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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1897 person any information which you pos- sessed as a Grand Juror?” “I decline to answer.” “Upon what ground do you decline to | iends told me be! made the Grand cason is that my f 2 determined eff, nch me for my action in u putit on that ground? Do you e, with because I do respect to not simply to answer, to do so.”’ s Juror Flannery was made to run et, but nothing of interest was again put under fire, the eing as follows: ~1 will make some further s. H u imparted to an whomsoever any instructio to the Grand Jury by the court e v respectfully decline to “Upon what ground 2" “On the ground that I don’t wantto I stand on my constitutional and I don’t propose to answerany tion that I don’t want to answer.”” Laughter.) e stated to anybody whomso- ur own action or the action of any | member of the Grand Jury with rence to any indictments under con-| n by that body d as before? You ine to answer because you wouid | te yourself by your answer?’ “I have been given to understand that | ause of the part I en in > Gr Jury room 1 was to be ciuched | nd that, no matter how I answereq, they | going to cinch me, ana 1 decline to | wer, with all due respect to the court.” ‘Have you been approached by any ting information reparding matters?” at on the same ground, Jpose, as you did before?” ‘I decline to answer that. I have con- utional rights, Tam not represented nd there1s no charge against vidual.”} = one L. Seidenberg, pur- | esent himself as a reporter | , I know a man who calls himself | had any conference with matler in the Grand Jury | £ ou had any conf ding what occurr in the oom?” | only in connection with his | rences with him?” n-wer.” | ton the ground you | y stated?”’ | i your Honor please, I am placed in a | position here, and Iam not rep- i | guilty of any 1n- | line to answer for the reason that | Tam told that there is an intention to| h me. | The court has simply asked you | whether you violated your oath. Any'! honest man would answer.’”” [Applause, which the Judge made an effort to stop.] i a great deal at stake *“Is'not the honor and good name of all the other members of the Grand Jury at | stake?” “I have been approached by certain | persons to stop me from acting as I have done in the Grand Jury, and thoss men have been told by some one who was must h in the Grand Jury room."”’ Iam seeking to find out why you re- e to answer. Is it because you have no sel?” (cs, sir.” “Gentlewen, you will return here at 2 lock, and I wiil make a proper dispns! of the matter. You may retlire IR CARROLL BIFTERLY SCORED Judge Lorigan Says He Morally Guilty of Perjury. Is SAN JOSE, No —At the afternoon session the courtroom was even more crowded than duriug the morning. Judge Lorigan was as prompt as he had been at the earlier s He first read an_affi- | davit 8. Bare, the absent juror h that the latter had never in any manner divalged the secrets 3rand Jury, nor been approached Then came the most sensational & probably ever delivered from nch in a State court. Addressing the Grand Jury, he said: “*After vour exam on this morning I continued this matter until 2 o’clock lor the purpose of making some reflections n | order that I migit make a proper dispo sonof it. As I informed you when we commenced the proceeding, the court had called you here because the report had been spread abroad that some member of the Grand Jury had violated his oath; and that the 1mputations so cast upon the whole jury might be visited upon the proper individual, and that the other gen- tlemen of the Grand Jury should not rest under the imputation that they had vio- lated their onth. “‘All your body, with the exception of one individual, have responded that you had kept your oath, had obeyed the court and had violated nc duty imposed upon vou by me. In the conduct of a!l proceed- ings the court endeavors to act judiciously | end impartially, without resentment, without a desire to rush blindly into any- thing that might be characterized as im- proper, and the court simply aesires to maintain the proper dignity of the court and the honor of the Grand Jury. It is solely for that purpose I have you here. “‘While this matter has assumed some magnitude, you will find that it is simply an initiatory step as to what the final outcome will be. That one juror stands upon what he calls his constitutional right—his right not to answer questions which it must strike any one no honest man would hes:tate to answer. People may stand on their constitutional rights, and it is one of the laws of this country that where a person is asked questions which may criminate him he may refuse to answer, “The reason this juror refuses to answer is