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ing his life various official positions of re-
sponsibility, in all of which he has ac-
Quilted himself with great credit and with
the entire approval of the people whom he
has represented. He has been an enthu-
siastic supporter of the work of building
the temple, and has devoted great deal
OF time and energetic that end, his hard
common sense and business capacity con-
tributing largely to the success.
Niles Pease is one OF the leading mer-
chants Of the city, of ire proachable char
acter and sound business judgment, whose
standing in the community is equal to
that of any one, and who has officially oc-
cupied the most important positions in
the Masonic fraternity. He has been one
of the prime movers in this enterprise
which has been so successfully accom-
plished. HIS energy and diligence have
been OF great service.
Julius H. Martin is the present candi-
date for Mayor of the city of Los Angeles
on the Republican ticket. He has been
secretary of the corporation from the start
o and has been untiring in his efforts in
collecting the money and attending to
various duties incumbent upon him in his
official position. His character and stand
ing and well-known honesty of purpose
have been OF great assistance.
James Gunner of the Kerckhoff-Cuzner
Mill and Lumber Company has been di-
rector from the start and constant in his
attention upon the duties incum bent upon
him in his official capacity, and ell who
know him and his devotion to any enter
prise with which he is connected know
how faithfully and well he has worked.
George Sinsabaugh, while he was not a
director the first year. having succeeded
Professor Innes, who was director dur
ing the first year OF the corporation, has
rendered valuable service and by his en-
ergy has contributed largely TO the success
of the work during the present year, as
did Professor Innes durin, the year pre-
cedIng.
George Vsrcoe, the efficient deputy
County Clerk, has been on the board from
the beginning and has been untiring in
his efforts and what he has done has been
well directed.
Frank RAIDER, the present commander OF
Los Angeles Commandery No. 8, also
Mayor OF the city of Los Angeles, has
since coming into office at the beginning
OF this year as the successor of Judge NJ.
T. Owens, who was director for the first
year, been a great acquisition TO the
board. His advice and assistance have
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and plow are at work preparing 1000 acres
for canaigre. 1t takes two years for
canaigre land to come into good bearing,
and factory will be erected later on for
preparing the root for tanning. and per-
haps there will also be a tannery on the
grounds.
Next week all of the members OF the
company are expected to make a visit to
their purchase. The managers are ex-
perienced men from Chicago, and the
moneyed men or hackers are from Eng
land and Scotland. 1t is thought the
company will expend S1000,000 on the
tract in i'm proving the grounds, putting
up buildings and developing water. The
trolIey-car line from Rialto to San Ber-
nardino, the county seat, for which fran
chise has been granted, is among the i'm
mediate possibilities.
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room. Beresford attempted to follow him
into the cage, but Naher had the door
closed against him. To the remark, II
thought you were gentleman" Beres-
ford had reported, +Oh, are you able to
iudge?"
They did not dine together that day.
which coldness marked the beginning of
feud, which resulted in the memorable
encounter of last evening.
The immediate trouble that led up to
yesterdays difficulty is best told by the
persons themselves. The two accounts
are somewhat different. Last night Beres-
ford attempted to enter the apartsments
of Mrs. Naher to BID her good-by, so he
says, and the angry husband gave him a
thrashinp
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MASONS CONDUCT
DEDICATORY RITES
Impressive Ceremonies in
the New Temple at
Los Angeles.
Scottish Rite Lodge Takes Pos
session of Its Splendid
Quarters.
Praises Showered Upon the Men Who
Labored for the Building of
the Editice.

