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DOLE'S NEW CHOICE
Great Opposition Devel
oped to Castle for
Minister.
REASONS FOR IT GIVEN.
There Is Very Little Prospect
of His Going to Wash
ington.
DISSENSIONS IN THE CABINET.
Negotiations for a New Steamship
L'.ne Between Australia and
Canada.
HONOLULU, Hawaii. June 24.— The
main topic of conversation to-day is, Will
the Senate confinm the nomination of W.
R. Castle to be Minister to Washington in
time to send the news by this steamer?
A most intense opposition to Mr. Castle
ha- developed in the radical wing of the
American Union party, and it is backed
up by every newspaper in town, except
the Advertiser, which is virtually con
trolled by the Castle family. The Ameri
can League is loud in its denunciations of
the new appointee.
There are many reasons urged why Mr.
Castle should not go to Washington.
Among them may be mentioned his known
connection with the inside clique who is
assisting President Dole and his Cabinet
-to run the Government. Another is that
he is a chronic office-seeker, having igno
miniously failed in securing a nomination
from the party either for the constitu
tional convention, the Senate or the lower
house. A third reason is that he is • er
sonally unpopular here; a fourth that he
is considered incompetent to fill the high
est office in the gift of President Dole; a
fifth that he is sufficiently wealthy not to
need the office; a sixth that no member
of the Senate was consulted in the matter
of his nomination, which was agreed on at
a secret Cabinet session held on a Sunday
afternoon in this missionary town and
made public on Sunday with unnecessary
haste, and lastly that he is persona non
grata at Washington on account of his ut
terances en the stump here during the
stormy times of December, 1893.
Every appointment made by .President
Dole since Janv.arv IT, 1888, has, under the
,: v.new constitution, to be confirmed by the
r.ate. On Thursday last that body held
a session of about half an hour and con
-med all the appointments but two, those
W. R. Castle and Frank Hastings as
secretary of legation at Washington.
Senator McCandless led the fight against
Castle's continuation, and* succeeded in
getting it referred to a committee for in
vestigation. That committee has not re
ported at the present writing.
The appointment of Hastings was laid
on the table pending a decision for or
against Castle. It is understood that if
Cutte is rejected Hastings will get his pro
motion, and his friends are working for
him tooth and nail.
Aii is. not serene in the Cabinet. Under
the constitution Cabinet officers have all
the rights and privileges of members in
either house, save and except the right to
vote. Both Minister Damon and the At
torney-General are constant in their at
tendance on the House, but after the lat
ter's first day's experience in the Senate,
when he was somewhat severely sat upon,
he has not shown up in that body.
The main bill introduced by the Govern
ment has been one relating to the disposi
tion of crown lands. It is said President
Pole s heart will be broken if it does not
and yet Minister Damon and the
Attorney-General had quite a spat over
one of the principal provisions while it
wa« under consideration in the House in
committee of the whole.
Representative Robertson of Honolulu,
who was formerly deputy Attorney-Gen
eral under the incumbent, but who is now
said to be after his former chief's scalp and
job, immediately called the attention of
the House to the evident dissension in the
Cabinet, and made the most of the affair.
In a labored speech the Attorney-Gen
eral admitted that there were differences
in the Catnnet on some matters, but they
were only trivial one.
Robertson at once replied that both the
President and Cabinet had been working a
year on the lane Dili, and yet when it was
printed and introduced they were not even
in accord on its principal provision. If
the land bill was i trivial affair he would
like to know wha- the Government con
sidered an importan one.
W. C. Wilder and D. L. Naone, both of
Honolulu, have been elected President of
the Senate and Speaker of the House re
spectively. The former is the head of the
firm of Wilder & Co. and of the Wilder
Steamship Company. T -,c latter is a boss
painter and a native Hawaiian. The Sen
ate is composed of fourteen whites, mostly
of foreign birth, and one native. The
House has eight native an I seven white
members. Proceedings in the Senate are
conducted in the English language only,
but in the House both Engli-h and Ha
waiian are used, requiring the constant ser
rices of an interpreter. In the Senate,
Cecil Brown, McCandless and Wtterhouse
•re the best workers and talkers; in the
House Robertson in making his mark for
good sound sense and hard work, while
three or four of the native members are
continually on their feet. Only two or
three members in either house have had
previous legislative experience.
Representative Robertson introduced a
bill in the House on Saturday to restrict
Chinese immigration. It is remarkably
concise and to the point.
On June 18 a native mass-meeting was
held on Palace square, some 200 or 300
being present. The object of the meeting
was to express condolence with Mrs.
Gresham on the death of her husband,
and appropriate resolutions were passed.
