The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 27, 1897, Page 3

¢ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1897. PLENTY OF ¢ bULD LIES IV ATASKA Fabulously Rich Ore Is Found by a Veteran Prospector. ASSAYS $100,000 TO THE TON. Wealth Greater Than the Klon- dike’'s Discovered by James L. Smith. ROCK COVERED WITH FREE YELLOW METAL. n the Southeastern Section cf the Territory There Are Bonanzas For All Who Seek. d Speclal Dispatch to THE CALL SEATTLE, Wasu., Oct. 26.—In South- eastern Alaska there is ore that assavs $100, to the ton. Among the pas- sengers who arrived on the Topeka from Alaska to-day was James L. Smith of Spokane, a miner and prospector, known ish Columbia as the origi- of the famous Galena Farm tbe Slocan district, for which he re- | ceived the pi | consideration of $4300, while the purchasers succeeded in dispos- ing of the property for hundreds of usands. ‘[ have something better than the ¥ said he to THE CALL cor- red a sack contain- e literally cov- *This is from South- said he as he handea to the corresvondent, t ecious metal in t prof : to the naked eye. is not from the Kiondike, because I ver heard of that country until I came from the mouniains iast week, when e was on the tongue of every man 1et at Fort Wrangle, while a country ally rich was iying at their backdoor. -1 began prospecting on the 4th of June e country lying between Portland nal and Stickeen River, and along the latter us far as South F and Telegraph Creek, being encouraved in my work by finding plenty of rich float. I finally con- Sal on Creek, which is about thirty miles northeasterly from Fort Wrangel. The float rock in this stream proved more itractive than any I had seen from Port- 1 Canal to the Stickeen, ana I fol- d it up for five weeks, finding it on s, along the edge of the stream finally discovering its source in a oot ledge—a contact between porphyry and slate, traceable on the out- crop for a distance of 300 feet. The eleva- tion at the point of discovery is about 2500 bove the sea level, and the mountain te precipitous. I made these loca- on the ledge and crosscut it in sey- | places, tinding free gold in every in- stance. The pay streak is half a footin width, and while no assays have been made it would be a conservative J 1 and o er: timate 3y that it will go $100,000 to the ton, iree zold, as you cau judge lor vourself from the samples baiore you. How high the other portions of the ledge will go I am not able to =ay, but there is enoavhn pay streak 10 satisfy any reasoneble man, and I judge this to be the ricthest gold reck discovered in Alaska this teuson. “I made the discovery on Augast 28 and was prospe:ting aione. 1 found noevi- dence of pros; ectors being in the country at any time, I obtain any inform- ation from Indi, whom [ met occasion- when I met an Indian a piece of float copper in who its native , with white quartz adher- ing toit. Ia:so found specimens of very rich cray coprer, but was unable. to ais- cover the leige from which it came, although tk were good indications of copper in the niry. “Tha gold tin which this Saimon Creek find w ade crosses the Stickeen 100 m1i ver, and at this point the P is overlaid with iron. Itisa oig nd it affords an | \ cellont fisld o orospector, bat I | Youid not ady e 10 go in this | winter, becaus will ex haraships and v ter deep snow. | It began suowing re I started from | the mines, and the river it had | ttained a depth of six incves. It will be | enough > in the | v, when better pro, n be made and berter There is | vlenty of room for minersand prospectors, | and while I haveall I want there is more | for others to pick up. There isno usein | going to the K'ondike or any other country beyond tie American boundary @0 men wuo arc in search of good goid ines, for Southeast Alaska contains reat mineral wealth, and tue mines are there for the taking." e i RUSH FOR GOLD GOES ON.i Hundreds of Men Are Yet Striving o Reach the K.ondike Digg ngs. JUNEAU. Avraska, Oct. 22 (by steam- stip City of Topeka to Seattle).