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VOLUME LXXVIII.-NO. 79.
FORCE THE FIGHTING
Irish Statesmen Begin
to Assert Their
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HEALTH GREAT SPEECH.
Defiance Hurled at \ the Big
;' -. Majority in Opposition to
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OLD • WAR CEOITDS REAPPEAR.
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, England's Press and Public Show
. Great Tolerance of .the Clamor .
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'[. fCepyrJgbt i'S95 by.jbeNew York Times.]
LONDON, ENG t , Aug. 17.— 1t is an Irish
session,. after all. I suppose I must have
.'heard this remark in Verne form or other
fall frdni . fiit-y : SasseuaQhs' mouths inside
• ■•the preciiic'ts'pi Westminster- the last two
• days. .Most often it is rumored in tones of
melancholy dejection, though some were
angry, and here arid there one grinned as
he spoke. 'The discovery which it points
to is curious, but, after all, intelligible.
Everybodythought. that Ireland was well
under foot tor the rest of the century ; mil
lions of the electorate had voted humoris
tic on the express, understanding and
pledgethat they were to: hear no more
about that standing nuisance Ireland for
a long time to come, and. the entire coali
tionist.press, when the results of the polls
were announced, congratulated the coun
try on this delightful outcome.
Now.to.their vast surprise, this Parlia
mentj. which was hardly to mention the
uame-of Ireland, meets and 'straightway
plunges head over heels into a compli
cated Irish racket which is hot only bound
to occur again next week and. haunt what
.remains of the session, but is obviously to
monopolize ibe bulk of the long sitting be
• ginning in February. This is very painful
.and bewildering as .well to the British
mind. "'■•'.' . ;••
The explanation lies, however, quite on
the surface.. The total opposition in the
new Commons amounts to only 259 mem
bers, of whom the Irish Nationalists (83)
are by far tne most potential third. They
represent, indeed, the only considerable
faction of the opposition which knows
what it wants or feels like taking the trou
ble to make its wants known. The British
Liberals temporarily have had the fight
.knocked out of tbem r a large number of
T:heir leaders have disappeared and those
who are left are anxious to lie low, and will
says as little as possible i\ r a year or so.
On the other hand s the Irish have returned
with increased members all cock-a-whoop
for combat. Their spirit was portrayed
last night in Healy's remarkable speech
when he said: "We look across at your
great majority witnout awe. It represents
merely the fluctuating spasms of English
politics, while we stand for the permanent
forces of Irish nationality." '.".••".. I
Hence it is not strange that in the new
House the Irish from the outset should
take the lead in opposition and force the
fighting. The argument that nothing can
be gained by fighting, which appeals so
strongly to the scattered and disheartened
English, Scotch and Welsh groups of Lib
eralSj has no meaning to the Irish, who
have grown up accustomed to struggle
against overwhelming odds. It should be
Said, top, that the rank and file of the
' Irish, party are much happier in their
minds about internal matters than they
. had expected to be. They took the bit in
their own teeth yesterday and forced their
committee to abandon its suicidal preten
sions to dictatorship inside the party. Not
only were Healy, Arthur O'Connor and
Knox elected on the body, but others were
given plainly to understand that any fu
ture nonsense of jockeying constituencies
or of using the party purse as a factional
corruption fund would be sharply pun
ished by the majority of the party.
This gives ground for hope that the con-
Bpiracy of inferior men to shut Healy out
of public lif-e has receiyed its death blow.
His speech of last night, which is treated
by the whole press to-day as the event of
the session, was backed by the cheers of
his united party as the authoritative deliv
erance of a leader.
It was clearly the effect of this speech
which dictated the result in the committee
room after it, when a party secret ballot
for committee placed Healy at the head of
the poll with thirty-one votes, abreast of
. Dillon and Blake, and above all others.
