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POWERFUL
NEW WARSHIP
FOR JAPAN
Launching of the Big
Kasagi Occurs
Thursday.
Most Important Vessel
Built Here for Foreign
Account.
Sisters Being Constructed in
Various Parts of the
World.
WILL RULE THE PACIFIC.
Charles Cramp Speaks of the Signifi
cance of the Increas-i in Japan' 9
Naval Power.
Special Dispatch to Th? Call.
PHILADELPHIA, January 16.— The
launching of the Japanese warship
Kasagi, which was built at Cramps'
shipyard, will take place on Thursday
at noon. The Kasagi is the most im
portant ship ever built in the United
States for foreign account and is the
first foreign warship launched in this
country since the Zobiaca, In 1878. In
compliance with requests for informa
tion from all over the country, Charles
H. Cramp to-day gave the following
Interview:
"The Kasagi is a protected twin
screw cruiser or commerce destroyer of
the latest and most Improved type and
design in her (lass. She is built
throughout of mild steel of the United
States navy standard. Her model is
calculated primarily for high speed, the
contract guarantees being -- 1 - km
the- mean of six runs back and I
over a measured course of ten nautical
miles. She is powered with two four
cylinder vertical inverted direct acting
triple expansion engines, driving twin
screws. Steam is supplied by twelve
Bingle-ended cylindrical boilers, pro
vided with a St. John grate and bearer
bar, and the machinery calculations
contemplate a maximum collective in
dicated horse power of about 17,000. The
Kasagi is among the large number of
ships of various types and classes em
braced in the new naval programme of
Japan.
"A sister ship to her is building on
the Pacific Coast and others of various
class€ 3up to 14.^00 ton battleship -
In England, France, Germany or in
Japan's own dockyard at Yokosuka. It
is worth while to call attention to the
fact that she is a representative of the
most marvelous and formidable naval
development of this age; a develop
ment that is rapidly bringing into front
rank among civilized naval pov.
nation, the ports of which were first
opened to commerce through the in
strumentality of an American naval • x
pedition clearly within the memory of
men not yet past middle age. Prom this
point of view alone her launching is an
event worth remembering in the his
tory of American ship building.
"When the fleet of which the Kasagi
is an- important factor shall be com
pleted, an event not more than two
years off at the farthest. Japan will
rank as the foremost naval power In
the Pacific Ocean and generally speak
ing neariy, if not quite, third in rank
among the naval powers of the world.
She will certainly outrank in the all
around sense ail but England, France
and Russia, and so far as the 1'
Ocean is concerned, will be far superior
to all except England perhaps, and it
is doubtful if even England could, with
due regard to her requirements in her
own \vator3 or in the Mediterranean
and the defense of her commerce spare
naval force enough for concentration on
the Pacific to equal in that ocean the
new Japanese navy of which the Ka-
Bagi is a factor.
"This superiority is due not so much
to the mere number of the vessels
Japan is building, as to the fact that
they are of carefully selected typos,
perfectly elaborated designs and wisely
distributed clasps, all of the most ap
proved construction and highest at
tainable efficiency. The men who oper
ate the material of this force have
demonstrated by th"ir behavior in the
late war and as evinced by the pro
fessional skill and ability they dis
played in the work of supervising ves
sels under construction that they have
no odds to ask in that respect of the
naval officers of any powr-r.
"In short, the v.-hole naval policy of
Japan as represented to Americans by
the object lesson of the Kasagi is one
which nations far older in the. arts of
western civilization would do well to
emulate. Failure to emulate or keep
up with it may in the not distant fu
ture bring some of them to humiliation
and defeat.
"The principal dimensions, qualities
and armament of the Kasagi are as
follows: Length on water line, 374 feej
6 inches; breadth, 48 feet 9 inches,
depth, 30 feet 6 inches; draft, 18 feet 9
inches; displacement, 4900 tons; speed.
22M; knots. Armament: Two 8-incn
breech-loading rifles; ten 4.7-inch
rapid-fire guns; twelve 12-pounder
rapid-fire guns; six Hotchkiss rapiG
fire guns."