because whatever his answer may be he says he will be invo!ved in some ulterior proceeding. It is idle drivel. The law protecis every juror in his individuoal ca- peeiiy asa juror, Ifany man is approached | scori the be | fore let the n | court at the conclusicn and an attempt made to terrorize him for his acts in the Grand Jury room he should come to me and I will s2e that he is prop- erly protected. “Whie these siatements of a Grand Juror are punishable as & contempt it i~ of a criminal nature d as it was not committed in presence of the court it cannot be acted upon summarily. When is the case rome formal preliminary action must be taken. This investigati n mply for the purpose of determining what jurtheracdion may be bad. “While there is no legal testimony, yet the developments show that there is moral guilt. Isay, gentlemen, that while there i< no legal tesiin , there is un- doubtedly a moral dereliction on his part, aderelic'i on which merits punishment. “I waus disposed at first to strike his ame from the jury roll and to let him g0, as being an improper person o asso- ciate with honest men. ButI find that the jur composed of nineteen members, the necessary numbor, and as no business can be attended *o with a less number, I don’t see why there should be any negleet of it by the Grand Jury. “As a grand juror, having taken an oath not to disclose any of the secrets of ich he1s a member, he is ty of perjury; when he refuses to obey the instructione ot the court he is guilty of contempt; when he makes own any of the proceedings of the 1 Jury he is guilty of misdemeanor. But there are other proceedings which must be taken first. Vo, gentlemen; while I say that there is no legal evidence, I insist that there is moral evidence, and the action of this | court must be controlled solely by the legal presentation of facts. ButI say to vun that no honcst man will refuse to answer these questions. It is unfair to the jury, to the court and to himseif. “When a man perjure himself and act the Judas for his fellow traitors he is e man actuated solely by the motives of a scoundrel and is deserving only of the consideration auea cur. He is not ¢n- titled to the consideration of honest peo- ple, but is fit only for their contempt. *We have undoubtediy fixed the moral cuilt where it ought tobe and it is now the prosecuting officers’ duty to prosecute him legally. Idoun’t propose to have the proper instructions and orders of this court violated. “I have to call in another Grand Jury the first of this month gentlemen to proceed wit wind up your that your duty business as soon as possi- may be discharged. There be longer e 1 can you B 1f “This morning am told, occurred in the courtroom. | the court had been in session I should un- en notice cism be- cause the court has not called the matter up. In the bustle and excitement I did not see what ace and shall there- took T atior dF A FIST FGHT [N T8 COURT This Is the Incident Judge Lorigan Dia Not See. S8AN JOSE, Nov. 22.—“That fellow | oughtto be in San Quentin!"—bift! and Councilman J. P. Fay was sprawling over the desk which stood behind nim. This exciting incident followed hard upon the adjournment of Judge Lorigan's of the morning session. C. W. Coliins, president of the Puritv Club, was advancing toward Tug CaLL's representative when Councilman y pointed his zer at him and made the remark which opens this story. Collins uttered no word, but made his reply with his right fist,which he shot out straight from his shoulder, catc hing Fay on the jaw. The latter was dazed by the blow and thrown from his balance. He iell over the desk at his back, and before Collins could strike another blow he was seized and borue away by {riends of the Cou Sheriff Lyndon hustled Coll ickly out of the courthouse and the episo le was over. The entente discordial batween the two men dates from the last election, at which Fay dsfeated Homer Prindle, who was Collins’ candidate tor Councilman. On the face of the reiurns Coliins claims that Prindle was electe | by thirteen votes, but { that ou a recount before Judge Lorigan Fay was decided to be the victor. JUDGE'S LENTENCY BXCITES COMMENT Six Months Imprisonment for a Man Who Attempted Murder. Victoria Press Arraigns the Court for Infllcting Light Punish= ment. Special Dispateh to THE CALT. VICTORIA, Nov. 22.