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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-31
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE.

WASHINGTON. D, C.. POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Should be read daily. as changes may occur at
FOREIGN MAILS are forwarded to the ports of
sailing daily, and the schedule Of closInss is ar.
lsos. The last connecting closes viii BE- made at
TRANSATLANTIC NAILS.
s, ERrDAYItb, At s;2o Pm, for FRANCE.
TURKEY, EGYPT and BRITISH INDIA. per SIS
La Champagne from New York, via Hayre. Let
Per La Champagne" lei At 11:io PM for EU-
ROPE. per So. Etruria.' from New York. via
direct. per SIS. Anchoria, from New York. via
Glasgow. Letters must be directed per An
PRINTED MATTER. ETC.-German steamers
sailing from New York on Tnesdays take printed
print es for ano o,hss paE. d.
Europe.
American and White Star steamers sailing from
Thursdays and the Cunard. French and German
steamers on saturdays take printed matter. etc,
for all countries for which they are advertised to
MAILS FUR SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA,
WEST INDIES. ETC.
THURSDAY-lel At lilo p NJ. for CAMPECHE.
chIArAs. ToBAsco and YuGATAN. per IS:
on ec ml MsT letters for sE
tc,At 11:1o Pm. for LEEwARD and wINDwARD
1s1, d9 sa Ss AND
mus, be directed a. 'pe s Pre Z a.,
per SIS. Alene. from New York. Letters for Costa
Rica must be directed Per Alene." Id At 6::5
Kitty. from New York ''- 49, PC
sETURDAY-tO At 1908 Pm. for NEW
Mails a S sS fa sd o Hal,
fax and thence via steamer close here daily ex-
cept Sunday, at 12:oS Pm, and on Sundays only
AZ Mails for or" MiauELoN. by rail to Boston and
thence via steamer, close here daily at 800
Mails for CUBA Except those for Santiago de
Cuba, which will be forwarded via New York up
day. close here daily at SEQ PM for forwarding
via steamers sailing Mondays and Thursdays from
Mails for MEXICO. overland Except those for
CAMrECHE. cHIAPAs TABAsCO and YUCA-
will be forwarded via New York up to and inciud-
ing the Lille Pm. close Thursday. close here
O'''' TRANsPACIFTc MAILS
Mails for CHINA and JAPAN. per SIS China.
from San Francisco close here daily up to GAO
Mails for AUSTRALIA Except those for West
Australia. which are forwarded via Europel, NEW
ZEALAND, HAWAII, FIJI and SAMOAN ISL
ANDS. per Moana. from San Francisco. close
here cred, daily y up I.. TO GAO Pm Ian IAN 2 3D. -
from Tacoma. close here daily up to $40 Pm.
NEW ZEALAND. HAWAII and FIJI ISLANDS.
per IS. Miowera from Vancouver. close here after
Mails for HAWAII, per Australia, from San
francisco. close here daily up to GAO PM. Jan.
10. tdl
Mails for the SOCIETY ISLANDS. per ship City
of Papeiti, from San Francisco. close here daily
up to $40 Pm. JAN %. Id
(a) Registered mails close at 1000 AM same
day.
tb) Registered mails close at leo PM. same
day.
tc) Registered mails close at 600 Pm. same
day.
td) Registered mails close at 500 M. previous
day.
(e, Registered mails close at 100 PM Tuesdays
and Saturdays
de25 JAMES P. wILLETT. Postmaster.
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RAILROADS.

