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o = THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 1895. children, with sand. The dam is being built with all the speed possible. The last work is being done on the race, and Con- tractor Allman is finishing a tide-gate, which he has built under the direction of Commissioner Pratchner, who conceived the idea. The water will have to be raised but a foot to flush the race, so if a weak spot in the aam shows itself the gate can be opened and the overpressure immediately drainea off. This evening the water was running through the waste way. This afternoon a rise of one foot was per- ceptible. > The designs of the five floats for the public schools of this city have been sub- mitted by the designer, Mr. Hirsch, and accepted. They are all of an historical na- ture and promise to be a great feature. The floats represent America, an Indian camp, Washington crossing the Delaware, a log-cabin school of Puritan timesand a floral schoolhouse. The school children, in beautiful and appropriate costumes, will appear on these floats. Wilders’ da: s to be represented by a unique float, on which the processes of butter and cheese making will be illus- trated, a live cow being one of the features. The committee to whom was referred the matter of drafting rules regulating the use of boats on the San Lorenzo River during the carnival week to-day recommended the adoption of rules giving the executive com- mittee exclusive control of that part of the river between the covered bridge and the new dam and of all boats and floats there- on during the carnival; that no person | shall be allowed to let any boat or float for | hire except to the executive committee, and that any person having a boat or float for private use shall be made to decorate it to the satisfaction of the artistic committee. | The decorations of some of the boats for | the pageant are most beautiful. an espe- cially pret sign being that of Mrs. J P. Smith. Itis a Venetian gondola-shaped barge named “The Cleopatra.” The design for the barge in which the | queen of the carnival will approach her | throne for coronation is that of the Doge’s | barge in the historical spectacle of the | marriage of Venice with the Adriatie. It | is very beautiful. It has now been de- | cided that the queen’s throne will be | erected on the water front of the new pa- vilion grounds. The grading for it com- menced to-day. Seats will be built for spectators on all the boundary streets, which wiil be closed to teams during the ceremonies. Lieutenant Morey has been notified by Adjutant-General Barrett that Lieutenant Brooks of the Naval Battalion had been de- tailed to muster in naval reserves. An | effort will be made to obtain permission for the reseryes to have a drill on the cruiser Olympia when in port here during carnival week. ORDERED TO SANTA CRUZ. i The Cruiser Olympia Will Be Prum!l During the Carnival. SACRAMENTO, CAL., June 1.—Governor | Budd received a dispatch this afternoon from the Naval Department at Washing- ton stating that, pursuant to his request, the cruiser Olympia will be placed at the disposal of the Naval Battalion on June 10, | to take partinthe fiesta taking place in Santa Cruz on thatdate. The Governor has notified Major-General Dimond to make due preparations and issue requisite orders to the commander of the battalion, so that he may assume charge of the cruiser at the proper time. VSALI MERRYCONTES, The War of the Beauties Grows Exciting as the End Draws Near. Friends of the Rivals Preparing Hundreds of Ballots for the Final Struggle. VISALIA, Car., June 1.—Activity in, making preparations for the Fourth of July does not cease. A triumphal car for forty-four little girls, to represent the States of the Union, is under construction. The winner of the six-mile bicycle race will be the recipient of a handsome blue and gold medal. No entrance fees will be charged in the bicycle races. They wiil be free forall. A plan is on foot for local Christian Endeavor societies to entertain all visiting members of other socicties dur- ing the Fourth. A representative of the Cary to-day en- deavored to ascertain the probable vote in the next few days for Goddess of Liberty. The great interest being manifested by the admirers of the several candidates was sur- prising. Tn one place it was found that 1000 ballots were being marked for Miss Ward, who is now well in the lead. In another safe there were 1500 for Miss Stevens and the supporters of Miss Brown had 800 ready to deposit when they con- sider the time opportune. The friends of Miss Blake are putting their ballots in the box every day. At noon she was again third on the list. She has some warm supporters who do not propose to see her lose unless the other candidates develop remarkable strength. Miss Brown is looked upon as one of the sure winners, and unless all signs fail she will represent California in the big parade. The polls close on June 15at 7:30 . M., and next week may witness a great change in the present list. At 7:30 p. 3. the battle of ballots was on | in earnest. Miss Brown again exchanged places with Miss Blake The vote for Goddess of Liberty now stands: Miss Ward, 33832. Miss Stevens, 2226. Miss Brown, 2196, Miss Blake, 2059, WILL CAMP AT LODI. Two Companies of the Sixth to March in the Fourth of July Parade. LODI, CaxL., June 1.