The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1901, Page 2

|n | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, .1901. g NVES TIGATED. METHODS OF LOCAL POLICE OFFICIALS ARE TO B CHARGES PARIS COMMISSION WITH GRAVE OFFENSES Men and Women Gambled, California’s In- terests Were Neglected and Revelry Reigned. in | the m- ion e ENSATIONAL legis rs of n to not developments inquiry into fornia C confined yeste over he upon ribes the ote and relates the forced him in whi 2500 11 g0 t h to secure t incidents the visits of to the head- recites a o shockingly sensa- s ¥ n told is recital by which diatel f Jul Commissic to attend night, * made for t n had told ners that he - would d me that he would like the racter of 1 been invited.. 1 knew Ng Was wWrong among but Truman was in the crowd > out > to a cas s or to his fri id for the expr . 1 used to take this wine k belonging to the- c we were there Truman and I Had to do the 4 that he had stocked, anned goods, fruit o nd-winés which came f the ¢ rnia exhibit >wnstairs to the Gaskill told me were any red of the taken and that I d He £ t ne wa 3 rs which Truman took. T uchers for what £ tt sent a & away a great . told- me tha Er 1 be out while we French inte « sreter askill, e Secrets ¥ early ‘n the morning r the keys of the wine hem to him and then got he was doing. 1 discov- ok away several cases of s employed by a month, which When we quantity of ob- he tried to ne to the California aint was made b n investigation was me. n to the juries, tles were supplied for the very Assistant 60 month, ght those we jurors. re v fre- ng the place s were. The tter of fact, were rioan bar on the Rue s poker and domi- s with Ameri ay long. They very seldom the headquarters, Dargie and e left there » night T went to head, arters and fc 1 Commi mer Truman sitting In a grossly and helplessly drunk. He auseated i was in a ve table condjtion. I went away a morning when I returned I fou Commissioner Truman lving asleep on a bear rug on the floor. He went over to Henry’'s, the American bar, and got cre for four bottles of wine which Commis- sioner Foote paid for “In September came the fight between Commissioner Foote and Commissioner Truman. I knew the fight was coming be- cause 1 heard some one tell Mz. Foote that unless he punched Mr.-Truman in the jaw things would be disagreeable for him. The day of the fight Commissioner Foote was in the headquarters when Commis- sioner Truman entered. ‘Truman went in. | 10 the inner.room ahd a minute later T heard curses and a striking blow. There were loud. words and scuffling and I and Mr. Dargie rushed into the room. *“Mr. oote was getting the worst of 1t, as he was very groggy that day, and just as T entred Mr. Trurtan had an ink well in his hand and was about to throw it at the head of Mr. Foote. 1 jumped &t Mr. Truman to hold him and Mr. Foote shouted: ‘That's right, Andrew, hold him; | the — — — fellow won't give me a | square deal and will kill me.’ 1 held Mr. Truman and turned him over to Mr. Dargie. 1 then escorted Mr. Foote down- stairs to the street, where a hack was waiting, and where Mr. Foote met a jady friend. They drove away together. Mr. Foote and Mr. Truman 41d not speak to each other for a week after that. “Poker parties were very frequent at the - headquarters, and Commissioners Foote and Runyon and Secretary Gaskill &nd several of their ledy friends took part in them. -Sometimes the ladies won and sometimes they didn't. It depended alto- | gether on who they were. Some of them could play better than others, and, of course, they won. In one party a lady ‘won 2500 francs from Commissioner Foote, | end he was forced to g0 to the bank the | mext morning 1o get some money, But | that lady was a pretty good poker player; | she came from Honolulu, zl “Once in a while ladies would come up | to see Commisisoner Foote when they | weye in distress. I loaned one of them 5) | francs myself, but Commissioner Focte | paid it back. The lady was an actress who used to play at Morosco's. She is in Paris yet, I think, because there is no | bridge. “Of course there were many scenes of | jollity and merriment and the Commis- | | suppose | shown sioners were not frequently sober, but 1 they were naving a good time none ¢ business. This 1 neral way, without a variety of details, what and it think ir entering 1k nia m; readquarters at the Parls Exposition. TRUMAN SCORES FOOTE. Replies to the Colonel in Extremely Harsh Words. HEADQUARTERS, ’1.