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9 Ll LEPER QUESTION THE MAIN 1350E Republicans of Hawaii Appeal to National Committee. Say Establishmeut of a Fed- eral Lazaretto Will Injure the Party. ‘The ed the Federal them Comm! )ASSAge letter the the nal the Na sitr i shrink f other m sy rtu known ves At their ¢ CRABB Secret: lfi The Fairfax ec a half miles frc this ng about started is & mystery at district, but it work of 3 o is an incen- alued at about £2000 insured ADVERTISEMENTS. Face Was Always Very Pale and Thin. Nervous Prostration= Faint Spells. Dr.Miles’ Nervine Saved My Life. There is great ganger in a run down con- dition. Overwork, mental strain, the cares and worries of business and the home, all have a deleterious effect upon the nerves, which in their devitalized condition readily fall prey to the attacks of disBase. Aside from the danger there is no_condition at- tended by so many disagreeable symptoms; such as loss of .Epeme' indigestion or nerv- ous dyspe; cadache, tired feeling and loss of ambition together with the agony of sleepless nights spent in tossing restlessly about, only to rise exhausted in &e morning. Dr. Miles’ Nervine is a true merve tonic which, by mngghmn: the nerves, restores health and appetite and brings sweet sleep. “For six years I suffered almost constantly from a complication of troubles which culmi- nated in complete nervous ation. I had ng appetite, I could not from indigestion and nervousness. As is 5o often the case in mervous prostration I fre- uently had weak, fainting spells. Doctors id not help me. They said my blood was very poor, and I know my face was always ery pale.” The very first bottle of Dr. Miles' :dervme I took gave me noticeable relief and ighbors i g allu; Imhhml 4 ne; in wl lived will msfif‘;ylo u.':‘x 1 also used some ;))_rl.k)‘uc" Restorative Tonic and Anti-Pain ills. HAWAVIAN BILL ARE INTRODUGED Will Carry Into Effect Recommendations ! of Senators. Appropriations for Public ! Buildings at Honolulu | and Hilo. n. 19.—Senator Mitch- intended to WASHIN: TON, ntroduced bills to-day rry into effect some of the recommen- dations of t Senate committee which recently visited. the Hawaiian Islands. The bills amend the orgamic act so as to make persons 25 yvears of age and of o ble year's residence in the islands eligi- to membership in the Territorial Sen- and persons 21 years of age eligible as representatives; permit the Governor and the Secretary of the islands to be appointed from any portion of the Unitéd States, and not from the islands alone; to require the Territorial Treasurer to give a bond of $200,000. the Superintend- ent of Public Works a bond of $100,00 Auditor and Deputy Auditor $5 s being required of none of orial offic present: require ncies on Supreme bench filied by appointment by the nt of the United States, allow ap- peals and writs of error from the Terri- urts to the Supreme Court of the ame basis as the: Territorial courts, allowed from other g $1,000,000 for public buildings at Hono- u and $750,000 for public buildings at lulu harbor along the ¥ OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE, OF THE PACIFIC CQ)AST Several Changes Are Made in Postal Service and More Pen- sions Granted. WASHINGTON (D. C.), Jan tne 1 —Post- fix the salary of the Governor at r Hawalian bills introduced by Sen- | r Mitchell are as follows: Appropriat- | Hilo; suthorizing the Secretary of the In- terior to investigate the public land ques- tion; approp 1g $100,000 for protection of the harbor at Hilo; $70,00 for Hono- id $75,000 for lighthouses | | masters commissioned: California—Jchn | W. Short, Fresno. Oregon—Charles P. Nelson, Cloverdale. Washington—Rcbert apavine; Anna C. Sholund, Fourth-class postmasters ap- pointed: California—John F. Tu ho Mou s Angeles County, vice Henry A. Dc resigned; Cora E. Day, Bonnie Doon Cruz County, vice resigned. Nellie Carter. Washington win H. Tayior, Yakima, Yakima Coun- vice Clarence N. Barnett, resigned. | These pensions were granted to-day California—O ~Warren W. Lang- don, Los Angeles, $6; John W. Mc gom ico, $12; William Maxwell, ma, $6 e sue, ete.—George C. Martin, Ve Home, Napa E Andrew J. 1 Healdsburg, $10; y Marvin, Home, Los An- s, $12; John H. Hohn, San Francisco, $12; Charles B. Sears, Lotus, $12; Robert H. Tabor, C $8; Aaron Bodle Redg idows, minors and de- pen Susan Gwalt, Oakland, 8 —Widows, minors and dependent ves—Mary A. Haxton, Almota Navy « mond P, constructi the der—Naval Constructor Rich- Hobson to be head of the and repairing department at Puget Sound yard TR | INSURANCE SWINDLERS ARE SENT BACK TO JAIL United States Comrhissioner Holds Them, Although the Complaint Filed Is Defective. PASO, Tex., Jan. 19.