The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 14, 1898, Page 2

[ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1898. vent that body from consummating | contracts that would result in the rob- | bery of the people are to come up for | hearing to-morrow. It is not uniNely, as the result of the charges of Wribery made against two members of the council by Mrs. Seully, that the club will take action to have the nccused prosecuted criminally, and it may also in the near future bring suit to oust the entire council. More than one offense upon which to base such action exists. Every move made by the club is in- to the people tended to demonstrate that the movement it is back of and the candidates whom it may put for- ward are worthy of support by every man who is a tax-payer or a resident of the city o 1 Jose. The members of the club do not propose to let the people ‘ forget how the tax rate has been in- creased, through the raids made on the city treasury by the boodlers, from 80 cents on the $100, before the advent of the gang, to $1 40 during one of the since the gang got control. in view to organize precinct | clubs, so that every portion of the city will be brought in touch with the main organization. It is common talk that the coming April will see one of the hottest political battles in the city of San Jose that have ever been fought in the It will be a fair and squere te. contest between the tax-payers and the tax-eaters, with the odds in favor of the forn The people now fully | realize the state of bondage they have | been held in through the machinatiens | of “the gang.” They will be given the | means of regaining control of the reins | of government, and from the energy | that is now being displayed by the rep- tatives of the better element, !ha‘ yers will not fail to give their and their votes to the men who promise freedom from the raids and from the reign of terror inauguratea and maintained by the po al cor- morants who have so long infested the city of 1 Jose and the county of anta Clara. MARCHING TO RELIEF OF THE WHALERS. Continued from First Page. several natives had gathered around to take an unt of his stock and to wonder what h interesting young man could have done that he should have been marooned on such a barren shore. Jarvis upon landing be- talk to the F nos with hi: ng out t he wanted n their kyacks to the ¥ began loading | the skin boats. v are an obedient I could not help contrasting their h what one might expect Th for wi from Cauc ns who had a corner in boats. Meanwhile the boat was unloaded the 1pp were carried about fifty feet up the beach to be clear from the rising t . Then I had the men lash down the broken mast thwart with the help of a few nails bo; wed from the overland expedition. Then, ing the mast while we bade them good d 1 uck and godspeed, and, ng off from the beach, we ran be- fore the gale off to the ship. The first boat h hopelessly entang it n d in the interval got in the ice, making ry for the ship to get under to pick it up. They had accom- d this, and were again anchored within the line of ice when we came along. But I jammed the boat into the drifting mass well ahead of the vessel, took the sail, and with the oars just managed to get within reach of a line from her ept by. After we had eaten our dinner, the remain- as we were ing articles having been collected, our anchorage was shifted again, so as to bring it further to windward of the landing place and clear of ice, so that the boat might make a good start. So at about 2:30 p. m. we started again in the same boat, whose mast step had been repaired by the carpenter. I nev- er saw a boat so loaded. There were two long frame sleds, almost as long | as the boat itself, seven big dogs, sev- | eral boxes of dried fish, feed for dogs, sundry other packages and the crew of | five men and myself. There was no| chance to use the oars, and the wind ‘was still howling down from the moun- | tains. We shoved off, with sail reefed, sliding off to leeward almost as much as we were ahead. We were so clus- tered t I could net place the men | and dogs so as to balance the boat well for sailing. To increase the disorder | two of the dogs began fighting. The | men tried to stop them, at which I was | surprised, for it is not the nature of | men to stop a dog fight. Presently, however, the wind began to lull as it came more under the lee of the land, and we shook out the reef in the sail. In due time we reached | the place where we had landed before, but the travelers were trending toward the village. Finally, seeing no sign from the boat of our friends, ‘and ob- serving that the sun was pretty near the horizon, I decided to land, espe- cially since my orders were to put the | things ashore wherever possible, whether the people were near or mnot. | Landing, then, at the first place where | we could get in comfortably, I saw tracks of the