The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1895, Page 5

N CENTERVILLE AFFRAY Two Deaths the Probable Result of a Trifling Quarrel. FIRED IN SELF-DEFENSE. H. F. Yokam Killed Frank Blue and Fatally Wounded Albert Mason. CLAIMS HE WAS ATTACKED. The Pair Had Sought Him Out With the Avowed Intention of Killing Him. CHICO, CaL., Dec. 14.—As the result of & shooting affray at Centerville, fifteen miles from Chico, to-night Frank Blue is and Albert Mason is not expected to rvive until morning. The shooting was done by H. F. Yokum, who claims to have fired in self-defense, after Blue and Mason bad sought him out with the avowed in- tention of killing him. Blue was instantly killed, but Mason succeeded in reaching a neighboring house, where he is now dying. The tronble seems to have arisen over some woodchopping on the grounds owned Yokum. The trio quarreled and Mason and Blue attempted to draw weap- ons, when Yokum fired. The shooting was witnessed by the wife of Yokum and Allen Boydstun of Chico. Boydstun states that Yokum and him- self had been hunting squirrels and had just returned home when Blue and Mason came to Yokum’s house. Yokum invited them to come in, but they refused, re- ing him to come out in the yard. ue said, *We have come here to do you up,” ana with that he placed his hand upon his hip-pocket. Yokum immediately raised his shotgun, and fired first at Blue and then at Mason. He then dropped the shotgun, caught up a rifle and d two more shots at Mason. The body of Blue was found about 100 yards from Yokum’s house. Mason walked about an 1th of a mile to a neighbor's house. He is fatally wounded, having re- ceived one charge from the shotgun and two fr he rifle. Yokum came to Chico and surrendered to the officers. He was seen to-night and corroborated the statement of Boydtsun. GALES ALONG THE COAST, Shipping Endangered by Heavy Storms Raging in North- ern Waters. It Is Feared the Helpless Steamer Strathnevis Has Been Driven | Upon the Rocks. { s TILE, Wasg., Dec. 14.—G. N. Salis- , Weather Bureau Observer, says that he disabled Northern Pacific liner nevis was anywhere within three dred miles of this port to-day and not harge of astrong tow she was mall bability driven upon the rocks on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Hereports heavy storm and winds of unusual veloc- y raging all day about the straits. The barometer within the past twenty- four hours has had the almost unprece- dented fall of 75 hundredths of an inch and is still falling. The storm center for the sound is a few miles north of Seattle. West and South winds prevail on the straits, but their velocity is not known, owing to the fact that the Tatoosh cable is interrupted. Salisbu advices are that the wind is ix miles an hour at Fort Canby and that heavy rains extend down the coast to Eureka. 1t PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 14.—A storm of | wind and rain has raged throughout the Northwest to-day. A bulletin issued by the Weather Burean says: “The Weather Bureau has issued storm warnings and telegraphed to all parts that | B. Whitehurst, a son of Senator L. A it will be dangerous for shipping to leave | Whitehurst of Santa Clara County, and | port for the next twenty-four hours. Rain has fallen quite heavily, and is yet failing. Fierce gales of forty miles an hour and more are prevailing along the Oregon and ‘Washington coasts.” At Seattle the wind has attained a ve- locity of twenty-eight miles an hour, and at Portland a velocity of thirty-four miles an hour. The storm is the most severe that has occurred so far this season. The temperature is above 40 degrees. The storm will pro bably prevail for thirty-six hours. Terrible gales, accompanied by rain, prevailed from the mouth of the sound to Cape Flattery and be yond since 3 o’clock this morning, and a falling barom- eter gives no indication of the storm abat- ing to-night. In consequence, all ship- ping hereabouts 1s at a standstill, and the Puget Sound Tugboat Company, which has orders for seven vessels to be towed to sea from various mill ports, will move none of them until the storm abates. B e s REMAINS AT SACRAMENTO. Government Weather Burecaw Will Not Be Removed. SACRAMENTO, Can., Dec. 14.—For some time past efforts have been made by certain interested persons connected with the Government weather service on this coast to have the Sacramento station con- solidated with thatat San Francisco. The station has been in existence for eighteen vears, and has been of great value to the farmers of Central and Northern Cali- fornia, working as it has in conjunction with the State Board of Agriculture, The reports of Observer Barwick, who is also director of the State Weather Bureau, are of great interest not only to the people of the coast, but are sent for from all over the Union. Congressman Johnson yesterday tele- graphed to President Steffens of the Chain- ber of Commerce that he had received as- surances from the Agricultural Depart- ment at Washington that the station would not be removed from Sacramento. Tne g T0 ELECT A COLONEL. Lively Contest Promised in the Seventh Infantry. 