The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 6, 1903, Page 2

o THE SAN FT AN NCISCO CALL 1 RIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1903 LAWMAKERS SHELVE THE CRUM GASE Negro Selected by Roosevelt Meets Opposition. Confirmation of the Appointment . Is Postponed. Administration Fares Un- happily at Senate Com- mittee Session. MR Ol AS The a was & comj i B < Dr. Crum, fe s ¥ e's “v b w Berry Mallor i Democrats k } I Jc of Ne * u ek PACKING-HOUSE MEN TO ORGANIZE UNIONS Kansas City, Omaha and St. Joseph Employes Will Be Taken Into Organization. Y ¥ maha t ons and We union cure an of em yuses - CONDUCTOES DEMANDING AN INCREASE IN WAGES Chairman Hutton Says a 20 Per Cent Raise Is Entirely Within Reason. OPEKA Fet Chairman } of Railway Condue- tors, wh conducting the ne; tiations for more wages from the Santa Fe, to-night contradicted the statement Ripley that the demands of re unreasonab) cent increase Iy fair,” During the past year the 1ave been called upon to do ha r cent and the profits of the <t ding in- crens demands \\‘ ), to talk " 1 are determined to ob- tain the A estern roads will be expected Dr. Lioyd Declines to Be Bishop. NEW \'vli\ Feb. 5.—The Rev. Dr Ar- secretary of the Protes- Board of Dome ¢ and ms, has declined the call to of Mississippi Chas. Keilus & Co. B x ¢ bwis 1 Wit High-Grade Clothiers FEE T S ’ith Cloth, Art and lhe Best Tailors’ Crait, Make Us Specialists.| This knowledge is put| in all the garments. | Clothes here compare| With the best tailors.w The only difference is Prices in your favor, wfl@Z*‘ Kearny Street Thurlow Block {a: once, but the friends of the present | administration approved the methods of | the committee by voting against a mo- tion of that character. e debate was a long and ted one nators on the floor of the upper house paid their re- spects to Gage with a fearlessness that was startling. Words were not minced Those who desired the appointments taken up once bluntly declared that the partial report of the commitiee was a programme. committee’s report | think | time. 1 : said the scheme was too palpabie | tee in a manner that br LONG AND HEATED DEBATE IN STATE SENATE OVER CONFIRMATION OF GAGE’S APPOINTEES Pardee Fma]ly ‘Takes a Hand in the Matter. ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- ! MENTO, Febh. 5.—As was expect- ed, the partial report of the Com- mittee on Executive Communica- tions aroused a deal of unfavora- ble comment in the Senate this morning. Senators Shortridge, Savage and Belshaw wanted all the appointees named in for- mer Governor Gage's last executive com- munication brought up and disposed’ of bas been m > a special order of busin morning and an sed to- morrow excl ng after the committee’s re 1 and it was put over for ac- tior o-morrow morning, Senator s »ved thai the committee be report on all gppolntees at In the course of his speech in the of the mot the senior repre- ve of Santa 2 County said e communications that they have es and un t a name sub- my judg ed_and st that ought 1 do not like the cards. It rn feature of refer ittees doeg not meet never denied I was a like thie sort of a 1 have been in long val. I I m Clara followed motion a Clara to the That the Presi areful con ns to act considered his friendship is as p I was bouni by 1 teel t nd_fore t made by The report e 1€ on this mat WANTS ALL THE NAMES. or Savage said ed in the report made by morning that it contains the I of mine, vet 1 do belleve in wh power T = committee arrogates to say to us they have writing the other names fve their reasons—then 1 am this proposition. 1 want to say here that 1 have been told by a gentleman that the Governor these appoiutments. If that be true, th 1 say 5 you. gentlemen, that we re not re people of this State, it We per- e man, and I care not whether he of the committee or even the >, to dictate to us as to rm the appointees of & n well tried: a man who is hearts of the people and now n = and has made s & vernor as we ever had, Thera. I am in_favor of -having all these ap- < submitted at once o that we may em at one time Hahn stated that as a mem- committee he did not want all ced on Chairman He said that the have other meet- ator » intended to scuss the names of the other appointments. He said that the motion f Shortridge should not prevail as the mmittee ought to have the proper tim in a matter of such great im- portance to the welfare of this State. He did not desire to show any disrespect ex-Governor Gage and he did not thirk any other member of the committee in- | ied to do so. He thought the remarks were {ll-timed. floor to explain He said: one thing in regard to cour other speakers Leavitt took the action in the matter I want to say his tesy shown different Governors. There is in the han of the mmittee appointments mad by the present Governor of this State, and those names will not be reported by the com mittee unless otherwise ordered to by this Senate, until the appointees of the Hon, He T. Gage