travelers trending toward | the village. Of course, I knew thn[i they would not come for the sleds and | things until the next day, perhaps not | for a couple of days. But the supplies | were considerably nearer them on the | beach anywhere than they would be on | the Bear, especially if we had to get| out of there during the night. And the dogs would live for at least four days without food. So ashore everything went. I hope that Jarvis has them | now. But I did hate to leave those | poor dogs cut there alone in the snow. i Returning the wind freshened again | and as we went alongside the ship she | was getting up her anchor. At 4:10 we “ were under way, but the water shoaling we anchored again at 4:56 to wait for daylight. If any of The Call's readers | are planning to take any little excur- | sions of a similar nature it will be in- | teresting to know what the argonauts took with them. There were fifty | pounds of béans, fifty pounds of pork, | two cases of canned meat, two cases of | hard bread, twenty-four pounds of ba- | con, one large knife, half-dozen table- | spoons, half-dozen teaspoons, half- | dozen knives and forks, two rifles, one | shotgun, 400 rifie and 100 rounds shot- | gun ammunition, two sleds, seven dogs, | four sleeping bags, two cases coal oil, | delay. The sun does not rise now un- | BANDED TO SECURE BETTER GOVERNMENT Officers of the New Charter Club Say It Is Time That Respectable Citizens of San Jose Were Aroused to ‘“Their Danger. SAN JOSE, Feb. 13.—To the Editor of The Call, San 3 views with reference to .the pres- Francis As to my ent and past condition of affairs in San state that I believe the proper time the respectable citizens, who are in favor of a good and economical government, should and take the proper steps at the coming city election To secure the resuit desired, to secure their desire. they must not be divided by any “i motives, but must present a united opposition to the selection for any office of a person who is or who has been identified with, or who has any affiliation, no matter how slight, with the disreputable element who now control the government of our .city. organization, has been The New Charter Club, an formed to assist in securing to this less and capable men for the various trust within the gift of the cit Its determined and organized opposition to any and all propositions which in any way savor of bossism or gang rule; to oppose corrupt men and methogs, put forward and support men who citizens and who are honest and capable, and whose election to office will be a credit instead of a detriment to the interests of our city. In conclusion, as president of Club of San Jose, I would earnestly citizens who desire a change in the condrron of affairs Jose, 1 will has arrived when bestir themselves their duty. es' or partisan and a determined out city honest, fear- positions of public principles are: A and to are representative the New Charter request all of our in this eity, and who desire to present a strong and successful opposition to the elements which now con- trol our city, to refrain from circulating or signing pe- titions for any candidate for office Club ticket has been nominated and published, which event will occur in ample time before election so that ¢ not be satisfied can have ample any person who ma opportunity to exercise his right as manner he may see fit. 1 desire also to extend my thanks to and to indorse The Call for the position it has taken, and for the as- gistance it is giving us in our fight ment, and also to all other newspapers who have ex- pressed a friendly feeling toward our cause. AT President New SAN JOSE, Feb. 13—To the Editor of The Call, San Francisco: The advisory committee ter Club is composed of fifteen members. mittee, of which I am chairman, is its energies to the interests of the proaching campaign. It will act in steering committee, both as to the policy of the club and as to the plan of campaign in the approaching city election. . It will carry out what it wishes of the people in regard to good and economical government of the city. Not only will it be our endeavor te see that only until the Charter an elector in any Francisco: for good govern- cess. boon to the city of San Jose. judges throughout the State to be the best municipal charter in California, but good laws are useless in the hands of men unwilling to enforce them. laws of California are good, but they are rendered use- Jess by the lax method of enforcing them. ness men in office and less machine politics, 1 think, is 1 am pleased to see such an important factor as The Call working on these lines. Chairman Finance Committee, New Charter Club. Charter Club. of the New Char- This com- pledged to devote people in the ap- the capacity of a the panacea. believes to be the ing from Tunumak. As they get further along articies will be obtained, if pos- sible, from the natives by means of orders