The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 24, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24 3 SUAMPEDE L0 ) + R FO0D AT DAWSON Confronted by Famine, Klondikers Cannot Get Away. FACE TO FACE WITH STARVATION. Ice-Bound Yukon Holds Back Supplies and Prevents Escape. TALK OF AN EXODUS TO CIRCLE CITY. Story of Suffering Told by Men Who Reach St. Michael Over the Ice. Spectal Dispatch to THE CALL ST. MICHAEL, steamer Humboldt io Seatile, Oct. 23) Several weary, footsore and almost ished miners found their way into Fort Get-There yesterday. They bring the latest tidin to the conditions at Daw- son City and along the Yukon F It can now be stated as a positive fact that no great wealth or large numbers of Klondikers will return via the all-water route this fali from the land where the wat cleam with pebbly wealth of gold. Navigation on the Yukon River has been abruptly halted by an icy clutch rat is not likely to loosen until the warm s and bright rays of June shail have t a channel through an jce gorge nearly 1800 es in length, The weather, how- ever, for two days past has been quite mild, with warm rains, and many profess to believe that it r have the effect of causing a freshet in the river and a break in the frozen w Half a score or iden with eager ons that would fam- ter. more of river boats, prospectors and pro- give sustenance and rage 1o hu f miners, will fail their mission. Instead of reaching awson and thus effording those who de- site an egress to a land of comfort and , most of these boats will remain 1n ie frozen waters along the Yukon dur- the winter months. The Kiondike district, the sourcs of man’s zolden hopes, will this winter un- doubtedly enshroud 1in the gloom of physical suffering and mental despair the hopes and prospects of an army of ad- turous men. Thescarcity of provisions nd the inability of the usually all-power- gold to purchase nutritious food will ve its marked and weakening stamp upon many 4 robust frame and vigorous constitution. There is no discrepancy in the reports received as to a probable famine in Daw- son. All agree; that the failure of the river boats 1o make their September trip to the headwaters of the Yukon must have a disastrous effect. The commonest kind of food will be a luxury that money can- Liquor there will be in plenty, as a solace to man’s desperation and all the evil of his nature that is aroused by ibhe unfortunate conditions which prove c couple of weeks ago an alarm was carried intothe golden camp that bid men fly for succor into & more promising lana. Heralds conveyed the unhappy message that provision boats were held in check and urged that the needy make immedi- ate departure for Cirole City. There de- serted cabins offer shelter for a thousand or more, while ample food can be sledded about eighty miles up the river from Fort Yukon, a supply station. If this warning were heeded at once there was time to-take to small boats and traverse the necessary 400 miies to Circle City from Dawson before the upper waters the Yukon were tightly frozen. = 1t was practically a relief expedition that started fiom Dawson on September 3 and of which four of the original party of twelve finally reached St. Michael yester- day almost at the sacrifice of life. The little freigut steamer Margaret had *ucceeded in skimming through the shal- »W water and reaching the Mecea to which so many footsteps are turned, but Captain ‘Hanson, who was her masterana elso assistant superintendent of the Aluska Commercial Company, realized the impossibility of larger steamers crossing over the Yukon flats. He devised the idea of running back to Fort Yukon with a number of representa- tive men from Dawson, so that they might dee for themselves the shallow water and teturn to warn the residents of the 5 pending famine and induce them to at once seek safety in flight to Circle City while the river was still open. It was lso his intention to take about 200 tons of provisions. Bat the Margaret never returned with ber valuable cargo to Dawson. Instead the is laid up fotthe winter at Andreaf- bki, near the mouth of the Ynukon. The nage of the Murgaret being at an tnd and her passengers, five of whom had arted from Dawson and five more had been picked up along the river from Minook Creek down, found themselves in 1pleasant predicament, They could either return on the steamer lo Andresfskiand go into winter guar- ters or cu s the couniry abour 125 ichael. They decided upon rse, and on October 3, with the ex jedition took up its It included C. C. Bruce, J. F. C. Stevenson of San rank A, Grosscup of Los eds x I. Bromle; Francisco and Angeles, ¢ Indians one by one dropped off at nt villages