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It is a sad commentary, on America
that Just at the time when here in
New York women . (and men) are at
tending demonstrations of how to
crowd a 300-pound woman into a
straight and narrow front corset, a
society . should be organizing in Eng
land known as 'the "Anti-Corset
League." This organization, we are
told, is composed of "about sixty ladies
and many more gentlemen, all in the
flush.jOf youth." The young women
have 'pledged themselves not to wear
corsets, and the men never— if they are
the last women on earth— to .marry
"corset. wrecks." But, after all, what a
fortunate thing it is that.it takes all
sorts Qf people to make up this merry
world.— New York Commercial-Adver
tiser. - ¦ >. -
The Anti-Corset League.
The great lives have all loved some
thing greater than life.
Yosemite Valley - Opens.
The Raymond-Wawona route 'to:Yosemite
ppsitively opens April 1. • Make', arrangements
now for sleeping-car accommodations, stage
seats, etc., at office of the Southern Pacific,
£13 Market street. •
Woman Who Claims an Estate and
Her Attorney Released From .' ¦¦
Seattle Jail.
SEATTLE, Wash., March 29. — By
long-distance telephone : .from San
Francisco to-day Judge Gilbert grant
ed a writ of habeas corpus for Marie
Carrau, who claims the- famous Sul
livan estate, and her attorney, ; W.
Robinson. The woman and, the attor
ney were imprisoned for contempt of
court in starting a suit in a State court
over an injunction in a Federal court.
HABEAS CORPUS- WRIT
. GRANTED BY TELEPHONE
AMENDMENTS. PROPOSED ,;
". TO BENEFIT THE STATE
Senators Perkins and Bard Make
Efforts to Sceurc a Number of
V Appropriations.
WASHINGTON, March 29.— Senator
Perkins has proposed amendments to
the sundry civil bill covering a num
ber of appropriations for which he
has bills pending, but .about the fate
of which he 'has" doubts. The amend
ments and the sums of money called
for follow :
Lighthouse at '» Cape Mendocino,
$55,000; station on; coast for experi
menting with fish culture, $25,000;
tog signal, Humboldt Bay, $15,000;
life-saving station, Halfmoon Bay;
immigrant station, $200,000; log sig
nal, Angel Island, $12,000; delivering
light built on the Atlantic, to
their stations on Pacific -Coast; life
saving station at Nome; construction
of a steam vessel," -first class, revenue
cutter service, $225,000 ;¦;. quarantine
station at ? San Diego, '• $200,000; •im
provement of grounds at the Presidio/
$50,000. . :V
Senator Bard has also offered an
amendment to the sundry civil appro
priations '( for the purchase. ; of : the Se
quoia Grove of Big Trees for $200,000.
Chinese Justice.
Letters reaching Paris from Hanoe
describe the Chinese border province of
Kwangsi as a perfect cauldron of re
bellion and throw a strong light on
Chinese justice. Marshal Su, the com
mander In chief of the province, had
been pronounced guilty of incapacity,
for which the penalty is the moat ter
rible even in the Chinese code — slow
death. This awful punishment is drawn
out during from three to eight days,
and begins with the removing of the
hails from fingers and toes, then the
loosening of the muscles from arms
and legs. Thence the torture proceeded
to the trunk and upward to the head,
eyelashes, eyelids and finally the eyes
being torn out. Su was placed in a
cell full of lugubrious reminders, but
procured better quarters by a bribe of
7000 taels, and finally secured pardon
by disgorging the official plunder of a
lifetime.— London Globe.
Desperado Kills a Faro Player and
TWO MEN ARE SHOT
TO DEATH IN NEVADA
Is Himself Slain by Deputy
Sheriff.
