The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 12, 1896, Page 1

—— | T gl sy L wioay ugsgs o | 30U Jndwy ey { R _VOLUME L PRICE FIVE CENT BRITONS SEILE ALASKA MINES, Rich Placer Tracts Are Annexed to Canada’s Territory. CHANGE IN BOUNDARIES Owners of Claims Now Paying Taxes to the Crown's Exchequer. MOUNTED POLICE IN CONTROL. Water Rights of Forty Streams Taken Without a Protest From This Government, PORT TOWNSEND, WasH., Aug. 11.— The richest gold placer mines of Alaska have been transferred to Canadian terri- tory, and miners are now paving miners’ tax to British authorities. The territory in question is from three to eight miles in width, and embraces the rich placer claims on Glacier and Miller creeks which hereio- fore were supposed to be in Alaska Terri- tory. Now the migers learn that they are subjected to the laws of Great Britain. These statements were made to-day by Captain William Moore, Canadian mail- carrier between Victoria and Fort Cudahy, Northwest Territory. He has just returned from taking the first mail to the Yukon miners on British territory. Errors in the old survey were discovered late last au- tumn, and during the winter Professor Ogiliviee, who now has charge of a corps of British engineers engaged in locating the boundary between the two couniries, made the correction, transferring a strip of terri- tory from three to seven miles wide from Alaska to Canada. Over 200 miners were affected. These the Canadian mounted police immediately compelled to pay min- er’s taxes. Moore says there can be no doubt as to the correctness of the new survey. All of Miller and Glacier creeks and parts of sev- eral other streams rich in gold-ciggings are now claimed by British authorities. At first the American ininers were dis- posed to resent the encroachment, Moore said, but after they had comne to reali the benefits accruing frem British ju diction they accepted the authority of the British polige. That portion of the Yukon embraces the | most valuable mining possessions in Alas- ka and affects the water rights of forty streams on Miller Creek. In eighteen months a man named Miller, who came out with Moore, took out 260 pounds of gold nuggets, valued at $60,000. Many other rica strikes are reported. It appears that the miners concluded that the United States Government did not care enough for the erritory to estab- 1 a Government fort, inasmuch as Pro- 1 r Ogilviee was permitted to locate such boundary lines as he chose withou? the assistance or the presence of American officials and no efforts were made to pre- vent the police from enforcing their regu- lations over that portion of Alaska Terri- tory, Ogilvie sending his field notes and observations to Ottawa in charge of his son. He told Moore he would remain at Fort Cudahy until the arrival of American surveyors to check his woik if they so desired. The British authorities are firm 1n their method of exercising the laws, but show great respect to the mining inierests, ap- parently impressing upon them the bene- fits to be derived from Canadian authority as compared with United States rule. No excitement exists and no trouble is an- ticipated. The miners are paying their taxes and submitting to the new laws. Moore says provisions ran short last win- terand the mine-workers were subjected to considerable hardships and a little suf- fering. They existed on flour and fresh meat. He left Victoria in May, crossed ‘White Pass Summnut, descended the Yukon and then went to San Francisco, via St. Michaels Island, with a party of seventy miners, who were taking out 260 pounds of golddust. Late in antumn ten miners, who were going through the interior to the mines, lost their lives by drowuning. He says Canadian capitalists contemplate building thirty miles of narrow-gauge railroad from the head of Lynn Canal to the chain of lakes, connecting with the Yukon River, and then establish passenger and freight service between Victoria and the Yukon mines. Anp addition of two small draught steam- boats in the lakes would complete the services. Ihe cost would be nominal and wouid divert all trade to British Columbia. PEACE RESTORED AT SISSON. The McCloud River Railway Company to Employ But a Limited Number of Chinese. 