for supplies which Captain Tut- tle will redeem in the summer as we follow the track of the wanderers. Now that the overland expedition is landed and on its way let us revise our table of distances a little and remem- ber that they are expressed in nautical miles and that there are 6080 feet in one of them as against only 5280 feet in the statute mile in which you reckon dis- tances on land. We cannot tell just how many miles they will have to travel over. Perhaps we cannot come within a hundred miles. They may find places here and there where a crossing on ice will cut off many miles, such as the short cut across Kotzebue which will increase thie distances; ob- stacles that are not on the chart, but which exist none the less. Here they are, so far as I can figure it out: Cape Vancouver to St. Michael St. Michael to Unalaklik.. Unalaklik to Golovine Bay. Golovine Bay to Point R Distance lost by landing at couver Instead of at Sledge Island, as hoped ....ooeaaei.n - Point Rodney to Port Clarence. Port Clarence to Cape Prince of Wales, Cape Prince of Wales to Point Hope. Point Hope to Point Barrow. Total . I cannot come anywhere near to an accurate estimate of the length of time that it will take the overland expedi- tion to cover this 1440 miles. nothing to figure on. They may have some exceptional good luck. But they will, withcut doubt, have delay after There is | | the native huts for days, even weeks, at a time. Snowstorms may overtake | them between stations. | we cannot tell what will happen. They will loge their way, perhaps. Moun- | tains 1000 or 2000 feet high must be | crossed. Rivers that may or may mnot | be frozen completely over will deceive | them. The members of the expedition may fall sick or be injured, so that it | might be necessary to walt a long time | for them. ‘ Now you have as much insight into | the problem as I have, and I would sug- gest that there is a first-class chance | for a guessing contest among the read- | ers of The Call, The expedition left the | Bear on December 16, 1897. it reach Point Barrow? At 8:40 a. m., December 17, we got up | of Nunivak Island, sounding as we went, because the shoal water extends | away out of sight of land. From the | ship, before we left, we could see no | sign of the travelers coming for the | sleds and supplies that we had left on the beach for them. We steamed slow- ly out, stopping and even backing whenever the water shoaled to flve fathoms or less. The vessel draws three fathoms, and we got as low as four and a half, leaving only nine feet be- tween the keel and the bottom of the sea. But the sea was smooth in these places, so there was no damage done. | That night the sea increased until by 3 o’clock the next morning we were ly- ing to. All that night and until midnight of the 18th we lay to, drifting off to the northward and westward. Then the | vessel's head was pointed for St. Paul | Island and her speed was gradually in- creased until by 6 a. m. of the 19th one lantern, 300 pounds fish for the|til § a. m., and it sets at 3 p. m. The | the Bear was steaming at full speed on dogs, one camp stove and outfit, two natives themselves will not travel in | the homeward road, if the Aleutian Is- sacks flour, one package leaf tobacco | darkness. and one large box of cigarettes. It is intended to take with them only | shines. This reduces the avallable day to six hours unless the moon Owing to the fact that the | lands can be called a home for man. | Captain Tuttle had taken Mr. Baldwin, | the agent of the North American Com- enough provisions to last from one vil- | moon will be as far south as the sun | mercial Company, on board for pas- lage to another, getting a fresh supply at each stopping place. Much of these supplies may be used in trading with the natives for dogs, etc., before start- itself, T doubt if they will get -much benefit from it. Besides this, the storms will drive over the country with great frequency, keeping them within sage to St. Paul Island. Not wishing to delay the expedition by landing him on the outward trip he was taken along with us to the north, running his risk In such a case | ‘When will | Sound ff that is practicable. Again, ob- | anchor and stood out to the northward | stacles will undoubtedly be met with | men of known probity and ability are elected to every one of the city offices to be filled, but we shall make it part of our duty to see that they are held up to a proper discharge of their duty after they are Installed. They will be given due credit for service well per- formed, and they will not be spared if they fail in We expect the men who are elected to carry on the city's affairs on the one dollar limit, as we believe the expense of conducting all the departments of the city government can be reduced twenty-five per cent with- interfering with their proper administration or with necessary improvements. The people feel that an enormous amount of money wasteful and extravagant manner. fully aware of the peculiar methods that have been adopted by the city officials. exposing these matters is fully appreciated by the peo- ple, and they expect that they will be able to rely on The Call to help them in the April electon. Everybody is looking to The Call for a full, fair and honest statement of the condition of affairs here. look upon what The Call has done in the past as a benefit to the people, as it has called the attention of the citizens here to the extraordinary manner in which the city officials have been conducting afrairs. look for the support of The Call achieved for the people. Chairman Advisory Committee, New Charter Club. SAN JOSE, Feb. 13.