The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1903, Page 8

8 DEATH ADDS - MYSTERY T0 JTRANGE FIRE Destruction of Home of H. W. Taylor in Berkeley. — . Chinese Cook Is Found Dead | by His Own Hand Far From the Scene. May Have Set the Conflagration and Then Gone Into the Hills to Take His Own Life. R PSR CREKELEY, Feb, ng 3. —The mystery sur- : he fire which de- yed Henry ‘s magnificent nce in Peralta Park just before day- probably never be ! se cook, who perhaps all about it, is D his own act. Just im to take his life is ax the origin of the fire es adv con- T of their home ed through it, all we ! 1 for except the Chinese K member of the Lee Yup first it was d in the fire, to reveal his k, street where Henry North the in from MADE PREPARATIONS. rd blank- tilow. His ing several and evidently ace. B er the b ch has been X f the His body under to k ow his evi- siderable kb »u his back, here was no N the death ad Chinaman had often expressed Tay to Dr. George F. Rien- rdt, who formerly emploved him, and s that he would be killed by rival g men, He had said that he might & mm would be kil He br > as he was anch ACCIDENTAL. by Deputy Mar- as the case in hand, ded commit suicide night out and that he re- early d b start- to arations ntally The theory that ire to the house and ewhat shattered by t f bé had time to make prep @ k Chinamen have sel- com to be incendiaries, say was dressed in his best best m. rings, which an inquest clock this morn- nknown although originated from the the flue which leads house and all the magnifi- t contained were destroyed $20000, partially covered by nge or rhardt ., an employe of Taylor, o discover the fire. He was his room in the basement of e when the smoke awakened him. able to get out of the base- door as the flames had sur- and he was compelled to break sement window and jump to save Once outside he raised the c and 1 the family sleeping Mr or, his wife and two Ta small children and Miss Ethel Meyer, a 11ie from Oakland, who was visiting amily, made their escape without . but owing to the excitement of saved nothing except a few which they caught up %as they the burning Luilding. ment om the idea that | PREFERS DEATH T0 I3 MISERY 8 Aftera Struggle Against Adversity Cripple Yields to Fate. Thomas Fogarty, .Helpless and Penniless, Drinks Carbolic Acid. Wearied with dragging his crippled | body from place to place | search for work, racked by the pain from the woun tion by the appeals of his children for bread, Thomas Fogarty sought final re- | spite from his troubles in a draught of carbolic acld some time Sunday night in his squalid room at 533 Sacramento street. It was a brave fight that Fogarty put up agalnst fate. In October last, while he was a switchman in the railroad yaras at San Luis Obispo, he was run over by a in and terribly injured. At the Rail- road Hospital in this city both of his legs were amputated at the knees, and he was rned out to fight for existence a help- less cripple. Thinking that this city would be more kirnd to him than his own towy, Fogarty did not return to his wife and children, but stayed to gain their bread in the me- tropolis. It took eight weeks to break his rit. ¥ i after day he pursued his painful way from office to office, seeking any thing which would yield him money for his wife and children. One unbroken suc- cession of rebuffs gzradually broke the heart of the man who had once been a is railroad employe. He became a beggar. At last there was nothing left to Fogar- ty. He was a helpless cripple, and had learned only too bitterly that the world | cannot stop for cripples. Instead of com- | ncing a new week of suffering, the Woken man sought death some time dur- ing the dark hours of Sunday night. a JEREMIAH LYNCH GIVES A “KLONDIKE” DINNER Seats His Guests Around a Table Representing a Scene in Frozen North. E Jeremiah Lynch gave a “Klondike"” din- ne r er of his friends, including ave sought fortune and enjoyed ad | venture in the early days of the Klondike excitement. Fc ome ( Mr. Lynch 1d been busy “rounding up” his old companions who had been in the Klon dike with him that they might participate in the feast. In order to make the re- membrance of the Klondike thoroughly ealistic the host had the room in which the feast was held decorated with whitened ble was laden with banks and real blocks of ice consisted of dogs at and rich nuggets were strewn around and lay in gold-lined sluice Above the center of the luxu- 1y laden board were green lights, to give a moonlight effect, under which was suspended an eagle clutching the Stars and Stripes and Union Jack. There was music, both instrumental and amb many vs naments vocal, and speeches, both humorous and | Dawson when ' reminiscent of the day there were 5000 men but on provisions enough for half that number. Stories were told of those trying times, when a fifty-pound sack of flour cost $150 and oth- provisions were offered at famine those present were