SAN BERNARDINO, March 29.—
Meager details have been received
here of a double tragedy at Search
light, Nevada, in which a desperado
named William Randolph shot and
killed a faro player in Perkins &
Shannon's saloon. The shooting at
tracted the attention of Deputy Sheriff
W. L. Colton, formerly of this -city,
and Colton, who rushed into the sa
loon, was met with two shots fired at
him by Randolph. Colton ' returned
the fire, fatally wounding Randolph,
who died a short time later. The af
fair took place Thursday evening.
as he had promised to do they thought
their measures for self-protection none
too drastic. Whether Bellstedt col
lected any more money for the sale of
goods that he had not paid for is not
known at this time.
The police to-day will investigate the
entire workings of the Bellstedt firm
and the dealings of Charles Bellstedt.
Laumeister alleges that he has ascer
tained that the Bellstedts have no
storehouses.
PROTECTION FOR INDIANS.
Congressman Curtis Speaks of Provi-
sions in the Statehood Measure.
WASHINGTON, March 29.— Several
features of the new Statehood bill
were discussed before the House Com
mittee" on Territories to-day by Repre
sentative Curtis of Kansas: Curtts
urged that the constitutions of the new
States be. required to contain ample
provision for the protection of the In
dians in their treaty rights with the
United States. Some features of the
bill which have. not heretofore been
made public are that the State to be
known as Oklahoma shall be entitled
to five Representatives in the House of
Representatives. The State of Arizona
is to have two Representatives. The
capital of Oklahdma is to be Guthrie
and that of Arizona Santa Fe.
The bill appropriates S100, 000 to
defray the expenses of the Constitu
tional Convention for Arizona and
$75,000 for the same purpose for Okla
homa.. Four sections in each, town
ship in Arizona are set apart as school
lands. ._
The full sub-committees of Terri
tories will met to consider the bill
Thursday. . •
New Governor for Guam.
WASHINGTON, March 29. — Com
mander George L. Dyer, commanding
the cruiser Albany of the Asiatic fleet,
has been assigned to duty as Naval
Governor of the island of Guam to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of William E. Sewell.
Faculty Honors Dr. McLean.
Dr. J. K. McLean, president of the
Congregational Theological Seminary
of Berkeley,' was the guest of the
members of the faculty of that insti
tution and a number of his friends at
a dinner at the Palace Hotel last
evening, given in celebration of his
seventieth birthday. During the even
ing Dr. McLean was presented with a
magnificent leather covered chair, a
token of esteem from those with
whom he has been associated In the
theological seminary across the bay
for many years.
Boers for the World's Fair.
WASHINGTON, March 29. — The
steamer Mound Castle, from Cape
Town, should arrive at Newport News,
Va., on April 5 with the South African
Boer war ! exhibit, en route to the
World's Fair at St. Louis. There are
about 450 Boer veterans in the party
who were with Cron je at Splon Kop.
General Viijoen, Vice President of the
Boer republic, is in immediate com
mand. General Cronje awaits the
party at' St. Louis.
ITALIAN FISHER3IEN SAVE
TWO BOYS FROM. DROWNING
Virjrinio and John Suacci Fall Into
Pool on Sansome Street With
Nearly Fatal Results.
While at play Monday morning in a
lot adjoining the quarries of Gray
Rros. at the foot of Sansome street,
two Italian boys, Virginio and John
Suacci, respectively 11 and 13 years
of age, fell into a pool of water about
ten feet deep and 100 feet wide.
The two boys had a narrow escape
from death, both being- nearly drown
ed when two Italian . fishermen, Car
melo' Saia and Car.melo * Intravnia,"
came to the fescue and throwing
themselves daringly into the water
succeeded in saving -^he youngsters,
already senseless.
Dr. de Lucis was promptly sum
moned' and in a short while pronounc
ed the two boys out of danger.
Residents of the neighborhood are
very indignant over the carelessness of
Gray Bros, in allowing such a danger
ous pool to remain without fences or
repairs within easy reach of children
who usually play in the lot. They
complain also that such a pool of
dirty and infected- water endangers
the health of the residents of the
neighborhood.
OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
Many Patents.
Federal Authorities Issue Orders
Concerning Postoffices and Grunt
WASHINGTON, March 29.— Changes
in fourth class postmasters— California
— Indian Gulch, Mariposa County, Nick
Solaria, vice Thomas J. Chichizola, re
signed.
