The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 27, 1897, Page 1

» AN FRANCISCO, F RIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GOLD KINGS BACK Californians Among the Men = Made Ri Klondike. | CLAIMS SAID TO BE WORTH MILLIONS. Six Miners Return From the Land of Ice : and Gold With but Stories FROM THE NORTH / ch by the Small Fortunes, of Vast Wasa., Aug. 26.—The mag- hich newspaperdom of the ated in the arrival of the gold-laden steamer Portland is being ewbat shaded by the constaut arrival m brave men who have made rney by foot from Dawson and several schoonera the fortnight have arrived om St. Michael. At 2 o'ciock this | E. Sander, thirty-two days el, came into the local her came a story that not surpass and will have in equaling. To-day, for and with nd ¢ st time since July 18, the date the Portland startled the civilizea eaming in from the far off shores with more than aton of the mewspapers are in a position 1o teit the exact condition of affairs In th grea: gold fields of the north asitis toid by six miners who have come direct from St Michael, each of whom brought down e, arrivals on the Sander and the nt they brought down follow: me Tames McNamee, Juneau, $10,000; iaries Vest, Portland, $6000 and interests in the gold country which will make hin independent for life; Joe Lowe, mining interes 00; Harry Ah, king of City gamblers, $10,000 and inter- ciaims on the Klondike worth J. D. Dinemore, Eureka, Cal., )and an interest in a claim on the very creek, known as Hunker th $50,000. T of the American miners ccording to the stiatement oi J. S. ore of Eureka, Cal., are reliable, in- and conservative men and bave afew Mitchell of Eureka, Cal, worth f he is worth a cent; James Juneau, half interest in erent claims on Bonanza and each of which is worth $50,000; Charles Lamb of eles, a partner of M mee in a of the richest claims, will be Name hteen d Dor; ftom §$25 reek to worth at least $250,000; Huraboldt Gates of Eureka, Cal., worth $100,000, being i terested in one and half cliims on Bo- and one on El Dorado Creek. nk Densmore of Maine, a black- the parwner of Skiff Mitcheil in onanza Creek, above discov- and Densmore have the richest claims on the Klondike. It pays to the box. Their ciean-up last surface dirt was $113000. At they are working venty-uight This is in substance the story brought on the Sander concerning the ricnes of he Klondike. The Sander’s passengers assert that t..ose who look for tons of gold on the Portland are esrtainly doomed to great disappointment. While the Kion- dike is almost weekly turning out new millionaires, very few great clean-ups bave been reported since the latter part of June and the first part of July, and the men who are to-day the richest of Dawson afternoon tbe little | Wealth., E 1 City’s inhabitants have their money | stored in their humble shacks, while much of it is still in the airt. | When the Sander left St. Michael the | talk of new discuveries had turned to | Bunker Creek, a tributary of the Klon- | dike, and Menook Creek, 300 miles north- | west of Circle City. Menook Creek isin | the Unitea States and opens into the Yukon. Twelve men, according to last reports, were at wcrk there, and one, | James Langford, the first miner who got | to bedrock, took out 125 ounces from a box | ‘nndn balf. This toox two men a week. The pay dirt of Bunker Creek, according | to the Sander's passengers, is s rich as | | the average to be found in the Klondike. | It vields at least 75 cents to the pan. l Piobably the most interesting character who came down on the Sander was james McNamee. He had his $10,000 of dustin his sack and he was careful to see thatit | was safely siowed away, He is a single | man, 30 years of age, ana claims Juneau | for his home. He spent a number of | years in the Alaskan country and the last | four years of nis life has been passed in | searching the Yukon for sufficient of the | yeliow stuff to makte him arich man, His ! ambition 1« satisfied. To-day he holds a | half ‘interest in eighteen claims on El| | Dorado ana Bonanza creeks. He has also | | secured valuable bholdings on Bunker | | Creck. The Sander's passengers, who are | | thoroughly acquainted with McNamee's | financial cond.tion, assert that each of | | the claims in which he is interested is | | worth from $25,000 to $55,000. During the | past few months he has taken out $137,000. } | He did not, however, come back with ihat | | mueh. A big share of it went to pay his | | laborers, while considerable was re- | | invested in other claims. He says that | ,‘ne has come down for a rest and will | | spend the winter at Bartlett Springs, Cal. | In his absence his partner, Charles Lamb | of Los Angeles, will have charge of the | | claims. | | Right bere it is interesting to tell an in- | | clent of Lamb’s sudden strices to riches. | Lamb and McNanee bad been partners. | They had explored several creeks in the | | far north, but the golden showers of for- | tune did not cross their path, and early | last spring Lamb decid>d to go to Califor- { nia, get married and return to the frozen | Yukon with his bride and see if he would | not havea change of luck. [twas in | June that he returned to Dawson City, and as he and his bride stepped from the | boat McNamee greeted them with, “Lamb, you are worth a fortune. Up to the cabin | there 000 which represents your ia- | terest in the amount of money that we have taken out of the elaims since you went south 1o indulge in the luxury of a | wife.” From that day things bave been | oming Lamb's way, and when he reiurns | 10 Californta with his bride they will put | | up at the best hotel in San Francisco and will have money to pay for all the luxu- ries of life. Harry Ash, king of the gamblers, was | one of the passengers who returned. All | sorts of stories are atloat as to the amount |of dust he brought down. That he is | ed with him. | operations. S R s Afridi Tribesmen. FORT JAMROOD, on the Plain of Peshawur Near the Mouth of Khyber Pass, Threatened by the worth at least $75,000 there is no donbt, as near as can be learned, and the informa- tion comes from a passencer who is inti- mate with him. He has $10,000 in gold dust. bler. The sporting fraternity of Wash- ington, California ana Oregon is acquaint- In boom days, when town lots were worth $30 and sold for $10,000, he cenducted gamesin the boom citiesof this ; State. Ciy iegislation drove him north | several ye.rs ago. Circle City saw him first. Last winter, with Curly Munroe, another gambler who took up a dozen va- riety actresses, he made money by running a dance hall and beer garden at that piace. News came from Dawson City of great . strikes. Munroe sold out and joined the rush. Ash followed. At Dawson Ciiy he opened a general gambling-house, stood in with the mouanted police, if stories are true, secured all gambling rights and gold poured into his coffers as it never poured into those of another gambler. Ash made a fortune; gou tired of hife in an uncivil- | ized part of the world, sold out in June last to Golden and Stevens for $30,000, and to-day he walks the streets of Seatile as Alr. Harry Ash, reutieman. Ash has big interests on Bonanza and Bt Dorado creeks. Ash has this to say of the golden cargo of the coming Portlaud: ‘1 do not believe that the Portland will bring over $1,000,000. Tnree-quarters or less would be nearer. Miners are not shipping their money out, but need it as fast as they :uke i1 out toextend their For instance, I have eight properties located on Bonanza, El Dora lo, Bunker and Dominion creeks and in Vie- toria Gulch. In round figures I have in- vested $100,000 where I have taken out but $10,000. 1 explain this to show you that money will not be sent out at this time. Of course, everybody will bring out enough to pay his expenses.” Joe Lowe, who assisted Ash in his gambling games, has interests which will foot up $50,000. Lowe is the Mayor of Cir- cle City by ‘“choice.”” He explains that the citizens of the town asked him to, ac- | cept and he consented. He posed as Ash’s father at Dawson City. Ash says Lowe brings cut $15,000 and has excellent paying properties to zo back to. Charles Vest of Portland, Or., who is one of the returning passengers, has beea doing but | little prospecting. He has been engaged in trading. J. 8. Dinsmore of Eureka, Cal., gives the most comprehensive story of affairs au Klondike of any of the passengers and oue of the finest, if not the finest, that has come from the north since the world was told of the richesof the Yukon. Dins- more modestly says that he brought out a little over $8000. Harry Ash credits him with $15,000 and says that Dinsmore wouid not tell his mother the exact amount he did bring. In addition to the sum Dinsmore has with him his interests on Hunker Creek undoubtedly foot up from $50,000 to $100,000. Here is what Dinsmore said this afternoon in a detailed interview: ‘[ was engaged in the mercantile busi- Continued on Third Page, VIEW OF THE BAY AND TOWN OF SKAGUAY, With Mount Carmack, 4840 Fee: High, to the Left, and White Pass in the Distance to the Right. [From a photograph taken especially for “ The Cali,’] Asbisan old Pacific Coast gam- | REBELS HOLD KHYBER PAXS It Is Now Completely in the Hands of the Tribesmen. Luni-Kotalon Attacked and Burned by the ! Afridis. Fort it Is Belleved That the Garrison Succeeded in Making Terms Before Surrendering. Y PEEHAWUR, Ixpns, Aug. 26.—Fort Luni-Kotalon, situated at the extreme end of the Khyber Pass and garrisoned by {300 men of the Khyber Rifles, was at- tacked and burned by the Afndis on Tuesday. The famous Khyber Pass, lead- i ing from Afghanistan into India, has now | fallen completely into the hands of the | insargent tribesmen. | SIMLA, Ixpra, Aug. 26. —The Afridis aimed for the Luni-Kotalon Tuesday. The garrison beld its own until 10 o’clock Wednesday morning when, after sharp | fighting in which the native commander | of the garrison was killed while gallantly | leading his men, the enemy gained an en- | trance, | The fight was centinued for two hours | inside the fortification by the Kuyber | Ritles in the towers at the angley of the | fort, which were strongly built of stone. | The Afridis lost heavily betore they finally captured the place. They cap- tured & quantity of supplies, and then burned tne structure. The fact that no news has been received of the fate of the garrison leads to the belief here that they succeeded in making ternis before they surrendered. The news is confirmed here that the Orakhis have risen and cut telegrapbic communication with all garrisons and posts of Kurram Valley. SIMLA, Inpra, Aug. 26.