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PREACHER HERMANS
Believed to be in Jail at Topeka Under
an Assumed Name.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 21-Rev. A.
Winnie Archmond, now in jail at To-
peka, Kan, on charge of sending in
decent letters to Mrs. Archmond his
wife, who lives in Kansas City. Kan.
is believed to be none other than Rev.
Francis Hermans, who formerly lived
in Salt Lake City, where in 1895 he
murdered his two housekeepers and fled
to this city, afterwards going to Illi-
nols, where he was lost sight of.
His wife met him at a revival meet
ing IN Kansas City, Kan, a year ago,
and they were married, after which he
went on a preaching tour through Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Arkansas. A photo
graph of Hermans, when shown to
Mrs. Archmond this afternoon. was
pronounced by her as a very strong
likeness of her husband The descrip-
ton of the two preachers tally exactly
IN every respect, except in the color of
the mustache. Both We're fastidious in
dress, and both have sensual lips.
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KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
GENERAL SECRETARY HAYES
ACTION SUSTAINED
In Suspending the Local Assembly of
WashingtOn-Other Matters
Acted Upon.

ROCHESTER,, Nov. 21.-At the fore
noon session of the General Assembly of
the Knights Of Labor, the Committee on
Appeals and Grievances decided the
question of jurisdiction between Local
Assembly 40 and 220 in favor of the
latter.
The Executive Board has suspended
for fifteen days two officers Of the
Washington Times" (Secretary and
Vice PresidenD for making statements
against General Secretary Treasurer
Hayes and General Master Workman
Sovereign, and at the end of fifteen
days if the statements are not retracted
the officers will be expelled from the
order. Local Assembly 1904 of Wash
ington was suspended some time ago
by General Secretary Treasurer Hayes.
To-day the Committee on Appeals and
Grievances sustained Secretary Hayes
action.
At this afternoons session a new de-
gree for meritorious work was adopted,
and ritualistic work for the degree
was also adopted.
A telegram expressing fraternal
greeting to the Knights, was received
from the State Trades Council of Labor
of Montana and Acknowledgements re-
turned
The new officers of the order were
installed by Retiring General Worthy
Foreman Bishop.
The Finance Committee reported on
the good condition of the orders jour
nal, the journal of the knights of
Labor"
The committee also reported that 1t
would bring action to recover on the
mortgage on the property, which was
given by the Knights to the late Rich
ard F. Trevillick of Detroit The widow
of Mr.. Trevillick. they claim, began
making trouble shortly after her hus-
bands death. and they will now begin
an action for the recovery of the
amount Of the mortgage.
The General Assembly took steps to
place the Portland Wagon Company. in
which It is interested, on a better
| financial footing. and will secure it
| from financial loss
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WILL HAVE TO WORK NO MORE,
A Young Lady Falls Heir to a rlillion-
Dollar Estate.

GRANVILLE (Mich.), Nov. 21.-
Hattie Spafford, domestic, will work no
more. Fifteen years ago her mother
dled IN poverty. Hattie was then three
years Old and was sent to the Children's
Home IN Grand Rapids. To-day she
received word from a lawyer in Helena,
Mont, tracing her. stating that her
father died in Butte two years ago.
leaving all his property to the wife and
baby he had forsaken years ago. He
was large shareholder in several rich
silver and copper mines and owned
three large ranches. Marcus DAILY was
MADE executor of the estate, and on
Monday the girl will go to Montana.
Ine letter from the lawyer contained
a check Tor $4,000, which Is but an In
sighiiicant amount compared with what
awaits the girl in the Far West. 1t is
said the estate amounts to over 81 .OOO.-
600.
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THE ART GUESSERS.
Who Won the Prize Picture and Who
Get Souvenirs.

