anaheim-gazette 1896-08-20

VOLUME XXVI. PROFESSIONAL CARDS DR. CHARLES E. LEE (Successor to Dr. Bullard.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office and Residence—Corner Hermine and Chartress Streets, Anaheim. Office Hours—7 to 9 a.m.; 1 to 3 p.m.; 7 to 8. Medical College of Ohio. New York Post-Graduate. Physician, Surgeon and Acconeheur. Dr. J. A. Champion Office and residence, on Center street, near Clementina. Calls Promptly Attended Day or Night. sept5tf Paul A. Derge. Graduate in Pharmacy. DRUGS, MEDICINES, Perfumes and Toilet Articles. BEST 5-CENT CIGAR IN TOWN MEDICAL HALL, KOLL BLOCK. PUBLIC TELEPHONE OFFICE NICK HUGO BLACKSMITHING, WOOD WORK, HORSE-SHOEING, AND A GENERAL JOBBING BUSINESS. Schauman's old stand, Los Angeles street. Having purchased the blacksmithing and wood work business heretofore owned by John Schauman, I take this means of informing the public that I shall continue the same and be ready to give satisfaction in all work entrusted to my care. The best workmanship and most reasonable prices. Give me a call. L. NEMETZ. Carriage Painting & Trimming New Buggies for Sale. Great Sacrifice Sale ... OF ... CLOTHING AND STRAW HAT THE SAN FRANCISCO CHEAP CASH STORE Calls the special attention of the general public to its Sacrifice Sale Clothing and Straw Hats. It will pay you to call on us and get prices on these articles, as they will be slaughtered Regardless of Cost. We also call the attention of the public to the fact that we keep best School Shoes in Anaheim, and our prices are so low that you will save from 25c to 50c on each pair. Ladies' percale waists... Reduced to 40c German knitted worsted... from 25 c to 20c Saxony yarn... from 12½ c to 8 c Dimities... from 10 c to 7¼ c Percales... from 12½ c to 9 c Lonsdale Muslin... from 10 c to 8 c Ginghams... from 6 c to 4 c Reductions in our Shoe Department: Ladies' Dongola Oxford Ties... $1 50 to $1 00 Ladies' Dongola Button... $1 75 to $1 25 Men's working shoes... $1 75 to $1 25 Children's Dongola Button... $1 00 to 75 Remember, when you want to purchase GOOD AND FINE SHOES At low prices, call at the SAN FRANCISCO CHEAP CASH STORE OUR STORE IS LOCATED IN ODD FELLOWS' BUILDING, LOS ANGELES St., COR. CHARTRESS, ANAHEIM. BLACKSMITHING, WOOD WORK, HORSE-SHOEING, AND A GENERAL JOBBING BUSINESS. Schauman's old stand, Los Angeles street. Having purchased the blacksmithing and wood work business heretofore owned by John Schauman, I take this means of informing the public that I shall continue the same and be ready to give satisfaction in all work entrusted to my care. The best workmanship and most reasonable prices. Give me a call. L. NEMETZ. Carriage Painting & Trimming New Buggies for Sale. Shop on Center street, near the opera-house. Anaheim, Cal. GO TO THE Oak Barber Shop FOR A FIRST-CLASS SHAVE OR HAIR CUT. TWO DOORS WEST OF BANK. HUSMANN BROS. J.M.Griffith Company A CORPORATION LUMBER DEALERS Near Railroad Depot ANAHEIM. eep constantly on hand Doors, Blinds, Windows, MOULDINGS. Posts, Shakes, Shingles, LATH, HAIR, PLASTER OF PARIS ANAHEIM GRIST MILLS OPERATING ON Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week. Grain, Feed, Meal, Etc. of all varieties. Corn oiled and shipped. W. T. BROWN, Agent. CHAS. S. ROGERS Civil Engineer. Irrigation and Hydraulic Work a Specialty. Surveys and Estimates made at Reasonable Rates. OFFICE—East of Santa Fe Depot, Anaheim. H. W. CHYNOWETH, Attorney-At-Law. Helmsen Building, Center street. NOTARY PUBLIC. Real Property Law a Specialty. ANAHEIM, CAI RICHARD MELROSE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. AND NOTARY PUBLIC. enter street, Anaheim, Cal Special attention given to PROBATE matters. GRAY BROTHERS & WARD Cement Contractors GOOD AND FINE SHOES At low prices, call at the SAN FRANCISCO CHEAP CASH STOOUR STORE IS LOCATED IN ODD FELLOWS' BUILDING, LOS ANGELES St., COR. CHARTRESS, ANAHEIM. E. B. MERRITT & CO., DEALERS IN FURNITURE Wall Paper, the Latest Patterns. Heatn and Milligan’s House Paints, the Cheapest and Best for all uses. Agent for The Majestic Steel and Malleable Iron Range, Cooking Stoves of reliable manufacturers. You Will Find our Prices Low and the Quality of our Goods the Best. Center Street, Opposite Postoffice, Anaheim, HEADQUARTERS FRUIT JARS, JELLY GLASSE ...AND... FRUIT CANS. RICHARD MELROSE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. AND NOTARY PUBLIC. enter street, Anaheim, Cal. Special attention given to PROBATE matters. GRAY BROTHERS & WARD Cement Contractors Shillinger Patent. Contracts for RESERVOIRS, IRRIGATION DITCHES, Cellar and Stable Floors, Sidewalks, Ete. OFFICES—No. 125 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal. Telephone—236. No. 316 Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal. O. WARLING PIONEER SADDLER ...AND... Harness Maker. Having moved my stock of saddles and harness to the Krug building on Center st., opposite the Commercial Hotel, I take this means of informing my friends and the public generally that I shall be pleased to wait upon them for any of their wants in my line. I shall carry an A stock of goods, which will be disposed of at prices cheaper than the cheapest. Give me a call. O. WARLING L. GUNTHER. PIONEER BOOT & SHOE MAKER. Corner Adele and Los Angeles Streets. GEORGE BAUER BOOT AND SHOE MAKER. Center street...Anaheim. Making and repairing at the lowest cash price. All orders promptly attended to. All work guaranteed H. A. McWilliams. Contractor AND Builder. Office, first door east of City Hall. JELLY GLASSES ...AND... FRUIT CANS. Ernest Bentz. Rudolph Bee BENTZ BROS. (Successors