The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 26, 1895, Page 4

4 . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1895 ALONG THE CONST, A Very Interesting Day Among the Spirit- ualists. FIRE NEAR ANGELS CAMP A Well-Known Los Angeles Physician Killed at Long Beach. WHEELING AROUND THE EARTH. Arrival at Sacramentc of Journalist Mcllrath and His Wife on Bicycles. SANTA MONICA, Car., July 25.—The pavilion was crowded Wedr evening as it has not been since the spiritualist en- campment commenced, the vices prov- ing interesting to believers and non-be- lievers alike. The service commenced with the usual singing of spiritualistic hymns, followed by an in by Rey. George W. Carpenter, who d the spiritualistic Lord’s prayer, so! different from that of the orthodox be lievers. Professor Bowman made an exceedingly on “How and Why I The speaker said Metho par- ing broader and st minister, and in e sought a medium, the woman of spiritualist. He had climbed higher, n steps higher in : fifteen y son, but wanted som became a Univ 1881, in Atlanta, Ga., like Saul when he ca Endor, and became not changed and if there were ountainhead of ue searcher after 1st read everytt truth, there is w and not be sa with second- d information. If he does, he f, will regret the dark gosy n of hell.” The speaker claimed t ualism in its sense had worked won- but was s n its infancy. It was g to the world justice instead of char- arned bread instead of th ostic and ho! groped sbout in darkness and discontent until he found the waters of spiritualism, at which gushing fount he drank, and the imm ty of men had a new meaning and life and a new giory. It rejected wealth for mere wealth’s sake. It made all n . It peopled the universe Is, or rather those o life everlasting, taking in all conditions into one Te whose eyes no fear the trath of the blessings of immortality. Ben M. Barny and Dr. Schlessinger gave tests suce lly to a large number. This morning the mediums had a con- ference. In the afternoon Rev. George W. Carpenter of Chicago spoke, Dr. Schles- | singer giving tests, and after sunset Pro- fessor Clark gave an exceedingly interest- ing service of his Iyrics and poems. McILRATH A ACRAMENTO. Avrival of the Journafistic Tourist and His Wife on Whecls. SACRAMENTO, CaL. y H. Dar- win Mcllrath, who, accompanied by his wife, is making a bicycle tour of the world in the interests of the Chicago Inter Ocean, has arrived in this city, after completing a trip of 2800 miles across the continent, visiting all places of interest en rout The trip was accomplished in fift: days, the longest day’s journey b miles, from Raynor to Denver, a poriion of the route a heavy up-grade. Mrs. Mellrath is by no means one of the strong-minded mascuiine type of femin- y one would naturally expect capable mustering up sufficient courage to brave the dangers and hardships to be encountered in a trip of this ®kind. On the contrary, she is petite, refined, beautiful, possessing the characteristics that blend to form the ideal, without one trace of the new woman. When riding her attire consists of a sweater, cap and bloom- ers, which she declares to be the perfect costume for the silent steed. _Mr. Mclrath, in conjunction with his literary matters, has been empowered to perfect arrangements for the rapid trans- m curring in interior Asiatic points, coast. points, from which it will reach the reading world in days ins: of months. They leave this city next Saturday en route to San Francisco. to sea- — FATALITY AT LONG BEACH. A Well-Enown Physician of Los Angcles Run Over and Killed. LOS ANGELES, CaL., July Ephriam C. Knight, a wealthy ph: this city,was run over and killed thisafter- noon at Long Beach and his wife seriously, if not fatally, injured. The accident oc- curred just after the large audience was dismissed from the Tabernacle, where the Chautanqua exercises are held and was wit- | I nessed hundreds of people. Dr. Knight, who is 83 years of age,and his wife had just left the Tabernacle when a team that had become frightened a short dis tance away boradown on them at breakneck speed, and before the old couple conld get out of the way, had knocked them down and trampled upon them. Their unconscious bodies were removed toa house near by, where it was ascer- tained that Dr. Knight's head was frac- tured and his right shoulder dislocated. Mrs. Knight sustained severe bruises and probably internal injuries. The accident occurred at 3:30and the doctor died at4:30. Dr. Knight was a native of Maine and had been a resident of Los Angeles many years and had a large number of friends. T P FIRE NEAR ANGELS CAMP, It Is Raging in the Brush and Threat- ening Great Destruction. ANGELS CAMP, Car., July 25.