The ceremonial attendant upon the
launching of the ship will be exclu
sively in the hands of the Japanese
Minister, and the affair will be con
ducted in accordance with the customs
of the Japanese in such matters. On
the part of the Tramp Company there
will be no special provision for guests,
but the shipyard will be open to the
public at the time r,f the launching.
LOS ANGELES
NOW UP IN ARMS
Continued from Second Page.
grades encroaches upon these dimen
sions.
The distribution system as a whole
seems to be designed irrespective of
engineering rules and without the view
of obtaining the best results by the
aid of approved appliances. It is an
assemblage of various pipe systems
originally laid down with economic
propensities and without reference to
ultimate extension. From time to time
new sections of the city were added to
the nucleus thus obtained, and great
engineering skill, indeed, was needed
and brought to bear upon making and
maintaining such a large system as the
Cross-Section of a Gulch in the Klondike Gold Diggings.
Th- above rut was made from a sketch specially prepared by T. B. Corey of Seattle for The Call. It con
veys a more correct and comprehensive idea of the earth's formation in the famous Klc-nrlike gold fields than any
descriptive matter possibly can. The various gulches along and contiguous to the Yukon River lie in valleys from
200 to 8000 feet wide, between hills and mountains covered with light timber. It is of Blow growth, and ranges
from brush to 12 inches through. In summertime this timber Is cut and later used in thawing the gro-und to reach
bedrock. For every cord of wood used in the Klondike district the Canadian Government exacts a duty of 25 cents
per cord. Many claim owners are required to go two or three miles back in order to get this wood, which makes its
use quite expensive but a positive necessity.
When a prospector first commences work on his claim he tears off a layer of think moss from one to one and
a half feet deep. He then builds a fire and continues to thaw a layer of frozen muck and gravel which extends
in depth fr.»m two to thirty feet until the pay streak is reached. The hole being burned down, is usually from rive
to ten fe.n in diameter, and is continued through the pay streak from one to three feet deep and from two to 100
feet wide, until bedr.Tck te reached. During the winter the pay streak dirt is hoisted out. and when the snow thaws
in May and June plenty of water is afforded for the clean-up that brings fabulous wealth to the hardy prospector.
Bench claims are 100 feet square and 7 feet above high water.
For a number of years Mr. Corey was superintendent of the Oregon Improvement Company's mines in the
State of Washington. He has just returned from the Klondike district, where he secured a number of claims and
familiarized himself with the various land formations and streams In the upper Yukon basin.
present with such means at hand. Tt
is safe to assert that there is not in the j
United States at present another
water works system which tries to
accomplish so much as the Los An
geles water works system with such a
vast number of pipes of such vastly
disproportionate sizes.
The books of the water company show
a total of IT, CIS taps, of sizes from
half an inch to six inches. Out of ■
total of 8064 prates there are 2379— 0r 7T
per cent — of two-inch and three-Inch
brass stopcocks. There are no valve
boxes in use. There are 377 meters,
ranging from three-eighths of an inch
to three inches in diameter. There are
at present 535 hydrants, of which 339
werti found to be in good condition,
while 196 wore in bad order. Some of
these were found to be of no service
whatever. The indiscriminate use of
the hydrants for street sprinkling pur
i accounts for the large number
Of hydrants out of order. The require
ments for a complete hydrant system
fur the city Of Los Angeles are not less
' than 1600, against the pres- r.-
The efficiency of the present distri- '
bution system is forcibly illustrated by j
the fact that in all cases where two
and three Inch mains supply the needs
for any section of the city the pi
sure at the house taps is visibly dimin
ished and entirely cut off whenever
more than a limited number of such
taps are open at the same time. A re
liance upon a plentiful supply of water
for fire-extinguishing purposes is en
tirely precluded in Sttcfa places.
The reservoir system is of the mani
fold kind. There are seven reservoirs
listed by the water company, of which
but four are available. The rest were
discarded years ago, and indicate their
former usefulness by some remains, |
earthen walls, concrete debris, etc. The
storage capacity of these four reser- j
volrs is fifty-four and a half million
gallons when full, but only the Buena j
Vista and Beaudry reservoirs carry a '
full supply of eighteen and three-quar
ter million gallons. The new Bellevue
reservoir of thirty-five and a quarter '
million gallons' capacity is usually car- j
rying but one-third of Its capacity, and j
has never been subjected to a contlnu- j
ous stress and strain of its maximum
capacity sufficiently long to demon
strate its worth. The High Service i
! reservoir Is of simple earthwork con
! Btruction, is leaky and in bad order.
