The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 27, 1898, Page 32

32 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 1898 RECRLITS FON THE WARSIIIS, Plenty of Them Are Offering at the Naval Rendezvous. QOut of Over Seventy Who Ap- plied Only Fifteen Could Be Examined. A Double Force of Surgeons and Examining Officers to Be in Attendance. The recruiting office at 10 California | street was crowded with men anxious | to enlist in Uncle Sam’s navy yester-| day. Over seventy machinists, fire- men, coal passers and szilors put in an arance during the day, but the Goctor was only able to examine fi of them, so another physician will detailed to help him when the naval s opens to-mOrrow. hief Engincer William B. Dunning of the Moradnock examined the ma- chinists and firemen, and out of the fi een men who came before him nine were accepted. Men anxious to work in the engine-room were plentiful yes- :rday, but the seamen were very few Some of the men who presented them- selves and asserted that they were A. did not know how to box the com- pass, and others again did not know how to make the simplest kind of a | splice. These men, of course, were sim- ply landsmen, and the chances are that some of them had never been to sea in rendezvo heir live Hfhe news that Uncle Sam is in want | of men for the navy has only just been | made public, so the rush of those eager | to join during working hours yester- | was considered more than satis day | factory. Four men were employed dur- | z the y in attending to the uppli-; 1ts, and if the rush continues during week not only the force of examin- ing surgeous, but the entire staff will ave to be doubled. There was a big crowd down to see the ship Centennial away to the can- n She took away over | a e and also one hun- | dred pigs. The pigs are for the Chi-| b fishermen and they will be al- lowed to cook them in their own pecu- | liar way during their stay in Cooks In- | Jet. Over fifty white fishermen also went up on the Centennial and their | welfare will also be well looked after, | but different manner during the coming season. | The steam collier Bristol is:being got | carry livestock for the Kion- She will be used between Victo- | ria, B. C., and will also carry supplies | for the men engaged in building the | railroad from the head waters of the| St n River to Lake Tesla. While the Stickeen-Lake Teslan rail- road seems to be making good progress road between Skaguay and Daw- n City has not been forgotten. Ye: -day Senator Perkins telegraphed from Washington to the Pacific Coast Stes ship Company to reserve accom- mc for Sir Thomas Tancred and Chief Engineer Hawkins, who represent the English syndicate that is to build the Skaguay-Dawson rairoad. The two gentlemen will leave for Skaguay by | the steamer Cottage City, which leaves | Seattle on April 1 The ship Llewellyn J. Morsehasat last | be: rought out of the mud. The sixth | attempt was made yesterday by the | ctive, Reliance and Vigilant, and an hour's work they finally got | She will at | after her out of Oakland Creek once be fitted out to go to the Alaska | canneries. | The steamer Brixham from New York | passed up the coast yesterday. She was | seventy-two days from New York to San Francisco. Instead of calling here | she is evidently bound for Puget | Sound. The Brixham is for the Alas- kan trade. The coast defense steamer Monad. pock will be open to visitors to-day between the hours of 1 and 4 p. m. In a few days the warship will go to Mare Island to receive her full comple- | ment of ammunition. | Captain Nels Wulff of the steamer | *Zinfandel had a narrow escape from | instant death yesterday. A lineman | was engaged in fixing the wires on | one of the telephone poles, and as Cap- | tain Wulff passed underneath the man | dropped his broad ax. It fell right in front of him and chipped a piece from | the toe of his right shoe as it buried itself in the wooden pavement. It was over half an hour before Captain Wulff realized what a narrow_escape he had had, and then he found it ne- | cessary to take a strong cordial as a | steadier for his shaken nerve i The tug Alert is back in commission | again after recelving new boilers, and Captain Joseph Trewin is once more back at his post. The boys in the | tugboat office assert that genial Joseph | has been giving the girls a treat for | the last month or six weeks and many of them are now broken hearted at his | hav to go to work again. Whether that is true or not Captain Trewin was back on his steamer again with his usual clean shave and happy smile, | welcoming all comers. The tugboat company will be more than glad to have the Alert once more in commis- sion, as there has been a great rush of | work of