The canvass of the votes at the
Poster Exhibition resulted as follows:
Five best exhibits decided by vote
Palais de Glace and lie Journal (Bos-
qui collection), BoraXaid, Nonpareil
store, and Weinstock, Lubin & Co.
School of Design collection.) F. G..
Smith and one other person tied on
naming most Of the five. The latter
person, being member of the Museum
Association, withdraws, and the water
color painting by Miss Mary Crouch
goes, to Mr.. Smith.
Those having the next best guesses
will each receive one of the Arts and
Crafts Poster Souvenirs on calling at
the Art Gallery. Captain Darlington,
Mary C. Crouch, Mrs. Thomas Fox,
Carrie Yoerk, DR.. Metcalf, Mrs. H G..
Smith, A. Upson. Mrs. D. H. Miller.
Mrs. Robert McCreary, Mrs. E. r.
Hamilton, Wallace Sawyer. Alice Mont
fort, c. 3. Devices, II. r. Nicholson,
Miss Kennedy and Mrs. Nicolaus.
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A SUCCESSFUL CONCLAVE.
Knights Templar Of Department Two
Held II.
Grand Officers Present and the Work
and Tactics of the Order
Exemplified.

The Conclave of Knights Templar Of
Department 2 of this State took place
yesterday at the Asylum in the Masonic
Temple, a large number of command
cries being represented.
AT IL o'clock in the morning the MEM
bers of Sacramento Commandery No.
marched to the depot, arrayed in the
military panoply of the order, to re-
ceive Right Eminent Grand Commander
Trowbridge w. Ward and the other
Grand Officers of the Grand Command
cry, who were escorted from San Fran
cisco by the drill corps of Golden Gate
Commandery No. 16. The Sir knights
when in line extended nearly the whole
length of the depot building and pre-
sented a fine appearance.
After the arrival of the train they es-
corted the Grand Officers to the Ma
sonic Temple. During the morning the
Order of the Red Cross was exemplified
by Grand Captain General Eminent Sir
John Garwood, and in the afternoon
the Order of knights Templar was ex-
emplified. Considerable time was also
spent in exemplifying the military tao
tics of the order.
In the evening the Order of knights
Templar was conferred by Sacramento
Commandery No. 2, which won many
compliments from the visiting fraters
for it's proficiency in the work. After
the comforting of the degree the assem-
bly, adjourned to the banquet-room,
where an elegant collation. had been pre-
pared, and five long tables were filled
with every deaicacy to provoke the ap-
petite, which were duly discussed
Toasts were given on various subjects
relating to the order, and responded to
by the Grand Officers and others, and
the assembly broke up at a late, or
rather an early hour, feeling that this,
the first conclave held in the State had
been grand SUCCESS.
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FAIR WILL CONTEST.
Judge Slack Orders the Compromise
Deed Produced.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.-The OBJ
ject of the filing of Mrs. Craven's suit
against Richard V. Dey to quiet title
to the property on Pine and Sansome
streets was made apparent this morn
ing when Mr.. Delmas appeared before
Judge Slack with d request that Mr..
Dey be compelled to produce the deed
of compromise alleged to be in his pos
session, by which Mrs. Craven's claims
We're to have been settled for $780,
900.
Mr.. Delmas has been trying to get at
that compromise agreement for some
time. He claimed to-day that it was
surely relevant to the issue at bar,
seeing that Dey was being sued by Mrs.
Craven as trustee holding this prop
erty, subject to the settlement of all
claims upon it.
Judge Slack ordered Mr. Dey to pro-
duce the document on Tuesday morn
ing next
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Condition of Senator Voorhees,.

NEW YORK, Nov. PA Sun spe-
cial from Indianapolis says: One of the
leading physicians of this city to-day
said that the cause of Senator Voor-
hees' condition is progressive paralysis,
which first manifested itself in the
muscles of the leg. The muscles of the
back and then the spinal cord showed
the same affection, and it was not long
before the Senator's mind began to
wane. The Senator, he said, cannot
possibly recover, ard will never again
be seen in Washington.
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Which May Lead to Legal Prosecu-
tions of Exalted Functionaries.
Systematic Corruption Said to Exist
in Many of the Leading Depart
mentS, One of Which is Believed
to be Sig. Crispi's Own Foreign
Office-FabulOus Sums Spent, and
Nothing to Show for 1t.

