The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 18, 1905, Page 2

"w THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1905 ASSASSINATION OF SERGIUS IS PREPARING DENOUNCED BY PEOPLE. | TRAGEDY MAY UPSET PLANS FOR REFORM | { | Even Victim Said to Have!Murderer Boasts When Ar- Been Won Over to New Policy. BA PO 1 S PETERSBUKRC( b. 18.—The sination of Duke Sergius joubtedly was the work of the fight- | E of the ic |’e\-;4 ganization 4 mars femned | pa execy ty-five years | { ) the political ef-| gedy the killing of a me erial family may « | revive a period of re-| 1y shared. | when the forces of gain in the suprem- | ummoning of the | assured is con-! y extreme Social Dem- | denounce the crime as| do the Liberals and the| vatives. high authority the already taken offi the zemsky zabor ¢ n, editor of the| last night N w ir which I am . assembled without awaiting the news of the tragic death of his as brought to the Emperor e was giving an audience to 1 Grippenber; hd gave him a wck. By the Emperor's direc- embers of the imperial fam- at Tsarskoe-Selo, in con e visit of Prince Fred- € L ., were imme e se chapel, where A state requiem of the diplomatic s »e present is announced for rrangements have not but, in accordance with funeral probably will be ng scale The is going the rounds that ( Sergius himself, at the| the tide against | the plan of sum- | y zabor and that he | Emperor Nicholas, | senger t his views as to the composi- It s added that the | g to Sergius’ 4 that each province six representatives in the » each of nobles, mer- ants. e KING AND POPE SHOCKED. News of Tragedy Creates a Profound | Impression in Rome. Feb. 17.—The tragic death Duk ius preduced a ssion here, especially s known in Rome, ha ited the Italian court. manuel sent his con- Grand Duchess per- and was most affected by the The Pope, ) learning | r of the G Iy shocked. He said How sad it is that the people think they can find relief in violence.” Fog i SPREAD OF THE STRIRKE. ROME mur ¥ d Duke, was | Cossacks Are Ag: on Duty in St Petersburg. PETERSBURG, Feb. 17.—The About 2400 em- Nevsky thread works he movement to-day. The = »w total 30,000. The temper of the men is more threatening and Cossacks and other troops have again been drafted into the city. The police are arresting ringleaders. The em- ployers regard the situation as critical. —_— TROUBLE FEARED IN LODZ. Mobilization of Troops Is Expected and Strife Will Follow. LODZ, Feb. 17.—The news of the assination of Grand Duke Sergius created a deep impression in Lodz, The air is filled with disturbing ru- mors. Tt is reported that the locked- cut men will on February 20 call out the workers in the smaller factories. The mobilization of troops i= hourly | expected and trouble is believed to be | certain to follow. el s Alleged Confession of Assassin. LONDON, Feb. 18.—The Daily Mafl to-day publishes a story to the effect ST etrike is extending. of the ploves joined that a Russian non-commissioned - officer has confessed that he was bribed to put a loaded shell in a s#luting gun on the occasion of the blessing of the waters of the —_———— FINALLY "LAIMS PETERS.—Max who was removed from his residence at twell streel to the City and County on February § to be treated for gas ation, dled yesterd: &t the hospital Neva. | ADVERTISEMENTS. ifobd's Jarsapafill& Has won success far beyond the effect f advertising only. Its wonderful popularity is ex- plained by its unapproachable Merit. | Based upon a prescription which cured people considered incurable, Hood’s Sarsaparilla Unites the best-known vegetable rem- edies in such a2 way as to have cura-} tive powers peculiar to itself. Its cures of serofula. eczema, psori- asis, and every kind of humor, as well as -atarrh and rheumatism, prove Hood’s Sarsaparilla The best blood purifi its cures of d er ever produced. vensm, 19ss of appe- tite and that tired feeling make it the greatest stomach tonic and strength restorer the world has ever known. Begin 1o take it TO-DAY. | police and soldiers proved unavailing | von Plehwe last Jul | ago and Duke Sergius, } | bounded by | parts. | ceeded, followed by | non | winter | by pain, to - 1O INDICT GRAND DUKES SLAYER PROUD | OF HIS DEED) rested and Conveyed to a Prison. AR 1, o i Column 5. Continueg From Page 1 pient of repeated warn- | and elaborate precautions were 1 to insure his safety; but ali the | ces of the gendarmerie, secret He was the against an attempt almo’t exactly | duplicating the procedure that caused the death of Minister of the Interior GRAND DUCHESS OVERCOME. 