—A fierce grass and brush fire started this afternoon on Tryon Hill, on the southern outskirts of town, and it required the efforts of hun- dreds of men to prevent it reaching the residences in the annex. The fireis now traveling at great speed toward the town of Vallecito and the Stanislaus River. When it reaches the river it is likely to make its way up to the Utica’s immense flumes which are many miles in length. A large amount of prop- erty is in imminent danger as the flames are now spreading through thé woody country in nearly all directions. The only effective resistance that can be made is_in efforts to save the small settlements lying in the path af the flames., The fire was started by boys. ———— BOISE TO SAN FRANCISCO. Growing Interest in the Proposed Rail- road Between These Points, BOISE, Ipamo, July —Considerable interest is manifested in the new railroad project from Butte to San Francisco via Boise. "E. T." Woodworth~of “Derver has iust returned from San Francisco, having ted to climb | at modern spirit- | on of important news matter, oc-| made the distance overland cver the pro- posed route, and reports being highly Yleused with the prospects of the scheme. Te reports a most cordial and substantial reception by the merchants and capital- ists of San Francisco, Mr. Woodworth claims to represent one of the most successful companies in this line in the West, their latest success being the Denver-Cripple Creek road in Colorado. He is confident that sufficient bonds can be floated to build the road, and is positive that dirt will soon fly. e SaFE-CRACKERS AT REDWOOD. They Attempt to Force the Strong Box of the Southern Pacific. REDWOOD CITY, Cav., July 25.—An attempt was made last night to rob the safe in the Southern Pacific depot. En- trance was effected through the baggage- room. The door leading to the ticket office was then pried oven with a crowbar. The safe was damaged by blows from some heavy instrument but was not opened. An attempt to rob the station was also made on Tuesday night. A hole was bored into the safe from the back, but the steel chest was struck and stopped the drilling. The station agent’s typewriter was stolen. e e . Stockton’s New Morning Paper. STOCKTON, CaL., July 25.—The Record, which bas been published here as an evening paver for the past three months by Irving Martin and E. H. Fontecilla, appeared as a morning publication for the first time to-day, with the news service of The United Pres RACING AT SACRAMENTO. Four Interesting Trotting and Pacing Events De- cided. Hamrock Captured the 2:17 Trot After an Exclting Contest of Five Heats. SACRAMENTO, Cir., July 25.— The | opening event of the fourth day’s racing | was a special match for $100 a side hetween | George Wiley and Bay Rum. George | Wiley took first heat in 2:30)4, the ! other two heats going to Bay Rum in 2:31}4 | and { In the ond event the two-year-oid | pacer Jennie Mc sold favorite at 20, with | the field at 15. The animals got away at | the first score. Susie L went wrong before i | the first turn and ‘was long in recovery. At the quarter Jennie Mc had the advan- tage by a half length of Prince Bismarck, who led King Cadenza by a head. On the 1 k stretch they were all in a bunch, iwi:h Susie I, who had got down to busi- | ness, coming fast. At the hali it was Jen- nie Mc by a length, Prince Bismarck by a | head and Agitato. Entering the stretch it | was a bunch, but Prince Bismarck came to | the front, winning by half a length in a | drive, with Jennie Mc half a length in | front of Agitato, who made a serious mis- | take when close to the wire. Time, 2:26. | Inthe second heat Prince Bismarck sold | at. 40, with the field at 21. The favorite got | slightly the best of it at the start, with | | Agitato lapping his wheel, Jennie Mc in the same position. At the half the Prince } was half a length to the good, and Agitato | traveling with daylight between him and | Jennie Mo. Into” the stretch they came neck and neck, going without a falter. At the seven-eighths Agitato came steadily | inch by inch to the iront, with Jennie Mc gaining fast. The favorite got the whip | hout avail, Agitato crossing the wire | the lead,the maiden second and the | Prince third. Time, 2:20. In the third heat Agitato sold 20 against the field at 8. In_the first heat Susie L | | crowded in on Prince Bismarck, got her | sulky broken and went to the stable. At/ the quarter Jennie Mc had thelead by | three lengths, Prince Bismarck second, Agitato third and in the air. At the half it was the same, with Agitato closing fast. Entering the stretch the maiden was still in the lead, with Agitato in close pursuit | of Prince Bismarck. At the seven-eighths | Agitato went to pieces and the Prince fin- ished second under the whip. Time, 2:29, Agitato sold for 12, jennie Mc 10, field 6 in the fourth heat. Agitato took the ad-| | vance and was never headed. At the en- trance of the stretch Jennie Mc closea fast, | but could not get into tirst place. Agitato captured first money, Jennie Mc second, | Prince ‘Bismarck third, King Cadenza fourth. Time, 2:20%4. The third event was a trot for the 2:17 | class for $1000. Manning sold at 10, Paloma | Prince 10, field 10, with money coming | faster than it could be taken. Nelly V went away to the front and led at the quar- | ter with Margaret Worth alongside and Pa- | Joma Prince a head behind. Down the | | back stretch they traveled like a pair