The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 16, 1901, Page 2

‘THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1901. SANTA CLARA DIVISION SCHEME IS LAUNCHED INVESTIGATION OF PARIS COMMISSION HANGS FIRE Yuba City Assemblyman Presznis a Bill Assembly Committee on Expenditures Elects Bliss to Succeed Alden Anderson as Chairman and Adjourns PLOTTERS MAKE USE OF SCHILLIG AR Embodying the Water Monopoly Project. Special Dispatch to The Call. ADQUARTERS, SAC- |southern end of the Santa Clara Valley 0 5—The bill |and the first of a new crop of county . allow the | division schemes that is coming up all . - W the | over the State. The original idea was to - ars Coumnt take portions of Merced, San Benito and Was the Assembly | Mon counties, where they come to- t it comes from the |E nd make a county out of them, point just as far he division of Santa Clara a ~ Miost wItAny to, come in with them. Then a = ” link the upper ends of San Benito e the scheme could srey was taken up, but that was fir Assemblyman. Schillig leaving only the Santa Clara The motive of the cases in all : 5 flaings I the county mers Santa Cruz of Monterey, with Wa led upon as the county seat divide Sonoma from to luma as the new county i= to divide Santa Barb: outh, with Lompoc as the seat, and another is to di- n north to south, with n Leandro as thé new t. All of these may come up in seats st as well ork on the Santa Clara scheme has ding commenced in the Assembly, for several of the members of the lower house of admit having been approached on the sub- easure jeet. The plan has not the support of gh S shrewd politicians, however, for no one s knows jus w the nd lies and so far > mone es he in sight t g lea is that Henry Miller will put tt money no one knows whether s or not he will e has consulted the Governar find « whether he favors f e the measure, and no one has interviewed ' Br the powers—the Sou.hern Pacific and the g f Pe t know if their Assembly will e e and if they will sup- = nate. The only feature e advice of a politician t f the bill. The divis- dvised not to put in the and not to have any Santa Clara do advised to go in some man, thorough- ating and new to the n. They bhunted and rh‘dv allows tions of just about as they please. acquire population enough to zed ¢ity ward they may make f the: elves under the pro- torial dt ts elimina he bill and go ahead with a s to &Y T v divi- s guard and a square mile of ter- - fone this and be as big as the biggest and referred to the Com- and County Bound- RULES ARE ADOPTED i FOR THE TWO HOUSES | | | | | | the committee who were supposed to be a | | glad to give us if investigation should be | | of proceeding blind Senate Work Pertaining to Public Morals Is Assigned to the Corporations Committee. RS, SACRA- tee, Davis and Lardner to County Gov- | ™ Committees on|ernment, Cutter and Bettman to Com b e ek Shiis merce and Navigation, Maggard and : g e g o g Laira Hospitals and Cutter and El ne ic “ To Corporations Committee, Simp "t st & « man, was assigned the work s 32 pertaining to Public Morals. In past s a free conber:]Slons ¢ d to the ation C m . MIhe Senate Committee on Municipal by Dibble at the last | Government met to-day and recommended hou when one or bills ratifying the char- passage the om ters of Pasadena and Fresng. F 1 mittee on Elections will & Bl fr e e est over Lardner’'s seat k hold: he te by Ben P. Tabor of Plac ttee « was expected that the proceedings and s commence this evening, but the was o orneys were not rea £ made | 7T embly Committee on County n was | Government at a meeting this afternoon ¢ whene was | decided not to report favorably any coun- Emaitie confer- | ty government act, but to favor the plan - f P of amending the present act mainly in the - Commit of changes in salaries e Assembly afte Judiciary Committee met nd organized. It was de- ack Assembly bills Nos relating to public schools, ce to the Committee on Edu- and Assembly bill No. 44, relating Eureka harbor commerce, for ref- agree the bill iles report- increases in mendations Wolfe and ¥ [ ] BILLS PRGSENTED N IN THE SENATE| Fifteen the Day’s Total of!James Boland Working in Proposed New | the Interest of Wine- EW ARRIVALS ‘ AT THE CAPITAL | due. | with this preliminary investigation.” “It seems to me,” Bliss said, “that an investigation now would be premature.” . 