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from the proposed monetary conference.
At 11 o'clock, when the House recon
vened, a committee consisting of Catch
ings, Outhwaite and Reed was appointed
to join a similar committee from the
Senate and inform the President that
Congress was ready to adjourn.
Under a concurrent resolution providing
for the participation of Congress in the
dedication of the Chicamaugua Military
Park, the Speaker appointed as repre
sentatives of other armies than the post
engaged at the battle of Chicamaugua,
Hatch, Culberson, Reed, Sayres, Talbot,
Sickles, Wilson, Malory, Boutelle, Alex
ander, Henderson, Hooker, Tarsncy, Hen
derson, Bingham, Draper, Keifer, Harri
son, Knglish,; Marshall, Yanvoorhis and
Lapharo. Another recess of fifteen min
utes was taken, after which t he committee,
appointed to wait on the President, re
ported that tho President had no further
communication to make.
Cannon, in a graceful speech, offered a
resolution of thanks to the Speaker, which
was adopted.
A great burst of applause greeted the
presentation of Mr. Cannon's resolution,
and as soon as order was restored, Mr.
Hatch, who was in the chair, recognized
Mr. Wilson, the chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee.
"Responding on the spur of the mo
ment, " said he, "I desire to say that we
on this side arc duly appreciative of the
gratifying and courteous action of the
gentleman from Illinois. It is a pleasant
thing that at. the close of a Congress in
which there has been so much political
legislation and party antagonism, we on
both sides are able to testify to his im
partiality. Of the .VWO bills introduced into
Congress, in the nature of things but a
small part of them can have considera
tion. If all the measures introduced could
be considered and acted upon by the
House, then the duties of the presiding
officer and of members would be rendered
much less difficult, but where only a
small portion of the measures intioduced
can be considered there is necessarily a
struggle to determine what those particu
lar measures shall be, and from year to
year this difficulty increases. The pres
ent occupant of the chair—and he feels
that in making this expression he but ic
ccboes the experience of nearly every one
of his predecessors—had no conception of
the difficulty incident to the office of
speaker.
it "Again I thank you, and when I say
that I hut feebly express my feelings.
Never in my life, no matter wdiat may be
its future, can 1 expect to attain so high
an office as that which I owe to your
kindness, to your consideration and to
your partiality. On laying down that
office the greatest gratification that
could be afforded me is the evidence In
this resolution that I have discharged the
duty of the place in some degree, at least,
to the satisfaction of those gentlemen to
whom 1 owe tbe office, and those gentle
men on the other side who have presiding
officers. One of the pleasantest things
about the service in this House, as 1 have
found it, is that the sharpest political an
tagonisms do not make personal estrange
ments. I understand this is not true in
all other countries, where generally party
differences beget personal antagonisms.''
Mr. Simpson of Kansas, a representa
tive of the third party, was then recognized
and joined in the testimonial of the
"kindness, goodness and fairness of the
speaker."
After a few words by Mr. Grosvenor in
the same line Mr. Hatch, who was in the
chair, called for a rising vote on-the reso
lution. Every member on the floor save
Mr. Reed of Maine and Mr. Dalzcll of
Pennsylvania, arose, and Mr. Hatch de
clared the resolution unanimously adopt
ed. A moment later, when Speaker Crisp
ascended the rostrum, the applause and
cheering were renewed.
The Speaker bowed his {acknowledge
ments and hearing Mr. Cannon's resolu
tion read, he delivered his valedictory:
"Representatives," said he, 'T know you
will pardon me if, before performing my
last official act, I will give some expres
sion to what I feel, not only in regard to
the resolution which you have just adopt
ed, but in respect to the uniform kindness,
canirtesy and consideration with which 1
hjfcve been treated by every member of this
body. They have always extended to me
the courtesy and kindness."
A resolution was then adopted toward a
'urther demonstration of goodwill, thank
ing Pearson of Ohio, Chairman of the
Committee on Enrolled Bills, for the suc
cessful masiner in which he had performed
his arduous duties, after which the Speaker
announced the appointment of Messrs.
Culbersovi, Democrat, *>f Texas; Hitt, Re
publican, of Illinois, under the resolution
adopted last night, a<s members of the
Monetary Commission.
Then the end came. The hands of the
clock pointcsi to 12 o'cUock.
"I now declare the tjhird session of the
Fifty-third Ctongreas," said the Speaker,
"adjourned writhout delay."
The silver niace was fcifted from Its mal
achite pedestal, the Bag above the House
was lowered and amid cheers and cat
calls from the galleries a rush was made
for the doors. .But from, the press gallery
came the sound' of music The newspa
per correspondents were singing the Dox
ology—" Praise Gkid from whom all bless
ings flow."
The spectators paused to listen and ap
plaud and then, as the chorus ceased,
pushed out and in a few minutes the hall
was deserted.
