The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 26, 1899, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1899. READY TO MEET THE KHALIFA Anglo-Egyptian Forces Confident. ARE ANXIOUS FOR THE FRAY EXPEDITION FORMED TO FIGHT ADVANCING DERVISHES. Controversy Raging Over the De- struction of the Mahdi’s Tomb the Disposal of His Bones. and Copy 1899, by the Aseoclated Press. LONDON, Feb. —The news that the Kh s gathering a host, vary- ing in numbers from 1 0 to 30,000 men, and is ing on Khartoum, came with a rude shock to the people of Great Br ho under the im- almost a solitary onslaught on they are e anothe: Hunter, e Governor is quoted aying in an interview: “I regard lifa as’a nuisance. He is no dangerous and it will greatly simplify matters if he comes out and fights.” In the meanwhile detachments of NEW | AR S S SR SO SR S S SRS S e s RS B3 |o o . | SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 24.—The contract to build the new Marin County Bank has been awarded to Thomas O'Conmnor, the well-known local contractor, and active work toward its constryction has now begun. The old building on the corner of A and Fourth streets has been removed and a substantlal brick foundation is being laid. thought the structure will be ready for occupancy in about sixty days. | The bank will be modeled in brick, after the old style Spanish architecture, on the plans of Newson & Meyer, and will be one story in height, with a tile roof. It will extend fifty feet on A street and twenty-five on Fourth. The | HOME FOR THE MARIN - COUNTY BANK AT SAN RAFAEL I R R B e S e o > desert. Official circles, | & s satisfaction at the | ¢ ifa is apparently de- 1.,HMM44+@+04—®4—M*»®+M+@+M®+M+@+Q+MM+MWM interior wiil be finished in natural wood. A modern feature of the bank will be a huge steel vault, which will be utilized not only as a safe for money, but as a safe deposit in which patrons may place their money and valuables and leave them as secure as in a metropolitan institution. L R R R R R O e S R It is BANDED AGAINST O THE AMERICANS Jealousy of Canadians at Atlin. N SIGN A SECRET COMPACT| AGREE TO FIGHT THE YANKEES =N IF NECESSARY. Will. Resist by Force of Arms At- tempts to Locate Town Lots or ;A Mining Claims in the District. By HAL HOFFMAN. Special Dlspl;h'h: The Call. JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 22 (by steam- ship Cottage City to Victoria, Feb. 25.) —Canadian jealousy of Americans is becoming more bitter-at Atlin since the exclusion law passed. Where before the animosity was hidden, it,is now crop- | ping out on the surface in more than one way. The Canadians seem to fear the shrewdness and swift action of the Americans, and in order to defeat them | have secretly banded together and signed a paper committing the signers to fight for their rights if necessary. A petition has been secretly circulated | pledging the signers to resist by force | of arms, if necessary, any attempt on the part of Americans to locate town lots in Atlin City and minipg claims in the district at large. The paper has been signed to date by between sixty and seventy Canadians, a few English- RICH CHICA GOAN HAS DISAPPEARED Reward Offered at Bakersfield tor Information Concerning D. Van Wagner. —D. Van Wagner, representative of some W s who sent him here to negotiate for the 2 tte mine at Randsburg, has disappeared. Much & welfare. * ived in town on Wednesday night and, after spend- % s, announced his intention to “take in the ¢ rn Hotel at about midnight and was seen & ) to 4 o’clock in the morning, from which * . . found. He had but a small amount of $ h him, but wore some valuable jewelry when last seen. @ Ly suspected, and his friends are getting very anxious. 3 )L $100 has been offered for information as to his where- % [ _[7% troops have been orderéd to get et .rn to Omdurman from a strong expedition vanced to meet as been raging this € estruction of the t Omdurman and. the nes. It is said that battle, di one s given to the late Gen- ephew. ewspapers indignantly which is defend- ing held that the de- remains was 1. The Irish denies being in pos- > Mahdi's head, which is to find its way to the s ndon to take iety over the ristan, but up to to-day, the In- vernment had not received any the rumor. There is to the Ameer ir salaries. Sir Walter of the 2 T's Work- left Cabul and arrived in Cal- , owing cutta to-d Biliousness, dyspepsia, loss of ap; disturbed s Tvousmess, headache, giddi drowsiness, wind and pain the stomach after meals, cold chills and flushings of heat, shortness of breath—these are the blank cheques of physical bankruptcy. Take them to a physician and he-will 11 them up with the name of some more or less serious disease. Every