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of vagrancy and the fear that it brings OF
a term in prison that has at last caused
the Chinaman to give up his trade for
awhile.
was curious to see the results of Lee
Lungs handiwork, being told that his VIC
Tins were plentifully scattered within
easy reach of his opium joint, and yester-
day afternoon I set out to make the
acquaintance of ''fiend." Providence did
not crown my efforts with much success
till late in the evening, when the officer,
who had promised to perform the cere-
mony of introduction, came along with a
smiling face. 81 have got perfectly ele-
CANT iend for you, and he is one of Lee
Lungs oldest customers" said he.
1t seemed to me, however, when was
duly presented to the boy, who was stand
ing inside at the door, that he must be one
of the youngest customers. He could not
have been more than 10, and looked slim
and boyish even for that age. He had a
pale, intelligent face, and though his large
dark eyes we're furtive and restless and his
thin hands twitched occasionally, there
was nothing in his appearance that pro-
claimed aloud that he was an inveterate
victim of the opium habit.
For the first few blocks on our way
toward Stevenson street the boy talked
about the weather. Then the conversa-
ton gently veered round toward opium.
'How does Lee Lung get hold of people in
the beginning?" / asked.
''He ropes in young boys and girls" re-
piled the boy. "When he gets new one
to stand in he's happy. You see, he makes
more by beginners, for they do not know
the value of the opium, and they need
some one to cook it for them, so beginners
bring him in more money. He's let them
in by the hundreds since he started in that
business.
Chow does be do it? Well, he gets
young girls who smoke to bring other
young girls for just one Whit. When they
have had that it's all over with them, un-
less the opium makes them sick 1t seldom
does that, and when it does they are lucky,
oh so lucky, for they are stopped short at
the beginning of ruin.
Another way that Lee Lung has is to go
to the boys and girls rooms and offer
them opium. He is always willing to lend
them the paraphernalia, or do anything to
oblige them, till be gets them started; then
they are ruined for sure, for they drift
from opium to morphine and cocaine
''Do you take morphine2" ?" asked, won-
dering whether the boys rapid flow of lam
guage was one of the results of the drug.
'sMorphine. NoI' he answered eagerly,
cit is as different from opium as
night from day. Five years ago
was persuaded by the young girl
/ was keeping company with to take a
whiff of opium. had the habit after that
for three years. Then / went to sea and
gave it up entirely. Nothing could make
me smoke now. 1t was hell upon earth;
even the dreams were more horrible than
any one who has had them would picture"
Poor boy He said the words with so.
much apparent sincerity, and yet 1 knew
that. from opium, he had drifted into
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furnished US with the statute you have

furnished us with the statute you have
made reference to-
"The statute mentioned contained
clause making an appropriation of $4,000
to be used in bringing and defending suits
in which the State is interested.
at is easy to see how the Supreme Court
could decide against the State because of
non jurisdiction, for the State had already
given the water front to the city as far
back as 1852, and it is easy to see that only
by a special act of the Legislature could
she get it back. The whole question with
the Supreme Court seemed to be, How
could Hart bring his suit without some
other parties in interest?
''There was no tangible foothold for him.
How could the Attorney-General claim that
the State owned this land when she had
decided it away to the city?
Now, supposing this decision has been
rendered as was reported, still think Oak
land the gamer. In the first place the
Supreme Court has been made familiar
with every detail of the great waterfront
dispute, and that straw will not have to be
thrashed over again.
Second if they hold that the State has
no interest in the contest that makes the
a square one as between the cityand the
railroad company. 1t is no longer three
cornered battle.
Third, the present decision has not
dulled the edge of the great Chicago de-
cision, which still stands out in all its
1t did not enter into the con-
sideration of the Oakland case
Further, even if the decision is as
stated the railroad is not the gamer even
though the State loses. Remember the
States suit only covered seven pieces of
waterfront real estate, in all 800 acres,
and on all OF which are Improvements.
This is the strongest suit the railroad
could possibly make, but when it is con-
sidered that there are 5000 acres of water
front to be fought for, and that this area is
included in our suits, it viii be seen what
a little gain the railroad can make, even
should they win.
"All the city cases are now in good
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In HIS iron CLUTCH.
Lee Lung, the Opium King,
and His Victims.
In DENS OF DEGRADATION.
White Wrecks Whose Only SOlaee Is
the Fatal Drug.
YOUTHS And BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.
Marie Evelyn Penetrates Into Some Of
the Untold Horrors Of Hidden
City Life.
YOUTHS AND BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.

