The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1896, Page 4

] | ] [ .‘ 1 4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 18Y6. SANTA ROSK'S WATER FIGHT, Struggle Over a Contract| Continues in the Courts. DEPOSITION OF EFFEY.| He Answers the Complaint of | Wesley Mock Against the City. COLLUSION OF BIDDERS DENIED. | Despite the Litigation the Water Works System Has Now Been Completed. SANTA ROSA, CAL., Jan. 18.—Somewhat of a sensation was created here last night by the publication in an evening paper of | what purported to be the deposition of | Robert Effey, in the case of Wesley Mock vs. The City of Santa Rosa. A large roil of papers, said to be the deposition of Effey, was received by the County Clerk here recently, but as it was tightly sealed, and could be opened only by an order of where court, many people are wondering the information as to the contents of the documents was obtained. It will be remembered that there were three separate eiforts made to issue bonds for the construction of a municipal water system, the original issue being repealed by the City Council and the Supreme Court declaring the second issue void. It ‘was not generally known here that a third issue of bonds had been made until some | time in October last, when the people of Banta Rosa were surprised to learn that | bonds for $165,000 had been sold and the contract for the construction of the water | works let for $161, This report was | quickly confirmed by active work upon the principal streets being commenced. Shortly after work had been begun it became generally known that Robert | Effey, Mayor of Santa C as the pur- | chaser of the bonds for $170,500; also that Mr. Effey was the lowest bidder for the construction of the water system, but that he had assigned the contract to Paul B. Perkins. On October 16, 1895, s against the city was commenced by Wesley Mock, praying fora decree declaring the contract with | fey void, asking that the bonds be re- | called from New York and for a- final| nction enjoining the city from letting | contract until the bonds were regu. larly sold and the money paid into che | y. The complaint, which was a | us one, set forth among other | the bidding had not been com- | t the bids of Garratt & Co. of | at of Effey for $161,000 were | ds received, and that they were ; that the bids were in the same | that A. L. Fish stood ready | and willing to bid as soon as the| money was in the treasury, and | that Fish willing to construct | the work for $130,000, and to execute and | deliver to the citya good and sufficient | bond for $100,000; that Effey had given no | bond; that the warrant for $161,000 was | delivered to Effey without any claim and | demand being presented to the city; that | the Mayor and Council had agreed that no bids but Effey’s should be received, and | that they had agreea to sell and deliver | the bonds to Effey before they were in ex- | istence. To all of this the city by its attorney, W. F. Cowen, and Thomas Rutledge, special counsel, interposed a variety of dilatory pleas. Legal skirmish was finally ended, however, by a stipulation of all the parties to have the case tried *‘to its final deter- mination” before Judge Daingerfiela of San Francisco. Meanwhile the defendant’s attorneys interposed a sweeping demurrer, declaring that the complainant did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action; that there was-a misjoinder of defendants; that there was a non-joinder of defendants in leaving out the Selizmansof New York; that the several causes had been improperly united, and the complaint was uncertain and ambiguous, etc. After lengthy argumentsupon both sides the matter was submitted {o Judge Dain- gerfield, who soon thereafter rendered the now celebrated opinion ‘which has caused #o many conflicting reports in the papers and occasioned so much discussion among lawyers. A careful reading of the opinion shows that Judge Dangerfield held thatthere was no misjoinder or non-joinder of defend- ants. The fact that there was no money in the treasury was not a jurisdictional defect. ““It is a proper exercise of legislative dis- cretion to arrange with the contractor to take bonds in payment or part payment,” the opinion declared. Continuing it said: *“Whether the Common Council can now make changes in these plans, and adver- tise for bids upon the changed basis, can- not be determined at present. But it is now determined that the accepted bid and all proceedings upon it are void for the reasons Leretofore given, in the main, by this court upon the demurrer in the Jones case.”” ‘The opinion stated that the allegations of the complaint were to be taken for this purpose to be true, finaily ending by sus- taining the demurrer and giving plaintiff ten days to amend. The deposition of Mr. Effey,as pub- lished, admits many of the allegations of the complaint, but denies any collusion between himself and Garratt & Co. He admits getting possession’ of the warrant througlt his agent, Mr. Goodwin of San Francisco, and of receiving a telegraphic credit of $165,000 from the Seligmans of New York. The consideration paid by Paul B. Perkins Mr. Effey states to be $1 and other conzderations.” When pressed as to what the other considerations were, but don’t want to. I refuse, In the meantime, as the contract has | been completed, accepted by the City and | paid for, people here are wondering what it is all about. it e RS R Memorial to Congress. SANTA ROSA, CAL., Jan. 18.