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State.

State.
For Representatives IN Congress
ROBERT J. GAMBLE.
Coz |. CRAWFORD.
For Governor
A. O. RINGSErn.
For Lieutenant Governor
49, D. II. HINDMAN.
For Secretary of State
w. IL. RopDLE'
For State Auditor
lie. MAYHEM
For State Treasurer
KIRK G. Phillips.
For Attorney General
S. Y. JOINS.
Fol- superintendent Of Pnblic
Instruction
FRANK CRANE.
For Commissioners of School and
Public Lands
J l. LoCKliARr.
For Railroad Commissioners
d. W. MCFAppEN.
GEORGE a. JOHNSON.
N. p. BROMLEY.
For Presidential Electors
r. D. EDWARDS,
J. L.. TURNER.
r' r.. H. Woops.
Il. NJ. SLocUM.
Legislative.
For Senator-1 18th Senatorial DIS
trict
II. w. LANE.
For Representatlve-l6 Rcpresen-
tatlve District
o. y. y E..
For Auditor
: M~oyIToN
For REGISTER of Deed,
O. w. DEARBORN.
For Treasurer
". l.. IlEALp.
For States Attorney
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cannot 60 wrong; the groove is made for
it; but the master hand of a fearless
navigator is required on the double-ripper.
Many and many a time the GOODNESS,
bravery and dexterity of the American
boy have been the qualities to determine
the fate of q dozen companions, boys and
, girls, at the sharp turn of an icebound
hill when some unexpected obstruction
has taken the path of the tearing sleds,
but not once in ten thousand emergencies
has the youthful steersman wrecked his
crew. Tobogganing has its own peculiar
form of exhiliratlon, and grown-up people
take to it more readily, but it certainly
lacks the spirit of adventure and the re-
quirements of intelligence and skill that
make ''good sliding" so dear to the boys
and girls of this country.
Truckee has no very long hills for
coasting, and the speediest of the double
rippers are not in use here, but there is
good opportunity for the sport, and
every visitor from Warmer California
should try both of the downgrade flights
and m axe his own com parisons.
AS the territory is occupied at present
the toboggans and the sleds cross the
track of each other at right angles, and
unless the carnival managers make some
new arrangement collisions will be in
evitable. And in a collision the double
ripper stands fair chance with anything
less substantial than freight-train or a
high stone wall.
The big sieighs and the easily over
turned little cutters and the jingling
bands of bells that the horses wear afford
a pleasure that everybody-men, women
and children-can agree upon and equally
enjoy. Better sleighing could not be de-
sired.
STRAW rides" in the big sledges were
always popular and always will be. And
these cold nights, when the moon rises
late. what could be better for a party OF
twenty or thirty?
If there is anything better on runners it
is probably the little cutter with barely
room for two
Bonner Lake is the objective point of
most of the sleighing parties, for nearly
every visitor has read of the romantic lit
tie body of water and the tragic expert
ence of the pioneer band from which the
lake obtained its name. The lake is
only three miles out of town, and the trip
to it is the sleigh-ride provided for rail
road excursionists on the coupon plan.
An eight-mile ride is to Boca, where ice
harvesting is the main attraction.
The ride to Lake Tahoe has not been
opened up since the last heavy snowfall.
but it is quite possible to make the trip on
SnoWshoes.
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WORKING FOR STOCKTON
Congress to Be Memorialized
in the Interest of I'm
provementS.
Construction of the San Joaquin Val.
ley Railroad Depot Will Soon
Be Begun.