to Bentz & Bailey.) Wholesale and Retail Butchers Anaheim, Cal. Dealers in Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal, Sausages and Lard Of Our Own Make. Highest Market price Paid for Live Stores Mrs. G. Davis Groceries and Seeds Informs her customers and the general public that she is prepared to sell goods at the smallest margin possible. She buys for cash therefore can sell for a very small profit, giving her customers the effit of low prices. No charge for showing goods or answering questions. Come one, Come all! All Kinds of Produce and Poultry Taken in Exchange Dein Weekly Gazette ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1896. Price Sale STRAW HATS EAP CASH STORE public to its Sacrifice Sale of any you to call on us and may be slaughtered at the fact that we keep the prices are so low that one on each pair. Reduced to 40c from 25 c to 20c from 12½ c to 8 c from 10 c to 7½ c from 12½ to 9 c from 10 to 8 c from 6 to 4 c $1 50 to $1 00 $1 75 to $1 25 $1 75 to $1 25 $1 00 to 75 E SHOES CO OHEAP CASH STORE RATED IN ANGELES St., COR. OF HEIM. The Weekly Gazette. Established 1870. SUBSCRIPTION, - $1 50 Per Year. Six months...1 00 Three months...75 Payable invariably in advance. Transient advertising rates, $1 per inch per month. The Gazette is issued every Thursday morning, and is sent to subscribers by the early mails. It is delivered by carrier in Anaheim on the morning of publication. Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter. Items of news and correspondence on all live subjects are solicited by the editor. TO GREET LI ON A WAR SHIP. THE PRESIDENT TO ADOPT THE EUROPEAN PLAN IN WELCOMING THE CHINESE DIPLOMAT. When Li Hung Chang arrives in this country the novel spectacle will be presented of the President of the United States following the example of European crowned heads and receiving his distinguished foreign guest on the deck of a war ship, if the plans now under consideration are carried out. It is proposed that the dispatch boat Dolphin shall meet the steamer St. Louis as it enters New York harbor and take on board the Viceroy, with the important members of his suite of forty persons. In the meantime Admiral Bunce's fleet will be on dress parade at some point yet to be determined, but probably in the lower bay. On board Admiral Bunce's flagship President Cleveland will await the distinguished foreigners. As the Dolphin with her exalted passenger approaches the fleet the gun of every ship will fire a salute to the "grand old man" of China. Li Hung Chang will present the personal letter from the Emperor of China to Mr. Cleveland that he is bringing with him and there will be a mutual exchange of expressions of goodwill. Then will follow a sumptuous story of a gold brick. STORY OF A GOLD BRICK. STOLEN BY A MAN IMPRISONED THEREFOR—RELEASED FOR LACK OF PROOF, AND CAUGHT AGAIN IN THE ACT OF GETTING THE BRICK FROM WHERE HE HAD HIDDEN IT. A letter from a gentleman in Ensenada, Lower California, received by Frank Steadman, contains the following interesting account of the discovery of the gold brick stolen from the shipping office in that place a year and a half ago: The $13,000 gold brick has been found and it has an interesting story in connection therewith. On March 20, 1895, the schooner "Anits" brought, together with her cargo, a gold brick containing $13,000 to Eusembala from the Iberia gold mining company at Calanville, 300 miles south of here, and after going through the custom house and paying export duties, it was placed for the night in one of the safes of Riveroll's shipping office for safe keeping. Near morning it was conspicuous by its absence, also $2000 in $20 gold pieces from the Bank of A. Geddie. Upon the discovery of the robbery the bookkeeper of the bank, one Jackson, a British subject; Pratt, bookkeeper of the shipping office, and Garrett, a former capitalist here, were placed in prison. Garrett and Pratt remained in prison up to a month ago. Jackson was acquitted about two months after his confinement, there being no evidence against him. After serving 16 months, Pratt and Garrett were also acquitted for lack of evidence. In the meantime the question where the brick had gone to puzzled all. It was given up for lost. The owner of the shipping office, a prominent and wealthy man, was also suspected and confined in jail for three months, but was acquitted and released on his giving the owners of the brick a document agreeing, in case the brick was not found in two years, to forfeit the amount in property or money. Now here is the interesting part. Thursday evening week a little sailboat closed from San Diego bay on a hunting and fishing expedition down here, and aboard was Garrett, who after his release went to San Diego. The boat landed at Sausal, seven miles from here, and Garrett came ashore, got a horse from a rancher at 9 o'clock at night and came to town every evening, and would look for the brick where he had hidden it, which enclosed the canyon-like valley Rio Grande just above El Paso oo nearly that a dam 600 feet long with them. This dam, to serve the power which it has been designed, about feet long and about twenty feet wide, will when completed cost about $1. Such a dam will it is estimated, immense reservoir fifteen miles long miles wide, or about four times any artificial reservoir now in this will hold all the surplus water Rio Grande at flood time, and this lation will not only be ample for of the arid lands in the valley he both sides of the boundary, but supply of water sufficient to hold tha of river by a moderate but flow all