The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. WEDNESDA DECEMBER 15, 1897. DBSEQULES OF MOTHER MeKINLEY Incessant Rain Adds to the Gloom of the Occasion. EUT ALL CANTON IS PRESENT. Rev. Dr. Manchester’s Touch- ing Tribute to a Lovable Character. EYES OF MANY ARE FILLED WITH TEARS. mple Sarvices at the Grave, Wh.ch Is Litera! y Covered With Floral Offerings. Special D HE CALL IN, Onro, De-. nost end CANY rained crowd Nancy Allison McK by the thousand-. Epi-copal Chuareh, d throw oren th , was fi ore ti e begin rostrum of 14.—Although intly all day, the fuveral of Mra. 'y were numbered The First Methodist ubled in capacity by nday-school rooms owing long vices. The a rees he e nd gallery ed to ov e of the se echu flow rs. Afier the simple ceremony thousands pas-ed 1hrou the church, esc opping an instant at the altar 10 take a layt look at the remains, This procession was composed of people who had gained admittance to the chureh and others who stood out in the rain waiting for the time when they could get inside the door, pass the aitar and go out at the | other side. Wh this rac tinued an hour it was found ne 0 clu-e the side door and remove the ¢ the fu 1 car, as it wes feared the interment would be | delayed until dark. During {he services and er the remains had been viewed, the family and close friends oc the front pews of the central section of the chur With the P esident in the first pew was his er, Miss Helen, and his brother, Abner, with the ster, Mrs. Duncan of Cleve: . lwmmediately back of them was ihe aged sister of the deparied, Mrs. Osbor of Youngstown, surrounded by cnildren and oiber near relatives, of these were members of the Cabi- , the Washinzton visitors and many ends of the family from vari- ces at the church were most s iv As the members of the fam- Wi 10 the seats reserved for them in the front rows of tue center sec- tion the s of the organ slowly diea away in a sweet harmony. Then the| ZEohan Qua chanted “Siitl, Sull With ihee.” Rev. E. P. Harbruck, pastor of Iriniiy Keformed Church, senior member | € local clergy by reason of the long pastorate, offered prayer, commending rowing family to the Ruler of the Universe for comfort in this their hour of bereavement, bicdia: them upon her as in the shroud and in a ¢ ffi but as in heaver. Rev. Mr. Huibruck paid a high tribuie 10 Motber McKinley in de- scriving bow sbe should be rememberea. fier the prayer Rev. O. B. Milligan, pastor of the First Presbvierian Church, read one of the bymns of which Motuer McKinley w ucularly fond, **Jesus Lover of ’and it was sung Ly thie queriet. On benaif of the officers of the First Metnodisi Episcopal Church, Hon. R. A. Cassidy, former Mavor of the city and one oi the directors of the church, read a | memorizl adopted by the board of offi- als, nz briefly the iife of Mrs ancy Allison McKinley y with the congregation. e sincing by the quartet of “Lead, reci indly Light,”’ was followed by the eulo- istic remarks of the pastor, Rev. Dr. C. Manchester, who spoke briefly but eelingly of ths woman so - reatly be- loved by the whole congregaticn and by the people of the city at larg Almost oVerpowering emotion was manifest in voice, and as he recailed the lov:ble raits by which the beloved woman wus best known by Ler immediate neighbors, the eyés of many in the vast congregation filled” with tears, as follows: I thin ie first % that comes 1o us al to-day is one o1 persc bereavement. She who hias gone out irom our midst was a friend. The Delion kunows Ler m< the aistinguisned mother; we of (he hor ¥ know ner as one Whos nd'y words and smil: have been a cheer and a veuediction 10 many a heart and home. For her ‘‘the long, long nignt has passed, the morning breaks aliast,” but her place upon ihis earth will be vacant iorever. Hers is unspeskable gain, but ours is an unutierabl it is given only now and then to a piigrim to gpend 10 many years upon the eartn, aud she wrought for herseli a pince in life that can never be tilled by anoih forts of this hot we nave er. m ber thaisbove everything else r McKinley was a Christian woman. 