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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1896-10-09
Les Deux 0rphelines.
par HDOLpHE
lie sergent houssa les epaulesre

O40 G54@H5@GMMEs
rlcannant:
-Msis je TAI deja dit ct. tenez,
TAI Ia ma llste.
81 pendant quill cherchait le pa
pier. la tante Vauthier s'6tait rap
proch6e de Mariaone Il, doucement
elle lni souMsit 4 Poreille:
-Je comprends que tn ales hon
te; malhenreuse. qu'as tn fait pour
tomber ians lafange, ainsi? OIL e
sails bien que c'est.... Ia vie de
Paris qui ia perdu,l O'.st pour
quot tn mas plus 6crit depuis 81
longtemps d ia pauvre vieille tante
Non Marianne, tn ne peut pas me
tromper.... O'est toll. c'est
bien tol!....
Mails la volx du aergent l'inter-
rompit. LIE militaire await tire de
go giberne la liste des files quill
6tait charge de condufre an port
Encouragement. En- llsant . hau-
te voix:
-Henrlette Gerard. C'est bien
ga. j. ne metals pas tromp6....
Hsnriette G4rard.... file de
joie.... arre,6 sur l'ordre de NJ. le
lieutenant de police.
File de joie s'exclamerent en-
meme temps l'aubergiste ct Ia ME
ce.
La tante Vauthier demeurait
immobile. les yeux fixes toujours
sur le visage de Marianne. Ellie
poussa IN soupir ct allait 80 reti-
rer. En- ce moment le sergeDt COM
manda de se remettre On route
Tout le monde SO leva. Marianne
suivlt les autres condamn6es. Mails
au moment Oh ellie passait dvvant
q tante:
Madame, dit ellie d la vieille
femme puisque je resemble 3 Gel
lie que vous avez 6lev6e.... ct qui
est honn6te, elle.... permetttZ
moi de-. vous embrassez NADIA
mel si.... 81 je ne vous fails pas
horreur.
Et, oourbant lie front, ellie slouta
dune voix suppl1ante:
Celia me portera bonhaur, ma
dame Car je vous le jure.... je me
suis bi-n rspentie.... al blen
plenr6.... bien demand4 pardon
au Tout Paissant....
Puts Sans sttendre que 50 tante
Vauthler ait pu r6pondre. Marian
ne appuya e levres sur les jones
ride 9 de la viellle femme, ct deux
larmes rouIerent de scs yenx. Sa
cou,pagne de chn1ne lui crla:
Eth pien la mljauree, o'est y
pour d cite heure 90 pour plus
tald?
Marianne embrassa eueors une
fois 50 Yieille tante Vauthler ct d6s
qu'elle fnt 3 la porte, ellie adressa
an dernirr r, gard q Ia paavre fem
me qu'+lle ne devait plus revoir.
Al moment on ellie Sc dlsposait 3
remonter dams la charrette, Mari
anne SO trouva tout 4 coup on face
de son anclenne annie d'enfance.
Tolnon s'approcha tristemeht del
le.
-Adieu! mamzeIle Henriette,
dlt-elle B haute voix ct, tout bias.
tout bhs, ellie murmura 4 son crell-
lie:
= Adieu, ma pauvre Marianne!
Obi mon c@ar ia blen Ieconnu, va
mails j'si respect6 ton . cret par
pitie pour Ia vieille boDne femme.
Mails non.... Je t.ass... Je
vous assure, balbutIa Marianne.
% 4and mon cenr ct mes yeux
20 seralent tromL6, dit To,non en-
la main de Marianne,
pas encore 4 ton dolgt l'u-
ne des petites baoues de plomb
que nous avons echangees ladis,
N nous qulttant? tn as gard6 la
MEME CONNIE TAI conserve la
CONNIE le oonserverai aussi ton
souvenir! Oil touJours! E.Aoi. Ma
-Ton]oarsl
SIT les deux jeunes files tom
en- pleurant dams les bras
'une de lautre.
-En route, cria le sergent, qui
int les separer.
rTouioursl r6p6ta Toinon.
-Touloursl dit encore Marianne.
WV
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1896-10-09
H1HD Q

