The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 26, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1897. | noble grand arch of the Grand Grove of nd last August he ) of the Supreme SUPHEME ARCH 0F THE DRUIDS DEAD cher re-ided at 310 Fulton where he leaves a | grown daughters by wife. He was at the time of his taking off about sixty years of age was held in high esteem by all ure of his friendship or his first udd Philip Rohrbacher Sud- denly Expires at Stockton. . | UNEmPLOYEG AT SACRAMENTO. | Leffingwell’'s Army Arrives at Night and | | the Leader and Four Men Are Arrested. SACRAMENTO, CaL., April 25.—Lef- :well's army of unemployed reacned | <ity by water from Stockton at 11| to-night. Their sloop was stopped | | above the city, while the launch came on | to the wharves. Officers were stationed | on shore to arrest the occupants of the| unch, but when it arrived only the reg- | ular crew was aboard. The army, which remained with the | sloop, sent & committee of nine to thecity to canvass for food. Four of these were arrested as soon as | they bevan to solicit assistance, and the d Stricken by Heart Disease in the Commercial Hotel Parlors. o'cloci Had Long Been Prominent In Sev- | eral of Leadlng Secret Societles. April swn ped 25.—Philip resident of | rest dcpnri : o dead in the| Later, Leflingwell arrived, went t ity from hear: | TeStaurant and partook of a hearty oyster | ity from Beart | gupper. Then he visited Chinatown, en- joyed himself in various p.aces there for an hour or so, and fina chased four con- | boxes of crackers to be sent {0 bis army. cu- As Leffingwell was leaving Chinatown arly in | D€ Was urrested an: placed in jail ona 3 TR | On his person was t Stockton to engage in the | 1ess, was as successful | i s as he wasin his other ventures. | He was one of the found of the Wil- lows Brewery Mr. Rohrbacher, who was president of the Dnmbarton Land and Improvement | Company and interssted for the Pabst | v, had been to Lodi on | He erable wealth. : ay of victuals and | ommodations witl e ex-| , and its members will ‘as they appear on the | food. QU OF MAX. Miss Marie McWiilun FElec'ed After an Exciting Contest. HICO, Car., April 25.—Voting for a preside over the May festi- day came to an end late last Miss Marie McMillan being the lar coice. There were three candi- es in the tield<during the closing hours and this tended to make the contest ex- At first there was at least a r dwindled down 1 Miss Mabel ire were the streets in search o CHICU'S t Miss McMillan took th Miss Mery a close McGuire third. Miss Queen of the Fiesta, s-es Mery and McGuire as her honor. The queen is the daugh- ter of Mre. M. McMilan, proprietress of tne Park Hotel. e San Bernardino Murderer Convicted. SAN BERNARDINO, CAL, April 25, In the Superior Court last night the ju: in the case of Gregorio Rede, charged with ne murder of C ian, brought in a verdict of = | econd degree. The murdered man | dizns in this | . He bad come in from t | on which he was empl He was enticed to the cabin of an on a pretense of getting liquor there kiiled with an ax. Rede's partner in crime, Jose Nunez, will to-mor- row be piaced on trial. 1 e | Sam Bernardino Jtission Opened. | | | The Late Philip Rohrbacher, Su- preme Arch of the Druids. business connected with the latter com- | He had just driven in from that place and wes in_the large wai room of the Commercial Hotel, when he sud- denly staggered and fell to the floor be- n Berna Missd o4 SAN BERNARDINO, CaL., April 25.— 1 Very Rev. Henry D. Wyman, superior of | is brother, Henry Rohrbacher of this | the Paulist Fathers of San Francisco, ity, was out driving at the timeand could | #ssisted by Rev. Francis B. Doherty, to- for some time, and the |day opened a mission at the Catholic afraid to convey the | Church of San Bernardino in th ation to the home of Henry Rohr- | The reverend gentlemen were h bacher, as the latter’s daughter is very ill. | received by members inally found and took charge of | larze number of non-communicants who , whica will probably be sent | attended to listen to Father Wyman’s to San rrancisco. lecture on ‘‘Missions, From a Catholic —_— | standpoint.” Philip Rohrbacher was well known fn | ty and was connected with a num- zations. He came Germany, his — e South Vallejo Hibernians. SOUTH VALLEJO, CaL, April 25.