The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 24, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, - AUGUST. 24, 1896. 3 SAN JOSE WOMEN ENTER POLITICS, : | Campaign Club Formed by Colored Wives and Daughters. WORKING FOR M’KINLEY They Will Issue a Periodical and Hold Meetings Each Week. PROMINENT ORATORS ENGAGED An Organization That Promises Much Assistance to the Cause of Protection. SAN JOSE, CaAvn., Avg. 23.—The first colored woman’s political club on the coast has been organized in this city under the name of the Woman’s Republican Club. It starts with a membership of twenty- two, all of whom have expressed a deter- | mination to “take off their aprons’ and work energetically for McKinley acd pro- tection. They also demand equal sutfrage. The club will be an auxiliary of the Woman's Republican State Central Club. It has adopted by-laws and a constitution to conform to that society’s requirements. The objects of the club, as set forth in its preamble, is to create, foster and promote harmony among the Republican men and women of the county, and to aid ana assist the State Central Club to advocate and maintain the principles of the Re- publican party. The Woman’s Republican Club will enter actively into politics. Its members intend to hold open meetings every Thursday evening, at which prominent speakers will be heard. Addie L. Ballou, president of the State Central Club, has been slated for an address. Every colored woman in the county will be asked to come into the club, which will have a large membership and wield quite an in- nce among the colored voters of the The fi meeting was held on Thursday, August 13, and the following officers were | elected to serve during the ensuing year: President, Mrs. S. F. Debaptiste Overton; M Jennie Lyons; treasurer, liam Brown. A vice-president, ing and financial secretaries and an execative committee of five will be elected at the xt meeting. The Woman’s Club will start a weekly | paper, to be called The Stars and Stripes. | It will be the organ of the club and sup- port McKinley and protection and favor equal suffrage. The copy for the first number bas been prepared, and it will make its appearance about the first of September. A glee club has also been or- ganized. Itiscomposed of Miss Venable, Mrs. Bowles, Miss Whiting and Mrs. Davie. The following are the members of the club: Mrs. 8. F. Debaptiste Overton, Mrs. Rev. Smith, Miss Smith, Mrs. L. Venable, Miss D. Whiting, Mrs. P. Davie, Miss H. Overton, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Boss, Mrs. T. Mass, Mrs. Jacobs, Mrs. A. Toombs, Mrs. N. Tvombs, Mrs. A. Cantine, Miss M. Crawford, Mrs. W. Bowles, Mrs. R. Par- k Mrs. Mackenzie, Mrs. Mendenhall, M. Crawford, Mrs. F. Callisch and s M. Gatewood. Mrs. 8. F. Debaptiste Overton, the presi- dent of the club, is one of the most promi- nent members of the colored society in Central California. She is a native of Massachusetis, but has resided in Califor- a since 1863. Mrs. Overton takes a great nterest in all matters pertaining to her Mrs. M race, and it was mainly through her efforts | that the club was organized. She comes from a Hhistoric family, of which there have been representatives in both of the great w Jchn Debaptiste, her grandfather, was in the Revolutionary War, and his sons, George and Benjamin, were in the Civil Waz. Lo S4N DIEGO’'S BIG RALLY. Hon. 3. M. Shortridge and Senator Per- kins Will 4ddress Republicans. SAN DIEGO, Car., Aug. 23.—Chairman A. F. Nason of the Republican County Central Committee has received a tele- gram from M. R. Higgins, secretary of the State Central Committee, announcing that Hon. Samuel M. Shoertridge and Senator George C. Perkins would speak at San Diego on the evening of September 1. Local Republicans propose to receive them with a monster rally. A special train, having aboard 150 Republicans from San Francisco and Oakland, will accom- pany the speakers as far as Los Angeles, where a rally will be held on the 29th inst., and the aortherners will probably all come to San Diego, with increased numbers from Los Angeles. | The McKinley Club and a dozen ward clubs will welcome the visitors, and special | trains from euburban towns will bring Jarge crowds, both to hear the elcquent speakers and to sound the first slogan of the campaign in these parts. oo Silverites at Glen Ellen. SANTA ROSA, CaL, Aug. 23.