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VOLUME LXXVIL-yp. 82.
PACIFIC STATES
AND TERRITORIES
Investigations as to the
. Late Millionaire
Fair's Sanity,
Ex- Valet Clark Making Quiet
Inquiries at Los
Angeles.
MUCH EVIDENCE FOUND.
The Result of a Private De
tective's Work on
the Case.
. Los Angeles, March I.— A quiet and
mysterious investigation is being con
ducted in this city and vicinity that seems
to disprove the statements that no contest
will be made over the will of the laU
James G. Fair.
Shortly after the will was offered fo«
probate a private detective came down
from San Francisco to discover the where
abouts of the valet and nurse who accom
panied the late millionaire on his last trip
through the southern part of the State.
This individual was the constant
attendant and sole companion of
Fair while in this part of the State. His
name is Herbert Clark and his face and
figure are familiar here at all places fre
quented by his employer. Recently he
has been quietly at work under the super
vision of the San Francisco detective in
visiting everybody who saw and talked
with Senator Fair during his last visit
here. He is amassing evidence which, it
is confidently expected, will go far toward
proving the unsoundness of Fair while in
this city. ; . ",
At that time it was said Fair was suffer
ing from a severe attack of asthma, but the
attempt will be to show that his ailment
was as much a mental as a physical dis
order. Clark's present workin Southern
California includes a visit to every town
and health resort that was visited by him
self and employer during May, June and
July of last year. In questioning the peo
ple at these places, Clark devotes attention
particularly to the physical and mental
condition, and incidentally regarding the
late millionaire's sobriety and indulgence
in intoxicating liquors.
Everybody, from the bootblack who gave
the dead millionaire a patent-leather shine
to the physician who prescribed for him. is j
being interrogated. And the answers there
to are being transcribed on the typewriter."
Clark makes a shrewd detective. He asks
his questions in such a manner as to give
the impression he is merely taking a
friendly interest in the matter* in a remi
niscent way.
"From the actions of the ex-nurse and
valet," said one of the men who was in-
terviewed the other day by Clark, "and
from what I know of the information he
has secured in this city, whoever it is that
is going to contest the will will have
abundant evidence to offer. He is secur
ing affidavits as to the habits and physical
condition of the deceased while traveling
in this part of the State, and I understand
that all parts of the State and Nevada will
be ransacked for similar evidence.
''The purpose evidently is to show that
Fair imbibed large quantities of intoxicat
ing liquor in order to relieve his physical
ailments. It will not be a difficult thing
to ss/mre ample evidence on this score,
and I was told that the purpose is to show
that the intoxicants so weakened the mind
(d Fair that he was non compos mentis at
the time his will was made."
There are many people in this city who
have been interviewed by Clark on these
matters, and some of them have made affi
davits of their evidence.
SAN JOSE AND THE VALLEY ROAD.
The Subscription Canvass Continues With
Satisfactory Results.
San Jose, March I.— The directors of the
Board of Trade held a meeting this even
ing to consider the progress made by C. M.
Wooster in canvassing for subscriptions
for a branch of the valley road to go
through this county. Mr. Wooster re
ported about $28,000 had been subscribed,
and only a small number of those to be in-
terested had been waited upon.
It was the intention, he said, to address
a letter to each one of a selected committee
of 100 of those who would be most bene
fited by the road, asking him how much
he would subscribe. If the results were
satisfactory the work of canvassing would
be enthusiastically prosecuted; if not, the
agitation would be given up. It was the
opinion of the directors that the canvass
so far. had been perfectly satisfactory, and
they had full confidence that the necessary
amount would be secured after the meet
ing. William H. Wright subscribed $5000.
FIRE AT PORTLAND.
Destruction of a Cold Storage Warehouse.
Causes a Loss of $7 5, .000.
Portland, Or., March 1. — Early this
morning a fire broke out in the cold
storage warehouse at the foot of Petty grove
street, and before it could be got under
control destroyed property to the value of
$75,000 or more. The principal losers are
Charles G. Wells of Boston, the owner of
the building and plant; the North Pacific
Fish Company of Tacoma, C. B. Trescott
of Portland and F. Barnes of Portland.
The fire started in the engine-room. The
loss on the building and plant is $15,000
and is fully covered by insurance.
C. B. Trescott is the heaviest loser. . He
had stored in the building fifteen carloads
of frozen fish, valued at $15,000, which are
a total loss. The North Pacific Fish Com
pany of Tacoma had five carloads of . fish
valued at $7000 and insured for $3000. The
other losses are divided among a number
of people, amounting in the aggregate to
$35,000.
Itarncs' Slayer Convicted.
Chicago, March Edmund Jordan was
to-day convicted of the murder of Alfred
D. Barnes,; janitor of the Hiawatha flats,
on December 5 last, and sentenced to life
imprisonment. Annie Mahaney was found
to be an accessory to the act and her pun
The Morning Call.
ishment was left by the jury to the mercy
of the court. John Bersey, the third de
fendant, was acquitted.
