The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 25, 1897, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1897. AMUS] Monday, A THRATER—-Pudd’nhead Wilson.”” osco’s OPERA-HOUSE~ The Fast Muil A7AR THEATER.— “Rosedale.” L1 OPERA Housk.—- The Isle of Cham- pasne O1YMPIA—Veriscope plctures of Corbett and s'mmons. PrEUM BE Class Vaudeville. Concert. Hig 0 17s.— Bathing and_Perfotnances. HE CHUTES AND CHUTES FREE THEATER.— e and her Lions, every afiernoon and evening. G CLDEN GaTr PARk— Loiden Gate Park Band AUCTION SALES. Ty FastoN & ELDRIDGE—Tuesday, July 27, eal Estate, at 638 Marke: street, at 12 o'clock. By G. H. UMpsEN & Co.—Tuesday, September , teal F at 14 Montgomery st., at 12 o'clock CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, Weather forecast for San Francisco: Fair Bunday; brisk westerly wind. - :0b W. Stern and Joseph Stern have been by Wells, Fargo & Co. for $3628 72. Golden Gate Camp of the Woodmen of the World had a grand time at the Chutes yes- Judge Coffey has refused probate to the docnn filed as the will of tie late Edwara J B ton I, Garratt has been sued for $2500 to be due to Andrew J. Clunie for services torney. five unemployed will be sent to to-morrow by Major Winchell of Army. . B. Cowell will lecture on ' at Washington Hall, 35 Admission free. pack mulesare on their way from t P They Wwill be ed in_this City is of fabulous Peru. to reports rece pest week gold f e been discovered i ea for letters e estate of her late No will has been made last who are | ite on St. der- Dasse’s Hall, on in favor of the held at Zoolog ¢! k al Garden was puit of Gregory against Horst ¥ " =t on ace of & hop con- red from Sacramento »n has esked the Superior « v Mrs Ca gh seas aboard ast Friday. Mary's fatner Jlicans were defeated by at Central Park yester- | 0. The game was the | the against John H. 0 secure an account- b:en transferred irom of the president of the > Insurance Company, at- suicide last might ina ay street. ere was & meeting on the Mission-street ear Twelf dewalk 1street last evenin, ave been victimize lub scheme. of by e clearing the ground 1 street, north from treet line aud will e ereon a_modern building six stories ntine of Alameda County milk dairymen are very indig- they cousider unnecessary in- . They zttribute the whole matter ie R.Cravon has been suspended position as the principal of the Mis- r School pending a fuller investi- the charges recently preferred proprietor of the Alameda 147 Third street, caused considerable nentlast night by his crazy antics, and up in & padded cell in the Re- 1 Wings has ttenden had ut for a final cruise on the bay ore hs turned the smart craft rough its improvement needed improvements ict. The addition of nine t exira school accommoda- nefits huiled with de.ight by all Association is endeavoring r hurry up in nis work of W Hall of Justice, and & to him ealling his atten- ations relative to time for Falis of Dee has been 4 by the Un- 1 out by d will dock »een bonded ruined nd all the by fire and water y M. Brown, the child of thelate | in who was lost in the no h the schooner named after r wi her. t of the bankers of the City were before oard of Equalization yesterday to show heir taxes saould not be increased. Ow- > fuiiure of Supervisor Clinton to dence but little headway was nks showed bond invesiments ters to account for low values. ev Joost Investment Company has been ated for the purpose of dealing in ate, rock, gravel, street-pavement ma - 2 and the Jike. The capital stock is fixed £100.000, of which $2500 has been sub- ¥ d by the incorporaiors, Behrend Joost, n B Joost, Anna Joost, Marea Joost and a Dorothea Joost, who have taken $500 NEW TO-DAY! A TRUE VITALIZER. “DR. PIERCE’S ELECTRIC BELT.” APPLIANCE TRAT GIVES SPARKS OF life into your nerves. Sparks that you feel. power is felt upon the surface of the body in e momenc. It permeates every viial funciion. v iecturer on the pubiic platform, every f note, every sel-ntific work that vou fa tells you that “Kiectricity Is Lite.” Every element of your being glves derwons ration of the \ruth of this ssservion. It iy a fact. Noone doubis il With your nerves and blocd charged with this eicciric force there Is n0 chance for disease, no place ‘or weakness. Itis the fundamental princi- ple of vigorons manho.d and womunhood. Where sewse cannot be. It cures without drugging sive It trisl. Dr. Pierce's Pat- rante | 10 be superior o all oth- d is s0id al LEASONABLE PRICES. Buy tiil you see Dr, Plerce’s. or send for FKEl BOOK. Address DR. SON, 704 Nacramento st., cor Kearny, + Stockton; .’ Moreb ana G. “DE. PIERCE'S amento, RUPIURE | Aldrich, i gen, J. W. A H WAS GUTTED Lombard-Street Wharf Was Turned Into a Bonded Warehouse. All Her Chinese Cargo Will Be Discharged There and the Ship Repaired. Another Runaway Couple Married on the High Seas Aboard the Arcata. The British ship Falls of Dee, that was afire last night and had to be flooded in order to save the hull, will go alongside the Lombard-street wharf to-day. The tugs employed by the underwriters were at work on her all day pumping out the water that was poured into the hull by the State fireboat, and about noontime she rose out of her bed of mud. Lombard- street whar has teen bonded and a gate- keeper has been appointed to keep off the curious. Assoon as the damaged cargo has been discharged the vessel will go on the drydock, as several of her plates and stanchions have become warped. The Pacific Mail Company’s China ar- rived from Hongkong via Yokohama and Honolulu yesterday. There was a wi'd rush to yet her entered before the new tar- iff bill went into effect, but asthe Custom- house closed at 1 p. M., and it was that bour before the vessel zot alongside, con- gnees of dutiabe zoods will be out and injured. The following is a list of the cabin pass- enger: Mr. and Mrs, Ab Ping and ser- vant, Mr. and Mrs. Ah Sing, G. W. Bar mann, J. N. Boyd, H. W. Conrad, W. Eckenstein, Baron Henri Foy, Lieuienant V. Garde, Miss Gorden, General Del Kem- per, Del' Kemper Jr, Miss Kemper, H. Kemper, F. Hammerzill, Mr. and Mrs. A, Lecler, Paul May and valet, Mr. and Mrs, . Newman, Captain C. M. Nichols, Mrs. V. Porter, W. B. Seabury Jr., Miss Sey- mour, Mrs. Seymour and maid, W. S.one, Mrs. A. von Vietenghoff, Baron F. von der Brug- Blabm, B. M. Doroshevitich, Emanuel, Baron von uer Galetz, C. Gardner, Lieutenant S. Hamson, Lai Yuk Fong, Lee Foh, H. D. Levinson, Licu- tenant Lielson, Mrs. L. Oliver, Captain W. W. Rich, T. Schwartz, T. Luck. From Honolulu — Miss Laura Ames, Lieutenant-Commander T. K. Cogwell, U. . N., Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Foret, Mr, and Mre. R. M. Griffin, Mr. and Mr<. F. W. Glade, john Hoffacker, Miss A. H. John- son, C. C. Kennedy, Miss Eva Morris, R. P. Puarviy, Georze Paiterson, Dr. H. Pohl- man, 8. Sachs, Mrs. Suydown, H. Suy- down, Master L. Suydown, Mr. Tafford, Mr. and_Mrs. J. Watts, Miss Watts and Master Watts. When the China arrived there was no sign of the quarantine officer and the auchor was dropped. When it came to getling under way again the mudbcok would not come up, so the anchor chain was slipped. Later in the day the tug sea King was sent out and late in the evening was still searching for the anchor and chain. President Colnon of the Harbor Com- mission, ex-Commissioner D. T. Cole and Tirey L. Ford. attorney of the board, be- sides a number of ladies and gentiemen, friends of the State officials, made an ex- cursion around the bay yesterday on the tug Governor Markham. They went as far as the Union Iron Works and from there to the Presidio, and finally anchored in Richardsons Bay, where a luncheon was provided. The water front will loss one of its “bright and shining stars’’ after to-day. W. J. Foley, son of ex-Supervisor Foley, has thrown up a $150 job on one of the State aredgers in order to cast in his lot with the crowds now bound for Klon- dyke. He has secured a passage on the Excelsior, and excects to get away for the field of gold the latter part of this week. The schooner-yacht White Wings has changed hands, and yesterday Japtain Chititenden had a party of triends out for a sail on the bay hefore he parted jrom bis oid love. The vacht will be over- hauled, and her new owner intends to use her for cruising and pleasure and not for racing. She isone of the handsomest yachts in the bay, bas splendid accom- modation and should prove to be a regu- lar home boat. The following notice to mariners has been issued by the United States Treasury Department: Columbia River Light Vessel, No. 50: Notico is hereby given tuat, on or alout Au- gust 15, 1897, this light vessel, moored off the entranc the Columbis River, about 81 miles south by west seven-eighths west from Cape Disavpointment Lighthouse, will be temporarily withdrawn from her station for epairs and replaced by Light Vessel No. 67. Light Vessel No. 67 wiil show 1wo | white electric lights, one from each masthead, and each from a gronp of four lens lanterns encirciing the masthead, 55 feet above sea level and visible 123 miles in clear weather, the observer's eye 15 feet above the sea. Dur- ing thick or foggy weather a twelve-inch steam whistie will sound blasts of 3 seconds’ (iusiead of 5 seconds) duration, separated by silent intervuls of 27 seconas (instead of 55 secoud ), thus: Blast, 3 sec.; sllent interval, 27 sec. ; blast 3sec.; silent interval, 27 sec. Light Vessel No. 67 has two mas schooner- 1igged, no bowsprit, & red bull with “Colum- bia river” in large black letters on each side beiween the main and spar deck