—The inve: n tock on CALL SACRA- igation of the more roseate t of the time the alcoholic and their away head gD to from the 1 the 1 ability toreroc at the 1 mi Wwas not a good uring the afterpoon, plenty that were bad. 1 of United States Judge e of Gaskill's assist- was the most interesting witness of L n. He w called to tell what e knew of the doings of the commission turing I service. 1g the number of visitors at the riers Ross said 20 a day wouk ge imate, and of these more halt Ameéricans.” Tney were the bits: and through the rooms, and were given wine if they wished it. “Dia you around these Yes, 1 word sald fo and there wer Robert Ross, who w than w see anything improper ©’ asked Mel- Truman answer. of liquor? kill drunk ever sec ote drunk adquarters.” m drinking _elsewhere en Mr. Foote when I have afternoon, saw Mr. “Did €1 n he seen him taie sen drinking tails in an an. ver see any carousals in the rs _in_ which th W “No, 1 never did; did_you leave the employ of the »* "% was asked to resign by who said the board had or- 1 refused Lo resign until charges< and 1 th if that is the d it. They thout authority and s. They said, too, I was in- nd this, too;, 1 dgnied, for it Next day I got a note n asking for my re Ros ignation.” Four months later, said, Truman alled him into his room and in the pr: who w alled in as A s his_dismissal 1 the minutes the smission w lling to treat the in- rvenir time a v ion and would take him back and give him hi alary for that time Re refused the offer. Then the witness offered this letter in evidenc s she n's version of feeling that ex- t September. of Marais, witness, tc had not been’ Sept. 26, 1900, n returned here pain and Gasklll into my ce of & W not » myself ( by the wa: . and 1 told him (y ds bl reom in to listen t 1 did £ boy) the ent by re he if comes back will return from and as I have gen- e and Runyon in knecd Fo d the latter w, 1 think, red by F 1 shall & insist upon not n's resignation forced by Gaskill and_the cowardly W to draw his salary ler that he is n all the time, and 1 have told Rob- hing against pt his ather thing has happene t tell of the infamy you ho controls Foote.) All ote. 1 knew father, and I hated but 1 told = to his face that unworthy was ue, 1 con- trolled by Gaskill. 1 said even e, But ur #on shall be righted to-morrow or when Foote returns or there- will be a dreadful dear friend, while Foo Southern {. coward, i im, but kicking him out.” hing so damnable? Why ught putting him out all the way through. “old 1 all the epithets known to your ed him with oaths not to tmoke, e and Gaskill set him to Work in the kitchen with a negro and a French cook in order to humiliate him and get rid of him. 1 has been an attache o Well, your son is a time or there will commisston all tb 2 hell of a §cone t0-MOrPOW. TRUMAN. Ross had much more to say of Truman and Foote and how each of them would nd after swearing come to him privately ould suggest that roundiy at the other, he go and repeat the remarks. ‘They were not men enough to talk to each other,” said Ross, “'so they used to come and tell me. lay algo told of Truman's convivial ts, going into great detail. 1 was coming home on the night of July 7 last,” he said, “and on going into ihe headquarters I saw Truman there. He was very drunk and was looking pale and sick. I tried to revive him and worked over him for four hours. Then he felt better and 1 left him. 1 saw him again at 6 o'clock the next morning. He was look- ing very bad, dirty and sick. His face had not been washed and he was looking very disreputabl “Was that the only time you ever saw Truman drunk?” continued Melick. “No,” sald Emlay. *“I saw him drunk one day, it was the day Mr. Runyon was leaving, down at the depof. He had a bottle of wine under each arm and said he wanted to give Mr. Runyon a good hat send-off. He was atiracting a great deal of attention and was ma“ing quite a scene,” Melick asked many question. regarding the receipt which Emiay had been given when he paid the money for medals to Aine, and he called Emlay's attention to the {tem, “Four bronze medals at $20 each, §100." Emlay declared he knew of no such discrepancy when he paid the amount, nor did he know of the discrep- ancy, he said, until Melick showed the receipt to him. He was asked what there was about the bill which showed that it had been paid and he pointed to 4 rubber stamp mark. at the bottom. He sald that in France all bills were receipted in that way. He