The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 6, 1897, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 1897. & o TRREETHERGEIIDE VR P T e VALUES ARE SMASHED BY THE BEARY Securities Go Forty Millions Short Order. Down in WILD RUMORS CAUSE | A PANIC. Guerrilla Gamblers Start Great Stampede in Wall Street. a GAMBLE ON WILD RUMORS OF WAR. After the Weaker Stocks Are Ham- mered Down News From Wash- Ington Restores Confidenca. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. NEW YORK, Nov. 5.—The staid and | conservative Chambe of Cemmerce is partly responsible for a panic in Wall street to-day which caused securities on the stock exchange to decrease in value | $40,000,000, a greater loss than would | probably result from war with Spain. | The solemn note of warning sounded by | the chember at its monthly meeting on | Thursday against the absoiutely defense- less condition of New York harbor in the | event of attack by a foreign fleet, seized upon by unscrupulous cperators as an excuse for selling in kK market. Wild rumors were d by this unch terie of gamblers to start a stampede, the resu scenes in the big rivaled for a time was a series of exciting stock exchangze which | the 3 d gloomy 1893. AU 4 the op efforts of conservative bankers and brok- ers to stay the destruction of values. A conscienceless crowd of bears started | a rumor on the tloor of the exchange that | President McK y: v from apoplex al | members bad secured connection with | Washington and a denial of that story. In the meantime, however, raiders had | started another rumor on its way. This story had it that H. O. Havemeyer's con- | dition had taken a turn for the worse and that his recovery was s 1o be hoped for. While this story was hav effect on the sugar trust the stock guer- rillas attacked Metropolitan Traction dred securit'es by a story ichard Croker, who was known to posed, had died from pn g its There probably has been no day in the history of the stock exchange when so many disquieting rumors of such a varied character and import have been set afloat | and have received such general credence. The scene or of the exchange was one long to be remembered. Brokers | yelled themselyes hoarse in their eifort to getrid of the overload of stocksin com- phiance with ‘st which fairly swamped the marke erks and mes- sengers ran wildly between operators on the floor and their office exchanges” on the floor a mob of excited mer Various booths scattered about the big room were surrounied by shrieking | brokers, and at times, daring the hammer- ing down of weaker securities, it seemed | to outsiders as if the police would have to | be calied in to ma'n!ain peaceand pravent fistic encounters. There were few if any absentees among the reguiar brokers on the floor during the day, and anxious asthe majo-ity ap- peared to be to unload shares otiier small groups stood ready to gobble up every- thing that was offered. But the bull ele- ment was not str enough to overbal ight of the vears, who appar- v had everything their own way. h the report that President McK Jey had dropped dead the stampeds to | sell was -omething awful. This rumor | was wafted into the room. Nooneknows how. Scme haa that a dispateh had | been received from Wasnington by a member of the board, ba 3 wretic effort to trace t cess'u Befo) i other rumors relative to the deaths of | Croker and Havemeyer added to the ex- | citement. The panic was brousht 10 a sudden halt just before 3 o’clock by the foliowing dis- | putch, which came from Washington, and was sent cut over the stock exchangs | vicker: “*Adminis'ration officials are at a loss| to understand the disquieinde over the Cuban situation. There is no troub'e with | Spain i< prospect and no expectation of | any. The subject is eo far removed from | discussion that it is not alluded in the | | | , while “phone | ere beseiged by most ener- Fumor wus unsue- | it was effectually denied Cabinet meeting and will not be officially untit that partof President McKinley's message is consider-d." Bt CANETHING CUMES HANDY.” Comment of London Papers on the New Jorn Fanie. | LONDON, Nov. 6.—The Daily Chronicla, | in an editorial this morning based upon | the resolution of the New York Chamber of Commerce urging the President and the | Congress of the United States Lo increase | the -ea-coast defenses, says: “No doubt if the whole British nnvw were recalled from the ends of the earth, | it snight put a few shells into Wall street, | into Brooklyn and even info Jersey City, but it could not pass througn Long Island Sound, and i Id never get anywhere near Hel Great Britain, bhowever, has somethinz else to do than toclear the | world of ships in order to inflict a fine on New York. But when the Wali-street bears want a pretext for a scare, anything comes handy.”’ All the morning papers comment on “such alarmist rumors as a Wail-street dodge to send prices down.” None of them believed that they should be taken | seriously. GATHERING OF FARMERS. | Institute Under State Univer;sity Aunpices Opens at San Jose. SAN JOQE, Nov. 5—The Farmers' In- stitute, under the auspices of the College of Agricultpre of the University of Cali- fornia, opened in Turn Verein Hall this morning with a good attendance. The meeting was called to order by Douglas T. Fowler, the conductor of the institute. ¥rofessor 0, W. Childs was chosen chair- | Fresuo C { verse had man and H. A. Brainard secretary. S. P Saunders was made vice-president. e Chairman Childs delivered an open ing sddress, in which he advocated the estab- lishment of a permanent club in t)is city tor farmers and orchardists, where the Horticultural Commissioner could have comfortable headquarters and where a Library pertaining to agricultural and hor- ticultural topics could be maintained in conjunction with a reading-room. A Te- sponse was made by Conductor Fowler. Professor T, E. Jaffa followed witha paper on “‘Household Sciexce.” At the afternoon session the following papers were read and discussed: “Adag- tation of Soils to Crops,” Professor E. W. Hilgard ; “Rational Feedine (Poultry and Stock),” Professor M. E. Jaifa; *“Tuber- culosis and Other Catile Diseases,” Dr. H. A. Spencer. Protessor E. J. Wickson spoke upon ‘‘Agricuitural Education” thisevening. The institute will continue to-morrow. e ATTEMPT T0 WRECK A BRIDGE. Giant Powder Bomb Found on a Structure Rwer Slough. EUREKA, No .—An attempt was mace yesterdav to wreck the bridge of the Eureka and Klamath River Railroad across Mad Riverslongh. A can contain- ing ten pounds of blasting powder, with fuse attached, was placed on the bridge in such a position that, had it exploded, it must have desiroyed the structure or weakened it so that tue first train over would have veen wrecked. Dampness preveuted the fuse from igniting and the bomb wasdiscovered by the track-walker. The attempt to wreck the bridge is at- tributed to spitework, as it should be a drawbridge, whereas it isclosed and shuts out people living above it. The company intends putting in a drawbridge in the spring. FL.ED FROM FRESNO THIRTY YEARS AGO Spanning Mad Ex-Treasurer Stephen Gaster Now a Resident of Nicaragua. Disappeared in the Six.es With Fub ic Funds Entrusted to His Care. Nov. 1866 Siephen o was then Treasurer of Fresno disappeared. Investigation of bis books showed he was a defaulter in 1 of $7 When last seen he was ge for Stockton in company the the with C. P. Converse, who had been asso- ciated with him in business quite exten- on It was before the advent of the railroad, and the trip to San Francisco in t e days was made by stage to Stock- ton and thence by boat. Converse re turned in a few days, but Gaster never put in an appearance. His disappear- ance was shrouded in the graatest mys- tery and suspicion rested on Converse, although there were very flimsy grounds for it. The theory was finally sccepted that the Treasurer had been murdered for the money that he had intended to escape sive with. His wife also accepted the murder theo A few years later she married Converse, who was still suspected by the putlic, but whom she believed to be inno- cent. Afier a few years interest in the ex- Treasurer's disappearance died out, and every one thoughi he was dead. Bat now comes reliable information from Central America that Gaster is not dead, and that he is living there, a healthy and vigorous man. ll-known citizen of this ved a letter from John Thomas, at Leo aragua, tothe effect that Gaster is living at that piace. Thomas is an insurance agent at Leon. He states in bis jetter that Gaster is run- ning a sawmill, and, though 70 years of is as energetic as most men are at 45, The old man is leading a very labor.ous life, as_he bas always done since he went there from California thirty vears ago. He 1s generally esteemed, says Thowmuss, fcr his honesty, industry and other gocd qualities, and though he has not been very successful in his bnsiness pursuits be hias a few thousand dollars out at interest. Gaster was born at Baton Rogue, La., and came to California in 1850. He sofa respectable Creole He lived in California until 18 he went to Leon. “1 had often advised him,’”’ continued Thomas, *“to go back to California and end his li‘e with his children.” Aceording to thedescription the Leon in- surance agent gives therecan be no ques- tion but that the Siephen Gaster who is there is fter Converse muarried Mrs, Gaster he tued the amount of the aefalcation. Later Mr. and Mrs. Converse separated. Converse ficured prominently in the early history of Fresno Couuty. He built the first