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2 i - " THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 189 e s sk ol A e e, 0 o 8 SHERIFF’S RUSE preee SAVES THE LIFE OF PETER CASTRO The Alleged Assailant of Mrs. Douglass Barely Escapes Lynching. death at the 1 citizens of Cas! f's posse after a marsh and oad line. Soon who was at pa intent sus the hurried his in company bringi Had Sherift probable the ape from the vengeance le on the day stro tried to bor- se from P. lins, a rancher town. He gave as his excuse out of breath that he had 8ot into trouble and wanted to go to 5 1as and give himself up. Collins was unaware of the tragedy of the but refused to loan the astro set off afoot The Sheriff tracked loughs and at times s lost when the posse separated, ng to Watsonville while others ationed at the county roads near night before, enimal. 3 ard m came on and it was feared the escape on a freight train, pert brakebeam jumper. ived at the depot and had ation but ten or fifteen 3 ff Farley observed ng on the dark side He hailed him and i vhat he wanted. ¢ where he was “To Watson- s working near George Stew- as taken to the ca- Church ordered 1 8.—To a ruse prac- | him to open his mouth, while Sheriff | Farley Peter Castro Farley struck a match and found that | yith Barnum & Balley's circus and has ing. were m of ident aptive then said: y? I guess I'm two of the man’s teeth This was the chief me tion of Ca “Is your name F an you want.” Dougl: at the head sse approached at this time, and Sheriff Farle hurried his prisoner away in the darkness, eluding the party of avengers. of another Castro, when seen in jafl, asserted his innocence. He claimed he left town because the fe s so bitter inst him. The m e against the man is 2 upon his de by o 3 out of Mrs. nother suspect, not vet, but was las seen Several other wa been issued. hat g brought to oville implicates the sons of several t-known citizens of the villa some time it has | been known by w and asserted by thers that there were certain voung men in the town who had no other means of support than robbery, but not until the Dcuglass affair was it known to the whole populace that this gang was regular organized. Now it nine least rted there are at men n the gang, and that not only have their operations n extensive, but that the victims have been by some means kept in a state of terror and feared to divulge atte at_robbery, assauit _and lesser cr Constat W. F. McGuigan, although a fearle: officer and for years custodian of t peace, was unable to break up the gang, and for this reason short time go tendered his resignation to the | pervisors of the county. Since Mrs. | Douglass was so foully dealt with op Sunday night the citizens of the town have taken affairs into their own hands and assert they will ferret out every culprit and administer justice in their own way. A protection committee has been or- ganized. It has set at work to as tain everything in connection with these young desperadoes who have been ter- rorizing the town folk and to hunt Gown any one connected with the Doug- [CHAMPION DIVER'S - PLUNGE TO DEATH | Thomas Donaldson Fa- tally Injured. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 8.—Thomas Don- aldson of Bath Beach, L. I, known theJ | world over as a champion high diver, | dove from the roof of Madison-square | Gerden, a distance of 85 feet, this after- | noon with probably fatal results. Donaldson traveled for some years been the star attraction at the sports- | man’s show now running in the garden. | He has been making two dives daily. | | The tank is less than eight feet deep | | and on two or three former occasions | | Donaldson did not have the success ex- | pected, and came out of the water with | hemorrhages from the nose and ears. Harry Cornish has charge of the| | water sports and it was he who this afternoon gave Donaldson the signal to dive. Three thousand people were | present and saw the famous diver lean from the platform and, falling slowly forward, make the plunge. He shot ght downward, but it was plain | | before he got half the distance that he | had lost control of his body. He struck | the water head first and failed to come up. Small circles of blood came bub- bling up from the bottom, and Harry Reeder, the amateur champion swim- mer, and an attache of the garden | | plunged into the water. The men dived several times and finally Reeder brought Donaldson to the surface. He was apparently dead, with blood flow- ing from mouth, nostrils and ears and from wounds on the head. Donaldson was carried to one of the | dressing rooms and attended by several physiclans. He was then removed to the New York Hospital. He has a frac- tured skull with compression of the brain and the left side of his face is crushed in. The surgeons at the hos- | pital say that his death is a question of hours. Witnesses of the accident say that | as Donaldson left the platform the col- | ors which were wrapped about him be- | ca loose. His attention was diverted and he did not have his wits about him | when he struck the water. He weighed | more than 200 pounds and struck with terrific force. Donaldson was 45 years | of age. | | Young Christians Adjourn. | WOOD D. March 8.