The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 19, 1895, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1895. RADFORD 1S STILL ALIE, The German Consul at This Port Is Accused of Inter- fering, BOUND WITH HEAVY CHAINS. The Imprisoned Man Subjected to IIl Treatment in the Cali (Co. lombia) Jail. The case of Colonel Radiord, now in | prison at Cali, Colombia. charged with der, and who, if not already shot, is cly to meet such a fate at any time, is ing international importance. From the best evidence obtainable at present it see s that the German Govern- , if not altogether, respon- | German Consul to take a hand in the mat- | ter, but only in an indirect way. We are | tracing this up now. and I hope that the | next steamer will bring me important | news. | . “The statement has been made that Rad- | ford is none other than Judge Randolph, | the defaulting Alabama Treasurer. 1do | not believe th All_his mail comes from | Richmond, Va., and from persons who | sign the same name. I suppose the letters l come from his wife and daughters.” FORCED TO MARRY. Jennie Misrowsky Asks to Be Released ¥rom Matrimonlal Ties. Jennie Misrowsky was Daingerfield yesterday afternoon asking that her marriage to Morris Misrowsky be annulled. She was married to Misrowsky on Au- gust 17 last by Justice of the Peace Groe- zinger, and s she agreed to th | ceremony only because her brother-in- | law, Charles Greenebaum, forced her to | do so. He rebresented to the marriage- license clerk that he was the girl's legal guardian and that he consented to the | marriage, and upon this consent and the absence of objection on the part of the prospective bride the certificate was 1ssued and the ceremony performed. The plaintiff lived with her husband for | six weeks and then left him at the first e PLAZA AT CALI SHOWING THE PRISON WHERE COLONEL RADFORD IS CONFINED. [From a photograph.] for the arrest of Radford and for of the indignities to which he has been subjected. Should any harm come to him the Kaiser will be called upon to ex sof his representatives The story of lain certain as at this port and at Panama. who Radiord is and the trouble in which | he now finds himself has only been p: tially told. In the early part of the present year there came to San Francisco a gentleman apy and seemingly pos- sessed of considerable wealth, He opened n account with a local bank by depo. some $40,000. as to where he was to He appointed a here with full ins ons to mail as might come to him to which would furnished later. When next kb of Colonel Radford was at Cali, Cclombia, where he thought of engaging business. In the mean- time & number of letters bearing the Rich- mond, Va., postmark, came to his address here. These were forwarded to ( with a considerable sum of money result of a check sent by Radford first communication m be failed resentative ford, n address About three months ago Radford pur- | chased a coffe by the name actual possession of the proper to vacate, claiming that it was his and had never belonged to Simonds. Radford im- mediately visited the latter, and in the ercation which followed Simonds was 10t to death. Radiord’s version of the air, with the indignities that have since een heaped upon him, is best told in a letter to the imprisoned man’s agentin this City, written by Jason C. Hubbard, Radford’s partner. The letter is as follows: PAxANA. Colombia, November 1. Mr. Elfring—DEAR Sik: 1 called on the Ameri can Consul 1n regard to_Colonel Radford, and I am informed tbat he will, in all probability, be shot, perhaps before I arrive at Cali, which ill not be before the 1 tter from the colonel, ich was shown on_of " things in priso; plantation from a Ge: efused a the fearful con, is ioaded with irc out help, Every piace the irons touch the skin is off. He declared to the Consul that the shooting was | ir cli-defer 2, when k { shot. It was all over a house on the land the tolonel bought from Simonds. When he went 10 take possession of it the man in the house said it was his house and refused to get out. Radford then went to Simonds to have him p the man out, when Simonds said: own the place. You bought it and paid for it is raised a chair to strike pulled his gun and fired the 18! end you must put him out yourself.” Of course, that wouid make any one mad fo buy s from . 1nen which he did not owi. An ation took piace in which Simonds Ca . HUn From Cali, under date of November 22, Mr. Hubbard writes another letter, in which the German Consul at this place or Panama, it is not just clear which, 1s made to play an important part. It reads as follows: * * * * T cuppose you would like to know how the colonel is faring. He has a ear case of seli-defense, but he hasa com- ation of rascals to buck against, who so far e had it all their own way. I think they un on a snag before long that will open ves. The American Cousul at Panama appointed a man to look after Radford’s in- terests here, but it so happens that he is ad- ministrator on the estate oi Simonds, and was also & partner of his in the steamboat business. : has sent out many felse reports about Rad was killed. Lwill write you from ford, which the sul at Panama has