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j 3 . cisco Se. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS ~ TORRENS ACT |3 PASS Bulla Succeeds in Getting the Title Bill Through the Senate. SECOND EFFORT RESULTS IN SUCCESS. Arraignment of Colonel Thomas F. Barry, the Attorney for the Abstract Companies. /NQDIFFERENCE BETWEEN PAID LAWYER AND LOBBYIST. But the Ex-Militia Commander Makes a Clear Explanation of His Actions. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Feb. 5.—Senator la to-day carried out ms interesting He paid hiscompliments tothe attorney” of the title insurance mpanies of San Francisco, and thereby ed a decided victory for his bl for nd titles and the sim- ation of real estate transfers, popu- y known as the Torrens Act. he incidents connected with the pas- e of the bill, after it had once been de- ed, were the sensation of theday. It g unusual was spire, and the attendance was the seen in the Senate cham- e interested spectators was Ba: 10 be the object of Sena- was in the air that somet to tra opened the debate for the final of his bill, confining himself to the merits of the bill. ette, w tlie occasion of its deleat, again took the or against Boyce took a strong stand in favor of measure, Dickinson opposed it and gton and Stratton supported it. closed the debate. He began by ng some of thearguments made nst his bill, but he was not long getting down to the ‘‘roast.” These were niswords: Now, gentlemen, there is one thing to v 1w refer on this flior. 1 strictly 1ow—1 do not make the charge through any malice will, but I know that the titie insurance companies o San Kran- cisco have had aman on the floor of this House, and that this man is here this morning to0 oppose the passage of this will not say anything more to you, lemen, than this man said to me— here as the paid attorney of surance companies of San nd when I asked him what ason for their opposition to this in perfect frankness, candor it was simply because they zainst their private in terests. m if he knew that there was a against lobbying. He replied that ot a lobbyist—that he was a paid e was ression; it is a nicer which carries to our are of a wan who mind and his might for money to deieat legislation; to defeat tne will of the people. I thank the gen- tleman the term, ‘Paid attorney.’ I'here is another term that the gentleman smight have made of, which sounds even less offensive than ‘ paia attorney.’ He might have said, ‘I am the profes- sional representative of certain interests.’ That wound have sounded even better torney.’ Senators, 1 appeal weigh the testimeny that It word t mind th vses b sin: for to you to has been of- d to you in the consideration of this I appeal to you whether the repu- table Senators on_this floor are to be con- sidered or the paid attorneys are to be heard. [ know that Senators have been worried and badgered by paid attorneys nd others, but I say that when a bill of “. s kind comes up you shoula not give ertions of the paid attorney of private interests.’ the conclusion of Senator Bulla’s speech the roll was called on the bill, and it was yassed by the decisive vote of 25 ayes to 13 noes. When the time of the noon recess came, there was an indignation of the San Fran- tors over the course of Senator Bulla. was decided to defend Colonel Barry on the floor of the Senate during ihe afternoon session on a guestion of privilege, and Senator Wolfe was selected spokesman. But before the vime for reconvening came it was decided to let the matter drop. Subsequently Colonel Barry made the following explanation of his position: “Icame up here 2san attorney to rep- reser:t some searchers of titles of San Fran- I went to Senator Bullaand toid m that I was interested in this Torrens and was to appear before the Judiciary Committee when the bill was under con- leration. Senator Bulla replied the vers on the Judiciary Committee did not need the assistance of another lawyer in this measure, and did not inform me when the measure was coming before the Judiciary Commiitee. It was taken up and disposed ot befors the Judiciary Com- mitiee before I had an opportunity to be heard. “I went to Senator Simpson and toid 1 that I thought I had been treated un- ly, as through Senator Bulla Senator ©impson said that it he hsd known that 1 was here he would have invited me be- fore the committee, as the Judiciary Com- mittee wanted to have the measure ex- -plained. “Not having an opportunity to go be- fore the committee I had to go to individ- ual Senators and explain that I was here cisco, A ! amme as outlined in THE CALL this | in | edence to this kind of appeal—to the as- | | | oled the fight againstit