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2 t THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER WOULD WEAKEN SOUTHS VOICE Senator Platt to Introduce Bill Basing Representa- tion on Number of Votes WILL CAUSE BIG SPLIT Measure, It Ts Contended.. I Designed Only to Carry Out the Law of the Land SRR S ALLL U, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The first of & e measures aimed at the appor- each State's representation use on the actual voting pop- he bill which Senator T. C. New York will introduce to- | Its purposes are to base each 1 niation on the mal popuiation, according to the oficial census. By the operation of such a measure, should it become a law ed that sixteen dis- | tric th will be affected. It will acutely open the whole Southern | question and will arouse bitter antag- onism in the Soutl Platt says that his measure no particunlar ion of ry. and wiil affect all States nd is a just and fair. basis of ntation Congress, propose to intro- York'Senator, “is its. details and It embodies the ideas an Club of New York. S not a partisan measure.’ Pl also called attention | that his bill will affect the X States, and among them Massachusetts. The measure is said a strong backinz. not only of publican Club of New York but Jortant members of the Union e Club. General Henry E. Tre- campaign Presiden- this roduction of such a measure tt will cause some sur- of Congress, since it believed anv serious effort made in the present session Southern representation by ngr packer resolution, pr investigation by a sele appointed by the Speak id- er mittee into the validity of the election laws of the scveral tes and whether the right tc vote is ied al any election for President and representatives in Congre still pending. Crumpacker wi a conference with President Roosevelt this week on this question, &nd later on an effort wiil be made to have the resolution brought before the | House. This, it had been expected, would constitute the only serious at- his winter at reducing the representation. P bill att insists that his or conforms to the plank in the Republi- can national platform which favors an irves tion by Congress of this sub- Ject, and, after facts are ascertained. a reduction of representation in the several States, according to the four- teenth amendment to the constitution. The Republicans contend that in the Southern States. where the negro vote is suppr d, there is a representation in Congress entirely out of proportion to that in other parts of the country, aithough, they also say, the nationa plank and the bill along the lines of that of Senator Platt does not refer to the Southern States alone. Several he tes exclude from the elector- ate e cf their citizens by an edu- « al test, notably Massachusetts, necticut and California. - gt HAWAILI ASKS FUNDS. Wants Steps Taken t§ Eliminate Dis- case From Island. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The esti- mates of the appropriations submitted for the Territory of Hawail by Gover- nor Carter and forwarded to Congress by Secretary Shaw are as follows: Dredging Honolulu harbor, $250,000; re- funds te Territory, $175,022; Federal building for Honolulu, $1,000,000: Fed- eral building at Hilo, $100,000. As a part of the estimates there is submitted as an appendix a letter from the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce addressed to the Governor soliciting his assistance in the matter of making Honolulu a “clean port” as against tropical diseases and declaring that to this end Honolulu should be made dis- ease proof. There also is attached a letter from the Merchants’ Association of Honolulu calling attention to a se- rious depression in the wholesale and retail business of Hawaii, the causes assigned being “the loss of customs revenue amounting to $5,000.000 during the four years since annexation.” SRR Bill Promoting Rifle Practice. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Represen- tative Hull, chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs, to-day on request of Acting Secretary of War Oliver introduced a bill to promote rifie practice. The bill provides for an an- nual appropriation of $1,000,000. AR Vi ek Introduces Pension Bill. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Representa- tive Roberts of Massachusetts intro- duced a bill to-day providing a pen- sion of $i5 a month for the widow of Union sailors, soldiers and marines, ADVERTISEMENTS. Distress After Eating Nausea between meals, belching, vom- iting, flatulence, fits of nervous head- ache, pain in the stomach, are all symptoms of dyspepsia, and the longer it is neglected the harder it is to cure it. Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills Radically and permanently cure it— strengthen and tone the stomach and other digestive organs for the natural performance of their functions. dew—* Teguest C. I HOOD CO., Lowell, Mass. < o on | the INOUIRY INTO Congress Calling for an Investigation of the Line NOW OWNED BY AMERICA Nince It Has Passed Int(): | Nation’s Hand Believed | | All Facts Should Come Out | —_— | WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Represen- tative Shackelford (D.) of Missouri, | one of the members of the House | Committee on interstate and Foreign | | Commerce, who accompanied the | Congressional party on the visit to| Pauama, to-day introduced a resolu- | tion providing for an inquiry into the | | affairs of the Panama Railway Com- | pany and a report to Congress. The | resolution is as follows: | wn The United States is now the owner stock of the Panama Railway Com d it ia for that reason expedient ha ess should have full knowledge of the | affairs of said company; therefore be it | Resolved, That the Committee on Interstate | and Foreign Commerce be and is hereby di- recied 1o investigate the operation, manage- | ment and cond company | | | dition of said ratlway and all the franchises and property belonging thereto, including steamships ownad, operated rolled by it: that said committee make tigations and report the testimony, Heir conclusions thereon, as $oon as p and that said committee, or any du ointed sub-committee thereof, shall have er to examine any or all records, books, accounts and vouchers of said or of any officer or agent thereof, | other person. company or corpora- which may have had au reement or | company, and all minutes of the acts and proceed- meeting of the stockholders or di- rectors of sald railway company. The resolution then confers the | | usnal powers upon the committee to administer oaths and employ the | necessary clerical help. —-— “PULL" IN sue with t NAVY. ‘ SCORES Morton Says That With Him Merit Alone Will Count. | TON, Dec. 6.—Merit, and | | mot political influence of official | prestige, should alone determine as signments to duty in the navy, in the f etary Morton. The | ecretary to-day addressed a letter to uperintendent Brownson of the Na- al Academy, expressing his emphatic disapproval of the efforts to influence WASHI opinion o the department in the assignment of midshipmen from the class soon 1to| The letter reads: The department has been ‘approached in various ways. directly and indirectly. by in- fluences seeking to control the assignment of midshipmen, singly or in groups, from the class about to be graduated from the Ni Academy to certain ships which they or their friends have been pleased to specify. The de- partment does not hesitate to express its dis- | fibe graduated to certain ships. i | even the beginning of an active career in the | service, which seeks to secure duty in accord- | ance with individual preferences rather than the good of the rervice as interpreted By the | department’ order. The department Is of the opinion that -the voung gentieme® referred to are mot fully aware of the gravity of the attack made by such requests on the principle involved—that | the individual exists for the good of the serv- | ice, mot the service for the individual—and they should be warned that the department | will regard with disfavor the bringing of any | influence, official, political or social, seeki®z | to control or divert In their behalf its orders to duty The Secretary has repeatedly re- fused to intervene in the regular as- | signment of officers prepared by | Rear Admiral Converse, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and this, he de- clares, will continue to be his policy. The department has the full support of the President in its position. —_— CONGRESS HEARS MESSAGE. Little Business Transacted in the Senate and House. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The Senate was in session for more than two hours to-day, and in addition to listening to, the reading of the President’s message received a preliminary report from the Merchant Marine Commission, wit- riessed the induction of Senators Knox and Crane into office, and in executive session referred the Presidential nom- inations to the proper committees, The session was characterized by an exten- slon of ygsterday's greeting .among Senators. The reading of the commissions of the two Senators attracted more at- tention than usual in such cases, on account of their prominence, and Sen- ators generally did not fail to note the peculiar wording of Governor Penny- packer's communication, wherein he conferred the office of Senator upon | Knox, empowering him to hold it with | all emoluments and privileges until the Pennsylvania. Secretary of the Nayy—Paul Morton of Iili- | nols. | . Secretary of Commerce and Labor—Victor H. Metcalf of California. 2 88 per cent of the sbares of the | g | burg, Germany; George H. Moulton, Colorado, 1| the Philippine Islands—Adams Carson, approval of the spirit thus evidenced before |° s ilen B i APPOINTMENTS PANAMA ROD[ GO 10 SENATE] N0 WHITEWASH i Resolution Introduced in!Long List of Nominations Sent by the President; to Receive Confirmation INCLUDES CABINET MEN Changes Made in Consular Service and Promotions in the Army and the Navy WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—A large batch of nominations was sent to the Senate by the President to-day, many of them recess appointments, which included four Cabinet positions, as General—William H. Moody of Massachusetts. 