The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1900. 3N SKELETON FOUND UNDER L CAPITAN HOTEL There Are Two Large Dents on the Side OLD E of the Skull and Murder Was Commitied. Special Dispatch to The Call. away the brick foundation of tk OO0 @ | | % BeP 0000+ 00 0000400000004 002 00090000000 ¢ >0 MINERS WILL HASTEN ‘ WOR Committee Going to Washington Instructed. Southern Portion of in the Mineral Lands Bill. HEN the committee appointed by | the California Miners' Association | reaches Washington its first busi- ness will be to try to secure the nstruction of restraining dams %0 permit of the early resumption of hydraulic mining on a large scale. Thers is $500,000 on hand the work of dam b tes, which consists of Attorney General Tirey L. Ford and A. Caminetti, will urge | wmiso that the southern part of the State ishall not be exempted from the operation of the mineral lande bill. The bill for the protectl: of the mineral claimants oll lands 1l also be urged. 1 news of the week in this ymises of increased de- e northern part of the e of news follows companies are con- arious sections to 1 the signs are hope- ical development For instance, »rk Electrical Re- heme in Mex- ower over 2 e beginning of The commit- pecu es as though a heavy X rain the sand between Company’s t Blg Ba d men, soon. t Jong and laid in ce fee! h pipes ie plant will be on the es Bar mine, and the surface is to be 1 the bedrock pw plant. which The company reservoir from be a tunnel, now bulid- The new canal will be 00 feet above the I. The new canal s long, and the and a half Lakes dam L. Glilis tells the n that fourteen ted f)n the las ave beer few weeks near the w el He also say he oil area is supposed 7 =kirts of the known ofl ruck ofl at a depth of s been struck in San Joa- a few miles west of Tracy boundary line of Contra County. Two pleces of Government been taken up in the district. Gity the Sumner Oil, Water and pany is prepared to exploit on cKelvey place, half a mile north the town limits of Kern. Ol h he Fullerton district, Land Comy the M he open country the perplexities of Los A use of too much ofl in the city o which allusion has previously \de, are on the increase. A deci- just been rendered by Justice H. pholding” the ordinance that forbids the sinking of an oil well within ! 3600 feet of a public park. There is no Guestion as to the facts. The well boring Upon which the prosecution was based took place within 1600 feet of Westlake Park, as admitted. The only question is as to th ity of the ordinance, and an | appeal will be taken. In the meantime Yiolators of the ordinance wiil be prose- d. “UFhe lack of water at Randsburg is ad- mitted by the Randsburg Miner to be serl- Sus. The Pinmore and Red Dog mills at Johannesburg_are stopped for lack of water. The Yellow Aster mill has about enough water to keep running. ““The camp Tever looked better.” says the Miper, “mor were the mines ever in a better con- aition, and ouf future is great: but water we must have, and its source is not de- Termined nor will any more mills be built Yiere until it is assured. Many families town with water pipes in their $ibuses and paying a water rate have mot Yad s drop of water through the pipes for Car co-operative Petroleum Migers’ As- MERCED, March 24.—The workmen employed in r skeleton this afternoon. It was found under the oven, and just how it got there is a mystery. Upon examination it was found that e skull contained two large dents on the side, which leads to the belief that murder has been committed. The authorities are at work trying to solve the mystery. | | non-metallic oy | S’ duughter, It Is Believed a clearing El Capitan Hotel unearthed a hu- K ON THE DAM State to Be Included soclation has been formed at Bakersfleld | B O e m s sl e e o e e e e e e e e e e o The New 8500-Ton Steamer Californian. The first of the American-Hawallan Steamship Company’s new steamers will be in commission about July next. They are the largest freight carriers of their class ever built in the United States and are to run between San Francisco, Hono- lulu and New York. There will be four steamers in the line besides a number of salling vessels, all of which will be handled with the following members: C. A. Can-| field, W. C. Beatty, R. G. Morrison, 8. P. | | Wible, E.'C. Paimes, F. R. Pitney, L Hirshfeld, . W. Jameson, J. B. Batz, T. E. Harding, I. L. Miller, Charles A. Lee, 3. ¥ A. Fuller, T. P. Splers, e Berry, W. L _Rol erts, A 8. 