3 K' L e T e e e e e i i ) ) Laws. growers. SACE TO. 3 In the Senate | (AL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- v s were duce MENTO, Ja 15.—James Boland of the & s Amend - alifornia Wine Associatios s in Sacra- ‘ Al e L T e I eei | MEnto In the interests of a resolution ask- g st ing for the rejection by Congress of -the rn—Amending the col- | Lodge-Gallagher amendment to the army ct of 1808, bill, which prohibits the importation of a - ng and establishing a " " e dary. of the State. | Wines or spirits into the Philippiney. California is building up a wine trade wit: the Philippines which amounts now to Lardne A ending paragraph 16, | y ernment Act of | 000 for the Humboldt | the army bill this would be destroyed. | L. A. Devoto, ex-Assemblyman from the | Thirtieth District in San Franetsco, is here to look after the apportionment propriating money employes | £ Public Works. | his neighborhood He has plang® which & ¥ nger—Appropriating $19%0 to | make him interested in the boundaries of E. Leake his district. ropriating $3% to pay the Ex-Assemblyman T. Cosper is here to help along Myers' measure for the Regulating the sale of County. Andrew P. Hill of San Jose arrived here to-day to help look after the interests of Smith of Los Angeles—Amending Penal Code, defining grand enjing the law of 1574, | the bill for the preservation of the red- o. 1, Sutter County. | woods of the Big Basin of Santa Cruz | Repesling the act of 1897, | County for the promotion of | Edward A. Benjamin, secretary of the the United States. | Miners' Assoclation, is here looking after the mining bills and the miners' petition. of the California Ralsin Association; ¥. M. Norega and lLouis Olcese of Kern, ex-State Senator B. F. Langford of San Joaquin, F. A. Chadburn of Suisun, W. B. Gester of Newcastle and H. B. Stabler of Yuba are in town to attend the Fruit g.vnunrg' Convention, which opened to- | day. LIVELY FIGHT IS PROMISED Favorable Report on the on 764 of the relating to in cities of ustees Appropriating $3000 for t Woman's Relief Corps home at JOKER ¥ - DROPPED FROM THE BILL | Code Commission Meas- ure Loses a Disputed Feature. Franchise Bill of HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- Broughton. Jan. 15—The finding of the by S the bills based on the Code Com- | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- fon report bas had the effect of bring- the three Code Commissioners prompt- to Sacramento and of settling the dif- The settlement will be made by withdrawing the obnoxious provision al- wing hl»fi)flalfi from judgments .in con- tempt or by amending it out of the bill. he presence of that provision has pro- ked much feeling, for it was in viola- of a written agreement at the last | on between the mining men and the MENTO, Jan. 15,—The Assembly Commit- tee on Municipal Corporations decided to report favorably Assembly bill No. 15, the measure introduced by Broughton of Los Angeles, providing for the sale’of street railway and other franel - palities. The hill will m:‘qfin‘-gn:‘ ?:;m sition from antj-railroad sources, n.n(roa lively fight is assured when it comes up for final passsage. The bill is simlar to Gebris men that no such provision should | the one Introduced in the Senate by Simp. 1 ountenanced It was not presented | son. session, but in the absence of any | The bill allows bidding against the high- #imilar agreement this time it.bobs up serenely. It met the same opposition that brought about the agreement last session, however, and the probabilities are that it 3 ‘ged dead.” est bid after all have been opened by any one who pleases and has the money, giy- ing large corporations the power to freeze out smaller ones and obtain mono franchises. st erence to the Committee on Commerce and | | $6.000.000 a year, and by the amendment to | establishment of a dairy school In Kings | | t Theo Kearney of Fresno, a member | | and_settled at Chico. [ | main in his rooms at the Western Hotel Spectal Dispatch to The Call ALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC-, RAMENTO, Jan. 15.