The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 11, 1897, Page 1

= VOLUME LXXXIL—NO. 133. SAN FRANCISCO, . MONDAY — MORNING, OCTOBER 11, PRICE FIVE CENTS. URFICIAL'S TREASURE Burglars Break Into the Gold Commissioner’s Cabin AND SECURE DUST AND NUGGETS. ’New Stories of Impending Starvation at Dawson Are Brought Down. FEARS FOR THE SAFETY OF THORP’S PARTY. Men Who Are Driving In Horses and Cattle Are In Danger of Perishing. Spectal Dispatch 10 THE CALL. TTLE, Wass,, Oct. 10.—No roseate hue of promise, such as is commonly sup- rover the El Dorado of the ields like an aurora the account brought down ka by passengers on the steamer City of Seattle, which arrived here to- night at 9 o'clock. On board were two more pilgrims from the land of gold to the land of gtub. Toey are C. A. Brown and James Clarke. These men are the last two to arrive from Daw City. They left that unfortunate town September 6, and after a hard tramp through fords and over mouniain passes covered with snow reachea Haines Mis- sion October 2. Clark and Growen bring the news that on August 25 the e of Gold Commis- ner Fawcett was entered by burgiars and asum of money approximating $4500 wasstolen. Thisisthe rirst serious rob- bery to be reporied at Dawson. Clark says that every effort is being made to locate the thieves wha roobed the Gold Commissioner. Thus far the efforts I' of the police have been unsuccessful. En- trance was gained through a window. Returning Kiondikers report that bad luck has overtaken the Thorp party, which left here on the steamship Farallon on September 3. According to tae narra- tive given THE CALL correspondent 1o- night, the Thorps were camped ou the summit of the terrible Cuilkat Pass on September 28, with snow to the depth of } more than a foot on the ground for miles in front of them. They had lost en of their horses going over ihe mountains and eleven head of cattle had from exhaustion. Three men who accompanied the Thorps turned back at the summit, convinced that tney were throwing their lives away if they aitempted to proceed further. They were E. A. Throckmorton and L. R. Kadcliffe, two newspaper correspondents, and Hoffman, whom they employed 10 help them pack their outfits to the Klondike. They say that there is no pos- sible ciance for Thorp to get his party and their outfits through this winter, and that if they persist in the undertaking they will surely perish in the blizzards that prevail in the inbospitable region {rom early in October until May. The gravest fars are entertained for the safety of the T p party, which included Willis Thorp, a man 50 years of age, and experienced in traveling over “the p:ains and mountain ranges of Ala-ka; his son, Edward Tho George Stewart of Ta- L. Wi holen; W. C. Thorp and he iatier nephews of the A. Stewart of Puyaliup, H. er Thorp; letcher, G. W. Koberts and L. Harding. The last three were eployed by Witlis Thorp. They drove wiih them a band of | ninety cattle and s The catile were the larger of the steers were to be used as pack animals. They took a quantity of provisions and feed for the horses, but de- pended on the stock grazing along the roue. Throckmorton and ! Thorps on the sum Mountains Septemuver 28. They had then been out seventeen days. They had lost fifteen horses from exhaustion and eleven head of cattle haa succumbed. Radclifte and Throckmorton intended going through to Dawson. They were well sup- plied with pack hortes and provisions, They sold the food and supplies to Thorp and made him a present of the horses, It had snowed for several days before Throckmorton and Radcliffe determined to forsake the trail and return to civiliza- tion. On the summit was at least a foot of snow. They were told by the Galy.n party thatthe snow line was extending for at least filty miles beyond the summit, and was growing larger as additional storms piled up the drifts on the mouy- tain sides. As the Galvin party came upon the Thorp party they were hudaled benind the sheiter of a peak and seemed almost distracted. At Dawson City the situation grows more serious daily. The inhabitants of the place had maintained a vigil of weeks watching for the arrival of a steamer