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+n whelming. he was inclined to favor it. of Senator been done 3raunhart’s bill. in the direction of ext used to construct a hoped that the bill would pass. depot construction fund was perfect! the Attorney General. enough ahead to become a free port of the repa. s. issue. provements could be made. the depot fund never was right. ment woul for the harbor bonds would be take: four opposing votes were: Senators HHO4040+ 0404040404+ 040404040404040404 040+ 040+ 04040404040404040404040 Senator Shortridge placed himself in the peculiar attitude of an- tagonizing the bill, although he qualified his opposition by stating that The orator from the heart of the prune dis- trict said that he had been informed that the harbor dues were suf- ficient in amount to raise a revenue to extend tt seawall. Senator Dickinson made a strong argument in favor of the passage He said that not since 1892 had anything $350,000 intended to be used to extend the seatvall had been diverted and foundation for inson insisted that the bonds would insure the construction of the sea- wall, would not cost the taxpayers of the Senator St-atton insisted that the diversion of harbor funds to He insisted that there was no doubt about the harbor being taken care of from fees collected, but it could never get Senator Braunhart explained that the southern end of the wall was constructed of wood and here it was necessary to make a great portion The design was to replace the wooden work with a wall and thereby avoid the numerous expenditures made for repairs. Senator Dwyer and Senator Bellman both spoke in favor of the bond Senator Dickinson explained that if the bonds were issued it would merely be anticipating the income of the harbor so that necessary im- He insisted that the diversion of $350,000 to He said that the bonds would never be a burden on the people of the State as ample provision for their repay- be made by the undoubted creation of a sinking fund. Senator Stratton again explained that the interest and sinking fund The 'bill of Braunhart was finally passed by a vote of 27 to 4. +C404040 0000040000000#0*00040}0 O+0+04040404040 6»o¢o¢o¢o+mo¢o¢o+ooo+ool SEAWALL BILL GETS A BIG MAJORITY ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 3.—Senator Braun- hart's bill to provide for the issuance and sale of State bonds to create a fund to extend the seawall of San Francisco harbor was finally disposed of in the Senate this afternoon. third reading and there were but four dissenting votes. T..ere vas considerable discussion over the matter, but the sensible members were sufficient in numbers to make up a majority most over- It was passed on ending the seawall. He said that the depot. General Dick- interior a dollar and he the 1y regular and had been approved by , which was the end aimed to reach. n out of the harbor income. The Maggard, Cutter, Trout and Lalrd. 4040404040404 0404040 +O¢O#O#O#WOM‘OOOOO00&060#060‘0&0%@‘0‘0 HERRIN WILL STAND BY THE MEXICAN SACRA- Feb. 3.—Mr. Herrin of the South- ific is in this Senatorial fight to stay. F or better or for worse he is wed- ded, or betrothed, at least Dan Burns end his well backed ations. Of this he ured Dan Burns night by a per- | sonal and private mess The railroad magnates are just now holding one of their periodical powwows | i New York the least of their a's | S rship le; I 1 whethef or not Southern continue in active and al of Burns' losing fight is to But no matter what the de- | f his chief and his associates are | will not permit his loyalty to the st rd to flag. 1t ad tidings were received headquarters that If Uncle Col. I throw up the sponge Herrin will | true; s personal influence and | remain with him for so all be a candidate, and Her- will do his utmost to fur- s interests. His sympathy i Of this Mr. pecial mes: ty. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT FOR THE LATE JOHN BOGGS | HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- Feb. 3.—The Assembly this 1g passed the following resolutions y of Senator John Boggs, which ced by Assemblyman Glenn CALL M death of Hon. John ne of its earliest and | integrity, man- public virtu nt of the deuth e State Senator of by this body with e of California has . a diligent, faith- whose unstained steadfast devo- to her interests usehold word and | place in the mpathizes with of a true and d and indulgent er of the House be and he is it to the family of the de- these resolutions duly at- | —— GREEN WILL BE LET | is OFF BY THE COMMITTEE QUARTERS, SACRA- Milton J. Green will not give further testimony | 1 scandal, and will not | e the bar of the Assem- nt for his refusal to answer yne which the committee of | propounded to him. It is | fact that mr. Green is a ny man. His mental dis- ened by the knowledge that ¢ at his wife's bedside at not able to leave this no active disposition to f nd it may be lusion that the | dissolved and the As- | t exercise its power to pun- | for contempt. | to To Protect ‘Gas Consumers. HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- F —~Assemblyman Jilson to- | ed in the Aseembly two bills | t strike at two of the special privileges ich gas companies have arrogated to Bill 631 seeks to put a stop to the prac- tice pursued by the Francisco Gas. Company of chargin alled deposit arbitrary 