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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1898 HILL'S EINE 10 BE BUILT - SOUTHWARD May Be Extended ‘to Portland. GREAT NORTHERN’S PROJECT | WILL COMPETE FOR OREGON | TRAFFIC. | Likely to Go Even Farther and In- vade the Territory of the Huntington System. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Dec. 2.—The great fight be- | tween the Northwestern railroad inter- s which has been agitating Wall tly been transferred orthwest. While th2 c and the Oregon Rail- way and Navigation Company are building parallel lines up Clearwater River in Idaho James J. Hill is making ready to extend the Great Northern R ay from Seattle to Tacoma and Portland, a distance of 175 miles. Hill recently sold his Northern Pacific | stock and locked horns with J. Pierpout Morgan for control of the Northwestern railroad situation. He has tried to keep the Northern Pacific out of Idaho ter- i claimed by the Oregon Railway ang avigation Company. Failing there he is‘preparing to parallel the Northern Pacific’s line to Portland and obtain & share of the Puget Sound and Ore- n" business which the Northern Pa- B s_heretofore monopolized. This move will greatly - affect the Southern- Pacific’s interests, since Hill will either want to make close tratic | connection with that road or will push | southward into Southern Pacific te tory, which, in turn, might cause th: Southern Pacific to extend northwzard to the Pacific Northern Pac to Puget Sound. | While here in 1892 Hill announced his | intentibn of building to Portland within | a ar, ‘but the business paruc of 1893 | caused a change in his plans® At that time.he owned a half-interest in a ha built. rajlroad grade between Tacoma and Portland, constructed in 1890 by the Uhnion Pacific. The latter road aban- doned ‘the plan of building to Tacoma when' it went into the receiver though:it had expended over s this. grade. It was then t bought a half-interest in the grade. Tax . liens against portions of this | grade weré bought by speculators. Sev- eral months ago these speculators were approached by Great Northern agents, with the result that all these tax liens have been bought and all back taxes settled in Pierce, Thurston, Lewis and Cowlitz - counties. These settlements were made with drafts drawn on Judge Burke, Western attorney for the Great Northern. This is one of the several things which cause railréad men to be- lieve that Hill's line. south will be started within a few months. Early this year a strip of tide land between here and Seattle was. pur- chased from the State by men who are believed to have been acting for Hill, it | being his anncunced intention to build a shore line between Seattle and Ta- coma. Colonel Frank Ross, a close friend of Hill, has recently applied for a franchise for a railroad (presumably Hill's), which will enter Tacoma from the north. ing tor ate against ‘the Pacific by paralleling its line to Port- land, at the same time obtaining an en trance into the Oregon metropolis ‘be fore the Union Pacific shuts off his present entrance into Portland over the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com- pany’s road from Spokan SPAIN SECURES SOME COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES| Hill is undoubtedly prepar- Northern | | | LONDON, Dec. 3.—The Madrid cor-| respondent of the Daily News says: It.| is officially announced that the Spanish Peace Commissioners have secured: a concession granting Spain commercial ad ntages in the Philippines for ten yehrs. An effort will be made to cure a simila ncession in - the tilles. The Carlist agitation i exploited by the Bourse, and . it is, therefore, necessary to take alarming news with a grain of salt. BOTH COMMISSIONS AWAIT INSTRUCTIONS | PARIS, Deec. 2.—The joint session of the Peace Commissions to-day lasted two hours. No real progress was made. The Spaniards are awaiting instruc- tions. Spain’s proposition for commer- cial -privileges in the West Indies was not settled and was searcely considered to-day.. The Americans have also agked for instructions on certain mat- ters.. The Caroline TIslands question ‘was not considered. The joint commis- sion adjourned until Saturday Spanish ympathizers having a onn on with the Spanish on are making much over the attitude of the Filipinos These sym- reported toward the United States. pathizers profess to have information — ADVERTISEMENTS. E o o . Exquisite Royal Hanover Ornaments Decorated in dainty tints and sprays.. Very latest. shapes and designs : “Orfnaments, Vases, Jugs, - Pitchers, Figures, Vio- let Holders, everytliing . dainty and new Winning prices Great American|mpor'p Tea Co, £61Market, 9. Pewell 705 Larkin St. Sixth St, 1418 Polk St. 1819 Devisadero St. 2802 Flllmore St. s fihuontgomkery Av, B 5 ucl . 