The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 29, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1897. ALARMING BISE OF THE MISSISSIPPI Lowlands Inundated by the Swirling, Rushing Waters. Io the Levee Districts the Pros- pects Appear to Be Very Glcomy. Mills Are Swamp->d acd Farmers Along the Flats Are Now Fleeing for Sifety. Mar —The Missis- es 10 keep up its aver- and marked another to-day, bringing the feet above low-water om northern points are and the indicationsare morrow will see another six-inch is growing worse undreds of families have been hare un- QUINCY, Trr sippi River cc age of the past e H ut of the lowlands w tected by levees. o water has inundated the Missouri ttoms for a distance of seven miles from the river bank. Up in the levee districts things look gloomy. Al though the water has not yet reached the 10p of the levee a break is expected at any time, and & big force of men is working v and night to strengthen the weak places. Another force is engaged in pa- trolling the levee. The damage already done by the flood is great, but is nothing compared to what it will do to the thou- sands of acres of cultivated land between here and Warsaw, should the levee break. ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 28.—The fore- cast of the Guvernment signal service that the Missouri and the upper Mississippi rivers would rise to the danger point has been well verified and new high-water marks are being made. That stretch of lowland country on both sides of the Mis- sissippi River, from the moutk: of the Des Moines to the hills below Hannibal, Mo., and Qaincy, Iil,is under water. At Quiney | e record to-night is 15.3 feet, with a | is two feet above the | is great suffering | This sea of overflow farm from Palmyra miles to La Grange. | d the rise reach another foot every oad in the vall 11 have to be aban- d Ward’s islands, be- | v, are inundated and the settlers | with their lives. The In-| vee north of Quincy, that farm land, was t a little more water 1d sweep it away na, Mo., the water is spread- e lowlands. gton, lowa, theriver is five s wide and has destroyed several mills on the flats. At Alton, IIL, the rise yesterday was J. Rescue boats are busy bring- ies and stock to Quincy from the ST. PAUL, Mi~xx.,, March 28.—The Bo- ats on the east side of the Mis- River ars half under water to- T 1d the residents nearest the river have been forced to take to the hills. The remainder of the residents will remain up sll night to watch the rise of the river. The gange showed that the river had passed the ten-foot mark shortly before 10 | o’clock tnis morning and since that hour there has been a steady rise. ~ The ice has been going out all day and gorged at the high bridge and Sonth St. Paul. As it is thawing very Tapidly the gorged ice is becoming rotten and will break away probebly during the night. Lake , the arm of the Mississippi at v, is reported still solid, but it is expected to break up during the next three days. All the rivers to the north are rising and there will be considerable further rise. However, if there is no rain it is not believed the water will go up more tnan four feet more. WASHINGTON, D. C., march 28.—The foliow special river bulletin has been issned by the Weather Burkau: The crest of tne flood wave is still at Cairo, which shows & stationary gauge reading five and on a feet for the past four days. There is great danger vet to come from the flood fn the © from Helena southward to New Orleans. The river will continue to rise for atleast ten days in the region from Helena southward to Vicksburg and to rise during a longer period om Vieks g southward. ak occurs re, levees will be sub- greatest strain about April 10 ¥ Kansas, Western Mississippi and in Louisiana. Should the levees break the result will be one of the most disastrous floods ever kpow Weather conditions now indicate additional heavy rainfall in the Middle and Lower Mis- sissipp! Valleys, which will materially inten- sify the flood conditions. Those living in districts overflowed in former years should be on the safe side and trensfer stock and movable property to places of safety while there is yet time. WiLLis L. MookE, Chief of Bureau. MEMPHIS, Texx., March 28, —The local Weather Bureau to-night reports that cyclonic disturbances, central near Aus- tin, Tex., Luis afternoon are sweeping in the direction of the Mississippi Valley probably strike to-morrow after- dding fair to create havoc with the levaes, DALLAS, Tex., March 28 —The big rains that subsided two days ago broke loose again Jast nignt and precipitated a worse flood