The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 9, 1899, Page 2

MILTON J. GREEN WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE HOUSE The Assembly Sends a Committee to Ascertain Just What His Condition Is. HE WILL APPEAR ERIDAY Declares He Will Take Whatever Punishment That May Be Meted Out to Him, but He Will Not Speak. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-|that Green had given him $400 to be MENTO, Feb. 8.—Speaker Anderson to- | used in the campaign and had asked day appointed Assemblymen Belshaw, | Bim to ign a contract to vote for U. S. Works and Boone, and Doctors W. H. (xhrem“fnr Benator. Jilson said further Baldwin, 'G. T. Simmons and W, B | oy o oxeen had with him st itbp time contracts signed by other mem- bers c¢f the Assembly, and this matter, one of the committee said to-day, would probably be thoroughly investi- gated within the next few days. Wiard, a committee to call upon Mil- _ton J. Green, Mr. Grant’s political man- ager, to discover just how ill Mr. Green has been. sously with the appointment rittee the Grant people spread the report that Mr. Green had decided to appear before the bar of the Assembly and take whatever dose that body has mixed for him. When the Grant people wére closely q ioned none of them would admit that Mr. Green had said this himself, but they said they had heard it indi- rectly and were confident that he would n hand. .ater in the day Green himself gave out the statement that he had decided come to the front, but he also said would again refuse to answer the questions that have been put to him. On that score, it is said, the commit- tee proposes to deal with him at some length, and it proposes further to look into the rather startling disclosures vesterday on the flocr of the As- gembly by Jilson of Siskivou, who, in the course of a general confession, said ‘When Mr. Jilson made that state- ment yesterday it was not in the ex- citement of the moment or anything of the sort. He says he thought it was a matter that should come out and he is willing to stand by every statement he made. If the Grant people are expecting it is a homeopathic dose that will be ad- ministered to Mr. Green when he turns up on Friday, they are doomed to disappointment, if the present tenor of the House goes for aught. The state- ment sent out by him to-day that he would appear but would persist in his refusal to answer questions served only to make the feeling against him stronger, although a majority of thel members are willing to wager to-night that instead of Green there will come another certificate of ill health. The investigating committee met to- day. informally to begin the work of tabbing up its expense bill, and will meet again to-morrow to complete that end of its report. the election of any other aspirant than Grant giy some ground for the belief that the colonel and the statesman from San Diego may agree to withdraw | in order that one more Senator may be | ddded to the Republican membership e United States Senate. Word from Washington that the Re- ans there are anxious that the California Republicans should find some acceptable candidate. It is said that failure to elect will be charged to the Republican State organization. It is clear to every observer whose judgment is impartial and_whose ob- servation is alert, that neither Grant nor Burns can win out. - It is not cer- tain that the elimination. of , either would break the deadlock. For exam- ple, if Grant should withdraw and his whole strength of twenty-eight be cast for Bulla, as a Southern man, and "“if 3cott’s two votes should go the same way, Bulla, including his own thirteen, would muster only forty-three votes. The talk about a scattering of Gen- eral B: immortal eleven is a wild fancy iridescent dream. The fact i{s .that the men who are voting for Barnes went to his standard of their own choice, without hope of patronage, reward or party favor. If they had | gone under conditions or by some other pressure than their own judgment, a break might be expected. Barnes' men are as solid in his support as ever, and should a break occur in the Grant camp the general would get large re- inforcement: STRATTON'S PRIMARY ELECTION LAW PASSED CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb: 8. —Senator Stratton’s prim- ary election law bill has passed the Sen- “ate, but it was only after a debate which ‘occupled the morning session. - The bill was brought up on the third reading file, and at once Senator Shortridge was on his feet. He seemed to favor the bill for about ten minut and then he announced that he would oppose the law. He re- ferred to the bill which came up in the Legislature two years ago and which, af- ter passing the lawyers of the committees and the lawyers of both houses of the Legislature, the Supreme Court picked about thirty holes in, and after declaring it unconstitutional laid it aside because the court had no more time. He denounced the bill because he said it was expensive, and.then, finding there .