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The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01

aters and vacuum pans, to be treated
TO chemical baths and shakings in the
centrifugal machines, and TO wind up
finally in sackse-sugar.
The people of the Salinas and PajarO
valleys rejoiced, Notwithstanding they
speeches or offer a hetacomb OF beeves
TO the deity of the occasion, or see
some functionary touch a button TO set
the machinery in motion. The dense
black clouds rolling up from the stacks
was incense TO their nostrils; il sig
nailed 10 them the advent of a gigantic
industry through which they and their
neighbors would benefit for all time to
come. The sight of ii brought that
which is far deeper seated and more
sOul-Satisfying than rejoicing.
The great factory, by far the lar
gest of its kind in the world, means
much TO this section. The residents
can reel off columns of figures on the
subject, every one Of which is borne
out by the fact They will tell you that
it takes daily 1900 barrels of crude
petroleum to turn the wheels in the
great factory; that 1000 tons Of beets
can be sliced and crushed during any
tWenty-four hours run, and from these
$50 tons of sugar will be extracted
During the operating season there will
be paid daily TO the residents OF Mon
terey County for beets the sum of s1S.-
600, for labor and operating expenses
$4,000. The 10000 acres necessary to
supply the demands of the factory en-
tail an outlay of s22 an acre for seed
and labor, aggregating another $500, 900
So even one who is not a resident of
Monterey County can see the vast ben
eft the factory is to the surrounding
country.
facts patent is as as said before. the
largest of its kind in the world Without
ii or some other like il. situated in ap-
and tons Of beets it is possible to raise
in the Salinas and Pajaro valleys-said
by experts to be the most favored areas
In any country for the growth of the
sugary roots-would be practically value
less. The reason is apparent when one
comes TO consider the question of freight.
which is cut out by the existence of the
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sugar is returned to the vacuum pans.
treated as before, returned again to the
centrifugal machines. to come out the
second product of sugar, less pure than
the first. Similarly a third supply is
yielded from the DRAWINGS of the second.
The molasses from the third product is
highly impure mixture. and up to the
present time no method has been dis
covered to pay for the extraction of the
sugar which it contains.
The main building in the Spreckels fac
tory, in which this wonderful transmuta-
ton IS going. on, is only few inches short
of 600 feet in length. It is
six six stories 1S go high and something
a wilderness Of machinery and toofs hun
dreds of employees. To the east is the
boiler-house, building only a little less
think from the roar of flames under the
boilers. 1t contains forty-eight Watertube
boilers of 125 horsepower each. four econ
omizers. two limekilns for the making of
that product into lime, which later is
made into the milk of lime for the treat
ment of the sugar juice, four feed pumps
to furnish the vast water supply, 10, ,060-
ampere electric light plant and every other
wheels in the factory proper. Above the
boiler-house tower the two great smoke
stacks 216 feet into the air.
The machine shop is as long and as high
and nearly as wide as the boiler house.
There is an oilhouse fitted with large
tanks to store the crude petroleum used
as IueI under the bollers. for which at
the present market rate the company will
pay out $4,000 day. There is large scale
house, a reservoir of a capacity to insure
the daily supply TO the factory of the
1900 900 gallons of water necessary for its
operation.
From the foregoing some small idea can
be obtained of the vast enterprise around
which the little town of Spreckels clus-
ters, with its pretty cottages built for the
workingmen and rented to them at the
lowest possible rate. No one thing has
been neglected to carry out the stipend
Gus plans of the management, and from
the success with which things moved off
at the start it is safe TO assume that the
highest expectations of all will be realized
by the company and the people of Salinas
and PaIaro valleys, who are the most di-
great plant. From to-day in this section
of Monterey dates will be calculated from
the first turn Of the wheel in the Spreckels
beet sugar factory.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01
.LANCTRY IN
SCENES FROM
HER OWN LIFE
Appears in "The Degener-
ates" in the Haymarket
at London.
SCORES A SUCCESS
Scandals Involving the Jersey
Lily's" Name Figure in the
New Comedy.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LONDON, Aug. 31.-Mrs. Langtry's
appearance at the Haymarket Theater
this evening in Sydney Grundys new
comedy, The DegenerateS," was de-
cided success. She daringly portrayed
what are generally understood to be
scenes taken from her own life. The
realism of the initial act is so intense.
bringing in as it does the scandals as
sociated with her name, that the unanf-
nous comment at the close of the per-
formance was 1t was good, but she
was awfully brave to do it.
Mrs Langtry acted better than ever
before, seeming to throw herself
thoroughly into the spirit of the
comedy. which bristles with epigrams.
but is occasionally vulgar.
Hugo Gerald de Battle, her husband.
looked on from a box with the Duke OF
Saxe-C Coburg and Gotha and Prince
Louis of Battenberg. The Duchess OF
Marlborough, many other titled per-
sons and large number of well-known
Americans. including Nat Goodwin.
were in the audience. The Prince or
Wales telegraphed from Marienbad:
Nv best wishes for a brilliant success.
Booked for fortnight from to-day
Charles Cawley, Miss Lily Hanbury
and Miss Lily Grundy were the pick OF
the cast, the last named lady being
Mrs. Langtry's daughter, who made
her first stage appearance V-night.
Mr. Grundy's clever dialogue met
with the usual appreciation. 1t is
probable that The Degenerate" will
be taken to the United States in the
course of a few months.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01
SEARCH FOR THE
DUNHAM SKELETON
Keener FOrgetS Its Ex-
act Location.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

