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Attempts to Change the Civil Code to
Enable Him to Win Two
Big Lawsuits.
DISCOVERED IN THE NICK OF TIME
The Murdoch and Wilkinson Estate Cases.
Involving Immense Sums, vitality Affected
by His Proposed Changes.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO. March 1o.-Assemblyman Grove
I. Johnson is at it again. This time the
facts. as far as they are known. seem to
indicate that while he is member of the
Legislature he is still attending to the de-
tails of his law business and that he is
making one occupation assist the other 10
their mutual advantage.
On February Il Mr. Johnson introduced
IN the Assembly a bill entitled An act
TO amend section 1880 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, relating to witnesses. II
IS in the provisions of this bill that MIR.
Johnsons fine legal hand appears.
By some legislative process known TO
those who are familiar with the by-paths
of legislation as it is enacted in the Cali
fornia Legislature, Mr.. Johnson secured a
favorable recommendation for the bill by
the Assembly Judiciary Committee and
then secured its passage by the Assembly
without attracting to il the attention OF
the several lawyers who are members of
that body.
1t was then transmitted to the Senate
where It was referred TO the judiciary
Committee of that body, and but for the
discovery made to-day It is more than
probable that it would have received the
same considerable at the hands of the
upper house of the Legislature that 1t did
IN the Assembly. As It is, there must be
an accounting rendered by Mr. Johnson
and that right speedily.
The bill which is Short. reads as fol-
lows:
Section l-SectIon eighteen hundred and
eighty is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1SS0-The following persons cannot be
witnesses:
Those who are of unsound mind at the
time of their production for examination.
. Children under 10 years OF age who ap<
near Incapable of receiving just impressions OF
The facts respecting which they are examined,
or Of relating them truly.
3. Parties or assignors of parties to an .tIs aGx
fyon or proceeding. persons in whose penalt
an action or proceeding is prosecuted against
an executor or administrator upon claim
or demand against the estate OF a deceased
person as to any matter of fact occurring be-
fore the death Of such deceased person.
Provided, that such persons or
parties become fully competent if re-
quired by the executor or admin1stra-
tor to testify or be sworn in the
action as to such matters, either on
the trial or by deposition.
Sec. 2. This amendment shall take
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A NEW FERRY LINE.
Oakland Syndicate to Build it With
out the Santa Fe's Aid.

The Oakland Consolidated Street Rail
road Companies have perfected plans to
operate a ferry service between this city,
Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda. AL
though the corporation will not have
the support of the Santa F'e
line nor of the English capital
lists who were expected to go into the
deal. Millionaire Smith, who is at the
head of the proposed service, is said to
have secured enough money to put it in
oneration in connection with the local
i,pes of the four cities. This will neces-
state the building of three ferry boats
and the changing or the electric road
cars to passenger coaches.
Large property-owners on the other
side Of the bay are dissatisfied, with the
new arrangement inaugurated at the
mole by the Southern Pacific Company It
is the general opinion that the system is
calculated to injure traffic with the sub
forts attached to travel over the regular
routes.
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unLnown Man Found Drowned

yesterday afternoon floating in the bay
near Meiggs wharf and was taken to the
Morgue. The corpse had been in the water
for two weeks or more and the features w
were unrecognizable. nearly all OF tne @ race
allu aeased ID was FIVE feet nine inches in height
and wore a flannel neglige shirt; gray IN
color a dark sack suit Of diagonal chevlot.
~ @ood quality The appearance of the
body is not that of a laborIng mao. az not tT
a scrap of paper or writing was 5, 1odnd 10 y: 9y
piTas Ehlcn " We're ali the property found on the
deceased. The body will be kept in the
Morg1e for two or three days awaiting
Identification.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
BOYS ON A TROLLEY RIDE.
st. Patrick's Committee to Give the
Youths, Directory an Outing.

