The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 25, 1905, Page 7

" .has THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1905. BANKS GIVE WAY BEFORE THE FLOODS - Theusands of Acres of Valu-| " -able Farming Land Along - the Sacramento River Are Now Covered With Water LEVEES ARE BROKEN IN SEVERAL PLACES -At Colusa Register Shows - That Stream Has Risen to .. a Height Above the Mark " Reached in Mareh, 1904 e Special Dispatch to The Call. - COLUSA, Jan. 24.—From all points -on. the Sacramento River come re- -ports of broken levees and of great “damage by the floods, which have been Increasing in fury since early Mopday .morning. At Colusa the river reached the highest mark ever recorded at 8 o'clock this morning when the gauge . registered twenty-eight feet two and ne-tenth inches, one inch higher than point reached last March when ranches .from Sacramento to Redding were in-| | - undated. It is estimated that there are at least | fifteen breaks on the east side of the river above Colusa and in some places ‘the waters are pouring in torrents over the tops of the levees, something that never occurred before. Several thousand acres of land on that side are * under water. There has been no loss of life or of stock so far. The Govern- ment contractors who have been put- ting In a large weir across Butte Slough, five miles below Colusa, are having a hard time trying to prevent the current caused by the w washing out the great levee protecting district seventy, the breaking of which will .cause the loss of several thousand acres of the finest grain land in Western Sutter County Those in charge have little hopes of holding out against the storm. On the west side things are al- most as bad. There is one break on the Davis place twelve miles north of Co- lusa that is more than one hundred feet wide and through which there is most a river flowing. From this break “ the entire lands of district 108 in South- ern Colusa County and in Yolo County ill be flooded. This district contains t ty thousand acres of land that has and the loss there will There are several other on the west side to-night E but as there are a number of experlenced men doing patroliduty serious results are not generally looked for The rainfall here to-day has been half an inch and from the upper Sacramento River comes the report late to-night that the rainfall had been one and a balf inches, that the river which began 1o recede this afternoon wag again ris- y and that conditions were ming. - LROUS RAINFALL IS 3 HACHAPI NORTH FROM TEI mento River Valley Towns Are Threatened With Another Period g of High Water. Yesterday's storm extended from the. Tehachapi to British Columbia. The heaviest rainfall was in the $ac- mento River Valley and last night was feared that the State might ex- nother flood season. At Red uff the river measured twenty feet and at Colusa 28.2, which is the record for that point. The wind was strong off shore but perience a light in the interior of the State.. In San Francisco the precipitation was v three-quarters of an ineh, h brings the seasonal rainfall up 14.10 inches. ¢ rainfall was Last year at this time only a trifle more than Professor McAdie pre- ¢ weather for to-d: announc that arrange- have 1ll and snowfall at points in the ade for reporting having altitudes in excess of 00 feet S (0 Bakersfield Welcomes Rain. BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 24=A heavy wind storm this afternoof was followed by severe rainfall this evening., The rain is very welcome. \ OLD BUSINESS HOUSE MAY HAVE NEW OWNER Offer Is Made to All the Stockholders of Will & Finck. It is probable that a deal for the business of the firm of Will & Finck will be closed to-day. An offer has been made for the stock held by the owners of the property and this has been taken under advisement, but members of the concern said last evening that the sale is likely to be effected to-day. The deal has been carried on for the purchaser by J. Golober. resents E. Cohn, who has been for a number of years. One reason assigned for the ssible change is the desire of Julius Finck, the president of the corporation, to retire. He has been actively engaged in business in this city more than forty-five years, The terms that have been proposed are not mentioned. WEBER WINS MINOR POINT IN FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE Prosecution Allows Accused Youth's Attorneys a Copy of Their Client's Statement to Sheriff. x AUBURN, Jan. 24.