—The extradi- case of Richard. Mason and Dr. Harle, the insurance swindlers wanted at Chihuahua, Mexico, to answer ¢charges of murder again called in the United States Commissioner’s court to-day. When the case proceeded to trial it was found that the extradition document had the names of all the defendants wrong. The attorneys for the defense moved a di missal of the case on technical ground: but Commissioner Howe evaded the trou- ble and dismissed the case pending and filcd a new one giving the Mexican Gov- ernment forty days in which to correct the complaint and document. Mason, one EI tion n was of the defendants, who has been in a comatose condition since h arrest, was brought into court this morning by order of the magistrate, several physicians hav- ing testified that he is merely shamming. He was_apparently insensible when he arrived and was placed on a bench, where he remained throughout the proceedings writhing and groaning and with his eyes i NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE- MEETS IN ANNUAL SESSION Committee Is Appointed to Draft a Memorial to Congress for Statehood. SANTA FE, N. M., Jan. 19.—The thirty- Legislative Assembly of New Mex- ico convened to-day at noon. Colonel J. Fran: 0 Chaves was elected President of the Council "and Nestor Monteria Speaker of the House. in the histoy of New Mexico every mem- ver of the Council speaks English fluent- ly. The first official act of the House was the appointment of a committee to draft a memorial to Congress for state- hood and of gratitude to Senator Quay for his work for statehood, Governor Otero’s message, read this afternoon, rec- ommends free text books for public schools, a Jocal option law and the crea- tion of the offices of insurance commis- sioner, traveling auditor and irrigation commissioners. There is a surplus in the Territorial treasury of $380,000. TWO LIVES ARE LOST | IN A BURNING BUILDING | Occupants Were Asleep When the Flames Broke Out and a Panic Ensued. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 19.—Fire early | to-day destroyed two apartment houses | near the corner of Euclid avenue and Andrews street, East Cleveland, resulting | in the death of at least two persons and the injury of several others. The dead: MRS. GUY NORTON, burned to death. MRS. JESSIE DICKEY, 45 years of age, urned to death. The injured: Miss Clara Jackson, serv- i ant girl, badly burned; Guy Norton, badly burned, serious; Rev. W. N. Shoup, pastor of the Windemer slightly burned. The 6rigin of the fire is unknown. The fifty tenants.of the two buildings were asleep when the flames broke out. A panic ensued when they were finally aroused and many were rescued with the greatest difficulty, 1y all escaping in ‘their miaht : i by Methodist Church, | fon, spoke briefly on the subject | Subsequent to the adoptidn of our State | heen agressed by me on its franchise, of taxation and assessments. Dr, Dodge | constitution cur Supfeme Court declared that | Cordance with the constitution &nd laws of this then addressed the®convention and read | 't "% illegal to tax In any manner shares of | Styte, amended its articles of incorporation, an exccedingly inferestin - which | 510k, the court holding that the shares ol changing its principal place of business to a cc sly Interesting paper, which | stock’ represented the value of the property | Mavtines Contra Costa Counts. This was & i ‘;!—hl()prlnx with the a ment of | of the corporation, and sedting that when all | subterfuge, in that the business of the | franchises. Dr. Dodge’s paper was as fol- | the property of the corporation, includin; « -ation is in reality still transacted in San lows: e franchis:, "had been -assessed. then the | piindiseo” Tts airectors possibly annually or law had been complied with and that there | g.ny annually pay a visit to Martinez in order I think you will all agree with me in the | Femained nothing further to assess. To assess | co oo WU DAY & VIsSE 1o SIARUeR T QLOCT flatement ‘that the work of an Assessor ls | the slares of stock. us the court stated, would | \Pincisal Dlace of bua:ness. But (his device woula beset with m afefie and is full of | be