—The Bryan Free Silver Club met in the Native Sons' Hall last night to listen to addresses from T.J. Butts and Virgil Moore of Santa Rosa. Mr. Butts eloguently reviewed the financial question, and advocated the free coinage of silver by the United States alone, giving his reasons for believing that this was the only way to_secure interna- tional bimetallism. Mr. Moore confined his remarks to the railroad question, giv- ing Mr. Huntington and his followers a verbal castigation that would bave warmed the cockles of Mayor Sutro’s heart and made Mr. Bassett of Oakland dance with joy had the two eminent railroad-haters een present. The officers of the club are: J. W. Gibson, president, and E. C. Har- vey, secretary. SR T MONTEiITH 18 FIRM. Again Declares He Will Not Withdraw to Promote Fusion. GUERNEVILLE, CaL, Aug. 23.— George W. Monteith, Populist candidate for Congress in this distriet, addressed a large audience here last night. The audi- tors were of both sexes and of all political complexions, but they were seemingly in sympathy with the speaker in his impas- sioned denunciation of the Southern Pa- ciic Railroad and its methods. He de- clared his intention of staying in the fight, whether indorsed by the Democrats or not, and the statement drew a hearty cheer. He complimented his opponent, Judge Barham, the Republican candidate, upon his splendid anti-railroad record in Congress, and declared that Huntington would be between two fires in this district, Monteith was loudly chevred when he ve- hemently declared: “1 spurn them as I scorn them; I defy them as I detest them, and they shall not crucify me on a railroad double cross.”” Rae g BN Silver Speeches at Bloomfleld. SANTA ROSA, CaL, Aug. 23.—The Bloomfield Bryan and Sewall Club was addressed last night at Bloomfield by John T, Campbell and James C. Sims of Santa Rosa. The meeting was presided over by ex-Senator E. C. Henshaw. Each of the speakers is seeking the nomination for the office of Superior Judge of this county, and their remarks were tempered with a judicial gravity wholly lacking in the usual stump speaker. Fire at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Car, Aug. 23.—Fire started in the stable of E. M. Leitch on Q street this morning and destroyed prop- erty worth from $20,000 to $25,000. The stable was situated in the center of the lumber-yards of the city, and before the arrival of the fire department flames had spread to the neighboring houses and the lumber-yard of Richards & Knox. A general alarm was then turned in, and for four hours the entire department was busily engaged in confining- the fire to the block in which it originated. - The principal losers are: E. M. Leitch $6000, insured for $1500; Joe Diaz $500, fully insurec; Hariwell, Hotchkiss & Stocker $2000, insured for $1750; Richard & Knox, buildings and half million feet of lumber, $15,000, insurance $4000. Mzs, S, F. Debaptiste Overton, President of the Woman’s Republican Club of San Jose TENTING ‘NEATH GLEN ELLEN OAKS, League of the Cross Cadets Tenant a Canvas City. CAMP O'RYAN’S GUARD. Military Discipline Does Not Dim the Pleasures of an Outing. MASS SAID UNDER THE TREES. Before an Altar of Flowers Young Warriors Join in Gospel Service. GLEN ELLEN, Can, Aug. 23.