lines, but differs from light vessel No.50 in havinga flush deck, two yellow smokestacks beiweeu the masts, and in haviag a gallery just below each set of lanterny, instead of cagework day marks at the mastheads. This notice affects the “List of Lights and Fog Signals, Pacific Coast, 1897,” page 20, No. 1045, and the “List of Beacons and Buoys, Pacific Const, 1896,”" pages 36 and 41. Arthur Sundlin and Mary Wheeler of Empire City were married at sea on the steamer Arcata during the run to San Francisco last week. The young lady is only 17 years of age, and her father was opposed to the marriage. Love laughs at locks and bars, and the voung couple se- cured a boat and boarded the vessel before she crossed the bar. When well out to sew they were mads man and wife, and when Father Wheeler relents the regular shore marriage will take place. —_— Captain Merry Indorsed. The appointment of Captain W. L. Merry as United States Minister to the Central Ameri- can countries has met with the spproval of the members of the Merchants’ Association, as shown by the following letter that the board sent yesterday: Captain William L. Merry, Sccreta Chamber of Commerce—DEAR S1x: The board of directors of he Merchants' Association in its regular meetiog assembled 10-day resoived unani- mously to t-nder its heariy congra u'a fons upon your appointment as Fnvuy Kxiraordinars and Minister Pienivo en.Jary to_the yepublics of Nicaragua, San Salvador and Hond uras, Aside from_your exceptional finess for this fm- portant post 0t honor we rezard your appointment =8 an avowed recognition by the present &imiuis tration ofthe Nicaragua canai. Sincerely hoping that the commerce of the Pa- cific Cousi, tha: has always had your earnes: sup- port. may be further extended through your hizher station of usefuines ,ar” Nat the comple- tion of the Nicar; a canal s, be realized aur- ing your officfal term of office, we remain, with best wishes, sincerely yours, BOARD OF DIRZCTORS oF THE MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION. —_— Only $32.50 to Washington, D. C., Via Sunset route and Piedmont Air line. Corre- spordiogly low rates to ocher points. For farther ioformation call on or address C. L. Hopkins, Pacific Coast Pa:senger Agent, 621 Market street, of the Ve use Mazpetic £listic Truss” | Sun Francisco. PERD A RIVAL OF KLONDYKE Probability That the Mines of the Incas Are in Sight. Fortunes Said to Have Been Taken Out in a Single Month, A Well-Known COalifornian Reported to Be Among the Fortunate Ones Klondyke promises to have a powerful rival. A more genial clime and gold in even larger quantities than in the frigii zone of Alaska are among the reported attractions of the latest claimant to the attention of the seekers after great and easy fortunes. Reports received in this City within the past week would appear to indicate that the famous mines of illimitable gold once worked for the benefit of the Incas have been again located in Peru and are being operated to the enrichment of a few Americans and Englishmen and hundreds of the natives of the South American re- public named. Among the recently arrived guests at the Palace Hotel is C. d'Miranda of Peru, who is prominently connected with the petroleum industry of that country. He left Peru several months ago, and at that time the mining boom there had just about fairly started. Since leaving home he has been in receipt of letters telling of som- remarkable discoveries of placer de- posits of the precious metals. According to the advices he has received the dig- gings, which are situated in the depart- ments, or States, of Cuzco and Puna, are ihe richest that have ever been discovered in modern times. Gold in almost a free state is being taken out by the ton and fortunes are made 1n & few moaths. “Your news from Klondyke,’ said the Peruvian magnate vesterday, ‘is but a flicker in the lizht of reports that are coming from our golden districts. From the information I have received,” he con- tinued, “I reaily believe, as do many of the most intelligent people of Peru, that the traditionai Incas’ gold mines, which are part of the hi-tory of the invasion of Cortez, have at last been reopened. *As an instance of the success that has attended Americans seeking gold in Peru I need only recite the fortunate experi- ence of a man named Hardison, who is a resident of California and well known to many of your mining operators. “*‘Hardison and, 1 believe, twelve other Americans left here two years ago for Peru on an expedition after petroleum. On the tipdown five of the party died, four at sea and one at Panama, of fever. Hardison and the remaining members of tue party continued on te Peru and event- ually proceeaed into the interior, where recent reports state they found gold in quantities