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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-05-23
THE MON rEREI.

b,s boon ordered to Manila to reinforce
the Asiatic squadron.
The Monterey is described as coast
defense monitor Of nearly 5000 tons
aisplacement. and is q very powerful
vessel in fight. though rather slow OF
movement.
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GOES TO MANILA.
Coast Defense Monitor Monterey VIII
10 Sent to Reinforce Dewey's

WASHINGTON, May 23.-The navy
department ut o'clock posted the fol-
lowing bulletin:
The United States steamer Monterey
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II MAN Z. COOLEY.

-.&@At II necessity. could com.
" Ne A.!an,ic and Pacific oceans
= =, 'sAer fleets in tho world would
iae l. d..
: race for Manila. wc starting At
'.N and Spain at Cadiz. we
,"e Alcarauga canal could roach
lpplnes before any fleet passing
'aaa. could do So"
The Journey Of tho Oregon.
ley has studied the journey
o"A'4eshlp Oregon around South
WITH extraordinary interest.
'7e Alcaraguan canal had been
80 tho Oregon might have
"''N Sampson weeks ago. or III an
s."ey any part Of our navy could
s''eaed to the Pacific coast with
III y thousands Of miles OF
.rp.se at tho least" said Mr..
!, u costs $4,000, 900 to con.
h., 'aiS canal, or ut tho most
,, s'20o' what would that amount
n :" oi the fact that ut the pres
,'eil, every city on tho Pacific
kho, o1la be destroyed by hostile
,,e ,'o'e any battleship Of ours could
Ia una Cape Horn. When we
na h tho ruins Of San Francisco
E.o A'' would be ut New York. and
'pl, We were there he would be al
VI safely at home.
'''' From a war ro.n. Of View.
(se II ns aside all questions Of the
Eacy = ol tho canal rs a powerful
kce 'of developing our com
oon D'N at its construction from q
II" "ly"A' Of view.
Con- lahtlc coast will always be
Nr i, "''atlon point for tho cream
Rs h' New York City IS li.ool
Ara. an Francisco, without the
k,s !, !, canal; that Is, via inc
IN, Sel!an, steam vessels leav'
G S., ofN arc over Is. 600 miles
! Can. fancisco aud sailing vessels
"a w., Urn 10, 900 miles away. Inc
ts , u shorten our route o,2"'
&s - the other route 10, 7ot
Ns = man.of. war sailing II
d, yer hour, or 24O miles
eaco would save in the one
DAYS and In the other -
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|EED IT NOW
Imam +. Cooley Talks About
N, 4 .yantagcs Of the Mic
aragua Canal.
|o,,l Be Worth SlOO,oOO .ODo
10 Uncle Sam Just rs Il
Bluff.
f,h Ii We Could Send Ship.
From ocean to Ocean in Very
quick Time.
,ni>h War and the Trip Of the
| OREGON Will Make Its Ncccs-
sity Apparent.

CrlrA5o, May 23.-Mr. Lyman T..
..sy. ,Ae wcll.known engineer whc
...wJ months oi last winter Oh the
,s j. ,Ae psop oscd Nicaragua canal.
/. interview says:
4, tu1. II nothing more. the
2n,uA canal IN operation today
-lb. worth elOo 900. 900 TO this gov.
k-.-, l.2li lctcd. il could pcrpct.
Ly ay t8a.. nations that our fleets,
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First Manila Expedition About Ready ia
Sail From San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23.-General
Otis. who is in command Of the first
Manila expedition, has not been oifi.
ciallv informed when he is to start. bat
thinks he will get away on the City OF
Peking inside Of "a hours. Everything
is in readiness for the reception Of the
men on board tho steamer and provls.
ions are being stored as rapidly as pos.
sible. Rations to last 400 men six
months will be taken besides ammuni.
ton. arms and machinery for the re.
n,irinc Of Admiral Deweys fleet.
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RAISING IMnt Ms.
Evidence That the Campaign in Cuba Il
to BE Hccun At Oncr

