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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
4RUCKEE,s ICE PALACE DOOMED.
Shorn of It's Crystal Corering 6y Rain
and Warm Weather.

TRUCKEE, CAL, Feb. 29.-The heaviest
snowstorm of the season prevailed here
for the past twentv-four hours. The storm
is said to be general throughout the NJ oun-
tains as far west as Towles, it having COM
menced with light rain. At least a foot
of snow has fallen here, while between
Summit and Cisco the fall will, it is said,
ggregate 19 inches. The sky is clear to-
night, though more snow is expected.
The ice palace presents . forlorn appear
ance. The warm rays of the sun have of
late played havoc with what was once an
interesting and entertaining spectacle.
The south side of the palace is shorn of
Its crystal covering, while on the north
side the ice hangs only in strips. Un-
doubtedly the ice palace will not prove the
Mecca of sightseers again during the pres
ent season, but the promoters are not dis
couraged and are already planning for
next winter Mr.. Whitney, proprietor of
the Whitney House, and one of the heav-
lest stockholders in the ice palace, said to-
day:
Next year will surely play US even. We
have Jared badly thus far, but we have no
complaint to make. The elements have,
unfortunately, been against US, but we
have profited by experience"
A report is current that during the COM
ing summer the palace will be transformed
into a roller-skating rink and dancing pa
vilion combined.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
STORMS ON THE COAST.
Rough Weather Causes a Post
ponement of San Diego's
Carnival.
The Picturesque Ice Palace at Truckee
: Doomed-Rain Welcomed by
Farmers.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Feb. 29.--A chilling
Southwestern blew this afternoon and even
ing and stirred up the usually placid bay
so that it was unsafe for small boats to
venture out. The water fete, in which 200
craft, all brilliantly lighted and moving in
procession in and out among the war
ships, were to participate, the illumina-
tions and fireworks and bonfires all were
postponed, and several thousand people
who had faced the keen wind turned re-
Iuctantly away. Next Saturday night was
the time fixed for the pageant and the
com mittee in charge viii go ahead with
renewed yigor to make the affair more
brilliant even than it would have been to-
night.
On Friday night the Italian cruiser Girls
toforo Colombo will arrive here and most
of the larger craft to take part in the
parade will greet the cruiser outside and
escort it into the harbor, past the flagship
Philadelphia, which will fire a royal
ealUtp
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
SANTA ROSA NOMINEES,
Democrats and Republicans
Name Candidates for
City Offices.
Mayor Woodward Again the Choice
of His Party-Dr. Jesse Is
His Opponent.

SANTA ROSA, CAL, Feb. 29.-Both the
Democratic and Republican conventions
for nominating city officers were held here
tonight, this being the last night on
which the certificates of nomination could
be filed. Candidates for lucrative offices
were as thick as mudhens on salt marsh,
there being three tickets in the field and
many "bolters" running Independently.
The Democrats were the first to ge. to
business, and, after adopting a platform
favoring free water and new sewer sys-
tenn, nominated DR.. J. w. Jesse for Mayor
by acclamation amid the wild cheering of
the unterrifed. DIR. Jesse accepted the
nomination and thanked the convention.
The selection of Councilmen being next
in order three gentlemen were named and
unanimously nominated. One of these
having declined the thankless honor sew
eral others in the audience were placed in
nomination, and each in turn declined.
At last the name of w. y. REYNOLDS, the
Populst nominee, was suggested and
accepted.
The ticket named is as follows: Mayor,
DR.. ]. W. Jesse; Marshal, Henry Wilson
Attorney, Ross Campbell; Treasurer
Charles Dunbar; Assessor, John B. Davis
IL i,
Clerk, G. I. Mobley; Recorder, NJ. K. Nc
Corkle; Councilmen-M. j. Bower, J. NJ.
Carter and w. D. Reynolds.
The Republicans adopted a strong plat
form, advocating free water, city owner
ship OF lights and scientific sewer system.
The name OF Mayor f. F. Woodward was
then presented. From the ovation Mr..
Woodward received it was apparent that
no other name would be considered and
he was accordingly declared to be the
choice of the convention for third term.
In a. characteristic speech the Mayor
thanked his enthusiastic supporters and
the other nominations were proceeded
with.
w. J. Steadman was named for Marshal,
and the wild applause from all parts of the
house was a sufficient guarantee of no op-
position. For most of the remaining
offices strong fights were made, aud it was
not until a late hour that the following
ticket was namd: Mayor. E. T. Wood
ward; Clerk, Thomas Goodfellow; Attor-
ney, o. 0. Weber; Marshal, w. ]. Stead
man; Street Commissioner, John Carlton !;
Assessor, Il. l.. Johnson; Treasurer, H.
Dunbar; Recorder, J. B. Reed; Council
men, c. n. Collins, William Simpson and
~ MaiIar
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
ERUTT- HERS MEET.
Plans for Market Extension Are Con
Sidered.

