The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 27, 1897, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALi, TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1897. COLONISTS WILL SO0 b LOCATED Spreckels Has Given His Approval to the Com- mittee’s Plans, AL TEE DETAILS CONSIDXRED. Every Settler to be Made Self- | | to aia the enterprise in any manner that Supporting From the Very Start. TEN ACRES TO GO TO FACH FAMILY. President McKinley Has Evinced a Deep Interest in the Work of Colonization, As the result of the conference yester- between Claus Spreckels, M hell of the Salvation Army and ex- ert of the citize committee colonists may be located wit! the next rl oughness and economy. Thz colonists will be expected to raise vezeiables and small fruits when they bezin work. Itis hoped in this way to make them nearly if not entirely self-supporting irom the very start. To carry out this plan several thousand doilars will e necessary, and it is pro- posed ‘o raise the fund for this by contri- butions and by loans, There will be no charity in all that 1s done. Whatevera colonist is provided with he will be ex- pected to pay for eventually, Among other things each family will be given a | small poultry-yard outfit. % | Within a few days the entire maiter | will be submitted to the cilizens’ commit- tee of fifteen. It is expected that they | wili give their immediaie approval to all the plans of the sub-committee and that thev will at once take in hand the task of raising the necessary funds. The first work done will be to put from forty to fifty horses on the tract to plow the land and get it 1nto condition for planting this ‘all. F. A. Hibn, the millionaire lumberman of Sania Cruz, has promised a large dona- tion of lumber and will provide all that may be necessary for the colony, giving ample time for t::e payment of the same. President Mc ley has given hisap- proval of the work.” Commander Booth- Tucker recently visited the President at Washington and the colonization propo- sition was fully discussed. It was de- scribed to the President indetail. He was much impressed with it and promised was possible. As the result of the inier- view Commander Booth-Tucker was in- troduced to Secretary of Agriculture Wil- son, who was instructed to give all pos- sible information ana aid to the Salvation Army in this connection. DIXON AND HAWKINS, O'Rourke Will Wager a Large Sum That His Protege Can Whip Dal. Tom O'Rourke, the manager and backer of George D:xon, is not satisfied with the result of the Dixon and Hawkins twenty- round contest at the Pavilion, and to sat- iafy the sporting people of th s City that | Dixon is the better fighter of the two O’Rourke is ready to mateh his protege against Hawkins for a finish figh an: 000 | will back his opinion to the tune of 0. 1f Hawkins or his manager will cover a side wager of this kind O'Kourke will de- The Salvation Aemy Colonization Bureav, 158 NEW MONTGEMERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAl —=%3 APPLICANT’S F2RM. & TELEPHONE. Matn 13% Date. .. 189. . pert in The Salvation Army Colony hereby make application for @ 4 Full name. . oo W eeceevesancoes PN lddress...... etucuioB0R R g avs | CRERECRRRAY How long .n Ame . Salan THGE ciavviiie, tenensnes” Doy Other Inpeaients How many in famty. ...) ( (! g 5 M- ke se b SR Agewife o - ACHNATER e e s e T Shsesas o Y -~ Statelof Healll 5o 5 S0 LU0 5G5S pak e sios o e tie s ke .ol Health of wife ....... Health of Children. . What Trade .. Are you in.q situation. .. .. If not,howlong out .. ...,se..eeuen. ' Ever live in counlry. .. . Is wife able to work . . Is she willing to work sterua evsas S Have you any Means, or would you be dependent on everything to atart ‘with?. ... e si s aFTIesate s seenarane s . Howlong. . wivn- What kind of work. ..... A B R T OCPEEEY vere-Howlong.:sws... csee Omafarmitetiooo The Army supplying you Note! Every question on this form muat be angwered, definite, and correct,” Form of Agplication Blanks for Intending Colon’sts. ten days on the sugar-beet lands recently acquired by the sugar king of the Pacific Coast. The work of the colony projectors has been delayed awaiting the confirmation of the sale of the land to Mr. Spreckels and by the latter’s indisposition. Both these obstacles have now been removed, and everything is in shape to begin the work of colon:zation this fall. In the course of the interview with Mr. Spreckels he assured the two gentlemen named that he would give every possible assistance to the scheme. He wili not only turn over to the colony founders the excellent sugar-beet land which he has just acquired but he will aid them by ad- e and money. 