authorize the Common Council, Board of|Tnis-tees orother governing oody ofany incorporatedcity or town, other than cities of the first class,to refund its indebtedness, issue bonds there-for and provide for the payment of the same.

S. B. 521— T0 provide lor the issuing of bondsby the reclamation districts and tin-disposal

thereof for reclamation and ether purposes,and their payment by taxation upon the prop-erty shunted inkucli reclamation districts.

S. B. 739—1n relation to the pay and collec-tionof taxes by Salinas City.

B.B. 885—Fixing and regulating the mannerof sale and redemption of real property for de-linquent assessments, to pay the damages, costand expenses for or incident to laying out,opening, extending, widening, straightening,diverging, curbing, contracting or closing up,in whole or in part, any street, square, lane,alley, court or place within municipalitieswithinthis State.-

S. B.887—To create a court in and for thetown of Berkeley.

S. B. 627— Closing barber-shops*, hair-dress-ingestablishments and bathhouses after 12 m.on Sundays and legal holidays.

S. B.737—For the termination of the work ofthe ViticulturalCommission, $5000.

S. B.43—To purchase more ground for NapaInsane Asylum. $053.

?. B. ti!>9-Clerk for Superintendent of Pub-lic action, .$2400.

S. B. 104—Furniture for the Los AngelesNormal School, $5000.

-.B.327—Capitol elevator-boy, $300.S. B. 305— Creating the Bureau of Highways

and appropriating $21,000 for same.8. B. 519— Relating to cities of the sixth class.S. B. 570— Fixing"duties of the State Printer.S.B. (533—Establish in<? protection districts to

prevent the overflow of streams.B. B. 871— For the erection of a new building

on the Old city Hall site in San Francisco.5. B. 73')— Authorizing elevated aud under-

ground railways.S. B. 782—Relating to public schools.S. B.560— Regarding Levee District Xo. 2 in

Sutler County.

UTAH'S AJvJI COSBXITUTIOV.

Delegates Sot Agreed us to the Women'sSuffrage flunk,

SALTLAKE.Utah, March 27.—The re-port of the Legislative Committee was sub-mitted to the Constitutional Conventionto-day and referred to the committee ofthe whole. The educational article wastaken up and referred back to the commit-tee for simplification.

The Committee on Apportionment andBoundaries submitted a report which wasplaced on the calendar. A minority reportfrom the Committee on Elections was re-ported. The . minority report opposeswoman suffrage. The minority fears thatthis privilege in the hand? of women woulddestroy the present equality of parties andawaken the temptation on the part ofthosewho ruled before to resirrne sway by work-ingupon the generous impulses and re-ligious instincts of women, which wouldresult in political ifnot social and businessostracism of the minority. They favorleaving the question to the Legislature.A majority of the members unquestion-ably favor the equal suffrage article. Aftera very warm discussion the report by avote of 87 to12 went to the calendar to betaken up to-morrow.

-VO FREE TELEPHONES.

State Offirtala Muxt flerraftrr Pay forthe tt*? of the liigtrtimrnlM.

.SACRAMENTO, Gal., March Thatthe State Board of Examiners have deter-mined to render all assistance in theirpower to Governor Budd in making his ad-ministration an era of strict retrenchmentis evinced by the following resolutionadopted at their meeting held this eveningat the Capitol building. This resolutionwillprobably cause a mighty uproar fromallportions of the State, with the excep-tion of offices contained within the wallsof the Capitol building.|jUnder its provisions the executive him-self tfill be obliged to pay. out of hispersonal income, to forward any messageover the telephone wire, and itis a hardrap at the Bell Telephone Company, which jhas reaped a harvest from the charge onswitches forwarded by allclasses and con-ditions of people who were only willing touse a telephone upon which there was nofee. ; "' ;, "\u25a0-";;-

\u0084 .. '. , /.-.\u25a0..The resolution is as follows:Resoivea, That from and after April1,1895,

no claim willbe allowed by the Board of Ex-aminers for telephones in any State office,State institution, or any board or commissioninthis State, nor shall the contingent fund ofany institution in this State be used for anysuch purpose.

