The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 11, 1900, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEFIrEMBER 11, 1900. AMERICANS FOIL PLOT OF RUSSIANS Laborers of Roberts’ Siberia Expedition Plan to Slay Promoters. SR R Secure All the Firearms on the Samoa and Then Take the Mutineers to Nome, Where They Are Held Prisoners. RSN Spectal Dispatch to The SEATTLE (Wash.), Sept. 10. ws recelved here from call According Russian mining engineer nam nedvitch and thirty other * held there by the military a ad to between the U were arrested d_wi The services ran Calif a study of gold He had a p secured £ol NOME. THUGS AT Winter’'s Pinch Is Driving the Des- perate Men to Crime. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash., Sept. 10.— The San Ped rived from Nome this evening w T gers. The Pedro sailed Augu the gers o the th. the me the San Pe who was among the first on the ground, sold his claim for $10.- 0, and is his way East. Returning passengers Te that already winter setting rufianly ele S & y bold and men are knocked down and robbed nightly. v eral cases are rer where ¥ have just eno and hile on sandbagged and tute WHEEL RIDERS CRASH TOGETHER AT RIVERSIDE Bicyclist Shoemaker Receives Injur- jes at the Ninth Annual Meet That May Cause Death. RIVERSID! Sept. 10.—The ninth an- rual race meet of the Riverside Wheel- ¢ League held to-day was a success ®o0 far as good races and attendance were concerned, but there were two serious ac- cidents. In the finish of the two-mile handicap 0. Wilbur of this city and F. Maler of Los Angeles collided and both were severely A, _five-mile race Shoemaker of the Riverside team and Fritz Maler of the Los Angeles team collided and the former was badly hurt. so much so that bis life is despaired of. and Maier had his Jder disiocated. It is feared tha Shoemaker's skull is fractured. The sum- novice—Won by Fritz Maier, O. nd. Time, 2:31 3-5. 3 mite, open—Won by Bert Leslie of es, 1. Cohen of Los Angeles second. both of Los Angeles = Time, mile, for colored riders—Won by J. Riverside; J. Anderson, Riverside, second. ' Time, 2:50 z Lacy, who went against the track time made by C. Ehoemaker two years ago, nix time being 23 e’ mile, open—Won b H Monrovia, Nye, second. Time, 2 Fre 439 fi Dee of Los Angeles second. mile team race—Won by the Los Angeles team, D. Cromwell, Fred Dee and P. Mater, 80 points; Riverside second, 62 points. The other teams, Oberon and Covina, made very 2 poor_showing, her wetting as high as Points o Raises Raflway Men’s Wages. Spectal Dispatch to The Call SAN DIE ), Sept. 10.—As a result of the vigit of Vice President Lanning of the San Diego Land and Town Company, the employes of the National City and Ctay Rallroad have come to the conclusion that prosperity has struck this end of the countr; Beginning with the first of this month the wages of all employes were raised 15 per cent. making up for the re- duction they were called upon to stand @bout three years and a half ago, when the lack of business compelled the man- agers to reduce wa~es or reduce employes, and the cut in pay was made. \ + boys—Won by W. Burns, E. C. | A. ©O. Tabor, Cor- | Two-mile handican—Won by P. Maler of Los | Angeies ROMANCE OF A YACHTING TR T0 BELVEDERE Moonlight Party on Azaline Leads to a Scciety En- | gagement. Miss Mabel Moore and I. Ward Eaton | Plight Their Troth After an Acquaintance of Only | Three Days. s s ALAMEDA, Sept. 10.—A moonlight yachting party at Belvedere not long ce will In the near future result in the marriage of a_young couple prominent in Alameda and San Francisco society, Miss and 1. Ward abel Moore of this city ton of San Franclsco. the meeting of the young couple and its 2 ending hav 5 come to light he whisperings of members of who made merry in the little ere. is connected with the Ala- hool Department and At the beginning of th 1 she was the moving sp! in the ung nization of a party of y adies Chartered the commodious vacht a two monihs’ 1is to the Marin. The ya party be- ame a fixture at the little city of bo and its members active participants in the social functions of th® watering place. 1. Ward Eaton was one of a Darty of | young men who occupied a houseboat lying off Belvedere and was invited with several friends to attend moonlight gathering on the Azaline. There he met Miss Moore and it was a case of mutua ve first sight. Within three day after the meeting on the yacht the couple had plighted their troth and an- nounced the surprising fact to their friends. No date has been set for the wedding Among those who constituted the happy ty on the were Mrs. M. ore raft son Dodge Curt Mrs director of FOUND IN BRUSH AT LO3 ANGELES Spectal Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10.