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o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY. JANUARY 214, 1897 position to say ‘anything regarding the proceedings. 1t is the general impression that it will be ninety days before the road finally passes out of the hands of the receivers. The news in the papers cama as a genuine surprise to the majority of the officials. = PROPOSED KEOKGANIZATION. Russcll Sage Says the Stockholders Wili Be the Chicf Sufferers. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 23.— Scarcely second in public importance to the fact that the Government will shortly fo close on the lien of the Union Pacific Iine is the prospect of the reorganization of the company. In no other company have many citizens of the United es been interested as the bond and stock holders, and the widest concern is being shown in plans of those having large interests in the company and at once looked upon as leaders in any move- ment to put the system upon its feet. There are two views in Wall street asto the proper course to pursue and the time which will be required for reorganization. The les estg are at odds. One plan is now before the people which pro- poses a reor tion which shall cut off many branch lines and junior securities ess stockholaers §15 per share. v holders of secarities it is hoped will be accorded them. The e and preferred-security in accord with the present s0 ding of the leading s are opposed to the vre 1 hope to see a modified plan. It was to-day that an effo might ade, pernaps by Congress, to foreclosure sale ordered by " how such objection cou made plained. 1t is expectec e syndicate will bid not n $45,554,000 for the Government’s on the Union Pacific ific line ana the sinking ood the syndicate will pay out the sum mentioned ng fund, and other credits secured will re .e acinal cash needed to about §$28,000,000. The sum required has been secured by the Kuhn, Loeb & Co. syndicate, favors the plan of the Fitzg raid committee. The v of the older interests Union Pacific system, which several capitalists nd trust on the present s on were R has followed eption: apitalists and in- t plan p the fer: whic the include Sa, ssell Pacific from its ct s the Government is interested in the Union Pacific, which it may be, I predict the road will in the end never pay E return to those who advance the 1o pay the Gevernment lien, This is a decided statement, but 1t will be e by time. The competition will ruin the road unless Congress can 1d by to aid, as for instance in uphold- aw, for the Northwestern ation on the nortn system every station of the Union Pacific, y a narrow strip of poor e upon. Id not be lost sight of, s upon thousands their savings in of the system, in because the Gov- ested them and property. They put it as others put money in banks. They will lose all 1 wnatever they might pay if the Government is com- 1terested, sestion is not settled and is e next administration. ces from the highest vernment would con- tinue its protection, and unless it does do ny may not be reorganized vears. With the Government 1n it an 1ent of $10 per share would be suf- d the gs of t of thou- of people would be protected.” The Government directors of the com- would protect the e company of the G tor sav pany met 1 dclock this afiernoon. E. Ellery rson seid that the meeting was hardly more than'a form. Nothing stood in the way of foreclosure, he added, s Congress could not take any action contrary to the law of 1878, - CENTHRAL PACIFIC, MNOW FOR THE Brice Says a Syndicate Is Organizing to Bid jor the Road. WASHINGTON, D. C. n. 23.—Sena- tor Brice of Ohio, stockbolder of the U acific Company, said to TiE Ca correspondent to-night that a syndicate was now organizing which would make a bid for the Ceniral Pacific after fore- closure proceedings. The Department of Justice is now try ing to eome to a conclusion &s to whether that company is in default. The company claims that it has paid up principal and interest, and that there can be no defanlt until January 1, 1898, and‘may not be ihen, but in this calculation they include as an offset $1.800.000, which the com- pany claims the Government owes the Central Pacific. nator Perkins said to-day: *I hope it is true thata syndicate will offer propo tionately ds much for the Central Pacific the reorganization committee hss bid r the Union Pacific—viz.: About 74 per cent of the amount due the Government. 