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SPAIN IN BAD HUMOR
Enraged at This Coun
try's Attitude Toward
the Cubans.
TROUBLE THREATENED.
An Accounting Will Be De
manded When the War
Is Ended.
A TIRADE BY SENOR ALVAREZ.
The Mayor of Havana Says the Flag
Will Not Protect Future Ex
peditions.
NEW YORK, X. V., Aug. 14.— The
Mayor of Havana, Senor Segunde Alvarez,
who is at the Union-square Hotel, says
that the insurrection in Cuba is not a se
rious matter., but that there is danger
ahead of trouble between Spain and the
United States, growing out of the action
of our Government in pressing Spain to
pay the Mora claim at this time, and of
the aid that the Americans are extending
to Cuban agitators ana filibusters.
Senor Alvarez said he had heard noth
ing in regard to thie reports that Martinez
Campos had resigned, and placed no con
fidence in the rumors. He believed that
Campos had asked that a general be sent
from Madrid to assist him, and that the
man who is sent out will be placed in
v charge of all "administration affairs, en
t^ abling Campos to devote his entire opera
tions in the field. When asked about the'
revolution Senor Alvarez said :
"It is a rising of outlaws led by foreien
ers. The better class of Cubans have
nothing to do with it. In the Santiago
province the insurgents are nearly all ne
groes. Maceo, their leader, is' a mulatto;
Gomez is a San Domingan. All the other
leaders of the insurgents are American
citizens. They are foreigners on Cuban
soil, and. should be shot down. American
citizens here who are aiding them should
not be allowed to hold meetings, raise
funds and fit up expeditions as they are
doing."
Senor Alvarez became very earnest at
this point, and spoke with emphasis. He
continued:
"The people of the United States should
remember that the war in Cuba is not a
war between two nations, and that they
cannot say, 'we will be neutral.' It is a
difficulty one nation is having in its own
family, and America must keep her hands
off. Americans not only permit foreign
ers but allow their own citizens to con
spire against Spanish authorities, and
Spain is a friendly nation."
"But has not the United States by proc
lamation and by orders to men-of-war and
revenue cutters shown its friendship for
Spain?"
"Yes, but what good does a man-of-war
anchored at Key West do? None at all.
Expeditions are fitted out just the same j
fend sent under the • protection of the
American flag. Perhaps your Government
t acts because it knows that Spain is keep
\ ing an account of all the expeditions that
*- are sent out, and when the trouble in Cuba
is over, will ask the .United States to pay j
damages. Your newspapers publish de- j
tailed accounts of how those expeditions
are fitted out, and how they are landed.
Are meetings to be held in your cities,
money raised for the avowed purpose of
sending war supplies to Cuba, and expe
ditions to be fitted out and sailed under
the American flag with no redress for
Spain?
"X,et me tell you this," continued Senor
Alvarez. "The American flag is being
used to cover every crime. Spanish offi
cers are getting tired of letting expeditions
escape because they sail under the Ameri
can flag. The day may come when an
officer will no longer permit a vessel to go
free through respect for the flag. Some
thing will happen— not to the flag, but to
the boat that is using it — and there may be
trouble between Spain and the United
States. '-. :; .- :
"Another thing we do not like," said ]
Benor Alvarez, "is insisting that the Mora !
claim be paid just when Spain needs
money for war purposes. The claim itself
is unjust and -should never be ° paid. All
the arbitrators have decided against it.
Mora was never an American citizen until
his property was .destroyed. It would
never have been pushed if a Spanish Min
ister was not to get a share of it. And
why does not the United States pay the
claim that Spain has had ever since Flor
ida was purchased? It was then agreed
that Spanish residents who gave up their
property should be reimbursed, but they
have never been paid. It does not come
with good grace for the United States to !
ask Spain to pay a million and a half now, I
and the manner in which the claim has
been pressed makes Spaniards sore. The
United States does not pay the award
made by the Bering Sea Commission and
is getting the reputation of beinc a bad
debtor among the nations, yet a demand is
made that Spain pay the unjust Mora
aim, aud must do it at once. All these
things make our blood boil."
Senor Alvarez expects to return to
Havana in September.
CUBA'S STAR HIS ING.
The Tide lias Turned- in Favor of the
Insurgents.