—To the Editor of The Cail, San The New Charter Club is organized for the purpose of assisting the election of representative and capable men to the municipal offices. was framed on economic lines, which forbid the waste incident to the rule of machine polities. tomed to financial economy in the business affairs of life are the kind of representatives necessary to the efficacy of good government. the reforms in the new charter are The charter in such hands | N.E. SCHILLING, ~ PRESIDENT ~ is now expended in a The people are now The work of The Call in We They until victory s o/ Eamote The new charter Men accus- who are friendly to essenuial to its suc- will prove a great pronounced by good Men It is The general More’ busi- with us of being frozen in. Now, how- ever, our work being donme for the| present, we were to visit the seal is-| lands and Baldwin would have plenty | of time to attend to the affairs of the company. Communication in Bering Sea is so | precarious that the revenue cutters and | naval vessels have always extended to the various companies of Alaska all the courtesies possible in the way of trans- portation. > On December 20, at 11:50 a. m., we anchored in Village Cove, St. Paul Is- land. In the summer time the seal is- lands are almost continually shrouded in an envelope of fog. That is supposed to be the reason why the seal likes to live there. But in the winter the air is clear as a bell. We sighted the is- land at least thirty miles off. In the| summer you are lucky to see it when | moare than three-quarters of a mile away and the United States ship Adams, some years ago, did not see the island until she was piled up on the beach. But then it was indistinct. Captain Tuttle's instructions to Lieu- tenant Jarvis are as follows: United States Revenue Steamer Bear, December 16, 1897, First Lieutenant D. H. Jarvis, U. 8. R. C. 8., United States Revenue steamer Bear: Sir—You are detailed to take charge of the overland party from the Bear for the relief of the whalers at Point Barrow. Lieutenant E. P. Bertholf, R. C. 8, Surgeon 8. J. Call and F. Koltchoff will comprise the party from the vessel. Inclosed are instructions from the department, by .which you will be guided as far as practicable. They are full and appear to cover every point and to leave me little to-.add. The party will be under your sole control, and you will make such disposition of them as may seem most advisable to you under any and all circumstances. ‘Whenever it becomes necessary to em- ploy natives and their outfits of dogs and sledges, or procure provisions from them, make a note of articles .and the amounts promised for the same; if prac- ticable, give the natives a copy .to pre- sent when the Bear is met, and the arti- cles will be delivered. The department does not, in its letter, mention the whalers to, the eastward of Point Barrow. If you hear from them | formation as to your own progress at [ pecially snow that | there in July. use your own judgment as to what can be done for their relief. At this dis- tance and the utter lack of knowledge of thelr. circumstances, it is impossible for fe to give any directions. I shall leave Unalaska as early as there will be any possible chance to get through the fce. If St. Michael be open, I shall call there. If not, Port Clarence and Cape Prince of Wales will be visited in search of news of the expedition. I hope to reach Polnt Hope early in July. Should any of the whalers be there, will land provisions enough % last them until I return from Point Barrow. If any part of the expedition should be along the shores, T suggest you to direct them to make smudges of heavy smoke to attract attention on board the Bear, should she be sighted. A good lookout will be kept from the vessel for such signals. In conclusion, any matters that may come up which are not covered by these instructions are left to your own judg- ment, and whateter you may do will meet with the approval of the depart- ment. If opportunity offers, communi- cate with me at Unalaska and leave in- Port Clarence, Cape Prince of Wales, Kotzebue Sound and Point Hope, to be picked up on the arrival of the Bear at these places. Also, if