of lovers, Paloma Prince playing the part of | chaperon. At the half Nelly W madea bad skip and the Prince passed her. Down the stretch they came like a whirlwind. | Margaret, trotting like a steam engine, | got the heat, Paloma Prince second. Mel- | var third. Time, 2:173%. In the second heat Manning sold at 19, field 10, Paloma Prince 5. Melvar got the jump, but Margaret Worth led him by a | length at the quarter, with Nelly W com- | ing fast down the back stretch. They were | allin 1,2, 3 order. They entered the stretch and finished in this order. Time, 2:18. In the third Margaret Worth sold at 110, Manning 9, fiela 5. The favorite got the Jead and at the quarter was one | and a half lengths ahead, Melvar second, Nelly W third, with Manning trailing, At the half Hamrock had third place, with Manning coming fast into the stretch. Manning went to second place, and at the sevein-eighths Melvar went to the fore, | winning the heat, Manning second, Mar- garet Worth third. Time, 2:1914. In the fourth Manning sold at 20, Mar- i garet Worth 5, field 8. At the quarter | Margaret Worth was a neck to the good, | Hamrock second and Nelly W third, with | sliding bobble. On the back stretch the | favorite was coming like a streak. At the | half it was Manning, Hamrock and Mar- garet Worth, the latter having made a | blunder. In the stretch Manning went off | the earth and finished second, Hamrock first, Margaret Worth third. Time, 2:1734. | Hamrock 20, field 14, went the money on the fifth heat. Melvar got the advan- tage, but Hamrock went to the front by a neck at the quarter, with Manning two lengths to the good of Melvar. Down the back stretch it was Hamrock and Man- | ning. Nearing the hali Manning left his feet. Down the stretch Hamrock didn't do anything but sail, winning by five lengihs, Manning second, Nelly W third. Tinte, 2:204. Hamrock captured first money, Mar- garet Worth second, Manning third, Mel- var fourth. In the fourth and last race, a special for the 2:19 class pace, purse of $400, Golden West sold favorite at 10, Prince Nutwood | 4, field 6. Loupe got away iirst, but Prince Nutwood led at the quarter, with Dan N third. Down the backstreteh Prince Nutwood went wron& and fell to second osition and Golden West got five lengths o the good, Dan N third. Entering the stretch the Agnew gelding Loupe came like a house afire, and near the finish pulled up on Golden West rapidly, but the distance_was too short, and he finished second, Dan N third, Time, 2:1734. In the second heat Golden West went to the front at the quarter and was never headed, Dan N second, Prince Nutwood tdhird. d’l‘g:ci:!inamed ‘made a bobgleland rop) , Loupe going tosecond place. Theyp:ame down the stretch in the same order and passed under the wire, Golden West two lengths ahead of Loupe, who was five lengths to the good of Dan N. Time, 2:163;. Golden West had too hard a cinch on this heat for any money to be placed. He cut out the pace from the start and led to the finish. Dan N held second place to the head of the stretch, and then Loupe passed him like a flash and finisped an easy second. Golden West first, mo.xgeyq, iou' yfla‘eeond.'Deg 15 third, Eagle fourth, Time, 2:17%. 4 YREKA, THE ROMANTIC Early History of One of} the State’s Pioneer Towns. GREAT WEALTH OF GOLD. Tale of the Discovery of the Precious Metal on the ' Flats. STILL A CAMPERS’ PARADISE. Scenes of Wild and Majestic Beauty in the Neighboring Mountain Sides. YREKA, Car., July 20.—It isnearly fifty years mow since the white men mounted the trail that leads up and up through the | scenic glories of the Sacramento River can- yon, past Black Butte Summit and then | square and has not yet been worked for the gold that is under 1t, though it is an open question to-day whether there is more gold above or below the surface. Cor- ner lots have a community value there now, but when a man digs a posthole he is careful to wash the leavings. And you may stand on the briage over the creek—or what is lef; of the bridge since the freshets of last winter—at almost the very spot where the cache of dried salmon was found by the forty prospectors in the summer of 50, and still see a yellow spark here and there, if the sun be right, glistening in the gravel that is washed by the noisy stream. Millions_have been taken from the flats above Yreka, more millions still from the Humbug and Green- horn hills to the north, west and south, and there is gold in plenty yet beneath the surface of these fertile steeps and flats. One and a half miles south of town the Blue Gravel drifts are yielding vaying quantities of bright sparks to the bucket- ful,and a day and a night gang are work- ing constantly. At Deadwood, at Klam- ath, at McCook, at Honelulu and on the Big and Little Humbug creeks there are still rich mines pouring a steady stream of the seductive yellow metal into Yreka, and there are virgin veins yet to be opened. But Yreka’s wealth of gold is _an old story, nor so remarkable a tale to-day as it | once was. The little city in the mountains has another kind of wealth that I bave