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{ \ l THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1903 3 I _WAT HFUL SOLONS prz/ funke?er&’.?/qns' F@R TOUR OF STATE l . further consideration. omm . FRIENDY OF UNIVERSITY PR BILL WIN VICTORY Jee Reports Against Buifding 40 Z&NAM WRIGHT +* SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.—The fight against Lukens’' bill to appropriate $250,000 for the construction of an agri- cultural building for the College of Agriculture at Berkeley began this . afternoon in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Dairying and it looks now as though the measure would be defeated. The committee, which is composed of Lynch, Rush, Muenter, Greenwell, Rambo, McKee and DIggSs, stands in favor of Diggs’ bill, appro- priating $250,000 for the purchase of n agricultural farm of not less than acres and is advancing on the theory that it would be strange reason- ing that would put the college build- ing one place and have the farm in another. After considerable discussion the . committee agreed to report favorably on the Diggs bill and ask that it pass, leaving the question of the building for It is the sense of the committee that the entire col- lege of agriculture, buflding and all, should be transferred to the site of the farm it recommends should be pur- ased. It points to the fact that oth- er branches of the university are do- ing splendid work far removed from Berkeley and holds that none requires such removal roundings more than the college of agriculture. A warm debate on the flocr is anticipated when the recom- mendations of the committee are read to the Senate in general session. Southern California has a scheme afoot to get the $50,000 it wants for an * experimental station by cutting in on the proposed-appropriation for an agri- eultural college or standing out against that appropriation unless it is allowed the sum it desi i STATE TAX RATE. Legislators Figure That Present Con- ditions Preclude Low One. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.—As usual at this stage of a legislative session there is much speculation as to what the tax rate is to be. The opinion of __ADVERTISEMENTS. ....Building.... FFICE Now ready for occupancy. Low rents. No datk rooms. Every possible conven- ience of the modérn of- fice building. Fitted espe- cially to supply wants of physicians and dentists. Nine high speed elevators. Free light, heat, water and janitor service. For prices and further information ap- ply at office of the building, Room 301, or B. P. OLIVER, 114 Montgomery St. Prescriptions 34,406 and 7. HARMLESS INJECTION. Cures inary casés In a few days. Warranted to cure worst cases. TMENT . Prevents and Cures Stric- ures, PREVENTS less. $2.00 for mth%. sale only ¥. 5. KELLY'S PEARMACY, 102 Eddy. BRUSHES 7 s e v il Tmbies, Tavnrien, Do FOR BARBERS, BAK- ers, bootblacks. bath- from metropolitan sur- | - p WHOSBE VOICES ARE TLY HEARD IN DIS AT THE CAPITAL. some officials posted in such mdtters is that with necessary appropriations, outside of regular expenses, it will reach $1.60 or $1.065. There are extra- { ordinary conditions that must be met this vear, it is claimed by some of the legislators, that will preclude a very low rate. While it is agreed that the | Governor will do his best to keep down the rate, that his administration may be known as one of wisdom and econ- |omy, it is said that he must face the | state “be rebuilt; issue and that when the needs of the become generally known there will be none to complain against the raise. It is pointed out that the preliminary work of reclaiming the inundated lands of the Sacramento and San Joaquin ba- sins wili cost much money before means can be devised to make the re- claimed lands pay for their own sal- ! vation; that San Quentin prison must be practically rebuilt; that Folsom prison must be walled; that at least two of the State Normal Schools must that additions must be made to the hospitals for the insane, all of them being overcrowded; that the Capitol building must be repaired at much expense and that much public work must be cared for by increased appropriation. The preliminary step in the proposed reorganization of the State’s taxation system was taken un to-night at e conference of the Legislative Commit- tee of the Senate and Assembly with Governor Pardee. There was a full attendance of the committees and af- ter a lengthy discussion it was decided to appoint a subcommittee of seven, including the chairman of the Revenue and Taxation Committees, whose duty it shall be to draw up a proposed con- stitutional amendment embodying the proposed changes. Governor Pardee, who made the prin- cipal address of tha evening. urged w complete revision of the tax law and suggested the substitution of a partial indirect tax which would permit the cutting down of the State property tax one half. ————— AGREES \\‘l'l']-[ BELSHAW | Drainage Committee Favors Bill Con- | cerning State Land Titles. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.—The Sen- ate Committee on Drainage, Swamp and Overflowed lands held a session this afternoon. It agreed to report fa- vorably on Belshaw's bill for the relief of purchases of State lands by legal- | izing applications heretofore made for | the purchase of such lands under the erroneous belief that they were swamp lands, when in/fact they were salt marsh and tide lands and vice versa. Emmons, while joining in the recommendation that the bill pass, re- served the right to protest against the measure on the floor should it he shown later that the bill would vali- date any titles that had been fraudu- lently procured. Poisoning May Cause Death. ‘Warren J. Brown, of 1 Lexington avenue, was picked up by Patrqlman W. F. Sheehan early this morning at Third and Howard streets and booked ai the Southern Station on a charge of drunkenness. He was taken sick shortly’ after arrival and was sent to the Central Emergency Hospital, where he was treated for alcoholism. Later he had a relapse and artificial respiration was neeefiry. It is be- lieved he had alcoholl or had been,.given knockout 8. De- tective O'Day is Investigating e o+ | Strict Investigation of Fistic Game Is Desired. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17i.—Another assault on the treasury by would-be junketers was met with a hail of, oratory and successtully repulsed In the Senate this morning. This second effort was attempted after much more careful preparation thah marked the! one that met disaster yesterday, but it fell the heavier because the more heavily backed. “ Considerable surprise was created when, shortly after the Senate con- vened, Bauer of San Francisco intro-! duced a resolution providing for a | junket of investigation to the south- ern institutions, the committee to be | composed of Coggins, McKee, Muen- | ter, Haskins, Bunkers, ¥rench, Neison, | Markey, Bauer, Welch, Irish, Selvage, Wright and Sanford and an assistan sergeant at arms, all of them northern | men. The word went around that this | committee was the result of a com- promise with the . southerners by | which a committee composed of Ward, Broughton, Carter, Pendleton, Em- | mons, - Lynch, Greenwell, Leeke, An- derson and Diggs, all southern men, were to be given a trip to investigate | the northern institutions. It was a good plan, it was thought, and would insure the support of the north for the scheme of the south and the sup- port of the south for the scheme of the north. But the promoters of the resolutions forgot that under the rules it takes a two-thirds vote to authorize a junketing tour and after securing the promise of a majority to support the measures they rested. This was fatal to their cause. MEASURE IS OPPOSED. conclusion of the reading ' of resolution ' found - Belshaw, Shortridge, Leavitt, Selvage and An-’ derson, the two last named being | among those listed for the junket, | seeking recognition from the-President | to.oppose the measure, They were each | glven an opportunity in turn to voice théir views and all agreed that the time has not yet arrived when junket- ing would be advisable and even when it is advisable they agreed that the committee as, provided for was entire- 1y too large and would practically strip the Senate. French sought to stop the debate by moving the previous question, but. he was unsuccessful and the opponents of Bauer's junketing question drove home thelr points. It was then put to a| vote and secured the support of twen- ty-two, with thirteen against. Tne proponents of the measure looked over- joyed when the President pronounced the resolution adopted, but their joy was short lived. Simpson rose to a | point of order, however, and pointed to the rule that called for a two-thirds vote. President Anderson glanced at the rule, said the point was well taken and declared the resolution defeated. JUNKETERS DEFEATED. Bauer and his followers looked dum- founded and their confusion had not left them when the resolution calling for the committee to yvisit the north- ern institutions was put to a vote, with the result that some of them voted against the measure, defeating