—The Su- pervisors of Sonoma County adoptea a resolution to-day asking Senators and Representatives to use all honorable means to secure the passage of the four bills in- troduced at the present session of Congress at the request of the California Miners’ Association. A copv of the resolution will be forwarded to each of the Senators and | Representatives in Congress from Cali- fornia. e Accidentally Shot. SANTA ROSA, CaL., Jan. 18.—Alfred | the plaintiff in that case, brought s, Isle, aged 13, was seriously wounded this afternoon by the accidental discharge of a rifle in the hands of a younger brother. The bullei, which is of 22-caliber, lodged in the boy’s right lung, and the wound will probably prove fatal. The younger brother says he “didn’t know it was loaded.” = Ul'll'Aqu)ll'G(-'Lb'Ita CAUGHT. Prominent Society People Must Answer to the Government. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 18.—Chinese In- spector B. F. Josey of Tacoma this after- noon arrested Mr: Fourth and Morrison streets for smuggling opium. A few minutes later he appre- hended bher confederate, F. P. Candle of | | Tacoma. Josey came from the Sound on the train they rode on yesterday, and his suspicion that they were handling contra- band opium was aroused by their conduct. In the trunks in their room here Josey found enty-five cans of unstampea opium, which had been smuggled across the border from Victoria. 3 Candle is quite prominent in Seattle | business and social circles, having, until recently, been a member of the Hippert & Nordan Hardware Company. He was anxious to have his name suppressed in connection with the affair, although he has made a confession of his complicity in the smuggling scheme. Mrs. Belden is a divorced woman, whose former name was Dyer, and under which she, up to within a year or two ago, was a conspicuous figure in Tacoma’s swell soci- ety. Both are in jail to-nightin default of bonds. e padgee ity FELL IN WITH BUNKO MEN. An Alaskan Miner Robbed by a Pair of Jolly Acquaintances. PORTLAND, Cr., Jan. 18.—Theodore Shade, an Alaskan miner and a guest at the Grand Central Hotel, was held up and | robbed last night by two men whom he supposed to be friends. They are Howard Shock and Edward Bradbury, who were arrested to-day by Police Captain Cox and Patrolman Endicott and Kerrigan. Shade has been here a few days only, and soon after his arrival he feli in with | Bradbury and Shock. Sbade that they were men of means with & notion of inv ng in Alaska mines. In the course of their brief companionship Shade" confided to Bradbury and Shock They intimated to that he brought down between $500 and | $600. Last night the trio visited several resorts in the North End end drank freely, after which Shock separated from his com- panions. Shade was induced to cross the steel bridge, where they were suddenly confronted by Shock, who thrust a pistol against Shade’s face and told Bradbury to go through his pockets. The robbers s cured only $12, as Shade had left the b of his fortune in the hotel safe. st TRICKED HER ATTORNEXS. Mrs. Lacy Accused of Settling a Case Out of Counrt. PORTLAND, O=r., Jan. 18.—An interest- ing sequel to a celebrated gambling case in the State Circuit Court, which was di missed some time ago, comes in the na- ture of a suit against Mrs. Mary E. Lacy, nst her by her attorneys, Watson, Beekman & Watson, who claim to have been beaten diplomacy. for their ser Mrs. Lacy ir Gratton & Smith to collect $55° she claimed her husband had lost at faro within two years. Twicethe case came up for trial and was continued. Finally Mrs. _acy peremptorially ordered a dismissal. "herefore the attorneyvs set up the claim that Mrs. Lacy entered into a secret agree- ment with the defendant, Gratton and others, by which she received $4000 for ad- justing the case without bringing it to trial. “As Mrs. Lacy did not divide with her attorners they think they have been grossly mistreated. e SUMMERLAND'S BOOM. The attorneys want $ es Capital Is Attracted by the Oil Fields® Industry. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Jan. 18.—The first rumble of approaching activity in real estate is heard in the establishment of a branch office on State street by Easton & | Eldridge of San Francisco. Althougn the | firm will make a specialty of Summerland | real estate and oil properties, it wiil also handle real estate generally. Na signal discoveries have been made in Summerland during the past couple weeks, but new wells are constantly being | developed, and those already sunk are steadily yiclding their output. A notable “fact in connection with the Summerland outlook is the remarkable number of redemptions from tax liens on lots in the little village which have been recorded during the last few weeks. Hvi- dently some iudividual or firm is making a business of looking up tax titles in the dis- trict and quietly securing all the land pos- sible. Many who invested in Summerland Eroperty years ago had moved away, and eing unable to dispose of their property allowed their land “to be sold for Jtaxes. Now these lots, formerly vainly hunting gurchnsers at irom $25 to $40, are exactly ought at ten and twenty times this price. —_——-— FIRE NEAR GOLETA. Sixteen Horses Cremated by the Burning of @ Den Ranch Barn. SANTA BARBARA, Cav., Jan. 18.