— The decomposed remains of a male child, that had lived only a few days, was found this afternoon by two children while playing in the brush at Alameda and Fifteenth strests. The babe had been killed with a blunt instru- ment, the skull being dented and fractured. The police were notified and detectives were sent out, but they say no clew has been found to the parties committing the crime. The body of the babe was wrapped in cotton cloths that had been saturated with kero- sene oil and were badly scorched, showing that an ef- fort had been made to burn the body. This failing, the dead infant was put into a gunnysack and thrown into the bushes. Coroner Holland will hold an inquest to-mor- TOW. B B N e Y B o B 0 i L S e B i o) EPHONE MONOPOLY CINCHING WGODLAND TEL WOODLAND, phone Com. 10.—The ered that Sunset al nes in the hich contracis J on October 1 be removed and ai: continued from that date. The company > way with all lo in oniy long distance fon. The ascribed for 1 change xation and city. At its last ses- y Board of Equalization company's asée p ¢ business with assessment. A gang c n work making extensive improvemen: such an linemen ‘at the city were called away in the midst of their work after the company heard of the increase by the City Board of Equal- ization. INTERESTS .TKi COAST. cial Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTON, Sept been issued as follow: lifornia: Original—Hugh 8harkey, Stockton, 3%: Samuel D. Thurston, San Fran co, $8; Simon J. Happ, Oakland, $f David A, Van Fossen. Hardwick, $10; Al len B. Clark, San Francisco, $6. Increase —Thomas C. Brewster, Grainland, $i2 Washington: Original—John F. M Spokane, $5; els Olson, Hoquiam, $8. Bids were opened to-day at the Treasury Department lic building at Stockton, Cal. The bidders : A. E. Bassett, San Francisco, 3L Clark & Henry, Stockton, $121,87 o Fred & Co., S8an Fran Company, San Francisco, $117,000; Pacific Constructyon Company, San Franclsco, ; Lindgreen & Hick, San Franciscy Rty Two Men Struck by Trains. Special Dispatch to The Call. RENO, Sept. 10.—8. B. Ferrell of Floris- ton, Cal, while crossing the railroad | track here to-day was etruck by an en- | gine and hurled twenty feet in the air. His left arm was wrenched and he had a frightful gash on his face, extending from | his mouth to his ear. The most painful and serious injury is in the chest. He .s | doctors cannot say if he will recaver or not. The injured man lies at the County Hospital. SAN JOSE, Sept. 10.—Joseph Grant, a | Lexington saloon keeper, aged 70 vears, was knocked down and run over by a | switch engine on the narrow gauge road, | near Park avenue, this evening. ..e was | walking the track at the time. His skull | was fractured and his scalp terribly lacer- |ated. His recovery is doubtful ———t e | CALTFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—H. A. Horn- lein and wife and N. B. Malvilie are at the St. James; Mr. and Mrs. A. Russell are at the Shoreham; F. L. Turpin and wife are at the Metropolitan. All are from San Francisco. —_———— African Bishop to Lecture. Bishop B. W. Arnett, D. D., presiding over the third Episcopal district of the African M. E. church, will address the congregation of the Bethel M. E. Church to-night on “The Lessons of the Century.” The Bishop is_one of the most noted leaders of the African race and is a mem- ber of the advistory board of the National Republican Committee. The lecture will commence at § o'clock. Admission is free. The detalls of | CHICO, Sept A case of smallpox | J was discovered to-day at Bidwell sheep camp, four miles north of here. The vic- tim is Antone Silva, a Spar d, who came | from the south a week ago. County 10.—Pensions have | cCoy, | or the construction of a pub- ! M. Muller, Stockton, $108,000; McPhee | co, $94,862; Neish Stone | badly hurt internally and at this time the | band and Ends MARRIED THREE MONTHS AND FOUND HER LIFE UNBEARABLE Mrs. John S. Inglis, Wife of Union Pacific Con=- tracting Freight Agent, Quarrels With Hus- Her Existence. { [ 1SS LILLIAN ORDWAY con- tracted an unhappy marriage on June 10 of this year, when she became Mrs. John S. Inglls, and when she repented of it and found it uml ned on | after ¥ late she tur three months gas and ex: wedding da the T a corpse. Her husband, after a qu: | with her in their rooms last Sunday night, | left the house In a stormy mood and | spent the remainder of that night and the greater