- were to be no salarfes of officials, he de- clared it unconstitutional because men were required to work without pay. Senator Davis spoke earnestly in favor | of the bill, and then Senator Simpso: spoke against it. - | Stratton then took the floor in defens of his measure. He said the bill was framed to meet the demand of all politf cal parties and at their instigation and in pursuance of resolutions adopted at all the conventio; He declared his bill w simple, inexpens nd would correct. th. evils of the primari which all wer: anxious to see abolished. He' believed it was a good bill and was constitutional. A rollcall” showed the passage of the | bill by a vote of 31 to 2. Mr. Shortridge | was one of the two and Cutter, who. had. sald nothing in debate, was the other. Simpson, who had spoken twice against the measure with all the burning ‘eratory of the sunny south, voted aye and helped the bill to pass, There ~ were several collateral bills Introduced by Senator Stratton, which were taken up in the afternoon. Senate bill 133, providing registration for primary . elections; Senate bill 83, relating to the method of nominating candidates for pub- lic office; Senate bill 8, amending the code to make primary I mandatory, and Senate bill 379, applying the principies of .the Penal Code for the punishment of election officers to primary elections, were all R IR G "WORK OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, ‘Feb. 8—~The bill to: exempt church property from taxation came be- fore the Judiciary Committee of the Sen- - ate this evening.' Its' consideration occu- pied but a few minutes, and after being amended it was ordered Tecommended to the Senate for passage. The amendment was meant to apply to buildings used for seligious purposes, but rented from others and for which rent is heing paid. The 7mendment excépts these from the pro- visfofis of the blll exempting church prop-. erty. Cznsfltuflonal amendment 14, introduced ‘by Senator Taylor, was also ordered re- ported favorably. There is more in this than appears on the surface. Article 13 of the constitution, which Taylor's amendment affects, regulates the taxa- tion of city and county bonds. Taylor proposes to exempt such bonds. There are $6,000,000 in county bonds, he argued before the committee, only $794) of which are taxed; and of, $12,000,000 in city bonds but $500,000 are taxed. - s These-discrepancies, he =aid, were due- passed. { to the fact that many of the bonds were held outside of the State, and others were otherwise inaccessible. He therefore con- tended that it would be better to exempt the bonds. The importance of the meas- ure was shown when he went on to ex- | plain that should the bonds be exempted the interest would be decreased propor- tlonately, the holder being released from the burden of taxation, not a heavy one, and the consequent reduction in the inter- est on every bond would practically amount to the tax, and more, and the loss in taxes would be saved elsewhere. ! The question of taxing the stock of na- tional banks in California was argued be- fore the committee by Assemblyman Muenter of Stockton, who introduced ss- | sembly bill 250. Under present conditions none of the property of national banks | except real estate.is taxed in this State, while in the commercial banks practically everything but the stock is taxeg. By tne | provisions of the bill the stock oi- the national banks is proposed for. taxation in | order to equalize matters between the dif- ferent institutions. Senator Wolfe sug- gested an amendment taxing all ban but this was not accepted and tne bill was recommended for passage. as passed by the Assembly. Senator Braunhart's constitutional amendment to allow the adoption of amendments to charters and . chartérs themselves by a majority of the votes cast for such amendment or charter, in- stead of a majority of all the votes cast at that election, “was recommended for passage after a judiclous use of the | pruning knife on the part of the coms | mittee. The proposition to allow an amendment | to a charter or a charter to be submitted to the people on a petition of 15 per cent of the voters at the last election was also allowed. Senator Luchsinger was turned down with his bill to regulate the practice of architects. He would have a commission to look after the architects and have a license issued to each. Senator Smith de- clared himself opposed to such a meas- ure and after some discussion the bill was referred back without recommendation. Assemblyman Bliss' bill to make the golden poppy the State flower of Califor- nia will be recommended far passage. SACRAMENTANS SAVE . THEIR DEBT COMMISSION CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 8.—The fact that something |.unusual was doing in Sacramento muni- cipal affairs was apparent this evening, when a number of citizens, headed by Mayor Willlam Land, filed silently into the committee room where the Assembly Judiciary Committee was holding it nightly session, and when later another faction of Sacramento citizens also filed into the room. The occasion of all this array of Sacra- mento people was the consideration of a | bill by the committee which provides for the redemption of the funded indebted- | ness of the city, which amounts to B.Y~ y proximately $174,000. The bill indirect calls for the abolition of the funded debt commission, which has been in office since the debt was incurred and over the aboll- jon of which the discontent is occa- ioned. By the consideration of Chairman John- son, the matter came first and both sides of the question were