to BE Begun at Oncc
NEW YORK, May % A special to
The Tribune from Washington saws:
The intention Of the war department
TO force the Cuban campaign was suf.
hciently indicated iy the steps taken
during the day for the speedy mobi!.
izatlon and equipment Of the immune
regiments authorized by recent act q
congress. This law, which empowers
the president 10 organize an additional
volunteer force not exceeding 10000
enlisted men, possessing immunity
from the diseases incident 70 tropical
climates" will h. immediately put
into effect by the Aation Of six regl-
ments of ncar.y 1000 men each TO be
Recruited In tho Gulf states
Assurances from that section are to the
effect that these men are practically
ready for mastering IN and are await.
ing equ pments. Nearly all Of them
have had military training and conf
dcnco Is expressed that they can b.
ready for active service within 10 days.
The president has selected the colonies
OF these immunes from among the best
officers in the regular army and orders
Will be issued to hurry South and begin
the organization Of their commands
reporting for duty to the Fourth corps
under Major General Coppinger a;
Mobile
seven thousand Mt Falls Church.
WASHINGTON. May 23.-At sundown
1000 volunteers were under canvas at
Camp Aleer. near Falls Church, Va.
During the day the number of men III
Camp was more than doubled.
The herald., 1898-03-05
TO WATER THE DESERT
Another Plan to Rescue the Mojave
Wilderness

SAN BERNARDINO, March 4.--Another
attempt is to be made to utilize the waters
of the Mojave river, both above and below
ground, for the purpose of irrigating the
desert. The plan materialized in the brain
Of ]. w. Lansing, who has filed on $4,000
inches of the flow from the bed and under
flow of the Mojave river, with the avowed
purpose of using the water for irrigation
mining, mechanical and all other kinds of
power purposes and domestic use. The
water is to be taken out from the river
at a point eight miles from Barstow and
half mile south of the Atlantic and Pa
cif1c railroad, on the northwesterly side
of the bank of the river.
The means OF diversion are to be dam
feet wide and three feet deep, and the ditch
deep. The land to be irrigated is to be In
the Mojave river valley, on the west
northwest and north sides of the river
and located principally in townships 9 and
10. of ranges l and west, of San Bernar-
dino base and meridian, and the adjoining
townships at all points where the water
can be carried by the bitches and fumes
proposed from the point of diversion.
AS this amount of water, if secured
would irirgate from $4,000 to rs 900 acres OF
the Mojave desert, the plan, If carried out
In good faith, means a great improvement
and building up of the country in that sec.
ton. AS it is above the flow of water Sc
cured for the Minneola colony, 1t may
cause some friction with that irrigation
scheme and furnish more work for the
lawyers than water for the settlers.
The herald., 1898-03-05
KICKED HIM HARD
J. M Taylor Convicted Of Battering E.
F Wallis Anatomy

J. M. Taylor, the well-known real estate
dealer was found guilty of charge of bat-
terry in Justice Owens court yesterday
afternoon, and will be sentenced today.
He was arrested on complaint of E. F.
Vail, a member of firm engaged in spe-
cial advertising business. Taylor had en-
tered into contract with Wallis firm for
a write-up and had signed a contract with
the firm. He claimed yesterday that
condition of the contract was that the
firm was to buy house from him before
March 16 or else the contract would be
considered void. The house was not pur.
chased up to the time Of the assault. Vail
went to Taylor's office, on Third street,
between Spring street and Broadway on
the 1st inst. to secure the copy for his
"ad.," and also to collect $25 alleged to be
due. Taylor demanded to see the contract,
and when 1t was handed him he discovered
that the alleged condition had been eradi-
Gated from It, He wrote the word, can
celed." across the face of the paper and
would have kept IT had not Vail snatched
1t from his hands and started for the door.
Taylor pursued him and at the head of the
stairs landed heavy kick "at the base OF
the spine," as Vail expressed 1t in court.
resulting in the latters hasty exit into the
street. Taylor's defense was that he had
been provoked by the action of the col.
lector in taking the contract from him.
The herald., 1898-03-05
WATER Is SCARCE
Without Rain in Quantity the Situa-
ton Will Be Critical