The Senate did nothing in the matter of
confirming W. R. Castle's appointment as
Minister. The committee to whom the
nomination was referred asked for further
time, which was granted.
There will be a sort of joint Fourth of
July celebration here this year. The
American one will take place under the
auspices of Minister Willis, and will con
sist of salutes and a reception. The Ha
waiian Government will have a celebration
of its own, with an elaborate literary pro
gramme similar to those of American
cities and the addition of boat-racing.
The Canadian-Australian steamer War
rimoo sailed for Fiji and Sydney'at 3 p. m.
to-day. Among her passengers were Hon.
J. G. Ward, Colonial Treasurer, Postmas
ter-General and ex-officio Commissioner
of Telegraph Lines of the colony of New
Zealand, and his private secretary, Captain
C. O. Montrose, who are on their way home
from an important conference with the
English and Canadian authorities.
Mr. Ward's principal business in London
was to negatiate a loan of $7,500,000, which
amount is to be loaned out to small set
tlers under what is known in New Zealand
as the settlers' act. By the provision of
this act the Government loans to small
settlers a sum equal to two-nfths of the
assessed value of their lands and improve
ments as determined by a commission for
that purpose. Six per cent interest is
charged on these loans and the terms of
payment made easy. The new loan just
negotiated by Mr. Ward was subscribed
five times over in thirty-six hours after the
prospectus was issued.
Speaking of the mail service the Call
representative was informed that Australia
and Canada have agreed to subsidize the
Canadian-Australian line, but on the sole
condition that 17-knot boats are put on.
New Zealand will continue her present
subsidy to the Spreckels steamers. "What
the colonies want." said Captain Montrose,
"is a fortnightly fast service between Aus
tralia and Vancouver, and we are bound
to have it." Discussing the matter further
the captain said there was littie doubt that
the steamers now running from Vancouver
to China and known as the Empress line
would be put en this route. These are
modern ocean greyhounds and average
seventeen knot-.
The Canadian line has agreed to fix its
time card so a? to alternate with the other
line and give a regular fortnightly service.
It is even on the card that the Empress
steamers will run to San Francisco and
thence to Vancouver.
With recard to the proposed cable, Cap
tain Mor.trose said that strenuous and
joint efforts were being made by all the
colonies looking toward a subsidy for an
English cable. While he was in favor of
an all English cable, he thought it would
never be laid. He considered if England
and the colonies laid a cable to Honolulu,
the United States and Hawaii could be
depended on for the rest. "No French
c.tble will De allowed to land on Australian
soil," said he. "and any English cable
company that would ignore Hawaii did
not know what it was about."
A BIG FIRE IX PARIS.
The Scarcity of Water Interferes With the
Work of the Firemen.
PARIS, France, July I.— One of the
largest fires that has occurred in this city
in some time broke out at noon to-day in
the military equipment works in the Rue
Rochecourt, in the northern part of the
city. The flames spread with the greatest
rapidity and the employes were quickly
driven into the street.
The firemen were promptly at the scene,
but their efforts to subdue the flames were
rendered fruitless by a scarcity in the
water supply. The fire extended to build
ings on Kue'Petrelle to the north and Rue
Coudorcet to the south. The immense
structure on the latter street devoted to
the manufacture of gas meters was de
stroyed. It was not till late this evening
that the fire was extinguished. The loss
was fully 1.500.000 francs.
Immense crowds gathered in the
vicinity to watch the conflagration, and it
was necessary to call upon the troops to
aid the police in cordoning the streets.
Two firemen and dozens of civilians were
severely hurt. M. Leigeis. Minister of the
Interior, visited the injured in the hos
pital. He presented to one of the injured
riremen a medal for bravery.
President Faure has donated 2000 francs
and the Municipal Council 1000 francs for
the relief of the sufferers. The origin of
the tire is unknown.
COINAGE IX MEXICO.
It Ha* Again' Keen Undertaken by the
Government.- ■.;*-: r> '.%
CITY OF MEXICO, Mex., July 1.-The
Government of Mexico to-day resumed
control of the mints, and will hereafter
levy a uniform tax of 5 per cent on all gold
and silver contained in the ore mined in
the country, without regard to where it is
smelted. .
For several years the mints have been
leased to private individuals, who, whiie
they have charged a mintage tax, have put
it on a somewhat different basi? from that
proposed by tbe Government. The charge
for minting gold and silver has been al
most i] 4 P* l " cent, while the Government
has collected in addition .61 of 1 per cent,
making a tax of over 5 per cent to be paid
by all Mexican mine-owners having their
ores coined into money in Mexico, while
those who sent their product to smelters
either in the United States or Mexico es
caped this tax.