See Lung, the famous south-of-Marke
opium king, has been in hiding for the last
few days. The miserable little hovel at
2S2 Stevenson street, where for the last
nine years he has sold his horrible drug to
white people, is locked and bolted and Lee
Lung has betaken himself to Chinatown to
await the result OF the trial on the charge
of vagrancy which comes up to-day.
For the last year Sergeant Reynolds has
been fighting the willy old king, tooth and
nail. His officers have disguised them
selves as fends and bought opium, and
Lee Lung has paid the fines and gone on
his way rejoicing in an undiminished busi-
ness. They have kicked down his door and
raided his vile little den, but the king has
still defied them. 1t is only the new charge
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MRS. BABBrrrs HErR.
There Is Evidently Mistake About the
Reported Fortune.

There Is Evidently Mistake about the
Reported Fortune.
SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 21.-Among yesterday s
dispatches was one stating that John Bah
bitt, scenery painter in EllAhart, Ind,
was entitled to bequest of 100000 by
the death of his aunt, sister of B. T. Bah.
bitt,. the millionaire soap manufacturer of
New York who died many years ago leav-
ing several millions to his unmarried sis
ter, who had made young Babbitt her hefr
Before being notified of the bequest Bah
bit was in straitened circumstances, his
wearing apparel having been attached for
an unpaid board bill.
Cynthia McDuffee, sister Of Mrs. Babbitt,
the widow of the deceased soap manufact-
urer, is now in this city, having arrived
from New York to look after her brother,
Elisha McDuffee, a pioneer, who had re-
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BOTH In THE FIGHT.
Perkins and De Young Op-
pose Dark Horses.
EACH EXPECTS TO WIN OUT.
Greater Confidence Resting With the
Alameda Man.
DEMOCRATS GET TOGETHER TO TALK.
After Some Heated Discussion They Agree
to Meet Again for the Same
Purpose.
EACH EXPECTS TO WIN OUT.
DEMOCRATS GET TOGETHER TO TALK.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 21.-George G. Perkins
and NJ. H. de Young sat down to luncheon
at the same table in the dining-room of
the Golden Eagle Hotel to-day The
Senator, Governor Budd, John P. Irish
and several other well-known citizens oc-
cupied the same car on the morning train
from the city, and an animated discussion
of the Reilly funding bill and other topics
connected with the railroad occupied their
attention for a greater portion Of the
journey. Senator Perkins and Governor
Budd took decidedly anti-railroad stand,
and the argument waxed somewhat warm.
At the luncheon table in the Golden Eagle,
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Sketched by a " ouu" artist.

Senator Perkins leaned over toward De
Young and remarked that he trusted the
contest between them might be a friendly
one. Mr.. de Young echoed the sentiment.
81 have known De Young for a long
time," continued Senator Perkins, who
spoke in the third person, ike Caesar in his
commentaries on the Gallo War. "He has
done many things which entitle him to
the gratitude of the State. If he is elected
Senator he will be of great service to CAL
ifornia in Washington. He is an able man
and would creditably represent the West;
but l have known Perkins longer, and I am
for Perkins" F."
Mr.. de Young took up the courteous
strain in the third person, and after COM
plimenting Senator Perkins, said: 81, too,
have known De Young for longer time
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A SIDE ISSUE.
attorneys Who Think There viii Haze to
Be a Case to Finish.

