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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-03-13
1T is AN OLD CONTROVERSY.
Made a Cut in the Levee at
Buena Vista Lake.
PROPERTY OF MILLER & LUX.
A Fight Over the Irrigation Supply
Which Is Furnished by the
Kern River.

BAKERSFIELD, March 12.-About noon
yesterday it was reported to the autbori-
ties that party of armed men, numbering
somewhere between twenty-five and
thirty, were engaged In cutting a channel
through the levee of Buena Vista Lake,
which is now used as a reservoir to con-
troll the water which rrigates the lands OF
Miller 81 Lux and others.
Officers were at once dispatched to the
scene of the trouble. which is distant from
this place about twenty-five miles in a
westerly direction. They arrived in time
TO prevent any serious damage and they
arrested and returned with twelve men,
who are now in custody. Their names are
L. Harp, B. L. Mclaughlin. l. F. Nc
LaughliD. j. Winslow, E. Tomlin, l.. Tom
lin, j. G. Keith, E. M. Scott, Ii. LansoD.
c. A. Hamlin, William NJ. Carter and
Isaac Wear. Warrants have been issued
and the officers are now out after the rest
Of the parties implicated.
When interfered with by the officers the
trespassers had made a cut twenty feet
long and six feet wide, but it was not yet
deep enough to start flow of water. IL
they had succeeded an extensive area of
land would have been flooded and an i'm
mense amount of damage done. This res
ervoir covers fifty or more square miles.
and hough far from full the average
depth OF the water now is ten feet.
The parties implicated In this alleged
unlawful act are claimants and settlers on
lands in the vicinity. The complainants
are Miller g. Lux and the Kern County
Land Company, better known as Messrs.
Haggin, Tevis and Carr, who are the prin-
cipai stock elders In the corporation.
Some years ago there was a great law
salt, involving the monopoly of the water
of the Kern River. in which Miller g. Lux,
Cox 81 Clark, G. n. Cornwall. Horatio
Stebbins and others were plaintiffs, and
Haggln 81 Tevis. w. B. Carr and others
were defendants. After long litigation
the controversy was finally settled by the
parties TO the suit entering into contract
by which they agreed TO a division of the
water of Kern River among themselves.
and now evidently some Of the parties to
this contract are dissatisfied, because the
men arrested state that they were author.
lied to do what they attempted to do by
some OF the contracting parties.
1t Is feared that the present trouble may
lead to the reopening of the old litigation,
which lasted for years, and finally caused
The Governor TO call an extra session of
the Legislature for the purpose of enacting
irrigation legislation.
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DEED OF A MANIAC.
He Attacks His Parents, Seriously
Iniuring Both of Them.

LATRoBE, Pa. March 11.-Thomas Fin
negan. a demented man, attacked his
mother to-day and struck her with an iron
bar, fracturing her skull. He then kicked
her in the stomach and left her for dead.
Next he attacked his father. beating bin
into Inconsistencies. he afterward en-
tered the house of neighbor named Eaton,
but the family fed. and Finnegan pro-
ceeded to break up the furniture, and
scarcely a whole piece was left in the
house.
People hearing of the affair hurried to
the scene and attempted to arrest him, but
could not until John Smith. who was
pushed down by the maniac. pulled re-
vOlTer and fired. the ball passing through
Finnegan's face and cutting out several
teeth. Finnegan fell and was speedily
overpowered. Mrs. Finnegan will pro ba-
bly, die, but the old man will recover.
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caused by the slow delivery of armor. and
In that of the Texas by an accident that
befell 1er some time ago.
The details of officers for the new YES
vels are still under consideration. IL is
understood the officers of the ill-fated
kearsarge, except Lieutenant Brainard.
Will be ordered to the Raleigh. The COM
mand OF this vessel may be given to Cap
tain Henry Glass.
Preliminary orders have been Issued 10
Commander W. A. Morgan to command
the Alert. Captain 6. w. Summer Will
command the Columbia. The Marblehead
Will be commanded by Commander Charles
O'Neil. Who will receive the command oil
the Cincinnati is problematical. The de-
partnent is finding IL difficult TO secure
sufficient number of sailors. Crews nave
been obtained for six ships, but the PROB
ability is that while the others may go into
cOmmi ssion the Cincinnati will not nave
enough men 10 man her.
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DYNAMITE BOMBS SEIZED.
Carried in New York by a Man Who
Is Arrested.