—The Yolo Coun- | Sunday-school Convention concluded deliberations to-day at noon, and ad- urned. The next county convention will held on the first Tuesday and Wednes- March, 1901. The place will be committtee. | IO WAUTE THE MLLEGED WILL? Fuller Mystery Deepens at Chico. al Dispatch to The Call 8.—The news, yesterday's Call, to be filed in the st in the March effort to obtain rty which they claim is right- rs, the announcement that the puted as an aileged created a great sensation and Chico and vicinity are ing of nothing else. The mys- onding the sudden appearance ged will of the cld capitalist been before the Grand Jury for {me and now the new phase— c forgery—undoubtedly be taken up when the contestants’ will petition is filed. It is not is to be rged with d the fel- are afloat. with the case will hten the xious public until made y preparation to te their allegatic Many vho attended the eedings > alleged Ful w as ad- e are now recalling the & Dr. Rodley, J. M. and Mrs. Minnie said e was in before Fuller died treet. He told her nted to see her privately and she sointment to meet him in cording to her story they by different routes so m together. She broached the sub- was in September. made a will, operty, but he document to her m he had entrusted for the will and he he Thi red to he , should his deliv further testified uller about a month be- d that he said to her: done all for you that » for the waman he loves. everything I have.” fused to give her the will who had it. orth was away from co when / r died, but she ned soon afterward and asked all s old friends if he had left his them. The will was not found steriously reached Mr. Cor- r after Fuller's death, 3 cond witness to the al- 1, tgid court how he came nfi signature to the paper. Dr. Rodley’s office to get e for a man who was sick s ran and while there was asked y¥ the doctor and also by Fuller to wit- ness the document and say nothing about it. Dr. Rodley’s testimony was on the e line, and he went into minute de- tails of the incident and the conversa- tion he had with Fuller before Garner came in. Fuller, so the doctor said, was efraid to trust any one with the know edge that he had made a will and could not decide upon the second witness. Garner came in and as Fuller had con- fidence in him ne signed the testament. the all-zbsorbing question is: ill be accused of having written {he wiil? The public is also on the qui vive to learn if the reputation of Dr. Rodley and John Garner will be in any way reflected uper’ when the Fuller helrs file their contest. sa War’shipsflnt BouolTuu. HONOLULU. Narch 1—The United States s mship Celtic arrived February 27, all well. The United States flagship Philadelphia sailed for Samoa February 23. The United States steamship Brutus satied February 2. The Scandla may re- main here under rerairs for at least an- other week. 'MINERS [ + claim to-day. Telluride ore wa: of twenty feet which assays $18 The camp is greatly excited. daily dict the camp will hav end of the year. A sensational str mine, on Palmer Mountain, owned by “Pinnacle Jimmy, Corporation of Londo Clark of this city O +O+04+0+0+0 < [ + 3 o + o + teen ounces of gold was taken. ¥ = FLOCK TO REPUBLIC CAMP | tion to the militia, the Mayor deputized SPOKANE, Wash., March 8.—The richest gold ore vet found in Re- public Camp on the Colville Reservation was uncovered in the Flaghill encountered in the shaft at a depth 87 to the ton. Three stages come laden to the guards, and large numbers of miners are going in by private conveyance and on horseback. people before midsummer and 10,000 by the of,gold ore has been made in the in Okanogan who bonded That company threw up the bond and Patrick president of the took a bond and started experienced miners to work. tunnel is now in remarkably rich ore and from taken from the waste dump and pounded out $04CHOHOHO40+ QO HTHIOIOITH D0 40404040+ 0+ 0404 0404 into the camp Experienced mining men pre- Bunker Hill This claim was British- American County. it to the Republic Company, immediately The face of the sixty pounds of rock in a hand mortar four- H4O40 404040404+ 0+ 0404+ 040+ OUR STRATEGY WAS HAZARDOLS Colomb’s Lecture on War Lessons. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, March 8—Vice Admiral| Philip Howard Colomb, retired, lectured this evening on the ns of the Span- sh-American war before the memb: of the United Service Institute. After dealing with the impossibility of secrecy in warfare hereafter, owing to the vigilance of the pr and the necessity for protecting cables in shal- low water, he said he thought that if Spain had showed real comprehension of strategy the United States would not have been so successful. The sure way for the United ites would have been for her to send a sufficient force to the coast of Sy to balance the forces known to have been in Spanish ports and to send a squadron to the Cape Verde Islands the moment ft was known a Spanish flotilla was assem- bling there. If, he added, the island of Miporca had been d as a base nothing offensive on the other side of | the Atlantic would have been attempted | by Spain. | The lesson to be deduced’ was, ac- | cording to the lecturer, that the Amer- | ican strategy was hazardous, in so far | as it departed from the | rules of naval warfare. Admiral Cer- | vera’s ships were lost sight of, causing | anxfety on the American coasts and | erable squadrons wholly in a defensive | attitude Instead of maintaining com- mand of the sea. It was clear, he added, that if there | had been coal supplies at Santiago de Cuba, and if Admiral Cervera's squad- ron had been reasonably efficient, in- stead of a ‘“‘miserable abortion,” all it | could have purposed to effect by enter- | ing Santiago might have been effected the United States navy. From actions between the Spanish | forts and American ships, the speaker deduced the idea that very inefficlent distance. { Regarding the purely tactical ques- | tions involved the admiral said it was | plain Admiral Dewey took advantage of the-superiority of his guns and gun- ners and placed himself in so distant a position that neither the Spanish ships nor the Spanish batteries were able to adequately reply to his fire. The whole thing, continued the lecturer, was tre- ribly business-like on the American side, with a pathetic parade of quixotic gallantry on the other. In conclusion, Admiral Celomb com- mented on the fact that all orders to the American ships were sent from Washington, which he considered a Lmomento\u change in naval warfare. stereotyped | | obliging the Americans to keep consid- | without any interference on the part of | batteries were able to keep ships at a | SIX DIRECTORS ~ HAVE RESIGNED |Court in Charge of the | Union Bank. Spectal Dispatch to The Call, BAN JOSE, March 8.—The manage- ment of the Union Savings Bank is now in the hands of Judge Lorigan of the | Superior Court, who this afternoon re- ceived the resignations of six directors. The matter came up on the filing of a supplemental complaint by Attorney General Ford to the suit brought to| have the bank declared insolvent. The | supplemental petition recited that all seven directors had resigned, and the court was asked to flll the vacancies. This was a mistake, however, for Di- | rector Charles P. Braslan refused to resign. An answer was filed by the directors stating this fact. Those re- signing were: W. H. Wright, N. Bow- den, Amasa Eaton, Cyrus Jones, J. W. | Rea and L. Callisch. Francis Pope and L. B. Archer filed notice of appearance | as attorneys for the several depositors. The directors’ answer stated that at | a meeting the stockholders had said they would be satisfied with four places on the board chosen to close the bank’'s affairs. This left Wright and Bowden of the old directors on the board. Pope ; objectdll to these men being reappointed by the court and also was in favor of ousting Braslan, who had been elected to the directorate since the failure. Pope was starting in on a long har- angue about the directors overdrawing their accounts when Judge Lorigan in- terrupted him. He then asked till to- morrow to file a protest against the re- appointing of any of the old board. Deputy Attorney Sturtevant objected to | delay, and the court sided with him. Judge Lorigan said he would appoint | a board of directors on Friday morning, and asked if any names were to be sug- gested. S. A. Barker suggested a list of fifteen names and S. G. Tompkins seven. Cashier Friant submitted the entire list of stockholders of the bank. The court will appuint seven and lef | the directors settle whether Braslan shall resign or not. The latter abso- | lutely refuses to resign and the case | will have to bé fought out in court. ‘ The depositors held a meeting at | Hale’s Hall this afternoon. It was de- icided not to ask for representation on the board of directors. They