'ne tract of land embraces about 700 acres of the Sobranes ranch, near Soledad. The colonists wili have from eight to ten years to pay for their holdings, and Mr. Spreckels will agree to take all the beets they raise at a stipulatea price. All that he asks on his part is that the people who are located on the lands shall be indus- trious and raise beets. On the part of the colony projectors, it was vromised to Mr. Spreckels that the utmost care will be exercised to see that none but those capable and willing wiil be selected s colonists, At the conference at the office of Mr. Spreckels every minute detail of the scheme was discussed. Mr. Spreckels questioned his visitors closely in regard to every. puint, and more particularly in ref- erence to the management. When the meeting came (o an end he expressed him- seif as well satisfied with the information be had received. Itis the purpose of the committee to assign 10 each family about ten acres of Jand and to provide each settler w.th all the farming implements and other neées- ies to conduct hi< operations with thor- NEW TO-DAY: RED ROUGH HANDS Ttching, scaly, bleeding palms, shapeless nail and painful finger ends, pimples, blackheads, oily, mothy skin, dry, thin, and falling hair, ftch- ing, scaly scalps, all yield quickly to warm baths with CUTICURA S0P, and gentle anointings with CUTICURA (ointment), the great skin cure. . Sole Props... Boston. “How to Froduce Soft, White Hands,” free. relieved by ITCHING HUMORS “eiwices CuTicURA REMEDIES: posit the money with THE CALL at short notice, or in fact any part of it. Wolcott, the colored welter-weight who is matched to fignt George Green in Au- £ust, 18 working into fine form and will be ready on the evening of the mill to make | the battle of his life. Johnny Griffin, the Braintree pugilist who 18 booked to ficht Soily Smith, was expec ed to arrive last evening, but Griffin failed to malerialize at a late hour. Doubtless he will put in an appearance fo-day. He will be taken in charge by Professor Jimmy Carroll, boxing instructor of the St. George Club. g THE EARTH TREMBLED, A Slight Shock Felt in the City and Vicinity. Shortly before 6 p. M. last night the City was visited by a slight shock of earth- quake. It lusted less than one minute and affected different localities d:fferently. While some old houses were rocked some- what, hardly a tremcr was felt in the sub- stantial downtown buildings. No damage was reported. ' BERKELEY, CaL., July 26.—A slight earthquake shock was felt here at 5:42 this afternoon. The vibrations were east and west. No damage was done. OAKLAND, CAL, July 26.—There was very littie shock fclt here of the earth- auake th.s afternoon. At the Chabot Oo- servatory the instruments chowed only a slight mark on the plate and nothing of any consequence was recorded. e Fought for Mrs. Dimond’s Purse. Charles Welsh, & clerk, and Peter Sanchez, cashier at the Baldwin griliroom, went into the Orpheum annex shortiy after midnight with Carrie Highy Dimond. While leaving Mrs. Dimond told Welsh that she had dropped her purse. He returned 10 the annex and cre- ated a disturbance, siriking the special officer on duty there. Welsh was promptly atrested for battery and disturbing the peace, and San- chez was locked up on a charge of drunken- ness. e Expectorated in Her Face. Mrs. Catherine McKay, who keeps a lodging- house at 916 Howard street, swore to a com- | plaint in Judge Low’s court yesterday for the arrest of “John Doe,” otnerwise L. D. Ford, on the charge of battery. Ford obtained a search warrant on Saturday to search Mrs. McKay's house for some articles which be alleged had been stolen from him. The search was unsuc- cesstul, ana Mrs. McKay says that when Ford met her on the street Sunday he expectorated in her face and on her dr. —_—————— Reopening the Blythe Case. George W. Towle Jr, of counsel for John W. Blythe and others, filed a petition in the United States Circuit Court yesterday morning setting !o‘nh‘ that the court had no jurisdiction to vacate the order previously made givin - Tment 0 1ho Blyie Com pang by demule > The argument will be Leard next Monday. Stealing a Ride. Victor Van Ness, a boy anout 6 years of age, was stealing e ride on a truck