are r d. There Is no de. sire on the part of the committee to show any iscourtes pvernor Gage. 1 want that point thoroughly understood. As to the re- port of this committee? Well, it is in the Lands of the Senate to instruct that committes what to do, but I believe its members are en tied 1o as much consideration as other com- mittees. Other committees have many bills before them, but they do not report them all at once, but do =0 one at & iime. Why can't this committee have & proper time to consider | the matter? Sens Eddie Wolfe of San Franclsco paid his respects to Gage, whom he claims he championed for four years and never received a courtesy in return. He w in favor of acting upon aii the appoint- ments at once and thus settle the matter for ali time. In part he said: MEN ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT. I have heard a great deal said about cour- 3 discourtesy to Mr. Gage, the late f this State f vears 1 courtesy for him and u got any courtesy in return. 1 am willing to forget that, he was Governor of this State. ret_that 1 was not here when the make it u special order for to-mor- nade. 1 have more regret for the men who were nominated than for the distin- guished gentleman who nominated them. [ the Senate is quite capable of acting in_this matter is out of place to discuss whether a man was a_ good ernor or the greatest Governor the State ever had. 1 have some thoughts on that subject. (Laughter.) 1 have met Governors and Governors in my have been in the Republican party since 1 was 21 years of age and met a lot of Sovernors and know something about what constitutes the best Governor California ever had. 1 consider It is not in good taste for the champions of Governor Gage to make com- parisons. By the by, I was hjs champion for four years. 1 thiok we will let that matter rest. We ought to relieve the minds of these men who have been on the anxious seat o long and take immediate action on them. Senator Belshaw spoke in a reastic vein. He did not try to defend Gage, but to be aside the curtain plans of the commit- ught forth laugh- and remember 1 only motion t row was overiooked. He drew and disclosed the ter. In part he said Of course it is all very well for a Senator to rise In his seat and say a Senator has seg- regated these few names out. We, on the floor of this Senate, understand the whole proposi ticn. That g0 with the lobby, but it don't go_with us. _(Laughter.) the prune district Now the Senator from has tipped thie thing of. It is the programme, There 45 no question about that. The junior Senator rises in his place on the floor and en- deavors 1o give us a little bit of heated air, hul it don’'t go. Now, 1 agree with the Sena- tor from San Francisco that we ought to have all the names here and vote on them at once. We are not fooling anybody. We are not fool- ing ourselves. The best thing we can do is to be honest with ourselves, so there will be no mistake. So far as I am concerned, 1 amn ready to vote on all. This committee on ex- ecut e communications has spent many weary, weary hours arranging this thing, so as to get the required number of votes. Junior Sen. .w. from Santa Clara would be up on its bind legs and roar if his rriend Johnny Mackenzie was not nominated. 1 venture there has been some sort of a4 programme on George W, Reed, “Name the amount,” demanded Leaviti. of this State did nmot want | | | | BeLsHAW . The question as 1 understand it is om structing. (Laughter.) Thete Ix no question at all on the relative merits of the Governor's appointmenis. Now. it oceurs to me, the best way to have the full and due regard for the dignit to consider each or my part, i th @ had seen fit to make ¢ in forty different names, it would vm. the right committee action. 1 should yie the individual opin- ion of this committee. In closing the debate Shortridge made one of his usually peculiar speeches. The oily, wily Willie way in which the op- ponents of my motion present this mat- ter is done for the purpose of deluding you 1 no- Ba ' vote against this motion. the name of the Rev. A. € anci not presented. 1 know T have known him for many years e was a young lawyer and I know him to be a man. This is a politica! hame back. because churches ot “the committee We should never names. That was a piece legerdemain and black art. T am I am for Dan Ke. this Senate was led i ‘man from office and have ticed t | of "san | Dr. Bane. | 1 Xnew him when | & suceessful politici: pure man and a g trick- to hold Dr. Ba his church s not as large as other the action isensical In my opinion, was puerile and have referred thes of jugglery, for all the appointments vane. and 1 regret that 10 vote to oust that gooc was nothing more than stabbing him in’ the back with a stiletto. 