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The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
SENATOR BULLA'S WcTORY.
on His Land Transfer
Reoisfry Act.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, March 3.-Sena-
tor Bulla was happy this afternoon when
the Assembly voted down Toland's mo-
ton to reconsider the vote by which his
land transfer registry act had been finally
passed on the day before. Toland made a
great fight against the bill and repeated
all tie stock objections against it. Mead
ip reply said that he could get shrewd
lawyer to prove that "the eleven COM
mandments" were loosely drawn and un-
constitutional. The M after had been fully
discussed by the press during the last two
years.
Hill of Hum boldt aised the point that
the Supreme Court Of Illinois had de-
cided that the law was unconstitutional
because it authorized the taking OF private
property without compensation and with
out due process OF law. Valentin Of Los
Angeles contradicted the statement. The
decision of the Illinois court was based
upon the fact that the law in that State
conferred judicial authority upon the
Registrar; but that Objectionable feature
had been eliminated from the California
law
There were 81 ayes and 42 noes on the
motion to reconsider. and the bill was
started on its way to the Governor
This bill was fought by strong lobby,
headed by Thomas f. Barry ana ex-Mayor
Ellert of San Francisco, backed by makers
of abstracts and searchers Of records all
over The State; but Senator Bulla, single
handed, succeeded in showing the Senate
and the Assembly that the objections
urged against the bill had no merit what
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Has IItUays Been In Politics, but Ha
Nerer Held Office.

Has lhcays Been In Politics, but Has
Nerer Held Office.
NEW YORK, N. Y, March 3.-Cor-
neiius N. Bliss, who enabled Mr.. McKin-
ley to complete his Cabinet by accepting
portfolio this afternoon, was born in
Fall River, Mass, sixty years ago. AS a
youth he cIerked in New Orleans store
Later he became member of Boston
firm and in 1886 came to this city. He is
now the senior partner in the firm Of
Bliss, Fabian & Co., owners of one of the
largest wholesale dry goods houses in the
country.
Mr.. Bliss was one of the founders of the
Chamber OF Commerce. He drfted into
the banking business and is at present a
director of many of the financial institu-
tions in this city. He married in 1859.
AS clubman Mr.. Bliss is member of
the Union League. Lotus, Players, Riding,
Metropolitan, Merchants. Republican,
Dunlap Society, Law Club. New England
Society, National Academy of Design
Metropolitan Museum of Art, American
Museum Of Natural History and the
American Geographical Society. He has
always been in politics, but has never
held office He has been treasurer of the
National Committee for many years and
was always big contributor. He could
have been nominated for Governor twice,
but he declined. He took no part in local
squabbles, but is generally classed as an
anti Platt man.
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BELSHAWS BILL DISCUSSED.
Exciting Debate Over the Appropriation to
Pny Railroad Commissioners
ExDerfS

SACRAMENTO, CAL, March 3.-There
was an exciting discussion this evening
in the Assembly over Assem- bly, bill 800.
introduced by Belshaw, TO appropriate
$40, 900 to pay .he experts and the costs of
litigation in the case of the Southern Pa
ciic Company against the Railroad Com
missioners. In the course of his remarks
Austin of San Joaquin sad that the South
ern Pacific Company had declared that it
could not afford reduction Of per cent,
vet when the San Joaquin Valley road
made a reduction of 80 10 so per cent the
Southern Pacific Company voluntarily
made similar reduction.
Leayitt OF Alameda informed the House
that the proposition was to send East for
experts, and for that reason he was
opposed to the bill. He believed that
there were as good experts in California
as anywhere else, and be could not see
why home talent should not be employed.
Beshaw said that experts were being
looked for in the East. because there was
not a competent expert in the State who
was not in the service of the Southern
Pacific Company.
Cross objected to the bill, because the
Attorney General had informed the Rail-
road Com missioners that he was able 10
handle the case alone, but this did not
suit the Comm ssioners aid they ran up
$50 900 attorneys bill for some one else.
The bill was ordered engrossed and sent
to third reading.
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taken or killed in Alaska or any foreign
country.
Section 627 now reads as follows:

