The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 2, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1895 DOLES NEW CHOICE Great Opposition Devel- | oped to Castle for | Minister. REASONS FOR IT GIVEN. There Is Very Little Prospect | of His Going to Wash- ington. DISSENSIONS IN THE CABINET. Negotiations for a New Steamship Line Between Australia and Canada. HONOLULU, Hawam, June 24.—The of conv ion to. is, Will the news b; E opposition to Mr. Castle I cal wing of the v, and it is backed in town, except ch is virtually con- le family. The Ameri- ¥ reasons urged why Mr. hould not go to Washington. ecuring a nomination either for the constitu- onvention, the Senate or the lower | ird reasen is that he r here; a fourth to fill he office; a sixth e Senate was cons but two, those Hastings as | ucceeded in ttee for in- The appointm on the table p t * Castle. ings was laid ing a decision for or understood that if get his pro- him toqth and nail 1 ig not serene e Cabinet. Under ion Cat t officers have all hts and privileges of riembers in , save and except the right to Both Minister Damon and the At- General are constant in their at- e on the House, but after the lat- day’s experience in the Senate, e was somewhat severely sat upon, 6t shown up in that body. uced by the Govern- ting to the disposi- d President | n if it does not amon and the e a spat over ile it der consideration in the House in ttee of the whole. ve Robertson of Honolulu, as formerly deputy Attorney-Gen- der the incumbent, but who is now be after former chief’s scalpand job, immediately called the attention of the H to the evident dissension in the Cabinet, and made the most of the affair. abored speech the Attorney-Gen- ed that there were differences et on some matters, but they ivial one. t once replied that both the President and Cabinet had been working a yesr on the land bvill, and yet when it was printed and introduced they were not even in accord on its principal provision. If the land bill was al affair he would like to know what the Government con- sidered an importan: one. W. C. Wilder L. Naone, both of Honolulu, have been elected President of the Senate and Speater of the House re- spectively. The former is the head of the firm of Wilder & Co. and of the Wilder Steamship Company. e latter is a boss painter and a native Hawziian. The Sen- ate is composed of fourteen whites, mostly of foreign birth, and one native. The House has eight native and seven white members. Proceedings in the Senate are conducted in the English language only, but in the House both Englich and Ha- waiian are used, requiring the constant ser- vices of an interpreter. In the Senate, Cecil Brown, McCandless and Waterhouse e best workers and talkers; in the Robertson is making his mark for good sound sense and hard work, while three or four of the native members are continvally on their feet. Only two or three members in either house have had previous legislative experience. Representative Robertson introduced a bill in the House on Saturday to restrict Chinese immigration. It is remarkably concise and to the point. On June 18 a native mass-meeting was held on Palace square, some 200 or 300 being present. The object of the meeting was to express condolence with Mrs. Gresham on the death of her husband, and gppropriate resolutions were passed. The Senate did nothing in the matter of confirming W. R. Castle’s appointment as Minister. The committee to whom the wn lands. art will be bro ret Minister C. 0. Montrose, who are on their way home from an important conference with the English and Canadian authorities.. Mr. Ward’s principal businessin'London was to negatiate a loan of $7,500,000, which amount is to be loaned out to small set- tiers under what is known in New Zealand as the settlers’act. By the provision of thissct the Government loans to small settlers a sum equal to two-tifths of the assessed value of their lands and improve- ments as determined by a commission for that purpose. Six per cent interest is charged on these loans and the terms of payment made easy. The new loan ;uss negotiated by Mr. Ward was subscribed five times over in thirty-six hours after the prospectus was issued. Speaking of the mail service the CALL representative was informed that Ax_]smllm and Canada have agreed to subsidize the Canadian-Australian line, but on the