10S ANGELES. Car., Dec. 14.—Brig- adier-General F. A. Last of the First Brigade, N. G. C., has issued orders calling an election for December 21, when the commissioned officers of the companies comprising the First, Second and Third battalions will elect a Colonel of the Sev- enth Infantry. _ : 3 There are about thirty-six com missioned | i | | from New York Cit holder of this city for | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1895. 5 officers to vote. The election will occur at nnla\vfnllygmid money to one George Vice Tesidence on the Isle of Wight, on Tues- | the Bethlehem Iron Company. Twenty Armory Hall and will be under the direc- be sustained, and that a decision upon the day. The present has been the greaiest|tons of ammunition tubes were oalso I tion of Major Cyrus Williard. There is likely to be quite a contest for the coloneley, as Colonel W, G. Schreiber of the old Seventh Regiment, Lieutenant- Colonel John R. Berry of the old Ninth and Major M. T. Owens are already in the tield, either of their own volition or by the urging of their friends. e FIRE AT LAPWAL The Boarding-House of the Indian School Destroyed. SPOKANE, Wasn., Dec. 14.—Word has just rezched here of the burning of the boarding-house of the Lapwai Indian school at Lapwai, Idaho. Full particulars have not been received, and whether any lives were lost is not known. The Lapwai 1ndian school 1s one of the largest in the Northwest, and bLas been one of the most saccessful. The loss will be in the neigh- borhood of $10,000. The Government will, no doubt, take immediate steps to rebuild. — Judgment Kendered at Seattle. SEATTEE, Wasn., Dec. 14.—Judge Han- ford, of the United States District Court, in compliance with a recent announce- ment, to-day banded down a written opinion in the damage case, David O’Brien vs. the Northern Pacific Railroad, which went to the Supreme Court of the United States, the action being dismissed by that tribunal for want of jurisdiction. The court ordered the judgment for $1000 whieh the plaintiff secured paid, with all legal claims the plaintiff may have against the mpany. e Sale of the Seattle Gas Works. SEATTLE, Wasn., Dec. 14.—A deal in- volving the sale of the Seattle G and Electric Light Works by a party of Minne- italists, headed by Samuel Hill of the Railroad Company, w. summated to-day not been given out, but it is supposed to be in the neighborhood of $1,000,000. MISSIG FAOM VALLEL Deputy Postmaster McEnerny's Whereabouts Has Not Been Learned. Officers Fear That the Defaulter Has Killed Himself to Escape Disgrace. officers and friends have failed to locate Charles L. McEnerny, the Deputy Post- master, who mysteriously disappeared erd ternoon after having failed to make good a shortage of §180 in his ac- counts. Postoffice Inspector Irwin came up on the steamer Monticello to-day and at once went to the postoffice and spent considerable time in endeavoring to open the safe, but failed 1n his efforts. Word has been sent to Washington for permission to employ an expert, and until the safe is opened it is only a matter of conjecture whether $300 that it contained is still there. Considerable excitement was caused this | afternoon over a report that McEnerny's body had beon found lying across the | grave of his father in St. Vincent’s ceme- tery. Many persons drove to the cemetery only to find that the story had been with- out foundation. Local officers, who have ,been riding in all directions since McEnerny’s disappear: ance, are now of the opinion that he is either in hiding within the city limitsor that he has made away with himself. McEnerny’s relatives are ready and anxious to make good any loss that may be round to exist either in his accounts or that may be missing from the safe. His friends cling to the belief that his mind has wandered and in this condition he has strayed off to some unfrequented place, and that in due time he will retarn. oot FUNERALS AT REDLANDS. Burial of Miss Amelia Breed and W. H. White. REDLANDS, CAL., Dec. 14.—The funeral of Miss Amelia Breed occurred to-day. De- ceased was the only daughter of J. B. Breed. She was president of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Young Men’s Christian Associatien, founder of the Breed Primary and Kindergarten School and was promi- nent in church and charitable work. The remains of W. Howard White were buried_yesterday. Mr. White came here and has been a resi- dent aad propert; the last five yea He was a member of | the American Society of Civil Engineers sinte 1876 and director of the same since | 18%6. His reputation as a sanitary and civil engineer was of more than local im- portance. B NS Wedded at Marysville. MARYSVILLE, CaL., Dec. 14.—Charles Miss kose Ostrom, the youngest daughter of ex-State Senator Ostrom—‘“Honest Dan”—were married this evening at the | residence of the bride’s parents, at Reeds station, nine miles south of this city. and Mrs. Whitehurst will leave for San Francisco in the morning to spend their honeymoon. e Triumph of Hillsboro’s Statesmen. HILLSBORO, Or., Dec. 14.