The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 26, 1901, Page 2

o - THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1901. COUNTRY MEMBERS “SIT UP PATRONAGE-HUNGRY DELEGATION FROM THE METROPOLIS RECEIVES A REBUKE FROM THE INTERIOR e — Assembly Promptly Votes Down a Resolution Appointing Jacob Steppacher as an “Apportionment Clerk” to Be the Exclusive Property of Boss ALL HEADQUARTE SACRA- | MENTO. - intended | he patronage list of 1 a matter of m makes s e scheme being car- was not able to ex- but Guilfoyle ms that was not at Brown ion 21 » withdraw if, but th and Johns: 1foyl twit old hands at the d now that a caucus of members wi, be held on the hope of reach- the question of ad- While there is little ppointment of Step- to clerkships, a halt far as the other five inesday’s caucus San Franci =pirit there t outside membe; absolutely to caucus to the extent of cc ment of Steppacher and are - ASBSEMBLY PASSES THE FRANCHISE BILL sident McKinley Again Postponed. HEADQUARTERS, SACRA to-day n the resolutions ley and - . n demanding the itested Elections | m_versus Henry P PARLIAMENTARY TANGLE OVER CONFERENCE RULE Neither Senate Nor Assembly Dis- posed to Recede From Its Position. HEADQUARTE: Jan. 2%.—As pretty MENTO t when a free | failed to agr se that had been at would end the sembly this ruie, preferring th committees could be ap 1 without number should they fail to recede from its he Assembly, and & was appo! committee comprom! submitted a ruie provid that, ee conference .ommittee could no: Pt 1 free conference” committes in_which a_disagreement | The Senate adonted thix | but the Assembly remained firm, and | the rule has zome to itself, S0 1o or a free conlference committee, g of Benators Leavitt, Cutter | und Assemblymen Browa f . Melick and James, has been appointed to consider it. from the sed to give an inch and the n stood “firmly. The amend the bills from the other side. In the absence of conference and free con- ference committees this will be a danger- ous proceeding and wil mature death of a greal many measures. COMMITTEES START ON JUNKETING TRIPS CALL _HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 2%.—The Committee on Pub- lic Buildings and Grounds will leave to- morrow afternoon to fnspect public build- | inge in Southern California. Tts objective point will ‘be San Diego, whose Normal School wants an appropriation for build- ing purposes. Members of the committee say they will visit the State institutions at Los Angeles and other places in South- | ern California if they have time to do so. | is a susgicion+that the committee pects to makdPa second trip into South- | rn California later, charging up mileage | a second time. The committee consists of Rutherford (chairman), Barnes, Hourigan, Foster, Knight, Butler. McWade, Reeber, McLaughlin, Feliz and John. The State Hospitals and Asylums Com- mittee left this afternoon for San Fran- cigco. It will visit the hospital at Ag- news to-morrow. and on Sunday will visit the Home for Aduit Blind at Berkeiey. Late next week the State hospital at Highlands, Ban Bernardino County, will be visited. The committee consists of Scniliig (chalrman) Beuning, Webber. Dunlap, Radcliff, Macbeth, Henry, Guil- foyle, Miller, Cowan and Wright. The Committee on Fish and Game de- cided to postpone its trip to the hatchery at Sisson until the melting of the snow should make it a more pleasant outing. Two committees from the Senate started on junkets this afternoon. One under Bel- ehaw sought the prisons. and another started_for a irip through the south, as far as San Diego. PREPARING FOR PARIS COMMISSION INQUIRY CALL HEADQUARTERS, BACRA- MENTO, Jan. 25.—Interest in the coming Paris Exposition investigation is taking the form of speculation as to who will| be summoned to testify and how far the | inquiry will go—two questions thus far un- | answered. Melick and Bliss left for San ! Francisco this afternoon. One purpose of | their trip, it Is suspected, is 1o make a few preliminary arrangements for the in- vestigation, which will open on Tuesday. The remainder of the committee is scat. tered, nothing can be done here until Monday. | Amendments reported favoraliy on Dev- | the Legislature to later in the Martin Kell_y’s B Special Dispatch to The Call. Ios Angeles Traction Company will bl, offered in the Senate committee. | 22, 90, 91, 196, 254, | Assembly bills 24, 81 % 47,127 and 38 were paszed. Bill No. 38 re- | iates to the Harbor Commissioners for the | ¥ of Eureka. An afternoon sessicn was held which | was devoted mainly to the bills on the | econd reading file, and at 3:30 o’clock an adjournment yas taken until 11 o'clock | Monday. ’ | In the Assembly ihe following new bills | have been introduced: | A. B. 438, Guilfovle—Creating the office of | State Dentist for the State insane asylums. | A. B. 435, Cartsr—Amending section 40 of the | county’ government act of 1897, | A. 1. 