through the dry season. way the demands of the Mexicans ages can be satisfied, the inte boundary maintained law and order in the valley below El Paso and on the American as well as the side of the valley furnished with supply of water for purposes of irrigation. SIR JOHN MILLAIS D LOVE ROMANCE OF THE DISTINCT PAINTER—MARRIAGE WITH RUSKIN'S DIVORCED WIFE Sir John Millais, the distinguished painter, president of the Royal Academy died in London last Thursday at Millais' death was painless. Sir John Everett Millais in the latter February of this year succeeded Loason as president of the Royal Academy had painted pictures from his boyhood was one of the foremost artists in He was born at Southampton in 188 Millais, who survives him, was his wife of John Ruskin, who acquired divorce solely that she might marry some painter who at that time was among the fair sex. If ever the circumstances surrovirge divorce were romantic, they were case of Euphemia Chalmere Gray oo well, Perth. She married while a young John Ruskin, then consider senior. Millais at this time was only 22 E SHOES CO CHEAP CASH STORE RATED IN ANGELES St., COR. OF HEIM. T & CO, House Paints, the for all uses. Malleable Iron Range, and ces Low and the dls the Best. Anaheim, Cal ICKEL TERS JARS, LASSES CANS. GREATNESS OF THE NATIONS. SOME RECENT FIGURES WHICH CHALLENGE ENGLAND'S CLAIM TO PRECEDENCE. It has been the boast of Englishmen that Queen Victoria, the senior in respect of period of official service among the monarchs of the world, rules over not only a larger area of national dominion and colonies, but also over a larger number of subjects than any other ruler of a government in the world. The British empire, it has been said, extends to every part of the globe, and the sun never sets upon Queen Victoria's realm. The basis of this claim of precedence among governments has been found in figures which give the territorial area of the British empire as 11,000,000 square miles, and the population of Great Britain and colonies as 381,000,000. Following the British empire, in respect of population, came in the order named first China, then Russia, the United States, with Germany and France following. More recent figures, however, seem to change this, for they show the total population of the British Empire (not officially computed since the census of 1891) to now be 367,000,000 while the population of China, or more properly of the Chinese Empire, by late and authentic figures, is 402,000,000, or 35,000,000 greater. Great Britain in respect of population, therefore, ranks second to China, and the readjustment of England's sovereignty in South Africa is likely, later on, to curtail rather than to increase the present claims of the British statisticians. The total population of Russia, and of Russian dependencies was, by the last estimate made in St. Petersburg, 115,000,000, and for a very long time to come Great Britain seems to be assured without rivalry, of the second place. The present population of the United States is something in excess of 72,000,000, and the position of the United States is fourth in population among the countries of the world is not likely to be disputed either, for many years. Territorially, Great Britain has long made the claim to be first among the governments New York barber and take on board the Vicoroy, with the important members of his suite of forty persons. In the meantime Admiral Bunco's fleet will be on dress parade at some point yet to be determined, but probably in the lower bay. On board Admiral Bunco's flagship President Cleveland will await the distinguished foreigners. As the Dolphin with her exalted passenger approaches the flee to the gun of every ship will fire a salute to the "grand old man" of China. Li Hung Chang will present the personal letter from the Emperor of China to Mr. Cleveland that he is bringing with him and there will be a mutual exchange of expressions of good will. Then will follow a sumptuous dinner, after which Li Hung Chang's desires will be consulted as to the details of his tour through the United States. He will indicate the particular places and things he desires to see, and a naval officer and an army officer will be detailed to accompany him and see that proper courtesies are extended to him during his stay in this country. This is the programme as arranged in general terms. The various details, however, have not yet been mapped out, nor has the President's approval of the suggestions yet been definitely obtained. It may be that the naval reception by the President will be postponed for a day or two after Li Hung Charg's arrival in New York. This will depend somewhat on the arrival of the St. Louis from Southampton, and also upon the condition and personal desires of the distinguished passenger. The point at which the naval demonstration is to take place is also as yet to be fixed upon. GREATNESS OF THE NATIONS. SOME RECENT FIGURES WHICH CHALLENGE ENGLAND'S CLAIM TO PRECEDENCE. It has been the boast of Englishmen that Queen Victoria, the senior in respect of period of official service among the monarchs of the world, rules over not only a larger area of national dominion and colonies, but also over a larger number of subjects than any other ruler of a government in the world. The British empire, it has been said, extends to every part of the globe, and the sun never sets upon Queen Victoria's realm. The basis of this claim of precedence among governments has been found in figures which give the territorial area of the British empire as 11,000,000 square miles, and the population