The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 14, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1895. -_— e 3 or being tarown into jail. When the hour arrived he had his force I LA PAZ STURM | forms and stars by 8 o'clock last night | Trill\.l- 1 | together to carry out the threat, but he Washing Away of a Dam Destroyed Life and Property. Houses Swept Away, Leaving Many Families Without Shelter. STEAMETS ALSO IN DANGER. amette Valiay WIII in San Francisco Tili Not | town | The Oct. 13.—Private let- | m Guaymas Ta s of t storm Septem- 1 SAN DIEGO, Car s : nd La Pazc d in the 1, and became a g By 5 P. M. the storm bad of a cyclene, and Cai dozas, running through of the town, overtiowed had been formed by the | tecting the streets from | is was speedily washed | o, which had ver, flowed through wer part of the town market-place. house, adobe and frame, melted or tumbled as their onsof ar the 1 wshed out, until by dark were swept away and as left without shelter. Some ess houses of La Paz the flood and several wding a large store owned - Maria Lopez. It was his big tron hed half a mile from the 1se stood. the poor families ieir homes were heart- cumbed, inc! Jo! 1at was w pot where the h The scer out es amor washed as | barne, accompanied b | turned over. assumed | was served with a writ of prohibition issued by Juage Moore, on mli&uvit of the board of police, which ordered him to give up all control of the police department. | This would give the Police Board cor trol. Mayor Belt is not inclined to obe t and may conclude to hold the fort. does it will render the situation rious. S s iy HURT IN RUNAWAY. dccident to the Family of a Californian | at Tehachapi. TEHACHAPYI, CAr.. Oct. 13.—John Iri- his wife and daugh- ter Blanche, little nephew Edmund Young, and Miss Laura Bickerstaff started on a pleas ve this afterncon that wmay terminate fa ally for one of the part The team started to run, and inan at- tempt to check them one of the rings hold- i de line broke and left the control them. Mrs, i out, and was soon fol- daughter and Miss Bicker- : Mr. Iribarne held s little nephew and stayed with the team until the surrey ustained a severe blow on i, from which grave consequences are feared. She is now at the home of R. ¥ or, four miles from in s attending ber. r injuries may not Mrs. Iribarne s the back of the b SA JOSE CARNIVAL, |An Organized Effort to Secure a Supply of Flowers. BEAUTIFY VACANT LOTS. Green Grain, Potted Plants and Other Decorations in View. ROSES FOR THE BIG PAVILION. The Finance Committee Has Now Secured Five Thousand Dollars. x be determined be Miss Blanc wound, and light scalp dly bruised | little Eddie came Iribarne was but | n was a livery team l lively runaways and t has figured in se arne is an old Cal Piute, Tehachapi's leading hotel. AMONG THE 7 PEOPLE. Exalted Eik Sorry He Cannot Come This Way. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 13.—Past Grand Exalted Ruler of Elks E. B. Hay, after being entertained here as though he were a king, passed the day quietly v few ol ling for his home in Washington City. Cawn s to the San Francisco A Past regr is inability mportant lawstit imperatively nas his presence in Washington on 0Oth ins aid he, “would have given me more pleasure than to have met the alifornia Elks in their own woods, just now, for my Teception here inspires me with the belief that they would be among the very best of the best people on earth. > have ever terminated | esent isowner of the | > | v iting a | -time friends, and leaves to-morrow | correspondent | to visit them on this | SAN JOSE, Car., Oct. 13.—A meeting of | the chairmen of the committees on flower supply was held yesterday afternoon. The | meeting was largely attended by chair- men from the committees in various sec- tions, and all rendered encouraging re- ports of the progress made. Chairman L. J. Chipman stated that it would be necessary to begin an organized necessary for the great carnival enterprise. They would be neened in immense quan- | tities and no dependence could be placed upon collectir.g sufficient flowers from pri- | vate individuals to meet the demand for effective decorating. It was the design to interest the chiidren in the various schools of the county in the scheme, and no doubt by this means a great quantity of flowers could be secured. The school grounds of | tne city, it was desired, should be beauti- fied with tiower plats to as great an extent as possible, and the fences ornamented with flowering climbing vines. Professor Childs stated thatabout twelve | acres of the Normal School grounds would | be available for flowers, and that a fund was being raised among the pubils for such a purpose. The ward committees in the city will see to the beautifying of the vacant lots and effort at once 1n order to secure the flowers | the conference of the People’s party State Central Committee was to make arrange- ments for the State convent on naxt spring when Presidential Electors will be named and candidates for Congress nominated. At the deliberations of the Farmers' Ai- liance on Tuesday and Wednesaay there are to be discussions upon “‘Co-operation,”’ the gold and silver question, freights and fares, and how the farmers can best keep their products out of the hands of middle- men and get them to the market as cheaply as possible. S SANTA CLARA FRUIT. Exchange Shipping Large Consignments at Good Prices. N JOSE, CaL., Oct. 13.