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ZION BY EDDIE McDUFFIE.
T,Uo Hundred and FOrty-Three Wheetnlen
Start in the Maiden Handicap.

T,co Hundred and Forty-Three Wheetf'ien
Start in the Maiden Handicap.
MAIDEN, MASS, May 4.-The fourth
annual Linscott handicap 25-mile road
race was held here this afternoon. Fully
10, 600 people witnessed the race. The day
was perfect, and the roads were in fine
condition. There were 297 entries and 243
starters.
There were number of accidents during
the race, and only 155 men finished. A
heavy shower came up about fifteen
minutes before the finish of the race, MAX
ing the roads very heavy. The finish was
very exciting, riders coming in in punches
OF one to twenty.
The best time was made by Eddie Nc
Duffie of Maiden in 1:12:9. He won a
5000 diamond. The next best time was
made by W. G. French of Boston, in
1:12:4O. The third best time was made by
Monte Scott of Plainfield, N. J., in 20 :55.
The fourth time prize was won by George
r. Cutter of Boston, in 1859, who also
won the first prize from the 2:15 mark.
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FARMERS SHOW FIGHT.
Armed With WinCheSterS They
Burn Down a Pest
house.
The Sheriff In a Corner With Small
pox Prisoners on His
Hands.

CINCINNATI, OHIO, May 4.-The En-
quirer's special from Winchester, KY,
says:
A pesthouse riot broke out to-day. A
colored prisoner in the county Jail has
smallpox. To-day lumber was Sc
cured and carpenters put to work. The
farmers turned out en- masse armed with
Winchesters. The carpenters had almost
completed the pesthouse before the moi
gathered. The citizens were stationed
along all the roads leading from 'Winches-
ter to the pesthouse.
When the Sheriff came out to protect
the carpenters with large force he was
driven back to town by 200 armed men.
Tonight the pesthouse was burned and
the farmers on all sides of the town are
guarding the roads in anticipation that the
smallpox prisoners may be taken through
their neighborhood to some obscure local
ity. They insist that they propose to stop
shipping contagious cases from the towns
to the country districts. Meantime the
Sheriff, whose residence is in the Jail. has
his smallpox prisoners on his hands and
cannot get out of town in any direction.
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FRUIT-GROWERS MEET.
Election of Directors of the Santa Clara
County Exchange.

Election of Directors of the Santa Clara
County Exchange.
SAN JOSE, CAL, May 4.-The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Santa
Clara County Fruit Exchange was held
this morning at the warehouse. Twelve
hundred of the 1000 shares of stock were
represented.
The old board of directors. composed of
the following, was reelected: Philo Her
sey, ii. G. Morrill,, F. III. Brighter, F. G.
Wyman, George A. Bean, Nora G. Roger,
w. H Wright, III. G. Keesling, J. T. Grant.
1t was decided to extend the warehouse
200 feet on account of the increased bust
ness1handled by the exchange. The cost
will be about $4,000, and will be raised by
the sale of stock. The reports of the vari-
Gus officers showed the exchange to be in
prosperous condition and possessed of a
plant worth $4,000. Over 100000 had
been advanced on fruit to stockholders
during the past season, 100000 of which
went to growers in the vicinity of Camp
bell.
The directors will meet next Monday
and elect officers for the ensuing year.
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LINES SLAYERS CAUGHT
MurdererS of the Brave En-
gineer Finally Confess
Their Guilt.
Two Beardless Youths Made to
Participate Under Threats
of Death.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May "A Post-Dis-
patch special from Carlinville, ILL.,, says
the secret investigation relative to the
murder of Engineer Holmes; Tuesday
night, has resulted in the arrest of Ben
Myers, stonecutter, and Jack Frost and
Ed Burns of Pulaski County, KY. Myers
answers the description of the man who
guarded the rear end of the train with a
rife and claimed he was a hunter.
VS.. Cain, chief detective of the Alton,
who helped to make the arrests, was the
first witness examined at the Coroner's
inquest. He said that Bryant, beardless
boy of Is years, made statement to him
after his arrest. Bryant told him that on
the night of May 1, in company with
Myers and Frost, he started from Cramers
with the intention of holding up the
Chicago and Alton train and robbing the
passengers.
All were armed and masked. Bryant
says that Meyers was the ringleader, and
made him (Bryant) and Frost, after they
got on the front end of the mailcar, climb
over the tender, and instructed them, on
penalty of death, to hold up the engineer
and run the train to Anderson switch, a
After reaching the engineers cab Bryant
says Frost entered first, and fourishing
his revolver, ordered the engineer to hold
up his hands.
Frost, he thought, fired first, and was
sure he hit the engineer, who resisted from
the first. The engineer struck at Bryant
with coal-piok, and he fired at him three
times. AS soon as they discovered that
the engineer was killed they jumped from.
the train and fed. Bryant said that
Myers and Frost did the planning of the
robbery, and that Myers told them fire.
quently that if they did not do as he told
them he would kill them.
When placed on the stand Bryant ad-
mitted making the foregoing statement.
Frost and Myers made substantially the
same statement as Bryant.
Excitement is running high and fear is
entertained as to the safety of the prison
ers. Sheriff Davenport is taking extra
precautions to guard against trouble.
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Many Officers Who Climb One Rung u, the
Ladder.

