The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 2, 1901, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, ‘THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1901 GREAT MARBLE SHAFT IS REARED IN HONOR OF OREGON'S FOUNDERS Pioneers of the Northern Commonwealth Will Gather To-Day at Champoeg to Witness the Unveiling of a Monument on the L35 o gRE ETED | | . | TIRSBAY M 8T 21301 o Site Where Their Territorial Government Was Organized ALEM, Or., May 1.—The unveiling of the monuntent at Champoeg to- morrow will commemorate a his- torical eveni of deep significance to the citizens of Oregon. It will, in reality, be the observance of the fifty- eighth anniversary of the birth of the original Oregon, as on May 2, 1843, the first government in Oregon was organized. The organization of this government was effected at Champoeg, and the site of the building in which the meeting was held has been marked by the monument that will be unveiled to-morrow to the mem- ory of the fifty-two men who voted in favor of organization and in commemora- tion of that eventful meeting. Thus this historic ground will be preserved to pos- terity, marked by a shaft of granite re- cording the birth of original Oregon as a self-governing parcel of the American nation. At the unveiling ceremony Rev. H. K. Hines, H. W. Scott and Governor T. T. Geer will deliver addresses upon the his- toric significance of the ceremony and re- view the events leading up to the mem- orable meeting that it is proposed to com- memorate. The monument will be un- veiled by Hon. F. X. Matthieu, the sole survivor of the fifty-two founders of the provisional government. The people of Champoeg and vicinity have made great preparations for the un- veiling ceremonies, as pioneers are ex- pected from all parts of the State. Seats and grandstand are erected and every needed arrangement is made for the com- fort and convenience of the guests. R S e £ S B R o — A SPLENDID SHAFT OF MARI BLE. MONUMENT THAT WILL TO-DAY BE DEDICATED AT CHAMPOEG IN HONOR OF THE STURDY PIONEERS WHO FOUNDED THE COMMONWEALTH OF OREGON FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO. THE MONUMENT IS by & SEEKING ACCOMMODATION FOR VISITORS FAOM THE INTERIOR S Continued from Page One. known objectionable characters leave the boats or the cars they will be taken in charge and brought to the City Prison, where they will rest in peace and security until after the President’s visit. The same precautions are being taken in Los Angeles and in fact in all the other large towns and by the time the Pres dent arrives here it will be comparatively safe for a man to carry a little money in his pocket. In addition police are being instructed in the handling of crowds. In this city the men have had more or less experience, but in interior towns volunteer forces are being schooled in their new duties,” for it is expected that the crowds that will fill every nook and corner of the State during the visit of the President will be some- thing unequaled. There was a meeting of the executive committee yesterday morning, the ’pub- lished report of which shows but fittle progress over the report of last Saturday. Executive Committee. F. W. Dohrmann, chairman of the fin- ance committee, reported that the collec- tions to date were, in cash, $21.07125; in eight: insurance companies, $1800; Market Street Rallway Company, $1000; TUnion Jron Works, $500; mint (about), $500; Cus- tom-house (about), $500; California Street Railway Company, $100; Steamship Compa $100; Works, $100; total $25,671 25. Charles R. Allen, acting chairman of the decorations committee, reported that contracts had been let for 100 flags for the decoration of the ferry building, illu- minating the ferry tower, illuminating streets and for flags and garlands for decorating the streets. The estimate of the United Carriage Company for forty carriages to meet the Presidential party at Third and Townsend streets on its arrival at 3 per carriage, thirty-five carriages the same evening at $8 per carriage znd for ten carriages daily Risdon Iron ADVERTISEMENTS. A FEW FACTS About the New Catarrh Cure. The new Catarrh Cure is a new depart- ure in so-called catarrh cures because it actually cures, and is not simply a tem- porary relief. The new Catarrh Cure is not a salve, ointment, powder nor liquid, but a pleas- ant tasting tablet containing the best spe- cifics for catarrh in a concentrated, con- verient form. The old style of catarrh salves and oint- mments are greasy, dirty and inconvenient at the best; the new preparation being in tablet form is always clean and con- venient. The mew Catarrh Cure is superior to