Charles mb, Willlam Liggitt, E. J. Berry, Louis Edgar Mizner, E. A. Baudette, or E. E. Schmitz, Stewart Menzies, Captain H. H. Nor: fey, George Wilkins, vood, George T. Cof- orge Ross, George in the vain | s caused by the recent amputa. | tion of his limbs and driven to despera-| at the Bohemian Club last night to a | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1903. TIE STUDENT'S CASH AND WATCH Two Men Hold Up Wil- liam Caubu on Eigh- teenth Street. |L. C. Boysen’s Saloon in the Same Neighborhood Is Looted. | A | The old and oft-told story of a pedes- trian being held up and robbed by |*“a tall man and a short man” was the tale told by Willlam Caubu of 717 Hampshire street at the Seven- | teenth-street police station last Sat- | urday evening. He told the officer in | charge that shortly after dusk on that | day as he was turning the corner of | Erghteenth street and Potrero avenue a | man about five feet five inches in helght pointed a pistol at him and commanded him to “throw up his hands.” | “I did so,” said young Caubu, who is a student at the University of California, and while in this position another man, who was a few inches taller than the an who held the pistol, went through my | | peckets. When the tall man had com- | | pleted his search the shorter one com- manded me to go up Eighteenth street, | and they both went in the opposite di- | rection. I walked up a block and then | ent to the Seventeenth-street police sta- tion and reported the occurrence.” Caubu says that the robbers took from him $1 %0 in silver, a gold watch and chain and a valuable stickpin. i The Malstérs’ Exchange, a saloon at the | northeast corner of Eighteenth and Shot- well streets, within four blocks of where | | the student was relieved of his cash and | | jewelry, was entered and looted by bur- | 14 Sunday morning, the thieves | The place is kept by Leon- | Boysen, who in reporting the to the police said the crime was committed by people familiar. ith the place, as no trace of how ine gre: to the saloon w obtained was left. The saloon was closed shortly be- | fore midnight Saturday by the bartender. | The theft was not discovered until Boy- | sen opened the saloon Sunday morning. robbery evidently { | CELEBRATE FIFTIETH { WEDDING ANNIVERSARY | Mr. and Mrs. Stephen O. Rice, SLll'-{‘ rounded by Friends, Enjoy Festive Occasion. . and Ars. Stephen Owens Rice cele- brated the fiftieth anniversapy of their marriage last night at their residence, | 923 Hyde street. Friends and relatives to the number of forty were present to en- | | joy the festive occasion. Great prepara- tions for the entertainment of visitors had been made and the affair was highly pleasurable and successful in every | spect Mr re- Rice is They vears of age and his wife | 70. married at Viroqua, Wis., in they decided to try their fortunes in the West and came to Cali- fornia, making their home at \'L\f‘z\_\'illP.} The couple took up some land, from which they -eventually developed a fine ranch. | Fifteen years ago the husband retired | ! from business and came to this city, | which has since been their home, The aged couple have seven children, all of whom were present yesterda Four grandchildren and one great-grand- child were also in attendance. Speech- making, dancing and feasting occupied | the attention of the guests until a late | | hour. Both of the happy pair are in ex- cellent health and can see no reason why | | they should not be able to yet celebrate | (heir diamond wedding. | Five of the children—Claude, Courtland, Cora, Moses and Clinton, live with their parents. A son, Frank, has a home at San Leandro, and a daughter, Mrs. H. C. de Leon, James M. Wilson, R. A. Fulda, | Dunn, lives at Vacaville. Mrs. Rice's H. M. Smith, Thomas McGowan, Frank |prother, Solomdn Decker of Martinez, | . jimes, Richard Butler and Willlam | was present and took an active part in the | e —.—— HOELKE IS FAITHFUL TO HIS FUTURE WIFE Leaves Money With Local Firm to Support Her During His Ab- sence on Cruise. When Rudolph Hoelke sailed not long ago for Alaska he did not, as was sup- posed, forget to leave a message for the sweetheart of his youth, Helene Bus who journeyed here from her old home in Germany to become his wife, only to find 1 that he had departed frozen North. Heartsick and pen- she applied at the City Prison Sunday &ight for shelter. It was given her and yesterday Detective Anthony | took the matter in hand and secured for her a position in the employ of Mrs. J. J. Jensen of 45 Bartlett street. There she settled down to await the return of her future husband from the northern éruise, but this morning she will be informed that she need not work to support her- ring the absence of her fiance, for just he set sail he deposited $200 with ion Fish Company with the instruction that it be given Miss Buss upon her arrival here. The police we informed of the fact by the Union sh Company last night and this morning the young woman will be told of her good fortune As Miss Buss informed no one as to when she would arrive, there was no way in which she could be communicated with and inforwmed that the money await- ed arrival and it was only through the publication of the distressing situa- | tion in which the young woman found herseif that the Union Fish Company was enabled to take steps to fulfill the trust imposed upon it by Hoelke just be- fore he salled away. —_—— WOMAN TRIES TO KILL HERSELF WITE REVOLVER BERKELEY, Feb. 23.