Moreover, part of the grounds is not j
owned by the water company, but is
leased.
The three power stations for elevat
ing the water from the low level to the
I high level reservoir are scattered about
the city, and are provided with a very
inferior class of boilers, engines and
i pumps. The East Side springs station
consists of a "Worthington steam pump
of about 225 gallons' capacity per min
ute, and a 40-horsepower stationary
! boiler. The boiler is in good condition,
j but the pump is badly in need of re
pairs. The station is not used at pres
ent, and the machinery is partly dis
mantled.
The Beaudry pump station contains
two 60-horsepower boilers, one of which
is in good condition; also one duplex
■W'.rthington Steam pump of one mil
lion gallons' capacity per twenty-four
hours. The pump is in fairly good
Shape. There are also a number of dis
mantled pumps out of use, lit only for
the scrap pile. The buildings are
wretched, tumbled-down wood shan
ties. The main station of the Buena
Vista reservoir is wc-11 housed in a con
crete and brick building, the machin
ery therein, as a whole, is serviceable.
but too small to answer any increased
demand. It is boing worked now to its
full capacity. It consists of two 60
horsepower boilers, one compound du
plex Wortliington steam pump, bought
second-hand from Nashville, Term.,
still serviceable, and one duplex power
force pump of two and one-third mil
lion gallons' displacement in twenty
four hours. This pump needs repairs
and general overhauling. There Is one
five-foot Pelton wheel with rope trans
mission to the power station. This
wheel is well housed and in good con
dition. A 14x30 single expansion Cor
liss engine completes the machinery
at this station. This engine has been
out of commission since the installation
of the Pelton wheel, is of an old pat
tern and of no particular value in con
nection with an improved form of sub
stantial water-works machinery.
Collectively speaking, tho entire dis
tribution system shows a want of
unity. Single features have been
| added successively, never with any re
| gard as to a pro-arranged plan, but
evidently as a makeshift, serving the
best it can during the time being.
The main source of r.upply is drawn
from what is termed "Crystal Springs,"
distant about five miles from the
' Buena Vleta street reservoir and con
nected thereto by means of a conduit
THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANTTATIT IT, 189 S.
■which Is partly a tunnel, brick conduit
and wooden flume, aggregating a
length of 26,000 feet.
A newly constructed, wrll planned
and faithfully executed • ngin
eering work Is the branch tunnel and
bride conduit leading from the former
tunnel to the new Bellearue reservoir.
The length of the Fame is I
An open ditch, partly flumed, 2t,700
feet in length, brings tho water from
the Los Angeles River to the Pelton
•wheel.
Nothing can be said In favor of its
construction; its value is nominal, the
flumes thereof are rotten; the carry
ing capacity is taxed to overflowing;
it needs constant repairs and is there
fore a constant source of expense. The
right Of way for these conduits are, to
a j-T'-at extent, of more than doubtful
value. The rleht of way obtained by
the company follows a sinuous lir..\
adapting itself to the topography of
the land at the time of selecting these
routes, while at the present time
Humes, tunnels and conduits follow, in
many instaiu -it routes, di
verging as much ■ I either to
the right or left of the right Of way
obtained for the same. In one in
■ th- T" la BO ri^ht of way ob
1 for a tunnel Of ov» r i
h; in other Instances it a
that permanent water rights are glv< n
by the water company to adjoining
land-owners in exchange for such right
i of way.
The rights to develop water are a
mooted question. The city of Los An
geles is at present preparing for the
final struggle In the courts to deter
mine the value of the so-called "Cry
stal Springs" property. It is not in
tended to prejudice this case now or
to anticipate the results of such legal
Investigation. A recital of the facts
anparent to any one visiting the locali
ties, however, may be of Interest in
this matter at the present time.