1och, she walked with God and is not, God bALl teken her. It was this thaiso enriched and be her lie upon the earth. When Jesus said He ihat abidetn in uie and I fu him, e uwe bringe'h jorth much fruit,” he uttered a lurger truth than we have been’ wuat to ac- cept. 1:is not given to many (o have such grace of iife, such ton of character, as (rowned her whose going out from nmong us € mouru to-da; 111 were 10 indulge in an ualysis of her racter, 1 think I piace first of ail her glorious mothe ine St I seys of such as she: wartcf her husband doth sefely trustin her. She will do him good and uol evil ali the days of ner ilie. Strength and ho:or are her clothing and she suull rejoice in time to come. openeili her mouth witk wisdom, and 1o ler tongue is the law of kinduess. She look- 4, eih well to the ways of her housenoid and nteth not the bread of idieness. ”‘ur chil- n arise up and cali her biessed. Give ner )t the fruit of her own hands and et her own works praise her.” It s worth ail the cere and trial and sorrow 10 be worthy of such divine portraiture as this, nd she was worthy of it. Her molhenuluA was the ciowning glory of her davs. Sae might have peen 8 proud mother, but I think oone heard ner sas so. Her yreat l.ving rethrobbed with t-nderest auxicties for ose whom the kiud 1ituer bad given her, childres rise up and cell her raciesistic of Mother McKialey varsing cheertulusss. When her stzd_to her once that the way ng brigiiter as she nd‘\'lflnr;d lIl;; ward her newv.niy home, she replied tha ned been bright a)l'l tibe way. Her faith that God docs all things well—inat he makes no mistekes—was the one creed of ber Chrisiian ite. Sne was a Christian, indeed—undemou- strative and unobtrusive; yvet she was well known asone o1 the dicipiesof Chrisi. She grew oid besuti.uliy, because she walked with ch was a bank of | not to look ! and her conuec- | Dr. Maachester spoke | utified | would | The | | God. We may paraphrase | words of the post, nnd say : No more, 10 more the worlaly shore Disiurbs ber with its loud upros the well-known | With opened eves her spiric fl.es Peyond the gate. of pacadise. | We weep an wall, but not for b This hapoler one, her course is 1u Fiom (2148 0f Snow 10 i With opened eyes her spirit | W lieTe summer sings and ne ec dies. | . Blesscd ‘ndeed will it be for one who loved | the lowers ol enrth so w Ly U 1o walk with him i alus of liviag waters; nud 6 4 himsell shail wipe away ail tears from their eses. She will be gone from us, but she wiil remuin. Blessed are the dead who d n the Lord, for their works do follow them. | o momeuts of sorrow and weakness she Wiil be witn us, and tie influence of her i e Wil afford such strengin arthly com- | munion could not give. Works of chariiy live | on beyoud tne deiug. Kinduess brings tne harvest of sowing. outiives the past, the four Lov | the present and the future Tougucs shall | cens:, but life erdureth forever. Tue higuest | | mead of prase that csn b given is that | | which the Suvior grve to the fuitaiul woman | | when e said, “She has done well what sue | A carcer closed, the arch is imperfect until the hand of deatn has fixed the xeystone. It is the end o! the journey which gives character 1o the way, ana uow, life’s successiul,journe ended, sne rests well. It is hard to part. when friends are dear, Pe hops COst asi_h, atear. i ‘Then s eal 1way, give liitle waraing, Lh iime; Su - zh', but in some happier clime Bid me good-morning. Wien the pastor had concluded bis tribute to tiie departed, another hymn of Whicn Mother McKiniey was particularly fonu, ““Nearer, My God, to Thee,” was ai- nounced by Rev. Mr. Roper of the First Baptist Chiurch and sung by the quartet. Tne underiaker theu removed the lid from the casket and an opportunity was given the vast congregation to look upon the feaiures of ihe deparied. To the dirge-like music of the organ the crowd slowly filed pus: the chancel rail, gazed upon the sweet tace and passed out oi tue door, while through anoiher door those #hbo could not gain adms-ion to the cuurch entered slowly, pas-ed the casket and +joined the multitude on the outside. It wus past 2 o’clock when the casket wa re-covered. The rain which had fal.en al- most unceasingly aliday continued, tut iu spite of 1t the long e of carr.a -esio West Lawn Cemetery was followed by hundreds of pedestrians Wheun the coriege roacied the cemetery | the burial grouna of the MeKinley family Wuas surrcunded by an uumense crowd, | | wuich seemed to give no ecd to the in- c.ement weather. A canvas canopy nad been er ¢ ed nuar the open wrave ior tne | sheiter o: the family and ihose assisting in the last sad rites. Here the beauritul wreath of lowers wuich tue President and Mrs. McKialey had piaced upon the graves | of coildren iost long ago, ana of the Pr dent’s fatuer, brother and sisie erally covercd with the numerous tloral | offerings sent Ly sym freads | from all over the counr Tue services at ihe rave verevery short | and simple. The casket was tenderly | | lowerea 1uto the g land t.e simuple liurgy service of b