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FAMILIAR
WITH OSES
OF POISON
Zanoli Had Experience
With Drugs in the
German Army.
FRESH CRIMES NOW
TRACED.
In Ail He Is Suspected of
Having Caused Seven
Deaths.
FIVE WIVES PLACED ON
THE LIST.
j^llasea of the Barber Who Is Ac-
Accused of Committing Murder
to Collect Insurance.
Special Dispatch to The Call,
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.— A1l doubt as to
whether Charles Zanoli. alias Braune fc
alias Shuner, the suspected murderer of
his wife Jennie, his former wives and also
of William Schmidt, possesses medical
knowledge which enables him to under
stand the properties and use of drugs, in-
CHARLES ZANOLI.
cludiag poison, was settled to-day when it
was ascertained that Zanuli had served
in the German army during the Franco-
Prussia*] war as a hospital assistant and
when he left the army was pensioned with
the rank of sergeant-major, a rank which
he could not have obtained had he not
been thoroughly familiar with surgery
and the uses of drugs of different kinds.
This fact, is based on a statement mad* in
Zanoli's own handwriting.
In addition to this it has been ascer
tained that Zanoli, who was then known
as Braune, confided the fact to a friend
that he had kept a barber-shop in a Con
necticut town, believed to be West Brook,
where he lived with his wife, who died
there before be came to New York, and
whose iile, it is said, bad been insured.
This statement indicates that Zanoii has
had five wives, instead of only four, as has
been hitherto believed.
It is also said that Zanoli was known as
Ztehnski at one time, thus adding to the
list of assumed names which the man
adopted. Zanoli's assertion that he served
in the German army as a hospital assist
ant was made while he was known as
Charles Braune and at a time when there
seemed to be no reason for him to mis
state the fact or tell an untruth on the
subject.
He admitted the fact in a letter which
he wrote to Theodore Banzeraer, who
nought from him the barber-shop in April
fast, and who now- lives with nis family at
fD9 W'-t Thirty-sixth street, at which ad-
Cress Zmoli lived with bis second wife at
the time he kept the shop.
Following the statement of Dr. George
P. Biggs, State Pathologist, that the death
of Jennie Sunnier did not result ftom
natural causes, come statements from
neighbors which the pel c think
strengthen tne evidence against Zanoli.
Mrs. Anna R tzchei, who lived at 218
East One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street, where Mrs. Suhmer died last
August, has sain that the barber's wife
told her he was giving her medicine. She
says that Jennie Simmer's health seemed
to begin to fail two weeks after her ma;
riage to Zanoli.
August Schwender of Greenport, L. 1.,
was a friend of William Schmidt Zanoli, at
whose sudden death and buiiil as "Zano
li" first caused tbe man of seven funerals
to be suspected. He says that while be
was working for Zanoli Schmidt fre
quently complained of pains in his stom
ach.
Assistant District Attorney Van Wyck
said to-day thai the investigation made
by Professor Wittnaus on portions of the
body of Jennie Suhmer, the fourth wife of
Zanoli, had definite. y determined thai the
woman d.d not die from natural causes.
Professor Witthaus expects to have lis
mie'rose pic and chemical analysis so far
along by Saturday as to determine
whether there are any traces of poison,
atid p< 8-übly to designate ihe chara. ter of
tbe son. but the com plete analysis will
net be made urnil some time in January.
Died ll title at Sea.
I LONDON, Dec. 15— Sir William Ed-
Yard Maxwell, governor and commander
in-chief of the Gold Coast since 1895, died
si sea while off Grand Canary Island en
route for England. He had several at
tacks of fever while on the Gold Coast.
Important Typewriter Patent.
WASHINGTON. Dec, 15.— The United
States Patent Utiles has i-sticd to the
Smut) Premier Typewriter Comptny pat
ent No. 504,700. which will be far-reach
>">-• in us effect upon the typewriter in
dustry, con trolling as it does a principal
feature of the modem typewriter.