double taxatidon. The court added: ‘it [RUNCIPAL Blace of brainess. But thisdesiee would | weis pon I8 %0 to a great. | cannot be doubted that the Legislature, acting | 10" " ahle ‘to persuade Brother Jones, our | er extent than e of any other county | 91 the subject of revenue and taxation, did not | yo04 yesessor of Contra Costa County, that its official. It is the As duty to see that | Intend to lcave the eystem in relation to 0| funchise had no value for purposes of ta: as far as ssible, izen shall bear his | important a matter in such a shape. that so | tion, s0 my assessment of $1,000,000 waus | latds, which pays him no greater income, pos- | curities. | view For the first time | of property is made o contribyty alike g | Sares of the corporation and the value of th Jaw places upon him a great and grave respon. | (AnEIbic property chould escape taxation. To | ['sibllity. He 1s the sola judge of valucs, and | COMC (0 any other conclusion would be to. in his judgment exeent in sy paeratnd | pute o that body a mest culpable dereliction niay be reviewed by the county boards of | O duty This language makes It perfectly | equalization. It is his duty to see that the | CICAT that our courts sustain the intent of our s HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY JANUARY 20, 190 COUNTY ASSESSORS OF CALIFORNIA MEET TO DISCUSS PREROGATIVES Visiting Officials Are Welcomed by Mayor Schmitz, Who Commends Objects of Convention, and Instructive Paper W on Franchise Taxation Is Read by Washington Dodge WENTY-SIX assessors from as many different -counties - in-. the State are holding a convention In the chamber of Judge Murasky at the City Hall. The convention was called at the suggestion of Washing- ton Dodge, Assessor for this city and county, for the purpose of discussing as- sessment methods in general and the for: rulation of a bill which will be presented to the Legislature now in session caleu- lated to simplify mecthods of assessing property and making the assessments mcre equitable. The convention was called » to order by Dr. Dodge, who introduced | Mayor Schmitz. The Mayor®made a brief | addaress, in which he heartily welcomed ssors, f the citizens of San Fran- o you a hearty welcome and h yvou godspeed in your deliberations,’ said the Mayor. “We realize that any leg- islation affecting taxation which benefits the people of the State at large will ac- crue to the benefit of the pcople of this city. It shail be our aim while you are hereto make possible.” After the Mayor finished speaking the convention proceeded to the election of office Asseszor Thomas S. Berkey of Sacramento County was elected chair- man, and Assessor J. L. Swank of Colusa was made secretary. The follow- your visit as pleasant as County . Bennett, Mon- F. Dalton, A Sonoma; ' Washington n Francisco; H. T Jones. Contra € M. Jameson, Kirn; Charls O, IKing Obispo: B E Long, Solano: G. W, MeCorne Teni- to: Jefl McEivane, San/Bernardino: chant, A Atstin-Morton, But E. Mitchell, P Willlam M. N Calave s ton, Pra Clara; M. A Thomas, The following ck mento; T. M. R ¥, ex-chiet deputy, d John Gi Francis COMMITTEES NAMED. Chairman named the following committees: Organizati San I'ran- cisco: L. A S Charles O, King, San Luls O Jones, Contra Costa legislation and revision— 1 commi E P, DaMon, Alameda; Jefferson Me an Bernardino 3, Marchant. Amador ait, Mariposa COUNTY ASSESSOKRE OF THE STATE WHICH MET IN TUHIS K {reon ways and means—W. 3. Nu- | | YESTERDAY, Yy T as: Washington D San Fran- | | cisco; Henry C., Schroeder, Nevada; J. M. | o —— - on, Kern; H. E. Colling sta. s h £ Rt At TR declared to be Hlegal re the framers | franchisos, however, Is not without imperfec- After the crsanitaiion -of the comwen- | SN e e s “u thereof the | tions. The iaw déclarcs that jihe franchise tion an adjournment was taken until 2| franchise tas, the franchise tax Leing the prop- | shall be assessed: to the corporation, at 1t v'clock in the afternoon, at which time |erty of the corporation, and they devised this | principal place of business, and declares its the reading of papers was commenced. | frarchise tax with the express determination | principal place of business to be that place | Cbharles O. King of San Luis Obispo Coun- ty read the opening paper, entitled “Du- ties and Responsibilities of an Assessor." J. M. Jameson of Kern and Wilbur Walk- Pr, @ r of the Oakland Merchants' just pro; He mus on of ihe tax burden, and