It was this condition of affairs that in
duced the Government to assume control
of the mints and to tax all ore, irrespective
of where it is treated.
GERMAXY'B JS'EW TARIFF.
It Authorizes the Imposition of Retalia-
torff JJuties.
BERLIN, Germany, July I.— The new
tariff measure passed by the Reichstag
early in May goes into effect to-day.
The most important provision is that au
thorizing the Government to impose retal
iatory duties whenever other nations dis
criminate against German products. Dis
criminating duties on goods now on the
free list are. however, limited to 20 percent
ad valorem. The measure also raises the
duty of perfumes containing alcohol from
200 to 300 marks, and imposes a protective
duty on Quebracho wood, which is used for
tanning.
J-WESTITURE OF THE KSIGHTS.
The Queen Will Perform the Ceremony
at Windsor Cattle.
LONDON, E.vg., July I.— lt has been an
nounced that the investiture of the re
cently created knights will take place at
Windsor Castle during the latter part of
the present week. The new knights will
first attend a luncheon in the famous
Waterloo chamber of the castle, and at 3
o'clock in the afternoon will repair to the
white drawing-room, where the Queen will
perform the customary ceremony of inves
titure.
' Another Victory for the Britannia.
ROTHES-AY, Esq., July I.— Owing to
rain the cup challenger Valkyrie 111 did
not race with the Britannia and Ailsa to
day. The two latter started at 10 :30, and
at the end of the first round the Britannia
was ahead.
On the second round the Britannia was
three minutes ahead. Time, 3:01 :29.
The Britannia won by two and a half
minutes. The times at the finish were:
Britannia, 4:04:48; Ailsa, 4 :07 :04.
The Niagara, Zinita and Dakota sailed
over the thirty-one-mile course to-day.
They started at'll o'clock. The Zinita was
ahead at the first round.
In the Niagara-Dakota-Zinita race the
Dakota won on time allowance. Time —
Niagara 3:15, Zinita 3:17:36, Dakota
3:26:05. ,
A Misting Revenue Cutter.
LONDON, Esq., July I.— The revenue
cutter Margafet, having on board twenty
.lands, sailed a week ago from HoJyhead
lit Milford Haven. She has not since
been heard of, and the gunooat Renard
has been sent to search forher.
Chamberlain and Jialfour Be-Elected.
LONDON, Eng., July I.— Right Hon.
Joseph Chamberlain was to-day re-elected
to represent the west division of Birming
han in the House of Commons, and
Jar es A. Balfour was re-elected from Man
che-ter.
Ti e easy, safe and certain protection of
our bread, biscuit and cake from all danger
of unwholesotneness is in the use of Royal
Baking Powder only.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1895.
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Two Persons Perish in
a Burning* Gridiey
Building.
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
A Pasadena Romance in
Which Two Wives and One
Husband Figure.
NEW DAILY IN MARYSVIIIE.
An Ex-Justice of the Peace Ar
rested for Alleged Em
bezzlement.
GRIDLEY. Cax., July I.— The town is
all excitement to-day over the news of an
awful tragedy that occurred in the night.
Soon after half-past 12 o'clock the sub
stantial house of Trotter Holliday, situated
about four miles south of Gridiey, caught
fire in a way that will never be known and
burned to the ground. Mr. Holliday and
his niece, Miss Mary Turk, perished in the
liames and their bodies were found in the
ruins this morning.
Joseph Quinn, who was living with Mr.
HoJliday, was awakened by the tire and
smoke, and escaped in his night clothes.
He wandered around in a haif-demented
condition, and finally staggered over to
Mr. Haugh's place and told them about it.
Mr. Holliday was a very prominent
rancher, one of the oldest citizens of this
neighborhood and well-to-do.
A I-AsAl>l\A AOXAXCE.
George Green's Futile Efforcs to Maintain
Two Households,
PASADENA, Cal., July I.— George
Green, a young man about 32 years of age.
has for the Jast year or more been in the
employ of Munger <fc Griffiths as a cornice
worKer and always enjoyed the reputation
of being a first-class workman. Now he
has shaken the dust of Pasadena from his
feet and departed for a new field of labor,
leaving no address as to where he was go
ing. There is not only a woman the bot
tom of it, but two of them and several
children.
Shortly after his arrival here Green was
joined by a woman and several chiidren r
supposed to be his family. They came
from Chicago, and shortly "after their ar
rival a new pair of twins appeared in the
Green household. Chief of Police Glass of
Los Angeles has Been receiving telegrams
of late from a woman in Joliet, 111., who
proves to be the only genuirt* Mrs. Green,
and who has been for some time trying to
set a trace of her husband, who left her in
oliet and came to Pasadena.