LOS ANGELES, Call, Feb. 22.-one
year ago to-day an event of great moment
10 the local Masonic fraternity took place
in Los Angeles, This was the laying OF
the cornerstone of the splendid d temple
which now adorns the west side OF Hill
street, between Fourth and Fifth. The
grand officers of California were present
and conducted the ceremonies.
The elegant building, with the lot, cost
about $780, 900. 1t was formally opened on
December % last 1t is planned for FIVE
stories, three of which are completed and
now partially occupied. On the second
floor are five Blue Lodge rooms, three of
which are nov In use. Then there is one
of the most elegant dance halls in the
State, banquet hall and room for the
Eastern Star. The ladies of this order
dedicated their hall last Saturday with q
banquet and dance
On the third floor are two capacious and
deliberately equipped rooms for the chap
ter and commandery and the Scottish Rite
lodge The latter of these has been occu-
pied this week in dedicating its hall in
the most imposing manner. Following
the dedicatory exercises and lectures n
banquet was spread. The grand officers
of this lodge hau charge OF the ceremonies
and of course participated in the subse-
quent festivities. The commandery will
soon dedicate its hall, which will COM
plete the dsdicatory services in this great
temple of the south.
The officers of the Masonic Tenn pie Asso-
citation are: Hervey Llndley, preside mt !;
Judge S. J. Beck. vice-president; Niles
Pease, treasurer; Julius II. Martin, secre-
tary, and the board of directors includes
those four, with James Gunner, George SIN
sabaugh, George Varcoe, Frank RAIDER and
John Z. Jackson, lately deceased. These
men are well enough known in the com
munity without any special reference to
their qualifications for the duties they
have undertaken and performed.
The construction OF this temple was un-
dertakep at the request of Hervey Lindley
while eminent commander of Cpur de
Leon Commandery. On the evening
Wnen the suggestion was made $4,000
worth of stock was subscribed, which
started the enterprise. From that time
on the officers and the board have labored
diligently and raised $50, 600, and built,
furnished and equipped the temple so that
now, as they are beginning to occupy the
premises, they have home OF their own
all paid for-something unusual in the
construction of building of public
character; but the proposition from the
start was 10 build, equip and own the
premises free of incum brance.
Judge S. J. Beck is a retired capitalist,
having been e resident of this city for
long time. He was at one time president
OF the City Council, and has occupied dur
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JUSKErEKs at SAN JOSE.
Le0tsldtors Faror Remort,s0 Whittier
Girls ia SdntG Clara.

Le0isldtoTs Fdror Remortn0 Whittier
Girls ia SdntG Clara.
SAN JOSE. CAL, Feb. 22.-The COM
mittee appointed by the Legislature to
inspect the State institutions, and which
arrived in this city last evening, this
morning visited Agnews Insane Asylum
and the grounds of the old Home for
Fee ble-minded Child rem at Santa Clara.
The conduct of affairs was praised and
highly commended. 1t was the general
view of the members that the feeble
minded home property was suited for a
home for wayward girls and that the wei
fare of the girls would be greatly bene-
flied by their removal from Whittier. The
committee visited the Normal School and
inspected the proposed site on the grounds
requested of the State for a high school.
The committee left for Sacramento this
afternoon.
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Death of Pierce Ro,rasn.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Feb. 22.-Pierce Bow
den, an old resident of this county, died at
the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Mary
A. Carroll, in this city Yesterday. He was
a native of County Kilkenny, Ireland, and
81 years OF age. He came to America in
1S46 and to California in 1876. He was the
father OF William A. Bowden and Nicholas
Bowden, attorneys. of this city. He will
be buried tomorrow morning.
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Close of the Butb sho,p.

SAN JOSE. CAL, Feb. 22.-The bulb
show of the Santa Clara County Floral
Society in Turn Verein Halt closed this
evening. Tie exhibit was the best ever
held on the coast and proved success
financially ana otherwise. There was q
large attendance this afternoon and even
ing. Splendid musical programmes were
rendered. Mrs. Schultz, Miss Erna
Schnabel and Mrs. S. w. Boring had
charge of the programme this afternoon,
and the evening s entertainment was under
the direction of Mrs. c. d. Wright, Mrs.
II. Lorimer and Miss Lizzie Abbott.
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stanford Defeat. santa Cru-.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, Feb. 22-The
stanfords and the Santa Cruz Electric:
played eight innings of baseball this after
noon at Vue de l'Eau Park without run.
In the ninth Stanford made five in quick
order and Santa Cruz failed to score. The
game was without special features. though,
the teams worked hard Billy Large.
Stantord's coach. umpired satisfactorily.
Tonight the visitors were entertained by
Mr.. and MIS-. E. B. Pixley of the Pacific
Ocean House at social hop.
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The Dcadlock at Salem.

