The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 25, 1895, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1895. POWERS AT STANFORD & The Economist Ready to Take Charge of His Class. VIEWS ON LIVE ISSUES. Though Not a Radical the Pro-~ fessor Inclines Toward Bimetallism. PRESENT SYSTEM HARMFUL National Partles Must Fight the Coming Battle on the Lines of Finance. r modern ir this line. f a new lease o Dr. Wa: ise of most in his f Dr. Warner's stated that sta- Most of t ed merely to re- the professor, would wish to matter. S e 100 jons are exacting. free silver basis 2 gold inio power is going to ons_and lose it People now ag o be hastened by adopted by the winning xt campaign. I believe question of the silver stand- gold standard is settled it d that the trouble lies not 1 i will bave to be e real question is: ucture of the credit no doubt that the m is radically nat ng so, there must be a till, the rival advantages of the standards are unduly ex- aggerate Pressed for his own inclinations for gold or silver, Professor Powers said: “I am far from being radical on the sub- ect, but I incline to bimetallism, not that believe that it is a cure-all, but that it would, under proper management, tend toward a more stable standard of values. I do not believe that the United States alone could adopt the bimetallic system. It would be necessary to form what might be called a syndicate of nations. Three leading nations of the world could handle the silver of the worlc, and I believe that France, Germany and the United States could accomplish the bimetallic system, bandling all the silver, even without Eng- land's aid.” The question was asked whether, from his study and investigation abroad, there was more of an inclination at present favoring bimetallism than at the time of the Brussels conference. The answer was that France bad always been bimetallic at heart, though forced by conaitions to her present standard. “In regard to Germany,” said Professor Powers. “I feel certain that the resolution passed by the Reichstag favofing another monetary,conference was a sincere echo of popular sentiment. The feeling is not so strong in England, but there, too, I believe it 1s increasing. “Tariff will not be the question in the next campaign. The money question is shead, and nothing can divert popular attention from it. People are learning that free trade or high tariff have not the same ruinous effects on business they formerly supposed. Give the business man time and he can adjust and adopt bimself to either. It is uncertainty that ruihs him, and nothing could be more unwise for a party than to reopen the old sore—the tariff—as the leading issue for 1896. With the money question uncer- tainty does not make the same difference. A pernicious policy is bound to work out its results. It must therefore be a question of study and experiment for the proper system. As I said at first, however, I think there is a deeper, more ditficult roblem than the silver guestion under- ying the subject, and we will find it out in time.” Professor Powers came here direct from | thought they all belong to the same gang . | and another of i| LOS ANGELES, CaL., Sept 24 - L0S. ARGELES BOYCOTT, ;| War All} Greece. He has been traveling through | Europe for three months past, partly for | pleasure and partly to add to his fine {library. He has spent many years in Europe in study and travel and is well versed in important economic issues there prevailing. BURGRARS CAPTURED. Four of an Organized Gang Placed Be- hind Prison Bars. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Sept. 24.—Officer Lennon at 2o’clock this morning, while walking along ‘Los Angeles street, saw a man making a hasty retreat from a Chi- nese laundry. Instead of having his foot- gear where it prope belonged, he had it in his hand. The officer gave chase and soon caught the burglar. He was being escorted along Second street when from some hidden place he drew a dirk and attempted to use it, but Lennon knocked him senseless. At the »olice station he gave the name of George W. Brown. Shortly before Brown was brought in three other suspicious charac- ters were lodged in the city jail, and it is and are professional burglars. sl ol Heavy Fruit Shipment, LOS ANGELES, CaL, Sept. 24.