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SOUL Woman's aristocracy and infiu-
ence lie in her higher walk and work
Her bitterness" to man is what hedges
her about with the divine right to lead
him up the higher ways. No doubt
Generals Washington, Bonaparte and
Grant had the right to ride in the slSir-
mish line of battle, or scale ramparts,
side by side with the private soldier, but
they did not exercise the right, and il
was well for the armies they command
ed they did not do so.
THE VITAL ISSUE.
Fresno Republican: William Jennings
Bryan, the fusion candidate for the
Presidency of the United States, does
not recognize that there is a tariff
question at issue in the present cam
paign. He avoids reference to it and
confines himself to discussion of the
financial question after the Bryanesque
manner. If anybody asks him ques-
ton concerning the tariff he answers
it with a glittering generality and re-
turns to the consideration of the silver
dollar. Evidently Mr.. Bryan and the
tariff are not on speaking terms. He
lives on another plane from those who
re gard the tariff question with in
tereSt.
This may or may not be very com
mendable on the part of the fusion can
didate, but it probably is fortunate for
the country that it has large class of
citizens who differ from him in that
they consider that the question of suffi-
cient income is of vital Importance to
the Nation. This may be low, bread
and-butter method of looking at the
matter, but in world where most
people are accustomed to eating bread
and butter it doubtless is a good thing
that many people have not reached a
plane above the consideration of such
gross subjects.
We take it that the citizens who look
upon the question of the sufficiency of
the national income as important are
in a majority, and such will be inter-
ested in a brief consideration of facts
relating to the tariff. man might
theoriZe himself into the opinion that
free trade would be the best policy for
this Nation to adopt, as Mr.. Bryan has
done, but every such a one must admit
that the republic must have an ade-
quate income, and that, until some
thing better is suggested, the tariff sys-
TEN must be continued because from
it is derived a large part of the national
income.
DISCARDING WATSON.
San Bernardino Sun: Had the meet
ing on Boston Common been called for
the express purpose of notifying Wat
son that he was discarded, it could not
have been done more successfully. Had
it been called to say to the POpulistS
of the land that the implied bargain
made at St. Louis was repudiated, no
more effectual means could have been
devised. Standing together on Boston
Common, almost in the shadow of
Faneuil Hall, and in the presence Of
the greatest gathering of people in this
campaign, Bryan and Sewall pledged
each other faith, and if there was ever
any question as to who would be Bry-
ans running mate, that question was
there disposed of.
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A LIVELY BOUT.
Two Women Have a Scrimmage or
the Street.

About o'clock last evening two
women came together at the corner Of
Sixth and X streets, and for few
minutes the air was thick with petit
coats, white stockings and handfuls of
hair.
The crowd, which gathered rapidly,
howled with delight, and were getting
the full benefit of a free circus, when
officer Katzenstein appeared on the
scene and ordered the combatants to
break away" and they broke. I'm
fortunately the officer did not get the
names of the parties.
The man at the bottom Of the affair is
not known.
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
SYLLABUS.

CNo. 19,492-Department One-Filed
September % 1860
The county of Orange, appellant: the
County of Los Angeles, respondent Ac-
ticn to recover money alleged to be the
plaintiffs proportion of money received
from the State as repayment of money
expended by the defendant in provid-
ing for the support of aged persons in
INDECENT circumstances. Affirmed.
Where a county is divided, the rule
for the division and apportionlnent of
the debts and property between s.ch
county and detached territory belongs
exclusively to the Legislature, and not
to the courts, end when the Legislature
has determined how the debts and p1 op-
erty shall be divided and apportioned.
the courts cannot interfere"
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THE DIAMOND ROBBERY.
Gus Devine Obtains a Writ of Habeas
Corpus.

