The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1898, Page 4

4 THE SAN TRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1898. RUSHING T0 THE NEW DIGGING Stampede From Daw- son to Swede Creek. Gold-Hunters Act Like Lunatics in the Wild Scramble. In the Last Rush Five Men Die From Exposure to the Snow. and Ice. RETURN OF TWO PARTIES, Ex-Mayor Wood of Seattleand Others Get Back to Civilization From the New El Dorado. Special ‘Dispateh ‘to The Call. JUNEAY, - Alaska, March 2$ (by Btéamship Queen to Seattle, April 1).— A Dawson party which drrived here to-| day, coming down 1o tide. water last] Friday at Dyea and Skaguay, states thit & town site is-being laid out near Walsh Creek, the: scene of the latest| stampéeds ‘for goid, The' construction everal cabins has already begun, excavations having been ‘made in: the gnow: fur foundations, and some timber felted: The party is-composed of ex-Mayor W. D.. Wood of Seattle, \ho has come all“the way up the Yukon from Minook, where he and: his par were stranded Jast fal} and H. Willis' Carr’ of Seattle, who aceompanted hini; Dr.-J. W. Slay- den and E. E. Emmons of Tacoma, | Wash;, and. W, C. White of Colorado | (Colo. “They left: Dawson }'eb-i last: and the two parties gether, Mayor. Woad | : stoppeil - several days il Dawson: to rest and famil:arize ‘them- selyes Wwith: the situation ‘thers. “The jce trail js breaking up at Lake Marsh and in several ¢ther spots are the first indications in ‘the. interio: ‘of ‘the ‘ap=| proach. -of - spring.. The thermometer | ranged from 101650 degrees below: zero. Often when it wasless than 30 degrees the ty traveled in their shirt sleeves | and felt. comfortible with the smart ex- ercise of hitting the trail:and making as good time: as possibl Th: time? from Dasvson to tide water was twenty-. The soft trail delayed them did-not start out’ with the in- tention of ‘trying to ‘break ‘the record: An account of ex-Mayor W ences was given.in Sgm: Wall's recent. correspondence. from: Fort -Yukon. The Woo.l -party ‘and ~-the. Slayden party brought out ahout twenty pounds. of letters edch for Minook, 'Fort Yukon and: Dawson friends.for~ which the made no: ct e, “They: met:the first]| Canadian mail since last fall going n. | Jack Carr is coming out.a:few days behind them on the trail, making 4 specialty of letters at $T each, so that{ many people in California and the East] who have friends in.‘‘the inside” may| °t to hear from them in‘a few day: He is expected to bring out about. fif pounds - of - malil. - None of the:party brought’ out a large amount of goid. Carr came. up. the river:eighty-nine days ‘from St. Michagl t0~ Daswson, a ance of ‘about 1800 miles; -bearing Government dispatches. The nature of| these dispatches was not known to any | of this:party and no information:in re- gard to them is to. be had. here:.. It {s supposed they were strictly official communications between the post at St Michael and up-river posts, as any news of importance at St. Michael at the tinre he left “would have been . personally known by Carr. ! Stampedes from Dawson to reported new and rich ground ‘are. the.prevailing excitement at Dawson now, and .res ports have come back from one or two:| that the prospects look promising. | Dr. Slayden said: A town has been | platted, to be the headquarters of the:| new prospects on Lake and ‘Walsbi| creeks. The work is being done chiefly | by the Canadian police, and to me it looked like a police enterprise. - The lo- | cation Is about half way between the two creeks. They were digging around | there in the snow. I learned very little about the ground, though it was re-'| ported quite rich, from 40 to 75 cents to the pan, I was told. More work, T understand, has been done on ‘Lake| Creek than any .on Walsh Creek. I think only a few holes have been sunk on either. On the trail this side there | is considerable . excitement over the creeks, but not so much, I think, as there is at Skaguay, Dyea and on this side of the mountains. We did not stop to: make any locations, but my opin- | fon is that they have found something in there. No man can see into the E_T”‘llml. The police say the ground is rich.” Dr. Slayden sald further: “The big- gest and latest stampede that Dawson | has had in a long time occurred on February 16. It was to Swede Creek, about six miles from Dawson. Some | call it Twelve-Mile Creek. This started | at 11 o'clock at night. It almost elec- | trified @ man to look at-it. He is a cool one who can keep his feet to the ground and stand still when any kind of a stampede starts. The excitement will almost wake up a dead man. I had