The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1903, Page 6

FRANCISCO THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 190 THONG FAGTION FIGHTS WOLGOTT Many Colorado Repub-| licans Refuse to Caucus. Invoke Democratic Aid to Prevent His Election to Senate. DEXVER, Jan The fourteenth Gen- . Assembly of the State of Colorado, w is 1o elec successor to United enator Henry M. Teller, met at The Republicans have a three in the House, but only of the thirty-fc Republican attended the caucus this fore- e bers those opposed to Edward O. Wol- Senator refusing to join in a has been m e between t Republicans and the prevent the election of Wol- of The thirteen in the Senate and of ten on joint Democrats have a majority ballot, but the Republican leaders had planned to unseat seventeen or more Democratic members of the House, thus securing a majority on joint ballot. It s said that the anti-Wolcott Republicans have now agreed to unseat only six men bers, and while this will give the Repub- )parent majority of two on result of the Senatorial be still in doubt, as two vho have been counted as Re- re nominated by the Demo- as well as the Republ and it » whom they will support for th Wolcott out of the race Republican candidate rank C dy DEADLOCK After hou ch the division ers, wh ans SEEMS CERTAIN. six 4 balloting. the vote of t are in the n - publican mem -Wol which resulted in Sanford of Douglass Cou Jot F. Vivian of Jeffersc f clerk; C H Plummer sergean arms, ar of first arms publicans these are Lyons, except statement s the patronage Democrati e <l that the ott contested which the Re- majority of one on sent conditions it that neither ex- tor H whose is organization was com- TANGLE IN THE SENATE. State met 1€ at mnoon ant ¢ nor D. C. Coates in the A committee on credentials was committée reported that of State had given certif. nators, eighteen n elec more than the e constitution more time in which r. The Senate th to-morrow ne num- nd the redistricting Legislature, which into consider Home for Drunkards’ Wives. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Jan. 7.—Mrs. Car- nce reformer, to- for a large resi- Kan., to be used ards' wives. The 114 1t s understood will spend several thou- s in improving the property, be turned over to her within The money to establish on her rece: st trip E VA.DVEBTISEM IS A BUSINESS PROPOSITION. The Principal Asset of the Success- ful Business Man. The head of the largest meat packing in industry the world for many years prior to death mever traveled with- out his physician; everywhere he was ac- companied by his medical adviser; .he hired him for his exclusive attendance by onsidered the large salary paid for such service &s a part of his business investment. He did not do this because he was a hypochondriac, in con- stant fear of fliness and deat contrary he was an exceptionally robust man, b he realized that the principal enormous business was his health, and to keep physi- lly well and strong was a ion pure and simple. woman. A slight celd in the head or | throat may pass off in a few days, or it may develop into Pneumonia, . Chronic Catarrh or an irritating throat trouble; in any event its departure should be hastened by some simple antiseptic prep- eration like Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, which are dissolved in the mouth and thus reach and troy the germs of Catarrh, Pneumonia, Consumption, before they have a chance to propagate and thrive in the inflamed mucous membranes of the se and thyoat "o burden the stomach with drugs and stimulants is a foolish and often danger- ous way to combat a cold, because stimu- lants are always followed by correspond.- ing depression and where there is any ten- dency to Pneumonia increases the danger Ly increasing the heart's action. A popular school teacher In Pittiburg writes: “I am & walking advertisement | for Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets; the change from a crowded, steam-heated school- room to a raw, chill outdoors kept me nursing colds in the head and throat from fall 10 spring. Throat frritation made it difficult for me to read or speak and con- Auct my classes. My druggist, with whom 1 spent a large part of my salary for agh lozenges and potash tablets, one advised me to try Stuart'’s Catarrh Tablets and 1 shall never cease to thank him. T still catch cold occasionally, but top it in a day or twg with the tablets, d 1 have donme missionary work with pupils to such an extent that coughs #nd colds are almost unknown among the youngsters in my room.” adjourned until to-mor- | with | collected by Mrs. Nation | on the | £ 50 with every business man and | PLEA FOR HELP ~ IN PHILIPPINES | ! President Voices His| Sympathy With the : [ Request. [ Condition of Natives Said to Be on the Verge of Suffering. [ WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The President ) to-day submitted to Congress the/ third annual report of the Philippine Commission, with extensive appendix npanying the President’s letter ot | trans was a letter from Secretary | | Root making a strong plea for immediate | help by Congress for the inhabitants of | the archipelago. In his letter transmit- ting the report and indorsing Secretary Root's plea President Roosevelt says: “I call your special attention to the rec- | ommendations contained in this letter of the Secretary of War. I most earnestly feel that the enactment of the measures | eady pending in your body for the bet- terment of the Philippine Islands is fm- peratively demanded by the situation in 1 e islands and serious calamity may come from failure to enact them. Fur- thermore, with ‘equal earnestness I ask vour attention to the recommendations of ihe Secretary of War in the accompar letter and urge their adoption so that sum of money therein specified may , be appropriated for the uses and in the manner likewise specified, in order that | the present distress in the islands may remedied.” cretary Root in his letter to the Pres- “I beg to ask speclal consid- eration of the recommendations of the commission, all of which have my hearty pproval “Jt seems to me that the conditions re- sulting from the destruction by the rin- derpest of % per cent of the caribos, the draft animals of the island, and the con- .quent failure of the rice crop, followed by an epidemic of cholera, are so serious and distressing as to call for action by Congress beyond that for which the com- m specifically as e removal under ¢he laws ef Con- gress of export dutles on goods shipped from the Philippines to the United States has materially reduced the duty of the | ands, while the duties collected in the ed States upon importations from the ilippines which under the same laws were to be turned over zo the Philippine | Treasury and were expected to make | good the deficit have amounted to practi- cally nothing. At the same time the de- cline in the price of silver, the evils of a ating currency and the impoverish- of the people have reduced the Gov- ernment revenues when they are most needed for reliéf of the people. “I think the occasion for relief in the Philippi now greater than it was Cuba when Congress appropriated W) for the payment rs out of the treasury of the United Stz as in Porto Rico when hundreds nds of dollars were uted by the people of the United States and more than a million dollars out of the national treasury for the ef of the sufferers from the hurricane of August, 1 “An appropriation of not less than $3,- Accce the miss in 000,30 for the relief of the distress in the Philippines from the causes which I have mentioned would be in harmony with the course pursued by Congress toward the people of the other Spanish | islands, the practical evidence of the sin- | ere interest that the people of the nited States takes In the welfare of the | Philippfne people and of the kindly and | generous treatment which they are to receive. Previous experience indicate that such an appropriation can be made | the most useful by giving the Philippine Government discretion to apply it in such proportions as they deem wise in the di- | rect purchase and distribution and sale of supplies or through the employment of | labor in the construction of Government | wagon roads, railroads or other publict work." KRUPP EMPLOYES TAKE STAND AGAINST EMPEROR | Declare They Were Coerced Into Signing an Indorsement of the Kaiser’s Speeches. BERLIN, Jan. 7.—The employes of the Vulkan Works at Stettin have sent Em- peror William, according to a press dis-| patch, the following telegram: “The assembled workmen of the Vulkan | Works declare that they disapproved of | collecting signatures to an address sup- | porting the Emperor's attitude in the | Krupp affair and disagreed with the con- tents of the telegram sent. They declare, | on the other hand, that the telegram wa; a concoction designed to deceive his Maj- esty regarding the true and honest senti- |anent of the working classes. | *“The sizncrs were induced by direct or | | fndirect compulsion to sign this tele- | gram. They deem it irreconcilable with their manly honor as workingmen to de- | ceive his Majesty concerning their true sgentiments and declare that they signed only through fear of pecuniary damage." A resolution embodying the foregoing | was adopted at a stormy meeting. The | address complained of was an indorse- | ment of the Emperor's two speeches to | workingmen, directed against the late Herr Krupp's assailants. | GERMANY REFRAINS FROM | EMBARRASSING THE SULTAN { Will Not Join Great Britain in Pro- test Against Turkey’s Conces- sion to Russia. | CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 7.—Great | Britain’é protest against the permission | granted in September last to four unar- mored Russian torpedo boat destroyers to pass through the Dardanelles into the Black Sea, under the commercial flag of Russia, will be followed, it is belleved, by similar action on the part of Austria- Hungary and Italy, while Germany and France will remain aloof. Germany's po- | sition is in consonance with her tradition- al policy mot to embarrass the Porte, | while France naturally abstalns from acting against’ the interests of her ally, Russia. PARIS, Jan. 7.