Gus Devine, who was on Tuesday
held to answer for alleged completely
in the Wachhorst diamond robbery
yesterday sued out writ of habeas
corpus, by his attorney, S. r. Hart, re-
turnable before Judge Hinkson this
afternoon.
Mr.. Hart. who is also counsel for
Frank Holden, said last evening it was
not true that the latter had made any
rC.hhnrrr
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ALE ged Illegal Voting.

G. s. Dewey was taken before Jus
tice Gill Of Washington yesterday on a
charge Of illegal voting at the recent
Republican primary there.
A demurrer was filed by S. r. Hart
his attorney, and the case was contin-
ued till Friday
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Mysterious Midnight Shots.

There was a rumor about town at
midnight last night that several pistol
or gunshots were heard in the eastern
part of the city.
Up to , o'clock this morning, how
ever, the police had learned nothing
more definite than that shots had been
hea rd
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The YOiO Deadlock.

A gentleman who came over from
Woodland last night said the deadlock
in the Republican County Convention
on Supervisor from the Washington
district was still unbroken.
The contestants are John Cornish Of
Clarksburg and Ezra Casselman of
WASHINGTON
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SOCIAL EVENTS.

Last evening Frank Welch and his
bride, just arrived from Utah, were
given reception at the residence of the
groom's father, Ben Welch, at which a
number of friends were present. A most
delightful evening was enioved.
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BRIEF NOTES.

Two carloads of wine and one of hops
went East from here yesterday morn
ing.
The pay-car went eastward over the
division yesterday to gladden. the hearts
Of the employees along the road.
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Do not despair because you have tried
many medicines and have failed to re-
ceive benefit. Remember that Hood s
Sarsaparilla cures when all others fail
TO do any good whatever
Hoods Pills are the best family ca
thartic and liver medicine. Harmless,
reliable, sure.
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Cupid Was Busy.

The god of love got in his work in a
lively fashion last month. County
Clerk Hamilton was called on by no
less than forty mine couples who
wanted licenses to marry.
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Prohibition Address,

At Seventh and X streets this evening
T. Z. Coulter, State Chairman of the
Prohibition party, will hold an outdoor
meeting and deliver an address on the
political situation.
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1t is said that the first book printed
in this country from stereotype plates
was a catechism by a Mr.. Watts. This
work was issued in New York in the
year 1913, and was compiled for The
benefit Of the children of several New
York churches
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Your Eyes

Examined by F. de Wolfe Hennah at
Masonic Temple. References on appli-
cation. Office hours, 9-12, Is. Sun
days, 1912.
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HUMPEREYS'

AOMfEakEYS
Nothing has ever been produced to
equal or compare with Humphreys
Witch Hazel Oil as a CURATIVE and
HEALING APPLICATION. 1t has been
used 40 years and always affords relief
and always gives satisfaction.
1t Cures PILES or HEMoRRHoIDs, External
or Internal, Blind or Bleeding Itching and
Burning; Cracks or Fissures and Fistulas.
Relief immediate-cure certain.
1t Cures BURNS, Scalds and liberation and
Contraction from Burns. Relief instant.
i Cures TORN, Cut and Lacerated
Wounds and Bruises.
1t Cures BoILs, Hot Tumors, Ulcers, Old
Sores, Itching Eruptions, Scurfy or Scald
Head. 1t is Infalliblc.
1t Cures INFLAMED or CAKFD BREASTS
and Sore Nipples. 1t is invaluable
1t Cures SALT RHEUM, letters, Scurfy
Eruptions, Chapped Hands, Fever Blisters,
Sore Lips or Nostrils, Corns and Bunions,
Sore and Chafed Feet, Stings of Insects.
Three Sizes, 25c., soc. and 500.
Sold by Druggists sent postpaid receptof price.
UrMPURryS MID. CO.. III & Nl,iam ST.. New York.
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CATHOLIC GOODS.

CRUCIFINES. STATUES, HOLY water
fonts. prayer books. Bibles. rosary beads,
etc, etc; also candies, tobacco and ci
gars, notions OF all kinds at ADAM HAU-
BOLDS 5. 1122 J street
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SALOON.

