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PACIFIC COAST NEWS,
North Pacific Officials
Plead for Reduced
Taxes.
FOLSOM - CRUSHED ROCK.
The New Plant Is to Be In
Operation Within Three
Months.
SALOONISTS TO BE EVICTED.
Governor Budd Will Enforce Prohi
bition at Folsom and San
Quentln.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 2.— The time
of the State Board of Examiners was con
sumed this morning in listening to a pro
tracted argument from A. W. Foster, presi
dent of the North Pacific Railway Com-
pany.
Mr. Foster was like the others who have
appeared before the board during the past
few days. He wanted the assessment on
his road reduced. He declared that pas
senger earnings on the road which he
represented had decreased during the past
year, explained at length the cost of run
ning a ferry and remarked regarding the
disastrous effect of competing roads. Dur
ing the course ot his argument he intro
duced Thomas Mellersh, who, he said, was
the secretary of the road and would show
the board some interesting statistics that
would bear on his argument. There had
been, he claimed, no additions to the rolling
stock of the road since last year except the
purchase of a few boxcars. The operating
expenses had decreased during the past
year $30,000 by a reduction of the working
force and lower wages, but this was more
than offset by a decrease in passenger and
freight service. The expense of running
the Tiburon ferry for the past year was
$97,180 47. The rent of the slip and the
switching at Francisco wharf was paid
into the State.
In reply to a question from Mr. Beamer
as to whether or not roads coming over
land into the State would not injure San
Francisco as a commercial city by making
terminal points of Stockton and other
cities Mr. Mellersh said:
"We want cheap rates on certain articles
from the East and high rates on others.
On things produced here we want as high
a rate as possible."
Mr. Mellersh then gave figures in rela
tion to the population per square mile in
the counties through which his road
passed : Marin 22, Sonoma 21, Mendocino 4.
He compared this with the population in
other countries: France 188, Great Britain
315, Belgium 350, etc. In the East, he
said, Massachusetts had a population of
276 to the square mile, Connecticut 150,
New York 130, and so on through quite a
list. He also gave a list of wages paid on
the San Francisco and North Pacific, and
those paid on railways in Illinois, which
showed that the former were higher in
every department. Passengers, Mr. Mel
lersh said, were carried at a loss. If it was
not for the mail and express matter they
could not afford to run any passenger
trains.
In concluding his argument he said that
it was no more trouble to grow wheat than
it was to haul it to market, and those who
invested their money in the building of
roads should be encouraged and not ham
pered.
SACRAMENTO VALLEY EDITORS.
Reforms Urged by the Executive Com
mittee of the League.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 2.— The
executive committee of the Sacramento
Valley Press League met at the Golden
Eagle Hotel in this city this afternoon.
There were present: Raleigh Baraca,
chairman ; D. G. Holt, secretary W. D.
Pennycook, C. K. McClatchy and E. B.
Willis. After a thorough discussion of the
various suggestions submitted by mem
bers for its consideration, the committee
adopted the following:
We urge a vigorous and a constant battle for
the preservation and the improvement of the
Sacramento River and a united warfare against
any menace thereto.
VVe urge an incessant crusade against the
great curse of the valley, land monopoly, and
as a natural resultant effort, the bending of
every energy toward the colonization of the
great tracts with an enterprising and desirable
population.
We urge the immediate Inauguration and
methodical spreading of a good roads system
throughout the valley. Better one mile of
good roads thi. year than ten miles ten years
from now. One of the greatest burdens upon
the taxpayers of the valley is the present
unsystematized patchwork upon roads.
We recommend that every effort be made to
secure permanent highways, built according
to proper plans and specifications, providing
for established grades determined by compe
tent road engineers and work to be done
under skilled engineers. To the end
that good roads may be secured, we
favor the issuance of bonds by
counties in the valley, by which the best roads
may be secured to the present generation and
Dy which posterity may be forced to bear a
portion di the costs as well as enjoy the
greater share of the benefits. . We deem bond
ing far cheaper than the present ineffectual
extravagance.
We urge the papers of the valley to battle for
a constitutional amendment declaring that all
persons who hold over 1000 acres of land shall
be assessed in an increasing ratio for every 500
acres over that; number, to the end that land
monopoly may be the more speedily crushed.