STOCKTON, CAL, Jan. 6.-At a meet
ing of the Commercial Association this
evening it was decided to call mass
meeting to urge the passage of the ap-
preparation bills now pending in Congress
for the Improvement of the San Joaquin
River and the erection of a Government
building at Stockton.
The association is making good progress
in finishing up the business in regard to
the Valley Railroad, and it is stated IN
officially that Vice-President Watt has
said that as soon as the block is secured
work on the depot will be begun.
An effort will be made to secure some
kind of an agreement by the association
with the Corral Hollow road, by which
gravel may be obtained for the grading of
the county roads, and the association
will, from this time, pay particular at
tention to this feature of internal i'm
movements,
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the way to the Summit one of the long
snowshoes broke, and the mountaineer
tumbled over a cliff. Two weeks later
Joe Golding, the landlord at the Summit
Hotel, sent two men out in search of the
fellow, who had failed to arrive at the ex-
pected time. The dog was found still
alive at an abandoned cabin, and a trail
that it had made led down to the base of
the cliff. A single snowshoe set upright
marked the end of the trail, and there was
found the body of the traveller, who had in
that way erected his own monument. In
the fall over the cliff one leg had been
broken, and unable to get away the man
had frozen.
Frank Meloche, the owner of the Main
street cafe, has on exhibition the skull of
Truckee man who was caught in the
mountains during one of the Sierra storms,
whose violence and suddenness have not
been exaggerated by Bret Harte. The
man found temporary refuge under the
trunk OF fallen pine, but when he saw
that he could not survive the storm he
shot himself
"Proof!' says Mr.. Meloche. "Here's
the skull, and l knew the fellow well. -
But these incidents are not strange where
the Bonner party persisted.
The Tahoe road leads through the
widest and toughest part of the region,
and the possibility of travel over it would
be important at the carnival.
r. r NuNAN
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month amounted to So, 226, 785 40. This
UNI, added to receipts from other sources
during the month and the balance OF cash
on hand brought forward from November,
gives a grand total of treasury receipts for
December of $7,1O7,956 70. The payments
for the same month were on State war
rants $1,037,9 $40 30; on transfer pay
ment S463l, making the grand total of
December payments $1,042, 551 80. The
balance of cash in the State Treasury on
January l, 1896, was So 065, 405 As.
The first instalIment of taxes for 1895
paid last month by the County of San
FRANCISCO made the very appreciable sum
OF Sl,553, 2S3 81. OF this amount 1888, 372 50
went into the State general fund, $51S.-
$40 vi went to swell the State school fund
and $51,565 90 was distributed to various
other funds. Alameda County paid the
second highest amount, $456, 176 30, and
Los Angeles is third on the list with paw
ment OF $370,26S 19. Santa Clara County is
fourth from the head of the list with $263,-
S72 10, followed by Sacramento with $162,-
09l 81.
December was the heaviest business
month OF 1895 for the State treasury, the
official force having been kept busy night
and day working on the tax installments
and heavy presentation OF warrants. The
report shows, for instance, that nearly
800 900 was paid out of the general fund
on warrants which had been held, owing
to the exhaustion of the general fund,
since last July. Nearly all such warrants
were paid during the closing week of De-
cember. Since the new year opened the
State Treasurer has paid about $400, 600
more on account OF warrants similarly pre-
scented.
The Office force at the State treasury is
small for the amount of work required,
and State Treasurer Rackiffe has been
prevented for weeks past, by reason of
illness. from attending 10 official business.
Mr.. Judson, however, has been worthy
lieutenant, and has allowed no part OF the
State treasury business to fail behind.
When it is known that over S1.00G, 600 was
paid out in warrants between December Is
and January it may be judged that work
is plentiful in the Office of the custodian
of the States money.
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FRESNO FAIR AWARDS.
Blue Ribbons Given to Successful Exbjbi-
tors at the Close of the
Exhibition.