Methodist Episcopal church wes read re- sponsively by Presiding Elder E. D. Holtz | of this disinet and Rev, E. C. Man sler. Rev. Mr. McAiee of Lo umbus prononnced benedictic | Daring (ne hours of the funeral business | was suspended th:oughout the city. B | ness piaces and otlices were closed tories and shops shut down, aud all| work suspended in courts and cou | enty builc County and ci'y officisls and 1 the bar auendeua the servie INHERITS A DEAD - SISTERS WEALTH ngs. ters b n | Charles C. Brown, a Sacra- mento Sport, Acquires Riches. Litigation Over Fannle Hinckley Milis’ Estate Ends In His Favor, Special Dispatch 10 THE CAL V‘ SACRAMENTO, Dec. 14—Charles C. Brown, a veieran sport and old-time Sac- ramentan, bas falien heir to an estate in New Orleans vaiued at $i00,000. The es- tate belonged to his sister, kanny Hinck- ley Miils, who aled in New Orleans a little over a year a; Th= p-operty has been in litigation since then. Last night Brown rece ived word from New Orleans that he beld tie winning hand and ha! won the case on its merits. The telegram an- nouncing his good foriune was es fo lows: NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 13.—Charles C. Brown, corner Eightee 1d M streets, § mento Supreme Cour fdesin your iavor. When will you come W. H. ROGERs. To a reporier to-day Brown said that the estate wa< -worth $100,000, of which $45,500 was in United States Government 1 per cent bond-, 1 i | | Fanny Honckley Muls, alias Fanny | Swe«t, alias Funny Brown, has led a | checkered career bo.-h in Sacramento and | in the South. She was born in England, and came 10 America in 1846, At that | time she was 19 years of age. She ap- | | peared in the old Giobe Ballroom, a danc- house in New Orleaus, where she became ; a well-known character. ter accimu- | lating considerable money he cume 10 San Francisco, wh. re she led a fast life. In 1850 she came to Sacramento an.: opened a house ol guestionable repute. On Decemuver 2 1852, she shot and wounded a maun named Albert Putnam. | She was arrested and carried aboard the | prizon ship Iying in the Sacramento River, | but within & f w dsys made herescape from the snip. flea to San Francisco, and | then by ship tu New Orleans. H When Cuarles €. Brown bheaid of his sister’s aeath he left at onc: for New | O:leans, where he immediately putina | claim for the estate as brother and sol newr of decea-ed. Among other claimants were a number of people in Eugiand, who | claimed to be grandu.eces and nephews. The Pubiic Administrator was .:nuxherl contestaut and the State of L. uisiana was a thira, Brown was fortunate enough to run across an old negro, aged 92 years, who | had worked as cook for his sister wuen | she ran the E. Dorado resort, on the northeast coruer 0! Second and J streets, in this ciiy in ear'y days, and hi. test- | mouy proved very valuable in support of Brown'’s claim. | | | | i [ | | | | | i But the great com- | are those spirituai ones that right 0 appropriate to ourseives | when we rem Mok Lk s Nivrdered for Money. | PH@ENIX, Dec. 14 —The shooting ot P. ¥. Lyncu at a lodging-house yesterday morning has been demonsirated to have | been murcer and not suicide, as was at | first belicved vy the officers. The victim deed Iast night from the eff cts of the builet-woun . in his forehead. During the afternon he partially regained conscious- ness and charged his rosmmate, one Schung. with the deed. Schung had shot him, be said, to rob him of $180. Schung has disupneared and the'entire furce of the Sher:ff’s otfice is lovking for him. - itandall Pleads Not Guilty. | EUREKA, Dec. 14.—A. W. Randali, ex- president of the Randall Banking Com- pany, was a rainged to-day on three in- «icimenis found ngainst him by the luxt | Grand Jury, there being two in Depart- ment 1 on charges of embezziement and one in Department 2 on the charge of fal sifying ihe books of the bank. 1o all of the cuurges he pieaded not guilty and waived the right to be brought to trial within sixty days. All of the cases were continued, to b» set for trial later on. e e Patition jor a { eward. CARSON, Dec. 14.