The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 7, 1897, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1897 , “left here a week vithout giving me any did_not re- had had any e of his trip I id have sed him so quickly d have made his head swim ate the report of the Finance | on the coyote-bounty claims a briel but somewhat heated | se majority - report recom- the biil be passed, while the hority report read as follow In view of information recently re- | ceived we respectfully report and recom- end that the bill be retained in com- furiher inve; Voorheis moved that the bill be to the committee for fur- on. i members of nmittee who voted in ected to its being re- i its place ont *I have no desire to inter- saking such an | fit, but I woulid not | ose its place on the | file.” | Senator Wolle advocated the re-refer- | ago last notice of hi n until Tuese atall of the r investigat tor Smi ance Co he bill, o ence of the bill. He said: “‘L don’t see what objection there can be to referring | this bul back to the committee. I will later :ce s resolution giving the | ittee ceriain power in refer- to this bill. 1 think th view of | formation which bLas become own it should be re-referred.” ton objected to the pro- v cems to me | nance and decited Commit to refer i prevalent here at | the minority of the nything to offer besides 1 wiil bave no objection | session mittee bas me old sic 10 its going ove Bulla m ty rep ved the adoption of sich was seconded ato the ma by Sn or Withington stated that in his s contained in the bill were houest, ar State should no longer delay paying them. Senator Wolfe, defending the minority on the clain old stor es have cient in- ) nowledge of ittee to warrant 1t to make an tion, notw z it has al- | bands of the com- 1 investiga- re and not We ap- uld hold ppropria- certain is not en- coyote scalps, but I de- seople get what is boa- eport was adopted by a nd Bulla moved that the | be recommitted for further investiga tion. It was so ordered. | Between now and Monday Senator | Wolfe will prepare a resolution to be sub- mitted to the Senate, giving the Senate Finance Commitiee power to subpena wit- nesses, adm oaths and. take testi- mony in this matter, | Bookgeeper McCalvy made the following statement to-day in reference to thie mys- jous and sstul pilgrimage to kersfield : B know there was any one here ubeknown to _any pposed. ere was nothing | d about any corruption fund. 1t was | erstood that the money 1 was to get to attorneys for the preparation the in uction of a bill and before committees and to 10 the ciaims until they y the S Unul that time I 0L to receive a dollar if they did not | osed to pay me the percentage. I was willing to advance ihe money for this provosi Test mated that the expense would be betwe: 4000 and $3000. I never mentioned the matier to any member of | the Senate or Assembly either before I e my return, I was unsuccess- he matter. Inow want an | | response to questions McCalvy said | he had never brought the fact 6f his | connected with the Secretary of < to the attention of any of the ield people. He added, however, that many of the people there knew him | and that be was employed in that offi Continuing, 1 oI wrong inthe matter. It struck me as a good business proposition. Attorneys ap- | pear befor: ese committees every aa Secretary Brown did not know I was go- ing to Bukersficld. 1 made up my mind suide: Sunday afternoon and canght the I sent a verval mes- would not be in the rred to my trip for the first afternoon, when he asked ersfield. Itold him p claims are held by two or | ree bankers and merc Baker: field, that is, Kern County coyote claims, They aggregate something more nd I understand that the | eemun & Bates of San Fran- | cizco hola §100.000 worth of them, One of | the principal things that I proposed to do | ior the people 1 was to' represent was to | introduce a bill which would obviate the nece of proving the validity of the scalp receipts heid by them, The measure now before the Legislature provides that each clsimant must prove the validity of his receipt or receipts, and that tuey were not obtained by fraudulent practice or imposition. McCalvy was a resident of Ban Luis Obispo until six years ago, when he en- tered upon the.duties of Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court at San_Francisco, under Brown, wbo was then Clerk of that tribunal, When Brown was elected Secre- tary of State MeCalvy accompanied him to this city to fill the position of book- keeper in his office. — N0 CROOKEONESs THERE. than $80,000, EKern County Bankers and Officials Talk About Coyote Scalpe. BAKERSFIELD, CiL., Feb. 6.