The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 16, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1901. ISSESSMENTBILL | APPORTIONMENT HIS CLOSE CALL CONTEST ENDS On'y Four Assembly Votes Lower Houze Susiains the Lacking on a Motion to Reconsider. SR the Corporations Defeat by Appor- of VETOES AN Tl;SLAVEB.Y BILL. Governor Gage Objects to One of the owland Measures. ADVERTISEMENTS. Woodsmen Enow that in spite of hard work in the clear forest {mpure lumber camps is to & great extent re- sible this condition of the A L renders the body an easy isease. forms of en Medical Discov- ery. It cures ernp- tions, pimples, ec- gems, scrofula, theumatism, and other discases absolutely azd al- together by cleans- ing the blood from the poil which breed and feed dis ease. A no sub- stitute for the " Dis- covery.” There is no other medicine " just as good” for the bi 1 witl forever thank. = Jor atrising me take i < Co.. Jows of twelre @ Bow—better to Dr. Pis took sev I stoppe: Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, containing 1008 and over 900 S s, is sent fIee on receipt of stamps to defray expense of meiling 1 Send one-cent stamps for the n paper cover, or 31 cents for the inding. Address Dr. R. ffalo, N. Y. Cured While You Sleep In Fifteen Days * aissolves Stricture like snow Le- ces Eula Prostate ":l Ducts, stopping Dralns := Fitteen Days %o ruin the stomach. but # direct locad ‘ication 10 the entire urethrai tract P'nlfllflfl. lsn "k’r i < Crayons or Penciis. sms ivie Frow s 16 pass the closest Strictare. Every Man Should Know Himself. 1 also bad ic vcvears 1 am in good health I ever was in my life, owing \den Medical Discovery. I s of the * Discovery’' before The ™ - . nati. O.. s A e e = 1l 1Flln: ’lml:m-’ofl e : ean” o s 2350 ELM ST, Sf. JAMES ASSK., 20U, onio. Save the blood often becomes | The heavy food served in the | Agreement Rezched in Caucus. Despite Johnson's Objections the Fraa Conference Committee’s Report Is Adopted by a Big Majority. but not las of his oppo- the free conference s sustained by a vote of 43 The Assembly by this m amendmen to epting the Senate's ap- sembly dist S. on that he did n tion of a caucus which ted no resolution pledging those n§ to support the agreement ot feel her than that* Johnson sald, “it to me that a third of the members esh_from another caucus where it ecided what should be done.” son's reference was to the combina- by which Assemblyman Higby of San and of his friends and the Flint. Including Rad- Solano, Anderson of heme. E rtionment bill, ignor- would be held to t did. Th was ad what was practically a party vote. BY-PLAY IN THE ASSEMBLY. fore It Is Put to Death. CALL HEADQUARTERS, MENTO, Ma an appropri of a girls’ reform school at Riverside County, to w s at the Whittier State School were (o removed, was killed in the Assembly in which S the victims of a huge vage spoke In excited opposition to bill and offered numerous amendments . all of which were voted y a tornado of S, Clarke an amendment changing the n of the school Ventura Co s was adopted a large majority, efore Clarke was jubilant and Sav- was still dow Then Dun i to strike out t e motion prevailed vote that made the chandeliers rattle and of laughter greeted the death of MR.\ McKINLEY'S ITINERARY. Henry T. Scott of San Francisco Will Have Charge. MENTO, March 15.—The joint mittee which is to receive upon his arrival in held a_meeting_to- m from Robert ry to the Presi- gram expressad President ) alifornia next v ture, stated that Henry T. Sco neisco will have charge of the itinerary and advised that Scc sulted with ice to executive's movements, LEW HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER. Governor Announces Appointment of Nathaniel Ellery. SACRAMENTO, March 15.—Governor Gage to-night sent to the Senate a mes- sage announcing the appointment of Na- thaniel Ellery Humboldt County as Highway Commissioner, to succeed J. L. . term expired. The 'messaze further announced ap- pointments to various nffices, made since e last session of the Legislature, all of h were approved, Clerk Root Out of Luck. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 15.—The Senate bill au- thorizing the Clerk of the Supreme Court to employ a stenographer at $900 a year was refused passage in the Assembly to- ive ayes to eighteen noes. ond of Clerk Root’s bills that has been killed. the other being one appropriating $11.000 for additional furnish- ing of the clerk’s office, with no provision | | for approval of the expenditure by the State Board of Examine: { oo | Sheep License Bill Defeated. | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- | MENTO, March 15.