be- ievea, eith he did not want to find “out the tr nformed. wever, that President bert and Secretary an for Radford, as is M ey of Bogota. The latter will | ask for a change « Panams, for_he could not geta fair trinl of venue to_ either Bogo: or 1 hardly think he could get a fair trial Panama, with the German element to buck against,’so I am endeavoring to have his trial take place in Bogota. The Prefect of Cali received your and Senor Canal’s letters and seemed much pleased. The next day, however, he received a telegram which he said came from San Francisco, warne ing him to look out for me and two men, as we had come to take Radford out of jail. He was 100 intelligent a man. to belie but just the same the Jud cheins put on Radford and extra guards to watch him, To this letter is added the following in- teresting postscript: since T sealed up this letter I learn from very ood sources that it was the German Consul at San-Francisco who sent the information to the Prefect that we intended to release Radford. The German Consul at this port, Oswald Lohan, denied through his secretary yes- terday that any such message was sent from his office. In fact, he disclaimed any knowledge whatever of Radford, Simonds or any one connected with the affair. However the matter is being investigated by the Washington authorities, and if it can be shown that the Consuls here or at Panama have been instrumental in de- priving Radfora of his liberty a big in- demnity will be immediately demanded. “‘From all I can gather,” Mr. Elfving said yesterday, *I am satisfied that Ger- - man influence is at the back of Radford’s Aroubles, und whether it is being worked from this end or at Panama is not posi- tively known as yet; but that some repre- sentative of the German Government is at the bottom of it all is shown beyond ques- tion. Simonds had been living in Cali for twenty years, and during that time ac- cumulated an immense fortune. It is nat- ural, therefore, that he shou!d have many iriends, and that they could cause the onsnl rend | s until he cannot turn with- | and is most shamefully treated. | She declares she band and would | opportunity, s' dg not iike E her never have married him only her brother- in-law told her she was a’ burden upon bim and that she would have to marry Misrowsky or he would turn her away from him. She has only been in this country a short time, and so she agreed to 20 through the ceremony. | “ The complaint was defective in some particulars and so Judge Daingerfield con- tinued the case until this morning for decision. The plaintiff is only 18 years ola. e n e CHARGED WITH FORGERY. Warrant Issued for the Arrest | of M. F. Ferrer, a Col- | lector. rward such | Said to Have Swindled the Indianapolis Furniture Company and C. D. | Bunker & Co. Detectives are searching for M. F. Fer- rer, a collector in the office of C. D. Bunker & Co., Custom-house brokers, 435 Battery street, who has been missing since Satur- day last. esterday morning G. F. Ochs of the Indianapolis Furniture Company, 750 Mis- sion street, swore out a warrant for Fer- | rer’s arrest in Judge Joachimsen’s court | on the charge of forgery. Detective Ross | Whitaker has the warrant in his posses- sion. Ferrer on Saterday last called at the | store of the furniture company and ex- pressed a wish to buy some furniture on creait. fle owed a bill of $29 for goods purcbased in August, and he was refused further supplies unless he paid that bili. rer produced a check for $125 on the First National Bank, purporting to be signed by Hooker & Co., implement- dealers, 16 Drumm street, which he said | bad been handed to him that day by the lating a catalogue into the Spanish lan- guage. He offered it in liquidation of the bill, and the balance of $96 was returned to him in cash. He promised to return Monday and make his other purchases, but he failed to put in an appearance. The check was deposited in the Ciearin, = house Monday and returned Tuesday to the Indianapolis Furniture Company with the announcement that the signature of | Hooker & Co. was forged. Ochs immedi- ately waited upon Hooker & Co. and was | informed that Ferrer had no claim upon | them. A visit was then paid to Bunker & Co. and the information obtained that | Ferrer had not been seen there for overa | week. " | A representative of Bunker & Co. callad | at Ferrer’s house at Golden Gate, across | the bay, but it was in darkness, and the | neighbors said he bad not been seen for | several days. | His accounts with the firm are now being | experted and a number of irreguiarities | have already been discovered. Two checks, une for $40 and the other for $50, signed by M. J. O’Brien & Son, a firm on Golden | Gate avenue. had beén cleverly forged and Eassod through the Clearing-house without | eing discovered. It 1s said that other forgeries have come to light, but the firm | declines to give any information as to their nature. Ferreris a man about 35 years of age, | with dark complexion and hair. He | always dressed well and his manners were pleasing. It is thought he has left the | City to avoid arres THE WATERS WILL, | Tt Ts Set Aside by a Jury in Judge } Sanderson’s Court. - The