IN TlfTi SENATE!
A Large Number of Bills Agreed to and
Passed
Washington, M«jch 3.—A number of
bills that were unobjected to were passed
by ttic Senate this Booming, including the
following: Mouse bills for the relief of J.
M. Billings, for the nelicf of Kate Everett,
an Indian woman, granting a pension to
May .lane Lynn, authorizing the Dyers
burg and Mississippi .Railroad Improve
ment Company to bridge the Ohio river
in Tennessee, for the relief of John W.
Kennedy, for the relief of Basil Moreland,
and granting a pension of .S2O a month to
Mr-, E. Wise, widow of Lieutenant-Colo
nel V. O. Wise.
nil motion of Mr. Piatt the House bill
was passed amending the copyright law
by limiting the severity of the penalty
imposed on newspapers for unintention
ally violating the law in reproducing
L'opyrigbtoa paragraphs, etc.
Mr. Pettigrew offered a resolution di
recting tlic Secretary of the Interior to
furnish the Senate information as to the
number of ludiau allotment agents em
ployed in 1893 and 1894. Agreed to.
PASSF.D AND FAILED
Some oi the Kills That Got Through Congress,
Some That Didn't
Washington, March I.—All the appro
• on hills have become laws,the Presi
tienl !u v ng lixqd his sigature to the last
• theiji to retch him—the naval and the
p nc:a! deficiency bills.
Amo:ig the bills approved by the
President today were the following: The
agricultural appropriation bill, the forti
fications appropriation, invalid pension
bill, to authorize the Wisconsin ami New
Duluth Bridge Company to construct a
bridge across the St. Ixwis River be
tween Wisconsin and Minnesota, author
izing the construction of a bridge across
the Illinois River near Hennepin, many
bills granting pensions or to increase
present pensions, increasing to $100 the
pension of General John A.McClernand of
Illinois, granting power to the Chief Jus
tices of the United States in the territor
ies to appoint commissioners to take
proof in land cases, to amend the act
authorizing the Kansas City, Pittsburg
and Gulf Railway Company to construct
and operate railway, telegraph and tele
phone lines through the Indian
Terriory, to amend tho act incor
porating the American University;
an act to amend the act for the relief of
voluntecer and regular soldiers of the late
war and the Mexican wars, passed March
2, 1889; to amend an act to regulate the
liens of judgments of decrees of the
courts of the United States, approved
August 1, 18S9; the sundry civil, legisla
tive, excutivce and judicial appropriation
bills; to amend an act for the erection of
a Government building at Chicago; a
joint resolution authorizing the delivery
of certain cannon to the Louisville G. A.
R. company; a joint resolution to con
thine the present officers and courts in
the Indian Territory until the bill for the
reorganization of the judiciary has become
a law; to amend an act providing for the
reduction of the gross tonnage of vessels
of the United Stales; joint resolution for
the printing of a digest of the laws and
decisions relating to the compensation of
officials of the United States courts; joint
resolution to extend the time in which
member* Of the Fifty-Third, Congress
may distribute documents; joint resolu
tion calling on the President to take such
measures a» he may deem necessary to
consummate the agreement between the*
governments of Spain and the t nitcd
States for the relief of Antonio Maxim
Mora; providing for the salaries of judges
and other officers of the United States
courts in the Indira Territory; an act for
the suppression of lottery traffic through
national and interstate commerce and the
postal service in the jurisdiction and law
of the United States (This bill is intended
to make more fully effective previous lot
tery suppression legislation i: amending
.Section 4iHi."., Chapters, Title (in, of the Re
vised Statutes of the fj nited States relating
to copyrights: the diplomatic and the con
sular and naval appropriation bills.
The following bills failed to receive the
signature of the President, and therefore
failed to become laws: To protect the in
signia and name of the Red Cross; to
amend an act to provide time and place of
holding the terms of the United States
courts in the state of Washington :to amend
an act authorizing the Texarkana and Fort
Smith Railway Company to bridge the
Sulphur river in Arkansas or in Texas: for
the relief of telegraph operators during
the war of the rebellion; to grant to rail
road companies in the Indian Territory
additional powers to secure right of wav,
depot grounds, e:c. | to grant the Gaines
ville, McAllister and St. Louis Railway
Company the right to build two blanch
lines and to grant the right of way there
for through tlie Indiian Territory; grant
ing to the State of Kansas the abandoned
Fort Hays military reservation; to au
thorize the War Department to audit cer
tain quartermaster vouchers alleged to
belong to John Quinn of St. Louis; also
a number of private bills, being measures
either for the relief or to grant pensions
or to correct military records.