sole condition that 17-knot boats are put on. New Zealand will continue her present subsidy to the Spreckels steamers. “What the colonies want,”” said Captain Montrose, “is a'fortnightly fast service between Aus- tralia and Vancouver, and we are hound to haveit.”” Discussing the matter further the captain said there was littie doubt that the steamers now ranning from Vancouver to China and known as the Empress line would be put on this route. These are modern ocean greyhounds and average seventeen kn The Canadian line has agreed to fix its time card so as to alternate with the other line and give a regular fortnightly service. It is even on the card that the Empress steamers will run to San Francisco and thence to Vancouver. With regard to the proposed cable, Cap- tain Montrose said that strenuous and joint efforts were being made by all the colonies looking toward a subsidy for an While he was in favor of the United States and Hawaii could be on for the rest. “No French ve allowed to land on Australian d he, “and any English cable that would ignore Hawai dld w what it was about.” A BIG FIRE IN PARIS. The Scarcity of Water Interferes With the Work of the Firemen. Fraxce, July 1.—One of the s that has occurred in this city out at noon to-day in ry equipment works in the Rue rt, in the northern part of the The flames spread with the greatest ity and the employes were quickly driven into the street. The firemen were promptly at the scene, but their efforts to subdue the flames were rendered fruitless by a scarcity in the oply. The fire extended to build- tue Petrelle to the north and Rue to the south. The immense gs o dorcet structure on the latter street devoted to e manufacture of gas meters was de- stroyed. It was not till late this evening the fire was extinguished. The loss was fully 1,500,000 francs. Immense crowds gathered in the vicinity to watch the conflagration, and it was necessary to call upon the troops to aid the police in cordoning the streets. Two firemen and dozens of civilians were severely hurt. M. Leigeis, Minister of the Interior, ted the injured in the hos- pital. He presented to one of the injured firemen a medal for bravery. President Faure has donated 2000 francs and the M pal Council 1000 francs for the re of sufferers. The origin of the fire is unknow! COINAGE IN MEXICO. It Has Again Been Undertaken by the Government. CITY OF MEXICO, Mex., July 1.—The Government of Mexico to-day resumed control of the mints, and will hereafter levy a uniform tax of 5 per cent on all gold and silver contained in the -ore mined in the country, without regard to where it is smelted. For several years the mints bave been leased to private individuals, who, whiie they have charged a mintage tax, have put it on a somewhat different basis from that proposed by tbe Government. The charge for 10st 41 per cent, while the Government has collected in additicn .61 of 1 per cent, ing & tax of over 5 per cent to be paid by all Mexican mine-owners_having their ores coined into money in Mexico, while those who sent their product to smelters either in the United States or Mexico es- caped this tax. t was this condition of affairs that in- duced the Government to assume control of the mints and to tax all ore, irrespective of where 1t is treated. SR GERMANY’S TARIFF. It Authorizes the Imposition of Retalia- tory Duties. BERLIN, GeewaNy, July 1.—The new tariff measure pa: by the Reichstag early in May goes into effect to-day. The most important provision is that au- thorizing the Government to impose retal- iatory duties whenever other nations dis- criminate against German products. -Dis- criminating duties on goods now on the free list are, however, limited to 20 percent ad valorem. The measure also raises the duty of perfumes containing alcohol from 200 to 300 marks, and imposes a protective uty on Quebracho wood, whic} 1s used for tanning. ——-—— . INVESTITURE OF THE KNIGHTS. The Queen Will Perform the Ceremony at Windsor Castle. LONDON, Ex6., July 1.—It has been an- nounced that the investiture of the re- cently created knights will take place at Windsor Castle during the latter part of the present week. The new knights will first attend a luncheon in the famous Waterloo chamber of the castle, and at 3 o’clock in the afternoon will repair to the white drawing-room, where the Queen will perform the customary ceremony of inves- titure. e " Another Victory for the Britannia. ROTHESAY, Exe., July 1.