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The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-17
SACRED PIGEONS OF VENICE.
Tons of Grain Required to Care for the
Doves of St. Marks Church.

Doves OF st. Marks Church.
1t may be Of interest," says the st.
Louis Republic, to such the readers as
like to sentimentalize on sacred subjects
to know that the Holy Pigeons of st.
Marks" have been recognized as such
by the authorities of Venice for more
than thousand years-ever since the
year S77. In olden times it was the
custom of the sacristans of st. Marks
church to release doves and pigeons,
fettered with paper, after the religious
services of Palm Sunday The paper
fetters partially disabled the poor birds,
and such of those as did not escape
were caught by the people, who fatted
them for Easter dinner. Sometimes
one and sometimes dozen of the poor,
futtering creatures would manage to
break the paper thongs which bound
wings and feet together, whereupon
they almost invariably sought refuge
on the roof and IN the steeples of the
historic old church. All of the escaped
birds assumed certain sacredness, and,
it-being against the law to kill or harm
them in any way, incr -ased to enormous
numbers. During the time of the repub~
lie the Sacred Pigeons of st. Marks"
became objects Of national solicitude,
tons of grain being annually supplied
for their maintenance. After the fall
Of the republic thousands of them
starved to death and all would have died
but for provision made by a pious old
lady, whose will perpetually provides
for them,
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-17
vlctp-ln,s orown MOI orsea worn.

The fact that Victoria has only worn
her crown sixteen times Is not sarpris-
ing when it is known that the royal
diadem weighs few pounds less than
n barrel of flour. There is really no
reason why royal head should bo
transformed into pedestal. and Queen
Victoria proves That she possesses sone
good, hard democratic sense by refus-
ing to pose as royal heavywcighs
head balanccr.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-17
OFFICIAL. REGISTER.
Sierra County Officers.

Nicholas GALES, Councilman for the coun-
ties OF Sierra and Socorro.
W. E. Martin aud jose Atmiio y vigil re-
prtsentatives for the counties OF socorro
and Sierra.
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broken steel, iron and brass in the muddy
fat where it fell when the undermined
roadbed failed to support its weight. The
waters have receded now ana the full ex-
tent Of the disaster can be realized from
the condition of the derailed cars. The
engine lies completely on its side, sunk in
mud to the depth of two feet or more.
The force with which it plunged off the
embankment must have been terrific, for
every bTeakable piece on the right side, as
well as the cab, is shattered, and some
portions lie a considerable distance from
the track, either thrown by the force of the
fall or carried away by the torrent pouring
under the track. The cowcatcher of The
engine was found We sterday morning
lodged in barbed-wire fence man Y yards
from the wreck. 1t had been broken clear
off by the shock.
The broken and splintered top of the
cab on which Fireman Gill supported his
battered body, and endeayored to draw
the dying engineer, lies in the mudf at,
with the signal bell and cord still hanging
TO it. Fully fifty yards from the track the
battered headlight sticks up out of mud
pond, where it was carried by the water
and afterward partly covered by the sedi-
ment deposited by the receding food. All
other accessories of the locomotive, to-
gether with portions of the clothing of the
engineer and fireman,
The engine itself looks beyond repair
The smokestack is battered all out of SEM
blance of its original shape, and the
throttle and levers are twisted and bent.
The main body of the machine is bent
and broken about the middle, showing the
boilers inside where the covering is shat
tered.
The baggage-car which as usual followed
the engine, also lies on its side in the
mud, battered and broken. The roof shows
where the contact with fence and telegraph
posts tore the tin away and few charred
boards indicate where the fire, that was
happily quenched in its incipiency, had
eaten its way through.
The smoker was only saved from going
completely into the mud by the ihterven-
ton of a stout telegraph pole against
which the roof rests and supports the en-
tire structure.
The car was still standing on the inse-
cure tracks when the passengers made
their exit on Sunday night, but the per-
sistent waters worked away at the road
bed until il too slid off into the marsh.
The extent of the washout and
the complete manner in which the water
destroyed the roadbed was evident when
daylight came yesterday and the wrecking
crew got to work. The rails were gone
entirely with their supporting ties, all
having slid into the rushing waters when
the weight of the engine was thrown upon
them. In some places where the rails
sui remained they showed decided de-
preston where the water had carried the
oaIlasting away evenly and the weight OF
the train had simply pressed the ties down
TO the earth.
rom an examination of the track and
IIoaupeo over which the train had passed
IOr some distance before being wrecked it
would seem that the engineer must have
eneiTeiy m nlnderestimated the danger of the
over number of small wasbouts where
the ties were almost entirely unsupported
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plished the slightest result. Another
cable from the supply in the wrecker was
fastened on, but it also parted when the
strain became great, and the car remained
as unmovabie as ever. By this time
the rain was falling IN torrents, and the
floods that had partially subsidized began to
rise again and hamper the efforts of the
men. An attempt was made to shovel the
mud away, but the water interfered and
the effort was given up. Attention was
then devoted to raising the trucks of the
smoker out of the way. This was accom-
plished without much difficulty, but was
about all that was achieved beyond
repairing the roadbed. 1t will be several
deys before the line is cleared sufficiently
to permit traffic, and it is doubtful, accord
ing to the wrecking crew. whether the
engine can ever be taken out of its muddy
bed entire. 1t will probably be fit sub
iect for the scrap people.
The reason for the washout was the con-
formation of the land on the south side Of
the track Directly opposite the break g
sharp point of land juts out into the
basin. The swift current striking this was
diverted in an acute angle toward the
track, and as the culverts were made
ouate to carry off the water, it found its
way over and underline track.
General Manager Kruttschnitt was busy
nearly all day yesterday listening TO the
stories of the crews, of the trains
wrecked Saturday and Sunday-the one of
Saturday at Santa Clara and that of Sun
day near Baden. At the close of the day
the investigation had not been completed,
but Mr.. Kruttschnitt stated as soon as all
the testimony had been heard, he would
make public the result OF the inyestiga-
tiOn.
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Mrs. CARLYLE.