—The Temps correspond- ent at Constantinople telegraphs that representatives of the Mausers signed a contract to-day providing for the delivery to the Ottoman army of 200,000 rifles. AMERICAN GARRISON ATTACKED BY CHOLERA Soldiers Seized at Ormok, and Five of Them Die. MANILA, Jan. 7.—The American garri- | son at Ormok, Island of Leyte, has been attacked by cholera. Nine men of Com- pany B, Eleventh Infantry, were seized by the disease and five of them died. The post at Oromosk has been quarantined. Cholera has disappeared from many parts of the islands, but it continues in Mindanao and Leyte and certaln parts of other southern islands. Nine | mained almost stationary | ation | erea. | civ of the Cuban | reached without friction. gipe.” increase. SANTA FE RAILROAD COMPANY REFUSES TO ACCEDE TO DEMAND OF TRAINMEN FOR MORE PAY OPEKA, Kan., Jan. 7.—The Santa Fe Railread has refused to accede to the demands of the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen for a gen- The committees representing these unions are still in ses- sion in this city. They are supposedly awaiting instructions from those in charge of the gen- eral movement for a 20 per cent increase throughout the Western lines. No time has been set for another conference between General Manager Mudge and the committees. The whole question, it is said, is under consideration. done until the committees representing the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brother- hood of Railway Trainmen make a request for another conference. ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 7.—Tt became apparent to-day that unless the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen recede from two points the settlement of the wage controversy cannot be It became public to-day for the first time that the men demand not only a 20 per cent flat increase in pay, but the addition of “an absolute rule guaranteeing double pay for handling freight trains of more than thirty cars, or trains hauled by: more than one en- The railway officials uniformly speak of this demand as “preposterous.” The Great Northern sent a communication to its committee asking if a smaller increase than 20 per cent would be received for consideration. Jess than the full amount could be considered under the instructions of the chiefs of the orders. This explains why no progress has been made toward a settlement. A meeting will be held in Chicago to-morrow night by the railway officials. No two rail- roads entering St. Paul are in exactly the same position. There can, therefore, be no uniform eral 20 per cent increase in wages. The reply was that no proposition for s Nothing further will be | = 3. And although we are now enjoying an era of unex- ampled prosperity, the total assessed valu- is a little less than eighteen per cent greater than it was fifteen years This, every one will admit, is absurd. e burden of taxation on property which the assessor finds is generally heavy enough—often too heavy—but there is much which he fails to find. This be- comes very clear when the proportion of personal property assdssment consid- There was a time, many years ago, when personal property nearly fifty per cent of the total assessed valuation. That was in the £0's. By 1880 the personal property assessment had gone down, relatively, so much that 1t constituted only twenty-five per cent of the total. By 1886 it was down to twenty per cent, and In recent years it has been generally about fifteen per cent, though sometimes falling considerably below even that small proportion. As a community grows in wealth and ization the proportion of its wealth invested in forms of property other than real estate and improvements tends to Increase relatively as well as absolutely. And yet, the amount of personal property . 4 As fcund nearly two hundred and { million dollars’ worth of personal prop- ago. long ago as 1872 the as twenty erty. A few years later the assessment had shrunk to a litile more than half of that sum and, although there has since been a slow increase, it amounts for the current year to only two hundred millions. Contrary to the belief which is enter- tained by many the financial troubles of our State government are not due to a large increase in -aggregate expenditures, because in recent years there has been no such increase. ceipts and expenditures were slightly larger than they are at present. It is in- evitable, in spite of a1l the economy we can practice, that there should be a pro- gressive growth of expenditures for pub- lle purpo keeping pace with the pop- ulation, or even outrunning it, and it is clear that, sooner or later, our revenue | laws must be changed so as to produce more satisfactory results. s been remarked, the complaint is widespread against the workings of the generai property tax. And some of the most advanced communities are casting | about to see