The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1895, Page 10

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1895. There is a scheme on foot to putin an electric plant to furnish power for a num- ber of mines above Sonora, Tuolumne County. A plant is being put up at Hawthorne, Nev., to handle silver lead ores of the lower grades. The Bunker Hill mine, eighteen miles below Happy Camp, Siskiyou County, and owned by G. B. Temple, has been sold to Hughes & Hilbert for §10,000. A number of jsmelting plants are being built, or are in contemplation, for handling the ores of the Trail Creek and Boundary Creek, B. C. Claim-jumping on tr calities is prevalent in T ial little techni- il Creek district, B. C. Several claims were jumped because the original locators did not fully comply with the n the matter of the size of stakes. The miners used to have a quick way of putting a stop to that sort of thing in this country. is stated that Senator Stephen W. y and others have secured the Naina nd Dulcenia mines and _thirteen other ciaims adjoining in the Pichacho basin, twenty miles north of Yuma. A narrow-gauge railroad will be built four and and a half miles to the Colorado River, where the mill will be erected. Jesse R. Grant secured thirty claims in the White Gold basin, one mile east of Pichacho, and H. F. Seleck and E. A. Graves obtained twenty-one mines in Pichacho and ten in White Gold basin. These mines_are all to be developed at once and miils built. Mining affairs are very active, indeed, in San Bernardino County, but more mills are needed for working the ore from the -draulic miners along the Klamath kiyou County | work, their season commencing just as the river miners have to quit. The Uncle Sa: ineon Forksof Salmon, S| 1tly bonded to a San for $60,000, is to be Boyle. John Grabam ty, by w taken hold of exten: in that section, ive operations. ¢ & mining man is making a visit to his Auburn, Placer County. It 1t who conceived the idea of ing a convention of miners of Placer bunty and issuing an address to_the peo- ple of this Stat relation to the condi- tion of hyd ning. From the e and have h resulted in the formation of the i ’ Asso- ciation, which has for the miners’ cause. ng the whole movement is due to g 10 was a working miner at time and who had felt the evil effects of closing down the hydraulic mines. Los Anceles capit pany to develop the eleven claims in anew camp adjacent to the Hidden Hill and Golden Queen mines in the northwestern portion cf San Bernardino County. The Jackson Republican says it is re- ported that the famous Keystone mine at Amador City has been sold to Salt Lake capital represented by Colonel Isaac Trumbo for half a million dollars, and that § price. Mr. Newton of this City has bonded the McGee & O'Neili mine at Oleta, Amador County, and commenced aevelopment work. The drain tunnel at the El Encino mine, Calaveras County, on which work has been steadily prosecuted for the past 0,000 has been paid on the purchase twenty-two months, has at last reached ! gravel. The tunnel is 1265 feet in length. Mr. Provard expects to resume work shortly on the Folander property near Middle Bar, Calaveras County. The Rocky Bar mine, Nevada County, bas been equipped with a complete air- compressing plant by which all the ma- chinery will be run. The compressed air will be distributed in pipes to different parts of the works for power. They are erecting a five-stamp mill at ter mine, owned by Moses and neer district, Amador C: ty. The Iron Mass mine, Volcano, Amador County, is to have 1000 tons of ore crushed at the Acme miil. Work is to be resumed on the Clinton Con. mine at Wieland, Amador County, which is owned by San Francisco men. I Guttman, who organized the company, is again to have charge and intends working feet deeper, or a total depth of 600 feet, when the ore body at that depth will be prospected. The mine has been closed down for the past three yea: The Jackson Republican says that it is reperted that “the Kennedy made a splen- did clean-up for last month, amounting to $40,000 in free goid alone. ~This is a con- siderably larger output than hes been | made for the past nine or ten months. The increased yield is attributable to the {oce;nly discovered ore bodies on the 1950 evel.” By the death in this City last week of Thomas Mootry, the dispute between the owners of the Gold Hill mine at Quartz- burg, Idaho, comes to an end. The courts recently ordered the mine sold at _auction, but this has not yet been done. The mine bas been a large producer, but has been closed down some time because of dis- putes between the owners. It will prob- ably be sold now, pumped out and opera- tions resumed. The Free and Easy mine, about two miles from Kerby, Or., has been bonded for $150,000 to Mackenzie Urquhart, a director in the Fold Basin mines. A British Columbia capitalist is talking of putting traction engines on the Cariboo road from Ashcroft to the Cariboo countr: to haul in supplies