1 would be in favor of such a settlement.” Will it be necessary for Congress ta the agreement made by the Depart- of Justice with the Union Pacific?”” asked a CaLL correspondent. *“1 do not think so,”” said Sehator Per- kins, i this seems to be the opinion also of Senator Brice and others with whom I talked to-da Jud:e Maguire said to-night: “Iunder- stand that Mr. Huntington will urge.the passage of the Gear-Harrison bill for a Pacific Railroad commission, notwith- standing the agreement made for the set- tlement of the Union Pacific debt. But the agreement entered into by the latter road and Attorney-General Harmon, prac- tically settles Pacitic roads action by Con- gress. It will be easy enough to démon- strate to Congress that no further legisia- tion 13 necessary to protect the Govern- ment's interests.” I am assured that the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad will see the bid of the Union Pacific syndicate and go them $10,000,000 better, as we would say in the parlance of the gaming-table. “The Chicago and Northwestern wiil offer $50,000,006 for the Union Pacific, and 1 have no doubt that under foreclosure proceedings the Central Pacific will bring as much in proportion. Congressmen are now beginning to realize the truth of what we have alivays alleged, viz: That if the roads were Sold under foreclosurs proceedings the Government would realize almost tie entire amount of the Pacific roads’' indebtedness.” F Running Shovt of Silver Certificatas. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—The Secretary of the Treasury has informed the Senate that unless immediate steps are taken to inicrease the daily delivery of silver certificates of small denominations by the Bureau of Engraving and Printine the stock of such certificates in the treas- ury will be so depleted as to prevent the redrmption of denominations usually called for by the banks. He recommeads ompanies, | stated to- | | | | | | Muns an appropriation of $46,000 for increasing the force to keep up with the demand. — = THE MACHIAS AT BANGKOK. Hurried Thither From Hongkong to Pro- teot American Interests. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—The gunboat Machias has arrived at Bangkok under orders to protect American in- terests, having been hurried there from Hongkong, 2000 miles away, on receipt of official news at the State Department last week of an attack by Siamese soldiers on United States Deputy Consul-General Kellet. An American named Cheek entered into partnership with the Siamese (‘)nv- ernment to get out teak wood, the Goy- ernment advarcing money. On_the pre- tense that he did not meet his obligation tkey seized the wood as it came down the rivers and soid it. Subsequently, on Cheek’s death, they prevented his execu- tors from selling some of tke numerous elephants be had used in the forests, and when the State Department took the mat- ter up in 1892 Siam resisted the claim of $200,000 which was presented. The recent ub e, of which tbe attack on Consul- General Kellet was the climax, grew ouat of the claim which Secretary Olney has now determined to press to a settlement. Commander McKenzie will confer with Minister Barrett and it the circumstances warrant a salute to the American flag will be demanded. The announcement that the Machias had been ordered to Bangkok has already had the effect of materially altering the attitude of the Siamese Government to the United States. Ste is the first American war vessel to visit Bangkok for seven years and the effect of her mission as soon character became known is reported been "exactly as Secretary O:ney desired. This information iscorroborated by the immediate effort of Siam to secure a reference to arbitration of the Cheek claim, which thai Government has hitherto resisted all efforts to collect. ac Townsend Smith, the Siamese ieneral in this country, is now in Washington negotiating for arbitration. S THE DETKOIT COMING HOME. Officers and Men Have Been Ex- posrd to the Plague. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—The Navy Department finally admitted to-day that the cruiser Detroit, now on the China station, would leave for home about Feb- ry 9, proceeding for New York via the ez canal. It bas been known for some time that the ship was coming homé, and it had peen understood thatshe has not been ordered direct across the Pacific to Sen Franci:co, as is usual, but that her officers and men, who have been exposed to the ravages of the bubonic plague, wili sail along the Atlantic coast, making ab- ly essential stops for coal at Kast Indian ports, including those oi the Red Sea, where heaithy conditions never exist. This created astonishment in official circles. The orders to the Detroit were issued beiore the extent of the plague was realized, having gone forward oy mail, and in explanation that the ship is or- derad over 13,000 instead of 4000 miles to San Francisco it is said that the Detroit is needed forthe North Atlantic fleet, and the Suez canal is the shorter route to New York. to hav Her R Salary Suit Against Actor Mansfield. WASHINGTON, .D. C., Jan. 23.—Suit was begun here to-day against Richard ield, the actor, by Miss Ethel Doug- { lass, said tc be Ethel Sprague, to recover | eleven weeks’ salary at $50 per week, due | her by Mansfield. Miss Douglass claims | a contract with Mansfield, who refused | her services and payment. pizalpemiE Grover Goer Duck Hunting Again. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—Presi- dent Cleveland left town guietly last night in the lighthouse-terder Maple with Cap- tain Lamberton on a duck shooting trip on the Potomac, near Quantico, Va. The party will return this evening. EE i DIES IN A CHICAGO HOTEL. After Registering Under an Assumed Name Mrs. Jula F. Jordan Expires Suddenly. CHICAGO, IiL., Jan. 23.