1 do not think it was fair, honest or proper. and I trust the mem- Senate will vote for the motion to instruct the committee to report all the names to-morrow. A vote was taken and instruct the committee wa of 28 to 6. Senator Wolfe wanted to have the Senate take immediate action in the matter, but Lieutenant Governor Ander- son ruled that the matter had been set for to-morrow morning and cowld not be taken up at this time. the motion to lost by a vot» | a communication withdrawing alb the ap- pointments submitted to the Senate for approval excepting the appointments on The report of the committce will come up under a special order to‘morrow morn- strong opposition againgt some of Gage's appointees, but this has g}nduull,\ dimin- ished. and it is very probable that there will be smooth salling in the Senate to- morrow morning. Senator Ralston is opposed tq the ap- pointment of the Rev. P. . Yorke as r gent of the University of California, and will vote againgt his ratification, stated to-night that he would explain his vete if any of his colleagues so desired it. It is said that Senator Wolfe is also op posed to Father Yorke. . John D. Mackenzie has been here for the past week striving to hold his job and the and it seems almost certain that he wiil be ratified. - SALARY FOR LEGISLATOBS Assembly Adopt: Another Suggested Constitutional Amendment. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 5.—The Assembly took another step to- day’in l.h( direction of making radical changes in the anncr In which the affairs of the State shall be administered. Yesterday it pass. ed a proposed constitutional amendment, the ultimate purjose of which ir to apply the principle of civil service to State officers. day the Asgembly decided to submit to the people the proposition of paying the mem- bers a fixed salary instead of 2 per diem sal- ary as at present. The matter under consideration was Houser's ccpstitutional amendment, the provisions of which are as follows: ““Each member of the Legislature, during his term in office, shall receive for his services, to be paid out of the public treasury, the sum of $1000 for each regular session, and shall also recclve mileage for each session at the rate of 5 cents per mile, for one round trip only, from his residence {0 the place of meet- ing ‘of the Legislature. together with the sum of $25 for contingént expenses. For any extra session of the Legislature, each mem- ber shall receive, In addition to the mileage and centingent exvenscs herein provided, a per diem salarv at the rate of S8 per day. No it} | This afternoon Governor Pardee sent in | | the Jist favorably reported by the Com- mittee on Executive Communications this morning. and adding the name of C. S. Last. This unexpected actton on the part | of the Governor startled the members ot the upper house. They had looked for- ward to another debate to-morrow over the name of those appointees not sub- mitted by the committee, ing. Each appointee will be voted on sep- arately and confirmed. It was thought that there would be | He | opposition agalnst him has dwindled away ! To- | - i ~ otk Lut in no case shall the term exceed four ] vears; provided that this limitation shall | TWO PROMINENT AND WELL KNOWN MEMBERS OF THE LE not apply to any official holding under | TURE WHO ABLY REPRES THEIR CONSTITUF civil service in any city or city and coun- @ COUNTIES OF CONTRA COSTA AND SANTA CLARA. | 1:‘-:'-‘_ ‘}:w}ind" civil service provisions of = £he __+.| HBelshaw favored the amendment. He * % | said he believed in civil service. Wolfe This sally brought forth laughter. Con- further pavment of any kind <hall be mads to | of S8an Francisco also favored its passage, tinuing Belshaw saild: any memblur on secount ';r his :.vm-qxlu_hor [f:’l: Lut deplored the fact that the Merchants’ s el B g e =y Association did not see fit to hand it over STANDS WITH SHORTRIDGE. |of no attache shall be Increased after he is [ A see i Honed (hat’ Hasms’ as ian finetration, | Slectid ar-apgeinted, to one of the San Francisco delegation Let's get all of thens names ont hate Fig A feature of the discussion was the declar- | for introduction. Nelson and Welch ar- U out ‘on the floor. Let's make it a field | Ation by Prescott, during his speech in support | gyed against it. The latter said that civil day for to-morrow morning. 1 want to be | Of fhe proposed amendment: | .. | service was a delusion and a snare. Short- by e e K et L et | yroposition which being Incorprated in the lawy| ridge announced that he did not belie ter) 1 have always heen considered a kicker | Will divert the attention members of | in civil service extension. and a crank, but as Will probably be my | the Legislaure from the sublccts of patron- | “The amendment was intended to intro- last session. | want to go out With the reputa- :_:{'_M:l"’{xn::;fx:m-‘\:llI!( ‘:&.'