Two of Healy's oldest supporters refused
-^to vote e.t all, on the theory that it was of
•o. use. If they had voted he would have
hadtr-i majority of the committee. The
remaining vacancies in Ireland are ex
pected to be filled by his friends, which
will give him practically a half of the
party, and as he has no dream of punish
ing or ostracizing anybody, there is a
chance at last of some decent semblance of
union in the party.
Next week we will doubtless be im
mersed in anxious discussions about the
Mekong, as was foreshadowed in these
dispatches. England has lodged a protest
against the Franco-Chinese treaty, and- on
Tuesday the official statement is expected
in Parliament on the present state of this
•»*ery genuine complication. France has
repudiated entirely an agreement to estab
lish a buffer state between Burmah and
her Siamese acquisitions, and has per
euaded or compelled" China to cede to her
territory which is really British. and is now
occupied by British garrisons. The Eng
lish are also intrenched at Mong Sin, on
the east bank of the Mennong, which the
French say they must quit. All attempts
to compromise matters on' the ground had
been abandoned before the Chinese treaty
added fresh complications, and no one now
eees how either country may withdraw
without grave loss of ' prestige. Ahnost
equally depressing is the dispute with the
French on the Niger,. &f which the Times
Bays it is impossible that England should
accept any compromise.
There also hangs in the offinc a consider
able number of other A\nglo-French quar
rels, of- which that in. Egypt is always
*V ady to be thrust forward into awkward
prominence.
The avowed French.' policy for years
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bark has been to accumulate these griev
ances, or pretexts for. grievance against
England, nurse each in. turn, and part
with none, oh the theory of finally forcing
England into a corner, where she will be
compelled to surrender something..valu
able as.the price of an all around settle
ment. Often in the course of this process
the two nations have growled and shown
their teeth,, but actual rupture has always
be*n avoided. Each time, however, this
postponement of trouble becomes more
difficult, for the reason' that the. French
are continually turning ud with fresh
claims, and there is, consequently, in
creasing danger that England will lose its
temper. I wonder often at the self-re
straint that the English press and :poli
ticians; show in this matter year after year. :
Of course this country's interests are
deeply involved in peace, but it argues re
markable qualities to be able constantly to
keep this in mind and never yield to im
patient anger. •' . '■
. .The long- bottled-up rage will be some
thing to see if it ever does burst the bond.3.
The English press could in a day raise the
whole country into a flaming ferment if it
chose to do so, hence it is useful to note
that the Times the last week has been talk
ing, much more gravely about the Mekong
arid the Niger than ever before and that an
official statement on the former subject
has been promised by Secretary Curzon for
next week. . ■ •
The Bulgarian question is for the mo
ment in slatu quo. Signs seem to point
just now to Prince Ferdinand having
his boy baptized in the Orthodox
Greek church in the belief that
this will go far toward placating Rus
sia. It- is perfectly understood that this
wilL be of no good and it is difficult to be
lieve that he knows so little of the actual
political facts of the case. Meanwhile the
Macedonian disorder, which is really due
to the. invasion of an armed Bulgarian
band, is again attracting attention.
The Turkish troops are admittedly be
having with extreme caution, and the out
rages thus far are altogether on the other
side, yet the chance that this miserable
farce may embroil Europe continue to ex
cite public apprehension. At the Foreign
Office they hear to-nieht that the Spanish
republican rising, so called, is of no im
portance. It is due to the weakening of
the garrisons on account. of the Cuban ne
cessity, but plenty of troops are left to take
care of these marauders, who have no pop
ular support whatever.
The north of England is still talking of
nothing but the extraordinary German
Emperor and of his flying visit to West
moreland, which, brief as it was, sufficed
to create a whole cloud of. legends of his
imperial eccentricity. His passion for fu
rious driving attracted perhaps most atten
tion, even in the district where the wild
Lowthers have raced horse flesh to death
since the Norman days, but he did many
other things equally interesting. London,
as usual, has seen nothing of him, and
here the principal curiosity is what on
earth he can have found in Earl Lonsdale,
who is by two years his senior, to so capti
vate him.