than before. All railroad traffic centering at Dullas is tied up and much damage is being done. Two bridges on the Santa Fe south of Dallas have been swept away and one on the Missouri, Kan- sus and Texas. Bad washouts are reported on other lines. There are rumors of a cyclone having passed over the country to the souihwest of Dallas this evening, but confirmation is lacking. MEMPHIS, TENN., March 26—1:10 A, M. —A message just received says that a large break has occurred in the levee at Way- side, Miss., nine mi'es below Greenville. T'he breax is reported to be a bad one. FIERCE WINDS IN TEXAS. Austin and V.cinity Swept by a Cyclone, Causing Destruction of Property and Loss of Lfe. AUSTIN, Tex, March 28.—A lorr}fic cyclone visited this city and surrounding country this afternoon, doing damage 10 Jife and property. The wind canie from the southwest and biew at the ‘rate of sixty miles an hour for nearly twenly minutes, tearing down trees or sphitting them asunder. Several electric-light towers were blown down, entailing a loss of $4000 or §5000. The iron frames were twisted as thovgh of the smaliest wire and will be entirely useless. The new and unoceupied residence of Bert McDon- ald was blown down, striking against the residence of William Vinig and nar- rowly escaped killing two little children that were in the room playing. ; The storm did much damage to the State University and blew off the entire roof of the adjoining dormitory, permit- ting the rain todrive full into the four- story building. Two hundred students were in the building, many of whom fled for their lives when the roof was carried away. The roof was carried 100 yards, lighting on and crushing the roof of a cottage 1n which four people were seated, but none of them were even injured, though all were entombed by falling debris. A church just to the north of the uni- versity had the entire east side blown in and was unroofed, the wind carrying the roof a block away. The residence of Dr. Graves, immediately north of the church, was lifted from its foundation, twisted completely around and se: down in the same place, so badiy damaged, however, that none of the doors couid be opened to permit of the escape of the irightened inmates. The small town of Clarksville pear this city was swept by the wind and many horses were killed by flying debr.s. The storm was general in this district. At Buda two persons were killed. The storm was over in an hour and the sun came out brightly afterward. CORSICANA, TEX., March 28.—News was received here to-night from Calvert, Texas, that a terrific tornado visited that pluce this evening and did great damage to buildings. CONCERTED ACTION IS ABANDONED Continued from First Page. then run from Mavroneri on the Gulf of Salonica to and including Matsovo and the Lake of Janina, the line terminating on the south bank of the River Kalama. Within this strip of territory the people are nearly all Greeks. It has no strategetic importance for Turkey, and its cession could not, or ought not, to awake into action the Servo-Bulgarian alliance. That Russia will assent to this adjustment, howey is more than doubttul. When Greece demanded in 1881 the frontier assigned to her under the treaty, the Porte refused and Russia backed up the refusal. Now the chances of the Porte accepting the settlement are small. The Servo-Bulgarian pact will be finally concluded at Beigrade early in April. Prince Ferdinand, accompanied by his Prime Minister, M. Sterloff, then goes to the Servian capital. M. Sterloff and King Alexander’s Prime Minister, M. Simitich, have consulied the Russian Government on the terms of the alliance which has received approval from St. Petersburg. Whie the Austrian official press make only casnal reference to an arrangement that confirms Russian domination in the Balkan states, the Budapesth papers are more outspoken. The sum of the matter is that for the present Austria, though seriously appre- hensive, can do nothing except to strengthen her forces in Bosnia and Her- zegovinia, and this is silently being done. During the past four weeks there has been a constant stream of men and mu- nitions into Bosnia, cniefly toward Sere- g10. viewing the preparations for war now pro- coeding apainstall the Balkan States as not making immediate operations immi- nent on any side, even on the Greco- Turkish froniier. Minor encounters there may occur, but the passes in Thessaly are still under snow, and movement of troops in mass will be tor some weeks yet almost impossible. The sailing of Crown Prince Constan- tine from Athens for Volo. Tnessaly, last evening, sccompaniea