courthouse when the county seat | was situated at Millerton, in the foothilis, about twenty-five miles northeast of this city. He bad just fiuished his contract when Gaster disappeared. A few months before that Converse shot and killea Jim | Crow at Millerton, and was the first man to be locked up in the jail that he had constructed in the basement of the court- house. The walls of the prison were con- structed of big blocks of granite, and Con- always been proua of the strength of the structure he had made. He was afterward tried and acquitted of the murder charge preferred for the killing of Cro ATTEHPTS 10 SLAY IS SCAOOLMATE Fresno County You'h Goes Forth From Home to Murder. Fires Upon and Wounds a Lad Who Had Incurred His Enmity. Special Dispateh to THE CALL. FRESNO, Nov, 5—Willie Cramner, a 15 year-old boy, shot and wounded a school- mate of the same age, named Johnny Moore, in the Fancher district in the foot- hilis, about twenty miles east of this city, last Monday. The victim was wounded in the thigh, but not seriously. Dr. Jacobi was called to attend him. The boys had had trouble during the day at school and young Cramnper was | punished severely by the teacher,who was informed of his doings by Moore. In the evening Cramner resolved to have revenge on his schoolmate, who had gained the better of him during the day. The boys of the foothills all have their six-shooters, and Willie set out on a mission of mur- der that nicht. He proceeded to the home of young Mooreand called his enemy out. Tragicaliy the Cramner boy drew all the cartridges excepl one out of nis pistol, but with this bullet he said he would kill hisvictim. He raised the pistol and fired, but his aim was poor, the bullet hitting the Moore lad in tne thigh. ‘The Cramner boy thenrode away on his horse, and it is reported that he has left the country. The officers have not been appealed to a8 yet to make arrests, FIRE AND MURDER ON THE SEAS How the Captain and Mate of a Schooner Met Death. SLAIN BY THE DEMON ! COOK. After Killing the Officers Hej Compelled the Crew to Obey Him. SET THE VESSEL ON FIRE AND ROWED AWAY. The Chief Miscreantand His Dupas Are Sent Back From Bahla on the Lancaster. Speclal Dispatch to THE CALL NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 6.—The Uniled States steamer Lancaster dropped anchor in Hampton Roads this morning | from Bahia, Brazil. In military confine- ment on the warship are five men of the crew of the schooner Oliver Packer, whose captain, J. W. Whitman of Rockland (Me.), and first mate, William Saunders of Cove (N. 8.), were murdered at sea in August. In the ship’s brig, closely ironed, is J. Anderson, the cook, who is the seli-confessed perpetrator of the mur- ders and who afterward set fire to the vessei. % The Packer sailed from Boston on the 27th of June and the story of this tragedy of the sea is told best in the words of the murderer, who to-night gave the follow- ing version of his crime: *I was the cook aboard the Oliver Packer and had to serve the captain as his servant. I hed good reason to believe that the captain aid not take to me, and I was always in fear of my life whenever ha got into his mad fits. He had a dog which was always coming into the cookhouse and annoying me. On the day of our lit- tle difficulty 1he animal came inside and I threw a boiler of hot water on him. “Well, he howled, and the next thing 1 kuew the captain was calling for me. I went 10 his cabin and he commenced cursing me,telling me that this sort of | thing had to stop. I did notsay anything | to him and he ordered me into his cabin to make up his bed. This was in the morning. I made up his bed and he or- cered me out with a volley of oaths. I| saw he was in a mean humor and deter- | mined to arm myself against him. 1 knew the captain bad scme pis- | tols in his cabin and 1 went back to zet one of them. Just as soon as I entered the captain fired | a beer bottle at me, and, seeing that I| dodged it, he picked up a pistol from the | table and sent a ball in my direction. I had got my bands or a weapon which was lying on the corner of his table, and, of course, I opened fire on the — —— rascal. My first bnllet took effectin his | forehead und the second went through lis breast, killing him almost instantly. | “I then went upon deck and called to | the mate, who was in the fore-rigging. | He shouted down to me, asking what I wanted. Itold him to come down, that the captain wanted Lim in the cabin. He started down and when he reached the deck I went for bim. He wasan oid fel- low with whiskers and I felt like smash- ing nim with my fist. He looked at me as if to inquire my authority to order him about and I ieveled tne weapon at his old bewbhiskered head, saying at the time: Now die, like the dog you are.’ With that I pulled the trigger and the mate | droppea to the deck, rolling to the port side of the ship. “1 then went down into sthe cabin, thinking 1 wouid be able to take the ship by myself. Isaw that the captain wa:a ghost and I came on deck again. The mate was groaning and I felt it my duty to put him out of misery. One more shot | did that. I secured the captain’s other pistol and after giving the mate a second bullet T started toward the crew, who were aft, with a pistol in each hand, and gave them to understand that I was to be master of the Oliver Pecker, and that the first man who undertook to disobey my orders would have to suffer the conse- | quences. They carried out my commands without a murmur. ©l fir-t ordered them to throw the mate’s body overboard, and we went down into the cabin and brought up the cap- tain’s corpse, disposing of it in like man- | ner. Next 1 ordered the men to gei out the oil and suturate the whole vessel, fore and aft, in such a manner that she would barn up like —— They did that, and then we got otir belongings and prepared to take to the boats, first setting fire to the ship. “My chum and I went down in one of the boats, while the other four men took toanother. Taeyv pulled off in a different | direction from us, and we never saw them again until we met in prison in Bahia. They must have peached on us, for no sooner had we landed from the ship than the officers placed us under arrest and sent us 'o Bahia.” The Pecker was one month out from Boston and was within two days of Babia when all this happened. She was a two- masted_schooner and started out with a crew of eight. The statement wassent ashore by an officer of marine. The officer stated that when the men were thrown into prison at Bahia the United States Consal at that port com- municated with the Navy Department at Washingion concerning the arrest of the | murderer and his accomplice, and re- ceived instraetions to place them aboard | the cruiser Lancaster, which at that time was several hundred miles south of Bahia, and which would be ordered to that port as soon as possible. Tue seamen remained in the old prison at Bahia for four weeks before the arrival of the Lan- caxter. When the men were sent aboard the cruiser they were found to be so filthy and poorly ciad that it was necessary to give them bains and pew wearing apparel. The cook was ordered in irons and the remainder of whe unfortunate snip’s crew placed in confinement. The five sailors are under the impres- sion that they are being held as witnesses against the cook, and will be exyected to testify that he murdered the captain and the mate. It is more than probable, how- ever, that they will not only be used as witnesses agaiust the murderer,but wiil be held and convicted on the charge of firing a ship on the high seas, The other five men of the Oliver Pecker’s crew are Wil- liam Herbhurg, Andrew F. March, Manuel Barriat, John Lend and M. Barstad. Student Lodies to . vbilvale. STANFOKD UNIVERSITY, Nov.5.— A jeint comumiitee consisting of A. B. Morgan, O. C. Leiter and C. M. Fickert has been elected by the executive commi:- tee of the Associated Students to confer with a like committee from Berkeley to arrange some method by which alt differ« ences that may come up between the two colleges may be settied by arbitration. The commitiee was appointed in compli ance with a communication from the seec- retary of the Associated Students of the University of California. Spagi s NO CHINESE IN HUMBOLDT. Gnly Nongolian in the County Takes His Departure for San Francisco. EUREKA, Nov. 5—Chinaman Ah Sac arrived on the Arcata boat last evening and claimed protccticn as the last of his race in Humboldt County. There was a reason for this, which dates back to Feb- ruary, 1885, when the Chinese were dariven out of Humboldr, as a result of the shoot ing of a prominent citizen. Ab Sac Las been a resident of Northeast- ern Humboidt for many years. He wants to go to San Francisco, bring over the pre- scribed age to return to his mother coun- try, and he wante! protecton while he sojourn:d in Eureka, He was entertain:d at the Scandia Hotel. When interviewed Ah said he was getting ““too muchee old,” and tbat he had one cou in in San Fran- csco whom he wanted to see befors he died. He sailed on a steamer 10-day. g e CORPSES PICKED UP AT SEA. Bodies of Three Members of the Crew of the Lost Caspar Recovered 0ff Point Arena, POINT ARENA, Nov. 5.