Catarrh powders because it is a notorious fact that many catarrh powders contain cocaine. The new Catarrh Cure is called Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets, a wholesome combina- tion of blood root, ‘hwood tar, guaiacol and other antiseptics, and curés by its action upon the blood and mucous mem- branes, the only rational treatment for catarrhal trouble. You do not have to draw upon your imagination to discover whether you are | etting benefit from Stuart’s Catarrh Tab- ets; improvements and relief are appa- rent from the first tablet taken. sell and recommend them. They cost but 5 cents for full sized pack- ages, and any catarrh sufferer who has wasted time and money on sprays, salves and powders will appreciate to the full the merit of Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets. Pacific -Mail | for use of President, Cabinet and execu- tive committee at $15 per carriage per day, was ordered accepted, subject to such changes as might be necessary in regard | to the number of carriages needed. General Warfield announced that the line of march on the day of the arrival would be up Third to Market street, out Market to Van Ness avenue, Van Ness to Pine and then countermarching, the Pres- ident reviewing the troops between Bush and Sutter streets on some stand to be erected by the committee. In the evening a troop of cavalry and the signal corps would escort the President and_citizen's irPcepllnn committee from the house of Henry T. Scott down Van Ness avenue to Market street and_down Market to the ferry. The music for the evening of the | reception would be furnished by two bands of twenty pieces each. J. P. Currier, president of the Manufac- | turers’ and Producers’ Association, was | made a member of the executive commit- | tee, representing the various mercantile | organizations of the city, who proposed | to entertain the visiting Congressmen, and $200" was appropriated to the committee whicn Mr. Currier is to appoint from the mercantile organizations, to be used for the entertainment of the Congressmen in any manner that the committee deems | best and not conflicting with the various | entertainments already prepared by the | Ohio Society. The carriage item rather staggered the committee, for the carriage companies will charge full fare for every one of the carriages used, and when they are used | by’ the day there will be no uction. It | was expected that there would be reason- | able rates allowed, for while the Presi- dent is here carriages will be in great de- | mand, but the companies did not see it that way, and as carriages have to be had there was nothing for the committee to do but to agree to the rates. The Day’s Receipts. The executive council of finance reports the receipt of the following subscriptions up to noon yesterday: National Tube Company, $100; Crown Distil- | leries, $100; Jesse Moore-Hunt 'Co., $100: Fos- | ter & Fay, $100; Occidental and Orlental Steam- ship Company, $100; California Wine Associa- §100; Louis Tausig Co., $100; Toyo Kaisha, $30; Standard Oil Company, § A. P. Hotaling, §25; Blelenberg & -Weniger, §25; Scott & Van Arsdale, $25; McLaughlin & Co., | $25; Pine Box Manufacturing Company, $25; | Standard Electric Company o May Sheldon, $25; Jullus Jacobs, Américan Tea Importing Company, $2: & Co., $25; Metzger & Franklin, §25; C. M. Plum & Co., §2%; Thomas H. B. Varney, $25; The Studebaker Company, $25. Total, $i150. In a former report from the finance commitiee a subscription of $100 was cred- | ited to Charles H. Felton. The subscrip- tion was sent in by Charles N. Felton. Reports have been current that Mrs. | McKinley would not be able to accept the | invitation of the Ladies of the Ohio So- clety to be present at a banquet which was to be given in her honor during the stay of the Presidential party in this | city. It was with much pleasure there- fore that Mrs. Mozart, president of the | oclety, recéived an acceptance to the in- vitation vesterday. The letter is writ- ten on plain white paper, bearing in silver | letters at’ the top, “Executive Mansion, | Washington,” | The letter is in Mrs. McKinley’s own | handwriting and is worded as follows: | "“Mrs. McKinley has much pleasure in | accepting the courteous invitation of the | ladies of the Ohio Soclety of California to | be present at their banquet to be given | Thursday evening, May 16, at the Cali- fornia Hotel, San Francisco. “Friday, April 2, 1901” i Republican Headquarters. | In anticipation of the coming of Presi- | dent McKinley, the headquarters of the | Republican State Committee in the Pal- ace Hotel have been decorated and | adorned as never before in their history. There is no lavish profusion of decor: tions nor display of expense, but every- thing has been done with a_view to pro- | duce the most pleasing and artistic ef- fect. Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack have been draped in graceful folds around the walls. Occup; the isen California, $25; 25; Great most prominent place is & magnificent hand-painted picture of the President decorated with_ the national colors. Photographs of Vice President Roosevelt and Governor Henry T. Gage have also been given prominent positions. On one side of one of the rooms has been sus- pended a beautiful silk banner bearing the motto, “One Country and One Flag,” while directly opposite is another banner with the inscription, ‘‘Prosperity at Home and Prestige Abroad.” The entire frame of the large mirror has been hidden be: neath rows of small silk American flags and the chandeliers have been orna- mented with California poppies and pam- pas grass. During the President’s stay in the city the headquarters will always be open for the entertainment of any of his party or the distinguished visitors from any of the States. The use of the rooms will be ten- dered to the Ohio Soclety and the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution during the time which has been allotted to them for entertaining the President. B e e e WARM WELCOME TO McKINLEY ON RRRIVAL N NEW ORLEANS ——— Continued from Page Omne. two hours there the party will return to Phoenix, reaching here about 10 o'clock. After luncheon at the Hotel Adams, there will be a parade, the President’s party to be escorted by a troop of former Rough Riders, commanded by Captain J. B. Alexander. After reviewing the parade there will be a drive to the new anl(ol building, where Governor Murphy will welcome the visit- ors. Then, in carriages, the visitors will be escorted to various points of interest in the valley. They 11 visit the Phoenix Indian Industrial School, the largest in- stitution of the kind in this country with the single exception of the Carlisle school. There a dress parade of Indian students and cadets will be %;ren, and a concert by the Indian band. om the school there will be a drive to the Arizona Insane Asy- lum, and then the President will be shown the great groves in the orange district, the orchards in the deciduous belt and the drive will go through a dozen miles where as far as the eye can reach there are waving fields of alfalfa, barley, wheat and oats. A novel and an interesting and in- structive feature will be a short view of the land where the desert and the culti- vated lands lie, showing the party the value of irrigation. Excursions are to be conducted to Phoe- nix frcm all parts of the Territory, and arrangements are being made here to care for 25,000 visitors. PLANS OF LADIES OF LOS ANGELES Will Meet Their Visiting Sisters at the Train and ‘Will Provide for Them LOS ANGELES, April 80.—There is now no doubt that President McKinley will be received in the city of Los Angeles as the chief executive of the nation should be. Neither 4s there any doubt that Mrs. Mc- Kinley and the numerous ladies of the President’s entourage Will be received as becomes the wife of the Presfdent and the ladies of his Cabinet. Although they bave not had so much to say about it as have the sterner sides of their families the ladies. of Los Angeles have been as hard at work as any men and they have arranged such a reception as will not soon be forgotten. The proposed reception at the Woman's Club on Figueroa street on Wodne:flt:fi afternoon will rival in bréadth of de | { FIUR LERKS TO EXAMINERS DRRWING BAY Attorney General .Ford Ignored in Selecting New Appointees. Governor Gage, Curry and Dan Kevane Each Name One of Them. SNt New Evidence of Strained Relations in State Board and Predictions of Lively Sessions to Come. —_— SACRAMENTO, Mdiy 1. — Chauncey Clark, E. J. Taylor and Miss Lillian Nel- son have been appointed as the additional clerks to the State Board of Examiners, for which provision was made by bills passed by the last Legislature. The ap- pointments are not of great importance in themselves, but surrounding the choice of these three there is new evidence of the strained relations existing within the board, and this has set the knowing ones about the Capitol talking. ‘While the appointments have only now become known Clark, Taylor and Miss Nelson drew salaries for April, Clark aud Taylor each receiving $100 and Miss Nel- son $133 1-3, their regular montnly sal- aries as provided by the new act. It transpires that the appointments were made March 29, to date from the follow- ing day. Those who