8t. Clair, T. Helm, . on, W. J. Bennetts, J. W. Nance, Armstrong, T. A. Manning, L. > rower, 1. P. St. Clalr. C. J. Berry and A. L. McPherson. Indian Valley will soon have in opera- | tion one of the largest mining plants ever established in Plumas County. It will be | located on the north arm of Indian Val- { ley, on the ranch of W. T. Peter. The| t is 170 feet below the level of that | v, or 4% {eet below the | ‘There are now 425 feet { cross-cut tunnels and 475 feet of drift- on the veins. In prosecuting the de- nt work 1400 tons of ore have be % The Bulletin s : 3 e operated on a scale ng that on which the Plumas Eu- reka was mined for a quarter of a cen- tury. T with other propositions now ng up, means a renewal of prosper- 2 Indian Valley, the garden spot of pex of the vein. a of mas. The Mount Shasta gold mines on Clear Creek are reported to be about to resume operations. Preparations are making for king the shaft below the place where | stopped when the mines were closed down. Nearly 100 men were employed | there last year. The Texas Consolidated gold_mine in_Old Digging, according to | Re the ding_Free Press, is also about to resu work. A gang of men has been busied getting ready for the reopening. | e mill on the river bank will not be d for the present. The ore will be d by cable tramway to the . The Texas mine was turned ) the trustees some time ago by R. Hart for the benefit of his creditors by them bonded to H. C. Woodrow 1d C. C. Bush for eighteen months. { The site of the De Lamar smelter has been selected. 1t will_be placed on the | purchased by Captain de Lamar months ago, about five-eighths of & mile southeast of the Bully Hill mine and about two and a half miles northeast of Copper City. The smelter will have a ca- pacity of 15 tons per day, which was the capacity of the original smelter at K wick, The Mountain Copper Compan: now has three of these furnaces. re- finery will be constructed in connection h'the smelter. The site is upon what | as the Popejoy placer _ 1 papers are predicting that a second Keswick is about to arise. Porter Laird, a prospector, is dry wash- | ing what was once the main street of La , about 125 miles north of Yuma. e a prosperous mining camp, ars or more has been ter of adobes, in little than are the ruins of Several millions of dollars t heaps of sand and seemed to peter out. Por- _aird says he has found that there is rough gold In the streets to make mining fitable and he is making wages. The 1 hanks along the Colorado are sup- ed to contain considerable gold and several companies are preparing to op- ate dredgers to bring the auriferous \ds from the river bed and extract the t by means of the usual sluices and smelte sver t fir wit Casa Grande. taken out There 1s a curlous_condition of affairs at Randsbu The Jim Crow mine is in the middle of the most used thoroughfare of the town and takes up 600 feet of ground in pne direction and 1500 feet in another. is land has been patented by | the owners, who are laying it off into town lots and asking a fixed price per front foot for it. Many stores and other buildings are on the ground and the oc- are making a lively kick over hey style extortion. They have sputed possession of the prop- rty about three years. They do not dis- at the owners of the claim have t to the minerals in the ground. y stoutly assert that they have a the surface. The matter may its way into court. | r of Carrviile, Trinity County, | s just purchased a concentrator, miil, rock breaker and engine and boiler for the Yellow Rose of Texas mine on Coffee | Creek. James Connors has purchased a | fifth interest in the Happy Thought, | Rockery and Hawkeve quartz mining ! claims from Earl D. Blowers, James | Drennan, Willlam Schweltzer and M. L. Barker. The Herzog. Morley and other | claims on French Creek, about eight miles south of Etna, Siskiyou County, have been bonded by Q. V. Green, David Jones and_others, who will erect a smelter. E. | D. Boyle has bought a two-thirds interest | in the Stevenson mine in Lower Gold Hill, Nev., from Theodore Washburn and Jo- | seph’ Mills. One-half of the Birdinia quartz mine at Campe Sece has been sold | to_James Corrigan. The substance of a recent ruling of the | Commissioner of the United States Land Office_at Washington, D. C., is that a | patent on mineral land must be carried | through without delay. The person who makes his application for entry must pro- | ceed with his case or he loses all his; rights after a reasonable time has elapsed. The custom has been to apply for a patent and then in many cases to allow the matter to rest for years. The Com- | miesioner bases his ruling on section 2324 | of the Revised Statutes. The use of dredgers in mining is rapidl increasing. There are eight dr launched near Oroville. A dred, work on the Trinity River at Poker Bar. | Pittsburg capitalists are interested in | a dreging proposition twenty miles further up the river. Other portions of Trinity County and parts of Siskiyou are to be- come