—The Yukon River and its main tributaries, the Lewis and Pelly, are stiil open and tres from ice. This issaid to be unprecedentea for this time of year. Dave Thompson, who came into Juneau a few days ago over the overland trail, said be passed irom seventeen to twenty boats a day en | route to Dawson; and Stuart Woods, who | came over the Dalton trail from F.ve- finger Rapids, said he passed on the Upper Yukon at least 200 Kiondikers a day. The Klondikers bave so far met with the most favorable weather that has prevailed in ihe interior for many seasons. This has enabled between 2000 and 3000 people to get into Dawson by way of the headwaters of the great er, wiile those who atiempted to make ¢ zolden Mecca from St. Michael have be®n Leld at Minook Creek and Rampart City by the unusually low stage of the water. In other words, the weather has greatly favored those who went in by the Dyea and White passes, while those who pont up the river nave been delayed a ’gur vy the uncertain elements. Nothing that has as vet occurred in the K'ondike better shows the wisdom of the general advice to take at least iwo years' provisiors than the situation this season. ed my operations to what is known as | erience great | day of tne World's W. | the follow | ence. current of the Lewis and Yukon rivers to Dawson gives the idea of a fa'r wind and a favorable ses, the shoresof White Horse and Five-finger rapids tell a different story. The Thompsons, Woods and Trippes bring out the news that the banks of the river at the Narrows are strewn with wrecked ouifits and boats. Hundreds of sacks of flour, beans, sugar and sowe bacon lay unclaimed on the shores. The flour and sugar have been ruined by saturation and the beans on the banks are sprouting in the sac Beans and onions are alsosprouting in profusion in the caches left by unforiunate gold- bunters on the Skaguay trail. The weather is playing havoc with the Skaguay caches. There is inst flicient pro- tection from rain and snow. ‘Thousands | of dollary’ worth of outfits stackea on { both the Dvea and Skazuay pusses are already not worth removine. Dead horses il many marshy spots. ne solitary traveler Teturning from tbe lakes walks on borse bi.es and carcasses to keep out of the mire. A conservative estimate places the number of dead horses on the tkaguay traii this side of Beaver Meacows, which are beyond the summit of Pass, at 2000. They died from exhausiion | ana insutticient food. The story of tie “Diamond Y'’ or Web- ster Brown party of Seatile is a fair indi- | cation of the kind of luck encountered o | the Skaguay trail. This party started | early in August, with about two anda { balf tons of provisions and ten horses. | They lost two of their party by drowning— ! Young Shepard and Ed Hamilton of | | l | | Seattie—and Mr. Brown returned alone to Skaguay, with one horse out of tune ten and 2000 pounds of provisions cached near Summit Lake. Hamilton was drownea | in that lake from a capsized bo: Several others of the party had ur sly re- | turned to Seattle. | Tbe principal camps and caches now on | the Skaguay trail are *Liarsvilie,” the | first fong bridee, the bridge at the bottom of the second ridge, Porcupine Creek, at | the foot o! tne summit, at Summit Lake, at Beaver Meadows and the Too-Chi | Cross roads. 1n all about 1000 people ase | camped on the trail, expecting to start in over the snow any time between the 1st ot January and the 1st of April. Skaguay's population is now about 2000. Every steamer coming north brings Klon- | dikers. Particulaily notable among tuese was a small party on the Uity of Seattle, which will trv to take in over the Dalton trail and Chilkat Pass 100 turkeys for | Thanksgiving aud Clristmas dinners 1n Dawsou aud a drove «f cattle. They ex- pect to get $50each for tue turkeys. Tuey are going 10 try to get in overa trail on which the Thorp party, experienced | mountainers, started four weeks ago with cattle. Thorp fiiled anda returued to Juneau. He lost seventy head of cittle | and packed back as many frozen steaks as his men could bring. The Thorp party | had been over this sume irail twice be- fore. 1 view of this experience the probabil- ity is that there wiil be no.Tnanksgiving or Christmas turkeys or steaks in Dawson this year. They must feast on salmon or moose steaks if they feast at all. Har HorrMax. BURIED BENEATH ~ FALLING TIHBERS Two Men Killed "and Five In- jured in an Oregon City Disaster. Huge Bu'khead Glves Way and Crashes Dowa Uposn a Force | of Laborers. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. OREGON CITY, Oct. the power station of the Portland General Electric Company at noon to-day. The dead are: John Mezcomb ana George Storich. The seriously injured: Carl Newburg, head cut; Harvey Little, head cut and arm bruised; Thomas Smith, spine hurt; W. W. Smith, leg broken. | The men were working on a buikhead when the timbers gave way from the pressure of water, and all the workmen were carrled down with the flood and broken beams. McComb and Storich | were crushed against the timbers. Only three of the workmen escaped uninjuredi. The bulkhead is sixty feet long from the power station on the east to the east wall of the boat canal on the west. At | the lower end of the new exteunsion