.so.wjjrj*Munnr.RVß'H coxvictiosThe Slay&r of Joshua, Hilling*1$ Found

iittiUy.SOXORA, Cm., March 27.— After a de-

liberation of fourteen hours the jury in theBilling*murder case brought ina verdictfinding Stephen Vivianguiltyof murder inthe first degree and fixinghis punishmentat life imprisonment.

On December 3, 1894, Vivian deliberatelyphot and killedJoshua Billings ina disputeover 50 cents, which Vivian claimed Bill-ings owed him for whisky.

s t:\.4 tor BAfox is sued.Major Hanson Holds Him. to Hi* Word

on an Indorsement.MATOX.Ga., March 27.— A sensational

6\iit was filed in the Supreme Court thisafternoon by Major .1. K. Hanson againstUnited States Senator O. A.Bacon t,o col-lect $14,000. The suit grows out of thesigning of the bond of J. S. McTighe in thefamous Georgia Southern litigation.

Hanson claims that Bacon used personalfriendship to induce him to sign the bond,and ,'tt the same time insured against risk,agreeing to personally be responsible toHanson. Hanson had to pay out $14,000,his portion of the bond, and Bacon re-fused to protect him. Bitter feeling hasexisted for the past three years, and thisis the climax.

SUSPENDS TEMPORARILY.Assignment of the Commercial Bank to

Its Cashier.CINCINNATI, Ohio', March 27.-The

Commercial' Bank to-day notified theClearing-house that it. could not. pay itsday's clearings. The Commercial is oneof the oldest banks in the city.... Later the bank assigned to W. H. Camp-bell, who was its cashier. Charles S.Foot* is president of the bank. CashierCampbell stated that the bank had buttemporarily suspended, and would be allright in a few days. There had been anunusually heavy run on the bank to-day,and it became absolutely necessary to sus-pend business. He said, further, that thebank held ample securities to pay out toalldepositors in time. . ••*;'J»'-U'.

ELECTIOXT LAW VIOLATORS.Arraignment of the Nineteen Jndieied at

Xew Yuri;.

NEW YORK,N. Y.,March 27.—The nine-teen men under indictment for violations ofthe election law were arraigned, pleadingbefore Justice Ingraham in the Court ofOver and Terminer to-day. In the casesof Thomas Gross and John M. Grasser,charged with keeping the polls opentwenty-two minutes after the time allowedby law inorder topermit a num ber of votersto cast their ballots, counsel was givenuntil next Wednesday to file a demurrer,the understanding being that a test willbe made of the cases. Pertell, King,Whitman. Andrew, Foley and Leeman,through their counsel, then asked to with-draw their plea of not guilty and de-murrer and were given until next Fridayto file briefs.

SAN MATEO'S ACTION,A Movement to Secure

the Building of aBoulevard.

DISCUSSION OF PLANS.

Proposal to Issue Bonds forthePurpose of Constructing

the Highway.

LEADING CITIZENS ORGANIZE.

A Vigorous and Systematic Cam-paign in Favor of the Proposed

Enterprise Begins.

SAN MATEO, Cat,., March 27.—Thegreat boulevard is coming. The mag-nificent project of uniting the Golden Gateand the Garden City by a broad, well-con-ctructed driveway, bordered with trees,

and passing for fiftymiles through one ofthe fairest, richest and most picturesqueand inviting regions of the earth, has be-come a definite enterprise.

San Mateo County has taken it beyondthe point of mere talk, and ifanybody

thinks that the boulevard is a nice butchimerical scheme, he ought to cunie intothis part of San Mateo County long enoughto hear a little of the talk in its favor andrealize the enthusiasm, force and promisethat lie behind one of the greatest publicimprovements ever planned in California.

The boulevard is an issue now. It hasbeen formally taken up by a wise methodby leading and influential citizens of dif-ferent parts of the county. The voterswill before a great while say at the pollswhether or not bonds for a large amountshall be issued, and the fate of the boule-vard depends on the result of the boule-vard campaign, now definitely begun withbright prospects of success. If the bond-ing proposition carries, thirty miles atleast of the great boulevard willbe built,and the connections with Golden GatePark and San Jose will surely follow bysome plan.

