The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 22, 1901, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1901. PEOPLE OF SOUTH INVITE MR. HAYS TO A CONFERENCE New President of the Southern Pacific Informs Los Angeles Merchants That He Will Be Glad to Meet Them Special Dispatch to The Call. —President Pacific ment that he iocalities The news assurance that 2 —Charles M. Hays, ASSEMBLY ENOCKS OUT 1 FREE CONFERENCE RULE sts an Amendment Providing for the Resubmission of ARTERS, SACRA- he Assembly re ing to accept ment was adopted Which pro- n of a report to ie appointment of pleasure of the nsidera- ying the he delegation e even more iginal report of the mittee on rules, specifying that rt of the free conference shall be be accepted as such. Mateo sald he could see a why the old rule, permit- references of bills to free be changed. He un- hod followed in ve bodies, and prevent desirable n the free confer- rt Macbeth, Cow- P and Melick ~op- Treadwell the free conference a from ty to exercise their giving the free that a bill r argued that the s endment were n d prevent ng meas- the Assembly or in other legisla- ment was voted ng vote. ent to section s reported by the y the addition of the e erees may be dis- w c rees appointed, or be jtted to 'the endment, which es t , was adopt- . ed were now go Spcak unced his ap- ttees made i Game, to be enito, and to s Hasson of aries, Broughton Public Buildings and { Alameda; Roads and ¢ Riverside: Judiclary, Plumas and Sierra. UTIONAL CONVENTION AGAT Melick Introduces Resolution to Sub- mit the Matter to Vote of the People. ADQUARTERS, SACRA- Melick has introduced current resolution CONSTIT n Melick provides, first, 1 election there | e people of the a constitutional & constitutiongl question be car- it the Governor shall slature and roceed to arrange gates to the con- e Legislature shail r election of dele delegates, one from each As- ons and be elected in the same as Assemblymen. The result ection shall be reported to the Sec- f State, and within three months he convention shall be held. It is n the resolution that the dele- 1 continue in session until the evision shall have been com- y are allowed to appoint what y think proper and to fix and each delegate shall get ing the convention, besides | lowed an Assemblyman. e TO GIVE BELVEDERE | CONTROL OF TIDE LANDS | Eenate and Assembly Judiciary Com- | mittees Report Favorably on | the Measure. | HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- | MENTO, Jan. 21.—The questios of extend- | ing to Belvedere the right to purchase tide lands under the law of eminent ao-l twain was threshed out before the Senate a Eates sb CALL strict, who must have the same | o in and about Los Angeles, asks ttee to meet casion of your nd that an invitation has been the ecitizens of Los 5 1 that you wil inity, and that at that tinie to meet discuss with them interest. We may chief of these, in our leged discrimination s between th ty and San Fran- the territory of the San Joaquin Val- his occasion has been made the basis of a the Los Angeies Traffic Association, ch i the corporate titie of our organiza: 5, b Interstate Railway Commis- as the matter is now r the circumstances of this contro- between your road and ourselves, we be glad of an opportunity to explain sition in order that you may understand tives, and may not by any chance mi strue the nature of our sentiments toward corporation. of the affairs of the Southern Pacific you are desirous of estwblishing the est possible relations with the patrons road; and we on our part are sim- desirous that you should not feel that 1 this quarter anything that re- or prejudice against the 1 enterprise over which you and nothing but the heartiest welcome For that reason it has the personally. . if we may be al- vilege, the causes that led up to troversy. Very truly yours, M. H. NEWMARK, C. REYNOLDS, . SCHELLER, C. D. WILLARD, e Committee of the Secretary, To this communication Mr. Hays re plied as follows: M. H. Newmark. President Associated Job- bers of Los Angeles—Dear 12 Sir relative I have your fa to a meeting with the committee representing the Jobbers Association of Los Angeles, and thanking you ns friendliness contained ate that I shall be glad to meet on the occasion of my con- Los Angeles. My time has up since my arrival et been able to determi or of January a date for my visit, but_shall | hope now to do so within a short time. Yours truly, CHAS. M. HAYS, President. Judiclary Committee and then the Assem- bly Judictary Committee, and in each case after a long discussion the bill was favor- ably