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MURDER AT SPARTA.
A Miner Shoots Two Men While at Work
and Kills One.
Baker City, Or., March I.— shooting
affray occurred yesterday afternoon near
Sparta, a raining camp situated thirty
miles from here, in which James George
lost his life and L. A. Lurchin was seri
ously wounded. The shooting was done
by G. E. Chamberlain, who used a shotgun.
11l feeling had existed between the men
for some time, which arose over a disputed
placer claim. Chamberlain took his vic
tims by surprise, coming upon them while
they were at work in the mine. He took
good aim and the first shot took effect in
Lurchin's neck. Lurchin fell, and sup
posing him to be dead Chamberlain shot
the top of George's head off. A 15-year-old
son of George was a witness to the horrible
deed. The boy started to run and was
fired upon, the shot scattering all around
him.
George leaves a wife and eleven children.
The murderer is still at large.
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LOS AtXGELES CITRUS FAIR.
Large Crowds Attend the Beautiful
Orange Exhibit.
Los Angeles, March The front of
Hazard's Pavilion, where the citrus fair is
being held, presented a bright appearance
this morning, having been made so by the
addition of many flags and multi-colored
bunting. Inside the building the scene of
beauty seemed to be even greater than on
the previous day. The'fair attracted many
visitors in the early morning, which in
creased to crowds as the day advanced.
Those making entries are entitled to credit
for the prompt' manner in which the ex
hibits have been placed. The fair as a
whole is as perfect as it can be made to be.
AN ELOPEMENT AT ALBINA.
Two Young Oregon people, Much
in Love, Run away
Together.
They Left Home on the Last
Steamer. for San Fran
cisco. ,
Portland, Or., March I.— Quite a sensa
tion was caused to-day in Albina by} the
report of the disappearance of William
Brown, a young man 19 years of age, and
Miss Xorna Boggs, the 17-year-old daugh
ter of J. W. Boggs, formerly in the employ
of the Union Pacific. The couple are well
known and highly respected, and it is said
to be a genuine runaway love match.
Some time ago Mr. Brown, the father of
the young man, was called to California by
the death of his father, who left him an
estate valued at $03,000. Brown left his
family in Albina, but they followed him in
a few weeks, with the exception of Wil
liam, who lingered ostensibly to wind .up
his . fatherts • grocery •• business. Young
Brown told his " friends' he was going to
California, but said nothing about who
would accompany him. '
The couple took the last steamer for San
Francisco, and it is believed they intend to
get married. Mr. Boggs denies that his
daughter has run away with Brown, but
says she was going to Pasadena to visit
friends. • '.' '■• • ■ ;tJI-'{*-: y.;y ■:. -_,:■
A. NEW SACRAMENTO' LEAGUE.
An Organization, to Work for Bounties on
Export Agricultural Staples.
Sacramento, March 1. — A meeting was
held here to-day for the purpose of organ
izing the Equitable Protection League of
the United States. The league is based
upon the plan advocated by David Lubin
for a bounty on export agricultural staples
by which it is proposed to enhance the
home prices of the whole domestic product
and extend to staple agriculture protection
against foreign competition.
The officers are: President, Senator E.
C. Voorheis of Sutter County; first vice
president, Senator T. L. Ford of Sierra;
second vice-president, Senator Frank Mc-
Gowan of Humboldt; third vice-president,
Hon. H. I. Thomas of. Nevada County;
corresponding secretary, David Lubin of
Sacramento; recording secretary, J. A.
Sheehan of Sacramento; treasurer, Frank
Miller of Sacramento.
The work of organizing clubs and spread
ing the membership of the league through
out the United States will be rushed.
SAN DIEGO SCHOONER LOST.
Wreck of the Anna Mathilde Off the Lower
California Coast.
San Diego, March I. The schooner Anna
Mathilde, forty tons, was wrecked on
Elida Island, 300 miles south of San Diego,
some days ago, and is a total loss, A crew
of five men arrived by the schooner Lou of
this port and are now on the way to San
Diego. The crew consisted of Captain
Peter Gunn and brother and three sailors.
The schooner sailed several weeks ago
for the Lower California coast for a cargo
of guano and to land a party at Ced ros
Island. The vessel was formerly of San
Francisco, and this was her first trip under
charge of her new owner, Captain Henry
Doddridge. ■' 7yty : tyt'y7 >'-- '.••'
Particulars as to the manner of the wreck
are unobtainable to-night. •
PAYING STATE MILITIA.
Adjutant- Allen Leaves for South
ern Towns for That Purpose. 7t7i
Sacramento, March I.—Adjutant-Gen
eral Allen has gone to Los Angeles to pay
off the members of the National Guard in
that city who performed military services
during the late strike. From there he will
go to Red lands, Riverside and San Ber
nardino for the same purpose.