—So far as Iam concerned, I know of no scandal whatever connected with the coyote scalp business. I came into vossession of my certificates in a perfectly straightforward menner.” Thus spoke Charles Bicker- dike, assistant cashier of the Kern Valley Bank, by way of reply to the information thatthe Senate is going to investigate the coyote scandal. *I bouzht the certificates from the men, who duly and regularly ae- livered the scalps to the Supervisors. That is all I know about ir.”” Mr. Bicker- dike is interested in the scalp tie-up to the ‘tune of a few thousand dollars. Other gentlemen who sre thus interested spoke regarding the aff: did Mr. Bickerdike, H. 4. Blodget, cashier of the Kern County Bank, who is said to be the most heavily interested of this county, is out of town, and therefore could not be seen xcg?rdim: the maiter. “I was a member of the Board of Super- visors in 1893.94, when tie buik of coyote scalps were received,’”” said Supervisor Jastro, “and the only thing we discovered in all this time that couid be construed into crookedness was that they would try to palm off on us wildcat scalps once in a while and now and then try to make two out of one. The men would bring the scalps to us, make the required affidavit in return, receive their receipts and go on about their business.”” “Did you ever think from the number of scalps that would come in from time to time that there were a good many coyotes in the county ?” “Yes, 1 did; but everything came in straight so far as we.could see, aud that ended our duty.” Supervisor Taylor, who was also on the board at that “time, corroborated Mr. Jastro. He, 100, at times was surprised at the number of coyotes to be found in the county. It was the custom of the board 10 make a public burning of these scalps every month. Edgar Moore during his career of experting in this county discoy- | the ciaims presented were not honest. | in order to retain its place on the file. | the State. | tion to the support of families interested | bilis appropriating | the payroil of attaches of the Assembly hereby | atiaches of the eied a ‘“‘mare’s nest’” in connection wxml the coyote business, and in consequence recommended the indictment of two par- lies by the Grand Jury, The indictments were returned, but like most the others that Moore figured in, were swept aside by the Superior Court as being too flimsy to come 10 trial. el E R IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY. Coyote Scalp and Temporary Urganiza- tion Scandals Bob Up. SACRAMENTO, Car, FKeb. 6.—The scandal over coyote scalps was lightly touched upon in the Senate to-day. Voor- ‘ hies presented the report of the Kinance Committee, signed by five members, | recommending that the bill pass. He asked that the bill be sent back to the committee for further investigation. Smith objected, saying he was not op- posed to the investigation, but wanted the report to remain on file. 5 Wolife declared that an investigation was absolutely demanded. Withington objected to further delay. He thought the bul shouid be paid. | Woife agreed that the honest claims should be paid, but he believed some of Smith said the bill gave tne Board of Examiners too great power, but many honest claims were involved and should be seitled. Bulla moved that the report be adopted Adopted, 12 t0 9. Bulla then moved to re- commit the claims to the Finance Com- | mittee for investigation, which was also agreed to. The investigation will begin Monday. Holloway, from the Committee on At- taches, reported that the Sznate was being overcharged on stationery and thatone bill had been cut from $169 to $119. A long discussion ensued over the propo- sition to continue the subsidy to a monthly magazine from the educational funds of The bill was defeated. In the afternoon bills were finally passed directing the State Prison Directors to employ twenty prisoners in the construc- tion of roads to the State prison at San Quentin and amending the ¢ de in rela in estates of aeceased persous at a less value than $1500. | Sev bills on the second reading file | were read, among them Senate bill 486, authorizing the acquisition of two sites for camps of instruetion and target prac- | tice for the National Guard; 538 and 539, ceding to the United States property held | y the Government for military pur- | poses, and transferring to the Federal Government certain lands. At 3 o’clock adjournment was taken to Speaker Coombs introduced in the As- | sembly this morning a resolation from the special committee appointed to revise the payroll of attaches of the Assembly, to | authorize the committee to reduce the per | diem of the several employes énd at- | taches of the Assemby, to report said re- | duction to the house, and that said reduc- | tion take effect to-day. The resolution precipitated an animated discussion. Melick charged that the Democrats were endeavoring to cast odium upon the Republican majority. Maicolm thoug .t it would be uniair to cut down the pay of attaches after bring- ing them here to accept positions. Anderson said the men were acting like boys and were furnishing material for | newspaper scandais in their charges of corruption and investigation. A resolution offered by Leav t, to| | amend Coombs’ resolution by making it | provisional upon the approval of the house, was adopted and the resolution chen passed. Favorable reports were received from the Ways and Means Commitiee on the ,000 for a Normal School at San Diego; also appropriating $10.000 for the improvement of Salt River in Humboldt County. An unfavorable report was made on the bill providing for a zubernatorial residence at Sacramento. Adjourned until Monday. | - RESOLUTION, It Causes the Assembly to Regin the Proposed Retrenchment. ! SACRAMENTO, Car., Feb. 6.