The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 29, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1895. ONTHE MOTHER LODE Development of the Big Thorpe Mine Near San Andreas. SIXTY FEET OF QUARTZ. Energy, Capital and Modern Machinery Being Used to Test It UNITY OF EFFORT REQUISITE. Other Clalms and Prospects Could Be Made to Pay by Proper Methods. [Spectal Correspondence of THE CALL.] SAN ANDR ,CAL.,Sept.25.—Between San Andreas and Angels, a distance of twelve miles, the Thorpe mine is the only one acti and systematically at work on the mother lode. Prospecting is going on at several points, but in a haphazard and super way. The work being done at the orpe mine is of the utmost im- portance and is being watched with great uld a chute of good ore be developed it would encourage deep prospecting s on either side, ultimately result- n the discovery of more bonanzas such as the Utica now has. All along the mother lode, at irregular intervals and at varying depths, are chimneys of low-grade ore that will pay well to mill, alternating and blending with exceedingly rich bunches and stratas, usually termed pockets, but often being the feeders and leaders of the larger pockets or chimneys, after these rich stringers and bunches have extended to the surface, have been traced to their source by following up the float rock and placer gold, and worked to water level or to a depth where ma- nery became necessary for further de- opment. At this point usually they were deserted for new and easier diggings, the shafts and tunnels left to cave and hide the real nature of the veins from future explorers, and the old sheds and s to go todecay and discourage the ying the impression of n-paying or worked-out mine. evidences of this nature exist n Andreas, and their effect seems scourage exploration, when 1n it is & good sign and should encour- ematic and determined prospecting ater depths. Many a gooa ledge has condemned as a pocket vein, simply because above the water level the atmos- phere has decomposed the iron and liber- P gold from the sulphurets, and the and the sulpheret jgold combined nstituted a pocket, readily obtained e processes. It may have been y & chimney of pay ore,of undeter- mimned and possible great depth. Prospectors have, heretofore, paid but little attention to sulphurets, probably in ;rity of cases Dot even having an made to determine their value, the mother lode that sort of cting will no longer answer. The ion and value of the sulphurets in ome an important considera- many cases the total net profit z on that factor. The methodsof dependi sav nd working sulphurets have been so perfected that in many casesold tailings w they were not separated pa to work than the ore originsally pa! superficial prospecting for free gold is more in the nature of exploration than exploita- tion. Inthats itis now and willal- ways remain usefu tis to the explorer to indicate where gold exists, and for the exploiter to determineits extentand av. ability. The explorer is equipped with pick and pan and shovel. The would-be | exploiter along the mother lode must recognize the fact from the beginning that only with machinery—and the latest and best machinery—is he suitably equipped to firupple with the problem that confronts im. A hundred-foot shaff may show a good rospect, but it may require a thousand- | oot shaft to prove a good mine. Good machinery and decp sinking ro- quire capital, and the man who owns the hundred-foot prospect should be the first to recognize this fact, and to encourage the advent of capital along the mother lode by reasonable prices and liberal concessions. Past experience seems to justify the belief that along the mother lode mines improve at depth. The man who risks his capital by accept- ing and acting upon this theory is entitled toevery encouragement from” those who have no capital to risk, or having it, are afraid to make the venture. The revival in mining has brought to the front hundreds of men owning claims which they are not able to work and are | anxious to dispose of. Many of these claims have not_had sufficient” work done on them to indicate any value, and some of them have not even a vein in sight, but are possibiy in line with a vein that crops at some more or less remote distance. The price asked for the claim ‘“in the air” is sometimes higher than for a good pros- pect. I have run across several of this kind, m-holders make a great mistake in is. Their claims are worth now just what they would have been glad to accept for years past—$10, $20 or $30 an acre—and just what they would be giad to accept Some, from their location, have a reasonably enhanced speculative value; but