General Allen states that the delay ■in
paying the members of the militia of San-
Francisco and this city ."• is ? because the
checks, which will be payable at the Cali
fornia State Bank in this city, are not
ready. They have not yet all been printed
and numbered, and the soldiers here and
in San Francisco will not get their money
until after the 11th inst.
SHOOTING NEAR HOLLISTER.
Dispute Over a ltoad Leads to a Fatal
Encounter.
Hollister, March I.— F. M. Conkling,
an old resident of this county, shot and in
stantly killed Charles Hardwick, a young
man, at Pacines yesterday afternoon at 5
o'clock. It was over a dispute about a road
through Hard wick's land. Conkling came
in last night and /gave himself up. He
claims self-defense, : and says | Hardwick'
barred his progress on the' road \ and came
for him with a hatchet and a rock. TKen
he phot him with a rifle. -7 y * ■ - ■; .
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1895.
THE RAILROAD
HAS AN INNINGS
Its -Assembly:. Friends
Show Their Hands
at* Last, '
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The Crucial Test on the Bill
to Abolish Stopover
Privileges.,
IT WAS A BATTLE EOYAL.
Dodge and Wade Thunder
Anathemas Against the
Measure.
Sacramento, March I.— The railroad is
on top in the Assembly. Concealment was
not attempted to-night. Cloaks and subter
fuge were thrown aside. The friends of the
Southern Pacific put themselves on record,
and of the 69 men at to-night's session of
the Assembly forty-one declared them
selves on the side of the great corporation.
Only eleven men were absent. Of these,
Dwyer, Huber, Tibbitts and Tomblin are
known to have railroad tendencies. Most
of the others have not declared either way.
No matter how they go, however, the fact
remains that when Osborn a few days ago
said, in burlesque, "Almighty corporation,
thy will be done on earth as it is in hades,"
he spoke much better than he knew.
The test came on the bill abolishing stop
over privileges on the Southern Pacific. It
was Assembly bill 882 introduced by
Speaker Lynch on February 18, 1895, by
request, and referred to the Committee on
Corporations. This bill is as follows :
An act to amend section 489, and to repeal
section 490 of the Civil Code, in relation to
railroad rates of charges and railroad tickets.
The people of the State of California, repre
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows: ■•.77;'-i7.'6 4 .? i 77i.7k7\
Section 1. Section 489 of the Civil Code is
hereby amended so as to read as follows: ; 77
. Sec. 489. All railroad corporations must
publish their lawful rates of charges for freight
age and fares from one station to (another on
their various lines of road In this State, and
upon being tendered the . lawful . rate therefor
it shall be the duty of. every railroad corpora
tion to, perform the carriage of property or
persons for the rate of charge so published.
Every railroad corporation must -provide and.
on being tendered the lawful fare therefor, fur
nish to every.person desiring a passage upon its
passenger-cars, a ticket which shall be evidence
of the right of a purchaser to a ride and to the
ordinary accommodations provided on its cars,
from* the depot or station where " the same is
purchased to any other depot or station on the
line of its railroad. Every such ticket shall
entitle the holder thereof at any time within
six months after the purchase of such ticket,*
to use the same for the trip therein mentioned,
and upon such trip the passenger may stop
over at any intermediate station. Any corpo
ration violating any of the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be punishable therefor. And in addi
tion thereto every corporation violating any <
ol the provisions of this section shall be liable
to the person aggrieved for the damage by him
sustained. This section shall not apply to
commutation excursion tickets issued and sold
by such railroad corporations at prices which
shall amount for a single trip to a less rate
than the lawful rates of fare between the sta
tions designated therein.
Sec. 2. Section four hundred and ninety of
the Civil Code is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
This bill repeals Section 490 of the Civil
Code, which gives a man who is refused
stop-over rights by the railroad damages
in $200.
An amendment is made to Section 489,
to render the railroad company guilty of
misdemeanor and liable to a fine of $500.
In this way the passenger who is injured
would get little or no recourse, and there
fore would have no excuse for prosecuting
a suit when the railroad violates the law,
since the only profit to him would be a
small fine, which the railroad company
could better afford to pay than he could
afford to give up his time.
An attempt was made to rush the bill
through to its secend reading. Previously
the generals of the House had succeeded
in gaining their points. This time they
did not work so skillfully. The bill was a
new one to most of the members. They
had not considered it. So when it came
up for a second reading they were rather
surprised to have Waymire of Alameda
request that consideration of it be post
poned a day. 7 ', ' - ' :
"Mr. Speaker," put in Dodge of Ala
meda. "I move that action be indefinitely
postponed."
A storm of objections was raised by the
friends of the bill, who had hoped to smug
gle it through its second reading. In the
tumult^Dodge tried in vain to be heard.
There was a moment's lull, and he cried
out: "Gentlemen, I want to warn you.
To pass this bill would sound the death
knell of the Republican party in this State
of California."