will of Mrs. Elizabeth Waters has been set aside by a jury in Judge Sander- |son’s court. The grounds for its void- | ance were undue influence and unsound- | ness of mind. | Mrs. Waters inherited her estate from her husband. When he died she alleged |in court that he had no relatives living except herself, In consequence of this | showing she was awarded his entire | estate, worth about $50,000. | Upon her death Mrs. Waters left this | estate to Hezekiah Dow and Susan H. Hines principally. Soon after Mrs. Waters’ | death some relatives of her deceased hus- band appeared and claimed part of the estate. They institutedl a contest of the will on the grounds of undue influence and unsoundness of mind, and the jury has set the will aside on those grounds. The estate will probably be divided—half to the | heirs of Mrs. Waters and half to the heirs of her husband. ——————— Disastrous Fallure! We can mention no failure more disastrous than that of physical energy. It Involves the partial suspension of the digestive and assimilative pro- cesses, and entails the retirenzent from business of | the liver and kidneys. Only through the good | offices of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters can the res- toration of its former vigorous status be hoy for. When this aid bas been s=cured a resumption of acMviLy in the stomach, i and bowels may be relied upon. Tho Bitters conquers malaria and kidney troubles. before Judge | firm in payment of his services for trans- | STRONG MILITARY PULLS, They Are Getting Thick in the Hot Fight for a Colonel’s Eagles. MACDONALD TO DIE FIGHTING. National Guard Experts Are Busy Reviling Alleged Idiots at Sacramento. To-night at the armory at Tenth and Market streets the colonel of the new First Regiment of the Second Brigade will be elected. Probably Lieutenant-Colonel C. | H. Crocker will defeat Colonel William Macdonald, but the situation is so mixed and uncertain, so full of jealousy, politics and big pulls that most any result may happen. The election of the colonei of the one big Sun Francisco regiment that is in pro- cess of organization has intensified and complicated the turmoil, uncertainty and ceneral demoralization that quickly fol- lowed the explosion of the reorganization bomb ten days ago. The fight between the supporters of | Colonel Macdonald and Lieutenant-Colonel Crocker for the colonelcy has become quite bitter, and ail sorts of big military and other influences outside of the regiment are coming into piay. The more those complicated questions about the lieuten- ant-colonels and majors voting for a new colonel and the appointment of the new lieutenant-colonel and three majors by the | commander-in-chief are analyzed and dis- cussed the more general is the agree- ment among local guard officers, active | and retired, that the orders of Adjutant- General Barrett in both propositions are wrong, and that if they be carried outon | Thursday night the right of the new colonel and tne appointed field officers to their positions can be successfully con- tested. The woods are so full of disap- pointed and bitter guardsmen that con- tests will result quickly enough at the first opportunity. One difference between the regular army and the National Guard 1s brilliantly illustrated in the present situation. In tue former shoulder-straps and authority secure respect and unquestioning obedi- | ence. In the National Guard they secure contumely. The bigger the officer the more oiten he is condemned as an idiot wherever officers and men gather in ar- mories or on street corners these days. A parallel is also scen. In time of war all the ex-colonels and majors and the military sharps everywhere conduct cam- { paigns " and fight battles over again and | roast the generais in command. Now the | local National Guard experts are reorgan- izing the guard in this City over again as | it ought to be done, and the Sacramento suifers badly by comparison. he adjutant-general is an ass,” de- clared a captain at one of the armories last night, and he dug down for some general orders to demonstrate the proposition. The adjutant-general is the military | | mouthpiece and representative of the | | Governor and one of his functions is to receive the kicks directed at the com- mander-in-chief. Nobody wants to be quoted in this field of criticism however. Retired officers, many of whom have un- healea sores, are as much interested in the | situation as active members of the guard, and they can be seen about town arguing things with the fierce gestures of a mau who feels deeply that he is right. There seems to be a general feeling amone guard | officers that the adjutant-general and his advisers will realize that they have madea mess of things in San Francisco in the procedure of reorzanization, especially re- garding the field oflicers of the new regi- ment; that on Thursday night only com- pany officers will vote for colonel and that the lieutenant-colonel and the three majors will be elected instead of appointed. Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. Crocker seems to have strong assurances still of winning | the colonelcy. The question is one of how many of the officers of the old First and Third regiments who at the caucus last Tuesday night agreed to support Crocker { for colonel and James F. Smith for lieu- | tenant-colonel can be persuaded from their position. If only the line or company officers vote there will be thirty-four votes, making 1elghteen necessary for a choice. If the lieutenant-colonels and the majors in present command are allowed to vote there will be forty-three votes, making twenty- | two necessary to a choice. Colonel Mac- donald of the old Second Regiment has pledged to him in writing ail the officers ! of that battalion except Lieutenant- Colonel Denis Geary. He haselever line officers and two majors. Geary and Mac- donald have not got along well together | for some time, and Geary is understood to favor Crocker. Macdonald to be elected needs seven or eight votes, according to the ruling on field ofhicers’ voting, and he must get them from the First and Third | battalions, which have combined on their respective lieutenant-colonels. The caucus gave Crocker the backing of | twenty-three line oflicers and six field | officers, making his strength twenty- nine, with Geary doubtful. If the line officers only vote he can lose five caucus | votes and still be elected. If the lieuten- ant-colonels and majors vote he can lose seven caucus votes, and if Geary supports him, eight, and still be elected. The question of whether or not the field officers may vote to-night has been carefully considered by big military | lawyers” and judge-advocates, and As- sistant Adjutant-General J. C. Giest- ing of General Warfield’s staff has un- doubtedly been irstructed as to_how he should rule to-night. General Warfield last night declined to give any statement or opinion on the matter. The decision will not be officially known until Mr. Giesting makes his ruling to-night, but it is semi-officially understood that the three lieutenant-colonels and the three mujors on duty will vote. It is pretty certain | thatif this is_done the new colonel will have to fight in court to hold his eagles. 1t is a disputed point whether or not all the First and Third officers were at the | caucus, anyway. The Nationals—com- panies C and G of the First—are a doubt- ful quantity. They are mainly interested | in being let alone in their fine'armory, and | last_ week asked Crocker for a pledge 'that | they would not be disturbed. He refused any pledge, saying that he woula have no | jurisdiction, and the Nationals grew cool | on Crocker,and would not say whom they | were for. The Nationals mean six votes. They say that Crocker could at least have vromised his influence. They seem to be | in a position to get pretty satisfactory un- official assurances from almost any quarter just now. Now comes ex-Colonel Sullivan, who has friends in the First. He would like to be elected as a vindication, and heis for Mac- donald, too. If he can get hola of enough to prevent Crocker’s election on the first ballot he will be a candidate. Itis said that he may secure votes for himself that he could not throw to Macdonald if he tried. That would make a deadlock, with possibilities. Dark horses may bob up, and then Crocker may hold his strength and go sailing in. 7 The colonel of the new regiment will have a trying position and a big one, being in command of the entire force in this City and the leading regiment of the State. The new regiment will contain in 1ts bat- talions the old regimental and company jealousies, and bear for a good while many reorgunization wounds. There will be contrasted and discordant elements. It will be his to unify, allay, pull together, build up and stimuiate and to produce a new regimental fecling, while creating an | | | | to night. efficient military force. His opportunitics will be large, > ° ; . For many reasons Crocker is under fire ust now. " Lieutenant-Colonel James F. mith expressed the considerations in his favor urged by his friends as follows: Mr. Crocker is a man of firmness and deter- mination of character, while possessing the ait of diplomacy. He is one of & popular turn, courteous and considerate, and has the ability to win friends. His targe and successful busi- neas experience shows him a man of executive ability and business knowledge and methods. ilis financial condition mekes it possible for him to devote time to his work and the new colonel must for at least 8 year give the most of his time to the gnard. He has the money which a colonel wi’fl need to spend in building up the organization. When alack of long ex- perience is alleged, I say that native anility counts for more than experience. Colonel Robert J. Tobin of the Third had no experi- ence when elected and no colonel in the whole National Guard achieved so proud a success. Mr. Crocker hasa military bent. It is a fad Wwith him, and an officer must feel a deep inter- estin military affairs to put his heart into them. He will put time, money, ability and energy into his work. 1 favor Mr. Crocker for other reasons, too. I have not a word in disparagement for Colonel Macdonald. He has my highest respect in every way as a military mau and a citizen. But none of the old colonels should be chosen as a matter of policy. We of the Third, for in- stance, would support Colonel O'Connor if any of the old colonels were to be chosen. If the colonel of one of the old regiments were elected the other regiments would feel that that regi- ment had gotten the bestof them. Itwould keep alive the old regimental feeling that should be allayed. We oi the Third believe that none of the old colonels should be chosen. We like Mr. Crocker, and then he was unani- mously elected lieutenant-colonel of the First {A‘{!