—After regis- tering under an assumed name Mrs. Julia F. Jordan, who came here several months ago from San Francisco, died at the Palmer House early this morning without having revealed her identity. She was the wife of John M. Jordan of Port Angeles, Wash., and is said to have owned considerable property in the far West. Although having lived in one neighborhood since she came to Chicazo, she had revealed little of her past life. Her death was accompanied with unusual cir- cumstances, and violent means were at first suspected. A post-mortem examina- tion was held and chronic bronchitis was found to be the cause of her death. She registered at the Palmer House yesterday | morning and was ill when she went to her room. Her identity was learned through vpapers found in her possession. Her husband was communicated with and a reply was received this evening re- questing that the remains be buried in Chicago. She occupied apartments here on North Paulina street. e Haloy Gets the Docision. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan: 23.—The star attraction at the boxing exhibition of the Polo Athletic Club was a twenty-round bout at 115 pounds between Austin Rice and Patsy Haley. Haley had the best of the contest from the beginning, and was awarded the decision. Haley will now be matched againat “‘Pedlar” Palmer of Eng- Jand for the 115-pound championship of the world. A The first of the preliminary bouts was between Billy Rochfort of Chicago and Jack Sullivan of this city, and it was won by Rochfort in the seventh round. L A Anotler Fictim of the Coal War. DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan, 23.—The Great Western Coal Company failed to- day asa result of the war on coal prices, that has been costing the operators an immense amount for a month. Itwas at- tached by theMaple Grove Coal Company on an $18,000 claim. The Great Western did not produce extensively, but handled coal in immense quantities. It is the sec- | ond large coal concern ruined by the price war. e g s Mrs. MoRiniey to Visit Chicago. CHICAGO, IrL, Jan. 23. — Mrs. Mc- Kinley will be in Chicago next week on very important business. She is coming here to pay some attention to her inau- guration costumes. Whether the Presi- dent-elect will repeat his programme and come to Chicago to escort his wife home was not known at Canton last night. Mrs, McKinley will start for this’city Monday or Tuesday. % —— Grace Faughn Secures a Divorce. CHICAGO, ILn., Jan. 23.—Grace Jen- nings, who is known on the stage as Grace Vaughn, was granted a decree of divorce in Judge Tuthill’s court to-day on the ground of desertion. Her husband was Andrew B. Jennings, son of A.R.Jen- nings, a Cleveland dentist and a man of wealth. R T R Ten Days to Pay Bonds and Interest. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., Jan. 23.—Judge Woods in the United States Circuit Court this morning ordered the entire. Monon Railway system sold unless the overdue bonds and interest were paid within ten days. The road went into the hands of a receiver several weeks ago, The date of the sale bas not been fixed. RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE ROAD People of Kern County Alive to the Importance of the New Line. All Clear to Bakersfield With the Exception.of Two Small Claims. Completion of the Valley Railroad M ans Salvation to a Most Fertile Agricultural District. SACRAMENTO, Cat., Jan. 23.—If ‘the people of Fresno and Tulare counties bave been somewhat slow in preparing the right of way for the Valley road the alive to the necessities of the situation, and have their part of the work up in good shape. Senator Smith of Kern is an efficient member of the rightof-way committee for his county, and in an interview here to-day on the subject said: “When I leit Bakersfield the right of way for the Valley road was clear from the northern line of the county to tne depot site in Bakersfield with the excep- tion of two small claims, and I think that those have since been adjusted. You may be sure that we are fully alive to the im- portance and value of .the road to our county. Our people are naturally very public spirited, and having.suifered more than any point in the vailey from unjust discrimination in freight rates are keenly alive to the necessity of a competing road. ““The committee has also had remark- | able success in the matter of cash sub- scriptions, the residents of the couuty in general, and of Bakersfield in particular, | baving come forwara with but little urging. You may say that when the Val- ley road strikes Kern County it will find clear sailing and a good breeze.” Senator Smith is the editor of the Kern County Echo, the leading asily of the upper San Joaquin Valiey J. M. Hunter of Bakersfield, who is in- terested 1n the Echo and is also connected with the farming interests of this county, accompanied Senator Smith to Sacra- | mento. He, too, is greatly interested in the competing road. “The Valley road means the salvation of the agricultural interests of