1t was the irony of fate that Sergius, 2fter taking refuge in his country villa during the strike troubles of a month later seeking even more se- cure sheiter in the palace within the Kremlin walls, should be killed while oceeding to the Governor General's lace beyond the walls, which he had abandoued to enable the police to better protect him Grand Duchess Elizabeth, who has been engaged daily in the task of pre- paring comforts for the sick and| wounded Russian soldiers in Man- | churia, was about to drive to the pal- | ace to join her husband. When she heard what had befallen the Grand Duke she was driven in haste to the scene of the tragedy and knelt, hat- lcss and coatless, on the blood-stained snow and murmured prayers for the elfare of the soul of her slain con- rt. The scene of the crime was the great | open triangle within the Kremlin,! the arsenal treasury and | the Court of Justice, in one angle of | which is the Nicholas or little palace, where the Grand Duke dwelt. At the| opposite corner is the Nikolsky gate, | the exit to the town beyond the ram- ASSASSIN HURLS BOMB. A few minutes before the bell of the gate sounded the hour of 3 the| equipage of the Grand Duke emerged from the gates of the palace and pro- | sleighs containing | sccret police. It swept at a smart i pace toward the gate, passing the Choudoff Cloister, Ivan'’s Tower, the| great Czar Bell and long rows of can- | captured from Napoleon in the | retreat of 1812. In a moment | the carriage was in front of the Court | of Justice, where the walls @&f the | triangle approach, forming a narfow entrance to the Nikolsky gate. There a man clad in workman's at- tire stepped forward from the sidewalk and threw a bomb which he had con- cealed beneath his coat. A terrible ex- piosion foilowed and a hail of iron pelted the grim stone walls of the ar- senal of the Court of Justice. A thick cloud of smoke, snow, dust and debris arose. When it had cleared a ghastly sight was presented. - On the snow lay fragments of the body of Grand Duke Sergius, mingled with the wreck of the carriage. The Grand Duke’s head had been torn from his body and reduced to a shapeless pulp, and the trunk and limbs were frightfuly mangled. A finger bearing a rich seal ring was found iying several yards away. The crimson tint and the | smell df blood were everywhere. Only a few fragments of clothing indicated that the body had been clothed. The coachman lay moaning with pain be- side a deep hole in the pavement. The horses, dragging the front wheels of the carriage, had dashed off, maddened sink dying before they reached the gate. MURDERER IS CAPTURED. The sound of the explosion was heard throughout the city, and even beyond the river. A crowd began to assemble and to handle grim evidences of the tragedy, while they discussed the af- fair in awe-stricken voices. Officials rapidly gathered, but before anything could be done toward collect- ing the scattered fragments of the body Grand Duchess Elizabeth drove up in an open carriage. She had dropped her work at the headquarters of the Red Cross and sped to the scene of the crime without waiting to don her outer wraps. She broke down at the sight, and dropped to her knees, sobbin After a few minutes she was led away. Then a stretcher was brought and, covered with a plain soldier's cloak, the remains of Sergius were borne to the Choudoff Cloister, where officers and members of the Grand Duke’s suite had assembled. The assassin was thrown to the ground and stunned by the force of the explosion, but he immediately arose and ran toward the gate, attempting to escape. His haste and the blood streaming from his face where he had been wounded by fragments of the bomb attracted the attention of a ser- geant of police, who seized him before he could draw a revolver. The man did not deny his crime, but, on the contrary, gloried in its success. He expressed his satisfaction that he had been abl® to kill the Grand Duke without involving the Duchess. He avowed his membership to the Socialist revolutionary organization, but refused to give his name and at the jail his papers were found to be forged. CROWDS ATTACK STUDENTS. The revolver with which the assassin was armed was an automatic magazine pistol of the same type as the weapon | employed by Hghenthal, the assassin of Soininen, Procurgtor General of Fin- land. The assassin’s wounds are not serious. The Grand Duke’s coachman, who was severely injured, was removed to a hospital. Late last night he was still | living. All places of amusement have been closed. Immense crowds gathered