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cent., Smallpox has been officially de- clared epidemic. The censorship is more rigorous than ever. The publication of all news of the burning of the cane field, farms, es- tates, etc., known to be occurring in all the provinces, especially in Havana, is pro- hibited. The news reaching the city is never printed. Press censorship is exerted over the local correspondents, and they are not allowed to transmit important engage- ments or rebels’ movements. B R WIN 4 VICIOKY IN COURT. Cuban Indurgents Gain a Decision in the Thvee Friends Case. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Jan. 18.—The Cuban insurgents won a decided victory in the Uniied Btates court to-day when Judge Locke rendered a decision in the case of the United States vs. the steamer Three Friends. He decided that no state of war exisied and no law had been vio- leted. The libel affirmed that ‘‘the Three Friends was then and there furnished, fitted out and armed with one certain gun or several, the exact number being un- known to the United States attorney, with ammunition, there to be employed in the service of certain insurgents or persons in the island of Cuba, and with the intent to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens or properiy of the King of Spain on the island of Cuba.” To this the exception of the respondent’s answer was: “That said libel does not show that the vessel was so armed or fitted out or so furnished with the intent that such vessel should be employed in the service of any body politic recognized or known to the Unitea States as a body politic.” The answer of the libelant, the United States Government, to this exception was that the law as set forth in section 5283 of the Revised Statutes did not require that a vessel that was subject to condemnation for violation of the section should be em- ploved by any body recognized by or known to the United States as a body politic. The point made by the respondent was that the statute contemplated a con- dition of war already existing, and that when no war existed there could be no violation of the statute. The case was then suggested as to how the state of war wes to be determined. It could come only by action of Congress. It was far beyond the power of the judiciary to determine the fact. In other words the insurgents must be recognized as belligerents before the statute could be violated. The court sustained the exceptions of the respond- ents and gave the libelants ten days to file an amended complaint. Ii a new libel is not filed within that time the $1000 bond is to be canceled and the vessel released. LABIR WD THE LKW Continued from First Page. body it cares a bit whether the State runs the employment bureaus or not. These men go from shop to shop when they want work, and they never go near bureaus of any kind."” W. T. Boyce, for the past year presi- dent of the Ironmolders’ Union No. 164, stated that he is in favor of the Fitzgerald | bill for the establishment of free State employment agencies and said: “These | private employment agencies have been | and are now the worst kind of swindles. Hardly a day passes but that some poor fellow who can’t afford to lose acentis ruthlessly robbed by these sharks. §i*In many cases these fellows have an ! eement with some one who emrloys large numbers of men. The applicants for work are chargea \fee and s nt to the confederate, who gives' them work for a day or two and then sends them adrift without reason, cause or excuse—or money. Another batch of laborers, who have paid the employment agent for their positions, are put to work and theyin turn are sent away. ““Aund 5o it goes,one crowd after another, until the poor as a whole are made still poorer, and these robbers reap the unjust profits and grow rich. It is simply a legal manner of robbing men and there isno redress. Put me down for any change that will put a stop to this nefarious sys- tem of stealing from the poor and needy.” L. D. Gardner, president of Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union No. 483, spoke as fol- lows: “Tbe o!d system of conducting private employment agencizes is simply a system of robbery under the guise of a legitimate business. From what I can learn as many men have been robbed as benefited by these private employment agencies. “Maybe, the new proposed free agencies or bureaus would be seized upon by the politicians; but even so, the poor peopie could better afford tbe expense ot their support by taxation than to be bunkoed out of what little they haye whea they need that littie the most. As I under- stand it, the bill does not propose to ab- solutely abolish private enterprise in this direction, but it does propose to make the