The Postoffice Department accepts
the proposition of the Bank of Escon
dido for a lease of the premises for the
postofflce at Escondido.
Ralph S. Sargent of Berkeley is ap
pointed engineer to aid in the Geologi
cal Survey Service. \
Patents issued: California— Jesse
Alexander, assignor one-half to A.
Letts, Los Angeles, typewriter . line
spacing mechanism; Enoch W. Barker,
Oakland, educational device; Edgar J.
Bryan, assignor one-half to A. W. Mil
ler, Riverside, hand truck; Edgar
H. Cheevar, Oceanside, adjustable har
row; Frank w. Cherry and H. F.
Radke, San Francisco, electric time
switch; James L. Davidson, Los An
geles, pocket sewing awl; Herman
Faschian, assignor one-half to P. Rop
pen, San Francisco, folding and cabinet
bed; Charles W. Foust, Los Angeles,
clapboard marking gauge; George R.
Hannay and J. C. Rodehaver, San
Francisco, string cutter; William G.
Horton, assignor to B. KIrkwood, San
Francisco, fire escape; August Johnson,
San Francisco, oil burner; Timothy
Mahoney, San Francisco, electric rail
way system; Noble S. McKinsey and
A. R. Nelson, Susanville, telephone
selective .system; Thomas O'Shaugh
nessey, San Jose, two latch and wrench
attachment; Earl H. Richardson and
F. J. Kimball, Los Angeles, fruit clean
er and grader; Max L. Schleuter, Oak
land, power transmitting apparatus;
Leslie W. Simpson, Betteravla, wire
twister and splicer; Joseph Smith, San
Francisco, treating ores; Henry Sy
monds, assignor to A. N. Kistler, Los
Angeles, acetylene gas burner.
MANILA REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS ACTIVE
National Delegates From the Orient
Will Urge Legislation for the
Philippines.
MANILA. March 29. — The Repub
licans and Democrats here are organ
izing to elect delegates to the national
conventions. They will urge the adop
tion of legislation favorable to the
Philippine Islands.
WASHINGTON. March 29. — No pro
vision has been made by either the
Republican or Democratic conventiona
to seat delegates from the -Philippine
Islands. In the calls for the conven
tions issued by Chairman Hanna and
Chairman Jones neither the Philip
pines nor Porto Rico is included
among the States and Territories en
titled to 1 representation. However,
should delegates from these islands,
present themselves to the conventions,
it is within the province of the com
mittee -on credentials to seat them.
WASHINGTON, March 29. — After
two days' consideration of the post
office" appropriation bill the Senate
committee reported it to-night 'and it
will be tai£en up in the Senate to
morrow. / On account of its incom
plete the exact amount of in
crease made cannot be given, though
it is said the bill will carry over
$1,000,000 more than the bill passed
by the House. The House bill pro
vides for the rental of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad site in New York City
for postomce purposes, but the Senate
committee decided that it would be
better business policy to buy the
site. Therefore an appropriation of
$2,000,000 is made for that purpose.
Among the important amendments
to the bill are the following:
The salaries of rural free delivery
carriers are fixed at $720 a year, and
the carriers are permitted to carry
merchandise for hire and receive sub
scriptions for and deliver newspapers
and periodicals so long as this occupa
tion does not interfere with the proper
discharge of their duties. It is stipu
lated, however, that the carriers shall
not discriminate against any news
paper.
The committee adopted an amend
ment for the purchase or rental of
canceling machines.
Provision for the ' payment of the
Oceanic Steamship Company at a rate
of $1 per mile for carrying of mail
between San Francisco and Tahiti was
restored to the bill. This provision
has been in the Senate provisions for a
number of years, but was eliminated
by the House at this session on the
ground that it was in .the nature of a
subsidy.
The Senate committee has restricted
the payment to $45,000 annually.