near the Kremlin, where some factions began to attack the students and the situa- tion began to look threatening, but so far the police measures to preserve order have proved effective and last night the city was quiet. RUSSIA'S “EVIL GENIUS.” Murdered Grand Duke the Chief of the Reactionary Party. The Grand Duke Bergius was the fourth son of Emperor “Alexander II and a brother of the late Alexander II1, father of the present Czar, who {was blown up by a Nihilist bomb in the streets of St. Petersburg in No- vember, 1804. He was born at Tsar- skoe-Selo-on April 29, 1857, and at Petersburg on June 3, 1884, married e Princess Elizabeth of Hesse- Darmstagdt, sister of the present ‘Czar- ira. had no children of - their TERRORISTS HOPE T0 WIN WITH BOMBS Bllke Russan - PUNG g gty b Opinion. Will NOt Gol- |2hee™, e o, s demn Them. ued From Page 1, Column 7. o MUITICIY He was then sworn and so far as the accessory charge is concerned he was forthwith immuned from prosecution under the provision of section 304 of the Political Code. | proper In view of the position I oc- | cupy as chairman of the committee. . However, the District Attorney appre- | ciates the gravity of the situation and {all we can do is to give our testimony ; which will prove that Mr. Kelly did not i tell the truth while under oath before the committee this afternocn.” LONDON, Feb. 18.—The correspond- ent in St. Petersburg of the Dally Telegraph asserts that the acting Min- ister of Justice, on hearing of the news | of the assassination of Grand Duke | Sergi laimed: i “In truth, Russia is in full revolution. | What will happen next?” | The correspondent adcs an interest- | ing appreciation of the Grand Duke, in the course of which he says: it must be admitted that Sergius was pel tent and that his career W complete. Orthodoxy and au- were inscribed on his banner from | and be fought hard for them, in his to the bitter end. His manner, siggestive of hauteur, was extremely | amiable; one could well conceive him, under other conditions, capable of those un | justifiable follies of coarseness, criticism and | Ccruelty which have been assoclated With his. name and were proximate causes of his death. | His influence over the Emperor emanated | partly from his own self-confidence, dogmatic | assertiveness and a seemingly unselfish in- tevest for the autocracy and partly also from his wife. 1 learn to-night that a short imperlnlvmnnJ ifesto is being drawn up and will be issued to-morrow, bnt that it will deal only with the death of Sergius. 1 am further informed that the revolutionist groups have received a | great accession of strength from Liberals, | who hitherto have favored a constitutional | propaganda; that they have come into pos- session of large funds and are determined to adopt extreme measures, which they believe | will not be severcly condemned -by public | opinion. The authorities are aware of these | préparations and are making many arrests here, in Moscow and in Odessa, besides taking | other measures of precaution. According to a dfepatch from St. Pe- | own . though | tersburg to a news agency here, the | ins of Grand Duke Sergius left v for Moscow while the atten- | ass: that cf | tion of the authorities was riveted by reports of a recrudescence of the strike. | S own, but adopted Maria and Dimitri, | the young son and daughter of Ser- gius’ younger brother, the Grand | Duke Paul, who incurred the Czar's| displeasure by contracting a mor- ganatic marriage. ! The domestic relations between Ser-! gius and his wife are said to have been anything but pleasant. In fact, his| treatment of his wife, it is reported, | called forth remonstrances from his brother, Czar Alexander IIL Sergius was a prominent and influ- ential member of the council of the empire; also lieutenant general of the Russian army and 2id-de-camp to the, Czar. He was a chevaller of the order of St. Andre, the Black Eagle, | St. Hubert, the Elephant, the Annon-; ciade and of the Seraphines. He was chief or colonel of several Russian | military bodies as well as honorary colonel of a regiment of Prussian Uhlans and on the staff of a regiment | of Austrian infantry. Grand Duke Sergiue was credited | with having been the wealthiest mem- ber of the imperial family and his land | holdings were second in extent only to those of the Czar himself. | Much of the responsibility for the| catas he at the coronation of Em- | peror Nicholas in Moscow, when thou- | sands of persons were crushed to death | at the time of the distribution of the | Imperial gifts, was charged to Grand