The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 28, 1897, Page 2

[ = THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1897. “certain statements in the note requir- tation.” urgent chief Rivera has ar- z fro He will be 1in a In an in- ra said he believed noth- duce the Cubans to' cease z until th ained their inde- pendence. He justified the killing of Licutenant-Colonel Ruiz, the Spanish peac i 1s & means of arriving at this end. g could in Rivera, who succeeded Maceo as commander forces in Pinar del junded and captured on ar in the hills near is de Rio Hondo. Rivera was prison from that time on, and reported that the Spaniards in- 1 to execute him, but strong rep- resentations were made in his behalf from the United States, and it was an- nounced on December 20 that he had been released from the Cabanas fort- and had sailed the same day for his hom landed in Cuba from Spain in He had formerly been a civil r at Barcelona, Spain. He was in Cuba during the ten years' war. Later he left the island and occupied | positions of trust at London, Madrid, | 2 and Hor Subsequent! removed to ew York, where his W sided, and returned to Cuba on t ivitation of the late General Maceo, whom he succeeded when the latter wa sinated FEAST SUPPLIED FOR TIE POOR How Sacramento Charity Was Extended to the City’s Indigent. Nearly & Thousand Persons Dined on Turkey Given by the Salvation Army. ! Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 27.—That Sac- kes good care of her poor there can be no doubt. Not 1an being went hungry on Better than that, s not a family or individual who did not have turkey and cran- uce and plum pudding. In the nt of St. Paul's there was a ong to be remembered by those longer still by who participated as guests at a ristmas dinner provided by the ple of Sacramento and arranged for ers of the Salvation Army L. Miel, the pastor of St. ! Episcopal Church. Great, long tables extended from one end of the basement to the other, and upon these were spread a meal fit for a wayfarer joined the crowd which thronged beneath the portals of St. Paul’s and enjoyved a re- past that could not have been dupli- cated in any of the cheaper restaurants of the tow Two tables were reserved nd children, and at these the hungry children ion of all its color and The men who gath- | grateful expressions, bowed with humility, and the The children, how- | ul a lot as gathered | board in the city. Before pight came nearly 1000 men, nen and children had enjoved the | Sacramento’s generous nd went on their way witn | full of gratitude toward of the Salvation Army. folks had worked all the night previous, and Mr. Miel said, with a twinkle in his eye understand the people living in this fashionable neigh- borhood heard many strange noises all night.” “I shouldn’t wonder but that they | @id,” replied Captain Reed. “We sang and prayed until the morning dawned.” “The good work by no means ceases with the Christmas dinner,” said Mr. Miel to The Call correspondent as he v to the church storeroom, y-two sacks of flour were d, besides barrels and barrels” of , and one locker after another bulging with provisions for the poor. In another room great stacks of cloth- ing were piled. In another were toy and children’s shoes and stocking: To-night the Salvation Army Chris mas tree with its loads of presents was pped, while every little waif in the city recelved some gift and remem- brance of one of the brightest holiday geasons the Capitol City has ever own. There are other charities busily en- gaged in looking after the comfort and health of the poor, and before New Year’'s there will not be a family nor an individual in Sacramento who, worthy d entitled to aid, will not have received it. Many a poor but wer women were sad. , were d any fe ———— MILES STATION FARMER ACCUSED OF MURDER. Charged With Having Enticed an Enemy to His Cabin and Taken His Life. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Dec. 27.—Con- stable George Knapp to-day arrested Charles Wilson upon the charge of having murdered Samuel Thurston. Wi n summoned several friends to his cabin at Miles Station, near this city, and told them that Thurston was lying inside dead from wounds received upon the head as the rerclt of a fall against the sharp corner of the door. The story seemed very improbabi and as the house bore every evidence a struggle an investigation was made. ‘It resuited in the finding of a shotgun with a blood-stained stock. Otaer ei cumstances which seemed to prove Wilson guilty of the murder were found, and he was arrested. ‘Wilson and Thurston are known to have exchanged bitter words over the ownership of a cabin upon a Govern- ment claim owned by the latter. Late in the evening the two men, both be- ing iIntoxicated, went to Wilson's house and red. It is alleged that ‘Wilson enticed Thurston to his cabin in order to murder him. T0 ADVERTISE CALIFORNIA FRUIT THROUGHOUT EUROPE. Yolo County Fruit-Growers Appoint a Com- mittee to Canvass for Funds. WOODLAND, Dec. 27.