The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 4, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCOCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1898. 600D PROSPECTS ARQUND ATLIN Much Interestin the New Placer Mines. PAYING CLAIMS ARE FOUND BRIGHT +UTURE FOR MINERS IS NOW PREDICTED. = [ Police Continue to Scour the Dalton | Trail for the Robbers Who | Held Up Frazer and | Tollner. | | | recover_unless something unforeseen oc- curs. He {s very comfortable, and has been changed from one bed to another without any apparent bad results. A. J. Bradley, the inmate of the Sol- diers’ Home who shot Governor Smith last Friday, is now very si¢k in the Coun- ty Jail here. He has suffered from a com- plication of chronic diseases, and is now, since the shooting, a physical and nearly a mental wreck. He may not live to e tried for his crim —_— WORK OF THE WAR INVESTIGATING BOARD As the Commission Now Stands Wit- nesses Cannot Be Compelled to Take the Oath. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—To-day's ses- sion of the war investigating committee was devoted largely to the consideration of the method of examining witnesses, and in this connection the question of INSANE JEALOUSY LEADS TO CRIME Awful Deed of a De- mented Laborer. MORTALLY WOUNDS HIS WIFE SETS FIRE TO HIS CHILDREN’S Aministering oaths was discussed at BED CLOTHING. considerable length. The members gen- erally took the position that under a ct construction the commis authority to compel a witn 3 sworn by a member of the commission but there was a general opinion that the witnesses would not raise technical ques- tions, and that they in all probability | would submit to be sworn without opposi- It was decided. however, to inform tion, tatus of the witnesses frankly of the c board and to afford them an opportunt Then He Gashes His Throat With a Razor and Falls Unconscious ‘While Once More Search- ing for His Victims. RAN WD SHOW QUENCH FIRS So the Worst Is Over in Colorado. INSECTS FLEE FROM FLAMES MYRIADS HAVE FLOWN OVER TO KANSAS. Forest Rangers Are Now Battling to | Save Timber South of the Yellowstone National Park. Lieutenant-Com- bury to be commander; mander Willlam H. Reeder to be com- mander; Passed Assistant Engineer Frank W. Bartlett to be chief englneer; Acting Gunner Ayles Joyce to be gun- ner. PENITENTIARY NO PLACE " FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS So the State Prison Directors Decide in the Case of a Lad at San Quentin. SAN QUENT PRISON, Oct. 83— Never was the awful mistake on the part of the courts in sending youthful crim- inals to a State penitentiary better fllus- trated than at the monthly meeting of the Board of Prison Directors to-day, when Chaplain Drahms personally ap- peared and begged that 17-year-old Charles Kelly be transferred to the Ione Reform School. The boy is a cripple, and is serving a sentence of seven years for burglary committed in San Francisco. “This lad Is entirely too young to be in San Quentin,” declared the chaplain. “I am convinced that he is good at heart, and, If removed from the contaminating influences by which he is now surrounded and placed where he can learn a trade, will in time develop into a useful citi- zen. It is a shame that he was ever sent here.” Warden Hale warmly seconded this VOTE WILL BE UNUSUALLY LARGE Heavy Registration in Los Angeles. REPUBLICANS THE GAINERS INCREASE CONFINED TO THE GAGE DISTRICTS. Fusion Nominee for Governor Stead- ily Losing Ground in the Counties South of Tehachapi. i 111 health is a luxury that only the rich can afford, and that no one can en- joy. Every woman is not so situated that she can be an interesting invalid, or rather, an uninteresting invalid, for there never was an interesting one. The woman who suffers from weaknese and disease of the distinctly feminine or- | gans is certain to become an invalid. No woman can suffer in this way and be a | healthy, happy, amiable wife and a compe- tent mother. Troubles of this nature sap the strength, rack the merves, paint lines of suffering upon the face, destroy the tem- per, make the once bright eyes dull and the once active brain sluggish, and trans- y tch to The Call. pini = . s BY HAL HOFFMAN. to decline In case they so de-ired. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Special Dispatel e e el e e?rfg e EoScial Dixpetoh; {of THelCall form a vivacious woman into a we ik, sickly TEAL < suggested that the whole diffic mENt | SACRAMENTO, Oct. 3.—One of the |G QMM A XU MUV HY| D tae i IR -| LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3—The increase | invalid. dence of The Call. By et he President to | absentee, were visibly affected by the ap- ! The one sure, speedy, permanent cure by | be_avoided by gettin ¢ the board to | most awful crimes that has shocked | & % peal. It was decided that the Warden |in registration in this county is 6200. sty » % 2% P & 3 | appoint one of the of oL & 4 G 2 | have Attorney General Fitzgerald pre- 5 e for all disorders of the distinctly feminine Sept. 25.