FRESNO, CAL, Jan. 6.-The Fresno
County Citrus Fair closed tonight, and
the four days and evenings, during which
it has been visited by throngs of people,
many of whom were visitors to the city,
mark one of the most gratifying successes
ever scored by the live citizens of Fresno.
The attendance this evening was by far
the best, and the literary and musical
programme rendered was of unusual
merit. The managers of the fair had es-
pecially desired to have it close in ga
blaze Of glory" and they were successful
Everybody is enthusiastic over the fair,
and one for next year is now talked of.
With ample time for preparing exhibits
a much more creditable display can be
made. The next fruit exposition would
be held early in December, two or three
weeks before the picking season in South
ern California.
The following were the principal awards
made tonight by a committee consisting
of R. H. Mcdonald of PorterviIle, State
Horticultural Commissioner l. H. Thomas
of Visalia and Charles H. Wyer of this
city:
Best general display of fruit grown by ex-
hibitor-First diploma. George C. Roeding;
second, John D. Gray.
Best general display exhibited by firm or
organization-First diploma, William G. Ur-
idge & Co.
Most artistic display by producer-First
diploma, Berry d. Wallace; second, DR.. G. A
Hare.
Best general display of budded oranges
grown by producer-First diploma, Crockett
Douglass; second Mrs. J. W. Ferguson.
Best general display of Seeding oranges
grown by exhibitor-First diploma, F. NJ. Chit
tenden second, A. B. Butler.
Best display OF lemons-First diploma, Berry
& Wallace; second, George c. Roeding.
Best limes-First diploma, Williams Bros.
Best box of packed oranges ready for ship
ment-First diploma, T. ]. Hammond.
Best twelve Washington navel oranges-Dr.
J. w. Baker; second, Mrs. Slossen Viau.
Best twelve Mediterranean sweet oranges
First diploma, Mrs. J. w. Ferguson; second,
Crockett Douglass.
Cash prizes offered by the Hundred
Thousand Club were awarded as follows:
Best ana largest exhibit of citrus fruits-Ful-
ton &. Berry, 500; second best, Crockett Doug
lass, $40.
Most artistic exhibit-G. s. Roeding, $12 SO;
second best, John D. Gray, So So
The committee on these awards were
Lewis Leach, Mark Webster and Chester
RoWelI.
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Frost that constitutes the carnival, but
this whole region of ice and snow. The
palace is merely a central feature, the
abiding place of the ruler. The sounds of
the carnival echo from peak to peak
through all this mountain land.
Truckee has three ponds on which the
skating is good. Morrison's pond is about
two miles out of town, toward Bonner
Lake. The area of the skating surface is
twenty-five acres, but the ice harvesters
are there at work, and, besides, the ice is
rather rough. Parties go there in selghs
to combine the two sports and to see the
ice-cutting.
Henry's two ponds are right in town.
The largest of these is reserved for adults
and the girls, and the smaller one is given
up to the boys. The ice on the smaller
pond is the best in Truckee. smooth and
black, and the expert skaters usually Join
the boys. 1t is on the little pond that all
of the reckless and rough skating is done,
and from there the "pullaway" shouts
resound all over the snow-mantled hills.
The visiting Californians seem to GO
almost wild over the skating, and in the
clear, cold and rarified air of the high
Sierras, the exercise is a perfect one
Tobogganing is something like falling
off house and then shooting right along
for half mile without getting hurt. There
is wild, exultant swoop about the start
ing plunge such as the Sierra eagle, darling
upon Tahoe, may understand. The
Truckee deer could hardly keep pace with
the toboggan on the level of the slide, but ii
is the preliminary fall through space that
startles and astonishes and delights
Coasting, or sliding down hill. is very
different from tobogganing. And most
Americans will agree that, after all, the
Canadian sport is inferior. A toboggan
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main county road from the Six-mile
House, near San Francisco, to the south
ern boundary Of San Mateo County at
Palo Alto. This is virtually franchise
The Supervisors would have granted Mr.
Shelley a franchise to-day were it not for
the law provides that such a franchise
shall be sold TO the highest bidder.
once as q private enterprise by Shelley and
his two associates. Everything is settled
so far as construction is concerned, and a
sufficient number of subscribers has al
ready been secured to warrant the under
taking. 1t will be an all-night service,
with city connections.
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REPLIES TO THE GoVERNoR.
Er- Director Shippee Challenges Mr.
Budd's VerGcity.

