The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 31, 1895, Page 4

PG COAT NEWS, Two San Bernardinoites Inherit a Vast Fortune. LORD ANTRIM'S ESTATE. American Heirs to Divide an Entire County in Ireland. CAME WITH WILLIAM PENN. Descendants of John Antrim Now Come Into Possession of,, the Property. SAN BERNARDINO, Car., Aug. 30.— Two residents of this city are heirs to the estate of Lord Antrim, which comprises practically the whole of Antrim County, Ireland. Itis valued at $80.000,000. The heirs are Mrs. C. P. Barrows, wife of the chief stockholder and manager of the Bar- rows Fruit Company, and her brother, W. H. Parsons, a painter. They are the only children of the late Mrs. T. M. Parsons of this city, whose mother was an Antrim. Her father, a direct descendant, was born in New Jersey in 1802. About the middle of the seventeenth century the Antrim family consisted of three brothers, the eldest of whom of course succeeded to the title of Lord Antrim and the proprietorship of the estate. The two younger brothers at this time became ac- quainted with William Penn, who had made trips into Ireland, and they em- barked with him in 1676 and came with his colonists to America, settling in New Jer- sey. One of the brothers sickened and died, but the other, John Antrim, is the ancestor of the Antrims who are now set- tled all over the United States, although the larger part of the family is settled in Ohio and Iilinois. The line of descent through this Lord Antrim, who was the head of the house | when John Antrim came to America, con- | tinued in ownership of the family estate and succeeded to the title of Lord Antrim until fifteen years ago, when the Lord | Antrim then in possession was shot by a tenantand killed. Lord Antrim died with- out leaving an heir and the only surviving | members of that branch of the family were | two aged representatives of the Antrim | name, the last of whom died four years | | | ago, leaving the vast fortune % the Ameri- can descendants of the family. When Lord Antrim was murdered in 1880 the American heirs were notified that the estate would certainly reyert to | them upon the death of the two members | of the family still living in Great Britain, and they at once began to prepare them- selves to establish their claim to the prop- erty. Prominent among those who have been engaged in this work is Robert An- trim of Chicago. He has gathered and ! compiled the genealogy of the American | heirs, who mumber about 125, They: will | sgoon have a meeting in Chieago to rhake final arrangements to receive the property and to care for it. In a letter received by the San Bern-| ardino heirs this week, Robert Antrim | stated that everything would probably be | completed within a year forthe turning over of the estate to the heirs. He has al. ready presented the mnecessary proofs, which are satisfactory to the officers of the English Government, in whose hands the | estate has been for the past four years. | The share of each American heir will not i be less than $600,000. While there has been no formal decision | among the heirs, they are generally of the | opinion that the property should be intact. | The estate has been very carefully man- | aged, is one of ihe best paying on the is- land and numbers its tenants by the thou. sand. HADLEY ARRAIGNED. Story of the Alleged Forgery Told by Cashier La Fleur. SAN BERNARDINO, CaL., Aug. 30.—W. 8. Hadley, who is accused of having passed a bogus draft on the First National Bank of Redlands for $625, was taken to that city this morning for preliminary hearing. It | resulted in a continuance. The defendant appeared in much better spirits than he has exhibited since his arrest. As he came into the courtroom he met Cashier La Fleur of the Hillsdale Bank, and extended to him a hearty welcome, and for a while both engaged in a quiet conversation. Some little time was consumed by the attorneys wrangling over the complaint, whI¥ 4 ds settled by the court iakinga band. Cashier La Fleur was the first witness. He has been cashier of the Hillsdale Bank since October, 1891. He said Hadley was em- ployed in the bank as bookkeeper and assistant cashier for three years and had access to all the records. of the bank. The forged drait was dated July 14, 1892, and drawn in favor of J. 8. West for $625. After West had had the draft for four days, had brought it to the bank and got his money, the draft was put in the vault. The bank &t first._ had no knowledge of the drait being out until it came back from New York on May 38, 1895, with the date July 14, 1892, erased and the date February 14, 1895, inserted with a rubber stamp. On the back wexe the words, ““Pay to W. 8. Hadley or order,” and it was signed, “Joe Brown.” Mr. La Fleur says heis positive that Hadley forged both indorsements, as he could easily write the different. hand- writings. After La Fleur's testimony the case was continued to September 14 in order to get evidence from Hillsdale ‘for the defense. LUS ANGELES EEECTRIC ROAD, The New Street Rattway to Be Opened for Patronage To-Day. LO8 ANGELES, Car., Aug. 80.