440, Melick—Ashending sections 2 and | 2 of the county government act of 1897. | A. B. #41, Walker—Amending the parole of | prisoners act of 1863 | B. 442, Hourigan—Relating to the keeping | ntelligence offices. | B. 43, Committes on Claims—Appropriat- | v the ¢laim of the Callfornia | i.nela by J. C. Daly. Hupbard—Amending section 1 Code relating to salary of Superio of | ol | —Repealing the pharmacy rd—Amending section 2032 | vil Procedure relating to the | Code of | r of takifg depositions | 445, B. 447, Haseon—Making an appropriation | to pay claims for conveying childreh to”the | Home for Feeble Minded Children at Eldridge. | A. B. 448, Cowan—Amending sections 1240 and 1241 of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to | eminent domain. | A. B. 445. Pendleton—Providing the provisions | to be comtained in building contracts. | | A. B. 45, Barnes—Amending sections 1411 d 1443 of the Penal Code relaung to jury rdicts. A. B. 451, Fisk—Amending section 1183 of the Code 6f Civil Procedure relating to mechanics’ B Fisk—Amending sections 6, 7 and amending the act of 1853 creating a State board of horticulture. A 3, Irving—Protecting the manufactur- L ng industries of the State. A. B. 44, Knight—Appropriating money to pay counsel employed to assist the Attorney General A. B. 455, Knight—Making an appropriation 1o pay the claim of John P. Dulip. A. B. 45, Knight—Amending section 4M5 of cal Code relating to power to impose . Kelley A. B. 4 Amending section 3653 of the Political Code relating assassments. A. B. 48 Butler—To protdt the manutacture | of goods made in Califcrnia. | A. B. 456, Melick—Amending section 14 of the bank commissioners act of 1875 as amended in 1881 and 189, A. B. 480, Carter—Creating a n oan supervision. au of bufld- Collins of S8an Francisco—To com- loyers to furnish surgical and medical endance to employes injured during work- hours in places where fixed machinery is B. 462, Schillig—Amending the act of 1891 Aning the duties of land surveyors. B. 468, Schillig—Appropriating $26,450 to | or the various State offices fitty-second fiscal year. A. B. 464, Greer—Amerding section 623 of the | Penal Code relating to fish and game protec- tion ode relating to corporations. 466, Johnson—Repealing section 1402 of the Civil Code relating to distribution of com- mon property on the death of a husband A. B. 47, Johnson—Amending section 1401 of the Civil Code relating to the distribution of | mmon property on the death of & yrife. A. B. 45, Johnson—Amending séction 172 of } the Civil Code relating to community property. | COMPLETION OF SAN " FRANCISCO SEAWALL Appropriation of $150,000 Carried in a Bill Introduced by Welch. CALL HEADQUARTERS, BSACRA-| MENTO, . 2.—The resolution passed | on January 21, 1901, by the Board of Su- | pervisors of San Francisco requesting the passage of some measure restricting rac- ing to not more than thirty days in the vear in each county came before the Leg- islature to-day and in both houses it went to the journal. In the Senate there was a disposition to fight it and to send it back to the place whence it came, but a motion to that effect was rulea out of or- | der on the ground ihat any one or a body had the right to petition the Legis- latu: Senator Nelson Introduced a bill appro- | priating $150,00 for the completion of the | seawall from the end of the present work | to the western line of Van Ness avenue, the work to commence at once and be continuously prosecuted. - The same bill was introduced in the lower house by | Cavagnaro. { Davis introduced a bill defining_ a | “miners’ inch” of water to be one and a half cubic feet of water a minute flowing through any aperture. | Caldwell introduced a biil appropriating | $69,000 for a State highway to connect San | Jacinto, Riverside County, with the 8tats highway system of Ban Diego County. Nutt introduced a bill provid.ng that nc steam road which had spent L or | more on its franchise should lose tho franchise because of the expiration of th= | limit of time for its construction. The Committee on Healla reported fa- | vorably on Welch's joint re tion calling upon the Government to send all lepers to | N { Committee Constitutional | Moloka! The on lin's amendment to change the session of ear. Similar reports were made on tha amendments allowing socials in churches without endangering their privileges un- der the church taxation exemption amend- ment adopted at the last election. Senator Welch was