—The County Exchange is at present shipping a large amount of extra fine dried fruits in fancy boxes East to fill early orders. The price realized at present is 41 cents per pound for the average of the four sizes of prunes, and it is believed that the price will not be cut during the season’s sales. Large quantities of prunes and other late dried fruits are being received at the Exchange daily and soon the entire crop will be stored. " In l}llflh!it,\' the crop is up to expectations, and the quality, especially of prunes, is all that could be desired. ——— YOUNG BURGLARS. A Gang of Boys in ~an Jose Run Down by the Police, SAN JOSE, CaL., Oct. 13.—Ed Williams, a 16-year-old boy who haseluded the police since last May, was arrested by Officer Prindiville last night. Williams was the ringleader of a gang of youthful thieves, who made raids into the count of anything that a_junk-dealer would buy. At one place visited during the absence of the family the boys carted off the cook- stove. The gang perpetrated many burg- laries before the officers succeeded in locating them. As soon as Williams learned the officers were on his trail he left town, and he had been back but a short time when arrested. He wiil be charged with burglary. it R e FLED WITH ANOTHER MAN. San Jose Divorce Suit on the Ground of Desertion. SAN JOSE, CaL., Oct. 13.—George Hood vesterday began suit for divorce against Anna Hood on the grouna of desertion. The couple were married in Riverside in 1891. Hood who was employed on the rail- road, was away from home a great deal and when he returned from one of histrips he found that his wife had packed up her trunk and fled to Los Angeles with an- other man. Mrs. Hood is now living in Riverside, to which place she returned after her hus- band had ieft that section. Hood is now employed at the Hopkins nursery near Palo Alto. T MAYORALTY CONTEST, The Vital Question in Sacramento’s City Politics. DEMOCRATS ARE DIVIDED Lawton and Steinman Each Has a Foliowing in the Party. FOUR CANDIDATES NOW AFIELD. J. W. Wilson, the Republican Nom- inee, Against Hubbard, the Citizen. SACRAMENTO, CaiL., Oct. 13.—The vital question in political circles at the present time is: Who will be Sacramento’s next Mayor? One of the candidates being the offspring of one of the most turbulent political conventions that have met in this city for years, and oneof his opponents of the same political faith being responsible for the riotous scenes in the late Democratic convention has cansed a breach in the ranks of that party impossible to repair. The Democrats are arrayed in two op- posing factions and so pronounced is the personality of the candidates of the inde- pendent faction who failed to get the party nomination that his following is known as “Steinman Democrats.”” The other fac- tion is composed of the regulars, who are banded together for Lawton, who is also indorsed by the Populists. The Citizens’ party.have named a man who was defeated for Assessor in the last County Republican Convention by less than a score of votes. His defeat is conceded to have been caused entirely through lack of proper manage- ment and cannot be attributed to any dearth of friends. The nominee of the Citizens—C. H. Hub- bard—has also received the indorsement of the American Protective Association, and it is claimed will receive the full vote of bosses. This is ebsolutely false. True, I pos- 87s8 their friendship. I prefer friendship to enmity, but my past record in county and city oftice will prove the falsity of their assertions. C. H. Hubbard, Citizens’ nominee, said: In the event of my election 1 shall endeavor to carry out the will of the community as regards all the necessary adjunets to the city’s growth and prosperity as far as power is vested in me so to do. I shall uphoYd the laws in every way and see that they are strictly en- forced apainst gambling and other immoral places. I shall endeavor to promoie any scheme that points to added advancement of the community, and wi.l fulfill the duties of the office without_fear or favor, showing par- tiality to none. Ihave made no other prom- ises. "I will make no other. H. P. Lawton, Democratic nominee, said : Sacramento is one of the most important commercial cities in the State, and great atten- tion should be given to the improvement of navigation. The sewer system of the ci should be perfected without further dela: Sacramento could then announce itself as an all-year health resort as well as a commercial center. 