3 Fustmaster General—Robert J. Wynne of Important postoftice nominations sent to the Senate nclude William R. Willcox at New and James A. Merritt at Washington, Yo D. C. Jther nominations were as follows: = Pur- chasing agent for the Postoffice Department— w. Cockran of Kansas Minister Resident and Consul General— Thomas C. Dawson of Iowa to Santo Do- mingo; second secretary of the embassy of the United States—Robert 'W. Bliss of Mew York, Petersburg; third secretary of the em- bhasy of the United States—Francis C. Lan: cn, New York, at Berlin; secretary of leg: tion and Consul-General—Montgomery Schuy ler Jr. of New York at Bangkok, Slam; sec- rétary of legation—Willilam Blumenthal of New ‘York, at Lisbon, Portugal; Charles Rich- ardson of Massachusetts, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. IN CONSULAR SERVICE. Conguls _ General—Frank Dyer, Chester, Mase., at Budapest, Hungary: Hezeklah Gad- der. North Carolina, at Panam: Juliug G. La; District of Columbia, at Canton, China; nr D. Miiler of Oregon, Newchwang, China; Danfel Mayer, West Virginia, at Bue- nos Ayres; Benjamin H. Ridgeley, Kentucky, at Barcelona, Spain; Willlam Wright, Pennsylvania, at Munich, Bavarla. Among the nominations were those of a large number of postmasters, in- cludihg many recess appointments. The original appointments include tne following: ~ California—Hiram H, Richmond at Auburn, William J. Kilby at Coalinga, Cora B. Wales at Colfax, Joseph Smith at Dowvey, John M Jolley at Oceanside, George A. Griffin at Tuol- umne; ldoho—Fdna H. Madden Julla “A. Garber at Grangeville; uel J. Anderson at Winnemicea: (Einder at Myrtle Point; anacortes, Vyoming— Frederick E f . To be Consuls—William E. Alger, Massa- chusetts, at Tegucigalpi, Honduras; Leo Burg- hol ew York, at Dawson City, Yukon Ter- i Hannah, lllinois, at Magd:- at rgetown, Demerara, Guiana; Malmres, Minnesota, at Colon, Panama. TERRITORIAL JUDGES. Assoclate Justice of the Supreme Court of Vir- ginia; Judge of District Court, District of Alaska, Pirst division, Royal A. Gunnison of York. of the Mint—Frank. M. : assaver of the Mint—Arthur Denver: melter and refiner of the W. Milsom, Denver. ° Oscar To be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court for the Territory of New Mexico—FEd- ward A. Mann of New Mexico; ta be Chief Justiee of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii—Walter F. Frear of Hawall; to be Associate Justices of the Supreme Court for the of Territory of Hawali—Alfred S. Harvwell Hawali, Francis M. Hatch of Hawall; Judges of the Cireuit Court of Matthewman arles i'. Parsons of Hawail; acob Hardy of Hawall, Fifth circuit. United States Attorneys—Henry M. Hoyt, California, for the District of Alaska, division No. Norman M. Quick, Idaho, -District of 1dak Marshals—Robert G. evada. Commissioner of Indian Affairs—Francis E. Leupp, District of Columbia Governor_of Alaska—John Rimmon, District of N Braly, Ala Surveyor General of Alaska—William L. tin, Tiinois. Agents for the Indinas—Samuel Below, Montana, Flathead Agency Frark Frantz, -Oklahoma, Osage A, Registers of Land Offices—! at Cc:ur d'Alene, Idaho; Dics Woodward, Oklahoma. tobert N. T-uni 1. Morgan, Receiver of l'ublic Mneys—Eidney B De- long, at Tuscon, A. T.; Julius (L Weiss at Del Norte, Colo. IN ARMY AND NAVY. The nominations included a large number of army promotions, among which were the following to be brig- adlier generals: Colonel Alvert Mills, United States Military Acalz C. Dunwoody, Signal Corps; onel Peter Leary Jr., A t Colonel Samuel L ; Lieutenant Colos uartermaster zeneril; . deputy quartermaster g superiniendent cof the ; Colonel Henry Ldeutenant_Col- Theodore A. Bingham, Corps Colonel Constant Williams, ‘Twenty fantry. In the naval promotions these were nominated” to be rear admirals: Captain William F. ¥olger, Caplain Franels . W. Dickins, Captain George 1. E. Wilde, Cap- tain Charles H. Davis Cantain Cherles J. Train, Captain George W. Pignan and Captain George A. Converse. William Anwin and Wilton E. Lando, both of California, were appointed as- sistant surgeons in the navy. next meeting of the Legislature of the State, " *“if he shall so long behave himself well.” After listening to the reading of the President’s message to Congress, the House adjourned . until to-morrow. During the first ten minutes of the ses- | sion two . minor routine. matters were disposed of, but no other business was transacted. Just before Speaker Cannon rapped the House to order an elderly man oc- cupying a front seat in the public gal- lery uttered a series of long-drawn-out whoops. Much commotion was caused before he was ejected. AID FOR THE MILITIA. New Bill Calls for One Million Dollars Annually. WASHINGTON, Dec.’ 6.