—The bodies of three members of the crew of the lost Cas- par were picked up this afternoon by the schooner Arthur L, several miles south of where the wreck occurred. They were towed to Iversens Landing, where the schooner is loadinz, The bodies were de- tected 1hrough the presence of large num- bers ct seagulls. ¥ One body was tnat of a small man, much disfigured, having no clothing; the second was of medium staiure and the third was of a very large man, an espe- cially large coffin baving to be built to conla'n the corps NATURAL GAS IN SONOMA GOUNTY Big Flow Discovered on a Ranch in Bennet Valley. Tests of the Find Give Assurance That the Supply is Ex- tensive. special Dispateh to THE CALL. SANTA ROSA, Nov. 5—Considerable excitement nas been caused in this city and ip fact throughou: the county of So- noma by the discovery of a big flow of natural gas upon the ranch of John Burn- ham, a farmer living in Bennet Valley, about six miles from this city. For several years Burnham has noticed that upon the surface of a large marsh on his place bubbles were continually rising and that there seemed to bea peculiar odor in the air near that place. While he often spoke of it he never gave the matter any particular thought until yesterday, | when a visitor with whom he was speak- ing uvon the subjest suzgested the possi- bility of the bubbles being cansed by a flow of natural gas. The matter was at once looked into and the theory was found to have besn @r- rect. This morning THE CALL correspond- ent visited the scene of 1ts discovery and saw the flow tested. A large galvanized- iron washiub was placed -in &n inverted position upon the suriace of the marsh ani alighted match applied to a hole punctured in the bottom of the tub. A flame three feet in height at once bursi into view, burning steadily and brilliantly until extinguished by those present. The new find will be developed at once. Gas and oil men who have visited the scene pronounce the indications rich in the extreme and it is generally believed that a new and vaiuable addition to the resources of Sonoma County has been discovered ana a new industry is about to be inaugurated. it was only a few months ago that a valuable ledge of cement clay was discoy- ered upon the same ranch and Burnham is receiving many congratulations upon his good fortune. TOOTES ARMOR 1 BULLER PROOF Some Successful Tests Made at a Public Exhibition in New York. Pecullar Qualities of the Resisting Material M:ke It Valuable for War Vessels. Special Dispatch to THE CALI. NEW YORK, Nov. 5.—A public exhi- bition was given in the Twenty-nintn Regiment armory in Brooklyn to-day by W. Leonard Foote, inventor of ‘‘the bullet-proof autodynamic armor’’ and was witnessed by several foreign officials and others interested in armor. A Win- ‘chester and a Krag-Jorgensen rifle were used in the test and a block of the armor about 214 inches thick was used, A num- ber of builets were fired atit, but in no case did any of them go through or leave a mark of entrence. Mr. Foote, previous to the exhibition, stated that a similar material had been used three years ago, but since that time it had been improved. It is uow perfect, according to the inven- tor, who says that it is equal in resistance to a 34-inch gun shield of hard steel and does not require the same amount of ca: to keep it from rusting or scaling as steel does, It is lighter than steel, weighing less than hali as much. Previous to the test of Mr. Foote’s ma- terial a Krag-Jorgensen rifle was usea on a l4-inch steel plate. The bullet went through it, as it also dia through fiftv pine boards eight feet thick. In the case of the inventor’s material the bullet from the Krag-Jorgensen rifle penetrated, but after it did so the hole closed entirely, leaving an unbroken surface, the bullet remaining in the shield. The Winchester builet failea to penetrate. Mr. Foote, after the test had been pro- nounced a success, stated that his inven- tion is about 50 per cent lighter in the ratio of resistanca than steel for ships’ armor shields. When penetrated by bul- lets the puncture instantly closes, thus keeping out the water. The material be:ng non-magnetic, according to the inventor, itis especially valuable for use on the bridges of naval vessels for shields. Count Goetzen, a military atiache at Washingion, anda General D. T. Mert- wago of the Russian navy were present at the exhibition, TEN DEATHS [N ONE DAY Yellow Fever Is Yet Causing Havoc at New Orleans. Warm Weather Increases the Mortality and the New Cases. In Alabama the Dread Plague Is Also Loth to Rellnquish Its Grip. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 5.