The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1897, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1897. number of carriers and the increase of salaries or compensation of such carriers, the bill was prepared, thoroughly dis- | cussed, introduced ana finally passed. ““The question of its effect upon the class of Los Angeles was also fully considered and discussed, and it was the opinion of 2ood lawyers that unless the city took | further steps to place itself within the first cfass it would not be so classified, notwithstanding that the census,taken | under the passed bill should show & popu- There Is No “Joker ” jp |lation of over 100,000. Personally Ihad | grave doubts as to the correctness of this the B111 for a State position, and in order to avoid any pos Census. | . | sible question I prepared and introduced | agother bill raising the population of | | cities of the first class from 100,000 to 200,000, “That bill has passed the Senate and 1s | | now before the Assembly, where it will | undoubtedly receive favorable considera- tion, as the representatives from San | | Francisco are all satisfied with it, and the | | Governor will doubtless sign.the same | | promptly when it reaches him. “1 know personally that the motiyes of | Postmaster Mathews were perfectly | proper and commendable, and Ido not think it ever entered the mind of any one connected with the effort to meet the re- quirement of our situation that political capital would or should be made by the introduction or passage of the bill. 1 hold |itis a tempest in a teapot and unworthy | of any further consideration.” ————— Los Angeles Need Not Fear Get- ting Rated as a City of the First Class. R:publican Leaders Too Wide Awsk: to Give ths Democratic Gov- ernor More Patronage. Session of the Senate. | SACRAMENTO, CaL., Feb. 27.— The Senate this morning devoted most of it: time to the second reading of bills carry: ing special appropriations for State insti- | tutions. ! Benator Morehouse, rising to a question | of personal privileze, denounced the ar- | ticle published in the San Francisco Ex- aminer, charging that the members of BACRAMENTO, Oar., Feb. 27.—Accord- ing to a dispatch in this morning’s CALL from Los Angeles the people of that city fear that the municipal census bill, which has just become a law, has a “‘joker” in it and that by reason of it Los Angeles will become a city of the first classand entitied 10 all the privileges and subject to all the duties of a city of that kind. NO INSPECTIONS OF FORTIFICATIONS Secrets of Value to Foreign Nations to Be Properly Guarded. Some Important Orders Have Been Prepared by the War Department. Legislating Regarding Retirements to Increase the Efficiency of * the Army ani Navy. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, Feb. 27.—An important order has been prepared at the ‘War Department relating to the inspec- tion of coast and other defenses by civii- ians. The order will be issued at once. It will provide that hereafter civilians | cannot visiv fortitications except upon written passes signed by proper authority, and that such permission is not to be The particular thing that causes appre- | both branches of the Legislature had been bribed to vote for the bill disqualifying hension in the southera metropolis is P = : o | Judges, as an unmitigated falsehood. that if the consus of Los Angeles, taken | yroChonge declared he will have the under the new law, should show it to | & QtOROTC IFIAIEC B8 M eor of the heve a population of 100,000, it will be put | House. in the same category as San Francisco, | and will give the Governor in that case | the appointment of & Police Commission a Board of Health and other officials, and will, in fact, zive him in a large measure the municipal patronage of that city, | thus opening many desirable positions for ‘ Democrats. There is absolutely no ground for these | | Shortly efter Mr. Morehouss's remarks the Senate adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday. | DEATH STRIKES IN SAN RAFAEL. | Robert Walker Succumbs in His Chair While Attending a City Council g 5 Meeting. fears, as no such conditions will result as = 2 bave been conjured up by some one who [ _ SAN RAFAEL, Car., Feb. 27.—Robert is evidently not in the confidence of the | Walker, superintendent of the Marin | County Water Company, died suddenly | in the City Hall to-night, where he had gone to attend a meeting for the fixing of | water rates. | He sat down In a chair and almost im- | mediately expired. The deceased twas aged 78. He leaves a | widow and one daughter. He was a| brother of J. D. Walker, formerly presi- | dent of the North Pacifi Republican leaders of thatcity. Senator Bulla of Los Angeles is the author of the nicipal census bill and thus explains fuati : “In the first place, I want to say that the situation does not, 1 my opinion, need any explanation. It was fully under- stood by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, the Merchants’ and Manufac- | granted except for military reasons. The reason for such an order is obvious when it is remembered that many of the coun- try’s points of defense are nearing the stage of completion when their character, extent, etc., would be valuable informa- tion to foreign powers. General Doe said to-day that he had conferred with the adjutant-general with regard to the enlistment and discharge blanks, with the result that the adjutant- general had made a number of sugges- tions. He now agrees with the assistant secretary regarding the main points, and that is that the honorable discharge be printed on parchment and the dishonor- able on paper. The matter has now been referred to General Miles again, and General Doe hopes to have some action taken in the matter. The Senate Committee on Commerce, through Senator Caffery, has reported to the Senate a proposed amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill for the fiscal year, in which officers of corps of englneers will be interested. The amend- turers’ Association and the business men Coast Railroad | ment has been referred to the Committee and people generally in Los Angeles, that | COmpany, and also president of the Merin | on Appropriations for consideration. It this bill would be introduced. Water Company. His daughter is Dr.