DESPERATE
FIGHTING
IN INDIA
Further. Details of the
Battle Down the Bara
Valley.
WESTMACOTT'S MEN
ARE BRAVE.
British Troops Fight Until
Their Ammunition Is
Exhausted.
NATIVES TRY TO CUT OFF
THE REAR GUARD.
During the Engagement at Least
Four Hundred of the Afridls
Are Slain.
Bpecial Dispatch to The Calx.
SIMLA, India, Dec. 15.— Further detail*
from the front regarding the march of
General Westmacott's brigade down the
Bara Valley show it to have been accom
panied by the most desperate fighting
since the Dargai Ridge affair.
The enemy, for the first time in the
whole campaign, exposed themselves in
their efforts to cut off the rear puard and
poured in a constant rifle fire, in replying
to which the British troopi exhausted
their pouches of ammunition.
While the rear guard was worn out by
constant attacks and in a difficult position
the enemy made the coup of the campaign
by an open rush upon it. The tired sol
diers stood firm and a withering fire
swept the advancing tribesmen, who
charged almost to the bayonets' points.
The Afridts wavered, and then retreated
to cover, from which they continued a
harassing fusilade until dark. The action
recommenced with the rising of the sun.
The troops behaved splendidly, and in
flicted the most severe punishment upon
the enemy which the latter has yet bus
lained, 400 men falling.
General Sir William Lockhart, the Brit
ish commander-in-chief, has decided to
send a column of troops to reopen the
Khyber Pass, marching up from Jamrud.
Then, from All Mushid, the column will
descend into the Paz tar Valley and pun
ish the tribesmen in that district.
GENERAL GARDINER DEAD.
Was Commandant of the Horse Ar-
tillery and Made a Good Record
in the British Army.
LONDON. Dec. 15.— General Sir Henry
Lynnedoch Gardiner is dead.
Sir Henry Lynnedoch Gardner, who
has been since the early part of last year
Commandant of tbe horse artillery, was
born in 1820 He entered the Royal Ar
tillery ii, 18,';?. serving at Pre-cott. Can
ada, in that year and in the Indian rebel
lion in the year following. He was raised
to the rank of major during the Indian
mutiny and held that of assistant adju
tant-general from 18G2 to 1807. In 1861 he
was on the royal Committee on defense of
Canada as a lieutenant-colonel.
hEP WORTH REACHES BIT LIS.
Perilous Sledge Journey Made by the
Newspaper Commissioner Into the
Wilds of Armenia.
Copyright. 189?, by .Tain ? Gordon Bennett.
IJITLIS, Dec. 15. — I have arrived safely
at R.tlis alter a severe eight days' sledge
journey in violent snowstorms and
through the wildest country ever before
visited by Europeans. It ha* been a
wondeifui experience. I have seen Turks,
Knrds, Armenians and Circassians, nobles
and i-ints, and' had interviews with
them eIL I have obtained much interest
ing matter. I remain here ttiree days and
then shall be homeward bound.
Gzoboe H. Hepworth.
P»r>„ii,„ Is the. Champion.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 15— The grand
central handicap was the closing event
of the Limited Gun club's live bird tour
nament, which has been on for four days.
J. S. Fanning of California shot through
the match without losing a bird, and was
i. dure; the winner. El Ful ford and
Charlie Budd li-d for second place. Pan
ning is on his lir t trip East.
Advancks made on tninuure ana pianos, with
or without removal J. Koonan, lUI7-10ua Jilssloa
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, IS97*.
TO-DAY JUDGE McKENNA
WILL BE NOMINATED
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.— A Washington special to the Herald says: The
nomination of Attorney-General McKenna to be Associate Justice of the United
States Supreme Court will be sent to the Senate to-morrow. Although opposition
due to A. P. A. influence may delay confirmation until after the holidays, there is no
doubt of favorable action by the Senate early in January.
VIGOROUS
OPPOSITION
TO PAXSON
Declared an Enemy of
All Organized
Labor.
