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The morning times., 1896-10-12

There has been considerable controversy
as to whom the honor OF Invcn;ing the
pedal should be given. This. however
now appears to have been satisfactorily
settled, n Frenchman, Henry GuurdouN an
parently possessing the strongest claim
In ] S21 GourdouN submitted the model OF
mechanical horse, fitted with TedalS to
the CunServatoire des Arts ct Meters This
model has been lost, but the drawings
and designs and other papers regarding
the invention are now in the possession of
the French patent office, and in these the
pedals are clearly marked. being attached
To the front wheel. a Scotchman named
Macmillan was the first inventor TO fix
pedals on two-wheeled machine, Gavin
Dalzell and Pierre MichauN shortly after
ward following his initiative.
a large nianssaeturer this year intends
TO utilize the top part of one OF the front
forks Of the bicycle as a receptacle for
matches. He realizes that every cyclst
should be provided with matches with
which to light his lamp, and com paratively
few riders carry match boxes. The mat tciles
are in most eases carried Ioosc in the
pocket, and this is always a dangerous
practice.
As the tubing of the front forks is hollow
and Il hinged lid can be made in the crown
of the fork, the idea seems Ia be a par
ticulariy happy one. This same manu-
facturcr has also patented device by
which The cyclometer cal b. carried on the
crown OF the front fork, thus bringing it
much nearer to the rider and enabling it 10
be read SO much easier He will also have
attached to all his ladies' wheels n reccp-
tacle for holding little articles requisite to
a woman toilet, such as hairpnS needles
and cotton, etc.
Fuller's earth lightly busted inside the
stockings is an excellent remedy for any
trouble with the skin OF the feet arising
from cycling. Sometimes after long ride
cyclists, especially ladies, complain nf,acii-
ing feet. The best thing to do is To plunge
the feet in very hot water in which some
common table salt or alum has been dis
solved. This foot bath will also be fonnd
to harden the feet and prevent tie skin
The morning times., 1896-10-12
Good Reason,

II Is the actor who is rotten-egged wha
ye;irns to throw off the calling yolk
The morning times., 1896-10-12

What Do You Think
or Groom brick for 81 500. We have
It The Times Real Estate Bureau.
The morning times., 1896-10-12


There is no more delightful time OF the
year for riding and touring than the pres
ent. 1t is on these crisp October days that
the air seems to possess unusual tonic
properties, and produces an invIgorating
effect that stimulates and strengthens one
most thoroughly. 1t is n season, how ever,
When the rider must be particularly care
tnl that, hen stopping To rest, 1t be not
III Il place exposed to draught. Many bad
results have FOLLOWED the neglect OF Il Ill
tie prudence in tins respect. An eminent
physician. who rides great deal himself,
said the other day:
Il am surprised at the carclessncss Of
50 many riders at this season OF the year
Why, they act the same as though il We're
midsummer, and Will sit down under a
Tree or in the Sha de when their bodies are
covered with perspiration from the eNer-
else, and aftcrward wonder how they
canght cold or became afflicted with
rheumatism, III nothing worse. Bicycle
riders, like pst all other people, do not
seem Ia realize that ii is so much easier
TO Keep Well than to get wen after YOU
are ill.,
The morning times., 1896-10-12
ABOUT BICYCLE SADDLES
There Are Many Styles and
Shapes for Next Season.
ALL CAN'T RIDE THE SAME
So manufacturers Are Giving the Mat
ter Grcnt Deal of Attention on
IIygienic PrincipIes-Utilizin the
Front Forks of the Wheel for IL
Match Receptacle.