OuIuS O1IoCCOAJ Oil SoIAhS'
Fifty boys from the Youths Directory
will be given a trolley party tonight by
the ST. Patrick's day committee. The
proceeds of the celebration to be held on
March II will be devoted to the Youths
Directory, and the cars on which the
boys are to take the ride tonight will ad-
Vertise the celebration.
The arrangements for the trolley ride
are in the hands of P. ]. Mccormick and
everything has been done to make the
outing for the boys a grand success. TWO
cars have been chartered and these Will
be elaborately decorated with flowers,
bunting and different col3red lights Ugh ood The
pany the party and a number of promi-
nent citizens will be guests on the ride
At o'clock sharp the cars will start
from Twenty-ninth and Mission streets.
A round trip will be made on the Mission
street line. then the cars will be taken
down Kearny street to the Ferry. From
there the cars will go over the Protrero
street branch, the Bryant and FOLSOM
street lines and out Mission street to In
gleSide.
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effect Immediately and applies to all
such actions now pending.

such actions now pending.
Now comes the niger in the woodpile.
The law as it stands on the statute books
to-day is the same as the above bill with
the exception of the portion set in black
face type. This portion is Mr.. Johnson S
addition to the existing law. Attention is
also directed to the enaCting clause which
makes the law as amended by Mr.. john
son take effect Immediately, and also
makes it applicable to all cases now pend
Mr. Johnson has two cases pending in
court which would be materially affected
by the new law. So much so, IN fact, that
Mr. Johnson would probably be enabled
to win decision should the bill become
Mr.. Johnson is attorney for the plain
tiff in a suit now pending against the
Murdoch estate. The suit is for 100000
The details are not at hand tonight, but
it is said that Mr.. Johnson's proposed
amendment is in keeping with the neceS-
stiles of the case as viewed from ms
standpoint.
MIR. Johnson is also the attorney for the
plaintiff in the case of Amanda Austin vs.
George WilCOXsOn, executor of the es-
tate of Jefferson Wilcoxson, deceased
The action is for 900 alleged to be due
the plaintiff for services as nurse ana
housekeeper for Jefferson WtlcoXSon DUR
ing a period of eighteen years RouGhly
estimated the plaintiff estimates her ser ser
vices to Wilcoxson as being worth about
$500 month during the term OF her al
legged services.
Under the present law Johnson can call
as to all of the facts relating to her
claim as have occurred since the death
of her former employer but cannot go
hack 10 a time anterior to such deatn
Should the condition of the case make, it
necessary in order to make proper de-
fense for the attorneys for the Qe1enudhC
to caII the DIafntfff as a witness Mr.. john
SON would. under the provisions, of the
proposed law, be entitled to go back TO
the time of the plaintiffs S employment by
the deceased. because the witness had
been called by the executor.
It will at once be apparent to al law
vers. that this amendment to what mas al
Ways been considered as one of the wlsest
provisions safeguar,ding the Fgafs si Gf ba a
bsrn If If becomes a law If it be true,
as as alleged. al that By the passage Of the bill
Mr.. Johnson seeks to gain an advantage
in two. lawsuits in which he is interested
as an attorney, both involving large sums
of money and both based b on ma aPPaFenb5y +er bey
comes sufficiently serious TO warrant an
investigation by the Legislature.
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AN UNDERTAKER's BILL.
Charges as Much for an Arm as a
Whole Body.

.Has there been an explosion mere re re-
centIy?o nv was the query Supervisor Col
iins directed to Edward Kelly, the under i1'.ir,
+aker who has the contract for the lnas. puIlal
of the city's Indignant" dead, YESTERDAY I,LaLS
Members Of the Health ana Foiice I'm. III.
Inanf6 ILlS1f The contract price is IS o5 for each
BODY. The items in the bill showed arms arms,
legs. hands and other portions OF Pouie5 "tIle.,
%bat If was as much trouble to dispose ol
an arm or a leg as of a whole body The 1rtle
bin was taken under adVlsemeI%lJ. NJ lIls ne
Dortious Of bodies come from the CITY ana
County Hospital and result from aInputa-
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New Date for walters, TriaI.

SUISUN, March 10.-The condition of
Jesse Walters will incapacitate him from
appearing in court on the date originally
set for his trial. which was next Tuesday.
The effect of the surgical operation per-
formed last week to remove the bullet
from Walters leg will prevent his ap-
pearance in court for several weeks, and
in consequence a continuance was asked.
Judge Buckles reset the date for Walters
trial, which will take place on May 10, and
McKenzies trial was set for May 23.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
Dies in New Mexico.

WOODLAND, March 1O.-A telegram
has been received from Ration, New Mex
leo, announcing the sudden death of Har-
went to New Mexico a few months ago
to engage in the mining business. The
body will be brought to Woodland for
burial, The, deceased leaves a widow and
a 16-year-old daughter. He married a
daughter of the late Hon. c. B. Culver.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
The Daigy Bellies Big Yield.

