The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1899, Page 3

TWO MIGHTY AVALANCHES SWEEP _DOWN Combine Into One Which Carries Away Buildings and People. Beneath the Great Mass of Snow and Debris a Dozen or More Persons Are Buried. Special Tispatch to The vall. R, Colo., Feb,. ublican. from ver’ Plume, Two mighty avalanches, to swept. down Che- o’'clock this morning, dozén or more ‘mine and. machinery, and of life and damage y How ' many s great mass not be known. before ad bodies are now at tweo .more -persons . are known t lost; and three have .been taken out. aliv The rescuing party has. only pernetrated fifteen feet into . the m wreckage ulch to the The dead DESTAFNO, his wife s aged 5:and a —A. special | a b no head | bodies of the missing. NEW GOLD HEELD AT THE SOUTH El Dorado in Riverside County. MANY CLAIMS STAKED OUT DISTRICT LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF HEMET. Discovery Was Made by Accident, but the Lucky Prospectors ! Failed to Realize on Their Find. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12—The new gold field which has recently been dis- covered in the southern part of River- side County is causing considerable ex- citement, and is attracting much atten- tion from investors, mining experts and prospectors. This discovery of gold-bearing ledges is in the Mountain Beauty mining dis- trict, which skirts the foothills of the k;fldy bruised; Tony Malino, leg| Chihuahua Mountains, being a spur of S S 3 the southern end of the San Jacinto the mountain broke away. A drift | San Diego County and partly in River- about a hundred feet in height still |side County. The district is forty miles clings to the mountain side, and should | south and east of Hemet. The nearest t become Joosened the upper end of | point to the district is Oakwood post- the town is in danger of destruction. | omce. which i E . office, which is reached by stage from The slide to-day started in what is| oo eessen T i Known as Carry. City % swept | Hemet. v e ey Ly auleh, It SWeDU| several stores. These supply the wants carrying. away the mine dumps and|of the ranchers who grow crops and buildings and filling the entire valley. | raise cattle in the many sheltered spots As this slide reached the main gulch | of the canyons. L‘;:i 53‘:;‘ ‘X'I‘"’;l‘;?l‘i';‘“' gi'l'(eGunlghd )°n a!r*‘ldc The formation in the district is gran- rushed down to Cherokee Guich. Here | 1te and schist, the country rock belng the two avalanches met and continued | €Ut by huge dikes of granite. The mi- their course toward the town. | nor formations, in a thousand and one Just back of -Silver Plume, in . the | forms, which delight the student and main gulch, was a settlement of Italian | ppzzle the layman, are not lacking. mine Their cabins were directly in | "The trend of the lodes is from the h of destruction and were | north to the south. These have been crushed like eggshells. Trees were torn | traced to the Mexican border. Where up by the roots and gigantic boulders | locations have been made the croppings carried away like pebbles. are strong, of great width, possessing A turn in the gulch just as it opens | every appearance of permanency. on the town checked the slide, and it| These combinations that have at- now stands ‘threatehing destruction to |tracted a large number of pecple to the at least a portion of this camp should | newly discovered gold district may be the remainder of the snow on the | the cause of opening a mining excite- mountain sides start to fall. Every ment such as Southern California has available man from Silver Plume and |NOt experienced in many years. Georgetown is now digging for the The discovery of the gold ledges is, like many another gold discovery, the | result of an accident. In December, | 1896, Johnson and Savage, who had n = Heavy Damage Caused Seek to Settle a Feud by Tidal Waves. A CCAL LIGHTER FOUNDERS FIGHT FIVE DROWNED. Belief That a Number of Lives Were He Pulls the Ear of a Subordinate Lost With the Sinking of the Steamship Arno—Cold wave. £r to The Call. LONDON, A heavy gale swept t 31 ds yesterday and continu many thei ve overflowed e been sub- n numerous At New- tidal wav ubmerging e low-lying One man was unusually high tide to- yus damage to the sea and -Sandqwne, on' the r foundered off Cromer, and five of her crew It is feared the loss of amer Arno, which foun- gale off Nab Lightship, rious disast Three irowned. Jightship and sank rapidly. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The antici- pated cold wave to-night covers the en- tire southern country, except Southern Flo On the gulf coast the tem- ranges from 8 to 19 degrees belo the freezing .point. The cold weather will continue generally in the Atlantic and Gulf States. In the cen- valleys, the upper lake region, the t and the Northwest rising tem- P ures are indicated DENVER, Feb. 12.—The indications to-night are that the storm which has held Colorado helpless in its embrace for the past two weeks has exhausted itself. To-day was pleasant in Denver: the sunshone almost all day, and dur- ing the noon hour was warm enoush to melt e snow.. This change has en- abled the railroad people to prosecute the work of clearing their tracks of the deep snow more vigorously, and it is announced "by the Denver and Rio Grarde officials that at 4 o'clock this afternoon they had succeeded in open- ing tie system, with the exception of the Biue River branch from Leadville to Dilbn. The ad is' now clear over Marshall Pass amd to-night all Rio Grande trains started vn schedule time. All delayed trains are again moving without in- terruptior Last nitht was one of the coldest nights ever experienced in the portion of Coloradoeast of the mountains. The mercury Was below zero all of yester- day, and had fallen 22 degrees below at midnight. In the suburbs on the hills about Dinver as low as 30 degrees was noted. Firt Collins and Holdredge reported 35 béow; Sedalia, 32; Little- Wes BRITISH ISLANDS | ARMY OFFCERS 1Y SHEPT BY A GALE.~ PITCHED BAILE MEMBERS OF ITS CREW COLONEL OF THE FOURTH XEN- crew who ached n austed condition re- 1 men’ of the ship’s cc any are n ng. The Arno was| wrecked within hailing distance of the i ton, a few mils south Denver, 30 be- | Jlow, and at a MiIf dozen places it was reported to be 2 below zero. Reports of lostes to livestock inter- ests in the Wes and Southwest are coming in, and, ‘¥hile nothing like an accurate estimate of the extent of the losses can be giver now, they will un- doubtedly prove vew large. e Death of a Bonaparte. ROME, Feb. 12. —Prince Napoleon Charles Gregoire Jacq:s Philippie Bona- parte, third son of Prkce Lucien Bona- parte, Prince of Canino,and chief of the older branch of the Bomparte family, is dead. Ho was born in Reme in 183%. CERS 1N prospected together for years, entered, during a storm, one of the canyons, and pitched their camp at the base of a foothill. The top of the hill wai crowned with an imposing cropping, which appeared not unlike a giant in center of his rock-ribbed domain. two pioneers, who traced the float, sampled the ledge, which could be traced on the surface for hundreds eet ledge gold was found in the hornspoon. Quartz taken at random demonstrated the same results. They sank a shaft and drifted into the claim. The quartz from the workings showed the same re- in gold. With Bullets. ! IN A RESTAURANT a huge chunk of ore. whole mountain is a beauty,” replied Savage. | “The ‘Mountain Beauty’ is her name,” said the partmers. The records show the wish of the hardy pioneers. Johnson and Savage erred in mining. hey left the ore as they followed the otwall. Discouraged and disheart- —_ | ened, they gave up the work, believing that the ore had pinched out. people took up the work, and the re- | sults show that what is probably the | biggest ledge of free milling quartz in | this portion of California has been un- | covered. The two tunnels on the Mountain | Beauty are in ore. A winze, 5x6 feet, has been raised in the ore chute. In a | crosscut, 20 feet wide, which is all in ore, no hanging wall has so far been encountered. The fairest tests of sam- pling yield from all parts,of the proper- ““Thi TUCKY WOUNDED. | 1 and Pistols Are at Once Brought Into Play. Special Dispatch to The Call. ANNISTON, Ala., Feb. 12.—Ili-feeling is a beauty,” said Johnson, as | t | the appropriation bills, it will require ) matter’ where they tested the | Other | DETAINED I SIBERIAN PRISON State Department to Inpvestigate the Cases of Ira Whitney and Frank J. a Siberian prison. not heard from in several years. the Russian fisheries. ever wrong he has suffered. ROCKFORD, IlL, Feb. 12.