Every person who hall use a shotgun of
larger caliber than that commonly known
ana designated as number ten gauge shall be
guilty OF a misdemeanor. The proof of the
possession of said gun in the field or marsh,
bay, lake or stream shall be prima facie evil
dence OF / ts Illegal use. Every person who.
upon any neiosed or cultivated grounds
which are private property, and where signs
shoot any quail, bob-white, pheasant, part
ridge, grouse, dove, wild duck or deer
without permission first obtained from the
owner or person in the possession of such
ground, or who shall maliciously tear down,
mutilate, or destroy any sign, signboard, or
other notice forbdding shooting on private
property, shall be guilty of q misdemeanor.
Every railroad company express company,
transportation company. or other common
carrier, their officers, agents and servants,
and every other person who shall transport,
carr, or take out of this State, or VINO shall
receive for the purpose of transporting from
the State any deer, deerskln, buck, doe
or fawn, or any quail, partridge. pleas
ant grouse, prairie chicken, dove or wild
dove, except ior purposes of propaga alton, or
the State, receive for the purpose of
transporting from this State, any such animal
or bird, shall be guilty OF q misdemeanor; |;
provided, that the right to transport for the
purposes OF propagation shall first be obtained
by permit, In writing. from the Board Of Fish
Commissioners of the State of California. Any
person found guilty of violation of any of the
provisions of this section shall be fined in O
sum not less than $25 or more than $500, or
be imprisoned in the county Jail lin the
not less than ten days or more than $50 days,
or be punished by both such fine and impris-
onment
There is every reason to believe that the
Governor will at once attach his sigma
ture to the measure.
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Combine of Mdshers.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March "a meet
ing of Kentucky distilIers in connection
with Eastern capitalists will be held here
to-day. This will be followed by gen.
eral meeting on Thursday. Representa-
tives of 40 per cent of the entire mashing
capacity OF Kentucky have agreed to
form combination. The commission is
composed of John G. Roach and several
other Kentucky distillers, and Messrs.
Cardoza, Meyer and Rice, represen ting
Philadelphia and New York capitalists.
the local distillers refuse to give out
any details until report of to-day's COM
mittee meeting is made to the general
meeting. 1t is stated in circular by
Roach that 40 per cent of the d1stillers,
including all the large distillers are in
favor of the plan and that it will go
through. The committee representing
the capitalists control $40, 600 600.
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THIEF
MAKES A HAUL
Nine. Sicott, a Los Angeles
Lady, the Unlucky
Victim.
Her Purse, Containing $1,000 in
Diamonds and Bills, Is
Stolen.
Was on the Way to the Inaugura.
tion, but the Trip Is Now
Abandoned

CHICAGO. ILL.,, March 3.-Diamonds
valued at $1,000 and $500 in bills fell to the
lot of thief yesterday afternoon. Nine.
Sicott of Los Angeles says she is the loser,
and as result sne has abandoned a trip
to Washington to attend the inaugural
ceremonies.
Nine. Sicott arrived in Chicago on Feb
ruary 20. She registered at the Audito.
rum Annex. She left California in jan
uary and went direct to Northern New
York. She then visited Cincinnati, at
tending the sangerfest. She intended to
remain in Chicago for few weeks and 60
through TO California.
On Tuesday she changed her plans and
at noon engaged apartments on the ''Blaze
OF Glory" train for Washington. Yester-
day Nine. Sicott visited downtown de-
partment store to buy telescope bag, to
be used on the Eastern journey. She had
the diamonds and several other valuable
pieces OF iewelry in her purse with 5000
in bills. Nine. Sicott says her purchases
engaged her attention and she thought
lessly placed her purse on the counter.
When she turned to pick it up few Sec
onds later it had disappeared. The police
have clew and they expect to make sew
eral arrests
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THE GALE STILL FURIOUS.
Train Overturned by the Wind, Har6or
Works Demolished and Wrecks on
E0ofdnd,s consfe