But Dodge's motion was voted down and
then began a battle royal.
Cutter of Yuba led in the defense of the
bill. He declared it altered the codes in no
way. It still made the refusal of stop-over
privileges a misdemeanor. -The only dif
ference was that instead of letting the in
dividual bringing suit profit thereby, the
penalty is given to the State. This, he
urged; was just and proper. Dr. Robinson
had come before the Committee on Cor
porations and had declared under oath that
while he originally had entered into the
suits to determine his right to stop-over
privileges, that he afterward carried them
on to make money. ~ 7- '',*- ;•' ■•» "
"He admitted to us," .'said Cutter, "that
he frequently demanded a stop-over privi
lege when he really did not want it, but
just, to get a right to bring suit. He and
his son have now 170 suits, I believe, which
will make the railroad company liable to
them for $34,000. Now, I think that any
law that will allow a thing of that sort \ is
wrong and should be changed." ••* ■;■_'
"I am sorry," Dodge of Alameda said,
"to see my friend - from Yuba so dense
when ,be comes to look at this infamous
measure; It is not % oniv obnoxious but it
infamous; since it is made, to defeat a de
cision of the Supreme Court and will leave
the people of -this .'State entirely without
stop-over : privileges.: This-: bill says no
body but the purchaser is to be allowed to
ride. This shows its connection with the
scalpers' bill. The two are of the same
nature and should be beaten. I am not
opposed to railroads. I would give to cor
porations the same rights as individuals,
but this bill would be a deathblow to stop
over privileges of the State and kill the
Republican party. Ido not consider Dr.
Robinson and his suits in the least. lam
looking at what is right and wrong. ; 7'7y
Brusie of Sacramento came to the rescue
of the bill. He declared that the bill was
an instrument to increase the moral sense
of the citizens of California. The law now
allows a man to profit by promoting dis
obedience to the law. Since law is a rule
of action, to encourage men to break those
laws was poor policy. Brusie protested
that Mr. Dodge was mistaken in thinking
the bill had any reference to the scalpers,
since it said that the holder of a ticket
should have all his rights. He scored Dr.
Robinson severely for encouraging the
railroad to break the laws in order that he
might profit thereby. *
Bledsoe of Humboldt thought Brusie's
criticism of Dr. Robinson was weak, be
cause if the railroad company had obeyed
the laws set down in the statute-books Dr.
Robinson would not have had any ground
for action.
"Why," Bledsoe said, "to argue that to
insist upon one's rights is to encourage
crime is preposterous. You might as well
say that because the Tax Collector insisted
upon the railroad company's paying taxes
he was tempting them to break the law,
and this made it excusable for them to re
fuse to pay their taxes."
Cutter once more took the floor. Dodge,
he was sure, could not have read the law
to any purpose. If he had Cutter was sure
that the Alamedan would see that there
was nothing said about scalped tickets.
Then Reid of Trinity started to talk. He
riveted the interest of the House. He even
neglected to shake only two fingers, so ex
cited and earnest became he. Reid de
clared that if the bill sought to do away
with Dr. Robinson's decisions in the Su
preme Court, then it was unconstitutional.
He continued: >V 77 7
"If it does this, shall we stand up here
and at the behest of this soulless corpora
tion—for they cannot say it is for the con
ductors this time pass a law to take away
any citizen's right? Who would be the
gainer thereby ? What excuse save that of
the retainer obeying his master could be
given ? The present law provides a penalty
for a misdeed. It has been decided to be ef
fective by the Supreme Court. Why, then,
should we attempt to foist upon the public
this new law which takes away one of their
rights that has been established by long
litigation, to give them— what? Permission
to begin a new series of contests."
The speaker warmed to his subject as he
proceeded. He vehemently denounced
those favoring the measure, which, he de
clared, contained a cloaked anti-scalper's
provision.
'•'To be sure it says, 'Any holder of a
ticket' at the end," he cried, "but in the
beginning it says, 'Any purchaser,' and the
Supreme Court would decide that the word
'Holder' would gain its meaning from pur
chaser, and thus take away any right to
ride on a scalped ticket."
Swisler was su.pri ed at the position
taken by some of the mem of the House.
He declared that he was not able,' try as he
would, to find the alleged "bug" in the bill
that some one had mentioned. It seemed
fair and rational to him.
Spencer of Lassen, who has voted with
the railroad from the beginning, paralyzed
the House by announcing that he was
going to vote against the measure, since
he thought the purpose of the bill was ful
filled by the present law. 7 7
Wade of Napa raised a laugh by declar
ing that he believed Robinson was the only
man in California who ever downed the
railroad, saying:
"As long as they had Dr. Robinson down
no one heard of this fight. Dr. Robinson
did not come to the Legislature begging for
a law to help him ; but as soon as he gets on
top, as soon as the railroad has been fair!**
beaten in the courts, it comes and demands
that the laws be changed."