what they can do to supple- ment this source of revenue or to sup- plant it entirely as a means of providing for the needs of State governments. In the report of the United States Industrial Commission, the whole subject of State | and local taxation is reviewed, and the | effects upon industry of the present sys- tem are considered. One of the conclu- ions reached by these investigators, as it been reached by others, is that the present system does not bear equally | upon all classes of property owners, but is very inequitable in the distribution of its burdens. It is contended that the ag- riculturist, all of whose property, both real and personal, is usually visible to the assessor, is taxed considerably in excess of his fair proportion to other property owners. The escape from taxation of per- _ PERKINS WINS IN THE CAUCUS. comprised very | Eight years ago both re- | MASTERLY INAUGURAL ADDRESS. sonal property is everywhere a crying evil. To some of these facts the State Con- | troller of California has called attention | in former years. He has suggested cer- | tain changes in the tax laws, which | might have been made with advantage. | But most of these suggestions still await action by the Legisiature. They should be taken up and where possible adopted. 3 - e | | REALTY OWNERS it FORCED TO PAY BULK OF TAXES | \+ 2 + BALIZING the defects in their tax laws, & number of Eastern States have attempted to reform their tax systems. And more progress has been made in eliminating the general property tax than is knflv\‘n.lo most per- sons. In Vermont taxes on real and per- | sonal property for general State purposes are levied only when specially ordered by the Legislature; although school and | highway taxes are levied annually. In | Connecticut real and personal property | has not been taxed for many years. In New Jersey the only general property tax | is collected for schools. In Wisconsin practicaily the same state of affairs pre- valls; the only general property tax ordi- | narily levied being for the schools and | the State University. Pennsylvania has gone even further than her sister States and real estate Is never taxed, except for county and local purposes. The State of New York, also, is aiming to eliminate the personal property tax, and it has | made so much progress that in the year | 1900 the tax levied was only 12 cents on $100, the lowest in forty years. In 1901 New York derived a revenue of $5,000,000 frem, the corporation tax and $,000,000 from the Inheritance tax. In the report of the United States In- dustrial Commission, before referred to, the conclusion is reached and strongly sup- | ported that it should be the aim of State | governments to abolish the general prop- | erty tax for State purposes, leaving to the counties, ecities and other political subdivisions the exclusive right to tax real and personal property, while the nec- essary revenues for the States are raised in other ways. In the course of the argu- ment the majority of the commission makes the following assertion: | ‘“The general property tax is better | adapted to a new country, or to an agri- | cultural population, where property is | homogencous and mainly tangible, than | to the modern industrial State.” | These matters are referred to, not be- gause it is believed to be possible for | California to enter at once on a radical reform of its revenue system, but because it is well to take note of impending | changes before they are actually forced upon us and to promote such discussion | as will prepare the way for the transi- tion. Even if it were possible, it would be inadvisable, because unjust, to make a sudden revolutionary change, altering the whole scheme of taxation. Such changes should be gradual, 8o as to give least shock to established industries and to vested Interests. Meanwhile much could be done in the line of practical reform by putting forth greater efforts to live up to the tax laws we already have and to force a fair as ssment of the different forms of pro; erty. There is no reason why the assess- ment roll should remain statlonary when | a State is growing rapidly in wealth, and, more particularly, no reason why all but | a small fraction of the vast amount of | personal property should escape the no- tice of the Assessors. A determined ef- fort on the part of the State and county officers to do their duty would soon work a change, the effects of which would be gratifying. o+ { TRUSTS MEMBERS WILL NOT WASTE ANY OF THE TIME * I it is their privilege to perform. The op- portunity is presented to render service which will be of vast benefit to the State of California; but to take advantage of and improve the opportunity there is needed such a consecration of purpose as wlll exclude any temptation to labor for the more selfish objects of party or of self. The time in which the work of the Legislature is performed is short; sixty days afford only a brief space in which to deal with the numerous subjects, some of them of great importance, which are certain