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The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19

of the Code Commission, Boyce had in
mind an advisory board to assist the
Legislature and to propose and revise
legislation. His bill provides that the
Code Commission should be a permanent
body, its members to devote their entire
time to the work and to receive and act
on suggestions and needed reforms in the
laws between sessions Of the Legislature,
50 that when the next session comes
around the commission would have the
proper remedial act ready and in condf-
ton to be passed upon by the legislators.
1t was also provided that during the ses-
Sions of the Legislature the commission
should stand ready TO investigate and
revise bills submitted, or to be submitted,
and suggest changes that the information
of the public needs showed were advisa-
BILE 1t was also made the duty of the
commission to notify the persons affected
when any legislation was under consid-
Grafton, and to hear arguments, oral or
written, for or against the measure, In
order that the commission might amend
it to do justice to all parties 1t was as
close to the referendum as was possible.
The bill was referred to a sub-commit
tee, consisting of Boyce, Dickinson, Bulla,
Davis and Taylor. 1t has been under con-
sideraton for some time and is being
stripped by amendment of many of its
principal features. The clause requiring
the undivided attention of the. members
of the commission was objected to. The
clause excluding public officers and leg
islators from those eligible to appoint
ment met with no favor, the tenure of Of
of the subcommittee, and that part of
the bill making the commission an ad-
visory board to the Legislature was IN
peril of total elimination.
The committee is not yet through with
the bill, and Senator Boyce began to
think there was no chance for his scheme
of revision, SO he declared he would have
his bill go through with some of it's good
points remaining, or he would introduce
bill to wipe the commission out of ex-
fstence. He introduced bill to-day. 1t
simply provides that the act creating the
Code Commission lis hereby repealed /"
and the fight is on. Boyces contention
is that the Code Commission, as at pres
ent created, is a useless incumbranee and
an institution that falls far short Of what
it might accomplish. His bill aimed to
make it body in perpetual session,
where people could come with their griev-
ances, and when the Legislature met the
commission would be able to propose
something definite and not compel the leg
islators to go cropping about in the dark
for sixty days every second year
Il want to better that commission and
make it something says the Senator;
"but if they won't let me, they can have
the other alternative. If they don't want
to be better, let them go out of existence
altogether"
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19
SENATORS ANXIOUS
ABOUT ADJOURNMENT

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 1S.-The Senate Is getting
apprehensive of the day for final adjourn
ment, and a resolution to the effect that
the body finally adjourn on March 4, with
out fail or postponment, has been SUBJ
mitted by Senator Curtin, and is now in
the hands of the committee on rules.
message from the Governor, breath
economy, was read during the morning
session and was listened to with an in
terest second only to the attention paid
the chaplain's prayer The Rev. Mr..
Sturtevant has been drawn into the Sem
atorial contest so far as to pray that the
veXing problem Of the deadlock be speed
ily and effectually broken; and that then
the man upon whom shall fall the honor
of entering the halls of the United States
Senate for California shall be pure and
of high motives and fit for the duties and
responsibilities that shall be thrust upon
him, and that he shall so comport himself
as to be commendable in the sight of the
Lord. 1t is plain that the Rev. Mr.. Stur-
tevant is not a Burns man.
The Assembly sent in message to the
effect that it would not accept the amend
ment the Senate had seen fit to tack on
horeshoeing as fine art. The bill as
originally conceived by Assemblyman
Cobb and passed by the Assembly provid-
ed that the act should affect only counties
of over $4,000 inhabitants, and the Sen
ate struck this out so as to make 1t re-
fer to the whole State. But the Assembly
WOuIQ not SldIu IIc IdISo, anu 81 q OOtA
mittee of three-Senators Taylor, LeaV1tt
and Prisk-was appointed to confer with
a similar committee from the Assembly
to find some way out of the difficulty.
The Committee on Health and Hosplt-
ais reported unfavorably on Halls Bill to
prohibit the maintaining of crematory
within any city limits or within TWO miles
Of the place.
Maggard introduced bill providing for
the appointment of state quarantine
OFFICER. under the direction and control OF
~ Nd Of
Doty introduced a bill defining What
pharmacists are and should be, put al
lowing regular physicians to own ana con-
duct a pharmacy without passing as
Flints bill to allow the bonding OF
school districts when a majority OF the
heads of families wished 1t done TOT tne
purpose of establishing or maintaining
school was finally passed.
Gillette's bill for the purchase OF a 1nIle
of water front on Humboldt Bay, with an
anpropriation of $4,000, was passed. he
EXPLAINED that the water front had peel
sold to private parties in the early Gays
and now the Federal Government Will not
dredge the channel because 1t washes only
private property. The channel mas pc
come shallow since the building OF tne
breakwater out through the bar ana tne
Federal Government stands ready 70 put
in S75. 900 in dredging it out, but IT VIII not
exnend the money until the STATE OWLS
fhe water front
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19