—“Revolver shoot- ing !s not as serious an offense as it used to be here,” is ine comment: which the Times of this city is bold enouzh to make respecting a sentence pronounced to-day by Judge McColl in the Assize Court here, The prisoner was Thomas Cummings, a sealer, who had been found guilty of at- tem g to murder a grocery clerk named Hallett Bayley, whom Cummings sup- posed to have been resvonsible for ihe flight of his wife to San Franeisco. Cummings firad three shots at Bayley after deliberate preparation, and, not- withstanding that the jury had recom- mended him to mercy, the public looked for a long imprisonment. There was gen- eral surprize this morning when Ju McColl imposed a six months’ sentence without hard labor, with the requirement in addition that Cummings should be bound over to keep the peace for two years from the expiration of that time. This sentence was in striking contrast to the one imvosed immediately preced- ing on an unfortunate Italian, who, aiter great provocation, had assauited a coun- tryman witi: a knife, and was condemned to serve three years, with two years ad- aitional in deiault of providing security that he would keep the peace. The case of tne Italian, however, tried at the same Assize, was not heard by Judge McColl, but by Chief Justice Davie, by whom the sentence was pro- nounced. Itis not often that the news- | papers of this province presume to com- ment upon the actions oi the courts, but respecting the Cummings sentence the Times suys: Six months imprisonment for at- tempding to murder a man by shoocting st him four or five times at almost arm’s lenath seems to us not only absurd!y in- adequate, but a most dangerous exercise of judicinl leniency that has passed over the judicial bench lately.” YELLCW FEVER'S RAVAGES. Ouring the Epidemic in the South There Have Already Been 446 Deaths. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—According to the last weekly report issued by the su:- geou-general of the marine hospital service, giving the returns up to the 19th st., there had then appeared during the yellow fever epidemic in the South & total of 4829 cases, of which 446 had proved fatal. Of the total number of ca-es, 1847 were reported from Louisiana, 1 from Mississippi, 740 from Alabama, 52 irom Tennessee, 16 from Texas, 4 from lllinois, 3 from Georgia and 1 each from Florida and Kentucky. All but ten ot the cases reporied from Louisiana are credited to New Orleans, A computation shows that about 10}4 por cent of the cases proved fatsl. ln Mississippi the death rate was less than 6 per c:ntof the total number. At New | Orleans 1415 per cant of the patients died, and at Mou .e essthan 13 ¥ SACOLA, Fra., N vaies of the First Artillery are now in tue hospital at Fort Barrancas with yellow fever. Trained nurses have been sent from here to attend tuem, and they all reported to be doing nicely. opinion is gaining groand that the present | uifection originated =t tne fort from tear- ing down the past summer of the old hos«- pital, in which many veliow [ever patients wer- treated years ago. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. There were six new cuses of yellow fever to-day, with one death, that of George B. B ackford at a private hosvital. The Texas and Paci- fic attempted to run u passenger train through to Te¢xas to-day, but it was stopped at Bovce, La. Through service will again be abandoned, but the road will run a train to Baton Rouge Junction to connect with another train going west. TEACHERS ACCOSE SCHOOL DIRECTORS Scandal in Los Angeles Edu- | cational Circles Grows Apace. | One Instructor Says She Was Dis- missed for Refusing to Pay Bribe Money. Special Dispatch to Tre CALL | LOS ANGELES, Nov. As the days 20 by the evidence of extortion and black- mailing, which seems o have been a char- | acteristic feature of the cenduct of the School Department, continues to | increase and accumulate. Misss Emma Grifliths, for nine years an ia- structor in the Otive street School, claims now that she was displaced | for her failure to submit to an a<sessment | of one month’s salary. The chairman of wchers’ commitiee, School Director | sserts that Miss Griffith was re. moved for the reason that City Superin- | teadent J. A. Foshay said that her work | was not satisfactory. G | Foshay denies that he ever said any- | thing oi the kind, and on the o nd states that Miss Griffith’s work was in | every way satisfactory. He says that hs | knows of no reason why the board failed 10 re-elect her. Miss Griffith says she | knows a good reason, and that it was her | failure to pay bribe money. | Miss F. A. Anderson asserts that she was removed from the principalship of the San Pedro-street school for thrashing the unruiy son of Dr. Mathes, the presi- dent of the board. | Suverintendent Foshay denies that he | paid $600 for his position. This charge | was made openly, but it has been as promptly denied. The investigation before the committee of the board will continue ! to-morrow evening. Those who have made disclosures look upon the board as a farce, but they icel | certain that the Grand Jury will take some action. Over sixiy witnesses have been examined by