part of Monday elsewt he returned at a quarter of 4 o'l 3 terday afternoon his wife had been dead for many hou There conflicting stories as to the which the yot wife took so Some of the inmates of 1s between the | of frequent occurrence. | had ceased and | door behind him 1o more w heard or known lock yesterday morn- ing. when Cowan roomer in the house, noticed the s ating proceeding from Mrs. Inglis’ room. The door forced and - | | odor of fllumin- | i | | happy woman found in_bed, Physicians were hastily summoned, they declared that the woman had been jead for many hours. The key f the gas burner and the valves of a ¢ stove were turned on Lo their fullest extent. On the bureau was 1 plain brown envelo bearing the ad- dress “Mrs. A. Ordway, 214 Leavenworth street. Private. C It was the name | , QUARRELED WITH HER | HUSBAND AND ENDED HER | | EXISTENCE. | S = ® The note read as follows: September 9, 1000, of her mother. It i my request, in of my death, that erything 1 roseess shall go to my mogaer, Mrs. A. Oraway, 214 Leavenworth street. Furs niture of two et; savings count. money in and Loan | clety, book in drawer money in Union ‘Trust Bank Montgome book ik stock Is with broker, & Co.): box of jewelry, LIGLLIAN INGLIS (nee Ordway. John S. Inglis, the husband, is contract- ing freight agent of the Unig Pacific Railway, with an offi n Market street. Mrs. Inglis was a clerk in_the tax partment of the Southern Pacific Com- pany with E. Black Ryan. Mr. and Mrs, Inglis were marr at Martinez and on the same day took the rooms in which she ended her life. Mr. Iuglls was divorced from his former wife four years ago. Market str 200 5! donia stock, street ( safe at of ts, ete., CALIFORNIAN KILLS HIMSELF AT PORTLAND| Otto Greenhood Blows Out His Brains After Writing a Letter to His Brother in This City. PORTLAND, Sept. 10.—Otto Greenhood, a well-known newspaper reporter of this committed suicide th evening in the let room of the Hotel Portland by shooting himself with a révolver. De- spondency du to 11l health is supposed to have caused him to take his life. thood was well known in San Fran- cisco and Sacramento and in Carson City, Nev He a letter directing that his brother, Louls Greenhood, of 1303 Octavia street, San Francisco, be notified of his death e Smallpox at Bakersfield and Chico. BAKERSFIELD, Sept. 10.—Another case of smallpox has developed here. Albert Tremain, an employe of the Cosmopolitan | Hotel, is the victim. The place was promptly quarantined Health Officer Bing has quarantined the SAT: -— Salt Lake Gamblers Fight Thugs. SALT LAKE, Utah, Sept. 1L.—A bold | attempt was made to hold up the Sheep | Ranch gambling-house about 2 o'clock | i unknown men. this morning by two George [ e was wounded during the shooting and both robbers were shot. One of them, however, escaped, but the oneé most seriously wounded was cap- | tured ard taken to the police station. | Indictments in Goebel Case. FRANKFORT, K Sept. 10.—The fall term of the Circuit Court began here to- day. The Grand Jury as a result of de- velopments in the trial of Caleb Powers ts expected to return additional indict- | ments in the Goebel killing. | - | Monterey Forest Fire Is Checked. MONTER Sept. 10 About 200 acres | of valuable {imber, mostly pine, was de- | stroyed by the fire back of Monterey, | which gained such alarming proportions | vesterday as to threaten the town. The | fire is no under conirol. David Jacks owns the land. —_—— COAST BREVETIES. | LOS ANGELES, Seot. 10.—While using ja gasoline stove this afterncon the clothing of Mre. Elizabeth Highcamps of 1419 Paloma street caught fire and she received burns that will result fatally. PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 10.—At Agua Call- near Phecnix. J. D. James, a school her, shot a man named North, yesterday. James ‘ired three shots. One shot took ef- | fect. but the wound is not fatal. RENO, Nev., Sept. 10.—Mrs. Bullard, who was snot through the meck in this elty last | Saturday by Paseman, is slightly improved and | will_probably recover. Mr. Bullard, her hue- | band, has been released from Jail. BAKERSFIELD, Sept. 10.—Tom Fitch Jr., who was brought here from Stockton recently charged with obtaining money under false pre- ! was exonerated In court to-day. The | irrest’ was due to a misunderstanding. PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 10.—At Kyrene, twen- ty miles from here, 7400 cords of wood, owned by A. J. Hausen and valued at over $21,000, | were destroyed by fire Saturday night. The | fire was started by a Mexican, formerly a com- petitor of Hausen. 