Many Officers Who Climb One Rung II, the
: WASHINGTON, D. c., May 4-Pro-
motions in the line of the army as result
of promotion of Generals Bliss and Cop
pinger have been made as follows:
Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Kent, Four
teenth Infantry, to be colonel Twenty
fourth Infantry,
Lieutenant-Co Colonel Samuel Ovenshine,
Seventeenth Infantry, to be colonel
Twenty-frst Infantry.
Major Clarence M. Bailey, Fifteenth In
fantry, to be lieutenant-colonel Major
James Powell Jr., Twenty first Infantry, to
be lieutenant-colonel Fifteenth Infantry
Captain Charles Hobart, Third Infantry,
to be major Fifteenth Infantry; Captain J..
n. Coe, Twentieth Infantry, to be
major Twenty-frst Infantry: First
Lieutenant John j. Breton, Twenty
fourth Infantry, to be captain; Lieutenant
W. G. Butler, Third Infantry, to be cap
tain; First Lieutenant James s. Rogers,
Twentieth Infantry, to be captain.
Promotions in the navy: William Wood
hull, to be deputy inspector, with the rank
of commander; William X. Van Reypan,
medical director, with the rank of captain.
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FoUR FATORITES Won.
Only One Outsider and a Second Choice
In 1t at Lexington.

| Only One Outsider and q Second Choice
In 1t at Lexington.
LEXINGTON, KY, May 4.-The Ken
lucky Association closed its sixty-ninth
annual spring meeting with very good sue
cess this afternoon. The weather was fine,
the track fast and the sport excellent.
-Four favorites, second choice and rank
outsider won the six events on the card.
Greenwich had lay-down in the Strauss
stakes and won all the way. Philetta,
Mike Bowerman's FLY, was the surprise
of the meeting, winning the fourth race
very easily. Prices ranged from 40 to 60
to 1. A special train left tonight for Louis
vile, taking nearly all the strangers out of
the city.
Selling, purse $500, for three-year-olds and
upward, seven and half furlongs, Rap-a-Tap
won, Tom Elmore second, Tariff Reform third.
Time, "a.
Selling, purse $3.50, for three-year-olds and
upward, six furlongs, Ace won, May Rose sec
ond, Al Boyer third. Time, lis.
Louis and Gus Strauss selling stakes, for
three-year-olds and upward, guaranteed value
$3.50, one mile, Greenwich won, Probosco Sec
ond, Hilario third. Time, 40.
Selling, purse $780, for two-year-olds, four
and half furlongs, Phileta won, Essie second,
Hattie Gay third. Time, :56sl.
Purse 500, for maiden two-year-olds, five
furlongs, st. Lee won, McHenry second, Char
ley Young third coupled with Willie X.
Time, 1 :O3.
Selling, for three-year-olds and upward, six
furlongs, Golden Hopes won, Trifairal second,
Amy L third. Time, 1 :153S.
ROBY, ND May 4.-Six furlongs, ALBANIA
Boy won, Kalamazoo second, Marble Rock
third. Time, :19.
Half a mile, Cassie Neill won, Security Sec
ond, Social Smith third. Time, :511S.
One and an eigth miles, Our Maggie won,
Freddie L. T. second, Constant third. Time,
1:5e&.
Six furlongs, Mordette won, Jim Head Sec
ond, Dago third. Time, I:1715.
Five and a half furlongs, Yucatan won, DR..
Garnett second, Bar Guard third. Time,
1:1OH.
CHICAGO, ILL, May 4.-Pop Gray easily
beat Percy, the Ironmaster and Amelia
May in the selling stakes at Hawthorne
to-day. There was no trouble. The war
rants sworn out yesterday for the arrest of
the officials were not served.
Two-year-olds, allowances, selling, half a
mile, Kamsin won, Mile NJ second, Cherub
third Time, 4954
For all ages, allowances, selling, six furlongs,
Tremor won, Cossack second Martha Griffin
third. Time, liza.
Selling, sweepstakes for three-year-olds
and upward, $50 each, S15 forfeit with $500
added, of which $3.50 to second and $3.50 to
third, allowances, seven furlongs, Pop Gray
won, imp. Percy second, The Ironmaster
third. Time, 1861.
All ages, allowances, one mile, Figaro
won, Shuttle second, Rasper third. Time,
1:40al.
All ages, allowances, over four hurdles,
one and sixteenth miles, My Luck won,
st. Brandon second, Bedford third. Time,
1861
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PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, May A.
Though nothing definite is known here as
to the number of furs on the wrecked seal
ing schooner George R. White of Seattle,
the impression prevails around Kodiak
Island that she had a profitable seasons
hunting. Engineer Biggs, who brought
down the news of the wreck, says she un-
doubtedly had many valuable furs, as re-
that she had taken large number of sea
otter. 1t is believed nothing was saved
from the wreck. 1t will be another month
before full details are received, as q steamer
only comes in from that coast every four
weeks.
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FOR THE KENTUCKY DERBY.
HdlnrG the FGrorite, bat LGWreGte's
Chances are Good.