REDDING, Marach 1O.-The rich strike
at Furnaceville has induced the location
of two claims adjoining the Daisy Belle,
with more to be taken. w. NJ. Dale, ]. H.
Moore and William Silener, the discov-
erers of the Daisy Belle, have filed in the
Recorders office a location known as the
North Star quartz mine. A r. Myers and
NJ. Soosar have located the Morning Star
quartz mine in the same locality. No
further reports have come in from the
Daisy Belle, but at last accounts the
owners were pounding out over $100 day
in a hand mortar.
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ca1uarian Service.

The usual Sunday cathedral service OF
the Calvarian Society will be the occasion
for Rev Joseph NJ Gleason's discourse.
His, subject and text will be Human
Passions. Il find no cause of death ~
him. / will chastise him. therefore, and
let him 60 But they were Instant WITH
loud voices. requiring that he might be
crucifed, and their voices prevailed" st.
Luxe xiii :22-23.
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Mare Islands New Drydock.

VALLEJO, March 10.-Within the next
two weeks the Bureau of Yards and
Docks will issue advertisements calling
for bids for the construction of the new
drydock at Mare Island. The new dock
will be built of timber, and several local
firms contemplate bidding for the work
The dock will be located south of the one
now in use at the navy yard, and will
be large enough to accommodate the larg-
oe+ chine af1Oat
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Body of a Drowned Man.

SANTA BARBARA, March 1O.-The
body of Nicholas Becker was found this
afternoon floating in the water about 200
yards from the end of the wharf 1t evil
IDENTIFY had been in the water two weeks
Becker was for several months a butcher
in the employ of Sherman & Eland.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
Advises Against a Gas Plant.

Fire Marshal Charles Towe reported ad-
verseIy TO the Supervisors yesterday on
the application of a patent medicine COM
panv to erect an acetylene gas plant on
Van Ness avenue. He objected to the
storing of thousands of gallons of alcohol
and other chemicals in the midst of a fine
residence district For the safety of life
and property he advised against granting
the request.
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Water Famine Imminent.

VALLEJO, March 1O.-Several towns
throughout Solano County are threatened
with a water famine. The springs sup
plying Suisun are row dangerously low.
The Trustees of Suisun at their last regu-
lar meeting ordered notices posted for
bidding the use of water for any but
domestic purposes. Dixon, Benicia and
Vallejo are also short of their regular
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
The Arkansas Statesman Suffers
Temporary Setback.

WASHINGTON, March 10.-Senator
James K. Jones of Arkansas, who has
been i'll for some time, suffered a set
back to-day. During the afternoon ne
was attacked by a paroxysm incident to
the angina pectoris, which, "nlle not
so severe as former ones appeared to
be more stubborn in yielding to treat
ment. The physicians, however, sue
ceeded in relieving their patient and
tonight his condition is reported more
20 hlo
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Awarded Heavv Damages.

VENTURA, March 10.-The jury in the
case of Green VS.. the Southern Pacific
Company returned a verdict to-day
awarding the plaintiff damages in the
sum of $4,000. The plaintiff is the widow
of Green, who was killed by a Southern
Pacific train near Santa Paula several
months ago.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
The Fox Sails Southwark.

PORTLAND, Or. March 1O.-The torpedo
boat Fox, which was constructed in this
city, left to-day for Mare Island navy
yard, where it will be turned over to the
United States Government.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
Brewer Memorial Service.

A service in memory of the late Alfred
Lee Brewer, DID,. will be held in the Ca
thedral Mission of the Good Samaritan,
Second and Folsom streets, at IL O'Clock
bration of the holy communion and a SER
mon by the Bishop Of California.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
Death at Woodland.

WOODLAND, March 1O.-George ].
O'Connor one of the leading business men
of Woodland, died at 3 o'clock this morn
ing. He was a native of Paris, and
son of an old-time and wealthy merchant
of San Francisco. The funeral will oc-
cur on Sunday at o'clock
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
Mrs. Van AIstine Jailed.

SEATTLE. March 1O-Mrs. Lou Van
Alstine and her sister, Emma Norton, were
committed to jail to-day for contempt Of
court for refusing to pay into court $30,-
O00 of which Judge Moore decided Mrs
Van Alstine had defrauded her former
husband, Con Van Alstine.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
Cohen Will Not Be Disbarred.

Chief Justice Beatty of the Supreme
Court has refused to issue citation or
dering Attorney Alfred A. Cohen to show
cause why he should not be disbarred.
The effort to punish Cohen was made bv
William Moir, and grew out of an. old
disagreement over money matters.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
win Be Monterev,s Guests.