—A meeting of fruit growers was addressed by Hon. | A. J. Filcher, secretary of the State Board of Trade, and R. D. Stephens, The chairman of the meeting was au- thorized to appoint a committee of ten to eolicit subscriptions toward the fund of $1000 to be raised in accordance with the resolution of the State fruit grow. convention, to be used in defray- the expense of making exhibits of California fruit at various trade cen- ters of Burope. con i Shrimps in Monterey Bay. MONTEREY, Dec. 27.—For the first ime on record local fishermen have und shrimps in Monterey Bay. If the shrimps come in considerable numbers | they will be caught for the San Fran- cisco market. 3 | young | Malo, one of the workmen. IS CHRISTMAS GIFT A PARDON Convict Barker Breathes Free Air Once Morg. Was Arrested on His Wedding Dayand Convicted of Assault. Governor Budd Commutes His Sen- tence From Six to Two Months. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Deec. 27.—Governor Budd to-day presented Charles H. Barker of Placer County with a holi- | day greeting which will, no doubt, | stand out in the memory of Barker for | many years as his most treasured and most memorable gift. Christmas time | brings much pleasure and plenty of | happiness, but there are few this year who received a more acceptable present | | than the one conveyed to-day by a | | stroke of the Governor’s pen. Barker’'s wedding day was two | months ago. Two months ago found | Barker behind prison bars, while his | and beautiful wife reached | through the gratings of his prison cell | and wept for the man who had been | 8tven her by an act of law in the morn- ‘ ing and taken away by an act of law | in the afternoon. The records of Placer County for one | day show a marriage license, a mar- riage certificate and a penal commit- ment, on each one of which appears the | name of Barker and on two of which | can be found the name of the Justice | who united Barker in marriage at high | noon and sent him to jail before sunset. The story is a short one, and deals with Barker’s marriage, his subsequent | celebration and the meeting later in the afternoon with the Justice who had | tied the wedding knot in the morning. | Some words passed, a blow was struck | and Barker's honeymoon was over, so far as his participation went. Six months is a long time to postpone | such an event, and a county Jail is not | the most delightful spot in the world wherein to contemplate the prospects of the future. But that is where Barker would have stayed had it not been for the commutation of his sen- tence to-day from six months to two, and the fine of $1000 to $50. Barker's petition was signed by the Justice who had interfered with his plans for a | wedding trip, and when the story of Barker was told and the misery and sorrow of his bride explained there was not a man in Placer or Sacra- mento county who refused to join in the petition which was granted by the Governor to-day. SUPERINTENDENT *GF THE | TWELFTH FEDERAL CENSUS. | E. J. North, Secretary of the National Asso- ciation of Wool Growers, May Get the Place. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—The Presi- dent is considering the qualifications of several men for the position of Di- rector of the Twelfth Census, but as vet has not indicated whom he may | appoint. E. J. North of Boston, secre- | tary of the National Association of | Wool Manufacturers, who was identi- | fied with the eleventh census and is a | statisticlan of ability, is one of those | whose names are under consideration. It is understood the directors of the | National Association of Wool Manu- | facturers are loth to relinquish the services of Mr. North and have indi- cated to him that they will make it a financial object to him to remain with them. Mr. North has discussed the | | matter with the President, and despite | | the increased salary offered him by the wool manufacturers it is believed that his final acceptance of the direc- torship of the census hinges on the | placing of the clerical force of the cen- | sus bureau in the classified service. Mr. | North, it is understood, does not desire | in the event of his acceptance of the position to be hampered in any man- | ner by the distribution of places in his | department. —_—- FIRE AT SANTA BARBARA. Tota/ Destruction of the Hawley Block Barely Averted. SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 27.—Only by the prompt action of the Fire De- partment this morning was a $200,000 fire averted. It seems like a miracle that one of the finest blocks in the city is not now a pile of ash The fire broke out in S. Jones’ candy store in the upper Hawley block on State street. This store was entirely gutted, every thing being destroyed. The loss amounts to $1000, fully insured. The other occupants suffered losses to the | amount of $1500 by water and smoke. e |« GALE OFF THE OREGON COAST. ASTORITA, Or., Dec. 27.