—The War Department has forwarded to Congress a draft of a bill, proyiding for an an- nual appropriation of $1,000,000 for the purpose of providing arms, ordnance stores, quartermaster stores and camp equipment for the militia and for the payment of the cost of inspections of the organized militia which are re- quired to be made under direction of the Secretary of War. ———— SONOMA PEOPLE OBJECT 'l\'j ELECTRIC RAILWAY | Fear It Would Mar Beauty of Street and Endanger Lives of the 3 People. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 6.—Mrs. Susie Lenos and Mrs. Ida D. Dorman of Sonoma appeared before the Board of Supervisors to-day and filed a protest against the granting of an electric franchise by the MG OFFERED POST AT HEAD OF THE PENSION OFFICE Major Warner of Missouri Declines, However, as His Eyes Are on Senatorship. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Major ‘Williamr Warner of Kansas City, Unit- ed States District Attorney for the Western District of Missourl, has been offered the office of Commissioner of Pensions and has declined. = The place will be made vacant by the re- tirement of Eugene Ware of Kansas, whose resignation will take effect Jan- uary 1. . Major Warner was strongly in- dorsed for the pension commissioner- skip by his G. A. R. comrades, but did not desire the appointment. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 6.—Major Wil- linm Warner, in a dispatch from ‘Washington to-day, announced his candidacy for the office of United States senator, to succeed Senator Cockrell. —— et » — & FREE FREE WITH ‘ SUNDAY CALL SMALL ADS. A BEAUTIFUL CHINA SOUVENIR. TUMBLER OF SAN FRANCISCO. Free With Every Small Ad TANT LEGISLATION ASKED IN NEW BILLS BEFORE CONGRESS| BURTON GETS Government Contends for the Guilt and Punishment of | the Senator From Kansas WITH SUPREME COURT| Use of “Inflience” of This Type by Federal Officials Is Strongly Denounced WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The supple- mental brief of the Government in the case of Senator Burton of Kansas, was filed in the Supreme Court of the . United -States to-day. It vontends' strongly for the guilt of the defendant, | although it is admitted that the Sen- ator's course in support of the inter- . ests of his client, the Rialto Company, was not always clear. Speaking of the use of political influence in the depart-, ments, the prief says that it is effec- tive, and adds: | Mr. Burton's traces were well covered. His | clates, on behalf of himself and his client, made a fair showing, but he held up the in- vestigation because he was a Senator, and not merely because he was a general counsel of the Rialto Company; and the portion of the Judges' charge animadverted on at bar were perfectly accurate and just. If not, the most | dangerous evil in this entire situation, viz that intangible, subtle and insidious thing, influsnce.”” can never be reached even where | the receint of compensation is plainly shown. | On the point of punishment, it is| remarked: Beceuse a man of his caliber occupies a | high position and the sting of the Infamy may therefore be more bitter to him 8 mo reason for saying that that part of the punishment should increase the grade of the offense and | enlarge his protection and rights any than if the case put the same stigma upon a poor wretch who never held office and could never expect to. S D OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE | OF THE PACIFIC COAST El g H Changes in Postal Service in Califor- nia—Patents Issued to Residents | of the State. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The post- offices at Alcatraz, Calexico, Coachella, Inverness, Lamoines, Inadeline, Napa Junction, San Martin, Sherwood, Sul- tana, San Anselmo. Nicasio, Pied- | mont, Weed, Watts and Wawona, in California, will become domestic | money order offices January 3. The postoffice at Workman, Los Angeles County, is discontinued, to be super- seded by rural free delivery. Star service has been established between Valdez and Eagle City, Alaska, leaving Valdez on the 4th and 18th of each’ month. John Kelly of San Francisco | has _been appointed assistant engineer | on the steamship General Mifflin, at San Francigco. I Patents were issued to-day to Cali-| forbians as follows: G A Aldrich, San Francisco, Impulsive | steam engine: H. . Clark, San Francisco, | two, amtomatic belt tightener; A. J. Collar, | Yreka, means for operating water gates; Gus | Dumont and J. Zutesman, Los Angeles, non- | refillable ciga package; J. Ernhart, Santa Paula, pruning implement; Thomas R. Gath, | Ban Francisco, centrifugal pump; Robert R. Hall, San Francisco, eyeglass; Sam H. Kitch- iner, Stockton, device for the prevention of railway hold-ups; E. G. Lundquist, Los An- | geles (assignor of twg-thirds to H. H. and W. A. Hail), tobacco pouch; A. L. Malone, San Francisco, coupling: Omara A. Mann, Oil | Center, sucker rod grab; Charles Payne, Los | Angeles, combination pencil sharpener and ! eraser; F. H. Reed Claremont, dam: Ed J. Otter, -8an Diego, garment supporting and Jocking device: B. W. Salmon, French Camp, | thresher; Frank rease | cup: Charles Stera ( ). San_ Diego, sparking device for Internationai combustion engine; E. A. Stickney, Sacra- | mento, automatic adjustable spacing rack: J. Strine, Downey, grocery bin; Warren L. Ve tal, dlands, fence post; J. Willlame, Oak- | d _(assignor to Security Coin Box Company, | San Francisco), coin box. S Ssstie B i BARS WILL NOT COME DOWN. | 1 New Chinese Treaty Will Take Some, Time to Complete. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The new | Chinese exclusion treaty, which Secre- | tary Hay and Sir Chen Tung Liang Cheng, the Chinese Minister, are nego- | tiating, presents a serious and tedious task. When the negotiations were be- gun some time ago it was with the hope, though hardly with the expecta- tion, that the treaty could be signed in | time to be sent to the Senate at the opening of Congress. If the treaty reaches Congress before the close of the present session; the negotiators | will feel that their work progressed rapidly. To safeguard the country even more | adequately than does the present! treaty -against the immigration of) 1904. MINING TEN WILL TO THE SEND A- MEMORIAL PRESIDENT *- Continued from Page Column 7. in Southern California twelve times. Speaking further, the professor sai What is the reason for the lack of progress in the northern part of the State? Governor Pardee, whose statistics T have quoted, attrib- utes it o lack of irrigation. Human nature is the ragne that It was 2500 years ago. The au- thor Who wrote Aesop's Fables told of the. kill- ing of the goose that lald the golden egg. In gout California the Anti-Debris Association kilied the goose of the golden egg. In the period between (538 and 1883, thirt, five years, California had an average annual gold output of $31,000,000, or $100,C00 for each working day. This came not all, but mostly, from hydraulic mining. ille and Sacra- mento were benefited in the days of the argo- nauts. They were two of the business and in- tellectual centers of the State. They had gold for their farm products. The Anti-Debris As- B soclation killed the goose and the hydraulic | involved in the | miner and the farmer were common ruin. MILLIONS ARE LOST. Professor Christy called attention to the fact that in 1885 the investment in the hydraulic mining properties of : the State amounted to $100,000,000. This value was destroyed. The energy of the hydraulic miner was and is the admiration of the world. He con- structed mountazin reservoirs and also meuntain ditches and pipe lines that | were miles long. Now the argonaut old and broken, sit by their ruined cabins and gaze om the wrecks of their ruined hopes. They could have had fortune in their grasp by breaking the law, by running a monitor by night. With few exceptions the hydraulic miner has respected the law that ruined him. Professor Christy paid some atten- tion to the decisions by Judge Lorenzo Sawyer and declared that they rested on an incomplete knowledge of geo- logic laws and of the forces of n: ture. In part Professor Christy's re- marks in this regard were as follows: Judge Sawyer's decisions, as strictly Inter— preted, result in a deadlock between the farm- ers and the miners. The anti-debris slogan is, “All kinds of mining lock alike to me!” The srowth of Northern California has been para- Jyzed. The situation has taken on all the bit- terness of a religious war. When anything goes wrong in the valley It is attributed to the bydraulic miners. Erosion is a natural and universal process. There were recertly great washouts on the lines of the Southern Pacific Company and of the Santa Fe. Trains were detained in Texas, New. Mexico and Arizona. There is no hy- draulic mining to be called to account in those instances. In the mouths of mountain gorges, everywhere, are ‘an-shaped cones, consisting of discharged sediment, gravel, etc., hundreds of feet deep, covering from five to twenty-five miles at the mouths of torrential Hydraulic mining has no part in All rivers coming from mountains to a flat | country deposit sediment in their beds and fill up thelr beds between the lowlands. They run, often, twenty and even more feet above the’ lowlands in their borders. This is true of the Sacramento River and also of the Mis. ppl and the Po, along which last named two no hydraulic mining takes place. The del- ;nland bars at their mouths are formed simi- arly. Professor Christy then went on to speak of what happens when rivers are permitted to follow their natural bent and said in part: JUDGE IS MISTAKEN. If left to itself a river tends to correct this | in flood times by overflowing its banks and de- positing fresh soil upon the adjacent lowlands. How little Judge, Sawyer and Colonel Mendell appreciated this “fact! In a decision Judge vyer sa “The evils resulting from occasional overflow of pure water, or water deteriorated only by natural erosion and causes and which leave no deleterious sediment behind to permanently destroy the land, are trifiing compared with those resulting from the enormous amount from hyaraulic