of the | power-bouse another bulkhead had been made, and it was desired to take out the old one, so asto let the water to the tur- bines in the new extension. The work on the old bukhead bad removed much ot the foundation, and the men were to-day taking off the nutsand cutting the bolts, intending to remove the entire.old bulk- heaa wall to-night, but it broke prema- turely. Tcns of timbers and a fall of water forty feet high overwhelmea the men without a moment's warning. Those who e-caped held their breath and fought their way through broken timbers and the water to the surface. Eobeiele O CHRISTIAN CONVENTION CLOSED. Interesting Experience in the Hawaiian Islands. TORONTO, Oct !fliss Green of Honolulu Relates Her i 5.—This was the last C. T. U. conven- tion. In Miss Willard's temyorary ab- sence Miss Agnes E. Stack presided at the morning session. Miss Mary E. Green of Honolula related her experiences among the Hawaiians, She was followed by Commander Eva | Booth of the Salvation Army, who brought the devotional Lour to a close. The execytive committee then reported z newlv elected officers: Hon- orary president, Mrs. M. C. Leavitt. Bos- ton; president, Mrs. Franc's E. W.llard, FEvansion, Ill.; vice-presiaeni. at large, Lady Henry Somerset, England; secre- tary, Miss Agnes E. Siack. England; as- sistant secretary, Miss Anna Gordon, Evanston, 111.; treasurer, Miss Mary San- derson, Danville, Quebec. —_— LAND FKAUDS COKRECTED. Six Parties in the Field Straightening Out fienson’s Surceys. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 —Commis- sioner of the General Land Office Her- mani has submitted his annoual report to the Secretary of the Interior. Compared with the previous year it shows a decrease of 3248 original bome- stead eniries, aggregating 378 365 acres. In the entire disposals of public land there was a faliing off of 5,370,406 acres. _ Touching the tamous Benson surveys in California, Commissioner Hermani SeyS siX surveying parties under Mr. Ben- son's direction are now in the field cor- recting the surveys under the recent agreement. L e 12 asters Appointed. WASHINGTON, Oct, The following appointments of Presidentiai postmasters were anunounced to-night: Montana— Alfred J. Stephens, dstown; Maurice Deering Jr., Marysville. Washington— Arthur M. Biackman, Snohomish. - —_—— Pacific Coant Pimvions. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. — Pensions have been granted as follows: Oregon: Additional—Noah 0. Clodfelth, Independ- Washington: Increase—Moses V. Yoder, Chehalis; John C. Diedirich, Ort- iug. —— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Dru; While the flotilla of boats passing in the is retund ihe money 1 it falls to cure. 25¢. . —Two men were | killed and five injured in an sccident at | INCLE SAM 10 BE PAID IN- FULL Moneys Due From the Union Pacific Guaranteed. All SO THE SALE IS NOT DELAYED. Offer of the Reorganization Committee Accepted by the Government. THIS MEANS PAYMENT OF OVER $58,000,000 it Is Also Expected That All the Kansas Paclific Obl'gations Will B> Pr.mptly Met. Epecial Dispatch to THE CALL. NEW YORK, Oct. The reorganiza- tion committee of the Union Pacific Rail- road to-day received an acceptance from the Attorney-General of the United States of an offer of an amount equaling the full claim of the Government rgainst the main was some $38,000,000. ST. PAUL, Oct. Attorney-General —A telegram from McKenna this after- noon notifiea the attorncys for the Gov- ernment in the Union Pacific Railw case that the sale could proceed as vrigin. ally planned, arrangements having been made with the recrganization committee that guaranteed to the Government its full lien on the property. General Jobn C. Cowin of Omaha and ex-Governor George F. Hoadley of New York were in the city to press the motion for a six weeks’ postponement, notice of which bad been given yesterdsy by Gen- eral Cowin. However, this afternoon came the telesram from the Attorney- General orderiug the withdrawal of the motion for postponement. This tele- gram was presenied to Judge Sanborn of notice of the motion to postpone was witbdrawn. By stipulation 15, but the main line will be sold next | Monday at Omaha, as heretofore an- nounced, by ter Commissioner Cor- nish. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 —Although the Government officials deciine either to af- firm ordeny the report of its accceptance of the new proposition of the reorganization committee of the Union Pacific Railroad, | there is reasonable doubt of its accuracy. This proposition is understood to be an increase of the original guarantee bid of | $50,000,020 to a sum suflicient to cover the tull amount of the Government's claim against the Union Pacific road preper, which on October 1 aggregated $58,067,398. This _includes the princinal of the debt, which amounts to $27.236,512, and the bal- | ance of the interest paid bv the United States, amounting 1o $30,380,886. This represents the full amount of the Union Pacific’s obligations to the Govern- ment. The sale ot this line wili be pro- ceeded with, as originally intended, about November 1. As to the Kansas Pacific rcad, the committee withdraws its guar- aniee and consents to a postponement of the sale to any date to suit the conven- ience of the Government. This action, it is understood. leaves the Government in the same position with re- spect to the Kansas Pactfic as before the negotiations were instituted, and in this situation the Government may, it it de- sites, postpone the sale indefinitely. The debt of the Kansas Pacific to the Govern- ment aggregates nearly $13000,000, of which $6,033,000 is pr.ncipal and the re- mainder unpaid interest. Whether the Government will a k the court to order a sale of tne Kansas Pacific on December 15 cannot be siated, but should it so decide it is understood that no objection will be raised by the reorzanization committee. Tue net result of the new arrangement so far as concerns the Union Pacific is re- garded by the officials cures all that it hasever claimed to be due it, and renders it practically certain that a very larze share of the debt of the Kansas Puacific will be realized whenever 1t may desire to consent to its sale. PN e AN OPPOSITION SYNDICATE. Engl sh F!nanclers Interested tha Comirg Sale of the Ualon Pac f ¢ Road. LON D/ Oct. 26 —The first attempt to organize a syndicate in London for the purchirsy of the Union Pacific Railway having the appearance of substantiality is being made by Comte, Son & Co., share brokers. A swarm of cheap American and European promoters has infested the city since it bcc m: known that the property would be put up st auction, but their efforts could not be considered seriousiy. Comte, Son & Co. is a financial house of the highest siznding, which has kad rail- road interests in Canaca and has sold Canadian and American bond i«sues in Europe. in the Union Pacific sale and is said 10 be orgapizing an opposition syndicate. The chiet obstacle to te overcome w the short notice given by the court, notice much too shurt to allow the maturing of plans for securing the necessary capital. The plans of Comte, Son & Co. were communicated to United Siates Con- sui-General Osborne, who, thinking that a better price would result from fostering the comietition, cabled to Atiorney- General McKenna yesterday that another reliable bid might be made if the. sal were 1o-tponed, adding: “This effort to secure the property, looking to the repu- tation of the parties concerned, is un- doubtedly an honest one.”” GOLD-BEARING GALEiA ORE, Unusual Combination Taken From the Socorro Mine Northwest of Pheenix. PHENIX, Ozt 26.—Arizona is notea among miners for the many peculiarities that atcend gold ores within her bound- aries. KEisewhere gold is usnally found in certain well-known forms; in this Territory the yellow metal has been found in granite. in porphyry, in high- crade copper carbonates and in many other combinations that before were pro- nouncrd impossible by miner: probable by geologi-ts. The latest in line of the Union Pucific Railroad, which | the United Siates Circuit Court, and the | the sale of | the Kansas division was set for December | as highly ad- | vantageous to the Govermment, as it se- | The coucern became interested | in this connection was brought into Pheenix to-da: t was nothing less than samples of galena ore—lead sulphide: earrying tree gold to the amount of $300 a ton, as demons'rated by assay. The ore is ver: showy and the specks of gold are le to the naked eve. Nothing like it has ever been before heard of by any local mining man. The galena is from the Socorro mine, not far from the once-famous Harqua Hala group, about eighty miles north- west of Phenix. The ore bocy isa new one, just siruck on the lower level of the claim, the ore above running only §9a ton across a four-foot ledge. In the vicinity are many shallow shafis sunk on claims that were taken up at the time of ths Harqua Hala excitement. As a result of the new discovery all the old claims around bave been reiocated and sinking has been started on a number of the oid shafts in the hope of duplicating the strike on the Socorro. The fcrtunate owners of the Socorro are J. C. Kelium, Assistant District Attorney of Maricopa County, and G. L. Larrimer. e RUTLER’S ESTATE MUST PAY. Damages /warded for a Breach of Faith on the Fart of the Late General. BOSTON, Oct. 26.