Certain it is that a prodigious friendship
has sprung up between the two and Lons
da'o, when he -attends the big German
maneuvers next month, is to be treated as
a special imperial guest, as if he were a
royal personage.
These maneuvers, involving an unpre
cedented force of army corps, are to be
ushered in by a great celebration at Berlin
of the twenty-fifth Sedan anniversary.
These commemorations have been proceed
ing now for nearly a fortnight, and though
little attention has been paid to them out
side, the feeling in both countries all along
the Austrian frontier has been deeply
stirred. Both Governments have done all
in their power, it must be said, to minimize
the chances of friction. Yesterday in and
about Mars la Tour the various battle
fields, which lie some on one side of the
frontier and some on the other, were visited
by thousands of people with wreaths, and
civilians of both nationalities were freely
allowed to cross the line, but troops were
kept out of sight of each other.
A procession of 100 German veterans in
citizens', clothes penetrated to Mars la
Tour and moved through the streets to the
burial places. Their comrades took off
their hats and bowed incessantly to the in
habitants. These latter mostly stopped in
doors, but the rest regarded the pilgrims
coolly and said nothing. Thus far these
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HOW "THE CALL." BUILDING WILL COMPARE WITH OTHER HIGH STRUCTURES IN SAN FRANCISCO,
SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
BRICE BADLY BEATEN
Downed by Free Silver
Democrats of
Ohio.
DISGRUNTLED MEN FLED.
The Senator's Following Then
Held a Convention of
Its Own.
WHITE METAL ADVOCATES WON.
Ringing Resolutions Adopted De
manding: Free and Unlimited
Coinage.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 17.— Free sil
ver won a signal victory to-day in the
Democratic county convention to select
delegates to the State convention next
Thursday in Springfield.
The silver men went into the convention
with the avowed . determination to pass a
sixteen to one resolution and to throw the
strength of the county against Senator Cal
vin S. Brice, who hopes to be returned to
the Senate should the next Legislature be
Democratic.
The test vote on chairman succeeded in
the seating of Hon. Alfred Whitaker, the
silver party's candidate for chairman, by a
vote of 227 to 189. Seeing that they were
hopelessly defeated, the Brice crowd picked
a quarrel with the house, withdrew in a
body and held a rump convention else
where, selecting a contesting delegation to
go to Springfield. The real convention
then passed the following resolutions by
a unanimous vote:
Resolved, That gold and silver coins, not one
to the exclusion of the other, but alike, are the
money of the constitution; that a monetary
system based upon the free coinage of both
precious metals has a broader foundation and
is less liable to fluctuation than monoinetal
ism.
That we denounce the Eepublican legislation
I which demonetized silver, and the policy that
i discriminates against the silver dollars and
; makes them tokens instead of using them as
i legal tender money.
That we hold to the use of both gold and sil
ver as the standard money of the country and
to the coinage of both gold and silver without
: discriminating against either metal or charge
i for minting.
That the dollar unit of coinage of both metals
will be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable
value under free coinage.
That we favor the maintenance of the parity
of the two metals and the equal power of every
dollar at all times lit the markets and in the
payment of debts, and -we demand that all
paper currency shall be kept at par with and
redeemable in coin.
That we are in favor of the re-enactment of
the law for opening of the mints to the fre«
coinage of silver and gold on ft ratio of 16 to 1,
without waiting for an international agree
ment, and we insist upon this policy as espe
cially necessary for the protection of the farm
ers, manufacturers and laboring classes, the
first and most defenseless victims of an un
stable, a fluctuating and decreasing currency.
The following resolution condemnatory
of Senator Brice was also adopted:
That the delegation re-elected to-day be in
structed to vote as a unit in favor of any
proposition which will lead to the retirement
of Calvin S. Brice as Senator and as a leader in
the Democratic party.
Redhot speeches condemning Brice were
made by several men prominent ; .n State
politics.
FOR THE CONVENTION.
