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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
Chief Justice Fuller Reads an
Opinion by the Highest
Tribunal of the Land.
MEANING OF THE DECISION.
Railroad, Comp panies Declared to Be
State and Not Federal
Corporations.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 16-The
Supreme Court to-day, in an opinion read
by Chief Justice Fuller, affirmed the deci-
sion of the Supreme Court of California to
the effect that the franchises, the capital
stock. etc., OF the Central Pacific and
Southern Pacific Railway companies are
taxable under the laws of that State.
The opinion declared that the railroad
companies are State and not Federal cor
porations, although having received fran
chises from the Federal Government. In
this respect they stand upon the same
ground as the Union Pacific Company, a
corporation of Kansas.
Justice Field dissented from the iudg.
ment of the court. Harlan also announced
his dissent from the judgment of the ecourt.
The majority opinion was read by Chief
Justice Fuller, who quoted the constitu-
tion of California concerning revenue. The
complaint contained nineteen counts, he
said, on nineteen alleged causes of action,
each claiming that the defendant was not
ali times therein mentioned as California
corporation. The California Equalization
Board for the year ending June 30, 1886,
assessed the State and county taxes at
$0.608 on each $100.
This amounted to $109, ,440, and none OF
it was paid. The State Com ptroller added
$5472 interest This State tax became de-
linquent in December, 1887. There were
eight counts for county taxes, and among
the defenses made by the defendant was
one that they were by act of Congress
made one of the instrumentalities of the
EaIo 1.E mr.
subject to State taxation.
A record was read showing that the
State Board of Equalization had in March
1887, assessed the railway at $4,000, 600
1t was admitted that the apportionment
was made as the Political Code required i,
to be made and that mileage for each
county was correctly stated. It ap-
peared from the testimony of the
Board of Equalization that the Attorney
General recon mended to the board that
the franchises of the Central and Southern
Pacific railways be assessed and that the
valuation be stated separately in the rec.
ord of assessm ents; that the board assess
the moles, bridges and culverts of each
road separately. and the board ordered
that the franchise of the Central Pacific
Railroad derived from California be as.
sessed at 81, $50, 900, the franchise of the
Southern Pacific at $1,000,000. the moles
tracks and bridges at $1,000, 600 and the
wharyes at 100000.
Justice Fuller said: "The real question is
whether the companies franchises are one
and ipseparable, constituting an indivisi-
BILE unit which cannot be subjected to tax.
alton by the State of California, because
that would be necessarily to subject a Fed
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
SEEKING THE FILIBUSTERS.
Spanish Far Vessels In Search of Three
Expeditions.

Expeditions.
NEW YORK, n. Y, March 16. A
Journal special from Key West, Fla, says:
Before the steamships Bermuda, Three
Friends and Commodore, each supposed
to be carrying a filibustering expedition
to Cuba, reach the island they will have to
run the gauntlet of number of Spanish
warships now cruising off the coast of
Florida Three days ago the Spanish war
vessels appeared off the South Beach of
the island of Key West. For days the ves
sells hovered around, ten or twelve miles
out, apparently watching for filibusters.
Saturday afternoon the Spanish Vice
Consul went out 10 one of the vessels in a
steam launch, and it is supposed gave the
commander some information relative to
the movements of the expected steamers.
Immediately the Consul left the ves-
sells they sailed toward the north. 1t is
supposed they are now off the east coast
of Florida, watching for the Bermuda,
Three Friends and Commodore.
There is supposed to be large num-
Der of men on one of the Florida KEYS
who expect to be picked up by one OF the
three steamers. The key is in the United
States waters however, and it is not be-
Eeved that the Spanish would dare inter
fere with the men camped there.
1t is currently reported here that the
United States authorities will not be as
strict about seizing suspected vessels
hereafter as they have been. The mere
carrying of arms to Cuba, it is said, will
not. be- again interfered with, nor will
revenue cutters seize any vessel on the
high seas. So far as known the United
States officials here have received no
orders to watch out for the suspe ,ted
cruisers. It is generally supposed that
Uncle Sam has decided to make the
Spaniards do their own patrolling.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
RAISING Il ENT.