NEW YORK, N.Y., Aug. Gonzalo
de Quesada, secretary of the Cuban revo
lutionary party, yesterday received a letter
from General Antonio Maceo, dated from
the camp of Monto Palo July 31. The
general .declares that the revolution *in
Santiago and Camaguey provinces is very
powerful and that the insurgents are
marching from success to success. The
Spanish soldiers, he says, appear to be
panic-stricken and surrendered; in almost
every encounter. He adds that live repre
sentatives of the Eastern department have
lettfor Camaguey in order to constitute
the provisional government of the republic.
Other advices from Camaguey. and
Santiago -de Cuba state that General
Gomez's army is being daily re-enforced.
The city of Puerto Principe is in a panic,
and the Spanish soldiers are afraid to ven
ture out of it. * Martinez Campos has in
structed that all columns of troops sent
into the country from Puerto Principe
must erect milestones to mark their line of
route, so that he may satisfy himself that
they visit the, places they arc ordered to.
From eight to ten cases of yellow fever
are registered in Puerto Principe daily. \ *
All the young Cubans in the place have
joined their fellow-countrymen in v the
Held. Fifty .soldiers from Galicia,, who
were placed on guard at the El Sugareno
plantation, have gone over to : the Cubans
"^ijith , their arms and . ammunition. • The
insurgent outposta around the city can be
easily discerned . from the church towers.
Fifteen hundred wounded Spanish soldiers
have been accommodated in the regular
and improvised hospitals and the churches
in Santiago de Cuba.
Campos Goes to Santa Clara.
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 14.— Captain-
General Campos started this morning for
Santa Clara with 100 members of the First
Brigade, who displayed much enthusiasm.
HUNTINGTON IS BACK
Continued from First Page.
the French people and also of the Ger
mans. Speaking of these, he said:
"I did not see so much poverty in France
as here. The French are economical, in
dustrious and saving. They don't splurge
as Americans do, who go to Europe and
seem to spend money for the purpose of
showing tnat they have it. In a French
store every particle of space is economized,
and a small store does as much business as
a big one here, where the rent would be
$10,000. If we, in this country, would
practice economy as they do in France and
most countries of Europe, we would thrive
much more than we do. I like the French
for their industry and economy. I like
the Germans as well for similar reasons."
Mr. Huntington received many inquiries
about South America, and to these he said
the way to get along with the republics,
was to treat them fairly and not to drive
them. As for Cuba ttie expectation abroad
was that Spain would put down the rebel
lion. Of the Nicaraguan canal Mr. Hunt
ineton said he did not thinic it would ever
be built, since to pay interest on the money
it would cost to build it would make the
tolls the highest in the world. The traffic
would never support the canal, since our
great east and west railroads supplied the
better means of carrying freight, as com
pared with the canal. The bulk of this
came from west of the Alleghanies and
would go west by rail instead of going
first to seaboard and thence by the canal.
Mr. Huntington said it was doubtful if
he attended the meeting of the railroad
presidents, since any freight agreement
would probably be broken by somebody in
due time. Mr. Huntington said his new
large mansion at Fifty seventh street and
Fiftieth avenue is for sale if anybody
would pay for it what it cost. He has
bought a house in San Francisco, where he
remain from October next until May, 1896,
although New York will remain his home.
He expects to live at Throges Neck.
As to the marriage of his son, Archer M.
Hur.tingtou, he said he attended the wed
ding in London.
ARGUING AT ALBUQUERQUE
Receivers Answer the Charges
Made In the Gable
Letter.
Declare That a Separate Regime
Would Disrupt the Entire
System.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Aug. 14.—To
day's proceedings in the suit praying for a
separate receiver for the Atlantic and
Pacific Railway was begun by reading affi
davits by General Traffic Manager Bissell,
General Manager Eobinson and Receiver
Walker. These affidavits denied the
charges as to unjust rates and methods
made in a letter of T. R. Gable I
and an affidavit of Mr. Jennings.
Mr. Robinson explained that the Gable
letter was written to him in response to
his request, and all other managers of the
system would make any suggestions
deemed necessary.
The opening argument for the plaintiff,
j made by Mr. Jennings, reviewed at length
the history of the mutual relations of the
Santa Fe, San Francisco and Atlantic and
Pacific capitalists, showed that Santa Fe
and San Francisco owned the Atlantic
and Pacific, furnished money to Duild it by
guaranteeing the Atlantic and Pacific
bonds and by direct advances and dona
tions as owners.