08 ANGELES, Sept. woolley of Chicago, the for President of the United States, a this city this afternoon. An immense audience greeted him at Simpson Auditorium. He left to-night for Colton. WILLCOX, Ariz., Sept. 10.—For the last ten days numercus heavy rains have visited this gection and the drought is completely broken. The water holes all over the country are filled and the grass is about four inches tall. This now promises to be the best season for the cattle industry that we bave had for many years. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10.—A woman kneel- ing between the rafls of a street car line, pray- ing for death, was a pecullar scene witnessed this morning In this city. She was taken to the police station and gave her name as Mary Mandy. She Is evidently insane and was sent to the County Hospital pending an examination. PACIFIC GROVE, Sept. 10.—The Itinerants’ Clubr of the California M. E. Conference con- cluded its session to-day. The following of- ficers were elected for the coming year: - i dent, Charles E. Winning of Los Gatos; vice president, H: J. Winsor of Ukiah; secretary and freasurer, H. B. Milnes of Santa Clara. An executive committee composed of the officers | and Lesile M. Burweil of Palo Alto, M. H. Al- exander of Oakland and F. W. Lloyd of Ocel- | dextal was also elected. 10.—The Hon. John | Prohibition candidate ived In JILTED LOVER'S TERRIBLE VENGEANCE Shoots His Rival and the Girl He Loves and Then Sends a Bullet Through His Own Heart. BUTTE, Mont., Sent. 10.—At Rock Creek, in Park County, last night Frank Forrest, a ranchhand, aged 20, shot and killed Willis Howard, a well-to-do ranch- er, aged 30; fatally wounded Miss Laura Linn, aged 16, and then committed sul- clde 'by shooting himself cide 3 self through the OTHER CALIFORNIA TOWNS MAKE MERRY Lodi Natives and San Ber- nardino Pioneers Cele- Brate the Jubilee. Special Dispatch to The Call. ODI, Sept. 10.—Those Native Sons and Daughters who could not at- tend the celebration at San Fran- cisco had a celebration of their own in Lodi to-day. It was a most successful affair. As soon as darkness came there was a splendid fireworks dis- play on the plaza, after which there was a ball at Barnhart's hall, the Lodi brass band furnishing the mu During the evening a splendid_banquet was enjoyed by the Natives and their guests. - The toastmaster at the banquet was L. C. Me- Murtry and a vocal quartet lent zest to the occasion. San Bernardino Jubilates. SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. 10.—The celebration to-day of the fiftleth anniver- sary of the admission of California into the Unlon was largely given up to the Ploneers. A special train from Los An- geles and way stations was met by a re- ception committee of prominent citizens and the guests were escorted to Midway fiplr‘;ngs, Where literary exercises were eld. . An address of welcome 6n behalf of the San Bernardino Soclety of Ploneers was delivered by President R. T. Roberts. The welcoming address on behalf of the San Bernardino Board of Trade was delivered by 1. Q. Wilson. An address on *“The Ad- mission of California’” was made by L. A, Ingersoll and the address on behalf of | the Native Sons by J. E. Rich, all of San Bernardino. Eloquent responses were given on behalf of the Los Angeles visite ors by W. H. Workman, Major %‘P”. H. G. Barrows, R. R. Haines, Lewis Roud Will D. Gould. About 2500 pel;’];‘l(‘,erw-el}g present on the picnic grounds. After lun- cheon the visitors were driven about the valley in carriages. SR Los Angeles Rests, L.OS ANGELES, Sept. 10.—There were some evidences of a holiday in Los An- 1 the part of the me; Closed thelr Goors for hall rzchk?'&::;}, Mihe banks, the oil exchanges and the county gu&dings were closed. No exercises were eld. San Diego Closes Shop for the Day. SAN DIEGO, Sept. 10.—Banks and most places of business were closed to- Diherwise there was 1o special Sbecevabas of Admission day. | | HUNTER MISTAKES FARMER FOR DEER AND KILLS HIM Speclal Dispatch to The Call, WILLOWS, Sept. 10.