SALEM, CR., Feb. 22.-The rollcall OF
the joint assembly to-day showed only 80
present. Mitchell has virtually with
drawn from the contest and an organiza-
tion with Jonathan Bourne as Speaker
will likely take place tomorrow. Mitch
elIs forces are now breaking away and
when enough decide to leave him out
organization and the election of some
other Republican will take place. The
victory will be with the "stayouts."
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Hnppy badgers celebrate.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Feb. 22.-The Society
of Happy Badgers, composed of natives
and ex-residents of Wisconsin, celebrated
Washington's birthday with appropriate
exercises and dinner at the Unitarian
church. President c. H. Allen presided
About 150 Badgers we're present. After
the exercises and feast reunion was
held and the participants divided into
WiscOnsin
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STOCKTON MEN
COME To BLOWS
Society Agog Over a Fight
Between Two of Its
Leaders.
William Beresford and A. F
Naher Pummel Each Other
on a Street.
One Mans Attentions to Another's
Wife Lead to Lively
Fracas.

STOCKTON, CAL. Feb. 22-All Stock
ton is talking tonight about the latest
sensation in social circles. William
Beresford and A. F. Naher, both of whom
are lions of local society, were the princi-
pals in lively affray in front OF the I'm
perial Hotel last evening. Mr.. Naher
attacked Mr.. Beresford, knocking him
down with right-hander sucl as Carson
will probably never see, even though Cor.
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van Gire Mimstr,l sho,cs.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Feb. 22-The Garden
City Cyclers' Minstrels have reorganized
and intend to make two weeks tour of
the towns along the coast this spring. A
special car will be chartered and the CON-
pany will play at Redwood City. Menlo
Park, Gilroy, Santa Cruz, Salinas, Watson
vile and Hollister.
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Rtalto's Canaiore Industry.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Feb. 22.-The
transfer of the several thousand acres of
the defunct Semi Tropic Land and Water
Company 10 Eastern capitalists is working
a revolution in Rialto. The grubbing hoe
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camp and had long talk with the
Piutes to pacify them.
The military showing made to-day
seems to have frightened the braves and
they are quiet tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-23
FOOD COFFEE.
A HEALTHY FAMILY
Will Be the Result.

HART, Mich.-Postum Cereal Co., Linn,
Battle Creek, Mich. Gents: Please send
me $500 worth of Postum by express; in
closed find money order for same.
My family all like it; no more coffee for
US. Yours truly, j. A Collier.
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1EhiN6ION, NeRS r0Ds @Os
Governor Sddler, Carson: Indians have threat
ened to burn and kill all whites within reach
OF the valley. Send us fifty men by special
train and fifty extra stands of arms. By order
of citizens committee.
Yerrilgton is a small station on the
Carson and Colorado narrow-gauge, thirty
miles from this city. At Mason Valley,
near Yerington, three white men met an
Indian and two squaws a few days ago
and attempted to kidnap the women. The
buck lnteriered and was struck over the
head with an iron bar and killed. The
local authorities released the murderers
after perfunctory examination and the
Flutes determined to punish the whites in
their own way. The squaws were sent
away from the valley and the settlers fed
pellmell to Yerington and wired for as
sistance.
Adjutant- General Galucha was dis.
patched to Yerington with instructions tc
report on the situation Immediately, and
the State National Guard was placed un-
der arms at Virginia City. This evening
reports of pacific nature were received
from the reservation and the guard was
dismissed. The fighting bucks do not
mum Der more than 100 and could easily be
dispersed by the Mason Valley cowboys,
who are well armed and always ready fol
trouble.
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A reliable grocer will never offer cheap
or weak imitation of genuine original
article because he happens to make little
extra profit. But it is well to observe,
when genuine Postum Cereal coffee is or
dered, that you get Pos tum and not spu-
rious imitation offered as lust as good"
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-23

