The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 12, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1895. CONCERNING [ \ | Golden The Cross mine, in Cargo| Muchacho district, six miles from Ogilby | station, in San Diego County, has for the | past yearand a half yielded 105 tons of | ore a d ing §3 per ton. This was | with 40 stamps, but the mill now has 100, | and may have its capacity doubled shortly. | The ledge is very large. The mine since | s & ing for §500. Several experts revorted | gainst it, but it is proving itself now one of the best mines in the State. The old Vipant mine, in Goose Creek, | Idaho, has been sold for ,000 cash. | Trail Landing, B. C., is only about eight | iles east « tossland, Wash. The de- | that the new smelter is to be at | Trail L: has started -up the mining industry t Rossland. Many low- ie prope 1 now be worked. The Amny an Institute of Mining En- s its annual meeting at At- | year, commencing the ses- sion on October 8. Recent arrivals at Silver Peak, Nev., | report a rich strike across the deserts | ve or forty miles south of Mont- Two claims have been taken up on a ledge of $60 ore. It lies some six or seven miles from the wash which enters | Death Valley on the west side of the| Funeral mountains. This is a hard coun- | ut Montgomery now furnishes a base | pplies formerly lacking. | 'y rich ore is coming out of the Coarse | Gold mine, twelve miles north of Wicken- burg, Ariz. A Salt Lake syndicate is making some i)‘tc sive purchases of claims at Granite, Rc bout 150 men are profitably engaged in | acer mining within a radius of four or | e miles of La Grange, Stanislaus County. | All the water carried by the La Grange | diteh is utilized, ana more could be used. | The Kern River Gold Quartz Mining Company has been incorporated in Los | Angeles to operate on mines in Kern | County. | At Perris, Riverside County, some of the quartz mines are having their boilers changed so as to use petroleum as fuel. Interest in mining matters still contin- ues in Riverside County, not only over new prospect holes, but af 'the mines which | ve been worked for some time, | the 1 pm:gecmrs who recently went to | black sand worth $25 a ton found, when nited States of Colombia to work | they got there, it was worth 50 cents a fon. People here had similar experiences inside ‘ the boundaries of the State. | A. J. Tingman, of Tingman & Holland Indio, has sold his interest in several ,000. in Inyo County, | cipally owned in Kedlands, has been | 1 to N.$S. Sherard, representing a | San Franciseo company, who will treat the | ore by the cyanide process. At the Alma mine, Amador County, a| diamond drill has been installed for pros- pecting purposes. A contract has been let for the construc- tion of a twenty-stamp mill at the Quartz Mountain mine near Jimtown. A miner at Deep Wells, Inyo County, has a claim with such rich rock thata shipment of seven tons to the mill netted him over $7000. That’s the kind of rock we read of but seldom see. One of the boundary survey party, Mr. Leidy, picked up a piece of gold-bearing , which panned out about $15. It found about ten miles southeast of Springs. He at once dropped his Sand : job with Uncle Sam and started to find the ige the float came from. g > County proposes to make a mineral xhibit of Bighteenth District ores at the coming fair, in order to bring into potice the mining 1ndustry of that section. lderman Lieb of Denver writes to an ] er that there are more than 65,000 ines and prospects in Colorado. At a recent meeting of the Miners' Ex- change vewpert, Kootenai County, iaho, they passed resolutions against the t of the Northern Pacific Railroad to have certain lands in that vicinity declared non-mineral, as they assert it is absolutely | worthless for grazing or agriculture, and | of value for mineral. In close prox- r forty mineral locations. | change asks the Secretary | are oye iners The of the Interior to examine and classify these lands without delay in the manner provided by act of Congress. There is some confusion over the name of “Kortenai.” There is a Kootenay min- ing region in British Columbia, and a | Kootenai County, Idaho, where mining is o carried on. The British usea “y” an Americans an *i" in their spelling. Cairns Creek, B. C., is atiracting some prospectors who expect to find gold quartz where so much placer gold has been taken out in years past. The rich McHaney or Desert Queen is not in San Bernardino, but 1n ide County, and a three-quarter in- s owned by citizens of Riverside. of the interior and North- n Alaska the miners have to con- d with underground ice, which in placer WO is as bad as meeting rock. The | ground is not merely frozen but consistsin part of layers of ice, alternating with sand 1 clay, and these ice-masses must be jusands of years old and have the nular texture of glacial ice. The ins of mammoths, etc., are found in 31 th mine Riv Te the clay, overlying the ancient ice-masses, T urium greup of fifteen claimson Admiralty Island, Alaska, has been sold 0,000 to Lytton Taylor, representing ; and the Mountain King Eastern me: ntail group of eleyen locations adjoining has been sold to the same party for $20, A ten-stamp miil, hoist, a compressor, drills, etc., will be ordered in the City at once. Thomas 8. Nowell has purchased from Richard Johnson and the Oliver Price estate the Northern Light group of mines in Bemers Bay district, Alaska, for & réported price of $50,000. 