sensible men, when they reflect how few of the many hundreds of claims will really become valuable mines, will be glad to get a fair price at the first oppor- tunity. g Another mistake which many miners meke, and which is deserving of severe condemnation, is the habit of running down a neighbor’s property in trying to dispose of their own. Such a course rarely accomplishes the desired object, and its only effect is generally to disgust the cus- fomer with theindividual resorting tosuch methods. Most mines nowadays are bought upon the recommendation of sci- entific experts or men of large practical ex- perience in mining, and such men are lit- tle influenced in their judgment by good or bad opinions expressed by anybody. They pursue 2n established and method- ical system of investigation which enables | them usually to arrive at just conclusions, f they be competent and honorable men. m:nwaio hasonly a prospect lives s nouse, and can't atiord to throw The blanks in the lottery of min- [ng are so many that no man and no com- munity can afford to discourage capital seeking investment in that field by petty or selfish tattle or slander. The Thorpe mine is one of the class spoken of as having been worked to the water level n early days and then de- serted. The gulch leading up to_it was cich in free gold, and when the big vein was encountered investigation proved it to be the source of the placer. A mill was erected and the pay chute worked down 100 feet, when it was abandoned rather shan incur the expense of pumping and sther machinery. The mine laid idle until .ast April, when the present company took nold and has been vigorously at work ever since. Machinery was ordered capable of sink- ng 1000 feet, the necessary buildings srected and work begun on the shaft. At - (Silverite). the present time everything at the mine is working without friction, the shaft is down 300 feet, and the first crosscut is be- ing made at the 250-foot level. The Thorpe mine has been incorporated, with a capital stock of $500,000, in 200,000 shares at §250 par value. The stock has not been put upon the market, and will not be untfidc\'elopmcnts warrant. The principal stockholders and officers of the company are: F. H. Rosenbaum, president; F. Ewch, vice-president: G. A. Schuster, treasurer; A. F. Frey, secretary; Allgewahr, superintendent. The office of the company is at 567 Market street, San Francisco. The company owns 450 acres of land, through which the mother lode runs for one mile. 2 Superintendent Allgewahr has had many years’ experience mining in Idaho. He is a working superintendent, doing all his own assaying and personally superintend- ing ali the details about the mine. Mr. i v sanguine that the com- pany hasa big mine. He states that the crosscut on the 250 level has passed through sixty feet of quartz, with neither hanging nor foot wall in sight. The vein will be crosscut to both walls and then drifted on both ways. The quartz in the vein is low grade, carrying a good percentage of sulphurets. Some of it will pay to mill, but none will be stoped until large resources are opened up. After this level is thorouchly opened up the shaft will be sunk 200 feet deeper, when Mr. Allgewahr expects a bonanza, as all the indications seem to point to continued improvement in depth. All the machinery at the mine is the best to be had and gives great satisfaction. The hoisting engine is thirty horsepower and the pumping engine forty horsepower. The Cornish pump is able to raise 250,000 gallons of water in twenty-four hours. At present it is only working about a quarter of the time. Demarest & Fullen of the Altaville Foundry built most of the ma- chinery and set it up, and their work is highly commended. Making a specialty of mining machinery and letting nothing im- perfect go out of their shops, their reputa- tion is extending throughout the mining counties of the State. The Thorpe mine at present employs fifteen men, forming the nucleus for a1 tle town at Fourth Crossing, which will become an important place ould the company develop the bonanza it is looking for. The magnitude of the property is so great that four or five mires larger than the average size could be worked, on it should developments in the presenf shaft justify. Probably there is no single mine along the lode where the development of an extensive ore body would create more general rejoicing, or where the result would be more important and far-reach- ng. Immediately north of the Thorpe is the ranch of A. H. Wells, the hotel-keeper at Fourth Crossing, comprising 550 acres and containing within its boundaries several quartz veins of the mother lode series, most of them unprospected. On the continuation of the Thorpe vein, which is supposed to be the Utica or east ledge, a prospect hole is being sunk at present which_at a depth of eicht feet shows good mill rock, with the probabili- ties of a very large and strong vein. The mining claim has already been bonded while the parties doing the work try to secure capital to develop it. J. BROOKS. NEVADA ELEOCITION CONTESTS. A Decision Affecting the Marking of Awustralian Ballots. CARSON, NEv., Sept. 28.