-Mrs. Lulu Dent, | whose husband is employed in a saloon at 26 Steuart street, San Francisco, shot | herself with suicidal intent to-night in ©O'Connor’'s saloon, West Berkeley. The | bullet entered the thigh, and ranging | downward, lodged in the ankle. Two doc- ~ | tors were hurriedly summoned and the in- jured woman removed to her home near Stege. Mrs. Dent’'s wound is regarded as seri- ! ous, but it is not thought she will die | unless blood poisoning, which the doctors féar, sets in. It is said that Mrs. Dent's desire to end her life was due to a quarrel with her husband. ——————— MURDERER OF GARMAN EKNOWN IN SACRAMENTO SACRAMENTO, Feb. 23.—G. R. Galli- nar, the man who murdered A. Garman at Keswick, Shasta County, yesterday, is well known In this community. He made his home in the town of Washington, Yolo County, across the river from this city, and frequently appeared as a lawyer in the Police Court of Sacramento and | in the Justice’s Court of Washington. Dur- | ing the great railroad strike of 1894 he | was one of the strike leaders and chief | advisers of the strikers. Gallinar was al- ways considered a worthless fellow, and g0t into such bad odor that he was finally obliged to leave Washington. The people had lost all track of him until the news of the shooting at Keswick was recelved. {‘ ‘x)err)‘-maklllg. ——————— | WILLIAM BOXALL IS | | RELEASED ON $10,000 | | No Formal Charge Has Yet Been Placed Against Man That Shot | Capitalist Lloyd. ! | SAN BERNARDINO, Feb. 23.—William | Boxall, the young man who on January 51 | shot his uncle, C. R. Lloyd, the Berkeley | capitalist, was late this evening released | friends and relatives at Santa Monica. Since the shooting Boxall has been con- fined in the County Jall. No formal | charge has been filed against him, an agreement having been made between the attorneys on both sides that it would be | better to wait until Lloyd should have re- | covered or died. On Saturday last, how- | ever, matters so shaped themselves that | it was thought best to admit Boxall to | bail. | There are now four members of the | family under arrest, viz: Willlam Boxall v.ho will be charged with murder or a | sault with intent to kill, according wheth- er his uncle recovers or dies; Fred Lloyd, | son of the wounded man, and Horace Lit- tle, a nephew-in-law, charged with as- sault with intent to kill, and C. R. Lioyd, | charged with a felony. All are out on bonds. SRR | VOTES NOT TO REPORT SHIP SUBSIDY BILL TO HOUSE Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Expresses Disapproval by Vote of 10 to 6. | WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—The House | Committec on Merchant Marine and Fish- eries to-day voted mot to report the ship subsidy bill to the House, the vote being 10 to 6. Those voting to report it were: Gros- venor of Ohio, Young of Pennsylvania, | Green of Massachusetts, Fordney of Mich- igan, Wachter of Maryland, Littlefield ot | Maine. Those veting against reporting it were: | Hopkins of Illinois, Miner of Wisconsin | Stevens of Minnesota, Jones of Washing- ton, Republicans, and Spight of Missis- | sippi, Small of North Carolina, Davis of Florida, McDermott of New Jersey, Bel- mont of New York and Snook of Ohio, | Democrats. = S A Rl | GETS JUDGMENT FOR $500 | AGAINST PULLMAN COMBANY Colored Preacher Is Refused Service in Dining Car and Sues for $10,000. TRENTON, N. J, Feb. 23—In tae United States court here to-day a jury awarded $500 damages to Rev. Henry P. | Johnston of Camden, a colored man, who | sued the Pullman Palace Car Company | for $10,000. Johnston is the editor of the Christian Advocate, and on Masch 25 last wbrile riding in a Pullman car between Richmond, Va., and Washington sought service in the dining-car. He claimed that he was refused food by defendants, not- withstanding that he applied three times, Finally, when all the passengers had been served and the emploves were eating, he said, he was offered food. TRIES TO END LIFE.—Edward Gregs, re- siding at 500 Franklin street, tried to end his life vesterday by cutting his wrist with a razor. He became frightened and applied at the Emergency Hospital for treatment. The ‘wound is pot serious. 0 PROVIDES FOR CUSTOM HOUSE Senate Allows $1,500,- 000 for Building at This Port. Space Must Be Found in the New Edifice for the Sub-Treasury. ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—A large crowd was attracted to the Senate to-day, of them Vigiting Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution. Washington's farewell address was read by Dubois of Idaho. The omnibus public building bill was passed and the postoffice appropriation bill was considered without final action. By the omnibus bill the amounts of va- rious bufldings are increased to the fol- lowing: Fresno, Cal., $130,000; San Fran- cisco, $1,500,000, provided that the Secre- tary of the Treasury may, in his disrce- tion, provide space in said custom-house for the sub-treasury; Chicago, $4750,000; Evanston, Wyo., $179,000; municipal bulld- ing, Washington, D. C:, $2,000,000. The following new buildings are author- ized to cost the amount given: Tacoma, Wash., $100,000; Spokane Falls, Wash., $400,000; St. Louis, postoffice, $800,000. Tillman spoke for nearly two hours, principally in reply to Spooner, on the Indianola postoffice case. He sald that if the policy of the administration in regard to the quality of the negro was carried out and Booker Washington should be ap- pointed to the Cabinet he would vote for his confirmation. He did not conclude his remar! el b @ INTHTION OF NATHE SONS Parlors of San Jose Re- ceive Many New Members. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Feb. 22.-The Native Sons of the Golden West celebrated to- night with a banquet, music and oratory the greAtest initiation in the history of the order. Besides all the parlors of the city and county, more than a hundred na- tives from the bay citles and most of the officers of the Grand Parlor were present. Ome hundred and thirty candidates were | initiated by the three parlors of this city —S8an Jose, Palo Alto and Observatory. For the last two months preparations for the big initiation have been going on, and the Native Sons of Santa Clara Coun- ty have looked forward with pleasure to the important event, The San Jose par- lors made ample arrangements to enter- tain their guests and the meeting this evening was declared to be one of the most enjoyable ever held by the order. A short business session was held in the N. 8. G. W. Hall, and then adjournment was taken to the St. James Hotel hall, Here the work of initiating the big class of natives began. A special degree team had been selected from the three parlors of this city, under the direction of Past President J. A. Desimone. After the initiatiom an elaborate ban- followed. Plates had been set for e was not a vacant place. The hall was handsomely decorated and the menu an elaborate one. Music and song interspersed the toasts. A. B. Bar- ker acted as toastmastér. Among those who responded to toasts were: Grand President Byington of San Grand Trustee Devoto of San Francisco, Grand Secretary Lunstedt of San Fran- cisco; A. H. Suzallo, representing San Jose Parlor: D. M. Burnett, representing Palo Alto Parlor; Grand Trustee Martin Murphy, representing Observatory Par- lor, and J. Bacigalupi, representing Santa Clara Parlor. It was long after midnight when those at the banquet dispersed, from jail on $10,000 bail. His sureties are \ELKS AND NATIVE SONS PLANT A MILE OF TREES BAKERSFIELD, Feh. 23.—Arbor day was celebrated by the people of Bakers- field and Kern to-day with great enthu- siasm and appropriate ceremonies. The celebration was held under the auspices of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, assisted by the Native Sons, the Elks, the children of the public schools and the citizens in general. The Elks and Native Sons turned out in overalls and did the manual labor of planting about a mile of trees along both sides of Union avenue from the baseball grounds to the cemetery. About 1000 children from the public schools opened the exercises by singing “Columbia,” after which an ad- dress was myde by Alfred Harrell and a letter read from the Stockton Arbor Ciub extending congratulations. In Kern City exercises were conducted by the Woman’s Club, and the school chil- dren also planted trees around their schoolgrounds. At many schoolsAhrough- out the county similar work was done. —eee - Changes in Baseball Rules. CHICAGO, Feb. 23.—Peace relgned su- préme at the joint meeting here to-day of the American and National leagues and the National Association of Minor Leagues. When the gathering adjourned to-night a uniform foul strike rule had been adopted, a new section added to the rule regarding the make-up of the diamond and an amendment added to the balk rule. The foul strike rule as covered in the National League rules was adopted. A new sectlon was added as follow: “The pitcher's box shall be no more tharn fifteen inches higher than the base lines and home plate. The base lines and home plate shall be level and the slope from the pitcher's box toward the base lines and home plate shall be gradual.” S i ——— Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. Monday, February 23. Stmr Arcata, Nelgon, 63 hours from Coos Bay, via Port Orford 53 hours. Stmr Signal, Bendegard, 61 hours from Coos Bay, bound for Redondo. Bark