late. | st street was lined all of yesterday from Broadway to Clay street with a double line of wagons waiting a chance'| to get Broadwa wharf to de- The steamer City of Pueblo was a day late getting in from Puget Sound, and as she is to sail on schedule time to-day the merchants | had to rush things in order to get the freight down in time. Men on the | steamer will have to work all night| in order to receive the goods, and the chances are that it will be noon to-day before the Pueblo gets away for Vic- toria, B. C. on liver their freight. Marteau-Liechaume. Assisted by a large orchestra, Mar- teau and Lechaume will give their| farewell concert at the Baldwin The- | ater to-night. The orchestra, alter- nately under the direction of Marteau and Lechaume, will play Bizet's first “I’Arlesienne” suite, the march tromi Berlioz’s “Damnation of Faust,” Mas- | genet’s “Phrede” overture, and Saint | Saens' “Danse Macabre.” Marteau will play the concerto dedicated to him by Dubois, Saint Saens’ Introduction | and Rondo Capriccioso and Andre Wormser's “‘Suite Tzigane.” Lechaume will play Pierne’s Fantasie Ballet. In all, an attractive, popular programme that should draw a large audlience to say au revoir to these accomplished | artists. Marteau writes to correct a | paragraph which appeared in another | department of last Thursday’s Call He says that he has played four times with the Theodore Thomas orchestra this year, once in Louisville, once in Nashville and twice in Chicago. Ledies' tatlor-made suits; latest designs; we | is practically as follows: give credit. M. Rothschild, 211 Sutter, r. 6 & 7. MILLINERY. EVERYTHING NEW. Our new Millinery Department is under personal supervision of Miss M. ke, the famous Ryan (late of ew Y HALE BROS. | -Laces. Everything New. Here again your the ork HALE BROS. Ontllnln% the Newest Goods and HALE BROS. Tints for Spring and Summer. | HALE BRO HATL.FS, 237-947 Market Street. EASTER SHOW WEEK. To-day we announce our readiness to inaugurate a show weck, spreading before our customers the most superb display Dress Fabrics. Our buyers have gathered in the choicest from the looms of many lands—culled the very FLOWER OF FASHION'S RICHEST FANCY Far away from original and artistic France, inds its birth to every corner of our own great land—everywhere, anywhere that worthy additions could be ma the busy buyers for Hale’s California Stores have garnered in the WEALTH OF BEAUTY We carry this out in e THESE PRICES ARE FOR SUI Now here, presenting this week exclusive designs and colorings specially apropos. Eastertide means everything new. DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. very department. T LENGTHS OF SEVEN YARDS. $1.50 and $1.75 pair TWO - TONED woven fects, 25 colorings . Store News. . ers, carpenters and kaleo= :?:‘v::s finished Saturday nlghh:i We're glad of it. Sorry tha our patrons have been incon= venienced ; but the new sm;‘f will be open_in about a wee ith a new Easter the store with @ nel i old d, new ones made. to be_known Erancisco’s most ry-goods house. We're proud ““Hale’s,” San progressive d o“l New where infant fashion de— SILK_ MIXED REDFERN SUITING—For tallor- FANCY POPELINE—Silk and 2 AN endless variety of all-wool, 36- 5 00 made costumes. " in mixtures of @ €).20 | " wool 4 inches wide, one of the @QT5| “neh ‘wide faney 'suitings for $1:°0| SUITING Popiin “effect. bive, 7700 plue, green and tan. —— | swell Easter fabrics 5 — | skirts of four yards each, for.... —| green, brown, gray, et FANCY SILK_AND WOOL BAY- FANCY FRIEZE STRIPE — 40 COVERT CLOTH—A Satin finish = ADERE SUITINGS—44 inches FANCY SILK MIXED SUIT- inches wide, speclal purchase, material, mixtures in v, ot 4 Wide, all the high ert spring @ ()50 | INGS_New “serpoline soods, in @7g00| shadings and novel effects. > 8§87 | brown, ‘tan, etc . shadings .......... el | aistinctively rich shades 4% — | tremely rich ke 3 — | {See Our New M . . New Muslin Underwear The Lace Curtain Department. WASH GOODS. . Fully in line with our extensive improve- | yvpww RIGURED LAW rnskog ments, we have refitted and furnishad ur Lace | 7 O e & Our Muslin Underwear Department has been enlarged. Siriain" Depariment-_recarpeted there’s: chAIE | TiCe™ bluck and. mavy: with small 8ic Stock Is of a higher quality and better style.. Our buyer L fyL i iher Youisseipiscton DO femeC st anieiian g T in the East sccured at about half price some good lots, b T e FANCY DlMITIES;lfince stripe: IOC & = d, colore s, 10 col- and we intend our customers shall share the benefit of e e D e ol e e L o xare i ecru, 8% yards- long: they are all new; these low prices. Fichness' th design varies only with the | PANCY ORGANDIES—Shadow etects | Q1 . —_— | price. 15 colorings .Yard 2 s $2.25, $2.75, §3, $3.50. 