SAN BERNARDINO, March 4.-Without
heavy fall of rain this spring, not only
will the loss be great to non-irrigable
lands, but the question of irrigation will
be a perplexing problem before the sum-
mer is over. The mountain reservoirs and
catchments, both natural and artificial,
are very low, with but slight prospect of
filing this spring. Bear Valley reservoir
was never at SO low a stage as it is at
present. The mountain streams that usu-
ally give full fiow Of water at this period
are as dry now as in midsummer. The
Redlands Electric Light company, that
expected to run by water power during
the entire winter and spring, has already
at least three months ahead of the usual
time been compelled to turn from water
to steam to obtain power to run its dyna-
mos, as the stream Is at present as dry as
1t usually is In August
All the mountain streams are in the
same predicament, with but little hone of
better flow this spring. At Ontario the
water famine is already beginning to be
felt, as the flow down San Antonio cam
yQn is now at its summer stage, and the
prospects are that in that colony irrira-
tion will be either impossible during the
coming summer or will be on the very
shortest rations.
Owing to the short feed and the prospects
Of very high figure for hay, many people
are gelling on their cows for. so each.
when their market value is usually 80 Ut
lthis season. Without more rain. the best
The herald., 1898-03-05
R1A1To BOND WAR
Every Inch Of Legal Ground Strenu-
ously Contested

SAN BERNARDINO, March At is
seldom such fight is made on mere de-
murrer in suit as that now going on in
the superior court before Judge Campbell,
where for three days the attorneys have
been at work with arguments on the sup
port or overruling of demurrer made
by the plaintiff, M. C. Butterfield to the
second amended complaint of Eugene
Weston, collector of the Rialto irrigation
district. The demurrer is opposed by the
tntervenors who comprise the holders of
nearly $780, 900 in the bonds of the district,
which it is proposed by this action to
have declared null and void. The second
amended complaint to which the plaintiff
demurs covers the entire ground, and it's
defeat by the sustaining of the demurrer
settles the entire question, and tn bonds
are worthless and the district has no legal
existence.
The firm of Otis, Gregg & Hall are attor-
neys for the plaintiff, with Shirley C..
Ward of Los Angeles as attorney for the
intervenors, while the plaintiff is assisted
by Henry Goodcell. jr., of San Francisco,
who is engaged on other suits looking to
the same end and pools his issue on this
question. 1t is the most important suit in
Its far-reaching effects ever tried In this
court and is closely watched by other irri-
cation districts, which are making SIM
liar fights for their bonds and existence.
The herald., 1898-03-05
{. ]. CLARK'S FATAL FALL
ACCIDENT TO A WELL-KNOWN
SANTA MONICA CITIZEN
Fell Thirty Feet From the Roof Of the
W. G. T. q. Building and Died
in Five Minutes