—The Com- | mittee on Commissions "and E penditures sank its probe lmul the affairs ¢f the California | Paris Commission to-day for the | first time. Afier a cursory view of the | situation, the members who had opinfors |’ of their own reached the conclusion that | an investigation at the present was .of | doubtful expediency and favored so re- | porting the to As: bly. Oiher mem- | bers, anxious to have outside opinions on | the subject, prevailed upon the committee | to adjourn until 9 o'clock _to-morrow | morning, when its report will be drafted. Melick and Bliss, the two members of | most eager for investigation, were the | men who melded the committee’s oplnion, | taking care.. meanwhiie, to explain that the idea that they were anti-administra tion was a misapprehension. The out- and-out Gage men on the committee kept very still. They probably will have more to say at™™e next meeting, after the pos- | ers thatsbe have had opportunity to coach them relative to this unexpected turn of affairs, At the morning session of the Assembly, Speaker Pendleton appointed Stewart of mador to the vacancy left by the resig- nation of Alden Anderson. He also re: quested the committee “to meet at 2 o'clock in the afternoon to take up the| Paris commission investigation in accord- | ance with th rgestions contained in the two message f the Governor. J. A. Bliss of Alameda was made chair- | man of the committee upon motion of Dr. Hasson of Orange County. Speaker Pen- dleton came in soon after the meeting be- | gan and Melick asked him why that par ticular portion of the first mes®mge had | been referred to this committee. Pendle- | ton replied that he did not know the rea- son for that action by the committee that had the Governor's message in charga. | but he Lelieved the refererice was proper and that the committee had power to| make the investigation. a5 “The impression has gone out,” Melick | said, “that T am eager for this investiga- tion, but it is a mistake. There is also misapprehension abroad that administration. 1 am_not against our State administration. When 1 think it is right 1 am for it, and I am against it when T believe it to be wrong. “My interest in this matter arose first from the letters from Major Ben C. Tru- | n, published in the Graphic of Los An- | .1 may state also that the editor of | the Graphic wrote to me that he had voluminous correspondence on the subject from Major Truman which he would be made.” | Dr. Hasson wanted to know what the | charges against the Commissioners were, but no one took the trouble to enlighten | him. Melick suggested that the committee proceed to investigate the question of the failure of the Commissioners to suppl vouchers and then report to the Assembl for Instructions. “I believe that to be the wise course sald Chairman Bliss. “I am not in favor ¥ to an investigation to satisfy the-whim of:an individual.” Acting on° Melfck's ~suggestion, Con- troller Colgan was asked to appear before the committ He complied and sald that the entire $130,000 appropriated had been drawn from the treasu He said the bill | making the appropriation and putting the commission beyvond the control of the State Board of Examiners had been very cleverly drawn, and that there had been no parallel to it in the legislation of this State. In answer to questlons regarding his reason for drawing warrants on the de- mands of the Commissioners without re- quiring” vouchers, he made the same planation that he gave to The Call last night—that after the decision of the Su- preme Court that the act appropriating money for an exhibit at the’Hamburg Ex- position was constitutional. he had drawn warrants against the treasury without vouchers, as the commission was in a foreign country and could not pre- sent vouchers until {ts return and the closing of its accounts. He had followed this precedent. which had the approval of the Board of Examiners, in his deal- | ings with the Paris Commissioners, “‘Has there been a reasonable time f the Commissioners to file voucher asked Dr. Hasson “1 do not know. I do not know when these people got home,” answered Con- troller Colgan. The Controller showed that the Ham- burg Commission was eighteen months in closing the accounts. A deputy from Secretary of State Curry's office was summoned and brought documentary evidence of the regularity of the bonds given by the Commissioners, “It looks to me,” said Melick, “as if they were quarreling among themselves and want to use us as tools by foreing an vestigation before a final report is really Stll, it is just as well to go ahead ONE ASSEMBLY | SEAT VACANT | Death’s Hand. Laid Upon Bernard Collins of Yuba. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 15.