The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 16, 1901, Page 2

2 THE SAY FRANCISCO CALL, WEZDNESD OCTOBER 16, 1941 GALE AND WAVE ASSAIL VESSEL Nome Steamer Newsboy Encounters Storm in the North. San Franciscan Brings News of the Richness of Can- dle Creek. Lrie Special Dispatch to The Call SEATTLE, Oct. 15.—The steamer News- | ptain Corning, arrived in port this | boy, « morning with thirty-eight engers from Nome. second class Nome on September 30 and has no|an angry father. Because of the latter's later than that received by the|sudden eppearance a marriage was pre- Kimball and the Manauense. The little | vented and the would-be bridegroom is steamer encountered a terrific storm about midway between Dutch Harbor and Seat- tle and for twelve hours it was believed the vessel would be swamped. ing into the very teeth of the gale, how- ever, the sturdy old craft sucgeeded we thering the storm. - Captain Corning the blow was one of the hardest 2 r seen in Pacific waters. N. Hawthorne Spitzer and Austin C. Scott, two young men from New York and San Francisco respectively, who came down on the Newsboy, were among the first stampeders to the Candle Creek dis- trict and both hold good interests in the mew country. Mr. Spitzer, speaking in gemeral of the district this morning, said: “The first indications found were very | rich. The surface gold is plentiful and is of & rich, coarse grain. My.partner, Mr. Scott, and 1 first went into the country when only about thirty men were there. At that time there had been no big finds | overed only a fairly good went out to Nome again but discovery. ““When we left there for the outside the stampede had grown to such an extent that dle and her tributaries had been staked for fifteen miles. The richest of this p so far found is from Nos. 16 to 21. These claims are held by a num. ber of young men, including the Lee and ¥imo brothers. George Fosellas, a well- known Nome prospector, also holds.valu- eble property on Long Tom and Patter- | i Qay aborer without any Son crecks, tributdries of Candle. The | menns — = 97 7 mouth of Patterson is considered the rich fing That there is free gold there and in great quantities this instance will prove: A prospector who was all but destitute | ‘went in at the time our party did. Within a very few weeks he returned down the river and bought enough supplies - with yellow dust to feed fifteen men all win- MASKED HIGHWAYMEN RAID BALLARD SALOON Fight Battle With Officers and One of Their Number Is Badly ‘Wounded. TTLE, Oct. 15.—Five armed men to-night held up a Ballard (Wash.) sa- upon the inmates, es- smoke and a few mo- geged and robbed a pe- d ack street. In all they ob- tained §150 and two gold watches, $40 be- ing from the saloon till, one of the watches and $10 from a man who was in the place at the time and 5100 and a goid watch from their last victim. At a late hour they were still at large, with officers in pursuit. The Ballard liquor store, of which N. Theis: prietor, was the scene of hold-up. Theissen, John Gold- d G. Fisher were in the saloon, and Fisher being behind the ugh a rear door three men en- wore a mask and all carried Leveling mates to hold up their hands. was obeyed. One of the men then ad- vanced toward the front of the room and the other two remained in the rear, keep- these they ordered the in- The order ing th victims covered. The first robber went behind the bar and took all the money in the till. He then ord Theissen to open the safe. d that he was a barte not know the combination. ber then took from Gols watch and $10 in currency. juncture Mrs. Theissen, wife of the proprietor, started downstairs from a room above to enter the barroom. She ‘was evidently heard by a picket in front, for two shots were fired outside, _Immediately the highwayman who had he robbing ordered his three vic- rear of the room. be heard coming All three robbers immedi- ately began firing toward the front of the saloon. A moment later T. L. Richards, who had been attracted by ed to enter the front T vaymen began shooting again. Mrs. Theissen was then in the room. One of the bullets narrowly missed her. During this time the highwaymen were withdrawing siowly. Just as they were leaving the rear door Marshal Hunt and Policeman Ballou entered the front Goor.