The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 21, 1896, Page 9

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1896. RUNS A FAMOUS FRONTIER JOURNAL He Collects the News for His Paper by Dog Team for 2000 Miles. Struggles of G C. Bettles and Rev. Mr. Prevost in Issuing the Yukon Press. SOME BIG GOID PRCJECTS. Mr. Bettles’ Interesting Story of Life in the Alaska Wilder- ness. Gordon C. Bettles, who for some time past has been publishing a paper at the most remote point on the American con- tinent, is at the Commercial. The paper is the Yukon Press, and it appears three times a year. The reason it is not issued oftener is because, as he says, the news has to be collected for 2000 miles, and it takes four months each time to do it. Mr. Bertles, though alsoa big mining operator and running taree trading posts, learned the priating trade in his youth. At the post at Tanana, near the mouth of the Tanana River, 1000 miles wp the Yukon, the Rev. Jules L. Prevost has been doing missionary work among the Indians. He desired to transiate snd print portions of the Scriptures in the Indian tongue, so Mr. Bettles told him :o get a little print- ing outfit, and in his leisure hours in the long winter he would teach bim how to set the type. The missionary got the imaterial and then it struck him it would be a good thing to get out a little paperalso. So Mr. Bettles has been steering the little journal through. He has also taught the minister so that he can now get it out himself. It is & paper of sixteen small pages, and is printed on a job press. The news is very interesting, and the paper 1s highly appre- ciated there, for 1t seems to break the monotony ‘of things. It hasa number of advertisements, but owing to the, as yet, limited circulation the rates are not high. Mr. Bettles is an all-round sort of & young man who can turn his hand to any- thing and make a_success of it. Heis a brother of H. A. Bettles, president of the famous Homestake Goldmining Company of the Black Hilis and superintendent of the Granite Mountain Mining Company of Montana. He went to the interior of the Yukon nine years ago and this is the first time he has been out. The enterprising gentleman disclaims much of the credit for the appearance of the Press. He is a practical milling man, baving learned the milling of ore at Lead- ville for Senator Tom Brown in the Sum- mit district of Colorado and at Granite, Mont, He now has a number of big quartz leads on the Yukon and tributaries, which with his fur and goods trading posts make him, as the miners with him say, in the way of making a million or so of dollars. Mr. Bettles brought down with him sev- eral hundred pounds of quartz. He has before had big assays from it and now he is going to have some mill runs. 1f the ore rune as he expects he will take up a quartz mill with him when he returns in the spring. “It is difficult to publish a paper up there,” said Mr. Bettles yesterday, ‘“‘be- cause it takes so long to collect the news. Why, the result of this election 1n the United States will not be known there for eight months, There mignt be war here, and it could continue for most of & year before we would hear of it. To get the news of the Yukon alone moans covering 2000 miles of country by dog teams. Itis by these teams that the news is brought. “I woula have been on a visit here be- fore, but I dian’t want to come out till I had tested the country and found out whether 1t was any account or not. I thought if it was not I wouldn’t xo back. Now that I have fully tested it I am sat- isfied it is going to be one of the greatest of mining countri There are cnormous quartz ledges there, and ihey are very rick. Quartz mining is to be the thing in that country, but this kind of mining has been very slow because it takes money 1o carry it on. “Our miners were poor and had to make money as they went along, so they turned their attention first to placer mining. It is in quartz, however, that the big money is to be made.” Aside from the trading post in which he has an interest at Tanana, he is interested in one at Nulatto, 600 miles up the Yukon, and also up the Koukuk River, 600 miles from its mouth. Mr. Bettles says that in his judgmen: Tanana is to be the great camp of the interior. There is a great deal of quartz tuere and it is rich. The Tanana River is 1200 miles long and lies between the Copper and White rivers. It is a mile wide at its mouth. Draymen and Teamsters. The Draymen and Teamsters’ Indepen- dent Political Club held a meeting last evening. The following officers were elected: President, William McDonald; first vice-president, Charles A. Page; sec- ond _vice-president, Charles McCarthy; third vice-president, John Shanessey; re- cording secretary, W. Cline; financial secretary, Charles Coon treasurer, Ben Z. Page; sergeant-at-arms, Ed Morrison. One hundred and fifty-three members signed the roll. Speeches were made by President McDonald and many candidates, and the meeting then adjourned until Sat- urday evening, October 24. oA Sol Berliner’s Ride. 8ol Berliner is still anxious for some one to accept his challenge on the result of the National election. His proposition is that in the event of this State casting its vote for McKinley Mr. Berliner is to be wheeled in 8 barrow by the person accepting the thallenge from the Palace Hotel to some other puint