—Bernard Collins, As- semblyman from the Seventh Assembly District, comprising Butte County, dfed this afternoon of pneumonia after a very brief iliness. I3is death was not expected and the announcement of it has cast a gloom over his associates in the Assem- bly. Mr. Collins was at his place in the As- sembly chamber until a few days ago. An attack of the grip compelled him to re- and yesterday morning pneumonia devel- | oped. The deceased Assemblyman was 65 years | old. He formerly lived at Greenville, | Ohio, and was widely known in Ohio as | a criminal lawyer. He was a political as- sociate of Senator Sherman and a warm friend of General Sherman, and on differ- ent occasions stumped Ohio with Senator | Sherman and President McKinley. Twenty years ago Mr. Collins came to California on account of his faillng health Later he removed to Forest Ranch. He lived in retirement there, devoting much of his time to liter- ary pursuits. Deceased leaves a wife, who was with him when he passed away, and two sons— W. C. Collins of the editorial staff of the Sacramento Bee and Ulric Collins, lead- ing man of a ‘“Way Down East” com- pany, now playing in Boston. The Assembly and the Senate will both adjourn to-morrow out of respect to the deceased. Speaker Pendleton will appoint a committee on arrangements connected with the funeral and a committee on res- ohitions. The interment will be in Chico and the funeral services probably will be held here. The Governor, when officially notified that there is.a vacancy in the Assembly. must order a special elaction to fill it. He in the matter. Section the Governor, or the person exe: functions of the Governor, shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.” During the ular session of the Legis- lature of 1899, Senator John Boggs dieil. I am anti- . | duced at the last regular session. The Governor ordered an election in ths Eighth Senatorial District and J,” W. Goad was elected to “succeed Senator Boggs. He took his seat in the Senate a few days prior to adjournment sine die. for a Day. @Efio% rvqrRETY - SELALE, | | I | A ANLERfory J foc4no . - The committee went into executive ses- sion, but failed to reach a final agreement as 1o its preliminary report to the Assem- bly. A decision will be reached at the meeting before the session of the Assem- bly te-morrow morning. NEW BILLS IN THE ASSEMBLY |Gist of Measures for the Lower House to Consider. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 15.~In the Assem- bly to-day the following bills were intro- duced: A. B. 21, Ray—Creating an officer for the inspection of mines. “A.B. 217, Kelley—Amending section 739 of the Poiltical Code. relating to the salaries of officers of the Supréme Court. AR, M8, Greer—Appropriating $3900 to pay | the claim of C. B. Ligertfoot. A. B. 219, Barnes—Regulating the law. This is a companion bill to that intro- duced In_ the Senate vesterday. A. B. 220-Providing for the management of the California Redwood Park. A. B. 221, Feliz~Amending section 789 of the Civil Code, relating to termination of estates A. B. 222, Feliz—Repealing the act re ing fishing. passed in 1887 A. B. 223, Fellz—Regulating the catching of | abalones. A. B. 224, Feliz—Regulating the catching of N!"p. 23, Feltz—Appropriating $5000 for a trout hatchery in Carmel River, Monterey County. A. B. 206, Feliz—Prohibiting the use of drag nets. A. B. 227, Kincald—Amending section 1109 of the Penal Code relating to the sale of lottery tickets. A. B. 228, Kincaid—Relating to privileges of witnesees in’ lottery cases. 229, Kincaid—Providing for ‘Supreme Court Commission. A 230, Kincaid—Regulating the practice of osteopathy. 4 A. B. 231, Kincaid—Amending section 571 of the Civil Code, reli corporations. A. B. 232, Kincald—Licensing bicycles A. B. 233, Kincald—Amending the act pro- viding for the relief of disabled and infirm firemen. A. B. 254, of the Political boundarie: A. B. 23, Radcliff=Appropriating $182 50 to appoint- Code, relating to county pay the funeral expenses of Lieutenant H. R. | Hodgson. A. B’ 2%, Radcliff—Amending section 1119 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to elec- tlon contests. A. B.'287, Radcliff—Setting aside land San Francisco for a public market in APPROPRIATION IS THROWN IN Substitute Resolution In- viting McKinley to California. CALLL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 15.