnce seats and the queen’s palace were ready for thestringing of the electric lamps and that the whole structure would Ee completed within a week. Mr. Linscott of the printing and adver- tising committee reported that the selec- tion of a suitable poster had about been made and said the committee had arranged to send to the San Francisco press and other papers invitations in the form of a letter which, upon presentation here, would admit a correspondent or repre- sentative to all the places of entertain- ment. A press committee will be ap- pointed, which will establish a press clip- ping bureaun. B PULLMAN POSTOFFICE ROBBED. Expert Cracksmen Open a Safe With Dynamite. PULLMAN, Wasn.. May 20.— Safe- crackers entered the postoffice here last night through a rear window, blew open the safe and appropriated about $300 in money and §350 worth of stamps. The combination to the safe was proken with a sledge-hammu anc a blast putin the in- ner door, bicwing the lock out. Two reg- istered letters and two registered packages were taken, but they were of small value. The work was that of experts, =s the safe does not seem to be materially damaged. —_— TACOMA BABE FPOISONED. Drinks Carbolic Acid Left by Its Mother Within Its Reach. TACOMA, Wasn., May 20.—Mrs Zimmer of South Seattle, who bas been suffering from neuralzia for some time, lefc a bottie of carbolic acid within reach of her three- vear-old child, R. Zimmer, this morning. uby, unobserved, took a spoonful of !lgc liquid. She walked over to her mother and fell into her arns unconscious, dying shortly after. WOMEN CONVENE AT SANTA' CRUL The Tenth Session of the Southern California Parliament. NOTED LEADERS ATTEND Mrs. Kate Tupper Galpin Wins Praise as the Presiding Officer. MRS, COOPER'S MALE ZERO. Her Estimate of the Unprogressive Man Not Flattering—Clever Papers Read. SANTA ANA, CAL., May 20.—The tenth session of the Woman’s Parliament of Southern California which convened in this city to-day, has given evidence of be- 'n;svlnfner that had characterized the paper itself. Next under “The Household” came “Household Hygiene,” by Dr. Sarah T. Maloy of Riverside. This was_another excellent paper, treating of the difficulties encountered by the faithful housewife, especially in the establishment of new homes, and giving wholesome advice as to how to overcome them. The discussion was ably led by Dr. Theodora Wilkins of Pomona, By s time the interest had so in- creased that standing room was at a premium. A Jarge number of extra chairs were provided and the aisles packed with them, but still many were unable to find seats. The closing paper of the afternoon meeting was “The Housewife’s Familiar Friends and Foes,” by Miss Minnie Reed, of San Diego, being a stientific treatise on dangerous microbes, bacteria, etc., their ogigin and the care that should Pe taken iscussion was led by Mrs. S. J. Me- Clatchie of Pasadena, who gave a compre- ?:r}asn'e talk on the various species of bac- ria. The hall is again crowded to-night and the audience listened to two able papers, “The School House Beautiful,” by Mme. Carolyn M. N. Claverie of Los Angeles, and “The Kindergarten,” by Mrs. Sarah E. Cooper. Among thejladies in attendance from outside towns to-day were Mesdames D. P. Chapman, G. Rouse. F. M. Heath, G. N, Ford, I. C. Hardman, C. W. Filkins and S. E. Maloy, Riverside; M. I. Hutchinson, 4. H. Blagchard, J. Collier, A. E. Price, B. F. Myrtie Loyd, F. D. Jones, S. E. MarsRall, F. M. Larken. 0. S. Colby, M. E. Alexander, C. 8. Wood, E. Shepard, A. J. Mc(;latchxe, J. A. Osgood, J. T. Galpin, F. A.Etreety A. H. Neidig, H. Todd ana Jf. SaRton, Los Angeles; E. B. Foster and Ella Orr, Ventura; R. V. Hadder, C. M. Wilson, M. Kifk and Ada A, Southard, Santa Barbara; E. E. Spalding, A. S. Marshall, E. F. Nutting, N. 8. Keyes, Mar- cia Gilmore, A. H. Credlow, F. W. Parker Mrs WS BRartilet Mrs EH Mills ing one of the most interesting and profit- | able in the history of the organization. The brightest feminine mindsin all South- ern California have centered here for feast of knowledge of mctherhood, home and the elevation of womankind in the high spheres of usefulness. Fully 300 women were in attendance when the first session opened at Neill's Hall this morning, while in all the assem- blage only two men could be seen. Atthe sfternoon session, however, the sterner sex had become aware of the excellent in- struction that was being missed, and at least fifty gentlemen enjoyed the proceed- ines. Mrs. Kate Tupper Galpin, the talented president of the parliament, rapped for order about 10:30 A. M., and soon the business was under full headway. One of the most