The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 11, 1898, Page 2

o o / THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1898. W WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Up to the close of office hours the State Depart- ment had not heard from Mr. Wood- ford. Under the peculiar circum- stances existing the ceremor at- tending the departure of the Spanish Minister are in doubt. It is usual when | s a forcign representative _;f:«i\-gs fllheiTHE SPANISH PRESS country for him to be received in fc N fl)STlLE MOOD. mal audience at the White House, | when an exchange of well wishes takes I They Think the Government at Madrid Should Not Have Re- was not produced is taken as anbther evidence that the letter was taken in transit, as the envelope weuld have dis- closed the postmarks, with the time of sending and receipt, both in this coun- try and Havana, if it ever reached the latter place. place be sen him and the President. It hardly expected that this for- mality will be observed in the present called De Lome. case. owing to the personal aspects of| MADRID, Feb. 10.—The candidature t | of Senor Muruaga to succeed Senor that approach this in most | de Lome has been abandoned. The Minister has usually al- | Government maintains its reserve, de- the incic In cases respects the lowed his letters of recall to be pr iring to secure the approval of Wash- sented by his successor. Senor Muru- | ington, according to diplomatic cus- E: who was Senor de Lome’'s pr tom, before appointing Senor de decessor, left Washington suddenly on | Lome’s successor. leave of a nce shortly after the ap- El Percha Senor de Lome’s res- pearance in a newspaper of an inter- | ignation has been accepted, the inter- view in which ticized our Govern- ional question nlxsgz‘; h\‘(‘r( ment. He did not return to Wa Il s s = X om > of Spain who always pe the lett. of recall of s to prevent fili- , but they have only employed by the aries. de nd le accrediting him or, so that there the failure on the pa Minis to take leav bustering done 0 by tr of peniten: cedent for i espondencia Militair says: 2 | The Government should not have ac- J It is said at the State| .13 Senor de Lome's resignation. Department that there is no time limit | p, o sttitade Iotoffentive and in which De nust leave Wash- | humillating to Spain. ington, and 1 only a private Correro : Spanish citizen, he may take a reason- | Events precipitate them- able time t without call The De acted the Sta 1 N .2 Nacional, the Weylerist organ, reproache: the Government for vielding t ernments ¢ garded | to the exigencies of Washington and n the | adds: The United States have become :ome of the | our lords and masters. ton have & Trae e nts fully of THE LONDON PRESS letter es cov- 1embers of the diplo- med that the LONDON, Feb. 10.—The New and some adv correspondent of the Daily News 5 “Senor de Lome was sometimes trou- blesome on account of his disposition to ume a high manner over Cuban af- irs, but he usuall ‘| GENERALLY UNFRIENDLY. | LY. No incident found it unsuccessful. A less tactful such a s ation in the nks of the r may precipitate a crisis, for diplomatic corps. Th universal uation is full of dangerous ele- regret among the E E y be averted if Ministers who have t 1ght into :nt McKinley holds the affair & \aHbiis s tely in his own hands.” The Daily Telegraph editorially cen- sures Senor de Lome's injudicious and { ill-timed letter. The New Yor | spondent of the Standard say | dent McKinley was the coolest man in Washington, and almost exaggerated has also arouse ister can indulge in v > seal of a private letter. Wh is no gen- sus of opinion among diplo- authoriti yet ma of them ightness of the _m-x‘s‘:nal offense in the view that it i raging Congr o but a duty of a niste: . sa :f:}:la)\-‘i;\-l 1'_1”?, e s sibility for preventing the a sent every detail of a personal natuze | reaching a dangerous phase appears to which in I v aid in a |lie wholly with Spain. The sympathy correct un s se. of observers will be with President Mc- When inquiries were made at the |Kinley rather than with Senor deLome, Spanish 1e s to how the letter | Whose letter shows that he is destitute of the qualities required by his pro- | fession. We confess we should like to know the facts to the theft of the alleged lette > cpportune produc- | tion' looks But if its use 3 ten the crisis the ained nothing vate inquirie made thr | ¢ 1tleman it nge of Minister: chich had disclosed Canalefas | Db O oot b i lever saw the letter. This inquiry w “The Cuban Ju quite suncon- sent by cablegram direct to