-’?N:u “1‘11:.;. X | uce clyil service in the Py ¥ | o g bt 1 wamiad 'to be with | Would be able to get. In great measure, value | County Clerk, Coroner, District Attorney, i on Sather thinge, becausée I admire him: | received for what we are paid. We come hers | Sheriff and Assessor of San Francisc T e e e e Yin ea¢ picullarly hither | day after day and there are resolutions for | Lyt the plan was frustrated by its defeat. and von that 1 don't know whether he fs| Junketing trips and to get them through e | Belshaw was granted leave to withdraw with the sheep or the goats. (Laughter.) have to have call of the house after call of the § cons said: | hovse, and I vote for them. I believe In | censtitutional amendment No. 14, which Senator Lukens said: moking out every man who would go out | was similar in its provisions, to avold voting, for 1 believe every man of us 11d be put bn Tecdrdton! every proposition. s climinate the milcage feature of thess ts and they perhaps would not then be attractive to the members. This amend- t, if ratified by the people. will make It le for them to know jusc how much these s are moing to cost them for salaries travaling expenses.”’ San Mateo statédl what the practic me poss and Brown of tates, showing that New York. | Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and | ® legislators that in his o ald not vote f. Many of the v “and press of that we have not people at heart. but hen assertcd that ih favorably with the history te. but owing to the constitutional 1imit the session it Is im possible to give to all measures the degree of he said | is saving ests of own."* islature to-day the o present Leg any in consideration they should receive. By th adoption of the proposed amendment ha {hought this hindrance to proper legisiation Would be removed The amendment was by a vote of S to 7. There are other propesea amendments having for thelr object the iimit- ing of the number of attaches who shall be employed at each session of the Legislature, but it was deemed advisable to take them up separately and not attach them to the prope sition to pay the memberg salari RO CRITICISM FOR UNIONS. Ralston Says Labor Organizations Demand Too Much. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 5.—Senator Ralston ted somewhat of a sensation this afternoon by his comments on the methods of labor or- ganizations. He charged that they asked for 00 much and thought it was time that leg's- ! Jators called a hait. The speech was made i apposition to Senate bill #04, introduced by Luchsinger, relating to the obligations of em- | ployers. The bill provides that an employer | I8 not bound to indemnify his employe from ! Josses suftered by the latter in consequence <l the risks of the business nor in consequence of the negligence of another person employed by the same employer in the same general | business, unless such other person has the pawer of ordering or directing said in urea employe in the performance of his work, or un- less the emj has neglected to use ordinary | care in the selection of the culpable emplos Cogiing offered an amendment the employer, but Deviin, Bunkers and imons oppoxed it, as against the efforts Ralston, Belshaw and Selvage In its behalf. Ralston said that if the original bill became a law it ining business of California, and that labor unions were trying to array class class. | Corporations and property wer entitled to the protection of the law as were walking delegates of labor unions. Devlin offered a_substitute in the way of compromise, | Dut the vote staod 19 to 19. and Deviin's sub” | stitute was deciared lost. Coggins’ amendment was defeated and the bill was ordered to en- wwould legislate out of cxistence the he grossment. It will be taken up on Monday for final paseage. S il TO PREVENT BOODLING. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, | Feb, 4.—1f a bill introduced Wednesday by As | sembivman Dutryea become a law it will be hazardous for any corporation furnishing light or power to a municipal corporation to charge such corporation more for the service than it does its most favored ecustomer. The bill pro- vides that the municipality must be given as {low a rate as anybody else p Pfor the same servie it any gov | erning bedy knowingly votes to pay | & DIl which is higher than that charged some more favored customer of the lighting or power company the members of such body shall be lable for the difference for the cost of collect- ing the same and for anv damages which may irfluh to the municipality. Such willful pay- ment of a higher rate shali be considered suffi- clent cause for removal from office of members af the governing body and shall also constitute | a mizdemeanor. SILVER FOR REDEMPTION OF HAWAIIAN COINS Issue of 1888 Will Be Replaced by United States Dollars, Halves and Quarters. HONOLULU, Feb. 5—The First Na- tional Bank has recelved from the steamer Ventura $50,000 in United States silver coin shipped by the San Francisco Mint. The bank will at once begin to re- deem the Hawaiian issue of $1,000,000 coined in the year of 1882 during the reign of King Kalakaua. Dollars, half-dollars and quarter-dollars will be redeemed, but the dimes will be allowed to circulate. Eight hundred thousand dollars of the is- sue will be redeemed. Other installments of silver will be sent here by the United States Government, " | art supplements that will be a part of Th Jessup Fund Case Will Receive Special | Attention. ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- { MENTO, Feb. 5.—The Assembly has ordered an investigation of the affairs of the State Home for the Feeble-minded at Glen Ellen. | A committee, vested with full authority ! to tnvestigate, will visit the institution | next week. The investigation was or- dered by the adoption of a resolution in troduced this afternoon by Assemblyman Drew. The resolution reciths (hat “a claim has been filed known as Assembly bill for the purpose of appropriating | relmburse the Jessup fund. formerly | the hands of the board of directors of | | the State Home for the Feeble-minded | situated at Eldredge. It appearing from | the, said claim that the fund has been | misappropriated or misapplied, it is there- | fore resolved that the Speaker appoint a special committee of five, who shall | within ten days proceed to investigate | the misappropriation of funds and any | other matters in connection with the in- | | stitution that in the opinion of the com- | | in | mittee may need investigation and that the committee fifteen | aays.” | Speaker Fisk will appoint the commit- | | report within | tee to-morrow. It is the present inten- tion of the author of the resolution to in- vestigate thoroughly the manner in which | the affairs of the institution have been administered during the past two years. OPPOSES CiVIL SERVICE. | Senate Defeats Bill Intended to Ap-| ply to San Francisco. | CALL, HEADQUARTERS, SACRA4 MENTO, Feb. 5—The effort of the Mer- chants’ Association of San Francisco to have a constitutional amend- ment adopted establishing civil ser vice in the county offices of San Francisco signally failed in the Senate | Wednesday. Senator Belshaw intro- duced the amendment, which provides | that when the term of any officer or com- missioner is not provided for in the con- stitution such term may be declared by law, and if not so declared, such official shall hold his position during the pleasure of the authority making the appointment, Work Is Resumed at Keswick. REDDING, Feb. .—The big siren whigtle at the Keswick smelter sent for a blast this morning for the first time in cighty days. It was a cheering sound to the entire county. One furnace blown in this evening and others will follow as rapidly You will be seriously disappointed if you fail to start your ery next Sun- day with “Gypsy,” the first of the Sarony unday Call, February 8. This series | is so much superior to any or all other art pictures now being offered that it bé- comes & waste of words to go into furth- er detail. / L e e e e e ) TEN PASSENGEHS ARE HUHLE[] SR S Continued From Page 1, Column 6. He ran down oung girl, also several Chinamen. the corner and assisted a to who was suffering from a bruised ankle and knee, into a buggy, and took one of the Chinamen, who had received a wound on the forehead and upper lip, to his home and made him easy until the ambulance conveyed him to the Receiving Hospital. Policemen Frank McQuaid helped to bring Mrs. K. Suss and Mrs William Lang down to his house, where they rested until carriages drove them to their respective homes. Miss Christine Shoellhorn, 15 years old, who resides at 316 Fifth avenue and who was on the ill-fated car, gave a very con- cise account of the accident. She stated that the car came down Sacramento street at a high rate of speed. She was sitiing on the rear end of the car and as it turned the corner she was thrown to the ground, and just missed the curb as she fell. The plucky little lady made light of her injuries vesterday afternoon. although her right leg was badly bruised and her left ankle was turned, so that she limped at every step. Her sympathy, pain forgotten, was all for the Chinamen who, she sald, as they were thrown from the car looked “like blackbirds flying through the air.” Miss Shoellhorn was picked up after the accldént and driven in a buggy to her home at 316A Fifth ave- nue, and was taken care of by her sister, Mrs. L. D. Nesbit, with whom she lives Mrs. Suss and Mre. Lang were very reti- cent in regard to the accident, and un- der the advice of William Lang they re- fused to make any statement in regard to the affair. Officer McQuaid stated, however, that the two women were on the front part of the car when the acci- dent occurred, standing up, and as it rounded the curve they were pitched on to the sidewalk, where they remained in a stunned condition until they were as- sisted to his house. Central Receiving and Park Hospital ambulances were on the ground ten min- utes after the call had been turned in, and inside of thirty minutes after the in- jured Chinamen were on the table at the Receiving Hospital, with Dr. Armistead in attendance, surrounded by his corps of assistants, where their injuries were speedily attended to. DENSE SMOKE SUFFOCATES, Continued From Page 1, Column 