to be presented in bilis and con+ stitutional amendments. The session is too short for effective work if any por- tion of it is frittered away through In- attention to business or is dissipated in needless contentions. There should be no political strifes. We have each and all been elected by the people; we are all their servants, and faithful attention to their affairs—mot senseless rivalries—is what they expect at our hands. They wiil not commend us If we engage in per- sonal bickerings or .neglect the public business while trying to thwart one an- other and gain a supposed political ad- vantage for any party or any person. The familiar saying that he serves his party best who serves his country best, is applicable at thid time, and it is in that spirit, I trust, we shall act during the thirty-fifth session of the California Leg- islature. If we do so the fruits of our labors will be certain to be such as, when presented to the people, to galn their earnest approval. To the retiring Governor I extend my congratulations on having carried on the affairs of the State so well. Peace, plenty and prosperity are ours. During his ad- ministration there have been but few in- ternal disturbances of the public welfare. And I now take up the burdens just laid down by Governor Gage with the hope that, like him, I may retire from office leaving California peaceful and prosper- ous and her people happy and contented. L WELCOME the members of the Sen- ate and the Assembly to the high du- ties which, in the name of the people, whose chosen representatives they are, | Continued From Page 1, Column 7. sixty-four who had signed the caucus roll, but more. The first effort at contest was upon motion of Senator C. M. Belshaw of Contra Costa, when he proposed that sixty-one votes be made necessary to bind the members of the caucus. This was a majority of the entire Legislature and Senator Leavitt of Alameda jumped to his feet with the suggestion that if sixty- one votes were made necessary to bind the caucus there was no reason for a caucus at all, but that it would be easier to go into open meeting and make a flat vote of both Houses, irrespective of party. Senator Leavitt had been one of the late signers of the caucus call and had been heralded as a possible anti-Perkins man from Alameda County and was the very first to take the floor in favor of a ma- jority rule and in opposition to the “sixty- one”’ measure. DUNLAP FOR PERKINS. In the midst of Senator Leavitt's speech Benator Wolfe of San Francisco inter- rupted with a question as to whether the representatives who were in favor of other candidates would be known by the caucus. This precipitated a discussion upon how far the caucus would bina the opponents to Perkins, though Perkins' name was at no time mentioned. It afforded plenty of opportunity to all concerned to go upon the caucus record. Dunlap of San Joaquin made the first announcement of his po- sition that he has given during the Sen- atorfal fight. Dunlap was not a signer of the caucus call, though pledged by the convention that nominated him to vote for Perkins. He declared he would obey the instruc- tions that had been placed upon him and would vote for Perkins until he was re- leased by his constituents and that he would be compelled to vote for Perkins regardless of the action of the caucus. Senator Rowell of Fresno moved that forty-eight votes be nmecessary to control the Republican caucus, fhis being a ma- jority of the entire Republican delega- tion of both houses. Senator Lukens of Alameda County was not to be outdone, and he counted noses and found that for- ty-six would be a majority of those pres- ent and moved that that number be a majority and would control the other votes. This was followed by a hasty con- sultation between Senators Leavitt and Lukens, which resulted in the final with- drawal of the Lukens motion. When it became evident that the test would be made upon the figure that would constitute a majority, Senator Belshaw of Contra Costa County took the floor and announced that he would not be bound by the result of the caucus. He was fol- lowed by Senators Bauer, Wolfe and Tyr- rell, all of San Franclisco, and several As- semblymen. Senator Wolfe supplemented his re- marks Wwith a request to know if every- body who voted upon these questions would be considered as in honor-bound to support the caucus. NUMBERS LEAVE CAUCUS. Leavitt of Alameda, who has been the most pronounced Perkins man on the caucus floor, moved that those who par- ticipated in the preliminary meetings be not bound by the ultimate result of the caucus. This motion carried without a single objection, the Perkins men being 8o sure of their position. The fears of the minority having been allayed, the consideration of what should constitute a majority was resumed. Grove L. Johnson of Sacramento made an address in favor of the sixty-one prop- osition advanced by Belshaw. The whole matter finally resolved itself into a vote upon the motion of Senator Row- ell that forty-eight