no more, that each of all the varied classes mbiest citizen is ed on a parity -“y_h the Intangible elements of value in the prop- | greatest corpor s 8160 | erty of corporations. informati T ange of | This being the law of our State, as declared e - in our constitution and interpreted not on! DIFFICULT PROBLEM. by our £upreme Court, hut by the United States | courts, we, as Assessors, have but one course | The assessment erty is the prob! Ereatest dlfficulty of intangible personal prop- m that has :lways given the r lawmakers and As- 8ors. N6 one can serlousiy urge that prop- ¥ of thiz character is not justly liable to Evéry State in the Unlon has en- lation the object of which 1s to class of property to pay tribute to ernment in the way of taxes for the protection which it receives. This intangible personal property Is largely represented by cor. porate securities, such as stocks and bonds, To illustrate this, let us take a corporation whose property fs worth, as measured by the cash value of its stock, $4,000,000. It pays to its stcekholders regular dividends, at current es, on this amount. The shares of stock ra are regularly bought and sold at such figures as would make the total stock issue worth this | MeAt in the market value of the shares of | amount. The total assessment of the corpor- | (oK. “To be sure, there are dectsions rendered | ation. however. for its tangible property, such | Y _the highest courts in the land Jjustifying | % | as its real estate, together with its fangible personal property, “and such money and credits s it may pay takes upon, amounts to but $1,- 000,000 Shall it be argued that no proportion whatever of remaining $2,600,000 of values shall be taxed? To admit this would permit the greatest inequality in the wa To illustrat A might invest $£100,000 in the sicck of this corporation, which stock pays him a regular income; the prope rty which it represents is only taxed for 25 per cent of its value, while B, who invests the same sum, $100.000, in city real estate or In farming of taxation. sibly not as large, is taxed on 60 per cent or t of his investment. No laws of any ntemplated the release from taxation of the values represented by these se- Yet it is a fact that in many States, iifficulty of enforcing the law, values generally escape taxation. A re- ¢ the laws on this subject in our Stale will prove instructive. . It was the law of this State formerly to as- sess the property of a_corporation over and above its tangible property to the owner of the securities of the corporation by assessing his shares of stock. These values were to be as- sessed to him at their fuil cash value, less that proportion which the tangibie property on which the corporation paid taxes bore to the full cash value of its capital stock. AN ILLUSTRATION. To fllustrate: 1In the case cited above, it the corporation paid taxes on tangible prop- erty, such as real estate and improvements, amounting to $1,000.000, and the total value of the capital stock was $4,000,000, each stock- holder would be allowed to deduct one-quarter from the cash value of his shares of stock, this one-quarter representing the proportion of the corporation’s property on which the cor- poration paid taxes. In this way it was the intent of the law (o collect taxes on the remaining §3,000,000 of values from the stockholders, or from those who resided within the State. It was found, however, under this system that our experl ence talifed with that of other States having & similar method—that I8 to say, it was found to b impossible to discover the owners of this stock. This was due to the fact that it wi either fraudulently concealed from the a sessors or fraudulently transferred to a party living without the State and beyond the juris. diction of the Assessor. The framers of our present State constitution, which was adopted in 1870, set to work to remedy this condition of affairs. = They desired to devise a scheme by which it would be impossible for this great mass of personal property to escape taxation, Reading the debates of the constitutional con- ventlon on this subject, we can have no doubt as to their intention in this regard. It was first proposed to assess the capital stock to the corporation itself and to compel it to pay the tax thereon for its stockholders, giving, of course, due allowance for those sums pald as taxes on lts tangible property.. This scheme, however, was abandoned, in