The water company is entitled to the
use of ten miners' Inches of water
out of the Los Angeles River, ac
cording to the terms of the con
tract with the city, made thirty
years ago. The water company uses
to-day about ISOO miners' inches for
the domestic water supply, as well
as for power to operate their pumps.
The difference of IT9O miners' inches is
supposed to be developed on their
grounds called, euphoniously, "Crystal
Springs." Thr-se "springs," being the
head works of the water company, are
located on land adjacent to and partly
beneath the bed of the Los Angelei
River. The head works cover fifty-four
acres of ground, four acres of which
are owned by the water company,
while the remaining fifty acres are
leased land.
Two lines of 24-inch percolation pipes
laid in the ground, running partly par
allel to the Los Angeles River and 400
feet distant therefrom and partly be
neath the river for a distance of nearly
800 feet, and two other lines of 16-inch
percolation pipes, distant about 2200
feet from the river, begin at the fmir
acre "Crystal Pprings" tract and Join
with the fir.^t line of pipes at the gute
house, from whence the water thus de
veloped discharges into the main con
duit leading toward the city.
How do these percolation pipes oper
ate?
The lines of pipes parallel to and be
neath the river necessarily gather their
water from the saturated sub-strata of
the river bed and drain the water from
the river. The lines of pipes leading off
"Crystal Springs" and being too :ir
away to be materially benefited by the
waters of the Los Angeles River, are,
however, artificially provided with
"spring" and "percolating water" by
means of an open ditch which, drawing
the surface water out of the river, do
posits such water in a wide, shallow
ditch immediately above the "springs,"
saturates the ground, furnishes the
percolating water In any quantity de
sired; a convenient entrance way to
these percolating pipes being provided
by moans of an open pit located on tho
four-acre "Crystal Springs" tract, into
which the Los Angeles River water
flows unhindered.
The following is a summary of the
water works system: The pipe system,
with the exception of all the cast iron
pipes and a few of the newer riveted
Steel pipes, is old, deteriorated and sub
ject to constant repairs and renewals.
Investigation proved a deficit of 46.3
miles of pipe in the water company's
schedule. The water works system
contains two good, serviceable and
well-located reservoirs, while :ill
the other reservoirs are neither
in size, location nor construc
tion fit for more than temporary
use, and need replacing by others. The
power stations are scattered over too
large a territory, and are poorly equip
ped and maintained. With the excep
tion of the Buena Vista plant, they are
too small and housed in poorly con
structed buildings. The machinery Is
old, has seen many years of service, is
of insufficient capacity, In need of re
pairs, and is serviceable only lor tem
porary use. The conduit leading the :
water from the headworks to the Belle
vue reservoir Is of ample size and good
construction. The Bu« Vista conduit
is also good and serviceable wherever
tunnel and brick and iron construction
is used. The present covered wooden
flume in connection therewith Is in bad
shape, and needs replacing by other ma
terial, brick or iron. The so-called
power ditch is too small, in poor con
dition throughout. The headworks at
"Crystal Springs" can furnish, by
means of the percolation system, un
der favorable circumstances, 650 min
ers' inches of river water, while, in ad
dition to this, approximately 1250 min
ers' inches of water are taken direct j
from the surface flow of the Los An- I
geles I liver. The darvanza headworks '
furnishes a supply too insignificant to !
| be considered, and the permanency of
which is doubtful.
In the foregoing the vital parts of the
water company's plant . have been
touched upon. Aji estimate was here
tofore pared by order of the City
Council, and careful surveys of all fea
tures of the plant and inspection of, the
water company's books and records, as
well as estimates, bids and offers from
I reliable business firms, were obtained,
and a summary of the estimate, as it
appears in the following abbreviated
form, can be substantiated at any time,
and new estimates made on the basis
j of ascertaining the true value cannot
i possibly vary 5 per cent either way:
Value Present
when .new. value.
; Value of Improvements.. $1,034,856
I Value of real estate 47,»t) 40.855
Value of right* to develop
water 6,: M 4.500
Value of riKhts of way... 6.&1K 6.520
Value of reservoir cites.. 4,&i0
10 per cent Incidentals,
etc 124.303 103.454
Totals J1.432.J42 $1.1W.6ii
The sum of $1,190,605 was offered by
the city to the water works company
for the acquisition of the plant.