_ell"!' &na would be satisfactory to that bat- alion. Will the Third stand by the caucus? It will. The word of a National Guatd officer is as good a8 his bond, in the Third at least. The opponents of Crocker argue that it is unjust to throw over an old officer like Macdonald for an inexperienced young man like Crocker. They say thata few years ago he was a second lieutenant in Coinpany G of the Second for a waiile and then was out of the Guard for a long period. For a year or so he commanded a company of the Naval Reserve and resigned. When General Dickinson took the First to Sacra- ramento during the strike he put on his Naval Reserve uniform and went along as one of Dickinson’s staff, though he had no connection with the guard. After the strike Dickinson appointed him judge advocate on his staff, though the regula- tions required a lawyer entitled to practice before the Supreme Court. In three months he went on the retired list with Dickinson. A few weeks ago he was eiected lieutenant-colonel of the First. In the heat of the campaign it is charged that Crocker has the ramifying Southern Pacific influence to help him, and that General Warfield is backing him with staff and other influences that he may command. One may learn frcm inter- ested men 1n good position that Mr, Crocker lives at the California and would open headquarters there. Governor Budd is credited with keeping out of the fight and one may easily hear that Adjutant- General Barrett has been ordered to keep his Crocker sympathies out of the mess. It is confidently reported by Macdonald men that several old retired officers, such as Colonel Barry, Colonel O’Connor, and others favor Macdonald. George H. Pippy and some others of Major- General Dimona’s staff are claimed to be supporting Macdonald, though after Mac- donald returned during the strike and took command of his reciment he is reported to have kicked up quite a quarrel with Gen- eral Dimond over Colonel Smedberg’s de- tail to the command of the forces leit in: the City and some other things. General Dickinson is one of the retired officers interested in the fight. He is for Crocker, a client and friend of his who was on his staff a short time. Dickinson has quite an influence in local military circies, The situation is full of politics, too. Most of the officers above the line have be- come military officers through political in- fluence. Most of the company and field officers concerned in the election are in polities or want to be. Some have jobs in the City Hall, some want to goto the Leg- islature, some have ambitions to be Super- visors and so on. So they are amen- able to olitical influences. Colonel Macdonal is a strong member of the TUnwon League Club. One item of gossip told in high places yesterday was that Macdonald had got the influence of Police Commissioner Alvord to bear on Captain Marshal, captain of one of the companies of the Third and drillmaster of the Police Department. The Nationals, with their six votes, are yet uncertain, but yesterday were credited to Matdonald. hen it was asserted that two of Macdon- ald’s officers would not stand by him. Sullivan may or may not be a candidate ‘While the influences of the Southern Pacific and the people at head- quarters are credited to Crocker these facts operate against him in certain cir- cles. Some elements are anti-Southern Pacific and the brigade and division head- | quarters and the adjutant-generai’s office are unpopular with many in the guard. Colonel William Macdonald is a vigorous fighter of forcible nature. He said yes- terday: There's a hard combination put uF against me, but I am there and I'll die fightin I've becn with the Second for eighteen years. For over six years I've been its colonel. The con- dition and record of the Second speaks for me, My regiment is pledged to me and will stand by me, with the possible exception of Lieuten- ant-Colonel Geary. I have many friends work- ing hard for me and 1 hope to win. I think I deserve it. Said Colonel William P. Sullivan: I don’t know how the fight will turn out, but T am for Maedonald. I want to see him elected as a matter of justice and propriety. [He is the senior colonel of the brigade and has been an efficient officer for many years. If a man like that is going to be kicked out for a man who has been six weeks a lieutenant-colonel, what en- couragement is there for any one to gointo the guard and work for it? .I think most of the old officers look at the situation that way. There is an almost universal opinion that the National Guard in this City will be soon_quartered in two armories, that of the Nationals on Ellis street, and that of the Second at