mining.’” - Ask ‘the managers of the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe what they think of this statement. In a decision of January 7, fNSi, Judge Sawyer, quoting Colonel Mendell, says: *“The preservation of river beds and routes of drainage requires that effective restraint be imposed upon mining detritus. drainage lines may be expected to suffer the fate which overtook their prototypes, the Plio- cene rivers, which were obliterated by enor- mous deposits brought down by their own cur- Tents.” Here are the bane and the antidote. Did Judge Sawyer and Colonel Mendell charge the hydraulic miners with filling up the Pliocena rivers? If not, is the existence of 300 feet of gravel an answer to the charge that the hy- draulic miner is the culprit? ¥ Professor Christy then read a state- ment that he had prepared from dat supplied by Geologists Chamberlal and Salisbury, who have recently is- sued a work on geology from the Uni- versity of Chicago, which showed the annual deposits of sediment due to ero- slon to be as follows in a number of rivers, per square mile: Potomac, 4; Mississippi, 214.4; Rio Grande, 2.8; u- guay, 10.6; Rhone, 31.1; Py, 59; Danube, 93.2; Nile,, 38.8; Irawaddy, 209. These figures do not jnclude the great cones in torrential streams. There were no figures relating to Cal- ifornia in the publication referred to, but, taking the same proportion, Pr fessor Christy found that the Sacra- mento River deposits in sediment by erosion annually 10.56 feet to the square mile, and that, in fifty-five years, since 1849, the Sacramento River has depos- ited in sediment by erosion 580.8 feet to the square mile. Engineers variously estimate the area destroyed by hydrau- lic mining at twenty-five miles, five to ten feet deep. “The figures show,” re- marked Professor Christy, “that at the same rate per square mile of the water- shed of the Mississippi River, the Sac- ramento and San Joaquin rivers would have detroyed with sand and mud fifty- Chinese lahorers of any class and to|eight square miles, ten. feet deep, or alleviate as far as can safely be done the alleged hardships which even the best people of China are forced to un- dergo at the gateways of this country, | ‘are two results which it is hoped may be obtained by the new treaty. It iIs statel on authority that there is no, foundation for the statement that, the | new treaty is designed to let down the bars against indiscriminate Chinese immigration. SRR i Army and Navy Orders. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Under or- ders of the War Department the fol- lowing named. surgeons are relieved ! from duty in the Philippifie Islands, to | take effect on the dates set opposite ! their respective names, and will then | and | proceed by the first available trampm-xi to San Francisco and upon arrival re. port by telegraph to the military sec- | re‘r.ry of the army for further or- ders: Major John M. Banister, March 21; Major H. I. Redmond, March 21: Major A. E. Brady, April 21; Major Charles ‘Richard, May 12; Major R. J. Gibson, g&y 12; Major P, R. Egan, May 19, Sergeant William Hinman of the Signal Corps at Governors Island, N. will be sent to Benicia barracks, Wi view to duty in the Philippine Islands. Leave of absence, granted First Lieutenant G. Winterburn.of the Bighth Cavalry of the Department of California, is extended twenty-five ys. 1194 Orders to naval officers—. Naval Constructor H. T. Wright is de- tached from the navy yard at t Sound, December 20, 1904, to the m, ks, San Iron Worl Francieco, as as- 116 square miles, five feet deep.” LAW IS DOUBLE EDGED. Another quotation from one of Judge ! Sawyer’'s decisions was given and Pro- fessor Christy said regarding it and its consequences: Restraining hydraulic miners from dischatg- ing bowlders, gravel, sand, detritus, clay or other material in suspension, if taken literally, Would close down not only the business of every hydraulic miner, but eve gol redger, arift, quartz and other mime in this State: Interpreting the letter of the law. How would the anti-debris people llke a dose of the same mud? ‘'The human agencles that augment erosion and injure the navigable waters of the State include the cutting of roads and rallways, cutting of timber, forest fires, cattle, sheep ogs, plowing and tilling the soil, h. and other kinds of mining where ings ure not restrained, building of levees and | reclamation of tide and overflowed lands, the Oakland, Alameda and Key Route moles. “‘Shall all these industries cease (asked essor Christy. “Literally ap- plied, Judge Sawyer's decision would ‘stop farming as well as mining and anti-farming associations could appeal to it to stop plowing and cattle raising; | spies could show that clay or other | substance was discharged by these op- | erations | the State.” An editorial that appeared in The s?. Francisco Call on November 29 ‘was praised for its clear showing con- . cerning erosions. : Rufus P. Jennings was quoted by the speaker as saying that the river im- provement movers have no intention to interfere with the interests of the min. ers. “This,” said Professor Christy, * too important to trust to chance,” Those who are interested in the riv- to the navigable waters of ! sistant to the mperlntenden{ con- structor. cause. To get the genuire, call for full name and look for signature of F. W. Grove. 