SANTA MONICA, Mach 4.-E. j. Clark,
well-known in cycling circles and propri
etor of the Third-street cyclery, fell from
the roof of the w. c. L. U. building this
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, receiving injuries
from which he died in five minutes.
Mr.. Clark was working on some wires
which are strung, about IA inches apart
to the cornice on the front part of the
building. One of these wires furnishes
DR.. Waite's dentistry apparatus with pow
er from the cyclery, the other being the
line of local telegraph system, in which
Mr.. Clark was deeply interested, and which
is a a.grounded wire. The general opinion is
that Mr.. Clark reached across the cornice
touching both wires with his arm and
forming a circuit, thereby receiving a
shock sufficient to cause him to lose his
balance. In falling, he struck the top OF
a billboard, where he received the fatal
blow which caused his death.
His father, j. H. Clark, was in the cy-
clery. just across the street, at the time
and heard the fall. With others. he rushed
to the other side of the high billboard and
found his son half-reclining on pile OF
lumber. He was carried to the cyclery
and Drs. Place and Hamilton arrived i'm
mediately, but nothing could be done, and
he died in few moments without regain
ing consciousness. His neck was broken
and, in addition, fracture was received
at the base of the brain which was suffi.
cient to have caused death.
Mr.. Clark belonged to one of the most
prominent families Of Santa Monica and
was a genius In electrical matters He
leaves, besides father and mother, a
widow and young son, who have the sin
cere sympathy of the entire community
in their sudden bereavement.
The coroner was notified and an inquest
will be held in the morning.
The herald., 1898-03-05
AT THE THEATER

LOS ANGELES STHEATER.-Janet Wal.
dorf appeared for the second time in this
city last night in the character of Julia
in 1.-THE Hunchback,' and confirmed the
good impression made by her acting the
night before, when she played the part OF
Parthenia in "Ingomar." The success Of
the performance was also due in marked
degree to the acting of William McVay a.
Master Walter. A
The audiences that have greeted Misg
Waldorf have not been large, owing to the
fact, no doubt, that she has arrived here
unheralded and consequently unknown.
The work that she is doing, however, en-
titles her to warm recognition, which no
doubt she will receive in due time. At the
matinee today .The Hunchback" will be
repeated and "Ingomar" will be given for
the last time tonight.
The herald., 1898-03-05
The Riverside Mystery

RIVERSIDE. March 4.-Sheriff johnson
is having lot of circulars printed giving
a description Of the man whose body was
found in the river bottom near the city
last December, with view to supplying all
the peace officers in the state with copies.
in the hope that the unfortunate may be
identified and possibly the mystery of his
death cleared up. Some time ago Gov.
Budd offered a reward of $500 for informa-
tion which would identify the man and lead
to the capture of his murderers, and to this
sum Sheriff Johnson has added 500. A pic
ture of the dead man will be printed on the
circulars. The claim by. some that the
dead body was that of w. F. Schrode of
Elsinore Is not credited by the officers, for
it is believed by them that Schrode is alive
and well, and further, that he is residing
in Ventura county now. Mrs. Schrode still
maintains, however, that the body is that
of her absent husband.
The herald., 1898-03-05

partisans held meeting this evening to
make final arrangements for the mass
meeting to be held next Tuesday evening.
brass band will be In attendance and
all indications point toward an enthusiasts
tic meeting which will be of great interest
to all citizens interested In the movement.
The Pasadena High School Glee club
gave concert tonight in the NJ z. taber-
nacle. An admission fee of 10 cents was
charged and as there was goodly attend
ance neat sum was made for the high
school library.
Mac D. SNOWFALL gave a stereopticon
lecture In the North Congregational church
last evening upon Scotland, in which coun-
try Mr.. SNOWFALL has recently Travelled.
About $50 pictures were shown and the lee
ture was highly enjoyed by the large aud
ience present.
SOCIAL EVENTS
The members of the tabernacle quartet.
Mrs. w. B. Clapp, Mrs. James McLachlan,
Charles A. Smith and DR.. J. T. Parker, en-
tertained the official board of the church
last evening, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Isaac Bailey on East Colorado street.
The Terpsichorean club recently organ
lied for instruction in dancing, gave q
dance last evening in Kramer's hall. The
club Is composed of young married people
and meets once week.
The members Of the Sans Soucf club were
entertained yesterday afternoon by Mrs. G.
g. Green at her Altadena home. At the
conclusion of dainty luncheon progressive
euchre was played. Mrs. Andrew McNally
won first prizes Mrs. E. r. Hull second and
Mrs. e. A. Ford lone hand.
The w. c. T. U. held a parlor meeting in
the M. p. church Thursday afternoon. Mrs.
Tongiers, state organizer. was the princi>
pal speaker. Sixty-nine ladies were pres
ent and nine new members were obtained.
Las Casitas sanitarium has been pur-
chased by DR.. George Wall through the
agency of c. F. Hamlin DR.. Wall will re-
open 1t for patients very soon.
PERSONAL
DR.. C. N, Thompson and wife of Boston
are the guests of r. H. Pinney of South
Marengo avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Dement, of Astoria,
Or, arrived here terday to spend the win
ter. Mr.. Dement, is brother of Mrs. ]. p.
Church of Center street
Rev. Allen Hastings has returned from
Arizona.
Mrs. A. I. Cannon is improving from a
prolonged illness.
Senator George A. Barker left today for
Randsburg.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Par
sons, who are here from Salt Lake CITY
Is very Ill with brain fever and little hons
is entertained for her recovery.
Rev. and Mrs. H. w. Lathe entertained
with social this evening at their home.
The herald., 1898-03-05
Republican Convention

