The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 20, 1900, Page 4

T 20, 1900. HK SAN FRA NCIiSCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER STRENETH OF DRSTS TN THIS HAN'S ARMS Round Valley Cowhboy Con- quers Mad Bull With His Naked Hands. S, SAVES A COMRADE FROM DEATH Holds the Infuriated Animal Away From an Injured Vaguero Until the Arrival of As- sistance. wice @ 1 falling from his DRUGSTORE WRECKED. Explosion at Santa Clara Followed by Conflagration An explosion phide of carbon resulted in ug store of lace was completely ruined. | clerk, who was working | nide of carbon, was badly | h hands a home under the care of | It is not bellev: d he in- | e flames of the sulphide. | wo distinet explosions, the quickly upon the frst B rted, but before the de- d get to work a third ex- ed the i terfor of the store. ¥ read dings. The will | e place was insured for ing_ build: Th - GIANT REDWOOD FALLS ACROSS RAILWAY TRACK | for the establishment of a branch of the | Dynamite Used to Effect Its Removal Before Traffic Can Be Resumed. CRUZ, Dec. 19.—An immense six feet In dlameter, fell raliroad track above Rincc of to saw it off r blow it from e broken and au, train did o'clock thi Boulder train did not arly 3 o'clock Dec. 15.—John Ryan, w] & & _roof in this city late Preity Is an adjective which seems to have be- come monopolized by the young lady at the typewriter. It is astonishing what an array of beautiful women are found in stores and offi- ces. In fact, the 53 typical American P} beauty will be found sitting at PAZ the typewriter [CS rather tham lolling ina carriage in the i) ST rk And yet this pretty young girl needs always to be reminded that ““beauty is only skin deep,”” unless it roots in health. b When the health E is undermined by womanly diseases, the luster soon from the eyes, the cheeks grow thin, the ¥ loses its plunipness. Dr. Pierce's Fa- worite Prescription cures diseases which weaken women and which destroy their strength and beauty. It establishes regularity, stops weakening drains, heals inflammation end ulceration and cures female weak- Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure sick Beadache ... SEEKING T0 EXTEND | | | | that vicinity for the past vs_t;’nt‘ra.l topic of the afternoon session. TELLER CITY PROMISES TO RIVAL CAPE NOME. THE NEW MINING CAMP OF TELLER, LOCATED ON THE SHORE OF A SPLENDID LAND-LOCKED HARBOR IN ALASKA. | | SR CITY alf a year old the and more than 1200 people are ng the said last evening, ‘“‘the town had ndt been founded. N. T. Brander 130 miles. season there. That it will rival Nome within another had reached the place somewhat earlier, on the first Kimball steamer ~ “The strikes were all made late in July and in August. Bedrock likely, and there are some among the re- that went up, with a stock of merchandise. A few gold seekers and has been reached in none of the claims, and bedrock s where such " & who predict that it 18 destined to become traders had begun to pitch tents around his store. Then there came plgcers show their riohness, On the Koogrock creeks coarse gold was polis of Northwestern Alaska. the reports of strikes in the Koogrock district and a little later In found among the grass roots. In No. T on Quartz Creek twe men took Bates, a young San Franciscan, who was one of the founders the Bluestone district, and a stampede began from other mining oyt $1200 in seven hours. In a number of others from $200 to 3300 per City and who la returned from Alaska, says that the camps. Hundreds of disappointed men at Nome jolned the rush to gay was taken out wiih a rocker. S P v a8 A ot e r's prospecting showed beyond a question that the Koogrock the new fields, Brander's settlement became a lively town of tents And remember all this was practic surface mining. No one districts, tributary to the new town, are rich in gold. and all the creeks in the two new districts were staked off into knows how rich the placers may prove as bedrock Is ims that while Nome has no harbor and is exposed to claims. 