possible, send cop- ies of all communications to the depart- ment. Respectfully yours. F. TUTTLE, Captain, U. 8. R. 8., Commanding. These instructions show that the overland expedition is to be conducted mainly on I O U’s. But the natives have great faith in the promises of the United States Government, and I see no reason to fear for the success of the scheme. The colder the weather, within reasonable limits, of tourse, the better they can travel. Over hard-crusted snow, under favorable conditions, a dog sledge with twelve dogs can make as much as sixty miles a day. Koltchoff claims to have made over a hundred miles a day for two or three days on a dog sledge. But nothing is so discour- aging to a traveler as soft snow, es- lets on that it is going to bear you and then goes back on you at the last moment. Any way that you look at it they have a tre- mendous job in hand, and I prophesy that, whether they reach Point Barrow or not, there will be nowhere in the world such enthusiastic advocates of good roads as the members of the Bear’s overland relief expedition. e CAPTAIN TUTTLE'S OFFICIAL REPORT. Tells Secretary erge of the Landing of the Expedition to Rescue the Whalers. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—The Secre- tary of the Treasury to-day received the following report from the captain of the Bear: Seattle, Feb. 13, 1808, Secretary of the Treasury: The Bear arrived at Unalaska at noon of Decem- ber 9, coaled and watered there and sailed for the north at 1:35 a. m. on the 1ith, arrived off the southeast cape of St. Law- rence Island at 2 p. m. on the 13th, where ice was encountered, and on December | 14 ice was forming rapidly. Cape Nome | was ninety-six miles distant. 1 conclud- ed that the vessel would be frozen in long before the Cape could be reached, and therefore turned and steamed south- ward for Cape Vancouver, which was reached at 3:30 p. m. on the 15th, too late to make a landing. ~The relief party, Lieutenants Jarvis and Bertholf, Dr. Cail and Mr. Koltchoff, with their outfits and mails for St. Michael and the north, were landed on the 16th about five miles from the village of Tununak, Cape Vancouver. Lieutenant Jarvis made arrangements with the trader of the village to guide and assist hiz party o St. Michael which | place the trader said could be reached in | ten days via Andreafski. On account of bad weather and running ice the Bear could not remain to see the party started verland. e sailed from Vancouver at 0 a. m. on the 17th, and called at the Islands on the 0th and 2Ist. All e well there. We arrived at Un- alaska December 22. All well. Tk _returning to St. Paul branded seals are Island. F. TUTTLE, Captain. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Howell to-night, in conversation with The Call correspondent, expressed him- self as well pleased that the Bear had landed the averland party so nearly ac- cording to the programme, although it would have been much better for the overland party if the Bear could have reached a point nearer St. Michael. Captain Shoemaker, when seen early in the evening, had not yet seen the re- port of Captain Tuttle. He said: “My calculation was that the Bear would reach Sledge Island about December 15, or between that and the 20th, for the Bear would only stop at Unalaska to take coal and water. I was not sure that the Bear could land the party in Norton Sound though I believed that it might be done. I calculated that the party would start for Point Barrow after making arrangements for the deer and that the Bear would return to Una- laska and winter there and then start north as soon as the ice broke in the spring or early summer.” As this was before Captain Shoe- maker had seen Captain Tuttle’s report it shows that his calculation was cor- rect. Captain Shoemaker said further: “Of course the orders to Captain Tuttle left matters largely to his discretion, but we did not expect that any great amount of provisions could be hauled overland or packed by the deer, the intention being merely to drive a large herd of them to Point Barrow, where they would be slaughtered for meat and that the additional food supplies would be carried by the Bear and would reach Since then, however, I have talked with men from that coun- try who are familiar with the drawing and packing capacity of the deer and they say that each animal ought to pack 100 pounds, but even if they were only able to pack fifty pounds each five hundred of them could carry 25,000 pounds of provisions and this, with the deer meat, would have malntained the whalers until the Bear arrived in July.” Captain Shoemaker said that as far as he knew there was no intention of detaching any officers from the Bear. “I cannot understand how such a re- port could have originated,” said he. “I do not see how we could detach any officer from the Bear before her cruise is ended, for she cannot be reached. I will understand