"And now are we, at the commands of
this corporation, to surrender up the rights
that the people have enjoyed for the last
twenty years? What excuse can we give?
What answer could we make if we commit
this outrage? 7:7-7
"I for one will refuse to consent to it.
I will not go back to my constituents and
say, 'Yes, I bartered away your rights and
I did it for the Southern Pacific Railroad.' "
The previous question was then called
tor, thus cutting off any chance to amend.
Bulla of Los Angeles objected and with
Dinkelspiei of San Francisco voted to give
the bill its second reading, explaining that
he was opposed to killing a bill so sum
marily. The reading of the bill a second
time was authorized by a vote of 42 ayes
to 27 noes, Mr. Collins, the new member,
apparently getting on the wrong side by
mistake. The vote was as follows:
Bassford, Berry, Bettman, Boothby.
Brusie, Bulla, Butler, Cargill, Coughlin, Cut
ter, Davis, Devine, Pevitt, Dinkelspiei, Dixon,
Gay, Guy, Hall, Hatfield, Healey, . Hudson,
Kelsey, Kenyon, Laird, Laugenour, Lewis,
-Meads, McCarthy, McKelvey, Merrill, Pendle
ton, Phelps, Powers, Price, Richards, Swisler,
Thomas, Twigg, Weyse, Wilkinson, Zocchi, Mr.
Speaker— 42.
Barker, Belshaw, Bennett, Bledsoe,
Coleman, Collins, Dale, Dodge, Dunbar,
Ewing, Fassett, Glass, Holland, Johnson, Jones,
Keen, Nelson, North, Osborn, Reid, Robinson,
Rowell, Sanford, Spencer, Staley, Wade, Way
mire—27.
Absent and not voting— Bachman,
Dwyer, Freeman, Huber, Llewellyn, O'Day,
Stansell, Tomblin, Wilkins—
The bill having been read a second time,
Bledsoe wanted to amend by introducing
a clause making the railroad company
liable for $200 to a person to whom it had
refused stopover privileges. Another dis
cussion followed, and the adoption of the
amendment was put to a vote. On a call
of. the roll the amendment was lost by a
vote of 41 to 28. .:.--.-•■
Bulla; and Dinkelspiei . voted ' for . the
amendment and Collins, the new member,
voted against it. This puts the bill in the
third reading file and makes it subject to
final passage. •/
' Thus closed the stormiest scene witnessed
during this session of the Legislature.
AO HOPE FOR THE LEXOW BILL.
Enough Votes in ' the Assembly to j Kill
the Measure. . ■'*'& <"-•* f
Sacramento, March There is no hope
for the Lexow bill in the present Assem
bly. At . first it was intended to demand
that the bill be sent back to the Ways and
Means Committee, since it still contains
the $20,000 . appropriation. 7 Now it will
most likely be s put at once on its final
! passage,' as there" are forty-eight members
of the House who are opposed' to the prin
ciple represented by the bill, while only!
twenty-five are in , favor of it. There are
seven whose sentiments it was not possi
, ble to learn definitely. \ a
MAKING IT EASY
FOR ATTACHES.
An Assembly Resolution
.. to Abolish the
-Rollcall
The Clerks to Draw salaries
Without Rendering
Service.
BRUSIE'S ' SHARP TACTICS.
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Members Caught Napping by
the sacramentan and {
the Speaker.
Sacramento, March I.— "When the time
for considering the special Senate file
elapsed in the Assembly to-day it was ex
tended fifteen minutes. The special order
was demanded by Phelps, who wanted the
road bill passed.
Brusie of Sacramento interrupted: "I
hope the gentleman will allow me to intro
duce a resolution out of order. It will only
take a couple of minutes," he added apolo
getically. Not knowing of what was to
follow, the venerable advocate of retrench
ment and reform nodded assent.
"Mr. Speaker," continued Brusie, in a
tone so even it carried no intimation that
he was introducing a measure that would
enable a large portion of the attaches to
return to their homes and still continue to
draw their salaries, "Mr. Speaker, I wish
to introduce a resolution that after this
date all attaches be excused from rollcall."
While the unsuspecting members were
gasping "What's that?" Speaker Lynch
announced: "I hear no objection. So
ordered. The clerk will read Assembly
bill 960." 7;j7y^'yy^y -77 •
Then he sat back in his chair calmly, but
with a smile that was forced upon him by
the consternation depicted on the faces of
the majority of the House. As the fact
that a bit of undesired legislation had been
forced on the Assembly dawned upon them
the members > turned and looked at each
other blankly. ' Then they smiled, and the
olerk kept on reading. 7": 7;
Nearly two hours were spent in the sec
ond reading of the bill on revenues and
taxes. This bill includes that just signed
by Governor Budd making the State the
purchaser of . lands sold for delinquent
taxes. It adds four new ; sections to s the
Political Code, amends eighty-nine differ
ent sections and repeals nineteen sections.