are acauainted with . inside facts say that Clark was undoubtedly Governor Gage's appointee and that Tay- lor was named by Secretary of State Cur- ry. It is evident that Attorney General Ford, the third member of the State Board of Examiners, found himself in the minority when the appointments wcre made, for it is claimed that Miss Nelson was named for the place, not by a mem- ber of the board, but by its secretary, Daniel Kevane. XKept Secret for a Month. . P, H. McGrath, assistant secretarv of the Board of Examiners, notified State Controller Colgan under date of March 29 that the board had that daisflpnulnted the three above named as clerks, but the ap- fio(mmems did _not become generally nown until to-day. Attorney General Ford was not only iz- nored In the distribution of the plums of patronage but he was not vouchsafed in- formation of any meeting of the board or its appointments. When told last night that the clerks were in office and drawing their salaries he insisted that The Call must be mistaken in its information. “You are certainly misinformed,” the Attorney General said, ““for 1 know posi- tively that the appomtments have not yet been made. In fact I have a letter from the secretary of the beard in response to one I wrote him and in which he informs me that I will be duly notifled when thesc appointments are to be considered by the board so that I can be personally present | at such meeting. My letter from the sec- retary is dated April 4, so you see the appointments could not have been madg prior to that time. You have certainly been in some way misinformed.” Put Actions in Peculiar Light. This letter from Dan Kevane, secretary of the board, to the Attorney General and the statement of Attorney General Ford put the action of the other members in a peculiar ‘light. There being three new clerks to appoint courtesy would have dictated that each of the three mem- bers of the board yame one clerk, So far from 'such rule being followed the At. torney General was not even informed of the board’s intention to meet for the pur- pose of appointment, nor afterward of the appointments having been made until told by a representative of The Call last night. Worse still, six days after the appointments were made, under date of April 4, in response to an’inquiry written April 2, Secretary Kevane wrote the At- torney General that he would be duly notified when the appointment of clerks was to be made, s0 that he might be present. To be jgnored in the distribution of pat- ronage by his official colleagues, to have kis functions usurped by the secretary of the board and to be misinformed by the secretary and given to understand that the appointments are yet to be made—all this is not balm for the Attorney General, and the attainment of harmony between the Governor and Atterney General Ford is apparently now but am iridescent dream. Friends of Attorney General Ford pre- diet a lively session of the Board of Ex- aminers when the next meeting is heid unless the precedent established in this case be followed and the Attorney Gen- eral be left to learn from the press a )‘m&:xl;(h afterward that a meeting has been eld. The three additional clerks were author- ized by bills that were passed by the last Legislature practically without opposition, they being known as ‘‘Governor’s meas- ures.” One, Senate bill 430, was intro- duced by Senator Wolfe. It amended sec- tion 685 of the Political Code to read that the Board of Examiners may appoint four clerks to the secretary of the board. As the law stood before but one clerk was allowed. Under the new law two of the four receive $1600 annual salary and the other two $1200. The other bill,” Assembly bill 606, had Broughton for its sponsor. It provided an appropriation of §1125 for the payment for the remainder of the fifty-second fiscal ycar of the salaries of the additional clerks. @ it peleirisle il @ and depth of sincerity the big event plan- ned by the men folks. A reception com- mittee of 200 of the best-known society | women of the city will be on hand at the Arcade depot when the train rolls in to take their charges in hand. The ladies will have a sufficient number of carriages to carry all of the women of the visiting | party to_the clubhouse in time to avoid | the handshaking ordeal that the Presi- dent and his Cabinet must stand up be- | fore at the Van Nuys Hotel. The ex- ecutive commmittee is headed by four club presidents, Mrs. Shelly Tolhurst of the day Morning Club, Mrs. W. T. Lewis of the Ebell, Mrs. Willilam E. Dunn of the Ruskin Art Club and Mrs. Frank Prior of the Wednesday Morning Club. Not only will the committee sée to the proper_entertalnment of the party, but just prior to the leavetaking they will go down to the depot and transform the cars of the big special train into bowers of fairest Southern California blossoms. All of the fruits of the citrus belt will be put aboard where they will be most easily found to refresh the party during its trip to Santa Barbara. e SAN MATEO WILL GREET PRESIDENT Plans to Receive Visitors | With an Assemblage of the School Children _ SAN MATEO, May 1.