untii the party was left @ guide. On the night of the 5th ) ept under the lea of an_ice-covered hill with a strong wind plowing off seus. Liie next day tuey crossed various frozen imall :treams and the canal separating -ihe island, but'when the shades of night tathered knew not where they were. A blinding “snowstorm came up, and Moran aud Duoeil, from lack of food and theer exnaustion, could go no fartber. \[be otherswere almost in as weakened a ‘Mate, and finally all lay down with but a Llouble pair of blankets to protect them. ‘I'hrough tre long night their suffering Fasintense, both from the cold and not saving “partcken of a mouthful of foud lince early the vrevious morning. # Attbefirst sireak of dawn they strug- tled to their feet, stiffened and thor- jughly disheartened. Soon an Indian vas encountered, who pointed the direc- don to St. Miehael, and bafore proceeding ar it was manifest that the travelers had withou yaey AvAsgA, Oct. 9 (via | - | known. lain all the lonz, coid night within five miles of thelr-destination. ' g Several hours were consumed ere they | reached Fort Get There, where the wea ened men were given food, medical serv- ice and other attention at the hotel To-day thev are able to g2t about and will leave on the Humbalat for the sout . The other part of the expedition bad plenty of food, but were much exbausted late Thursday afterncon when they de- cidea to strike camo. Stevenson had previousiy injured his foot and nhe was so lame that he could | positively get no farther. They all reached ‘ort Get There about noon vesterdas. { They ieil in with Christ Keenan and | John Cummings of Anaconda. Mont.,who | were struggling across the hills irom the { mouth of the Yukon, where the steamer, the Merwin, lies embed.‘ed in ice. And thus is recorded one of the first bitter experiences of privation ana hard- ship, that is but the forerunner of many that will follow this w:nter to those binded with visions of Klondike wealth. Ot the Yukon river boats ihe Healy, which 1s sull laden with provisions and was unable 1o get up the river into winter quarters, has been tuken around to one of the near-by and proiected waterways, e Alice and Merwin are boib frozen in at the mouin of the river, where they were seeking an entrance. The Merwin Las 136 passengers on board who are anxious to push up the Yukou. The Marzaret uas gone into winter quarters at Andreafski, whiie the Cnarles H. Hamil- ton 1s further up the river, in Koskokwin Slough, Nothing definite is known of the other boats, but the latest information is brought by the sieamer Margaret people, who passed a number of them going up the river toward Port Yukon, beyond whica point it is impossibie for them to get oOw- ing to the tlats ana low water, not taking the ice into consideration. Captain Tuttle states that there is now no occasisn for the Bear 1o act as convoy to the Portiand and in consequence she will sail from here early to-morrow. The Portlana is scheduled to sail October 16 for Seattle. Her passenger list will be light. §Frank Kellersman, Abe Spring ana Fred | Weissing composed ,a party that left the Maigare:_on Sepiember 9, when she was near t e Yukon flats. Tuey took a boat and headed for Dawson to notifly miners. 1f they have reached there it not They muy be lost. An Indian guide brought down the news that evi- dently they bad not passed Captain Hansen, who had startea for Daw- | son on September 7, but only got up the | river iwenty-five miles, when he was compelled 10 put ashore where there was a cache of provisions belonging 1o the Alaska Commercial Company. 1i the Spring party reached Dawson. people there are sware thai no lcod will reach them. But the party, it is believed, never reached its destination. Jobn F. Miller of Seattle, ex-Prosecu'- ing Attorney of Kings County, went in over the trail last April. He carries out with him $1000 in gold dust and an in- terest in a claim on Sulphur Creek. Said he: “In view of subsequent events I con gratulate myself most heartily on my suc cessful effort to get out of the Klonaike diggings lor the winter. I estimate that there are now neariy 6600 men there, with from five to twenty coming in every day over the trails, many with light pac ‘“‘There 1s sure io be a shortage of pro- visions and consequent suffering, al- though I do not appreliend that many cases of starvation will follow. Those who have dood will be forced to sell a portion to the needy. ‘When I left Dawson there was a general belief that the river _boats wouid get in more provisions. Miners had sold their entire supplies, expecting to come out on the boats. I estimate tne number to be about 500, many of whom were discouraged prospectors. “I think relief will be afforded. A large number of those men who are now around Daw=on, have no claims to work ana are simply awsiting developments will take to boats and vei to Circle C:ty, which was depopulate at the time of the K.onaike stampede. There are nearly 5000 empty cabiasand provisions can easily be sledded by dog team about eighty miles vp from Fort Yukon.” W. A. ETEELE. g MINERS WILL SUFFER. Hundreds Who Intended to Leave Dawson Cannot Descand the Yukon. SEATTLE, Oct. 23.