allowed to take the place of Senator Deviin on tLe southern junket_committee. ed the following bills: The Senate pas €. B. 122—Act amending section 1451 of the Penal Code providing that the defendant in a criminal action must be discharged on the pay- ment of his fine, and providing for the dis- posal of the fine paid, and amending section 1570 of the Penal Code relative to the dispo- sition of fines and forfeitures collected by any court in the State. S. B. 41—To amend the Civil Code of this State by adding four new sections thereto, to be known as sections 1314, 1315, 1316 and 1317, relating to depositing wills with the County . providing how the same shall be kept by, how the same shall be delivered and | how the same shall be opened. §. B. i2—An act to provide for the payment of claim of John E. er, District Attorney of Modoc County, for cofts in foreclosing de- linquent purchasers of State school land and appropriating $25 76 therefor. 8. R. 103—Apvropriating $3063 to pay the de- fickency for transportation of insane and feeble- minded children for the forty-ninth, fiftieth, Afty-firet and fifty-second fiscal gyears. £. B, 156—Appropriating $351 7'to pay the de- ficlency in the appropriation for postage, ex- preseage and contingent expenses of the At- torney General for the fiftieth fiscal year. £ 1. 160—An act to provide for the payment of the claim of Claus Spreckels against the State of California and appropriating $11,675 §2 therefor. 8. B. 165—An act appropriating $1500 for es- tablishing and maintaining drinking fountains in the Capitol grounds at Sacramento. YET ANOTHER COYOTE BILL IN EVIDENCE CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 25.—Foster of Alameda to- day introduced in the Assembly the three measures for the aid of the University of California which Lukens introduced in the Senate uterfll!. They are Assembly bills Nos. 479 and 480, Melick introduced in the Assembly a resolution ind-rsing the bill now before Congress providing for the reimbursement of Mre, Jessie Benton Fremont, widow of General John C. Fremont, for property now known as oint, which be- longed to General Fremont was seized by the Government for military purposes. Benator Curtin is cr:-"ponllble for another coyote bill introdu in the Senate ta- ay. It provides an appropriation of $913) to pay_coyote bounties in the counties of Merced, posa, Stanislaus and Tuol- umne. PRI TN I S Wy To Cure the Grip in Two Days 4 Laxative Bromo-Qulnine removes the cause.® | Insecticide. B. { he is given power to classif; | than fifty and of “Statesmen” A B Johnson—Amending section 167 of the Civil Code relating to community property. A. B. 470, Johnson—Appropriating $1856 78 to pay the claim of Howard M. Sitton. A B Johnson—Amending the sovernment act of 1897. A. B. 472, Ray—Appropriating §25,000 for im- provements in Yosemite Valley. A. B. 473, Myers—Amending sections 3571 and 3572 of the Political Code relating to public lana sales. A, B. 474, substitute for A. B. 206—To pre- vent fraud in the sale of parls green as an county A Sherldan—Amending ard overflowed land act of 1893, A. B. 476, Sheridan—Amending sections 1021, 1033 and 1084 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to coets in legal actions. A. B, 477, . Amending the Political Code and adding fifteen new sections concern- inc the election of delegates to political con- ventions, A. B. 475, Brown of San Mateo—Repealing the act of 1898, providing for the construction of a mansion for the Governor. A. B. 47, Brown of San Mateo—Transterring from the Governor's mansion fund to the State University fund $45,758. Brown of San Mateo—Appropriat- or the support of the State Uni- the swamp A. B. 480, ing_ $200,000' £ versity. A. B, 481, Schillig—Providing for the protec- tion- of lands from overflow. A. B. 482, McLaughlin—Amending sections 368, 2425, 2480, 2431, 2440, 2441, 2457, 2438, 2460, 2461, 2462, 2463, 2464, 2465, 2466 and 2463, recating to Filot Commissioners. A. B. 483, Cavagnaro—Directing the State Board of Harbor Commissioners to continue work on the San Francisco seawall and ap- Tropriating $150,000 for the purpose. . B. 48, Cavagnaro—Amending section 290 of the Civil Code, relating to articles of incor- peration. A. B. 485, Cavagnaro—Amending section 303 of the Civil Code, relating to formation of ccrporations. B. 486, Dunlap—Authorizing suits against the State, ¢ A. B. 487, Dunlap—Appropriating $15,000 for the relief of J. E. Atkineon. A. B. 488, Dunlap—Dividing the State into Congressional districts. B. 483, Milice—Amending the act of 1897, rclative to the organization of irrigation dis: tricts. A. 4%, Feliz—Amending section 1310 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to