RIVERSIDE, March 4-Municipal poll
tics are warming up as the time for holding
the Republican convention draws near,
This event will take place tomorrow and
the leaders Of the party are doing the
best they can," as usual to run the ma
chine just as they want 1t to CO. The city
central committee made one bad mistake.
however, in the call for the convention
when the delegation was fixed, for
the bosses are finding 1t quite difiicult to
surround the bunch. At the present time it
looks as though there was going to be a
very lively convention and that the slate
will have a hard time OF 1t to get through
the fight In a whole condition.
The herald., 1898-03-05
the water rate ordinance. The rates are

the water rate ordinance. The rates are
practically the same as before.
DR.. Doty of Santa Monica has bought out
the interest of o. c. Hinman Of the drug
firm of Hinman & Dial al Redondo.
Indications point to the fact that River
side will have open air evening band con-
certs throughout the summer season.
G. e. Stuart, the Redondo grocer, has
moved into the premises in the English
block formerly occupied by the Co-opera-
tive store.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Etiwanda has
undertaken to raise the balance of the
money still needed to build a new Congre-
gational church.
The last trip of the George Loomis from
San Francisco to Ventura and return was
made in sixty-three hours. She carried up
6317 barrels of oil.
A new well has just been completed north
of Pomona. close to the foothills. The well
is 22o feet deep and has ninety feet of
water standing in it.
About fifty members of Ramona Re.
bekah lodge, I. o. o. f., of Riverside will
go to Corona this evening for the purpose
of inStituting a new lodge of the order al
that place.
In the superior court of Orange county
yesterday Matthew Potter was granted q
divorce from Sarah A. Potter, and Mrs
Cora Erdman of Anaheim was granted a
divorce from F. c. Erdman.
The Epworth leagues of Orange county
held convention yesterday in the First
Methodist church of Santa Ana. 1t was
the first convention of the kind to be held
in that county and was we'll attended.
The Ventura city trustees, after six Sc
cret sessions, have arrived at the conclu-
sion that the water rates must be cut and
as basis took the figures of the water
company when 1t offered to sell to the
town, which were $108. 500 The decrease is
$500.
City Engineer Leslie of Santa Ana is
busily engaged in laying out Birch pari
according to the plans and designs pre-
pared by Gardener Hoss. 1t will only be
short time now before the city has a
public park of which it will not be
ashamed.
The Grand Army post of Riverside Is
circulating a petition which will be pre-.
sented to the city trustees, asking tha
body to appoint an arbor day when all citi
zens will be asked to contribute trees ant
assist in the work of beautifying the new
park grounds which were set apart by the
| city last winter.
| laying the asphalt pavement on the mali
streets of Riverside. has begun suit agains
E. j. Davis to collect the amount Of thu
| latter's assessment for the work done /,
| front of the Rowell hotel, which house wa!
under control Of and owned by Davis wher
| the work was done. Davis opposed tn,
| work of improvement at the time it wa.
done and has refused to pay for it eve
| since.
| Rev. E. S. Chapman of Oakland spoke t.
large audience in the Baptist church O.
The herald., 1898-03-05
Prices Rising