Property subject ;to taxation is defined
to : be: - * 7--r.:7 ■: 7" .777:7
. All property jin this State, not exempt
under the laws of the United States, ex
cepting fruit and nut-bearing trees under
the age of four years and grapevines under,
the age of three years, growing crops, prop
erty used exclusively for public schools,
free public libraries and free museums and
such as may belong to the United States,
this State, or to any county or municipal
corporation within this State. .--<•-..' /.-•*'
A few minor amendments were intro
duced and the bill was sent to the printer.
The Contested Elections Committee re
ported a recommendation of $552 to John
McCarthy for election expenses. This cuts
the bill of E. N. Duprey from $1000 to $500,
and knocks out entirely an item of $207 50
for "traveling expenses, etc." The report
was adopted. Clement Bennett was al
lowed his claim for $240 in full.
The committee recommended that J. B.
McDonald be allowed $1522 50. Price of
Sonoma wanted to cut down the fees of
Attorneys E. Nusbaumer and C. Wesley
Reed from $500 each to $250. The motion
was lost by a vote of 33 to 35 and the report
was adopted. 4 -
H. M. Collins, the new member, was al
lowed $838, of which $750 was for the fee of
Attorney Thomas^. Garrity.
Much to the disappointment of the anti
railroad contingency in the Assembly the
printer had not returned the anti-scalpers'
bill at 2 o'clock. This necessitated that it
go over until to-morrow for action. ..'•
The entire special Senate file was com
pleted within the time allotted to it, special
attention being paid to the bill appropri
ating $50,000 to build a wagon road from
the town of Mariposa to the - Yosemite
Valley. 7777:
Wade of Napa thought that the House
should have regard to its pledges of econ
omy. It was time to call a halt some
where, he thought, and he would insist
upon objecting to appropriations that were
not absolutely necessary. He urged, also,
that not one person in fifty would use the
road.
Bachman of Fresno, who was in his
seat after a siege of sickness, said the posi-*
tion of the gentleman from Napa was
faulty. "Not one person in fifty expects to
go to the Napa Insane Asylum," exclaimed
the Fresno member, "yet Mr. Wade ex
pects us to contribute to it. The road is
necessary to open up the great valley to
the general public."
Thomas of Nevada roused a smile by
urging the bill on the ground that it was a
blow to monopolies. His position as an
anti-monopolist was a novel one, but he
filled it ably.
Rowell of Fresno followed the line of
1 Thomas' argument. The excessive tolls
! were now a drawback to visitors, ex
plained. If the appropriation for the road
was not allowed*, he would not be willing
to vote the appropriation for keeping the
valley in repair. v.
Powers of San Francisco said that while
he was opposed to appropriations he was
in favor of this one. The Yosemite Valley
brought $3,000,000 into the State, and there
should be a free road to it. Mariposa was
even too modest, he thought. » She prom
ised $75,000 of the $125,000 required, and the
State's share was to be , called for only as
the work was accomplished. .;/
Holland of Mariposa spoke for the bill,
as did a number of others, and it passed its
second reading by a large majority. .; 77
-When ii the - bill ! passed yesterday ap
pointing the Surveyor-General as locating
agent in the United States land offices was
brought up for reconsideration . to-day
Thomas of Nevada opposed it. He said he
understood the ,bill was a scheme to allow
certain big corporations to * locate * choice
sections by means of dummies. ■ ':
■"*.■ Coleman of Alpine, the father of the bill.
...... .1
protested that the bill was fair. It was
introduced in accordance with the request
of the Secretary of the Interior to Gover
nor Perkins. Reconsideration was refused
and the bill was sent to the Governor.
The bill introduced by the Committee on
Roads and Highways passed unanimously.
There was almost no comment on the Re
trenchment Committee bill to abolish the
quarantine office at San Francisco, and put
the matter into the hands of the United
States entirely. When a vote was taken
the bill was passed with only twelve votes
in the negative ; of these nine were San
Franciscans. ' Those voting "no" were:
Coughlin, ' Devine, Healey, McCarthy,
O'Day, Lewis, Merrill, Wilkinson, Zocchi,
Glass of San Luis Obispo, Price of Sonoma
and Thomas of Nevada.
Dodge of Alameda had his bill prohibit
ing the flying of foreign flags from public
buildings considered out of order. The
bill passed unanimously.
The Senate bill allowing an extra clerk
I that bill was defeated by a
d in accordance with the request
cretary of the Interior to Gover
ns. Reconsideration was refused
ill was sent to the Governor.
I introduced by the Committee on
d Highways passed unanimously,
s almost no comment on the Re
nt Committee bill to abolish the
te olhce at San Francisco, and put
er into the hands of the Unitea
tirely. When a vote was taken
as passed with only twelve votes
"•gative; of these nine were San
ns. Those voting "no" were:
i Devine, Healey, McCarthy,
;wis, Merrill, Wilkinson, Zocchi,
an Luis Obispo, Price of Sonoma
jas of Nevada,
if Alameda had his bill prohibit
ing of foreign flags from public
considered out of order. The
i unanimously,
nate bill allowing an extra clerk
ate Treasurer was defeated by a
vote of 34 to 29, after a motion for a call" of
the House had been lost. McKelvey gave
notice of an intention to reconsider.