yesterday afternoon, and fell at Fifth and Hurrison streets. He was picked up and taken t Receiving Hospital, where 1t wu(oundou‘:ln his mouth was badly torn, his face and nose badly contused and he appeared to bo suffer- ing from internal ivjurles. He lives with his pareuts at 821 Mission sireet. THESE WILL DRAFT A NEW CHARTER. Committee of One Hundred Citizens Appointed by Mayor Phelan—All Shades of Opinion Represented. Mayor Phelan last night appointed a committee of 100 citizens to draft the prin- ciples of a new charter and nominate a Board of Freeholders. ‘This important action was tuken by the Mayor at the request of the Citizens’ Charter Association. It is claimed that all shades of opinion are represented on the list. The new committee is called to meet at Native Sons’ Hall on next Thursday evening. i The appointment is pursuant to the request contained in the following resolu- tions offered by £. W. Dohrmann =t the meeting of the Citizens' Charter Association held at the Academv of Sciences Hall November 13, 1896: WHEREAS, Itis fully acknowledged that the present system of government in the City of San Francisco is obsolete, defective and unsuited to the requirements of & progressive city, and whereas, it is conceded that all citizens having at heart tne welfare of San Francisco s in fayor of & new organic iaw for this metropolis, and whereas, the experience of the recent charter campaign has shown the necessity of further discussion’and enthightenment upon the fundamental principles of municipal government, and whereas, it is highly important and desirable that t::e representatives of ail interests in the commucity should take part in dis- cussiug and formulating the principles upon which another new charter shall be framsd, be it Resolved, That the delegates Lo the Charler Association and other citizens now assembled request Lhe president of this meeting, the Mayor-elect of San Francisco, Lo select and appoint 100 citizens of this City to prepare a new charter for San Francisco; Resolved, Thut the president of this meeting shall be the permarent chairman of this com- mittee, toe members of which shali be specially chosen so as to represent all classes in the community, 1ncluding those who sincerely opposed as well as favored the recenily proposed charter, the only condition being that they shall te in favor of civ ! service, reform munici- pal home ruie and economical administration in the government of San Francisco; Resolved, That in case this committee of one hundred citizens cannot finaily agree upon ail the fundumental princip es of & new charter for San Fraucisco, alternate propositions upon disputed points shall be prepared by them for submission’to the vote of the people. Res ved, That when the work ol formulating ti.e principles of a new charter is sufliciently advanced tiey shall take the necessary steps for 1he nomination and election of fiiteen free- holders, in accordance wita the constitution of California, to legally draft & charter upon the prin_iples tius agreed upon, so as 10 secure at the earliest possible moment tne ratification by the people of the charter thus prepared and its subsequent approval by the Legis.ature of the State. DR. J. A. ANDERSON, Donohoe bldg. P. A. BERGEROT, 142 Crocker bldg. AlBOUVIER, 53 Columbian building. C. B. BENHAM, 85 Turk street. SAMUEL BRAUNHART, Port Warden, pier L. MADISON BABCOCK, 240 Thirteenth, Mrs. L. K. BURKE, 1510 Larkin street. A. G. BOLDEMAN, 313 Front street. FREEMAN BOSLEY, 2137 Howard. JOSEPH BRITTON, 525 Commercial. 0. D. BALDWIN, 118 Montgomery. COLIN M. BOYD, 501 Montgomery. A. S. BALDWIN, 10 Montgomery street. CHARLES BUNDSCHU, Second and Market stree JAMES BUTLER, 535 Market street. HUGH CRAIG, 312 California street. JAMES S. CONWELL, 55 First street. W. J. CUTHBEKT:ON, 93 Flood bldg. GEORGE L. CENTER,302 Montgomery. F. S. CHADBOURNE, Harbor Commis- sioner, 10 California street, . H. N. CLEMENT, Mills tuilding. ALFRED CRIDGE, 429 Montgomery. A. COMTE Jr., 53414 California street. ¥. W.DOHRMANN, Sutter street. J. J. DWYER, 37, fourth floor, Mills building. HORACE DAVIS, 134 California street. COLONEL E. A..DENICKE, 320 San- some street. F. DELLEPIANE, 899 Pine street. JOHN P. DUN 610 Commercial street. THOMAS DOWNING, 815 Mission, JAM DENMAN, 2199 Devisadero. OLIVER VERETT, 408 California street, rooms 6 ana 7. L. R. ELLERT, Mil!s building. RICHARD I FREUD, room 8, seventh tloor, Miils building WILLIAM