The people down this way are enterpris-ing and progressive and ever since theboulevard project came to the front, lessthan a month ago, it has been discussedwith increa«ing enthusiasm by all classes.Untilnow the scheme has lacked definiteand organized pushing.

Yesterday afternoon a dozen or morerepresentative citizens of Redwood City,Menlo Park and San Mateo met in thechambers of Judge George H. Buck, at thecourthouse in Redwood City,to discuss thepracticability of carrying out the plan. Itwas a somewhat spontaneous gathering ofprogressive men of high standing;. GeorgeC. Ross, the well-known attorney of Red-wood City and a member of the Fulton &Ross Lumber Company, was elected chair-man, and R. H. Jury, editor of the SanMateo Leader, was made secretary.

The project was discussed in an informalway from the standpoint of its feasibility,for the desirability of the boulevard andits tremendous benefits to the county wereconceded with unanimity. The meetingvery soon agreed that it was a perfectlyfeasible and practicable enterprise. Itwas agreed that the probabilities were verystrong that in view of the* popular senti-ment a proposition to issue the necessarybonds would gain the required two-thirdsvote in the county. The best means ofmaking the enterprise a practical successwere discussed, and it was,decided to setthe ball rolling. Regarding the scale ofcost, the project remained as indefinite atthe meeting as elsewhere, the suggestedamount of bonds ranging from $100,000 to$200,000.

As the best means of attaining practicalresults and doing effective work, itwas de-cided, on motion of Judge Buck, to com-mit the whole enterprise to a committee ofthirty representative citizens of the county,selected from the different townships inaccordance with their proportions ofpop-ulation.

The appointment of this committee andthe work preliminary to it was given to acommittee of five,consisting of George C.Ross and Judge Buck of Redwood City;Phil M.Roedel, cashier of the San Mat'eoBank; R. S. Thornton, an old and wealthyresident of Colma; and A. J. Marcus ofMenlo Park, late candidate of the TrafficAssociation for Railroad Commissioner.

This committee will select the membersof the general boulevard committee withgreat care, and the committee will prob-ably not be appointed for two or threeweeks. In the meantime, the committeeof five will feel the public pulse on thequestion of how large a bond issue can besecured, procure data about the cost andmethods of scientific roadmaking, get pre-liminary estimates from road engineers,and formulate one or more definite planßto lay before the permanent committee ofthirty when it is organized. The com-

mittee of five is going right to work, andwill accomplish something rapidly andeffectively.

' ';$?&.From now on the boulevard willbe the

great public Issue in San Mateo County.Among the progressive people every wherealong the route itis creating even more en-thusiasm than the new valley railroad.The idea appeals strongly by its beauty andmagnificence to the artistic sentiment ofthe community, and how highly developedand widespread are love of the beautifuland pride of community down the westside of the bay the pretty homes and theneatly tended bits of park about the depots

at San Mateo, MenloPark and other places

show. But the practical benefits of such aboulevard as contemplated are even moregenerally recognized and urged.

The most active friends of the enterprise|put their arguments on practical grounds.Itis urged that it is actually as cheap tobuild the boulevard as to keep on patching

jup the present poor county road. Such a'driveway, which would soon becomeworld-

! famed, would bring tourists through theregion ina constant stream, wouldbring toit an immensely greater number of peopleseeking suburban residence, wouldincrease

many times over the value of every fot>t of!property along it, multiply the taxableIwealth and generally stimulate greatly thejpopulation and business ofthe county.

A determined effort to build the boule-vard is to be made at least. Itis now aforegone conclusion that the bondingproposition will before long be placed be-fore the voters. Opposition from Siluriansis expected. Some is feared from the por-tions of the county on the other side of themountains toward the ocean, but three-fourth* of the county's population livesalong the bay, and it is proposed that thepart of the county over the range be given.

its proportion of the money raised for roadimprovement based on taxable values.Good roads are badly needed over there inthe hills toward Pescadero and Spanish-town.

The promoters of the great enterprisehope, by getting the right kind of a propo-sition before the voters and avoiding thecreation of sectional jealousies, to see thenecessary money raised.