to go back home and shuf myself in several times, particularly from join- | ing the Swede Creek rush. The Lord only knows how they start. They just | open out like an umbrella and about as | quick. Men rush te their cabins, get a | few things together including a little grub. On this occasion some actually struck out in their shirt sleeves. Others raveled d ‘M, C E came along later with dog teams and | they often have to bring the other fel- lows back. In the stampede to Swede Creek “five men lost their lives. One was frozen to death, the four others were so frost-bitten—hands, feet, face and ler s—that they died afterward. It was impossible to save them. I dn not ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ A clean and whole skin is comfortable, “Have you used Pears’ Soap? [1andscape painter has stuck up on the | words: | back. to the Sierras “written, | created by his father's will for his benefit { and of no effect he was mnot provided” for VERY RICH GROUND AROUND GOLD LAKE Judge Johnson Tells How General Willey Turned Deposits Near Sitka. 1).—Further particulars of the repor near Sitka. nearly all the time, “It's all right, you how General Willey, and he Is divided off a-large section-into ‘equal through the snow. and:took out & qu ~he Judge's official res! He said: £ 10 the: ton: It is a sort of gravel an call the mineral name- for it. ~It is to be no do.bt of the value of the as Paude Basin ‘is_little more than Lake, narrew encircling” shore. ¢ Lake and work - ae-ground forming ground rTunning $450 oh an average ex-Surveyor-General "of- California b Elder in two. or three days. - The dis about thirteen miles; or taken up. . The rich results will R R IR R R R B S S GNP S G O SRR R R R R R DR DR P PGS know ‘thelr names. - 'We did not have a. Ihad trip out, except between the Big Salmon and Little Salmon rivers. We broke trail about a hundred miles and that delayed us.” Ex-Mayor ‘Wood sald the people on Walsh and Lake creeks thought. they | had a big thing. .He is also. authority | i for the information that Joaquin Miller is living in a cabin with several others and that an iridescent-dance hall and | wall ‘of: the cabin near the stove these “To cook-is human, but to eat it is :divine.” The poet is waiting for the ice to crack up when he will wend his melancholy way down the river and and Canfnrntla,.‘ which 'he now says are good enough for him. HAL HOFFMAN. ———— GOLD MORE PLENTIFUL THAN THE PEBBLES. Reported Discovery of Some Extra-] ordinarily Rich Claims in the Copper River Country. A§ ‘a result of a léttér that was re- cently . received by John Donaldsen, a carpenter residing in. this ‘city; an ex pedition for Cooks Inlet, Alaska, is se- eretly fitting out.. Donaldsen’s brother, who has been f1i-the Copper-River coun- try- for the last year, wrote to him that| he had found'a stréam, by the aid of | Indian. guides, ‘Where gold was almost as§- plentifil as: pebbles on the beach. ¥e himself and twa companions took o1t $800 the day before the letter was one-nugget - Weighing nearly half that sum. The stream . is- but a’short distance from the coast; and miners:are already flocking: tothe district.-- Donaldson’s brother will leave here on-the 15th jnst. avith & party of twenty men to,.if.po sible, reach the new diggings before the| rush will shut-them out.- Theéy have en-| gaged -passage on the steamer Samoa, | recently ‘launched. at.the -Union Iron | Works, and - will- go -directly- to ‘the in- let. : “The expedition will be headed by F. | M. -Smith,. manager of:.the company | {:that ‘owns the:steamer; who was the | first man who' éver took.a steamer up the Yukon River from St. Michael to| Fort Selkirk.: The new’ discoveries are so near. the Copper: Rivér country: that a -rush :of prospectors fs expected .as'| soon ‘as the strike' becomes generally known' in_that section. Donaldson’s . brother - writes. that while: food “is. not plentiful and: pros- pectivé miners :should. bring supplies with them, the climate is not so severe as on ‘the Yukon and hardships.such | a$: have been described as occurring further horth are not to-be anticipated. The Samoa. Will take five hundred tons of freight- and 150 ‘passengers. BIG FIRE RAGING IN :LINCOLN, NEB- Two ~Hundred Thousand ~Dollars’ ‘Worth - of Property Gone and the Flames Yet Unchecked. 1 LINCOLN, Neb., April 1.