The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1897, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1897 RISING WATERS THREATEN YOLO Cache Creek Running Bank Full and Rain Still Falling. The Town Endangered by a Levee Cut by Railroad Men and Not Repaired. S:zventy-Five Thousand Acres ¢f Land | visited by a genuine Kastern road a fow miles west of Auburn, and in | consequence no trains passed here until evening. ———— Death at Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, Car, Feb. 1.—One of the oldest of the Spanish residents of Santa Cruz, Jose. Miguel Cecilio Soria, died here last evening. Soria was born in this city sixty-six rs ago. His widow and two sons survive him. Soria was noted in the early days as an Indian fighter and also engaged in the Mexican war. His father was & wealthy Spaniard, whose possessions before the conxuest were among the largest holdings in this county, and even in later days he was con- sidered wealthy, owning valuable land near Soquel. - Fresnoites Pelted by Hail, FRESNO, Cav., Feb. 1,—This city was tuunder- storm this afternoon, and for several min- utes rain and hail fell in torrents. It was the heaviest downpour that Fresno has experienced formany a day. The hail lay thick about the streeis, and citizens in- dulgea in “snowballing'’ to a very lively extent. The drivers of teams and streei- cars were unmercifully pelted. Inundated and Rendered I Useless. | WOODLAND, Car., Feb. L—Oue of the | heaviest storms witnessed in many years | visited Woodland last night and to-day, | the fall being 2.50 inches for the twenty- four hours, making 1514 inches for the | season. It has been raining at intervals | all day. Cache Creek is ranning bank full and may go over at any time. | In this event the town of Yolo is likely | to be submerged with water which will come in through a bréak in the leveea short distance above the railroad bridge. | This levee was cut by the railroad men | last fall and has nev en repaired. ‘x.e1 county roat at Yolo is -now covered by water and the railroad embankment is threatened. The big rms: in reciama- tion district No. 108, which - lies between | Dunnigan und Knights Landsng, are again | inundated, and all hoye of raising ¢rops | this year are abandesed, - The water from | the creeks and sloughs Teading from the foothills has covereil “the entiié district, and 75,000 aeres of land has beeu rendered useless for the. present. season, ‘as -this water cacnot run:off until nex spring. There is a vast amount of. water stand- ing on the grain flelds between Woodland | and Davisville. Willow Slougli is ranning bunk full. The ¥ater is 1ot very hien in the tules betwe ville. TIDAL WA amento: and D: ——— VE AT - POINT LONA. | Ballast - Point - Washed | Away and Several Wharves Carried. | Qut to Sea. SAN DIEGO, €L Feb. - 1.—Whien the sun went down benind: Poinit Loma last evening it closed one of the miost remark: able days, thermally Speaking, in the his- tory of this cosst, but'it was not until to- day that people realized 'that there “had | been anything more -uniisual than a high | tide accompanied by the attendant surl. | The facts-are that ‘there {s 1o storm to,re- cord of vesterday. ;. Old ovean simply raised up with @ force’ thatwas irresi iole and eyerything: mpvable that stood | in the way. was.removed or ‘washed-out of | existence ; that all The day was ushered i by, an nmusu- ally’ low tide. About 10 o'clockithe sea turned to came back, and: fot ‘three fours itrdse higher inhind: ufiil all:‘the sand beaches aud. even the ‘farge Tocks above n.ean high watér. were complaiety sub-| merged: " At 1 o'ciock thiesnrt reached its height. high road. hiad:just beeil fin- hed across™ Ballast <Point by the Califor nia Construction Company, 1éading to the Government - fortifications. - This. . barréd the. way like a:wall. The: sea arose and swept.across -t1ie: peninsula for. the. first| e forty-five years; and -the. road, | ieh cost the builders $860; was no more. At the same time: another Wave lifted the Corenado pier into the air, and -threw it back into tbe billowsa wreck. ‘At Rosario, | down the coast thirty miles;a small-wharf | was washed away. | At about the same hour the tide reached senada, Lower California, and & few | minutes later & larger wave than usual | roiled in toward the shore-and litting the wharf on its crest carried it bodily out to sea, with three flatears, wharf piles, don- key-engine, piledriver and a new surfboat | valued at $1000, all the property of the | Lower California Development Company, which estimates its loss at $2000. Five hundred people swod on the shore and watched the big wharf, which had with- | stood the storms of eight years, carried away as though It had been a cockleshell. SNOW FALLS IN THE SOUTH, = . Mountains and Foothills South of the | Tehachapi Coversd by a Man- | tle of White. | ANGELES, CAL, Feb. 1.