—A public meeting of the Ancient Order of Hibernians was beld to-day, with a large attendznce. The meeting was addressed by J. J. Donovan, Edward L. Sheenan and Jobn P. Dignan of San Francisco, and | ais0 by Rev. D. 0. Crowley, Father Dugan | and Fatuer Fuzsimmons. A large num- ber of members were present. — Drowned Near Mercad. MERCED, Caw., April 25.—Joe Parker, ayoung man working on Miller & Lux’s | ranch, abovt eighteen miles from Merce d | was drowned yesterday while bathing, | with other workmen on the ranch. It is | supposed he was otiacked by cramps. Parker's parents live in Fresno. His body has not been recovered. y and engaged | many years he ed in the was, up to ay D In addition to being inter Dumbarton land company, he a year ago, presid leries, and was at o ested in mining vent He was & member of the Odd Fellows and of a German benevolent and aocflxi’ associations. prominent in the Unit Draids and a st joined San of the Masonic ip with 1t until his death. About ten years ago he wae chosen NEW TO-DAY. PUSUEUUUUIUS U PrRTI T N NSV SUU U U “Red Letter Day.” Rocking-Chairs. Rockers .for everybody—from grandpa to the baby. Rockers in oak and birch and maple and mahogany; rockers with cane seats, leather seats, shaped wood seats, and up- holstered seats—in more kinds of goods than you could think of in a week. To-day’s sale includes them all. And prices—well, just about half what you’d expect to pay. | If this picture did what it is in- | tended to do it would show a lux- }unous parlor | rocker, rich {mahogany | frame, exqui- sitely inlaid in floral de- sign and with delicate holly wood lines running up and down the posts and arms. Upholstered in silk tapestries. | The “Red Letter” price on| this. big comfort rocker is| $3.50. Notice the style of it: Wide oaken arms, shaped saddle seat, and broad back. The polish is simply splendid. We never sold them for less than $5.50 before. Hundreds of other styles,| shapes and sizes—all in- teresting. This rocker we regularly sell at $24. To-day’s “Red Letter” price is $16.50. This is a mere hint of what awaits you to-day. California Furniture Company. . P. Cole & Co., Carpets, | nu | made 117-121 Geary Street. Matiings. THE CITY OF YREKA. Prepared for ‘‘ The Ca'l’’ by Its Mayor. YE . mugh for Y CarL, April 23.—Nature did a befors man and his works were known in the land. The site is the most picturesquely beautiful to be found in the northern mountain iand of Califor- nia. The cireling mountains gather the town in loving m all but gentle bLreezes, and the erous passes and low swells make in- gre-s easy in all directions, Standing on the hitlside above the town in summer 1t gleams restful and clean from its masses of leaves. There is not a town in the State that can show a grander array of shade trees. Great wide-spread- ing locusts and cottonwood border the residence streets, shading the walks, and in the vards stand giant pearand apple trees, beautiful through the summer and a treasure-house in the fali, for who does | not know the fame of Siskiyou fruit? Long, long go, as we measure time in our young State, when the surface ground was full of gold, there came miners to the valleys of Siskiyou who saw a good site for a camp in our littie vale, then green with oaks and pines, and here they stayed. The gold panned out well, and the camp grew into a thriving town named Yreka; and what the odd name means and Low we came to get it is not known. | Whether 1t is of Indian origin or the re- sult of a man's bad handwriting makes no difference—it is a good name, After the stirring ‘‘early days” the lacer mines rather “played out,” and (reka was & vory quist pluce, which if it didn’t go down hull in progress at lesst no aavance. In twenty years embrace and protect it | thoroughfare, has new walks, several new buildi nd a general well-to-do air. . the outlook is exceilent. During see a greater number of new ;- erected than any one year has shown us. The builders smile as they work on their pians snd the merchants smile as they see the builders pass. More mines are to be opened, and the grocer looks pleasant as in his mind’s eye he sees his delivery wagon making its trips up and down the river three times a week aud his order-books grow full and he bas 1o hire another