—Two hundred thousand. dollars ‘will not. cover the loss which. Lincoln has suffered from a.fire: which; ‘starting at 9°0'clock fo-night; has burned ‘steadily since that hour, and at this-time (2:30 a: m.).is still raging. furi- ous The fire’ originated in-the A. M. Davis furniture store: . The Richards block, ad- joining it-on’ the west caught fire -at 12 'cloek ‘and is a total less. The Lamaster building “adioining: the - burned - Davis building is doomed. When _the - flames spread from the Davis building to-the roof of ‘theRichards block, help was asked from Omaha and a’steamer was dispatched. In the meantime the flames crépt east- ward,: enveloping in turn - the -Lancaster buflding, and . threatening the -Carter ‘building adjofning. It is belleved a heavy firewall. will .prevent the spread. of the flames further east than the Carter block. The insurance is about two-thirds of the loss. g BARRON ESTATE CONTEST. Son George E., the Contestant, Asks for Partial Distribution. SAN JOSE, April 1.—A new. move was made in.the Barron case to-day by the attorneys of George E. Barron, the con= testant of his father's will. A petition for a partial distribution of the estate was filed. In the petition George E. Barron sets forth that he is advised and believes that the . $100,000 attempied to be is void in. its inception, and being . void | under the will. and is therefore entitled to_two-fifteenths of his father's. estate. The estate has been appraised.at $1.800,- | 000, and according to the petition filed- to- day he would receive $240,000. The matter: wifl be heard before Judge Kittredgé on April 15. & s - MISS SAMPSON - ENGAGED. The Captain’s ];m_ghter to -Bac,dn.:e' the Wife of H. H. Scott. - NEW YORK, April 1.—An engagement of considerable interest has just been an- nounced, that of Miss Olive Farrington Sampson to Mr. Henry Harrison Scott of San Francisco. Miss Sampson s the youngest daughter of Captain Sampsen, who %ms just been ordered to the com- mand of the North Atlantic squadron. ——————— : 0f Interest to the Coast. WASHINGTON, April 1.—A postoffice was to-day established at Angiold, Tulare County, Cal., and Charles J. Hall ap- pointed postmaster. ke Pensions have been granted as follows: California, original—Eugene Batavia, Vet- erans' Home, Napa, $6. Increase—S; March 26 (special act), Charles A. Nazro, San Diego, $17 to $50. Original, widows, etc.—Rebecca H. Potts, Garvanza, $12. ing a banquet to twentytwo guests. Bis- Oregon—Increase: Milton 8. Chapin, | marck was in excellent spirits, and Bellevue, $6.t0 ;L,Orlg}n , , etc.— | walked with the aid of a gold-handled Christina J. Reed, Middleton, $8, JUNEAU, Alaska, :March 28. (by surrounding Gold Lake, have been ohtained from United States District Judge C. S.-Johnspbn, who is a firm ‘believer. ‘the heaviest gold-bearing ground in Alaska has now been turned up you need not have any doubt about it. I can tell assay you know about.. It averaged, I was told by General Willey, $450 General - Willey’s specimens y\'ere't&ke‘n from a portion of the The: plan has always. been to -drain Gold done by a tunnel,: but it would. cost considerable money. $900, ‘money ought -t6. cut little figure in the draining of the :1ke. Details are not to be had till the arrival.of th: steamship George W. The report here is that the whole thing is bonded terest in prospecting glacier and other lakes over to the westward. | British Customs Collectors There May Be = Dispute That Wash- Ighe Collector of Customs for Alaska, fJ. W, I lector and €aptain Belcher of the post, ‘intention was equally firm to establish |'would try to prevent their coming, but ' Vesséls from -the south. stdé of Cuba - were -guoted as high as'5 per cent. | the construction of the main office bulld- ‘to-day and this afternoon taken back to .Redwood. It is Up Wonderful Steamship Queen to Seattle, April ted rich ground on Paude Basin, It seems that some of idence is at Sitka and he Is there a. Californian, went about it. He 1 squares. Then he dug holes down antity of gra—-el from each. The d decomposed quartz. I cannot re- bondéd, it is true, but th.re seems sdys.” : -160 acres in area, including Gold the’ bottom of it. This can be ‘With much to the ton, some of it assaying The elieves he has a mighty good thing. tance from Sitka to the basin is doubtless lead to an increased in- HAL HOFFMAN. R R R S PR N S S S ET TR OFFICERS WHO MAY YET CLASH Remain at Chilkoot Summit. Uncle Sam, However, Will Place _Inspectors Along the -Chain of Lakes. ington and London Wiil Be Called Upon to Settle. Special’ Dispatch to The Call JUNEAU, Alaska, March 28 (by steamship Queen to Seattle April 1).