fields for dredger mining. A dredger | hias just been launched at Yreka Croek | st Siskiyou and machinery is now being | placed. | The total production of metals in the Dominion of Canada as just reported by the Geographical Survey of Canada dur- ing the year 1599 $33.717. The gold output of the Yukon district was 315,- 000000 and the gold from all other parts amounted to $5.049.730. The copper output amounted to $2,655,319: silver, $1.833.371; kel $2,067.840; Iron, $248,372; d | ores, was 125512, as against 338,661,010 in 1808, an increase of | 222 per cent. Of this 15.52 per cent is cred- | ited to the increased output of gold from the placers in Yukon, 2.92 per cent to the increase in other metallic products and | & 3.84 per cent to the growth of the non- | metallic mineral indusiries. Gold leads the way with 44.53 per cent. coal 12.12, cop. | er 5.62, silver 385 nickel 4.37 and’ lead .07 per cent. With the exception of a slight falling off in the value of the asbes- | tos all the other chief minerals show con- siderable advances, both in amount and value. Inspection of the figures shows | this especially to be the case in the ce- | ment and coke making Industries. Death of Francis Belard. MONTEREY, March 2%.—News has been | recelved here of the death In Fresno of | Francis Belard, a ploneer resident of Cali- fornia _and father of Dr. Belard of this city. He was born in France sixty-four years ago, but came to America In his early youth. He leaves a widow, two son: S | old side-wheel | the | That was the last of the R in New York by Flint, Dearborn & Co. and in San Francisco by Willlams, Dimond & Co. The four new steamers are to be named American, Hawalian, Californian and Oregonian. They will be §500 tons bur- den, 430 feet long, 51 feet beam and 30 feet 6 inches deep. The horsepower is to be 3000 indicated, and the vessels will have a speed of about ten knots, with a carrying capacity of 15,000 tons. Union Iron Works, while the others are well under way in the East. New York they will bring general merchandise to San Francisco. The Californian is now nearing completion They are all intended for the sugar trade. From here they will go to Honolulu and load sugar for at the From the East, and so on all the year around. The accompanying cut of the new steamers is the first that has ever been published. WILL NOT ALLOW HER REMAINS T0 REST I PEACE Condemned Professor Morse Sold in Seattle for Nome Trade. et New Steamer for the Mexican Trade. New and Welcome Regime at the Ferries—Grace Barton Be- places the McDowell. —_— The old Atlantic liner Professor Morse recently sold to Puget Sound parties was the one topic of conversation on the water front yesterday. A vessel with a more varied career it would be hard to find on the Pacific Coast, but the crowning point in her history came when she was sold to Seattle parties to carry passengers to Neme, when in fact she lies at the Presidio a condemned hulk. The Professor Morse was built in 1866, in Scotland, for the Marine Investment Company of Glasgow. She was chris- tened the Aline, and for a time ran be- tween England and America. She was not a success even in those days of early steamboating and the Marine Investment Company, getting tired of its bargain, gold the steamer to South of England parties, who changed her name to Suf- folk. Under her new cognomon she ran to New Orleans from Liverpool for a long time and was finally sold to S. Oteri of Louisiana. Just about the time her li- cense was to expire the Klondike boom burst forth and vessels were wanted at any price. Partles in San Francisco of- fered a good price for the old hulk and it was promptly accepted. had a great deal to do with her final voy- age. She had to stop at Band Point for repairs and only got through the Btraits of Magellan by a scratch. On her arrival at Coronel it was never thought she would get away again, but once more the bollers were patched up and she finally reached San Francisco, “a complete wreck.” When “Pat” Galvin, the head of the syndicate that had purchased the vessel, looked her over he at once sald she was not fit to go to sea again and sent her to .e Presidio, where she has lain ever d of survey passed on her ir e, 183, and condemned her as un- seaworthy, and ever since the vessel has been ru!lmg at her moorings. The Klondike boom has passed, and now vessels are in demand for the Cape Nome rush. Captain F. N. Handy, who was in on the sale of the Professor Morse, was one of those caught during the Dawson excitement. He and others purchased the steamer ger and the schooner Mary Bidwell. The Tiger used’ to haul the Sausalito freight boats across the bay and was still in good condition when purchased by Handy. The inspec- Yors of hulls