time that you carry one of them to him you draw out some of your funds in the Bank of Health. Keep it up, and there will soon be no funds in the treasury. The man who suffers from theése dis- orders and neglects them will soon be in the relentless grasp of some fatal disease. * If he is naturally narrow chested and shal- low ‘lunced, it will probably be consump- tlon; if his father or mother died of par- al or some mervous trouble, it will bly be nervous exhaustion or prostra- en insanity ; if there is a taint in blood, it will be blood or skin he lives in a new or alow, country, it will be malaria; if he of exposure, it may be rheu- tism. There is just one safe course for a man to follow who finds himself out of sorts and suffering from the symptoms described. It is to resort to Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. This medicine makes the appetite keen, corrects all dis- orders of the digestion, renders assimila tion perfect, invigorates the liver, purifies and enriches the blood and builds firm, healthy flesh and nerve tissue. It cures almost all diseases that result from insuf- ficient_or improper pourishment of the brain and nerves. Bfonchial, throat, and even lung affections, when not too far ad- vanced, readily yield to it. “1 took Dr. Piérce’s Golden Medical Discovery for Eczema."” writes J. W. Barnhart, of No. 446 Witt Street, Buffalo, N. ¥., “and it com- &:my cured me.” th of the Ameer of | ‘hman now at Cabul. The | tite, | STANFORD FAILED ~ TOPAY ITS DUES vided his | 1 officer | 1 the em- | | Dropped From Athletic | Association. n the ground of | |OTHER COLLEGES EXPELLED RULES GOVERNING AMATEUR | EVENTS CHANGED. Bicycling Divorced Frogm Track | Events and an Intercollegiate Bicycle Association Formed. | | Special Dispatch to The Call. | NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—The.adjourned | meeting of the Intercollegiate Assucia- | tion of Amateur Athletes of America | was held to-day-at the Fifth-Avenue | Hotel, and some very important | changes in' the constitution and rules | in relation to amateurism and scholar- | ship of men competing in intercollegiate | contests were made. The constitution | was changed so as to forbid a man who | has for any reason left his class stand- | ing to compete in intercollegiate sports. | Another sweeping change was the di- | vorcing of bicycling from the track con- | tests and the formation of a separate | association for controlling intercol- legiate bicycle racing. The following compremise amend- ment to the rules agreed to by the Uni- | versity of Pennsylvania was adopted: A student shall be allowed to compete jat the Intercellegiate meeting four times and no more. This applies to all depart- | ments—medical. school, law school, acad- | emy, etc. If a student has represented a | coliege in any intercollegiate track meet- ing in which more ‘than three colleges participated and has won a first or second place in any event he shall not be eligible | to represent any other college he may | hereafter -attend in the intercollegiate | meeting until he has attended such col- lege two full calendar years. This amendment is not to be retro- active, but<affecting only those who enter college after the date of the adoption of the amendment. The proposition to bar for a year 2 man coming from a preparatory schaol who has won a place in an intercol- legiate or open meet was modified so as not to bar the interscholastic win- ners, but only those who have taken part in outside athletic contests and won honors so as to make them desir- able acquisitions to the college athletic | managers. Boston University, Brown University, Jowa State Unfversity, Leland Stan- ford Jr., Michigan, Pennsylvania State College, Wesleyan University and Uni- versity of Wisconsin were expelled from the association on account of non- payment of dues. The intercollegiate bicycle associa- tion was formed after the adjournment | of the meeting of the athletic associa- tion. H. N. Hall was elected president. Baron de Reuter Dead. NICE, Feb. %.—Baron Paul Julius de Reuter, director and founder of Reuter’s Telegraph Company, is dead, aged years. & NOW CRY FOR ARBITRATION British Comment on the Canadian Dispute. | LONDON PRESS ALLUDES TO i\ THE VENEZUELAN CASE. | | However, the English Public Follow | Events at Manila and Condemn the Ineendiary Acts of Filipinos. | Copyrighted, T899, by the Assoclated Press. LONDON, Feb. 25.