of Great Britain and colonies as 381,000,000. Following the British empire, in respect of population, came in the order named first China, then Russia, the United States, with Germany and France following. More recent figures, however, seem to change this, for they show the total population of the British Empire (not officially computed since the census of 1891) to now be 367,000,000 while the population of China, or more properly of the Chinese Empire, by late and authentic figures, is 402,000,000, or 35,000,000 greater. Great Britain in respect of population, therefore, ranks second to China, and the readjustment of England's sovereignty in South Africa is likely, later on, to curtail rather than to increase the present claims of the British statisticians. The total population of Russia, and of Russian dependencies was by the last estimate made in St. Petersburg, 115,000,000,and for a very long time to come Great Britain seems to be assured without rivalry,of the second place. The present population of the United States is something in excess of 72,000,000,and the position of the United States is fourth in population among the countries of the world is not likely to be disputed either,further for many years. Territorially,Great Britain has long made the claim to be first among the governments New York barber and take on board the Vicoroy ,with the important members of his suite of forty persons. In the meantime Admiral Bunco's fleet will be on dress parade at some point yet to be determined,但 probably in the lower bay. On board Admiral Bunco's flagship President Cleveland will await the distinguishable foreigners. As the Dolphin with her exalted passenger approaches the flee to gun of every ship will fire a salute to the "grand old man" of China. Li Hung Chang will present the personal letter from the Emperor of China to Mr. Cleveland that he is bringing with him and there will be a mutual exchange of expressions of goodwill. Then will follow a sumptuous dinner,after which Li Hung Chang's desires to see,and a naval officer and an army officer will be detailed to accompany him and see that proper courtesies are extended to him during his stay in this country. This is the programme as arranged in general terms. The various details,however,have not yet been mapped out,nor has the President's approval ofthe suggestions yet been definitely obtained. It may be that the naval reception by the President will be postponed for a day or two after Li Hung Charg's arrival in New York. This will depend somewhat on the arrival of the St. Louis from Southampton,and also upon the condition and personal desires ofthe distinguished passenger.The point at whichthe naval demonstration is to take place is also as yet to be fixed upon. GREATNESS OF THE NATIONS. SOME RECENT FIGURES WHICH CHALLENGE ENGLAND'S CLAIM TO PRECEDENCE. It has been the boast of Englishmen that Queen Victoria,the senior in respect of period of official service amongthe monarchsofthe world,rules over not onlya larger areaofnational dominionandcoloniesbut alsoovera largernumberofsubjects thananyotherrulerofa governmentintheworld.TheBritishempireithasbeensaidextendstoeverypartoftheglobe,andthesunneversetsuponQueenVictoria'srealm.ThebasisofthisclaimofprecedenceamonggovernmentshasbeenfoundinfigureswhichgivetheterritorialareaoftheBritishempireas11，ooo，oooquaremiles,andthepopulationofGreatBritainandcoloniesas381，ooo，ooo.OFfollowingtheBritishempireinrespectofpopulation,cameintheordernamedfirstChinathenRussia,theUnitedStateswithGermanyandFrancefollowing.MorerecentfigureshoweverseemtothenchangethisfortheyshowthetotalpopulationoftheBritishEmpire(notofficiallycompetedsincethecensusof1891)tonowbe367，ooo，ooowhilethepopulationofChinaormoreproperlyoftheChineseEmpirebylateandauthenticfiguresis402，ooo，ooo.or35，ooo，oooGreatBritaininrespectofpopulationthereforeranksecondtoChina,andthereadjustmentofEngland'ssovereigntinySouthAfricaislikely.lateron,curtainratherthantoincreasepresentclaimsoftheBritishstatisticians.ThetotalpopulationofRussia,andofRussiandependenceswasbythelastestimatemadeinSt.Petersburg115，ooo，ooo,andforverylongtimetocomeGreatBritainseemstobeassuredwithoutrivalry.ofthesecondplace.ThepresentpopulationoftheUnitedStatesis somethinginexcessof72，ooo，ooo,andthepositionoftheUnitedStatesisfourthinpopulationamongthecountriesoftheworldisnotlikelytobedisputed,either,furtherformanyyears.Territorially,GreatBritainhaslongmadetheclaimtobefirstamongthegovernmentsNewYorkbarberandtakeonboardtheVicoroy.withtheimportantmembersofhissuiteoffortypersons. InthemeantimeAdmiralBunco'sfleetwillbeondressparadeatsomepointyettobedeterminedbuttheownerthebrickhadgotpuzzleall.itWasgivenupforlost.Theowneroftheshippingoffice,aprominentandwealthymanwasalso suspectedandconfinedinjailforthreemonths,bathacometownatraymoonfromtown.Buthitbeingdarkhecouldnotlocateitthefirsttwo nights.SoonSaturdaynighthe senta partyintwitha note,sakinghimtocomeoutandmeethimandgo fishing.ThepartyhitchedhisbuggyandwentoutandwhenhemetGarretttheyuhitchedthehorsesandbidtheminacanyon,而theywenttowhuntfordhebrick. IssemstheofficersheregotwindfromSanDiegothatGarrettwereabsent,sothekeptonthelookoutforhimandscouredthecountry.Afterhuntingforthreeanda halfhoursforthebrick,GarrettandhispartnergaveupthesearchandcametothewagontogohomeonlytobethembythecustomofficersandChiefOfPolicewhohadlainunderthewagonallthistime,aawningtheirarrival.Afterplacingtheundertrestheywereforcedatthepointoftapicaltoconfessastowherethebrickwidihadbutbeingnightitcouldnotbefound.Garrettbeggedthathislifebe spared untilmorningwhichwasdone.At3o'clockinmorning(Sunday)hewas takenouttotwospotandtoldtheofficersthatwithtwodiffentfeedsofcertainrocktheywouldfindthebrickwhichtheydidinlessthantenminutes.See.thenerveandthecoolnessandcoordinezsheshowsallthrough!Andhowdesperatea criminalblinkWhileconfirmedinprisonsympathywaswithhumfromallsideuntiltheend;andintheeyesofpublishtheowneroftheshippingofficewhichhe did,dandthathe couldopenanysafeintowninlessthantenminuteswhichafteratestothejudge'ssatisfaction,thehed.Hethit toldthejudgethathehadbeengotintohellingsoftheshippingofficeatnightforlastfiveyearsandexaminedsafetytoseeiftherewas anythingworthstealing。