The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 24, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1902. 3 DETECTIVES FIND oEGRET b0LD LEDGE Hobart Estate Success- ful in Remarkable Quest. Sleuths Learn Location of Rich Strike Made by a Nevadan. Sperd Months Shadowing Prospector Who Uncovered Yellow Metal on Land Owned by Californians. RN Special Dispatch to The Call CARSON, » June 23.—The muystery | al mine has claimed the anen-i e people in the western portion he e ever since it became known three weeks ago that a corps of detec s from C rnia had spent nearly a searching for it. | one almost without prece- | , which from samples of | in wealth the lionaires of some | was discovered by Bud | eer on the Virginia and | When Barkley real- | ays the richness of his | d the records to ascer- | land and found it be- | estate and was ates patent. It is a considerable in side west of | keep his secret until he f the ground. He and tried to make | that the news of : el reached the Hobart heirs erious ma er and he s, thougi mine from en conducted, to work the nar ntage proposition. | SUBMIT PROPOSITION. | heirs did not submit their | me time. In the meantime | ocate the mine for | eing” unsuccessful, of- | er cent of whatever he | The discov- | on, and, con- carefully, sat down | Barkley said he with him rather | | left San Francisco | ched to Nevada. cker of Wells, Far- ne of them shadowed the hope that he would the treasure, while others ry por of the Hobart | e the ore had been dge had been_ carefully atever rock had been had been worked by the g0 word reached this city sleuths had uncovered ediately Barkley mounted headed for the hills with a shoulder and a belt of car- | i und his waist. It is covered the rumor to | make a strong fight to of the property he CH ORE IN SIGHT. from Washoe City that the | verer of the mine had quantity of the rock and d that plenty more was in that was reported as 2 man by the name of | in this section for | s hunting over the | n the Little Valley | hidden treasure is | ted. Others have been | and not one has ever re-| ¥ ore that resembles Bark- | of stories as to the richness | re in the air, and some say ts have managed to get ! nples that Barkley sold, ys were i thou- re. Some of the rock shown ity would do credit to any cabi- cimens and looks almost too good Case That Puzzles Doctors. . D. Gill, who was Georgetown a | Saturday. He fell of fourteen feet rod penetrated the | ng upon the brain i s phenomenal for a | g with such a wound. | DR. PIERCE’S REMEDIES. H ns and No one would e: ANDICAPPED. | | nan who started to run a racein | fetters would be visibly hand- t him to { organs [ ually | handicapped the one case his strength is over- weighted, in the other it is under- mined. Success demands above | all else a sound | stomach. | Doctor Pierce’s | Golden Medical } | Discovery cures discases of the stomach and other organs of diges- tion and nutrition. ‘When this is done food is perfectly d | receives strength in the only way | ch strength can be given—by the | on derived from digested and as- ted food. | e T would like to give your ‘ Golden v’ I canmot utter in words or tes James B. Ambrose, | Street. Huntingdon, Pa. “1 was taken with what our physicians here igestion. 1 doctored with the best d found mo relief. I wrote to me a question blank to §ll out, | you then advised me to use | 1. Pierce's n Medical Discovery. 1 took ee botties and I felt so good that I stopped,y ng cured. 1 have no symptoms of gastric | trouble or igestion now.” | cept no substitute for *Golden Med- jcal Discovery.” There is nothing ®just as good.” sohd Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical | Adviser,” sent free on receipt of stamps | to cover expense of mailing only. | Twenty -one one-cent stamps for the | book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for | the cloth-bound volume. ~Address Dr. ! R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, 6 W This signature is on every box of the genuine Laxative Brom Tablets & ; remedy that cures & celd in one day. | clerk in Dav | they ¥ | | waus | Barely Escape Death in a Torrent | | ests of Oreggn against fires. i ern Pacific | ing shaft hidden from sight by bushes, | | in three minutes the structure was con- | wing YUKON OFFIGIALS ARE AGGUSED Collector of Customs| Davis and His Clerk | Resign. Action Follows Their Suspen- sion for Alleged Exten- sive Frauds. Special Dispatch to The Call. DAWSON, T. (via Vancouver), June | 22.