The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1902, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1902 MARGONI TELLS OF HiS TESTS Says Defects With Ref-| erence to Secrecy Are Removed. Intends Sailing for Canada to Continue His Experi- mental Work. LONDON, Feb. 20.—At a general meet- f the Marconi Wirel Telegraph ny to-day Marconi, referring to tac expe: mment: announced series of tesis would in- smissio of wonx nd mes- ded that tiiere was nothing vent th- company f*om undertaking nercial communication with ships at em at pre:ent w per- 1 board seventy shi and ve land stations. His wo words in a minute did not eompare badly with the work of the cab The detects with ref- erence ecrecy had baen removed. After perfecting arrangements in Canada be wouid chailenge Willlam Pries and Professor Lodge to intercept messages. The monopoly claimed by the British Postal Tel had hitherto impeded reoni complained that obstructions ywn in his way on this side of marked eontrest with the nent whieh he had re- the governments and press 4 States and Canada. In re to the commercial side of the sye- reoni said that on the recent ar an American liner upward of 8000 received within sixteen hours. ssion of this number of words income of £73,000 for each pair The company, in the firs in- proceeding to install = two stations. Marconi will sail for next Saturday BOXING PERIIIT FOR MARCE STILL UNFLACED Portion of the Heavy-Weight Cham- pionship Fight May Go to Charity. Supervisors” Police Committee postponed action yesterday for .one applicazions of the National, y and Pacific Coast Athletic give a professional boxing exhibi- M The representatives of the willing to draw lots for the t the committee refu: ment. Supervisor Box- tional Club, Curtis the , while Eggers is non- “Jim" Neal sald d him that the Yo- clinched the coming Jef- anions match for May. range a match it. Curtis said the club g i3 e receipts to charity or for the layground south of Market pt, Goddard agreed on the ational Club to give one-half of the exhibition. fic Coast; Athletic Club would give of the profits to any charity The Lycemn Clothing Co. sell men's fleece lined undershirts, for 30c, at the manufacturers’ Market st., opp. Mason L4 would represent | d to con- | Su- | r Curtis questioned the right of the | without being | s P the contest should give a por- | Neal said | BAGIN'G LANDS - CAUSING- STIR Statement Is Made by the Assessor of Santa Cruz County. | | Prompt Act of Commission Has Preserved Key of Situation: i The exclusive story in The Call concern- | ing the prompt action of the Big Basin | Commissioners to hold for the State lands | in the Big Basin that might otherwise find | private owners and so become a source of | embarrassment to the State in connecting | bodies of land that may be selected for | park purposes has caused much approval | for the Commissioners. A stir has also been occasioned at Santa Cruz by the | publication of the facts. It was pointed | out in The Gall that had not the Commis- | sloners acted at once one mile of the bed |of the indispensable west fork of the | Waddeil Creex wouid have been home- ‘stear\eu by Miss McKinney, daughter of 1 | one of the holaers of timber lanas in the | Big Basin. "Lhe Commissioners succeeded in having the Land Commissioner at | ‘Washington hold up from location all the | Government lands in the Big Basin. Other { points of importance to the State might | easily have been lost but fgf the zeal of | | the Big Basin Commission. | Boundaries in Doubt. | Some question has been raised in Santa Cruz as to whether the Government lands | | that have been discovered by the Big | Basin Commission are really in the Basin. | The Commissioners take the view that they are in the Basin or on the ridges sur- rounding_the Basin. No one can exactly define the Big Basin. A topographical map of the region-makes it apparent that there are two basins rimmed in with high | bills in the general locality. The wisdom | of the Commissioners in taking care to | keep from private entry any lands that | may be needed to connect up tracts or | that are scenic points is evident in this | view of the case. | Assessor Frank Mattison of Santa Cruz | County has sent a statement to The Call | {in which he disputes the assertion made | | in The Call that Government lands have | | been assessed to unknown owners in the | | | office of the Santa Cruz Assessor. The material point in the statement of The Call was that the lands had been con- cealed from the public under the general of lands held by “unknown Mr. Mattison says on this | Vague Map Books. { | The reason sald lands are marked ‘‘un- | known owner” on maps, rather than ‘gov- | | ernment lands,” is that until patent is filed | in the Recorder’s office We have no means of knowing whether any of these lands have | been filed upon or not. This information can be obtained, of course, upon request from the land’ office, but, as