Kern County,” hesaid. ““Our principal products are those bulky articles which furnish a large amount of freizht, such as hay, | grain, dried and green fruits, cattle and hos Although we can raise these articles,. especially cattle and hogs, cheaper than any locality ip the State, we are absolutely prohib.ted from enter- ing outside markets by the freight rates on the Southern Pacific. Nor can we bring in those articles needed to better develop our farming interests. For an illustration: 1 handle a large amount of wire fencing manufactured in Adrian, Mich. “A carload from Adrian to Mojave, a dis- tance of about 2100 miles, cost ma over the Santa Fe system . From Mojave to Bakersfield, a distance of sixty-seven mi the Southern Pacific gets in on it for $225 more. That's the way the ‘shori- baul’ proposition strikes us. “We could furnish the desert mines and ali Arizona and New Mexico with hay at profitable figures, but the freight comes to more than the value of the hay. You may rest assured that there is not a far- mer in Kern county who will not strain every point possible to help the Valley road and who will not give it the prefer- ence for his freight. “Then in reference to its extension be- yond Bakersfield, if not through the mountains to connect with the Santa Fe, at least to the mouth of the Tejon Pass, at the fogt of the mountains, & distance of thirty-five miles. Hall this distance is througn perfectly level country, with a soil that would make a good roadbed, and through the famous Weed Patch country, which is already producing immense grain and hay crops. The balance of the dis- tance up to Rose station, immediately at the foot of the mountains, is a periectly smooth incline, with a rise of less than sixty feet to the mile. “Rose station is on General Beale's Tejon ranch, and is in the center of a very large belt of foothill land, which receives sufficient rainfall to insure large crops of grain. There are already seeded in this vicinity D acres of grain, and R. M. Pogson, superintendent of the Tejon ranches, recently stated that if assured that the Valley road would reach them by next fall they could seed 30,000 acres. This is also a magnificent citrus belt, and a few miles on either side of Rose station are already started the orange orchards of San Emigdio and Tejon. “From the Tejon orchard there have been hauled by team to Bakersfield this season several carloads of as fine oranges as are grown in the State. Under the great disadvantage of distance from mar- ke ts this locality has developed to a re- markable extent in the last few years, and will soon pay the small cost of an exten- sion of the road.”’ —_— GENERAL LEGISLATION. Bills Intended to Benefit the People of the state. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Jan. 23.—Mining men will be interested in Assembiy bill 454, introduced by the Committee on Mines and Mining Interests as a substi- tute for Assembly bill 27. Section 1 of an act entitled **An act for the further protec- tion of stockholiers in mining com- panies,” approved April 23, 1880, is hereby amended so as to read: Section 1. It shall not be lawful for the directors of any mining corporation to sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of the mining ground owned or held by such corporation, nor to purchase or obtain in any way (excent by location) any additional minifig ground, un- less such actbe ratificd by the holders of at least a majority of the stock of such cor. poration then outstanding. Such_ ratifi- catipn may be made either in write ing, signed and acknowledged by such stockholders, or by resoiution, duly passed at any regularly called stockholders’ meeting. The certificate of the secretary of any mining corporation reciting such ratification at a stockholders' meeiing, or the names of stock- holders, with the amount of sto€k held by each, and the total stock outstanding signed and acknowledged by him in the manner pro- vided for acknowledgments to conveyauces of real property, may be attached to or indorsed upon any deed, morigage, conveyance, or other instrument made under thisact and re- corded with, such deed, conveyance o: other residents of Kern County have been fully | such certificates, or the®duly recorded copy thereof, are made prima facie evidence of their truthfulness for all purposes whatsoever; pro- vided, that 1o one except stockholder in any such corporation shall be permitied to urge any objection to the acquisition of any addi- tional ground or other property by such cor- poration. Assembly bill 438, by the committee on Revision of Codes and Statutes, 1s as fol- lows: Sectfon 868 of the Code of Civil Procedure of California is hereby amended to read as fol- lows: Section 868. The writ may be directed to any Sheriff or Constable in the State of Cali- fornia, and must require him to attach aud safely keep all the property of the defendant within his county, not exempt from execution, or 50 much thereof as may be sufficient to sat- isfy the plaintif’s demand, the amount of which must be stated in conformity with the complaint, unless