The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1897, Page 5

THE SAN FRANC1SCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1897. 4EARBIEI] AWAY BY COTTHROATS Rancher Miller of Mo- reno Explains His Dis=} appearance. Kidnaped by Three Strange Men and Made to Travel With Them. Given His Freedom In Placer County and Left Pennilless In the Mountains. RIVERSIDE, Car, Aug. 38L—Frank Miiler of Moreno in this county, who dis- appeared on July S last, has returned and tells a queer tale to account for his disap- yearance and long absence. His case has given the officers mote trouble than has any other since the or- ation of the county. His sudden rn to this city yesterday afternoon but und as to the cause of his departure, but til told o adventures. He haa been k naped by & band of robb:rs and taker Y to captivity. s | vy friends, oy enemies and by the o rs since my disappearance,’ said Mil- “I bave been blamed by everybody, have not had a chance to tell my side the story. When my friends hear the b they will no longer blame me. the Sth of. July I wasatmy r Moreno attending my regular approached by three rs, who, after talking for a short ed me if I could give them w for them all, ad work for one man. They at this, and said they t work unless they could all find and of work s point one of the men drew a | pocket and askea me if I t. I had about §235 in my | ht that I had silver | e the bill. | money out of my pocket | pocket-book and four $20 d out on the ground. The e sprang oaded me 1nto a wagon ard e call any one to my assist 1 to take my medicine. through some strange moun- trv § days snd days. At , but I had no chance to », as they kept watch on me. i 1 to go through many hard- I did not earn my board I e men would not talk with We traveled in this way for several we came to an old deserted the three men left me and I ¥8, not knowing where I way to go. al days of travel through | nd rough hills I came to a , was taken intoa house that I cared to eat and 1 settleme given all n who took me in informed me in Placer County and that it 100 mi to Folsom, and that ed to strike tbe muain line of the 1 had better go there. Ittook me ree days to walk the distance, but hed my destination. It was and I became very thirsty. ng om I could not s I had no money, so I set to Sacramento. This was an- me trip, but after a travel ! made it d greatly since hisdis- closest friends would »>wn him should they have e street. His erstwhile g face has ch s of care. Hisap pear- nis story is a true one of alternate layers of sand and cobb stones, then a shoulder of brick and jutted out threateningly under the shadow of a lofty peak of cement barrels, which sloped gently down to a lake of Liquid plaster, bordered by a dangerous.quick- AS CRTLCOOTS | the mouutain, foothills ana iake were ali | complete, but there were no clonds! Now |8 genuine mountain must pierce the | clouds, or else how can we have “‘the Greater Dangers to Be En-| fui7pe upmmits” the poets so ofien countered in Our Very come from? That was a poser, and the | construction committee debated long days Midst. and nights over this momentous question without being able to find a substitute for the fleecy mists. Finally, a contractor carze to the rescue and hauled a lot of | street-paving machinery to the scene ana 1‘the question was solved. Of course, it | closed another block of Stockton street, but what of that, when it furnished such beautiful black and white clouds? Of course all things have their day, and the paving machiuery has gone, | while the greater part of the mountain | has been used in the, construction of the | new Spring Vatley Water Works' buila- |ing, now But if the mountain and ciouds have dis- | appearea, the blockade still exists, and | Stockton street, between Geary and O’ Far- ’Stoékton Street as Difficult of Passage as the Road to Klondike, bProperty-Holders and Business Men | Irate Over the Existing Condi- rapidly nearing completion. | rehiable information could be obtained | st evening when the careworn man | ve been greatly misrepresented by | upon me, took my | noney and took the | nged into | be hashad a rough ex- | | First there were the foothills, composed tion of Affairs, ! The gold fever has taken such a firm hold on the people of this City that not content with talking K!ondike from morn- till night they have even gone so far to construct a Chilcoot Passin minia- ture. The people who constructed it, however, must have had true prophetic | = |\ A | rell, has