—Senator Selvage's r lution inviting the President and other to visit California at the launching of the | ©Ohfo next May has bcen supplanted by one more comprehensive. Besides inviting President McKinley, Vice President Roosevelt, the Cabinet and the Governor, State officers and the Congressional dele- gation from Ohio to visit the State, the new resolution, submitted to-day, vides for a reception committee, composed of Lieutenant Governor Flint, President pro tem. of the Senate; C. W. Pendleton, Speaker, and W. ( | Ralston, Speaker pro tem. of the Assem- bly: Frapnk J. Brandon. secretary, and J. Louis Martin, sergeant at arms of the Senate, and Clio Llovd, chief clerk, and W. A. Banks, sergeani at arms of .he As- sembiy, with five Senators appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and nine Assem- blymen appointed by the Speaker. They will meet the visitors on their arrival in Sacramento. The resolutfon provides for an appro- priation of $1000 for the expenses of the committee. S R i s FREE PUBLIC MARKET BILL Radecliff Revives an Old Project in the Assembly. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 16.—Radcliff of Santa Cruz introduced in the Assembly to-day a bill assigning, after July 1, 1901, the blocks and portions of blocks bounded by Pa- cifie, Davis and East streets, in San Fran- cisco, to the uses of the free public mar- ket established by the act of 1897. This measure is the same as that In_tl!-):l)- e country members tlr,ed its passage, but the S8an Francisco delegation offered such strong opposition that they succeeded in blocking it. 5 ————— “Mira Valle,”” B. Klein, Sauterne type, claret. Grand Vin. Depot 612 Geary street. v divorce | ing to savings and loan | Chandler—Amending section 3539 | pro- | Neff, Senator | oot A. B 2, making repairs on the Women's Rellef Corps® Home at_Evergreen. A. B..239, Schlesinger—Amending section 376 f the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to action for d 3 nger—Regulating the prac- tie A B the Pena 241 McNeil—Amending section €32 of Code, relating to fish | A. B. 212 Schilllg—Prescribing the manner in | which new counties may be formed { ting 350,000 for i San Francisco | | | | pr ance of the pi | Normal Scheol [ A. B. 244, Macheth—Appropriating $100,000 for the erect State Normal School building Henry—Regulating the sale of onlum: B fon i | 246 of the Political Code, relating to ssembly officers. > B Frown of San Mateo—Regulating the' letting of contracts for the erection. fm provement and repair of public school bufld- ings. A 248, Brown of San Mateo—Regarding claims bf the State mgainst hondsmen. Bill | introduced in the Senate vesterday 249, Brown of San Mateo—Appropriat- | the Code of Civil Procedure, | nent domain relating to emi- John—Amending section 1776 of th il Procedure, relating to guardiap Joa Wright—Appropriating $5000 for the | | study of insects destruction to fruit | A B, Duryea—Appropriating $36,00 for | the construction of a State highway from the | Lower San Joaquin Valley to the coast. | “A. B. 258, Atherton—Providing for the mainte- nance of prisoners. A. B, D, rhillig—Amending the law -elat) | to levee et No. 1, Sutter County | A. B. 261, Johneon—Appropriating 33200 to pay:| salaries and expenses of the Commission | Public Works | " A. B. 262, Johnson—Appropriating $1100 to pay of E. E. Leake. on lishing courts of appeal. A. C. A. 10. Sutro—Amending article XI, rela- | tive to county government acts. A. C. A. 11, Sutro—Amending article XI, rela- tive to the amendment of city and county char- ters. |GRIM HUMOR Part of Gage’s Message Goes to Reformatories Committee. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- | MENTO, Jan. 15.—7The Senate in a spirit of grim humor to-day adopted the report of the committee on the reference of the | tees, which referred that part of the mes- sage relating to the Faris Commission to lhe‘(“nm;n\tlfie on Reformatories. It w explained that the newspaper storles | seemed to indicate that the ‘;eFflrence was a proper one, pnd, besides, there was no | other more appropriate committee. | _A bill was introduced by Smith of Kern, which requires the investment of school {\_u“ls'd&ri:'od sfmm heritance taxes in nited States, Staie, county, 3 cigtriet bonds. g raniohne By a bill introduced by Smith of Tos | Angeles it is made grand larceny to steal a bleycle. By a bill of Devlin's a lien upon the judgment in favor of his client is given to the attorney to secure his fee. PUTTING UP THE San Francisco Democrat Wants Lardner Unseated. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 15.