by the Crown Princess, ths Kaiser's sister, who will go as far as Larissia, is not held here as im- plying the hastening of an outbreak be- tween Greece and Turkey, but, on the contrary, it is understood here that the aim of the Crown Prince is to counteract the influence of the national committees which are working as hard as they can to incite the Greeks to acts of insubordina- tion on the par: of the Greek soldiers in making attacks upon the Turks across the border, with the object of precipitating an embroilment, whicn the powers would be powerless to Gvercothgg Crown Princess Sophie will remain a week at Larrissia, in order to supervise the organization of the Red Cross Society, which contemplates an extensive programme in the event of se- r.ous bostilities. ‘The Frankfort Gazette says that Von der Goltz Pasha, the German General who organized the present Turkish army and some time ago severed his relations with the Turkish military department because of his disgust with the’ way :hings were going, 1s a candidate for the office of Goy- ernor of Crete, with good chances of suc- pess. Regarding Crete, the military view is that it will require 25,000 troops to effect the so-called pacification of the islanders if they choose to resist. There are 30,000 well-armed Cretans in the 1sland whose leaders still distrust the autonomy offered them. Further than this the Italian Gov- ernment has categorically refused to fur- nish s man beyond its-quota of 600 men for purposes of occupation of the island: the English and French Governments dare not, in ihe iace of popular sentiment, in- crease their quolas; Gormany will neither increase the number of vessels in Cretin waters nor send troops to Crete, and the powers cannot agree among themselves that Russia shall undertake the work of occupation of the island alone. The Eu- ropean mandate to France and ltal which is under public discussion, is d lixed in botu countries, and the settle- ment of Crete is still a diplomatic puzzle. SPANISH 1.00P> MULIINOUS, Signs of Insuboraination and Discon- tent dilarm Offic rs. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 29.—A dis- patch to the Sun from Havana says: There Is greatalarm in Havana on account of the signs of insubordination and dis- content shown by the Spanish troops. The Government Is now seven months in arrears in its account with the army and has no money to make even a month’s payment. The soldiers speak loudiy against the Government, and say they will not wait for their money any longer. The officers, who have been doing their best to cueck the spirit of revoit among the private soldiers, say also that they are tired and cannot longer endure the em- barrassing situation. General Weyler has given orders to the chiefs of battalions 10 prevent a mutiny by keeping the troops as much as possible out of the towns. TO CUEE A COLD IN ONE DAY.: Take Jaxative BromoQuinine Tablets. All drug- gists Telund the mouey if 1t 1ails o cure. 29¢ Military opinion here concurs in | QUEEN FRANCISCA'S GORGEOUS GOWAS How la Reina de la Fiesta de Los Angsles Will Be Attired. Garments Rivaling in Beauty and Richness Those of Former Carnival Rulers. Eacirc'ing Her Throat a Neck ace Dating Back to the Time of Mary Queen of Scots. LOS ANGELES, Car., March 28.—The splendid gowns to be worn by Miss Fran- gisca Alexander during her rule as la reina de la fiesta for 1897 are far enough advanced to show that they will be fully equal in richness of material and beauty of design to the wardrobe of former queess, Tbe ball gown is of cream white satin, richly brocaded in gold thread. The de- sign is a modification of the Marie An- toinette court gown, and is finished with a court train of royal purple velvet, bor- dered with ermine and lined with cream satin. The'train is three and a haif yards inlength, and falls in graceful folds from the shoulders. The front of the skirt is perfectly plain. The bodice is cut square at the neck, with a full front of white chiffon studded with pearls and rhine- stones, while just below the bare shoul- ders fall small puffs of the brocade, edged with gold lace. The Medici collar is formed of gold lace, pearls and rhine- stones, and outlining the long pointed waist is a girdle of gold filigree, studded with red, yellow and green stonecs. The gold crown is exquisite in design and proves a most becoming adjnnct to the gorgeous costume. With this gown the queen will wear an heirloom in the form of a gold necklace, uating back to the time of Mary Queen of Ecots. The ornament is made oi thickly b-aided gold about an inch in width and is finished