Canale sciously done President McKinley a now at M and he was asked if he | consider: rvice. Amid the break- had ever received a letter of the char- f financial policy and the acter described. To th or Canale- prophecies as to the comi . the De Lome letter is a happy ceived the | | Jas answered that he neyer It enables the Cabinet to and nothing of its con- air of outraged dignity and that ad received it, h t upon reparation from Spain would have swer to the let- | without in any way committing itself There 1 n an acknowl. | on the general question of Cuban poli- The lette r de Lome was quite natural for from Canalejas. | to send, and the im- m Ca- | petuous high-handed proceedings s regard | of the ton Government form stolen | another illustration of the total .con- .t . and the reports of Canalejas | tempt for good manners which charac- receiving it and reading it to Dr. Con- | thesbtate Departmenit. “In ‘this D = : their el ;v is stimulated by the gosto are fabricatic tended to cover | (nnortunity to please the rabble of up the plan by which the letter wz hout actually provoking stracted. The fact that the enve York | subsided when he | POTTER YET PRESIDENT Re-elected as the Head of the Wheelmen of America. Other Officers Chosen at the National Assembly at St. Louis. List of the California Members Who Have Been Reinstated by the Leagus. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 10.—The National Assembly of the League of American Wheelmen got down to business to- day. The reports of the officers and standing committees were promptly adopted, and the assembly proceeded to the election of officers. The following officers without much opposition: were elected President, president, Thomas J. Keenan of Penn- sylvania; second vice-president, E. N. Hines; treasurer, James C. Tattersallof New Jer: The afternoon session was given up to the consideration and disposal of miscellaneous business and the final discussion of amendments to the con- | stitution and bylaws. Invitations were received on behalf of | Philadelphia and Providence, R. I, for | the national assembly to hold its next convention in 1899, in one or the other of those cities. Providence was chosen by a large majority. The additional reinstatements follow: | San Francisco—F. C. Borchman, W. | J. Black, R. H. Rosenheim, George Thorne, M. J. Francis, John Davidson, C. J. Birdsall, J. W. McGilvary, A. J. Strei, R. A. Coulter, E. H. Ward, J. E. Wallace, M. Kielberg, A. Siegfreid, F. Heur, Dr. Bell, T. H. White, Robert D. Black, O. O. Hoffman, J. Baptiste, R. E. Haman, R. F. Gralindo, T.| Chapman, W. Rusher, L. A. Burke, George W. Ferris, A. E. Cumber, W. Hamilton, F. G. Coxhead, G. N. Depuy, F. W. Phillips, W. H. Smith, M. F. Rose, £. T. Morvey, W. H. Bray, C. H. Staples, F. C. Behrman, T. M. Gilman, F. Maunder, L. Desot, F. Thomas, J. C. Falbe, F. R. Haley, A. Perry, T. Broderick, H. Kahn, J. H. Nash, L. R. W. J. Mills, George Pecht, A. Johann Winn, Emil Schoenwald, Nunan, H. W. Squires, L. H. Smith, H. Anderson, George M. Bed- bury. Oakland—E. M. Whaley, M. J. Curtis and W. W. Thompson. San Jose—T. J. Hagan, C. M. Smith and Tony Delma: Racing at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 10.—After a long and varied career on the flat Evanatus was tried at the hurdles to-day and re- | fused the first jump. The track was fast and the weather fair. Aunt Maggie and kanassee were the only winning favor- ites. Results: Six and a half furlongs, selling, Aunt Mag- Tom Kinsley second, Saratoga third. s 128k Six furlongs, Takanassee won, Brighter sec- ond, Alkiris third. Time, 1:15. ne mile and an elghth, over four z0 won, Repeater second, Brake- ime, 2:061 A _seven furl <} 55 dicap, s, Arr David won, Sim jandic: ngs, R Colonel Gay third. Time, | "One mile, selling, Percy ' won, Possum sec- ond, R. B. ack third. Tims 14! | "'Seéven furlongs, Tremona won, Maggie S sec- cock third. Time, 1:30. | ond. Shutt " OF ROYAL HAWAIIANS. Princess Victoria' Kaiulani, Heiress to the Pretensions of Ex=-Queen lani, to Become the Wife of Prince David Kawananakoa. HONOLULU, Feb. 8.