GILROY, Aug a.-Sheriff Langford, Un-
der Sheriff John Reeves, Deputy Sheriff
w. H. Stayton and P. II. Newberry re-
turned this evening from the Pacheco
Pass, where they went early Wednesday
morning in search of the skeleton of a
man supposed to be James Dunham, found
there on August % by Fred A Keaner of
Visalia.
keener accompanied the Sheriff's party
to a mountain pass and worked faithfully
all afternoon yesterday and this morning
in vain search for the point where he
came out in the Pacheco,road. The Sher-
if and his party had four saddle horses.
Reeve and Stayton are well acquainted
that IL was hard to locate the road. The
party returned TO Gilroy tonight
Sheriff Langford will return with an
other searching party in a few days and
go in from the old Stayton minss in San
Bento County. Keener returned to mis-
home in Visalia but says he will return
and assist the Sheriff in his search.
keener says the skeleton was clad in blue
oVeraIls and a dark coat, badly rotted. No
shoes were visible, and this is ole of the
best proofs that the body is that of Dun
ham, for it is known that Dunham tcay-
eled about the hills with sacks about his
feet He was traced at the time TO the
Mountain House, where he was seen by
a Vauuero Later that day Under Sheriff
Gardner and Constable Reeves found a
couple of sacks at small stream in the
mountains in the same direction that the
skeleton was found.
The report that the remains may be
those of Thomas DougherJy, who wan
dered from his home in Gilroy last Octo-
Der, is not believed in Gilroy, for when
last seen Dougherty was walking across
the fields in a westerly direction, and the
Pacheco Pass is southeast of Gilroy.
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x ALINAS, Aug. 31.-The greatest
y epoch in the history of Monterey
County has been entered upon.
~ Early this morning the wheels of
the mammoth Spreckels Beet
Sugar Factory at Spreckels were set in
motion, not to be stopped until the end
of the season, when the entire beet
yield of the countryside will have been
made into sugar. Under the great
boilers in the engine-room are roaring
furnaces of crude oil. and out of the
two immense stacks of the factory are
pouring dense clouds OF smoke TO sig
nal the industry of the army of en-
ployes beneath.
For months and months, from the
day the first spadeful of dirt was
turned on the site. the people of Salinas
and Pajaro valleys have looked forward
to this day, which means so much of
prosperity to them. 1t had at one time
been the intention TO celebrate the
event in some fitting public manner,
with a barbecue or some other grand
festival that would draw the people
from miles around TO see the initial
revolutions of the new wheels Of for
tune. Nothing that the people of Mon
terey County could do was thought too
good 70 do on such an occasion. Some
time ago, however, it was decided by
the company that the best way TO be-
gin was to begin. The plant is Of such
magnitude and the machinery so in
tricate that It was concluded that the
employees would be hampered by any
holiday crowds, for which very good
reason there was no celebration TO-DAY
in honor of the portentous event. There
was no outburst of popular rejoicing.
The fires were lighted under the big
boilers in the engine house. smoke
spouted from the stacks, the steam was
released and the wheels began TO turn.
From the immense beet bins a steady
stream Of the saccharine roots flowed
into the factory, to pass through the
maze of pipes and condensers, evapor-
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01
MURAT HALSTEAD
ALMOST MOBBED
Calls Anti-Imperialists
Traitors.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 31.-Editor Murat
Halstead lectured tonight by invitation
of the Economic Club, which meets in the
Vine-street Congregational Church. Mr..
Halstead's subject was the Philippines.
After the lecture Mr.. Halstead was piled
with questions. One of the questioners
with decided sympathy for Aguinaldo,
after his question had been answered,
added the remark:
II hope Otis Will be kept in and will
keep on blundering till he and the whole
army are driven into the sea or captured.
"A man with those sentiments is a
traitor to his country" exclaimed Mr..
Halstead
Several men jumped up and remarked
"Two-thirds Of this audience think that
way"
Mr.. Halstead replied: whoever thinks
that way is a traitor.
Then there was a rush down the hall
with raised fists toward Mr. Halstead. but
a great number of men stepped in between
him and those who were rushing at him.
Through the noise and uproar was dis
closed the fact that the audience was
composed OF men on both sides nf tho
question. Mr. Halstead was quietly led
out of the church by a side door anu
taken home. No blows were struck. but
chairs and seats were upset and there
were loud threats and a great uproar.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01
BREADS THE RECEPTION
THAT Is AWAITING HIM
Admiral Dewey Leaves Villefranche
on the Olympia Bound for
Gihreltar

