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PLAN OF ITS OPPONENTS.
The City Council Will Be En-
joined From Passing the
Franchise.
WORK ON THE VALLEY LINE.
A Busy Scene Where the Graders
Are Throwing Up Earth for
Roadbed.

STOCKTON, CAL, July 31.-The oppo-
sition to the Corral Hollow Railroad on
the part Of the merchants and millmen
along the water front has not ceased, and
a greater effort will be made to influence
the Council against allowing that portion
of the franchise for tracks between the
water front and the line of the Valley road.
A number of the milling and warehouse
companies, together with others on the
water front, have combined against the
Corral Hollow people and mean to carry
the matter into court before they win per-
nit tracks to be laid on Weber avenue,
where the projectors of the coal road pro-
pose to place them.
Whether the real fight is being made in
behalf of the Valley road, or whether some
other motive inspires the objectors has not
yet been made apparent, but to-day j. M.
Welsh, president of the Crown Mill, said
that an injunction suit would be filed
against the Council to prevent it's granting
the franchise in its present form. He said
that all of the millowners and warehouse
m en- were to hold meeting to devise some
means of keeping the Corral tracks from
running between the Valley road and the
water front. The passing to print of the
franchise Monday night has by no means
settled the matter, as there are yet thirty
days from that time before it can be
finally passed.
The rails for the Corral Hollow road will
arrive here some time next week, and
unless there is some unforeseen delay all
the iron for the thirty-odd miles of track
will be in Stockton before the 10th. The
rails are coming overland. The contract
for the drawbridge across the San Joaquin
will be let before the end of the week. The
bridge as planned is capable of carrying a
live weight of 262, 900 tons.
Work on the Valley road is progressing
rapidly. More teams are being added to
the force, and quantities of material are
being taken out of the bed of Mormon
Channel for filling in the grade. The
scene is busy one all the way from the
long piles of ties that are piled up along
Edison street out past Ell Dorado street on
Taylor, where the shovelers are now
throwing up the earth for roadbed. Men
are camped all along the line of the grad.
ing, but many of the teamsters live in the
city and the outside additions, or the
camps would be like squatter settlement
Steam was gotten up in one of the new
locomotives yesterday and it was found to
work very satisfactorily. The work of
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AS to the misunderstanding of the people
of the State relative to the valuation of the
railroad, he quoted the situation in Ala
media County; $1,000 per mile, he said,
was not enough. They did not seem to
understand that in some counties it was
assessed at 5000 and $40, 900 per mile, and
in others, where there was little or no
population, the assessment was very much
less. According TO the constitution the
assessment must be distributed pro rata,
according to the number of miles. among
all the counties through which the road
passes. Thus Sutter County gets as much
pro rata as does Alameda.
Chief Clerk Klink of the Southern Pacific
Company gave the following figures for
the Central Pacific within the State during
the last fiscal year:
gross earnlngs........... 81 ,511 ,226 II
Gross operating expenses......... 5,185, ,2S6 78
Net earnings s-.............-....... 2,125, ,939 80
Taking the entire system of the Central
Pacific in and out of the State for the year
1895, it shows deficit of $117,84 93. 1t
costs money to run through Utah and
Nevada, and neither contributes much in
traffic. Mr.. Klink said there were six
railroads proper operated by the Southern
Pacific Company within the State of Cali
fornia. They were operated as one sys-
TEN. Their total gross earnings for the
past year were $40, 1854, ,31S So; gross ex-
penses, $14. .652, 4O5 Is; net earnings, S., 81,
913 II. The fixed charges, which are to be
deducted, and which include interest on
bonds, etc., amounted TO $780, 887 So,
leaving deficit of $S7, ,974 3S.
There was another important factor, he
said, which should be taken into considera-
ton when assessing the valuation of the
property in the possession of the railroad
company and it was this: The company
returned the amount of property as the
same year after year, yet, owing to the in
creased advantages of manufacturers and
the reduced ratio of wages, this property
could be reproduced at far lower figure
at the present day than its original cost.
He quoted as an example the San Joaquin
Valley road, which is now in course of
construction from the City of Stockton,
and said this company was paying but
$26 70 ton Tor its rails, and could not
possibly be paving more than 30 cents each
for its ties, with the probability that it did
not reach this figure. as there were mil
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BREWTiES or THE COAST.
Condensed from Special Tetegranss to
The Cu[L.O


