The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 18, 1900, Page 2

STAND OF ENGLAND DELAYS SETTLEMENT No Reason Given Amend the Peking Agreement. It Is Believed at Washington, However, That the Disagreement Is Only Temporary. WASHINGTON thie case re- »f the Boxe believed here that be m tempo- sir B ast to come = CARDINAL BLAMES POWERS Says They Are Responsible for the Boxer Uprising. YORK 7.—A spatch from ughan has is- ubject of the eclaring that the po- European pow- 1y and. Russia, are the Dec recent upris- Cardinal's fetter is supposed to be ed by the Vatican. He savs (ENTUCKY SHLS | FOR PORT SAID England Is Now Pressing| Her Claims Against [ Turkey. " Dec. 17. — Captain he Navy Department to- otice of the departure or Port Said on the way s apprehended at the State Depart- the reported intention of Great r settle- agat rous effect upon ¥ « the of t The te Depar- never has been officially informed kish Government has ar- pay our cluims, although the is sald to be predicated up- the State the effort The fold t. our own_clat i the Turkis act as a basis n rly impossible 1 to be many at pre: MONTANA SENATORIAL CASE. Chandler Again Calls It to the Atten- tion of the Senate. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—The Montana Ser case was brought to the atten- t day by an inquiry of « of the Committee on Privilege “tions, as to whether the Committee on Contingent Expenses was ready to report back the resolution au ng the Committee on Privileges ana ons to send for persons and papers in the investigation of the right of ark and Martin te. ew Hampshire explained had been taken by the com- of the absence of the Jones of Nevada, and also of of Arkansas. dler said he thought the Senate 1t to an early repoft from the nd said he would W glad to | ad influenced members of the ee to delay action. This aroused | Arkansas, who questioned the | the Benator to demand the rea- | sons which may influence the actions iof member of any committee. He could | understand why Chandler should seek eh him, and intimated that Chand- | st have some personal interbst in esolution Chandier said that there was no use for the member of the Committee on Contin- | ent Expenses to put on any disguise, It perfectly evident that no such treat- had ever before been given a resolu- of the character of that pending. The ter finally went over. | of "Mississippi, speak to a| stion of persohal privilege, Mirected the Senate's attention’ to a newspaper | publication of to-day in which the state- ment was made that a combination of | Senators had been formed to press certain | me now pending before the Senate. The publication asserted that the com- bination had determined upon the passage | of those cla even though an extra session of l'nr‘frhss was forced in the ef- fort. Money declared that so far as he A. Maginnis to a knew no such combination ever existed. He had never heard of any such combina- d was satisfied that there was no s tion, an de of the chamber to press d their merits. He dis-| intention to delay action measure pending before the claims claimed upon any Senate. VOTING ON THE TREATY. Thursday Set as the Day for It to Begin. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Just before adjourning late this afternoon the Senate | gave its consent to the fixing of a definite time to vote upon the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Senators Money and Mason had occupled the time of Lhe executive session in making speeches upon the treaty, and when Mason, who was the last speaker, conciuded, Senator Lodge rene his re- ‘, quest to take a vote next Thu y Noij volce was ral in opposition and the | unanimous agreement was recorded. The | understanding is that the voting shall be on the amendments at 3 o'clock, and that the Senate shall continue in session until the first vote on the treaty itself is reached. ————— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Taxative Bromo Quinine Tabiets. All éruggists refund money if it falls to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each . |-on & place for the next national encamp- | 1ts one-cent rate had been promised e | Central Traffic Assoclation. The disap- pointed delegates at the meeting seemed | tried by & for the Demand to soctal upheaval of China was | ¥ revolt agalps Christianity s most recent phase was roused ifito ac- tivity by the eneroachments of foreign stably Germany and Russia, on by the reactjonary pol- Dowager, and b uragements givenh the native | feties to combat the reforms promul- | gated by the Emperor. | “The murder of two German mission- | ries in Shantung being made a pratext | for the seizure by Germany, well the soil wi i atly, for the ¢ re extensive movements that followed. “The danger to which Christians in China are likely to be exposed In con- ence of forelgn aggression is thor-’ oughly realized those Interested in | missions, and was pointed out in one of ur church magazines es far back as| May, 1898 1 “The action of Germany in seeking ter- | rial compensation was especlally re- | to as likelv to lead to idenilfica- | tion in the heathen mind of Western re- | igion with Western polities. | This has literally come to pass, ren- | lering the recent upheaval doubly for- | midable. as a combination of fanatical | fury with political hatred of foreigners.” | - - | WILL SEIZE THE LOOT. | | Articles Shipped From China to B: Held at Marseilles. PARIS. Dec. 17.