—The citizens of Lodi this morning subscribed between $300 and $400 for the purpose of paying for the sub- sistence of Companies A and B, Sixth In- fantry,N. G. C., of Stockton, and assurance is given that the soldiers will come here Wednesday, July 8, and be in camp until the following Sunday. Colonel Nunan and the regimental staff will also be present, and the column will march in the Fourth of July celebration, the first held here in six years. Petaluma to Elect a Goddess. PETALUMA, Car., June 1L.—The Fourth of July celebration executive committee has decided to allow the public to elect a goddess of liberty and other characters for the parade. The polling places will open next week. Death of an Aged Tacom. TACOMA, Wasg., June L—William G. Smith, founder of the town of East Liver- pool, Ohio, died to-day at the residence of his daughter, aged 92. The deceased built the great pottery works at East Liverpool, and they are now owned and operated by his descendants. He lost his interest in them through business troubles. He came | last-evening a plan to advertise the fruit | Paris here in 1889. { | Evidently the body had long been buried | was employed as a typewriter for White, | dragged with hooks and dynamite was PACIFIC COAST NEWS, The Body of a Woman Found in Feather River. END OF A LONG SEARCH. It Is Supposed to Be That of Miss Newkom, Drowned Months Ago. SAD ACCIDENT AT EUREKA. Suicide of a Rancher at Nanaimo. Los Angeles Bonds Declared lllegal. MARYSVILLE, CaL., June 1.—The body of a woman,supposed to be that of Miss Pauline Newkom, was found floating in Feather River last night by George Baker. He was #fishing in, the river near the Knights Landing failroad bridge when the discovery was made. The only arti. cles of apparel which remained on the body were shoes and hose, and the friends of the long-missing woman will be called upon to identify the corpse by thise alone. in the sand. Prior to February 21, 1893, Miss Newkom Cooley & Cutts. On the evening of that day she had gone boat-riding with Mr. Woodworth, to whom it was known she | had been engaged to be married. Young Woodworth’s body was recovered the next day not far from the boat, which was half filled with water and in the bottom of which was his overcoat. The river was used for the purpose of floating Miss New- kom’s body, but it was not found, although the search continued for several days. AT SUICIDE NANAIMO, The Body of a Wellington Rancher Found in a Mill Stream. NANAIMO, B. C., June 1.—The body of Thomas Welsby, a miner and rancher of Wellington, was found yesterday morning floating face downward in a mill stream at the outskirts of this city. He left a hotel for a short walk at 9 o’clock last night be- fore retiring. He was in good health and | perfectly sober. It is presumed that he must have suddenly determined to end his | life, walked through the brush and laid down in the two feet of water. Helefta wife and nine children. S g FATALITY AT EUREKA. A A Mill Employe Crushed to Death Between Two Massive Logs. EUREKA, Car, June L—John W.| Setchel, a young man in the employ of the | Newberg Milling Company, while'working on the landing this afternoon, was caught between two massive logs and instandy killed. Setchel had stationed himself be- tween the logs and when the loaded train came up the foremost log was struck and began to roll. Sétchel was caught between ihe two and frightfully crushed. The un- fortunate man had been married but a few days. e LOS ANGELES BONDS. 4 New York Firm Refuses to Accept the Recent Issue. LOS ANGELES, Caw., June 1.—The City Council received a message to-day from Street, Wykes & Co. of New York, in which it was stated that the refunding bonds for which they offered a premium of $20,000 | were considered illegal, and they therefore declined to accept them. The Council or- dered that the $10,000 deposit as a surety that they would take the bondsif they were straight be refunded to Street, Wykes & Co. The City Attorney will take the matter to the Supreme Court. g e 7 il Santa Barbara School Census. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., June 1.