noticeable and really astonishing | features of the session is the remarkable executive ability of this woman president, who restores order out of chaos quicker than nine men in ten could. Her rulings are always well taken, her manner is brisk and convincing and« the smallest devis tion from the established order of bu ness cannot escape her serious watch- fulness, The session was effectively opened with that beautiful old bymn, ‘‘Nearer My God to Thee,” in whose melody every one in the hall seemingly took part. The usual invocation by Mrs. C. S. Colby of Los Angeles followed. The first paper on the programme, “So- cial Needs of Country Women,” by Mrs, an D. Sprague of Fairmont, was an ex- cellent sample of the good things that were in store. In the discussion which followed Mrs. Sarah Cooper of San Francisco, famous for her extraordinary success in kinder- fill’ten work and being further widely nown for her prominent antagonism to the recentiy®deposed Dr. C. O. Brown, took the most prominent part. Three minutes only were allowed for eech speaker in discussions, and ' President alpin rigidly enforced the rule, giving way only upon a carried motion by the house to extend a longer privilege, which was accorded to a number of debaters. “Why Bhould Women Study Econom- ics?” was handled 1n masterly style by Mrs. E. D. Steele of Compton. The dis- cussion was ably led by Mrs. Eliza A. Law- rence of San Pedro, and at the close of her remarks Mrs. Cooper again entered the de- bating arena and proceeded to reduce the egotistical “‘male man"’ to a large zero. ‘‘Homes are the protection of a nation,” said she. “A man will shonlder a musket and fight to protect his home, but he has never been known to shoulder a musket to protect his property or house. This Hlus- trates the importance ‘of making homes to protect. The best way to give Peoplo sense is to give them responsibility.’ Having pushed the man zero aside, Mrs, Cooper paid & high compliment to the class of people designated as ‘‘common people,” in which she was glad to be in- cluded. The first paper in the afternoon was under the theme of *‘The Household, My Mother Shall Instruct Me,” TS, Minnie Hanby Jones of Los Angeles. This paper was the most remarkable of the day. It dealt in plain facts relat- ing to the proper instruction of boys and girls as to their physical conditions, and gave in strong terms the harmful! results of a proper lack of knowl- :dgle of their own bodies on the part of children entering man and woman hood. The subject was handled in a plain, straightforward manner and contained s0 much truth and sound advice that its bluntness was entirely overlooked oy the men and women who heard it. It wasa plain, honest plea for needed enlighten- ment for the young, and made a strong lm;iregxion on the audience. ‘It is not a question whether or not our children shail be taught certain thin, that they must learn later in life,” said she, “but whoshall teach them,” and she proved beyond a doubt that this import- ant duty belonged to the mother. The discussion on this paper was led by Mrs. Theodosia B. Shepherd of Ventura, and was carried out in the same pointed and C. L, Mon:}(hun, Pasadena; E. S, Lewis, Anaheim;Minnie Reed, San Die; | D. E. Steele, Compton; E. G. Smead, vera. The parliament will adjourn to-morrow afternoon. EVENTS AT PALO' ALTO, Trackmen Realize but a Small Sum From the Vaudeville Performance. Money for the Eastern Trip Hard to | Obtain—Senior Class Week Features. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL., May 20.—The trackmen gave their vaudeville performance last night, but thouch the programme contained several good num- bers a very slim attendance and a counse- quently small amount of money resulted. The management is under the impression that the original high prices asked for tickets was the canse of the small house, but the real trouble lies in the fact that all the students are getting ready to leave for their homes as soon as instruction ends, and cash is being hoarded. Ordi- narily such a cause as an Eastern trip for the track athletes and the opportunity of seeing sociul favorites before the footlights “for sweet charity's sake” would have bronght out a satisfactory sum of money; but it now seems that the trackmen will have to devise some other scheme for rais- ing much-needed funds. This summer will find 8 good many of the Stanford faculty delivering lectures in different parts of the country. Professor Anderson, head of the English depart- ment, will deliver a course of lectures at Coronado, where he spent last summer with Professor Thoburn. Professor Flengel goes to Chicago to deliver