and take out the prbt{- uct of the mine. There is a movement on foot to establish aprovincial mining bureau at Nelson, B. C. A Boston syndicate has purchased the Ironside and Knob Hill mines, Boundary Creek district, B. C. The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine, in the Cceur d’Alene, Idaho, is now employ- ing 400 men, and sends from 500 to 600 tons of orea day to the concentrator. A new mining district has been formed in the Bill Williams Mountains, about six miles south of the town of Williams, Cor- vino County, Ariz. The mines are on the south side of the mountains, near Miller's ranch, and carry free-milling gold ore. The snow will keep prospectors out of the district until next spring, although three claims will be worked all winter. The electrolitic refining of Montana and Arizona copper bas to a great extent equal- ized the value of Lake Superior and West- ern copper, and for all practical purposes Western refined copper is fully as good as the lake product. g When proper transfortation facilities are afforded it is probable that Arizona will keep right along with Montana in out- put of copper. Camp Floyd district, Utab, is now at- are getting ready | ed came the State | ccomplished so much | The credit of in- | tirnaman, at the river side, Pio- | % k | deals, as prospective bu; are to form acom- | | tracting more attention than any other mining region in Utah, mainly on account of the gold disceveries at Mercur camp. Miners are advised not to_go to Mercur, Utah, with the idea of finding work, for there are already idle men in the camp, attiacted there by the gold discoveries. Work for a day’s pay is not very plentiful. The supply of skilled mining labor exceeds the demand, ; The Northern Lights group of claims, Mercer, Utah, have been sold by Mrs. Kelly for $85,000. There are six claims in the group. There is.inquiry in Park City, Utah, for ores which carry a high percentage of zine, and it is thought that by next sum- mer there will be a plant in operation for working this class of ore. Several thou- sand tons of Anchor mill tailings have been purchased. - & Allalong the Colorado River, where it passes throngh the Henry Mountains, Utah, parties of from two to six men are hand-washing or *‘sniping*” as it is locally termed. They are using washers and toms, and some of them are said to be mak- ing from $5 to $8 per day. The placers about Green River, Utah, are to be worked on & more extensive scale than heretofore, Denver capitalists having invested in them. A Bennett amalgama- tor is to be used on the diggings. The Wood’s dry placer machine, which has lately been tested in Sante Fe County, N. M., is said to have treated eravel. with success, that is valued at only 30 cents a vard, which is a bard story to believe for anybody who knows anything about dry washers. It is said Fraser & Chalmers are to make the machines in Chicago. The Cedric group of claims in Camp Floyd district, Utah, have been bonded for $10.000 by H. C. Lyder and P. J. Carney. The Marion Mining Company has pur- | chased the Herschel group of fourteen claims, which lie south and west of the Mercur, Utah. They are on top of the hill ana are partly developed. A good many Eastern men are said to be investing in the gold fields at Mercur, Utah. Reports agree that there are large ledges of ore in Skull Valley, Utah, and the only question is one of value. Surface show- ings are from §1 to $5 per ton, but no depth has been reached on any of the claims. It is thought that La Plata, north of Ogden, will soon become one of the great- est lead camps of the West. The quartz croppings in Clay Canyon, Camp Floyd district, Utah, was found two years ago, but only now is their value be- ing recognized. The discoveries are about two and a half miles northwest of Fairfield station and about one mile from the Sun- shine mine, but practically on the east side of the divide. Frisco, Utah, may be in the future known as a gold camp, as well as a silver- lead one, for several gold discoveries have been made there lately. The latest development in the Camp Fiovd region, Utah, has been the discovery of what appears to be another large vein or deposit. George Bitts, manager of the Guelph group, has secured all the claims along the Well Canyon, or Swan Canyon ledege. Skull Valley prospectorsare hopeful that they have discovered another very rich gold belt deposit, akin to that of Mercur, Utah. The ledges are large, but of low grade. Ir the Silver King mine at Nelson, B. C., all the prospecting is done by diamond drill. - They ran the drill in 300 feet and f d their ore body 8 feet wide. From a ent point they bored to 600 feet and he vein was 9 feet wide, and at 300 feet the ore body held its own. There isno uncertainty about this, and the company knows it has ore at those depths. The Bonanza and Young America mines in Stevens County, Wash., have been started up again. Whenever tke Colville reservation is thrown open it is expected there will be & rush of mining men to the country south of Trail Creek district, where some excel- lent quartz ledees are known to exist. The advent of cold weatherin the moun- tains stops in a measure many mining ers would rather “‘wait till spring” before venturing far out of the beaten track to look at mines. Thousand-Dollar Rock. It isa green and inexperienced miner or promoter who comes to a capitalist in this City and talks about a ledge carrying ore worth from §$250 to $1000 a ton. Where such ore is found there is not usually much of it. Such things occur in pecket mines, it is true, but the mines which pay bestin the long run show mnone of that nd of ore. Men with experience who want to invest in properties these days are looking for large ledges of medium or iow grade ore rather than small ledges of rich ore. There is more money in the big ledges, and they last longer and pay deeper. The man who talks about two or three hundred dollar rock in quantity may be listened to, but little attention is paid to his statements. Our friends in Southern California, most of whom are new at gold mining, are doing their section more harm than good by talking of two or three thou- sand dollar rock. Assays of picked sam- ples from almostany mine ought to show such a result, but milling the rock would not. But people do not buy gold mines on seays glone. They want to see some signs of a steady paying proposition and do not want to buy a “‘pocket’ which may ive out in a week. That sortof mining ay do for an individual miner doing his own work, but the capitalist wants an- other kind of propengu Ore yielding $20 to $30 per ton is considered rich rock in a gold mine and plenty of money can be made out of it. Indeed, $5 and $7 rock is oretty good where there is plenty of it. ut when one comes to talk of hundreds and thousands per ton in gold mines those with experience in the business set the talker down as an enthusiast or a green- norn. Capital in Mining. The English company which recently purchased the Iron Mountain mines in Shasta County, this State, is now employ- ing upward of 1000 nen about its .mines, works, railroad, etc. The mine is not yet productive, as the smelting plant has not been completed. Tuis property has laid idle for many years waiting the advent of capital for its advancement. California men did not seem to want to invest the sum required to put it on a large productive basis, and finally it was purchased by for- eigners. The company will not only work its own ores, but those of some other mines, and its operations have enlivened the whole section around where the work is going on. Moreover as it is announced they will work twenty-five tons of custom ore a da for $7 per ton, their presence will be felt in a region where rebeilious ores are plen- tiful and freight rates high. Thisis a good illustration of what capital can do for a mining section. Here is one company alone which is giving work to upward of 1000 men, building smelting works, rail- roads, etc., and will continue to employ at least several hupdred skilled miners’ for several years to come. Moreover, incited by the presence of this company, prospectors have located every- thing available in the surrounding region, knowing that if the big company is suc- cessful there will be a market for their prospects and mines. These English com- panies always build very substantial rlams and mines and do business on a arge scale. The advent of capital in this way isa good thing for any mining sec- tion, giving employment to many men and aiding the residents in many ways. His Identity Revealed. Chief Crowley received a letter on Monday from Centralia, Wash., bearing the initials “K. M.,” which stated that the unknown man who shot himself in Golden Gate Park on October 30 and died in the City and County Hospital some days later was John Stearns. He had a brother living in or near Fresno, and was known on the Sound by the name of Bitters. He was a_logger by occupation, and left Olym- pla about two months ago tor S8an Francisco, LADIES' DAY A SUCCESS, The Grand Stand at Ingleside Track Crowded With the Fair Sex. STRATEMEATH BEAT BASSO. The Feature of the Day’s Racing Was Piggott’s Great Finish on Imp. Candid. Ladies’ day at Ingleside track was a pro- nounced success. The cars on the differ- ent lines conveying people to the track were crowded with the fair ones, and by the time the bugle called the horses out for the first race the crowded grand stand was a perfect bower of female loveliness. They were very enthusiastic spectators of the racing and the winning jockeys came in for all sorts of sweet things. But the losers—. And the male portion of the pooulation. They, too, turned out largely, making the whole look like a jolly holiday throng. The racing was excellent, just enough outsiders slipping In to make the day’s sport spicy. Strathmeath, the favorite in the match race, defeated Basso and the first choices in two of the other events won, but the other three races