—Thomas H. Tongue, the lawyer, politician and orator, and candidate for Senatorial honors, has been exonerated of the charges of unpro- fessional conduct and crookedness made by Judge J. W. Whalley of Portland, the County Grand Jury having to-day com- pleted its inquiries and declared Judge ‘Whalley’s charges without merit. —_— Teachers’ Institute at Chico. CHICO, Car., Dec. 14.—The Butte County Teachers’ [nstitute will meet here on the 17th inst. and continue in session for four days. The programme contains hie names of State Superintendent Black, David Starr Jordan and Edward Griggs of Stanford University and John Bidwell of Chico will deliver an address. - San Tuis Obispo Offenders. SBAN LUIS OBISPO, Car., Dec. 14.— Judge Gregg to-day sentenced Arthur Far- mer to three years in San Quentin for rob- | bery; Thomas Coughlin, for murder in the second degree—the killing of Charles Malin of Cholame--thirty years at Folsom, aud P. Alviso, for robbery, fifteen years at Folsom. Sy v Sacramento’s Murder Case. SACRAMENTO, CaL.,, Dec. 14.—Ivan Kovalev's case will be carried to the Supreme Court. His attorneys have been given a twenty-days’ extension of time in which to file a bill of exceptions. The appeal will delay Kovaley’s execution, which is set for January 9. e Justice Meted Gut at Portland. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 14.—George Monroe, one of the members of a gang arrested for enticing little girls to their room, was promptly convicted to-day after a short trial. Two of the victimized girls have been committed to the Aid Society’s care. LS s The Victoria Yacht Clubhouse Sunk. VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 14.—The large boating clubhouse of the Victoria Yacht Club was yesterday struck heavily by the steamer Rosalie during a severe gale and sunk. The caretakerand two men had to swim for their lives. The purchase price has | ¥ VALLEJO, Car., Dec. 14.—All efforts of | Mr. | SACRAMENTO EVENTS, {01d Railroad War Recalled by the Completion of a Bridge. BART CAVANAUGH'S CASE His Demurrer to an Indictment Sustained to Test an - Election Law. THE APPOINTMENT OF JETER. Governor Budd Denies the Report That He Feared the Santa Cruz Man Would Be Ousted. SACRAMENTO, Car., Dec. 14.—Thenew railroad bridge across the river at this | is complete, and all regular trains will | pass over it to-morrow. The old bridge is | to be removed at once. It was completed in 1871, and the first train of the California Pacific passed over it in the same year. The abandonment of the old bridge re- calls the most stirring times in railroad | history in California. The old California | Pacific was incorporated on January 10, | 1865, with a capital stock of §3,500,000. | In 1867 work began at Vallejo and rails | were laid to Broderick, opposite this city, by November 11, 1868, and up to Marysville | by November, 1869. In June of the latter year the Napa Valley line was acquired, | and in December, 1869, the capital of the | consolidated roads was $12,000,000. In 1869 and 1870 a bitter war was waged between the Central Pacific and the new road. The Central Pacific had laid its tracks along the river front on this side and the new road could not, therefore, come into Sacramentd without crossing the Central’s roadway. Squadsof armed men were hired | by each corporation and for a long time every attempt of the Caiifornia Pacific to { lay track into town was frustrated. | It was expected that a bloody battle would ensue, but the California Pacific finally managed to get in. The fire de- partment turned out to weicome the new | trains, while whisties blew and there was generai public rejoicing. Then the fight got into the courts. Com- missioners appointed for the purpose as- sessed against the California Pacific for damages six acres of land, $40,650; dam- ages for crossine track, $70,000; consequen- tial damages, $250,000. The report was set aside by the court on the ground that the award was excessive. The war waged fiercer than everin the | early months of 1871. Rates of fare and | freight were cut so low that the lines were | both run at a loss. The New York stock- | holders got tired of the contest and wearied lof putting up assessments. Milton S. | Latham was at the head of the California | Pacific, and in April, 1871, he signed &n agreement leasing the line to the Central | Pacific. ! The warfare, of course, stopped at once. | On December 28, 1879, the new line via Benicia was opened, and the time to San | Francisco shortened an hour over the old 1‘ Vallejo route, via the California Pacific. | Ten years ago some of the New York | stockholders of the Latham road brought suit in San Francisco before Judge Hunt, alleging fraud in the transfer of the road to the Central Pacific. After a contest lasting through two months the struggle was abandoned and Lawyer Chittenden, who had come from New York, left a record of failure behind him. Rl GUVERNOR RBRUDD'S DENIAL. The Ewxecutive Tells Why He Will Not Go to Washington. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Dec. 14.