—Owing to rain the cup challenger Valkyrie ITI did not race with the Britannia and Ailsa to- day. The two latter started at 10:30, and at the end of the first round the Britannia was ahead. o On the second round the Britannia was three minutes ahead. Time, 3:01:29. The Britannia won by two and a half minutes. The times at the finish were: Britannia, 4:04:48; Ailsa, 4:07:04. The Niagara, Zinita and Dakota sailed over the thirty-one-mile course to-day. They started at 11 o’clock. The Zinits was ahead at the first round. In the Niagara-Dakota-Zinita' race the Dakota won on time aliowance. Time— én%gggl 3:15, Zinita 3:17:36, Lakota :26:05. . nomination was referred asked for further time, which was granted. There will be a sort of joint Fourth of July celebration here this year. The American one will take place under the auspices of Minister Willis, and will con- sist of salutes and a reception. The Ha- waiian Government will have a celebration of its own, with an elaborate literary pro- gramme . similar to those of American cities and the addition of boat-racing. The Caraaian-Australian steamer War- rimoo saiied for Fiji and Sydney'at 3 ». x to-day. Among her passengers were Hon. J. G. Ward, Colonial Treasurer, Postmas- ter-General and ex-officio Commissioner of Telegraph Lines of the colony of New Zealand, snd his private secretary, Captain — e A Missing Revenue Cutter. LONDON, EG., July 1.—The revenue cutter Marga hands, sailed a week ago from Holyhea for Miford Havyen. e has not since been heard of, and the gunoboat Renard has been sent to search for her. . e Chamberlain and Baifour Re-Elected. LONDON, Ex6., July 1—Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain was to-day re-elected to represent the west division of Birming- bham in the House of Commons, and James A. Balfour wasre-elected from Man- chester. —_—— The easy, safe and certain protection of our bread, biscuit and cake from all danger of unwholesomeness is in the use of Royal Baking Powder only. inting gold and silver has been al- | PACIFIC COAST NEWS, Two Persons Perish in a Burning Gridley Building: CONDITION OF THE CROPS. A Pasadena Romance in Which Two Wives and One Husband Figure. NEW DAILY IN MARYSVILLE. An Ex-justice of the Peace Ar- restead for Alleged Em~ bezzlement. GRIDLEY, CaL., July 1.—The town is all excitement to-day over the news of an awful tragedy that occurred in the night. Soon after half-past 12 o’clock the sub- stantial house of Trotter Holliday, situated about four miles south of Gridiey, caught fire in a way that will never be known and burned to the ground. Mr. Holliday and his niece, Miss Mary Turk, perished in the flames and their bodies were found in the ruins this morning. Joseph Quinn, who was living with Mr. Hoiliday, was awakened by the fire and smoke, and escaped in his night clothes. He wandered around in a half-demented condition, and finally staggered over to Mr. Haugh’s place and told them about it. Mr. Holliday was a very prominent rancher, one of the oldest citizens of this neighborhood and well-to-do. i e A PASADENA ROMANCE. George Green’s Futile Efforcs to Maintain Two Households. PASADENA, Cavn, July 1.—George Green, s young man about 32 years of age, has for the last year or more been in the employ of Munger & Griffiths as a cornice- worker and always enjoyed the reputation of being a first-class workman. Now he has shaken the dust of Pasadena from his feet and departed for a new field of labor, leaving no address as to where he was go- ing. There is not only a woman the bot- tom of it, but two of them and several children. Shortly after his arrival here Green was joined by a woman and several children, supposed to be his family. They came from Chicago, and shortiy “after their ar- rival a new pair of twins appeared in the Green household. -Chief of Police Glass of Los Angeles has been receiving telegrams of late from a woman in Joliet, Ill., who proves to be the only genuine Mrs. Green, and who has been for some time_trying to et a trace of her husband, who left her in oliet and came to Pasadena. Green's friends who were working with him in the tinshop, seeing these facts pub- tished, questioned him about the matter, but Green succeeded in parrying their ques- jes. Next morning, as Green did not show up for work, they were convinced that he was the man the articles had referred to. After a search they found Green camped some distance from town. He had fitted up a camp-wagon,-and was on his way to rts unknown. They tried: to induce im to return, but in vain, and his where- abouts has since been unknown. Green said that Mrs. Green No. 1 left him three times before he came to Califor- nia, and that her search for him is for mer- cenary reasons alone. RN CALIFORNIA CROPS. Frait Yield Searcely More Than Enongh for Homie Conswmption. SACRAMENTO, CaL., July 1.