1 tavor bituminizing and macadamiz- ingall the streets of the cit: rapidly as pos- sible, without crippling individual interests. Smcramento nas a decided advantage in the way of cheap electric power, and I favor the en- couragement of manuiactories ‘o locate here. 1 ehall insist that economy shall be observed in the various city departmen SUFFOCATED BY SMOKE. Three Workmen Lose Their Lives in a Mine Fire. SIOUX CITY, Towa, Oct. 13.—The shaft- house at the Summit coal mine, three miles south of here, burned at 9 o’clock last night. Four miners, Albert Peterson, single; Alexander Eastman, single; Inge Ingleman, single, and George Payne, a married man, were suffocated. The engineer had built a fire in the fur- nace which hoists the shaft ana left for supper. While he was gone the timbers close to the furnace became ignited and the mine rapidly'filled with smoke. He returned and attempted to draw the im- prisoned men from the mine when the cable broke, precipitating them to the bot- tom of the shaft. They found no way to escape from the mine and entered « cell, | hoping to barricade the entrance and thus keep the smoke out, but ic was impossible. The indications were that they died within half an hour after they commenced to fill the entrance to their retreat. HGH-SPEED TELEGRHY, Successful Results of a Test of Delany’s Machine System. One Thousand Words a Minute NEW TO-DAY. This Afternoon At 2 o’clock precisely, the first of the Hammersmith & Field AUCTION sales begins. It is not too much to say that this is an EVENT in the business history of this city. It is surely the first time a large, complete and This Afternoon high-grade stock of JEW- ELRY, WATCHES, DIA- MONDS and SILVER- WARE has ever been offered here at AUCTION. It is an event deserving the attention of all who anticipate Holiday, Wed- ding or Gift Purchasing. Sales every afternoon at 2 p. M. HAMMERSMITH & FIELD, g 11 their clothes and bedding ost und the r ped to fall in s so high that that organization, which is variously rated at from 1000 to 1500. The Citizens’ party, as an organmization, carries but little strength outside of the power of nomina- sidewalks in their districts, and wiil en- | deavor to have owners of vacant lots sow | their lands in barley or wheat so they will | present a green and pretty appearance by 1l 100k to meeting them in the near A PHOTOGRAPHIC TELESCOPE. Miss Floyd of Lakeport Presents It to Lick Observatory. 118 SULTER ST. Transmitted and Legibly Racelved. futur the city was the arroyo con- threatened to flood the ken, as at dark tinued to rise, and took food and c for higher ground > doomed. The consterna- fact that the rs, and no such On the day fol- were made to e done, and to seroue predic- The storm | however, and practically lone. n of lives lost here and several bodies were washed red. So far letter was sent, j had been recei antos aud other end of the peninsula, was learned. Iso been received from one Todos, the of officers of the Mexican gunboat Oaxaca or in Gu as Bay, de- s earful hurricane and express- i that the steamers Diego ard by have lost. n er Willamette Valley, due at Guay- He says the October 4, did not arrive until the er a terrible experience along the The Willamette Valley t expected to arrive in San | e the 1Sth inst. Sheisdue | the i6th. FRESHO'S AL, Toy Ah Sing, a Chinese Girl, Rescued From the Cruel Highbinders. =~ | But Her Enemles Charge Her With | Petty Theft to Clear Their | Own Shirts. Martinez by Fresno ht to this city rrested at Col- | 1ty Constable je on a charge of petty hbinde n jai now She was with the two Contra Costa o rescued her from the , at the time of her arrest. were waiting at Collis for the northbound train, which they in- tended to take for Martinez. After the this city t! rl was spirited away from immediately had ing the clothes she beas corpus procesdings Dumas and Rapelje iring the night, expect- d the party there. On their way me by way of Collis and there her charg d on een this evening at the iail, said, | 1 an_interpreter, that two highbinders bad frightened her with all s of threats to get her to leave Mar- where she was visiting a friend. : highbinders arrived here with her they treaced her shamefully, imber of citizens have interested s in the rescue of the girl and very happy to be out of the clutches 2hbin She is an unusually | is an inmate of tne | WOES OF A SEATTLE BARBER. Arrested for Refusing to Shave a Colored Man. WasH., Oect. 13.