—Gov- ernor Budd denies the statement that he has decided not to go to Washinzton in the interests of Stockton’s public building appropriation and the improvement of the San Joaquin River, because he feared that if he left the State poiitical opponents would take advantage of hisabsence and succeed in ousting Mr. Jeter, his appointee to the lieutenant-governorship. In a Stockton dispatch appearingin Tae | CaALL this morning it was stated that the overnor had confided to Stockton friends that he was not sure that the Supreme Court would sustain his action in appoint- ing Mr. Jeter; that he was fearful the out- come would be the same as in the San Francisco Police Commissioner case, and were he to absent himself from the State the friends of Presiaent pro tem. of the | Senate Flint would take the opportunity to ush bLis claims to the successorship of the ate Lieutenant-Governor Millard. The dispatch statea that its disclosures were based upon the word of men of in- tegrity in_the San Joaquin County me- tropolis. The Governor said to a CALL cor- respondent to-day: “Tue CALL's correspondent at Stockten is misinformed as to my reasons for uot going to Washington during the winter in the interest of the needed river appropria- | tions. “When requested to make the trip I declined, on the ground that as Governor of this State I had so many duties to per- form within the State that I could not | spare the time; that the investieation of State institutions and State affairs de- manded my attention, and that I would not abandon the course I had mapped out in my inaugural. I further stated that I would be pleased to make the trip were it not that my duties as Governor absclutely prevented it. “As to the statements about the ap- ointment of Mr. Jeter as Lieutenant- overnor, I believe I had the right to make the appointment. 1 have never | doubted that right, nor did I ever 8o state to any person.” | ——— TESTING AN ELECTIONS LAW. Bart Cavanavgh’s Demurrer to an In- dictment Sustained. NTO, Cat., Dec. 14.—Bart W. Cavanaugh, the Republican politician who was indicted by the recent Grand Jury on five counts for paying money to cortain men to influence votes at the primary election a year ago, won a victory in the Superior Court to-day. A demurrer to one of the counts in the indictment was sustained, and a test case will be made of the matter before the Su- preme Court. In explaining to-day’s de- cision Juage Hinkson, who heard the case, sai ‘he principal point raised by the de- murrers is as to whether or not any provi- sion of the purity of election act, other than section 25, is applicable to primary elections. “The question being a ve‘r’y important one, the District Attorney and counsel for the defendant have agreed that one of the indictments may be sustained formally with the view of having the Supreme Court pass upon the question: therefore it was ordered that the demurrer to the indict- ments charging the defendant with having other indictments be withheld.” In rendering the decision, Judge Hink- son expressed the opinion, upon the in- vestigation he had made, that only section 25 of the purity of election act was appli- cable to primary elections. e STATE PROPERTY GONE ASTRAY. Examiners Are Searchihg for the Board of ¥ovestry’s Belongings. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Dec. 14.—It is re- ported that the State Board of Examiners is asking for inventories from the State institutions, and, discovering that State property has been very carelessly looked after, is endeavoring to locate it. The board now wants to learn what be- came of the property that was at one time in the possession of the State Board of For- estry, now defunct. The board was created in 1885 and went out of existence in July, 1893, having lived just eight years. During its vital period it expended thousands of dollars for the purchase of horses, wagons, machin- ery and tree-planting implements. The act which killed it ordered these | things to be turned over to the; State University at Berkeley, but the fact i is it is alleged that they were never turned over, and the supposition is that the horses and wagons either strayed off and | got lost and the nmachinery fell to pieces, | or that they are still in possession of some one from whom the State could recover them if an effort was made. ———— Cases of Mild Diphtheria. SACRAMENTO, Car., Dec. 14.— Two | weeks ago a little daughter of Robert | Hunt, a local grocer, was taken sick. Later she seemingly- recovered and was | allowed te play with other children. She became ill again, and then it was dis- covered that the child’s ailment was diph- | theria. On Thursday the lttle one died. Neignbors of the family were allowed to attend the funeral and now there are seve- | ral incipient cases of diphtheria in the neighborhood. It is of & mild form, TRUCKEE'S PALACE OFICE The Immense Structure Being Covered With a Coating of Crystal. Workmen Are Now Engaged in Con- | structing a Long Toboggan | Slide. TRUCKEE, Car., Dec. 14.