—Speaker Coombs ' caused some excitement this | morning by introducing the following resolution: Your select committee appointed to revise cooMBy report and recommend the sdoption of the forlowing resolution : Resolved, That the select committee be and itis hereby authorized and empowered to re- duce the per diem of the several employes and embly, to report said reduc- tion to the House,and taat said reduction effect as of this Gih day of February, 1897. Coombs spoke in favor of his resolution. He believed thal the Assembly was | anxious to economiz* in the matter of its attaches, and_he hoped that there would | be no opposition to the adoption of the | resolution. It would cut down the ex- penses of the Assembly from $100 to $300 per day. Dibble favored the resolution, but moved to amend by adding the words “If adopted by the House.” In explanation of this amendment, he aid that he did not favor granting 10 any ommittee the absolute power to judge of the amount of reduction that should be made in the salaries of members. It would be unprecedented to give to the committee this power, and, as the House was the proper body 1o decide matters of this kind, he hoped that there would be no opposition to the amendment. Jones of San Francisco objected to the | resolution. 1t was not fair to the attaches, | “‘These attaches came here and succeeded in getting themselves appointed to Lhe positions they occupy at a certain fixed | per diem. Trey accepted the positiom: and worked to obtain them in.good faith, and I do not favor any move to reduce their salaries at this time. I am opposed to the resolution,” added Mr, Jones.” Cutter of Yuba favored the resotution because he believed that the contingent fund would be exhausted within ten days. The Governor might veto another appro- priation. Caminetti denounced the resolution as a miserable makeshift and opposed it. The resolution in favor of retrenchment and reform was adobted in spite of the Democratic fight led against it by Cami- netti. [——— FOUR VOIING MACHINES, Contrivances for Registering Ballots for the Inspection of Legistators. SACRAMENTO, Car., Feb. 6.—There are four voting machines on exnibition here in the Capitol, all Californian inven- tions, none of them using electricity and three of them requiring the voter to open adoor or to turn a stile before the ma- chine unlocks itself. The fourth differs from the three others materially. The voter, pressing upon a button, punches a hole in a ticket.opposite the name of his candidate, and at the close of the polls those holes are counted by the election officers. The other machines regisier each vote after the fashion of a cash regis- ter; two of them—the Ducas and the Capital—show the totals on wkheels for each candidate, but the Ellis machine, immediately on the close of the polls, prints the total received by each cundi- date in triplicate. If California, in experimenting with voting machines, is to follow the methods of the Kastern States which bave legs ized their use, the present Legisiature will approve one or more of the inventions and make a law for each such machine adopted. For instance, Michigan, in 1893, made a law permitting “the Rhines vote- recorder, or any other vote-recorder of similar construction and principle,” to be used at all town, city ana village elec- tions. At that same session the Michigan Legislature passed, also, an act to allow the use of “the Abbottautomatic baliot machine, or any other baliot machine ot similar construction and principle’’ in all towaship, city or village elections. These two machines were thus legalized by sep- arate acts, both of which were approved by the Governor on the same day. rs later Michigan adopted e Myers ballot machine, as a legal voting system, and passed an act | wrer to carry on or condu | in the limits | make a cash deposit. | likely to lose his grip. which permits its use at all elections in the State. Here, then, is one State which has legalized and is experimenting with a number of automatic voting schemes. In 1896 the Legislature of Connecticut made two distinct voting machine laws, one for the McTammany, tke other for the Myers machiue. New York and Massa- chusetts have both approved the Myers machire. In all these cases the enacting clause specifically mentions the machine for which the law is designed. Upon close consideration of the subject it becomes evident that 1t is impossible to law govern a multitude of make one voting systems. Eich mochine has peculiar method of counting and canva ing and its own method and theory of conducting an election, and the law that will put'one into operation by the very nature of things could not be adapted to the purposes of another. If this is good logic and correct law the Legislature will find it necessary wheh it makes any voting machine law to carefully examine the merits of the various machines of- fered, select one or more of the best, and make for each a law that will permit its use by such boards of municipal trustees or county supervisors as may be pre- vailed upon to buy them or try them. el il ANDROUS LICENSE BILL. Small Ketail Irquor Dsalers Oppose the Veasure. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Feb. 6.—Senator Androus to-day introduced what is evi dently the Code Commission’s bill in ref- erence to a State license on all saloons. It provides for a $300 annual license to be paid to the State irrespective of county and city licenses. It is understood that the bill is generally opposed by the retail liquor dealers throughout the State, but has the support of some of the members of the California Protective Association, the liquor dealers’ State organization. Those who are disposed to give the meas- ure a fair trial ‘are mainiy the wholesale liquor merchants, wio believe that such a license will tend to weed out many of the objectionable smalier saloon-keepers. They hope in this way to see the moral standurd of the business advanced, as well as the financial s Oa tu the measure itis claimed that particular bhardship will be worked on the saloon- keepers of Alameda, San Diego, Los An- geles and other counties wherein the tax on saloons is already high. The full text of the proposed constitutional amend- ment follows: The Legisiature shall have no power to im- pose taxes upon counties, cities. towns or other public or municipal corporations, or upon the inhabitauts or property thereof, for county, city, own or other municipal pur- poses; but may, by general laws, vestin the corporate muthorities thereof the power 10 as- sess and collect taxes for such purpose. provided, however, that no person, firm or corporation shall transact, carry on, conduct or engage 1n the business’ of selling or vend- ing malt, vinous or spiriiuous liquors without first paying the sum of § State Trea urer of this State, who ereupon issue a license, to be couter ¥ the State Con- troller, to carry on and conduct such business at a place named in said license, and suid license shall be valid for one year irom its date. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to abridge, deny or impair the right of couaty, city aud county, or other municipal corpora- tions to impose and collect license iaxes on such business, or 1o regulate for any purpose, or to control, abolish or suppress the same. No license shall be issued by the State Trea: suid business with- f any such municipaiity in which the legislative body has declared by ordinance that no license shall be issucdf or such business, or that the same shall be abolished or suppressed. Violation of the act is made a misde- | meanor. e CONDUCTO DEPOSITS, Streetear Companies Will Be Kequired to Keturn Them. SACRAMENTO, Can., Feb, 6.—If As- ¢ bill 782, introduced by Emmons should become a law, ‘streetcar conauctors will be no longer required to It is ewtitled ““An act to prevent and forbid street railroad | companies and other corporations from | requiring deposits from empioyes.” Cor- porations are commanded to returr such | deposits within thirty days afier the pass- age of the. act, ana a violation shall be punished by a fine of $100 for esch and every offense. ‘TLis bill is by the author of the one for the encouragement of gambling on trot- ting horses in the summer time and for the discouragement of gambling on run- ning horses in the winter, and is evi- dently an exhibition of fusion buncombe for the benetit of the minority. No con- ductor or motorman would be so foolish as to ask for his deposit or to complain | it he did not receive it shounld the bili be- | come & law, because he would ve very in the absence of united, determined effort on the part of employes the bill would be inoperative. il ¥ WHAT IS PROPERTY? The Zaw to Be Amended for the Purpose of Exemption From Zaxation. SACRAMENTO, CaL, Feb. 6. — Bel- shaw’s Assembly constitutional amend- ment No. 30 provides that the word *prop- erty,” as used in this article and section, 1s hereby declared to include moneys, creaits, bonds, stocks, dues, special fran- chises, and ail other matters and things, real, personal and mixed, capable of pri- vate ounership; provided, that property used for free public libraries and free museums, growing crops, property used exciusively for public schools, and such as may belong to the United States, this | Btate, or to any county or municipal cor- poration within the State, shall be exem pt from taxation; provided, also, that all vessels registered or enrolled at any port in this State, and engaged in ocean com- merce between any, port in the United States and any foreign port, or between orts in the United States, shall be exempt. rom all license - taxes or regulation, and from ail local and Btate taxation. The Legislature may provide, axcept in case of credits secured by mortgage or trust deed, for a deduction from credits of debts due to bona-fide residents of this State. e 2 SUNDAY LAW. 4l Places of Businevs, With Few Ex- ceptions, to Be Closed. SACRAMENTO, CaL, Feb. 6.