—At the instance of Willlam Whitney of Santa Barbara, Cal., Congressman Hitt has started an investization through the State Department at Washington to ascertain the where- abouts of Ira Whitney, of this county, believed to be incarcerated in | ‘Whitney’s home is at Rockton, and his father. who lives at Santa Barbara, goes down to the beach every day and looks across the ocean, begging for the return of his lost son, whom he has Young Whitney, who was an expert rifleman, sailed on a schooner from San Francisco with Frank J. Bass- ford of Vallejo, Cal, and others. The schooner was wrecked in Bering Sea, and Bassford is said to have been picked up by a Russian gunboat, and is now a prisoner in a penal settlement in Siberia for poaching on It is belleved Whitney is with him. man Hitt has promised a vigorous search for him, and redress for what- Q—.—.—.—Q-O—Q—H—H—Q—O—H—H—O—.—._H THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1899. X N A Bassford. i E | ! ¢ Congress- NICARAGUA BILL SEEMS DOOMED Not Likely to Pass at This Session. LAST STAND IN BHE HOUSE ATTEMPT TO ATTACH IT TO THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL. In the Senats Strife Over Army Re- organization Will Occupy Much Time During the Week. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The House will have little or no time during the remaining three weeks of the session to devote to anything except appropria- tion bills. The announcement of Chair- | man Cannon that there was not time o consider the steamship subsidy bill and the Nicaragua canal bill settles the fate of the former. The friends of the latter are to try a flank movement by attempting to attach the canal bill to the sundry civil bill, now under consid- eration. As it will be the only chance the bill will have at this session, its supporters will make a desperate fight. Time must be given for the considera- tion of the bill for the Government of Hawaii; but it also, for the present, must give way to the appropriation bills. still remain unacted upon by the House, and as they are the most important of practically all the remainder of the ssion to put them through and con- sider the conference reports upon the other appropriation bills as they are | brought in. During the earlier part of the session the opposition was passive, but it seems to have been aroused by the debate on the army reorganization bill and within the past week has become quite aggres- sive. The threats of an extra session appear to hold no terrors for the Dem- ocrats and the Populists; indeed, some of them would apparently welcome it, especially if it were called to increase the size of the regular army. As an unembarrassed proposition, the Nicaragua canal bill would doubtless ommand a very strong majority in the House, but with the power of the Ap- propriations Committee and the threat | | of a bond issue thrown into the balance between Colonel David G. Colson and |ty a general average of $10 a ton in First Lieutenant E. D. Scott of the gold. Many samples go into the hun-| Fourth Kentucky Regiment, culminat- | dreds. | Many claims have recently been lo | cated, including the Annex, Jessie L. | Maria, Helen, Progress, North Exten sion, South Extension, Alturas, Golden | Link, Virginia, Valley View, | and others. Prospecting on these claims | shows the same results in free gold and the same character of quartz. The two essentials, water and fuel, are found in abundance. The water i ed at midnight last night in a pitched battle, in which Colonel Colson was shot in the hip and Lieutenant Scott and many others had narrow escapes. The trouble opened when Colonel Col- son entered a restaurant where Lieu- tenant Scott and Lieutenant Blake- man, also of the Fourth Kentucky. were seated at a table. and deliberately pulled Blakeman's ear, at the same time applying a vile epithet. Lieuten- ant Scott declared he would not allow his friend Blakeman to be insulted. At this Colonel Colson drew a pistol and Lieutenant Scott arose from his chair with a pistol in each hand. There were quite a number of men in the place, and while some say they do not know who fired first, several declare that Colonel Colson opened the fight. Probably a dozen snots were fired before the astounded onlookers could stop the fusillade. Lieutenants