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iRiggitgm sMi i Iftl 6K EEAGKCQ CHECmCIiE STTOT nnuT 31 1892 1 rystlry The JWdcrtr inirrew His Sons Awaitiiri Cnemieal Analysls Tb nyiteTj surronndlDf th deiti of Captain EIW TTr is sttingdeeper ndHwoxildnOTTeiatoanunlnUre8td person tlut there certainly must fee some fi irberi tfierftir to ch itnofceV The ontyiriy It can be deUrmined wnthr crime hu been committed or not Ij to haye the body exhumed and this Mri Travers is determined to do at once As he hat now been openly acensed of rnur erin her husband she feels it incumbent upon herself to bare the body ei burned and examined in order that bar innocence may be established The tlngnlar case baa now resolved itself down to two rropositloni the first one of Which Is that James WrTrarers editor ef the West Oakland Bun openly accuses his stepmother of poisoning his father The second proposition Is that Mrs Traven accuses her stepson James of attempt ins to poison his father These are very intemting charges to be made when Cap tain Travers has only been in his grave a ireek JlChsokici reporter called upon Mrs Irsvert again yesterday and she declared thit the was ready to make a clean breut bf all she knew concerning her accnsers In the first place I want It distinctly understood said Mrs Travers that I never said I belleTed my husband was poisoned On the contrary 1 know he was not poisoned The most scandalous charges hare been made against me by the dots and I shall now demand that the body be exh tuned and a rigid examination pursued Now it is my turn to say Captain Trattn awaiting productibii in court wttavevl denceln connection with tne Tisitor to the sickroom daring her absence 1 Travers told me before tie died that he intended to leave everything he had to his wife He eald she brought him 15000 of her own when they married and paid off an 8000 mortgage on his house In leaving her a smaller amount than that which constituted his worldly assets he would seek to repay part of what he bad takeoS Her Jalthfol carepf him he said was beyond payment From all 1 am told Iiunderstand that that woman has It in her power to place her tradncers in Kan Qnentin There are dijclo5uret to comrf out in court which will create a Tivid sensation in all manner of unexpected quarters and who can blame her letting jro the barriers which be has so faithfully held for twenty yean teeing what reward the hat got for her unparalleled deTotlon and toil 8weeney proprietor of the Esmond Bouse at 3 8ixi street San Francisco whose Trife was a relative of Captain Travers by marriage was mghlyiindig nant that iira Trayers should be accused of so fonl a purpose as the Captains sons aflrm He said to a Cheosicli reporter that lira TraTers la one of the noblest of women and the only one who could do any thine with the i invalid captahv1 There was noj nurse heeded lie de dared No three nnrses could have done lor him as iira Trayers had Beyers days before he died Captain TraTers told my wife about the medicine incident He said Mamma came to mo to gite me some patent medicine She remarked that there was hardly enough left aha tnougnt lor noiner aoie ween tarn picked up the bottleahe found it full and said she believed tome one was trying to poison me The next day the bottle was taken to a drug store and entrusted to a chemist to ba analysed and it is there yet Mrs Trayers was a noble wife and the charge against ner is as raise at any ever con eooted WYOMING SHEEP THIS SEASONS WOOL CLIP TEBY LAESE OHE Prices of Territory Wools Low but Lamb andHntton Command Better Prices something 1 believe that James Traver attenipted to poison his lather and wa foiled in his object It was abont the middle of June when one night I took a bottle oi an asthma cure from a box to give paps 1 had been in the habit of giving it to him at midnight when he was wheezing When I took the bottle down it was full and we knew the last time we need it it was ball empty My husband said he thought some one was trying to poison him but I told him it was all nonsense He insisted however thst I take the bottle that had been tampered with to a drug store and leave It there with instructions to have it preserved In order to please him 1 did as he suggested and the bottle is now at the i drug store and will be turned over to a chemist lor analysis When 1 returned Mr Travers said Mamma yon have done right If anything is said about poison after I am dead yon will have the bottle as proof Captain Travers was not satisfied to let the matter rest but continually spoke about that bottle being tampered with because it was the one that was used at midnight He called two of his Intimate friends to his side and confided to them his suspicions that his son bad tried to poiaon him These witnesses erenow ready to into court and testify I have told the ovs they had better be careful and it might be