to be determined upon. It is proposed to take up a coilection slong the route for the benefit of char- itable institutions.. The trip is to be made as soon as the official returns are made, she parties to the bet to wear light sum- mer suits, rain or shine. P 2 sty Ohlo Republican Club. The Ohio Republican Club will hold its second open meeting at the Auditorium, Eddy and Jones streets, next Thursday svening. Colonel J. P. Jackson will pre- side; Thomas B. O'Brien, candidate for Congress in the Fourth District; Ben B. Haskell, Colonel Jackson and other prom- lnent speakers will address the meeting. Professor Sichel, Miss Ella Ellis, Sam Booth and the California quartet will as- sist musicaily. ———— Afro-American League. The Afro-American League held a rous- Ing meeting last evening at California Hall, 620 Bush street. Great enthusiasm was manifested whenaver McKinley's aame was mentioned. The meeting was 1ddressed in short speeches by Captain C. Taylor, Messrs. Henderson, B Baalictin and Mis. Batley, > Fommo%h p st ook ol AN Bryzn’s Chances Fading. A letter received yesterday from Colonel fohn P. Irish contains the following para- aph: ‘“‘Next week I return to Iilin .l and Jowa and follow-Bryan to Lake Supe- rior, and at St. Ignace, Mich., I takea special car and foilow him to the end. have no doubt of Bryan’s defeat. He will not carry Wyoming, Nebraska, nor Iowa, Illinos, Michigan nor Indiana.” A B W. A. Deane Club. The William A. Deane Club of the Forty- fourth Assembly District was organized last evening at 1402 Dupont street with 125 members, as follows: President, Thomas Devitt; vice-president, Frank Val- lero; treasurer, Peter Costa; secretary, James Cuneo; executive committee,George Hayes, J. Demartini, N. Arata, P. Mua- lino, Sal Bercutti, D. Rossi, F. Leveroni. The club indorsed Joseph Merani for the Assembly. Speeches were made by Joseph Merani, Greg Vallero, D. M usante and F. Leveroni. BY THE PRESS CLUB. An Unequaled Entertainment vo Be Given at the Grand Opera- House. Unusual preparations are being made by the San Francisco Press Club for an annual entertainment to take place at the Grand Opera-house on Thursday after- noon, October 29. Among those who wiil appear are Mrs. Julia Marlowe Taber and Robert Taper, and the best talent from almost every theater in the City will take part. There will be a number of stars, as at that time there will be quite a list of nota- ble thespians here, and all have gener- ously offered to be present. There will be tragedy and comedy and excellent vocal and instrumental music. The programme in full is not yet made out, but it will be in a day or two, and then the public will know what a magnificent entertainment is in store. It is believed thatit will excel anything that has yet been presented by the club. It is now well on to two years since the Press Club has given anv entertainment of this kind. The seats are being rapidly taken. Itis anticipated that the house will be filled. CHARGED WITH EXTORTION David and William Crowley of the Electric Laundry Arrested. - The Complaining Witness Is Charles S Gruver, One of Their Shirt Ironers. Charles 8. Gruver, 1544 Howard street, swore to a complaint in Judge Campbeil’s court yesterday morning charging David Crowley and William Crowley with extortion. 1n the complaint, which was drawn up by Attorney Morganstern, it is alleged that the Crowleys, who are proprietors of the Electric Laundry, 215 Valencia street, locked Gruver in their office last Saturday and threatened to have him arrested and placea in custody unless he should accede to their demand to pay them $30, and, baving the fear that they would carry out their threat and having money in their possession belonging to him, he signed a receipt for $30. Attornev Morganstern said that Gruver had been in the employment of the Crow- leys for the past two years. He was a young man, 22 vears of age, and was con- sidered one he best shirt-ironers in the business. “I presume,” said the attorney, “with the object of blackening his character and being afraid that he would leave them and go to a rival concern, the Crowleys on Saturday took him into their office, locked the door and charged him with stealing articles from the distributing-room. He denied the accusation and they brought in three or four employes in the cistribut- ing department, who backed up their em- ployers’ assertion. “Gruver “was dumfounded, knowing his entire innocence, and asked that he should ve dllowed to send for his mother or for me, but they refused to do so, and, under a threat of arrest and exposure, made him sign the receipt for $3u. They were owing him about $60 for wag es. “‘Gruver is a quiet, hard-working, honest young man, and feels the slight upon his character very bitterly. 