Green's friends who were working with
him in the tinshop, seeing these facts pub
lished, questioned him about the matter,
but Green succeeded in parrying their ques
ies. Next morning, as Green did not sho>7
up for work, they were convinced that he
was the man the articles had referred to.
After a search they found Green camped
some distance from town. He had fitted
up a camp-wagon, and was on his way to
parts unknown. They tried to induce
him to return, but in vain, and his where
abouts has since been unknown.
Green said that Mrs. Green No. 1 left
him three times before he came to Califor
nia, and that her search for him is for mer
cenary reasons alone.
CALIFO&XIA CROPS.
Fruit Yield tieareely More Than Enongh
for Home Consumption.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., July I.— Director
Brawick of the California Weather and
Crop Service summarizes as follows:
The average temperature for the week
ending Monday, July I, 1395, was: For
Eureka, 54 ; Independence, 74 ; Los Angeles,
66; Red Bluff, 78; Sacramento, 68; San
Francisco, 58; San Luis Obispo 62. and San
Diego 64. As compared with the normal
temperature there is a heat deficiency as
follows for the places named: Eureka, 1
degree; Fresno, normal; Los Angeles. 4;
Sacramento, 3; San Francisco 2, and Sin
Diego 3 degrees, while Red Bluff reports an
excess of heat during the week of 1 degree.
Harvesting is being carried on all over
the State, and the reports are very variable,
some ranchers reporting good crops, others
fair, while again some report their crops
as the poorest in years.
The cool weather has had a tendency to
keep fruit from ripening very fast, and the
yield is so small this year that the most of
it is consumed by the people of the State.
The percentage going East is the smallest
for many years.
JUABTSriLLE'S SEW JOURXAL.
The Pioneer Standard Resuscitated by Its
Former Editor* '■
MARYSVILLE, Cal., July I.— The old
Marysville Standard has been resuscitated.
The first issue of the paper in its new form
made its appearance to-day..
The Standard was originally established
April 23. 1870, but only enjoyed an event
ful existence covering a period of four
years. A. S. Smith, the editor and pub
lisher at that time, occupies the same posi
tion with reference to the new paper. He
, is 74 years of age, and is said to be the old
est journalist in point of service on the
coast. His career commenced as a lad of
11 on the Syracuse (X. V:.) Herald. He
came to California in 2852, and was a writer
on the Sacramento Union, the Bee and the
News, and on the Auburn Stars and Stripes.
i He served as editor of the Marysville
Appeal for 25 years, bat feels that h*is use
fulness in the community has not yet been
fulfilled, and his latest venture is there-
suit.
The Standard is issued as independent
in politic*, but no doubt its tendencies will
be strongly Republican. It will publish
the news reports of The United Press.
ARRESTED AT STOCKTON.
A Former Juntirc of the- Peace Charged
frith Embezzlement. ,
STOCKTON. Cal., July 2.— L. Leaabet
ter, formerly a Justice Of the Peace here,
was arrested this afternoon on a warrant
from Araador County, charging 1 him with
embezzling funds there. Leadbetter is
prominent here.. . He claims, he is ", inno
cent and that another man retained money
due for life " insurance policies collected.
He ,will be taken *to Amador County to
morrow. ■MM««£BgKiS>,r'
SACRAMLWTO FIREBUGS.
After Looting a Jtesidence, Burglar*
the Match.
Apply
SACRAMENTO, Cal., July I.— A. H.
Foote, who resides one and a half kiiles
east of the city, reports that last night his
residence was eoteied by burglars, who
ransacked the premises and stole $18 in
money. The rascals started a fire in the
house in an attempt to burn the place, but
Mr. Foote, who had been away from home,
returned in time to extinguish the blaze..
Snn Dirgan* Jndignan*.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., July I.— There is in
dignation here over a dispatch from San
Bernardino printed in the coast papers of
June 29, confounding El Cajon Valley of
this county with Cajon of San Bernardino.
It is said that the wine of El Cajon is uu
canny, as numerous tragedies in the past
several months were all brought about by
drinking a certain wine manufactured at
El Cajon. The three murders and one
suicide mentioned. occurred, on the con
trary, in Caion, San Bernardino County.
El Cajon Valley heFe is a great raisin dis
trict, and also makes fine wine and brandy,
and is the most law-abiding section known,
being settled by a first-class people.
DEATH TO THE QUAILS.
Poison for Grasshoppers Exterminating
the Game Birds.