—Schillig’s bill to re- | strict the powers of Supervisors in the licensing of sheep came up in the Senate this evening and was given the heavy hand. Tt was beaten by a vote of 15 ayes to 19 noes. The bill provides that Super- visors may not charge a license of more than 4 cents a head on sheep, and that the license cannot be collected in more than one count, Pt Adjournment on Saturday. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 15. — The Senate has clinched the matter of adjournment hy adopting the Assembly concurrent resoiu- | s for the closing of the | tion which provi sesslon at 12 o'clock Saturday night, March 16, and which further provides that no bills shall be passed after 12 o'clock | noon to-morrow. | —_—— | Opposes Popular Vote, CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 15.—In the Senate to-day the Assembly joint resolution calling for the election of United States Senators by popular vote was defeated. RICH STRIKE OF GOLD STAMPEDES ARIZONIANS Ore Said to Assay Thousands of Dol- lars to the Ton Is Found Near Tombstone. PHOENIX. Ariz., March 15—A gold strike is reported from Gleeson, a little camp about twenty miles from Tomb- stone, that promises exciting develop- ments. The gold is found in a tale forma- tion, which is sald to be literally filled with the yellow metal. It is sald fo assay | into the thousands and some enthusiasts claim a value of $5000 per ton for the best | portion of the ledge. The strike has tors In that direction and every avaflab'e or promising claim has been located. The find was made in the foothills about a mile from Gleeson. A number of years | 2go a party of prospectors made fortunes | drywashing in that vicinity and it is be- lieved that the ledge now uncovered fur- nished the rich placer gold then taken out. The discovery was made on a forty-foot | shaft owned by three partners, whose | names were not learned. Several shafts have since been started. | Santa Margarita Ranch Sold. | SAN JOSE, March 15.—The sale of the famous Santa Margarita ranch in San Luis Obispo County by General P. W, | Murphy to Christian Reis of San Francis- co is announced here. There are 1880 acres of land in the tract, and it is said | the consideration is $270,000. 1t is one of | the finest cattle ranges in the southern | part of the State. Reis Brothers held a | wortgage of $220.000 against the place, and ] they turn but $50,000 cash over to Murphy. —_————— Writing tablets, papeteries aha ream . Prices all right. The latest tints and shapes just received. Sanborn, Vail ! & Co., 71 Market st. s John- | Girls’ Reformatory Bill Tortured Be- | caused a stampede of miners and prospec- | 'PETALUTIA CONGREGATION I DEDICATES NEW CHURCH ! “Cornerstone Is Laid of a Modern House of Worship Now Nearing Completion. = | i B |1 | — JUST BE PETALUMA'S NEW CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AS IT WILL APPEAR WHEN COMPLETED. THE CORNER-STONE OF THE EDIFICE HAS N LAID WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONY. e ETALUMA, March 15.—The cor-|finished church. The Stone ‘Tests in_the nerstone of the new Congrega- | center of the front wall. In a copper re- Honal ohureh fuas: h:", ”'m_ | ceptacie placed in the hollow of the stone | 2 s 9 5 { were deposited the names of the church day in the presence of several|members and the subseribers to the build- hundred church members and | ing fund: a picture of the old church, cop- ispeople. The services Included a | les of the denominational paper, Petaluma tement by Pastor Dr. J. H. Godell and an address by Rev. J. K. Harrison, State missionary for the Congregational church. | 1 music by an augmented choir was A. B. Case placed the stone in The invocation was by Rev. Eli Fisher of the Petaluma Christian church. R F. A. Houston of the Petaluma Bap- h read from the Scriptures. | emony took place in the half- ' @ Iiinsirfefeferiomifufofufule sfuleinininiuininl ASYLUM GUARDS 60 ON STRIKE | {Leave the New Westminster Hospital to Run w Itcelf. er e Special Dispatch to The Call VANCOUVER, B. C., March 15.