- They opened fire on the retreating- robbers. The tatter ren through the rear €oor, firing as they went. The five robbers hastened in a norta- easterly direction. - When near the Pre: byterian Church they met M. J. “Da Great Northern agent. They attacke him without warning and beat him to the ground. Hurriedly they rified his pockets, teking a gold watch and $100 in goid. They then ppeared. >on_is riddled with bullets. Jn n balls have been found in the Is and figor ,or traced by holes through e front windows, As tney left the on two of the highwaymen were ass € a third, whe was badly wounded. COLOMBIA DESIRED TO HAVE A MEDIATOR WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—In-regard to the statement of President Castro con- tained in the press dispatches of to-day 10 the effect that if Colombia would noti- fy Venezuela officially that .she has ac- cepied the United States as a mediator Venezuela would willingly enter into ne- gotiations with our Government looking o a settlement of her difficulties with Colombia, it is pointed out at the Colom- bian legation here that the Gavernment of Colombia made known in the most emphatic terms her complete readiness to @ccept the friendly interventlon of the United States immediately _after the tra ion of Secretary Hay’'s tele- ms August 2 to both Colombia and rezuela, © Ing in substance an of- jon. On the ofner hand, so the officials at khe Colombian legation state, Venezuela, while not refusing the offer outright, evaded it at the time, and now President Castro’s commu. ion comes only after the defeat of Venezuelan arms in the in- terest of Colombia, and the failure of other hostile expeditions. e ith a gold I3 Ver The Newsboy | By steam- | in | back on the report of the big | WOULD-BE GAOON FEES FAOM LAW Angry Father Prevents a Marriage in ! Salinas. CERENESE Swears Out Warrant for Ar- rest of His Daughter’s Lover. Special Dispatch to The Call. SALINAS, Oct. 15.—Cupid suffered a humiliating defeat at the home of Rev. C. . Pettis in this city to-day, the conquer- ing gladiator in the hymeneal arena being now a fugitive from the law. A marriage license was issued yester- day to William H. Strong of Fresno, who | claimed to be a rancher, and Miss Lena Ewing of Salinas, daughter of one of the | foremen in the Spreckels sugar factory. Notice of the issuance of license was pub- lished in the daily papers here and was read by the father of the young woman, who was in ignorance of her whereabouts, | she having suddenly disappeared about | four weeks ago. Ewing hastened to town, and, learning that the marriage was about to be celebrated by Rev. Mr. Pettis of the | Methodist Episcopal Church, he went to the clergyman's residence. Upon his ar- rival he found the pastor scanning the li- cense. Ewing snatched the docyment from his hand and forbade the ceremony, proceeding on the ground that his daugh- | ter was not vet of age. Then, turning to the would-be bridegroom he berated him in strong language and threatened to kill him. Rev. Mr. Pettis calmed the enraged father and during their talk Strong de- parted. He was soon followed by Ewing and on the street the quarrel was re- newed. A confiict was averted by the ap- pearance of a constable. Upon the lat- ter's advice Ewing swore to a warrant charging Strong with perjury. Strong has disappeared and the officers are searching for him. Miss Ewing’s father claims she is only |16 years old and says Strong, who is 28 years. of age, though claiming to be a SLAYS THE MAN WHOSE DWELLING HE SHARED REDDING, Oct. 15.—As the result of a Guarrel following a request that he fill a water trough before going hunting Thomas Dawson this afternoon shot and | killed John Carberry, the man with whom | he lived. The homicide 5 occurred at 5 o'clock at a point two miles east of Red- ding, where Carberry kept a roadside re- sort. Carberry, who was 40 years of age, lived there with his wife and three chil- dren and Thomas Dawson, who is nearly 60 vears of age, has been a member of their household for years. Dawson_is said to have been drinking to-day. He awoke from a sleep this aft- ernoon and announced that he was going hunting. Carberry asked him to help fill a watering trough before his departure. He refused and a mild quarrel followed . Carberry says that, after the discu: sion seemed about ended, Dawson levele a shotgun at her husband from an ad- joining room and fired, the charge piercing his victim’'s abdomen. Carberry died in a few minutes, - Dawson expresses no concern over his | deed. He was arrested soon afterward at a saloon near the place. e Insurance on a King’s Life. LONDON, Qct. 15.