ALL THE GOOD PEOPLEGET THEIR
Straight, Mixed and Malt beverages at
THE HOFFMAN. FRANK MOORE.
proprietor, sos X.
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KRIGBAUM & co, COLLECTORS
$50. 1907 Fourth St, Sacramento. Cal
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BOXES AND WOOD.

MANUFACTURERS OF ALI, KINDS
OF Fruit Boxes and Crates. Box Wood for
ire makes the finest kindling. Cap. Box.
street Tel 49,
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CEMENT WORK.
ROAD RESORT.

BUSH QUINN HAS MOVED TO THE
SutterVile House, on the corner of the
Riverside road and the Sutterville road
Best wines. LIQUORS and cigars
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ART NEEDLEWORK.

JUST ARRIVED, A FINE LOT OF
Dainty Linens in the newest patterns for
table ami other household decoration Ask
20 see the Gold and Silver Bugs 1014 Eighth
street MISS /. SCHI-RERT
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QUAKER BREAD

AND VIENNA BREAD. THE ONLY
pace in town to get the genuine is at the
PIONEER BAKERY, 12i j. Old telephone
633 black. new 397.
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BOOTS AND SHOES.

A. CASSELII MANUFACTURES
and importer of Mems Fine Boots. Shoes
and Uppcrs. Three-dollar Working Shoes
absolutely guaranteed. Repairing a spe-
cialty. Agent for Viscol OIL 527 Is. st.
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AN INDEX
TO SOME OF
SACRAMENIO'S
Reliable Firms
TAILOR.

NEWEST SHADES, DESIGNS AND
Fabrics in fall and winter suitinsrs SIS to
SO. Fashionably cut. richly trimmed and
strongly sewed. /. RIPINSKI 40S J St
The morning times., 1896-12-12
MODERATE TARIFF MEASURE.
The Republicans So Describe the
PROPOSED New Bill.

"A II otlerate measure is the character
ization which leading Republicans Of the
House give to the new tariff bill which
it is proposed to frame this winter III an
ticipation OF an extra session II Congress.
1t is explained what is desired IS a bill
which will provide sufficient revenue
to'cover the deficit now existing. furnishing
proper protection to home industries. 1t
Is pointed out that conditions nave CON
siderably cha nged since what is known as
the Mckinley bill became law and that
rates OF duty that were justified then are
unnecessary at present.
1t is stated for example that tie TN
plate industry, which WAS en- Enormously
stimulated by the duty OF two cents q
pound imposed in the Mckinley law is now
so well established that return 10 the
former rate is unnecessary The sugar
schedule promises to cause more eInpar-
rassment than any other in the bill.
Some OF the Republicans of the ways
and Means Committee Say that the three
states which produce sugar, Louisiana,
Texas and Nebraska, gave their vote last
ton with the position which the members
OF Congress from Louisiana ana IeNaS
have alwa VS. taken with respect To tallft
nill VIII be- IL is asserted ,his strog nHstr III
any further than the necessilles OF the case
require.
be fixed at the former rate Of duty,
| while the wooden schedule, 1t is said, will
receive a sufficient protection to satisfy
| the manufacturers. The cotton and steel
| and iron schedules are not likely to be
| changed. The present ad valorem system
| Will be changed TO system OF specific
| duties.
vision that goods Ill bond will, when taken
| out, pay the rate OF duty In force and
| not the lower rate, at which they Were
originally brought to this country. An
arrangement win be made whereby dates
! Will De assigned to certain interests TO be
The morning times., 1896-12-12
col. TRACEY Investigating
Children's Guardians Must EX-
plain the Sturges Case.
FIRST OF IT'S KIND HERE
He VIII Ascert ain Their Authority
to Take the Child and Probe the
Charges OF Cruelty Against Mill
dred's Foster Parents Evidence
Heard From Both Sides.