4 [he new Whitlock mill in Mariposa County, owned by the Sierra Buttes Mlmns Company, has started steadily at work an is very satisfactory. It is the finest mill in the county and the whole equipment of the mine is first class, as is alwayd the case where this company conducts operations. They have eighty men at work. Report has been going around that though the Globe mine at Globe, Ariz., is employing 600 men, there is_still 'a dearth f labor, which has started a number of miners in that direction. The Globe Sil- ver Belt says, however, that there are not more than fifty miners working for wages in the camp and a couple of hundred of others waiting for an opportunity. The boom has not struck Globe yet, notwith- standing rumors to the contrary. ‘There are no idle men in Willow Creek district, Idaho, and both the mills are run- ning night and day. The placer discoveries on the Snake River, three miles below American Falls, | at work. | geles to miners, 4, D, Bartle, George geologist son dare eird lan :)mude at the foot of the great butte. prise. 1 :?dt-aprudm; and desolate fields of cap Mines o Mining / LATEST INFORMATIQON THIS IMPORTANT INDUSTRY., Idaho, where the ground is plowed and dumped into the sluices with scrapers, are paying better than the usual SnaEe River ground, as the gold is not so fine. the top soil pays at these diggings. Mullan, ldaho, as well as the other Ceeur d’Alene camps, is daily becoming more prosperous. Work is starting up in three of the best developed properties and many of the prospects. Nine mills are crushing ore on the gold iven | belt of the Ceeur d’Alene and several more are planned. _ The latest “lost mine” about to be found i Southern California is in the territory souih of Sweetwater Canyon and along the north slope of the S8an Miguel Mountains, San Diego County. This time they have found traces of an ancient road, supposed to lead to the mine from the river level on the north side to a point near San Miguel’s summit. A mound has been found, sup- posed to be the dump, and pieces of rock assay in silver and gold about$10a ton. The prospector is sure of finding the mine because he dreamed he would, and is still Anyhow he has the road. The Pichacho gold region, San Diego County, where a number of mines have been bonded of late at high prices, is on the Colorado River, thirty-five miles north of Yuma. Many of the mines are passing out of the hgnds of Californians into those of Eastern men. Quite a number of prospectors have been searching the country around Gold Lake, Sierra County, this summer. 1f the San Diego County people do not wake up and invest some capital in their | own mines it will not be the fault of their | newspapers, which are “booming” the mines continually. There is considerable prospecting going on in the vicinitv of Howard Ranch, on the road to Gold Lake, Sierra County, and some very good prospects are reported. A Downieville miner complains that not enough attention is paid to quartz mining in_that section of Sierra County, gravel mining being too exclusively followed. The quartz mines, once opened, conld be worked all winter and then business would not be so dull during the shart days of the vear. Moreover, they would not have to depend so much on it, The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine, at Ceeur d’Alene, now employs 335 men and is shipping sixty tons of concentrates a day Cnhe Last Chance is employing sev- y men and shipping twenty tons of ncentrates daily, while the Hunter has fifty men on its pay roll. Wardner isagain becoming a prosperons town. It is expected that there will spon be a custom mill at Kennedy, Nevada, which will successfully work the ores of that dis- tric It is thought to have been definitely de- cided to build the new 100-ton smelter at 'Jl'rmll Landing, B. C,, instead of at Rock- and, The camp at Atlanta, Idaho, is very act- | ive at present, an English company hav- ing taken hold of the mines. A twenty- stamp mill is being removed there and will soon be running. Vanderbilt, S8an Bernardino County, is said to be a typical mining camp of the old style in appearance and prices. There are only, however, three mines of any conse- quence in operation. In the Ivanpah district, in_the range of mountains west of Vanderbilt, there are very few men, only the Stonewall and Paymaster mines being worked at present. In Montgomery district, Nev., about thirty-five men are at work, mainly on the Johnny and €hispa mines. A cnm‘ranv has been formed in Los An- evelop mines in the Twenty-nine Palms country, out in the desert region. The company owns a number of claims there, Two mills are to be shipped to the mines at once, The McHaney bonanza, out on the desert northwest of Indio, is shortly to have a twenty-stamp mill. The five-stamp mill now being operated pounds out about $700 a day when at work. Idle Prospects. The evil of ‘“‘grub-staked” miners who get into a country early, taking up and holding for a year at least thirty or forty claims, thus keeping out others, is one that has long been recognized. Colorado and Montana now both haye laws designed to prevent this, and