The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 3, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, HE HAD MONE 70 THROW Y 1 T | Seattle Crowd Enriched by a Klondiker. GECRGE CARMACK'S . SPORT| TOSSES COIN FROM A HOTEL; WINDOW. IMen, Women and- Children Fight for & Share of the Golden Stream, to the Joy of the Yukoner. Special- Dispatch ‘to. The "Call. SEATTLE, Se somewhat ex n unusual and de entertained v aft E oon; vidence of the | and "1 lity of. a- Klondiker Was s n when a golden -and silver shower of mo suddenly °1l" among the passing throng in front of a prom- inent hotel. The cause was soon ap- parent, for in the. windows far above could be seen George Carmack, sur- rounded by his squaw wife, children | and two Indian brothers-in-law. They were' eag their. Jaughter blé after watching the ‘effect and broadened. " into audible noted the wild scram--| ing . | s'the pieces of money - jinzle sidewalk or ‘were clutched at fell to the pavement the street be a - seething mass -of huma boys.and wom cars, shops and byway in the Klondiker: licem n took a s Men, om the stroet to participate nity. pleasure. Even po- | hand in the grab, while conductors _and moiormen -deserted | th cars for a few minutes in the effort to.accumulate some of the flying In the rush hats were broken and faces brui coats.torn and linen barber who had beenstanding on | corner when the golden deluge be- | Ln was one of the first in the scramble | St to emerge after the storm He went in.spotlessly clean | i torn, but in had two gold pieces one silver dollar, which he thought ccompense him for his experi- | an went into the scramble with t.and came out bareheaded mpty. handed. | All this tiine Carmack and his native <an relatives were splitting then laughter in théir apart- top of the hotel. Having but- money "they know of no becoming’ popular and ment than by distributing | t the COMMODORE WATSON MAY BE COMMANDANT | Probability of the Officer Being De- tailed to Mare Island Navy Yard. 2.—-The W: Hemld te m to belfeve the N shortly direct ern squadron. Com s commander, will probably be ) commandant of the ard. With the ves- nd he is cruising | g shington | -graphs: avy De- | dissolu- th nd at .present con- Newark, Yanke: 1, Vixen, Glouces- | The armorclads ommand morclad t o Phili} ore’ J. W %) will be kept in south- | aters 1" work in connection’ with | e wrecking of ‘the- Cristobal Colon and | ria- Teresa | vatson's yard car il the sign nay ot ¥ rmined un that the posi- réeable to him. INTERESTS THE?EOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Rural Free Delivery System Is Ex- tended to Berryessa, Santa Clara Couaty: WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—rensions have been granted as follov California— tion. will-be Ori John - P. Grove, $6:. John - L. Home, Los -Angeles, $8; aurens W, |- Poole, Los Angeles, 83. Increase: George | Fi Home, Napa, $6 to $12. | Origl , etc.: ~ Mary Ann Ma- | her, ‘Sa 0, $8. | A Tu elivery is to be estab- | Berryessa, Santa Clara County, ifornia, "and Superintendent Bock of Rural Free Delivery System. leaves at once for t to direct the work. | Army ordeérs: - Private Chester C. Ped- | battalion .C Camp _Miller, ed tb ‘the hospital pon the réceipt of | ding ‘officer will | t.to_the surgeon for | the ler him' 'to repo t the ‘hospit, Privite Otto- Paul lifornia E a nsferred. to the-hospital co .. Upon Tecelpt of tnis or- ommanding- officer will' order 0ri to the surgeon-general for Private Willlam corps, now on duty ;- Santa -Cruz, is de- ital steward and as. ied- to duty-at that post. RAILROAD® OFFICIALS DODGE THE TAX Excess Baggage Receipts Issued Without the Stamps Re- quired by Law. 5 Complaints | » fhe Intermal- Revenue 12 0f the-raiiroads in cer- of the country, and among them ‘some of the lirge corporations, are dally violating thé war revenue act by excess Daggage receipts without the same. “The attention of has been called to the fact with ons’ to. inv and to esti-. mate the so. far sus- tained by it throug] | neglact "0t raflroad officl Ehi - KILLED . BY DYNAMITE, | An_ Explosion in Which Four Men Were Killed and Many Injured. INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 2—A special to the Sentinel from’ Wellington, Ind., says: | A terrible, accident occurred at Stintsville this .afternoon in which four men were instantly. killed: by a dynamite explosion and many- others were seriously injured, The men were blasting rock for a new pike. when a. terrific explosion of dyna. | mite -occurred, Instantly