For the first time in its existence the
board OF Chldren's Guarei1ns Is nnder-
going an authorized investigation The
case In fanti is that OF Mildred Sturgcs'
The Child recently taken from her loster
parents, MIR. and Mrs. j. M Stufees' py
A agent Lewis OF the board, as exclusively
told in The Morning Tunes or YESTERDAY.
! lie investigator rs Col. johh iraccy,
superintendent of charities. Agent Lewis
'alleu at the school the Child was altehd-
ing several days ago ana TOOK hcf away
with him 1t Is said that the tot was
returned To her mother, while Mrs sturseS
was charger with cruel treatment OF her
adopted child
FOSTER PARENTS PROTESTED.
A protest was Immediately made by the
foster parents to THE board, but the latter
refused TO return the child. Thereupoh
ar. and Mrs. Sturges appealed To the super
lntendcnt or charities.
Col. Tracey said last night That the mat
ter was now in his hands, but Jhat IL
would be several days before he is ready
To report, Mr.. Lewis has furnisned MN
with several names OF persons VINO Wiii
swear that Mrs. Sturges was cruel 70
Mildred. a N equal or greater MUMMY ;E u
witnesses have expressed tnelf "llanB-
hess TO testify to the kindness oil tii'.
foster-mother, and Ia describe from What
an excellent home the girl was taken.
Mr.. Sturges is Il clerk III the Penslon
OfIice. His wife is member OF the
Washington Humane Society.
COL. TRACEY'S STATEMENT.
II am empow cred TO investigate the ac'
tons OF the board, said Col. Tracey, 10 q
Times reporter, under the statute IN
cooperating the board itself. That act
provides that the superintendent snail have
investigating and reporting powers over
the organization
The iIItttcr iiaS now been called to my
attention and | Will lear all the evidence
from both sides before submitting a re-
port. The act est ablIshing the board gives
the members control or The wards turned
over to it by the police court Judges until
they are eighteen years OF age.
The only real question foi me TO s.
tablIsh is whether the taking OF the child
was IN tfe proper manner. ] have nothlng
Ia do with the sentimental or efuit able
side or The transaction. That must be
decided IN the courts.
Mr. Lewis Is at present out OF the city.
1t is Understood That the sole grounds
gwen Tor his action are the charges OF
cruelty against Mrs. Sturgcs.
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CIVIL
SERVICE
REF0RN

the resistance weaker The remarkable
fact aboUt the progress OF this reform
is that it has been accomplished in i
comparatively short period. In two
decades the whole method OF appoint
ing men TO office has Eecn rcyoictionized.
The politicians who fain would Lave adj
hcrcd 10 the SpoilS system as best suited
To their selfish purposes, have been forced
by IN imperious public sentiment to bow
to the popular Will. True, every inch
Of ;hc ground has been stubbornly con
tested and much territory remains yet
to be conquered, but the friends, advo-
cafes. ana supporters Of the reform have
reason, nevertheless, TO feel satisfied with
what they have accomplished up to the
present time. There need be no doubt
Tut that in due season they will achieve
the full measure Of their laudable am
bition
To any one that does not look 1t civil
service reform from a purely selfish
point OF view its Commonsense nature and
business like principles and practices
must commend themselves. And even
the most ingraincd spokesman, if the alb
>tract question We're to be put 10 him do
you not think the business Of the govern
mert should Toe conducted according to
recognized business Methods would an
/ hn ,b- 70
/ to- of course, is the application of these
methods in the concrete. If banker
were approached with the request to ap-
point a man to a responsible position
| without first ascertaining his fitness for
tie place, he would look upon the person
preferring it as either a knave or fool.
The same is true of every other kind Of
business. Then why should il net be Of
equal force in the case OF the government"
As to the corrupting influence of the
spoils system there can be no difference
of opinion. Those who still adhere to and
advocate it do so because of that very
fact Their number, however, is growing
beautifully less by degrees, and soon every
class of government employees, in whose
case the competitive examination is feasible
will be brought under it's rule. Those who
have done so much for the cause in the
affairs of the national government should
now turn their attention to the States
inmany of whichthe enemy is still strongly
entrenched. 1t viii be no easy matter 20
dislodge him. 1t cannot be done in year,
because it is right, a nd right always wins
in the end
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TOO MUCH. HIGH CHURCH.
Rev. Dr. ward Resigns From the
RectorsIiirDf ST. Mlchoel'S.