San Francisco Making a Good Fight to
Secure the Prize.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 17.— The
presence in this city to-day of Senator
Carter, chairman of the Republican
National executive committee, calls at
tention to the fact that but little more
than four months will elapse before the
committee will meet and select a place for
holding the next National Convention of
the party.
The list of cities already in the field and
more or less actively working for the con
vention is as follows: San Francisco,
Buffalo, Pittsburg, Denver, Baltimore,
Washington, Kansas City, New York,
Philadelphia, St. Louis, Omaha, Cincin
r_ati, Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee and,
of course, Chicago.
The most active cities bidding are San
Francisco, Buffalo, Denver and Pittsburg.
Those passively engaged in the right are
St. Louis, Philadelphia, New York, Omaha,
Cleveland, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Wash
ington and Kansas City. Denver entered
the race at least three years ago. Consid
erable work has been aone by advocates of
this city, but very little has been ac
complished, so far as can be ascertained,
up to the present time.
Ex-Senator Platt is understood to favor
New York, but it makes very little differ
ence to him where the convention is held,
provided that he has a voice in naming
candidates and that his views are consid
ered wlien the next National platform is
being discussed. Philadelphia being con
sidered a very "slow" town, is probably
the least active of the bie cities of the
East looked upon as anxious to have the
convention.
Milwaukee is also a passive candidate,
and Omaha, Kansas City aud St. Louis are
only in the list hoping that if there is a
fierce contest the prize may be captured as
a rank outsider in a horserace sometimes
wins the biggest stakes. The Evening
Times says:
"The Pacific Coast metropolis is evi
dently holding out more inducements than
any other candidate in the list. Buffalo
has also been doing some very good mis
sionary work in the interest of that town,
a huge committee having been appointed
some time ago to look after its interests,
both in advance and at the time the Re
publican National Committee assembles in
Washington/ 1
INDICTED FOR MURDER
Dr. Hearne and Wife to Be
Tried for the Murder of
Stilwell.
Reopening of a Celebrated Case in
a Most Sensational
Manner.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 17.— A special to
the United Press from Hannibal, Mo., says
that a Grand Jury indictment was returned
this afternoon against Dr. J. C. Hearne
and his wife lor murder in th« first degree
for killing Moses J. Stiiwell on December
31, 1888. The accused were at once ar
rested and are now in jail.
This reopens the celebrated tragedy.
Mrs. Hearne was at the time of the mur
der the wife of Mr. Stilwell and Dr. Hearne
was their family physician. Their actions
both prior and subsequent to the murder
aroused suspicion.
Mrs. Stilwell successfully fought a rigid
legal inquiry Into her possible connection
with the murder, and a year r^ter married
Dr. Uearne. They removed to California.
A San Francisco paper retold the story of
the crime and used such pointed allusions
to Mrs. Hearne that her husband sued the
owner of the paper for heavy damages.
Depositions were taken in the damage
suit before & notary of Hannibal. New
and startling evidence was forthcoming,
and the Grand Jury again took up the case,
with the result stated.
Terrible Dynamite Explosion.
MAHAFFEY, Pa., Aug. 17.— A terrible
explosion occurred last night near the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, in
which eight Italians lost their lives and
ten were seriously injured. The men were
preparing a large quantity of dynamite for
blasting purposes, when from some un
known cause a premature explosion oc
curred. Eight men were Killed instantly,
their remains being scattered for a long
diptance. All were frightfully mangled.
Some of the injured were dreadfully hurt,
and may not survive.
Taquia Killed Coveboys.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 17.— A special
from Ures, Mexico, says that the hacienda
of Jose Verugui, northeast of there, was
attacked by a band of twenty-five Yaqui
Indian braves. They killed three cowboys
employed on the hacienda and burned a
large grain storehouse.
REMOVAL OF RANSOM.
How He Lost the Soft
Place of Minister
to Mexico.
HIS SALARY TIED UP.
It Will Be Held to Make Good
the Sums Illegally Drawn
by Him.
IMPORTANCE OF THE DECISION.