McKay and Phelps, of the Fourth Wis- consin, on duty with the provost guard, were in the room. Lieutenant Phelpos ran up to Lieutenant Scott and de- manded his pistols. The latter said he willingly; relinquished them to the proper authorities and gave them up. Lieutenant McKay, in the meantime, had ordered Colonel Colson to disarm. but he refused to do it, and the pistol was taken from him by force. Quick as a flash Colonel Colson drew another weapon and fired, some say at Lieutenant Scott and others at Lieuten- | ant McKay, but without. effect. The provosv, ueuttenax&t ImH; léer]xt his eflortls $500.000_ven. toward getting Colonel Colson’s pistol, | 1274 3 and in _dolng so struck Colonel Colson | ehabled Dr. Bastinke to Intcrest Bastern twice with his fist, bruising his face | jnvest up to $40.00.000 in industrial enter- was the o0 vounded. n exam- | in E 4 ination disciosed that a bullet had en- | upon him. together with his brother, Dr. tered his hip and ranged around to the | fu\"rranchises in Toklo, Yokohama, Kobe renr.e‘:vhete it was located and ex-|and other clties. tracted. . e A friend of Colonel Colson sware ofit| VALLEY ROAD EXCURSION. a warrant for Lieutenant Scott and he oSy was arrested to-day. Both officers have| TULARE, Feb. 12—All Tulare took a many warm personal friends in the | vacation to-day for an excursion around regiment, and as further trouble was | the loop of the Valley road. Fully 200 Tulareans enjoyed the trip from Tulare Toarell L% ERCsS novost Suatd wak to Corcoran, Hanford, Fresno, Reedle 3 o 2 5 ) s ordered out. Their services were not Visalia and back to Tulare, All' speak f; needed, however. LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. 12.—Lieuten- frflf;.e:fz ‘z‘:; e x‘v‘fi?ey“‘if,‘;a"%‘ifi'c?:}’.'f ant Scott, who shot and wounded Colo- | Excursions _of this kind will be popular nel Colson at Anniston, is a citizen of | with San Joaguin Valley people. ~The Lexington. The ili-feeling that existed | stops made at Hanford, Fresno and Visa- between the two officers was well- | lia added to the enjoyment of the excur- known here. sionists. Lieutenant Scott is a nephew of Gov- Shotgun Explodes. VACAVILLLE, Feb. 12—Quite a seri- ernor Bradley, but the two have not spoken since Bradley removed Scott’s ous accident occurred to-day on the ranch of H. Bassford in which Archie Tur- father from the superintendency of the ner narrowly escaped death. Turner and Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum Willlam Bassford were hunting. Turner over a year ago. Bradley commissioned Scott n the Fourth Kentucky. it is|pVabom G elpion .8 muzzle-loa, ing shot. gun. This exploded when fired, teari understood, on account of Colson’s recommendation, but this fact. it is|the flesh off his left arm frightfully. said, did not in the least abate the|was first thought that the arm was glown hatred cherished by the young liéu- | off, but luckily this was not the case. tenant toward the Governor. Colonel Colson is an ardent friend of Governor Bradley, and that is thought by munyl the base of a mountain in one of the canyons. The fall is such and the num- ber of inches sufficlent to afford power for electricity and for all reduction works to handle the ore. The mountains are covered with ce- | dar. | growth of sycamare. On the plains are | mesquite and manzanita. The size of | for mine purposes. | STREET RAILWAYS FOR JAPAN i American Syndicn; to Put in Under- ground Electric Systems. TACOMA, Feb. 12—Dr. W. D. Eastlake | 1s here en route from New York to Japan. | He says an American syndicate has been formed to expend millions in providing modern electric street railroads for Ja- an's large cities. Because of lack of cap- tal Japanese cities have been very slow in providing rapid transit. Meanwhile, tney have been watching the growth of American systems, with the result that those in power are inclined to favor the underground trolley system. Two native companies have applied for charters, but their capital is small. Tokio has one horse car line. It is four and one-half miles long and pays annual | dividends of 35 per cent on ~ capital of The injured boy was hurriedly brought to town, and on examination it was found he had received flesh wounds only, which required four stitches and consid- erable bandaging. No