Mauna Ala, Smith, 30 days from Hono- \ Tulu. \ OCEAN STEAMER. PLYMOUTH—Salled Feb 23—Stmr Patricia, for New York. « e A series of ten beautiful art supplements to be given free with the Sunday Call: “Caliph’s Daughter,” “The Processional,” ‘“‘Great - tations,” ‘“Meditation,” “Lis- ten,” “Retrieving,” ‘Persis Beauty,” “The Sheepfold,” “Three Boatmen of Barce- lona,” “Great Danger.” Collect this beaut{Pul art series. most | Francisco, | TWO-STATE PLAN LACKS SUPPORT Democrats in Way of Compromise in the Senate. Republican ‘Leaders Say No Further Concession ‘Will Be Madae. AL WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—There has been talk all day of a compromise on the statehood bill. It was generally un- derstood that what was known as the Spooner compromise, being the two-state bill drawn by the Wisconsin Senator, would be satisfactory to the Republicans. The terms of this compromise have been glven heretofore save that the provision for the State of Montezuma provides that before Arizona shall be set off as a sep- grate State the population of Montezuma | | must be 700,000, of which 300,000 should | be in Arizona. | The Democrats,! while talking in a cbn- cillatory spirit, said that they had little hope that the Republican proposition would be acceptable to them. It is quite likely that when this proposition is sub- | mitted the Democrats will have a con- | ference. Probably a counter proposition | then will be made, providing that when | Arizona has a population which is the | average for a representative in Congress | it shall be admitted as a State and also | that a census shall be taken everv year. | The Democrats say they want a provision | | fixing the date which will bring Arizona | |into the Union. There was an earnest conference in the Senate chamber after adjournment, par- | | ticipated in by Senators Aldrich, Quay. | | Hanna, Foraker, McComas, Beveridge and Kean, when it was definitely decided | | that propositions for a compromise on | two States should be submitted to the | Democrats. Senator Quay presented a memorandum of the important features | of the compromise to Senator Bate, who | will present it to a conference of Demo- | crats called for 10 o'clock to-morrow. 1t | { 18 expected “that the Republican propo- | sition will be rejected and a counter pror ositiongmade. Democratic leaders say | they cannot accept the compromise sug- | gested and the Republicans say that no | further concessions will be made. 1 | { | ——— TRIBUTES TO AMERICA | AND MR. ROOSEVELT Britons Join in an Observance of the Birthday of George Washington. LONDON, Feb. 23.—The dinner given to- night by the American Society in honor | o2 Washington's birthday was the occa- | sion for a brilliant assemblage, the chief feature of which was the welcome given lto D. R. Francis, formerly United States ! Secretary of the Interior and president of | the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and the wishes of sucgess to the éxposition | expressed by the speakers. The Duke of Devonshire and Lord Lon- donderry, members of the Cabinet, of- ficlally voiced the good will of the British Government, while such representative | Englishmen as the Lord Mayors of Lon- | don and Brisfol, the Lord Provost of | Glasgow, Lord Strathcona and Lord Rothschild and the following members of | i the House of Commons: Sir Charles Diike, J. H. Dalzlel, Sir Thomas Dewar, | n. Sir Joseph Lawrence, Ebenezer Parkes, ' | Sir Gilbert Parker and Joseph Wailton all ! gave expression to their hearty wishes. { The Duke of Devonshire In proposing the toast “The President of the United States” referred to Mr. Roosevelt as 2| man who had made his mark as a suc-| cessful civil service reformer, a great Rd—i | ménistrator, a gallant military leader and !an eminent statesman, In whom he saw | an intelligent and earnest friend of Eng- land. CELEBRATE THE DAY. | Both Houses of Legislature Honor | i the Name of Washington. | | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, | Feb, 23¢—Both houses of the Legislature met in jolnt session this evening In the Assembly chamber for the purpose of celebrating Wash- ington's birthday. The chamber was artisti- cally decorated th American flags and ever- greens. When Governor Pardee made his ap- pearance he was enthusiastically applauded and the orchestra played “Hall to the Chief.” Speaker Fisk introduced Lieutenant Gov- | ernor Anderson as the president of the even- | SR | | | the singing of ““The Star-Spangled | Banner” by the audience and a prayver by Rev. | L, Miel, Lieutenant Governor Anderson | delivered a patriotic address. i i s followed by Senator Belshaw, | [ He who | | read ‘“‘Washington's Farewell Addres: A | semblyman Houser spoke on “‘Our Country.” | Houser was followed by Senator Curtin, whoge | | subject W “‘Our Flag.” The speech of the | evening was made by Senator O. Z. Hubbell on | the sentiment, “‘Our President.” Assemblyman | | Covert zpoke on “‘California” and Johnsop on | ““Washington."" ‘The_exercises closed with the benediction by Rev. J. V. Stevenson and the. singing of *“"Auld | Sang Syne” by the audlence. ) ! — ! POLICE COMMISSION. Laws Are Proposed to Limit Powers of Members of the Board. | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 25.