'A1s1NAA O44 II NEf.s reU. IL
Colonel F. c. Lord, commanding officer of
the First Regiment, N. n. G.. received the
following dispatch this morning:
CARSON, Feb. %.
Colonel N. C. Lord; Hold one company of
your command in readiness for active service
at moments notice. 1t is reported there is
serious outbreak in Mason Valley l go
10 Wabuska on this mornings train.
at once. The Governor has received following
message: Indians have threatened 10 burn
all the property and kill ell of the white men
and women within reach of this valley. Send
us fifty men by special train and fifty stand of
arms as soon as possible" 1 will wire from
Wabuska
C. a. GALUsHA, Adjutant-General.
Colonel Lord Immediately ordered the
following details from the three local
companies 'of the National Guard: Com
pany A, one officer and twenty men; Com
pany B. captain, first lieutenant and
thirty man; Battery A, one officer and
ten men. The officers selected to COM
mand the details were ordered to have
their men equipped in marching order for
field service.
Besides the rifles carried by his COM
mand, the colonel ordered fifty stands of
rifles and ammunition boxed up ready for
shipment, tc arm the settlers of the valley.
Colonel Lord will take command in per son
OF the detachment of troops from this
place, should their services be needed.
Should the situation become serious
enough to warrant, the full strength of the
First Regiment will be ordered to the
front
The number of Indians IN the State, in
Guiding the Washoes, is about 5000. OF
this number about 1000 are Piutes. There
are 900 Piutes on the Pyramid Lake and
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.PIUTE INDIANS
THREATEN WAR
Murder Of a Brave Causes
Trouble on a Nevada
Reservation.
Yerington Citizens Call Upon
Governor Sadler to Send
Assistance.
Belligerent Redskins Cowed by a
Slight Display of Military
Force.

CARSON, My, Feb. 22.-The Piute and
Shoshone Indians on the reservation near
Pyramid Lakes were reported To be in a
belligerent mood this morning, but a
slight display of force by the State author
tiles cooled them down, and all is quiet
tonight. The first intimation of trouble
came in the form of message to Cover
nor rsSadler, which read as follows:
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TROOPS IN READINESS.
Prepared to Leave Yfrginia City at a
Moments Notice

VIRGINIA CITY. New. Feb. %
Colonel F. c. Lord, commanding officer of
the First Regiment, N. n. g., received the
following dispatch this morning:
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Darwinian Theory i'm China.

AS in everything else. the Chinese
have their own and original Darwinian
theory. Explaining the movements OF
winds, rains, clouds and Of the earth
itself in a unique way, they go ON tc
trace the descent of the human kind.
When the earth became fitted tc
sustain life small herbs We're the first
to put in an appearance. Then came
strong shrubs and trees. AS the body
Of man. unwashed for years, breeds
vermin, so the mountains, unlaved by
the ceas, bred worms and insects
greater creatures always developing
from the lesser. In the course of un.
told ages beetles became turtles. earth.
worms became serpents md Nightly.
ing insects became birds. Mice de.
velopad into wildcats. and the wildcats
into tigers. The manfis was by some
method transformed into an ape. and
some of the apes were finally born
hairless. a hairless ape playing with
two fiints accidentally kindled a fire by
striking them together With the fire
thus obtained he cooked food, and the
eating Of food thus prepared made
him more strong and intellectual THAI
his follow ape.
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Dragons Horn Trumpet.

Germany is not only fertile in com.
posers, but 1t would seem also in in.
strument-makers. 1t Is but a short
time since Ritter's viola-alta became
known, since that we have heard some
thing about n violette and n 'cellono. or
similar names, and the newest inven.
ton is a dragon horn trumpet. The
new instrument is oval-shaped and ter.
inmates in horn, representing drag.
on's head, with its jaws wide open, and
curved tongue In the middle. The
cup-shaped mouthpiece is bent like that
of the bass clarinet. The dragon horn
trumpet possesses three valves and an
apparatus for the regulation of the
sounds, which allows the player to
pass, without ceasing to blow, from
the loudest forte to the softest piano.
The timbre is described as partakine
Of that of the corno di caccia and that
of the trumpet-whence the name. The
happy inventor is G. w. Moritz, of Der.
lin.-Berliner Signale.
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Ransacking Tombs Of Kings.