went to more lengthy priced ones in the betting. The reg, white and blue colors of Presi- dent A. B. Spreckeis were twice carried to the front, by Rummel and imp. Candid. Piggott’s finish on the latter was a superb effort, and was easily the star feature of | the day’s racing. The Burns & Waterhouse entry Princess | Noretta was an even-money favorite for the opening two-vear-old race at five and a haif furlongs, but was outgamed by the second choice, Rummel, carrying the Spreckels colors, and beaten four lengths at the wire. Doubtful, an outsider, was a close third. ‘When Strathmeath and Basso came out for their match race over a mile for $1000 a side the old Derby winner was a 4to5 favorite, with 6 to 5 against the younger horse. Strathmeath waited on Basso un- til nearing the bend for home, when he drew np on even terms. They ran locked for some distance, but Willie Martin, on the favorite, outrode R. Isom and got his horse first past the wire handily by three parts of a length. There was some great speculating on the ten sprinters that started in the five-fur- long dash that followed this race. Babe Murphy held sway in the betting at 214 to 1, and aiter being bumped and looking out of it came in on the stretch and won by a length from Olive, the second choice. Ye- men finished third. The time, 1:023, marked the best performance of the day. The fourth race, over seven furlongs, re- sulted in the defeat of the 8 to 5 favorite McFarlane. The first choice and Outright made the running to the stretch, when E. H. Shirley. who was backed down from 8 to 5 tol,came on the outside and won easily by a couple of lengths. Outright lasted long enough to beat Sir George a head for the place. The next race at the same distance par- took of the nature of a ‘‘snap” for the even money choice All Over. Fannie Louise, with Griffin up, the second choice, cut out the running untit straightened away for the wire, when the favorite collared and passed her and won galloping by two lengths. The real contest of the day occurred in the last race, a mile selling affair. Collins was a tepid 2l4-to-1 favorite, most of the money going in on Our Maggie and imp. Candid at 414 to 1 each. The race sim- mered down to a drive between the two last named starters, and in the mest ex- citing and desperate drive of the meeting, Piggott on the imported mare outfinished Garner and won by a head. Track and Paddock Items. Sixteen bookmakers weighed in yester- day. The popular Westerner, Joe Ull- man, cut in nnder the name of the Palace Club, and did a heavy business. Riley Grannan hit the ring hard over Rummel’s win, and made one of his swell plunges on Basso. The latter horse’s de- feat is said to have cost him §15,000. Hughes & Co. took one bet of $2500 from Grannan on Basso. Three famous jockeys made their first appearance at the meeting yesterday. Harry Griffin had the leg up on Princess Noretta in the opening event, Johnny | Lamley was seen astride Schnitz in the fifth race, and Bob Isom rode Basso in the match race. Frank Eckert, the bookmaker, had a $70 bet down on Outright at 50 to 1, but played nothing on him for the place. The horse should have been backed on his race the day preceding. _Charles Fair's sprinter Gibson, looking big and beefy, is being given slow gallops. According to the official count 4467 ladies assed through the turnstiles yesterday. The total attendance was 7000. Cali- fornians are ever ready to patronize honest sport Dr_urerl y conducted. The title “Little Demon” could be a| propriately conferred on Joe Piggott. l;: Tode one of the most desperate finishes astride imp. Candid seen on the local tracksin months. Looking beaten seventy yards from the wire, he settled down to husiness and fairly smothered Garner from there on to the finishing post. The second race was declared off, and in its stead was substituted a _six-furlong dash for a $400 purse, of which $50 to second and $25 to third horse, for three- year-olds and upward; the winner to be | sold at auction for $600, if for less, 5 pounds | for each §100 down to $200. Entries close | at track at 9 A. M. “THE CALL” RACING CHART. slxlll Day of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club Meeting. Weather Fine. Track slow. Ingleside Track, San Francisco, Wednesday, December 4, 1895. 337 FIRST RAC Five and a half furlonss; two-year-olds; selling; purse $400, Time, 1:103;. Index. | Horse and welght. |st.| % | % | % | str | Fin. | Jockeys. lopoog { | | | = X Rummel.......... 07 315 | 24 h | 14 [Pigeote 3 85 Princess Noretis. 108 1n | 135 | %6 | 2h |Grifin... 75 65 Doubttul.......... 104 1 915 | 9 314 |McHugh. |4 20 Ferris Hartman...104 | 5n 31y | 38 44 |Siaughter.. 2075730 Rey de} Bandidos. 107 31 | 41" | ¥ 515 |Coady 0 50 7 2 il | Tip | 4 64" |Garner. 8 20 Jack Atkins.. 82 | 8i5 | 5 76 |Heones 200 Claude Hill.. {102 107 |10 814 |Macklin. 100 Encino. 6lp | 613 | 7 98 k. Jones. 256 80 7i3 | bn | 8 10 |RiD 80 91 |11 1 | Tullett. 