FRIES, 134 Market street, G. R. FLETCHER, Odd Fellows’ Ceme- tery, Point Lcbos avenue, between Hen- derson and First avenues. JOR! K. FITCH, 703 Bush street. E. L. FITZGERALD, 325 Sulter street. H. GRADY, 18 Post street. A. GERBERDING, Mutual Life blde. ISIDOR GUTTE, 303 California street. G. GUTSCH, 310 Pine street. C. E. GR SKY, 530 California street. P.J. H Y, 829 Mission street. PROFESSOR ADOLF HERBEST, 2813 Buchanan street. M. H. HECHT, 312 Pine street. SAM C. HAMMOND, 38 Fourth street. M. C. HASSETT, Pbelan building. WILLIAM T. HESS, 5 Miils building, eighth floor. CHARLES A. ZINKAND, 923 Market. JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNEON, 517 Cal- ifernia street. SHELDON G. KELLOGG, 71 Crocker building. A. E. KELLOGG, 2927 Clay street. JAMES R. KELLY, Hibernia Savings and Loan Socieiy. HUGO D. XEIL, 426 Pine street. DANIEL V. KELLY, 786 Turk street. JAMES W. KERR, Main and Harrison. HERBERT E. LAW, 2304 Van Ness. JOSEPH LEGGETT, Mills building. E. J. LE BRETON, 334 California street. D. C. MURPHY, Phelan building. BARNA McKINNE, 522 Montgomery. A. A. MAGUIRE, 2330 Folsom street. GAVIN McNAB, 46 Mills building, sev- enth floor. WALTER MACARTHUR, Fast and Mission streets. C. W. MOORES, 1712 Webster street. FRANK MASKEY. 32 Kearny street. WILLIAM M. METZNER. 535 Market. JOHN J. MAHONY, 199 Crocker bldg. STEWART MENZIES, 512 Battery. ERNEST McCULLOUGH, Mills bidg. C. W. MARK, 3720 Twentieth street. DR. JOHN NIGHTINGALE, Van Ness avenue and Market street. J. C. NOBMANN, 2029 Fillmore street. JOSEPH O’CONNOR, 405 Thirtieth. 0:GOOD PUTNAM, room 26, 401 Cali- fornia sire-t. E. B. POND, 530 California street. J REYNOLDS, 602 Market street, ED. ROSENBERG, secretary Labor Council, 1139 Mission street. J. B. REINSTEIN, 217 Sansome street. EDWARD B. ROOK, 1516 Webster. CHARLES W. REED, Crocker building. FRANK J. SULLIVAN, Phelan bldg. DR. J. STALLARD, 635 Sutter street. A. SBARBORO, 524 Montgomery street. W. G. STAFFORD, 214 East street. LEON SAMUELS, 530 California street. VANDERLYNN STOW (Thomas Day Company), Mission sireet. IRVING M. 8. OT Market street. JULIAN EONNTA 430 California. E. P. TROY, 301 Calijornia street. M. F. TAYLOR, Sudowa street. L J. TRGMAN, 236 Bush strect. DR. E. R. TAYLOR, 530 California. A. W. THOMPSON 2 Sansome street. I. W. VAN REYNEGOM, 25 Montgom- ery street. W. F. WILSON, 204 Stockton street. JAMES 8. WEBSTER (N:ustadter Bros.), Pine and Sansome str ets, HORACE WILSON, 421 California. A. A. WATKINS, 309 Market street. TAP THE MOTHER LODE Twenty-Three Miles of theE Sierra Railroad Already Completed. It Will Run to Angels and Have a Number of Intermediate Branches. Twenty-three miles of the Sierra rail- road, which is to provide an outlet for the mining scctions of Tuolumne, Calaveras, Amador and Mariposa counties into Stockton and the San Jorquin Valley, have been completed and are in actual operation. This is the road of which Prince Ponia- towski is president. It will not only tap the mining country mentioned, but wiil also afford transportation facilities for a number of smaller but rich agricultural valleys in the mountains. The entire length of the road, with its branches, will be about 124 miles. It will extend from Oakdale in un easterly and northeasterly direction to the town of Angels in Calaveras County, with inter- mediate branches to Modesto, Knights Ferry, Lagrange and Coulterville. The portion already constructed runs easterly from Oakdale. The road is to bs bonded for $3,720,000, or at the rate of $30,000 a mile. Halr of this amount will be in first mortgags bonds and half in income bonds. The bonds will be 1ssued as fast as the road is built. Already $345000 worth have been issued and dis1osed of. The exact route of tue line has not yet been determined upon. Itis proposed to run it throngh Sdnora if the residents of that town will make the necessary conces- sions. ula they not do so the road will be buiit past the town. Every effort is being made to complete the line at the earliest day. The Erick- sons are the contractors, and they have instructions to press forward with all pos- sible dispatch. As the mining section which will be tapped is almost destitute of timber the advent of the railroad will do much to che:pen the cost of mining operations and wiil tend to stimulate mining devel- opment in the counties through which it wiill run. At ihe present time it is an ex. ceedinzly d fficuit and expensive matter to bring timber and