The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 24, 1897, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1897 NERRY WAR AT 105 ANGELES Tenants Against Land- lords in a Finish Fight. Property-Cwners Decline to Put Out Money for Im- provements. So Merchants of the Principal Street Threaten io Move Elsewhere. LOS ANGELES, CarL., Sept. 23.—War has been declared between the tenants and landlords of the most important re- tail business street in Los Angeles. The former threaten to abanaon their present locations and to have the assessments of the property-owners raised in retaliation for the latter’s refusal to repave the street ana putin a new sewsr. Among the not remote possibilities is the who esale removal of theleading mer- chants from Spring street, along the en- tire nine olocks from Temple io Ninth, to some other thoroughfare, probably Broad- way, the next street toward the west. The pavement on the thoroughfare men- tioned is in a notoriously bad condition. Recently the City Council passed an ordi- nance of intention‘for its repavement and another for the co uction of a new sewer. The property-owners formed a protective association to resist these im- provements. They claim that such work should be provided for out of the general tax fund, instead of the property-owners being specially assessed therefor. According to the city charter a protest filed by a certain percentage of the prop- erty-owners affected defeats the rrying out of any such proposed improvements for six months. A few minutes before the City Hall doors were locked yesterday a protest, with the requisite number of sie- natures, was filed against both the repav- g and sewer proposition. x y Secretary Zeehandelaar of the Merchants' and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion couceived a scheme for forcing the hands of the unwilling Jandlords. It was communicated to a number of the leading members of hat progr nization and met ¥ al ap- proval. Under ciation there is Protective Le: merchants on th> main thc with the object of making a united fight against the land- | lords. “It is propose cretary bandelaar to-day, *40 f e prover owners to the end on taese propositions, our purpose being simvly to secure be r thecity. We will try to get an tue merchants non as their leases move to another thor- on eement am g street that they will oughfare. We will secure an estimate of the of every block in this town, and an prove, as we wili undoubted'y be to do, that the value of proveriy is by the Assessor accordi ad therefrom we w \t increused, and there- in the treasury to improvements out able not estim these eneral imitted that theaction of the posed Tenants’ Protective Asso will be in the spirit of retaliaiion. make of the v It is propesed to conduct the campaign in the s manner ds was the cne in Oakland some years ago, which resulted in trans- ferriny the retail center from Broadway to Washington street, owing to the high rents that prevailed on Broadwa: A preliminary meeting to effect the organ- ization wili be heid Mouday next. ssaeGant Kitty Calvert Discharged. LOS ANGELES, Car, Sept. trial of Kitty Calver!, charged with being accessory to the murder of an old scldier named Duplane at Santa Monica several weeks ago, came to an end to-day, ibe de- fendant being discharged upon motion of the Assistant District Attorney because of insufficient evidence to convict. TERRIBLE BUILEK EXPLOSION. Sevoral Men Blown Up in an Orchard Aear Hanford. HANFORD, Car., Sept.23.—The boiler of the engine which runs the prune dipper at 8. E. Biddle's prune orchard. abouttwo miles north of town, blew up at 8 o’clock this morning with terrible results. August Blix, the engineer in charze of the engine, was thrown about twenty feet and was scalded about the face and breast, while his right leg was broken 1in two places, at the kree and in the foot. The knee wound was caused by a particle of flv- ing iron, and although he is notexpected to live, smputatior of the limb will be necessary. T. D. Bard, another employe at the orchard, was thrown about thirty feet, landing violent He was badly bruised, besides being injured internally, and is now under care at the county hospital. le Ayers, who feeds the dipper, was hurled about twenty feet by the explosion, but was not seriously hurt. Ed Beel son and Wallace Biddle, who were driv- ing a truck behind the engine, barely escaped being struck by partizles of the flying iron. The cau-e of the explosion isnot known. Blix, who is an experienced engineer, was very careiul with the machine. At last reports Blix is rest ng easy. - TWO STOCKTON JOLD-UGPS, €. L. Murray, the Horseman, and a Portugusse Kelieved. STOCKTON, Can, Sept. 23.