A history of the bonds under which a
new receiver is demanded was cecited, and
a claim was made that such bonds entitled
j the naming of a receiver. Mr. Jennings
I complained that the Santa Fe reorganiza
tion committee had made no provision for
taking care of the plaintiff's bonds. Mr.
Jennings was followed by General-Solicitor
Peck of the Santa Fe system in a long ar
cument in defense of the present receivers.
He said :
"A court of equity is the highest court.
The present plaintiffs tried just what they
are now trying when they applied for a
separate receiver for the St. Louis and San
Francisco. Judge Caldwell answered at
the time they had no right to a separate
receiver, since the effect of such a cnange
would be to disrupt the system without
benefit to any part of it."
Mr. Peck was followed by Hon. N. B.
Field and Judge Storey, in the same
strain. The latter had not concluded his
argument when court adjourned.
MYSTERY AT STOCKTON
An Unknown Young Man
Found Severely Wounded
Under a Bridge.
He Absolutely Refused to Make
Known His Identity and
Later Disappeared.
STOCKTON, Cal., Aug. 14.— Last even
ing George Salch and Henry Woodsun
while crossing the bridge on Pilgrim street
over Minor channel heard groans issuing
from beneath the bridge.
On making an investigation they found
ayoungiiian about 20 years of age lying
on the bank, bleeding profusely from a
wound in the right side of his neck. He
was suffering greatly and talked in such
an incoherent manner that they concluded
he was badly injured and went in search of
assistance for him.
A lot of campers were located nearby
an/l from one of these a lantern was ob
tained. Woodsun wiped the blood from
the wounded man and with the aid of
Salch removed the sufferer to one of the
campers' tents.
After the flow of blood was stopped the
young man revived, but refused to give
any account of how he had received the
wound in his neck. He also refused to
give his name or tell where he lived and
teemed anxious to have the whole matter
hushed up. The men who had found him
wanted to save themselves from being im
plicated in the affair and so reported what
they had learned to the police.
When they returned "to the camp the
man they had discovered under the bridge
had gone. He disappeared when one of
the campers went to the channel for some
water. ,
Several shots were heard fired earlier in
the evening by some of the residents of the
neighborhood, a number of whom ran out
to see what the trouble was. It is thought
from the reticence of the man who was
found wounded beneath the bridge that
the affair involves some amour of his, and
that for this reason he would say nothing
about his assailant.
THE SAN FBAN CISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1595.
NEW OF THE COAST.
Maguire Lectures on the
Single Tax Prop
osition.
ITS EFFECT ON WAGES.
Men Would Find Employment
on Lands Now Held by
Speculators.
BETTER TIMES WOULD FOLLOW.
The Congested Condition of the
Labor Market In Cities Would
Disappear.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 14.— The Bingle
tax proposition was the subject before the
Grange summer school at Normal Hall
this morning. Hon. J. G. Maguire was
the speaker, and for an hour he held the
closest attention of his hearers.
The distinguished gentleman treated his
subject with special reference to the
farmer, how it would affect llim and how
it would affect the holders of personal
property in cities. In beginning his re
marks Judge Maguire said that the propo
sition was to take the tax off everything
except land, and that the land should be
taxed irrespective of any improvements
upon it.
"The effect of removing the tax from
everything save land would be far-reach
ing," he said. "There would be no half
way ground and either good 01 great harm
would result. The laud is the gift of the
Creator co mankind. Man is a land ani
mal and all he eats and wears comes from
the land. The advocates of the single tax
are not advocating a measure which will
give to the idle and destitute something
from the industry of the workers.
"On the other hand they propose that
every man who is willing to work shall have
the opportunity of doing so. Every man who
is willing and able to make a living should
have tht opportunity of doing it. There
are men who cannot find work. There
are millions of acres of idle and unprobuc
tive land which men would cheerfully oc
cupy and make productive, but they are
denied the right because land monopolies
hold possession.
"Land has little or no value except as
the community by its industry and growth
gives it value. This is recognized by the
holders of land who keep it for speculative
purposes, knowing that as the community
grows and increases in population and in
dustry there is a constant increase in the
value of the land. This increment does
not come from the man's industry, but
comes from the community. Naturally
the community should have the incre
ment.