several papers before the Chicago University students. Dr. Jordan will speak in several Eastern cities, chiefly, however, before educa. tional conventions. Professor Abbott of the law department is glanmr:ix to give a sumner law course at_Stanford, as is Pro- fessor Brun of the French department. Very few of the professors will spend the entire summer recuperating, thouEh most of them expect to get a few weeks hunting and fishing in the mountains or at seaside rezorts, or traveling for pleasure, The senior class is making every prepara- tion to have the coming commencement week the biggest, most interesting and unique week of the kind that Stanford has yet seen. The senior farce to be given Monday night is one of the chief features. All the characters will be assumed by the best talent of the class, and us re- hearsals have been held every day for weeks past everybody is said to perfect in bis part. The play is called *“An Inter- collegiate Affair’ and is said to be the best original farce ever produced here. Unusually elaborate scenery and costumes are engaged in San Francisco for the oc- casion. Seats have sold very fast and a big crowd is bound to attend. The ball in the evening will close senior class day. Some of the finest artists in San Francisco will supply the music for the dancers. The programme will con- tain twenty-four dances, and the facuity insists that the affair must end not later than 12:30 A. M. This was a shght con- cession to the class, inasmuch as there now exists a rule that no ball shall last later than midnight. R et Visalia Foreclosure Suit. VISALIA, CaL., Mey 20.—A foreclosure suit was filed to-day by Louise Greene- baum of San Francisco against the Tule River Lumber Company et al. for the sum of $60,000, with costs, interest, etc. aliq nv_md conditions that create them. The | FOLSOM'S GREAT ELECTRIC PLANT, Capitalists Visit the Power- House at the State Prison. LONG-DISTANCE ENERGY Turns the Wheels of Industries Over Twenty - Three Miles Away. GIVES SACRAMENTO LIGHT. Excursionists Ride on Streetcars Propelled by the Far-Reaching Currents. SACRAMENTO, Car., May 20.—The excursion train of the General Electric Company of New York and the Sacra- mento Electric Light and Power Company, which arrived in this city atnoon to-day, carried the representatives of the largest aggregation of California capital, esti- mated at over $200,000,000. They are the guests of these companies, invited to view the electrical transmission works at Fol- som. The train was a part of the Sunset Limited vestibule service, and was made up of one composite car, two sleepers and a diner. The party left Market-street wharf at9 o'clock and the run to this city was made 1n two hours and forty-five minutes. The party consisted of bankers, capitalists and others interested in large manufacturing interests, besides several notable repre- sentatives of foreign powers and interests. The excursion was arranged for the pur- pose of giving an ocular demonstration of what had been accomplished in the establishing of the largest and longest distance electric-power transmission in th world. % After a brief stop in the capital city, during which the train was invaded by a committee of society ladies headed by and Mrs. O. W. Erlewine, who decorated the guests with boutonnieres of delicately passed rapidly through the beautiful Sac- ramento Valley, with its miles and miles of orchards, vineyards and hop fields, whose green foliage gave no evidence of the late frosts which had proved so disas-, trous to the orchards of less favored lo- calities, until the historiczl town of Fol- som was reached. Here the entire party was transferred to flatcars and taken di- rectly to the great darn. The dam is a massive structure of gran- ite laid in Portland cement. It is 650 feet long, 39 feet high in the center, 37 feet wide at the base and 25 feet wide at the crest. It contains about 48,590 cubic yards of solid masonry. Ii is provided with a feet high, which at high water is lowered into a recess in the crest of a dam. At low water this shutter is raised by hydraulic pistons, the depth of the basin is increased by six feet and additional storage capacity provided. Normally the dam forms a storage basin or reservoir three and a half miles longz, with capacity of 13,000.000 cubic yards of water. Ateither side of the dam are massive granite bulkheads and three headgates operated by hydraulic machinery, each headgate 16 feet wide, opening into the canal. The east side canal is divided into three sections, The first, stretching as far as the State canal, where the water falls about seven feet, is cut out of the eolid