—The school census of Santa Barbara County, just completed, develops an interesting fact. The total children under 17 years is 6794; the total of school age, 4720; increase over last year, 145. The curious circum- stance is tnat whereas last year the boys were only 15 in excess of the girls, this vear the boys outnumber them by 58. The gain in school attendance throughout the county is 173. Of this the most notable gain is in the city of Santa Barbara, where, though the census gain is only 814 per cent, thereis a gain in school attendance of 7 per cent, indicating a very healthy state of affairs in the public shools. MINIG AT RED MOUNTAN A Large Force of Men Sinking Shafts Into the Beds of Quicksilver. Santa Clara Fruit to Be Freely Ad- vertised—Commencement at San Jose’s Convent. SAN JOSE, CAL., June 1.—Work on the Red Mountain quicksilver mine in San Antonio Valley is rapidly going ahead, and from present indications it will yield rich ore. A large force of men is at work sinking shafts. Work will soon be com- menced on a road out of the valley, so that as soon as works gre erected the product can be hauled to San Jose for shipment. NOTRE DAME COMMENCEMENT. Five Young Ladies to Receive Diplomas at the Convent. SAN JOSE, Cavn, June 1.—The com- mencement exercises of the Convent of Notre Dame will be held Wednesday morn- ing, at which the following young ladies will graduate: Miss Genevieve Yoell and Miss Hattie Wilcox of San Jose, Miss L. Schroder and Miss F. McKinnen of 8an Francisco and Miss D. McAuliffe of Grass Valley. At these exercises the famous Janko key- board piano will be used for the first time at any college exhibition. These pianos have been in use at the convent for some time, and are capable of producing intricate and pleasing harmonies on account of the wide compass of the hand and fingering effects made possible. RESOLVE TO ADVERTISE. The Merits of Santa Clara Fruit 'l Be Fully Exploitvd. BAN JOSE, CaL., Juue 1.—At the meet- ing of the directors of the Board of Trade and produce of Santa Clara County was ‘discussed at some length, after which the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That it is the sense of this Board of Trede that the proposition outlined in this dis- cussion for the advertising of Santa Clara County’s dried fruits be continued and pressed forward with the utmost vigor, and that every effort be put forth to induce the various fruit unions and exchanges and every individual grower of Santa Clara County to subseribe not less than $1 per acre of bearing orchard to further the project.in hand. A propositior to have San Jose repre- sented at the Santa Cruz Water Carnival was brought up, but no action was taken. It was finally decided to request the ladies of the Floral Society to bring flowers, properly packed, to the Board of Trade rooms, and the board will ship them to Santa Cruz. Judgment Against a Fruit Company. SAN JOSE, CaL., June 1.—The judg- ment of the Superior Court in the case of the E. E. Thomas Fruit Company against Stark & Morrison has been affirmed by the Supreme Court. The action grew out of the defendants’ failure to fill a contract for the delivery of fruit. The judgment affirmed was for $71 10 principal and $251 30 costs. Hussars Leave for Los Angeles. SAN JOSE, Car., June 1.—The San Jose Hussars, about thirty strong, left for Los Angeles this morning, where they will take part in the Italian celebration to- morrow. There were about 100 excursion- ists in the party. They will return Tues- day. AT I Stolen Horses Recovered. SAN JOSE, CaL., June 1.—Sheriff Wyn- don to-day recovered a horse and colt from the pound at Madrone which was stolen from A. 8. Gland of Cottage Grove about a week ago. It is believed that the horses were stolen by tramps and, aban- doned in that vicinity. TROUBLENTGUERNEVLLE, Dog-Owners Indignant Over a Wholesale Killing of Their Animals. Two Score of Curs and Pedigreed Canines Meet Death In a Single Night. SANTA ROSA, CaL., June l.—There is wailing among the dog-owners of Guerne- ville, caused by a wholesale slaughter of canines Thursday night. For some time there have been muttered threats of a war against the four-legged choristers of the midnight hour. Hostilities opened in earnest Thursday night, when some one scattered quantities of strychnine-loaded meat over the town. Yesterday morning dead dogs were found in every street and alley, under houses and barns and in fancy kennels. ‘Within an hour after daylight the corpses of forty unfortunate canines had been gathered together and hurried to the dogs’ cemetery. The wholesale slaughter caused a sensation. Among those who wentdown in the front ranks were valuable pointers | and setters, and several hounds that erst pursued the fleet rabbit to its lair will never more lend their bay to the noise of the chase. . The owners of the animals are wild with indignation. Rewards are offered for the apprehension of the- guilty culprit, and it is even said that detectives will be en- gaged to ferret him out, Every effort will be made to avenge the disgraceful death of the howlers, and the massacre of Guerre- ville’s dogs threatens to inaugurate a bit- ter feud in the little city. WANTED IN LOS ANGFELES. Arvest of @ Woman for Obtaining Money Under False Pretenses. SANTA ROSA, CaL.,, June 1.