The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 7, 1896, Page 3

st R St Ity ———— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1896. 3 REJOICING N UTAR Statehood Welcomed by the Din of Cannon and Bells. SALT LAKE CELEBRATES. Immense Street Parade Precedes the Inauguration of Wells. S ADDRE:S OF THE EXECUTIVE. Wealth and Attractions of the Com- monwealth Portrayed in Elo- quent Words. T LAKFE, Uran, Jan. 6.—The people ew State of Utah observed to-day phal holiday In celebration of ce of the Territory upon her ith sovereign State of his v, the capital, was ing and decorations of great ~ of opened with the boomi the exercises in the ab- v after e to order and which in- ce to the \ Wilford i head of the Mor- n prayer, after which the tered to the new ce Zane. ses, new Governor, H Woodruff, pr al address, in which e people of Utah on on which had called -xpressed the opinion to be congratu- r statehood the gold and 1 and covper and iron of her urious soil of her val- life-saving climate, a >-school system, and e of a happoy, homogeneous, ople. She offers homes to set- ments to capitalists, work to health to invalids, attractive- sure-seekers and opportunity hunters. Utah to-day stretches forth her arms and beckons to the densely peopled districts of the East to come out er glories.” enumerated with consid- e detail the seven previous unsuccess- lications of the people of Utah for n to the Union of States during y-five vears, and gave short lines of the most important features of vroposed constitutions, referrin g with oval to the clause in the accepted forbidding polygamy. Said th apy coustitution he: he a ed valuation of property in in 1895 was $97,983,525. The total value of the mineral product in s $8,312 Computing the gold ver at their mint valuation and at their value at the seaboard ease the value of the mineral $14,519,959. We have 19,816 1 Utah, and 17,634 of them are ab- ee of incumbrance. The total rigated is 417,455 acres. The out- nch and range was $1,259,566 in r of our indu: was 880, employing 5054 ng in wages $2,275,118, repre- capital invested of § out a product of §6,67 With such credentials 1 the great strides that are being 1 the de: ypment of Utah’s gold a thnifty and enlightened pop- ouls, it is no wonder the thrown wide open. most for her contin- erity is the free coinage of silver, 1 to the Paci and the opening Uintzh and Uncompahgre Indian rvation The Governor extended the hand of greeting to the female voters who were now, under the State constitution, ad- mitted to equal suffrage with m. 1564 as “We are now endowed w. ment in State and local a :nse of gratitude we c h these g Our patriotism must Our allegiance to the Na- vernment will ever remain su- ch our sons and daughters that patriotic love of country perpetuates liberty. Through the vicissitudes of time our strength for good must and will be felt. If ever ciouds of war hover over the Jand Utah’s sons w guard delending National rightsand honor. Down the stream of time, through all ages, may Utsh be one of the bri that glorious constellatio In the evening the city was illuminated, nd a nd bell, attended by the retired nd new State ofticers and the elite of the State, brought the proceedings to a close. The Lt lature met and organized. With a G Sl 2W FLAGS ORDERED. Will Contain an Extra Star for Utah State. SHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6.—The already taken steps toward adding another star to the field in the United States flag, in recognition of the admission of Utah into the Union. They y on Independence day, orders will b ed by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy directing the addition of the star to the flag. In antici- pation of these orders the War Depart- ment is having new flags manufactured, which are also of the dimensions proposed by the revised army rezulations. In the navy all that will be done when the oflicial order is issued will be that the ailmaker will sew in a blank space a star, nd whenever the addition is made on board ship there will be a little celebration in honor of the occasion. PHONE LENE. Wires to Be Strung Irom San Francisco to Palo .lto. REDWOOD CITY, Car., Jan. 6.