0086 Sixteenth St. zar: 'flflmnysr. 3 55 Layes St. 2 Market St. OAKLAND STORES: 3WashingtonSt. 131 San Pablo Ave. nm-flw-l. 616 E. Twelfth St. 1810 Seventh 0 Mission | the meeting of the Peace Commission | to-day. | however, Berlin asked the United States | doubt that the an gement for a third leutenant | for company in case of need. for | that officer.” It will contain -a ‘provision | | of ‘the various bureaus as recommended | that Aguinaldo means to fight and that he now has 60,000 soldiers. Aguinaldo’s men are said to be armed with Mauser rifles and eighteen quick- firing guns, and it is asserted that he will be_satisfied with nothing but inde- pendence. Agoncillo, Aguinaldo's #agent, was reticent when questioned on the sub- ject this morning, saying that he had no definite information from his Gov- ernment. —_——— SPAIN WILL NOT CEDE . THE ISLAND OF UALAN NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald tele- graphs: Dispatches were received at the State Department to-day from Judge Day showing that but little sat- isfactory progress had been made at These dispatches were read at the Cabinet meeting by Mr. Hay and were commented upon by the offi- cials. There is reason to believe that the authorities are satisfied that Spain will not grant the requestmade through the American Commissioners to cede the island of Ualan to this Government for certain considerations, and it is not intended there shall be any extended negotiations on the subject. The au- thorities are also satisfied that Spain intends to sell the entire group to Ger- many, and they would not be surprised if active negotiations on the subject: Were now in progress. Before such negotiations were begun, what its policy was with respect to far eastern islands, and announced that if it would not be objectionable to this Government nor be considered as inim- fcal to its -Interests it would like to negotiate with Spain for the pur- chase of the group. This Government can have no objec- ticns to such action. If it could obtain possession of Ualan Island as a coal and naval station it would be glad to do so, but as this island is not men- tioned in the peace protocol, and as the American representatives are bound by the provisions of this instrument, no demand can be made on Spain, and she is at perfect liberty to sell the island or decline to do so. NO WARRANT ISSUED FOR GOVERNOR TANNER ‘When the Illinois Executive Is/| Wanted for Trial He Will appear Voluntarily, CARLINVILLE, Til., Dec. 2.—The ex- citement over the findings of the Virden Grand Jury is somewhat abated. wl processes have been instituted against all the parties indicted for participation in the riot, except Governor Tanner, State's Attorney Vaughn stated this evening that no bench warrant would be | issued for Governor Tanner, at least not for the present. He stated as his opin- fon that when the executive was wanted for trial he would = appear voluntarily. This would be decided by mutual agree- me The State’s Attorney further said he had not recommended the executive indict- ment, nor had he advised against it. As ‘?(h;s plan of procedure he had not de- cided. Whether Manager Lukins. would be asked to come to Carlinville and give bonds, he refused@ to say. There is no rosecution of all but the Governor will be vigorous. But as to whether the case against the Governor will be pushed or not the State’s repre- ntative utterly refused to make a statement. —_— SENATE WILL NOT RATIFY THE TREATY So Says Kyle of South Dakota, Who Is Opposed to Paying for the Philippines. CHICAGO, Dec. ‘President -McKin- ley can never get the members of the present Senate to ratify the treaty soon to be signed at Paris by the Peace Com- missioners of the United States and : said- Senator Kyle of Sduth Da- ho stopped here to-day en his way | hington. - *“The United States, the victor, should.not be bound to pay $20,- 000,000 "to. the ‘vanquished—Spain, H “Sych a payment establish ous precedent; to say .the least. do not believe that we want the Philip- pines at all. - One island with a good har- bor ‘would ‘be of use as a_ naval station, but whatever can we do. with a lot of isl- ds. with such a cosmopolitan population as that of the- Philippines? ; we make colonies- of them. - The- s-no place -in our ‘general. policy - for colonial -posses- siohs. "And by taking them we must dis- card the Monroe' doctrine, for - how -can we object to -Europeans interfering in ‘American affairs, W that we have at- tempted to meddle in-the politics of an- other hemisphere? ——— ABRMY REORGANIZATION BILL. Draft of the Measure as Prepared by General Miles. WASHINGTON, Dec.' 2.