—The Supreme Court vesterday reversed the decision of the lower court in the Humboldt and Washoe County election cases. The lower court held that certain marks on the Australian ballots were marks of 1dentification placed there for a purpose. The Supreme Court held that they were placed there to indicate the preference of the voter. The decision will result in the removal of Sheriff W. H. Caughlin (Rep.) of Washoe County and the seating of William Hayes The Humboldt County Dis- trict Attorney, General Buckner, a silver man, will retain his seat, having secured it pending the decision. W. 8. Lynip is con- testing. The decision is important, as it settles various controversies arising from the marking of ballots. R A Porterville’s New Lumber Company. PORTERVILLE, Car., Sept. 28.—The Puget Sound Lumber Company retires from business at this place October 1. Its stock of lumber will be hauled to its yard at Tulare. In its stead the Porterville Lumber Company has been organized with a capital stock of $10,000. The building and ground occupied by the Puget Sound people will be leased by the new company, and the output of lum- ber from the mills east of Porterville will be handled by it. MAJOR ARMES RELEASE He Petitioned Judge Bradley for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. The Court Allowed Him to Go Until Saturday on His Own Recognizance. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 28.— Shortly before 3 ». M. application was made to Judge Bradley of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Major Armes, arrested by order of acting Secre- tary of War Schofield, and a writ was ordered returnable forthwith. The petition for the writ of habéas corpus was directed against Colonel H. W. Classon, Fourth Artillery, commanding the Washington Barracks. Its recital was as follows: Your petitioner respectfully shows: That he is & citizen of the United States and a resident of the District of Columbia. That the detendant is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the District of Colum- gm and is a colonel in the army of the United tates. That on Fridnr, September 27, 1895, without any warrant of law, this petitioner was placed under arrest, when living quietly at his home i District of Columbia, and was conducted by a file of soldiers to the arsenal at Washing- ton, D. C., and placed in the custody of the de- fendant, commandant at said arsenal. That the cause for his arrest was not stated to him and that he has committed nooffense to any law, and therefore knows no just reszson for such arrest. That he is now in the custody of the said de- fendant, and is deprived of his liberty, not being permitted to leave the quarters in which he is placed and detained by said detendant. That the only excuse for the petitioner’s con- finement and detention alleged by the defend- ant is that he is acting under and by virtue of & certain illeeal order issued by the acting Secretary of War, a copy of which is hereby attached, Wherefore petitioner prays that the defend- ant may be required forthwith to produce this peditioner in court, together with the causes or his detention, and that he may be dis- charged from his confinement. That the petitioner may have such other and further relief as he may be entitled to. The warrant which the officers presented to Major Armes when he was arrested at his home is as follows: War Department, Adjutant-General’s Office, W ASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 27, 1895. To the Commanding Officer, Washington Bar- racks, Washington, D. C.—SIr: By direction of the acting Seeretary of War you will arrest l'nIvlum George A. Armes, U. 8.'A., retired, and hold him in close arrest under guard, if neces- sary, at the Washington barracks unfil further orders. Respectfully, THOMAS M. VINCENT; Assistant Adjutant-General. Bradley directed that the prisoner be produced before him immediately. Shortly after 3 o’clock €olonel Classen produced the prisoner, and being asked by what au- thority he held him, stated that he did so by authority of the acting Secretary of ‘\)’,nr under warrant as above given. Judge Bradley released the prisoner on his personal ncognizlnoe to appear before hin in court at 10 A. M. next Saturday. INDIANS AT COURT, Trial at Santa Rosa for Murderous Assault on an Italian. AS FUNNY AS A CIRCUS. They Hail From Healdsburg and Are a Bad Lot of Red Men. CUT OFF THEIR VICTIM'S EAR. The Man Was Left for Dead, Managed to Give the Alarm. but SANTA ROSA, CaL., Sept. 28.