—Em- mons’ Assembly bill 697 is one of several proposing to establish Sunday laws in California. It reads as follows: Section 299. Every person who on the Christian Sobath, gets up, exhibits, or opens, or maintains, or aids in getting up. exhibiung, opening, or maintaining, any bull, bear, cock or prize fight, horserace, circus, gambling- house, or suioon, or any barbarous and noisy amusement. Section 300. Every person who keeps open on Sunday any store, workshop, bar, saloon, banking-house, or other place of business, for the purpose of transacting business therein, 48 punishable by fine not less than §5 nor more than $50, Section 301. The provisions of the preceding section do not apply to persons who, on Sun- day, keep open hotels, boarding-houses, bar- ber-shops, baths, markets, restaurants, tav- erns, livery-stabies, or retail drugstores, for the legitimate business of each, or such manu- facturing establishments ns are usually kept in coutinued operation; provided, that the provisions of the vreceding section shall ap- By i, oreona keeping open barber-shops athhouses and huirdressing saloons after 13 o’clock M. on Sunday. — DISABLES POLICE. 4 Bill in Which the San Franeiseo De- partment Is Interested. 3 SACRAMENTO, Car., Feb. 6.—Treacy's Assembly bill 693 amends sections 8 and 4 of the act to create a police relief, health and life insurance and pension fund, etc., 80 as to read as follows: Whenever a person at the taking effect of this act, or thereafter, shall have been duly sppointed and sworn, and have served for the yeriod of twenty years or more as & member in any capacity, of any rank whatever, of the Teguiarly constituted police department of any such coun .y, city and county, city or town which may be hereafter subject to the pro- visions of this act, said board shall be em- powered to order and direct that such person shall, dfter becoming fiity-five years ot ®ge, and his services in such police depart- | | 7 : ment shall have ceased, be paid from such fund a yeurly pension equal to one-half of the amount of salary attached to_the rank which hemay have held in said police department 10T one year next preceaing the expiration of said term of twenty vears, provided that no person shall receive the pension attached b; the provisions of this act to any rank whic| he held prior to such retirement for any con- secutive period of less thau (Wo years. Sec.e 2. Section 4 of said act is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec.4. Whenever any person while serving 8s a policeman in any such county, ity end county, city or town, shail become physicall disabled while in and in cousequence of his duty as such policeman, said board may. upon his written request, or without such requestit it deem it for the good of such police force, Tetire such person from active service au order -and direct thst he paid from said fund a yearly pension equal to one half the wmobnt of the salary attached to the rank which he may have held for any period not less than one year immediately preceding such retires ment; provideq, that when such disabi it shall cease such pension shall also cease, an such person shall, afier the cessation of said disability, have preference in empl':{ and provided further, thet no such policeman nor police officer shall be re-employed aiter such disability has cessed, who has thew reached the age of retirement as provided for in laclionBoFlnu act as herein and hereby amended. ZLeased Railroads. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Feb. 6.—The As- sembly Committee on Corporations intro- duced to-day bill 780 amending section 465 of the Civil Code relating to the powers of railroads by adding the words: ‘“Any railroad corporation may contract with anotner railroad corporazion for the pas- sage over its railroad tracts of locomotives and cars, and the running of railroad trains thereon owned and operated by such othe? railroad corporations.” By ‘‘tracts” the commitiee evidently means “tracks,” e Fraudulent Evidence. SACRAMENTO, Can, Feb. 6.—Bett- man’s Assembly bill 702 reads as follows: Sec. 132. Every person who, upon any tri proceeding, inquiry or fuvestigation whateve authorized ‘or permitted by iaw, offers in e dence as genuine or true any book, paper, document, record or otner instrament in writ- ing, knowing tne same to have been forged, or | fraudulently altered or ante-dated, and ever: atus of the rewiler. | T alted K part of those who are opposed to | erson who certifies as true and Correct any tesiimony of & witness taken as a deposition, knowing the deposit.on to be an untrue, par. tial or incorrect record of the testimony of the witness, is guiity of felony. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Feb. 6.