—Director Brawick of the California Weather and Crop Service summarizes as follows: The average temperature for the week ending Monday, July I, 1895, was: For Eureka, 54; Independence, 74; Los Angeles, 66; Red Bluff, 78; Sacramento, 68; San Francisco, 58; San Luis Obispo 62, and San Diego 64. As compared with the normal temperature there is a heat deficiency as follows for the places named: Eureks, 1 degree; Fresno, normal; Los Angeles, 4; Sacramento, 3; San Francisco 2, and Sin Diego 3 degrees, while Red Bluff reports an excess of heat during the week of i degree. Harvesting is being carried on all over the State, and the reportsare very variable, some ranchers reporting good crops, others fair, while again some report their crops as the poorest in years. The cool weather has had & tendency to keep fruit from rigening very fast, and the yield is so small this year that the most of it is consumed by the The percentage going for many years. ol MARYSVILLE'S NEW JOURNAL. I?eop]e of the State. ast is the smallest The Pioneer Standard Resuscitated by Its Former Editor. MARYSVILLE, Caw., July 1.—The old Marysville Standard has been resuscitated. The first issue of the paper in its new form made its appearance to-day. The Standard was originally " established April 23, 1870, but only enjoyed an event- ful existence covering a iod of four years. A. S. Smith, the tor and pub- lisher at that time, occupies the same posi- t, having on board twents 3 tion with reference to the new paper. He is 74 years of age, and is said to be the old- est journalist in point of service on the coast. His career commenced asa lad of 11 on the Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald. He came to California in 1852, and was.a writer on the Sacramento Union, the Bée and the News, and on the Auburn Stars and Stripes. He served as editor of the Marysville Appeal for 25 years, but feels that his use- fulness in the community has not yet been mll{:lled, and his latest venture is the re- sult. The Standard is issued as independent in politice, but no doubt its tendencies will be strongly Republican. 1t will publish the news reports of The United Press. —_—— ARRESTED AT STOCKTON. A Former Justice of the Peace Charged With Embeszlement. STOCKTON, CaL., July 2.—L. Leaabet- ter, formerly a Justice of the Peace here, was arrested this afternoon ‘on a warrant from Amador County, charging him with embezzling fands there. - Loadbetter. is prominent here.. He claims he is inno- cent and that another man retained mone; due for life insurance policies collected. He will be taken to Amador County to- mMOIToW, R S ARy SACRAMENTO FIREBUGS. After Looting a Residence, Burglars 3 Apply the Match. SACRAMENTO, Cal, July IL—A. H. Foote, who resides one and a half miles east of the city, reports that last night his ‘residenee was enteted by burglars, who ransacked the premises and stole $18 in money. The rascals started a fire in the house in an attempt to burn the place, but Mr. Foote, who had been away from home, returned in time to extinguish the blaze.. S TA TR San Diegans Indignant. - . SAN DIEGO, CAL., July'L.—There is in- dignation here over a dispatch from San Bernardino . priated in the coast papers of June 29, confounding El Cajon Valley of this county with Cajon of San Bernardino. It is said that the wine of El Cajon is un- canny, as numerous tragedies in the past several months were all brought about by drinking a certain wine manufactured at El Cajon. The three murders and one suicide mentioned occurred, on the con- trary, in Cajon, San Bernardino County. El Cajon Valley here is a great raisin dis- trict, and also makes fine wine and brandy, and is the most law-abiding section known, being settled by a first-class people. gl 2 e DEATH TO THE QUAILS. Poison for Grasshoppers Exterminating the Game Birds. HEALDSBURG, CarL., July 1. —The formula prepared by a resident of tne Clo- verdale district for the extermination of grasshoppers has been tried, and while it may have put an end to grasshoppers, it has also played havoc with quail,birds and squirrels. Reports from the Geyserville district are to the effect that many quail and other birds have been killed by the use of poison intended for grasshoppers. The damage from these pests is not great. M AL Sty Bonita School Bonds Nold. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., July 1.—The Board of Supervisors was in session to-day examining the assessment books and sit- ting as a board of equalization. The | Bonita school district bonds were sold to W. W. Burton, the highest bidder, at $2600. { John L. Trustow presented his resignation as school trustee of the city of Santa Bar- bara, and C. A. Taggart, an attorney at law and late candidate for District Attor- ney, was appointed to serve out the unex- pired term. As there has been consider- able agitation in local educational circles, it is interesting to note that Tageart is in harmony with the present administration. e Santa Barbara’s Fighting Ex-Pugilist. SANTA BARBARA, Cav., July 1.—The charge of assault with a deadly weapon, referred in the Police Court against S'Keuy, the retired pugilist and painter, who assaulted a photo-enlarging solicitor last week, was to-day dismissed on the ground of insufficient testimony regarding the use of O'Kelly’s Winchester. The trial on acharge of battery on O’Kelly’s docket will come up in Justice Crane’s court to-morrow. fidw ARl Licutenant Stearns’ Elevation. SARAMENTO, Cav., July 1.—Captain | T. B. Hall of Company G, Second In- fantry, has retired from active service, and to-night Lieutenant Stearns was elected to succeed him. SONOMA COUNTY RO, The Bureau of Highways Finds Them to Be in Good Condition. Recommend the Passage of an Ordi- nance Compelling the Use of Broad-Tired Wagons. SANTA ROSA, Car., July 1.—Marsden Manson of San Frarsisco, James L. Maude of Riverside and R. C.Irvine of Sacra- mento, members of the State Board of Highways, arrived here last evening. They came to interview tne Board of Su- pervisors of Sonoma County and other offi- cers in regard to road-building and road maintaining. They called upon the Board oi Supervisors this morning and held an informal meeting. The formal meeting with the bureau was held in the afternoon { and a report was made by Manson of the | State Bureau that the roads of Sonoma I‘Cour;? are in good condition and well raded. The sprinkling of the county roads was much urged as an economical way of pre- serving good roads. This was a way of spending money, and of saving it. In Santa Clara County the sprinkling of roads has been a paying proposition. There are about 1,400 miles of roads in' Sonoma County. Some of the highways are badly located jand the bureau asked the Supervisors to { have a map of the highways prepared. so as to facilitate ‘matters. They said ‘there was much good road material in the county that had not been fully utilized, and that if only five miles of road were o be built in one year, it shoild be built weil. They recommended to the Supervisorsthat an ordinance should be passed compelling farmers to use broad-tired wagon wheels instead of the present narrow ones. “It is utterly impossible,’ said Mr. Johnston, “to construct a road properly | unless the first matter considered and acted upon is drainage. It is an error to make a road low, as in winter it will be overflowed. The best materials will not make roads on a water level. The second | requisite is to properly surface the roads. They should be sufficiently rounded to shed the water. Another matter to be | carefully considered is the quality of ma- terial used—the harder the road the better. | The object of the bureau is to have some- thing uniform in the way of road making and road preserving.” One of the members oi the bureaun will return here soon and will remain for two weeks to gather information. INVASION OF GRASSHOPPERS. Steady Encroachmments of the Crop De- stroyers in Sonoma County. SANTA ROSA, Cavr., July 1.