—The |, opening of a new electric street-railroad, owned and operated by the Los Angeles Traction Company, will take place to-mor- row. The company worked all last night get- ting the motors on the track and the first one arrived at the power-house at 10:50 this morning, amid a crowd of admirin spectators. They are fifty horsepower Ang are very handsomely fitted out with brass mountings and coupled seats. The present route of the company ex- tends from the Santa Fe depot at La ‘Grande station up Third street to Hill, thence to Eighth street, along Eighth to Pearl, on Pearl to Eleventh, on Eleventh to Georgia Bell, along that street to Six- teenth, thence to Bush and along Bush to the city limits at Hoover street, making a distance of about four and s half miles. s ——— Arrested at Port Crescent. SEATTLE, Wasn.,, Aug. 30.—Joel H. Albright, formerly Postmaster at- Port Crescent, Wash., was arrested to-day on a charge of embezzlement by Deputy United States Marshal James Quilter. Albright is accused of having appropriated Govern- ment funds while Postmaster. AP ¢ LOST ON CATALINA ISLAND. Mysterious Disappearance of a Phanix, Ariz., Man. AVALON, CatALisA IspanD, CAL., Aug. 30.—[Bpecial to Tae CALL by carrier pigeon Fictus, via Los Angeles.] A letter of in- quiry addressed, ‘‘Manager Carrier Pigeon service, Avalon, Catalina Island,” was to- day received from Mrs. J. D. Reed of Phae- nix, Ariz., asking for information concern- ing her father, John Barton, who visited Catalina early in July and wrote to his daughter from here on the 5th of that month, saying that he should soon leave the island. lge has not since been seen nor heard from by his friends. Inquiry here has thus far failed to elicit any in- formation. Mr. Barton is described by his daughter as a man 77 years of age, over six feet }nll hair and beard very gray, wearing a m:;{ed black and white suit and carrying a rifle. as his intentions were to camp on the island and hunt and fish at his leisure. Members of his family fear he has been lost in the mountains, fallen ill or met with foul play. e MURPHY’'S PETITION GRANTED. His Parents’ Life Interest in Pastoria de Borregas Rancho Terminated. SAN JOSE, Car., Aug. 30.—The petition of James T. Murphy for the termination of a life interest of his father and mother in 818 acres of land in the Pastoria de Borregas Rancho was granted by Judge Reynolds this morning. Martin M\(]Ir)ghy and his wife deeded about $3,000,000 worth of property to their children in 1883, reserving a life interest interest for themselves. They have both been dead a number of years, and the suit was brought so that the son may come into possession of the property. The prop- erty 1s valued at $1t ST BARBARK D Discovery of an Oak Log Three Hundred and Forty Feet Underground. Indicatlons of a Monster Convul- slon of Nature in tke Long Ago. SANTA BARBARA, Car., Aug. 30.— The drill of the Santa Barbara Ice Com- pany, which is boring a well in the lower part of town, has passed through a charred log some two feet in diameter at a depth of 340 feet. A careful examination of specimens ob- tained indicates that the long-buried tree is an oak similar to the species growing above ground to-day. Much speculation is rife as to how this tree came so far beneath the surface of the soil, but an intelligent scrutiny of the Santa Clara Valley gives a clear geological explanation of certain conditions attend- ing this discovery. Either end of the valley at Santa Bar- bara on the one hand and at Goleta on the | other has at some past time been an inlet of the sea. The lower lands received the wash from a great extent of mountainous country. The detritus from the hills, constantly carried down by winter flonds and * depos- ited below, at length filled up these inlets sand gradually advanced the shore line, as it is doing to-day wherever the wash from the hills follows its own course, while con- stantly burying from sight the vegetation of a past day. This charred log ence lay at the bottom of the sea. It wasfound in a stratum of blue water-sand and determines the great depth of what was once a fine harbor, ex- tending probably a mile or more back of the present beach. This theory is confirmed by the fact that both at Goleta and Santa Barbara the scil is to an extraordinary depth nothing but black loam, occasional streaks of clay and s«and having been encountered. Bimilar trees, as well as beds of sea ehells, have been encountered in well-boring at great dr‘thbs in Goleta. Old Indian traditions tell of a monster disturbance in the past. Some great convulsion of nature must have sunk the entire valley, for this tree lies 300 feet below sea level. The one new fact established by this find is that the aborigines of a very remote date made fires. Suit Brought by Creditors. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Aug. 30.— Roeder & Ott, Edwards & Co., Dr. Casal and A. J. Abrahams, creditors of Nicolas C. Den, to-day made application to the Superior Court to have the latter declared insolvent. Den lately fell heir to considerable prop- erty through the death of his uncle, Dr. R. S. Den of Los Angeles, and these creditors charge that he turned -over his part of the estate to two of his own children for the purpose of defrauding his creditors. 