—Assem- bly bill 777, by Gately of San Francisco, introduced to-day, provides that politax must be collected between the first Mon- nay in March and the second Monday of January of the ensuing year., The Tax Collector shall receive 1or his services in collecting the polltax 15 per centand on the delinquent polltaxes 25 per cent. s Veterans Exempt SACRAMENTO, Car., Feb. 6 —Assem- bly bill 695, by Hill, provides thatall hon- orably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who served at least ninety days in the War of the Rebellion are bereby exempted from the payment of any road tax, road poll tax and head tax of every description. e g More Time to Register. SACRAMENTO, Cavi, Feb. 6.—McCan- dlish’s Assembly bill 779, introduced to- dav, amends the registration of electors law, and provides that registration shall commence 140 days before a general elec- tion, and shall continue for 100 days thence next ensulng, when such registration shall ceaze. 4 CRUSADE aGAINST POVERTY. FVast Scheme of Salvationists to Rolieve the Unemployed. CHICAGO, I, Feb, 6.—Commander | Booth-Tucker and Colonel Brewer of the | Salvation Army will meet in this oty within two weeks to arrange the preliin- naries for the establishment of a vast system of social settlements similar to thatin operation in England, organized by General Booth. The venerable founder of the army will come here when the preliminary work 13 done, and after setting the great indus. trial and economic scheme in motion he will leave it in the care of the American officers mentioned. The establishment is intended to be a crusade against poverty in all its forms. Chicago is to be the center of this sys- tem and its boundaries will be the United States. City colonies are to be established, where at least temporary work will be offered every idle man in the city; spaci- ous tenement houses are to_be provided under army supervision, and eventually the colonies are to be exiended within a radius of several hundred miles from the city. President Harper of the Chicazo Uni- versity and President Rogers of the North- western University, and other university professors, educators aud philanthropists, have taken an active interest in the mat- ter, as outlined by the army leaders. st = MADAME VILLARD Is> FREF. Another American Girl Who Married for @ Title, SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Feb. 6.—Mme. Villard, who has been one of the especi- ally interesting characters in this city for more than a balf year, is a free woman, 80 far as matrimonial ties are concerned. J. W. Jones to-day signed the decree which dissolved the matrimonial bonds which held Julia de la Tour du Villard to M. Brice Ernest Gahriel Raymond Mar- quis de la Tour du Villara, She was Miss Chapin of New York, ana in 1892 married the Marquis, with whom she sailed for France and lived until a year ago, when she was forced to leave him, being penniless. She says that after arriving in Paris they took apartments in a fashionable quarter, but notwithstand- ing the fact that the Marquis was worth 575,000 francs, he considersd it beneath him to pay any of their bills, and she was obliged to do it herself, even settling his laundry bilis. After her money was ex- hausted, and their landlord insis:edapon payment of his rent, she was obliged to pledge her jewels in order to procure the cash to satisfy him. e S ON AN OFFICIAL TRIP, General Clarkson Starts Owut to Visit Grand Army Posts. OMAHA, Nesr., Feb. 6.—General T. 8. Clarkson, commander-in-ghief of the G. A. R., started to-day for an extended official trip through the East. He will be accompanied as far as Chicago by his daughter, Miss Clara Clarkson. The Gen- eral is booked for visits to those depart- ments whose encampments will be in session.during his visit, and arrangements are being made everywhere for his re- ception and entertainment at Woonsocket, February 8, 9; Worcester, February 10, 12; Potomac, at Washington, Fehruary 16, 17; Maryland,at Hagerstown, Febru- ary 16, 19; Minnesota, at 8t. Paul, Febru- ary 23, 24. General Clarkson will spend February 14 and 15 at Baltimore with relatives and while there a reception will be teadered him. —— Shipwreoked Fishermen Safe at Home, BOSTON, Mass., Feo. 6.—The steamer Boston from Yarmouth, N. 8., which ar- rived this morning, brought thiriy-three shipwrecked fishermen who had been sent home by the United States Consul. The men composed the crews of the Glouces- ter fishing vessels Merce, Yosemite, Mag- gie and Lillie. They all uad experienced terrible suffering. i Sugar People and Coffee. TRENTON, N. J., Feb, 6.—Ths Ameri- can Coffee Company was incorporated to- day with a capital s'ock of $:00,000. The incorporators are Henry O. Havemeyer, John E. Eearles, John E. Parson and Theodore Hivemeyer. b ————————— 50 pieces black mohair, granite and pierola cloths, suit §8 75, City of Paris.* - ARGUES FOR. THE UNION PACIFIC Senator Thurston Continues His Speech Against Foreclosure. ' What Wou!d the Government Do With the Road if It Had It? Must Taks in the Central Pacific to Have a Continuous Line to the Golden Gate. WASHINGTON, D. C., Fev, 6.