private employment agents deal honestly with their patrons and the public, and for this reason if for no other I hope the biil will pass. ph Walters, secretary of the Brew- ery Workmen’s Union, said: ‘1 am in favor of the bill. It will practically do away with these bunko agents, who rob men by taking their money without giv- ing the equivalent in positions. I would like to see these private agencies abolithed altogether. “They are the worst enemy that orga- nized labor bas to contend against. ‘Whenever there is any trouble between labor and capital these agents step in and furnish the capitalists with scabs, who take the places of the men who have quit work. 1do not believe that a free bureau would take such a part in case of trouble between an employer and his men. I believe that the State should furnish the unemployed with the means of making a living, by bringing employer and laborer together, free of cost to both. Guy Lathrop, manager of th€ Labor Bu- reau Association at 915} Market street, said: “I am in favor of the Fitzgerald free employment measure. In Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota and other States the plan has worked with success. The Governors of those States have practically placed the matter out of politics and selected Labor Commissioners on merit alone. “Tbese Commissioners have had the exclusive right to select their own assist- ants. The work of the bureaus have been carried on in a systematic and business- like method, and great temefits have re- sulted to those who really need assistance. 1 don't see why the pian should not work in this State, and I believe it will.”” Senator Hill's Empty Hoxor. ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 18—The Demo- cratic members of the Legislature met in the Assembly to-day and tendered David B. Hill the empty honor of candidate for United States Senator. Senators Coffey and McNulty of Brooklyn and Guy of New York and Assembiymen Cain and Zarn of Brooklyn bolted the caucus, WOULD SAVE ThE STATE'S FUNDS Evidence That the Wave of Econcmy Has Struck the Senate. Withington Startles Atiaches by the Introduction of an Amendment. / It Prcvides for a S.ving of Ab ut $800 a Doy Durinz the Session of the Legisiatura. SACRAMENTO, Cawr, Jan. 18.—There was evidence to-day that the wave of economy superinduced by the exposure of extravagance in the preliminary organiza- tion of the Assembly has struck the Senate. Senator Withington rather startled that body this morning when he introduced a constitutional amendment providing as follows: The officers of the two houses, other than the president and speaker, shall be a secretary of the Senate and clerk of the Assemby and such assistants as they may appoiut, but the ! expenses of the Senate shall not ex- or each session, nor thos. the Assembiy shall be required to give b and security for the falthiul discharge of their respective duties, Wauat this would mean can be imagined from the fact that the present daily ex- penses of coth houses in the shape of sal- aries of attaches, covered by this proposed measure, reach neariy $1200, of which $700 is paid by the Assembly, Under the Withington amendment the total daily expense for both braunches could not ex- ceed $400. *That's a stemwinder,” ejaculated one of the clerks after the measure had been read. “But it will be smothered in short order in committee,”” he remarked consol- ingly to a fellow-attache, who had not yet time to recover his breath. And thisis the general impression. Withington states that he got the idea of the measure from Speaker Coombs and Governor Atkinson of Georgia, who was an honored guest of the Senate to-da; Senator Wolfe carried the Pesthouse fight into the Legislature to-day. At the request of the Ashbury Heights and Pan- bandle Improvement Club he introduced the following measure: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any per- son or corporation to establish, locate, place or maintain any hosbital, sanitarium, buiid- ing or other structure used or intended to be used lor the reception, care or treatment of any person or persons sflicted with any con- tagious or infectious Qisease, in any city, county or ¢ity and county of this State within 3000 feet of any lake, pond, river, creek, ditch or reservoir, she water of which is or may be used for domestic purposes other than in said institution. Nor shell any person or corpora- tion receive, accept or treat any person sfilicted with any contagious or infectious disease in any such hospital, sanitarium, building or other structure which is within 3000 feet of any lake, pond, Tiver, creek, cileh or reservoir, the water of which is or may be used for domestic purposes other than in said institution. o Sec. 2. Every person