Plans for Market Extension Are Con-
Sidered.
SAN JOSE, CAL, Feb. 29.-A largely
attended meeting OF representative fruit
growers was held in this city to-day, those
present including T. H. B. Chamblin of
Riverside, D. T. Fowler of Fresno and w.
P. Stabler of Yuba City. A committee, of
which D. T. Fowler was the chairman,
made report recommending that an in
corporation, to be known as the California
Fruit Bureau for Market Extension, be es-
tablished. The capital stock was to be
S12O, 900, in 1000 shares. The proposed in
CORPORATION was stated to be for advertis-
ing purposes, to extend the market for
California fruit in the East and not to
make any sales, in order that dealers
might not be opposed to the scheme.
This proposition to form an incorpora-
ton for advertising purposes was not fav-
ored by the meeting. The majority were
of the opinion that the work should be
done under the auspices of the exchanges
and unions and other existing organiza-
tions.
A resolution calling upon the fruit
unions OF Santa Clara County to formulate
a plan to promote market entension was
passed unanimously. A resolution was
also passed unanimously favoring the es-
tablishment of free wholesale fruit mar
ket in San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATE.
Fortfefh Anniversary of the OrOaniza-
i tf,H in Santa Rosa.

F0rtfefh Auntcers0rB OF the OrD0utzG-
E tteH in Santa Rosa.
SANTA ROSA, CAL. Feb. 29.-The for
tieth anniversary of the organization of
Odd Fellowship in Santa Rosa was cele-
brated here last night. About four hun
dred persons assem- bled at the l. o. o. F.
Hall, where they were we'll entertained by
a musical and social programme, a schol-
arly address by A. G. Barnett and splen-
did banquet.
Santa Rosa Lodge No. So was organized
on February %, 1856, with eight charter
members, and has now a membership of
1877. Canton Santa Rosa, formerly known
as the Uniform Rank, is the owner and
holder of the silver trophy given by the
Grand Encampment for the best drilling.
The trophy had TO be won three times and
Santa Rosa Canton succeeded in winning
first place at San Francisco in 1889, again
being the winners at Sacramento IN 1891.
and although defeated at Portland in 1892
landed the prize for the third and last
time at the encampment held in San
Francisco on April 26, 1894.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
RIOT IN ConsTANTINoPLE.

Ttco Hundred Persons Arrested, Nearly
All Armenidns.
CONSTANTINOPLE,T TURKEY, Feb. o.
Two hundred persons have been arrested
in this city during the ceremonies of the
fast of Ramazan, for riotous conduct.
Several Turks are included among the
number arrested, though nearly all of
them are Armenians. The arrests were
made yesterday, the authorities fearing a
hostile demonstration to-day, the middle
of the fast of :Ramazan, when the Sultan
attended the ceremony of kissing the
Mantle of the Prophet"
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
THE MARsEILLES REGATTA.
A Fierce Gale Caused the Event to Re
suit ia a Failure.

A Fierce Gale Caused the Event to Re-
suit ia Failure.
MARSEILLES, FRANCE, Feb. 29.-The
Marseilles regatta opened to-day. The
sky was clear, but a very strong wind
caused the big race for the prize given by
the President of the republic to result in
a failure, the Britannia having her main
haiyard block carried away before the start.
The Satanita grazed the starting buoy,
but kept on and went after the Ailsa,
which had got the lead, overhauling and
beating her in round of eight miles
by three minutes; also beating the 20-rater
Samphire by ten minutes.
All OF the boats abandoned the race at
the end OF the first round. the wind hav-
ing increased so that it was impossible to
sail with full mainsails.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
Porferriitc W-elcomes Rain.

PORTERVILLE, CAL, Feb. ga
gentle rain began falling this evening, and
the prospects are encouraging for con-
tinuance during the night. Grain has
been suffering for the want of rain, and
stock and sheep men report scarcity of
feed in the mountains.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
Spokane,s Cold Yxsttant.