En- Director Shippee Challenges Mr..
Budd's VerGcity.
STOCKTON, CAL, Jan. Ex-Governor
Budd's anger has been aroused by the
recent structures of President L. U. Shippee
of the San Joaquin Fair Association on
his course in relation to bookmaklng and
poolselling at the late State Fair.
Mr.. Shippee is seemingly not perturbed,
and this evening gave CALL correspond
ent the following comments in regard to
the matter under discussion:
THE Governor overlooks the fact that
the booksellers collected per cent at the
last fair for commissions, which is nearly
double the percentage ever allowed them
before, at least for ten years or more.
The board has always questioned the
advisability of allowing bookmaking at the
State fair. If the per cent had been col
lected in 1894, as in 1895, the income to the
society would have been nearly double
what ii was.
The additional three days this year
would have, at the old rate, brought the
receipts up to $4,000 without any book
making, and the directors alone are re-
sponsble for allowing the raise from %
John E. Budd the Governor should recall
that the State board held from eight to
twelve meetings from the time his brother
was appointed until the close of the fair,
and according to the Governor own claim
his brother was at only two OF the ses-
sions.
II assert that John Z. Budd was not at
single meeting held during the actual
progress OF the fair, nor did he assist in
! any OF the work of the board. At one of
the two meetings he attended the sale of
the oookmaking privilege was let to
| George Rose, and he voted for 1t.
The Governor says the association is in
fine condition The fact is, without State
aid the meeting would have run from
| $4,000 to $4,000 behind.
In 1894 no gambling was allowed pub
! licly IN Sacramento or at the fair, but in
/ 1895 the gambling was allowed to run at
will, according to common report.
''In regard to the Killip pool matter
stated that | was opposed to taking per-
| centage from Killip or any one else, and
| thought that the privilege should, if sold
at all, be for actual consideration and not
percentage. Killip sold pools in 1898
and 1894 at ~ to per cent commission,
| and this year he was allowed to charge 5
per cent and it came from the pockets of
| those attending the fair.
! The insinuation of the Governor that
| he did not promise my re-appointment is
nothing less than a falsehood. You do
net have to take my word for it. but ask
| Hon. John Boggs and other members of
| the board of directors. Although re-
| elected president of the local board, shall
| decline TO serve. For twenty-three years
! / have contributed my time and money to
the aid OF the State Association, and am
willing TO give the new board chance to
| show its superior ideas of management"
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TREASURY STATEMENT.
Report of Receipts aud Disbursements for
December.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Jan. G. = The
statement of receipts and payments of the
State treasury for the month OF December,
1895, carefully prepared by Deputy State
Treasurer F. w. Judson, shows numerous
facts of general interest.
The first installment OF State taxes for
1885. which was payable in December, was
received from ffty-three counties, only
four counties failing to make their settle
ment and being therefore declared delin-
quent. The second installment is payable
between the 18th and 30th of May, 1896.
The total receipts from the counties last
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attraction in the evening, while in the day
time the ponds are well occupied.
Every overland train that comes through
Truckee stops twenty mintes, and as the
ice palace is close to the railroad, right
opposite from the station, the tourists find
a great attraction here. Some find the
time ample for test of the toboggan.
There is no doubt that the carnival will
be success, but this year the hopes of the
projectors are principally in making sat
isfactory beginning for the years that are
to come. California is to have its ice car
nival in the Sierra region every winter,
the Truckee people say, and on the pat
ronage this season will depend the magni-
tude of next years undertaking. 1t is the
plan to make Truckee a favorite winter re-
sort.
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NEWS OF SAN JOSE.
Hutb an Strickland, Mar Veteran, Found
Dead in His Bed-A Corporation to
Denj in Garden Seeds.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Jan. 6.-Nathan
Strickland, an old soldier, was found dead
in his bed in the New York Exchange
Hotel last right. About three weeks ago
he secured pension of Sc per month and
$14S back pay. This so pleased him that
he took to drink, and has been on de-
bauch ever since. He was 66 years OF age
and native of New York.
The dece ased had served in Battery 1,
Second United States Artillery. An
autopsy showed that death resulted from
heart disease.
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ON ICE AND SNOW.
General Features of Carnival Life at the
Town Near the Sierra
Summit

TRUCKEE, CAL, Jan. 6.-There are four
great features of winter sport at the ice
carnival to-day, and the entire region about
here are given up to these: Skating, to-
bogganing, sleigh-riding and coasting
and the greatest of these, as judged by the
number of devotees to each, is skating.
The rink floor at the ice palace has been
planed and put in readiness for the skaters,
but the natural skating ponds have a fas-
cination that no artificial contrivance can
overcome. 1t is not the palace of King
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SUES FOR DAMAGES.
Action Brought by WomGn against q
Streetcnr Company.