on | MOTHER GOOSE - UP Ding, dong, bell, Pussy’s Wh in the well; o put her in? Little “Long Green.” Big e O DATE. Who’ll pull her out? John Stout. Oh what a naughty boy was that Who tried to drown poor pussy cat. | to represent certain interests in San Fran- cisco—the searchers of title—and that I wanted to lay before them what I consid- ered to be objections to the bill. That is . who, it was gen- | the only representation [ made to any Senator, and the only influence that I used—simply to point out the constitu- tional and other objections to the bill and its doubtful efficiency. In so doing I have not, I believe, violated any law or | | straci of the proposed NOW FOR CONOTE CSCALP SCANDAL {An Unexpected Sensation been guilty of any professional impropri- ety. 1think every Senator will vouch for the fact that my conduct has been | straightforward and open. would like to say one thing more; that is, when Senator Bulla asked me what my interests were in the matter I told him that I was here as a paid attorney, empioyed by certain searchers in San Francisco to oppose the Torrens land act which he had introduced. PROPOSED REFGRMS FUR CUBA. Regarded as the Most Ccmprehensive Home-Rule Mecsure That Spain Can Grant. MADRID, S Feb. 5.—A full ab- reforms for Cuba and Porto Rico approved by the Queen Rezent will be promulgated to-moirow in the official gazette. The Ministry regards them as being as comprehensive a meas- ure of home rule as can be grented under existing conditions. It is stated that some of them infringe so much upon the rights belonging to the Ministry in regard to the colonies that it will be necessary to submit them to the Cortes before they can be put into effect. The most striking features of the new reforms—which bave not yet been an- nounced—relate to the management of the finances of Cuba. The Council of Administration of thirty-five members will be constituted as already announced, 1N, | of twenty-one members elected directly by the people, nine chosen from the com mercial and educational societies of Havana and five from ex-members of the Cortes from Cuba who have beea elected the greatest number of times. The Coun- cil of Administration is given large pow- ersin regard to the framiny; of the tariff and tbe budget. They are to frame the tariff within cer- tain fixed rules prescribed by the home Government, and subject to the condition that a provisional tariff shall be promul- gaied by the Minister for the Colonies | | been two discreet lobbyists on the scene | pending the organization of the machinery of the Cuban Government. o The essential condition upon which the Government insists is that the differential tariff of not more than 20 per cent in favor of Spanish products shall beimposed upon certain articles, principally articles of Spanish manutacture. The tariff witl consist of two columns, | one being the uniform revenue rate levied upon the products of ali countries and the other the differential rate in favor of Spain levied upon certain articles to be named by the Government, but in no case | to exceed 20 per cent of the value of the article. The proposed reforms deal also with the | which | question of recivrocity treaties may be macde for Cuba, distinct from treaties reiating to Spain, and which will be framed by the home Government upon consultation with the Cuban Councii of Administration. Provisions were aiso made for the ap- pointment of employes by the Governor- General, who must be born Cubans or be Spaniards who bave resided at least two years on the fsland. These appointments will be made in most cases with the cone sent of the council of administration. Provisions are also made for the exten: sion of the power of the municipal goy- erning boards ana for the appointment of municipal judges by the members of the municipalities. The new reforms are to 2o into effect as | soon as they have received the approval of the courts and as soon as the state of the island will permit. St RECENT £>GAGEMENTS, Sharp Fighting in Which Kebels Ar Said to Hare Been Beaton. HAVANA, Cusa, Feb. 5—Further de. tails of the operations of Colonel Arajno at Juan Criolla, near Ciego de Avila, in the Santa Clara province, have been re- ceived here. The rebels were found in strong yparties and made stout resistance to the Spanish troops, but were dislodged from their positions by the use of artillery and cavalry and bayonet charges, Sprung Before a Senate | Committee. Bookkeeper McCalvy ‘May Lose His Head for Peculiar Manipu'ations, | Fuzilist “Y ung Du chy” and a Bakers- fizld Attorney Figure as Legis- lative Lobbyists. SACRAMENTO, Car., Feb.5.