Duke Sergius. It was held that he had | not taken sufficient precautions. Lib- | erals, after the affair here of January 22, placed the major portion of the blame upon his shoulders. | The sentence of death upon Grand | Duke Sergius was contained in a proc- lamation issued by the Socialist Rev- | olutionists of Moscow after the demon- | stration on December 11 of last year in St. Petersburg was put down. It read: If our demonstration at Moscow (Decefber 18 and 19) is crushed in as bloody a manner as that of our brothers of St. Petersburg, then be gullt thersfor upon the head of Grand Duke Sergius and General Trepoff, and we, the com- | mitfee, in that event, have foreordained their | death. At the time sentence of death was pronounced by the terrorists upon Grand Duke Sergius it was reported that Grand Duke Alexis, Procurator of the Holy Synod Pobiedonostieff ahd General Trepoff, then Chief of Police of Moscow and now Governor General | of St. Petershurg, were also condemned to death, and according to some re-| ports similar sentence was imposed upon the Dowager Empress. The Governor Generalship of Mos- cow was abolished early. in the year and the Grand Duke, according to dis- patches from Moscow on January 4, kept closely to the well-guarded Dis- koutohny Palace, on the outskirts of Moscow, retaining his position as Com-~ mander-in-Chief of the military dis- trict. Later In January, however, it was announced that the Grand Duke had sought refuge in one of the palaces of the Kremiin. He has been classed as the most reactionary member of the imperial family and as the head of what is referred to as the war party, and has been stigmatized by the Lib- erals as “‘Russia’s evil genius.” As Governor General of Moscow he was intensely unpopular. His advent as Governor General was followed by expulsion of the Jews from the central provinces and throughout his admin- istration his rigorous and harsh meas- ures aroused the greatest hostility, especially among the students. Two years ago, after the student riots in which many were Kkilled or wounded, several hundred expulsions to Siberia followed under the orders of Grand Duke Sergius and General Trepoff. As there were many threats made against his life, the Grand Duke was obliged to flee to his summer resi- dence, twenty miles from the city. During the recent strike disturbances the Grand Duke left the Diskoutohny Palace on the outskirts of the city where he had been living and took refuge inside the ramparts of the Kremlin, where he had since lived in what is known as the Little Palace, opposite the famous statue of Alex- ander. II. The trip to the Kremlin on that occasion was made at night, be- tween solid lines of troops. Grand Duke Sergius was tall, hand- some and cordial in manner, in spite of the ruthless fashion in which he exercised his authority as Governor General. His record as a soldier was not brilllant. He suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of General Kuro- patkin during the famous Koursk | maneuvers. t —_— " To Cure a Cold m One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al druggists refund the money if it falls to cure, E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. —_— e The writer has alwyas believed that faithful horses should ave souls and a heaven for their happiness. i the committee would meet jevening for the purpose of preparing Chairman Belshaw announced that Sunday its report in the matter of the investi- gation of the charges of bribery against Emmons, Bunkers, French and Wright. “No matter what may be the result of the proceedings in court against the accused,” said Senator Belshaw, ‘‘we will not reopen the case and swear the accused. Even if the demurrers to the indictments are sustained we will not swear the accused. We have been in- structed by the Senate not to swear them and a mere technicality in the law that may be invoked in their favor Wwill not cause us to disobey the in- structions of the Senate.” It is certain that when the verdict of the committee is handed to the Sen- ate it will call for the expulsion of all of the accused. There is no question but that the gullt of Emmons, Bunk- ers, French and Wright has been es- tablished to the full satisfaction of the committee and that it will voice its conviction without fear or favor. To-morrow morhing the accused will be called for arraignment. Then the defense will Interpose its demurrers. —_———— GRAND DUCHESS WARNED. Advised by Revolutionists Not to Ap- pear With Her Husband. PARIS, Feb. 17.