PROTEST OF AMERI
CAN FEDERATION.
Declared to Be Unfit for the
Office of Interstate Com
missioner.
ACTS OF THE JUDGE ARE
REVIEWED.
Accused of Having Used His Offi
cial Position to Injure Inter
ests of Wage-Earners.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
NASHVILLE. Dec 15— The American
Federation of Labor met this morn
President Gomper- presiding. Tele
graphic invitations to hold the next meet
ing of the lederation in Kansas City, Mo.,
were receive 1 from officials of that city.
The roil wr.s called for expression of
laws regarding time of Labor day and
scale of wages for street laborers in differ
ent cities of the country. Rospon-es were
made by many delegates.
Several resolutions were adopted, among
tb« most important being one to send fra
ternal delegates to Canada.
Permission was granted the president
of tne Textiles' Union to address the con
vention. A communication was r»»ad
from the Atlanta union, stating that tney
are on a strike, and asKing that their ■<-
sition be heard by a representative. In
tne absence of the president of the Tex
tile Union, Mr. Delany of Atlanta was in
troduced, and asked the convention to
give the matter c ireful consideration.
A motion was carried that a committee
be appointed to taKe action on the textile
workers' strike and report. Several dele
gates spoKe on the subject of the strike
that is imminent throughout the country,
advising immediate and definite action.
The delegates 10 the federation and labor
men of the city will hoi I a mass meeting,
the purpose being to organize.
The afternoon session was marked by
many vi orous speeches, especially was
this the case in regard to the protest
offered against the appointment of J. a.
Paxson to be Interstate Commerce Com
missioner.
Edward Harford of the Railway Em
ployes' Union, fraternal delegate from
England, and Hon. J. H. Wilson, asso
c ate fraternal delegate, addressed the
federation.
M. Henri Gardiso, a representative of
the French Government, investigating
the steel industries in the United Stat.-,
was presented and spoke briefly, explain
ing the purpose of his visit.
The discussion of the appearanceof an
advertisement in the Federation ist ol
Siegel, Cooper <fc Co., was resumed, George
Warner leading in the fight again-t the
Carrying ol the advertisement, insisting
that it was better to have the paper re
fused admission to the mails than to
longer insert the advertisement.
Much discussion followed, in which
several members opposed the violation of
a contract, and at last the matter was re
ferred to the executive council.
Then came the stir of the afternoon
when a resolution was taken nip providing
for a protest on the part of the executive
council against the reported appointment
of J. H. Paxson to be Interstate Com
merce Commissioner. Tbe resolutions
charged that Pax«on "resigned the high
otbee of Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Pensylvania by telegraph for the
purpose of accepting an appointment as
receiver of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad, andlassi-ttng in wrecking that
company;" that he has alwayslshcwn an
intense hatred for organized labor and
has "on every occasion when opportunity
presented itself, used his official position
to injure the in crests of wage-earners, as
instanced by his action in descending from
the Supreme Court bench for the purpose
of acting it a committing magistrate in
the case of the Homestead strike, in order
to throw the weight of I. is judicial posi
tion in the balance against wage-earners.
The protest was referred to the commit
tee on resolutions. This action was fol
lowed by P. J. Magnus in a caustic
speech amid much applause, he moved
tbat the president of the federation be
instructed to telegraph the presidents ot
the organizations most violent against
the rumored appointment of Paxson.
This motion was enthusiastically sup
ported by many sneakers and w^s Carried
unanimously. The Paxson resolutions
will be reported to-morrow.
A public meeting, well attended, was
held to-night at which President Gompers
and many others made addresses.
CRITICAL SIT UA I ION IN HAYTI.
; Drastic Measures to Be Taken by the
Government to Prevent an
t utbreak.
Copyright, 1697, by James Gordon Bennett.
POUT AC PRINCE, De. 15. -The
population is becoming more excited in
stead of calmer, and the Government is
preparing to take drastic measures to
prevent an outbreak. Tne situation is
particularly critical in the interior, where
there is much discontent.