Page and Gough. The Nationals will doubtless be able to prevent the scheme of getting the twelve companies of the new First underone roof. Peter Deane, the owner of the armory at Page and Gough, wants to build an extension fifty feet wide on Page street, giving room for all and providing a great drillhall. He is also ready to make the slight changes necessary to house eight or ten companies in the present building. BRADY MINING SUIT. Important Case of Claim Jumping Ap- * pealed From Alaska. The Doran estate’s great mining suit has been appealed from Alaska to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, and a transcript from United States District Judge Warren Truitt's court at Juneau was filed yesterday with Clerk Monckton, in the Appraiser’s building. The appeal is taken by the defendant, the Alaska Gold and Silver Mining Com- pany, which thus becomes the ‘‘plaintiff in error.” Last October John G. Brady, as executor of the will of T. C. Doran, the owner of the “Cash lode,” 1500 feet long by 600 feet wide, on Baranoff Island, located one mile from the head of Silver Bay, in the Sitka mining district, began suit against the de- fendant company. ~Brady alleged that the Alaska Gold and Silver Mining Company had wrongfully entered upon part of the Doran estate’s claim. The portion said to have been jum Ly the comguny is known as the “Stewart Tunnel lode’ and the ‘‘Stewart Tunnel extension lode,” and the time was given as August 23, 1894. Priority of possession was set up-by the plaintiff "and tho case was tried by a jury with the result that Brady wop. The de- feated company appeals on technical grounds, ————— ‘Workmen’s Officers. At a meeting of Harmony Lodge No. 9, A. O. U. W, last evening the following officers were elected and installed: Past master workman, H. Dohnken ; master workman, M. Crane; fore- man, J. J. Gillmore; overseer, 8. F. Luck; re- corder, L. Johnsen ; tinancier, A. E. Smith; re- ceiver, C. Schwerin} inside watchman, George Blyth; outside watchman, T. J. Foley; trustee, 8. "McFadden; medical examiners, Dr. F Lord and Dr. George Adam. MiNes and Grass Valley men are putting in a plant tosave the sulphurets from the tailings flowing from the Zeiler mill, Amador County. Severalattemptshave previously been made to work these tailings, but with no success. Modern machinery is to be placed in the old Bowman mine, Nevada County. A nugget worth $155 was found recently in the drift mine of Oscar Foss, near Lowell Hill, Nevada County. All the small mines arouna Hankon- ville, Siskiyou County, have started up since the winter rains commenced. Salt Lake City, Utah, is to have a min- ing-stock exchange shortly, and not only mines from that Territory will be listed bat those from Idaho, Nevada and Wyo- ming. The rew tunnel in the Standard at Ceeur d’Alene, Idaho, will be 3300 feet long, and it is progressing at the rate of 200 feet per month. When completed the tunnel wili be equipped with electric cars to carry the miners and the ore. Cyanide works are to be erected at Bakerville, B. C., to treat the ores of the Black Jack mine and any that may be sent for complete mill runs. A trail has been built from Crawford Creek mivning district, B. C., to Pilot Bay, and cost $1700. Of this sum $500 was con- tributed by the Provincial Government, which sounds odd to usin this country, where the Government pays no attention whatever to the mines or miners. In Cripple Creek, Colo., most of the work done in the mines is by leasers. On virgin ground, with a six months’ lease, the les- see will do all the work and turn over to the owner 20 per cent of the smelter re- turns. It is stated that the average value of 15,000 tons of ore taken out in Cripple Creek, Colo., was $61 per ton. There is a movement on foot to establish a mining bureau in the State of Idaho to disseminate information concerning the mines. The Bennett amalgamator is the ma- chine which issto work the sands from the placers at Green River, Utah. It weighs 180 tons and _cost $45,000 and ought to do good work—if size counts. Three districts near Boise, Idaho, Wil- low Creek, Neal and Black Hornet, are now attracting wide attention. The mining outlook in Southern Idaho is said to be brighter than ever before. Boise, Idaho, isnow tatking about a min- ing exchange to be in fashion with the Colorado camp. The gold-mining activity, so prevalent elsewhere, has struck Deer Lodge, Mont., and a number of companies have recently commenced operations. Some of the miners at the Gold Cross mine, San Diego County, object very strongly against being compelled to trade at the ““company store.” Coal of good quality has been discovered in Dos Cabezas district, Ariz., about two miles from the Southern Pacitic_Railroad. The lccation is about fifteen miles nearly east of Wilcox. Professor W. P. Blake has examined the coal and finds the vein is twelve feet wide. ‘W. P. Gillis has sold his Indian Queen mine, Cedar district, Ariz., to the Cedar Valley Mining Company for $25,000. H. S. Morey of Placerville has become the owner of the Pleasant Vailey mine, ten miles southeast of that town. This wasa good producer. The ore taken from the 250 level averaged $15 per ton. Domestic troubles caused it to be sold at sheriff’s sale. It will be reopened soon. M. and C. Varozza have passed the 1400 mark in their tunnel in the old Try Again, two miles north of Placerville. They ex- pect to reach the channel at another hun- dred feet. J. BE. Spencer of San Francisco has bonded the old Hagar mine, ten miles south of Placerville. El Dorado County, and has erected pumping and hoisting works for development purposes. This property yvears ago was a good Eroducer. but was abandoned at water depth. M. J. Ryan is sinking a shaft on the Barrett ranch, eight miles southwest of Placerville, and is encountering pay rock in porphyry at a depth of thirty feet. The Salisbury of EI Lorado County, a newly developed property adjoining the Grand Victory on the south, is showing a large vein of very good ore. D. H. Jack- spn of Oakland, the present owner, will from present indications find this a very rich mine. John Durrow has just started a five- stamp mill, ten miles southwest of Placer- ville, near the Big Canyon mine. At a depth of 120 feet the ore body is seven feet wide and averages $4 per ton. The Wykel, owned by Schaub, Sturte- vant and” others, six miles southwest of Piacerville, El Dorado County, is progress- ing rapidly in development work. There are 400 tons of ore ready for milling, which will average $8 per ton. A five-stamp mill will be erected on this property this winter, E. W. Chapman has secured the old Zandgraft mine, twenty-two miles south- west of Plncervih_e. The shaft is 400 feet deep. The hoisting works are completed and a 20-stamp mill is in course of con- struction. J. I Reid has bonded 800 feet of his claim within the townsite of Placerville to J. E. Spencer of San Francisco. Mr. Spencer began work on the property last week. There are two tunnels on this prop- erty about 200 feet in length, and a shaft 100 feet deep. Authentic records show that ninety tons taken from this property some years ago produced $8000. Mr. Reid has a panfui of specimens taken out within the past few months that would bring $1500, tne richest of their kind ever pro- duced in such quantity in this county. The object of its owner negotiating for bond at present is to secure capital’for a thorough and exhaustive operation of the plant. The Larkin mine, El Dorado County, owned by some well-known_business men of San ncisco and D. H. Jackson of Oakland, is turning out to be a very prom- ising property. The first-class ore assays 2 T ton. They will put up works im- mediately and sink the shaft 100 feet deeper before crosscutting again. For the first week in this month the Col- orado Sprinfis Mining Exchange dealt in mining stocks to the extent of 3,645,593 shares. The excitement is so high that special trains have to be run between Crip- ple Creek and Colorado Springs to accom- modate the people. The regular trains are too slow for them. Steps are being taken to obtain lower freight rates from the railroad and tram- way so as to proverly handle the low-grade oxidized suiphates that are now on the dump and in the old workings of the Ni- agara and other mines at Bingham, Utah. The Rising Sun group of claims in Reve- nue Gulch and Beaver Canyon, Marysvale district, Utah, has been bonded by Eastern CI'FiNfli!t!. he Crown Point Mining Company has brought suit against the Ontario mine of Utah for trespass, it being '”ef,ad that the Ontario has taken ore from the Munader claim belonging to the Crown Point Com- pany. ! I\'g' gold finds have been made on what is known as the ‘“west slope” about three miles east of Mercur, Utah, thus_ extend- ing the gold-bearing zone of the district. Another natural gas well is being bored at Salt Lake City, the supply from the {resem wells not being sufficient tc meet he demand. The camp of Mercur, Utah, has now ar- rived af t!:e dignity of baving & miners' union of its own. ? A The purchasers of the Annie mine in the Bohemia district, Or., will bave a 20-stamp mill on the property in the spring. The Mercur company, Utah, en:nrloyu 120 men in the mine and 40 at the mill. Miners from idaho, Wyoming and Ne- vada are trying to sell properties in Salt Lake City, where there is now the very greatest interest in mining affairs. Gold has been discovered at Pioche, Nev., which was formerly one of the rich- est silver-lead camps of the State. There is now considerable activity in Big Cottonwood district, Utah, especially in claims on the south fork of the canyon. The average value of Australian gold ores is said to be about $15 per ton. 5 It is said'a hundred or more new build- {v}\gsare going up at the camp of Mercur, tah. Gold bas been discovered at a place called Stockton, Utah, in a deposit resem- bling somewhat those which exist at Camp Floyd. 