—For the second time this sesson the mountains | and foothills of Southern California are | covered by a thick mantle of snow. For three days the wind has been from the | east or northeast. Last evening it in- | creased to a gale. Rain began falling at 8 o'clock Sunday night and centinued al- | most incessgniy up to nodn to-day, ac- | comypanied by constant gales of remark- | able velocity for this part of the State. | The storm eased off this afterroon to s gentle wind and a drizzling rain, There | is every prospect of another downpour be. | fore morning. | Small streamsall over Southiern Cali- fornia are bankfull of water to-night, while the rivers are rising rapidly, Some | damage from the wind resultéd 1o a4 num- | ber of smell frame buildises snd otbers | in course of construction. The precipita- | tion for the storm np (05 P. M. to-duy, Was | nearly two inches and for the season | eleven inches, or within two inches of the annnal avers, rainfall for- -the: past | twenty vears. The rainfall on" this date | last season was five incnes gnly. The ilooding of the: streets delaved streetcar service this forenoon; and -local { railway traffic_tbrough ‘the ‘mountains Dhas been temporarily interfered with; ot~ ing to the aimos; unprecedented snow- all. Highway Across LOS L el HIGH WATER i1 STOCKTON. Rainfall for a Pertod of Twenty-Four | Hours Exceeds Two Inche | STOCKTON, CaL., Feb. 1.—Rain fell in torrents here all morning and again in the afternoon, but’ to-night the sky was clear and the storm has apparently passed over. More than two inches of rain fell since last night and the channels booming. The water is well up to the banks of Mormon Channel, but thers does not seem to be much danger of a flcoa. From Linden, east of here, country is flooded by every sudden rise in Mormon Channel, comes the report that there 13 no water in thé town as yet. S DER WATER, AUBURN U Business Portion of the Town Liundated | for a Time, AUBURN, Can, Feb. 1.—Two and a half inches of rain fell here in two hours this morning. This, with tlie heavy rains of yesterday and last night, ‘caused the ravines to overflow and the Bear River Diteh to break, flooding the business por- tion of the town for a time. Considerable damage was done 1o store etocks; roads were washed out, and court was ad journed because of the absence of jurors and wit- nesses. A landslide occurred on the raii- | tns vicinity last night. | the, | and Mount Tamaipai. | Columbia, where the | = Washouts Near Newcaustle, NEWCASTLE, Car, Feb. .—The heav- iest storm for years swept over the nills in Small streams were swollen to rivers, roads were washed outin all directivns and several bridges floated away. The downpour lasted for several hours. This morning the railroad company had men walking the track con- tinually, A landslide delayed the over- land train five hours. el Heary Storm at Tulare. TULARE, CarL., Feb. 1.—The precipita- tion from yesterday at 7 A. M. to 4 P. . to- day was 170 inches. Since the 28th of Jan: .15 inches has fatlen, Old set- tlers say this 13 the greatest rainstorm in The toal fall for the season RAILWAY T0 BOLINAS. Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Com- pany May Soon Extend Its Line. MILL VALLEY, CaL, Feb. 1. —A move of the greatest importance to the people of Marin County, and especially interesting to raiiroad men and civil en- gineers, may shortly be made by the Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Rail- road Company in the extending of its road to Bolinas, on the Marin coast. The country that must be traversed by the new line is mountainous and the con- struction of the road will require en- gineering skill of no mean quality. While the distance from the summit of Mount Tamalpais to the town of Bolinas, on the Pa Ocean, in an air line is only three miies the route of the road will be about seven miles in length, on account of the numerous loops that must be constructed in order to obtain easy and gradual grades for the mountain engines. Engineers bave already looked over the route