• The resolutions cite the advisability of
advertising the Sacramento Valley by
means of illustrated ' pamphlets. The
people of Sacramento are urged to estab
lish a public park, with the assistance of
the Southern Pacific, near the railroad
depot; and to other Sacramento Valley
towns a like suggestion is made. Action
toward sending a suitable exhibit from the
valley to the Atlanta Exposition is espe
cially urged. ____!_£
Among other recommendations are those
for the selection of competent legislative
and county officers ; the necessity of ad
vertising the fruit industry of the valley;
the establishment of smelting industries
in Shasta County, and the establishment
at some central point in the Sacramento
Valley of a headquarters for immigration,
by securing suitable buildings and giving
the use of them free of rent to immigrants
and their families while they are looking
up suitable places on which they may
desire to locate.
The committee adjourned to meet in this
city on September 10.
CRUSHED BOCK FROM FOLSOM.
The Firat Shipment to Be Beady Within
Ninety Day a.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. There
was a meeting of the Bureau of Highways
and State Prison Directors to-day at which
J. H. Maude, one of the members, reported
that the drawings for the rock-crushing
plant at Folsom would be completed to
morrow. Both boards will meet at Folsom
next Wednesday to discuss the general
plans.
The bureau announced that within
ninety days it would be prepared to de
liver crushed rock in Sacramento for 67"^
cents a cubic yard. The present price is
$2 95. The intention is -to expend $50
during the fair Is building a model mac
adam road on the floor of the pavilion.
WILL ENFORCE PROHIBITION.
Saloonists at Folsom and San Quentin
to Be Evicted.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 2.—Gover
nor Budd announces his intention to see
that the law prohibiting the sale of liquor
within two miles of any State institution
is enforced. He says he will call the
Attorney-General's attention to the open
sale of liquor in the town of Folsom ana in
the neighborhood of San Quentin, in Marin
County. He says that if the saloonists
cannot be evicted they can be enjoined and
then punished for contempt of court.
MADERA'S ARSONISTS.
Mrs. Hannah Fournier the Latest Suspect
Arrested.
MADERA, Cal., Aug. 2.—A complaint
was sworn out late last night charging
Mrs. Hannah Fournier with arson.
She is the wife of Achilles Fournier,
whom Anderson claims is the man who
hired him to set his buildings on fire. Th 4
arrest was not made till after the confes
sion in jail by Anderson.
This afternoon Mr. and Mrs. William
Woolley were arrested on the charge of
harboring and protecting a criminal.
They were immediately released on bonds.
The prosecution claims that the Wool
leys know of the whereabouts of Fournier
and refuse to divulge the matter to the
officers.
The preliminary examination of Mrs.
Fournier is set for to-morrow.
RED BLUFF BLAZE.
Fire Does Damage in One of the Principal
Business Blocks.
RED BLUFF, Cal., Aug. 2.— A big fire
that threatened one of the principal busi
ness blocks broke out in the notion and
grocery-store of J. T. Shubert at midnight
and spread to the Standard teastore of R.
J. Bolton adjoining. Both are a complete
loss. The prompt work of the firemen
saved Brock's drugstore and Karmel's
clothing-store.
J. T. Shubert lost $1600, with insurance
of $800; R. J. Bolton lost $1400, with insur
ance of $1000; H. Kraft lost on building
$1000, fully covered ; L. Karmel, $500, cov
ered; W. D. McKenney, $500; D. B. San
born, $500, covered.
The origin of the fire is a complete mys
tery. ________________________
LOS GATOS IMPROVEMENT
Innovations Planned by Citi
zens of the Progressive
Town.
Tree-Planting and the Establish
ment of a Public Library
Are Included.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 2.— At a meeting
of the Los Gatos Improvement Association
last evening reports from the various com
mittees were heard and several changes
made in the by-laws.
J. R. Ryland, Henry Hatch, F. F. Wat
kins, Mrs. G. L. Turner and Mrs. V. E.
Lucas were appointed a committee on tree
planting. A committee, consisting of Miss
Etchison, Mrs. John W. Lyndon, Mrs. E.
F. Pierce, Mrs. Charles W. Gertridge and
Mrs. F. L. Leonard, was appointed to at
tend to the establishing of a public library.
Alfred H. Holman, editor of the Pacific
Rural Press, gave an interesting talk, in
which he dwelt upon the necessity of im
proving the streets and otherwise making
the town attractive, so as to secure a desir
able class of citizens.
It was decided that the regular meetings !
of the association be held on the evening
of the first Thursday of each month from
April 1 to October 1, and the last Thura
day of each month from October 1 to
April 1.
Petitioned for Guardianship Letters.