—The main | building of the ice palace is now com- | pleted. Wire netting covers the entire | strneture. The work of spraying was com- | menced 1. night, and although 1t was not nearly solid as to-night,the whole of the north side of the building wds coated with ice from one to three inches tnick this morning. It presentea a picture most beautiful, although only a forerunner of what is yer to be. Stiill greater progress will be made to-night with the spraying, it being already several degrees colder than last night. A big crew of carpenters is at work erect- ing a toboggan slide, which will be com- pleted in a few days. The platform, to be fifty feet square and stand over forty feet from the ground, is being put up at the west end of the ice palace. A high tower will extend upward from this. From the platform a slide 160 feet long and pitching downward at an angle of 60 degrees is | being built. The slide will be a solid mass of ice and kept as smooth as glass all the time. The speed with which one will pass | down will be sufficient to send the tobog- ganist along an icy track that will reach | at least 400 yards from the foot of the slige. | The ice carnival company is receiving | hundreds of letters daiiy from peopleall | over the coast, inquiring about the palace | and arranging for accommodations. Prvsigeed Killed by a Live Wire at Seattle., SEATTLE, Wasm., Dec. 14.—A big span | of draft horses were instantly killed this morning by steppinz on a telephone wire which had fallen acrossan c]ec\ric-ligm' wire. Brooklyn Jockey Club’s Card. | property, | come within a zone 200 feet wide. NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—The Brooklyn Jockey Club has published the list of races | for its spring meeting for 1896. There are | twenty-one events in all, including the | Brooklyn handicap of $10,000 for three- | year-olds and upward and the Boulevard | stakes of $2500 for three-year-olds. The | stakes in the other events are $2000 each. | The club announces that in making up the | programme for the spring meeting of 1896 | the stakes and handicaps will be so ar- | ranged as to give the owners an opportu- | nity to run without sacrifice of interest and asks thatall nominations be addressed | to the secretary. Racing at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, La.,Dec. 14.—One mile, Miss Perkins won, Prig second, Invade third. Time, | 1:4334. { Fifteen-sixteenth of & mile, Onalaska won, Sauterne second, Ladd third. Time, 1:37. Fifteen-sixteenths of a mile, Overeila wor, | Renaud second, Lucy Belle third. Time, ry Monopole handicap, one mile and sev- | enty yards, Jim Flood won, Booze second, Buckwa third. Time, 1:453. Six furlongs, Gold Dust won, Ashland second, Levinac third. Time, 1:15%. S Football at San Jose. SBAN JOSE. CaL., Dec. 14.—An exciting game of football was played on the Uni- versity of the Pacific campus this after- noon by the Normal and University efev— Snt! n&m resulted in a tie, the score standing o 6. e To Meet the Interest. - MILWAUKKE, Wis,, Dec. 14.—Judge Jenkins to-day directed Receivers Mec- Henry and Bigelow of the Northern Pacific to meet the interest on the general first mortgage bonds and to provide for sinking fund charters, amounting in all to $1,700,- 000. The order was granted on the stipu. lation signed by the Farmers’ Loan an. Trust Company, the Northern Pacific Company and the Adams and tke Living- ston reorganization committee. g Personated a Federal Officer. DUBUQUE, Iowa, Dec. 14.—The Fed- eral Grand Jur; to-day indicted Mrs. Annie Fischer, alias Erb, of Lansing, Iowa, jor impersonating a Federal officer. She traveled among the pensioners of North- ern Towa representing herself as a special examiner and got a mortgage for $500 from Eli Gardner by threatening to reduce his pension. i — A Catholioc Church Burned. COLDWATER, Iowa, Dec. 14.—The Roman Catholic church at this place, to- gether with the parochial school, was completely destroved by fire last night. Loss, $35,000, with less that $6000 insurance. ;I‘ho fire is supposed to have caught from a urnace. pu T LD L A Rescuer Burned to Death. CUMBERLAND, Mp., Dec, 14.—The res- idence of Owen Monahan, at Lonaconin, Md., was totally destroyed by fire to-da: Miss Bridget Monahan was burned to death in trying to save other members of the family, who were also severely burned. —_— Execution of a Negro. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Dec. 14.—Jim Nichols (colored) was hanged at Fayett- ville, W. Va., at 2 o'clock yesterday l&r ;]he muraer of Henry Carr at Kagle, . Va. Men of Capital and Experience in Search of Good In- vestments. NEW MACHINERY PUT IN. Improvements at the Tulloch and the Utica—Sales and Devel- opments. ANGELS CAMP, Car., Dec. 14.