SAN JOSE, Call, Jan. 6. - Roenah
Sprake to-day began suit in the Superior
Court against the San Jose Railroad Com
pany to recover $4,000 damages for in
iuries sustained while alighting from one
of the company's streetcars on Delmas
avenue. The complaint recites that the
plaintiff sustained a dislocatiou of a wrist
and was otherwise bruised and mutilated
and suffered severe shock to her nervous
system. Negligence on the part of the
motorman is charged Besides the $4,000
damages, the plaintiff asks for $50 physi-
clan fees and the costs OF suit.
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ing from Reno, New, tomorrow. An IN
favorable thaw set in this afternoon, soft
ening somewhat the surface of the snow
and the ice on the ponds, but the ice castle
did not suffer any.
AS soon as the sun had set, however, the
mercury dropped away below the freezing
point again. and tonight the weather is
excellent for the carnival. The skating
floor of the castle was flooded and frozen
anew last night, and that is the center Of
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SANTA YNEz,s SENSATION.
Attention of the Curious DrGtcn to tn,
Quinn DirOrce Case.

atttIttVIt " tHt N"FtV'tS iIF"tNIt TO tWt
Quinn DirOrce Case.
SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Jan. G.
About sixty witnesses and many more
spectators are down from Santa Ynez in
attendance upon the divorce case OF Quinn
VS. Quinn, which will be succeeded by the
cause of Quinn VS.. Brown, in which Quinn
sues ]. Brown, Santa Ynez man, for $l5,-
600 for alternating his wife's affections.
Brown is a saloon-keeper who has twice
been tried for selling liquor to Indians,
both trials resulting in failures TO convict,
while costing the county many thousands
of dollars.
At the opening of the Quinn case to-day
a jury trial was demanded, but when the
jury was drawn the court learned that
neither party had sufficient funds to pay
the jury and that body was consequently
discharged.
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TRAFFIC IN GARDEN SEEDS.

Objects for Which a Santa Clara Conn
pGny is Incorporated.
SAN JOSE, CAL, Jan. 6.-Articles incor-
porating the c. c. Morse Company were
filed in the County Clerks Office to-day.
The principal place of business is to be
Santa Clara. and the objects of the incor-
poration ere to extend and carry on the
buying, selling and growing of garden
seeds. The capital stock is placed at
$500, 900, divided into 1000 shares, all OF
which is fully subscribed.
The following are named as directors
c. C. Morse, Lester L. Morse, Eva A.
Morse, NJ. J. V. Morse and B. w. Morse,
all of Santa Clara.
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eve find lots of dead men every spring, -
said Editor Calkins of the Truckee Repub-
lican, in speaking of these mountain trips
To-Day. "But the great danger" be
added, ais in man going alone and with
out snowshoes."
Last winter man started to go from
Soda Springs to the Summit. He was on
snowshoes and his dog followed him. On
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NEW FLAGS ORDERED.
They WiV Contain Extra Star for
Utah State.

Utah State.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. 6.-The
War Department has already taken steps
toward adding another star to the field in
the United States flag, in recognition OF
the admission of Utah into the Union.
AS the law provides that stars shall be
added only on Independence day. orders
will be issued by the Secretary of War and
the Secretary of the Navy directing the
addition of the star to the flag. In antici-
patton of these orders the War Depart
ment is having new flags manufactured,
which are also of the dimensions proposed
by the revised army regulations.
In the navy all that will be done when
the official order is issued will be that the
sailmaker will sew in blank space star,
and whenever the addition is made on
board ship there will be little celebration
in honor OF the occasion.
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OREGON MINERS ORGANIZE.
They VIII York to Secure Protective
Le0tsIdtion.

Legislation.
GRANTS PASS, Or, Jan. Elm answer
to call sent out ten days ago forty repre-
sentatives of the leading mining COM
panies Of Jackson, Josephine and other
counties assembled here to-day and
effected a permanent organization Of the
Southern Oregon Miners Association.
Officers were elected and future meetings
arranged for. The object is to secure
better legislation for the protection of
mining lands and property; the discussion
of improved mining methods; protection
of mutual interests, and a diffusion of
knowledge of interest TO miners generally.
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Piercy TestiJies.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Jan. 6.-The Pyle
Percy $4,000 breach-of-promise suit was
resumed in Judge REYNOLDS court this
morning. The defendant, Percy, was on
the stand all day. His story was mostly q
denial OF Miss Pyle's statement.
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The Ezra of the Olympiads," or the
"Olympian Era" began July l, B. c. 776.
An Olympiad was period of four years,
| year.