All shore leave for officers and men of
the United States cruiser Marblehead has
been temporarily stopped lor fear of fever.
Another G rinan warship, the Gier, is
expected lo arrive here on the until ins.
>!•>■ ■- has reached here of a revolt si
Jacime'. On Monday a determined at
tempt was made to seize the Government
offices. The insurgents were repelled,
seven being killed and fifteen wounded.
AMERICAN
CONSULATE
THREATENED
An Infernal Machine in
the Building at
Havana.
PROBABLY INTENDED
FOR LEE.
Second Attempt to Intimidate
the United States Repre
sentatives.
SO FAR THE BOMB-MAKERS
ARE NOT LOCATED.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ruiz Believed
to Have B-.cn F-ut to Death at
a Rebel C mp.
Copyright, 1397, by Jam's Gordon Bennett,
HAVANA, Dec. 15. An infernal ma
chine containing a genuine dynamite
bomb was discovered this mornn.g in the
building in which the United Staves Con
sulate is located. The bomb was placed
downstairs in a email archway between
two pillars, midway between the Herald
office and the office of Dr.Drunner, United
States Sanitary Inspector.
General Lie tome- to his office early on
Wednesday to prepare his mail, and
would have passed the bomb on his way
upstairs. Dr. Brtinner, the correspond
ents, an 1 other Americana in the build
ing also come ear. y on mall morning. It
was probably expected that General Lee
or other persons would be tempted
through curiosity to handle the machine,
which was prepared to explode Oi an at
tempt to open the box.
Tue porter first discovered the machine,
but was alraid to touch it. A crowd gath
ered and there was consi lerable excite
ment. The police were sent lor, but in
the meantime Dr. B runner arrived, picked
up the machine, carried it a safe distance,
and boldly proceeded to examine it.
It was a small wooden bjx with a draw
lid. The bomb was so arranged inside
that when the lid was drawn it would ig
nite specially prepared mutches attached
to a quick fuse. Only extreme caution on
tne part of Dr. Brunuer in opening it pre
vented Ignition.
The bomb was a short tube, cleverly
made an i filled, and clearly -hows that
the persons implicated in this and two
otuer bombs recently placed in the city
are gaining sKiil and experience and
growing more desperate at each failure.
This makes the second bomb placed in the
Consulate budding, but the first was a
clumsy, harmless affair. The occupants
of the building are much alarmed and
some have given notice of removal. The
police are making a strict investigation,
but are unable as yet to obtain the -light
est clue. An expert has examined the
bomb, and states that it would have done
great damage it it had exploded. He
also expressed great surprise that it did
not ignite in Dr. Brenner's bands.
I saw General Lee to-day and he says
if the bomb was intended to intimidate
him tie perpetrators only wasted time
and dynamite. Members of the Cuban
Junta here deny any knowledge of the
affair. The palace authorities say if the
perpetrators are caught they will be sum
marily dealt with.
Much anxiety is felt this morning for
the safety of Lieutenant-Colonel Joaquin
Ruiz, aid-de-camp to General Blanco,
who, it is feared, has met death as a
penalty for bearing a proposition for sur
render to a rebel camp. It seems that
Colonel Ruiz is a personal friend of
Colonel Ar.mgueren, who was employed
by h m before the war, when Colonel Ruiz
was an engineer in charge of the Vento
water work 3. Recently, under orders
from General Blanco, Colonel Ruiz opened
correspondence with Colonel Arangueren
with the object of arranging an interview,
Colonel Aranguereii wrote that he would
meet the colonel if the latter only desired
to talk of personal affairs, to which the
colonel replied that he wished to ta'k
atom political matters.