—The Board of Supervisors to-day granted Wal- ter F. Shelley, an electrical expert, a per- mit to erect telephone wires along the his office, | al con- | 1 be found in the van | ightest stars in | aw provides thbat stars shall be | | | | | | seeds. The capital stock is placed at 200,000, divided into 2000 shares, all of | which is fully subscribed. { morning. | will, according to common report. main county road from the Six-mile House, near San Francisco, to the south- ern boundary of San Mateo County at Palo Alto. Thi virtnally a franc! . The Supervisors would have granted Mr. Shelley a franchise to-day were it not for the law provides that such a franchise shall be sold to the highest pidder. A telephone line will be constructed at once as a private enterprise by Shelley and his two associates. Kverything is settled so far as construction is concerned, and a sufficient number of subscribers has al- ready been secured to warrant the under- taking. It will be an all-night service, with city connegtions Pt O NEWS OF SAN JOSE. Nathan Strickland, a War Veteran, Found Dead in His Bed—A Corporation to Deal in Garden Seeds. SAN JOSE, Can, Jan. 6.—Nathan Strickland, an old soldier, was found dead in his bed in the New York Exchange Hotel last right. About three weeks ago he secured a pension of $6 per month and $148 back pay. Thisso pleased him that he took to drink, and has been on a de- bauch ever sinc: He was 66 years of age and a native of New York. The dece ased bad served in Battery I, Second United States Artillery. An autopsy showed that death resulted from heart disease. e e TRAFFIC IN GARDEN SEEDS. Objects for Which a Santa Clara Com- pany is Incorporated. SAN JOSE, CAL., Jan.6.—Articles incor- porating the C. C. Morse Company were siled in the County Clerk’s office to-day. The principal place of business is to be Santa Clara, and the objects of the incor- poration are to extend and carry on the buying, seiling and growing of garden The following are named as director C. C. Morse, Lester L. Morse, Eva Morse, M.J. V. Morse and B. W. Morse all of Santa Clara. T SUES FOR DAMAGES. Action Brought by a Woman Against a Streetcar Compan JOSE, Carn.,, Jan. 6. — Roenah Sprake to-day began suit in the Superior Court against the San Jose Railroad Com- pany to recover $10,000 damages for in- juries sustained while alighting from one of the company’s streetcars on Delmas avenue. The complaint recites that the plaintiff sustained a dislocation of a wrist and was otherwise bruised and mutilated, and suffered a severe sheck to her nervous system. Negligence on the part of the motorman is charged. Besides the $10,000 damages, the plaintiff asks for $50 physi- cian fees and the costs of suit. -——— Piercy Testifies. SAN JOSE, Caivn., Jan. 6.—The Pyle- Piercy $50,000 breach-of-promise suit was resumed in Judge Reynolds' court this The defendant, Piercy, was on the stand all day. His story was mostly a denial of M e’s statement. WORKING FOR STOCKTON: Congress to Be Memorialized in the Interest of Im- provements. SPORT AT TRUCKEE, Visitors Revel in Snow in the Mountain Town. PLEASURES ON THE ICE. Skating Continues to Occupy the Attention of Most of the Guests. SHOOTING THE TOBOGGAN SLIDE Overland Tourists Find Time to Test the Quality of the Exhilarating Exercise. PALACE OF THE ICE KING, } BEGINNING TO FREEZE AGAIN. TRUCKEE, CarL., Jan. 6. There are more visitors here to-day than at any previous period of the carnival sea- son, and the town is bustling with gayety | and sport. A big excursion party is com- Frost that constitutes the carnival, but this whole region of ice and snow. The palace is merely a central feature, the abiding place of the ruler. The soundsof the carnival echo from peak to peak through all this mountain land. Truckee has three ponds on which the skating is good. Morrison’s pond is about two miles out of town, toward Donner Lake. The area of the skating surface is twenty-five acres, but the ice harvesters are there at work, and, besides, the ice is rather rough. Parties go there in sleighs to combine the two sports and to see the ice-cutting. Henry’s two ponds are right in town. The largest of these is reserved for adults and the girls, and the smaller one is given up to the boys. The ice on the smaller pond is the best in Truckee, smooth and | black, and the expert skaters usually join the boys. Tt ison the little pond that all of the reckless and rough skating is done, and from there the ‘“pullaway’’ shouts resound all over the snow-mantled hills. The visiting Californians seem to go almost wild over the skating, and in the clear, cold and rarified air of the high | Sierras, the exercise is a perfect one. Tobogganing 1s something like falling off a house and then shooting right along for half a mile without getting hurt. There is a wild, exultant swoop about the start- ing plunge such as the Sierra eagle, darting upon Tahoe, may understand. The Truckee deer could hardly keep pace with the toboggan on the level of the slide, but it is the preliminary fall through space that startles and astonishes and delights. Coasting, or sliding down hill, is very different from tobogganing. And most Americans willagree that, after all, the Canadian sport is inferior. A toboggan A FAMILY SLEIGHING PARTY [Sketched at Truckee b FROM THE NEVADA Yy a “Call” staff artist.] DIRECTION. ing from Reno, Nev., to-morrow. An un- favorable thaw set in this afternoon, soit- ening somewhat the surface of the snow and the ice on the ponds, but the ice castle did not suffer any. As soon as the sun had set, however, the mercury dropped away below the freezing point again, and to-night the weather is | excellent for the carnival. The skating floor of the castle was tlooded and frozen anew last night, and that is the center of " Construction of the San Joaquin Val- ley Railroad Depot Will Soon Be Begun. BTOCKTON, Car., Jan. 6.