that body and the pis- states that he intends to ¢ to the bottom. The investization will be carried pack to the Board of Education which pre- ceded this one. In the meantime the city schools ar ering as a result of the dis- organization attendant upon the revela- tions that have been made. ARRESTED FOR THEFT, The Widow of Cam;rradareifiudd of the Navy Confesses to Having Stolen Ceveral Articles. NEW YORK, Nov. 22—Mrs. Emeline Rudd, widow of Commodore John H. Rudd, United States navy, a woman of education and refinement, and highly | conneciel both here and abroad, was ar- rested in this city for theft and locked up | in the police station Sne confessed. Actuated perhaps by | stress of circumstances or perhaps labor- ing under some affection of the mind she | took from the trunk of a woman in whose house she was stopping several pieces of | jewelry, as well as costly wearing ap- parel, and on her finger when arrested | she wore a lttle gold band, acheap trinket, which had belonged to a serving maid. Most of the property was recovered in pawnshops. Mre. Rudd is about 62 yeers old, has four grown dauehters, all of whom have contracted brilliant marriages, two of them being wives of titled officers in the British army, and the others of officers | in the British navy. Mrs. Rudd i« the daugnter of D vit Paul Brown of Puila delphia, n lawyer of national reputation. She will be forma:ly examined in the Po- lice Court in the morning. - Naral Officers Changed. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—The follow- ing ofticers have been detached from the Yorktown and ordered home with two months’ leave: Commander C. H. Stock- ton, Lieutenant-Commander H. Winslow, Eunsien G. C. Day, Passed Assistant Sur- geon T. B. Bailey, Chief Engineer H. Webster, Passed Assistant Engineers E. H. Scribner and T. K. Robmnson. Lieu- tenant Young has been detached from the Yorktown and ordered to the Aleri. Lieutenant T. S. Pneips Jr. has been de- tached from the Alert and ordered home on two months' leave. Ensign A. H. Scales has been detached from the York- town and granted two months’ leave. S | Pacific Coast Prusions. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 — Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original—Walter H. Eager, San Fran- cisco; Wiliism M. V. Young, University. Mexican war survivor, Increase—Abram C. Rainey, Banta Rosa. Washington: Original—Albert Guy, Ka- lama. Original widow, ete. — Mary J. Stafford, Mavfiela; Elijah D. Farnuin, father, Payallu VLR ATV Death Strikos in Tulave. TULARE, Nov. 22.—8. Housman, a pio- neer resident of Tulare, died sudden!y to- day. He had been custodian of the pub- I'son and W. L. Ashe of the S ¥ | there s onl: | quest the cit | pen | cited | board refused to | did not desire lic library for muny years. He wi na- tive of Ohio and 67 years old. I CANPAIGN FOR THE BODLEVARD Sacramento Good-Road Fight Opened in Earnest. First Meeting in Outlying Townships a Great Success. County Highway Ccmmission Is- sues a S Irring Address 1o Voters. " Special Dispatch (o THE CALL. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 22. — The first meeting of the wood-rond campaign was a great success. J. R. Price, Marsden Mau- te board; Lauridson and Charles the County Com- on, visited the people of the Amer- C. A. Lubrs. N. Hughes, secretary of m | ican River Granee Saturday night, and | were given a hearty and enthusiastic re- ception. After the addresses were made a vote was taken of those present, and out of the entire audience which filled the hall to the doors there was not one single ballot cast against the Folsom boulevard. Committees were appointed to canvass the immediate neighborhood. aiter which the meeling adjourned, and a general dic- cussion was carried on by those who still lingered in the hall and felt the impor- tance of what has been offered the people of Saecramento by the State. The County Commi-sion has issued an address which is as follow: T> the Citizens and Toxpayers of Sacramento County: We take this oppor.anity of address- iug you on the subject of tne Folsom high- way and the special clection to be held on Sa{urday, December 4, 1597, for the issuance of 75,000 in county bonds to be used in de- fraying the cost of the construction of this highway. have heretofore been ad- subject by the State Depart- in which address we con- You our Senator, Gillis Doty, and passed throug . Senator and our Assemb y- mucadamized road irom Sacre som, and before any work Js dou arc furnished upon the rordway the necessary legal rignt of way is r 110 be first vested in the State of Californiu. It is further provided that th road shall be built under the direction of three Commis- | sioners designated as Folsom Hi missioners, and that they serve