COPYRIGHT LAWS
A .Measure of Qreat Interest Passed by the
Last Congress
Washington, Match 4.—An important
measure of great interest to newspapers
throughout the country was enacted in
the closing hours of Congress. It amends
the Copyright laws so as to correct oppres
sive provisions as heretofore enacted. Un
der the law any newspaper reproducing a
copyright photograph and publishing it.
forfeited the plates of the copy and was
liable to a penalty of one dollar for every
copy found in its possession.
The measure as passed modifies mate
rially the penalties imposed by the pres
ent law. It ends as follows: ''Provided,
however, in the case of any such arrange
ment for copyright or photograph made
from any object not a work of fine arts,
the sum to be recovered in any action
brought under the provisions of this sec
tion shall be not less than $100 nor more
than $5000. And, provided further, in
case of any such infringement of the
copyright of a painting, drawing, statue,
engraving, etching, print or model or
design for a work of hue arts, or a photo
graph of a work of the line arts, the same
to be recovered in action brought, the
provisions of this section shall be not
less than $250 and not more than $1000.
"One half of the foregoing penalties to
the proprietors of the copyright and the
other half to tho use of the United
States."
FROM THE HIGHEST TRIBUNAL
riany Decisions of Importance Handed Down
by the Supreme Court
Washington, March i. — The Supreme
Court met today after a recess of four
weeks, with all the Justices except Justice
Jackson in attendance. A long list of
opinions was disposed of rapidlf*. Many
of then) decided cases of great importance.
The interesting question whether the con
viction of a person by means of a decoy
letter is legal was passed upon in the case
of one Grimme, convicted in Missouri for
dealing in obscene pictures. In the case
of the United States against George Hi
Pratt and Monroe Salisbury of California
to recover excessive charges made by
them for carrying mails, the judgment
of the lower court dismissing ' the case
was reversed.
The nen That Robbed a Brewery
■Sacramento, '.arch 4,—Nothing has
been heard of the two men who robbed
Beheld's brewery in the outskirts of Jt his
city last night since they were seen
driving down the rotrd towards Stockton,
two miles from the city. There appears
to have been no pursuit, and by this time
they are probably in the hills. There is
no doubt they arc the same men who held
up the overland train Saturday nght.
Couldn't Raise $25
San'Francsco, March 4.—The Glinn-Allen
contest for the position of Recorder of this
city, which lias been in progress for the
past week, will very likely be declared off
tomorrow, unless Allen, the contestant,
can raise funds enough to carry on the
recount. Half of the ballots have been
recounted, and Allen has gained 700 votes,
but on Saturday Allen was unable to pay
the $J.i which was necessary to carry op
the work for one day, and the case went
over until tomorrow.
The Jim and Fitz Fight
Perry, I. T., March 4.—A purse will be
offered for the Corbett and Fitzsiinmons
light in Perry, if a bill legalizing prise
lighting, which has passed the House and
probably will pass the Council today, lie
comes a law. Church people are opposed
to the bill and the friends of Governor
Kentfrow here say he will veto it.
The nodern Way
Commends itself to the well formed, to do
pleasantly and effectually what was form
erly done in the crudest manner and dis
agreeably as well. To cleanse the system
and break up colds, headaches and fevers
without unpleasant after effects, use the
delightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup
of l'igs.
The Idaho Deadlock.
f Boise, Ida., March 4.—Ballot for United
S at s Senator today: Slump., 20: Sweet
p.); Ciaggett, 12.
The Way to reach catarrh is through the
blood. Hood's SfirssparUla. by purifying the
blood, removes the cause of the disease and
permanently cures catarrh. Take only Hood's.
Hood's Pills net easily, yet promptly and
eucvuveiy. oa Ihe liver and bowels, 25c.'
LOS ANGELES HERALD: TUESDAY MOBISTNGr, MARCH 5, 1895.
ON THE EVE OF STATEHOOD
Opening of the Constitutional
Convention in Utah
HAS STRUGGLED FOR YEARS
Arranging to Add the New Star to the
The Delegates Organize and Are Now Ready
for Business—Commence Building a
Constitution Today
Salt Lake, March 4.—The day for the
opening of the constitutional convention
was hailed with delight by the inhabitants
of this valley, whose aspirations and con
slant endeavor for statehood have ex
tended over a period of more than forty
years. The six previous conventions
which met and did their work adjourned
only to see their hofie shattered and state
hood deferred. This convention, unlike
the six which preceded it, enters upon its
labors under the inspiring assurances that
statehood will speedily follow the com
pletion of its work. The history of Utah's
forty years' struggle for statehood is most
interesting. The struggle began less
than two years after the settlement of the
Mormon pioneers In Salt Lake valley, the
first constitutional convention being held
early in 1849. After the adoption of a
constitution an election of the provisional
government was held and Brigham
Young was elected Governor. The consti
tution was forwarded to Washington and
was rejected by Congress in 1850. Utah
was, however, at that time granted a ter
ritorial form of government.
