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TO RETAIN THE TRACK
How Races at the Bay
District Are to Be
Conducted.
WILLIAMS WEAKENED.
With Adolph Spreckels and Ed
Corrigan There Is to Be a
New Management
OKE RESULT OF A CONFERENCE.
The Former "Master of Hawthorne"
Intends to Soon Come to
This Coast.
CHICAGO. 111., Aug. 22.— Among the
distinguished horsemen at the Washington
Park track to-day, drawn there by the big
match between Gentry and Patchen, were
Adolph Spreckels and Tom Williams, of
San Francisco, and Ed Corrigan, the for
mer "Master of Hawthorne."
These gentlemen held a conference, as a
result of which it is believed the two con
. flicting elements in racing at the coast
.have buried the hatchet and that the Bay
District track will continue as it is now,
-.••but under a new management. Williams,
-••evidently, realizing that he cannot buck
against Spreckels and the Chicaeo man,
offered to join them. He suggested that
he and Corrigan run the track while
•y Spreckels holds the balance of -power.
■This was agreed to, and the papers were
drawn up and signed before dark.
"Spreckels has pledged h>s word not to
interfere," said Williams to-night. "Cor
rigan and I have agreed not to tight on the
coast. There will be Lookmaking pools
and foreign books. By the heavy losses on
Eastern tracks so far this year it is patent
that it is utterly impossible to conduct a
meeting successfully without betting."
Corrigan will close out his interest in the
Hawthorne track shortly and leave for the
coast.
Will J. Davis said <;o-night that the pres
ent meeting of the Northwestern Breeders'
Association would be the last until the
pool law of the State is repealed. He says
the association will be lucky if it does not
lose $30,000 on its present Chicago meeting.
STUCK OX A MUD BANK.
•So End of Mishaps to the Yacht De
fender
- PROVIDENCE, R. L, Aug. 22.— De
. fender arrived at Bristol from New Ro
chelle this afternoon. She did not come
. limping into the harbor .like the lame bird
that she is. As her topmast showed from
: V : the Bristol shore above Hog Island it was
' .'. seeri. that she was coming straight for home
•'. with spinnaker out and all sail set. But
soon, however, she took in all her canvas
v' : s : ay«'one little piece, and even then, in
■stead of drifting in with the tide and
;; ./breeze, she stuck in a mud bank just at the
/.^gate of the harbor. In other words, the
v-vacht grounded on the southeast edge of
£ "flog Island. *H
V■ ■■ The accident will ■ probably be collated
'.:•■ with the series of misnaps experienced by
• ..y.e.feno'ex be^inninc with the day she was
.i : launched, but this mishap was probably
: -tlie least serious of any. It would not
" .have happened if there had been a normal
■.'••tide, but for the past few days there have
•': ■■•/'ab'norinal.ly low tides along this section of
J' the New England' coast. On ordinary ac
•..:casions there is two feet more water where
'y the Defender struck than there was to-day.
... , But it was only a mud bank on which she
: ! Tested, and she went into it so gently that
."'.her grounding was not readily apparent to
■ the many people watching her progress
from the shore. There was no damage — it
•was probably/i bit humiliating, that all.
WIZJO TOUCH THE BUTTON.
President . Clevrland to Open the Atlanta
Exposition.
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 22.— The commit
tee on ceremonial day has arranged that
President Cleveland will touch the button,
setting the machinery in motion at the
Atlanta exposition.
The board of directors to-day decided to
issue en invitation to Booker T. Washing
-.'ton, president of the Tuskogee (Ala.) Nor
knal and Industrial Institute, to take part
; in the exercises on the opening day and to
•deliver, -an address on that occasion, thus
recognizing the negro race in the official
programme. Dr. Neidlinger, Commissioner
from the Argentine Republic, has arrived
with five carloads of the exhibit which that
nation will make at the exposition. The
exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution and
National Museum is, for its size, the most
beauti-ful and impressive that has ever
been prepared.
Fell Dead From Heart Disease.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 22.— A working
man known as James Mclntyre, employed
about the Oakenwald flat building, at
Forty-third street and Oakenwald avenue,
fell dead from heart disease to-day. He
baa no friends in Chicago, but has a
wealthy brother in business at Main and
Washington streets, Butte City, Mont. It
is also know.n that he has another brother
on the police force at Milwaukee.
Will Terminate a Receivership.
TOPEKA, Kans., Aug. 22.— This morn-
ing Judge Caldwell announced that he
would be in Topeka some day next week
and enter a decree of mortgage foreclosure
and sale of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad Company. This means
that the receivership will be terminated as
6oon as the requirements of the law per
mit.