—The Call is permitted to announce that a marriage has been arranged between Prince David Kawananakoa and Princess Victoria Kaiulani. The formal betrothal merely awaits the signature to certain deeds of family settlement of Dowager Queen Kapiolani, & considerable portion of whose large property will be do- nated to her nephew and his brother, Prince Jonah (Cupid) Kalanianaole. It will be remembered that Princess Kalulani is the daughter of ex-Governor Archibald Scott Cleghorn and the late Princess Miriam Likelike, and under the monarchical regime would have succeeded Queen Liliuokalani to the throne of Hawaii. Prince Dnvlq is the son of David Kahalepouli, a famous high chief, and Kinoiki Kekaulike, the younger sls-. ter of Queen Kapiolani. He is an extremely popular young Hawailan, has enjoyed a thorough English education, after graduating from a famous semi-military institution near San Mateo, California, and has studied scientific agriculture at Cirencester, England. He is an enthusiastic yachtsman and athlete, and above all bears an excellent reputation as a true and honorable gentleman, devoted to the best interests of his country. His early California training has had its influence on his personal character, and most advantageously. He was destined under the mon- archy for a career in the Department of Foreign Affairs, and for some time acted as a student-clerk in that office, evincing a disposition for hard and faithful work somewhat surprising to his superiors, considering the temptations to which his then high position subjected him. This marriage will undoubtedly be used by politicians to ask the question: Hawafian history?” At any rate this announcement should dispose or Japan. “Is Queen Kaiulani the logic-of of the scare of annexation by Great Britain Isaac Potter of New York; first vice- | POLITICS-ON THE SIMMER Candidates Under Dis- cussion at the State Capital. Secretary of State Brown Has Strong Support for the Governorship. { Judge Walling of Nevada City Is Out for Congress From the Second District. Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 9.—The recent rain, with its bountiful blessings, has not only revived and given new life to the seed sown some seeks ago, but seems to have stimulated and awak- ened the patrons of political husbandry and the crops of that character not already in are being planted to a greater acreage and preparations for an early harvest are being actively made. W. R. Davis of Oakland spent a | couple of days here last week and scat- | tered a few seed, which he hopes may multiply to his profit later on. He en- countered winds from other directions, however, and those who are looking after the interests of L. H. Brown and Attorney-General Fitzgerald declare that what little sowing he did will not | thrive, as the soil of Sacramento Coun- ty has been and is being cultivated for other crops than his. | The announcement in the Oakland | Tribune to the effect that L. H. Brown had retired from the fight for Gover- nor has resulted in quite an active movement in that direction on the part of his Sacramento friends and sup- porters, Mrs. L. H. Brown, in speaking of the | report, made the following statement to The Call correspondent to-day: “You | may say positively that such a report Ihas no foundation in truth. In fact, | Mr. Brown is now actively engaged in | mapping out and planning his cam- paign. The attending physicians have advised me to the effect that should Mr. Brown now take their advice and | refrain from excitement and bother of | official cares for a week or so more he | will be stronger than he has been for I‘six years, and it is their wish that he should be careful now in order that he may be fully prepared to enter into any kind of a venture later on. “Mr. Brown put in an hour of hard | work yesterday, and it is now our in- | tention to go to San Francisco the last | of the week and later on we may take | a trip south. I have received several | letters making inquiries concerning the ‘rfipl)l't in the Oakland paper, and you | can say for Mr. Brown that the thought of retiring from the fight has never entered his head, and in a short | | time he will be able to take up matters | pertaining to the contest with his old- | time vigor and energy.” | While nothing of a positive nature | could be gathered at the office of the Attorney-Genera,, Judge C. N. Post and Charles H. Jickson, the represen- tatives of the Attorney-General in Sac- ramento, are both sanguine of their | prineipal’s ultimate victory. The Congressional contest in the Sec- | ond District has brought out Judge J. M. Walling of Nevada City, and his great strength is conceded by all. The Record-Union says editorially: | Judge J. M. Walling of Nevada City | will seek the Republican nomination for | Congressman for the Second District. | Judge Walling is a strong man, extreme- ly popular in the mining counties and thoroughly acceptable to the agricultural portions of the district. ment commander of the Grand Army in California last year, is a leading Odd Fel- low and Mason, and_is_ well known throughout the State. He has served on | | the judicial bench with great distinction. | He is regarded by all other candidates in | the district as formidable. The supporters of Judge Walling are further urging his ncmination upon the claim of locality. Amador, El Do- rado, San Joaquin and Sacramento | counties have all had the naming of a Congressman from the Second, and now Nevada, which has always stood up good and strong for the cther nom- inees, claims the turn to put forward one of her favorite champions. The good feeling now prevailing between , the mining and agricultural counties, | which go to make up the Second Con- gressional District, will certainly insure the electicn of Judge Walling. Hon. E. C. Voorheis, State Senator from Amador and Calaveras, has been urged by his friends to stand in, but he declines, and in speaking to the representative of The Call said: “My mining interests are such as to abso- lutely preclude every possibility of my becoming a candidate for any office. I could nct under any circumstance or contingency be persuaded to accept any office of a public nature.” Jacob H. Neff of Placer County is being urged by his many friends to ac- | cept the nomination for Governor, but as yet they have not been able to se- cure his consent. “‘His popularity throughout the State would. certainly insure his election,” said J. J. Crawford, ex-State mineral- ogist and prominent Republican lead- er of Bl Dorado County. The Republicans are not alone in preparing for the fray, which will be on us before we know it, provided the Supreme Court sustains the enactment of the Stratton primary law. The Bryan Silver-Republican, Dem- ocrat and Populist aggregation had a meeting last night, and arranged for the firing of the first gun. Hon. C. A. Towne, ex-Congressman from Minne- sota, is going to touch it off on the 24th day of February, provided suffi- clent funds can be ccllected to buy the powder and hire a hall. In the way of local matters things are moving along smoothly, with May- or Land and. the trusteesthrowingbou- quets at one another, and at the same time giving Sacramento a promise. of the best administration the capital city has ever had. PIONEER EDUCATOR DIES AT SAN JOSE. After Long Service in the Public " Schools, Mrs. Bassett Yields to Old Age. SAN JOSE, Feb. 10.—Mrs. Elizabeth J. Bassett, a pioneer schoolteacher, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. O. A. Hale at an early hour this morning. She was a native of Buffalo, N. Y., and 71 years old. Deceased crossed the plains to California in the early fifties, and at once settled in San Jose. rs. Bassett was one of the first schoolteachers in this city, and for twenty-five years taught in the public schools. "Three children survive He was depart- | her—Mrs. O. A. Hale and Mrs. C. H. Field of this city and Mrs. David Goodsell of Portland, Or, The funeral will take place Baturday afternoon. —_———————— To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take Luxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 4 %e. The genuin: has L. B. Q. on let. CALLED T0 HIS GATE AND SHOT Attempt to Assassinate a Rapeher Near Gila Bend. One Shot Misses, but a Second Terribly Lacerates the Man’s Hand. The Victim Suspected of Stealing Cattle and Burning Neigh= bors’ Homes. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. GILA BEND, Ariz, Feb. 10.—This morning about daylight an attempt was made to assassinate Josiah Anderson, a well-known rancher living several miles from this place. A masked and mounted stranger called Anderson to his gate and fired two loads from a shotgun point blank at him. Almost miraculously Anderson escaped with his life. One of the shots went wild, the other dreadfully shattering Ander- son’s hand. The assailed man lately achieved more than local notoriety in connection with a theft of cattle from the ranch of a neighbor. The charges, which are now pending in the District Court, have aroused the most intense bitter- ness. Another incident supposed to have connection with the same affair was the incendiary firing, last night, of the dwelling and stable of Frank D. Welcome and the home of Mrs. S. E. Hazzard. All three buildings were de- stroyed. ONE OFFICER NOT AFRAD 10 TESTIFY Continued from First Page. relate the story of the Esterhazy in- quiry and said that Matthieu Dreyfus and M. Scheurer-Kestner bothadmitted that they could not prove the charge against Major Esterhazy. General Pellieux then indulged in an outburst against Colonel Picquart, whom he accused of divulging an espionage &ffair to