—General Miles, commanding ‘the army; has prepared the draft of a bill providing for a regular standing army of 100,000 men. The bill, it is said,.will provide: for. the organization of twelve companies to the Tégiment, with eld. | distant. la PRAISES THE BRAVERY OF |HALE’S OPPOSITION TO PEACE TREATY i THE TROOPS The Senator From Maine Speaks Agaipst the Acquisition of the Philippines. Alger Reports on War Victories. GREAT VALOR I[N TROPICS PERMANENT INCREASE IN REG- TULAR ARMY RECOMMENDED. Suggestion That the United States Construct a Substantial Rail- road the Whole Length of Cuba. Spectal Dispatch’ to The Call, WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—The annual report of Secretary Alger is a practic- ally complete official history of the Spanish-American war. The Secretary has given to the public not only all the official dispatches that passed directly between his own office and commanding officers in the field and camps, but has supplemented these with short explan- atory notes setting forth the reasons for various movements, and then, to complete the record of events, he has included in the body of his report the report of General Miles, of all the gen- erals who participated in the campaign in Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philippines, and, finally, the reports of all the bu- reau officers of the Wag Department. Nowhewe is there shown a disposition to criticize, the official dispatches be- ing allowed to tell their own story, and generally the Secretary finds much to praise and cause for sincere congrat- ulations in the results obtained. The report. proper begins with what may be described as a chronological history of the war, consisting of a number of short paragraphs beginning with the declaration of war on April 21, and setting forth the date upon which any event of importance occurred, but making no comment whatever upon the facts. The only exception to this rule is in reference to the casualties of San- tiago. Some criticism had been made that there was a lack of surgeons pres- ent. The report states that there were 140 surgeens in attendance, and that of 1431 wounded only thirteen died of their wounds. The Secretary, coming down in his history to the middle of August, when an order was issued, which is now in execution, to muster out 100,000 volun- teers, say! Thus an army of cbout 250,000 volunteers and recruits for the regulars was called into existence from civil life, and includ- ing the regular army. the total force was 214,717 men. It was organized, armed and equipped (o supplies being on hand other than those. ior the regulars, save Springfield - muskets), and 50,000 men of this forcé were transported by land and sea to battlefields in the tropics, 10,000 miles apart, where they won thelr victo- ries without a single defeat and all within the perfod of 113 days ¢rom the declara- tion of war to the signifg of the protocol. This great achievement can be credited to no individual; it belongs to the natlon. It was accomplished through the intelli- ence and patriotism of all who served, ?x’nm the commander in chief to the pri- vate in the ranks. It also sneaks volumes for the prompt, patrioic and intelligent assistance of the people who furnished, 'in -so short a period, the supplies neces- sarys to_prepare this great army for the field. To the heroic men who served in nds the country will ever offer a true meed of prai e; but the mighty army_in camp, ready and eager to take the field, shoula also be given equal credit. It was their presence, ready at an hour's: notice for any emergency, that overawed the enemy and proved to him that further resistance would be in vain. The deaths in the army from May 1 to October 1, including killed. died - wounds and .of - disease, were 2918, the smallest death rate recorded of any army in his- tory, a remarkable fact when it is con- sidered that over 50000 of our troops, born and reared in the temperate zone, were campalgning. in . tropical c.imates, subject to rain and heat almost unprece- dented. The Secretary says of the yolunteers that to furlough them in winter would be a hardship, so -he recommends that in lieu of the furlough the officers and men be given two months’ pay at the time of their discharge, thus admitting of their prompt discharge in their pres- ent.camps in the South. Under . the head of increase in the permanent es- tablishment ' the Secretary say! for a staff corps largely in accordance with the recommendations of the heads | by them in_ their annual reports. Chair- man Hull of the House Committee an Mil- itary Affairs intends to present the meas- ure in Congress at the first opportunity. —- VENEZUELA SOON YT Decides to Stop Imposing’Duties on Supp¥ies for American Consulates. NEW YORK, Dec. 2—The Venezuelan Government has uecided 1ot to impose further duties on supplies sent to Ameri- can consulates.in that countr- The Gov- ernment imposed these dutiés’ several weeks ago, notwithstanding the fact that, with one exception, all of the other coun- tries .in the “worjd where United States Consuls are located levy no duty on such importations. The United States immedi- ately ‘retaliated -and assessed the regular duty on all articles sent from -Venezuela to its Consuls in this country. The action had the desired effect and the recent or-| der has been canceled. e e UNKNOWN MAN KILLED. Fails to Heed the Whistle of a Rail- way Locomotive. - BAN JOSE, Dec. 2.