and botlers would not allow her to take an ocean vovage, however, and the qld side-wheeler is still lying in Oakland Creek. Handy's brother was an ex-Collector of Customs at Unalaska, and both of them formerly lived at 306 Pine street, in this city. Captain Handy met Dr. F. E. Ad- ams of Seattle here and between them they purchased the Professor Morse. Then they got Dr. J. E. Jordan into_the scheme of running her to Nome, and he put up $10,000 to secure a managing own- er's share. He sent an agent to San Francisco and that gentleman, to fore- stall Handy, put the following ad. in the dall apers: Ve NOTICE Is hereby given that no one is authorized to | order any work done on the Professor Morse except myself. All work done without a writ- ten order from me will not be paid J. L. FISHER, Master and agent for managing owner. The notice was published on March 19, and it only took Fisher twenty-four hours to discover that the Professor Morse was a wreck. He telegraphed the facts to Seattle and now Dr. Jordan has a war- rant out for the arrest of Captain Handy. The Mexican steamer lgnacio Mariscal salled for Manzanilla and way ports via Ban Diego yesterday. After making the round trip to Mexican ports she will come back here and have new boilers put in. The lgnacio Mariscal was formerly the Alice Blanchard, so well known on the coast as a collier. Her hull is sound and the machinery is good, but the local in- spectors have only licensed the bofiers for this voyage. On her return here and after a general overhaullng the Ignacio Mariscal will go into the regular trade between Mexican ports and San Fran- cisco. Captain Tibbetts, the well-known ship- ing man of Eureka, is on a visit to hls rother, the port captain for C. A. Hooper Co. The Eureka shipmaster has a host of friends in San Francisco, all of whom for. | gave him a hearty welcome on 'change yesterday. Nat Thompson, a runner for the Russ ouse, will not lock horns with Sergeant ‘Tom’* Mahoney of the harbor police again in a hurry. The sergeant always means what he says, and when an order comes from him that is the end of it—bar arrest for an infringement of the same. A few days ago Berfewnl Mahoney warned the runners that they could not interfere with ferry passengers inside a prescribed limit. Yesterday Thompson overstepped the bounds, and when ordered back by the sergeant, became impudent. 1 terda: Inside of t‘;u Hi""to man or_yes 5 of ten minutes he )l ked tt the harbor 1 1 Ton witha charge ¢ vioiating the hack dergeant Slahoney "is now in general go at the ferry depot, and a_better Providence | man could not be found in the police force of San Francisco. The United States uartermaster’s steamer_General McDoyell went to the Fulton Iron Works yesterday to have a new house and new decks bullt and new bollers put in place. She will also be fitted with a Wittran propeller, and Chief Engineer Christiansen expects her to make extra good time when she comes off the drydock. The river steamer Grace Barton will take the McDowell's place. The latter vessel is just off the drydock, having been newly painted and fiited with a luga pumping plant. She is now one of the most _comfortable steamers on the bay, and the army people will be well supplied during the enforced absence of the Mc- Dowell. Captain H. G. Bell, master of the steamer Zinfandel for the past ten vears, will command the Grace Barton. e is one of the most skiliful navigators on the bay, so thére is no chance of the Barton being lost in the fog. The collier Czarina arrived from Seattle after a run of eighty-seven hours—one of the fastest runs of the year for this class of vessel. Captain Seaman, knowing the vessel was wanted here, brought her along at a good clip and lost no time in etting the cargo out as soon as she ocked. The Czarina goes to Pacific- street wharf this morning and will at once begin loading a general cargo for Hono- lulu. Almost every ounce she can carry has already been engaged, the chances are she will sall for the islands some time to-morrow. The schooner Emma Claudina, sixteen days from Mahukona, and the ship Lu- cile, fifteen days from Honolulu, arrived yesterday and were placed in l}ufl.rfl.l}flne. The steamer North Fork, which left for Eureka last Saturday, met with a slight mishap to her machinery and had to anchor in the bay. The nepessary repalrs were made and the vessel proceeded early yesterday morning. TWO MEN ARRESTED FOR STEALING CATTLE Accused of Systematically Disposing of Their Employer’s Stock to Transient Buyers. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. COVELO, March 2%.