Colonel Atnngueren wrote that he would
absolutely refuse to receive htm on these
conditions, and called his at. en lion earn
estly to General Gomez's orders that all
persons entering the insurgents,' camp to
offer terms of surrender would be put to
death, He assured Colonel Ruiz that he
was prepared to carry out the order to the
letter, : nil while he esteemed him highly
as an old friend he would hang him ii he
neglected the warning. In suite of this
I Colon*! Kmz started alone on Sunday for
Colonel Aranguoren's camp, determined
to ink ail in the attempt. In leaving he
said it he had not returned by Tuesday
night he might bis given up as dead. So
far nothing huh been heard of him, and
there is little room for doubt that the in
surgent leader has put his threat mt exe
cution with Spartan resolution.
If this be true much regret will be felt
even in Cuban circles in Havana, where
Colonel Rti z was well known as a gallant
soldier and an accomplished gentleman
nut it i- pointed out that his death will
have good effect as showing the indomita
ble spirit animating the insurgent leader*.
I learn this morning that Major Fernan
dez, better known as Pitirre, the rebel
leader, 1-1 reported slain in combat with
troops on Sunday; that he was killed
while ill and helpless awaiting an oppor
tunity to surrender to Tones Garcia, re
cently antonraisi alcalde of Guinea and an
old friend. Pitirie, being dan eronslyill,
applied to him to arrange terms for bis
surrender, benor Garcia caused Piiirre to
be taken to the Cancio estate near Guinez,
wners he made him comfortable and ar
ranged to have a detail of Spanish troops
sent to bring him to the hospital in town.
Instead, the troops went to the estate and
butchered the ill man in his bed. Senor
Garcia is infuriated at the breach of faith,
and has declared his intention of coming
to Havana to lav the matter before G n
eral Blanco and demand th* punishment
of the officers responsible lor the murder.
Tiie capture of Guis appears now to be
a more important insurgent success than
was at first supposed. Advices received
!:y the Junta this morning staie that the
insurgents captured 270 Mausers, with
•J20.000 cartridges and 116 prisoners. \ .
General Calisto Garcia has sent word to
General Pando that he will only release
prisoners under a solemn pledge signed
by General Blanco that they will be sent
back to Spain. He complains that after
the capture of Los Tunas the prisoners re
leased on parole were sent back to the
ranks.
The harbor police, with a steam launch,
will try to overtake the steamer Olivette,
outward bound from this port. After she
sailed it was rumored that she has had
<>■' board the insurgent leader "El Ingle
sito" (A.f.-cdo God< vi
SOON SURRENDERED
TO THE GERMANS
Details of the Taking of Kiao-
Chau by the Invading
Teutons.
The Chinese General In Command
Meekly Bowed to a Superior
Force.
Special Dtspntch to The Call.
VANCOUVER, P.. C, Dec. 15.— Chinese
papers brought by the Empress of India
describe the taking of Kiao-Cbau by the
Germans.
On Sunday morning, November 14, three
German warships, the Kaiser, flagship,
with the admiral on board, the Princess
VVilhelm and the Ariona, entered the bay
and the admiral sent word to the genera!
commanding the garrison that he had
come to obtain satisfaction for the mur
der of the two German missionaries of
Bishop Ansers, a Roman Catholic mis
sionary, which took place on the Ist ult.
at Yengtu, in the southeast of the prov
ince, and mat he intended landing a
strong party of men and occupying the
forts. The Chinese general in command
sent back an evasive answer and tried to
refer the matter to Peking, saying he had
nothing to do with it.
The admiral sent a reply saying he
would land n.s men in three hours and
would use force to carry out his orders,
living the Chinese garrison that much
lime to evacuate the forts.
The Chinese soldier*- composed of the
usual C> ode warriors were scared out of
their wits when they saw the ''foreign
devils" snips make ominous preparations
for business by running out their guns
and lowering the yards, while the boat
were swung out in readiness for landing.
The Chinese general sent word to the
flagship that he "yiehied to superior
force," and meekly bowed his head to tbe
inevitable. He begged to place his life
and those of his wives and numerous
family under German protection, and was
ready to obey the honored commands of
the German admiral.