—A special meeting of the San Mateo Improvement Club has been called for 8 o'clock to-morrow even- ing in Library Hall for the purpose of taking steps to properly receive the Presi- dential n);art:; upon its arrival in San Ma- on May 14. o Viow f the fact that San Mateo 13 to, receive a distinction which is not to be en- joyed by many larger cities along the Youte to be follcwed by the distinguished arty, it has been suggested that an effort Ee made to secure the presence on the plaza, in proper order, of the publie school children, the adets and band of St. Mat- thew’s School and possibly the cadets of Hoitt's Oak Grove School and Reld’'s Bel- mont School. It is earnestly hotped that a large atte;dance of members of the im- provement ciub and others will be present that something may come of this attempt to show our appreciation of the visit of the nation’s foremost citizen. —_—————————— If You Have Rheumatism Send no money, but writeDr.Shoop, Racine, Wis , | box 137.for six bottles of Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Cuxe,exg.pald. If cured pay$5.60. 1f not,it is frees "W iluam | blossom and ripe in cxpectations. May the | hopes and ambitions of its promoters be real- BALLOTS CARRY PRIZE TO A WO ODLAND_MAID Miss Minnie Germeshausen Is Elected to Represent the Yolo Metropolis at the Court of Sacrame nto’s Carnival Queen - -+ OODLAND, May 1.—The con- test for mald of honor to the queen of the Sacramento car- nival closed at noon to-day, ¥ but it was late in the after- noon before (te vote was canvassed. The honor fell to Miss Minnie Germeshausen, the 4gavghter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Germeshausen. When the count was made on Monday evening Miss Germeshausen had only 1200 votes to her credit and was in second place. The battle of ballots be- gan this morning and was waged vigor- ously until the polls closed. Miss Garmes- hausen received 10,731 votes and her near- est competitor 5992, Miss Germeshausen is a handsome and popular young lady and a highly accom- plished musician. She wiil wear the henor gracefuliy and with credit to her admir- ing constituents Auburn’s Maid of Honor. AUBURN, May 1.—The contést for maid of honor to represent Auburn at the Sacramento Street Fair ended last night, with the result that Miss Mayme Christy was_elected by a small majority over Miss Rita Gladden. Miss Christy received 2035 votes, Miss Gladden 1362, and Miss Lorena Smith 1264 Miss Christy is ® STORM OF RAIN, HAIL AND SNOW + ¥, MISS GERMESHAUSEN, WOOD- LAND'S REPRESENTATIVE AT QUEEN EDITH'S COURT. I + 4 a native of Auburn, the daughter of a pioneer miner and a niece of the late Ed- ward Christy, ex-Supervisor of Sacramen- to County. VISITS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA All Counties Below the Te hachapi Mountains Shars in the Generous Precipitation of Moisture. —_——————— Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, May 1.—The long-de- ferred rain came down in generous quan- tities to-day, more than half an inch fall- ing in less than three hours this morning. The ‘storm, which has now spent itself, yielded 1.87 inches, making 15.5¢ inches for the season. Reports of a stmilarly boun- | tiful drenching come from all the prineci- pal points of Riverside and San Bernar- dino counties. Thunder and lightning accompanied the storm this morning, and, just befare noon, hail fell for several minutes. The precipi- @ it @ BUFFALD OPENG THEEXPOSITION Crowds Gather at the Great Pan-American Display. BUFFALO, N. Y., May 1.—The gates of the Pan-American Exposition were | opened this morning and notwithstanding | it had rained all night and the conditions were threatening ths vartous routes to the grounds were well patronized by those who desired to be present at the opening. No ceremonies marked the openink, it having been decided by the management to combine the opening day ceremonies with those of dedicalion day—May 20. Tho change of the date, however, did not cause a moment’s relaxation of the stren- uous efforts to havas everything as nearly ossible for to-day’s opening. anlon was permitted by agree- ment to purchase the first ticket, having offered some time ago-to. pay $5000 for the privilege. The ticket was sent to him yes- terday. At noon the &Jd admissions only aggregated about $1000, the majority of the visitors being employes or others en- tering on passes. At noon the Government building was thrown, open and General Brigham, chalrman of the government board, made an address. The following message conveying the congratulations of President McKinley was read. MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 1.