但nevercouldfindenoughtillthebrickcame.Hemeakedupbismindtohaveit,andbiddidnotgetawaywithit.HehadakeymadetosfittheofficedoorImaginethenervelwhenhe toldThe JudgeThatPrattneverhadanythingtodowiththecase,andproveditbysayingthatwhileimprisonedPratt,theismarriedman,cametohumwithtearsinhiseyesandsaid,GarrettifyouknowwherethebrickisforGod'ssake,tellitandletusgetout,becausemy wife和childaredependentonmefora living."Andallheansweredwas"Idon'tknow;wewillgetout;theycanholdus."Andtherehy stayedforsixteenmonths. MEXICAN BOUNDARY. RESULTS IN A CLAIM OF $22，OOO，OOO DAMAGES AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. AlongnoincconsiderableportionofitscoursetheRioGrandeconstituteetheinternationalboundbetweentheUnitedStatesandMexico.Untilwithina fewyearstheRioGrandeservedthepurpose夯bound- Reduced Rates Via tha Santa Fe Route to pointatfollowingrates: To Santa Monica,Aug.19thto22ndonaccountencompaymentUnkingsofPythias,andK.ofLRate,$155forround trip.ToLongBeach,Aug.13thto22ndonaccountannualconventionChurchesofSouthernCalifornia$155forround trip.ToRedondoBach,Aug.2d1966onaccountannualconventionThecommonplaceofthemanwhookife. Rudolph Bentz. BROS. Bailey.) rail Butchers Cal. Make. aid for Live Stock! Davis Seeds! For your Protection.—Catarrh "Curse" or Tonics for Catarrh in liquid form to be taken internally, usually contain either Mercury or Iodide of Potasse, or both, which are injurious if too long taken. Catarrh is a local, not a blood disease, caused by sudden change to cold or damp weather. It starts in the nasal passages, affecting eyes, ears and throat. Cold in the head causes excessive flow of mucus, and, if repeatedly neglected, the results of catarrh will follow; severe pain in the head, a roaring sound in the ears, bad breath, and oftentimes an offensive discharge. The remedy should be quick to allay inflammation and heal the membrane. Elys Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure for these troubles and contains no mercury nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents. MEXICAN BOUNDARY RESULTS IN A CLAIM OF $22,000,000 DAMAGES AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. Along no inconsiderable portion of its course the Rio Grande constitutes the international boundary between the United States and Mexico. Until within a few years the Rio Grande served the purposes of a boundary line very creditably and satisfactorily, but recently the settlers of Colorado and New Mexico have taken so much water out of the river for the purpose of irrigation that the old line becomes obliterated during the dry season, and this has made so much trouble for the Mexicans that their Government claims of the United States $22,000,000 damages. The circumstances upon which they base this heavy claim for damages may be briefly summed up as follows: From the neighborhood of El Paso, extending about ninety miles down the river, there is a valley about fifteen miles wide; and since the river has got into the habit of going dry every summer it has out many different and widely diverging channels with the advent of flood water. In this way the international boundary has been practically obliterated as far as this valley, fifteen miles wide and nearly ninety miles long, is concerned. This has led to endless complications as to national jurisdiction, and finally to a condition of utter lawlessness. In addition to this the Mexicans claim that for some 200 years they have been cultivating the lands of this valley on their side of the boundary, which was made very fertile and productive by irrigation from the waters of the Rio Grande, but since the river has been systematically and continuously robbed of its waters by the American settlers of Colorado and New Mexico just at the season when the water was needed for irrigation, this valley below El Paso has become a sterile desert, absolutely worthless for agricultural purposes. They claim that the Mexicans have a prior claim to the water of the Rio Grande, as they were using it for purposes of irrigation 200 years ago, but now they have been robbed not only of the water but of the international boundary line, and indirectly, of law and order in the valley referred to. In view of all this they set up a claim for $22,000,000 damages, but they also propose the terms of compromise. The proposal is that the United States should build what has lately figured in the news of the day as the "international dam." This dam will (if built) be located about two and one-half miles above El Paso, where the heights cause my wife and child are dependents on me for a living." And all he answered was, "I don't know; we will get out; they can't hold us." And there they stayed for sixteen months. Reduced Rates Via the Santa Fe Route to point at following rates: To Santa Monica, Aug. 19th to 24th on account of encampment Uniform Knights of Pythias, and K. of Nate Rate, $1 55 for the round trip. To Long Beach, Aug. 13th to 24th on account annual convention Churchos of Southern California $1 55 for the