recommended. These bills are similar and seek to add harbors to the cases-where the right of eminent domain may be appeajed to; and in applying it the framers of the measure had in view the harbor of Belvedere, dot- te and bordered with picturesque residences. But it was pointed out that often these same residences needed regulating, and whenever any attempt has been made to regulate them the attempt has been met with the answer that the owners of the property along the beach had allowed the offending ark to anchor wnere it lay: and =0, what was the town going to do about it? 8o the town is anxious to have the right to condemn the beach property as | tide lands aboundiag a harbor, solve the question. It was claimed that the arks frequently | anchor where what can be considered the fairway is located and that they helped to fill up the channel by throwing over- board rubbish. It was explained that in five or six tides an ollcan would raise a | two-foot lump of mud in the channel—and the channel is very shallow at best. wishes the control of them. The land sought is owned mostly by the Coleman and the Crooks estates. Those represent- ing Belvedere before the committees were Dr. L. L. Dunbar and Thomas E. Haven. TABOR-LARDNER CONTEST BEGUN Senate Committes on Elections Opens Proceedings Despite Defend- ant’s Protest. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 21.—The Senate Committee on Elections opened proceedings in the contest of Ben P. Tabor for the seat of W. B. Lardner, Senator from El Dorado and®Placer, the Fifth District. The de- fendant demurred to the oontest of Ta- bor because of lack of specific allegations, but these demurrers were overruled and both parties were ordered to read the depositions they had taken. This occu- pied some time, and then the committee adjourned to to-morrow, when it wili de- cide whether or not to allow a recount, The Fish and Game Committee of the Assembly has decided to report in favor of the bill to appropriate $2000 for the Eel River hatchery. report favorably upon Higby's bill to reg- ulate the catching of fish and to declare the seasons in which the various fish may be taken. The joint committee on public institu- tions 15 arranging for a junket next Sat- urday to Highlands and Whittier. Me- lick’s resolution that but three of any committee be allowed on a junket bids fair to be dormant in the Committee on Mileage and Attaches. The Senate Judiciary Committee has de- cided to draft bills to the claims of for legal ser- pa; James C. Daly for lll.fl&f es in the case of the Southern Pacific > Company against the Board of Railroad Commiesioners, and the claim of J. R. Hanify for $197 70 damages caused by the loss of property in the collapse of Fre- mont-street wharf in February, 1899. Thix was done in accordance with suggestions contained in the Governor's message. New Project to Be Considered at Session of Imperial Diet. SEATTLE, Jan. 2L—A new cable is to be put in between Nagasaki and Keelung, according to the Nagasaki press. There is already one line between Keelung and Ohama, Osum! Province, but the wonder- ful increase of communication between Formosa and Japan proper has aro used the people of Nagasaki still another cabl BT The expense involved in carryi; {he new enterprise is estimated at _";,,3‘,‘3 yen. {mately 1,600.0 0 e the next session of the Im the authorities of Nagasak| wi lu%'lmll)tult. | proposal in favor of the new cable. In Nagasaki the impression prevails that the project is assured bevond reasonable loubt. 2 P Y Prisoners Recaptured. SBATTLE, Jan. 2L—Five out of the eight prisoners who escaped from the United States transport Grant at Hong- kong have been recaptured, according to the Shanghai Mercury, coples of which reached Seattle ti Two of the pris- oners were captured by the guard a short time after their successful break for |ib- erty. The remaining six scattered, but the chase was so persistent that three were run down_among the rocks near Kennedytown. Seeing that the last hope bad fled, (he{ surrendered and were re- turned to their floating prison. FaSS0ms it e Unknown Man Killed. . SANTA BARBARA, Jan. 2L—An un- known ex-employe of the Southern Pa- cific construction camps, was found man- Eled on the track near Bolano Crach north of Lomj s morning. The accident Soqurrsa s e Gurlsg soa nyeht i y e been extinct many hours. © appreciate that in undertaking the man- | the | to us wise that we should take the | ¥ to present ourselves to you | Jobbers' Associa- th arks and houseboats and yvachts | and so i The | town courts the presence of the arks. but It