are be- coming uneasy at the continual delay l in the settlement of the bank’s affairs, and unless matters go ahead more rap- idly will commence suit. A committee | consisting of Louis Arques, F. F. Brit- 1ton. B. G. Hurlburt, C. W. Childs and H. T. Besse was selected, to which the depositors will assign their claims in case it becomes necessary to take such action. | O 0% 0 5 0 HONOROKONOm NEGRO TROOPS ON THE RAMPAGE Mustered Out Soldiers Use Revolvers. Bpectal Dispatch to The Call, ATLANTA, Ga, March 8—The Tenth Immunes (colored), Colonel Jones, who were mustered out at| Macon to-day, began to show their ill- temper as soon as the train bearing the negroes home began to move out of Macon. Producing revolvers and other arms which they in some way managed to smuggle with them they began fir- ing from the windows. Bullets flew in every direction as the train sped on, and passers-by were compelled to seek shelter. Luckily only one person was shot in Macon, Will Goodyear, a 16- year-old white boy, Wwhose arm was fractured by a ball. As the train passed the various stations on the road the rioting was renewed, shots being fired from the train at the people standing on the platforms. At Griffin, Ga., where the first sec- tion of the train stopped at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon, occurred the most se- rious trouble of the day. The regiment came over the Central Georgia Rall- road in three sections. When the train DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE YELLOW RIVER Adventures of Two German Sci- entists in Crossing North- castern Thibet. the st ants. ed men was given a horse. to the cool dog, which immediately died. B R e e S VANCOUVER, B. C., March 8.—According to advices recelvéd per mship Empress of Indla there arrived in Shanghai recently two distinguished German travelers, Professor Futterer of Karlsruhe, geologist, and Dr. Holterer-Lorrach of Baden, who have just crossed Northeastern Thibet from Turkestan, discovering the source of the Yellow River and entering China by the northwest. In upper Taho Valley they were attacked by about thirty robbers. The explorers returned the fire and wounded some of their assail- Upon the robbers complaining of ants of the district advised the explorers avert more serious consequences later. Accordingly one of the wound- Futterer made a valuable geological collection, besides taking careful observations for meteorological while Dr. Holterer more particularly interested himself in zoological matters, getting together an important collection. the hostility met with Dr. Holterer attributed to the Llamas, two of whom on one occasion gave poisoned milk to a German servant and Fortunately the milk was suspected and given to a being wounded the inhablt- to make compensation to and map-making purposes, | A great deal of R R T T R R e MILLIONAI RES IN FEDERAL SENATE States Senate. State. fluent talker. lionafres’ Club.” in that class. men with Senatorial aspirations. and M. L. Hayward. nia, Utah and California. ORSROBGRONR G % D %2 O ROROROROLURORNOGR O RURGRT RO LLURON WASHINGTON, March 8.—The breaking of the Senatorlal deadlock W in Nebraska has resulted in adding another millionaire to the United 81 Judge M. L. Hayward is estimated to be worth at least | $3,000,000. He had the backing of the railroads and corporations of the g The new Senator Is in his sixty-ninth year, and is said to be a g The new Senate will more than ever deserve the title of “the Mil- 2 Nearly a half of the Senators are men that are rated 3 This winter has been particularly favorable to wealthy 2 Among the millionaires added to the & Senate this year are Chauncey M. Depew, John Kean Jr., Nathan Bay & Scott, Joseph V. Quarles, A. J. McCumber, W. A. Clark, A. G. Foster & There are four States yet to be heard from—Delaware, Pennsylva- ;3 =4 | stopped at Griffin the negroes, who by this time had filled up on whisky, be- gan firing their pistols and yelling like Indians. Over 200 shots were fired, and the police were powerless to resist. The city was at the mercy of the negroes, who kept up a fusillade of shots until the train was carried beyond the city limits. The news of the outrageous conduct spread section of the train should be held in check. Major Davis ordered out the Grif- fin Rifles on his own responsibility, as there was no time to lose. In addi- nearly a hundred citizens to assist the officers in preserving the peace and Jack Chinn, the celebrated racehorse | About 5:10 0'clock | man and politician, attacked Senator protecting the city. the second section came in sight and above the roar of the train could be heard the rattle of firearms which were being discharged indiscriminately. When