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Terrific storn, Ia the Southwest,

SCsT sT.FsS Arr, A8s-. IA tar~3Ac
rain storm n southern Ar{xsna ana
Northern Nexsco hss thrown down .eYe-
gram lires between NoS2Ies an9 Cy,4aw-
mas. washed eJst a greater part % -,
SONORA ra way af13 entirely DESTROYED six
ieen uleS = i. ;rasn about 10 leave
t5u&Errss fh!s morning was detained bx ne
&-x.can government. 4 csas..4As,-st sho1-s
tbs ciry flooded TIE xrea ter part - Ne
salss washing away th-ea br94xss ans. a
ru-her - hoslSss fr>ia..ng shat e
ATtlIa EADireE- ERE mayer
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The Captain Died at Sen.

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-Inteiligencer
PORT TOWNSEND. Aug Is-The
American schooner 0ccania Vance arrived
last night with her flag 8. haif-mast, Capt
Manson having died OF Inflammation of the
stomach five days previous. The schooner
sailed from San Diego nineteen days ago,
and their captain being sick az the time
the first mate took command and brought
the schooner 10 port Capt. Manson's body
was consigned 70 the sea two days after
his death,
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sais. The herSes were p1o- cayrsa
lSasas wersh ~ :Ae ot.sl5e S apiece
E.es@rdtHg ssa's leaving fer Eureka.
- ~oAery warmly stated Ae was ontv
so4Fy BE cositG ret ~ there 70 intercept
sslsia- lie states his address IS Eu-esa,
AEaI ne VIII hack ths~e inside a week.
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VANCOUVER. e. C.. Aug l2.-The city
council decided tonight not 20 submit
bylaw TO the civic voters authorizing the
purchase Of the gas works. The company
offered TO sell the works 10 the city at the
same figure offered for the property by 4
London syndicate but TIC aldermen took
the view that the days OF gas are doomed.
owing 10 the competition of electricity
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ON THE verge OF RIOT.
ONE STRIKERS BLOOD FLOWS.

ON Pfnas CreeL Mine IL stop
pea ny Deputies nad Several Live
" seum~s Ensn~. sn which Eoth
Parties Grow Angry and Are with
Dinacafty Observation-Disclosures IL
10 stop tnfii Hearing OF Injunr-
ton II os~r-wemen Take a Hand
IN sh~ sfrusEie-Mareh In ILL.,
nofs Is stopped.
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Lesh.ridse ConI Miner. strike.

GREAT FALLS. Mont. Aug. i3-Five
hundred coal miners employed by the Al
0srsa Coal Company az Lethhr;dge Can
ada. went on strike today for an advance
U: ~ per cent. IL wages.
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SEATTLE WASHINGTON. AUGUST - 1897