the defendant give him se- curity, by the undertaking of two sufficient securities, in an amount sufficient to satisfy such demand, besides costs; in which case, to take such uhdertaking. The same committee has introduced As- sembly bill 45, as follows: A new section is hereby added to the Code of Civil Procedure, to be known as section six hundred and seventy-six thereof, to read as i6llows: Section 676. Whenever a judgment of a court decrees that a conveyance of Teal property be made by any person, such judgment, when it becomes final, shall operate as a deed to cou- vey the property therein decreed to be con- veyed, without any conveyance being exe- cutea by such person. A certified copy of such t, when recordea in the office of the County Recorder of the County where the land is situated, shall stand in the place of a deed. Assembly bill 456 is by the same com- mittee: Section 691 of the Code of Civil Procedure of California is hereby amended to read as follow, Section 691. . The Sheriff must execute the writ against .the property of the judgment debtor, by levying on a sufficient amount of property, if thers be sufficieni; collecting or selling the things in action, 1ncluding judg- ments in favor of or owned by the judgment debtor, and selling the other properiy, and paying to the plaintiff, or his attorney, so much of the proceeds as will satisfy the judg- ment, Any excess in the proceeds over the judgment and aceruing costs must be returned to the judgment debtor, unless otherwise di- rected by the judgment or order of the court. When there is more property of the judgment debtor than is sufficient to sausiy the judg- ment and accruing costs within the view of the Sheriff he must levs only on such part of the property as the judgment debtor may indi- cate, if the property indicated be amply sufli- cient to satisfy the judgment and costs. Assembly bill No. 457 is by the same committes: A new secti@ll is hereby added to the Cods as section eight hundred and eleven thereof, to read as foilows: Scction 811. A corporation ‘may be dis- solved, at the suit of the Attorney-General on bebalf of the State, for violaticn of any law of the State under which it was created, or for the non-performance of obligations assumed by it in favor of the State. The salary of the Commissioner of Public Works is cut down from $4000 peg year to $3000, and his term of office has been lengthened for two years, as is shown by Assembly bill 134, as follows: Section 1, Section 1 of an act entitled “An act creating a Commissioner ot Public Works, defining his duties and powers, prescribiug his compensation and making appropriation,” approved March 24, 1893, is hereby amended 10 read as follows: - Section 1. There is hereby created a Com- missioner of Public Works, to be appointed by the Governor. The Commissfoner first ap- pointed under this act shall hold his office for tne ternpof two years from the 1stday of March, 1493, and until his successor’shall be appointed, and qualified, and ail sub- scquent sppointments shall be for the term of four years, In case of vacancy occa- sioned by death, resignation or otherwise the Governor shall appoint his successor; pro- vided, that any appointment made to filla vacancy shall be only for the unexpired por- tion of the term for which the original ap- pointment was made. Said officer, before en- tering upon the discharge of his duty, shall take and subscribe the ofiicial oath ana exe- be approved by the Governor and filed and re- corded in the office of the Secretary of State, as in the case of bonds of other State officlals, Such Commissioner shall raceive & salary of $3000 per annum, payable in monthly install- ments, and shall be allowed his actual travel- ing and other necessary incidental expenses incurred while in the performance of cfficial duties. The Assembiy bill appropriating $300,- 000 for the purchase of the Bates dredger for the improvement of tbe riversand harbors of this State has encountered a snag. Itiseaid that the Bates patentis in litigation, Alphonzo B. Bowaers claim- ing to be the sole inventor and patentee of the system of hydraulic dredging util- ized in the United States, Australia and Europe. By invitation of Warden Aull and the State Prison Commission, legislators and their wives ana lady friends will visit the Folsom State prison to-morrow to inspect the dam and the sources of the power that supplies the city of Sacramento with elec- tric light, and that furnishes the motive power for the electric streetcar system. e dagh QUIET AT iHE CAPITAL, Nearly AU Membersi of the Legislature Leave Sacramento, SACRAMENTO, Car, Jan. 23.—The pesce of the Sabbath pervaded tbe halls of legisiation to day, most of the law- makers being out of town. Mr. Duckworth’s physician reports his condition much improved to-night and expects that unless something unfavora- ble should hapven he will be able to be around on Monday. He revorts also that the patient narrowly escaped a siroke of paralysis, MELBA SAILS FOE LUROPE, Numerous Floral Offerings From Friends of the Famous Songstress. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 23.—Mme. Melba, accompanied by her two maids, left for Paris this morning at 6 o’clock on the Bourgogne. She went on board last night at midnight. For hours before that time friends were waiting for her in her stateroom, which bad been converted, for the time, into a conservatory. So numerous were the floral offerings for the { famous songstress that many had to be leit in the saloon. 1t had been thought that Melba would not be late in her coming, owing to her in- disposition, but she seemed to forget for the time the fact that iliness was her plea for leaving New York at thisseason of the year, in the enjoyment of dining with !;iends on the eve of her departure from them. —_———— RURALES AGJINST RXAQUIS. Hot Fight in Which 1welor Indians and Five Soldiers sre Killcd. CHICAGO, Ilr., Jan. 23.—A special from Chihuabua, Mexico, says: At Rosales. west of here, in the heart of the Sierra Madre range, a large force of rurales met the Yaqui Indians, who had started out on their winter raids of pillage and murder against the farmers and miners of that cection. The Indians had zlready murdered all the members of two fam- ilies, and were about to attempt to sack the village of Rosales when the force of rural guards, or state troops, arrived at the place in response to a message and made the attack on the Indigns. The fight was & desperate one, and resuitea in twelve Indians and five soldiers being 4 insirument, ana the recitals contained in | killed. of Civil Procedure of California,to be known | cute an official bond in the sum of 6000, to | WOLFES POLICE BILL IS FAVORED Measures to Increase the Eificiency of This City’s Depariment. Larger Salaries for O!ficers and Creation of Inspectors Pre- vided For. - Merchants Apprcve the Poan to Raise the Standard of the San Fran- cisco Force. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Jan. Senator Wolfe has introduced a measure provid- ing for an increase in the salaries of the officials of the Police Department of San Francisco. The proposition has fhe ap- proval of the Police Commissioners and is said to be generally favored by the busi- ness people of San Francisco. As the bill now reads it is objected to by Senator Bulla, for the reason that it may be con- strued to apply to Los Angeles. Aside from this it has the approval of the Com- mittee on Corporations, which is expected to report it favorably on Wednesday, after an amendment making itt applicable to San Francisco only. In adgition to increasing the salaries of certain officials it provides fora new grade of official rank, to be known as inspector of police, which official is to be second in authority to the Chief. Two sach in- spectors are provided for at a salary of $3000 each per annum. At present the salaries proposed to be changed stands as follows: Chief $3000, captains $1800, clerk of Chief $1500, prop- erty cierk $1500, detectives §1500. Wolfe's bill fixes the respective salaries as follows: Chief $5600, captains $2500, clerk of Chief §2500, property clerk $2500, detectives $1800. Police Commissioner Ganst, before ad- vocating this proposition, entered into correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt, chairman of the New York Police Dejart- ment, dnd received a communication from that gentleman in which occurred the following: We pay onr'men very well here in New York, giving a patrolman $1000 for the first year and gradually raising that to $1400, while the next grade, that of roundsman, gets $1500, sergeants §2000, captains $2700, inspectors §3500 and the chief $6000. I suppose this would be higher than you would care to pay, but they ought to be well paid.” “So far as I have heard,” said Senator Wolfe, speaking of the bill to-day, “there is no opposition to this bill. While there is some general criticism to measures in- creasing the salaries of officials in San Francisco, those criticisms do not apply to the Police Department. “Itis a matter of fact that our police | officials are paid about the same salaries to-day as they were when the department was hot a third as large. The captains of police, such as Wittman, Splllane and Gillen, have an average of nearly 200 men under them, while in New York City and otuer large Eastern cities captains of police have only about eighty men under them and receive a salary of $2700. “The position of captain of police is a very responsible and important one. Fre- quently they are compelled to entertain visiting police officials from other cities. As there is no contingent fund for this purpose the expense has to come out of their salaries. “We have an honest and efficient Police Department at present and we want to keep itso. I believe in paying men what their services are worth. To the proposed increase of the salary of the Chief of Police I find no opposition at all. I have spoken to a number of leading merchants of San Francisco ana it was generally favored by them. 1 take it that this was not the result of their friendly feeling for and satisfaction with Chief Crowley, but because of the