SAN JOSE. Cal., Aug. 2.— Mrs. Manuella
M. de Mesa to-day petitioned the Superior
Court to be appointed guardian of her
brother, Joseph Dolores Miranda, an in
sane and incompetent person. Miranda
has property in the vicinity of Mavfield
valued at $20,000, and the petitioner alleges
that for the past five years Miranda has
had no legally appointed guardian and
that it is necessary that a guardian be ap
pointed to look after his estate.
Forced Into Insolvency.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 2.— Edward H.
Menschke, a cigar and tobacco dealer do
ing business at 109 South First street, to
day filed a petition in insolvency. A
scarcity of money, dull times and a lack
of business are set forth in the petition as
causes of failure, His liabilities amount to
$1548 20, and consist mostly of bills due
wholesale dealers. The assets are placed
at $759, being principally the stock and
fixtures in the store.
Inquest Over a Suicide.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 2.— inquest
was held this morning over the body of
George A. Allen, the old veteran who cut
his throat Wednesday night. It was de
veloped at the inquest that the deceased
was a member of John A. Martin Post No.
153, G. A. R., and 60 years of age. He
served through the war as a private in
Company ' .JL, Thirty-third Wisconsin
Infantry.
Charged With Stealing Barley.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. James Spen
cer and his son, James A., were brought
back from Stockton to-day by Deputy
Sheriff Tennant to answer to a charge of
grand larceny preferred by B. J. Tully.
The men are accused of visiting the Tully
, place, at the corner of McLaughlin avenue
and Tully road, in the night and carting
away between forty and fifty sacks of
barley.
Arrested for Defrauding.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 2.— Z. Clem
mon was arrested this morning on com
plaint of A. Schoenfeld of Campbell, who
accuses Clemmon of defrauding him out
of a board bill. He was arraigned before
Justice Dwyer and pleaded not guilty.
His trial was set for August 7. Bail was
fixed at $100, in default of which he went
to jail. ■ =7.77
Took a Doge of Laudanum..
SAN JOSE, Cat,., Aug. 2.— Thomas
Lynch, who has been employed doing
chores at the New England restaurant,
attempted suicide last night by means of
Hudanura. During the last two or three
days he has been drinking heavily. He
will recover.
Excursionists Arrive,
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 2.— Another
big excursion will arrive from Los Angeles
to-morrow by regular and special trains.
The former one brought 2500 persons, and
this is expected to beat it.
The Midsummer , Association has ar
ranged a fine programme for entertaining
the visitors, in the way of free excursions
on the bay and a Spanish barbecue, sere
nades on the plazas, excursions to neigh
boring points 01 interest and two days of
aquatic sports. Another : excursion of 100
Phoenix people will arrive Monday.
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CHRISTIANS MASSACRED.
Reported Slaughter of Many Foreigners
at Ku Cheng.
SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 3.— Advices
from Foo Chow are that a telegram re
ceived there on the 3d says that a fearful
massacre of Christians has . occurred at
Ku Cheng. Five foreign ladies are among
the murdered.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 189__;
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
Progress of the Valley
Road Builders at
Stockton.
BRIDGING THE CHANNEL.
Driving of Piles for the Trestle
Will Be Commenced on
Monday.
OLEANDER MAKES AN OFFER.
Will Give Free Rights of Way to
Secure the Competing
Railroad.
STOCKTON, Cal., Aug. 2.— The work of
driving piles for the trestle bridge across
Mormon Channel will commence Monday
morning. The piledriver that Contractor
Worthington's force has been constructing
is about completed, and will be ready for
operation by that time.
Chief of Construction Wilbur drove over
the line of the grade thrown up along Tay
lor street out to East, and seemed well sat
isfied with the way the roadbed had been
made. The graders are pushing the work
as rapidly as possible and have about com
pleted the grade from the Southern Pacific
Company's tracks on Sacramento street to
East. There is but a few more days' work
to be done now on the section south of
Mormon Channel, and then the force will
be put to hauling earth on Edison street,
near its junction with that stream.
As soon as the section the contractors
are now working on is completed, there
will be nothing to hinder the construction
department commencing the laying of the
rails and ties.
Another lot of fishplates and spikes have
arrived by rail. The third locomotive is
expected to reach here Monday. Those
that arrived several days ago have been
tested and found to be in order.
Stocktonians are anxiously awaiting the
opening of the bids for grading the section
between Stockton and the Stanislaus River.
It is hoped here that some local contractor
will be successful in securing the work.
The city is now crowded with idle men,
who have come here with the expectation
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HAS JUST BEEN DEDICATED.
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of securing work for the asking, and many
have been unable to get it thus far.