has also decided to | — * MRS. WHINNEMAN, AGED AND DESTITUTE, IS FOUND DYING FROM COLD AND HUNGE Neglected by Her Degraded Son, Shunned by All Her Neighbors, Who Believe She Is a Miser, the Unfortunate Lies Awaiting Death. { i | AGED womAN As sHE WAS FOUND LYING UPON HER PALLET IN THE MISERABLE QUARTERS SHE | CALLED HER HOME, NEGLECTED BY HER SON, WITH INSUFFICIENT BED CLOTHING TO KEEP HER WARM AND NO FOOD. ELDOM within the experience of the authorities of this city have cases of destitution been brought ) to light which could equal in depth of misery and abject destitution that of Mrs. Whinneman, which was re- ported yester: v to the California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The old woman was found lying at the point of death in a wretched hovel at 110 NATIONAL HOME ~ FOR NEGROES |Bill for the Purpose Pre- | sented in the House by White. S | WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—The House to- day, after devoting some time to District of Columbia business, passed a number of bills under suspension of the rules. A bill | the right to sue in the Court of Claims | for indemnity for alleged injuries which | had been recommended by the State De- | partment was disastrously beaten. | The postoflice appropriation bill was re- ported. | " The Senate amendments to the army organization bill were disagreed to and the House agreed to a conference. Hull | of Jowa, Brownlow of Tennessee and Hay of Virginia were appointed conferees. The House then proceeded with district | business. After some debdte the vote was | taken and the bill was passed—137 to 67. After the disposal of the district busi- | ness, White of North Carolina was recog- nized to move the passage, under a sus- pension of the rules, of a bill to provide & home for aged and infirm colored peo- ple. The bill provides that the money for | the construction and maintenance of the | home shall consist of the fund now fn the | treasury due the estates of deceased col- | ored soldiers. The fund amounts to $230,- 000. By the terms of the bill the home is | to be erected in the District of Columbla on ground now in the possession of a col- association organized for that pur- re- | ore: pose. | Ray of New York, chairman of the | Committee on Judiclary, moved the pas- sage, under suspensfon of the rules, of a | bill fo permit subjects of a foreign coun- | iry claxminF indemnity for injuries re- caved in this country, to bring suit in the | Court of Claims. The bill, by its terms, | applies only to persons not citizens of the | United States, and provides that the United States can set up as a_ defense against such clalms that the claimants | have resided in the United States con- | tinweusly for one year. Ray explained | that the State Department had been over- | run with claims of foreign citizens for | indemnity and the proposed legislation | was strongly recommended by that de- ent. PALiR"or Niinols said_the bill hadd been repared by former Secretary of State &nay and such legislation had been rec- | ommended by many previous Secretarles of State. Almost all the powers of the world, Hitt said, provided a tribunal for the trial of such cases. Our system, he sald, had resulted In the presentation and ‘ment of extravagant claims. | e Armond of Missouri, on behalf of a minority of the Committee on Judiclary, opposed the bill, which, he said, proposed to give to foreign citizens privileges not accorded to our own citizens. The reci- procity feature of the bill, he sald, also Yas objectionable. This lex 1 invitati t'l“m v fler a general invitation to s ative fn;;er- to rake and scrape the foreign population for pretext to bring suit against the Government. belleved that Villlams of Mississippi the ‘cirenit courts shotld be opened, Rot only to citizens of foreign countries, but citizens of the Unit: States. The bill was defeated, 37 to Brownlow of Tennessee moved to sus- pend the rules and pass the Senate bill to establish a branch fldiefl' ome at Johnson City, Tenn. e bill initial a riation of $250,000, non of Tlinols said that if the bullt 1t would cost eventually $1,250,000. The bill was passed, as also was a bill to increase the salary of the Commissjon- er of Education of Porto Rico fr om to $4000 per annum. At 5:05 the House ad- journed. SENTENCES COMMUTED. President Extends Clemency to Two Convicts. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—President Me- Kinley to-day, in the case of George H. Shiffler, clerk and teller of the First National Bank of Lebanon, Pa., sentenced May 18, 1899, to serve five years in the penitentiary for misapplication of funds, granted a commutation of sentence to two years. The amount of his defaication was but $62¢ and the dent believes l:.r‘:tene- wfll‘l %“;“;;‘ e case . . ml who *‘nnuneod to six years and six mmfi to give citizens of-foreign countries | Converse street, where she lives with her son, who is an irreclaimable opium flend. Mrs. Whinneman was suffering from lack of the bare necessities of life, there being no food in the place. The couch upon which she was lying was in a dilap- idated condition, and the ‘bed coverings. which were ragged and In disorder, were entirely insufficlent for one in her en- feebled condition. Filth had accumulated embezzlement of $5000 from the South Bethlehem, Pa., bank, November 22, 1897, the President granted a commutation to four years with good behavior. -—— WAR TAX AMENDMENTS. Senators Cockrell and Martin Propose Changes in the Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—S8enator Cock- rell to-day introduced . the following fix}endmem to the war revenue reduction ill: That the provisions of the existing laws in t ton th the privilege of drawback taxes such distilled spirits, able gallons of such rectified or blended spirits subject to rebate shall be determined accord- ing to such regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe. Senator Martin also introduced an amendment to this bill providing that no deed or contract made or entered into since the war revenue act went into effect shall be considered invalid because of the fallure to attach a stamp as required by aw. 14 on provided that the tax- ARSI Neville Is Prostrated. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2L—Congressman Neville of Nebraska is in a prostrate state, resulting from the hemorrhages he has had recently. As they have ceased for several days the physician states that the chances are more favorable for his re- covery. A IO A Amendment to Subsidy Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Senator Vest to-day gave notice of an amendment he will propose to the ship subsidy bill ap- plying the provisions of the anti-trust law to shipbuilding under the bill. For Storage Reservoirs. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Senator War- ren to-day gave notice of an amendment he will present to the river and harbor bill providing for storage reservoirs in e in_all parts of the room. The neighbors, it was learned. looked upon Mrs. Whihneman as a miser. and therefore dild not concern themselves about her condition. The case has been turned over to the Associated Charities and temporary. as- sistance has been given the sick and starving woman. It is reported that Mrs. Whinneman once possessed a considerable fortune, but lost it through ill-advised speculation. BAADY SUES FOR AN ACCOUNTING Says Jim Kemiedy Has Money That He Refuses te Surrender. NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—William A. Brady has brought suit in the Supreme Court against Jim Kennedy, manager of tne Twentieth Century Sporting Club of San Franclsco, and Patrick T. Powers, man- ager of the Eastern Baseball League, for a dissolution of the partnership which ex- isted Dbetween them in regard to the carrying out of bicycle races at Madison Square Garden. Brady also asks that a recelver be appointed to_take charge of the moneys belonging to the partnership. An adjournment was asked for by coun- sel for Kennedy. David Gerbar, on behalf of Brady, op- posed any adjournment, alleging that he feared Kennedy would leave the State and take the moneys with him, so that when the receiver was ngpolnted herc there would be nothing for him to receive. He added that the defendant, Powers, had remained out of the State to avold service of the papers upon him. Justice Truax granted a postponement until Thursday. Brady says that the rofits of the six-day bicycle. race at adison Square Garden exceeded $12,000 &nd that he had been unable to induce Kennedy to divide the money, Kennedy claiming that the delay was due to Pow- ers. en Brady found Kennedy was about to leave for California he brought his- action. i N0 LIGERSES BY GENERIL 011 American Engineer’s Claim Against Kruger to Be Investigated. Alleges That He Was Deprived of His Rights by the Summary Dismissal of the Trans- vaal Court. No business of nsactdd by the n. An execu- two hours' du- WASHINGTON, Jan special importance was Senate to-day in open se tive session of more t i ration was held and sixty pages of the legislative, executive and judicial appro- priation bill were completed before ad- Jjournment. An act to confer in trust to