Joaded with food that would save manya an from actualstarvation. They did aot now that the steamer Hamilion, on vhich they kad based their hope, had got- ten only as far as Fort Yukon and was there compelled to turn back to Bt Michael. Attbe Alaska Commercial Company's tore at Dawson a crowd of men number- .xng so me fifty were to be seen daily lined up in front of the doors, begging for an opportunity (o purchase sustenance for themselves and their partmers in the mines. As fast as one man was waited on the doors were unlocked and another would be admitted. Then the click of the Jatch would be heard, bolts would slide in y Lorses. Radcliffe left the it of the Cnilkat succumbed | beeves ard cows, and | Production of Benjamin Weed's Grecian Drama. Scene in the Vale of Pansies on the Rhine Farm Near Sonoma During the Moonlight | place 10 make impossible a raid from 1the | | famine.stricken men, and a sack of flour would be doled out, tog-ther with a few | pounds of bacon. No one coulst secure more than bar | enough to sustain life for a few weeks, To | those who were preparing to leave, feod enough was given them to last them over | the trails to szlt water. Everything pos- | sible was being done to encourage men to | leave. Clark and Brown bring out about $5000. They have heavy interests Burch Creek, and own a few claims on El Dorado and Bonanza. They admit that the scarcity of food drove them from Dawson. When they left Dawson the veuple were looking daily on for the arrival of the Hamilton. 'lIxe\'d:d! not know that she had bsen unable | ‘0 go up the. Yukon anu that she | would not in all probability reach Daw- | son until Spring. | Clark says that there will undoubtedly A | be starvation at Dawson this winter. | William Mizner of Swn Francisco came | down on tne City of Seatile. "He and his | brother own ms on El Dorado and are | worth at least « m.llion. | v Yap and Yon Yenz Yack, two ninamen, came down on the City of | eattle from Wrangel. They have been mining for several vears and vrought | down dratts on the Hudson Bay Com. | pany for $4C,000. Mizner brings out about $2000. His claim on El Dorado cost bim $50,000. | Wyatt Earp and wife, who went north | on the Rosalie September 21, returned on the City of Seattle. Mr:. Earp will make aflying trip.to San Francisco and return north assoon as possible. It is his inten- | tion to build a 'sawmill at Luike Bennett | and saw lnmber and build boats for the | spring rush into the Yukcn. The stexmer broaght down among other things the :mportant news of the drown- | ing of two men on Shallow Lake, .'5))-1 tember 30 Three men were taking their zoods down by boat when a squall struck them, capsized their boat ahd ihrew them and their outfit into the iake. As near as could be learhed two men were drowned and the third managed to keep ufloat and was picked up by another | boat. The names of the lo.t were Conway | and Adams. It was impossible at thie time the City of Seattle left to get at any | of the aetails of the affair. Kelly is said | to be the name of the man Who was res- | It was sa1! that Adams was an ar- r.val from 1lliinofs. cued, Ia Irienniat Conclave. BALTIMORE, Mp., Oct. 10.—The Gen- erai Grand Chavter of Roya: Arch Masons will a-semble here to-morrow in triennial conclave and on Wednesday the centen- nial anniversary ot the founding of the | Grand Chapter in the United States will | be cclebraied. Prominent Masons from | all parts of the world will be present and tbe sessions will continue during the | week. SRS Goes Ashore During a Foq. SBAVANNAH, Ga, Oct. 10. — The s€uvoner Kannte Arthur, Captain Doug- lass, from New O.leans, bound for Port Royal, S. (., with a cargo of molasses, | weat asLore aud filled on Warsaw beach, iwenty miles souih of Tybee, yesteiday in 2 heavy fox. Two tugs with wrecking- pumps and crews have gone to attempt to float her. EXPECT 10 | PURCHANE [HE ROAD: Reorganizers Confident of Securing the Union Pacific. CLARK TO REMAIN PRESIDENT. However, There Will Be Other Bidders in the Field at the Sale. CENTRAL PACIFIC MAY GO AFTER THE LINE. There Is a Prospect of Some Com- petition to Secure the Link In a Great Transcontinental Road. Speclal Dispatch to THE CALL. IV VERT VY F R PRy CLARK WILL EE THE NEW PRESIDENT OMAHA, NEBR., Oct. 10.