After a lapse of seven years the second
convention was held and delegates sent
to Washington to present the petition
and constitution as adopted to Congress.
Tliis petition shared the same fate as the
first, cud it was not until January, 1882,
thai the third convention was called.
On January 22d of that year a constitu
tion was adopted and George Q. Cannon
and W. H. Hooper chosen as delegates to
present the same to Congress. On the
3d of the following March the constitu
tion was almost unanimously adopted by
the people and Brigham Young was again
elected Governor. The people were a
third time disappointed, as no action was
taken by Congress. Ten years later, on
February Hi, 1H72, the fourth convention
was convened at Salt Lake City and or
ganized by the election of K. M." Barnum
as president. At this convention a con
stitution was agreed upon and forwarded
to Washington, but was adversely reported
upon by the committee to which it was
referred.
The fifth constitution was adopted in
lss.' and ratified by the people, but was
again denied by Congress. Undaunted by
continuous disappointment, the sixth
convention was then adopted, carrying a
clause which declared bigamy and'polyg
amy to lie incompatible with a republican
form of government. Congress having re
jected this appeal, the statehood question
practically dropped out of sight until after
the division of the people on national
party lines in 1890. 'Ihe recent enabling
act provides for the election of 106 dele
gates, and they were elected in November
last. Owing to irregularities in returns
from the Third precinct of Salt Lake and
judicial decisions affecting the same, five
delegates from that precinct, have not re
ceived certificates of election. In the
adoption of a constitution, prohibition,
woman suffrage, mining, irrigation, dis
position of the public lands and
tive apportionment are the questions that
will lie most prominent before the conven
tion.
The seventh constitutional convention
was called to order by Delegate Crane, at
noon today, in the city and county build
ing, with 102 delegates present, fifty-seven
of whom are Republicans and forty-live
Democrats. Prayer was offered by Presi
dent Woodruff, of the Church o"f Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints. Secre
tary C. C. Richards then called the roll
and the oath was administered to tbe
delegates by Chief Justice Merritt. A
congratulatory address was delivered by
Governor West. A temporary organiza
tion was then effected by the election of
the following officers: Chairman, James
M.Kimball; secretary, Heber M. Wells;
serjeant-at-arms, J. F. Chidester. .
The convention then adjourned until
tomorrow and a caucus was imedlately
called for the selection of permanent offi
cers. Apostle John ,Henry Smith of the
Third precinct, who has not yet received
his certificate of election, is the choice of
the Republican members for permanent
chairman. The Democratic members held
a caucus this morning, at which the Hon.
Moses Thatcher was complimented with a
vote for chairman of the convention.
Impressive Military Services Held Over a Dead
Comrade
New York, March 4.—One of the most
impressive funeral ceremonies ever wit
nessed in this city took, place yesterday
at Clarendon Hall. Dressed in his uniform
as ,i corporal of Company H, Seventh
Regiment, the body of Meyer Damp! lay
in state, guarded by his comrades in
arms, the members of Oeilsa Post, G. A.
It. It was a wonderful sympathetic gath
ering which surrounded the bier of Meyer
Dampf, and strangely enough, one of his
pall-bearers, the commander of his post,
Colonel A. Seifcrt, secretary of the brew
ers' pool, represented the principle against
which Dampf had fought resolutely for
many years. At an early meeting of the
Central Labor Union, resolutions of regret
were passed befitting the occasion, Mr.
I lamp! having been for many years treas
urer of that body. The 'meeting was
promptly adjourned in order that the
members might be present during the
funeral ceremonies. The platform was
occupied by leaders of the labor move
ment in thia city, and the hall tilled with
members of the various organizations
represented in the Central Labor Union
and other bodies, when Samuel Conipers
arose to make his oration. He said:
"The comrades of the one whose frail
body lies iii yonder Coffin can attest to his
courage on the iield of battle. In the
Cause that you and I are engaged in he
was the bravest of all. Were I asked to sum
up the motives of Meyer Dampf I would
say that he fought to place upon the
brow of mankind the everlasting idea that
justice is true and is embedded in the
hearts of all.
"In the struggle of labor against wrongs
Which are the growth of generations he
was ever ready to place bis valor on the
side of justice. True to his home and the
higher instincts of manhood in every
form, and to the cause of love, may his
life be an example that we may emulate
In order to bring success to the move
ment with which he was identified."
Oreat Floods in Pennsylvania
Lancaster, Pa., March 4.—A gorge in
the Susquehanna at Turkey Hill was re
ported forty or fifty feet 'high at noon.
I he gorge at Safe Harbor shoved away the
railroad bridge on the Port Deposit road
over the Conestoga creek. The gorge at
Mcl all's Ferry is reported broken. There
is great alarm at Safe Harbor lest the
gorge at Turkey Hill will break the pile on
top of the ice dammed at the mouth of
the Conestoga and Mood the town.
