The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-13
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up went into the low lands near the Sacramento River and were drowned.
 At Tehama the food swept three feet of water over the town destroying much property and washed the dwell- I ing of Charles Butforxi against trestle and demolished it. The residents of the dwelling barely escaping with their lives. The lines of the Southern Pacific Railroad are washed out ou both sides of the depot at Tehama. ihe ties and rails being landed against the right of way fence. Hundreds of men are employed repairing the line but is will be week before trains are run again on anything like schedule time. Rivers at all north and central parts Of the state are overhowing and unless the rain ceases much property SIll be destroyed. No loss of life has Deen reported so far but many narrow
 .sca9eS have been recorded from homes
 the low land districts.
 Los Angeles. Feb. 5.-Ooe of the ,uost noted cha, acters of the Ameri- .an turf, F. !. "Lncky' Baldwin is ly- 'Dg a, his beautiful ranch home a; Arcadia near deaths door with heart disease.
 For more than quarter of q century Baldwin has been brseJcr of rae. s,nr-.- ar,i his r,a,uo hos ,, o,, ...,,,no.. cd with racing events on ali q3arier- If she globe. and he is know.I IS or. of the greatest hor> >.men of th9 .ge. His stables contained some of the
 sreatest horses the world has ever <Cown produced and they have raced on every track of importance in the world. Mr. Baldwin built one of the inest race tracks in the world at Ar :ssdia a few years ago and has spent the evening ol his life at his ranch aG- joining the track where he has main- iained his racing stable. Mir. Bad win Is nearing the eightieth mileston. iu ,ss fife ard has dey oted more taai fifty years to tiie racing gs,ne in which le has made ali lost lntny fortune No character ever lived ahO hss wou the prominence of Mir B iI.isin. au. his name will go down in history as ,hs greatest h3r.enau of his time.
 Sacramento. Feb. ,. The anti race track bill which has taken ul,
 nore or less time in the senate fur the iast five or six yeIts ard which gas tabled from time ;o time aD no action .akrn. has had r-a life injected into
 u and bids fair ;o bec1u- law be- ore the -snIte aj,JIrns. Wake, Dis is the Champion of ,he preser
 Il which has already pa,s-ed the as-
 snby. and that body by vote Of g. 0 seven. G1sernor Gillett has ex
 ,re-,eG his intention of signing the
 :easJre when Il ;> pfes-uied 10 him io. h'> signature. The bill ,. obi5ir> sookmakius and pool selling or any lther form of horse gambIin. in any
 O0D. or al any race track, or upor the streets Oi any ely or town. or ir my way form or manner to lay q wager on an! horse race at aoy time il the state ui California. The offence l.
 1aI- punishable by q lios or ilnprison-
 a.n', CT uoth.
 S-sttle. Feh. 5.-A duel to tb'
 !eath aas fought between ". Dudley and Alex Smith. two special police men in the employ Of the Northern Pacific R. Co. in which one man l. iead and the other seriously if noi fatally wounded Bad feeling is rbocght to have existed bet seen the nen since lhe arrest oi two brakemer aho were charged with the theft O freight from the cars of the raiiroai company. What words passed be- tween the men last night has not beer made known, bu. when the smoke of the rattle had cieared away Smith was found to be dead with three bullets in his body, and Dudley near by serious iy wounded. Dudley was hurried 10 the receiving hospital where it was found that unless complications arise he will recover No statement of the cause of the shooting was ol tsined from Dudley, the seriousness of his condition following the examination
 md dressing of his wounds making my conversation on his part not adyis able al the time
 Little Rock, Feh. 5.-The home oi Frank Brentford burned this morning and two visitors at his home, William md Frank Burris were burned to ! death. It is not known how the fire originated, but it is supposed to have been caused by defective furnace. Washington. Feb 6.-AIaskaDs who have been interested in trying 10 have { the senate create another judicial dis trict will learn with regret that the judiciary committee has struck out the bill creating the fourth judicial district. 4 clause has been inserted
 which provides that the Governor is empowered to appoint court commis- sioners as occasion demands. It is very evident that the judiciary con- mittee does not understand thoroughly