—While people were passing to and fro on Main street last night a highwayman held up a man, pressing a revolver to his victim’s side and taking his money. The crowd thought nothing of the matter. So quietly was it done that those wbo did take any notice of the men thought that they were merely engaged in friendly con- versation. Two women passed, their dresses brushing the robber and his sub- ject as they went their w; The victim was C. L. Murray, a well- known horseman. He was returning from the pavilion and was on his way 1o the Sherman House, near the railway station, when he was held up. Tne rob. bery occurred ip front of the Guekow bloek, between Stanislaus and Grant stroets. When the revolver was thrust against Murray’s side he was told by the robber that his money was needed and to de- liver it, cautioning bim to make no re- sistance or protest at the peril of his life. Juse Varges, a Portuguese, also reported last night that he was robbed of $60 near the railway station. He came from Mil- pitas and was on his way to Sacramento, e Peculiar Nugcets Found at Prescott, PRESCOTT, Ariz., Sept. 23.—A sensa- tional find was made to-day in the rear of the Palace sal:on and between ti at build- ing and D. Levy & Co.’s store. It con- sisted of eight sticks oi giant powder, with cap and fuse attached. Investigation lea to the belief that it had been placed there within the past few days, but no clew was obtained as to who did it or with what object. A MERE CHILD N THE TANKS Youngest Offender Ever Incarcerated at Los Angeles. A Simple-Minded Lad Whose Pranks Are Construed as Larceny. Public Indignation at the Harsh Method of Dealing With the Little Fellow. Carn., Sept. Locked up in a cell in one of the tanks the County Jail in this city is Harry Haa of Pasadena, a child—a mere babe 1n knee pant: He claims to be 8 years of age, but the jailer and attaches of ibe prison do not believe he has seen more than five, or, at the most, six birthdays. He is the youngest offender it has ever been the duty of the Sheriff to turn a key upon. Considerable feeling has been aroused over the incarceration of the boy, many ens protesting that some other less harsh means should have been taken to punish or control the child. What adds to the pity of the case is that the little priscner is somewhat simple-minded. He is neither aware, apparently, that be has committed any offense against society or that he is bebind prison bars as a punish- ment for his evil doings. Harry lived with his parents in Pasa- | dena, anc for some time previous to his arrest he caused the authorities there con- siderable annoyance by borrowing teams standing along the curb witho of the owners, and taking drives into the | country. | four Gays before the rigs wou!d be recov- lered. Of late he had developed & predi- lection for shovels, perhaps to ride them | also, as lads of his tender years often do. It was the pilfering of one of these from the nursery company of which W. N, Campbell is secretary that made a jailbird of the child. Campbell haa him arrested, and he was convicted before Justice of the Peace Ros: ceny, and ordered ir Sheriff pending senteu ci 0 the cust ce. lie was brought to the Couaty Jail yesterday. The te of iron bars had no s cance or dread for him. Once inside the doors of the penal institution he scam- pered about everywhere, enjoving the novel si of iron cases and prisoners | with all the ingenuousness of an innocent child. It was wuen locking-up time came that he was brought to a realizing sense of his situation. As long as he had the freedom of the corridors he apparently | home and varenis and playmates, | but the darkness and lonesomeness of the | cell shocked him into a naturalchildish | condition. I want my mamma. I want to go home. I don’t like this place. I don’t w nt to stay here.” These were some of the tearful expos- tulations that made moist eyes of even the mo-t hardened criminals within hear- ing. But there was nore | The Sheriff had his orders, said the deputy in charge, and they had to be ob-yed. ‘When the babs wasready to be put to ved, one of his cellmates had to assist him to disrobe, and the seme helping hand had to be extended to dress him this mornine. Taroughout the jail, on the part ofprison- ers and wardens alike, there is general ymoathy {or the child. human kindness in him would have haa that child arrested,” said the Depuiy Sheriff in charge of the jail to THE CALL'S correspondent. *“Of course, under | circumstances, the Justice had no choice n the matter. He sent the child here to give the father an opporiunity to arrange for sending him to relatives in the Ea-t, institution. In my opinion the little fel- low is rather mischievous and wild than vicious or malicious. He doces not even know what offense he has been convicted of. Tome he said he had stolen some bread, as he was hungry.” - WINING BOOM. LOS ANGELES Staking Out Claimy Along the River in the City. LOS ANGELES, Car, Sept. 23.