hutUcU Tue HOtOTfJeg out LuATeulc8
Chances are Good.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 4.-Halma,
Galen dor and Potsdam arrived yesterday
and all of the Kentucky derby starters are
now ready for the derby on Monday. There
will be six horses go to the post. The
other three are Basso, Curator and
Laureate. A fortnight ago it looked like
walkover for Laureate with two great VIC
tories to her credit. Then came defeat,
followed by the victories of Halma and the
track scorching work of Basso and Cura-
tor. The kaleidoscope has shifted from
one horserace and the Kentucky derby de-
veloped into what promises to be the best
contest of that classic event in ten years.
Hanna will be the favorite because Of
two recent victories at Lexington, but
Leaureate will be close at his heels at the
betting, followed by Basso and Curator in
the order named. Potsdam and Galen dor
have few followers, although the stable has
high opinion of the former.
1t is expected the derby will be wit
messed by the greatest crowd ever assem-
bled on a Kentucky track. All the rail-
roads will run excursions and trainloads
have already been booked from Cincinnati,
Indianapolis, Chicago, Lexington and
other points. There are over 500 horses az
the track, embracing all the western cracks
and the flower of the two and three-year-
ODDS Entries for Mondays races will close
at the track at o'clock this afternoon.
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TO TEST THE FEE LAP.

Constdbfes and Justices of Santa Clara
County Decide to Bring Action.
SAN JOSE, CAL, May 4.--The consta-
bles and Justices of this county held a
meeting in Justice Dryers courtroom this
afternoon to take action in regard to test
ing the new county fee bill in the courts.
Justice Harrington of Santa Clara pre-
sided, and Charles Keane acted as secre-
tary. Constables and Justices were pres
ent from Alameda, San Mateo, San
Joaquin, San Benito and San Luis Obispo
counties.
1t was decided to test the law in the
courts, and an assessment will be levied to
meet the expense.
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SAD TRAGEDY AT LATHROP.
A Young Physician Ends His
Life by Taking a Dose
of Poison.
Constant Brooding Over the Fate OF
Murdered Sister Drives Him
to the Act.