Sympathizers Are Actfrety at Fork In
Brooklyn.
NEW YORK, N. Y, March 16.-A regi-
ment of Cubans and American sympa-
thizers is being raised in Brooklyn. AL
ready, it is said, over $50 men have been
enrolledr They will be officered by skilled
experienced soldiers. Weapons have been
furnished by the Cuban Junta. The men
are being secretly drilled.
Similar movements are on foot in Chi
cago and New Orleans.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
NOT AN OFFICIAL VISIT.
Captain Burke, q. S. A., May Be Re
called From Cuba.

called From Cuba.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 16.-It is
authoritatively stated that Captain John
G. Burke, U. S. A, who is now in Cuba,
does not represent this Government in any
way. The officer is on leave and his visit
to Cuba is said to be the result of an error
in granting him permission to go beyond
the seas. Whether or not the War Depart
ment will direct Captain Burke to return
to the United States has not been deter
mined, but it is probable that he will be al
lowed to rem ain in Havana with the under
standing that he will not visit other places
in the perturbed island.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
FelI Three Pointa.

LONDON, Eng, March 16.-Northern
Pacific preferred shares fell three points to-
day under the influence of the New York
plan of reorganization.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
DIR. r eters Resigns.

LONDON, Eng, March 16.-The Berlin
correspondent of the Daily News tee-
graphs that DR.. Peters has resigned the
presidency of the Berlin Colonial Society
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
.Frnnce,s Erposftfoa.

PARIS, FRANCE, March 16.-The Cham
Der of Deputie has approved the Govern
ment's sche me for an international expo
sition in 1900.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
The State Hous

Continued on Third Page.
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n TOLD You So"


~ one and all have met the man
70. ever since the world began,
~ Eods with knowledge have supplied
.cn 70 the rest has been denied.
~. 81. VINO to benishted world
1..e xund Of wisdom has unfurlcd.
na0ght can come of veal or we
1ue ne declares: Il told you so!'
cseusion. politics ana all,
- - any subject great or small,
= ooesnt matter what or where,
LOU cannot take him unaware.
ne nothing new or startling hears:
s been expecting 1t for years.
Ano marvels that you did not know
~ould happen. since he told you so.s
Hel cherish his peculiar trait
Mle life his form shall animate,
ana show US with his parting breath
Inc ruling passion strong in DEATH"
ana when his doctor shall have said
A0 mourning kindred: He is desd.''
1as certain he will not forego
xne chance to say: Il told you so:''
yukon Waterman. in L. A. W. Bulletin.
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the afternoon. Isn't that a journey
quickly made? In smother sense, on
the contrary, our trains in this latitude
gain over the sun more than 900 kilo-
meters an hour, beating that planet
hand over hand; quitting Liverpool at
noon. for example, the traveller will
.eech the station where we now are st
"a minutes past nine in the morning.
that is to say, earlier than he started!
Ha! ha! don't think one can travel
quicker than that!"
l did not know what to think. Was
l talking with mailman 7-or must
credit these fabulous theories, In spite
Of the objections which rose IN my
lnind?
Every well, so he i'll" said. II will
admit that travellers may take this mad
Drained route, and that you can obtain
this incredible speed. But, when you
have got this speed. how do you check
it? When you come to q stop every
thing must be shattered to pieces!"
"Not at ALL" replied the colonel,
Struggling his shoulders. Between our
tubes-one for the out, the other for
the home journey - consequently
worked by currents going In opposite
directions-a communication exists at
every joint. When train il approach
ing an electric spark advises us of the
fact; left to itself, the train would con-
tinuc it's course by reason of the speed
il had acquired; but. simply by the
turning of handle, we are able to let
in the opposing current of compressed
air from the parallel tube, and, little
by little, reduce to nothing the final
shock of stopping. But what is the use
Of all these explanations? Would not .
trial he q hundred times better?"
And, without waiting for nm answer
to his questions, the colonel pulled
sharply q bright brass knob projecting
from the side of one Of the tubes. A
panel slid smoothly in its grooves. and
in the opening left by its removal per-
ceived q row of seats. on each of which
two persons might sit comfortably side
by side.
''The carriage" exclaimed tho
colonel. ''Come in"
l followed him without offering any
objection. and the panel Immediately
slid back into its place.
BY the light Of an electric lamp in the
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10 him, there would be, in passing
Through these tubes, a suppression of
all nervous trepidation. thanks to the
3nterior surface being of ffinely-polished
steel; equality of temperature secured
by means of currents of air, by which
the heat could be modified ac-
cording to the seasons; incredibly
lew fares. owing to the cheapness
OF construction and working expenses
forgetting or waving aside all con-
siderations of the question of gravita-
tion and of wear and tear.
All that now came back to INV mind.
So, then, this Utopia had become
reality, and these two cylinders Of iron
at my feet passed thence under the At
iantic and reached to the coast of Eng
land!
In spite of the evidence. l could not
bring myself to believe in the thing hav-
in9 been done. That the tubes had. been
laid 1 could not doubt; but that men
could travel by this sroute-never.
..Was it not impossible even to obtain
! current of air of TINT length ?''-I ex-
messed that opinion aloud.
'tauite easy, on the contrary" pro-
1eated Col. Pierce, ITO obtain il. All
that is required is a great number OF
steam fans similar to those used in
HAST furnaces. The air is driven by
them with force which is practically
s,slimited, propelling it at the speed of
I1o0 kilometers an hour almost
3fet Of = cannon ball.-so that our
frfageS, with their travellers. in the
a6s. pf two hours and 20 minutes
ncc6laplish the journey between Boston
al Liverpool"
~Eighteen hundred 6lometers an
heurl" Iexciaimed.
s.Not one less. And what extraoreii-
Inaxy eonsequenoes arise from such a
80 of speed! Theetime 1t Liverpool
frlne four hourn and - minutes h
1r6nee Of ours, Traveller starting
jIiil Doston 1t nine O'Clock il the
- exrives u Englsnd at ASA +
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DOMESTIC coNcERNa