—At a meet- ing of the Commercial Association this evening it was decided to call a mass meeting to urge the passage of the ap- | propriation bills now pending in Congress for the improvement of the San Joaquin River and the erection of a Government buildirg at Stockton. The association is making good progress in finishing up the business in regard to the Valley Railroad, and it is stated un- officially that Vice-President Watt has said that as soon as the block is secured werk on the depot will be begun. An effort will be made to secure some kind of an agreement by the association with tne Corral Hollow road, by which gravel may be obtained for the grading of the county roads, and the association will, from this time, pay particular at- | tention to this feature of internal im- provements. REPLIES TO E GOVERNOR. Ez-Director Shippee Challenges Mr. Budd’s Veracity. STOCKTO CaL., Jan. 5.—Governor Budd’s anger has been aroused by the recent strictures of President L. U. Shippee of the San Joaquin Fair Association on his course in relation to bookmaking and | poolselling at the late State Fair. Mr. Shippee is seemingly not perturbed, and this evening gave a CALL correspond- ent the following comments in regard to the matter under discussion: “The Governor overlooks the fact that the pool-sellers collected 5 per cent at the last fair for commissions, which is nearly double the percentage ever allowed them before, at least for ten years or more. “The board has always questioned the advisability of allowing bookmaking at the State fair. If the 5 per cent had been col- lected in 1894, as in 1895, the income to the ety would have been nearly double what it wa “*The additional three days this year would have, at the old rate, brought the receipts up to $16,000 without any book- nuk1|\§, and the directors alone are re- sponsible for allowing‘the raise from 2l¢ or 3 per cent to be collected. In regard to John E. Budd the Governor should recall that the State board held from eight to twelve meetings from the time his brother wasappointed until the close of the fair, and according to the Governor’s own claim his brother was at only two of the ses- ‘I assert that John E. Budd was not at s single mecting held uring the actual progress of the fair, nor did he assist in any of the work of the board. At one of the two mectings he attended the sale of the bookmaking privilege was let to George Rose, and he voted for 1t. “The Governor says the association is in fine condition. The fact is, without State aid the meeting would have run from $8000 to $10,000 behind. ‘*In 1894 no gambling was allowed pub- licly in Sacramento or at the fair, but in 1895 the gambling was allowed to run at “In regard to the Killip pool matter T stated that I was opposed to taking per- centage from Killip or any one else, and thought that the privilege should, if sold at all, be for actual consideration and mnot a percentage, Killip sold pools in 1893 and 1894 at 214 to 3 per cent commission, and this year he was allowed to charge 5 per cent and it came from the pockets of those attending the fair, *The insinuation of the Governor that he did not promise my re-appointment is nothing less than a falsehood. You do nct have to take my word for it, but ask Hon. John Boggs and other members of the board of directors. Although re- | elected president of the local board, 1 shall decline to serve. For twenty-three years I have contributed my time and money to the aid of the State Association, and am willing to give the new board a chance to show its superior ideas of management.” | On the Ice at Henry’s Pond in Truckee. [From sketches made by a “‘Call” staff artist.] artraction in the evening, while in the day- time the ponds are well occupied. Every overland train that comes through Truckee stops twenty mintes, and as the ice palace is close to the railroad, right opvosite from the station, the tourists find a great attraction here. Some find the time ample for a test of the toboggan. There is no doubt that the carnival will be a success, but this year the hopes of the projectors are principally in making a sat- isfactory beginning for the years that are to come. California is to have its ice car- nival in the Sierra region every winter, the Truckee people say, and on the pat- ronage this season will deperd the magni- tude of next year’s undertaking. It isthe plan to make Truckee a favorite winter re- sort. D ON ICE AND SNOW. General Features of Carnival Life at the Town Near the Sierra Summit. TRUCKEE, CAL., Jan. 6.