—The President di- rects me.to convey his congratulations to the citizens of Buffalo upen the auspiclous opening of the Pan-American Exposition, so_rich in izéd to the fullest measure. By direction of the President. GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, Secretary to the President. In the government building many of the exhibits were practically complete. In the Midway Bostock’s animals, the Indian congress, the Hawallan village and other features were ready for busi- ness and attracted many of the visitors. At 2 o'clock a salute of forty-five aerial bombs was fired and simultaneously hun- dreds of flags were raised on the build- ings and grounds. If the weather per- mits 3000 homing pigeons, entered by fan- ciers of various ciries, will be released during the afternoon. Minister Conger at Homie. DES MOINES, Iowa, May L—The spe- cial train bearing United States Minister E. H. Conger arrived in Des Moines at 10 o'clock to-night. An enormous crowd wus at the station to meet the distinguished Towan. Conger and party were quickly transferred from the train to a carriage amid the cheers of the multitude and es- corted by a drum corps of veterans went tation has been very heavy in the moun- tains, and reports from the foothill towns show considerable damage as a result of the downpour. SAN DIEGO, May lL.—Reports from the country to-night show that the storm has been general and heavy throughout a large part of San Diego County. ‘was *from one to two inches at places, and !3’5 means a greatly increased supply of water in the reservoirs, besides much im- mediate benefit to farmers. In this city the rainfall for the twenty-four hours, ending at 5 p. m., was .52 of an inch, mak- ing 10.18 inches for the season. Indica- tions to-night are for more rain. some SANTA ANA, May 1.—This valley lo-i day experienced one of the most severe hailstorms in years, lasting for twenty minutes and covering the ground with pellets as large as peas. With the hail there was a heavy downpour of rain, more than half an inch falling in less than twenty minutes. The rainfall since Tuesday morning is one inch and a quar- | ter and for the season eleven inches. The heavy rain and hail to-day have done some damage to. the early sown grain, but all the summer crops are greatly ben. fited by the thorough soaking the ground has received. The precipitation for the past two days will make the beet-sugar crop the best in the history of the valley. SAN BERNARDINO, May L1—Rain commenced falling here early last night and has continued at intervals ever since. The precipitation for the storm is 1.15 inches. The downpour s general through- out San Bernardino County. While it rained in the valley a heavy snow fell in the mountains. At Gold Mountain ranch five inches of snow has already fallen. The rain comes late for the grain crop, ;)ut“wlll be of grea: beneflt to deciduous ruits. LOS OLIVOS, May 1.—Santa Ynez Val- ley has been treated to a small deluge, beginning Monday forenoon. Three inches has fallen. The damage to early grain and hay is inconsiderable, as compared with the benefit to later grain, beets and beans. generous precipitation | | Union. HIGH OFFICIALS FORCE HIM 00T Blame Engineer Ambrose for Faulty Coast Line Construction. b —— Veteran Southern Pacific At~ tache Is Compelled to Re- sign His Place. Special Dispateh to The Call BAKERSFIELD, May 1—-W. €. Am- brose, resident englueer of this division of the Southern Paclific, is no longer in the employ of that company. A few days ago he tendered his resignation, which took effect to-day. It is generally acknowledged that Mr. Ambrose did not of his own accord hand in his resignation. In faet it is openly asserted In railroad eircles here that he is being made the scapegoat for the blun. dering of others in connection with the unsatisfactory work on the Santa Bare bara division. The construction on that line was in the charge and under the supervision of Mr. Ambrose, but those who are in a position to know state that he worked under restrictions from head- quarters. Since President Hays has de- clared the road unserviceable it is intl- mated certain heads of departments have been seeking to find some one upon