—The Los Angeles River for two miles of its length through this city has been staked out in mining claims, which were to-day recorded. A mining company has been anized to mine the sand and gravel of the river for the gold there is in it. The company is composed of ex-Councilman B. Chardler, Mrs. A. Chandler, W. B. Forsyth, Mrs. A. Forsyth and Joseph L. Orvis. he members of this company claim that the river bed is mineral land and is subject to the mining laws, the city’s ownership being confined to the water alone. They propose to thoroughly prospect the ground thus far staked out, feeling sure that gold 1n suffietent quan- tity can be found to make working profit- able by hydraniic process. Trey say that tests already nr.ade on the surface have shown $6 in gold to a cubic yard of sand sarily be richer. Prospecting for oil and asphaltum deposits is also expected to be profitable. The news of the staking ol claims in the river bas created considerable excite- ment in the city and as a result more claims will be staked and recorded. Ex- perts declare that with suffizient water the sand of the Los Angeles River can bo made 1o yield plenty of gold. Placer mining on a small scale is now being practiced in some of the business streets of this city, the product paying about ordinary day wazes, 10 OUML MCHOUL 1KUSTEES. Suit Charging Negligrnce and Eefusal to Perform Their Duti BAN JOSE, Can, Sept. —W. H, French to-day began suit in the Superior Court to oust Miles Hollister, G. E. Nicholson and J. E. Chase, trustees of the Alviso School Distr.ct, irom office for neglizence and refusal to perform the duties of their office. It is alleged that a majority of the voters of the district petitioned the trustees to call a meeting of ciuzens for July 22 last so that im- portant business pertaining to the district could be setiled, but the defendants re- fused to notice the request of petitioners, Besides removal irom office he wants $100 damages from emch irustee. The de- fendants have been cited to appear Sep- tember 30 before Jjudge Kittredge and show cause why they should not be removed. RN S Doath of Dr. iomlinson. SAN JOSE, Cavn, Sept. 23.—Dr. D. D. Tomtinson, an old resident of this city and a pioneer of Cahifornia, died at his Lome in tiis city to-day, He wasa native of Ohio, aged SL'years. - Jivsh to Arizena Gold Fields. ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., Sept. 23.— Autbentic information is at hand that there is a great discovery of free milling gold ore in the Cnocolate Mountains of Yuma County. Arizona. The rush there has started. Teams, stampmills and peo- ple are arriving in Yuma from up the river bound tor there, . the leave | It would sometimes be three or | iter of Pasadena of petty lar- | ef for Harry. | o man who has a drop of the milk of | the ! or for placing him in some suitable public | and that the earth at bedrock must neces- | WEBSTER - bRILLS THE DIREGTORY Strong Statements Made in His Annual Report to the Supervisors. IDOCUMENT ~ FILED YESTERDAY. He Says Extravagant Boards Should Be Checked by the Law. TEACHERS ELECTED BY A “PULL” The Combination in the Board Held Responsible for Defects in the Department. Superintendent of Schools R. H. Web- ster poured hot shot into the camp of the School Directors yesterday through the | medium of hisannual report which was filed with the Board of Supervisors. Mr. Webster does not mince words in | speaking of the financial doings of the School Board, nor dees he evade the issue when treating of the manner in which teachers are elected and their positions in | the department manipulated. He says plainiy that 1i the Directors do | not conduct the affairs of the department | within the appropriation allowed by the Board of Bupervisors they have violated their oaths of office and should be brought | before the courts and the bar of public | opinion. The document is a