Of Interest to the Coast.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 22.-T. R.
Burket has been appointed Postmaster at
Woodbridge, San Joaquin County, Cal.,
vice .Frank Wilkinson, removed.
A-mbng the hotel arrivals are \V. V. Burke
of Ban Francisco and Henry Turner of Los
Angeles.
. 'EXCHANGE OF HONORS.
Decorations Conferred Upon French and
German Officers.
LONDON, Biro., Aug. 22.— 1n recognition
of- their participation in the ceremonies at
tending the opening of the Baltic and
North Sea canal, the German Government
has conferred upon Admiral Menard of the
French navy the decoration of the Order of
Ure Grown of the second class, and upon
Captains Fourct and Huguet the decora
t on'of the Order of the Red Eagle of the
second fcl&ss. Four other French navel offi
:ers received lesser decorations.
The French (iovernment, in turn, has
"made Admiral Knorrof the German navy
i grand officer of the Legion of Honor, and
has conferred the Red Ribbon of the Legion
upon. Rear-Admiral Tirpitz, Captain Ker
jchoff and. three other commanders of the
oavy. Each Government has authorized
;he recipients to wear the decorations con
ferred upon them.
The Steamer Sprang a Z<eak.
MONTREAL,, Quebec, Aug. 22.— A sen
lation was caused to-night by a dispatch
received at midnight stating that the
steamer Terrebonne had met with a seri
ous accident and that a number of her
passengers had been drowned. Later par
ticulars developed the fact that the report
had been preatly exaggerated. The steamer
while going through the Cascade Rapids,
sprang a leak and was landed in that con
dition at the Lachine canal, where all of
the passengers were safely transferred.
Several hundred Knights Templar were
on their way to Boston. They were
brought to this city by special train.
CHINESE SOL.UIERS RU2t BIOT.
They Wreck Many Shops and Kill Over a
Hundred Persons.
LONDON, Eng., Aug. 22.— A dispatch to
the Globe from Shanghai says: The Chi
nese soldiers at Tientsin revolted yester
day and assembled outside the gates of Li
Hung Chang's palace, where they rra sed a
clamor for their arrears of pay. Later
they made an attack upon the shops in
the city, wrecking many of them and kill
ing over a hundred persons.
Chinese Official* Implicated.
LONDON, Eng., Aug. 22.— The following
cablepram has been received at the London
offices of theWetleyan Missionary Society:
"Cheng -tv commission inadequate.
Officials implicated. Disturbances spread
ing. Regarding Fukien massacre, the
Methodist public urge strong Government
action. Have forwarded cable to Lord
Salisbury."
Boiler Explosion on a Steamer.
KIEFF, Russia, Aug. 22.— While a pas
senger steamer was landing at the town of
Kaneff, on the river Dnieper to-day her
boiler exploded, and injuring thirty per
sons, some fatally. Several others jumped
overboard to escape the clouds of steam and
were drowned.
FOB THE VALLEY ROAD
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Selma J'ropose.t to Raise a Cash Sonus
of $10,000 for It.
SELMA, Cal., Aug. 22.— A subscription
to the San Francisco and San Joaquin Val
ley road, conditional on its coming here
and locating a depot on the townsite, was
started here to-day.. It is proposed to
raise a bonus of $10,000, and one-third of
the amount was subscribed during the first
hour of the paper's circulation. An agent
of the local railroad committee will visit
San Francisco and place the matter before
the directors of the Valley road, showing
them the amount of business done here
and assuring them of whatever reasonable
bonus they require.
FRESNO GRAIN-GROWERS.
They Meet to Publicly Protest
Against Existing Freight
Rates.
Commissioner La Rue Makes a Sug-
gesticn Which Is Adopted by
the Gathering.
FRESNO, Cal., Aug. 22.— The mass
meeting of grain-growers and interested
citizens called for to-day was attended by
all the larger grain-growers and many busi
ness men of the county. Railroad Com
missioner H. M. La Rue was present, T.
C. "White was elected chairman and W. W.
Phillips, Democratic candidate for Com
missioner from this district at the last
election, was chosen secretary.
A. R. Briggr presented and read a set of
resolutions prepared by the Chamber of
Commerce, complaining of discrimination
by the Southern Pacific against the San
Joaquin Valley in the matter of freight
rates, and asking the Railroad Commis
sioners to grant speedy relief in the shape
of a reduction of 33% per cent on present
tariff rates.