The Cuban Revolt
New York. March 4. —The steamer Vigi
lancia, which arrived today from Havana,
brings word that much excitement pre
vails on the south side of Cuba, particu
larly cities in Santiago and Cieiifuegos.
Flag of the Union
WITH MILITARY HONORS
Particulars were hard to obtain, owing to
the Government censorship. The report
of the death of the rebel, Manuel Garcia,
was confirmed. Mutters are very quiet at
Havana, the city being under martial
law. The last Spanish war vessel in the
harbor sailed for Santiago on February
2;<th. _
HIDDEN WEALTH
An Ei-Mayor of Oakland Will Hunt for
(iold
Oakland. Marj.ii 4.— Where Ihe Sac
ramento river empties into Buisun bay
there are :it>2 acres of black sand and clay
sediment in which the owner, ex-Mayor
M. C. Chapman, believes to bo hidden
colossal wealth. His theory is that the
Sacramento has for ages been carrying
grains of gold in its current and that
where the channel broadens as it enters
the Buisun bay and tho force of the cur
rent diminishes, tho pulverized gold
quartz and the black sand washed from
the Sierras has settled, mingling with var
ious sedimentary deposits, until now
there are :W2 acres having an average
depth of deposit land of 25 feet 2 inches.
An assayer claimed he [extracted $10
worth of gold per ton from the sand, but
the owner thinks he can extract $25 per
ton. The said is greasy and expels the
quicksilver,; but Chapman says he now
has an electrical process by which he ex
pects to be able to extract the gold with
out difficulty.
NO BOILER INSPECTOR
Great Objection Hade to Having One Man
Overhaul Engines
San Francisco, March 4.—The effort
which is being made to secure the passage
of Assembly bill No. 909, proposing to
place all steam boilers In the state under
the supervision of a corps of inspectors,
will be met by a strong protest from the
steam boiler users and makers of the
state. Though the protest was circulated
here Saturday afternoon, when many of
the business "houses and manufacturing
establishments were closed, it was numer
ously signed. The boiler men say the car
rying out of the provisions of the bill will
entail great expense on steam users, man
ufacturers and engineers of the state at a
time when business cannot well afford to
be loaded with extra burdens. The tax
which the bill would levy on the steam
users is regarded as unjust as It is unnec
essary. A committee went to Sacramento
today and will present the protest to the
Legislature today.
SEEKING TREASURE TROVE
The Goal of a Party of Mining Prospectors
in the North
A Pioneer ol Washington Buried a Lot of Gold
Years Ago and Lett a
Chart
Tacoma, Wash.. March 4. —A party of
prospectors, fully equipped, has started
out to explore a little orchard on Mnync
Island, where a fortune In gold coin is
supposed to be buried. Alayne Island
is located in the Gulf of Georgia, north of
the entrance to Puget Sound. Twenty
years ago an old prospector named Nichol
son died on the island after a liar I life in
the mines of Australia, California and
Cariboo. He had gone there to end his
days. Nicholson lived in a small mud
house which he built in the center of the
island, the remains of which are still
standing. He was miserly in the extreme,
depriving himself not unfrequently of the
commonest necessaries of life. Besides
being otherwise eccentric, he had an un-
Keasoning horror of banks and often ex
ncssed the opinion that money buried
beneath the ground was money best in
vested.
Neigbors regarded him as a wealthy
man, but the extent of his wealth was
never surmised until one day a friend
happened into the cabin and took him by
surprise as he was bending over a shining
heap of gold. There were $10 and $20
pieces enough to lill the table, besides
many "slugs," the octagonal pieces of
gold coined at San Francisco in the early
days, and valued at $60. The old man
after this adventure made extensive alter
ations in the cabin, protecting himself
against further intrusion by keeping his
place continually under lock and key,
with a heavy shutter on the solitary little
window. As the miner's days grew to a
close he was constantly|urged by acquaint
ances to disclose where his treasure was
buried, but he always shook his head.
A neighbor finally found him dying,
and placing him in bed hastened to the
nearest residence for assistance. Return
ing they found the old man in extremis
and past speech. By the movement of his
lips and restless rolling of the eyes they
knew that he wished to tell something,
but the words were never spoken. The
secret was buried in the miser's grave.
Long after the old man had passed away
the search for his gold continued, prob
ing his small estate with long bayonets
being the order of the day. Since then
many unsuccessful attempts have been
made to locate the gold. The party of
prospectors just gone out consists of half
a dozen men, headed by a geologist, who
proposes to locate the treasure by aid of a
magnetic instrument.
TO MEET HIS DOOM
Collins, the Condemned Wlfe-Hurderer, Taken
to San Quentin
San Francisco, March 4. —Patrick J.