voluminous one, go- ing into all the details of the workiugs of | the department and making many valua- ble suggestions regarding the future con- duct of the schools. Speaking of tha finances of the depart- ment ihe report reads: A study of the finances of the department LTAVAR: and mismanagement. July 1, 1896, (nere was & surplus from during the fiscal year just or fingue & statement contaimed in $1,199,214 82, n total 1neome 10,492 07. Or this 0,000 was for the purpuse of & site and lor the CONSiruction of & building for the Mission High Schoo, | leaving $1,090,492 07 for operating expenses, repairs And improvements. it will be o | served, however, from statements of expendi- tures, tha $1,157,080 81 was spent, leaving a deficit of $116,558 74 | This dencit was cuused by unciecked waste | and extra , esp by the it- on supp.les” and the “committee on build- ings und grounds” of the board that retired in | January, 18 How were excessive expendi- | tures miet? By depriving teachers of their sal- | aries, so that the law providicg that no debts | contractea during a previous year shall be | paid out of the revenues of a subsequent fis- cal year might be evaded, and the deficit be charged 0 ieachers’ saliries and not to its true cause, This 1s a clever scheme, the opera- | tion o1 which can be made to cloak shameful | extravazance. The practice of depriving teachers ot their | prompt pay is atonce pernicious, leading to | extravagance, and unjust to leacners. | It is a rank injustice to teachers t 116,- 558 74 te charged asdeficit in their saiaries in the budget of the coming year, when it really covers an extravegant cxpenditure of | money for supplies, repairs and iabor. | It might be well tor the Board of Super- | visors, “in fixing tho revenue for pubiic | schools for the coming fiscal yeer, to specify | for wiat appropriations are made—that is to allow a fixed amount for salaries, for rents, for books, for lights, etc.; and if at tne end of the year the Board of Edlcation exceeds these { limiis to bring it beiore the barof a court | and pubiic ovinion for violating their oath of | office and disregarding the one-twelfth act. Then Mr. Wobster touches on the sub- ject of teachers in the following words: Whiie the average daily sttendance of pupils has increased but twenty-three, the Board of Education has added forty - seven teach- ers to the vpayroll of the depari- ment —two teachers for each additional pupil. Rarely does the board assem- ble for rezular business without eiecting a few teachers into the department. The eiection of teachers in _a great majority of cases is unnecessary. It indicates either a voiitical or corrupi administration of public school affairs. There are from eight to twelve teachers on the uuassigned list who are paid the salaries of reguiar (eachers. Tliese teachers together with ten substitutes would be abie to meet ull calls caused by the absence of teachers. There are, however, thirty-six substitutes on the elementars list, thirty of whom are paid $450 per annum; twelve on the evenlng school bist, eight of whom are paid $20 per month; six on the High School list not under pay. Numerous appointments to the evening schools are contemplated. Judicious classific cation wonld avoid the necessity tor addi- tional teachers, but this would niot satisfy a combination of School Directors Lungry for | places. The result is a rapid increase in the number of teachers and expenses wholly out of propor- tion to the number of pupus. With an in- cresse of 1129 in the enrollment and twenty- three in the daily average atiendance the ex- pense of instrucfion during the past year has incieased $38,743, and the entire expenses of | the department are $70.509 in excess of those of the previous year. The worst feature of our school administra- { tion is the method employed in the clection of teachers. 