— The conventiori between the United | States and Great- Britain in regard to | the Alaska boundary line, recently an- | nounced, settles the question of any in- | ternational difficulty- arising over the | stationing of a Canadian customs post | on the Chilkoot summit, as by the con- vention.that summit is now understood | to"be Canadian territory. Complications may arise, however, | by the proposed stationing of a United States inspector ‘at Lake Bennett, as | vey;, declares it is his intention to-do, . 2 Governor- John .G: Brady and Col- lector Ivey climbed the steep and ‘hoary: Chilkoot last week to see that Canadian post, its police and the citi- | zens of the United States en route to the Klondike marching meekly under the British Union Jack as it floats proudly there. Some: conversation ob- tained between the Governor, the Col- a six-foot Canadian with a mountain voice, in which. the captain blandly told the Alaskan officials that he had been ordered there by his superior offi- cer and theré he intended to stay. In his turn Collector Ivey stated that his United States inspectors at the Lakes. Captain Belcher did not say that he he. replied that he would see that the United States officers did not remain there Jong. And there you are. The situation -as it' stands- amounts to a declaration of ‘war between these offi- cials, .and it now remains for Assistant, Secretary Day- and Lord Salisbury to come to the:rescue of their respective countries in the threatened hostilities at the lakes which run down the land of gold. HAL HOFFMAN. SHIPPED THE PLUNDER. Arrest of Jack Breen, a Hard Char- acter, for Bold Thefts. STOCKTON, April' 1.—Sheriff Cunning- ham returned from Merced to-day with a wagonload of articles stolen in this city and shipped to Merced by a water-front character named Jack Breen, who isun- der arrest. In-the lot were two. tents, crosscut saws, tools of all descriptions, coats, a tarpaulin and so on. Breen-sold the ot for $14 and squared an account he_owed with the plunder. The Sheriff is working on the belief that the same man Bréen set fireto thé Farmers’ Union warehouse a few months ago, in which the loss.was very heavy.. Breen is con- sidered a: hard . character - and several g}‘mrzqs‘ of burglary will be made against m. < High Figures for “War Risks.” NEW YORK, April'1.—“War risks” reached to-day -the highest figures yet quoted “since complications with Spain made shippers anxious about property in transit by sea. American sailing ves- sels ‘to.or from the east coast of South. America (edrly sailings) were covered for 3 per cént. West Indian sailing ‘brought: the same'rate. " These risks were- taken. yesterday for 2 per cent, Rates for.the sailings a week hence were double those charged for early movements. Steamships were covered ‘&t lower rates—about the same as yes- terday—but underwriters were unusu- ally cautious about “war risks.” - 5 ———— Sugar Factory Office Building. SALINAS, April 1.—The contract for ing at the Spreckels sugar factory was awarded yesterday to L. U. Grant There "were ten bidders for the work, which calls for a two story building 70x 80 feet. The amuunt of the contract was about $14,000. Dosesgll _His Victim May Die. . BAN JOSE, Aprii lL—John Mulligan, who is alleged to have robbed and seri- ously stabbed a man at Menlo Park on the night of March 30, was arrested here 1d his victim may dle. et o it Bismarck’s Birthday. - FRIEDRICHSRUHE, April 1.—Prince Otto von Bismarck to-day celebrated the- eighty-third anniversary of his birth, giv- | sight except the special for best of the SAN JOSES BENCH SHOW A Rgmarkable Collection of Some Beautiful Canines. Prize Dogs in the Various Classes Capture Honors in the Competition. Many Ladies Have Exhibited Their Pels and They Have Not Been Overlooked. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, April 1.—The opening of the bench show circuit of 1898 has been celebrated at San Jose W great eclat. The combination of the Santa Clara Valley Poultry and Ken- nel Club and the California Collie Club has proved an unqualified success. The entries numbered 167, and the dogs benched 151. The attendance has been greatly beyond expectation. The awarding of the special for the ugliest dog in the show caused great amusement, , for the prize was award- ed to David Sinclair, the clerk of the San Francisco Kennel Club. Insult was added to injury, for the gentleman re- ceived a bag of sawdust instead of a sack of flour. According to breeds, the entries were as follows: Mastiffs, 4; St. Bernards, 19; Greyhounds, 3; Foxhounds, 3; Point- ers, 3; all Setters, 15; Danes, 8; all Spaniels, 14; Collies, 61; Bull dogs, 5 Bull terriers, 4; Fox terriers, 13; other breeds, 9. It is safe to assert that there has never been a show at which less grum- bling was in evidence than at this one. Mr. Nairns, the judge, has given gen- eral