—The Daily Chronicle learns that a syndicate of tradesmen and others who will lose heavily in the event of the coronation not occurring, have ef- fected insurance on the life of King Ed- ward for a very large sum at Lloyd's at the high rate of 10 guineas per centum. i o, Cleveland a College Trustee. PRINCETON, N. J., Oct. 15.—At the annual fall ~meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University to-day, Grover Cleveland was elected a’ member of the board. Hc accepted and was sworn in. @ et @ | MISS STONE AGAIN IN GREAT PERIL —_— Continued From Page One. rescuing Miss Stone. The other powers are equally solicitous, but Russia is the best able to bring the necessary pressure to_bear. Messrs. Baird and Haskell, the mission- aries, haye not yet succeeded in getting into touch with the brigands or opening negotiations. # T MUST MAKE UP DEFICIT. United States May Call Upon Turkey to Make Good the Ransom. LONDON, Oct. 16.—*“The United States Government will insist that Turkey imme- diately make any deficit in subscriptions for ransoms for Miss Stone,” says:the Constantinople . correspondent of :the Daily Telegraph, “and also refund the full amount subscribed.” “It is possible that the brigands who captured Migs Stone have withdrawn into the interior of Macedonia in the direction of Nevrokap,” says a dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Sofia. “Former members of the Macedonia committee, who were arrested on suspi- cion of complicity, denied before a magis- trate any knowledge of the affair.” “Pastors . Dimikroff and Zirkoff, with three fellow mission workers,” says a dis- patch to the Daily Express, “have been killed by the band that kidnaped Miss Ston . The Dally News, in an editorial upon the case of Miss Stone, while sympathizing with the efforts in. her behalf, expressed the opinion that the payment of a large ransom is a very questionable proceeding. ““Turkey could easily stamp out brigand- age,” says the Daily News, *‘but so ‘long as benevolent foreigners will pay high ransoms, why should the Turks trouble?” It suggests that Miss Stone's letter is “just such a document as a clever brig- and chief would drop into the American letter-box at the present moment,” and concludes by remarking: ‘“‘An army of brigands endowed by American subscrip- tions will not add to the tranquillity of Eastern Europe.” “The bellef is growing here,” says a - patch to the Standard from Cg’nstagi&- nople, “that the Bulgarian and not the Turkish Government is responsible for the retention of Miss Stone, whose capture was committed with the connivance of Macedonian agitators, if not with that of the higher authorities. The attitude of the latter toward brigand bands is most suspicious and very different from what it was during the time of Stambuloff.” | e wier 5 ALLEN 0., 93 ranch Stores at Oakland, Alameda and San Jos GOMPARE NOTES And you will discover that the pianos we sell in this city are su- perior in more ways than one to :;:heln sold here. We refer in par- cular to the STECK, CONOVER, EVERETT, HARDMAN, PACK- ARD and the LUDWIG. TAKE NQVHCE that our retail ‘Warerooms not be opened up until January 1, but until then you can take the elevator at 933 Market street and procure any of the above makes of pianos and many others at the lowest whole- sale figure. We solicit your trade and will treat you nicely if you will call 3 Market Street, San Francisco, | hardly “@GIRL IN THE BARRACKS” . HERE was a small house last night at the Alcazar when “The Girl in the Barracks"” went on for the first time, and there was a still smaller house when it ended, for “The Girl in the Barracks” is a very lively sort of farce indeed, too lively for some of the audience to “stand for.” It is that kind of thing we agree to call French, with its Galllc origin writ large all over it. It iz industriously suggestive from one end to the other, and with the usual quota ot