it is being urged that the Northwest Miners’ Association ask for similar laws in that region. The ground is wanted for those willing and able to prospect or develop 1it. As it is, a man with two or three dozen claims only does lie 1dle for months. If the local or State laws enforced a specified amount of work of some value at once on each claim Jocators would be confined to a few, instead of taking them up by wholesale. As it is now, a few partners can practically stake off a whole mineral belt, and they kee: out others who would go to work. Hold- ing on to such undeveloped prospects by the “job lot” seldom pays. A man will do much better who has one or two that he can attend to, and not only keep up his assessment work, but properly open, The Mexican laws are better than ours in keeping men at work on their claims. A man can not hold a dozen claims in that country, but must work what he locates or quit and let somebody else do it. Of course, many prospectors maintain that they ought to take up what they like and work them or not. That sort of a system, however, would not develop any mineral section, and the prospector would be worse off in the An Unprospected Section. The region about the eastern and north- eastern hase of Mount Shasta is eovered -with a heavy flow of lava, capping almost the entire surface. In places erosion has occurred, leaving exposed spots where gold has been found in early days, but no- where in any specially noticeable quanti- ties. This was in the days when hostile Indians swarmed the region, and little, if any, prospecting has been done there for years, other more favored and accessible sections having claimed attention. Many miners, however, have long had an idea that good mines could be found up there, perhaps far under the lava cap, where drifting could be done after shafts were sunk or tunnels run. No extensive work has ever been done in that rich field, which is yet almost as unexplored as it was when the Indians held sway. Recently someé parties of prospectors have started in that direction, expecting to do thorough work. The Shasta Courier says: ‘“Among the parties who were at Battles last week, en route for the Pumice Stone Mountain and Mendocina Lake country were Supervisor William Conant of Delta, and along with him were also Charley Hufford and two or three other Shasta County people. They had complete prospecting and camping outfits, and propose to find gold if perse- yerence and energy can lead to it. “And from Bartles, two days after Conant's party passed that place, another prospecting party outfitted and left for nenrYy the same country, which lies to the northeast of Mount Shasta. This party consisted of the pioneer ex{)lm'ers and Lavers, mneraigeist ickin and Professor Levett, mineralogist, S and seientist. Bartie and’ Wal- uite familiar with that wild, \? that sleeps in almost unbrokelz; is to be hoped tbat these enterprising prospectors may meet with reward com- mensurate with their energy and enter- 1 it is ever fully demonstrated that exists in the formation beneath the v lava there_will be a rush of miners and capital to Northern California such as has not been equaled since the flowery days of Washoe.” Undeveloped Gravel Begions. In the northwestern portion of Califor- nia are large tracts of auriferous gravel which are as-yet undeveloped. Thisis particularly the case in Siskiyou and Trivity counties. These sections have no large general water supply ditch system, such as has been built up in the last forty- five years in the central mountain coun- ties. ‘Extensive ditch systems with large reservoirs, etc., have been built in some of the counties, and from the co.mpanies or individualsowning them miners may buy ater to work their gravel claims. In iyou apd Trinity counties the large ms have their own water supply, but smaller claims have few opportunities of obtaining water unless special ditches are made, This is one of the reasons why the re- gion referred to has not had more of its gravel beds opened and worked, and large tracts are t}l;creiore yet undeveloped. The gravel lands can bé secured at reasonable and ever-cheap rates, but money must be spent to supply the necessary water. Itis an inviting field for_capital looking to the possession of good-sized tracts of auriferous Thereis no trouble ubout the de- ris question. The Klamath River, into which all the streams empty, has been officially declared a non-nayigable stream, and the miners can all tail into the various streams without fear of anti-debris associa- tions or suits. The Caminetti law does not apply up in that country, its provisions only covering the territory drained by the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. Capi- talists who intend developing unopened tracts of gold-bearing gravel in Siskiyou and Trinity counties must count on arrang- ing for water supply, but this is done on large claims, usually, in any event. Itis the smaller miners who are often unable to obtain this. It is for this reason, mainly, that there is still so much unde- veloped territory, known to be valuable, in the region referred to. Handling Tailings. A good many mine-owners object to per- mitting outside parties to work their tailings under the false impression that iv implies careless work on the part of