clerk. The fame of the clean, quiet, prosperous and beautiful town as a summer resort has gone abroad and larger and larger numbers of tourists stay the balmy sum- mer months with us. Siskiyou County has practically no in- debtedness. There area number of fine and costly residences, smong which should particularly be mentioned that of H. B. Gillis, banker and lawyer; J. Churchill, president of the bank and capitalist; John S. Carr, mercnant; H. Raynes, District Attorney, and W. L. Hobbs, Sheriff. The city has now an estima ted population of about 2000. Itis well equipped Wwith electric light plant, vater system, 8 good sewerage and all :nd- of mercantile lines are well repre- There is one first-class hotel, the cted by Charles aried it many years ago, joying the fruits of his in- Tne general merchandising ed. Franco-American, con¢ Bonhart, who and is now & vestment. held on Thursday afternoon for the pur- Dpose of organizing, so as to take advantage of the annuity law passed by the last Leg- islature. In order for teachers to obtain the full benefit of the pension law it is necessary that action be taken ai once. About sixty bave expressed their intention of joining the organization. e LAWLESSNESS ON THE CLONDYKE. Rough Characters Attempt to Drive Alas- kan Mimners From Their Claims. VICTORIA, B. C, April 25.—Serious trouble is believed to be brewing on the Clondyke River, Alaska. A private letter has just been received irom a former Vic- toria merchant, now owner of one of the richest Clondyke claims, who writes that Canadian claim-owners will probably be compeliled to use guns to defend their property against unscrupulous Americans, who believe that in that faroff country British law can be sat at defiance. The writer continues that Circle City has long been infested by tough charac- ters, some of whom are fugitives from jus- tice. When the only discovered placer grounds were in the vicinity of Circle City, these men were very jealous about their rights, and protested against Canadians taking claims in American territory, where twenty acres are allowed for & placer claim. When the discoveries were made on the | Clondyke Inspector Constantine of the mounted police, who acts for the Domin- ion Government, aliowed each ciaim- owner to stake off only six acres, for regis- = \‘ », 2 T i R ouRTHoUSE STSKIYOU TCOUNTY - YREKA CAL. __W.J.BENNETT- ARCHITEG! RESIDENCE BANKER, YREKA, CAL. Substantial Buildngs That Adorn Yreka’s Streets. oF J.CHURCHILL, scarcely as many houses were built. There were n0 new industries, the mines were fewer, the farmers had iittle to encourage them, and there was the long, rough stage ride to Redding to appal the traveler, but Yreka wouldn’t die. It was the county seat and the center of trade for a tract larger than the State of Massachusetis. Then the railroad came and passed by on the other side, seven miles away, planting little towns all along to be the rivals of Yreka. Tnis was the last straw, and toe peovle awoke to the knowledge that the inhabitants make the town. They built a branch road of their very own to connect with the main line and then they began to boom their sturdy lit- tle town in the best possible way—by spending money on and in it. An old Yrekan builtan electric plant on the river below town and the dark streets became light and the smell of kerosene disappeared from the business h uses. | Then some of the richer people tore down the houses they had been living in since | the "50's and put up modern and beautiful homes. The first two or three proved such a suc- cess that others and still others began to 1ook with disfavor upon their squatty lit- tle box houses, and behold soon there came an architect and builder to locate here. He has never gone away and two more have come. House after house has been built, some of them mansions fit to crown the hills of S8an Francisco's fash- ionable quarters. Ail over the flats above town liitie homes have sprung, and on the southern suburbs in the fields where chil- dren used to gather wild violets are pretty cottages and green yards. One improve- ment calls for another, and the new houses demanded lawns instead of brown earth. A new water company supple- mented the supply of the oid, making grass and flowers grow as by magic and completing the beauty of the