It soon became habit to watch for the
familiar carriage, and either to welcome
Mrs. Carlyle for a visit or to go with her
for drive. She often came to me on Sum
day afternoon. One wet and dreary day
was sitting alone when the bell rang. 1
gladly ran to answer it, and saw strange
gentleman standing there; but looking be.
yond him, saw the dear face smiling at
me from the carriage window. was eager
ly dashing forward, but was peremptorily
waved back, with orders to get my bonnet
ard come out. George Cooke was our
companion, and In spite of the wind and
rain we were all very bright and merry,
Mrs. Carlyle taking my hand and holding
it in hers for great part of the time.
The day she and Miss Jewsbury came I
had seen Punch's Christmas Almanac,
and on its cover were likenesses of all the
principal literary people, very comicai
and funny, with absurd doggerel couprets
describing them. Among these | spied
"CariyLe and Tyndall" together. CARLYLE
was in full Scotch costume; in one hand
he carried childs spade and pail, and
with the other he was throwing pens and
ink over his shoulder, and the lines were
these:
CARLYLE, having finished Friedrich altogether
Is oil TO Searboro 10 spend the summer weather.
Oh. how she laughed and how delighted
she wasl 1.-The first time Punch has taken
anv notice of him." she said. Another
time Mrs. Carlyle said, "There is some
thing in the carriage for you-run and
look" / found there large blue china
plate, still happily in my possession
Blackwood's Magazine.
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SUTRO LINE OPERATED,
Opening of the Road Yesterday
Without Any Fuss or
Ceremony.
Cars Running Smoothly Over the New
Track and Carrying Many
Passengers.