an outsider, claim- ing *“such conduct is shameful.” Re- ferring to the bordereau, the general declared that the alleged fac similes published were all fictitious. As to the compromising letter sent to Major Es- terhazy, which might raise suspicich that he had shady relations with a for- eign agent, General Pellieux said: “It is inconceivable that any one could be s0 naive as to employ this method of correspondence in a matter of such gravity.” General Pellicux here ex- pressed indignation at the “inexcusa- ble action of Colonel Picquart in having Isterhazy's rooms burglarized without authority of any kind.” “Colonel Picquart admitted this,” the witness continued, “and when the court-martial acquitted Count Ester- hazy I was not astonished. I was proud of having contributed to the ac- quittal of Esterhazy, which proves that in the French army there are not two traitors, but only one traitor.” General Pellieux was about to refer to the Dreyfus case when the presid- ing judge gently interposed his usual veto. M. Dupuy, the former Premier, was then called and M. Laborie began to question him regarding the case of Dreyfus, which the presiding judge ve- toed, whereupon M. Laborie announced that he wouid throw up the examina- tion of M. Dupuy and other former Ministers, as the ruling of the presid- ing Judge made it fruitless. M. Thevenet, a former Minister of Justice, who was next examined, said he could easily understand why M. Zola was exercised by the ‘vefled lady story.” M. Zola, he added, had acted in good faith, for complete truth had not been thrown on this matter and M. Zola’'s was not the only troubled mind. M. Thivenet expressed satisfaction at the acquittal of Major Esterhazy, which, he said, proved there was no traitors in the French army, but he “boldly insisted” that complete light had not been cast upon this grave af- fair, which, he added, interested the whole of Europe. He further expressed regret that the Government had not spoken in order to restore tranquillity for the country. Continuing, M. The- venet said he was astonished that the witnesses, instead of giving open testi- mony, should take refuge behind “pro- fessional secrecy.” M. Salle, a lawyer, followed M. The- venet on the withess stand. The pre- siding Judge refused to allow questions to be put to him concerning the Drey- fus case, and a heated discussion be- tween the Judge and M. Laborie en- sued. The latter asked for a short ad- journment in order to draw up a for- mal application that these questions be allowed. ‘When the hearing was resumed M. Laborfe submitted the application re- ferred to. M. Clemenceau, counsel for the Aurore, supported him in a skiliful maneuver. The former asked that for- mal notice be taken of the fact that M. Salle, on the witness stand, “has not denied that he was aware, though a member of the court-martial, that a secrét document was submitted to the court-martial.” The court refused both applications, but M. Clemenceau, by his expadient of reading a question in the form of an application, practically obtained what he wanted. The court then adjourned. There was some demonstrations on the streets to-night, but nothing seri- ous occurred. After each day’s pro- ceedings a report of the case is tele- graphed to Emperor Willlam. —_— SUICIDE OF A REMARKABLE ADVENTURER Continued from First Page. tory cannot give rise to any constitution- al questions, for the reason that constitu- tions, like land tenures, are in a state of such utter confusion that only a strong hand can unravel them, and restoration will result in the establishment of a strong military government. If I go down with the expedition I have organ- {zed I shall be in full control of the situ- ation, and in position to carry out all my contracts. . Third—It is the island of Kaual on which I propose to establish you as an independent sovereign, 2 Fourth—My plan is to successively oc- cupy all the islands, leaving the capital till ‘the.last. When others have fallen the capital, being cut off from all re- sources, will be easily taken, and' may even very likely fall without a fight. I do not expect in any case to have to fortify myself or to take the defensive or to have to issue a call to arms, but I shall have an overwhelming force to join me also, in addition to those who go with me, who by themselves will be sufficient to carry everything before them without active co-operation from people here. Fifth=The Government forces consist of about 160 men and boys, with very im- perfect military training, and of whom about forty are officers. They are