Charles Bellstedt of the firm of Bell-
Btedt Bros.* Company, doing a hay and
grain commission business at 320 Davis
street, was arrested last night for the
Blleped embezzlement of $12,000 from
several of the largest grain firms of the
city. Tip accused man willbe charged
tvith felony, embezzlement this morn-
Ing. . '
The complaining witnesses are C. S.
Laumtister and W. T. Sesnon of the
American -Milling 'Company,, at Bat
tery and Cnkm streets, who represent
five large wholesale hay and grain
iirms. • •¦: ' . ' . •- •
; Laumeisier and Seshon made their
"complain r& last night to Captain of De
tectives Martin. He advised' the issu
ance pt ii warra'nt charging felony em
bezzlements Bond' an.d Warrant Clerk
Kennedy refused to issue the warrant
and rpf erred the complainants to a
Police' or, Superior Jud^re. Laumeister
6nd Sem.on say they will go before
¦"cne. of ¦ the magistrates this • morning
and get'. <»'ut the warrant.
'. BeilSte'dt- is alleged to have secured
}12/»00 worth" of hay and grain on seven
day?' credjt and disposed of it with
out paying' those from whom he bought.
Of this $5000 worth was purchased from
'the • American Milling Company. $2100
worth from A. pcrberding & "Co., who
ihaVe {ifiiees in the- Mutual Life build
£n£. and $110ft t worth from the firm of
Trobook & Bergen of ".07 Sansnme street
and the rest from Anspaejier Bros, .of
214 Pine street and Scott & Magner of
fJD Sixth .street. *
keix£ thi: produce:
The Hellstedt brothers allege that
they are a corpfiratiog, but Laumeis
t^r s;ij'£ <"harlf-s Bellstedt, the arrested
man, Is the whole 'firm. On Monday
of last week Charles went to the other
firms named and secured the goods
niontion^d. He promised payment on
Slarrh 2S. . When he ditj not show up,
laumeister and Pesnon became suspi
cious find began an investigation. They
claim to have ascertained that Bell-
Ftcdt sold fhe most of. the goods to the
Ilakah-iu Plantation Company, and the
Honolulu "Plantation Company, which
have ojlices in the Spreckels building.
On the day on whirh he agreed to pay
the different firms it is alleged Bell
stedt drew $3600 from tb.e Nevada Bank
as part payment for the hay and grain
he ' BoSd to the plantation companies.
He did not, as he .promised to do, go
to the lirms he owed "and attempt to
srttlo. Inquiry at his office elicited the
statement from his brother that he had
grone ta Kapa and would not return for
two or three days. All efforts to as
certain his whereabouts were unavail
ing. Laumeister and Sesnon were told
by. Purchasing Agent Brommer of the
Honolulu Plantation Company that he
had heard that Belistedt had left town.
CHARLES BELLSTEDT JAILED.
They immediately reported the mat
ter to Captain Martin. Detective Cody
was detailed to find Bellstedt and ar
rested him at his home. 23G0 Twenty
first street. Bellstedt's name was
placed 'on the detinue book pending the
Issuance of the warrant this morning
In an interview last night Charles
Bt'Hsteclt said: "I .went out of town
last Sunday in order to raise enough
money to pay my creditors, as I had
fallen down on collectionday to the ex
tent of 5G0&0. I went to Napa and suc
ceeded .in Retting the money, after
which I returned to this city, arriving
hore -only this afternoon! I fail to see
where 1 h£ve committed any crime, as
I ifcd not take the morjey away with
me. Irf fact, my brother Theodore col
lected the money here, not L"
When asked why he did not pay out
the amount collected before he went to
Napa, he said he wanted to hold it un
til he could get enough to pay all his
creditors. "I have enough money now
to pay 75 cents on the 'dollar to all my
creditors," he paid, "and if they treat
me right I will do it to-morrow, other
wise Jet the laA- take its course."
Theodore Bellstedt said last night
that the firm of Bellstedt Brothers
Company owes Charles $2000 in back
salary, and that Charles is Indebted to
men that backed the firm financially to
the extent-of $20,000. He .further claims
that one of the backer* had the place
of business attached yesterday. The
brothers claim that the firm is a cor
poration, bu% refuse to divulge the
names of any of the stockholders be
sides themselves.