—A large barn leased by Charles Smith near Goleta and situafed on the Den estate was burned to the ground during the heavy rain last night, with all its contents, in- cluding fifteen horses, eighty tons of hay, wagons and a valuable stallion. The ex- act amout of the loss cannot be ascer- tained. The cause of the fire is unknown, but it is believed to have been spontaneous combustion, causéd by the leakage through the roof. The building and contents were uninsured. e Want Lower Water Rates. NEWCASTLE, CaL., . Jan. 18.—The com- mittee meeting of fruit-growers in refer- ence to high water rates was held here to- day. Steos were taken to commence proceedings against the South Yuba Water Company to reduce the rates, now 30 cents an inch, to 20 cents. A sufficient amount is pledged to make a hard fight. Seven years ago the rate was 12)¢ cents, and later 25 cents. CEIE A Auburn’s Diamond Thief Captured. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 18.—A few days 2go the Sheriff of Placer County, Cal., ad- vised the Chief of Police here that Frank Kern, alias Frank Austin, had stolen $1000 worth of diamonds and jewelry from a residence in Auburn. Through the in- strumentality of Portland officers Austin has just been placed under arrest au Seattle, and will be taken back to California. R s Brown Surrounded Near Wilbur, PORTLAND, Or., Jan.18.—A dispatch | from Roseburg says that a posse of Sher- ift’s deputies have surrounded Samvuel G. Brown, the murderer of Alfred Kincaid at Oakland, Douglas County, at a point on the North Umpqua River near Wilbur, Brown escaped from the Roseburg jail with the aid of friends on Decemcer 30, and is supposed to be heavily armed. R A Blaze Near Visalia. VISALIA, Cav., Jan. 18.—The residence of George Francis, eighteen miles north- east of Visalia, was destroyed by fire yes- terday. The 10:3 is $7000 and insurance $2600. S T Seattle Populists Nominate. _SEATTLE, Wasw., Jan. 18.—The Popu- lists placed a full municipal ticket in the field to-night, nominating Dr, Jordan for Mayer, il Sy May Belden, a woman | | 24 years of age, in a lodging-house on | nstituted suit against Fuhr, | ESCAPE FROM A PORTLAND JAIL, Three Notorious Burglars Desert Their Prison Cells. | | | AIDEDBY CONFEDERATES | Supposed to Have Received a Key From Persons on ! the Qutside. | THEIR ABSENCE NOT NOTICED. Jailer Chamberlain Unaware of His Guests’ Departure Until Break- | fast Time. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 18.—Three bad men—Con Kelliher, Mike O’'Brien and Sands—managed to make their escape | from the County Jail in a most mysterious | manner, some time between 7 o’clock last evening and 8:15 this morning. Kelliher and Sands were locked up in the north | corridor and O’Brien in a steel cell adjoin- | ing. An inexpiicable phase of the escape | is that when Jailer Charaberlain unlocked the corridors this morning the locks were in good condition, and in fact there was | no evidence that they had in any way been tampered with, The absence of the three thugs became known only when breakfast was being served. Kelliher has had many visitors of his own class, and especially since his recent conviction of burglary, and it is believed that one of his friends passed in a key, with which the escape was effected. A | strange blanket was fourd in the dungeon, | which in a measure confirms the state- ment made by a prisoner that late last night he heard some one walking about in | the outer corridor. The footstepshe heard | might have been those of the escapes, emerging from the dungeon in which they had been hiding. | Con Keiliner is one of the most daring | eriminals on the coast, who would not stop | at the taking of life 1n the pursuit of his | “profession.”” About a month ago he was | arrested for looting the store of Weigel & | Co. at Vancouver, Wash., and another at Oregon City. Besides these there are two other charges of larceny in dwellings | pending against him. On Thursday he was convicted in Judge Stephen’s court of the robbery of the Red Front trading- store at Oregon City, for which he was sen- tenced to ten years’ imprisonment. The other indictments against him were held in abeyance until the prisoner has served the ten-year term. Mike O’Brien is a bratal wretch, who was serving a year for larceny. Shortly before he was sent up this time he had completed a year’s sentence for a murder- ous and unprovoked assault npon a wood- sawyer. Frank Sands is a dangerous Port land crook and was in for larceny. RELIBIOUS THOUSHT AND PROGRESS An Epitome of Sermons of the Week Throughout the Land. | { Foliowing is a summary of the principal sermons recently deiivered in the United States and Canada by the leading clergy- men, prie! prelates, religious teachers and professors of the Christian faith. In every instance the full text has been care- fully read and abbreviated. NEWSPAPERS. The daily newspaper is a brief daily encyclo- pedia, and, if wisely used, it is an education in 1tselfi.