Commissioner La Rue. speaking at the
request of the meeting, advised that the
reduction of 33% per cent on local grain
freight to Port Costa be not insisted upon,
but that the meeting support the resolu
tion now before the Commissioners calling
for a general reduction of 15 per cent on
freight rates all over the State.
This view was taken by a number of
speakers, and after considerable discus
sion the resolutions oi the Chamber of
Commerce were amended by striking out
the charge of discrimination and substi
tuting a reduction of 15 per cent for 33%.
The meeting also adopted a set «f reso
lutions prepared by W. D. Grady calling
upon the two other Railroad Commission
ers to vote with La Rue for the 15 per cent
reduction.
AN INS AXE WAJfDERES.
Escaped From a Sanitarium and Sub
sisted for Several Days on Grapes,
FRESNO, Cal., A.ug. 22.— Last Monday
evening E- P. Irwin, 55 years of age, dis
appeared from Dr. Hare's sanitarium, of
which he was an inmate. He was very
feeble, and serious fear 9 were entertained
for his safety. Mr. Irwin has many rela
tives and friends here, and they have been
making a diligent search for him since
Tuesday mornine. fifteen men being out
in different directions from the city.
To-night word was received from Shield's
ranch f .r miles north of town, that the
old man had been found. He was out of
his mind, and talked incoherently about
some one being after him to kill him.
When proffered food he ravenously de
voured it. He walked out to the Shield's
place on Monday night, after leaving the
sanitarium, and has been hiding in the
vineyard ever since, subsisting on grapes.
He says that he left the sanitarium because
somebody was trying to kill him.
Water for Iresno's Hiirsty.
FRESNO, Cal., Aug. 22.— The main en
trance to the Courthouse square and park
is now ornamented by a new drinking-
fountain. It was finished to-day and to
morrow it will be turned over to the use of
the public. For two years Sergeant D. E.
Nichols of the Salvation Army has been at
work trying to get the fountain. His per
sistent efforts were finally crowned with
success, and there is not a prouder man in
Fresno to-day. The fountain cost $1250,
$750 of which the county will pay. The
$500 was raised by Sergeant Nichols oy
popular subscriptions.
Slaking Ilrady for the BanTcers.
FRESNO, Cal.. Aug. 22. — The State
Bankers' Association will meet in this city
on October 4. Nearly every bank in the
State will be represented. At a meeting of
the bankers in this city this evening John
Reichman, Leopold Gundeltinger and E.
A. Walroud were appointed a committee
to make the neccpsary arrangements for
the reception and entertainment of the
delegates.
A Residence Jturned.
FRESNO, Cal., Aug. 22.— The residence
of John Ashley, in Arlington Heights, was
destroyed by fire to-night. Mr. Ashley
was alone at home and left a lamp burning
while he stepped over to a neighbor's.
Shortly afterward the nouse was all ablaze.
Loss $2500, insurance $900.
'suit Against the Southern Pacific.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 22.— Mrs. Marie
Turrell of Alviso is about to begin suit
against the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company for damages for injuries sus
tained while alighting from a narrow
gauge train at that place last Sunday.
Mrs. Turrell, who resides in Alviso Town
•shir-, was visiting in San Francisco last
week and returned by way of the narrow
paii£ce Saturday afternoon. In alighting
from the train Mrs. Turrell fell and was
thrown some distance against the fence,
severely injuring her spinal column. There
was a slight concussion of the brain and a
severe shock to the whole system.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1895.
NEWS OF THE COAST
A Strong Anti-Lottery
Crusade Begun at
Fresno.
STEICT MEASURES TAKEN
Agents for All Foreign Com
panies Driven From the J
Field.
CHINESE PROVED OBSTINATE.
Attempted to Carry On Their Lot
teries In Defiance of the
Police.
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FRESNO, Cal.. Aug. 22.— Fresno is in
the midst of a war upon lotteries. The
authorities have taken steps to stamp out
the evil, and judging from their energetic
course so far they will succeed. This
movement is no doubt a result of The
Call's crusade upon lotteries. The eyes
of the people were opened up by The Call
and they saw that it was time something
should be done.
Fresno has been a victim of and a harveflt
field for lotteries for several years. Noth
ing has ever been done before to put a stop
to the sale of tickets. Besides the Hon
duras, Mexican and other lotteries of that
class Fresno has bad to contend with the
more harmful local Chinese lotteries. Up
to a month ago seven lottery companies
were carrying on operations in Chinatown.
They ran practically with immunity from
police interference.
But about a month ago the City Trustees
passed an ordinance prohibiting the con
ducting of lotteries and the sale of tickets.