—The grass- hopper plague in this neighborhood is in- creasing, despite the fact that in former years, when other communities have suf- | fered from the invasion of these insects, this section bas always escaped. This sea- son the farmers are not so fortunate, and much damage has already been done and great losses are reported daily. ‘ P. C. Rossi, president of the Italian- Swiss colony at Asti, near Cloverdale, has found the tollowing recipe very successful in destroying “the pests: wenty-five pounds of middlings, twenty-five pounds of bran, twenty-five pounds of arsenic, one gallon of water, three gallons of molasses. This should be well mixed, so that every particle of bran and middlings receives a portion of arsenic. The application of this mixture is simple: A tablespoonful- of it is put at the foot of each vine. The grass- hoppers are attracted by the smell and eat the mixture in Enference to the leaves. As the grasshoppers generally travel in a straight line and eat the vines in rows, if the poison is applied on three or four rows near the fences or roads these pro- tected rows will prevent the spread of the pests into the y of the vineyard. SANFA ROSA’S NEW WOMAN. A Crusade in Fgvor of Home Industries 3 to Be Inaugurated. SANTA ROSA. Car, July 1.—Thereisa movement on foot here among the women to form a league to carry on a crusade in favor of home industries, The members of the league will pledge themselves to give preference always to articles produced and: manufactured in this State.” Santa Rosa’s pro ive womep will no doubt carry on the crusade with their accus- tomed vigor and will doubtless succeed in booming local trade to ‘some extent. One of their first moves will be the printing of a list of home:manufactured articles, es- pecially such as are in every-day use. - Children Cause a Fire. SAN BERNARDINO, Cairn., July 1.—A barn belonging to J: N. Corbett was burned last niight. It'wasa total loss, with no in- surance. ~Children built a bonfire between the barn. and- haystack, from which it iy srg bl L e €, e - Was sa’ a covering of wet blankets. 7 x ——— . Claims He Is Not Insane. STOCKTON, CAL., July 1.—Judge Budd this afferncon granted a writ of habeas owor&n:‘ :::\Enasbld at lg:?eloeik‘w-mmz. 2 : Btone, w| alleged, confined illegaliy in The writ was sued out his wife, who lives in San 3 L0S ANGELES RACES, Scores of Entries for Events on the Fourth. SEVENTEEN-MILE DASH. One Hundred and Forty Wheelmen Will Compete for the Trophies. WILL RUN TO SANTA MONICA. The Course Put In Condition for Record-Breaking—The Offictal Handicap. LOS ANGELES, Car., July 1.—Los An- geles will be a busy city on the Fourth. In addition to the parade and the literary and musical events prepared by the cem- mittee, the bicyclists will hold a roadrace from Fifth and Olive streets to Santa Monica, a distance of seventeen miles, for which over 140 entries have been made, and prizes aggregating $2500 are to be awarded. The first race to Santa Monica was held July 4, 1891, and there were but sixteen entries. The race was originated and suc- cessfully carried out by W. J. Allen, a di- rector of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, and chief consul of the League of Ameri- can Wheelmen in this territory. It was Thomas McAleer, One of the Starters in the Los Angeles Road Race. [Drawn from a photograph.] won by W. A. Tufts, in 1:17. In 1892 the race was participated in by thirty cyclists, Frank Waller winning in 1:02:28. The race of 1893 called out sixty-four contest- ants, resulting. in a victory for W. M. Jen- kins, he making the run in 58:19. Last year the railroad strike wason, and as the road was used for teaming freight from Los Angeles to the wharf at Santa Monica, and was in consequence badly cut up, it was predicted that the race would not come off..: However more entries and better time was the result, 106 entering and Emil Ulbricht coming out winner, his time being 57:02. This year ‘the larger number of entries, greater list of - prizes and the splendid con- dition of the road have aroused more enthusiasm than ever before, and almost every foot of ground to be gone over is known to all contestants. Maps have been circulated showing the grades, curves, nature of the soil, etc., and the whole course will be flagged so as to pre- vent any possible mistakes. On the day of the race the course will be patrolled by umpires, who will keep a close watch for any fouling. The best long distance riders in South- ern California - have entered, and the scratch men will in all