4t 1§ utterly antagonistic to scholar- ship and department discipline. It is merely the applieation of “persoual patronage” and “spoils xystem. A combination of eight or nine School Direc- tors distribute the patronage. When places are to be filled on the substitute list those Di- rectors whose “‘turn” it is to appoint, secretly hand the name of those whom they desire appointed to & member of the committee. These appointees are charged up to the Direc: tors and tnen elected in the department. The public de not know who is responsible for the election of any one, and the Directors them- scives are ignorant of the qualifications of the appointed teacher and of tue motives in- ducing the appointment. Au appolntment Is given toa Director and it is his to dispose of as he sees fit. The se ec- tion of the best appiicants is well nigh impos- sible. Young woinen, with little or no experi- ence aud with scant edueation, have, by ree- son of olitical pull,” the advantage over talented, accomplished and experienced tenchers. Not only in the appointment of teachers butin the discipline of the department are the demoralizing effects of politics felt. Good principals and_teachers, keenly sensitive to the baneful and humliating resuls of seek- ing political aid in the defense of their rights and the dignity of their positions, are obliged to importune their infiuentiul friends tor pro- tection, while some teachers even make & business of studying polities to promote their personal ambition in the department and to enjoy immunity irom wnolesome regulations. Damages Claimed by Cuneo, Suit has been instituted by Attorney J. J. Coffey on behalf of Joseph Cuneo against the city Boatd of Health for $15,000, said to have Dbeen sustained by the plaintiff on account of bu:ldings condemned and destroyed by the defesdants. Mr. Coffey snys Lae power of the Board of Health to tear dowa buildings hus not yet been deterinined by the courts of this Stare, and he intends to obtain a decision of the Supreme Court on this question. SRS A b A Californian Dead. Thacher B. Carpenter, for mauy years s res- ident of Napa County, Cal.,, died at Foxboro, Mass., Keptember 4 last, atthe age of 78. He died 'painiessiy and ' peacefully, and sur- rounded by his friends, in the oid New Eug- Jand homestead where Lie was bozn, A PRISONER’S DREAM OF GOLD. W. F. Kasson, formerly the manager of the California Commerce, a weekly paper of this city and now incarcerated in the County Jail on & charge of felony ermnbezz James Kasson of Austin, lowa. lement, is reported to have failen heir to $250,000 by the death of his uncie, He said last evening: *“Iam as surprised at my good fortune so far as worldly goods are concerned as any one else conld be under the circumstances, My brother, who lives in Sioux Fa uncle’s death not long since, aad in turn notified me, was notified of my Iam in prison and do not care for notoriety; but the fact of my being here does not change the matter in any way. My trouble came about through trouble with an employe of mine. In a heated discussion he drew a knife and attempted to take my life, but I in turn beat him over the head with a pistol, and was charged with an assault to murder. I was tried on two counts, and rece!ved a sentence of six months for the first and four montbs on the second. At that time I did not have money to fight the case and was imprisoned, but now I will again take up the matter on the second count and endeavor to gain my liberty, as what 1 have done was 1n seif-defense. made no plans for the future. I have I will return as soon as possible to New York, where T was borr:, and after arriving there I will lay plans for years to come. My uncie left a fortune of $500,000, which will be divided be'ween my brother and myself, as we are the only Iiv ng heirs, For years 1 workea in different news- paper offices in the United States, but now I will abandon that and look for new fielas. TOONG BELL 1S 4 HERO Threatened a Duel With a Suitor for His Mother's Hand. Slept in a Gorgeous Bed Cham- | ber, but OCbliged to Be His Own Cook, Once Arrested for Arson and Has a Record as a Rather Bad Boy in His School Days, According to his own story, young Fred Bell has been the hero of agreat many diverse episudes in his 22 years, He loomed up first as. the extraordinary vic- tim oi the circumstance of sleeping in the most elaborately furnished bedroom in San Francisco and still baving to cook bis own meals. The scene shifted and the spectators beheld him in the role of seeking a duel with pistols with Bayard Saville because the latter was seeking to marry his mother. In another act heis under arrest in Guthrie, O. T., on the serious charge of arson, and in minor side light he alternates from a scheme to de fraud his mother under the guidance of Mammy Pleasant to a plan of setting fire to St. Joseph’s Academy, in Oakland, asa revenge for some petty reprimand at the | hands of the prefect of the institution. Of course the young man denied all the insinuations of “wrongdoing. When the light shone on him to disadvantage it was direcied by his mother’s attornews. When he played the grand role the shut- ter was operated