—Mrs. Della Steigler, formerly of Los Angeles, was arrested here this afternoon on a war- rant from that city on a charge of obtain- ing money under false pretenses, Mrs. Bteigler is a handsome young woman and claims to be innocent, of any wrongdoing. A few weeks ago she came here and com- plained that her husband was wanted in Los Angeles by the police. Officers wired to Los Angeles officials and found he was not wanted, but she was. Shesaysshe has no relatives here, but has friends in San Francisco. —es Wheat Snipped From Poso. * PORT COSTA, Cav.,, June 1.—The first carload of new wheat shipped this season arrived at Port Costa this morning from J. M. and C. B. Kimberlin of Poso, con- signed to M. Blum & Co. of 8an Francisco. This company has received the first car of new wheat shipped for the past three years from the same parties. e i HKgan at Portlana. PORTLAND. Oz., June 1.— John M, Eyan arrived here to-day from St. Paul to be present at the final hearing of the Ore- gon Short Line and Utah Northern re- ceivership-case, which comes up Monday before Judge Gilbert in the United States Circuit Court. SR A Jones Wins the Suit, CARSON, Ngv,, June 1.—A few days ago John T. Jones sued Hirsch Harris of the mint for $450 on a note. Harris failing to file an answer in the prescribed time, Jones’ counsel to-day took a default. Har- ris was the principal witness against Jones during the mint investigation. g “Jim? Willlams Leaves Carson. CARSON, Ngv., June 1.—The G. A. R,, of which “Jim’? Williams, the released tramp, who was suspected of the Saarman murder, is a member, gzave him money and sent him out of town. FOR THE SNORERS. A Suggestion as to How to Get Rid of the Noisy Infliction. A story of Lord Aberdeen as a snorer is going the rounds. One morning, aftera night on the rail- way, a fellow-passenger asked his lordship whether he was & man of wealth. Humoring the man, whom he took for a crank, Aberdeen admitted that he was pos- sessed of considerable property. “How much ?” “Well, perhaps £150,000. But why do you ask " “Well,” was the rejoinder, “if T were worth as much as you are and snored as loudly I would take a railway carriage to self, so that my fellow-passengers might sleep a little.” Philadelphia woman havinfi suffered much in mind and body By her husband’s snoring, finally applied for & divoree from him on the ground of cruelty. _Her attorney filed the bill of divorce, but disliking to go to an extreme went to work to find a cure for enoring, and did it. The remedy consists of olive oil and mus- tard, six dmfls of the former to a pinch of the fntter,ta en just before going to bed. The function of the oil is that of a lubri- cant to the larynx, while the mustard is a counter irritant. The defendant tried the remedy and found it worked like a charm, and now the family are once more happy in their home. —New York Journal. e e At the Bon Marche (cheap market) in last year 662 persons were arrested for kleptomania. SACRAMENTO EVENTS. Japanese Celebrate .the Victory Over the Chinese. SMITH MAY BE FREED. Govérnor Budd Investigating the Case of the Con- demned Man. THEY MARRIED IN HASTE A Courtship of Several Hours Ends in a Capltal City Wedding. SACRAMENTO, CaL, June 1.—The Japanese colony in this city celebrated the victory of Japan over China by holding a big. picnic at East Park to-day. There were games and day fireworks, and music was rendered by a Japanese band frgm San Francisco, playing upon Caucasian instru- ments. The festivities were attended by hundreds of white people, who were treated in'a courteous manner by the Japanese. There was a row among the Japanese over the decision of a wrestling match, but serious trouble was prevented by the Deputy Sheriffs present. Altogether the occasion was an enjoyable one to the Japa- nese . colony. They are happy over the success of the celebration of their brothers’ victory in the Chino-Japanese war. HIS GUILT 1N DOUBT. Governor Budd Investigating the Case of an _Alleged Murderer. SACRAMENTO, Car., June 1.