1 3 Bt o o by 3 g Sea storms, Teller City has a land-locked harbor, or, rath- “The people held a meeting August 27 and elected a committee of s : of them, and is twelve miles removed from Bering Sea seven to govern the affairs of the community—a sort of arbitration e Tohs Jhv Jwndt Sretels s Siess ) The new town is located on the east shore of Port Clarence Bay committee. A. T. Wright of San Francisco and myself were mem- QUATtS, Garfield, Dahl, North Fork and Coffey, but of course claims on ti ough a narrow channel. with a depth of 15 to 25 feet ome. THE INFLUENCE OF MORMON CHURCH Delegates From Salt Lake Select Ta- | coma as the Location for One of Several Branch Tab- ernacles. Pl Epecial Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Dec. 19.—Tacoma has been | selected as one of the new Western fields | Church of Latter-Day Saints, or the Mor- mon Church Delegates from Salt Lake City have begun a house-to-house can- vass with the object of making converts | to the faith and organizing a tabernacle in this city. There are four of them in all and they are canvassing the city| thoroughly, each being well supplied with | literature and ready at all times to,an- | swer questions. Tacoma is not the only place that has been selected for the expansion of this faith. In many of the towns and citles of the Northwest the work is geing on and in some, it is said, there has been good progress. Before the present prose- litizing movement shall have ended, it is intended to have Mormon churches estab. | lished in all the leading communities of | the Northwest If this can be done‘the Mormon Church probably will be made national in its territorial scope, instead of | being confined chiefly to Utah. The Mormon pamphlet distributed here disclaims the teachings of polygamy. = K is of twenty-four pages and treats of | faith, repentence, baptism, reception of | (rh;‘ IHrvl,\' Ghost, authority and articles of aith RAL GAS FOUND IN | EASTERN WASHINGTON | Discovery Made Through Applying | a Match to a Bubble on a Lake. TACOMA, Dec. 19.—The discovery of natural gas along Pine Creek, in Easternh Washington, is the cause of much excite- | ment at Rosalia. Spokane men have obs | tained leases on 8000 acres of land near | Pine City. The farmers now steadfastly refuse to enter into any more contracts ascertain to a certainty what really exists under their land. Beveral exhibition tests of the gas show that it is of quality. e gas es- ubbles through the water and Rock This phe- nomenon has been observed by people of twenty-two years, but none thought of it bemh' su until this fall, when some one applied a lighted match'to a bubble and s blase re- sulted. NATU: RS Sunday Sc¢hool Workers Meet. WINTERS, Dec. 19.—The session of the County Sunday School Workers last even- ing was conducted by Earl 8. Bingham of | San Jose, the general secretary, and| Henry F. Plant, the normal superintend- ent from Saratoga. The feature was the | blackboard normal lesson given by Mr, Plant. At this morning’s session the topic was “Primary Workers.” Earl S. Bing- ham made a short speech in which he set | forth sclentific and methodical ways of conducting primary work. ‘‘Our Young People and the Boy Graduate” was the This evening Mr. Plant spoke on Faithful and Unfaithful Teacher,” and Mr. Bingham on ‘“What Is the Association Doing for the Individual School ?” “The MARYSVILLE, Dec. 19.—Stockholders of the new woolen mills met last evening and elected John Martin president, H. Chetm vice president. R. G. Stanwood sec. retary, N. D. Rideout treasurer and Fred Carter superintendent and manager. The contract was let for the construction of the mill building and machinery was pur- chased for the plant. The site of the old Marysville woolen factory was purchased by the new concern, together with all of the old trademarks. The new factory will be in operation by the first of next April. i ‘We have just recefved a nice lot of mod- erate-priced statuary. Beautiful pleces new town on Port Clarence Bay, Alaska, Is southerly shore of Grantley harbor, entrance to which is The freight and passengers from elther the bay side or the har- and are assured safety from the storms that have done such August hundreds of prospectors stampeded from Nome lelds of the Port Clarence region, and their success in lo- cating claims that give promise of great richness insures an unpre- cedented rush from Nome and other mining camps during the early spring and summer, and most of those from the outside world who venture into Alaska will make Teller City their destination. | tain View, came to a sudden from $1 to $20 each. Just the thing for a Christmas present. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. . bers of it. harbor extends eastward organized. Ocean-going vessels can pac foundation. fifteen mile and then six fornia creeks. STEAL AWAY FROM COURT 103E WEDDED Prosecution of Percy Love- joy Comes to a Sud- den Close. i Special Dispatch to The Call. BAN JOSE, Dec. 19.—The prosecution of | Percy Lovejoy for failing to make good | his promise to marry Ethel Waterhouse, a pretty seventeen-year-old girl of Moun. end this afternoon, the young people getting mar- ried by a Justice of the Peace. A strong case had been made against Lovejoy, who had been brought back from Oregon to answer to the charge against him. At| noon the prosecution concluded the intro- duction of its evidence. A number of witnesses had testified to the good char- acter of the girl At this stage of the proceedings b.\’e]u(y expressed his will- ingness to marry Miss Waterhouse. At- torneys Partridge and Jacobs, who were assisting the District Attorney’s office in the prosecution, acquainted her with the fact and she readily consented. It was decided to keep the affalr from the parents of both in the fear that a | hitch would occur, as bitter enmi exists between the families of Lovej and Waterhouse on account of the| charge. Miss Waterhouse and Lovejoy made their way by separate routes to the office of Attorney B. A. Herrington, ccunsel for the defendant. A license had been procured and Justice Rosenthal ex- cused himself from court for a few min- utes so as to perform the ceremony. The couple plighted their troth for all time and then they, the Judge and the attor- neys adjourned_to the courtroom. he dismisggl of the cdse came as a sensation to large number of Moun- tain View )ple_ who were present as ‘witnesses. iss Waterhouse's parents forgave Lovejoy and extended a blessing to the couple, but Papa Lov%oy was obstinate. He refused to take his newly acquired daughter-in-law’s hand and mut- tered threats that he would drive his son from home. Both the young le were Mountain View and are members at fami- lies prominent in that locality. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FARMERS' INSTITUTE Discussion on Ir;lg-flun Consumes | Much of the Time at Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Dec. 19.—The regular fall session of the Southern California Farm- ers’ Institute was held in this city to- day. The visiting delegates were wel- comed to the city by John G. North. The first address was by Professor Cook on “Farmers’ Institutes.” He outlined the history of the institutes and told of the umecu of the organization. Not a single affiliating club had dropped out and many had been formed. Professor A. W. Sprague. president of the Deciduous Fruit Exchange, who ad- dressed the institute on the question of sehools, urged that the schools should embody in their studies more concerning the farms and orchards and their prod- ucts. The subject of irrigation occupied much of the time of the sessién. ‘‘Economy of Water Use” drew forth an interesting dis- cussion and the best methods for con- serving water in these dry years were subjects in which every delegate was in- terested. The convention will continue to-morrow. CONDUCTOR KILLED. Falls Between Two Freight Oars at Auburn. AUBURN, Dec. 19.—Conductor Joseph L. Denillieu, on local freight No. 208 go- ing east, fell between two cars this morn- ing. His right leg was run over above the knee and the left leg below the knee. He was taken to the Gaston W aston Railway pital, where he died at 1 o’clock this after- 'he town site comprises about i gravel, which provides excellent streets and firm buflding secured from wells of small depth, land-locked refuge on our Bering Sea Excellent water is “The harbor is the only coast north of Dutch harbor. “The Bluestone district can be reached in a distance of twelve to across the hills or by water twelve miles up the harbor The tributaries that show rich prospects are Gold Run, Alder, Skookum, Windy and Cali- | stitution will be $8, Hos- | noon. He leaves a family at Colfax. s bbb B The oftener a man is in the mn{ntbo lr?‘-g:r he crows when he ha be . NESN 4 forty or seven miles up the Bluestone. COLONEL DE VRIES LANDS A FORTUNE FOR A STOCKTONIAN Howard Bulkley to Be Put Into Possession of an Estate of Which He Was Wrongfully De- prived for Years. Special Dispatch to The Call. STOCKTON, Dec. 19.