the situation better, though, after I have seen the full re- port of Captain Tuttle, which I under- stand is coming from Seattle by mail.” Captain Shoemaker sald furthermore that the Corwin would soon be fitted out for a northern cruise, and that it was likely that she would follow the Bear to the whalers' relief. This de- pended, however, on Captain Tuttle's report and later developments. He sald that the Corwin would be sent to Alaskan waters, at any rate, where she could find plenty of employment when the spring and summer rush to the Klondike set in. Captain Shoemaker asked the corre- spondent concerning the report that the Thrasher would be equipped by San Francisco parties and that she would try to beat the Bear to Point Barrow. “If she beats the Bear she is a good one,” said the captain, who is very proud of the vessel. “The Corwin is a smaller vessel and might possibly for that reason be able to get through the ice and round the pointto Point Barrow sooner than the Bear, but the Thrash- er cannot do it. I think that no vessel ever left a port so well equipped for such an expedition as the Bear. It cost the Government, $15,000 in addi- tion to the amount furnished by The Call and other parties, so that the total sum for her imated $25,000." 2& equipment approx- lm DEFY THE LAWS OF THE CITY Los Angeles Corpora- tions Ignore an Ordinance. Making ‘No Attempt to Place Wires Under- ground. One Magnate Boasts That He Can Cause the Repeal of the Act. WATER COMPANY SCHEME Striving for » Reappraisement of the Value of Improvements to Its Plant. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. MISSING T0 AN ESTATE Search of a Brother of the Late Nathaniel J. Haines. | Was Last Heard of in Los Angeles More Than a Decade Ago. Entitled to a Third of the Property Lett by the Santa Clara County Rancher. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Feb. 13.—The where- abouts of Daniel J. Haines, a brother of the late Nathaniel Haines and heir to one-third of a $50,000 estate left by the latter, is eagerly soaght by the ad- ministrators of the dead man’'s estate. Nathaniel J. Haines, who was one of the most prominent horticulturists in this county, met with an accidental death at his home in Union District, about ten miles southeast of this city, on February 15, 1897. He was super< intending the painting of his winery when he lost his balance and fell from the roof, a distance of forty feet, break- ing his neck. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13.—The City Council—or at least a majority of the members—has sent forth an unofficial announcement that all wires within the conduit district not underground on the 10th day of April will be cut. This pro- | nunciamento does not seem to have any effect on the Los Angeles Lighting Company and several other corpora- | tions, for their wires are everywhere strung overhead within the prescribed territory, and they are making no pro- vision whatever to place them under- ground. The truth is that the city of Los An- geles has, through the treachery and faithlessness of the three syndicated dailies, been handled and ruled abso- lutely by the corporations so long that the officers of the various companies cannot now realize that they are in the future to receive the same treatment accorded private individuals. W. B. Cline, the president of the lighting com- pany, makes a boast that at the proper time, whenever that may be, he will see to it that the conduit district ordinance is knocked out. Nevertheless, conduits | are being put in all over the district by | | some of the corporaticns whose officers have generally manifested a willingness and desire to comply with the law. Since The Call registered the com- plaint of the property owners in the matter of requiring corporations tear- ing up the streets to replace them promptly in condition, cause for rea- sonable complaint has disappeared. It was a fact that a corporation formerly could and did tear up the main thor- oughfares for whatever purpose it de- sired, and then, in its own good time, put the street back into condition if it desired to do so; if it did not, it sim- ply let the street go and the citizens did the best they could. But if an in-| dividual had reason to tear up a street ‘he had to give a cash deposit to the street superintendent that he would put | it back in satisfactory condition. If he did not, his money was spent to do it. Since The Call exposed this manifest outrage the corporation is alsc re- quired to immediately repair avenues or streets which it has caused to be torn up. The officials of the water company are engaged preparing the inventory of | the improvements they have made to the city’s plant, which the Council has called for. It is reported that the in- ventory is being prepared in such a way as to compel the Council, if pos- sible, to order a reappraisement of the improvements. This is what the