—A pstition is being circulated by 1he people, urging the Governor to offer a reward for the appre- hension of the Genoa — e To Cure a Cold in One bay Toke Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- gists refund the mouev if it fails (0 cure. Zoc. The genuiue has L. 5. Q. ou each tablel. | | | | i | allow Spain’s offers WILL NOT LISTEN T0 AUTONOMY Cuban Leaders Refuse to Discuss Spain’s Overtures | | KEEP THEIR TROOPS IN IGNORANCE. Emissaries Carrying Olive Eranches Are Hanged if Caught. HOW GOMEZ DEPOSED A PRESIDENT. A Man or Is Forced Glve Way to a Man of War. Paacs to Copyright, 1597, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA, Dee. 14 —Cuban leaders in the field are adopting ” every possible methoi to prevent even the thin euage of the wes of autonomy eniering their ran hey not only absolutely refuse 1o d are uss auionomy themse ves, but they determined 1 their «fforts net to seli-zovernment to insurgent troops. All dare to carry olive be laid betore the emiscaries who | branches to the tie'd are hanged it caught, Seventv-five per cent of the revel «oldiers to-day are kept in ignorance of the liberal terms Spain offers. Lam in receipt of informacion which en- ables m» Lo assert that t' e a'titude on tha part ot Gomez and other most promin-nt teaders of the revolution accounts in a measure ‘or the mystery surrounding the recent meeiing of the Cuban Assembiy to elect a President and other officials. There is circumstantial evidence at hand to prove that news published last Septem- ber of Senor Capote's electicn as Presi- dent was correct. After acting as Presi- dent for nearly three months Senor Capo.e was replaced by Senor Masso, because the former was a man of to listen to proposals of autonomy. When the news recently came that Senor peace and a ‘ar-see- | | ing lawyer, and as such might be inclined TROUBLES [N STORE FOR HAYTI { e— | The Claim of an Amer- ican to Be Arbi- i trated. |HE WAS BEATEN BY BLACK SOLDIERS. Wants $100,000 as Damages From the Little Re- public. NO CERTAINTY OF ITALIAN AGGRESSION. But the Haytians A'most Have a Clash With the German Sallors. €pecial Dispatch 20 THE CALL. NEW YORK, D 14 —The Herald's ington pondent telepraphs: The Hayiian Government has informed { the State Depariment, I understan !, of its | wilitngness to refer the claim of Bernard | Campbell, an American citzen, to arbi- | tration. This action is the direct result of | th resolution of inquiry introduced in the Senste a few days sgo by Senator Kyle of South Dakoa. | I'was told to-lay that Mr. Leger, diplo- matic representative of the reyublic in this city, upen reading the Kvle re-olu- tion cabled 1o nis Governm-nt urging that it take immediate steps 10 setile the claim. At the time tie dispatch was r ceived Minister Poweli, our representa- tive, acting under instructicns sent him by the State Dapartmen:, was engaged in pressing the claim., T e Haytian | ernment, in order to dispose of the mat:er, | suggested, I am toid, arbitration, and Mr. Powell referred the matter to the Siate Department for itsaction. Cimpbell's caim is for $100,000, and grew out of injuries he received as a re- | sult of being beaten by men who, he claims, wers Haytian soldiers. It is gen- erally believed that this Government wili accept arbitration, as there is some doubt with respect to the facts and the amount corr: | | Masso had been made President everybody | was surprised. Members of the Junta | be settled in tuture negotiations. are disinclined to talk about the matter, | [ was told at the State Department to- and it was this disinc'ination thzt first | day that no information had been received suggested that there might be discord in | in regard 1o the intention of the Iialian the Cuban camp. Government, as told in the Herald this Icannot state absolutely that discord | morning, to wress the claims which its of indemnity invoived. The details will | Spanish vol | of exists umong the Cuban leaders—it wiil be a bad thing for tue cause if it does— but I am informed that there has been discord and that there Las been a change of Presidents. ‘When Senor Capote was elected Presi dent there was no serious idea among the Cuban leaders that Spain would offer gen- | erous autonomy. Then came General Weyler's recall and a complete change of Generai Bianco made overtures 10 every Cuban whom he thougznt likely to accept them. Abov: all he de- sired to approach Seuor Capote. If Senor Capote were likely to be useful to the Cu- bansasa mediator, he was for thie very same reason more likely to prove of service to General Blanco in impianting avtonomy. Geueral Bianco lost no time in feeling his wey with President Capoie. Astute Genersl Gomez saw what was go- ing on and determin d on a radical mess- ure. He had absolutely no grounds for b nking that Senor Capote wouid prove disioyal in any way 10 the cause of inde- pendence, but he knew the President 1o be a miid-tempered man, and there was a poss:bliity that he might listen 1o pro- posals tor autonomy. So it was that Gen- eral Gomez aecide to bave a Presiaent who was wholly uncompromising. Senor Ma-s0 was the man. He was one of the very last to lay down arms at the close of the ten years’ war. He was a soldier, and one whom it was utterly impossible 10 aj- | proach with any penderce. Generai Gomez reconvened the Assem- bly and had Senor Masso made President, Tne substiiution much difficui.y. Senor Capote is a man ol peace and yielded gracually. From a Cuban point oi v.ew Senor Masso is beiter fitted to-day to actas President than Senor Capote. Sach I am informed is the inwardness the mysiery that has surrounded ih Cuban elections. I knowiedge to uffer in evidence. LONDON, Dec. 14.