8ISSON, CaL, Aug. 1L — A citizens’ meeting was held this afternoon at which W. W. Van Arsdale, manager of the Siski- you Lumber and Mercantile Company, stated, upon request, his reasons for em- ploying Chinese on the McCloud River Railroad. He said he had 250 white labor- ers, but needed seventy-five Chinese to work at grading, as there wgre not enough whites, He had only twenty-five Chinese when they were driven off. He would put all whites to work, up to 400, if they could be engaged, but even then he needed Chinese. He had trouble in hiring white men who could stand the work. The com- pany, he said, must manage to complete the road this season to & point twenty-five miles distant, where 8 big mill is to be built next spring. 1If it could not it would stop construction altcgether for this year, as otherwise the money invested would be tied up-too long for advantage. The property-owners and business men unenimously passed a motion allowing the company to hire seventy-five Chinese to November 15 only, no Chinese to be amploved after that date. TESTED IN A LOS ANGELES COURT, Millions Saved to Uncle Sam by a Judicial Decision. LOST TO THE RAILWAYS Judge Welborn Rules That Troops Must Be Transported for Half Fare. RATES FIXED BY CONGRESS. Right of the Nation’s Lawmakers to Regulate Comp.nsation Is Defined. Locs AxceLEs OFricE oF THE CALL.% 328 South Broadway, Los ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 11 Judge Welborn of the United States Cir- cuit Court to-day handed down a decision of great moment, involving entirely new and original guestions touching the right of Congress to regulate the rates charg- able by the railroads of the country in the conduct of interstate commerce business. It is probably the most important deci- sion ever rendered, as affecting the rights and privileges of railroad corporations. The amount involved is as large as that of the income tax, and the principles laid down by the court are as important in New York and Massachusetts asin Cali- fornia. The issues settled by this decision are those arising between the Goverdment of the United States and land-grant rail- roads as to the rate of compensation that the roads should receive for the transpor- tation of troops, mail and other effects. The roads claimed they had a rightio charge the Government the same rates as individual shippers or travelers, while Uongress has frequently provided that the compensation should be not to exceed half of the regular rate, the exact figures to be fixed by the Seccretary of War. Under these acts of Congress only half rates have been paid by the Government and the roads desiring to have the matter settled for all time brought a test case under the Court of Claims act, the At- lantic and Pacific Railroad being the plaintiff, to recover full fare for the trans- vortation of a trooper—Phillip Barrett— from Albuquerque, N. Mex., to Prescott Junction, Ariz., a distance of 428 miles. The regular fare for the trip is $25 70. The Government offered $13 23. The rail- road rrfused to accept that amount and brought suit for the full agnount. The railroad—the Atlantic and Pacific—was represented by Judge Terry, its chief at- torney, assisted by Herrin of the Southern Pacitic. The decision of Judge Welborn is very lengthy and enters fully into the discussion of the subject. It is a com- plete victory for the Government. The importance of this decision may be understood when it is stated that the At- lantic and Pacific alone would receive $750,000 a year more for the transportation of troops, and that when the charges for carrying the mails are added the differ- ence on this one road in favor of the Gov- ernment reaches $1,500,000 annually. As the land-grant roads inciude one-half (&> BT N\ e SIS \nCE P N .2 . — “THERE GOES ANOTHER BUBBLE.” the mileage of the railroadsof the country, the amount involved reaches from §$40,- 000,000 to $50,000,000 a year. Besides the | Santa Fe and Southern Pacific systems there are the Northern Pacific, the Texas and Kansas roads, the Rock Island and the numerous roads in Missouri, Wiscon- sin, Iowa and Nebraska. ~Pne decision, however, is not applica- ble to the land-grant roads alone, but ap- plies to all the railroads in the country, and is not confined to Government busi- ness, but involves the right of Congress to fix the compensation for all charges by the railroads for interstate commerce. PURSUING ENSENADA RAIDERS. Mexican Cutters in Chase of a Schooner Carrying a Party of Gold-Bar Thieves. SAN DIEGO, CAL., Aug. 11.