—The spirit of the free open air was 1mbibed rather freely by the League of the Cross cadets from San Francisco immediately after their arrival at Camp O’Ryan. The boys, of course, readily accustomed them- selves to the restraint cf a military en- campment, but that was before supper had refreshed them last night. They had dress parade and guard mount, and after that amused themselves by running into barbed-wire fences, orchards and the guard-house, so that.it was still quite early in the night when a haif-dozen youthful warriors were enjoying soothing lotions to themselves in the hospital, and as many more were on the penitent stool, down where the gnards held sway. Camp was organized with the following officers, who were on duty until 6 o’clock this evening: Officer of the day, Captain Edward P. Fitz- gerald; officer of the guard, Lieutenant David A.Barry; acting adjutant, Lieutenant C. J. Regen; sergeant- major, Tgeant Jam Lamey; sergeantsof the guard, Robert Can- ning and John O’Neill; corporal of the guard, T. Leary. Members of the guard: Company C— Privates C. du Fossee, Edward Mulyille, Wil- liam O’Brien, Edw. Hanrahan and J. Lavelle, Company B—Privates G. Monroe, G. Cuthbert- son, H. Smith, P. Murphy and J. Sewell; Com- pany H—Privates John Sullivan, Julius Erlen- hein, John Cashman, John Daley and Thomas Phelan. Dr. A. P. Mulligan, surgeon of the regi- ment, organized the hospital corps, with Lieutenant C. Kennedy as assistant and Privates Frank Clark and Louis Healy as extra assistants, When morning dawned on the camp an animated and pretty scene was presented to visitors. The camp nestles snugly on a level stretch, framed with great old oaks, madrones and the shambling foliage of the river side. There is a single street, with rows of tents on each side, leading up to a double-cross line, where the officers and guests are quartered. A tall flag- pole has been planted in the open and from it the stars and stripes are waving. At headquarters, too, the American flag ?n used in decoration. Hidden by trees and climbing vines the caterer, an old National Guard officer, holds forth, and it 1s there in a veritable summer-bower the cadets enjoy their meals. veille sounded at 5:40 A, m. to-day 1 and at 6, the second call, brought the companies into line. The muster roll was as follows: Company B—Captain, James H. Curley; fi lieulel?:m, Fred 8. Boo'per; secona uex:é‘nnr:'tt E. A. Calden. Sergeants—len Go ryl, Thomas Cummins, John McCarty, Frank ‘Do Stanislaus_Riley, f il Thomas Dougherty. Cor- rals—Albert McElroy, Bert l(n‘:!.:n,yhn:lk th, Jobhn O’Brien, Charles McKenna. Musicians—John McDonald, Fred Newberger, John Potter, Privates—Thomas Bolger. John Berxelel, Charles Dowling, James Dougherty, Ha isenschimel, Thomas Fay, Louis Flan- ders, Thomas Gardner, Edward Glennow, Ed- ward Green, Charles fllnolfl, Harry Hay, Ed- ward Joyce, Harry Johnson, Robert Jordan, Daniel Kennedy, James Kindelon, George Meehan GaoT Monroe, James McClellan, James McLanghlin, Vincent McDevitt, William Minner, James Melody, Stephen Ratto, Joseph Bewell and John Winters. Company C—Csptain, Edward Fitzgerald: Army Life at Camp O’Ryan, the Tented City of the League of the Cross Cadets at Glen Ellen. first lieutenant, D. Barry; second lleuu{mnc, C. Regan; sergeants—J. Lamey, J. O'Neill, W. Fitzgerald, R. Canning and T. Cusick; cor- orals—H. Smith, C. Swineford; privates—E. randon, H. Brandon, J. Brady, F. Clark, C. Cole, J. Collins, J. Cusick, T. Daly, E. Dowling, C. du Fossee, T. Dwyer, J. Feeny, W. Foley, William Fleming, J. Gerran, L. Garety, R. Garety, J. Griffen, E. Henrahan, L. Healey, William Hoey, J. Hughes, J. Keneally, M Kerr, J. Lamey, J. Lavelle, C. Lucy, T. L W. Malson, J. McLatchie, D. McEnerney, liam MecLeod, F. McQuade, T. McQuade, roney, E. Mulville, J. O'Brien, William 0'Brien, H. O'Neill, M. O'Rourke, D. Regan, J. Rock, A. Rudolphus, H. Thomas, E. Walcott, F. Walcott, N. McMahou, J. Loughlin, W. Scan- lon, J. Sweeney, J. Condon, G. Hale, M. O’Brien and H. Fitzgerald, Company D—Captain, James McBride; first lieutenant, J. D. Dwyer; second lientenant, Harry McGuren. Sergeants — Joseph Tracy, E. J. Heney, Frank