us conse- quences are muapm to have supplied the original cause_for the @ Lizzle, | | a small stream which seeps from under | The damp grounds show a heavy | | the timber will permit of it being used | This encouraging fact has | against it, and the likelihood that to get a direct vote upon it will require a re- versal of the ruling of the chair, it is xceedingly doubtful whether it can arry. The promised effort on the part of the Committee of Military Affairs to get immediate consideration of the army reorganization bill promises to be the most important feature of the proceed- ings of the Senate during the present week. Lines are divided very sharply on this bill, and the contest over its consideration unquestionably will be both fierce and stubborn. The Democrats, not only on the Mili- tary Committee, but throughout the Senate, will resist any effort to get the army bill through. They say, however, they will not try to prevent considera- tion of the bill. The army bill has not yet been re- ported to the Senate, but there will be an all-day session of the Committee on Military Affairs on Monday, with the hope of concluding the cpnsideration of the bill in committee and of having it ready to report on Monday or Tuesday. The probabilities are, however, that it will not get into the Senate before Wednesday. Another question which bids fair to provoke considerable controversy is that involved in Senator Hawley’s no- tice of a motion for the reconsideration of the unanimous consent to Senator Mason's proposition to vote on the Mc- Enery resolution at 2:30 o'clock Tues- day. Senator Hawley had objected to the consideration of this question when it came up Saturday, and he was ab- sent when the agreement was reached. Several other Senators who also oppose the McEnery resolution, including Sen- ator Platt of Connecticut, were absent, and Senator Hawley’s motion for a re- consideration was made after consulta- tion with them. There are very few in- stances on record in which effort has been made to deviate from an unani- mous agreement, and there is little doubt that Senator Mason will strenu- ously resist this attempt. HIGEHWAYMEN ESCAPE. Three Desperadoes Break From the Ellensburg Jail. TACOMA, Feb. 12—A jail break oc- curred at Ellensburg last night, by which three highwaymen escaped. Charles Ray, Arthur Harris and Frank Thomas were arrested last fall for highway robbery. The jury disagreed at their trial last month, and thnefi were to be re-tried. Last ‘ht they called Jailer Boyd and re- :L‘es}ed that a fire be bullt inside their steel cage. As he stepped Into the corri- r two of them jumped upon and gagged g‘l’m.‘uslng a_towel with a ro\l:l'g pf:ce of wood in it. They tied his hands and feet and all three escaped. ‘hour later Boyd got one arm loose, cut his bonds and gave the alarm. It was found they had sawed through eight half-inch bars, mak- ing a square hole through which they crawled into the corridor. Before depart- ing they thrust a letter into Jailer Boyd's pocket.” It was to their attorney, thank. ing him for his services and promising to remit later. e TRANS-ATLANTIC STEAMERS. KOVILLmrrIv:d Feb 12—Stmr Ethiopa from New QUEENSTOWN—Salled Feb 12—Stmr Cam- pania, for New York. HAVRE—Arrived Feb 12—Stmr La Gas- cogne, from New York. Five of the great annual budgets | DISPLAY OF OLD SONOMA'S RICHES Cloverdale Fair Will Be a Success. | GOOD-NATURED COMPETITION |OWNERS OF ORCHARDS STRIVE FOR TROPHIES. Many Forms of Amusement Provided for the Entertainment of Those Who Attend. ; Speclal Dispatch to The Call. CLOVERDALE, Feb. 12.—All prep- arations for the seventh annual eitrus fair are about completed, and it now remains for the exhibitors to display their genius in arranging the exhibits | for the exposition. The fruit from the | orange groves is better than hereto | fore, and the large premiums offered by | | the board of directors insure an ar- tistic display which will nrove better | | than any made in former years. | Superintendent T. B. Wilson is a very | busy man these days arranging to place the numerous displays in proper | place, and the applications for space are coming in so fast that the large pavilion is scarcely big enough to ac- | commodate the various exhibitors. | The decorations of the pavilion will | be.on a grander scale