800 Good start. Won easil; Winner, A. B. Spreckels’ ch. c., by Flambean-Music. 33K, SECOND RACE—One mile; match $1000 a side. Time, 1:44. Index.| Horse, age, weight. }sr‘ 1% | 1% ‘ 3% | str. (Fln.' Jockeys. 'on oL (33%) Stratbmeath, a. 107 2| 2 (2 |1 11|‘ 19| W. Maril e 5 333 | Busso, 3...... 910 1| 13}12351 2| 2 | 2 IR Tsom. 65 65 Good start. Won cleverl; Winner, G. B. Morris & Co. b. 8., by Strathmore-Flower of the Meath. 331) THIRD R . —Five furlongs; selling; three-year-olds and up; purse $400. Time, 1:02%4. Index. Horse, age and weight.| St ‘\ VG [ VS 3 str. | Fin. ’ Jockeys. ufi"““{-' Babe Murphy, 8.... 98| 8|....| 715 | 78 415 1 52 Olive, 3. 2 4n | 635 | 31 | 2 9.2 Yemsn. 6 9 64 | 4n 515 3 30 5 7 96 | 83| 7 4 6 10 sn | 910 | 9 5 12 4. 8 S1vE1 1 8 13 | 6 10 6 T e s gl 6 D 4 514 | 51 8 810 K 9 George Di 5 215 | 31 62 | 915 |C. Sloai 100 93 | Rico, a. 1 10 10 10 10 [MelIntyre. 100 00d start. Won driving. Winner, L. Ezell’s b. Clies Lawrence-Princese Glenn. QO FOURTH RAC Seven furlongs; selling; purse $400. Time, 1:32%4. Horse, age, wefght. | sz.l % | % | % | st B e 1 . H.Shirley,5...104| 5| 4n | 435 | 41 | a2 I3 5 |Ontright, 3 98l 2| 2 | 25| 1n | 1k 26 Sir George, 3| 54| 510 | 520 | 520 3 Charmer, 5. 1| 8215] 31%| 215 | 214 1 3 Mcl ariane, 8. 3| 1215 12| 34 33 85 569 | Pricelle, 4.. 8l 6 6 8 8 60 Good start. Won driving. Winner, F. Brown's b. h., by imp. Bonule Brown-Dispatch. 34] . FIFTH RACE—Seven turlongs; selling: purso $400.. Time, 1:30%4. lndex.:‘ Horse, age, wel;hr..‘ spl 1 % 2 | st | Fin ; Jockeys. 0’;?"“‘5:, (320) AlOver, 3. 111 4| 41 | 2n | 23 | 28 | 5 |Fanme Louise. 3.105 1| 2h | 111 12 | 12 318 |Jack Richelleu, 6.108| 2| 1h | 41°°| 3n | 82 304 |Little Sob, 5. .....98| 6| 8 8 6 1 _.|Dr. Garneit, 4....107| 5| 83 | 53 | 84 | & 0’ Schmitz, 3, 05| 3| 82 | 3% | 42 | 6 Good start. Won handily. Winner, P. Dune's b. c., by Hanover-Decelt, 349, SIXTH RACE—One mile; selling; three year-olds and up; purse $400. Time, 1:4414. mu.x.}uom. ageand weight | 8t.| 14 15 % | s | Fin I Tockey. | petting, 812 |Imp. Candid, 5. | TSRS RV e i S 319 |Our Maggie, 5. 431 315 |21 11 23 333 | Collins, 3. 32h |10 |33 |3 33 3 |Montal 8l4n |23 |45 |8 i 8 320 |Hy Dy, & 8 8 8 710 |7 5 20 328 (Kemus, 7(73 (74 |11 |21 |88 [r.si 6 132 320 |Garcia, 561 |51 |64 |6 74 | Macklin. 10 30 333 | Josephiine, 4 2/1h |6én |8 |8 8 |E. Jones', 20300 Good start. Won driving. Winner, A. B. Spreckels’ Imp. blk. m., by Splendor-Canary THE CALL” RACING GUIDE. To-day’s Entries at the Inglesid. Records an e Track, With the Welghts, Best d Pedigrees. In races where the horses have no record at the distance to be run the records at the ne xt nearest distance are given. Abbreviations—F., fast; Fa., fair; H., heavy; m., mile; ., furlong; FIRST RACE—Seven furlongs: two-year-olds. | Best | Index.| Name. |Lbs|Record| Dist. |Lbs|Tk. Pedigree. | 1108 11735 61 |118| ¥ Tmp. Brotus-Installation 106/1:15 | 81 7| ¥ Dohbt.Natchetoche ¥ Imp. Eothen-Wyandotte La Flecha.. Emperor Norfolk-Viente Longfellow-Square Dance Jim Brown-Proximate Imp. True Briton-Lillie Strathmore-Zoo Zoo Flambeau-Flam SECOND RACE—Six furlongs; selling. Entries close at 9 A. M. at the track. THIRD RACE—Five furlongs: selling; welter-weights. Pescador Hayden Edwards-Amelia P .- G:n'oAmldl Howard Best Index Name. |LMI record. | Dist. |Lbs|Tk. Owner. Pedigree. | 5t F. i: J’ C: . |Litue Alp. 61 |B. Schrelber.... (imp. Woodlands-Lady*sMaid 51 |Arizona stable..|Jim Gore-War Banuer. St IN. 3. Hall | Forester-Maratana. b1 |E. C. Sachs..... IRed_Iron-Fannie Johnson. 51 13. Robbins.. . [E] Rio Rey-Countess Zelka. FOURTH RACE—Thirteen-sixteenths of & mile. ! Best Index.| Name. 'Lu‘mm« Distance|Lby 'l‘k.l Owner. Pedigree. 14 | Vinctor. 10/1:261471 107 | F... | Elmwood stk fm| Tmp, Bratus-Molile 5 | 12(1:4175 1 101K |B. “ehrelber...- 1p. Midiotbian-Helen Scratoh msi 87|1:1143 | fatrity cs| 105(F... (L. Ezell Blazes-Miss Hall §’,“1’ ;ump. Star Ruby % }g }:;g% “n 109 . Morr Hampton-Ornament 3 [Monterey : 1 Glen Ellen 413 [Potentae t s o e Longfellow-Miss Howard ‘| Tmp. st. Blaise-Magnetic FIFTH RACE—Five furlongs; selling. and was at a hotel on Kearny street. The | Best | Chief sent the letter to Coroner Hawkins. Index. Name. ‘th record. | Dist. | Lbs| Tk. Owner. Pedigree. 1 137(1:1014 61 unlp E; NEVER has the; George Ml 3 --|W. LS anfleld........