said he paid the full amount showing on the re- celpt, and he did not know nor did he find out later that it was $20 too, much, Later A. Ekman, who was in charge of the mlnlni exhibit, was shown the re- ceipt and he said he would not have ac- sted it in that form as a receipted bill. ckman was called to the stand to ex- plain the damage done to the Davidson quartz specimen, which he did by n'{ln. off by some of the points were chipped poor packing. He added nothing to the scandals, except to describe a drunken waiter who attacked him and whom he m'}_ with h:l fi!t‘,, i i his evening Judge Henshaw Emi] Nushanmer came 4p from Oakisa " until late to-night they were closeted with Foote and Runyon and the Governor in Foote's rooms In the capital Hotel. W, H. Mills may be called to tenl.lly to-mor- row, and Joseph Lynch will afso be on hand. The turn of affairs this afternoon, which brought the Inquiry into the pe sonal conduct of the Commissioners, likely to assure the opposition whlc‘l: Foote promised in the first pla - Sonai conauet skould becoms one ot Ve subjects inquired into. S——— s To Prevent the Grip Laxative Bromo-Quinine removes the cause. * ow of what happened in the Califor- | -up Truman | have said | | | | | | - Frk iNTRODUCED AN INVESTIGATION THE SIGNAL Foh. A Burnch BN CTHE MoONTEREY, | TAREW up BaTH HANDS AT Fisk'> RESOLUTION RE30LUTION" OF "RAG - CHE WING' STATE>MEN s LEGISLATORS iIN ACTION AS SEEN BY A CARTOONIST. g . | CHANULER , OF FRESNO, INA 5ARCASTIC MOMENT SuGGESTED THAT THE ASSEMBLY! GO INTO THE YINVE S TIGATING BUsINEDS). ALLEGATION e “Assemhlu Commitiee ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- . Jan. 31.—The Assembl took upon itself this morning the task of attempting to purge the n Franeisco Police Department. After an acrimonious debate a resolution offered by Fisk was adopted authorizing | the Speaker to appoint a committee of | five to investigate the charges that a compact exists whereby police protection is extended to Chinese and other gam- bling games in San Franclsco. Speaker Pendleton has selected as mem- |bers of the committee the following named: Knowland of Alameda (chair- | man), Webber of Napa, Schillig of Yuba and Sutter, Wright of Santa Clara and Laird of Kern. The resolution, met with severe denun- clation as embodying a partisan scheme aimed at the wrecking of political hopes, and several members of the majority, no- tably Brown of San Mateo, Dunlap’and Melick, pleaded for delay, asking that at least one day be given for Assemblymen to familiarize themselves with the import of -the resolution. Several members of the minorlly also bitterly opposed Investiga- tion, but the motion to adopt was crowd- ed through with vindictive haste, and the Vote upon it stood, ayes 46, noes 2. The resolution is as follows: Whereas, direct charges have been made that various forms of Chinese and other gam- bling games, forbidden by the laws of this State, are belng conducted and carried on openly in the city and county of San Fran- claco; and Whereas, it has been charged that the Police Department of said city and county has for some time declared its inabllity to suppress sald gambling games; and Whereas, it 18 also charged that the said Police Department of San Francisco, in view of its acknowledged inability to close said games and punish such offenders, has entered into a compact or agreement with said per- sons operating and conducting said gambling games, to allow said gambling games to run Spenly and without molestation, and in direct violation of the laws and statutes in force in this State; and Whereas, such charges have been given wide publicity in the press, and should therefore be investigated, to the end that, if found to be true, the Legislature should enact such necessary legislation as will enable the Police Department of the city and county of San Francisco to suppress such gambling games; or, should it be found that the present laws of the State are sufficicnt to enable the said Police Department to bring about the suppres- sion of said gambling games and the convic- tion end punishment of the guilty parties, then to recommend such legislative action will require and compel the said Police Department and officials in control in said city and county to at once suppress such gambling games and unish the offenders against the laws of the tate; now, therefore, be it FRIENDS OF MINING MEASURE WIN OUT Ralston, However, Is Obdurate and Will t a Minority Report. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 81.—The Assembly Ways and Means Committee had submitted to it this afternoon, during its consideration of the Senate' substitute for Irish’s bill ap- propriating $150,000 additional for the debris impounding system on the Yuba River, a letter written to Colonel Heuer of the United States C of Engineers by Mr. Irish and Colonel Heuef's reply. T‘a questions asked by Irish were to points made against the bill by those who are fighting it, and the friends of the measure d Colonel Heuer's answer as setting forth strong reasons why the biil should become a law. The two let- ters are as follows: SAN FRAN( Jan. 26, 1901 Colonel W. H. Heuer. Engineers, United States Army, 41 Fl ing, San Francisco—My Dear Colonel: seems to be a lack of information in to certain connected with the on of S THAT CRIME TECTED TO BE PROBED Will Inguire Into Alleged | Compact With Chinese Gamblers, Special Dispatch to The Call. Resolved, That a select committee of five members of the Assembly be appointed by the Spaker to immediately and fulle, thoroughly arefully Investigate each and all of sald charges, whether direct or indirs and to report its findings to this House; and that said Committee have full power to take testimon: for pe; books, teiegrams and papers, empl, cierk and a stenographer, and ihat 1t have leave to sit at the city and coumty of San Francisco during the session of the As- sembly, together with such other powers as Shall be necessary for a full performance of its dutles. and to report fully and as speedily s possible, with such recommendations as to Necessary legislation In the premises as it may deem proper. Fisk in moviag the adoption of the res- olution said the time had come when the people of the State ought to take a hand in the affairs of San Francisco if they Wwere to continue to be so conducted as to be a public scandal. He said the news- papers had been teeming with accounts of the disregard by the Police Department of viplations of Jaws against gambling and other vices. “I have no desire,” said Fisk, “to do Re- publican politics in this matter. Therefore ask, if this resolution be adopted, that neither myself gor any other mémber from San Francisco be appointed on the committee but that country members en- tirely be chosen for this investigation.” Feliz sald he believed San Francisco to be fully capable of dealing with this prob- lem without calling for the ald of the Leg- islature in a matter outside of the latter's province. “I have been familiar with Investiga- tlons by the Assembly for some years,” Feliz continued, “‘and it 18 true that at the bottom of every one of them has been nothing more nor less than a political scheme. In every case there have been outside’ infiuences, and the purpose has been to make or destroy the political fu- ture of some man.” Anderson of Solano objected to the im- medlate consideration of 5o important a matter, and moved that the resolution be made a special order for to-morrow morn- . Fisk eaid that the misconduct of the po- lice had been notorious and there ought not o he any delay. Savage of Los An- geles sald that when the laws of the State were being flagrantly violated there must be not a moment's delay, much less a day's, in beginning investigation. Knight of "S8an Francisco said_it was notorious that the 8an Francisco Police Department was flirting with vice and the Assembly's action ought to be immediate. \ Anderson withdrew his motion, but Feliz at once made the same motion—that the resolution be printed in the journal and made a special order immediately after the reading of the minutes to-mor- row. send nesses, administer oaths, ons, L e e e e e o e e would feel exceedingly grateful if you would advise me in respect ghereto. Thé points about which I desire information are these: First—Was there an official estimate involv- ing an estimated cost of $500,000 for the con. struction of the works contemplated by th appropriations recently made by the Legisla. ture of California and the Congress of the United States for the construction of restrain- ing barriers on the Yuba River? In other words, were these appropriations based upon an estimate made officlally, or were the appro- priations made to cover works to be thereafter planned by the engineers? - Second—1 have been trequertfy asked why the $500,000 aiready appropriated—one-half re- spectively by our State L‘I-lnnh and by Congress—has not been used, or why work has not already been begun under that appropria- tion. My recollection is that you, in ieast. explained this latter mattér fore the Assembly Committee on Mines Mining a few days since, but I am not clear about the facts, and I should be pleased to have you restate the matter so that I may be able to clearly explain the matter to fellow lezislators. Trusting you may feel at liberty to answer the above inquiries, 1 beg to remain with kindest regards, very truly ;;mrl. HN B. IRISH. AN Jan. 26, 1801 . Hon. John B. %‘,“’“‘”&m Cal.