EHyf0H0 CodSIS.
LONDON, ENG. March 3.-Details of the
damage done by the gale continue to come
in, but owing to the general prostration of
the wires, they are still meager.
A train running between Brecon and
Mertbyr- -Tydvil. Wales, was overturned
by the force OF the wind, but no lives
were lost.
Along the coast, and in the interior as
we'll, miles upon miles of telegraph poles
have been broken off, or literally torn
from the ground.
Weymouth Harbor is filled with wreck.
age OF all kinds and all manner of craft in
the harbor is adrift The harbor works,
which were in course OF construction at
Hastings, have been demolished, and a
great quantity of valuable machinery and
material carried away.
Scores of fishing boats have foundered
at and off Lowestoft, but, in some in
stances, nobody was on board, and in
others the crews were rescued by hard work
on the part of the lifesavers.
The pier at Framington has been
crushed to pieces by the tremendous
seas, and large number of wrecks are re-
ported on the Devonshire coast.
The gale is still raging with no indica-
tion OF abatement in fury.
Reports of havoc wrought by the gale
are continually being received. A dis
patch from Cardiff says boat containing
six workmen was wrecked IN the harbor
and its occupants drowned.
A number of trees in a churchyard at
Tlverton were torn up by the roots, dis
placing great quantities of earth and ex-
posing 10 view several collins which, from
the Inscriptions on the plates, had re-
mained in the cemetery for century.
The schooner Amaranth arrived at
Cowes. Isle of Wight. to-day and reports
that her captain was carried overheard
and drowned by heavy sea.
Many sailing vessels are reported to be
ashore on the south coast of England and
large number of deaths are said to have
been caused throughout the country by
falling trees and walls.
There is pe-ceptible lessening of the
violence of the gale this evening.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
ASSEMBLY ROUTINE.
Proceedings in the Loscsr House of the
Legislature.

Proceedings in the Loscsr House of the
Legislature.
SACRAMENTO. CAL, March 3.-The
Assent bly, this morning passed Senate bill
81. regulating the operation of the rock
crushing plant at Fresno; Assembly bill
727, providing for the District Agricultural
fairs throughout the State, and Assembly
bill $780, permitting State officers to leave
the confines of the State for indefinite
periods.
A committee of Omaha citizens made
an address in favor of the appropriat ton
for the trans Mississippi Exposition.
The House refused to pass the bill RAJ gu
lating pawn brokers.
The bill authorizing San Jose to build
High School on the Normal School
grounds and the bill amending the act to
enable school districts in cities of the fifth
class to issue bonds for school purposes
were passed.
The Governor has approved the act do
ing away with charges by County Clerks
for pension vouchers. Tomorrow is PEN
sion day throughout the State and the
law applies at once.
This afternoon Toland's motion to re-
consider the Torrens land act was defeated
by vote of u ayes TO AZ noes.
When the general appropriation act was
taken up the amendments raising appro-
priations came in thick and fast The
following appropriations were raised:
For the support of the Home for Feeble
minded. Children, raised from $147, 762 to
$3.50, 900; Veterans Home at YountviHe,
from $6O,OU0 to $4,000; Whittier State
School, from $1S0.0OO to $2OO,OO0 to pur-
chase books for Whittier School, from $500
to $1,000; for the support of the Preston
School of Industry. from S1l2500 to
$125, 600; for the State Normal School at
San Jose, fr m $50. 600 to 100000; for the
State Normal School at Los Angeles, from
800, 800 to 10000; for the use of the
library and museum OF the State Normal
School at Chico, from $1,000 to $4,000.
The Asse mbly tonight passed the fol-
lowing bills: Appropriating $4,000 to
furnish additional water supply and con-
struct an electric plant for the Mendocino
Insane Asylum; making an appropriation
to pay the claim Of A; W. Rapelye against
the State: to pay the claim of Ernest
Weylan for money expended in foreclos-
ure on State school lands in Colusa
County; defining mortgages; making an
appropriation to pay the claim of Marion
Pirkey for moneys advanced to the Ma.
tional Guard.
Dennery's bill licensing p:ize-fghting
was lost.
The Senate bill authorizing the govern
ing body of any incorporated city or town
other than cities of the first class to. re-
fund their indebtedness, to issue bonds
therefore and to provide for the payment
of the same was passed.
Belshaw withdrew his bill making it
capital offense to interfere with
train crews for the purpose of robbery
and substituted. with the permission Of
the House, the bill appropriating $50, 900
for the employment of experts in the
cases of the Southern Pacific against the
State in regard to the per cent reduction
of freight on wheat. The bill was taken
I.up in the com mmittee of the whole,
amended and reported favorably.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
IN THE UPPER HOUSE.
Reciet0 of the Days Proceedings In the
California Senate.