which when mentioned few people would be willing to believe. “The output of one oi Eardison’sclaims was 279 pounds of gold, worth more than $50,000, for the month of June. I have knowledge of a mine which he lately pur- chased for $330,000. His companions ha been equally foriunate, but I mention his experience simply 10 show what has been done there.” Mr. Mirandadeclared that had his coun- try the news facilities that 1s possessed by this country in its enterprising news- papers the reports from there would cast those from the Klondyke into insignifi- cant obscurity. The hardships to be en- dured in Peru, he stated, were scarcely worth mentioning in comparison with those that must be encountered by all who go to the Arctic climate of Alaska. Access to the gold-leavened country is comparatively easy throughout the year. There are several routes from this City. One is by steamer to Molando, thence by | rail to Lake Titicaca, which is crossed by steamer. Here rail travel is resumed to La Paz, and from the latter place the re- maining dis'ance to the diggings, about | 250 miies, must be made on horseback or 200t According to Mr. Miranda ths climate of the region is not as torrid as most peo- ple are inclined to imagine, and there is very little fever in the mines. The news of the discoveries is said to have almost depopulated a number of the towns of Peru. Thousands atonce siarted for the fields. From one town about 2000 people left in two days. Hundreds of miners who have been working quartz | claims along the coast have deserted their holdings and have gone to the placer dig- gings. PRODDING THE CONTRACTORS. Merchants’ Zssociation Wants the Hall of Justice Work Enlivened. The Merchanis' Association is decidediy interested in the work on the new Hall of Justice that is being erected with so much apparently studiea slowness. The members have watched matters, and, to judge from recent developments, they are not at all satisfied with the way the work is being done. This is manifest by the following letter that was sent to the contractors yes- terday, evidently for the purpose of prod- ding them up to a little more activity in the work of constructing the building: Messrs. Bateman Bros., Contractors of the Hall of Justice, 4 New Montgomery Street, City—GENTLEMEN: At the regular mecting of the board of airectors of the Merchants’ Asso- ciation held l&dl{ it was unauimously re- solyed to exertall reasonable and just efforts to insure the completion of the Hall of Jus- tice within the time allotted by the official specifications. Section 19 of said fpecifica- tions provides that the whole of the work shall be completed on or before October 1, 1897, and in case any of the work shall re main uncompleted after that date a penalty of $100 for each day beyond that time must be pald by the contractor as iiquidated dam- ages to the City and County. Owing to the deluy on the partof the City authorities in having the lot cieared of tne old butlaings thereon, you were prevented from commeng. ing work for abuut siXiy, or at most minety days after the award ol the contract and the accep'ance of your bond. This would involve a fair extension of the date of the eompletion of the Hall of Justice to January 1, ISJ’B_ Section 29 of said specifications provides that *“no extension of any time wiil be al. lowed to the contractor unmless for special causes, considered and allowed by the Super, visors on formal IDEHclllon of the con, tractor.” Belleving that the time allowed b. law is sufficient for tne completion of th: Hall of Justice, and that furtner delay in th' work would be an injusiice to the taxpayer® of San Francigco, we b-g to inform you tha$ any appl cation for ~n extension of time bet yond January 1, 1898, will be strongly resist ed by the Merchants’ Association. Redpect- tully yours, - BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION. e s B Al Independence of Mexico. Alexander K. Coney, Consul-General of Mexico, presided over s large meeting of prominent members of the local Mexican colony last evening at Apolio Hall, with a view of making pre parauions for the 'celebra- tion of the eighty-seventh anniversary of the independence of dMexico. The followinz committee was appointed to take charge of the affair: Officers—aA. K. Coney, Consul-Geaeral of - Mexico, honorary pres aent; A. Tejeds, Jresldem; C. Moncisva: vice-president; A. de La Torre Jr., secretar: F. Gillesple, assistant sccretary @. de; Palacio, treasurer. Executive committee— A. Rojo, A. Montero, F. E queda, F. Rodriguez, ¥. Calderon, F. B. Romo, C. Mersich, J. Bernul, E. Ybarrs, E. M, Nuvareite, A, de La Rosa. CLINTON FAILS WITH THE BANKS A Supervisor Wopld In- crease Taxes Without | Evidence. He Cannot Get the Data Neces- sary to Increase Bank- ers’ Tithes. Many Institutions Show Bond Invest- ments and Other Excuses for Low Valuations. The Board of Equalization had an in- ning with the bankers of the City yester- day. Dr. Chinton had been designated to gather facts as a committee on ussess- ments. The case of all the banks was substan- tially the same. Dr. Clinton called atten- tion to the fact that the statements of the banks tofthe Bank Commissioners differed from the statements made by them to the Board of Supervisors. The principal banks of the City were before the board during the examinations, among them the following: Bank of British Columbia, Bank of British North ‘America, American Bank and Trust Com- pany, Bank of California, California Safe Deposit Company, Donohoe-Kelly Bank- ing Company, the London, Paris and American, the London and San Francisco, the Nevada, Sather Banking Company, | Anglo-Caliiornian Bank, the Union Trust Company, Crocker-Woolworth, Bank of Commerce and Wells Fargo. Tuhe story of all the banks was about the same in substance. They showed that the discrepancies between the reports given to the Commissioners and board were due to the fact that the reports to the Commissioners included matters that went tbrough the Clearing-house. Nearly, all showed that business has been.lass this fiscal year than the last, and that the ap- parent discrepancies are because of a fail- ure of the board 1o take banking methods of bookkeeping into account. The com- mittee nnally decided to reporton the bank assessments on Tuesday. Oue instance of the way apparent dis- crepancies were accounted for may be seen in the report of the Nevada Bank. When asked why it ha< less solvent taxa- ble credits this year than last it replied that it was about to become a National bank and that it has for that reason | bought $1,600,000 of Government bonds. The Bank of Britisu Columbia acconnted for a discrepancy between $244,968 and $114,000 by showing that the larger sum, Which was reported to the Clearing-house, was for matters that shculd 1n no sense of the word be reporied to the board as as- sets. It this way the story went on all forenoon. H. M. J. McMichael, manager of the Bank of British North America, was next sworn, and was asked by Mayor Phelan to explain his statement to the Assessor that on the first Monday in March his bank had on hand in cash $143,000, and to recon- cile that figure with the statement to the Bank Commissioners that cash amounted to_$193.000 Mr. McMichael replied that the discrep- ancy of $53,000 represented Clearing-house checks thut were taxed under the head of the bank’s solvent credits, and the decis- | ion of the board was reserved. Manager Waiter Powell of the Bank of Br.tish Columbia was closely questioned on the shrinkage ot business for the year. He explained the shrinkage in resources | from last year’s $2,135,250 to $145,000, in round numbers, for this year by saying that the business of the bank had suffered a considerable diminution. The attorney for the bank took the posi- tion that the board was not only limited in its investigation to the sworn state- ment of the bank officials, but it had no power to raise the assessment unless there should be positive evidence to warrant such a course. In view of that construc- tion of the law Supervisor Clinton seemed to_anticipate that the board would fina | action aifficult. Cashier Thompson of the Donohoe- Kelly Banking Company admitted that his bank had bought $24° 000 of non- assessable government bonds auring the past year. The atiorney of tnis bunk dis- puted the right of tne board to make any | investigation withont positive evidence ot frand. Dr. Clintor insisted that the bonds must have been bought for the pur- pose of evading taxation. The bankers contenied that there was no such pur- pose and that theinvestment was made in due course of business, At the beginning of the investigations Dr. Clinton 1nsisted :hat the proceedings be of a siar-chamber order, but the oppo- sition to this was su vigorousthat he was compelled to withdraw his order to that | effect. The African Gold Coast. The regular meeting of the Academy of Sciences adjourned from July 19 to the even- ing of July 26 out of respect to the memory of Charles F. Crocker, deceased, one of its mem- bers. At the next meeting on that evenin George K. French, a member of the Nationa! Geographical Society, will give a lecture, as previously announced, “The Gold Coast, Ashantee and Kumassie,” illustrated witn lan- tern slides. The public is invited. The Old and the New. *0!d and New San Francisco,” an illustrated lecture with stereopticon views, will be given as a benefit entertainment to the Philosophi- cal Journal at Scotiish Hall. 105 Larkin street, next Thursday, July 29, at 8 o’'clock P. ., by Mrs. Julia