"Now, we believe that if taxation is laid
upon the land alone, the land which is
held for speculative purposes will be
thrown upon the market. This will allow
the hundreds of men seeking work to find
land upon which to live and work. No
one wiil deny but that the men who are
willing to work should be given the oppor
tunity. With the wonderful inventions of
a labor-saving character many men have
been thrown out of work. Land monopoly
holds them in the city, already overrun
and crowded with men seeking work. It
is a natural consequence that wages go
down. By putting the land upon the mar
ket it will go back to the people, where it
belongs, and the congested condition of
affairs will be relieved."
His address met with hearty applause.
Professor Kellogg of the University of
California spoke in the afternoon.
To-morrow afternoon Hons. John P.
Irish and M. M. Estee will talk about gold
and silver respectively.
TROUBLE OTER AN ESTATE.
A Husband Brings Suit Against His
Wife's Adn.inistrator.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 14.— Judge Rey
nolds was occupied this morning in hear
ing the case of Horace A. Meyers against
Guy H. Salisbury, as administrator of the
estate of Meyers' wife and guardian of the
two minor children, Mignonette D. and
Alice M. Meyers. The action was brought
to prevent Salisbury from administering
upon part of the estate, as the husband
claimed it was community property.
Mr. Meyers testified that when he was
married in 1886 he had $500, and with it
bought the lot in dispute. As his position
was a dangerous one he had the deed made
out in his wife's name. In 1889 they tried
to borrow money on the lot, but found the
deed defective, aTid a new deed conveying
the property to his wife was made. Be
tween the making of the first and second
deeds the laws of the Btate had been so
changed as to allow a wife to acquire sepa
rate property.
Judge Reynolds intimated that the
second deed would be recognized. Under
this ruling the property would be adjudged
separate property, and conseuuently part
of the property to be administered upon.
The case was submitted and the plaintiff
allowed ten days in which to file briefs.
CORPORATION TROUBLES.
A New Outbreak in the Affairs of the San
Jose Meat Company.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 14.— The trouble
between the directorate and stockholders
of the San Jose Meat Company broke out
anew this morning, when Louis P. Cooper
etal. petitioned thecourt foran injunction
restraining John A. Woodward and other
members of the directors from selling
stock to pay an assessment of $5 per share
levied June 25, 1895. It is also aslced that
the action of the directors in levying such
assessment be declared null and void.
Judge Reynolds granted a temporary in
junction restraining the directors from sell
ing the stock to satisfy such assessment
and ordered the directors to give $2500
bond to observe such injunction.
About a year ago the Woodward faction
ousted the Cooper faction from the direc
torate, and since then there has been more
or less trouble. A few months ago both
factions had armed guards about the shops,
but the court sustained the Woodward fac
tion and the Cooper faction was ousted.
Acquitted of Stealing Barley.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 14.— James C.
Spencer and his three sons were examined
on a charge of grand larceny before Justice
Dwyer this afternoon. The Spencers were
accused of stealing between forty and fifty
sacks of barley from B. J. Tully, who re
sides on McLaughlin avenue. The evi
dence was not sufficient to hold the
Spencers, as it was shown that a man
named Castro had disposed of the grain.
An effort will be made to locate Castro.
The charges against the Spencers were dis
missed, but it is thought if Castro can be
located new charges will be preferred.
Retult of a Lovers' Quarrel.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 14.— Milton White
was tried before Justice Dwyer this morn
ing on a charge of stealing a gold ring be
longing to Mrs. Mary Olmstead. Mrs.
Olmstead testified that she and White had
been lovers and were engaged, and that
she had given him a gold rin K . Finally
White tired of her and gave the ring to an
other young lady. This so enraged her
that she demanded the rir»e back but
White refused to comply with her request
Hence she preferred the charge.
As There was no evidence that White
stole the ring Justice Dwyer discharged
him. Justice Dwyer informed Mrs. ofrn
stead that his court was not the place to
settle lovers' quarrels and advised her to
again become White's sweetheart and in
that way the ring would become commu
nity property.
Abandoned l>y His Wife.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 14.-William A.
Duncan to-day commenced suit against |
Catherine Duncan for divorce on the
ground of desertion. The couple were
married in Stockton in 1889. In April,
1894, the wife abandoned her home and'
since then has refused to have anything I
to do with the plaintiff. There are no chil- 1
dren or property to fight over.