Collins, the wife murderer, was quietly
transferred Irom tho county jail to San
Quentin prison yesterday, and he is now
in a condemned cell under sentence of
death. His removal was kept secret by
the Sheriff that the possibility of trouble
might be avoided. It was known that he
would be given up by the local authori
ties, who, however, kept the date of his
last journey to themselves. Hut Collins
gave them no trouble. He assured them
they need have no fears for him.
"I'm perfectly resigned to my fate," he
said, "I know I deserve it, and now
I've made my peace with Cod and am
ready to meet death."
Collins is under sentence of death,to be
hanged at San Quentin on May 3d. The
death warrant accompanied him, and is
now in the keeping of Warden Hale.
About a year and a half ago he killed his
wife In tfie kindergarten at Second and
Folsom streets. She was janitress of
the school and was cleaning the place
when Collins, under the influence of
liquor, went there and demanded money
to buy more whisky. For refusing the
money she was stabbed to death and
then thrown down stairs by her husband.
They Were Saved from Death
Washington, March 4.—A dispatch from
Minister Willis, telegraphed from San
Francisco, confirms tbe report of the com
mutation of the sentences of death im
posed upon Gulick and Seward. The dis
patch also stated that the ex-Queen was
sentenced to imprisonment for live years
and $5000 fine.
A severe rheumatic pain in the lc
shoulder had troubled Mr. J. H. Loper,
well known druggist of Dcs Moines, low
for over six months. At times the pa
was so severe that he could not lift an;
thing. With all he could do he could n
get rid of it until he applied Ohambe
lain's Pain Balm. "I only made, thn
applications of it," he says, "and bai
since been free from all pain.' He no
recommends it to persons similarly a
flicted. It is for sale by Off * VAughl
Fourth and Spring sts.,and C. F. Heinz
man, 233 N. Main St., druggists.
Or.Price'sCream BakingPowde
World's Fair Highest Award.
IN FAVOR OF ITS PASSAGE
How the Legislature Stands on
the Railroad Bill
CAN LOS ANQELES BOND?
Marble and Langley Have Labored
Long and Hard
Special Session of the Senate Judiciary
Committee Held to Hear Argument
on the rieasure
Sacramento, March 4.—Senator Mathews
got through the special appropriation for
furnishing the Normal School this after
noon, and Senator Androus got the bill
making a special appropriation for the
Whittier State school advanced to a sec
ond reading and made the special order
for Wednesday at 2 p. m.
The Assembly passed a bill granting
salaries to license collectors who served
until ruled out ot office by a decision of
the Supreme Court.
Messrs. Marble nnd Langley have la
bored hard for a bill allowing Los Angeles
to bond herself for a railroad. A bill has
been reported and is on file in the As
sembly with a report that it do pass,
thanks to Pendleton who has worked ha.d
to advance it on the tile.
This evening the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee concluded to hold a special session
to listen to an . argument oi Mr. Marble
on the sujbect. He appeared before it
and said the state is evidently on the evt
of great railway development. Southern
California, ever"alive to all that advances
the best interests of this great common
wealth, conies to you asking for a privi
lege of joiuing in the advance movement.
The south has no great valleys easy to
construct railways through full of tonnage
and possessed of great nionied wealth,
like those of the Sacramento and San
Joaquin. That makes the solution of the
railroad problem so easy to these locali
ties. On the contrary, she has only a
small nook of land between mountains
and sea to draw her prosperity from, anil
to increase her prosperity and enlarge
her possibilities she must break through
the rim ol the mountains that surround
them and cross the desert to the great coal
and iron fields of I'tah. If accomplished,
and there is no reason why coal and iron
should not be laid down in Los Angeles
as cheaply as they are in Chicago from
the great'tieldsof Ohio and Pennsylvania,
a greater distance, nnd wdien that day
conies it will bring a general prosperity
that will rejoice every true lover of this
great commonwealth. AH your con
stituents ask is the privilege of submit
ting this great quest on to the people for
their decision, and it is the only way suc
cess can be accomplished. The problem
of reaching the coal and iron fields of Utah
has been before Southern California for
vear>. and there is no question which
they deem more important to their pros:
perity or on which they are more
united. In endeavoring to solve the pro
blem their attention lias been called to
Cincinnati. That city for more than a
third of a century was' striving to reach
the strategic point, Chattanooga, 336
miles distant, in different slates and over
mountains and rivers that made it the
most expensive road on the continent to
construct, per mile, the one single bridge
at Cincinnati costing over $3,000,000,
and there were other great bridges and
tunnels. Ohio's constitution and laws
wore as averse if not more adverse to
railroad development than any other
state in the Union. Tbe Leeislature.at
length granted the city the privilege to
buiTd the road herself. People endorsed
the movement at the polls. Their acts
were continued by the Courts. A magnili
cent property was produced that has
done more than anything else to maintain
the prosperity of that city as the peerless
Queen of the Ohio Valley;* and today the
property there produced is paying tnat
city over $1,000,000 net per annum, and
the last live years of the lease is to be $1,
--200,000 net, a k sum more than 5 per cent
on $25,000,000, the property costing $17,
--000,000. At the expiration of the present
lease there is no doubt but a much higher
rental will be secured. To not grant this
privilege is to stop the progress and put
a blight on that part of our fair land
that is asking the privilege. Whilst it is
a general law, like many other general
laws, it only affects localities situated as
ours is. It can only be put in force by a
vote of two-thirds "of the people. It can
be oppressive to none.