1 want the Crowleys to understand that in a civilized community such an act of extortion will not be tolerated.” The Crowleys were arrested yesterday afternoon and taken to the Seventeenth- street station. They immediately gave bail for their appearance. “The charge of extortion is absurd,” said David Crowley last night. “I hate to speak about the matter, but the fact is we had for months been missing articles from the distributing department. Our suspi- cions fell upon Gruver, and something oceurred on Friday to confirm them. We called him into our office, but did not lock the decor, and told him of what we accused him. He acknowledged it, and we agreed to drop the matter if he paid us 30. That was all there was to it. Heisa first-class workman, and we overiooked his faults for that reason.” ———————— MAY WANT TO BUY. English Capitalists Have an Expert Ex- amining Mining Property. Scott F. Bickford of C. X. Bixford & Co., bankers and brokers, Boston, is at the Oc- cidental, accompanied by Charles P. How- ard, Mr. Abbott and others, who with himself are owners of the noted Pioneer gold mine in Placer County. This mine was formerly owned by the Fair estate. It has always been a good mine, but lately has turned out very rich. The Eastern purchasers are greatly pleased with it. They acquired it over a year ago, and lately have been visiting and examin- ing the mine. They had an expert along who was examining the property in de- tail, with the object of reporting it for some foreign capitalists, who are consid- ering the purchase of large interests in the mine. “We are very much pleased with the Pioneer,” said Mr. Bickford, who is a di- rector in the company, ‘‘and are satisfied with it in every way. We are driving a 1000-foot tunnel by tlie aid of six air drills and one air compressor, and wiil add six more of the drills and anotner compressor. “The 20-stamp mill in the mine, which has been going for years, will before long be increased to 40-stamps. We are working on the average about sixty men, and are crushing some forty tons of ore a day. “If Major McKinley is elected President I koow of a great deal of money that will come for investment to the gold mines of California. It will be both from the Eastern States and from Engiand. We are pretty close to some foreign investors, being in the banking business. I think a great deal of money will come here pro- vided the election comes out all right.”” ————— Tainted Salmon Seized. Chief Food Inspector Dockery and Chief Market Insvector Davis, of the Board of Health, condemned 20,000 pounds of salted salmon on the Pacific-street wharf yesterday. The fish came from Alaska and had probably been packed after becoming stale, as it was palpably unfit for food. The man who pur- chased it—B. Stern—did not return for his goods, and it will be sent to the fertilizing ‘works to-day. ————— Signs of Better Times. The movement in the interest of home in- dustries has been productive of splended re- sults in one direction at least. The local shoe business has increased wonderfully. At the meeting of the Shoemakers’ Union lsst night ‘most encouraging reports were made to the effect that nearly all of the manufacturers are bu;y night as well as day filling large local orders. T0 RAZE THE TOWER OF DEATH Scenes of the Emmanuel Church Crimes to Be Removed. The Blocd-Stained Spire to Come Down as Soon as Pos- sible. A FAIR TO SECURE THE FUNDS. Ceptain Lees Says There Must Be No Alterations in the Build- icg The noted tower'of Emmanuel Baptist Church on Bartlett street, where the nude body of murdered Blanche Lamont was found, and in the basement of which the remains of Minnie Williams were dis- covered the day before, is to be removed. After discovering the dreadful tragedy that blotted out the lives of two innocent girls and stained the sacred edifice with blood the question of tearing down the church and either erecting another build- ing or disposing of the property by sale arose. The trustees and members felt keenly the horrible notoriety that had come upon their organization, but as they were heav- ily in debt and had also expended consid- erable money in the purchase of the lot and in the erection Jf the church they felt they could not make the sacrifices neces- sary. Consequently, in the face of popular dis- approval, they heroically resolved to con- tinue to worship in the building that bore the burden of its awful crime, and in the future, when they could take upon them- selves the additional expense, they would remodel the structure and, if possible, ob- literate somewhat the ever-present re- minder of the great crime of the century. F¥or this purpose a church fair, to last several days, was opened last evening by the lady members of the congregation. The lower or basement part of the build- ing had been beautifully decorated with trailing vines and green foliage and in the assembly-room a number of handsome booths have been put up. In the infant classroom tables were laid, where refresh- ments will be provided for visitors during the week. There are a number of booths hand- somely arranged and_presided over by ex- ceedingly pretty girls, where articles of use and beauty are disposed of for the common good of the cause. The fair is under the direction of the Ladies’ Aid Society, of which Mrs. R. W. Moore is president, assisted by the King's Daugh- ters, Young People’s and Junior Endeavor societies. It will be open every evening till Saturday. The admission is 25 cents, which includes supper. Robert N. Lynch, the pastor's assist- ant, stated that it was the intention of the officers of the church to make a great many changes in the building, espe- cially in that portion fronting on Bartlett street. He did not think there would be any objection from the prosecution in the Durrant case. One of the trustees present stated that it was their intention to remodel the entire building and change the shape of the tower for reasons well known to