from his own side of the bouse. Such are some of the idiosyncra- sies of this notorious case that is now being tried in Judge Coffey’s court. Everybody connected with it seems to revel in the nasty and wearisome revela- tions that are being slowiy drawn out by the witnesses. Beil himself enjoys ap- parently the manner in which the mal- odorous skeletons of his home are dancing for the benefit of the queer “push’’ that | throngs the courtroom daily. Mrs, Bell only smiles when he tells of her short- comings. Reference to debauches and orgies of ail sorts meet the general ap- proval of everybody except Judge Coffey, who has apparently become resigned to his lot and has decided to let the opera | bouffe that is performing before him go through as it may. The ghost of Buyard Saville, who is now serving a tern. for forgery in San Quentin, came sailing into the proceedings vester- vay morning, when young Bell recounted how he had saved his mother ‘rom marry- ing him. Itseems Mammy Pieasant was the first to be taken in by Saville, who in- troduced himself into the household as the son of a very rich man from Boston who had been a friend of the colored woman’s parents, With her usual saga- city for turning millionaires to her profit Mammy soon had matters arranged for a mairiage between her mistress and her visitor. Saville accompanied his fiancee to the Bell ranch in Sonoma County, and was inaking love at a rapid pace when Mammy discovered there wasz flaw in his character in theamatter of being an ex-convict. According to young Bali the woman delegated to him the work of frus- trating the marriage. First of all he prepared a campaign on the courts to remove his motherus the guardian of her children; charging her with consorting with Baville and one of the hands at the ranch. Then he pro- cesded to the ranch and proceeded to read the law to S.ville, denouncin: him as an ex-convict and forb.dding his mother from consenting to have further dealings with the wolf who was trying to invade the home. It was quite a stormy affair, according to Bell, in which there was a good deal of talk and a possibility of tragedy, for both he and Saville were armed. Intheend bloodshed was averted and matiers were settied by Bell loaning Saville $150 to return to the city. That was the end of the love-making. Then, by way of making things pleas- ant, Belldeclared he had secn bis mother intoxicated: in fact, he had been good enough to get drunk with her. Iu re- sponse tothe question as to who were his mother’s sureties, he answered thut they were “Mammy’' Pleasant and Mrs. Stew- art, also & colored woman. The afterngon opened with the begin- ning of the cross-examination. Mrs. Bell is charged with having neglevied ber children, and by way of beginning her attorney made the young man describe his sleeping quarters. These were mag- nificent, equal to anvthing at the Palace Hotel, Bell admitted, and declared by Fisher Amesto be equal to those of the Prince of Wales, Visions of great mirrors, statuary, oil vamntings, rich tapestry and upholstery, and porcelain baths were un- rolled for the benetit of the curious mob. Tuese, of course, were a part of the young man’s own quarters, those formerly occu- pied by his father. Those of the remainder of the famuly were, of course, not on such a grand scale, although he declared there were just as big mirrors in Mammy Pleasant’s room as in his own, all of which led the listeners to suspect the old colored woman of the vanity thatisa part of the white portivn of her sex. Bell, continuing, said that since he had left coilege in Atlanta five years ago he had been mostly employed on tne ranch in Sonoma County, hauling hay and such like, or else devising ways and” means to Lave his moiher removed from the man- agement of the family possessions. Some time in 1595 e engaged in a cattle enterprise at his mother’s expense, and borrowed stock and some agricultural im- | plements {rom the homestead to improve atract of land in the Santa Rosa Moun- tains. This was quite a neat scheme, as the evidence developed, although Bell de- clared it was engincered and planned by Mammy Pleasant. The cattle were purchased in the name of a man namea Hall, who was said to Lave lots of money, for the purpose of de- ceiving Mrs. Bell, but who, the young man declared, never existed, and who went into the tale as “Myth’* Hall. Attorney Ames sought to prove that | Beli and Eaton had put the job up to- | gether, deceiving both the nesress and | her mistress. The scheme didn’t