heard, after which .a general discussion took place, and for a vhile it looked as though there might be personal violence. A settlement was fine ally reached when Assemblyman Conrey suggested that instead of abolishing the commission immediately the abolishment should not go into effect until January 1, 1900. This seemed to be satisfactory, as those wishing the continuance of the com- mission declared that the debt could be paid before that time. The committee at- tached an amendment to the bill and re- ported favorably upon the measure. A number of bills of minor importance also came before the committee and were | acted upon. Owing to a misunderstanding the Stanford University bill will not come up until to-morrow night. £ ditag For the Protection of Miners, CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 8.—Senator Curtin is trying to stop the increasing casualties among the miners owing to the conditions under whiéh the work is made more dangerous by indfficient or negligent man- agement and improper appliances. introduced a bill in the Senate !o-dg; providing for the appointment of an in- spector of mines and a sufficient number of deputies to propertly attend to the du- ties assigred to him. The inspector of mines, under the bill, will have only the safety and welfare of the miners to look out for. He or one of his deputies must visit each couaty at least once a year, and he must visit each mine. He' must carefully examine the hoisting apparatus, the timbering, the ventilation and everything that tends to insure the safety of the miner, or under any circumstances menace it, and he must make such recommendations as he thinks necessary. His recommendations must be complied with at once, or the mine map- il‘gement will be held to be crimnally neg- gent, As a_protection to mine owners, it is especially directed in the bill that the in- spector must, on no account, divulge an; | thing he may learn of the nature or ex- tent of the veins he may see on his tours of inspection, *nor anything about the character of the mines he visits. He must furnish a heavy bond to insure an ob- servance of this provision. » THE SAN FRANCISCO- CALL, THURSDAY, WOULD EXCLUDE H+O+0404040404040 THE SAME OLD YOTE TOUL ttaerzee O ALIENS FROM Jjoint ballot has got back-to the monotony that existed before Senator Shortridge of Santa Clara and Judge Clough of 9 Plumas projected into it twd resolutions and a good bit n(y o same as it has been savefthat PUBLIC WORKS mirth. The vote to-day was:the sarhs the totals were two less to each of the leaders becausejof ab-' sentees. Mr. Grant, who wasin~ ballgt, who Kenneally Stirs Up a Hornets” Nest. the chamber during polled -25, and Mr. B was not there, polled 237 taken result- WOER. T The single ballot ed as follows: Barnes ... Estee . Bulla . Burns Felton Grant .. Scott . Bard . De Vries .. Rosenfeld . White Jeter . B4040404040+0+0+040+0+0+E. SENATE ADVANCES THE WIDE-TIRE WAGON BILL CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 8.—There was a lively dis« cussion in the Senate to-day over the at- tempt of Laird to take from the second reading file Senate bill 476 and place it in the position of Senate bill 19, which.is high up on the third reading file, No. 19 to be withdrawn to make way for 476 Laird wanted to‘do’ this ‘by”an urgency. resolution, but this was voted down-and HIS - BILL UP FOR. DEBATE [} 1% i o vy e ' -8 |MORE STRINGENT THAN ANY . PROPOSED FEDERAL LAW. % 4 2 3 ‘Johnson and Belshaw Indulge in an Interesting Bout During the ¥ -Discussion—The Sea- wall Bill. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 8.—Americanism was given nt to in all its variety this afternoon in the Assembly-chamber, and not a little personal spite was dragged into the pro- ceedings and allowed ‘to hlaze unchecked for a’'time. The promoters of the after- noon’s enjoyment were Belshaw, Johnson, Fairweather and Kenneally. Johnson and Belshaw mixed things in no mild, manner; Fairweather mixed it with them both, and Kenneally, whose bill precipitated the row, made it his especial business to keep things stirred up for as long as either of the contestants had a punci left the trick was or.will be accomplished in another way. By Sénator Leavitt's ‘mo- tion 476 was taken up at orice and read a second time, ahd to-morrow: it ‘wiil ap- pear on the foot of the third reading file, from where it can be put forward in place in him. Assembly bill 393 was the cause of it all. It was introduced on the 2lst of last month by Mr. Kenneally, who really did not know at the time how heavily it was loaded. In fact, Mr. Kenneally did not find of No. 19 without jarring the Senate book of subs. The bills are the “wide tire” bills, reg- ulating the tread of wheels on heavy wag- ons, so as to protect the roads. There was an amendment to the bill suspending its provisions at an altitude of 1 feet, but finally it was voted down. ¥ Beyond the debate over Stratton's pri- mary election bill there was little done by the Senate, Assembly bill No. 2, provid- ing for a sewer system at Folsom Prison and providing an apfiroprlauon for the same, was passed. ssemblyman Wars dell’s pilot bill was passed to second read- ing. genale bill 94, introduced by Morehouse, providing how the funds of insurance companies may be invested, was taken up