w vensatiou; that the roadway be built in a cordance with the mos gved methods of modern highway constructiob, and upon tiie easfest grades, with proper draius, culverts and bridge hat the widia suould not ex- cerd tweuiy leet Tue Fo'som Highway Commissioners are airected (o cause the work to be done by con- tractor day’s work s they deem best. The hout | rock and granite necessary for this road and bridge wouk is direc.ca to be furnished to this commission by thie State Prison Directors from the State rock-crushing plant and quarry at Folsom, aud so much of materials are appro- priated as will be necessary 1o complete the work. 1t is further provided that accurate accounts of every item of expenss paid, incurred or contricied be kept, hat the road pleted before the ne ssion_of the legi ture, so that the rond may be exhibited io emh as & sample of modera and improved way construetion. Goverior appointed the undersigned, C. A. Luhrs, resident in Sacramento city: Phil'p C. Colin, resident ai Folsom, and N. A, Leurid- son. resident at Hangtown Crossing, Folsom Highway Comunissioners. We have nccepted this office and the rust therein reposed in us outof a true spirit of progress and that this county mav reap the advantages off red by the slature in appropriating this rock. 2d voted our t me aud our energy to the nccomplishment of this road construciion uld have dove for any other road had ar provision been made by the Legisie- ture, and we would and will as willingiy work for the comstruction of gooG roads in every scction of the county. We have decided that this roadway shall be twenty fect wide and the macadam at least one foot deep; that a thorough system of sprinkling be comstructed and msintained; that trees be pianted upon each side of the roadway and a thorough sysiem ot drainage b2 esiablished. We recognize the source from which the money necessary to construct this road is to come, and have, therefore, decided that Sacra- mento County contractors, teams and laborers be given the work to the exclusion of We have cross the three creeks on the road, and, rever necessary, stome culverts will be ced. he appropriation in rock and granite is es- ated at $30,000, but since no mouey was ropriated 1ot (he construction of this rond one p'ace from which such a obtaincd, and that is from the cfore, called upon to re- cns of ourcounty to raise the to nvail ourselves of this rock nd to profit by the advantage this opportunity affords to obtain for the ex. ture of $75,000 a road which, under other circumstances, would cost nearly twice that sum. Tiis commission appeared before the Board fund can be i county. We are, ti sum nece appropriation of Supervisorson several occasions and asked that be crea’ e upon } ¢ of oard directed the Coni f this work and so.i- co-operation of the Commissioners of The joint esti- be con- 4 as wns contemplated by the Legisla- an estmate of the co 1e Department of Highways. : mate wasthat such a road couid 5.000, On e ad of the District Attorney the ovy o direct tax. In the opinion of the District Atiorney the city could 10! be taxed for road purposes and the boerd o p ace the whoie ol this bnr- den of $75,000 op the connty alone We then askea that they call a specizl election for the i suunce of bonds in this amountand the tiig under the opinion of the Attor- ieneral, on the 27th day of October de- tion for Saturday, Decem- in submit tothe people o nuty the quesiion whether they wouid authorize the issuance of bonds in the amonnt of §75.000, running for a term period of twanty years, redeemab’e after the ion of teu yeurs, and beering interest T cent per annuiy, the fund to be used in the construction of this road. Let us look at this matter from & business stavdpoint, W, 2o the proposition we find that mauy wili resuitfrom this particular boad Issuance, but we are not to be understood as being in 1avor of all bond issuance. Here is & cuse where the matiercan ouly be reached by an issu nce of bonds and where the zood that resulis more than offsets the amount invested including the payment of interest for the fuli period. Now the vaiue of property {n this county, As £hown bythe as sessmentroll of 1895,is $30,000,000 and we use this vaiuation lor the reisou projerty will not decrease in the colming iwenty years, and in the course of vrogress v il fuereise. The bonds will be of the denvmination of #7500 each, the payment to comuence at the end of the tenth year, and the law provides for the redemption of atleast one bund of this character eaci year alter the termiuation of one-half the peiiod of the bonds. The inter- eston $75,000 at 4 per cent for the first ten years will bo $3000 per year. For the first ten years then the annual rate of taxation will be 90 cents on $10,000. At the end of ‘the lenth&;m‘ your taxes will be increased $0.031 on 100, or $3 10 on $10,- 000, because tue 1nd to be raised will include boui the interest (¥3000) and the first bond Tedenintion fuud ($7500), meking & total oi $10,500 ° At the end ol the twentieth year YOUT taX wili be $0.25 on each $100. Now, at alow estimate, in thecoming twenty years it will cost more thin $2000 yearly to sprinkle and repatr tnis rond, and if this road- way is constructed, as is here proposed, then the couniy saves this expenditure, or more ihan the §40,000 in twenty years, for the reason the Stute will maintain, repair, D kle and cere for the road after 1ts construe- tion by us. Were the county 1o pay this the paymeént wouid be made, as it 18 now, out of the general county fund, which is the fund raised by the taxaiion of ‘the entire property in the connty. What sre known as road funds are ralsed by country property taxation, and city property cannot taxed for roed im- I‘xrw:menL Then traffic demsnds that at enst 1wo bridges be constructed on this road, One over each of tho lwo larga creeks. an over the principal or Alder Creek there will of necessity be constructed a deep span bridge of probably seventy feet, The Depurtmeirt of Kighways has estimated that these bridges, at the lowest, will cost $10,- 000, but to place the cost at’$25,000 would be uiearer the acturl cost. And we may say hiere that over each creek we intend building such & bridge as will Iast until all of us ared.- parted. Now, bridges are paid for out ot the general county fund, but in theory they snould be paid for out of the rosd funds, the Frovision of ine law being that by & vote of two-thirds of the Supervisors such consiruc- tion can be paid for out of this fund. The procedure, however, hus been in the main fo eXpend uie moneys in the general county tund upon bridges, and to take little for that Ppurpose out oi the road funds. 5 Butin this deauction of tax rates we will leave this element of taxation out of consider- ation, and the reason we do £0 is that there is no way by whicn we can estimate the exvendi- tures for this purpose, from the fact we do not Know whether the Sunervisors will construct these bridges out of ihis furd or leave the matter of the Improvement of some particular roed o for a pericd of years and devote the funds to the bridge construction. Thiscan be done by the Supervisors, but tuey have acted upon the policy that the county at large is as much {nteresied in bridge construction as are the country people, We will take, therefore, only the $2200 per vear estimated cost of sprinkling, waich is paid out of the general fund, and in the twenty vears this wil. smount 10 $44,000. To raise this sum would necessitate a tax levy of two-thirds of a cent per vear on each $100; therefore, in the firsl ten vears your tax rate would be increased only .0024, instead of .009 on esch 8100, or .24 on each $10.000, and for the tenth year .021 instead of .021 on the $100, or $2 10 on £10,000, and the r: duction for the rest of the period of twenty years would be at the same rate. The increase in the tax rate averaged per year would not far exeeed 015 on $100 per year, or §1 50 on $10,000. Tais, as is stated abov of sprinkling and repairs but instead ot the general furd payine $44,000 in_twenty s, 1f we place the fizures at $75,000, it will reach nearer the actual expendiiures that Wil accrue, and we may here state thatin the 96 '$10,000 wus expended trom the rul couity tund ior bridge purposes and 0 for spriakling, while so far in this year 500 hrs been expended from thisaccount for sprinkling. But what will be the benefits accruing for this increese of tax rates? Let us enumerate some. If this roadway is mainigined by the State the general road fund and the district road funds will b relievea of the entire ex- penditures now made upon them, and there- fore those {unds wiil be appied, outof the district road fund, to the improyement of the roads in that district, ané out of the general road fund to the improvement of all the roads in the county. It this resuits, and there is no other procedure governiug the expenditure of tunds, then good roads wiil be made with this moriey, or at lesst some other road will be us much more improved, as the district and general road funds are relieved of the burden o1 expanaitures on this road. Then, ~gnin, good roads increase the valua- tion of the property of the country and of the city, and if the building of this rond will cause &ll'other ronds in the county to be improved, | then tiere is reason for voting for tnis partic- ular measure. Itisa known fact that among the legisiators stroug vbjeetion is urged io the maintenance of the roek-crushing pianc st the olsom prison. If, therefore, by the construc- tion of this road 'we can démonstrute to the | ezislators that this plant is a mone y-saving | cstablishment what will result? One thing—and that a good Tesulting to the | benefit of Sacramento County more than to any other county—s substanual reduction in the price of broken rock. For by this plant we now receive our crushed or broken rock for very littic more than one-halif the former :0st, and as & result our street and road con- tracts are proportionally less. What would this mean 10 our county? 