and assert that the most feasible pian 1s to run the line commencing from extreme southwestern point now reached by the Tamalpais Scenic road and running in a northerly direction, crossing to the northwestern siope of the mountain and descending Tamalpais by 4 7 per cent ade, which the eneineers claim it is pos- ble ‘to obain, to Willow Beach, on the Pacific Ocean, and irom there skirt the beach and proceed to Bolinas. This route will open the vast estates which lie between Mill Valley and Bolinas and which are now almost idle and with- out means of communication or transpor- tation except by stage to San Rafael. Be- yond this primitive method anda a tedious trip. by schooner Bolinas has no way of transporting its products to the metropo- lis, and in consequence the progress ex- hibited by the.towns'in California is sadly cking in_the little city on the Marin i coast. here seems to be a reticence on the part of the directors of the Mill Valley Scenic road about divulging the pians_for the future. Vice- President David dicKay was seen this af- ternoon and said he was not at liberty to ate what action the directors had taken ata meeting held last week in rezard to éxtending the line to Bolinas. It is known that Mr. McKay is heartily in favor of the proposition. He said that the roli- ing stock of the road was to be increased. R NEARING A CRISIS AAT SALEM. Senator Mitchell to Make a Final Attempt to Bring About Mis Re- Election. SALEM, Or., Feb. 1.—The legislative deadlock is expected to reacha crisis to- morrow. Senator Mitchell bas decided to call & joint session of his thirty supporters in the Benson House and sixteen Senators, declare a legal quorum and baliot for United S Failing to secure States Senator. a certificate of election from the Secretary of State he will g0 to Washington and lay his case before the Senate. The Bourne- Davis ndherents assert that Mitchell | cannot raily more than_eleven or twelve members of the Upper House to his sup- port and wiil be unabie to muster a | quorum. Asthe Senate has persistently refused to recognize either the Benson or | Davis house it is difficult to understand how members of that body can l-gally sit | in joint session with a discredited assem- bly. Should Mitchell's followers not suc- ceed in gathering a quorum the Senator will in all probability give up tne fight and withdraw from the field. A caucus of | both factions has been held every day for nearly a week and there are no signs of a break on either side. SALT LAKE, Uran, Feb. 1.—Seven bal- lots were taken to-day in the Utah Legis- lature, and the Senatorial deadlock is unbroken, Thatcher, who had twenty- eight votes on Saturday last, lost two on tne first. ballot, then gained one, and re- tained twenty-seven until the As<embiy dissolved for the day. Rawlins had 19, Henderson 14, and - three Republicans voted for T. R. Critchlow. Thé Thaicher forces are stable, and the impression pre- vails that their candidate will in the course of & few days receive thirty-two yotes, the number necessary to a choice: otherwise the choice of the Legislature will probably fail upon a dark horse. — Hdrassing Vaucowuver Chimese. VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 1.—There is no rest for the Chinaman in_British, these days—particalarly in | Vancouver. - There have recently been three raids in Chinaiown among the | gambling dens and a large amount of property and money has been confiscated. | The authorities are not only determined | that the Chinamen must. be prevented | from coming into Vancouver, but those | here must be encouraged in every way to | g0 out of the country. The bad small | boy has lately been making things warm | for the Celestials, peiting them with stones, throwing their washing an wares into the street and generally making their lives. miserable, but-the police wink at this offence against the code :and the Council continues to make special laws | to harass the unwelcome alien. = Santa Cruz Pioneer’s Funeral SANTR CRUZ, CaL., Feb. 1L.—The body of Lewis Jefferson Plant, the pioneer who | pied Lere last Friday, was taken to San Franeisco to-aay to be cremated at Cypress | Lawn Cemetery. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. O. Tillotson, rector of Calvary Episcopal Church. ALELS g Purchase the Fortuna Mine. NEVADA CITY, CaL., Feb. 1.