SPOKANE, WASH, Feb. 29.-The weather
turned very cold tonight and snow is fall
ing. The wind is blowing gale from the
east. Reports from all sections of Eastern
Washington indicate the same condition
Plowlng had commenced in some parts,
but ice several inches thick will freeze
tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01

Brockdorff, Grand Mistress of the Court of
the Empress. Miss Rutter, whose grace
and beauty attracted much attention, was
the only American lady presented to her
Majesty upon the occasion.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01

Above you see an Overcoat
and a very swell Three-Button
Single Breasted Sack. The
sketch hardly does 'em Justice
they're the very cleverest of tai
tornado garments.
The Overcoats are shown in
Kerseys, those fine Blue Ker-
seys, but just as finale to all
our great sales of the season, of
which this is the last, we say
--$7 FOR Pick
II you desire to see clever
goods at 81, just take the trouble
to come downtown this evening
and you'll see 'em in our big
corner window.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-02-06
WORLDS HIGHEST TUNNEL.
IL VIII Be Bored Through Solid Granite in
Pixies Peak to Supply Water.

The highest tunnel i'm the world.
II $50 feet above tidewater, is to he
bored by Chicago contractors
through Pixies Peak, mountain, two
miles distant from the Peak proper
Cripple Creeks rapid growth has
led the people of Colorado Springs.
Colo. to fear that the mining town
might ere long try to turn to it's
own use the bountiful water supply
of Beaver creek. which twists its
course way up near the sky line on
the mountain. Colorado Springs
now gets it's water from Bear creek,
but the place is growing fast, and to
insure water for the future the con-
tract to tunnel the mountain and to
let Beaver creek through to augment
the Bear creek flow has been let
The tunnel which the Chicago men
are to make will run through a mile
and a quarter OF solid gray granite.
as hard a stone az is known. The
work will start on the east ledge of
the mountain. - miles through to
lIit III WE W lUt
bank of Beaver creek. The tunnel
will have a pitch of six feet in every
100 feet. IA fact which will insure II
rapid flow of water.
When the diverted stream reaches
the tunnels outlet il will fall 800 feet
i'm the sheer into Bear creek canyon
with which torrent it will mingle it's
waters.
The tunnel will have Gothic
roof, vertical side. and a flat base
Its dimensions will he width of
five feet by "A height of seven feet.
The body of water to which ii will
give egress will be large enough to-
form not only a picturesque fall, but
one which will he little short of
grand when the element of its height
| is taken into consideration.
A reservoir will he built at the
Beaver creek side, and the water
will he let into the tunnel only as it
is needed.
miles from the tunnel, is 14,147 feet
high, and the cogwheel road which
reaches it runs but a short distance
from the tunnel location. Cripple
Creek is only eight miles away, and
the people out i'm that section believe
that when the tunnel is bored the
rock taken out will he rich in gold
They say some of the stuff will
doubtless assay several thousand
dolls to the ton. The Colorado
Springs city council had an eye to
the mineral probabilities when it
inserted clause i'm the contract
which will give the product. of the
tunnel to the city Colorado Springs
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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-02-06
"HELENA" LAUNCHED.
She Was Christened by Miss Agnes Belle Steel.
as She Slowly Slid Into the Water.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Jan. 30
Especial to the Herald. d.)-Montana
sunshine illuminated Hampton Roads
Newport News, and the mouth of
the historic James today. Immedi-
ately preceding the launching of the
gunboat Helena, the "Grand Ouch
esse," was launched i'm the presence
of the Montana party, and an i'm
mense concourse of people from all
parts of the country around about.
Next to the st. Paul and the st.
Louis. the Grand Duchesse is the big
gest ship ever constructed on Ameri-
can soil.
and entire success, when amid the
cheers the stately vessel fioated i'm
salt water, the thousands of specta-
! tors present moved to an adjoining
pier where the beautiful gunboat
Helena stood poised, waiting the
moment of launching Attended by
Assistant Secretary McAdoo OF the
navy, the Helena party proceeded to
the post of honor, the big christen-
ing stand, prepared for the occasion.
The party consisted of Senators
Mantle, Carter, and Mrs. Carter,
Representative Hartman, Mayor
Steele AMI Miss Steele. Mrs. w. +.
Sanders, Mrs. Bryan, Miss Fisk. Mr..
Newly, Mr.. Hamburger, Mr.. and
Miss Draper, Miss Quinn. John Galen
Carter. Speaker and Mrs. SWEET, Mr..
May, of Cookecity; Mr.. f. G. Waters.
Mr.. $. 5. Huntly, Mrs. Chauvin and
Miss Jeffrey, of Butte; Col. Gaddis
and son, of Fort Logan, Edwin o.
Hotter and George Cook.
Miss Agnes Belle Steele, with II bot
tie of American champagne enclosed
i'm a net work of silver, stood on the
christening stand holding i'm her hand
a beautiful boquet of flowers. around
her We're clustered the Montana par
ty, Secretary McAdOo, and President
Orcutt of the ship building company.
All being it readiness, the last tie
which bound the ship to the shore
was severed. when, amid the shout
ing of the multitude, the blowing of
steam whistles. the firing of guns.
the waving of handkechiefs, the
beautiful ship commenced to glide
into the sunlit waters, while at the
the same time the clear voice of Miss
Steel rang out,
Il christen the Helena"
At the same moment she broke the
traditional bottle over the ships
bow.
The ceremony was beautifully i'm
pressive i'm the extreme, and was a
grand success from every point oi
view.
After the launching of the gunboat
Helena, the Montana party Were
taken charge of by Secretary Me
!, Adoo. who conducted them to the
battleship Indiana. the most modern
and completely equipped war vessel
in the world. The party was then
. escorted by President Orcutt to the
Hotel Warwick, where n luncheon
was served and the following toasts
responded to.
|, "The President of the United
States" Senator Carter.
!, 1.-The Navy Assistant Secretary
|, McAdoo.
Montana" Senator Mantle.
Helena, Mayor Steele.
1.-The Seaboard and the Interior,
Representative Hartman.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-02-06
The Boundary Commission.