—The adjournment [ of the Anglo-American Commission at Washington has caused a feeling of deep regret here and the optimistic tone of the British Foreign Office’s explana- tion is not reflected by the general pub- lic, although the newspapers, as a rule, profess to hope that the fresh attemut to reach an agreement in the autumn will prove more succesful. The Speaker remarks: “The fact that business arrangements in particular points affecting large in- vested interests in both countries can- {not be satisfactorily reached un- apreciably affects the friendship of the nations as a whole. The nations are still aggregates and not persons.” The Spectator says: ‘“Arbitration seems to be & difficult mode of settling international disputes. The profession- al diplomats have a right to c¢huckle a | little.” The St. James Gazette, in the course of a long article on “America’s refusal to accept an umpire,” headed “The inconsistency of the United States.” contends that America now refuses what she agreed to in the case of the Venezuelan arbitration, when King Os- car was empowered to appoint an um- pire, and says: ‘“The English commis- sioners in the present case, therefore, ‘have not made a proposal unfamiliar to the United States, yet they meet with a refusal. Under these circum- stances we are compelled to ask what the United States really want. They know an umpire is necessary, let them candidates after discussion with our- selves. Unless they make some such proposal or offer a satisfactory settle- ment on the boundary line, we shéll be compelled to suspect either insincerity of their friendship and gratitude at Great Britain’s recent diplomatic as- sistance, or their willingness to abide, in a doubtful case, by the principle of arbitration, whereof they are the fore- most champions and greatest benefi- ciaries in the past.” The events at Manila have been fol- lowed here with interest and there has been general condemnation of the Fili- pinos’ attempt to burn the town. A private cable received in London computes the loss to foreign merchants by, the bombardment of Iloilo at $5,000.- 000. Only one European warehouse, it appears, escaped. The London municipalities bill, intro- duced in the House of Commons on February 23, by Arthur J. Balfour, has been well received generally. The most striking feature of the bill is the re- vival of the ancient city of Westmin- ster, which will comprise the whole of the enormously valuable and busy area from Temple Bar to Knightsbridge and from Oxford street to the River Thames, in which are included nearly all the theaters, clubs, government of- fices, parks, royal pajaces, embassies, etc., and the aristocratic districts of Belgravia and Mayfair. It will be five times the size of the city of London proper, .with five times its population, and it will be a serious rival of the ancient city of London, whose ratable value is £4.450,000, while that .of the city of Westminster is £4,850,000. The imperial and social importance of the new city will be tremendous. Lord James of Hereford has introduced a bill in opposition to the Government bill in *the House of Lords 'as to the out- come of the recomriendations of the committee who recently investigated the usury systems. The bill provides that every money lender must be regis- tered and must do business solely in his own namé. In cases where the inter- est exceeds 10 per cent, or when the in- cidental charges are excessive, - the courts may reopen the transaction and give judgment in accordance with all the risks and circumstances of the case. The lenders as well as the horrowers are held -accountable for false state- ments, promises and deceptive words employed when the contract is made. |UNCLE SAM INCONSISTENT | then choose a man from the acceptable’ JESSE JAMES IDENTIFIED AS ONE Son. of the Noted Out- la~xr Pointed Out i CCourt. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 25.—The most positive identification of Jesse James as one of the Leeds train robbers was made in the courtroom to- day by William J. Smith of Stokesberry, Mo., who was a passenger on the Missouri Pacific train the night into the car. “He had nothing eover his face. “How light was it?” “It was very light. “Yes, sir,” “Yes, sir, I mean Jesse James.” nesses who testified during the day also that James had been intimate all of whom have been connected wit Kansas City. | | | he got out when the train stopped and walked up among the robbers, one of whom placed a revolver against his breast and ordered him back “Did that man.have anything over his face?” his neck, as if it were a mask, slipped down.” The light streamed out the mail car door.” “Did you get a good look at that man?” “Do you see that man in the courtroom?” i Mr. Sniith pointed at Jesse James, sitting facing him, and said: “Yes, sir; there he sits, right over there “You mean the defen?ant, Jesse James?" Unusual interest in the trial proceedings is being shown and specta- tors daily crowd every inch of space