—The record of vellow fever cases and deaths is disap- pointing. The death rate is higher than it has been for several days, and the num- ber of new cases is not assmall as the Board of Health officials predicted it would be. The situation, while it has not im- proved any, is not considered worse. warm weather, which was experienced here to-day, 80 in the shade, has not helped the patients along any. The fever record to-day was thirty-one new cases and ten deaths. The dead: John G. Lsmberger, Guiliamo Averno, Horace de Van Denbosh, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. J. M. Babathier, Tony La- ranto, Louisa Joachim, Eisie Oubre, Miss Isabel Chapman and Augustine Bouget. MOBILE, Nov. 5—There were eleven new cases of yellow fever here to-day and three deaths, The dead: J. A. Atkinson, Albert A. Swansey and Mrs. Annte Larue. MONTGOMERY, Ara., Nov. 5—W. H. Cope died here to-duy from yellow tever. There were two new cases. Selma reports a clean bill of health, and on Sunday the churcnes there will resume service. STE1FE AT STANFORD, Student Body at Uuts With the Football Management, STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Nov. 5.— | Strife exists beitween the execu'ive com- mittee of the student body on one side and Treasurer Pomeroy and Football Manager Switzer on the other. The execu- tive committee accuses the management of deliberate usurpation of power, whiie the management claims its acts to have been in accord with the constitution of the Associated Stndents and further relies on the precedent established by former managements. Kach side has been argu- ing its case through the columns of the Daily Palo Alto. The letting of the contract for the foot- bail souvenir, by Treasurer Pomeroy, and the hiring of a rubber for the fo 1 +quad, by Manager Switzer, without consulting the president of the student body, are the chief acts which brought down the storm upon the heads of the management. Even the executive com- mittee concedes the acts tu be trifling in themselves, but is determined to contend | for tue principle involvea. The latest move on the part of (he committee is the appointment of a special committee to audit the bills of t.e treasurer and manager. KILLED IN CAPRIGE BY A DRONKEN MAN Cowboy Fires at a Carriage and Gains the Brand of Cain. Bullet From His Revolver Slays an Occupant of the Vehicle. Special Dispateh to THE Catr- DAVENPORT, Wasu., Nov. 5—A. C. McKay and H. K. Harrington, a cowboy, who had been drinking considerable, started in & carriage last night for Wilber. On the way they fell into the company of Moss Dodd and Wesley Summerlin, cow boys, and the four_ stopped and took a drink together. While drinking the liquor they quarreled. Dodd and McKay got into the first car- riage and Harrington and Summerlin in the rear one. As the conveyances were bowling along the road Harrington, who by this time was quite intoxicated,drew a revolver and began shooting indiscriminately. He was shooting in the direction of the carriage in advance, for Dodd says be could hear the whistle of the bullets. Finally one of the bullets struck the cover of the carriage in front, passed throueh it and hit McKay back of the left ear. The bullet crashed into_the brain. The frightened men m:ds with all haste for the nearest dwelling. McKav was brought to Davenport this morning and died at noon. The men ure all well known around Davenport and Wilber, all of them being employed in this vicinity. Harrington is in jail and will be held awaiting the action of the Coroner’s jury, which will hear the testimony to-morrow. Mrs. McKay has e brother at Vancouver, B. C to whom a telexram has been sent. She has another brother who is a prominent attorney at Buckley, Wash. ———— Mark Twain Mot Out of Debt. HATRFORD, Nov. 5.—The Courant will to-morrow say: Mark Twain’s publishers here bave received a cablegram irom the author, 1u which he denies he wrote a let- ter to a personal friend in the country stating that ne had made $82,000 in the last two years and had paid his debts in full. The factsare that Mr. Clemens still owes about $50,000 on account of C. T Webster & Co. The | Alice | HAYMAN 13 ON 0I5 WAY WEST The Theatrical Manager Makes a Sudden Exit From New York, Rumor Has It That Something Will Drop on His Arrival in Town, [ Possibility That Ho Will Dispose of His Interests in the Baldwin. P Al Hayman of San Francisco and New York is due in town next week, and rumor has it that something is going to drop in theatrical circles. His coming to the coast just now is somewhat of a surprise to his triends, for two weeks ago he was | beating his breast in agony in tbe Eastern metropolis because the Knickerbocker season was a sad failure, and he vowed that be would stay with it until the winter was over rather than welch. But Hay- man is on the way sure enough, for last night Al Bouvier, the manager of the | Baldwin, received a dispatch that he was already on the road, and gossip is busy speculating as to the cause of his sudden change of mind. Bouvyier arrived from New York four days ago, but at that time Hayman had made no sign that he was so soon to be in San ¥rancisco, and this adds significance to his coming visit. There are all. sorts of stories in the wind. New York theatrical