the mill forany- thing to be found in the waste; whereas, the fact is, there is an economic limit be- yond which it does not pay to work. This percentage is circumscribed by the ques- tion of dollars and cents. Even in elaborate mills with concentrators, canvas tableg and all the usual appliances, the most thorough workings cannot reach higher than a certain percentage of the total value. This is generally placed atabont 87 per cent of the material to be sayed, and in many cases not that high, The drift miners all over the country gave the other fellows a chance and let them work their tailings. Chinese usually buy them or work them on royalty. The quartz own- ers, however, often store tailings for years, or let them pass off without working, fear- ing criticism of the original workif any- body makes any money out of the waste. At some places the tailings are sold to men who work arastras, and treat over the old stuff from the mill. In these days of more perfect concentration, canvas tables, etc., the tailings are not. so rich as formerly, there b less waste, but on all mills a point is reached where it is not economi- cal to handle the pulp further. -If others can, after a time, handle the waste to a small profit, it does not at all reflect on its superintendent or millman. - CHAs. G. YALE. Southern California Mining Notes. Dan Hayes, one of the owners of the Mesa Dolores mine, has returned to his mine with a large supply of provisions and will push the work rapidly ahead. Within the past few days some very valuable ore has been brought to light, which will run over $300 to the ton. The new find almost adjoining Mec- Haney’s Desert Queen by N. C. Bledsoe of Los Angeles is eausing no end of excite- ment. This discovery only verifies what has been repeatedly said of the district, that it is one of the richest in the State of California. Within a stone’s throw of the Desert Queen several new and rich dis- coveries have been made. Quite a number of prospectors are making up teams to visit the district within the next day or so. “Mark me,” said one old miner, ‘‘the days of 95 will entirely eclipse the days of '49, and Southern California will furnish the eclipse.”’ The Morongo King mine, in the Morongo Mining district, is at present lying dor- mant, as work has been transferred to rich claims in Rattlesnake Gulch, a distance of nine miles from the Morongo King. The claims in this gulch aresaid to be remarka- bly rich. Quite a force of men are now at work in the Rose mine, and a large amount of $300 rock is being placed on the dump to await milling. Joseph Brown, who is interested in sev- eral rich claims in the Virginia Dale country, has gone to San Francisco to [ negotiate the sale of some rich claims, and assessment work on a few, and the others it 1s whispered that a big sale is under con- sideration. HerseRT, BITUMINOLS ROCK SUIT Speedy Trial Expected in the Action Delayed for Two Years Past. Accusatlons That Money Was Spent Fraudulently in Lobbying and Clam-Bakes. The sensational suit of A. C. Bassett and the Consolidated Bituminous Rock Com- pany vs. J. A. Fairchild, George M. Perine, Austin Walrath, D. E. Miles and the Bitu- men Consolidated Mining Company will come up before Judge Seawell this morn- ing. New and sensational developmants are expected before the suit comes on for trial and during its progress. Ever since July, 1803, the attornevs for the plaintiffs, Messrs, Gunnison, Booth & Bartnett, have been striving assiduously to bring the suit to trial, but up to the present time success has not attended their efforts. According to the griginal complaint, stripped of its legal verbiage, the defendant stockholders, owning and controlling the majority of the stock, resorted to divers schemes and compinations to defraud the other stockholders. Their purpose was alleged to have been carried out by paying exorbitant salaries to themselves and di- verting the funds of the company to ad- vance the interests of the paving concern in the southern part of the State. In addition to the original allegations the attorneys for the plaintiffs intend to show that thousands of dollars were used in lobbying at Sacramento when the bond bill was before the Legislature; thatin connection with the $750 paid J. A. Fair- child monthly, as vice-president and tan- ager, he received other sums as follows: October 11, 1892, ; Noyember 12, 1892, $2650, and within the period of eight months the sum of §12,500; that hundreds of dollars were spent in entertaining Su- pervisors and other officials at clam-bakes, incident to which will uppear items of whisky, wine, cigars, and hotel and travel- ing expenses, ngiregatmfl hundreds of dol- lars; also that thousands of dollars were spent in defraying the cost of a suit brought by parties claiming stock of a cor- poration in which the defendant and the company had no interest, The fplnintifls expect to prove, on the head of new and strengthened evidence to which reference has been made, that the assumed fraudulent operations of the de- fendants cost the stockholders in the plaintiff company, organized with a cap- of $300,000, over $20,000, It is also ex- pected that the delay of the last two years will result in aspeedy trial, SUMMER SEASON ENDING, Society People Returning to Town From the Coun-~ try Resorts. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS Mrs. J. D. Fry’s Reception and Mrs. Walter's Dance—Wedding Dates Fixed. Mrs. J. D. Fry entertained a number of friends at her home, 1812 Jackson street, Tuesday evening. Mrs. I. N. Walter gave a dancing party last evening at her home on Franklin street in honor of her niece, Miss Rose Walter of New York, who at present is Mrs. Walter’s guest. The Tuesday Night Cotillon Club of Ala- meda will give théir opening party this season on October 3, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. O’Connor and Miss Nell M, O’Connor, the young composer, gave a large party at their residence in Eden Park, which was the social event of the week in Fruitvale. The large rooms were prettily decorated with ferns, sun- flowers, magnolias, potted plants and palms. An interesting musical programme was rendered, most of the numbers being the compositions of Miss O’Connor. Among tiHose taking part were: Dane Nise, J. T. Ludlow, W, G. Arbuckle, Mrs. S. A. Cram, Mrs. E, L, Dow. This was fol- lowed with asuppperand dancing. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Arbuckle, Mr.and Mrs. J. P. McQarthy, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Newsom, Mr. and Mrs, Frank Wellman, Mr, and Mrs. J. H. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs, Frank Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. J. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Dow, Mr, and Mrs. L. A, Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. P. Shafer, Mr. and Mrs. M, L. Brood- well, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Seal, Mr. and Mrs. R. A, Perry, Miss Wyman, Miss Jud- son, Miss Thomas, Miss McCarthy, Miss Snider, Miss Percival, Miss Connor, Miss Meade, Miss Cobbledick, Miss Smith, Miss Fox, Miss Monteagle, Miss Goode; Messrs. Rothenberg, Evans, Champion, Wise, Ludlow, Anderson, 'Judson, Cobbledick, Hunt, Handy, Dyer, Mrs. W. H. Goode, Mrs. J. Torrey Connor, Mrs. James Cobble- dick, ex-Governor Blasedale, Mrs. A. Cram and others. . Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Steele of 600 Fulton street have just celebrated the second an- niyversary of their wedding, their friends bringing many floral offerings ana some more substantial tokens of their esteem. Mrs. Joseph Steele. Mrs. Thomas Morrow, William Steele, Miss Annie Steele and lit- tle Gladws V. Adams gave several yocal lections’and Andrew Reddell a comic reci- tation. Besides these there were present Mrs. Lucy &. Adams, Miss Dora Meggert, Miss Beckie Henning and Messrs. Thomas Morrow, Charies Lennon, Fred Bergstrom, Harry Brown, Frank Brown, erbert Steele and 8, N. John. Wedding Fixtures. The wedding of Mark L. Requa, son of I.N. Requa of Piedmont, and Miss Herrick will take place in 8t. Paul’s Church, Oak- land, on Wednesday, October 3, The engagement is announced of J. H. Whiteman of Roswell, N, Mex., to Miss Sara Levy of 1022 Golden Gate avenue. They will be at home to their friends on the first Sunday in October, from 2 to 5 P. M. The engagement is announced of Miss E. Landsberger to J. K. Lewis, both of this City. Miss Emily Cohn,a young lady promi- nent in Jewish society circles, will be mar- ried on Sunday next to Bert Goldsmith of Lemoore, Fresno County, a well-known raisin-packer, The wedding will be a quiet family affair, and will take place at the residence of the bride’s parents, 1512 Bu- chanan street. The engagement is announced of Miss Cebella Gensler to Max Moses, both of this City. They will receive Bunday, Septem- ber 22, from 2 to 6 p. M., at 309 Golden Gate avenue. The wedding of Miss Frankie Grunnagle to George H. L. Beckedorff is announced to take place at the First English Lutheran Church Monday next, at high noon. The wedding of Friedrich Zeitler and Miss Louisa Fetz will take place at 9 o’clock next Saturday evening, in Califor- nia Hall. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fetz. San Francisco friends of Mr. and Mrs. 8, . Shireh are invited to attend the recep- tion of their daughter Wanda, in honor of her betrothal to H. Marcus, at their home in Petalupg next SBunday. Soclety Personals, John G. Follansbee will arrive in San Francisco from Europe in a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ruddell have taken up their quarters for the winter at the Cali- fornia Hotel. Mrs. Henry Brune and children have re- turned home from the country. Mrs. W. R. Barron and her sister, Miss Stanton, have gone to Redwood City, where they will spend a month, Edward D, Ward of Mill Valley will be the guest of Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Walser for some time. Mrs. L. W. Thomes left for Portland, Or., last Sunday for an extended visit. Misses Theresa and Rae Alexander, ac- companied by Mr, and Mrs. B. F. Adams, are rusticating in the mountains, Mrs. John Rainsbury has returned from a trif; to the East, where she has been traveling during the past five months. Miss glmmah Rosenblatt of Portland, Or., is visiting her sister, Mrs, E. Beck, 1911 Pacitic avenue. At home first and second Fridays. Receptions. The thirteenth regular whist game took place on the evenings of Monday and Fri- day last at the residence of Dr, A, A. Gil- mour, 404 Golden Gate avenue. The fol- lm\‘in%were present: Miss Kate