4 Supposititious Heir in Jail. SANTA BARBARA, Car, Aug. 30.— James Fitzgerald, the supposititious heir to Irish millions, is in durance vile, having been arrested by Officer Storni to-day for making a clamor on the street. He is now locked up to determine whether his sobri- e[i‘ or sanity is at fanlt. itzgerald himself claims that his incar- ceration is due to the machinations of his enemies, and is instigated by a prominent citizen whose iniquitous acts he discovered while acting as a private detective last sprm§ in the employ of the latter’s wife, the object of the man incriminated being to drive Fitzgerald out of Santa Barbara. PR PORT TOWNSEND SENSATION. Warren Wyckoff Arrested for Breaking Into a Quarantine Hulk. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., Ang. 80.— Warren Wyckoff, son of ex-Coroner Wyck- off, and a member of one of the most prominent pioneer families of Washington, was taken into custody last night by a United States Marshal on a echarge of feloniously breaking into the TUnited ]SJtltel quarantine hulk Iroquois, anchored ere. W yckoff broke into the vessel with an ax while the keeper was absent, but was cap- tured by the keeper,who suddenly returned and chased him in a boat. The simple fact of not having anything in his possession from the huli was, all that saved the young fellow from being charged with piracy, the penalty of which is death. ‘Wyckoff is 14 years old and is consid- ered incorrigible. He has been arrested several times before and is believed to be a kleptomaniac. —— CARSON MINT CASE. Arguments on a Motion to Quash the In- dictmeuts. CARSON, Nkv., Aug. 30.—To-day was the date set for the Mint defendants to lead. Attorney Coffin, on the part of ones, made a plea in abatement, moving that the indictments be quashed on the egrounds that the manner in which the Grand Jury was drawn was faulty, and the evidence brought before it not of a legal nature. R. M. Clarke argued against the motion, on the part o{ the United States. The arguments occupied the entire day. Judge Hawley took the case under ad- visement and will render a decision on Monday. LAl Ry Killed by a Collision. PERU, ILL., Aug. 30.—A collision of two streetcars occurred on the electric road be- tween here and La Baile to-day. John Ross, an employe of the Illinois Zinc Woris, ‘was instantly killed. PACIFIC COAST NEWS, Two Claims Denied by the State Board of Examiners. REGENTS ASKED IN VAIN A Demand for $125,000 for the California University Repudiated. NO MONEY FOR SANTA CLARA. Adverse Report on a Flfteen-Year- Old BIill for the Care of Orphans. SACRAMENTO, Car., Aug. 30.—At the meeting of the State Board of Examiners to-day Attorney-General Fitzgerald repu- diated the demand of the Regents of the State University for $125,000 of the $250,000 appropriated at the session of the late Legislature, under an act known as “The affiliated college act,” which was approved on March 23. Attorney - General Fitzgerald’s refusal was based upon the grounds that the de- mand was made for the entire appropria* tion available in the fiscal year, and was not, in his opinion, such a partial payment as is contemplated by the act. He stated furthermore that the act pro- vided that the money should be expended in the erection of buildings grouped to- gether on such site in San Francisco as the regents may select, etc., specifying the buildings, otherwise the demands shonld be based upon itemized claims, specifically noting the amounts expended and the pur- pose for which they were expended. Santa Clara County’s claim for $628 for the support of orphans and half-orphans was also .adversely reporied. This bill was fifteen years old. 'The Attorney-Gen- eral’s opinion says: The affidavit states that the authorities of said county have in every respect complied with the provisions of an act approved March | 15, 1883, but nothing is said about having complied with the provisions of any earlier act, and the claim in question is for the sup- port of half-orphans at a period more than two years prior to the act referred to in the affi- davit. When the claims of Sheriff Wyckoff, Byron Hussall, J. H. Bell and others for the $1100 reward for arresting the Rugeles brothers were presented the Attorney-Gen- eral said that only the persons who actu- aily made the arrest were entitled to the reward. He moved that all claimants ap- pear before the board next Friday and present their sworn testimony. The mo- tion was carried and the board adjourned. PREPARING FOR THE FAIR. Brilliant Decorations of the Big Pavilion at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Carn, Aug. 30.