probate of wille. A. B, 491, Ray—Repealing the act providing for a free wagon road from Mariposa to Yo- scmite Valley. A 492, Haley—Appropriating _ $3130 for jayment of coyote scalp claims in Merced, fariposa, Stanislaus and Tuolumne counties out of the provisions of the act of 1891. A. B. 49, Miller—Declaring the Sonora and Mono wagon road a State highway. A. B. 4%, Hasson—Regulating the sale of wood_alcohol, A. B 4 Broughton—Providing for the ac- quisition development of water systems. A. B. 4%, Stewart of San Diego—To protect real and personal property from injury by trespassing animals. A. B. 497 Stewart of San Diego—Amending section 1 of the horticultural act of 1861 as amended in 1897, A. B. 48, Bennink—Amending the Political Cede relative to the National Guard. A. B. 499, Knowland—Amending the horti- cultural act of 1581 as amended in 1897. A, ), Gans—Amending section 1159 of Code, relating to recording of judg- A. B. 501, Higby—Amending sections 726 and 729 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to foreclosures. A. B. 502, Anderson—Amendin Code relating to the protection of gam A. B. 55 Bauer—Appropripting §750 to pay the expenses of sults in which the State is interested. the Penal e. B i e e T 0 0 0 0 0 a2 o ) EDUCATIONAL BILLS UP FOR DISCUSSION Measures Affecting the San Fran- cisco Schools Are Argued in Committee. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. %.—The Assembly Commit- tee on Education listened to-night to ar- guments on tite education bills No. 83 and No. 84, over which the B8an Francisco School Department Is at loggerheads. Su- perintendent Webster and Deputy Super- intendent Kingsbury of the S8an Francisco schools spoke for the proposed measures and . W. Greene made an argument as their counsel. C. W. Mark, president, and John D. Casserly, member of the Board of Education, and Willlam Denman op- posed the bills. The measures are designed to give the Superintendent of the San Francisco schools additional powers, which, the ad- vocates of the bills claim, is necessary if he is to fulfill the duties imposed upon him by the charter. Among other things, to compel the Board of Educht n%pllg‘au’;a- ply schoolroom accommodations which will relieve the necessity of placing more upils in a room.” The salary of Deputy Superintendents is fixed at instead of leaving it in the hands of the Board of Education, which has fixed it g e t the b e opponents o! e bill Webster and Kingsbury are m%‘.i?uéé‘qif lation on matters that should be left to charter amendment if they are desirable. The teachers’ annuity bill also was un- der discussion. T. H. McCarthy, acting rincipal of the Washington Grammas BSchool, San Francigco, spoke in support of the measure, as did also W. D. bury of San Francisco and H. M, Fisher, grlngipal of the Central School, Oakland. . W. McClymonds, Superintendent of the Oakland schools, ongoned the measure as diverting public funds to private use and as also objectionable from the standpoint of the teachers. Assembly bill No. 210, providing for an appropriation to establish a nofi-technlc school at San Luis Obispo, was consid- ered by the Committee On Bducation and recommended for passage. The Judiclary ‘Committee to-night de- cided to recommend for passage the bill authorizing the continuance of the Su- reme Court Commissioners, but amended t by changing the length of the term of office to two years, in view of the possible establishment by constitutional amend- ment of ?nelhte courts. The committee also decided to recommend for passage Fisk's bill, by which the restriction upon remarriage within a year after diyorce is remeved. Johnson and Brown of Ma- | teo will present a minority report. NEW BILLS INTRODUCED IN VHE SENATE SACR’AMENT(). LJun. 25.—The following bills were introduced in the Senate to-day: S. B. 88, Nutt—To enable steam railroad companies 'to complete their railroads and au- thorizing the construction of railroads. S 3. 369, Calawell—To provide for a State highway in Riverside County. B. 210, Luchsinger—To amend the agt re- lating to the California Home for ble Minded. S. B.' 371, Welch—Appropriating $760 to pay deficiency in the appropriation to pay costs and expenses of sults in which the State is a party in_Interest. S. B. 372, Curtin—Appropriati the claitsme of Mered Abasipose Stevistain, oo Tuolumne counties, arising out of the cdyote scalp bill, §. B. 373, Maggard—To amend sections of the Political Code relating to pilots, Pilot Com- missioners and pfiotage. S. B. 374, Maggard—To create the office of Sheep Inspector for the State. 8. B. 375, Nelson—Appropriating $180,000 for constructing additions to the seawall in San Francisco harbor. 