of my husbands mistress was TOO nucn
for me to bear, so returned to Peta-
luna and decided to sue for divorce.
l have filed a complaint alleging Inn
deity, cruelty, failure to- provide ana,
desertion, and / can prove case on
each and every one of these grounds.
The case is set for the 23d or TINS
month. l was in hopes that the papers
would not get hold Of this affair FOE
the sake of all parties concerned we:
have striven to keep the matter a. Sc
cret, but now that it is out the story
may just as well be told:
MY husband is not in the State at.
present, and if his representatives plead.
for more time l am willing to grant
their wishes. / do not care to make
war on the absent, especially when he Is
an invalid His lawyers have promised
repeatedly to have him file his answer,
but he has never done so. 1 believe he.
is too much ola coward to come here.
and face these charges.
Before Mr. Brown left Petaluma the
last time he mortgaged some property
for three thousand or thlrty-nVe nun
dred dollars and did not give a cent or
the money to me. After pelng gone
nearly a year ne returned anu o!leleu 1e e1d
to give me $40 simply to be able to go
on the stand and swear, in case SUED
for divorce. that he had provided for
me within a year.
"I have sued for the divorce on the
ground of infidelity, for the reason
that l want everybody to understand
INV reasons for asking for separation:
I am strongly opposed to divorces and
would be willing to put up with almost
anything but inhdelity. A man VINO IS
unfaithful to his wife is indeed low
creature 1 have passed through Dit
ter experience but I take solace In the
thought that my cup Of future exis-
tence may be ali the sweeter for it.
For the sake of Mr.. Browns fanliy
I regret that I had to bring TINS sult.
They are kind hearted people ana nave
always felt for me in my trouble.
have not the slightest animosity toward
Mrs. Coad. cannot blame her; the
brunt must be borne by my husband.
'I am not prepared to say just what
Mr. Brown did with his money. Know
however. that he spent much of 1t with
Mrs. Coad and the circle of so-called
friends with whom he associated.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19
HER PICTURES
|NH|S OVERCOAT
POCKET
Continued from First Page.

world-a man." said Mrs. Brown when
interviewed by a Call reporter at her
home in Petaluma yesterday
When l married Mr.. Brown L
thought he was a man endowed with
the higher instincts of human love. We
lived happily together for several years.
Then he began to neglect me. did not
feel the pangs Of jealousy. My nature
is too proud for that. / felt that he
himself crushed out the love bore him,
and he alone would some day live to
regret it. When we were married we
went to live in a cottage adjoining the
home of his family. Things went on
nicely, but after a time my husband
began to neglect me. He never gave
me any money and we nveo very 1ru-
gally. He never allowed me to get an
inkling to his financial affairs, but l
cared little for this. 1t was none OF
my business as long as he was willing
to support me properly. But this he
did not do Everything we got was
bought on credit and bills were con-
stantly POURING in, which he showed lit
tie disposition to settle. 1 became sad
dened by this state of affairs. l had not
been brought up to live on others. but
/ said nothing until he began to make
extended trips to the city.
I'm August of '97 my husband left
Petaluma and told me he was going
into the country Tor a nunLlnS Trip. ne
promised to write to me every day, but
was gone fully six weeks and did not
write a line I went to the city and
found out that he was camping with
some of his friends and was accompa-
MED by Juanita Coad. When ne re-
turned he did not come back to Peta-
luna He was coward at heart. and
probably thought that l bore him III
will l did not, however; neither did
cherish any revengeful thoughts
against the Coad woman. His actions
simply killed my love for him, and with
it's dying no thoughts of Jealousy
kindled within me.
II had my regrets, of course, and the
thoughts of teaching my boy to love
father who was not a man gave a tlnge
of sorrow to them. His sisters and
mother. who have always shown the
greatest interest in my welfare, were
kind to me in my misfortune, and they
did all they could to affect a reconc1lla-
ton between US. If Mr.. Brown had a
character like the rest of his family
our affairs would never be aired in the
courts of divorce.
when I found that he was consort-
ing with the Coad woman l went to the
city and visited their house on Powell
street. was admitted to the house,
and on searching her room I found the
picture of my husband in the pocket of
her dress On the walls of her room
hung the picture of my baby boy. The
face of little Allan decorating the walls
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19
BURNS PLAYS HIS LAST
MARKED CARD AND IS
PROMPTLY CHALLENGED
N~'
Attempts to Use Thomas R. Bard to
Scatter Grants Forces, but Fails.
Senator DOyce Shows the Action Of the Ventura Re-
publican County Committee to Be Merely
Move on Behalf Of the Mexican.