1k- strikers feuaaines within their camp.
ag8 rhgie s1ss deputies were cn guard,
they had lst1le 20 d. In orter 70 more
thoroughly toT.sfy h&. position. S1erlI
Lowry swore n twenty additional dep
r:ies tonight za3 dispatched them 10
PLAN cre@G.
TIE sAey.r does 10. thirk there VII DC
sse2hte at asy o. tae ratrss of tho NsE
York ard Cleveland Company. Ee has
given s&r7ce ORDERS. hoa ever. not 70 per-
rsit airy marching. and 70 enEeyce Ehs RTa-
3Gnainary sffaEctSGsn. even Il compelled 20
arresE sha leaders IN the movement
Elnes4@n Italian miners w-it 70 ~ors
a. csak F.H this morning and promised 20
co avery Gay if given pr0tection-
Tl5{s afternoon William J. Bremen. at
ternev fer ths strikers 50 tg =. waasId sn-
ter sEait against De Arr1it fer perjury n
connection w5tn shs afE.s1avsts MADE in ine
application fCr an injunction fesEef yes
teTsIay. 1ereasen said oEe ef ste defsnst-
efsS naalef had been dead two yesrs, anf
two Others rad not been mining Fer ABOUT
ths ssnsa period.
T5EcA-LR. III. Arg. i2.--Atoat ~ riea.
the aavance gaard Of the fsosty % march
ing miners from The West were net fhis
asferucon gsy sheriff Nicholson ard Mar
Shal Mason thYee miles west ef the city
ard ordered rot 10 come further. They
Esnt into camp.
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.re,o,,.,s Nor,tr ua,t 9,ra,,
\ Bcrser r. II. Terry
james strcnach, jr George Foster.
George Winter. y X smith
=. a. r. nslt..isSs r'i.e,.
tSaaS rsr.' .n"pa0"' caa,~a s,as,a
! 3 ,eeaIon t;.orre Wslsh.
81. :. Goodnight. " 2 Cossuer.
John pefssud. A. -. Nogle.
q III. West Iosttls&
SfNs SnEaes' - Dosi"n'
: rs,,s.s 4, kaff
+ II eroeksr. peter pomroy.
r f. spfague. 6. Curtis.
Fred ~. i>ysous. Jo1I t!iuVra.
/. :: hsmes. n a. t'eiry.
= seIIf !, go
= Nc,rbaes Fred Taitnf.
Ainx 'rnof1pson X M Merritt
o. W Bayne. l. "a Waraon.
". ~. Grtchei. y g. ggex9Ty.
tiora Wright. ~ tdiiz
=. =. l'sa.g ssa..rf. ia,s@sin
80 - w. t.s.,.tt - T. s@sxIsw.
II :.Teysne, & ]. Sash
Anton Polaora. GeoTge b. kit;iases.
h G. lnzles. Henry IfeGefseks.
ISsh olsen l. W lvxseF.
n "oie'
The passehsers boarded me sttAtasy ~
I9 O'Clock la4i nssHt, A. tf4s5 h4uf al tus
freight vas aboard AID everything WAS -
sh.psnape fec tae voyage Inf fs1ef's-
gers wera hapBy al tna prospect Tor iasE
speedy departure for the sold n~ils. ~
;hs n1en's cabin q good looking fellow. Hisa
a niellow-sonsa hdfis. Kept fba crowd pi
ilght~heariea gold hunters entefiatfsed WIN
oi9-fashioned tunes feT an is0iF 9f kspFes
ioe sf'he Na. ai'' :. ~ -. ~ 80.
! -. ,..s rr,s,., :. ss.x s~en. ia
e.-,s - :. ~ go ~ 10 s1r.~. ~ sfte
-. ,,a~ .,sr.ss - ro4,u4s esatees ard
| 60 - .ts.t. 80. rna.~ w-n.s sfts sfs.-k
"a, - -, t.r.es 80 rsy6I-
- - s-a.se, w.. ~. sa,.~ --aSx Sxyfss
"a ,S.si,. twlfM "a ka4n tss gensoa
3ao =
..s...x. =. .Ae esspsex,sv
- - - ,s.+r's,. s.ts -, .swss taa,
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May BE IA Fight at Cofeen.