—It is reported here to- night that a well-known Democratic poli- ticlan who is well supplied with money and scantily gifted with brains is put- ting some of his money into Tabor's l"ghl The opulent politician to %nneag Lardner. aspires to a seat in the United States Senate and hopes to capt State Senator. e N — - Changes in Clerkships. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 16.—In the Assem- bly to-day William Zambisky was re. moved from the clerkship of the Commit. tee on Ways and Means, and H. .7, Bridges appointed to his place. Brown of San Francisco introducea a report from the Committee on Attaches, report- ing favorably upon several changes in the placing of the employes. Anderson of Solano asked for an explanation, which was not given. The matter was then dropped. s | Radcliff—Appropriating $3000 for Brown of San Mateo—Amending | ing $85,000 for the construction of a highway from Santa Barbara to Kern County A. B, 0, James—Providing for the election | of Justices of Districts Courts of Appeal ' A B, Sutro_Amending section 1238 of The following constitutional amend- ments were introduced: | A. €. A 8 Brady—Amending article 10, sec- | | totn 23, ‘relating to the charges of telephone companies. A. C. A. 9 James—Amending article 4, estab- Governor's message to standing commit- | COIN FOR TABOR | 'FACTIONAL LINES ARE BEI Their Share Apporti ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- { Senatorial districts, and all the | pulling and hauling over the ques- tion of apportionment, the various dele- | gations have crystallized, and now the | iast of them is ripe for organization. It was the apportionment that started the | erystallization, but it is not likely to end | be restored it may lead to factional lines i and consequent bitterness. and invite the corresponding Senators and the Democratic minorities to join the ! meeting. There has been a great deal sald about | the luck of the south so far. and its solid front has been the cause of a good deal of envy. As for San Francisco. there has |ing themselve: | always been the suggestion of hoss influ- | it so far—just ence over its delegations. and Alameda’s | what might be case is almost purely one of apportion- ment. Under the present scheme of apportion- | the session ends | ment Alameda is entitled to three and |of forcing the more balf Senators and seven Assembly- |gether, or some P e e ALAMEDANS UNIVERSI MENTO, Jan. 15— WHh caucusing | and wrangling over Assembly and | | there, and unless harmony and coalition | CAU NG DRAWN [nterior Legislators Will Organize to Get in the New onment, Special Dispatch to The Call. concerned in anything surgery, the apportion the half-Senator for a men. Not being beyond political ment bill trades whole Assemblyman, making four Sen= ators and six Assemblymen. But Alameda insists that she is entitled to four Senators and eight Assemblymen— n-other words, to another full Assemb district—and her delegation Is prepared to fight on the subject. To secure these they must be filched from the surroun country represented by members of conference to-day, and this explains Alameda was not bidden to the meet The south is not altogether solid on subject of apportionment, but Its | *The last of the outsiders met to-4a¥. | ance s siriul Tt Rt Carter of ! The south had organized, San Francisco | Los Angele chairman of the southern had organized. Alameda had organized: dclegation. has a scheme to jof ira nd this :\f.ir‘rrnnn in response to .w'('nil KVVV"‘i‘;A‘V\-:\\a‘vJ]r;:n‘;l ‘ma.' 3 ‘1:‘ u\n]\‘ R sent out quietly by Duryea twenty-five of | GIERANSL DIscrict, which will T the Assemblymen from the other coun- |lation and overwhelming pab L ties of the State met and talked it OVEr. | But that w g ey g r The call was not sent to the San Fran-|«o far below the population required that ‘0 men, the Alameda men or the men | Tulare would have to be included and from the south. then the district would go Democratic i Duryea of Placer presided, but there | In the country Senator Dav 5 { was no formal organization. There Was | dor. Alpine. (‘alaveras and M A considerable talk. the burden of which | fight on his hands Fhe w > was that the “cente were getting about | El D o, Alp Amad what they wanted, and it was time for the | veras and olumne king awa outlying country to look out for and as- put this would « distri . sert itself. Tt was decided to meet again | cratic, Davis dec 2 e ot The Apportionment ommittes Senate will meet to-morrow morn will hardly do more than orgar from then the fight will be on In the meantime. with ment_as a starter. the counti ties to be consl but it will lead ool cus ON TY MEASURES ' Decide Not to Be Bound by the Programme of Bills as Introduced by Rowell. LL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- ENTO, Jar. 15.