the train came to a standstill the negroes saw 200 heavily armed men, who commanded them to keep quiet. The negroes were awed, and with few exceptions were as docile as lambs. To those who proved fractious cracked heads were administered. When the train pulled out from the depot and the negroes thought they were out of reach of the citizens they began firing at houses. Wi poured into the disappearing train by the citizens and militia. Un- fortunately George Agee, a trainman, was shot in the abdomen and fatally wounded and one negro was clipped on | Hardin, the shoulder by a bullet. As the several sections came Into the | union depot they were met by the po lice reserve, heavily armed. The ne- rapidly over Griffin, | | and it was determined that the mnext | 300 of the most prominent men in the | At the first shot a volley | | | "GET A GUN, SIR," CRIES JACK CHINN Bronston Obliges the Colonel. Special Dispatch to The Call, LEXINGTON, March 8.—Colonel Charles J. Bronston, one of the leading Democrats of the State, in the lobby of | i the Phoenix Hotel here this afternoon to challenge him to mortal combat over an old score between these dis- tinguished Kentucky politicians. Democratic State Central tive committee ‘were in session at Phoenix at the time, and not less that State were in the lobby. But for in- tervention on the part of friends of the | would-be combatants Kentucky would have added another to her long list of tragedies. Senator Goebel and General P. Wat leading aspirants for the Democratic nomination for Governor, e near by when Chinn attacked Bronston and took prominent parts in keeping the gentlem®n apart. While groes were evidently awed and gave the | Chinn claims he has been waiting for a police no trouble. The Tenth was re- cruited from all parts of the country. The negroes for the most part are from North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri and Ohio. Nearly all of them were sent out of Atlanta to their destinations before the night was over. NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 8.— About 500 men of the Eighth Immunes mustered out in Chattanooga arrived here just before midnight last night. Fifty police and detectives were at the station to preserve order. The sergeant who had shot two people at Chatta- nooga was searched for but not found. The police used their clubs freely in forcing the negroes to give up their pis- tols and remain in the cars, but there was no firing. Police were refused ad- mittance to one car by armed negroes at the door. They forced their way in, demanded all weapons, and in this car there was much clubbing, sbme ne- groes being badly beaten. The chief causes of the trouble were refusal to | remain’ in the cars, to give up pistols and insulting language to the police. SULLIVAN WILL GET . A NEW COMMISSION WABHINGTON, March §8.—The pro- posed restoration of a former pay officer of the navy to his corps with the rank he would have had had a court-martial not dismissed him from the service is causing bitter comment among paymas- ters. But the President is understood to have ordered that a commission be made out for his signature, and the appointment will unquestionably be issued. The case is that of former Paymaster John Clyde Sullivan, who was dismissed from the navy a few years ago for em- bezzlement, it having been alleged that he made personal use of Government funds to the amount of $6000. The money was refunded when an inspector discov- ered Sullivan’s accounts to be wrong, but the court-martial found him guilty of fraudulent conduct, and he was dis- missed. Mr, Sullivan is said to hail from Canton, Ohio, and has always had strong pglitical support. For a number of years 2 bill has been before Congress to restore him to his former corps with the rank he would have held but for dismissal. The measure was defeated at every ses- sfon until !hel onedjusl ended, when it was assed and signed. pSulllva.n wufr:mw take his place at the foot of the grade of lieutenant command- ers and resume his duties with increased rank after several years of inaction. Sul- livan is well known at Mare Island, where he was stationed at the time of his trial. His bill for rellef was deemed a meritorious one by Senator Perkins, who took an active part in securing its pas- sage. —_———— Not Guilty of Boodling. FRESNO, March 8. — Ex-Supervisor Charles W. Garrett, charged with brib- ery, was acquitted by a jury in the Su- perior Court here to-day after a short PHal He was accused of having re- ceived a monetary consideration from Sames K. Hopkins with a view to influ- encing his vote as a member of the Board of Supervisors last summer. The evidence upon which it was hoped to