The present owners derive a yearly
income of over $440,000, and the maxi
mum yearly expense account for main
tenance does not exceed $100,000. The
company probably rates the value of
their plant upon a revenue basis, while
| the city of Los Angeles rates the value
of the plant upon the specific contract
clause which prescribes a valuation on
improvements made by this company
upon the mother plant owned by the
city originally, and turned over to the
; company at the beginning of their thir
ty years' franchise. Hence the differ
ence in valuation. Respectfully,
1 ERNEST ABS HAGEN, C. E..
Loa Angeles.
VERY RELUCTANT.
The People of Los Angeles Slow
About Being Bled For Al
most Tv-o Millions.
Now, with this showing of statistical
data before them, is it to be wondered
that the people of the city of Los An
geles decline to pay $3,000,000 for the
plant .-f the City Water Company?
Be it understood that the taxpayer!
and citizens generally .ire ready and
will gladly g-ive to the water company
a fair and equitable price for their
property.
But it Is apparent that they do not
intend to be bled. Nor will they be led
like lambs to the slaughter.
The public servants who betray them
and who accept bounties in order that
they may advance, us private individ
uals iis Hprainst the municipal welfare,
will be gibbeted by public opinion.
The fact that the syndicated local
press falls absolutely In its duty and
tl to criticise the weak, vacil
lating and Inefficient councllroen who
arc delaying the settlement and adjust
ment "f this vital question will not
Rave them from popular contempt.
They will be marked men in the fu
ture, and wherever they go they will be
known for the treachery of which they
have not as yet been found guilty, but
which has been alleged against them,
and for which they are now on trial.
They can yet clear themselves of the
taint which rests upon them, and In a
very easy and simple way.
First— The criticism of the syndicated
trio of Journals must be overlooked.
B "nd — The negotiations with the
water company should be conducted In
a manly way, as if business, and noth
ing but business, was intended, and
with a view not to procrastinate but
to bring about a result.
The manner In which negotiations
have thus far been carried on with
the water company has plainly Indi
cated to the people the purpose of those
Counctlmen, Who have clearly shown
that they were laboring assiduously to
complicate an already complicated
r,uf stion.
There remains but little over five
Bhort months when the contract ex
l'ir.s. The battle that Is to be waged
from now on is one of vital importance,
find upon the outcome the future of
tli ■ < ity depends to a large extent.
The time has a^ain come for citizens
to take their coats off and enter the
lists in their own behalf. From the
local press neither aid nor correct in
formation can be expected. The in
fluence of the corporation is great, and
its pv.pporters are thoroughly fortified
behind strong bulwarks. The people
can win if they unite and work to
gether. Will they do so?
HOW CHILE
WAS QUICKLY
CALLED DOWN
Diplomatic Acts Are
Disclosed by the
Archives.
Negotiations Made Rela-
tive to the Settlement
of Claims.
Threat of Giving Moral Sup
port to Argentina Was
Made.
BUT SITUATION CHANGED.
Then It Was That the Llttla South
American Republic Was
Brought to Time.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.— A Washington
special to the Herald says: The ex
clusive announcement in the Herald a
few days since that the conference for
the settlement of all outstanding claims '
•n Chile and the United States,
negotiated by Mr. Olnoy and pent to
the Senate last winter, had myster
iously failed and lapsed by limitation
because of the failure of the Senate to
sanction the matter, has caused no lit
tle commotion in diplomatic circles.
The conference had as it.s purpose the
revival of the tribunal of 1^93-94, and
the sum involved amounted to more
than $3,000,000. The proposed tribunal
was to adjudicate and settle among
other claims that of the South Ameri
can Steamship Company of Valparaiso
against the United States for detention
and seizure of the steamer Itata in
Chilean waters in 1593. On a point of
law the former commission held in fa
vor of the claimant company, and it
has been intimated that owing to cer
j tain possible contingencies arising out
of our present relations with Spain it
j was deemed desirable by the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations that
the question of liability for pursuit,
seizure and search at sea outside of the
national jurisdiction be left open for a
time.