With the grading, trestle building, track
laying and other work a great many men
will find employment, but there are
already more than enough in Stockton wait
ing for work to do it all. A great many
of the tramp element have drifted in here
under the cloak of trying to get work on
the Valley road, but the police force and
the constables have been so vigilant that
there has been little trouble from these
vagrants.
Last night was a lively one along the
water front, for the men who had , been
working in the grading camps cashed their
checks in the saloons along Levee street,
and the police had their hands full. To
the old-timers it looked like the palmy
days of Stockton, when the mines were in
full blast aud every one had plenty of
money.
OLEANDER WAMS THE ROAD.
Securing Riyhta of Way for the San
Joaquin Valley Line.
FRESNO, Cal., Aug. 2.— An enthusiastic
Valley Railroad meeting was held last
evening at Oleander, a small town eight
miles south of Fresno. A committee of
fourteen of the leading residents was
chosen to secure rights of way from a
point five miles north of the village to the
end of Whitram Colony, two miles south.
The preliminary survey from Fresno south
runs through Oleander and the committee
will interview every land-owner on the
line and secure free grants of right of way.
It will work in conjunction with the com
mittee of ten in Fresno.
The Oleander people will meet again
next Monday to receive the report of the
committee. The residents of Easton, a
small town about two miles west of Ole
ander, are trying to secure the line and it
is expected that the competition will re
sult in the offering of very strong induce
ments. '
A SAN DIEGO DECISION
Judge Pierce Scores the Re
ceiver of a Savings
Bank.
General Murray's Claim for Salary
Cut In Twain by the
Court.
* SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. Judge Pierce
of the Superior Court to-day • rendered a
decision of considerable . interest in the
matter of the hearing . of the exceptions of
directors of the California Savings Bank
against' the report of Receiver , Murray,
lately in charge of that institution.
General Eli H. Murray has been : in con
trol of the bank's affairs for ; some years
and in filing his final report on = May 24 he
put in an item for salary at the rate of $50
per week. . . '
This, with other points, in the report'
called forth exceptions on the part of the
directors. Among other things it was al
leged' that General Murray allowed taxes
to become delinquent,; failed -to sue on
notes and allowed them to outlaw, did not
keep correct and intelligent books, paid
money to attorneys without authority, etc.
' The Judge's decision to-day scored Mur
ray severely in many points. His salary
account is cut in two, and he is ordered to
repay to the directors $1726 on that account.
The court says its instructions to the re
ceiver regarding the form of accounts were
plain enough for any person of ordinary
intelligence, and the claim of $140 for ac
countant is disallowed. Another claim of
$585 for attorneys' fees is disallowed,' and
after a general review of the case Judge
Pierce requires Receiver Murray. to repay
to the directors the sum of $1898. * .
APPEAL FROM ROSS' DECISION.
Attorney Smith Will Carry the Case to
the Higher Court.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 2.— Attorney
Samuel B. Smith, representing the Fall
brook irrigation directors, says he has been
empowered to proceed with the case to its
end in the Supreme Court.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. The de
cision of Judge Ross against the validity of
the irrigation bonds of California was a
surprise ana disappointment to financiers
of this city, and a number of them have
decided that if sufficient financial en
couragement be given by California hold
ers of irrigation bonds steps will be taken
in this city to hire first-class lawyers to ap-
Seal the case to the United States Supreme
ourt. An inquiry into the status of the
bonds has greatly encouraged local finan
ciers. .
WATSONVILLE'S GAL A DAY.
Dedication of the Magnificent
New High School Build
ing.
A Structure Famed for Its Archi
tectural Beauty and Superb
Appointments.
WATSONVILLE, Cal., Aug. 2.— This is
a remarkable day in the history of Wat-
Bonville. This afternoon the handsome
new high school building was dedicated
by the school children in the presence of a
large concourse of citizens.
The children formed in procession at the
grammar and primary buildings, and
headed by the Watsonville band marched
to the new building. After the scholars
had formed a semicircle in front of the
structure the exercises were opened with
prayer by Rev. W. M. Woodward.
Members of the G. A. R. then raised the
National flag to the flag-pole and the band
rendered the National air "America," the
children joining in the chorus and saluting
the flag. Judge L. D. Holbrook delivered
an appropriate dedicatory address and
President Brewington of the School Board
gave the keys of the building to Principal
Cushman, who, in a few words, invited the
large crowd to inspect the building.
About a year ago the citizens of Wat
sonville voted $25,000 bonds for the erec
tion of a new high-school building. The
trustees purchased a four-acre site in the
heart of the city, and thereon the hand
some structure to-day dedicated was built.