-— A, a barber, was arrested last ni SEATTLE, hon the old ¢ L. bt colored man, and citizens punishable and this ) nent test case is to be made under it. SPOEANE'S - POLICE TANGLE, A New Court Ruling Which Strikes at 13. — Mayor ith the decis- ultimatum giving the opposing vulice force | will be | up his residence in house 11. | ant and his family are welcomed back to the choice of turning over 1o him the uni- THE SHIS AT ALLEA Cruiser Boston to Be Ready for | Commission by Next Saturday. The Adams Will Be Sent North. Notes and Personals at Mare lIsland. VALLEJO, CaL., Oct. 13.—By Saturday next the cruiser Boston will be ready to go into commission, Twenty shipwrights and ten ship-joiners, who have been worl ing on her and on the Hartford, were dis charged Saturday night. Many of the shipwrights now working on the Hartford discharged before long and by De- cember work will bave practically stopped on ber. She has been housed in with can- | vas to protect the upper deck from rain, so that workingmen will not be discom- moded. The engines and boiler are being placed in the new tug, and in five weeks she will | be ready for her sceam trial trip. The Adams has been hauled down near the stone drydock and will be taken in the first of the week. After going into com- mission the Adams will be sent north to relieve the gunboat Pinta. The latter will come to Mare Island and go out of com- mission and will probably be sold. A number of the officers of the Boston are bere. Her executive, Lieutenant-Com- manler A.V.Wadhams, is aboard each | ay, and will make a good executive, judg- ing from the manner in which he attends to his duties. He is a gentleman univer- sally liked on board of ship. But little is being done on board the Monadnock, as she is ailmost ready for her trial trip. Work at the navy-yard will be very dull after the ships now at the yard have been commissioned and have left port. The Monterey is out of dock, and will soon be sent to San Francisco. Lieutenant Frederick H. Lefavor has imed his duties as aid to the com- mandant, and. with his family, has taken The lieuten- their island home, & An additional piece of quay wall is being built along the water front, which will be the means of employing a number of men | in the yards and docks department for some months to come. Strong inducements will be presented to nz Congress to appropriate funds encement of a new drydock at Mare Island; also for funds to increase building plant facil bave a gunboat built at the yard. Con- gressman Hilborn intends to use his best endeavors to further this end, in which undertaking he will be ably seconded by all the Pacific Coast delegation. h SUICOE AT S DIEGD, Charles F. St. Clair, an Old Soldier, Found Dead in Bed. He Had Been Drinking and Threat- ened to Take His Life. SAN DIEGO, CaL., Oct. 13.—Charles F. St. Clair, an old soldier, aged 62, was found dead in bed to-day at Mechanics’ Home, in this city. He was last seen alive Thursday evening, when he went to his room and told the girl not to disturb him, | as he wanted a_long sleep. Considerable | blood was found on the pillow, seeming to come from hemorrhage. Two bottles of laudanum were on the table near him, one empty and the other two-thirds full. St. Clair ‘was addicted to | morphine and aiso drank heavily, and told friends some days ago he would commit suicide if he could not stop drinking. He was on a spree Tuesday and Wednesday, e ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING. Jokn Felix’s Wife of Menlo Park Wornded in the Arm. MENLO PARK, Carn., Oct. 13.—John Felix, a fish merchant of this place ana uis wife, whule out hunting in the hills back of town this afternoon, met with rather a peculiar accident. They were riding in a _buggy with a breech-loading shotgun resting on the seat between them. A stop was made, and in attempting to get out Felix’s leggins caught the trigger, discharging the gun. The load entered tleshy portion of the woman’s arm, in- flictinz a_ painful wound. The gun was loaded with No.7shot, The injuries are not considered serious, | May. The stores and pavements in the business portion of the city will also be ornamented with potted plants and palms. For decoration of the pavilion it was uggested that it would be possible to place | climbing roses in large boxes the same as small plants are usnally potted. These | climbing vines would make a profuse and i elaborate decoration for the pavilion. | In regard to the marigold, rose and weet pea days, it was the opinion of those | present that the changes in the decora- | tions would be only in the display at the pavilion. A portion of the arch decora- tions might also be changed to suit the day. | On motion of Mrs. C. D. Wright the following were adopted as the colors and varieties of sweet peas to be raised: Lav- ender, Countess Radnor; pink, Mrs. Glad- stone; cardinal, Boreatton; scarlet, firefly. | The Santa Clara County Floral Society at its meeting yesterday afternoon decided to have an elaborate float in the carnival | parade. Chairman Spring of the Finance Com- mittee has secured nearly $5000 in sub- scriptions without making an extended canvass, and there will be no trouble in raising the $20,000 carnival fund. LS s g PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD. in San Thursday. SAN JOSE, Car., Oct. 13.