85 pair CHEMISES. 59 dozen MUSLIN CHEMISES, square yoke, torchon ruffled 25 = . NEW ORGANDIES—With the new lsc edge on front, neck and armlets . C | NOTTINGHAM FISHNET AND NOVELTY wove plaid effect and plain grounds 50 dosen FINE SOFT FIN e QB C DESIGNS(White and ecru)_o0 to o4 with small fowers, 20 colorings...... Yard neck, embroldery and torchon lace trimmed; regular value 50c.. value. NEW ORGANDIES—Plain ground and stripes, flowered ef- 25¢ Yard fancy 2 DRAWER T e 3 ; New: iS. 15 dozen MUSLIN DRAWERS, heavy and good, 2 ML e fasicy ficaniisim With“one-ineh embroldery. ruttie 'on pottame s, mree, k% 1O C | WHITE TAMBOUR SWISS CURTAIN— > e tinth HattecnrHAte it Sl D iy 2 Most_economical for library or bed-room, would ot only 1 our. patr o be . devotes | GO , slin, U peterence toyehly dhons Bpos utiedeno | of fashion ' one | COVERS. ....... 10c $2.75,82.50,§3and $3.50 | CONFIRMATION. thirteen days to Ea: Better buy_early—bet- must wear.an ex- 50 dozen of fine fdery SW CLUNIE CURTAINS—Novelties with ter for naker, milliner, and ourselves; ;""e‘““ie of lace. trimmed; regular 25c PR lgc 3-inch lace edgings, 3 NEW PLAIN WHITE ORGANDIES, espes better ction all aroun e e 15 dozen of fine soft finished muslin, tucked and embroidered, Sy it s ey s modest luxury. insertion-trimmed yoke .. - 250 IRISH POINT LACE CURTAINS—314x5, 36-in. wide. 40-inch. Gl-inch. 60-inch. CAPES. | FOR DRESS Cream White and Black | SKIRTS. 10 doz. good heavy muslin, tucked with d e S T e = Toh a E YTHING NEW. TRIMMINGS. Applique, Chantilly, Net Top bottom; regular 50c... ¥ s gonmbricpruteon 350 $4.00 pair | wnite Dc»tte?i and Figured Swisses, from 100 LAD! BLACK BRO- Venetlan _Point, _ Craquele, 3 to 50c per yard. LA ED “SATIN Point de Venice, Point Rose, 8 doz. Umbrella style, 3's yards wide, fine soft finished muslin, (See Our New Easter Laces.) ey icrion ob- Folnt Gaze, Maiine, Plagen: cambric flounce, deep tucked ruffle on bottom: regular Tic. 350c —— (Sloves, Hostery, Scarts, Ribbons and Vell- bon and buckle trim- olored Siik Brussels Net, 15 "dhecn: - Dmbrela Setyle: 3% varda: wid BN ¥ . - o ngs In great variety. ‘ a wis mings, black Rhadame Chiffons,” Libertys. Mousse: Tausline desp cambric Rounce: &sneh embroidery mtfe o boimed oo | A Revelation in New Easter Ribbons. | to select Baster goods early. i iy . iR o Spectali vajue B £) B We could not welcome iy WASH Point Floche, Point de Paris, Mech- | GOWNS. 30 dozen, made of fine., soft finished musl o spring. give the gladhand S % ¥ Y 7 ozen, . " slin, French <, i [Lac lin, Flemish Point. broidery. nsertion running round tucked yoke, cambric: utf to Easter in grander pro- DOMESTICS. | BOWKNOT neck and cuffs; regular $ic Elslon!(han‘m S Ribbon LACE EFFECTS. In all-ov: 2 epartment. cre's a - . S et Fiit e e and Sas es 10 dozen, only fine cambric and soft fintshed muslin, very elabor- wealth of designs, a glow | 5 cases PERCALES, ¥ width, Ught §o EILINGS. New Stre ax;e;n'?nfingfizylxnég stely trimmed -with_lace or emhroid some Empire style and of warmth and variety in | *" 5 reE o meshes, chenille dotted and $150. “Extra Special.... DT ot ons woth lemin R C the tints of this stock. | cases PERCALES, 3 inches wide, Q1o Eines st plain; 35c to Toc yard. EsstecncystiseainLon IiEht and dark COIOTS.....sr.. Yard O3 Price , butter shade; 2500 feet of our new annex has been given 40c; until sold, special, 25c. over to our Cloak and Wrap Department. No | GLOVES. Just now we wish you to see branch of great store has ived more $100 and $1 50 new clasp glove. careful attentlon from our buyers. No depart- See our new Bayaders Ribbons.. ment Is more worthy of the careful attention of our custome LADIE SUIT CLOTH all silk ided ket blouse green cheviot, percaline Ined, jacket silk t tucking on jacket SKIRTS, Price EVERYTHING NEW. LADIE: ' BLACK AND NAVY BLUE SUIT—Fly front s ; 50| SERGE SKIRTS-Lined throughout lined, comes also In navy blue and i with percaline, bound with velvet. .00 2, sizes 32 to 42. Hale's Pri LY Gl I el $32° CLOTH ITS—In brown, LADIES' BAYADERE _SKIRTS — green and navy blue (blouse effect), (Herring bone effect), all lined and Six buttons in front, trimmed with bound, colors, black and blue, green Soutache braid, “skirt lined, bound@grg 50 | and black, brown and black. Hale'sg 4 50 with velvet. Hale's Price..... g — | Price e ey $12 JACKETS. EVERYTHING NEW. LADIES' JACKETS—In medium shade Tan Covert Cloth, all lined with Taffeta Silk, fly | 40 Hale's Price. | LADIES' BLACK SERGE JACKET i front, sizes 32 to 40. tront, 50 Hale's Price. Net Top Point Venice, 4% inches arge range of dellcate pat- regularly, sizes 34 u$7£ d all through with silk serge, fi $5,oo our New York, will give demonstrations of Ring. They are very handsome and furnished room. Time and trouble saved. the portiercs or curtains. tarnish. 