—Charged with having received large sums of money from American companies for complicity in extensive frauds against the Gbvernment two officials quit their offices in Dawson to-day. They were D. W. Davis, Collector of Customs for the port of Dawson, and A. A. Cook, chief department. On Saturday pended, and to-day they slipped their resignations into the hands of Chief Inspector McMichael, who had gone north especially to investigate cus- toms leakages. It is alleged that sum tetaling $50,000, with incidental penalties, are lacking in the receipts of the office, and that Davis accepted various sums in connection with these frauds. McMi- chael spent little more than a week in the examination of the books and out- ide affairs, and then suspended the Col- lector until action could be taken in Ot-| tawa. In the meantime E. S. Bushby has beer appointed to take the position of | Collector temporarily and to assist in straightening out the affairs of the de- | were s partment. Officials of the Alaska Exploration Company, doing a large trading and im- porting business in the Klondike, are mentioned the details of the alleged | frauds, and action may be taken against them by criminal process for their shar in the reported supplying of money the officials. McMichael and his assistant, James Belton, left Vancouver only a month ago | for Dawson, and they lost no. fimé - In making an examination of the books. It is said that the alleged frauds have ex- tended over a period of three years. pector spent some time at White adjusting affairs on his way down er, and his leisurely tour gave outward sign of the disclosures he successful in making in the Daw- son office. The friends of the two officials could hardly believe the mews of the suspen- | sion. " Davis and Cook have been in the northern service between four and five years. th ro TUNNELERS UNEXPECTEDLY PENETRATE LAKE’'S BOTTOM That Soon Drains Natural Reservoir. BAKER CITY, Or., June 2.—A party of fishermen returning from RoclCreek to- | day reported what might have been a| frightful disaster at Lake Kalamacus on | Friday night. An irrigation company has | been engaged in boring a tunnel under | the bottom of the lake, a distance of | about 250 feet, o that the water could be | used during the dry months. The tunnel was so planned that it would strike a | point about sixty feet below the bottom | of the lake. An uprise was started from | the end of the tunnel to tap the lake bot- | tom, supposed to be sixty feet above. Friday evening the workmen put in a shot in the solid rock in the uprise. With a mighty roar the water of the lake broke through into the tunnel, and just a mo- ment after the men gained a place of safety a stream of water six feet square was spouting several hundred feet down the canyon. Rock Creek at once became a roaring torrent. Fortunately there | were a lot of trees in the lake, which | were uprooted by the rushing water and carried into the tunnel, thus stopping to | some extent the outflow. Had it not been for this hindrance a mill and store build- ing on the creek below would have been washed away and several farm buildings | destroyed. The lake is now empty and is useless as | a reservoir fo rthis season. PATROLS FOR SOUTHERN PACIFIC TIMBER BELT Company Will Take Extensive Pre- | cautions to Guard Against Forest Fires. PORTLAND, Ore., June 23.—W. H. Mills of San Francisco, head of the land de- | partment of the Southern Pacific, is here | to supplement the-efforts of the Federal | and State authorities in protecting the for- | The South- wns about 1,100,000 acres of timber lands in Oregon and it is the inten- tion of the company to establish a thor- ough patrol of the timber belt during the | summer. “*One of my special objects is to arrange | for a more effective patrol of our timber lan, said Mr. Mills. “It is my purpose to establish a continuous patrol along the forest lands of the company. I shall di- | vide the timber lands of the Southern Pa- cific into districts and provide a superin- tendent for each district. There were ten | districts last year. This year the number will be doubled. “‘Another object of my visit is to arrange for several more permanent forest reser- vations. The Southern Pacific already has a 27,000-acre reserve on the Mohawk River, is my purpose now to arrange for a tion of (5,000 acres on the Siuslaw and perhaps one or two smaller ones. ' This timber will not be touched for | @ great many years to come.” — HORSE AND BOY PLUNGE INTO OLD MINING SHAFT Eight-Year-Old Grass Valley Lad Has a Remarkable Escape From Death. GRASS VALLEY, June 23.