thought it worth while to tell about—a more poetic richness than that of dross. She has nearly half a century’s picturesque history behind her, apples that are like Eastern .lpples. a glorious crown of au-| tumnal colors in October, a thick white mantle in winter, and the soft tints of green in a springtime that comes with March instead of November. Yreka has her seasons in the order of the temperate was owed him for potatoes. But he lost niore than this before the winter was over. and came to know, as he often said, that it did not lie in man’s stomach, if anywhere. By and by his stock became exhausted, and Yreka awoke one morning with the agonizing consciousness that Boles’ last potato was sold. Presently a merchant nailed this legend to his doorpost: *‘Pota- toes, one dollar a pound.” This was more than even Alvy Boles could stand, and it is related in theé chron- icles of Yreka how this long-suffering man headed a crowd of angry citizens who went to the store, and threat- encd a verdict of Judge Lynch, who was at that time a very popular jurist in Siskiyou County. The storekeeper was thoroughly frightened—as well he might be—and potatoes were still two-bits apound thereafter. But how came the mer- chant by his stock of precious potatoes? He was placed on the rack and made to con- fess that they were purchased of Boles by agents employed for the purpose; and at last it transpired that many of these agents had made their purchases on the credit system.' And the records are that the r[e of Yreka Jaughed at_Boles and called him fool, which proves, I takeit, that gold- searchers, as a rule, are not more virtuous than other men. The following autumn Alvy Boles was a candidate for Justice of the Peace. He was badly beaten, and if the printed records of the county be true, the men who had not paid their potato bills were the ones who voted and worked against him. “It was a common thing on the day of election,” says the authority, ‘‘to hear Boles upbraid these ungrateful spongers. ‘Yes, and there’s another of them,” he would say. ‘There you are working against me when I saved yon from starvation last MPYAS S ) A b W S MINER STREET, YREKA, UNDER SN OwW. down the gentle slopes to what is now the peaceful and beautiful little city of Yreka. “They arrived at the mouth of Yreka Creek the first week in August,” writes an old-time historian of these Sierra altitudes and solitudes that Joaquin Miller loves to i dwell upon in his prose and his poetry, be- cause here his early manhood was passed and his muse was born. “‘Passing up the stréam they camped at an open place among the willows and wild cherry trees that skirted its banks, but a few yards below where the Miner- street bridge now crosses. Where they camped they discovered a cache of dried salmon—a store of food evidently laid in for winter use by the savages—the contents of which they avpropriated to their own use. Here they remained three days to rest one of their men, who ‘had been wounded a few days before by the Indians. Little squads of men went out prospectin, in all directions. While crossing the flat: one of them picked up a chunk of gol weighing $2 50.” | But these men had never heard of gold diggings on a flat, so they made | no effort to prospect here. There | were forty of them in the party that started out the 1st of July, 1850, from the zone, which make her almost an _anomaly in California and as interesting in winter as she is arcadian in summer or beautiful in antumn. These latter attributes are due to_her altitude and her situation in the midst of the great pine and cedar forested Biskiyou Mountains. The country around her has a remarkable natural beauty of the wild and rugeed type,and from the city there is a view of the snowscapped splen- dors of Mount Shaséa that. the most. pro- saic of her citizens bow down before in local pride, if not in artistic appreciation. None of the mining centers of California is richer in local histery than Thompson’s Dry Diggings, yet the generation of younger Yrekans are more learned in the chronicles of ancient Egypt than in the annals of the Shasta Butte gold flats. | They have a completer knowledge of the | | Roman emperors than of the alcaldes .of | | old Wyreka. Richelieu and the Louis are | more to them than Cut Eye Foster and | Shacknasty Jim; the monarchs of early England than the conquerors of this once ak and awful wilderness. And perhaps t is as well, esthetically at least, that this s true, for though there is much of fas- cinating interest in the history of these early times and personages they lack the perspective of centuries to complete the Ricture, and neither a Plutarch nor a Macaulay has given them the setting so richly bestowed upon the heroes and ban- COURTHOUSE !!nuul“mlfulunm.