—Wes- ley Squires, a youth 15 years of age, accidentally shot and killed John Miller, a prom- inent farmer of Clarks Valley, while out hunting in the mountains near Alder Springs this afternoon. Squires saw something move in the brush and thinking it was either a deer or bear, fired. The bullet struck Miller in the forehead, killing him instantly. Squires is the son of E. Squires, pro- prietor of the Fruto Hotel at Fruto. D S O S AR AR de- | B T T e ey weeY I+ 4444444444444 4444490 GREAT PARAD: MARKING THE MRIVERSHRY Continued from Page Four. Stockton Parlor’s Steamer. On board the steamer H. J. Corcoran the jolly members of Stockton Parlor No. 7 recelved their friends from 3 to 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Stockton boys chartered the Corcoran especially for the occasion, and while here their headquar- ‘ters are in the big steamer. | About 250 Sons came down besides sixty | | Native Daughters. The steamer is gayly DISCOVERERS AND E AME XL We cannot lock to the mountains and valleys of the great West without recall- | decorated both inside and out and she pre- | sented a pretty spectacle as she steamed into the bay Sunday night, ablaze with col- | ored lights. In addition to the large con- | tingent of Stccktonites who came in the | steamer it is estimated that fully. 000 came by rail to share in the celebration. The receiving committee consisted of Messrs. Wurster, Knowles, O'Connor and | | Lieginger. The 'parior's own band fur- | nished music for the reception and light | refreshments were served. | | _Over 3000 invitations had been sent out | and nearly ane-half that number respond- | | ed. Among the invited were the Governor | and staff, Mayor Phelan and_members of | the city government, many Pioneers and | all the grand officers of the Native Sons | and Daughters of this city. To-day the | parlor wili hav exeursion to Mare T | and, and at midnight will start for hc Stockton Parlor s the gecond large he State, and it is also one of the rich- having some $12,000 in its treasury. It | organized March 12, 1381, and reor- ganized in 1883, Ball at Stanford Parlor. | _The grand bail given by Stanford Parlor | at Golden Gate Hall last night was a brill- lant affair in every detail. The hall was beautifully decorated in the jublies colors, | the prevailing materials being satin, silk and gold embroidery. On the stage was a huge setting sun in electric lights, sur- rounded by thirty-one stars, represent'ng the number of States in the Union after California_was admitted. In the center | of the hall was a hanging basket made i of 500 white and vellow chrysanthemums. Six hundred lights were used in the dec- orations and the electrical effects during ne in t ¢ | the danel aused genuine admiration. | The decorations were the work of A. F. | Schleicher, one of the members of the | parior. The grand march began_at 10 o'clock |and was led by Willlam F. Humphrey. president of the parlor, and Miss Hum- phrey, followed b were tastefulls |in evening dre ) couples. The ladies gowned and the gentiemen relieved by the uniforms worn by the members of the parlor and adopted for the celebration. A fine pro- | gramme of dances to the music of a string orchestra was enjoyed. During an inter- | mission the guests adjourned to the ban- wauet hall. where a light repast was PServed. The upper hall was then opened for thé accommodation of the guests, the number of which had greatly increased during the evening. Dancing was then continued until early morning and another successful “Stanford affair’ came to an end. | Ladies of La Estrella. La Estrella Parlor, tive Daughters of the Golden West, entertained hundreds of | friends and visitors yvesterday at their headquarters in the Palace Hotel. Re- freshments were served in the afternoon and an excellent programme was ren- dered. In the evening the Sons of the Exempt Firemen were the guests of the | fair membe There was dancing, and | refreshments were served by the fair | hostesses. Among those who received the guests were: Mrs. C. Thom: len, Miss G. Bello, Miss N. Thierbach, Miss B. Hartmann, M | Klevesahl. Mrs. William Nichols, Mrs | H. Aigeltinger, Miss Alice M Miss E. McInerney. Hyneg orchestra fur- i nished music. Miss Henle$ played a num- ber of plano selections, Willlam Fenster- macher sang, as did also Miss Heyer and | Miss Middleton. The handsome silken | hand-made flag presented to the parlor Ly Mrs. Helen Bordner was on exhibition and was greatly admired. Lawrence Vin- cent has been of great assistance to the members and they have expressed their appreciation on every occasion. The par- {lor will keep open house this afternoon | and evening. | Past Presidents’ Association. The_Association of Past Presidents of the Native Sons gave a banquet in the Palace Hotel last night, at which the were present, in addition to the membe a number of the grand officers. The was an excellent menu and responses to a number of toasts. Dined With the Governor. Governor Gage was tendered a luncheon | at the Palace yesterday afternoon, after | parade, by the members of his staff. There | were present, in addition, the