—Frank W. Page and cthers of San Francisco to- «dey bought the Fortuna mine, in this di: trict, paying $50,000 for it. CARSON MUST HAVE THE FIGHT Legislators Give Manager Dan Stuart But One Choice. Ready to Repeal the Bill if He Decides Upon Another Lacation. Father Girt!and of the Catholic Church Voices His Approval of Glovs Contests. CARSON, Ngv.,, Feb. 1—Jt was re- ported tuis morning that the sporting fra- ternity of Utah and Montana had offered to Dan Stuart induceinents to pull the big fight off near Salt Lake, just inside the Ne- vada line. This report caused great ex- citement here, and members of the Legis- lature declared that if suck an offer was accepted and the fight taken from Carson they would repeal the prize-fight bill *'so quickly that it would make Stuart’s head swim.” They voted for the measure on the understanding that the capiral of Ne- vada would be the battie-ground. Already acanvass has been made of nearly every member of the Legislature. In tne House there are nine men who voted against the bill and one who declined to vote. These ten will vote for a repeal of the act, and it will require but six more votes to repeal it in the House. Eight have said already that if the fizht does not come off in Car- son they will vote forrepeal. A change of two votes in the Benate will repeal it, and they will be forthcoming at any time that Dan Stuart announces that the fight will not come off here. The feeling is so pronounced on this subject that there is no longer any ques- tion about the location of the fight, as far as Carson is concerned, and the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company is al- ready putting -on extra men to get the cars in order t® transport the crowd. Orders ifor hotel accommodations and seats at the ringside are pouring into Car- sun. Yesterday a cable dispatch to A. Livingston, Stuart’s agent, came from London, asking for twenty seats. Up to date seventy-eight Pullman cars have been engaged in New York, St. Louis, Chicago and San Francisco and other cities to transport gilt-edged sports to the battle ground. Corbett wiil train at Steamboat Hot Springs, near Reno, and Fitzsimmons will train at Shaw’s Hot Springs at Carson. Father Gartland of the Catholic church in- this city was interviewed to-day con- cerning the prize-fight bill and said: “Tne members of the State Legislature were sent to represent the majority of the in- habitants of our commonwealth, and if the bill permitting prize-fights suited the majority of our law-makers then the mi- nority bas nothing to do but submit, and since the Governor, who has the interests of the whole State at heart, thinks the bill_proper and signcd it it is law, and as such we should all upho}d it and do all in our power to see that we get as much benefit out of it as possible, “There is nothing brutal in glove con- tests as they are carried on at the present time, as compared with football and a great many other games that are per- mitted, and if the fight will bring the moneyed class of people here and benefit the town financially as well as otherwise, without doing any harm—whica it will not—then let it take piace 1 Carson by all means.”’ The pastors of the Presbyterian and Metnodist Churches oppose the project, but they have not been able in any way to stop the tide of popular enthusiasm for the bill, As yet no place has been selected for the big pavilion. A dozen have béeri under consideration, but all of the so-callea pictures of the spot, published in a San Francigco daily, have been fakes. The exact iocation will not be kmown until Stuart reaches this city the latter part of the week. A San Francisco syndicate is now ar- ragging to build a large hall in Carson for the big fights™ that will come ofi for some years to come, znd next fail, in adui- tion 1o a fistic programme, there will be a pigeon-shooting match for the cham- pionship of the world and a week’s horse- racing. —_— PLANS OF FITZSIMMONS. He Will Depart for Two Wee NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. Bob Fitz- simmons has made up his mind to put in four,weeks’ hard work in Nevada in order o become thoroughly acclimated befors meeting James J. Corbett in the ring on March 17 next. He will probably train at Slingerland’s, Hot Springs. Martin Julian, his manager, will leaye for Nevada by Saturday next to select Fitzsimmons’ quarters. Fitzeimmons will depart not later than Feoruary 15, With him will go Dan Hickey, his for. mer sparring partner, and Ernest Roeber, the wrestler, who will, in conjnnction with Martin Julian, train and second the Antipodean for his battle. The programme for the trip to Nevada indicates stops at Omaba, Denver and Colorado Springs, where Fitzsimmons will box, punch the bag and wrestle, It isthiought the party will reach Garson City February 18. 