—The courts here to- day decided againsithe estate of the late Gereral Ben Butler in a case charging him with a breach of faith, and a verdict was rendered for the plain iff, Wiili:m D. Drury, for the sum of -§1138. Ia 1890 the town of Framingham, acting under a special act of the Leczislature, entered upor: Drury’s land and took a strip about 34 feet in width and 1500 in leng:h for the purpose of running a water-pipe through to the pumping siation at South Fram- ingham. The act of the Legislature pro- vided, however, that persons whose lands were affected in this manner should have two years within which to file petition tor damages. Mr. Drury retained General Butler and paid him a retainer, but the general omitted to commence a suit with- in two ye: The bringing of this suit, however, was a matter of detail and the general probably relied upon his juniors to look after it. He himse'f, ot course, wes practicing in all the courts of the country, being one day in Washington and another in Boston. The plaintiff's rights, however, were lost by tbe fa:lure to commence an action within proper time, and he brought a suit against the Butler estate to r.cover dam- | ages which he would havs recovered had a suit been brought against the town in | the first instance. LARGE STEAMSHIP - STRIKES THE SHORE Thought to Be One of the Big Atlantic Ocean Passenger Boats. | Resting Easlly In the Surf Off Cape Henry, With a Heavy Sea Running. | Special Dispatch to Tre Carr. CAPE HENRY, Va, Oct. 26—A large steamer stranded at 10:20 o’cluck this evening at Cape Henry, im- mediately in front of the weather bureau office. The vessel is well inshore and resting easily. There is a very heavy sea running, whick prevents | the life-saving crew from launching their boat. She is thought to be a passenger | steamer. The weather is very heavy with | a light rain and wind northeast. northeast hurricane on tne Middle At- lantic Coast has abated in fury to-night, | sharp squalls are still blowing around | the Delaware capes and enormous tides | are reported all along the bay and river. | The list of mrritime casnalties grows | Isrger as further details of the gales have | been received. The Italian bark Fran- | cesco, which sailed from this port October 18 for Oporto, went to pieces at Fourteen- | foot Bank, eighty miles below this city. The vessel's master, Captain Calivano, | and eleven of the crew of twelve men, reached this city to-night, after a day and night of thrilling escapes from death. The twellth man of the crew, Marion C tellano (seaman), rushed to leave the ship and in all probability js lost. 'BOATMAN DROWNED IN THE COLUMBIA Small Craft Capsizes in Sight E of the Astoria Docks. | | | Rendered Helpless by a B ow From a Mast, E. F. Bradtord Loses His LIfa. Bpecial Dispatch to THE CAL ASTORIA, Oct. —'‘Save the boat- man! Save the boatman!’ was« the cry heard across the water at 10:30 o'clock | this morning, when within sight of the city docks and alongside of the German ship Fiottbeck a Whitehalil capsized. E. F. Bradford, the boatman for the State Health Depar ment, left the ciiy water front at 10 o’clocik in his Whitehall | boat, having aboard Captain Schumacher of the Fioitbrck, which was just ready to sail for England; Captain Doig, the pilot who was 1o tuke her out; Guy Gillette, who had shipped as an ordinary seaman for his health, and the latter's father, who was bent upon having the last word with his son. As the Whitehall irew aloneside of the big ship with the four men on one side and trunks and packages on the other, Boatman Bradfor{ stepped upon the gunwale to lower his sail. He overbui- anced the boat, which capsized, throwing all into the coid waters of the Columbia. Bradford was hit on the back by the mast of the boat as he went down and when he first arose to the surface it was seen that he was helpless. Gillette struck out for his son, and succeeded in anchor- ing the young man to the floating trunk. He then tried to save the boatman, but was 8o exhausted that be could not hold up the latter’s dead weight. The captain and tve pilot clung to the bottom of the boat, which was of little as- sistance, however, as it was constantly re- volving in the water. Strange to eay, none of the seamen on the Flottbeck | heard the cries of distress. After drifting down stream a short aistance and being over ten minutes in the water, ail bu: Bradford, who bad sunk to the bottom, were 1escued by three fishermen named Ericson, Enquist and Nichols, who were #ailing up the river in small boats. Duig was sinking for the !ast time when Le was drawn in, All were brought ashore, and the captain, young Gillette and a new pilot were straightaway puton the Fiott- beck by an anchor-boat. Captain Doig handed to his rescuers as soon he ianded $571n gold. Boatwan Braaford’s body has not yet been rccovered, though a rewara has been offered for 1. Bradford -was about 40 years of age. le leaves a widow and two cl ren. He was master workman of As- toria Lodge No. 50, Ancient Order of United Workmen. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26.—While the | | | from membership. DR BROWN ARRAIGNY ACCUSERS Styles Members of the Bay Conference as Tyrants. | FAILED TO PRESENT PROOFS. Anarchy by the Men Who Are | Alleged to Usurp Undue Power. REVIVAL OF THE DAYS OF INQUISITION. Now tha Ex-Pastor of the First Con- gregational Church Is Trying to Put His Peers on Trial. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. CHICAGO, Oct. into the condact 6.—The official inquiry and character of the Rev. C. 0. Brown of San Francisco, but now pastor of the Green-street Congrega- tional Church of this city, began to-d. in tne Y. M. C. A. lecture-room. Numer- ous delegates from California and promi- nent dignitaries of the Congrepational church had stated their intention ot at- tending the trial, and local Congrega: tional ministers seemed greatlly inter- ested. The proceedings, according to Dr. Brown, were intended more as an arraign- ment of the Bay Conference, which sus- pended him from his California post without a trial, than as a probine into the minister’s behavior. Dr. Bradley and Dr. Hollister, both of | Grand Rapids, Mich., were the first min- | isters to enter the hall. Among the dele- | gates who later rezched the scene, beside: anumber of laymen, were the following Dr. Martin, Detroit; Dr. Wallace, Chi- cago; Dr. Waterman, Chicago; Dr. Burn- Lkam, St. Lounis; Dr. Blanchard, Aurora. Dr. Brown, with his counselior, J. Adams, came in with a brisk step and smiling face. *1 think this council,” said he, **will set | me right. The conference seems, as far as I can ascertain, determined on justice, while every circumstance since my | troubles in San Francisco has been in my favor.” The Rev. Philip Krohn, D.D., who was to have participated in the trial, was not present, as last night he was stricken with paralysis and is now at his home in a critical condition. The session was rather stormy. After Dr. Boynton of Detroit had be ap- | pointed temporary chairman the mem- | bers debated the advisability of baving an open investigation, and involved them- selves into an almost hopeless muddle with motions, amendments and sug-| gestions. Dr. Brown urged threugh his counsel an open session. It was finally decided to hold open meetings, and a committee ccmposed of the three dele- gates from the Bay District Conference, Rev. Dr. Brown and his counsel, J Aaams, was appointed to decide upon the | method of procedure. During the debate over the quastion as | to whether the sessions should be open or secret, Rev. Di. McLean, chairman of the Bay delegation, arose and registered a strong objection against admission by ticket, saying the committee had had ex- | perience and would not be willing to shoulder the weight again. The tnree delegates from San Francisco | sat at the right of the chairman and took | no part in the discussion, aside from | Mouerator McLean’s objection to tickeis. yman Nickerson, who first made the mofion for a star chamber session, then stated that he, too, was in favor of an open session, and wanted the matter over with as soon as possible. Then it was discovered that Dr. Boynton had not been | regularly appointed temporary chairman, | and a vote was taken to clnthe him with | tull powers. Alter the withdrawal of a | | i number of amendments it was voted to admit clerzymen, iaymen and reporters. It was decid-d to open the morning se. sions at 9:30, the after o’clock and evening at 7:30 o’clock. Dr. Brown opened his case in a lengthy statement, reviewing the finding of the California council and the consequent de- cision of the Bay Conference, ch sue pended him. He denounced in pas sionate language the action of the con- ference, which he said violated it- own constitution and all recognized author- tiex of the church in suspending him “These men who have made charges against me,” said Dr. Brown, “violated all the provisions of the constitution. They should have jurnisied me witha statement of the charges and specifica- tions and given me an cpoortunity to de- fend myseif. I wasready to meet them. Did they meet me? They did nothing ot the kind. My accusers were not