—Gov- ernor Budd is hard at work considering the application of Freeman Smith, con- victed in Colusa County of murder in the first degree and septenced to be hanged next Saturday, for commutation. When Smith was arrested blood was found on his trousers. He claimed it was from a hog which he had killed and part of which he carried into the house. The expert at the trial testified that the blood was from a human being, and on his testimony Smith was convicted. The District Attérney of Colusa County informed Governor Budd that he had the trousers. The Governor had them sent to two of the best experts in the State. They reported that théy were unable to de- termine whether the blood was from a hu- man being or a hog. They have decided to call in Professor Spencer of the State Uni- versity, and another test will be made in San Francisco to-morrow, They will also request the expert on whose testimony Smith was convicted to be present. SACRAMENTO ROMANCE. A Courtship of but a Few Hours Enas in a Marriage. SACRAMENTO, CarL., June 1.—A ro- mantic marriage took place at the South- ern Pacitic depot in this city to-day. John Burkhard, a widower, with one child, this morning became acquainted with Mrs. B. Reiter, g vidow, who also possessed one ehild. It was eyvidently a case of “love at first sight,”” and mutually agreeing to be- come the step-parents of each other’s off- spring, the seryices of Justice Henry were called into requisition, the ceremony was performed and the happy couple took first train for Roseburg, Or., where they will reside. The courtship and marriage occu~ pied a period of but a few hours. Colonel Park Henshaw Resigns. SACRAMENTO, Car., June 1.—Colonel Park Henshaw of Chico, commanding the Eighth Regiment, has tendered his resig- nation to Governor Budd. CRIME OF ATUCSON WiFt Mrs. Robert Cannon Kills Her Husband With a Charge of Shot. The Shocking Murder the Result of a Long Series of Domestic Quarrels. \ TUCSON, Ariz., June 1.—Mrs. Robert Cannon shot and killed her husband with a shotgun at the home of her parents in this city this afternoon. The pair had been married about a year, and had guarteled almost continuously. The quarrel to-day was over some property. When arrested the woman was lying by her husband’s side in the yard where she shot him, and her hands were covered with his blood. Both were intoxicated at the time. M#s. Cannon was formerly a Mrs. Hop- kins, her father-in-law being one Hopkins of Ban Francisco, well-known as a trans. lator of Bpanish land grant records. She has considerable property in herown name, OLNEY MAY BE NAMED. Said to Be Slated for Successor to Seore- tary Gresham. WASHINGTON, D. C., June L—It can be stated on authority that the President has not up to this time indicated to any person what his views are respecting the appointment of a successor to the late Secretary Gresham. It is believed, how- ever, the prospect favors the tender of the position to Attorney-General Olney. Minister Ransom Returning. RALEIGH, N. C., June 1.—A private telegram from Minister Matt Ransom from the City of Mexico says he is on his way home to North Carolina. No reason is given for his return, and there is some sur- mise that he may be tendered a Cabinet position. Some fear he is sick. =R g Clark’s Offer Declined. ANSONIA, Coxx., June 1.—The business of Wallace & Sons, the insolvent brass and copper manufacturers, will not pass under the control of W. A. Clark, the wealthy Butte City copper king, who had been negotiating with the firm for several months. The stockholders refused his offer and he declined to make a better one. g i Beat His Aged Wife to Death. HOUSTON, Texas, June L.—Frank Colin and his wife, aged 70, a wealthy couple, quarreled last night about a Mrs. Wilkins, who lived with them as a domestic, and Colin beat his old and infirm wife to death with a flatiron. Colin escaped and the Wilkins woman has been jailed on the charge of murder. Match Race Declared Off. CINCINNATI, Onro, June 1.—The match race, one-mile sweepstakes for $3500, be- tween Halma, Lissak, 4 Simon W and The | mem! Commoner, announced for next Wednes- day at Latonia, is off. It seems that Colonel Fleischman was not consulted by his manager, and he will not consent. KILLED MUOTHER AND SISTER. Fearful Crime of a ¢ Harmless* Imnatic at Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS, Mixx., June 1.—Mrs. Martha Elias and daughter Annie were found to-day weltering in their own blood in their rooms over a drugstore on Nicollet avenue. s They were well to do. A careful examina- tion by the authorities shows beyond ques- tion that both women were murdered. It is the belief of officials that the deed was committed by Lorainne D. Elias, son of the murdered woman. Elias is men- tally unbalanced, and ‘was for a time con- fined in an asylum, but was released May 1 as harmless. His grip, containing money and cloth- ing and marked with his name, was found in his room. A clean-cut bullet hole through the glass of a front window showed where the shot went wild. At the Morgue it was discovered that'the victims had been hacked and bruised with some instrument like a hatchet, and the wounds were sufficient, in the case of the girl at least, to have pro- duced death. The revolver was not clutched tightly in the old lady’s hand, as it would have been had she shot her- self, but appeared to have been thrust into her hand. e DEATH OF DR. MATHER. He Left a Big Legacy to a Methodist University. KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 1.