—The attorneys on both sides in the case of Adolph Weber agreeing, Judge Prewett this morning made an order giving -a copy of the statement made by Weber in the Sher- iff’s office the morning after the trag- edy to the attorneys for the defense. The court also made an order that a daily transcript of such testimony in the case as the attorneys desire shall be made. District Attorney Robinson, it is claimed, has found several other witnesses who heard screams on the night of the murder. ———— After Another Franchise. SAN JOSE, Jan. 24—The San Jose and Los Gatos Interurban Rallway Company to-day applied for a franchise for an electric railroad to be construct- ed over Twelfth and San Carlos streets. If granted this road will form part of the system which is to gridiron the eastérn part of the city and valley. ———— Becure healthful nutrition by using Lasp's Kidney and Liver Bitters ¢ A : He rep- | in | business in the interior of the State | SONETHING ‘Now His Blackne | BY JAMES C. | chickens stolen so much as the incon- | | venience created by the unheralded de- | pletions of the coop that angered Land- lord Henry Blanken. Nocturnal visi- tors to his wayside inn on the San Bruno road were much given to order- | ing warm birds and cold bottles, and | it was humiliating to him frequently to find his hennery vacant dfter he had whetted the appetites of his guests by extolling the plumpness and tenderness of his pullets. The popularity of his establishment was not enhanced by giv- ing its patrons the alternative of eat- ing ham and eggs or going supperless. So it was in genuine wrath that he in-, qeeb ot T B - ructed his trusty henchman, “Billy” sicep lightly, with fire- each. and to pepper nether limbs of any -gardless of color or social¥ he might detect in the act of pilfering the feathered propert Shoot low and shoot straight, Bill,” was Mr. Blanken's final command, “andg keep on a-shootin’ till somethin’ drops.” Mr. wpsey’s acdeptance of the trust was cheerful. Placing a loaded shooting-iron where he could instantly lay his hand upon it in the dark, he inaugurated a policy of wakefulness that was debilitating, but he bravely stuck to it until night before last his| patience was rewarded by the capture chicken-lifter with the goods in s possession. Wonted sounds were suddenly overshadowed by a clucking and fluttering that emanated from the henhouse, and Mr. Dempsey leaped from his cot, grasped his weapon and intrepidly hastened to the scene of | commotion. As he ran he stumbled | er a sawhorse or a wheelbarrow or something, and when he had disen- | tangled himeelf from its legs or shafts | or whatever, they were the clucking | and fluttering had ceased and all that | assailed his ears was a gentle rustling | amid a bunch of bushes near by. Level- ing his gun at the foliage, Mr. Dempsey | shouted in stern tone, “ome out a- there an’ come quick!” To his intense | gratification there came the respon: “Please, don’t shoot—I'm a-camin and from the brush there emerged a man with a broiler suspended by one of its legs from one of his hands. the bird an' throw up yer mitts!” velled Mr. Dempsey, and the mandate was obeved with a prompti- tude that made the rest of his task a sinecure. The é¢hicken-thief was registered as Michael Boltes and the police desig- | nated him a hobo. Judge Fritz scoffed | at his plea that he hapened to catch “the chicken as it was escaping from | Mr. Blanken's vard and was conveying it back to where it.properly belonged when Mr. Dempsey’s gunplay thwarted | his purpose. Now he is serving a ten | days’ sentence. “As we haven't a whipping-post for iplining of such fellows as id Judge Mogan to John v Robinson, insulter of unpro- | tected women, “I will instruct the Sheriff to see to it that your six months’ imprisonment involves daily toil on the rockpile. Unfortu. nately the law restricts me to limiting | your term to six months, for it would | afford me infinite satisfaction to send you to the penitentiary for ten years.” “1 have letters to prove that I'm a | gentleman,” muitered Robinson. All the letters ever written or that could be written would not make you a gentleman,” rejoined his Honor. “You're a low-minded, cowardly fel-| low, else you would not make a prac- | tice of thrusting your attentions upon | women and girls to whom they are ob~ | noxlous.” ¢ Robinson was arrested at $:30 o’clock Monday evening on complaint of a respectable matron and her young daughter, whom he had