HEALDSBURG, Cal., July 1. — The
formula prepared by a resident of tne Clo
verdale district for the extermination of
grasshoppers has been tried, and while it
may have put an end to grasshoppers, it
has also played havoc with quail.birds and
squirrels. Reports from the Geyserville
district are to the effect that many quail
and other birds have been killed by the
use of poison intended for grasshoppers.
The damage from these pests ia not great.
Bonita School Bonds Hold.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., July I.— The
Board of Supervisors was in session to-day
examining the assessment books and sit
ting as a board of equalization. The
Bonita school district bonds were sold to
W. W. Burton, the highest bidder, at $2000.
John L. Trustow presented his resignation
as school trustee of the city of Santa Bar
bara, and C. A. Taggart, an attorney at
law and late candidate for District Attor
ney, was appointed to serve out the unex
pifed term. As there has been consider
able agitation in local educational circles,
it is interesting to note that Tagcart is in
harmony with the present administration.
Santa Barbara's Fighting Ex-Pugilist.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., July I.— The
charge of assault with a deadly weapon,
preferred in the Police Court against
O'Kelly, the retired pugilist and painter,
who assaulted a photo-enlarging solicitor
Jast week, was to-day dismissed on the
ground of insufficient testimony regarding
the use of O'Kelly's Winchester. The
trial on a charge of battery on O'Kelly's
docket will come up in Justice Crane's
court to-morrow.
Lieutenant Steams* Elevation.
SARAMENTO. Cal., July I.— Captain
T. B. Hall of Company G, Second In
fantry, has retired from active service, and
to-night Lieutenant Steams was elected to
succeed him.
SONOMA COUNTY ROADS
The Bureau of Highways Finds
Them to Be in Good
Condition.
Recommend the Passage of an Ordi
nance Compelling the Use of
Broad-Tired Wagons.
SANTA ROSA. Cal., July I.— Marsden
Manson of San Francisco. James L* Maude
of Riverside and R. C. Irvine of Sacra
mento, members of the State Board of
Highways, arrived here last evening.
They came to interview tne Board of Su
pervisors of Sonoma County and other offi
cers in regard to road-building and road
maintaining. They called upon the Board
of Supervisors this morning and held an
informal meeting. The formal meeting
with the bureau was held in the afternoon
and a report was made by Manson of the
State Bureau that the roads of Sonoma
Coimtv are in good condition and well
graded.
The sprinkling of the county roads was
much urged as an economical way of pre
serving good roads. Tlhl was a way of
spending money, and of saving it. In Santa
Clara County the sprinkling of roads has
been a paying proposition. There are about
1,400 miles of roads in Sonoma County.
Some of the highways are badly located
and the bureau asked the Supervisors to
have a map of the highways prepared so
as to facilitate matters. They said there
was much good road material in the county
that had not been fully utilized, and that
if only five miles of road were to be
builtinoneyear.it should be built weii.
They recommended to the Supervisors that
an ordinance should be passed compelling
farmers to use broad-tired wagon wheels
instead of the present narrow ones.
"It is utterly impossible," said Mr.
Johnston, "to construct a road properly
unless the first matter considered and
acted upon is drainage. It is an error to
make a road low, as in winter it will be
overflowed. The best materials will not
make roads on a water level. The second
requisite is to properly surface the road«.
They should be suiHcientiy rounded to
shed the water. Another matter to be
carefully considered is the quality of ma
terial used — the harder the road the better.
The object of the bureau is to have some
thing uniform in the way of road making
and road preserving."
One of the members of the bureau will
return here soon and will remain for two
weeks to gather information.
iyVASION OF GRASSHOPPERS.
Steady Encroachments of the Crop De
stroyers in Sonoma County.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., July I.— The grass
hopper plague in this neighborhood is in
creasing, despite the fact that in former
years, when other communities have suf
i fered from the invasion of these insects,
| thi-3 -section has always escaped. This sea
son the farmers are not so fortunate, and
much damage has already been done and
great losses are reported daily.
P. 0. Rossi, president of the Italian-
Swiss colony at Asti, near Cloverdale, has
found the following recipe very successful
in destroying the pests: Twenty-rive
pounds of middlings, twenty-five pounds
of bran, twenty-five pounds of arsenic, one
gallon of water, three gallons of molasses.
This should be well mixed, so that every
particle of bran and middlings receives a
portion of arsenic. The application of this
mixture is simple: A tablespoon ful of it
is put at the foot of eacli vine. The grass
hoppers are attracted by the smell and eat
the mixture in preference to the leaves.
As the grasshoppers generally travel in
a straight Tine and eat the vines in rows,
if the poison is applied on three or four
rows near the fences or roads these pro
tected rows will prevent the spread of the
pests into the body of the vineyard.