Then several hundred men, with six
1:1111-, were landed without the slightest
position and in admirable order nt three
points, each division marching straight to
the nearest fort, which they found ten
unties-.
The Chinese flags were promptly hauled
down and the German ensign ran up,
whereupon the three waiships tired a
salute.
Officer aicfoy JJiea at Marysrille.
MARYBVILLE, Dec. 15.— Hugh J.
McCoy, for many years a. po.ice officer of
this city, died at his home at noon to-day.
A wife and a brother who resides in
Washington survive. The late Sheriff
Hank McCoy was an uncle of deceased,
who was a native of Vermont and 50 ye.irs
of ace. Pneumonia and brain paralysis
led to bis death.
Lottie Lorain Sold.
DANVILLE, K.Y., Dec. 15.— The well
known pacing mare Lottie Lorain, 2:05 3-4,
was void to-day by Cecil Bros, to tarn
ltttiiill of New York for $2000.
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THE BIG WHITE BUILDING, CORNER KEARNY AND SUTTER
STEINS PASS
BANDITS ARE
IDENTIFIED.
All Cowboys and Well
Known in the Neigh
borhood.
THEIR PURSUIT AND
CAPTURE.
Interesting Account by One
of Marshal Griffith's
Posse.
TOO SURPRISED TO MAKE
RESISTANCE.
Will Not Discuss Their Crime-Now
In Tucson Prison, but Will Be
Taken to Albuquerque.
(special Dispatch to The Cam.
DENVER, Dec. 15.— A special to the
Rocky Mountain News from Albuquerque,
X. M., says: The names of the five train
robbers arrested on Monday by the posse
of Deputy United States Marshals, under
Special Wells-Fargo Officer J. N. Thacker
in Eastern Arizona, near the Mexican
Hue, are W. H. Warderman, T. S. K-p
--part, Henry Marshall, Walter Hoffman
and Leonard Alverson. After their cap
ture the men were taken to Tucson, Ariz.,
for safe keeping, but United States Mar
shal C. N. Foraker to-day went to Tucson
to demand their immediate return to New
Mexico, as the crime was committed in
this Territory.
TUCSON, Ariz.. Dec. 15.— The Steins
Pass trainrobbers were brought to Tuc-on
this morning by United States Marshal
Griffith's posse. The account of the pur
suit and capture as told by one of Mar
shal Griffith's posse is as follows:
"I was accompanied by Marshal ForaKer,
and our posse consisted of four men from
New Mexico and four men from Arizona.
We look the trail at Steins Pass 2nd fol
lowed it without a stop for about two days
and for a distance of about 75 miles. We
found them about 8 o'clock Monday morn
ing in a cabin on a ranch. The cabin was
way up in the mountains, in an almost in
accessible locality, about twenty or twenty
live miles from the Mexican line. The
robb .■-, who were taken completely by
surpr ' f. ■>, made no resistance, and from ail
appearances they did not intend to go any
lurther and had been living in the cabin
where they wi-re found before. They are
all cowboys and known by the authorities
of this Territory, having worked in differ
ent localities.
"At the track the trail of the robbers
was quietly found, and we started in pur
suit, dividing into two forces, one tatting
the trail and the other taking another di
rection. The posse which followed the
trail on the south side of the railroad
track soon came upon the spot where the
robbers had left theii horses. In their
haste they left two horses behind, one of
which was saddled and tethered and the
other was hobbled. The horses were
branded with the Erie Cattle Company's
brand. The saddle was a No. 1 do ib!e
cinch. In the saddle-bags was found a
good pair of fieldglasses, a razor and a
shaving-brush.
"We brought them to Tucson because
their arrest was made In Arizona, but
they will be taken to New Mexico for trial,
I do not know how soi n, but within a
short time. They are all grown men.
They had traveled without a stop until
they arrived at the cabin where they were
captured. But one of the five is wounded,
and this but a wound in the leg, which is
not at ail serious. They -aid nothing upon
being arrested concerning the robbery and
refuse to discuss it on the way to this
lace, and to the best of my knowledge
they have not made any statement of any
kind concerning their crime since their
arre*t. . .- ..-.;.