Governor of Wyoming and staff, Lieutenant Governor | J. H. Neff, General W. R. Shafter, E. T, Wilson, his aid: Grand President R. C. L. | Rust, W. D. Hobro Jr.. president of (‘all; nd fornia Parlor: Hen Lunstedt, gr cretary: R. H. Morse, Stephen V. Cc tello and Lieutenant Colonel Charles Box- ton. The lunch commenced at 3 o'clock and did not terminate until 7 in the even- ing. There were a few congratulatory short talks upon the absorbing topic of the day—the parade. In the evening the Governor and staffsmade a tour of visita- tion to twenty-seven of the parlor head- | quarters. | Yesterday afternoon the entertainment | committee of California and Buena Vista parlors tendered a luncheon to Mrs. H. T. Gage, wife of the Governor, at the Palace. | There were present Mrs. Davis, Mrs. | Barnes, Emma Benning. Mrs. R. C." Rust, ! Mrs. J. O. Morse. Mrs. Hendrickson, Miss | | Kerrigan, Mrs. J. P. Dockery, Miss Ma- | rian Pernau and Miss May Higgins. | 1 Crowds Well Handled. | The splendid manher in which the vast crowds that gathered to view the parade were handled was the subject of general | comment yesterday. not alone by the resi- | | dents but by visitors as well. From one | end to the other the line of march was | kept clear of pedestrians, vehicles and | cyclists—an_innovation in San Francisco pageants. Nine miles of wire cable was | stretched along the line of march and | cordons of police, mounted and on foot, | stood guard to see that none but thoso With full right. crossed over or interfered | with the parade. i The police were thrown out in divisions. | Bach given certain territory to cover and | nat once during the day was it found nec- essary to alter the original plan. The | | crowd, the police say. was unusuaily or- | derly and in a large measure assisted in | keeping the line open for the advance of the marching column. | But few arrests were made during the | day and that no serious accidents oc- | curred is considered remarkable in view | of the immense crowds that jammed the streete from one end to the other on the | line of march. | Rincon Entertains. i | Rincon Parlor No. 72, one of the fore- | most and most influential organizations | of its kind in this city, enjoyed a banquet | after the parade. Only mempers of the | arlor were present. Speeches were de- | flvered by Abe Ruef, W. J. Wynn, W. E. i Foley, T. H. Vivian, W. E. Peake, Judge | Mogan, Peter Mertes and Grand Trustee | .. McLaughlin. Frank Carroll gave some dlalect recitations, Frank Kane sang | and L. K. Hagenkamp made some clever remarks. During the banquet the Rin- cons entertained their friends with danc- Cannon acted as floor managers. The arlor has expended nearly $5000 in enter- ainment. This afternoon there will be open house and In the evening a ball will 'SILVER T fng and refreshments in the two large halls they engaged for the festivities in | Pythian Castle. H. O'Keefe and Charles ing the historic powers that once tended there for dominion and mastery. Spain and France, Great Britain and Rus- sia have all looked for empire in Western America, and, as is usual in history, their respective claims and expectations have been based upon the ploneer work of their discoverers and explorers. The decadence of Spain as an American power is now complete. Yet but a short century ago she held In America an empire by the stde of which the territory of the United States was mesger indeed. From the sources of the Missourl and the Missis- sippi to the borders of Patagonia two American continents acknowledged the rule of Spain. The surrender of the last remnant of this vast imperial claim is recent and vivid history. Spain and the West. | Great as was the acknowledged sway of Spain at the close of the last century, | that sway was still a marked decline from | her clalms and preten of the teenth century.. The T ander VI in 1493 “to prevent collision be tween Christian princ drew an aginary lire from the north south, assigninz to Spain all that lay west of that line and to Portugal all that laj east, and it decreed to the government of the discoverer oll newly discovered land and waters. Columbus, sailing under Spanish flag, gave a new world to his sov- ereign. Ponce de Leon di in and most of the continent was claimed under that name for nearly a century to come. Balboa. the Spaniard, in 1513 discovered the Pacific Ocean, and in his epectacular seene of wading into its waters and_striking its with his sword he claimed all its islands and shores for his monarch. These stupen- dous_claims were further supn De Soto’s discovery of the M (1541) and