1t was reported ia‘day that there was a misunderstanding between Fitzsimmons and Corbett as to the fight. Smith sad there was no truth in the story. e BUEGE AND CONNOLLY. vada in About Both Declare That They Ave Eager for Ano‘her % Go,” LONDON, Exc., Feb. 1L.—Dick Burge and Eddy Connolly have each written to the sportinz papers expressing dissatis- faction at the outcome of their combat Thursday night before the Olympic Sporg- ing Clab of Birmingham, Eng., which was declared a draw in the tench round. - Both men want another “go’ with each other. Burge insists that the National Sportig Club of London suall have tae fight and says that he will back himself - for any amount of money, Connolly complains that Burge fouled him at Birmingham, but does not claim that it was done intentionally. —_— . Ziegler-MoKeever Bout a Drae. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. L—Owen Ziegler and Charles McKeever, Philadel- phia's two.best lightweights, boxed one of the hottest six-round bouts to-nmight that have been witnessed in the winter circus since it was Jeased by the Quaker City Athletic Club. When they finished McKeever was the stronger of the two, but Ziegler had given him all he wanted todo. There was no decision. Racing at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 1.—Three-quarters of a mile, Van Bruntfvon, Pitfall second, Pills- boro third. Time,1:203. One mile, Rosny son, Mauritius second, Pop Dixon third. Time, 1:5234. One mile and a sixteenth, Billy McKenzie Sir Fred second, Pascola third. Time, Oue mile, Jack Hayes wor, Sir John secona, Squire G third. Time, 1:513;. One mile, Amboy Glintz won, Favorine sec- ond, Little' Matt third. Time, 1:53. One mile, Nannie L's Sister won, Connie Lee second, Stachelberg third. Time, % VENTURA CASE DECIDED. Supreme Court Assesses Costs Against a Man Who Appsaled Only to Cause Delay. LOS ANGELES, CAL., Feb. 1.—An opin- ion was handed down by the Supreme Court to-day in the ¢ase of A. W. McFad- den (plaintiff), respondent, vs. A. C. Dietz (defendant), appellant. It is a Ventura County case and was before the.Su- preme Court on motion of respondent to dismiss the appeal because of the fail- ure of the appeliant to file points of authorities within the time specified, and also upon the motion of respondent to be allowed dsmages upon dismissal of the appeal, upon the ground that it was taken merely for delay. The Supreme Court says that the mo- tion to dismiss the appeal must clearly be grantea. The Court thinks the case calls for the imposition of damages, ahd orders the appelldnt to pay $100 as part of his costs for the appeal. MUST SUPPORT HER HUSBAND, Decision Renderea Against Pasadena Woman. LOS ANGELES, Car, Feb. 1.—Judge Allen to-day awarded the plaintiff §24a month in the suit of S. W. Livingston against his wife, M. A. Livingston, for support. The couple are past 70 -years of age aad live in Pasadena. The husband claims his wife's married danghter has been trying to turn her against him and depr.ve him turned his property over fo bis wife. Her income is $48 per month. The Judge ordered it divided. The eold couple will continue together. gl oot * Kid ' Thompson Arraigned LOS ANGELES, CaL., Feb. i. Thompson was arraizned .before Judge Smith of the Superior Court charged with wrecking and San Francisco train at Ros-oe three years ago. His trial was set for April 13. Thompson was recently sentenced to be hanged for this offense. The Supreme Court ordered s new t on an error made by the Judge in his instructions to the jury an Aged e Awarded Damages-in Court. LOS ANGELES, Car., Feb. 1.—Judge Allen of the Superior Court to-day awarded to the plaintiff $300 damages and costs in the suit of the United Typewrit- er's Supplies Company of San Francisco vs. Abbott et. al, its agent here, who failed to settle an account for machines supplied o him. it Webster's Financial Downfall. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Feb. 1L—The Farmers' and Merchants'’ Bank brought suit to-day against E. C. Webster for nearly $30,000, with interest from 1892. This is tné balance due on a judgment obtained at that time. Webster was in boom times a magnate in Pasadena. - CLOVERDALE'S CITRUS FAIR. Directors Busily Engaged in Providing Attractive Features for the Exposition. CLOVERDALE, Car., Feb. 1.