peo- ple are opposed to as a unit, and they will look upon any councilman voting for a reappraisement as playing direct- ly into the hands of the water com- pany. As indicating the feeling of the peo- ple of the ccmmunity toward the mu- nicipal officers who have stood faith- ful to their pledges in the water con- test it is only necessary to refer to an incident that transpired Saturday even- ing. Four thousand people were gath- ered at Hazard's Pavilion. Mayor M. P. Snyder entered and took a seat upon the platform. As scon as he was recog- nized by the audience the people arose and gave him a grand ovation. This, be it remembered, is the man whom the three syndicated dailies refer to as an advocate of a piratical policy of confis- cation, and whom they have repeatedly denounced as an unsafe man. The peo- ple of Los Angeles do nct agree with the combined corporation dailies. (LAY WILL SUE FOR & DIVORCE The Aged Kentuckian Wants Legal Separation From His Child Wife. Declares That She Has Been Drugged by Relatives Until Reason Has Departed. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—A Louisville spe- cial to the Herald says: General Cassius M. Clay's stormy career is likely to in- clude a divorce suit. A report received from Richmond to-day states that he has at last determined to seek a divorce from his child wife, Dora. Although she re- turned home a few weeks ago she re- mained only a few days and then went back to the home of her brother, John Richardson, where she is now smyinfi. The General has exhausted every effort to win her back and has decided that they must part forever. He has, it is said, already reduced to writing the main oints in his petition. His ground will be unacy, the petition alleging that Dora has been drugged by members of the ven- detta and is no longer herself. He will, he declares, never allow her to want for the necessities of life. These facts were communicated by the General to personal friends, who made them public. "The Richardsons, Dora's relatives, it is said, will stubbornly op- pose the divorce pi ings. Dora Knows nothing of her aged husband’s determina- tion. she has never moved her personal effects back to Whitehall, and while the old General has kept her supplied with money and food, it has all along been ap- vuren{ that he does not desire her return. —————— For a Reflinery in Hawali. CLEVELAND, Feb. 13.—The City Forge and Iron Company of this city has just received a big_order for' sugar-making chinery to be put into a refinery in wail. The amount of the order has estimated. ¥ not yet been Haines was a very popular man. He was born in Massachusetts in 1849 and came to California with his parents in 1861. His father bought an eighty- acre farm near Union and at the death of his parents N. J. Haines, inherited this. He rebuilt the house and set the place to trees and lived in the style that became a gentleman. He was a great entertainer and some merry times were enjoyed at his place. The other two heirs to the estate are a brother, Prince A. Haines, in this county, and a sister, Mrs. Susan A. Burrows of Atlanta, Ga. The brother sought, Daniel J. Haines, was last heard of in Los Angeles twelve years Since then no trace can be found ago. of him. The estate is ready to be divided, and Administrators George B. McKee and P. A. Haines are making every effort to find him. The Haines estate consists of eighty acres of .highly improved orchard and vineyard and a country residence, valued at about $40,000; a lot in this city on Julian street, between Sixth and Seventh, worth $1200, and stock, wine and produce on the farm valued at $3500. LOS ANGELES TO HAVE A FIESTA THIS YEAR. Decision Arflve& a‘xf:‘ Despite the Re- fusal of Railways to Give Support. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13.—Despite the decision of the committee of thirty that La Flesta must be abandoned, the festi- val will be held this year as usual. The obstacle encountered and which led the committee to believe that La Fiesta must be abandoned was the refusal of the rail- roads to make their usual contributions to the expense fund. Taeir refusal seemed to the committee of thirty to be a fatal blow, but it is now apparent that in this conclusion the committee ha: erred, as public-spirited citizens ha come forward and guaranteed the nec sary funds for a successful carnival which will be held early in May. ‘ S Public Park for Fresno. FRESNO, Feb. 13.—The Chamber of | Commerce, after a long session, resolved in favor of the City Trustees accepting the offer for a public park, made by Messrs. Roeding & Weihe. = The_ offer was made upon the condition that 5 cents upon each 3100 of assessed property be devoted to improving the park. A great deal of opposition sprung up, and the question was warmly debated at the meeting. ADVERTISEMENTS. DONT Let WHISKY get the BEST of you. 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