—The largest individual shipment of fruit ever made from Southern California to Pheenix, Ariz., was shipped on Saturday by the Santa Fe. The purchaser wasS. B. Hall of Pha he shipment ccnsisted of seven ca. ncluding one soli rload N f 2 each of apples and pears from San Jacinto | emons from Ontario. | Over 300 cases of canned. goods and 10,000 | pounds of dried fruit Lelped to swell the amount. | - e | Prospedive Bull- hting. —A bail- | fight1s soon to take place at Agricultural is, if the humane officers will | | kindly wink the other eye. Captain Larin | and hi and of toreadors have been en- | zaged to grace the occasion, and while no | | cruelty w permitted, a very exciting time is orward to. — Arrested jor Allegsd Forgery. LOS ANGELES, CAL., Sept. 24.—Al For- ted this afterncon on com- Byrne, a2 Southern Pacific | a charge of forgery. Itis| i railroad company Forman merel p of paper at th el Holton-Chase Nuptials. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Sept. 24.—The ja ict Attorney’s office has a groom. jor George M. Holton was married by J e Smith to Mrs. Z. M. Chase, late of Michigan and daughter of Mr. Dibble, one | of the oldest emploves of the Santa Fe | Railroad. e has resided in Los | E: € years. | of the Rival Chinese| Factions Being Waged | Vigorously. | Mongolian Policemen Placed Under Arrest by the City’s Peace Officers. LOS ANGELES, Car., Sept. 24.—The Sam Yup Company boycott is in full force in Chinatown. This company is organized to break tne Chinese Six Companies, which orzanization has heretofore been the un- ed ruler of the Chinese in the ed States. The Sam Yups bave a| e force of their own and every mem- | ber caught buying boycotted goods is taken | before a Chinese court and fined. His | goods are confiscated and sold for the bene- fit of the company. The fine goes to the | arresting officer. The police (white) are not pleased with the police (Chinese). The result is, they arrest them whenever they find them. Three have already been gathered in and re will follow. The present is the most important and the greatest fight the Chinese have ever had in America. g e SANTA CLARA’S WATER SYSTEM. The New Works to Be in Operation Within a Month. SAN JOSE, Car., Sept. 24.—The con- struction of the town water works at Sarta Clara is progressing rapidly. All the mains from four to 'twelve inches in dia- | meter have been laid, only the two and | three inch pipes remain- to be put down. The thirty-five new fire bydrants are now being set up and connected with the mains. At the pumping station the boiler house is about compieted, and the pumg-bousa isready to receive the two Worthington pumps, which are expected daily. It is expected the water works will be in opera- tion ina month. s gt TOOK CARBOLIC ACID. | Attempted Suicide of @ Girl Scarcely in Her Teens. ‘| SAN JOSE, CaL., Sept. 24.—Miss Frances | Bulna, sister of Mrs. Charles Meader of | { Hillcrest, a ranch on the Saratoga road about a mite and a half from Los Gatos, took a dose of carbolic acid Sunday, it is supposed with suicidal intent. Miss Bulna is quite young, being scarcely in ner teens. Prompt medical assistance saved the rash | girl’s life. Scarcely a year ago the youns | fadv ran away Jfrom home, but was brought back by an_officer detailed to find ber and who located her in this city. S e Abraham Dodson’s Estate. SAN JOSE, CaL., Sept —The final ac- count and petition for distribution of the estate of Abraham Dodson, deceased, was filed to-day by the executrix, Mrs. Mary | Dodson Barker. It ccnsists of money in bank and property in Santa Clara County, Cal., and Jackson County, Iowa, the whole aggregating $40,000, and is be- queathed to the widow and three surviving children. In conjunction with the above Mrs. Barker has asked for the custody of the minor child, Dale Dodson. e Musician Beach Gets the Medal. S8AN JOSE, CaL., Sept. 24.—At the regu- lar weekly meeting of Company B last night gsician Beach won' the privates’” gold medal in a com- petitive drill and Private O'Keefe the silver medal. About 55 men entered in the competitive drill. The final State shoot will be -held Wednesday and Thurs- day at Company B’s range near Oak Hill Cemetery. . Sroiguii Stole for a Girl Friend. SAN JOSE, Cav., Sept. 24.—A. B. Hub- bard, a flashy young man, is under arrest for stealing a watch and chain from Mrs. Regina Hughes in January last while sit-} ting up with the body of her deceased husoand. The articles were recovered in Eo.