SANTA BARBARA, March 10.-Dr.
Seward Webb. president of the Wagner
Palace Car Company, and Frederick W.
Vanderbilt will leave here Saturday noon
on their special train for Monterey. They
expect to spend nearly a month more in
ne State
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
I.nenmotive Boiler Fxplodes.

DENVER, Colo, March ia Denver
and Rio Grande engine blew UP at the
crossing of the Rio Grande and Santa Fe
tracks south of town about midnight. En-
gineer White and Fireman Harvey Payne
were badly scalded. The head brakeman,
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
Rivals Blocking Chinese Grabs.

LONDON. March 1.-THE Peking CORE
spondcnt of the Times says: In retalia-
ton for blocking the extension of the
French concession at Shanghai, the
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French and Russian Ministers instructed
their Consuls to block the extension Of
the Cosmopolitan settlement. China,
therefore, refuses to extend the latter on
the ground that the Consuls are not unan-
irOonI
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Yolo's HORTICULTURAL Commission.

WOODLAND, March 10.-The Board Of
Supervisors have appointed a horticul-
tural commission for the county, consist
ing of T. d. Morrin of Rumsey, j. w.
Anderson of Davisville and j. G. Camp
bell of Winters
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whose name cannot now be learned was
seriously hurt. The engine was pulling a
stock train and slipped off the track 1t
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11

Lon ". Stephens is the first native
born Governor of Missouri; neighboring
Kentucky has furnished the rest.
AS chief executive of the State of Mis-
souri, his policy is business-like, economi-
cal and progressive.
Governor Stephens frankly and freely
recommends Paines celery compound.
He has been greatly benefited by it and
whenever there is sickness in his family
Paine's celery compound is the remedy
that is used.
AS a witness to the wonderful ef-
ficacy of this remedy, especially in
spring, the experience of the chief exec
utive of the State told in the following
letter cannot be slightingly passed over:
Executive Department,
State of Missouri,
jefferson City, Feb. 8, 1899.
Gentlemen:
1 have used Paine's celery compound,
keep it in my house for family use, and
find 1t a splendid remedy. Very respect
fully yours, LON V. STEPHENS.
Why is Paine's celery compound to-day
the most successful spring remedy in the
world?
1t is so wonderfully successful simply
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11

Good upright for $3.50. at Mauvais'
769 Market street.
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SENATOR JONES' ILLNESS. /.

Miller will lecture here soon. He says
Q win then go to the PHILIPPINES.
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kills HIS sweetheart.
"a Foul and Bloody Murder com-
mitted in Mason City, ILL.,,
Cemetery.
THE SLAYER AIMS PISTOL At HIMSELF.
Parents OF Leona Elmere Oppose the
Marriage OF Their Daughter to
Young Roy sutton--This Fact Said
to BE the Cause of the Tragedy
sutton Also Died.

81 Lincoln, ILL.,, July II. A foul and
bloody murder was committed Friday
night in the cemetery at Mason City,
west of here, when Roy Sutton. a young
man 20 years of age, shot Miss Leona
Elmere, a girl of Is years he loved
He had incurred the disfavor of his
sweetheart's parents, who forbade him
paying any further attentions to their
pretty daughter. He secretly took the
girl out driving. About midnight he
drove into the business part of the
city and announced that he had shot
himself. When he was being taken to-
the doctor he said that he had dropped
his revolver near the cemetery and re-
quested that it be found. Two COM
the girls body in a pool of blood with
two wounds, one in the back and an
other through the breast. Death was
instantaneous. A pistol was found near
the girls body. Sutton was shot
through the body below the heart.
Young Sutton died Sunday morning
early. He was conscious up to a few
hours before his death, but steadfastly
refused to make any further statement
concerning the murder of his sweet
heart. To all questions asked him he
maintained strict silence except to
say that he had agreed with the girl
they should die together. He would
not admit that there was struggle be-
tween them when he shot her.
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FAvORs ANNEXATION.
Gen. Rosser Says No Man Owning
Property I'm Cuba Wants the
American Flag Pulled Down.