STOCKTON, CAL, May 4.-Dr. Wolf, a
young physician living at Lathrop, COM
mitted suicide this morning at that town.
He was found in his Office by Constable
Shepherd about o'clock this morning
suffering from dose Of poison. Shepherd
reported the matter at the drugstore and
when he returned few minutes afterward
Wolf had died.
DR.. Wolf was brother of the wife OF
Carlo Enrico Rita, who killed his wife and
then shot himself dead in the Palace Hotel,
San Francisco, on the first night OF their
marriage. Constant brooding over the sad
fate OF his sister drove him to take his life.
Coroner Clark was summoned to Lathrop
this morning and held an Inquest over the
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secretary's desk and placed their names on
the subscription lists for stock in the new
road. Many poor people, who have here
tofore refrained from giving their mite,
came forward and put their 81 and similar
small contributions into the hands of Sec
rotary Henderson.
AS the meeting progressed the crowd in
creased, until every bit of available space
in the big pavilion, outside of the band
stand and speakers platform, was filled.
They came from all directions to show
how glad they were that the Valley road
was really coming to Stockton, and that
the Iong-deferred hopes of the residents of
the mill city were at last to be realized.
Chairman Buell. presented the agree
ment, signed by the officials of the road,
and explained the nature of the compact
entered into.
Mrs. Joseph Badger, secretary of the
Ladies' Committee, presented a report
showing that the ladies had by their labors
raised $2S51 so toward the cash fund for
the road. This statement was greeted with
loud cheers for the ladies who have worked
so heroically to secure this sum, and whose
efforts the public appreciates.
The meeting was a great success and the
people went-away more determined than
ever to do everything possible for the new
road.
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Because it has first, last and all the
time been known and advertised as
especially prepared and peculiarly
adapted to purify, vitalize and enrich
the blood.
1t is no idle boast, but an honest
claim, yes, it is a statement of abso-
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Fest Blood Purifier
ever produced. Its record Of won
derful cures proves this as conclu-
sively as any direct evidence in a
court Of justice ever proved anything.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has won the
confidence of the people because the
claims in its advertising have been
verified by their own experience.
Therefore, if you need good
spring medicine to purify your blood,
do not be deceived. You cannot
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your nerves, or causes artificial sleep.
Be guided by your own common
sense and take the standard blood
purifier, Hoods Sarsaparilla.
This medicine builds up the nerves
by feeding them on pure blood, Gre
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strengthening the digestive organs,
overcomes That Tired Feeling by CIV
ing the blood the vitality necessary to
sustain the entire physical system,
and gives sweet, refreshing sleep by
sustaining the proper balance between
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At THE FULTON FERRY TRACK
Bicyclist de Cardy adds More Records
to the List.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 4. Fulton
Ferry ira elk added to records two its long
list to-day and Will de Cardy of Chicago
made them both, the mile competition and
the flying mile unpaced. Weather fine
Attendance 3000
One mile, class B, o. Gardiner won, L. C.
Johnson second, Carter third. Time, 2:29 10
Two-thirds of mile, class B, L. G. Johnson
won. Time, 1 :25.
One mile, class A, for local men, owen Kim
ball won. Time, 2 % 3-5.
There were eleven starters. G.. A. Phil
lips of Denver and Will de Cardy of Chi
cago were allowed to enter this race to GO
against the competition record. They were
paced by a tandem (Skelton and Van
Herik). Phillips soon dropped back with
the local men, but De Cardy hung on to
the tandem as though glued to 1t until the
backstretch. where he left it and came on
and finished fresh in the remarkable time
of Eos 4-5, breaking the worlds competi-
ton record of 2:10 1-5. made By Sims al
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DESTROYING THE WHEAT CROP.
a Pest That Is Causing Trouble in the
San Joaquin VaLley.


STOCKTON, CAL, May IN. P. Stein,
the Ell Dorado-street grain merchant, has
discovered a new pest that is threatening
destruction to the wheat crop of the San
Joaquin Valley.
About a week ago John Fox, large
ranch-owner, living near Ceres, in Stanis-
laus County, came to him with some sam
pies of wheat that seemed affected in some
way. At first he thought the grain in
question to be suffering from rust, but
after careful examination came to the
conclusion that this was not the trouble.
Stein remembered that he had read in an
agricultural paper a week before of the
effect of the grain aphis on the barley crop
in Alameda County, and so he made a
microscopic examination of the roots of
the wheat left with him by Fox.
About the roots were finely woven webs
made by some insect that had built about
the tender fibers and then Slapped all the
life of the plant out of them. Stein, from
his experience as an orchardist, knew OF
the work of the fruit aphis, which is de-
structive to fruit trees, and so took pains
to satisfy himself that this new pest to
grain was at work in the valley.
This ''woolly aphis" forms about the
roots a cocoon-like web, and then lacerates
the roots, sucking their vitality from them.
This stunts the growth of the plant, aud,
to all appearances. it is suffering from
rust. Nearly all the accounts of the de-
struction of grain thus far come from the
sandy lands, where rust is seldom known,
and the black lands are affected very little.
The aphis is the plant louise or puceron,
very numerous genus of insects included
in the order OF hemoptera. Its attacks on
all plants seem to be regulated by the
health of the plant and the peculiarities of
the season. If the atmospheric conditions
render the plants unhealthy, then the
aphis appears; if these cease the aphis
disappears. Quantities of grain in the San
Joaquin Valley are suffering from the new
nest
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Such testimonials as the following,
from reliable people, must be accepted
as proof OF the great blood purifying
powers of Hoods Sarsaparilla:
81 gladly state what Hoods sarsspa-
rilla did for our boy. Six years ago bs
fell down the cellar stairs. In two or
three weeks he began to have pains in
his right knee so badly that we called a
doctor. He said the trouble was rheu-
matism, but did him no good, so we
called other physicians, including Bos-
ton specialist, and all failed. Soon our
boy was so lame that he could not walk.
AS his leg began to cramp up besides
paining him severely in his knee, we
took the boy to New York, where he
was examined by two physicians, who
Said He Had Zip Disease.
We had brace made to keep the leg from
cramping, and upon the Doctors advice
we again took him to Boston, this time
to the Children's Hospital. He was
there three months, during which time
they made an operation on his leg and
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He could not put his foot on the ground.
At last we were advised to give Hoods
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The Picture of Health.
He goes to school daily without the aid
of crutches. hope Hoods SarsapsriIIa
may be of as much benefit to Others"
JOHN G. BOYLE, 45 Water ST., Ware, Mass.
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SPLITS THE DIFFERENCE.
Secretary Herbert Decides on the Plans
for the GlabOdts.