It will be seen by Charles Bellstedt's
statement that he claims to have left
this city on Sunday, the day before col
lection day, to get the money needed,
yet he says that on collection day, Mon
day, he found they could -not collect
enough money to pay off the debts.
Laumeister said the creditors had
been warned that Bellstedt was not
all right after they had sold him the
goods and when he drew the money
Monday for the sale of some of the
goods and did not make the payments
CHICAGO, March 29.— "Waste no j
time or strength over trivial differences
concerning modes and methods. Enlist':
under the single banner of civic purity,
righteousness and obedience to law. !
Enlist not, for one campaign only, but 1
for the war." This was the remedy {
for the purification of vice offered by j
Justice David J. .Brewer of the United ;
States Supreme Court in an address
here to-night under the' auspices of the
Municipal Lecture Association. Jus
tice Brewer's theme was "Obedience to
Law the First Civic Duty," and his \
discourse was listened to with marked \
interest by an audience that filled the
Auditorium Theater. . '
Justice Brewer spoke as follows:
It .Is a truism that all should obey the law.
It is a part < of the Anglo-Saxon's political
creed, j Especially is this true wherever the
law is cot made for the citizen, but where the
citizen makes the law. If a number of men
unite in a partnership on equal terms, un
doubtedly the majority should control and the
minority submit to their Judgment or quit the
partnership. Ours is a' government of the peo
ple, by the people and for the people.
The underlying principle of republican In
stitutions is equality. Each man is entitled to
one vote and no more. One man'o vote is as
good and no better than another's. Never,
however, look upon it as property, something 1
for barter and sale. It should be to every true
American like the water of life, without
money and without price. This rule of equal
ity Is the basic principle of our political life,
however short we may come of realizing it.
The declaration of independence is still a living
and glowing truth and not a mere chromo of
dead thought or glittering generalities.
MAJORITY SHOULD RULE.
According to this, the majority determine
and make the law and the minority must obey
or go elsewhere. In our thought there is no
place for resistance to law or for revolution to
overthrow the decisions of the ballot. We do
not live in Panama, and we have no canals to
sell. This duty or" obedience to the law being
conceded, Jt being confessedly the principle
upon which republican government Is founded,
why etop to consider it in relation to munici
pal government? No one will seriously con
tend that there is an obligation to obey the
law of the State or nation, and none to obey
the ordinances of a city, 'iherefore. why dis
cuss that which all admit to be true?
Although confessedly true, there are, never
theless, some thoughts concerning it worthy of
special consideration, some things "which make
it fittlnc that the duty of obedience tn law in
a city should be pressed upon our attention.
The ordinances o* a city are its special laws.
Undoubtedly the laws of a State are enforced
within the limits of the municipality. Th«
criminal law of UM State is as potent within
as without the city limits. To kill a man In
side the city Is just a? much murder as to kill
him in the country. And speaking generally,
the laws of the State ai:d the nation operate
as fully within as without the limits of a
city. But in addition to tho»a laws are the
ordinances of the city enacted diy the city
authorities and operative only within the city.
There are thus more laws requiring obedience.
Further, the ordinances are laws of a special
character, and by reason thereof Justify, spe
cial attention.
CRIME IN CITIES.
And the first' thing which I wish- to suggest
is that there is more violation of law In a
city than elsewhere. There Is more crime in
a city than in the oountry.
There are many reasons for this. One ia
the city is the abiding place of - the criminal.
The opportunities , of escape and the means of
concealment are greater. Now, vice and
crime are business, and they go where prop
erty is and the multitudes are. There also
they find their friends and sympathizers. In
such localities and amid sucH surroundings
their business flourishes.
Another cause is the heterogeneousness of a
city's population. No one of our large cities
is filled with people of a single race. The
world has been' pouring' multitudes on our
shores from every race and clime and they
gravitate toward our large cities. Even in
staid old Boston there are more Irishmen than
Americans. Chicago is pre-eminent in this
respect. Not only is your foreign population
enormous, but it Is made up not from a single
race, but from many. To many of them gov
ernment is an enemy and law means tyranny.