other mining supplies into this territory. e AFRICAN GOLD COAST. Lecture on That Subject, Illustrated With Photographic Views. All that is necessary now to fill a hall is to announce that gold will be the sub- ject. “The Gold Coast of Africa” was the theme of a highly interesting lecture last nignt in the lecture hall of the Academy of Sciences by George K. French, a young man who recently made a trip through that interesting country. The announcement packed the hall to more than overflowing, the aisles and lob- bies being crowded by men and women interested in the root of all evil and the septer of power. The lecture was illustrated with a large number of colored photographic views thrown upon the canvas by a stereopticon and illustrating the dress (what little there was of it) of the Ashantees, also their straw-thatched huts. The lecturer’s recital of the practice of immolating staves for the purpese of car- rying messages from the living to the spirits of departed ancestors wus listened 1o with great interest,and there was a spon- taceous vurst of applause for tbe picture representing the cruel King held face downward, by the wrists and heels, and being soundly flogged on the bare back by B:itish sold:iers a~ a spectacle calculated to destrov his dignity and authority in the eves of his subjects. The l: cturer said that the King took his thirty-five lashes without fl.nching, and haughtily wrapped his cloak sbout him and walked away with a sneer on his lip. _ The descriptions and scenes of the journey through jungles and forests and acro:8 rivers were oi more than average interest, and were eagerly drunk in by a batch of miners who are going to depart to-morrow for Klondyke. I:tis handy for them o know that i1 Alaska should prove 100 cold they may thaw out and lLimber ap on the gold and fever smitten coast of Africa, Lo iRl OLEVER HOO0 HE. Ingenious Defense of a Chinese Felon to Lscape Deportation. Hoo He is a Chiniman who does not at all resemble his name. In 1889 he was committed from San Jose to the San Quentin penitentiary to serve a twelve- year sentence for an assanlt with a deadly weapon with intent to commic murder. Histime, shortened by the credit system for good behavior, expired recently, and he was handed over to the United States authorities for deportation to China under the Federal staiute providing that a Chinese laborer, on the expiration of a sentence for felony, must be sent back to China. Hoo He’s eyesight is bad—much worse than his foresight—and he was unable to work while in prison. Now he has, with- out the aid of counsel, evolved an in- genious defense to the eifect that he was 4 merchant, not a laborer, when he was committed to the peniteniiary, and that by reason of his poor sight he was not able to labor and did not labor while in prison. Hence, he argues, the statute does not apply to him, and he proposes to remain in this country if the court con- curs, —_—————— Lost Two Fingers. Frank Richardson, one of THE CALL press- men, met with an unfortunate accident yester- day morning. His lefthand got cnught in one of the presses and was badly crushed. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital where Dr. Tormey found it necessary to amputate the in- dex finger and wmidd!e finger. There is & possi- bility of saviug the other two fingers. e Highton Sues Baldwin. Suit was begun against “Lucky” E. J. Bald- win to recover $12,610 alleged to be due to Henry E. Highton for services as attorney. The main item is for $10,000 on account of the Baldwin-Ashley litiga ion, in which the master of Santa Anita ranch was successful. —_———— Was Not Inquisitive. A gentleman once saw a boy peeling the bark from one of Lis choice trees with a hatchet. The gentleman tried to catch the boy, but the latter was 100 quick for him, so he ckanged his tactics. *‘Come here, my little son,” he , ina soft, flute-like voice, with counterfeited friendliness, ‘‘come here to me a minute. 