The State law is to the same effect, but the
ordinance was passed so that the city's
police and Judge could work independ
ently. The Trustees also gave Marshal
Woy special instructions to make a rigid
enforcement of the ordinance.
Many white people played the Chinese
lotteries. Tickets as cheap as 10 cents
could be bought. Whenever the little boy
could get a dime he would invest in a
ticket. Chinese ticket-venders made daily
visits in the residence portion of the town
and sold many tickets to women, who
would iry their luck with a 10-cent piece
or a quarter of a dollar.
Many men also played, and for a time
there was a craze to buy Chinese lottery
tickets. It has been estimated that $ 1000
a month was drawn from white people by
these lotteries.
As soon as the Trustees passed the anti
lottery ordinance all lottery traffic was
stopped. The white tjcket-dealers have
retired for good. It was not two weeks,
however, before the Chinese were at the
business again. It is a serious matter,
financially, to them to have the lottery
business stopped. Two companies started
up again, but the police soon discovered
the fact, and also learned at what Dlace
one of the drawings was made. One even
ing just at 8 o'clock, the time of the draw
ing, Policemen Caufield and Matheson
made a rush into the place, but the wily
Mongol had everything arranged, and by
the time the officers were inside all the
paraphernalia of the drawing was hidden.
The next day the two policemen were
surprised at having warrants of arrest
served upon them for malicious mischief.
They were charged with breaking in two
doors in the house which they had searched.
They had broken no doors, for the reason
that there was no need of it. It was really
a scheme to injure the officers.
The lottery companies raised a purse
together and employed two of the best
local lawyers to prosecute the case. It was
tried before a jury in Justice Austin's
court and resulted in the acquittal of the
officers on the first ballot.
But now the prosecuting witness, Ah
Tong, who was so ready to testify that he
saw the policemen kick down the doors, is
under $1500 bonds to appear for an exami
nation on a charge of perjury preferred by
the officers.
The lotteries ceased operations for a
while when they found that the officers
meant business with them. But now they
have raised a purse to fight their cases to a
finish when arrested, and have started up
again. But they are very careful to whom
they sell tickets or divulge any of their
operations.
It is difficult for the police to get any in
formation, but they are slowly gathering
evidence, and in the near future a round
up of all the games will be made. As it is
they are keeping the operations of the
lotteries within narrow bounds.
City Marshal W.oy is determined to stop
the lotteries as far as lies in his power. If
he cannot entirely stop the lottery traffic
in this city he will make it a risky and un
profitable business.
MURDERED AT HALE
Joseph Cicero Killed as the
Result of an Election
Feud.
Shot Down In Front of His Resi
dence and In Sight of His
Wife.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 22.— With a
bullet in his brain, Joseph Cicero, a resi
dent of Avondale, on the east side of Lake
Samamish, was brought to this city in a
rough box this afternoon, and on the same
boat which carried his body across the lake
were James and John McManns, brothers,
who now occupy cells in the County Jail,
charged with the murder of Cicero.
Cicero met his death yesterday in front of
his residence at the hands of John Mc-
Manus, who attempted to put a bullet in
him. He missed bis aim and shot his
brother James in the hand. John then
placed his revolver directly at Cicero's ear
and fired a second shot. Cicero died al
most instantly, only a few feet away from
his house with his wife standing in the
front porch.
The shooting was the result of bad feel
ing, which had existed since the election
last fall.
NORTHERN PACIFIC RECEIVERS.
Argument for Their Removal in Progress
at Seattle.
SFATTLE, Wash., Aug. 22.— The hear
ing of the motion and petition for the re
moval of' the receivers of the Northern
Pacific Railroad began this morning be
fore Judges Hanford and Gilbert of Port
land.
The point under discussion to-day is the
jurisdiction of Judge Jenkins of the East
ern Wisconsin Judicial District in the
original case in the appointment of re
ceivers.
Counsel on both sides were prepared
and submitted briefs on the point. Ar
gument was begun in support of the
motion by Harold Preston of this city.
This afternoon Counsel Bunn argued for
the defense.
The argument will probably not be
closed before to-morrow evening or Sat
urday morning.
ifAPA'S IXCESHIABT FIRE.
It Was Set to Conceal All Evidence of a
Robbery.
NAPA, Cal., Aug. 22.— 1t is now thought
that the tire which occurred at the Ehren
berg house Sunday morning, and was
known to be of incendiary origin, was set
for the purpose of destroying all evidence
of a robbery.