Washington, July 13.Brig. Gen..
Rosser, who has just reached Washing
ton from Cuba, called at the white
house Wednesday. Gen. Rosser has
been mustered out and is on his way
home to Virginia. When asked about
Cuban affairs he said:
Many things are moving along smooth
1y, but there is almost universal complaint
about the enforcement of tariff rules and
laws at Havana. The trouble of course Is
that military men have not been trained in
these matters. The different officials fix
different duties on goods
When asked about the sentiment for an
nexation Gen. Rosser said: mo man on
the island with dollars worth of property
ever wants to see the United States flag
pulled down. They know it means anarchy.
chaos and oppression
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COASTS OPPORTUNITY
Secretary Wilson Says q Vast Field
II Opened Up for It's Agricul-
tural PrOducts.i4 #

d Seattle. Wash, July 1 r. Secretaryof Of
agriculture James Wilson will remain
in this city several days, or until he
has seen every farmer from whom it is
possible to obtain any informat ton. He
said Sunday: s
The time has come when the coast Is
In a position to- command the trade Of the
orient and the Pacific Manila alone will
take all the butter Washington can manu-
facture and put up in tin cans. Millions Of
dollars Of trade in butter alone await the
Pacific coast as soon as It can supply the
demand. The Pacific coast is destined to
yet be the greatest market Of the world.
It has the rich country. and money people
coast can, and will have, all Of this trade
in time. and 1t is the ambition Of the de-
partment that the state Of Washington be
one of the first to enter actively into the
manufacture Of butter and tin cans to ex-
port to China. Japan and the Philippines
Expansion is going to be a great thing
for the coast. 1T will open up and develop
q market that would otherwise be stag
nant for many years to come. The people
are already beginning to see 1t in that
light Why, I can say that a great majori-
ty Of the people of the states from here
east are in favor Of keeping the flag where
it is. The feeling Of President Mckinley
and the administration regarding the Phil
ippines is the same as took us to Cuba.
believe it is our duty to teach self-gov-
ernment to all those whom we happen to
come in contact with, and we came in con-
tact with the Philippines through our war,
in the name Of humanity, with Spain.
Aguinaldo is cutthroat in Luzon, as Wey-
Ter was in Cuba. He and his followers
must be brought to realization ofswhat
self-government means. He insulted our
flag, and that brought on the past punish
= HS1R R-RA 4 49,. S..<~
that as soon as the rainy season is over
peace will soon be declared-that same
peace which Cuba is enjoying-after which
q policy Of self-government In the Philip
pines will come up 0
On leaving Washington the secretary
will proceed to other Pacific coast
states, where he will endeavor to en-
courage an increase in agricultural
products,
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Found a Fortune.

Richmond, Mo-, July Neighbors.
digging in the ruins of the house of
Thomas Graves, near here, dug up sew
eral jars of gold and silver, amounting
to $2,1oo. Graves and his aged sister,
who lived with him, were murdered
and the house burned to conceal the
crime. The man was reputed miser,
and it is believed that the murderers.
hoped to secure his hoard. The neigh
bors are still digging near the house in
search of treasure.
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CAPT. ANDREWS FAILS.
Boat, But Is Picked Up at Sea in
an Exhausted Condition.

Liverpool, July H. The British
steamer Holbein, Capt. Sherlock, from
New York July for Manchester, which
arrived here Sunday, picked up Capt.
William A. Andrews, known as the,
''Lone Navigator who left Atlantic.
City on June is in little craft named
''rhe Doree,'' barely 12 feet in length.
to attempt to cross the Atlantic Capt.
Andrews was found exhausted on July
IL about 700 miles from the Irish coast.
His boat was left adrift.
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Death of an Illinois Banker.

Springfield, Ill, July 17.-Titus Sud-
5duth, president of the Farmers nation
al bank of this city, and one of the.
largest land owners and stock raisers-
in Illinois, died Sunday on one of his,
tenant farms in this county, near Sher-
man, aged 70 years. He was born near
Mount Sterling, KY, and came to this,
city with his parents in 1884. At the
time of his death he was the owner of
$4,000 acres of valuable farm land in the
counties of Sangamon, Logan, Mclean
and De Witt. For the past several years
he has made his home in Normal, near
Bloomington.
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In q little country cottage near San
Francisco an eccentric young heiress
is spending the queerest honeymoon in
the world. Helen x. Wilder, of Homo
lulu, always declared that when she
should get married she would spend
her honeymoon alone. A few weeks
ago she married n, y. Craft in Homo
lulu and told him he had given her the
opportunity to carry out her wish. The
next day she sailed alone to San Fran
cisco. She is now waiting for the
month to elapse before going back to
take up her wlfely duties in Hawaii. 81