—The sequel to the Ensenaaa gold-bar robbery is rap- idly developing at Ensenada and along the shore. Garratt, the principal in the Tobbery, is safe behind the bars, with his tool, Sam Hayward; but Allan Prattand another man, a stranger, are aboard the junk Pekin, and the Ensenada authorities are bepding every nerve to overhaul them. Mounted rurales have been sent for miles up and down the coast, keeping a sharp watch of every little cove and landing- place, and every available vessel at En- senada has been ordered into service to pursue the Pekin, which is a junk usually engaged in the stealing of guano from the Lower California islands. M. Riveroll, the shipping agent at En- senada from whom the bar of gold was stolen, has kept detectives on the trail.of Pratt and Garratt since their release from jail 1wo weeks ago after serving sixteen months as suspects. Riveroll learned that they came here, met and parted; Garratt remaining and Pratt announcing that he was going to San Francisco. .The next day both turned up at San Pedro, Pratt disguised as a middle-aged German and Garratt clad in old working clothes. They hired the schooner Dawn and came to this city, and tried to get the skipper of the Dawn to land them on the coast near En- senada, whence they could make their way to the buried gold bar, but the skip- per became alarmed. The men then hired the Pekin. Riveroll knew of these negotiations, ana menaged to get a trusted employe, An- tonio Feliz, on the vessel as a sailor. Feliz knows the lower coast well, and is instructed to do his best vo deliver the whole outfit over to the Lower California authorities. The steamer Pacheco of this port is now in Ensedena, and may be called upon to chase the fugitive guano schooner. But the captain of the schooner is wide awake, knowing if he is caught a long im- prisonment awaits him, as well as confis- cation of his vessel for poaching. He will probably keep well out to sea, where he will have a free fight if anybody attempts to overhaul him. Thedevelopmentsin the case are awaited with much interest here, asit is hinted that the stranger on the Pekin is a well- known resident of this city, who is to act as a “fence” in case Garratt and Pratt got away with the big $12,000 bar. The name of the stranger cannot be learned, but it is known that he has been shadowed for months by Riveroll’s detectives. S R REDWOOD CITY FURGERY CASE. The Preliminary Examination of Mrs. Alice Burns Continued. WOODLAND, CaL., Aug. 11.—Word was received in this city yesterday from Red- wood City that the preliminary examina- tion of Mrs. Alice Burns, daughter of Capitalist J. H. Hollingsworth of this city, on a charge of forgery, had been con- tinued to Aueust 17. The arrest of Mrs. Burns on & warrant sworn to by her mother-in-law, Mrs. Cornelia Burns, of San Francisco, created. a sensation in Yolo and San San Mateo counties several weeks ago. S N PLACER COUNTY'S BIG CONENTION, Samuel M. Shortridge Ad- dressed the People of Auburn. FERVID WORD-PAINTING Senator George C. Perkins’ As- pirations for Re-election Checked. THE SAN FRANCISCAN'S TALK. That California Will Surely Join the Republican Column Is Predicted. ADBURN, CAL., Aug.11.—Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of all that lie in golden sunshine on the rolling hills of pine and oak where slopes the grand Sierra toward the sea; Auburn of the bright blue sky, of gentle airs that waft refreshing coolness to the brow, where blooms the oleander in a wilderness of white and pink beside the deep-green orange, the gray olive, the leafy fig, the clustering vine; Auburn in whose red bosom gleams the yeliow gold, was giad to-day and decked asbecomes a bride. Her loyalty, her patriotism, fluttered among the shady bowers in stripes of red and white, with field of blue with stars thereon, the flag that floats above the freest, fairest on all the whirling globe. It was Republican day. The sunny afternoon was spent in council by the faithful men whose duty it was to repre- sent the loyalty of Placer County before the Nation. The arrival of the county convention delegates and the big Republican gather- ing for the evening had caused the wooded hills to deck themselves with gorgeous colors, and when the rosy west was melt- ing into the blue beneath the slendersilver crescent of the young moon, the gardens giowed with paper lanterns diffusing a mellow yellow light amid the deepening of the shadows where the rose, the lilac