- cria-t-il q IN
des soldats de garde aupres des
charrettes.
Oelui qu'on await sppele ae pre-
.senta:
-Amene moi le No IL, lul dit
#le sergent.
Et SO tournant yers Picard:
Par exempt, Iami, ft-il en-
RANT, il#faadra accsp or ia paire.
-QuelIe paire?
La paire ds demoisellss, par
.bleul car Giles sont enoha1n6ss
|dsux par deux.
-Encha1n6esYY
M ouil fest f'habitude.
a Pld6e quill allait 1evolr, en-
chafnee aVec une Volsnss On une
prostitute, oelle que son mhftre
adorait ct gu. lui-meme r%espectait
CONNIE la plus vsrtneuse DIES eu
mes FLIES, Picard 6tait devenu tout
pale de colere.
Comment, dit-il, vous avez &C
couple oette jeune personnel.
-Avec Ia plus jolle voleuse du
lot ct gale CONNIE nm pinson. O.
nest pas ga faute 81 SO compagne
engendre la m6lancolie.
-Ahl oui, ellie dot etre bien
%triste! s'exclama le valet.
On dlrait qu'elle a perdu p6re
ct m6re...
La conversation fut int Arrompue
par rarriv6e du so'dat accompa
gnant les deux prisonnieres. MATS
tout aassitos, PICARD SO leva dun
bond en- s'ecriant:
-Vous vous etes tromp6, aucu-
ne des deux nest HeDilette &C.
rard.
-Vous croyez? fit le sergent.
Ed bien, vous allez voir.
il s'6tait tourn6 vers les deux
femmes. II sIpela: Henriette Ge-
rard. ayanceZ!
Marianne s'approcha aussitot,
entrt fnant avec ellie ga compagne
de cha4ue. Pdls s'arreta devant le
sprgent.
-Ms volci! dit-elle. Que me
voult z-vous!
Eth bien, l'ami, ricana lie mill
taire en- s'adressant q. Picard, vous
voyez que 9 connais pa'faitement
tout mon monde. VOLTA bien la de-
moiselle que vous chercheZ. 81
vous avez quelque chose q Iui dire,
ne vous genez pasl
Mails le vieux domestique ne
coutait plus. Sur son visage 90 Ii
salt la st%upefaction quill %eprouvait.
lie pauvre diable regsrdait Mari
anne, don't les traits ne lui etaient
pas inconnus. Il fut quelques ms
tants avant de pouvoir interrogar.
Puts s'approchant de la jeuue fem
me:
Que signiie celia? demanda-t-
il.
Et CONNIE la prisonniA~e s'obsti
matt q declarer qu'elle 6tait blen
Henriette Gerard.
-Ah!c Ga, Iui dit Plcari, vous
voulez done me faire croire que
al complement pardu pesprit.
Pals s~aisissant la main de son
interlocutrice, il a]outa:
Mats ) COMMAS Hsnrietts Je
l'ai va de mes deux yeux; 10 lui al
al parl6.... BIT j. voas dis que ce
nest pas yous!
BIT j. vous dis mol, que je me
nomme r6ellement Hsnrl=tte G6
rard, repondlt avec fermet6 Mari
anne.
Picard demeura stup6fa,t. Ma
rianne sc souYensit d'avolr va Pr
card q la Salpetriere. Ellie l'avalt
entendu sc dormant, aupres de
smnr Genevieve, CONNIE valet de
coufance du lieutenant de police.
Or, il fallait, jusqu'a rlnstsnt de
Encouragement, que son ldentit6
ne fut pas reconnae. Il le falla1t
dams P.nt616t d H5nriette. qui Sc
raft certainement recherch6s, de-
couvests ct faalement d6port6e, 81
Ia substitution 6tait proay6e. C'est
done ave Ia plus grande 6nvrgie
qu'elle continue do jouersson per-
sonnage.
Picard 6tait sbasourdi. Il se de-.
mandait sill 6tait le jouet dune il
fusion, d'un.revs, on 81 81 raison
l'abandonnait.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1896-10-09