—Indians crowded the corridors of the Courthouse yesterday. There were more Indians about the big county building than had been seen for many days. They were dressed in true civilized Indian style. The ladies were profusely ornamented by bright new handkerchiefs, and a number of them showed evidence of recent fa- miliarity with a comb and brush. Some of the red gentlemen looked neat, but the majority of them were uncombed. They were all in geod spirits, for there is nothing they enjoy more than attendance at court. To them it is the next thing in point of interest to a circus, and they watch the attorneys as they handle the witnesses as intently as they view the funny little encounters that take place between the jolly clowns inside the big tent. They seldom say anything while in the court- room. g Occasionally they smile and nudge each other in the ribs, but that is all. They look and listen. The case which brought them here was that of The People vs. Willis Dugan and Jim Frego, Healdsburg Indians, charged with making an assanlt with intent to commit murder on the Sperson of P. Alberigo. The trouble is said to have oc- curred in a cabin near Healdsburg. It is claimed that the Indians went into Alberigo’s cabin and made an assault upon him with knives, injuring him severely. Among the witnesses called for the prosecution are J. C. Ingalls, Charles Truett, C. A. Mason, L. A. Norton, Peter Alberigo, Dr. Ward and N. Gusti. The evidence so far would indicate that the two Indians were the worse for liquor when they went to the cabin door of the Italian, who refused to let them in. They then proceeded to force the door with a mattock. Then they went for the Italian, who was unarmed and defenseless. One of the Indians picked up a sharp hook used for cutting brush and while his com- vanion held their victim inflicted twenty- four severe wounds on the poor Italian. The poor man's bead was literally scalped on one side. The right ear was cut off close to the skull. In holding up his right hand, as a man wiil do some- times in defending himself, he had the middle finger cut clear through to the bone. As soon as the two Indians left the Italian managed to crawl to a neighbor’s house, when the alarm was raised and the Indians were soon captured and placed in the calaboose at Healdsburg. How the Italian managed to escape being killed is a great wonde: SCENE OF WILD DISORDER, The Convention of Sacramento Democrats Ended in a Tumult. Delegates Left Their Seats and Refused to Listen to the Chalrman. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Sept. 29.—The Democratic convention, which convened in Armory Hall this evening for the pur- pose of nominating candidates for city offices, was the hottest affair of its kind that has ever occurred in this city. The first battle of the evening occurred over the election of temporary chairman, which consumed over two hours. The candidates for the position were J. ‘W. Hughes, who was named, presumably, by the Steinman faction, and C. M. Harri- son, nominated by the opposition. The vote was taken by rollcall, and was so close that for nearly two hours no decision was arrived at, and the hall became a scene of pandemonium. The hoots and yells were deafening and incessant; fights were of frequent occur- rence, but were quickly quelled by the po- lice who, although powerless to pre erve any semblance of order, prevented a riot which at timesseemed imminent. Event- ually Mr. Hughes was amnounced as hav- ing secured the honor by one vote. The total number cast was 219, Hughes receiv- ing 110and Harrison 109. When the report of the committee on credentials stated that proxies wovld be allowed to be voted there was an amend- ment added that the report be changed so as not to allow the voting of proxies. A rollcall was demanded, and Chairman Hughes decided that proxies could be used to decide the question. There was an immediate uproar, members leaving their chairsand rushing up to the rostrum. All the sergeants-at-arms were swept asideand the chairman declared he would entertain no motion until order was re- stored. The delegates retused to return to their seats and at 1 o’clock they were still singing *“We won't go home till morning” at the top of their lungs, with no possi- bility of any nominations to-night. e STATE FAIR RETURNS. Indebtedness of the Society Decreased Fight Thousand Dollars. SACRAMENTO, Carn., Sept. 28.