very much the appezrance of a junkshop after a dynamite explosion. Going south from Geary street, the first thing to be encountered is piles of sana about three feet high and spread out so neatly as to completely put a stop to all vehicular traffic. A little further on the roadway is strewn with empty cement barrels, ends of drain pipe, piles of brick and terra cottaand a quantity of unused lime and moriar and a couple of vats in which to mix plaster. Passingthis point, tbe roadway is found to be partially re- TRACKED THE BOGOS PRIEST A Sensational Story Origi- nating in Los An- geles. James H, Chapman and George Trube Arrested on the Charge of Burglary. Result of a Compact to Go to Sonora, | Mexico, to the Mines Being Broken. James H. Chapman and George Trube were arrested last night by Detecuives Dillon, Rvan and O'Dea and booked at the City Prison on a charge of burglary. There is a peculiar story in connection with the case which it will require an analytical mind to sift outand arrive at Stockton Street, Looking From Geary, Where the thorough mannerin which everything had been laid out by Mr. Thomas. FIGHTERS MATCHED. Dixon and Smith Agree to Fight In October for a Large Purse. Solly Smith and George Dixon met at the Baldwin Hotel last evening and signed articles to fight on October 4 before the Knickerbocker Athletic Club. The men nave agreed to meet at 120 pounds and for a purse of $5000. This figit promises to be a terrific one, as both men are rushers and leaders in their class, and with a large purse and the championship of the world in question, the men will do everything in their power to win. Dixon will train in Alameda and Smith will do ikewise at the Ocean Beachb. —————— THREE PIONEERS GONE. Metson, J M. Aguirre and S. L. Beckwith Yass Away. The roil of the California Pioneers was diminished by three names yesterday through the deaths of J. E. Metson, 8. L. Beckwith and J. M. Aguirre. John E. Metson was a native of Penn- sylvania, and the father of Attorney Wil- liam H. Metson of the firm of Reddy, Campbell & Metson. For many years he was engaged in mining in Inyo and Mono counties. He was over 68 yearsat the time of his death. John M. Aguirre, who died at the fam- ily residence, 1316 Powell sireet, was a na- tive of Navarra, Srain. He was a con- trzctor. At the time of his death his age was 84 years. The funeral will take place J. E, It s Torn Up by the Spring Valley Company. instincts, as the work was well on its way long before tho wonderlul wealth of the | Alaskan diggings became generally known. ; i It started about a year ago with the | | tearing down of old buildings at the cor- | ner of Stockton and Geury streets. This | | formed a few little hills here and there, | inconveniencing pedestrians a little per- haps, but still there were no serious diffi- | culties to be encountered if one was | fairly cautious and did not minda the sand. | As time wore on these hillocks were sup- | planted by larger and more substantial | ones, tous of brick and stone and hun- dreds of barrels of cement being thrown about in artistic disarray, and to make the sport of mountain-climbing within the | | City limits a little more exhiiarating and | | realistic, the pavement was torn up and | | the stones ranged in neat little rows along | the sidewalk, just to give those who found it necessary to cross from one side of the street to the other an opportunity to prac- tice the running high jump. The moun- tain was now in fairly good condition. | N\ DEATH OF BISHOP J. N. LEMMENS, VICTORIA, B. C., Aue. 31.—A telegram to Father Nicoleye to-day announces the death Guatemala of Bishop Lemmens, Roman Catholic Bishop of Vancouver Island. ar ago, was calied 10 Guatemsla 10 assist in the administration of one dioceses of that republic. The Bishop, in addition to being weil on in years, had s, abouta y he curred the resentment of the authorities thods of the administration. our to collect funds for the liquiai o catelral of his diocese, which was er. sdministration. \ r which he found very difilcal quinine after each meal in ord ack of fev nd he came to the corclusion that the side of Guatemsia. two Bishop Lemmens was CONsecrs: succeeded Bishop Seghers who, while on a missionary tourto the natives of the Yukon, wes murdered by a white companion while in camp. In addition to this task the late Bishop wos on a mis- The last letter received by c 1y, dated June 22 last, coutained the information that he had been suffering from en from a men who never