It contains ten rooms, and is considered
one of the handsomest in this section of
the State from an architectural standpoint,
and is provided with the latest improve
ments. _______________________
CAMP ROACHE LECTURES.
Professor Wickson Discusses
Floriculture in Flowery
Language.
Broad Tires Urged as Conducive to
Good Roads by Professor '
Ross.
WRIGHTS, Cal., Aug. 2.— Those who
are unable to visit Camp Roache would
never cease to regret their absence could
they but realize the scope of the institution
which is now being founded. The gather
ing of thoughtful men and women for a
season of serious *, study accompanied by a
proper amount of recreation has a signifi
cence which only those actually present
can realize. Visitors are . enthusiastic in
their commendation of the enterprise, and
all doubt as to the success of the undertak
ing has long since been banished. \ ; 7-< --"■■
Professor Wickson, in his lecture this
morning on the "Progress of FJoricultural
Art and Industry," rather catered to the
esthetic .side of human nature. . After
showing the beauties of this industry and
California's adaptability to it he claimed
that the ornamental branches of horticul
ture are now advancing as never before in
the world's history.
"The patronage of flower shows," he
said, "in at least one hundred Eastern
cities, the prevalence of floral decorations
of the better classes, and the improvement
of home gardens are all significant of the
advance of floriculture in public favor.'
"Besides being the inspiration; of the
poet, the ties of the lover, the consolation
of the invalid, the companions of the dead,
flowers are now the joy of the strong, the
delight of the active."
At the close of the lecture discussion fol
lowed, and effective steps were taken
toward the r organization of a local floral
society. '
Professor Ross' subject in the afternoon
was "The Farmer as a Transporter," em
bracing the problem of country roads.
He thought the chief reason for country
roads not : being -7 up ;to the economic
standard was because there was no strong
commercial; ''or business interest behind
them and because they could ", not be im
proved .to any advantage by individuals
acting as such. 7He pointed out the many
ways in which bad country roads menaced
society economically and socially and said
their bad condition might be greatly, im
proved* by ; a law compelling the use of
wide tires and providing for constant and
efficient work being done [ under the super
vision of competent engineers. .
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
Veterans of the Rebel
lion to Camp at
Santa Monica.
TEN DAYS OF PLEASURE.
Elaborate Preparations Made
for the Entertainment
of the Guests.
PARADES AND CAMPFIRES.
A Pretty Park Chosen for the Site
of the City of
Tents.
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Aug. 2.— The
Crescent City is soon to.entertain a gather
ing of honored patriots Southern Cai
fornia Veterans' Association, including
the soldiers and sailors of the rebellion.
The "boys in blue" will convene on Mon
day, and elaborate preparations have been
made for a hearty welcome and an enjoya
ble outing. The spot selected for the
camp is a brautiful five-acre park, superbly
wooded and so laid out as to make an
ideal camp ground, and there for the day
the hale and well-preserved, the lame, the
halt and the blind, all with the halo of
patriotism surrounding them, will review
the days when they faced the foe in South
ern climes. i^fS
They will have mock court-martials,
comic dressj parades and genuine camp
fires, where the memories of other days
will be revived and the sacred ties of
friendship strengthened. They will drink
from the same canteen and spin yarns.
There will be some colonels, more captains
and many privates representing every
State and Territory in the Union, with old
glory waving overall. Besides the martial
music of the fife and drum corps and mili
tary bands, they ' will have the music of
the feathered choir of the trees. There
will be patriotic oratory galore in the big
tent after twilight, and religious services
on the Sabbath at the camp. The Sons of
Veterans, Ladies of the G. A. R. and
Women's Relief Corps will participate.
The programme that has been arranged
is an extensive one. On Monday the vet
erans will be welcomed by the people of
Santa Cruz. Tuesday will be a Southern
California day, and the camp circulars an
nounce that it will "wind up" with a "red
hot" campfire in the evening. Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday will be Pasa
dena day, Sons of Veteran's day and
Women's Auxiliary day respectively, and
it is hinted that during the latter period
the camp will be under martial law. .
Santa Monica day falls on Saturday and
the veterans will, in the morning, turn out
in a monster parade. The ladies have
taken the evening's entertainment in hand
and the guests will not suffer. On the
Sabbath memorial services will be held,
and on the following day a trip will be
made, to the Soldiers' Home and John A.