—A warrant was sworn out by H. C. Silmmons for the ar- rest of Willlam Swearinger and Albert Myers Saturday, charged with cattle stealing. Swearinger and Myers were ar- rested this morning by’ Deputy Sheriff Redwine and are now in_his custody, Both the accused were in the employe of Simmons on his ranch, twelve miles east of Covelo, and while thus engaged they made way with thelr emplover’s stock. Some fifteen or twenty head of prime cat- tle are missing, and it is alleged the cal tle were taken off the ranch and sold to transient stock buyers by the prisoners. This mornin Swearinger an M.ymer: en- tered a plea of not guilty, the magistrate holding them both under $00 bond, which is not yet filed. swearlnier is the young man who was recently implicated in a horse stealing affair. He is about 24 years of age and bears a hard reputation.” Nu- merous recent depredations of this char- acter have aroused stock owners an every effort will be made for a convic- tion. The date of the hearing is delayed to enable stock men from outlying ranges to be present. The evidence is expected to dllcgou a system of nefarious traffic on the wholesale order. Other arrests are expected to follow. prchi SRR FRANK TIMMS DEAD. Body of the Old Hunter Found in Petaluma Creek. PETALUMA, March 25.—Frank Timms, one of tne best known characters of So- noma and Marin counties, ' an old-time hunter and trapper, was found drowned in Petaluma Creek about twelve miles below this city this afternoon. He was missed in the morning and employes of the Fair ranch, below keville, found his hat and coat early in the afternoon on a mud bank. Near by was a knife, as if he had been cleaning fish. The body was later picked up near Bigler's stone warehouse, not far from the place where the cloth. ing was found. is supposed that his death was due to an accident, although some think that he committed suicide. He has been troubled of late over legal mat- ters, and hi shown signs of mental weakness. Deceased was unmarried, a native of Matne, 53 vears of age. He leaves a good sized estate In land situated near this city to two sisters. BRI IRISH LEADERS REUNITED. Redmond, O’Connor and Healy Ad- dress a Liverpool Gathering. LIVERPOOL, March 2.—John Red- mond, leader of the Irish Nationalist party in the House of Commons, T. P. O’'Connor and Timothy Healy addressed an important Irish demonstration here to- day. Congratulating Irishmen upon _reun- ion, Mr. Redmond said they had met un- der happy auspices for the first time in- a decade and declared that he stood on the.same platform-as Messrs. O'Connor and Healy. Yaquis Surrounded. SONORA, Mex., March 25.—General Tor- res’ force of Mexican troops has fully 800 Yaqui Indians surrounded a short distance north of Torin, and the early surrender or complete annihiliation of the rebels is considered certain. The Indians have caught In a trap, and their only means of escape is to cut thelr way through the ranks of the Government troops. —_————— Slaughter of Bluejays. ANGELS CAMP, March 25.—Sportsmen of this vicinity made great slaughter of bluejays to-day. Thi men_killed 1135 birds ip eight hours. ese birds have e such a great pest, destroying the nests of quall and other game birds, that steps to destroy them have become nec- essary. )l(d.tfi“ m::. mi;ul- or name nll.‘mw:‘:d in of cl on the Foods purchased at m & Vall’ 1.4; BRUTAL FIGHT OF TWO SAILORS \T SAUSILITO Battled in the Street Until Both Were Completely Exhausted. —_— Friends Carried Them Back to the Ship, Where They Now Lie in a Precarious Con- dition. b s Special Dispatch to The Call. SAUSALITO, March 25—Two sailors from the British ship Inversk, now un- loading coal for the North Pacific Coast Rallroad, had a brutal fight in the street this morning. The men were drinking together in a sa- loon when an gltercation arose, and they decided to settle the matter with bare fists. They went out into the street. stripped to the waist and began pummel- ing one another viclously. They kept it ;ID until both fell exhausted and sense- s. ess. Friends carried them back to the ship, where they are now under a doctor’s care. Their condition is precarious. CARTER’S PLEA FOR THE RESIDENTS OF ALASKA Montana Senator Will To-Day Call Up the Territorial Code Bill for Consideration. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, March 25. — Senator Carter will endeavor to call up the Alas- kan code bill for consideration to-morrow. Speaking of the great mineral wealth of Alaska and the necessity for the passage of the bill, he said to-day: “The Transvaal, Australia and Califor- nia and all iold producing flelds known to history fall into insignificance as com- pared with the volume of precious metals to flow from the Alaskan mines. The di. trict of Alaska has ylelded to the treas ury of the United States and to the peo- ple of the country a million dollars for every thousand invested in purchase, and is destined to be the great unfailing gold supply for this country. I am anxious to see the people of Porto Rico and the Phil. ippines taken care of: but the people of laska come home to us. They are of our own flesh and blood. They go there from every State and Territory in the Un: fon. Do not force them to protect them- selves as best they can from the strong arm of mob law. e Senate should pass the bill providing for their government.” — - COLONEL ELLIOT’S A * BODY IS AT REST Funeral of the Retired Army Officer Who Directed Fortifications of San Yrancisco. Special Dispatch to The Call. ‘WASHINGTON, March 25.—The funeral of Colonel George H. Elliot, U. 8. A., re- tired, well known on the Pacific Coast, who died here on Friday, will take place to-morrow. The interment will be made at Arlington. Colonel Elliot was a native of Massa- chusetts, and graduated from West Point in 1855, iIn 1857 he was appointed assistant engineer in charge of the construction of the defenses of San Francisco harbor. After the civil war, in which he served with distinction, he had many important duties which kept him on the Paciflc Coast until 1870. He wrote several valu- able works, including one on “The Pre- sidio of San Francisco.” -— SURVEYING FOR A RAILWAY. Party of Engineers Keeps Wyoming Citizens Guessing. WHEATLAND, Wyo., March 25.—This community is agaln stirred by the appear- ance of a party of surveyors in charge of an engineer named Negus. The party has been in the field for several weeks,and h; surveyved a line from a point on the Bui lington's Alliance-Guernsey line, about two miles east of Fort Laramie, following the Laramie River as far west as the mouth of the Chugwater Creek. From there the survey leaves the Burlington, and verging to the south follows up t! east side of the Chug Valley until w&uz. land is reached. The survey crosses the line of the Cheyenne and Northern about 500 yards north of the depot, and passing through the northwestern part of town continues on In a southwesterly direction, -— Shipwrecked Seamen Reach Port. NEW YORK, March 25.—Among the passengers who arrived to-day on the steamer Olinda from Cuban ports were thirty stranded colonists from La Glori: and twenty-five shipwrecked seamen. Twenty of the latter are from the Nor- o ok By BT sW ore. cu: on m.l?‘!n the Bl.‘a.mu. on March .HE became a total loss, as already reported. led o th. The crew n the reef with provi- sions, and was picked up :x the steamer Admiral Schl:{halrnfl land at ine Island. The five sea- men From the lcan schooner » which was lost on Ro- CHILDREN MARRIED WITH CONSENT OF PARENTS Thirteen-Year-0ld Schoolgirl and Fifteen- Year-Old Massachusetts Youth United. Special Dispatch to The Call BOSTON, March 25.—A girl of 13 years, Miss Della Murphy, became enam- ored with a youth, Earl Willis, 15 years of age, and has married him. The love affair has been going on for about two years, with the full consent of those Interested, and the little town of BEastondale is greatly excited. The boy was working in a Brockton shop and she was a school girl. The parents of the groom, with whom the bride and groom are now lving, and the mother of the bride are widely known in the town. The Rev. W. L. Chaffin of the Unity church performed the ceremony, with the full consent of the parents. oD Do 4@ : G946 200 000006000 046 540400 S5 S04 S 00 +0 0 Do e 00t e Se0 0@ MAY BUILD RAILWAY CUBANS OBJECT TO " THROUGH NAPA VALLEY THE TAX ON SUGAR 'W. B. King of Oakland Projects Run- | Urge That Revenues Be Raised by ning a Line From Vallejo to the Assessment of Valuable Lakeport. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NAPA. March 25—W. B. King of Oak- l1and has been in this city and the upper Napa Valley for some time past pushing a project with a view of building a broad- gauge steam railway through Napa Val- ley from Vallejo to Lakeport, in Lake County—that is, if the people of Lake County will give the scheme the proper support. Mr. King is a practical rallroad buflder | and has superintended the construction of railways in Southern California and the State of Washington. He Is at present a member of the Independent Transporta- tion Company of Oakland, in which or- ganization E. H. Winship 'of this city is also interested. Mr. King has been trying to float the bonds of the Clear Lake Elec- Property. HAVANA, March 25.