‘ Rl Wil ue S AT YREKA, forks of the Salmon River to search for the reputed two-ounce diggings somewhere on the banks of Scott River. The exact spot to this day has not been located. These were not.the first men who have overlooked a fortune while vainly search- ing for the purse of Fortunatus, but they were the first to find evidences of the shin- ing yellow ore in what was soon to become one of the richest and most famous di, gings in the world. Perhaps the ghosts 3 those forty prospectors are still roaming the hills and gulches of this wild region in search of those two-ounce diggings, but those who came after them, only a year later, found the wealth of Indus beneath the long grass of Yreka Flats, and it was theirs to make fortunes for themselves and found a city in the pine-clad mountains of Siskiyou for their chjldren. It has been a famous little city in its day—though never very populous—and there is a rugged picturesqueness in its situation and in its history that should bespeak for it a greater fame to-day than it has enjoyed since the Federal troops rendezyouzed here during the Modoc war at I“ll:e lava, b,edz !;n 1853. b Bt Thompson’s Dry Diggings was i s name, lhlia was mngcflln:ed to Shasta Butte City, when the gathering of more than 2000 miners at one spot in less than six weeks after the first pan of dust was washed bespoke for the mushroom settle- ment a more pretentious name. The In- dians called it I-e-ka, meaning the white, -covered. He brought an anyil and black- dits of classic days. Nor is there, upon the whole, much more of moral precept to be found in searching the records of the gold- diggers than in conning the dates of court intrigues and royal assassinations. Take, for instance, the case of Alvy Boles and the potatoes, during the win- ter of ’52-'53, when provisions were so scarce that salt sold readily for $1 an ounce. Alvy Boles wasone of the first to arrive in Yreka when the mines were dis- smith’s tools with him and set up shop under a tree. Early in ’52 he cultivated a tract of land on the creek, raising potatoes and other vegetables. That same fall Boles had a good crop from twenty-two acres of potatoes, but the seed for them had cost him a good deal of trouble and money. Then tie great floods came and Wwith them a stringency of all kinds of {resh vegetables. Boles had a fortune in his gmsp had he chosen to_take it. Karly in the winter speculators offered him fifty cents a pound for his potatoes, well know- ing that it would soon be easy for them to double their money on the goods.’ Boles declared he would not speculate on the sufferings of his neighbors.” He de- cided to control the distribution of the crop himself. He set the price at 25 cents a pound and permitted no one to purchase more than a hundred-weight. When the un%ply grew smaller he cut the limit down to fifteen pounds, and in this way made it -possible for all to enjoy the luxuryof and this nlme‘ first as W}ylrekn and then [ spuds. Even at this rate Boles could have as Yreka, finally became the official desig- | nation of what is now the county seat of Biskiyon. High up among the foothills of White Shasta, at an elevation of more than 2400 feet, is a broad, basin-like platean sheltered on all sides by towering peaks and moun- tain ranges. Yreka is built in the north- eastern corner of this basin, and to.the west and south of the town are the famous | zold flats. The townsite is abouta mile | reaped a substantial harvest had he not given credit to ali who requested it. Some :’e{; too poor to pay and others pretended .Boien took every ‘man at his word, con- sidering only their needs. And were the; *‘gruff but honest miners" grateful to the Tong winter? Hardly Sk, sa ghe sedtel ng winter 1 88 the, shows. In the end Boles Tost in bad ctedits more than two-thirdsof all the money that winter.” ‘And you were a — fool for doing it, too,” would be the reply. ‘A man who doesn’t know any better than that doesn’t know enough to be Justice of the Peace,””” which was doubtless true for the locality and the time. Things have changed in Yreka since then. The faro bank and the cartridge belt have gone to return no imore. The Bella Union’s dance hall has had to go to make room for the high school, and the public library has crowded out the band of horsethieves that gave the first alcalde, Cut Eye Foster. so much trouble in 1852. It was Cut Eye's successor, George Vail, who made the famousdecision in the mule- stealing case. The band operated in vari- ous ways. One day ‘they claimed a fine mule that beionged to an old man. The case was tried before Alcalde Vail. The plaintiffs, being the horsethieves, were more numerous, and all of them swore that the mule had been stolen from them inthe mines farther south. The owner of the coveted animal put in for his defense an indignant denial of the charge of theft and the averment that he and his partner had purchased a match span of mules back in Missouri. They rode the animals across the plains to San Francisco and then separated. In divid- ing their possessions each partner took one of the mules. The old man’s story seemed true enough, but the complaining thieves were so numerous and so unanimous that Vail was forced, almost against his own belief, to award to them the disputed animal. A few days later the defrauded owner sat by the corral at the foot of Miner street, where his