|Lottus Jr-Emma S trdp gt been stich a yariety of use Rteddington 112|1:0754 8341 |107|F . [ Burns & W atesirouse. Bp. Nortolk-Angelique ul and beautiful articles made of silver as this Prim Hose L. Felter Fredericktn I1-May B year. Sece the stock at Newman & Levinson's, 835 |Sligo.......... S. C. Hildret Ip. Pickwick-Henloper 125 to 131 Kearny street. They have the best Addelaide . «|Atkin & Lottri Imp. Marioer-Mischief selected stock and the lowest prices in the 2 | Mainsta Elikton stabl Ip. Mariner-Qn Emma City. - 233 |Tim Murphy.. White & Clarke ...... |Ip. Kyrie Daly-Mag R A BIG STORM IS COMING, Weather Prophet Says It Is Galloping Down the Coast. DANGER SIGNALS ARE FLYING. Mariners Have Been Warned of Ter- rific Gales Along the Northern Seashore. Forecast Officer Hammon says that a storm is about to burst upon Northern California, Oregon and Washington. It will not be of the' Scotch mist order that keeps & man between a freeze and a sweat, but a regular full-fledged adult storm that will burst sewers in the City and plow deep gutters in the country. The coming storm has been incubating off the Oregon and Washington coasts for several days and when it makes its appearance it will be with more rain and heavier gales than if it had not been so long held back by the large area of cold weather that has ex- tended up and down the backbone of the continent. The Weather Bureau has ordered storm signals displayed north from Point Reyes. These signals are now out on the Oregon and Washington coast. The local ship- ping has also been warned of the approach of the tempestuous weather that will be encountered for the next few days on the northern coast. Forecaster Hammon, in discussing the rospective weather, stated that he has een looking for the storm to burst on any day since Monday. It made its first ap- pearance off this coast, but was obliged to stay out to the west over the ocean, being held in check by the large cold area that has extended from the British Columbian frontier along the Rocky Mountains to Colorado. As the cold area acted as a barrier the storm was forced slowly along the western edge toward the north, evi- dently with a view of working around the obstruction. On Monday night there were si%ns of the storm encroaching upon the cold area and the slightest break in the barrier would have brought the rain and gales down upon this section with great force. On Tuesday the terrific pressure from the west drove the boundary of the cold area still further east. Had it not been for the powerful backing of the monntains the cold area would have been swept in- land without much resistance. Last evening the barrier was broken completely nn‘é the advancing storm be- zan to sweep in from the ocean rampant with heavy gales and a downpour of rain. In the past twelve hours the pressure has fallen 2.16 on the Oregon and Washington coast and 14.100 at Eureka. North of the California boundary the wind at 6 o’clock last evening was blowing from thirty to fifty miles an hour and twelve miles at Eureka. Rain feil at Eureka and poured down in Oregon and Washington. The storm signals displayed along the coast tell the mariner who is so unfortu- nate as to be out that d ingerous southeast gales may be expected up to to-night. Then the gales will shift and blow with great force from the southwest. Look out for those gales, for they mean mischief. Mr. Hammon believes that there will be hizher winds along the northern coast than has been experienced before this vear. The rain is advancing steadily and rapidly down the coast from the north, and at 6 o’clock last evening it was ex- pected that it would be in San Francisco before morning. Should there be any atmospheric combination formed when the forecaster is asleep, so that the arrival of the rain would be delayed, it will be well for those who have to go out to-day to carry their rubber coats and umbrellas. The delay will not last very long. To-day the rain will probably reach Santa Cruz, and possibly reach the upper San Joaquin Valley. 1t will extend inland to the mountains. There will be water, and lots of it, all over Northern California. Mr. Hammon says that the storm will be gratefully received by the farmers, who are anxious for a good soaking. He has received many inquiries from the interior from those who were anxious for the promised storm to make its appearance. GUTZKOW MAY DECLINE One of the Two New Trustees of the Mechanics’ In- stitute. A Strong Desire to Hurry Up the Construction of the Folsom- Street Pavilion. The board of directors, at their quarterly meeting last Monday night, unanimously appointed Benjamin F. Garrett and Fred- erick Gutzkow to fill the two vacancies existing in the board. The two gentle- men appointed are well known, both so- | cially and financially, to the people of | this City. Their term of office will exist until the next annual meeting of the members, which occurs in March. At that time the terms of one-half of the directors expire. Benjamin F. Garrett is the brother of the late William T. Garrett, at one time director of the institute and one of the pioneer brass founders of San Francisco. He carried on for years a most comprehen- sive and lucrative business. Benjamin F. Garrett is a successful busi- ness man and thoroughly versed in the mechanics and arts pertaining to his pro- fession. Mr. Gutzkow is a man of wealth and high standing and is by profession a mining engineer. It is a matter of certainty that the two appointees will be confirmed by the mem- bers at the meeting next Saturday evening. There is a possibility, however, of Mr. Gutzkow declining the nomination. He said last evening that important private affairs, which