it by even a greater number than that against Bauer's resolution. Senator Lynch, who voted against the last res- olution, when he intended to vote for it, asked for a,reconsideration, but his motlon was quickly frowned down, and the junketers were finally defeated. Just what further action they will take to carry through their plans is a mat- ter of speculation. A resolution calling for the appoint- ment of a special committee by the chair to investigate conditions pre- vailing in Napa Hospital for the In- sane was next presented by Semator | Emmons and sent to committee. The resolution follows: Whereas, Recent occurrences in the Napa In- sane Atylim have shown that a serious defect exists in the manner of selecting -custod of the ineane; . the investigation now going on In the courts will only serve to determine the gullt or innocence of the p tles accused, and will not throw any light-upon the manner of -the selection of the guards that resuited -in the accusation of the two now un- der investization. Therefore be it Resolved, That the Senate of the State of Calitornia ‘do investigate the sald occurre by means of a special committee to be pointed by the president of the Scnate, aud | that taid Investigating committee be directed to rezort to this Senate 'some plan that will prevent the selection of such guards in the future to care for our Insane and helpless wards. It was again time for Bauer to seek further favor at the hands of the Sen- ate, but he was again destined to dis- appointment. The papers, he gaid, had been making conslderable comment re- garding Senate bill 24, that has as its object the doomi of prize fighting in California, and he wished to Investi- gate the claims of the newspapers, which he said could be done by the adoption of the following resolution: Whereas. Prominent newspapers of the ety of San Francisco have quoted many_ prominent & s exXpressing views on Senate bill pending’ bifore the Committee on :1s; and Whereas, it’ would be of great value to this ; Sommitice in paksing on said Senate Bill No, i24 o havs the evidsnce and the testimony,of these parties; and Faty W hiereas, It is the desire of the committes to inquire’ Into the methods of clubs giving professional prize fights and to hear the testi- mony of ths directors of Rezolved by the Sena forniw. That the chal e on Public Morals be and he Is hereby given the power o issue -subpoenas for the purpose of compelling attendance of necessary M and to'send for books and papers necessary to ! :nd for the better consideration of said Senate | 1.1 The Bauer’s SENATE BILL NO. 24, | Before the resolution was taken up for consideration the Senate asked for the re’tflnz of the bill, which is as fol- | lows: Section 412—A pebson who within this ‘State engages In, instigates,” aids-and ! does any or & on or prize con- ! fest, ‘either within or without the 'State. or | | Who engages in a public or private sparring | | exhibition, with or without gloves, within the | State, at which an admission fee s charged or réceived either directly or indirectly, or | §-uuu-uwbll-hulchllhu-mm 3 Contention, exhibition or fight, or carries o de- | livers such a challenge or e, or trains or assists any person .in. training or preparing for such a contention, exhibition or fight, Is guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, : that sparring exhibitions” with gloves of not | Jess than eight ounces each in weight may be held by the Amateur Athletic' Union of the ites or any domestic | search In_viticultare by the State University. Claim Is Made That Extra Session [s Needed. Special Dispatch to The Cail. i SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.—Talk of an extra session of the Legislature to| pass the code revision bills is being indulged in by some of the statesmen | here. The claim is made that there will not be time at the present session to attend to these bills. Already the State | has expended between $200,000 and $300,- ; 000 in trying to have them adopted. The ; Supreme Court held that the action of | the Legislature of four years ago im. adopting them as a whole was illegal and that action was nullified. Two years ago their adoption singly was | prevented by the Judiciary Committee, of which Grove L. Johnson was chair- man, and a constitutional amendment adopted at that session giving the Legislature power to adopt them as a hole was defeated by the people. There is nothing for the present Leg- ! islature to do if it wishes the tangle cleared up, the dead matter eliminated and the live bills got together in handy form but to deal with each of them that has been changed even by the in- sertion of a comma, separately, and pass it in the same way an original bill is passed. There are about 250 of the bills in which some slight changes, some very trifling, have been made by Code Commissioner Davis, who is at work daily on the revision. Half of them will be introduced in the Senate and half in the House. About forty of them have been introduced to date. Opponents of an extra session claim that all the bills can be disposed of at three evening sessions. PRECE 5, FIGHT OVER JUDGES. North and South Ready to Lock Horns on Measures, SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.