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RESTRAINING WORKS.
Discussion Before the Rivers and Har-
bors Committee.
Tirey L. Ford and Grove L. johnson
on Restraining of Mining
Debris.

A dispatch from Washington says
that the California Miners Associa-
ton was represented before the House
Rivers and Harbors Committee Thurs
day by Tirey l.. Ford, who appeared to
show why an appropriation should be
made for the construction of restraining
works on the Sacramento and Feather
Rivers.
"A peculiar situation existed in Cali
fornia, said Mr.. Ford, .in that two
navigabIe streams were being fed by
smaller streams, carrying much sedi-
ment. 1t was necessary either to ex-
pend large sums of money annually in
dredging the rivers and keeping the
channels free or else to devise means
to prevent the deposits of detritus."
He said that such engineering work
was not new. At the foot of the Alps in
France similar work had resulted sue
cessfully. The source of the detritus in
the streams was by hydraulic mining in
the rivers tributary to the Sacramento.
Although the people in California had
prohibited hydraulic mining, neverthe-
less Congress had overruled their will
and in an Act known as the Caminetti
law had allowed the resumption of hy-
draulic mining though under provisions
which contemplated appropriations for
restraining works to be constructed
in cooperation with the State of Cali
fornia
California had done her part She had
appropriated $250,000, the use Of which
depended upon the appropriation of a
like amount by the Federal Govern
ment. This appropriation, which would
enable the expenditure of $500,000 for
the much needed restraining works, he
now asked the committee to render a
favorable report. The money would be
expended as provided by the Caminetti
law.
Mr.. Ford closed by asking that the
committee recommend the appropria-
ton of not less than $4,000 to defray
the expenses of the California Debris
Commission in the performance of their
duties as required by the existing law.
representatives Loud and Barham
seconded the statements made by Ford.
representative Johnson addressed the
committee, saying that if it had not
been for the hydraulic miners the Sac
ramento and Feathers Rivers would
have been all right.
Johnson's speech was q. disappoint-
ment and surprise to Ford and those
of his friends who were present, though
Johnson stated at the time he intro
duced the bill against which he spoke
to-day that he did not consider himself
bound to support it, as he had intro
duced it by request, and before he had
had time to read it over carefully.
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CONGRESSMAN BOWERS.
His Own Story of How He Paid His
Debts.

Some days ago the Record Union"
called attention to the manner in which
Congressman Bowers paid his debts
some years ago, and his views in re-
gard to the payment of the railroad
debt to the Government. In reply to
our remarks Mr.. Bowers has had a
statement of his case published in the
Examiner" which we here reproduce
in fairness to him. He says:
I'm 1888, when San Diego was nearly
lifeless, some twenty citizens placed
$4,000 in bank to my credit to build a
hotel on what is now known as Flor
ence flights. / built it, costing S27 900
before it was opened. From time to
time additions were made until about
$50, 600 had been expended. For years
the hotel was success, and in the
seven years that / was proprietor the
gross receipts were over 100000. of
which amount over 100000 was paid
to creditors in the way of interest. prin-
cipal and for supplies for the hotel,
upon which they made a good profit.
Dull times came on just before the
maturity of the mortgage, and 1 could
not meet it. / called all my creditors
together for consultation, and offered to
turn over everything to them, and
be released from all obligations The
proposition was accepted. 1 turned
over everything to them. They
gave me furniture for five rooms, and
with that and $5 in money I and my
family went out of the hotel. I hired a
small house and borrowed a little
money from my friends to get food with
for myself and family until my salary
as Congressman was available. ] went
through insolvency upon the advice Of
my creditors, who, with one insignifi-
cant exception, are yet my warm
friends and earnest supporters. The
property turned over was worth more
than all my debts, and although I am
not now liable for any of my old indebt-
edness, I have been, and still am paying
monthly all I can spare over and above
the support of my family on my old
debts. This is my record, as any one
can ascertain from the people of San
Diego"
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have right to do. they advise him to
go through insolvency for fear they
might not be as lenient with him as the
law. This loving relation between a
debtor and creditor is very touching.
Mr.. Bowers calls his creditors together
and tells them that he wishes them to
take a business which has failed and
which is still heavily in debt. notwith-
standing it has paid over 100000 in
dividends in seven years. Instead of
giving him a receipt in FULL these gem
erous creditors advise him to put him.
self in such a relation that they cannot
by any possibility oppress him. They
want to be protected against themselves.
They might relent and come back upon
him for some of the money. So by the
advice Of the people who are to lose
money by the proceeding, he took the
benefit of the Insolvency Act.
This is not travesty upon Mr.. Bow
ers story. 1t follows strictly all the
salient points of his narration. The
only remarkable thing about it is that
it should have been told by the party
most interested in his own defense.
Recurring now to the original issue
made by US, we declared that Mr.. Bow
ers did not believe that an insolvent
debtor should be treated harshly, and
that therefore his statement before the
Pacific Railroads Committee was not an
honest and sincere statement. The
standard he sets up as to how q debtor
should be treated is outlined in his own
statement. He was running a subsi
died hotel. 1t declared enormous div
idends. and instead of using those div
idends to discharge his debts, hard
times and the maturity of the mort
gage struck him together, and his ur-
gent creditors urged upon him-reluct-
ant and unwilling as he was-to permit
them to release him from all financial
obligation. Generous creditors! Noble
Bowers Hail and FAREWELL
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
County of Sacramento state Of California
In the matter OF the estate of MARY p
HUMPHREY, formerly MARY T. HALIs
deceased.
A. h. Humphrey. executor of the estate OF
said above named deceased, having filed liza
petition herein, duly verified, praying Tor an
order to mortgage certain real estate ~ sald
decedent for the purposes therein SET forth
II is therefore ordered by the SAID conrt than
all persons interested IN the estate of said de-
ceased appear before the said S,lnarior Tso,1rR
on FRIDAY the 21st day OF February. a. ID.
1896, at 10 O'Clock a. m. OF said day AZ the
courtroom OF said Superior Court at the
Courthouse in the City OF Sacramento. Counts
OF sacramento, aud state of California. then
and there 70 snow cause why the followinz
feal properly, 70 Wlt. tract Of land situate
In the County of Stanfslaus gtntn Of S,aIss
forn1a. ana described an follows. To wit. An
OF sections "a and 2 8 and the east half of sees
ton 70, IN township No. south rance Mo-
II east, Mount DiabIo base and meTidians
also, the west half OF section 81 the west hais
Ol sectSoh 5O, IN township No. 4 south ok
range He. AZ exAts Mount Diahlo base aud
nlsL4elAn, ano containing In the agEregaEg
.se- W hsnsy -smo nuhursu anu Twenty-Five acres
.aoIo is' - slsas together with the improvements
LasIsVns excepting, however the portion
LnefeoI heretofore conveyed To the Houtneru
racine Railroad COMPANY or some parE
tneleols shoulu not be mortaaEed for tina
s@.u @1ea ouns mentlone0 in said petition. to wiz
SsofvgSO, ofs Such lesser amount a. TO the courk
~ -, suosc may seem meet. TO which petition
nil Z. Pelsons are hereby referred for furthea
Dated January 22d, 1896.
..oo MATT. r. JOHNSON,
1aSsJa judge Of Raid Snnerior Court
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FEVER POLLUTION OF WATER,