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
1:so AN. week days. PI1TSBURti EXPRESS
Parior and Dining Cars Harrisburg TO Pitt.burg
sleeping Dining. Smoking and Observation Cars
Harrisburg to Chicago. Cincinnati indianapolis.
st. Louis, Cleveland and Toledo. Buffet Parior
1":5n AN FAST LINE-Puliman Buffet Parlor
Gar 10 Harrisburg. Buffet Parlor Car Harrisburg
, % Pm. CHICAGO AND ST LOUIS EXPRESS
Sleeping Car Washington to St Louis and
Sleeping AMI Dining Cars Harrisburg to st.
Louis Na,hye .gis Gineinna,D and Chicago.
ing Car To rittshurg Chicago and Harrisburg to
.ieFslsnh Dining Car to Chicago
nan Sleeping Cars Washington to Pittsburg and
Harrisburg TO st. Louis and Cincinnati. Dining
1":4o PM. PACIFIC EXPRESS Pullman Sleep
ing Car 10 Pittsburg
20 an Tor Kane. Canandaigua,. Rochester and
Niagara Falls daily. except sunday.
1":5" An. for Elmra and Remove daily. except
sunday For Williamsport daily. $40 Pm.
falo and Niagara FAILS daily. except Saturday
with VII :: s; e Car Washington to Buffalo.
iaio and NIAGARA Falls daily Pullman Sleeping
ri, MashfnEien to Rochester saturdays only
i'h ihii-aDEidHlA. NEW YORK AND THE
400 TN. CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED daily.
an Iart"r Jars with Dining Car from Baltimore.
Regular at 700 Dining carr. 500, 900 1000
n m'inins Cur and II 90 dining Car from VIII
. ll;% Pm ON sunday 200 DINING Carr. 500.
2 1a', IL 90 dining car from Wilmington, AN.
- f.-V. lo:UO and IL 30 PM.
ror ihiiadelphia only. Fast Express $50 A NJ
week days Express. 12:15 I'm week days
,-.oi ana 30 Pm. daily.
OF Boston without change. Z 80 An. week days
ami 5:2n I'M. daily '''
L or Baltimore. 6:zo. 700. $50. 500 900 1000
~" 10" An, 12:15 II: u.s. $50 POL BIS
%" ~" liinitetl), I:2O. 4:36. $40 6l5 $50
-" h;t~. l":+o 11:l5 and IL :s0 L. NJ ON sun
ua!, %" 500. 300. 9:U5. 1O:JO. Hoo A M
ie;l9 l1'. 2:01. 3:15 $40 "a 90 Limited on
~ W' 81" $50. I:2U 1o:eo, 1910 and II 80
For P"pe,s Greek Line 80 AN. and 4:ss Pm
daily, except Sunday ~ -
%, Annapolis. 700. 500 An, 4:eO and $40
" "'iliy Except Sunday. Sundays 900 A NJ
Atlantic Coast !ine-Express for Florida and ponts
On atlantic Coast Line. 4.30 AN 3:46 PM
..I. i.ichilpnd only 10:5I AM week DAYS.
llama Special. via RichnGnd and Seal,osrd Air
itht' 80 fM daily. Accommodation for Oman
''c' 80, M daily and 70 PM. week DAYS
T. SF.ASHORE CONNECTIONS
~ Atiahlir 'lty via Delaware River Rridpe all,
W NJ I'u's, S:lo Pm. daily. via Market Street
WnsH- l"n ard 11:00 A NJ 12:45 PM we.t
uf!s and 11=.O PM daily WIN
or Tape May, IL 90 M w..k d.rs TIKI p>,
daily. i- wen uays' ll:oo IN
"a 49, omeeS corner Fifteenth and G streets
go ~ the station. Sixth and streets wber,
,I,i IAN ~. left for the checking of baggage 70
ind'i'h from hotels and residences
7 II d. b. III TCIIINSON General Manager
- u No'D. General Passenger Agent no.l
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LEGAL NOTICES.
IN THE sUPREME COURT on THE pIsTRIc

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA.
Marguerite r. Dawson Frances T.. Dawson
ct al No. 163S2. Equity Doc. IS.
This cause being referred to me to state the ae-
counts Of the administrator Of the estate Of Gilbert
Francis Dawson. deceased, and the executor of the
estate Of Margaret L. Dawson deceased. and dis
tribution, notice 10 hereby given that will pro-
coed under the said order Of reference on THURS
am, at my rooms In the United States court
house. in this city. All persons having claims
against the estate OF the said Gilbert Francis
Dawson and the estate Of the said Margaret L.
Dawson are notified to present the same. with
their proofs, vt the said time and place.
de27 -eOdtoja6 JAS, G. PAYNE Auditor
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II Was Common Talk.
n the Omaha Wes3d-HeraId,

Opie Read was In Omaha yesterday and
while here told a characteristic story.
Several years ago I went back to Ar
kansas and visited the place where the
home Of one Of my stories 10 laid While
with the landlord he said:
Here comes m old fellow let have one
of your books. He can't read. but I told
him to take it home and let his wife read It
to him. Let's see what he says about It.
".Hello. JASON, said the landlord, did
your wife read that book 10 you?
!" 'Mawuing'. sah. Yes. she done read tt
to me-
sss Well, what DO you think Of It.?
/" Huh, that amt NO hook At an done
lived here for fo'ty yeafs, an done hearn
people talk that a. way an m time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-31