mentioned his ilis to any one, made Father Nicolaye un. tter was written Bi-hop Lemmens was about tostart for Floris, which s on the Atlantic Cobsn, near which place he died, is situated half way between the Bishop vy his outspoken words sgainst the corrupt etion of the debt still remeining on the hand. ected in this citya few years ago under his his coadjutor, Rev. Father Nicolaye, of this t to throw off. It was his habit, so the letter er to keep down the fever. These cothplaints, Bishop must have been very ill. When this ted Bishop in 1888 by Archbishop Gross, and |ing of surrender io-day. paved and still impassable, and the ob- structions end on the further side of O’Farrell street, where a new mountain is rapidly being constructed of chunks of bitnmen. The business men in the vicinity were | tired of the thing long ago, but find them- <eives forced to accept the old adage of | “Get tired and begin again,”’ but the sec- ond beginning with good grace did not hold out tong when they found the days draggiog wearily along with being made to check the clouds of lcose sand which drifted hither and thither with the wind, and their customers, who did not care to struzgle over the piles of debris throagh clonds of choking dust for what they could obtain elsewhere without being subjected to any such discomforts. All the tradespeople and property- owners are indignant and many them ex- press their opinions on the subject in lan- guage more forcible than polite. R. Hellinell, who has been in business on the biock for a number of years, sums up the case as follows: ““This closing of the street and keeping it closed is one of the :reatest outrages I ever knew of. “All my transient trade has fallen off and even my regular customers are leaving me; in fact I formerly did as much business in oneday as I now do in six. While the nuisance has been some- what remedied it bas not been removed. | Ae long as Spring Valley owns the town nothing will be done unless they are sat- isfied with it. Could I have foreseen this I would have moved ou, long ago." Others speak in the same strain as Mr. Hellinell and seem confident that as soon as the Spring Valley Water Works’ build- ine is finished the paving of the street will be rashed and comfort and prosperity will reign once more. “THE COALL'S” SERVICE, Splendia Work Performed by the West- ern Union Telegraph Company. The splendid service performed by the Western Union Telegraph Company in transmitting from Seattle 150,000 words within four hours adds another triumph to its lone list of achievements in the field of news dissemination. The first fil- copy from the steamer Port- jand was not made at Seattle until 9 o’clock Sunday morning last. Deduect- ing the doub'e filines, the direct trans- mission embraced 100,000 words. Opera- tors of exceptiopal skill and ample exper:- | ence had been placed at the post of duty in advance of the arrival of the steamer, and when the first iustallment of copy was filed eight wires were ready for the work of transmission. By 6 o’clock A. a.— four hours later—the whole number of words filed nad been received atthe re- spective points of destination. The first filing was not made until the leading daily papers of New York had | gone to press, hence these journals did not receive the direct uLenelits of the ex- cellent service performed at Seattle. Tre CALL, with its time advantage and facilities for Landling late dispatches, was enabled to present to the Pacific Coast readers the most ample and correct ac- counts from the gold finds on the tribu- taries of the Yukon. The accounts published in THE Carn covered the entire field of gold-mining operations in the region of the Klondike. The carefully prepared revorts embraced in the letters of THE CALL'S special cor- respondents stationed in Alaska were sup- plemented by genuine interviews with miners and others who came down the Yukon from Dawson City and took pass- age for the souti on the steamship Port- Jand. Faked pictures and old letters re- vised and revamped were not features of THE CaLy's Alaskan service. CEIE ST U Sy Kelso Is Out of Town, John Kelso, the postoffice contractor, is cut of the City, and the United States Marshal is unable to find him for the purpose of placing him under arrest for maxing his workmen work more than eight hours a dav. His Jaw- yer intormed the Marshal that Kelso would no efforts | | the facts. Chapman says he was a sheep-rancher in Texas and recently sold out. He went to Los Angeles about five weeks