« sion of a young lady to whom he ad giyen them. SR LS Forty Days for Larceny. SAN JOSE, CAL., Sept. 24.—L. A. Galla- gher, the suspicious-looking individual who was taken into custody vesterday by Officer Humburg while in" the act of rip- | ping open a valise supposed to be the property of Jean Magnin, to-day entered & plea of Euilty and was given a forty days’ sentence by Justice Gass. Fate of a Watch-Thief. SAN JOSE, CaL,, Sept.24.—John Heggy, found guiltg yesterday on the charge of unlawfully depriving Lorentz Waechter of Mayfield ‘of his watch, appeared: before Justice Gass to-day and was presented with 140 days in the County Jail, ‘SPOKANE'S EXPLORER Malterner’s Lonely Trip to the Arctic in a Canoe. VOYAGE OF ADVENTURE. Four Thousand Miles Trav- ersed by the Traveler in Three Months. SUNSHINE ALL THE WAY A Fourth of July Celebration at the Mouth of the Mackenzie River. SPOKANE, Wasn.,, Sept. 23. —S. Malterner, who has just returned to this city from a trip to the “Land of the Mid- night” sun by the way of the Athabasca, Slave and Mackenzie rivers, brings the story of what unquestionably is one of the mostremarkable trips of the present day. In alitile birchbark canoe only seventeen feet long, with a small camping outfit, he started out alone from Athabasca, landing on Athabasca Lake on the 25th of April Jast all alone, and on the midnight of the 3d of July celebrated the beginning of the | great National holiday by saluting the midnight sun at the mouth of the middle channel of the Mackenzie River. The ac- count of his trip is a very interesting one. He does not look upon his achievement as a particularly great one and refers to it | very modestly. ‘When I left Spokane in the spring,” said he, *I bad no intention of making this trip, but went to Edmonton, in Brit- ish Columbia, where I expected to meeta trapper.and visit the Jasper Pass country —one of the most difficnlt trips on the con- tinent. I was disappointed, however, as the trapper was snowed in and could not reach Edmonton, and so I concluded to get a boat and make a trfp down the riv- ers to the Arctic Ocean. I was advised that the trip was a very dangerous one and that I had better not try to make it alone, but as I was going more for hunting rare game than for anything else I thought if [ was alone I would be making no noise and would thus be more likely to get what I was after. “It was the first day of May when I reached the Grand Rapids, 190 miles from the starting point. Here the river is cut up by very dangerous cascades; but I suc- ceeded in running them all right, and | after passing Fort McMurray on the 9th reached the great Athabasca Lake on the 15th. This is a very large body of water, surrounded by a low shore line covered with a rather stunted growth of trees. The water of the lake was smooth enough so I could cross over to Fort Chippewayan. It was from this point that Sir Alexander Mackenzie started on his memorable trip which resulted in the dis- covery of the river that bears his name. I met here a Mr. Whitney, who had been sent out by Harper’s to write an article on the Great Slave Lake. When informed that I intended to make the trip to the mouth of the Mackenzie alone in my little canoe he said he would anxiously look for | some news in the fall if I returned alive. “Between here and the Great Slave Lake—a wonderful body of water—there are some very dangerous rapids in the river, and at one place I was compelled to make a portage of about eighteen miles. When I reached the lake I found it filled with ice, although it was open for a few rods around the edge, thug compelling me to make a journey of over 200 miles around the lake to reach Fort Resolution, only ninety miles directly across. This is one of the largest seitlements in the north, conteining twelve or fourteen buildings, a poset of the Hudson Bay Company, a fur- trader and an English and Catholic mis- sion. I bad scarcely arrived at the post when a strong wind from the north com- menced to blow, piling huge blocks of ice on the shore forty and fifty feet high. “Oa the 14th of June I reached the source of the Mackenzie River. The river at this point is about twelve miles wide, | and the current is very strong and swift. A few miles below there is a large fall at one side of theriver, while the other runs smooth but very rapid. Fortunately I was on the smooth side of the river, or I would not be here telling the tale. After passing several