— General Manager Dickinson of the ' Union = Pacific, just back from New York, says that the reorganization committee will buy in the road, and that S. H. H. Clark will be president. He added that the conwract which the Oregon Short Line Company submitted for traffic has been re- jectad. AAAAASRSAAEAEE SRR AR aR L FPPPRVE PRV RR PR RRV RPN PR Ry X é@« XA AAAAAEAAES & & S44 OMAHA, NEBR., Oct. 10.—The proxim- ity of the jorec o ure of the first and ~ec- ond mortga e of the Union Pacific Rrile way calls for m cu animated aiscussion in local railwiy rcles nowadays about the future management and control of the ] the conditions ol the purchase. | tuey con.d outbid-the reorganization com- | dent Clark appeared 1o be seriously bad, | all indications, pointed | likely 10 be dropped into the basket. sysiem. There.is a witespread belief | among the Western railroad men that the | reorganization committee will purchase the railroad. The presence.of three men | on the committee, thought to be con- | trolled by tne Vanderbilt ' interests, is re- garded as an indjcation of the ownership should the reorganization committee get the property at the approaching sale. Within the last few days, however, ru- mors of the purchase of the railway by an English svudicate have been rife. Some of these rumors are explained by the fact that much English capital is represented by the reorganization committee. A prominent railroader hers this week vouchsafed another explunation of the stories of English ownership. He said: “The press dispatches state that the Attorpey-General admits tha he has re- ceived queries from the other side about That con- tirms an opinion I have long heid. The | greater part of the lines of the Central Pacific .is leased and operated by the Soutbern Pacific, . It would not surprise me at all if the owners of the Centrai Pa- cific shonld, put in,a bid for the Union Pacific at the sale next monti. Wiether mitiee is another matter.. But if they get the road they would then own the great- est transcontinental railroad in the coun- try, extending across the-country in an almost straight line from Council Bluffs to within fifty miles of San Francisco.” It is generally believed, however, that the reorganization committee will get the Union Pacitic at the sale. -Some -.u-! posted railroaders say that thiscommittee | will be tbhe only bidder for the property. | The question that now bothers the rail- | road world, and especially that part of it which is attached to the Union Pacific system here, is concerning the presidency oi the road should the reorganization committee get possession of the property. There are three men whose names are frequently mentioned in connection with the position: S. H. H. Clark, Oliver W. Mink and Edwin W. Winter. Two months ago, when the health of Presi- 10 another man for the vresidency, but the best railroad men 1n Omaba to-day firmly belieye.that the new-president will be the man who has been at the head of the road during its foar years’ receivership. The friends of Mr. Ciark here stoutly waintain that he can have the presidency under the 1eorganization it he wants it, and they believe that the only question is whether his healta will permit hisaccept- ance of such = tremendous undertaking as the reorganization of the Union Pacific. Lately nis health has shown great im- provement, and the few officials at the local heaaquarters say that Mr. Clark will surely be the man. This view may be construed as a thought that is fathered by s wish. Should Mr. Clark remain at the head of the road it is certain that there will be no great changes among the officials. Should Winter come into power it 1s aumitted tbat & number of heads are Otiver W. Mink has been the most ac- tive of the receivers: for rome time past and has come 1o the front.during Clark’s enforced withdrawal from active partici- —_— (ontinued on Second Fage SPREAD) (F FEVER IN THE SO0TH At New Orleans Yellow Plague Claims Fresh Victims. FIVE DEATHS, MANY NEW CASES. Little Prospect of Improve- ment Until the Arrival of Jack Frost. GALVESTON BATTLES WITH THE DISEASE. Government Expert Guiteras Cer- taln of the Deadly Fever In the Lone Star State. Spectal Dispatch to THE CALL Fedededkok ook ook ok dkok koo ok kok RECORD OF THE PLAGUE AT ONE CITY. NEW ORLEANS, LA., Oct. 10.