on third reading and passed. . Senator Taylor introduced a bill to put under the jurisdiction of the Public Rd- ministrator all trust estates being neglect- ed by their trustees or in danger of be- ing diverted from the purposes of the trust. It is intended to care for those trust estates which are being wasted by the incompetence, inattention or misde- meanors of the trustees. Senator Taylor also introduced a bill providing for the formation of insurance companies to in- sure livestock against loss or injury. Senator Pace introduced a bill' making it a misdemeanor for any person to kill or hunt game of any kind within the limits of any park established by Congress. Senator Currier introduced a bill to provide for the organization and govern- ment of irrigation districts and to pro- vide for the acquisition of water and other property, and for the distribution of water. Senator Ashe introduced a bill making it compulsory on the part of water com- panies to furnish filters on demand of- consumers. out until to-day, and then he learned, through listening to much glittering ora- tory on the subject, that his measure, if passed, would bind the State of California to an anti-immigration policy more radi- cal than anything in that line that has been attempted by the Federal Govern- ment. In substance it provides that no person shall be employed upon any public works being prosecuted by any city, city and county, county or the State itself who is not either a native-born Californian or naturalized citizen. In other words, Mr. Kenneally's ‘bill is designed to give the man who lives in the State and partici- bates in its running expenses preference over the foreign-born and unnaturalized laborer, who has no other interest in the stmitte than the day’s wage he can get out ¥ Mr. Johnson explained the bill for Mr. Kenneally when it came up on the file, and he got a rise out of Assemblyman Fairweather of Fresno, who championed the cause of the foreigner to a finish. He said the foreigners might not partici- pate to so large an extent in ties Stale taxation as the native born, but no ong could deny that when there was war on hand or the country was menaced that these same foreigners came to the front | in the country's defense as quickly as any one else. Mr, Fairweather found a second in Assemblyman Belshaw, who got into the debate with some heat.” He said | the bill was vicious and un-American, and that if the people of California did not want to give the worthy foreigner a chance to earn his living after he got here they should not invite him with | open arms to the State. Then Belshaw repeated that the bill was vicious and un- rican, and Johnson got up to resent lhexlanputallon. Sa.(ddhe: “'I do not understan gentleman from Contra Costa i;h{i‘ienm-eg ‘his Americanism with mine. ‘It {s not perti- | nent to the question, and it that is what | he wants to do I suggeat that we hire a | hall and charge $1 admission. We might | make some money, and we would cer- tainly provide some amusement. I deny that ‘this bill is either un-American or vi- | cious. It simply aims to give the native | born or naturalized citizen a chance to | DEVOTO WOULD ABOLISH THE GARBAGE CREMATORY CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 8—Assemblyman Devoto of San Francisco introduced a bill which, if passed, will bring lasting peace and joy | | be placed in danger of disease from the to the residents of the Mission District in San Francisco. The bill provides that no person, firm or company shall operate a garbage crema- tory in such close proximity to any cit; or town that the inhabitants thereof shall work without suffering from the competi- | tion of the class of foreign labor that is overrunning this country. It is high time that some such law was enacted. I con- sider this a good one and hope it will pass. The proposition to hire a hall was dis- pleasing to Mr. Belshaw, and he at- tempted to get the floor to retort, but the privilege was gven to Dibble, who got u; to warmly second the measure. He said | he did not see why a distinction should | be made between the man who labors for his living and the man who holds a pub- lic_office. Every one who feeds at the public crib and eats the State's taxes should be a citizen of the State, whether he sits in a public office or works on a county road. Cowan denied that all pub- lic officers were citizens of the country. He said that arriyal at Castle Garden, New York, was ample reason for appoint- ment on the police force, and that as long as the State allowed immigrants to come in it should give them a chance to earn a living. Belshaw got his chance here. He was still_considering the hall proposition, and he had a score held over from earlier days to settle with Johnson. He climbed down from the desk upon which he was perched and said: “Mr. Speaker, the proposition of the entleman from Sacramento to hire a hall s a good one, and I have often wished he would follow it. I have become impressed with the fact these last few days that there is altogether too much Johnson on the floor of this Assembly. The gentle- man seems to think that because he spent a year or so in Congress he is the man- ager of this House, and that every man on the floor of the Assembly is bound to bend the knee to him. I, for one, will