view of the fact that the United States Supreme Court had ce- cided in the case of a similar method of as- sessment in an Eastern State that this was an illegal assessment. The court based this deci- sion on the fact that the shares of stock were the property of the owners thereof, and that owing to the these as many of these resided without the State, the State was in effect going beyond fts con- fines to assess property over which it had a0 surisdiction to its local corvoration. s ‘sistently combated. LVILLIAM KER. &E&m’ 4358 OF LoD BEN, E. WARD ANGELES SOME OF THOSE WHO WERE PRO MINENT IN THE CONVENTION OF ) of thus reaching, this intangible pro th nd which pi H re this time, as stated, hm'n‘ shares of stock to the stockholders. SUPREME COURT DECISION. large an amou the difference bs of property as indicated by | ween the market value of the constitution-makers, which was to assess all open fo us—we must assess the franchises of all corporations or we fail to perform our duty. | In arriving at the value of a_franchise for assessment many things must De taken into conglderation. It is not as simple a matter to value a franchise as it {s to value a_piece of land; yet there are certain principles to guide ue. ‘We must first determine tie value of the entire_property of the corporation. It is not always a safe method to adopt as a measure of this value the market ock. As we all know, and | uli’cash value” are not necessarily synony- | mous. The Assessor is the sole judge in this | case of the actual cash value, and here is an | illustration of one of the weighty responsibili- ties which he must bear. Ha must eliminate, | to be entirely just, any purely speculative ele. Assessors in assuming the market value to be the full cash value for purposes of assessment. FAVOR CASH VALUATION. On the other hand, there are decisions given by very eminent jurists which favor a cash valuation based entirely on the income-earning capacity of the property. I think the trend of opinion s in favorof the latter view. Wa know that the tendency of late vears is foward | manipulation of stocks and toward stock deals, | by which shares of stocks are frequently given | a fictitious market value. 1f, however, the carning capacity of the corporation be taken, not for a few months, but for a period of a year preceding, we have a safer basis for cal- culating the true value of the stock. In addi- | tion to this I believe that the Assessor should | take into consideration the character of the | corperation’s business—whether it is of a very hazardous or uncertain nature, or whether it js stable in character and gives promise of some permanency of earnings. Having then deter- | mined the net carnings of a corporation, the Asscasor is ready to fix a fair cash value on the corporation's stock or property. To iilus- i : 't us assume that the net earnings for & year kave been $80,000. This would represent 8 per cent on $1.000,000, and if is fair to pre- fume that the total property of the corporation baving this earning capacity would be worth $1.000,000, and would readily sell for that In the investment markets of the world without there necessarily being any speculative element in- volved. , If, then, there are no reasons such as those sfentioned which would be a justification for the Assessor placing a lesser valuation on its property, it would be his plain duty to take this amount as representing the total value of the corporation’s property. If he discovers that the entire property of the corporation as taxed amounts to but $260,000 he must conclude that other values amounting to $750,000 remain un- taxed, and he should tax these values as he taxes other specles of property. If, as is the | rule in some counties, real estate is assessed for but 60 per cent of its market value, the Assessor would not, in my opinion, be justified in assessing these values at 100 per cent. In all assessments of this character which I have thus far made the valuatiéns placed upon such franchises have been, in comparison with other species of property, extremely low, yet, through the fact undoubtedly that such assess- mePts were an {anovation they have been per- COMMON MISAPPREHENSION. ‘There is in this connection a common mis- apprehension to which I desire to call your attention, and that is that the franchise of every corporation must be assessed. While this may be true, if the assessment of It at merely a nominal amount