—An en- tirely unexpected sensation developed at the meeting of the Senate Finance Com- | mittee to-day in connection with the bill appropriating $287,000 for the payment of coyote cleims from Kern County, which | involved one of the clerks in the office of Secretary of State Brown, and at the same time revivea the scandal in connection with these claims that was published iu TuE CarL shortly after the end of the last | session of the Legislature. | It was then told on facts obtained from Governor Budd how coyote wcalps that were brought into Bakersfield were manipulated so as to be used over and over azain to obtain receivts for them snd %0 loot the State treasury. | brougnt thrown into a stove and thus destroyed alter the scalp-taker had been given his receipt. Instead, however, of being cast | into flames there was an arrangement by | which they fell behind a partition back of | | the stove and were thus available for re- | peaters. During the present session there have seeking to gain support for these claims. Oneof them is Fred Halstead, a former pugilist better known as “Young Datchy,” and an attorney from Bakers- | field. | Everything was going along nicely for | them, and there seemed every prospect that the bill would receive the unanimous approval of the Finance Committee, when | an apparently casual inquiry started a | line of inquiry that changed the calm atmosphere of the committee-room into a storm of serious aspect. Then this story ®as brought knowledge of the committee: to the It was before the present Legislature, | time after the session began George A. | McCalvy, bookkeeper in the ofice of the | Becretary of State, obtained a short leave | of absence and hied himself away to Bak- | ersfield. He wasaware of the nature of | tbe pending covote-scalp claims and | thought he saw a chance to turn the tide | of affairs in his favor; but, as events | proved, he misjudged the tide or the | tarn. As the story is told, he left here happy | and expectant in the prospect of bringing back not less than $1500, all for his own Dprofit. He had numerous conferences with | the coyote-bouuty claimants, but was un- | able to convince them that his services in | their behalf were worth more than §150. Senator Smith, who is one of the mer- | bers of the Finance Committee and who | represents both Kern and San Luis Obispo | counties, admitted that he had knowledge | of the state of affairs. He had been in- | formed by telegrams of the fact that some i one from the Secretary of State’s office was in Bakerstield trying to negotiate his services. He said he knew the name of beindividual, but declined at this stage | to disclose his name. | - The matter had now a most serious phase, in view of the fact that the ac- cused person was empioyed in the office of the Becretary of State and that the latter was a member of the State Board of ELxuminers, which has to pass on all Scalps were | in and were supposed to be | known that the claim was to be brought | nd a short | claims against the State before they are allowed. There was strong talking of going into a thorough investigation of the matter, summoning witnesses in this city and from Bakersfield, but after considerable heated debate it was decided to report in favor.of the bill appropriating the $287,- | 000, There were hers comprising the committee present. Those who voted in favor of the appro- priation are: Linder, Franck, Smith, Henderson and Flint. Those who op- posed it are: Voorheis, Wolfe, Luch- singer and La Rue. The absentee was Langford. There promises to be further interesting | developments, and there is a possibility that the committee may reconsider its action and bold &n invéstigation before } the bill is reported back to the Senate, It | is admitted” that many of the ‘coyote- bounty claims are just, but to what ex- tent the fraud made known by the Gov- ernor has been practiced is not possible to | determine. It is not for a moment suspected that | Secretary of State Brown s implicated |even in the faintest way with McCalvy’s | | action, and for that reason it is expected | that the head of the bookkeeper may be | cut off. PLAGUE SCARE IN FRANCE, The Many Vessels Arriving From India Cause a Panic at the Port of Marseilles. MARSEILLES, Fraxce, Feb. 5.