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Gator, for United States Senator, is work
ing up the scheme.
AsT0RIA DENTISTS BLUFF.
Made Pretense of DrotCnsng Himself
and Nearly Succeeded.

Made Pretense of Dro,cnsng Himself,
and Nearly Succeeded.
ASTORIA, o.. Aug. 6.-Dr. Howard. a
prominent dentist of this city, had dis
agreement tonight with his wife, and as a
result announced his intention of commit
ting suicide by drowning himself. Suiting
the action to the word. the dentist sepa-
rated from his better half on one of the
principal streets and hastened in the direc-
ton of the water front.
His wife smilingly followed, the husband
waving good-by to her at frequent inter-
vals until he reached the dock. Walking
down q slip until the water reached his
knees he looked around and once more bid
good-by to his wife, who was on the docF
above, smiling broadly and confident that
her husbands threat was only bluff.
The farewell had just been uttered when
the dentists feet slipped from under him
and he found himself in thirty feet of
water. He struggled with all his might
to keep afoat, crying Justify for help and
attracting large crowd OF people. He
was hauled out thoroughly soaked. but
completely cured of the idea of seeking
watery grave.
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Los ANGELES REFORMERS
Plan for a Lively Campaign in
the Interest of Good
Government.
An Independent Ticket, Composed Of
Solid Citizens, Will Be Placed
in the Field.
Los ANGELES OFFICE OF THE CALL,
328 SOUTH BROADWAY, J
Los ANGELES. Cal. Aup. &

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Los ANGELES, CAL, Aug. 6.
The advocates of better municipal gov
ernment are in earnest and tonight they
adopted plans for the approaching cam
paign and determined on an aggressive
fight. This means that an independent
ticket will be placed in the field and the
fight made largely on the personal quail
fcasions of the various candidates. In
deed, political affiliations of candidates
are disregarded by the er-government
promoters, for they exact such a pledge
from the members.
A meeting was held tonight when the
report of the committee on organization
was heard. The name of League for
Better City Government was adopted.
The usual provision was made regarding
committees. The primary objects of the
movement is to secure cheaper admins
tration of municipal government, and to
adopt a civil service system as far as pos
sIble among the city employees. Unles.
the league umbers too many members
the candidates will be selected at general
convention, but should the organization
be too large they will be chosen by dele.
gates.
The members Of the league residing in
any ward shall constitute Better Govern.
ment Club. An amendment to this section
OF the report provided that these clubs
shall suggest the names of the candidates
for Aldermen and mem bers of the Board
OF Education, but that all nomination.
shall be made by the Central League.
The following officers were elected: Pres.
ldent. =. r. Iawie, first viro. M
L. Graft: second vice-president, Octavus
Morgan; third vice-president Judge A.
Nd. Stephens; treasurer, NJ. H. Newmark;
secretary, G. s. Walton. A Central Com
mlttee will be appointed on the return oil
President Lewis from San Diego.
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SAN LUIS sMAsH-UP.

Freight Train Runs Into an Ectrd, 6tst
No One IL Injured.
SAN LUIS OBiSPO, CAL, Aug. 6.-This
evening on the arrival of the freight from
Santa Maria, on the Pacific Coast Railway,
an extra train of empty cars was standing
on the main track at the depot in this city.
The freight ran into the extra, completely
demolishing two cars and derailing four
more. The freight locomotive left the
track and it will take the balance of the
night to clear the road. The collision
could not well be averted, as the freight
came round a curve near the depot and
the engineer was unaware of the extra
being on his track.
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steamer furnished by the Spreckels
Brothers Commercial Company.
SECRETARY SMITH REVERSED.
Decision Involving Title to Large Tract
of Valuable Timber Land in West
en WGshiDqton.