—The steamer Hum- boldt, that leit St. Michael on the 9ih, ar- rived this evening nging the latest news from Dawson City and the Yukon River. Among her passengers were five miners out of a pariy of twelve that left Dawscn City on September 3. The other seven at- tempted to return in small boats from Fort Yukon to Dawson City, but whether they had to return to Fort Yukon or not 1s unknown. It is certain, however, that no more gold will be brought out this fall, and that the misery and privation endured by the five returning Klondikers, together with five others picked up along the Yukon ou their overland journey of 125 miles to St. Michael, is as nothing com- pared with what will be suffered by those driven from the Upper Yukon during the coming winter by lack of provisions. The names of the Humboldt's passen- gers returning from the Upper Yukon are: John F. Minter, F. E. Sims, Seattle Charles A. Harrison. Atchicon, Kan Wililiam K. Dubell, New Jersey, and Wil- liam Braund of Black D.emond, Wash, From Dawson-City: C. C. Bruce of San Francisco, and Wil.iam Moran of Seattle. From Minook: Thomas L. Stevenson of San Francisco. John ¥. Minter savs there will not necessarily be starvation, but certainly miners will suffer extreme privation. Five bundred men intended to come down the river, bui that is ciosed and they can- not get out. There is no doubt that the people of Dawson have been alive to the situation for six weeks. “Our leaving,” says Sims, * beginning of a stampede for grnb.” C. C. Bruce of San Francisco brings news from Minook eight days later than that brought by the Berth: He came down on the Margaret to Bill Moore’s place and endured the hardships and pri- vations suffered by the party of eight in their 125-mile journey overland to St. Michael. During these eight days he reporfs the arrival of only five boats containing not more than thirty persons. He says, how- ever, ttat if Captain Hansen succeeds in returning to Dawson many more will come down io iort Yukon and Minook, but that there is no probability oi an alarming scarcity of provisions, as there is enough and to spare for the present popu'ation ot Minook and at least 1000 tons of provisions at Fort Yukon. Bruce has fears for the safety of small outfits nmow working thefr way up the r'ver, as some were making no more than fifteen or twenty miles a day, with no cer- tainty of reaching a suitable piace to winter. Mayor Woods’ expedition, he claims, even i it gets to Minook will heve extreme difficuity in saving its boat, s the smull crecks were already frozen when he left. Bruce nas two claims, one on Little Miro ok and one on Alder. Among the passengers of the Humboldt are H. Rodgers and J. Young of Kureka, Cal, the former a pioneer of Eureka, who left San Franciscoon Angust 18 by the North Fork for St. Michael and xhe:_nce for Dawson City in the latter part of September on the1il-fated Mare Island, nOW frezeu in the ice off the mouth of the Yukon and doomed to almost certain de- siruction before next summer, . When the Mare Island froze in A ma- jority of her pa<senger came ashore on the ice and made their way overland, a dis- tznce of twelve miles, to St. Michsel. About iorty of them sailed on the Navarro and should arrive in San Franzisco in about a week. Rogers declared that Le was a victim of misplaced contidence by entering into an agreement wiith 8. Ducas & Co:, promot- erg, 11 Montgemery sireet, 10 be conveyed as the | EXPEDITION ABANDONED. ! with baggage and a year’s suppiizs to | Dawson City fir the sum of $300. | b He paid his $3)0. bu: got no turther than the month of the Yukon and had a hard trip overland to reiurn to St. Michael. Rogers unhesitatingly pronounced the wh%le scheme a swindle of the worst kind. ——-— FAIL TO GET DAMAGES. Men Who Were Stranded at St Michael Lose a L.bel Sutt, SEATTLE, Oct. 23.