—Twen- | ty keepers and guards of the Provinclal Asylum for the insane at New Westmin- | ster have gone on strike. They constitute nearly the entire force at the asylum, | | which institution is now running itself. | while an attempt is being made by the few members of the staff, who have not refused to work longer for the Govern- ment, to keep the inmates in restraint. | Two dangerous lunatics escaped this aft- ernoon and for a time the town was in terror. To-night the patients were all | safely housed again and public attention is turned to the grievances of the officials. The asylum contains 120 patients, therc being one keeper or guard to each ten in- | T vernment investigation into | the asylum was recently i held and the management was severely criticized. As a result, Dr. Bodington, the | | medical superintendent, resigned and his | | assistant, Dr. Manchester, was appointed in his place. Manchester's first act was to reduce ex- es, and he dismissed four Tae officials held many meetings, passed resolutions of protest and finally formod | themselves into a Lunatics’ Guard Union | and defied the new management of the vlum. The union asks for increased ges. Not one man will go back to work | unless all are reinstated and there the | matter stands. An attempt will be made to-morrow to impress the police force into | service. | | citement ran high when the lunatics | began to escape this afternoon. Michael | Farquarsen, a Hungarian, who committed | murder while insane, started down town, | scaring everybody in his path. He chased | | several women and threatened to _kill some children who were coming from | chool. Then he went to the office of the | Brunett sawmill and inquired for the late manager, who died two years ago. A | trembling clerk, who was alone at the time, replied that the man he sought could not be found. The insane man then toid | the clerk to prepare for death, as he in- tend d to kill him quickly. The clerk mar- aged to reach the telephone and kept the | lunatic at bay until help arrived. It re- | quired the combined efforts of five men to take the lunatic back to the asylum. | The second escaped patient was found with less difficulty. All the women and children of the town | shut themselves up in their homes this evening. With the small guard at ths asylum there is danger that half the pa- | tients will escape. INSANE ANTICS ONLY PART OF INITIATION Palo Alto Breaks Up Fraternal Cere- monies by Making an Arrest. PALO ALTO, March 15.—An amusing incident occurred here last evening, in which some of the students of the law department at Stanford University fig- ured conspicuously. City Marshal Ram- sey was told that a crazy man had sta- tioned himself at the entrance to the co - | 1ege grounds and was frightening passers- by. When accosted by the city official the intruder made no statement, but insisted upon his right to pace Lis beat in front of the gate with a wooden gun upon his shoulder. At the approach of a pedestrian the sentinel would come to a halt, port arms and make a low and humble bow. Marshal Ramsey be:ame convinced that the young man was insane and was | marching his prisoner to the lockup when he was told that he nad interfered with some of the initiation ceremonies of one of the Greek letter fraternities. The stu- | dent proved to W. H. Thompson, one | of the brightest graduate students in the |law department, who was being put through a humiliating process prepara- | tory to reception into Phi Delta Phi, tlie legal fraternity. > WEARY OF LAW’S DELAY HE ENTERS PENITENTIARY Convicted Murderer Tires of thé Ef- fort to Obtain a New Trial and Goes to San Quentin. KESWICK, March 15.—After lying in the County Jail more than a year seeking to take advantage of the law’s delay, John Pendleton to-day volunteered to go to San Quentin for a ten years' term. In Septem- ber, 1899, he shot and killed Jacob Randall | a mail carrier at this glnce. He was foun guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to ten years in prison. For more than a year he has been endeavoring to obtain a mew trial. Now he has ex- pressed his willingness enter upon | papers and San Francisco Calis contain- ing accounts of the deaths of Queen Vic- toria and ex-President Harrison. The new church will cost complete $10,- 000. Tt will contain a maln auditorium, chapel, lors, kitchen and dressing rooms for ladies and gentlemen. It is a | handsome structure and site of stands on the he old church. ned glass windows, opera chalirs a furniture throughout. A par- sonage will be buflt. B R T ¥ BIAL KILLS TWO MOUNTAIN LIONS Trinity County Miss Proves Herself an Adept With a