7o Sacramento City alone it would mean mors than 100,000 ‘aved in twenty yearsand to the county out- side an equal Amount in one-third the time. | Can the residents of Sicramento City doubt but that this rond means much benefit to the them but ask the hotel men, the livery wen, and all otters who come in con- | et with our visi snd they will be con- ced that the comsiruction of such a high- vay means very mucn to the city. The gool resulting would not slone beuefit the towa more than the country, for among our visitors are those who, upon & favorable impression of the country, wouid permanently locate in the country; whereas, now, noibing can induce such ® person 1o take a ride over such dusty ana ill-kept roads s we have in the country. Let thiere bs at least one good, substaniial and county, and others will is based on the cost serv.ceable road in the soun iollo This election will cost but little; the services of tne eiection officers and the poliing places | in the First, Secoud, Third, the most part of the Fourth, and some of the Fifth Supervisor District precincts have been donated to the cause of this good road n:onnruz;xmn‘ A P. €, Conx, N. H. LAUEIDSON, Folsom Highway Cominissioners. CHARLES T. HUGHES, Secretary. HAWALIAN PACIFIC CABLE. If the Desired Legislation Is Secured the Line Will Be in Working Order by 1898. NEW YORK, Nov. 22—A Washington special to the Sun says: The proposed Pacific cable between this country and Hawaii will be up before Congress this session. A bill wes introduced’ in the Fifty-fourth Congress authorizing the Pacific Cable Company of New York to lay this cable. After being reported favorably by the Committee on Commerce in the House it was sent to the Postmaster-General for a report. This report has not as vet baen given out, but it is said will be presented to Congress soon after it assembles. Edmund L. Bayliss, vice-president of the New York Company, has been in Washington looking after the interests of his associates. In an interview to-aay he said the Government had completed a survey of the route as far as the Hawaiian I<lands, and if the bill is passed at the coming session the cable will be in run- ning order in 1898, CHATRAN HIGEINS VISITS CLEVELAND Says Conditions Are Much Better in the Wes: Than in the East. Hopes That the Money Question Wil Not Be an Issus In the Campaign of 1900. Spectal Dispatch to THE CALL CLEVELAND, Nov. 22.—M. R. Hig- gins, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee of California, arrived in the city yesterday and registered at the Hollenden. It is supposed he came here to see Mark Hanna on some important political mission. He declared that his visit East. had nothing to do with politics or political situations, either directly or indirectly. He sail he hoped the money question would not be the issue in 1900 unless a re- markable wave of Prouperity swesps over the country, “for,” he declared, referring to the result in] California in 1896, “we just got through by the skin o1 our teeth, The monetary question is a long ways from dead in the > Asked if he thougnt it would be the imsue in the next Presidential campaiga he replied: “It ought not to be. The Republican varty pledged itsell to adjust the mone- tary s tuation, if it could "be done by i ternational agreement. It ha {ntn learned that it caunot be accomplished, so that ought to settle the matter for good. G!vo us two or three good crops in the West between now and 1900 and we won’t care anvthine about gold and silver.” Regarding business conditions he said he bas found toem to be much better in the West than the East. “We don’t hear much complaint out our way about har { times,” he said, ‘‘but we hear a great deal about them 1n the East, and the further eust one goes the more he hears it.” T Burglar« Open a Safe. SAN JOSE, Nov, 22.—The office of the City stables on Sania Clara street was looted by burelars last night, A small safe was opened and $18 taken. TEN THODSAND NAMES ENROLLED "Monster Petition to the Los Angeles City Council. Citizans Appeal for Municipal Ownership of a Water System. Ask That an Election Ba Called to Dec!de Upon the Question of Eonding. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. LOS ANGELES, Nov. A petition bearing the signatures of 10,000 oi the leading business men and residents of the city was presented to the Common Coun- cil this morning, asking that body to call an election to vote bonds to erect a mu- nicipal water-distributing plant. The petition is the largest one that has ever been presented to the Council of this city. It was laid before the Aidermanic body by Judge C. C. Wright, who made a brief speech appealing to the Councilmen to take favorab'e and immediate action on the prayer of the petitioners. The city owns the water of the Los An- geles River. Thirty years ago that water was leased to the water company. The lease expires next July. One of the pro- visions of the lease was that at its expira- tion the water company should sell its distributing plant to the city. The com- pany is prepared to do so, but it asks $3,000,000 for the plant. The City Engi- neer, after a thorough examination, says it is worth $1,200,000. The water company declines to arbitrate the price, and pro- ceedings to acquire a municipal plant have been in abeyance for some time. The Councilmen were all elected on the issue as friends of municipal ownership. They still pretend to be, but their faiiure to move in the matter caused the circula- tion of tha petition asking them to call a bond election to vote bonds for the con- struction of a distributing plant inde- pendent of that owned by the water com- pany, The 10,000 signatures were obtained in a few days. When the petition was filed to- day the Council Chamber was crowded with citizens who were there to urge the necessity of immediate action, but the Councilmen referred the petition to the water committes. This was not satis- factory and caused considerab'e discon- tent, which the spectators were not at all slow about expressing. The officers of the water company will oppese the erection of any independent plant with all the power and influence they can control on the ground that the paraileling of their distributing lines would be a veritable confiscation of their property. Two Councilmen—Baker and Nickell— who have not in tne past been actively dent:fied with the movement for munici- pal ownership, bave announced that they are in favor of giving the company one more obportunity to arbitrate and if the corporation fails to avail itself of the chance, then, they say, they will vote and work for the construction of an inde- vendent plant. Thisis a change of front and would make a majority in the Coun- cil with those members already in ‘avor of independent action. The cour:e of the water committee in handling the petition is awaited with deep intersst. WILL QUALIFY 10 ACT AS A BIDDER Attorney - General McKenna Preparing to Protect the Government. It Seems Certaln, However, That the Kansas Paclfic Will Pay All Debts. Special Dispatch to TRE CALL NEW YORK. Now. —The Herald’s Washington correspondent telegraphs: Attorney-General McKenna has definitely decided to qualily as a bidder for the Kan- sas Pacific Railroad, which is to be soid at auction under foreclosure procse lings on December 15. Tuis action isto be tuken in order to insure the protection of the Government’s interest in the road and to enable him to bid it in for the Govern- ment in the event of tha failure of the Union Pacific reorzanization committee or any other syndicate bidding enough to cover the Government mortgage. The administration still believes the com- mittee will bid the full amount of the Gov- ernment’s claim, so that the Governwent will get out of the road without the loss of a dollar; but, in order that there may be no failure, 10 protect the Government's interest, the Government itseli will be prepared for it. E. Ellery Anderson of New York and O. W. Mink of Boston,!receivers of the Union Pacific road, had two hours' consultation with Attornev-General McKenna to-day to give bim such information as thev pos- sessed bearing on the value of the Kansas Pacific road. Mr. McKenna questioned them at length on the value aund equip- ment of the road, its earnings and in- come, and they gave liim all tric data they bad, This information will by used by the Attorney-General in arriving at a del- inite conclusion as to the value of the property. R STEWARD YOUNG SCORES A POINT. Demurrer to the” Agnews Attache's Writ of Prohibition Gverruled by the Court. SAN JOSE, Nov. 22.—The demurrer filed by Deputy Attorney-General Carter to the writ of prohibition obtained by Steward Young of the Agnews Insane Asylum to prevent the trustees from dis- charging him without a proper investiga. tion was overruled by Juage Lorigan to- day. The point raised in the demurrer was that the action could not iie and that the court haa no jurisdiction. 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