—Interest | the office of nc P 2 this community since the Weber mur- |G WICHITA, Kans,, Oct. 8.—Sev- Jave MrtomiydiGenera A sfer at | Lhe registration as taken in 1896 will | 6 0 31 pic cars Favorite Prescription. ot new placer diggings on | To Governor Beach was assigned 1R |ger took place this morning near Brigh- |3 eral hours before sunsct there ©|PRTE SLYSDaDErsOt S stand, and voters who were Dot On | It acts directly on the delicate and import- R eeps at a lively heat | lask of leading in t ton Junction. ~An insane machinist | began to arrive here, flying low £ Alton H. Gould, the convict “trusty” | that register have been given an op- | ant orgams concerned, and makes them both in Skaguay and Juneau. William | t employed in the Union Iron Works, a | over the city, an army of count- 1| who recently escaped and was ca tured. | portunity to enroll, and those who have | strong, healthy, vigorous and elastic. It y » is a placer miner of much ex- | Such questions : local foundry, shot his wife, drew his | ¢ less n#illions of insects, compris- | seven months' eredite. Gonld s suffering | changed their residences have been en- | cures the internal u\cerat‘bq?_ and mgarpm- a man in good Standing | comau e nons. razor across his throat and set fire to | % ing grasshoppers, wasps, bald £ |from consumption, and his i ciatad Frolich s ins precincts into which they | tion that give rise to a debilitating drain on e st re R R fon of the com-| o chiidren’s bed. ‘The deed was the |gs cial varieties of but- £ | condition makes it doubtful if he Will [ have moved. the system. It is the best medicine for € g Jest refurncd romil VAT the at nts were read in | D SLd 2 o e | suhornels, special Nakictics. | serve more than a year of his time. Ll A1l be | Overworked, “run-down” women. 1d other creeks. I have been | Mmission several of “transporting | result of insane jealousy of a Wife WhO | & terflies and numerous wild bees. | * T GI" Tystrom, “the ‘Los Angeles em- | It is figured that a full vote will be | SIFTVOrked: "randown [ women, told that what Mr. Nelson says can mfn fro antiago, the lm\mdo‘s !of‘lh%\'e:; was absolutely above suspicion, who | & They are drifting slowly with a & i g::;éerr arrui U. ’l§r.‘ ?s""’é’d' the would-be | cast this year and that the vote of LoOS | with female weakness,” writes the Rev. L J. be relied on i izl 5 ch it was alleged that abuses A i i i ol = & erer from nity County, were pa- v . | Coppedge, of Elmo, Kaufman Co., Texas. ‘' She Pocidon e suid Pilay: ; % "peing “the Concha, the | Was a kind neighbor and Christian Wo- | 5 light breeze toward the south- | 7ofcq Sy Piia, criy, Gonni¥s Ters Bid A“g;’es Souaty Wil be 21t ;midwm: could not stand on her fector get in any position The diggings are not a bonanza so sreakwater, the Olivette and | man. £ east, the lowest flying wasps and £t | will be granted in December If his con- | be phenomenal for any but a Presiden- | {300 UG (Y GiY' 1ot suffer great pain, She far as I was able to see, but they are Washington 'l‘t s (3:}\“[‘};;‘;; This morning, when Thomas Harri- | & 10 oio clustering in great num- Qi?u(:t Com‘mues ;,v{)l?a u;lmdy"‘ hflner, the | tial year. Of these 81,000 votes, it is dg,pa,,e?am.,mgn;n being well. She took six O/ o KO 5 % sl horough investigatio e i Vi yn- amous stage robbe: e 0 have re- v 7,600 | bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription gaoa oo The £uld de Arread over almias jits @ rvice. ¢ | on arose from his bed, he went doWn- |y pers about the spires of the high- &X| sfored the twenty' years' credits. faken | 18ured, Gage will receive about, 17,600 | beties of Dr, Fiercos Favorite Frescrinton range, and there is a large area around | n also decided to permit | stairs and nailed up every window and | £ est bulldings. The air was thick £ |away for having escaped and attempted | @nd Maguire about 13,500. This is the R st G T the head of the lake that has not been arings of thiee | door in the house, with the exception | o " " N 4o 0 and the the- 1| 10 S5cape, and will recelve an answer at | minimum calculation made on Gage's ml‘ell; ;mlmgfh‘:t e TR £ g e s representati gt | S | the December meeting. 3 y - Reports of new strikes in | ~ to the representatives of | of the front door, which he locked. e |5y o1y yc i tnat the haze and 1| ‘Warden Hale reporied 303,000 bags on | VOLe- . ‘o the| Twenty-one orecent stamps cover the came down before I left, | {n 1tions. | neglected to take the key out of the| & '\, o;ving insect visitation 3%|hand available for , and enough jute | The new registration will give the nailing of a paper-covered copy of Doctor which w out week ago. A good | T ¥ - "luck and it is to this that Mrs. Hnrn-’d are die to the forest fires now: G| to last until next The price has | Republicans a distinct advantage, as | Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser. deal of prospecting will be done In that | GOMBINATION OF | son owes her escape from immediate : : | been reduced to 41 cents a bag. The bids | it is Jargely confined to Republican dis- | Cloth-bound, 31 stamps. Send to Dr. R.V. ‘ K C | ¥ raging in Colorado, the insects, £t|for jute were laid over Indefinitely, as s 7 d | Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. section t s er, 1 guess. This ER death. & it is supposed, being driven from & |Several bidders appeared before ' the tricts in the city. Both Democrats an 3 URERE deposit ctend a little ecast THE SHIPBUILD | " After Harrison had in this manner, sed; o | Poard and said the scarcity of vessels | Republicans are closely watching the of nort . n of . Dawsc [ as he thought, precluded all possibility | X thelr haunts In advance of the £|at Caleutta delayed shipments. They sald | register and if frauds are or have been S 2 et B i 1 thel| oo o L & flames. The advance guard be- | the price of jute had risen, but that it ; : me as though it might | Gigantic Project to Unite ;& €| of escape, he went upstairs and spoke & gan to arrive yesterday, but ow- 1t | Was Of & better quality than usual. perpellra.led t}_nehpsme%k:g l?(eeglul‘:‘l{}:lag: I ,'gh ' m of the K ke i ed in the | s ? scuse £ infl- » ils i 5 severely punished. C . Todig - B ol Capital Intezest io iyite (o H et nene [ & ing to their comparatively small & o have sclected Charies Fleming, a bright Indust: | delity and she denied it. He dragged HENRY GEORGE WILL fi 2/ ndustry. Sl g e ; O numbers no attention was paid | and able young man, to care for their Don’t make Sckilling's LAND, Oct. 3.—A prominent pa-| her from the bed and threw her upon | 5 b e e Interests asifar as registration: frands /4 my expe ““One ot the most gigantic Pro- | the floor, where she began to struggle | < = v e NOT BE A CANDIDATE |are concerned. The estimate is that Bost tacte likeort: prospects are not discoves v the combination of capital in | iep pim g in myriads late this ernoon. Q' S the increased registration, after ‘mu%_ IK€ ordinary tea ner. 1 have a claim | the history of the country is being nego-| 4 gpe was seemingly getting the Refuses to Run for Governor of New | ulent registrations have been purged, cpai oy am satisfied wit will begin | tiated in this city. It 15(}’:”““""."‘:%:,"‘,‘:," | better of him, Harrison drew a revol- | £F £f £f X 0 10 106 30 06 306 508 300 308 300 30 30 X York on the Ticket of Chicago will Increase the Republican vote of the by boiling it like cabbage. ,, N T TE: arship- & 2 v al e Democratic vote orking them next spri There are | 2n attempt to organize the WArSERBL Y | ver and struc: her on the head with| p[ENVER Oct. 3.—Reports received Platform Men. 1000, 5 dry beds of quite a number of old , I do not know how many, can be worked with hydraulics siderable profit I think. Seve- | down from the 1s on their backs and made from er day. That is One of these, a om Skaguay, 1 nted with. He made from one About the way this time is a poor man's dig- wages, half an ounce or would not surprise me h better than that. No to the ground. It won't than wages; it may pan is all summer diggines. gold that d been ood sized nug- d quartz. I saw Vi A;)l here 1 was wili be in th a winter 1d certainly a two there next nt men in to win- | er with which to | Some 1se so completely | coast. Soon after | on their last trips rd,” and there will word from Cooks Inlet, | and Copper River till next on the Alsec River number | hundr They Intend to | | | ., Sent out by the ent at Washing- | cultural re- ! over at Sitka | rgeson rt He is nicknamed | hayseed” up here. land for experimental | en selected; one of 160 | a ind the other elghty | 1ue to scour the Dalton rs who held up A.| Tollner on the night with revolvers, and ch they had | 1 were tak- | w has been | : moss and | now been | out on the trail of the highway- > report of the death of Tke Mar- | brother of Dave Martin, of Ju- | n old partner of Jack Dal- | t vet been confirmed. He | about $4000 on nds fear they have seen the | Tke. | conclusfon ar- | have been shot one L Jack Dalton, he was not a man to be robbed without a struggle. Frazer and Tollner will g0 home as soon they can. Every | taken from them. spent seven months | 3 n 1 prospecting arouna Daw. | and Tollner thirteen months. The | v was mostly hard-earned wages “COIN” IS CHDSEN ‘ GENERAL MANAGER | Action Taken by the Committee on Ways and Means of the | Bimetallists, | CHICAGO, C | Jones of Arl | The Hon. James K. Y tional Democratic irman of the Na- Committee, has ap- pointed ex-Governor W. J. Stone of Mis. souri, ex-Governor John P. Altgeld of | Illinois, Senator Wil » V. Allen of Ne- | braska and Senator M. Teller of Colorado to act in conjunc ‘on with him- seif as a committec oL ways and means, This committee addressed the following letter to William H. Harvey (“Coin”y of Chicago: W, vey, Chicago, TI.