—There are four great features of winter sport at the ice carnival to-day, and the entire region about here are given up to these: Skating, to- bogganing, sleigh-riding and coasting; cannot go wrong; the groove is made for it; but the master hand of a fearless | navigator is required on the double-ripper. Many and many a time the coolness, | bravery and dexterity of the American boy have been the qualities to determine | the fate of a dozen companions, boys and | girls, at the sharp turn of an icebound hill when some unexpected obstruction has taken the path of the tearing sleds, but not once in ten thousand emergencies | has the youthful steersman wrecked his crew. Tobogganing has its own peculiar form of exhiliration, and grown-up people take to it more readily, but it certainly lJacks the spirit of adventure and the re- quirements of intelligence and skill that make “good shding’’ so dear to the buys and girls of this country. Truckee has no very long hills for coasting, and the speediest of the double- rippers are not in use here, but there is good opportunity for the sport, and every visitor from Warmer California should try both of the downgrade flights | and make his own comparisons. As the territory is occupied at present | the toboggans and the sleds cross the track of each other at right angles, and unless the carnival managers make some | new arrangement collisions will be in- evitable. And in a collision the double- ripper stands a fair chance with anything less substantia! thana freight-train or a high stone wall. The big sleighs and the easily over- turned little cutters and the jingling bands of bells that the horses wear afford a pleasure that everybody—men, women | and children—can agree upon and equally enjoy. Better sleighing could not be de- sired. “Straw rides” in the big sledges were | always popular and always will be. And these cold nights, when the moon rises late. what could be better for a party of twenty or thirty? If there is anything better on runners it is probably the little cutter with barely room for two. Donner Lake is the objective point of most of the sleighing parties, for nearly every visitor bas read of the romantic lit- tle body of water and the tragic experi- | ence of the pioneer band from which the | lake obtained its name. The lake is only three miles out of town, and the trip to it is the sleigh-ride provided for rail- road excursionists on the coupon plan. An eight-mile ride is to Boca, where ice- harvesting is the main attraction. The ride to Lake Tahoe has not been opened up since the last heavy snowfall, but it is quite possible to make the trip on snowshoes. ‘“We find lots of dead men every spring,” said Editor Calkins of the Truckee Repub- lican, in speaking of these mountain trips to-aay. “But the great danger,”” he | added, “is in a man going alone and with- out snowshoes.” Last winter a man started to go from Soda Springs to the Summit. He wason | snowshoes, and his dog followed him. On Frank Mecloche, the Sierras, and the Yorick Skull From the Snow. [Sketched at Truckee by a “Call” staff artist.] Hamlet of the the way to the Summit one of the long snowshoes broke, and the mountaineer tumbled over a cliff. Two weeks later Joe Golding, the landlord at the Summit Hotel, sent two men out in search of the fellow, who had failed to arrive at the ex- pected time. The doz was found still alive at an abandoned cabin, and a trail | that it had made led down to the base of the cliff. A single snowshoe set upright marked the end of the trail, and there was | found tne body of the traveler, who had in that way erected his own monument. In the fall over the cliff one leg had been broken, and unable to get away the man had frozen. B | Frank Meloche, the owner of the Main- | street cafe, has on exhibition the skull of | a Truckee man who was caught in the | mountains during one of the Sierra storms, whose violence and suddenness have not | been exaggerated by Bret Harte. The | man found temporary refuge under the | trunk of a fallen pine, but when he saw | that he could not survive the storm he shot himself. > “Proof!” says Mr. Meloche. ‘Here's the skull, and I knew the fellow well.” But these incidents are not strange where the Donner party perished. The Tahoe road leads through the wildest and roughest part of the region, | and the possibility of travel over it would | be important at the carnival. T. E. Nuxaw. AL FRESNO FAIR AWARDS. | Blue Ribbons Given to Successful Exhibi- tors at the Close of the Exhibition. FRESNO, Car., Jan. 6.