John Fix, while camping in the Yosemite
Valley, became insane, and jumping into Mer-
ced River was drowned.
Clifton E. Mayne was taken from San Diego
to Los Angeles in irons to answer to the charge
preferred against him by 15-year-old Elsie
Shepton.
Anton Zimmerman, shot by Philip Tinker
nsgle at Woodland Tuesday, died on Wednes-
day. He made an ante-mortem statement ac-
cusing Finkernagle.
The Great Northern Railway Company has
begun work on the foundation for the immense
carshops which are to be built at Inter Bay,
Just north of Seattle.
Fire destroyed large stable and two horses
on Lord Aberdcen's Coldstream ranch, near
Vancouver. lamp explosion caused the
blaze The loss was $4,000; insured.
Jose Johnson, an Indian, who in full war
dress acted as cashier for Sacramento dime
museum, fed with $500 OF the institutions
funds He was captured at Truckee
Petaluma's new fire alarm system has been
completed. All the boxes were tested and
found,in good working order. The system will
be accepted at the next meeting Of the City
Trustees.
At an election to decide whether the Red
wood City District should have union high
school, comprising seven school districts, the
proposition was carried by 800 votes in favor
to only votes against. Redwood City, Menlo
Park, Woodside, Belmont and the West Union
District voted.
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RUBY CREEK oATAsTRoPHE.
Three Miners Buried Beneath an Ard-
Ianche OF Rock and Earth.

Three Miners Buried Beneath an Ard-
tanche OF Rock and Earth.
SEATTLE, WASH, July 31.-Word
comes from Ruby Creek, the newly dis
covered and almost inaccessible mining
district in Whatcom County. that three
prospectors named Nelson, Jefferies and
Cannon, were instantly killed by rock
sl1de. The men had started fire at the
base of cliff in order to do some cooking.
Whether the fire had anything to do with
tn e loosening of the rock cannot now be
told, but at any rate the great mass of
rock and earth weighing hundreds of tons
came down upon them without warning,
burying them many feet deep.
The sudden and total disappearance of
the men caused search to be instituted
for them, and it was not until several days
elapsed that the recent avalanche of rocks,
trees and earth was discovered. Traces of
the men had also been found near the
spot, and it was suggested that they might
be buried beneath.
After several hours of digging, the body
of Jeffries, crushed to unrecogniZable
mass was discovered. Every bone had
been broken. A short distance away the
bodies of the other two men were found,
but not so badly dis6gured. The men had
evidently been eating meal when death
in such awful form suddenly overlook
them
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WANTED At PASADENA.
Conductor Partin Secures His Release
on Hdbeas Corpus and Disappears.

Conductor Partin Secures His Release
o" Habeos Corpus and Disappears.
PASADENA, CAL, July 31.-F. E. Par
lin, the much-married electrician con-
ductor, was taken before Superior Judge
Van Dyke yesterday on writ of habeas
corpus sworn out by Dupuy & Hiatt, his
attorneys. Parlin was discharged.
Parlin was arrested for beating his wife
IN Los Angeles, and was taken before Re-
corder Rossiter for trial on a charge of
battery. The writ recited. that the Pasa-
dena court had no jurisdiction, and the
Superior Court agreed with it. If any
offense was committed it was committed
in Los Angeles, and the proper disposal of
1t should have been through the police
courts there.
Parlin visited Pasadena yesterday after
noon, and IN the evening his wife went to
Los Angeles and swore out another COM
plant against him. Parlin was in town
this morning, but before the warrant
reached here he had disappeared. The
officers are after him, but he has not yet
been captured.
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SAN JOSE LAND SUIT.
A Man Supposed to Have Been
Dead Returns to Fight for
an Estate.
ATTACK ON LOS GATOS GIRLS.
Gilroy Preparing for an Elaborate
Celebration on Admission
Day.