Schlesinger. assisted by Piotessor Carlyle Petersilea, the noted pianiss; Dr. Thomas L. Hill, the well-known elocutionist; Professor Richard Young, music composer, and others. ———————— In a Crit’'cal Condition. Edward Henry Coe, ex-steward and com- missary at the City and County Hospital, was stricken with valvular heart disease at his residence, 1909 Union s:reet, Friday after- noon. He became uncouscious immediately after the attnck and was taken 10 the Receiv- 1ng Hospital. He is in a critical condition. He is upward of 73 years of age. ———— Heavy Bonds Fixed J. Hulburt, clerk in the Hotel Columbus, Van A.Shafer and Joseph M. Wood were ar. raigned before Judge Joachimsen yesterday morning on charges of robbery and criminal assaultand the hearing of the cases was con- tinned till Tnesday. Their bonds were fixed in $3000 each on each charge. The complain- ing witness, Miss Birdie Fox ot Denver, was in court. ——————————— Embezzlement Chargel. J. F. Turner, real estate agent, was arrested yesterdsy morning on a warrant charging him with embezzlement as an agent. The com- plaining witvess is W. P. Cool, 22 Kearny street, who nileges thaton Marcn 22 he gave Turner $110 to invest for him and that he ap- propriated the money to his own uses ana purposes. Insolvent Milk-De: Katharina Siadtler. a milk-dealer, has filed a petition in insolvency. She owes Manuel Fost & Co. $168 40 and A. Mattos & Co. $485 for milk, Tidmann & Beudel $13 for canned 0ods and J. Marso, ngent for the Lewis Prok- fng Compauy, $5 GO for pickies; total, $672. She has no assets except some bills thut she has not been able to collect. ————————— ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos, with 1 orwithout removal, J. Noonas, 1017-1023 Mission, | gan to call to see her. CAPT. BROWN'S [NDIAN GEILD Little Mary ls the Subject of Litigation and Hard Feelings. She Disappears Suddenly While in the OCustody of Sister Julia. The Oase Recalls the Wreck of the Schooner Named After the Girl The case of little Mary M. Brown, for whose guardianship several persons are making a contest, promises to develop a number of interesting features before the matteris settied. In fact one or two in- teresting points have already made their appearance. The child, who is 12 years of age, is the daughter of the late Captain ‘William Henry Brown, who was lost on the Alaska coast about four years ago. The cap-ain leit an estate of something between $14,000 and $40,000, and were it not for tie fact that tne child will come in for a large share of this fortune itis not likely thatshe would be an object of mach concern to any one. _ The mother of the little girl isan In- dian of the Aleutian tribe. About five years ago Captain Brown brought his wife and daughter to this City, and left her here for a while. A little !ater he re- turned anc. placed the child in the care of Mrs. Helen Kuhl, an aged widow living at 1012 Haight street. The mother, to whom he was properly married, wastaken back to Alaska, where she now lives. He then went on that disastrous trip which resu.ted in the loss of nis schooner Mary Brown and the loss of twelve brave sailors and one pass-pger on Banks Isiand. Donald Ross is tne executor of the es- tate, which consists of money in bank, real estate in this City and a large lot of valuable furs and skins that were sent on to London. During the past five years the child nas lived with Mrs. Kuhl, who, from all accounts, provided for her as though she were her own chiid. The woman is well to do in the ways of the world, and those who bad the opportunity of knowing say that every attention was | lavished upon the little half-breed. According to the story Mr. Ross did not pay any attention to the girl until a few weeks ago, when he and Colonel Barry be- The latter took her out on several vccasions, and from the child’s actions Mrs. Kuhl began to fear that her affections were going out to the new friends. As the father had left Mary in her keoping the old lady thought that it were best that she should secure some legal hold over her charge, so she applied for letters of guardianship over the child. This she did but before any action could be taken she was surprised that she should bte charged with having treated the cnild with crueity, and more so that the iittle girl herself should be one of the accusers, ior a letter was received by Judge Coffey from the girl accusing the old lady. F. A. Holbrook of the Eureka Society for the Protection of Children made a careful investigation of the charges and he states that they are without founda- tion. From all that he could learn the little one was given the very best of care and no pains were, spared to give hera good education. Mary showed a remarkable antitude for music, and was & skilled performer on the