—The Fresno | County Citrus Fair closed to-night, and the four days and evenings, during whick it has been visited by throngs of people, many of whom were visitors to the city, mark one of the most gratifying successes ever scored by the live citizens of Fresno. The attendance this evening was by far | the best, and the literary and musical | programme rendered was of unusual | merit. The managers of the fair had es- | | pecially desired to have it close in “a blaze of glory,” and they were successful. | Evervbody is enthusiastic over the fair, and one for next year isnow talked of. ‘With ample time for preparing exhibits a much more creditable dispiay can be made. The next fruit exposition would be held early in December, two or three weeks before the picking season in South- ern California. The following were the principal awards made to-night by a committee consisting of R. H. McDonald of Porterville, State | Horticultural Commissioner I. H. Thomas of Visalia and Charles H. Wyer of this ¢ Best general display of fruit grown by ex- nibitor—First diploma, George C. Roeding; second, John D. Gray. Best general display exhibited by firm or organization—First diploma, William G. Ur- idge & Co. Most artistic display by producer—First diploma, Berry & Wallace; second, Dr. G. A. Hare. Best general display of budded oranges grown by producer—First diploma, Crockett Douglass; second, Mrs. J. W, Ferguson. Best general display of seedling oranges, grown by exhibitor—First diploma, F. M. Chit- tenden cond, A. B, Butler. Best display of lemons—First diploma, Berry & Wallace; second, George C. Roeding. Best limes—First diploma, Williams Bros. Best box of packed oranges ready for ship- ment—First diploma, T. J. Hammond. Best twelve Washington navel oranges—Dr. J. W. Baker; second, Mrs. Slossen Viau. Best twelve Mediterranean sweet oranges— First diploma, Mrs. J. W. Ferguson; second, Crockett Douglass. Cash prizes offered by the Hundred Thousand Club were awarded as follows: Best ana largest exhibit of citrus fruits—Ful- fon G. Berry, $20; second best, Crockett Doug- lass, $10. Most artistic exhibit—G. S. Roeding, $12 50; second best, John D. Gray, $7 50. The committee on these awards were: Lewis Leach, Mark Webster and Chester Rowell. . The “Era_of the Olympiads,” or the “Olympian Era,” began July 1, B. C. 776. An Olympiad was a period of four years, the games being celebrated every fourth year. ONE OF THE COLD WEATHER INDICATIONS IN A TRUCKEE HOTEL OFFICE. [Sketched by a “Call” staff artist.] and the greatest of these, as judged by the number of devotees to each, is skating. The rink floor at the ice palace has been planed and put in readiness for the skaters, but the natural skating-ponds have a f; cination that no artificial contrivance can overcomg. It is not the palace of King ‘ SACRAMENTO'S CHIEF Mr. Hubbard Outlines His Policy to the City Trustees. ECONOMY IS FAVORED. Needed Improvements Will Not, However, Be Checked Dur- ing His Regime. DESIRES HARMONIOUS ACTION. He Does Not Believe That the Board Should Interfere With His Appointments. SACRMENTO, Car., Jan. 6. — Sacra- mento’s newly elected Mayor, C. H. Hub- bard, assumed the duties of his oftice at 8:30 o’clock this morning, and at the meet- ing of the City PBoard of Trustees this evening he delivered the following address, outlining his idea of the policy to be pur- sued during his administration: ‘We have been selected by the citizens of Sac- ramento to attend to their interests for the ensuing two years. You are expected to legis- late and pass such ordinances and make such rules and regulations as, in your judgment, will be conducive to the comfort, protection and safety of all within our ¢ imits; w itis my duty to see that the ordinances, rules and regulations which you may see fit to enact, and which have been heretofore enacted, and not repealed, are enforced. Some of you, for the past two years, have had experience in public sffairs. Several of us, who were but recently elected, are inex- perienced in the work upon which we are to engage, and we shall look to the old members | of the board to guide us in many matters. We have to work under what is known as the new charter, under which our municipal govern- ment has been regulated during the past two years. In thischarter it is conceded