1 want to tell you something.” “Not yet,” replied the artful youngster, “little boys like me don’t need to know everything.” —Exchange. AFRAID (F THE WRATH HEREAFTER Directors Bend to the Storm and Will Remove No Teachers. BOSS RAINEY ORDERS A HEDGE. A Regular Boom in Applica- tions for Jobs Since Friday Last. A WHOLESALE PLAN OF TRANSFERS. Waller and Burns Will Suffer Most of the Wrath of the Pro- posed Victims, It was Rainey who planned that elab- orate scheme of decapitation o: the school- teachers, and like the shrewd boss that he is the stableman has given orders to the board members that they must now hedge. At any rate the teachers who found their names on the black slate are in no fear of losing their positions at pres- ent. Theax has been sheatned until the storm has somewhat lulled. There was a hurried return of the teach- ers from the various vacation resorts yes- terday. They came in droves from all parts of the State and before noon Presi- dent Barrington of the board of directors wished that he had taken passage on the last stcamer for the Klondyke, so torrid was the atmosphere ior him. Directors Ragan, Burns and Waller came also in for a share of the storm of protests. The teachers were flanked by their sisters, their brothers, their cousins and their aunts, It wasa formidable attack and it was no wonder the School Directors sought cover. Of course all sortsof ex- cuses were offered by thie memters of the voard for the existence of that much- taiked-of blacklist by which about seventy teachers were slated for removal or trans- fer. The directors declared it was all the fault of Superintendent Webster, and that individual threw up his hanas in reply to declare he was only acting under instruc- tions from the department. Rumor has it that Directors Waller and Burns engineered the scheme. Waller, it issaid, 1s a great a mirer of Rainey, and is of the opinion that tLe b« ss might be of valuable assistance 1n furthering his future political aspirations. Burns also has a bee buzzing and is already sow- ing some political oats. When the pres- ent Loard was elected these two and Dr. Ragan had the distinciion of being sup- pesed to be the powerful triumvirate of the body, and the patrona e trust that ensuet led to some squabbling that result- ed in the devosition of the phvsician. The matter was never entirely smoothed over, de<pite the e: de vors of mutual friends. At any rate .he coup 1s doomed to fail- ure. Pre-ident Barrington says that no dismissals of teechers are intended at present, and that nore of the teachers who:e names appesr-d upon thut “unsat- <factory’’ list need fear for their posi- tions. But the angry principals will have to be placatcd, and to make peace in the camp it is proposed 1o inaugurate a wholesale system of *‘transfers’” at the be- ginning of the coming school year, which opens on Monday next. This is the only way out of the dilemma now open to the “Sotid Nine,” and, bitter dose as it is, Rainey has declared that they must swal- low it. Two teachers out ot the whole list are to be sacriticed if possible. These are J. Wideman of the Adams Cosmopoli- tan and Captain A. J. Itsell of the Hearst Grammar. Itsell, it is said, is in bad odor with the present board, and it is decided that an effort will be made to remove him in the interest of what President Barring- ton calls “discipline.” “Every time u school board attempts to improve the department, a howl goes up that vpoliticians are about to oust some poor man or woman from their posi said President Burrington. *“‘There is no politics about the present action of the board. None of the teachers are in danger of losing their positions. No board would have the bardihood to make any such wholesale decapitation of teachers as has been charged against us, The principsls of the various schools that have reported unfavorably on the merits of some of their teachers have the right to be rid of those assistants in the interests of harmony. To bring about this result and do away with friction, we will transfer tl.ese teaci.ers to other schools. This plan will, I th.nk, be satisfactory to everynbody. The whole af- fair is a tempest in a teajot.”’ There are at present 500 apj lications for a positipn as a teacher betore the board. The attempt of the Rainey directors to clear a way for some of the friends of the boss has caused a bocm in the nuinberof appli- cants, but it begins to look as if there wou.d now be no jobs vacant. A HERO'S FATE. Frank H. Scott of This City Drowned at Bakersfield, Vt. Recent advices from Bakersfield, Vt., report the death of Frank H. Scott of this City, who was drowned while trying to rescue a family who were being swept away in a flood. The Mississquoi R ver became greatly swollen by heavy rains and flooded u larze area of the country. Scott, with & companion, was out on a raft trying to save cattle, wnen they saw the family perci.ed on the roof ol their house. They went to the rescue, but