—Many | vessels from India arrive at this port and the ravages from the plague in that coun- try have created a very lively fear that some of them will be the means of intro- ducing the disezse here. The most vigoro precautions have been taken by the authorities to guard | against such an cccurrence, but nothing they bave done has served to allay the panicky feeling that pervades all classes. The authorities have appealed to the government at Paris to support them in | their endeavors to prevent the disease from entering the city, but doubts have been expressed as to whether the central | authorities will give their sanction to some of the measures taken by ths local officials through excess of fear. | Thesteamer Caledonia, bound for Lon- | don, arrived to-day from Bombay, having on board seventy-seven passengers, a ma- jority of whom intended to travel over- land to England and thus escape the dis- comfort and loss of time that would be occasioned by continuing on the Cale- donia. The steamer had a clean bill of health, but this fact had no weight with the healsh officials, who forbade any of the passengers to land. The appeals of the possengers from this decision were many, but the officials were obdurate and the passengers will be compelled to pro- ceed by sea to London. -— RELEASE OF PRISONERS. Two Americtn Citizens in Cuba Are Set % at Liverty. HAVANA, Cusa, Feb. 5.—Senora Eya Adan Rodriguez, wife of a rebel colonel, who was brought here yesterday as a prisoner on the steamer Manuela from Nuevitas and lodged in the house of refuge, was released to-day. She 1s an American citizen, and at the time of her arrest, the Government promised that she would be set at liberty. Upon the rep- resentations made by Consul-General Lee, she was released from custody. Dr. Gaspar Betancourt, who, it was an- nounced yesterday, had been liverated upon his acquittal of the charge of aiding and abetting the rebels, is still under sr- rest and will remain In prison until cer tain formalities are complied with, It is said, bowever, that he will be released in a day or two. i The full reforms granted by the home Government to Cuba are still unknown here. What little information the local press has on the subject was obtained from private sources, and consequently the newspapers have nothing on which to base their comments. They make some reference to the matter, and a majority of them express themseives as favorable to tl!:e schemes so far as they are known to them. ——— Mra. Henry Ward Beecher Dying. STAMFORD, Coxx., Feb. 5.—To-night Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher is reported to be failing rapidly, and her attending physician says that she cannot live more than a duy or two longe: nine out of the ten mem- | AMBITION OF A | ~ WOMAN LAWYER Mrs. Manilla M. Ricker Will Try to Secure a Foreign Mission. ‘ | > \ ! ‘ | Files a Petition With the Pre: dent-Elect to Be Sent as Minister t> Colombia. | This Talented Lady Was the Pioneer | Suffragist in the State of N:w Hampshire. | | | POSTON, Mass.,, Feb. 5.—Mrs. Manilla | M. Ricker, the well-known woman lawyer | and equal rightist of Washington and | | Dover, N. H., has filed with President- | McKinley a petition for appointment | as Minister to the United States of Colom- bia, which position is now filied by the | | Hon. Luther McKinney of Manchester, | N. H. { For some time Mrs. Ricker has been ting recommendations from influ- | 1 men. She is the first woman who | basever aspired in any practical way to the high position of an Embassador of the | United States. To a reporter to-day she | declared her determination to leave no | stone unturned in ber quest for embassa- | | derial honors, | I ask for the place,” she said, “for I | | think the time has come when women | soould be recognized in the diplomatic | | service and because I believe [ have ability “ nd strength of character enough to war- | | rant my appointment. | “If Luther McKinney can ill the posi- tion I am free to remark that I can over- | flow it. Iam not over-sanguine of getting | the appointment, of course, but I am going to be heard in the matter, and the world shall know that one woman, at least, has courage enough to undertake a | line of work hitherto left to the exclusive prerogative of men.” Mrs. Ricker was admitied to the Su- preme Court of the District of Columbia in 1882, standing at the head of her class, in which there were eighteen men. She | was admitted to practice before the Su- | preme Courtof the United Statesat Wash ington in 1891 She opened the New | Hampehire bar to women in June, 1890. As to ber political activity, she was the !fim woman in the country who tried to | | vote. In March, 1870, ste went before the | Selectnen of Dover, N. H., and asked to | have her name put on the check-list. She | | went to the poils three days later and | offered ihe straight Republican ticket. Ste bas done much political work in New Hampshire, Iowa, California and Massa- chusetts. She stumped the west from | Iowa to the Pacific Co: for Harrison during the Harrison campaign. Mrs., Ricker has done campaicn work in Santa Barbara, Sanfa