would require his presence in_the East, would make it im- possible for him to accept. Some time ago the board by resolution appointed a committee to wait upon the ayor and the Supervisors to ask them to fix some price upon a piece of lana known as Mission Creek, passing through the property of the institute, bounded by Harrison and Folsom, Fifteenth and Six- teenth streets, with the view of acquiring thzl;t small piece of land under a perfect title. . The Mayor appointed O.F. von Rhein as appraiser, who estimated the property at and for that sum the Mayor agreed to confer a deed upon the institute. The board considered this price to. be highly exorbitant and declined to pay that amount. ‘“‘The land benefits nobody and simply forms a corner on the large track owned by the institute,”’ said Secretary Culver. “The request was made on the supposition that the Supervisors would name a nominal sum, so that we might perfect our title.” Subsequently the board requested the City to put up the piece of land in question at auction and the Supervisors haveagreed to this request. “The board contemplates erecting a pa- vilion on the Folsom-street property,” said A. 8. Hallidie yesterday. “It will be a building much larger and finer than the present Pavilion. Alarge gymnasium will e eeeeeeeeee————————————————— be a feature, and the grounds will be nand- somely laid out. The citizens out that way who are agitating the Folsom boule- vard are very anxious for us to hurry this matter. ‘‘The location is not so remote from the center of town as one first imagines. With the completed boulevard a better place could scarcely be tound. This piece of land runs diagonally across the corner of the property and our attorneys, Edward J. McCutcheon and William F. Herrin, deemed it advisable to take the step of purchasing it, simply to avoid future complications. The entire tract is very large—550 feet square—and makes an ex- ceilent spot for the pavilion.”” The membership of the institute num- bers over 5000 and is steadily increasing. A large number of books have recently been purchased, for which about $1200 has been expended. A HISTORICAL PAINTING.. Its Subject the First Entry of a Sailing Vessel Into This Bay. Programme of the Concert to Take Place at the Hopkins Insti- tute To-Night. Professor George Davidson had a con- ference with James D. Phelan, president of the Art Association, and Edward Bps- qui, chairman of the School of Design committee of the association, yesterday. 1t was agreed to add a new subject for the selection by artists in the Phelan prize competition. 1t is the first entry of a sail- ing vessel into San Francisco Bay, which in 1775. . This gives the artist an ovportumty of painting the bay from almost any point, and greatly enhances the scope _of the work. Professor Davidson promises to write a sketch of those times, rich in his. toric associations, which will be givea the artists as a guide in the historic part or their work. The conference was the result of the fol- lowing letter: 8AN FrANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 22, 1895. Mr. Edward Bosqui, San Francisco—MY DEAR Sir: I was delighted to see the report that James D. Phelan had offered a prize to Cali- fornia artists for paintings illustrative of cer- tain epochs 1n the history of discovery on the | Pacific Coast of America. Mr. Phelan names | three epochs—the discovery of the Pacific, the discovery of California by Cabrillio and the discovery of San Francisco Bay by Portala. As the discovery of the Pacific has been already largely treated, I suggest dropping that sub- ject—the more especiaily as the standpoint is too far from the home and study of our art- ists. And of California discoveries ,in which I have taken a little interest, I suggest that you might bring several points for the further con- sideration of Mr. Phelan. T Isuggest thatin this peculiarly Californian roduction the paintings be character- stic o the scenery as well as of the personages. And it may be & gquestion whether the figures shail be upon the deck of the picturesque vessel of 1542, with the land ana the poriin view, or upon tne land with the natives added to the figures of the di: erers, with vessel and landseape subordinated. How 1 shall not intrude my views thereon, although this was suggested the discovery of San Diego Bay. When Cabrillo and Ferrelo dis- covered the Coastof California (as we know it to-day) they were approaching the compara- tively lowridge of Point Loma, under which they discovered the obscure and narrow en- trance to the Bay of San Diego, wherein the; anchored and made friends of the natives The landscape in this region has litue of in- terest in if. Cabrillo’s struggles northward give grand views from seaward under the ocean barrier of the Sierra Santa Lucia. His death at Port Pos- session was the loss of one of Spain’s many heroes, and full of pathos. The epoch of the discovery of the bay of San Francisco is tull of intense