not bend the knee to him on an{ proposi- tion. T say that this bill is vicious, al- though I do belleve in the restriction of immigration, and if the Federal Govern- ment should draft a bill to stop it I would vote for it if I had that privilege.” Then Johnson got back at Belshaw again and read him a paternal lecture that did not seem to set well on the Con- tra Costan’s digestive apparatus. Some- thing was due at this time from Ken- neally, who had contented himself with stirring up the Johnson oratory, and he got up to vouchsafe the information that “some of these fellows that come in here to work could not be dragged into citizen- ship with a hawser fastened on to a tug- boat.” His speech was received with ap- lause, and Assemblyman Brown of San ateo arose to offer an amendment to the bill which exempted from its provisions honorably discharged soldiers and sailors whether they were citizens or not. 1In speaking in favor of the amendment, Dibble took occasion to explain to Mr. Fairweather, who interrupted him, that when foreigners serve this country in the army or navy the honorable discharges made them citizens at once; no matter how long they had lived in_the country. Then the amendment of Mr. Brown was made_the question, and it was adopted, and Kenneally’'s bill, instead of being passed, was sent back to the printer.' Senator Braunhart’s seawall bill was another matter of considerable discussion, It was passed yesterday in the Senate, and came up to-day for second reading in C+04+0404+0404040+04040+0 40+ 040+ 0+ 040440404 04040 4040+ 0+ O+ D040+ 04040404 O+ CHOI0+0404040+H0 fumes and smoke of such crematory. It was referred to the Committee on Public Health and Quarantine. Assemblyman Henry of 8an Francisco introduced yet another bill prohibiting the manufacture, sale and operation of nickel-in-the-slot machines. It went to the Committee on Public Morals. Assemblyman Greenwell offered a bill which is designed to protect the pheasant and “bob-white” which the Game Com- missioners have lately introduced in this State. The bill provides that no pheasant or “bob-white” shall be taken or killed within this State from April 1, 189, to April 1, 1903. 1t was referred to the Com- mittee on Fish and Game. As a substitute for the bills introduced by Dibble and E. D. Sullivan of Francisco, to create a State Board of Charities, the Committee on Commissions and Public Expenditures offered a substi- tute comprehending the best points of the original bills. The bill carries an appro- riation of $4000 and was referred to the vays and Means Committee. DEPUTIES FOR ALAMEDA COUNTY OFFICIALS CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 8.—The Alameda County delegation met to-night and agreed upon certain amendments to the county gov- ernment act, which has been of much in- terest to Alameda county officials, as it refers directly to the offices” they hold. The County Clerk of Alameda County, Frank C. Jordan, has been endeavoring to have the county stand the expense of registration, which heretofore has fallen upon _the County Clerk. This was de- nied Mr. Jordan. The Assessor. was al- lowed one chief deputy, two extra’ depu- ties and $3000 increase of salary. The | District Attorney was allowed one chief | deputy at a salary of $1200 per year. The| Recorder was allowed the appointment of three deputies, which heretofore have been appointed by the Supervisors of the county. The Sheriff was allowed two, extra deputies and transportation when on service throughout the county. The Coroner was allowed the appointment of | a stenographer and the right to act free from the jurisdiction of the District At. torney. The Tax Collector was allowed ene extra deputy at a salary of $1000 per annum, and the Superintendent of Schools was allowed transportation when travel- ing on duty. - QUARANTINE OF CATTLE CONSIDERED A HARDSHIP CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-| MENTO, Feb. 8.—A petition from his con- | the Assembly. stituents was submitted to the Senate this| Valentine, chairman of the Ways and atternoon by Senator Lalrd. The docu-jMeans Committce. wanted the bill con- ment relates to the injustice of the quar- & A antine laws on domestic animais. The pe- | SonglY objected. He eald it was an un- tition sets forth that the petitioners can-| deny a bill carrying a favorabie recom- not protect their cattle from disease be- | mendation its second reading. Valentine cause the Federal Government cannot and | insisted upon his suggestion and the bill the State Government has not passed | Was finally referred. Senator Braunhart proper quarantine laws. .