— Dear Sir: reply to your lette: date Rt Fia Bl e i 'll'f. mm—vm H ve terested the construction of the subpena wit- | to | Speaker Pendleton ruled Feliz's motion out of order, but upon protests by John- son, Dunlap’and Melick he confessed his error and put Feliz's motion to vote, | promptly declaring it lost and ruling that | the demand that was heard for a roll call | was upon the motion to adopt the resolu- tion and not upon Feliz's motion. Melick protested against the shutting off of de- bate, and Pendleton finally consented to withhold the roll call until members should be heard. Fisk closed the argument with a speech full of emphatic assertions of the Legis- lature’s duty to inquire into the alleged alliance between the San Franeisco Police Depdrtment and the gamblers and the | prevalence of other forms of vice under | the protection of the law. On roll call a number of members re- frained from voting and afterward voted “aye” and a few changed from ‘no” to Melick changed his vote from te “aye” and gave notice of a mo- | tien o reconsider. e vote as it finally stood was: Ayes, 165 noes, 2. Those vOUIRg i the aMrma: tive were: Anderson of Santa Clara, | Barnes, Bauer, Bennink, Bliss, Brough- | ton, Butler, Clarke, Cavagnaro, Cromwell, | Duryea, Evatt, Fisk, Foster, Franklin, | Gans, "Greer, ‘Guilfoyle, Haley, Henry, | Hourigan, Hubbard, Irish, Johnson, John. Knight, Knowland, Macbeth, Mattos, McNeil, McWade, 'Merritt, Myers, Ral- ston, Reeber, Roberts, Savage, Schililg, Bchlesinger, Stewart of San Diego, Sutro, eadwell, Walker, Webber, v ;. Do et s elick will call up the questi = row morning on hi motion o reconsider The large affirmative vote to-day, how- ever, precludes almost certainly the pos- sibility of a different decision to-morrow. Joseph R. Knowland of Alameda con- sented to accept the chairmanship of Cali- fornia’s first real counterpart of the Lexow committee only after the rson- nel of the committee had been dgffloaed {o him. He told Speaker Pendleton that ng to do with the in- ‘he xou:‘d have 1nmh ves on unless members were elateglwlth him whom he could tru::ag; bring in a report in strict accordas the facts developed by the Investigation. Of the committes Webber, Schillig, Wright and Laird are lawyers. 4 Knowland said to-night that nomeeting of the committee would be held until afterthe Assembly should act to-morrow on Melick's motion o reconsider. If the Assembly does not experience a change of heart the committee will then at once organize and begin ite preliminary meetings here. Examination of witnesses will no doubt be conducted at meetings held In San | Francisco and it is probahfe that the com- mittee will leave here Monday and will be zudy to begin the hearing about Tues- ay. AR @ dams for mining and other deb; Kiver have boen and are under the i reriios that an estimate of 3$500,000 has been submitted b{ some authorized person as the cost of com- pleting such dams or barriers. The Governor in his recent message to the Legislature of California was doubtless under such impres- on, £ slon, for in referring to the debris dams he nce with :;d in b Tep of 1882 is found an :Hmh and in another report in 1891 by a 5 Biggs com- e S height, orks on the Fube Rt o g0 The estimate n&?‘fiflt 000 and 840,000 for completion of the worka Secret Commissi in Cal ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 31. —The bills re- garding State health regulation, introduced in the Lesislature at the behest of the Governor, were | given a new impetus by a message he sent to beth houses to-day, which throws ! light on the reasoms which prompted the | measures. His message told of a commis- sion sccretly appointed which has been sent to this coast and is laboring secretly on the problem which the State thought had been fought out and solved. An effort was made to call the bills out { of the committée to which they had been referred so that action could be taken im- as this