vILLEFRANCHE, France, Aug. 81.
Admiral Dewey remained on board the
Olympia this morning. In brilliant sun
shine and with a fresh breeze blowing the
nreparations for sailing commenced at 3:15
D. m. When the launches were hauled up
interested crowds on shore watched the
preparations and admired the activity or
the crew.
At $3.50 the mail orderly left the quay
with the last mail. the anchors were
hoisted and at o'clock sharp the cruiser
sailed out of the harbor for Gibraltar
The admiral says he is in perfect neaitn'
tember 12 He expressed pleasure previous
TO his departure with his stay here' ana ana
breads his countrymen's reception Inc
adniraIs visit here was the most interest
ing in the history of the harbor.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01
EXTRA SESSION PLANS.
Move to Reinstate Commissioner of
Public Works

WOODLAND. Aug 31.-An intimate
friend of Senator Cutter informs The Call
correspondent that during a recent con-
versaticn concerning the probabilities of
an extra session the Senator declared that
the Governor realizes the urgent neces-
sity for a continuation of the work of
river Improvement commenced by the
Commissioner of Public Works and deeply
regrets the legislative blunder as a re-
suit of which the office has lapsed.
The Senator is confident that in the call
for an extra session the Governor will re-
quest the Legislature to enact a law con-
tinuing the office of Commissioner of Pub
lie Works.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01
SPONOGLE IS STILL OUT.
His Attorney Denies That He Is
Reinstated.

SAN JOSE, Aug. 31-Dr. J. r. Curnow,
president of the Board Of Managers OF
Agnews. denies that DR.. Sponogle has
been reinstated. He says that since DR..
Sponogle secured the writ Of Injunction
matters simply stand until the hearing on
September g.
Senator Morehouse, who Is Sponogle's
attorney, makes the same statement. He
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01
SOUGHT TO MURDER
PRESIDENT OF CHILE
A Man Caught in the Act of Placing
a Bomb Under the Execu-
tive's Apartments.

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald Copyrighted, 1888 by James Cor
don Bennett
VALPARAISO, Aug 31-A man was
surprised to-day in the act OF placing a
bomb filled with 800 grams Of dynamite
under the Presidents private apartments.
The bomb did not explode.
The Cabinet question IS still unsolved.
4 strong movement in favor of a new
issue OF paper currency IS spreading
among the Congressman.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01

says no suit has been dismissed and that
his client seeks the court for fair hear
ing, and that the case is set for the 9Th
of September. He adds that the iniunc-
tlon stops the board from proceeding TO
throw Sponogle out
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01