8. B. 27, Flint—To remove clouds upon the title to certain lands in the State. S. B. 377, Davis—To amend section 1150 of the Civil Code, relating to motices of location of mintog claims. . B. 38, Davis—Fixing and defining a min- er's inch of water, 455 Shaptlon: im“u?“& 5 of tanation oo k2 e a! Proved by the Commitier on” Ravenaa® avi ‘Taxatlor. , Smith of Los 8. B. Angeles—. e ing $25,000 for making certain im ts in Yosemite Valley, : r 350, Smith of Kern—Appropriating $2000 for comtingent -:v':fi-- 0t the Benate thirtye fourth n. 8. B. 381, Davis—To e for the election of Justices of District of A X Senate Consti Da- tutional As t No. Ja—Eroposing. to. astablish Dinice Courts of peal 3 o “RESOLUTION, (BUT \WAS FOILED + ASSEMBLYMAN JAMES OFFERED SERVICES S Arsemen: ) S e A VTR DR E HIY BILL o AN EXPRE 350N S HICH RECALLED ~¢ S HIS NAME o FAMILIAR FIGURES AT SACRAMENTO DEPICTED BY- THE CALL’S CARTOONIST. DISTRICTS Because Its Propose Mountain and ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan, 25.—Dunlap has in- troduced in the Assembly an ap- portionment bill to divide the State Into Congressional districts. It is his former bill, slightly medified. He districts the State as follows: 1—The counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Las- sen, Lake, Marin, Mendoetno, Modoc, Napa, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity. 2The countles of Amador, Alpine, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, San Joaquin, 8acramento, Serra, Suiter and Yuba, 5—The counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Colusa, Glenn, Solano and Yolo. 4—Part of the city and county of San Fran- clsco, to be decided upon later. POLICE CAPTURE DIAMOND THIEF Recover Gems Stolen From the Leepalmer in San Francisco. Epecial Dispatch to The Call SACRAMENTO, Jan. 25.—Chief of Police Sullivan this morning received from Cap- tain Seymour of San Francisco a circular letter describing a lot of jewelry recently stolen from a store there. Detectives Fisher and Fitzgerald of this city were handed the circular. They learned that a well-dressed young man had visited an up- town jewelry store and exhibited a ring set with several pure white diamonds. This afternoon the detectives found in a downtown variety theater a man answer- ing the description of the ring wearer. He was taken to the police station, where his clothes panned out a half-dozen fine dia- mond rings aggregating in value $600. The young man gave his name as James Mitchell, allas Charles Wilson, allas Ma- surg. e admitted to the detectives that he had stolen the jewels from a room in a hotel' in San_ Francisco, and that other jewelry which was among the plunder was disposed of in that city. The prisoner sdid that Masury was his true name and that he hailed from Boston. wiil be taken to 8an Francisco to-morrow. Mra. Julla Lincoln, who gives her resi- dence as the Lecpalmer House, on Mason street, reported to Captain Seymour that she had been robbed of a box containing jewelry amounting to more than ‘According to her story some one entered her apartments while she was in the bath- room, and finding where her jewels were kept got out of the house before the alarm could be given. N Soon after the loss Mrs. Lincoln learned of the hasty departure of Willlam Mon- tieth, a young man living in the house, and suspicion was directed to him. It was found that Montieth had gone to Sacra- mento, and Mrs. Lincoln accordingly swore out a warrant for his arrest. Cap- tain Seymour took the precaution to have the man detained in_the capital city, and to-day Detective Crockett will jour- ney thither and bring him back to this oty where he will be charged with the theft. Wounds a Bystander. NOGALES, Jan. 2%.—Walter McCurdy, a prominent young attorney, shot and seri- ously wounded Frank Main, a well known gambier, last night. The shooting oc- curred in the Palace saloon. McCurdy had trouble with another gambler and the shot which hit Main was intended for the otker man. The ball struck Main in the neck and ranged downward, lodging in his side. He is still alive and is expected to recover. —_— Wells to Be General Manager. LOS ANGELES, Jan. %.—R. E. Wells, late general manager of the Ash Fork, Prescott and Phoenix Raflroad Company, has been decided upon as general man- ager of the new San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Rallroad Company as soon as that corporation absorbs the present Los Angeles Terminal and beglns active busihess. — > Farmers’ Institute at Woodland. ‘WOODLAND, Jan. 2.