—Rev. W. Hayes Moore, Doylestown, Pa. THE MONROE DOCTRINE. T am glad the American people with one voice have said land-grabbing on the Amen- can Continent by European powers must cease, —Rev. Dr. Barrows, Presbyterian, Chicago, 111, INFLUENCE. Our influence is immortal. It is the im- mortal part of us. Our deeds, our thoughts live on forever and forever. Each propagates after its own kind.—Rev. Carlos Martyn, Chi. cago, Iil. ‘THE TURKS. If we have any surplus guns or ammunition let us send them to the Armenians. If we must fight, let us fight the unspeakable Turk, —Rev. D.N. Grifiin, Methodist, New Haven, Conn. MARRIAGE. The husband, when he marries below his social level, elevates his wife, When the woman marries below her level she descends to her husband’s piane.—Rev. M. C. Peters, New York City, GENTLEMEN. All gentlemen are not Christians, but all {rue Christians sre gentlemen. The most re- fining, culturing and purifying infiuence on eartiy '1s the gospel of Jesus Christ. — Rey. Frank-De Witt Talmage, Presbyterian, Pitts. burg, Pa. WINE. If wine is made it will be drunk; if it 1s drunk the drinker will become drunken; wine drinking leads to brandy dr&ukhlf; the end is & chamber of horrors.—Rev. C. E.Smith, Fre- donie, N, Y, THE DEVIL'S POWER, God sometimes restrains the power of the devil, There is a limit when his hellish pur- poses are checked. The devil is very powerful, put he not almighty.—Rev. E. C. Yerkes, Methodist, Philadelphia, Pa. ARBITRATION. Ilook forward to the epoch when a court recognized by all nations will settie interna- tional difficulties, instead of keeping large standing armies, as they do in Europe.—Rey, g.dA. Curstensen, Episcopalian, Indianapolis, nd. CHRISTIANITY. Christianity isa regulative power. It gives the eye a glow, the hand and voice heartiness, and makes everything harmonious. It con- stantly throws out its life and radiates its glory.—Rev. G. Monroe Royce, New York City. MANHOOD. True Christian manhood consists as much in living a good life outside the Jule of the church, at home, and in the world, as it does in being good at prayer meetings and other church assemblages.—Keyv. John Lvans, Bap- tist, Westerly. POLITICS AND BUSINESS. The best men, the purest and strongest,ought to be in politics, but not 10 make of it & busi- ness, The path of politics as a business is the most_dangerous which one can walk.—Rey, J. E. Smith, Methodist, Camden, N. J. DOGS. Heredity and environment play npon human nature, on character. I had a Scotch terrier Ibrought from Texas. He was a ratter from Rattersville. I got a poodle and he became ?’un as good a ratter by association.—Rey. Sam ones, at Augusta, Me. LEGAL MURDER. War i3 legalized murder. No argument, how- ever finely spun, can change that diotum, War is & school for thieves, robbers and mur- derers. It teaches men the art of strategy, lying, theftand killing. It hardens human na- ture.—Dr. Joseph Eilverman, Hebrew, New York City. UNITARIANISM. Unitarianism means that there is a band of men and women who dare to think, It means the deepening. the heightening of the con. science. the declaration of human right, the assertion that what is good down here is good uthhero.—Rev. Minot J. Savage, Providence, LOVE OF MONEY. Some people 5o cling to their pelf and tinsel that they starve their own souls. They will noteven attend a church because they might be asked to contribute money for its support. Tnea-mexdsprive themselves of the bread of life because it costs them something.—Rev. D. M. Benham, Pittsburg, Pa. # WAR TALK. The talk of war between two great Christian Dations when Armenians are being massacred daily by the Turks is shemeful. America and England should be working together to put the Turk out of Armenia; instead of that these iwo great nations threeten one another, and by so doing make further massacre in the East probable.—Rev.. Jeremiah Zimmerman, Syracuse, N. Y. THE ARMENIANS. The Sultan of Tufiey has out-heroded Herod b!v the slaughter oftthousands upon thousands of innocent Armenians. Let us pray,almighty God, not only in our public worship, but also in our private devotions, that he will erouse the Christian nations of Europe to rescue the Armenians from further desolation and de- struction.—Rey. John E. Adams, Presbyterian, Brooklyn, N. Y. PERSONAL RELIGION. Christianity 1s not an abstract hilosophy or asystem of ethics merely, but it is before all and above all a personal religion. The claim which Jesus Christ makes upon every man and woman in the world is one which if yielded to must in the very nature of things chnnie and transform the “entire life.—Dr. Lewis Banks, Methodist, Brooklyn, N. Y. THE CHURCH. While the church must be in the worid the world must not be permitted in the church. The church is like & river; insist that it be kept pure. The church is like a temple; keep it from decay. The church is like an army; it must be trué to its spirit and mission and be loyal to its commander.