—1Le Spanish Gov- erument, it 1y again announced, is nego- uating with the Armstrongs, ihis time for a cruiser of 4300 tons, said to be worth £300,000, built for Japan, but which Japan ives not want. The vessel 1s said to be practically reads for sea. THESPIANS STRANDED AND 00T OF WORK lerms snort of inde- San Francisco Vaudeville | Stars in Need of the Price of a Meal. Left Pennlless by the Closing of the Lyceum Theater at Sailt Lake. Speciai Dispateh to THE CALL SALT LAKE, Dec. 14.—The Lyceum Theater. a vaudeville concern, which has been conductea during the last few weeks by Amadee Duucan, a son of Cashier Dun- can of the Nacional Bank of the Republic, has closed its doors, ieavingall the actors, most of them lately arrived from San Francisco and other points in Californi: almost penniless. Bat few of them have enough mouev to buy a meal, but (hose who did have the money divided with those who did not have the price of a meal, and as a result, while the California people are “‘on their uppers,” they are still able 1o eat. A benefi. has been arranged for the aciors for Thursday next and it is believed that enough money wili b> re- alizel i0 seud them back to their homes on the coas Tnere is no doubt ihat ail of the i- fornia pople who accepted an engage- ment are in a very bad way finacially. They have aiready bsen thrown out of sheir Lotels because of their inability to pay their bills and unless the coming benefit is substantial many will suffer greatly. wss affected without | have no persounal | subjects have against Hayti. Commander | McCalla informed the department that | bis ship was in need of coal, and he was | instrueted to procsed to Port Antonio or | Kingston fcr a supply. He will then re- | turn at once to Port Au Prince. | o | ALMOST A FIGHT. | People of Hay:l Angered at the i Conduct of Kalser Wiillam's ! Sailors. | Copyright, 1887, by James Gordon Bennett. PORY AU PRINCE, Dec. 14.—Tue Ger- | man scnoolship Stein sailed ior Havana | to-day and the Charlotts for £t. Tnomas. | There wus 2 ball at the German legation !last night, at which national airs were | played and speeches of a patriotic char- | acter were made. | The Huytian population was much en- raged by the inciden’, and the Haytiar guards insulted the officers of the war- ships as they were returning to their ves- sels. A fight was nar-owly aver:ed. TLONDIKE BAZAR -~ PROVES A BONANZA 'Unique Entertainment Pro- vided by Pacific Grove Women. | Christlan Church Fund Augmented by the Prosp=c:ing of Many Pursss. Special Dispatch to THE CALL PACIFIC GROVE, Dec. 14.—A unique and at the sume iime apropos charity tazar was given last night under the auspices of the Iadies of the Curistian church. 7The postersannounc:d a “'Klon- dike Bazar’’ and the entertuinment bore out to a surprising degree the Kiondike idea. Goldon vellow and snowy white were used in the decorationsand the sides }or the large auditorium of the church, | from which the chcir had been removed, were occupied by bootns buiit to repre- | s2nt miner's cabins. In one of these | booths the Kiondike fare was :served, disguised in various tasty ways to temnt | tne appetite of the visitors. O:her re- | freshments that were more civiiized were ! severed and abooth in which the “pirospec- | tor's outfi's” were sold proved very allur- ing to those who were ‘‘prospecting’’ Curistmas claims. A good programme was rendered du:- ing the evening, an.: here again the Kion- | uike feature was prominent. Two of t e best numbers were, “Lying in a Golden Grave,”” sung bv_ Robert Stockard, and a duett, *'On ttie Kioudike,” by Fred Gaua- ner and Harry Kent. Tue pazar proved a veritable tonanza to the fund for whica it was organized, large figures representing the ngaregate receipts of the vur ous de;artments. -— “ HOODOG™ ON A SCHOOL. Monterey’s Superstitious Element Fears a few building Wil hot Be Completed. MONTEREY, D2c. 14.