Went Over an Embankment.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 14.-William
Mann, who resides above Los Gatos, yes
terday had a narrow escape. While com
ing down the Snell Mountain road with a
load of hay, at a .bend in the road his I
horses shied, and horses and wagon went j
over an embankment fifty feet high, j
Neither Mann nor the horses were seriously j
hurt.
A Runaway Accident.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aue. 14.— While Mr.
and Mrs. Espanoza and baby were return
ing from Warm Springs last ni^'ht a rnn
awav aashed into their buggy, upsetting
it. The occupants were thrown heavily to j
the ground and Mr. Espanoza had four
ribs broken. Mrs. Espanoza and the baby
escaped with a few slight bruises.
Pleaded Guilty to Larcrny.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 14.— Meche Mar
tinelli, the 18-year-old boy who wns ar
rested for burglarizing the residence of
Mrs. Gordon on Julian street, pleaded
gujltv to a charge of petty larceny injus
tice Gaps' court this morning, and was sen
tenced to 130 days in the County Jail.
Trout for Santa Clara County.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 14.— Game War
den Mackenzie expects to receive 100,000
trout during the coming week for distribu
tion in the streams of this county. A
couple of months ago 50,000 rainbow trout
were planted in the streams of the cennty.
Opening of the University of the Picifle.
BAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 14.— The opening
exercises of the University of the ?acihc
were held this morning. There wen about
200 pupils in attendance, an increase over
the enrollment of last year. There ire but
few changes in the faculty.
SACRAMENTO POLICE SUED
The Plaintiff Asks $10,000
Damages for False Im
prisonment.
Was Kept In Jail for Nearly Two
Days Though Guilty of No
Offense.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 14.— P. K.
Turner, an employe of a downtewn hotel,
commenced Buit to-day againsi Chief of
Police Drew and Police Officers Maley,
Wiison and Talbot for false imprisonment
j and asks for $10,000 damages. In hiscom-
I plaint he recites:
"That after his arrest on the night of
August 9, 1895, plaintiff was cast into a
cell at the City Prison of the city of Sacra
mento, wherein were certain prisoners ac
cused of opium-smoking, muruer and va
grancy, and was there compelled to re
main until the time of his liberation on
Sunday, August 11, 1595, at 11 o'clock a. m.
'•That at the time of li.s detention the
plaintiff was not permitted by Drew and
Maley and Talbot and tho ; e in charge of
the City Prison to commenicate with his
family or friends or to obtain or furnish
bailor permitted in any manner to learn
the cause of his detention.
"That plaintiff herein is a married man
with a family, consisting of a wife and five
children, all of whom were and are de
pendent upon thelaboiof plaintiff; that
at no time was any ..omplaint on file
against the plaintiff of a criminal nature,
nor was any charge of any sort placed
against him at the city prison or else
where; that at the time of his arrest
plaintiff was employe' at the Western
Hotel, in the city of Sacramento, receiving
a salary in such employment, and by rea
son of his detention m d imprisonment as
aforesaid he was disci. arged from his said
position and lost eai'i employment; that
said imprisonment was wholly unlawful
and illegal and wrongful, and it was j
learned by defendan'3, Drew, Maley and ]
Talbot, prior to his release and on the 10th
day of August, 1895, that plaintiff herein
was not accused of :my crime and his de- |
tention was not defired for any criminal
offense, but notwithstanding such fact de
fendants detained and restrained him of
his liberty until the 11th day of August,
1895."
The facts of the case seem to be that
Turner while in a variety theater was
pointed out to an officer by a would-be de
tective, who stated that he was a man who
was badly wanted. The officer, acting
upon this Information, locked him up ani
refused him bail. It subsequently devel
oped that the prisoner was not the man
wanted and he was set at liberty. >»
ELBCTXIC CARNIVAL.
Some of Its Important Details Decided
Upon i■/ the Committee.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 14— There
was an interesting meeting of the execu
tive committee of the electric carnival to
night at which decisive arrangements were
made.
Since the time when Director-General
Coleman announced that he had decided
upon the plaza as the place for the review
ing stand there has been a great deal of
opposition manifested by those who
thought the plaza too small and who fa
vored the Capitol park. To-night the di
rector-general was almost unanimously
voted down and instead of placing the re
viewing stand in a plaza covering one city
block it will be placed at the main en
trance of the Capitol grounds.