Many find pleasures and practices they have
been accustomed ¦ to at home (and . which hav
ing been accustomed to they feel are among
their, inalienable rights) taken away altogether
or restricted by municipal laws and police
regulations. Is it strange that ' they fret at
such laws and regulations and disregard them
when possible?
I have thus epoken of some of the causes
of the greater violation In the. city than in the
country. Let me now turn your attention to
some of the results of such violation. And in
order to fully appreciate this we must con
sider why it Is that there are so many minute
police regulations In a city, so many th!r^»
forbidden by such regulations which the State
does. not deem necessary to forbid, when done
in the country.
' WHAT LIBERTY MEANS.
Contrast one living on his farm in the coun
try, half a mile from any neighbor, with one
living in the midst of a densely populated
city. - How many more things the former can
do without injury or annoyance to others.
And . the true idea of liberty is not doing
whatever one's judgment or wishes suggest,,
but the right of doli% those things, which j do
not Interfere with the welibelng and
of others. The rights of others .are the bound
aries of every man's liberty. 'The farmer's
wife may throw the \slops fronv.herjkitchen
on the ground; the farmer may jmt his. pig
pen in front 'of his .parlor.; \he may burn .soft
coal and let the black" smoke nourout of his
chimney; he may store gunpowder or nltro
glycerin or gasoline In his barn; he may drive
his horse ¦ or run an automobile as fa»t as
he pleases within the limits of his own farm;
he may let his hogs roam at will, within his
own enclosure if he is content to have buss
and bacteria about him; if he is willing to
risk' the chances of his life or limb, the law
permits it. But* place the same man in a
city v and he. must be restrained in these re
spects because otherwise he offends or en
dangers others. As you stand beneath the
awful shadow of the Iroquols disaster think
for a moment how much it would have meant
to ' this city if all . reasonable precautions
against fire had been prescribed by ordinance
and enforced by municipal officials. Vain ia it
to trust each individual to impose on himself
the needed restraints. ¦ Many are ignorant of
their, necessity; many < Indifferent to them.
Only : . the strong arm of municipal law can
secure protection to all against the ignorance
or Indifference of the individual.
CAPITAL A MODEL CITY.
Again, the strict enforcement of municipal
regulations - means much, not merely for the
physical safety and comfort, but also for the
moral health of the community. The thought
of stability In office of those -charged with the
duty of preserving the publ'c peace must be
Incorporated Into municipal life. There has
got to be impressed upon all dwellers In a city
a ' full consciousness of the i fact that there is
a power to punish, a power that endures and a
power that will never let up. * Believe me, there
is more In this consciousness of the stability
of power than has yet been recognized as an
element for preserving the peace, tn that sta
bility lies the secret of Washington's muni
cipal success, and that Pf-nse of stability will
be' secured in all our at ties only when a per
manent tenure of office and civil service re
form are established.' ' ¦ ¦ - '
, Undoubtedly that government Is th« best
which Interferes with -the free action of the
citizens no further than the protection of the
rights of other : citizens compels; For a city
council or- other governing body to pile up- a
multitude of needless restrictions, is always of
fensive, and when those* restrictions are petty
in character they are exceedingly .irritating.
Waste no time or strength~over trivial dif
ferences concerning modes and methods. , Kn
ljst under the single banner oj • civic purity,
righteousness and obedience to law. Enlist uot
for one campaign only, but for the war. . Just
so : soon ¦. as that ' fact - Is known and all come
to understand ¦- that your single and resolute
purpose is the maintenance of peace, obedience
to law;! that; that purpos* is : something not
taken up to-day to bq laid down to-morrow, but
the fixed abiding , purpose of., your , lives, you
may be- sure * that -/disorderly " elements will
yield. to that Durposa and you will not merely
lift your chosen city. to a high position In busi
ness" end wealth.' in education, science, art and
religion." but will also make It one where peace
and order prevail. , where vice hides Its head,
where Justice rules and the, universal voice of
the law bears no resisting reply..