Les charrettes s'6taient remises
4 rouler. Les chevaux, qui avaient
Gu le tempe de souM i, ayanealent
en- trottant. Ents sees pele mole,
les oap,ives, misses en- gazette par le.
,idre monsieur de laube,ge du
pAre FRANCOIS, ayalent commence
par ch4nter. Pois Is mutt Giant ve-
nue., leo rires se Trent plus rares,
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09

Victor. The dam of the company will be
built at what is known as the Narrows and
will be 150 feet IN height, below which will
be submerged dam to catch the under
flow.
The watershed from which the water
Will be taken has an elevation of about
5o00 feet, with an annual rainfall of about
6oinehes. During the dryest period of the
year, the flow of the river at the dam site
IS nearly 14,000 inches, and it is estimated
that the reservoir with the height of $50
feet and in length 140 feet at the base and
$50 feet at the top, will irrigate 200, 600
acres, and by raising the dam to height
OF 175 feet 100000 acres can be accommo-
dated.
1t viii take two or three years to finish
the work, and it is estimated that the cost
will be about 81, ,5S4, 700.
The reservoir will hold 1912 ,404. 600
United States standard gallons, and after
making allowances for evaporation and
seepage, and reserving one-third of the
capacity of the reservoir, there would be
left for use 115, ,6S3, 1885, 900 gallons. When
the system is completed as planned 1t will
be one of the greatest in the State.
San Bernardino City depends on artesian
wells for its supply, there being between
1000 and 1900 in the city and immediate
vicinity
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
FAIR RANCH THREArENED.

HGter EHeroGcEing Upon Sic ThOu-
sand Acres Of GrotUing Grain.
WOODLAND, CAL, Feb. s.-The Fair
ranch, of over COCO acres of healthy young
graiu, is in imminent danger of an over
flow. Water is within few inches of
being on level with the back leyee, and
is gradually rising. 1t is the wind and
waves that are threatening the great ranch.
None OF this food water is from the river.
1t was all emptied into the Colusa and
Northern Yolo basin from the streams that
find their source in the mountains and
foothills to the west. This water has
already submerged the fertile body of
10, 900 acres of land that has heretofore
been protected by the Howell Point levee.
With the increase III volume and a high
north wind, it naturally moves southwark.
If the levee breaks, and there now seems
to be no possible way OF aYerting the dis
aster, all hopes of crop for this season
on greater part of the ranch will be
destroyed, as the water will remain on the
land for several weeks. Sycamore Slough
affords the only means OF draining it, ana
the present stage of the river precludes
the possibility of making that means
available. Several hundreds of acres are
already covered by water. The outlook
now is that the crops on this tract are
doomed
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
SANTA CLARA GROWERS,
Plans for Extending the Fruit
Market in the East Are
Discussed.
Committees Will Be Appointed t,
Formulate a Plan of Organ.
ization.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Feb. 8.-There was a
large attendance of fruit-growers at the
mass-meeting held in Grand Army Hall
this afternoon to discuss ways and means
for extending the market for Santa Clara
Valley fruit products. Colonel E. G. Hall
presided and G. II. Allen acted as secre-
tary. The meeting was addressed by
Messrs. Castle, Dalton and s. f. Klein of
San Francisco, John Markley OF Sonoma
County and A. r. Hall of Minneapolis.
After an extended discussion resolutions
were adopted authorizing the chair to ap-
point committee of seven members, and
the Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange
and other fruit unions to add one mem
ber each, to formulate plan of organize
ton to work toward creating q market for
Santa Clara fruit products in the East.
The committee will report at an adjourned
meeting to be held in this city Febru-
airy 29.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
TO IMPEACH ANDERSON.
Aaother Echo of Taconsa's Notorious CIT,
Hall Scandal.