By His Action the Solicitor-General
Has Upheld Bowler In the
Sugar Cases.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 17.— The
opinion of Acting Attorney-General Con
rad that ex-Senator Ransom was disquali
fied from appointment to the Mexican mis
sion because of the constitutional pro
vision relating to the appointment of
Senators and representatives to civil office,
the emoluments of which were received
during the term for which they were
elected, was based on the question whether
an appointment dated from the time of
nomination or from the time the commis
sion was signed. In deciding Mr. Ran
som's case, the acting Attorney-General
laid down the rule that the appointment
of a civil officer in the civil service dates
from his confirmation by the Senate,
which is construed to mean the completion
of the appointment according to the con
stitution.
Mr. Ransom was nominated February 23
last, before his term of office as Senator
had ended, but his commission was not
signed by the President until March 5, the
day after he ceased to hold the legislative
position. There is nothing in the commis
sion, however, to show when it was signed.
It bears date of February 23, and ap
parently left no loophole to decide that
Mr. Ransom's appointment was constitu
tional on the ground that his Senatorial
term had expired before the President's
signature was actually attached to the com
mission. It is probable the text of the
opinion will be made public as soon as a
copy of it can reach Ransom at Weldon,
N. C.
The Treasury Department records show
that ex-Senator Ransom has drawn in
salary and expenses as Minister to Mexico
about $5000, of which $4275 was for salary
up to June 1. The last payment made to
him was on June 22 for $1490, which in
cluded his May salary. Now that the
legal phase of the case has been settled
adversely to Mr. Ransom. Auditor Hoi
comb, who is responsible for all moneys
wrongfully paid through his office, will,
following his usual custom, in case Mr.
Ransom is reappointed, withhold his sal
ary until the accumulation equals the
amount wrongfully paid him.
This only, of course, in case Mr. Ransom
does not straighten out the matter by re
turning all the money heretofore paid him
and appeal to Congress for the repayment
of the salary thus returned.
The decision of Solictor-General Conrad
on the Ransom case, while not yet offi
cially announced, goes even further, it is
said, than the mere declaration that Mr.
Ransom was disqualified. Incidentally it
touches upon the power of the Auditor of
the Treasury and Comptroller to hold up
accounts, when the law is unconstitu
tional, and inferentially, if not in words,
inclines to support the position taken by
Comptroller Bowler in the sugar-bounty
claims.
bold jail, DELIVERY.
Six Prisoners Escaped From an Ohio
County Prison.' l : -Z~~, * -V
TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 17.— A remarkably
bold and successful jail delivery took place
here this morning, when six men walked
out of the Lucas County Jail and disap
peared from view. Notwithstanding that
the whole police force has been looking for
them they have not, up to this time, been
found. At about 9 o'clock this morning
Turnkey Mosher very imprudently went
into the jail corridor to get shaved by the
prison barber. A number of prisoners
were free in the corridor at the time.
Mosher seated himself in the chair and the
barber proceeded to lather his face pre
paratory to using the razor.
Just at this moment six of the prisoners,
who had been cautiously approacning,
jumped on him and easily overpowered
and gagged him. They took away his
keys and his handcuffs, using the latter on
his own hands. Then they dragged him
to a cell and locked him in. After that it
was all plain sailing. The men simply un
locked the door and walked out. The
turnkey was unable to make a noise and
could not summon help. The prisoners
had been cone for a whole hour before
their escape was discovered.
PHILLIPS LEVANTED.
The City Clerk of .Beatrice a Fugitive From
Justice.
BEATRICE, Nebb., Aug. 17.— City Clerk
J. T. Dhillips, arrested yesterday on the
charge of forging city warrants, has. fled
from the city. When an examination of
his accounts began this . morning, the
proof of his guilt seemed so strong that his
bondsmen surrendered him. Phillips evi
dently got news of this action, for an hour
later when a search for him was made he
was missing. ,
A farmer coming to the city Says he saw
Phillips in a cornfield several miles out,
and a later report from a near-by town
says he boarded the southbound Rock
Island train at that place. An effort will
be made to capture him. The amount of
his shortage is not yet known.