followed along Bush street until they sought refuge in the Hotel Sevenoaks, when he stood at the door and huried foul | epithets after them. Patrolman | Lanckman proved that the fellow was arrested several months ago for in. sulting women in Golden Gate Hall. . . . H. C. Rees, the New York club- man, whose alcoholic vagaries landed him in Department No. 1 on the charge of,threatening to kill a Mr. Gignoux at the Hotel Princeton, has been sent to a sanitarium at Belmont by his relatives, and the charge has been dismissed by Judge Mogan. . B . Dorothy McCabe, accused of obtain. ing goods.under false pretense from the Emporium and the City of Paris, will have another hearing next Friday before Judge Mogan. Depositions from the officers of the. San. Bernardino bank in which she claimed to have funds on 'deposit have been sent for. . . . So shocked was Max Copper by the inartistic arrangement of the stock and fixtures of Martin Meyer’s grocery, 147 Silver street, that he not only chided Mr. Meyer-.for displaying poor taste, but also undertook to remedy the defects. If he had been perfectly sober his recostructive endeavor | ‘might not have resulted in th ing of much of Mr. Meyer's property | tach | occupation of taking a bath VERY DARK CAME FROM COVER, TENDER BROILER WAS VICTIM ss Must Be Very Good for Next Ten Days. CRAWFORD. 1t was not the intrinsic value of the and his own arrest for disturbing the | sudge Conlan will sentence | peace. him to- V. . . . Andrew, Wideler, convicted on two charges of pilfering goods from men’s clothing stores, was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment by Judge Mogan, and six months was the dose of pun- ishment prescribed by the same mag- istrate for John Foran, convicted of stealing $5 from the till of Ole Simen< son’s grocery, 725 Folsom street. Fo- ran is only 23 years of age. Victor McLaren celebrated his twenty-first birthday by absorbing in- toxicants until he was crazed, and while in that condition he invaded the in-trade. \When the arresting police- man arrived at the scene of dis- order he found young Mr. Mc- Laren freighting the a with hoopskirts and shirtwaists and bustles and other articles of femi- nine apparel, while the affrighted at- ment. It was his first drunk. ed to Judge Mogan, and it 3 < his final one. Dismissed with a reprimand . . Louis Piper (colored) denied that he was one of the two men who throttled and robbed of $700 an Italian farmer in a Barbary Coast hotel, but Judge Conlan sent him to answer in the Su- perior Court. His attempt to prove an alibi by averring that at the time of the robbery he was engaged in the rare was off- set by the complaining witness posi- tively identifying him as one of the thug: “Was it not on some other day that you took that bath?" his Honor in- quired. No, sah,” was “Ah doan take Ah'm likely to i the prompt reply; bath so often dat git de Gay Ah takes “He can have his old clock and his old statooettes and his old rugs by sending for ‘em at any time,” said Mrs. Violet Steven: ised of trying to‘avoid payment for tioned after she had ob fon of them on the instailment plan Lake of 26 Sixth street. ounting bionde coiffure of v i Steve:; a hat of immense circumference and fairly swathed in Hird-of-paradise feathe The fluffy plumage lay in masses atop of crown and brim and drooped in strdggling extravagance over the edges, some of the pendants mingling with the long fur of the white boa that loosely en- circled her neck and descended to her feet. Her tight-fitting gown was a dream of light gray. “Why don't he send for wants 'em?” she asked, blandly at Judge Mogan. “But I don’t want 'em after you have . . * ‘em if he beaming 0 . ® used em 'so long,” protested Mr. Lake, of unmistakably nervous temperament. “1 want the money for 'em, that’s what I want.” “Then, why don’t you come and col- lect it?" inquired Mrs. Stevens, with augmented blandness. Mr. Lake's choler choked his utter- ance as he tried to inform the court that Mrs. Stevens' elusiveness had thwarted all his efforts to collect. He delivered the gobds to her at BI11 Golden Gate avenue, and when he went there to collect his first install- ment she had flown, and not until two months later did he discover her in a Market-street apartment house. The clock, the two "statuettes and the two floor rugs had been In active service throughout the interim, and if he were to take them in lieu of the money due him he would be’ a heavy loser. Couldn’t she be compelled to pay the remainder of the installments in a lump? . 