Behind the whole subject there is an
interesting train of events disclosed by
the secret archives of the State De
partment now made public. The origi- '■
nal conference for the settlement of!
mutual claims was made through the
of Mr. Foster, Secretary of State,
during the last year Of Mr. Harrison's
administration. At that time, the re
lations between Chile and Argentina
-trained, and Mr. Foster touk ad
vantage Of this, leading the Santiago
nment t«> believe that were th-
United States not appeased its moral
support might be given to Argentina.
Benor Errasuris, Minister of Foreign
Relations of Chile, acceded to Mr. Fos
ter's invitation to arbitrate all pending
claims. The conference was signed in
Santiago on August 7, 1892, by Mr.
Egan on behalf of the United States
and by Senor Errazuriz on the part of
Chile. I'nder its terms ratifications
to be exchanged at Washington
within six months.
The State Department received, in
January. U9S, secret information that
though the Chilean Congress and the
powers to exchange ratifications had
k . n drafted and signed by the Presi
dent, the papers were pigeon-holed in
the Santiago foreign office. Mr. Foster
cabled to the legation In Santiago to
inquire about the matter. Assurances
were given that the papers would go on
the next steamer. A few days later
Mr. Foster was advised that they had
missed the steamer. Thus the treaty
would arrive too late for the exchange
of ratifications.
The situation was clear enough. The
relations between Chile and Argentina
were now pleasant and there was no
reason for completing the treaty. The
State Department sent an intimation
to «hile that ratifications must be ex
changed, treaty or no treaty, suggest
ing that proper powers be given the
Chilean Minister in Washington by
cable. The Santiago Government, re
alizing that its subterfuge had become
known, cabled thr desired powers.. The
form of exchanging ratifications was
gone through on January 24, though
two copies of the treaty and the pow
ers were not really exchanged until ten
days later. Out of courtesy to Chile the
correspondence was suppressed.
WAS STEAMING AWAY
WITH AN EXPRESS SAFE.
The Steamer Collided With the Wharf, and
a Strong-Box Fell Among Wreckage
on the Deck.
NEW YORK, Jan. I<!.— The steamship
Werkendam started to-day for Amster
dam wiht a safe owned by Wells, Fargo
The Werkendam was pulled out
from her pier in Hoboken this morning by
the tug Goodwin, which had to slacken
speed to avoid collision with a ferry boat.
The tow line slackened ami the werken
dam was wung by the tide Into the pier of
Wells, Fnrgo & Co. The bow crashed
through the piles and poked into the two
story building used for offices by the ex
press company.
A considerable part of the office furni
ture dropped into the water and a lot of
wreckage rested 'upon the deck of the
steamer.
The Werkendam backed out from the
wreck, and Captain do Vue. observing
that the steamer was not hurt, started
for Holland as fast as the screw would
turn. On the way down the bay the
•wreckage was cleared away from the
ship. Under the timbers and splinters
and curled up In corrugated iron was
found a safe Of Wells. Fargo & Co.,
Which hnd dropped from the office on the
wharf. Captain de Vue had no desire to
l>e regarded as- a pirate, so he hailed a
tug. lowered the safe aboard and sent It
to Wells, Fargo &. Co. with his compli
ments and regrets.
BRITISH VESSEL NEWLYN
AT A STORM'S MERCY.
Hawsers Part While the Disabled Steamship
Is Being Towed by Another
Craft.
QVEEXFTOWX, Jan. 16.— The British
steamer Gladys, Captain Dixon, which
arrived to-day from Baltimore, reports
that she met the British steamer Newlyn,
Captain Vow, from Swansea for Phila
delphia, on January 1, in latitude SI, long
itude 2»j. with shaft and propeller gone.
She towed her for thirty hours, when the
hawsers parted in Jieavy weather, and
sue was obliged to leave the Newlyn 420
miles from Faatnet. The Gladys' machin
ery suffered from tho stress of towing.
Ta Cure a Cold Irj One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Qulnln* Tablet*. All
druggists refund the money If It falli to cure.
Ko. The genuine has L. 13. Q. on each tablet.
DEATH OF
CHARLES P.