ago, intending to go to Sonora, Mexico, to try his lock at the mines. While there he became acquainted with Trube, whoisa gardeaer, and Trube decided to join him in his trip to Mexico. Chapman and Trube about three weeks | ago met C. A. Berger, who posea as a priest from Mexico. They told Berger of their intention, and he said he would go with them and #s a priest pave the way | for their entry into Sonora. Berger was hard up and Chapman gave him money and food to the value alto- gether of $50 or $6J, practically keeping him. Berger showed Chapman his vest- ments and other regalia and gave a por- tion of them to Chapman as security for the money advanced. About two weeks ago Berger left Los to-morrow from the Church of Oar Lady of Guadalupe. 8. L. Beckwith was 76 years old when death claimed him. As a shipbuilder he | led a very busy iife, and heleft many warm | friends. He died at 928 Florida street, and the funeral will take piace on Friday from the rooms of the Pioneers. Of all the gailant pioneers but 665 re- main, the average age of the survivors be- ing 73 years. e LADIES' NIGHT AT THE OLUB. The Olympians and Their Many Friends Amuse the Other Sex. It was ladies’ night at the Olympic Club last night and a big audience saw this programme carriad out: Overture, orchestra: horizontal bars, Messrs. Belau and Moll Rand (clown); single flying trapeze, D. Saunders; electric club-swinging, William Holdridge; tenor solo, Frank Coffin; parallel bars, Messrs. Moll, Rouse, Foeberg, - = > tijng, C. Willi . V. Angeles unknown to Chapman and | N8 8 Cormann e ™. o Trube, accompanied by W. Ascarate, a|Spiro; boxing, C. Cathcart vs. D. cattle rancher from Mexico, and came to | Whalen, E. Sullivan vs. L Carter; this City. Ascarate returned to Los An- geles, but Berger remained here. Chapman and Trube made inquiries about Bergzer,and concluded that every- thing was not straight, so they determined to follow him here. They arrived about a week ago and s arched for Berger. They accidentally came across, him on Fourth and Mission streets last Saturday and learned from him that he was living at 305 Minna street. They took a room there | also, directly opposite that of Berger. The next chapter in the story devel- oped yesterday, when Berger complained to the police that Chapman and Trube had broken into his room Monday during his absence and had stolen his vaiise, con- taining his vestments, clothing, photo- graphs and also some money. Dillon, Ryan and O'Dea were detailed on the case and arrested Chapman and Trube in their room last evening. They found in the room three revolyvers and two aaggers belonging to them, which they took possession cf. Chapman and Trube told them that they had taken the valise to a saloon at 102" Geary street, where the detectiyes found it. The police claim that Chapman and Trube got into the room by climbing through the transom, but they deny it and say the door was open and they walked in. They admit taking the valise, and Chapman says he took it in payment of the money he advanced Berger. He denied that either he or Trube took any money. Berger was taken before Rev. Fathers Mulligan and Mahoney at St. Ignatius | Church, and after puiting him throuzh a brief examination they said at once that he was not an ordained priest. Berger persists in sayingz that he is a priest and that he was connected with churches in different parts of Mexico. He admits that Chapman loaned him money and paid for his meals, but says it does not nearly mouant to as much as Chapman claime. He says he did not run away from Los Angeles, but came here on a brief visit. He is detained as a witness, OOLLECTOR LYNCH IN CHARGE, The Office of the Collector of Internal Revenue Turned Over to Him, Acting Collector Thomas, assisted by Special Agent Thrasher, turned over the office of Collector of Internal Revenue to John C. Lynch yesterday afternoon aiter office bours. The occasion was remarkable for the fact that the collections for the two months iust past were the largest on reco:d for thatoflice, aggregating, $615,000. A large pert of this was from the spirit 1ax, which was unprecedeatedly large. This was explained by Mr. Thomas to be owing to the Dingley bili. . There were $1,728,834 worth of stampsin the office ana these werecounted by the spec.alagent and hisassistant. The books were found to be in first-class shape and the transfer was very much expedited by Spanish rings, Messrs. Sullivan and Sanders; barytone solo, B. Tarbox; club swinging, Mrs. George Miehling; Press Club Quartet, F. Coffin, D. Ward, F. Tilton, S. Tucker; Japanese pole, | 3. Sulliva isckemed glove contest, Mes.rs. J. Reay and W. J. comic song and spe- cialties, W. J. H s; acrobatic comediaens, Mes:rs. Rand and Ducl - .