well for them to inquire who their mother was When it is said that Captain TraTers had three wives that is not true He was divorced from his first wife who ie now Mrs Parker of Ban Francisco I was Mis second wife I asked him once bout the mother of the children and he told me that I was treading on dangerous ground He then explained to me that In the early days of California the settlers did not have ranch use for minister or churches I bate considerable property In ray own name trial waa given to me oy my father I am very certain that they will never get a dollar of the estate lam going to give them the old furniture wMcn has been In for twenty years end left by their mother Jamet Travers is equally bitter gainst bis stepmother He says he will jay the whole matter befor the District attorney and act upon his advice Robert Williamson vice president of ihe Strong Company Sacramento can hardly find speech to express his amaiemeat at the charge made against Mrs Travers by her stepsons I have known the late captain and his wife Intimately for the past three years ild Mr Williamson to a CaxoincxK reporter MEJvery enmmer they came to live with me in Sacramento and I never visited the city without dropping into their house iOn July 5th I fell sick while in the city Captain Travers insisted upon my staying at hu house Which I did for a fortnight Want to tell you that during these last three years Mrs TraTers Ear been a model of patient and attentive wifehood to her husband Over and over again he has told Toe that the patience of job sank Into insignificance beside his wttf iTa was the most nervous ana fidgety inTilld I ever met in my life During these lsst four months she waited upon tm Ar and nlrht rarely ettin time to ehance her clothes He could not bear her ont of his tight for ten minutes at a time and I have sometimes removed the lick with Which he Used to thump the floor to call her np itairt and insisted upon his giving her Half an hour at least toeatameaJU it Over end over again I haTe urged berth get anunetd help bar At the tame lime I acknowledged the trutn of her Tlr that hi Itrew nerroutaaa lu unlets JbYwas beside him all thetime There iwaa another reason too aaid Mr WUliama tn hushed andawe itticxen whisper She wae absoluUly in terror of hlti being i poisoned andthe charge laid upon her thoulders Bhe told rtbat ie ay purjchaaed iome pauntmedlctaejhe clamored for Without lairing off the papers earround InelhV bottle she uncorkeduit and gaTe emptied It Jext day therejvwas ajUitor tOMenlmiH She took adTaaUgeof the Vis togo down tsirstoveat a meek Un her returd Tie asserted the patent SJ i in his hronchitia a dsal of dJcaUedoPnweSheentw abottleandttrprUeda rto orr the covers ahe found It rttu to lb ton Her worat usmcions were aroused and the communicated nvto ler husband howtorhmthebotUe Kha took the bottle at once to a drug store evaniwahd there tt reraalnt Yea we have done very well so fax this year said Edward Griffiths who owns a large sheep ranch forty miles north of Bock Springs TVyo to Chsokiclk reporter yesterday The winter wai not very severe and though we had tome sharp snaps they did not last long end there was very little mortality on the ranges Then the snow came titer a period of warm rain to that when It thawed the ground soaked It up like a sponge The pasturage in Wyoming and Eastern Oregon has not ben so good for many years Then jnst at lambing time we had fine mild weather so ihat the wool clip haa been quite a large one The price of Territory wools 1 very low it is true ranging from 13 to 13 cents a pound but the quantity witn very little additional expense makes things even the net return averaging about 1 a head The fall clip will pro aoiy yieia a uiue more ana i nope ior belter prices as owing to the long drought our chief competitor Australia has had a Tery disastrous season Another very encouraging thing is the growing appreciation ot lamb and mutton within the last fire years largely owing 1 tbinfc to the improvement in the breed oi sheep and the difficulty in obtaining really choice betf Mutton of prime quality it now on a par with beet so lar as price is concerned and indeed in some sections ot tne country it onngs a nigner price To give you an idea of how scarce prime beei cattle are a lriend of mine in ilu soari shipped a car of extra fancy steers averaging about liOO pounds to New York They arrived in good shape and butchers almost fought for them at 6 75 to 6 bo lhe worlds jrair next year will entail a very large additional consumption of animal food and I expect to see higher prices ior neei mutton ana poultry then haTe been known for many yeara AGapilalist SaidJta Be Incpiiipeteiitr Be Is Cited to Appear ljaConrt His Conneartlons In Tlxfi Cltyv A strange case has been brought to the attention of the Superior Court of Ala meda county which will bear the closest investigation