their frail bark overtarned. Scott was swept away and drowned, but his companion, who was a strong swimmer, escaped. Mr. Scott was a nephéw of A. W. Scott of the firm of Scott & McCord of this City and bad a large circle of friends bere, be- ing a member of several fraiernal and political societies. He bhad bren in the employ of the firm for about seven years and had gone East in response to a call to the sickbed of his father. ————— A Lesson to Boys. Charles Cobb, a 10-year-old boy reriding at 819 Clipper street, met with an sccident this morning which may result in the loss of his foot. He bad been sent on an errand, and on his way home tried to climb on the back of a Jumber wagon. In some manner he caught his right foot between the hub and the roller used in unloading. It was tound necessary to remove the wheel before his foot could be re- leased. He was taken to his home, where the injurea member was dressed by Dr. Piymire, who found it necessary 10 amputate two toes and take forty-three stiiches in the boy’s heel. He may lcse his foot. The fac-similo signature of is on every wrapper of CASTORIA. NOW OREGON 5 IN LINE Will Affiliate With the California Associated Cyclists. Eighty Applications for Mem- bership Forwarded by Sec- retary Merrill, A Division to Be Formed and Race Meets Held — 0. Michener Seriously IIL President A. P. Swain of the California Associated Cycling Clubsreceived another | telegram from Por'iand yesterday, stat-! ing that F. T. Merrill bad forwarded | eighty applications for membership in the ! association. The organizaiion of the| Oregon division of the association will be | formulated to-night there. Arrangements are aiready on foot fora two-day race meet at Portland on Satur- day and Sunday, August 14 and 15. Among the California professional riders who have already si nified their inten- tions of attending are Otio Z:egler Jr., Hardy Downing, Arthur M. Boyden, Allan N. Jones, B. H. Elford, Dan E. Whitman, Clarence L. Davis and Herbert E{ McCrea. McCrea will continus on uorth after the Portland meet; his ob- jective pecint being the Alaskan gold fields. It is said that McCrea has the ““Klondycitis” to an alarming extent. Ernest R. Taylor and Will A. Talbert, members of the South Side Cycling Ciub of Los Angeles, arrived here ye-terday awheel. T.ey are on their way around the world, and started from Los Angeles July 15 without baggage or money and must return in eighteen months. They must make their expenses honestly while on the way, not being permitted to borrow, beg or steal. Such are the termsof the wager under which they are traveling. From here they will go East over tne central route. Not much interest is taken in their trip by the wheelmen here. The *‘dead-broke’’ around-the-world cyclist has been here so oiten that the game 1s about played out. Few of them ever get outside the United | States, though they neariy all start from them, and such “tourists’” are very hurt- | ful to the sport or pastime of cycle tour- | ing, as they give the people of the coun- | try wrong ideas about wheelmen in gen- eral. The many friends of C. Michener, the ponular ex-president of the California Cy- cling Club, and who was very prominent in cycling circles ss the secrefary of the highway improvement committee of the League of American Wheelmeg, will learn with surprise and regret of his serious iil- ness. Mr. Michener suffered a stroke of paralysis last Friday night, ani doubt is expressed as to his recovery. Besides his active business duties in the practice of law, Mr. Michener has given a great deal of attention to the gcod-roads work re- cently takem up by the California Asso- ciated Cycling Clubs when it assumed the functions of the League of American Wheelmen in this State. He was an earnest advocate of ‘home rule” as pro- muigated by the new association. His | vresent illness is attributed to overwork. He has the b st of medical attention, and his friends have not yet given ap hopes of his ultimate recovery. George H. Stratton and Frank W. Fuller returned yesterday from their 1wo weeks’ vacation trip into the wilds of Lake and Mendocino counties. President Adams and Secretary Scott have called an 1mportant meeting of the Olympic Ciub Wheeimen for this even- ing. Captain Hadenfeldt is busy with his arrangements for the ciub’s jointrun with the Acmes of Oakland, which takes place next Sunday. Divorces Filed. 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