The lowing Senate bills were passed :
Establishing the office of guardian of the
Sutter's Fort property at a salary of $50 a
month.
Transferring $15,728 73 in a special Mendo
cino asylum fund to the directors of that
asylum.
Appropriating $315 04 to pay the sewer tax
of the Berkeley Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
Enabling the Supreme Court Commissioners
to examine applicants.
Allowing street-railway companies to transfer
their properties to companies or individuals
without vesting the title in the purchaser till
the purchase price was paid. 7 7v.
. Appropriating $275,000 to pay the bounty on
coyote scalps. .7
A bill was also passed providing four
deputies or the Attorney-General at a sal
ary of $2400 each.
COUNTY DIVISION BILL.
The Senate Tinkers With It, Batching It
With Amendments.
Sacramento. March I.— The county divi
sion bill was amended by a vote of 19 to 17,
compelling the County Division Commis
sion to make a thorough examination, and
unless the proposed division is in their
judgment for the best interest of both the
old county and the proposed county they
must report adversely to the division. This
amendment was by Burke (D.) of Santa
Cruz. A former proposed amendment by
him providing that a new county should
not be formed from any portion of more
than one county was declared unconstitu
tional by the Judiciary Committee and was
withdrawn. 77
. Pedlar of Fresno moved to reconsider the
vote on Burkes amendment, which is con
sidered as greatly weakening if not killing
the bill, but it was finally decided to take
the bill up again as a special order on Tues
day next. 1 . , . :. ■ : '77:
By a vote of 21 to 15 reconsideration was
refused on the vote by which the Jordan
claim bill for $79,000 was passed.
. A bill passed appropriating $45,000 de
ficiency in support of the Mendocino Asy
lum/'.' -.'■ ' ■
| The Philbrook bill regulating freedom of
speech in courts of justice came np for third
reading, bu^t was passed on file and re-re
ftrredto the Judiciary Committee,
j The resolution of Assemblyman Kenyon
(R.) of Los Angeles memorializing' Con
gress for, the annexation of . the Hawaiian
Islands, already. adopted by the Assembly,
was refused adoption by a vote of 22 to 9.
The concurrent resolution jby Gleaves
inviting the Committee on Rivers and
Harbors of the House of . Representatives
and the Committee bn Commerce of the
Senate of the United States to visit and
inspect the rivers and harbors of this State
was \ adopted and ordered telegraphed to
Washington.
The Finance Committee substitute ap
propriating $48,662 to pay the claims of
newspapers for advertising the constitu
tional amendments was taken up on sec
ond reading. The substitute .bill was
ordered to print and third reading. This
substitute pro poses, to .'pay the morning
city papers $3500 each • and the afternoon
papers published in San Francisco $2300
each. ..7.: 7 -7-;-7
Senator Bert's resolution providing for
evening sessions, except on Saturday, be
ginning Monday next, was adopted.
The special order bill fixing the hours of
labor in logging camps was put over to
Tuesday next at 2 v. m. ; "i, ■■. . :
When the general appropriation bill
came up as a special order Orr of Ventura
endeavored to amend' by cutting down
one-half 'of the appropriations decided on
for both State and district fairs. In his
:ourts of justice came up for third
u£ was passed on file and re-re
he Judiciary Committee,
lution of Assemblyman Kenyon
>s Angeles memorializing Con
le annexation of the Hawaiian
ready adopted by the Assembly,
i adoption by a vote of 22 to 9.
icurrent resolution by Gleaves
he Committee on Rivers and
! the House of Representatives
ammittee on Commerce of the
the United States to visit and
s rivers and harbors of this State
•ed and ordered telegraphed to
>n.
ance Committee substitute ap
e* $48,662 to pay the claims of
s for advertising the constitu
ndments was taken up on sec
ng. The substitute bill was
print and third reading. This
proposes to pay the morning
i $3500 each and the afternoon
blished in San Francisco $2300
Bert's resolution providing for
ssions, except on Saturday, be
anday next, was adopted,
ial order bill fixing the hours of
rigging camps was put over to
;xt at 2 p. m.
he general appropriation bill
; a special order Orr of Ventura
I to amend by cutting down
f the appropriations decided on
tate and district fairs. In his
judgment it is a case of half a loaf or no
bread, for the appropriation bill has so in
creased in amount that he is satisfied the
Governor rill cut out some of the appro
priations.*
Seawell of Colusa moved to except the
State Fair. Lost. 7' '7
Orr's amendment was lost by a vote of
19 to 13. /
Ford of Plumas and Sierra secured an
amendment making separate agricultural
districts of those counties and also of
Modoc and Lassen counties, and giving
each $3000. ' 777V7*-
Resolutions asking Congress to cede
Goat Island to the State were made a
special order for next Tuesday.