forts—they call every place where a white man lives a fort—I reached Fort Simpson, the main trading-post of the Hudson Bay Company. Here there are twelve or fourteen houses, and it is about such a place as Resolution. Around one of the missions there was a small garden, {and in a field I saw some barley growing, From here I drifted on down the river. When the wind favored me I set up a sail and made good time. Thenights were the same as the days. If never grew dark. When I felt like sleeping, be it 12 o’clock noon or 12 o’clock midnight, I would lie down in the canoe and sleep, or camp along the river edge. The only-thing that troubled me greatly were the mosquitoes. They were fearful, and so, thick that you could hardly see your hand before your face. As they express it up there, they only have two seasons—winter and mos- quitoes. *I reached Fort Good Hope, just a few miles this side of the Arctic circle, on June 80. This post is 815 miles from Reso- | lution, and contains seven or eight build- ings. This was my last stopping place until T came out to the broad Arctic Ocean. I allowed my boat {o drift with the cur- rent, and was carried through the middle | channel of the river, and came out at the | ocan on midnight of the 3d of July. “The sun was shining brightly—in fact, 1t had never been out of sight since the 1st. I remained here a few hours only, for there was nothing to see. Asfaras the eye could reach, north, south, east and west, there was nothing to see but water, broken by a low, barren coast line, inhospitable in looks and in fact. Catching a good stiff breeze up the river I turned back, and on the 7th arrived at Fort McPherson, on the Peel River, where I awaited the arrival of the Hudson Bay Company’s little steamer, the Rigley, the only means I had of getting out of the country. This little steamer comes down once a year to bring supplies and return with furs. It was by means of this boat and the other steamers of the Hudson Bay Company that I got back to Athabasca landing just three months from the time I leit, having covered 4000 miles, during one-half of which I was entirely alone. ‘“The sights I saw and the stories I could tell would no doubt-be very interesting— they were to me. My object was largely curiosity and a desire to kill game that .could not be found in any other part of the country. My desire was filled in this re- spect. I have the necessary fur of the un born musk ox to make me an overcoat. There is no set value to this fur—it is priceless.’”” Mr. Malterner brings with him a small collection of fossils, but unfortunately no photographs of the country and sights. —_——— SHOT A HOPE CHINAMAN. 4 Murderous Mongol Killed by a Promi- nent Citizen. SPOKANE, Wasn,, Sept. 24—0. C. Smith, owner of the townsite of Hope, Idaho, and a prominent citizen of that State, shot and instantly killed a China- man yesterday afternoon at Hope. The Chinaman had rented a farm of Smith, and yesterday was asked by Smith to pay some of the rent, he being several months in arrears. This angered the Chi- naman,who started for him with a hatchet. Smith pulled a revolver and shot the Chi- naman through the head. He at once gave himself up. The Coroner will hold an inquest to-morrow. The Chinaman was a member of a highbinder society and his brother members are said to have sworn revenge. The killing is considCred justifiable. PERRIS FLAME SWEPT, Fire Starts in a Restaurant Owned by a Chinese Caterer. » A Number of Business Houses Destroyed — Evelyn Hall Damaged. RIVERSIDE, Car., Sept. 24.—Perris, a thriving town twenty miles east of this city, was visited by a disastrous fire last | night. It originated in a restaurant kept { by a Chinaman. The town is poorly sup- | plied with apparatus for fighting fire, and the result was that in a short time several business houses were enveloped in flames. | It was with the great exertion that any ot | the business portion of the town was saved. The restaurant in which the fire origi- nated was totally destroyed with all its contents, loss §3000. A livery stable owned by Gilbert & Davis, with a quantity of hay, was destroyed, loss §2500. Smith & Sons’ hardware-store, with a §10,000 stock of | goods, was burned. H. Kripf's jewelry- store was burned, loss $2600; and Jobn- ston’s drugstore, loss $3500, insurance | $1000. The total losses are estimated at $30,000. The principal hotel and Evelyn Hall, a