—The city is rapidly assuming a holiday garb and is crowded with strangers who are arranging for apartments during the fair. On all sides profuse decorations of elegant design are springing into sight like magic, and images of the California grizzly are displaved everywhere. Work in the pavilion is being pushed, and already many displays are on the | point of completion. The interior of the building is more profusely decorated than it ever was before. The ceiling is a mass of vari-colored streamers ana the galleries are hung with green and red bunting. The skylight in the center of the roof has been painted in the carnival colors, and the ef- fect from the outside will be very pleasing when the light from the hundreds of elec- tric lights inside_shines through. Just in- side the entrance, on the ground floor, the two columns supporting the gallery have been draped very appropriately in honor of the Native Sons of the Golden West. The background is of golden-hued bunt- ing, and upon the pillars are displayed two standards with four American flags on each, while just above are the emblems of the miner—the shovel, the gold pan and two picks--which -have been working in such rich diggings that they have become coated with gold. All the decorations are of wine, olive and orange hue, and will make the big pavilion blush with brilliancy when the arc lights begin to glow. In the railroad shops the work on the twelve huge floats is being pushed, and meany of the designs will be unique and beautiful. The locomotive, paint-shop, roundhouse, yard gang and spring-shop departments have combined, and their float, designed by T.W. Dwyer, will be one of the features of the parade. It will be allegorical in nature, representing the different stages of lignt from the tallow- dip of our forefathers to the modern in- candescent. The float will be artistically draped in carnival colors and will be graced by thirty-four of the city's beau- ties, who will represent the different coun- ties of the Btate. PARADE OF THE WHEELMEN, A Pretty Pageant on the Streets of the Capital City. SBACRAMENTO, Carn., Aug. 380.—The lantern parade of the Capital City Wheel- men this evening was one of the hand- somest affairs of the kind ever known in the city. The turnout of club members was large and the decorations unique and beautiful. One wheel was surmounted by a large Japanese umbrella fully twelve feet across, and was a perfect ring of Chi- nese lanterns. After the parade the members held an impromptu smoker in their new club- rooms and practiced their new tocsin, which is, “Who are we? Don't let that trouble you—we are C. C. W.” CAVANAUGH MUST ANSWER. The Motion to Quash the Indictment Against Him Overruled. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Aug. 30.—The five indictments found by the Grand Jury ageinst Bart Cavanaugh for violating the purity of election law in this city at the primary held August 25, 1895, must stand, so decides Judge Hinkson of the Superior Court. Cavanaugh’s lawyers brought a proceed- ing to have the indictment quashed on the ground that the names of J. B. Wright and W. P. Harlow, who gave testimony before the Grand Jury on the matters:| charged, were not inserted in the indict- ment; and further, that there existed n‘s’t the minds of the jurors a bias agai Cavenaugh, disqualifying them from find- ing the indictment. udge Hinkson gives as his reazon that, in his judgment, no jury can result by the omission of Wright’s name on the indict ment, nor could such omission mjndioa his right or prevent his having a trial. Want a Copy of the Testimony. SACRAMENTO, OAL., Aug. 30.—The at- torneys for the defense in the case of Ivan Kovaley, indicted for the murder of F. H. L. Weber and wife, appeared in the Suge- rior Court this morning and requested that a copy of the testimony adduced at the reliminary examination be furnished hem. Judes Johnson stated that he did not believe he was authorized to incur any such expenses against the county, but would make inquiries into the matter and see what,could%o done to procure the tes timony for the defense. The attorneys stated that they would be ready to pro- ceed with the trial on September 16 and thought it would last two weeks. NOTORIOUS THIEVES IN JAIL. Two: Horse Thicves Accused of Many Re- 2 cent Hold-Ups. MERCED, Car, Aug. 380.—Charles Lewis and John Milier, charged with horse-stealing, were held to answer yes- terday by Judge Harreison of Snelling. They were arrested at Brighton last week and it is quite certain that they are the ones who rohbed a tollhouse and a Chinese fruib;geddler in Mariposa County early this month. One of them has also been partially identified by certain marks on the hands as the robber who held up the Coulterville stage near this city on August 25, el e SAN FRANCISCO A LOSER The Assessments in Twenty- Five Outside Countles Lowered. Taxable Wealth of the Metropolis WIIl Bear the Brunt of the Deficit. SACRAMENTO, Car., Aug. 80.—T_he State Board of Equalization finished ity labors to-day. San Francisco’s assess- ment remains as it is, and Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Fresno, q]enn, Kings, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Merced, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Solano, Sonoma, Sanislaus, Sutter, Tehama,’Tulare, Ven- tura, Yolo, Yuba and Napa have been lowered 10 per cent. The effect of to-day’s action by the board will be to raise the tax levy 2 centsover what it would have been had the assess- | ment been left at the Assessor’s figures. As it then stood the levy would have been 66 cents. As it will now stand the levy will be 68 cents. Had San Francisco been raised the contemplated 10 per cent | the tax levy would have been a cent less | than this. When this afternoon’s session