3 The court opined that she could not, and Mrs. Stevens audibly wondered if she were expected to run all over town Jooking for collectors to pay money to, when she had other matters to en- gage her time. What were collectors for, If not to find debtors and collect, she would like to know. Too bad that she didnt’ go a-sloshin’ through the rain and mud to find Mr. Lake and save him the trouble of going to find her. He knew where she was to be found, didn’t he? It looked like apoplexy for Mr. Lake as be asked what was the use of him going to collect from her when she de- clined to be collected from. “Well, then, why don’t you take back your old things?"” she sweetly inquired. All that prevented Mr. Lake tearing his hair was the Judge's command to Mrs. Stevens that she produce the “things” in court to-day, so that the alleged evidence of wedr and tear may be taken into consideration with the framing of a decision, BULGARIANS KILLED BY A BAND OF GREEKS Defeat of Company of Eighty Causes Villagers to Flee to Mountains. % SALONICA, Jan. 25.—A band of Greeks on J’anul.r;(r: :t defeated eighty Bulgarians near , kil or wounding thirty. Bulnfl;nkvflrl‘:nu mountains in fear of the Greeks. of the establishment cowered in | SENATE READY T0 TRY SWAYNE Chief Justice Fuller Admin-| isters the Oath to Mem: bers of the Upper House | JURIST IS SUMMONED S Sergeant at Arms Leaves to Bring Him Before the Bar of the High Tribunal’ g WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—The Sen- | ate to-day took an important step in the impeachment trial of United States | Judge Charles Swayne of the northern | district of Florida. The organization | for the trial was effected by the swear- ing of the Senators for that purpose; the managers of the House were re- celved for the purpose of formally pre- senting the articles of impeachment and /a resolution summoning Judge Swayne to appear was adopted. Platt | of Connecticut was elected to preside at the trial sessions. Further proceed- ings were postponed until Friday next, when Judge Swayne is expected to ap- | pear before the bar of the Senate. | The ceremony was impressive and ; dry goods store at 1010 Dupont street | was witnessed by a full Senate and | | and played sad havoc with the stock- b; well-filled galleries, § Estimates as to the length® of time that the trial wili occupy vary from ten days to a month after it is once begun. It is believed that when Judge Swayne appears next Friday he will ask for a few days in which to pre- pare his answer and when he does an- swer a day or two more will be given to the House for the presentation of its replication. A number of witnesses | will be heard and considerable time will | be consumed by attorneys. A part of each day will be given to the trial. | Judge Swayne is now in Wilmington, | Del., and Sergeant at Arms Ramsdeli of the Senate left for that city to-night to serve the Senate's summons upon him. At the instance of Platt of*Connecti- icut a roll call of the Senate w dered a few minutes before 2 o'clock ! in order to insure a full attendance at | the time of the administration of the oath. Seventy-two Senators responded to their names and the last name in the list had scarcely been announced when | Chief Justice Fuller appeared at the south of the Senate chamber. He was flanked on the one side by Fairbanks and on the other by Bacon. He was d in the full robes of his office. he entire Senate had risen when the Chief Justice was announced and re- mained standing until he was seated ou the left of President Pro Tem. Frye He proceeded immediately to admin- ister the oath to the president pro tem. and then to Platt as the presiding offl- cer for the trial. After they had been sworn the roll was called and Senator: appeared in groups of ten before th Senate bar to take the oath, which was adminisiered by the Chief Justice. OPPOSES SUGAR BILL. Palmer Argues Against Ictting JBars Down to Philippines. i WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 t a | hearing before the Comm on Ways and Means to-day Seeretary Palmer of the American Beet Sugar | | Association opposed the pending bill reducing the duty bn sugar and tobac- | co from the Philippine Islands. i Palmer said that just prior to the| tariff agitation regarding Cuban sugar | in 1901 eighty-six factories had been | projected in this country. Not one of | these was built. Since that time Eu- rope had curtailed