nav w +. L. Ward. rector OF st Mi
chaci's ana All Angels Episcopal Church,
resigned from bis office iast sunday and
Thursday returned with his family TO bis
old home In Newburgh. y. Y. lis successor
naS not yet been nan. ed, 2nC tie re.tuTshlp
VIII doubtless remain without a permaaent
occupant for fully onth.
Mr. Ward sprang Mid surprise 0n tie
EcmDers uf his parish last Sunday Nom
ug, when, instead af delivering lis usual
sermon. ne replied 10 a request from the
vnStrI that he follow IL The official ltOt-
stops of hls III mediatc IFrlHCessur Alter
stating Ills reasons for departing from. the
Beaten path he rendered tlls ieSigudti 1Il.
There wasa deal Of whispering and gossip
at thcCDhCit5ouOf IL" scr !. -, ''Tu sGtItiF
attcrward tie vcstryE.cu got together and
CUEClH4ei to accept Re ICSi4I -tiDh IL
Gppcars, EOwcrCT, ulai Mr.. Ward tad made
up his mind to go, ana there Is probably
little doubt but tEat he would have gone
IN any event.
Tnc whole trouble, some # tie ysstry say,
lay III the fact that tie rector was a
igh churchgah, While tnc parish $ known
Rev. Clarence ". Eisplfam, who pre-
CCded Mr. ward by St'NcT8 'n-3tus, rad
sat the custom OF iIa NIEE comm IHinn at
IL o'clock every ether Sunday morning
while on the aitciEat'' sundays mol iInt;
prayer would be celebrated. Mr. Ward
changed the Program to comtliHI.un every
sunday at l u. nj, ana morning prayer at
o O'Clock. The veSry protested, and the
rector : action OF Suuda y was :Ht. result.
The panSh is, therefore, left without a
rector. ff
tien. Gibson. one of the wardens and
| another Of the vcStry called upon bishop
Sattcriee yesterday AFTERNOON to discuss
| the temporary nllinE of the position.
| Several local rectors We're mentioned, hut
10 selection was made. 1t is ICsSible
| that the rector Of ST. Adams wal have
| charge OF the pulpit temporarily.
Mr.. Ward cam etoSt AIICI.aei's ;, -enre uIlIe T
| - last. From the beginning there was
| more or less of q friendly rivalry between
| the low ana hiEr clements OF the church
| As soon az he learned that his resi- gnl.ion
| was accepted he collected his belonging IS
and returned To his old home in the Empire
| State.
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PIPER'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
i'oitce Still t'u zZIed aud the Coroner
Is Investigating

The body of Thomas W. Piper, who
died yesterday at Emergency Hospital, as
told in The Evening Times, remains in the
hospital morgue.
brought Mr.. Piper to the hospital, are
investigating the circumstances surround
ing his death. AS yet they nave been
unable. to clear up the mystery, but de
yclopments are hoped for today.
Last night Mrs. Piper called at the
hospital and saw the body OF her husband,
Coroner uammett stated last night
that he had learned Mr.. Piper was sub
iect to apoplectic fits and il wa his opinion
that an attack Of that nature had uauscd
his death.
The coroner said tilat he would not
issue "a certificate. however, until ne haG
received II report from the police.
The morning times., 1896-12-12