—The synod of | the Presbyterian church of California will | meet in the First Presbyterian Church next Thursday evening. The delegation will comprise the minister and one elder from each church in the State, and about 150 are expected to be present. The synod will be opened by a sermon by the retiring moderator, Rev. Arthur Crosby of San Rafael, master of Mount Tamalpais Military Academy. Following the sermon will be the organization of the synod and the election of a moderator and | appointment of committees. On Friday morning communion will b celebrated at 8:30 o'clock, continuing for half an hour. Following this service the synod will open for the transaction of busi- ness. The meeting of the synod promises to be very interesting because of several important matters which are to be bronght | before it of both local and general interest, It Wil Meet Jose on Next | chief of which is the difficulty between the First Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles and the presbytery of Los Angeles. This grows out of the sale of the prop- erty of the First church and the purchas- |ing of a lot two miles distant, to which a mmority demurred and carried itinto the | presbytery, resulting in an action by the | presbytery dissolving the First church and creating two new churches and demand- ing of the First church a pro rata division of the proceeds of the sale of their nrop. erty. The pastor, Rev. Burt Estes How- ard, and officers refused to obey the action of the presbytery, denying its authority to dissolve a corporate body and force a di- sion of the funds, claiming that it is a matter to be settled by the courts. A meeting of the presbytery has been held during the past week and it 1sex- ected that Rev. Howard and his officers ave been suspended because of insurbor- dination. This will be a fiercly fought battle between rich factions and will prob- ably find its settlement in the Supreme Court of the United States. The suit re- garding the property is now pending in the Superier Court of Los Angeles. The trial of Rev. Howard and officers for insubordination will oceupy the prin- cipal attention of the synod, thovgh the Ot[her matter involving about $60,000, will receive due attention. AR PEOPLE'S PARTY CONFERENCE. Delegates to Meet at San Jose With the Farmers’ Alliance. SAN JOSE, CaL., Oct. 13.—Delegates be- gan to arrive in this city this evening from ail parts of the State to attend the confer- ence of the People’s party committee and the annual convention of the State Farm- ers’ Alliance. The deliberations are to open to-day to continue three days, and are to close on Wednesday evening with a joint debate by John' P. Irish and T. V. Cator upon the money question, This debate is the ninth and closing one of the series. Among the delegates who arrived in this city this evening were: E. M. Wardall of Los Angeles, chairman of the People’s Party State Central Committee; J. V. Webster of San Luis Obispo, president of the State Farmers’ Alliance: J. E. Camp of Sacramento’ Judge E. M. Gibson of Al- ameda, T. V. Cator, L. D. Gibbons of San Luis Obispo, John' 8. Dore of Fresno, W. H. Gilstmfi of Tulare, W. 8. Fawcett, Los Angeles; R. E. Bush, Oakland, ana Charles H. Arnold. In an interview this evening J. V. Web- ster, State president of the Farmers’ Alli- ance, stated that the principal object of SAN JOSE, Cav., Oct. 13.—Miss Floya of Lakeport has presented to the Lick Ob- servatory a five-inch photographic tele- scope, which was made for the private observatory of ber father, the late Captain Flovd, formerly vresident of the Lick trust. It is an important addition to the equip- ment of the observatory. Db Held Up a Saloon. SAN JOSE, CaL., Oct. 13.—The saloon of Frank Blackmar, at the Meridian, four miles west of this city, was entered by highwaymen about 8 o’clock this evening and the proprietor and five customers forced at the point of three pistols to deliver their monev, amounting to $30. The men wore no masks. One was 40 and the other 18 years of age. They were Swedes, but no trace of them has been tound. i g Death of Joseuh E. Brown. SAN JOSE, CaL., Oct. 13.— Joseph E. Brown, a well-known real-estate dealer of this city, died suddenly at his home last evening of rheumatism of the h-art. Mr. Brown was born in New York State in 1825 and came to this city in the earlier sixties. He leaves a widow and one son, Goldwin Brown. 