—The Los Angeles. bill by which three new Superior Court Judges are to be added to the bench of that county will not have the easy salling in the Assembly that it had in the Senate. The San Francisco delegation .thinks that in view of the fact that San Francisco pays one-quarter of the taxes of the entire State, its bill to' increase the salaries of the Superior Judges of San Francisco County should become a law and it will ask the Los Angeles delegation to stand for that law in re- turn for aid for its measure. If the Los Angeles bench is increased to nine members, that county will re- ceive $27,000 a year for its judges, while San Francisco will, under the present law, get but $36,000, the State paying half the salaries of Superior Judges. The San Francisco delegation dhvles net think the proportion will be r. ————— CONFIRMS APPOINTMENTS. Republican Caucus’ Approves Selec- tions Made by Governor. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.—After aill the storm and argument, the Repub- lican caucus met this ‘afternoon and quietly confirmed the appointments made by Governor Pardee during the last two years. The action of the cau- cus at the opening of the session in grandiloquently declaring that here- after the Governor must submit his list of appointments early that each name might be thoroughly scrutin- ized foreboded trouble, but it has all passed over without a second ripple. When informed of the action of the caueus Governor Pardee smiled and said: “I never had any objection to the action of the caucus; in fact, it grat- ifled me because if [ have appointed or ever appoint a man that is not fit- ted for office I want to know it, and soon. However, 1 generally know the men I appoint pretty well before I name them for office.” 4 : = ¥ sealed. Lukens, Ralston, Belshaw Pendleton and Wolfe immediately op- posed it on the ground that it would only serve to fill the Senate' chamber, at public expense, with pugs of all grades and trainers of all kinds that would cnly be too willing to testify to the gentle nature of pugilism. Wolfe suggested that the Committee on Fub- lic Morals be authorized to go to San Francisco to investigate on their own account the questions relating to- the morality of the sport. Bauer saw that he was again hopelessly outnumbered, s0 he moved for the indefinite post- ponement df the resolution, and there was no objection. A warm fight on this biil is expected when it comes up for final reading. Several imporiant bills affecting the University of California were intro- duced to-day by Senator Lukens of Alameda. One provides for the appro- priation of $250,000 for the construction of an agricultural bullding at Berke- ley, the second for the appropriation of $50i5 for the construction of a forestry station at Santa Monica and others for appropriations of $10,000 for a light and power piant at the Lick Observatory, $12,000 to carry on farmers’ institutes and other sums for the carrying on of viticultural and other experiments. The bilis were referred to the Finance Committee. Among the bills introduced were the following: By Lukens—Stipule: er.y may be mortgaged. 'y Lukens—Appropriating $10,000 for g What personal prop- By Lynch—-Appropristing $1500 for ihe - provement of the Monterey Custom-house, By Lynch—Requiring the wardens of State prisons to furnish'the Sherifts of California a: the Bureau of Identlfication with information concerning convicts Within thirty days art receiving the prisone ured by tising _Californ H Byx“C\ . prove the s, By Greenwell—Making the cost of certain of receivers, assignees, extent agalnst the trust es vy e “Bhate. Horealgrat o e Ty misslon 4 bing for . ! :"n': o Relating A6 & . ‘closed -euo-l i for fish. - By Keane—Fixing-salaries of Justices of the Peace at = in the sum ar mon ca By M T ] B mo‘rv r?{:. of H. M. lln n enable. le of the ot Diited Bt Gonaere” Excursion to Grand Canyon. leaving San 23rd, and per annum. 