ST LOUIS, Aug. IA special 20 tFe
Republic from coffeen. ILL.,. says: Brad
leys array OF striking miners still threaten
the town Nc attention was paid 20 the
sheriIs proclamation ordering the strik-
ers 20 leave the county. ard me- men are
as defiant as ever. Sheriff Randie IS an-
geTeG bg B~43ley's defiant attitude but
has not decided 10 resort 10 force until to-
morrow. II every striker Is not of the
ground and on The move by neon he Will
20 forward with MS men. and the work
that psaceahie meth0iS have failed 10 ac
cofnplish sill De done BY force
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H1Sn asked about bis reported sate.-
tfaa "a resign his ufsice. NAycr sssNNs sss,s,
3hat - had net fatty fuAsa up rs snsn.f
It's segies wo1Id uepsrd Upxa sAe pesesa~s
q BIS fgseoiS sud q ne usesnt~Ts az ~.
council IFS reascn FOR nat re~.xwsn~
Sc0la De aegsssep8 aoE 81. ~c.tld ~ sh,s
ne "+aA ae away oa!y tssce o- sear saossss4s
asa tScFS Mould StIN remain ssys~st
months - his teras Tar h.n, ~ sey,ss
SAe1td hsS determination ae made IA rs.
1sata IN 0fsiee, he SAYS that h@ ss<,s.fa ~
re waS @,ietnps 30 tnigsace tha actions ~
tue pro feEs2ore occupant Of the Ynayarss
selce.
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M.is noi his Intention - - inte naw@oa
CITY ana srTrsss. his IDEAS urAay sha So
community. Nte wa-tes 10 ogseya a general
rec reading rcosn ami conduct .4rsh,rs
taT sSese alto cared e1aasA aasssf ssseA
Sa4nEs "a attend tggern Ngayoy Taoa sass
tAst Mr.. Wt-t understands ire Sas,ss:,;ss.s
= ne 6txgslgs exaesfv as sAex mrs
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re feature q the sce5e tAfs morn <
vs. the faet ghst ere so-gen >vur3iaiE-
ers fsa~ .he agsf sirse s5rce Fse stgf&e rar-
49,. r,x.s,4 i~ 3 daylight 6ericustrat tzso ana
l,ks. their bcytaren En- t5e ca@Ee PAS ,ae
injunction read % thesa aud veve ar3essa
=, ~saxe assos Iae pGo#c highway faF a
varade ground.
khnsat ferry women appeared n tss
.rsv,.s AZ pi2fs Creek haass=a ~ the st-tk-
s~S. queen. Emma Haas, wearing . wreatA
- tastes ard Carrying naea \ uu1,hT-
~ banners were displayed bearing s2gl&-
srx 4s.srrt gsiass. among weich SerS
we are ear FER vsor,ee's rieAts: - cents
or Aust"
United we .tacd. 1iSt6ed W fsIL"
..r,'s hrsa3 xue ca1fs- ~ wR8t"
rAeot.tses hired ap swaia sne ordered the
.-r,rrA 20 Glsperse. T-Aey Received many
.a.,,,t. ar,a seegs esst sae marching wevneR
- awally persuaded % retlra &c thslv
s,oraes without seTsoas srosh3e-
gnsrs a&s 20 sisn % tToassa so1i.ht
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Alaska. mouth OF the Yukon river. max
Neare. Cudahy, Hamilton Healy. Power
at Circle City. Fort Cudahy and KIon-
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fw Forl Get There, ST. Michaeis Island.
hs coHnecticns with the river steamers
std klondike. Passengers VIII be landed
dIte goid mines on or before June L.. issss.
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ON CALiF0RNIA DIAMONDS.
Results of Sunday Baseball Games in
Stockton, Santa Cruz and
Other Cities.

STOCKTON, CAL, Aug. 15.-The base.
ball game at Good water Grove to-day
was great disappointment to the lovers
of the National game. The S. n. Woods
of San Francisco came to defeat the al
most IN beaten Stockton nine, but they
were never in the game, and the local
team did just as it pleased with them.
After making twenty runs Stockton let
the visitors run up their score Just to
cheer them, although it was evident to
the people on the grand stand and bleach
ers that the visiting team could have been
held down to almost a shuI-out il the
local men wanted to play ball Perrine
anu Mulvev were the battery for the Wis
itors and Whalen and Billings for Stock
ton. Stockton has probably the strop gest
team on the coast and would like to cross
bats with the Reliance men again, having
beaten them once and been beaten by
them only when the regular nine was not
in the fed. The score to-day was: Stock
ton 26 San Francisco u.
FRESNO, CAL, Aug. 15.-The baseball
game played between the Fresno Republi-
can team and the Bakersfield nine in this
city this aftern oon resulted in victory
for the former. The score was to /. The
contest was one of the best of the kind
ever witnessed here, there being a spir-
tied rivalry between the two teams. The
game was played to settle an old grudge
as well as to decide the disputed cham
nionship of the San Joaquin Valley. The
Fresno boys outciassed their opponents
in batting, base-running and fielding.
SANTA CRUZ. CAL, Aug. 15.-Nearly
2OGO people witnessed the game of base
bail between the Santa Cruz team and the
Sacramento c. c. and B. this afternoon at
Vue de IEau. 1t was a slow game. though
there were TWO or three good plays. The
Santa Cruz team won by score of II to
Z. Louiz Bali pitched for Santa Cruz and
Joe McCarLy for the visitors. 1t was an
exhibition game.
SAN JOSE CAL, Aug. 15.-The Santa
Clara Baseball Club defeated the Reese
mans OF Oakland at Cyclers' Park to-day,
by score Of to 4. The game was close
and exciting. Eleven hundred spectators
were Dresent
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Flowers Carried Daily
to the Tomb of a De-
parted Dog.
Mr.. and Mrs Ben NapthaIy's
Affection for a Dumb
Animal.
1t Fell a Victim to the Poisoner,
and They Have Not Ceased
to GrieVe.