VILLIERS
"Father of the House
of Commons" Is
No More.
Celebrated His Ninety-
Sixth Birthday a Few
Days Ago.
Had Sat Continuously in the
Lower Branch of Parlia
ment Since 1835.
ACTIVE TO THE LAST.
His Memory Was Keen, and He De
lighted in Describing Events
of Long Ago.
Bpeclal Dispatch to The Call.
LONDON, Jan. 16.— Right Hon.
Charles Pelham Villiers, member of
Parliament from South Wolverhamp
ton and known as the "Father of the
House of Commons," having sat con
tinuously in the house since 1835, died
at 9 o'clock to-night.
Charles Pelham Villiers was the third
son of Hon. George Villiers. The Lon
don papers on January 4 said that on
the previous day Mr. Villiers celebrated
his ninety-sixth birthday and received
congratulatory messages from all parts
of the kingdom.
In addition to being the oldest mem
ber of the House of Commons he was
'•father of the English bar," being ad
mitted at Lincoln in .1^27. Mr. I
stone, seven years the junior of Mr. Vil
liers, entered Parliament two years be
fore him, but while the service of Mr.
Villiera at Westminster had been con
tinuous that of the great Liberal t=:
nun was broken when he retired
the House of Commons. Mr. Villiers
was returned for Wolverhampton three
I after the passage of the great re
act by th<- last Parliament of
rge IV. Besides being the oldest
member of Parliament he was the old
urviving parliamentarian candi-
It was in I<?2*>.1 < ?2*>. when George IV was
King and Victoria was a young child,
that he traveled down into Yorkshire
from London and contested Kingston
upon-Hull, under the reform banner of
Canning, though unsuccessful. In IS»3
he was appointed Judge Advocate-Gen
eral. In 1879 his admiring constitu
ents at Wolverhampton unveil. <l a
marble statue of Mr. Villiers, when
nea in eulogy of his public service
in connection with the anti-corn law
tnent were delivered by Earl
Granville and Sir Robert Peel.
Notwithstanding his extremely ad
vanced age his memory was singularly
live, and he was able to entertain
his friends for hours at a time with
lively and charming naratives of scenes
in the House of Commons during the
first half of the century. Canning had
lised away eight years before Mr.
Hers entered Parliament, but the
5 often met. He often went to the
use of Commons to hoar Canning
ak and he invariably described him
a wonderful orator.
imong the famous personalities he
ad recall and vividly portray were
• great Sir Robert Peel, Lord Mel
jrne. Lord John Russell, Lord Derby,
Lord Aberdeen, Lord Brougham, the
Duke of Wellington, Daniel O'Connell.
Hume, Grote, and of course, Disraeli.
He always delighted to recall the cir
cumstances in the House when Disra
eli, who was then quite a -young man,
made the celebrated speech in which
he paid that one day the House would
be compelled to listen to him. Among
interesting events which he witnessed
was the attack by the mob on the
House of t*he Duke of Wellington, and
early recalled the excitement over
the Duke's duel in a London suburb
with Lord Winchelsea, which arose out
of his lordship calling the Waterloo
hero a traitor in connection with Ro
man Catholic emancipation.
SHIPS FOR THE
ALASKAN TRADE
Five Vessels Supplied by the
Cramps Will Be Refitted
Throughout.
International Navigation Company
Organizes a Transportation Con
cern of Its Own.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 16.— The nego
tiations between the "William Cramp &
Sons Ship and Engine Building Company
and the International Navigation Com
pany for the purchase and sale of the
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania and
Connemaugh for the trade between the
Pacific Coast and Alaska, have resulted
in the International Navigation Com
pany deciding to organize a company to
be under its own management. The com
pany will be called the Empire Transport
ation Company, of which Clement A.
Grlscom will be president.