—Official report of the Board of Health: = Cases to-day, 37; deaths to-day, 5; total cases to date, 577; total deaths to date, 61; total cases absolutely recov- ered, 240; total cases under treat- ment, 276. ek gk Ak ok ok PEETTE TR TR E R TR TR * £ * * x X g x * * * x x - x x ¥ NEW ORLEANS, La.,, Oct 10.—The fever situation here grew no better to-day. Eariy in the evening there was a promise that yesterday’s record would be equaled, if it was not exceeded. New cases ap- peared 1n various portions of the city, many of them, however, being reported in bhouses where there was already infection. There were several deaths, and in one in- siance the fatalily occurred not long after the report of the case was brought to the attention of the board. : Three persons were reparted sick in one family this morning. During the day one of them died. The second death among the cases’in Algiers was reported ‘to-day— Miss Caselar, who was reported sick with the fever several days ago, In the other fatal cases in Algiers the patient was re- moved to the isoiation hospital and died there. Two of the deaths to-day were in Carrollton, which, relatively to population, has furnished more fatal casesthan auy locality in the city. Among the new cases is that of Mrs. Sampson. Her husband, Dr. Sampson, and their son were taken ill two or three days ago, and the infection has spread in the premises. Another physician is on the list of cases reported to-day, Dr. Otto I.eech, but he is not reported to have aserious attack. Dr, Barnett and Dr. Howard Oliphant are re- ported to be progressing iavorably toward recovery. Among the new cases is that of A, W. Read, second engineer of the steamship Vaileda. He was taken sick on the vessel and removed to the Touro Infirmary.' The steamer has been disinfected and extra precautions taken to prevent a spread of the fever among the crew. Miss Carrie Hecker, who died - to-day, was only reported ill yesterday. - To-night her'mother was announced to have yellow fever. This is the record of new cases and deaths to-day: Deaths—Armand Ganditz, Carrle W. Hecker, ‘Miss Annie Casselar, John Mec- Ernie, — Call. 2 New cases—Marie Gasciene, Dr. Otto Leech, Mr. Perry’s chlid, Miss Leonine Bulings, A. W. Read, Miss Corinne Apps, M:iss Richard Call, Miss Bertha Csll, Cicero Rosalie, Mrs. J. S.. Simson, Oiive Bohle, D. W. Cohen, Henry W. Schwarm, Julius Schniedauw, ~ Harris Schniedan, Claud Harris, A. N. Victor, Mrs. Leroy, Mrs. Mary Call, Miss Belle Brown, Miss Juniata Casey, W. B. Casey, Joe -Mutti, E. P.: Otis, John Morem, E.- C.' Rain, Davis M. Haspel, Joan F. Foster, J.'W. Emmett, Frank Lott, Mrs. A. Benjamin, Master Fred C. Berrmann, Frank Kilieale, Mrs. J. P. Hecker. R . MOBILE, Ara., Oct. 10.—Seven cases of vellow fever, two deaths in-the city and one at Magazine Point, three miles dis- tant, and three recoveries make the record for this city for the past twenty-four hours. Deaths: Jesse Patcherand George i. Brown. At Dbiagazine Point: Max Zemler. Total cases, 121; deaths, 20; recoveries, | 65; remaining under treatment, 36, MONTGOMERY, Ara., Oct. 10.—Con- siderable alarm was caused here in the past twenty-four hours Ly the report that a mail-carrier named S.ebbens had died of veliow fever. A special meeting of the Board of Health was held last night, and after 8 microscopical examination to-day a statement was issued by the board an- nouncing that Stebbens’ death was due to ptomaine poisoning. He had not been exposed to infection from fever and there is no reason to suppose that there is any yellow fever in town. JACKSON, Miss,, Oct. 10.—There are no new cases of fever at Nitta Yuma. At Edwards there are nive new cases, four of S S S e O S b o g Continued on Second Page. AN ARCADIA [N SONOMAS WOODLANDS One Eve of Pleasure at the Beautiful Vale of Pansies. NYMPHS IN A LOVE ROMANCE. Greek Mythology Given Life in a Moonlit Mocuntain Canyon. OUTDOOR REVEL AT THE RHINE FARM. Brilllant Theatrlcals Staged on a Greensward Between Wooded Steeps. If you long for the peaceful joys of Ar- cadia take the Tiburon boat, which brings you to Sonoma at half-past seven in the &vening. I's a commonplace beginning. The boat will be crowded with hunters, very likely, and the train will stop every now and then to dump them off into some marsh or other. But the end is far from prosaic. 