-BrOiled Spareribs.-Divide the ribs,
lay on a creased broiling-iron set over
the fire. dredge with pepper and salt,
and turn until done. Take up on Z
heated dish, pour over melted butter,
and serve.-Ladies' Home Companion.
-Egg Sauce.-Take two tablespoon.
fuls of -four, half cupful butter, one
rint boiling water. Rub the butter and
-four together and add to It the boil
ing water. Stir until smooth. Add q
half cupful of cream, and six or seven
eggs boiled hard and chopped fine. Let
it scald, and serve hot.-Farm, Field
and Fireside.
An icing for cake, that will be
found inexpensive and good. may be
made by taking three tablespoonfuls
of milk and letting it come to boil.
Then set it aside, and when 1t = cool
add one tablespoonful Of vanilla or
other extract and stir in confectiOner' q
sugar until thick enough to spread
without running.
A Curry Of Nushrooms.-Stew Z
quart Of button mushrooms for about
20 minutes In enough good stock to COW
er them well; add . tablespoonful Of
butter and thicken with teaspoonful
of curry and q teaspoonful Of wheat
-four; boil slowly for ten minutes long
er, and just before taking from the fire
add half cupful of cream. Serve on
very hot toast on very hot DISH
Ladies' Home Journal.
Cream Candy, Boiled.-One pound
white sugar, one wineglass Of vinegar,
one glass of water, one spoonful OF
vanilla extract. Mix the sugar, vinegar
and extract together. place it over the
fire and boil until it is brittle when
dropped into cold water. Then take 1t
from the fire, and when it is slightly
cool enough to handle, pull it until It IL
white, cut sticks and place ON buttered
tins or papers to harden. = Western
Rural.
-Ragout Of Mushrooms.-Nrs. Mary
Stuart Smith directs us to choose for
this dish the fresh mushrooms OF medf-
UNI size and quarter them. after. OF
course, peeling them and removing the
gills. Put in q pan with four spoon
fuls of cream and the juice of lemon;
stir well together and set on the fire.
When nearly done, add q tablespoonful
OF butter. = glass of sherry or sweet
wine. A little garlic may be used by
those who like it. Prepare the small
slices Of toast, and put in the mush-
rooms, letting them cook few min
utes longer; then take out the toast
arrange on . dish and pour the mush-
rooms over them.-Ladies' World.
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THE BRAIN.