there. Instead they sent a leiter saving that they did not regarl themselves as stana- | ing in the light of vrosecutors to pres:nt proofs. The action of the Bay Conference was based on the report of a number of men who were hosiile to me and who had a star-chamber meeting and recommended | that 1 be suspended. Toat meeting was without authority and was a usurpation | of the power resting in the conference. “It was anarchy. They recommended that Dr. Brown be suspended tiil he could | clear himseif from what? From proofs? No, from suspicions. You will bave to go back to Smit.field and the Spanish in- quisition before you will find ecc.esiastical tvranny that will compare with thar, | Deacon Dexter, who was a member of the credentials committes of the council that iried me, declares the action of the Bay Conlerence was a farc-." =Dr. Brown subs:quently read a letter TTom Rev. J. A. Cruzan, one of his prose- cutors, to Rev. F. E. Hopkins of Dubuque, in wiich be said ‘hat the action of the conference that suspended Dr. Brown wus un-Congregational. Dr. Brown went on to quote from Dexter, Ross and other authorities to show that the action of the conference was withont sanction of Con- gregational law. Later he quoted from the charge of Judge Tuthill in the Luei- gert tral and said the same law held zood in church cases. that u man should be adjadged innocent tll he is proved cuilty. His congragation was a proper body to pass on his conduct and the First Church of San Francisco has remained I.yal to him by an overwhelminez major- 1y, and when he said fivewell the ehureh e e i P b Ak Pozzoni’s Complexion ER ces a soft and beaut Pt gt bty purity . | chair, would ve unable to attend His absence is ffset by that of an- | | other delegate representing the Bay Con- = was decorated with flowers and his ad- dress was punctuated with the tears of hi: flock. Dr. Brown’s speech was followed by the argument of Dr. J. A, Adams, his coun- sel,who said the findiny of the Bay Confer- ence that the charges were not sustained vractically ended the case, and sent Dr. Brown back to his church to let them set- tle the matter between them. The action of the conference was an attempt to coerce the First Church of San Francisco. Further, it made Dr. Brown a sacritice to public sentiment and newspaper clamor. He cited the case of Joseph as a paralle, and said the punishment meted out to him bad in another form baen meted out to D= Brown. A great wrong had been done the complainant, and he appeaied to the council to impeach the Bav Confer- ence for its action in sus: ending him from the fellowship of the Cobngregational churches, Dr. McLean, for the committee of the ! Bay Conierence, ~aid he preferred to re- serve his arzument for to-morrow morn- inz. Toe cred«ntials of himself and his fellow-members fro:n the Pacitic Coast were read and approvea. It was an- nounced that Dr. Philip Krohn of Lake- view Church.who is s ffering from paraly- sis and was cariied into the meeiing in a the tes- sions. ference, I. W. P er! PROTEST CF THE PORTE. Cbjection to the Trial of Mussulmans by the Judicial Commission of Crete Island. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. ns of Minneapolis. 26. — The | Turkish Government has sent a circalar to i1s representatives abroad protesting against the trial to-morrow of a number of Mussuimans by the judicial commis- sion of the 1sland of Crete ana demand- | ing that the accused be sent to Rhodes for trial, The Porte also demands that 10,000 rifles which were seized on board a vessel from the Piigus by the international au- thorities of Crete shall bs handed over to the Ottoman Government. e OF INTEREST 10 THE CUAST. Colonel Jackson Relieved ty With Oregon Militia. GTON, Oct. 26.—Lieutenant- Colonel James Jackson, First Cavalry, has been relieved from auty with the National Guard of Oregon, and will proceed to his home to await retirement. Assistant Engineer A. Harisrath has been detached from the Marietta and or- dered to the Mare Island navy-yard. W. P. Morgans was to-day appointed Postmaster at Brentwood, Contra Costa County, Cal., vice A. Benn, removed; also 0. P. Woodward, at Stelia, Shasta Count vice 0. H. P. Woodward, deceased. liam H. Liird was to-day commissioned Postmaster at Ager, Cal. Patents have been issued as follows: Cali- fornia—Christ Christensen, E assignor to California Vo' ng-maching Company, voting machine; Henry S.Grace | «nd A. D. Reynolds, San Francisco, can- abeiing machine; Krancis M. Graham, San Jose, air compressor; William Lam- port, Sacramente, bicvcle handiebar grip: Ertell W. Lincoln, Pasadena, pedal for cycles; John B. Rogers and W. H. Hall, San Francisco, machite for indelibly marking values on checks; Josepn H. Therien, San Francisco, reversing gear: James M. Trotter, Alma, motor for ve. hicle. Oregon—Maurice L. Akers, Hard- man, belt and slat fastener; Charles Campbell, Poriland, hat fastener; Franz Ring, Portland, trestle. Washington— | Thomas Jones and S. A. Hoke, Tacoma, railway switch mp. R — CH1 CLUM 1> LERK. Appointed to Take Charge of An Im- por-ant Mail Lirivion. WASHINGTON, Oct. .