—Rev.T. E. Busfield, Baptist, Utica, N. Y. THE STANDARD OF PURITY. The standard of purity has been steadil raised and it is steadily rising. Neither Swift nor Sterne would be tolerated to-day_in an: Christian pulpit. The tone of the Englisg literature has been greatly elevated since that time and, moreover, it is cause for gratitude that pure and healthy literature is nowadays quite as cheap &s that which is filthy and de- grading.—Rev. James McLeod, Presbyterian, Scranton, Pa. WAR, War means a picture too horrible to contem- plate; it means sacred relationships broken; it means homes shattered; it means universal sorrow and mourning; it means prosperous cities erased from the map of our country; it means great fortuneslost; it means aninher- itance of poverty to our descendants. Wer is a relic of barbarisin, & brutal device of savagery. It has no place in Christian civilization to-day. Archdeacon E. 8. Rousmaniere, Episcopalian, ew Bedford, Mass. POLITENESS, Politeness costs little, but it pays well. Courtesy in the home is [ike morning sunshine | pouring in at every window. An employercan well afford to be polite to an employe, for it makes the workingman do better work and | binds together the two classes in a beantiful fellowship. In the effort to settle the differ- ences between capital and labor, if we could bring into the coniroversy more courtesy and Jess bitterness of speech it would help amaz- ingly in solving the question.—Rev. John L. | Jacobs, Baptist, Grand Rapids, Mich. PEACE. Would it not be better for the salvation Of’ man—{ar better for the conquest of religion— instead of sending missionaries into the iar ast, into the jungle of Africa, into the Dark tinent, spenaing millions of dollars, sacri- ficing precious lives to teach the semi-savage £na barbarians the lessons of Christian love— 1say, would it not be better to send these very missionaries to the conflicting and_hostile civilized Christian netions of Europe, demand- ing of them compliance with the injunction of that great Jew, Jesus, the founder oi Christi- enity, “'Love ye oue another.”—Rabbi Eisen- ber, Hebrew, Peoria, I11. LOST TIME. In view of the brevity of time and its rapid flight, the utinost care’should be taken in the use of time lest any of itshould be wasted. The wind that blows fv)y us may return again on its backward sweep; the stream that flows by us may descend again upon the eerth and resume its channel; the sun that shines in heaven to-day may shine again, but wasted time is lost forever. Wasted health mey be restored; lost reputation may be regained; squandered wealth may be recovered, but lost time is forever lost and not a single hour can | be recovered.—Rev. G. B. Strickier, Presbyte- | rian, Atlanta, Ga. | ATHLETICS, In the Christianity of to-morrow men would learn of the sacredness of the body. Athletics to-day percolate ino all kinds of society. Men thunder against women riding the bicycle, but | the thundering does not decrease the number of women estride the wheel. God is behind this general craze for outdoor sports. Men now need health, and God will give it to them, just as he gave the world steam and electricity after many vears: it was at a time when most needed. Out of this improvement in health is | to come a race of strong men and women, who | will be the greatest wifen ever known in the kingdom of God.—Rev. J, E. Smith, Methodist, Trenton, N. J. THE UNPARDONABLE SIN. The unpardonable sin is the act of one who is highly enlightened and at the same time very malicious against God. Light respecting spir- itual things end malice against the person, work or oflices of the Holy Ghost are the essen- tials. In many weys man may commit such & &in, and he who would not sin beyond forgives ness must take heed how he trifles with holy things. To continue to say “No” to the offer of mercy is one way to commit thesin. A willful and continued rejection of evidence is one way. Any one who can deliberately reject the | offer of Christ’s mercy can commit the unpar- donable sin and be left alone by the Holy | Spirit to perish.—Rev. D. A. Cunningham, Wheeling, ENGLAND AND AMERICA. Have you thought for & moment what & war between England and America would mean? Itwould be & war between the two greatest Christian nations of the earth. It wouid mean vastly more than what is involved in the boundary dispute between England end Vene- zuela. It would be & calamity from which the cause of Christianity would not recover for centuries. It would result in the fatal dis- turbance of those social, commercial and spiritual relations which year by year have been drawing England and America closer together. It would tend to unsettle the faith that has become s0 firmly fixed, the belief that after nineteen centuries of the reign of the prince of peace war between Christian nations had become impossible.