—The long delay in eompleting the handsome school build- ng that isto be one of Monterey’s chief municipal prides is at last ending and work upon the unfinished interior will ba begun immediately. The new vuilding stands upon the site of that which was burned about four years ago, baving been set on fire by the locally notorious criminal, Amos Virgin. The superstitious amonz Monterey's townspeople believe the new building to be under a “hoodoo” spell on account of | beins vlaced upon ihe ashes, as it were, of | the old one. They predict that it will never reach comletion, and certainly the numbers of things, some trivial in them- selves, ihat have arisen to deiay the work appear 1o bear out this velief. About two years ago the funds fell short and work was stopped, being taken up intermitten since, but at no time zoing very far. During the past spring, bowever, the necessary funds were pro- cured for finishing and furnishing the bouse and b.ds were called for by the Board ot School Trustees. Several very advantageous bids ware received, and the trustees were about to award tl.e contract when it was found a small iecunicality | had been overlicoked and the bids kad to be canceled and a new call made. The second set of bids were considered last week, and vesterday the contract for compleung the interior wosk and er cting two primary schocliouses in this disirict one in New Monterey and one at Oak ve, near el Monte—was rssigned 10 Frasier. A force of workmen will be put on at cnce and unless the “‘hoo- | d00” manif:sts itself in some new way the grammar school pupils will soon be in vccupation. — HURLED GVER A | | " PRECIPICE. Resident of flc;:d:ntal Pinned Be- | tween His Wagon and the Limb of a Tree. SANTA-ROSA, Dec. 14 —News reached this city late this evening of an accident neor Occidental, in wnicn Charles Stoetz, a resident of that place, was so baaly in- jured that he nay lose his life. Stoeiz was driving his team over a dangerous bit | of road known as Harrison grage, when | n the darknes: his horses suddenly took fright and da-bed down the hill at break- neck spred. Oa making a sharp turn his wagon was throw: over the precipice and in falling Stoetz was pinned between the heavy wagon and the protruding limb of a tzee about twenty feet from the ground. After remaining in tuis position for time in an unconscious state he re- | ered his scnses and las cries for help | brought assistance from a neighboring | m house. His rescuers found it neces- | sery 1o cut the wason to pieces in order to liberate the injured man, after which | Lie was conv-yed to a pisce of safety., It| thought Stoetz wili recover, although fhe i, badly mangied BONANZA FIELDS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY Gold strike Made by an In-| dian in the Viciniy of ! Hedges. som Prospactors Fushing to the Scen= and Stzking off Mining Claim Special Dispatch to THE CALL YUMA, Ariz, Dec. 14 —Pete Burke ex-City Marshai of Yuma, at present offi- ciating as Constable at Hedges and as | Deputy Sheriff of San Diego County, Ca tas made a strike which he and a goo! | many other people believe will go a long | way toward heading off the mad rusa | Klondizeward. Burke also drives the | company stage from Hedges to Ogilby, a station on the Southern Pacific, and while | thus employed he has reached the con- viction that there must te gold in the low back Lills that lie a mile and a half | from Hedges, almost on the stage roure. About a weck ago Pete employed an In- dian 1o dig a hole to bedrock at a certain place that gave promise of richness. The Indian went to work in a leisurely man- ner, and no one suspected or cared to know what he was doing. On Wednesday evening as Pete was | making the afiernoon trip to Ozilby, to | meet the castbound passenger train, his | Indian employe brought him a pan of | dirt fresh from the newly made shaft. At Ogilby station the airt was panned, whereupon it yieldea about 50 cents’ worth of coarse goid, including two good- | sized nugeets, one of about 25 cents vaiue | and one of 10 cents, | The town of Ogilby was immediately in | a state of genuine excitement and every | one who could at once lelt for the scene of the strike. The latest reposts are (kat | the new-comers corroborate the reported | find made by Burke's Indian. Locations | have been staked out for mules. It 1s| thought that when bedrock is reached the dirt will be s:ill richer. There is a sreat scrambie on now to get claims on Pete Burke's Kiondike. Being so easy of access and having so unpromising an ap- pearance this particular section had | never before been prospected. | - | WRESTLED FOR GIANT POWDER. Perilous Encounter of a Morgan Hill Resident With a Drunken HKan. | SAN JOSE, Dec. 14.