4 for years g :ople’ of interest on hun- | dreds of ands of dollars, to which the company has no right whatever. i The & 1 all be unlaw- | ful for.a poration or company fur- nishing ga consumers to require as a condition before commencing to supply such gas or the placing of meters that the | consumers should make a deposit or pay- | ment of any kind whatever. | Bill 632 provides that upon application | in_writing of the owner or occupant of | any building or premises dis: than 100 feet from any main and payment | by the applicant of ull money due from him, the company must supply gas to him | and’ cannot refuse on the ground of any | indebtedness of any former owmer or oc- | cupant. If for the space of ten days the company refuses to supply the gas re- | quired, 1t must pay to the applicant the sum of $50 as liquidated damages and $ | ; as liquidated damages for every ay such refusal continues thereafter. Both Bills were referred to the Com- mittee on Corporations. . ant not more Rt R | Work or the Committees. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-| MENTO, Feb. 3.—The Finance Committee of the Senate met to-night and considered | Benator La Rue's bill appropriating $7,- | 000 to be expended in building a dam and | providing a water supply for the insane asylum at Napa. The bill will be report- ed favorably to the Senate. Laird’s coyote scalp bill has been with- drawn dnd a substitute offered prescrib- ing & course of procedure for the bring- ing of suit for claims now held against the State. The substitute was recom- mended to pass. The Ways and Means Committee of the Assembly played havoc to-night with a half dozen appropriations of more or less dubious intent. Assembly bill 39, appro- | had been employ! . blind for concrete work done at the asy- lum was recommended not to pass, as bill 128. BIll 371, which appropriates $12: 000 for the maintenance of the Preston School, was withdrawn, as the school’s needs are provided for in the general ap- propriation. Bill 411, which appropriataes $7500 for metallic files and desks for the Secretary | of State also got its quietus, Bill 491, one of Johnson’s appropriations, was designed to pay to Rodgers & Cun- ningham $§70 as overtime for services performed in running the Capitol elevator. It was reported to not pass. e e e Pharmacy Bill Knocked Out. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3.—Grove L. Johnson's bill, which allows the public to be placed at the mercy of ignorant porters and bottle- washers ‘who by virtue of having been employed by druggists for the period of ten years are thereby qualified to admin- ister to the wants of the suffering public | and who by the slightest piece of igno- rance might cause the death of those for whom the prescriptions were to be filled, was knocked out by the Committee on Public Health and Quarantine last even- ing and was reported unfavorably to the Assembly this morning. number of Sacramento pharmacists appeared before the committee and spoke in favor of the bill, claiming that they were perfectly qualified to practice phar- macy;. but they incidently did not refer to hundreds of Chinese and other porters who have swept out drugstores for the time stipulated in the bill, and were then of necessity on a par with graduated pharmacists. The bill would also entitle any person, who might just before the passage of the bill purchase a drugstore, tobecomea regular practicing pharmacist, as the bill reads: “Practicing pharmacists are persons who, at the passage, are con- ducting, either as owners or employes, in this State for uom?ound_lng ing of prescriptions of medical and disper practitioners and for the sale of medicines and poisons.” B To Establish a Reformatory. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3.—Assemblyman Melick of @range this morning introduced in the Assembly a bill” which calls upon the Governor to appoint a commission which shall act without compensation to look into the advisability of establishing a State Reformatory at some point in the southern part of the State. The desire is to establish in this State a prison on | the lines of the reformatory now existent in the State of New York. It is to be | not so much a place of punishment as a place of reform, in cases where reform possible. The prisoners are to be classified from the incorrigible class up the scale to the novice, who is serving his first time, and in whom there is good prospect of effecting a reform. The dif- ferent classes are to be kept separated and provided with pursuits suited to their capacity and condition. The bill appropriates $5000 to be expend- ed In the traveling expenses of thé Com- missioners and in preparing plans and gathering information. e A Blow at Corner Groceries. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3.—Some one or other has started Assemblyman Jilson of Siskiyou and Del Norte out on a crusade against “the corner grocery.” It is his desire to cut off the profit paying end of the busi- ness by -legislating against the sale of whisky in any place where provisions are sold. Mr. Jilson’s bill sounds like a josh, but it has’ all the earmarks of a ;'inch. Its principal provision is as fol- ow: “It shall be unlawful to sell any intoxi- cating liquors in a grocery store or place of business where articles of food are sold or kept for sale, or in a back room opening into such grocery store.’” Any person who shall violate the provi- i of the bill shall be guilty of a mis- anor, punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, or by im- prisonment in the County Jail for not, less than thirty days nor more than six months, and by both such fine and im- prisonment. S L Wagon Road to the Yosemite. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3—Assemblyman Stewart to-day introduced in the Assembly a bill which makes an appropriation of $30,000 for the construction of a free wagon road from Mount Hamilton, in Santa Clara County, to the San Joaquin_River, there to connect with the best road into the Yo- semit> Valley. The chairmen of the Boards of Supervisors of Santa Clara and Stanisiaus _counties and one competent surveyor shall be -appointed by the Gov- ernor as commissioners. Johnson of Sacramento offered a bill which provides that every hotel and lodg- Ing house keeper shall have in each room of his house as a fire escape a rope long | enough to reach the ground, with a hook at one end, which may be fastened to the structure or some object within the room. ' After Insurance Companies. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3.—Senator Hall is in the business of introducing laws affecting fire insurance companies. To-day he intro- duced two bills having a bearing on in- surance. One provides that if a_company attempts to interfere with the adjustment of any insurance loss, either life or fire, fraudulently it shall be subject to a fine o : $10,000. The other bill that Senator Hall has in- troduced provides that it shall be unlaw- ful for any insurance company to select as one of its np%ralsels 10 appraise any damage or loss fire any person who to act in any similar capacity within four months previous to such loss. In case such a person is se- | lected the award of the appraisers is void if the insured so desires. Braunhardt Won’t Stand Delay. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3.—The Senate to-day final- ly passed Senator Braunhart's bill re- quiring street cars and dummies to be equipped with fenders. & Senator Braunhart also gave notice that riating $2136 to pay the directors of the fiuuzute for the deaf and dumh and he did not Bropou to_have his bill mak- ing pool selling illegal at racetracks for any period over thirty days hung up in the Committee on Public Morals. ith- in fiye days, he stated, he would expect a report, and if one was not forthcoming he would want to know the reason for the delay. Resolutions of respect in memory of the late Senator John Boggs were adopted. 0.5, S, JUSTIN ARRIVES AHEAD OF THE 10WA The United States collier Justin arrived from New York yesterday. She sailed in company with the battle-ships Oregon and Iowa and the refrigerating steamer Celtic. The latter supplied the warships with fresh meat and ice during the pas- sage around the Horn and the Justin kept thelr bunkers filled. At Callao the Oregon bade farewell to her consort and steamed away for Honolulu. In Magdalena Bay the Justin and Celtic put their last lot to San Francisco. The Celtic arrived last Thursday afternoon and went direct to Mare Island and the Justin will follow her to-morrow. The Iowa may be ex- pected Sunday night or Monday morning. The ofiicers of the Justin are: Com- mander, Wells S. Field; lieutenant, Mar- bury Johnston; passed assistant engineer, M. S. Usina; ensigns—M. T. Coleman, B. P. Jessot, F. E. Ridgely; assistant pay- master, J. R. Stanford; and assistant surgeon, J. Stepp. The Mail Company’'s freight steamer Aztec arrived from the Orient yesterday With 3208 tons of merchandise, principally i tea, silk and matting. She was y-seven days from Hongkong, twen- ¢-three days from Yokohama and nine days four hours from Honolulu. She left long before the O. and O. Company's Coptie, and arrived in port one day after er. The Aztec is a great carrier, how- ever, and the Mail Company does not ex- pect speed from her. The Honolulu courts are busy consid- ering the deman of the owners of five vessels for Haw: n registry. The San Francisco owned ships Star of Russia, Star of France, Euterpe, Willscott and Falls of Clyde all want to fly the Ha- walian flag and are determined to secure the privilege. Although it is a flag with- out a country and there Is not a spot of land on the earth’s surface over which it can float as anything but a memory or a pretty piece of bunting, yet property to the value of hundreds of thousands of dollars is fighting to get under its shel- tering aegis. Without a country on the sea it still retains all the attributes of sovereignty, and ships entitled to fly it will in due time come under the stars and stripes. The Star of France, Star of Russia and Cuterpe were formerly British vessels, but were purchased by J. J. Moore of San Francisco and others. - The two Stars went from here and the Euterpe from Australia to Honolulu. The Willscott was also a British vessel. While on her way from Japan to Oregon she was caught in a typhoon and dismasted. She was brought in here under jury rig and was later sold to Rosenfeld’s Sons and others. The Falls of Clyde came here from London and was sold to Captain Matson and others. FEAST OF ST. BLAISE CELEBRATED YESTERDAY SOLEMN .SERVICES AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES. Many Hundreds Attend High Mass and Are Blessed at the Altar Rail. The feast of St. Blaise, the patron saint of the throat, was solemnly commemor- ated yesterday In many of the Catholic churches of the city. Hundreds of women with babes in thelr arms, children and men knelt to invoke the biessing of the saint. The principal ceremony In honor of the event was solemnized at St. Ignatius Church, where at least fifteen hundred people knelt to receive the sacred bless- ing in the name of St. Blaise. In Catholic countries it has ever been the custom on the feast of St. Blaise for the faithful, together with their children, to present themselves at the altar rail in order to have the throat blessed. The candles which are used on the occasion are blessed on the feast of the saint. During the ceremony the priest says the following words: *““Through the interces- sion of St. Blalse may the Lord deliver thee from every ailment of the throat. Amen.” The observance of this day and the in- vocation of the blessing attached to the solemn ceremony originated in a story of a widow’s son, who was miraculously cured by St. Blaise. The boy was slowly dying of strangulation caused by a bone, which was lodged in his throat, when the mother implored the saint to save his life. Placing his hands upon the lad ke pronounced words of blessing and thus effected an instant cure. —_————————— COSTLY VIOLINS. James C. Freeman Will Open a Rare Exhibit of Instruments To-Day. James C. Freeman of the Lord & Thomas Agency of Chicago, who has charge of the Lyon & Healy collection of rare and costly Italian violins, which are to be placed on exhibition in this ecity, arrived, at the Palace last night on the Overland. He brings with him $50,000 worth of rare instruments. include Stradivarius, Amatl, Guarnerius; Guadaginni and Cremona makes. Mr. Freeman has been connected with the Lord & Thomas Agency for fifteen years, and created the violin department of that firm. « When seen last night and asked for the reason of his visit, he said: “As you -doubtless know, Lord & Thomas are the largest music dealers in the world. About fifteen years ago, at my suggestion, they created the violin de- partment, with the purpose of raising the sale of the instrument. In this city they have succeeded, for they have never spared money or time to-collect genuine violins. The immense financial strengtk of the firm has enabled them to do this, which is not the case with -smaller deal- ers, and such a reputation have they es- tablished for themselves that any intsru- ment purchased from them can be relied on to be what it is represented. They have taken up the sale of the violin as other firms have that of costly paintings. Our instruments cannot be handled. by the retail dealer, because -of their great cost. Every summer I have been to Eu- rope for the firm, searching for these vio- lins. We have taken up the study of the violin from the point of high art, and it is from this standard that our business is conducted. Every violin that I have with me is genuine. 1Its tone and history speak for it. 'We have spent fortunes searching for the history of the violin; in fact, we have dealt with the instrument with something else in view besides the profit that was to be made out of them. The violins that bring with me range in age from 75 to 450 years. I have no in- strument that has been made since 1825. These violins will be on exhibition at the Palace. My coming to San Francisco is a venture on the part of Lord & Thomas, but we have sold so many violins in the West that they deemed the field ready for them to begin an annual exhibition here, just as they make in New York.”" —_— e NOTED FOR HER CHARITY. The death of Mrs. M. B. Moraghan, widow of the pioneer oyster man, is a sad blow to her children and the hun- dreds of friends who knew her. Her busy life ended on Thursday afternoon after an illness-of two weeks. Death was caused by typhoid pneumonia. The lady was known for her charitable deeds and in_her death the poor lose a4 benefactor. Since her husband’s demise . she has, with the aid of her son Charles, carried on his immense business,.and it is thought that the responsibilities attendant on it hastened her death. IX sons and two daughters survive her. 3 The fumeral will be held on Sunday at 10:% a. m. from her late residence, 431 Thirteenth street, and the interment will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery. These violins |- ‘HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1899. THE CARNOT MEDAL STAYS AT BERKELEY — J.E.SPRINGER bate to-night proved a repetition of those of the last three years, and the medal will remain, for another year at least, with the supporters of the Blue and Gold. The fortunate contestant is Carl M. Warner of the University of California. He was the closing speak- er on the negative, and it was his task to disprove that a closé alliance with Italy would be to the interest of France. His characteristics in debate were self-possession, directness and power to analyze the subject and logi- cally present arguments. The judges, Rev. J. K. McLean of Oakland and Mr. E. J. McCutchen and Mr. Vanderlynn Stow of San Francisco were unanimous in declaring "Warner the best debater of the six competitors. An hour before the debate began stu- dents