25c. * B ers and other navigable waters of the State were mentioned as follows: ‘sunplied by Otherwise the | surveys chart of 1900, and these were quoted. NAVIGATION IN DANGER. | Bay 122 square miles. There are but 100 square miles that have a depth of | four feet of water, eighty-three square . miies in San Francisco Bay and sev- enteen square miles in San Pablo Bay. | | . Deeper draft vessels are built yearly. The bay may be injured for purposes of deep sea navigation long hefore | Island Navy-yard is of great importance to the Government in time of war and peace. It must not be filled up-by the scouring of tho Sacramento River. Great stretches of are already useless. Our river problem differs from that of the Mississippi in several Im- portant points. Our rainfall is concentrated into a few short months. varies from one to ten times in the same y: carrying of sediment varies from o times. r rivers are fed directly by torren- tal streams. Unless natural and artificial sediment are kept from the rivers the levees Wil simply convey this sediment throuzh the rivers. whose beds wiil rise ahd will-continue to rise. The levees must be constantly built higher ‘and the sediment will bay of San Francisco. “What must be done?’ was asked: and the answer was given as follows: 1. Equalize the flow by building storage Teservoirs in the mountains_ ae the hydraulie miners did, for water for power, mining and frrigation, and so reduce the flocds to a minimum. ] 2. Restrain all gravel. grit, ete.. torrential streams to deposit their waste lands near the foothills, thus making tillable lands of the waste lands, and dis- charge the clear water to the rivers 3. Levees may at first be needed to render the stream navigable at low water, but flood- gateo should be provided to flood the lowlands and gradually build up the lowlands with fresh soll. We already hear that vi liey lands are becoming exhausted. The same experience belongs to the where the new system of irrigation to clear the water has replaced the old flocding system n muddy w ter. The old Egyptians learned the fruc | fying value of the ‘red Nile mud.'" | oThe first and most vital meusure move the sediment from the torren | before they enter the navigable stream: finally by causing burden on depositing them on waste lands. It done hydraullc mining may go on without Injury to other interests. 1If this Is not done, even if hydraulic mining is stopped forever, the building of levees is worse than useless. for it only insures the conveyance of sediment into the bay of San Francisco. little else is necessary. DUTY OF GOVERNMENT. George J. Specht was quoted to the effect that the mountain streams of Europe, where there is no hydraulic mining, have wrought the same de- struction as has been causd at Marys- ville, only worse, for whole villages have been destroyed by sand and gravel. The following was sald con- cerning the duty of the Federal Gov- ernment in the premises: A detailed topographic study of the foothill and valley region is necessary. The Ameri- | can Union owes its existence to the hydraulic miner. The United S this industry and destroyed the earning power | of the hydraulic miner. Millions lie Waiting his manacled enzines. Does not the Govern- ment owe a debt to him? If all sediment, natural and artificial, can be kept out of the rivers hydraulic mining can be resumed not only without injury to the farmer but to his benefit. This s a geological problem. It can be_setiled only by able and experienced geol- ogists, not on a snap judgment, but after careful, detailed study of all the facts. Congress has already put at the disposition of the director of the United States Geological Survey a large rotating fund to be used in | the study of just such questions as this. | | Hence, from these premises, Profes- sor Christy advised the California Miners' Association to memorialize the President of the United States to aid. sor Christy’s reasoning closely and ap- | plauded him lustily when he concluded his advice. Last evening the commit- tee on resolutions met and probably a | draft of the memorial to which great importance is attached will be sub- mitted to the convention this morning. In addition to the proceedings that led up to the adoption of the vlan of memorializing President Roosevelt, the miners listened yesterday to instruc- | tive addresses by L. J. Hohl concern- ing gold dredging and Thomas W. Leg- gett relative to the diamond and gold mines of South Africa. Yesterday aft- ernoon the miners went about the bay and visited the Union Iron Works. — PLACES HOFE IN NEW PACT . LONDON, Dec. 6.