, WASHINGTON, March 29.— The bill
authorizing the erection of an addition
al executive department • building In
Washington. to-day was again the.sub
ject of spirited debate in the Senate,
and after several hours debate it re
mains unacted upon. Senators divided
largely on the question of location, but
there also was talk as to the necessity
of better office accommodations for the
Senate and the Supreme Court.
Fairbanks said that the Government
is now paying an aggregate rental in
the District of Columbia of 5316I249. '-
Spooner contended that attention first
should be given to providing proper ac
commodations for Senators. The Sen
ate annex, or Maltby building, which is
occupied by Senators as an office build-,
ing, he termed a disgrace "to the
country."
Allison said that the proposed addi
£ion would make sixty-six rooms, and
in the past there had been unanimous
assurance that the House would sur
render some of the rooms in the south
end of the building, so as to give a
sufficient number of rooms for all Sen
ators. Replying to Newlands, he de
clined to express an opinion as to
whether there would be sufficient ac
commodations for Senators from the
new States. ' ,
"I think," he said, "that we might
take care of Senators from one or two
more States, but I should not want to
enter upon the question as to whether
we are to have two or four States, .or
as to .whether the outlying possessions
are to be admitted • to Statehood."
Teller thought the proposed depart
ment building would be none too large
for the Department of Commerce and
Labor alone,' saying that under the
law creating the department its scope
is limited t»nly by the appropriations
given it. In view of the probable de
mands of the future he suggested the
wisdom of a building commission to
have charge of the entire matter.
Teller declared the pension building
should be torn down because of its
character. He thought the Government
should buy all the property south of
Pennsylvania avenue west of the
Capitol and locate all future public
buildings on that ground.
After further debate the Senate re
jected the amendment of Gallinger fix
ing the . fees of architects at 2V& per
cent, and at 5:30 o'clock adjourned.
For the want of speakers, general de
bate on the sundry civil .appropriation
bill in the House to-day was closed sev
eral hours before the time agreed on
and the bill, was .read for amendment.
Seventy- five pages were disposed , of,
the only important amendment- adopted
'being one providing for 'an Initial ap
propriation of '$500,000 for the comple
tion of the Capitol building according
to the original design. .
Campbell of Kansas and Williams of
Mississippi were the principal speakers
to-day, the former defending-the pro
tective tariff policy of the Republican
party and the latter denouncing the
Republicans for failing to investigate
the Postofflce Department.
Williams said that the scandals In
that department will be an important
issue in the coming campaign. He ar
raigned President Roosevelt and At
torney General Knox regarding the
trusts.
NEW YORK, March 29.— The mem
bers of the Panama Canal Commission
sailed to-day for Colon on the steam
ship Allianca, They will inspect the
entire route of the canal and will look
over some' of the documents of the
Canal Company, preparatory to the de
livery of the property to the United
States Government. They probably will
remain at the isthmus about two
months. '
The commission consists of Rear Ad
miral John C. Walker, Major General
George W. Davis of the District of Co
lumbia, William Barclay Parsons and
William H. Burr, New York; Benjamin
M. Harrow, Louisiana; C. Ewald
Grunsky, California, and Colonel Frank
J. Hecker, Detroit.
The commissioners were accompanied
by Colonel William C. Georgas, assisf
ant surgeon general of the army; Dr.
Lewis La Garde of the medical depart
ment of the army, and Dr. John W.
Ross, medical director of the navy.
Roger Farnham, representing William
Nelson Cromwell, counsel for the Pan
ama Canal Company, also sailed on the
same vessel, i ¦"-/.>', • . .
The medical men who go with the
commission will make an inspection of
the canal route with particular respect
to the sanitary conditions and will plan
arrangements for the sanitation of the
canal zone.