When the people are told that medical
science has demonstrated beyond all
possibility of doubt, that typhoid fever
germs are taken into the system
through the mediumship of the stomach,
and in that way only, there has always
arisen a lot of doubters and not a few
scoffers, who assert that they know"
that the fever has been acquired in
other ways frequently, and that the idea
of water being a vehicle for the carriage
of the seed of the disease is simply
doctors new tangled fad.
But proofs are plentiful of the sound
ness of the scientific statement For
instance, it has been noticed lately that
long distance riders of the bicycle have
been more than others attacked by ty-
phoid. Search for the reason develops
the fact that they drink water from
many wells, streams and brooks on their
these being infected are very great.
Hence the long distance cyclist is ex-
posed more than others to the disease.
Again, there is the record of the official
tests made in Brazil few years ago.
Typhoid microbes being placed in a
stream were found to so affect the water
tewenty miles below, as to render it
dangerous for use. Again, in Germany
microscopic examination of the detritus
deposited by the Rhine below the drain
age Of large cities resulted in finding the
typhoid microbes plentiful.
In 1888 among the soldiers of Paris
there were S24 cases of typhoid fever.
In 1889 the cases increased to 1,179.
The Medical Board then ordered a
change of the drinking water used by
the soldiery and the water drawn from
the vanne instead of from the contain
mated current of the Seine. Immedi-
ately typhoid cases began to decrease
and in the next four years there were
but from two hundred and fifty to two
hundred and ninety year. Then the
Vanne became contaminated, through
an accident to drainage system and
typhoid cases at once jumped up to 436,
and of these 80 occurred in three
months. Thereupon there was made
another change, a better water supply
secured and during the year 1895 there
were but two or three cases month.
Nearer home we find this to be true,
that after the first heavy rains there
is more typhoid fever than later or
earlier, among those who use river
water for drinking purposes The con-
clusion is that the early rain washes
the earth of the caItchment area of the
river and carries into the stream the
material in which the typhoid germ is
propagated In other words. that the
river is then most contaminated The
Popular Science Monthly" remarking
upon this subject, says:
Melun is a garrison town of $4,000
inhabitants, situated on the Seine,
twenty-eight miles above Paris. Here,
in 1889. there were 122 cases of typhoid
fever among the soldiers. Filters were
then introduced, and the cases of the
following years numbered. respectively.
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fifteen, six, two. seven and seven again
for 1894. Suddenly, during the severe
weather of February of this year, twen-
ty-eight dragons, one after the other,
came down with the fever. The in
fantry battalion, living in the same bar
racks, had not a single case. The secret
was soon out. The filters had been al
lowed to freeze and the soldiers were
ordered to drink only the weak infu-
sion of tea furnished them, in which, of
course, the water was boiled. The dra-
goons had simply not obeyed, but had
helped themselves to the Seine water
from the hydrants
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FL. Marks, Injunction.