—Dear Sfr: rsigned committee an Ways and means r the cause of bimetalllsm and the f corrupt Republican domination in | try tenders you the position of general | its work. You will observe that the e represents not only the Democratic | the allied forces that are working r the protection of the republic and nstitutions, and ft is in a spirit of har- 1 true patriotism that we desire your James K. Jones, William J. Stone, John P. Altgeld, Willlam V, Allen, Henry M. Teller. Mr. Ha notified the committee of his a ice of the position and has opened an = in the Lmt{‘ building in this city s given up the editorship of the F Bulletin, the official organ of the ts of America, which or- ganization founded after the cam- paign of 1« Tt is understood that the subscriptions of tne Bulletin are to be transferred to he New Time. st S ‘ GOVERNOR SMITH BETTER. The Man Who Shot Him Is Now a Mental and Physical Wreck., LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3.—The condition of Governor Smit. of the Soldlers’ Home is very much Improved to-day. He will | with that of Howard Gould. ing interests and the A gunmaking interests of the world into one great syndicate whose factories shall be Jocated near Cleveland. Men of interna- | tional reputation in the financial and man- ufacturing world are in the deal. ong the Clevelanders who are in the 21d to be Colonel Myron T. Her- rick, president of the Society of Savings, nd' Robert Wallace, president of Cleveland Shipbullding Company. cw C fo 1s one of the chief men in the negotiat in the West with several of the foreigners the An- who visited Cleveland. Before he returns he will stop at san_ Francisco and the proprietors ;of the Union Iron Works, which built the battleship Oregon, will be approached as to whether they will come into the deal Some time ago Murray a promoter who has engineered s for Carnegie, was in Cleve- at project with , Oct. 3—The gigantic com- hip-building interests, as een practically consum- mated at nd, is _pooh-poohed by every one here supposed to be connected with the scheme. MISS CLEMMONS SUES THE WORLD'S PUBLISHERS Declares She Is in a Position to Strike Back at Those Who Hava Persecuted Her. W YORK, 3.—Persistently hounded year after r by enemies who have left no m reglected to humiliate, misrepresent and annoy is the treatment to which Mi < rine Clemmons says t«he has been subjected, ntil at last she has found h back. , through her at- torneys, Howe & Hummel, to-day caused papers to be served against the Press ublishing Comp: publishers of the World, placing her damages at $100,000, for the publication of an article which she considered to libelous and scan- dalous a character that it was impossible to permit it to pa notis . The article complained of stated that Miss Clemmon s a_ward of Colonel Willlam F. Cody, and had deserted him in his {liness and old age in order to go achting trip with a well-known Yorker, and later coupled her name Later the d that she was indebted for 1 education to Colonel Cody, who had fallen desperately in love with her and desired to marry her, and that she had basely requited his generosity by casting him_aside while he was lying at the point of death and going away on a yachting trip with Mr. Gould. it ey FIFTY THOUSAND IN YUKON GOLD Steamship Discovery Arrives From the North With a Few Lucky Klondikers. SEATTLE, Oct. 3.—The steam schooner Discovery arrived at midnight from Alas- ka with 100 passengers and about $50,000 1 gold dust. The treasure was cwned by few men. A. Helwelth Is credited with 815,000, George McCord, $10.000, -nd Dan McDonald, & brother of Alexander Me- Donald, the mining king, is sald to have brought out $10,000. FORD TALKS AT CHICO. Butte County Republicans Turn Out in ~orce to Greet Him. CHICO, Oct. 8.—The Republicans New World al her theatr of Chico turned out in full force this even- | ing to receive Hon. T. L. Ford and D. E. McKinlay. Headed by the Eighth Regl- ment band the procession marched through the principal streets, and finally ended at the Armory Hall, which was en- trely filled. C. H. Hubbard acted as resident, with H. Miller, G. E. Vadney, ¥ “Meybém, J. Longfellew, J. E. Rodley, E. B, Canfield and _B. F. Allen as_ vice oresidents of the evening. Mr. Hubbard i ‘a few appropriate remarks introduced Mr. Ford, who was grected with rousing cheers. Mr. Ford made an eloquent an forcible argument in bebalf of Republican doctrines. DR. HILL SUCCEEDS MOORE. The B.ocheatg; ;fl;sicxm Is First Assistant Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3—The President has appointed Dr. David J. Hill of Roch- ester as First Assistant Secretary of State to succeed John Bassett Moore, resigned. Dr. Hill is president of the Rochester University, is a scholarly gen- tleman, and Is particularly well known through his knowledge of international He has taken a F. law. promient part in New York politics, and has delivered many public addresses during recent campaigns, He is now In Holland, but is expected to return at once, having ac- cepted the position tendered. Ll Left a Smull Estate. REDDING, Oct. 3.—James B. Balley was found dead in Watson Gulch about thirty-five miles from this city, to-day. It was learned he possessed a bank ac- count of $2000 and promissory notes to the amount of $1030, all of which he left by will to a relative in France. Death was from natural causes. REDDING, Oct. 3.