—By order of the Gov- nt a number of cases filled with ese 1ot sent to President Loubet and | ers by General Frey, commander of °h marine forces in China, will ,M-g at Marseilles when they ! shippe: | action of the Government |of is evidently an outcome of the | protést of General Chaffee against loot- ing. which called attention to the fact that the military forces were dt:spnliingt China of "works of art. The Government here has come to the concluston thgt the articles in the oasés éannot be etonsid- ered prizes of war, and that, therefore, they do not.belong to the soldiers who seized them f obbisieiisisiidnivisisisineiniet@ | his home here as the result o ANSWER FILED | ment of the East; IN GOULD SUIT THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY YDECE'MBER 18, 1900, ARMY INQUIRY BOARD PROBING INTO THE HAZING OF CADET BOOZ Father of the Victim Testifies That His Son Wrote It Was Hard to Be a Christian at West Point. AJon. GEN. JOAM . "beg0 o = THE CADET WHOSE DEATH IS SAID TO HAVE RESULTED FROM HAZING AT WEST POINT AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMY BOARD OF INQUIRY. o = RISTOL, Pa., Dec. 17.—The mili- tary board of inquiry appointed by the Secretary of War to in- “vestigate charges made by the relatives and friends of Oscar L. Booz, the former West Point cadet, that he came to his death on December 3 at f bazing by ! fellow cadets at the academy two years ago, began taking testimony here to-day The board, consisting of Major General John R, Brooke, commanding the Depart- | fred E. Bates and Colonel J. H. Clouse, | deputy judge advocate general, arrived | here this morning. They were met at the | raflroad station by Willlam H. Booz, the | Defendants Claim That New York Court Lacks Juris- | diction. | 10:50 o'clock, the first witness called being | Selge NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—An answer was made to-day in the suit of Anton J. Ditt- mar against George J. Gould, BEdwin | Gould, Howard Gould and Helen M. | Gould, as trustees under the last will and | lestament of the late Jay Gould, to re- strain them from continuing to pay the Count and Countess Boni de Castellane | the income of the Countess from the | estate of Jay Gould. 'r The defendants allege that the Supremei Court of this Btate has no jurisdiction over the person of the Count de Castel- | lane or Anna Gould (Countess de Castel- | lane), the alleged debtors; that they had | not either of them been served with the summons in the action and have not ap- | peared therein, and that the court 1s, | therefore, without jurigdiction to decide | | the question of how much of the income necessary to the proper support and maintenance of the Countess de Castel- lane. The defendants also allege that the| plaintiff is not the real party in interest nd that the alleged assignment and ster to him of the alleged drafts and | ptances and claims and causes of ! action are without consideration and void, and that at the time of said alleged as- signment and transfer to said piaintiff, Asher Werthelmer, plaintift's alleged as- | signer, was not the owner or holder of the said drafts and acceptances or claims or | causes of action, but had sold them to| Julius Cohen & Co., bankers, of London. The defendants further claim that the alleged indebtedness is for merchandise | sold to Count de Castellane and not to the Countess and that by the law of France, where sald drafts were accepté.d and pavable, and aleo ‘by the terms of a certain ante-nuptial agreement, the Countess is not liable for the debts of her husband. “he defendants say that a previous a in the same case was begun in is ion not hold. The injunction ‘proceedings in the case were called before Judge Blanchard to- day. Charles A. Gardiner and E. C. ames appeared for the Gould trustees, and Samue! Untermeyer for the plaintiff. On request of Mr. James the case went over until Thursday. Mr. Untermeyer asked if the agreement made before Jus- tice Leaventritt that .the allowance of the Castellanes of ,000 a year should continua for the present and this was agreed to. GRAND ARMY MEN TURN DENVER DOWN Refuse to Accept That City as Place for Next National En- campment. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 17.—The executive com- | mittee of the Grand Army of the Republic held a special meeting to-day to decide ment, which will be held September 10, 1901 = The cities desirous of securing the en- campment are Denver, Washington, Cleveland and Pittsburg. Several hours were spent in debate and Zplle no place was definitely chosen the | claims of Denver were “turned down™ by a vote of 8 to 1. This does not settle the matter as far as Denver is concerned, for Tepresentatives say that they ‘will fight-the decision and will lay claim to the convention. The n for the decision of the committee is “that the terms re- quired by the Chicago encampment last | summer were not complied with by Den- | ver. At Chicago it was voted to Denver as the site, provided that (cwify would secure railroad rates of one cent a mile.- This matter was the point on which the committee and the Denver representa- tived dis , the verites claiming that the rate was practically assured, while the executite committee refused to accept the evidence and set a new date to consider the claims of the other cities. Jnnuarf‘ 21 was determined upon as the date, the place of ‘meeting to be an- nounced later by Commander Rassieur. The Cleveland committee stated that the th to be of the impreseion that would be the place selected for m’i':l:n“.‘n meeting and that that city would be se- lected for the encampment. . ——— .:i“-'lm !uung' Guilty. WASHINGTON, Dec #fl—-Captain: Rich- ard R. St¥edman, Elevfih&‘[ntnntn was eneral courf-martial 0 Rico, on a charge of c:‘:dsu‘e“: unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. The court found him “guilty of conduct to the prejudice mr‘ Juan. tary di ne"::dnm Gffi:::mlll- re “:wm in general orders and redacod num] “list of cap- tains of lngn.nuy Mo A0 - | knew. nce and that the present suit should Lypn. On | Saee efis ekt Cambridge father of the former cadet, and Rev. Alex- ander Allison, pastor of the Bristol Pres. byterlan Church, the worshiping place of | The inquiry was held in | The entire Booz fam- | the Booz famil the pastor’s study. ily was present. The inquiry began at Mr. Booz, who was inuited to tell all he Mr. Booz stated that Oscar en- tered the academy on June 10, 15%. Scon after letters were received from him stat- ing that he had been hazed. Mr. Booz said that his son had com- plained to him ot tlle indignities to which he was subjected at West Point, but when Mr. Booz spoke to Lieutenant Blakeley ,about it he was told that the hazing would stop after the cadets got back in barracks. - He told his son he would have to stick to it. Mrs. Boog, mother of the dead boy, and his sister Nellle both testified to the let- ters they had received from Oscar while he was at the academy. He told of hav- ing hot candle grease poured on him while in bed, and baving had tobasco sauce poured down his throat, both in camp and at the table. He was in one fight in which he =aid he had his eyes blackened and quit when he was winded. On an- other occasion he was called a coward and told he was a disgrace to the corps. Dr. Willis Weaver of Bristol, the Booz family physiclan, testified to the general failure of Oscar’s health after he returned from West Point, but' refused to say whether the condition of his throat could have been induced by drinking tobasco sauce. Rev. Dr. Allison paid a high tribute to the character of Oscar Booz. After the young man had entered the academy he received a letter from Oscar in which he told of fll treatment, and sald it was hard to be a Christian at West Point, but that he would stick to it at any cost. Dr. Al- lison submitted a letter from Charles Bur- S Brigadier Goneral Al | 10 know how he was being mm‘%. nett, president of the Young Men's Chris- tian ~Association at West Point, which -stated -Mr. Burnett had investigated the chdrgés made by the Booz family and fourd them gréatly exaggerated. In August a letted was reccived in which Ostar said he had been in a fight | and received a pair of black eyes, and that he had been knocked out by a blow over the heart. Mr, Booz sald he went to West Point to see his son. Oscar told his | father he expected ta be hazed, but he did not want to be treated brutally. The father said Oscar wd not want mother Mr. Booz then told how Oscar had in- formed him that tobasco sauce had been | forced down his throat. Mr. Booz sald | that when Oscar came home in the fall of | 1898 he was broken in health and was never well after that. Oscar liked fun, the father said, but not brutality. While n tents, the father continued, Oscar sald the cadets would