= The Federal says it was done only as a matter of reg- quarantine for animals may be put upon u'”.fm“d“" na tHas IS SeetR D a State, but not upon a section of a State, opposition, 3 'he establshing of the true line between and the State laws are inadequate to pro- | Mendocino and Trinity counties proved tect any particular section from adjoining | to be a burning question. Mr. Sanford infection, nor can they prevent the com-| f the former county had a bill on the ing or going of cattle in the infected dis- | flle Which fixed the line at the 40th degree tricts. The petitioners ask that the State | Of longitude, but Assemblyman La Baree Board of Health be empowered to declare a quarantine against any district where of Trinity denied that the surveyor who infection exists. They also ask that the last laid out the line had got the circle laws be so shaped that the Federal Gov- ernment may quarantine any infected sec- tion of the State. The petition was in- duged by the prevalence of splenetic fever. in some locan(es in the northern part of the State. in the right place. In fact. he claimed, through Grove L. Johnson, that the sur- veyor, one Rice, had got the line two miles further south. Mr. Johnson thought at a surveyor who could dally with lat- ude and longitude to the extent of set- ting the line two miles off its beat should [ FEBRUARY 9, 1899, HER FORMER ENEMIES PLEAD i FOR KAIULANI i AN ONOLULU, Feb. 1.—Princess Kaiulani, the Flower of Hawail, who lost the throne of the island kingdom by the successful revolu- tionary movement of 1893, bids fair to become a ward and pen- sloner of Uncle Sam, who has since fallen heir to the possessions that in the regular course of events would have gone to the Prin- cess. Evidently stricken by qualms of conscience, the men who were leaders in the movement which resulted in the establishment of the re- public of Hawali, and then in its annexation to the United States, are now engaged in circulating a petition, addressed to the President and Congress of the Unitegd States, eloquently pleading Kaiulani’s cause. It asks that the Government of the United States, in order to relieve the Princess from all future pecuniary embarrassment, make a'suita- ble settlement upon her. It recites her pitiful reconciliation and accept- ance of the changed order of things when th® monarchy was overthrown, her extremely friendly attitude toward the United States since the an- nexation of the republic, and that she is possessed of but a moderate amount of this world's goods. The request for the settlement, the petitioners distinctly avow, is not DEAL I DICHEN UG STOCK Eight Thousand Shares Change Hands. HONOLULU °CHANGE BOOMS BIG BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS IN JANUARY. Two New Steamships to Be Put on the Trans-Pacific Run by the British-Ameri- can Line. HONOLULU, Feb. 1.—Four thousand eight hundred shares of Onomea Sugar Company stock changed hands recently at 137%. C. Brewer and Castle & Cooke were the sellers. Edward Pollitz was the buyer. The transaction is an evi- dence_nf the growing demand in San Francisco for the island sugar stocks, Mr. Pollitz buys to sell again in San Francisco and thé certificates of stock will be made out in blocks of suitable size for that purpose. The transac- tion involves no change of management or ownership. Brewer & Co. and Castle & Cooke each owned an equal interest in the plantation and alternated each year in the agency, Castle & Cooke be- ing the agents this year. HFach cor- poration sold an equal amount of stock. The two together will own a controll- ing interest and will not dispose of more stock at any price. They will continue to alternate in the agenc The plantation has always praved profitable to its owners. Mr. Pollitz came here to look for good sugar stock to'put on the San Francisco market to meet the demand that has grown up there and which has been greatly stim- ulated by the Hawaiian Commerciak deal recently made. He began negoti- atjons through.:Geerge R. Cgrter for this Onomea stock. - The deal was com- pleted before Mr. Pollitz sailed on the Coptic. The sellers are satisfled with the sale they have made. The buyer feels that he has a good thing. Except for the Hawaiian Commercial deal, this is the biggest deal of the kind in island sugar stocks that has ever been made. It is the biggest deal ever made in the islands. It amounts to $660,000 and is a cash transaction. January has been a record breaking month on the Stock Exchange. ~ By far the largest month's business it has transacted since its organization was done. It is probable that it was the largest month’s business in island se- curities ever done in the islands. The based on any alleged legal claim, and the memorial, it is further stated, was prepared without the knowledge of the Princess or any of her family. Owing to the character and affiliations of the men whose names will be attached to the petition, it is believed here that it will meet early and favorable consideration. The full text of the document is as follows: THE PETITION. To the President and Congress of the United States of America: The un- dersigned members of the Citizens’ Committee of Safety of January, 1883; of the Executive and Advisory Councils of the Provisional Government of Ha- wall, and of the Executive Council, Council of State, Senate and House of ng‘l’m e tatives of the Republic of Hawaif, respectfully present for your con- FIOCERECht’ the time ofAhe’ overthrow of the Hawaiian mabarchy, in_ 1593, Kafulani, the daughter of the Hon. A. 8. Cleghorn and the late Princess Like- like, and the niece of the late King Kalakaua and ex-Queen Liliuokalani, was and for several years prior thereto had been, abroad receiving her education, she being then of the age of seventeen years. That at the time of the said overthrow the said Kaiulani by law held the title of Princess, and was the lawful successor and heir apparent to the throne of Hawali, to succeed Liliuokalani. That the said Kaiulani