There viii be great variety of saddles
shown for the new lo3 bic ycles, aud there
is probably no part OF a bicycle that is re-
ceivlng greater attention than the saddle.
The old theory tnat the same shape Of
saddle Was suitable for everybody has been
completely given up. and the large manu-
tactnrers aie now making very many
styles and shapes.
One concern alone ill have at least
Twenty-Five different models of saddles,
Which would surely seem enough to satisfy
every physical requirement. Hitherto the
physiological Necessities ur the riner have
rarely been taken into sufficient
consideration by the manufacturers, but The
Introduction Of so many so-cailed hygenic
saddles and the attention they have re-
ccived from the public has aroused the
saidie-makers TO realization of the fact
that no one or two models could be adapted
To the wants Of all riders.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-01
THE TREADWELL
RAIL DISASTER
Miraculous Escape of the
Crew of a Wrecked
Engine.
BLUNDER OF AN INDIAN
A Large Package Of Dynamite
Left in a Locomotives
Path.
THREE HOUSES DEMOLISHED.
Rescuers Discover a Young Redskin
Sleeping Peacefully Beneath
the Debris.
THREE HOUSES DEMOLISHED.

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, March 81
The steamer City of Topeka, which ar
rived from Alaska this afternoon, brought
full particulars of the recent dynamite ex-
plosion near the Treadwell mine, which
was reported to have resulted in two
deaths. 1t is learned that no one was
killed, although general havoc was wrought
for nearly 200 feet around.
An Indian was carrying 100 pounds of
dynamite along car track from the Tread.
well mines and becoming benumbed from
cold set the box down on the track and
went into a cabin to warm himself. An
engine came along ana struck the box and
an explosion followed, the report being
heard distance of eight miles. The en-
gine was thrown off the track and shat
tered to pieces, but Engineer John Laugh
lin escaped with but few scratches. The
Indian who had carried the powder had
one eye blown out, the other one badly in
jured and one arm crushed. Three houses
were completely wrecked, two being re-
duced to kindling wood. In searching
through the ruins for the body of an In
dian boy supposed to be buried among the
timbers the precocious youngster was
found peacefully sleeping underneath the
rubbish.
A pair of trucks were blown 100 feet and
one of the driving wheels with part of an
extension rod attached was sent flying
through the side of a house, bringing UP
against a bed upon which three people
were sleeping.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-01

Santa Monica division OF the Pasadena
and Pacific railway. The rain did no
damage to the road, but was rather BEN
eft, settling the roadbed and the new
ground where fills had been made. Invi-
tatIons have been extended to the City
Council, the Board of s pervisors, the
press and prominent citizens to accom-
pany the officers of the road on the trip.
1t is probable that ceremonies of some
sort will be observed at Santa Monica, al
though no formal programme has been
announced.
The road IS not completed, strictly
speaking, although it is to be put into
service to-day. The new cars have not
yet arrived, and those i'll use on the Pasa-
dena division will be run over the ilne
until the new ones arrive. The new cars
will include motor-cars similar to those
now in service, but having motors OF hfty
horsepower, capable of making thlrty-flve
miles per hour, and also trailing-cars
thirty-two feet long, seating forty-four
passengers. The latter will have glass
ends and can be inclosed when desired.
No timecard has yet been made out but
the cars will leave Fourth street every
hour and will consume about an hour in
making the nineteen miles.
The fare has been placed at 35 cents
each way. This is cents less for the
round trip than the round-trip rate made
on the other roads, except on Saturday
and Sunday, when the rate is so cents.
SANTA MONICA, CAL, March 31.-The
first car on the Los Angeles and Santa
Monica electric road came down on a
trial trip with the company's officials on
board. The trip was thoroughly success
full one. and so satisfied were the officers
of the line that tomorrow they will bring
down the Los Angeles officials and party
of friends. They will be met here by local
citizens and the train will be bombarded
with nowarS
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-01
AN EARLY MORNING FIRE
A Second Alarm Calls the Entire
Department TO a Stubborn
Blaze.
A Loss to the Chinatown Merchants
of Probably Five Thousand
Dollars.