- Dropped Dead in a Saloone Paoll Galli, 46 years of age, a gardener by occupation, who resided at 633 Broadway, ied sudderly inasaloon at the corner of Merchant and Sansome streets last evening. The decessed was taken {ll on the street and entered the saicon to rest awlile. He had been seated but a few moments when he fell from his chair to the floor. A physician was summoned, but when he arrived he found lite extinct. The body was removed to the Morgue. It is believed that death resulted trom heart disease. NEW TO-DAY. PRESCRPTIONS i ONLY P & PR i umnsEs DRUGS. AT REASONABLE PRICES. PATENT MEDICINES. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. . Scott’s Emulsion. Syrup of Figs. . Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Carson’s Sarsaparilla... Pinkham’s Compound REMEMBER! 2 We have removed our Drugs and Medic nes from tbe Emporium. and wil refill Emporium pre- scriptions at the same cut rates. . M'KENZIE'S CATARRH CURE. TRIAL FREE. BALDWIN PHARMACY, GRANT & CO., POWELL AND MARKET S8TS. COR. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. T T T T YOI LINEN SALE TO-DAY. A new sacrifice wilt be carried to the block in the morning—LINENS—the soft point in every house- keeper’s composition ; the Kinds of Linens that are dependable and made to wear. Despite the advices coming to us from the New York importers that the new tariff raises the duty upon them from 35 to 110 per cent, we have the temerity to throw them away at Closing-out Prices. No merchant who intends to stay in business could or would do it. We are retiring from business and want to convert all our merchandise into coin. That’s the whole story. g Real oil-boiled goods. Splendid things to use at Turkey Red breakfast and luncheon, thereby saving the wear Table Covers. and tear on your white damask cloths. 45c 15—18, or 134 yards long, worth75c each— To be closed out at. 55¢ 75¢c 8—4, or 2 yards long, worth goc each— To be closed out at. 90c 75¢C 10—4, or 234 yards long, worth $1.10 each— To be closed out at. 10c 10c 12—4, or 23 yards long, worth $1.50 each— & g * To be closed out at. 25¢ 39c 50c 50c 75¢ 95¢ Fancy Bordered Damask Towels, 37x18 inches, worth l21 15¢ each—to be closed out at....... L 1&3C Larger sizes, worth 25¢, to go at 19c each. Fancy Colored Bordered Damask Towels, 48x22 inches, open Spanish-work ends, worth goc each—to be closed at... s .Bach Hemmed-edge Bordered Huck Towels, 35x17 inches worth zoc each, to be closed at I5¢, "and a great big one, 44x25 inches, worth 35c apiece, to go at 1 Heavy Unbleached All-Linen Crash Toweling, I'Inen cheap at 10c a yard—to be closed at......... Crashes. Fine Quality Silver Bleached All-Linen Crash Toweling, cheap at 15¢c a yard—to be closed at Close Weave Twilled Bleached Linen Crash Toweling, cheap at 15c a yard—to be closed at Half Bleached, 54 inches wide, worth 4oc yard— Table will be closed at. DamasksS. Cream Damask, s7 inches wide, wor —will be closed at. Half Bleached, 64 inches wide, worth 75¢ yard— will be closed a Full Bleached, 66 inches wide, worth 75¢ yard— will be closed at Show-White Damask, 68 inches wide, wort! $1.25 yard—will be closed at... Silver Bleached, 7z inches wide, worth $r. yard—will be closed at..... soc yard [ T e T e e e e e e e e G A S S O T 50 Towels. 25¢ 22c pecial drive for restaurants and coffee-houses ; red checks, fringed all around, worth soc dozen—to be closed out at.. -+.. Dozen Checked A Doylies. Our Silk Sale Our Wrapper Sale 35¢ Still keeps up. The 15c¢ and 25¢ goods are about closed out, but splendid values are yet to be had at 39¢, 50c, 75c and upward Was a_big ““zo” yesterday, for 69¢ never bought such Wrappers before. Plenty of them still to be had. At 25c a yard is growing less every day. Why not? Our Dress Who ever saw such material at such- a price? That’s the Goods Sale whole story. This week will surely see the last of them. Our Embroidery Sale Packed the department yesterday from opening till closing time. The amount of 5-cent pieces taken in represented a good many thousands of yards sold. Edgings and Insertions all at Sc a yard. Hurry before they are all gone. WE ARE POSITIVELY CLOSING OUT. TAIN'T NO LIE 5%%11&51&1:9@? ) ores ¢ 9He Mewze » MARKET ST., COR. 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