—Tyrrell of San Francisco introduced two important bills this morning. They deal | with the Board of Police Commissioners of | San Francisco. One provides that punishments | | inflicted by the board must be uniform and the other aims to place the commissioners within the jurisdiction of the courts. According to | Tyrrell, a policeman caught asleep on a door- | step may suffer a light or heavy fine, according | | to his “pull.”” rell aiso finds fault with the | Commissioners because they sit as a Gmml: 1 o Jury and throw a man out of business without | giving him an oppertunity of a trial. The au- thor of the bill bélieves the Commissioners have too much power and that they should be answerable to the Superior Court. Following is a synopsis of the bill: ““The Board of Polics Commissioners shall not have power to revoke any permits or licenses arbitrarily, nor otherwise than for good cause | shown by the evidence adduced upon hearing, in all cases where such hearing is provided for by such general law or charter. ““Superior Courts and an courts of compe- tent jurisdiction shall have power by proper proceedings instituted for that purpose to in- quire as to the regularity of the proceedings of the Board of Police Commissioners upon all such hearings as mentioned In section 1 of this act, and to review the evidence adduced upon such hearings and to make such orders and render such julgments in the premises as the clrcumstances and the law shall warrant, provided, however, that the court shall not in. | terfere with the proper exercise of discretion by such board." PILOT COMMISSION. Senator Oneal Introduces Measure Amending the Present Law. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 23.—Senator Oneal introduced nine bills repealing various sections of the pres- ent Pilot Commission law and also amending it. In explanation of the bills Oneal safd: *“The bills are amendatory of the present law and establish a State Board of Pilot Commission- ers, anc_prescribe thelr powers with refer- ence to the appointment of pilots. If the bills | introduced are passed they will absolutely | abolish the present Pilot Commission, will ter- | minate the tenure of office of all pilots twenty | in number and will vest the appointive power in the State Board of Harbor Commissioners. 1: will also fix the salaries of pilots, placing the salaries of the pilots of the port of San Francisco at $250 a mont I. N. Raffery. SANTA ANA, Feb. 23.—1. N. Raffery, an old-time resident of this city, died at the | age of 68 years to-day. Deceased was a |'mative of Kentucky and had lived here | for twenty years. He was president of the County Board of Horticultural Com- | missioners and was one of the directors of the Orange County Savings Bank. | users were suppli | clal legislation and it carries fnju struction to the interests of people in other | this bill in behalf of thousands of has | against their bei | counseled him. | says he does not know much about the bill, | of many pages of typewritten manuseri C REX CAPTURES CRESGENT CITY Triumphal Entry of the Ruler of the Mardi Gras. Carnival Crowds Honor Admiral Schley and General Wheeler. —_— NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23.—Rex made his triumphal entry into New Orleans to- day, and the Krewe of Proteus presented their gorgeous pageant to-night in thol presence of perhaps the largest multitude ever gathered In the streets of this city during the Mardi Gras. A feature of the afternoon parade was the popular demonstration in honor of Admiral Schley and General Wheeler, both of whom had been created dukes of the realm for the occasion. They rode near the head of the procession through solid masses of shouting men and past crowded galleries of applauding women. AL the conclusion of the parade Admiral Schley, accompanied by Mayor Capde- vilie and General Wheeler, was escorted by the Continental Guard to the armory of the command, where, in behalf of the Schley Pleasure Club, City Attozney Gil- more presented to the admiral a beautiful loving-cup bearing an engraving of the #agship Brooklyn. The admiral made a felicitous acknowledgment of the gift. To-night Proteus rode through the sireets congested with people at the head of an unusually magnificent pageant. The subject chosen was Rider Haggard's novel ““Cleopatra.” Following the parade Proteus was host at a brilllant ball at the French Opera-house. WATER BILL PASSES. Senate Adopts Curtin’s Measure After a Lengthy Debate. HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, here was a v house of the Legi: upper over Curtin's Senate bill 109, providing for uni- ature this morning formity