—A Coroner’s inquest was held at Milpitas this afternoon qver the body of an unknown man who was killed by an engine of the Niles passenger train on Thursday evening. The man had a roll of blankets and was walking along | the track. He did not heed the engineer's whistle and was struck in the back and instantly Kkilled. No papers or valuabl-s were found on his person. He wa$ about 35 years of age and had the letters “W. R. 1.'" ‘tattooed on one arm and “L. L.” on the other. A verdict was rendered exon- erating the rallroad company from all blame. .- ——— FALLS INTO HOT BRINE. . Four-Year-01d ‘Child at Gardnerville : .Fatally Scalded. = CARSON,. Dec. 2—The four:year-ok daughter of John Frantzen, whnygg:lg»‘ég a couple of miles from Gardnerville, fell ito a large Kettle of hot brine” to.day. ard was so terribly scdlded that she cane not live. The kettle was covered with boards, and these the little one removed. Only a'few days ago her little brother was run over by a wagon and killed. - ‘\' 2 Lo sanitis A Family of Suicides. ST. HELENA, Dec. 2—John Bdmund Craddock, a -native of Virginia, aged 69 years,. committed suicide in Pope Vauey by taking strychnine. His body was found in a ¢abin on the old Kean place. The sui- cide had been a residént of Pope and Chiles valleys for the past thirty-five nth St. . _ALAMEDA—1855 Park St. SAN RAFAEL—B St., mear Fourth. Write for Catalogues * years. One of Craddock's sons L suicide in Pope Valley three or }:ghn}mi:;eg ! in: the. is | States it In view of the needs of a military force ands occupied by the United carnestly recommended that the regular army- be permanently’ in- sed to 160,000 men and the requisite officers; that a portion of this army be recruited from the inhabitants of those islands, to be mustered intb the service of the United States, commanded by offi- cers of our army, discretion, however, to be given the President to make appoints ments_of officers from the force%so re- cruited. Secretary Alger thinks that the Gov- ernment ‘will be greatly taxed to sup- ply food to the destitute, especially in Cuba. ° +he effort should be made, he thinks, to-give the people work instead of allowing ‘them to dwell in idleness, living upon charity. He says: ‘Would it not be wise economy for the Government of the United States to con- struct a substantial railroad, dpl‘ac'.lc:l.lly the whole length of the island of Cuba, with branch roads to the leading cities on the coast? -Such a road would, of course, cost.a large sum, perhaps $20,000,000; but it would give empioyment to the people of Cuba, teach them habits of industry, be an inducément for them to cultivate their { farms and’thus furnish supplies for the laborers and for market when the read is constructed. This, in my judgment, is ab- solutely essential to the pacification and development of that great island. The road would be a good property, and when it has served its purpose could Be sold for its cost. “If such an improvement is not made the Government will, no doubt, ex- pend fully that much in charity. At this point the Sefretary includes reports .of General Miles and- all the other generals who participated in ac- tive operations. He then takes up the telegraphic and ‘other correspondence relating to the war, and that matter occupies - more than a fourth of he Secretary's wholé report. That portion devoted to the telegraphic correspond- ence of the war closes with a few dis- patches indicating the finish of the San- tiago campaign. . : Next follow a number of reports of various officers and officials to the Sec- retary of War, some of which are in- dorsed by the Secretary. Of the mili- tary academy, for instance, he indorses the recommendation for an incredse of the number of cadets by twenty an- nually to be appointed by-the President and one by each Senator to supply the officers needed for the army of the fu- ture. % _Of the adjutant general’s recommen- dations the- Secretary says they are -| judicious and- merit the favorable con- sideration of Congress. Instead of in- crease of pay for officers serving in the ‘West Indies and Philippines to the next higher grade, as recommended by the adjutant general, the Secretary thinks that the pay of those officers, as well as those in Alaska, should be increased 50" per cent while they are ‘so serving, because of the additional expense they ago 3:‘.6: another killed himself in i Gast- are put to. He says the question of vavment for damages to farms and N lated in Paris. Philippine Islands. of the P T L S Y PR UOOR SO UURN ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Senator Eugene Hale of Maine to-day announced his opposition to the peace treaty which is being formu- He is opposed to the acquisition of the Philippines, and his antagonism to the treaty will be based upon that section of the treaty which deals with the Philippine question. “The negotiation of the treaty, unfortunate as it is,” said the Senator to-day, “by nc means insures the actual annexation of the It is uncertain when the treaty will be signed or when it will be submitted to the Senate, and still more uncertain whether it will ever be ratified. The responsibility is so vast and the solicitude of the public is so great that ample time will be given to its discussion and to getting the real facts before the American people. “Many things will be found out which are not now known, and the evils of the proposed annexation will so grow upon the public mind, and upon Congress, and upon the President, that it is by no means unlikely that within six months or a year everybody, instead of being for annexation of the islands, will want to be rid of them. “The people of the United States will find out that the commerce Stnll‘pplnes is very limited in extent; that they are inhabited by a peoplé\whose habits and wants forbid an increase of trade, and that under the scheme of annexation presented to us this trade is to be shared equally with Spain and all other competing nations. What is called the ‘open-door’ policy cuts down the interest of the United States in the Philippine trade to a point where it makes no figure in our commerce. The entire trade of the islands, if we had. it all—not the profit derived from it, but the whole amount of trade—will not in any year pay the expenses of the army and the navy that the United States will be obliged to maintain there.” R R R R R R R R RS SR DR R D PP D R R R R S S e T R e will be made the subject of a special communication to Congress. He recom- mends that $30 instead of $10 should be allowed for the apprehension of a de- serter. In the subsistence department the Secretary finds an urgent need for a regimental commissary, and also for a commissary sergeant for each regl- ment, Discussing the surgeon general's re- port ke says it was a mistake to de- tail regimental surgeons to large hos- pitals, but this could not have been avolde] and division and general hos- pitals, which were indispensable, main- | tained. Ample provision should be | made to sugply the places of surgeons | who fall sick. One of the great mercies { of the eampaign were the women nurses. ‘The report says that until one has had experience or has made careful observation he cannot realize the work that these noble women did for our sick soldiers in the hospitals; but they can- not be well employed at regimental hos- pitals in a campaign. Both the divi- sion and general hespitals are abso- lutely necessary, in the opinion of the Secretary, but the general hospital should be provided with separate wards for each regiment, so that comrades could be kept together. The Secretary says the Red Crcas and other relief associations contrib- uted in a very large degrée to the care and comforts of our sick soldiers and should receive the grateful thanks of the nation: The Secretary calls at- tentlon to Surgeon-General Sternberg's circular of instructions to the army, is- sued April 25, and says had it been strictly followed less sickress would have resulted. He feels that a force of practical engineers, - skilled in elec- tricity, should be provided, and that a large number of engineers should be educated at West Point, so that an officer can be placed permanently with each river and harbor project. These projects should. also receive the recom- mendation of a board of skilled en- gineers before appropriations are made for them. The manufacture of the XKrag-Jor- gensén, or a similar magazine gun, should continue until we have, at an early date, at least 500,000 of these arms in our arsenals, with a full supply of ammunition. NURSED THE WOUNDED ON THE BATTLEFIELD Pnslng of Mrs. Elizaheth Howe, a Heroine of the. War of the Rebellion. POMONA, Dee. 2.