round trip. To Redondo Beach, Aug. 2d 1896, on account of second annual association of spiritualists. R for the round trip. To San Diego, Sept. 4th and Nate Rate, $3 for the round trip, 30 days J. H. CLABAUGH, Several families have been diving their homes in the Sardis settlement the Fraser river, in British Columbia; dense swarms of mosquitoes settled upon the place. In Chillicothe has been practically suspended its being simply impossible to wipe the dense clouds of mosquitoes. An unjust arrived from Harrison He reports the pest as being very bad had gone to the springs to spend a day but was unable to remain, owing storms of insects from which she escaped. Even along Canada Railway the mosquitoes are a great annoyance. The recent heavy rain allowed by the intense heat and winds, caused the swarming of them. Two thousand tons of coal are aboard the battleship Oregon. Fill her bunkers were received late and the work was begun Saturday was kept up instead of suspending day, is taken to indicate that the urgency in the orders. The Owner has her complement of men. Will or two she will have her supply owed is expected that her departure for will not be long delayed. It has been decided just when or where she presented with the silver service people of Oregon. There is some it will be at Astoria. The imminent oil it takes to fill the Oregon gives some idea of her size, 2000 a complete cargo for a pretty vessel. Jacobson Bros. have just received new 20th century Concord buggies ahead in style and finish of any wheels, and the price so low that one have one. When in Santa Ana them. T 20, 1896. NUMBER 43 which enclose the canyon-like valley of the Grande just above El Paso converge so early that a dam 600 feet long will connect them. This dam, to serve the purpose for which it has been designed, should be 600 feet long and about seventy feet high, and all, when completed, cost about $1,000,000. Such a dam will, it is estimated, create an immense reservoir fifteen miles long by four miles wide, or about four times as large as any artificial reservoir now in existence. It will hold all the surplus water of the Grande at flood time, and this accumulation will not only be ample for irrigation on the arid lands in the valley below it on both sides of the boundary, but furnish a supply of water sufficient to hold the channel of the river by a moderate but continuous flow all through the dry season. In this way the demands of the Mexicans for damages can be satisfied, the international boundary maintained, law and order restored in the valley below El Paso and the lands of the American as well as the Mexican side of the valley furnished with an ample supply of water for purposes of irrigation. IRJOHN MILLAIS DEAD OVE BOMANCE OF THE DISTINGUISHED PAINTER—MARRIAGE WITH JOHN RUSKIN'S DIVORCED WIFE. Sir John Millais, the distinguished British writer, president of the Royal Academy, died in London last Thursday afternoon. Millais' death was painless. Sir John Everett Millais in the latter part of February of this year succeeded Lord Leighman as president of the Royal Academy. He had painted pictures from his boyhood. He was one of the foremost artists in England. He was born at Southampton in 1829. Lady Millais, who survives him, was the divorced wife of John Ruskin, who acquiesced in her divorce solely that she might marry the hand-painted painter who at that time was the rage among the fair sex. If ever the circumstances surrounding a romance were romantic, they were so in the case of Euphemia Chalmere Gray of Bowersell, Perth. She married while still quite young John Ruskin, then considerably her senior. Millais at this time was only 22 years of age. SNAP SHOTS AT THE NEWS. B. L. Bonestel stayed away from home at Butte, Mont., one night last week and returning home next morning at 5 o'clock found his wife in bed with Frank Cole, a printer, and a roomer in the house. Bonestel shot Cole dead. Orange orchardists at Monrovia claim that the lady bird thizobius ventralis has done good work in cleaning out orchards infested with scale, and the charge is made that rottenness exists in the attempt to turn the lady bird down. E J. Dole, the young Los Angeles attorney who raised a check which he procured at Santa Ana on the State Loan and Trust Co. of Los Angeles, from $250 to $850 and cashed it, was sentenced to seven years in the State's prison at Folsom. A new trial was asked for but was denied. Passengers who have arrived from Central American ports report that the town of Rama on the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua, was completely submerged during forty hours by the overflowing of the rivers Siqua and Rama. The water rose to a height of forty three feet above the level of the river banks and the flood did damage to property estimated at 600 acres. Rama exports a great quantity of bananas to the United States, principally by way of New Orleans. A rumor is current to the effect that Miss Mattie Overman of Brown-Overman fame, late of San Francisco, is in Los Angeles, living a retired life, and has been seen by a few church people only. To these she is alleged to have made confessions of the guilt of herself and Dr. Brown, and she has professed great interest in religious life. She is living under an assumed name, and is in constant attendance at one of the small churches on the outskirts of the city. Her future plans have not been disclosed to any one. The darkness that lowered over Pittsburg about 8 o'clock Thursday morning was scarceely over surpassed. For a short time the business part of the city was