pull the blankets from him and pour hot wax from a candle on his body. Mr. Booz also said Oscar told him that tobasco sauce was poured down his throat both in camp and at the table. | In answer to another question Mr. Bou:i & the only cadet he, the father, talked h at West Point was the son of ex- | Congressman Phillips of Ohio. Mr. Booz | thought the officers at the academy could stop the brutality, but he would not say they condoned it. All the cadets were not treated like Oscar was, he sald, and he was at a loss to understand why they had treated his son in such a severe man- ner. Oscar spent all of last year at home in an endeavor to build up his health. In June of thig year he accepted a posi- tion with a law firm at Philadelphia, but was compelled to leave that occupation, owing to his throat trouble. In conclusion Mr. Booz said that Oscar would never mention any names. When he felt very badly he would talk of the brutal treatment he had been subjected to, but would never reveal the identity of his persecutors. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17.—The Board of Inquiry into the Booz hazing case «on- | vened at the Lafayette Hotel in this city at 4 o'clock for the purpose of hearing witnesses residing in Philadelphia. Dr. J. 8. Cohen, a throat specialist, who had attended Oscar Booz for two' or three menths during the past summer, was the | first witness called. He sald that Oscar had tuberculoeis of the larnyx, and that when he came to this city for treatment his_case was a hopeless one, and he so told the sister. He continued 'to treat the ex-cadet until he was unable to come to the city because of physical weakness. In answer to a question whether a per- gon could contract tuberculosis from an | tnjury to the throat, the physician said it could only come from a pre-existing cause. The doctor sald he noticed that Bocz had an old injury in the throat; it was at the base of the tongue. He — CoLomEL . O~ -crLows. thought that if tabasco sauce had been | forced down Booz' threat it may have made him more susceptible to the disease. Sigmond 8. Albert, who had been a ca- det at West Point for fourteen months and was a classmate of Booz, was called. The young man at every question de- clined to answer. He had been asked to state in a general way what sort of haz- ing had been indulged in at the academy, but he absolutely refused to answer. He was not afraid that he would incriminate himself, he said, but refused merely on the ground that at West Point there was a rule that no cadet should submit to haz- ing or stand by to see it done. The members of the board could not see how West Point rules could govern the inquiry, but the voung man would not answer, although the information was to a certain extent extracted from him by a desultory fire of seemingly im- material questions. Albert sald that Booz was not hazed any more than any other cadet. He was one of Booz' while in camfi. along with Anthony B. Burnham of Kentucky. Albert then re- | lpted how he and Booz and other fourth | spar men were made to do “ridiculous | &iunts,” such as making the upper cldss- men’s beds and “otlicr unmanly and dis- | graceful’” things. What ti.e unmanly and | disgraceful things were the witness re- fused to state, saying that it was none | of the public's business. He took the haz- ing because he expected it. He told of one night when some fourth year men | were stood in a tent and told to open | thelr mouths and shut their eves. ey obeved and then some one squirted into their mouths what was believed to be | tabasco sauce. Tt did not hurt Albert because there was not enough of it. He | could not say whether Booz was one of the victims, “as they all had their eves closed. Albert sald that when he was at the academy tabasco, Worcestershire sauce and catsup were used at mess. He did not see the fight in which Booz was engaged, but noticed that after that encounter Booz was snubbed by Some of his own classmates and upper classmen, He said he did not know Booz well enough to learn {f*he was of a religious turn of mind, and added that Booz never complained t6 him of Il treatment. After some further unimportant testimony Al- bert was excused and the court adjourned to meet at West Point to-morrow after- noon. = L o e e e e e e e e ) BELIEVE ELLI 5 KIDNAPED Mysterious Disappearance of Harvard's Famous Fullback. i tiniinin Epectal Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Dec. 1l.