— Mrs. Bilzabeth Howe, for twelve years a resident of Pomona, who died to-day in Phoenix, Arizona, was one of the founders of the Woman's Relief Cotps of Asherica, a part of the Grand Army of the Republic. She had a national reputation among war veterans and represented California many times in National Encampments of the Grand Army of the Republic.and ‘Woman's Relief Corps. Mrs. Howe was the widow of Gereral James A. Howe, who was.on the staff of Generals Logan and Sherman, and. she probably saw ‘more .of . the horrors of warfare -in the Mississippi Valley campaign under Grant and Sherman than .any other woman. She - was with her husband. at Shiloh. in April, 1862, and _she was e only woman who helped in the -care of ‘wotnded - soldiers while amputations were progressing. She cheered and com- forted the dying soldiers at Shiloh for a fortnight after the battle. From that lo- cality she and her husband went with Grant's army through the wonderful campaign to open the Mississippi River. She saw seven battles in five months. She was in camp_about the trenches at Vicksburg, -and the stories she told -of ‘the -horrors and_ pathos she saw -there daily while the Union artillery be_sieged Vicksburg were always thrilling: he rode with the Union army when it finally entered the surrendered city. Among Mrs. Howe's treasures werelet- ters of thanks from President Lincoin and many frlendlio letters from Generals Grant gan, Sherman and Sheridan. The remains will be ‘buried at Kewanee, Illinois. ¥ e GLASS TO COMMAND AT GOAT ISLAND Captain’ Whiting Will Succeed Him on the United States Cruiser 2 Charleston. z NEW YORK, Dec. 2—A Washington special to the Herald says: Orders have been cabled to Captain Henry, Glass de- taching him from the command of the cruiser Charleston and to return home. He will be assigned to duty as command- ant. of ‘the new naval training station on gerbaTBhuenn“I!tlln‘d,cfin;lt\ml"m&clecb ’-hm'E or. e relief of n_Glass is a his own request. Captain W. H. Whit- ing has been transferred from the moni- tor Monadnock to the command of the Charleston. / g The days of the Solace as an ambu- It has been lance ship-are at an.end. determined to remove all of the-hospital apparatys from the vessel and trans- form her into a transport and supply ship for the navv. 2 AR 'ATTORNEY WRIGHT - KEEPS THE PROPERTY Assignment Made to Him Before the Hirsch-Schlencker Failure Was Valid. SAN JOSE, Dec. 2.—A suit was decided here to-day which has aroused considera- ‘ble. interest among the lawyers. It was that of S. N. Rucker, as assignee of Hirsch & Schlencker, insolvents, vs. C. D. Wright, opii . ¥ ‘Wright is an . attorney. Hirsch & Schlencker were | rg&fiemn of a hotel. They failed with labilities of some $§15,000. ‘her husband, William Vanning, other property by movement of troops | Previous to this they needed legal advice, and engaged Wright, transferring to him personal property valued at $00. When Rucker became assignee he sued to re- cover this. When the testimony closed the eourt held that the proof did not show ;d‘l;tycg%lllélsggn or grmam‘rs on whlchhgln!m cover, and instructed t! to find for the defendant. i ROSCOE HUNTINGTON DIES FROM POISON Putative Cousin of H. E. fiutington Commits Suicide at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.—Roscoe Hunt- ington aged 57, who claimed to have been a nephew of Collis P. Huntington and a cousin of H. E. Huntington, committed suicide last night in the Louise lodging- house on Broadway with morphine. The deceased came to this city about a ‘year 4go with considerable money. He was an expert accountant -and expected to get employment in the Southern Pacific of- fices here, but was disappeinted. He left orders to forward some of his belongings to a son, J. M. Huntington, living - G ngton, living -at SLAYER OF URUGUAY’S " PRESIDENT FREED Court Decides He Acted “Under In- fluence of Political Effer- ‘vescence.” NEW YORK, Dec. 2—A dispatch to the Herald from Montevideo, Uruguay, says: Arredondo, murderer of President Idrarte Borda, has been absolved by the court because he is said to have acted under the influence of political effervescence. The public prosecutor will appeal against the judgment. —_— VALLEJOANS ACTIVE. Working to Get the New Drydock to Be Built in California. VALLEJO, Dec, 2—The report that the Board of Trade of Oaklani had taken action toward obtaining for that city the huge drydock for which the next Con- gress will make an_ appropriation, has brought the citizens of Vallejo . and So- lano County in general more closely to- gether, and they are now working in harmony to get the appropriation for Mare Island.. The Board of Trade of Vallejo has obtained all the necessary data showing the advantage of a_dry- dock at the navy yard. This the city Wil forward to the department at Wash- Residents of Vallejo realize that should the drydock be built in Oakland it might be a serious blow to the prosperity of Vallejo and bring ruination to Mare Island. e DESERTS WIFE AND CHILD. Salinas Man Leaves His Family to the Care of Charity. SALINAS, Dec. 2—Having while under the influence of liquor threatened to do himself harm the disappearance of W. G. Hall on Tuesday morning. created