The Sutro electric line was opened yes
terday morning without any ceremony.
Four cars were placed on the main line
and one on Eighth avenue, which is the
branch line to the park.
The first car left the carhouse on Gle
ment street, at 7 so o'clock in the morn
rift. 1t was run to Central avenue and
then made the run to the Cliff terminus.
''We started the road this morning with
four cars on the main line on fifteen min
utes headway," said Superintendent E. NJ.
Van Frank yesterday afternoon" and we
placed one car on the park branch The
service will be increased as the traffic de-
mands. On Sundays and holidays we
shall put on twenty-five cars, running on
three minutes Roadway on the main line
and two minutes on the Eighth avenue
branch. The time from Central avenue to
the Cliff House has been about twenty
three minutes to-day"
The cars of the new line are painted
white, with red trimmings, and trolley
rods of carmine hue. They are of two
sizes, each larger than those in use on the
Mission street line. The new company
transfers to and from the Sutter-street line
at Suffer street aud Central avenue. The
TACT that the line would be operated was
announced in THE CALL yesterday, and
during the day the new cars were
crowded with people, who, in spite of
the storm, were anxious to ride over the
new road. The greater stretch OF the road
is over portion of the City that is COM
paratively undeyeloped. The terminus at
the Cliff House is a covered depot, which
has an exit to the great highway and an
other that opens into the Sutro baths.
The cars ran smoothly, and there was
but one mishap-a new motorman in tax
ing car out of the carhouse succeeded in
making it jump the track. No damage
was done to the car and no one was in
jured.
The majority of the men who were work
ing yesterday were formerly in the EMPLOY
of the Sutter-street company.
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The Fanatic and His Unbridled
Reign in the State of
Kansas.
MANY PEOPLE DRIVEN AWAY.
Councilman Mclean on the Hard Times
as Brought About by Prohibition
and PopuliSm.

Among the arrivals here yesterday were
B. F. Mclean, member of theNCity Coun-
Gil of Wichita, Kans., and S. R. Oliver,
a leading business man of Wichita. 1t
has grown dull in the Southern Kansas
town, and they have been looking about
for new location.
There have been so many isms in Kan
sas," said Councilman Mclean, "that they
have knocked business, and rendered
money extremely hard to get. There was
q craze while over prohibition. We shut
off on liquor of all kinds entirely, and as
the result of the movement drove large
numbers of people from the State.
1.-THE foreigners went almost altogether,
and people from the outside stopped COM
ing in.
"Then Populism had an inning, and
hat the ultra-Proh ibition ists didn't do
the Populists did. / suppose they meant
well. Governor Lewellyn, who went into
office on the Populist wave, is a we'll
meaning man no doubt, but one way or
anofher before the Populists got through
t$Sy had injured the State.
Mrs. Lease, who lives at Wichita,
gained for us much notoriety. She is not
popular in her home town, but suppose I
am not telling secret when l observe this.
Still the lady never did me any harm.
In the old flush times Wichita had 49,
coo people. Now it has %, 900. l suppose
a good many of the 10000 were transient,
but the falling down in population, to-
gether with political conditions, will give
an idea how things now are there.
''Wichita is in very rich section, and
is the metropolis of large region. 1t sells
large quantities of goods to Oklahoma.
Still, it isn't what it ought to be.
II am a Republican, and as such am
satisfied if we had not had prohibition,
populism and other political beliefs of an
impractical character thrust upon us we
would have been long way better off,
Mr. Mclean and Mr.. Oliver are engaged
in the lumber business in Wichita. They
have visited Los Angeles and other Cali
fornia cities with the intention of making
a new location in some one of them if a
suitable opening can be found. They are
at the Occidental.
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The Druids.