than heretofore attempted. A San Francisco decorator has charge of this part of the arrange- ment, and, under the supervision of the | decoration committee, is transforming the large pavilion into a “dream” of vellow, white and green. As to the exhibitors, all are striving | in good-natured but eager rivalry to| present fitting exhibits to compare with this “fairyland,” and to present them to California’s citizens and incidentally the judges of awards for claims of superiority and merit. New ideas| and hence new exhibits will be features of the fair. There will be Japanese padogas, Indian canoes, the Eiffel tower, the Brooklyn bridge, the Ameri- can flag and other new creations. The programme committee has been | hard at work. It has been decided that J. A. Filcher, secretary of the State Board of Trade, shall give the opening address. On Saturday—which is Men- docino County day—a prominent Ukiah citizen will speak and the Ukiah band will give concerts both morning and evening. Monday will be school children’s day. and all teachers and scholars are in- vited to attend and enjoy the free hos- pitality of the fair directors. Tuesday will be the Cloverdale “home” day and also the day for the baby show. This part of the fair is un- der direct control of C. E. Humbert and Mrs. T. Yordi, and the rivalry will be intense. Trophies will be awarded each for the best looking boy baby and for the best looking girl baby. ‘Wednesday (Washington’s Birthday) will be Sonoma County’s day, and will witness the finale of the fair. The cele- brated Glee Club from Santa Rosa will sing and in addition there will be prom- inent speakers and a chorus by school children. In the evening the Cloverdale band will give its annual citrus fair dance, which will, as heretofore, be a prominent feature of the amusements. This band, under leadership of Profes- sor G. E. Bailhache, assisted by Jesse Laskey, the composer of "“The Steeple- chaser” will give promenade concerts both afternoon and every day during the exhibition. The wine growers and the fruit grow- ers are ably represented by a commit- tee comprising such men as W. J. Hotchiss of Wine Makers’ Corporation, A. C. Bills of Healdsburg and J. B. Cooley, A. C. Ledger and F. Albertz of Cloverdale. These men - are looking after the wine displays and exhibits of dried fruits. As heretofore there will be several booths in the pavilion. The lunch coun. ter and ice cream booth will Be in con- trol of the Ladies of the Guild. The candy and popcorn booth will be in| charge of Miss Maude Graham, and the orange booth will be taken in charge of by Mrs. J. R. Vassar and Mae Dobbins. There will be a fishypond for the school children and other attractions in addi- tion. One attraction of the fair, as hereto- fore, will be the ‘“‘press room.” It is here that reporters and newspaper men will find ample accommodations to carry on their correspondence. Desks and tables will be provided, and any visitor wishing to avail himself of the privilege of writing to friends at home is welcome to share the hospitality of the press room. © A large reception committee has been appointed and all strangers and visitors will be well taken care of. The com- mittee is as follows: From Ukiah—T. L. Carothers, Judge J. 3 non. Mhngx;nflealdsburg—-lamel Miller, C. H. Pon.n Santa Rosa—Phil Morshead and R. F. Crawford. J“l:‘lr':m Petaluma—W. B. Haskell, H. P. ‘H. J. Crocker, H. Branfhardt. From San Francisco—] D. Loveland, J. A. Filcher, Secretary Board of Trade, and R. X. Ryan, general &uumr agent ?: “th(e:o '(.; lt; a and tern Ral 3 Frooru:w(;eeyrll;rvflle—loc McMinn and Le- er Ellis. m!qrom Cloverdale—M. Menthan, J. C Holloway, . M. Wambold, Dr. R. Markell, . E. Shaw, A. Bentley, E. E. Hollopeter, L. Holloway, H. H. Hubbard, B. F. Green, F. Albertz, HORSES DYING BY THOUSANDS Eastern Oregon Herds Depleted. NO FOOD ON THE RANGES CARCASSES LITTER THE EILLS AND VALLEYS. Loss in Cattle Also Will Amount to a Considerable Percentléo of the State’s Total. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONG CREEK, Or., Feb. 11.