The story was brought to llght at oclock yesterdsy afternoon when Guy Earl attorney for James Stanley filed an application In the court to be appointed guardian of the person and estate of Arthur Jee an IncompetentIncompetent Theann6uhcementamongsome of the frlendsof Mr Jee that he had been charged with being an in competent caused great surprise as he Is a gentleman well known in business circles in both Oakland and Ssn Francisco Not only that he is a man ot property being worth at least T100000 in his own right For many years Mr Jee was secretary of the Union Pacific Bait Company in San Francisco in which corporation he now owns a large number of shares of stock Daring the last year his health commenced to fail rapidly and he gave up active business life he being a man about 70 years old A few months ago bis wife died and this seemedto prey upon his mind The capitalist was left alone In the world He has no children end his relatives live In New York and New Jtney The magnificently furnished home at 652 Albion street was desolate and the old man in his loneliness Infite Mr Coward and his wife to make their home at the house Mr Coward being a man of very moderate means readily accepted the offer and they became the companions of the aged capital iat Strange things have happened since the Cowards entered the pretty home Mr Jee has kept the home up in finestyle and has provided servants for Mrs A Jet AN EXFLODXD 6KNSATION The Clay Street Counterfeiters Den Myth The published story of the discovery of a den of counterfeiters in the deserted nower house of the old Clay street rail road on Clay and Leavenworth streets turns out to be a myth It was based on the fact that abont three weeks ago Mr Cook a carpenter who was employed to board up some broken windows found a package which had apparently been thrown through one of the windows It contained nineteen counterlelt silver dollars a counterfeit hall dollar and a spurious quarter He took the package to the Sub Treasury where It has been ever since The Treasury officials whose names were mentioned in the printed story say that there was no other evidence ot the presence of counterfeiters in the old power house and that it was so apparent that the peerage had been merely thrown through the window that the matter was not even worth the trouble of Investigating for Tardy Taxpayers The personal property taxes for the present year win become delinquent tomorrow afternoon at 6 oclock A considerable proportion of the total assessment stilt remains due although the Collectors office haa been jammed with taxpayers during tlie past lew days Yesterday over S400W parsed through the cash window alone while a large amount was also received in check form Appearances now Indicate that the delinquent roll will be comparatively small LOCAL NKWS IfOZJSS yrotests against the extension ot nineteenth and other streets to Corbett road were filed by Holman John Burns and atcXinne Tnsre are two geographical societies In this city The lector delivered by Johnston on Friday last lnTJaloa aonere Hall was under Uornla the auspices of the Geographical Society ot Cal Tha funeral of the little daughter of Michael Fltsgerald marine reporter ot the Merchant Xxcnage tooa place yeaterday afternoon The remains were interred in Holy Cross Cemetery young raan named Prederlot Eeed waa arretted on ilontromerr atreet yesterday morn ing on a warrant charging him with em bezxusg za lrom ueuing nis employer Beed was released undsr 500 bonds Edward Reynolds a clerk living at the Gerard House on Seventh street died in front of the door ot his home lastevenlng of hemorrhage of the lungs His body was removed to the Morgua He wss about 33 years old The mortuary report for the week ending yesterday anows a total aeatn record oi aio being the same number as Ior the correspondingcorresponding period last yeavCt the week deaths five were due to casualties and two were suicides JilX Beck a laborer has been reported to the nolica as xnlssins two weeks ago Bck lets his acme at IB Bridge place off Broad way saying that he was going to tne country in search of wort Hts wife fears that harnvhas ceiauennun Tne library of the Academy Science haa become enriched bya rare work Keeafincir dopedla in lorty nve volumes puDusneain London in 1813 Tnlau especiaUyvalGSihle aa it contains the original deicriplions of many well knoira plants amongf inem me aatragalua or rattle weed ItJlficer Walter HaMeberrrot theinorth harr Knr nnllra lata hare a new coat Yesterdsr morning while on duty at the corner of Jlancet and Bast streets Tidous bone attached to a team bit a noie in tne iei anouaer oi uu mae coat The officer luckily was not injured The owner oi the none immediately i promised the offleeranewexjat i Wiuiuu A teamater trot Into an alter Cation yesterday mora lag on Jackson street Sr wili hla father in law Andrew Beet a Trait