Laurel Grove initiated one candidate at its meet
ing last Friday, conferred the second degree and
received one application.
There was large attendance az the last meeting
OF Sigel Grove to witness the comforting of the
third degree on two candidates
Vasco de CANA Grove at its last meeting con-
ferred the degree two candidates and the
Drud's degree on FIVE. Two applications were re-
Ceived.
Sonoma Grove has purchased lot in the ceme-
terry of that city ana has expended $500 in i'm
provements on it, and will use the same for the
burial of DruidS. This grove was recently pre-
scented a handsome banner embematic of the
der by Mrs. Olivieri the wife of the noble arch.
This grove is doing remarkably well.
Volta Grove Is making arrangements for a mas
quer2de ball on the 18th of February.
The grand officers have gone Fort Bragg to
institute a new grove there.
On the 18th a grove instituted, AIendo-
elmo Grove, No. los. The instituting officers were
A. Dino, acting n. G. A, A BaalieTu, d. 6. A.,
and j. ]. Mollison grand secretary. The three de-
grees were conferred and the officers were installed
The grove starts with membership OF twenty
and the officers promise to do Ole the number
within month.
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FRUITS FROM LABRADOR.
Huckleberries, Red Currants and Rasp
berries in PleDfv

DofTleS IN FlenCys
In spite of latitude and Arctic current
Labrador is the home of much that is
delicious in the berry world. Three varie-
ties of blueberries, huckleberries, wild red
currants, having a pungent, aromatic
favor unequaled by the cultivated varie-
ties, marshberries, raspberries, tiny white
capillaire teaberries, with a flavor like some
rare perfume, and having just a faint sug-
gestion of wintergreen; squashberries
pearberries and curlewberries, the latter
not so grateful as the others, but prime
favorite with the Esqu;maux, who prefer
it to almost any other; and lastly
the typical Labrador fruit, which, ex-
cepting few scattering plants in Canada
and newfoundland, is found nowhere out
side of the peninsula-the gorgeous bake
apple. These cover the entire coast from
the st. Lawrence TO the Ungava. Their
beautiful geranium-like leaves struggle
with the reindeer moss upon the islands,
carpet alike the low valleys and the high
hill tops, and even peep from banks of
everlasting snow. Only one berry grows
upon each plant, but this one makes a
most delicious mouthful. It is the size
and form of a large dewberry, but the
color is bright crimson half-ripe, and a
golden yellow at maturity. Its taste is
sweetly acid; it is exceedingly juicy and
so delicate that it might be thought i'm
| possible to preserve it.-Outing.
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An Open Letter to the Bosses
Which Plainly States the
Case.
WILL BID ON ALL CONTRACTS
Journeymen Determined to Fight if
Their Demands Are Not Com.
piled With.

The painters, decorators and paper
hangers OF this City have at last put on
their war paint and last evening at their
union meeting they held regular ghost
dance. The trouble is caused by the mas
ter painters or bosses paying no attention
to the demands of the men who have been
endeavoring to secure better terms for
their services.
For several years the painters have been
obliged TO accept such wages and work
such hours as pleased the bosses. Ac-
cording to their statements they were
barely able to make living, and their
condition promised to become worse in
stead of better. at last they determined
to organize for self-protection, and within
the past six months their union has in
creased its membership from few dozen
to 700-a majority of the painters in the
City.
month or so ago the Painters and
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Employees of the Illegal Election
Commission May Get No
Money.
THE MAYOR WANTS THEM PAID
Broderick Criticizes Hinton'S Declare.
ton That Schenck Was the Reg.
istrar's Appointee.