—Judee Hanford sustained the exceptions to the livel brought against the steamer Eugene by Baston Jacobi avd others for damages on account of the failure of the Portland Alaska Trading and Transportation Com- pany to land the passengers of the steamer at Dawson City. Each of the libelants alleged that the company, being at the time the owner of the steamer Eugene, entered into a con- tract to carry him from Seattle to St. Michael on the steamship Bristol and thence on the Eugene to Dawson, tor which bhe paid $300. A breach of contract | was alleged In that the steumer Eugene failed to go to St. Michael to receive the libelants as agreed. For loss of time and other damages each of the libelants claimed $1000. In the decfsion the court says that authorities conflict on the point as to whether suits iz rem can be maintainea for breach of an execuiory contract to carry passengers on board of a particular vessel, where the vessel has not entered upon performance. After quoting several authorities bearing on this question an excerpt from a decision of the Supreme Court by Justice Davis is given, which is to this effect: “Itis s principle of maritime law that the owner of ihe cargzo has a lien on a vessel for any injury he may sustain by the fault of the vessel or the master, but the law creates no lien on the vessel as security for the perfurmance of a contract ‘0 transport a cargo until some lawful! contract of affreightment is made and the cargo Lo which it reiates has been de- livered to the custody of the muster or some one authorized to receive it.” Judge Hanford, in conciading, says that the authorities were conclusive on the point that the right to vroceed in rem for a breach of contractdid not exist unless the cargo or a portion of it had been de- livered to the master of the vessel or his authorized agent. The weight of authori- ties is found to bear against the posi- tion of the libelants. According to the authorities 1t is not the making of a con- tract or the payment of a consideration therefor which renders the vessel liable; the lien upon which the right to proceed in rem does not attach until the goods or passengers are delivered, placed within the care or under the control of the ship’s master. The exceptions to the libel were sus- tained, which means that the owners of the ship willnot have to pay any damages. U Those Who Went Up on the North Fork Cannot Go Up tha Yukon on the Mare Island. WEST SIDE OF ST. MICHAEL ISL- AND (twelve miles from town), Oct. 4 —At iast it has been proven to the satisfaction of her owners :ihat the steamer Mare Isi- and draws 100 much water to get over the bars at the mouth of the Yukon River, and the expediiion that started on the | North Fork has been abandoned. On September 24, after the Mare Isiand had been lightened of what was believed to be enough of her cargo to reduce her arau:ht to that of other steamers that ply up the Yokon River, we steamed away toward Dawscn City., We arrived at the mouth of the Yukon on the following day. The water on the bar was the lowest it has been during the season, and we settled down in the mud to await a favorabie wind and a high tide to float the boat over. Neither the one nor the other came to a sufficient extent to suit Captain Ty- son, the commander of the vessel, and, though constantly urged by the owners as well as by many of the passengers, he re- | fused to try to take the boat over until he | was satisfied that at least seven feet of water was flowing. Two days of waiting brought dissension | and discontent among the psasengers, who, fearing that ice would form in the river, were willing to take desperate chances. A meeting of the passengers was held, but no definite plan of action | could be agreed upon. A iew advocated taking the command of the vessel from Captain Tyson and piacing it in the hands of some one who would start up the river, water or no water, but after an angry dis- cussion of the scheme betier counsei pre- vailed and it was decided to wait another | day or two. During the deliberations Captain Ty- son addressed the meeting and con- cisely stated the exact siluation. He bad, by diligent inquiry among the sbipping men at St. Michae!, found thata boat that drew over four feet of water could not get over the ba:r at the mouth of the river unless there stiould be an ex- traordinarily high tide, and even did it pass the first there was a second bar twenty miles up on which it would get stuck; also that there were rapids in two or three places in the river with a current of eight miles an hour and that the great- est epeed that the Mare Isiand could be expected to make did not exceed eignt miles, so that the boat would have to bs assisted over these places by the steam jauncn which bud been brought along for towing purposes; that any moment ice might be expected to form and if we should be so unfortunate as to be stuck on the second bar we should be crushed. Tne day following our departure the steamer Merwin, carrying the passengers of the ill-fated Eliza Anderson, passed