and the magnolia breathed their sweet perfume on the evening air. The session of the county convention, which was held in the’afternoon and evening in the opera-house, was dis- tinguished by two notable incidents: One was the introduction of a reso- lution indorsing for United States Senator, Hon. George C. Perkins, and instructing the nominee for the As- semby, if elected, to vote for Senator Per- kins' re-election. This resolution was put to the house and was defeated by an over- whelming majority. The other notable incident was the en- thusiastic reception accorded to the Hon. Samuel M. Shortridge of San Francisco. As soon as he made his appearance at the back of the parquet, insistent calls were made for him to speak. In response to this enthusiastic outburst, Chairman Hawk appointed 2 committee of two to escort Mr. Shortridge to the platform and called upon him for a few remarks. Mr. Shortridge said: 3 “‘Gentlemen of the convention and fellow citizens of Placer County: If the candi- dates which you: are to nominate are ' guided and actuated by the true Repub- licanism which guides and actuates you, I am sure that we will not only put Califor- nia in the Republican column, but will elect Williamn McKinley President of the United States. ‘‘Gentlemen, I am proud to be able to ‘beptesented to you here. 1 came here to preach the doctrine of Republicanism. The Republican patty is the party of law, of order, of silver and of gold.” Here the speaker’s voice was drowned by an outburst of applause. *‘It is the party of protection,” he added. ‘‘The Republican party is the party which did not placea crown of thorns upon the brow of labor, but it is the party that took the crown of BEAC Judge John Fulweiler as Superior Jjudge of Placer County, to go into battle against Judge Prewett of the moribund Demo- cracy. Judge Fulweiler is an old and re- spected citizen and has resided in Piacer County for thirty-four years, during thirty years of which ..e has practiced his pro- fession here. In 1871 he was elected District Attorney of Placer County, and in 1875 was re- elected to that position. As an evidence of the confidence in which his party holds him, it may be stated that he has been chairman of the Republican County Com- mittee for the past twenty years. He will receive not only all the Republican votes of Placer County, but a large number of | Democratic votes as well. Harold T. Power, nominee for the Assembly, is another strong man politi- cally. coverer of the Hidden Treasure mine. Harold was born in Damascus, Placer schools and graduated from the State University as a thoroughly well versed mining engineer. In that capacity he has had charge of the Sunny South and other valuable mining properties. Mr. Power is in the prime of life, 32 vears old, and has always been a Republican. He will sweep this county. The speaker's stand for the evening was vlaced in the public square in the town of Auburn, where in the old days the hardy miners washed wealth from the golden sands. From the pavilion in which the speaking took place lines of paper lanterns stretched to the houses on all sides. Flags and bunting made up the rest of the dec- orations. There was a big torchlight parade in the with a dense mass of peovle. torney L. L. Chamberlain was selected as chairman and the following named as vice-presidents: Amos Stevens, J. Avery, O. Clark, J. W. Sawtelle, W. A. F. Am-ber% 8. M. Stevens, H. H. Richmond, H.l C. Klein, W. A. Freeman and C. 8. Cole. Mr.Chamberlain introduced the speaker, Hon. S. M. Shortridge, as the Henry Clay of the Pacitic Coast. received with a generous outburst of ap- plause. spellbound and every word uttered by the speaker was distinctly heard by the far- thest away of the several thousand people who had assembled to hear him. Mr. Shortridge began by saying that he had the honor of casting one of the elec- toral votes that made Benjamin Harrison President of the United States. The ad- ministration of President Harrison will be forever a bright page upon the history of our country. He invited all his hearers to rally around ti.e party of protection, of gold and silver, of bimetaliism, of law and order. By marching under the banners of the Republican party they would be voting for the home, the fircside and the farms. It was the party that'could successfully administer the affairs of this country. Somehow or other, added the speaker, the