Af0tker Echo of TacOfsa's Notorious CitD
Hall Scandal.
TACOMA, WASH, Feb 8.-The City
Council passed resolution this afternoon
calling for impeachment proceedings
against Isaac W. Anderson to remove him
from his position as City Park Commits
sioner, on the ground that he misrepre-
sented to the city of Tacoma the value OF
the light andi water plant purchased by
the city from the Tacoma Light and Water
Company, by which transaction the city
was defrauded out of S787 800; further
more, that he used money to bribe voters
at the election for the purchase of the light
and water plant, and that he is guilty of
neglect of duty.
The petition was sworn to by J. A.
Overman and John Koel. Councilman
Bulger introduced the resolution. Attor-
ney Arthur n. Jordan represents the petit
tioners. The date for the trial of Anderson
before the City Council on these charges
has been set for 10 o'clock on the morning
of February 20.
Anderson is president of the Tacoma
Land Company, a side issue of the North
ern Pacific Railway Company. The i'm
peachment proceedings will result in a
rehash of the old City Hall scandals,
exposed by The CALL two months ago.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
Her Marriage to D. A. Lancaster
Found to Have Been a
Mockery.
SHE DIES IN AN INFIRMARY.
Relatives Will Endeavor to Have
Justice Melted to the Man Who
Blighted Her Life.

WOODLAND. CAL, Feb. S.-The death
OF Mary Higgins, a young woman, at the
County Infrmary this afternoon, dis
closes a pathetic story of betrayal as the
result of a mock marriage. While in
Woodland she met D. A. Lancaster, an in
surance agent, and shortly afterward they
met again at the Arlington Hotel at
Suisun.
The statement made by the woman
shortly before her death was that Ian
caster induced her to go to San Francisco,
where a marriage ceremony was per-
formed, but there is no record of the mar
riage, the date or the officiating minister
She stated that Lancaster had insisted
that she should return TO Woodland and
keep their marriage a secret until such
time as his financial circumstances i'm
proved so that he could proclaim her to
the world as his wife. This was over a
year ago, and since then she has been un-
able to learn of his whereabouts. The
woman became a mother few hours be-
fore her death.
A brother and sister of Mary Higgins,
who reside in Suisun, have been notified,
and are already instituting search for
Lancaster
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
She Might Have Started to Join
Her Children in Los
Angeles.
DRAGGING THE BAY IN VAIN.
Relatives Now Believe That the Un-
fortunate Woman Did Not
Commit Suicide.

TACOMA, WASH, Feb. 81 No trace of
the missing Mrs. Arthur B. Cody of Chi
cago has yet been found. The search in
the city and suburbs, as well as outside
points, was to-day pushed with the vigor
that has characterized the movements of
the officials and the relatives of the un-
fortunate woman during the past week,
but aside from unfounded reports and
theories, without facts to substantiate
them, nothing new has been learned.
Attorney Cody, the husband of the miss
ing woman, has, since the trail to Portland
turned out to be wrong one, come to the
conclusion that his wife is still alive and
making her way southward.with the inten-
tion of joining her children, who are in
Los Angeles.
Chief of Police Smith left the city at an
early hour this morning to investigate a
clew in some new direction, but Just where
he has gone or to what this new move is
due has not been made public. The de-
tective force. together will all patrolmen,
are leaving nothing undone in their search
in the city, but the search seems hopeless.
The party that has been engaged in drag
ging the bay has met with no success. and
this point of investigation gives evidence
of proving fruitless also.
It was learned this morning that among
the letters found III Mrs. Cody's room at
the home OF her parents was one in which
she stated what disposition she wanted
made OF her personal effects after her
death. She expressed the desire that GER
tain pieces of jewelry or other property be
given to certain relatives, evidently in
tending the letter to be her last words to
her parents. These letters are strong
point in the theory of suicide, and while
the husband is of the belief that his wife
is alive others believe the contrary, basing
their opinions upon her letters and fro N
the fact that she purchased a revolver on
the day of her disappearance.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
LAWSUITS At SANTA ANA
Justin Fruit Association Sues the
Earl Company for Breach of
Contract.
Dissatisfied Growers of the County
Are Watching the Case With
Much Interest.