in the furnishing of waters for rental In 2ny county of the State for frrigation or for agricultural purposes and to prevent discrimi- nation and abuse in the furnishing of water an1 AXIng of rates, ien the bill came up for final passage Sen- atos Hubbell took the floor and deliversd a flery \I"_H'h against 1t. He said In part: { am opposed to this bill because I am op- posed to any one seeking relief of a special nature by a general act of this Legislature. Down in Fresro and Merced counties a canal company some years ago was established and it had a sufficient amount of water to furnish all the water takers of that countr: In the course of ten or twelve years afterward it was concelved to be a ble by that company to extend ¥n to Stanislaus County and to fu water to other water companiss out of the same source from whi body would be a good idea to land speculation or a scheme of land coloniza- tion, but in order to do that it was found ne to cut off the supply of water of the takers for more than a dozen years to colonize Stanislaus Count: The author of this bill told us the other day that the only principle in this measure was the Deraocratic doctrine, that all men are equal before the law. No man will take precedence to me in upholding and Insistfog upon uphold- ing the doctrine of the equality of every man betore the law, be put upon this bill in this discussion. ;¢ Fauality before the law? Doeg it mean that if 1 have acquffed property by” dint of hard work the court will say, you must give up part of your rights to a man who through laziness or lack of thrift has falled to ac quire property? That Is not equality before the iaw. It is con- s fon. It is simply taking it from me and vicg it to some one else who is unworthy to it. 1am opposed to this bill. It is spe- ry and de- hav sections of the State. We protest against rd work- ing, thrifty citizens of the south: we protest ing dragged into the cou o find out what the law is, just to placate spect. lators in Stanislaus County ! Lardner explained the nature of the bill and favored its passage. Emmons, who has led the fight against the measure, called upon his col- leagues to kill the bill, as it was dangerous. During the debate Judge Robert Y. Hayne of n Francisco, who has been here in the inter- ts of the bill, and whom it is said drew the measure, sat beside Curtin and prompted him whereas Judge Frank H. Short of Fresno, whe is opposed to the bill, sat next to Emmons and A vote was taken won by a Vote of 22 fo 10. Emmons rrareis his vote from no to aye and gave notice of e consideration on the next legislative day. —_—— TERMINAL FACILITIES. Measure Is Introduced to Help New Railroad Into San Francisco. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 23.—Just before the noon adjournment of the Assembly to-day Dunlap introduced a bill the purpose of which is to make it possible for a proposed new transcontinental rallroad to secure a terminal in San Franciseo. e but admits that that is the purpose of fr. To what railroad or Proposed rallroad it ap- plies he does not say, but it is Ppresumed that it is for the purpose of making it possible for the proposed Gould line about Which so much has been published of late to get an entry into the metropolis of the coast. e bill Is, of course, gemeral in e but ‘the tenor of It is In'the direetin e o voring prospective corporations. It consists pt. The State Board of Har- se under certain re- substance of it follows: Authority is given the bor Commissioners to lea: strictions a number of blocks upos Wi Tront of San Francisco. or thay ity "rater when it shall have been extended, by first ad- Vvertising in the San Francisco daily papers for ten days its intention to offer such leases and the leases are to be given to the highest bidder, provided that the board may lease for not more than fifty vears to any rallroad now incorporated or to be incorporated which now has no termipal facilities there, tract of land under its contrel or any of tMe land belonging to the State which is suitable for terminal purposes. Such a lease shall not be assignable unless by written consent of the Board of Harbor Commissioners and not more than two parcels of land shall be leased to any onme corporation. The area of such par. cels shall not exceed in the agaregale Aty acres. Upon the execution of such a lease with any existing or new corporation, such corporation must within nine months thees. after begin the improvement of the land so leased and failure to so do shall Operate as a forfeiture of the rights under the lease and the control, of the property shall revert to the commissioners. For the purposes of the aet the Governor of the State and the Mayor of San Francisco are made members of the Beaty of Harbor Commissioners with like powers and rights of the other members of that board The leases may be made of any property met at present occupied and provision is made for the removal of obstructions to