opened, Mr. Beamer moved to raise San Francisco's assessment, and was supported by More- house. Arnold, Colgan and Cheesebrough voted no. Beamer then moved to cut twenty-five counties. Morehouse seconded the motion, and Arnold voted with them. Colgan and Cheesebrough voted no, The effect of this action of the board will be about as hard upon San Francisco as though the assess- ment had been raised, as the taxable wealth of tbat City will have to make up the bulk of the deficiency produced by the cut. Beamer and Morehouse give as their rea- sons for voting as they did, that they did not think thatthe assessment of San Fran- cisco was as high in proportion as were the assessments of the countries which were lowered. They said that had San Francisco been raised they would have voted to lower the other countries. SURVEYING AT MERCED, Engineers of the Valley Road Are Making Swift Progress. The Line to Stockton Twelve Miles Shorter Than That of the Southern Paciflc. MERCED, Carn, Aug. 30.—Engineer Graham and crew of the Valley road moved camp to-day from the north line of the city limits ¢o the farm of H. E. Crosby, two and a half miles southeast of town. The surveyors are now in the finest wheat belt in the San Joaquin Valley, which extends fifteen miles out and is six to eight miles in width. The survey is on an air-line to Btockton, and it is claimed the line is twelve miles shorter to this city fronf Stockton than by the Oakdale branch of the Southern Pacific. Engineer W. C. Edes, Chief Engineer Storey’s assistant,was in Merced yesterday and spent the day looking around in the interest of his surveyor. He was inter- viewed by several citizens, and the plans the Valley people have in view for Merced will won{e made public, s Need of Good Roads Urged. MERCED, Cavn., Aug. 30.—R. C. Irvine and Marsden Manson, members of the State Highway Commission® arrived in this city from Mariposa last evening. A public meeting held at the courthouse this afternoon was addressed by the two Commissioners. The need of good roads wae urged anc® the law creating the Com- raission was explained to the satisfaction of their auditors, —_———— ROMANCE OF ALAMITOS. Mystery Surrounding the Disappearance of Blanche Witt Cleared. SANTA ANA, CaL., Aug. 30.—A sensa- tional story comes from Alamitos, a small settlement ten miles west of here, regard- ing the mysterious disappearance of Blanche Witt, the 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Witt. The girl dis- appeared last May, since which time, until a few weeks ago, her whereabouts was un- known. The name of a prominent young resident of the neighborhood was con- nected with the young girl's strange de- parture, and the story was growing more and more sensational, untit to-day a letter recéived from the girl herself, dated at Perry, N. Y., explained the mystery. The letter stated that the girl was with her real father; that Mr. Witt and her mother ran away thirteen years ago, when she (Blanche) was about a year old, the mother taking Blanche with her and leaving her two little brothers with the deserted father. This was not known here before, and as the Witts have occupied a respectable position in society in the neighborhood in which they resided, Mr. Witt being a pillar of the village church, 1; has very naturally acted as a bomb in the age. \ The little girl writes that Mrs. Witt, as she is known here, is in New York now, but that she (Blanche) will not see her; that she is only there to try and keep the information of her former misdeeds from reaching California. Residents of Ala- Taitos are very indignant at the Witts be- cause of their attempts to fasten the cause of the girl's disappearance on & popular young man. ——— Great Outrages in Armenia. | LONDON, Exc., Aug. 30.—A dispatch from Berlin says: The Vossische Zeitung has news from Tiflis that 5000 soldiers and 10,000 Kurds under Sake Pasha, attacked the Armenian town of Kemakh and sev- eraivillages. They plundered the churches and monasteries and burned the houses. THE SAN' FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1895. PACIFIC COAST NEWS: 'Bush Fires Raging in the Vicinity of Nanaimo. SETTLERS IN DANGER. The South Wellington Wharf Burned to thé Water's ' Edge. POWDER WORKS THREATENED. Desperate Struggle to Prevent the Flames From Reaching Dynamite. NANAIMO, B. C., Aug. 30.—Bush fires rage with unabated fury all the way from Alberni to Quennells Lake, and unless a heavy downpour of rain comes quickly there is no knowing to what extent the damage to property will amount. Between Alberni and Nanoos Bay the fires are everywhere prevalent, but so far no great loss has been sustained by the settlers. All along the Departure Bay road, almost up to Newcastle townsite, the fires are still raging. The old South Wellington wharf has been burned to the water’s edge. East Wellington wharf had a close call, and the Northfield wharf has to be carefully watched as there are fires on either side. The struggle to save the Hamilton Pow- der Works was a desperate one, but for- tunately successful. Around the shed, where 1000 pounds of dynamite wasstored, there was for a time a very dangerous blaze. The flames crept up to within four yards of the building, and it seemed well- nigh impossible to avert a terrible ex- plosion. In the immediate vicinity of the city the fires are not now of so dangerous 4 charac- ter, but still justify most careful watching. To the south the fires are worst at Chase River, where much damage has been done. From Chase River on to Nanaimo and as far as Quenne}ls Lake the fires are.simply appalling, Around Southfield a good deal of damage has been done, and the E. and N. Railway trestles have to be carefully guarded night and day. MINE FIRE NEAR HOPE. All Buildings and Woodworlk of the Web- ber Group Burned. SPOKANE, WasH., Aug. 30.