eM washington.
SEATTLE, WASH, Aug. Elm an ac-
ton in which General Russell A. Alger,
the Michigan statesman, and r. K. Haw-
ley are plaintiffs, L. E. Diller of this city
being defendant. Federal Judge Hanford
to-day rendered decision reversing Sec
retary of the Interior Hoke Smith, and
giving General Aiger and his associate
title to vast tract of valuable timber land
in Western Washington. The land was
entered under an act providing for the
sale of lands chiefly valuable for timber
and stone. Complainants purchased the
same several years after entry. After an
order of suspension and an investigation,
Secretary Smith, in decision in which
he intimated that gross fraud had been
practiced, directed that the entry be can
celed and a patent issued to Defendant
D1ler. Judge Hanford, in written opin-
ion, in part, says:
81 hold that the case in the land depart
ment, after entry had been suspended,
should have been adjudicated by board
composed of the Attorney-General,S Sec
retary of the Interior and Commissioners
General of the Land Office, and that the
Secretary of the Interior, without deter
mination of the board, could nor lawfully
cancel the entry"
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Caused by the Fellow Appropri-
ating 5000 Sent by His
Brother.in.Law
FOR HIS FAMILY's SUPPORT.
Heartlessness That Was in Measure
Punished by the Infuriated
Woman.

PORTLAND, o., Aug. 6.-An exciting
scene, constituting footrace between
man and his wife, attracted several hun
dred spectators to the vicinity of Couch
and Sixth streets this afternoon. The
man was Peter Bromley, well known in
street-railway circles here, but who has OF
late been negIecting his family. On Mon
day last Bromley received letter from
his wife's brother in st. Louis, inclosing
$500 for his sister. This he proceeded to
spend. Last night Mrs. Bromley learned
of the remittance and its fate, and this
morning started out to square matters
with her recreant spouse. She sighted
him on Burnside street, near Fourth, and
almost at the same moment Bromley s
gaze caught the woman. He at once
broke into run, she following suit and
screeching to him to stop. Up Burnside
street to Sixth the pair went, the woman,
spurred on by the bitterness of her feel
ings, gaining. Turning into Sixth street
she was but few feet behind, and by the
time Couch street was reached had caught
up with the fleeing man.
Whack! and down came the woman's $
umbrella on the fellows head.
"You wretch (whack), you'll steal my
money, will your" (Whack.)
At the last blow the umbrella broke
short off, but the maddened woman was
not through, for seizing the cringing
coward by the nape of the neck she pro-
ceeded to pun mel him in the face with
her clenched fist.
she was at last forced to cease through
sheer lack of breath, and the man break
ing away made good his escape. Woman
like, Mrs. Bromley sat down on a neigh
boring doorstep and burst into food of
tears, which ceasing she told of her hus-
bands neglect.
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Santa Ctara Sends Greessmos.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Aug. 6.-The RepublS
can League of Santa Clara County was
ganized in this city this evening under tn.
most favorable auspices. The meeting
was large and enthusiastic and indications
are that the club will be an important
factor in the coming campaign in this Sec
ton. Ex-senator TREY L. Ford made a
strong address, and his remarks were fre-
quently interrupted by applause. The off,
GERS elected were as follows: President,
D. F. McGraw; vice. president, w. A.
Beasley; secretary, A. G.. Bennett Jr.;
treasurer, William A. Sexton. The presi-
dent and secretary were instructed to send
greetings to Major Mckinley.
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sooTIA's BUsIag DEPRESSION.
Unsettled Condition of The Country
CIos{,aa the Lumber Cantps.

Unsettled Condition Of The Country
Closing the Lumber Camps.
SCOTIA, CAL, Aug. 6.--The low tariff
and free trade policy of the Wilson bill
and the silver agitation causes depres-
sion OF business and idleness Of working
men in the great lumber region of the
foremost redwood manufacturing COM
pany in the State of California. The
Pacific Lumber Company at Scotia. Hum
boldt County, CAL, has spent upward ofhalf
a million preparatory to manufacturing
and has erected the largest and mos. COM
plete redwood mill In the world, costing
about quarter of a million. This COM
pany gave promise of giving employment
to loOO men, but they are now closing
down their logging camp on account OF
the unsettled state of our. financial agita-
tion. The mill. which has capacity OF
at Least 200, 900 feet, owing to the present
outlook, will in all probability not be
operated to the extent Of over $4,000 per
day.
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Prejudice Is Charged.

FRESNO, CAL, Aug. cit has been
learned to-day that two of the jurors who
awarded D. Dismnkes $500 for his prop
erty on @ street, on the site of the Valley
road depot, which amount is generally
considered $1,000 in excess of the
actual worth of the property, are
willing to make affidavit that the YER
dict was arrived at by prejudice They
voted for $500 to prevent the otlier Jurors
from raising the valuation to $4500. The
railroad company's attorneys will move
for new trial, and if they fail in this will
appeal the case.
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sAIvAr1oSIsrs TO THE RESCUE.