5 0408y the claim of ‘B.J. Ha ;| By State some be used § Count: ! SNy A i i To limit the Hability of com- I‘“E'y government of municipal Needs of the State’s Prisons Subject of Report. Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.4In the Assembly this morning the report of the special hold-over Committee on Prisows and Reforms, that consisted of Prescott, McKenney and Dunbar, the latter not now a member of the Assembly, was taken up -as the spe- clal order. In presenting a resolution to adopt the report of the committee McKenney said: “This report was drawn up after a j visit by the committee to all the pris- ons, and we are indebted to every ! country on the globe for information. Secretary of State Hay of our own country was especially obliging. We have collected reports and other litera- tyre’ on penal institutions and penal ! work from all over the world. Some of the signatures alone are valuable. The material itself is extremely so, and it will make a nice collection. for the: library.” Four pages brought down several big baskets of the reports and other documents gathered by the committee and they were passed over the desk to Clerk Lloyd. On motion of Goodrich they were ordered sent to the State Printer, and the Librarian was in- structed to have them bound and add- ed to the department of criminology. “The report filed by the hold-over committee,” said Speaker Prescott, taking the floor, “urges some radical reforms and some complete changes in our prison methods. It is not the intention to commit this body in any way as ‘to the final disposition of these bills through the adoption of the report. It is desired that the committee adopt the resolution as an indorsement of the work of the com- mittee up to this time, leaving the bills to be discussed on their merits and acted on as the Assembly deems expedient. 1 wish to emphasize the fact that we have presented here in the documentary evidence we have gathered suggestions from nearly ever State in the Union and nearly every civilized country. Though we have in California some of tl finest penologists in the world, our prisons, it i= too bad to confess, are, because of imperfect machinery, a disgrace to the State.” . REPORT IS ADOPTED. The repbrt was adopted and Mc- Kenney introduced a resolution granting permission to the present Committee on Prisons and Reforms, consisting of McKenney, Lynch, Olm- sted, Amerige, Elis, Bliss, Boyle, Becket and Wickersham, to visit the State prisons and the reform schools at- Whittier and Ione. * “Does the committee intend to pay its’own expenses?'’ asked Houser. - 4It” certainly does not,” said Me- Keuney. -, “That is a matter to be attended to afterward,” said Bliss. Houser moved that the matter be referred to the Committee on Contin- gent Expenses, but there was no sec- ond and the resolution was imme- diately adopted. It is the first resolu- tion of a junketing nature te be intro- duced In the lower house this session. The impetus given to prison reform legislation by the report of the hold- over committee is not to be allowed to weaken. While the House committee on this branch of legislation was in session yesterday, Governop Pardee sent a message asking that a joint meeting of the Prison and Reform com- mittees of both houses, the State Board of Charities and Corrections, the Board of Prison Directors and himself be called. McKenney, Wickersham and Olmsted were appointed a committee to call on the Governor and arrange for such a gathering. A large public meeting to discuss the recommendations made by the hold- over committee and to go into prison and reformatory matters generally for the benefit of the legislators will be held in the Assembly chamber some evening soon. The hold-over commit- tee has sent out invitations to various State officlals and many other prom- inent people throughout California to attend. The date has not been fixed, but the meeting will be held early in the session. \ SEVERAL NEW ATTACHES. Several more Assembly attaches are provided for in a resolution adopted this morning. Anthony of San Fran- ciseo ‘gave notice that he would move to reconsider at the next session of the House, as he was afraid the agreed limit of patronage was being over- stepped. Espey said the resolution had been imuoduced to provide for some persons who had come here prepared 1o work and had been promised places. He said it would be the last of the sorl. A bill was introduced by Busick abolishing the office of State Highway Commissioner and providing that