Tangles and surprises were encountered
by the Election Commissioners when they
met yesterday for the first time in seven
months. The trouble arose over the de-
mand for their salaries by the clerks of
the Illegal commission. The surprise came
when Registrar Hinton declared he, acting
as Registrar, had appointed the men,
although at the time they were appointed
he was acting as chief clerk of the board
which the Supreme Court ruled few days
ago had no existence.
The meeting was held in Mayor Sutro's
private Office. Tax Collector Block, Aud
itor Broderick and City Attorney Creswell
were present to listen to little address by
the Mayor upon the circumstances that
had led to the resumption by the Com
missioners of the duties of this particular
Office. City Surveyor Tilton did not APP
pear.
When the board got down to work Reg
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cause he was not willing to vote to pay
one and not all.
Mr.. Hinton announced that men had
been selected as officers for the coming
primaries. He remarked that he "as-,
sumed the election would be held" and
supposed they would continue the prepar-
atoms for it.
Ihe City Attorney warned him against
assuming too much. Mr.. Creswell called
attention to the fact that tho Supreme
Court would be very likely to declare the
primary election law unconstitutional.
For this reason, he said, he was unwilling
10 consent to any action requiring the ex-
pendlture of money, as he knew of no
one VINO had any of it to give away unless
1t were the chairman, Mr.. Sutro. So no
action was taken on this matter.
The Mayor thought that under the cir
cumstances it would be better to adjourn,
subject to the call of the chair. Mr..
wanted no more adjournments subject to
the call OF the chair. He wanted meetings
held every Monday morning at 10 o'clock,
ana he wanted them held not in the
Mayors office, but in the Office of the
Registrar. This was decided upon.
MI: Broderick yesterday gave Mr.. Hin
! ton SIX warrants for $500 each. These were
for his salary as Registrar during the six
months he was acting as chief clerk for
| the non-partiSan Election Commission
MT. Hinton also had in six claims for $3.50
each as chief clerk of the Election Com
mission. These will now be withdrawn.
II was also prepared to sign. Mr.. Rey-
nolds' warrants and those of ]. F. Ken
nedy, our messenger" said Mr.. Broderlck.
Il recalled that they were appointed by
| the board and hence | did not have the
power. | did not doubt that permission
would be received at once.
IF Mr.. Hinton persists in his declara-
ton that w. 7. Y. Schenck and G. F. Metz
ner were appointed by him and not by the
illegal Board of Election Commissioners,
| he will be put in an awkward position. 1t
will be shown then that he made his chief
| clerk, Peter McGlade, Democrat. resign,
in order that he might appoint Republi-
can, Mr.. Schenck, in his place.
/ "lf Mr.. Hinton comes to me and insists
| upon the statement that Schenck and
Metzner were appointed by him, acting as
Registrar, will have to pay their salaries.
1t will be queer thing, to say the least,
| Tor 1t is well known that Schenck did not
get the appointment till September, three
months after there was a vacancy, because
the Election Commissioners could not de-
eide on whom to appoint. And besides,
Mr.. Hinton was not recognized as Regis
trar at that time, but was recognized and
had presented salary claims as chief clerk
of the commission.
Mr.. McGlade yesterday received a war
rant for twenty-five days labor performed
for the Registrar in July, 1895. He has
been reappointed to his old place by Mr..
Hinton.
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before the fatal plunge occurred, and there
are evidences on each side that the water
was up to the level of the track
for fully 300 yards from where the wreck
occurred. 1t is certain that had Engineer
keyer connected the red signal of which
Fireman Gill warned him, with thought
of the torrents of water rushing along
each side OF the track in plain view. he
must have known that some great danger
was impending. The sheets of water were
In plain view from the moment the train
passed Baden station, and the roar of the
water as 1T rushed under and.over the
track could not have been drowned by the
noise of the train.
When the wrecking crew began opera
tons yesterday morning the first efforts
were directed to rescuing the effects OF the
passengers from the baggage-car, and the
trunks, yalises and baskets that were
hshed out were sorry sight. Water ran
from them as they were lifted on to a flat
car, and from many broken packages pro-
truded bits Oh sadly bedraggled feminine
finery.
When the baggage was finally carried
away, the wrecking crew began the work
OF rebuilding the track so that the dam
aged cars could be brought back to the
line and sent to the shops for repairs. Inc
manner in which the broken rails ana ties
were wedged under the cars made 1T I'M
possible to move them, so that an entirely
new section of track was necessary. The
earth of the embankment was so soft from
the drenching it had received that 1t was
hours before it was in condition to receive
the cars. Then new difficulty presented
itself.
The mud that had settled about the cars
had fixed them firmly in their positions,
and, tug and puff as it might the wreck
/ ing engine was not able to move them.
! The smoker was first encircled with huge
cattle, which was run over the derrick on
the tender, and the engine put forth all its
strength. The timbers of the smoker and
! tender creaked and groaned and the engine
snorted. but the car did not bulge, and in
| the midst of the exertions the cable parted
| like packthread without having accom-