Hurney. Corporals—John Dowling, James McGuire, William Walsh, A, Mohun, Joseph Carew; musician, Vincent Devlin, Privates—Lawrence Bowland, Francis Bray, James Burke, Joseph Burns, Edward Byrnes, Frank Callaghan, Vincent Carroll, Thomas Crawford, Daniel J. Curley, Walter Dunn, Joseph Gagan, Thomas Galvin, Arthur Galvin, Charles Keenan, John Lyon, Chester Mahoney, Harry Mahoney, Reuben Mahoney, Thomas” Mahoney, Joseph Mohim, Robert J. McDermott, Thomas McLeod, Charles Mc- Quade, W. J. McDonngll, Joseph Rochfort, Ed- gar G. Ryder, William S. Shotwell, George H. Suilivan, Harry . Tobin, Company E—Captain, D. J. McCarthy; first lieutenant, E. A. Crowley; second lieutenant,R. J. Ringwood ; sergeants—Daniel Hart, B. Ma- lone, Philip Martin, Louis McCrystle, Joseph Brady; corporals—Eugene 0'Connor, Join O'Leiry, Richard Malone, Harry Grady; mu- sicians—Joseph Flynn, William Walsii, Ray Colvin; privates—Benjamin Baker, Frank Bray, Martin Brown, Joseph Colvin, John Dil- lon, Albert Fraggelly illiam Fogarty, Al- fonso Fernandes, Frank Gabriel, Samuel Har- mon, Herbert Hewecke, John Hurley, George Kelly, Harry Keane, C. Lippi, Euward Lee, Frank McArdle, Robert McCabe, Edward Mc- Goldrick, Samuel Murray, George McCarthy, Robert O’Neiil, Thomas O’Neill, Jemes O'Leary, John Sullivan, James Sullivan, Wal- ter Shine, Thomas Smith, Louis Swaer, John Stack, Samuel Thomas, James Walsh, George Wall, Walter Wheeler. Company G—Captain, E. J. Power; first lieu- tenant, Robt. Powers; second lieutenant, W. 8. Madden; sergeants—William Dixon, James H. Toohy, William Hennessey, Joscph F. Maloney; corporals—D. J. Earle, Harry K. Griflith, Wil liam F. Curry, Frank Colligan, Thomas E. Crowley; musicians—John B. Clinton, H. C. Harvey, Thomas F. Dugan; privates—Gus Bertl, M. P. Braton, George H. Crowley, Ed- ward Dougherty, Frank Dutfy, John P, Duffy, Richard Donovan, John Giichrist, Charles Gor- man, John P. Haley, Charles E. Hay, Thomas F. Keoghn, David J. Kentzell, Frank T. Ken- nedy, Bdward G. Lonergan, George P. Loveéoy, Charies H. Matthews, Edward Matthews, Allan W. Murphy, Edwerd Murphy, Paul Murphy, by Qoylea, Ross McMahon, LeoJ. Nolan, John O’Neill, A. B, Rice, Harry Smith, William Terry. Company H—Captain, J. E. Power; first licu- tenant, Louis Healy; second lieutenant, Joseph Regan. Sergeanis—J. T. Sullivan, Morris Morend, Richard Telfer, John Keating, Thomas Eccles, Andrew Hines. Corporals — Thomas O’Leary, James Daly, Frank Telier, John Whe- lan, Jerry Douovan. Musicians—James Leon- ard, John Marisch, Richard Delsney. Pri- vates—Loais Aufenauger, Thomas Ahern, Dan- iel Ahern, William Beaseley, Lester Coghlan, Tim Coghlan, Alfred Christensen, Phillip Clark, James Cavansgh, Michael Casey, Peter Donovan, George Deléhanty, John Derby, James Derby, John Dillon, John wvwyer, Michael Doyle, John Enright, Alex Erlenheirn, Julius Erlenbeim, Johu Foley, John Fagan, Henry Geishacker, Geo. Godwin, Frank Guinee, John Guinee, George Hannan, Edward Hansen, Fred Haley, James Harrigan, James Hopkins, Charles umphreys. William Kelly, John Kingston, Dennis Kearney, Richard lawlor, James Lenihan, Alex McDonald, John McDon- ald, Edward McCaffery, James McDermott, Walter Moreno, Josepa Moreno, Wilbert Moye, Thomas Manning, John McShotser, James Nu- gent, James O’ Malley, Harry O’Connor, James O'Kane, Michael O'Keefe, Thomas O’Toole, Arthur Ohlsen, Henry Power, Tuomas Phelan, Aured Quinn, Roger Reynolds, Matthew Riley, Wiiliam Ryan, John Roberts, Stephen Reilly, John Sullivan, Jerry Sullivan, Fred Scanlun, John Segue, John Sheehan, Thomas Tracy, Thomas Tarley, Thomas Whaley, Wil- liam Whaley, Jerry Whalen, Breakfast call wasat 8. ., and soon afterward the regiment was put through a variety of evolutions by Captain H. P. Filgate. The boys drilled in batialion for an hour, center forward. fours left and right, formed a line to right of company’s rear into column. Then the companies broke from right to march