—The first session of the Yolo Farmers' Institute was held this morning. Professor Fowler lectured on alfalfa. At the afternoon session Pro- fessor Wickson lectured on the meth- ods of improving the anr‘y herd and also on some of the principies observed in ?utter-mktn‘. é(e-or n’&l‘fl'fie m ured on co-operation. Thes sessions of the institute on Saturday. ————— Volcanic Disturbance. *VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 25.—While the steamer Titus was at the Gilbert group at Butaritari {sland on November 18 some excitement was ctgled by a terrific re- port. ves had heard it were terribly tened, but they could offer no expl on. - n was ex- t it was due to a severe vol- elghborfng eanic: disturbance on island. pecial Dispatch to The Call. L o o e B o i e He: ES SCHEME OF APPORTIONMENT MAKING TWO CONGRESSIONAL OF SAN FRANCISCO Bill Introduced in the Assembly Will Be Fought d Second District Brings Valley Counties Together 5—All that portion of the clty and county of San Francisco not embraced in the Fourth district. 6—The countles of Fresno, Madera, Mariposi, Merced, Mono, Monterey, San Benito, td Clara, 'Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Stanislaus, Tuolumne. 7—The counties of Inyo, Kern, Kings, Orange, Rivergide, Santa Barl Bernardino, San Diexo, San’ Luts Obispo, Tulare. —Los Angeles and Ventura. The trouble with Duplap’s plan is that his Second district brings mining and val- ley countigs together, and there will be a fight from'both sides on a proposition of that kind. The Alameda people are now talking of a Congressional district to include Ala- meda, Contra Costa, Solano and San Joa- quin. B ] HANGMAN DOES BUNGLINE WoRK Noose Almost Severs the Head of Murderer Stickel. PO Spectal Dispatch to The Call TACOMA, Jan. %.—Unattended by the little consolation that might have been of- fered to a man about to be hurled Into eternity at the end of the rope, Martin Stickel marched upon the scaffold and met his doom at 9:5 o'clock this morning at Kalama. The hanging was successful in that the murderer was killed almost instantly, but the drop was too far, and the result was that the flesh of, his neck was horribly torn. The hanging was wit- nessed by 200 persons. Among them were a number of physicians. When the trap was sprung the body shot down through the opening and when \it stopped with a jerk, blood spurted from the neck. Even the physiclans preseni were appalled and hesitated when it came time to step forward to note the pulse of the swinging man. Stickel #id not struggle in /the least. His neck was broken. True to his promise made a few weeks ago to Sheriff Kirby, Stickel marched to the gallows like a brave man. He walked steadily to the scaffold, supported by the Sheriff's deputies. He sat unmoved and with arms folded while Sheriff Hunting- ton read the death warrant. As the mur- derer was escorted to the platform a mur- mur of surprise ran through the crowd. ‘here was no minister, nor priest, nor other person accompanying him to offer religlous consolation in his hour of ex- tremity. This was the more surprising since the man’'s confession had been ob- tained after he professed to have been converted while in jail in Tacoma through the work of members of the Salvation Army. On the scaffold Stickel weakened a little and his face became livid. In a shaking volce and somewhat incoherently e sald: “Gentlemen—I wish you all good-by. I will meet you on the other shore. God bless all of you.” . brief pause followed while the final adjustments were being made about the then Stickal continued: “God help me. As he weakly uttered these words_the black eap was quickly adjust- ed and all was ready. In a much stronger and steadler voice and in the form of a wild, pitiful appeal, Stickel gaid: ‘Jesus, take me now.”" At that instant the trap was sprung. The drng was fully seven and one half feet. The murderer’'s body was turned over to the mother. Martin Stickel confessed that he mur- dered three persons. His victims were Willlam B. Shanklin, who lived on a farm near Kelso, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Knapp, an® couple, living near Castle Rock. Shanklin some time in November, 1899, and was cremated in the house, which was burned to ts:IJronnd by the murderer. Jhe crime remalned a mystery for mors than a year, and not until after the mur- der of Cornelius Knapp and his wife did the authorities get a clew to the mur- g:;or.r o’Il"h;‘ cm :e;u shot while at That the Shots were fired throngh the win: shot while elfln‘“:ubvopde; dow, in the same manner as in m!eh";— assassination, led the auth: u t: ge: ‘same man ha n llglve that t] committed murders. Stickel lived on a scow at the the Cowfiu River. ortly .'R‘;‘r""gi’.' Knaj murder his movemeénts became mysterio Shei Kirby of Cowlitz County and Detective Sam: mmons of ’omll’,u sa ar in's vlgh.:nad ?:y:‘ St 2‘! ! . ickel ‘maintained innocence for a time, but im- h a partial fess! el be fpace 8 pactel centioios asserted that he was present when the tmrglr was ecmmm&d. but &: Plerce did the shooting. After it be kncwn that Sticke! had made a confes- i Sheriie ook ""ua'“m“ ol o Ticoma Joined the Harvation Aviay 6 soon. isese. ere- ntan a full that Aiiod Gl Unres murders Sad tast ne was unnlded‘.l His-motive was robbery. 