• A resolution was adopted providing that
the Legislature adjourn sine die on March
8, : but it was agreed to reconsider this
action to-morrow.
Bills were passed as follows:
Regulating the fees of the Secretary of State's
office.
Relating to the settlement of accounts of
trustees after the distribution of estates and
compensation of trustees.
■•.Permitting mortgages on growing crops, in
cluding grapes and fruit,
"Amending the Bank Commissioners act.
■'. Relative to the dismissal of court appeals,
5 The following resolutions were adopted:
Asking Congress to make an appropriation
forthe construction of a deep-sea harbor in
Los Angeles County, v 7
Asking Congress to build a free wagon road
from Mono Lake to Yosemite. *. 7- .'
7 Authorizing the distribution of the "Re
sources of California" pamphlets by the State
Board of Trade. 77",:
Asking Congress to have the Treasury De
partment assume entire charge of the mari
time quarantine service for the port of San
Francisco.
Favoring the holding of the national politi
cal conventions of 1896 at some points in one
of the Pacific Coast States.
Asking Congress to do all in its power to
assist in constructing a cable from San Fran
Cisco to the Hawaiian Islands.
Referring all pending constitutional amend
ments on revenue j and taxation to a special
joint committee^ • - - * •
• . ■-..:.
Bakersfield Brakeman Injured.
7 Bakersfield, ' March"!.— Frank Bungle, a
brakeman on the Southern . Pacific Rail
way, while coupling a car this morning got
his right hand crushed so that two fingers
and the thumb had to be amputated.
*. . .
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
AWFUL DEATHS
IN THE CHASM.
Over a Hundred Persons
Killed in the Mexican
Train Wreck,
Three Coaches Crowded With
Pilgrims Hurled into a
Canyon.
SCENES OF GREAT HORROR.
"'•«,"■-'''
An Engineer Whose Careless
' ness Caused the Disaster
Also Perishes.
City of Mexico, March I.— One of the
most frightful accidents in the history of
Mexican railroads, resulting in the killing
of 104 persons and the serious if not fatal
injury of nearly 100 others, occurred on the
Interoceanic Railroad at a point about
twenty-five miles from this city. A few
days ago a great number of persons left the
capital and towns in the vicinity to go on a
pilgrimage to the Catholic shrine at Sacre
Monte. Tickets were sold at reduced rates
over the Interoceanic line and this road
carried the bulk of the pilgrims. Yester
day a long train, aboard of which there
were 1200 passengers, was returning from
the place of the pilgrimage. It went well
until a point on the line about midway be
tween Timautla and Tenango was reached. ]
On this part of the road there is a steep
incline, the line at one place having a
sharp curve where it runs close to the edge
of a high precipice. This is one of the
most dangerous places on the road, and
was rendered more so by the fact that the
track here was not in the best of con
dition.
As the train began to run down the in
cline many of the passengers were laugh
ing and joking, while others were looking
ont of the windows at the rapidly passing
scenery. Soon the speed of the train be
gan to increase, and it was soon running at
a frightful rate. The passengers ceased
their joking and looked at each other with
a strange fear depicted in their faces.
Steadily the momentum of the train,
which was now swaying and bounding
fearfully, increased and soon the danger
ous high curve was struck.
As the pilot wheels of the engine took
the curve the locomotive swayed outward
and then back. As the drivers went on
the curve the engine again swayed heavily
and then either jumped the track or
turned a rail. It dashed across the scanty
space between the rails and the edge of
the chasm and then plunged downward.
One after another three coaches filled with
passengers dashed after it and pilled up in
a mass of wreckage at the foot of the
precipice. The next two coaches also
jumped the track, but most fortunately
did not go over the edge of the precipice.
As the fifth coach left the track it twisted
and broke the coupling connecting it with
the coaches behind it. These coaches
kept the rails and passed safely around
the curve. After running a considerable
distance they were stopped by the hand
brakes. ■"';"''•
When the engine and three coaches fell
to the bottom of the ravine there was a
fearful crash, and mingled with it were the
shrieks of the affrighted passengers, which
could be heard above the shrieking of the
escaping • steam from the engine, which
was knocked to pieces by the fall.
The passengers in the two derailed
coaches at the edge of the precipice got out
as quickly as possible, and many of them
fell on their knees and thanked God for
their escape from a most awful death.
In the meantime a number of passengers
in the other coaches had returned to the
scene of the wreck and devoted themselves
to the work of rescuing those imprisoned
in the wreck. The sight there was a most
gruesome one. The carriages were shaf
t-red, and a majority of the occupants
were lying beneath the debris. The shrieks
and groans of the wounded were heart
rending, while many of the unhurt women
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