3% 59 There is considerable activity in the placer bars at Market Lake, Idaho, and it 18 expected that they will develop a big gold camp in the Teton country. La Plata district, north and east of Ogden, Utah, the scene of a mining ex- citement four years ago, was killed for a time by the Central Pacific Railroad Com- pany claiming the iards. After a good deal of expensive litigation the camp is coming to the front again and several ciaims are being opened. It is not a *‘poo man’s camp,” but one where capitul is needed to ‘“‘go to the deep.” Salt Lake men_have bought the Wake- man placer claims in Cariboo district, Idaho. Hydraulicelevatorsare to be used in working the gravel. “The British Columbia Smelting and Re- fining Company of Trail Creek is now re- ceiving 100 tons of ore daily from the Le Roi mine. In Clifton, Spring Creek, Fish Springs and Drum Mountain districts, Utah, min- ing matters are very active, and a great many claims have been located which will be vigorously developed in the spring. A good deal of Eastern capital is said to be coming into Cariboo district, Brigham County, Idaho, and a number of claims, boltdl'x nlacer and lode, have recently been sold. Arrangements are being made to put. up a cyanide plant near the Florence claim, Skull Valley, Utah. Some men brought a $10,000 gold bar to | Salt Lake City the other day from a mine in Keystone district, Nev. This, they said, was the result of a trial run. Although miners may file for record an affidavit that the annual assessment work has been done, and thus comply with the law, it is just as well also to posta notice on the claim that the work has been per- formed. CHARLES G. YALE. The Man-Faced Crab. Public Oplinion. One of the most singular-looking crea- tures that ever walked the earth or *“‘swam the waters under the earth” is the world- famous man-faced crab of Japan. Its body is hardly an inch in length, yet its | head is fitted with a face which is the per- fect counterpart of that of a Chinese cooly —a veritable missing link—with eyes, nose and mouth all clearly defined. This curi- ous and uncanny creature, besides the great likeness it bears to a human being in the face, is provided with two legs, which seem to grow from the top of its head and hang down over the sides of the face. Be- sides these legs two feelers, each about an inch in length, grow from the chin of the animal, looking for all the world like a forked beard, These man-faced creatures swarm in the inland seas of Japan. EDWIN W. JOY Has personally selected and now displays a pleasing and choice selection of Per- fumes at the Baldwin Pharmacy—Joy’s. These Perfumes are from the best” French, Russian, English, Spanish and American perfumers. Blooming flowers, concentrated by the most experienced French and English per- fumers, are bottled and can be seen in at- tractive, meat and inexpensive packages. Some of the cut-glass goods are really fine. SPECIAL! CH. PIERRE’'S ROYAL PE Apple Bloom, La Fran Peruvian Hellotrope, Russian Violette, 5 All Sizes, Styles and Prices. FLAIN AND CUT-GLASS BOTTLES. CALL AND SEE THE PERFUME DISPLAY. JOY'S BALDWIN PHARMACY (UNDER BALDWIN HOTEL), Powell and Market Sts., SAN FRANCISCO. RFUMES: SACHET POWDER must not only be fragrant, but the fragrance must be lasting, o SWEET MARIE SACHET Will Last Indefinitely. Besides “SWEET MARIE” SACHET other odors can be had at JOY'S BALDWIN PHARMACY (UNDER THE BALDWIN HOTEL), POWELL AND MARKET STS. AUCTION SALES. OFFICE&SAESROOM:, « 3 8 638 JaRker ot T NCis g Thursday, Dec. 19, 1895, at 7:30 o’clock, Evening. 5 Friday, December 20, at 2:30 an 7:30 P. M. Saturday, December 21, at 2:30 and 7:30 P. M, & IN THE OLD ¥ M. C. A.Eall No. 232 Sutter St., near Kearny, To pay advances and duties, by order of MR. A. A, AGUPDJTAN, the shipper. RUGS! From the following countries: Kurdistan, Kirman, Shiraz, Cashmere, Boukhara, Shir= van and Persia and Other Eastern Districts, LSO Carpets, Hall Strips and a Rare Collection of EMBROIDERIES Free exhibition, commencing THURSDAY, De- cember 19, 1595, at 9:30 A. . to 10 P. u., and continuing daily. Catalogues at hall and EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CO., Auctioneers. INDIANA AUCTION COMPARY. Office—120 Sutter street, Room 25. THIS DAY, Thursday....... December 19, 1895, At 2 o'clock P. M., and continuing, at 2 GEARY&'EI‘R‘EET,E kNflli,,ll{ KEARNY, THE ASSIGNEE SALE. Formerly held at the Mills Building, consist- ing of the VERY CHOICEST OF JAPANESE ART OF ALL KINDS. ur office. ....Also, 3 Limited Numberof. ... Royal Danish Terra Cotta Ware, The only Ware of the kind for sale on the Coast. We wish it thoroughly understood that this sale is what we state, without limit or reserve, and also thatit is well worth the attention of people in- terested In Fine Art. H. J. LEUTHOLTZ, Auctioneer. B. M. BIRDSALL, Proprietor. REFEREES SALE! | AT AUCTION. SATURDAY. Saturday. December 28, 1895, At 12 o’clock noon, at Salesroom of G. H. UMBSEN & CO,, Auctioneers 14 Montgomery Street. MURPHY-GRANT PROPERTY, . Northeast Corner Bush and Sansome Streets. Lot 187:6x137:6, and brick and iron improve- ments. Subject to a lease witn Murphy, Grant & Co., expiring December 31, 1896, for $2200 per month, total monthly rental of property being $3275. GUSTAYV H. UMBSEN, Referee. Further particulars please apply to G. H. UMBSEN & CO., Auctioneers, 14 Montgomery stroet. 'CERTIFIED —AS— THE BEST The Hotaling J. H. Cutter KENTUCKY WHISKIES, CHARLES A. OGDEN, one of our lead- ing analytical chemists, writes as follows to the firm of A. P. 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