Burns, Mrs. H. Burns, Misses Mary E. Healey, Marguerite Healey, Anna Hackett, Annie Jones, Lizzie Jones, Mamie Williams, Mrs. D. A. Wiltiams, Mrs, O, Liftchild, Misses Mary Miller, E, Purcelle, Gertie Burns, William Barr, J, Anderson, Frank Bass, Dr. A. A. Denby, James Kerr, Dr, A. A. Gilmour, Dr. A. Chapero, H. W. May, Sigismund Blumann, D. A, Wil- liams, Albion 8. Perley, W, Halket, P. Bellio. ‘The honors_of the play fell to D. A. Williams and Annie Jones, they having the best score at the end of the game, Refreshments. were served later in the evening, followed by dancing, with an entertaining programme, at intervals, of music and_ piano selections rendere by Sigismund Blumann, Misses Purcelle and Mamie Williams. s . On Sunday afternoon last the members of the Arion Verein inaugurated a series of concerts to take place every Sunday after- noon during the present month. The foi- lowing numbers were most successfully rendered by a quartet of musicians of Scheel’s orchestra, consisting of Obarles Dierke, piano; Karl Grieraner, cello; Au- gust Rodemann, flute, and Edouard Lada, Violin: “Tannhauser’ march, Wagner: “Souvenir de Hapsal,” Tschnikowsky ; Sig- mund’s Liebeslied, “Walkyre,” anuari grand fantasie, “Cavalleria Rustic: 3, Mascagni; “Tannbauser’”’ overture, ner; ‘Berenade,” Gounod; melodie in.g: romance in E, Rubinstein; incantation, Wagner. 4 An enjovable surprise party was ten- dered to Miss Carrie Butler at her resi- dence, 930 Folsom street, Saturday even- ing, August 81. The evening was spent in dancing and games, Among the invited guests were: Miss Kate Mulvey, Miss Nellle u]vefilm Kate Daly, Miss May Hogan, smie Howell, Miss Grace Howell, Miss Gnssie Hart- man, Miss Hannah Hartman, Miss Dollie Daw- son, Miss Addie Dohs, Miss Mattie Coughlin, “Miss Mamie Harrison, Miss Casey McClosky, Miss Maggie Mahony, Miss Mamie Casey, Paul Hartman, Charles Gay, William Itaac, William Taylor, William Harrison, Peter Fitzpatrick, Gem% Davis, Henry Morris, John Restuch, Fred Wassman, Charles Merse, Peter Aldridge, Paul Goldstone, Abe Becker, Gus Temps, Mark Lorenzo, Charles Miller, Stewart Patferson, Robert Somerset, Fred Kaiser, Harry McAfee, Chester McAfee, Gus Soelter, John Soelter, David Oarroll, George MeCnll, William Daw- son, William Tierney, Alert J. Reevey, Timo- thy Riordon, Miss Annie Hudlerl Miss Eliza Greer, Miss Oarrie Butler, Miss /Josie Hum- hrey, Miss Lizzie White, Miss Rachael Morris, irs. B. Aldridge, Mrs. D. Carroll, Mrs. F, Wass- man, Mrs. A. J. Reevey, Mrs. Bmith, 8. Hart- man’and John Gay. HE IS DECLARED DEAD. Adolph Prinz, a Missing Executor, Shuffled Off the Coil in an Officiat Way. Adolph Prinz, executor of the estate of Charles Moegling, was ordered to appear before Judge Coffey to show cause why letters testamentary should not be re- voked. This was after the charge of mis- use of the funds had been made against him. The citation to appear was served by({lublication, but Prinz failed to respond and yesterday Judge Coffey officially de- clared him to be dead. A new executor will be appointed, and if it is found that the accounts of the es- tate are not all right, a warrant for the ar- rest gf the officially dead man will be issued. ALONG THE WATER FRONT. The Captain of the Homer Suspended for Colliding With the Arago. A Telegram From the Steamer Marlposa Ends the Honolulu Cholera Scare. The Board of Local Inspectors of Hulls has rendered its decision in the case of the Arago and Homer collision that eecurred the 3d of last month in the Puget Sound, which resulted in damage to the laiter vessel of §275. Captain J. F. Drisko of the Hamer was adjndged responsible for the accident and suspended for thirty days. Instead of passing to starboard he kept on, in disregard of Rule I of the regula- tions governing the handling of vessels, and then gave the wrong signal when Cap- tain Reed of the steamer Arago whistled, which was in violation of Rule [II. The captain of the Arago was exonerated. At Al White’s place was exhibited yes- terday the engrossed testimonial of the survivars of the lost sealing schooner C. G, White to Dr. C, F. Dickinson, who at- tended ' the shipwrecked men at Wood Island, Alaska. ‘When' the unfortunate men returned to this port- several weeks ago Al White started a subscrirtiun, and by his efforts money was raised among shipping men for the benefit of the maimed crew. The testimonial written by Joseph Jordan, a newspaper man, was beautifully engraved, with a picture of the ill-fated schooner, and handsomely framed. It recited the faith- ful services of Dr. Dickinson, who werked unaided and alone with six patients, am- putating their frozen limbs and saving their lives. The paper was signed by Frank A. Sweeney, Francis H urray, Edward J. Veisinet Jr., Gustaf Wicks- strom, Mathias Mathiesen, Emil W. Bail and F, F, Rogers. The prizes won at the late interclub ?’Bcht race were distributed to the success- ul vessels yesterday. The schooner-yacht Jessie received a handsome piece of silyer plate apprurrimely engrayed, the Idlera set of signals, the El gucnn a barometer and the Ella a pair of marine glasses. The Harpoon received a set of port lights, the Truant a barometer, the Sleipner a pair of cabin blankets and the Flash and Major each a pair of marine glasses. A telegram has been received by