There Are Two working sides t. the
Mental Organ.
1t Is well known that each side of the
brain is connected with the movements
and sensations mainly on the opposite
side Of the body; the right brain moves
tho left arm and leg. and vice versa.
Now, cases are not infrequent in which.
with or without "a Shock" or at leass
some degree of obvious loss of muscular
pOwer on the right side Of the body. the
f.culty of recalling and reproducing
spoken words is totally or almost total
~ lest. Such loss of speech is techni-
cs.lly called aphasia. 1t was first shown
some 35 years ago by a French physi-
clan that this particular symptom Is
associated with damage to a limited
and very definite part of the brain sub
stance on the left side, which has sincs:
been known, in honor of its discovcrer.
rs Broca's convolution. When the pow
er of speech has thus been lost il is pos
sible, il the mental faculties are not
otherwise damaged, to acquire it again
BY just such a coruse of trimming aud
practice as the child passes through in
learning to speak at first, even where
BToca's convolution has been SO dam
aged as to be quite incapable of per-
forming its functions. In such case.
the portion of the brain on tie right side
corresponding 10 Broca's convOlution is
capable of taking up its work; but only
by being educated to do 50. just as thu
damaged portion of the brain. has been
originally. II. after this, the power Of
speech is lost again by damage to the
right side similar to that which has
impaired the left, there is no hope fcI
its being restored a second tiiRc...x.-
II ID thus clear that there arc two
organs or portions Of the bfain'capablc
OF controlling speech, and that Intler
ordinary circumstances only one q:
them is trained to do so, the other ~
ing fallow. All the education is given
to one favored side. and all the work is
done by it; but the neglected one. II
called by necessity to undertake the
work, can be trained to do it. apparent.
ly, as satisfactory as the eother.-Chan-
hers Journal.
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roof carefully examined the Garage I
was in.
Nothing could be more simple; a
long cylinder, comfortably upholstered.
along which some 50 arm-chairs, in
pairs, were ranged in 25 parallel ranks.
At either end valve regulated the at.
mospheric pressure. that at the farther
end allowing breathable air to enter
the carriage, that in front allowing for
the discharge Of any excess beyond =
normal pressure.
After spending \ few moments ON
this examination became impatient.
WELL" said, "are we not going to
start?"
Going to start?" cried the colonel.
I'VE have started"
Started-like that-without the least
Jerk. was It possible? 1 listened at
tentively. trying to detect sound Of
some kind that might have guided me.
If we had really started-if the
colonel had not deceived me in talking
Of a speed of /, 500 kilometers an hour
we must already be far from any land,
under the sea; above our heads the
huge, foam-crested waves; even at that
moment, perhaps-taking it for mon
etrous sea serpent of an unknown kind
whales were battering with their
powerful tails our long iron prison.
But heard nothing but dull rum
bic. produced. no doubt, by the passage
Of our carriage, and, plunged in bound
less establishment, unable to believe
in the reality of all that had happened
to me. sat silently. allowing the time
to pass.
At the end Of about m hour a sense
OF freshness upon my forehead sudden
iy aroused me from the torpor into
which had sunk by degrees.
1 raised my hand to my brow; it was
moist.
Moist. Why was that? Had the tube
burst under pressure of the waters
a pressure which could not but be for
midable, since it increases ut the rate
of "an atmosphere" every ten meters Of
depth? Had the ocean broken in upon
us?"
Fear seized upon me. Terrified. ]
tried to call out-and-and found
myself in my garden. generously sprin.
kled by driving rain, the big drops OF
which had awakened me. had simply
fallen asleep while reading the article
devoted by an American journalist to
the fantastic projects of Col. Pierce
who also. l much fear. has only
dreamed.-From the Frcrch, in Strand
Magazine.
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HIS FIRST EXPEDITION.
C1as Rersecuti0as Of the BoeEs First 6taet0a
Livlagstone to the Wilderness.