large brick building, were somewhat dam- aged. PACIFIC COAST CLUB. | Additional Entries for the New Club’s Rich Stakes. The entries for two more of the rich | stakes of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club, the G. H. Mumm & Co. for two-year-old | fillies, five and a half furlongs, and the | Palace Hotel stake, a sweepstake for three- | been given out for publication. Among | those entered for the first named appear the names of such sterling good perform- ers as Mobalaska, Sallie Clicquot, Mar- jorie, Laura F and Palomacita, all good and frequent winners. And whata great contest the Palace Hotel stake should fur- nish with such stars as Handsome, Ed Corrigan’s _$10,000 stake horse, Bright Pheebus, winner of the rich Realization stake, Vinctor, Diggs and Rey del Carreras | to contest, Secrelm?' Leake very wisely calls the at- tention of all owners intending to race their horses over the new Jockey Club's track to rule 26 of the American Racing Rules, which govern all tracks members of the American Turf Congress, regarding the registration of horses foaled in the United States or imported since January 1, 1892, which reads as follows: No horse foaled in the United States since January 1, 1892, ana no foreign-bred horse imported since that date, shall be allowed to startin any flat race unless they have been named and registered as this rule provides, As the Pacific Coast Jockey Club is a member of the American Turf Congress they will no doubt live closely up to the rules of the congress, and it wounld be well for horse-owners who have failed to reg- ister their foals since January 1, 1892, to forward the necessary information for reg- istration to the American Stud Book in the city of New York. Following is given a complete list of entries to date of the two named stakes referred to above: The G. H. Mumm & Co. stakes—The associa- tion to guarantee the value of the race, 81500 to the first, $250 tothe second and £100 to the third horse. Five and a half furlongs. Arizona stable, Lowry O'Conmnor; Gaston M. Ashe, ch. f., by St, Carlo, dam Fannie D; Gas-| ton M. Ashe, b. f., by St, Carlo, dam Sinfire; J. P. Atkin, Belle Boyd; Burns & Waterhouse, Palomacita; Burns & , Nic Nac; Burns & Brown & Co., Treachery; J. Cochran, Joan; E. Corrigan, Mobalaska; E. Corrigan, Japorics; Corrigan, b. by Longfellow, dam tss Howard; E. Corrigan, Gan’t Dance; E. Corrigan, Lottie; Elmwood' stock farm, Lo- creais Borgia; Elmwood stock farm, Catherine the First; Fuller & Hunt, Eventide; Hankins & Johnston, Terranet; N.S. Hall, La Flecha} Hope Glen stock farm, Tennessee Maid; J. C. Humphreys, Heartsease; J. C. Humphreys, ch. i., by St. Carlo, dam Giulde; J. C. Humphreys, b.1,by Ed Corrigan, dam’ Charlotte; Albert Joseph, Marionette; ' Matt Kerr, br. f, by imp. Trade Wind, dam, sister to Lotiery; W. O'B. Macdonough, imp. Santa Bella} Green B. Morris & Co., Sallie Cliiquot; Frank Phillips, Marjorie; Sania Anita stable, Argen- Santa Anita siable, La Viente; B. Schrei- Schreiber, Minnie; B. Schrei- J. Bmith, A tna; ber, Laura F; B. ber, _There A. W." J. Speirs, Waldine; Therese; A. B. Sxpreckels. Spreckels, Lucille; A. B. R. Torrance, Miss Truth; Whitten Bros., Fairy gueen I1I; Woodlawn stable, Egsel. The Palace Hotel stakes—The association to guarantee the value of the race, $1500 to the first horse, $300 to the second and $100 to the third. One mile and a furlong—W. h‘mber-‘ Handsom E. Corr Sam Tate; E. Corrij ble, Bright Phcebus; , Vinctor; Elmwood stock Hankins & Johnston, Diges; D. A. Honig, Magnet; Hope Glen stock farm, Flasklight; Kendall stable, Handspun : Thomas 1ley, George W. Beiley; Green B. Morris & Co., imp. Star Ruby; Green B. Morris & Co., Lobengula; William Murry, Circe; Frank Phillips, Flash; Rey Alfonso sta- ble, Rey Alfonso; R. P. Rithet, Prattl Santa Anita stable, Reydel Car ; Santa Anita stable, Lady Diamond; B, Schreiber, Doyle; A. B.Spreckels, Gallant; A. B. Spreck- els, Captain Skedance: A. B. Spreckels, Pi- quante; A. B. Spreckels, Foremost; Westchester gtable, Adam. A CHURCH CELEBRATION. Enthusiastic Rally at Howard-Street Methodist Chureh—Wit and Wis- dom Intermingled. ‘There was a stirring meeting of Metho- dists and some of their friends at Howard- street Church last evening. Dr. W. W. Case said he had forestalled his people in their custom of welcoming the pastor, new or old, by arranging be- fore the conference for