was found to be | aused by < tigation of the’San F' partment had had time to s immediately excitement was & again. Bhe n afterward Dr. T Public Health and presented a report mendi that introduced yesterday do. pass Johnson moved that the bills be at once given the second reading. James objected and Johnson withdrew that motion and moved that the bills be made a special order on the sccond reading file to-mo row morning immediately after the read- ing of the minutes. Melick asked why the bills stould not take the regular crder | ane Johnson said the case was one of ur- gency. | ®Fames asked if the object was to inter- | fere with the work of the commission sent | out by the Federal Government. Johnson replied that there S no intention. His motion was passed. In the meantime speculation was rife | among the legislators as to what Dr. J. J. Kinyoun was doing in Sacramento. He | came in last evening and registered at the | Hotel under the umed name | of J. Keenan. He dented that his busingss | here had any connection with the meas- ures before the Legislature. and declared he was visiting relatives. To-day he re- | fterated his statements, and added in ex- planation of his ange of names that “i would seem peculiar if it was known he was in Sacramento just when these bills were up,” so he deciied not to register as Kinyoun. F atd his determination not {0 ragister his true name was made when | he read of the Governor’'s bills while on his way to Sacramento. ge was read and immediatel sson, chairman of the Quarantine Committee, out of order The C rnor's message is as follows: DEPARTMEN’ OF CALIFORNIA. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 1901 To the Assembly of the State of California: I have the honor to represent to your hon- orable body that upon Sunday, the twenty- day of this month, I received infor- that the United States Treanury‘ K,)f' 'tment had sent to this State a commission D to make an ex parte investigation e eondition of the public health of our State, and that some .f the distinguished mem- bers of sald dommission were already In the city of San Franeisco. ”{i“‘n!{zlnn the gravity of an investigation con- duected in secret, without any opportunity on the part of the State authorities to Pxnrr}[ne into the work it is intended ((\le con~ seted by the said commission appointed by he United S Treasury Department, I aeemed it of the m o re of the Pre purpose of this secret commission, 25th instant gram to the P 1 have been Department has to"this. State to examine, es heretofore reported, ;‘::H:hhmnd:mm. which commission is now about to commence inv estigations, ignoring the State authorities in the matter and proceeding in line with reports heretofore made by Dr. enth mation resident of the United States: informed that the Treasury it a commission of experts examine the pretended plague as well as present SENATE PASSES THE STANFORD BILL Rowell, a Regené? the University of California, Is Its Only Opponent. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 31.—The Cutfer bill exempt- university building in Santa Clara g‘ngurl\rl‘)e of Standford University and :1]1 bonds held by the trustees for the benefit of the university was passed by the Sen- ate this afternoon, the vote being ayes 23, noes 1. Senator Rowell was the one member who opposed the bill. Rowell declared against the bill as « tablishing a dangerous precedent and vio- lating the true principle of taxation. Davis spoke eloquently and earnestly in favor of the bill, and expressed surpris that a regent of the University of Cal fornia should be the one man to ra.LSF is voice sgainst liberal treatment of Stap- Tniversity mégr.zl:tr?vlrs Teavitt and Lukens hastened to avow that Dr. Rowell spoke for hi self alone, and each of them spoke el ently the bill. g q‘;‘l“'r.:“znggrspeech other than Dr. Rowell's that approached an attitude of opposition Wwas made by Wolfe, and he declared he would vote for the bill because exemption of Stanford University property had been approved by the people. Belshaw said e niversity sought exemption in order that it might seek investment for its funds in local bonds bearing higher rates of interest instead of Government bonds. The corresponding Assembly bill will come up to-MOFrow. @it il deiiiieie ik R @ cost of completion of the works therein recom- mended. cial attention s invited to the fact that in ama, When the Sta‘e made its appropriation of $20,000, on_ certain conditions specified in he act, and