NEW YORK. March 12.-Early this morn
ing the policeman on the beat in Harlem,
in the neighbor hood of the finest apart
ment houses there. saw two men talking in
low tones. One was carrying a bundle.
He bounced on them, capturing the one
with the bundle. the other getting away.
At the station it was discovered the bum
die contained three eighteen-nch pieces
of iron pipe, capped and primed, and sup
posed TO be charged with high explosives.
and nine. paper cartridges. each containing
enough dynamite to blow down an ordi-
nary house. The prisoner gave his name
as John Kelley. BE says little. The
bombs have not vet been submitted to ex-
pert examination.
Kelley says he was hired by man at
Grand-street ferry to carry the bundle to
the neighborhood in which be was arrested.
His companion was hired at the same time,
and he declares that the companion and
man who hiIed them were strangers to
him. Kelley will be arraigned in the
morning. Experts found the bombs were
fully charged, each cartridge holding
enough dynamite TO blow up an ordinary
house.
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FLOATING IN THE BAY.
A Body Found Opposite San Bruno
Mountain,

SAN MATEo. March 1.-THE body of a
man. supposed TO be that Of George Green
of Oakland, was found floating in the bay
opposite San Bruno Mountain by the crew
OF an oyster boat on Sunday afternoon.
The oyster men lowed the body to the
landing at Millbrae. and Coroner James
Grove held an inquest to-day.
The body was badly decomposed. so that
Identification was impossible. In the
pockets were found a buckskiD bag con-
tanning $50 in gold and some small silver
coins. A package of letters found in the
coat poeked were all addressed to George
Green. 4lS Eighth street, Oakland.
Other letters, signed by r. /. French,
Bakersfield. indicated that the deceased
was machinist in the employ Of the
Southern Pacific at Oakland. There was
nothing about the body to indicate that
any violence had been used, and the Coro-
ner is of the opinion that death was acct
dental.
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NOTED JURIsT GONE.
Death of Judge Sir James Fitziames
Stephen.

LONDON. March 12-Sir James Fitz.
james stephen, K.C.S.L, Del, an emin-
ent jurist and Judge of the Exchequer
Division of the High Court of Justice, is
dead.
Sir james was the eldest son OF the late
Right Honorable Sir James Stephen. He
was born at Kensington Gore, London, in
March. 1929. and educated at Trinity Col
lege, Cambridge, where he graduated B. A,
in 1852 and was called to the bar at the
Inner Temple in January 1854. He chose
the Midland Circuit, became Recorder of
Newark-on- Trent 1859 So, and acted as
counsel for the Rev. Rowland Williams
when that gentleman was tried by the
Court of Arches on a chargeEof heresy
preferred against him by the Bishop of
Salisbury. His speech was reprinted
in separate form in 1862. He was an I'M
successful candidate for the representa-
ton of Harwich in 1866. and for the Re-
cordership of London on the resignation
of Russell Quincy. In December, 1869, he
received the appointment of Legal Mem
Der OF the Council of the Governor-Generai
of India, in the place of Mr.. (now Sir
Henry Maine, and he held it till April,
1872, when he returned to his country
During the three years he spent in India be
labored hard TO consolidate, abbreviate and
simplify Indian law. In 1873 he unsuc-
cessfully contested Dundee. He was ap-
pointed by the Inns Of Court Professor of
Common Law in December, 1875, and a
member of the councils of legal edu-
cation and law reporting. In 1877 he was
nominated K. c. S. L, and in 1873 a
member of the Royal Commission ap-
pointed TO inquire into the provisions of q
Draft Code relating to Indictable Offenses.
Sir James has publisbed General View
of the Criminal Law Of England" 1868 !;
Essays by Barrister," reprinted from
the Saturday Review. 1862; Liberty,
Equality and Fraternity" 1873; "The
Digest of the Law of Evidence" and a
digest of the Criminal Law" 1877, which
formed the basis of an elaborate bill on
Indictable Offenses, which was brought
forward in the House of Commons by the
Attorney General (Sir John Holker) on the
part of the Government in 1873, and the
consideration OF which was postponed till
the following session. In January, 1879,
he was appointed to the Judgeship of the
High Court of Justice Exchequer Divi-
siOnl, vacant by the resignation of Baron
Cieasby. Since then be has pu blished
"a History of the Criminal Law of
England" three volumes. 1888, and other
works
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CALIFORNIA RIcE-GROWING.
Experiments to Be Conducted on
River Low Lands.