Arguments were begun yesterday in
Judge Johnson's court on the motion of
the defense to dissolve the injunction
recently granted II. Marks against
Weinstock, Lubin G. Co., restraining
the latter from maintaining certain
showcase on a portion of the sidewalk
where the stores of the parties join.
Albert M. Johnson appeared for Vein
stock, Lubin & Co. and A. L. Hart for
Marks.
After partial hearing the case was
continued till Wednesday next
The record-union., 1896-02-15

prevented it ever reaching the State
Printer.
There has been deal of twaddle in
dulged in by the Examiner" and the
Call" its tender, about the Governor
acting 'unof1cially," not having official
information Of the passage of the reso
luton, etc, both papers being blind to
the fact that they are thus condemning
the Governor out of hand. If he had
no official notice of the passage of the
resolution he had no right to- forward
1t, as he did over his official signature,
nor to pay for the transmission out of
the public funds, as he did. Clearly
this bit of technical tweedle does not
disturb the Governor. who frankly
states the facts, as does Mr.. Colnon,
his then Secretary, and as does his pres
ent Secretary, Mr.. McCabe. If there
was any "highwayman" business in the
matter, it lies between the urgent Bel
shaw and the ready compliance of the
Governor with his request, and for
which no one blames him.
Secretary Colnon, however, clears up
in the San Francisco papers yesterday
morning that the resolution was taken
out of its order that it might be rushed
on to Washington. and that he and
4 - tar nf
urgency, "and that is why the paper
did not go to the State Printer" The
Call" more easily shamed than its
chief, the Examiner" yesterday drop
ped the whole matter with the publica-
ton of Mr.. Colnon's statement, though
it had done it's level best for some days
to create the impression that there had
been some juggling with the resolu-
ton, and that in some way the Southern
Pacific Company was at the bottom OF
the whole matter oblivious to the sim
pie fact that no possible motive could
be conjured up for that company med
ding with it, even had it the power or
the desire, because everyone knew that
the resolution was sent on to Congress,
was received, presented and referred;
that all the. facts of its passage by the
Legislature appeared plainly as pike
staffs on the daily journals of both
houses of the Legislature, and that it
could make no possible difference
whether, some months later, it appeared
In the bound volume Of the statutes or
not.
During the whole time consumed this
week in uncovering this mares nest
the Examiner and Cali have left
no means unused to arouse the suspi-
cions, animosity and passions of the
people, to charge and fasten if possible
crime upon innocent parties, and to
falsify and comfort the facts; even yes
terday, when in its Office every fact was
fully known to the Examiner" it sent
to press silly story about the Sacra-
mento Grand Jury preparing to indict
somebody for some mythical crime in
connection with this affair.
Decent journalism is shamed, humil-
lated and angered at this attempt on
the part of metropolitan newspapers
to accomplish vicious ends; this dis
reputable, lying and monstrous way OF
promoting even an unholy cause. How
ever, the affair will not be without its
benefits, as it will serve to enlighten the
people upon the ways and means en-
pIoyed by the sensational and menda-
cious press of San Francisco, which city
enjoys (?) the distinction of having the
most unfair, unscrupulous and prosti-
tuted journalism of any spot on the
face of Gods footstool
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Their Fares to be Paid.

1t has been ascertained at the Adju-
tant- Generals Office that the fare of
the members of the National Guard
competing at the State medal shoot on
Washington's Birthday win be paid to
Sacramento at the rate of one and one
third regular fares. There had existed
some misunderstanding on the subject.
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Sent TO an Asylum.

Mrs. Barney Burke, an elderly won-
an, was yesterday taken to the Napa
Insane Asylum by Deputy Sheriff Sc
geman.
Louis Joseph, also insane, has been
committed to the Stockton Asylum,
and will be taken there to-day.
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Petition To Administer.

w. B. Miller, Public Administrator,
by his attorneys, Rhodes & Oatman.
has applied to the Superior Court for
letters of administration on the estate
of P. A Strong, deceased.
The estate consists of an acre of
land in the town of Gait, valued at
81 900.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORs.-ESTA OF
EDWARD d. TESREAU, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned.
Julia 4. Tesreau, administrative of the estate
OF Edward j. Tesreau, deceased, to the creds
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same being the place for the transaction OF the
business of the said estate in the County %
Sacramento, state of California.
JULIA e. TESREAU
Administrative Of the estate of Edward d.
Tesreau, deceased.
Dated February z, 1896.
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