satisfaction, but he has too fre- quently tempered his justice with mercy. In fact, leniency Iin. judging seems to be his predominant charac- teristic. He judged fairly, according to his lights, and was conscientious and painstaking; his faults were on the right side. Of course the great test of his ability came with the collie class,” which constituted a third of the entire show. He acquitted himself with a skill that justifies his own suc- cess as a breeder, though his laxity in regard to prick ears was at times pain- fully apparent. Still, one must not be hypercritical. It was quite an educa- tion to stand In the parlors of the St. James Hotel, the headquarters of the bench show exhibitors, and t%ere lis- ten to the comments of thie owners of the canines. The buzz ¢f conversation was continuous and canine. The talk revolved around the dog. In fact it was the dog, the whole dog &nd noth- ing but the dog-flanks, 1-uzzles, dew- claws, hocks and stifle and chest dew- laps, flews and undershot jaws. Men and women discussed without rest. At the show some of the fair owners displayed their-affectionate exultation toward the winners in a way that made male spectators indignant at the waste of good material. Others were equally exuberant in their disappointment. One lady whose dog took everything in breed, was so exasperated by this one failure that she tore the ribbons out of the dog’s cellar and vowed to take him from the show. - However, she did not do go. Following is the list of winners: Mastiffs, dogs—First, Willlam R. A. Johnson's Beau Montez. Mastiffs, bitches —First, and_best special for mastiffs in show, Mrs. J. P. Norman’s Lola. Great Danes—First, and special for best Dane, Mrs. Roncovieri’s Rex R. Great Dane bitches—First, Orchard Trilby. Great Dane—First in novice, bitches, Bryan's Queen Olga. . Bernards, R. C., dogs—First, and special for best St.” Bernard, Hubert White’s Roxie ‘Savage. St. Bernard, R. C., bitches, Mrs. Beck’s Montana Queen. St. Bernard, 8. C., dogs—First, and spec- ial for best, Charles R. Harker's Sir Ed- vard. . Newfoundlands, dogs—First, W. Merz's George M. Greyhounds — Dogs, first, Gallagher; bitches, first, Dawn. Foxhounds—Olinda kennei’'s Jim. : Pointers—Dogs, first and best, Al Bar- ker’s Joe D; bitches, first, Croxteth C. English setters—Dogs, first, W. Wood's Prince;_bitches, first and best, Styan's Mateo Belle. Irish setters—Dogs, first, Mrs. J. P, Martin’s Glenarine; ~bitches, first and best, W. Chute’s Nida. Gordon setters—First, Ehret Brothers’ nce. Irish_water spaniels—First, W. Wil- liam’'s Dan Mnlé’ney. Field spaniels—First, C. Leonard's Tom Sawyer. 3 Cocker (other than black) dogs—First, H. A. Wegener's Colorado! cockers (other than black) spanfels, bitches—First, H. A. Wegener's Tootse; W; cocker (black) spaniels, dog!—(,}f Leonard’s Buzz Silk; bitches—Mrs. Beck's Lady Thornhill, % Collies, dogs, first pupples—Verona Ken- nel’s Braw Scot; collies, dogs, novice— Verona Kennel's Braw Scot; collies, dogs, limit—Verona Kennel's Braw. Scot; col- lies, dogs, open—Verona Kennel's Border 1 collies, bitches, puppies—Verona Kennel’'s Bonnle Brae; collies, bitches, novices—Verona Kennel's Bonnie Brae; collies, bitches,« limit—Verona Kennel's Bonnie Brae; collies, bitches, open class— Verona Kennel's Heather Mollie; collies, dogs, winner—Verona Kennel Braw Scot; collies, bitches, winner—Verona Kennel's Bonnie Brae. Bull, dogs—G. H. Clark’s"Jack; bitches— M. W. Beck's Queen. Bull terriers, dogs—J. Foley’s Rastus; bitches—Hawks' Pride. Fox terriers, wire haired—J. P. Atkins® Riley Grannan; fox terriers, smooth, dogs —J. B. Martin’s Golden Flash; bitches— J. B. Martin’s Golden Sunshine. Skye terriers, bitches—W. L. Oliver's opsy. Yorkshire terriers, dogs—P. Attridge's Joxer II. : YJap spanfels—H. A. Wegener's Yum um. Dachshund—W. H. Anderson’s Queente. Pugs—Miss Hale's Jim Budd. Miscellaneous—Mrs. J. P. Atkins' Eng- lish whipple dog Fox. d The prizes for kenneis fell in the fol- lowing order: Verona first, Albee sec- ond, Beach Grove third. Besides this Miss Beach secured the special for the largest exhibit shown by a lady. The spaniels, hall presents a charming appearance and a record a‘*tendance to-morrow is probable. more than Gendarmes Fire Upon a Mob. LONDON, April 2—A dispatch to the Times from Vienna says: A serious agrarian outbreak has taken place in the Hatzfeld district, near Temesvar, Hun- gary. There has been a conflict between the rioters and the gendarmes, the for- mer being armed with stones, pitchforks and hatchets. The gendarmes fired upon the mob and three laborers were killed and several severely wounded. The mob thereupon charged the gendarmes and sevel ‘were wounded. —_——— Failure at Eureka. 