The bond campaign will be lively andwell organized, and has the advantage ofhaving in its favor nearly all of the largeproperty-holders and influential citizens.The cyclists all along the bay region num-ber hundreds and their enthusiastic fa-vor is certain. The county press is unani-mous in giving the project vigorous back-ing.

Nat J. Brittan, one of the most promi-nent residents of Redwood City, is amongthe stanchest supporters of the great boule-vard proposition. He has expressed him-self unmistakably on the subject, and hassuggestions which undoubtedly will bearfruitin action.

Phil M.Roedel, cashier of the San MateoBank and one of the committee of five, hasbeen doing enthusiastic and vigorous workfor the boulevard. He said to-day:

We have no definite idea yet Of how muchmoney it would be practicable to try to raise.Myown opinton is that the taxpayers ot thecounty would make no mistake if they wouldput $250,000 into the boulevard. It"costs asmuch now to keep up the present bad countyroarl as it would to pay interest on that amountand provide for a sinking fund. The presentcounty road was badly built and last winter itwas almost impassable for miles north ofBurlingame. We want a road constructed bycompetent engineers according to the modernscientific methods of road building.Ifeel surethat the only practicable route i« the presentcounty road. A boulevard along the foothillsMould be a magnificent thing but it wonldcost enormously, more money for both rightofway and construction. Idon't think thepeople would be willingto lay out anotherroad there and bonds would not be voted forit. There would be much more opposition.

My ideals that the county rofcd should bewidened to 100 feet or more. Then build aperfect and lasting roadway, provide bridleand bicycle paths and set trees along the sides.Most of the land along the road is held bylargeproperty-owners, who Ithink would give theland needed, because the rest of their propertywould be bo greatly increased Invalue. Itistoo early to say much about the cost, becausethat has not been investigated deeply. Iftherock-crushing works were established at Fol-som the rock for macadamizing might be gothere by water and distributed quite cheaply.

There is no question that such a boulevardwould benefit every material interest in thecounty. Ilook at itas a thoroughly practicalbusinesß proposition. It would, in fact, savemoney to the taxpayers, while greatly increas-ing the value of property. It would do morethan anything else to attract residents, and theopportunities forbeautiful livingplaces inthisregion are unparalleled anywhere. The' climateis unequaled and the country is a natural park.Its beauties would become known. Touristswould visit us", and the boulevard and thecountry itruns through would become famous.Anywhere in the country you willfind& regionwith fine roads, settled by a desirable class ofpeople.Idon't anticipate very much opposition to

the bonding scheme, and of course that is theonly way itcan be done. We want to make itappear practical, have itin the hands of com-petent men in whom there ispublicconfidence,avoid local jealousies, mate it the result of aspontaneous outbreak of progressive publicsentiment. Ithink it will grow in favor andthat the universal benefits to the county willbe generally recognized.

That is the way the leading people ofthisregion are all talking, and the promise thattwo-thirds of the voters willdecide to givethe development and fame of their countythe greatest aid they could receive is grow-ing brighter every day.

Langley's Directory has 2594 more namesthan the opposition. Two maps.

NAT Q. BRITTAN, A BELIEVER IN THE BOULEVARD.[Sketched for the "Call" by Kahlcr.]

EVENTS AT SAN JOSE.A Chinaman Accuses a

Youth of the Crimeof Murder.

LEE LONG'S COMPLAINT.

Result of the Mischievous Ac-tion of Charles Hag-

gerdorn.

THE BARRON CASE UP AGAIN.

Motion for a New Trial Made by theAttorneys for the

Widow.

SAX JOSE, Cal., March 27.—Lee Long,a Chinese, appeared before Justice Gassthis morning and swore to a complaintcharging Charles Haggerdon, a 16-year-oldboy, with the murder of Lee Sun.

Young Haggerdon and several other boysstoned a Chinese laundryman who waspassing inhis wagon last Sunday and oneof the rocks struck the horse, causing it torun away. The wagon capsized and LeeSun was killed.

At the inquest held Monday the Coro-ner's jury rendered a verdict of accidentaldeath, and the testimony in no way con-nected the boy with the accident.