Cramp's shipyards are now busy thor
oughly overhauling these boats and refit
ting them with passenger accommoda
tions especially adapted for the Pacific
Coast-Alaska trade. They will be newly
furnished throughout and equipped with
all the modern conveniences for the safe
ty and comfort of the passengers. They
will be lighted by electricity,, well ventil
ated and have ample bath rooms and lav
atory accommodations. The cuisine will
be well-looked after, and to secure an am
ple supply of fresh meat and vegetables a
cold storage .plant will be installed. The
boats will be dispatched to the Pacific
Coast as soon as alterations are complet
ed. ■" ■-•'. v- •■: « : ~\ '*-
General Manager Iligbee of the Inter
national Navigation Company stated in
an Interview to-day that the fact that his
company had organized the Empire
Transportation Company indicated that
the organisation waa not likely to limit
its sphere of action to the Alaskan trade.
The officers of the International Navi
gation Company are now busily engaged
on plans for larger steamers to replace
the five boats withdrawn from their
North Atlantic service. The new ships
will be equipped with all modern im
provements and adapted to the require
ments of the traffic. They will be built
in this country, probably by the Cramps.
Vancouver's Mayor Dead.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 16.— Mayor
Templeton- died this afternoon from an
apoplectic stroke. Mr. Templeton waa
the third of Vancouver's mayors to die
a sudden death.
SLOW TORTURE
BEFORE DEATH
Marin County Stockmen
Arrested for Cruelty
to Animals.
Impaled Calves on Steel Hooks
Before Cutting Their
Throats.
The Poor Brutes Partially Prepared
for the Market While
Still Alive.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 16.-A story of
almost inconceivable inhuman treat
ment to a dumb beast comes to-day
from Point Reyes station, and is
brought by Marshal John E. Creed of
Sausalito. Creed to-day journeyed to
Point Reyes with Dr. C. B. Case, sec
retary of the Marin County Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
and George Crandell to learn if the re
ports of cruel treatment to calves in
that section were true. Marshal Creed
returned from Point Reyes to-night.
He had placed under arrest Thomas
Irving, Thomas Marshall and Quinto
Codono for cruelty to animals. The
men were released and warrants will
be forwarded from this place to-mor
row or Tuesday, when they will be for
mally brought before a Justice of the
Peace. ,
Some time ago word reached the or
flcers of the Marin County Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
that calves were being strung up alive
in the northern part of Marin County.
and, while hanging from steel hooks,
their throats were cut and their en
trails removed. What the officers found
to-day fully confirmed the reports.
Marshal Creed said:
••We visited the slaughter house to
which the cattlemen bring their ani
mals. Every Thursday and Sunday the
animals are killed, and to-day at S
o'clock they commenced. I never wit
nessed anything more cruel in all mv
life Tom Irving, acting in the employ
of ' Marshall & Codono, grabbed the
I and one after another, hung
them up on the hooks, heads down
ward, the sharp Bteel penetrating their
They bellowed and kicked with
"We waited to see no more. We or
dered the men to take the suffering
creatures down, and they complied im
mediately. It is the custom to hang
thirty or forty live calvos up in this
way and then, after they have been
hanging with their -throats exposed, to
sever their necks one after another,
until the last one is dead."
Dr. Case, the secretary of the society,
reiterated Marshal Creed's story. He
said that they had seen Dr. Cavenough.
the health officer at Point Reyes, and
the doctor said that it was the cleanest
method of billing calves that h? had
ever seen. The physician was surprised
that the officers could see anything
cruel in the proceeding.
Dr. Case telephoned from Point Reyes
late this afternoon to District Attorney
E. B. Martinelli and received instruc
tions from that official in regard to
procedure in the matter of the arrests.
Prominent Men on the Jury.
TRENTON. N. J.. Jan. IC— One of th^
most notable Orand Juries ever drawn in
the United States District Court for tho
Distri< t of New Jersey is that which will
he- sworn in on Tuesday at the opening
of the January term. The panel will in
clude several millionaires, among them
Georpe J. Gould, an ex-United States
>r. four Mayors and several other
persons of prominence.
Three Commit Suicide.
•pTETV YORK. Jan. 16.— William P. Mor
rison, a stock broker. Committed suicide
Into to-night at his home In this city by
hanging. Bertha Alcncier. 30 years old. a
waitress, committed suicide to-day by
swallowlnp carbolic acid. Sipmund Pol
itzka. 17 years old, a bookkeeper, died to
day from carbolic acid poisoninp. and is
su ppos.Ml to havp cmmitted suicide.
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