the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, the pueblo of Albuquerque grant was passed. Turner of Washimngton offered a resolu- | tion requesting the President to transmit to the Senate, If nét incompatible with public interest, information of what steps have been taken by the State Department to protect the rights of R. E. Brown, a citizen of the United States, in the matter of his claim against the South African Republic, together with copies of all cor- | respondence and papers re.ating thereto. ‘The resoiution was adopted. In presenting the resolution Turner made a statement regarding the case. Brown, the Senator said, was an Ameri- can engineer, who went to South Africa eight years ago. He located a large num- ber of gold mining claims in Witfontein, adopting American methods in his work. He was deprived of the claims by order of the South African authorities, and in- stituted suit against them for $1,850,000. The case was decided by the South Af- rican court in Brown's favor, his conten- tion being upheld ugon every point, not- withstanding the order of President Kru- er withdrawing the claims held by Mr. srown from location. The judgment of the court se incensed President Kruger and the Volksraad that the judges were removed summarily from office. Subse- quently the new court dismissed the case of Mr. Brown, and he_was invited to in- stitute a new suit. Reallzing that the court was packed against him, he decided to appeal to his own Government for jus- tice and with a view to securing his rights as defined by the highest court of the Transvaal Republic. Turner said the claims of Mr. Brown now were worth $5,000,000 or $5,000,000. In view of the governmental changes that. had taken place in the Transvaal Turner sald the purpose of his resolution to press upon Great Britain the merit of | the claim of Mr. Brown and to ascertain what steps had been taken by this Gov- ernment in regard to it since Great Brit- ain had assumed the responsibilities of sovereign over that country. The Senate at 1 p. m., on motion of Foraker, went Into executive session, and on resuming open session the legislative appropriation bill was taken up. Gallinger of New Hampshire said that on last Friday, during the discussion of the amendment to the army reorganiza- tion bill, intended to prohibit the sale of liquor in the Philippines, he had made a statement that liquor licenses had been issued to saloons in Manila by an army officer whose residence was in California— meaning General Harrison Gray Otis. He then read a telegram from General Otis saying that he had never granted and never had the power to grant such license. Gallinger expressed regret that he had been led into the error he had made. Does telegram * inquired Cockrell of Missourt, “who did issue the licenses?” “It does not,” replied Gallinger. On motion of Allison. chairman of the Committee on_Appropriations, the Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the legislative. executive and judicial appro- riation bill. When. in the reading of the 11l, the paragraph was reached appro- priating $10,000 to keep ocpen the Library of Congress from 2 until @ p. m. on each Sunday, Gallinger said he desiréd to enter his protest against the opening of the Ii- brary on Sunday. Congress. it seemed to him, had dealt very generously with the library and the people of the District of Columbia, and the latter ought to be sat- isfled that the library was open thirteen hours each weekday. Allison replied that the proposed amend- ment had been recommended by two com. mittees of the Senate and by the Libra- rian of Congress. Personally, he could see no better way for persons sojourning in ‘Washington or for residents here to spend a few hours on Sunday than in the Ii- brary of Congress. The amendment was agreed to without division. The Senate then adjourned SPECIFICATIONS REDUCED. Items Aggrvg:t;;g 880,000 Cut From Plans of New Battleships. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2L—The Navy Department has cut from the specifica- tions for the rew battle-ships items ag- gregating In value about $80,00. It also has considerably reduced the fund re- served for superintendents, inspection and coppering. Thersfore Secretary Long was able to offer to the lowest bidders, the Newport News and Bath corpora- tions, the sum of $3.500,000 each for the construction of one sheathed battleship. Judge Payson, representing the two com- anies, has accepted the offer, and noth ng more Is to be done but rrepare and sign the contracts. ——— Estimates of Appropriations. 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