piano. However, pending a more com- plete investigation by the court, it was uecided to the satisfaction of all to place the girl under the care of Sister Julia of the guehermg Arms, That wus two weeks ago, and as the girl had only one change of clothing Holbrook undertook to take Mary to Mrs. Kulil's for a change. To this Sister Julia would not agree, even though promised thata police officer wonld accompany her there and back again. Those who have had charge of Mary for 8o long expressed a fear that an attempt wou!d be made to send Mary back to ner mother ‘in Alaska, so yester- day Mr. Holbrook made a visit to the Sheltering Arms, but Mary was not there, Neither was Sister Julia, ahd the head nurse said that she did not know where they had gone. Last evening the nurse staied that Sister Juiia had gone away on a vacation for a rest and had taken Mary and two o her little girls with her. Much anxiety is felt for the little heiress and a careful search will be made to find where she is and get her into the custody of the court. As to the Indian mother in far off Alaska, stories have come to this City that she has fared anything but well since the death of her railor husband. Previons to his last fatal voyage he had made arrangements that she shouid be amply provided for, but the last informa- tion was that she was in most destitute circumstances, though under the law she is entitled to ner share of the estate. At any rate, the case will come up for hearing in the Probate Court, and it is expected that interesting features will be developed. There are other children of Captain Brown by the same Indian wife, but, so far, they do not seem to cut any figure in the case. A VOLUME OF POETRY. Verses of Gencral L. H. Foote Will Be Published Early in October by the Authors’ Gulld. The next book of the California authors’ series, to be issued under the auspices of the Literary Guild, will be a volume of poetry representing the work of Lucius Harwood Foote. It may be said that the volume will embrace the highest effort of General Foote in the art of poctry and versemaking. The book should issue from the pressof the Roycroft Publishing Company of New York early in Qctober. The coming of this volume of verse has awakened more than usual interest among members of the guild. The publishers, it is said, predict success for the author in a larger field than the guild contem- plates. Daring the past year General Foote has received many Krools of a high recogni- tion of his work, and his friends expect that the book will bring his talents promi- nently before the r:ading public. e aaa———— 1 Divorce Suits Filed. Suits for divorce have been filed in the office of the County Clerk as follows: Mary Strobel aguinst Marmaduke Str. be!, for failure to pro- vide; Helini Wreath against Robert Wreath, neglect and failure to proyide; Nozley Shoddy against Solomon Shoddy, for extreme cruelty; Lillian E. Luce against William C. Luce, - ful neglect and failure to provide, ——————— Sentenced by Judge Dunne. In Judge Frank H. Dunne's court yesterdar George H. B:lden, convicted of an attempt to commit grand larceny, was sent to the County Jail for one year. Charles Nelson got six months for an assault with a deadly weapon and John Frost was sent to San Quentin for two years for burglary. —— Held for Grand Larceny. Lillie Evans, alias Baldwin, was yesterday held to answer betore ihe Superior Court by Judge Joachimeen on the charge of grand larceny in bonds. Lillie robbed a stranger of aud after being releaed on bonds she disappeared and was srrested in Portiand and brought back to this City. fr SESPEEEVDED & That’s Ayer’s. and experience. But the sarsa ‘Why don’t we better it? condition of the Bishop an less,” he said, “God might same old plant that cu But we're not. We're maki old cures. It's the sov —it’s Ayer’s, The Same Old Sarsaparilla. The same old_sarsaparilla as it was made and sold 50 years ago. In the laboratory it is different. There modern appliances lend speed to skill sarsaparilia that made the reconF—50 years of cures. But doubtless, also, He never did.” better the sarsaparilla? We can’t. We are usin Spaniards. It has not been bettered. And since we make sarsaparilla compound out of sarsaparilla plant, we see no way of improvement. Of course, if we were making some secret chemical compound, we might.... aking the same old sarsaparilla to cure the same old diseases. You can tell it's the same old sarsaparilla because it works the same (@)(@5\@%@»(3/@@@@@ arilla is the same old Well, we’re much in the d the raspberry: “Doubt- have made a better berry. Why don’t we the ired the Indians and the ereign blood purifier, and © TOODMEN OF THE WORLD Golden Gate Camp Has a Cele- bration and Reunion at the Chutes. | A Wood Sawing and Chopping