5 BILL INVOLVING A CHANGE IN THE IS PRESENTE ON” SAN FRANCISC _— RADICAL PILOT SYSTEM D IN BOTH HOUSES Abolishes the Present Commission, Provides for the Appointment of Independent Commission- ers and Limits Salary of Pilots to $200a Month Special Dispatch to The Call ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 2%.—Senator Mag- gard in the Senate and McLaugh- lin in the House have introduced a bill that will bring pllots up to Sacramento with blood in their eyes. It changed the pilot system completely and limits the salary of a pilot to $200 a month. The bill abolishes the present Pilot Com- mission and substitutes in its place one Pilot Commissioner each from San Fran- cisco, Mare Island, Vallejo and Benicia, whom the State Board of Harbor Com- missioners shall appoint and control. It is provided that these Commissioners shall be ship masters, or at least nautl- cal men. They are empowered to examine and license not more than twenty nor less than ten pilots for the bay and bar of San Francisco, and not more than two | for Mare Island, Vallejo and Benicla. They may also issue pilot licenses to masters and mates of American vessels. it is provided that every general pilot of the harbors of San Franeisco, Mare Island, Vallejo and Benicia must render an account e; , and the pilotage fees of all vessels to which or for which he has rendered services must ba charged | up and collected by the Commissioners, | who shall deposit the amount with the State Treasurer. The Commissioners shall draw from ihe State Treasurer suf- ficient to pay the expenses of the pilot boats and not to exceed $200 a month sal- ary for each general pilot licensed and actually rendering services that produce an income equal to such salary: also $200 a month for each Commissioner, $100 a L e KNIFE STICKING | N HIS THROKT Boys Find the Body of a Murdersd Stranger Near Seattle. — month for the secretary of the board and $400 a month for the maintenance and repalr of each pilot boat in actual ser- | vice, the number of Doats not to exceed | four. The remainder of the revenue from | pliotage, the bill provides, shall go to tha | State. l Pllotage fees are fixed by the bill as follows: All vessels of undér 500 tons, §3 per foot draught and 2 cents per ton for | every ton net registered measurement. In all cases where inward bound vessels ara not spoken until inside the bar, the rates of pilotage shall be reduced 50 per cent. | Vessels whose masters or mates ha: | pilots’ licenses and which display the r quisite signals shall be exempted fr pilotage fees. It is Pfo\-‘ided that a ¢ who brings a vessel in shall be entitled t take her out again. By an oversight, no provision was made | In the bill for vessels over 50 tons burden, but this will be fixed by amendment. The bill also provides the usual quali- fications for pilots and the usual offenses | for which their licenses may be revok | It goes further, and provides that when | complaint in writing is made against a | ptlot the Commissioners “must” tempor- | arily suspend him until an lnvestigation shall have been completed; also that if his license be revok: he cannot obtain 0th e, rovided for . A Stmnar commission is Humboldt Bay to regulate the Humboldt | bar pilots. The bill was introduced by both Senator Maggard and Assemblyman MeLaughlin ¢ request, but neither will say who is {its author. It is not expected that the bili will meet anything but the fate of | previous bills of the same character, all of | which have been killed. sifeiiniinieiviiniis i @ of persons flled mining claims on the land below the high water mark on both sides of Duxbury re: Thelr intention was to cover the oil property supposed to be there. Yesterday Houston Jones, who was one of the first to discover oil and gas indications in_that region, filled several claims on the beach inside ¢ the reef. HAVE YOU ANY OF THESE Symptoms of a Very Common Trouble? There is no disease so common in the Special Dispatch to The Call SEATTLE, Jan. 2.