—In the Senate to-day the aiplomatic and consular appropriation bill was reported from the Appropriations Committee by Hale (R.) of Maine, who stated that he would call it up Monday. A resolution was offered by White (D.) of California, and agreed to, calling on the Secretary of the Ireasury for a statement as to the discontinuance of general bonded warehouses. A resolution was offered by Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska, and agreed to, looking to the prohibition of the acceptance of giits by army officers from private citizens for | services rendered. Allen’s resolution looking to the suspen- sion and prohibition of the judicial sale of the Union Pacific Railroad property was taxen up, and Thurston (R.) of Nebraska resumed his speech against it. Thurs- ton said that 1o his judgment the Union Pacific, under the receivers, had not been making enough income to maintrin the property as it should be maintained and to pay fair interest on the amount which the reorganization committee proposed to bid. for the property. As he figured out the whole matter it was this: If the Government took. the 1800 miles of the Union Pacific line it would have to pay in cash outof the treas- ury over $50,000,000; if it got the terminals it would have to pay fifteen or twenty mil- lions more for them, and, besides that, it would have to forego the receipt of $29,- 000,000 in cash, making an investment of some eighty millions, equal to about $45,000 per mile of railroad. And what, he asked, would the Government do with the road if it bad it? It would have to extend the same policy of purchase to the Central Pacific, so as to have a line from Ogden to the Golden Gate. At 2 p. ». the Nicaragna canal bill was laid before the Senate as the unfinished business. Vilas (D.) of Wisconsin asked unani- mous consent that the bill go over in- formally to euable Thurston to continue his speech, but objection was made by Morgan (D.) of Alabame, in charge of the bil This was resented by Thurston, who said that he would ask consent to resume his speech on Monday, and that as he re- ceived courtesy 80 should he give it. The-Senate then proceeded to the con- sideration of unobjected bills on the calendar. Among others the following were passed: Senate bill for the establish- ment and maintenance of a National Sol- diers’ Home, at Hot Springs, 8. D.; Senate bill to make Commodore William P. McCann of the navy a rear-admiral on the retired list; Senate bill regulating bell and horn signals of steam and sailing ves- sels at sea; resolution (offered by Morgan) relating to the capture of the Competitor by & Spanish man-of-war, and requesting the President to comwmunicate to- the Senate all the facts and proceedings; Senate bill appropriating $12,000 to the widow of Mr. Swift, formerly United Staies Minister to Japan. When Senator Cameron’s joint resolu- tion acknowledging the independence of | Cuba had been reached on tne calendar | the presiding officer (Hill) suggesied good humoredly that if there was 16 objection the joint resolution would be regarded as passed. Objection was promptly forth- coming, and Morgan muved to proceed with the consideration of the joint resolu- tion, notwithstanding the objection. Sub- sequently he witbdrew the motion, but gave notice that he would renew it on every proper occasion. At3 P M. resolutions in honor of the late Representative Cogswell were laid be- fore the Senaie and eulogies were deliv- ered by Senaiors Hoar, Blancbard, Hans- brough, Gallinger and Lodge, and then, as a further mark of respect, the Senate ad- journed until Monday. e G T Brief Seasion of the House. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 6.—The | House to-day in committee ot the whole concluded consideration of the bill making appropriations for the expenses of the District of Columbia for the year ending | June 30, 1898, and then passed it. Butfew | amendments, and those unimportant, | were made to it. The biil to amend the Wilson tariff act so as to permit the treas- | ury officials to sell forfeited opium to the | highest bidder and not require them to | pay ihe amount of the duty of $i0 a pound | was passed. At 2:45 p. M. the House adjourned. LOOKS BELIEr FOE COLEMAN. Keasons Why the Alleged Stamp-Thief % May Be Innocent. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 6.—-The impression that the inspectors of the Postoffice Department have made a mis- take in arresting Hamilton F. Coleman in New York yesierday on the charge of stealing uncanceled stamps used for bags | or secondclass mail matter is gaining eround here in the official circles con- cerned. This afternoon a conference with regard to the case was held between Post- master-General Wilson, Kerr Craige, the third assistant Postmaster-General, Chief Inspector Wheeler and Inspector Arring- ton, and while the result was not made public it is believed that Coleman’s chances for release were improved by it. Postoffice officials are discovering many methods by which the stamps could get into the possession of individuals not con- nected with the department without any recourse zq criminal or otner illegal methods. It is said that retiring post- Only One True Blood Purifier—Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the medicine with the greatestrecord of cures, greates: sales, greatest ment. 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