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PERRY AIDED BY A WOMAN
Mrs. Haswell Bribed Keeper
Hopkins to Secure His
Release.
Posed as a Missionary and Fre
quently Carried Religious Tracts
to His Cell.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. V., Aug. 17.—
William A. Hopkins, a well-known resi
dent of Low Point, is locked up in the jail
in this city on a charge of aiding and abet
ting the commission of a felony in bring
ing about the escape of tram robber Perry
and five other convicts from the Matteawan
Asylum last April. Hopkins has admitted
his guilt, and implicates Mrs. Amelia Has
well, a Troy woman, who poses as a mis
sionary, and a friend of Perry in the plot
to let the men escape. Mrs. Haswell is
now at Ocean Grove. She will be arrested,
and as Hopkins has expressed to District
Attorney Wood his willingness to turn
State's evidence, the officials expect to
convict the woman and land her in prison.
Hopkins was a keeper in the Matteawan
Asylum. When Perry was admitted there
the two men got acquainted, but what ne
gotiations passed between them at first is
not known. At any rate, on October 28
last, Hopkins received through the Glen
ham Postoffice a package containing dia
monds, a gold watch and various articles
of jewelry, the estimated value of the lot
being $1000. The package came from Mrs.
Haswell, the Troy ''missionary," and, as
the authorities have since learned, given
to Hopkins in consideration of his agree
ment to aid Perry to escape.
Hopkins turned the jewelry into cash,
but it is said realized less than $300 for the
lot. The jewelry was a part of that which
Perry got in the first . American Express
robbery at Utica and which he turned
over to his Troy friend, Mrs. Haswell, be
fore he was arrested.
After Perry's transfer to Matteawan Mrs.
Haswell visited him many times, and no
one suspected that she was anything but
the missionary that she claimed to be.
She brought Bibles and religious papers
and the train-robber called her "mother"
and told those about him how much good
she was doing him spiritually.
The fall and winter wore on without
Hopkins carrying out his part of the bar
gain. Finally Perry got mad and threat
ened to expose him. This was in February,
and the keeper, fearing exposure, went to
Newburg and secured two blank keys and
a file.
Then Convict McQ-uire, who is an expert
burglar, was taken into the scheme. Using
Hopkins' keys for models, McGuire
fashioned the two keys with which, in
April, he opened the doors of his own and
four other rooms and liberated besides
himsels, Perry, Quigiy, Davis and O'Don
nell.
After his capture he claimed that he
made the keys from spoons. There were
two locks on McGuire's door. He could
reach only one of them with hig keys, and
he has recently confessed that Hopkins
unlocked the lower of the two locks on the
night the men escaped, so, that after un
locking the upper lock himself, he was
able to leave the cell.
TWICE WON HIS BRIDE.
William Wilson Soon Had a Chance to
Show His Ifevotion-
WICHITA, KANS.,Aug. 17.—WilliamWil
son of Dover, 0. T., won a wife twice over
to-day in a most romantic love-like man
ner. Young Wilson and his sweetheart
drove from Dover to Kingfisher this morn
ing and were married there. Returning
the horses became fast in the yielding
quicksand of the Gimarron River, which
they attempted to ford, and in their fran
tic efforts to release themselves, overturned
the buggy. The bride sank, and when
rescued by her husband after a hard strug
gle was unconscious. The horses were
drowned and the buegy lost.
Forged Hit Brother* Signature,
BLAIR, Nebb., Aug. 17.— The County
Attorney to-day secured the arrest, of J.
H. Stewart, the prominent merchant who
fajled last month, on a charge of having
forged his brother's signature to $75,000 in
notes. Stewart was remanded to jail, but
was able to easily secure bondsmen and
was released. It is thought that he will
certainly be proven guilty, as his brother
has stated under oath that his signatures
are forperies. Stewart was a leading man
in business and church circles, and was
treasurer for various societies.