vatehman on tne aoct Tne old man cave bis aon ln Iaw a aoundjttraalringrhe cause of the iroubU was Williams tatting aralnst his wile who Is suing him lor dlToroe en too ground of axtreme cruelty posed oT most of the bicycle clubs of the State and will before long Include every club devoted to the wheel extant la Call tornia Enor was elected temporary chairman and 11 rlXayenson of Sacra mento temporary secretary Among the cluba represented were the Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club by George Mastick Welch and SDunlgan Alameda Coanty Wheelmen by William A Sutherland A Seaver and 8chleuter Bey City Wheelmen byj au Bperry nut ana atoore California CyeHngClnb by Kenny JVidv and HF Winn Capital City Wheelmen by Lavenson Monterey Bicycle Club by Hi AS Greer Olympic Cycling Annex by HvHaMerman Bobert Bnss and John A Bruner Oriental Wheelmen by Crane WC Clark and George Clark Ban Jose Wheelmen by XL A Miner and Heppy Cringle Pacific Jtoad Club by Hancock Price and Hazel San yranciseoBicyeleanh by Owens and fi Carpenter The objects of the association are to advance the work of the League of American Wheelmen in this State to establish a contest for championships at distance other thsn those at which championships have been fixed by the League ofAmeri can Wheelmen to assume control of regulate and legislate for road racing and to receive and pass npon all claims for records made on the road Political action as regards candidates who favor highway improvement is to be considered as are also the social features of an annual century run and an annual parade ot clubs MEXICO KIjWAYS MASY LINE8 SOW IN COUBSE OF COKSTEUCTIOSl A Transcontinental JBoad to Ba Completed Next Year Various Bootes Followed Coward The Cowards although being no kin to the old man soon found themselves in the midst of luxury and plenty The neighbors were not blind to what was going on in their midit and ngiy rn mors commenced to get around about the Cowards The capitalist was a sick man one day on the yergo of the grave and the next day walking up and down on the sidewalk The other dsy he appeared in court and wanted to be appointed administratoradministrator of his wifee estate He acted so strangely npon the witness stand that Judge Ellsworth took tbe matter under advisement and is still reserving his decision It became apparent to his friends thst the rich man mind waa breaking fast and his memory was completely gone They asserted that he was an incompetent Nevertheless theold man was taken out to ride by the Cowards and was given the seat of honor by Cowards mother in law lhls caused the neighbors to talk ai they thought that some day they might bear the news of the capitalists marriage and then bis vast estate would all be In the family The next that wss heard by bis friends waa that Coward had appeared in San Francisco with a power of attorney from Jee and wanted 30000 worth of stock in the Union Pacific Salt Company trans lerred from Jee name in Cowards It was told to tbe friends of the old man that the transfer was declined unlets the old man appeared lu person to make it This remarkable story coming to the ears of Jee friends they determined to have him protected and induced James Sun ley to make the application to be appointed guardian Mr Stanley is the Public Administrator of Alameda county but in the present case he simply appears as a private citizen Last night a citation was served on Mr Jee to appear in conn ana show cause whvvbe should not be declared incompetent The old man was very much excited over the matter and so are the Cowards The whole affair will now be investigated fn court A Cheosiclx reporter celled at the residence last night and saw Mr Jee He is certainly unable to handle his estate as he cannot remember a statement five minutes He is like a child in the hands of any one who wants to fool him Mr and Mrs Coward are no relatives of mine whatever said Mr Jee I invited them to come to my home and I pay all expenses Mr Coward takes ears of my estate and I Day him for It I cannot remember thst lever gave him a power of attorney or wanted him to transfer 30uuu cannot understand what is going on around me There must be a conspiracy some place and it mast be investigated I wonder if the Union Pacific Salt people are trying to freeze me outt Yes 1 have made a will but I hare not left the Cowards a cent Mr Jee could not remember a single statement he made to the reponer and then announced thatbe was feeling very bad The case promises to he a sensational one when it comes up in court MissToQ IrOt wners Hold Tlie Sixiteeiitli StTeef l6nbTincefi RemoTaliof thammiMlonm De ra8aded Ddmnln Flpires Qaotel XXXIXOIS WlSaS CASK The Colored Cook Not to Be Taken to Honolulu for Trial Defective Hopkins of Honolulu who came here several weeks ago for the purpose of taking Illinois Wise the colored ex cook of the brls