If you want to see the richest line and
largest OF millinery see Keith's opening
Friday and Saturday, sos Market street.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01

epoch in the history of Monterey
\ County has been entered upon.
! Early this morning the wheels of
the mammoth SnreCkelS Beet
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01

w 7 AsHINGTON. Aug. 81
M The Secretary OF the Navy
u II has directed that all estt-
Z mates for the requirements
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02

and Natural Philosophy physics
provided, that no such certificates
shall be accepted if presented more
than II year later than the date of the
last certificate received by the candi-
date. unless the candidate has taught
year since receipt of last high school
certificate.
Observation-Disclosures offered in lieu
Determinations in Arithmetic, Geo.
graphy. Grammar and U. S. History,
must be certificates in Senior Arith-
metic, Senior Geography, Senior
Grammar and Senior U. S. History
and not in the preliminary or gram
mar school subjects.
Very respectfully,
e. F. FINK,
Co. Supt.
Willmar, Mimi, July rs, 1899.
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able to Lind than he led many to sup.
pose. They claim that he recognizes
the standing of the Minnesota grades
throughout the country, and realizes,
they say, that the present chief in.
spector is perhaps the one best fitted
to maintain that standing. They assert
farther that Clausen did a good deal
OF work for the present state executive
in the late campaign.
1t is noteworthy til at in speaking to
friend recently, Clausen is reported
to have Remarked:
'Well, can be retained in my old
position if l want it, but l do not
want it. -
When spoken to regarding the action
of the commission yesterday, Mr..
Ringdahl said: eyes, it was a sur
prise, a great surprise, to me-" He
smiled broadly but would say nothing
further.
In explanation CT his vote, General
Becker said;
Mr.. Clausen was reelected because
OF his natural ability for the work
His educ cation, experience in the grain
business and thorough understanding
OF conditions, fit him for the place
Politics certainly was not considered.
Ihls is far too important a place to
be influenced by politics. Ihave asso-
clated with the board for fifteen years,
ni1l T g. I ! ar
Clausen' s work closely and have
found him to be capable, straightfor-
ward and honest. Therefore the ma
]orlty of the board was pleased to re-
elect him.
Mr.. Ringdahl IS the only member of
the commission who has been named
by Governor Lind. General Becker
is hold-oyer member, as was Judge
Mills. The latter's term expires Jan
uary /, and that of Messrs. Ringdahl
and Becker in January, 1901.
Mr.. Clausen has been connected with
the state railroad and warehouse COM
mission for over fifteen years. He
came to Minnesota in 1872 from Massa-
chusetts, and has been connected with
the grain business constantly since
that time, with the exception of sim
gle year. He was appointed chief
deputy inspector for Minneapolis in
1885, under the law of that year, and
on August l, 1889, was promoted to be
chief grain inspector of the state,
which position he has held since.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02

of the board, will not remain. Gov
ernor Lind today informed the board
to that effect, and informed it pointed
ly that under no circumstances would
he consent to the department remain
ing as now organized and conducted.
This not only relates to appointments,
but to thorough investigation of the
department, which has not hitherto
been made and cannot be while as
present organized.
1.-The elimination will probably be
reached within a few days. You can
rely upon the information herein con-
veyed absolutely, and cannot too posi-
lively assert that reform will 20 for
ward. I do not believe that anything
can thwart the governors determina-
tion."
The criticism which opened from
democratic sources on Gener | Becker
Wednesday continued yesterday.
That the state administration had
grown suspicious of Becker's good
faith was developed yesterday. Incl
dentally, it tends to confirm the report
of previous understanding between
the governor and the majority of the
commission regarding Clausen's ap-
pointment. Governor Lind is said to
have received warning during the
past few days to the effect that he had
better not count very much on Mr..
! Becker. Congressman Fletcher and
Stevens had spent some hours with
him and it was suspected that they
talked over the Clausen matter.
| Now comes the story that in return
for the appointment of Lieutenant
George F. Becker, late of Company
r. Fifteenth Minnesota, as first lieu
tenant of volunteers, General Becker
threw his support to Clausen. Young
Becker is son of the railroad CON-
missioner. He was appointed to the
position by the president last week.
Becker was Immediately assigned to
the Thirty-ffth regiment and ordered
to report at once at Vancouver bar
racks.
Fletcher's anxiety to have Clausen
retained as chief grain inspector is
said to be due to fully twenty personal
appointments in the department and
the men have been making the night
hideous with their cries since it has
been given out that the entire depart
ment was to be reorganized.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02