stolen mule was now kept. He was disheartened at the loss of his animal, and was cherishing bitter thoughts against his kind—as there was some reason, in truth, for him to do. All at once, from a distance down the trail, there was borne faintly on the still air the bray of an ap- proaching mule. The animal’in the corral pricked up its ears and answered the bray. As the mule on the trail grew nearer and its braying louder, the answering calls and uneasiness of the mule in the corral be- came so apparent as to attract the atten- tion of the bystanders. “Thank God, that’s my imrtnsr coming,” said the old man. *Now I'll prove to you folks whose mule that is.” - The two animals kept calling to each other until the stranger with the approach- ing mule turned the corner of Main street, and would have passed on along the creek, but the strange mule, in spite of all the ! efforts of his driver, turned out from the road and made a bee line for the corral. Presently the two animals were rubbing each others’ noses, and the ex-partners greeting each other joyfully. Alcalde Vail was one of those who wit- nessed the scene. _*Old man,” he said, springing up. from his nail keg, “that is your mule. This is better evidence than was ever given in a court of law. You take the mule; and you — thieves 45 The latter remarks were addressed to those who had lied themselves into pos- session of the mule, but they had already disappeared from view in their own dust. Joseph Lane, the Governor of Oregon Territory, had a_narrow escape from dis- covermfithe richness of the Yreka gold flats. . He had manfully resisted the on- slaught of the gold fever in 1848, while ! gassmg through California on his way to regon. “In the summer of 1850, how- ever, the Governor convinced himself, if not others, that it was necessary for him to make a protracted official visit to the southern portion of his Territory. He set out in July with a nalf dozen white men and three times the number of Indians. That he failed to halt when he reached the southern boundary was an oversight that he could hardly bé held responsible for, as the exact location of the line was not de- termined nntil many years later. On reach- ing the Klamath River Lane's party pros- vected a kittie and vhen went on farther south, Quite a little work was done on Shasta River, near the mouth of Yreka Creek, on what is now known as Joe Lane’s bar. But they looked for still richer diggings and went on southward.” Parties of prospectors were now passing over the flats constantly, on their way to diggings at Seott Bar, Shasta River and Greenhorn. Yreka Creek was the favorite camping place. It was by one of these par- ties from Oregon that the great discovery was made. This was late in March of 1851. In the party was one Abraham Thomp- son, a more curious or more persistent golé—gearcher than the others. On the morning of the discovery—the exact date of which is unknown to the histo- rians—the party was breaking camp and preparing to cross over to the Greenhorn mines. Thompson wandered off to the west and became separated from the oth- ers. He concluded to pros) a little on his own account, and wnhmoepm of He lost his faith in the gratitude of man,. dirt in running water that came down a small ravine since called Black Gulch. The resnlt showed him a good prospect of coarse gold. Thompson went back to his partv and showed his friends the yellow specks he had washed out. The amount was not eat, but the coarse gold in it made them esitate to leave the place without further prospecting. This they did, with even bet- ter results than those obtained by Tho}uf- son, and later on, when they saw little scales of gold clinging to the roots of the long grass, they were still further con- vinced of the richness of their find. ‘With two or three fortunate exceptions the men in this party were newcomers at the mines and quite ignorant of mining customs and laws, and the men who made the exceptions were no better posted on these matters than they should have been. They knew enough, however, to tell the others that they must organize a district and make refiulations. Accordingly a meeting was held the next day, and Thompson’s Dry Diggings was formally or- ganized. The size of the claims was fixed’at thirty feet. This was done in deference to the opinion of the more exfierienced miners, but the claims might Jegally have been made fifty feet, though this was not known until the claims had been staked off and work commenced on them. It was too late to change then, and, as it was, the claims yielded fortunes to their owners. Thompson and nis partner, Bell, were given an extra claim between them for the discovery. Thus was launched upon the world the celebrated dry diggings of Yreka Flats. How men poured in from all directions and Shasta Butte City, with a popula- tion of 5000 souls, sprang into being in less than six months from the time that Thompson washed his_first panful would be an interesting narrative in itself. Since those days Yreka’s history has been even more varied and picturesque than that of