SAN JOSE, CAL, July 31.-After having
been long mourned as one dead, Milton r.
Smith has returned to this city to claim a
share in thirty acres of land in the Will
lows, valued at $4,000.
Peter ]. Smith died in August, 1871,
leaving his property to his wife, Kate
Smith. There were two sons, Earl and
Milton, and the mother was appointed
guardian of the children. The widow dis
posed of the property to w. W. and F. w.
Reid, giving deed, but the sale was never
confirmed by the court, and in consequence
the title to the property has never been
very good. Later Mrs. Smith married c..
B. Lauthier and moved out of the county,
and her whereabouts were not known until
the return of her son.
Recently Francis w. Reid, one of the
holders Of the property, petltioned for let
ters of administration on the estate of
Peter B. Smith for the purpose of securing
a title to the property. In the petition to
perfect the probate record it was stated
that Kate Smith, last known as Kate Lau-
their, Milton B. Smith and Earl F. Smith,
children of the deceased, were next of kin,
but the petitioner did not know whether
or not any of them were then living, and
all of them were over the age Of 81 years,
if living.
Milton B. Smith states that his brother
is now dead and that he is the only re-
naming child. He says his mother is liv-
ing at Castroville, Monterey County. AS
the present holders of the land have per-
sonal deed from Kate Smith, she can have
no claim to the property. The son was
not mentioned in the will, but according
to law this does not disinherit him. Smith
will engage an attorney and begin con-
test to recover the property.
This petition of F. w. Reid to correct the
probate record comes up for hearing on
August 8.
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Methods of Erangeifsatton Discussed By
the Pastors.

the Pastors.
SANTA CRUZ, CAL, July 31.-The at
tendance at the Christian Church Associ-
alton convention at Garfield is better than
In any previous year.
The Ministerial Association met this
morning, with Henry Shadle in the chair.
Rev. Mr.. Chaplin conducted the devo-
tional exercise. This was followed by an
address by Rev. j. H. Hughes of San Jose
on the theme Methods of Evangelical
ton"
The speaker said the church was or
dered by the apostles and Christ to evan
gelize, but was not told how to do it.
Each man chose his own methods, and
each one must know what methods were
best for himself. Every community had
its own peculiarities, and the methods
must be adapted to the place. The obliga-
ton was commanded, but the methods
were ours. We must create them or an
swer to God for our future.
The discussion was opened by Rev. R. L.
Mediation, the State evangelist, who in
dorsed the paper and expressed himself as
favorable to sensation rather than stagna-
ton. Rev. Mr.. Tout of Holllster followed
with a plea for the education from child
hood of evangelists. Rev. c. W. Copson of
Capay thought that whatever converted
the man and made him a good Christian
was what was wanted; evangelize a man
so he will remain evangelical. He wanted
the whole man converted. Rev. ]. e. Den
ton, Rev. Mr.. Sharp, A. C. Smither, W. A.
Gardner and J. l.. Romig spoke.
This afternoon the first paper was on
"Christian Courtesy Among Ministers"
by Rev. r. N. Davis of Butte City; the
second on "Place-seeking," by H. G. Nor
gan of Pacific Grove, and the third on
Decentralization of Life by J. F. Tout,
pastor of the Christian Church, and editor
of the West Coast Alliance of Hollister.
The discussions of these papers were very
animated
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those rooms were damaged by the fire at

whose rooms were damaged by the fire at
the Courthouse.
An appraiser has been appointed by the
board to act for it in figuring the loss on
the building and its contents, and the
work will begin tomorrow. The agents of
the San Francisco representatives, of the
companies holding the insurance arrived
tonight. 1t is estimated that the loss will
be about 800 900, while the insurance on
the building was 900 and on the furni-
ture $4,000.
The Courthouse will be repaired at once.
Instead of a wooden frame like that in the
old dome the Supervisors will probably use
steel. The burned dome was considered
one Of the greatest menaces to the city.
The new one will probably not be quite so
high. Within a few days the Board of
Supervisors will advertise for plans and
specifications for the work, and as little
time as possible will be lost in repairing
the damage done Monday night.
The business of some of the officers is
almost at a standstill, as the papers are in
confusion and some of them are lost To-
day Assessor Vincent, Auditor Barnum
and Surveyor Hoxie transacted the most
pressing business under large tree near
the Courthouse. Sheriff Scott has sworn
IN large number of special deputies to
guard the books and other property still
out of doors, and other guards are sta
toned at the doors of the building to pre-
vent people from destroying or stealing
valuable papers not yet removed.
The safe in Treasurer Wilson's Office,
containing all the county funds, has not
been opened; but it is thought that its con-
tents are not damaged. A great inconve-
nience will result from the inability of the
Treasurer TO pay out money.
Judge Carter held court to-day in an i'm
provised courtroom. Rooms for all three
departments have been secured downtown.
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CAUGHT THE WRONG MAN.
Otto Peterson, the Alleged Forger, Is t.
BE Released.