injured husbands, wicked soubrettes, shrewish wives and gay Lo- tharios shufiled into the usual risque sit- vatfons with the customary misplaced in- genuity. It is a pity_that the authors, Curt Kraatz and _Heinrich Stobizer, should have wasted their undoubted clev- erness on this kind of thing, for it can “go” ganywhere but in France, where they make them that way. Cer- tainly it is no play for the young girl, who would beiter go back to her sam- plers and “‘Saphos’ than to “The Girl in the Barracks”; and neither, clever as it is, is it likely fo be popular with the rest of the high class of patronage that the Alcazar enjoys. The Alcazar people do good work with the play. Mr. Alsop has a congenial role in Paul Roland, who is let in for the hardships of a recruit's lot as punish- ment for his sins. Frank Bacon is al- ways good, and as a Franco-German mil- lionaire chocolate maker, who has achieved years. of indiscretion, is_very amusing. The girl in the barracks, Liane, is played with snap and vim by Miss Car- rie Lamont, who looks like a bisque cherub in uniform, and the other parts are all well taken care of. R An elaborate presentation of John A. Stevens’ strong and affecting play, “Wife For Wife,” was given at the Central The- ater last evening. The scenic features | were excellently presented and the mem- bers of the company gave a performance that was noteworthy. Willard _Black- more did z line of good work as Edward ‘Walton, and James Corrigan took off the part of the French physiclan with his custemary success. George P. Webster was clever as the servant George, An- nette Marshall was cffective as Edith Waltor and Cza YWaldrop was graceful and dsinty as Grace Courtright. Marga- ret Marshall was clever as the aunt and Lilliar. Elliott was acceptuble in the small part ¢f Martha, the talkative colored Woman. L e e e i ] FORESTERS MAKE PLEASING GAING California High Court Hears Gratifying Reports. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. é CHICO, Oct. 15—The High Court, In- dependent Order of Foresters, convened in | 0dd Fellows' Hall this morning with 230 delegates and the following grand officers present: High Chief Ranger G. A. Mec- Elfresh, Los Angeles;’ Past High Chief Ranger F. M. Parker, Los Angeles; High Vice Chief Ranger O. S. Cooper, Vallejo; High Secretary W. H. Perry, Los Ange- les; High Treasurer E. Reavis, Los Ange- les; High Physiclan F. W. Browning, Haywards; High Auditor G. W. Hood, Los Angeles; High Auditor J. C. Jamie- son, Oakland; High Orator Rev. E. F, Dinsmore, Santa Barbara; High Journal Secretayy E. F. Seymour, San Francisco; High Junior Woodward E. N. Cameron, San Francisco; High Senior Beadle D. Wallace, Salinas; High Junior Beadle J. H. Nash, Halfmoon Bay; High Marshal C. M. Lewis, Santa Cruz; High Conductor W. 8. Rodgers, Boulder Creek; High Messen- ger C. A. Boehme, Stockfon; High Or- ganizer C. W. Mark of San Francisco. At the conclusion of the rollcall 100 new members were initiated into the High Court, eighty-three of the number being delegates and the remaining sixteen mem- bers of Court Chico and other nearby courts. The following committees were appointed: On aistribution—J. M. Collins, Fresn lly, Westminster; T. Murphy, Chico} Gleason, Corona; J. P. Schaefer, Mayfield. On finance—J. H, Harding, Los Angeles; A. E. Brown, San Pedro; J. F. Walin, Colton; H. Marks, Sin Diego; J. V. Hughes, San Fran- cisco. On appeals—D. H. Gath, Banning; J. Fair- weather, Reedley; C. F. Harwood, Sacramento; W. T, Huston, San Jose; W. I Avery, San Francisco. On_constitution and laws—F. J. Wendeling, Hanford; L. J. Marshall, Fureka; Charles Welch, Los Angeles; J. J. Cornell, Los Gatos; C. H. Smith, Tulare. F. F. c: On state_of the order—O. B, Parkinson, Stockton; W. Dunn, Pasadena; A. Badgeley, Ventura; ¥. W. Wismer, Los Angeles;: W. H. Poston, Pomona. On mileage—G. L. Hazard, Whittier; J, Ost- rander, Watsonville; J. H. Whitaker, Buena Park; . B. Wilson, Los Angeles; C. A. Arvid- son, Arbuckle, New business—W, F. Reagor, Colusa; C. W. Pickard, Woodland; H. O. Brink, Lakeport; D. TIrvine, Pasadena; W. H. Weedon, Palo Alto. On memorial—F. M. Parker, Los Angeles: W. S. Rodgers, Boulder Creek; Rev. E. F. Dins- more, San_Francisco; Rev. W. F. Reagor, Co- luea; W. M, Johnson, Los Angeles. On