obtain a conviction was ruled out by the court as incompetent and the jury was instructed to return a verdict of not guilty. —_—————— Advances made on furniture and pianos, with or without removal, J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. A chance to get even with Bronston on account of the bill the latter filed in a lawsuit in which Mrs. Chinn was charged with fraud, politicians claim politics was really at the bottom of the trouble. Bronston had only entered the lobby a few minutes beforehand and was in conversation with a correspondent when Chinn approached the Lexington Senator and said: Have you got your gun?" “No, but I can get it,” promptly re- plied Bronston. “‘Go and get it; how long will it take ?" asked the agitated Chinn. “I can be here with it in ten minutes," said Bronston, and then the colonel said he would wait for the Senator’s return, at the same time hurling an ugly and unprintable name at Bronston. When Chinn cursed Bronston the latter, al- though he knew his adversary was armed, rushed at him. Senator Goebel rushed in between the men and pushed Chinn back. Others intervened and the men were kept apart. Bronston went away, but true to his words returned in ten minutes with a 44 caliber Colt’s revolver, nearly two feet long. He entered the hotel lobby with the formidable weapon in his hand and sought Chinn, who had been dragged into a room by friends. Brons- ton waited an hour for Chinn to make his appearance, but he didn't come. Both men were then arrested. Chinn was put under a bond of $5000 while Bronston was released. During the afternoon fully 2000 per- sons surrounded the hotel and filled its lobby, expecting to see a repetition of the famous Swope-Godloe affair. It is the impression that Chinn will be challenged to a duel to-morrow. Both men are of the gamest fighting stock in Kentucky and both’swear ven- geance, It is predicted this will result in one of the greatest feuds in the his- tory of Kentucky. GOAD ELECTED TO THE STATE SENATE GERMANTOWN, March 8. — Glenn County’s vote for Senator of the Eighth District, to succeed the late John Boggs, stands: Barker (R.), 275; Goad (D.), 362. This is less than half the vote cast last November. COLUSA, March 8.—The special election for a Senator for the Eighth Senatorial istrict to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator John Boggs was held to- day. J. W. Goad, the Democratic nominee, carries the county by a big majority over Barker (R.). 2 S4B ACCEPTS ENGLAND’'S PROPOSAL. RIO JANEIRO, March 8—The Brazil- jan Government has accepted the pro- posal of Great Britain to submit the Guiana boundary, dispute to arbitration. Joaquin Nabuco, former Brazilian Sec- retary of Legation in London, has been appointed to represent Brazil on the ar- bitration committee. Gifts for Supervisors. WOODLAND, March 8.—Before the Board of Supervisors adjourned to-day each of the é;\emhers was presented with a gold-headéd cane as an evidence of ap- preciation of his services, The | and execu- | the | TIDAL WAVE ON |Gale Carries Death to| | Thousands. | | | | § G Special Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., March 8.—According to news received from the Korean capital { by the R. M. S. Empress of India, mile | after mile of the Ko vastated by a terrible storm, followed by a tidal wave, In the opening week of Feb- the ruary. The storm broke upon fortunate country boating population had no time to shelter. The loss of life all along coast is appalling. The Chémulpo corre- | spondent of the Shanghai Mercury writes to his paper of the disaster as follows: | “The black clouds had hardly shrouded | | the blue sky on the morning of Friday ast, February 3, when a terrible rain and wind storm swept up and down the coast. On the southwest and west coast it was | Here it raged with an aw- | and the seas swept up and 2. acre after acre o the iings of the natives. Many | thousands of lives were lost, not to men- | | tion the vast amount of 'property de- | stroyed. The village of Kungsan was | rer. Here one | of the Japanese coasting mers broke | from her moorings and was driven upon | some rocks and then was carried high any hundreds of yards ally high tidal wave. so_high that all the houses able distance of the beach | and two lives were | | | | lost. “At Chemulpo a Japanese schooner in | the height of the gale was sunk at her own mooring in the inner harbor. She was laden with coal. The harbor is strewn with the wreckage of countless sampans and junks, and hundreds of bod- | | ies have been washed ashore. The em | | bankment by the custom-house, lately | in connection with the railway, has | hed away. i stone beacon on the north watcher | completely