wearing colors either of blue and gold or Stanford cardinal were in pos- session of all the seats in the chapel. Some of those who came later were for- tunate enough to obtain standing room and others had to content themselves with places in the crowd that overflow- ed onto the pavement and the quad- rangle space beyond it. Fully 800 were contained in the chapel. - Of these 175 were from Berkeley. They came with their newest yells and started them lus- tily to show their spirit and likewise encourage their three speakers. The Stanford collegians were not willing to be outyelled on their grounds and returned as good as j sent. ‘At 8 o'clock Dr. J.'C." Branner of Stanford, chairman of debate, an- nounced John E. Springer of Stanford the first speaker on the affirmative. The speaker contended that, as France needed an ally, Italy was the proper power with which to form a close alli- ance. By detaching Italy from the triple an attaching her to the dual alliance she would greatly strengthen her position among the European powers. By such a connection France, he argued, could put 4,000,000 more sol- diers into the field than any other com- bination possible in Europe. Springer’s speech was lucld and forcible. He was followed by Archibald J. Cloud, a representative of Berkeley. Cloud, as the first speaker on the nega- tive, had to argue against alliance. He chose to regard it possible to bring about the same results by treaty as by @ Q ‘\\\‘H] STANFORDS DEBATING TEAM. PALO ALTO, Feb. 3.—The Carnot de- | a close alliance, and based his argu- ment on this premise. Next came Wilsee M. Martin, who proved himself a pleasing talker and a logical and forceful debater. He en- deavored to show that Italy alone was the natural European ally of Frange. He contended that the Franco-Russian alliance was unstable by reason of racial differences and the distance and barriers between the two countries. Carl Hayden of Stanford, the second affirmative speaker, was possessed of the faculty of marshaling his argu- ments and presenting them with great earnestness and energy. Disturbance of the balance of power by detaching Italy from the triple alliance, he con- tended, would cause England to inter- fere and involve France in a disastrous war. By taking France’s naval strength to defend her coasts Italy alone would gain by the alliance. Anthony H. Suzzallo was the speaker in whom the majority of the Stanford supporters put their faith. His speech was.not disappointing and when he fin- ished his fellow-students thought their chances of the best. They did not reckon on the abilities of the last speaker on the negative. Carl . Warner, the prize winner, closed the debate. He discussed the question with an eye to the political, commercial and colonial effects of an alliance. By cleverly refuting the pre- vious speakers’ arguments and showing how little France could expect to gain commercially, colonially or politically by allying herself with a nation in the deplorable condition of Italy he built a structure that was almost impregnable. Rebuttal speeches followed. None of the speakers had used up the fifteen minutes allowed and the remaining time was used to clinch former argu- ments and break the threads of the webs their opponents had woven. After coming together the judges did not leave the audience long in sus- pense. Their decision was rendered by Rev. J. K. McLean less than five min- utes after they had repaired to the anteroom. The winner of the sixth Carnot de- bate is a senior at the University of California and is taking work which will fit him for the ministry. His home is at Covina, Los Angeles County. The debate to-night was the fourth consecutive Carnot contest that Stan- ford has lost. Since the medal was pre- sented by Baron de Coubertin it has been at Stanford but one year, having been won in 1895 by Sandwick, '96. COL. W. C. SMITH PROMOTED. Receives an Independent Command and Is Transferred to Cavite. Colonel William C. Smith of the Ten- nessee Regiment, who departed for Ma- rila a few months ago, has been given an independent command and has been transferred to Cavite. Under him is a battalion of his own regiment, a battalion from the Idaho Regiment, First Califor- nia Heavy Artilery, Wyoming Battery, Nevada Cavalry and Utah Battery. He has written a very interesting letter to friends in this city concerning the con- ditlons in the Philippines, a portion of which is quoted. On the subject of self- government he says: “Spanish officers say the Filipinos are incapable of self-government. We find that the varied interests of the many tribes that inhabit the island are inim- ical. We find that they are inimical to the white race generally; that they want their own government under their own administration, and not under that of either Spain or America. The insurgents are very friendly, and our men visit and enter their outposts with perfect free- dom and impunity, only to discover that they are numerically strong, well armed and drilling every day. Preparations are going on as if they were getting ready to verify the many reports that come to us of their determination to drive Ameri- cans off the island, just as they did with the Spaniards, and that at a certain time they would strike a decisive blow with overwhelming numbers. “1 am glad to get reports of this, be- cause