4 INDIKS GET THE W Healdsburg Tramps May Get Five Years for Selling It to Them. Five of the Gentry Captured for Whom San Quentin Has No Terrors. HEALDSBURG, CarL., Oct. 13. — Al- though eighteen men have been arrested and convicted of furnishing wine to Indians in this place during the past twe've months, the prison walls of San Quentin seem to have no terrors for many others, and the red men still continue to secure all the wine they want. This is the season of their discontent. They all have money, carned in the har- vest of the hop crop, and as Chief Charley’s braves and money cannot remain long to- gether while the supply of wine lasts, many white men get into trouble. Officers ,Ingalls, Leard and Norton yes- terday captured five men who had been carrying the juice of the grapes to a dele- gation of red men and women and landed them in jail. They also seized a five-gal- lon oilcan filled with wine. The guilty parties were all tramps and had purchased fifteen gallons of wine for the natives. The case against them is a strong one, and all will sbon be m the “big jail.” Many seem to forget that it is a felony to supply an Indian with liquor, punishable by not less than one or more than five years imprisonment. e SHORT GRAPE CROP. The Supply at Healdsburg Not Equal to the Demand. HEALDSBURG, CAr., Oct. 13.—The big plant of the American Concentrated Must Company shut down last night, owing to the fact that no more grapes could be had. While Manager Duke had contracted for 1500 tons of grapes, only 810 tons were available, as the crop of the producers with whom he had contracted fell short that amount. Thus far the vintaze bas progressed fa- vorably, although every cellar man is short in the supply of grapes. Itisknown now that the crop of northern Sonoma will be little over half of what it was last season, and many cellars will be empty at the end of the season. The second crop in many of the vineyards is as heavy as the first. Several sales of this season’s vintage bave already been made. It is stated that F.C. Albertz, one of the heaviest wine- makers in the Cloverdale district, has sold his entire vintage to the Wine Association for 15 cents per gallon. B The brandy output of this district will be the heaviest in years, as much infirm red and white wineis being distilled. A large quantity of sweet wine is also being made, so that the supply of dry wines wiil be far below that of former years. e ONE JUG OF WHISKY. Two Men Take Laudanum in Theirs and Onc is Dead. PORTERVILLE, CAL., Oct. 13.—Word has just reached here that M. Donohue and 8. 8. Coburn, living in the mountains twenty-two miles east of here had drank the contents of a jug of whisky, after which they each took a dose of laudanum for the purpose, it is supposed, of produc- ing sleep. The result is that Coburn is dead and Donohue is in a serious condition. Both of them are known as hard drinkers. Each was about 60 years of age. | tion. The Republican candidate—J. W. Wil son—is the ncminee of the party which has alwavs possessed the greatest strength in this city, and if the party would give him a solia vote there would be no question as to his election. For the past four or five years the spirit of independence has been rapidly growing, and party lines are by no means as closely adhered to asin former years. Atone time the nomination by a Republican convention was equivalent to an election. Owing to these complications and the numerous candidates who oceupy the field local politicians declare that they were never more at sea asto the ultimate re- sult of the contest, but all seem to unite in saying that the battle royal lies between Wilson and Stemmman. The adherents of the latter sum up the position as follows: The total vote will probably not exceed 5500. Of this number they claim that their candidate wi'l capture at least 2000, and perhaps 2500. To Wilson they con- cede 1500 to 1800 votes, and divide the bal- ance between the other candidates. On the other hand, Wilson’s friends claim that he will win out without & strug- gle and refuse to concede Steinman’s power, while they cast suspicions glances in the direction of Hubbard, whose ad- herents are making a stiong, quiet battle, cloaking their movements in a mystery that seems impenetrable as to the strength they are acquiring. Frank Rhoads, better known as the “Little Napoleon,”” like his prototype has again demonstrated his political general- ship by appearing at the Republican con- vention backed with a solid delezation from the First Ward and has declared him- self as in former days solid in favor of the Republican nominees. In those olden palmy days of politics, when a nomination on the Republican ticket meant a Repub- lican victory, Rhoads held the fate of every Republican