The line of march will be from Tenth to
X, to Second, to J, to Tenth and past the
reviewinp-stand at the Capitol. The Capi
tol building itself will be brilliantly illu
minated with incandescent lamps so ar
ranged as to show its outline. The trees
and walks in the park will also be bril
liantly lighted with electricity. At the
committee meeting to-night it was an
nounced that electric floats would be the
principal features of the parade, and that
they would exceed anything ever seen in
the United States.
WRECK OF A CATTLE TRAIN.
The Fireman Scalded to Death and Several
Other Men Injured.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 14.— A stock
train on the Washington Central road was
wrecked at Almira last night while run
ning at a high rate of speed.
It was rounding a curve and struck an
open switch. The engine and eleven cars
rolled down a twenty-foot embankment.
Fireman Fred Pritz of Sprague was
caught underneath the engine and scalded
to death.
Engineer Hobart had his leg broken,
and hair* a dozen men accompanying the
stock were more or less cmt and bruised.
Of the 317 steers carried 200 were killed.
The engine and cars were completely de
molished.
I Read What the Daily Report 1
I Said Last Evening. §
two¥ts I
I On the Dollar for a Fine Suit of Woolen §
I Clothing. v|
•) Julius W. Raphael was treated to a sur-
$ prise party yesterday that lasted all day S
g long. The well-known Kearny-stre£t firm (g
% of Raphael's 'announced that, in conse- ®
? quence of damage by water, the whole x
% stock of clothing and furnishing goods
% would be sold at a great reduction in prices. ®
§ Buyers were on hand quite early, prepared ■jg
% to get bargains, but were dumfounded at ®
% the slaughter which had been made on for- ®
S) mer selling rate*. .The news that clothing ®
£> was being sacrificed spread like wildfire, £>
>< and very soon the deluge of people com- S
« pelled the firm to close the doors while cus- &
% tomers on the inside were waited on before of)
§) admitting those who were crowding out- ®
© side on the sidewalk. The crush was sim- ®
£> ply tremendous, and the sales of yesterday ®.
x must have made great inroads on the stock, ><
« Everybody who bought anything went "
* away more than satisfied. Some of the ®
|) clothing was scarcely touched by water, ®
® but there was no discrimination. Suits ®
® went for a song, and they will continue to S>
« go for next to nothing until everything is x
s cleaned up. The same rush and excite- (»
2) ment prevailed to-day. .' ■■;S
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TROUBLE AT SANTA CRUZ
Protest Against the Letting of
the Courthouse Con
tract.
Watsonvllle Citizens Oppose the
Action of the Super
visors.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., Aug. 14.— The
action of the Board of Supervisors of Santa
Cruz County in awarding the contract for
the erection of a courthouse huilding to R.
M. McCabc at a cost of $53,475 has caused
much dissatisfaction, especially among
the residents of the southern end of the
county.
The District Attorney was yesterday pre
sented with a petition largely signed by
prominent citizens and taxpayers of the
city of Watsonville requesting that official
to commence an action against N. A. Corn
stock, the architect of the proposed build
ing, to recover the amount already paid
him, by order of the Board of Supervisors,
for his services as architect, and also to in
stitute actions against the Individual Sup
ervisors and their bondsmen to recover
damages for allowing the same.
The petitioners aver that Comstock had
no lesral claim against the county; that the
Board of Supervisors proceeded illegally
in their adoption of the plans and specifica
tions for the courthouse; that no proper
bond was exacted of the architect; that the
Board of Supervisors had no power under
their resolutions adopted to let the con
tract for a greater cost than $40,000, and
that McCabe was not the lowest respon
sible bidder.
In their advertised notice to architects,
inviting the submission of plans and spec
ifications, the Supervisors announced that
the cost of tne proposed courthouse should
not exceed $40,000. Among the plans sub
mitted those of Architect Comstock were
considered the best and adopted by the
board, who then proceeded to advertise for
bids for the construction of the building.
Under the law it was necessary that this
advertisement should continue for sixty
days, during which time iron, steel, terra
cotta and building material generally ad
vanced rapidly, with the result that when
the bids were opened all were found to be
greatly in excess of the estimated cost.
The Supervisors finally concluded to ac
cept the bid of Contractor McCabe. The
contract was duly entered into, the bonds
of the contractor and architect were ap
proved and the work of excavating for the
foundation of the building has been stead
ily progressing.