Rifle, Special Dispatoh to The Call , . St ¥ KESWICK, March 15—Two mountaln lions were killed by Miss Ella Dodge on Wednesday. Miss Dodge is but 18 years | of age and lives a few miles from Carr- ville. She has been familiar with moun- tain life from infancy and is an expert with rifle or fishing rod. While hunting for strayed cows Miss Dodge discovered two lions, a male and a female, feasting on the carcass of a calf. She had her rifle with her, as is her in- variable custom when out for a tramp. Her first shot brought down the male, a beautiful animal measuring elght feot from tip to tip. run, but a second shot brought her dowu. Miss Dodge thinks nothing of the ex- ploit, yet it is talked about with a great deal’of pride by the nelghbors. -— SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR CHILD-BEATING | John Arlington and His ‘Wife Receive the Maximum Penalty From a Seattle Judge. SEATTLE, March 15.—John and Mary Arlington, the two child-beaters, will ex- plate their crimes in the County Jaf!, Judge Emery having sentenced them this morning to one year and ten months’ fm- risonment respectively, the maximum it, for their brutal treatment of their wards, Liza and Fredie Hall. When court opened this morning the room was crowded with spectators. As soon as the complaint had been read both pleaded guilty. Mrs. Arlington entered an impassioned plea for mercy, couched ir language that would have done credit to any lawyer. Spectators wondered at the | crime of this woman, who spoke with per- fect grammatical accuracy and whose language was carefully chosen. At one time she must have been a refined woman. P Of Interest to the Coast. WASHINGTON, March 15.—Postoffice Department orders are as follows: Post- office established: Washington—Connell, Franklin County, Charles A. Joyce, Post- master. Discontinued: Washington—Ed- dyville, King County, mal to Maple Val- ley. Postmasters commissioned: Califor- nia—Norris H. Dorsey, Delano. Oregon— Nada Moore, Ironside. Washington—Ma- mie E. Sperry, North Yakima; Peter D. Harkness, Everson. Appointed: W ington—W. T. Mitty, Bickleton, Klic County, vice H. H. Flower, resigne Theurer, Robe, Snohomish Count: R. A. Otto, resigned. These pension orders were fssued to- day: California—Original—Alfred Payne, Jackson, $12; Walter S. Davis, Auburn, $6: Andrew Bechtel, Soldiers' Home, Los An- geles, $6. Original widows—Kate Kennedy, San 'Francisco. Mary A. Whitman, Florin, $8; Loule Tanner, San Francisco $8. Original—Joseph H. Grifiin, Soldiers’ Home, 1.0s Angeles, $8; Obadiah E. Baker, Kenwond, $6; Henry Scherf, Oakland, $6. IncreaseAniton Mayer, Veterans’ Home, apa, $12. Oregon—Original—Charles H. Wood- worth, Lafayette, $6; Ell Johnson, Inde- endence, $6. Increase—James C. Conrad, lora, $3: Jesse Carey, Port Orford, $10. Washington—Original widow—Martha E. Merrifield. Everett, $8. War with Spain, 2{‘;glnal—sdwnrd R. Bartlett, Des Molnes, It will be fitted | The female started to | FTE OF BILLS N CAGES HANDS Continuous Apprepriation for | the University Is Approved. Governor Vetoes Belshaw’s Bill Pro- i viding for the Payment of | Marin’s Claim Against the State. RSO ! Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, March 15.—Governor Gage to-day approved Senator Luken's bill making a continuous appropriation of $100,600 annually for the support of the State University. Other bills approved are as follows: By Cavagnaro—Amending section 305 of the Clvil Code relating to corporations. By Cha ~Amending section 1670 of the Political Code reiating to high schools. By Cavagnaro—Amending section 290 of the Civil Code relating to articles of incorporation. By Selvage—Amending section 1240 of the domain. By Cutter—Making Secramento and Yolo counties a district agricultural society. By Laird—Regulating the practice of phar- macy. The Governor has vetoed the commit- tee bill, making slander a misdemeanor, on account of a mistake in the numbering of the section of the Penal Code it re- lates to. Corlett’s bill, appropriating $5000 for the purpose of additional land for the Vet- erans’ Home, Yountville, is disapproved on the ground that it is not necessary. Belshaw's bill, appropriating $3046 75 to pay the claim of Marin County for costs of “trials of prisoners confined in San Quentin prison, is vetoed because the claim was not submitted to thé Board of Examiners for approval. The several vetoes were sustained by the Senate. Bills Successful in Senate. The