was not a party to, and had no connection directly or indirectly, with the causes which led up to the said overthrow.of the mon archy. T)hu.t although the said Kaiulani was reared with the full expectation of eventually occupying the throne of Hawaii, which expectation has failed through no fault of her own, and for causes beyond her control, she be- came convinced soon after the overthrow of the monarchy that it was for the best interests of her country and people that agitation against the re- public should cease. Acting upon this opinion she openly accepted the re- public and the authority of its government, at a time long before annexa- tion was a certainty, and at a time when an opposite course might have .caused agitation against the republic. That from that time to the present the said Kaiulani has desisted from countenancing opposition to the republic, although urged to do so by royalist leaders, and has frankly and openly accepted and supported the republic, and used her best efforts to assuage the enmities caused by the late political changes in Hawall. That although Americans and those of American descent have been largely instrumental in bringing about the changes which have deprived the said Kaiulani of her brilliant prospects, she bears no apparent animus against them or their country, and. has been conspicuous in earnest efforts, both socially and otherwise, to forward American interests and to remove the pre- judices existing between the royalists and the supporters of annexation. As an example of her conduct in this respect we would cite the fact that upon the outbreak of the late Spanish war she volunteered her services and was rominent in _the entertainment of the American soldiers passing through Ponolutu. to Mantia, and became and still continues the vice president of e local Red Cross Association for the care of sick American soldiers in Honoo lulu, the president of such assoclation being the wife of the American Min- ister. d’l"hat the said Kaiulani is possessed of but a limited amount of property ncome. B A That we do not think or suggest that the said Kaiulani has any legal claim against the United States Government; but we do offer for your consideration whether or not, in view of the premises and of the circumstances attending the change of government in Hawaii, the Government of the United States would not be warranted in making a settlement upon the said Kaifulani; and in this connection we beg to call to your attention that such settlement wag provided for in the annexation treaty negotiated by President Harrison. 1f such action is taken we believe that it will further and materially tend to remove the remaining feeling growing out of annexation; will be good political policy; will be a graceful act toward a lady of character, who pos- sesses the esteem of-all who know her, and will be gratifying to the citizens of Hawail of all parties and nationalities. + We beg to add that this memorial is not prepared at the instance of the 2 said Kajulani or her family, and that they have no knowledge thereof. E40404040+04040 40404040404 040404340404 0404040404041 sales of the month aggregate practi- | cally perhaps quite $1,000,000. Figured | at the lowest prices obtained the ag- | gregate for which stock sold is $900,000. The bonds sold aggregate $10,000. | With the tremendous activity and de- | velopment of steamship lines between the Pacific Coast and the Orient which the war has precipitated, the traffic be- tween the coast and Australia has re- ceived an impetus. Word now comes through authentic sources that two steamships of the Canadian-Australia line are to be replaced by larger and: bétter vessels. rimoo and the Miowera. They are to bé replaced by the Rimutaka and the Tangariro, modern in model and ‘in equipment. Both belong to the New Zealand Ship- ping Company. frigerator capacity, so that it is evi- dent there is an intention to push the fresh meat and provision trade of ths colonies into this new channel. According to the plans of the British~ American line, the Garonne is only the pioneer of a through line between Ses attle and Australia in competition with the Australian-Canadian line. The Ga- ronne is a British vessel and the capi- tal behind the line is largely British. Frank Waterhouse is now in England arranging the finanees;for the two new steamships to ply on this route. Though the capital interested is British, the steamships will be built in America, or at least have American registry, so as to be able to engage in the trade be- tween Seattle and the islands, which will in all probability very soon be coastwise trade. The United States steamer Iroquois, formerly the tug Fearless, arrived Jan- uary 28, about eight days from San Francisco. The vessel is stationed hera for permanent service. GAGE WILL ACCEPT THE VETERANS’ HOME CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 8—It is ascertained to- night that Governor Gage has made up his mind to accept the deed transferring to the State of California the lands and buildings of the Veterans’ Home institu- tion at Yountville. The Ways and Means Committee of the Assembly has reported in favor of allowing the institution $55,000 a year for the next two fiscal years. The amount asked for was $75,000 a year. tee that left its brand