—Never in the history of mining in Calaveras County has such interesi been shown in this industry as is being manifested here at the present time. Men with capital and experience are coming in here daily in quest of opportunities for investment. The records show that hardly a week passes without some practically undevel- oped property being bonded or sold to out- side parties. In nearly every instance those who have put their money into these enterprises are well satisfied with their in- vestments, and are vigorously pushing the work of development, putting up toe lat- est improved machinery for this purpose. The new ten-stamp mill at the Tulloch mine, which was recently purchased by | Eastern capitalists for $40,000, was started up last week. There are three Frue con- centrators in the mill. It is predicted that the ore in this mine will go at least $8 a ton. An average of thirty-five men are daily employed there, but the force will be largely increased as development work progresses. This company has purchased and bonded several otber claims, and has the money to prospect them on an exten- sive scale. Mr. Godbe, a wealthy resident of Indiana, is at the head of the enter- prise. The Utica company has about finished grading for the addition to the.chlorina- tion works, and the erection of the. build- ing was begun this week. Only one fur- nace will be built at present, the other to be added in the spring. These will make eight furnaces in all, and will constitute | the largest chlorination plant inthe world. Several more concentrators haye been added to the company’s Stickles mill. The Madison mine, also owned by this com- | pany, is closed down, owing to the scarcity of water ,and cannot be started up until there is rain. There is snow in the maun- tains, but the nigits are so cold that the water freezes. There is only about enough water in storage to run the Utica and | Stickles mines the balance of this month, and the people are becoming anxious. Superintendent Howell went to San | Francisco recently and purchased quite a | number of concentrators for the Jones mine. This property is yielding splen- didly; 1n fact, it is generally understood thata rich strike, which promises per- manency, was recently made there. The company contemplates putting up chlosi- nation works next spring. Negotiations for the sale of the Birney mine are pending, and should the con- templated transfer be consummated, as seems likely, the property will be opened immediately. The shaft isdown 150 feet. The State Mining Bureau is authority for the statement that eleven veins of quartz are known to exist on the surface of this and that two blind veins have been discovered beneath. These veins will Several of the veins yield well. The two veins that have been prospected contain from three to four per cent of auriferous sulphurets, and the general features of the mine re- semble those of the Utica. Otto Dolling, who owns the Claude mine at Albany Flat, has received a cablegram from European parties, who- have been negotiating for the purchase of the prop- erty, asking for an extension of sixty days’ time to permit the capitalists to get to- gether and fully discuss the proposition. Denver parties have bonded the Oneida claim for $10,000, and are preparing to do sinking work. 1t is said that Colonel Nevill of the Raw- hide, which is located across the river in Tuolumne County, has- contracted to have an electric operating plant put in not later than February. Work at the Hardy mine, located on the outskirts of town and now owned by Mr. Butts, is being vigorously prosecuted. New hoisting works were completed lately. Mr. Butts has purchased and bonded several other properties, and seems to have the money and enterprise to extensively de- velop them. Drifts are being run north and southeast at the Pure Quill mine, which, ata distance of 100 feet, will crosscut the vein. There are about 150 tons of rock on the dump, which assays high. Superintendent Harry Routledge, as well as all who have in- | spected the property, believes that the Pure Quill is to become a valuable mine. Thrilling Experience of the British Steamer Pertia in North Atlantic Waters. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Dec. 14.—The British steamer Portia, Captain Farrell, arrived here this morning, three days and seven- teen hours from Halifax. It usually takes her forty-eight hours to make the trip. Captain Farrell reports having encoun- tered weather of unparalleled severity. The hurricane continued two days, dur- ing which time her decks were swept. Her deck load was jettisoned to save the ship. Her wheel, compass, steering gear and deck furniture were carried overboard, and two of the crew were badly crushed by the force of the seas. The engines brokedown and she was unmanageable for four hours. The stern of the ship was under water for thirty-six hours. Nobody aboard ever expected to see land again. The pumps were kept going all the time. The Allan line steamship Carthagenian arrived from- Liverpool to-night, having encountered similar weather. Reports of damage along the coast con- tinue to come in. Several vessels have been driven ashoreand a number of others are missing. It is admitted that the re- cent gale is the worst known in many years. —_——— AN HEIR TO YORK. While the Bells Announced the Birth, the Dead Werc Remembered. LONDON, Exa., Dec. 14.