Undertake the Reclamation of a WGy-
svard Sacramento Girl.
SACRAMENTO. CAL, Aug. 6.-Gracie
Nelson, pretty 15-year-old girl. who has
been selling flowers on the streets in the
past two years, and who some time ago
was mixed up with the Milo ]. Ayers
scandal, was sent to the Salvation Army
Rescue Home in Oakland to-day. Several
days ago she was sentenced to five years
in the reform school, but at the instance
of the Salvation Army people the COM
mitment was with held, pending an effort
to reclaim her at the Rescue Home.
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ooRONER,S INQUEST.
W. .. Marsh, a Ranoher, accidental
Shoots Himself.

Shoots Htnsetf.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, Aug. 6.-Coroner
Campbell this morning held an inquest
over the remains of W. 8. Marsh, a
rancher living near La Canyada, this
county, who died yesterday afternoon
from the effects of buckshot wound acci-
dentally inflicted. Marsh was driving
along the road near his home last Sunday
in a cart. He had double-barreled shot
gun in the bottom of the cart, which was
in some manner discharged Both loads
struck him in the left shoulder Marsh
was conveyed to his home and physician
called. He died yesterday afternoon. A
verdict in accordance with the facts was
rendered.
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DEATH OF An EsTIMABLE LADY
Mrs. Nancy a. BIacI Passes AtUay a
the A0e of Four Score.

Mrs. Nancy d. Black Passes Atcay at
the 6Oe of Four Score.
SAN JOSE, CAL, Aug. 6.-Mrs. Nancy
A. Black, weIl-known resident of this
city, died this morning at the residence OF
her son, Attorney J. G. Black. She was a
native of Pennsylvania, aged so years.
She had been resident of San Jose since
1874. The deceased was prominent in
church affairs, and had been member OF
the United Presby Church for sixty.
three years. Her husband, who survives
her, Is S8 years old, and has been an elder
in the same church for sixty-four years.
Ten sons survive her, among whom are
J. G. Black of this city, A. P. Black, an at
torney in San Francisco, and D. A. Black
of Calaveras County.
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Fresno to Buila an orphamags.

FRESNO, CAL, Aug. 6.-The Board of
Supervisors to-day decided to build a
county orphanage on the Poor Farm, one
mile from the city, to cost not less than
$4,000. The ladies of Fresno are caring for
orphans, and it was upon their request
that the county furnish them with build
ing that the board took this step to-day.
1t is proposed to construct the building OF
brick, and large enough to accommodate
q hundred inmates.
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Fusion In San Bentto,

HOLLISTER. CAL, Aug. 6.-The Popu-
lists of San Benito County have made
proposition to the Democratic Central
Committee to indorse George G. Elliot for
Joint Senator. They say they will give the
Democrats the balance of the ticket in this
and Monterey counties. The plan will be
rejected by the Democracy. An agent of
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The Rhinehart ntIL Conte.t.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Aug. 6.-The contest
of the viii of William Rhinehart was re-
sumed before Judge Reynolds this morn
ing. The contestants rested their case at
noon. A motion for non-suit by pro-
ponent's attorneys on the ground that the
contestants had not made out case suffi-
GENTLY strong as TO unsoundness of mind
and undue influence to go before jury
was denied. This afternoon the propo-
nents began introducing their testimony
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Thomas .Hamblv Sues for Dsvorce.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Aug. 6.-Thomas W.
Hambly has begun suit against Kittie D.
Hambly for divorce. The ground is deser-
tion. The Hamblys were married in this
city ten years ago, but a year and half
later the wife deserted her husband. They
have one child. Hambly is now employed
as an engineer in Santa Cruz and Mrs.
Hambly is working in fruitstore in this
nit
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Charqed Uith Felonv- Embexxlen, emit.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Aug. 6.-John Perez,
fishdealer, this morning swore to a COM
plant charging Clifford Smith with felony
embezzlement. Smith had been in Perez s
employ for some time, and on Tuesday he
started for Mission Sar Jose with load
of fish. Since then nothing has been
heard of Smith. He is charged with en-
bezzling the wagon and team and the load
of fish
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Company B Going Into Can.p.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Aug. 6.-Company B,
First Regiment, N. G. c., of San Fran
cisco, will go into camp at Los Gatos for
week On August 16. The citizens of the
place are making extensive arrangements
for the entertainment of the visitors.
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Recovering From ESeots of Iaudanun