a rally in the inter- ests of Methodism in genenl? J. Whiting %maided and the speakers were Rey. F. H. Baker, Pro- fessor Noble, Dr. Goodwin, Rev. W. 8. Bovard and Dr. C. 0. Brown. The ad- dresses of all the speakers were warmly eulogistic of the Methodist church, and none were more so than Dr. Brown, who dwelt upon the strong points of the church and, though he threatened to apply & ‘“mustard plaster,” omitted the performance of that office. There were solos by Mrs. Susié Hert Mark and J. Owen, and Miss Bartlett gave a Shakes- Josephin 1., ‘Sprecke! nation; A. eckels, Pique; 5‘“’ 01_1\'e‘. pearean rfildi:lk- The Howard-street Methodish Church and its pastor received their meed of praise from all the speakers, ’ | year-olds, one mile and a furlung, have | NOW THEY ARE AT WORK, Turning the First Shovelful of Sand on “The Call’s” New Home. PREPARING THE FOUNDATION. Breaking of Ground Witnessed by a Large Number of Citizens. The first shovelful of sand in the work of preparing the foundation for THE CALL'S new building was turned yesterday, and the man who turned it was Andrew Han- sen, who for several months past has been in the employ of Contractor Buckman in the capacity of laborer. Early yesterday morning there was a string of four-horse teams harnessed to long wagons standing on the Third-street side of the site on which is to stand the most magnificent home ever built for the accommodation of a great metropolitan journal waiting for the time when laborers commence to toil. As soon as that time tions the most trying to masculine as well as feminine nerves. The water was flood- ing the saloon, and frantic men and women were rushing to and fro on the decks, fighting ior a place in the boats. Tnder those circumstances the testa-§ mentary will-letter is said to have been written; but the heirs of Mr. Parsons, now living in Fresno and in the East, claim that the will is a foreery, and will so set forth in the demurrer to be filed in the Superior Court to-day by their attorneys, Gunnison, Booth & Bartnett. Said Mr. Bartnett on Monday afternoon: *“We will call the court’s attention to a very important oversight in the drafting of the will. The date was left out. We shall allege that the letter or will as they claim it to be is a forgery pure and simple; and, instead of being found in a hottle | tossed off the deck of a sinking steamship | in 1875, was written only a short time ago, and that the accession of Mrs. Parsons small estate of a few thousand dollars was the sole object and purpose of the forgery. It was a clumsy piece of work at that. There will be more to tell later on.” ST, DOMINIC'S FAIR. An Entertainment in Ald of the Funds of the Steiner-Street Catholic Church. The members of the Church of 8t. Dom- inic, Pine and Steiner streets, held an en- tertainment and fair last eveningz to pay off the indebtedness incurred in finishing the exterior of the church, and in building the towers. The hall in which the 1air took place was pretiily decorated with flower. The fol- ANDREW HANSEN TURNING THE FIBRST SEOVELFUL OF SAND IN THE EXCAVATION FOR THE FOUNDATION OF NEW HOME, CORNER OF THIRUD AND MAREKET CALL'S” STREETS. [From a sketch wade by a “Call” artist.] “THE came the teams were driven down the western end of the lot, and the first one turned up the inclined plane to reach the street. After Hansen bad turned the first shovelful of sand and pitched itinto the wagon his co-workers dug into the soiland soon had shoveled into the wagon as much as the four horses could pull.” The driver cracked his whip, yelled *‘Gei up, there; you, Jake,”” the four willing horses threw themselves into their collars, the wheels of the wagon turned and_the first load of soil Irom the site was moving up the grade and was soon_on its way toward the place where it and other loads that followed were deposited. : All day long, during the working hours of the day, the wagons came empty and went away loaded, and at knocking off time a veryqpercep!ih[e excavation bad been made. " This work will be continued uninterruptedly until an even depth of | fifteen feet below the official street grade has been reached, ana then other me- chanics will commence to lay the heavy foundation that is to receive the structure that is to rise higher than any other in the City. The breaking of ground was witnessed by a large number of citizens who ex- pressed much favorable comment