1t will not be necessary for the
Venezuelan commission to leave
Washington i'm order to obtain evil
dence upon the question submitted
for decision. The proofs are all
documentary. The papers and maps
constituting the case of Venezuela
are understood to be ready for i'm
mediate submission, apd copies OF
all the documents supporting the
British claim will shortly he pub
lished i'm a parliamentary "Blue
Book" Documents not included
i'm the official case of either of the
contestants may readily be obtained
from the Dutch, Spanish. French and
other foreign archives upon request
The notion that the commissioners
might be Obliged to make a circuit
OF Europe and South America il
incorrect; neither will it he necessary
for them to visit the territory in
dispute, since their objects is not to
make a detailed survey, but to dis
cover evidence sufficient to establish
broad historic fact.-Philadelph
Record.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-02-06
Debs to Workingmen.

The Chicago Inter Ocean wants to
give Eugene V. Debs due credit. He
could scarcely have given working
men better advice than in "A recent
lecture, when he said: II don't he
lieve these problems can be solved
by force. | want to see the time
when the workingman will make
better use of his leisure hours. Cul-
tivate the home and fireside. Better
buy books than beer. want to
be candid enough to say tried both.
Laughter.) / want the working
man to mix some thought with his
toll. Cultivate self-reliance. and do
himself what he can to solve the
labor problem. Capital is doing just
the same thing az you would. do if you
were i'm its place. The workingman
should have home libraries. Five
dollars will buy good many books
these days. and 30 cents will make "a
fair start. Get n primer ON econom-
les and learn about wages. food,
clothing and shelter. Keep up the
study for a year and see If you have
not done very much to better your
condition. II you want to he right
certain to have a great many friends.
be sure not to need one. Save 81 a
week, or as much as you can. No
man has so sure a situation as the
man who has something i'm bank.
He is the last man to- he discouraged
Everybody is your friend then and
ready to help you"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-02-06