—On the shore of Lake Washington, four miles from the heart of Seattle, lles the body of a well dressed man with a large knife sticking in his throat. Who the man is and where he came from is yet a mystery to the police. Acting Chief of Police Meredith did not conceal his belief that the strang- er had been foully dealt with. Owing to a pecullar combination of circumstances, | neither the Coroner’'s office nor the police were able to get to work on the case until | late in the afternoon. In trying to find | the body they became lost in the woods and darkness came on before they com- | gleted their mission. Two boys who first iscovered the body and were sent out | came per- | With the searching party, be plexed as to the direction in the dark- ness and finally gave up the task. The story told i the boys to the gollce i generally credited among the detec- tives, and it is belleved that to-morrow morning sensational details will come to light. The boys said the the woods on the shore of the lake late in the afternoon, and while working their way through a dense part of the sidehill overlooking the lake they stumbled upon the body of a man. It was _clad in clothes of excellent quality. They saw a knife sticking in the neck of the corpse. The boys fled from the spot as soon as they could recover from their fright. They expressed the opinion that the man had been dead for some time, as there was a bleached appearance about the face, indicating exposure to the elements. ALMOST ELECTROCUTED. Stanford Professor Has a Narrow Es- cape From Death. PALO ALTO, Jan. 2%.—Professor L. M. Hoskins, professor of mathematics in Stanford University, had a narrow escape from death by electrocution at his home last night. Professor Hoskins was taking a bath and reached up to turn on an elec- trie light. Through an imperfect insula- tion he received a heavy current of elec- tricity, which rendered him unconscious for a half hour. Normal School Graduates. CHICO, Jan. 2%.—Graduating exercises were held at the State Normal School to- night, H. Weinstock of Sacramento delfv- ering the address. The graduates are: Lillian H. Baker, Anna Pearl Calder, Sel- don Carl Cm&bdl. Blanche Genevieve Clements, Katherine Dowling, Bertha Irene Fish, Mabel Edythe Mar- t Harkness, Elizabeth Winona Hen- cks, CIfi March Hicks, Pauline Anna . Racl Myers, Winifred Irene Northgraves, Ada Ellen e, Bruce Richardson, Anna Or- lena lt%ehm. Jesse Jackson Waste and Maude Wynn. Bolinas Beach 0il Claims. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 25.—There promises to be a lively time on the Bolinas Beach before long. Some months ago a number [ were out in | United States as catarrh because it ap- | pears in _so many forms and attacks so many different organs. | It is a common mistake to suppose that | catarrh s confined to the nose and throat. | Any inflammation of the mucous mem- brane wherever located accompanied by | abnormal secretions is catarrh. Catarrh | of stomach or bladder, or intestines is nearly as common as nasal catarrh and much more serious, although it is trua | that stomach catarrh and catarrh of ot | er internal organs is the result of n lected nasal catarrh. new remedy has recently appeared which so far as tested seems to be r markably effective in prom tarrh, wherever located. The preparation is sold by druggists generally under name of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, and In adc | tion to being very palatable and conven | ent, possesses extraordinary merit, many cases giving immediate relief from the coughing, hawking and constant clearing of the throat and head, those | symptoms with which everyone is famil- | jar who has ever suffered from colds in | the head and throat. Catarrh is simply a continuation of | these symptoms until the trouble becomes chronic and grows gradually worse from | year to year. Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets are composed of Hydrastin, Eucalyptol. Guaiacol and similar antiseptics and catarrh specifics, from which it will be seen that no secret is made of the ingredients and also that no mineral polsons are used, as is ths | case with many well-known catarrh med- | feines. | For catarrh of the nose, throat. bron- | ohial tubes, for catarrh of stomach, in- testines or bladder no preparation i5 so safe and gives such rapid and permanent results as Stuart's Catarrh Tablets. ‘All druggists sell them at s0c for full sized package. You can use them with assurance that you will not contract the |cocaine or morphine habit as the re from this catarrh cure are apparent the first day’s use. DR, MEYERS & CO. Spectalisis. Diseass and weakness of men. Established 18L Consultation anteed. 73 ket street (elevator San ffmanettes 0 ” Cigar, 50 THE HILSON CO., Makers, N.Y. MAU, SADLER & 00., Distridutars, San Francises. SELLING QUT— Mcxican Store, 114 Stock- ton st. We vacate Janu- ary 2. 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