—Word has just been received in this city of the burn- ing of all buildings, chutes and woodwork | of the Webber group of mines on Lake Pend d’Oreille, near Hope, Idaho. A contractor named House, who was hauling ore from the mines to the mills, a distarice of about five miles, started a small fire at his camp halfway between the two. The fire got away from him, and as the timber was very dry it spread rapidly and soon reached the mines, where all build- ngs, -ore-bins, etc., as well as the wood- work et the mouth of the tunnel, were burned. The loss to the mines will be from $8000 to $10,000. Forest” Fires' 'in Washington Almost Wholly Extinguished. PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 30.—Reports re- ceived from many interior pointsand up and down the Columbia River state that the rdins of the paat twenty-four hours have been general and manv of the worst forest fires hdve been extinguished. Fires are yet reported burning in the foothllls of the Cascades, but the worst is over. " Aninestimable amount of damage has been done by the entire destruction of many ranches. Navigation on the Columbia has been rendered dangerous by the thick pall of smoke which made it next to impossible to see where a ship was steering. It has been rainingin the interior and on the Coast Range to-day. - LOSS OF THE BAWNMORE. The Big Steamer Rapldly Get- ting ‘Into the Sandy Beach. Heavy Seas Roll Over the Vassel and Water Has Invaded the Engine-Room. MARSHFIELD, Or., Aug. 30.—The British steamer Bawnmore, which ran ashore Wednesday morning during ‘a heavy fog about fourteen miles south of the mouth of the Coquille River, has changed her position a very little during the last twenty-four hours. . Bhe was from Comox, B. 0., bound for Cnile, with a full cargo, consisting of 1000 tons of coal, about 1500 tons of merchand- ise, several steam-launches and electric streetcars. She lays broadside to the sea, with her head to the south, with a heavy list to starboard. According to the captain’s reckoning he should have been twenty miles off shore when she struck the beach. Captain ‘Woodside’s impression is that the metal in the electric cars which were loaded on the deck near the pilot-house caused a varia- tion in the compass, which threw him out of his course. The sea was very smooth when the ves- sel struck, and Captain Woodside thought that by throwing off part of his cargo and lightening the vessel he would be enabled to float it off. < Therefore he threw off thirty tons of flour and several of the electric cars, but s00n saw it was of no use. Then all took to the boats and reached shore, which was about 700 feet from the ship. Captain Woodside, after reaching shore, sent a messenger to Bandon, a distance of about twenty-two miles, over a rough trail, with a telegram for San Francisco to have the tug Monarch come to his assist- ance immediatel The Monarch arrived at the scene of the wreck to-night and will do all in its power to get the Bawnmore into deep water Ag‘ngin. hen the erew left the vessel it had not mt begun to leak, but the supposition is at there is water in its engine-room. The deck;door is the only rrotection. and the steamer has settled twelve or fourteen feet in the sand, and at high water the | sjk Stoc seas roll over her. Men of experience who have visited the wreck say that it will be almost impossible BEOYAH. to save the vessel, and they believe its name will go on the long list of the ships that never returned. They believe, though, that if they have the proper appliances and the sea contin- ues as smooth as it is at present, most all of her cargo can be saved. Captain Woodside and_his crew accom- panied by the Bandon Life Saving crew are camped on the beach near the scene of the wreck, and will remain there as long as there are any hopes of saving the steamer or cargo. So far the crew has succeeded in getting all of its personal effects ashore. iy o OOAST NEWS IN BRIEF, Condensed From Special Telegrams to ““The Call.”” George Anderfon, & rancher, was drowned four miles from Traver. The first carload of ra{sins of this year's erop 'was shipped from Fresno on Friday. Thisship- ment Was one day earlier than the first last year. W. J. Connor, proprietor of the Williams Hotel and recently of the Sea Foam Hotel, Santa Crus, died of heart disease at Gilroy Thursday night. The Southern Pacific will put on between Vallejo and 8an_Francisco, beginning on Mon- day, a fare of 25 cents, in an endeavor to run out the Montecello. ‘The material has arrived at Santa Monica for the construction of