—Clover- dale’s citrus fair will be opened this week The directors bave been busy for some time past arranging for excursions, ap- Py i pointing committees and attending to | other preliminaries. Judge A. G. Burnett of the Superior Court of this county has consented to de- tiver the opening address on Wednesday evening. On Thursday—Sonoma County day—Hon. R. A. Thompson, editor of the Santa Rosa Daily Democrat, will speak. Mrs. Anna M. Reed of Ukish, prominent | in California literary circles, will deliver | an address on Friday might. The Clover- dale brass band will supply music during the five days of the fair. In addition there will be other musical and literary attractions. A numoper of committees have been appointed and others will be announced later. Those. appointed are: ecutiye—i Humbert, M. Meniban and F. W. Brush, Press—R. E. Baer, F. K. Merritt and T. B. Wilso: Art—Mrs. P. H. Ludwig, Misses Lena Brush and Milile Hugmayer. Accommodation—C. .B. Shaw, M.- Menthan | and A. F. Domine. E Ruies and preminms—F. W. Brush, C. E. Humbert and M. Menihan, Reception—Mesdames W. T. Brush, J. Field, I Shaw, Merritt, R. E. Baer and E Merrill; Messrs. ‘W. T. Brush, F. Yordi, J. Field, ¥. Alzbertz aud F. P, Conner, T. B. Wilson, superintendent of exhibits and epace, says that applications for space are rapidly coming in irom all parts of the country, assuring a splendid exhibition. Excursions will be run from all points on the San Francisco and North Pacific Rail- road, including San Francisco. e gy SANTA CLARA INNOVATION. Charity Inspector Appointed to Attend to the Distribution of Aid for Indigents. SAN JOSE, Caw., Feb. 1.—The Board of Supervisors to-day decidea to try the plan of dispensing county aid to indigents throughi the Associated Charities, as sug- gested by the benevolent: societies of this city. The office of Charity Inspector was created ata salary of $40 per month. The inspector will investigate the cases of il applicants for aid, and help will b ex- tended only upon tne recommendation of the Associated Charities and the Super- visor of the district in which the appli- cant resides. The inspector will be named by the Associated Charities. ? Nearly $20,000 is dispensed to indigents every year, and by the system adovted to- day it’is believed a great many unworthy people will be unlbfs 10 obtain help and a large saving be made to the county. % The Supervisors this afternoon elected the following county officers for the ensu- ing year Infirmary, Z. L. Orcutt; Superintendent of the Almshouse, W, L. Wolcott; in- firmary physician, H. .- Brown; Alms- bouse physician, J. D. Grissim;. 'county physician in San Jose, 0. E. Hablutzel; janitor of the Hall of Records, N. 8. ackson; janitor of the Courthouse, H. D, Ross; night watchman Courthouse, Thomes 0'Toole. —_——— Turner Welcomed at Tacoma. TACOMA, Wash,, Feb. 1.—Senator-elect Tarner, on his arrival at Tacoma last evening en route to Spokane, with Mrs. Turner, received an ovation at-the depot. Citizens in large numbers, headed by a brass band, assembled in the rain to wel- come him. Speeches of greeting were made, and Turner briefly, but happily, re- sponded. R ey Portland’s Female Burglar. PORTLAND, Or, Feb, L—Mrs. Edith A. Brown, the woman arrested for bur- glary yesterday and who confessed, waived examination in the Police Court thisaf- ternoon and was bound over under heavy bonds. of a living after he had | “Kid” | to-day, | robbing a | Superintendent of the County | | | of oner of Boyce's accom CERTAIN PROFITS N SUGAR BEETS Opportunity Presented Owners of Land in California. to Figures Submitted by Secretary Smith of the State Board of Agriculture. This S'ate Cou'd Supply the Eatire Country and Re:p a Golden Harvest. SACRAMENTO, Cav., Feb. 1.