sAUSALITO, CAL, Aug. 15.-One of the
strangest cases of affection for a dumb
animal has come to light in Sausalito and
strange to say Ben Napthalv, the we'll
known Police Court lawyer. figures as the
principal character.
1t seems that about month ago, whe n
dog poisoner visited Sausalito and scat.
tered death TO the fine CANNES in the
town. the splendid thorough bred spaniel
owned by Napthaly ate some of the
poisoned meat and died from the effects.
No clew could be obtained as to who
was doing the dastardly work and one by
one the good dogs turned up their toes
and gave up the battle of life. Napthaly
was at a loss to learn who the culprit was
and does not know 10 this day.
The dog which he and his wife thought
so much of was given a royal burial.
Soon the incident was forgotten and the
death OF the Napthaiys' canine occasioned
no further remarks until lately, when
people have Deen commenting about the
visits OF the Police Court lawyer and his
vile to lot near the water front.
Regularly twice a day and sometimes
three times 3 day the pair would wend
their way to the lot with a bunch of fresh
picked howers-choice ones at that-and
place them over little mound of earth.
Beneath the mound lie the remains of
the dog. This is the attraction that
brings Napthaly and his wife to the lot SO
freUuentIy
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Leader. in oonference.

HAVANA, CUBA (via Key West, Fla)
Aug. 15.-La Ducha publishes the follow
ing dispatch from Madrid: General
Azcarraga, president ad interim OF the
Council Of Ministers, had long confer
ence yesterday with Martinez Campos
and with Senor SilveIa, leader of an i'm
portant faction in the Conservative party.
Sagasta also had long conference with
Campos. The object of these interviews is
generally believed to be the formation of
q representative Cabinet of the two mon
archIcal parties and its fractions"
In another dispatch from Madrid, not
published, it is said Ell Heraido asserts that
Weyler, according TO his best friends, Will
soon be in Madrid.
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Trustee Spinney to Vent
His Ire on Fresno
Policemen.
Holds the Balance of Power
and Intends to Use 1t
Arbitrarily.
VIII Gust the BluecoatS and Fire
men for "Back Talk" and
Then Resign.