attorneys Who Think There viii HGve tc
Be Case to a Finish.
Ex-Judge Harvey s. Brown of the South.
ern Pacific law department did not conceal
his surprise at the news from Washington
He had telegraphed for information upon
the subject, but had received no reply
from the railroad company's Washington
attorney. He was OF the opinion that there
was some mistake.
"We want to win on the merits of the
case, because if the property belongs to Us
or does not we want to know the fact
This decision would be on side issue, and
there would have to be another case"
A. R. Cotton, who has acted as counsel
with ex-Attorney-Genera w. II. n. Hart,
feels assured of his position on thequestion
of jurisdiction. Said he:
If the court has disposed of this case, or
intends to do so, upon a lurisdictional
proposition it must be on the courts own
motion; for no question of that kind was
raised previously"
Suppose the court should so decide,
what would be the result2'' was asked.
Mr.. Cotton answered:
IT the case should be dismissed for want
OF jurisdiction it could not be regarded as
verdict for the railway company, for the
reason that it would leave the merits of the
question still undetermined.
Then of course the case would have to
be tried over again. he continued, 'and
as there are other cases on the same sub
iect IN the State courts / believe the matter
would not be dropped by any means. In
any event the decision would not be vic
tory for the railroad .
mo doubt there is Federal question in
volved."
This was ex-Attorney-Ge General Hart's as
sertion when he was asked for his opinion
on the Oakland waterfront suit. He dif-
fers from his colleague and appeared to
have no doubt on that score.
s'They may say that the city of Oakland
and the Oakland Waterfront Company
should be made parties to the suit said
Mr.. Hart, referring to the Supreme Justices.
''and that because citizens Of California are
parties to the defense the case should be
dismissed.
THE most unfortunate part Of this whole
business is there ought 70 be a decision of
the case on its merits. Should the court
refuse so to decide there are cases in the
State courts on the same question which
viii have TO be tried TO finish"
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As HE EXPECTED.
Attorney DGvts Says the Decision Is Not a
Railroad FSctOry.

Attorney DGrfs Says the Decision Is Not a
Railroad FactOry.
Attorney w. R. Davis said last evening
that on his return from Washington he
had foreshadowed exactly what had hap
pened, as told exclusively in THE CALLS
Washington dispatches yesterday morn
ing.
From what was said in Washington
during the progress of the case" eontin-
ued Mr.. Davis, ''and from questions put to
Attorney-General Hart by the Supreme
Court Justices, who wanted to know by
what authority he brought the suit, it was
plain to me that there could be no other
outcome. 1t should be remembered that
this is not a suit between the city and the
railroad company at all, but between the
State and the Southern Pacific. When asked
by what authority or under what statute
he brought the suit the Attorney-General
stated that there was special act of the
Legislature under which himself and the
Governor deemed it their duty to bring
the suit; that it was a certain clause In
the appropriation act. He was asked by
the Supreme Court to furnish it, and he
said he would. / believe the exact lam
guage was: General Hart, you have not
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course I do not know Just when the de-
cision viii be announced and 1 would be
hardly at liberty to say anything about
the matter. There is great volume of
business before the court and our delibera-
tions and conclusions are necessarily
slow"
Justice Harlan said in reply to ques-
tions: 'No, the question of original
jurisdiction was not raised during the
presentation of the case, so the arguments
were allowed to proceed upon the merits of
the case"
The decision hinges upon the question
whether the court has original jurisdiction.
The lake-front case was decided upon the
merits of the questions at issue, but that
case was from State court, while the suit
brought by Attorney-General Hart was
an original action. a majority of the Su-
preme Court is Of the opinion that it has
not original jurisdiction, and cannot be
decided upon the merits of the Oakland
case. The decision may not be announced
for some time, on account of the volume of
other business to be transacted. Never
theless the case viii be dismissed as wired
THE CALL last night.
Senator Stewart, one of the railroad at
torneys, when seen to-day said; 81 had
expected the case would turn on this point
of jurisdiction and have no means of
knowing what a sentiment of the court
may be, much less its decision. However, :"
eaid he, ''it is possible, of course, that the
question of original jurisdiction viii decide
the matter"
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CARLISLE THE TIMID.
1t Might Be Disastrous to Offer Silrer to a
Man Who Wanted Gold.

1t Might Be Disastrous to Offer SjLUer to q
Man Who Wanted Gold.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-An important
meeting of the House Appropriation Com
mittee was held to-day in which Secretary
Carlisle took part at the request of Chair
man Savers. The conference was over the
adoption OF policy by which the Secre-
tary hopes to put into circulation an in
creased volume of silver certificates of
small denominations in place of treasury
notes. The committee decided to strike
from the sundry civil bill the stipulation
the item providing for printing treasury
notes to replace those then received at the
treasury.
Secretary Carlisle stated that it was his
desire to get more silver certificates of
small denominations into the hands of the
people, but explained that other notes oc-
cupied the field and crowded them out.
Several members of the committee led the
discussion from the main question into the
byways of finance. Once Representative
Sibley asked the Secretary what objection
there would be to a system of redeeming
notes in gold and silver at the option of
the Secretary of the Treasury instead of
the holder.
''If that policy had been inaugurated at
the beginning of resumption" answered
the Secretary, sit would have worked bene-
ficially and no trouble would have arisen
from it. But my predecessors have fol-
lowed the policy of redeeming in gold or
silver at the option of the holder of the
paper, and any Secretary who tried to
change this policy and force silver on a
man who wanted gold, or vice versa, es-
pecially at such critical period as we have
been passing through, would have pre-
cipitated disastrous results
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TO PROTECT AMERIcANs.
Consaslates W7U Be Established at Tari
ous ArnseniGn Cities.