IlDlnioTiayWho it charged with the murder of a Chinese at Honolulu three months ago will return to the islands on the steamer Australia next Wednesday without his man as the local autborltieselaim jorisdictioa inthe rase Wise is still in the County Jail and will be tried herei The principal witness against aim was the watchman ot the brig This man was detained as a witness at Honolulu but has since been releaied It remains optional with him whether he returns here to prosecnte Wise or noLr Lately Wise made a statement charging the wstchman with the mtirder7 Wise has influential frirnds and they have famished him with the best counsel obtainable Unless witnesses appear of their own accord Wise likely togo free for want ot prosecution The bng Dlmond on which the Chineae was murdered and thrown overboard sails this morning on another hip to Honolulu iJlCJCLai CLUB Ab AaaoeIatioat tt Benefit Wliealmen Organised The California Association of Bicycie Clubs Tvas formed lasteTonlrjc It Is com Corrssponiltncs of tbeCzaaarrciJL Crrr or Mxxico July 1 It may be of interest to many readers of the Chkosiclk and particularly to the rnanu facturers and merchants of California to know that at the present time there are Six railroad sIn this republic which are either in construction or their construction contempts ted in the near future all having the Pacific coast of Mexico as their western terminus Heretofore all the railroads which haTe been built in this country haTe either started at the Bio Grande with the City of Mexico at their objective point or have been built from the interior to the Gulf of Mexico These lines have opened up the trade of Mexico to all of the United States east Ot the Kocky mountains the Atlantic seaboard and Europe but thus far no railroad has ever touched the Pacific ocean Anyone having an interest in this subject can trace upon any msp of Mexico the railway lines which in the space of a Tery few yean will gife to California a supremacy orer two thirds of the growing trade of this country The Tehauntepec Baiiroad a Government enterprise now being pushed to completion will span the Mexican lith mus commencing at the port of Coatzv coaieos on the Qnlf of Mexico near the southern extremity of the State of Vera Cruz and thence traversing Westward through the States of Vera Cruz and Osx aca to the port ot Salina Cruz on the Pacific The contract for the construction ol this line calls for its completion in 1893 This railroad has recently come idto prominence from a rumor to the effect that Jay Gould and Huntington had failed in an attempt to purchase it from the Mexicsn Government The line when completed will give a competing route between the Atlantic and Pacific unless Messrs Gould and Huntington acquire ownenmp ana control its operations A little farther to the north the Inter oceanic Baiiroad having a line now in operation from this city to the port oi veracTuz is now at wore extending its line southerly to Aoapulca The tine wnen couipieieu im run ltoih toe port of Vera Crnz westerly through the State of the samename the State of Pn ebla throufh the Federal District into the City of Mexico ana thence south through the States of Morales and Guerrero to the port of Acapulco Still farther to the north the Mexico Cuerdayacaand Pacific Baiiroad is extending its line southerly from the City of Mexico into the State of Morelos and thence through the State of Guerrero to the port of Palizada its Pacific terminus The entire length of this road is aaid to be only 280 miles with easy grades and when completed and operated on business principles should make cheap route for the transportation of commodities between this city and 8an Francisco Next to the northward is tbe extension of the road now running from Manzaniilo to Collma This extension which will be completed through to Guadalajara during the coming year will connect with the Mexican Central at the latter city giving a through rail line from the Cut of Mexico westerly through the Federal district and the northeast corner of tbe State oiMichlocan to Irapuato Jn the State of Guanajuato over the Mexican Central Railway thence continuing westerly over a branch of the same road to Xloadalajira in the State of Jalisco and thence southerly through the State ot Jalisco and Colima to the port of Man zanillo The Monterey and Mexican Gulf Railroad running from Tampico through the States of Tsmaulipas and Nnevo Leon to Vehadilo on the line of the Mexican In temaclon Railway is now surveying for an extension of its road to bierra Alojada in the State of Coahuila with the ulti mate Tie iw of continuing its line through toMazatlan Finally the Mexican Northern Pacific now under contract for construction com mences at Denting the junction of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fa wlti the Southern Pacific Company and will run thence southerly through