should appoint at all, but provided
that school affairs should he con-
Quoted by those trustees already
elected until the next annual school
election, and then two or three trus-
tees. as the case might be, should be
elected, for il says those now holding
office shall continue tn hold for the
term Of three years from the third
Saturday of the month of April i'm
the year i'm which they We're elected:
and at all subsequent elections, two
or three trustees, as the case may be,
must be elected And there the sta
tute. stops, and does not provide for
the appointment of the additional
trustees i'm the meantime.
1t must be admitted by the defend
ent, that the county superintendent
| has no power to appoint trustees,
nor any other power, except what is
given to him by statute. The only
power he has tn appoint is given to
him by section 1880 of the Political
Code, which says, "When any va
cancy occurs in the Office of trustee
of any school district, by death, res
ignation, failure to elect at the proper
time. removal from the district, or
other cause, the fact of such vacancy
shall be Immediately certified to the
county superintendent by the clerk
of the school district. and the county
superintendent shall Immediately
appoint i'm writing some competent
person. who shall qualify and serve
until the next annual school elec-
! tion.'
When section 1850 of the Political
Code provides that ii vacancy
occurs by death, resignation, failure
to elect at the proper time, removal
from the district, OR OTHER CAUSE,
the county superintendent must ap-
point then, as the county superin-
tendent derives all his powers to fill
a vacancy from the statute, we must
look to the statute to find what
other cause will create a vacancy.
We find that the only statute on the
question is section 1102 of the POliti-
cal Code, which defines when va
cancy occurs, and II that section,
l'1102, does not designate the creation
of additional offices as n vacancy.
then the appointment of the county Y
superintendent is a nullity and void.
Section 11O2 does not mention, as a
cause of vacancy. the creation of an
additional number of offices.
Section 1102 of the Political Code,
which we have already seen defines
when a. vacancy occurs, being adopted
from the statutes of California, we
must necessarily look to the Cali
. fornia courts for an Interpretation Ol
it. The supreme court of California
has repeatedly held that the provis
ions of that section are mandatory
and that a vacancy cannot occur
, under any other circumstances than
those named i'm section 1l02.
This being the view that the court
takes of the power Of the superintend
ent of schools, therefore the court
decides that the plaintiffs are tht
Nonly trustees of school district No. !
! and that the appointment of thefOu
, additional trustees by the count.
superintendent was a nullity. and
any action that the additional trus
tees have taken as N board is nul
and void.
Dated January 18th, A ID. 1886.
DUDLEY DrBosE. Judge.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-02-06
RH!aa!I! "a! fs%dssz RfskiRs
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

summit of the Black Hills. after
passing around innumerable curves
of SO abrupt a nature that passen-
gers are led to wonder how the train
can keep the track, and through
numerous cuts that have been blasted
out of the solid rock.
At one or two of the most dam
gerous places on this remarkable
road safety switches are in use. In
descending the grade. should the
train get beyond control, these
switches will carry it around the
grade enabling the engineer to regain
control of the train. The road is
ballasted with broken rock, not
even a shovelful of dirt being visible
on the entire roadbed.
The cost of constructing the
thirty-one miles of road was Sl,150.-
900. The engines i'm use are 100 ton en-
gines but, owing to- the steep grades.
they are unable to haul more than
three loaded ore cars.
Al one point tne fOau makes a
curve of seven miles to reach the
higher grade. and, ii the tracks
were on level. the upper one would
he within few hundred feet of the
lower track OF the loop
notwithstanding the dangers at
tendant upon railroading on this
winding mountain road, but few
accidents have occurred. At inter-
walls trains are stopped for the pur-
pose of testing the air brakes, and
the utmost care is taken to prevent
disasters. On the entire thirty-one
miles of road there is not more than
two or three hundred feet of continu-
GUS straight track.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-02-06

A remarkable piece of engineering
is to be seen on what is known
as the Spearfish branch of the great
Burlington Railroad system i'm the
Black Hills. over which Chicago
Record reporter recently Travelled.
This branch runs from the little
town EnglewoOd, ten miles south of
Deadwood, in a northwesterly di-
rection. to the town of Spearfish, "a
distance of thirty-One miles. For a
greater portion of the distance after
leaving EnglewoOd the road is steep
upgrade, the grade being at several
points three and four feet to the
hundred, finally reaching the very
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-02-06

Love is the current from "A power
full dynamo" says Ella Wheeler VIII
cox. After reading Elias efforts the
average reader would say that il
had voltage of about JQ0. 900
amperes.-Los Angeles Express.
A Chicago newspaper asks why
the Democratic national convention
should he held anywhere else than i'm
that city. The editor would have
been nearer the mark if he had asked
why the Democratic national con-
vention should be held anywhere
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Ii Is said that Presidend Cleveland
has a pet owl which sits on his
shoulder and says ''hoo-hoo." Ii
probably means ''hoo-doo. Hutch
inson tKan.) News.