California Senate.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, March 3.-Tne
Senate this morning was occupied with
the discussion of the bill to exempt the
Stanford University endowment from tax
alton. Stratton favored the bill. Smp
son said no legislation could affect the
status OF tho institution. He suggested
that if it was exempt from taxation, as
had been said, then that it refuse to pay
taxes and so let the tribunals decide the
question. Wilmington favored the bill.
Ill said he owed his own education to the
fact that Massachusetts, academies and
Harvard University were exempted from
taxation. Dickinson said he could not vote
for the measure, as it was clearly uncon-
stitutional. Boyce favored the bill. He
said the constitutional point was a false
issue. Shippee opposed the bill; VOORHEES,
favored it. 1t was defeated by vote of
% to IA.
A bill was passed abolishng the office
of attorney to the State Board of Health
after July l.
BuIla OF Los Angeles arose to gu estion
of privilege. He said he had been mis-
quoted by Judge Lamme of that city on
Assembly bill 273. He said he thought it
was good measure and he had no apollo
gies to make.
the Governor providing for the organiza-
ton of drainage districts; reducing sala-
res of Supreme Court officers, and remov-
ing girls from the Whittier Reform School
to the old home for the feeble minded at
Santa Clara. The new game law was
passed.
The following Assembly bills passed
the Senate this afternoon: By Howard,
relative to the recording of certain instru-
ments and validating records heretofore
made; repeating section 415 ofthe Political
code, which provides for the translation
of laws into Spanish and their distribu-
tion providing for the dismissal of civil
actions when summons Is not issued
within year or returned within three
years; appropriating $4,000 for the i'm
provement Df the capitol grounds; provId-
ing for the organization and government
of drainage districts to drain lands other
than swamp lands; transferring the girls
from Whittier to the Home for feeble
minded Children in Santa Clara and con-
stituting it as reform school for girls
The Asse m bly, bill relating to officers of
the Supreme Court and fixing their salary
and that fixing the fish AMI game laws
were passed as amended.
The Senate bill providing for the pur-
chase of additional land for the use of
Preston School of Industry at lone was
passed.
bill, which was lost yesterday. Dickinson
opposed. and the motion was lost by
vote of II to21. This effectually kills the
measure.
The Senate concurred in the Assembly
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THE NATION TR|UMPHS.
roonanued from First Puoe.I

elect. Covers were laid for twenty-six.
The dining-room OF the Hay residence
was tastefully decorated, while the table
was superb affair from an arti istic stand
point, Mr.. Mckinley sat at the right CT
the host. The other guests were the mem
bers of Major McKinley's Cabinet now in
Washington and mum Der OF friends who
accompanied the President-ele ct to Wash
ington. Mark A. Hanna. Abner McKin-
ley and John Addison Porter were among
the guests. After the dinner Major Nc
Kinley returned to.the Ebbitt House and
at IL O'Clock retired
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McKINLEY GIYEN BADGE.
Receires a Gift From tbs sigma Alpha
EDSi[On Eruferatfu.


Epsilon Fraternity.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 3.-An
interesting ceremony took place this
morning in the parlors of the Ebbitt
House, by which President-elect McKin-
ley was made the recipient OF beautiful
diamond set badge, the official emblem of
the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
President-eIect Mckinley is mem Der
of this Greek-letter college fraternity aud
still takes great interest in it. When ne
was inaugurated Governor of Ohio he wore
on the lapel of his coat a very pretty
badge. and now, on his Inauguration as
President, he will again wear his college
fraternity pin. This time, however, the
badge though similar in general design,
is more elaborate and costly, and is the
gift of the fraternity at large.
The National convention of the order at
St. Louis in December last provided for
the purchase and presentation of the
badge, and it is probably the handsomest
and most costly possessed by any mem.
ber OF the fraternity.
Prominent among the presentation
committee was Postmaster General VII
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THE SAUCl FILIB USTER.
Jeers the Ptnkcrtons Whtte Taking Of
Her Cargo.