1 EUREKA, April 1.—The large clothing establishment of Willlam A. McNamara in this city was attached this evening by Neustadter Bros. of San Francisco. The failure was a surprise and is reported to be very large. * LA o Importation cf Wheat. LISBON, April 1.—The Government has authorized the importation of 60,000,000 kilogrammes of foreign wheat. i Gt Chief Justice Kotze of the Transvaal says that the present civilization owes more to the Jewish nation than any other stick, the g{& of Emmxot 1 -people. STRUGGLE FOR - . THE BODY OF A DEAD SENATOR While Mrs. Snyder Claims the: Remains of John S. Enos the Widow Gets an In-- junction Preventing Inter- - ment.. ‘Wednesday morning. and dispose of them at her will named as executor without bonds. session of it. The holding of these is the legal claimant. gling for possession of the lifeless the courts here to-day. est in the history of the State, residents of this part of the State, suddenly dropped dead. from ear to ear. out the entire section. ing. diate injunction to prevent Mrs. R. his name in the papers of the case, husband and father, said John S. her own private premises. 'and not cause why she should-not do so. tion of Mrs. R. J. Snyder.” this section. many years. Mrs. Snyder, beautiful and rich, the penitentiary. ter's character. Snyder have been common talk. A about arranged to be taken back by failed to go when the time came. loJololojolololololololololoJoJolojolojojofolololololoofolalololololololoJololoololololololotolololooloololololololololololololololotoXolololololololololololololololololololololololo) SONOMA, April 1.—Funeral services were held this morning at 11 o’clock" over the remains of the late Senator John S.. Enos residence of Mrs. R. J. Snyder, at which place he dropped dead last Many of the dead man’s friends. gathered to view the corpse and hear the impressive sermon delivered by Rev. R. Wylle of Napa. The last will and testament of the. deceased was opened beside the bier and read by ex-Senator Pinder of San Fran- cisco. In the will $5000 is left to.the dead Senator’sdaughter, Mrs. Ger- tie C. Willis, his gold watch and chain to his nephew, John Summetfield Enos, and all the remainder of the property to his friend, Mrs. R. J. Sny- der. " It also reads that Mrs. Snyder is to take charge of the remains ument that he should not be buried until four days after his death, and it is signed by Attorney Charles A. Garter of San Francisco. The body is still at the residence of Mrs. Snyder, who holds pos- the sensational question of what will be done with the body and who ‘When Senatoer Enos left his wife about eight years ago he broke all connection with her and his daughter, Mrs. ‘Willis, and refused to recognize-either of them, .although there was never a divorce granted. Since then he has resided the greater por- tion of his time with Mrs. Snyder on her ranch, one mile east of this place, while his wife has resided in San Francisco. SANTA ROSA, April 1.—The sad, strange spectacle of a wife strug- hold while living, a noble daughter endeavoring to do all remaining in her power to preserve the few straggling remnants of a father’s reputation and save his memory from being perpetuated in a role in which he seemed almost to glory while alive and well, was presented in The story back of it all is one of the strang- Last Wednesday ex-Senator John S..Enos, one of the best-known At the time of the sudden death he was just entering the yard of Mrs. Rachael Jane Snyder, a rich and beautiful ‘widow, living near the historic old town of Sonoma, and with whom his name has for years been linked by the whispered tales that fly In fact, this phase of the case was notorions through- The body was taken in charge and all arrange- ments for the funeral made, when Attorneys Haven and Haven of San Francisco filed with the County Clerk papers in a startling proceed- They. on behalf of their clients, prayed the court for an imme- the action, from burying the dead body ‘of the ex-Senator, and to com- pel her to deliver the aforesaid remains into the possession of the plain- tiffs, Mrs. John S. Enos, Mrs. Gertrude C. Willis and William Willis. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff, Mrs. Susie ‘Enos, who uses S. Enos, who died as related above; ‘Willis, is a daughter and only child of the deceased; that the deéfend- ant, Rachael Jane Snyder, has in her possession the dead body of the claim on the same; that plaintiffs applied ‘to said defendant for pos- session of the dead body of the deceased that it might be givén hon- orable burial, whereupon said defendant refused to surrender to plain- tiffs, or either of them, possession of the them that she herself would superintend and direct the burial. complaint further alleges that the defendant,” Mrs. Rachael Jane Sny- der, has no claim of any kind whatsover upon the body of the ceased; that upon the plaintiffs devolved the duties of burial ana prep- aration for burial .of the deceased, Jane Snyder, is preparing and threatening to bury said deceased upon will 8o bury him unless restrained and prevented by order of the court. The injunction prayed for was granted, and papers were served by Sheriff Allen at 2 o’clock this morning. made by the court, Mrs. Snyder was directed either to turn the body over to the plaintiffs forthwith, or at once appear in-court. and show Mrs. Snyder has refused to give up the body of the dead and bases her claim to the right to retain the possession upon the following pro- visions of the will left by the deceased: not be buried until four ddys after my death, and that the manner time and place of my burial shall be according to the wishes and direc_’ The case occasioned the greatest conceivable amount of comment in Both Enos and Mrs. Snyder have lived years ago, when her brother, Perry Sears, was on trial for the mur- der of his sister’s foreman, John Reibli. der fought her brother with a hatred that was almost frightful, and it is alleged used her every effort to either have him hanged or se’nt to Attorney E. S. Lippitt of Petaluma was retained as specfal coun- sel by the sister to assist in the prosecution, and during the trial of the case Sears is said to.-have used every effort to blacken his sis- Since that time the relations between Enos and Mrs, at .. the Attorney Lippitt of Petalumais A request is also'made in'the doc- services, however, does not settle body of a husband she could not where he had' lived many years, J. Snyder, the defendant named in is the surviving widow of John that the plaintiff, Gertrude C. Enos, and has no moral or legal dead body, but ‘informed . The de- and that the defendant, Rachael in any cemetery whatever, and By the terms of the order “I direct that my body shall in this county came first into notoriety some five On the occasion Mrs. Sny- short time ago, it is sald, Enos had Mrs. Enos, an estimable lady, but toJorelololofelofeofelofolofolelofololof oo clofofoYoR oY o R oY OYo o o1 ANTE-ELECTION DUEL IN TEXAS While Bands Are Playing Editor Brann and Cap- tain Davis Fight. During the Exchange of Shots the Principals Are Mor- tally Wounded. Criticism of a Newspaper and a Bitter Political Rival Cause the Street Tragedy. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. DALLAS, Tex., April 1.—A special to the News from Waco, Tex., says: In the midst of busy preparations for city election meetings, while bands were playing and scattering handbills from their decorated vans, calling the people together, W. C. Brann, editor of the Iconoclast, and, Captain M. T. Davis met and fought a revolver duel to the death. The combatants met just at 6 o'clock this afternoon on Fourth street, in front of the Cotton Belt ticket office, end, after exchanging a few words, both began emptying their revolvers into each other’s bodies. ‘When the battle was over, Brann was found to be perforated in the left lung, the left leg and the right foot. Davis was shot through the right lung and through - both of his arms. The sur- _geons say both men are likely to die. The difficulty between the two men grew out of the Brann-Baylor feud of last year. Capt#in Davis’ daughters are pupils of Baylor University, and the references made in the Iconoclast to Baylor, which were generally con- strued to mean reflections on the moral character of the pupils and faculty, brought forth from Captain Davis a denunciation of Brann, delivered in language most forcible and direct. In the city campaign now in progress of the committees, and was active all day in the duties that the position en- | tailed. Election day is close at hand and excitement is high. ‘Brann was an advocate of the candidate Captain Davis was seeking to defeat, and that state of affairs contributed to no small extent to the meeting. | Politics, however, was not the chief | cause, by any means. About a mionth | ago, before the city campaign opened.l. a friend of Brann's referred to him in | complimentary terms in the presence of Captain Davis, and nearly provoked a row then and there. Remarks on that occasion made by Captain Davis | as to. the Iconoclast and its editor | were repeated, it is said, in Brann's| hearing, and