Young Haggerdorn was arraigned andhis examination was set for Friday. Anapplication forbail was denied and he wascommitted to jail.

The boy has been motherless since earlyinfancy, but has been well brought up byhis father, and bears an excellent reputa-tion. He declares he did not throw thestone at the Chinaman, but was skippingit along the sidewalk, when it reboundedand struck the wagon.

BAHItOS ESTATE CO\TEBT.

The Lawyers for the Widow Make a Mo-.- tion fur a yew Trial.

SAN JOSE, Cal., March 27.— There wasanother turn to-day in the contest overthe millions left by the late EdwardBarton, which will tend to delay the dis-tribution of the estate.

When the juryrendered a verdict severalweeks ago in favor of George Barron, ason of the dead millionaire, which virtu-allyset aside the will that had been madein favor of the widow, the attorneys for thewidow decided that they would move for anew trial. In Judge .Reynolds' court thismorning, N. Bowden appearing for theBoys' and Girls' Aid Society, and JudgeMcKinstry for the Barron heirs, the motionfor a new trial was made. Judge Rey-nolds then issued the followingorder:Itappearing that the executrix, Eva Rose

Barron, the minor children, Edward F., Mar-garet M.and Eva K. Barron, and the Hoys' andGirls' Aid Society in the contest have filed anotice of intention to move for a new trial itisordered that all proceedings on the verdict bestayed untilthe decision on the motion for anew trial is decided or until the further orderof the court. . -Cri,.:;*-^''1*..:..^:ij§ Mrs. Barron was incourt during the pro-ceedings., „.; V ••;?;,. /

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A WATCHMAN'S DAMAGE SVIT.

An Answer by Defendants ina PeculiarCase.

SAN JOSE, Cat-.,March Eugene andLouis Coopers filed an answer to the suitbrought by J. A. Monroe for $1000 damagesin the County Clerk's office this morning.

The suit grew out of trouble in the direc-torate of the San Jose Meat Company. Onefaction had the combination of the safe,and in order that the Woodward factioncould secure the accounts of the company,A. T. Spangenberg, a safe expert, wasbrought from San Francisco, and whilethe latter was in the act of opening thesafe he and Monroe, who was employed asa watchman, were arrested for burglary,but were subsequently discharged.

Monroe claimed $1000 damages, in thathis character had been damaged and hehad been deprived of his position as dep-uty sheriff. The Coopers deny that hewas damaged to the extent of $1000 or thathis character was inany way damaged.

A'etc Hays Set for Calendar*.SAN JOSE. C.v,, March 27.—The law

and motion calendar of Department 1after April5 willbe called at 10 a. m., in-stead of 2p. m., on Fridays. Criminal mat-ters have been transferred from Depart-ment 2 to Department 1. Insolvencymatters have teen transferred from De-partment 1 to Department 2, and suchcases will be called on Fridays at 2 p.m.

The ftnghes Cases Postponed.SAN JOSE, Cal., March 27.— Owing to

the severe illness of Judge Lorigan thetrial of the suits against the bondsmen of(jleorge C. Hughes, the absconding notary,who succeeded in obtaining about $15,000,was continued until April5.

Offmc Tjair* Violator Punished.SAN JOSE, Oat,., March 27.—Ygnacio

Pasada, who paraded the streets of Gilroywith two fine mallard ducks which he hadshot, was taken before Justice Willey andfined $20 for violation of the game law.

LOSSES AT MILWAUKEE.Figure* at to the Damage Canted by

the BigFire.MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 27.-Fol-

lowing are the latest estimates of thelosses by last night's fire: Plankingtonestate, on buildings/ $235,000; LandaureCo., wholesale dry goods, $400,000; Bene-dict &Co.. clothing, $10,000; Y. M. 0. A.building, $25,000; Roebel & Rein hart, art-store, $20,000: P. Hopkinson Smith, paint-Ings, $15,000; An Bon . Marche, $10,000;Columbia Clothing Company, $5000; Tan-ner &Co., furniture, $100,000; Barling &Wombold Company, clothing, $80,000;Schlitz Brewing Company, building, $8000;William Hallman, building, $9000; Mat-thews Bros.,$5000; James Morgan & Co.,dry goods, $2000;other losses, about $5000.Total, $950,000. .