Struck a A'wnfcen Wreck.
AMHERSTBURG, Ont., Aug. 17.— The
steamer Montana, bound down with flour,
struck a sunken wreck about 3 o'clock this
morning and had to be beached to save her
from sinking. Her hold is full of water
and the cargo ruined. She will be light
ened to-day and taken to Detroit. There
were no lights to mark the position of the
wreck.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
RUSHING THE WORK.
Valley Road Grade North
of Mormon Channel
Commenced.
NO TIME BEING LOST.
Track-Laying Along This Sec
tion Will Soon Be Under
Wcy.
THE CORRAL HOLLOW LINE*
Arrival of Additional Material for
the Railroad to the Coal
Mines.
STOCKTON, Cal., Aug. 17.— There will
be no more opposition to the Corral Hol
low road on the pert of the San Francisco
and San Joaquin Railway. Chief En
gineer Storey of the latter road is author
ity for this statement. This morning he
said:*
"We do not intend to oppose the Corral
Hollow road further. We were simply
looking out for our own interests when
we went before the City Council and pro
tested against the granting to that road of
the franchise on Weber avenue to lay
tracks between our line and the water
front, unless we were granted more room.
Now that we are to receive the additional
150 feet on Weber avenue east of where
the line stops under the present franchise
we are perfectly satisfied. This will give
us plenty of water frontage for the trans
action of our business, and we shall not
oppose the other road any further. As I
said before, we were only looking out for
our own interests on the waterfront, and
had nothing to urge against the Corral
Hollow road itself. "
"One of the San Francisco papers stated
that the Corral Hollow project was a
Southern Pacific scheme. Do you know
anything about it?" was asked.
Mr. Storey laughed at the idea. "I do
not, of course, know what the future may
bring," he said, "but I am confident that
the Southern Pacific is not now behind the
coal road."
Five more carloads of rails for the Corral
Hollow road arrived to-day, making
thirty-nine that have arrived all told.
There are still on the road thirty-two or
thirty-three carloads more of rails and
four carloads of angle plates, spikes, etc.
The Valley road employes this morning
began the work of excavating for tracks on
Weber avenue. The work commenced at
Madison street, where the line as contem
plated in its present franchise ends.
Mr. Storey said that track-laying would
probably begin there at once, as the com
pany did not desire to have the street
torn up any longer than possible. This
is the first grading that has been done
north of Mormon Channel. The work will
now be pushed as rapidly as possible on
both sides of the channel. Last evenine a
track had been laid along all of the ma
terial for the Valley road. Another track
will be laid across the yard, running west
from the one put down yesterday.
The work of grading outside of the city
will commence Monday morning. Grant
Bros., the contractors, have an outfit here
ready to begin at that time. Cotton Bros.,
who have the contract for building bridges
and trestles between Stockton and Stanis
laus River, have a representative, and hay«
also received some ol the machinery for
bridge - building. The material is fur
nished by the railroad company.
The contractors are charged with it, and
are credited when the bridge or trestle In
which it is used is accepted. Monday will
be a busy day boih in Stockton a»d out
side the city limits. The grading for the
section north of Mormon Channel will
commence then, as well as on that portion
of the road between this city and the Stan
islaus River.
Chief Engineer Storey of the Valley
road returned to-night to San Francisco.
He spent yesterday and to-day looking
after the first track-laying and the prepar
ations for the work which is to be com
menced on Monday.
The Grant Brothers number three, whose
initials are, [respectively, A. A., John R.
and L. A. The last named is in Los
Angeles and will not come here. The
others arrived by boat this morning and
are staying at the Yotemite House.
"We shall require sixty-five or seventy
men all told," said A. A. Grant to-day.
We have brought about twenty experienced
hands with vs — old employes of ours.
Since our arrival many people have ap
plied for work. There is no trouble about
all the labor we want. The work will be
done entirely with scrapers, which we now
have. Consequently the men we employ
must be able to handle horses.
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