arrivals credit him with the aetermination of withdrawing his connection with the Baldwin and Cali- fornia theaters, for like Frohman he has suddenly been struck with the idea that the coast is not a paying prospect. When Frobman broke loose some days aze and ‘‘cussea’’ the town because it re- fused to pay Klondike prices to see some of his second-hand companies Hayman added his approval of the sentiment by signifyving that he wozld probabiy confine his attention to his Eastern circuit, which embraces theaters in the big cities the other side of the Missouri River, The an- nual meeting of the directors of the com- pany that leases the Baldwin and Califor- nia theaters will be held immediately on Hayman's arrival, and of course it is very probably that he will be called upon by | his business associates to put himse!f on | record concerning his intentions. | Now it seems that although Hayman is nominally the manager of the California and Baliwin theaters his interest is very The latest batch of | slight, and his withdrawal from the com- | | bination would not produce any great | convulsion. Those who presume to be on the inside say Hayman will probably dis- | pose of his interests here upon his arrival and enter into a frienaly combination for bookine attractions that come as far west as St. Louis. His withdrawal from the local corporation would not affect the theaters here under biscontrol. Both the | Baldwin and the California have been | booked for the coming winter and Bou- | vier, of course, could see that nothing went wrong, as he has done for some time ast. BT kaoe nothirg of Mr. Hayman’s in- tentions,” said Bouvier last night, *‘be- yond that he hassuddenly decided to come west. If he should sever his connec- tion with the Baidwin, the theacer woula continue open. But we will wait for Mr. | Hayman to talk for himse Mr. Tomsky Cited for Contempt. Judge Coffey has issued a citation requiring Attorney William Tomsky to appear next Tuesday morning and show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court for neglectiug to pay $85 to Mrs. Dora Levy, the money having been obtained unjustly, ac- cording to the opinion of the Court. OB GOLD HONTERS, They Are Having an Auxiliary Schooner Built at Coos Bay for Them. Two Men Seriously Injured in a Col- lision With an Electric-Oar Yesterday. The Weona Tradingand Transportation Company (incorporated) is getting ready for the rush to Klondike next spring. It is a co-operative affair, limited to twenty- five members, and these members expect to make a start for St. Michael next Apr The charter members are Alfred Mc- Nevin, W. H. Berger, AlvaG. Henry, Lau- | ritz J. Poulsen, Ada A. Macdonald, Sam- uel T. Tucker, Emil Johnson, Charles Pe- terson and Mrs. A, C. McNevin. The idea of the promoters is to build a schooner seventy-five feet long, twenty- four feet broad and five feet deep, which will accommodate twenty-five persons and about 100 tons of supplies, besides a deck- load of lumber sufficient to build a hotel when Dawson City is reached. The vessel will also carry a stern wheel and two 25- horsepower slide valve engines on deck, and when St. Michael 1s reached the wheel will be fastened to the vessel’s stern, and i with the aid of the engines it is expected to navigate the waters of the Yukon ata speed of eight knots an hour. The con- tract for the engines has been let, and next week Manager McNevin starts for { Uoos Bay to superintend the building of the schooner. Captain Charles Peterson is to be master of the vessel, and therz are enough sailors among the prospectors to take the vessel NEW TO-DAY. “THE ACADEMIE DE MEDECINE OF FRANCE HAS PLACED Apollinaris (“THE QUEEN OF AT THE HEAD OF TABLE WATERS?”) ALL THE WATERS EXAMINED FOR PURITY AND FREEDOM - FROM DISEASE GERMS.” BEWARE OF S UBSTITUTIONS. | dreds and hundreds of men on. the Pacific Con | not be, the power tha: w | be furnished to you, to her destination. Enough supplies to last eighteen months are to be taken up and the remainder of the space will be filled with trade. Some of.the party will engage in trading, some will manage the hotel and others will engage in mining. Everything goes into the common fund and everybody expecis to come back in 1899 with a smgll fortune. 