much excitemenit. This afternoon facts came to the surface which prove conclusively that Hali's threat was made to cover the base desertion of a young wife and infant. He was seen by a boon compan- ion to take the northbound train, and as a_complaint will be iodged against him for abandonment, is su~posed to be in hiding in San Francisco. Charges will be brought:|. against him in the various fraternal or- ders to which he belongs.. Mrs. Hall is now In destitute circumstances and is being helped by friends. g WATER WORKS AT LAKEPORT. The FProposmon fil Be Voted Up:n 3 This Month. LAKEPORT, Dec. 2—The Trustees of the town of Lakeport have called a spe- cial election for December 20, at which the proposition of bonding the town for $15,400 for a public watér works system will be voted ‘on. The water will be pumped from wells sunk in Scotts Valley, two and a half miles west of town, into a reservoir on _top of the hill back of town. The ‘water is from pure mountain streams and good as can be found anywhere. The matter has been agitated for sev- eral years and was voted on and carried once before, but .a technicality in the proceedings invalidated the bond§. This time the proceedings of the board were carried on as carefully as it is possible to} do so, and as there 1s not much opposition the proposition is sure to carry. At v MUST REMAIN “INSANE.” Fate of n'l[ufder;; ‘Who Worked the Insanity Dodge. > MARYSVILLE, Dec. 2—In the Supe- rior Court here to-day Attorney Theo-| dore A. Bell of Napa made application for a writ of- habeas corpus guestioning the | Tegality of the detention at Napa Asylum of Hugh Buchanan, who declares that he was never insane, and asks to be retried before a_Yuba County jury for the mur- der of “Bllly” Miles. Judge Davis denied the writ, holding that the matter is out of his jurisdiction. he will now make application for the writ in Napa County, an there will carry the case to the Supreme Court. e ——— . ' Sues a-San Rafael Justice.- SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 2.—Mrs. Blizabeth Vanning has filed suit for the recovery of $1000 from Justice George Rodden:and ‘who served a term in the County Jall for hav- ing pulled the tongue out of his horse in a fit of passion. Mrs. Vanning declares that the money, which was put up as a bond, was her own private property and that it is held by the Justice {llegally. Justice Rodden' believes that $250 fine Attorney Bell says | if he meets refusal | should be deducted f; the sum, To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money- if it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. Q. on each tablet. SUPREME COURT -~ SITS AT SANTIAGD General Wood Opens the Proceedings. THE CHIEF JUSTICE REPLIES | RECOGNIZES UNITED STATES AS SUPREME POWER. Newspapers Declare the Judges Will Be Able io Show That the Cu- bans Are Capable of Good Government. Bpectal Dispatch to The Call. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Dec. 2—The opening of the recently reorganized Su- preme Court this morning was an im- pressive ceremony. Chief Justice Eche- verria and the Associate Justices, prior to the opening, called at the palace, where they were received by General ‘Wood, after which, with General Wood and his aids, Robert Porter and others, they were driven to the Supreme Court chamber. Here the Judges donned their robes of office, lon@ silk gowns, trim- med with white lace, and accompanied | by the attorneys practicing in the court, who were similarly dressed, formed in procession and passed into the courtroom, the Chief = Justice es- corting General Wood. The procession having divided into semicircles General Wood, in a few tactful and forceful words, opened the proceedings, delivering the court, in the name of the United States Government, to the Chief Justice and his associates, and demanding from the public implicit obedience to the court’s decisions and decrees. His pronouncement was trans- lated into Spanish by Captain Mendoza. The Chief Justice, replying, accepted the judicial offices in the name of jus- tice, formally reccgnizing the United | States as the supreme power and de- claring that the bench would render Jjustice to rich and poor alike. The proceedings terminated with handshaking, after which General Wood's party was escorted to the en- trance by the entire legal body. The first session of the first purely Cuban court was then opened, The local newspapers censider it the dawn of a new era and express the hope that the Judges, who are men of legal acumen and profound research, may be able:to show the world that the Cu- ban population has - within itself the elements of good government. The same papers are exceedingly complimentary in their allusions to General Wood, de- claring it “quite impossible that any other