the proper use keen debate in the | but I doubt if any man ever | heard an argument which has been sought to | FOUR- MAIL CLERKS DIt IN FLAMES Fire Follows a Wreck on the Big Four Railroad. @ | Men Are Imprisoned in the Debris of Crushed Cars. Passengers Save the Life of an Ex- press Messenger by Using Snow to Check the Blaze. -— CLEVELAND, Ohio, X head-on collision at 10 o'clock to-: tween a west-bound passenger train and an east-bound freight on the Big F mile east of Berea four mail ¢ burned to death in their c | #W. H. ROCKWELL, b land. E. W. KRIESMAN, Cle | T. W. SMILEY, Clevelan L. M. WALWORTH, C The wrecking train brot of the dead mail cleris to ( The seriously injured are son, Cleveland, engineer | train; Willlam Fish, Cleve of the passenger train; Joe press messenger. Coulter was saved from the flames | passengers throwing smow upon tr Two firemen, whose names have been learned, also are injured. sengers are reported injured. The trains met about half a mile east of the street railway tunnel and were running at full speed. Both engines were demolished and the track heaped with de bris. The passenger train left Cleveland at 9:30 o'clock. A Shortly after the collision the debris caught fire and burned flercely. The tele- graph poles beside the track were burn- ed down and communication by telegraph i with the scene of the wreck was cut off. FIGHT FOLLOWERS FLOCK TO CORBETT'S QUARTERS Police Are Called Out to Quell an | Incipient Riot at His Beach Gymnasium. | 1¢ the followers of boxing are as anx- | tous to break into Mechanics’ Pavilion on Thursday night to witness the Young €orbett-Hanlon fight as they are to break into Corbett's gymnasium to see the pop- | ular champion at work, a record breaking | attendance is assured. | Some days since two soldiers tried to | force their way in. Upon being turned | away by Trainer Harry Tuthill they at- tacked him. Young Corbett heard the disturbance and went to the assistance of his trainer. His hands were incased in bag punching gloves and he used them | so effectually as to end the trouble at | ance, A crowd of roughs tried to break in yesterday and attacked a man who was guarding the door. Mownted Patrolman Greggains went to his assistance and di persed the crowd. For a time a : seemed imminent and extra police were summoned. The sale of seats opened at Harry Cor- bett's yesterday and proved satisfactory. The $3 seats were all disposed of. —_——— Railroad Tunnel Again Caves In. REDDING, Feb. 23.—Just after the Cali- fornia express passed through tunnel 9 this morning a great portion of the tun- nel caved in. The north-bound freigh® train, held on the siding just south of the tunnel to allow the express to pass, found tke place blocked when the passage was attempted. Tunnel 9 is 1400 feet long. and a section of it caved on a freight train re- cently, completely blocking traffic on the road for three days. ADVERTISEMENTS. P STOMAC ITTERS The Bitters is an excellent tonie o« for building up the system after sickness. The weakest stomach can retain it. It will restore the appetite, assist the digestion and prevent Heartburn, Flatulency, Dizziness, Indigestion and Dys- | pepsia. Be sure to try it. ARTIFICIAL TEETH of such property for raflroad purposes. material those unal Assembiyman Dunlap stated that ihe bill | poy Srginers Seie prices. —A will make It possible for any railroad corpor. | Free. = Fillings and crowns {or cost of Soid ation to secure a terminal in : if it has not already such a termml‘F::sd:m prevent existing corporations from blocking the efforts of new rafiroad companies to securs a foothold there. The bill was referred to the Committee on Corporations. —_—— STATE EIGHT-HOUR LAW. Leavitt’s Measure Limiting Work Day Is Passed by the Senate. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO. Feb, 23.—The Senate this morning passed Leavitt's bill litifing the hours of service of Iaborers, workmen and mechanics employed upon the public works, or work dome for the State of California, to eight hours a day. The author of the measure stated that ft had been indorsed by both political parties; that it had been passed at a previous session of the Legislature, but had been decided un- constitutional. He further said the people at the last election voted in favor of a constitu- tional amendment, which limited the hours of labor on State Work, and therefore the present Legislature had the power to pass such a bill. A penalty is imposed of $10 per diem for each laborer employed more than eight hours in any one day. i et Elected Commander-in-Chief. LAWRENCE, Mass., Feb. 23.—Colonel Paul R, Hawkimeof Springfield, Mass., was elected commander-in-chief of the Legion of Spanish War Veterans at the national encampment here to-day. Open Sun Painless methods. Graduates only. POST-GRADUATE DENTAL COLLEGE 3 Taylor st.. cor. Golden Gate ave., S. 973 Washington st.. cor. Tenth, Oukland. 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