RIVERSIDE, March 4.-The continued
dry weather is having the effect of keeping
the price of hay and grain on the upward
slide. Barley is now selling at SLIPS, and the
farmer who has any stock on hand is not
in any hurry to dispose of it. Wheat is
not being offered very freely, and that
which is sold is bringing all the way from
$1.35 to $1.50 per hundred. Good grain hay
Is quoted at SIG ton and alfalfa hay at s14.
The herald., 1898-03-05
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NOTES

The Delhi creamery, just south of Santa
Ana. is making about 200 pounds of butter
daily.
Redondo tent, No. Z. Knights of the Mac
cabees, initiated nine new members last
Tuesday.
There are rumors that Pomona Is soon
to have daily paper. Canvassers are now
soliciting for patronage
The new management of the Redondo
hotel, under III. r. Warner, Is making many
new and important changes.
The Redondo Breeze will today publish
The herald., 1898-03-05
The Dog Poisoner

POMONA March 4-Some one is at work
again poisoning dogs. This morning one
of the finest bred dogs in the city was found
dead. There is no objection made to the
destruction of worthless ours, but there
is danger when poison is placed around
promiscuously that valuable animals or
even children may get hold Of the deadly
morsel
The herald., 1898-03-05
A LARGE REWARD OFFERED
FOR THE RECOVERY OF ALBERT
ROBINSON'S BODY
Jumped From a Pullman Car Crossing
the Mojave Desert-His Fathers
Fruitless Search

CHINO, March 4.-No trace has yet been
found of Albert Robinson, who, while de-
lirious. jumped from a Pullman car win
dow over two months ago, while crossing
the Mojave desert. His father, Daniel
Robinson, a wealthy resident of Joliet, Ill.
has spent $4,000 in a fruitless search for
his son, and still offers reward of $4,000
for the recovery of his body.
The missing mans life was insured for
S75, 900, which, of course, cannot be col
lected until his body Is found.
The herald., 1898-03-05
Better Lost

RIVERSIDE, March 4.-The sheriff
has received letter from man signing
himself ]. M. White, who resides at Nor
gan, Tex, In which inquiry is made as to
the whereabouts of r. M. White, who the
writer states was resident of this county
when last heard from. The writer of the
letter also adds that he Is the father of the
missing White. Sheriff Johnson will have
no difficulty in telling the old father where
he can find his SON. for that official took
I. "A. White to San Quentin a few weeks
ago to serve term OF six years Tor ena-
bexzlement committed In this county.
The herald., 1898-03-05
Holmes Assault

SANTA ANA, March 4-The case of C.
NJ Holmes, superintendent of the Santa
Ana Gas and Electric company, who is
charged with assault with deadly weap-
on, was called today in the superior court
A motion was made to set aside the in
formation against the defendant, which
was taken under advisement
The herald., 1898-03-05
RIverside Thursday evening. hts subtee

Riverside Thursday evening, his subject
being the Saloon" 1t has been long
time since the saloon and Its keepers got
such scoring in Riverside as was given
them by the reverend speaker. The lecture
was given under the auspices Of the
churches. which are to band together for
against the election of anyone to the Office
of trustee for the city in the coming elec-
tion who is not Prohibitionist and who
will not pledge himself to keep out the sa-
loon.
The herald., 1898-03-05
In Bad Company

VENTURA March 3.-An aged man by
the name of George A. Smith was knocked
down last night and robbed of SO. Smith
had been in company with a number OF
objectionable characters in the afternoon
and toward evening started to go to the
hospital, when he was attacked and
robbed.