it keeps our men always on the alert, but when the time comes for the contemplated ‘decisive blow’ I doubt if they will find the American_ troops so easy to be overcome. Yet I am pro- foundly impressed with the fact that if the United States is to hold the Philip- pines as a permanent possession It will require many years of labor, many thou- sands of troops and a judicious and skill- ful administration of affairs to accom- plish good results. The experience of the United -States with the American Indians and the time required to push a white civilization to points and sections west of the Rocky Mountains is familiar to us all. So it may be in establishing per- manently among the eight millions of eople of the Philippine Islands—semi- Earharlc. as the great majority of them are—United Stats lican institution —— e . KENNEDY MURDER CASE. Andrew McDa;ift, a Witness for the Defense, Proves & Sound Sleeper. The preliminary examination of Mrs. Klizabeth Regan, charged with the mur- der of Policeman Kennedy, drags its weary length before Judge Graham. Yesterday almost the whole day was taken up in examining Andrew McDevitt, a witness for the defense. McDevitt. boarded at 232 Chenery street, and on the afternoon of the shooting he went to bed in Mrs. Regan’s room, as she told him his own bed was not made ur. It was about 2 o’clock. He did not. hear any scuffle, shot or noise. Mrs.? Johnston shook him and wakened him. 5 In cross-examination he said that Ken- nedy was shot-after he went to bed, but when (Preued as to why he knew that he replied that he did not know. He did not ask anybody after he got-up what had happened or how it happened, although l- he saw Kennedmnlzx:d methods and repub- room floor. He { 45 on' the dining- ow why he said' through Johnston's telephone that Ken- nedy was shot. He did_not know that | Mrs. Regan had sald to Officer Fitzgerald after he had given his testimony at the inquest that his whole story was false and she wished he had told the truth. In fact, his memory was his only fault. Miss Olive McLaughlin, a sister of Mrs. Regan, testified that she saw Kennedy that morning in bed when she fl"t up about 7 o’clock. About two months ago Mrs. Regan told her she was engaged to be married to Kennedy. She saw Ken- nedy there often. She took the clothes off the hed on which Kennedy had_slept and sent them to her sister, Mrs. Dean, and there was no blood on tWem, The case will be continued Monday afternoon. ————— IN A SERIOUS CONDITION. ‘William Wehner Confined to His Bed the Resuit of a Fall. ‘Willlam' Wehner, who is interested in the panorama of the ‘“Battle of Manila,” now being built at Central Park, is at present confined to his ranch in Napa County, where he lies ajed in a serious condition. Some days 0 Mr. Wehner was at Central Park watching the work of the artists, who were painting the panorama. The scaffold on which he was standing at the time suddenly broke, pre- cipitating him to the ground. A serious rupture was the result of his accident. He was taken to his apartments at the Cali- fornia Hotel, where he was confined to his bed for fome time. A few days ago he attempted the trip to his ranch, but the jolting of the conveyance which met him at the depot reopened his wound and for a time he was in danger of bleeding to death. When he finally reached his home Mr. Wehner was in a serious condi- tion. He is somewhat improved at pres- ent, but his friends are much alarmed about him. e BACON PLACE CASES. All Those.on Jfldgefaonlnn’s Calen- dar Are Dismissed. The cases against a host of women ar- rested in Bacon place, on the calendar of Judge Conlan’s court, were dismissed yesterday on motion of Attorney Ach. Judge Conlan, in dismissing the cases, said he recognized the futility of attempt- ing to get a conviction after the verdict of the jury in the case of Marcelle De- lorde, who was acquitted in Judge Gra- ham’s court a few days ago. ‘““The verdict of the jury,” continued the Judge, “is evidence of the fact that the social evil is necessary in this city, and should be allowed to exist in the neigh- borhood where it has existed for the past thirty years, instead of being scattered broadcast over the city.” There are several cases in Judge Gra- nam’'s court yet to be tried, and it re- mlna to be seen what action he Will e. ————————————— © Instructed and Arraigned. Joseph Grace and Willie Pyne, the two boys who destroyed the stock in M. Marsh & Co.’s hat and cap factory, 411 Market street, were instructed and ar- raigned in Judgfi Mogan’s court yester- day. Attorne; atthews appeared for the boys, and at his request a continu- ance was granted till February 7.” Tt is said the charge against the boys will be reduced to malicious mischief and that their parents will make good the loss, Lurline Salt Water Baths. Bush -and Larkin sts. Swimming, Russian, hot and cold tup patis. Saltwater direct fromocean. LOST ALL SENSE OF FEELING The Wounds Healed at Once—Blood Would Not Flow:. his State. healed. as well as ever, if not better. was which. it. or a dozen. not flow. due to the elasticity of the walls. ©00000000000000000000000000000 CHICAGO, Feb. 3.