—News of the miraculous escape from death of the eight-year-old son of Rancher Orrin Per- riv reached Grass Valley to-day. Perrin, in company with a cousin of the same age, was on horseback looking for stra ed ertitle when he rode into an old mi Horse and rider plunged to the bottom of the shaft, which was partly filied with | water. By a miracle young Perrin r tained his seat in the saddle or he would have been dashed to death. His cries brought his cousin to the edge of the shaft, but he was unable to give assist- ance. The cousin raced for home as fast as his horse could carry him and returned | with his father and uncle. The two men | lowered a rope to the boy, who had de-| serted the saddle and taken refuge on a little rock shelf above the plunging | horse. He tled the rope about his waist | ard was hauled up in safety, without | even as much as a scratch. The horse also was hauled up, but breught to the surface, Gy Fire’s Sweep in Corning. ING, June 2 rning was vis- evening by a fire which swept | y almost all of the buildings In one | eptire block. The blaze started in the | hay loft of Henley & Motz's livery stable. | was dead when | ited sumed, together with twenty horses, the | fire engine and all the vehicles. A’ stiff | from the west carried the flames | to the large barn belonging to R. A. Fo; ter & Co., which rapidly burned and | spread the flames to the tankhouse of Foster & Woodson's real estate office, | This was soon consumed, shutting off he water supply and leaving the May- wood colony at, the mercy of the ele- ments. For some time it was feared that the Hotel Maywood, just across the street | trom the Maywood colony office, would | suffer_the same fate, but vigorous work by a bucket brigade saved the structure, | The loss s estimated at $10,000. s San Jose’s Oldest Native Dead. SAN JOSE, June 23.—Mrs. Bernardine Villagrana died to-day, aged 9 years. She was born in San Jose and was the oldest living native of the city. She was never outside the county during her long life. ENDEAVORERS’ ADVANCE GUARD | IS INSTALLED IN SANTA CRUZ| Convention of the Young Christians Will Open This Evening in the Seaside City With a Concert in Which a Choir of One Hundred Voices Will Be: One of the Pleasing Features| £ eBERTSON Cfi-’i:l?”‘/‘/ or IS (2= cd xR v 2 and conspicuous in gold lettering is the convention motto, “Not I, but Christ.”” On the stage are potted plants. In the cen- ter of the ceiling is a magnificent six- pointed star center piece of netting, gold fringe and flowers. | The pavilion has been provided with seats for 1500 persons. The Congregatiofial Church is also be- ing elaborately decorated _with bunting and huckleberry around the gallery and streamers of purple and gold. Flowers are to be used entirely for the pulpit decorations. The convention will open to-morrow evening with a concert by a choir of one | hundred voices, assisted by local talent. | Hasting Orchestra, Miss McMillan of San Jose, and the Mandarin Quartet of San | ose. | The southern delegation will arrive on | a special train to-morrow. More than 205 | persons are to attend from below Tehach- apl. The Congregational young people are making great preparations for the denoni- | inatfonal rally to be held on Friday ai- | ternoon. Miss Belle Diego is to be iu charge. The young people are to serve a banquet after the rally. The following are in charge of the affair: Mrs. Emma Fitch, chairman; Misses Har- riet Snyder, Helen Byrne, Laura“Beecher, Lelia Waterman, Margaret Brown, Gladys Brown, Rena Fikes, Marguerite Morey, Cora Otto, Ha- ze] Cope, Stanley Bliss, Mrs, Kate Arano, Mrs. ‘W, A. Corey, Messrs., Harold McPherson, Clyde ' Linscott, Maynard Linscott and Don Byrne. | i B i SIEHODET HIEE i S FPALLY WL | | | | | | | | | i i | b Q ‘ - Pl W) | A i f ANTA CRUZ, June 23.—The dele- The delegate badge is a neat affair in | gations to the Christian Endeavor purple and gold—a gold ribbon with pur- | Convention are arriving and prep- Pl lettering. On it is a cut of the Santa “ruz g Trees. i arlation.s for the gathering are The decorating of the Armory has been about completed. The first outside finished. Over the building is the Chris- delegate to register was Miss Clara tian Endeavor flag and stretched across Reeves of Sacramento. The members of the street are banners. Within the struc- the registration committee are: l‘;re tgm Acel"nls is fialmost hidden rm‘m ey A R = view by American flag streamers reach- White, Helen Marcas, Helen Hopkine, Eijen INE from.the rafters to the