Jeers tho Ptnkcrtons While Taking on
Her Cargo.
NEW YORK, N. Y. March Sit was
which took aboard a cargo of arms and
ammunition off Barnegat was the Lau-
rada. The news that the expedition was
off the New Jersey coast was brought to
mort by two Pinkerton detectives, who were
aboard the Philadelphia tug Protector.
1t was on their report that the Washing
ton authorities ordered the cutter Man
haitian out. These facts leaked out to-
night, and in addition the statement is
made that the .filibusters on the Laurada
had fun with the Pinkerton men.
The Laurada anchored ten miles due
east of Barnegat on Sunday evening. The
brig Volunteer, with schooner and
barge, were transferring munitions OF war
to the steamship just as if Uncle Sam had
nothing at all to say in the matter when
the tug Protector. which had left Phila-
delphia with the Pinkerton men on board,
hove in sight. There was much excite
ment on board of the Laurada before the
character of the tug was made out, but
when that was done the Cubans resumed
work.
The Protector steamed up and circled
about the Laurada two or three times,
while her officers got the name of the craft
that had brought out the arms and ammu-
milton.
In the meantime. 100 dark-visaged fill
busters crowded the Laurada's deck and
taunted the dete ctives with jeering re-
marks that the Laurada was seven miles
out of the three-mile limit and that the
Protectors men had no authority to ar.
rest those on board the vessel.
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amendments to the rock-crushing and
Torrens land acts, thus disposing Of two
hills which caused the hardest fighting of
the session.
TIE resolution providing for the ad
iournment on the 18th was reconsidered.
Wolfe moved to take up the Assembly
joint resolution opposing the appointment
OF commission by Congress to settle the
funding bill question. Smith raised the
point of order that the bill must under
the rules go into the twelve days file.
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HORRIBLE BULL-FIGHTs.
-Four Hen, -Four Horses and Eight Angry
Beasts Dead.

-Four Hen, -Four Horses and Eight Angry
Bensts Dead.
TORREON. MEXICO, March 3.-Arrivals
here from Durango state that the bull
fights which took place bere Sunday were
the most horrible in the mum Der of fatali-
ties ever given in Mexico. The bulls were
native mountain animals of the State of
Durango and they fought with ferocity
that made the large crowd of spectators 60
wild with delight.
The first bull which entered the arena
gored one of the fighters to death. An
other man was killed by the second bull
and the third capped the climax by killing
two more in quick succession, making in
all four human lives that were sacrificed
to the evident pleasure of the crowd of
spectators. Eight bulls and four horses
were gored to death. It was a red letter
day in the annals of bull-fighting in
Durango.
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Land Grants Approred.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 3.-Secre-
tary Francis has approved clear list IL
containing 11,074 acres in the HALEY and
Blackfoot districts, Idaho, listed on ac-
count of the grant to the Central Pacific.
These lands were sold to a bona fde pur-
chaser. He has also approved list OF
2080 acres in Oregon City District, listed
as successor to the Oregon Central Rail-
road Company.
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: ,ro Humdred Spnniard. Eau.

NEW YORK. N. Y, March 3.-Dis-
patches from Havana report an engage
ment between some of General Rodri-
euez's forces and large Spanish column
last Thursday sixty miles south OF Jaruco.
The Cubans numbered 500 and the
Spanish 700. The Cubans were at Fl rst
victorious, but Spanish re-enforcements
arrived from Casiqua and the Cubans
withdrew into the woods. Nearly 200
Spanish were killed. The Cubans lost
fifty killed
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ANo1HER FRUIrLEss CHASE.
Tho Laurada Again Gets Atc0y WttI
Arms for. Cuba.

The Laurada Aoaim Gets A,ooy Wtth
Arms for Cuba.
NEW YORK, N. Y, March 3.-The
revenue cutter Manhattan, which left her
pier last night on orders from Washing
ton for the purpose of overhauling a
Cuban fllibustering steamer which was re-
ported to be off Barnegat. N. j., returned
to this port this evening after a fruitless
search for the vessel.
The Manhattan proceeded as far as
Barnegat, but did not sight the SUSPICIOUS
steamer, which Is supposed to be the
Laurada. The Manhattan, while on her
return trip, blew out two of her boiler
tubes and had to be towed to her pier.
The famous filibuster Laurada, which
the cutter was reported to De in search of,
cleared from Baltimore Friday last for
Philadelphia. She should have reached
the latter port on Sunday. but at last ac-
counts she had not yet arrived there.
Early on Monday morning q barge. a
schooner and tug were sighted Iying-to
off Barnegat.
In the course of the day this little fleet
was joined by a steamer, supposed to be
the Laurada. A large number of boxes,
which probably contained arms and am
munition, were quickly transferred TO the
steamer, and number of men were also
seen to board Ler. This mplished,
the steamer turned her nose TO the south
ward and sailed, presumably for Cuba.
In Cuban circles here it is stated that
Carlos Roloff who recently forfeited his
bail by not appearing for trial in BaIti-
more when his case was called, was in
command of the expedition.