us, but groundea on the bar about three day Captain Tyson, C. S. Rozers. A. C. Ca- eil, S. C. Millizan, Thomas B. Shipp, George Hansbrough and a pumber of others took axes and cut the ice away from the ship. They conimnued to cut it as fast as it formed through the day. To- ward evening the weather moderated and a very higb tide commenced flowing in; the engine was fired up and, about 11 o’clock, we had water enough to float us, and an bLour later the Mare Isiand, which seemed for that occesion to be im- bued with human feeling, was plowing and plunging seaward. We left the Merwin and the Alice stuck fast, and as the ice bas not melted I presume they are still there. The Mer- win was situated not over a mile from land,and if it can hold together till the ice gets solid her passengers can easily get on shore with most of their goods. We continued our journey til noon of the next day, when the bigh wind and rough sea made itunsafe 10 proceed. So the ship was run 1n on the west side of St. Michael Island, in a sheltered spot, apout thirty-tive miles by water from the town and about ten miles by land. The wind has biown a gale direct from Greenland ever since, sowe are still lying here, and may do so fora week to come. We ure ancnored about aquarter of a mile from shore, where there is an Indian vil- lage. There is plenty of fish and game and a series of lakes that are frozen nearly solid, which have afforded_us a delighiiul placs for skating and sledding. A largs number of the passengers have avaiied themselves of the opportunity, determined that if tuere is no profit in their exp di- tion to extract at least a little pleasure. The expedition has proven dismal failure. We have paid $500 each to be taken to Dawson City and now find our- selves at a place which we could have reachea for an expenditure of not more than $50. Some of the passengers who started with barely enough mouey to reach their aestination uave not the means of either returning to their homes or of sscuring transportation by any other vessel in the spring, for if any of us get to Dawson it will be by other means than the Mare Islana. It can never go upthe Yukon River unless it s empty, and then it would have to be towed part way. The plans of the different members of the expedition are at present rather unde- cided. By going forty miles up Norton Sound by water there is a portage of about 125 miles from Unalaklik to Nulato, which will bring one out 6.0 miles up the Yukon. Here it 1s believed gold can be found in moderately paying quantities,and someare now prepuring to undertaks thatlong and hazardous journey dragging theiwr outfits on sleds. The choice is between that and wintering at 8t. Micbael, which is said to be the colaest place in Alaska. As soon as the weather grows calm we will run into St. Michael and the cruise of the Mare !siand will be ended. Belfore the ice came dow=n there wonld have been a riot on board had an attempt been made to turn back to St. Michael, but one sight of 1nis great restiess sea turned to ice was sufficient to bring complete harmony of ideas and the one great overwhelming de- sire was to reach that thriving town. Captain Tys<on was fully exonerated and his judgment highly commended. As soon as the snow freezes, some wi!l try sledding up the Yukon. It isclaimed thatata distanceof 100 milesacross coun- try from here goid has veen found, 5o some will try that way, while others will endeav- | or to get up to Golovin Bay, where the Laffy party bave zone, and try their luck tnere. A very few intend to go to Seattle and try to get over the passin the spring. Quite a number of the men Lave taken severe colds from tue water getting into their beds. Only five ladies are now left, all in good spirits, and they seem to put up with inconvenience in a better tem- per than the men, Thiriy-seven of the Merwin passongers have turned back, and some of them sold their ouifits at ridiculously low prices. A space and pick were sold at §1 each, while only a few days before some men from our boat paid §5 each for similar articles at the company’s store here. I recently had a talk with a man well acquainted witnh affairs at Dawson, and in un: r to my inquiry as io the amount of gold brought down by the late vessels he said it would be at least a couple of millions, but that he had positive knowl- edge there are over three tons of gold dust yel there waiting an opportunity to come down; that the stories told about the im- mense quantities of gold there can hardly be exacgerated. He spoke of a man who has a good claim on the Klondike, out of which he haa taken $400), but had to abandon it, as he found it impossible to buy food. He also asseris that not an ounce of food 1s for sale in Dawson, and when I told him thatit was expected when our boat left Sar Francisco that four or five thousand people would probably get in through tie pass he replied, “God help them if they @0 not take provisions, for they will surely starve.” He further added that he was firmly of the opinion that mines as good as the Klondike would be tound a longz way this side of that vlace, and that 250 miles up the Yukon plenty of gold exist Erma McNAvGHT. SEVEN DEATHS. There Is Ko Abatsment of the Plague of Yellow Fever at New Grleans. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 23. — To-day’s fever record was much worse than antici- pated. There were approximately forty 7 o'clock, and at that time the cases at 7 day’s record included seven deaths, There is no abatement of the fever, and at the same time there is not an apparent dispe- sition on the pari of the plague to grow any worse. Cool mornings and nights with hot davs kexp at an average murk both deaths and the number of cases. Two of the deaths of the day occurred before 1 o’clock this morning. The highest number of fatalities heretofore in a single day has been nine and it looked this evening as if to-day’s would run a pretty close race miles ahead of the Mare Island. The next day the steamer Alice, belonging to the North American Company, arrived and also stuck. The captain pointed out these facts to tue clamoring passengers and asked them to state what would be gained by moving upintoshallow water on a high tide when it was so clear that there was not enough water 1o get over the bar. Some expressed ihe opinion that at every high tide the boat should go as far as it could and eventually the bar would be passed, but Captain Tyson was firm and said he would not endanger the lives of 100 peovle to please a few who were utterly ignorant of navigation. With mutterirgs of discontent the meet- ing broke up, but the next worning the quarreling and bickering was resumed. The promoters united with the malcon- tents in denouncing the captain for being obstinate, and after breakfast two of them took the steam launch and started out to make soundings, with the determination that if in their opinion the waler was high enough a start shoul : be made. At night they returned covered with icicles and staied they had never passed such a day i their lives. The river was filled with float'nyg ice and 1t was with the greatest difficulty they were able to get back to the ship,” They had called on the steamer Merwin, where they had found the five women 1n the exvedition in tears and almost an nsurrection among the other passengers. That night the tide was nigher than the night before, but an unfavorable wind was blowing and our ship did uot move., Presto! change. Next morning a spec- tacle was presented to our e that was with the worst day of the past. This was the record of deaths to-day: Allen Morris, M L. Aumenthia, Gus- tave Koeckert, John Mohr, ratrick Ford, Mrs. John Gast, Mrs. Lozia H. Smitn. — - IN THEGLOGICAL PROGRESS. As Shown by ths Cruzan Case This Coast Is Going Ahead of the East in Liberal Doctrines. BOSTON, Oct. 23. —Under the title “A Remarkable Case cf Heresy” the Tran- script says to-night in a leading editorial : “A very singular and somewhat unique case of heresy has been on trial in Culifor- nia. A council of Trinitarian Congreza- tionalists was called to cousider the pro- priety of installing Rev. J. A, Cruzan a« vastor of a church in North Berkeley. The Occident utters a wail of criticism against all this, but the council unani- mousiy declared the examination satis- factory. The times certainly indicate marked changes in the religions world, but a council of ministers in this region could hardly be found in connection with Trinitarian churches that would vote to ordain or install a man who entertained such peculiar views pertaining to what are called fundamental docirines, As ine result of the council, if correctly reporied, and we see no reason to doubt it, the Pacific Coast is outstripping the most enongh to make a stout heart tremble. The whole sea around us was a mass of ice and our boat was frozen solid. The side of the steam launch which lay back of us had been crushed in by a mass of ice thatseemed to be trying to cover it. The sight of icebergs forming was new to most of us and, in spite of tke threatened dan- ger, we watched with a sense of fascina- tion the ice piling up till, in places, it looked to be forty feet high. Early in Ihe‘ liberal churches at the North in theologi- cal progress.” Crew May Have Perished. VICTORIA, Oct. 23.