galleries. The Con CCariila Hovt, Amells Kerniite” Edun Salleries are festooned with purple and { 4 {ate Becker, Harrlet vder, Lucy Til- 8£0ld bunting to a depth of six feet. Cali- Helen Snyder, Bessie Wood, Ruby fornia popples and greens are also used | dames W. C. Byrne, Alexander With charming effect. Around the wall | B Messre. Clifford Stocking, Clyde Linscott, have been placed evergreens, interspersed | Maynard Linscott, W, H. Heard and Harold with shields and banners. The stage is | McPherson. curtained with purple and gold draperies | LTYBTLE HERD i | Q = 2 SANTA CRUZ CHRISTIAN EN- DEAVORERS WHO WILL WELCOME THE DELEGATES. | | i Honolulu Representative Is Accused of Smug- gling Opium. HONOLULU, June 17.—Yang Wel Pin, his Imperial Chincse Majesty’s Consul in Honolulu, is accused by members of the Bow Wong party of Chinese of having smuggled opium by taking advantage of the privileges accorded him as a consular representative, and his case has been un- der investigation by Collector of Customs Stackable for some time past. Charges were made against the Consul at Wash- ington by Honolulu members of the Bow ‘Wong, or reform soclety, and Stackable received orders from the State Depart- ment to look into the matter. It is stated that he has obtained evidence that the Co has been using the privilege of having his baggage and consignments come in free to smuggle opium into the country. As a result of the provision in the act of Congress providing a form of govern- ment for the Territory of Hawail that all claimants of fishing rights in the Ter- ritory should file their claims in the form of suits against the Territory within two years after the act went into effect about 80 suits have been filed by parties claim- ing titles to fishing rights in various parts of the isiands. Most of the rights are based upon old grants of the Hawaiian monarchy and some of the titles date back a long time, but they are all in ef- fect and exclude the public from sea waters. There will be several years of litigation before all the suits are settled, as some fishing rights, held under the old Hawai- ian laws governing such grants and high- 1y valued by the holders, are involved in the suits. The wireless telegraph system is about to be reopened between Honolulu and the islands of Maui and Hawaili, and recent tests indicate that the system will work very well. Your First Duty to Yourself Is to look after your own comfort. The com- fortable trains of the Nickel Plate Road, Chi- cago to New York and Boston, carry Nickel Plate dining cars, in which are served Ameri- can Club meals at from 35c to $1 each, always please the traveling public. JAY W. ADAMS, P. C. P. A, 37 Crocker building, San Fran: cisco, Cal. Find Remains of a Mon- ster Pachyderm Near Weaverville, e WEAVERVILLE, June 23—An im- mense tusk of a pachyderm has been un- ccvered by men working the monitor of the Trinity Gold Placer Mining Syndicate of London at its mines on Coffee Creek. Superintendent Wiillam Maitland says the man who had charge of the monitor, called the piper, had gone forward to ex- amine his bank and noticed a curious ob- ject protruding from the ground. He supposed it was rock of some unusual kind and picked up a piece for examina- tion. It was found to be very olly on the surface and that considerable oil re- mained in the gravel bed. He summoned assistance and an enormous tusk was un- covered. The point of the tusk was rest- ing on bedrock, the other end sticking up through the gravel. All that was under the gruund was perfect, but badly de- cayed—so much so that it broke into pieces of its own weight when moved. The recovered portion is six feet In length and nine inches in diameter at the thick end. The stream from the monitor strikes with terrific force and doubtless destroyed much. of the fossil before its discovery. Mr. Maitland while engaged in business in London had a great deal to do with selling ivory, and says that he must have seen every elephant tusk sold (here in many years, but he does not remember having seen a tusk approaching in size even what remalins of this one. The skel- étons of mammoths seen in museums have tusks about ten feet long and six inches in thickness. The tusk juet found being much thicker, paleologists will de- termine the dimensions of the great beast roaming the mountains and valleys of California In prehistoric times to have been something enormous. As an interesting scientific fact it is to be noted that in “Lyell's Geology" men- tion 18 made of a number of places where prehistoric remains of this kind have been discovered, and in all instances the fucaiities are not far above sea level. This specimen was found in a place of 5000 feet altitude. The piper who made the discovery Is Frank Brown, and he was assistcd in' un- earthing the fossil by Foreman George Hall and Engineer Bracket. | committee. COURTS DECISION 6OE3 10 SYLVA Joseph Harvey Loses His Suit Against the Sausalitan. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN ®RAFAEL, June 2.—Judge Angel- lotti to-day handed down a decision in the Harvey-Sylva suit. The case was tried in the Superior«Court of Marin County some weeks ago and proved to be a sensational one, owing to the fact that the defendant swore that he had received money from Harvey for services perfomed for the Falr estate during the contest of the late Senator Fair's will by Mrs. Nettie R. Cra- ven: that Charles L. Fair had »ald to Harvey $40,000 to be given to him for such services; that Harvey had pald $20,000 of | this amount and that the balance was still due; that the amount sued for by Harvey was in reality part payment on the $20,000 balance and not, as Harvey alleges, gi to Sylva in trust for the purpose of bu: ing a half interest in the Sausalito Klec- | i tric Light Company for Harvey. Judge Angelotti decided the suit in favor | of the defendant. In the decision the court | made caustic reference to both sides in the controversy, saying that the testi- mony produced in the trial had littie weight. The suit was brought by Harvey against Adolph Sylva and his sister, Florence Svlva. Sylva has since instituted proceedings against Joseph Harvey to recover $16,000, alleged to be still.due him out of the $40,- 000 he claims was given to Harvey by ths Fair heirs to be turned over to him. Admiral Dewey Will Testify. WASHINGTON, June 23.—The Senate Philippine Committee will resume its hearings Wednesday, when Admiral Dewey will appear at the request of the | alias Miller, | Judge Angellotti sought to appoint an at- ! five times before Miller gave a negative | | eral MILLER SGOANG AID OF GOUNGEL Faces Trial for Murder Unrepresented by Attorney. Convict Assassin’s Recalci- trance Causes Peculiar Situaticn. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, June 23.—Frank Haynes, who killed Jerry Harris, a fellow-convict, in San Quentin on March 13, was brought to trial to-day before Su- perior Judge Angellottl. The case of Miller is a peculiar one, and the pro-| ceedings will be exceptional in the history of California’s criminal trials. Miller, though on trial for his life, is without ccunsel, and vehemently protested when torney to represent him. When the case was called Judge Angel- lotti asked the defendant if he was ready to proceed, but received no answer. He | asked a second and a third time, where- upon Miller replied: 'L object to this trial proceeding.” ‘‘Well,” said the court, “have you any legal rea to offer?” No answer. “‘Gentlemen, we will proceed with the| case,” said the court. *‘Mr. Miller, have | you an attorney?” Judge Angellotti repeated this question answer. “If you desire it the court will appoint one,” sald Judge Angellotti. “In fact, I did appoint €ounsel and am still willing to appoint any one you desire.” ‘To this Miller made no reply, whereupon the court asked Attorney Hawkins to be present during the trial and see that the defendant had his legal rights at all times. At this juncture Milier, half rising fiom his chair and shaking: his finger at Judge Angellotti, exclaimed: “‘Mr. Hawkins will not dare touch the gase and you shall not allow him to o so.” A recess of fifteen minutes was taken, after which the trial proceeded. Judge An- gellotti, addressing the prisoner, sald: “If the defendant at any time desires counsel this court will appoint one. Also, it defendant wishes to excuse any jurors, he can do so.” The questioning of talesmen was begun and finished within a half hour, Miller of- fering no objection or displaying any con- cern. A number of witnesses were exam- ined, telling the story of the prison tragedy. The trial will continue\ to- morrow. Just what defense the convict will offer is not know! However, he has had sev- witnesses subpenaed from Lassen County, including Judge Spencer. A Great Opportunity. Best investment for a small sum of money in real estate that has been of- fered to the pubilc in a long time. In Reno, Nev., we have a few exceptionally good bargains In town lots. Prices from $5) each up to $400. Size 30x14). Reno s growing faster than any town in Cali- fornia. The railroad will in a short time make it a divisional terminal, bringing in | several thousand new people. You can- not rent a store or house in Reno to-day. Lots of shouses now building. These lots | are on the principal residence streets and | it is absolutely impossible for yvou to make a mistake. Buy one or more for vour children. In less than a year they | cannot help but double in value. For further particulars call on R. D. Cranston & Sons, 114 Montgomery street. . —_———— SANTA ANA, June 23.