almost as dark as midnight and timid people were appalled at the unnatural spectacle. This was followed by an electrical storm quite as terrifying and by a heavy rainfall which continued until noon. All over the city the sewers were filled to overflowing. All of the traction lines were brought to a standstill, but aside from this no serious injury to life or property is reported. At the black and drawn, the tongue protruding and the eyes sunken. Mr. Carter for some time had carried a life insurance of $3,000, which he allowed to lapse three weeks ago. Miss Lizzie Rensor of Cass county, Ind., started on Wednesday to walk to St. Louis, where she is to meet B. A. Stenzel of Denver. The long overland journey is to have its sequel in the marriage of the couple. Miss Rensor is twenty-five years old. Stenzel advertised in a matrimonial paper for a wife, and Miss Rensor was the successful applicant for his affections. The novel agreement that they should meet in St. Louis was made in lieu of Miss Rensor's inability to go to Denver. She expects to be assisted on her journey by persons on route. Judge Dorn of Monterey county has filed a decision in which he declares its grand jury recently in session an illegal body, insumuch as it was not composed of citizens selected from the different townships of the county in proportion to the number of voters contained in said townships. The legality of the grand jury was questioned by the attorneys of E. B. Montgomery, ex-County Treasurer, against whom the grand jury had brought six indictments for malfeasance in office. About 4 o'clock Wednesday morning the citizens of Nogales on both sides of the international line were arroused from their sleep by a fusilade of shots. Rushing to ascertain the cause, they found that seventy-five Yaquiand Temochio Indians had made an attack on the town on Sonora side for the purpose of securing arms and menets to aid in the overthrow of the Mexican government in the interest of Santa Teresa de Cabora. As the result of the attack, seven Indians are dead, one badly wounded, who will die, one prisoner, two coeladores (Mexican custom house guarde) Francisco Fernandez and Manuel Delbauty dead another, Jose Pena, mortally wounded, and Groencilio Urbino, keeper of a little fruit stand. Dead at 5 o'clock a posse returned to Nogales bringing the dead bodies of Ponicojo Sanchez and Juan Fernandez. The special train returned at 6 o'clock from Magdalena, bringing sixty soldiers who left at once on the trail, as signal fires were seen burning on the hills six miles away proving that the insurgents are meditating another attack. A troop of United States cavalry and two companies of infantry started immediately from Fort Huachuca. Business houses are closed and citizens on both sides of the line are guarding the town. Reduced Rates Via the Santa Fo Route to points named following rates: To Santa Monica, Aug. 19th to 26th, 1896, account of encampment Uniform Rank, nights of Pythias, and K. of P. pionic. rate, $1 55 for the round trip. To Long Beach, Aug. 13th to 23d, 1896, account annual convention Christian universities of Southern California, Rate, $55 for the round trip. To Redondo Beach, Aug. 2d to 30th, account of second annual conven- Reduced Rates Via the Santa Fe Route to points named following rates: To Santa Monica, Aug. 19th to 26th, 1896, account of encampment Uniform Rank, night of Pythias, and K. of P. picnic, rate, $1 55 for the round trip. To Long Beach, Aug. 13th to 23d, 1896, account annual convention Christian unrobes of Southern California, Rate, $55 for the round trip. To Redondo Beach, Aug. 2d to 30th, 1896, on account of second annual convention of the Southern California camp meeting association of spiritualists, Rate, $1 55 for the round trip. To San Diego, Sept. 4th and 5th, 1896, rate, $3 for the round trip, 30 days' limit, J. H. CLABAUGH, Agent. Several families have been driven from their homes in the Sardis settlement, along the Fraser river, in British Columbia, by the dense swarms of mosquitoes that have stalled upon the place. In Chilliwack haying has been practically suspended, owing to being simply impossible to work among the dense clouds of mosquitoes. A Victorinist just arrived from Harrison Hot Springs reports the pest as being very bad there. He had gone to the springs to spend a vacation, but was unable to remain, owing to the forms of insects from which there was no sooping. Even along the Canadian Pacific railway the mosquitoes are a great source of innovance. The recent heavy rains, folowed by the intense heat and hot Chinook winds, caused the swarming of the pests. Two thousand tons of coal are being put board the battleship Oregon. Orders to fill her bunkers were received late last week, and the work was begun Saturday. That it was kept up instead of suspending over Sunday, is taken to indicate that there is some urgency in the orders. The Oregon now has her complement of men. Within a day or two she will have her supply of coal. It expected that her departure for the north will not be long delayed. It has not yet been decided just when or where she will be presented with the silver service from the people of Oregon. There is some talk that she will be at Astoria. The immense amount of coal it takes to fill the Oregon's bankers gives some idea of her size, 2000 tons being a complete cargo for a pretty good sized cessel. Jacobson Bros. have just received a dozen new 20th century Concord buggies, being far head in style and finish of anything on wheels, and the price so low that any one can have one. When in Santa