Senate this afternoon passed Nutt's | bill, introduced this morning under sus- | pension of the constitution, authorizing | those_holding coyote scalp claims to sue | the State. An appropriation of $5000 is | made for the defense in the suits, which | 1s provided for in the general appropria- tion bill. | Iaird’s Senate bill, creating the office | of Game Warden, passed under suspen- slon of the constitution. The Senate passed the following bills to-day: By Nelson—Adding a new | Penal Code relating to discharging or deposit- | Ing coal tar and similar products in any of | the navigable streams of the State. By Kincaid—Relating to the character of evi- section to the | Gence in a trial for selling or furnishing lot- | tery tickets. | By Ralston—Prohibiting the adulteration of | toods and food products, By Laird—Appropriating $1200 for the Forty- third Agricultural District. Passed by the Assembly. The Assembly passed the following bills to-day: By Devlin—Relative to the issuance and re- funding of bonded indebtedness of a county for road purposes. By Bauer—Relating to the issue of teachers’ certificates. By James—Relative to admission to the prac- tice of mw. By ‘Stéwart of Amador—Relative to commit- ment to the Whittler School. By Levinson—Relating to county boards of horticulture. By Ashe—To prevent public administrators employing special counsel without an order of court.” (Reconsidered). By Collins—Appropriating 325,000 for the Nor- mal School at Chico, By Macbeth—Amending the act establishing the teachers' annuity fund. By Chandler—To compel the plugging or capping of water-producing wells in oil dis- triets. By Greer—Appropriating $3000 to pay the claim of C. B. Lightfoot. By McWade—Providing for the appointmen of matrons for jalls in counties of the first, second, third and fourth classes. By Ralston—Authorizing the Governor to commission as politemen employes of rallroad | trains and steamboats and clothing them with the authority of peace officers. By Stewart—Allowing irrigation districts to | compromise their indebtedness on final disso- lution. By Davis—Providing for restoration to ca- pacity of persons adjudged to be insane and Who have no guardians and are not confined in | State hospitals. By Davis—Defining a miner's inch of water. By Webber—Appropriating $177 20 to pay the | elaim of Theodore A. Bell of Napa. By Cutter—Empowering Boards of Super- visors to declare legal hollidays, to meet the provisions of the primary election bill. | "By “Tyrrell of San Francisco—Making it a misdemeanor for an employer to pay an em- ploye his salary while in a saloon or gambling sort. "By Devlin—Directing_County Clerks to fur- nish city authorities with registers of voters. By Welch—Amending the act relating to the teachers' annuity fund. By Luchsinger—Amending the law relating to_pilot commissioners. By Devlin—Enlarging the powers of directors of_irrization districts. By t Davis—Amending section 455 of the Penal Code relating to arson By Burnett—Providing for the payment of the fees due trial jurors in the Superior Courts of_San ncisco. By Tyrrell of Nevada—Changi: nently locating the boundary | Butte and Plumas countles. and_perma- ne between i SARATOGA’'S BLOSSOM FETE A BIG SUCCESS Visitors Enjoy a Charming Ride Through Orchards in Full Bloom. SAN JOSE, March 15.—Saratoga's sec- ond annual blossom fete to-day was a grand success. Two thousand persons, in- cluding a large delegation from San Fran- cisco and Oakland, visited the little vil- lage nestling in the southwestern foot- Hilla and enjoyed a drive among the blos. soming orchards. Cherries, apricots, peaches and some prunes were in blossom and the orchards were seas of white, from which the sweetest breezes blew. The day was an ideal one and to many of the visitors the sight was a revelation. The affair was under the management of the Saratoga Improvement Club. Bold Robbery at Tamalpais. SAN RAFAEL, March 15.—One of the boldest robberies that ever occurred in this county took place at Tamalpals last night when the stable and several houses on James Hasbrouck's place were broken into and looted of their contents by two thieves, who loaded the plunder into a surrey ‘they stole from the stable and made their escape. The robbers, two in number, drove to Tiburon, took the 6:40 o'clock boat this morning for San Fran- cisco and later went to Oakland. One man is medium-sized, about 40 years old, with a_small und¥r beard; the other 1s about 25 years old. The surrey was black, two-seated, with a top. —_——— RIVERSIDE, March 15.