and any director, trustee, officer or agent of any corporation, or sny person who shall violate section 1 of this act, shall be guilty of & misdemeanor, and shall be fined in a sum not less thun $50 and not more than $500, or shall be imprisoned in the County Jail not less than ten nor more than 180 days, or by both such fine and im- prisonment in the discretion of the court. $ec. 3. This act shall take effect immedi- ately. If this is passed it will effectuaily pre- vent the building of the Pesthouse on the Aimshouse tract. The recent conflict of authority between the San Francisco Board of Health ana Board of Education relutive to the closing of certain schools alleged to be infected with diphtheria is sought to be avoided in future by the foi- lowing measure, introduced by Senator Wolfe: The Board of Health of every municipality and of every county in the State shail have the same powers with respect to the adoption and passage of ordinances relating to matters of & senitary character and to such matters which affect or relate to the health of such munici- pality orcounty * * * as are now or may be hereafter conferred upou the Common Council or other governing body of such mu- nieipality or the Board of Supervisors of such count; Every violation of any ordinance so adopted or passed is Lereby deciared to be a misde- meanor. In all cases of conflict between the or- dinances of any board of health and those of the local governing body the latter are declared to be paramount. This would virtually make the boards of health co- ordinate legislative bodies with the local boards of supervisors, .councilmen and trustees, and would givé them valuable and extended powers for preserving and protecting the public health, The bill for tbe issuing of bcnds not to exceed $1,000,000 for the construction of tbe seawall southward from Mission street to Channel was introduced by Braune hart to-day. To-morrow he will present an amendment to the countly government act, providing that all county officers hold office for only two years, instead of four as at present. el DONE IN 1HE SENATE, Some lmportant Liils and Resolutions Are Introduced. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Jan. 18.—After a lengthy discussion this morning the Senate finally rejected Dickinson’s reso- lution to prevent the introduction of bills “by request.,’” The vote was: Ayes 18, nays 16, The entrance of Governor Atkinson of Georgia caused an interruption of the regular business. The visitor was intro- auced by Lieutenant-Governor Jeter. Gilleite introduced a constitutional amendment to allow the Legislature to divide the State into fish and game dis- tricts and enact laws for their regulation. Measures were iniroduced as follows: By Voorheis—Approvriating $5000 for more land for she Preston S8chool of Industry; $15,000 for a reservoir at the same place; $81,500 for additional build- ings and §10,100 for an ice plant. Also, a bill giving firemen retired for aisability a pension of $25 per month. By Smith—Concurrent resolution call- ing on Congress to pass the Nicaraguan Canal bill. Adopted. By Withington—Constitutional amend- ment limiting the exvenses of each house of the Legislature to $200 per day. By Luchsinger—Joint resolution calling on members of Congress and Senators to take sieps to have a channel dredged from San Pablo Bay to Mare Island Straits. Adopted. By Holiaway — Appropriating $35,000 =~ =2 e s £ 222 o B T ——— Min MR. PORTER, Assistant inute Clerk of ths Senate, in a Bzautiful Attitudz of Repose. for the California Home for the Feeble- | minded, and to admit epileptics and idio’s | to this home. Aiso appropriaging $15,000 for a storage reservoir, and $105,000 for ad- ditional buildings at the home. By Wolfe—Giving boards of health | power to execute and enforce sanitary | legislation ; also prombiting the location | of any hospital or sanitarium for the treatment of infectious or contagions dis- eases within 3000 feet of any lake, pond, creek, ditch or reservoir. Adjourned. e WFOEK IN 1HE ASSEMBLY. Majority and Ninority Beports on Chief Clerk Duckworth’s Conduct. SACRAMENTO, CAL, Jan. 18.