whoss shoulders the blame could be thrust. The resignation of Mr. Ambrose is the result. Mr. Ambrose first took up the work as engineer of construction for_the Southern Pacific Company in 1552. He has since been constantly in its employ in the San Joaquin Valley. For several years past he has been a resident of Kern, and dur- ing this time has made innumerable friends, who express regret at his having been forced to sever his connection wiil the company. His retirement is regretted by the local rallroad officials and other employes. —_—— TEMPERANCE WOMEN REPORT ON PROGRESS Mrs. B, Sturtevant-Peet Commends the Course of Carrie Nation. FACIFIC GROVE, May 1—The tempers ance workers of three counties assembied in annual convention in this city accom~ plished much important business to-day. The morning session opened at an early hour with a 30-minute d v conducted by Mrs. F. A. Willetts of Wat~ sonville, at the close of which regular business was taken up. Reports wers presented by the president, corresponding secretary, treasurer, auditor and the ex- ecutive committee of the department of the three counties. All showed encourag- ing progress along most lines of temper- ance work in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz. The president’s report espe- | clally showed satisfactory resuits in the and good prospects for future suc- Much applause was evoked this after- ncon by the announcement that the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of San Francisco had been successful in its effort to induce the Ohio Society not to use wine at its banquet in honor of the latnching of the battleship Ohio. The chief event of the evening se: was an address upon “Stumbling B in the Way of National Progres: y Mrs. B. Sturtevant-Peet, president of the California Woman'’s Christian Temperance The speaker touched upon woman suffrage, arbitration, the soctal and politi- cal evils and other questions agitating Woman's Christian Temperance Union workers at present, and, in the course of her address, took oceasion to commend Carrie_Nation’s course and affirm that since Kansas is a prohibition State she had the law on her side in her attempt to destroy the saloons. o - GREAT MINING PROJECT IN TRINITY COUNTY Ditch Forty Miles Long to Supply Water for the Sweepstakes Mine. REDDING, May l—Senator John F. Davis of Amador County, president of the Sweepstakes Gravel Mining Company, is There | authority for the statement that the Sweepstakes property of 1900 acres of auriferous gravel, five miles from Wea- verville, in Trinity County, is soon to be rpplied with water from Grizzly and ditch ~ forty Canyon creeks through a miles in length and built to carry 4000 inches of er. Surveys for the dite] are complete. Several experts have d clared the Sweepstakes gravel mine to be the richest in the worid, but it lies on ele- vated land and it heretofore been considered impossible to get water to it. The proposed ditch will be near that of the La Grange Company, at present the largest hydraulic mining property operat- ed in the world. The La Gragge ditch is twenty-nine miles in length and is run through nine miles of tunnel and fourteen miles of flume. Senator Davis says his company will begin work soon upon the ditch for the Sweepstakes property. If the project is carried out it will he the largest movement in the Trinity County mining fleld in vears. TWELVE MEN QUICKLY ACQUIT WIFE-SLAYER Jury Declares John A. Woodman of Davisville Not Guilty of Murder. SUISUN, May 1.—The trial of John A. Woodman on the charge of having mur- dered his wife near Davisville, came to a close this afternoon. After argument by counsel the case was submitted to the jury. A verdict of acquittal was rendered on ‘the first ballot, within ffteen minutes nfl.gl" the jury retired. ‘Woodman killed his wife while shooting at the man who had broken up his home. The latter, when the husband opened fire seized the woman and held her befors him as a shield, hooing thereby to pre- vent Woodman firing. Hint to old Folks. OId' age,.:uka disease, brings infirmities; and with the advancing years come the wasted muscles, the ;niling strength, the wrinkled visage and uncertain step. In old age the vitality is lowered, the heart beats with a feebler pulse and the blood moves through “he body at a sluggish pace. The digestion is easily deranged, the mervous forces are weakened and the resistive powers uegreat.; reduced. Itis then that tonics and strengtheners are gratefully received by the failing body; and when the tonic is combined with @ nerve-food and vitalizing prineiple such as DR. 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