—“Mother worse, come home at once,” was the wording of the telegram that lured away Shirley El- lis, Harvard's famous fullback, last night. The telegram came to him Sunday. even- ing and purported to have been signed by his father, 8. V. Ellis, a weaithy me:- chant_of racel;u of the mes- or Lynn, “cut- ting” his examination, which was 'to oc- cur to-day. This morning the elder Eills said that he had not sent the message and the oung fullback has not been seen at his Tome It wasgstated at Harvard this evening that the disappearance of Ellis is undoubtedly the work of the non-so- clety men at Harvard, who have Kkid- naped him to prevent his threatened with- drawal from the fight against the socicty element for the control of the class-day | elections. The Hasty Pudding, the controlling so- clety of which Ellis is a member, refused to nominate him for an office ‘and the anti-soclety men eagerly picked him out as thelr leading candidate. Yesterday | Ellis announced his putpose of declining ihe anti-society nomination, but porters were too quick for him. The incident is the culmination of the hottest anti-soclety fight that has been known in the history of the university. CHARTER OF A NEW RAILWAY IS FILED Will Provide Rock Island With a Short Route to Pacific Coast. DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 11.—The charter of the Chicago, Island and Mexico Rallway Eorm any, with headquarters at Twist in Bartley County, Tex., was filed to-day at Austin. The capital stock is floooxoo The proposed road is to run through the counties of Sherman, Dallas and Bartley, a distance of 110 miles, while traversing the northwest corner of Texas ssing 11 Oklahoma_Territory t BP0 nis 16 "the Rock Tejana's P! d short the Pacific Ocean on the west coast exico. his sup- May Release Miss Morrison. ELDORADO, Kans., Dec. 17.—Jessie Morrison's ait to-night filed a mo- tion before Jus Inn_as] new trlnlb‘sfuis.mnm nl.en‘n}::jn‘:lhs render his a.!:.'v. onthe motion to-mor- Tow: REIGH OF TERRIR I COLORADD Citizens of Routt County Warned fo Leave Their Homes. —_—— HAYDEN, Colo., Dec. 17.—Two coward- ly murders of inoffensive =settlers, at- tempts to kill others and the banishment, { undey the threat of death, of an entire family from Brown Park section have | caused a relgn of terror throughout the | northern and central part of Routt | County. i Matthew, Rash, quiet, inoffensive | ranchman, was killed in his cabin in July | last. October 4 Rash’s partner, Dart, was | shot down as he stepped out of his’ door | after breakfast. Emboldened by immunity from punish- ment the men who incited these murders | warned the family of A. H. Bassett, post- | master at Ladne, Ranchman Thompson and Joe Davenport, all reputable people, | to leave the countty on pain of death. An attempt was made to kill Thompson | about the time Rash was killed,” and others among the proscribed people have | since been shot at from ambush. ha | Bassetts, Thompson and Davenport have | not left Browns Park, but are still threat- | gned. There is talk of crganizing a vigi- lance committee to hunt down the mur- aerers and drive their abettors out of the county. FIRE DESTROYS AN OHIO MANUFACTORY Plant of the Brown Hoisting and Conveying Machine Company in Ruins. CLEVELAND, Dec. 17.—Fire early to- day almost entirely destroved the b!: plang ot the Brown Hofsting and Conv. ing Machine Cmnpl.ny;l.e Five out of seven buildings n:d by t y are in ashes and P perty estimated to be worth was entirely consuj . Eleven | over $500, hundred workmen are thrown out of em- ploymfnt‘ The company, considered to be one of the lag{le:; concerns of the kind in"the world,” has many contracts with the Government for holsting a) tus to be erected at coallng stations that ara Ma‘:ll{i established in various parts of the Wi 2% M’l’h}; flames started ‘n_the varnish room t] -Parker Electric Ce ., whicl pled a of one of th Fr Ci y's buildings. The loss to h swell-Parker Company s about ,000, covered by insurance. Hundreds of employes were compelled to jump from windows as a result of the rapid “of the 2 8] es. . No one, however, Hm:rd as known, was seriously ln]:r:c;. loss to covered the Brown Company is largals b9 ‘insurance. The plant Tebullt at once. ian? wilf o2 SHOUTS OOWK THO BANDITS Mexican Mining Man Saves Coin and Kills Eobbers. —inart Special Dispatch to The Call. EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 17.