American could have seeured a better grasp of the entire situatiod.” On Monday-150 men will begin to build the road to Holguin. The distance, making allowances for necessary devia- tion, s seventy-five miles. General Wood is_determined: to facilitate the means of intercommunication for the towns on this end of the island, and on | the same day 100 men-will begin a road | to Guantanamo. In this ease a distance of forty miles must be covered. COAL BARGES LOST DURING THE STORM Ten of the Crew of the Helicon, Quin- nebaug and Corsica Went Down With the Vessels. NEW YORK, Dec. 2—The coal barges | Helicon, Quinnebaug and Corsica, it has | just been learned, were lost during the Tecent storm, with ten of the twelve men | who.composéd_their crews of four each. | The barges Helicon and _Quinnebaug, Ioaded with coal, in tow of the tug Ocean | King, and the Corsica, in tow of the tug | Luckenbach, left Norfolk on November 23 | for New England points. - They encoun- | tered the gale in all its force. When about | thirty-five miles off Bargate the Corsica | broke from her tow and went down, fol- | lowed by the Helicon, and of eight men | composing ..the two crews six were | drowned. The Quinnebaug, being the rear | tow of the Ocean King, wds lost sight of. | It was learned to-day that she went down Sunday night off Scotland: lightship, prob- ably taking her crew of four men with her. The Lukenbach Towing ant Trans- portation Company says the barges were worth $20,000 each. URGENCY IS ADOPTED. Election of French Senators by Uni- versal Suffrage Approved. PARIS, Dec. 2—In the Chamber. of Deputies to-day M. Gauthier, Republican, | introduced a measure providing for the | election of Senators by universal suffrage { and demanded ureency. The Premier, M. Dupuy, opposed the granting of urgency:| and said the Chamber should think twice before deciding upon a proposition -chang- ing the whole electoral system.. Urgency, | however, was adopted by a vote of 243 to AULL WY GI¥E WA TO AGUIRRE Change in Prospect at Folsom. WARDEN TO BE REMOVED IS GUILTY OF OFFENSIVE PAR- TISANSHIP. . Appointment of His Successor One of the First Acts of the In~ coming Adminis- tration. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2—It s given out on the best of authorify that one of the first appointments that will be made under the administration of Gov- ernor-elect Henry T. Gage will be that of Martin G. Aguirre of this county as the successor of Charles Aull as warden of Folsom Prison. The assertion is made that the removal of Aull will be effected on the ground that during the campaign he was guilty of offensive partisanship. His objectionable act constituted the authorized distribution of circulars among the employes of the prison and other persons advising them to vote for Maguire for Governor. The warden is appointed by the Board of Priscn Directors, but there will be several vacancies on the board which Governor Gage will fill, and in this way the removal of Aull will be brought about. Aguirre, whom it is stated is slated ag the new warden of Folsom, has been a close friend of Governor Gage for a quarter of a century. Gage made Aguirre quite a factor in Republican politics in this county. In 1888 he ob- tained for Aguirre the Republican nom~ ination for Sheriff and he was elected. Aguirre is now one of the deputy sher- iffs of this county. He is a Spanish- American, and as Gage received the nearly solid support of that element in this part of the State Aguirre’s ap- pointment will be accepted as a recog- nition of their loyalty by the Repub- lican standard bearer. IMPROVEMENT IN THE HEALTH OF MANILA TROOPS Percentum of Sick Americans Re- duced From Twelve and One-Fifth to Ten and One-Sixth. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—That there is is a declded improvement in the health of the troops in the Philippines is shown by the following cable message from Gen- eral Otis, commanding at Manila, re- g@ivcd by Adjutant General Corbin to- ay: Percentum of sick of command No- vember 30, 10 1-6, as against 12 1-5 Octo- ber 3l. November deaths, 26, as against 45 for October. Sick rate in command about same as among troops of other Governments serving in tropical countries. One-third of present sick suffering from typhold and malarial fevers; one-sixth from intestinal troubles and the Temain- ing half of allments siight in choracter.” BODIES COME ASHORE FROM THE PORTLAND Of the Remains of Twenty-Three Vic- tims Recovered Seventeen Have Been Identified. QRLEANS, Mass., Dec. 2—Two moie bodies have come ashore fromr the wreck of the Portland, making twenty-three in all, One of the latest has been identified as that of A. Gosselyn, assistant City Clerk of Montreal, Canada, and another as a deckhand. 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