—The Coroner’s jury in the case of W. Boughen, the tramp who was fatally shot by Albert Thoma,f returned a verdict of unjustifiable homl cide. Thomas was arres and is at u::lerty under $1000 bonds to awalt examin- ation. self in a position to strike | | it several times. She continued to struggle and he shot her. | on screaming and struggling he beat | her ana shot her again. after the last shot was fired the ter- rorized woman staggered to her feet and made her escape from the house. Harrison, believing that his wife could not get out of the house, went into his children’s bedroom with the in- Robert Wallace is now | tentfon of killing them, but they had | pretty nearly under control, and there | been alarmed by their mother’s cries and had escaped in their nightgowns and fled to the protection of a neigh- bor. Harrison, upon finding that his child- ren had escaped, set fire to their bed A Verner of | 3nq went down stairs to find them and | his wife. Finding the front door open he returned up stairs, lay down gn his bed and drew a razor across his throat. No sooner had he done this than a de- sire seized him to find and finish kill- ing his wife. He arose to his feet with the blood gushing from the ghastly wound in is neck and went to the sit- | ting-room. There weakness seems to | have overtaken him, for he lay for a moment on the lounge. | Aftor getting up from the lounge the | would-be murderer and suicide stag- | gered out of the front door and found his way to the barn. He entered this | and managed to get to a ladder lead- | | ing into the hay mow. Evidently be- mow he climbed the ladder, marks of blooC to the topmost round, | while in the hay at the mow hole is a | great clot of blood, where his neck must | have rested. Not finding his wife in the mow Harrison climbed down the ladder | and managed get to a building back | of the house. It was here that he was | founu by neighbors, breathing but un- conscious. | Harrison and his wife are resting easily at the County Hospital to-night, | and it is thought both will recover. THREE MURDERERS TO DIE DURING OCTOBER Miller, Clark and Searcy Transferred to the San Quentin Death Cell. SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Oct. 3.—Three | condemned men, all sentenced to be | hanged this month, were placed In the death chamber to-day. They are John Miller, George W. Clark and Louis J. Searcy. ‘When the trio were notified that they were to be removed Miller and Clark visibly weakened, but Searcy tried the in- sanity dodge and laughed In simulated | glee.” Handcuffed and_escorted by sev- eral guards, the men were taken to the death chamber, where they will be closel; w%wned to prevent any attempts at sui- cide. Miller is the hunchback and cablnet maker who murdered James Childs in San Francisco in November, 1896. Clark killed his brother at St. Helena on July 20 last, and Searcy murdered a man on | the Mojave desert. Searcy will be hanged | next Friday, October 7; Miller on the fol- lowing Friday, October 14, and Clark a week later, October 21. CHATTERTON MAY WED AGAIN. His Rumored En;rzigement to a Rich Western Widow. NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—There {s a ru- mor along the rialto that Signor Peru- | gini, the singer, wiil be married to a rich widow from the West as soon as his suit for divorce from Lillian Russell is set- tled. g@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ' COAST DEFENSE MONITORS (O] ® ® ® @ ® QOREPEEPREPPEPPEPPEPPEPPIRPPPPROO® One to Be Constructed by the Union Iron Works at a Cost of $875,000. WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 — Henry Scott of the Union Iron ‘Works, San Francisco, -called upon Secretary Long to-day to learn the decision of the depart- ment concerning the awards of contracts for the four coast- defense monitors. The Secretary has decided to award these con- tracts in accordance with the lowest bids, namely, one monitor to Lewis Nixon at $825,000, one to the Newport News company at $860,000, one to the Bath Iron Works at $862,000, and one to the Union Iron Works at $875,000. ® prelolelelelolotoXolotoYoootoYoXo) ® [O) @ ® (O] [O] [O] ®© (O] @ @ @ @® @® [} ® (O] @ ® (O] ® (O] ® ® [} @ © ® ® ® © @, As she kept | Immediately | lieving that his wife was hiding in the | leaving | to-day from varjous points in the re- gions where forest fires have been | | spreading for a week or two past are to | the effect that the fires have been checked in many places by snow and | rain. In the vicinity of Glenwood | Springs they are almost extinguished. | Idaho Springs reports that the fires | on the west slope of the divide are | {1s now not much danger of their reach- | ing the east slope. Hundreds of miles | | of fine timber have been laid waste in | the range of mountains to the west of | Middle Park, and some ranches have been destroyed. | _E. A, Julian, superintendent of the United States Fish Hatchery at Lead- | ville, says that criminal carelessness | | and inexcusable negligence on the part | | of campers are responsible for nine- | tenths of the present forest fires. The town of Kokomo is no longer endan- | gered. | CHE_ ENNE. Oct. 3.