Mrs. Ehrenberg, on opening a trunk
containing wearing apparel, discovered
that four dress patterns, Mr. Ehrenberg's
dress suit and a quantity of underclothing
were missinc, and that the contents of the
trunk had been taken out and valueless
articles thrown back.
On account of the damage done by fire
and water it is impossible to tell at present
what else is missing.
Suicide of a Xapa Asylum Inmate.
NAPA, Cal., Aug. 22.— Mrs. Mary Peter
son, committed to the Napa Asylum from
Grass Valley on April 9 last, committed
suicide this afternoon by putting a cord
around her neck and hanging herself in
ward S of the asylum. Deceased was 40
years of age. ;
SANTA BARBARA VICTIMS
Swindled by a Confidence
Operator, Who Poses as
a Wheelman.
He Has Successfully Worked All
the Coast Towns From Santa
Cruz South.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Aug. 22.—
The officers of the League of American
Wheelmen are looking for H. H. Hosford,
a sleek confidence man who has been
working the coast towns from Santa Cruz
to Santa Barbara, claiming to be road
master of the L. A. W., appointing league
hotels, securing data and advertisements
for new road books, and extorting various
sums of money from different hotels en
route on the promise to give them official
appointments as league hotels.
In Santa Barbara he victimized a hotel
keeper, and got a small fee from a local
cyclery for making it the official repair
shop.
SANTA Cli VZ ISZAND.
It la to Be Turned Into n Regular Sum
mer Resort.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Aug. 22.— 1t
is stated on good authority that Santa
Cruz Island, lying thirty miles from Santa
Barbara, across the channel, will soon be
made a notable summer resort. The island
consists of 52,000 acres of land, beautifully
wooded, with numerous charming crlades
and canyons, as well as extensivejbeaches,
and affords a splendid field for hunting,
boating and fishing. It has long been a
popular resort of people on the main land,
and belongs to a company of which Justin
ian Caire, San Francisco, is president. Caire
states he has long had this intention, and
thinks the time is now ripe for its devel
opment. The company is supplied with
unlimited capital, and proposes to erect a
great hotel to rival Avalon. Santa Cata
lina. The company will also establish a
regular boat service from the main land.
SUIT TO OUST.
It la Brought by a Nephew of th« fa
moUM l.ahniirhrrr.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Aug. 22.— P.
E. Labouchere Hillyer, a nephew of the
great Labouchere of the English Parlia
ment, who has spent the last five years in
Santa Barbara and vicinity, and has been
prominent in various sensational episodes,
to-day brought suit against Carlos H.
Mardo and wife to oust them from a Gov
ernment claim he has been trying to hold
down in Sycamore Canyon, Montecito, al
ieging forcible detainer, and that Mardo
took possession during his absence. He
asks a small amount of damages and ren
tal until the property is restored.
Work on the Coa*t Road.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Aug. 22.—
Advices claimed to be directly received
from the officials of the Southern Pacific
Railroad state that on the Ist of Decem
ber, when the winter rains will necessitate
the suspension of work on the bridge at
the mouth of the Santa Ynez River, the
camp will be moved down to 1 Elwood and
work begun at this end and prosecuted
with a will. As the work at this end of
the road consists chiefly of leveling, mak
ing shallow cuts and building trestles it
can be prosecuted even to better advan
tage in wet weather than in dry.
To Improve Bathing Facilities.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Aug. 22.— A
movement is 'now on foot among local
capitalists to invest $15,000 extending the
bathhouse on the grounds now occupied
by it, putting in a steam plant, a plunge
and all the improvements contemplated
by the foreign investors who have been
endeavoring to obtain a lease of suitable
ground from the City Council.
FIRE AT MODESTO.
Four Places of Business on Front Street
Destroyed.
MODESTO, Cal., Aug. 22.— A fire at 2
o'clock this morning destroyed four busi
ness places on Front street. It started in
the building of P. H. Medley and soon
spread to the buildings of J. B. Brichman,
to which it was confined, W. Speik's ci
nar-store. Frank Medimar's saloon, Frank
Motta's barber-shop and an unoccupied
saloon were destroyed. The cause of the
fire is unknown. Speik's loss is $2500, in
surance $1000. Medimar's loss is unknown v
insurance $800. Medley's loss is unknown,
insurance $800. Brichman's loss is $700,
fully insured. Motta had no insurance.
His loss is $200.
Death of a Large Land-Owner,
MODESTO, Cal., Aug. 22. - Michael
Joyce, the owner of large tracts of land in
Stanislaus and Madera counties, died here
this morning of pneumonia.