—Ma- jority and minority reports on Dryden’s resolution to appoint & special committee to investigate the acts of Chief Clerk Duckworth were presented in the Assem- bly to-day. Vosburg, on bebalf of the majority, reports the amount actually paid without justification of law, except as explained at some length, is $3206 30, | and suggests the immediate passage of a law to limit the number and pay of em- ployes. The minority report, presentea by Kee- gan, finds that the chief clerk appointed thirty-nine attaches who were not statu- tory officers and entailed an unnecessary expense of over $3000, and recommends the appointment of & committee of three, with power to administer oaths, to fur- ther investizate the matter. Both reports were made the special or- der for to-morrow on motion of Dibble. The Committee on Re!renchment re- ported a resolution forbidding the grant- ing of leave of absence to committees for t e purpose of visiting institutions. The Committee on Contested Elections alone excepted. Referred. Bills were introduced as follows: By Jones—To prohibit unaathorized persons wearing the rosette of the Loyal Legion. By Gately—Relative to the propagation of shrimps. By Henry—Prohibiting the imposition of license on Califorria-made articles. By Bettman—To enable consolidated cities and counties to use voting machines. A recess was taken until 3». x. A bill was reported by the Ways and Means Committee appropriating $75,000 for the State Printing Office. It was put upon first reading. The bill forbidding a county officer act- ing as notary public was recommended for passage. The Speakerarnounced that as Emmons was absent he would not name a com- mittee to investigate the purchase of fur- niture until his return. The Senate concurrent resolution on the Nicaraguan canal was, taken up under suspension of the rules and, after dis- cussion, was made a special \order for to-morrow morning. | the water front of San Fraucisco. Upward of twenty bills were introduced, among which were four by Caminetii making appropriations for the ione School of Industry, and others by Dibble to com- pel witnesses to appear under subpena issuea by the board of healtn, and by Sims for the construction of a guberna- torial residence at Sacramento. The joint rules were adopted and ordered vrinted. Caminetti introduced a resolution call- ing for a report from the Harbor Commis- sioners relative to railroad affairs along North opposed the resolution, which was, how- | ever, adopted, but notice of reconsidera- tion was given. A motion to adjourn waslost and the third reading of the file was called up. Treacy’s bill providing that $2 per day shatl be the minimum wage paid on all \public works was the only bill on the file, It was supporied by Treacy, Dennery and Shanahan, and opposed by Belshaw, Chy- noweth end Bridzf rd, Chynoweth stating that the bill would operate disastrously agamst irrigation districts. Bridgford offered an amendament ex- empting irngation \gistricts in counties of the second class from the operation of the law. Lost, The vill was then passed, only nine votes being recorded against it. Ade journed. S T e PASSED IN THE ASSEMBLEY. The Bill Fizing the tate of Compensa- tion for Lnbor on Public Works. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Jan. 18.—The de- bate of the day in the Assembly was on Assemoly bill 17 fixing the minimum rate ot compensation for labor on public works at $2 per day. » Cbynoweth of Anaheim was the first to | object to the third reading and passage of | the bill. He said that it would impose a very great hardship on poor counties like | QOrange and might prevent them from pro- ceeding with public works now under way because of the additional expense. The town of Anaheim was puttinz in an elec- tric light viant, and was paying laborers §150 & day. If that sum were raised to$2 a day the town would be unable to go on with the work because the proceeds of the bonds sold for that purpose would be inadequate. Valentine of Los Angeles raised the point that the bill was inoperative because no penalty was provided. He favored the proposed law and suggested an amend- ment that all contracts for public work should contain a proviso that the work- menshould be paid not less than $2 per day, and that the contracts should be void if the contractor violated its pro- visions. Bridgford, Democrat and Populist from Colusa, wanted to have irrigation disiricts and public hizhways outside of city, city and county and swamp land districts ex- empted from t e provisions of the bill. Treacy of San Francisco, the author of the bill, replied to the effect that contract- ors in irrigation distric's paid their men $150 a cay and charged them 75 cents a day for board. On Sundays and holidays SENATOR WITHINGTON, Who Is After the Attaches’ Salaries e L With a Great Big Ax, | when a man did not work he was not al- lowed any pay, but was charced for his board just the same. In San Francisco gunlmclurs paid their men oniy 90 cents a av. Belshaw thought it was a dangerous precedent to establish, Some man would next offer a resolution to the effect that a contractor should pay $10 a thousand more for his lumber or $2 a thousand more for his brick. The bill was finally passed by a vote of 59 ayes to 7 noes. It will now have to run the gauntlet of the Senate and the Gov- ernor before it can become a law. foatia st AN IRRIGATION SQUABBLE. Long-Standing Confliet Remewed at a Joint Committes Meeting. SACRAMENTO, Carn, Jan. 14.