—The British agent at Cabul, the capital of Afghan- istan, reports that the Ameer held a | durbar (consultation of the chiefs) on August 17, and read the protest of Lord Eigin, the Indian Viceroy, on the com- plicity of the Indian tribes on the fron- tier, and then read his own reply toit, fol- lowing this with a solemn declaration, attested by an oath, trat he would always maintain friendly celations with ihe Brit- ish Government. LONDON, Ex6., Aug. 26.—The import- ant news that tl.e Ameer has sworn fidel- ity to Great Britain has a reassuring effect both in India and hereas tending to re- move any doubt as to his iovalty, Inquiries at the India Office late last night elicited the information that the question of sending troops from England remains open, as it is believed that the forces already on the frontier will prove sufficient to conduct the operations. The Standard this morning takes the | Government to task for having left Khy- ber Pass without British troope. A s;ecial dispatch from Bombay says that - cholera has broken out in the Northamptonshire Regiment, The Governor-General of Inaia, the Earl of Elgin, has telegrapied the Government confirm ng the news of the capture of Fort Lundi-Kotal, adding that one native offi- | cer was killed and one wounded. Continuing, the Governor-General an- nounced that nearly all the garrison ol Fort Ali-Mudjidi nad reached Jamrud. ‘The scldiers succeeded in retreating with their guns. The foregoing dispatch has caused a feeling of rclief here, as it disproves the reported ma-sacre at the garrison of Ali- Musjidi and ind cates that the garrison of Lundi-Kotai has not suffered greatly, A NEW FOWERFUL EXPLO.IVE, Its Adoption Would Fevolutionize the Present System of haval Warfare. . CHICAGO, ILv., Aug. 26.—Mirex is the name of a new and poweriul explosive. It was given a successful test outside of the Government pier this evening. The whole system of naval warfare may be revo- lutioniz>d by it. War vessels will have to be differently constructed, and the ex- pensive and cumbersome naval ordnance now guarding the coast will be a thing of the past. Two Chicago young men, Wil- ham 8. Darley and Herman G. Pieiffer, are the inventors, and have been working on 1t for the past eight months. Inter- ested with them is John H. KEdleman, a | New York gentleman, who is now finan- cially backing their enterprise. No electrical current or mechanical de- | vice is usea to explode mines. It depends entirely upon the water pressure, and the projectile can be accurately regulated so as 10 explode in any depth that may be de- sired. It is extremely light, only from three to {eight pounds of the explosive being re- { quired to rend the most poweriul man-of- i war in twain. Itis also cheap, $20 being sufficient to manufacture the projectile, while the torpedoes now in use cost hun- | areds of dollars, and then are likely to | fail in their purpose. In an experiment to-night three ounces of explosive at a depth of fifteen feet shook the pier to its foundation, and with sufficient force to wreck any ordinary craft. Ava depth of five 1cet a shower of water was forced into the air thirty feet high. If three ounces of explosives would have such pronounced -effect, it is easy to imagine what a few pounds would do. The gentlemen are having a small gun made which will carry a three-pound pro- jectile 200 yards. PRISPERITY BECOMIAG GENERAL. Telegraph Lines of the Country Doing a Rushing Business—Nothing Like It Since 1890. CHICAGO, 1L, Aug. 26.—No better in- dication that business is improving can be found anywhere than in the reports of the telegraph companies. Only once since the Western Union began doing business in Chicago have reports from test offices shown the volume of business to be in ex- cess of that of the last six weeks, and this was in 1890. Colonel R. C. Clowry, super- intendent of the Western Union, and L. D. Parker, general superintendent of the Postal Telegraph Company, both say that indications point to an unusual volume of business this fall. The increase shows clearly that conditions are much healthier and that the demand is not onlv steady but vigorous. Not only are in.ications for a period of unusual prosperity noticed in the West but all over the country. “I am agreeably surprised by the show- ing of the reports irom our test offices all over the country,” said Colonel Clowry to-day. “My division :xtends west of Buffalo and Fittsburg to the Pacific Coast, and includes all the territory north of the Onio River ard west of the Mississippi between the Mexican border and Van- couver. In this vast territory there are such commercial centers