responsibilities .of the work connected with that position. The same holds good relative:to the other officers.” Senator Wolfe is also the author of a bill extending the powers of corporations sole. The only corporation sole now in the State is Archbishop Riordan of the Roman Catholic Cliurch. It is a question with many attorneys whether under the existing law the Archbishop, in his ca- pacity as a corporation sole, has the legal right to transfer real estate and perform other legal duties without first securing an order of court. In order to make him free to act without this preliminary step the act proposed by Senator Wolfe pro- vides as follows: Every corporation sole shall, however, have power to contract in the same manner and to the same extent as & natural person, and may sue and be sued, and may defend, 1n all courts and places, in all matters and proceedings whatever, and shall have authority to borrow money, and give promissory notes therefor, and to secure the payment thereof by mort- gage or other lien upon property, real or per- sonal ; to buy, sell, lease or mortgage, and in every way deal in Teal and personal property to the same extent and in the same manner that a natural person may, and without the order of any court; to receive bequestsand devises for its OWn use or upon trusts to the same extent as natural persons may; and to appoint attorneys in fact. MARTINELLI IN NEW YORK. Will Celebrats Pontifical Mass in Homor of the Feast of St. Agnes. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 23.—Arch- bishop Martinelli, the avostolic delegate, arrived here this afternoon from Wash- ington. The Rey. Dr. Henry A. Brann, pastor of St. Agnes Church, met the dele- gate, who was accompanied by his secre- tary, the Rev. Dr. F. L. W. Becker, at the Jersey City railroad depot. The delegate will be the guest of Dr. Brann, pastor of St. Agues Church, while he remains in thiseity, He will officiate to-morrow at the pontifical mass in St. Agnes Church Aches And pains of rheumatism are dne to lactic acid in the blood. ' Hood’s Sarsaparill neutralizes acid, purifies the blood, cures rheumatism, Hood’s Sarsaparilla The best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Hood's Pills 2rz,fie only pills to take with Hood’s Sarsaparilla. in honor of the feast of St. Agnes. To- morrow afternoon a reception will be held at Dr. Brann’s and the clergy and laity of the diocese will pay their respects to the delegate. e S INMIGRANT TRAFFIC RATES. Managers Are Trying to Equalize Com- missions—Endeavorers May Not Come to San Francisco. CHICASGO, Irw., Jan. 23.—The advisory board of the Western Immigrant Clearing- house has decided to submit a resolution to all the interested roads providing for the payment by them of commissions, which the trunk line and central passen- ger common lines refuse to pay on immi- grant business via Chicago and St. Louis. The Joint Traffic Association will not allow any commissions to be paid, an {bis plan is adopted as the only way to équalize commissions, compared with those paid by the Southern Pacific and other lines, for business via New Orleans. The arrangements m:de by the trans- continental “roads for a division of the Cnristian Endeavor business going to the San Francisco convention is not satisfac- tory to the oflicials of thc society who have charge of the convention, because it spoils their opportunity to get many special favors and _concessions from the roads themselves. In former conyeniions, it 13 said, much of the expense of the society and officers individually has been borne by the roads being played against each other. It was reporied to-day that those in charge of the convention arrange- ments had notified the roads that there was a strong probability of the gathering being removed to Philadelphia. The over.and rate made is too low to pllow of former favors being granted. e WOM.iN SU THE RBAGISTS. Zeaders Arriving at Des Moines for the National Convention. DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 23.—Harriet Tay.or Upton of Philadelphia, treasurer; Carrie Lane Chapman Catt of New York, head of organization committee; Lucy E. Anthony of Philadelphia, Harriet G. Bay of Indianapolis_are the day’s advance ar- NEW TO-DAY. For This Week. Syrup, 1-galloncans Qro ol 35 AC 95 20c z 30 Boneless Sardines, large cans, Imported.. = C ‘Tomatoes, concentrated, as. » per pound. ] 910 Tes, patural leat, u arc per pound........ 615 3 pounds for. ].00 Whisky, mait, for medicinal use, per bot- e Sardines, genuine imported G o cans for. i 9 Table Fruits, new pack, per can 10¢ 9ro 25 Whisky, 6 years old, very fine, per gallon. @ ', 5 years' old, worth $1 50 per ew pac String Beans, Eastern, per can 5 for. Candles, good qualit Dixle Queen Smoking T bacco, per pack age.. S rivals for the National Woman Suffrage Convention next week. Susan B. Anthony, Rachel roster Averyiof Philadelphia and the other officets Wil arrive to-morrow. The Western States are expected to be strongly represented. The convention will open Tuesday and last all week. et St STEE1L MILLS TO CLOSE. About Six Hundred Men Will Be Out of Employment. MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 23.