At 80 this morning Special Officer Nc
Intyre turned IN an alarm of fire from box
273, situated on the corner of Stockton and
Jackson streets. The flames broke out in
the laundry of Sam Sing, 33s Jackson
street.
The fire originated in the rear of the
place among the dingy old Chinese
rookeries of that locality. 1t soon swept
around, burning the tailor-shops of Tong
Tai, $40, and Wong On at 1856 Jackson
street, then to the store of Yink Kee, 842
jackson street. This property belongs to
Mrs. ". ShuppeIt.
The store of Ly Yoop & Co. at 11OO
Stockton street and the adjoining
grocery store of Wong Yit were gutted.
The place of Ung Wo at 1104 and the
shoe-tactory of Wong Yeun at 11O6 Stock
ton street were destroyed.
Tie Washington cigar factory at 1104
Stockton street and Wing Chan Tong's
overall-shop, upstairs, were next attacked
by the flames.
The fire in the center of the block burned
fiercely ana the engines on the ground be-
ing unable 10 make much headway against
the flames, a second alarm was turned in
which brought the entire department into
Chinatown.
After a stubborn fight the fire was SUBJ
dued. Almost half block was consumed,
with the loss of property not far from
$4,000, mostly covered by insurance.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-01
GLEE CLUB IN TROUBLE.
Berkeley Collegians Want the
Organization Under Their
Control.
Opposition to the Measure-Another
"Civic FEEDER alton f" Circular.
Interesting News.

BERKELEY, CAL, March 31.-There is
much talk among the students of the
university favoring the idea of placing the
management of the Glee Club under the
charge of the Associated Students and of
assuming control of all the movements OF
the club. This scheme has been in the
minds of many of the most prominent
and influential students for some time
past, and since it has leaked out the
thought of having their freedom and their
established privileges taken away from
them has been ranking in the breasts OF
the club members.
The promoters of the new plan claim
that the Glee Club, under its present Or
ganization, Is not in sufficiently close
touch with the student body, but is a sort
of organization conducted for the good
OF the few under the colors of the blue and
the gold. They say further that the clubs
of nearly all the other colleges OF import
ance in the land have their gIee clubs and
kindred clubt under the management OF
the student BODY, and not an individual or
small party of individuals.
"As it is now," said a prominent mem
Der of '96 to-day, "the q. G. Glee Club can
do what it pleases, go where it pleases
and come when it pleases under the name
of the university without being held ac-
countable to any one but its own mem
bers. Other organizations of Importance
in the university" said he, "come under
university rule, and do not see why the
Glee Club should not. If it does come in
closer touch with the student body per-
haps the college men as a whole will get
more good out of it."
The members of the club who have been
known to express their views with regard
to the innovation, scorn the idea vehe-
y,,o \ Il =
their own institution since it was formed
among few of the students and not by a
voice of the entire body.
ave have been prospering under our
present condition." said member, "and
we ought TO be allowed to continue in our
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-01
Shipping Monopoly Will Result if
the Double Appropriation
Is Passed.
PROTEST OF THE ANGELENOs
Chamber of Commerce to Be Heard in
Favor of an Open Harbor at
San Pedro.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 31.-The
agitation of the local harbor question,
which has been so stirred up by recent re-
ports from Washington anent double
appropriation-one for San Pedro and one
for Santa Monica, whereas an appropri-
alton for San Pedro only was asked and
expected by the community at large-is
at fever heat. There is great apprehen-
sion lest the opposition to the proposed
appropriation for Santa Monica will re-
suit in the defeat of both.
The preponderanceo of sentiment appears
to be opposed to an appropriation for
Santa Monica at this time, for the reason
that the 500, 900 to begin work on an outer
harbor there means the committal of the
Government TO the construction of deep
sea harbor at that point, contrary to the
reports of all the boards of Government
engineers and the wish of the people of
Southern California generally.
1t is argued that the Government will
never undertake the construction of two
deep sea harbors less than thirty miles
apart. and as the appropriation proposed
for Wilmington or San Pedro by this Con-
gress is for the improvement of the inner
har5or only, it can expect nothing of fu-
ture Congresses If the Government is one
committed to the expenditure of large
sum of money at Santa Monica for the
same purpose.
1t is admitted that Huntington played
his trump card when he succeeded l get
ting an appropriation for Santa Monica in
corparted in the river and harbor bill, in
the face of such strenuous opposition.
The committee sent to Washington by
the Free Harbor League to lobby for San
Pedro is greatly exercised over the turn
affairs have taken. Members of the COM
mittee and others are expending every
effort to head off the appropriation for
Santa Monica
The committee on commerce of the
Chamber of Commerce held a meeting this
afternoon to draft resolutions to be pre-
sented at the meeting Of the board of
directors OF the Chamber OF Commerce to-
morrow afternoon. These resolutions, it
is understood, are more emphatic, if pos
sible, than those adopted by the Free
Harbor League in favor of San Pedro last
Saturday. AS Santa Monica has some
warm friends in the board of direct ors, a
red-hot fight is expected when the resolu-
tions are called up.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-01
WILL ATTACK THE CITY.
La Reina de la Fiesfa's Legtons Prepar
ing for the assault.