—Attorney H. V. J. Swain will leave to-morrow for New York to formally accept the transfer of $50,000 to a client, Howard Bulkley, a Stockton young man, Ex-Congressman de Vries is awaiting his arrival, having made all ar- rangements for the transfer of the es- tate, which for many years, since the death of young Bulkley's father, has been in the hands of M. H. Henderson, a resi- dent of Port Chester, N. Y. Charles F. Bulkley was a colonel of en- gineers in the Union army during the War of the Rebellion. In later years he went to Central and South America, where he engaged In his profession. He died in Guatemala of fever. At that time his wife and son Howard lived in ‘this eity. Howard is still a resident of Stockton. It transpired that Colonel Bulkley had made a deed of his property, sending the docu- ment to his wife with instructions to for- ward it to his old friend, M. H. Hender- son, who was to keep it until he (Bulkley) should die, Repeated efforts failed to get a satis- factory accounting from Henderson, and Howard Bulkley finaily put the matter into the hands of Colonel de Vries, Mrs. Bulkley having died meanwhile. Hender- son has at last come to terms and is ready to turn over the estate to the law- ful heir. It includes three pieces of r%- erty In New York, worth at least $30,000, and about $20,000 worth of real and per- sonal property besides. The full particulars af the agreement entered into with enderson are not known here, Colonel de Vries gnvmg had charge of the immediate dealings with him. " Bulkley will recefve practically the wholé 350,000, less the expense attendant upon 1ts collection. . STREETCARS COLLIDE DURING HEAVY FOG One Man Fatally and Others Pain- fully Injured in a Kentucky ‘Wreck. ASHLAND, Ky., Dec. 19.—At 8 o’clock this morning, during a heavy fog, two electric cars, both well filled with pas- sengers, collided near the center of the city. They were running at a rapid rate of speed. Motorman John Scisco was pinioned between the cars and fs believed to be fatally injured. Motorman William Campbell is also in a_critical condition, being cut with glass about the body and face. Conductor Walter Hutchinson was badly cut about the body and _face. Among the passengers lnjuredn:re Frank Brunning, dounty Attorney: Miss Annic Kerr of Normal, Ky., internally, may die; Mrs. John G. Patton, Catlettsburg, Ky. Frank Freit, Mrs. Lydla Moore, Catlett: burg, Half a dozen others were more or less injured. Both cars were almost to- tally wrecked. PR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Canadian Bank of Commerce Absorbs a Concern Having Ten Branch Houses. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 19.—The Cana- dian Bank of Commerce has purchased the Bank of British Columbia, compris- ing its ten branches in British Columbia, Oregon and California and one in London. e Western banks are located at Port- lard, San Franeisco, Victoria, Vancouver, Nanaimo, Kamloops, Rossland, Nelson, Sandon and New Westminster. 'The deal was cons! mated at Toronto on Decem- ber 11, and the change will be put into effect on January 1 next. The home of- fice of the Canadian Bank of Commerce is at Toronto. The m&l)su of the new in- Lamps and Onyx Tables. ‘We have a splendid assortment of fine lamrps and onyx tables. No other line so 1 ey in the city. Sanborn, ol & Concril Market street 7 “When T arrived on July 16 at what 1s now Teller City,” Mr. Bates Since 1 came out a town government has been regularly acres of smooth, firmly | Senator | Hamilton are defendants. “From Teller Ci ing colors. N. T. Brander, Mr. Hirschler have bought rock district. just acros joo Creek, resembles Anvil Creek s “Away from the Teller C: cers.” DEFENDANT A GIVIL SUIT S Complaint Charges the Ne- vada Statesman With Fraud. L 10 Special Dispatch to The Call. CARSON CITY, Dec. 19.