|reads as follows: “‘Officers of the army “The Federal Government required a |Alice Walker of San Rafael. - | traveling on duty coanected with works Ll S Tacoma Damage Swit. TACOMA, Wasm., Feb. Oscar Dal- gren has commenced suit against the Tacoma Mill Compeny, a San Francisco corporation, for $25,000 damages for in- juries to his leg received while handling lumber on the ship Dashing Wave trough the alleged carelessness of the captain. S entiitly Tacoma Eailroad Casualty. TACOMA, Wask., Feb. 27.—The body of John A. Nee, e longshoreman 36 years old and hailing from owa, was found early this morning on the Northern Pacific track inside the city limits. It was badly mangled. statute of that kind to bs passed before it | would increase the mail carrier service, which was absolu ecessary by reason of the enlargement of the city boundary and the phenomenal growth of the city e the taking of the last Federal census. We had to provide a general statute for the taking of the census in order to meet the requirements of the Federal Government for that purpose alone. There was a statute which, in my judg- ment, would have given the State power to do’ just what this bill that has passed gives them power to do, but the Federal authorities wanted a bill passed in this | form, and as we were obliged to satisfy | them before we could get our incres:edl of internal improvement shall be paid mileage from appropriations therefor; provided, that hereafter the maximum sum to be allowed and paid such officer or ofticers shall be 4 cents per mile, the distance to be computed over the shortest asually traveled route, and in addition thereto transportation in kind shall be furnished. The bill providing for the retirement of bluejackets, etc., which passed the Senate on the 1lth inst., has been favorably re- ported to the House with an amendment reading that retirement is to be author- ized, provided the man has attained the age of 55 years. In its amended form the bill reads as follows: “That when an en- listed man serves thirty years in the United States army or marine corps, or as an enlisted man or appointed petty officer in the United States navy, he shall, pro- vided he has attained the age of 55 years, by making application to tne President, be placed upon the retired list with 75 per centum of his pay ana allowance of rank or rate upon which he was Te- tired; provided that all active ser- vice in the United States army, Davy or marine corps during time of war, insurrection or rebellion shall be computed as double time in computing the thirty years necessary to entitle the applicant to be retired; provided further, that all honorable service in the United States army, navy and marine corps shall be computed as within the period neces- sary 1o entitle the applicant to retire un- der the provisions of this act.”” Hilborn of the Committee on Naval Affairs submitted the report to the House. The report contains several extracts from a report on the same bill presented by Meyer. As the hove of the proposed reward would be an inducement to enlisted men to make good records for themselves, their general efficiency and value to the service at large would be greatly enhanced. A letter from Becretary Herbert also ap- pears iy the report. Herbert says that if the bill becomes a law it will undoubtedly canse the best men to remain in the naval service and will be a strong inducement to American citizens to enlist. In the communication Herbert suggested that a provision be inserted reading, ‘‘provided he is 50 years of age.’’ The- opinion of Admirsl Ramsey is quoted in the report to the effect that the provision for retirement will be a great inducemens for men to remain in the service, knowing that they will be pro- vided for after serving faitnfully the al- lotted period of thirty years. Following are the concluding remarks in the report: “‘From this cause alone, therefore, it isin every way probable that the saving in recruiting expenses, not to mention the advantage of keeping in the navalservice its veteran enlisted men, will far more than make up the expense in- volved in a retired list. For the above reasons, and believing that this is a step which would be taken, not merely to do justice to the enlisted men of the navy, who have heretofore been forgotten mmusn their officers have long enjoyed a retired list, ana enlisted mec in the army, as well as officers, have been similarly favored), but as a matter of public policy— to improve the morals of the army and offer greater inducements for enlistment of the increasing numbers that will be found necessary to man the new ships now building and contemplated—the com- mittee believes that there should be pro- vided a retired list for enlisted men and Detty officers in the navy.” P NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 4llows $250.000 for Dredging the Chan- nel én Mare Island Strait. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 27.—The naval appropriation bill as reported to the being increased by $3,500,000. Among the items of Increaseare: Dredging the chan- nel in Mare Island Strait, California, $250, 000. and establishing a Government armor factory, $2,500,000. The provision for an armor-plate factory gives the Secretary authority in case he finds it impossible to contract for armor within the limits of the price fixed by the bill ($400 a ton). o Sons of Presidents on the Staff. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 26, —General Horace Porter, grand marshal of the in- augural parade, has appointed U. S. Grant, Webb O. Hayes, Harry A. Garfield, Che; ter A, Arthur and Russell Harrison, ail sons of former Repuolican Presidents, as special aids on his s taff. FRED SCHINEER WINS THE RACE Rather Tame Ending of the Six-Day Contest at Chicago. Miller Was Twenty-Six Miles Behind the Winner and Could Not Spurt. More Dead Than Alive the Wheelmen Appeared at the Finish to Receive the Prizes. CHICAGO, Iy, Feb.27.—Fred Schineer, the Bohemian and a resident of this city, won the six-day bioycle race at Tatter- sall's, which ended to-night at I o'clock. The final contestants and the distances they covered were as follows: Schineer, 1788 miles 4 laps; Milier of Chicago, 1764 miles 1 lap; Ashinger, 1727 miles; Lawson, the *“Terrible Swede,” 1707 miles 1 lap; Hanson, 1603 miles 8 laps; 11iff, the legless rider, 461 miles. There was no exciting finish for the thousands of people in the stifiing build- ing to go into ecstacies of' delight and make an uproar over. The contest prac- tically terminated at9 o'clock to-night. Miller was then twenty-six miles behind the winner, and Ashinger, the veteran rider of long distances, had thirty-six | miles to gain on the second-place man. Milter was physically unequal to close the distance gap in the final hour set lor the racers to drop out, confident that Ashinger could not get the best of him. Schineer was glad of the chance to quit and retain his grip on the $1000 purse, and | one by one the half-dozen half-dead rac- ers dropped from thelr wheels and sought their quarters. For a time the mass of spectators had nothing to do except listen to the music and gaze at the empty track. Feeble in- terest was revived by tne reappearance of the prize-winners, who did a few sleepy turns, looking more like men in a trance than contesting professional athletes. | Exhagsted in body and mind the rider: Senate to-day carries a total of $35,728,000, | S SOuChaL. They wie quickly sought their couches, They were rewarded for their brie! return by being | made the recipients of liberal applause and bouquets of flowers. Miller and Schi- neer, the two Chicagoans, made a theatr:- cal display of their intention to call it a race by riding arotnd arm in arm and bearing some of their floral tributes. Law- son and Ashinger came out and did the same uct. The next diversion came when the stair- way leading from the bridge over the track fell beneath its load of human treight. The fall was not enough to more than bruise those who were caught, but there was intense excitement for a few minutes. City building inspectors and the police found it necessary to clear away the dangerous wooden superstruc- tures, which were of the lightest construc- tion. At 9:45 all the riders reappearad and added a few laps to their scores asa final measure. At the time set for the finish all lined up in front of Fred Gerlach of | the L. A. W. and receivea_their prizes in gold from two ladies. All of them had the appearance of victims of consumption in various stages of the disease, except that the vitality in their eyes resemble. that of dead fish. They <were -pitied as much as applauded, It is claimed that | Schincer rested thirieen hours out of the | 142, O, STOCKTON'S ANGRY DOG-FANCIERS | Because He Insulted the Kennel Club, Mason Will Not Preside at a Dog Show. STOCKTON, Car., Feb. 27.—The Stock- ton Kennel Club, at its meeting to-night annulled its agreement to employ Mason as judge at the coming bench show ata salary of $400 on account of an article which recently appeared in_his paver, the New York Turf, Field and Farm, and was reproduced in the Stockton Mail. In it Mason said: ‘‘Only recently the secretary of a club, which gave a show of 150 dogs, advised another club that if a certain man was not encaged to judge its show not one dog from the town in which he lived would be exhibited, and instead of showing up the impudent dictator the club actually heeded the threat. If this is not rotten- ness complete we wonder what it is.” The letter referred to was written to the Stockton club by Secretary Simpson of the Sacramento club, and the remark is construed by the former organization as an insult to itself. 1t is supposed that Mason wrote the article while under the impression that Fellows, the judgealluded to, was to be appointed exclusively and that he himself would not be “init” at the Stockton show. The club is talking of increasing the pay of Fellows, who was to judge for $125 in connection with Mason, %0 $200 now that he will be the sole judge. R bt NEW YORK BOXING CONTESTS. Three Events Before the Broadway Ath- letio Club. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 27.