—From persons who are posted on the condi- tion of range horses in this country and from reports received from the va- rious adjoining counties, it is ascer- tained that stock horses are sharing the same fate—starvation—to a great extent all over Eastern Oregon. Cattle and sheep buyers who have recently visited this city and who also have been in the Counties of Cook, Gil- liam, Morrow, Baker, Union, Wallowa, Umatilla, Harney and Malheur, say that in every section they have .visited, with very few exceptions, the owners of horses and cattle have despaired of saving more than a small percentage of their stock. In Malheur the conditions are more favorable for the horses than in any other county named, and even there it is estimated that from 30 to 50 per cent will perish. In Harney, Baker, Crook, Morrow, Umatilla an Gilliam the horses could not be saved even if their value would warrant feeding them hay, as all reports go to prove that there is barely sufficient hay for sheep and cattle. Both range and hay are scarce in the greater portion of Mor- row and Grant, while in Harney and that portion of Umatilla which adjoins Grant, thousands of head of stock cat- tle have been driven in to winter on the surplus hay. = = No definite estimate can possibly be made as to the number of horses that will perish in each county, as nine out of ten stockmen when approached on the subject invariably answer that they have no idea how many they have, and generally add that it makes little dif- ference, as they are valueless. Differ- ent persons who have traversed a por- tion of the ranges of the counties named have said the hills were becom- ing strewn with horse carcasses, and as the conditions are daily growifig worse, it may be safely estimated that 200,000 horses will die in Eastern Ore- gon before the middle of March. Conservative stockmen, when asked why the horses are permitted to perish, have said that since the decline of the noble animal the herds of sheep and cattle have increased to such an extent that they alone exhaust the supply of feed, whereas when the horse com- manded a good figure the herds of cat- tle and sheep were kept proportionately small. STAMPEDE FROM DAWSON. Christmas Creek the' Name Given the Locality of a New Strike. TACOMA, Feb. 12.—Letters received to- day from Dawson say that another stam- pede down the Yukon took »iace Christ- mas week. Colors were found on a large creekabout fourteen miles below the Klon- dike metronolis. Scores of loungers about Dawson located claims, as did many mi- ners who_had just thrown u‘p profitable lays on Sulphur and Dominio: creeks. The new stream was named Christmas Creek. 1Its exact length was yet unde- termined. It had been passed mar- times by gold-seekers, who failed to find gold at its mouth. This time some progpectors went several miles up stream and were rewarded by finding rich pay dirt. e Injured by a Blast. ANGELS CAMP, Feb. 12—While spit- ting the fuses for a'series of blasts in the Utica mine Joseph Raggio and uriz Browzch were caught by a premature ex- losion at an early hour this morning. oth men were seriously injured and were removed to the Utica hospital. QPN PEDOLED B CONCT Guards Struggle to Ob- " tain the Drug. GENERAL MIX-UP FOLLOWS LARGE QUANTITY OF STUFF INSIDE PRISON WALLS. Two “Dope Fiends” Have Died With - in a Month and the Tongue of Scandal Wags Merrily. Special Dispatch to The Call SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Feb. 12— Despite the action of Warden.Hale in . discharging two guards . for- having passed opium to convicts over the. pris- on walls, the quantity of the dangerous drug acquired by the prisoners: was never larger than at the present.time. So bold has the so-called “opium.ring” grown of late that many of the convicts have been in the habit of carrying the narcotic about on their persons; and last Friday several guards had a hard struggle with two of the “fiends,” final- ly failing in their attempt to seizé & package of opium from oné of them. Willlam Phelan, a third-term‘conviet, now serving a long sentence from Los Angeles for burglary, was noticed by Guard S. L. Randolph in the lower yard acting In a suspicious manner, and ‘a watch was kept on him. . At last Ran- dolph concluded ' that Phelan had a package of opium in his possession and started to search him. 