the State and city of Chihuahua thence westerly into the State of Sinaloa passing northwest through the far famed Xopolobampo country to nay mas in the State of Sonera It is noticeable that in the prbnotion of these enterprites Which when completed wilt more matertallyl benefit Baa Francisco and the State ot California thun any other city or section not a single one of Californias moneyed men appears in the lists which comprise the suuscribers stockholders directors or managers by whose money and energy Ban Francisco will be placed In possession of a rich and growing trade Denver Kansas City Chicago and all of the Ea tern State are interested in the development of trade relation with this country but with the exception of the Pacific coast San Fran ascbis almost an unknown city to the inhabitants of this country CHESTraSiiBXH 4 i Dlaaarreelng Partner SetpWalker has sued Wlsslnger to diasolye a partnership between them in the building and contracting businets and for an accounting Among the contracts they hold la one for the conitraetion of the arbattoir buildings at San Bruno point for 59000 On account of this and other worknow almost completed the de jfendantis said toi have received nearly S100000 for which ne nat rautd to accounts Walker lays dsim to one half of the profits the amount of which he is unable to state At the meeting of the Academy of Sciences to morrow evening Walter Bryant will read apaperonjASew Groyeof 8tqoolaa Astimiaol tne Ciaxens Leagae for the Suppression of Mtm wUIbe held this Sonay afternooo at 3 oclock at Ueiropoiltan fiaUIlnh atreet tl AKurdoctc JJ ilnray KT Ur Caaaaa uutuiui wil soaat Ah art inylted Turn Vereln Hall Mission street near Seventeenth was unable to hold last jevening the l8Tge number of Mission property owners who desired to exprest their disapproval of the Sixteenth street extension Assessments Many were compelled to remain In the ante room unable to gain admittance Captain Taylor who opened the meet ing stated that the bbjeetof the assemrj blage was to take steps to defeat the atreet extensipn schemes for which Mission owners were to be assessed He then nominated Jefferson James for presiding officer Mr James in his remarks recommended that st ps should be taken to get rid of the commissioners He informed those present thet he and many others Jcnew nothing of this asseesment until three days ago and was then informed by John Center who told him how the entire Mission waa to be assessed and made liable for the proposed extension proceedings Mr James advised dispassionate action and also adyo csted that legsl means should betaken He thought that the present Board of Supervisors was not responsible Captain Smith called attention to the fact thst in tome Instances assessments were 33 per cent higher in some places than others In other cases a difference of even 100 percent was noticeable As for damsges he was informed that tome owners bad been allowed at high as 200 per cent more than others for the Itnd taken and he believed that this disparity was due to a pull which some owners had with the commissioners Ayers quoted Thomas Magee the real estate expert whom he said bad repeatedly denounced these commissions as steals He called attention the SeventeenthSeventeenth street fight and while they had acquiesced in the Supervisors rulings and accepted the reductions they intended to draw the line on Sixteenth and other similar jobs and now fight them to the bitter end A Van Dazer told how he had been taxed for the opening of streets in the Laguna survey Van Ness avenue and others the total expense there for opening half a dozen streets being but 162000 while 343000 is demanded by the SixteenthSixteenth street commissioners to rnn a street orer a goat hill He called attention to the amount of 9600 allowed Al Rai ch for 40x80 feet of his lot 40x93 which was Talned at 750 for tbe land by the City Assessor and 300 for his house or a total valuation of 1550 The commissioners had taken 8004 rqaare feet and allowed Mr BaiaCh 3 20 per square foot or 9600 and At torney Van Duzer said that Mr Balsch would be the meanest man living If he did not make the commissioners a present of at least 2000 or 3000 The total amount allowed for land waa 270783 83 and 71000 for salaries 8hoaldthe tax payers uemand that the Supervisors reject the report it would leave a cloud on theirproperty He thereupon quoted the law on these street extensions and declared that the Supervisors bad the power to modify the assessment They could reduce It 75 per cent They can also remove the commissioners for cause and could find cause enough in Kaiachs damage allowance The City and County Attorney according to the law may at any time proceed against and remove all officers or commissioners for cause He has Mr Van Duzer said cause enough as Commissioners Clunie McMahon and Painter were putting their hands Into the