Oruz, Lodi and Los Angeles, Californi oo iy HANNA VISITS McKINLEX. So It Is Hoped He Will ¥et Consent to Enter the Cabinet. Onio, Feb. 5—Chairman Hanna spent three hours with Major McKinley this afternoon, and then, ccn- trary to original expectations, returned to Cleveland. Mr. Hanua said there was no wacrant for the report that he had ac- cepted the position of Postmaster-General. His talk with Major McKinley was a very pleasant one, and it is believed by the politicians here that Mr. Hanna will ulti- mately yield to the desire of the President- elect to have him in his Cabinet. There are no fresh developments in the Onio Senatorial situation, and Governor Bushnell, who holds the key to it, re- mains mute respecting his intentions. He has not said he would not appoint Chair- man Hanna to the Seaate of the United States to succeed John Sherman, and on | tled. the other hand he has given noone the smaliest reason to think ue would. Logan C. Murray of Louisville, who was here to-day, is authority for the statement that General Alger told him that Colonel J. J. McCook of New York is a very strong Cabinet possibility. The impression pre- vails that Colonel McCook, who is a well- { known lawyer, may be made Attorney- General for the r-ason that his appoint- ment would not ba opposed by either wing of the Republican party in New York. Judge Emory Spear of Georgia is also talked of as a Cabiuet possibility, in case General Goff of West Virginia does not accept a portfolio. It is Major McKin- ley’s wish to give the portfolio of the In- | terior Department to Judee McKenna of California, and this will probably be done. J. Addison Porter of Hartford, Major McKinley’s private secretary, came to Canton tiis afternoon and will remain here till Sunday. Ex- Congressman Bellamy Storer of Cincinnati, who is an applicant for a for- eign mission, was also & caller. TSN v SOUTH CAROLINA’S VOTE, There Will Be a Protest When the House Begina tha Coun'. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 5.—A Herald special from Washington says: South Carolina is preparing to spring a sensa- tion at the counting of the electoral vote in the House of Representatives next Wednesday, when the counting of her vote for Bryan and Sewall will be pro- tested. Representative George | Murray, the colored member of the House, who represents the Charleston district, has just returned from South Carolina, | where he was in consultation with leading | Republicans. He is armed with a monster petition | signed by thousands oi Republicans p o- testing against the counting of the elec- toral vote, asking for an investigation of the election laws and the State constitu- tion. The claim is made that the election laws and that the State constitution upon which they are based are not in accord- ance with the Federal legislation. While the aispute over the vote of South Carolina cunnot in any way affect the result, it may give rise to complica- tions of a serlous nature. The best authorities agree tbat the pe- | tition cannot be ignored, and the investi- gation of precedents shows that when such a protest is entered the count must immediately stop until the question is set- In fact, the law expressly antici- pates and provides for such a dilemma. Nearly all of the South Carolina Con- gressional elections for the next Congress have been contested on the very grounds set forth in the petition, so that if the | House should so decide that the protest against the electoral vote has no founda- | tion, it will e a precedent which may preclude the next Republican House from seating the Democratic Representatives and hold the prima facie certificates of election. The debate is therefore likely to be ex- | citing and of an intensely partisan nature both in the House and Senate, ket S0 CONSUL-GLEMNEKAL TO PARIS. The President-Elect Makes a Diplomatic Appointment. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp, Feb. 5.—John K. Gowdy, chairman of the Republican State Committee during the last cam- paign, returned from Canton this evening and announced that he had been ap- pointed and had accepted the vost of Consul-General to Paris, the place now held by Samuel E. Morss of this city. Mr. Gowdy was one of the original McKinley men of Indiana. The new Consul-Gen- eral to Paris is afarmer, about 55 years ald, who was born and raised in Rush County, this State. He was a private soldler during the war and has been in politics for a number of | years, having served as Sheriff and Aundi- tor of his county. He hay been chairman of the Republican State Committee in In- diana since 1890. City of Agra Lost at Sea. LISBON, Exc., Feb. 5.