'The ' convict grappled with the guard and a-flérce. . struggle ensued. Other guards ran. to Randolph’s assistance, whéereupon’ Phe= lan broke away and ' ran.toward the Jutemill: 3 : The guards pursued him, with Ran- dolph in the lead. -Isadore ‘Boldivia, who is serving a twenty-year sentence for a robbéry committed in San Fran- cisco, tripped Randolph, causing him to fall heavily. The- attention...of the guards was by this ctratagem directed to Boldivia, and when Phelan was final- ly captured no opium -was found on him, nor could its hiding place-be dis: covered. Both convicts were placed in the dungeon. 1t is alleged that the failure of ‘War- den Hale to keep opium out of the pris< on-is the result of his failure to pursue. the investigation begun after -the - two, guards were discharged a .few 'weeks ago. It is known the finger of suspicion was pointed at. others, but -political “pulls,” it is claimed, stoppedthe'in- vestigation in its incipiency: Two prisoners . have died within-a month from the use of opium: and s eral others are in very-poor health. leged lack of attention to one.of these men, who has wealthy relatives-in San Francisco,” came near causing a scans dal. IT MAY BE HARRISON. ‘Woodland Suspect Probably. Wante: at San Rafael. - SAN . RAFAEL, Feb. .12—-On" 'the strength of information .received - from Woodland, District Attorney: Mclsaac is of the opinion that'a.man arrested there under an assumed name is Charles Harri- son, the ‘five-term burglar who received the light sentence of seveén-‘months -in San Quentin prison from - Supérior Judge F. M. Angellotti, for a.burglary com- mitted at California ~ City, because: his prior convictions were: not known to tho | local officers. Harrison is now ‘wanted for stealing a number of tools from Dr. B. F. Lyford at Tiburon, and a constable will be sent to Woodland to see If the suspect there is the right man. = —— Exit Victor Colwell. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 12.—Victor J. Col- well, the youthful ‘highwayman who robbed the Bollnas stage on September 19 last, will -appear -before Superior Judge Angellotti at 10 o’clock .to-morrow for sentence. It is probable that the time of sentence will then be continued a week, as Attorney Cochrane has an- no‘unced his intention to apply for a new trial. Dear Doctors:: wonderful remedy, Hudyan, experience with it. well. it a thorough trials. a numbi and that a cure could be at all times were intense. my the bed, and would often get up and the fact that I used numerou it in all cases of nervous troubles. S dneys, pains over the liver, pains uj pains, dizzy headache pains, racking consult with the doctors of HUDY AN Cor. Ellis and Market Sts, ® HUDYAN IS GOOD. MRS. K. C. TAFT IS CURED. —Having read a great many, testimonials in praise. of your I thought I would write and relaté to you. my I had been a sufferer from Nervous Exhausitno, Nervous Debility:-4nd . - ‘Weakness for a number of years, but thanks to Hudyan I am now perfectly I do not know how many different remedies I used, but whenever T . heard of one that was advertised to cure complaints similar -to mine, L. gave Doctors could do me no good, either. of them, and they all told me that my ailments were rather trivial readlly effected, but they all falled: My sufferin I never felt rested, had no ambition to do any- thing, and felt that my life was a useless one. ousehold - duties, which were very slight, because of my becoming- s easily tired. I was absolutely without energy. At nights I would toss abeit : try to make myself sleepy by readi I always awoke in the morning feeling miserable. my limbs would be tired, and my eves would look red-and swollen. remedies, I was growing steadily worse, #nd think that I would have continded to do so had I not become informed of. the - wonderful results of Hudyan In nervous cases. I experienced relief, and I am now perfectly well in every particular. . I consider Hudyan a grand remedfr. and T do not hesitate to recommiés ne % HUDYAN cures pains in the head, pains in the side, .pai the. face, ains in the shoulder, pains in the joints, R Pl pains in the arms, pains in the muscles. Why don’t you try HUDYAN and join the armv of cured ones? You miay : to yourself. You may write to the doctors or call on tue doctors. HUDYAN costs 50 cents per package, six packages-$2.50. All' druggists. HUDYAN REMEDY (0. O 0200000000 JOL YO ' BSCONDIDO; CAL. I consulted with I could not even attend t My back would g\c“%. 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