NEW YORK, Nov. pa special ca
BILE dispatch to the Sun" from London
says the inquiry ordered by Marquis
di Rudini into the accounts of certain
public departments in Rome has re-
vealed a state of affairs which is worthy
of Constantinople, and it will not be sur
prising if the investigation should result
in the legal prosecution of some of the
eX-Ministers and exalted permanent
functionaries who are more or less di-
rectly responsible for scandalous mis-
management, if not actual, systematic
corruption. 1t ought not to be very diff .
ficult to make somebody responsible
The late Minister Of Agriculture, for
instance, surely finds it an awkward
task to justify an annual expenditure of
$4,000 during ten years for carpets,
seeing that the carpets now on the floors
of the Ministry at public sale would not
fetch $1,000; and presumably would
have some difficulty in persuading the
average household that $3.50 is fair
price to pay for a few brass studs used
20 ornament the ministerial bookcase
In another department believed to be
Signor CrisDi's own Foreign Office, ST.
OOo,OOO was spent in ten years in pur-
chasing pins. The ordinary mind
shrinks from the strain which would re-
SUIT from the effort to calculate the bill
ions of pins that sum would buy in the
open market.
There is a suspicious smack, too
about the manner in which PAYMENTS to
railroad contractors are allowed to get
crS. A 20
accounts show, there is plenty of money
available for railroad construction, but
the accounts have remained unpaid,
apparently for no better reason than to
entltle the contractors to interest, with
the result that in one year alone nearly
SI,oOQ,OUO has been paid as interest.
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Floods Likely to Return With Greater
Violence Than Ever.
Ahe River at Puyallup, Washington,
Out of Its Banks, and the Ranch
Lands Covered With Water -
Storm Signals Along the Coast,
and NOrth=Bound Vessels Warned
to Expect Heavy Weather.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. PA storm
Of considerable energy is central to-
night over the northern half Of the Pa
cific Slope Heavy rain or snow has
fallen from Northern California north
ward Seattle reports heavy snow,
with a pressure of 29.4S inches, and AS
toria nearly an inch and half of rain,
with a pressure of 1882 inches. Over
Washingtonthep pressure has fallen near
ly half an inch in the past twelve hours.
The temperature has remained nearly
stationary over the entire country west
of the Rocky Mountains.
Conditions indicate continued stormy
weather along the Pacific Coast, with
high southeasterly winds, changing Sun
day to fresh southwesterly. Southeast
storm signals are displayed along the
coast from San Francico northward,
and all north-bound vessels are warned
to expect heavy weather.
SNOW IN WASHINGTON.
TACOMA CWash.) Nov. 21.-Twelve
inches of snow had fallen in this city up
to 6 2. m to-day, when it changed to
rain, which is still falling heavily at
midnight. It is feared that the floods
viii now return With greater violence
than ever. Communication with Seattle
is interrupted, but it is known that the
storm is general throughout the State.
At Puyanup the river is out Of its
banks, and ranch land are covered with
water.
CANADIAN PACIFIC OPENS.
VANCOUVER (B. c., Nov. PA
train arrived over the Canadian Pacific
this morning about / o'clock with some
twenty-five passengers who had been
held ait North Bend by slides, but who
walked over the slides and reached a
connecting train.
The track is fast being opened, and a
telegram received here states that the
through train will arrive tonight
Judge King, Behring Sea Commissioner
is among the delayed passengers, but as
he has his family with him he remained
at North Bend.
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SUIT AGAINST DUNHAM.
Jacob .Sheshler and Wife Want DAM
ages for Their Daughters Death.