— The British steamer Omega, in passing Peniche, Por- tugal, to-day, signaled that the British steumer City of Agra, Catain Lyderson, bound from Liverpool for Calcutta, was lost at sea, and her captain was on board the Omega. No mention was made of the Agra’s crew. Washington | BUTLER WAS STARTL Admits He Knew Preston and Has a Message From Him. TOLD TO THE MURDERED MAN’S UNCLE. Deciares H: Has Money of His Own and Wants None for Small Favors. REPORT OF A WOMAN VIC- TIM. Visitors With Schemes Szek Prisoner’s Old Apparel — A Phonograph “Roast. the Butler has been here but four days, and yet he is already probably better known and more talked about than any celebrity that was ever here before him. Yesterday brought forth its interesting happenings to the fiend in his cell at the City Prison. He manifested a desire to be accommodating—to cater to the morbid wishes of his curious visitors, who came, talked and passed on without let or hindrance. The freedom permitted visit- ors has occasioned remark. No watch is kept upon their movements. Any one is free to and could easily band the murderer a razor, a pistol, strychnine or dynamite with which to end his own existence, along with those about him. Considering the known desperate char- acter of the prisoner and the almost con- clusive evidence of guilt that must speed- ily suffer the death penalty, these remarks | from certain visitors seem not wholly un- called for. Among the visitors were persons seek- ing commercial gain. Already a man has offered the police $1000 for permission to exhibit Butler for one week to the other | thousands of morbidly and hysterically curious that have not yet had an oppor- tunity to gratify their desire to see and speak to the Australian murderer. A shoe-dealer brought Butler a nice pair of new lace calf shoes and tenderly car- ried away the poor oli low-deck shoes that Butler had worn since leaving Now- castle. Later in the day the old shoes and But- ler's receipt for the new shoes were prominently displayed in a downtown shoestore and attracted a crowd. A hatter came hoping to exchange a new hat for Butler's little, lo oft black felt that looks much like an old-fashioned derby, but the new hat was too large for Batler's head and the exchange was not made. A | newspaper man asked Butler for his belt, which Butle: asserted he had worn con- stantly for several year and had also used as a razor strop. Butler would do any- thing to be accommodating. If the man would get him another to | take its place he might have it and wel- | come. Butler smiled complacently when he saw the exchance. He got an exper sive mew belt of the stamped leather pattern. The hat alone remains of all Butler's available original effects, and tbat Detec- tive McHattie avers was Captain Lze ‘Weller’s hat. The yachting cap in which Butler's unlucky photograph was taken in Australia he wore upon the voyage and had loaned it to Sailor Wilcox only a few moments before he was captured. One of the most interesting uses to which Batler's notoriety was pnt y - day in a business way was the production of a cylinder fora phonograph. Butler could not sing. He Lad no apt recitation | ready to shout into the tunnel, so he read in a loud, distinct voice his denial of the | Examiner's fake purporting to be a con- fession from him. The man who owns that cylinder has something that will probably bring better pay if the voice of Butler is never heard to murmur from it a roast of the Exami- ner for “the new journalism” that values a good fake more than an ordinary fact. Among the visitors who came for pur- poses of identification was Edward E. Ei- liot, second engineer of the steame Monowai, about to sail for Australia. He had been a friend of Captain Lze Weller. He declared at once that the prisoner was not Lze Weller. “How the — do you know? are two Lee Wellers,” said Butler. Gaffney, a sailors’ boarding - house keeper, called upon Butler und recognized him as Richard Ashe, who had staid at ! his place on the water front in 1891, just after leaving the Star of Russia. The recognition was mutual. Butler still owes $18 75 on that boara account, though he refused to pay it during the few months subsequent while he was employed as night watchman in the La Grande Laun- dry, near Thirteenth and Howard streets. The examination for identification will be held Monday. beginning at 10:30 o'clock, before United States Commis- sioner Heacock in the Appraiser's build- ing, It wiil probably be completed that day. Within two weeks thereaiter all the papers will be here from Washington with No Other Medicine has such a record of cures as Hood's Sarsaparilla. 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