—George Ferral, a recent arrival from Fresno, attempted g icids this evening by swallowing wood alcohol. Timely assistance saved his life, though he is not out of danger. xpert “‘Hunyadi Janos is certainly the best scribed 1t as ‘most valuable,” and the for the fatl AS to prison life and be through with it as soon as possible. bave employed it with the greatest success.” For Constipation, Biliousness & Torpid Liver { LABEL §g pinion IN DECLARING THE SAFEST AND BEST NATURAL LAXATIVE WATER KNOWN. Senator Professor Paul Mantegazza, Florence, Italy, writes* aperfent water, sceing that a dose of from ope-half to a glassful secures an fmmediate and pafoless evacuation. Virchow de- foremost clinical physiclans of Germany ' Code of Civil Procedure relating to eminent | PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND. | | | | Machen is one of the makers of the new | South. He has changed the map of Cen- | tral Georgia. Flourishing towns have sprung up along the raflroad lines he has developed. Hon. Clark Howell, In an editorfal In the Atlanta Constitution, sald of him: To the | People of Georgia Machen is known prin- | | cipally by the roads he has built in the | | South. He has brought all Georgla with- in hand-reach cf Atlanta. He is a public benefactor. ‘While at work on the Covington and Macon Rallroad Machen's health failed. | After much useless expenditure of time | | and@ money he was induced by a friend who had been cured of nervous prostra- | tion to try Palne's Celery Compound. That the remedy was a revelation to him | no one can doubt who reads Machen's letter: $9 Wall St., New York. Jan. 20, 1598 | Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt. Gentlemen: I spent many thousands of dollars, includirg eight months abroad, for nervous prostration, and then found Paine’s Celery Compound the remedy I ought to have taken at first. Doctors peri- odically tinkered at and patched me up so that my nerves would hold together for a short while, seemingly just long enough for my bank account to get a respite. However, your medicine has glde-tracked | the doctors. My nerves don’t seem to re- | quire any rest, and I am in such good | spirits these days it doesn’t matter much whether I have any bank account or not. | elation to E. | falls to benefit. GEORGIA OWES ITS RAILROADS TO HIM. Paine’s Celery Compound Was a Rev= C. Machen. I have determined on Palne’s Celery Com- pound as my family remedy from now om. E. C. MACHEN. As the ploneer of a new system of rafl- road bullding in the South, Machen knows what it Is to live under Intense nervous strain. His jov at finding in Paine's Cel- ery Compound a rellable means of restor- ing his nervous energy is shown in every line of his letter to the proprietors of this great remedy. When thousands of men and women in | every walk of life, from the humblest to the most famous and honored, voluntarily £o out of their way to tell others the great g00d Paine’s Celery Compound has done them; when the ablest physiclans and the | best Informed pharmacists not only pre- scribe and recommend, but themselves | use and find health in Paine’s Celery Com- | pound, the present great demand for the spring remedy is not to be wondered at. Paine’s Celery Compound is the one real spring remedy known to-day that never It cures diseases due to nervous weakness or a bad state of the blood. The most wideawake, Intelligent part of every community in this country are among its most enthusiastic vouchers and indorsers. The agreement of opinfon among the best informed, most observant class of people. in the well-to-do homes of our largest cities, as well as in the more fru- gal town communities, places Paine’s Cel- ery Compound far in advance of any spring remedy. It is, in fact, the only spring remedy ever heard of in the homes of practieing phvsicla SPLENTID RO | GOES 10 WASTE Dire Effect of the Shortage of Fruit Cars in the | South. Special Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, March 15.