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Aug. g.
Charles D. Crowell, who was believed to
be dying yesterday from an overdose of
iaudanum, was finally restored by the
efforts of physicians and will recover.
Whether the dose was taken with suicidal
intent cannot be ascertained.
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Deteottre Instey May Recover.
SAN DIEGO, CAL, Aug. 6.-Detective
George T. Insley of Los Angeles, shot in the
breast Wednesday night, is resting easy
and may recover.
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An acre of good-fshing ground will
yield more food In week than an acre of
land in tweive-month.
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with such background, and it must have
awakened poetic fancy to hear the care-free
laughter of the maidens, the echoes re-
bounding from the cliffs. Singular to
relate, witnessed with nv own eyes the
very same scene of which / read the de-
scrlption in the East. I sketched it, and
painted from that scene large picture"
The sketch by Mr.. Fisher is a reproduc-
ton of his favorite scene in the Yosemite.
The falls are seen in the distance thunder
ing over the cliffs from heaven In the
middle-ground are sugar pines and other
kinds OF trees and all sorts of shrubbery,
which reflect themselves in the clear
waters of the river below. The bend in the
MERGED referred to is to the right of Ell
Captain.
Whoever is a. all familiar With sights on
the ocean beach will recognize in the pen
sketch by A. Joullin the sanddunes that
. lie between Golden Gate Park and the sea.
The monotony OF the sandy waste is some
what relieved by patches of weeds and
sagebrush, creeping vines and punches of
long grass nearly as high as man. Mr..
Joullin's sketch is faithful picture of
these sanddunes.
Carl Jonnevold, a marine artist, has
made many paintings of scenery on the
Northern California coast. The sketch
shown by him on this page represents a
view from the sea of the coast near Mendo-
cino. The waves are dashing against
rocks that rise like fortresses from the
deep.
The. pen-and-ink sketch of an Indian
family, by Henry Raschen, depicts char
acteristically Western scene. 1t is drawn
from lite and the originals are to be found
in Mendocino County. The Indian hut is
made OF redwood bark; the boy is playing
with chipmunk, while his mother looks
on interestedly, and an aged squaw is pre-.
pairing meal inside the rude habitation.
dog comfortably dozes at the door of the
hut. The picture is an effective one.
THE Grasshopper" is the figurative title
which fits like a charm the delightful
sketch by Arthur f. Matthews Every
body knows the story of the grasshopper
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was made with difficulty. Government sur
veyors were in very bad repute with the red
men.
My first view of Shasta" said Mr..
Boomer, was from Red Bluff 1t was
clear spring day and the mountain seemed
to hang like wee cloud on the horizon
Journeying on, it kept looming up over the
trees, growing bigger and bigger every
day. 1t required weeks walking to get
to the foot of Shasta. In company with
old man Sisson, the big-hearted founder of
the town that bears his name, l went up
as near the top as where the pines are
dwarfed in the rareied atmosphere. [
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folk, heart yearning for love and other
kindred subjects, and is calculated to lay
low at the first fire all but the most bu-
collie and heartless of mon.
And yet the origin of the new smile is by
no means so poetic; it is merely an affair
OF dentistry when its springs are analysed
In America as we know from books of
travel, women are forever sucking candy,
with the result that their teeth suffer, and,
though the dentists of the States are sec
ond to none, there are occasions when
they cannot repair the ravages of the
sweet-stuff shops. Therefore, it is not al
ways safe to smile with effusion, for it may
be that a tooth is imperfect, though not
yet ready for extraction.
The art of theLnew smile consists in con-
cealing the affec ed tooth, and only show
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new it was not to be supposed that we
should escape the new smile. Like manv
other such inventions, it comes across the
Atlantic from America, and, like the baby
pose OF ten or twelve years ago, it attacks
all sorts and conditions OF women
The wide and careless smile, more a grin
than a smile, which is the mark of those
who let themselves be swayed by an ILL
considered mirth TO the detriment of their
personal appearance, has quite gone out of
fashion. The new exercise is a slow and
dreamy expansion of the lips. 1t is poetic,
and hints at great things, such as life
not understood by the ordinary run of
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coast OF Monterey; all fields for the painter
where new fancies continuously arise and
new beauties appear in endless procession.
The wild flowers of this State are no.
where equaled for beauty and variety. In
the spring of the year, the country's val