Suicide at Fresno.
FRESNO, Cal., Aug. 22.— Antonio Bovo,
an Italian laborer who came here from Los
Angeles to work at grape-picking, shot
and killed himself at the Hotel de France
this morning. He was without funds and
despondent at being unable to obtain
work.
Ellenshurg Lynchera Held for Trial.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 22.— A special to
the Morning Union from Ellensburg says
Justice of the Peace Boyle held Frank
Ueblacker, William Kennedy and Frank
Feigle for murder without bail in the Vin
cent lynching case.
Killed by a Blast Near Taeotna.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 22.— Patrick
Harrigan, assistant superintendent of the
Pitts burg stone-quarry, forty miles from
here, was fatally injured by a blast in the
quarry this evening. He died while being
brought to Tacoma on a special train.
Arizona's Tax Levy.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 22.-The Territo
rial Board of Equalization to-day fixed the
Territorial tax levy at 72 cents. The Pull
man Car Company's tax levy was fixed at
$60,000.
NEWS OF THE COAST
Tax Levies to Be Made
on the Irrigation
Districts.
ROSS' DECISION IGNORED.
Opinion Submitted by the
District Attorney of Los
Angeles.
SUPERVISORS ADVISED TO ACT.
Under the Wright Act They Must
Provide for the Payment of
Interest.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Aug. 22.— Since
the decision of Judge Ross of the United
States Circuit Court, whereby it was de
clared that the Writrht irrigation law was
illegal, the County Supervisors have been
in a quandary over the question as to
whether or not they had power to make
the usual levies upon the v several irrigation
districts to pay the interest on the bonds
of those districts.
The question was submitted to the Dis
trict Attorney, and Judge Holton has pre
pared the following opinion, which will be
submitted to the Supervisors:
"In the matter of the petition hereto at
tached, section 22 of the Wright act pro
vides as follows:
"In case of neglect or refusal of the
board of directors to cause such an assess
ment and levy to be made as in this act
provided, then the assessment of the prop
erty made by the County Assessor and
State Board of Equalization shall estab
lish the basis of the assessment for the
district ; and the Board of Supervisors of
the county in which the board of directors
is situated shall cause the assessment roll
for the said district to be prepared, and
shall make the levy required by this act
and in the same manner and with like
effect as if the same had been made by the
said board of directors, and all expenses
incident thereto shall be borne by the dis
trict."
"If the board is satisfied that the board
of directors of said district has neglected
to cause the assessment and levy to be
made as stated in this petition then it is
the duty of this board under section 22 to
make the levy, and in said levy to piovide
not only for the payment of accrued inter
est, but also to provide for the expenses of
making the levy and collecting the tax.
The Supreme Court of this State having
decided that the Wright act is valid the
Board of Supervisors should continue to
act under the oaid Wright act, notwith
standing the decision recently rendered by
Judge Ross to the contrary."
There are four irrigation districts in Los
Angeles County. These are the Big Rock
Creek, Glendora, Orange Belt and Vine
land. The first is assessed for $400,000, the
second for $17,000, the third for $200,000
and the last for $02,000.
TACOMA MINISTER DEAD
Caught a Cold While Making
the Ascent of Mount
Rainier.
It Settled on His Kidneys and
Through Neglect Brought on
Blood -Pol son Ing.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 22.— Rev. I. T.
Miller, pastor of the Fowler Methodist
Episcopal Church, died here to-day.
When Rev. W. M. Jefferis made tha
ascent of Mount Rainer and preached a
week ago last Sunday from its topmost
peak the "Sermon on the Mount" to a
small party of mountain climbers, Rev. Mr.
Miller started to make the ascent to assist
in the services. He took a severe cold at
Camp Misery the nignt before the final
climb and it settled in the kidneys. There
was no physician within forty miles. He
suffered intense pain and had to be car
ried down the mountain by his comrades.
He bravely remained alone while the re
mainder of the party continued the ascent,
and the sermon was preached according to
schedule.
On the way to this city blood-poisoning
set in and attained such progress that it
could not be arrested. To add to the
misery of the descent the party got lost in
the fog and wandered aimlessly around.
Rev. Mr. Miller was born in 1832 in
Champaign County, Illinois. He served
as chaplain of the Ninety-fourth Illinois,
and was a prominent member of the G. A.
R. and A. F. and A. M.
Expected Arrival of the Vice-President.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 22.— Vice-Pres
ident Stevenson and party will arrive from
Alaska on the steamship Queen early to
morrow morning. The party came West
during the early part of the month, and
consists of Vice-President and Mrs.