property owners pockets by giving ftaisch and others exorbitant amounts Mr Van Duzer had asked one of the com misiloners when told that 343000 was asked who got the boodle and was told that it was none of his business He also received a similar reply for an itemized account of the sums demanded for the expenses of the commission He proposed however to make It his business An advisory committee to get further information andalao statistics to be used before the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday evening was chosen in A Yn Duzer Isaac Thoran McKinne A Smith and Ayers The advisory committee and the committee on resolutions John Center A Msguire A Van Duzer Thoran John Dsvony and Davie were also constituted si joint committee to form a permanent organization Isaac Thoran for the committee on resolutions reported the following which were adopted Whibsas The last Board of Supervisors projected ad extension of Sixteenth street from Castro street westward laid ont a district for the expense thereof and appointed a commission to acquire title to tbe land within the lines of said proposed extension and to eases the costs on the district named and whereas the said commissioners have filed their report and assessment with the honorable Hoard of Supervisors and whereas la our opinion the projected extension of Sixteenth street is tueles and not wanted that it is impracticable and that if carried out would bs illegal unjust and oppressive it is impracticable tor ihe grade of the proposed street would forbid any travel over its bo vehicles could paw over it with safety It never could becom a driveway by nrsons driving for pleasure tbe grade of the proposed Street ior a distance of 10OO feet is over 20 per cent loaded teams would nevir MnorAtii even it there was freizht to be earned over it and there is no prospect that any freight would bs needed in that direction for the next generation ana wnereaSrtne property owners in a great part of the immense district assessed have no interest in andwill derive no benefit from the opening of the proposed street and whereas it is not Just nor honest that the property holders of the Mission who have opened graded and ImproTcd their streets through and around their property at tbelr own expense anonidnow be called tipon to par an asaessmant levied to pay for the land taken tor street rnnning through and aronnd the lands of their neighbors and whereas the proposed plan If carried ont would lnuu tax npon the lot holder without a prosP ct of K41X uueai coming to nem tnerexore oe it rive here at 8 oclock fn the tnprnln but it wss forty minutes late yesterday Panehgert who arrlTed here on the train which had such a narrow escape from an awful collision were pale from fright when they alighted from the cars andlt is certain that none will ever forget the shock given when the engineer threw on his air brakes and gaTe the train a sudden reverse motion The passengers knew nothing of any danger until the train had rounded the curve jnst outside the dtr limits when the brakes were thrown on end the engineer pnlled bis whistle for down Drakes jsveryooay was thrown forward and some went over the teats from the sudden checking of speed but they afterward gave the en glneer desenred credit for remaining at bis post and by rare presence of mind taring their lives Nobody was Injured but eterybodyvu greatly frightened none more than the engineer end his fireman who were abont ready to save their lives by jumping when they saw that the locomotives would not trika Baiiroad officials Memo tbe conductor and engineer ot the work train for running outon the main line when they must have known that theVpsssenger train was on its way front Lathrop to thit city A railroad employe said yesterday morning soon after the itartling occurrence that the conductor of the work train went to tbe telegraph office at the elation and inquired where the passenrer train was and was told by Operator Keys that it had left Lathrop for Stockton The train was forty minutes late and this factmay have had something to do with the carelessness of the men in charge of the work train for they pulled out on the main track toon after learning where the train was at the risk of their own lives Stockton Independent GAMBLERS IN EOME THEY HAYE TEEVaILED fJENTUELES FOE Their Games Found Triced on Stone Slabs Statnes and in tho Eornm 80 intense was the love of this Boman for games of hazard that wherever I have excavated the pavement of a portico of a basilica xf a bath or any flat surface ac cessible to the public saya Professor Ku dolfo Lanciani in North American Review I hare always found gaming tables engraved or scratched on the marble or stone slabs for the amusement of idle men always ready to cheat each other out of their money lhe evidence of this fact Is to be found In the Forum in the Basilica Julia in the