legs and hilIsides look as if they had been
carpeted with green and then profusely
covered with flowers of every color and
hue. Mingled with wild grasses and foil
age, one may find, within short distance,
flowers that together would exhibit as
many colors as there are tints in the rain
DOW.
In some of our valleys, native wild flow
ers may be found at all seasons of the
year.
Flower painting has been followed, as
specially. chiefly by the lady artists, who
take refined pleasure in this species OF
work
Many beautiful California flower paint
lhgs nave Won delighted commentator at
the art exhibitions. As IN so many other
ways, California vies with all the world in
the richness and charms of her infnitude
OF native blooms.
The pen-and-ink sketch by William
Keith treats OF one OF that well known art
lists favorite subjects, 1.-THE North Fork of
the American River" In the distance are
what are frequently called the Keith Alps
The elevation of the highest point is 5000
feet. There are patches of snow all about
the peak and rocks cropping out here and
there. Cedar and other trees abound
There is good deal Of glacial acton there,
the rocks being smoothed and polished
over, and then there are chaparral spots
and groupings of lava and copglomerate
rock OF sandstone. To the rear of these
mountains, at the left OF the sketch, lies
Lake Tahoe. Near by are Soda Springs,
and the place is much visited in the sum-
mer time.
The greatest impression ever made on
my mind by any scene" declared Hugo
Fisher, the landscape painter, "was re-
ceived from point on the MERGED River in
the Yosemite Valley. There is a bend in
the MERGED, not far from FL Captain, and
from there, believe, one obtains as grand
picture as eye could desire descrip-
ton of this scene, that [ read in New York
several years ago. led me to take trip to
the famous valley. There is a curious
coincidence in this regard In the de-
scription which l read the author said
that, while gazing at the grand panorama
half-dozen Indian maidens approached
the waters edge and plunged into the
Merced's cool tide, enjoying morning
bath. 1t was a thoroughly Californian
sight to behold these children of nature,
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pent year near that mountain, making
sketches and doing other congenial work,
but never found another view of Shasta
equal to that from Castle Lake. The great
peak. roseate in the morning sun, made
sublime effect and the picture composed
perfectly.
"a Cabin in the Redwoods" makes still
another distinctigely Californian sketch.
The artist, L. P. Latimer, has spent many
summers among the giant redwoods of the
Santa Cruz Mountains, and has made the
artistic study of redwood scenery a spe-
cialty. The sketch published to-day is
pleasing specimen of work on redwood
scenery.
A scenic wonder of San Luis Obispo
County is Ell Moro Rock, rising out of the
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pointed in professorship on account of
his youth, he started out into the wilder
ness to study nature. He followed a pic
turesque trail through the McCloud and
Pitt River country and had narrow es-
cape from hostile red men who were then
suspicious of all whites. In fact. the Mo-
doc war was only year in the future at
that time. The Indians mistook Mr..
Boomers camera and drawing utensils for
a surveyors outfit and the explanation
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in order to arrive at that important con-
clusion, he must do an almost inconceiv-
able amount of climbing. The original
sketches are the actual keys to the paint
ings, and artists never like to part with
them, as they are often understood only
by the artist himself. The smallest sketch
is sometimes exceedingly expensive.
Every artist has his hobby, if so it may
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open air and brave many dangers in pur-
suit of their ideals. In such journeys an
artist is burdened with more baggage than
any trooper carries. He must have his
chair with him, and the sketching UNI
brella that is indispen sable, his easel, color
box and other sketching material, besides
the everyday necessary accou terments of
travel. He must seek the best view, and
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California is the paradise Of the artist.
Beautiful landscapes, picturesque lakes
and streams, rivers that drop from the sky
and lose themselves in mist, sublime noun
tain peaks and magnificent mountain
scenery, giant trees that seem like sup
ports TO the tent OF heaven, rocks that rise
like castles along the shores and in their
gloomy grandeur frown darkly on the vain
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be termed. Some prefer the mountains,
some the marines. some the marshlands,
some interiors; others have the wild
mower fancy, and others again mirror
human face and form till the canvas
seems endowed with life.
There are localities that are forever pro-
lltic OF selections. Some of these in the
west are Shasta, Castle Crags, Yosemite,
Kings River Canyon, Lake Tahoe, the