aspirant for political honorsin his hand. Men who went to the conven- tions followed his lead, and no man pos- sessed greater popularity. He spent his money like a prince, and no needy person ever applied to him in vain for aid. Frank Dareaux, who has long been his stanch lieutenant, was taken by Rhoads in direct opposition to the wishes of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and became king of the Second Ward, where his sway was absolute. Having always been dictator, Rhodes refused to be dic- tated to even by such an omnipotent power as the railroad company apparently possessed. To this fact in a great measure may be attributed the decline of his political power, as the company deserted him and placed their interests in the hands of Bart Cavanaugh, who had displayed consider- | able executive political ability. Cava- naugh rladly deserted the banner of his old commander to accept the higher re- sponsibility entailed, and bas since been engaged in the difficult task of offsetting the two solid delegations of the First and Second wards brought to all conventions by Rboads and Dareaux. In the present mayorality combac Cava- naugh declares that he has no interest. I am out of politics and am raising hops,” he said with a cheery smile, as he started in the direction of the Superior Court rooms to watch the progress of affairs in the indictments presented against him by the Grand Jury on charges of putting railroad funds where they would do the most good in the last political campaign to the defeat of the political aims of the “Little Napoleon.” Speaking of the situation, B. U. Stein- man, Independent candidate, said: 1 am opposed wh})oli!ien] bosses and_they are opposed to me. Managing a city’s affairs is a business proposition. I have conducted those affairs_on business principles in the past and will continue to dosoin the future if re- elected. X Iam in favor of pushing ?ubllc improve- ments of all kinds and the introduction of manufacturing enterprises. My motto is up- ward and onward. I am in favor of a new sewerage eystem and water supplv. In fact my aim will be to develop our resources, im- prove our city, invite new enierprises, encour- age capital to make investments, increase pop- ufunon and make new Sacramento a city that will eventually become the pride of the State. J. W. Wilson, Republican nominee, when guestioned as to his intentions if elected Mayor, sai 1 have been a resident of this city for Ihirtr four years and have had dealings with all in the city, and think the people capable of judg- ing whether 1 ssess the attributes ‘of a square, successful business man. I shall con- duct the city’s business as I have my own, and shall continue to be, as I have been'in the past, foremost in the ranks to promote in every possible way tne city’s improvement and progress, and will devote my entire time to forwarding its material interests. Asyet the only argument which has been advanced by mv’ opponents against my election to this office is that I am dominated by the political PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 13.—An ex- periment of more than usual interest was { made in this city to-day by well-known experts to determine the practical value of | the new high-speed system of machine | telegraphy recently brought out by Patrick B. Delany, by which he proposes to do the mail business by wire instead of by train, and at a cost so low that a very large pro- portion of business communications be- tween distant cities would be thus trans- mitted. This new method is entirely distinct from Mr. Delany’s synchronous multiplex telegraph, which is extensively used the British Postoffice, by which six mes- sages are transmitted simultuneously over asingle wire 1 the same or in opposite directions, each circuit being entirely in- | dependent of every other. The multiplex system is worked by hand, each of the six reuits requiring a sending and a receiv- ing operator. The new system is worked automati- cally, a punched tape taking the place of the sending operators, 1ts great advant age over other systems is that overa single wire as many as 1000 words per minute can be sent between points as far distant from each other as New Yoik and Chicago, while the very best that can be done by other high-speed systems will not exceed 150 a minute. The test to-day was the first that has been made over along line, and was looked fo rward to with a great deal of interest by the experts. The weather was as unpro- pitious for such a test as could well be im- agined, and the rain was pouring the whole lengih of the line. The very first message sent, however, over a line of high resistance, 218 miles long, was received in perfectly legible shape, as wasevery other sent during the test. 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