by Narv: 's explorations along the Mexican Guif (132%) 3 events led to the Spanish explorations of ithwestern Am survivors of N S ptives of wan- derin E had been carried acr yntinent to the Guif of Cali- fornia. They had stories of wonderful | cities to teil to the Spaniards in Mexico. Mendoza, the Spanish Governor of t country, sent Fra Marcos, the re monk, to gearch for the I ndary < Cities of Cibola.” Marcos overed th, Pueblos. and the next year, 1540. Corc nado marched fartner to the north and two years he wandered over the western mountains and plains. How- h C t to the world frem his trials and toils but little except imper- fect geographical knowledge of the val- leys of the Colorado, the Gila and the Rio Grande. France and the West. France entered ipon her claims to “he Mississippi Valley and the great West by the work of Marquette, Joliet and La Salle. During the c ury following the work of these . rench explorers France pushed Spain to the south and west. In 1800 she forced from Spain the cession of Louisiana, which subsequentl n our Florida treaty in 1819, came to be described by the historic zigzag Iin from mouth of the Sabine to Oregon—up th Sabline to itude then due north the Red Riv r to longitud 23 (from Washington). north to the Arkansas, and up that river te parallel to the Pacific. ritain and Russia entered the lists in the Northwest in the persons of their sailors and fur traders. Bering, the Dane, under Russian authority, sailed through the strait that bears his name and his expedition projected others (172 41) that led to the possessions of Russian America. Drake, the Englishman, the greatest seaman of his age, passing ths THE EXPLORERS OF THE GREAT Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. con- im- | pole to the | covered Florida | the | latitude 42, | XPLORERS OF RICA. NORTH —_— salled | straits of Magellan Into Balboa Se 1 ) an | north to the coast of O | laid the beginnings of Great claim to our Northwest coast. But these early exploits of the English were not so effective as a basis ession as were the operations fur traders and trappers. It is that has blazed the way for the adv frontier. The Hudsons Bay Company, which has dotted with its trading | the immense reglons between the oceans from the United States to the Arc 1 a, was chartered by Charles 1670. This charter incorporated th | ernor and Company of Adventurer: ing into the Hudsons Bay." with exc'usive | trade rights in all the lands drained by tha | waters of that bay; it granted, also, “the | whole and entire trade and traffic to and | from the havens, bays, creeks, rivers, | lakes and seas ir entrance by water or land.” company almost forfeited its ‘“‘non user.” In fact, for more years, approximately from 1608 to 17 tle exploration and settlement of the | West was attempted. After the cession | of Canada to Great Britain (1763) numbers of fur traders spread over the western part of the continent. The Northwest | Fur Company of Montreal, of which Irv- ing writes in his “Astorfa,” carried on a | fierce competition with’ the Hudson o which they shall find 1749 tha by In rights vase | company, and it was with these trading ° companies and their interests that | had our chief difficulty in establishing | claimg to the valley of the Columtia an the Northwest. The voyages of Cook and of Vancouver (1791), both of om made explorations on the North- west coast, were also used as a further basis for English claims. Contemporary with Vancouver our American Capt | Gray discovered the Columbia River—a ery that materially aided our claims to the Oregon country. But it is not with the counter claims of the rival nor with the work o thelr earlle plorers, seamen and trap- | pers in the West, that this account has chiefly to do. It is to the Ame | neers and pathfinders of the | century who revealed to their e men the pa of the great mountal | and made possible American possession of the great West that we would especially call attention. Jefferson and Louisiana. The first great expansion of the repub- lie after independence was in the acqu its of ana. Judged by u snces this trans from France to Americ most momentous events in tory of the western world.