SAN JOSE, CAL, July 31.-Otto Peter
son, the young man who was brought
back from Los Angeles yesterday by
Deputy Sheriff Black to answer to charge
of passing forged checks, is evidently not
the man wanted, and will probably be re-
leased.
Peterson was arrested on suspicion of
being the man who yictimized large
number of merchants in this city about
three months ago by passing forged checks
bearing the signature of collars & Restana,
blacksmiths doing business on San Fer
nando street. When the checks were pre-
sented the forger was made up as a black
smith. His clothes were soiled, his hands
and face were blacked and he had black
smiths apron under his arm, and looked
as if he had just come from work. Mr..
collars was in store at the time the young
man tried to pass one of the checks, and
he at once pronounced it q forgery, where
upon the forger fed. collars says Peter
son is not the man.
Peterson may have a charge of embezzle
ment placed against him by William Top
ham, who claims that Peterson beat him
out of 800 by getting him to indorse note
drawn on Minneapolis firm, which was
returned unpaid. Topham had to pay the
$50 and he accuses Peterson of defrauding
him out of the money. Peterson acknowl-
edges having some dealings with Topham,
but says ropham owes him 81 so, instead
of him being indebted to Topham.
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HARRASSED BIZ STRANGE MEN.
TtUo Los Gatos Girls TsCice attacked by
RuftGns.

RuftGns.
SAN JOSE, CAL, July 31.-Ida and Ada
Ladd, twin sisters, II years of age, who re-
side with their parents near Los Gatos,
have had chapter OF exciting experiences
during the past week. The girls are en-
ployed in the cannery at Los Gatos, and
last Saturday evening after getting through
work stayed to attend the services of the
Salvation Army.
After the meeting was over they started
home in a cart, and when about mile
from Los Gatos, were accosted by two men
on horseback, who began TO insult them
and tried to drag them from the cart. The
men would probably have succeeded had
not the girls father happened along. At
his approach the men took fight. Mr..
Ladd followed them as far as the Forest
House, where he learned they had stopped
for drink, and there told man, who was
waiting for them, that they would get the
Ladd girls yet.
A few days before the girls were accosted
by the same men while walking home on
the railroad track at about the same place.
They were subjected to the same fndig-
mites, but struggled away from their as
sallants and made their escape.
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CAPTURED Il CoINER,S OUTFIT
Plates and Bogus Money Used In an
Oakland Mint.

Oakland Mint.
STOCKTON, CAL, July 31.-Sheriff Cum
ningham made an important discovery
last Friday, which will probably lead to
the conviction of man and woman who
were arrested several days ago in Oakland
on charge of counterfeiting. The Sher-
iff's find may possibly result in the cap
ture of third counterfeiter, who is still at
large.
Several days ago N. R. Harris of the
United States secret service agency, raided
a counterfeiting establishment in Oakland
He succeeded in capturing two alleged
coiners, but third man who had hand
in the unlawful business escaped. He
took with him all the paraphernalia used
in making the counterfeit money, $40 bills
being the kind of money turned out by
the Oaklanders. A box which was sup
posed to contain the articles wanted as
evidence was seen to be taken from the
place where the trio held forth, and it was
thought to have been sent through Wells,
Fargo 81 Co.'S office, although the officials
would divulge nothing.
Sheriff Cunningham got wind of the fact
that the box had been sent to this city,
and took possession of it upon its arrival.
Upon opening it he found that it contained
the plates used in making the bills, and
also about $500 in illegal money. Detective
Harris came up from San Francisco yester-
day and Sheriff Cunningham turned the
outfit over to him.
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SAN RAFAEL KIRMESS.
Germans Indulge In Festival Typical
of the FatherIaYd.

SAN RAFAEL, CAL, July 31.-A typ
ical German Nfestival and kirmess took
place under the auspices of the local Ger
man Ladies' Society this afternoon and
evening. Over 1000 people thronged San
Rafael Park, which had been beautifully
decorated under the direction of the
comely frauleins. Many came over from
Sausalito on a special train which arrived
at o'clock tonight.
Around tl& grounds were ice-cream
stands. grab-bags, booths where choice ice
cream and German salads and Waldmeister
erb and wine-delicacies such as only the
Germans can prepare-was dispensed by
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Mrs. Rothe .Arraigned.

SAN JOSE, CAL, July 31.-Mrs Clarinda
kothe was arraigned before Justice Gass
this morning to answer to a charge of her
husband, William A. Rothe, who accuses
her OF abducting their 12-year-old boy,
Elmer, from the residence of the child's
grandmother, Mrs. Ruth Rothe, Saturday
afternoon. There is divorce suit pend
ing between the parties, in which the hus-
band charges the with being unfaith-
full. 1t was agreed between them that the
child was to remain in the custody OF
its grandmother until the matter
was settled, but Saturday Mrs. Rothe OBJ
tanned possession of the child and was
about to take it East with her. Her exam
ination was set for August 10, and she was
allowed to go on her own recognizance.
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Fruit Trays DESTROYED by Fire.