the lafkis are not as- sessable until .patented, there is no.information | except as to patent of any value to this office. | My map books are and always have been open to the inspection of the public and are | daily made w of abstractors and others interested in real estate transactions, and there is nothing more mysterious in the manner these lands are carried upon sald books than | 1s the case with any other lands. In this Mr. Mattison reveals several points, One is that the books in the office of the County Assessor of Santa Cruz upon which the Government lands are car- | ried under the designation of ‘“unknown owner” are the map books and that these are the books that the public consult for information. The general public could not recognize Government lands that they | | could get for the homesteading under any | | Such designation as ‘‘unknown owner.” | Another point is that he had no informa- | | tion _to give about the lands, for he says | | in the foregoing: “As the lands are not { assessable until patented, there is no in- Scots Greys Meet a Crushing Defeat, Two Being Killed, Six Wounded and Forty-Six -Captured----Prisoners Subsequently Released. ONDON, Feb. 20.—4 detachment.of ‘the Scots Greys (Second Dragoons), one. of -Great Britain’s crack dragoon regiments, has been cut up by the Boers at Klipdam. W. M. Feilden and Captain E. Ussher were severely wounded, two men killed, six were DE TACHMEI—V—T OF A CRACK DRAGOON REGIMENT IS CUT UP BY THE DARING BOERS AT KLIPDAM — Major C. GLAIMS THIEVES - STOLE IS CASH Tony Phillips Alleges ! His Safe Was ’ Robbed. | Burglars Enter Goary-Street wounded and forty-six captured. The news was received this morning from Lord Kitch- | | Place and Steal Stock ener in a dispatch dated Pretoria, Wednesday, February 19. The Scots Greys formed part of The latter, while moving on Nigel, February 18, engaged a force of Boers at Klipdam. The- Scots Greys becaime detached, were surrounded and cut off. Gen- General Gilbert Hamilton's column. eral Hamilton was unable to dislodge the Boers from their position, so he continued his march toward Nigel. The Boers released the Scots Greys who had been made prisoners. BRUSSELS, Feb. 20.—T1t is said in Boer circles that if Wolmarans and Wessels, after in- westigating the situation in the United States, advise Kruger that a tour of the United States would be beneficial to the Boer cause, the Boer President will overcome his aversion to a long trip ! and undertake the jowrney. Kruger appears to be in excellent physical condition and his physicians advise him that he'could safely go to America at the proper season. Wolmarans and Wessels will spend a month in the United States. VIENNA, Feb. 20—In the Reichsrath to-day Herr Wolf, the Pan-German leader, gave notice of an interpellation inviting the Austrian Government, in conjunction with the Government i of Hungary, to prohibit the export of horses from Austria and Hungary to South Africa and ‘ thus maintain neutrality. formation except as to patent of any value in_this office.” Concerning the last consideration it may be said that if the Big Basin Commission had been contented to accept the situation in this easy fashion, when a map was se- cured that had on it several tracts mere= ly marked ‘“‘unknown owner,” they would already have found trouble in the control of the west fork of Waddell Creek., Important Matter. What Mr. Mattison appears to regard of little account—the ownership of the tracts in question—has already been con- sidered of sufficient importance to engage the prompt attention of the Governor of California and his associates in the Big Basin Commission and also Senator Per- kins and the General Land Commissioner at_Washington. The Santa Cruz County Assessor asserts that the lands in question are not in the Big Basin. Against this opinion must be put the acts of the Big Basin Commission, including the Governor, unless the suppo- sition is entertained that in their capacity of Big Basin Commissioners they are en- gaged in annexing lands that can be of no fi%e to the park when it is finally accepted. Private parties, as was said in the original story in The Call, had knowledge that the Assassor failed officially to find out. They Were prepared to turn it to private ad- vantage when the Big Basin Park Com- missioners stepped in and interfered in behalf of the State of California. There is no danger that the private parties will get the public domain in the Big Basin at present. Upon this the Stats and the commission are to be congratu- lated. Mr. Mattison’s plea that the lands are not in the Big Basin, in view of the attitude of the Big Basin Commission, will hardly be accepted to extenuate ignorance of *the facts concerning realty in Santa Cruz County, which it is his duty to know all about for assessment purposes. Counterfeiter Bair Pleads. Ulysses Grant Bair, the Fruitvale coun- terfeiter, was arraigned yesterday morn- ing in the United States District Court and pleaded not guilty to the indictment charging him with making, passing and having in possession counterfeit dollars. Monday, March 10, was fixed as the date for the trial. CEEEIEIEEEEVEEREINENER NEE r S———— — PLUMBER FIGHTS THREE ROBBERS Jacob Maas Has an Ex- citing Experience ‘With Thugs. A daring attempt to rob'Jacob Maas, a plumber, living at 320€ Francisco street, was made by three men at Powell and Francisco streets while he was on his way home about 3 o'clock yesterday morning. Just as he reached the corner named the three men confronted him and ordered him to throw up his hands. He refused and one of them struck him on the face, knocking him down. 