J. D, Bpreckels & Brothers from the Mariposa, now at Auckland, announcing that the cholera seare at Honolulu had subsided, and that the physicians there believed that the eight reported cases were not cholera. The Chinese who landed from the Belgic became ill irom other causes after comin to the islands, principally from eating fish in celcbrminfi their arrival. The medical experts decided that the deaths among the immigrants were caused by the poison- ous food. To-day at the meeting of the Harbor Commission there will be several inter- esting questions discussed. The first will be the appointment of an assistant chief wharfinger, and Commissioner Cole is pre- gared to opfimse the selection of Edward hort, the Mission-street wharfinger, who is slated for the place. Mr, Cole wanted James Boobar, the outgoing chief, reap- pointed, but was outvoted. e will insist upon the appointment of his man—prob- ably Boobar—for assistant, and intends to be heard from if Short is pushed forward, Another question is the proposed ferry footbridge, which was to be built at the north corner of Market and East streest. The Frank brothers, who own that corner, are holding its value up to figures about equal to the cost of the *ferry building it- sglf, and the owners of the corner south of Market street, believing that the bridge will benefit their property, are making an effort to have it placed there. At the special meeting of the board yes- terday Percy & Hamilton, the consulting architects, presented a report suggesting improvements on the Page Brown plans. This, they contended, will bring a saving to the State of over $7000, = They also com- mended the scheme of marble veneering proposed by Architect Pelton, if the work be performed faithfully with skill and care, 1Phe steamer Monticello yesteraay morn- ing brouglhit down 150 girls of 8t. Vincent'’s School at Vallejo in charge of Father Jones of the Catholic parish and four sisters of the school. The pupils visited Golden Gate Park and the Cliff House and returned home on tie eyening trip. To-day if the weather per- mitsthe boys of the school will visit the city on the Monticeilo. he first screw-steamer for the Sacra- mento River will be built by the Fulton Iron Works of this City. She will be 77 feet 6 inches long, 11 feet 6 inches beam, and will draw only 3 feet 6 inches of water, and be driven by twin screws turned by two sets of triple-expansion engines, and make a speed of 16 knotsan hour. She will be launched in about three weeks, and is destined to run between Sacramento and Rio Vista. Lo No news has come from the missing ship Star of Austria, and her rate of insurance at Lloyd’s has reached 55 gnineas, An attempt was made yesterday to pay off and settle with the crew of the sealer ‘Winthester, which returned several weeks ago from the Bering Sea with 142 skins, and was seized by the customs officials. The sums due the men run from $4 to $3 for the nine months’ work, and as they were charged interest upon the §laadvance paid them when they shipped, they refused to receive the depleted sums of $2, §3 and t«t_which remain They threatened to ring a libel suit against the vessel, which, as she is already libeled by the Treasury Department, is an untenable undertaking. — LIBRARY ASSOQCIATION. Interesting Discussion to Be Had at the Next Meeting. The next meeting of the Library Asso- ciation of Central California will be held Friday at 7:30 p. M. at the Mechanics’ In. stitute, 31 Post street. The topic for dis- cussion will be “State Aid to Libraries; Needs and Methods,” divided as follows: 1. “Should the State make flants of money to public libraries?”’ 2, “‘Should the State organize a system of tmveling librdries?'” 3. “Should California have a library coma- mission?” 4. “Relation of the State and the State University librayies to public libraries.! 6. “Is any new legislation ad- visable?' ' October 15, 1894, $31 NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. T ¥ vALLE] STUITS COLORED DRESS G0ODS! In connection with our MAMMOTH DISPLAY OF NEW FALL AND WINTER STYLES AND NOVELTIES, and to make room for the immense shipments yet in transit, we have thoroughly over- hauled the balance of our stock of SPRING AND SUMMER FAB- RICS, and have marked down every piece and yard to figures that are ONLY ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF FORMER PRICES, TO FORCE THEM OUT IMMEDIATELY ! At 25 Cents. 52 pieces 40-INCH SCOTCH WOOL CHEVIOTS, medium shades, regular price 7ac, will be closed out at 25¢ a yard. At 28 Cents. 65 pieces 38-INCH TWILLED NOVELTY DRESS GOODS, two-toned colorings, regular price 50c, will be closed out at 25¢ a yard, At 25 Cents. 97 pieces 40-INCH BLACK AND WHITE DRESS GOODS, in checks, plaids and stripes, regular price 75¢, will be closed out at 25¢ a yard. At 5O Cents. 55 pieces 50-INCH ALL-WOOL LADIES’ CLOTH, suitable for cycling costumes, will be offered at 50c a yard. At 8$5.00. 22 SILK AND WOOL NOVELTY SUITS, in light-blue lavender, nile, canary and magenta, former price §20, will be closed out at $5 each. At 8$15.00. 