—While the joy bells were ringing to-day for the birth of a son to the Duke and Duchess of York, the Queen, Princess Beatrice, the Prince of Wales and his family and all the other members of the royal family, with the exception of the Duke of York and the Duke and Duchess of Teck, the parents of the Duchess of York, attended the annual service at the Frogmore Mausoleum in memory of the Prince Consort, who died thirty-four years ago to-day. and Princess Alice, second daughter of the Queen and wife of the Grand Duke of Hesse, who died seventeen years ago to.day. The Queen wiil zo to Osborne House, her guest period at Windsor Castle for years. There has been a constant succession of entertainments at the castle, at which the Queen unfailingly appeared. e HA8 CAMPOS RESIGNED? 4 Report That He Will Be Succeeded in Cuba by Weuler. * YA'R[S.FRA.\'CE.DQBA 14.—A dispatch from Madrid says that General Martinez Campos has resigned his command of the Spanish army in Cuba, and will be succeeded by General Weyler, the present commander of the Fourth Corps of the Spanish army at Barcelona. HAVANA, Cusa, Dec. 14.—President Clevelands letter to Congress has pleased all in Cuba except the rebels and their sympathizers. El Pais of Havana, the organ of the Liberal party, says. . ‘‘In reality it contains nothing new rela- tive to the island. The position taken by the President is identical h that as- sumed since the outbreak of hostilities. The paragraphs fail to contain anything not already reflected in the documents of the Secretary of State, Mr. Olney, orsin the statements of the Attorney-General.” _El Pais refers to Mr. Cleveland’s_posi- tion as ‘‘legal and correct.” The Presi- dent’s position relative to a strict neutral- ity gives immense satisfaction in Cuba. La Discusion of Havana says: “In the United States Mr. Cleveland’s message contained what all expected on the Cuban matter. Could he have said more?” S g ASSAILED GE AL MOCENNL Italian Deputies Oppose the Purchase of Foreign Wheat. ROME, ItavLy, Dec. 14.—A prolonged and stormy debate took place in the Chamber of Deputies to-day, brought about by a sharp attack made by the op- position cn General Mocenni, Minister of War, the anti-ministerialists demanding that a Parliamentary inquiry be held into the purchase by the War Minister of foreign instead of native wheat for use by the army. The Government opposed the moving of a Parliamentary inquiry, but promised that there should be an administrative in- quiry. The Chamber finally, by a large majority, supported a motion to that ef- fect made by the Government. Prime Minister Crispi is recovering from his recent_indisposition, though he is still confined indoors. He is expected, how- ever, to be present in the Chamber to- morrow or Monday, on the occasion of the interpellation of the Government relative to the situation in Erythrea. suacta ghen e TWO MINISTERS RESIGNED. Spain’s Cabinet Not in an Entire State of Upheaval. MADRID, Srary, Dec. 14.—The only members of the Ministry who bave re- signed are Senor Romero y Robledo, Minister of Justice, and Senor Bisch, Min- ister of Public Works. Senor Canovas del Castillo, President of the Council of Min- isters, has informed the Queen Regent of the withdrawal of these Ministers. The grounds for their retirement are that they differ with the Government’s policy in re- gard to the alleged frauds in the Madrid Municipal Council and in the conduct of the campaign in Cuba. E U awaS ABERDEEN DISAPPROVES. | Canada’s Chief Lord and Lady Will Not Aid Charity Children. OTTAWA, Oxt., Dec. 14.—Lord Aber- deen has disapproved of the charity ball to be held on New Year's eve to raise funds for the Children’s Hospital. His excel- lency says it is not in accordance with the | principles of himself and Lady Aberdeen | to participate in such festivities at such a time. The refusal of the Governor- General and Lady Aberdeen to patronize | the ball has caused much comment in society circles, but the managers announce that the ball will be held just the same. - . Soldiers of '73 Called. ROME, ItaLy, Dec. 14.—King Humbert has signed a decree calling into active ser- vice the soldiers of the 1873 class. Premier Crispi has refused toaccept the resignation cf Signor Callenda, Minister of Justice. LONDON, ExG.. Dec. 14.—The Central News says that Baratieri, conmanding the Italian forces in Abyssinia, is to be re- called. —_—— Tejected by the Engincers. BELFAST, IreLaxD, Dec. 14.—The en- gineers employed in the Belfast ship- building yards have voted to reject the proposal for a settlement of the trouble between themselves and their employers presented at the conference held December 11 between delegates from the Belfast and Clyde shipping engineersand the represen- tatives of the employers. s L Cardinal Melchers Dead. ROME, Itavny, Dec. 14.—Cardinal Paul Melchers is dead. He was bornin Mun- ster, Germany, January 6. 1813, and was s Gift. CHICAGO, ILL., Dec. 14.—Chicago Uni- versity was to-day the recipient of another $1,000,000 gift, the donor being Miss Helen Culver of this city. The condition of the gift is that it shall be devoted to the increase and spread of knowledge within the field of biological science. One-half of the sum donated may be used for the pur- chase of land and for the erection and equipment of buildings. A Material for Warships. BETHLEHEM, Pa., Dec. 14.