SAN JOSE, Nov. 21.-Jacob Sheshler
and Elizabeth Sheshler, parents of Min
ME Sheshler, the domestic who was
killed at the time Of the murder of the
McGbncy family, to-day began suit in
the Superior Court against James c..
Dunham, the murderer, for S25 600
damages. 1t is set forth in the COM
plant that the girl was the sole sup
port Of her aged parents, and at the
time Of her death her services as a do
mestic were worth SO per month, the
greater part Of which she devoted to
their support and maintenance. Miss
Sheshler was helping her parents to
pay off mortgage on a small home in
this city.
claim of $50 for funeral expenses of
the girl is included in the damages
asked.
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Gold Flowing Into the Treasury.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 21.-The preponder-
ance Of gold receipts over demands at
the United States Treasury, which
began the day Of election, continues
and is increasing. For the past two
days S260000 has been received, and
the total amount since November 4th
is considerably over S1,000,000. The
movement of silver is toward the coun-
try. and an average of $50, 900 is daily
shipped from the sub treasury. The
receipts of gold are nominal.
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MRS. HUNTINGTON's DEATH.
She Passes Away at the Ripe Age OF
Eighty Years.

Mrs. Lucretia Huntington. the mother
of DR.. T. w. Huntington of this city.
died at Eureka, Humboldt County. on
the 14th inst. at the age of so years
Born in Vermont, she was married in
that State in 1S43 to Rev. C. A. Hunt
ington, who still survives her, and with
whom she came to this coast in 1867.
She was the mother Of nine children,
of whom seven are alive, and the
grandmother Of nineteen children.
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RACING AT OAKLAND.
Winners of the Five Events Run Yes
terday

OAKLAND, Nov. 21-Weather wet,
track slippery. Five furlongs, D. J.
Tobin won, Tropical second, Altivo
third. Time-1:06.
Six furlongs. selling. Chales A. won.
Elmer F. second, Don Pho Pico third.
Time-1:19h.
Six furlongs, selling, Peril won, Earl
Cochran second, Quicksilver third. Time
lib.
One mile, Semper Lex won, Salisbury
TT. second, Thornhill third. Time-1:46
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A Woman Fatally Burned.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21.-Mrs. Ad-
die Dilce, a widow, residing at Re-
dondo, was burned so badly this morn
ing that she Will die. Her apron caught
fire from a stove and her clothes were
entirely burned from her body and the
flesh horribly roasted before help came
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Death of Prominent Chicagoan.

CHICAGO. Nov. 21.-John r. Hoxie
died at o'clock this morning at his
home in this city. Mr. Hoxie is one
of Chica go's best known business men.
He was a prominent Director of the
Stock Exchange, the local Board of
Trade and Director in the First Ma
tional Bank and Chicago City Railway
Company. He was also the owner of
the San Gabriel (Texas) ranch
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An Old Soldier Killed.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21.-J. B.
Glover, an old soldier, was struck by a
hook and ladder truck tonight, knocked
down and run over. Both of his legs
We're broken, and he received other Sc
we're injuries. He died at the Receiv-
ing Hospital several hours after the ac-
cident. Glover had just come from Ne
braska to enter the Soldiers Home near
Santa Monica
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SOCIAL EVENTS.

Misses Eliza and Lista Wittenbrock
entertained a number of their friends
at whist last Thursday evening. Those
present were Misses Pauline and Louisa
Meister, Nellie NJ. Ogden, Tina Bellmer,
Emma Laufkotter, Florence Delano
and Miss Skeels; Drs. Taylor, Ogden
Hanna, Messers. J. Shelton, Edward
Hook, William Kellogg, II. Feldhusen
and T. McAuliffe. Refreshments were
served, dancing followed, and all pres
ent expressed themselves as having
spent a most ENJOYABLE evening
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SOCIAL EVENT AT WASHINGTON.
Miss Mary L. Pendleton Welded to
John X. Abney.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. AT ST.
Johns Church the marriage of Miss
Mary Lloyd Pendleton, daughter of
the late United States Senator Pendle-
ton, to John Rutledge Abney of New
York, was solemnized to-day in the
presence of many friends. There were
no invitations for the ceremony. The
bride came into the church with her
brother, Frank Pendleton of New York,
who gave her hand in marriage. Rev.
DR.. Mackay Smith performed the cere-
mOny
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Given a Floater.

