Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-17
PACIFIC SLOPE.
INCENDIARISM ON SENATOR STAN.
FORD'S RANCH.
Fatal Mistake of Woman-The
Weather-Grand Lodge, X. of
P.-The Railroad War.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REooRD-usIos.l
CALIFORNIA.
Results of the Railway War.

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! SAN FRANCISCO, April 16th.-The Offices
| OF the Southern Pacific and Atlantic and
! Pacific companies were crowded TODAY. as
they have been for long time past. with
people cashing rebates and securing return
| tickets on orders given ON the purchase
East OF round-trip tickets. There are yery
few tickets being sold East-bound. The
| West-bound travel is still very large. the
competing roads being pressed on all sides
10 furnlsh accommodations. Passengers
have had to wait three days at Kansas City
| before they could obtain berths, and the
| Southern Pacific Company has been forced
TO borrow cars from the Utah roads, after
having pressed into service all the old cars
of every kind fit to carry passengers in.
Some OF the trains from Ogden have car
| RED as many as 800. At the proportion
| OF the So to Omaha received by the
Southern Pacific Company. railroad
men make rough estimate that the
| total receipts will about pay expenses.
| and will about equal the sum received from
| one car filled with first class passengers at
the old prices. If, it is argued, expenses
can about be met with tickets at SIS to the
Missouri river, money can be made with
such tickets at $50 or S25, instead of SS4
which was the price before the railroad
war began. But if the Southern Pacific
Company is just-or not quite-paying ex-
penses on overland travel, they are max
ing up for the loss or absence of profit. in
the local travel in the State This travel
has been very great and would have been
much greater had it not been for The long
continued rain. The storm has deferred a
very large number of tourists from visiting
Los Angeles. Monterey, tile Geysers and
the osemte, and has forced them to STAY
within their hotels waiting and apparently
for sunshine M..pxr af hoo L..
engaged seats for the Yosemite have can
celed their orders.
Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias
SAN Francisco, April 16th.-The Grand
Lodge reassembled at 10 O'Clock this fore
noon, all the officers and quorum of dele
gates being present. The journal of yes
terday proceedings was read and adopted
after which resolution was introduced
limiting speeches. during the remainder of
the session, to five minutes for each speech,
After considerable debate this resolution
was adopted.
A resolution was also proposed and
adopted changing the Office of Master-at-
Arms from an appointive to an elective
office.
That portion of Grand Chancellor Kat
zenstein's annual report recommending
that the State be divided into four or more
grand districts, each being in charge of a
special grand officer or special Deputy
Grand Chancellor, whose duty it shall be
to officially visit each Lodge in his district
during the year, was upon motion. de-
clared law. 1t was decided, further. that
the expense entailed by these visits be
borne by the Grand Lodge; also, that the
Grand Chancellor supplement the official
visitation In person whenever and where
ever he can do so.
resolution was rood onJ ,Jo,+ol
which was to the effect that in the future
knights of Pythias lodges shall not con-
tribute to funerals unless having full charge
OF the ceremonies.
The Grand Lodge then took recess un-
til , o'clock. This evening a banquet will
be given TO Supreme Chancellor Van VAL
kenburg by the First California Regiment.
; Uniform Rank of Knights of Pythias.
Blood Horse Races-Entries for To-day.
SAN Francisco, April 16th.-Following
are the entries in the blood horse races to-
morrow Extra race, mile and sixteenth
| Nelson, Jou Jou, Leda. Eureka stakes,
two-year-oids half mile-C. H. TodG,
Glendora, Ezza Gracioso, Leap lear. Del
norte, Noltigeur, Marguerite. Resaca
stakes, mile and an eighth, three-year- r-old
fillies-Guenn, Eidelweiss, Preciosa Patti.
Moonlight, Estrella. Pacific stakes, two
miles, all ages-Hidaigo, John A, Patti,
Lucky b., Volante. The consolidation
purse, one mile, closes after the third race.
An Anti Chinese Victory.
RED BLUFF, April 10Th. = The Heider
House, at Tehama, which has been hold
ing out against the Anti-Coolie League OF
Iehama, replaced five Cinnamon this morn
ing with three neil and two girls The
League considers it big victory.
Incendiarism at the PaIo Alto Ranch.
REDWOOD Cry, April 16th.-At about 3
O'Clock this morning an attemp was made
| to set fire to one of the hay barns on Senator
/ Stanford's Palo Alto ranch, on the old Coutts
| place. The incendiary was discovered in
| the act by the watchman, who fired at him,
| but he made his escape. The fire was put
out with but little damage. From the
bloody tracks seen near by, it is thought
| that the watchman's shot took effect.
| Parties are searching for the man, but
| thus far without success.
STILL AT LARGE.
| SAN JOSE, Auril 16th.-The Palo Alto in
| cendiary was recognized by the watchman
as man who applied for lodgings the
night before, and .who, upon this favor be-
| ing refused, threatened to get even by
burning the barn. He was detected in the
| act and fled, whereupon the watchman
! fired four shots ct him. One of them
! probably struck the miscreant, as blood
! stains were found on the fence over which
he climbed in his flight. He has not yet
/, been arrested.
| The CalayeTas River Hydraulic Cases.
Stockton, April 16th.-The hydraulic
| miners of the Calaveras river filed an an
swer yesterday in the anti-debris injunction
case brought by this city. The answer al
| leges that much of the water of the Gala
| veras river has been used for irrigation pur-
! poses, thereby diminishing the water OF
| Mormon channel that much of the water
| of the San joaquin is diverted from Stock
] ton channel by the Paradise cut; that the
floods are caused by the levees that no
possible debris would have been brought
down Mormon channel if the Calaveras
river had not been diverted from its bed
that the city's cause of action, if it have
any, is against the persons who caused such
diversion, and that any debris which NAV
come into the channels of Stockton is
caused by water freshets washing through
the plowed bottom lands. In conclusion
the answer alleges that the defendants have
not deposited and never will deposit or per.
nit to be deposited in the Calaveras river
any debris from the mines.
Cited to Appear for Contempt.
! SMARTsvILLE, April 16th-McPhetridge
and Hoffman, anti-debris watchmen, served
papers on James Dever to-day, citing him
to appear before the Superior Court fol
alleged contempt in operating the Golden
| Gate mine.
Temperance Movement at Hol1ister.
HoLLIsTER, April 16th.-The temperanc,
people met in mass meeting this evening
and nominated town officers, consisting o
| three Trustees, Marshal. Assessor ane
Treasurer, for the May election 1t is ex
pected that hard fight will be made a
| that time to test the popularity of the higf
license ordinance recently passed and tn,
strength of the temperance element
Birds and Animals from Africa.
| Los ANGELES, April 16th.-Dr. Sketch
ley arrived to-day from Natal, South Africa
with thirty-six ostriches. cockatoos, ma
caws, monkeys and other birds and ami
mails from the same region His intention