Congress in 183 appropriated an equal amount, mo estimates that the work coula be completed for $300,000 had ever been ade. mF‘ur!Mrmore. you ask why with the $500,000 appropriated &nd suppos to be avallable vk 'on impounding barriers had not been Sommenced, instead of walting for further sums to be appropriated. The reason is plain. The laws, both State and national, making these appropriations, or in relation thereto, contained condiwons such that in one case the money appropriated could not be used until the entire amount available was sufficient to complete the work, and in another case. that no money could be spent or used until the plans had been submitted to and approved by the State Board of Examiners. On June 6 1500, Congress, in the emergency river and har- bor act, authorized the commencement of work and made money appropriated available, but subject to approval of plans and specifica- tions by the State Board of Examiners, as pro- Ty Gtate law. Approval of plans by board s said to have been given on De- cember 27, 1300. 1If so. that date is the earliest Period at which any of the $i00,000 appro- priated for the work on the Yuba River became available. Very mpectml‘);: H. HEUER, Lieutenant Colonel, Corps m::u Enml:: The Ways and Means Committee a long and stormy session this memoou: devoting most of its time to the miners’ bill. e entire matter was threshed over and much bitterness of feeling ex- fibited. When it finally came to a_ vote the friends of the measure triumphed, the cominittee voting to recommend that it pass. Ralston will make a minority re- port and will fight the bill on the floor of the Assembly. —_— Snow Near San Jose. Jan. 31.—A light snow fall in g Josi os e L ket w0 nding almost down to'the val in P places. Though only an tn:g in s even at the Lick rvatory, it is mu.i to clothe the hills in a mantle of white. To Cure a Cold in One Day. % Quints recom- | the three health measures | I tranemitted the following tele- | KINYOUN AT SACRAMENTO UNDER ASSUMED NAME on to Investigate Alleged Existence of Bubonic Plague ifornia. PEPRAREET FO o, Special Dispatch to The Call. | J. J. Kinyoun to the surgeon general of the | Marine Hospital Service. 1 hope that in this mattef of vital interest ople” of Califcrnia there is no inte iscourtesy on the part of the offic ted by the Treasury Department to super- this investigatio In this matter, which concerns deeply the weifare of this State, I respectfully request that peration with ihe State authorities such hould be advised, in order tn t eminent home bactert iclans as well as, cterlologists and physicians from and ccuntries, to exmaine the cted eases, so as to arrive at a 1 tmpartial concluston. like much ne call your attention but irreparable injury hére- unfair and ex appeai.” to this o . but hon- | impossille action was postponed, but it e o will be delayed no longer than It takes to | loy have the bills printed " " | “Replying to your telegram of January 29, The Governo: age was received | addres N P By s P in the A ore the sensation | appointed o~ | and’ personal e | it the highest & the cou their attaiments, call upon you for t respects and acqu In no sense ther | tended, and the | mission to make thes | own way, unkampere | from the Marine H. influence. It is exp: the departmes not feel per the commission in its method of It will vestigating and getting at the facts be independent of Dr. Kinyoun or any pre- vious reports. Its conclusions wre to be | on its own observations and will known to this department alone and prompily forwarded to you by the aepartment. From this answer.of the Honorable the See= ary of the Treasurx it is arent that tate co-operation is refused, and T . | vestigation of the commission w ducted wholly updn such any possible opportunity on_the pa . te to either verify or refute any position now or hereafter be taken by the Said commission or the United States Mar Hospital service. | Under these circumstances the State is now | forced to rely upon an investigation pursued | by a commis: hich §¢ bas neither invited | to its ¢ in the selection of whose | personnel s had any voice. | The previous inas Tate reports resp ng | the existence of bubonic plague in this State, which has resulted in the injury to the repu- | tation for health of this State as well as in injury to its citizens, industries and commerce, have been the consequ: e of a system of ex parte in gation, without opportunity of State examination or supervision. The repetition of such investigations upon secret lines, without public scrutiny under State authority. as have been heretofore p sued, will imperil the welfare of every citizen and inhabitant of the State and will bring dis- tress to the farmer, orchardist, horticultur- ist, manufacturer, trad an, merchant, as well as to all our marine and land transporta- | tion compantes. 