"They conversed once in a while with
the officers on the way li-re, but on mat
t'rs ioreicn to their arre-t. The place
where the robbery was a tempted is about
four or five miles from the iine between
Arizona and New Mexico."
Tiie robbers do not desire to be inter
viewed, and, for reasoi best known to
tne Marsnal; he will Dot allow it while in
his custody. It is rumored that t.'.e five
men capture: and the one killed had
planned several robberies, but it is not at
present know whether they composed all
of the gang or not.
The Marshal states that, to the best of
his knowledge, none of the prisoners are
men of family and all have Osen era
ployed in different parts of Arizona and
New Mexico for several years. It Is stated
from another source that "lie of the mem
bers of the gang now In ill is a prosper
ous cattle man and owner of 2000 or more
cattle in New Mexico. He is supposed to
be tne leader of the tang and is wounded.
The others have not been considered here
tofore as particularly na:d characters, al
though their standing has not been of the
best.
OF INTEREST TO THE COAST.
Perkins Introduces a Bill Authorizing
Construction of a Railroad and
Telegraph Line in Alaska.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.— Senator Per
kins introduced a bill authorizing the
Alaska Railway & Transportation Company
to construct a railroad and telegraph line
in the district of Alaska, and granting
said commny right of way through Gov
ernment land in said district. He also
introduced a bill providing for :> home for
aged and infirm colored people in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Senator Perkins presented resolutions
of the Chamber of Commerce ofj Los An
geles protesting ag insl the annexation of
Hawaii on the ground that it will be detri
menial to the sugar interests of California,
also a resolution from the same source
urging the establishment of a department
ol commerce and industry.
Isadora Jacobs of San Francisco was
among the visitors at the Capitol to-day.
He is on his way to Europe.
Congressman Livingston of Georgia 10
--day introduced a bill attthoriz tig the
Alaska-Can. .d i Company, a West Virginia
corporation, to construct a railway line
from Dye a, in the territory of Alaska, to
the Canada line by the way ol Lake Ben
nett; also a branch line from Cooks Inlet
to Circle City. The bill simply gives the
company the necessary right of way with
some land for dock purposes. Livingston
introduces the bill at the request of the
men interested in the company, most of
them St. L mis capitalists. It is proposed
to equip the road with an overhead sys
tem and the promoters believe tho project
in every way feasible.
J. M. Milbrick was to-day appointed
Postmaster it Vanden, Solano County,
Cal., vice A. Wailenschiai reigned.
The nostoffico at Box, Plumas County,
will be di continued during the winter
season. Mail should be sent to Buck.
Senator Perkins to-day introduced a pro
posed amendment to the copyright laws,
requiring the publishers of books to send
six copies of each book published by them
to the librarian of Congress, four of said
volumes to be deposited in d fferent parts
o. the country in free libraries, one to go
to San Francisco.
The American Sugar-growers' Society
of America has petitioned each member
of Congress protesting against the annex
ation of Hawaii The petition is signed
by the officers and members of the asso
ciation.
representative Castle to-day introduced
a bill providing for the erection of a pub
lic building at San Diego at a cost of
$150,000.
Representative Livingston of Georgia
has introduced a bill granting to the
Alaska-Canada Company the right for the
construction of a line lor the transporta
tion of persons and property from D yea
to the Canadian line via Lake Bennett,
and from C ok« Inlet to Circle City.
Pensions have been granted as follow:
California: Original — Richmond .Sating.
Stockton, $<>; Christian Windowmaker,
Soldiers' Home, Los Angeles, $<>. Resto
ration and reissue— Julius H. liii--e>
(dead), Lodi, $17. Rei<aue>i — James Quin
lon, San Francisco, $1:!. Original low,
etc. — Anna M. Vetierli, San Francisco,
$8. Reissue -Nellie S. llussev, Lodi. $12.
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