is to be considered, it is also true that the franchise of a large corporation, owning perhaps hundreds of thou- sands of dollars of property, may have no value for assessment purposes. The corpora tion may not be earning any considerable amount of money, not mere than sufficient to pay a fair rate ot interest on the amount in- vested in its tangible property and on which it pays taxes. Take the case cited, although the net earnings of the corporation are $80,000, representing 8 per cent on a capital stock valu- ation of $1,000,000, if the ta le property of the corporation should represent an investment of a million dollars, it is arsessed for a reasonable proportion of this amount, it cer- tainly would not be to t,:ru In addition or at least more than u for a franchise, nominal amount. A Our law in reference to the assessment of a | Telephone Company whete the business of the corporation is trans- acted—where its directors meet—wkere 1 hares of stock are issued and transferred, et This provision of the law has been taken ad vantage of to defeat the intention of the law, in some instances—notably that of the Sunsst This corporation havin, promptly year. PREFERRED TO RUN AWAY. The agents of the corporation declared that their frunciise assessment as made by me was illegal, but did not care apparently to leave the legality of the assessment to the courts > determine—they preferred to run away. The justice of their {ranchise assessment may inferred from the fact that the whole assess- ment of this corporation on all its property in California does not represent one-third of the full cash value of its property. In view of this and other similar experis ences, it would seem udvisable that the Legis- laturé take such steps as will make Impossible resort (o such devices. It might demand reducéd by him to $3000 the ensuing that all the business of a corporation of this | character shall be transacted at its principal place of business—or otherwise its mcts per- formed elsewheére would be declared illegal. We | would not then see large and wealthy orpora- tlons making of their principal place of busl- ness a veritable will-o'-the-wisp—which they might at will locate either in Milpitas or Yreka, as the exigencies of the case or the ac tivity of the revenue officers migh determine. An adjournment was ‘taken at the con- clusion of the reading to 10 o'clock this mcrning. ECZEMA, NO CURE, NO PAY. Your druggist will refund your money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Ringworm, Tetter, 0ld Ulcers and Sores, Pimples and Blackhead: on the face, and all skin diseases. 50 cents. e MACFARLANE LOSES FIGHT TO GET CONTROL OF BANKS HONOLULU, Jan. 13.—The estate of James Campbell, deceased, by a sale of 500 shares of the First National Bank of Hawalil and 20 shares of the First Ameri- can Savings Bank, has given the control of the two institutions to the present board of directors and president, who have been fighting against efforts to oust them, said to be backed by the Anglo- Californfan Bank of San Francisco, for more than a year. The annual meeting of the stockholders takes place this month, and ever since the last annual meeting the opposing interests have been trying to get a controlling interest. Colonel George W. Macfarlane, repre- senting the interests opposed to the pres- ent management, returned here from San Francisco on the steamer Coptic last Sat- urday, paying In addition to his steamer fare the fine of $200 imposed on the steam- ship company for carrying a passenger between two American ports on a British steamer, in order that he might be here in time for the annual meeting. The deal for the purchase of the stock was closed | the day before he got here. The price pald was very nearly $100,000 for the shares purchased. This is a good deal in advance of the market rate, and it is stated by those interested that it is far more than ‘the stock will be worth for some year —— Ruffian Terrorizes the Women. NEVADA CITY, Jan. 18.—For the last several weeks women of Nevada City have been terrorized by the actions of some unknown individual who has made repeated unsuccessful attempts to attack them on dark streets. The culmination of these attempts eame last evening, when the ruffian succeeded in laying hold of Mrs. Willlam Menhennet, wife of a Nevada City business man. That he did not succeed in his purpose was due ‘to the plucky action of the woman, who, while scuffling with the fellow, screamed in such a manner that he released his hold and fled for safety. “To Gulte a Cold in One Day Take ‘:(u-mo‘n&u'o Quinine Tablets. Al T Ciovers s tart s 2o st s 48 eor . a- | FOUR MILLIONS THEIR GAPITAL Qil Land Owners Will Consolidatein Kern : County. | | | Large Corporation Is to Be| Formed Under Laws | of Maine. . it | BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 19.