to left, right front into line of companies and columns of fours and changed direction to right in columns of fours, all without a break or error. Sword exercise was gone through for quite a long time, and Captain Filgate said that in his thirty years’ experience in military affairs be never saw more admira- ble work by young soldiers. The cadet officers showed a remarkable proficiency and knowledge of tactics. Camp order 1 was issued detailing Cap- tain Fitzgerald as adjutant, Sergeant La- mie as sergeant-major and Sergeant Crow- la{ as provost sergeant. mmediately aiter the arrival of the morning train from the City the boys wel- comed their numerous visitors and then prepared to assist at the military mass. The regiment marched with its flag and drum corps fours front to a large pavilion at one end of the park. Here a temporary altar had been erected. It was covered with white and also bunches of fragrant flowers. The regiment marched into the pavilion from the rear and quickly formed three sides of a hollow square in” front of the altar. There was a large number of people present and they remained outside the lines of the cadets. Sergeant Frank Colligan of Company G attended Father McDonald at the mass. The cadets saluted when the gospel was read, and during the consecration they knelt and gave their unique salute with drawn sabers. One of the young fellows, who had been on guard duty all night aud was weak from the strain upon him, fell in a faint. His comrades nearest him broke ranks and ran to his assistance. They clr‘li'led him outside where he soon recev- ered. Father McDonald spoke briefly on the gospel of the day, which tells of the leper Samaritan, whose faith had made him whole. The lesson drawn from this was that people do not return thanks for the goodness of God and that they should foilow the example of the outcast Samari- tan. The chaplain, speaking to the cadets, advised them in regard to their rule of conduct during life. While in camp he particularly requested them to act like gentlemen, and then they would gain the respect of the people here and reflect honor upon the League of the Cross. After the military mess the cadets re- lieved themselves of their fatigue hats LYNCHERS FAL AT FREBAUGH Officers Save a Murderer "From the Vengeance of a Mobh. HURRIED FROM TOWN, They Convey Him to Mendota While Avengers Are in Futile Search. HUMSINDO ALANO'S CRIME. Killed a Fellow M xican, but Claims the Homocide Was Due to Accident. FRESNO, CaArn, Aug. 23. — Andreas Martinez, a Mexican, aged 30 years, was instantly killed in a saloon at Firebaugh early this morning by Humsindo Alano, ardother Mexican. Alano isabout 28 years old. A lynching party started after Alano, but he was secreted by a friendly bar- tender in Ike Meyer's hotel. Alano lay in the cellar for several hours while the vil- lagers were scouring every housein search of him. Shortly after noon Deputy Sheriffs Timmins and Bedford arrived from Fresno and Alano was glad to put himself into their charge. The mob was in another part of the village at the time and the deputies made their stay in Fire- baugh as brief as possible. “While the Iynchers were yet hunting for Alano in Firebaugh the officers had arrived at Men- dota, twelve miles away, and had him ‘in jail. Coroner Long arrived from Fresno just about the time officers reachea Mendota and bastened on to Firebaugh to hold the inquest. Alano told the officers that he was in a saloon early this morning and asked the bartender if there was any ob- jection to his shooting at a mark across the street. The bartender made no objec- tivn, and Alano fired three shots. Just then Martinez stepped into the doorway and received the fourth shot in his breast. There has been a long era of lawlessness among the mixed population of Fire- baugh. Itisremote from centersof civ- ilization, and a few months ago the resi- dent Justice of the Peace, W. 8. Crawford, moved to Mendota to insure his personal safety. Martinez, the victim, was married, but had no children. Alano is a single man. POWER FOR SAN JOSE. Negotiations Pending Between Local Cor- porations and the Big Creek Company. BAN JOSE, CaAn, Aug. 23.