with a large sunburst of diamond-. Across the front of her Majesty’s bcd.ce will flash the fire of three huxe clusiers of dia- monds—treasures from the family jewels. At the concert Ler Majesty will appear in » beautiful creation of pale Nile green | satin, brocaded in pale pink and yeilow. ‘The ‘court train will be of ruby velvet, bordered witih ermine and lined with pale green satin, The skirt will be plain and the waist will be trimmed with beautifal pearl garniture in pale shades of la fi colors. A touch of the ruby velvet wi xoven effectively into the waist, On floral day the queen will appear in a rich frock of cream and golden-yellow brocaded satin, in fernleaf patt The court traift will be of plain satin, bordered with ermine and lined with cream-white satin. The front of the wais. will be of yeilow satin, veiled with embroidered cuiffon, studded with yellow gems, and the Medici collar will be of yel- low satin covered with the chiffon and edged with pearls. The top of the waist will be finisted with a yoke of yeilow satin roffi>s and jewels. “A jacket effect will be produced ‘with the satin, covered with white guipure lace edged with pearls and studded with yellow stones. =g ANTICS AT BELMONT HALL. Queer Sect Whose Membars Wrestle With Imaginary Spirits Which D.s- turb Them. s L0S ANGELES, CaL., March 28—The trial of the libel suitof Miss Josephine Holmes, head and founder of tha queer sect known as the Belmont Hall Society, against a local newspaper has been the means of letting in a flood of light upon the unique professions of these people and many of their queer antics at the hall. It police are after Gates and believe they will heave him before morning. Price says he saw the troubie but was not a party to it. Physicians say Nelson may recover. ——— REVOLT OF CHINESE SOLDIERS. Mutiny Results Frcm the Fcmine in Kwang Tung—Man-Eating T.gers Rampant Near Foo Chow. TACOMA,WasH., March 28 —The North- ern Paci eamer Braema brings news of an insurrection at Kacchou, Kwang Tung province, China. During the iamine there many suff:rers were compelled to sell their children in order tosave their lives. Among the purchasers was the sec- retary of the District Magistrate at Mou- minghsien. He bought two girls, aged 10 and 12 years. As he was taking them to the passenger-boat for transport to Can- ton, he was setupon by soldiersand ar- rested for kidnaping. He appealed to the magistrate, with the resuit that his captors wers in turn made captive, bam- booed and finally driven out of the Yamen. The soldiers complained -to their com- manding officer, who also took nmbrage and allowed his men to return to the Yamen and inflict revenge on the unincky magistrate. Aiter beating him the sol- diers dragged him to the temple of Mars, and while some made him kneel down, others plucked out his hair and mustache by the roots. The regiment then went into revolt and the troopers have since been mutineers. Great alarm vrevails throughout the reg on of Sam-Sah Bay, near Foo Chow, where the rural population is large, on account of the ferocious tigers which the hard winter has driven down from the mountains. First dogs and pigs began disappearing wizh marvelous rapidity, causing the natives to lock all their stock in buildings. Left without means of sub- sistence the hungry beasts gradnally be- came bolder, and have since been attack- ing laborers in the forest and even people in their dooryards. A half-dozen natives are known to have been devoured. A Foo Chow paper states that two tigers made a noise abouta house which sounded like a knocking at the door. When the head of the family went to the door he was seized and eaten. When he did not return his son went out to look for him and shared the same fate. It is feared that, baving tasted human blood, the tigers will become a source of permanent danger. The terror-stricken people have barricaded their houses, and the men will not venture out to work ex- cept in smull parties. The Chinese Government has decided to order four more armored cruisers, iwo fast cruisers and severai torpedo destroy- ers, all of the English type. Tnis is ow- Ing to the great increase made receatly in Japan’s navy. China will not order any vessels of over 10,000 tons, as she has neitber haibors nor docks suitable for them. The programme for several years to come will be to order vessels of 8000 tons. Voluntary retrenchments made at the palaces of the Emperor, Empress and Dowager Empress are to be devoted towsrd strengthening the new mavy. i o' LOS ANGELES’ EX-MAYOR DEAD. Frank Rader Fasses Away at Night, Unattended by Relatives or Friends. LOS ANGELES, Car.. March 28.