her sugar crop un- | | der the terms of the Brussels agree- | | ment and the price had gone up to | the point where American capital was | | on the point of again enlarging the | | sugar industry in this country. Now | | to open the Philippine market in com- | | petition with the American beet su- | gar industry would again discourage | this movement. % | In replying to a question by Curtis, | whose bill was under consideration, | Palmer said that the total sugar prog-| | uet of the Philippines was 145,000 | | tons annually and if the United States | | took it all there would still have to be imported annually 1,500,000 tons | to supply the demand. | S | OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE ‘z OF THE PACIFIC COAST | Bids Rejected for Bulldings in Fresno | and Patents Issued to ° Californians. WASHINGTON, Jan. * 24—Bids for | the construction of the postoffice and { courthouse at Fresno have been re- | jected, being in excess of the amount | /| available. No further action will be | taken at the present time, a bill hav- ing been introduced in Congress pro- viding for an additional appropriation. Patents were issued to-day as follows to Californians: Abram D. Desolla, San Francisco, article of manufacture; Arthur D. Duchow, Sonora, lifting and dropping mechanism; Willis H. Fisher, Los Angeles, wall construction; Harry Hanson, assignor to M. A. Hanson, San Francisco, potato slicer; Charles R. Harris, assignor to American Percola- tor Company, Los Angeles, fllter; Asa A. Hoyt, Watsonville, animal trap; Carl G. Jameson, Berkeley, sidewalk elevator door; Emphrey J. Rubotton and G. H. Clement, Felton, gnck for lifting vehicles; Thomas . Sisk, Stockton, farm gate; Lewis S. Siden- stricker, Henleyville, wire stretcher. S T 1O AMEND HAWAIIAN ACT. Kalanianoale Introduces Bill Chang- ing Salaries in Islands. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—Kalani- anoale, delegate from Hawall, intro- duced a bill to-day, amending the Ha- waiian act by fixing the salaries of officials of the Territory as follows: Governor, $5000; Secretary of the Treasury, $3000; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, $5500; Assoclate Jus- tices, $5000 each; Judges of the Circuit courts, $3000 each; the salaries of the | Supreme Court Justices and Circuit Judges to be paid ,by the United States; the United States District Judge, $5000; United States Marshal, $3000; United States District Attorney, $3000, and it is provided that the Gov- ernor“shall receive in addition to his salary $600 for stationery and inci- dentals, and $2000 for his private secre- tary. ———— L SCHOOL TEACHERS UNDERPAID. Thus Declares Champ Clark in Behalf » of Washington Educators. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—The Dis- trict of Columbia appropriation bill again occupied the attention of the House of -Representatives to-day. times the proceedings were enlivened wvigorous remarks. in defense of a proposition to increase materially the salaries of Washington school teach- | “Faust.” | tine, “FAUST” DRAWS VAST AUDIENCE AT THE TIVOLI There were probably a thousand more people than seats at the Tivoli last night for “Faust,” and ‘three hundred ! or so of them elected to stand. on their own feet or their neighbor’s feet. The rest went down Eddy street wondering why the architects hadn’t made the Tivoli bigger while they were about it. | They missed a rather curious Of one thing alone in grand opera one may of course be certain— that every perforfnance of it will be different. With the same cast. same conductor, conditions apparently ex- actly similar, the same o6pera will| count up something singularly different. I venture a prophecy that Saturday’ “Faust” will show many yariations from last night's. Some are to be hoped for; others would be deeply to be deplored. Almost all of Signer ! Bazelli's Faust, for example, except a couple of falsetto notes in the “Salve Dinora,” would suffer from change. Again, take the “Soldiers’ Chorus” and 1 don’t remember a more wooden ren- dering. That was the curious part of it. The big things of the opera, mostly, went indifferently. The unfeatured passages were frequently quite remarkable in their beauty. i The “Jewel Song,” with Tetrazzini's jeweled voice behind it, went without a glitter—which brings one to Marguer- | ite and Tetrazzini. It is no derogation of the Tivoll diva to say that the part | is out of her scove. It is out of Sem- | brich’s. Yet, it is the last