5 | “The meanest criminal under the constitution of the United States cannot be denied the right of being confronted by his accusers, listening | to their testimony and subjecting them to cross- | examination, and shall it be contended that the | great State of California shall be unjustly de- | nied a similar privilege in the opportunity of facing those who, impugning the public health as the result of a secret and one-sided examina | tion, might choose to cast an irremovable blemish upon the State’s sanitary condition, on which the personal rights and property of | her citizens in a large measure depend? The State being denied a hearmu, I con- scientiously believe, therefore, that Hagislation and urgently needed which ssume that general and un- restrained control over the subject of the pubiic health within its borders which o vitally con cerns her, and which is her inalienable ri | by virtue of her sovereignty. Impelled by the sense of public duty, In view of this exceedingly grave situation, I rely upon the discretion of your honorably Body to take such appropriate action in the premises as may | be deemed advisable. H! RY T. GAG Governor of the State of Califor which ma: t a. @ il D R A L B S i e e e ] ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR McKINLEY'S RECEPTION Senator Selvage Scores a Signal Suc- cess in His Maiden Speech. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 31.—Senator Selvage made his first’ speech before the Senate this morning, and so_ seductive was his elo- quence that the Senate added $1000 to his | appropriation to welcome McKinley and passed his resolution with a rush. The resolution provided for a_reception_eom- mittee compesed of the-President, Presi- dent pro tem., secretary, Sergeant-at- arms and five members of the Senate ana the Speaker, Speaker pro tem., chief clerk, sergeant-at-arms and nine members of the Assembly, and appropriated $1000 for the committee’s expenses. This was amended to make the committee first pro- vided a committee of arrangements and to’ make a reception committee of the whole Legislature, with $2000 for expenses. e ADVERTISEMENTS. CARRIED TOO FAR. The Fear of Being Deceived or Hum- bugged Prevents Mary People From Trying a Good Medicine. Stomach troubles are so common and In most cases so obstinate to cure that peo- ple are apt to look with suspicion on any remedy claiming to be a radical perma- nent cure for dyspepsia and indigestion. Many such people pride themselves on their acuteness in never being hum- M¥¢ed. especially in medicines. his fear of being humbugged can be carried too far, so far, in fact, that many people suffer for years with weak diges- tion rather than risk a little time and money in faithfully testing .the claims made for a remedy so reliable and untver. sally- used as Stuart’s Dyspe Tablets. Now Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets e vastly different in one important respect from ordinary patent medicines for the eason that they are not a secret patent ;nadlclne: no secret is made of the ingrad- ients, but analysis shows them to conta n the natural digestive ferments, pure .,:Yuc pepsin (government test) Golden Seal and diastase. They are not cathartic, neither do they act powerfully on any particular organ, but they cure indiges- tion on the common sense plan of digest- ing the food eaten thoroughly before it has time to ferment, sour and cause the mischief. This is the only secret of their success. Cathartic_pills never have and never can cure Indigestion and stomach troubles, because they act only on the bowels, nvlmren|L the whole trouble is In the stomac! Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets taken after meals digest the food. That Is all t| is to it. Food not digested or half-di 1 as it creates acidity, head- ‘a’eg:-”;klvmnon o e Nt b G other some d appetite and many R lear Which are often called by other name. sold_by druggists ‘hera e P S Cana: DR MEYERS &CD. Specialists, Disease and weakness of men. Established 1881 Consultation and private book at office or by guar- e, “chires F s