—Notice has been given to tue employes of the Iilinois Steel Company that all their mills, with the exception of the Merchants’ and the puddling mills—the latter of which has been closed for the t two weeks, but will reopen January will close next Monday. This will throw about 600 men out of employment. —_— Train Dashes Into an Elociri¢-Car, GRAND RAPIDS, Mica., Jan. 23.—This evening an electric-car was struck by a freight train. Motorman John Hake was killed outright and conductor Frank Kel- ner fatally injured. Five of the passen- gers aboard the car were seriously in- Jjured. S Mother and Two Children Perish. BEDFORD, Pj., Jan. The home?of William Croyte was destroyed by fire to- day and his wife and two children per- istied in the flames. Mrs, Crovte made an heroic effort to save her children, and in so doing lost her lie, Melancholia Despair Misery Sorrow issasmasencos DRIHGY CURES IN 3 Disease A WEEK Weakness XOO0000000000NK Blues CURES IN e Failings | A WEEK Disabilities *000000000ooox Failing Marhood Loss of Memory Spermatorrheea | - Nervous Debility Gonstipation Lack of Capacity General Decline « Power THE ABOVE WORDS TELL US OF SYMP- toms of diseases of men and but fesbly con- vey to our minds the actusi sorrow of him who is a weak man. The sowing of the seeds of vice and dissipation, the vicious habits of me: who do all they ¢an to and actually do abuse themselves bring on these troubles and these evil dresms. MEN TAKE CARE. The only way to get back your vitalit only Way to be 8 real, true, Vigorons man i 1 stop the waste. A wAsting man, & man whose vitality Is daily growing less and less, so0m | Dbegins to have sleepless nights. Glimmering | flicks appear before the eyes, darting before him in minute pleces, like a hige star scatior: 1ng. When you note this condition vou areon | zhel eve ?'x ervous Lfehnuy. and 1f you are ! not carcful you will be Nervous Prostration. s T THE SURE CURE. Hudyan is the sure cure. R v € Nervous Debility, ‘Lost" Manhons it Debility, Liver Debilitv, Biues, Melancholia, Special Weakness and Disabi.i.ies of Men. Hudyan cures pimples, druines, losses Huydan cares varicocele, hydrocele and affec- tions of the prostate gland. Hudyan cures spermatorrhma and atrophy. Hudyan cures weak back. Hudyan stopsall jossey a:1 drains, all enfeeblements. Hudyan sometimes i efficacious in the most stubborn cases. % 0% 6 CIKCULARS FRE . 9 ¥00000000000000000000K If you are suffering 30'DAY GURE from malignant Blood g-m\v CURE bii’s cfuted; Fone 30.DA' cuflg_wnh the 30-d; Hudson Medical Institute ~ Ellis, Stockton and Market Sts. Call or writi BRUS"ES FOR BARBERS, BAK- brews 1 cure. for 30- day circulars. ers, bootblacks, bath houses, billiard-tables, ers, Wookbinders, candy.makers, canners, dyers, 'flourmills, foundries, laundries, paper gers, printers, painters, shoe factories, stable- men, tar-roofers, tanners, tailors, etc. BUCHANAN BROS., SEND FOR MONTHLY CATALOGUE. SENT FREE EVERYWHERE. We Pay Freight to 100 Stations. WMCLINE Wholesale and Retail Gracer, 949-351 MARKET ST., Between Fitth and Sixth, San ¥ranciseo. Telephone South 50. / YCANCERS a2’ TUMORS NO'KNIFE! OR PAIN! 60 pagebook free with bo e testi W onderl Cures 3w o 7+ B e Womens Breasts S.R.CHAML] Market St. Francisco. ith Cancer Send to Somegne v Shoe Co. No. I0 Tamo S, STAMFED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT Well, they have started to tear ! | down the Nucleus building to make room for the “Examiner,” and we are therefore DOUBLY - BLOGKADED. We realize our position, and we must sell cheap to do business: We always sold good shoes cheap, but we are now offering special bar- | gains, 5o this is the time to buy. We have a big assortment of Ladies’ Fine Oxford Ties that will be sacrificed this week. These Tles are mostly small sizes, running from 234 10 8, and widths AA., A, B. ‘The Ties are an assorted lot, including cloth and kid tops. pointed or_square toes and patent-leather Lips, and sold regularly #rom &2 50 to $3 60, but we will close them out for i | S50c a Pair. | ‘s1.25. | | A few patrs e Ladfes' extra fi Button Sh or ®1 234 t0 314, AA, A, B. C, regu- Iar price $4. Oda smail sizes. f your feet are small you will be | strieuly in it SPECIAL. Ladies' Black 6-X Beaver Overgait 35c a pair. Worth regalar $1. Rubbers, medium round toes, reduced to 25¢. A5~ Country orders solicited. &8 Send for New Uiusirated Catalogue. Address B. KATCHINSKI, PHILADELPHIA SHOE co,, 10 Third St,, Ban Franocisco. ’l‘l”s WELL-KNOWN AND RELIABLE OLL Specialist cures Private,Nervous,Blood and Skin isenses of Men only. Manly Powerrestored. Over years' experience. Send for Book, free. Patients cured at Home. Terms reasonable. Hours, 9 to 3 dail. ev'zs, Sundays, 10to 12. sulta- redly coufidential. Call or address P. ROSCOE MeNULTY, M. D., 26 Hearny Street, San Francisco, € Chichester’s English Diamend Brand. ENNYROYAL PILLS d Only Genutne. AT e TR, et e Chicheater’ i Dia. Brush Manufacturers. 609 SucramentoSte SPECIAL ) Philadelphia >~