Martin Post. The National Guard of Cali
fornia will hold forth on Tuesday, and
Wednesday night the outing will end with
a rousing campfire. „. i "« • '
Commander Dill has appointed the fol
lowing comrades aids-de-camp : J. W. Van
Horn, Los Angeles; W. H. Sallada, Santa
Barbara; O. C. Carle, Santa Paula; Wil
liam Dusenberry, San Jacinto; M. M. Da
vis, Riverside; J. A. Pomeroy, Escondido;
G. W. Sweezey, Redlands; A. L. Clyde,
Pasadena; H.D.Thatcher, Pomona; J. H.
Seaton, San Luis Obispo; S. Carpenter, Sol
diers' Home ; W. B. Shawg, San Fernando;
E. D. Cook of Santa Ana, A. C. Keating of
San Bernardino, C. H. Wickman of East
Los Angeles, C. B. Sykes of Ontario, L. J.
Hallettof Norwalk, W. Swift of Soldiers'
Home, J. L. Pearson of San Diego, Frank
Hobart of Ventura, J. B. Hartzell of
Poway, A. J. Wilsey of Elsinore, Captain
T. A. Lewis of Santa Monica.
It is thought Commander-in-Chief Law
ler and staff will visit the camp, and De
partment Commander Wilson and staff
will be present. Altogether the veterans
are assured of a jolly time.
THE SUNNYDALE MURDER.
A Strange Theory aa to the Cause of
Rancher Stokes' Death.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. ' 2.— A new
theory has been advanced regarding the
murder of Ransom B. Stokes, the wealthy
Sunnydale rancher, who met his death
about July 4. „,;,:•:
Fred and Charles Kindling, brothers,
were arrested and charged with the crime,
but their examination developed no evi
dence by which they could be held.
' Now, neighbors of the murdered man
come forward and say that about July 1 a
strange young man was seen in the neigh
borhood* of the Stokes ranch. '•■
He carried a shotgun and tried to pre
vent his face from being seen. In this
connection the statement is also made
that twenty-three years ago, in Ver
mont, Ransom Stokes betrayed a young
girl.
Shortly thereafter he came West and a
son was born to the injured girl, .and this
1 boy, now a man, resides at Starts Vt.
The theory advanced is that this young
man came to this State, found his reputed
father, shot him to avenge his mother's
wrong and escaped. '7. 7
STRIKE IN GYPSY MINE
An Immense Vein of Paying
Gold Ore Has Been Dis
covered. >
Drifts Thought to Yield Several
Hundred Dollars to the
Ton.
SANTA , MONICA, Cal,, Aug. 2.— A
citizen of this city is in possession of a let
ter from a mining friend who has been on
the desert j about Mojave '. prospecting for
some time. past, but who is now in the
Virginia Dale .district, _' about "; 100 5 miles
southeast of San Bernardino, which gives
a very glowing r account 'of a recent gold
strike in the Gypsy mine.:
- , The small streak of ore, which had been
followed from near the surface, was con
tinued to a depth of sixty feet, when the
ore body ' suddenly changed to about eight
inches in thickness and of a rich, free
milling iron quartz.
At this depth the ore - body also grew in
volume both northeast and southwest, and
men . were j- placed *at wo_k \in '*■ both direc
tions, and at the date of the writing of the
letter drifts ;. 25 feet *■ both , ways had i been
run, and the vein continued to grow in size
and richness. '..■'"■"-. 1 ■.
. No assays had been made of the ore up
to that time, but it is believed ', to be worth
several hundred dollars to the ton. .. 7
. The recipient of the latter says there is a
large ore belt running through that portion
of San Bernardino County which has
never been very thoroughly prospected or
developed for want of means and water,
and that a number of prospectors have
lost their lives in looking for it.
WHATCOM'S HUMAN ENIGMA.
A Crazy Man Survivea After Driving a
Nail Into His Head.
; TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 2.— Sheriff Bell
of Whatcom County is in Tacoma to
night, en route to the insane asylum at
Steilacom with a crazy burglar, Ira Rey
nolds.
Reynolds, in company with four other
men, committed twenty burglaries in
Whatcom between June 1 and July 1.
He confessed the crimes, and while in jail
repeatedly tried to take his life but failed.
A week ago last Tuesday he took an B
penny nail and placing the end on the top
of his head ran his head against the cell
wall and drove the nail in full length
through skull and brain. It was not dis
covered until last Saturday.
When the doctors took the nail out a
quantity of brains came with it. Reynolds
is recovering rapidly, and has been com
mitted to an insane asylum by the Su
perior Court of Whatcom County. During
the four days the nail was in his head he
did not open* his mouth in complaint.