SANTA ANA, CAL, Feb. s.--suit has
been Instituted by the Justin Fruit Asso-
citation of this county against the Earl
Fruit Company in the Superior Court here
The plaintiff alleges that under contract
between the two parties the defendant sold
thirty-two carloads OF oranges from March
to July, 1894. from the proceeds of which a
sum aggregating $1s7S go was fraudulently
withheld.
The case is an important one to fruit
growers, who, as rule, have suffered too
often by tricky commission men. The
prominence of the defendant company
lends to the action more than usual in
terest.
This is the second case now on the
docket of the Superior Court of this county
in which the Justin Association sues the
Earl Fruit Company, the former one being
for larger sum alleged to be due owing
to the failure of defendant in fulfilling a
contract to. dispose of stipulated number
of carloads of oranges during certain
period
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
AFTER TULhRE OFFICIALS
Assessor Gibson and District
Attorney Howard Scored by
the Grand Jury.
Useless Expense Said to Have Been
Incurred and the Law
Violated.

V1SALIA, CAL, Feb. S.-The Grand Jury
impaneled last Monday filed its report
this afternoon. Concerning Assessor Glib
son the report says:
Upon an examination of the books and
statements in the Assessors Office we find
that the Assessor received statements from
certain individuals of personal property,
which statements he failed to enter upon
his books. As we understand the law, it is
the duty OF the Assessor to enter upon his
assessment-roll q statement of all the per-
sonal properly of the county, and he is
guilty OF at least technical violation of
the law IN not entering these statements
upon his books
Relative to District Attorney Frank B.
Howard the report says:
eve find that the county has been en-
gagged in considerable litigation during the
past year; that considerable money has
been expended in the employment of out
side counsel. If it is necessary for the
District Attorney TO have deputies, we rec
ommend that he employ as his chief dep
uty lawyer and man of some experi-
ence in the practice of his profession. We
believe that much useless expense has
been incurred during the past year, and
that it is traceable directly TO the District
Attorneys Office. In many suits where
the county has been party for the pur-
pose of protecting the county's interest the
Board of Supervisors has been compelled
TO employ outside counsel to assist the
District Attorney"
The other officers were not criticized and
no indictments were founo.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
CAssEnMAN CENsURED.
The Supervisor Declared to Have De-
frduded ToIO County.

me SNpeFr3SOr DecGGfed 10 Hare De-
frGuded ToIO County.
WOODLAND, CAL, Feb. S.-Supervisor
CasselmaE was severely censured by the
Grand Jury, which submitted its report
this afternoon, as follows:
The minority of the Grand Jury, upon the
question OF the investigation of the official
conduct Of E. Casselman, beg leave to report as
follows.
We find that Mr.. Casselman for the purpose
OF procuring the payment of claims that were
illegal and not entitled TO payment at all out
OF the county treasury of YoIo County, falsely
and fraudulently, and with the intention of
procuring them to be falsely and fraudulently
paid, falsified not only the items OF the said
claims, but falsified the verification thereto /;
that is TO say, Mr. Casselman, in the case of
the McGregor claim, procured Mr.. McGregor's
signature and sworn to by him; that Mr.. Cas-
seimen then filed out the items OF such claim
and falsified the dates of such items, SO that
the claim would appear on its face to be fair
and would be allowed and paid out of the
county treasury.
The other claims mentioned by the majority
report here are in a similar situation, and a
similar allegation by this minority as to them
would be true. We are, therefore, of the opin-
ion that Mr.. Casselman palpably violated Sec
tion ~ OF the Penal Code OF this State.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
soNomA COUNTY IMfRoYEMENr.
Citizens Petition far a Road Connecting
Santa Rosa and Duncons Mills.