on him. He ?l’?l:‘i":fithe most of it, and_proved to be well supplied with data. e was mate- rially_assisted by young Mr. Works, of San Diego, who was laboring under_the impression’ that he was backing up San- ford's fight. ' Sanford got mad and said the only reason that the people of Trinity had for kicking was that they were afraid they would be called upon to pay half the expense of the last uurve‘r. After con- ulér&ble squabbling the bill got to a vote and was defeated. Mr. Sanford gave no- tice of his intention to move for a recon- sideration. The discussion of the measures of Ken- neally and Sanford set the general work on the file back fully a day and few other bills were given consideration. Arnerich’s Assembly bill, No. 13, which provides for the dredging and improvement of Al- viso slough, was passed, and so was Call readers who answer our adve and seil it at a stand ‘that large way of doing business. . are sold below cost. our rules we sell cheap. Brown's Assembly bill, No. 308, which fakes the appolnimeli or 'tne hands r Tustees 0! o ane Leglslature "and puts it in THIRD FLOOR BARGAINS, | the Governor's lst. Sanfor 8- | Heavy gray wool California blankets......33 00 | bill, No. 90, ' relating to the | yeayi < Semming of domestic animalay was read | MY, €107 woul Calliomia buskets, | ‘the third time and passed, afte: I e krias et Tor Al sthor had fully explained its lnter(xlt, and | goce 75e white w..,t.f}'{i l;;e:r'e: ;g b wt“ nea‘t-“;( : o‘glo‘:g(e 'ifsfl?;f fioi‘x‘:“l;'c:' Boys' §0c percale and other waists... «.o‘\ L e " | Youths' Derby or stift hats, $2 one 0! morrow momningy B Men's hate, endtess. vapiety .o B Men's or boys' sweaters, big stoc! 50¢ to 3 00| Little boys” dress-up leggings, now. 2 BANKS WANT THE USE Wristlets, wool, best we ever had | Men's or boys' working glove: Neckwear, immense variety.. Sunday shirts, colored front, al Light colors in summer vests. gfl veul{ll, dm‘k shades, pretty, o ray une , men's (no drawers) Barber coats, ‘OF PUBLIC FUNDS 3 CALL HEADQUARTERQ. SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 8.—The Assembly Commit- tee on Banks and Banking met this morn- ing and.considered bill 28, allowing City or County Treasurers to deposit public funds pald into their hands in public banks. Considerable opposition on the | part of some of the members of the com- “mittee existed, making it apparent that ‘they had been talked to resnrdlng the bill. ‘The law as it now stands compels the Treasurer to deposit the funds in a special 25 check and there will be no delay you. Call and get one. Everybody pleased. BLOT THESE OUT. be encouraged by a favorable vote of the Legislature, but he thought nevertheless that the bill should be bnu,n&- 3 he fight was taken off his hands by ex-Speaker Wright, who saw a chance to ba dnvestigating 5 — . The Grip Cure That Does Cure. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets removes the cause that produces ppe. The genuine has-L. B. Q. on each tablet; 2. . - ck at a member of the ‘| Sewing machines, best in use, new... deposit vault, and in_some cases the iy ) new.......c $20 00 mamey amounts to hundreds of thousands | Men's suits, about the cheapest we sall.. 830 of dollars. The bankers wish to have the | Bi boys' 3-piece suits, some good ones.. 2 50 use of this money; but by, the resentment | Little boys' 2-piece suits, dark, heavy.... 1 0 shown to this on the part of some of the | Girls' caps, yacht or golf... 15 ‘members of the committee it is very | Boys' sweaters, for small or large 50 ‘doubtful if the measure will become a | Men's heavy all-wool underwea; 1% # o ’rhe‘comg\lfté:: : {l%etld‘:g s :gh‘;:';g: Ladles' capes, we sell as a leade: 100 e appearance be: Ladies' o1 X {'Melick, who introduced the measure. MR, Saliopear exn higher price, enough to cover expenses. L sales make small pro rata expense. make large sales, and succeed pretty well. | Needles, e | white, several hundred...75¢ 100 | Order goods for across the bay in the morning as y when goods are the best, and our service alsofmu Gt The Baldwin clothing NOT ALL CHAFF! rtisements will find we mean business. They are not inserted with a hope of drawing persons to the h y. Our business is legitimate merchandising, e i We buy a thing at one price You can under- Hence we strive to First, because people like this They are tired of being told the y d Second, our -xperience A iy b buy large blocks of goods make it possible to buy cheap. in buying and our ability to Hence, under Some of These Are Baldwin Clothing Co. Prices. Nof All, SECOND FLOOR BARGAINS. Boys' gray drawers, 10 to 14 y Misses” fine sailor Hate, $1 35 i Misses’ good sailor hats... Ladies’ hats, last year's stock. Boston gowns (morning wrappers. Satin rlhb'ons. nearly all colors. mported, sewing; al Dark wide percales, good gsl)‘lP:, e Dark fleece-back wrappers, good FIRST FLOOR BARG b y:‘._ngnme €oap, 40-cent kind, bar. in glass; have large sale. Ammonia for cleaning of laundry ax; fne powdered. pound pack Deviled Hatn, 1n Dotk 1e Prunes, 150 in bulk, per pound. 1898 crop, good ones.. ou come over. Take Our prices are right, our February price list will interest sale moves along nic:ly. e o S XSS A SMITHS CASH STORE 25-27 Market St., 5.F. These two are the War<" each vessel of 4000 tons,™ They have large ve-" 3