—Turret- plates and sighting-hoods and accessories, weighing forty-three tons, for the United States cruisers Oregon and Brooklyn, in course of construction at San Francisco and Philadelpnia, were shipped to-day by 4 3 Hule~ tide puzzle solued There are a thousand and one things that may please him—but if he is a smoker you are sure to please him with a box of the new “Bstrella" cigars. Finestquality of All-Havana Cigars ever sold at the price; and thoroughly up-to- date as to shapes, sizes and colors. F A £ P % > . O, g NP, 3 X 5% Any Dealer. Esberg, Bachman & Co., Wholesalers, 8. F, shipped to the Cramps in Philadeiphia. P GRANTS TO RAILROADS. Distribution of Lands Approved by Sec- retary Holie Swmith. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 14.—The Secretary of the Interior has apyroved the following grants of lands to reilroads: To the Oregon and California Railroad Company, 23,947 acres in Roseburg and Oregon City land districts, Oregon; 167,- 991 acres in the Roseburg (Or.) land dis- trict, and 373 acres in the Marysville (Cal.) district; 58,39 acres to the Central Pacific Railroad Company in the Redding (Cai.) district; 32,96 res to the Oregon Central Railroad Company in the Oregon City (Or.) district; 3539 acres to the Southern Pacific Railrad Company (main line) in the San Francisco and Visalia (Cal.) dis- trict, and 210,339 acres to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in the Lewiston and Miles City (Mont.) land district. B ol Fire at Erighton Beach. BRIGHTON BEACH, N. Y., Dec. 14.— The grand stand and buildings of the Brighton Beach Racing Association at Coney Island burned Thursdav. The loss D. NEW TO-DAY. NOVA SCOTIA SEAL SHOES Are away ahead of all others in point of strength, comfort and utility, for they have been proven ABSOLUTELY WATERPROOF Do not accept imitations. See that yours are stamped Buckingham & Heeht MEN’S (ork Sole. . . ...$5.00 LADIES’ No Cork Sole. . $3.50 BOYS . .............08.00 YOUTHS'...........$2.50 MISSES’. 2975 We take particular pains with out-of- town orders, and ship them the day received. 7 R ’ Kasts 738-740 Market Street NOTICE OF SALE O NUNICIPAL BONDS, OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE Board of Trustees of the Town of Ukiah City, County of Mendocino, State of Callfornia, that sealed bids will be received by the said Board of Trustees up to 2 o'clock P. 3. 0n the second day of January, 1896, at the office of the City Clerk, at the Town Hall in said Town of Ukiah City, State and County aforesald, for the purchase of forty (40) municipal bonds of said Town of Ukiah City (twenty of said bonds being of the denomination of $250 each and twenty of said bonds being of the denomination of $1000 each) and the said forty bouds amounting in the aggregate to the sum of $25,000. That each of said bonds will bear interest at the rate of five per cent per annum, payable an- pually on the second day of January. Said bonds of the denomination o? $1000 each will be numbered consecutively from 1 to 20 in- clusive, and said bonds of the denomination ot $250 each will be numbered consecutively from 21 t0 40 inclusive, and said bonds will mature and be payable as follows, to wit: Numbers 1 and 21, January 2, 1897, Numbers 2,1898, Numbers 2, 1899, Numbers 2, 1900), Numbers 1901, Numbers 1902, Numbers 1903, Numbers 8 and 8, January 2, 1904, Numbers 9 and 29, Junuary 2, 1905, Numbers 10 and 80, Januar; Numbers 11 and 31, J Numbers 16 and 36, Numbers 17 and Numbers 18 and 38, Januar 4, Numbers 19 and 39, January 2, 1915, and Numbers 20 and 40, January 2, 1916, Said bonds will te sold to the highest bidder for g0ld coin of the United States, and ' no sale of said bonds will be made unless the amount bid is equal t0 the face vaiue of said bonds bid upon. Should the bids of 1o or more persons be equal in amount the board may accept the offer of either and reject the others. Should no bid be received equal to the face value the bosrd may either reaaveriise or may sell any or all of said bonds for the face value without advertising. The said bends herein mentioned are issned and are to be sold for the purposes and objects set forth in Ordinance No. 73 0f said town, passed Septem- ber 3, 1895, determining that the public interest and nec of the town of Ukian City demand the acquisition, consiruction and_completion of & system of sewers for said 1own. and also under and pursuant to Ordinances numbers 74 aud 75 of sald town, of the special election held on November 18, 1395, and an act of the Legislature of the State of Calitornia_entitled “An zct authorizing the incur- ring of,indebtedness by citics, towns and munlci- pal corporations, incorporsted under the laws of this State, etc.,” approved March 19. 1880. (See Stat. 1888, pz. 399 et seq., and its amendments.) That said bonds are issued and wiil be sold for the purpose of providing fuuds ior constructing and completing a permanent system of sewers for said town of Ukiali City. 3 This notice is given and published as prescribed in Ordinance No.750f said town and as directed by the Board of Trugiees of sald lown at thelr ting on December 9, 1895. 3 vt o SAM HAINES, City Clerk of the Town of Ukliah City. Dated December 10, 1895.