Ana, go and see them. Chinese papers by last week's mail report a tragedy at Kiangnan arsenal on July 13th consequent upon the birth to the wife of an arreal employee named Yang of two girls, whom nature had curiously linked together in precisely the same manner as the celebriated Siamese twins. The united girl, however, are not the only peculiarity of the remarkable birth, for they were but two of the triplets, the third member of the party being a boy who possessed three eyes and three perfectly formed arms. Thousands of inquisitive natives crowded the house to view the prodigies, and the parents, filled with superstitious fancies-strangled the unfortunate and buried them. The British Vice-Consul urged that the parents be arrested and punished, but the authorities refused to interfere. Thomas L. Young was arrested at San Luis Obispo on a charge of assault to murder his wife. Young's wife was brought in by him from a ranch near the city with a fractured skull, and he told a story that she fell from a buggy and struck a sharp rock, with the fracture as a result. This story was doubted, and it is claimed that Young struck his wife with a rock while drunk and inflicted the injuries. Mrs. Young is in a very serious condition and may die at any time. Young is in the county jail. A visit to the house of the Young near the city found one of the rooms in a very demoralized condition, and a blood-stained pair of puffs and towels in the bedroom, where it is thought Young cared for his wife before bringing her in. After turning his wife over to the physicians in an unconscious condition Young left and was not seen again until found in the cemetery. Young served 100 days in the Los Angeles county jail in 1894 for beating a former wife. He was on trial in San Luis for forgery a year ago and was acquitted by a jury. Feeling is very strong against him. Hiram D. Carter of Pomena was struck by lightning and instantly killed about 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The day had been sultry, though cloudy, especially in the mountains to the east of the city. The clouds grew heavier and blacker as the afternoon advanced, and the heat became more oppressive. About 4 o'clock Carter went out in front yard of his home on Orange Grove avenue, not far from the street-car barn, and sat down under a large fig tree. A storm, accompanied by heavy rain and vivid lightning, swept down from the mountain, a bolt striking the tree under which Carter sat and killing him almost instantly. The effect of the lightning seemed most marked about the chest, which was burned and blackened, but the whole body presented a strange tendency to immediate decomposition, which sometimes accompanies death by lightning; the skin was been married. Every arrangement was being made by Mrs. Cook, his lifelong friend and faithful nurse, to have him removed from his rooms over the Stockton bank to their new residence, and it was the plan of Mr. Shippee to move as soon as it was finished, and make Mrs. Cook his wife. It was believed by the neighbors that Shippee and Mrs. Cook had been secretly married, and that after his death she would lay claim to what property remained out of the once magnificent estate of the one-time millionaire. This expectation will not be fulfilled, for Mrs. Cook has admitted that she was not married to Shippee, but she adds that he begged her to marry him while on his sick bed. She preferred to wait until he had recovered so somewhat, and so they were never united. Shippee's nephew filed a trust deed by which the famous Shippee ranch near Stockton is transferred to him. After paying off the mortgage he is directed to pay Mrs. Cook $5000, and to Evelyn Shippee of Butte county $5000. Several smaller bequests of $1000 each are to be made to relatives in the east. The deed contemplates the disbursement of about $30,000 in cash after paying off the debts on the place. For fifteen years the town of Far Hills, N. J., has possessed a most remarkable specimen of human obstinacy in the person of Silas Huffman, who lives in a fine residence. For the length of time mentioned he has not left his bed. This is not because of any injury, but simply because he wants to spite his brother, before Silas retired for his long repose, held a mortgage on the house in which Huffman now is. Silas though but forty nine years old, has the appearance of a man of four score. In 1881 Huffman inherited an estate from his parents. He soon managed to run through the money and then mortgaged his house, his married brother advancing money on it. The interest fell due and his brother demanded it. Silas remained in the house until the Sheriff came to sell the premises, and then went to the attic, door of which he barred. Meanwhile his brother bought the property and took possession of it. He did not worry about Silas and supposed he would soon get tired of his solitary life and come down. For six months Silas did not speak to any one. A year after he began his strange existence the house was struck by lightning. His room was partially wrecked, but when his sister sought to see if he was injured he was sitting in the debris and said to her: "The next time they shoot off the goldarned old cannon," it'll bust." Years passed, but Silas remained in bed. The inaction naturally weakened him mentally and physically and he is now a helpless imbecile. Insist upon Hood's Saraparilla when you need a medicine to justify your blood, strengthen your nerves and give you an appetite. There can bene substitute for Hood's. 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