WASHINGTON. March l2.-Representa-
tive Caminetti has received communica-
ton from the Secretary OF Agriculture say
ing that the department had decided 10
conduct rice-growing experiments IN the
low lands along the Sacramento and San
Joaquin rivers. The experiments Will at
first be made at the delta of the Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin rivers, where the
sugar-cane experiments will also be made.
Professor E. J. Wickson of the University
of California. the department understands.
Is now planting sugar-cane. Only about
two acres will be sown this spring, just
enough to make seed for next year. About
fifteen years ago rice was planted in the
low lands along the river and was growing
finely when the sheep destroyed it, just as
1t was to flower. Mr.. Caminetti believes
that both sugaT-cane and rice can be prof.
tally grown on this otherwise useless land.
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WILL GO INTO COMMISSION.
Seven Vessels Ready for Service,
but Seamen Are Scarce,

WASHINGTON. March 12.-Unless the
plans of tho Navy Department are ma
terially changed seven vessels of the navy
will 90 into commission during April.
These are the Raleigh, Cincinnati. Co.
lumbla, Marblehead, Montgomery, At
lanta and Alert. ORDERS have been issued
to put the Marblehead. Columbia, Atlanta
and Alert in commission April 3 1t was
originally the intention OF the department
to have four more vessels commissioned
about the same time-the Terror, Maine,
Texas and Olympia. In the case of the
Terror. the Maine and Olympia delay is
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CANNOT INTERVENE.
But Oakland May Introduce Testi-
nony in the Suit.

WASHINGTON, March 12.-In the Su-
preme Court to-day Chief Justice Fuller
for the court denied the m otion of the city
of Oakland to intervene in the waterfront
case. but gives the city the right to intro
duce testimony and to participate in the
argument.
Congressman Hilborn and City Attor-
ney j. a. Johnson are well pleased with
the decision, as it gives the city the privi-
lege of participating in the case without
really being made rarity to 1t.
Attorney General Hart asked for instruc-
lions from the court which would at once
prepare thu way for taking testimony, so
That it could be returned by August l.
The court asked Hart to put his request
in writing.
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mr'1tf
NOTICE.

NOTICE TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
IN osklsnd Water Company il hereby given that
In pursuance or resolution of the Board OF
Directors OF the Oakland Water Company mani
mously adopted ar meeting of the said board,
duly held at the once OF the company, In the city
and county OF San Francisco. state Of California,
on the 2sth day OF January, 1884 (an the me bers
OF said board being presently, meeting of the
stockholders OF said oakland water Company will
be held ut the once of the company, No. 224 Cali
Tor MIA street. In the city and county OF San Fran
cisco. State of California (the same being the
principal place of business of said corporation
and being the building where the Board OF d.
rectors of said corporation usually meet on
THURSDAY the 9th day OF April, 1884 az the hour
OF o'clock p. NJ, for the purpose OF considering
and acting upon the proposition TO create bonded
Indebtedness Of said corporation TO the amoune
In the aggregate of eight hundred thousand
$500 ,0o0J dollars, gold coin OF the United states
of America, for the purpose OF paying any indebt-
edness OF the corporation now existing or which
may hereafter be created. and OF providing funds
to pay for the construction and laying of water
mains and pipelines and for the extension ana
development OF It's water-works system. and for
the pure sse and acquisit on OF such property
nav be within the objects and purposes OF this
corporation.
Dated the 2sth day OF January, 1894.
nv order OF she Board OF Directors.
ANDREW w. ROEE JR
ias0 I'd Secretary Of the Oakland Water Company.
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QUITE A LONG DAY.
The Utah Legislature Is Entitled to
the Record.

SALT LAKE. March 22.-The Legislature
fually adjourned this evening. The sixty
days session reached its legal limit last
Thursday, but by stopping the clocks both
houses prolonged the last day to 100 hours.
Governor West vetoed the Republican tax
bill and the Legislature adjourned without
rec0ncilng the difference.
The Governor also vetoed the bounties
proposed for the production OF sugar, silk.
tanning root, ETC., and he refused to ap-
prove the memorials against free wool
and free Lead.
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NOMINATIONS MADE.
MulIigan of Kentucky to Be Consul
General to Samoa.