The insurance will aggregate 80 per centof the loss. The Milwaukee public librarywas saved by a favorable shiftof the wind.No casualties occurred. The burned dis-trict takes both sides of Grand avenuefrom Third to Fourth street, except theMatthews block, on the south side, andthe buildings east of the alley on the northside. ,West of Fourth street, the cornerstore of the public librarybuilding is gone;on the north, the Foster block, and the Y.M. C. A. building on:the south. ;F. Hop-kinson Smith's pictures represent years ofhard work in Europe. It is not knownwhether he carried any insurance. V,

Death of MarahalV* Sister.

NEW YORK, N. V., March 27.—Mrs.P. C. Hoff, sister of Wilson Marshall, the

discover of gold in California, has died atLambertsville, N. Y.

MUST BE rJSItl' SWIFT.

Contract Soon to lie Atrarded for ThreeTorpedo- Hunt*.

BALTIMORE, Md., March 27.—The con-tract for ths construction of three steeltwin-screw sea-going torpedo-boats for theUnited States navy will probably beawarded in the next few days to the Co-lumbian Iron Works and Drydock Com-pany of Baltimore by Secretary Herbert.The Board of Chiefs has reported favora-bly on the Columbia Iron Works' bid.

President W. T. Maister in his proposalagreed to build all three of the boats for$292,000 and submitted designs for thework. The bid was nearly $120,000 lessthan the next lowest bidder. The vesselswill be designated as torpedo-boats Nos. 3,4 and 5, and willbe constructed under au-thority of an act of Congress, approvedJuly 20, 1594. The displacement of thevessels will be about 138 tons, and whencompleted and tested for speed under thesupervision of the Navy Department anaverage speed of not less than 24>^ knotsan hour must be maintained for two con-secutive hours.

FOUXJ* BADTjY MATTERED.Marshal Short of Savannah, Ala.,

KnocUcd Out by a Train.KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 27.

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young man, supposed by papers found inhis pocket to be Marshal C. Short ofSavannah, Ala., was brought to this cityto-day badly battered and suffering inter-nal injuries. He had been found lyingalong the Santa Fe tracks near Elmdale,Kans., having evidently fallen from thetrain. A ticket from San Francisco toSavannah and a letter indicating he wasgoing to Alabama to claim his share of the8. E. Wesley estate, to which it appears hewas heir, was also found among his effects.Inhis condition he could give no accountof himself, and Savannah relatives weretelegraphed for. Short's injuries are serious,bnt not fatal.

HIS CLAIM IN ABEYANCE.Santos May Have to Wait

for Damages FromEcuador.

By the Withdrawal of the

ZBritishMinister the WholeCase WillBe Reopened.

WASHINGTON,D. C, March 27.—Thereis some reason to apprehend that there maybe a failure of the arbitration of the cele-brated Santos claim against Ecuador as aresult of a change made by Great Britainin her representation of that country, or atleast itmay be found necessary to go overthe entire ground again and secure a modi-fication of the treaty negotiated with somuch pains by United States Minister Ma-honey, by which the case was adjudicated.

Santos is an American citizen, who wasimprisoned and despoiled of his propertyby the Ecuadorans in 1884 and 1883. Atone time this led to serious trouble be-tween the United States and Ecuador andit was necessary to send United States'warships to Guayaquil to secure Santos' re-lease. A claim for indemnity was pre-ferred by our Government which lan-guished many years and it was not until1894 that the final ratifications were ex-changed for a treat3*,but tne claim was tobe submitted to arbitration. By the termsof this treaty the British Minister at Quitowas to be requested to act as arbitrator, orin the event of his declination he was toname the arbitrator.

--There was no further provision for the

selection of the arbitrator, and this mayprove to have been an important omission,for news has reached here that the BritishGovernment has withdrawn its Ministerat Quito, leaving at that place only a Con-sul-General. Unless this official has beenclothed withdiplomatic powers, so that hemay fulfillthe treaty definition of a diplo-matic representative, it willbe impossibleto proceed under the treaty, and it willbenecessary to secure the consent of theEcuadoran Government to an amend-ment to remedy the fault. This must, inthe natural order, be submitted to our Sen-ate for approval, ratifications must beagain exchanged, and the claimant mustsubmit to further delay before he can ex-pect an award.