the pleasurs wharfon the South Side by the S8anta Fe, and work will be commenced at an early date and pushed for- ‘ward as fast as possible, Marvin Moore, the 17-year-old-son of Harry Moore, was accidentally ru over by a truck at a fire in South Vallejo and sustained injuries resulting in his death. The young man fell g;n:t the truck, the wheels passing over his est. Scores of visitors thronged the County Jail at Carson, where Editor Lemmom is confined for comemgt of the Federal Court. They bear flowers and express their good will. Promi- neut men have intervened for his release, but of no avail. Reports from the hof districts of Washington show many fields being eaten up by hop lice. Ho‘rnlsem of King county have sold the 1894 crop for 3 cents & pound, it costing about 10 cents to raise. From this many will go into diversified farming. J.N. Bash, a passenger from Grants Pass on the southbound Oregon express, was thrown from the cars at Montague. One leg was almost cut off, the other badly crushed, both arms were broken and he was otherwise muti- lated. He died sood after the train left. Coro- ner Scofleld has left Yreka to hold an inquest. Judgey H. H. Lurton of the Fourth Circuit Court of the United States arrived atTacoma Friday in his private car. With him were Mr, and Mrs. R. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Morrow of Dallas, Tex.; Miss Lurion and L. O. Lurton. The home of ‘the jurist is in Nashville, Tenn. Tne party left for Yellowstone Park in the evening. AN EARLY MORNING BLAZE, Frame Buildings on Louisa and Ritch Streets 'Go Up in Smoke. It Is Belleved That Elght Thousand y Dollars Wil Cover the Loss. ‘What promised to be a serious fire broke out in the basement of 50 Louisa street at 20 minutes to 1 o'clock this morning, and before any one in the vicinity was awake the flames were catching on the houses on either side. An alarm was sounded from box 63, but as the flames continued to spread a second call was sent in about twelve minutes later. The basement of No. 50, where the fire is supposed to have started, was occupied by Frank Meyer and his family. They were all asleep and cannot account for its origiri. beyond the supposition that i‘:lhmp was ieft burning and so started the aze. The backs of Nos. 48, 50 and 52 are all de- stroyed, and' what household goods were left untouched by the flames were riuined by the water poured on by the engines. All the buildings were wooden -affairs, and were not of much value, bu the severest loss will fall uvon the occupants, who lost nearly evervthing, many of them, too, bein uncove by iInsurance. The loss. all told, will figure up to at least $8000, and the insurance perhaps half that snm. Most of the insurance is upon the buildings. In 50 Louisa a Mrs. Shea lost all her Rrnitore. She had been burned out in the big fire of June 27, and had just furnished a few rooms in the building burned. She had no insurance. The fire was confined almost entirely to the center of the block and was very diffi- cult to manage. The streets were filled with people who carried everything movable to }lhe ts‘\dewnlk, but with it all no one was urt. About half-past 1 o’clock the fire was under control, and soon after most of the engines were withdrawn. The prom?t turning in of the second alarm, probably saved the City from another big conflagra- tion, for the houses in the vicinity are %rouped closely together and ali built of he most inflammable material. The damage was: No. 48 Louisa street, two-story frame, James Brannan owner, almost total loss, $2000, partly insured. No. 50 Louisa street, two-story frame, Mrs. Mary, Lenaban owner, almost total loss, $2500y, fully insured. No. 52 Louisa street, owner, two-story frame, fudly burned, loss $2000. Insured partly. No. 30 Ritch street, Roger Shields, owner; badly burnt in the rear; loss $1500. Mr. Shields could not tell his insurance. James Brannan occupied 48 Louisa street, also Mrs. M. Keene, Mr. and Mra. M. Hayes and children. 3 No. 50 Louisa street was occupied by Mrs, John Blakely, John Mattison, wife, child and mother, Eugene Bergst and wife and J. Dorney. s No. 80 Ritch street was occupied by Eu- gene Sullivan and G. Anderson. Most of the furniture of tbe occupants was destroyed, making & total loss for William Crane, them of nearly $1000. NO- b prnenThee PHARMACY, S SOUTH SIDE, Bet. Fifth and Sixth, Five doors above Hale Bros. EVE GLASSES AT CUT PRICES. A thorough examination of the eyes given by a scientific opticlan without charge. Our Prices Always the Lowest. Miles’ Nervine and Hear: Remedy. ‘Plerce’s Prescrip:ion and Medical Listerine & Wampole's C. L. Ofl. Pinkham's ¢ cmpound and Sierra 7B Mme, Prescription or Woman's Frlond, . 78c Humphrey's Specifics. .40c and 8vc Homeopathic Tinctures or Pel 5e C = Bh:‘d lng llf'(;i;! ure Norwegian C. ic Galvanic or Farradic One of our Customers. s 5 thers ask 35 un‘ o pri 85 , others to ), our o Hearlng Horns 5 $150 u Obesity Belts. 