or- ganized as infantry. There are also about six-hundred citizens enrolled as a clvil guard who may also be called in case of an emergency, and about 150 police, We can fully rely upon the assistance of all the police and from a quarter to half of the troops; and of the remainder many will, under the circumstances, en- gage in a sharp fight in defense of the present Government. There are now on the island plenty of men and arms to ac- complish our purpose, and if my expedi- tion does not get off very soon the peo- ple there will be organized to do the work without assistance from here, other than the direction of a few leaders, of which they stand more in need than anything else. Sixth—The tomnage of the vessel is 146, She at present has berth room for twenty men, but a bunk room can be arranged in the hold for 258 more, with provisions for ample ventilation. She has one complete set of sails and two extra spars. The remaining information as to her I will have to obtain and send you to-morrow. I think it must be clear to you that the opportunity now offered you will be of | incomparably greater value at once than | Trinidad would ever be. Still hoping that | I may have an interview at an early day, respectfully yours, RALSTON J. MARKOE. There were also papers showing that he had once been possessed of large es- | tates in the Republic of Mexico. Amongt the newspaper clippings was an ac-| count of his marriage in New York City | three years ago by Rev. John Hall to Anna Flagler, daughter of the Stand- ard oil magnate. That theé Baron had only followed his own teachings in ending his life by poi- son was evidenced by a book of which he was the author entitled “Euthania; or, the Ethics of Suicide.” Baron Harden Hickey was the first of the royal dynasty of Trinidad. He was born in San France December 8, 1854, of a Catholic and old royalist fam- ily. His ancestors, the Hickeys, orig- inally came from Ireland, having ac- companied the banished royal Stuarts | of England in their flight to France. | The young baron was educated at the | college of Jesuits at Namur, and after- ward at Leipsic. Here he established a reputation as a first-class and fear- less duelist. When 18 years of age he entered the French military college at | St. Cyr, but he abandoned a martial life on the death of his father in 1873, | and devoted his life to sculpture ami‘; literary pursuits. . His talents first found recognition in the shape of translations for Eng- lish magazines, but he also wrote quite a number of works in his native lan- guage. In 1878 the irrepressible writer | started a weekly satirical paper in | Paris called La Tribotteta, which | landed him in constant tribulation. It was devoted to the interests of the royalists, and its editor, the baron, made 114 appearances in the police courts, paid fines amounting to 300, 000 francs, and fought no less than a dozen duels. Among his antagonists | were Aurelian, Scholt, A. Lavertujon, | Taine and De Cyon. He was eventu- | ally compelled to leave France, going | to England. The baron was thoroughly conver- sant with the Sanskrit language, and after studying its literature, deter- | mined to propagate the religion of'| Buddha throughout the United States. In the meantime he met and married | Miss Anna Flagler, the daughter of the | Standard Oil magnate, and gave up his | intentions in that direction. He then set about starting a new kingdom on the island of Trinidad, but the revolu- tion in Brazil interfered with his plans. The enterprising Baron claimed to have hit upon the last bit of habitable earth upon the surface of the globe capable of supporting a considerable population which escaped the grabbing greed of the annexation passion of the powers that be, and he proposed to make it a little power to itself. The territory which was thus about to be raised to the proud eminence of inde- pendent nationality is a little island which pokes its nose dut of the bed of | the South Atlantic Ocean about lati- | tude 20 degrees 30 minutes south and longitude 29 degrees 22 minutes west, which evervbody knows is 700 miles off | the caast of Brazil, at the point where | stands the town of Victoria. Being compelled to abandon his kingdom before it was born, the Baron then be- came a soldier of fortune. FROM ATLANTIC T0 PACIFIC ‘Welding the Links for Another Great Transcontinental Railroad. s A Vanderbilt Line Will Shortly Be Running From New York to San Francisco. Speclal Diepatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Feb. 10.