—The an- nual meeting of the State Board of Agri- culture was held to-day, with Directors Boggs, De Loug, Terry, Cox, Mackey, Land and Chase present. The annual report prepared by Secre- tary Edwin F. Smith, under the direction of the board, was submitied and adopted. It comprises about 10,000 words and is in- teresting as well as instructive in show- ing the possibilit in the extension- of California’s productive interests. The principal subjects treated were wheat-growing, meat products, dairying, horse-breeding, the sheep industry and the growing ‘of sugar-beets. Much space is. piven to the latter sub- ject, showing that California had suffi- cient land that would produce twelve toas of beets to the acre, of 15 per cent sugar and 80 per cent fineness, 10 supply the en- | ure United States, and calling the atten- tion of the farming community to the $125,000,000'sent out of this country every year for this necessary food product—a Sum they should receive for the produc- tion of sugar. The wheat crop for 1896 is placed 29,655,174 bushels, exceeding that of 189 by 9,000,000 bushe e price at the close of 189 was §1 521 per cental at tide water, as against 58 cents iu 1894 and $10214 in 1895. The causes for the raise were the de- creased yield in Russia, Australia and India, which countries must now look to the United States for this important article of food. It was shown that Cali- fornia, by reason of its location, was the first to -receive the benefits of the advanced prices and the crop of 1896, together with the stock on hand, was speedily exbausted. Regret was expressed that a large portion of the wheat had left the farmers’ hands before the advance in prices. It is believed by the board that the raising of wheat from this time on offers special inducements to the soil-workers. The prices of the past few years have not encouraged extension and lands have been put to other uses, while inventions have greatly reduced the cost of harvest- ing. Tis condition will for the next few years be most beneficial, as lands that have been used for other cereals will now, when returned to wheat production, yield some of the old-time crops that will bring bandsome returns under prospective prices. REDWOOD CITY'S AGED BURGLAR. Asa Boyce, Sixty-Four' Years of Age and a Physical Wreck, Sentenced to the Peni.entiary. REDWOOD CITY, Car, Feb. L—A: 0. Boyce, who was convicted here Wednesday of burglary, was to-day sen- tenced by Judge Buck to fifteen years in which had been fired by the trio. He was almost frozen to death when discoyered the next day. e SAN GABRIEL CANYON GOLD. Prospectors Find a Quartz Lead Which Promises to Yield Fortunes to Each of Them. SANTA MONICA, CarL., Feb. 1.—Reli- able news is received of a very rich gold strike at San Gabriel Canyon, forty miles east of here, Two miners had been placer mining there with varied success since iast fall. Recently they found pieces of quartz rich in gold. They put the quartz to the mortar pestle process and panned it out. Their expectations were fully verified, and they estimated that it was worth anywhere from $400 to $600 to the ton. Next they followed the float until it gave out, and sunk a shaft twelve feet deep and then began drifting into the mountain, which is very steep. It was not long before they were rewarded by finding the ore body, which is said to be eight inches in thickness and is com- poused of pyrites of iron and goid, much of the laiter being visible to the naked eye. y"'ne place at which they are at work is wholly inaccessible toany mode of trans- portation other than burros, and except ata very low stage of the water even a burro could not reachit. For many years San Gabriel Canyon has been prospected | and worked, and some fair stakes have been made. The mountains were known to contain quartz leads many years azo, They were firs: worked by the Spaniards and early settlers with beiter returns than of late years. ity DESERTED FROM SAN DIEGO. Private Green, a Dudish Regular, Flees From the Barracks Without Paying His Creditors. SAN DIEGO, CAr., Feb. 1L.—James F Green, a private in Company H, First Infantry, United States army, deserted from the barracks at this city yesterday and took a steerage passage in the steamer Mexico last night for S8an Francisco. He will be taken into custody at Port An- geles and brought back to fuce the charge of desertion and obtaining money under false pretenses/ ‘Green came from the East a few months 8go and not long since entered Uncle Sam’s service. He had many friends about the city, some of whom did not know until last night that he was a sol- aier. He never came up town in uniform, but always in a fine suit of clothes, a coat of the glove-fitting variety and trousers ireshly creased. He had a fine way about him and_borrowed maoney from friends, | and his debts remain unliquidated. | | | Ever since he joined the army he has posed as a married man and was per- mitted to steep away from the barracks. He had raoms at 83 Columbia street. It is suid Green deseried an alleged wife as well as the arm —_—— COLONEL NUNAN RESIGNS. Commander of the Sixth Regiment Retires From the National Guard of California. STOCKTON, Car., Feb. L.