ranite and extends a distance of 2000 fcet. The second scction is 4000 feet long, and on the completion of this the terms of the State labgr contract were ful- filied. the face of the clifi. The third section of | the canal is an earth ditch, excavated by | the Folsom Water-power Company, and is 8000 feet long. The outer wall of sec- tions 2 and 3 carries a broad-gauge rail- road track. The total length of the canal is 9500 feet. Bection 1 is 53 feet wide on top and 40 feet on the bottom. The depth is 8 feet. Ail the water passes through the State power- house, through Leffel turbine wheels, de- veloping some 800 horsepower, used for air compressors, electric lighting and other purposes. Thence the water con- tinues on tothe Folsom power-house, at the side of which is an immense log basin. Here the jurisdiction of the Folsom Water Power Company ceases, and that of the Sacramento Electric and Power Com- pany begins. & The power-house is buiit on the site of an old placer gold mine, where s fall of fifty-five feet is available at high water. It is on the west side of the town of Fol- =om, is.cut about sixty feet deep and is 100 feet wide and 150 feet long. The hy- draulic apparatus consists of four pairs of thirty-inch wheels of the McCormick hori- zontal shaft turbine type, each pair of 1260-horsepower cusncily at 300 revolu- tions operating under a head of hfty-five feet. The steel penstocks are eight feet in diameter and each wheel has two drait tubes. The governors are of the Faesch- Lycard type, and these are assisted by beavy flywheels fitted to the water- whneel shafts. The hydraulic plant also includes two special horizontal wheels for the exciters. The water after having passed the tur- bines is discharged into a tailrace canal, which will distribute water for irrigation over the country south and westof Folsom. The power-house is a two-story brick building. The water-wheels are placed in the air between the forebay and the wall of the structure, through which the turbine shafts pass. To each shaft is coupled a 750 K. W. (one thousand horse-power) general electric three-phase generator, the largest of their type yet constructed. Each is a 24-pole machine, delivering current at 60 cycles 300 volts and running at 300 R, P. My The exciters are 4 poie 30 K.W. ienem!oru, either one of which is of suf- cient capacity to excite the fields of all four generators. From the generators the current passes to the generator switchboard and thence to nine step-up transformers in the upper story of tl‘:; power-house. The capacity of each transfomer is 250 K. They are cooled by air blasts from blowers driven by induction motors. In these transform- ers the pressure is raised from 800 volts to 11.000 volts and the current passes to the bigh tension transmission lines, carried out of the power-house through porcelain- lined noles in the wall. The pole line is double throughout run- ning to this city, adistance of twenty- three miles. After a thorough inspection of the dam, canal and prison power-house the party was escorted through the interior of the prison and its surrounding erounds and returned to Kolsom, where it visited the lawer power-house, containing the gen- erating plant of the Sacramento Electric Light and Power Company. Returning to Sacramento, the party wes { M¢s. T. B. Hall, Mrs. G. B. Katzenstein | tinted flowers, the train pulled out and | heavy wooden shutter or flashboard six | Thus far the canal is built along | escorted through the immense carshops of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and then to the sub-station of the electric company. This is a fireproof two-story brick structure, having transformers on the second floor and the dynamo-room on the ground floor. In the mainordynamo- room of the sub-station, a line shait runs the entire length. To this are directly coupled, through friction clutches, three synchronous motors, each of 250 K.W. capacity, wound for a potential of 560 voits and run at a speed ot,405 revolations. “To the line shaft are belted one 200 K. W. and one 500 K.W. multipolar general electric railway generators and two 1000 K- | . Edison bipolar machines, all of 500 | volts, and three 100-light and two 75-light | Brush arc machines.” In this room are | also the switchboards for controlling the synchronous motors, the generators and circuits and the are dynamos. | This power not only operates the entire | street-railway system and lights the en- | tire city, but is mriuly supplanting steam | power 1n all of Sacramento’s extensive manufacturing plants. The party next made a tour of the city on the electric cars, visiting East and