"Our present plan," said Rear Ad
miral Walker, "is to go over the entire
route of the canal, , making an investi
gation of the work done, the improve
ments that are necessary and the ar
rangements that will have to be made
for proper sanitation of the district."
Special Correspondence of The' Call,
HONOLULU, March 23.— Governor-
Carter has called a special session of
the Legislature to deal with the finan
cial difficulties that confront the Terri
tory. He feels that a reduction of ex
penses amounting to almost $2,000,000
should not be left absolutely in his.
hands, but' that the representatives of
the people should take their share of
the responsibility. Before arriving at
this conclusion he consulted the busi
ness men.' bankerg, lawyers' and legis
lators. As a rule the commercial in
terests of Hawaii are opposed to a spe
cial session, fearing from previous ex
perience that the time would be wasted
and that" the Hawaiian legislators
would accomplish more harm than
good.
Governor Carter, however, has de
cided to take the native legislators into
his confidence, irrespective of party.
He has told them that the opportunity
now exists to show the United States
that they are capable of self-govern
ment and of handling difficult propo
sitions, with care and ability. He has
pointed out that the people on the
mainland will judge them by their
acts and that the future of this Terri
tory, as regards statehood, may un
doubtedly be largely influenced by
their present procedure. This was the
substance of what he plainly told them
at a legislative gathering on Monday
last.
The special session will meet on Tues
day, April 5, and it is not anticipated
with any great degree of pleasure by
the heads of departments, except the
Treasurer, who sees a possible way out
of his troubles. Both Republicans and
Home Rulers who attended the con
ftrence promised to stand by the Gov
ernor.
Wisconsin Member Charac
terizes the Annex* as a
"Disgrace to the Country"
Provision 3Iade for the Pay
ment of One Dollar Per
3Iile for Steamer Service
Buys Goods on Credit and
Fails to Pay the Bills When
He Disposes of Them
Board Will Make Thorough
Examination of Conditions
Along Proposed Waterway
Citizens of the Territory Ad
monished They Must Show
Self - Governing Capacity
Distinguished Speaker Talks
on High Ideals in Govern
ment to Chicago Audience
EQUALITY AS A BASE
CRITICIZED BY SPOONER
SURGEONS IN THE PARTY
SUM INVOLVED $12,000
MAIL -BATES TO TAHITI
BANKS GRANT NO LOANS
Senate Committee Reports
the Appropriation Measure
* for, the Postal Department
Members of Panama Com
mission Leave on Steam
ship. Allianca for Colon
diaries Bcllstedt. Hay and
Grain Commission Man. Is
Accused of Embezzlement
Civic Purity and Obedience
to Law Are First Requisite,
Says, Chief Justice Brewer
Carter of Hawaii Calls a
Gathering of. Lawmakers
to Solve Financial Puzzles
Bill .Authorizing Additional
Building- Excites a Lively
Debate in the Upper House
FEED DEALER
IS ARRESTED
DEBTS WORRY
THE GOVERNOR
BILL CARRIES
MILLION MORE
JURIST'S VIEWS
ON CITIZENSHIP
WILL INSPECT
CANAL ROUTE
SENATORS WANT
NEW QUARTERS
THE SAN FRANCISCO GALL, .WEDNESDAY, .MARCH 30, 1904.
your criticism of another is your
verdict, on yourself. :. . ;
Headaches : From Colds.
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE remove*, tha
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and look lor signature of E. .W. Grave. 23d •
PARIS, March. 29.— A Belgian, ac
cused/ of stealing the historical pearl
necklace belonging to Princess Alica
de Bourbon, , daughter of Don Carlos,,
pretender to the Spanish throne, has,
been arrested. The necklace, which
had been pawned, is in the hands of
the authorities. . . : .
Belgian Accused of the Theft.
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A Rheumatic My st9jy v
Here are some marvels of medicine!
A dose of Aconite will climax at three
o'clock in the morning.
Aloes will operate at live o'clpcX A. M.
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No matter what time, in the preceding
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How do you account for this?
How account for a Rheumatic per-
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Uric Acid is due to a lack of Alkaline
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