—Dr. Samuel F. Mather, a lineal descendant of Cotton Mather, and a pioneer of Kansas, died at his home in Kansas City, Kans., this evening of general debility. He was ;om in Massachusetts in 1811, and came to ansas City in 1858. He was a physician, and practiced up to within a few days of his death. He was an ardent Methodist, and had done much to further christian work in the southwest. Just twelve hours before = his death he signed deeds- to property valued at nearly $100,000 which he had given to the Methodist Episcopal Board for its proposed new university. Dr. Mather was reputed to be worth $150,000 at his death. VARIED ARE THEIR VIEWS, An Interesting Poll of the Members of the Next Congress. Southern and Far Western States Almost Unanimous for Free Coinage. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 1.—The World to-morrow will publish a telegraphic poll of the next Congress as far as obtained on the silver, tariff and income tax. The ‘World sums up the result as follows: In a general way it may be said that out of 116 who gave unequivocal answers to the silver question fifty-five are in favor of free coinage, forty-four favor bimetallism generally, with the proviso of an inter- national agreement. Only seventeen can be fairly classed as favoring a single gold standard, and the attitude of some of these even is not defi- nite. The South and far Western States are almost unanimous for free coinage, the Central States lean toward silver, with international bimetallic qualifications, and it is only in New York, New England and adjacent Eastern States that there are any avowedly gold-standard men. In regard to the tariff only twenty-eight members are against any change while thirty-five favor moderate changes and thirty-nine are pronounced for radical changes. A few are free-traders. The moderates are chiefly those who think changes will be necessary in order to in- crease revenues. The income tax question brought out many sharp and piquant answers. Forty- nine Congressmen say they favor the prin- ciple of the tax. Forty-seven oppose it. A great many evaded the question or failed to answer it. A few details by States will be interest- ing. Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colo- rado, Floriaa, Idaho, Mississippi, Mon- tana, Nevada, North Carolina, South Caro- lina, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming are solid for silyer so far as heard from. The bimetallists are chiefly in Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Jowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michi- gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Vermont have the gold delegation. Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, the Carolinas, Georgia, Louisiana and most of the Southern States are solid for the income tax. New York and the East generally oppose it. Elsewhere the division is about equal. IMPROVIDENT FISHING. Rivers Have Been Exhausted—A Con- stant Decline in the Annual Catch. Upon the Atlantic coast the utmost ef- fort of the Fish Commissioners, supported by ample State and National expenditure, seems powerless to effect a renewal of the abundance of old. No more saddening ex- hibitions of man’s improvidence are af- forded than by the noble rivers that have been depleted or exhausted of their finny treasures, and of such perhaps the most striking are those presented by the larger affluents of Chesapeake Bay, the Potomac and the Susquehanna, Bixty years ago, through the greater course of these long streams, both the shad and the alewife, or fresh-water herring, existed in almost incredible numbers. In the Potomac the two species would often ascend the river together, and it was not an uncommon draught to secure sev- eral hundred thousand herring and several thousand shad ata single haul. The fisher- men, in drawing the seine on shore, would gile the herring knee deep for twelve or fteen feet landward, and then walk or wade through the mass, thrusting in their arms and picking out the shad. The her- ring so stacked would be sometimes sold for a mere trifle, sometimes given away; often, though an edible fish, and perhaps superior in that respect to the common herring, would be carted off for manure; and sometimes, for lack of even that de- mand, would be allowed to float away u{ou the rising tide. In 1892 950,000, accurately counted, were taken out at one draught; the number of shad seined was often 4000 and upward, and the selling price as low as §1 per 100 fish. Of such destructive fishing a constant decline in the annual catch was the inevitable result, and thus it happened that for some years prior to the war practical exhaustion” had been at- tained.