IXSUItES A BOX US.

Speed Displayed by the Ham Katahdin atthe Unofficial Trial.

WASHINGTON, D. C, March 27.-TheBath Iron Works, contractors for buildingthe ram Katahdin, put that vessel throughan unofficial trial yesterday. The results,as reported to the Navy Department to-day, were as follows. Average time notedin four runs over a measured mile, 3 min-utes and 22 seconds; steam pressure, 155;revolutions, 142; vacuum, 26 inches; horse-power, 3935, under natural draught. Thisdata corresponds to an average speed of17.82 knots per hour. Under the term? ofthe contract the vessel was required tomake at least 17 knots per hour, and a pre-mium of -$15,000 per quarter knot Will beallowed for excess speed. But a run overa measured mile is not a certain test ofwhat the boat can do on the two-hour trialtrip which she must undergo, out if shemaintains the same rate of speed she willearn her builders a bonus of $46,050. Hercontract price was $950,000, and she shouldhave been completed in August, 1892, butthe delay is accounted for by difficulties insecuring the peculiar curved armor re-quired for the ship. Itis expected thatthe official trial willsoon follow.

MAT USE THE FZTXn.

Money Credited to the Central Farificlielong* to the Government.

WASHINGTON, D. C, March 27.—TheAttorney-General sent inan opinion to theSecretary of the Treasury to-day to theeffect that the sinking fund credited to theCentral Pacific Railroad Company andnow in the treasury, amounting to nearly$0,000,000, may be used to reimburse theGovernment for $2,623,000 paid on January16 last in the redemption of its bondsloaned the company in 1865, and that thesinking fund may also bo applied to thepayment of the balance of the interest dueon these bonds, amounting to $3,398,122.Inthis sinking funds are bonds amountingto $5,561,000, which, when sold, would in-crease the available cash in the treasuryby that amount plus a considerable pre-mium, which willundoubtedly be realized.

FROM Sl'l' TO GAMBLER.

Death of a Mmi Who Played an lmpor-tatit J'art in the Civil War.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 27.—JamesKeelan, a noted Confederate spy, died pen-niless in the City Hospital here to-day.His life was a thrilling romance. Keelanwas the one spy relied upon for conveyingimportant information from the FederalCabinet to the different army commanders,and with his death he carried down manya state secret.

He was born at Casevville, 111., in 1843.His first exploit occurred in 1850, when hewas arrested for carrying mail betweenMissouri secessionists quartered at Meni-

phis, Term., and their relatives at home.For this he was tried by court-martial atSt. Louis and banished from the State.He continued to carry the mail, however,and was again arrested, court-martialedand sentenced to be shot.

By the aid of friends he escaped, went toRichmond and soon became the Confed-erates' most trusted spy. When Richmondwas threatened and it was necessary totake some decisive step he. with a com-panion, placed torpedoes under certain B.and O. trains transporting Federal troops.Many were killed, but he escaped. Sincethe war he degenerated into a professionalcard-player. He at one time had consid-erable tnone3', but died penniless.

Of IJSTEBEST TO THE COAST.

General Casey May He Succeeded byColonel Craighill.

WASHINGTON, D. C,March 27.—0n April1General Casey willretire as chief of army en-gineers, and gossips at the War Departmentsay that Colonel William P. Craisrhill, wellknown on the Pacific Coast, willsucceed him.

The handsome residence of Mrs. Hearst, onNew Hampshire avenue, was to-day throngedwith Washington's fashionable set, the occa-sion being an art display given by Mrs. Hearstfor the benefit of the Home for Incurables.Among the ladies assisting Mrs. Hearst arethese well known to Californians: Mrs. Trux-ton Beale, Miss Patton and Miss Teck. Mrs.Cleveland contributed a cluster of beautifulEaster lilies.