—Frank Rader, ex-Mayor of Los Angeles, died from neuralgiz of the heart at Elsinore, The Late Frank Rader of Los Angeles. was disclosed in the testimony taken yes- | San Diego County, last night. His body erday that at least one deluded woman | had passed from the hall to the nsane asylum at Highlands. The witness who supplied the merriment of the day, as well as the sensation®, was Mrs. Van Auken, a former member of the society. Mrs. Van Auken, referring to Mist Holmes, said: 1 was very susceptible. She began her teachings and I went her way, She led; I fo. lowed he tol me that she was the grealest medium of mod a; 1firmly believed 'her when 5. ern times; that she was on earth L~ complete | | the work ibat Christ leit unfinished. She commanded me 10 diseard my idees of Spirit- ualism. 1 aid. She ordered me to obey ner impileftly. 1 did so. She was at my house from May untilAugust and was nearly always under control of some unseen spiritualistic power. Sometimes she would hammer the devils out of her power with her fists, Ivividiy recall my own experience in this particular. She pounced upon me and pounded me hard, not being particular where the blows landed. Ob, 1 belicved in a1} tiat nonsense then, but I doi't now. Why I once saw Miss Hoimes make & fistic attack upon Jobn Griddell, & roomer at the house, and thump nim until she thought all the devils of which he was in- feste 1 had taken flight. The witness vivilly described how the medium had once found herself under the conirol of a snake. She threw berself upon the floor, but upon her back, con- trary to the habit of snakes. She squirmed and crawled about the room for awhile and then darted under a couch upon which was stretched a fellow- medium, Miss Lundgren. The iatter was possessed of a wid beast, and between snake and beast the witness was fright- ened within an inch of her life. Firally the pair escaped from the con- troi of the snake and beast spirits and ex- plained themselves. Their real spirits, they told Mrs. Van Auken, had been off on an excursion to Africa and way points, leaving their uninhabited bodies behin: On their return rhey jound their recently vacated physical systems in possession of the claim-jumpers sent by the devil for their vexation, and bad a” hard tussle to oust them. SRR TALKES TO STANFORD STUDENTS. Dharmapala, the Buddi Philos opher, on His People’s Creed. PALO ALTO, CAL, March 23.—Ana- garika H. Dharmapala, the Buddhist philosopher, addressed a large audience of students on “The Philosophy. of Bud- dhim,™ in the coapel to-day. He de- scribed the civilization of the Brahmans at the time of Buddha's coming. It was a period of religious unrest. The people were in the state to welcomeJa reformer, and the doc'rine of Buddha soon sprea and took firm root. The distinguished Indian compared the civilizations of the eastand the west. He presented many facts to show how well adapted was the faith of Buddha to thie subjective devel- opment of the Indian people. ob- ject was to show the exalted conceptions of divinity as embodied in the faith of Buddha. R ST San Dirgo Stabbing Affray. SAN DIEGO, CaL., March 28.—During 8 rowin the Weeping Willow, a notorious resort near the water front, Haus Nelson, a sailor from the gunboat Adams, was to- night seriously if not fatally stabbed in tre throat and head. Two negroes, Dick Price and Jim Gates, are suspected of the crime, Price has been sted and the | this morning. He had been sick for several weeks and his life despaired of three weeks ago. He rallied and last Wednesday went to Elsinore. He had been improving until atiacked fatally last night. Mr. Rader was a thirty-third degree Mason and a Knight Templar and a native of Ohio. SAUSALITO FIRE PROTECTION. Committes 1o Be Appointed to Furchase an_Ergine and Establish an ilarm System. SAUSALITO, CaLn, March 28.—The mass-meeting of citizens, called for the purpose of devising ways and means for properly equivping a tire department in Sausalito, has been postponed until Wednesday evening on account of the storm. The meeting was to bave been held last might at the town hall. J. T. Harmes is the leader in the move- ment and he has carefully considered various means of affording Sausalito pro- tection from fire and has approved of one method which he will presentat Wednes- day’s meeting. He has learned that he can purchase an old-fashioned, nhand- power fire engine, such as the old volun- teers used, for $300. This, with 1000 feet of suction hose and as much more fire hose, will be able to throw a large and steady stream. In order to obtain a water supply a basin must be built in the bay so that 1t will be filled by the tides, thus establish- ing a lperpatnnl reservoir. The suction hose will be run from the engine to the basin, and any number of men, from six to iwenty, can work the engine. A fira alarm system is to be established on the water front. This, Mr. Harmes figures, wiil cost $250. He has gone over the fig- ures and finds that a large amount has been injudiciously spent in Bausalito for fire apparatus and only 250 feet of hose and a hosecart is left. Much of the money has been spent in survey was discovered S rgte S 84N PEDRO Cl!