—Ata joint meeting to-night of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Irrigation it was decided to bold a similar meeting on Thursday next at 7:30 P. M. to hear sug- gestions on the subject of which those committees have charge. The meeting is to be open, and outsiders will be heard, but must present their views in writing. After this had been determined Dibble ingenuously asaed if there was not some one present who would like to speak on the subject of irrigation, Of course, there was, and the long-standing conflict be- tween the Wright law advocates and its opponents was reaewed, to theedification of a few members and the evident disgust of the veterans. T. J. Blake of Modesto was the first to take advantage of the opportunity to castieate those who he declared were en- gaged in a “gigantic swindle.”” He added that more than $400,000 had already been expended in the Modesto irrigation dis- trict and the ditch had not yet even been cutinto the district proper; it had not even reached one of its boundaries. In the Turlock district, he claimed, $600,000 had been spent without bringing a drop of water for irrigating purposes into the dis- trict. He charged that the directors who had charge of the expenditure of these vast sums of money were elected by means of what he termed the “floating’ vote, an irresponsible element, which was used to defeat the hes of the taxpayers. N His remarks were supplemented b those of C. W. Eaton of Modesto. He stated that the figures of Blake were wrong, and that $800,000 in Modesto and §$1,200,000 in Turlock would have to be ex- pended before either could expectto get any benefit from the canals now being constructed under the su ervision of the respective irrigation distric. directors. He disavowed any intention of charging de- liberate fraud on any one, but he thought the directors were not generally men com- petent to handle such vast sums of money, and lost t. eir heads. One of the most unjust features of the Wright act, he said, was the clause pro- viding only one year for the redemption of property sold by the irrigation district directors for taxes. He believed the Legislature should amend this section so as to extend the time for redemnption, and that the penalties should be reduced, He had a bill, which he would present at the next session of the joint committes on Thursday. He afterward explained that his bill extended the period of redemption to two years and made the penaity only ten per cent every six months on the amount of the delinquent tax., The present law exacts fifty per cent of the delinquent tax and twe per cent per month. His pro- posed bill aiso gives delinquents whose time of redemption has expired and whose property is still in the hands of the irrigation district, three months from the passage of the bill to redeem. Wright, the author of the act which bears his name, has announced that he will appear before the committee on Thursday. An exciting session is antici- pated, as tuere is promised to be some interesting encounters between the irri- gation district factions, and he is expected to lead the fizht on.be, of his measure. e DIBBLE'S GKE T ENEERGY. By His Deoisive Action He Is the Leader in the Assembly. SACRAMENTO, CArn, Jan. 18.—The casual visitor to the Assembly chamber cannot fail to be imjressed with the fact that Judge Henry C. Dibble of San Fran- cisco is the leader of tue Republican ma- jority in that branch of the Legislature. He is & man of commanding presznce, has a good clear voice and distinet articula- tion and is a worker from Old Troy, for he works like the proverbial Trojan. Al though the author of a large number of highly important bills and belongin: to some of the most important ccmmitiees of the Assembly, he is never rattled and no question of importance comes before the Assembly that does not find him pre- pared o take an active part. For instance, when a question came up this afternoon with regard to the hours during which the two postmistresses of the Assembly should remain on duty, Judge Dibble stated that the reason why | T thére were two postmistresses was that they could divide up the time. *When I became a member of the Assembly,” he said, "I was prepared to work eighteen hours a day, and I do work eighteen hours a day.” This statement is absolutely true. There is no harder worker on the floor than Judge Dibble. Judge Dibble has remarkable energy. Nothing of importance seems to escape his attention. ieis often on bis feet, not to' make windy speeches, as many of his Democratic coileagues do, but to make wotions, all of which are designed