—A drunken wood. chopper entered the residence of E. R \ndall on Morgan Hiil, look:ng for an enemy. He carried ferty pounds of dyna- mite, threatening to blow his enemy 1o | pieces. Randali grappled with him snd | wot the expicsive away from the man, | Had be discharged the stuff, two or three | | families would have been annihilated. —_—— KAIL COLL s1oN Passenger Train Collides With a Bridge Zrain on an Open Switch. LODI, Doc. 14 —Pussenzer train 104 ran into an open switch bere this evening at :30 o’clock, colliding with the work train of a bridge gang. The caboose of the | WOTK train was wrecked and the enzines of both train- badly dumaged. The engi- neer of the work train was oruised about the head, and the passengers in the other were badlv shaken, bu: nobody was seri- ously injured. Toe track was cleared after an hiour's delay. | —— XEW TO-DAT! AT LODIL WHEN OTHERS FAaIL CONSULT $ Sy > o] DOCTOR SWEANY. 1i vou are suffering irom the results of indis- cretions of youth, or irom excesses of any kind | in maturer years; or if you have Shrunken | Organs, Lame Back, Varicocele, Rupture, ex- | haustive d:ains, ete, you should waste no | time, but comsul:t this Great Specialist; he speedily and permanentiy cures ail diseases | of Men and Women. Call on or write him to- day. Heecsn cure you. Vaiusble Book sent Free. Address F. L. SWEANY, M.D., 737 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. FIERCE AND NCENSANT GHTING British Troops Suffer Heavy Losses in | india. BADLY HARASSED BY TRIBESMEN. Behave Admirably Under Con- stant Fire anda Terrible Privations. THE ENEMY IS SEVERELY PUNISHED. wounded. Two other ofticers received in- jaries and ijorty men were Kkilled or woundea. The whole march down the Da-a Valley since the 6:h insi. bas b en marked oy in= cessant fizhti but the torce hrs be- aved wamireb v. The route was difficult in the extreme, through rain, mua and snow. Along the river the course was impeded by ravines an- vowlders and the icy cold stream hud 1o be forded knee decp twenty times, Tweive thousand trans ort animals, with numerous sick d wounded, incumbered the progress, The casualties vesteriay we:e about 1 to-d about ten. The enemy if has been :cverely punished iz the rxcent enccunters. Tue di r to General Kempster's rear guara, that was cut off by the iribesmen on Satvrdsy near Sher- Kel, was due to the animals b coming cled in the rice fi:lds at dus To the difficaliy the drivers and carr.ers opened kegs oi rum 1 b came Lopelessly drank Muny of their tollow- ers were benum ed by the icy stream and their feet bruiced by the bowlders. Sev- eral men are still m's<ing. | BEATEN Y A MASKED ROBBES. Railway Station Agent Clubbed Into in- sensib:lity for Kot Giving Up kirs Honey SACRAMENTO, D-c. 14—A masked robber at 6 o'clock this evening entered the railroad station at Shingle Springs, El Dorado County, on the iine of tne Sac- ramento and Placerviile road, and ordered Agent Morcleck to hand over what money be had. Ti's Moredeck retused to do, and the robber assauited and knocked him | down with a pistol and peat him into in- A Disaster Caused by the Entangle~- | ment of Transport Animals | at Night. tpecial Dispatch 10 THE CALL | SIMLA, Ixp1a, Dec. 14.—According to official dispaicues from the northwestern frontier, the march of General Westma- coit’s brigade from the camp at Cher-Kel into the Sturi-Kel country was in con- tinucus action. The enemy closed up on | the rear guard and kept firing at short | range with great spirit. The British losses were heavy and inciuded Lieuten- ant West of the Gurkhas, who was killed, and Lieutenant Chaplar, who was | man with sensibility. Then the robber left the station and started off in the direction of Latrobe. He was seen by several c:tizens ot the village, bnt they did not knowof h's at- tack on Agent Moredeck. He is a tall sundy beard and wore a black feit hat, black sack coat and blue overalls. Word has been sent by Superintendent Wright to ail the surrounding hamlets, and dozens of men will be out hunting for the robber to-morrow morning. S Progressing De:yito Irjunctions. MODESTO, Dec. 14.—A lump sum of $66,600 has been paid by the directors of the Turlock Irrigation Districtto Judge James A. Waymire, the contractor, who Las finished one-third of the cansl system of the aistrict, despite injunctions anu uits brought to stop work and payment. NEW TO-DAY. AT “Sloane’s” HOLIDAY GIFTS Immense Assortment of 0DD PIECES OF FURNITURE. ORIENTAL AND DOMESTIC RUGS. CHOICE SELECTION. Many Novelties in our UPHOLSTERY DEPARTMENT. ‘We invite inspection of our stock | Losses adjusted and unpaia | Losse: iesisied, Siuding ex- | peuses. ... 