FRESNO CAL, Aug. 15-There is con-
sternation among the bers of the
police force. the paid men of the Fire
Department and other city EN- ployes over
whom the Council has power of appoint
ment because Trustee Joseph Spinney has
announced his intention of firing them
all and then resigniEg himself. In an in
terview with THE CALL correspondent the
Fifth Ward statesman declared vigorously
that he was tired of working in behalf of
the municipality for the kicks" OF the
public. He had labored earnestly and
faithfully, he said, and had sacrificed his
own time to the detriment OF his own
business in the interests of the city. All
the reward he received was abuse from
the people.
Continuing the dissatisfied Councilman
stated that the Fire Department was
rebellious and was overriding the Trus-
tees; that me mbers of the police force
were also defiant, speaking to the Trus-
tees in a contemptuous manner. Spinney
deplored the state of affairs when en-
ployes ignored the board, to which they
should be thankful for their positions.
When the City Trustees meet tomorrow
night, said Spinney, he would begin at the
top OF the empIoye list and go to the bot
tom, discharging every man on the way
down, and after thisfeat had been accom-
plished the Trustee would resign his
office.
Spinney holds the balance OF power on
the board, two of the other mem bers
being Republicans and the other two
Democrats. His politics is hard to fol.
low. He has been Populist, Repu blican
and Democrat at various times ami is now
a Democrat. While be is unable to read
and write the trustee is very cunning
schemer. He is now serving his second
term as representative of the "Bloody
Fit" ward on the board.
1t is believed that Spinney's matrimo-
nial infelicities are partly reponsibIe for
his strange and unreasonable conduct. A
few months ago his first wife, whom he
married in Maine In 1875, secured divorce
from him becauae Joe had been caught
in the society of younger and fairer
women. In few weeks the trustee we'd
ded lodging house keeper, having to go
to Reno, New, TO have The knot tied in
order to escape the law passed by the last
Legis ature. But Spinney's matrimonial
bliss was not to last long, for three weeks
after their marriage his second life fled,
after having collected considerable of his
rents. 1t is believed that she went 10
Stockton. Since her departure Spinney has
been gruff and suilen.
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DOOMED TO Dis, BUT ESCAPES.
Dr.. Kelly, Whose Eeath Was Eecreed
BY Peru's President, Teaches
Los Anqeies.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Aug. 15.-Dr. ].
Kelly, recently of Lima. Peru, was in this
yesterday, having made hurried trip
from the South American republic, where
ne had lived for twe2ty years, but which
can be his home no longer. Forty-four
days ago the doctor left the sea port of
Cailao between two days and sought
refuge on the British man -of-war Comus,
then in the harbor. The Peruvians wanted
to detain the doctor, not that they loved
him, but because they wanted 10 stand
him up against wall and shoot holes
through him. The crime for which he
would have thus suffered was according
to his story, his being on the wrong side
of the political fence.
Kelly had been so long in Peru that he
had been through many revolutions and
had served under many Governments: but
he was partisan of President Caceros,
who went out of power last December
and was succeeded by Pierola, who again
made himself provisional President.
The Pierola party. in its efforts to rid
the country of all of the friends of Cace-
ros, finally came around 10 DR.. Kelly,
who had been active in support of the de-
posed President, and the intrigues OF per-
sonal enemies assisted in putting around
him net designed for his undoing He
succeeded in eluding the soldiers sent TO
get him for execution. reached the sea-
shore. claimed ana obtained refuge on the
Comus, and by that vessel was taken to
Mazatlan, whence he came to San DIEGO
on coast steamer and to Los Angeles by
rail. He will tomorrow depart for Arl-
zona.
Dr. Kelly will file a claim agains. the
Peruvian Government, Notwithstanding
he was beaten on a previous occasion
when he sought United States aid TO force
the Peruvian Government to pay him for
his drugstore at Payta, burned by squad
OF revolutionists. He says that claim was
defeated because the matter was referred
to the American Consul, an Italian named
Dr. Columbus, who had personal grudge
against Kelly and reported against him.
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INSISTS UPON YING.
PHyailup Farmer Hho Refuses Food
Sent to an AsyIum.


Sent to an Asyluns.
TACOMA, WASH. Aug. 15.-The case OF
Ole Moen, Puyallup farmer, 65 years old,
is puZzling the authorities. For a year
past he could not be kept at home, but in
sisted on going into the woods, where he
would stay until nearly starved to death.
Then he would return to his farm and his
family would prepare food for him.
Usually be would refuse to eat and on
several occasions it was found necessary
to force food into his stomach in order TO
keep him alive. After recuperating few
days he would again return to the woods
where he slept in hut made of trees and
bOughs.
Last week his friends brought Moen to
town to allow physicians to examine him.
They could not aid him and yesterday he
was committed to the asylum. 1t was
found that about n year ago he was taken
with severe pains in the head and since
that time has been growing worse. He
refuses to talk and will give no account of
himself. The doctors concluded that it
would be unsafe 10 allow him to remain
longer at large.
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Fortified Insurgents Cannot Be
Dislodged by the Troops
Of Weyler.
REGULARS BEATEN IN THREE
ENGAGEMENTS.
Entering a Town After Defeat,
Spanish Soldiers Murder Fifty
Harmless Pacificos.