Committed to Agnews.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 2.— Melissa B.
Dowdry of Gilroy was to-day committed to
Agnews Insane Asylum by Judge Rey
nolds. Miss Dowdry is 27 years old. She
has an uncontrollable desire to hitch up
teams at unreasonable hours of the night
and drive around the country.
THE SANTA CRUZ CAMP
Christian Wo men Capture Gar
field Park for a Single
Day.
Appropriate Addresses on the Work
of the Sisterhood In the
Mission Field.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., Aug. 2.— The entire
day at Garfield Park has been devoted to
the Cnristian Women's Board of Missions.
The morning session was opened with a
prayer-meeting, led by Mrs. L. McCray of
Ukiah. Mrs. A. E. Haworth was elected
secretary and Miss Mary Phillips assistant
secretary. Scripture was read and prayer
offered by Miss Phillips of Chico.
After appropriate music Mrs. H. G.
Hartley, the State president, delivered her
annual address. She was often interrupted
by applause.
She had traveled many miles in helping
the local auxiliaries, and believed the
women had every reason to be cheered in
their work, because the two missions in
this State had been so prosperous and be
cause the best of news came from the mis
sionaries the Christian women had sent to
heathen lands. The women were also en
dowing bible chairs at the State University
and at Ann Arbor, Mich. ' This, work
among the students had been greatly in
creased, and was receiving the highest
praise.
Mrs. Mattie Procter of Los Gatos read a
paper on the enlisting of the ladies of the
local churches in their home mission socie
ties. This was discussed in a practical
way by Mrs. Alumbaugh of Vacaville.
Mrs. R. H. Beamer of Woodland fol
lowed, and convulsed the audience with
her fine hits about the "new woman" and
witty sallies at tne brethren. Mrs. Lou
Jones of San Jose and Mrs. W.R. Grin
stead ably continued the discussion.
An original poem, .written by Rev. J. H.
Hughes of San Jose, was read by Miss
Hartley. Both the reader and poem were
applauded. "Some Needs or Foreign
Lands," by Miss Alma Patterson, was
read by Mrs. Jones of San Jose. Reports
from Sacramento and Eureka churches
which the Women's Board is assisting
showed a very prosperous condition. Mrs.
H. G. Hartley closed the morning session
with an eloquent address.
The afternoon session opened with the
report of the State Secretary, Miss Mary
Durham of Irvington. A splendid address
was given by Mrs. W. M. Dickson of Warm
Springs on "Indifference and How Re
moved." A fine paper was read by Mrs.
Mary Nash of San Francisco on "Christian
■ Woman's Rescue Work." It was followed
by a recitation by Miss Minnie Hartley of
Watsonville. 7 .• ' "
J. Hawk of Portland, Or., a Chinese pas
tor, gave an interesting address on "The
Difficulties of Evangelizing the Chinese."
The evening service was well attended
and a powerful sermon ,was preached by
Rev. J. L. Young, evangelist, from Cincin
nati.
During the day the Ministerial Associa
tion met and elected W. B. Berry of Fair
view president and E. W. Matthews of San
Francisco secretary.
SEARCH FOR A COINERS' MINT.
Wallace Miller Supposed to Have Oper
ated a Bogus Money Factory.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 2.— Search was
made to-day through the house of Wallace
J. Miller, at Coronado, for evidence of
counterfeiting or bogus money on hand,
but nothing of a suspicious nature was
found.
Miller was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Knoles and held in
$500 bonds for examination on a charge of
passing counterfeit coin. He could not
obtain bail and returned to the County
Jail. •
' Miller's record has been investigated by
detectives, and it was found that v some
years ago he was bookkeeper of a printing
concern, in which his accounts became
muddied with evidence of something
worse. One night the building burned ana
every book was destroyed. .
Some time later Miller was employed by
a firm in a confidential capacity, and
claimed to have been waylaid and robbed
of a big sum. His bruises were very light
and he soon recovered. ,7j/ 7
The officers are convince?, that Miller is
one of the San Bernardino gang of counter
feiters, and that evidence will be secured
at Coronado to aid in '• unearthing a big
counterfeiting plant. Miller's wife has
been at the point of death since his arrest,
on account of heart trouble. 77 ,
DRIVEN INTO THE SLOUGH.
A > Chinaman Drowned While Fleeing
From Angry Countrymen.
STOCKTON, Cal., Aug. 2. — Coroner
Clark was notified to-night that the body
of a Chinaman was found floating on the
waters of the San Joaquin, near Bouldin
Island, and he left for that point to hold
an inquest.