—S. C. Plerce of Sheboygan, Wis., came to Chi- cago to-day for treatment for a peculiar malady which for a num- ber of years has puzzled the leading physicians and physiologists in “Nearly three years ago,” he says, “I ran a nall into my hand while working. To my surprise I felt no pain from fit. came from the wound, which closed up at once. and afraid I might be poisoned, so I went to a doctor. explain it, but the wound got well right away. “About the same time I struck my hand while chiseling a stone and injured it badly. This time as before I hardly felt it, and ex- perienced no pain and no blood flowed. I began to be alarmed and made experiments. could hardly feel anything at all. But I could not feel. I tried distinguishing coins in the dark and could not tell which I.went to doctors and they examined me. touch me in the back when I was not looking and I would not know They would stick instruments into me two or three at a time, and if I felt anything at all I wouldn’t know whether there was one “Then I began to get alarmed for fear I was becoming paralyzed. I found that when they cut into my blood vessels the blood would In my upper arm when they cut an artery it closed up at once and no blood came out, and in my wrist they had to punec- ture one artery three times to get a drop out. me, and as the doctors in Wisconsin could not solve the problem I came here ‘to consult the best authorities.” 000000000000000C000000000000000000 No blood I was much alarmed I could not In a féw days the wound I found I I could taste, see, hear and smell They would They said this was I decided to find out what alled 0000000000000 00NO000000QO0C0D00 WITHROLDS CIVIL SERVICE ORDER President May Not Issue Proclamation. ON HIS DESK FOR MONTHS SO THE SPOILS SYSTEM IS NOT YET RENEWED. The Election of Internal Revenue Commissioner Scott as a Senator From West Virginia Has Changed Plans. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Feb, 3. It will be gratifying to many Federal office-holders in California to learn that President McKinley may not issue his long-expected proclamation ex- empting several thousand places from the operation of the civil service. This order has been lying on Mr. McKinley’s desk for several months. Most of the positions affected by the order are in the Internal Revenue Department, such as deputy collectors, ete. It is understood that when Senator- elect Scott of West Virginia accepted the position of Commissioner of In- ternal Revenue he stipulated that these positions -should be thrown. open to spoilsmen. It was largely due to his influence, it is said, that the order mak- ing the change was prepared. But now that Mr. Scott has been elected to the Senate and will shortly resign as Com- missioner of Internal Revenue he has lost interest in the matter. The decision of the President to pro- mote Deputy Commissioner Wilson to Mr. Scott’s place confirms the impres- sion that the civil service order will never be promulgated. Wilson has been in the service for about thirty years and is a strong believer in civil service reform. Hundreds of disap- pointed office-seekers are swearing un- der their breath at the administration for holding back the order. There is great rejoicing among mem- bers of the Civil Service Commission. President Proctor and every member of the commission labored unceasingly to head off the raid on civil service. A Representative took President Proctor to task for his stand on this matter re- cently. “I do not see how you can advocate the keeping of deputy collectors under civil service protection,” said the Con- gressman. “If you were appointed Col- lector and had to give heavy bond to the Government would you not want to have some voice in the selection of your deputy—the man on whom you must rely for the honest and successful running of your office?” “My dear sir,” said Mr. - Proctor, “that is a stock argument of opponents of the civil service law. It amounts to nothing. Under the spoils system there was not one Collector of Internal Rev- enue in a hundred that had anything to say about the selection of his deputy. That matter was looked after by the political boss of the district. The Col- lector was rarely if ever consulted. I know this to be a fact. There' were more incompetent and dishonest depu- ties in the service in the good old days of the spoils system than there could possibly be under the present arrange- ment. You will find that a majority of the Collectors themselves are not howl- ing for the proposed change. That ought to be conclusive in itself that no change is. needed or desired.” Turk Defeats Frenchman. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 3.—Hali Adali won his match with Delmas, the Frenchman, here to-night, getting four falls in thirty minutes. The limit was nine minutes. In strength Delmas was no match for the Turk, appearing to be fully sixty pounds lighter. The French- man assumed the offensive from the be- glnnlng. All the falls were made by alf Nelsons. The third and _fourth bouts were very exciting, the French- man genlng away from the Turk's half Nelsons and Nelsons by beautiful bridg- ing. The match was for a $1000 purse. SRRy Sale of Noted Stallion. LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. 3.