pan out very profitably and tue ranch property was returned 1 better condition, so Beil declared, than when rowed.” *‘Then you were improving your moth- er's property by perpetrating a fraud? asked Ames. it had been *'bor- | *It was Mrs. Pleasant who planned the fraud,’’ said Bell. “And vou only aided in the deception,” added Judge Coffey. Bell was then asked to relate the his- tory of his school-goine. It seemed that he had quite a checkered career. Tue start was made in St. Matthew’s Hall at San Mateo, to be transferred in a few months to St. Mary’s College in this City. From this institntion Ames sought to bave him admit that he nad run away a dozen times, only to be returned by Muminy Pleasant. He was next a pupil at St. Josepn’s Academy and left that under a cloud. | Attorney Ames asked him if it was not true that he had been a-ked to leave ve- cause he had set fire to the instituiion. Bell made arambling denial, which wound | up with the remark that all boys are full of vranks. He nextspenta term at the | Sacred Heart College in this city, followed by a term at St. Mary’s Coliege, Oakland. He was then-transferred to Guihrie, | 0.'T., to the custody of a woman teacher, | a former friend of bhis father. He did not remain long, saying that he and his| teacher could r.ot'agree. A few days later an attemyp. was made to burn the school | and Bell found himself in jail on a charge | of arson. He declared that this charce !'ad been trumped up against him by his former teacher, but he would not deny that it cost his father §4000 to get him out of the scrape. He wound up his school career at a military college in Atlanta, to emain there until his father’s death. From that time on he declared Mammy Pleasant and his mother would not al- iow him to go to school. The case will go on Monday morning. | RIOH FAOM KLONDIKE. Owner of Three Klondike Claims rives With Wife and Nuggets. A. P. Barber, a former carpenter of | Eastern Oregon, but now the owaer of | two riek claims on Victoria Creek and one | on Bonanza Creek in the Klondike region, arrived Wednesday at theGrand Hotel, ac- | oompanied by his wife and younger son. An older son and a aaughter have re- mained in Dawson City to take charge of | affairs until the father’s return in the spring. Mrs. Barber and her daughter conducted a restaurant for a year at Circle City and cleared over $4000. Later they made money from a restau- rant at Dawson. Mrs. Barbar bears with her as trophies of the zold rezions a neck- lace of nuggets valued at $200 in weight, | bracelet of nuggets and a brooch of fine | nuggets. They were all selected by her | from a large number and are of a uniform | size, resembling roughly in shape a large | lima bean. | T e Barbers have come here to buy a suburban nlace of about forty acres, that shall be Mrs, Barber’s future comfortable home. Mr. Barber cannot place an esti- ;mme upon the value of his claims, but | holds them high. His daughter also owns one. Mre. Barber refused $500 for her nugget jewelry. Ar- SY ORL T | JAPANESE NAVAL OFFICER. Here on His Way to England to Exam- ine Latest Naval Architecture. Caprain S. Inukoyama of the Japanese Navy is here on his way to Engiand, as special commissioner, to examine the | most approved method of naval and mer- | cantile marine architeciure. He arrived | on the City of Peking from Yokohama, | and is staying at the Palace. When seen Wednesday night he was not willing to discuss any subject, but he de- nied that there was any ioundation for | the assertion in the evening paver that a Japanese military force had recently been | landed in Honolulu. He deciared that | about 200 emigrants—coolies, many of| them, women and children—had regularly | landed in Honolunlu. With the exception { that they wore Japanese costumes they | werenodifferent from the Japanese already at work on tne islands. As to what naval construction Japan may have in view he cautiously refused to answer questions. ————— A Literary Entertainment. A musical and. literary entertainment will given to-night by the St. Francis Reading cle in the chiurch hall on Vallejo street. The proceeds will be turned into the funds of the bazaar to be held in November. Talent of a high order of merit has been secured, ana an excellent programme will ba rendered. Tickets are in unusual demand and a large audience is insured. Rey. Father Caraher is the director of the circle, Miss Hattie Rooney secretary and Miss Mary Glynn treasurer. = S o o Theatrical Baseball. This alternoon at 2 o’clock, at