'iiiC hhil-ihOAD.
Leave Washington from station corner of New
Jersey ave and st.
For chicago and Northwest. vestibuled Limit I'd
trains 1i:o5. 11.25 am. sos pm.
pItss II; % a IN Vestibuled Limited, $40 pm.
EApess, 1l;' pm
Il:oi5 a IN and $50 pm. u"''''
For Columbus. Toledo and Detroit. 1:55 pm.
For winchester and way stations. $500 am.
pcr New "IIsans Memphis, B,rm5nshan. Chat.
pm daily; Sleeping Cars through
For !nray. 5:4o m. daily.
W. l9l5 sd:13 ., as;oc 80 14:so. a:ss
p& and s sso 1s nSis s' Sunday,
x,:"5. x5:lo. x.:ao, $50. 19:oo am. I12:lo.
1ll3 % ys;oo 80 4:s5. 1893. xs:1e. $3.50,
For annapolis, 40 and $50 am. 4:so and $50
For Fr~d~2ek, ; week days SOB phi i:2s am 4:so,
For For H ass III ;es m. and $40 pm.
4:n. 30. s:oo pm Sundays. 900 an. lis.
8 am i2:56. s:15 4.ss. 5:s5. T:os. II AZ p.m.
Sundays; 800 am. lis. ABB. 1905 1o:l5 PM
For Washington Junction and way points 8
an 40. $40 pm. week days. am. Ills
ROYAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND
PHILADELPHIA.
All trains illuminated with Pintsch light.
East. week days. 7:o5. $. 10 a. m I2:o5. 1:i5 tail
Dining carsi. 300 ts:05 Dining Carl. - :01 night
tSlecping Car open Mt 10 o'clock. SUNDAYS 7:ns
I:l5 Dining Carr 3 t5:05 Dining Carr
1901 night. sleeping open ten O'Clock AddI-
tl"nal trains for Philadelphia, week days daily
pm.
Parlur Cars all day trains
For Atlantic City, 10 am. 1905 noon 1:15 and
300 p u. week days. 2 am SUNDAYS
For Cape May 1905 noon
Except Sunday xExpress trims
Rsggage called for and checked from botels anil
Residences hy Union Transfer Co. orders left at
ticket offres, $40 Pennsl lvania NV New
nj
WM. NJ. GREENE. D. h MARTIN
Gen Manager. Mgr. Pass Traffic
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY.

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY
THRoTGH THE GRANnEsT SCENERY OF
AMERICA ALL TRAINS yESTIBuI.ED
ELEtTEIC LIGHTED. STEAM HEATED
ALL MEALS SERVED IN DINING CARS
STATION SIXTH AND STREETS.
Schedule in effect November H. 1897
2:2p PM. DAlLY-Cincinnati and ST. Louis Spe-
cial-Snlid train for Cincinnati. Pullman sleepers
TO Cincinnati. Lexington, Louisville. Indansrolis
and ST. Louis without change. Pnrlor cars Cjncin-
nati TO Chicago. Connects mt Covington Va for
Virginia Hot Springs.
lilo L. ~ DAILY-F. F. V. LImited-Solid train
for Cincinnati. Pullman sleepers to Cincinnati
Lexington and Louisville without change Omen
for reception Of passengers at pm Pull
man compar tment to Virginia Hot SPRING.
without change Tuesdays Thursdays and Safnr.
days Daily connection for the Springs Sleepe n
Cincinnati TO Chicago and ST Louis.
2-y Pm. DAILY-For GordonsviIle CharIottes-
Vile; S;au1ton and for Richmond daily except
Sunday
1o:5I AN. EXCEPT SUNDAY-Parlor chr
Washington to Richmond and Richmond TO Old
Point only rail line. via Penna.. r., r. and p
and 4. and %. railways
Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio
Offices SIS and 1921 Pennsylvania avenue. and ar
the station
IL. ". FULLER
Api-SSd GENERAL Passenger Agent.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY

a., Schedule in effect November p 1907
senyer stnfion arrive ana leave at Pennsylvania pas
sn 81 - M.,aily Local for Danville Charlotte
irs i,sra atl"ns; Connects at Manassas for Stras
S,n,i mar isohourg and Stanton daily excent
MA, ana ana, at Lynchburg with the Norfolk and
', III" \ NJ Daily-THE UNITED STATES FAST
M, ,., Iarries Pullman Buffet Sleepers New YORK
,pv "I i to Jacksonville uniting at Sails
Springs " c. Knoxville and Chattannora a" Tenn nio'
rIata pn hdrioJte with Pullman Sleeper for Au-
o r' connecting at Atlanta for Birmingham
a. p itIplls- connects at Lynchburg with c. and
daily Solid train Washington TO New OpieaSs
Nith.t Change Sunset Personally Conducted Tour
me'i, hy and Saturday to San Francisco With
4;ol I'.M.-Local for Front Roval strash,,r, .Da
Harris@nhurg, daily, except sunday anu
~ 81 + p VI for Charlottesville
MESTEl;N NESTIBULED LIMITED. composed of
rnlnian Nesiibuled Sleepers. Dining Cars and Day
Tenn: via Asheville. Knoxville and Cbattanoors,
N snr i'rk 10 Tampa Sia Charlotte, Columbia. Sa-
fIln,an Sleeper from Richmond to Augusta Via
toinmbia with connection for Aiken and New YORK.
t 10 Memphis. via birmingham. New York to New
Day Coach Washington to Atlanta Southern Rail-
"a ff lSlss OK Gar .sssS%E9 to
SION leave Washington 9:O1 an daily 4:45 pm
daily r1ceP, sunday. and s:25 pm Sundays only
Tor Round iiiii 4:32 IN daily except Sunday for
Leesburs and SO pm, daily for Herndon Re-
turning; arrive at Washington s:26 a m. and 300
pm daily from Round Hill. 1905 am daily. ex-
,rft sunday. from Herndon, S:3i an daily except
Sunday. from Leesburg
Through trains from the south arrive at Wash
ingtoh o:i2 an. 10 pm and OPS pm. daily
farris"nburg- 12:4O and 9:25 pm. daily except
sunday. and $50 a m. daily from Charlottesville
Tickets. Sleeping Car reservation and informa-
tion furnished at Offices 7o5 18th St NV, 5I1
PENNSYLVANIA avenue. ana at Pennsylvania railroad
passenger station.
w H. GREEN General snpt.
J. NJ. CULP. Traffic Manager
w. A. TURK. Gen. Pass Agent
l.. s BROWN, Gen. Agt. Pass Dept
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THE WEEMS STEAMBOAT CO.
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.
Winter Schedule, In effect Dec. d, 1897.
STEAMER POTOMAC
Leaves Washington every THURSDAY at pm.
for Baltimore and River Landings
Baltimore freight solicited.
AL river freight must be prepaid.
STEPHENSON & BRO, Agts
ONCE, $40 Pa ave. Telephone 745.
de29-l1tf
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.
E. s. RANDALL.S POTOMAC RIVER LINE.
UNITED STATES Mali. ROUTE,

"AsH-N"ioN, d. o., To GLfMONT MD,
and intermediate landings.
Steamer SAM'L J. PENTZ. daily except Sunday,
at 9:30 am. Returning about pm.
Passenger accommodations irst-class. Freight re-
ceived until the hour Of sailing.
F.. s. RANDALL,
Proprietor and Manager.
GEO. %. CARP1SrER, General Agent, " Washington.
VIM n. REARDON, Agent, Alexandria. desc 2Otf
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LIST OF cONGRESSMEN


\ The names OF senators who have reached
the city are given below. with their ad-
drSsses.
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WASHINGTON. ALEXANDRIA AND Mt YER
.,, NON RAILWAY.