on the great work to be carried on there and on the enterprise of THE CALL. < During the day g high, substantial fence was erected around the lot, and the work- men were shut out from the view of the passers-by, but it will'not be long before the walls will rise above that fence, and then those who pass will be able to see the tall tower rise, story by story, until it reaches the summit on which ‘the grand dome will rest. THE BOTTLED WILL CASE Testamentary Letter of Jennie Parsons Said to Be a Forgery. Demurrer of the Paternal Heirs to Contaln Startling Accusatlons of Fraud. : The bottled sea-found will ;of Jennie Parsons is about to be contested as a forgery. Last January a document purporting to be the last will and testament of Jennie Mandeville Parsons, known as one of the *‘Mandeville Sisters,” was brought to light by an heir in Chicago, who claimed that the instrument had been found floating in & bottle soon after the disaster which be- fell the Pacific and had lain hidden among a lot of worthless papers and railway guides in a bureau drawer at her home in Chicago for the past eighteen or twenty ears. 3 According to the wildly romantic story as told about the will when it was first brought to public notice by a legal firm of this City, it was written by the testatrix while the steamer was sinking—the water wus a foot in the cabin and death in its most terrible form stared the stricken pas- sengers in the face. A photographic copy of the will was published In substantiation of the asser- tion that it had been written under condi- A | de lowing ladies presided over the respective booths: Candy stand, Miis Rock. Sode fountain, Miss Tighe. Holy Name, Mrs, P. J. White. Our Ledy of the Rosary, the Rosarian Society. St. Dominic's, Ladies of the Third Order of St. Dominic’s. | Cathoiic Record, T. J. O'Neil. St. Rose’s, Mrs. Carvil. Refreshment table, Mrs. J. S. Adams, assisted | by Mre. M. J. Lefnon, M eorge Theobald, | Mrs. Edward Kenny, Mrs. J. B. MelIntyre, Mrs. T. H. Bowlan. Shooting-gallery, young men of the Holy | Name Soeiety. Fish pond, Mrs. Donovan. Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, Mrs. Tracy. Maze stand, Miss Wafer, Miss Kraus, Miss | Bourne. : 1 00d programme of music was ren- during the course of the evening. 1t is proposed to keep the fair open for five consecutive nights. e LOSE SEVEN YEARS' INTEREST. The California National Bank of San Francisco Compromises a Suit. T. K. Statler, as receiver of the defunct California National Bank of San Francisco, was on Monday granted permission by United States District Judge Morrow to compromise one of the bank’s claims, Ira Fisher, way back in the '80’s, made a note for $200 in favor of A.J. Mullin, to draw interest at the rate of 12 per cent per annum. The security was a life policy in the Equitable Life Assurance Company of Iowa. The conveyance was incomplete, and when the bank sought to recover from the insurance company they met witha refusal. There is now seven years’ compound in- terest due on the note and the maker of it agrees to pay the principal if the receiver will iorefio the interest. The offer was accepted and Judge Mor- Tow has confirmed the deal. A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. A Case of “Out of the Frying-Pan Into the Fire.” Frequent physicking as a cure for a whole catalogue of troubles is the terrible mis- take that is mining the health and short- ening the lives of thousands every year. When the eye is lusterless, the complex- ion yellow or dingy, head aching, the brain dull, the limbs tired and heavy, the spirits depressed and energy at ebb tide, pills and purgatives are employed to violently move the bowels, which, if frequently repeated, leaves the digestive apparatus in a state of complete collapse. Nature is nota carthorse to be driven with a whip. What is needed is & stimu- lant and invigorator like Peruvian Bitters, Its use causes the inactive stomach, the torpid liver and bowals to naturally resume their functions. If the system contains any malarial poisons, cold or fever, nothing known to medical science will so effectually drive it out as the world-famous Peruvian Bark—the most important ingredient of Peruvian Bitters, a faultless, powerful tonic that restores brilliancy to the eye, the glow of health to the face, clearness to the intel- lect, and keenness of perception to all the senses and faculties. x All