Oak parks—Sacramento’s breathing spots— shooting on the toboggan slide and riding | of a party of schoolboys, rather than staid | representatives of the accumulated raill-| ions of California. The visitors invaded the Buffalo Brewing Company plant and partook of its product, with an accompa- niment of sandwiches, and then returned to_the train. The list of excursionists includes officers and engineers of the great electrical com- panies and of the gas and power compa- nies, as well as a commissioner from Japan and a delegation of prominent South Americans. The latter consisted of Colonel N. P. Tisdell, special agent of the Pacific Mail Steamsbhip Company, Central America; General Manuel L. Barillas, ex- President of Guatemala, a heavy capitalist and progressive man; Pedro Bruni, man- ager of General Barillas’ estates; Adolph Meyer, president of the Champerico Ra; way Company of Central America; Floren- tine Souza, a capitalist and planter of Guatemala. The Japanese Commissioner in the party is Seirio Mino, who was sent over by his Government tostudy the uses of electricity in the United States. This gentleman was delighted with the magnitude of the plant. “I had heard so much of this enter- prise,”” he said to a CALL representative, “but I did not dream that it was soim- | mense and contained such grand po: | bilities. 1 shall not return to San cisco to-night, but will await the arrival of the other members of the embassy. “Wewill makea trip into Nevada and to other points, but wiit return to this City and make a careful and thorough examin- ation of the system. I shall recommend the establishment. of a similar plant in Japan on my return. One plant of this magnitude will furnish all the power we require.’! ‘T'he otiers in the party were: William Angus, Joseph Brandenstein, John A. Britton; Frank L. Brown, Pacific Coast representative of the Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company; S. C. Bigelow, president of the San Francisco Savings and Loan Society; J. B. Crockett, presi- dent of the San Francisco Gas Com- pany; C. A. Coffin, president of the General Electric Company of New York; W. S. Goodfellow, Bruce Hayden; John L. Howard; William F. C. Hasson, electrical engineer; C.G. Hooker; E. C. Jones; William Sanders, president of the Oakland, San Leandro and Hay- wards; J. A. Lighthipe, engineer for the General Electric Company; W. H, Mills; Daniel Meyer; H. W. Meek; D. £, Martin; George A. Moore, president of the Pa- | cific Mutual Life Insurance Company; | E. B. Pond r of San Francisco} | W. F. P ns; W. F. Rank; James B. Stetson, president of the San Joaquin Val- ley Railway; F. W. Van Secklen; Fred P. Fish of New York, attorney for the Gen- eral Electric Railway Company; R. P. Schwerin, vice-president and general man- ager of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- | pany; Captain John T. Wright; T. L. Bar- | ker, Albert Gallatin, Horatio P. Livermore, | Ches. E. Livermore, Thos. Edison, district manager of the General Electric Com- any; L. P. Drexler; Charles R. Lioyd; C. N. Beall, engineer of the Baker-field, Elec- tric Power Company; J K. Wilson, presi- dent of the Sather Banking Company; M. H. de Young, proprietur of the San Fran- cisco Chronicle; C. C. Bemisn; A. Carri- gan; J. 8. Hutchinson; W. G. Kerckhoft; I. ¥. Moulton of the Bank of California; E. L. Lipman; G. F. Richardson, master of transportation of the Southern Pacitic Company; Thomas B. Bishop; John L. Sabin, president of the Bell Telephone Company; Charles A. Hugg, of Spreckels Bros.; W. H. Chickering, A. C. Balch; W. F. Pierce, ex-Mayor of Oakland ; James Treadwell,one of the Corrail Hollow mine- owners, who are considering the use of | waste coal in connection with electrical transmission for Stockton; Frederick Cox, W. E. Gerber; Joseph Steffens, president, | and George B. Katzenstein, secretary, of | the Chamber of Commerce; T. A, V | Shock, Mayor Hubbard, J. A. Woodson, E. B. Willis, V. 8. McClatchy, and T. B. Hall, general manager of the Sacramento Electric Light and Power Company. TAYLOR HEARD FROM. He Says That Dr. Pardee Labors Under a Misapprehension of Facts. OAKLAND, Car., May 20.