—The assassination of Grand Duke Sergius caused a sen- sation here. The Temps says: It fs easy to see why GMnd Duke Sergius was marked out as a victim of the revolution- ists, as among all the uncles of the Em- peror Sergius had the greatest influence upon It was known that the Emperor's vari- us liberal efforts were checked through Serglus. The Grand Duke was unpopular in Moscow, owing to his haughty demeanor and barsh reactionary spirit, although the Grand Duchess Elizabeth was popularly adored. Re- ceutly she was warned not to_appear with her husband, which meant that his assassina- tion had beén decided upon. It is significant that the assassins pursued the same plans as on the occasion of the assassination of the late Interior Minister Von Plehwe. President Loubet, Premier Rouvier and the entire Ministry and all the foreign Embassadors have forwarded expressions of sympathy to the Rus- sian embassy. Grand Duke Paul, the victim’s brother, who is a resident of Paris, learned the news late in the day and is prostrated. QECRER jigs 30y FOUR MARKED FOR DEATH. Nicholas, Trepoff and Bouligan Sen- tenced by Assassins. BERLIN, Feb. 17.—The news of the assassination of Grand Duke Sergius reached the Russian Embassy here first, through a newspaper corre!pond- ent. Travelers from St. Petersburg who have arrived in this city say it ‘was common talk there that the terror- ists had marked four persons for as- sassination—the Emperor, Grand Duke Sergius, Governor General Trepoff of St. Petersburg and Interior Minister Bouligan. Emperor William was not present to- night at the annual banquet of the Prussian House of Lords, absenting himself out of respect to the late Grand Duke Sergius of Russia. The Grand Duke was a well-known per- sonality in Germany, where he had re- ceived many honors at the hands of the ruling family. He held the high- est Prussian order, the Black HEagle, and also the Order Pour le Merite, which was instituted by William I. PRI i) CZAR ISSUES A MANIFESTO. Asks His Pcople to Unite in Prayers for the Departed. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 18.—Em- peror Nicholas has issued a mani- festo, saying that a heavy sorrow has fallen upon the imperial house in tie lamented death of his uncle, Grand Duke Sergius, in the forty-eighth year 5‘ of his age. The magifesto says: He was stricken down by the ruthiess hand of an assassin, who aimed at his life, so dear to us. Mourning in him an uncle and friend, whose whole life of activity and care was always devoted to the service of our house and fatherland, we have firm confidence that all our subjects will share and sympathize in our sorrow and will unite their heartfelt prayers with our own for the repose of the soul of the departed. Given in our palace at Tsarskoe-Selo. NICHO! ERaehre Edward VII Expresses Horror. LONDON, Feb. 17.—King Edward as soon as he was informed of the assas- sination of Grand Duke Sergius at Moscow telegraphed to Emperor Nich- olas expressing his horror and symp- athy. —_—— ‘We are selling agents for “Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen” and sole agents for “The Marshall,” the best $1.00 fountain pen in the world. Sanborn, Vail & Co,, 741 Market street. " —_— PENNSYLVANIA TO CONFER DEGREE ON THE KAISER Emperor of Germany Will Accept the Honor From Quaker State - University. BERLIN, Feb. 17.—Emperor Wil- liam will accept the degree of doctor of laws from the University of Penn- sylvania. It will be conferred upon him in absentia on February 22 at the same time that it is bestowed upon President Roosevelt. Instructions have been cabled to Baron Speck von Sternberg, the German Embassador, to represent the German Emperor. This is the first instance so far as' known in which a reigning sovereign has taken an American university de- gree. —_— & FREE FREE WITH SUNDAY CALL - SMALL ADS. QUAM'ER-POTI;V:N% PACKAGES The Latest and Most. Delicious 4 Confection. Free With Every Small Ad in % SUNDAY CALL. See Small Ad for Further Senate Committee Fa- _vorsy Unlimited Session Plan, e Proposed Constitu- “ tional Amendment Is Introduced. Special Dispatch to The Call SACRAMENTO, Feb. 17.