Among Pacific Coast arr'vals are: EdwardMcKeen, San Francisco, and Bertram Montgom-ery, Los Angeles.

Lucy A. Weakley has been commissionedpostmistress at Bates, Cal.

Pacific Coast pensions have been granted asfollows:

California: Additional— Henderson Hood,Downey, Los Angeles County; Andrew Badg-ley, Ventura. Increase— William Jolly, Na-tional Soldiers' Home, Los Atlgeles» MexicanWar survivor:Increase— Richard Emerson, SanFrancisco. Oregon: Reissue— Charles Dicker-son, Junction City, Lane County. Washington :Original

—Beach, Springdale, Stevens

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STEALING GOrERXMEyT LOGS.

l'roaeeutlon of a Wisconsin Trespassertolie Vigorously Pushed.

WASHINGTON*, D. C, March 27.—General Land Office has received a reportcharging trespassing on timber lands inWisconsin by Theodore D. Gay, and Sec-retary Smith has asked the Attorney-Gen-eral to push the prosecution as well as acivilsuit to recover the value of logs ille-gally taken. Gay was under contract todeliver the logs to Archibald McKennon,the owner, who, the commission says,knew the cutting was being done on Gov-ernment lands held for cancellation.

Funeral of l.ycurrju* lialton.WASHINGTON, I). C, March '27.—The

funeral of Lycnrgus Dalton, late post-master of the House of Representatives.

occurred here to-day. The l!ev.Dr. Ches-ter and Chaplain Milburn of the Senateconducted the services. The honorary pall-bearers were Senators Voorhees nnd <~sor-man, eX-Representatives Bynuin and Hol-man and Messrs. Bright, Kerr and Hunt.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS INBRIEF.The residence of Pluvnix ( liriMianson, a

carpenter, at Minot,S\ V.,was burned. Fivechildren, ranging from three to fifteen years,perished.

Postmaster-Cieneral Bissell will retire onApril4 and Wilson will formally take chargeof the oflice.

President Green hut of the Distilling andCattle-feeding Company is ba.ct inI't-oria, 111.He said the newspaper charges against himwere unworthy of notice. The latest charge,that the officers had appropriated to their ownuse $400,000 or so of the rebates fromrailroads,he pronounced on a par with other accusa-tions, not being backed by authority.

The State bank at Auburn, 111., was enteredTuesday night by unknown men who blewopen the vault and extracted $1200 currency.

Mrs. Julia Ireland, aged 87. mother of Arch-bishop Ireland, died at St. l'anl, Minn.

The Dowager Duchess of Buccleueh is dying.

The business portion of Oregon, 111., wasburned. Loss, $50,000.

Advices have reached Matamoras, Mex.. thatSostens Saldana and two other desperate pris-oners while being conducted to Lamuel to betried attempted to escape. They were shot andkilled by the military escort.

The Arabs at Sinai.Each night we called a council after

dinner and discussed many things withour people. Our hunters were sum-moned, and while Joseph interpretedtheir swarthy faces peered through thetent-door into the light, and when theconference was over they received a hand-ful of tobacco, coveted* even more thanfood. These men were as anxious for asuccessful hunt as we could desire, buttheir advice was not always sound.

They are like children and think that ifthey have observed a thing once itwillal-ways recur. In my opinion the sinisterreputation which, has to some extent, at-tached to these Arabs of Sinai since thetragic murder of Professor Palmer at thetime of the Arab rebellion, is undeservedThey were probably induced by secretmessages from Cairo to regard his missionto obtain camels as an act of war, and theytreated him and his companions as theyand their people have always treated theirenemies.Ifound them trustworthy. They drivea hard bargain, but, this ratified, the con-

ditions are kept faithfully. Their goatsare tended on the mountains by the un-married girls, a sure sign of gooU man-ners. My daughters soon found that theycould wander, unattended for many milesfrom camp, secure of an unaffectedly gra-cious reception from any casual* tent-dweller that they met. Could this be saidof any civilized country on the shores ofthe Mediterranean?— E."N. Buxton in the

Century.

The only European country which hasBuffered depopulation in the present cen-tury is Ireland.

2THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 28 ? 1895.

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