WASHINGTON. March 12.-The following
nominations have been made: w. T..
Lyon, postmaster at Selma, CAL. and II.
j. Berry. Reno, New.
Edward A. Pueschel Of California, Re-
ceiver of Public Moneys at Visalia, Cal. /:
Samuel X. LETTER of California, Receiver
of Public Moneys at Stockton, Cal.
Registers of Land Offices-James W.
Smith Of California at Stockton, CAL, and
James Graham of Idaho at Cnur d'Alepe.
Idaho.
The President has appointed John IT.
Mulligan of Kentucky to be Consul Cen
eral of the United States at Apia, Samoa.
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SHOT WHILE HUNTING.
j. II. Miller Accidentally Killed Near
UkiaI1.

UKIAH, March 12.-J. ii. Miller was
killed this morning about nine miles north
of Ukiah by George Furgeson. 1t is
claimed The killing was accidental. but the
authorities have some doubts about it, and
are investigating the matter.
Furgeson. his brother and Miller were
out hunting. and all were shooting az a deer
at the same time. The deer was killed and
so was Mr.. Miller. All the parties were
strangers in this community, having re-
Gently come from San Francisco for
hunting trip.
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BOUNTY ON SUGAR.
Statement of Amounts Paid States
and Territories.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Secretary
OF the Treasury to-day sent to the Senate
a list OF licensed producers of sugar from
both sorghum and sugar cane in each State
and Territory to whom bounty has been
paid and the amount paid to each. The
statement shows that the payments for the
current year up to March have been as
follows: beet sugar. S610.935; sorghum
sugar, S16.926: cane sugar, S2.513. 597 ;
maple sugar, S115.597.
California leads In the production of
beet sugar. Nebraska and Utah are also
producers of this kind of sugar. Kansas
and Minnesota are iha only producers of
sorghum sugar, and the latter only
slightly. Louisiana receives the bulk of
the bounty paid on cane sugar.
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NOT AID VALOREM.
Raisins and Currents to Pay Specific
Duty.

FRESNO. March 1.-THE raisin men
are elated at the information that the state
ment conveyed by the press dispatches
OF Friday announcing that raisus ana
currants were placed on the dutiable
list at 30 per cent ad valorem by the SEN
ate committee is not true. Hon. A. b. But
Ter. who has just returned from Washing
ton, wires j. w. Ferguson. editor of the
Exposition. that raisins and currants will
pay aaspecific duty of 1ac per pound.
This will give general satisfaction to the
raisin-growers.
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PLENTY OF TELEPHONES.
Los Angeles Is Promised Competition
in the Service.

Los ANGELES. March 12.--At the after
noon session of the Council the directors
of the Los Angeles Telephone Company
presented petition asking for fran
chise to constructs and operate telephone
system. with permission to erect poles or
lay underground conduits, or both, on the
streets OF the city.
In consideration of above franchise
being granted they will furnish the city
schools and city officers telephones free of
charge. They will also ask the Council to
TX the rates for the use of telephones In
private residences. Offices and stores. The
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DENoUNcING THE ARRESTS.
Paris Socialists Protest Against Such
Action.

PARIS, March II. = The Municipal
Council held stormy meeting this after
noon. NJ. Fournier. a socialist member,
denounced the wholesale arrest Of anarch-
lists, and protested against continuance
of the exaggerated measures which, he
said, would merely lead TO a popular
panic, There was a violent exchange of
words between the socialist members and
the members Of the right. the latter being
accused of propagating anarchy with
secret motives.
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THE SUPERVISORS SAID NO.
They Refuse to Alter the Ciassifi-
cation of Tuiare County.

VIsALIA. March ia motion before
the Board Of Supervisors this morning to
reduce Tulare County from the eleventh to
the thirteenth class was defeated. John
Ellis and Twadda voted aye and the other
three Supervisors no.
The board then adjourned without
taking any action, but there is some talk
of mandamusing them at the April meat.
ing. The population of the county was
considerably decreased by the creation of
Kings County.
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TORE ROBBERS AT MILTON.
A Woodchopper Attacked and Bound
Hand and Foot.