>i.vr.i ROSA'S SEW WOMAS.
A Crusade in Tavor of How Industries
to Be Inaugurated.
SANTA ROSA. Cal., July I.— There is a
movement on foot here among the women
to form a league to carry on a crusade in
favor of home industries. The members
of the league will pledge themselves to
give preference always to articles produced
and manufactured in this State. Santa
Rosa's progressive women will no doubt
carry on the crusade with their accus
tomed vigor and will doubtless succeed in
booming local trade to some extent. One
of their first moves will be the printing of
a list of bome*manufactnred articles, es
pecially such as are in every-day use.
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I. - • : Children Cause a Fire.
SAN BERNARDINO. Cal., July I.— A
barn belonging to J; N. Corbett was burned
last night. It was a total loss, with no in
surance. Children built a bonfire between
the barn and . haystack, from which it
caught; A heavy wind was blowing toward
the nousei but the latter was saved by a
covering of wet blankets.
Claims He It .\ o t Insane.
STOCKTON, Cal., July I.— Judge Budd
this afternoon granted a writ of habeas
corpus returnable at 10 o'clock to-morrow,
to Walter E. Stone, who, it is alleged, is
confined illegally in the asylum here.
The writ was sued out at the instigation of
his wife, who lives in San Francisco.
LOS ANGELES RACES.
Scores of Entries for
Events on the
Fourth.
SEVENTEEN-MILE DASH.
One Hundred and Forty
Wheelmen Will Compete
for the Trophies.
WILL RUN TO SANTA MONICA.
The Course Put In Condition for
Record- Breaking— The Official
Handicap.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., July I.— Los An
geles will be a busy city on the Fourth.
In addition to the parade and the literary
and musical events prepared by the com
mittee, the bicyclists will hold a roadrace
from Fifth and Olive streets to Santa
Monica, a distance of seventeen miles, for
which over 140 entries have been made,
and prizes aggregating $2500 are to be
awarded.
The first race to Santa Monica was held
July 4, 1891, and there were but sixteen
entries. The race was originated and suc
cessfully carried out by W. J. Allen, a di
rector of the Los Angeles Athletic Club,
and chief consul of the League of Ameri
can Wheelmen in this territory. It was
Thomas Me Aleer, One of the Starters
in the Los Angeles Road Race.
[Draun from a photograph.]
won by W. A. Tufts, in 1:17. In 1892 the
race was participated in by thirty cyclists,
Fra-nk Waller winning in 1:02:28. The
race of 1893 called out sixty-foar contest
ants, resulting in a victory for W. M. Jen
kins, he making the run in 58 :19.
Last year the railroad strike was on, and
as the road was used for teaming freight
from Los Angeles to the wharf at Santa
Monica, and was in consequence badly cut
up, it wa9 predicted that the race would
not come off. However more entries and
better time was the result, 106 entering
and Emil Ulbricht coming out winner, his
time being 57:02.
This year the larger number of entries,
greater list of prizes and the splendid con
dition of the road have aroused more
enthusiasm than ever before, and almost
every foot of ground to be gone Over is
known to all contestants. Maps have
been circulated showing the grades,
curves, nature of the soil, etc., and the
whole course will be flagged so as to pre
vent any possible mistakes. On the day
of the race the course will be patrolled by
umpires, who will keep a close watch for
any fouling.
The best long distance riders in South
ern California have entered, and the
scratch men will in all likelihood be
Ulbricht, who won last year's race;
McAleer, who holds all coast records
from three to ten miles; McCrea, the
Crimson Run wonder; Kit oh in and
Godfrey Smith. The limit of the handi
cap has been placed at twelve minutes.
The race will start at 8:15 o'clock sharp,
md a special train wili be run to Santa
Monica over the Southern Pacific, whose
tracks skirt the road almost the whole way,
for wheelmen and visitors desiring to wit
ness the race and be in at the finish.
The list of prizes includes a Rambler
tandem, a Syracuse tandem, two Keating
bicycles, a Syracuse bicycle, Gundron bi
cycle, saddle horse and outfit, a Parker
shotgun, Sohmer piano, embossed leather
chair, besides various sporting goods and
accouterments, numbering in all about
seventy articles.
Some hard practicing and exercising is
being done by those intending to partici
pate, and it is confidently predicted that
the record will be brought down to fifty
five minutes, if not less.
The official handicaps are as follows:
Scratch— Emil Ulbricht and W. W. Hamilton
of Denver.
Thirty seconds— Phil Kitchin, Herb McCrea,
Wm. Hatton.