constitute a majority, Lukens having withdrawn his motion that forty-six be so considered. The vote was sixty-eight in favor of the forty-eight ma- Jority and twenty against. ‘When this result was announced twenty members of the caucus took up their hats and prepared to walk out. Grove L. Johnson reconsidered his determination before he reached the door and returned to cast the only vote for Irving M. Scott. Those who welked out were: Senators— -+ EBauer of San Francisco, Belshaw of Con- tra Costa, Caldwell of Riverside, Corlett of Napa, Flint of San Benito, French of San Francisco, Hubbell of San Bernardino, Savage of Los Angeles, Smith of Los An- geles, Tyrrell of San Francisco and Wolfe of San Francisco. Assemblymen—Bur- gess, Dorsey, Hart, Kelso, Knight, Lewis of San Francisco and Lewis of Union and Susman. i It is claimed by the Perkins men that Cromwell left his proxy with Knowland of Alameda, but Cromwell says that he walked out in order to be free and will use his own judgment when the joint ses- sion is called. Senator Ralston then put George C. Perkins in nomination as the caucus can- didate for United States Senator. The nomination was seconded by members from all over the room. This furnished the occasion upon which Sepator C. M. Shortridge declared him- self. The independent Republican Sena- tor from Santa Clara, who had promised to ablde by the decision of the caucus, made quite an extended speech. He said that blood was thicker than water and gave every indication of an intention to nominate 8. M. Shortridge, but wound up by voting with the majority for Perkins. The final vote stood sixty-eight for Per- kins and one for Scott—that one being Grove L. Johnson of Sacramento. This binds all of those present and as sixty-eight voted for Perkins and only sixty-one is necessary to a choice of both houses, Senator Perkins will be made the choice of this Legislature Tuesday next. Tne Perkins managers expect to get many, if not all, of those who walked out. SOUTHERNERS CLASH. The two exciting incidents of the caucus were a tilt between Senator Belshaw and Assemblyman Walsh, and _another be- tween Senators Caldwell and Hahn. As- semblyman Walsh of Alameda made an address, in which he sald that it was proper and decent that all those present should abide by the decision of the cau- cus. Senator Belshaw took exception to the use of the word ‘“decent’” and there LIFE N PRISON HATTERS MIND W. McCormick Goe Insane at F'olsom Penitentiary. | | | | | | ——— Term for Murder, Becomes a Raving Maniac. Special ‘Dispatch to the Call. SACRAMENT, J Cormick, one of the b ‘Xn the United States, was brought from Folsom prison to-ds en route to the | State Hospital for the Insane at Napa. | McCormick was sent to Folsom on May | 16 for a term of ten years for the murder | of Thomas Culien, a stable boy, employed | on the Rancho del Paso. The murder | | was wholly unprovoked and was com- | mitted while McCormick was intoxicated. | He pleaded guilty to the crime and the | absence of premeditation and his help- | less state of intoxication at the time led | to nis being sentenced to the compara- | | tively light term of ten years. Soon after his imprisonment | began to show signs of insanity. A com- mission of experts passed on his case and | decided that he was a proper subject for | treatment at the State hospital, whither | he was removed to-day. | MecCormick was a horse trainer for the | Rancho del Paso, Green B. Morris, Theo- | gore Winters and several other owners. known horsemen * | He achieved his greatest success while in | the service of Theodore Winters, when | he trained that veteran's stable, including | the famed El Rio Rey, whose career as | a two-year-old startled the racing world when he was campaigned on the Eastern tracks. McCormick was a peaceable man | when sober. He was born in Sacramento | and has respected family connections here. | CLEVER ETTA BUTTLER | A VICTIM OF TYPHOID| | g 1 | San Francisco Girl Who Scored Suc- | f cess on Vaudeville Stage Dies 1 | in New York. { NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—Etta Buttler, the | actress, died to-day of typhold fever. Her | brother, Louis Buttler, is now on his way to this city from his home in California. | Miss Buttler went on the stage in 1898. | She was principally noted for her mim- | fcry. Her last appearance was with the “Liberty Belles” company. | Etta Buttler was one of the best-known | of the many California girls who won fame before the footlights in New York. | She was born in this city twenty-two | years ago and was a graduate of the Girls' High School. She first gained prom- | inence about three years ago, when she appeared at the Columbia Theater at an entertainment given by the Press Club. | Her talent was at once recognized and she went upon the road with a well- known company. After the season closed Miss Buttler re- turned to this city and was engaged for the Orpheum circuit by John Morrissey, the local manager of the Orpheum. Mr. Morrissey advised her to make a specialty | of vaudeville, and from the start she was a star. She was later engaged by Wil- liam A. Brady and up to the time of her {liness was under his management. Etta Buttler was the daughter of John Buttler, one of the city's pioneers. Be- sides her father, Miss Buttler leaves a brother, Louis, and a sister, Mrs. Rising. Her mother died but a shért time ago. Miss Buttler's body will be shipped to this eity. S o Richmond Belt Road Begun. POINT RICHMOND, Jan. 7.