GovERNoR-ELECT PINGREE has an
nounced one part of his program to be
the reduction of street car fares and inter-
changeable transfers in every city in the
State of Michigan
THREE-CENT in which til ese
public conveyan-
STREET CAR ces are in opera
alton, no matter
FARES, what the motive
power might be.
One feels like putting a good deal
of faith in this promise, because, as
mayor of Detroit, Mr. Pingree has ac-
complished the very object for which he
now proposes to contend throughout the
State. The corporations, of course, fought
him tooth and nail, but he threatened
them with a revocation OF their franchises
and the operation of the street railways by
the municipality, and they gave in. The
result is that Detroit today reIoices in
three-cent fares and interchangeable trans
fers.
Wig should not the people OF Washing
ton be equally favored? IL ia an ad-
uhtted fact that the operating expenses
OF street railways hay been reduced no arly
90 per cent by the introduction or eiec-
tncity. and exnerts have declared that with
this az motive power handsome profit
can be made even on a three-ccnt fare.
Nur can IL he disputed that while the
roads employed horsepower, the most
expensive of all, they declared large
dividends on nve-ccnt fares. II follows,
there fore, that their profits must be
vastly increased now with the cheapest
motive power yet invented and with a
largely augmented traffic.
In no other city are street railways
favored as much rs they are in Washiu(
ton Their obligations to the municipality Y
are comparatively tHning. They make
little or no reCompcnse for the valuable
franchises accorded them. While it il
true that we have here an excellent street
railway service the Belt and lexington
lines always eXcepted-it is also true that
the companies find il wholly 10 their ad-
vantage SO to maintain it, Their profits
as result are SO rich that the public may
well lay claim TO a part of these in tile
shape of reduced fares. One thing is Ger
tain, if thrce-cent fares are found profit
able in Detroit they will be even more
so in this city with its much larger popu-
lation.
1t is subject that deserves considcra-
tion at the hands of Congress which is IL
Washington what Pingree and The city
council! are to the Michigan metropolis
\ THE closing paragraph OF his admira-
hle address as president of the Ma
tional Civil Service Reform League, Hon.
I
The morning times., 1896-12-12
BOND LAW DEFECTIVE.
Nebraska OfmciaIs Disturbed over
q Decision.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec 1l.-An opinion rem
dered 1T thereqUest OF GOV. Holcomb by At
torney General Churchill caused cOnSterna-
uOn among incoming State officials Today.
1t Is in effect that the law passed by the
last legislature allowing State. county or
city Officers 10 give bonds furnished by
guarantee companies is unconstitutional.
AZ has been rcilaGly reported tnat state
Ireasurer-clcct MeSerye proposed to be
prepared for any emergency by presenting
10 the governor TWO bonds one executed by
d guarantee company and another signed
10y cIuZenS OF the state.
IL has claimed by supporters OF the
incoming administration taat the state
would have no right TO DGy TIE fee de-
manded by guarantee COMPANIES in such
case. and JnaJ the treasurer himself
cannot afford To pay the fee, because ii
would amount TO more than ms salary.
The morning times., 1896-12-12
Young Petersburg Couple EIope.

Petersburg, Va, Dec. 11-The Atlantic
Coast line train No. 35, south bound,
this place an clipping couple who went
70 Weldon, N G, TO have the nuptial knot
tied. They were Oracle l.. Alsop, aged
sixteen years, daughter OF Mrs. NJ. p.
AIsop, and Frank l.. Dunn, aged twenty
six years, operator for the Norfolk and
Western Railroad CompanT in this place.
The morning times., 1896-12-12
CARr WENT ov ERBoARD.
Horse Drowned in an ODD Accident
on the wharf.

A horse and cart belonging to James
Cation were lost in an odd manner yeSter-
day morning. The cart was driven by
Thomas Brook, who was engaged III haul
ing dirt to the wharf at the oct Ci Thirty
third street.
He backed his team close 10 the edge and
had gotten off the wagon when the horse
became unmana geable and began backing.
Before 81 ook could stop II EOth hCTSc and
cart rolled off the wharf. The horse being
held down by the weight OF the cart, was
unable TO get 10 the surface, and persisted
The cart has not as Yet been recovered.