—One of the most important horse deals of the season has just been consummated. Colonel Mjl- ton-Young of the McGrathiana stock farm has purchased of Captain Sam Brown of Pittsburg the famous thoroughbred stal- lions Troubadour and Blue Wing and Reward of $20,000 Offered. A wealthy lady recently los a satchel con- taining jewels worth $150.000, and now offers a reward of §20,000 cash to the finder. The loss of health is far more # ‘Jous tban the loss of Jjewels, and vet it can be recovered without paying big reward. A little money invested in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will restore strength to the weak, purify the blood, estab- lish regularity 'of the bowels and help the ::;;nll:h to properly digest the food taken eleven brood mares, including Perform- ance, Mona, Matinee and Senorita. The prices are not made public. s be el YOUNG PLUTO DEFEATED. Bernstein Gets a Decision Over the South African. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Joe Bernsteln of New York. got the decision over Young Pluto of South Africa at the Greenwood Athletic Club in Brooklyn to-night after a hard fight of twenty rounds. Pluto’s clever defense stood him in good stead for ‘over twelve rounds, but after that Bernstein seemed to be able to shoot his left straight to the face and body, suf- fering from an occasional counter. Pluto directed his blows at the head during the latter part of the contest, doing_the New Yorker very little harm. Bernstein fought very cleverly _throughout, and when Referee Austin declared him the Wwinner at the end of the twentieth round the verdict was well received For a Soap Combination. CHICAGO, Feb. 3.—The Record to-mor= row will say: New York promoters are interesting Eastern capitalists in a plan which contemplates the formation of a gi- gantic combination to control the Amer- ican soap output. With $90,000,000 capital, of which $0,000,000 will be in preferred stock and $50,000,000 in common stock, ne- gotlations are pending for the amalgama- tion of all the important factories in the United States. Acquirement of the prop- erties of several companies will come by outright purchase for cash or by distribu- tion of preferred and common stock to the factories that turn over their »lants. The new company, in addition to soap, will dominate the market for a number o other products manufactured by the same factories, including perfumes, cosmeti and toilet preparations. 5w Work of the Revision Committee. PARIS, Feb. 3.—The revision committes of the Chamber of Deputies held a five hours’ informal sitting to-day, which was attended by M. Dupuy, the Premier, and M. Lebret, Minister of Justice. No offi- clal note has been issued regarding what occurred and nothing has leaked out, but the fact that the two Ministers were pres- ent excites the keenest interest. t is asserted thdt the committee insists either that M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire be prose- cuted for his accusations against certain magistrates or that the magistrates them- selves be arralgned before a superior council of magistrates. For several days members of the revision committee ha been receiving threatening letters, ADVERTISEMENTS. An honest man in this day and age has little need to fear death by hafiging. | The danger Qthat inno- willdie upon the scaffold has been re- duced by modern laws of evidence to a minimum. There is one appalling death that still threatens inno- cent men. It is a slow and lingering death from consumption. One-sixth of the hu- man race die from this relentless enemy of humanity. Probably no subject connected with health is so important and so little understood as the conmservation of vital force. The human organism is a wonderful machine, and is so constructed that if ex- haustive draughts are made upon the vital forces during youth and middle life, the mechanism responds for the time, but at the expense of its*future usefulness. The man who overworks or exhausts himself day after day is constantly overdrawing his store of vital force. Finally the mechan- ism of supply breaks down and the man becomes a physical bankrupt. ~The me- chanism of supply in a man is his stomach. There the foovf is transformed into vital force. If the stomach is weak and the di- gestion impaired, the body ceases to re- ceive and store up vital force. If the draught is continued, consumption or some other equally fatal ,disease is the result. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery isa. great producer of vital force. It enablesa man to daily store up energy to do almost any amount of work or stand any amount of exposure. It does its work through the stomach. It makes the weak stomach strong. It facilitates and increases the flow of digestive juices. It promotes and perfects the assimilation of dll the life- giving elements of the food. It is the great blood-maker and flesh-builder. Mr. F. M. Robinett, of Xenophon, Tenmn., writes: I can heartily rccimamacad e Plescel Golden Medical Discove for indigestion and torpid liver. Iwas very bad off and tried dif- ferent doctors with but iittle benefit. I decided to give the ‘Golden Medical Discovery’ a trial and T soon ‘began to improve. Ifit had not been for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery I b#~ ligye I weuld not be living to-day.” RUPTURE, USE NO MORE IRON Hoops or Steel y CURED by DR. PIERCE' Magnetie Elastic Truss. [ c.?x"‘-i cfficeor write for New Pamphlet No. L. MAGNETIC ELASTIC TRUSS CO., €20 Market st., opp. Palace Hotel, San Francisco. DR. 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