killing the fol- lowing: -Johin W. Willlams, John Grub- by, Buck. Wampler and Edward Watts. The fatally injured: Ben Fyffe, XMilton Hike and Willie Ford.” The injured were tafn section instruc UNITEv STATES COALING STATION ON PAGO-PAGO HARBOR. Steps are now being taken by the naval authorities in Washington to construct a wharf and coaling station The work is to be of a very elaborate character, consisting of a wharf, steel sheds, tramways and every cc -venience for island of Tutuila, Samoa. the storage and shipment of coal Tutuila, though the Pacific. It is completely to anchor the whole of our fle the Washingto in perfect safety. treaty of 1878, but the nation this has long since been removed and the light wooden wharf erected has fallen into complete decay. bined with the desire to secure a permanent coaling station in the South Pacific, has, hcwever, induced the administration to sanction the construction SEPTEMBER 3, 1898. has never taken full of an establishment adequate to our naval needs. land-locked and runs inland, between high mountains, for three miles. mallest of the three principal islands in the Samoan sroup, possesses in Pago-Pago the finest harbor in the Southern There is deep water everywhere and sufficient room The United States acquired the right to erect a ‘coaling station on the shores of this harbor by | advantage of its privileges. A few thousand tons of coal wera stored there, but ; The recent alarming news from Samoa, com- in Pago-Pago harbor, on the | | SUFFERS FOR THE SIN OF THE THIRD STREET DEFAMERS Fresno Correspondent of the Ex- aminer Thrashed for an Of- fense of His Employers. hotel this 1ing at 7 fact, he was a nephew. them. Danky saw Fulton G. “Charles Berry not in town. the angry hotel man away. sentenced on Tuesday. published a fals respondent. Examiner on the streets to-night. 3k ok R K R ok ok ok ok ok Rk K K K sk sk o ok ok R oK ok K R K FRESNO, Sept. 2.—Fulton G. Berry, proprietor of the Grand Cen- tral Hotel and a capitalist of Fresno, thrashed P. B. correspondent for the San Francisco Examiner, in the lobby of the o’clock. The which appeared in to-day’s Examiner concerning Charles M. Berry, who was said to have lost $1000 in a poker game In San Francisco. The article stated that he was a son of Fulton G. Berry, when, in Last night Danky was instructed by the Examiner to see Charles M. Berry or Fultoh G. Berry and obtain a statement from one of Berry, who asked him not to have the article state that Charles Berry was his son. the following telegram to the Examiner: His uncle, F. G. Berry, says he is probably stopping at the Savoy House, Post and Powell streets.” Notwithstanding -that the Examiner was advised of the fact that Fulton G. Berry was not the father stated that Charles Berry was ‘“the son of Fulton G. Berry, the capi- talist, politician and bon vivant of Fresno.” Mr. Berry met Danky in the lobby of the hctel and holding him responsible for the Examiner's willful Danky was hit on the face several times before bystanders pulled Danky swore Berry's arrest for battery and Mr. Berry pleaded guilty. When shown the telegram that Danky sent Mr. Berry admitted that he was wrong, but he scores the Examiner for having willfully hood to make a sensation out of a item, especially when the paper was advised of the facts by its cor- Friends of both Mr. Berry and Danky are roasting the KKK E K KKK KK S KKK RN HR KRR R Danky, lecal trouble arose over an article Danky accordingly sent f the poker player the paper misstatement assalled him. out a warrant for Mr. He will be very ordinary F %k ok ok %k ok ok ok ¥ ok k ok K ok ok Xk %k ok ok K ok sk k k k ok K ok ok K ok K K E XK KKK X% taken to Stintsville and the Coroner was summoned from Bloomington. The men killed or injured were well known citi- zens of this cour All_had famili nd’ some had grown children. They ged in age from 40 to %0 years. Hide lost an arm and night. CLAY’S SUIT FOR DIVORCE. The Petition Recites the Desertion of the General by His Wife. RICHMOND, Ky., Sept. 2—The petition for divorce filed by General Cassius M. Clay to secure a legal separation from his girl wife, Dora Richardson Clay, recites “that the plaintiff has treated the de- fendant in all respects as a dutiful and leg and is dying to- fully met and discharged all the cove- nants of said marriage contract, but that the defendant did, without fault on the part of the plaintiff, abandon him on July 3, 1897, and has since lived separate and apart “~om him.” @ Gene | Clay prays for a divorce, and asks i at the defcndant be restored to den name and given all proper re- lief. which is supposed to mean that he intends to provide a liberal alimony. The defendant's answer admits all the charges. General Clay says that the girl shall never want so long as he lives. - AS CAPTAIN OF THE YARD. Cotton of the Harvard Has Been As- signed to Mare Island. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2—Acting Secre- tary ‘Allen to-day assigned Captain C. S. Cotton to duty as captain of the Mare 1sland Navy-yard, in the place of Com- mander Brice, retired, who has been serv- ing not only as captain of the yard but as dcting_commandant since the deain of ‘Admiral Kirkland. Captain Cotton is at present in command of the auxiliary ves- fel Harvard, and has been detached with the privilege of a short leave at home be- fore assuming his new duties. It is ex- Dected that within a few days an admiral Will be assigned to command the Mare Island Yard. The captain is well and favorably known on the Pacific Coast. GEN. YOUNG'S ARM BROKEN. Accident to a Veteran Who Wris Wounded in the Civil War NEW YORK, Sept. 2—At Camp Wikoft General Young broke his arm to-day and faithtul husband should and that he has | 3¢l Monte, will be unable to take part In the re- ¢eptlon of President McKinley. General foung was wounded in the right a; during the civil war, and had eon oo able to raise his hand above his head. He tripped on a piece of wire and fell, | His arm was set by one of the surgeons. | 2 phil g FOR WOUNDED INSURGENTS. Hospitals Will Soon Be Established in Cuban Districts. Special Cable to The Call and the N Herald, Copyrighted, 1598, by James Gent don Bennett. HAVANA, Sept. 2—Hospitals for sick and wounded insurgents will soon be es- tablished in Viboras district, near Jesus and in Guanabacoa, near Bacuranao. Francis Garcla Valenti, an American citizen confined in Severno Castle, Matanzas, for political causes, has heDen set at liberty. uring a heavy storm to-day 1 struck the palace of Genoral Guimmis Parado, destroying considerable furniture, lamps and books on General Parado's desk. A loud report caused a commo- tion in General Blanco’s palace and the Treasury building. At Agelmotom's of- fice the windows were broken, but no other damage was caused. FEARFUL RAILWAY WRECK. Luggage Trolley’ésuses Death and Destruction at Wellingborcugh. LONDON, Sept. 2—A terrible accldeng has taken place at Wellingborough rafl- way station, on the London and North- western Railroad, near Manchester. Two boys pushed a loaded luggage ‘‘trolley’ on the wrack just as the express tain was a'xm rcacling at a speed of fifty mliles an \cur. The train was derailed and fearfui suenes ensued. The wreckage of the rail way carrlnges caught fire; the cngineer, ficman and two passengers were killed and many others were seriously injured. RECEPTION AT STANFORD. New Students Welcomed by the Christian Association. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept. 2.— The University Christian associations tendered a reception to the new students this evening In the “Gym.” About four hundied students attended the iunction. The decorations were profuse. - | | | | to Dawson by | wooded shore, dress in behalf of the associations wns! delivered by Mr. Walker Clarke. Dr. Branner made the speech of welcome. A literary and musical programme followed. In his talk Dr. Branner congratulated the incoming class upon many new works to which it would fall heir. The library building given by Senator Stanford's brother would not be long in gompletion. The new chapel was to be built and the latest acquisition was an art building to be given by some lady of wealth of San Francisco, whose name as yet may not be known. ‘‘Added to this,”” concluded Dr. Branner, “the legacies of the Stanford estate are st being paid and this vear will see Mrs. Stanford rid of Probate Courts and réady to turn her life to university work.” AN OFFZRING TO THE QUEEN DOWAGER People of Holland Show Their Love in a Most Substantial Manner. THE HAGUE, Sept. 2—The Queen dowager granted an audience to-day to a_committee formed for the purpose of |. offering a “‘testimonial of the people 3love at the close of the regency.” The Burgomaster of Amsterdam has presented 300,000 florins for philanthropic purposes, and the Queen has announced her Intention of founding a hospital for consumptives with a portion of the fund and devoting the remainder to the Dutch | East Indies. FIVE MEN DROWNED EN ROUTE TC ATLIN Hardships suffered by Gold-Seekers Attempting to Reach the