—Fire in the grain ficlds northwest of Fullerton burned several hundred acres of wheat and barley to-day. B0STON NURSE LONFESGES T VNG POION Acknowledges That She Killed Seven of Her Patients. State Authorities Suspect Her of Causing Many More Deaths. Jury Finds Her Not Guilty by Rea- son of Insanity, and She Is Sent for Life to an In- sane Asylum. L g Special Dispatch to The Call BARNSTABLE, Mass., June 23.—Miss Jane Toppan, a nurse, was found “not guilty by reason of insanity’” of the mur- der by poisoning of Mrs. Mary D. Gibbons of Cataumet on August 12, 1901, before a special sitting of the Superior Court here to-day. The time occupied in the trial was scarcely six hours. Dr. Henry R. Stedman of Boston, an allenist, testified that the prisomer told him in the presence of other medical ex- perts that she had caused the death of Mrs. Gibbons by giving her a poisonous dose of atropine and morphine. ‘When the defense put its medical ex- perts on the witness stand the conten- tion of moral and mental irresponsibility of the defendant was maintained. Miss Toppan was ordered committed to Taunton Insane Asylum for life. She will be taken there to-morrow. Jane Toppan, prior to her trial, made a confession to the State authorities in which she acknowledged the murder of seven persons. She is suspected of other murders. Four of the murders to which she con- fessed have been made public by the State officials, but the identity of the vic- tims of the other three is merely a matter of conjecture. Inasmuch as she is sus- pected of fourteen murders, it is difficult to learn to which seven crimes she has confessed. The persons whom it is known she has confessed to have killed are Mrs. Mary D. Gibbons of Cataumet; Mrs. Geh- evieve D. Gordon and Allen P. Davis and wife, the sister, father and mother of Mrs. Gibbons. The reason that she gave for killing her victims is too horrible to be detailed. b Of the history of the Toppan case there is much that the public will never know. It would be impossible to tell the com- plete story of the life of the woman be- cause it would be laughed down as im- probable and utterly foundationless. This murderess had a passion for setting fires, as well as a greed for sacrificing human lives. One instance showing her com- bined manias may be cited. She was em- ployed as a nurse in the family of a well- krown lawyer of this State, but had no opportunity to kill off her patients. When tge house was comparatively deserted one night she deliberately set fire to one of the rooms, hoping that the spread of the flames might accomplish what she did not dare otherwise attempt—the destruction of a helpless and powerless woman—with- out suspicion falling upon her. Fortunate- ly the fire was seen in time to save the patient. VANCOUVER, B. C., June 23.—The steamer City of Seattle arrived here to-day with forty- eight passengers and $150,000 in gold. i Before the air- ship had been put to a practical test people seriously doubted its capa- bilities. Most men scorned the idea of a ponderous ma- chine flying through the air. - The world is full of doubting Thomases. When we first began making suits to order for only { $10.00 almost everybody said it was an impossibility—that the gcods were not -all wool. In the past five years we have fully demonstrated the error of people’s judgment and proved the value of the snits. made more and more of Month after month we have the suits, and the orders are principally from old customers who have' put the suits to a test, so they order again. It's not what we say that has made this in- crease—the merit of the suits themselves is re- sponsible for their popularity. Don't doubt any Ilonger—take home. some samples and look them over. Even in ordering you run no risk—every suit is guaranteed—satis= taction cr money back. Suits made to measure $10 Out-of-town orders fof made-fc-order clothing . fillad— satisfactory fit assursd through our self-measuring system— writa for samples. ," L SNWOOD 5 (0 7I8 Market St. and - Cor. Powell and Eddy Streects