Stevenson, the Misses Julia and Lelia
Stevenson and John and William Steven
son, brothers of the Vice-President. No re
ception will be given the Vice-President,
as be has so requested, the family being in
mourning over the loss of a daughter this
spring.
Suspected Zynctiers Held for Trial.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 22.— Frank
Nebelacker, Frank Fiegle and W. J. Ken
nedy have been held for murder in tho
first degree without bail, charged with
assisting in the lynching of the Vincents
at Ellensburg, Wash. The others have not
had their preliminary hearing yet.
MTSTERI OF SANTA CRUZ.
Ghastly Discovery Made by a Lady at
Surfside Beach.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., Aug. 22.— Two
young ladies who are stopping at Garfleld
Park, while walking along Surfside Beach,
about two miles from this city, yesterday,
made a ghastly discovery on the beach. It
was the lower limb of a human being, that
had been washed on shore by the waves.
They told J. H. Durham of the discov
ery, and while he was walking along the
beach with his mother to-day he came
across the limb. Durham, who is a stu
dent at a medical college, brought it to
town, where it was taken to the office of
the Coroner. The limb is in all probability
that of a man. The knee was unjointed
and the leg had been sawed off just below
the hip. The Coroner will investigate the
matter to-morrow.
SAX DIEGO IMPROVEMENTS.
U, 5. Grant Has Beconie'a Heavy Investor
in Heal Estate.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 22.— U. S.
Grant is reported to be negotiating for the
purchase of the Consolidated National
Bank building, on Fifth and G streets,
which was built by Bryant Howard, presi
dent of the Consolidated National. It is a
four-story structure, and worth about
$150,000.
Grant is at Catalina Island, and the offi
cials of the Merchants' National Bank,
whicn occupies the building, say they
know nothing of the matter, but* admit
such a deal is probable. The building is
held by a receiver for the creditors of the
defunct Consolidated National. This will
make the fifth heavy investment of U. S.
Grant in this city. He purchased a fine
home, has two business blocks under con-
s f ruction, and lately bought the Horton
House, which is soon to be reconstructed
on a modern plan.
George W. Marston, the largest dry
goods dealer in the city, has given notice
to the tenants on Fifth street, near C, ad
joining the new Grant block, to vacate by
November 1, when construction will begin
on a new four- story building, to be occu
pied exclusively by Marston. He is now
in the East inspecting various dry-goods
stores to get pointers for the new building.
A MIKE HEAR SAN DIEGO.
Interesting Story of Ita Discovery by a
Printer.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 22.— A hunter
just back from San Miguel Mountain, over
looking Sweetwater dam, brings an inter
esting story of how Heman C. Cooke, a
printer of this city, has traced an ancient
road on the north side leading to the sum
mit, where it is evident that a mine was
worked long ago. Cooke has geological
tastes and was in camp on the mountain
for an outing. He heard some one say
that there were evidences at the base of an
ancient road. He investigated and found
a solid road under the shifting surface of
the mountain side and the debris of vege
tation.
in places there were trees nine inches
in diameter, showing the age of the road.
He says that it runs well up into the
mountain. He also found* several spurs,
along which were pieces of broken rock.
He has had some of the rock crushed
and finds it runs $4 12 gold to $6 silver.
He also found ancient implements, which
seem to have been mining tool?. He is
now hunting for the shaft, and expects
soon to find it, as he has closed in on the
trail at the summit to within an area oi
200 feet square. He thinks the mine
must have been rich, as the road was ex
pensive to build. Cooke has several times
dreamed of finding a mountain of gold
and silver, with tools at hand, and is
working with enthusiasm, aided by one
man.
SAN BERNARDINO FIESTA
Among the Features Will Be a
Fire Dance by the Coa
huilla Indians.
One Hundred of Them Have Been
Specially Engaged for the
Occasion.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Aug. 22.—
Among the features of the Spanish fiesta,
which will take place here September 16,
17 and 18, in honor of Mexican inde
pendence, will be the fire dance, which is
announced for September 17. One hun
dred Coahuilla Indians have been engaged
for the occasion and will give the per
formance in front of an amphitheater
seating 6000 people.
The fire dance consists of tramping out
living embers. A huge fire is built from
logs. Tbe Indians sit around it and chant
religious songs. When the flames have
subsided and the whole mass is a neap of
burning coals they make a circle around it
and with bare feet tramp out the burning
embers, all the while sineing to the accom
paniment of tom-toms. The dance is never
interrupted or abandoned until every
ember has been crushed and every particle
of fire extinguished.