thing one | would have expvected. by t Here, in a performance that those who best knew her work declared was | impossible to her. Melba sang and acted a wonderful Marguerite. The lit- tle Tetrazzini in everything before has acted all round Melba. Also she has | had the honor to be compared with her | as a singer. So ran the promise.. But it was not until the fourth act that| the singer got her usual acting grip | on the situation. Then came a little | ene that thrilled with its portraiture despair. The singing, too. I have heard singers with one-half of the voice and not a touch of the quality rake in laurels in the “Jewel Song.” | Last night there was hardlv even an attempt at an encore. Neither was the “King of Thule” anything but a sketch | of that charming ballad. Yet, in some | of the smaller love scene passages, Te- | trazzini was exquisiteness itself. As a whole, however, it is apparent that the I role is not hers. Bazelli again developed most pleas- | antly. His voice did not stretch to the | full need of the role and he has many faults of method, but he has such a | pleasing quality of voice, such taste, | tenderness and sympathy, and withal | such a genuine lyrical sense, that these | carry him very far, and Signor Bazelli | makes a cl ing lover. In the garden scene his love-making was managed with a delicacy and fervor that I re- ! member combired in no Faust of my | acquaintance since Michelena’s. | nor Rossi, in a remarkably hand- some orange and black satanic con- | fcetions was the Mephisto. Quite in | line with the rest of the performance his “Calf of Gold” failed of much of its | effect. Yet Signor Rossi is a singer of parts, though in him there is neither a | De Reszke nor Plancon, nor anything | even approaching our old Dado. His ' voice has neither the mass, brilliance nor flexibility necessary for the role, | yet he contributed importantly to the | general effect. His devil, from the act- | ing side, is a rather benevolent old | person, who, however, at Valentine's | sword cro shows a highly eh‘ec!lve{ picture of fear. Bettini, the Bauermeister of the com- pany, was again most .serviceable as | Martha. With the aforementioned | singers she did excellent work in the| garden quartet. Miss Eugenie Barker | was fairly effective as Siebel. Signor | Romboli, always earnest and sincere, was rather out of his depth as Valen- but did his best. Signor Rom- | tremolo was in uncomfortable last night. One wishes he boll's evidence wouldn’t. And now. honor to Signor Polacco | and the orchestra. that did the best | work of the evening. BLANCHE PARTINGTON. B Pionecr Napa Woman Buried. NAPA, Jan. 24.—The funeral of Mrs. P. Gridley, a_pioneer woman of Napa County, was held from the family res- idence neat Napa this afternoon. Mrs. Gridley died yesterday at the age of 64. She was a native of South Bend, Ind., and came to California across the plains in,1847. She resided on “Grid- ley ranch” near Napa for nearly half a century. - - -+ was being paid Washington policemen to crack the skulls of the people than was pald to school teachers to im- prove what was in the skulls. Pt MEAGER SUM FOR STATE. Comparatively Little Provided for Rivers and Harbors. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—The river and harbor bill is said to be about ready to be reported. In any event California’s somewhat meager share in it may be stated with reasonable cer- tainty. Her apportionment has been made up subject to change, but a change is not probable. OakKland, which had asked for $718,000 will receive but $250,000 to begin her great work of improvement. San Luis Obispo gets $25,000, San Pedro $250,000. The Sacramento River gets no more than a provision for her snags, $25,000. Commits PRAGERS Remember This Is the Last Wednesday in the Month There Will B “Something Doing” At Pragers. ..To-Day.. 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Garrison, a; young man, dead in his room at Redlands this morning with a bullet hole in his head. He took his life in a fit of despondency caused by brooding over the illness of his mother, who has long been con- fined in one of the sanitariums in Red- lands. Garrison went to see her every day, and this forenoon his failure to appear at the usual hour prompted the physician to send for him. The messen- ger found the young man stretched upon the floor of his room. In his right hand was clutched a revolver. ——e———— 24.