—When the citrus fruit shipping season opened in N vember the crop In sight was the greatest ever known In Southern California, the raliroad officials cstimating it at from 22,000 to 25,000 carloads. When the officials were questioned they gave assurances that they realized the magnitude of the | task which was before them in transport- ing the fruit to the Eastern markets. | | Growers and shippers trusted to them to rise to the emergency and save the crope. In this they have been sadly disappointed. Not only have the railroads kept the ship- rs from obtaining cars when wanted ut, when the cars were once loaded, ther impossible and where rhe fruit went down | under the heat until it became a mass of rot. | The markets of the East, flooded with | decayed frult, have broken under the | strain and for days the total receints at | Eastern auction houses have not been suf. | ficient to pay the toll freights on the fruit | | sola. | There are in Southern California at the | present time from 3,000,000 to 4.000,000 boxes | of oranges. On a conservative estimate the fruit ought to be worth not less than $5,000000. Under the present delay in transit, however, it is questionable whether that magnificent body of fru:t represents any value. As it is now being marketed it stands not only as a compara- tive loss to the growers or shippers, but in addition to the fruit all expenses of harvesting, packing and loading =zre a dead loss. There is no remedy In sight. The ship- pers are beginning to send out their fruit under refrigeration, but unless there can be a restoration of prompt movement of cars when loaded icing will not save them. Meanwhile the growers and shippers of oranges through all portions of Southern California are getting no assurances that the evil Is to end. Denlals of the allega- tions of car shortage Lave little balm for shippers who have been and are still be- ing denied cars. Mexico's President Soon Will Return | to the Capital. LOS ANGELES, March 15.—G. Andrade, Mexican Consul at Los Angeles, has re- | ceived the following telegram from the | Mexican Secretary of State in regard to the health of President Diaz: CITY OF MEXICO, March 14.—Mexican Con- eul, Los Angeles: dent was sick with rheumatism and rward with stomach trouble, but he is now entirely recovered glmummthw&ml-lh-—nrw 8. MARISCAL. CHECKING WAR OF THE TONS Officials of San Jose Make Wholesale Arrests of Chinese. Spectal Dispatch to The Call SAN JOSE, March 13.—The vigilance of the police and the wholesale arrest of highbinders last night prevented a tinuance of hostilities between the Sing and the Bow Ong tongs in Chinatown to-day. Since the killing of Wing Lee yes- terday afternoon eighteen highbinders have been arrested, and of this number sixteen will be charged with murder. A gereral exodus of highbinders has taken place. Fong Ling, the leader of the Hip Sk Tong. is the man whom the rival tong wanted to kill, but it is sald this wily Orjental kept “in the shade™ and through influence with certaim members of the Bow Opg Tong sacrificed his cousin, Wing Lee, to appease the head hunters for a time. Fcng has fomented most of the trouble in Chinatown, and just before each fight causes himself to be locked up in the County Jalil for protection. ‘here "has n a wholesale rush for warrants in the Justice Courts by mem- bers of the two warring tongs to-day. Ah Look, Lum Hin, Ah Sing and Hing Sam have been charged with the murder of Wing Lee and all the others arrested have been charged with minor offenses, which probably will be substituted by more seri- ous ones. The murdered man's body was literally riddled with bullets. An examination to- day showed twenty-three wounds. Leon Poon, the leader of the Bow Ongs, has been charged with murder. Other ar- rests of prominent Chinese are to follow. It Is certain that some of the Chinese that were wounded by tne officers yesterday escaped. Three of the wounded have been arrested, and one man shot in the neck by Policeman Hughes has not yet been captured. An inquest upon the remains of Wing Lee was held this afternoon. The Coro- ner's jury brought in two verdicts. One was signed by a single juror, who found that the murdered man was killed by Lam Hen and others, and the rest found that death resulted from gunshot w at the hands of unknown persons. Board of Trade for Sonoma. SONOMA. March 15—A Board of Trade was organized In this place last night with a membership of fifty. Dr. A. E. Os borne, superintendent of the California Home for Feeble-minded, was elected resident. He will appoint a managing ard of fourteen members at the next meeting. Free Library for Napa. NAPA_ March 15—George E. Goodman, head of the James H. Goodman Company Bank. announces Lis purpose of erecting ® free public library building in Napa, to cost $15,000 or $20.00. ? £ I