—The pres- ent Legislature is determined that a | constitutional amendment relative to the length of sessions, compensation of members and limitation of patron- age shall go through. This morning the commjittee to which a series of propesed amendments had been sub- mitted introduced a substitute for the whole, which, it is believed, will meet with the approval of all. The committee substitute provides for an unlimited session, but limits the time in which bills may be introduced to forty days. The compensation of members is fixed at $1000 a year and the patronage of each house is limited to $500 a day. It further provides that the sessions shall begin the first Monday after the first day of Febru- ary and in order to get around the necessity on general election years of the Legislature meeting to canvass the vote for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, vests the Secretary of State with this authority. The proposed amendment will come up for discussion on the floor next week. The Senate Committee on Drainage, Swamp and Overflowed Lands filed a substitute this morning for the several bills that have been introduced to es- tablish the Sacramento Drainage Dis- trict. The most imyortant change con- tained in the committee substitute is that it excludes Marysville from the district. It provides for the election, instead of appointment, of a Drainage Commission of nine members, two from Sacramento County, one from San Joaquin, one from Solano, one from Yolo, one from Colusa, one from Sut- ter, one from Yuba and Placer jointly and one from Glenn and Butte jointly. The commission is vested with the power to levy assessments and per- form any legal functions necessary to carry out the purposes of the act. The compensation of members is fixed at $10 a day while actively engaged, such comrensation not to exceed for any one member $1000 a year. Another bill was introduced in the. Senate this morning the purpose of which is to put a curb on corporations that fraudulently' advertise their affairs for the purpoee of swindling the public in the sale of stock. Under the terms of the bill introduced to-day this offense is made a felony. Senator McKee's bill to promote'the education of nurses, to provide for the issuance of certificates of registration to qualified applicants by the moard of Regents of the University of Cali- fornia and to provide penalties for the violation thereof, finally passed the Senate and was sent to the Assembly, where three bills of like import are now under consideration. Rush’s bill to prevent the sale of in- toxicating liquors in the neighborhood of the Veterans’ Home at Yountville also passed the Senate, after which an adjournment till Monday morning was taken. ————— BLOW AT SCHEMERS. Bill to Prevent Land Frauds in This State Before Senate, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 17.—An im- pfinant bill was Introduced in the Senate to-day by Simpson of Ala- meda, the purpose of which is to pre- vent, if possible, a repetition in this State of the land frauds that have held the attention of the Federal courts for the last two years. The bill was drafted by Frances J. Heney, present TUnited States District Attorney of Ore- gon, at the instance of Governor Par- dee. % ‘The bili provides that hereafter when the Federal Government shall lay out any forest reserve in this State the State shall immediately relinquish all rights it may have to any school lands that may be contained within the boun- daries of such forest reserve and select in lieu thereof equal acreage outside of such forest reserve, the lieu lands to be selected by the Surveyor Gen- eral of the State. It is further pro- vided in the bill that upon the selec- tion of such lieu lands the same shall be offéred for sale to the highest bidder under rules to be formulated by the Surveyor General and the Governor. As the law now stands public lands are sold at the uniform price of $1 25 an acre. Tt is held that the new plan will bring greater revenue to the State. Under the present system private holders of lands in forest reserves may strip their property of timber and then take In lieu thereof other timbered lands. The end of this practice will come, however, if the Heney bill is passed. Ee N . SMITH INVESTIGATION. Assembly Committee Hears Evidence Against Superior Judge. SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 17.—The investi- gation into the charges preferred against Judge Smith is proceeding slowly. Witness Leonard to-day told the investigators that he had called on Judge Smith in his chambers and that Smith had there said to him: ‘“John, you have the best kind of a damage suit, but you have ruined it by examining a certain witness. You would better have let the physiclans examine him and had him bend and squeal.” The charge that Smith had allowed voked assault upon the person of reprimand, and that he had punished Dakan for defending himself, was gone into. Hiram Faneuf, Thomas Dakan | and Charles B. Younger Jr., an attor- ney, testified that Cassin struck the ! first blow; that the Dakans were fined and that Cassin was not punished. = e Y DUKE OF MANCHESTER SELLS IRISH ESTATES Sum in Excess of a Mil- lon Dollars for His Property. LONDON, Feb. 18.