his duties be performed by the Commis- sioner of Works. Perkins presented a measure for the protection’ of livestock men. It pro- vides that the word ‘“‘gross” be stricken from the law providing that railroads and other common carriers shall be re- sponsible for damage to livestock being 1 transported by them in case of ‘'gross carelessness. Other bills were introduced as fol- | tlows: By Strohl—Relating to a closed reason for fish. By Cieveland—Appropriating $25.000 to be the State Board of *Trade in adver- products. cGowan—Enabling County Recorders to return or destroy certain papers on flle in their otfice. V' Cleveland—Appropriating $20.060 to Im- o S 1n abta O County. By Treadwell—Fixing the legal rate of fa- iy Byle—Amending the law and requiring —Amending w tes 10 be examined by the full Board 1 Of jontenl, Examiners, rsey—Appropriating $50,000 for the of a dalry school to be con- by the University of California in Kern \alsh—Relating to rights of way for public use: By Perk and # By Manwell—Fixing the minimum popuia- j tton to establich city or district high schoois ‘Bates—Providing for the organization corporations re- the s court. S Manwell—Deslgnating What property may ‘By Manwell—Fixing the amount m;fip‘dm-‘twuneuldh 1o of money State tax ‘ ! j ' PRIZE FIGHT BILL CAUSES AJWILL MEASIRE _ LIVELY DISCUSSION, MOUNT WHITNEY Survey to Secure Accurate Figures on Highest and Lowest Points in Country — s A NOVEL UNDERTAKING From the Peak Party Will Go to Death Valley, Where Is the Greatest Depression B e R SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.—R. A. Farmer, of the United States Geolog- ical Survey, left this city last evening upon mission that may establish, in ac- ccrdance with scientific requirements, the exact height of Mount Whitney a.nd also the lowest point in the United States, From a geographical stand- point, the proposed investigation 1s important for the additional reason that Mount Whitney is considered the highest peak within the boundaries of the country. According to mercurial tests, which are deemed by Government employes unsatisfactory and liable to error, Mcunt Whitney is anywhere from 15,508 to 15,530 feet in height. Farmer, who is to take charge of a corps .of Government employes at Mojave and who will direct the running of a line of level to Owens Lake, across the Mojave desert, hopes to use the ac- quired information as a basis for a calculation mathematically and scien- tifically correct. The same investigation will show the greatest natural depression in the earth’s crust. The surface of Death Valley, popularly supposéd to be the lowest ‘in the country, has been esti- mated at from one to five hundred feet below the level of the sea. - It is proposed by another survey to run a precise level from Merced into the Yosemite Valley via Merced Falls and Coulterville, branching off at Kingsley Postoffice and following the path proposed by the Yosemite Val- ley commission as a practical railroad route into the valley. oo wdieds AR RAILROAD IS BU Lobbyists Working for Bill Once Ve- toed by Governor. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.—Jgre Burke and Walter Parker, poiitical agents of the Southern Pacific, are again busy in Sacramento. ‘Thelr time was well oc- cupied to-day In the Senate and As- sembly lobbying on behalf of a bill pre- sented by Senator Pendleton, which the existing railroads of California are anx- ious to have passed, the same measure having been killed by the Governor's veto two years ago. The bill aims to amend section 1240 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the amendment being in- cluded in the following paragraph: > All rafiroad crossings, when physically prac- ticable, shall be made either under or over the existing raliroad which it is desired to cross, and if crossing In any case shall be phvaically impracticable, then the -praposed level or grade crossing . shall be protected by the installation and maintenance of an auto- matic switch and signal service, with deralling switches, to be installed and thereafter to be maintaified at the ¢xpense of the owners of the rafiroad desiring to make such crossing. Now here is.the point of the bill, as mapped out by members of the Senate that purpose vigorously opposing it: The existing railroads of California have a pretty thorough understanding among themselves as to policies of com- petition and rates, but no one can tell just what the next road to get a foot- hold may do. So it Is just as well that the| future hold vislons of the tremen- dous expense for the corporations