—The box- ing entertainment held at the Broadway Athletic Club this evening attracted nearly 2000 people to the clubhouse. The principal “'go” was between Johnny Gor- man of New York and Jack Reid of Ire- land for fifteen rounds at 150 pounds, The fighting was in favor of Reid throughout. In the fourteenth round he would have put his man out but for the gong. Reid was awarded the decision at the end of tho | bout. The preliminary bout, ten rounds at 116 pounds, between Dave O’ Connor of Patter- son and Benny Leon of New York was | awarded to Leon in the fourtn round. The second go, between Nick:Collins of | New York and Eddie Sweeney of Brook- lyn, ten rounds at 130 pounds, was award- | edfo Sweeneyona foul in the fourtn | round. -—— | INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS. Business Before the Annual Meeting of the Association. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 27.—The an- nual meeting of the Intercollegiate Ath. letic Association was held this afternoon at the Fifth-avenue Hotel. Professor J. D. | | Kirby of Columbia acted as chairman, | The business before the meeting was light, | as the amendments recommended by the | outgoing executive committee were passed | without aebate, and the proceedings were ot short duration. | "The election of officers resulted as fol- | lows: President, Oliver Shiras, Cornell; | vice-president, C. F. Jellinghaus, Colum- | bie College, N.'Y.; J. D. Clarke, Lafayette; | o hand of $1115 treasurer, P. C. Martin, Princetou; Secre- tary, W. Abbott, New York .Umverult!: Executive committee—S. K. Girard, Yale; W. H. Fearing, Columbia; J. D Widsor, Pennsylyanis, and H. W. Howe, Harvard. The president is ex-officio president of the committee. 3 Pennsylvania offered the use of Frlnklm\ field for the championships and the matter was referred to the executive committee. Harvard, Yale and Cornell are opposed to the acceptance of the offer and it is doubt- | fut it the meeting will b held in Phila- delphia. The applications for admission to mem- bership from Boston College, Penn- sylvania State College, Harvard College and Leland Stanford University, were passed on favorably, and these colleges were admitted to membership. The treasurer’s report showed a balance S Rl Racing at New Orloans. S, LA., Fe —8ix furlongs, Old Dominion won, Tommy Sutter second, Sister Florence third. Time, 1:20. Four furlongs, Oninoor won, Samartis seo- ond, French Ford third. Time, One mile, Ollean won, Double ond, The Pluiacrat third. Ti 3 E enrica won, Elkins second, Martin K third. ime 1:19 Seven furlongs, Strathreel wo: second, F M B third. Time, L ey TRIBUTES TO MR. STEVENSON. Senators Say Nice Things and Present the Vice-President With Beautiry/ Silverware. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 27.—Vice- President Stevenson, whose term of office expires next Thursday, was thiz evening presented with a magnificent silver ser- vice at his apartments in the Normandie, The parchment testimonial accompany- ing the service and signed by every Sen- ator was as follows: WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 1897. Little Bill; Zi7a 2 of the important duties incident to your great office as President of the United States Senate has for the last four years brought us within an association with you very close and con- stant, During this long period we have ob- served the signal ability, fidelity and {mpar- tiality, as w as the uniform courtesy and kindness toward every member of this body, which have characterized your official action. Your prompt decisions,” dignified béaring, just interpretation and enforcement of the Tules of this chamber have very much aided us in our deliberations and ‘have won from us an acknowledgment of that high respeot and warm personal esteem always due to the con- scientious performance of & public duty. De- 8iriug to give some expression to these senti- ments aud to testify our. appreciation of your valuable services to the Senate and to the country we take pleasure in tendering you the sccompanying set of silver as a memento of our continued friendship and regard. The service of silver is inscribed as_fol- lows: “To Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice- President of the United States and Presi- dent of the Sennrie, 1893.97. From mem- bers of the Senate in token of strict im- partiality, unfailing cotirtesy and unsur- passed wisdom and discretion, which in the discharge of his high office have en- deared him to the Senate, and earned for him the gratitude of the American peo- e Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson—SIR: The dt!chuxn) le. The dinner servics consists of a mag- nificent and arcistic center plece, soup tureen, vegetable dishes, meat platter, large pitchers, waiters, gravy bowls, etc., entirely covered with repousse work of the most elegant character. The presen- tation speech was made by Hoar of Mass- achusetts followed by Gorman of Mary- land. Benator Blackburn of Kentucky, Tepresenting the State in which the Vice: President was born, made a short speech, as did also Benator Cullom, representing the State from which the Vice-President llng‘ls . Stevenson was much moved by the beautiful tribute. jm——————— R HEALTH CA The jocund voices of these jolly little, dear little Out again. - H RRIERS birds can be heard in the valleys, on the mountain tops, through meadow and mid brambles. They tell the people to get a new stock of health—to get roses into their cheeks. These birds are Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla birds. They stood the winter well. 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They o offer all kinds of cheap preparations gust in spite and for profit. on ? The pative remédy is Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparillaand itis the best, X ik