—The steamer Evan- mel, on the way from Port Angeles this afternoon, picked up the fishing sloop Thistle, bottom up. There was a big blow in the straits last evening, and 1t is feared that the sloop upset and her crew oi two men drowned. WL TEST HANFORD'S DEGLSION Treasury Officials Not Satisfied With the Ruling. TOO MANY CHINESE ADMITTED. Demands Will Be Made for Certificates From Mer- chants’ Families. PENDING APPEAL TO A HIGHER COURT. It Is Hoped Congress WIll Pass a Law to Cover the Point Raised. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—The Depart- ment of Justice will take an appeal from the decision of United States D.strict Judge Hanford, delivered at Seattle, Wash., on Thursday. THE CALL corre- spondent was told at the Department oi Justice to-day that the record in the case bad not yet been received from the Dis- trict Court, and consequently it could not be determined yet whether the apvpeal would be made to the United States Su- vreme Court, or to the United States Court of Appeals, but it is certain that an appeal will be taken, for Judze Hanford's decision is regarded as disastrous, and it will practically have the effect of nnllify- ing the Chinese exclusion act, An official of the Department of Justice said he had only read a brief dispatch from Seattle, which gave the court’s de- cision, without stating the character of | the case. He said that if it involved the treaty with Cuina, it would come before the United States Supreme Court, but if it was a criminal case it could be appealed 1o the United States Court of Appeals. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Spalding, who bas charge of immigration matters, regards the decision as one ot grave importance. He said that it woula nave the effect of letting down the bars to the Cninese, and that the remedy must rest with Congress. Assistant Secretary Howell, who hasim- mediate supervision of matters affecting Chinese immigration, agrees with Mr. Spalding. *I have not seen the decision of judge Hanford,” said he, “‘bat from a brief dispatch printed in the Eastern newspapers 1t seems that the decision is at variancs with that given to us some time ago by the Solicitor of the Treasury.” “In what way will it seriously interfere with the exciusion act?’ Mr. Howell was asked, and he replied: *‘As I understand the decision Judge Haniord holds that merchants returning to the United Stat may brieg with them their wives and chil- dren and they need not present any cer- tificates of 1dentity. The Chinese are polygamists and it mighs te claimed that they had the right to bring in more than one woman; but evenif they are restricted to only one wife the effect will be that there will be avast number of women brought in for immoral purposes, and this is one of the most odious features of Chi- nese immigration and one that we have tried hardest to stop. Then, besides, the admission of children of merchants will be quickly taken aavantage of by the wily Chinese. " A ‘child’ might be a grown man, yet as we understand this decision | children are 10 be admitted,” “What action will the department take pending a decision of a higher court?’ Howel! was asked. “Why, we will go right along and en- force the law as usual,” said he, “Judge Huniora is only one United States Judge of many and the department will certainiy not accept his decision as final and bind- ing upon us, especially as the Solicitor- General of the Treasury bas rendered us a decision directly contrary to that ot Judge Hanford. case 13 settled in a higher court (upon ap- peal made by the Aitorney-General) Con- gress will have remedied thisdelect in the exclusion act. Therefore, tha Pacitic Coast people have no reason to be alarmed.” 1 think before theSeattle test | | ! i | THE GOULDS’ 13 LIVING BEYOND IS bl INCONE Has Count de Castellane | Squandered His Wife’s Fortune ? MONEY IS GOING. Extravagance That Has Been | the Cause of Much Taik at Paris. | [ MARLBOROUGH’S RUPTURE | §§ WITH CHURCHILLS. l i | | { | Only the Influentlal Hamllton Branch of the Family Inv.ted to the Christening. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. NEW YORK, Oct. 2 London says: lane living b —A cable 1s Count Boni de Castel- yond the splendid income he acquired by marriage to Anna Goald? | That question is being asked in high so- ciai circles in Paris, and the tendency is to answer in the affirmative. The cable dispatchesrecorded two weeks ago that Coun: Boni had disposed of his steam yacht Valhalla unexpectedly. The yacut had been in his possession only two months and he sold her for no known rea- son except to get a profit of $30,000 on the transaction. Now itis rumorea he paid only a deposit on the purchase money up | to the time of the yacnt's resale. The farther significant fact has just come to licht that within a fortnight the Count | g and Countess of Castellane’s financial agent has been in London arranging to raise money in anticipation of dividends | on stock offered by the Countess. Count Boni's extravagance has been the talk of Paris for some time, but it was fancied his resources were equal to the drain he w: making on them. It is an open secret that his new palace Bois de Boulogne involved him in enor- mous expenditure beyond his caicula- tions, for the actual outlay nearly trebled the originel estimate. There is a rupture in the Churchill family over the christening party of Baby Blandford. Tue Cnurchills complain that the Duke of Marlborough invited only ihe Hami]ton section of his relatives. It is quite certain, with the exception of the Duke’s two sisters, noone of the Churebill name was present. Lady Biandford, a sponsor and ihe Duke’s mother, isa Ham- iton. Soisthe Duchessof Bucclengh and ihe Countess of Pembroke, and the only | other guest is also of Hamiiton blood. Ever since the divorce between the Duke’s father and Lady Blandford the Hamiltons and Churchills have been at outs. The young Duke, after keeping on terms with both sides very cleverly, hes now deeply affronted the Churchill rela- tives by ignoring theirexistence. On this impertant family occusion he has shrewdiy taken hisstand with heavy ar- tillery, for the Hamiltons are the most powerfu! family clao, both politically and socially, in British aristocracy in the pres- ent generation. Nor was one of the Churchills at the ceremony at Woodstock on Wednesday of this week, when the Duchess of Marl- borou:h placed a rew chain of office around the neck of the Mavor of that borough. The chain was a present from the Duke, and is said to have cost $1500, Lady Randolph Churchill’s elder son, L:eutenant Winston Churchill, is actinyg as a correspondent for the Daily Tele- graph in the Indian frontier war. His coatributions are vprinted as *'by a young officer.”” The letters are graphic, show- ing that tbe lieutenant is seeing a great deal of fighting with his regiment, Concerted Action o VIENNA, Oct. ainst the Tarif. w We Extract Teeth Without Pain! CLEANING TEETH ... e BRIDGEWORK, PFR TOOTH. FROM GOLD CROWNS, 22-K., FROM, WE WARRANT ALL OUR WORK. Hours—9 to 6:30 and 7:30 to 9:30. ~e.nav BAD TEETH Destroy Health and Happiness! We [ = s @ — We will give $500 if we cannot perform any ordinary extraction without pain. | Plates Made by One of the Best Plate workers on the Pacific Coast FROM $5.00 UP. By having your impression taken in the morning you can get your plates same day. GOLD FILLINGS INSERTED WITHOUT PALIN FROM.. 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Stafford, James Ward, Wood.and. £lizabeth Brow:, San Frane KXEW TC-DAY. THIS WEEK WE HAVE SOME GOOD THINGS! FOR CLOSE BUYERS. © o0} I have purchased CASH from a turer for manufac- 250 Dozen Ladies’ Non-Shrinking Woo! Vests! Full-fashioned ribbed goods, with SLIGHT miil imperfections. These are the Vests that sell at $1.00, but owing to the slight imperfection will be sold at 50c Each, Drawers to match. 100 4 : dies’ Hermedorf Dye Black Hose, best Maco yarn, extia spliced soles and heels, a 4Uc qua 1ty for 25c a Pair. Children’s single ribs. a I 00 Hose, | k—fiepartmgnt 4 collection of Sep- n ma.crials and i1 a variety of ded and sitk lined 2.50 Hach. Beaded Plush Capes from S5 to s25. Fur, Plush and Genuine Sealskin Col- lareites from $1 to 25 Each. Tailor-made Ver, Suits Low to Order ates. at C. CURTIN, 911-913 MARKET ST. NOTICE. | Taxes Due Upon Assessments Made by the State Board of Equali= zation. Con‘roller's Departmen:, State of Californis, Sacramento, October 12, 1897. In accordance with ihe provisions of Section 8668 of the Politica: Code, no:ice is hereby given v tace Board of cintions o: corpora- Board of Equaliza- tion year 159 Caiifornia Pacific Pacific Railroad Co; iroad Comp: 3 fic Coast Railroxd Company, At Company, Mctor Koad Compauy, So Company (Atiantic to wi oad_Company, Central y. Norihern California n Hailway Company, hern ~o pany Lessees), San Fr. Kailway Company., Compar vay firod Comp road Company Company. Gualaia Nevada-California-0 vada Con 2 North Pacific Ceast Railu ay Com F Coloradc River aliroad gon Raliway Company, Ne Rallro:d Com pany, Rsiiroad Com s ny. Pajaro Viliey San Mateo (£ « ompany, ate and Councy ‘Taxes on t the State aie now du on the las and usiess 8o pal April next a: 6 ¢’clock P. 3t an additional 5 per cent will be zdded 10 the amount thereos, The remaining one-h he State and County be due and piyabie fonday ir \quent on the las ¥ time atter U ana will b . 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