likelihood be Ulbricht, who won last year’s race; McAleer, who holds all coast records from three to ten miles; McCrea, the Crimsen Run - wonder; Kitchin and Godfrey Smith. The limit of the handi- cap has been placed at twelve minutes. The race will start at 8:15 o’clock sharp, and a special train will be run to Santa Monica over the Southern Pacific, whose tracks skirt the road almost the whole way, for wheelmen and visitors desiring to wit- ness the race and be in at the finish. The list of prizes includes a Rambler tandem, a Syracuse tandem, two Keating bicycles, a Syracuse bicycle, Gundron bi- cycle, saddle horse and outfit, a Parker shotgun, Sohmer piano, embossed leather chair, besides various sporting gzoods and accouterments, numbering in all about seventy articles. % Some hard practicing and exercising is being done by those intending to partici- pate, and it is confidenfly predicted that the record will be brought down to fifty- five minutes, if not less. The official handicaps are as follows: Scratch—Emil Ulbricht and W. W. Hamilton of Denver. Thirty seconds—Phil Kitchin, Herb McCres, ‘Wm. Hatton. One minute—Godfrey Schmidt, Washburn, Rodriguez. Two minutes—W. A. Taylor, H. L. Williams, Tom McAleer, W. L. Garrison. Three minutes—Badillo, Eckhardt, Webber, Cox, Hargreave, Tomkins, Griffith, Scogland, Mussey. Four minutes—Fay Stevenson, Ed Wasson, Olsen, Ruess, Sugg, Wade, Simonds, Squires, E.P.Nealy, C. A. Miller, Ed Norman, Todd, Charley Cowan, Brandson, Lawler, Will' Knip- penberg. . 5 Five minutes—Cole, Hogue, Bayer, Lester, E.Clark, Richardson, Kenzie, Drew, Stauter, Weaver, Z. ‘G. Taylor, Houston, Hawks, Schwartz, Sanderson, Muchmore. . Six minutes — Adams, Howell, 'Clarence | Miller, Felton, Elliot, W. A. Stephenson, Watts; Rehbock, Wardell, Hillard, De Hay, Norman, Cole, Campbell, Ducommun. B Seven minutes—Engle, W. E. Tyler, Nick Biehl, Morrill, Mather, R. S. Taylor, Jones, Good, De Forrest, Savage, Gard, Ells, Mosner, Maynard, Ritter, Lang, Salliday, Bennett, Burt, Nealy. = G Eight minutes—Pierce, Myer, Forsythe, Vint, | Guercio, Yeoman, Juenger. Pease, Wilsford, Jefiries, Wiley, H. L. Jenkins, Church, Lawton, Nine minutes—G. E. Smil Chelden, Manley, De Blegoet, Weir, H. A. Phil- | . San Mateo County, 4 Assessments. 5 Doe | miles San Mateo County assessment roll for 1895 has been completed, and was turned over to and accepted by the Board of Super- visors to-day. The total assessment.is 17,756,112, being an increase of $2,151,107. his inerease is chiefly on bonds, stocks, etc., assessed under the new construction of the law. The city of San Mateo—re- cently incorporated—is assessed for $2,290,~ 003, these figures being included in the assessment as above given. g VICTORY FOR OIL MEN. Wells Can Be Sunk Outside of the Fire Limits. LOS ANGELES, Can., July 1—A de- cided victory for the oil men was gained to-day in a decision handed down by Judge Van Dyke of the Superior Court declaring the oil well ordinance passed by the City Council ' unconstitutional. Suit was brought by the people against W. H. Clarke et al. for maintaining a nuisance in the shape of an oil well. Clarke won in the Police Court and the decision was sus- tained in the Superior Court. It prac- tically gives property-owners outside the fire limits the right to bore for oil, and will be taken advantage of by many. - HAERINGTON WILL DIE. A Divorce Suit Thought to Have Caused His Attempt at Swicide. LOS ANGELES, CaL., July 1.— The chances for the recovery of Edward Har- rington, the Atlantic and Pacific conductor who was found in an unconscious con- dition in a lodqing-houu last Friday night, are very slight, as he has not re- gained consciousness. It is now believed that he took morphine with suicidal intent on account of a suit for divorce brought by his wife and because of discharge from the railroad. It was discovered this morning that he had ruptured a blood vessel in his hAen_d. Harrington resided at Kingman, riz. —_———— SAN BERNARDINO CONVICTS. William Taber Sentenced fo Serve Four- teen Years for Murder. SAN BERNARDINO, CaL., July 1— Judge Campbell this afternoon sentenced William L. Taber to fourteen years in the State prison _for the murder of James P. Medlin on Sunday, March 10. His attor- neys made a plea for a new trial, but it was overruled. Jesus Belarde, who made a murderous assault on a Chinaman on the highway, was sentenced to three months in the county jail. 5 A AN LUIS SENSATION. Charges of Embezziement Pre- ferred Against a Deputy Assessor. David Thaler’s Long Absence Leads to a Warrant for Hls Arrest. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cir., July 1.—David Thaler, a Deputy ~Assessor appointed to collect poll, road and personal. property taxes in this town. and vicinity, has been missing since Tuesday, June 25, and a warrant has been issuea in the Justice Court charging him with embezzlement. Thaler told his wife and friends that he was going to San Francisco to see Jacob Stutz, an old friend known as ‘‘Big Jake,” but did not state the nature of his business, and promised to return on Thuxsdag, the 27th. He made a settlement with the Assessor and Treasurer up to.June 1, and on that date bis accounts were apparently correct. It'is known that to June 26 he bad sold sixtdy g)oumx recei] ing $120, am uring June ts, represent- had also col- lected road and personal property taxes thought 'to amount to or $500.. His hooks for the receipt of poll, road and per- sonal property taxes respectively cannot be found. Thaler has lived here many years, has borne an- excellent reputition and was methodical and careful with his_accounts. His friends do not believe that he has de- faulted and fear that he has met with foul play. Possibly he fell short in his ac- counts and went to Stutz for relief. Under the ‘law Countz Assessor C. 0. King was obliged to make his final state- ment to-day, and on making inquiries for Thaler on Saturday found him missing. The Assessor does not yet doubt the honesty of his deputy, but was obliged to swear out a warrant for embezzlement in order to protect himself and clear up the matter. . One suspicious circumstance is that Thaler, instead of purchasing a through ticket to San Francisco, bought a ticket to Port Harford and from there took passage on a steamer. CORRAL HOLLOW SURVEY Laying Out the Route for the New Railroad to Stockton. Setting of Grade Stakes for the Valley Line Progressing Rapidly. STOCKTON, CaL., July 1.—The survey of the Corral Hollow Railroad began to- day under the direction of County Surveyor Atherton, who will be chief of camp. The surveyors started in at a point on the south side of Stockton channel, :n the extreme western part of the city. The party is lightly equipped, and will make it a point to stay over night at villages alon: the route instead of camping out. It wil not take long to finish the preliminary survey, and the party did not consider it necle‘ssary to take a regular camping outfit with it. The work of setting grade stakes for the Valley Railway is progressing fast, the party being now on the fifth mile of the line, measuring from the point on the south side of Msurmon channel, where the survey began. The road is to be elevated above the official grade of the streets in the western part of thetown, in order that it shall be above high water, the official grade there being toolow. There was some talk of raising tfie grade of the streets, but this, it was thought, would impose a need- less burden on the property-owners. It is exfiemd that bids for the grading will be called for soon. According to En- gineer Storey preference will be given to tockton ‘people. OREGON SHORT LINE CASE. ‘The Fight for Separate Receiver Finally Abandoned. PORTLAND, Oz., July 1.—Counsel for | the American Loan and Trust Company of | New York, seconid-mortgage bondholders of the Oregon Short Line and Utah North- ern Railway, will proceed immediately to “foreclose the mortgages, abandoning all further efforts to get a separate and sole receiver for the Short Line. A foreclosure bill will be filed in Oregon. 5 e New Lodges of Odd Fellows. | REDWOOD CITY, CaL., July L.—Joseph J. Bullock, D. D. G. M., will install San Mateo, Monday, July 8; Mayfield, ’I‘uudfi, July 9; Radyood‘ City, Wednes- (Jh ’{l. ly 10; Mountain View, Thursday, y p R e Murder at Wolf Creek. . . _WOLF CREEK, Oz, July 1. — W. T. Tracy was shot while going to work with two partners in a quartz from this place, thismorning. Th had been trouble brewing for some time over the claim. Tracy was shot -from an ambush. He died about thirty minutes MAY SAVE YOU TROUBLE. Seasonable Knowledge For This Time of Blazing Skies and Wilted Bodies. 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