5 5 | Gruss premiums on Fire Risk< ruu- and comparison of pri W. & J. SLOANE & C0. Carpets—Furniture—Upholstery 641-643-645-647 Market St. SAN FRANCISCO. . STATEMENT —OF THE— [ CONDITION AND AFFAIRS [ | HELVETIA SWISS FIRE. INSURANCE COMPANY F s | SWITZER GALL D. ON THE | 31st day of Decem)er, . L. 1896, and for ‘he year ending on that day, as made 1o the Insurance | Commissioner of the State of Culifornia. parsnant | 10 the 110V sious of sections 610 and 611 of the Po.ftical Codv, cordensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. | Capital. Capital - $2,000,000 00 Amount of Capital Stock paid up in Cash e e 400,000 09 Assets. | Renl Estate owned by Company.... $ 40,000 00 | Loany on Bonds and Mortga - Cash Marker Valu: of mil St and Boud . owned by * ompany Cash iu Company’s Office and anks Inie es 547,115 21 1,117,058 52 849,514 99 ne and necrned on ard Mortgeees ... .. 75 Premiums fa dne course of Col- Total Assets..... Lizbiiities. Losaes in p:oc or in Supe . of Adj tment | .+ % 121,02258 ning one vearor less, £639.923 50; relisurance 5u percent.... ... 318,961 9 Gross premiums on Fire Risks rric ning mor- than one year, $159, G92 96: relnsurance pro raia 12 Due aud accruea 1or swaiies, rent, Al oihier demands a<ainst the Com- pany SRR 15,400 00 | | { ) | | I | i | I | Totul Liabi income. { Net Cash actually received for fire ! i Recrived for interest dends on Bonds, . rom all oth: rsources. 55 Total lncome. $740,185 7 | | | | ¥xpeuditures. Net amount paid for Fire Losses Dividends to ~Lock hoi-ier: 3 Paid or aliowed for Comnussion or $347,053 94 881000 00 | 1iTokerage.... 103,187 57 Paid for salaries, fees and oiher | charges for oflicers, clerks. ote. . 48 836 81 | P.id for Siate. national ard local | taxes 17,951 01 | All other payments aud expendi- tures. Net Cash actually received for Fire STATEMENT —OF THE— CONPITION AND AFFAIRS ——OF THE— BALOISE FIRE INSURANGE COMPANY OF,BASLE, SWITZERLAND, ON THE 31ST day of Decemver, . D). 1896, and for the vear ending cn that day, as msdeto the Insurance Com- mission r of the “tate of Calitornia. pursuxnt to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of tue Politi- cal Code. covdensed as per blank jurnished by the Comumii sioner. Capital, Capltal.... Amount of Capital Stock, Cash... . $2,000,000 00 paid up fn ceeee. 400,000 00 Assets. Real Fstate owned by Company Loans on Bonds and Mortgages. ... . Uas: Market Valus of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company 316,275 44 344300 00 246,851 30 ‘ash in Compuny's Uflice and fn Bunks..... .. 5 ... 201,663 9) Interesi aue and accrued on ail Stocks a:d Loans. SEUALED Premiums in due Cour-e of Collec- tou.... 6119 40 58 $1,157,882 62 Total Assets. Liabilities. «d and unvald ...... ess0t Adju tmest o Resisied, penses. .. in 283 598 17 Ling more than 0ne year, $70. 104 57: relnsurance prorata....,, 48,044 83 Cesh Lividends remaining unpaid. 186 00 Total Liabllities. . £426,160 60 Tncome. & ... $567,196 38 ived for [uterest and Dividends on Honds, ks, Loaus and trom all other sources. 35. 49 86 Received for Rents. 5.906 94 Total Incime...... Expenditures. Net Amount pald for Fire Losses.. Dividends to ~tockbolders. . Paia or ailowed, 10r Commissio Brokerage .. Paid for ~alarias, 4608.553 15 Foes ant oifier rges for Oflicers, Clerxs, etc 51,460 84 Fatd for State, Nauonal und Locai Taxes ... 7509 28 Al other Paymenis and Expendi- ‘tures . i 587 05 $542,548 Risks and Premiums. Total Expenditures. . Fire Riske Preminms Total Expenditurcs Pisks and Premiums. 1 Fire Risks. | Premioms. Net amount ofRisks | | written during the| i B £813,632,377 $1,501,585 12 Net amount of Risks| | expircdunring the | ] | 828,003 00 vear 799.016 76 n force. 51,1696 Ne: am Decem F. HALTMAYER, President. . I GROSSMANNY, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 6th day of April, 1897. JRVING B RICHA nited tates Consuc-General. SNA S E® GENERSL AGENTS, 410 CALIFORNIA STREET. Netamount of Kisks written during the $194,374,608, $55),14241 expired du; year. .. i Net amount in force Decemberisl, 896, 87 610,495 55,108 85 80,166 569,196 35 5 . ISELL ALBEKT TROX . Subscribed and sWozh to Lefore me. this 7:h of April, 1897 GEORG GLEFOR o nited States Co SYZ & CO, GENERAL AGENTS, 410 CALIFORNIA STREET, Weak Men and Women HOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, great Mexican Remedy: gives Henth g Sirengin (o ihe Sexual Organs.