WASHINGTON. ALEXANDRIA AND MT YER
NON HALLWAY
FROM STATION. 1871 STREET AND pa AVE
IN EFFECT NOVEMBER Il, 1897
For Alexandria. week days. $50 7:06 T.3s -
500 s:;5. $50 $50. 1906 ex.. II 90 ii *
1905 ex-. 1920. LIB. las. 2:05 ex 2:4o 3:2,
ex: $50 1905. 500. 800. 1900 IL 20 II 5e p
For Alexandria. Sundays. I:45. s:45, 9:4s l0:30
3;sS 40 Sis. $780, s:4o. 1880. Sis 900, 1905.
1l:os a. NJ: 1905. rs 2:05. 3:50, 1:06 PM
For Mt Vernon. Sundays, 7:45. e:45 AN; 1900
noon. 2:15. 3:45, 6:i5 Pm.
For Arlington and AquedEet Bridge week dayx
500. $50. l0:os. 11:00 An; 1903. 1920. lis
For Arlington and AQueduct Brhige, Sundays.
i:is. s:i9. 9:SS. 1880. 1l:15 An: 1890 noon
T.3e. Sis Pm 49,
Baggage checked free for Passengers holding nryt.
class tickets At station Bicycles Is cents each
Tafeess carrseo. no13
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Want" ada IN The star pay because thes
hiring answers. &c q
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20
GENERAL LEGIsLATIOE.
Sen ate Committees FiH Soon Start on
State Tour.

Senate Committees Fitt Soon Start on a
State Tour.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, Jan. 19.-At the
lures" (agriculture. horticulture and Wit
iculture) Senator Wolfe appeared on be-
half of the appropriation for 10000 to
make an exhibit of the products and man
ufactures OF California to the Guatemala
exhibition. His efforts proved successful
and the matter was favorably referred 20
the Committee on Finance. which will
also, it is believed, act favorably on the
matter.
Sacramentos cemetery is not to be
graced with the $4,000 monument which it
was proposed to erect in the plat of the
Mexican Veterans if the State would con-
sent to donate the requisite amount of
money. The bill to this effect was ad-
verseLy acted upon by the Committee on
Finance to day.
Three of the Senate committees will
each send a delegation of three. including
the chairman of each committee, on a
tour of the State TO visit and inspect all
public institutions except State prisons.
They will. start on their journey week
from Thursday. The com mittees repre-
sented will be hospitals, public buildings
and finance. A resolution will be intro
duced granting them permission to 60 anu
restricting their allowance to their actual
expenses instead of permitting them to
draw mileage, as has been the custom
heret0fora
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20
MANY IN DANGER
OF D[CAPI PITAT|OH
Continued from First Page.

much more than his fair share OF the
work. But legislators are unwilling to
take up the report because they fear that
it would use up the remainder OF the ses-
sion and obstruct all other Legislation. 90
the report may sleep in the desks OF the
mem bers, silent monument OF work un-
appreciated because too great.
The bill requiring employ ment agents
to refund fees when the applicant tails TO
to secure the offered work or when he is
discharged on the plea of incompetency
will be taken up in the Assent bly to-mor-
low, and will be passed, in all pro aDli1ty,
without dissenting voice. 1t Will meet
with the same reception in the Senate, the
Republicans being unit on the PROPOSE
ton. The Democrats and Populists favor
it, also. so that there will be 10 obstacle to
it's passage. 1t is regarded here as grea.
victory for labor, and it is being actively
and energetically promoted by Labor Com
missioner Fitzgeralde
Assem- blyman Treacy of San Francisco
has introduced a substitute for Senator
Braunhart's bill, reducing the fares on
street railroads to 21z cents between the
hours OF and in the morning and and
in the evening" not more than sixty OF
such com utation tickets to be sold 10
any one person. Mr.. Treacy's substitute
contains the following essential which
has been omitted in the Braunhart bill :
"The privilege of transfer to all branch
lines belonging to the same system or
other railroads existing on the 1st day OF
January, 1897, must in no wise be abridged
rod hxrr nf
this act"
With this exception the bill is substan-
TALLY the same as that introduced into the
Senate bv Braunhart. The voting ma
chine has arrived. 1t is box about
three and half feet long by foot and a
half wide and is operated by springs and
weights, there being no electrical device
connected with it. The machine on ex-
hibition contains 100 names, but it can be
made to contain 1000 if necessary and its
cost is about 81 per name. A copy of the
ballot is displayed under glass pane at
the top of the box. Opposite each name
is metal plug with the corresponding
mum Der. When the votor wishes to cast
his ballot for John Doe for Auditor he
presses down the plug bearing John Doe
number.
At the same instant bell rings. show
ing that the vote has been recorded, and
the plug, and those for the other candi-
dates for Auditor become automatically
locked so that they cannot be voted until
released by the judge of election who pulls
knob and rings bell, setting the
machine in readiness for the next voter.
Each vote is automatically registered on
nun bered wheels and printed on white
slips OF paper.
D. A. Macdonald arrived to-day for the
purpose of making his fight for the Harbor
Commissionership. Stewart Menzies is
mis- onpOnent
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20
Contention of Marine Engineers.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. 19.-The
convention of the National Marine Engi-
neers' Association gathered i'll this city
to-day and will remain for the rem ainder
of the week. Representatives from the
Pacific Coast, the great lakes and Atlantic
ports and large inland rivers comprise the
delegates. There are claimed to be weak
nesses in our navigation laws which re-
quire correction, and the various commit
tees of Congress will. be urged by the Ma
tional Association of Marine Engineers to
adopt the statutes to the existing marine
conditions. An earnest effort is being
made to have legislation enacted which
will make it possible for the engineer corps
to be recruited from sources outside the
naval academy as well as from the An
napoIis institution
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20
IRRIGATION PROBLEMs.
They WI Receive attention by the Leg
isIatfsre.