New El Doralo. VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 2—John Al- lan of Mac Leod, who arrived here to-day from Dawson, brings an unconfirmed re- port that flve men have been drowned while on the way to the Atlin Lake gold fields. Allan met two parties, one headed hy Captain Segard of Calgary and the other by W. Mulvain, who had come through way of the Edmonton route. They lefr Edmonton in July, 1897, and got to Dawson on Ju:y 27, this vear. They were mere skeletons. ‘Lhey said they were almost the only ones to get through. HURLED FROM A YACH.. Accidental Jibing of a Sail Costs the Lives of Four Girls. ERIE, Pa., Sept. 2—By the accidental jibing of the sail of the pleasure yacht Carmenca, on Presque lsle Bay, this evening, four young women were swept off into the water and drowned before as- sistance could be rendered. They were Mary, Della and Ella Paradine, daughters | of William Paradine, a machinist, and Jessie Moore, a daughter of John H. Moore, an engineer of the Erie and Pitts- burg Railroad. The four girls were scated upon the roof of the yacht's cabin, when a sudden puff of wind coming down from the an unexpecteda directjon, caused the sall to jibe,sweeping them into the water. As quickly as possible the yacht was put about, but with the head- way obtained it was impossible to reach the spot {n time to save any of the girls. NEW RAILWAY PROJECT. Line to Cross the Cascade Range at Natchez Pass. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 2—The Oregon- jan will say to-morrow: ‘“The newest rumor of a rallroad in the Northwest is to the effect that a line is to be bullt from Grays Harbor, Wash., easterly to Wal- lula Junctivn, there to connect with the O. R. and N. and Northern Pacific. The roposed road, it is said, will cross the (%n.acmle range at the Natchez Pass and tap a country rich in coal and timber. The news came to Portland in a letter from a New York broker, in which it was stated that arrangements had been made for selling the bonds for the road.” Quarrel Ends in a Shooting. STOCKTON, Sept. 2.—John Riley was shot’ to-night by Peter Clark ' during a drunken quarrel. The bullet passed through the fleshy part of the left arm just above the el.ow, inflicting a wound which will not prove serious if cared for. Riley lives in an ark on the water front, and claims to be one of the few survivors of the rebel cruiser Alabama, which was sunk by the Kearsarge. Clark is known to_the police and will not escape, though he took to his heels after the shooting and has not been heard-from since. el "Plot to Murder Banffy. * BUDAPEST, Scpt.” 2—The newspapers here report the discovery of plot to a murder Baron Banffy, the Hungarian Premier. “Australia’s Greatest angnrno Drive of the Year,” .n next Sun- aq- | day’s Call, > 1 | after the destruction of Cervera's fleet, CATTLE THIEVES FIGHT A POSSE One of the Outlaws Is| Captured. LINCOLN COUNTY SCRIMMAGE REVOLVERS EMPTIED, BUT NO ONE WOUNDED. Two Desperate Men Resist Arrest at | the Hands of a Squad of Washington Offi- cers. MOUNTAIN HOTEL \NARROW ESCAPE OF GUESTS MOST OF TREM LOSE THEIR | Hugh's cldest. daughte | 50 seriously burned by RAZED BY FLAMES Fire at Summit Soda Springs. -WARDROBES. - i resses Badly Injured by Leap- ing From Upper-Story Windows. - Spectal Dispatch to -The: Call. AUBURN, Sept: 2—The Summit Soda | Springs Hotel, located . about fifteen miles southéast- of Summit- station, in Placer County, was déstroyed by -fire this marning at 3-o'clock. Besides the large three-story hotel. the log cabin used for dancing and a smaller building were burned. The guests to the numbe | of over a hundred barely escaped with their lives, and most of them lost their wardrobes.. . 2 ' S Samuel Jacobs, one of the proprie- tors, suffered from partial suffocation and was serfously injured by jumping | | | from a second-story -window. Two | waitresses who were sleeping in the third story of.