bWO NObu"HS OF WSISO0 odO vote,
most important in the State The
acts of the Commission affect every
interest and particularly the inter-
ests of shipper and carrier.
They should he men of strict i'm
partiality. The method in vogue
has been for the governor to appoint
them. This is the method that one
party to the great controversy now
going ON between the people and the
the corporations want viz, the rail-
roads. They want the Commission
ers appointed. Why? The reason
for their solicitude has always been
been very apparent. In order to get
Il Commission that will favor them
as much as they dare to do. A COM
missioner holding a three years ap.
pointment from the governor with
the prospect of re-appointment
don't care if he fails to please the
people, ii he only pleases the govern.
VI WIN IL CIC ClC0IOl VI ulS JoO. Ous
Mr.. Editor, it is different with one
who must get his office from the PEG.
ple direct. He will indeed realize al.
SO that he must please his creators
or lose his job. Under our republi
can-democratic form of government
every important office ought tn he
filed by popular vote. The popu
list party of which Mr.. Nelson is such
a conscientious proselyte adopted al
one of it's tenets that United States
senators should be elected by popu
lar vote. The republican party ha'
1also declared. itself on this important
Iprbpbsiti8h, rs elect senators ty
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02

democrats WeIe lIOM PlluCiPAo
againse bounties. That's the only
excuse they could make and when
ever one of the distinguished reform
(?) sOlOns delivered himself Of such a
grist vi nonsense his associates
= would smile that smile Of incredul-
BUSINESS which plainly indicated how
contemplate they regarded this ex-
hibition of moral cowardice. Our
own senator made no explanation.
He simply voted to sustain the gov
ernor. If the governor had sent in a
message repudiating the Old Testa-
ment l presume our distinguished
senate would have forthwith coin
cided with his excellency. I defy Mr..
Grue or anyone else, to give one in
telligent reason for the change OF his
vote. BY following blindly tile un-
warranted and uncalled for dictatiOn
of Gov. Lind Mr.. Grue proved him.
self as lacking that backbone which
we have a right to expect OF legis-
lhLOt, tIuu CIloo oCCu AAS
fact that party adherence is to him
greater than principles, and that on
" a few words from his greatness
Lind were required to bring to the
surface that elementary constituent OF
populism ''repudiation'. And this
second vote, this cowardly yielding
to official greatness. this reputation
Oi a "m oral and legal claim;" this is
what Mr.. Lawson tells us was Grue'e
1.reform vote" Ye Gods! II that
isn't reform with 'aa~yengeance then
we'lha to revise the dictionary
Repudiate a just claim OF $4,000 and
In the next breath give away fifty OF
sixty thousand to parties that have
nit the shadow 6i u tlaiml That'l
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| last winter anuSlC had Mr., Nelson as
supporter. It was a measure that
has not one redeeming feature about
it. 1t was u most dastardly at
tempt to muzzle the people. Why, if
three or more persons would agree
to stop collectively their subscrip-
tiOns to the Willmar Tribune because
they were tired of being humbugued
by sham reforms and calamity bowls,
and would try to get others to do
the same, they would be liable under
this reform((?) measure. 1t was de-
nounced by every labor organiza ton
in the State, and many sent men to
st. Paul to try and defeat it's pas
sage. This nefarious, pernicious off,
spring Of the evil one is nothing new.
1t has been there before. And it al
ways emanates from the same quar-
ters; it always has the same origin,
viz: in the railway offices. It's a
corporation measure in every sense
OF the word. There is absolutely
nothing cosmopolitan about it. Ii
is the r..nkest kind of class legisla.
tIon, and always thought you Pop
reformers (?) were against class legis.
latiOn?
| You may say it wouldn't effect Mr.
Nelson's constituents. This I deny
1t would affect them all and parti.
cularly the railroad employees who
so nob1y supported him last fall
How doyou like the idea, you intelli
gent railroad employees to have the
man you helped to elect go to St.
Paul and try to weld tighter and
tighter the shackles now already
upon you by corporate greed? And
how do you intelligent farmers like
] tne idea Ut vioIating the statutS II