34-inch size, set of 10 rings. i5-inch size, set of 10 rings P4-inch size, set of 10 rings 13%-inch size, st of 10 rings 1'4-inch size, set of 10 rings. 1¥-inch size, set of 10 rings See Our New Ribbons. An Actual Demonstration. On Monday MISS CARPENTER, an expert from the Mme. Gair Co. of THE LATEST THING OUT. pery Rings, made with pins attached, will not unhitch when yon throw back They hold them close to the pole and will not They will brighten up the draperies. GAIR’S VESTIBULE BRASS DRAPERY RINGS— GAIR’S CONCAVE DRAPERY RINGS— GAIR’S TUBULAR DRAPERY RINGS— (Sce our figures on new Lace Curtains.) the practical use of the Gair Drapery artistic, adding a charm to a well. Gair’s Brass Dra- | la; ri as satin and gros grain, double-faced satin, j and moire taffeta, all the new effects in' I, Taffeta, Moire, Checks, Plaids Bayadere and Ro- man Stripes. Brilliant-hued Ribbons, Bayadere Ribbons, for Sash and Ruffle, Bonnet harbingers of spring. We want you to share our enthuslasm— ant you to inspect these new beauties, and a temptation we secured from one of the rgest manufacturers over $2000 worth of bbons, such as Bayadere, Roman _strip fancy ribbons. (See Our New E ster Gloves.) 22x22 CUSHION front and ruffle all ready for cush- ed, outlined with Tambour stitching and fringed all around.. DOUBLE DIPPED LARGE SIZED MET. BOX . ART DEPT. COVERS, with back, 128¢ 25¢ and Gown. Marvelous ateand - Ribbons, Fanciful Rib-| 073 VEry pretty - bons, Sweet "98 Ribbons, | 36x36 DENIM TABLE COVERS-—Tint- NOTIONS. HAIRPIN— : Checks and plaids; a balande of this season's | DQ 5 12} sct | stock, 12,00 vards in all, good colors. ~Some SEeglEgs 1and -5 inN i 15 ¢ exclusive satin and gros grain, plain an ; BE o et O e rrets. These. we. DAt Ib” st one;price | CONILEAIRPIN Mg Smber: afelfand Qo to cause a feminine flutter: AL 30c set 5. No. 7. No. 9. No. 12. No. 16 | LADIES SATIN GORED HOSE srp—l2| 30c set 4 % sc. sc. PORTERS—Biue, pink, red, yellowl 22C No. 80, No, 100.| and bl . TSNS it 20c. Te. , % ; : 10-QT. STEEL ENAMEL DISHPAN - 75c set o the window display: it speaks volum Extra heavy enamel -20c 885c set | for the beauty of these goods and gives price: AL POWDER 8c MONUMENT 10 FUT. BURKE Police Department to Fit- tingly Commemorate His Death. Cowardice of Policemen Wil- kinson and Kennedy Being Investigated. Generally Bslieved That Sergeant Price Will Succeed His Old Comarade. A movement has already been started to fittingly commemorate the heroism of Lieutenant Burke as a martyr to duty by erecting over his grave in Holy Cross Cemetery a monument with a suitable inscription. It is expected that a committee from Company D, of the Mission district, will be appointed in a few days to take the matter in hand, and as the mur- dered lieutenant was a general favor- ite in the department no difficulty is anticipated in collecting a sufficient amount to meet all the requirements. No event in the history of the Police Department, has so stirred the mem- bers as the cold-blooded murder of the beloved and popular lieutenant, and the proposition to erect a monument to his memory has already met with gen- eral approval. The Police Commissioners at thelr meeting to-morrow night will have sub- mitted to them reports presented by Chief Lees in connection with the con- duct of Policemen Wilkinson and Ken- nedy, who were with Lieutenant Burke at the time he was shot. Detective Cody and three officers have been for the last two or three days detailed by the Chief to make a thorough investigation into the matter and procure statements from the olli- cers and people who witnessed the meeting between Burke and the mur- derer, Haynes, and the subsequent events. So far the evidence gathered by them Lieutenant | Burke and his men approached Haynes’ cabin in Indian file, Burke in the lead, and Marlowe immediately behind him, Wilkinson and Kennedy bringing up the rear. Burke had been warned by Hopkinson and Grocer Graham that Haynes was a dangerous man, but he paid iittle attention to thewr warmng and took no precaution other than to place his revolver in his outsice coat pocket. As he approached Haynes, the latter ordered him away, and as Burke continued to advance shot him down. Kennedy at the first shot ~an around the cabin, and from the west side opened fire on Haynes. He cmptied his revolver at Haynes, who returned the fire, Kennedy not retreatinz until he had exhausted his ammunition.. it is not clear what Wilkinson and Mar- lowe were doing while Kennedy ana Haynes were exchanging shots. While the patrol driver, Cashel, was dragging Burke’s body to a place of safety Marlowe, Wilkinson and Kennedy, the |latter having secured additional am. munition, were firing into Hayne¥ | cabin, thereby keeping him In check. John McGrath, who lives at Folsom street and Precita avenue, ctates that it was while Policemen Kennedy ana Marlowe were drawing Haynes' fire that he and Cashel drew Burke's body out of range. Martin Johnson of 320 Montcalm avenue states that Kennedy fired from the west side of the cabin at Haynes whenever possible. When his ammunition became exhausted he sent a boy to borrow more cartridges from any one who had them. | It 1s expected that the Commissioners | at their meeting to-morrow night will | appoint a successor to the dead lieu- | tenant, and it is the general belief in the department that Sergeant Price will be selected. Price and Burke, as | was stated in The Call, were associated | together in the Mission district for | many years, and no one is more famil- iar with the district than Price. | —_—————————— ‘ The Free Public Market. | Mayor James D. Phelan has sent to J. J. | Truman, treasurer for the committee which has in charge the promotion of the free public market in San Francisco, the um of $20 on behalf of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, for for- warding the work. Contributions have also been recelved to date from the Peta- luma Poultry Keepers’ Association, Peta- P. of H., the Two Rock STATE GETS OLD ~ BANK ACCOUNTS Failure to Discover the Heirs Results in Their Es- cheat. After a Twenty Years' Search the Hunt for Heirs Is Aban- doned. _— For many vears there have been ear- nest efforts to discover the heirs to cer- tain old bank zccounts, presumably due to the heirs of John B. Casey, Hugh Gréen and John Connolly. After a search of decades it has been determined that all that they owned will escheat to the State. The total amounts to several thousand dollars. The three men, whose names and whose | bank accounts have long been advertised, died more than twenty years ago. Many attorneys and agents have hunted in vain for their heirs, but it was not discov- ered until recently, and that by Oscar T. Shuck, that the estates of Green and Connolly proper go to the State by es- Anabpiaion s n application has been for the estates to be ;fifow‘é!a“é" e‘i.':‘n&{? to the State. and the Attorney General has asked that the same course be pur- sued in the case of Casey. In this mat- ter Attorney Shuck asks that his services be remembered before the.escheat is de- clared. o ohs ok Casey was one of e oldest ‘pen! in the employ of the Southegu Pa}:m Company, and that company, at the at- torney’s request, had diligent - inquiry made, but could not learn any clew to his fate. ' The attorney found he had been killed after leaving the company’s ser- vice. ’ Hugh Green had three brcthe: | East. One of these turned up fr-}'lr"mtl:? | delphia, living, as he represented, on | charity. He could not account for the two other brothers, so the court allowed him one-third of the estate and ordered the balance to be turned into the State treasury, as stated. —_—— Advances made on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission, The Latest Rumors of} Edison’s Gold Mining Scheme. Prospects That Grew Into Mines—Big River Dredging Plans—Developments of a Week. The rather vague and sensational nawspaper reports that Wizard Edison has Invented a new gold-saving process, which iz yet @ secret, | and that he has bought the great Ortiz grant {in New Mexico to try his invention in, have | awakerec a curfous an¢ exvscraat interest in the mining world as well as general incredu- | lity. Of course, it Thomas A. Edison is really | golng to revolutionize gold mining and really | has something new and good in the line of | what the mining world most wants—cheaper | processes—he will be welcomed with honor and glven a complimentary M. E. The latest ac- | count s given as follows by the Albuquerque Citizen: ““The New Mexican has finally possessed it- | self of definite and authentic Information con- cerning the immense and sensational deal whereby the world-renowned inventor, Thomas A. Edison, of Orange, N. J., in association | with an English syndicate that commands un- | limited capital, has secured @ two years' option | on the famous Ortlz mine grant of about 56,000 acres of gold land in South Santa Fe County, and at the end of that time will unquestion- ably pay over to the owners of the grant the modest sum of $1,600,000 named In the bond as the price of the property. | “Of course no one here knows what manner | of a plant s being constructed, as it Is the colnage of Mr. Edison’s own fertile and re- | sourceful brain, but an idea of its mammoth proportions can be formed from the fact that it will be built large enough to handle 25,000 tons