MILTON, March 12.-Three masked men
entered the cabin OF wo0dchopper near
the Royal mine, ten miles east of here,
late last night. and made an unsuccessful
attempt to rob him. He would not give
up his money. and to scare him they
stabbed him number of times with a
knife. after which they tied him and went
away. He was found to-day in his cabin
bound hand and foot and quite weak from
their diabolical treatment.
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DEATH OF L. r. GLAZIER.
He Was Once a San Francisco
Newspaper Man.

SAN JOSE. March 12.-This morning L.
r. Glazier. pioneer resident of this val
ley. died at Alum Rock Park, of heart
failure. The deceased was a native OF
Ohio, 6S years of age, and had been occa-
sionally connected with the press of this
city. He was at one time one of the pro-
prietors of the Golden Gate, published in
San Francisco.
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OLD STORY OF FRICTION.
Arrest of Indiana Firebugs Who
SwindIed Insurance Companies.

CHICAGO. March 12.-Frank Brown and
John Wilmer, merchants of Goshen, Ind,
were arrested yesterday. charged with be-
ing members of a gang of frebugs. Max
Blank was arrested at Grand Rapids,
Mich, and to-day Martin Cohen was taken
into custody. 1t is asserted that within
two years these men have swindled fire in
suranee companies out of over $50. OOO
Their method was to rent store, put in a
cheap stock. insure it for three times it's
value and then have a fire.
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CRUSHED BY THE CARS.
A Brakeman UBcoupling Cars Which
Were i'm Motion.

PRESCOTT, Ariz, March ia. E..
COhn. brakeman on the Prescott and
Phoenix Railway. was killed to-day in at
tempting to uncouple cars while the train
was in motion. He had the coupiing-pin
in his hand and stumbled and fell, being
unable to save himself. One wheel passed
over the left leg and another over his head,
crushing it to Jelly. Death was instanta-
neOus.
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DEATH OF A BANKER.
Was One of Eureka's Prominent
Business Men.

EUREKA. March l2-News was received
here yesterday announcing the death of
Edward Eyerding, prominent business
man OF this city. Il is supposed that he
died while lourneying from the Needles
10 San Bernardino. where he had gone for
the benefit of his health. He was a di-
rector and cashier of the Humb Oldt County
Bank. The remains will be brought to
Eureka for burial, and will arrive here on
Thursday.
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Not the Right Men.

Los ANGELES, March 12.-Detectivs
Bee of the San Francisco Police Depart
ment, who arrived from the north on Sat-
urday. returned this afternoon. The de-
tective's business in Los Angeles was
looking after two men how confined in the
city Jail, but they proved not to be the
men wanted by the San Francisco
anfhnritiaa
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petition is signed by G. ID. Thompson. w.
j. Hamilton. w. r. Burke. Simon Maler.
A. Mentally. M. c. Marsh and ID. L. Bur
ley. the last named as secretary.
The petition was referred to the Board
OF Public Works. 1t means a lively COM
petition in the city telephone business.
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Bank, were to-day placed under arrest, by
Deputy United States Marshal Graves, on
warrants cnargngi Ethem with making
false entries and altering the books of the
bank
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EVANS SECOND TRIAL.
He Is Charged With Killing Express
Messenger TOyev,

JACKSON, March 1.-THE second trial
Of William Evans for the murder of Ex-
press Messenger Tovey commenced to-day.
Out of the regular venire of sixty Jurors
summoned eleven were accepted. A spe-
cial yenlre was then issued. returnable
tomorrow morning. Attorney Dunlap of
Stockton is assisting d. B. Spagnoli in the
defense
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Maurice LoventhaI Convicted.

VIsALIA, March 12-Maurice Loventhal,
the wrestler. was convicted in the justices
court to-day of robbing one Bellu, French
man. E. c. Merriam and William Harp are
under arrest for assisting in the same
offense.
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ARMOUR DENIES 1T.
Will Not Establish Manual Train
ing School Here.

PORTLAND, March 12.-Philip d. Ar
mour of Chicago to-day denied the report
published in San Francisco that he intends
to give 100000 10 establish manual
training school in San Francisco. He says
he has no intention whatever of founding
such school 10 that city.
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IF you want straight White Lead. Zinc and
Llnseed Oil on your house specify Mound City
Company's Strictly Pure Prepared Paints and
you Will get 1t. Branch depot 100 California
street, San Francisco, Cal.
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Bankers Are Arrested.

HUTCHINSON. Kans., March PA. j.
Tusk, Charles Menke and John Chapman,
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