great trees and pretly homes. The wiseheads began to question why s0 much of our money and talent went away to cities, and the result was the large and beautiful high-s ool building which looks down from its hill. With the high school came scores of iamilies from outside to settle where their children could have such advantages, and there were no vacant houses in Yreka. Thers are nons now. Building lots command high prices, and every shed and shack that is habitable rents for a good price. The wiseheads were next shaken in dis- approval at the dingy courthouse, all too small for the business dove 1n it, and now in the locust-shaded park we see a fine gray building, large snd substantial enough for the coming time when Yreka shull have doubled its population. People discovered that Siskiyou apples had no equal and they began to come for them, with the inevitable result. New orchards are springing up all overthe land Yreka is the shipping point. Cream- and ice plants made their appear- ance, bringing more trade and increased prosperity to the county seat. Mines in every direction were reopened, capital invested and more new people were brought in. Yreka Las never during the past season of depression made any complaint of bard times. There are no unemployed, except those born with a prejudice against work. and some of them in the chain gang baye done good street work for their board and lodging. Business houses have enlereed and in- creased, Miner sireel, the business house of the Walbridge-Carr Company is one of the oldest hcre. Among the leading business men a G. Cooper, W. J. Bennett and A. A. Ben- rchitects; M. Miner, R. H. Dewitt, nd H. Brinzer, general me Walker & Avery, J. Churchill & Son and D:. O'Connell, druggists; Junker Bros., H. Stimmell and F. Autenrietn, hardware; H. Wadsworth and Cleland & Caseday, butchers. SANTA CLARA VALLEY CEOPS. Orchards Give Promise of an Unusually Large XYield. BAN JOSE, CaL, April 25.—The pros- pects for an immense fruit crop in Santa Clara Valley this year are excellent. While apricots were damaged & little by the frost there promises to be a good yield, The buds of other iruits were prolific and have set well. Prunes have just begun 10 set and it is 100 early to make an accurate estimate of the crop. The trees were full of biossoms and the indications at present point to a_larcer yield then the famous big crop of 189 S The Odd Fellows’ Picnie. SAN JOSE, Cawn, April 25—The Odd Fellows of this vicinity will celebrate the anniversary of the inauguration of Oud Fellowship with a basket picnic at Alum Rock Park to-morrow. The lodges at Santa Clara, Campbell, Los Gatos and Gil roy bave been invited to attend and the gathering promises to be the largest of its kind ever held in this county. There will be music and dancing. District At- torney Herrington will deliver an oration. In the evening there will be an entertain- ment and ball at Turp Verein Hall, T Flowers for the Eniearorors. SAN JOSE, CAL., April 25.—The Santa Clara County Floral Society will entertain the delegates to the Christian Bndeavor Convention at San Francisco, who are to visit this city on July 14, with a fine dis- play of Howers. Cyrus Jones, Captain Duann, 8. W. Boring, Mrs.'J. Corrick and Mrs. J. W. Holiand Lave been a pointed a committee to arranze for the ex- hibit. On May 10 the floral society will hold a rose show at Turn Verein Hall for the benefit of the Pratt home, —————— Calls the Le SAN JOSE, CAL. April 2.—During a lecture by Mr. Ruthven, who represents himself as an ex-prlest, at Turn-Verein Hall to-night, Daniel Ryan arose and shouted: *You are a liar and you know it.” There was great excitement and cries of “Put him out.” walked down- stairs from the ghller, d in the lobby a crowd rushed for him, when hedrew a pistol and ordered the men to stand bacl They did so and he left. He was nct a: rested. —— Failure of an Orchardist. SAN JOSE, Can, April 25.—George W, Scotield, anl orchardist near Morgan Hill, bas filed a petition in_insolvency. His Liabilities aggrogate $1377. The assets are fifty-six acres of land, valued at $4500, bu subject to a mortgagze, —_— Teachers Will Urganise. SAN JOSE, CAL, April 25.