/1ZENS FIGHT. Lawyer Savage and KEditor Bently In- dulge in Fiaticufls BAN PEDRO, CAL, March 28.—A fistic encounter which took place here yester- day shook local society from center to circumference. W. H. Savage and Ed- itor Bently came to blows and Bently was badly used up. Savage was arrested, pleaded guilty to a charge of battery and was fined. Savage is one of San Pedro’s pioneer lawyers, Bently is the editor and proprietor of the Weekly News. A sen- sational articie appeared in the last issue of the News, aitacking the character of Savage, and it was this that led to the difficulty. L L Fresno County Kabbit-Drir FRESNO, CAr., March 28.—A shotgun rabbit-drive was held in the country south of Washington Colony yesterday. Be- tween 5000 and 6000 rabbits were killed, and there was not a single accident. There were about 400 shotzuns in action and their work was deadly. The firing was fast and furious and many of the guns bécame uncomfortably hot. About 1500 rabbits were killed in th: corral. The drive was a success in every resrect. GREATEST OF ALL ENGINES OF WAR Rapid-Firing Gun Invented by a Regular Army Private. Said to Embrace Many Improve- ments Over the Firearms Now in Use. Attacked to. the Weapon Are Two Magezines Carrying a Hundred Cartricgss. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wasm, March 28.—William Harle, a private of Company H, Fourteenth Infantry, is the inventor of & magazine gua which is be- lieved by army officers and others familiar with the mechanism of firearms to be the best arm yet 1nvented. Private Harle's new gun is so arranged that two magazines may be attached in- stead of one and may be made to contain from one to 100 cartridges, the capacity of the magazine being limited only. by the size of the gun and the caliber of the pro- jectile used. The magazine is placed alongside of the chamber and may be extended back to the butt of the gun stock or made to run parallel with the barrel into the stock. The cartridges are placed in a single perpendicular layer in the magazine, the bullet pointing down- ward, and are pressed into firing position by a press-lock, which also ejects the spent shells by a simple movement. It is beieved Harle's gun will be found superior to any now in use for simplicity of construction and tor rapid firing. The weapon is a smooth-bore and will carry a grooved or seli-revoiving bullet, of which, also, be is the inventor. He claims his self-revolving bullet is so constructed that when fired from his smooth-bore gun it will be given a rotary motion by contact with the air of much greater velocity than that given to a bullet fired from a rifled barzel. He also says that his smooth-bore gun will offer less resistance to the bullet than the rifled barrel, and therefore that his gun will have an advantage in carry- ing-power over the latest improved rifle. Another important advantage which Private Harle claims for his magazine is that i* is absolutely impossible for cart- ridges to be exploded while in the maga- zine, no matter how great a shock may_be given to the gun coniaining them. He has invented two breech-blocks differing in principle and action, either of which may be used in connection with his new zun, one being arranged to work by use of a lever sin_ilay to that of the Winchester rifleand the other by a sort of handle placed underneath the muzzle. The in- ventor claims both to be different in mechanism from any now in use, and that they will be much quicker and safer in action. VISITS THE ST. ELMO MINE. Receiver Smith of the Atlantic and Pacific Planning for a Raiway to the Camp. LOS ANGELES, CAr., March 28.