—The Duke of Manchester has sold his Tanderagee estates at Armagh under the Irish land act for $1,100,000. —_——— A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles. ¢ Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINT. MENT tails to cure you in 6 te 14 days. d0e.* i S THE the proposed amendment | Attorney Cassin to commit an unpro- ! Thomas Dakan without punishment or BUSY DAYS IN STORE FOR THE LINMARERS 'END OF LECISLATURE APPROACHES Appropriation Bills Take Up Time of Legislators |Saturday to Monday Adjournment Is Asked For. Special Dispatch to The Call SACRAMENTO, Feb. 17.—Waste of Alameda, who has heretofore been one of the strongest opponents of adjourn- ments from Friday to Menday, moved for such an adjournmert to-day, €x- plaining that the Ways and Means Committee wished to report thg gener- al appropriation bill and such special ilu)prt)priauon bills as may be favored :to the House on Monday. The com- terim to finish the work, which had been carried on diligently from the early part of the session, he said, many of the meetings of the committee last- ing until after midnight. Jury, chairman of the Public Print- ing Committee, said that owing to the many bills and amendments the print- ing coffice was clogged with work and that it would be necessary to adjourn over as requested to allow it to catch up. Duryea, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said that committee had 150 bills still before it for considera- tion, and asked that the members re- main in town and consider them. The adjournment was taken as requested. The Assembly reversed itself again to-day by defeaging the Woodward banking bill by a heavy vote when the measure was reconsidered on motion of Stanton. The bill fixes the minimum capital stock of country banks at $10,000. It was passed in the Assembly yesterday after having once been de- feated and to-day's vote is the third that has been taken on It. An agent of the Bankers’ Assoclation did the missionary work among the members that killed the bill to-day by a vote of 53 to 1L Assemblyman Pyle secured this morning a reconsideration of the vote by which the anti-compuisory vaceina- tion bill was defeated yesterday and the measure will be specially consid- ered again next Tuesday. The defeat in the Assembly of the bill passed by the Senate empowering the Board of State Harbor Commis- sionevs to insure the property under its control on the bay of San Francisco was the surprise of the afternoon ses- sion of the lower house. The fight against it was led by Anthony of San Francisco. There is already a statute allowing the Harbor Board to insure for a fixed amount, but the bill now before the Legislature extends its pow- ers and permits it to insyre for three- quarters of its value all Property con- trolled by it, which includes the several new docks that have been constructed. There was barely & quorum present and the bill was beaten by a vote of 33 to 8. It will be reconsidered Monday when nearly the full membership of the House will be present and will most likely be passed with several votes to spare. —_— . MRS. CHADWICK ACAIN IN COURT CLEVELAND, Feb. 17.—When the hearing of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick’s bankruptcy case was called to-day Mrs. Chadwick, attired in the same brown costume that she wore when she appeared in the United States Dis- trict Court on the day of her arrival from New York, appeared to plead to the charges against her. She examined each of the claims against her in a critical manner and rejected a num- ber of them wholly or in part. Among those repudiated by Mrs. Chadwick was the claim. of Freda Swanstrom, her maid, who presented a sworn statement showing that her employer owed her for seven months’ service at $45 a month. Mrs. Chad- wick declared that she did not owe the maid so much. When a small bill for a manicuring set was passed to Mrs. Chadwick for examination she disdain- fully tossed it back to her attorney, saying: “Why, that is absurd; never owned such a thing in my life.” The claims taken up at to-day’s ses- sion of the court were generally of minor importance, none of the big ac- ccunts being passed upon. —_— 4 TWO ATTACHES ARE MURDERED LONDON, Feb. 18.