"We have in the county of Los Angeles
but live taxpayers, corporate and other,
that pay taxes on an appraisement for tax
ation exceeding $500,000, and less than
fifty such that pay on $100,000 and up
wards, and the highest tax that can come
to any one who stands assessed on the
duplicate for $10,000 will be $25 per year,
a very small sum to contribute to bring
such increase in prosperity and wealth
as it will cause. What we propose is no
experiment, but a proved success. The
locality whose example we are asked to
follow was authorized to tax itself nearly
50 per cent more than we are asking the
privilege of. Their works were built in
expensive times. We are to construct in
cheaper times and at a time when it is
a patriotic duty to give idle laborers
work, • more especially when it can be
done With permanent public advantage.
A Legislature having so much to do in
short time has no time to waste. I will
say no more."
THE ASSEMBLY
Rushing Business Through the Lower House.
Anti-Scalpers Bill
Sacramento, March 4.—-In the Assembly
the anti-scalpers bill so called, being Sen
ator Hoyt's bill, to regulate the sale and
redemption of transportation tickets,
passed the Assembly this afternoon by a
vote of 41 to .'lO. The scene preceding
the announcement of this vote was one
of wildest confusion. When the bill
came up for passage, Waymire, of Ala
meda, endeavored to amend it by strik
ing out two sections but the amend
ments were voted down.
There was sonic brief debate and then the
roll was called on the tiniil passage of the
bill. Before tho vote was announced
Dodge of Alameda moved a call of the
House. This was agreed to by a close vote.
The doors were locked and the Srgeant
at-Arniswas sent skirmishing for the ab
sentees, four in number. While he was
away, all sorts of efforts at delay were
made. Field of Trinity and Bledsoe of
Humboldt, took turns in moving for ad
journment or for a recess, but the majority
were against them. Finally one of the
absent ones arrived, coming in by a Win
dow and the vote on the final passage of
the bill was ordered.
Those voting against the passage of the
bill were: Bachman, Baker, Bclshaw,
1( P ,,n..H R]H c Boothby, Bulla, Cole
lodge, Dunbar, Dwyer,
Mass, Hatfield, Holland,
Johnson, Jones, Keene,
, North, Osborne, Phelps,
binson, Rowell. Sanford,
Wade and Waymire, 3ti.
•cs to the Senate for the
lent to be concurred in.
; provides that the law
nt any purchaser of a
ig or selling to another
d to greatly weaken the
lenate will concur in this
v no means assured.
11 aoprorpiatiug $275,000
s on coyote scalps was dc
of :>5 to 33.
resolution proposing a
vise the state Constitu
tion and providing for submitting tho
matter to a popular vote was d adopted.
'or the formation of sanitary districts
and the Insurance of district bonds; pro.
yiding for revenue and taxation; de
ficiency for the Folsom prison; author
izing steel rceord cases for the Supreme
Court clerk's offices; appropriating funds
to pay ISan Francisco for transporting
children to the Whittler shcooL
Those voting aye on the passage of the
anti-scalpers'bill werej Ashe, Bashford
Berry, Bcttman, Brueie, Butler, Cargil)
Coghlin,iCuttcr, Davis, Devine," Devitt
Dixon, Freeman, Gay, Guy, Ham,
Healey, Kelsey, Laird, Langenour, Lewis
Llewellyn, Meads, McCarthy, McKelvev
Merrill. O'Day, Pendleton, Power's
Richards, Spencer, Bwisler, Thomas, Tib
bitts, Tomblin, Twigg, Weyse, Wilkinson,
/occhi and Lynch—if.
Absent or not voting—Dinkelspiel,
Wilkins, Collins—3.
>?Aftor a lively debate the effort to recon
sider the vote on that section ot the county
government bill that permits Supervisors
to make their own game laws, was voted
down.
5 The'blll fixing street railroad fares in
ban Francisco and providing for rebates
was passed to the third reading.
Cutter of Yuba made trouble by charg
ing that his bill organizing drainage
ditches had been wilfully neglected and
delayed by engrossing clerks.
There was a commotion which Spencer,
presiding, had hard work to quell. Cut
ter s bill was finally advanced and put on
special third reading file for tomorrow
night.