—C. W Smith, receiver for tue Atianticand Pacific Railroad, accompanied by John C. Daven- port, a mining man of wide experience from Spokane, Wash., and W. H. Daven- port, his nephew, Wwho represents the Union Pacific road in Los Angeles, has just returned from Randsburz. The three were driven over from Kramer by W. N. Crandall in a special coach, and stopped at the St. Eimo mine to examine that property. Mr. Smith's object in visiting the place is, as he expressed it in speaking to D. M. Pyle of the St. Eilmo mine: “If they have a good mining camp, and that's what I went to see, I ara gowng to help get a railroad in there.”” Mr. Davenport is a thorough miner, and upon his_judgment Mr. Smith will act. The St. E:mo mine was thoroughly ex- amined, Mr. Davenport going through it careiully. At the time of their arrval there the St. B.mo people were hoisting out ore in which Iree gold was visible in nearly every viece, and some of the chunks weighed thirty or forty pounds. M. J. Blaisdell of this city and Captain Thomes of the 8i. Eimo Hotel, two of the directors of the 8t. Eimo Mining Com- pany, had driven out from Randsburg in the morning and met Mr. Smith and party at the mine and showed them through the camp and the towns of Randsbure and JoLannesbu Sati S S YOKOHL VALLEY COPPER. Discovary of a Ve Rcher Than Those in the Lake Superior Mining Region. VISALIA, CAL., March 28.—An impor- tant mining discovery has just been made public here. In Yokohl Valley, eighteen miles east of this city, a copper mine has been found in wh ch the ore is said to be much richer than that in the Lake Supe- rior minez. The owners have had an ex- pert from St. Louis, Mo., investigate, and on his recommendation a small sme!ter hus been ordered and a thorongh test will be made as soon as the machinery arrives. Several leading «itizens are interested in the venture, They have secured an option on a tract of 3700 acres, beneath which the vein islocated. Thereisplenty of wood and water close by, ana the amount of ore appears to be unlimited, containing 22 per cent copper. The dis- covery has occasioned quite a stir in tnat locality. LAMNDSLIDE +T SAUSALITO. Tons of Falling Earth Do @ New Building. SAUSALITO, CAvL.,, March 28.—The lay- Damage to ing of the cornerstone of the News and | Postoffice building will not take place to- morrow, as the youne ladies of the **hill”’ had arranged. The rain of last night and this morning has caused the hill to slide, and tons of dirt crashed into the brickwork already completed on the new building and knocked i. out of shape, be- sides burying 1t in some places comp.etely out of view. The site of the building presented a sorry spectacle this morning. Besides the dam- age caused during the night, the water formed ina lake, covering all the space occupied by the structure. The work of removing the debris and damaged ma- sonry will commence to-morrow. AL S Sankey Preaches at Fresno. FRESNO, CaL, March 28—Ira D. Sankey, the evangelist, who with his fam- ily is spending a few days in Fresno, on his way to Arizona, conducted services thia afternocon and evening at the Ad- ventist church, Tbe church was packed to the doors, and hundreds were turned away. All the churches dispenssd with their regular services to enabie the mem- bers 10 hear Sankey. . £ SR Five Destroys a Pieta Hotel. UKIAH, CAL, March 28.—The hotal at Pieta, eighteen miles south of this place, on the line of the San Francisco and | North Pacific Railway, was totally de stroyed by fire at 2 o’clock this morning. The loss is $.000. The hotel was owned by Paul Brizzolarn and conducted by William Furber. The origin of. the con- flagration is unknown. PORTLAND DAMAGE SUIT. C:pitalist Richmond Br.ngs Action Against Broker Blcch for Malicrous Arrest. PORTLAND, Or, March 28—F. L. Richmond, regarded as one of the “solid” men here end well known i San Fran- cisco, last evening filed papers in a suit asking for $20,0)0 damages from M. M. Bloch, a broker, and Adelaide Bloch, his wife, for false and malicious arrest and prosecution. On the 9th ot this month Bloch cansed a complaint to be filed before Justice Van Burne in South L1 Grande district, Union County, allegine that Richmond, while in possession of 6)0 head cattle, valued at $5000, as bailee for Adelaide Bloch, wrong- fully and unlawiully couverted the proj- erty to his own use. The complaint was signed by F. Bloch. Richmond says, fur- ther, thut on March 10, 1897, F. Bloch, acting on bebalf of nimself and M. M. Bloch and Adelzide Bloct, procured his arrest in Portland on telegraphic war- rants from La Grande, and he was detained and imprisoned in Multr omah and Union counties for a period of over thres days. | His arrest, he states, was without proo- abie cause and the charge made by ihede- fendants was wholly 1a se and untrue, and on an examination in the Justice Court on Marcn 13 he was acquitted. Richmona was arrested «¢ his hotel here in the evening of the 9th inst., out was permitted to go on his own recogni- zance unti! the arrival of an officer from Union County. At the time so little faith was placed in the charges against him that st his request the daily press re- frained from tating cognizauce of the ar- rest. pA S b s EL DUORADO OUILAWS FATE. i Stage- Robber Hoyman Sentenced to Eiaht Xears’ Imprisonment. 