Republican party seems to be able to manage the affairs of our country success- fully, while by some fatality or evil in- fluence over the Democracy the Demo- cratic party invariably brings the country to.ruin and destruetion. The speaker drew a thrilline picture of the present condition of the country, brought about by the incompetency of the Democratic party. Business is almost aralyzed, he said. The whole of New ngland may be said to be bankrupt, and | within her borders factories are closed n. ] Scenes at the Gathering of Pacific Goast Jurners Under the Jrees and on the Beach at Santa Gruz. \ thorns from off the brow of labor and placed a crown of glory there. [Ap- se, 1"“‘1‘1 :h].Il attempt fao-l’fight to explain to you why I am a Republican and to testify my faith in that grand political organiza- tion. We have a standard-bearer worthy of his great predecessors, and we are proud that we with him can lift up the banner of the Republican party, and we are equally proud to tollow the ln.denhip of that spotless statesman, soldier and patriot, William McKinley."’ : The convention did a wise thing and played a winning card when it nominated which had been running uninterruptedly for twenty-five years. The peroration of the speaker was a fervid bit of word- painting and was frequently interrupted with outbursts of applause. I Sequim Bay Murder. PORT TOWNSEND. Wasg., Aug. 11.— Joe Sofie shot and killed Sam Fernie, an azed rancher, near Sequim Bay, to-day. Sofie then shot himself in the foot, to give the impression, it is believed, that he killed Fernie in self-defense. He escaped to the woods. An old feud had existed between the men for years. Ranchers threaten to lynch Sofie if he is captured. He isa son of Mr. Power, the dis- | County. He was educated in the public | evening, and when the parade reached the | pavilion the entire square was blocked | District At- | J. H. Neft, J. M. Fulweiler, Allen Towle, | b. Whitcomb, S. M. | Sprague, E. L. Hawk, J. M. Barney, Ira| Mr. Shortridge was | | and dipping in the surf. The night was calm, the audience | SANTA CRUL'S FETE OF FEATS, Supple Turners Take a Rest From Rings and Bars. CLOSING DAY EVENTS. Picnicking, Boating, Bathing and Short Excursions “After the Ball.” CLEVER TRICKS IN THE WATER Brilliant Pyrotechnic Disp’ay Which Was Greatly Enbanced by an Accident. SANTA CRUZ, Cair., Aug. 11. —The Turners spent this, the fourth and last day of the festival, as it pleased their fancy. Many found it an agreeable change from the almost ceaseless gvmnastic exer- cises of the second and third days. This was the morning “after the ball,” and many were late in rising, so that the ex- cursions to the various pointsof interest in the neighborhood were late in getting under vay. The largest number of visi- tors drove to the Big Trees. They took well-filied baskets along and picnicked un- | der the trees. Others drove the five miles down to Capitola or went L - train and spent the day between the hotel, the beach The Santa Cruz winery and the'c iffs were points of attrac- tion to others. The day was full of pleas- ure for all. At 4 o’clock in the afterrioon several thousand people gathered at the beach to witness the grand prize lance tournament in open boats on the bosom of the rolling bay. This had been advertised as the event of the day and people came for miles to see it. After waiting till nearly 6 o’clock it dawned on the multitude that the contest, with the $20 prize for the winner, was not going to take place and they turned their faces toward home. It appears that the management acted in entirely good faith with the public. The boats were afloat and the lances were ready. The trouble was that no one would enter for the diffi- cult contest. In the evening there wera probably 5000 _people on the beach to see the fireworks and attend the other exercises. Red lights and huge fires burned ox the beach and illuminated the faces of the multitude. The faces were lost to view in the night in every direction except one, and that was toward the water. A band furnished music for the occasion. The booming surf, the shadowy build- ings, the white faces made paler in the red light made an uncommon scene. Outin the bay several hundred yards was an- chored a raft. It shone white against the black line of the sky beyond, and the fire- works ware sen t up from it. 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