1. agency, and immediately adjoining was the firm of Hahn, Bingham & Goeb, deal- ers in trunks. On the same floor was Abrams & Boas. On the third floor was a portion of the Eagleson shirt factory es- tablishment. The adjoining buildings were protected by firewalls. Le Count Bros. are the heaviest losers. Their entire stock. amounting in value to $65,000, Is destroved. The other firms will suffer, but not to the extent of $10,000. How_the fire started is a mystery. Both of the proprietors of Abrams & Boas, dealers in fancy goods, were in the build- ing making up their accounts when the cry of fire was raised, and stated "that when they passed out the hallways were full of smoke and flames through the center of the first floor from the basement. Abrams & Boas claim their stock is worth $15,000. How much of it is a loss they are unable to say, but owing to the amount of water that was thrown upon the fire from the roofs of adjacent buildings and otherwise, they believe that but little of it will be fit for sale. MINISTER HHWEI'S NUTE. A PSS Continued From Page 1, Column 7. willingness to make to Germany and Italy a cash payment of £500, or $27,000 | | each. This was done because of M Bowen's action In the early part of the negotiations In conceding to Great Brit ain a similar amount for satisfaction of the alleged indignities which the British Government claimed its citizens have suf- fered in Venezuela. This amount was named by the British mbassador. It was intimated to-day that France might now come forward and ask for the same cash payment for herself as that given the allies Various intimations have leaked out here regarding certain details of the plan proposed by Mr. Bowen and already a cepted by the allies for the settlement their claims against Venezuela after vexed question of preferential treatment shall have becn decided. After the pref erential question has been settled the ad- Gleat of the claims of each n creditor nations’ interests is to be take |up by a separate commission, one for each claimant power. These commissions will first consist of a representative of | the creditor nation and a representative for V ezuela. In case of disagreement the King of Spain is in each instance to appoint an arbiter. Tt Is expected that each claimant power will accept its envc at Caracas to represent it on mission and President Castro will dele- gate ecither the Venezuelan Minister for vreign Affairs or some other official of the Foreign Office as Venezuela's repre- sentative. Where the services of an ar- biter are needed the King of Spain will in all probability, select for the Spanish Minister to Caracas, recognized as an able diplomat. PLANS FOR SETTLEMENT. who is After the commission claims have been | adjusted they are to be collected by the Venezuelan officials from the customs re ceipts of the two ports of Puerto Cabello and La Guaira, 30 per cent being the amount which Mr. Bowen and the allies have agreed upon shall be set aside for this purpose. In the event that the Car- acas Government permit thirty days at ny time during ‘the settlement of the ciaims to pass without prompt and fuil payments to any nation, the plan gro vides that the Belgian vernment shall then step in and take charge of the ad- ministration of the customs receipts to insure fair treatment for the foreigners This idea was suggested to Mr. Bowen by the fact that the Belgians are now in e tire charge of the administration of tha customs receipts of Persia, whera Mr Bowen was Minister before his appo! ment to Venezuela. An official of the Washington Govern- ment, upon learning to-night of the inte tior of the allies to appeal to President Roosevelt to act as arbiter for them in the matter of preferential treatment, made the point that if the allles appeal fa the President without first consulting Mr. Bowen and galning his consent Ven- ezuela will feel that her rights are being trampled on and unless her permission is galned will certainly not consent to the powers naming the arbiter of this vital question. In the event that the matter Bes to The Hague the allies will only be epting the proposition made by Mr. Bowen in his ultimatum addressed to the British Embassador last Monday. Baron Sternberg had a conference with Mr. Bowen at a late hour to-night. He | went to Mr. Bowen's hotel from the White House, where he had attended the Ccngressional reception, and the two re mained in consuitation for an hour. Neither one would make a statement at | the conclusion of the conference. SAN JOSE IS READY. Waiting to Give Rousing Reception | to Visiting Legislators. SAN JOSE, Feb. 5.