HAVANA, CUBA, via Key West, Fla,
Aug. 15.-The ravages made around the
principal towns near Havana by the in
surgent Colonel Raoul Arrange in his con-
tinual raids upon towns, and the many
challenges sent by him to WeyIer and all
other commanders of Spanish troops in
Havana province, led to a com bined at
tack upon him by the Spanish forces OF
General Morote and Colonel ArguelIes
Aguleria.
Colonel Arrange was fortified with 500
men in the hills of Ell Grillo near Mad
ruga, and repelled successfully three at
tacks of the Spaniards. After the first at
tack General Morote and Colonel Aguleria
retreated with heavy losses, among them
Major Ceyil. Captain MorguIla and five
heutenants. On the field in front of
Arango's trenches they left eighteen SOL
diers dead and thirteen wounded.
The second attack assumed the impor-
tance Of formal battle, lasting twenty
four hours. After it was seen that all
hope of takingArango's positions was futile
the Spaniards retreated again and re-
turned the next day-on last Wednesday
with heavy re-enforcements OF the bat
talions of Almanac Thisarcs de Ia Princea
and Aspana. Arrange was also re-enforced
by 800 insurgents and he further strength
ened his positions.
The third engagement lasted all day
Wednesday and the Spaniards retreated
again after having spent all their nmmuni-
tion in useless shots. Arango's losses
during the three fights were almost insig-
nifcant on account of his excellent sys-
TEN OF trenches. The Spanish losses were
80 men.
General Morote and Colonel AguIeria
had several times been rid lculed in Aran-
Ro's communications to WeyIer as having
refused to fight HIM while passing by
Grills Hills near Ma-ruga.
IL Matanzas province the Spanish bat
talon of Guadalaiara also incurred con-
siderable losses in an engagement with
Cubans near Bolondron. 1t is reported
that Spanish soldiers while entering the
town after the fight massacred over fifty
pacitiCos concentrated there.
General Gasco has been recalled by
Weyler from tie central trocha (Jucaro to
Moronl, on account of recent defeats
there.
A train between Sahanilla and Union,
Matanzas province, has been blown up
with dynamite by insurgents.
a battalion which escorted large Span
ish convoy that left ManzanilIo for San
tiago de Cuba had to take refuge in Veg
nitas, fortified town, for fear of losing
the convoy. The Mayor of Vegnitas then
asked for more re-enforcements to protect
the town, because the Cubans were follow
ing the Spanish battalion. An addi-
tional force was sent to Vegnitas, and an
engagement is expected al any moment.
At Carload, Santa Clara province. the
Spanish battalion OF Soria has fought sew
eral important engagements with the in.
surgents.
At this moment Spanish soldiers are
sick in different hospitals to the number
OF 80, 900 men.
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the San Joaquin River which have been
reclaimed at considerable xpense by the
erection of levees The soil is rich sedi-
ment. deposited by the overflow of the
sloughs during seasons of high water. By
the system of levees the land can be irri-
gated, and the grain of this year had been
watered one ana two times while growing.
There will be large output of cereals
from this section during the next Jew
years, but it is feared that sunflowers and
cockieburrs will ultimately gain possess
ion. This has been the difficulty with all
land which has been reclaimed along the
slough. After the farmers have overcome
the ever-present wire grass by repeated
plowing for season or two, they have
enjoyed the fruits of their abors for only
a few years, because the weeds would ap-
pear and battle all efforts to eradicate
them. They grow over and kill the grain
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Rails Laid Into Fr.,no.

VISALIA, CAL. Aug. 15.-The Valley
road EN- ployes completed laying the track
into the heart of town this afternoon. The
track-layers crossed the st. John River
bridge yesterday and got 10 within a half
mile Of the city limits. A large mum ber
of people witnessed the laying OF the las t
three-quarters of a mile, and all are now
rejoicing that VlsalIa is at last on the Val.
ley road. Several switches and ''Y
will be laid here at once, so as 10 have
everything ready for the first passenger
train on celebration day-Sep ptem Der 9.
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FRESNO COUNTY'S HARVEST.
Seasons Wheat field Estimated at Forty
thousand Tons.

FRESNO, CAL, Aug. l5.-The grain
harvest season is nearly over, and it is
now possible to MAKE an accurate esti
mate OF the yield in Fresno County this
year. The output for the county is placed
at 40, 900 tons. This is considered a two
thirds crop, the average yield being about
60, 600 tons. The quality of the grain this
year is good, and it brings the highest
prices. The heaviest crops in the county
were grown on the reclaimed land in the
slough country. on the west side, an aver
age of from twelve TO fifteen sacks nacre
being threshed.
There are several thousand acres along
the sloughs connecting Tulare Lake and