—A dispatch to the Times from Shanghai says: The German Consul at Chefu states that the Taotal has elicited a confession from two members of the crew of a | junk that the German and the French | naval attaches, Guggenheim and Cuv- erville, were murdered and robbed and their bodies thrown overboard. Lieutenant Cuverville, the French naval attache at Port Arthur, and Lieutenant Guggenheim, the German naval attache, left Port Arthur last ) August in a junk. Since then they have not been seen. A reward of $2000 was offered for news of the missing men. —————— GERMAN BATTLESHIP AGROUND OFF KIEL The Woerth Sfrikes in a Fog and At- tempts to Float Her Are Unsuccessful. BERLIN, Feb. 17.—The German battleship Woerth .grounded in a fog yesterday off Kiel. All attempts to get her off have been fruitless. The vessel lies high on a sandy bottom. A | rising storm from the west is render- ing diffieult the werk of floating the warship. —_—————— Miss Yaw Sings “Lucia” in Rome. ROME, Feb. 17.—Miss Ellen Yaw of California made her debut to-night in “Lucia di Lammermoor” here. Her verformance was highly commended. | mittee needed all the time In the in- . Lone_some Democrats at Sacramento Get to Work. Propose a Change in Laws Governing Legislature. —_—— Spectal Dispatch to The Call SACRAMENTO, Feb. 17.—It appears that the Democratic minority of the Assembly is not going to let the gses- | Slon end without doing some politics | for its party. Pryor of Kings intro- | duced a constitutional amendment this morning providing for changes in legislative sessions that is said to have j been prepared In caucus of the four lonesome Bourbons. The Pryor amend- ment opens with the following: “Whereas time and experience have proven to the people of this State that the biennial meeting of the Legislature of the State of California makes a burdensome, useless and unnecessary expense to the taxpayers of the State and js usually accompanied and fol- lowed by widespread scandal, charges of bribery, coercion and fraud ahd a great portion of the time of the mem- bers of each house is expended In the investigation and trial of such charges of fraud, scandal and bribery, there- fore be 1" ¢ ¢ * The amendment then provides for sessions to be held every four years, beginning with 1906, the session of that year to be of 100 days duration and all' succeeding ones sixty days. v deac : BOULEVARD QUESTION. Stanton Offers Bill Providing for Con- struction of Highways. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 17.—A bill, under the provisions of which country property-owners may construct boule- vards, has been introduced by Assem- blyman Stanton. It provides that upon twenty-five such property-owners pe- titioning the Board of Supervisors of their county and submitting plans of the proposed boulevard and a state- ment of the value of the property within the proposed district the board shall submit to the voters within that district the proposition of levying a special tax of 75 per cent of the amount needed to construct the boule- vard. « The bill also provides that the remaining 25 per cent of the money needed for construction shall be sup- plied out of the county road fund. ———— AGAINST SLOT MACHINES. Bill Making Their Maintenance a Felony Is Introduced. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 17.—A meas- ure making the maintenance of slo machines, the selling of lottery ticketd, the conducting of lotteries or being in any place where lotteries are con- ducted or slot machines are rain- tained felonies has been introduced in the Assembly by Arnerich of Los Gatos. The bill was referred to the Public Morals Committee, of which Arnerich is a member, and he declares he will see that It is reported back with due celerity and that he will use every effort to secure its passage, as his constituents démand that it be made a law if possible, there being a strong sentiment in Los Gatos against slot machines. g Oppose Drafnage Bill STOCKTON, Feb. 17.—~Owners of swamp lands in the Mokelumne River basin in San Joaquin County met hers to-night to protest against the drain- age bill just reported for passage In the Assembly. They say they are pay- ing $5 per acre this year for protection work and they do net want any more assessment: —————— VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 17.—The black powder building at the Hamilton Powder Company’s works at North~ fleld, B. C., blew up to-day. Ome Chi- nese was killed. The explosion shoolk this ecity. Shave Often awaits the man whose wife does not use gas for fuel. . . . His breakfast late the train don’t wait. . .. UsemGas And* always be on time. Ranges sold for cash or on easy time payments at ... i | |