press—P. F. Struckman, Oakland; J. W. Likin, Selma; J. W. Kavanaugh, Vallejo; W. S. Rodgers, Bouider Creek. The annual report of High Chief Ranger McElfresh shows that in the California Jurisdiction there were on September 1, 1901, $70 members, a net gain of 193 for the twelve months. At the beginning of the term there were 165 subordinate courts in the State. Since that time eiglit new courts have been instituted. The high secretary’s report shows the number of courts in good standing on Sep- tember 1, 1501, to be 165; members in good standing on July 1, 1901, 9461 A resolution was adopted to the eflect that the High Court be draped in mourn- ing throughout the session out of respect to the memory of President McKinley, who was a member of the order. The following telegram from the high secretary of the New York Grand Court to High Chief Ranger McElfresh was read: G. A. McEifrish, Chico, Cal.: The High Court of New York sends greetings to the High Court of California and wishes success to your entire jurisdiction. May your session be harmonious and in the best interest of the order. We have Just elected eleven true blues to attend the next session of the Supreme Court at Los Angeles. After the routine business the High Court adjourned to give the various com- mittees time to attend to their various duties. This evening a public reception was ten- dered to the visiting delegates in Armory Hall. Mayor Clark dellvered the address of welcome, to which High Chief Ranger G. A. McEilfresh responded. Hon. Jo D. Sproule was” chairman of the evening. — Miners Form an Association. REDDING, Oct. 15.—Shasta County will be represented in the State Miners’ Asso- ciation in San Francisco two weeks hence by 100 representative mining men., They were chosen to-day at a county conven- tion of those interested in the industry. Steps were then taken.for permanent or- ganization fer this mineral section, and the Northern California Miners' AsSocia- tion was organized with a &trong charter membership. C. C. Bush was made presi- dent and Fred Hurst vice president. The association will have a scope of several counties and bids fair to become very strong. Longshoremen May Strike. . PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 15.—The long- shoremen of this city quit work to-day and it is not improbable that a general JUST RIGHT FOR PARIS A Trifle Too Wicked for San Francisco--=“Wife for Wife’ Well Given at the Central. e e - TWO CLEVER ACTRESSES WHO ARE WINNING FAVOR WITH THE THEATER GOING PUBLIC AT THE ALCAZAR AND CENTRAL, WHICH REOPENED LAST NIGHT. | B Lo PTEMPHIS FHeTo BURIED FOREST IN THE ARGTIC Trees Resembling Cali- fornia Redwood are Uncovered. Special Dispatch to The Call. NOMIZ, Sept. 26 (via Seattle, Oct. 15).— On Richard Dougherty’'s claim, at the mouth of Turner Creck, there is a buried forest. Trees 100 feet long have been un- covered. Some are in an excellent state of preservation, but others are much decayed. The wood resembles California redwood, and some of the trees are ex- ceedingly large. This was once a tropical or semi-tropi- cal climate beyond doubt, and ages ago the mammoth roamed through the wood- ed plains and helped himself o the luxu- riant vegetation. Near this buried for- est clephant tusks, deer horns and mam- moth tusks have been found. A clear, sparkling soda spring bubbles up in the same vicinity, and animals travel many miles to drink its waters, which are pleasant to the taste and possess excel- lent medical properties. : The trunk of a tree 9 feet in diameter at the butt, 6 feet in diameter at the top where it had been broken off and 80 feet long was found recently on Jones & Em- erson’s claim on Quartz Creek. It was 30 feet beneath the surface. The tree was in a fairly good state of preservation. Samples of the wood were brought to Ncme by A. H. Jose. The wood resem- bles cedar and is light in weight, but dark in_color, probably from having lain so icng under ground. The bark, which re- sembled fir, was at least 14 inches thick. A gentleman connected with the United States geological survey, who was on Quartz Creek, examined the tree, but could not determine to what species it belonged. The jawbone and teeth of some prehis- toric animal were found in the roots of this prehistoric tree. The