Consmlates WsH Be Established at Vart-
ous ArmemiGn Cities.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Jan. 21.-It is stated on
good authority that Alexander w. Terrell,
the United States Minister, has submitted
to the Porte President Cleveland's sugges-
ton to establish consulates at Erzeroum,
Van, Bitlis and other points. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Terrell is to see the Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Said Pasha, on the SUBJ
ject shortly.
Mr.. Cobb. the British Postmaster here,
whose arrest by the Turkish officials was
announced in these dispatches yesterday,
was arrested for protesting against the
seizure of an Armenian postal destined for
Smyrna, and against brutal outrage COM
mitted on an Armenian postman employed
in the British service. Mr.. Cobb was also
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than have known Perkins. therefore 1 am
for De Young"
Then the conversation drifted to dark
horse, and both candidates expressed their
dislike for the equine of negroid color.
81 hope the fight viii be between US
two," said Senator Perkins. ''I am op-
posed to the third candidate, whoever he
may be. / propose to stay in the fight to
the finish, and I shall urge my supporters
not to cast their votes for a third man to
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been bombarded by three Japanese ships
and that the American missionaries had
left on the Yorktown: The second, under
date of January 21, states that it is re-
ported that Ten Chang Flu, fifty miles
north of Cheefoo, has been bombarded by
the Japanese, who subsequently effected a
landing on the Shan Tung promontory.
This places the Japanese in position be-
tween Peking on the west and the great
fortress of Wei Hal Wei on the east.
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insulted, and was only liberated on the in
reference of the British ambassador.
RATES TO TAKE 4 JUMP.
AL of the Western Roads Hare agreed to
the Ch0a0e

oeO OfSUHyos
CHICAGO, Jan. 21.-AI of the Western
roads have now recorded their votes on
the question of advancing the one-way and
round-trip rates to the Pacific Coast and
the vote is unmistakably for the raise,
which will take effect on February 15.
The matter was practically decided some
days ago, but there were few lines which
were slow in getting in their votes and the
matter was not considered as finally settled
until they had been heard from. Chairman
Caldwell was to-day instructed to notify
all the connections of the Western roads of
the proposed advance and the date on which
it wiz become effective.
The earnings OF the Atchison system for
the second week in January were 1914 ,435,
an increase of SIG, ,81s over the correspond
ing week of last year.
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ceived stroke of paralysis on hearing of
Mrs. Babbitt's death Christmas. She says
that the only nephew Babbitt had resides
at Whitesboro, New York, and he was for
many years in Babbitt's employ. Rabbits
sister died many years before he did. She
never heard of John Babbitt and thinks
possibly that he might be related to an
other Babbitt family.
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CANCELLED HIS Dates.
The Kitling of Riordam Causes Fitssim-
MONS Sonse LITTLE Trouble.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 21.-Bob Fitzsimmons,
who is playing here, has Cancelled all of his
dates for next week and will go back to
Syracuse, N. Y, to answer the indictment
for killing Con Riordan. He will file a
new bond to appear before the court and
will then resume the road Bob saws that
he anticipates no trouble from the indict-
ment, as his lawyers have assured him that
the Grand Jury returned the true bill to
satisfy popular clamor and that it will not
be pressed.
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ONLY ONE ISSUE.
OakIand'S Future Hangs
In the Balance.
TITLE TO THE TIDE LAND
Hinges Upon the Question Of
Original Jurisdiction.
JUSTICE HARLAN TALKS.
He Says the Case Was Argued on
Its Merits.
SEKiTOR STEWART EXPECTS TO WIN.
He Had Thought ALI the Time That the
Cause Would Turn on This
Particular Point.
JUSTICE HARLAN TALKS.
He Says the Case Was Argued on
It's Merits.
SENiTOR STEWART EXPECTS TO WIN.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-The decision in
the Oakland waterfront case was not
handed down to-day, but it may be
looked for soon. Mr.. Justice Harlan said
to the CALL correspondent tonight: "Of
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JAPANEsE ADYANoxSG.
They Are Noty Bettceels Pekiug and Wei
Hat Wei Fortress.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-secretary Ores
ham to-day received two cables from
United States Minister DENLY at Peking
confirming the reports of the landing OF
Japanese troops near Cheefoo. The first
dispatch states that Ten Chang Flu had
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-23
A COMMUTERS STANDING,
He Must Institute All Suits on
His Own Special Ticket
Contract.
@. n. Perry Loses His Action for
Damages Against the South
ern Pacific.