—Rev. Dr. Cornell, Episcopalian, Sioux City, Iows. JONAH AND THE WHALE. The story of Jonah and the whale, interpreted by liberalists, bas been a most prolific cause of skepticism. More ridicule has been aimed at ‘E‘l’ Bible because of this than eny other one thing. The religious world has been more disa’s- trously afilicted over the attempt to swallow the whale than the whale was with Jonah, and & great deal of faith has been thrown outin the attempt to dispose of Jonah, As long as Tal- mages defend the story as literally true Inger- £olls will ridicule it as absurdly faise. Aslong s one insists on having Jonah swallowed the other will enjoy drawing word pictures of Jonah “dodging rapidly around to escape the gastric juice,” or “sitting on a posterior molar, wiping the sweat from his forehead and anxiously looking out for signs of land.””—Rev. L. H. Squires, Universalist, Brooklyn, N. Y. ——————— Tracing Gladstone’s Phrases. A rether futile correspondence is being carried on as to Mr. Gladstone’s merits as 8 phrase-maker. Probab!y the question is settled by the fact that “‘bag and baggage” —a jingle which he did not invent—is uoted as one of his most brilliant efforts. Now Eeoph are tracing the phrase back, and they have got so far back on the jour- ney as the sixteenth century, which atany rate gives the phrase the respectable merit of antiquity. Very few phrases of Mr, Gladstone ever struck my imagination or appealed to my memorg: But there was one uttered years 2go which seemed admirable. He was speaking, I think—I am unable 1o verify nmy quotations—of the relations between an orator ana his audience, and he said that “the orator returned_the enthusiasm in flood which he received from- the audi- ence in vapor.” and one day I found that very expression in De Quincey,and another I discovered that De Quincey had borrowed it from Locke. And whence did Locke get it? The eternal fitness of things suggests Noah.—Pall Mall Gazette. e ——— The Massachusetts Indian. Professor F. W. Peabody of Harvard has sent to Secretary of State Olin a sketch of an Indian which he thinks should take the place of the present one on the Massa- chusetts coat-of-arms. In bis report he gives a description of the accoutrements and wearing apparel of the figure, ana gives his authority for the use of each arti- cle, and also for their positions on the fig- ure. He places the bow in the left han and ng- that to place it in the right han is as absurd as to represent a military man with his sword hu on the right side. He says that it is evident that the man who made the original drawing of the In- dian knew nothing about Indians. He probably had never seen one, and had made the drawing from his own ideas. The ridiculous blunders which he made have since been perpetuated, and even in- c\;?amhd into the State law. Thedesign o | General McGlashan of the ice palace to- CALIFORNIA' GAINS BY THE DELUGE Railroad Traffic Over the State Has Been Resumed. | s —————F BLESSING TO GROWERS. | Grainfields and Pasture Lands Receive ‘a Thorough Soaking. RIVERS ARE STILL RAMPAGING. < Truckee’s Ice Palace Is Partially De- nuded, but the Damage Is Slight. SACRAMENTO, CArL., Jan. 18.—Yester- day the general outlook in local railroad circles was that, for a time at least, traffic would have to be abandoned entirely. Up in the Sierras the great washout caused by the cloudburst in the vicinity of Crystal Lake had left a chasm over 100 feet long and 30 feet deep, which it became neces- sary to bridge with rough eribbing before trains could pass. Beyond Marysville the track was covered by a wind-swept sea of water, in places 8 feet deep. As far as Oroville was concerned it was simply cut off from all railroad communi- cations with the outside world, and in fact is yvet, as the Feather River is still booming and the pathway of the iron horse is impassable. Down the Stockton route the small streams had become rag- ing torrents that threatened every minute to tear away the strongly built culverts | that bridged them, and out mear Davis- ville a gang of laborers was working through the dreary hours of the night in an almost vain endeavor to restrain the waters of Putah Creek, which, if they could only burst through the masses of earth-filled sacks that lined their puny banks, would do inestimable damage and effectually sever the great artery of traffic that leads to the home of the Webfoot. Nor was this the only danger that | threatened {o cut the connection with California and her sister States. All the insignificant streams that cross the Oregon line of railroad had developed into raging torrents, covered with tangled masses of drift that lodged against the culvert-sup- ports and threatened to tear tbem out bodily, and yet within a few brief hours all this damage had been temporarily re- paired and traffic resumed. The golden fruit from California’s favored slopes is | speeding its eastward way, and the | products of Eastern manufacturies are | again crossing the snowy wastes of the Sierras. | . TRUCKEE TS SNOW. | Warm Showers Are Denuding the IToe Palace of Its Covering. { TRUCKEE, Car., Jan. 18.