to save time und prevent confusion. The Judge is specially active when the interests of San Francisco are at stake. He took the leading part to-day in a discussion on 2 Senate joint resolution regarding the early completion of the Nicaragua canal The canal, he said, would bring San Fran- cisco 3000 miles nearer to Europe than the present route by way of Cape Horn. “The canal,” he said, “will make San Francisco the greatest seaport of the world. It will bring to San Francisco the commerce of Asia. It will make this State the proudest seaboard on the globe in the course of time. There should be no hesitation cn the part of the Legisla- ture to indorse the measure,”” On Judge Dibble’s motion the matter was made the special order for to-morrow morning. S BATES BIG DHEDGER, Great Kesults Claimed for this Wonder- ful vachine. SACRAMENTO, CarL., Jan. 18.—If the claims of Mr. Bates, inventor, are correct, his dredger is one of the most useful and wonderful machines in the country. It will work a revolutionary era in farming, bydraulic mining and river navi.ation, and will relieve Californians dwelling along river bottoms of an enormous ex- pense incurred in building mammoih levees. The claim made is that tke dredger can make a channe! forty feet wide and twenty feet deep at the rate of a foot a minute. The greatest capacity of the best and largest dredger in the State is 3000 cubic feet in twenty-four hours, while that of the Bates dredger is 6000 cubic yards in one hour. Judson C. Brusie, clerk of the Commis- sioner ot Public Works, predicts wonder- ful things for the new dredger, and is working for the passage of a bill appropri- ating $300,000 for the purchase and opera- tion of one of the Bates dredgers, to be used on the Sacramento and otber rivers. The shoaling of the Sacramento by reason of crevasses and sluggish currents has filled up the bed of the stream 8o much thas in certain low locations farmers have built levees 100 feet wide at the base, forty feet wide atthe top and fifty feet high. Even these are beginning to be unsafe, and the time has come when the sandbars and shoals must be removed and the cre- vasses closed. Mr. Brusie says that civil engineers are unanimous in the opinion tuat the re- moval of the Newton Shoals will remove the evil. The shoals are near Rio Vista and not far from the mouths of the Sacra- mento and San Joaquin rivers. Here the river is about 2000 feet wide and only two feet deep. In 1854 the depth was eight feet and it has been gradually filling up ever since. By deepening the river at this point to about six feet and by narrowing it to the average width of the stream it will by 1ncreasing the speed of the cur- rent clean itself out and deepen the chan- nel, thus preventing breaks and overflows. With the Bates dredger this work could be done very cheaply and expeditiously and would relieve farmers of the vast bur- den of expense in building and maintain- levers, the cost vf which has ranged as high as an average of $30 per acre in maay localities. The miners will be benefited by the dredger also, for the deepening of the channel will so increase the speed of the current that the silt escaping from the re- straining damis in the hydraulic and min- ing regions will be carried away by the streem. The bill provides that the dredger shall be built in this State. / e T0 REDUCE STHEEICAR FARES. Braunhart’s Bill Before the Senate Com- mittee on Corporations. SACRAMENTO, Car., Jan. 18.—Atthe meeting of the Senate Committee on Cor- porations this afternoon among the im- portant measures that were under consid- eration was the bill reducing strestcar fares to 24 cents between the hours of 6 A M and 8A. M and5P. M to TP . I is contended by some of the members of the committee that such an act if passed would work an injustice to the smaller cities, but the author of the bill declined to accede to any propositi n ex- empting any cities or towns from the oper- ation of the measure. He argued that the privilege of a franchise should at least be worth this much of a concession to any streetcar line. Action was deferred untit Thursday. SRS € For the Affi iated Colleges. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Jan. 18,.—At the meeting of the Senate Finance Committee to-day the sum of $125,000 was reappro- priated for the Affihated Colleges. This amount was appropriated by the last Legislature, but had lapsed. Delaware’s New Senator. DOVER, Dxv, Jan. 18.—The Democgatic caucus reconvened after midnight and elected General R. R. Kenny for Senator on the twenty-sixth ballot. The nomina- tion of Kenny is virtually a victory for the silver men,although his real attiude on the money question is unknown. 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