'They jumped upon him and he fought them as best he could, at the same time yelling for help. They dragged him to a water trough with the intention of throwing him in, but his cries finally frightened them and they ran away. About 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon Maas told Policemen Peshon and Silver that the ‘three men who assaulted him were drinking in a saloon at Stockton and Francisco streets and the officers went to the place. Officer Peshon entered the sa- loon by the front door and Silver guard- ed a side entrance. Only one of the men was there, and as Peshon entered with Maas he ran toward the side door into the arms of Policeman Silver. He was taken to the City Prison, where he gave the name of Andrew Cappelli, and was booked on the charge of attempt to com- mit robbery. Maas went. before Judge Cabaniss and swore to the warrants for Cappelli’s ar- rest and for the arrest of the other two / men, He says he does not know their names, but will be able to identify them | in event they are arrested. He gave an accurate descfiption of them to Peshon and Silver. Maas was very much shaken | up over his experience, more particularly the threatened ducking in the water trough. —— ROBBED IN DAYLIGHT. Fireman Takes Charles Conlan’s Watch and Money. Charles Conlan, a train dispatcher from Grants Pass, .Or., was held up about 10| o’clock yesterday morning in front of the | Bowhead saloon on East street and robbed of a watch and some money. The ! thief was John Kennedy, said to be a railroad fireman. There were several wit- nesses to the robbery and Kennedy was | promptly arrested. Daniel O'Connor, who says he'is a glovemaker, was also locked up on suspicion of being an accomplice. Conlan said that he met Kennedy on_the train. They traveled together from Sac- ramento. Kennedy exhibited a pin of the railroad fraternal order, to which Conlan belongs, and said that he, too. was a member.. When they got to this side of the bay they went to the Bowhead saloon, where "they had several drinks together. Conlan left Kennedy in the saloon and was standing on the sidewalk in front of the place when Kennedy walked up to him, grabbéd his watch and chain, pulled some money out of his pocket and ran up the street. Policemen Dower and Castro, who were in the neighborhood, were notified of the occurrence. They arrested Kennedy anu O’Connor, who had been acting apparent- ly as lookout. When searched at the po- lice station Conlan’s watch and $410 were found on Kennedy. Conlan says he lost about $40. Kennedy and. O'Connor were charged with grand larceny. ‘Will Lecture on the Buffalo. The subject chosen for the regular Fri- day evening_ lecture at the South Park Settlement will be “The Buffalo in the History of the West.”" The lecture will be ven by Miss Lucile Eaves and will be and Cash. treet, reported to the police yesterday that sometime during the night his place had been entered, his safe opered and $1178 which was in the safe stolen. He had the money in the safe with the object of paying off some bills yesterday. Captain Seymour detailed Detectives Reynolds and Coleman on the case. They ascertained that Phillips was one of the | saloon-keepers near the Presidio whose applications for licenses were refused by | | | saloon, and $700 for groceries and liquors. The safe has no combination and is open- ed with a key. y Sergeant Campbell carefully examined the premises, but found no trace of anv one having climbed over the back sheds. The back door had the mark of a chisel on it and one of the other doors was locked. Phillips said this door had been discovered no evidence of such an oc- currence. The officers on the beat said that Phil- lips kept a savage dog in the saloon at nights, and if any stranger had entered during the night the dog would have sig- naled the fact. Sergeant Campbell also said that two officers had been stationed around ‘the corner nearly all night and | they did not see any one enter the place, | nor did they hear any noise. The detectives in submitting their port to~Captain Seymour conclude wi the opinion that it was an “inside jol The saloon of Richardson & O'Lane, 51 Geary street, was entered by a burglar between 2 and 6 o'clock yesterday