—Colonel J.J. Nunan, who has long been at the head of the Sixth Regiment, National Guard of Californis, has resigned, and his resigna- tion has caused much speculation as to Wwho his successor will be. Colouel Nunan will be much missed by the guardemen of the Sixth, as be has always been an able, populac and painstaking officer. It is generally believed among the guardsmen that Lieutenant-Colonel Wricht of Fresno will be chosen as Nunan’s successor. In that event there may be a contest: for Wright's place, though Major Chisholm will probably be selectea. There are a mnumber of others who would be glad to S8 | take Wright's place, among thert Captain last | Graham of Merced, Captain Scribner of Fresno, Captain M. J. Byrnes of Visalia, Captain Whitmore of Modesto and Cap- San Quentid. This virtually means to the | tain Johnson of this Gity. prisoner a life sentence, for he is now 64 years old and a physical wreck. In pass- ing sentence, the Judge said that he saw no extenuating circumstances by reason of which he should exercise clemency, and, the jury recommending none, he must impose the full penalty. He told the prisoner that he was a bad man and unsafe to be at large, the evidence at the trial showing that but for the intervention es murder would undoubtedly have been committed. Boyce was to have received his sentence on Kriday last, but on that day he was so crippled by rheumatism that he was un- | able to travel from the jail to the court- house. : Oneof his accomplices, Tann, was also before the court this morning for sentence, | he having pleaded guilty to the same charge, and appeared as a witness against Boyce. Thouxh but 20 years of age, he is apparently as bad a man as Boyce him- self, and the only reason that he was not | eiven the same sentence was because of bis vouth and letters from influential peo- vle interceding on his bebalf. He was sentenced to five years in San Quentin. The third, Green, appeared for sentence, he also having pleadéd guilty, and having made a full statement and confession to the District Attorney the day after his ar- rest. The Judge deferred the passing of sentence on him for one week, saying that if he had any discretion in the matter he would order him confined in the County Jail. He further said that he thought he would have to send him rison, but would consider the matter. e however promised that-he would make the punishment as light as the law would allow. Green does not have the appear- ance or actions of a hardened eriminal. The District Attorney made a statement in_his bebalf. These are the men who looted the dwell- ing of old Frank Schmute in the Alpine District. Then they gagged Schmute and tied him'to a treé in his yard, where ne could see the flames destroy his house, to the State | The retiring colonel of the Sixth Regi- ment has served in the National Guard for twenty-three years, having enlisted on December 15, 1873, when he entered the old Stockton Guard asa private. In January, 1876, he was commissioned sec- ond lieutenant and three months later was made first lieutenant. When Com- suy B went into the National Guard unan was made captain. In 1888 he was | elected lieutenant-colonel and colonel of the Sixth in 1892. e AL Bank Failure at Moscow. MOSCOW, Ipano, Feb. L—The Moscow National Bank was closed this afternoon by Bank Examiner Eugene I Wilson of Ellensburg, asting under the orders of tae Comptroller of tiie Currency. The last published report of the bank’s condition, at the close of bus- ness on December 17, includes the following .items: Cash on hand and in ban! 604 71; loans and discounts, $122.549 63; deposits subject to | checks, $37.463; time certificates of -de- posits, $6761437. R. C. Brown 13 presi- dent and C. M. Brune cashier. The bank has on deposit the funds of fhe ldaho State University. - — Ckiah Kancher Missing. UKI1AH, Car, Feb. 1.—Phitip Roberts, a resident of this place and wbo owns a ranch at Eight-mile Valley, east of Ukiah, left his bome here last Tuesday morning to go to his ranch and bas not been seen or heard of since. The river and the nu- merous-creeks which Roberts had to cross to reach bis destination are extremely high owing to the heavy rainfall recently, and it is believed he may have lost hislife in attempting to ford one of these streams, 5 Sl Eden Valley Vaguero Imjured. 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