Bert Davis, recently arrested on a
charge of yagrancy, entered a plea Of
guilty in the Police Court yesterday
morning, was sentenced to six months
In the County Jail, and the commit
ment suspended to allow him to leave
the city.
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Mistaken for a Burglar.

SEATTLE CWash.), Nov. 21.-Early
this morning, while attempting to gain
an entrance into the residence of his
uncle, Michael Farley, a contractor OF
this city, Louis Willard, gambler, un-
til recently a resident in Salt Lake ana
Leadville, was shot and perhaps fatally
wounded. J. A. Gresham, a neighbor,
saw the young man climbing toward
the second story window of the Farley
residence, and supposing him to be
burglar, fired four shots, one OF Whlch
took effect, the bullet passing through
Villard,S lungs
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TurIOck Irrigation system,

MODESTO, Nov. 21.-Judge Waymire
of Oakland, who contracted with the
Turlock Irrigation Company to COM
plete their system in consideration of
100000, inspected the bitches and
grounds yesterday and announced his
intention of pushing the work immedi-
ately.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Assemblyman-elect Belshaw of Con-
ira Costa was in the city yesterday.
Hon. c. A. Swisler of Placerville was
in the city yesterday attending the con-
clave.
Miss Phillie Krebs left this morning
for San Francisco to be absent two
months.
The family of Silas Penry, Register
of the United States Land Office, have
removed from Amador, and he has
taken house on N street, near Eighth,
where he will reside
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T. II. Goodman Improving.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.-A tele-
gram received to-day from T. H. Good
man, now at Los Angeles, announces
considerably Improvement in his condi-
ton. Mr.. Goodman's friends deny the
published report that his condition is
serious. On the contrary, they contend
that the prospects for his speedy recov-
cry We're never brighter than at pres
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SACRAMENTO DAILY REcoRDuN1oN SUNDAY NOVEMBER 81 1896

minating gas at his boarding house,
405 South Eighth street. Mr.. Higgins
was a well-known newspaper man, his
last engagement being on the local staff
Of the Philadelphia Press" Two weeks
ago he lost his position, and being with
out funds and in arrears to his board
ing mistress, he ended his life.
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Official Count in South Carolina.

COLUMBIA IS. c., Nov 21.-The off,
cial count of this State is as follows:
Bryan and Sewaf, 1864; Mckinley
and Hobart (Reorganized Republican,,
5,09S; Mckinley and Hobart Irregular
Republican,, 4,215; Palmer and Buck
ner, S24. Majority for Bryan and Sewall,
80, 251.
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OUT OF WORK AND FUNDS.
A Newspaper Reporter Ends His Life
by InhaIing Illuminating Gas.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. PIP. C..
Higgins, aged 46, brother Of the ex-
United States Senator Anthony Higgins
of Delaware, also brother OF John G.
Higgins, the regular Republican candi-
date for Governor in Delaware, COM
mitted suicide to-day by inhaling ulu-
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Seven furlongs, Geyser won, Alma
second, inflammation third. Time-l:ol.
OlympicS Defeat the Reliance Team.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. q. = The
Olympic Club football giants downed
the noted Reliance team of Oakland at
Central Park this afternoon to the tune
of u to 0. The game was of the nerv-
Gus prostration order, both teams be-
ing evenly matched and in excellent
condition. The result of the contesl
leaves the knowing ones without
line on the Varsity teams for Thanks
giving Day. Berkeley having defeat
ed the Olympics with comparative ease
while Stanford has been trouncing the
Reliance team with considerable regu-
laritv
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Peck Denies the Interview.