—Another gale | set In last night, and the velocity of | the wind all day to-day averaged sixty | miles an hour and seems to be increas- | ing to-night. Four ships are known to be outside walting to enter the har- bor, three of them having pilots aboard. They are the Dundee, McMil~ |lan, Henriette and an unknown. The gale this morning blew the British | ship Province, lying in the harbor | ready for sea, upon the north end of Desdemona Sands, where she is still lying in an easy position, caught by the heel only. It was impossible to pass a line to her to-day to haul | her off. ———— KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION. FRESNO, Dec. 27.—Word was rel ceived this afternoon that Edward Lioyd, an old time miner of this coun- ty, was killed vesterday evening at his mine in the foothills near here. The mine, known as the Confidence, is a valuable one, and Lloyd recently re- fused $7500 for it. He has been work- ing it himself. Yesterday, while he and his men were at wotk, a giant cart- ridge exploded prematurely, killing Lloyd and blowing off the hand of John Lioyd had mined in this county for twenty-seven vears. — . BURGLAR MAXWELL'S DEATH. QUINCY, Dec. 27.—Lowell Maxwell, the burglar convicted of having robbed the Wells-Fargo express office of $9800 last October, and who slashed his ab- domen with a razor vesterday with sui- cidal intent, died late last night. Maxwell's criminal career began in 1884, when he killed a man named Rabe in a saloon row in Greenville, For this he was not entirely to Llame, but he was sent to prison for ten years. After serving six years he was par- doned, and conducted himself well for a time, but again started on a crim- inal career. Fear of going back tu prison was the cause of his suicide. | Baltic | strange craft. | ready to put to sea the weather should MONSTER RAFT T0PUTTOSEA LIFE'S STAGE] DR. . B. BELL Five Million Feet of Lum- ber Will Be Towed to San Francisco. Portland Company Does Away ‘With Transportation by Steamships. 1f Successful the Experiment Will Be Repeated From Time to Time. Special Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 27.—Portland will send a raft containing 5,000,000 feet of lumber to San Francisco. The enter- prise of some of her business men has taken a new direction, and one whose originality and daring will attract attentlon over the entire country. is no less an undertaking than to transport lumber from the Willamette River to San Francisco by means of huge rafts, the first to contain 5,000,000 feet and to be 396 feet long and 53 feet wide. It is difficult to realize the immense quantity of material represented by these seven little figures, though a | comparative idea may be gained by that the large | considering the fact ocean vessels seen in Portland’s harbor have an average capacity of little over 1,000,000 feet. from New York to Chicago, with enough over to build several houses at each end. The idea originated in the fertile brain of John Poulsen of Inman, Poul- |sen & Co., whose attention was at- tracted to the subject by the difficulty f engaging vessels to take lumber to an Francisco to supply the extensive ard jointly operated in that city by the concern of which he is a member, o 8 and the North Pacific Lumber Com- | pany, also of Portland. Rafts of piling and spars have for several seasons past been towed from the Columbia to the Golden Gate, but nothing like the present undertaking has ever been attempted. Poulsen has drawn his designs from a scientific standpoint, and after careful consider- ation of all the difficulties to be en- countered, so that it will be practically impossible for the lumber to become | dislodged. Doubters will scoff at the idea of transporting lumber in such a | form, but the long years spent by the | | designer in the lumber business included experience in rafting on East- ern rivers and lakes, as well as on the before coming to which was of great advantage in the present instance, though, of course, an ocean trip of 800 miles necessitates the | strongest method of construction. ‘Everything is now In readiness for | the commencement of work, and it will | require several weeks to complete the By the time it will be be propitious, and the probability of encountering a violent storm reduced to a minimum. The raft will project very little above the surface of the water, and this greatly increases the chances of its making a safe trip, as| the waves will wash completely over it, encountering little resistance, in- stead of expending their force in bat- tering it to pleces. This is a principle used in the construction of the famous whalebacks, and one which experience has demonstrated to be correct. If seen from a distance at sea the raft would be more likely to be classified as 2 monster of the deep than as a great freight carrie: WILL BE ASKED TO AMEND INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW. Congress Called Upon to Give the People Relief From Exactions and Discriminations. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—*“Congress will be called upon at this session to amend the interstate commerce law,” said a member of the Interstate Com- merce Commission to-day, “as the lat- est annual report of the commission states the first section of the interstate commerce act declares that all rates shall be just and reasonable, and the third section that there shall be no dis- crimination between persons and calities. that the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion shall execute the provisions of this law. The report attempts to show that the commission has not at the present time power to secure to the people the | protection which the law contemplates, and that it cannot have without certain amendments to the law. The principai one of these amendments would give the commission power not to make the rate but to supervise the rate—that is to say, when the commission deter- mines, after full hearing, that a partic- ular rate is reasonable it should have the power to compel the carrier to put in that rate for the future. ““This is said to bg a new power for which the commission Is now asking for the first time. In point of fact that is not so. The commission has always exercised this power, upon the theory that it possessed it under the interstate commerc: act until the United States Supreme Court decided on the 24th of last May that the commission had no such power.” In consequence of this decision, the | commission will be obliged to stop the work that it has been doing In the past and will be unable to grant relief in cases which are now pending before it. The amendments asked for are to sec- tions 6, 15 and 16 of the act, but in substance they come mainly to this one | thing—the power to supervise and cor- rect an unjust rate—and in no other way can the people obtain any real relief from unjust exactions and dis- criminations. iy LONG VOYAGES OF THE STEAMER CITY OF EVERETT, The Vessel That Took Food to Starving Hindoos Is Returning From Spain With a Cargo of Ore. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—The Amer- lcan steamer City of Everett, which made the trip from San Francisco to Calcutta with a cargo of food for the starving Hindoos, 18 now on her way across the Atlantic from Spain with a cargo of ore for Charleston, S. C., where she arrives about New Year's. After discharging her cargo at Cal- cutta she made a trip to Madras with coal, and, returning to Calcutta, she took on a small cargo of jute for Va- lencia and Bilbao, Spain, via the Suez canal. Discharging the jute in Spain she got a cargo of iron ore for the United States, This is the first voyage of this kind ever made by an American steamer. % This | The contents of this one | raft, if cut into inch boards and laid | end to end, would make a foot walk | ave | America, | lo- | The twelfth section declares | BUCKLEY OFF Paralysis Ends the Career ey of the Well-Known Actor. Made His Professional Debut ‘With a Stock Company at Stockton. ‘Was for Many Years a Prime Favorite ‘With the Theater-Going Publie. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—E. J. Buck- ley, for many years one of the best- known actors on the American stage, died to-day at No. 74 West One Hun- dred and First street. He had been | paralyzed for several years, and had calmly awaited the end. He was 54 years old. The funeral will be held at 1:30 o’clock to-morrow afternoon, and | the interment at Calvary Cemetery. i e Edward Joseph Buckley was born in | Australia, and came to America with | his parents when a child. He made his first appearance on the stage as an amateur in Victoria, B. C., in 1864, | in the part of William in “Black-Eyed | Susan.” He became a professional soon afterward, opening in Stockton, Cal., in a stock company, in which Amy Stone was the star, taking the small part of. Etienne in “Fanchon.” A week later he assumed the leading role of Black Donald in “The Hidden Hand.” That same season he joined John MecCullough's company as “the walking gentleman.” When the Cal- ifornia Theater was opened in 1869, Mr. Buckley became a member of the great stock company that inciuded John Mc- Cullough, Lawrence Barrett and John T. Raymond. He remained in San Francisco until 1875 when he went to Chicago, returning later to the Pacific Coast with Hooley’s Comedy Company, in which Willlam H. Crane was the | leading man. | _ Mr. Buckley was next engaged by Tompkins & Hill to play the principal parts in the Boston Theater. He made a success as Captain Molineaux in “The Shaughran,” and for three years he remained a favorite in the Hub. He supported Mary Anderson on her first appearance in the Fifth Avenue Theater in New York City. & When Edward Booth and Lawrence Barrett starred together Mr. Buckley | played with them and with marked success. His Mark Anthony was wide- ly commended. After William J. Florence’s death he took the part of Sir Lucius O'Trigger with Joseph Jef- | ferson in “The Rivals.” His last pub- lic performance in New York City was about five years ago in Nat Goodwin's company. in “The Gold Mine.” He was a great athlete and his fine | physique was known to most theater | goers. He had a stroke of paralysis of the face while he was playin leading part in “In the Rank: | Montreal. - Since then he had several strokes, and for two years he had been absolutely helpless. Mrs. Buckley has | been a most faithful attendant at his bedside, and she is left physically pros- trated by his death. He leaves one son and two daughters, ,all members of the profession of which he was so dis- tinguished a member. Critics and former associates declare | that E. J. Buckley was in his day one of the greatest performers of juvenile parts ever seen on the American stage. COMEDLAN DALY BADLY 1NJCRED Thrown to the Stage by the Breaking of a Slack Wire, Sensational Incident During the Prog- ress of the Play “The Belle of New York.” Spectal Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Dec. 27.