La Reina de la Fiesta's Legtons Prepar-
ing for the assault.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 31.-The
preparations for the coming Fiesta de Los
Angeles are now so far along as to give
evidence that the affair will this year sur
pass all previous efforts, both in width of
scope and elaborateness of detail. The
special events prepared for the several
days are all in the hands of committees
especially detailed to arrange for their
carrying out, and great and harmonious
spectacular production is thus assured.
The opening ceremony, Tuesday, April
81, Will be unique affair, and is in the
hands of a committee of young society
gentlemen. Their plan, as far as divulged,
contemplates an attack on the city, in the
name of the Queen, the storming of the
City Hall, capture Of the Mayor and CITY
officials, and the creation of fiesta re-
glme, After the capture of the city au-
thorlt1es the Queens advance guard will
parade through the principal streets where
there may be rich and rare apparel for the
use OF the Queen and her court, and any
policeman or overZealous citizen who may
chance to protest will be handcuffed ana
cgnom1nlously thrown into q large iron
iage, which will follow the storming party
for this especial purpose.
When the attack is made on the city it
has been arranged to have all the steam
whistles in the city announce the event by
series OF shrill blasts, aud these will be
punctuated by the ringing of bells and
beating of ums. 1t is expected to pro-
duce a result which will fully impress
upon citizens and visitors alike the fact
that La Fiesta is an accomplished fact.
On Tuesday evening a grand reception
will be given to the Queen and her court
at the Pavilion, ana to this all the citizens
of Southern California are cordially bid
den, without regard to age or sex.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-01
REDWOOD CITY
SUIT REOPENED,
Judge Buck Rules in Jesse
Potter's Favor on Two
Counts.
FINAL RESULT DELAYED
The Court in Doubt as to the
Conspiracy With Henry
Miller.
FURTHER PROOF IS NECESSARY
Time in Which Briefs Are to Be
Filed Is Set-Text of the
Judicial Order.
FURTHER PROOF Is NECESSARY