swept away. This .cted in 189 by an American rail- | way contractor under an agreement with | the Commissioner of Customs for $26,000. | The work was done without ial | hough it was well fin-| evel s rering - ork was’ finished in De- | cember and forthwith handea over to the | charge of the customs, and $10.000 was paid on account, wi that the | balence would be s 5. But the Korean Gov | its old principle of delaying payments as | | much as it is possible, had not paid the | balance when the storm broke out. Then | | the Government refused to pay anything | further, alleging, though rather iate in | the day, defects of construction. But the | | Lord High Treasurer soon found he was | not dealing with a Chinese contractor and and quickly, too.” RECLAIMING YOLO ; COUNTY TULE LAND Reed Pumping Plant Drains the Water From Thousands of Acres. | WOODLAND, March $.—Reclamation | District 108 is practically clear of water. Four weeks ago water was standing on about 4000 acres of tule land in that dis- | trict. The old Reed pumping plant was | put at work, and now the land is ready | for cultivation. It is the intention to con- | tinue pumping until Sycamore Slough also is clear of water, so that in the event of | vy- rains during this month or April the surplus water which comes down from the foothills and spre: out over the marsh land may readily be disposed of. The pumping plant has a capacity of 27,000 gallons a minute, and by operating’ it night and day Sycamore Slough will be practically clear of water in three or four | ays. - Farming operations will be cond | a big scale Ih District 108 this seasen Ton Balrd brothers have a lot of teams at | work, and will seed an entire section in | barley. The Miller brothers will seed a | large tract to wheat. W. C. Curtiss of | this city is_operating on a larger scale | than anybody else. He has a large force of men at work and Is running fifteen or | sixteen eight-horse teams, turning over | an {mmense tract of land every day. He | will plow the entire Kaye ranch and near- Iy 2000 acres of -what is commonly known | as the bank land, or 6000 acres in all. He will devote all his energfes and resources | to a barley crop. The tule land is the richest and most productive farming land in the State, In seasons when it can be kept clear of | water it yields enormously. The cost of | plowing and seeding 1s considerably less | than the expense of plowing and seeding | the high land of the valley. A few spring showers to give the young grain a start | is all that is necessary. There is a great | deal of moisture below, and it continues to rise during the season, thus insuring a | | lusty, healthy growth, without the neces- | sity for further heavy rains. The season | is so well advanced that nothing short of | an extraordinary flood can prevent big crops in District 108. S BUNKO MEN EVADE TRIAL. | Pea and Shell GtuzTe Operators dea‘ Bail and Disappear. SAUSALITO, March S.—When the hour arrived for the trial of the five pea-and- | shell game operators who were arrested | at Tiburon for fleecing a Santa Rosa con- | tractor out of $115, none of them ap- peared. They gave cash bail aggregat- | Ing $80 yesterday, and this will cover-ihe | Justice’s and Constable’s fees. The men | arrested gave the names of J. Schubner, | George Brooks, E. Goldberg, H. Hickley | and John Smith. District Attorney Mc- Isaac believes that an example should be made of the malefactors, i that they are brought to trial unless they sgcceed in evading the officers sent for | them. iz gl ‘Woodland Democrats. WOODLAND, cratic city convention met and made nom- inations this evening. The proceedings were harmonious, there being few con- tests. The Republicans nominate in mass-meeting on Friday eve! | asks her to be his wife. | of the digestive and nutritive organs. | aman’s stomach is right and his liver | right, his biood will be pure and rich, and ROREK'S COMST and will see | o March S.—The Demo- || Oliver Wendell Holmes says that if a man truly loved a woman he woluld not marry her unless he was absolutely positive that he was the very best man in afl the world that she could marry. According to this a man would have to be very conceited in- deed or remain a bachelor. This is going a lit- tle bit to extremes, but in sober fact, no man should marry a woman so long as he is the victim of ill-health. No man has a right to ask a woman not only to 3 be his wife, but a life-long nurse. No man has a right to ask a woman to share the burden of his ill- health, and that is what he does when he Ill-health in man is almost invariably the result of disord:;? his nerves strong and steady. 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