jawbone was larger than that of a horse. It will be sent to the Smithsonian Institution, ‘Washington. Postmaster Wright of Nome is out of one and two cent stamps. A short time ago he received a large consignment from Seattle, but they were soon gone. Last week he sent to St. Michael for $200-worth. The requisition for the season’s stamps was sent over the winter route last March, but the office here has heard nothing from the letter and it is not cer- tain that the department ever received it. Charl?i Cooper, a miner, recently ob- tained an option on two claims on Buster Creek and one on Grace Creek, a tribu- tary to Buster, the purchase price on the group being fixed at $100. He put up a small deposit, then went out to do some prospecting, and in two days had taken out enough dust to complete the purchase. He is now working a gang of sixteen men and has sluice’ boxes in_operation night and day. Cooper thinks he is rapidly be- coming a millionaire and the seller of the property is walking around and tearing out his hair by the handful. San Franciscan in Jail. SAN JOSE, Oct, 15.—Jacob Levy, a salesman, who came here a short time ago from San Francisco, was arrestgd to- day on complaint of J. Adelson, a mer- chant, who charges him with obtaining money under false pretenses. Levy pur- chased a dress suit case from Adelson for $550. He paid $2 cash, and in paying the balance of $350 he presented a draft of $1625 on Friedman & Rogers, a shoe firm of San cisco. Adelson accepted the draft and gave Levy §1250 change. The draft was dishonored by the San Fran- cisco firm. Levy was arraigned before Justice Cobb to-day and his examination set for October 19." In default of bail he ‘was sent to jail. —_— Stops the Cough strike will be declared. The trouble is due to an attempt of Brown & McCabe, steve- dores, to employ non-union men, Anda works off the cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price .2 cents, L MINING COMBINE VIST 1N EXTENT More Than a Thousand | Claims Under One Management. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Oct. 15.—Spokane and Okano- gan County men have succeeded in unit- ing under one management 1061 m.inlm;i claims on Palmer Mountain, Okanogan | County, including the Paimer Mountain | tunnel. The Palmer Mount Mines Con- solidated has been organized, with a cap- ital of $20,000,000 in preferred and common stock, to operate and manage the consoli- dated properties. It will issue $10,000,000 of 5 per cent gold bonds, which will be | floated on the London market by the ‘Washington Development Syndicate, offi- cers of which are: President, John Boyd; vice president, Clyde Preston; secretary | and treasurer, H. R. Turner; consulting engineer, W. M. Robbins. Engineer Robbins has just completed an exhaustive examination of the mineral lodes on Palmer Mountain. From upward of a thousand assays he has obtained the following_ results: Average gold $716, gopper 31530, silver $10.22, lead ¥ 503 total, It is estimated by Robbins and other experts that the ore body that will be opened by the new deep system of mining contemplated will be equal to at least 234,000,000 tons. Making due allowance for pillars and supports in working, and if this body of ore should yield oniy $5 per ton net profit, there is a gross value of more than $1,000,000,000 in the mineral seam | covered by the claims of the consolidated company. 2 Assuming the property to be worked to its full capacity of 5000 tons per day, and allowing 500 working days per year, it would take more than 150 years to exhaust the ore body. Nearly $2,000,000 has been expended in opening up 'the consolidated property, ex- posing more than 1000 veins. These are &mly gold bearing and partly copper. obbins reports that he has traced the large copper dyke more than 3000 feet, cutting the mountain in two from east to west, and having a dip of about 30 de- grees to the south. The dyke averages 10% inches metallic copper over its entire range. Among the plans for future development it is contempiated to continue the present 'almer Mount- tunnel, now in nearly a mile, to the town of Oro, a distance of nine’ and a half miles. This tunnel will have a grade or 200 feet from Loomis to Oro, and will, it is expected, cut into up- ward of 400 miles of mineral bearing bodies. At the Oro end of the tunnel a 500 or 1000 ton smelter will be erected, and this will be commenced immediately upon the close of the bond issue‘in London. The Great Northern Railroad Company has signified its willingness to run branch road to the smelter site. & NAVAL OFFICER'S WIFE JUMPS FROM A WINDOW Mrs. Parmenter, While Suffering From Melancholia, Ends Her Life in Washington. ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—Mrs. Parmen- ter, wife of Lieutenant Henry E. Par- menter, a naval officer on duty here, jumped from a fourth-story window" in the Portland Flats to-day: and, striking on a stone sidewalk, received fatal inju- ries. Death resulted within anhour. Coroner Nevitt learned from Dr. Dixon of the navy, the family physician, that Mrs. Parmenter had been under treat- ment for some time past for melancholia and says that the act was evidently com- mitted at a time when her mind was af- fected to the extent of making her whally irresponsible for her actions. Mrs. Par- menter was a niece of Rear Admiral Ir- win, who dled recently. “ ! astern. They were so close together, how- 1 | Just abaft the stern and ahead of the col- { the vessel to-morrow. | Lauai by the Messrs. Gay, who with the STEAMERS CAIGH TORETHER I O Liner Kaga Maru Badly Damaged by the German Elba. Big Vessels Collide While Going Forward at Half Speed. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Oct. 15.—The Nippon Yusen Kaisha liner Kaga Maru and the Ger- man steamer Elba, the former en route | to the Orient and the latter vessel in-i bound, collided in a dense fog this after- | noon at a point about a mile south of | Five Mile Point and a mile and a half from the Smiths Cove piers. The Elba struck the Kaga Maru near the forecas- | | tle, tearing a hole in the Japanese steam- er fully seven feet in diameter. The dam- age was inflicted while both vessels were isteaming at half speed. Because of the | fact that the vessels struck one another ahead of the collision bulkheads there was no serious danger. The Kaga Maru remained at the Smiths | Cove piers for eight hours, waiting for | the fog to evaporate. She was to have | departed yesterday morning, but it was considered dangerous to venture out. At | 2 o’clock, however, the fog had considera- bly lightened, and Captain Ekstrand or- ! dered the steamer warped out of the dock. | Upon leaving the pier he rang for half | speed and sent the steamer in a direction | several degrees clear of Five Mile Point. After proceeding about a mile and a haif ! the German steamer Elba suddenly loom- ed up through the fog. She also was un- der half speed. The men on each vessel had observed the other's approach and | the signals were given for full speed ever, that a collision was inevitable and the Elba crashed into the Kaga Maru lision bulkhead. The shock when the two big vessels came together was sufficient to create considerable commotion, but as soon as the Elba had backed away from the Kaga Maru it was seen that there was no dan- ger. The captain of the Elba offered any needed assistance to Captaln Ekstrand of the Kaga Maru, but the latter declined the proffered help, turned his vessel around and steamed into port again. The officers on the Elba say that they were trying to locate the Smiths Cove plers at the time of the collision. The fog was so thick that they could not make out thelr bearings and they were not ae- quainted with the immediate vicinity. It is not known what the damage to the Kaga Maru will amount to. The hole in her bow is not a dangerous one, and it is possible that the local agents will order only temporary repairs and then start the liner on her interrupted voyage to the Orient. A board of examiners will survey The Kaga Maru was laden to her full capacity with freight and carried as pas- sengers twenty-eight missionaries who are destined for Chinese inland ports. There were a number of Japanese in the steerage. The Elba had neither cargo nor passengers. y AICHES AEWARL PIONEER MINER John O. Welch Sells the QGreat Northern Sweepstake. g Price Paid for the Siskiyou County Property Exceeds $600,000. Special Dispatch to The C REDDING, Oct. 15.