as Cleve- land, Cincinnati, Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Kansas City (with her immense cattle market), 8an Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Galves- ton and Houston. Reports from these cities show that there has been a steady increase right along for the last few months. This has been more marked dur- ing the six weeks just passed. The in- crease is not confined to any particular section, but extends ail over tre Western country and is generally disir.bufed, so that it cannot be said to resalt from any | local cxuse, but to be a result of general improvement. This looks very much like the return of prosperity and revival of business.” Mr. Parker said: ‘*‘The West as a whole shows a {air increase in business, but we could stand a great deal more, of course. Especially has this increase been notice- able this month. There has been a great revival in speculative business, which has been dormant so long. Indications are that this increase will be steady, end we hope to do a large business this fall. General conditions of the country are im- proving, if our reporis are lair ind.ca- tions, and I believe they are.” s Supreme Council of Foresters. DENVER, Coro., Aug. 26 —The time of the Supreme Councii, Foresters of Amer- ica, to-day was taken up with reports of committees. The membership and finances of the order were shown to be in a very satisfactory condition. The con- sideration of the report of the committee on laws occupied the greater part of the day and was not finished when the coun- cil adjourned. Among other things it was decided to hold open ballots in all courts of the order. The delegatesand their friends were entertained at Elitch’s Gardens this evening. MOB RULE THREATENED AT COLUSA Militia Ordered Out to Defend Pedro Vinelli. PLOT TO ATTACK A PRISON. Summoned by Runners, Men Gather to Take the Mexi- can’s Life. | SEEK TO AVENGE MISS i POIRIER. One Attack Prevented by the Ab= sence of a Leader for the Vigilantes. ! MARYSVILLE, CaL, Aug. 26.—Tele- graphic orders were received this evening from Major-General James, ordering Com- pany D of the Nationa! Guard to proceed at once to Colusa and aid the Sheriff in guarding the jail against the expected attack of 2 mob, which it is feared will at- tempt to lynch Pedro Vinelli the attempted murderer of Miss Poirier. In response to this order Captain Voos, with | a detachment of twenty-two men, left to- night at 8:30 o’clock for Colusa. SANTA CRUZ, Can, Aug. 26.—Acting Governor Jeter received a telegram this evening from Major-General James, com- manding the National Guard of Califor- nia, advising bim that the Sheriff of Co- lusa County anticipated an attack to- night upon the jail by an armed mob, and asked the assistance of companies from Colusa and Marysville. General James had replicd that he would order Compa- nies C and D to repair forthwith to the county jail at Colusa and act under the | orders of the Sheriff, providing Acting | Govornor Jeter should o direct. General :Jamen himself recommended this step. Mr. Jeter at once wired his approval and the necessary orders were issued. ER g G MILITIA GUAKDS THE JAIL, Colusa and Marysville Companies Assist the shesiff. COLUSA, CaL., Aug. 27.—Colusa isin a state of great excitement to-night over the announcement that the attempt made on Wednesday night to lynch Pedro Vinelli | is to be repeated before dawn. Ever since Vinelli attempted to murder Miss Florine Poirier last Tuesday threats of lynching have been heard on every street corner. Nothing but the precarious condition cf Vinelii, who has been lying in the County Jail, prevented au earlier attempt to wreak summary vengeance upon him. The Sheriff was informed early in the evening that forty citizens armed with rifles and pistols would besiege the jail, and he wired to Major-General James, commanding the National Guard, asking that the militia companies at Colusa and Marysville be sent to his assistance. The Sheriff nas had a force of deputies armed with shotguns on guard at the jail day and k) o Scaie - StatvdeMiles NI, Pt Landikotai K-8 Do = X Latalbegd ( S, a7, LT | Puss, are instances of this advauce. ! iap Showing the Part of the Indo-Afghan Frontier Along Which the Afridi Tribesmen Are Making Their Attacks, With the Several Forts and Khyber Pass. The frontier line as marked on the map is that agreed upon between Great Britain and Afghanistan after the war of 1878-79, Itis drawn along the base of the mountains, spurs of the great Sulieman Range, so as to throw all of the rich plain country on the Inaian or eastern side, leaving the western side, which is covered by a jumble of high, rugged mountains, to the Pathan tribesmen, who are nominally the subjects of the Ameer of Afghanistan. Though the line is practically as well defined by nature as if it ran along a mountain ridge or a large river course, under one pretext and another the British have gradually advancad posts and assarted a sort of control or protectorate over the hill tribes.. Fort Maude on the Bara River and forts Ali Musjid and Landi Kotal, commanding Khyber