morn- irg and cigars and bottles of whisky to the value of $19 and $10 cash were stolen. The money was hidden in a back room off the barroom and the saloon men sus- pect a man who was in the place when it was closed for the night. Horse Thief Arrested. Frank Callaghan appeared in Judge Conlan's court yesterday on a charge of burglary and the case wcs continued till to-morrow. Shortly after 1 o’clock yes- terday morning Sergeant Blank ‘and Policeman McKenna saw Callaghan lead- ing a horse with saddle and bridle along Mission street and stopped him. They later learned that the horse had been stolen from Percy Bemson's stables in the rear of 2522 Mission street. Sons of the Revolution. The California Society, Sons of the American Revolution, will celebrate Washington’s birthday by a banquet in the Occidental Hotel. A feature of the year will not be an exception to the rule. Rev. F. W. Clampett, Charles M. Daly of the University of California, General S. B. M. Young, Horace G. Platt and Rev. Otis G. Baker of Oakland. e The Best Fountain Pens. We are selling agents for the “Water- man Ideal Fountain Pens,” $250 to 310 each, and sole agents for the “Marshall,” the best $1 Fountain Pen in the world. lustrated by stereopticon views. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market st. * Tony Phillips, saloon-keeper, 2001 Baker | the Police Commissioners Tuesday night. | Phillips told them he owed $1700 to Mr. | Ritter, from whom he had purchased the | forced off its fastenings, but the officess | e- Tth | civil power and the rights of national s banquets given by this association have | been the after-dinner speeches, and this | hose_who will address the society are: | OUTLINES POLICY OF HIS GOUNTAY King of Italy Opens Par- liament With Speech From Throne. Says Government Intends to Confine Clergy to Their Cwn Domain. ROME, Feb. 20.—King Victgr Emanuel opened Parliament to-day with consi able ceremony. In the speech from t throne he referred to the tranquilizing fect on the country of the Governm liberal policy and to the excellent | tions existing between Italy and all | powers. He said in part: | A polley which bears in mind all our rights and all our duties has earned us a large shars | of good will and flattering testimonies. of the eem 'n which our country is held by foreign The confidence which Great Britain and azil placed in me by selecting me as arbitrator ‘s very pleasing to me. Thus, in the concert of the great nations, the defense of our interests and fidelity to our alliances and ties of cordial friendships are | fully reconciliable with Italy's supreme aim, Which is peace. His Majesty dwelt at length on the ne- | cessity for social legislation, especially as regards the working people, and said: To honor labor, to fairly recompense and pr tegt it; to improve the lot af those disinh | by fortune are the aims of the newer civ! tion. If the Government and Parliament su | ceed m this direction, while safeguarding | equally the rights of all classes, they will have | accomplished a memorable work of justice. Referring to the proposed divorce bill, | his Majesty said: | In the relations of state and churc! | ernment intends to maintain strictly | ration of the civil from spiritual authority, t | honor the clergy, but to confine them in their own domain; to extend unrestricted respect to religious liberty of conscience, but to In- Vineibly preserve intact the prerogative of a- | etenty. | _Queen Helena accompanied the King t Parliament. The procession to and the Senate was imposing. I —_—— | RICHMOND MERCHANTS SEEKING A SHORT CUT Park Commissioners to Be Asked to Cut a Roadway for Their Convenience. The Point_ Lobos Improvem | seeking direct communicatic Y set Valley, on the south sic Golden Gate Park. At a meeting of t night the inconvenience to Rich chants in delivering goods t Valley residents was disc shown that all wagons ha were compelled to go.in a course, via Stanyan street. this a committee, consisting | lon, G. A. Blank and F. | appointed to request the P: | sioners to cut a driveway ac { Gate Park at some point b jand Fifteenth avenues. Als and macadamize Clement st: | Twenty-second and v nues; Clement stree and Eighteenth ave of Seventeenth | | g LS i R L | Clerks Work Overtime. | Ten deputy county clerks worked the documents in the County Clerk’s fice last night until 10 o'clock in an | deavor to bring the work of the o to date. When County Clerk took office he found the work ni | behind. He\will keep ten men every night until the work is caught up with, which will probably be about June 1. "I had been troubled a year, off and on, with constipation, bilious- ness and sick headaches. One day a friend asked me what the trouble was. When.I told him he recommended Ripans Tabules. That even- ing 1 got a box, and after the second box I began to feei so mich relief that I kept on with them. 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