SAN JOSE, CAL, July 31.-Fire was dis
covered in stack of fruit trays belonging
to the Willow Glen Fruit Growers Union
in field on Lincoln avenue near Willow
street at 1 o'clock this morning. There
were 26, 900 trays in the lot and they were
piled around the field about seven feet
high About 5000 trays were destroyed
and the loss amounts to $3.50. The loss is
covered by insurance. A number of prune
trees in an adjoining orchard, belonging
damaged. The origin of the fire is un-
known, but it was probably caused by
tramps sleeping among the trays.
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Brfoh- Making at Santa CRUZ.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, July 31.-A. G.
Bowman. a prominent brick manufacturer
of San Jose, has received fve-year lease
OF Hihn's brickyard, near Odd Fellows
cemetery, and will illimmediately commence
turning out bricks for the new courthouse.
Work will commence on the courthouse
Monday. Mr.. Bowman has discovered a
fine bed of brick clay on the grounds
which will make as fine brick as can be
made in the State.
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PRAcTICED WITHOUT 4 LICENSE

Complaint Made Against Woman Doc
tos. In San Jose.
SAN JOSE, CAL, July 31.-Otis II. Mil
Ter to-day swore to complaint before
Justice Dwyer charging Mrs. L. M. Cole
with practicing medicine without license.
Mrs. Cole has for number OF years been
conducting dispensary at ool west % gan
Fernando street, where she sells MIS-.
Coles Tablets"
Miller says his wife has been under Mrs.
Coles treatment, but, instead of improv-
ing, has grown steadily worse and her life
is now despaired of.
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Declares He Is Insolrent.

SAN JOSE, CAL, July BIB. Hicks, a
general merchant at Santa Clara, to-day
filed a petition in insolvency. Doing a
credit business and general depression in
business for the past three years are the
causes of failure. His liabilities are s6412 go,
with little or no assets. A few months
ago Hicks made an assignment to W.
Rosie for the benefit of his creditors and
they have been paid 80 cents on the dollar,
to relieve him of the rest of the indebted
ness.
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TO DISSOLVE SUNSET DISTRICT.
Suit Brought 6y Attorney General
Fitzgerald.

FRESNO, CAL, July 81. Attorney.
General Fitzgerald, in the name of the
people of the State OF California, to-day
filed suit in the Superior Court of Fresno
against the Sunset irrigation district to
dissolve that district on the ground that it
was fraudulently organized, inasmuch as
twenty-five persons who signed petition
and represented themselves to be real
estate owners in the proposed district do
not own a loot of land there.
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4 SANTA MONICA INVENTION.
Designed to AtIosU a StUi,nn,er to Take
Advantage of a Breeze.

advantage of a Breeze.
SANTA MONICA, CAL, July 31.-Rollin
Sheckles of this place, an expert swimmer,
has invented an aquatic sailing machine
to help swimmer take advantage of any
breeze that might blow. 1t is piece of
silk canvas 8 by 6 feet, strapped to the
swimmers shoulders with guy rope
reaching to his feet, with couple of foot
balls attached to his chest to protect the
swimmer from any hidden rocks.
He has made two attempts with the ma
chine, being successful in the latter, and
will give public exhibition on Sunday
from the mammoth wharf at Port Los
Angeles to the North Beach bathhouse,
distance of about two and half miles.
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Furniture Factory for Fresno.

FRESNO, CAL, July Silt is learned
on reliable authority that large Eastern
furniture manufacturing company is about
to establish a factory in Fresno. An
abundance of lumber for the cheaper
grades of furniture can be procured in the
Slerras, and after the first of next year
cheap electrical power can be used.
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deadly weapon. Main and Collins had
says that Collins attacked him with coup
l1ng-pin, and would have killed him had he
not made his escape. A warrant has been
issued for Collins arrest, and efforts will
be made to send him to Whittier, as he
has frequently been in the Police Court.
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maids clad in the garb of the fatherland.
pleasant feature of the entertainment
was peasant dance, lead by Frauen Vogel
and Glskie. Dancing and German games
were INDUCED in during the balance of
the evening. Director Fritz Scheel of San
francisco was present with some of his
musicians to delight the ears of the lovers
of melody.