—Governor General Wood has recently had interviews with persons of influence who have strenuousty urged the taxation of valuable property rather than each bag of sugar as it is manufactured. Those who hold this view contend thatunderthe present system im- pediments are thrown in the way of pro- duction. They point out that many valu- able estates have been lying idle and un- productive for yeass, some even having complete sugar plants. The own Wi are rich men, are living in Paris, and other European cities, quite untaxed for their property in Cuba.” General Wood feels that if these properties are taxed their owners will be forced either to sell them or to make them productive. The meeting called to-day of those fa- voring universal suffrage resulted in a tric Power Company for the purpose of | fajljyre. The only persons present wera bullding the proposed electric road in this ; - Srvecal el Valley ‘agitated by that company, but in | hoout GfY negToes — this he has not succeeded very well. He has approached the directors of the Clear Lake Company and they have stated that they will sell the right of way privileges owned by them to him. Rev. Richard Wylie, E. H. Winship, R. Raymond and T. B. Hutchinson of this city are directors of the Clear Lake Power Company, and have in two _years secured franchises ’ln N‘Bm. e, Solano an oma counties for their p sed electric rallway. The residents omke ‘ounty are very desirous of having a railroad run into that section, and Mr. King thinks that it can.be accomplished. oo Big Catch of Seals. ST. JOHNS, N. F., March 25.—The seal- ing steamer Leopard, which took shelter at Welseyville yesterday In consequence of the storm, is due here to-morrow morn- ing, and other steamers are expected to arrive during the day. Judging from re- ports thus far received the total number of seals actually taken by the fleet is about 295,000, and the prospect is that this total will be increased by some 60,000 be- fore the season closes. As the entire catch last year was only 247,000, this year's fig- ures promise to be the best within twenty years. i COLONEL WALLACE'S FUNERAL, Last Rites Over the Body of the Mon« tana Volunteer. HELENA, Mont., March 25.—The funeral of the late Colonel Robert Bruce Wallacs to-day was an imposing affalr. Local mil- lary organizations were reinforced by members of the Montana volunteer regi- #nent and United States regulars. Colonel Wallace was wounded at the battle of Caloocan, but was thought to have recovered, and was appointed colone} of the Thirty-seventh United States Vol- unteers. His wound never fully healed, and he was invalided home last Novem- ber. He was the youngest colonel in the army, being but 30 years old. gl i e Ao Lime Trust Organized. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 25.—Lime manufacturers have just completed th detalls of the combination to be known as the Consolidated Lime Company, organ- ized under the laws of New Jersay, with a capital stock of $3,000.000. It will control every limekiln south of Virginia and east of Texas except five. ADVERTISEMENTS. This is the beginning of the seventh week of our remark- able sale of good blue serge suits for sio The longer this sale runs the more popu- lar it seems to be. It looks as if it was going to be about the most favorable sale we ever had. We mention this to show you what interest the sale has awakened. You may have waited to see how well the suits have taken. But why wait? You get our guarantees Your money’s worth or your money re- turned, or repairing free. Cut-of-town orders filled. Write us for catalogue No. 2 of Suits, Overcoats, Hats and Furnishings. We fill all orders carefully, promptly. 718 Market 8t. New York Dental Parlors. Nowhere on earth is the subject of dentistry so O PAlY i DO PORTLAND, a8 by e directors oty SAN FRANCISCO, magnificently appointed 4th and Morrison Sts. denta/ office. 723 Market Street. You may have your TEETH OUT IN THE MORNING and: go home with NEW ONES THE SAME DAY. FOR PAINLESS C- NO CHARGE EXTRA ASIDE FROM THE SPECTALISTS IN teeth are ordered. All work done by bridge work. we have specialists in plate work, '_experien men_of in- uate dentists of 12 to 20 ce: who are world-renowned, st in each department. We will teli telligence, who have devoted their whole lives vance exactly what your work will to this work. Cost by a free examination. Give us & call. and oyou will find we do exactly as we advertise. S it The are the m which we chall COM- PETITION: GOLD GOLD ES (TEETH WITH- Mm). GOLD FILLINGS, PORCE- N PORCELAIN %r‘x\m GS, N _CROWNS, FO! IN BRIDGES, TREATMENTS, EX- TRACTING WITHOUT PAIN. REGU- In our GOLD CROWNS and BRIDGE WORK, of which we are making most BEA ABLE of all dental work known to the AFTADNENA, the the HYGIENIC conditions of is unquestioned. 22-K Gold Crowns......c....$5:00 | Gold Fillings........ccouussrecee 100 Silver Fillings.......ccrrrmee <50 Tecth Without Plates........ 5.00 “A“nyh-:u that l&ou;d' not_prove satisfactory nearest office. ‘rie’ iowive wrices wii sre A FULL SET....$5.00° 728 Markect Strect, San Francisco.