—The storm ' continues without sign of abatement, and the precipitation for the last few days has been remarkable, the rain gauge measur- | ing 4.31 inches for the storm. For the | twenty-four hours ending at noon to-day | two inches of rain had fallen. Up to the | present time rain was an unknown quan- | tity at this time of year and the heavy showers, coming on top of the snowstorm, have caused Truckee River to rise to acon- | siderable height. Should it freeze hard to- | | | night the ground will be one glare of ice in the morning. In an interview Director- | day said: | “If this had been a snowstorm, as usual | at this time of year, the amount- of snow would equal that of the remarkable winter of 1890, when trains were blockaded and | travel impeded generally.” | ‘At this time last year,” continued Mr. | McGlashan, * there was fifteen feet of snow | on the level, and tunnels were dug across | the streets.” Theice palace and toboggan slide have suffered considerably because of the storm, and almost two-thirds of the ice on the palace has melted. On the sheltered side, however, the ice holds on to the wire with remarkable tenacity, but it is slowly melt- ing. Animmense block of the crystal six feet square was taken into the interior of the palace from Boca. This block has melted from two to three inches daily, while the ice on the north side of the pal- ace has not perceptibly decreased. This shows the decided advantage over the Canadian style of building, With the thermometer at zero for one or two nights, the palace would be in excellent condition, and skating would be at its best. The barometer is steadily falling, which is a good indication of a heavy snowstorm. It must not be imagined that the ice carnival is a failure, as with the right | kind of weather everything could be made to boom in the course of a day or two. | As evidence of the confidence that more | favorable weather will soon come, the | managers are building a booth in the palace for the sale of souvenirs and photo- graphs of the carnival. 1t is stated authoritatively that no ex- cursions will be run unless everything is in the best possible eondition, and several have been canceled on account of the weather, Special days have been set apart by the carnival directors as follows: Saturday, January 25, Native Sons of the Golden West day; Thursday, January 30, Knights Templarday; January 81, Knights of Pythias day; February 3, Fireman’s day; February 22, National Guard ard Red Men’s day, The ice men are praying for colder weather; and are waiting for one cold night to freeze the ice solid before commencing to harvest the balance of the crop. —_——— REDDING IN DARKNESS. Electric Light Plant and Water Works Pumps Arve Under Water, REDDING, Carn., Jan. 18.—The terrific storm which broke upon this city Wednes- day increased in fury until noon to-day, when, with a few claps of thunder, the clouds broke away, and to-night the sky is clear and the atmosphere cold and chilly. Last night and until late this morning the gale and rain continued. Telegraph and telephone poles were blown over, and the rapid rise of the river has compelled the people of this city to g0 without water and Iight. All the electric lights, arc and incandescent, are out to-night, and the city isin total darkness, except for lamps and candles. The high water in the water company’s canal hus completely inundated the pumps, and the supply of water has rofessor Peabody will be submitted to the Archives Comm{m& been shut off all d : ay. | Parlies not fortunate enough to !uvel wells on their premises had water sup- plied to them by the water company, which put into service sprinkling carts, that made regular trip, dishing out bucketfuls to those in need. Should afire break out to-night the town would be completely at the mercy of the flames, as not a particle of water is in the mains. The big storm has been general through- out the county. No snow has fallen inthe mountains. It has been all rain, and plenty of it. At noon to-day the Sacra- mento River registered twenty feet above low water mark, and it is still rising. An immense amount of drift is floating down, impeding travel by the ferries. The low lands and fields along the river are under water. Stages could not cross the bridge over the river at this place this morning on account of the water running around the approaches. On the mountain mines | railroad two bridges above Keswick across Spring Creek and one below were swept away by the rising waters, and a great amount of damage has been done to the new road by washouts. Calaboose Creek, a small stream run- ning through this city, was bank full, and last night C. H. Goldberg, an insurance man, nearly lost his life in the torrent. He was in a hack, and, the night being dark, the driver missed the bridge across the creek on Yuba street and drove into the stream. Goldberg was nearly drowned, but by heroic efforts succeeded in swim- ming out. e GOLD IN SAN ANDREAS STREETS. Coarse Specimens Found in Gravel Uncovered by the Rain. SAN ANDREAS, Car., Jan. 18.—Showers have been falling all day, and at 4 o’clock this afternoon there were thunder and lightning, Soon the water fell in sheets, this downpour lasting about twenty min- utes. The streets were flooded, ditches became swollen streams and the creek run- ning through town gained the promi- nence of a river and overflowed its banks. As far as can be learned no damage was done. The rain is a great boon to miners and farmers, and both industries will be greatly benefited. The main street of the town is sloping, and when the rain came it washed off the mud, leaving the grayel-bed bare. This gravel used to yield much gold in early days. People now searching find numerous coarse specimens. One hunter found a nugget worth nearly $7. Ao eh NAPA RIVER RISING. Trains Delayed by a Great Washout Near Krugs Station. NAPA, Car., Jan. 18.