83 2! kings. b The above Feorry Cut-Rate Drug Store, No. 8 Market st., at same prices. JUNPRITR ATISRREY AT Ay 21 ORO BiLpING ™ 853 MARKET ST, WAS SAVED. Another Proof of the Exceptional ‘Skill of the Speeialists. AT THE HUDSON INSTITUTE. Doubt Gives Way to Hope, and Hope to Faith, and then Faith Is Replaced by Glorious Certainty— One of the Most Remarkable Cures on Record. [HE AGE OF THE MIRACLE HAS NOT altogether passed if we are to believe the statements of one of the brightest and most thoroughly straightforward of our younger men. Mr.T.I Graham is the gentleman re- ferred to. He has been endowed with no small amount of perspicuity, and what he has to say is certainly worthy of attention. He had & failing which is, perhaps. as common as possi- ble in this world, and that is to pay little or no attention to what he considered to be small allments. But he has learnt a lesson,and a severe one it has been. Being what seemed to him just a bit “under the weather” he did not consider that it was necessary for him to take any more than & passing notice of his condi- tion, until one day he awoke to find himself in a very serious way. Mr. Graham must have been born under & lucky star, for as soon as he realized that he was in need of medicai help he posted off straight to that “Mecca for all the sick’’—the grand old Hudson Medical In. stitute. He was none too soon, and whilst he ie a well man to-day be was in the darkest depths of despair when he reached the estab- lishment. But he had & private and confiden- tial talk with one of the consulting physiclans, and in the frankest way possible he was told that his case was a serious one, indeed, but yet that it wascurable, Hope immediately began to spring up in him, and perhaps the restof the story may be gathered as well from a letter which Mr. Graham has recently written to th managers of the famous institution. He say: DEAR Sirs: Iam in receipt of your favor of the 2d inst., and I am pleased to say that I do not re- quire any more medicine. fam s new man—what never expected to be again. I am ingood health. My stomach causes me no tronble; my digestion a8 regular as a clock. Icaneat heartily of almost any kind of food and_digest it. I sleep well, an when I ook back at the wreck 1 was when I began using your medicine it looks to me more like & miracle than anything else. Gentlemen, { thank you from the bottom of my heart, and will never cease to speak your praises should L ever meet a fellow-sufferer. You can use this if you desire, and you can refer to me at any time, or any of your patients, and I will feel it a pleasure to testify to the truth of the above. Again thanking you, 1_remain, most incerely, " I. GRAHAM. This {sa& manly and frank letter, bat it is only one of many thousands which have come to giadden the hearts of the great specialists, and to give them encouragement in their splendid work. W. P. Dillman says: “I am well. I thank you & thousand times for the great good you have done me.” G. H. Gray: “Am very much obliged for what you have done for me, and will always speak in the highest terms of your institue tion.” F. F. Bartels of Oroville writes: “Iam alto- gether a new man to what I was when I began taking your medicine.” William Glenn of Mountain Home, Idaho: “The second week has brought with it all the encouragement possible. fHealth and vigor have begun to show themselves.” Evidence of this sort as to the very excep- tional success that the specialists have in treating the most serious cases is continually piling up; and when it is averred by thousands of reputable witnesses it may be taken for granted that if your case is curable the special- ists at the Hudson Medical Institute can do more for you than any one else in the world can, - All the Following Are Carable: Catarrh of the head, stomach or bladder; all & Dbronchial d'seases; all functional nervous dis- emses: St. Vitus’ dance: bysteria: shaking epilepsy: all venereal diseases: all kinds of blood troubles: ulcers: wastes of vital forces; rheums- eczema; all skin diseases, from what rising: psoriasis; all blood poisoning: varicocele: poison oak; lost or impaired manhood ; spinal trouble; nervous éxhaustion and prostra- tion: Incipient paresis; all ki diseases; lum- bago; sciatica; all bladder troubles: dyspepsia; in- digestion; constipation; all visceral disorders, which are treated by the depurating aepartments. Special instruments for bladder troubles. These are & fow of the special disesses In which exceptionally remarkable cures have beenmade by the specialists, and it may frankly be stated that a helping hand is extended to every patient Ciroulars and testimonials of the Great Hudyan sent free. HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, ° Stockton, Market and Ellis Ste. Send for Professor J. H. HBudsonw's eele- brated lecture on “The Errors of Youth” and on “Lost Manhood.” Itwill cost you nothing. Visit the Institute when you can. All patients seen in private consulting-rooms. Out-of-town patients can learn all about their cases if they send for symptom blanks. Al letters are strictly cou- fidential. Two thousand testimonials in the write ing of the Individuals cured. Office Hours—9 4. M. t0 8 P. M, Bun- days 9 te 12. & ¥ 4 At all full-dress affairs STANDARD FULL DRESS SHIRTS are moré in evi- dence than any others. If they got their deserts, there would be no others. 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