—The Post- master-General has appointed John P. | Clum of California cnief clerk of the Di- on of Mail Depredations and Post- oflice Inspectors in the Postoffice Depa ment. Mr. Clum is well known in Cali fornia. Mr. Cium’s experience in the postal service extends over a series of vears, having been appointed the first Postmaster of Tombstone, Ariz. He served two terms as Postmaster of Tomb- stone and later came to Washington and served aschi-f of a section in the division of which he is now chief clerk. Conciliating Bulgaria. # CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 26.—The Sul- | tan as a further step to his poicy of con- ciliating Bulgaria is issuing irades per- mitiing the junction of the Buigarian Kustendel Railroad with the Turkish alonica-Uskud Railroad line, sanctioning the appointment of eignt Buigarian com- mercial agents in Macedonia and erant- ing amnesty to the Bulgarian political prisoners. The issuing of berais tothe Bulgarian bishops in Macedonia, long and earnestly desired by Bulgaria, is still withheld by the Snltan. Wil- | st Oakland, | T POINTED RETORT T0 bl MADE |President McKinley to Call Down Spain ! at Once. |SHARP AND QUITE DECISIVE. | iRt | The Reply Will Show That All i Treaty Obligations Have Been Kept. |FILIBUSTERS ARE DULY RESTRAINED. Ravenue Marine Force Kept Busy on the Atlantic Coast for the Past Two Years, Epecial Dispatch to THE CALL. NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—A special to the Press from Washington says: President McKinley and the State Department have in their jossession now all the essential features of the reply of the Madrid Gov- ernment to the note handed to it in Sep- tember by General Woodford. The tone of the Spanish reply is almost quernious in its extended reference to filibuster ex- peditions. A large part of the note is devoted to that point, which evidently is believed by the Spanish ministry to be the strongest hold they have on this country. The reply of President McKinley will be no less direct and pointed, and the probabilities are it will be made almost immediately. He will show conclusively that the entire revenue marine force of the United States on the Atlantic coast | for two vears has been devoting its whole time to patrolling the eastern shore of the country to vrevent the departure of armed expeditions to Cuba. In addition to this it will be pointed out that every branch of the Government machinery that could be utilized to pre- vent filibustering has been called into action, and despite the immense extent of the Atlantic seaboard of this conatry these efforts have been successful in many in- stances. The reply of the President will establish the good faith ot this Government in its efforts to prevent filibustering, and it will procluim that this good faitn has been kept, despite the impatience of the vast number of people ot the United Siates with the Government’s action. LONDON, Oct. 26.—The Madrid corre- spondent of the Standard says: United States Minister Woodtord has maintained the greatest reserve in declining to dis- cuss politics, either with the Spanish or foreign pres< representatives, but he is making an excelient impression upon the diplomatic corps and uvon all Spaniards who have approached him. Outside of | international politics he is very courteous, sociable and desirous of making himselt generally welcome. He impresses one as being determined, inteliigent and very much in earnest in the discharge of the duties of a deilcate mission. | | | I | | Many Laborers Lose Employment. EUREKA, Oct. 26.—Major W. H. Hever | in charge of the improvements on Hem- | boldt Bar, and Superintendent W. | Dennison of the Jetty Construction Com- pany, have just finished an inspection of the summer’s work on the jetties, ad | operations have been suspended upill next April, although there is a possibility that work will te resumed at the beg''i- ning of the New Year. This will depeid on the action of the Board of Engine | which will meet in San Francisco so | By the shutting down of the jetty | men are thrown out of employment. NEW 5O-DAY i fromthe genuine Lizsic COMPAN Extract. 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