—The Big Creek Power Company of Santa Cruz, is and tunics and hastened to dinner, and that over they went swimming and stroli- ing at their own sweet wiil through the country. Many of the boys wore white canvas suits that were becoming, but they, too, left the camp, which was almost de- serted during the afternoon, At dress parade this evening the follow- ing officers were chosen to govern the camp from 6 A. M. until 6 p. M. to-morrow: Officer of the day, Captain E. J. Power; officer of the guard, First Lieutenant E. Crowley; sergeant of the guard, Sergeant A. Hynes; corporal of the guard, Corporal Henr:; Hay; members of the guard Company B, privates W. Clancy, F. Grumley, T. Gard- ner, R. O'Neill and G. Guthbertson; Com- pany O, privates D. McInerney, C. Lucy J. O'Brien, J. Brady, M. Kane and . Foley; Company H, privates M. Cash- man, R. Delaney, J. Logan, J. Nugent and J. Enright. SANTA CRUZ ADVENTURE, Mrs. Cox Hill of Fresno aud a Companion Rescued From the Surf. The Plucky Woman Almost Drowned While Teaching a Young Man to Swim. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., Aug. 23.—The loungers on the beach at the Neptune baths at noon to-day were startled by a cry for help from a woman a bundred yards away from shore and in the vicinity of the raft which is the objective point of all ambitious swimmers, Colonel Ralph Miller, who was in the shallow water of the surf with a party of friends, neard the cry and recognized Mrs. Cox Hill of Fresno as the endangered bather, He called out in response: ‘“You are all right, just keep cool.”” The loungers on the sands could see the woman struggling with Harry Postlethwaite of Los Gatos, and there was great danger that both would go down before Colonel Miller could Teach them. When Colonel Miller had swam to the pair Postlethwaite was exhausted and was clingine to Mrs. Hill in such a way that she could not have supported him much longer. He separated them and aided Mrs. Hill to reach the life line that con- nects the raft with the shore. Then he turned his attention to Posulethwaite, who was so nearly unconscious as to be not only helpless but a burden. The colonel ‘‘ducke1” him, but he was obliged to repeat this twice before he could contrqg) the half drowning man and pear him to shore. The young man who so narrowly es- caped death is, with his wife and a brother, occupying a summer cottage here. He is just learning to swim, and Mrs. Hill, who is here with the Colonel Trevelyan party of Fresno, had gone out with him this morning to give him the benefit of her experience, for she is an ex- cellent swimmer. She did not realize that he had become so zreatly exhausted until his feet dropped ana his body bung limp in the water. Then the struggle began, and as Mrs. Hill remarked after it was all over, she “hadn’t the heart to ‘duck’ ‘him,” and that is where she made her mistake. s A ol Won by Stockton’s Team. STOCKTON, Can., Aug. 23.—The best baseball game of the season was plaved to-day between the Will & Fincks of Ban Francisco and the regu'ar Stockton team. Beside the regular percentage of the gate receipts, the teams played for a wager of $100 a side. The Stockton team won after a hard struggle by a score of 10 to 4. negotiating with the managers of the elec- tric light and car systems of this city to supply electric power irom the Big Creek plant. F. W, Swanton, manager of the Big Creek company, has been in the city several days, and, it is said, he has met with some encouragement. The plant of the Big Creek company is | located eighteen miles from Santa Cruz | and twenty-six- miles from San Jose, and | at present is of 1000 horsepower. Only 500 horsepower is used in supplying the | Seaside City, and it is proposed to furnish the surplus power to this city provided the | necessary arrangements can be made. It is also proposed by the Big Creek com- pany to build an_additional reservoir that will supply sufficient water to run the dynamo three davs, and which will admit | of an additional 500 horsepower. From the reservoir now in usea pipe line 1920 feet has been constructed, and in this distance a fall of 923 feet is obtained with a pressure of 400 pounds, making the greatest pressure of any flow of water in the State, next to the San Joaquinsystem, which operates the Fresno plant. —_——— GIACINTO ZARCONE DEAD. Passing of an Italian Patriot Who Won Honor by His Valor. SAN JOSE, Car., Aug. 23.—Giacinto Zar cone, who has for nearly thirty years been a resident of San Jose, died to-day after an illness of two weeks. ' He was 59 years of age and a native of Sicily. He was a veteran of the war for the independence of Italy, joining the army when he was 23 years of age and re- maining in the field until the patriots were successful. Subsequently he received a bronze medal for meritorious services in the war. In 1884 Zarcone came to America, and in 1865 opened a barber shop in San Jose. He was a member ot the Italian Beneyo- lent Society, San Jose Hussars, Knights of Pythias and the Ancient Order of Druids. -l STOCEKTON RAILWAX PROJECT. The Line to the Sierra Nevada Mines Now Seems Assured. STOCKTON, CaL., Aug. 23.—Thomas 8. Bullock, the New York capitalist, who is back of the project to runm a railway from this city eastward into the mining region of the Sierra Nevada, arrived yesterday. It is almost certain that the road will be built. Nearly eighty miles of rails have arrived in California, shipped by Mr. Buli- lock, and they are to be laia somewhere in this State. The most promising region are the mines, which are steadily growing in output and population and which offer a splendid field for railroad operations. They need quick communication with the ocean and the only feasible route is by way of this city, which is their natural entreport. The first part of the right of way can be obtained at any time axnd after reaching the foothills there will be no trouble in getting land for the road. It would not be surprising if the work of laying the rails shouid be commenced next month. ) BO0N 10 SICBAHENTO Claus Spreckels’ Plans for the Establishment of a Sugar Factory. H: Is Willing to Erect the Plant If the Farmers Will Raise Beets. SACRAMENTO, CiL., Aug., 23.—P. W. Morse, representing Claus Spreckels, met the Chamber of Commerce at the Sutter Club this evening and gave the members some information regarding the possibili- ties of beet culture in suitable soil. Mr. Morse is the assistant superinten- dent of the Watsonville beet-sugar fac- tory, and was sent to this locality by Mr. Spreckels to investigate the adaptability of the soil here for beet-sugar cuiture. The plan which met with his approval was thata committee be appoiutas to in- duce a large number of farmers to plant experimental acreage and send samples to him for analysis. No farmer, he said, need plant a piece of fironnd more than a few reet square, and he would determine from the samples sent what ground was suitable and what was not. If 30,000 acres of good ground could be obtained, and the farmers would agree to plant that much to beets, a factory, he betieved, would be started by Mr. Spreckels. At Watsonville, he said, the farmers were raising from twelve to twenty-five tons to the acre and were getting $4 a ton. ‘Where the ground was good for beet cul- ture the farmers were getting rich. Mr. Spreckels’ plan was to contract with the farmer to raise beets for two years, and after this he made annual contracts at such a time of year as to allow the farmer to plant any kind of a crop he saw fit, provided he did not find beets profita- ble. 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