of placer dirt every twenty-four hours. After the plant is “vmpleted, Mr. Edison will | come at once to this eity with his family, and thereafter his headquarters will be here for an indefinite period.” Heretofore undeveloped prospects all over the State are being rapidly taken hold of by men and companies, after bonding or purchas- ing, and are beinz developed more or less with a little faith and money to find ofit what may be below. There are almost daily reports of such properties showing up well as opera- tions proceed, and here and there ome will turn into a great mine. The men who are doing this work with some judgment are not engaged in wholly speculative ventures, and they are doing a great deal for the mining industry. A sample of these operations is glven by the Grass Valley Tidings, as follows: “A_mining property which has passed the observation of prospectors for years, but which now bids fair to be one of the coming mines, is the Mistietoe property in the vicinity of Rough and Ready. An assay made by A. Cooper last week shows that the ore will go over $80 to the ton, although at that time a colgr of free gold had not been seen. night the miners employed there took out some good rock from the bottom of the shaft which showed specks of free gold. The owners are very much pleased over the sight of gold. The walls are four and a half feet apart and the ledge is well defined. Two min- ers who have looked at the mine and Who have had considerable experience say it Is the prettfest prospect they have scen. The shaft will be sunk to a depth of 100 feet before drifting s commenced, although much good ore has already been encountered.” Smelter talk is cheap and has been frequent in Southern California for some time. A suc- cesstul smelter would do much for that mining region. The Los Angeles Mining News gives. the following ~ account of the latest enter- prise: For a number of years there has been talk of bullding a smelter in Los Angeles, but not until a few days ago have active steps been taken in that direction. Tuesday a corporation called the Northwestern Smelting and Refining Comy was formed, and officers elected at once. The board of directors consists of M. W. Clay, D. T. Jackson, both of Missouri; L. W. Morgan of Los Angeles, B. H. Rose of Coiton and E. H. Gruwell of Riverside. The capltal stock of the company is #00.00, of subscribed. has not yet been has been appointed ‘which it be NEWS OF THE MINES. suitable. San Pedro has offered to donate a thirty-acre lot. The capacity of the smelter will be 150 tons dally and It will be completed within three months. There is to be a refinery in connection with the smelter where the bui- lion will be produced in the pure state. There are a great many mines within a few hundred miles of Los Angeles which could produce enormous amounts of smelting ores, but have not been worked to any extent, being too far away from a smelter. The biggest among the river dredging opera- tions now. are some in Trinity and Siskiyou countes. Of one the Siskiyou County Reporter says: ‘‘The Montana Dredging Company, which has under bond a large. tract of gravel land just this side | of Callahans, including five miles of the bed of Scott River, has already expended over $10,000 in sinking shafts and doing other prospecting | work. The gravel channel has not been reached yet, although dirt is being washed which pays 11 cents per cubic yard, which Is an exceeding- Iy good yleld. Oné of the members of the company has gone to Montana for the purpose of having two more dredgers put in operation. When this has been accomplished we will see in Scott Valley one of the largest mining en- terprises ever inaugurated in the county.” Last week's Shasta Courier says: ‘‘The $30,- 000 dredger at Poker Bar on Trinity River, near Lowden's ranch, is probably only the beginning of a system of mining in Trinity that will add millions of dollars to the gold supply. The mines of Weaver Basin have let go into Weaver Creek, an affluent of the river, treas- ure that would rival Klondike, and dredgers may yet reclaim this gold.” The miners along the mother lode are feeling much better since the recent considerable snowfall. The well-known Champion mine near West Point, Calaveras County, situated about a mile from town, has been bonded by a Cripple Creek company and work has commencs cleaning out the old shaft. This is the deep- est mine in the camp, the shaft having been sunk to the depth of over 900 feet. The mine has been idle for about twelve years. The Jim Corbeit mine, located on Green- horn Gulch, in the Smiths Flat mining dis- trict, Calaveras County, and near the cele- | brated Star of India mine, is looming up. Re- cently assays made from ore taken from the Jim Corbett mine went as high as $60 per ton. The mine is belng worked by tunnel and the exact width of the lode is not at present known.