Brann's rejoinder was/| carried to Captain Davis, This epi- | sode stirred up the men against each | other and increased the bitterness be- | tween them, which ‘began- when the Brann-Baylor trouble arose and grew intense when the Gerald-Harris trag- edy occurred last November. It was often predicted that when Brann and Captain Davis met there would be | bloodshed, Captain Ddvis being a fear- | less man and ready on all occasions to express himself. | The publications of Brann against ! Baylor University wounded him deeply | and he took every occasion to make | his feeling known. This afternoon Brann and his busiress manager, W. H. Ward, were: opposite the street to- gether, going. in the direction .of French’s - bookstore, -Captain Davis’ office being between the bookstore and the Cotton Bélt office. When Brann and Ward reached the frant of the bookstore Captain Davis was in' front of his office. The words that passed between them were words of reproach and they lost no -time in getting out their weapons. About ten seconds were occupied the shooting, at the end of whlchpBrmm and- Davis lay bleeding and W. H. vgagd,thn}lll'shbusiness manager.‘ was shot through the righ e e an ght hand, the bones A wild hullet hit Motormas on the knee. Kennedy was passing on his car. . Another wild bullet hit Eu- | gene Kepler in the foot. The wild bul- | let wounds are not serious. Kepler | and his partner, Prince, are touring the | world on a wager and had just reached Waco. A reporter visited Brann after he was shot. He was at home on a couch surrounded by surgeons, his in- tellectual face as white as snow. His wife any many friends were with him. He is too weak to talk and is proba- :l;; eggiea}ugery, ::lthough the doctors s som ot e xh_t _chance for his Captain Davis was taken to the Pa- cific Hotel and is regarded as mortally wounded, his right lung being cruelly lacerated. Both men-are bleeding in- ternally and are faint. At a late hour n Kennedy [ Captain Davis is the chairman of one , both men were alive, but e X appeared to The fac-stmile signature of [oJOJoJCICJOJOXOIOIOJOJOXOIOTOROXOJOICJoRCRoToToToYoYoYoJololo YololcofolofojolcoTolojojoXolclojoJololoJoXoJoJoloJofoXolooXoJofoXOROICXOROOToYolojolofolofoYolotooYololo folo folotololo] STOCKMEN ARE AROTSED Nevada Raisers Cry Out Against Infected Animals. Refuse to Permit the Admission of Cattle and Sheep From California. Federal Authorities Will Not, and, in Fact, Cannot, Interfere With the State Quarantine. Special Dispatch to The Call. CARSON, Nev., April 1—This morn- ing George Nixon . of Winnemucca reached Carson to confer = with the | Governor in regard to the enforcement | of a rigid quarantine against the ship- ‘plng of cattle from the infected dis- | tricts of California. George Russell and { Thomas Hunter came with Nixon, all | representing the Elko County cattle | Association. Mr. Nixon came to con- | sult with the Governor on the necessity of - enforcing- the quarantine laws | Nevada regarding cattle and sheep. The | Governor assured Nixon that the law { would be rigidly enforced and there | would be no laxity on the part of the State authorities ip the matter. Tha following dispatch was received from | Elko: of ELKO, Nev., April 1, 1808, Governor Sadler: It would be cheaper | to buy Miller & Lux’s cattle and destroy | them in - California than allow them to | come in. Enforce the law and save us | from perpetual ruin. | ELKO AND TUSCARORA MERCAN- |~ _TILE COMPANY. By E. 8. Farrington. | _The following was sent to James ‘Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture: CARSON, Nev., April 1, 1898. James Wilson, Secretary of Agricuiture ‘Washington, D. C.: The cattlemen o this State are a unit in opposing the ship- ment of cattle from infected districts into this State, and its authorities will use all [ the means at their command to prevent | such shipments, as well as to remove | forthwith from the State all shipped. REINHOLD SADLER, Governor. Tt is reported that bands of sheep amounting to 250,000 are on the way | from California approaching the border | lines of Nevada. The sheep law of this | State enables each county to protect itself in such instances. County Com- missioners have the right to appoint inspectors to turn back and quarantine all sheep from the infected districts. The following dispatch was sent to thes Commissioners of counties lying adja- | cent to California: |- Ample protection against the shipment of diseased sheep into this State is af- forded by the statutes of 1293, page 37. REINHOLD SADLER, Governor. 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