2 ‘Tuere is a bi> fleet of vessels making un- usually long passages to the coast. The El Capitan is 219 days out from Baltimore, Natuna 177 days from London, Taymount 189 aays irom Liverpool, Orienta 187 days from Newcastie, Englana; Cawdor 17 and Invermay 164 days irom Swansea, Annesley 181 days from Cardiff for Port- land and Hayden-Brown 178 davs from Baltimore for Puget Sound. The El Capi- tan has been into Montevideo and Buenos Ayres, the Annesley into Montevideo and tiie Hayden-Browa into Bermuda and Montevideo, ull for repairs. P. O. Isackson and John Johnson of the wreckea whaler Navarch arrived on the Alice Knowles yesterday. Johnson’s toes Were so badly frozen that Captain Ogden had to amnutate two of them. He was sent to the United States Marine Hospital. The British_ship Bannockburn, which arrived irom Newcastle, N. S. W.. yester- day, had a rough passage. During a storm bher cargo shiited and she cuwe into port with & list. 7 The bark Olympic, now dischareing at the Mail dock, has been chartered to go to Puget Sqund to load spars for New York. This'will be one of the first ship- ments ot that kind that has gone East from this coast via the Horn. : The steam whaler Thrasher is getting ready to go norih after the cannery men that were to have been brought down by the Jeanie. Wuen the ship Santa Clara lett Karluk the men were anxiously “."“" ing the arrival of some kind of crait to bring them back to civilization. Churles Sikes of Sonoma hired D. Gor- man totake a crate of chickens uptown in lis wagon. W hile crossing Broadway an electric car struck the wagon and smashed it into kindling wood. Sikes had a mb broken, his forehead badly cut and he wa: bruised ali over. Gorman had his collar bone dislocated. Both men were treated at ths water-front Receiving Hospital. The following graduates of McNevin Brothers’ Navigation School have received licenses from the United States Local In- spectors of Hulls and Boilers, Captain 0. F. Bolles and W. 8. Puillips: ‘As master, C. Knudson, 1000 tons, any ocean, pilot San Francisco to sea_and re- turn; as master, A. ¥. Aspland, 500 tons, any ocean, pilo: San Francisco to sea and refurn, Benicia and San Pedro; as master, G. R. Giese, 1500 tons, any ocean; as mas- ter, J. 8. Thomson, 1500 tons, pilot San Francisco to sea znd return and Benicia; as master, B. J. Franke, master Chamber of Commerce. As mates, United States steam license—W. Mackenzie, 2500 tons, any ocean; Robert Fredricks, aiso pilot Coos Bay and Coquille River. e —— ) AN TELL OF THE AWFUL DISHEART. enment, 0f the fearfal awe, that comes over the poor unfortunate victim of a linzering dis- ease that saps and drains his vitality, wastiog away hissystem and leaviog him slowly, grad- ually, but surely, a prematurely od mao. Itis horrible. NO VOICE Can speak the fearful, calamitous thouzh's of the poor, weak fellow who has been a victim cf aissipation; who has misused his mind and body; who has abased nature; who has sat up all night revelinz fn dissipation or who bas overworkel nimself—buraing both ends of the candle. To con- tempiaie such & victim is an awful gloom. fearful,'melancholy prospect. oree Can teil how far a man will decline when he be. gins on this downwarl plane. Many a poor un- fortunate who now hobbles about our cities hnd can be seen {n our byways, ail gone, all gaunt, all miserable, was at one time the pride, the social fellow of his class. He is the fellow, perhaps, Who would be the last to goto bedand the first for & frolle. He isthe fallow whom nature intended to be a man. Nature stamped manliuess on his brow, but through his dissipation he is no longera man, but a victim. Can tell of the joyousness, of the wondrous, brim- ful happiness that springs into the heart of the man who has recovered his failing Strength, who has recovered from Neurasthenia, Nervous Exbaus- tion, Nervous Debility, Dralns and an affec- tion of the Glands. and yet there are + to-day who can shout in one joyous, happy soun | the glad tidings to humankind Thev can tell of the wonder worker, the great Hudyan. Hudyan is the marvel of the century. Tt resnscitates with- out excessive stimulation. Hudyan makes man. Jt 18 your true. vigorous remedlo-treatment. It has’ been tried and tried and proven. Hun- dreds indorse it These have triea and are now trying no longer They have been cured. It is nevertoo lnie to trv. If you are sufferiug make an effort to cure yoursell.” Bea man. If you can- surely help you Is the You can leatn more remedios reatment, Hud, abous the great Hudvau caliing on the Chief Consulting Physician or writing to the Chief Con- sulting Physician of the old Hudson Medical ‘Jn- If you call you will get full and complete intor- mation. If you write, the snm» {nformation wiil with circulars and testi- moniAls. Write for Circulars and Testimonials Of the great Iludyan and you can then tell for yourself whether this remarkable remedio-treat- ment will heip you or not. HudsonMedical Institute Stoekton, Market and Ellis Sts., PRACTICALLY A NEW I RAILWAY., Tralnsleave from and arrive At v arket-st. I erry. San Frincisco Ticket Offico—udd Mar- ket street, Chrouicle l!ulldlnu.“‘l‘o?:. phone Main 1520 Oakland, 1118 Broadway. ‘ihe Best Kullway—San Francisco (o Chicago, ) LOOK AT TH . 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