—The executive and finance committees of the State Board of Agriculture met yesterday to audit bills and adjust the finances of the society for another year. The indebtedness of the society when the fair opened aggregnted nearly $24,000, and the management had hoped to iift one half or more of the debt, but the unseason- able rain proved a barrier to that result. As it was, thg&havqsuoceeded.in reducing it about $8000, which, in addition to the expenses of the year, is quite satisfactory to the directorate. The committee believes that the rains and delays of the parades cost the society fully $10,000. The park was leased for another year to Willard Gardner, the present lessee. b e REDDING BANDIT JAILED. A Bogus Detective ldentified as a High- wayman. REDDING, Carn., Sept. 28.—Beyond a doubt John W. Wooden, who now lan- guishes in the County Jail in this city with a charge of attempt to commit murder op- posite his name, is the man who held up Case, Taylor and Elsewood, near this city last. Monday night, and who a few mo- ments later shot ana seriously wounded Deputy Constable Anse Sebring. George Case, one of the parties held u%i stated to a CALL reporter, after visiting Wooden in the jail, that he is certain Wooden is the man and positively identifies him. ‘Wooden came to Redding soon after the shooting at Clear Creek, in which Bandit Brady was wounded and which brought about that outlaw’s capture. Wooden claimed to be a detective, and has posed in that capacity eversince. His examination will take place next week. A young man named Leonard is also un- der arrest as an accomplice of Wooden. eTeIgc S Held to the Grand Jury. FRESNO, CAL., Sept. 28.—United States Commissioner D. R. Prince to-day held Alfred Hacker and Luke Brown to an- swer before the Grand Jury at Los An- geles on charfies of cutting timber on Gov- ernment land. Wong Ki Tong, a China- man, was held to answer for making and having in his possession cigarettes on which the Government’s revenue had not been paid. 3 THE MADERA ARSON CASE Achille Fournier] Secures His Freedom on a Writ of Habeas Corpus. ‘Anderson, the Confessed Incen- diary, Now on Trial for the Crime. FRESNO, CAL., Sept. 28.—The petition of Achille Fournier, charged with arson at Madera, for a writ of habeas corpus was granted by Judge Carter to-day, and Four- unier is now a free man. The case was an interesting one in many respects. Fournier was charged with start- ing the big fire in Madera over two months ago. Fournier's buildings were burned, and it was alleged that he had applied the match to get the insurance. At Lis preliminary examination Four- nier was bound over, and he has been 1n the Fresno County Jail ever since for safe keeping. After he had been held Fournier made an application before Judge Conley of Madera for a writ of habeas corpus, but the Judge refused to entertain a hearing. The case was then taken to the Supreme Court, which ordered that the habeas corpus proceedings be heard in the Su- verior Court of this county. In granting the petition Judge Carter said that the only evidence against Four- nier was the confession of Andrew Ander- son, who admitted that he had set the fire and had been paid $3 50 by Fournier to do it. Butit was plain that Anderson had made this coniession under duress, and he had afterward denied the truth of it. He is now on trial in Madera on the charge of argon. It is reported that the Madera authori- ties intend to rearrest Fournie: A SACRAMENTO FIREBUE, Several Blazes Said to Have Been Started by a Six- Year-Old Child. Acknowledged Two of the Charges of Incendiarism and Is In Jail. SACRAMENTO, CaAL., Sept. 28.— An alarm of fire turned in this afternoon has developed the faot that there is a very precocious firebug in the city, whose name is given as Ray Gould, and whose age is stated to be tut 6 years. The urchin seems by all reports to possess a decided penchant for incendiary pursuits, and it is not as yet fully known imw many blazes he may be responsible or. It is claimed that he has acknowledged being the author of the fires of to-day. The first blaze occurred in the basement of M. Smith’s livery stable, in which was stored a quantity of hay. As soon as this fire was extinguished the lad ran down a block, it is claimed, and set fire to a lot t;,f ])lmy in the livery stable of T. Camp- ell. The loss on the latter was in the neigh- borhood of $500, while Smith’s loss was about $300, fully covered by insurance. The lad has been arrested and occupies a cell in the city prison. S VIRTUALLY THE CHAMPIONS. By Clever Playing Baltimores Defeated the New Yorks. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 28.