in the courtroom. Informer Lowe’s evidence of yesterday implicating James. Andy Ryan, a brother of the notorious “Bill” Ryan, and John Kennedy, OF THE ROBBERS it was held up. Smith testified that He had something black around Several ‘wit- corroborated the salient points of It was shown previous to the robbery with Lowe, h train.robberies in the vicinity of . W&NNWOW{MWO m‘otl CEASELESS RUSH T0 PORCUPINE Miners Stake Claims in the Snow. MEN THRONG THE TRAILS HURRYING TO THE NEW GOLD DIGGINGS. Haines Mission Changes From a Quiet Missionary Post to a Bustling Mining Camp. BY HAL HOFFMAN. Speclal Dllpl.Em The Call. JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 16, via steamer Farallon to Port Townsend, Feb. 25.—Jay Decker, a Juneau merchant, returned last night from the Porcupine country. He reports a steadily increasing rush there. ‘Within a day, while coming out, he met seventy-five men and outfits going in on the trall. The number runs from fifty to one hundred to a day. They are flocking to Porcupine in increasing numbers from Juneau, Skaguay and nearly every camp in Southeastern Alaska. Few dog teams are seen on the Porcu- pine trail. Nearly every mgther's son is perspiring at the end of a rope ahead of his own sled. This is due principally to the compara.tlvele! short distance (from forty to sixty miles) from salt water to the creeks. It is too expensive to buy dogs and too much bother with them for s0_short a distance. Mr. Decker describes the trail as in fine condition. e has confidence that there will be a booming mining camp some- where in the Porcupine region, There are many reports of new strikes in the Porcupine country, but Mr. Decker says he heard of none while on the trail. He went into a section of counfry a con- siderable distance from Porcupine Creek, and in a different direction, and left two men in there. Haines Mission has changed from a quiet missiénary post to a comparativel; bustling camp, dotted with tents and ani- mated by moving sleds and lusty gold seekers. The quiet Chilkat Indians look on the invaslon of their country by the whites with doubtful manner. There is a possi- of trouble with them, though it.is hardly probable. A company of British police is in camp just over the line. Many men, disappoint- ed as to Eo‘? to Atlin, owing to the ex- clusion act, determining to lose no time, have turned to Porcupine. Nearly every creek is ‘being staked on the snow. re- rdless of the fact that it cannot be earned whether the gravel is worth any- thing or not until next n‘)rlng. when the r‘m runs and the snow is gone. Doubt- ess there are d?leul.nt surprises in store for many and disappointments in store for more. : {of Gold Commissioner Graham. The | men and also a few Americans. The original paper was recently in the| hands of Deputy Recorder McVicars, | and may by this time be in the hands facts leaked out through a man who | refused to sign the paper. Nobody | seems to know what brought about the | circulation of such a paper, as so far as known the Americans have not con- | templated ‘‘taking the bull by the horns” and running the camp. This information comes from J. R. McGowan, a British subject, who claims to hail from San Francisco. No open rebellion against the exclusion act by Americans is feared. If Americans are exercising their wits in any direction against the law it is to outwit and straddle it apd not to defy it. A large force of Government surveyors is at work at. Atlin. About as good a way as any. to get the truth and the facts about a mining camp—and I never send anything else if I know it—is to read private letters passing between miners. Two letters | from Dawson received here to-night have been kindly turned over to me, Both show that Dawson is not the camp it used to be. Mike Donahue writes under date of January 20: Times are Vel?' dull in Dawson at pres- ent—no money in circylation, lots of idle men and a whole lot of men working lays that won't amount to anything, especially on the benches. Grub is plenty and prices | are going down. Beef has dropped to 25 cents a pound. Some parties tried to cor- ne‘r butter and sugar, but didn't make it sti Frank Schaeffer, writing under date of February 1, says: Your letter dated May 16 just received. ‘We had the first mail from the outside this winter on January 24, and very little | of that. The creeks are turning out con- siderable this winter, but I think the benches will show the largest output. There are a lot of lay men not doing very well—just trying to take out enough to take them home. A great many are giv- ing up lays and starting out over the ice. There are too many men for the diggings. Some of the claims are paying 60 cents an hour and a wery few $l. Everything is overdone here. Meals were $1 50 last fall a while, and now there are four H0-cent restaurants.