They WiU Receive Attention by the Leg
isIattre.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, Jan. 19-Irriga-
tion problems promise to absorb consider
able of the time and attention OF the Leg
islature this session, and the already be-
whiskered conflict is likely to be renewed
with vtgor and venom, and the more SO
that the last session almost entirely ig-
nored the question. All the repressed
sentiment is now at boiling point and the
opportunity that is to be given every one
to be heard on Thursday night will be
taken advantage OF with avidity.
The effect of the Wright law has appar-
emily been radically different in the vari-
Gus sections of the State. While the ex-
treme southern counties, or at least their
represen tatives in the Legislature, such as
Senator Wilmington and mblyman
Lindenberger, seem TO be satisfied with
the operation, the counties of the San Joa-
quin and Sacramento valleys are sorrow
ing and wailing over the hardships said
to have been engendered by it, ana are
carrying out for reformation of the bill. +,
In the Modesto and Turlock districts
the situation is represented as being par
ticularly onerous. The burdens of taxa.
ton under the Wright law, it is claimed, /,
have become SO heavy that the people are
willing to forego all the benefits and ad-
vantages of the expenditure of about
81, 500, 900, and to waiYe all claims to the
rights and property acquired with this
money, if they are relieved from any
further obligation in connection with the
construction and maintenance of irriga-
ton systems under the Wright law.
C. w. Eaton Of Modesto, who made
quite stir at the joint meeting OF the
Senate and Assembly committees last
night, is here not only to endeavor to Sc.
cure amendments to the Wright act, but
TO secure, if possible, the passage of a
special act permitting the transfer of the
property and rights of the Modesto and
Turlock irrigation districts to private par
ties for certain considerations. This, he
explained, was desired by the taxpayers OF
the districts, who were being taxed to the
poiut of destitulion under present condi-
tions. and who wanted TO be rid of their
cold man OF the sea-.
In the town of Modsto, he said, the
owner of a large brick business block
in the heart of the city, had decided to
forfeit this property rather than pay any
further irrigation taxes. He is reported
as saying he could not stand any further
assessment. Eaton claims that in the
country the situation is even much more
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Prirate Pension Bills Considered In
Committee of the Hhote.

Prirate Pension Bills Considered In
Committee of the HhoIe.
WASHINGTON, D. o., Jan. 19.-By the
operation of the special order adopted
yesterday, Immediately after the reading
of the journal, the House resolved itself
ints committee of the whole and pro-
ceeded to consider private pension bills.
The first bill called up was one for the
relief of Margaret O'Donnell, nurse in
the United States army. Objection had
been made to the bill when it was last
under consideration, and it was postponed
until a more auspicicus occasion Upon
the reading of the title Mines (R.) of
Michigan announced that since that time
the proposed beneficiary of the bill had
died, and he therefore moved that the bill
lie on the table, which was done.
In the course of the afternoon the army
appropriation bill was received from the
Senate and proceedings under the order
were suspended long enough for the pur-
pose of adopting motion to disagree to
The Senate amendment and agree to o
conference thereon. Messrs. hull (R.) of
Iowa, Parker (R.) of New Jersey and Nc
Ciellan (D.) of New York were named as
cOnferees