It is contended by the dissatisfied citi
zens of Watsonville that the Supervisors
were bound by their order fixing the esti
mated cost of the building, and had no le
gal authority to enter into a contract in
volving a greater expense to the taxpayers,
and that, consequently, all payments made
to either architect or contractor are illegal.
It is not known what action the District
Attorney will take in the matter, but it is
expected that he will hold that a differ
ence of opinion exists as to the wisdom of
the action of the Supervisors, that they
acted within the scope of authority granted
them by the county government act, and
that, consequently, no proceedings against
them will lie.
There is a decided conflict of opinion
over the matter, many of the most promi
nent citizens and largest tax payers hold
ing that the Supervisors have exercised
sound judgment in awarding the contract,
and have acted for the best interests of the
NEW TO-DAY.
The
Feature!
And what is pleasing the public more than anything
else, is that the class of goods damaged in the serious
accident Sunday night, when two floors of the big store
were flooded by water, is of the highest grade. Our very
finest goods were the goods that suffered most. It's not
cheap stuff ; we have never carried cheap stuff, but our
very finest Men's Suits, our very finest Boys' and Chil-
dren's Clothing; our highest grades of Furnishing
Goods ; our highest grades of Children's Furnishings ;
some actually ruined ; others heavily damaged ; some
slightly damaged by water— the latest novelties, all
going for a mere song.
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A LITTLE WET, BUT STILL
BEINfi RUN BY YOUR OWN
SAN FRANCISCO BOYS,
county. The signers of the document are
the following prominent citrizens and tax
payers of Pajaro Valley: Watsonville
Bank, by G. M. Bockius, president; Pa
jaro Valley Bank, by John T. Porter, presi
dent; James Walters, W. W. and Mary A.
Ford, Otto Sloesser, G. H. Brewington,
John D. Brown, J. F. Cooper, A. N. Jndd,
P. J. Thompson, Henry Jackson, D. Alex
ander, A. C. Peckham, Edward White,
William McGrath, W. R. Radcliff, G. M.
Bockius, Owen Tuttle, J. S. Menasco, M.
B. Tuttle, James Redman ; The A. Lewis
Company, Otto Raphael manager; M.
Valentine, I. M. Grimmer, N. McLean*
Chasles Zoellin, T. C. Pearson, Samuel
Mann Jr., T. D. Alexander, Alfred Hiscox,
E. F.WyckoiT, J. J. Morey, Joseph Albright,
William Mann, R. J. Trussler, M. Cassin,
Joseph M. Collum, William Dehart, W. A.
San born, C. H. Connell, P. Lauritzen, G.
Q. Bush, J. L. Curtis, J. Kennaugh, John
Colecower, H. S. Fletcher, W. V. Len, M.
J. Hughes, J. A. Thompson, G. A. Trafton,
William Henderson, George Sietz, L. V.
Willits and L. C. Pearce.
HELD IN A SEMINARY.
Divorced Parents Contest for the Posset'
■ a ton of a Daughter. '
WARRENSBURG, Mo., April 14.— A
writ of habeas corpus was served to-day on
the Sisters of Charity in charge of St. Ce
celia's Seminary at Holden for the posses
sion of Cora Jones, about 17 years old, an
inmate of the seminary for the past three
years. " . . - . .'. - ■ '. - ">-;." ?: V • . ' ,
Four years ago, in Chicago. Martha M.
' Joneo secured a divorce from Joseph Jones
and secured the custody of their child and
placed : her in St. Cecelia's Seminary at
[olden, " where she has remained ever
since. She was accidentally discovered
there by Representative Hinde of Kansas
City, a friend of the family. An uncle of
the girl made the demand on the sisters
for the possession of Cora and was refused,
as they would give her up to no one but
her father. ■[■--' ' • . •
i ' Yesterday Mrs. Abbie Hienman of Chi
caeo, an aunt of the girl, representing her
mother, came to Warrenaburg and swore
out the writ. . . f -. v
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SACRAMENTO'S MEAN MAN.
Robbed a Blind Fencil-Teddler While the
Tietim Slept.
SACRAMENTO, Oal., Aug. 14.— J. E.
Brown, arrested here several days ago for
battery committed on a Chinaman, bids
fair to be proven the meanest man on rec
ord. Brown, who is a hanger-on at a
water-front hotel, will to-day be charged
with burglary.