One minute — Godfrey Schmidt, Washburn,
Rodriguez.
Two minutes— W. A. Taylor, H. L. Williams,
Tom McAleer, W. L. Garrison.
Three minutes— Badiilo, Eckhardt, Webber.
Cox, Hargreave, Tomklns, Griffith, Scogland,
Mussey.
Four minutes— Fay Stevenson, Ed Wasson,
Olsen, Ruess, Sugg, Wade, Simonds, Squires,
E. P. Nealy, C. A. Miller, Ed Norman. Todd,
Charley Cowan, Brandson, Lawler, Will Knip
penberg.
Five minutes — Cole, Hqjtue, Bayer, Lester,
E. Clark, Richardson, Keazie, Drew, Stauter,
Weaver, Z. G. Taylor, Houston, Hawks,
Schwartz, Sanderson, Muchmore.
Six minutes — Adams, Howell, Clarence
Miller, Felton. Elliot, W. A. Stephenson, Watts,
Rehbock, Wardell, Hillard, De Hay, Norman,
Cole, Campbell, Dueommun.
Seven minutes— Engie, W. E. Tyler, Nick
Biehl, Morrill, Mather, R. S. Taylor, Jones,
Good, De Forrest, Savage, Gard, Ells, Mosner,
Maynard, Ritter, Lang, Salliday, Bennett, Burt,
Nealy.
Eight minutes— Pierce, Myer, Forsythe, Vint.
Guercio, Yeoman, Juenger. Pease, Wilsford,
Jeffries, Wiley, H. L. Jenkins, Church, Law ton,
Martindale.
Nine minutes — G. L. Smith, Matthewson,
Chelden, Manley, De Blegoet, Weir, H. A. Phil
lips, Fred Phillips.
Ten minutes— Taber, Imbler, Charley, Patter
son, Carter, Newell, Duque, Laverty.
Eleven minutes — Kingsbury and Hill.
Twelve minutes (limit)— John Brink, Doc
Kennedy, Perry Howard.
San Mateo County Assessments.
BEDVVOOD CITY, Cal., July L-The
San Mateo County assessment roll for 1896
has been completed, and was turned over
to and accepted by the Board of Super
visors to-day. The total assessment is
$17,756,112. being an increase of $2,151,107.
This increase is chiefly on bonds, stocks,
etc., assessed under the new construction
of the law. The city of San Mateo — re
cently incorporated — is assessed for $2,290, i
003, these figures being included in the
total assessment as above given.
VIC TOBY FOR OIL MEN.
Wells Can Be Sunk Outside of the Fire
LOS ANGELES, Cal., July I.— A de
cided'victory for the oil men was gained
to-day in a decision handed down by Judge
Van Dyke of the Superior Court declaring
the oil well ordinance passed by the City
Council unconstitutional. Suit was
brought by the people against W. H.
Clarke et al. for maintaining a nuisance in
the shape of an oil well. Clarke won in
the Police Court and the decision was sus
tained in the Superior Court. It prac
tically gives property-owners outside the
fire limits the right to bore for oil, and
will be taken advantage of by many. •
HAKBIX'GTOX WILL DIE.
A Divorce Suit Thought to Have Caused
His Attempt at Suicide.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 1. — The
chances for the recovery of Edward Har
rington, the Atlantic and Pacinc conductor
who was found in an unconscious con
dition in a lodging-house last Friday
night, are very slight, as he has not re
gained consciousness. It is now believed
that he took morpnine with suicidal intent
on account of a suit for divorce brought by
his wife and because of discharge from the
railroad. It was discovered this morning
that he had ruptured a blood vessel in his
head. Harrington resided at Kingman,
Ariz.
SAN BERNARDINO COVTICTS.
William Taber Sentenced to Serve Four
teen Tears fo-r Murder.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Jnly I.—
Judge Campbell this afternoon sentenced
William L. Taber to fourteen years in the
State prison for the murder of James P.
Medlin on Sunday, March 10. His attor
neys made a plea for a new trial, but it was
overruled.
Jesus Belarde, who made a murderous
assault on a Chinaman on the highway,
was sentenced to three months in the
county jail.
A SAN LUIS SENSATION.
Charges of Embezzlement Pre-
f erred Against a Deputy
Assessor.
David Thaler's Long Absence Leads
to a Warrant for His
Arrest.
SAX LUISOBISPO, Cal., July I.— David
Thaler, a. Deputy Assessor appointed to
collect poll, road and personal property
taxes in this town, and vicinity, has been
missing since Tuesday, June 25, and a
warrant has been issued in the Justice
Court charging him with embezzlement.