—The Alameda County | delegation caucused to-night and decided not to'be bound by the programme of bills for the aid of the State Universi | presented by Senator Rowell. Knowland | and Bliss were not present at the meet- ing, but are sald to be in accord with the decision reached. | The delegation is not satisfled with the legislation proposed and they fear it will not meet favor in the Legislature or with the Governor. The members from Ala- meda express the belief that the Gover- nor's attitude is not one of opposition to Viberal support of the State University, but 1is antagonistic to a loose financial management. In consequence they de- to-morrow: to discuss the matter with him ! and arrange some programma that will be acceptable to all. . The uneasiness of. the friends of the cided to-night to cali upon Governor Gage | |the prospects of the measures in- | troduced for that institution and the dissatisfaction with { ecial vesterday b take up the part of the appointed vernor's mes- ies led to a e to be held The death of Asse: | ollins of Butle, chairman of t | special committee, acted, however, to dis- I courage any action until the vacanc Ishould be filled The meeting was to have been held at 20 o’clock at the Golden KEagle Hot Assemblymen Treadwell, McWade and | Sutro and Serator Weich met in the lobt |at that hour and decided upon the post- | ponement of the conference. The belief is general that the part! of Governor Gage will make a strong fig | against the University of California bi {and the actfon of tie university men this afternoon is significant as indicating that | they do not propose to rémain inactiv sage rela(ln’g to the unive | movement for a conferenc late this afternoon. blyman Tniversity - of Californila concerning ! the face of Gubernatorial opposition @ ettt ettt oottt oo oot @ PREVENTS SALE OF GAME BIRDS | Rigid Regulations in a Bill Presented by Laird. ALLL. HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- | MENTO, Jan. 15.—Senator Laird has in- | troduced a bill which, if passed, will ef- | fectually prevent the sale of game birds or venison at restaurants, hotels, in mar- kets or on the streets, and if the epicure wishes a taste of game he must go out and kill it for himself. The bill also reg- uiates the closed season for the different | animals and birds, limits a season's deer shooting to _three deer per man, limits a | day ag of quail to 25, of doves to 50. of uck to 50 and of brant to 8, and makes it a misdemeanor to have in possession the nest or eggs of a game bird. It also pro- time the shooting of elk | A. B. 232 Sutro—Amending sections 628, 632 | and 635 of the Penal Code, relating to game Tnws, A. . 23 Sutro—Appropriating $5812 27 fo? deficien s in_the adult blind fund. A. B Providing for the inspection of | aplaries A. B Amending section 255 of the Politi- cal Code relating to the duties of the minute clerk. | hibits at any | antelope, mountain goats, female deer or i mdported game birds. nes from $50 to $500 to 150 | spotted fawn and i | The bill imposes | and imprisonments of from fifty days for violation of its provisions. CERMAN SHIP Flottbek in Perilous Position Off the Coast Near Cape Flattery. PORT TOWNSEND. Jan. 15.—The Ger- man | thirty-four days from Yokohama, bound for Port “Townsend, is ashore among the | breakers two miles south of Ozette Island, | off the coast near Flattery rocks. The | | vessel {s in a most dangerous position, | | and while she was riding well when spoken stands cvery chance of becoming a total wreck. . The Flotthek was first spoken by Tacoma collier Mattewan, which went to her assistance and succeeded in getting a }line aboard. It parted, however. at the first pull, and having no available cable aboard the Matteman started off for as- | sistance. She spoke the tug Magic in the straits and that here. At 3 o'clock this morning the pow. | i ] | | ‘prrug | aispatched to the scene. No news has 1 ! | i i 1 been obtainable to-day from the cape, the wires being inoperative. The Flottbek 