A correspondent of the Paris Temps
gives some interesting details of the
ransacking of the palace of the ex-
Queen of Madagascar after her depart
ure for the Island of Reunion. Consid-
cradle quantities of perfumery, tex
tiles of all kinds, bonnets, umbrellas,
china, glass, etc., were found, which
eveidently came from the customs at
the time when import duties were lev
led in kind. In her drawing and bed
rooms were several autograph letters
from the German Emperor, the Queen
of England and the King of Italy, and
enormous addresses, twelve feet long
sent by ladies of Bristol and Edin-
burgh. Photographs of several French
men who have recently played an i'm
portant military or political part in
Madagascar were likewise found, and
some of the inscriptions have excited
no little curiosity. In terra-cotta jars
underneath were discovered nearly
5000 in Mexican piastres and de-
monetized silver. Other discoveries
of treasure are hoped for. Several
days were occupied in the transfer to
special place of the scattered re-
mains of the old kings of Antananarivo
and Imerina. The tombs were opened
in the presence of representatives of
all the noble castles, summoned for the
purpose. The coins contained in
them tend to prove that the origin of
royalty in Imerina is less ancient
than was imagined-two and half
centuries at the utmost. The bodies
of two old kings had been placed in
collins formed of sheets of silver ham
mered out, but not soldered. This
metal, unknown in Madagascar, is
supposed to have been obtained from
five franc pieces melted down. Many
bracelets of massive gold were found,
as we'll as silver coats of mail, and
Arab and Indian jewellery, all of very
poor artistic work. Soon the tombs
of the kings at Ambohimanga and Ilaf
will be opened and the remains brought
to Antananarivo. At Ambohimanga
are three massive silver collins.
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Size OF a Spiders Thread.

Leeuwenhoek, the first microscopic,
wrote in 1856 as follows. II have often
compared the size of the thread spun
by full grown spiders with a hair of
my beard. placed the thickest part
of the hair before the microscope, and
from the most accurate Judgment /
could form, more than hundred of
such threads placed side by side could
not equal the diameter of one such
hair. If, then, we suppose such hair
to be of round form, it follows that
10000 threads spun by the full grown
spider when taken together will not be
equal in substance to the size of q
single hair. To this if we add that
400 young spiders, at the time when
they begin to spin their webs, are not
larger than one full grown one, and
that each of these minute spiders pos
sesses the same organs as the larger
one, it follows that the exceeding small
threads spun by these little creatures
must be still 400 times slenderer; and,
consequently, that 1000, 600 of these
minute spiders threads cannot equal
in substance the size of single hair. :"
Microscope.
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trumpets and the rafting charge of
cavalry were his delight and pleasure,
but when 1t came to getting up at GER
tain hour every morning, going to bed
at the sound Of a bugle, and, above all,
keeping neat and clean, army life be-
gan to lose it's joys.
The Indian is at no time disciplin-
arian. Authority to be acceptable must
rest very lightly, indeed, upon him. So
he refused to learn anything about
Upton's Tactics, and simply disregard
ed everything that he could. The sum-
mary punishment that follows these
offenses-the guardhouse-filled his
soul with wrath, and he began to get
sullen and bitter and ugly.
1t is a characteristic of the Indian
that he prefers to eat whenever posi-
bic, and those possibilities cannot be
too frequent to suit him. Uncle Sam
allows his soldiers liberal rations. but
the Indian cavalrymen astonished
their superiors by demanding double
rations, claiming that as Indians they
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Our French Pioneers.

The long train Of evils which had ex-
tended with distressing uniformity
through every stage Of the adventure
was not to end here, says Lippincotts.
The diversity Of the obstacles present
ed would seem TO suggest that all the
causes Of evil were In league to defeat
the purposes of Napoleon's banished
followers. The curse of destiny which
rested upon their fallen idol seemed to
follow like an avenging spirit in the
wilderness wake, dispensing every
where with pitlless hand the unhappy
fruits Of ruin. A new form Of disaster
was presented In the invasion of a
horde Of unprincipled American squat
ters. who. without the shadow of title.
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Hitting Power of the Ocean.

Landsman who are slow to realize
the tremendous force of the sea had
on object lesson ashore in the city the
other day, when five large tanks, built
to contain 100000 pounds of soap,
but temporarily filed with water, and
situated on the fourth floor of large
building on West Fifty-second street,
this city, collapsed and completely
wrecked the whole structure, killing
three men, and doing large amount
of damage. The tanks were each a.
bout fifteen feet high and about thir-
teen feet in diameter, and contained
161, 703 pounds of water, but the
floors and supporting beams proved
altogether inadequate to stand the
strain. A wave of the dimensions of
one of these tanks is not at all unusual
at sea, says the marine Journal" and
when such wave breaks on a vessels
deck, the force of the blow can only
be estimated by the amount of damage
it does in spite of elasticity of the
water beneath the vessel to ease her
in receiving the shock. When the
city fremen state that stream from
a hose under fifty pounds pressure will
cut through any ordinary brick wall,
the force of the sea in gale may be,
perhaps, better imagined.