Thaler told his wife and friends that he
was going to San Francisco to see Jacob
Srutz, an old friend known as "Big Jake,"
but did not state the nature of his business,
and promised to return on . Thursday, the
27th. He made a pettlement with the
Assessor and Treasurer up to June 1, aod
on that date bis accounts were apparently
correct. It is known that to June 26 he
had sold sixty polltax receipts, represent
ing $120, and during June had also col
lected road and personal property taxes
thought to amount to $400 or $500. His
books for the receipt of poll, road and per
sonal property taxes respectively cannot
be found.
Thaler has lived here many years, has
borne an excellent reputation and was
methodical and careful with his accounts.
His friends do not believe that he has de
faulted and fear that he has met with foul
play. Possibly he fell short in his ac
counts and went to Stutz for relief.
TJuder the law County Assessor C. O.
King was obliged to make his final state
ment to-day, and on making inquiries for
Thaler on "Saturday found him missing.
The Assessor does not yet doubt the
honesty of bis deputy, but was obliged to
swear out a warrant for embezzlement in
order to protect himself and clear up the
matter. One suspicious circumstance is
that Thaler, instead of purchasing a
through ticket to San Francisco, bought a
ticket to Port Harford and from there
took passage on a steamer.
CORRAL HOLLOW SURVEY
Laying Out the Route for the
New Railroad to
Stockton.
Setting of Grade Stakes for the
Valley Line Progressing
Rapidly.
STOCKTON, Cal.. July I.— The snrvey
of the Corral Hollow Railroad began to
day under the direction of County Surveyor
Atherton, who will be chief of camp.
The surveyors started in at a po ; nt on
the south side of Stockton channel, n the
extreme western part of the city. The
party is lightly equipped, and will make it
a point to stay over night at villages alone
the route instead of camping out. It will
not take long to finish the preliminary
survey, and the party did not consider it
necessary to take a regular camping outfit
with it.
The work of setting grade stakes for the
Valley Railway is progressing fast, the
party being now on the fifth mile of the
line, measuring from the point on the
south side of Mormon channel, where the
survey began. The road is to be elevated
above the official grade of the streets in
the western Dart of the town, in order that
it shall be above high water, the official
grade there being too low. There was some
talk of raising the grade of the streets, but
this, it was thought, would impose a need
less burden on the property-owners.
It is expected that bids for the grading
will be called for soon. According to En
fineer Storey preference will be given to
tockton people.
OREGON SHORT LISE CASE.
The Fight for a Separate 'Receiver Finally
Abandoned.
PORTLAND, Ob., July I.— Counsel for
the American Loan and Trust Company of
New York, second-mortgage bondholders
of the Oregon Short Line and Utah North
ern Railway, will proceed immediately to
• foreclose the mortgages, abandoning all
further efforts to get a separate and sole
receiver for the Short Line. A foreclosure
bill will be filed in Oregon.
Xew Lodgp» of Odd Felloxcs.
REDWOOD CITY, Cal., July I.— Joseph
J. Bullock, D. D. G. M., will install
officers of Odd Fellows' lodges as follows :
San Mateo, Monday, July 8; Mayfield,
Tuesday, July 9; Redwood City, Wednes
day, July 10; Mountain View, Thursday,
July 11. _
Murder at Wolf Creek.
Wolf creek, Ob., July 1. — w. t.
Tracy was shot while going to work with
two partners in a quartz claim, about nine
miles from this place, this morning. There
had been trouble brewing for some time
over the claim. Tracy was shot from an
ambush. He died about thirty minutes
alter the shooting.
MAY SAVE YOU TROUBLE.
Seasonable Knowledge For This Time of
Blazing Skies and Wilted Bodies.
A cabbage-leaf in your hat is a time-honored
precaution against sunstroke. A little season-
able knowledge in the brain that the hat pro-
tects will serve the same good purpose. Xever
is excess of labor, eating, fretting or drinking
more severely punished than in hot weather.
>?ever are good sense and self-restraint more
promptly rewarded.
The system demands relativelyjlarge quanti-
ties of fluids and the problems of summer
drinks is important. Ice-water is generally
condemned by the doctors, who say there i>
nothing quite so refreshing as Duffy's Pur*
Malt Whiskey, taken with cool water not iced.
The effect of this whiskey is to tone the stom-
ach and bowels, which suffer in summer as the
lungs and throat do in the winter months.
The organs of digestion should never be chilled
no matter how warm the surface of the body
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Duffey's Pure Malt Whiskey stimulates them,
so that food is quickly digested and you don't
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folk with shaky nerves weaken and wither as
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sting and burn when swallowed.
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