—The Popular Science Monthly. ———————— Something New in Living Pictures. A Texas theater manager has been pub- licly cowhided by a woman. We suspect that is something new in living pictures.— Chicago Post. —_—— e — The House of Lords at present is made up of five Princes of the blood royal, 26 Archbishops and_Bishops, 432 peers of Engiand, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, 16 representative Scottish and 28 representative Irish peers; in all 557 IS STARTS AT STOCKTON Work on the San Joa- quin Road to Begin by June 15. CONTRACT FOR THE TIES. The Directors’ Agreement to Favor Local Dealers Has Been Fulfilled. RAILS WILL SOON ARRIVE. Vessels Carrying Them From New York Expected to Land Within the Week. STOCKTON, Car., June 1.—The direc- tors of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad have verified their promise made at the inception of the enterprise in regard to favoring local contractors and labor when- ever possible by letting the contract for 800,000 ties to L. A. White, the lumber- dealer, of this city and San Francisco. The shipment of the ties will begin at once by water. A gentleman whose word is unquestion- able, and who has been a prominent worker for the success of the enterprise, stated yes- terday, on his return from San Francisco, that the work of construction from this city would positively be begun by June 15. As soon as the vessels now en route from New York to San Francisco arrive at port the cargo of steel rails will be loaded on barges and sent directly up the river. The ! ship is expected at San Fraucisco within a week. The rails will be landed on the rail- road’s property, formerly known as the Wilhoit tract. | It is said District Attorney Nutter has, on a closer inspection of the law governing the powers of the Board of Supervisors in the matter of granting franchises, found that the board can grant the right of way across county roads if the grades are made to conform to the county surveys. SMURVEYORS AT HANFORD. The Engineers Have Been Urdered to Run a Line Into That City. HANFORD, Cav, June 1.—Chief Guffe and Lis assistant, Mr. Patton, of the sur- veying party between Fresno and Han- ford for the new Valley Railroad, were in Hanford this evening. The crew is in camp on the south bank of Kings River, about & mile above the Kingston bridge. The preliminary line they are running crosses the Southern Pacific line about a mile and a half north of Malaga, and runs straicht south. When nine miles south had been reached orders came to move to Kings River and run a line into Hanford. They will begin that work next Monday morning. A VEGETABLE PYTHON. The Wild Figvine Binds Big Forest Trees With Bands Like Iron. Woe betide the forest giant when he falls into the clutches of the clusia or fig, says the Guiana Forest. Its seeds, pro- vided with a pulp which is very pleasant to the taste of a number of birds, are carried from tree to tree and deposited on the branches. Here it germinates, the leaty stem rising upward and the roots flowing, as it were, down the trunk until they reach the soil. At first these aerial roots are soft and delicate, with appar- ently no more power for evil than so many streams of pitch, which they resemble in their slowly flowing motion downward. Here and there they branch, especially if an obstruction is met with, when the stream either changes its course or divides to right and left. Meanwhile leafy branches have been developed, which push themselyes through the canopy above and get into the light, where their growth is enormously ac- celerated. As this takes place the roots have generally reached the ground and begun to draw sustenance from below to strengthen the whole plant. Then comes a wonderful development. The hitherto soft aerial roots begin to harden and spread wider and wider, throwing out side branches which flow into and amal- gamate with each other until the whole treetrunk is bound in a serious of irregular living hoops. The strangler is now ready for its deadly work. The forest giant, like all exogents, must have room to increase in girth, and here he is bound by cords which are stronger than iron bands. Like an athlete, he tries to expand and burst his fetters, and if th’iy were rigid he might succeed. * = * The bark bulges between every in- terlacing—bulges out and even tries to overlap—but the monster has taken eyery g:ecauuon against this by making its Aud!t‘l':“yt num:erous and wide. s the tree becomes weaker its leaves begin to fall, and this gives more room for its foe. 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