Contest. Races for Ladies and for Children,. Closing With a Dance. Golder. Gate Camp No. 64, Woodmen of the World, had a grand celebration and reunion at the Chutes yesterday, and it was kept up afternoon and night. The affair haa been talked of for some time, and there were a great many of the friends of the members of the camp in the afterncon who were anxious to witness the games, racesiand wood sawing and chopping contests announced. The races aroused considerdble interest among the participants and spectators, and the interest was intensified when members of the camp demonstra‘ed their ability as wood sawyers and choppers, and the woodmen, who all did their level best at the work, in the pursuance of which they managed to raise many first- class blisters on their hands, were en- couraged by the voices of their particular friends and adrzirers. At the termination of all the events the | committee announced the following win- ners: Race for boys under 12— Demir secona. Race for giris under 12—Pearl Fenton, Flor- ence Thomas. Race 1or boys over 12—George Corey, R. C. Fenton. Bolhcs for girls over 12—Lena Perry, Ellen len. Ladies’ race—Mrs. Burns, Emma McNamara. Nl-;:.t ladies’ race—Mrs. G. P. de Gere, N. P. elly. et s o} oon s P gtanakand Hodkings of Western Addition Camp. Chopping contest—Phil Ohslegther. In addition to these events there was a programme in the Casino which was pro- ductive of much enjoyment. In the evening the attendance was greater than in the afternoon, by 9 o'clock the large hall in which a vaude- viile performance was given was crowded, almost uncomfortably so. Assoon as the performance was over the floor was cleared and there was danc- ing until a late hour. The affair, which | was under the management of J. H. A. | Greefkens, Dr. A. D. McLean, A. J. Weinert, M. H. Richarason and Joseph | Tracy, was one of the greutest successes | ever given under the auspices of Golden Gate Camp. To-morrow night the camp will give a | smoker and log-rolling in the banqguet hall of the Native Bons’ building., on which occasion there will be addresses, HAusic, vocalization and games. — - UNHAPPY JOHNSON OHILDREN. Thelr Mother Threatens to Oust Them From Their Home. Mamie E. Johnson has sued Catherine E. Johnson to prevent the turning of the younger Johnson children into the streei. The troubles of the Johnson family are once more thus brought to the public notice. Mrs. Catherine E. Johnson was divorced from George W. Johnson some | time ago. He was given the custody of the | minor children, while she retained posses- | sion of certain real estate on Mission | street near Eighteenth. The children ! have been living in the lower story of their | mother’s house, and she has brought suit | 10 oust them from their place of refuge. | Mamie E. Johnson, the plaintiff here, who | descrives herself as the sister of the five | minor children, alleges that her father | isnot able to properiy support the minor | children, and says that they will suffer | if they are turned out of their dwelling place by their mother. She asks the court to restrain the mother of the minors, ana to make an order permitting the children to continue in their occupancy of the B;emises until some proper provi-ion can wade for their comfort and sustenance. = e Park Music To-Day. +‘Wedaing March”. Mendelssohn Overture, “‘Daugnte e Reg! ... Donizetti +*Concert Polonaise,” variations tor all instru- ments “Am meer,’ Ed Leslie first, Ed g a Fantasle, “Carmen Overture, ‘*‘Be: Introduction and Sicinna fr Rusticana,” solo for horn. E. Schiott. Waltz, “Danube Waves Descriptive, “Eveaing Pastimes” Galop, ““Through Fi-ld & 1d Forest” — Death From Alcoholism, age, died suddenly last evening in a lodging- house at 109 Minna street. The Coroner’s office was Lotificd, and Deputy Coroner Hallet took charge of (he body. 1t was learned that the deceas>d nad been drinking heavil; for a week prior to her d:ath, and it is preumed toat her sudden taking off wes due to sicoliol- ism. ——— Bicyclists Collide. , 101 S:ate street, whife ri $10002 The missing word is rather hard to find—but the prize will be all the bigger for those who find it. Better get a lot of Sckzl- ling's Best tea-tickets, and choose your words carefully and systematically. Rules of contest published in large advertisement about the first and middle lof each month, 1 Mrs. Cora Sullivan, a domestic, 44 years of | ing on a blcycle at Thirteentn and Sanches streets last night collidea with another bicy- clist, and was rendered unconscious from tha shock. He was taken to the Ruceiving Hospl: tal in the patrol wagon, where he 5001 recove ered. He escaped with'an abrasion of the ear and nose. The other bicrelist was uninjured, Tit s Philadelphia 6. 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