yet to come. And again the Southern Pa- cific and other roads were here first and hence desire that they should not be compelled to share the expense of overhead and underground crossings in the event such provision is made in any future franchises to be granted. It is pointed out that the proponents of the measure can hardly ask for its passage on the ground of safety, for it makes no provision for the correction of the present flat crossings that check the State from end to end. —_— e et Arthur Deiroy Robbed. Arthur Delroy, an English enter- tainer, was robbed of his diamond stud and several dollars on Monday even- ing. While he was entertaining at the Cafe Chantant somebody plundered his room at 639 O'Farrell street. ———————— BAKU, Jan. 17.—The strike in the oil fields is nearly ended owing to concessions having een granted the employes. Only a small pro- portion of the men have falled to return to work. STRANGE FIND N MAN'S EAR Defect in Hearing Caused by Sprouting Grain of Wheat and a Good-Sized Pebble OBSTRUCTIONS REMOVED Keswick Business Man Pays Visit to Redding Physician and Results are Startling Special Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, Jan. 17.—~When Dr. C. W. Bryan of this city examined the ear of Joseph Bucher, a well-known busi- ness man of Keswisk, he whistled with surprise, and with reason. He found imbedded therein a grain of wheat and, strange to -relate, the wheat was sprouting. Carefully removing the obstruction the doctor gave the Bucher ear a thorough cleaning and told the Kes- wick man that in the future his hear- ing would be perfect. Several days later Bucher against visited the doc- tor and complained that his aural ap- pendage was still far from perfect, The doctor made a second examination and again he whistled, this time much longer and louder than when he dis- covered the sprouting wheat. The second search revealed a pebble three-eighths of an inch long and one- eighth of an inch wide. According to Bucher's best recollections the pebble had been in his ear about twelve years. The grain of wheat, the doctor says, must have been in the ear about a twelvemonth. —_——— PERSONAL. L. L. Boone of San Diego is at the Palace. R. H. Gilmore of Denver is at the Occidental. 3 J. L. Torrance of San Diego is at the St. Francis. Paul Morris, a2 mining man of Chi- nese Camp, is at the Lick. Dr. Edward E. Lamkin, U. 8. A., is registered at the Occidental. George Steuart, a stockman of Crows Landing, is at the Lick. M. J. Boggs, a well known young rancher of Coiusa, is at the Grand. R. A. Gubby, one of Hongkong's prominent residents, is registered at the St. Francis. L. V. Dorsey, who is interested in mining in Nevada County, is among the latest arrivals at the Lick. James Donovan, a mining man of Goldfleld, and A. F. McPhail, a well- known Reno mining man, are at the Grand. John Halpin, Inspector of Police of Kansas City, a position he has held’ for many years, is here on a pleasure tour, and s staying at the Palace. J. A. Cranston, who is largely inter- ested in various rallroads and electrie enterprises in Portland, and wife ar- rived at the Palace yesterday. George Goldenstroth and E. C. Dahle of Washington, D. C., who have been inspecting mining properties in Arizona, arrived at the Palace last night. Col. George H. Pippy, who was dele- gated to attend the national. elec- toral college and cast the vote of Cali- fornia for Roosevelt and Fairbanks, left the city for Washington, D. C., day before yesterday. . Banker George S. Nixon of Winne- mucca, whose election to the United States Senate has been pledged by the Republican majority in the Nevada Legislature, and his wife are at the Palace. The Legislature of Nevada will cast its vote for Senator on Janury 24. g et Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—The fol- lowing Californians arrived in New York to-day: From San Francisco—S. Bernstein, at the Astor; Miss Chesbrough and Miss Eyre, at the Albemarle; A. L. Geyser, at the Imperial; Mrs. Pinck- 4rd, F. M. Pinckard and E. Pinckard, at the Albemarle; W. R. Hall, at the Grand; N, Strouss, at the Spalding:; T. L. Veroe and P. D. Winter, at the Grand Union. From Los Angeles—G. 1. Jacoby and C. A. Lachance, at the Cadillac. e Chase gloomy thoughts away soon as they appear. ADVERTISEMENTS. PLASTERS Are 2 universal remedy for Pains in the Back (so frequeat in the case of women). They give instantaneous relief. Wherever there is s pain apply a Plaster. DIRECTIONS FOR USE ‘Rheumatism, Colds, Coughs i Vnt Chest, Weak Back : -umbago, 8clatica, &c., &o., men,