—Earl KESWICK SMELTER IS NOT TO BE ENTIRELY ABANDONED Copper Company Announces That One Furnace of Plant Will Be Kept in Operation. REDDING, Jan. 24—The Mountain Copper Combany has given out a state- ment of what it intends to do with-the copper-smelting _plant at Keswick, which rumor had moved to Bullshead Point, near Martinez. It will not abandon its Keswick plant. One fur- nace will be kept running, instead of four, and 300 men will be employed, in- stead of 1200. A plant is to be estab- lished at Bullshead Point. e Senatorial Fight in Nevada. CARSON, Nev., Jan. 24—The ballot in the State Senate for United States Senator to-day resulted in ten votes for Sparks and seven for Nixon. In the House, Nixon received twenty-four votes and Sparks fifteen. A joint bal- lot will be taken to-morrow. John Svarks is the Governor of Nevada and is a Democrat. on is the Republi- can caucus nominee. was found | WOMAN GIVES LOT AND CASH TO WORTHY ORGANIZATION Mrs. Anna K. Bidwell of Chico Makes Gift to Young Men’s Christian Association. CHICO, Jan. 24.—Meetings have been held in this city in the last few days with the object of establishing a branch of the Young Men's Christian Association here. An active campaign was inaugurated last night at a ban- quet, at which a number of prominent men were present. Mrs. Anna K. Bid- well has given a building lot and $2000 to the organizers. — e ' Talk of Labor and Poverty. NEW YORK, Jan. 24—The twenty- fifth anniversary of the publication of Henry George’s “Progress and Pov- erty” was commemorated to-night at a dinner at the Hotel Astor. Represen- tative speakers reviewed the influence of the book and considered the prob- abl future ‘trend of public thought and action on economic subjects. Ham- lin Garland presided, and the other speakers on the subject of labor and poverty were: William J. Bryan, Louis F. Post, William Lloyd Garrison and Henry George Ji ————— Race Between Giant Vessels. VICTORIA, B. C. Jan. 24—The steamer Minnesota, the monster Hill liner, which went to sea to-day, passed out together with the Canadian Pacific steamer Empress of Japan, and marine men are much interested in a prospec- tive race between thestwo vessels. —_——— Consul Coming to California. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 24.—Edward D. Light, for many years United States consular agent at Guanajuto, has resigned on account of {1l health and was given a farewell reception in that city. He will immediately start for his new home in California. ‘The San Joaquin gets her usual allow- ance of $20,000. For the harbor at Honolulu $400,000 is appropriated to carry on a great improvement there. The entire dpportionment is a disap- pointment to the California delegation, but it is the same treatment that is being accorded to every section. Only in cases of the most urgent necessity is a full allowdnce being made. The total of the bill is about half that of 4he last river and harbor bill. sz st ] Smoot Inguiry Will End To-Day. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Contrary to expectations, counsel for the de- fense in the Smoot investigation before the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections did not cdmplete tlfe ex- amination of witnesses to-day. When ADVERTISEMENTS. IN - THE WORLD VICTOR TALKING MACHINES They bring to your home the best vocal and instru- mental talent of the age. adjournment was taken until to-mor- row, an announcement was made that one more witness would be put on the stand to-morrow. The testimony giv- en to-day was of an unimportant char- acter and much time was devoted to a discussion between counsel. of docu- mentary evidence offered by the de- fense. - Pt B Army and Navy Orders. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—By order of the War Department First Class Private George M. McDermott of the signal corps at Benicia Barracks will be sent to Fort Grant, Ariz., to relieve Sergeant Samuel B. French. Orders to naval officers—Lieutenant E. B. Lorimer is ordered to the Inde- ndence at the navy yard at Mare flel-nd: Corporal C. 8. Kendall to the department of construction and repair at the navy vard at Mare Island; Cor- ers, who had many supporters on the e wrecks | of the same district are fleeing to the | floor. of Missouri, In a' charac- y cek ‘"hfie%. sald that more money ! poral A. Burke is detached from.the navy yvard at Mare Island on Febru- ary 14 and 1s ordered to the Maryland. The Victor satisfactory chine made. is the only talking ma- W ARRAN TS ot VAL B R Ly i N