—Work on the Belt Line' Rallroad was commenced this morning. The company is headed by W. S. Tevis. The road is supposed to be the property of the Standard Oil Com- pany, the Santa Fe and the Southern Pa- cific. One hundred teams are employed by the contractors. L e e were sparks flying for a moment.” Mr. ‘Walsh explained that he intended no re flections upon the gentlemen present anu that clash was avoided. Senator Caldwell made the assertion that the caucus call had never been pre- sented to him for his signature, where- upon Sepator Hahn declared that the call was presented to Caldwell in the Board of Trade rooms of Los Angeles, and that he refused to sign it. The two hot-head- ed gentlemen from the south were finally auieted and the incldent was closed. —_— Pardee Makes Two Appointments. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 7.—The only ap- Noted Horseman, Serving a| YOS CUSTODIN OF GOIN MISSINE ng Absence of County Treasurer Alarms Taxpayers. 7 By Lo Goes to Capital to Settle With State and Fails to Return. asurer W at Loyalton Christmas. All date has been this town and as to his whe to the cause home and offi tr t and unty are beco uts and suspicious as 1 duties, Bunney left here on December 18 Sacramento to m w the State Teras asurer havin went to R the State Tr cluded, Bunney was seen f that c L on busine town on Decembe ten days after ving Independen othing has been aber 26 and own that heard of Bunney it is not even positively left Loyalton. The county treasury vault, which was In his care and to which he was the only berson having the combination, cannot be opened and conseque financial condition of the co is not known. The Supervisors have arr r an ex- pert safe ¢ :r to come from San Fran cisco to open th vault It is expected that he will a here Monday next and Bunney's hondsmen have beer invited to be present at the opening of the fe. SACRAMENTO, Ja —State Treasu Reeves says Bunney made his settlem come time in December and left the fice, saying he expected to return home a few days. “Since that time I have not seen Mr Bunney,” said Mr. Reeves. State Contro Colgan says Bt said something about going into the | tice of law. NOTED COLORED EDUCATOR PAYS VISIT TO SAN JOSE Addresses Two Large Audiences and Nets a Good Sum for the Tuskegee Institute. SAN JOSE, Jan. 7.—Booker T. Wash- ington, noted “colored edu. livered two addresses in this ¢ to large audiences. More than a th. people were turned away at the afternoon meeting. Washington arrived here 2 o'clock this afternoon, the train being six hours late. A reception committee met him at the depot. Washington addressed a meeting at t or, de- Garden Theater an hour later and lor | before he appeared the theater was erowded to wing. M or Wors wick presidec hairman of the m ing. Wash was greeted with ap- plause wh 1 on the stage Miss Luey ! £ this city was Washington's teacher and the lec- turer opened his remarks by paying her compliment. He sald it gave Jose, especially as it gave him an op tunity to see his old teacher and to ad- dress her friends. Washington then gave a short sketch of his life and his work at the Tuskegee Institute This evening Washington delivered s address in the First Methodist Chu Reserved seats were sold for both tures and collections taken Tuskegee school. After pay the proceeds were given to Washington. TINGLEY LIBEL SUIT IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE Judge Intimates That He Will Charge the Jury to Find for Plaintiff. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 7.—When the plain- tIff in the Tingley-Times libel trial rested in rebuttal at 4 o'clock this afternocon, Judge Torrance announced that &s a mat- ter of law he was satisfled that it had been shown that libel had been perpe- trated and that the plaintiff is entitled to recover compensatory damages. This statement from the bench is construed by counsel as tantamount to an announce- ment that the court will charge the Jury in line with the above remark. There followed a lengthy argument as to which of the charges in the alle libel should be submitted to the fury or pointments made by Governor Pardee | were those of his private secretary, A. B. Nye; executive secretary, Arthur Ellston, and stenographer, Edward Toogood. its finding upon questions of fact. It 1y probable that some stipulations will be submitted to the court in the morning be- fore the defendant opens in sur-rebuttal, CURING CANGER Without Operation BY THE NEW ELEGTRO - CHEMIC METHOD. . 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