Central Parks | the Orpheum-Alcazar baseball team will play & match game of ball with the Morosco-Grand | Opera-house team. A legion of friends of both | teams will be in attendance to shout tor their | favorite nine. There is considerable rivalry N 4 » eaual confidence, swollen tonsils, if your eyebrows are zetting thi spoken of in (1) send for *‘30-Day Blood cost not a sou. that bad been given up again and again. stamp—no more. Cures are swift as thought and as sure as heaven. HUDYAN TOUCHES (1) If you ever see little ulcers or cop- per-colored spots in your mouth or throat, that signifies blood taint. (2) If you have a pain under the right shoulder-blade or in this region, that signifies blood taint. Coated tongue does, too. 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They do not wake up to the truth that the slight symp- toms of weakness which they feel may, at any in- stant, take a plunge into serious or fatal illne: Once the ‘‘running. down '’ process begins it is speedy and there’s na telling how it will end. To stop the loss of vitality and build up your strength and weight to the normal, healthy standard, there is nothing equai to Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It vitalizes the blood and promotes a Yrapid production of the life-giving red corpuscles. It promotes perfect diges- tion ; enables the liver to filter all poisonous bilious elements out of the circu- lation, arrests the forma- tion of morbid deposits in the vital organs and builds up new and healthy tis- | sues. For thirty years it has been recognized{as the only perfect and radical cure for all bronchial com- ints, throat and lung affections and i s resulting from impoverished 4 ck," writes A. H. Gaddis, Tacoma, Wash. 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Lot 50x110 feet ‘Terms subject Lo confirmation of ihe Superior Court. FORECLOSURE SALE. Eiegant Mission Home. 10i2 Dolores st., W. side, 114 feet S. of 23d, in the center of the 'Mission warm beit. Dolores st. Is the Van Ness ave. of the Mission. Ten rooms, bath, etc. Lot 70:6X183, with L 9x14. ADMINISTATOR’S SALE. Downtown Tenement Property. Jessie street, of First st.j B-story buildlng: rent $21: lot_16x60. Subject te confirmatiou 01 the Superior Couri. FINE BUILDING LOT NEAR ALAMO SQUARE. Lot §. sidé of Fultou st., 110 feet W. of Scott st. street accepted; size 27:6X157:5. NINTH-STREET BUSINESS LOT, Lot, SW. side of fth st., 250 feet SE. of Harris son: artesian well on the lot that cost $18U0; 25x100. MISSION BUST S CORNER. Northwest cor. of Castro and 25th sts.; groce: store and saloon and 5 rooms; nortion of lot a- cant; lot 50 feet on Uastro street by 80 on 25th st. ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. Mission Income Property. FIRST. 195 feet N. of 26th st.: & . 10211 23 house 1025 st., ms and bath fronting Cypress alley lot 65x115 feet 10 Cypreas ailcy. ‘Terms sulject 1o confirmation of the Superior Court. s SECOND, n SW. slde of 16tn ave. south, distant 75 . of T st south. Size75x10J: neare ectric- rms subject to confirmation of the su- | perior Court. THIRD. Lot on the NE. side of 17th ave. south, 150 feet NW. of Lst. south (about 80 teet S . itroad ave.): e ectric-cars: size 75x100. Terms subject to confirmation of the > uperior Court. FORECLOSURE SALE. INCOME PROPERTY NEAR GOLD PARK. e of Oak st., 80 _feet E. of Broderick: Nos. 1181,1183 Osk: 3 two-story bay-window: 7 rooms and bath each: 1ot 6UX11Q feet; rents $62 50, and tenants pay the Waler. GATE S VALENCIA-ST. BUSINESS PROPERTY 2-storv bay-window house, 921 Valencia st., k. side, 273 feel N. of 21st. opposite Liberty; 8 rooms and baih; lot 26x90 fect. EXECUTOK’S SALE. Elegant Western Addition Cottage. 907 Fillmore st., W. side, 187:6 100t S, of Mo- Alifster: 6 rooms &nd bath: lot 25x87:6 feet. Terms subject to coufirmation of the Superior Court, FORECLOSURE SALE, Mission Cottage Home. 510 Diamond st, W. side, 110 feet 8 of u2d; 6 rooms and bath: 24th-st.. braneh of Mission-st. electric-cars one block distant: lot 20x115:) feet, We can arranze extialiberal terms. DOWNTOWN HOME enwich st., N. side, 171:105 feet E. of : 2-story brick house 8 rooms: rent, §18; 14x70, to Telegraph pl.ce. Terms—\We can nego.iate Ioan it desired. For ruriher particulars, catalo.ue, etc., apply to G. H, UMBSEN & CO., Auctioneers, 14 Montgomery street. UPEE HAMS. ODGE, SWEENEY & (0. Weak Menand Women HOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, THE great Mexican Remedy: gives Health and Birength to the Sexual Organs.