—G. K. Tay- lor, the Congressional Committeeman from Alameda, published a letter to-day in an- swer to Dr. Pardee. After admitting that Dr. Pardee would have acted fairly had he known the truth Mr. Taylor proceeds: The statement that “Taylor wrote the anti- funding resolutions” intrcduced by Mr, Short is absolutely false. It is not stated that I claimed to have written it, but as this is the inference I deny ever having made, directly or indirectly, any such statement. Possibly the foundation for the erroncous rumor is the fact that before the commities on credentials reported 1 did interview delegates from va- rious countiss, including Fresno, in advocacy of an anti-funding resolution which I had drawn and stated would be introduced. The matter was discussed in the office of the Golden Eagle Hotel in the presence of Colonel | Kowalsky, Mr. Shor!, to whom I had been introduced by 8. F. Earl of Fresno, and many others. My understanding was that Colonel Kowalsky would introduce such a resolution, and I he did not I intended 10 propose it. My resolution was drawn up by myself and a gen- tleman from San Franciseo. I remember stating that I was pleasantly had a few moments the conveution, baf \ possible that I was “chuckting with glee,” but the recollection thercof is not remarkably vivid. The statement that the delegates were con- fident of retaining their seats and that they ‘felt a little sore over the treatment,” is true, Itis to be hope that trey have recovered. Certain it is that although these delegates were frozen out none of them castany cold glances at the Republican party. They did not threaten to “bolt the pariy” unless seated, and no suggestion ot bolting hes been since heard. Not one of them has been accused of disloyalty to the party, and I am informed that thgowio[\‘laxel!ed deleglt;! were the only ones who leit the convention ha William McKinley. 1 gseting Tor In view of the foregoing statement thy > ments of the doctor are ngw awaited. a5 “‘MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT DREAM.” A Magnificent Production to Be Pre- sented at the Baldwin Tneater. Miss Ada Rehan and the Daly company will produce Shakespeare's *“‘Midsummer Night's Dream” at the Baldwin Theater next Mondlx night in a manner more gorgeous and imposing than ever before uuemsted in this City. It may have seemed an unusual thing to do when Mr. Daly transferred “A Midsummer Night's Dream”’ to his London Theater, but its run there of 100 nights is evidence that the American actors were fully appreciated in teaching the people of the land of Shake- speare how Shakespeare should be done. Troopers - at Visalia. VISALIA, CAL., May 20.—Troops C and I arrived in Visalia this morning and report all well. ‘Troop C will have charge of Sequoia Park and Troop I will look efter Grant Park. e ——— Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. the merry-go-round with all the abandon | surprised to hear Dr. Pardee's speech. As we | are thus afilicte been voted out of THREE: HUNDRED LIVES €0 OUT. Two Steamers Collide in the Woochung (China) Harbor. SINK TO THE BOTTOM. One Is Crowded With Chinese * Passengers and but Few . Are Rescued. WHITE SEAMEN GO DOWN. Men From American Cruisers in Port Pick Up Many of the Unfortunates. VICTORIA, B. C., May 20.—The British steamer Onwo, 797 tons, commanded by Captain Johnson and belonging to the Indo-China Steamship Company, and the steamer Newchang, a craft of 558 tons, collided in Woosung harbor on May 1 with disastrous results to life and property. Nearly 300 lives were lost. The Onwo was on its way out of the barbor when they struck, and in less than ten minutes aiter the accident it sank, only the second officer and the third en- gineer of the crew and officers aboard be- ing saved. Two hundred and forty-five Chinese passengers were drowned, while seventy-five escaped. The Newchang was also badly damaged, but was able to reach shore before sinking. Many of those savea were picked up by the boats of American cruisers, several of which were in port at the time. The Philadelphia’s men lent valuable service. It was 3 o’clock in the morning when the accident occurred and owing to the darkness and the terrible excitement which prevailed, men who might otherwise have been rescued perished. Further particu- lars of the terrible collision are not re- corded in the Japanese advices received to-day by the Empress of India. Timber for the Haie & Noroross Mine. CARSON, NEev., May 20.—The Carson News this evening states that it has learned from a private source that yester- day the Hale & Norcross Company let a contract to I. Cohn for 400,000 feet of timber from Sheridan mills. It is thought here that a boom in stocks will shortly follow. The feminine element is terribly in ex- cess in Germany, the women exceeding the men by more than a million, accord- ng to the latest statisti NEW TO-DAY. No physician in the United States is so thoroughly equipped and well prepared to treat the sick and afflicted as this world- renowned specialist, who is permanently located at 737 Market street, San Francisco. 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