REDWOOD CITY, CAL, March 31.-In
the Potter removal suit an order was
made by Judge Buck in the Superior
Court to-day to reopen the cause. that
further consideration may be given to the
question of conspiracy between the re-
spondent in the action, Jesse Sheldon
Potter. and Benry Miller, the surviving
partner of Charles Lux, deceased.
Judge Buck is now in position to draw
his regular salary tomorrow, as he can
truthfully make affidavit that there is no
action pending in his court where de-
cisjon has been withheld for q period
longer than ninety days.
1t practically amounts to putting the
final result off for a further period of about
six months from the present date. While
the first two points have been decided in
Jesse Potter's favor the whole substance
of the trial hinges on the question of con-
spiracy, and to that extent Potter is still
''on the anxious seat" In the meantime
James Grove, the special administrator
appointed to act in Potter's place, will
hold over. The full text of the order is as
follows:
In the Superior Court, County of San Mateo,
III the IudttcT VI VIC cStttc VI OQdrleS Lux,
deceased:
In the above matter the contestant, Henry
Lux, seeks to remove the respondent, Jesse S..
Potter, as executor of the estate Of Charles Lux,
deceased, upon the grounds:
First-Want of tegrity.
Second-Incompetence
,Third-Conspiracy between respondent and
Henry Miller, the surviving partner of Charles
Lux, deceased.
Upon consideration the first and second
points OR grounds will be decided against con-
testaut, the reasons to be hereafter given
Upon the third point the court is somewhat in
doubt. conspiracy should not be found In
the matter except upon the most careful in-
vestigation. Not being fully satisfied upon
this last ground, and the estate herein be-
ing under good management, that of our
Public Administrator, James Grove, it is
hereby ordered that this case be and the same
is hereby reopened for further argument, such
argument to be confined to the third question,
that of conspiracy Contestant to have
twenty days, respondent twenty-five days, and
contestant twenty days, to file briefs therein
Case then to be submitted.
GEORGE II. BUCK, Judge.
March 81, 1896.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-01
DISABLED At SEA.
Helpless Barkentine Be1ieped to Be I'll
Katie FIicktnger.

Helpless Barkenttne Believed to Be the
Katie FIickinger
PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, March 3D.
Shipping men here are of the opinion that
the report sent out from Tacoma to the
effect that the disabled barkentine re-
ported by the schooner Halcyon was the
Discovery, is erroneous. Local men say it
was certainly the barkentine Katie Flick
niger, which left here on February 13, with
lumber for Shanghai. The disabled vessel
was described by Captain Ellis. of the
Halcyon as o lead-colored barkentine, with
double top-foremast, and the Katie Flick
niger is the only barkentine sailing in
these waters that answers this description.
Captain McRay is in command O. the
Katie Flickinger, and his wife has accom-
panied him on nearly every voyage until
the present one. She is now in Tacoma
Captain Michael Burke of Port Townsend
is first mate of the Flickinger, and he was
to have been married to a young lady of
Hadlock the day before the vessel sailed
taking his bride with him on the voyage
but at the last minute it was decided to
postpone the Wedding until the return of
the vessel to the sound.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-01
PHGNIx STREET FRACAs.
Governor Hughes Secretary Gets the Bet
ter Of Man Hho attacked Him.

Governor Hughes Secretary Gets the Bet
ter of a Man Hho attacked Him.
PHOENIX. ARIz., March 31.-Political
excitement is at fever heat over the re-
moval of Governor Hughes and the nom,-
nation of B. ]. Franklin OF Phoenix for the
office. Mr.. Franklin has not taken an ac.
tive part in the war upon Governor Hughes
and seems as nearly acceptable to all fac
tions of the Arizona Democracy as anv one
that could have been named.
The feeling between the friends and
enemies OF Governor Hughes continues
very bitter.
j. D. Boyd, prominent Democrat. was
denouncing Governor Hug hes last night.
when Eldridge Jordan, the Governor
private secretary, resented his words.
Boyd thereupon made an assault upon
Jordan, who struck Boyd across the face
with his cane, breaking the walking-stick
and inficting flesh wound which bled
profuseiy. Friends separated the com bat
ants and the country is safe.
Territorial Secretary H. C. Boone. who
was about to assume the duties of
Governor owing to the removal of
Governor Hughes suffered painful acci-
dent to-day, which will confne him to his
bed for some time. He was thrown from
his bicycle and the muscles of his riebt
arm We're terribly lacerated and torn from
the bone. Mr.. Bone is suffering intense
pain.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-01

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