—Dan Daly, the well-known comedian, was badly in- lured at the Park Theater to-night by the breaking of the slack wire upon which he was performing. Mr. Daly was rendered unconscious, and is at the Massachusetts General Hospital in | & serious condition. The surgeons at the hospital say that he will recover in a few weeks, if nothing happens to | change his condition. He has concus-~ sion of the brain. The famous comedian went on the stage to perform his act in “The Belle of New York,” a few minutes after 9 o'clock. About 9:25, while Daly was | completing one of his many funny | movements on the wire, it broke with- out warning. The audience was hor- rified to see the performer hurled to the floor. By a superhuman effort | Daly managed to land on his feet with terrible force, and then fell to the ground on his side. Many of the fairer sex who were present Rcreamed and several fainted when they saw Daly unable to rise. Several attendants were at his side in a minute, and he was carried to the wings, where surrounded by the mem- bers of the company, the comedian was unable to speak, and several messen- gers were dispatched for physicians. When they arrived they thought Daly’s skull was fractured. ~ An ambulance was summoned and the comedian was driven to the hospital. - JOHN DONALDSON DEAD. | CLEVELAND, Dec. 27.—John Don- | aldson, the well-known sporting man, died here to-night, after a brief illness, of:inflammation of the bowels. Don- aldson was once in the ring, having stood up for ten rounds before John L. Sullivan at Cincinnati in 1880. Donald- son was best known, however, as J. J. Corbett’s sparring partner and trainer, He put Corbett into condition for his fights with Mitchell, Jackson and Sul- livan, and was in Corbett's corner at the Fitzslmmons fight at Carson City. Donaldson had a gymnasium and cafe in this city. DEATH CLAIMS g of the Theologian and Statesman at Santa Barbara. Through His Efforts the College of California Was Estab- lished. Presided Over the First Republican Convention Held in This State. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 27.—Samuel Bookstaver Bell, D.D., died this morn- ing at the age of 80 years. He was born in Montgomery, Orange County, N. Y., on September 17, 1817. In 1845 he married Miss Sophia Walworth, a member of Chancellor Walworth’s fam- fly. While a young man he took up the study of law and for a few years practiced in the courts of his State. Subsequently he studied theology and was ordained a minister of the Presby- terian church. In 1852 Dr. Bell left his native home, coming to San Francisco around the Horn in the clipper ship Trade Wind. During this voyage the ship took fire and the vessel and passengers were nearly lost. A mutiny occurred as well, and a white squall almost wreck- ed the ship. It was through the instrumentality of Dr. Bell that a religious college was established at Oakland, and this be- came the basis for the formation of the University of California. Dr. Bell served in both branches of the Califor- nia Legislature, and presided over the first Republican convention in this State. He was a personal and intimate friend of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Dr. Bell was a member of a Masonic Lodge of Oakland. s DR. BELL'S ACTIVE CAREER. Prominent for Years in Legisiative and Edu- cational Cireles. OAKLAND, Dec. 27.—Rev. Samuel Bookstaver Bell was the founder of the First Presbyterian Church here, and was its first pastor. It is thought that he was the first minister to hold serv- ices regularly in this city. He came direct from his home in the East, arriv- ing in the latter part of 1852 or early in 1853. He erected a tent under the oak trees in which to hold his first services, and shortly afterward began the erection of a building. This he constructed largely by the labor of his own hands. To obtain some pecuniary assistance he made a trip to the mines, where there was more money in circu- lation than in Oakland. It was while living here that he was elected to the Legislature, and pro- cured the passage of the bill for the incorporation of the College of Cali- fornia, which subsequently became the University of California. He labored assiduously for the institution in its early struggles. His early life was a part of the history of Oakland. He took a prominent part in everything that occurred in the young town, and was very popular with the ploneers. Dr. Bell's connection with the county dates back to the time when Alameda and Contra Costa countles were separ- ated and thefirst prominence given this portion of the State politically. All of the pioneers remember him with re- spect. His recent poor health was the cause of much solicitude among his friends, who will learn of his death with the deepest sorrow. Dr. Bell was one of the oldest mem- bers of Live Oak Lodge No. 61, F. and A. M., and it has requested the lodge at Santa Barbara to pay him all the respect due one of his standing. The }\kz.sons will conduct the funeral serv- ces. SAILING RECORD BROKEN BY THE SHIP GLENCLONA. Trip From South Africa to .7aconm Com- pleted by the Vessel in Eighty- One Days. TACOMA, Dec. 27.