Inquiry developed the fact that on Sun
day afternoon a number of Chinese living
near the Georgiana Slough had a fight
over the boundary line of some vegetable
gardens that they were cultivating in that
section.- ■;
Knives and pistols were drawn and one
of the Mongolians chased another with a
loaded revolver .until the frightened China
man ran into the slough ana was drowned.
Since then the men who were instrumental
in causing his death have, been dragging
Georgiana Slough in the hope of recover
ing the body.
They were . not successful, as the waters
of this * slough : flow down into the San
Joaquin, near ..Bouldin Island, and the
body was evidently carried down to that
point and came to the surface to-day. •_
The World's Fair Tests
showed no baking powder
so pure or so great in leav-
power as the Royal. .
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
An Immense Electric
Plant Projected at
Visalia.
UTILIZING THE KAWEAH.
Motive Power to Be Supplied
by Means of a Ditch
From the Stream.
A SERIES OF IMPROVEMENTS.
Irrigation, Railroad Building and
Ice Manufacturing to Be
Commenced.
VISALIA. Cal., Aug. 2.— Articles of in
corporation of the Kaweah Irrigation and
Power Company were filed with the County
Clerk at Visalia to-day. The capital stock
is placed at $300,000, all of which has been
subscribed. The directors are: Elisha C.
Ware of Chicago, A. G. Wishon of Tulare,
George Hanna of Los Angeles, John A.
Pirtle of Los Angeles and 0. C. Ainsworth
of Pasadena.
The purposes for which the corporation
is formed are: First To deal generally in
water and water rights, and to distribute
water for all purposes. Second To deal
in land. Third— develop and fu_nis_t
power developed by water, electricity or
other means. Fourth To construct and
operate electric railroads and electric
plants of all descriptions. Fifth To carry
on a general manufacturing or merchan
dise business.
.Work will be commenced at once. The
central point in the| contemplated im
provements is to be a well-equipped
electric-power plant that will be capable of
supplying 3000 horsepower. This elec
tricity will be generated by an immense
wheel, probably a turbine wheel, operated
by water from the Keweah River. The
water will be taken out four or five miles
above the plant amd brought in a ditch
twenty feet wide and six feet deep. This
volume of water will have a perpendicular
fall of 125 feet from the lower end of the
ditch to the turbine wheel, and will fur
nish ' the power to be generated into
electricity. The ditch will run through a
tunnel in one place, and through several
hundred feet of solid rock work in other
places. All the water used will be re
turned to the Kaweah River, thus not in
terfering with any kind of water rights.
Ground will be broken at the head of
this ditch in a few days, as the work must
be done by the middle of September, or
while the Kaweah is at its lowest stage.
Connected with the establishment of
this electric plant is a splendid system of
irrigation. The directors of the company
have secured rights of way for an irrigat
ing ditch for about twenty-two miles, be
ginning at a point above the mouth of
Horse Creek and extending to the foot
hills opposite Lindsay. This ditch will
irrigate 40,000 acres of land. The water
required will not be taken from the
Kaweah River, but wells will be sunk
along the line of the ditch, beginning at
the power-house, and from these the water
will be pumped with power from the
electric plant.
■ The company also proposes to put in an
ice factory. It is known that in Tulare
County alone 2500 tons of ice are annually
consumed at the present high rate. It will
manufacture enough to supply this de
mand, and if satisfactory arrangements
can be made with the Valley Railroad in
the way of rates a factory with a capacity
of 50 to 100 tons a day will be established.
Another of the projected improvements
is an electric railway from Visalia up tne
Kaweah.
J. Chevalier Preston, who stole a cow
and married a girl at San Juan Capistrano
on the proceeds, was sentenced to one year
at San Quentin.
The Tag
Tells the Tale
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H and attentive salesmen the visitor
S to our establishment would have
I' no difficulty in obtaining all the
B necessary information in regard
§ to our wares. The little paste-
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In buying Picture Frames or
Framed Pictures from us you get
the nicest goods, the latest de-
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patronize home industry and
I give employment to a large num-
ber of industrious men. We
have recently received a ship-
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up-to-date styles. Nothing
like them before. Price from $1.75
to $24 each. A few styles of mod-
erate priced Piano Lamps and a
splendid lot of Onyx Tables, from .
$4.50 to $20 each. Glass Panel
Pictures, 15c to $1. Pretty Col-
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9 . Beveled Edged Glass Panels,
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H absolutely Headquarters in all
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