—When the consol- idation of all the roads in the present Northwestern system has been completed the plan now under consideration will have been consummated. The consolida- tions will be but the solidifying of one link in a great chain extending over the entire continent from the the Atlantic to the Pacific. Once these conditions are (;utol( thefwayth"'effleld will, it is believed, e clear for the further consol :2;: sl\:on‘.l'me-tern and Union g;%?ffizm:y:f The two roads of to-day pra one. All affairs relating )t'opthl":fllc;#ybl;rlf ness is so arranged as to guard their in- terests and suit the convenience of each, and the final consolidation of the two roads will in reality be more a matter of detail than the introduction of any radi- cal change in the relationships which now | exist between them. When they become one in name, as they are now action, | the conpletion of the western chain al- | luded to will have taken place and noth- | ing will remain but to weld it to the east- ern end, which has already been formed by the unification of the New York Cen- tral and the Lake Shore roads. The Van- derbilt main line will then extend from New York to San Francisco. It may be that by that time absolute ownership of g:e centrnh}l"wlilzc’ will_have been se- . er s or not, the present rights of the Union Pacific to cove line are inalienably secured. b LOS ANGELEY City Council Committee to Inspect Sources of Supply. A Bone of Contention Which May Lead to Endless Litigation. The Syndicated Press Still Working for the Corporation and Against the People. Epecial Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10.—The City Council committee on mountain water supply will in a few days start out to personally investigate the various sources of supply which have been oftered. Chairman Grider says the trip would have been made before had the recent rains not interfered. “We are waiting also,” said he, “for Chairman Hazard to announce his steering /committeee, so that we can consult With those gentlemen and learn what is fpest to be done.” The géneral opinion is that the prop- erty kn,wn as Crystal Springs will be includefy in the schedule inventory which to the/ Council. It is upon this item that the water company and the city will never agree, as the city claims the alleged springs to be nothing more nor less than a part and parcel of the Los Angeles River, to which the city’s title has beeen granted by the courts. In this connection the real tactics of the water company become apparent. In its paid authorized statement pub- lished in the midwinter number of the Times the company insists that until this Crystal Springs litigation has been disposed of there can be no arbitration. This means that municipal ownership will have to wait, if the water com- pany has its way—and that is what the syndicated press is striving to effect— until that issue has been taken through all of the State and Federal courts, which must of necessity consume sev- eral years, the company presumably acting in the interval under its present charter. INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—The fight for Collector of the Port at San Diego is warming up. The contest seems to be between ex-Congressman Bowers, who was recommended for the place by the California delegation, and T. H. Silsbee. A strong fight is being waged against Mr. Bowers, and Silsbee may be ap- pointed. Congressman Hilborn is receiving the congratulations of friends over his selec- tion as California’s member of the Re- publican Congressional Committee. The members of the delegations united upon Mr. Hilborn for this honor. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original-George W. Grant, National City, $6; Ambrose Ferrara, San Francisco, $6; Albert E. Young, Sutter Creek, $8; James L. Hicks, Pomona, $10; John C. Darville, San Diego, $12. Resto- Tation and reissue—Martin V. Pomeroy, dead, Pomona, $12. Original widow, etec.— Minors of Samuel O. Grant, Downieville, $14. Mexican war widows—Mary Eddle- mon, Newman, $8. Washington: Original—William Foley, Soldiers’ Home, Pierce, $8;. Amos Hyatt, Tenino, $10; Jesse BE. Baker, Traceyton, $6. Original widow, etc.—Susannah Mc Kinsie ‘Guy, $8. Oregon: _ Original—John L. Benton, Portland, $6. Additional-James Batch- elor, Salem, $6 to $8. Congressman Loud’s bill granting Amer- jcan registry to the Zealandia will prob- ably be reported favorabiy by the Com- mittee on Commerce, as the committes believes that the amount expended on her repairs entitles her to this privilege. i e e L — § YOUR BIRTHRIGHT. 1T IS A GIFT from nature. 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