1 PLACERVILLE, Car., March 23— | George J. C. Hoyman, who robbed the Auburn and Georgetown stage on two suc- cessive days—December 17 and 18 last— taking the Wells-Fargo treasure-boxes on both occasions, was found guilty of high- way robbery last night ana sentenced to eight vears of penal servitude. His ac- complice, Q. C. Collins, against whom oyman turaed State’s evidence, was aiso convicted and will ba sentenced on Tues- day next. Perron Lee, the third member of the noted gang of outlaws which oper- ated in’ Greenwood County for several | years, will be brought to trial on April 10, Sheriff Hilbert of Placerville and Sheriff | Conroy of Auburn, who ferreted out the highwaymen, are beiing congratulated on all sides for their clever work. o FRE3NO PREACHERS CRUSADE. Sunday Baseball-Playing Attacked From the Caty’s Pulpits. FRESNO, Car, March 28.—The Min- | isterial Union of this city has passed reso- lutions condemning basebail-playing on Sunday. The Morning Republican, which has a team and *‘aids &nd abets it” in’its Sunday game, also comes in for words of criticism. The preachers declare that it is with some reluctance that they must do their dut; E. Carpenter of the South Meth- rch this morning atiacked the athletic contests held by the local athletic club. Bome of these, the gentleman said, were nothing more than brutal slogging matches. The tournament which is to be beld in this city on April 3 was denounced ana was characterized as one to be given for the purposes of brutal sport. Rev. Mr. Carpenter then took up his objections to baseball-playing on Sunday and entered into a vigorous condemnation. ENTOMBED" ALIVE FOR THREE DAYS Victims of the Forest Hill Mine Disaster Are Rescued. Reached by Their Companions When Almost Dzad From Hunger. Passed Nearly Sesventy Hours ia a Dritt Ciosed by Tons of Caviny Earth. AUBURN, Carn, March 28.—The elad news reached here about 9 o’clock of the rescue of the two miners, Scott Wilson and George Simpson, who were entombed in the Dardanelles drift mine tunnel, near Forest Hili. The men were completely exhausted, and tell astory of an experi- ence horrible in the extreme. They had been underground for nearly seventy bours and with nothing to eat. ‘Wilson is a married man and resides a short distance from the mine. When he failed to returr to his evening meal on Friday his agzed father went to learn the cause. Upon reaching the mine he found the men’s iuncheon untouched on the outside. Further examination revealed a | cave-in in the chute which opens into the 2ain tunnel. Assistance was summoned from Forest Hill. A large number of miners re- sponded and short drifts were begun. The greate:t anxiety prevailed, as the unfor- tunates might have been caught and crushed to death by the caving earth or smothered, or they might even have been drowned, as the outlet for the escaping water had been closed. Atone time yesterday the debris was nearly cleared away when a second cave- in followed. Not until this afternoon did those outside nave any hopes of ever find- ing those in the tunnel alive. Water began to flow from tae air shaft, and then it w: known that the imprisoned men ha broken the pipe in order to keep from drowning. Later the sound of picks conld be heard issning from the inside. B couraged by these signs of life, the rescuers redoubled their efforts, and after dark this evening succeeded in digging through to the half-famished ana almost crazed miners. Now there is great rejoicing at _the Hill and also at the home of Scott Wilson, where a wife and little one were anxiously waiting. Stole Hors-= Near Selma. FRESNO, Cau., March 27.—Mike Reed was arrested at Seima and brought to the County Jail to-day by Constable William Spencer. The prisonar is charged with norse-stealing, and is considered a bad character in the southern part of the county, He ha¥a brother in State’ prison serving a sentence for horse-steal- ing. R D e Found Dead in & Lumber-Xard, LOS ANGELES, CaLn, March 28.—The body of a barber known only as ‘‘Joe” was discovered in a lumber-yard this morning. Itis supposed he committed suicide. NEW TO-DAY. SPRING & SUMMER SUITS $5.85 In the very nattiest of the new shades. Single and double breasted sacks. Made up elegantly after plates. 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