drug- Mack & Co., San Francisco. . gists and dealers. | local Democrac | men of the period. WARFARE [ DEMOCRACY, Buckley’s Plan to Call the General Commitiee a Boomerang. Deuprey’s Committee’s Plan of Re& organization Will Leave the Ex-Boss Out. Buckley’s effort.to secure control of the n has stirred upail those m, and it is probable opposed to Buc | that they will make things lively in a very short time for the ex-boss. As long as Buckl inary throne at the Occidental rooms listening to the fia y of his crowd no- body paid any partic on to hin But Thursday last at his meeting he an- nounced that he would make a final e to “bunko” the Democratic party on The method selected was &« more. 2 fer the Iroquois Club atonce to Buckl and then get out a petition whicht rs of the general committee would &eTeE;enirvd to fign calling a meeting of that body for some time about October 10. To J. J. Fiynn and Sam Newman were entrusted the details of the calling of the committee, and they at once set a lot of men peddiing their petition. Flynn took it ronnd town himself for a few hoursin a buggy. Then Dundon took it and then Newman. ¥ This step threatens serious consequences to Buckley’s followers. The last munici- pal convention authorized its chairman to appoint a committee of twenty-iive from the members of the convention to formu- late and carry into effecta plan for recr- ganizing the Democracy. Acting upon this, Chairman Deuprey appointed a committee of twenty-five, com- posed of representative men wno bave an antipathy to Buckley and Buckleyism. Buckley’s recent action has impressed upon this committee the necessity for im- mediate action. The Democrats opposed to Buckley do not wish to have him thwarted in his efforts to convene the gen- eral committee. What they want is a test vote in the committee, to show who are with the ex-boss and who are not. The record will be kept and the Deuprey com- mittee, in which is vested the only au- thority to reorganize the party, will know what material they may make use of ount of the membership of the general com- mittee. It is claimed that the work of the Deu- rey committee will be recognized by the State Central Committee, which is the final court of determination as to the organiza- tion to which they will issue their call for election of delegates to the State Conven- tion. The leaders of the State committee have been sounded on this matter and they are unanimously in favor of the Deu- prey committee. - The decision of the Supreme Court in the Non-Partisan party case will prevent Buckley or any other faction from using the name of “Democratic’’ on their tickets. FATALITY. Two Men Buried by a Cave and One Was Killed. MODESTO, Carn., Sept. 24.—Word was received here yesterday summoning Deputy Coroner Durant to La Grange, where a man had been killed 1n a mining accident in the Speaker drift-mining claim, near that town. The man killed was Frank Deselve, Deseltve and Henry Short worked in the mine from 8 p. M. Sunday to 4 1. ». Mon- day. They failed to awaken the n shift and a searching party sent out fo both buried on th foot level. Short was pinioned, but his face being uncovered was saved. Deselve was dead when dug The bracing timbers of the mine broken and the earth.caved on the m Deselve was aged 2 and his parents res at San Rafasel. He was buried at Grange to-day. RUIN » MISERY WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE YOUNG MEN OF THE DAY? Cigarette smoking is one of the evils which is fast increasing among the young It is an age of nervous- ness; nervous excitement, nervous weak- ness and debility is the growing malady of the day. Minds are over-burdened in school, the pleasures of social life follow business worry ; intemperance, sexual ex- cesses or abuses over excite the already enfeebled nerves and result in exhausting diseases or drains upon the nervous system. It’s a drag and a handicap to every young man to be a sufferer from nervdus debility or weakness, low spirits, irritable temper, impaired memory, loss of will- power, and the thousand and one derange- ments of mind and body that result from ernicious habits often contracted through 1gnorance of nature’s laws. The wreck of constitution, weakened vitality and manly power, following such habits” would be a sorry ending to life in this splendid age of learning and labor. 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