—Persons arriv- ing here from Parrall, Mexico, report a daring attempt at robbery near that place, which proved a fallure to the bandits. G. E. Kerns, a prominent man of Par- rall, was going out to his mine, twenty miles from Parrall, Friday night to pay off his emploves. Several hoid-ups had been reported in that vicinity recently, and he had the forethought to guard agalnst losing his monfi in that wnf".x He had about in exican currency, Wwhich he tied firmly to the bottom of his wagon. put his pistols under his coat sleéve 'and started out Friday night for the camp. When he had gone about half | way tw%_ Mexicans suddenly haited him | and ordered him to get out of the wagon. He obeyed, of course and the bandits | searched hiz person, with no effect. Know- | ing he must have some money they pro- | ceeded to search' his baggage and other | effects. | While they were at this task Kerns drew his revolver from his coat sleeve and fired. His attack was 8o sudden the men did not have time to act and both were instantly killed. They fell from the Wagon and thelr bodles crossed by the roadside. He then proceeded on his way to the camp, where he reported the affair to the authoritics. The men were after- ward identified as old bandits in that dis- | trict. whom the authorities h et hans, orities had been after McKINLEY WILL VISIT CALIFORNIA IN MAY Confers With Scott as to Best Time for Launching of the Ohio. WASHINGTON, Deec. 17.—Hen: k. Scott, president of the Union Iron g’orh of Ban Francisco, spent some time with the President this morning. One subject of the conversation was the President s trip to the Pacific Cbast next spring. The Battisship Ohio. bujit by Bot*s rm, wii not be launched ufitil the President goes to San Francisco. The exact date of the visit was not fixed this morning, but it will be in May, and. at'a time when the es are h‘tgher than usual on the coast. o llflg: tequi;‘e'(ll. as the ship is Detalla of the trip Wil be arranged nase: arranged here- fter. The ident i1l aouvhern Plcl::“md et ‘:: hy‘:mh’ol g:: tes. probably tent mates | SEVERE BATTLE WON LONDON, Dec. 17.—The report of an- other severe battle, resulting in a British victory, 18 current here. According to the story the fighting began at daybreak to- day and iasted for several hours. The Boers, who numl i500 to 2000 men the Orang with R heav. ses in il r of Boers, tured. A special from Maseru says. It appears that Dewet's forces were twice repulsed ,and broke | the commande following. ‘BY BRITISH TROOPS Boers Said to Have Been Totally De- feated With Very Heavy Loss. Dewet Leads in Person and s Twice Repulsed Before Breaking Through ; the Enemy’s Lines. the British lines. the rest of He was forced, ds of the n wagons however, 1o leave in the British a 15-pounder and fi with emmunition and store: Commanda Haasbroeke, with a com- mando and two guns, tried to get through Springkar? Nek, but was driven back, los~ ing forty me: Sevep hun- from Orang> A Cape To special ‘id!)"!» dred Bcers have crossed River colony Into Cape C wal North, and have reac Wellington, N. Z. tefore breeking through the British lines | Kitchener has reques in the neighborhood of Thabanchu. In | Zealand contingent may remain the third attack Dewet led In person. | Africa the w s over, With 2 few determined men he charged | Zealand Governm has cons WATER STORMGE DN THE HUMBOLDT | Representative Newlands In- | treduces a bill of Impor- | tance to Nevada. ‘ e I Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Represe: tative Newlands of Nevada introduced bill to-day for the coustruction of reser- voirs for the storage of water on Hum- boldt River, in Nevada, and for t sition and ' settlement of within reach of stored wat directs: First—That the Geological Survey be di- cted to finish surveys and prepare speci- cations for complete storage and utiliza- tion of the flood waters of Humbolat River, in Nevada. Second—That the director of the Geo- logical Survey shall report to the Interior Department the capacity and cost of the construction of each reservoir, location of ublic lands to be reclaimed and other acts . relative to utilization of flool waters. Third—That the Secretary of the Int for have discretion to withdraw from pui- lic entry the land which it is proposed te irrigate from reservoirs. Fourth—That there be appropriated $136,7% for the comstruction of a reservoir | on Rock Creek, a tributary of the Hum- | boldt River. Fifth—That there be appropriated $143.- for the: comstruction of lower Hum- boldt reservoirs. | Sixth—That upon completion of each ir- | rigation project, public lands to be irri- | gated shall be subject to nomestead en- | try, the entry man paying $2 50 per acre | and entering into an agreement to make further payment, extending over a term of not to exceed ten years, of §7 30 per acre, the latter belng fur the use of storel Each entry is to be limited to forty acres. | _Beventh—In case reservoirs furnish more water than is needed for reclamation of public land, or if land in private owner- ship is found to be better located for util- ization of stored waters, the right to use such stored waters may be sold at the rate of $10 per acre, payment to extend | over a period of not exceeding ten yea Eighth—The right to use stored water i to be made appufrtenant to the land and cannot be transferred to other lands, and is_forfeited If not put to beneficial use. Newlands expects to introduce bills sim- flar in character relating to the Truckee, Carson and Walker rivers. He is endeav- oring to unite the members of the Pacific | Coast and arid States in the demand for legislation essential to their section. Newlands invites views and suggestions as to the practicability of shis bill. [ ME44444444443 44444440 '{ THE DAY’S DEAD. } |+ [ @444+ 4+4444 4444444440 James B. Bailey. | PETALUMA, Dec. 17.