—When Umpire Keefe called the game at the end of the eighth inning to-aay six Balti- more rooters leaped from the lower tier of the grand stand and grabbing Jennings carried him from the field. With two men on bases and one out Jennings leaped in the air, and grabbing Batton’s terrific liner ran to second base and completed a double play. Had the ball evaded Jen- nings the New Yorks would most likely have tied the score, as they were hitting Hoffer hard at the time. The victory virtually decides the championship. At- tendance 6100. Score: New Yorks, 2, 8, 4; Baltimores, 5, 11, 0. Game called at the end of the eighth inning on account of darkness. Batteries—Clarke and Farrell, Hoffer and Robinson., Umpire—Keefe. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 28.— Nichols pitched good ball for Boston to- day, but his support was miserable. James was not hit hard when the bases were occupied. The weather was very cool. Attendance 1100. Score: Washingtons 8,8,2. Rostons 5, 11, 6. Batteries—James %I"d McGuire, Nichols and Ryan. Umpire, urst. LOUISVILLE, Kv., Sept. 28.—The home team put up a good game, the feature be- ing the heavy batting, but it could not hold up against the quick work of the Cleveland men. Attendance 1500. Score: Louisvilles 8, 11, 6. Clevelands 9, 18, 2. Batteries — bunningham, Warner and Spies; Young, Cuppy and O’Connor. Um- pire, McDonald. CHICAGO, ILL., Sept. 28.—After Parker had lost the game for Chicago to-day, Terry was put in the vox and the Colts made:a sensational finish. But for a fine catch by Miller in the seventh inning, after it was too dark to see the ball, Chicago might have tied the score. Attendance, 400. Score: Chicagos 4, 7, 1; Cincinnatis 5,13,4. Game was called at end of sev- enth on account of darkness. Batteries— Parker, Terry, Kittredge and Donohue; Foreman and Grady. Umpires — O'Day and Emslie. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 28.—Phila- delphia and Brooklyn played two games this afternoon, and the visitors won both by the same score—6 tb 3. In the first, BALL AT CORONADO, Honor to Officers of the British and Ameri- can Navies. THRONGED CORRIDORS. Gorgeously Dressed Officers and Daintily Clad Ladies in Graceful Dance. MANY DISTINGUISEED GUESTS. Officers of the Hyacinthe and Thetls and Many Representatives of the Army. CORONADO, CarL., Sept. 28.—A grand ball was given officers of her Majesty’s ship Hyacinthe and United States ship Thetis at the “Arabian Nights Dream” Hotel del Coronado this evening. The long cor- ridors, spacious drawing-rooms and grand bailroom were thronged with the elite of Sen Diego and Coronado Beach society to do honor to the officers of the British and American navies. Uniforms gorgeous with gold lace and buttons mingled with flowing silks, dainty mulls and lawn of matron and maid, which, under the witchery of the electric lights, made the scene as difficult to de- scribe as impossible to forget, as they thronged the corridors and filled the spa- cious ballroom, from 9:30 till 12 o’clock. Professor Kammermeyer's orchestra played dreamy waltzes, rollicking two- steps and polkas, music that made one dance and never grow weary. Between whiles the tropical court, glass-inclosed galleries and the seabeach walk were filled with promenaders. When the last strains of “Home, Sweet Home’’ died away, with a sigh captains, midshipmites and civil- ians departed their various ways. It was with delicious memories in their hearts of hospitable Hotel del Coranado and of the most glorious product of the southland, the beautiful women. The following are the officers of the Hyacinthe present: Dr. Ockley, Paymas- ter Surratt, Lieutenants Cadwick, Raby, Noll, Winters. The officers of the Thetis present were: Lieutenant-Commander H. Knox, Lieuten- ant C. A. Clarke, Lieutenant R. F. Nichol- son, Lieutenant W. H. Hughes, Lieutenant ‘W. B. Raunersreutzher, Lieutenant F. M. Bostwick, Ensign B. W. Wells Jr., Ensign F. Boughter, Ensign M. M. Taylor, Ensign C. L. Aussey, Ensign Y. Stirling Jr., Past Assistant Surgeon G. A. Long, Past Assist- ant Paymaster Z. W. Reynolds, Past As- sistant Engineer T. F. Burgdorf. Other guests were: General and Mrs. Eli H. Murray, Miss Evelyn Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nordhoff, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Babcock, Mr.and Mrs. L. B. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Watson Wymar, Mr. and Mrs. V. Hun- tington, Miss Edith Huntington, Miss Orendorft, Mr. and Mrs. H. P, Gray, Mrs. E. P. Jordon, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Sperry, Sen Francisco; Mrs. John C. Healy, the Misses Healy, Mr. and. Mrs, William Van Dyke, Los Angeles; Mrs. Edgar Taylor Jones Lafayette, Mrs. L. R. Kirby, Miss Kirby, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Sneath, Mrs. M. E. Abbott, Miss Abbott, New York City; Mr. and Mrs, George Leviston, Miss Leviston, Mr. and Mrs. H. ‘W. Hutson, Riverside; Miss Jane Snow- den Woodburn, Philadelphia; Mrs. W. H. Reed, Mrs. J. Ridgeway Jenks, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McDonaid, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Keefe, New Orleans; Miss 8. E. Pren- tiss, Mrs. Gib Babcock, Miss Agnes Bab- cock, Miss May Babcock, Mrs. Clarke, San Francisco; Mrs. Charles Robinson, Mrs. G. U. Fry, Mrs. Crelling, Miss Crelling, Major Hugh G. Guinn, Lieutenant Charles L. Bent, U. 8. A.; Lieutenant Amos H. Mar- tin, U. S. A.; Lieutenant Z. B. Vance, U. S. A,, Pheenix, Ariz.; Messrs. H. B. Mc- Kenzie, J. 8, Callens, Barker, Choate, Wright, Keep, Stenhouse, Newkirk, Me- Donal, B. Jornson, Chase, Page, Hugh J. Baldwin, D. Carey, J. 8. Hizar, Congress- man W. W. Bowers, Miss Vine Bowers. OLD WORLD POLITICS Continued from First Page. gium’s neutrality between its big neigh- bors is literaliy the breath of its nostrils. If it ventured to play the smallest trick with that Germany would crush it like a fly on a pane, and all intelligent, prosper- ous Belgians comprehend this perfectly. The sweeping capture of the Vienna Mu- nicipal Council by the Anti-Semites is treated everywhere as involving a great deal more than local politics. The foreign Embassadors at the Austrian court have notified their Governments of it as if it Orth was batted freely, particularly in the sixth inning, and he lost his first game since joining the Philadelphia club. The local team barely escaped a shut-out in the first contest. First game: Philadel- phias 3, 8 3; Brooklyns 6, 13, 1. Batteries —Orth, Buckley and Grady; Abbey and Grim. Umpires—Henderson and Murray. Second fnme: Philadelphias 3, 7,0; Broo{- Iyns 6, 14, 2. Called atend of the eighth on accountof darkness. Batteries—Carsey and Grady; Daub, Kennedy and Grim. Umpires—Murray and Henderson., ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 28.—The baseball season closed here with a crushing defeat for the Browns. The Pittsburgs batted and ran bases as they pleased. Attend- ance 200. Score: St. Louis 2, 8, 5; Pitts- burgs 18, 22, 1. Batteries—McDougal and Otten, Moranand Mack. Umpire—Batten. were of international importance. The campaign of which it is the culmin- ation offers many parallels to the memor- able Boulangist epidemic in France. The victorious party is a coalition of a lot of restless elements, sweeping up together extreme clericals, the ultra-feudal aristoc- racy and all shades of the proletariat down to the labor agitators and socialists. The numerical and financial strength of the Jews in Vienna, as in most other cisleithan towns, makes hostility to them the most telling pretext for this crusade, but the real fruits of the victory will be all reaped by the clericals, who have already pre- pared plans for undoing the work of the Liberal school laws of 1868. Their leader, Dr. Luger, who is to be First Burgomaster, enjoys a newspaper boom of extraordinary dimensions, and, being interviewed right and left, talks as if he were hardly second in importance to the Emperor himself. It would be impossible in any case to keep this murrain entirely out of the im- perial politics, but the accident that the new civil marriage law in Hungary comes into effect Tuesday links two things to- gether, and they are certain between them to shape issnes for the coming parliamen- tary sessions in both parts of the dual monarch. Just as the Liberals are tri- umphing steadily in Hungary they are go- ing to the wall in Austria, so that the eter- nalreligious feud is growing rapidly into a racial struggle as well. It appears that the Avignon people seriously believe that when the Pope dies the French Govern- ment intends inviting the college of Car- dinals to assemble in the ancient papal seat on the Rhone to elect a successor. Acting on this understanding the Town Council, though bitterly radical in poli- tics, has voted a carte blanche grant im- mediately to restore the medievel palace grounds and demolish the ramparts which prevent fresh buildings on that side of the town. The Mayor of the city, who is the prime mover in this project, is also an in- fluential member of the Chamber of Depu- ties, which lends color to the theory that he knows what he is doing. If the Min- istry really has such a plan it promises a curious new phase to the vexed Papacy problem. The Irish convention has been treated here with salutary contempt. Arrange- ments had been made