—Special Agent | Abbott of the Interior Department re- | turned from Carbon County, where he was engaged for three weeks in fighting | forest fires along the west side of Bald Mountain, the east and west sides of the Platte Valley, near Bennett, on the | head of Spring Creek, the forks of the | Encampment River and around Battle Lake. From where he was working Mr. Abbott statcs the immense fires around Hans Peak, Colo., could be | plainly seen. The Colorado fires are | | driving large numbers of deer and an- telope north into Wyoming. ‘Word has been received that the big forests of northern Ulinta County, south of the Yellowstone National Park, are burning. These fires will be put out by the forest rangers stationed in the Government timber reserves of that section. BURNED IN THE WO00DS OF WISCONSIN CUMBERLAND, Wis.,, Oct. 3.—The bodies of a man and a boy were found to-day in the woods between Almena and Poskin Lake, burned beyond recog- | nition. Several persons are still miss- ing. Peter Ecklu: 1, who was seriously burned in the forest fires, was brought to this city to-day in a eritical condi- tion, and it is thourht he cannot live. A four-year-old daughter of Rudolph 1iller and the seven-year-old son of Nels Swanson were found in the woods. one and a half miles northeast of Al- mena, 8o badly burned that they can- not recover. “rs. Frank Heinrichmeier at Poskin Lake dicd this morning as a result of frirht and exhaustion in fighting fires. Relief rooms were opened here to- | -~ and relief is being extended to | starving families. The fire is still roaring on one side of this city, but the greatest danger is belleved to be over. Near the town of Johnstown, Polk County, eight miles distant, heavy loss of farm property is reported to-day, and fires are still raging. GIGANTIC FRAUDS IN PAVING CONTRACTS Mayor Van Wyck of New York Be- gins the Prosecution of Men in the Ring. NEW YORK, Oct. 3—Mayor Van Wyck made a statement to-day to the effect that the Commissioners of Ac- counts had discovered gigantic frauds In the asphalt paving contracts. The Mayor turned ver the papers in the case to District Attorney Gardiner, who | will prosecute the men charged with participating in the frauds. Thy Mayor’'s statement, based on a report of the Commissioners of Ac- counts, ars in part: “A-phalt contracts, the report says, have been let * . a favored few by the imposition of restrictions in the speci- fications which those outside the as- phalt combine could not overcome. New York has for three years paid about $1 more a square yard for asphaltum than that paid by adjacent cities. The com- bine, it is declared, has been controlled by one company. That is the Trinidad Asphalt Company, of which Amzi L. Barber is president, and from which the other companies have to buy. This asphalt was made the standard by the Department of Public Works. Intend- ing bidders were, by the specifications, first compelled to build a plant that would cost $30,000, but the clause was enforced only at the will of the com- missiorers.” —_— Presidential Appointments. WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—~The President to-day made the following appointments: James E. Lee of Florida, Collector of Internal Revenue for the northern dis- trict of Texas, l Lieutenant-Commander John A. Rilla. NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—Henry George has declined the nomination for Governor on the ticket placed in the field by the Chicago platform Democrats, and the commission having authority to fill the | vacancies nominated Henry M. McDon- ald of the county of New York for the place. Mr. George in his letter says that by pursuing uninterruptedly the duty of writing his father’s biography he can do more for the principles of freedom than by engaging actively in politics. Mr. George continues: “I should say in justice to myself and those who honestly advance the silver uestion to the rank of first importance, that I am not any more than my father was an advocate of free coinage. He condemned its economic soundness, being in fact a believer neither in gold nor silver, but in credit of paper money. He apported the Chicago platform not on account of but in spite of its advocacy of free silver, because he believed that in other respects it stood for the princi- ples of freedom; because it took the side | 0f the weak as against that of monopo- lies; because it sided with the heuse of Want against the house of Have. I am in entire accord with those views, and I think it proper to state them frankly, that there may be no room for misunder- ing on the part of any one.” Henry M. McDonald, nominated in Mr. George's stead, I8 a lawyer of this city, and was formerly a banker of Pierre: §. D. He is president of the New York Bimetallic Association. sl LITTLE DAMAGE BY RAIN. Showers of the Past Few Days Have Not Done Much Harm. . * WOODLAND, Oct. 3—Heayy Showers on Sunday and Monday mornings have increased the rainfall for the season to .99 of an inch. The only injury resulting will be to shipping grapes. NEWCASTLE, Oct. 3.