the average town that was ushered into being during the exciting days of the gold fever in California. Once upon a time it cost the citizens of Yreka to transmit a letterand half that amount to send a newspaper., Famines have oc- curred several times. ‘Twice a large part of the town has been laid waste by flames. Until eight years ago the nearest railroad station was Redding, over 100 miles to the south, and often in winter the snows or heavy freshets have made the roads im- passable, cutting off communication with the outer world. Yreka has had, too, her vigilance committee, her veriods of law- lessness, her political turmoils, and last and most recently, a murder sensation that, while it lasted, rivaled even the Deeming horrors in Australia. To-day Yreka is astaid and proper county seat of less than 2000 population, but still the center of a rich mining and cattle- raising district, and the immediate source of supplies for a large territory. From the south there is but one ap- proach to Yreka, and this leads up through the beautiful Sacramento River canyon to the crest of Mount Shasta’s giant foot- hills at Black Butte Summit, then down- ward into Shasta Valley _ through the forests and pasture lands of Southern Siskiyou, past Edgewood and Gazelle to Montague. Here a branch road shoots off into Yreka Valley and carries the traveler into a region where, for at least eight months in the year, the surrounding hills are covered with snow. Leave Sacra- mento in April, when the thermometer registers perhaps an even 90 degrees, and by noon the next day find yourself in Yreka, where the temperature is perhaps 50. A great change, you think, but you do not find it nearly as cold ‘as you expected, for the altitude of Yreka robs the climate of its terrors for even those unused to win- ter snows. You find the trees green and the lilacs and wild flowers in bloom, while off on the hills that meet the eyes in what- ever direction they are turned, and some of which appear to be not more thana stone’s throw from the edge of the city, lies a glistening white mantle that dazzles the eyes when the sun falls onit. Per- haps the next day it grows warmer. Then you havesummer in the valley and winter on the mountains, and you can look from one to the other, or, if you wish, you may walk out of summer into winter. In the winter months the snow comes down into the valley. Then, too, Yreka has a charm of its own, and those who long for the sports and scenes of an Eastern winter can there find both of them in abundance for less than a day’s travel. But summer and autumn are the scenic artists’ months in this region, for then the roads are open and camping out of doors is not a hardship. In Scott Valley there are the Mofiit Creek Mountains, Marble Moun- tain and many an unnamed cgnyon and butte that should be famous for their scenic beauty. The same is true along the Klamath River, at Shovel Creek, and at a score of other points all contiguous to Yreka. The scenery here is of the wild, majestic type, difficult of access, much of it, but repaying amply all the hardships it costs to view. In this wild region Joaquin Miller found much of his inspiration for the “Songs of the Sierras.” Some day, perhaps, mankind will cease to worship the golden calf. Then Yreka will come into her own and be famous as the center of one of the most picturesque regions on the coast. Luke NorTH. SANTA BARBARA PIGEONS Will Be Utilized for a Mail Service From the Chan- nel Islands. A Large Coop of Trained Birds Pro- vided by One of the Local Newspapers. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., July 25.—The Daily Independent of this place has had the enterprise to undertake the establish- ment of a regular carrier-dove service between here and the channel islands to do away with the anxiety felt about campers there. A large coop of trained pigeons, including two birds which have several times made the trip from Sacra- mento to Oakland, was sent overon the sloop Restless last night. Santa Barbara’s New Bathhouse. SANTA BARBARA, CAr., July 25.—7J. J. O'Brien, F. H. Ames and V. H. Raleigh of Los Angeles, the gentlemen interested in the project of building a grand bath- house here, visited the town and pros- pected for a site to-day. They decided the most desirable location to be that occupied by the Ere:ent bathhouse, but it is under- stood that the present proprietor, who holds a lease till November, 1896, asks too large a sum for the lease, and this bids fair to delay the plans of outside capital. Injured in a Runaway. SANTA BARBARA, Carn, July 25.— Early this morning Joe Pinkerton, driving a delivery-wagon in Ojai Valley, was badly hurt by a runaway, caused by the break- ing of a bolt, which loosened the single- tree and caused it to strike the horses and frighten them. ———— Indian Teachers at Tacoma. TACOMA, Wasn., July 25.