Some time ago a room in the hotel oc
cupied by Patrick Brady, a blind pencil
peddler, was burglarized while Brady slept.
Everything of value was taken. Among
the articles missing was a bulldog revolver.
Several days ago Brown sold a revolver
which Brady identified as belonging to
him. Brady recognized the revolver by
means of soap, which he had placed in the
chambers to keep the cartridges, which
were loose, from falling out.
ROBBED NEAR ST. HELENA.
Conrad Workover Had a Battle With a
Zione Highwayman.
ST. HELENA, Cal., Aug. 14.— A masked
highwayman held up Conrad Workover
while he was returning home from Samuel
Springs Tuesday evening about dark, rob
bing him of $16 and a check for $15 on the
Grangers' Bank, San Francisco, drawn by
Reuben Clark.
As the robber left Workover, the latter
drew a pistol and ordered him to throw up
his hands, intending to capture him, but
the highwayman drew a pistol and fired
six shots at Workovei, two of them pass
ing through his clothing, but doing no
injury.
Workover returned the fire, but his
horse became unmanageable and ran
away.
The highwayman was tall and slender,
about six feet high and had a sack drawn
over his face.
9, 11, 13 and 15
Kearny Street.
BUDD IS MUCH IMPROVED
He Still, However, Is Subject
to Severe Pains In the
Head. %
It Will Be Several Weeks Before He
Is Able to Leave His Mother's
Home.
STOCKTON, Cal., Aug. 14.— Governor
Budd was much better to-day. He passed
a restless night, and as usual had severe
pains in the back of his head. His left leg
and ankle are swollen with rheumatism,
and the right wrist and hand are also very
painfnl from his old complaint. During
the day his temperature fell to almost its
normal condition, and his pulse was much
steadier.
He is so weak that he can hardly lift
himself from the bed, and it will be sev
eral weeks before he can leave his mother's
home here. Then he contemplates going
to Tiburon and living quietly in an ark in
the bay until his nervous troubles are
over. He will not allow himself to be
bothered by politicians or ottice-seekers,
and will there be guarded carefully from
all annoyances of this kind. He has been
a much sicker man than any one realized.
AMBITIOUS SANTA ROSA.
One of the Biggest Improvement Booms in
Us History*
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Aug. 14.— Santa
Rosa is having the biggest improvement
boom in its history. More new dwelling
houses are being built here than at any
time known before. A great many store
buildings have Deen lately remodeled or
are now being remodeled. A thousand
feet of new cement sidewalk has been put
down and a number of blocks of street are
being newly paved.
More men are employed on public works
here than ever before, and the town is
rapidly taking on a metropolitan appear
ance. A movement is on foot to erect a
new three-story brick block at the corner
of Fourth and Washington streets, and
one of the biggest brick blocKs in the
center of town is to be converted into an
office block, to be supplied with an elevator
and all modern conveniences. The citi
zens are united on the proposition to
make the town go to the head of the list
in the State.
LOS ANGELES KNIGHTS
List of Those Who Will Make the Pilgrim
age to Boston.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 14.— The
following members of Coeur rfc Lion Com
mandery No. 9, Knights Templar, will
leave this city Sunday, August 18, en route
to the twenty-sixth triennial conclave of
Knights Templar, to be held at Boston
beginning August 26: M. T. Adams, emi
nent commander; Mayor Frank Rader,
generalissimo, and wife; George Sinsa
baugh, captain-general: Mr. and Mrs. Her
vey Lindley. James Cazneo, Dr. J. W.
Trueworthy, D. M. Sutherland, Mr. and
Mrs. S. X. Lindley, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Lankenshim, Dr. L. W. Frary, Niles Pease,
J. C. Hassinger. W. L. Clarke and N. R.
Folsom.
They will leave here at 2 p. m. ana pro
ceed to San Francisco, whence they will
journey East on the Golden Gate Com
mandery's special.
ANOTHER MERCED ARREST.
It 1* Made in Connection With the
Merced Bank Affairs.
MERCED, Cal., Aug. 14.— The second
arrest was made to-day growing out of the
Merced Bank affairs, as brought oqt in the
recent Atwood-Nelson suit.
Vice-President Landrara was placed
under arrest thi9 afternoon, charged with
embezzlement. He was released on bonds
of $100. Six more warrants will be served
by to-morrow night.
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