interest. Unfortunately Cabrilic and Ferrelo missed it. I have located Portala at Point San Pedro, thirteen miles south of Point Lo T am sure I can place myself on the sfm whence Sergeant Ortega first caught a glimpse of the bay of San Francisco, November 1,1769. Portala, Costanzo, Rivera and Father Cxegpi a few days afterward had the same view on their journey to the bay shores, surrounded by their mule train and native guides. Their view of the bay was bounded on the uorth by San Bruno mountain, on the east by Contra Costa hills, to the southeast by Mount Hamil- ton. And [ may recall to yourrecollection two or three more picturesque views of a slightly | later date, but relating to San Francisco Bay. In 1772 Commandante Pedro Fages and Father Crespi first saw the Golden Gate from the hills of Berkeley. In 1774 the expedition from Monterey first saw the entrance of the Golden Gate from the summit of Point Lobos, where they raised and leit & cross. There is no port in the world where such views can be seen as from Point Lobos. In 1775 the San Carlos was the first vessel that entered the Golden Gate. In 1776 the Presidio of San Francisco, overlooking the Golden Gate, was founded, and soon after the Mission of Our Father of San Francisco de As- sise was established—both of these events with all the ceremony of church and state. Yours very sincerely, GEORGE DAVIDSON. The directors of the association will dis- tribute free the forty paintings contributed by local artists among the members of the organization on the evening of Saturday, the 14th. The paintings will be given by lot, and all the members are urged to person- ally attend the exhibition on the evening of the 1l4th that they may take part in the drawing. The concert of the art exhibition will take place at the institute to-night under the direction of Henry Heyman, with the following programme: Organ overture, “Faust,” by Emelio Cruells; song, “‘Love’s Sorrow,” by Miss Emma A. Haas; violin solo, Benjamin Tuttle, accompanied by Miss Tuttle; song, “Merrily I Roam,” Mrs. F. Beethoven's organ “‘Rondo,” by Emelio Crue song, “Forget Me Not,” Miss Emma A. Haas; violin solo, “Legende,” Benjamin Tut- tie; song, ‘“Waiting,”” Mrs. F. 8. Eby. CRUEL WIFE DESERTION Mrs. Lena Wolf Is Left Destitute With Three Small Chil- dren. A case of cruel wife desertion was re- ported at police headquarters yesterday morning and the detectives are now endeav- oring to find out what has become of the husband. Jacob Wolf,with his wife Lena and three children, the oldest 4 years of age, lived in NEW TO-DAY. THIS WEEK'S WONDER! Commencing Friday, Decem- ber 6, 1895, and until further notice, the celebrated Silhouette Artist, Mr. X. Ackley Sackett, will cut pictures free for every purchaser of 50 cents’ worth of goods and over, at the WONDER: DRUGSTORE, 1028 Market Street, FLETCHER & C0., Proprigtors. WONDERS IN PRICES. WONDERS IN DRUGS. WONDERS IN TOILET ARTICLES, Call and See Our Wonders. " | PARLOR SETS, Bls8antdreas - - the lodging-house, 947 Howard street. Wolf had been out of work for a few days and about a week ago he left his wife with a smiling face tellinz her he had a chance to get employment again mni_wonld return soon with the good news. Since then she has not seen or heard of him. Unknown to the wife Wolf was in arrears for the rent of hisrooms, and on Tuesday when the landlord 1 arned that he had apparently deserted his wife and children she ordered them outof the house and held the clothing of the wife and children as security for the rent due her. Mrs. Wolf | begged for the children’s clothmg, but the | landlady was inexorable. 4 The poor woman stood on the sidewalk with a baby in her arms and two little tots clinging to her skirts, not know where to go or what to do. A lady who lives at | 240 Howard street noticed her and sig- naled to her to cross the street. As soon as she learned of her condition she asked her and her children to step inside, where they now are. The case was called to the General McComb of the S Prevéntion of Cruelty to Children, and he will communicate with the Eureka Benev- | olent Society, with the object of tem- porary help being given to Mrs. Wolf and her children. - Mrs. Wolf knows of no reason why her husband should desert her. They always lived happily together. attention of 1ety for the NEW TO-DAY. v 1 Not Professor Davidson claimsis the San Carlos | I Wait, | E So many say: ‘ Wish that big Jew= elry and Silverware Auction had been postponed to the last week be- fore Christmas.” | But many more are making the | B® best of the circumstances by buying |§d Now. | Such opportunities are too rare to i trifle with. | Daily at 10 A. M. and 2 P. M. J. H. FRENCH is the Auctioneer, Hammersmith & Field |IAUCTION I 118 Sutter Street. S N CERTIFIED e THE BEST The Hotaling J. H. Catter KENTUCKY WHISKIES. | CHARLES A. OGDEN, one of ou: lead- ing analytical chemists, writes as follows | to the firm of A. P. 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