CHICAGO, Nov. 21.-Ferdinand w.
Peck of Chicago denies the interview
credited to him with Mr.. Hanna in
Cleveland yesterday. Mr.. Peck says
he has not spoken to any person re-
garding his talk with Mr.. Hanna,
which was purely of a private nature
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Death of a Redding Citizen.

REDDING, Nov. 21-John Major,
one of Shasta County's most prominent
citizens, died at his home in this city
last night. Mr.. Major was Postmaster
of Redding during Cleveland's first
term. His death is regretted by people
generally throughout this county and
in Northern California, where he had
wide reputation as a pioneer stage
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Believed to Have Been Murdered.

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 21.-Mrs Bertha
Thompson with her infant child left
her ranch near Julian, fifty miles east
of here, on the evening of November
Sth. Friends believe she has been mur-
dered by Indians seen near the ranch
that day. A diligent search for her has
been unsuccessful
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Will be Victim of the Electric Chair

CINCINNATI, Nov. 21.-Wylie Hi
ans, who cut the throat Of Mrs. Emma
Brader, his employers wife, at Cove
dale, July Sd, was convicted this morn
ing of murder in the first degree, and
will be the first victim of the electric
chair in Ohio.
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plain. pressing duty. that should be
performed Immediately. There is no
need to fear war. The enlightened
opinion of the world expects such ac-
tion on the part OF our republic, and
will approve it."
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AIabama'S Vote.

MONTGOMERY (Ala-), Nov. 21.-The
vote of Alabama complete stands: Bry-
and Sewall, 107. .137; Bryan and Wat
son, 24,047; Mckinley. 45,737; Palmer.
6,464; Levering, 2,147. Total. 104.667.
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Thanksgiving Entertainment

The Catholic Ladies of Cathedral
Parish will give Thanksgiving enter
tainment and ball at Turner Hall
Thursday evening. The exercises will
commence at o'clock sharp.
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Vote of Nevada.

CARSON (Nev), Nov. 21.-The official
count for the State of Nevada was COM
pleted to-day. The total vote was
1860, of which Mckinley Electors re-
ceived 1919, and Bryan $3.50.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-10

visited. 1t, too. is tributary to the reser-
voirs of the company. It is a whole
supply in itself and is situated in a
mountainous region far beyond pollu-
ton.
There was a story circulated recently
that the East Jersey Company proposes
utilizing the Split Rock waters by divert
mg their flow and carrying them so as
TO form part of the Pequannock sup
ply The Couper-Lord estate claims to
have valuable and uninlpeaehabIe rights
N the lake and its flow, and Counsellor
Holmes announced that any more efforts
made by the East Jersey Company to take
the water would result in litigation The
case, Mr.. Holmes said, would be carried
INTO the Court of Chancery without any
delay by hirp in order TO prove that al
though tne East Jersey Company claims
70 own the earth it does not. From Split
rock the tired officials took in Dixon 5
Valley at a higher elevation by $50 feeT.
II has tributary watershed of 353 square
miles. and raised 10 feet will make a lake
Of l72 oa acres; 70 feet deep. capable Of stor-
the party, tired and worn out, started
for Boonton. on the way taking in the
Rockaway Valley, which has an elevation
Of 500 feet. In the main valley reservoir
of $50 acres and storage capacity of
upwards of 1,200 million gallons is to be
built. The plant as offered the company
miles. and a capacity to be depended upon
OF $500 million gallons. AT six O'Clock
the party started fer home from Boonton
we'll satisfied with what they had seen
the contract to supply the city it should
take only the splendid Roclsaway. The
party. dined in .Hobcken before continuing
to this city The trip was throughout a
successful one, and the plant as offered by
the company, which is similar to that Of
the Jersey City Company, is regarded as
a splendid one.
Action on the companys plant will
doubtless be taken shortly