—A gigantic ’curronulom to be known as the \';\Ilfornl.tj { Consolidated Oil Fields Company, is to be ' formed at once by H. A. Blodget and Sol- omon Jewett of this city, who own the i largest intcrests in the Supset field, and a ! number of foreign capitalists associated | with them, for the purpose of handling | | the product of the Sunset and Midway @istricts. The corporation will be or- ganized under the laws of Maine with a | capital of $,500,000. It takes in practical- | Iy the entire producing properties in these | two districts. | The company will erect at tanks of 35,000 barrels capacity each, and | will add to these when necessary. The capacity of the .present refinery slj\ll-‘ set will be quadrupled at once. A pipe line ten miles in length, exclusive of lat erals, will be constructed to connect the entire Sunset and Midway districts with | {the terminus of the Sunset Railwa where the tanks will be located. Tno_llne | will be constructed of eight and ten inch pipe, and the laterals, by which it is ex- pected to reach every part of the field, will be four and six inch pipe. The pipe alone calls for an immediate expenditure | of $150,000. Besides this the company will at once install a complete telephone system | throughout the two districts and will also enlarge the water works system. The pians of the company when carried out | will place the Sunset and Midway dis- | tricts under one control. |CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES " DISCUSSES THE BUDGET! | Paul Deschanel Makes His Belppear-} | ance in Politics and Delivers | once five eech. PARIS, Jan. 134A general of the budget was begun in the Cham- ber of Deputies to-d The debate was | | chienly notable for the reappearance of | | Paul Deschanel in aective politics. His | | speech to-day was devoted to a review ]of French politics rather than to a d { discussion! | cussion of the budget. He said the Cab- inet was in a difficult position when sup- ported by the heterogeneous elements | such as are rep ted by M. Etienne, | Radical, and MM. Devpressenece and | Jaures, Socialists, and that a Republican Ministry should not accept the support of Soclalists, although that were better than the support of royelists or clericals After brief replies from Baron d'Estour- | nelies de Constant, Republican, and oth- ers the Chamber adjourned. I PROMINENT SOCIETY WOMAN IS ACQUITTED OF MURDER | Charge That She Killed Her Three- | Year-Old Ward Is Not | { Sustained. | | PITTSBURG. Jan. 19—Mrs. Letitia | | Eagle, wife of S. S. Kagle, a superin- | tendent of the | pany and prominent in social cireles at Avaton, a suburb of this city, was ar- raigned in the criminal court to-day, charged with-the murder of her three- | year-old ward, Edna Varner, on May 9| last. She was declared innocent ana| discharged. ‘ Waen the girl's death was reported | to the Coroner it was announced that she had committed suicide, but on ac- | | count of her youth an investigation was | | started by the District Attorney. “BANKS TO RETIRE THEIR | ADDITIONAL CIBCULATION‘ Pressed Steel Car Com- Secretary Shaw Asks That They Give | Government Bonds as Security for Public Deposits. | WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Secretary | Shay has written to the banks that had | substituted’ State and municipal bonds | | for Government bonds as security for public deposits that he would like to have a resubstitution of Government | bonds. This is in accordance with the policy announced at the time. They | were accepted only on tonditon that the | banks should use the bonds that were | released by the substitution as a basis | for circulation. It is now expected thav | the banks will retire this additonal cir- | | culation and thus release the bonds to | | be used again as security Tor deposits. i Husband and Wife Burned to Death. | PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 19.—Two thrc!