4 Step into an open carriage when youget to Sonoma town, drive along the sweet- scented, moonlit, tree-shadowed road for about two miles till you come to the mountains. You can’t lose your way, for at irregular intervals many-colored lights gleam, now from one side, now from the other. The road winds beautifully in and out, acioss wooden bridges, up and down and around pretty, dusky corners, but ever ahead a gieen star or a red firefly twinkles invitingly. Follow confidently, for at the end of the road lies Arcadia, That is to say, the pastoral city may be found up'in the Sonoma hills, but only on one magic night of ail the year. He who is seeking for Bacchus and the nymphs, melodious, poetic goatherds and vine- wreathed vintagers must wait till the vintage is over, till the grapes are groan- ing in the press, till the night is balmy and sweet and the moon fills all the valley with soft radiance—till October, in short. Then for just one mad, moonlight mght of all the 365 the god of wine and his nymphs hold sway and mortals become wise with the lore of the ancients, who taught that care was for him who sought ber and pleasure for him who wooed not care. The English of it all is that Gundlach, Bundschu & Dresel own Rhine farm, the largest and finest vineyard in Cali- fornia; that the vintage is just over, and that these most hospitabie people annu- aily invite their friends to celebrate with them the gathering of the grapes that have ripened and reddened in the great vine- yard which stretches over miles of So- noma’s valleys and hills. There's a clearing, a iiny vailey on the vineyard, that nature intendsfor a stage. The acoustic properties are excellent. Back of it rise the rounded, thickly wooded mountains and it faces the grad- ual slope of the gentlest of hills. Here on last Saturday night was pro- duced the play for the entertainment of the vintners’ visitors writter by Benjamin Weed and presented by a company of amatevrs. The audience arrived injtwosand threes, singly and in crowds. Husbanas brought their wives and mothers brought their babies. For German is the language spoken in Arcadia and good nature is the —————— KEW TO-DAY: The time when witches were expected derstand that only sensible and scientific means will cure the ailments of their sex. Only an educated, ex- perienced physician is competent to prescribe remedies for diseases of the delicate and in- tricate feminine or- ganism. One of the most skillful specialists in the world in treating women’s diseases is Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician of the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute of Buffalo, N. V. His ‘‘Favorite Prescrip- tion”’ is acknowledged as the most perfect and thoroughly scientific cure ever devised for all feminine disorders and weakness. It reaches the inner source of trouble and cures naturally and completely; strength- ening both the special organism and the general constitution. It is the only med- icine of its kind devised by a regularly graduated skilled specialist in diseases of women. Any woman may consult Doctor Pierce either personally or by letter, and will receive sound professional advice, free of charge. Dr. Pierce’s great thotisand - page free book, ““The People’s Common Sense Med.- ical Adviser,” contains several chapters on women’s physiology, and many valuable suggestions for home-treatment. It has over three hundred engrav- ings and colored plates. It is a complete storehouse of practical wisdom. A strongly paper-bound copy will be sent absolutely free on receipt of ' twenty-one cents in one-cent = smmgs to pay the cost of mailing only. Address, World’s Dispen- sary Medical Association, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. A handsome cloth- bound copy costs tem ceuts extra, thirty- ome cents in all.