—The rain of the past few days will have the gffect of damaging some of the few table grapes now upon the vines. The bulk of the crop has already been shipped and the loss will be light. Small lots of fruits which were out drying will be injured, but, as in the case of the grape crop, there is but little loss. The season has'been a good one, Crops have been excellent as to bulk and uality, and the returns average the best 'or several yvears. The prbducers have done well and have been able to pay off old obligations and cancel many mort- gages. — o Seceding Cyclers Fined. BALTIMORE, Oct. 3.—Albert Mott, chairman of the racing board, L. A. W., has issued the following bulletin: The following penalties are imposed for “ac- tions detrimental tq the racing interests of the League of American Wheelmen” for the par- ticipation In unsanctioned races at Washing- ton, D. C., and for failure to ride after entry at sanctioned meets: The Park Bicycie Club track, near Washing- ton, D. C., s fined $1000 and suspended from the sanction privilege until it is pald. Bald, Cooper, McFarland, O. Stevens, Arthur Gardi. ner and Jay Eaton are fined $200 each and sus- pended until it i8 paid. Major Taylor, Kimble, Freeman and Fred Sims are fined $150 each and euspended until it is pald. Farl Kiser, A, I Brown, S, Becker, Henry Terrill, Otto Maya and J. F. Walsh are fined $100 each and suspended until it is pald. Steenson, Moran, Throop and C. E. Gause are fined §25 each and suspended until it is paid. —— Attempts to End His Life. STOCKTON, Oct. 3—Edward Hefferan, about 21 years of age, well connect- ed in this city, attempted sulclde this af- ternoon. He walked into Creamer & Wright's gunstore and asked for a pistol. Several were shown. and, after deciding one one, he placed three cartridges in it, He then turned it toward his heart and ulled the trigger. Hefferan’s alm was fl1gh, however, and the bullet lodged in his shoulder. 'The surgeon says he will live. When asked the cause he sald he had had too much trouble. He recently held a position in Nolan’s shoestore in San Franeisco. et Sl Sought to Commit Murder. WOODLAND, Oct. 3.—A quarrel be- tween Willlam Keith and Ben Longress, both colored, came near having a serlous termination on Sunday. Keith, armed with a shotgun, called Longress out of church. Friends of the two men kept them apart and Keith was lodged in jail. He was under the influence of liquor- Sl Sl Found Gold in Trinity. WOODLAND, Oct, 3.—Robert Moore and wife and Al Gould have returned from Trinity County, where each located a mine. They sent some of the rock to San Francisco and it assayed $175 to the ton. They think they have made extraordinary strikes. S A Two Race Horses Attached. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 3.—The racehorses Scarborough and Harry Thoburn were at- tached to-day by James Touhey for $2300 claimed to be due him and John flnckey for moneys advanced and a share of tne earnings of the horses in various races. P CALIZORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Oct. 3—E. A. Walcott of San Francisco is at the Empire. A. Eloe- ser of San Francisco is at the Plaza. Livingstone Gilson, R. Bouning, J. Pet- tit and Percy Jackson of San Francisco have gone to Paris. It is believed the Social Labor party will poll 600 votes in the county and the Shanahan Populists about 600 more. The Socialist Labor party candidate for Governor comes from this county and he is devoting a larve portion of his time to speechmaking in this sec- tion, confining himself to semi-socialis- tic-anarchistic principles. Gage is dally gaining strength and it is difficult for the Populistic combine | to figure where Maguire is making any gains. CAMPAIGN WAGED BY REFORM FORCES | Santa Clara County’s Good Govern- ment League Making a Strong Fight. SAN JOSE, Oct. 8.—The Republican Good Government League has opened its campaign, and just now its members are | systematic and | carrying on the most thorough ante-election fight ever intro- duced in Santa Clara County. A well at- tended meeting was held in East San Jose to-night, addresses being delivered by Judge J. R. Lewis, E. A. Hayes and oth- | ers. To-morrow night there will be a | meeting at Morgan Hill, and on Wednes- | day evening one at Mayfield. All the dates between now and the election have been assigned to speakers. Every pre- cinct in the county will be thoroughly canvassed and a meeting held in almost every town. This aggressive fight of the Good Gov- ernment League means the enrollment of several thousand Republican and Demo- | cratic voters in the interest of reform in city and county government. he Good Government League is mak- ing a strong fight for Gage and the rest of the State ticket, but it refused to rec- ognize the county ticket nominated by the convention that was elected by ballot- box stuffing under direction of Rea’'s lieu- tenants. In their canvass of the county the league speakers make an appeal for the State and legislative tickets, and are doing good missionary work in the agri- cultural