The suit of G. H. Perry, to collect $1,000
damages from the Southern Pacific Com
pany, has been decided by Judge Slack to
be without merit. Perry sued for the
damage done by the refusal of the railroad
to transport him to the City during the
strike OF year ago.
The plaintiff was ''commuter,n and
during nine days, when the strike was in
its most serious period, the trains of the
Southern Pacific Company failed to be run
on time and he lost business. He claims
that, on his ticket, he had contract with
the railroad by which they were compelled
to carry him on time, and when they
failed to do so, through no act of his and
not through any act of God, he alleges the
pany violated its contract, and is liable
Tor $500 for each breach.
Judge Slack decided that when riding on
a communication ticket Perry was riding on
a reduced rate, given in return for the
waving of certain privileges, and that,
therefore, while under a regular ticket he
might recover, still. under the communal
ton contract, he must enter suit on the
specific contract made, and not on the gen.
eral and implied one. And, even should
such a suit be brought the Judge holds it
could not be successful. The refusal of the
railroad to transport was not voluntary,
and, therefore, it is not liable.
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END OF THE LICK TRUST.
The Payment of the Fair Es-
tate Debt Concluded Its
Usefulness.
TWO OF THE MEMBERS DEAD
Academy Of Natural Sciences and
California Pioneer Society Get
100000 Each.

After nineteen years of useful labor spent
IN rearing monuments to the memory of
James Lick, Edwin B. Mastick, Charles II.
Plum and George Schonewald are ready to
go into court and asked to be discharged
from their long responsibility as Lick
trustees.
There were two other members of the
trust, Captain Richard S. Floyd and
William Sherman, but these laid aside
their responsibility long since in obedience
to the decree Of much higher court.
But all five OF the gentlemen named
have played their parts in rearing these
Lick monuments. And what monuments
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TENDER, 1875, he made a new deed, by
which he conveyed all of the property to
Richard 5. Floyd. F. d. Atherton, Bernard
ID. Murphy. John III. Flick and John Night
lngale. The terms of that trust deed have
ever since remained in full force, and IN
DER Its terms the trusts have been executed.
On the second day of September, 1876, the
present board, consisting of R. s. Floyd,
William Sherman. c. NJ. Plum, George
Sehonewald and E. B. Mastick, was APP
pointed by Mr.. Lick, and the members of
the second board resigned in their favor
Mr.. Lick died October L, 1876. His son,
residing in Pennsylvania. took steps to
contest the trust deed. and the result was
compromise by which young Mr.. Lick
was paid $500, 900. The board then started
in TO execute the trusts, beginning with
the greatest, the telescope. Thus for
twenty years the work has gone on.
Each trustee under the trust deed was paid
only $1,000 year for his services.
The last weighty business done by the
trust was TO collect s1S1 900 from the Fair
estate IN satisfaction of the mortgage held
LICK paid $64 for the lot on which the Lick
House now stands. James G. Fair bought
the entire premises for 81, 000, 600.
All that now remains for the mem berS of
the trust TO do is to make their final re-
port 10 the court and ask 10 be discharged.
In the report 1t will appear that the Acad-
envy OF Natural Sciences and the Pioneers
society viii receive about $500, 600 each,
and that these institutions have agreed to
assume a mortgage of s1OO. 600 on Santa
Catalina Island, and some smaller mort
cages.
The receipts Of the trust have been about
$5.0O.O00, from the sale of real estate,
stocks, bonds, and the collection of rents.
1t was ID September, 1875, year before