17 FINE SILK AND WOOL CREPONETTE NOVELTY SUITS, former price $30, will be closed out at §15 each. TO OUR COUNTRY PATRONS. It will be useless to send for samples of the above long before selections could reach us. goods, as they will be closed out 27 See to-day’s Chrenicle for tempting offerings of New Fall Goods. Harke! Stregt, coruer of Jongs, SAN FRANOISCOO- SHORT OF READY CSH Jewelers Hammersmith & Field Are Attached for $65,779. They Gave a Bill of Sale of the Premlses and So Relieved the Attachment. Hammersmith & Field, jewelers at 118 Sutter street, were attached yesterday for $65,779 67 by the COalifornia Jewelry Com- pany. Within an hour after the attach- ment was levied the parties came to a satisfactory understanding and the store was released by the members of the firm turning over the business on a bill of sale. Both Mr, Hammersmith and Mr. Field were taken completely by surprise by the sudden filing of the attachment. They de- clare positively that the embarrassment is only temporary, and that as soon as they can realize on their book accounts they can settle satisfactorily with their cred- itors. . George E. Powell acted as assignee of the California_Jewelry Company in the proceedings. His complaint was based on nine promissory notes aggregating $55,- 836 68 and bills on goods sold footing up $9948 99. Fotlowing are the dates on which the notes were given and the amounts named in them: December 31, 1892, $21,500 97; February 15, 1893, $10,778 63; October 15, 1893, $4849 67; June 15, 1893; $8280 36; July 15, 1893, 2040 17; June 15, 1864, §174 57; 12 18; November 15, 1804, $2236 .81, and July 15, 1894, §1748 37, All the notes bear 7 per cent interest. The California Jewelry Cqmpu,ni' is made up of H. Levison, J. T. Bonestell and G. l&muu. L. H, Bonmestell and I. Gutte were sureties on the attachmient bond for In speaking of the attachment after the matter had been compromised John A. ‘Hammersmith said: Yes, our firm was in trouble, but we have atched it up. I was astonished to find when returned from lunch it legal proceedings had been eommenced inst us. We fur- nished a bill of sale to the California Jewelry Company and thus settled the matter amica- bly intwenty minutes. 5!" firm la‘llmply feeling the stringency of the times. There i not a firm in San Fran- cisco that would ‘not he greatly inconven- ienced if called upon to pay all its bills, But we are all right, Our books show an excess of about $40, assets aboye liabilities. 1was surprised at the action of the plain- tiffs, because we always haye been warm per- sonal frlend;}. We did not dream they would attach us. ButIguess we can settle the mat- :‘er satisfactorily to all parties in a very short me. The California Jewelry Company has been the chief creditor of Hammersmith & Field for about five years, Both John A, Hammersmith and Hamp- ton 8. Field are va? well known among the City’s younger business men, Ham- mersmith has been notably prominent in the management of the &ympic Club, of which he is an active member. e —— Sausalito’s New Streets, The streets of Sausalito will be in better con- dition this winter than they have heen during any previous wet season. In addition to the street improyement and luln*ol pavements, which has been in progress for some time, there was begun yesterday the work of build- ing flumes and boxes for drainage. The order for this work was made at the meeting ot the Town Trustees on the 2d inst, and the 17, wgd'e“d of 1‘? wdarl‘iq“ml;e h’l’;a t&en ordered and partially vered, n- struction will govar some 5000 linear feet. ——— A Syndicate of Monsters. Here are the names of the abominable trio that compose it, hated and abhorred by man and woman kind—dyspepsia, bilieusness and constipa- tion. What Is the most successful way 10 attack and squelch these united mopsters? Take Hos- tetter's Stomach Bitters, and they will Tnu up stakes and make tracks fo unknown, leavin no trace behl:d. e Bltlers als gxterminates ‘malaria, rhenmatic and kidney trouble and ner- vous ailmens. WECANSUITYOU IN ALL KINDS OF BAGS. Real Leather, Chocolate Color—11-inch, $1 25; 13« inch, $1 50; 13-inch, $1 75; 14-inch, $2. / Genuine Grain Leather Bags, tan color, leather. lined — 11-inch, $2:12-inch, $225: 13-inch, 2 50; 14-inch, $2 75: 15-inch, 88. Re Lu:hg_- Mauve color, gilt trimmings, leather lined—10-inch, $2 25; 11-inch, §2 50; 12-inch, $2 75; 13-inch, $3. Real Polished Alligator, leather lined, nickel :rlcmhm'i:gn—o12-1nch, $4 50; 13-inch, 84 75; 14 inch, $5, T ALISES. ‘We are closing out a special size Real Leathey Valise, 18-inch, was $2 50, now $1 50. Fiber Telescope Valises, extra strong and copper Tiveted—13-inch, 76c; J4-inch, §1; 16-inch, $1 25; 18-inch, §1 50, 5-foot Shawl or Bundle Straps, sewed handle, 25¢c. mz;‘ assortment Ladies’ Pocket-books at papular P Electrical Construction and Repairing of All Kinds. Estimates Given. NOTE. — Special Grinding Razors, Tools by skilled mechanics, moderal 818-820 Market Street Phelan Building. l'amry—:i;r_inb Street. A LADIES' GRILL ROON Has been established in the Palace Hotel N _ACCOUNT OF REPEATED DEMANDS ‘made on the management. es fi the clty wunn?‘:m direct_entranc wflf‘ et st. Ladles shopping will fin esirable place to lunch, Prompt service and mod- erate charges, such as have given the [lnhl'm.vlfi'l G an international rej T kble pw deparimens o0 oo o Wil B GEORGE H. FULLER DESK €O, 1s the Place (o Bay | DESKS, CHAIRS And All Kinds of OFFICE FURNITURE 6388-640 Mission St. attention given to Shears and Edged Prices