- There is lots of grub. Sugar, butter and milk are scarce; milk §1 a ean, sugar 60 and 75 cents, and butter $1 2% to $1 50 a pound. Coal oil is down to $1 50 a case. Hardware is still high, but will tumble before spring. Two variety shows are running. About half the saloons are running 25-cent ‘drinks and . cigars and they do the business. The town is dead compared with what it used to be. Southeastern Alaska is undergoing a cold snap. It has not reached zero at Juneau, but it has been from 9 to 12 below at Skaguay. ASK FOR RIGHTS OF WAY. Railway Promoters Submit a Project to Bakersfield. BAKERSFIELD, Feb. 2.—Henry Brun- ner and R. E. Jacks of San Luis Obispo, promoters of the railroad from Port Har- ford to Bakersfield, are here to confer with citizens regarding the enterprise. At a meeting cf the Baard of Trade to-night the matter was discussed. They want right of way and town sites in the county and $1000 to help make the preliminary survey. With this guarantee on the part of Bakersfield, they say, the road will be built. The Board of Trade appointed a committee to take the matter in hand and see what can be done. Business men are disposed to favor the project. —_———— Advances made on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. SILK DEPARTHENT. |_1899- Figures; 24 CANNOT BE SPECIAL. Brown, Navy, Green-and Cadet, at Best quality 36-inch Percales, over 200 different patterns in swell styles (stripes pre- dominating); latest color- ings. Price. . yard Printed Piques In stripes, in the new shades of heliotpope, . cadet 5 yard c blue, pink, light blue and black and white. 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E The stockholders held a businesslike meeting in Hale's Hall this afternoon. A resolution was adopted calling on the directors to resign forthwith, and a committee was appointed to see that this was carried out. James W. Rea, J. Leiter, F. K. Ledyard and A. Barker went before the directors and asked for an immediate answer in regard to re- signing. The directors, then in session, de- clined to answer either in the affirma- tive or the negative. The committee reported back. Another resolution was immediately adopted authorizing that immediate steps be taken to remove the directors both by law and by the stock- holders. This probably will be done right away through a petition to be filed in Judge Lorigan’s court, setting forth their incompetency, and to make doubly sure of their removal, stock- holders will on March 11 proceed to elect a new board. The - published statement by Presi- dent W. H. Wright of the bank in local papers that depositors would be paid dollar for dollar was discussed. Little credence was placed in the statement and the stockholders regard it as mere- 1y a play to stall off action. The stockholders are determined to fight all assessments until the assets of the bank shall have been exhausted in paying depositors. Then they are willing to stand their pro rata. They want the people to understand they are not to blame for the failure and were imposed upon as much as were the depositors. It was freely expressed that the di- rectors were not fit persons to close the bank’s business, and in the interests of the depositors and the stockholders they must retire. The new directors elected by the old board in place of those who have lately resigned, will not be accepted. At a meeting of the directors of the Union Savings Bank this afternoon Thomas E. Johnson tendered his resiz- nation as director, and Charles P. Bras- lan was elected-in his place. Braslan represents San Francisco depositors. Director John McMahon also resigned. This vacancy was not filled, as it is proposed- to choose some one accept- able to the depositors. Howard's in- debtedness was discussed, and ‘:Attor- ney N. Bowden was instructed to steps to protect the bank's interest. The Earl Had a Fit. LONDON, Feb. 25.—The Earl of Staf- ford, who recently married Mrs, Samuel J. Colgate of New York, and who, as ah equerry to the Queen, is at Windsor, had a fit yesterday. is wife is attending him. The Earl is recovering. ADVERTISEMENTS. HAVE YOU BEEN CURED! If Not, Why Not? WHEN OTHERS FAIL REMEMBER DOCTOR SWEANY, THE OLD RELI- ABLE AND LONG ESTABLISHED SPECIALIST. Office 737 Market street, Where the sick and afflicted can Teceive treatment in the future, as they have in the past, from the ablest and most suc- cessful Specialist of the age. Some doctors fail because of treating the wrong disease; others from not know- ing the right treatment. NO MISTAKES, NO FAILURES. 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