15 an Al steel, full-rigged ship of 1161 tons, and was bound to the Spund te for the United Kingdom. Captain Mason of the steamer Jleanie, which arrived to-day from San Francisco, reports the Flottbek in a nerilous position. | with the steamers Mattewan and Bristol trying their best to extricate her. The Fiottbek. whils not actually on the rocks. tlay at anchor amcng dangerous reefs, with no_possible chance of escape in the event of a blow coming on. Puget_Sound Tufibont Company's tugs | were d(lEalched onday night to the res- cue of the Flottbek, but with what suc- cess has not been learned, the Neah Bay wires being down. S SANTA FE TRAIN WRECKED. BARSTOW, Jan. 1—The Santa Fe Overland No. 8, running between San Francisco and Chicago, ran through a d_ brid, at Siberia, seventy miles ‘e’:::‘eo(’ herzeuhout 4:30 this afternoon. The train was wrecked, but so far as can be ascertained, no one was even slightly injured. L7 Bill for Normal School. SACRAMENTO, Jan. i5.—Important among the Assembly bills introduced was one appropriating $100,000 for the buflding &t “a 81219 Nc‘l'rmll &h?“%h; Fran- =co. further sum of 350, appro- priated for the use of the school. GOES ASHORE, | IN THE SENATE | ship Flotthek, Captain Shoemaker, | the | steamer hurried back | tug Wanderer, Captain Gove, was | inad a cargo of wheat at Tacoma | Two of the | | TO REGULATE PHONE RATES iBrady of San Francisco Goes After “Hello” Companies. | CALL HEADQUARTE SACRA MENTO, Jan. 15.—Brady of San Fran introduced in the Assembly this morning & bill providing for the regulation and Hmitation of telephone rates by Stat | county and municipal legislative bodies the manner by which gas and water The m re declar | are controlled right to furnish telephone servicg a pub- lie franchise, which may be obtaifled y in the manner pr ribed ‘by law 1 which- is forfeited A gard of - rates fixed in accordance with the provi- sions of the amendment Brady says that the measure Is not | troduced on the suggestion of any indivi ual or body interested in municipal prot lems, but that he offers it of his own motion in response to the general demand | for such regulation of telephone rates WILL EXHIBT T BUSFAL | Bacramento and San Joaquin | Valley Associations So I Decide. Special Dispatch to The Call SACRAMEN?YO0, Jan. 15.—The two dayy’ session of the joint convention of the Sac ramento and San Joaquin Valley Associa- tions closed this afternoon after much fm- portant business had been transacted | The convention indorsed the reqpest of the State Agricultural Soclety for an ap- propriation of $100,000 at the hands of th Legislature for the completion of its plans toward the improvement of Agricultura Park and the furtherance of other int ests of the society, the association recos nizing the great value of the society developing the State’s resources in | rious avenues. The bill of Senagor Smith for a of technology was indorsed. It was olved that both the San Joaquin Valley | and Sacramento Valley should be repre- sented by suitable exhibits at the Buffalo { exposition this vear, and that these ex- hibits should be in charge of agents spee 1 va~ cially fi‘wnlmed by the associations of the two valle: The convention recomnfended to the Legislature that a board of water and | forest commissioners be created to con- duct an investigation In_ behalf of the State, jointly with the Federal Govern- ment, with reference to the storage of the flood ‘waters of the State and the preser- vation of the forests as a means of con- serving the rainfall. The Senators and Representatives in Congress were memorialized to aid in the pational appropriation of $10.000 to be ex- pended under the direction of the Secre- tary of Agricuiture for the benefit of the horticulturs and agriculture of the Pa- cifig Coast. Charies M. Hays, the new president of the Southern Pacific Company, was elect- ed to honorary membership in both asso- ciations. W. H. Mills of San Francisco, Who has taken an active part in the de- liberations of the convention, said this afternoon that the Southern Pacific would make an exhibit at the Buffalo exposi- tion regardiess of the action by the val- leys. .’\ resolution was passed protesting against a grant of renewal of the expir- ing patents on mechanical filteration plants for cities. em————— MA, Jan. 15.—The for w) e Sats e Tacsms for the nmxvo.'::e:.h‘f“ January e 12506 bushels, vaiued at one month of 190, W fte e