-the caravansary. were obliged to drop from story to story by the aid of bed clothing. They are badly injured and were dragged away from the burning building in a state of com- plete collapse and bleeding profusely from the mouth. ] A number cof San Francisco people were at the springs and among them were two nephews of the late Adolph Sutro. Both young men distinguished themselves in the saving of life and lizeb. : Summit Soda Springs are among the most fashionable resorts of the mount- ains. They- are owned by Jacobs & Goulding, whose loss will rot be less than $10,000. MISS DAVIS SINKING. NARRAGANSET PIER, R. 1., Sept. Miss Winnie. Davis, the daughter .of -Jef- ferson Davis, who is ill with gastritis here. experieniced a change for the worse | to-day. Her condition ‘is . considerad | critical. i | SO | Succumbs to Painful Burns. PORT COSTA, Sept. 2—William - Me- | ellie, who was er dress catching | fire on Wednesday last, died at.6 o'clock this evening, having suffered intense pain. | | REGULARS MUST REMAIN N CAMP Will Stay Until Peace Be Declared. MAY ~ AGAIN = SEE = SERVICE CUBA AN.) MANILA PRESENT DIFFICULTIES. froprietor Jacobs® and Two Wait- | War Depa-tment Official Declares the Volunteer Army Has Been De- moralized by News- paper . Criticisms. Spectal . Di NEW_ YORK, Sept..2—A Washing- tun -special to the Herald says: An official. of -the War .Department was asKke 1 to-day. if the regulars were likely to: be ordered - back “to ‘thelr respective stations in the various States. In re: plv tie offi¢izl ~3ade’ this statement: “We, shall be- obliged in self-protection to keep our regular army - ‘thoroughly organizcd. - We cannet send the regu- lars hack to their -former .posts in ‘the interior until peace has been declared. We -aay not le able to do. it then, for we ‘shall certainly neéd- a large army in Cuba and Porto Rice when the order for the evacuation by theSpanish forces is given. There is na telling how. many men we shall require in the Philippines, so it is diffic +o ‘say at this moment when we shall bé able to send the reg- ulars back to their military posts and stations. “Puyblic -sentime-* seems. to have drifted entirely, away. from the regu- lars,-and not a word is héard in all this wild tumult about army inefficiency and incompetency in-the interest of the regulars.” The same official. declared -that . the volunteer army was to-day practically disorganized. This state. of disorgani- zation, he said, 'had been- brought on by --the eriticis certain. newspapers have waged against the Secretary of ‘War and his bureau officers. :-He. said: b -to"The Call, “The war with Spain is:not over and trotble. before We may in we may have serious peace - is’ formally declared. need troops to enforce. our- policy Cuba and in the Philippines; and matter stands to-day we: should n pend- upon -our volunteer: troops, atter all ‘that has. been said about: the War Department.in ‘the newspapers. Before we_ could. gét them-to go to Cuba or Porto Rico:we -should -have to have a complete. Teorganization. Zas® Z G S Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Sept. 2.—One of the most exciting episodes of years in Lincoln County was witnessed at Harrington on Wednesday evening, when a Sheriff's posses undertook to arrest two men charged with cattie steali were “Billy” Gibbons and I. H. Paul, who a few days before had sold eigh- teen stolen cattle " to John Bovee, a | butcher, at Ritzville. ly got out of rancher drove in to start officers on the trail. He identified Bovee’ They had scarce- rants for Paul and Gibbous. Sheriff Thompson found that they had crossed into Lincoin County, whose officers were wired to hold them. Deputy Sheriff McNamara of Linccln County headed a_posse which sur- rounded them at Harrington and at- tempted to arrest them. Revolvers were freely used on both sides, but the | scrimmage was so Jively that no cne was seriously hurt. Gibbons was arrested, but Paul seem- | ed determined to escape or 1lie in the | attempt. He and McNamara exchanged several shots before Paul reached his | horse and rode away. By clever ma- | | neuvering Paul got the posse started | off in one direction while he took an- | other. Last night the officers found his trail and were chasing him. Gibbons is just out of th= several years for horse staaliro. has also been in the penitentiary. MAY ALSO HAVE SOLDIEKLS. Uncle Sam in a Mood to Grant Spain’s Request. WASHINGTON, Sent. 2.—Having ar- ranged for the release and return to Spain of the Spanish saiiors captured the Spanish Government is now seeking to secure the release of the Spanish sol- diers who are still held captives in this country. There are a few of these con- fined at Fort McPherson, and our Gov- ernment is entirely satisfled to be rid of them. Our Government, having finally consented to release the sailors upon the sole condition that the Spanish Govern- ment would transport them home, M. Thiebaut, acting in the Interest of the Sranish Government, has just made ap- plication to the State Department for similar treatment of the case of the Spanish soldfers. 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