—Mountain Echo. The 1llinols mine, owned by Ben K. Thorn, 1s about to be bonded to C. D. Lane, and de- velopment work will soon be commenced. A shaft 135 feet is already down on this mine and sufficlent rich ore is in sight to warrant the immediate erection of a mill. _Further rich strikes are reported from the Condit mines at_Collierville.—Calaveras Citizen. The Draper mine Is going to put up an expensive plant, new hoist, etc., so as to be able to sink to depth on the rich shoot dis- covered in the winze below the 300-foot level. The rock Is exceedingly rich.—It is reported that James Gillls took out a $1200 pocket at Tuttletown last week.—The owners of the Golden Rule mine are contemplating the erec- tion of a twenty-stamp mill.—The Gagner mine, near Tuttietown, had a good clean-up this week after a successful run, amounting to about $6000. Willlam G. Long is the su- perintendent. They have a twenty-stamp mill and the veln is a large one.—Tuclumne Inde- pendent. : Mr. Shope, an old miner and mill man, fs in Chicago, where he has gone to buy a mill and all the necessary improvements to treat our ores with. As soon as the machinery arrives he will set the mill up about nine miles south of Mojave, where there is plenty of water. The mine owners are pleased with the assur- ance that they will not have to ship their ore much longer—Tehachapi Times. E. M. Hamilton of East Los Angeles is build- ing a five-stamp miil near Rosamond, Kern County, to mill 4 lot of $36 rock from his mine. The Glen Olive mine, Vaughns, Kern County, which was started up last August, has been worked all winter, though it is at a 6000-foot elevation, where there has been a good deal of snow since December. The mine is pro- ducing steadily. There is an apparent danger that the sta- bility of the combination of the Los Angeles ofl producers, formed to hold prices up to $1 a barrel, will be affected by outside influences working for lower prices at which to buy. Shipments to San Francisco remain at about 10,000 barrels a month. Secretary Strasburg of the Ofl Producers’ Trustees, referring to this, sald he had reasons for believing that the ship- | ments to San Franclsco could be doubled if the present uncertainty as to future prices did not prevall, and if cars could be obtained to ship the ofl. A_corresrondent of the Redding Free Press says that French Gulch is the best quartz mining camp In Shasta County and that great activity prevails there. All the mines are be- ing operated and the mills run to their fullest capacity. The Milkmaid mine is being de- veloped and good ore crushed. The old Wash- ington mine is looking very well. The most of the work is being done by leasers. The leases will terminate the first of ‘April and the own- ers will resume control. The Blagrave brothers bave taken out §2000 in a few days in their in preparation on various streams | | lease of the upper workings. George W. Leay- | itt and the Strattun brothers have also made money.. A force of miners has been put on the Niagara. The lower levels of the Glad- | stone show good ore and the mill is running steadily. The mill on the Three Sisters mine is running on good ore. Frank Rossi has put | in a steam power plaft to run the mill on the Brunswick, from which mine he has made | money | An important mining transaction of last | 500 of some properties | | week was the sale for | at Oro Fino, in Scott Valley, Siskiyou County, to W. H. Taylor of San Francisco, wWho Js sup- posed to represent the Risdon Iron Work: The properties include 200 acres of gravel min- | | ing ground with water rights, flumes, etc. It | is estimated that $750,000 has been taken from | these claims in the past. Dan Kingery and A. J. Hay, who discovered | a rich ledge of quartz on the old hill above | the old R. H. Campbell hydraulic mine in Quartz Valley, still continue to find very rich | quartz, and are likely to develop one of the richest ledges on the coast. Exceedingly rich | pockets are constantly being discovered in Quartz Valley, and there must. certainly be | permanent ledges in that section, although | probably deep below the surface, requiring apital to sink down in systematic and scien- | tific manner. Yreka Journal. { Some very good quartz mines are being de- | veloped in Shasta County, near the Trinity County line, about ten miles west from Cas- tella. J. R. Stoddard of Stoddards .s inter- ested In three very promising mines there, on which considerable development work has been done and several good ledges opened up. The | company intends to put up a five-stamp mill on the property as soon as the snow on the trail melts.