JOT Uas TNNOOdfS.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 4.-Secre-
tary Herbert has finally settled the dis
pute in the Board of Naval Bureau Chiefs
over the designs of light-draught gunboats
authorized to be built by the last Congress.
Four members of the board reported in
favor of the twin-screw boats without sails,
while two members held to the design pre-
pared by the construction bureau, which
contemplated single-screw full-sail power
vessels. The Secretary has decided to
build boats of each type, four with full
sail power and single screws and two with
twin screws without sail power, having
only two signaling masts.
Work on the plans will be pushed, as it
is expected that the advertisements for
proposals will be issued in about month.
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Sel,na Wants the Road.

SELMA, CAL, May A meeting was
held here to-day to confer with delegates
from Traver and to inaugurate concerted
plan of action for the towns along the line
south of Fresno with the view of securing
the San Francisco and San Joaquin Val
ley road. Next Wednesday was the date
fixed for mass-meeting here, at which
delegates from Malaga, Fowler, Kings
burg and Traver will be present.
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IN A PECULI4R POSITION.
DR.. Kelley Enjoi,aed From Rereahn0
HIS Gold Cure Formula.

DR.. heetey Enjotned FROM heoedf"V
HIS Cold Cure Formula.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, May 4. -Judge
Seaman of the United States Supreme
Court to-day granted permanent injunc-
ton restraining DR.. Leslie E. Kelley from
revealing the formula of what is known as
the Kelley double bichloride of gold RENE
dies. The action was brought by the Wis
consin Kelley Institute Company against
the Dwight Company.
Granting the order will place the Kelley
Company in a peculiar position, as DR..
Kelley has been ordered by Judge Myers
of the State court at Leavenworth, Kan,
to appear and make known the formula.
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BUNKO MEN Held.
StUindIers of Farmer Brack Must AnstUer
an the Superior Court.

STOCKTON, CAL, May 4.-Dr. Green
and Judge Gray of Alameda County and
plain Mr.. Smith of anywhere, the three
bunko men who got away with $1,000 of
Jacob Brack's money in this county, were
held to answer before the Superior Court
to charge of grand larceny. The exami-
nation consumed three days. Bail was
fixed at $4,000 in each case by Justice
Parker, but all of the men went back to
iail, being unable to furnish It
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Committed to Anne,rs.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, May 4-Michael
G. Mclean was taken to Agnews this after
noon by Under Sheriff Helms. He was
examined by the Board of Examiners this
morning and pronounced insane. Mclean
imagines that people are continually plot
ting against him to do him physical harm
He is an old and respected resident of this
county, residing near Boulder Creek. He
was sent to Agnews about three months
ago, but was thought to be cured and was
released couple of weeks ago.
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led by the beautiful Queen, and the
poppy" in fitting words will greet the
"rose' The floral minuet will be danced
by forty little boys and girls. The Prin-
cess Rosa Flores Miss Georgia Stewart)
will dance fancy dance which will be
Immediately followed by grand court
quadrille. The Roncovieri Band will dis
cource sweet music during the fiesta.