‘«; story buildings, 1406 and 1408 Fifth ave- nve, occupled by the Merchants' Savings and Trust Company, J. A. Willlams & | Co., wholesale dealers in chinaware, and several Hebrew families, burned to-day. | Less $75,000. Henry Frackenburg and h! wife, aged about 80 years, were overcome by the smoke in their room on the third | floor and were burned to death. | canned tomatoes. | was eaten by | yeurs ago by the Un | have Yavapai | county to be called ¢ | ence M | sentence for | made no request to the Foreign Office cently visited Aylesbury prison, and Mcs. / POISON CAUSES CHILD'S DEATH Young Girl Succumbs at Her San Bernardino Home. Fatal Illness Follows Eating of Tomatoes in a Can. o NE o R Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 10.—The daughter of Mrs. H. E. Gardner died at 7 o'clock this morning after suffering since eariy Friday night from the effects taken Into her system with This is the second death from a similar cause in that fam- ily since Il o'clock Friday night, when of poison | the 13-months-old boy died. The case is one of the saddest to come before the public here in many years, and is in a measure wrapped about with some mystery. An autopsy was held over the remains of the little boy the day afte his death, but the resuit was not definite, the report of the examining physiclans being that death in that case was due to poisoning, supposedly from the corrod- ing of tomatoes in a tin can. The nature of the poison w not determined. Mrs. Gardner was able to attend the in- quest over the infant, and her story was that she had bought a can of tomatoes, whi the family had eaten for the meal Friday night. The little girl took very little of the tomatoes, and what she left the infant The mother is temporarily insane with grief. Within a year she has lost her husband and two children. Her husband was a Santa Fe engineer, who was Kilied ia a collisiop just outside of the Los A yards five months ago to-day. gele: LAWMAKERS IN ARIZONA MAY STIR THE STORM Twenty-Second Legislature Begins and There Is Promise of Excit- ing Debate. riz., Jan. 19.—Tt is probabis cond Legislature, whicis PHOENIX, that the tw nty convened to-day, will experience some ! stormy times before the session, which ts sixty days by law, is over. A bu Hon tax bill, the eight-hour law and co division are all promising features for -enston. For years a large element has demanded tax on the output of mines to increase a revences, but at each session the measure has been defeated by members whose in- terests lay with mine owners and thos ed the measure would retard d opment. County division is demanded in Cochise, Graham and Yavapal , but it is probable that the fate 1 measures will depend entirely on the trading of disinterested members who are interested in other bills to be pre- sented. strong effort was made two ed Verde interests t) divided, the new ark, and all but suc- hour law was defeated Democratic members though it is a platform pledge this yea President Ives of the Couneil was also President last session and cast his influ- ence against'the measure. It would have cost him the loss of the presideney this car only for other incidents and his con- act will be closely watehed by his own party. Coun ceeded. The e lust session by ht on S el b ‘KFBIENDS OF MRS. MAYBRICK HAVE NOT ABANDONED HOPE Unceasing in Their Efforts to Secure Her Release From Aylesbury Prison. LONDON, Jan. 19.—There have been no new developments in the case of Mrs. Flor- ybrick, who is undergoing life the poisoning of her hus- United States embassy ha band. The her release to enable her to testify in a suit now pending in Vieginia, but influer tial friends are unceasing in thelr efforts to obtain her release Home Secretary Ackers-Douglass Maybrick was able to put before him the facts in connection with the suit through which Mrs. Maybrick and her mother will, it is declared, lose all title and interest to more than 2,500,000 acres of land in Vir- giria, West Virginia and Kentucky unless the prisones is released In time to testify. 4 - Bureau to Study Criminal Classes. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—~The Housg Judiciary Committee to-day authorized £y favorable report on the bill to create 1 bureau in the Department of Justice for the study of crimninal, pauper and defec- tive classes. Thé committee adjourned to meet at the call of the chalrman in order that the sub-committee may report an arnti-trust bill as soon ds completed. Murderer Kills Jailer and Escapes. SANTA FE, N. M. 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