® Tt 3 held to distinguish Jeferson among American statesmen as one of the most fertile in far-reaching and beneficent de- gns. It is to the prescience and policy of Jefferson that we owe not only tha purchase but the earliest exploration our new possessions. | John Ledyard. While Jefferson resided in Paris | 179, John Ledyard of Connecti there to organize a_fur company Northwest. Ledyard had spent f was one of the hi has been bef: it ar | of his irregular and adventurous life | the famous navigator Cook as a corporal | on_Cook's noted ship, the Resolution. | Jefterson proposed to Ledyard that he g0 | by land to Kamchatka, cross in some of |(hv- Russian vessels Nootka ss down into the latitude of tr sourl and penetrate to and through river to the United States. Jefferson ob tained for Ledyard the permission of the Russtan G rnment. Ledyard s | upon his" daring venture. but wh was within 200 miles of Kamcha Government permission was rev he was arrested and carried ba land, broken in body and s though his purpose was de to be remembered as the forerunne the great explorers of the West who fol- lowed him. Note—This study by Dr. J. A of Indiana University will on Tuesday next. members of Sequola Parlor No. 160 enter- tained. Their guests umbered by the hundreds. L. C. Pistolesi had the floor charg d right_weil did he discharge his manifold and intricate duties. grand ball, to which :nvitations only wi be recognized, Is on Sequoia’s programme for to-night. El Dorado Parlor. The auarters of El Dorado Parlor In Red Mer Hall were erowded to their utmost last night by strangers who ac- cepted the invitation to enjoy an evening of dances. The hall was too small to ac- commodate the visitors who assembled as the guests varlor and of the of the members of Orinda lor of the Native Daughters. who assisted in receiving. During the evening there was served to all who cotld enter the banquet hall an excellent collation. Golden Gate. The hall of the B. B. building, In which Golden Gate Parlor 1s entertaining its friends, crowded ast night by those who wished to enjoy the ball. In addi- tion to the programme of dances those who attended were served with refres ments in the banquet hall. ROPHIES FOR SWIFT YACHTS Unusually Large Number of Boats for the Regatta. To-Day’s Golf. HE fifth annual regatta of the Pa- cific Interciub Yacht Association will take place to-day over the usual channel course. The prepara- tory whistle will be blown at 11:50 | a. m. and the 2-foot class will start at noon. The 25-footers and the yawls will start at 12:10 p. m., the 30-footers at 12:20, the 36-footers at 12:30, the #4-footers at 12:40 and the T0-footers at 12: The 20- | footers, %5-footers and yawls will go over the short course of ten nautieal miles, the vachts in the 30-foot, 36-foot H4-£0: classes go over the middle e cially reckoned at fourteen nauti while the 70-footers go over course, officlally reckoned at eight " nautical miles. The mc fleet will sail over the special course, clally reckoned as five miles. All yachts will carry offic] cing numbers and club colors. The first and seco: will recetve silver and certificates of cup is the most vi e be won by the vach§f mak time in the 30-foot will be given to the best time over the s An un- usually large list of entries has been re- ceived, and some very interesting racing is expected. The officlals are as follows: Referee, Captain H. T. Emery; judges—R. R. I'Hommedieu and Dr. €. L. Tisdale; timers—R. Coykendall and Harry Gibbs. Golf for To-Day. | ‘There will a handicap tournament over thirty-six holes, medal play, on the Presi- dfo links to-day. J. W. Byrne is the han- dicapper and a large list of entries has been received. Eighteen holes will be played in the morning and the remalning two rounds in the afternoon. John Law- son plays from scratch, and the other en- tries receive handicaps as follows: E. J. McCutchen, H. B. Goodwin, H. D. Pills- bury, J. W. Byrne and S. L. Abbot Jr., 2; Lansing O. Kellogg, 3: Hugh Tevis and Charles Page, 5; Henry Golcher and H. C. | Breeden. 8;"A. C._Bingham, $: Dr. Bever- |1y MecMonagle. T. Binny, Worthington Ames and H. Blackman, 10: P. McG. Mc- Bean, C. P. Eells, and M. 8. Severance, 112: W. H. La Boyteaux, 14: Warren Greg- ory. Grant, Selfridge and Rumbold. 15. in each class y and will the fastest | The_final rounds of the competitions for | the Council’s cup for men and for the ladies’ cup will be played to-day on the links of the San Rafael Golf Club. An | open handicap tournament. over eighteen holes, match play, for silver prizes, w: | begun yesterday and will be concluded to- ‘gxybon the links of the Oakland Golf ub. gmmmmmmmmm New York Dental Parlors. .OLD RELIABLE.... With Cffices in Portland, Or., San Franocisco. Cal, Seattle. Wash. ANY WORK DONE BY US THAT DOES NOT PROVE SATISFACTORY WILL BE ATTENDED TO FREE OF CHARGE AT OUR NEAREST OFFICE. EUEL SEF OF | Gold Crown.. be given. 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