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The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19
BILL TO RE-ESTABLISH
THE NORMAL SCHOOL

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb 1s-Assemblyman Law
renee Hoey of San Francisco introduced
a bill to-day which is designed to re-
establish the San Francisco Normal
School. which was abolished some weeks
ago by the Board of Education.
The bill provides that the San Fran
cisco Board of Education is authorized
and directed to continue and maintain the
San Francisco Normal School. It further
provides an appropriation of $4,000 for the
Improvement and further equipment of
the school. The bill was referred to the
Committee on Education.
The second reading file consumed the
entire day in the Assembly and during
the afternoon even that was read with
out a quorum to listen to it. The usual
custom of adjourning on Saturday noon
was ignored and a recess to oclock in
the afternoon was taken instead. In the
afternoon the file was resumed, but by 3
o'clock the attendance had dwindled to
scant dozen and adjournment was
moved to Monday morning
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19
LANGFORD WANTS THE
STATE TO PAY THE BILL

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 1S.-There is now pending
before the Finance Committee one of the
most peculiar pieces of legislation that
has come before the Senate this session.
IT is a bill introduced by Senator,
which. if passed, will save him some
thousands of dollars.
The bill appropriates $7479 04 to pay the
claim. of Louis Gerlach, and was submit
ted by Senator Langford. The claim ls
for deficiency in the District Fair ac
counts in the Second, Agricultural Dis
trict Gerlach was a director of the fair,
and so was Langford, and when it came
time to pay up Gerlach had to draw his
note for the $1,000. Senator Langford was
one of the indorsers on the note. It was
a bad year for district fairs. and among
them all they came out over $500 900 be-
hind This amount was made the sub
ject of an appropriation oil two years
ago. which passed both houses, but was
Killed by Governor Budd. who, refused to
sign it. The bill introduced by Senator
Langford is one way of escaping from
the obligations of the note. Should the
bill pass, the State will pay the claim,
the note will be Cancelled and the indors-
ers will not have to pay. Should the bill
fan of passage, however, the indorsers will
have to pay up.
Senator Langford sees nothing peculiar
in his position. He says II Is a stare
debt, not personal one.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19

Washington street and Dunbar alley,
back of the Hall of Justice-the property
that was valued so high the city thought
it cheaper to let it go than to purchase It,
The bill provides that the property may
be condemned and it sets forth the way
to go about it, and also limits the price
which may be paid on the condemnation.
The measure is Senate bill $50 and is
entitled IAN act to confer power upon
common councils, Boards Of Supervisors
or other governing bodies of cities or cities
and counties of over 100000 Inha b1tants to
acquire or condemn lands for a suitable
site and erect thereon suitable build
ing or buildings for municipal purposes
In addition to that acquired for buildings
erected or constructed, or IN process OF
erection or construction, under and by
virtue of the provisions of chapter
CCXVIII of the laws Of 1895, approved
The act says nothing about San Fran
cisco, but it goes on TO allow the acquisi
ton of additional land adjoining any pub
lie building when 1t is found that the
building is inadequate and insufficient for
the purposes for which it was erected,
and for the proper accommodation of the
offices and officers for which it was in
tended It is provided that the Board
of Supervisors or other governing body
may, by resolution, declare it's intention
of condemning the land or of acquiring
it by other means If that be possible, and
that it may levy a tax for the payment
of the price of the land provided the
dulOuuI COlIeCleu uIlueT the iGNy De not
more than $3.50 600.
The bill was introduced at the request of
some of Ashes constituents, among them
being the officers of the Kearny Street
Improvement Club, who wrote to him on
behalf of the membership and upon their
direction. They sent maps also and esti-
mates and the tax levy they have pro-
vided for in the bill is just equal to the
estimates of what they figure the extra
piece of the Hall of Justice property
should bring
The estimates submitted to Senator
Ashe. are: For the property itself $65-
600; 70 for the buildings to be erected upon
it. $4,000; for the fittings of the same
buildings, $4,000. making a total of $780,
600. 1t is further represented that the
city always contemplated the acquisition
OF this property and the building was
constructed with view to its final pur-
chase or condemnation The walls around
the property sought to be acquired are
built of the thickness of one brick-prac.
ticaly temporary affairs-and in case the
property is secured it will be inexpensive
to tear them down and connect the new
space on the main building according to
plans that will harmonize with the archf-
tecturefof each floor
The property sought has a frontage of
80 feet on Washington street. 90 feet
inches on Dunbar alley and 81 feet
inches on a line parallel to Kearny street
and at right angles to Washington
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19
SACRAMENTO COUNTY
RECEIVES A SETBACK

CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 1S-Sacramento was given
something in the nature of a body blow
by the Senate to-day. 1t was during the
discussion of Senator Doty's bill provid-
ing for the repayment to the county of
Sacramento of money the county put into
the State Fair The present fair grounds
are rapidly being surrounded by the grow
ing city of Sacramento, and it has been
found necessary to sell the property. 1t
was purchased in the first place with
money raised by tax levy IN Sacramento
County and now the Sacramentans are
trying to get that money back. Two
years ago a bill was passed providing for
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19
JOURNEYS AMID
ALASKA'S W|LDS
Lieut.. CaStner Reaches
Dawson.
FINDS ALL-AMERICAN ROUTE
THE PARTY HAS A TERRIBLE
EXPERIENCE.
FINDS ALL-AMERIcAN ROUTE
After the Pack Mules Are Killed and
Eaten the Explorers Are Com
PEELED to Live on
Berries.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SEATTLE, Feb. 1S.-Lieutenant Cast
ner Of the United States army has arrived
in Dawson after travelling over 2400 miles
on foot through the uneXplored and un-
known interior of Alaska. Castner and
two other lieutenants started last
spring from the southern coast of Alaska
for the purpose of finding, If possible, an
ali-American trail to the interior.
The party had not gone far when 1t
was found that it would have to SEPARATE.
Castner and two soldiers, with five pack
mules, started ahead, the others going
back. 1t was weeks before Castner re-
allied that all maps of the interior Of
with ice and snow, and to go back was
as bad as to go ahead. The provisions
gave out and one by one the pack mules
were killed and eaten. Finally, without
reached the Tanana River although not
recognizing it.
on berries the party started to raft down
the river, let 1t lead where it would. Bad
luck followed them, and their raft was
destroyed, their guns and axes going to
the bottom coil of rope was saved.
and with this another raft was made and
the journey continued.
On the river was an encampment of
Indians, who rescued Castner and his
companions and put them on the trail to
the Yukon, which they reached in safety.
Lieutenant Castner says good all
southern coast to the interior, and is
ready to lead the way. He prospected
little, but found gold, silver and coal along
the route. The lieutenant and compan-
ions were literally skin and bones when
they reached civilization, but all have re-
covered from the exposure and hardshipS.
They were Tor more than eight months
alone in the solitudes of snow and ice
in the interior of Alaska. The party
blaZed the trail they followed, so it can
be retraveled and made an American
highway.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19
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The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19
MONEY FOR THE NAVY
No Progress Made by the House on
the Appropriation Bill.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-The House to-
day spent two hours upon the naval ap-
preparation bill without making any prog
ress, and devoted the remainder of the
session to eulogies upon the life and pub
lie service of Representative Northway. OF
Ohio The passage in the bill relating
to the Naval Academy, against which
Mudd (R.) of Maryland raised a point OF
order, was stricken out to-day the pqlnC
moved an additional appropriation :. of
S720 900 for the completion of the buildings
at the academy authorized in the last
xroI
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19
CODE COMMISSION
MUST WORK OR GO

CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 1S.-There will be an inter
esting time before the Senate when SEN
ator Boyces bills regarding the Code
Commission come UP for consideration
His first measure is number four of the
Senate bills; his last was introduced to-
day but it is the last bill that is going
to be the more Interesting. It is an an
chor to windward4a last chance measure
to use in case the Arst fails
In altering the character and purpose
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19
Is Gomez's Mind FailingP

HAVANA Feb. 1S.-Rumors cOntfnue
coming to Havana of the illness of Gen
eral Gomez La Discussion, which is
recognized as the organ of the Assembly,
publishes a telegram from Sagua hintlng
broadly of the weakness of Gomez's mind.
Notwithstanding these rumors. .prepara-
tions continue for the old general recep-
tion here next week.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19
PROPOSED ADDITION TO
THE HALL OF JUSTICE

.~ CALL HEADQUARTERS, sACRA-
ATENTO. Feb. 1S.-San Francisco is again
.arter that extra piece of property which
IS needed to fill out the Hall Of Justice
fn course of construction on the site OF
the old City Hall. Senator Ashe intro
duceG a bill to-day which provides for the
a.,oiiisitfon of land Tor public building
sites in cities of over 100000 inhabitants,
and it is the first step toward condemn
ing the edd corner at the intersection of
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19
HUDYAN CURES.

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