THE STATE SENATE
A Number of Measures Passed by the Upper
Legislative Branch
Sacramento, March 4.—At the session
of the Senate today bills were passed com
pelling barber shops and bath houses to
close for half a day on Sundays and
holidays.
Providing for sustitute jurors in crim
inal cases.
Creating a commission on uniform leg.
islation and appropriating $1000 for the
organization of districts to improve the
channels and streams not now navigable.
Authorizing the Harbor Commissioners
to pay the .daim of the Pacific Transfer
Company.
The bill providing for closing affairs of
the State Vitfr.ultural Commission was
made the special order for 3:30 p. m.
Tuesday.
Senator Simpson's bill was passed pro
viding for the planting and maintenance
of shade trees and hedges in town limits.
The bill appropriating $42,000 to pay
various newspapers for publishing consti
tutional amendments was amended so as
to include two Oakland weeklies, and
went over for consideration until to
morrow.
The bill repealing the San Francisco fee
hill was made a special order for 3:30 p.
m. tomorrow.
Among the other bills passed were those
amending the law protecting hotelKeepsrs
from fraud; authorizing San Francisco
Superior Judges to appoint a secretary;
amending the San Francisco fee bill'so
as to give the City Treasurer three extra
clerks; providing for the organization of
county fire insurance oorapanies; pre
scribing conditions for Lloyd s Insurance
Associations.
Resolutions were adopted relative to
river improvemennt; accepting portrait
of Governor Booth from Mrs. Booth.
INIQUITY IN SAN FRANCISCO
Republican riembers of the State Legislature
Hold a Caucus
Sacramento, March 4.—At a joint caucus
of Republicans tonight the long-talked-of
investigation commission was discussed.
It was proposed by the advocates of the
measure that a committee of five con
fer with the Governor especially for the
purpose of ascertaining his views on the
clause which provides for a recount of
the vote for Governor in San Francisco.
There was decided opposition to this and
considerable oratory was displayed. The
result was that no definite »<-Hru. was
agreed uj»»> and tho whole matter was
left just where it was.
At the conference tonight of a special
committee of three Senators and three
Assemblymen concerning the appropria
tion bill mutual recessions were agreed to
which, if carried out, will reduce the total
of tbe bill about $150,000. The compro
mise as now understood permits the $40,-
OOu for the State Fair to stand, but cuts
down the district fair appropriations
from $150,000 to $75,000.
AFTER THE BLIND "BOSS"
Jake Rudolph on the Warpath for Chrii
Buckley
The Ward-Striker Thinks He Has Had aa
Injustice Done Him and Wants
Revenge
San Francisco, March 4.—The Call
says: Jake Rudolph is hunting Chris
Buckley with a gun, and the blind boss
is in fear of his life and has departed
from the city and is now in hiding at
his ranch near Livermore. It is a noto
rious fact that for weeks past Buckley
has been attended by a bodyguard. In all
his walks about the city his nephew,
William Harrison, has followed him,
carrying about his person a small but
most effective arsenal. The blind ex
boss fears assassination at tho hands of
his former guide and henchman, Jake
Rudolph. Before leaving the city Buck
ley sent word to the police of the danger
which threatened him, and the patrol
men of every watch were at once fur
nished with'a photograph and descrip
tion of Rudolph and instructed to
stand him up every time they saw him
anil search him for weapons. If any were
found upon him he was to be at once ar
rested.
Rudolph will be remembered as the
man who, several months ago entered the
Chronicle business office carrying a revol
ver, the contents of which were destined ;
for the proprietor of that paper. Mr. Del
Young was not in the office at the time, j
and Mr. Elliott the business manager,
hearing Rudolph's threatening language,
ordered him out of the building. The
would-be assassin did not obey at once,
and Elliott grappled with him. A strug
gle ensued in which the revolver was dis
charged and the bullet found lodgement
in some silver coin in Mr. Elliott's!
trousers pocket.
Rudolph was charged with intent to)
commit murder but escaped the peni
tentiary by a plea of insanity. He was!
sent to the asylum at Stockton, and a
few weeks ago was pronounced cured
and discharged. His trial for the Elliott
affair is set for some time in the dim,
distant future, and he has apparently
learned that he can, with impunity, take!
human life. The cause of the falling!
out between Buckley and bis former right)
bower is a disagreement over money]
matters. Rudolph claims that Buckley! '
owes him money. j
When Baby was sick, we -rare her Castona,
When she was a Child, she cried for Caatorla.
When she became Miss, she clung to Caatorla.
Wnen she had Children, she g we them Caatorla
Try a gal. Maltese Club whisky, $3.50*
unexcelled for purity and flavor. T.Vache
6 Co.,cor. Commere'l <fc Alameda. Te1.309.'
A. A. Kcltstrom has removed to 324 SoutlS
Spring street with his stock of wall paper.