thatthere are many defects, and, by reason of these de- fects, discovered subsequently to the enact- ment of the charter, in many instances the spirit of the charter has been lost or miscon- strued; still, it 15 the law under which we must work, and must be the guide of our offi- cial acts. Undoubtedly, occasions will arise when we shall disagree as to the meaning of our chsrter, but if such disagreements should occur, we ought amicably to discuss the dis- puted portions, and endeavor, if possible, to agree upon a correct interpretation of the in- strument. If we have but the common inter- est at heart, ana desire only that which will benefit our people and carry into effect the in tent of the framers of the charter, we ought to be able readily to reconcile any differences that might exist between us, in relation to any disputed portions of our organic law. It is my earnest hope and wish that we shall work in harmony during the two years we shall serve together. Forgetting all past differ- ences, we should have but one aim in view— that of doing at all times what we believe to be for the best interests of all the people of our city. We must carefully guerd against the nseless expenditure of the public money, and en- deavor, as economically as is consistent with government, to regulate our expendi- We must recognize that in times such as these the burden of taxetion falls heavily upon all our citizens, and that it has been diffi- cult for many of them to contribute their quota for the expenses of our government. While it is essential that we should be economical with the public funds, yet I believe it to be neces- sary for the progressof the city that our im- provement of streets, sidewalks, sewers, etc., should be pressed with all convenient dis- patch. Of course, in particular cases, circum- stances may arise when it would be unwise to insist upon immediate improvement; but, un- less unforeseen obstacles should occur, I think these improvements should be vigorously pushed. There are several important matters that must ultimately be considered, such as a new or improved sewerage system, a new city hall and a clear water supply. But until the bonded 1ndebtedness of the city is paid I do not think the citizens generally would approve of any action in thisdirection. One of the most important things with which our city has to deal is its bonded indebtedness. While our debt is supposed to be very large. such i in reality not the case. On the con- trary, our financial condition is good, and under the present arrangements (which can- not be changed) we are paying off this debt very rapidly—so rapidly, in fact, that it is a great burden to our taxpayers. This, however, owing to existing cireumstances, cannot be avoided. There is, though, one greatsatisfac- tion arising out of the arrangement with the holders of bonds against our city, and that is that with three more assessments at the pres- ent rates of taxation we will pay off the entire debt, and our city will thenbe in a better finan- cial condition than any other city in the State. The tax levy made last August, which isto cover our expenditures for this year, was made at the very lowest limit, and upon investiga- tion you will observe that each department ot our city government must be conducted with great economy, in order to keep within the amount allotted to it. In selecting persons to manage the difterent | departments of the city government, I shall endeavor to nominate those who I have reason to believe will meet with your hearty approval. Ishall be guided in these appointments by the recognized ability and fitness of the person for the office to which he may be appointed, and by what, in my judgment, is for the best inter- ests of the public. No other consideration than the public welfare and the desire on my pert to obtain for the city the best and most capable public officials will weigh with me in choosing these appointees whom it is my duty under the clharter to select. Guided by this rule I am certain that those whom I name will meet with the approval of the citizens gen- erally. I1do not think it was the spirit or intent of the new charter that the Mayor should be hampered or dictated to in any matter in re- gard to his appointments. These persons are his personal staff of assistants, to aid him in carrying out thelaw and such ordinances as you msy enact, and unless the persons so ap- pointed are without the requisite qualifica- tions, or lack the necessary ability, or are not honorable and respectable citizens, I do not think your board is justified in refusing to confirm them. §iWe are now organized for our work, and I trust, through the kindness of Providence, that we shall all be spared to serve our terms of office and that the two years we shall act together as officers of the city will be a pleas- ure to us all, and that toe citizens, whom we represent, will be able to say at the expiration of our terms of office that we have not be- trayed the trust and confidence which they reposed in us. C. H. HUBBARD, Mayor. .