—The Napa River went down several feet during the night, but the continued rains have again raised it, and at present it is higher than last night. The boat landing is under water and Spanishtown is flooded. The river is running across First street several feet deep. The morning San Francisco train was delayed several hours on account of a washout, & mile and a half in length, near Krugs station. A special train came up from Vallejo and took the passengers down from here. Over two inches of rain bave fallen dur- ing the past twenty-four hours and about f inches in the last two days. The river is still rising and if the rains con- tin ue up the valley great damage will be done to property. SANTA CRUZ DELUGED. Another Downpour Begins With the Com- ing of Night. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., Jan. 18.—The sun shone brightly this morning for the first time since Sunday, though the heavy rain did not cease till after daylight. 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The Trustees of the town of Lincoln having by ordinance of said town entitled an ordi- nance providing for the issuance and sale of bonds for the town of Lincoln for the construc- tion, acquisition aud complelion of a water- works system for the said town of Lincoin for fire and other municipa! purposes, passed and aporoved the 17th day of December, 1895, ordained that there shall be issued by the said town of Lincoln forty bouds of the denomina- tion of $500 each, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent per aunum, payable annually, and also directing the Town Clerk of the town of Lincoln to give notice inviting proposals for sale of said bonds. Now, therefore, notice is hereby given by the Board of Town Trustees of the town of Lincoln to sell said bonds aforesaid as they may deem necessary. The said bonds are to bear date the first Monday in January, 1896, and are to be numbered consecutively from one to forty, both inclusive, the first bond w0 be made payable on the tirst Monday in January, 1897.and the re- maining bonds consecutively are to be made payable on the first Monday in January ineach succeeding calendar year, until and including the year 1935; the said bonds are to be made payable to the bearer at the office of the Treas- urer of the said town of Liacoln, in the said town of Lincoln, Placer County, State of Cali- fornia, and to each of said bonds there is to be attached interest conpons equal in number to the number of vears which the bond in ques- tion has to run before its maturity. Sealed proposals for the purchase of said bonds will be receivea by the clerk of the said town on behalf of the Trustees of the said town at his office in said town atany time from the date of the first publication of this notice up to the hour of 7 o’clock p. M. of the 31st day of January, 1896, and that thereafter said bonds will be sold by the Board of Trus- tees of said town to the highest and best bid- der for cash in gold coin of tne United States. The Board of Trustees of said town hereby re- serve the right 1o accept or reject any and all bids. No bid will be considered that is for less than the face value of said bonds. Said bonds will be delivered in the aggregate amount made up of forty serial bondsof the entire issue of $20,000, numbered from one to forty, both inclusive. The purchese price of said bonds must be paid on the delivery of the bonds at the office of the Town Treasurer of the said town of Lincoln. The purchaser or purchasers of said bonds, to whom the same are awarded, must give an undertaking with at least two sufficient sureties, in the penal sum of 10 per cent of the purchase price payable to the said town of Lincoln, and conditioned that said purchaser shall within ten days after receiving notice on the partof the said Board of Town Trus- tees to deliver said bonds, take up and payf or same as delivered; and that a failure to take up and pay for same within the time herein specified shall be a breach of said undertake ing and shall constitute such breach of itself, and the sum mentioned in said undertaking shall be held and considered as liquidated damages; and said undertaking may be sued upon immediately in the name of the town of Lincoln, and the amount specified therein recovered as lignidated damages. A deposit in the United States postoffice of said town of Lincoln of a notice of readiness to deliver said bonds signed by the said clerk of the said town and witn the seal of said town aflixed, ad- dressed to the purchaser.of said bonds at his place of business or residence as stated in his bid for said bonds, prepaid, ehall be deemed and taken to be notice to the purchaser from the date of such deposit, and there shall also be embodfed in said underteking the pur- chaser’s assent to the form and sufficiency of such notice. Dated December 31, 1895. F. L. SANDERS, Town Clerk. NOTARY PUBLIC. HARLES H. PHILLIPS, A . C m; ;:- 'Notary Pablic, mlng-..m'.{':nf:'