the pub- lic, and it being their property there was no law to prevent them doing as they choose. They had permittea the prosecution to tear up floors, remove doors and other- wise mutilate the structure, and had assisted the officers in uncovering the great and deplorable crime, and now they must be. permitted to make the much- needed repairs and changes. In aninterview late last evening Captain Lees stated emphatically that he was sare no changes would be made in the s'ructure at present, at least not till after the Dur- rant case was ended. Mr. Taber, one of the trustees, had vis- ited him a fow days ago, and during the conversation between the two the ques- tion was settled. It may be necessary to visit the tower with witnesses and a new jury, and for that reason it is better that no changes be made in the structure. UNDER DETENTION. Clarke, ¥. Son of a New York Wholesale Grocer, in the City Prison. 5 E. F. Clarke, an elegantly dressed young man, was arrested at the Palace Hotel last night by Detective Ross Whitaker and Policeman Smith Carr and is being de- tained in the City Prison vending an in- vestigation. Clarke says he is a son of 8 well-known wholesaie grocer in New York, and has been stopping at the Palace. He ran short of funds and drew a draft on New York for $250. He placed itin the hands of a friend to get cashed, and the friend not having the money himself, took the draft to J. A, Folger & Co., the wholesale coffee and spice men on California street, who discounted it. Yesterday the draft was returned from New York dishonored and Folger & Co. communicated that fact 10 the gentleman who took it to them. Instead of going to Clarke and asking for an explanation he went to police headquarters and asked tnat Clarke be arrested. Clarke says that if he hed been given an opportunity to telegraph to New York the matter would have been satisfactorily ar- ranged and he would not have been put to the indignity of being arrested and de- tained in prison. He was not locked up in a cell, but was permitted to stretch himself on chairs in Captain Robinson’s office. ATHLETIC MEET. Interesting Bouts Scheduled for This Evening by the san Francisgo Athletic Club. The Ban Francisco Athletic Club will hold a feather-weight tournament this evening at its clubrooms, 431 Sixth street. The event of the evening will be the special bout between the crack light- weights, Charles Dixon and Jack King. The entry-list for the tournament is quite lengthy, and the boys are in superb con- dition. The bout between Dixon and King is creatirg a great deal of attention in amateur circles, as both boys are shining stars in their class. Besides the tournament the evening will be inter- spersed with a general programme. The club will also hold its eighteenth icnic and field-day at Shell Mound ark, Berkeley, Sunday, October 25. Amoni the entries for the field-day ap- pear the following well-known athlstes: R. H. Armbuster, Ed Bender, J. Dilges, R. E. Cochran, Charles G. Reno, Coleman Jelinsky, Daniel G. Coleman, James Kinan, Dave Sullivan, Joseph McCarthy and George G. Bates. . .———— In the Thirty-Fourth. There will be a meeting of Republicans in Wolf’s Hall, Ocean View, this evening. Good music and prominent speakers will be the features of the programme. NEW TO-DAY. e~ THE GREATEST INVENTION OF THE AGE! The First One Ever Operated by Any Specialist on the Pacific Coast IS Now in Use by the Master of Medicine and Surgery, DOCTOR COOK! Few events of modern ages have so greatly agitated the scientific world as Prof. Roentgen’s discovery of X- RAY. By its aid the physi- cian or surgeon can look far- ther into the mysteries of life and penetrate deeper the secrets of disease than has ever before been done by hu- man eyes. The living skele- ton is laid bare. Flesh be- comes as transparent as crys- tal. The exact position of the bullet, fracture, tumor and other diseases or deform- ities of the internal organs is easily located and plainly seen. The X-RAY now in use by DOCTOR COOK is of the very best and latest improved edition, and shows beyond the shadow of a question that this distinguished Specialist is strictly up to date in everything pertaining to his profession. Others may fol- low, but he leads. He does not cling to old ideas, now moss-covered and obsolete. He turns his face to the front, and with lofty ambition and noble purpose strives for the laurels of the present and future. He is resolutely determined to =7 NN N N A make still more complete his already un- equaled success. : The X-RAY department of DOCTOR COOK’S office is open to the afflicted each day from 9 to 12 A. M. and 2to 4 P. M., except Sundays, when it is open from 10 to 12 A. M. only. If you are sick, if you have a disease of any name or nature whatsoever, if you feel that something is the matter with you, then COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF what it is. Look through yourself by means of DOCTOR COOK'S. X-RAY. THN PEWYSICIAN OF THH HOUR, DOCTOR COOIR. From His Latest Photogravh. * NOTICE.--This being the first and only X-RAY operated by any Specialist in the West, DOCTOR COOK, through professional courtesy, places it at the disposal of his brother practitioners, and cordially invites them to examine their patients under its rays. w GRS Ry 865 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. (OPP. BALDWIN HOTEL).