—In discussing the prospects of the Anglo-American arbi- tration treaty, Sir Thomas Barclay, who has been prominently identified with ths work of promoting amity be- tween the wations, said to-day: It is quite possible that the treaty under consideration will be more far-reaching tham the Anglo-French treaty. The treaty of 1807 provided for the settlement of all difficulties between Great Britain and the United States without exception by arbitration. It need hardly be expected that the new treaty will be in éxactly the same tbrms as that signed by the late Lord Pauncefote and Secretary Ol- ney, but it is most desirable that a treaty be- tween peoples speaking the same language and having practically the same form of proce- dure should go a step further than the Anglo- French treaty. A good loap from the treaty of 1897 would be the claufe providing that if onme of the parties raises the objection that national honor or vital interest is involved, the arbitrators should consist of an equal number of the na- tionality of the parties involved, and that If the decision is given by a bare majority it €hould become final if not protested within three . The reference to_arbitration of the Al an question showed that some such ciause is quite workable. The treaty of 1897 was defeated by twenty- six Senators, many of whom were Influenceq by Michael Davitt to believe that such a treaty would delay the solution of home rule for Ireland. To-day no one can possibly couple the question of home rule with the question of adopting peaceful business-like methods for dealings with international ditficulties. 1f the majority of the Unitéed States Senate should thwart the progresa of arbitration to-day when all minds of men are shocked by horrors of war in the Far East, and when all realize | how indispensable if is to promote pacific methods for the settlement of difficulties b - | tween nations, there would be an outery | throughout the world and the Senate would be disgraced in the eyes of all mankind. i 1 know positively that several Semators who voted against the treaty of 1897 will now | vote for the treaty of arbitration. cite the case of Senator Morgan of Alabama, ¢ who told me he had altered his views since (1807 T am pertectly surc that Senators Money and Bacon are now good friends of the i treal ADVERTISEMENTS. mnsa-mim APV AY Exciusive productions in Gentlemen's Haberdash- ery and Clothing. 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Dr. McKanna effects a complete cure in three days without the use of dangerous hy- poderm: annoying confinement or bad after effects. Dr. McKanna's treatment is absolutely safe and cannot harm the most delicate constitution. Why waste time and money in drinking ' whisky when you can be cured of the lquor habit in three days with no chance of | failure, no risk and no unpleasantness? | Think it over and call or write Dr. Me- { Kanna for full information. Address 14 Geary street, San Francisco, Cal. Phone 1027 Main. UNITED STATES BRANCH. STATEMENT | ——OF THE— |CONDITION AND AFFAIRS | —OF THE— HAMBURG BREMEN | FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY { | QF HAMBURG, IX THE EMPIRE OF GER- | Umany, on the 3ist day of December, A. D. | 1903, and for the | made to the Insurance Commissioner of the | State of California. pursuant to the provisions of Sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Com- missioner. ASSETS. Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company...$1,622,048 28 Cash fn Banks .............. 58,477 39 Premiums in due Course of Col tion .. 3 153,654 31 Total Assets ..$1,834,177 08 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid. $15,145 08 | Losses in process of Adjustme: | in Suspense . 68,955 00 { Losses resisted, including expenses 17,500 00 | Gross premtums on Fire Risks run- | ning one year or less, §1,301,- 138 83; reinsurance 50 per cent. 650,579 49 Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- ning more than one year, $1,236,- 149 83; reinsurance pro rata. 842,305 88 | Total Liabilities ... een--$1,397.485 25 INCOME. Net cash actually received for | * Fire premiums .. ....$1,697.431 20 Received for interest and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from all other SOUFCES ......... 88,870 64 Total Income o -$1,756,001 99 EXPENDITURES. amount id_for Fire Losses N nciuding 318,374 16, losses of previcus years) . . $sss,m8 99 Paid or allowed for Brokerage . 358,710 09 Paid for E and ¢ for officers, clerks, eto. 131,281 81 Paid for State, National and Local | taxes . Al other ~ tures Total Expenditures . Losses imcurred during the year...$850,233 93 Risks and Premiu: Premiums, et amount of Risks| written during the| year *| $149,480,017 (32,043,231 39 Net amovnt of Risk: expired during the| Sear Net amount In force| December 31, 1903. 133,792,401 | 1,834,231 94 197,674,633 | 2,537,308 68 F. O. AFFELD, U. 3. Manager. Subscribed and sworn to. before me, this day of January. i CHARLES EDGAR M) | Commissloner of Deeds for Callfornia in New Yo RUDOLPH HEROLD Jr., General Agent, | HARRY C. 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