—The banquet and recep- tion to be given to the Legislature to-mor- row ovening by the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants' Association fn the interest of the removal of the capital promises to be the most brilliant affair of the kind ever given in San Jose. Enth m of the citizens or this city on the capital matter is at a white heat and the legislators will ba given a royal They will be feasted, shown about the city and county, and given an idea of the hos- pitality and resources of the city and county. Reports from Sacramento indicate that near- 1y the entire assemblage of la akers will be present. Preparations are rapidly being made for the banauet, which will be hetd at the Vendome. v A. Scheller, president of the Chamber of Commerce, will preside as toast- master, An elaborate menu with music and floral decorations will be served. Toasts will be responded to by D. M. Delmas, J. 0. Hayes. Dr. Ell McClish, president of the University of the Pacific; Mayor George D. Worswick, Su- perior Judge Fivland, Senators Oneal and Short ridge, Assemblyman Eli Wright and visiting members of the Legislature. A big reception committee of prominent citi- | zens will meet the visitors at the depot and escort them to their hotels and see that they are entertained until the time of the banquet. Saturday will be devoted to sightseeing, trips to Alum Rock Park and other points of in- terest being planned. The legislators will be taken to inspect the several sites that have been offered free of cost for capitol grounds. A special committee consisting of E Hayes Paul P. Austin, H Edwards and N. Rucker went to day for t prirpose of escortin “and semblymen to San Jose. will leave Sacramento at 1 lock, make a short stop at Stockion and arrive here at 5 p. m. Telew grams were recelved by President Scheller the Chamber of Commerce to-day from ex- Mayor Phelan and John Spreckels of San Francisco, eéxpressing regrets at belng to be present owing to previous engagements. —_——— Rich Farmer Found Murdered. BIRD CITY. Kans., Feb. 5.—Benjamin Knott, aged 3 vears, a well-to-do farmer. was found dead in his rooms here to-day, his head crushed with come blunt instru- ment and lying in a pool of blood. The dead man came here from York, Nebr., where he has a brother, J. S. Knott. He had just sold some land, and it is be- | lieved he was murdered and robbed. THE WILSON DISTTLLING CO Baltimore, Md. Established 1323, WILSON | WHISKEY. That's All! shooting | of the | this com- | this mission | able | GUNS ADVEBTISEKENTS- TOOK A STRAW voTE Interesting Expatiment in a Restau- | rant. | representing A on one An advertising agent, prominent New York magazine, while | a recent western trip. was dining evening in a Pittssurg restaurant. ; While waiting for his order he glanced over his newspaper and noticed the ad- vertisement of a v\*ll nown dyspepsia preparation, St Dyspepsia Tablets as he himself was a regular user of the tatiets he began speculating as to how rmany of the other traveling men in ¢ { dining-room were also friends of the pop- ular remedy for indigestign. He says: “I counted twenty-three men at the tables and In the hotel office I took the trouble to interview them and was surprised to learn that nine of the twen | ty-three made a practice of taking one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after | each meal. “One of them to e he had suffered | so much from stomiach trouble that at one time he had been obliged to quit the road, but since using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets had been entirely free from in- digestion, but he continued thelr use, es- pecially while traveling, on account of | irregularity in meals and because like a traveling men he was often obliged | ¢at what he could and not alws | what wanted. | “Another. wha | health & a Stuart Tablet afterward because he could eat what he pleased and when he pleased, without fear of a sleepless night or any other trouble, “Still another used them because he was subject to gas on stomach, causing pressure on heart and lungs, shortness of breath and distress in chest, which he no longer experienced since using the tablets regularly “Another claimed that Stuart’s Dyspep- sia Tablets was the only safe remedy he had ever found for sour stomach and acidity. He had formerly used common soda to relieve the trouble, but the tab- lets were much better and safer to use “After smoking, drinking or other ex- cesses which weaken the digestive or gans, nothing restores the stomach to a healthy, of said he never ate a meal without looked the picture wholesome condition so effect- ually as St rt's Tablets. “Stuart's Dyspepsia. Tablets contain the natural digestives, pepsin, diastase, which every weak stomach lacks, as well as nux, hydrastin 1 yellow parflla, and can be safely relied upon as a radical cure for every form of poeor digestion. Sold by druggists everywhere.” LUMBAGO and otherdisagreeable \ aches yield to Sloan's A Liniment B The old reliable ; 25saBottle | DOHEMIAN “King of all Bottled Beers.” SOLD EVERVWHERE. DR.PIERCES GOLDEN GULADDING, McsEAN & CO., Architectural Terra Cotta, Fire-Proofing Pressed Brick, Vitrified and Terra Cotta Pipe, Etc. Office, Rialto Butlding, ‘Warehouse . «J 47151 MINNA ST San Franecisco 1144-148 NATOMA ST. 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