—Papers were filed to-day in a suit In which Charles Peters is plaintiff and United States John P. Jones and A. C. The sum of $31,000 is involved, together with interest of $29520. The complaint alleges that on | or about the 1ith day of August, 1884, Evan Willlams loaned to Jones and Ham- ilton 6000 shares of the capital stock of the Chollar Mining Company and_ 2250 | shares of the capital stock of the Potosi Mining Company. On or prior to the 15th day of July, 1887, it is alleged, the defend- ants appropriated and converted these shares to thelr own use without Willlams' consent. sold the shares for $31,43250. At that t.me the shares were worth more than $4 each, Willlams repeatedly demanded of the defendants, and particularly of Sena- tor Jones payment and settlement, but they refused. Prior to commencement of the action Willlams assigned his ae- count to his wife, Mrs. Dora Willlams, and on the 12th of December, 1900, Mrs, Williams assigned to Charles H. Peters the account and claim against the defen- dants for his own use and benefit in part and as trustee of an express trust to the residue. Soon after State of Nevada, and he has returned only at rare intervals, and has not becn in the | State more than two year altogether since August 14, 1884, Senator Jones still claims to be a resident of Nevada, but soon after the 14th day of August, 1834, says the com- plamt, he departed from Nevada and has not béen within the State more than one yepnlrualt;o ether ;\nc’o l;hnt fln;e. n rays for judgment for the sum of $3143250 and interest thereon from July 15, 1887, at the rate of seven per cent, Attachment Jfapers have been {ssued against the Mexican mill. > Matter of Alimony Settled Between Parties and Amount Kept Secret. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 19.—Peter Sells, the well-known circus manager, of the Sells Brothers and Forepaugh shows, was | to-day granted a divorce from his wife. on the ground of gross neglect of duty. The matter of alimony and costs was lefi | open to be settled by agreement among the parties. The decision to-day was the termination of a hishly sensational case which has been In progress in the courts here for several weeks. The amount of alimony agreed upon was kept secret by the parties interested, but from an authoritative source it is learned that the amount ,000, of which $20,000 is in real estate. All other suits :’h’lch were pending as a result of ‘the divorce case were dismi THREE MEN BURIED UNDER TONS OF EARTH Bank of an Irrigation Canal on ‘Which They Were at Work Caves in. CHADRON, Nebr., Dec. 19.—Three men were this afternoon buried allve beneath thlr:rflve feet of earth in an Irvigation canal four miles east of this city. The names of the men are C. Burns Mon- tana, Staunch Burns. his son, and Woody Litchfield, a hired hand. The elder Burns was a wealthy ranch and sheep owner, who came here recently and Invested heavily in I-?ai‘ble lands. He was superintending the building of the L!"lnnuon canal when the accident oc- A large rescue force is at work. el y to Checkers They are charged with having | the sale of the| shares A. C. Hamilton departed from the | &+ in the Koogrock district, is about are not now to be had except by purchase in any of the ereeks show- Charles D. Lane, Count Podhorski and a up thé cream of the claims in the Koog- w colors and they are all staked off. BEg- well. In surface indications it greatly Nome. ity site the whole country is tundra. Along the creeks there are willows plentiful enough to furnish firewood. On most of the creeks there will be plenty of water for working the pla- | B o B e o e o 2 o e 'H'H-I-H-H‘H-I-H-H-!-H-I-H-}. SENATOR JONES |STBAMER ROYALIST REACHES VANCODVER BADLY BATTERED Encounters a Terrific Gale While Crossing From Japan and One of Her Seamen Is Lost Overboard. i — VANCOUVER, Dec. 19.—The steamer | three days from Japan and ten days over- | due. 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Net value of Real Estate ownad the Company ooopo. . $IL611,907 33 Amount of secured by 26,192,857 &4 and Mortgage on Real Estate Amount of Loans secured by pleds of Bonds, Stocks or other market- able securities as collateral....... 2,300 00 Premium notes and loans in any form taken in payment of pre- miums on policies now in force.... Cash market value of all Stocks and . = o Bonds owned by the Company aks u:’ 3 . Wmmn Amount of Cash depesited in Ba Iuterest due and accrudd...... Rents due and accrued. b 10.508 03 Net amount of premiums in process of collection and of deferred pre- miume e 3835 13 Total Assets.... LIABTLITIES. ment. oF Claims resist: Cush received for interest. Cash received for remts.. Cash recetved from all other sources | Commienions peid to sgents | Sataries and other compeneation of- Medi a2 B EEE HERBERT Subscribed - day of FEh il b A. K P.- HARMON, DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT, Pacific Coast Agencies. F. R. 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