Citizens Petition far a Road Connecting
Santa Rosa and DuncGns Mills.
SANTA ROSA, CAL, Feb. Sat meet
ing of the Santa Rosa Improvement Club
last night a communication from the Dun
cans Mills Improvement Club was read
asking the organization TO join in petit
tion to the Board of Supervisors asking for
a new county road five miles in length to
connect Dunoans mills with the Santa
Rosa and Occidental road.
The proposed new road would shorten
the distance from Santa Rosa to Duncan
fully ten miles and would be of inesti-
mab,e value to the'residents of both places.
A committee of five was appointed TO con-
suit with the Duncans Mills Club and for
mulate the petition.
The secretary of the Santa Rosa club re-
ported that seventy members had signed
the roll and paid the Initiation fee. 4
constitution and bylaws were adopted.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
MODESTO SUIT DECIDED,
DR.. lyman Will Retain the Estate
His Step-Daughters Sought
to Secure.
The Court Rules That the Plaintiffs
Have No Right to Any of
the Property.

MODESTO, Call. Feb. s.-The long
pending case of Woodside against lyman
was decided to-day in favor of the de-
fendant.
This action. was brought by Mrs. Eme-
line A. Woodside and her sister, Mrs. E.
Lucinda Fuquay, against their stepfather.
DR.. Thomas E. lyman, several years ago
to require him to convey to them practi-
cally all of his large estate, valued at sew
eral hundred thousand dollars, under the
claim that it had been acquired by him
during his marriage to their mother, and
after her death from the rents and profits
of her property.
The suit was first tried before Judge Will
liam o. Minor and decision rendered in
favcr of the plaintiffs, on December %,
1893 whereby the plaintiffs were given
three-nfths of DR.. Tynan's property. An
appeal was taken to the Supreme Court,
and the judgment was reversed on the in
sufficiency of the evidence to support the
decision of the lower court, the evidence
having been chiefly based upon converse
tions which the plaintiffs testified they had
heard between DR.. lyman and their mother
during the time that they were between
the ages OF and II years, now more than
twenty-five years ago.
The case was pushed forward to second
trial and was called on January 81. The
counsel for plaintiffs included Governor
Budd, who has been present during the
trial, while the defendant was represented
by D. NJ. Delmas, L. w. Fulkert and w. H.
Hatton.
When the evidence for the plaintiffs was
closed to-day Mr.. Delmas moved the court
for a non-suit on the ground that the
plaintiffs had shown absolutely no right to
any part OF the property. The matter was
fully argued and this evening the court de-
cided in favor of the defendant. 1t is the
general opinion that the decision, con-
sidered with that rendered by the Supreme
Court, finally disposes of the case.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
DING 1T PASADENA.
AtLen DodaooTth, the Famous Band
master. C0nnot Recorer..

Allen Dodao0rth, the Famous Band
master, Cannot Recover,
PASADENA, CAL, Feb. 8.-Allen Dods-
worth, who was the leader of the famous
Dodworth band OF New York, which was
TIE most famous band in the country forty
wears ago, is lying critically i'll at his resi-
dence in this city, and the attending ply
sician expresses little hope of his recovery.
Mr.. Dodworth was attacked by pneumo-
nia.a few days ago and his condition has
been growing worse ever since. He is too
far advanced in years to stand very hard
siege of sickness, being rs years of age.
The invalid's father, Thomas Dodworth,
was styled the father of bands in the
United States, being the original founder
of Dodworth's famous band. Mr.. Dod-
wortb's condition was somewhat improved
tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09

in regard to the programme for Stanford
day. They visited the site of the pavilion,
the bicycle track and race track. and were
much pieased with the outlook for sue
day, May 8.
They state that great interest in the
rose fair was being manifested by the stu
dents, and that on Stanford day the en-
tire student body would come down on
special train early in the morning, headed
by the Stanford band and take the town
with whoop and hurrah that would long
be remembered by the Garden City.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
Ia Trouble at Port Townsend.

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. Feb. s.
Captain Swanson of the bark Matilda,
which arrived here on Thursday from
Honolulu, is in trouble as the result of false
entry on manifest forwarded to the Treas
ury Department on his arrival here. The
Matilda brought over small consignment
OF coffee, but it was entered on the mani
fest as sugar and sworn to by the captain.
The Collector OF Customs states that he
viii probably fine the captain, and the lat
ter must then make explanations and look
to the Secretary of the Treasury for re-
mission OF the fine.