districts. Rea and his followers are not making any fight for Gage and other Republican nominees on the State ticket because Rea’s man Austin failed to get the nomination for Secretary of Btate. They have not yvet held a single ratification meeting in this city, and this dilatory action on the part of the Rea Republican central committee is causing much_adverse comment. On Friday evening General Barnes will deliver an address at the Auditorium. WATERS ARD HARRIS TALK AT MONTERE" Advance a Logical Solution for the Southern Pacinic Railway Problem. MONTEREY, Oct. 3—The Republicans of this city held a grand rally in Bagby's Opera House to-night to welcome R. J. ‘Waters, candidate for Congress, and Will A. Harris of Los Angeles, who had come to speak to the cftizens of this section on the issues of the present campaign. The stage of the opera house was elegantly decorated with American flags and hand- some plants and over ‘the center, where hung a picture of Gage and Neff, was dis- played the word, “Welcome.” The house was packed with an enthusiastic audience, many ladies being present as interested listeners. Dr. A. Westfall, president of the Thomas Flint Republican Club of Monterey, acted as chairman, and mem- bers of the club, under whose auspices the meeting was' conducted, were seated on_the platform. R. J. Waters was first introduced. He spoke on the issues of the campaign as Hewea trom the standpoint of Congres: slonal work, closing his talk quickly to give place to his colleague, W. A. Har- T . Harris goke for over an hour, touching upon the Southern Pacific Railroad ques- tion, a partial solution of which already has been found in the bullding of the San Joa?uln Valley Railroad, and a com- lete solution of which rests with the uilding of the Nicaragua canal. Much atriotic fire and several !elllng{ anec- otes aroused great entnusfasm. He said Maguire had folded three political parties to his bosom and was a single taxer be- sides, and declared that ‘‘Maguire is no more a Democrat, sccordln%lta Jefferson- jan Democracy, than he is the angel Gab- riel."” 3 The meeting closed with three rousing cheers for Gage and the Republican party and for the speakers of the evening. sEe ey DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL San Benito Judge’s Ruling on the Registration Statute. HOLLISTER, Oct. 3—In the case of Matthews Vs. Collxmty Clerk For‘s, Su- erfor Judge Dooling granted a Seddln the provision of the stat\’figngl%: ing registration eighty-five days before election unconstitutional. Judge W. A. Ryan Dying. LOS ANGELES, Oct, 3—W. A. Ryan, a member of the State Buflding and Loan Commission, s lyllr_lls at the point of death at the Sisters” Hospital In this city. Sages Ry, hen, o, By, s, ey 4 suffe: ut 81 . Telatives in Tllinois have been notifed. B — The fac-simile signature of * is on every wrapper _of CASTORIA | | | | | | | | | Use q and = Faclal Soap E& Faclal Cream. ‘WOODBURY'S FacialSoap, Facial Cream, Fa- clal and Tooth Powder make the grandest toilet combination known for the skin. Send | 20 cents for sample of each, sufficient for thres weeks' use. JOHN H. st., N. Y., 163 State s PAINLESS i & Gold Crowns 22k §350up @ Fillings - - - 25cts.up Open Evenings & Sundave = VAN VROOM Electro Dental Parlars “Sixth and Market Dr.G W. Kleiser, Prop. 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ASSETS. © 05,83 h fn banks. G ¥ Soorest “ue and acorued on il stocks and loans 1,375 00 Premiums in due course of collection 34,484 27 Agents’ DAlances ........ 715 33 Total assets £ LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid........... $5,608 93 Losses in process of adjustment or in suspense e 19,924 37 Losses resisted, including expenses. 4,658 74 Gross premiums on fire risks run- ning onme year or less, $350,523 4T reinsurance 50 per cent.. 75,261 78 Gross premiums on fire risks run: ‘ning more than one year, $97,285 71; reinsurance pro rata. 61,421 18 All other demands aga pany - 6.179 65 Total liabllities $273,080 80 INCOME. Net cash actually recelved for fire premiums SE . $425,487 26 Recelved for interest and dividends on bonds, stocks, loans and from all other source: 20,108 61 Total income .. . $445,5% 81 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for fire losses (in- Cluding $15,768 57, losses of pre- vious years). Paid_or allowed for commission or brokerage Paid for other fees and charges for officers, clerks, etc.... local Paid for State, taxeas .t 02 All other payme! Total expenditures . pational and Losses Incurred during the year. Risks and Premiums. |FireRisks. Net amount of risks writ-| ten during the vear.... Net amount of risks ex-| $41,914,462) $529,T17 45 pired during the year..| 20,651,891 246,566 50 Net amount in force De-| cember 31, 1897..........| 35,205,399 447,809 18 SAM'L R. WEED, Of Weed & Kennedy, United States Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of January, 18¢8. F. FISHBECK, Notary Public. PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT. CESAR BERTHEAU, MANACGHER, California Street, SAN FRANCISCO. 423