—At the Indian Teachers’ Institute here to-day a communication wasreceived and read from the Sioux City Institute detailing a plan for the permanent organization of the United States Indian teachers. Dr. W. N. Heilmann of Washington City, is president of the organization. Each three sections in the United States have local officers. The following officers were elected for the Pacific jsection: Vice-president, R. E. L. Newbern, agent Puyallup reservation, Washington ; secretary, Mrs. §tarr Hayes, Fort Simcoe, Yakima reservation, Wash- ington; treasurer, J. B. Goshern; chairman railroad committee, Supervisor C. B. Rake- straw, Washington, D. C.; chairman enter- tainment committee, Mrs. M. J. Needman, Yainax School, Oregon; chairman music committee, Professer lihillips, Puyallup. The 1nstitute will close to-morrow. Mem- bers will visit Puyallup in the evening, SAN JOSE BIGAMIST., His Two Wives Now Searching for Lo- renzo de Ferrer. HIS ARREST REQUESTED. A Warrant Procured by the Brother of the More Re- cently Made Bride. MOURNED ALSO BY CREDITORS. Both Women Determined to Secure the Punishment of the Gay Decelver. SAN JOSE, CAL., July 25.—Just at pres. ent A. M. Lorenzo de Ferrer is much sought after by two young women who claim to be his wives, and who have pooled issues for the purpose of ;.)umng the gay young man in prison for bigamy. About a year ago De Ferrer came to San Jose as a representative of the Continental Building and Loan Association, and, while he did some business, he still found time to go into society, where he became a general favorite. Being possessed of good looks and a pleasing address it was not long before he became acquainted with Miss Katie Patten of S8anta Cruz. Shortly after they decided to become man and wife and agreed to wed by contract. They had Attorney Felkner draw up a contract, and later the regular marriage ceremony of the Christian Church was performed. Shortly after their marriage De Ferrer induced his wife to go to her parents in Santa Cruz, while he went to San Fran- cisco and resumed his position as drum- mer for a wholesale house. s De Ferrer failed to send for his wife as promised, and, failing to hear from him, her brother, Christopher Patten, concluded all was not right, and began an investiga- tion into the past life of the truant hus- band. After a short search the brother discovered that De Ferrer, a short time be- fore going to San Jose, had married Miss Concepcion Fernandez of Temescal, Ala- meda County, and a short time after de- serted her. Wife No. 1.did not mourn her loss very much, and would have made no trouble for him had he not insistea on marrying again. ‘When the first wife, however, found that her late husband had taken another wife she at once joined forces with wife No. 2 with the view of punishing her gay de- ceiver. There are no children by either marriage. Yesterday afternoon Christopher Paiten, a brother of the second wife, appeared be- fore Justice Dwyer and swore to a com- plaint charging De Ferrer with bigamy. A warrant was issued, and_ officers along the coast notified to arrest him. De Ferrer left numerous creditors here to mourn his departure. Made Insane by Drink. SAN JOSE, CarL., July 25.—William La Montagne, a rancher residing near Los Gatos, was examined before Judge Rey- nolds to-day as to his sanity and cornmit- ted to Agnews Insane Asylum. Excessive drink is the cause of his condition. THE STUDY —of the action i of medicines, or vegetable com- 1) ounds, upon the stomach, and tests in many hun- ;heds of cases, ong ago con- vinced Dr. R. V. Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Insti- tute, Buffalo, N. Y., that all cases of In- digestion, Dyspepsia and Liver Com. plaint could be cured permanently if the right treatment were given. In sup- port of his belief that he had discovered an alterative extract which he called “Golden Medical Discovery,” that would cure these diseases, he collected from all &ans of the country the evi. dence of those who had used his medi. cine, and he has asked the public to investigate for themselves, as he would be glad to furnish the names and ad. dresses of thousands of people who have used Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis- covery. All interested should send for a little medical treatise on Dyspepsia, Chronic Diarrhea, “‘Liver Complaint,” Biliousness, Constipation and Piles, pub. lished by the World’s Dispensary Med. ical Association, Buffalo, N. Y., mailed on receipt of six one-cent stamps. INDIGESTION; SEVERE PAIN IN STOMACH. ‘THOMAS FLETCHER, of Cliflon Station, Fuir. Jax Co., Va., writes: * I suffered the terrible tortures _for ten years with _what your Dr. Pierce's Common_ Sense Medical Adviser de. scribes as * Gastral. gia’ (pain in stom. ach). ~ I employed our home-doctor — took one-half dozen bottles of sarsapa rilla with no bene. fit; then I took one. half dozen bottles of a_celery com. Bgl.md without any nefit; then eight Dottles of iron tonic, {eg 1 was no better; his was in 1855, 1 then took six bot. TRoS. FLETCHER, EsQ. tles of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discov . tohich made @ new man of me. 1am now fifly-two years old. and for the past five years 1 have worked very hard on my farm. 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