—James B. Bailey. one of Petaluma’s oldest citizens, passed away yesterday. Mr. Balley came to this | | ity In 1854 from Massachusetts, traveling the entire distance with an ox-caravan He was a native of Massachusetis and | was 78 years of age. Mr Batley and his wife, wgm survives him, were married in this eity in 1856 and claim the distinction of having been the first white couple married ir the town. The late Father Waugh, the founder of the Band of Hope, was the presiding minister at these early nuptials, The funeral took place to-day. General John G. Parke. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Major-Gener- al John G. Parke (retired as colonel) died at his residence here yesterday of a com- lication of diseases incident to old age. Biccerved with distinction during tha Civil War and later gained a fine reputa- tion in the engineer corps. He was super intendent of the military academy West Point for two years. Sol Rinaldo. | SAN JOSE, Dec. 17.—Sol Rinaldo of the | firm of Rinaldo Bros., cigar dealers and | manufacturers, dled this evening of pa- | ralysis of the brain. He wad found in his | room this morning in an unconscious con. | e e was a native of Poland, aged | ‘}‘l’fh?-‘l.lng]le{ and came to California about * Mtwenty-five years ago. | Virginia Jackson. | NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Miss Virginia | Jackson, an actress of the Abell Brinker | Stock Company, died to-day at Newark, N. J., of peritonitis. Her home was In | San” Francisco, and for the past three years she had been with the Columbia | Theater Stock Company. H. B. Neilson. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 17.—H. B. Neilson, | an ex-City Trustee of Sacramento and | one of the oldest and best known citizens | of the city, fell dead at noon to-day. | Death i3 supposed to have been caused by paralysis. He was about 72 years of age. KRETSCHMANN WAS WARNED. | Gneisenau’s Captain Told That a Storm Was Approaching. | MADRID, Deée. 17.—Dispatches from Malaga confirm the statement that the naval commander there had warned Cap- tain Kretschmann of the approaching | storm and had recommended that he enter | the port, but it was of no avail. The shock on the rocks is described by eye-witnesses terrible. Many holes weré driven Into the vessel's stem, and she sank within ten minutés. The captain re- used assistance. When a Spanish satlor {:t withi rew hi short distance of him and im rope Captain Kretschmann | was so greatly agitated that he threw his sword to the sailor. 1'|||a tfil;lhl mate nwm 'lor u: hour{ agalnst the waves, clin o R e o e | ueva t C‘gi:n to render assistance. > mit ‘the divers to Inspect the wrerked sel. i, ‘Windsor Park NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 17.—The British ;g;:'mer Milwaukee, from Table Bay, ca, iatitude 7. .%Jc.‘i" Bt |-¥ 3 :?zc{n m% He %ll Y Tom Washington a month, as many of the large cities of the coast expect recelve visits from him, i e longitude 21! shy ke ‘th tish bark Windsor e e days out, all well; wished to be report: PROMISES. T0 BREAK RECORDS The Torpedo Boat Bailey Is a Very :peedy Craft. —— Special Dispatch to The Call NEW LONDC new torpedo boat has been “‘turr ardized knot e promises in her to exceed in speed t offcial any trial this we raft ever similar Captain William A. Miller, who is tem- ily in command of the Bailey . spoke glowing terms of the little Charles L. Seabury and the officers at the United States torpedo station at N port took records when the Bailey last week sped over the standarized h is 6082 feet in length the boat made this run in ts s and one second. The second timas did it in two minutes rd time in one minute and onds. a speed of abou = ard miles an hour. When making this time she had little vibration and ¢ ot settle aft at all. 8he can tur twice in her own length and aight as an arrow. In making her fastest run over the measured knot she carried 237 pounds 1 her propellers were making ons per min Huntington Will Not Retire. NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Vice President H. E. Huntington of the Southern Paecifi Company is reported to have had an audi- ence to-day with President Hays and Chairman Tweed of the board of directors. 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