—The four-masted British ship Glenclova has completed a voyage from Cape Colony to Puget Sound in ecighty-one days, breaking all previous records from South Africa to a Pacific Coast port. In conse- quence Captain John Low is the hap- plest skipper who has arrived here in many days. Ordinarily 240 miies in twenty-four hours is considered a very good gait for a sailer, but a reference to the Glenclova’s log shows that on her banner day she skipped over the ocean 231 miles. Following in close succession were other single-day runs as follows: 226 miles, 325, 318, 301, 295, 290 and 288. For thirty-one consecu- tive days she averaged 220 miles with every setting of the sun. The gales were terrific, but as good luck had it the wind came from the right quarter, forcing the ship for- ward in her course at a sprightly pace. After passing Pitcairn Island unusu- ally heavy northwest gales and seas were experienced, the wind eventually shifting into the southwest and blow- ing with great fury. The Glenclova left Cape Town on September 21, and for eighty days, until Cape Flattery came into view, land was not sighted. In the fall of 1896 the ship Aneurus sailed from Cape Town to San Fran- elsco in elghty-five . days, which was considered remarkably fast time, but it was beaten by four days by the Glenclova, which has come 800 miles farther. In Captain Low’'s cabin is found a small conservatory of tropi- cal plants on which thrives his pet chameleon from Africa’s shore. it ad Ella Dana Conway Dead. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Ella Dana Conway, wi® of Moncure D. Conway, the author and lecturer, is dead at her home in this city, aged 04 yvears. She had been failing for more than a year, and in June last Mr. Conway, who was filling a pulpit in London as minister of the South Place Ethical Society, re- signed on account of his wife’s health and brought her back to her native land to die. POLICE CALLED INTO SERVICE N Lively Time at a Meet- ing of San Jose’s Council. Nolting Refuses to Sit Down at the Command of the Mayor. Chief of the City’s Bluecoats Ordered to Compel Him to Keep the Peace. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Dec. 27.—Everything was harmonious at the meeting of the | Council to-night until just at the very close, when the Mayor found it neces- sary to call upon the Chief of Police to compel Councilman Nolting to take | his seat. The ebullition of bad blood | between the Mayor and the Council- | man was caused by the notorious Rid- dell claims for horse and dog scalps, amounting to $458. The Mayor had | completed a superficial and fruitless | investigation of the poundmaster. | Nolting asked what the Mayor pro- | posed to do about the bills. The Mayor | promptly retorted that that was his | business. Nolting resented this. He arose in anger and shouted at the Mayor: “You are making a whole lot of gal- lery plays.” Rap! went the Mayor’s gavel, but this had no effect on the incensed | Councilman. | “You sit down,” ordered the Mayor. “I won't sit down,” answered Nolt- ing, with the air of a bad boy at school. “I call on the Chief of Police to pre- serve order,” said Mayor Koch. “I have a right to speak, your Honor, and I will speak. I am going to make a statement. I rise to a question of privilege. Nolting then charged the Mayor with having signed a bill for $24 in favor of the San Jose Herald for publishing the delinquent tax list. Nolting | claimed that this list should have | been published without any extra | charge, in accordance with the con- tract made between that paper and the | city. He suggested to the Mayor that he ought not to pick out any particular bills that were questionable, but ought to treat them all alike. The Mayor replied that Nolting had voted to allow the Herald bill. Nolting claimed that the Mayor ought either to sign or veto the Rid- dell bills to-night. | “I will do as I please about it,” was | the only answer that his Honor vouch- safed. “I don’t want any instructions rom you." An incident of peculiar significance occurred. in connection with providing the city with a storage battery fire alarm system. At a previous meeting an offer had been received rrom the United States Fire and Police Tele- graph Company to provide the city with a new system. At to-night's ses- sion a communication was read from the Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph company asking that it be allowed to put in a bid for this improvement. No attention was paid to this communi- cation, but the Council voted to accept the offer of the first named. company. The members present and voting thus were Fay, Krieg and Nolting. The Mayor announced that their action did not meet with his approval, as he thought the other company should have been given an opportunity to compete. He stated that he would veto the resolution giving the contract to the United States company. This caused Fay to remark: ““There is no use being Mayor if you can't exercise your veto power once in a while.” A petition from the Standard Oil Company was read, asking permission to erect warehouses for the storage of the products of petroleum at the corner of Seventh and Jackson streets. It was not granted. and Councilman Fay said that they ought to be prevented from locating within the city limits. Another outgrowth of the fatal fire of last Friday was the petition of the Chief of the Fire Department asking that the number of fire hydrants be increased. Santa Claus Badly Burned. MILTON, Dec. 27.—While imperson- ating Santa Claus at a family distribu- tion of presents, Danny Schroebel, aged 14, was severely burned, his white cot- ton beard catching fire from the lighted tapers. His hair, eve lashes and eye- brows were burned off, but he will not lose his eyesight. Mrs. Booth Is Better. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Mrs. Balling- ton Booth is somewhat betterto-night. | | intensity of the strife between | tween the two great parties. | church, POTENT POWER OF MORMONS Dr. Hamilton Says Theys| Dictate in Utah Polities. Hold the Balance of Power and Sway the Two Old Parties. The Church Really in Control of the Government of the Infant State. L Spectal Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Dec. 27.—Rev. John A. Hamilton, D.D., of Boston, one of the editors of Congregational Work and the secretary of the Congregational Education Soclety, has just made a special investigation and report on the present status of Mormonism, in which he says that it has been the hope of many that statehood in Utah would result in the essential ending of Mormon denomination; but it is be- coming more and more manifest that such hope is not .well grounded. It is, true, he says, that statehood brougk new activity to the two political pa ties, and it was prophesied that, as thu these increased, the thought of church con- trol, pure and simple, would propor- tionately decrease. But, as events prove, the church finds in the new or- der of things a means most favorable to the enhancement of its political in- fluence. Apparently it has already come to be the practical balance of power be- Accord- ing to its own pleasure, it ordains vic- tory for one and defeat for the other. Officers, laws, administration— all seem to be more and more within its gifts, and, while this is not ostensibly operating to the formal re-establish- ment of the “peculiar instruction” of Mormonism, it clearly is operating to foster and promote its essential spirit. The present constitution of the | State, in many of its features, is said to be strongly obnoxious to the Mormon Church. This opens the way for at- tempts at constitutional revision, and that such attempts are already medi- tated cannot, says Dr. Hamilton, rea- sonably be doubted. The authorities of the church are even now making this more and more manifest through. the press. As to the public opinion of the it was difficult to conceive that much more could be desired than now exists, even by the stanchest Mormon. But there is a large propor- tion without the ecclesiastical pale that must be reckoned with. Among them it that class whose interests in some form connect them with the non- Mormon schools. The church leaders are not slow to see that the continued establishment of such schools must be prevented, and that, as far as possi- ble, every essential condition to life and prosperity must be withheld fron those already in existence. To accom plish the latter, every effort has been put forth to secure prominence ot church representation in the personnel of the various boards of instruction. So far as the State University is con- cerned, the movement has been suc- cessful. To-day the management of this university is essentially Mormon. To effect the same in lesser schools seems also to be determined. Even mission schools like those under the former New West Education Commis- sion are embraced in the number whose independent control it is the aim to prevent. “In view of the foregoing facts,” con- tinued Dr. Hamilton, “can it bedoubted that the one effective remedy for the traditional and deep-seated evils of Utah is found 4n the principles repre- sented in Christian schools? It is through these that the progress hith- erto realized among this people has been attained, and nothing short of this will save them from retrogression and secure to them the conditions of future progress.” No Receiver for This Company. 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