—A meeting of teachers of Bauta Clara County will be tering which he charged $15, three times the ordinary fee. Rich strikes were soon made, and when the news reached Circle City many of the rough element crossed over into Canadian territory. A few began prospecting for themselves, but most of the rough charac- ters claimed that the rich grouna had all been staked off. They began clamoring that too much land had been allowea for each claim, and boldly intimated that un- less the resident authorities decreased the size of the claims they would use force, Both roughs and miners are weli armed and when the letter was written & clash in which guns were certain to be used was expected daily. Without regard to the fabulous richness of their claims, th miners belieye they are justified in bold- | ing six acres apiece. They are fully pre- pared to resist any encroachments and wiil be backed by the police. It is claimed there are plenty of other streams yet unprospected, if the roughs are willing to work. Hope is general on the Clondyke that tne Amer ment wiil'soon send police officers to the Yukon to restrain the lawless characters. e Keedley’s Young Hero Rewarded. FRESNO, Cav, April 25 —Ray Ingram has been rewarded with $20 by the Southern Pacific Company for averting a wreck of the passenger train om the Porterville branch near Reedley last week. The boy discovered a serious washout in the truck and notified the nearest station agent barely in time to hold the train from proceeding on its way to threatened ruin. The account of the iad’s brave deed was published exclusively in THE CaLn the next mornine. NEW TO-DAY. Quality Teas, Quality Coffees, Quality Spices, Quality Extracts, Quality Baking Powder [reat Ameriuanlfipnrfinn Tea Ca MONEY SAVING STORES: Operating 100 Stores That’s why QUALITY is our stronghold. 325 Hayes st. 2008 Fillmore st. 3005 Sixteenth st. 2510 Mission st. 521 Montgomery ave. 1130 Kentucky st., Potrero. OAKLAND. 1053 Washington st. 1510 Seventh st. 917 Broadway, 616 E. Tweifth st. 131 San Pablo ave. ALAMEDA—1355 Park st. Headquarters, 52 Market St., S. F. 1 140 Sixth st. 965 Market st. 146 Ninth st. 617 Kearay st. 1419 Polk st. 218 Third st. 3285 Mission st. NEW TO-DAY — CLOTHING. Wildest Hopes Are more than realized. The people by hundreds are rushing to this big sale to take advantage of the astonishing bargains. At this rate we will soon have the money we need to meet our obligations. And bear in mind that as soon as we have realized suf- ficient money to meet our indebtedness at the banks this wholesale slaughter stops forthwith. Take warning and hasten. This is the third week and it may be the last. Z / Fx Single and Double 4. 5 Breasted Sack Suits, latest shades new fabrics ; guaranteed pure wool. Regular price $9. Sack Suits, single 5. 5 and double breasted —in shades of brown, Havana, slate and over- plaids. Regular price $10. Guaran- teed pure wool. nly a few of these left—odd sizes. 6 Breasted Suits, in $ e 00 cassimeres, chev- iots, tweeds and worsteds. 812 is the regular price. Guaranteed pure wool. Cutaway and Sack 8'5 Suits, in serges, tweeds, cassimeres and worsteds. Former price $17 oo. Guaranteed pure wool. in very desirable $3 2 75 shades and fabrics. Worth every cent of $1o. teed pure wool. Spring Overcoats, Single and Double | Guaran- | Exceptional values 7.5() in Single and Dou- ble Breasted Sacks, comprising all the latest colorings in exclusive designs. Regular price $1s. Guaranteed pure wool. Cutaway and $ l 0.00 Sack Suits, in fancy Scotch che- | viots, in the new brown, gray and | olive shades. Very dressy. Regular Guaranteed pure wool. $l.75 All-wool Trousers. $20 value. ‘Will cost double the money any other place in town. Remember, the reason for this tremendous sacrifice of profits—to protect ourselves from the increase of Tariff on wool we borrowed money from the banks and over- stocked our warehouses in New York. These obligations at the banks are now due and must be paid in coin. All garments guaranteed and kept in re- pair one year free of charge. SN.WO00Ds G0 (COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS), 541 MARKET STREET Directly Opposite Sansome. MAIL ORDERS FILLED DURING THIS SALE. By special request we will keep open every evening until 8 o’clock during this sale ; Saturdays until 1o P. M. A S e D e G2 e s T N2 MR ) e o e et T D o A 2 D S R N T R T R S R ) A Y G2 Ynad ARG LR NCR22EIR) TR i b