- TREASURY STATEMENT, Report of Receipts and Disbursements for December. SACRAMENTO, Car., Jan. 6. — The statement of receipts and payments of the State treasury for the month of December, 1895, carefuily prepared by Deputy State Treasurer F. W. Judson, shows numerous facts of general interest. The firsc installment of State taxes for 1895, which was payable in December, was received from fifty-three counties, only four counties failing to make their settle- ment and being theiefore declared delin- quent. The second installment is payable between the 15th and 30th of May, 1896, The total receipts from the counties last [NV month amounted to $5,226,785 40. This | um, added to receipts from other sources durirg the month and the balance of cash on hand brought forward from November, gives a grand total of treasury receipts for December of $7,107,956 The payments for the same month were on State war- rants $1,037,920 30; on transfer pay- ment $4631, making the grand total of December payments $1,042,551 30, The balance of cash in the State Treasury on January 1, 1896, was $6,065,405 48 The first installment of taxes for 1895 paid last month by the County of San Francisco made the very appreciable sum of $1,553,283 21. Of this amount $95. 5 went into the State general fund, $518.- 345 01 went to swell the State school fund and $51,565 65 was distributed to various other funds. Alameda County paid the second highest amount, $456,176 30, and Los Angeles is third on the list with a pay- ment of $370,268 19. Santa Clara County fourth from the head of the list with §2 872 15, followed by Sacramento with $16: 091 21 December was the heaviest business month of 1895 for the State treasury, the 1 force having been kept busy night ay working on the tax installments and heavy presentation of warrants. The report shows, for instance, that nearly $700,000 was paid out of the general fund on warrants which had been held, owing to the exhaustion of tne gene fund, since last July. w~early all such warrants were paid during the closing week of De- cember. Since the new year opened the State Treasurer has paid about $400,000 more on account of warrants similarly vre- sented. The office force at the State treasury is small for the amount of work required, and State Treasurer Rackliffe has been prevented for weeks past, by reason o illness, from attending to official busine: {r. Judson, however, has beeu a worthy lieutenant, and has allowed no part of the fall tate treasury business to behind. When it is known that over § 000 was paid out in warrants between December 1 and Janu: 4 it may be judged that wc is plentiful "in the office of the custodian of the State’s money. SANTA YNEZ'S SENSATION. Attention of the Curious Drawn to the Quinn Dirvorce Case. SANTA BARBARA, CaL 6. About sixty witnesses and m more spectators are down from Santa Ynez in attendance upon the divorce case ot Quinn vs. Quinn, which will be succeded by the cause of Quinn vs. Brown, in which Quinn sues J. Brown, a Santa Ynez man, for §15,- 000 for alienating his wife's affections. Brown is a saloon-keeper who has twice | been tried for selling liquor to Indians, both trials resulting in failures to convict, while costing the county many thousands of aollars. At the opening of the Quinn case to-day a jury trial was demanded, but when the jury was drawn the court learned that neither party had sufficient funds to pay the jury and that body was consequently discharged. Jau, OREGON AIX They Will Work to Secure Protective ZLegislation. GRANTS PASS, Or., Jan. 6.—In answer to acall sent out ten days ago forty repre- sentatives of the leading mining com- panies of Jackson, Josephine and o:iher counties assembled here to-day and effected a permanent organization of the | Southern Oregon Miners' Association, Officers were elected and future meetings arranged for. The object is to secure better legislation for the protection of mining lands and property ; the discussion of improved mining methods; protection of mutual 1ingerests, and a diffusion of knowledge of interest to miners generally. RS ORGANIZE. NEW TO-DAY. Will It Cure? This Question Occurs to People Who Are Not Certainasto the Power of Dr. Sanden’s Elec~ tric Belt. Read the Evi- dence Following and Be Satisfied. 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