—Trinity Journal. | "Harrison Guich Is often spoken of as a new eamp, but its placers were worked in early | days, and a Courler correspondent, writing | from Arbuckle in 1861, stated that claims were | held there as high as $500 a share, but com- | plained of a_scarcity of water. William Kemp, the copper expert. who left | a couple of weeks ago, after belng here a | couple of months, returned from Redding last | Sunday evening. -His return is looked upon as favorable to the disposal of copper claims in the Low Divide region. That he has a favor- able opinion of the country for copper deposits there can be no doubt,” as, he is spending gome money on claims located by himself and for others connected with the Iron Mountain Company. Mr. Kemp went to the Low Divide Wednesday to take a look at development work done since he left.—Del Norte Record. | Frauk Bighouse has sold the Grisley quartz | mine and a placer claim on Coffee Creek to J. F. Medasy and J. C. Steel for $4000, One-half ton of ore taken from Harvey Blood's mine, generally known as the Collfer | mine, situated some five or six miles southeast | of Murphvs, Calaveras County, was recentlv old to the Utica Company for $300, which, it | will be seen, proves the ore to be worth at Jeast six hundred dollars a ton.—Mountain Echo. The Denver Republican says the flgures for | the output of the Cripple Creek district for | February show a gain over January and an ee of mare than a awarter vi A miilion dollars over the corresponding month of the revious vear. The output for the month was 152,240 toms, at an average value of $65, making a al of $1,149.400. as against 386,000 for the corresponding month last year. | Marcus Daly has given §15,000 in aid of al creditable Montana mineral display at the Trans-Mississippi exposition. 1 | In two directions, perhaps, the mining in- dustry would profit from a war. There would undoubtedly be a larger demand for copper for electrical appliances, and the self-evident demand for lead would stimulate the produc- tion of that metal. This would have a good effect upon our siiver-lead mines for the time being and bring into remewed activity those districts that produ-- large percentages of lead. | —Western Mining World. - ‘There is considerable justification in the plea for a national mining bureau when it is stated that in the department of agriculture at Wash- ington there are 213 employes. Conservative estimates place the mineral product of 1898 at $800,000,000, and yet there is no division in the great Federal machinery of the Government to look arfter the magnificent industry of min- ing. With 2443 persons looking after the tur- nips and pumpkins of this broad land, it does seem that fair play ought to suggest the ex- penditure of a few dollars at least in_ behalf of the economic production of ores.—Western Mining World. - e PREYING UPON YOUNG GIRLS. Agents for Alaska Dance-Houses Working in This City. The recent arrest of Dora Lemery, the wayward girl who was arrested and sent to the reform school at the instance of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, has brought to light a con- dition of affairs that to say the least is startling. When arrested she was in the company of two young girls, but as they were not wanted for anything they wera not molested by the police. It now trans- pires that the three, accompanied by two young fellows, were bound for the gold fields of Alaska. The two girls and their male escorts left according to arrange- ments on a vessel last '« While P G e S R R e | | % Near Stockton. the Lemery girl was in_the custody of the society she gave much information to Mrs. Prescott, the assistant secretary. Her two female companions were from the country and had no idea what kind of life they were being taken to. They had been led to believe that by singing and dancing for the amusement | of the miners of the far North they could reap a golden harvest. They had obtained these ideas from the young fellows who, | it seems, are muking a business of get- ting voung girls to go with them to the mining camp of Alaska. Every foolish girl whom they can induce to listen to them and get as far as the steamer is lost forever. In fact, the rascals are making a_business of furnishing young girls for the dance houses and saloons of the camps along the river. From what the Lemery girl learned, very few of the | victims have any knowledge of the na- ture of the life they are going to lead there. The society wishes this warning to be spread broadcast in the hope that ADVERTISEMENTS. % | “THE CREDIT HOUSE.” Six Storics High. Restful Rocker, with broad arms and wide seat. 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