to send very full re- ports, but after the first day no London paper cared to print them, and the whole affair lapsed into the obscurity of a few lines on an inside page. This is in gratifying contrast to the prevalent spirit of a few years ago when any casual Finnerty or Ryan who needed a little cheap advertisement in his busi- ness could get quoted verbatim here and be placarded in the Tory press as an im- portant and dangerous personage. There are persistent rumors that Lord Salisbury has decided to push forward a comprehensive scheme for reforming the House of Lords, several different forecasts of his intentions being whispered about, but I believe that the matter has not yet got beyond the stage of speculative discus- sion. It would be quite possible to rear- range the composition of the House of Peers so that it would be a much more effective Tory force than at present and 11 seem to satisfy the principal objec- tions of the reformers, and very likely seme such thing may be attempted before this Parliament dies, but there is no need for hurry about it. Public interest 1n the ministerial doings is concentrated, indeed, in the Foreign Office, which shrouds itself in profound mystery,and even more on the prospects of a big fight between Chamberlain and Cecil Rhodes. This ought by all rules to be a notable struggle. Meanwhile there is no shadow of a sign of a break in the unexampled mining- share boom, which continues its exciting upward career and makes all other Stock Exchange business seem rather paltry and colorless by comparison. It was expected that this week’s settlement would clean out a lot of weaker speculators who are known to be carrying much bigger burdens than they are fitted for, but they hung on, some paying as high as 30 per cent for the privilege, in the belief that the boom has still plenty of vitality. Many quiet realizations are being made, however, and on every side one Hears stories of great fortunes safely withdrawn. Florence O'Driscoll, the poor young en- gineer, who was in America in 1893 as a delegate to the exhibition and was a whip of the Irish party as well, went out to ‘West Australia that winter as a salaried expert and has become a. big figure in the market here. He is at the head of the Menzies properties, and it is supposed that he could retire to-day with two millions. This furore in London bas naturally at- tracted a good deal of Continental money and Paris particularly has a heavy in- terest. The Paris Bourse has become frightened and decreed that no new min- ing stock is to be quoted for the remainder of the year, but this action has not at all checked French speculation here. It 1s to cost about $8,000,000 and its navi- gation is to be free. The project has aroused so much jealousy in other provinces that the Government, which bears nearly three-fourths of the expenses, has also been compelled to undertake costly im- provements for Antwerp, Ghent, Ostend and Brussels. Excavations in the Cathedral of Angers brought to light the other day the coffing of King Rene of Anjou, the father of Queen Margaret of the Wars of the Roses, and his wife. The remains of the latter have practica]li disappeared, being only in a tin case, but in the leaden coffin of King Rene was found preserved his skele- ton entire. On his skull wasa crown of thin gold leaf, in his right hand the scepter of Naples and on his breast a jew- eled orb all green with rust. HaroLp FREDERIC. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH. DON’T RUSH OFF To the High-Priced Concerns Be- cause You Have Money Plenty. We can make your money go farther than any house in the City. SUGAR. s Extra Fine White Granulated, 21 lbs. for........ $1.00 FLOUR. Golden Gate, Drifted Snow, Spe: 1b. sacks. LUCCA OIL. Crosse & Blackwell’s, quart size.........55¢ BAKING POWDER. Royal, Cleveland, Price’s, 1-Ib. cans....40¢c FRESH EGGS. Every Egg guaranteed, per dozen.......25¢ BUTTER. Fresh and Sweet Table, per squ: PINEAPPLE CHEESE. Sells everywhere 60c, our price ... FRENCH CANDIES. Fresh daily; choicest quality per 1b....30¢ PICNIC HATIS. veeen85c P 1.4 Bugar-Cured, per ID...cesiucannnesnanss. T4e CRANBERRIES. Choice Cape Cod, just in, per quart...12}4c CIGARS. Key West, Havana, worth double.........5¢ WHISKY. Burke's Imported, per bottle............80¢ 20 to 50 per cent saved in our Cigar and Tobacco Department. 20 to 50 per cent saved in our Liquor Depart- ment. 20 to 5? per cent saved in our Candy Depart- ment. 20 to 50'per cent saved in our Grocery Depart- e ment. 20 to 50 per cent saved in our House-furnishing Department. Monthly Catalogue Sent Free Everywhere. 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