Ch~ ReRsecuti0ao Of the D0eFU E1Rot 6taHt0o
Livingstone to the wilderness.
Between Livingstone and his Ioer
ueighbors, however, there was little
love. He accused the Boer farmers Of
cruelty to the natives, and they resent
ed his interference, and threatened to
drive him out of the country. He pub
lished their mistleeds in the Cape news
papers. and in revenge for his structures
they finally set fire to his house and
burned him out.
This il was which first induced Liv-
ingstone to travel to the north, in hopes
of finding land where he could follow
in peace his vocation as missionary, and
where the Boer farmers could no longer
molest him. In his search for the ideal
territory he had in view he entered re-
gions utterly unknown to the best-in-
formed geographer. and made many dis
coveries of importance. 1t was then
that he discovered Lake Ngami and the
southern feeders of the Zambesi. 1t
was from this motive that he was led
to continue his journey across the Zam-
besi, to follow its course to it's head
waters, and to make his way to San
Paul de Loanda in Angola; and this was
why he retraced his steps and followed
the Zambesi to the eastern ocean. where
his first series of remarkable adven-
lures terminated after 16 years of travel.
Just as the Boer persecution had start
ed him on his explorations and diverted
him from his cherished missionary
work. SO the great reputation ne OBJ
tanned by these brilliant feats of travel
and valuable discoveries Of great lakes
and rivers tended to separate him stin
further from his true role. He had re-
,ealed the existence of a tropical world.
of luxuriant savannax and extensive
forests, where animal life was prolific
and the vegetation was Of marvellous
variety and growth. The Zambesi river
was 1000 miles long. the lakes were full
CT sweet water. the soil was fertile and
well repaid cultivation, the native prod
ucts were varied and useful, anil M for
the natives. when let alone by the row.
ing Arab and unmolested by the POr-
tuguese half-caste, the account of his
long residence among them and his
many adventures with them proved that
they were good deal better than Eng
lish people had any notion Of. How
ever, the slave trade was rampant in the
interior, whole districts were being
devastated and thousands of human be-
ings were annually perishing through
the bloody violence adopted by the
Arabs. The sights in the slave ships
hold were not to be compared in hor-
TOR to what he had seen in African kraal
and camp.
Livingstone was much occupied with
delivering addresses in the principal
British cities, and after warming his
audiences with his glowing pictures OF
African lands, he would make their
flesh creep by telling them Of the whole
sale murders perpetrated by the Arab
and Portuguese marauders, and then
close with an appeal for the help Of
Christian England to stop these horrid
inhumanities.-Henr N. Stanley. in
Century
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.

-Frcidrich Haase has Just bidden
farewell to the stage of Berlin. on the
s0th anniversary Of his first appear
ance. He acted in New York in 1881 st
the Germania theater. now the Star.
when Neuendorf tried to make German
plays pay on upper broadway.
Divorce has been legal in France
now for eight years. In the first year
the number was l,7OO; in the second,
1000; in 1894 it was 5000, the total for
the eight years being 10000. The
working classes supply the largest
proportion, ~ per cent; the peasants
the smallest, per cent.
Robert Burns great grandson and
namesake, bis last descendant in the
direct male line. has just died at Black
hall. near Edinburgh. aged 81 years.
He had served as q soldier and as .
gardener in the Edinburgh public gar
dens. but for II years past had been
keeper Of the powder magazine Mt
Blackhall. He left no children.
"A Paris advertising agent. who re-
Gently painted the front Of his estab-
lishment brilliant red. has been sued
for damages by q milliner. q jeweler
end . silk merchant, having stores OPP
posite, ON the ground that the reflec-
tion of color makes it impossible for
their customers to distinguish the col
ors of the goods they wish TO buy.
Cycling il one Of the amusements
at the National Institute for the Blind
in France. A species Of home trainer
10 used. the wheels Of which arc SO ar
ranged that the actual speed il indi-
Gated in n dial, SO that races are held
and some of the inmates have estab-
lished records. The machines also
give audible signals at various speeds.
1t has often been published that
the largest tax payer in the world in
Herr Krupp. the famous cannon
founder of Essen. But 1t appears that
he in eclipsed N q contributor to the
revenue Of the state by q Roumanian
brewer, NJ. Marinesco Bragadir. Whose
monster brewery At bucharest yields
In various taxes and imposts the enor-
nous annual value to the Roumanian
government Of $4,000.
"A new safety cartridge for mines
where the flame of the explosive ID
dangerous is in use at the collieries at
Polish Ostrau, in Austria. A quick
lime and q dynamite cartridge are con-
nected, 50 that the slaked lime heats
primer sufficiently to fire OF the
detonator embedded in the dynamite.
The covmDOnnd Carfri(Ue is inC0aSeefl in
lag Of loose cotton. woven like a
wick. The experiments were made in
u gallery containing seven per cent. of
methane and a great deal of coal dust
that was kept in motion. and in no case
did the cartridge fire the gases or the
dust. The flame is confined to the in
terror of the cartridge. and is stopped
both by the Stacked lime and the water
in the bore hole at it's upper end.
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THE HAT TRICK.

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