corridors of the Coliseum in the temple of Venus and Borne in the squsre in front of the Portico of the Twelve God vand even in the House of the Vestals after its secularization In 393 Gamingtables are especially abundant In barracks such as those of tbe seventh battalion of vlgUes near by 8 Critogono and of the police at Oatia and Porto and of the Boman en campment near Guise in the Department oftheAisne Sometimes when the camp was moved from place to place cr else from Italy to the frontier of the empire the men would not hesitate to carry the heavy tables with their luggage Two of pore Roman make haTe been discovered at Rnaicad in Numidia and at Ain Kebira InMaure tania Naturally enough they could not be wanting in the Prtetorian camp and in the tsTerns patronized by its turbulent garrison where the time was spent in revel ling snd gambling and In riots ending in fights end bloodshed 1 QUITO TUB UNIQUE A City of Two Hemispheres Enjoying All Climates In one respect at least Quito the capital of ucador is the moat unique city in the world Itis situated in both the north em and the southern hemispheres a distinction claimed by no other place of importance on the globe At Quito the sun rises and sets at 6 oclock the year round Yon may forget to wind your watch while you are visiting the Eucadorian capital but you seed sot hunt np a regulator iet it when the tun rises or sets and you will be sure to be right Old Sol makes no mistakes In one part of the city the summer season does battle with cold winter who is just across tbe street The seasons a far as names are concerned change almoi instantly but ai the temperature is remarkably even these curious points are seldom thought of by the 60000 people who mske Quito their home SU Lcuu Republic Tm rmxitrcx Kiandthe paiLTCsxorneLa liree months fort 45 charge prepaid tteb et map of the TJnlted states British Colombia Mexico and Canada ever vabUahed blse 7xS9 laches printed la color add moaated on rollanar Saotrea That we the property owners af iscwu uo pruwrst against tne aaoption Ol tne report filed br the Sixteeuth streetextenion commissioners for the reason that It would ba useless aa a tboroughfare that It would lmpoae a heavy tax without any benefit to the nartt assessed and we do thereiore moatearneitly icijueii uie cuaru 01 ouperyiaorsto reject U0 said reports and belt farther itoirrf That we ask that an investigation be ordered by your honorable board to ascer tain If sufficient cause exists by dertlcctlonof duty and illegal action to remove said commissioners and if sueh cause is found to remove said commissioners as by lairproTid llcNaniara was elected temporary secretary and Wnlzen temporary treasurer of the proposed organization Ml 8 CKLLANEUUS A kittons SMOKE Carl Upiiaiinx i FAMOUS II Blaskower Co 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fumishiitfree Ifo injury tot thef eyesight no headacheno batt effecisiio16ssdf timefroiiib If youliTe In theei ty youcaiV Sreceite treatment at home or room and board are ur nished at tha Institute if desired and all strictly prirato io ladies and gentlemen A1X inquiries iri reerenee to ieiiritory or treatment answered promplly JanlinTestigata institut SSt Ellis Street FV SFOI has been baaed to tbe effect a tbe plain Pearl Kns Hat is the campaign hat for the Eepub Ilcans sad the Sotria color for the Democrats gv The above two styles were used for he campaljno of 1888 and we hereby pronounce fbXt a wtCu inlsrepresentation of the ractsas the ontr correct and official style for the campaign of 1891 at a follow Pearl Pines la the ron finish or btttar known as ue Orandfathei Hat withtrla mlnga to match for th SapQbllca an4 Pearl Fhus smooth fin a with tnmmisxste match for the Democrats These baU have been adopted all orer the tTMtArf fitAlAL 4 efirrOhOralsd la XIff sutement by all the leading manrfactarei of this country andare at any ttnse read topro doc doenmenta to that efrect DO not be misled by styles Of 18S3 STETEB A BBOSt 3 FSIErLASDSB 6 CO LOUIS XT OOE CO EXINE fc OO P3KWISBBa ALMOST au COiilSIOK 1 XoeomotlTe Stopped Wlien The TTere Only Tlfteen Feet Apart A terrible collision on the Sonlherh Pacific rod near the Mormon channel bridge was avoided yesterday rnoraln by the pluck and the presence of mini of two engineers who realiied the sitna tibh as soon asthey aw the ehfines running toward each other on the same tract There was riot a second to spare bnt both engineers used every device known to stop thejr trains and the pafSnK locomotives with enpine rerersed slid along nntUjthey wereiftnly fifteen feet apart One train wis what is Known as awork train and the other was the passenger tain from the south due to ar BABYS BREAKFAST HEALTH AND 4 HAPPINESS fTOTf Sv Viii6 MP COCOiV I niffidappeat6 GHIRARbrlLrS BREAKFAST cclSpoS iSHE PUREST FRESHESTAN fsv 7 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