—The largest mine sale in Siskiyou County In several years has just been consummated. John O. Welch, a pioneer, who has mined in Shasta and Siskiyou countles for Af years, sells the Great Northern Sweep stake mine to a Pennsylvania syndicate for a_sum_exceeding 3$600,000. Before leav- ing for Siskiyou County to-night Mr. Welch admitted that the -first payment Lad been made to him and the other pay- ments are to follow at stipulated periods. The Great Northern Sweepstake prop- erty comprises about 5000 acres border- ing French Creek, near Yreka. John Welch has been acquiring it in sections by location and small purchase during the past thirty years. Part of it is quartz and part placer ground. Welch has de- voted himself to developing it in differ- ent places to demonstrate the approxi- mate value of the whole property and prepare for a sale. The extraction of the gold is expensive and far beyond his mod- est means. The company of Pittsburg capitalists has had experts on the property three times and has thoroughly explored the property. It is declared to be one of the greatest gold mines of Northern Califor- nia. The purchasers will prosecute de- velopment work with as large a force as can be worked to advantage. It is the intention to install a smelter. for handling the ore from the lower levels. A com- plete hydraulic system will be built upcn the gravel section. 3 Mr. Welch will remain for a time to di- rect operations before forsaking work to enjoy his new competence in his old age. e ———————— ADVERTISEMENTS. For the Children. To Keep Their Digestion Perfect Nothing Is so Safe and Pleas~ ant as Stuart’s Dyspep= sia Tablets. Thousands of men and women have found Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets the safest and most reliable preparation for any form of indigestion or stomach trou- ble. Thousands of but are well an Y Ie:rle who are not sick, sh to keep well, take @ il @ TRENGHES HALT DUANGING FIRE Hawaiian Plantation Workers Fight With Flames. ovaiita ) SR Spectal Corresponience. HONOLULU, Oct. 9.—No rain of any consequence has yet visited the stricken districts of Hamakua and Kohala. By digging trenches the plantation workers have stayed the progress of the forest fires and may save the property unless a wind storm spreads the flames. As this mall leaves a land deal for the purchase of the property in the island of Messrs. Robinson have for many years owned the isldnd of Niihau, is under ne- gotiation. The heirs of the late Walter Murray Gibson, with some of their as- signs, own the greater part of Laual. Wil- liam G. Irwin, who leaves in the Sonoma, has a holding there. The intending pur- chasers will raise sheep on the land. The M. E. Killean Co., Ltd., a dry goods ard millinery corporation, is in difficulties, San Francisco creditors hav- ing instituted action to protect their in- teres For a second time Judge Estee in the Federal court has ruled out answers of the defendants to the United States Gov- ernment’s suit for condemnation of lands for the naval station at Pearl Harbor. To-morrow the court will hear argument on the question of granting a jury trial in the case. The second amended an- swers have been filed. Suit was begun vesterday against the United States by George B. McClellan | for possession of Quarantine Island, in | Honolulu harbor. McClellan claims the 1sland under a title that was at one time recognized by the Hawailan Government, but which was afterward by the same Government declared to be a mere fish- ing title. The suit is against Dr. E. L. Cofer, United States quarantine officer here, as well as against the Federal Gov- ernment, being an action to eject the Government officials from the island, which is about thirty-six acres in size. The island has long been used for quar- antine purposes. Douglas’ Victims Recovering. SAN JOSE, Oct. 15.—Mrs. Douglas and her daughter, Aloha Agnew, who were the victims of Charles Douglas’ murder- ous assaults on Sunday morning, are rap- idly improving. The mother will soon re- cover, and the daughter, while her condi- tlon {s still critical, isimuch better. She has partially regained her speech. Un-| less she suffers an unlooked for relapse | the physiclans are confident of her re- covery. | i . . . | Impaired Digestion May not be all that is meant by dyspepsia | now, but it will be it neglected. 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