This requires not only great skill and
much fortitude, but wonderful endurance
also, for the reason that the dancers never
stop to rest from the time they begin until
not a spark remains.
HOLD-UP AT BAJSIA BARBARA
A Highwayman Put to Flight by the
Prompt Use of a Revolver.
SANTA BARBARA. Cal., Aug. 22.—
Davis Harris was held up by a footpad at
the corner of Anacapa and Montecito
streets at 1 o'clock this morning. Harris
carried a revolver in his coat pocket and at
ence began shooting at the highwayman,
firing three shots, with the result that the
robber took to his heeJs. He has not yet
been apprehended.
federal Troopa Returning.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 22.— Companies
B and C, Fourth Cavalry, U. 8. A., are
camped at the fair grounds. The troops
are returning from the annual encamp
ment near Monterey.
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If any Clothing firm in th
city other than ourselves tell
you that they either own or con-
trol their own woolen mill»—
tell them it's FALSE and we'll
substantiate it. We have our
own mills at Oregon City, Or. f
and make our own cloth and
clothing and sell direct to you
at Wholesale Prices— what d#
the others do ?
Wholesale Manufacturer*
Props . Oregon City Woolen Mills
Fine Clothing
For Man, Boy or Child
RETAILED
At Wholesale Prices
121-123 SANSOME STREET,
Bet. Bush and Pine Sis.
ALL BLUE SIGNS
NEWS OF THE COAST
A Sensational Double
Tragedy Enacted at
Visalia.
MURDER AND SUICIDE
Flavlus Welch Kills Edna Eari
and Then Ends His Own
Life.
WELCH WAS A MARRIED MAN
The Victim of His Pistol the Cause
of His Wife Separating
From Him.
VISALIA, Cal., Aug. 22. — Flaviw
Welch of Hanford shot and killed Edna
Earl and then shot himself shortly aftei
12 o'clock to-day. Both died instantly.
Welch formerly kept a saloon at Han«
ford. Tbis morning he came over to
Visalia. When Edna Earl heard of W*>lch'»
arrival she sent to Constable English ioj
protection, as she feared Welch had come
to haf m her.
Near her house she and Welch met,
shook hands, and he appeared very
friendly. They both entered her house,
KnoVn as the "Red Light," and fastened
the door on the inside.
Constable English retired across the
street, about thirty yards away, when sud
denly he heard four shots ring out. He
rushed to the house, gained admittance
and found both Welch and the girl lying
on the floor in pools of blood. Both were
dead.
In Welch's hand was grasped a 38-caliber
Colts revolver. Four cartridges had been
exploded. He had sent two bullets crash
ing through the woman's head and then
turned the muzzle so as to send two more
through his own head. One of the balls,
after passing through the head of tha
woman, had pierced two doors and an
inch wall.
Following is the copy of a note Welch
sent to the woman, and which was re
turned without an answer:
"Visalia, Cal., August 22, 1895.
"Eddie: If this boy finds you send word
where I can see you. I came this morn
ing. I will explain. "Flay."
Welch leaves a widow and a daughter,
who live at Hanford. Mrs. Welch has not
lived with her husband for some time, a
separation having been agreed upon be
tween them. It is said the dead woman
was the cause of the trouble that led to
this separation.
On the night of the 24th of last April
Edna Earl made an attempt to commit
suicide, but failed. Her friends repre
sented it was the result of an accident.
She had several times before tried to kill
herself. She is a native of Sonora,
Tuolumne County, and her real name is
Ella Dunton.
The inquest was held this afternoon and
a verdict rendered according to the above
facts.
HIDDEN TREASURE.
A Prisoner Claims to Knoic Whera 21
JAet Concealed.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 22.— A mys
terious letter about hidden treasure was
received by Joe Mannasse, an old resident,
dated "In the castle of Alicante (a prison),
Valencia del Cid, Spain." It is signed.
"Alberto Gurreo," but Mannasse never
heard the name before. The letter says
the writer is a poor, disgraced prisoner,
unjustly condemned, and that some of the
money buried in this county will secure
his liberty and provide for the future of
his daughter. If Mannasse will agree to
keep secret the location of the money he
will be told where to look for it.
Garden Party at Mill Valley.
MILL VALLEY, Cal., Aug. 22.— A gar
den party and tea will be given on the 24th
of this month for the benefit of the First
Congregational Church of San Francisco.
The entertainment will consist of a musical
and literary programme. The North Pa
cific Coast Railroad will run special trains
and boats.
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