The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 29, 1903, Page 10

10 COUNTESS FAIL 10 BE AT BIER No Titled Woman Weeps for the Late Noble Van der Velde. Petaluma Lettegs Thought to Be Work of a Cruel Joke Maker. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 28. tess Van der Velde,” of ts such a person, did peren Van der Velde. which took ce this aft ng parior, and the friends of the dead bleman from the Netherlands are in- clined to regard the writer of the letters signed “Marie, Countess Van der Velde,” poster with a grewsome idea of tes a joke. ing Abram Binneweg of 530 who had befriended Count Velde and who raised by sub- ds required to give the s & card from the Petaluma hed him yes- Francisco, who rites over the 1, was shown regarded them ————— [NDUSTRIAL SCHOOL PUPILS FIGET FOR SUPREMACY Boys From Lick and Wilmerding Classes Indulge in a Spir- ited Rush. schools, ays ago, turns in rong, march- grounds and of several hats that by the latter a few demand was recelv bells of the in a vigorous warring students grounds. —_———— POWER OF ATTORNEY GIVEN BY HU JONES Filed by Missing Lawyer's Clerk With a View of Helping the Wife. was filed yesterday in the Re- corder's office a power of attorney in e absconding attor- ey estate, empowers to act for him in The docu- on May 18, clerk in Jones' the result him to the x in one of the s hoped that, s and pa- ¢ be found, PIONEER PASSES TO LAST RESTING PLACE Charles Ashton, Who Was Prominent Here in Early Days, Dies After a Long Iliness. 1 a partner in er, real estate ness. Mr. o in the of the best He was a native is survived nd a son. prominence was mixed up in Club on que. In a he was finally r that he was in his office by rt He finally ss, but was his fortune in cased was a prominent fune will take place t society. —_————— EOBBED WHILE SLEEPING IN UNION SQUARE PARK C. J. Flynn Loses Watch and Pocket- book, but Patrolman Riehl Catches Thief. C. 3. Flynn 535 California street, was sleeping early this morning in Union Square Park when a young man named Frank Louder was seen by Pa- trolman Riehl to rifie Flynn's pockets and tch and pocket book. up to the men, but Lou- im approaching and decamped. Post street, with Riehl after darted into the door- of 20 Post street and made his way De a tailor of e ran 1 up four flights of stairs. Louder then ran to th f of the building and jump- ed to an adjoining roof, where he was captured b Riehl Louder was taken to the Hall of Jus- tice and on being searched the watch and pocket book were found on him. He was booked on a charge of grand larceny, —_————— Fires Two Shots at Sullivan. The police are investigating a myste- rious case of shooting that occurred on Brannan street on Thursday afternoon. Peter Sullivan, who lives in Boardman viace, was standing in front of the Har- mony Hotel, 735 Brannan' street, shortly before 3 o’clock, when a strange man fired two shots at bim from a revolver and disappeared mysteriously. One of the bul- lets passed through the glass in the front door of the hotel and lodged in the wall, from which it was extracted by Police- man Thompson. After the second shot Sullivan ran into the house adjoining the hotel. He cannot understand why any one should attempt to murder him and | is at a loss to know who could have fired the shots at him. The police have a de- scription of the shooter, eral of the late Count | oon from a local under- | le burial, | ul for | sev- | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY. AUGUST 29 FALLING CHURCH WALL BREAKS Victim of the Accident o Known as “Flying Dutchman” Some Hope That Unfortunate Man May Live THE BACK OF EMIL HEARTHER Is a Champion Bicyclist -Doctors Have a crack cyclist of the Oakland Wheelmen, lies at the Recelving Hospital with his back broken, | the result of injuries sustained | this morning by being caught under a falling wall of the old First Presbyterian Chur Alameda, which is being demolished. | Hearther was in the employ of A. J. Burgner, who has the contract for tear- ing down the old building. men, with other workmen, was engaged in tearing down a rear wall and was working with a bar at the foot of the wall when timbers and brick began to topple. Before Hearther had time escape he was felled beneath the pile of debris. That he was not crushed to death was due to the pile of rubbish that pro- tected him from the full weight of the mass. Quickly his fellow workmen extricated Hearther and the injured man was sent h, Central and Versailles avenues, | The young | to | 0 —_——e i CHAMPION BICYCLIST WHO RECEIVED SERIOUS AND POSSIBLY ! FATAL INJURIES BY BEING CAUGHT UNDER A FALLING WALL AT THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ALAMEDA. 1 <+ % | AKLAND, Aug. 28.—Emil Hearther, | to the Oakland Receiving Hospital. Dr. | William S. Porter, with Dr. O. D. Ham- | lin, Dr. R. T. Stratton and Drs. Kelly and | Emerson, took charge of the case. They | found the lower limbs paralyzed and a | severe disiocation of the spine, with a | fracture at the dorsal vertebrae. | Anesthetics were administered and the surgeons placed the body in a plaster cast. If Hearther recovers he will be kept in the cast for at least two months. Because of his excellent physical condi- tion the surgeons are hopeful that their | patient will puil through, despite his | broken back. Hearther is an athlete and a strong, sturdy young man. As a wheel- man he holds records for riding at Reno and his five-mile relay, run in 12 mjnutes | 20 seconds at Sacramento, is the fistest time on record for that track. Hid Ne- vada time for the same distance is 12 minutes 27 seconds. Hearther resides at | 1216 Nineteenth avenue, East Oakland. | He is known among wheelmen on the | coast as “the Flying Dutchman.” | | L e e I i e e S S S Y. MISSION PARK CLUB HOLDS ROUSING MEETING Wants City to Purchase Old Jewish Cemetery and Convert It Into a Park. The Mission Park Association held an enthustastic meeting last evening at Na- tive Sons’ Hall on Seventeenth street. Chairman Eustace Cullinan presided. Vice | President Mark Meherin, Secretary Miss Mary Burke and Treasurer Burnett weére also present. There was a Rreat unanimity of opin- ion expressed on all sides that the prop- erty known as the old Jewish cemetery be purchased by the city and converted into a public park. The property consists of about 188 lots, bounded by Eighteenth, T feth, Dolores and Church streets. The valuation placed upon this tract is $293000. This wou!d make each lot be worth about $1600. More than 1000 members have already joined this association, and they have all expressed their intentions to work to their utmost limits to see that the city | acquires the property. The committee in- tends sending out 10,000 circulars setting “forth the benefits the general public will derive by having the tract converted into a park. The following committee was appointed to canvass the city in behalf of the pro- | posed park improvement: Phelan, Dr. Arnold Grazier, Rev. Rev. Willlam Rader, S." Gold- Thomas H. Griffin, Dr. Mary Halton, Rev. Father Morgan, Rev. L. C. Sanford, F. W. Van Reynegom, Professor James O'Connor, Mrs. John Greany, George Walcom, Mrs. d'Er- lich, Miss Eliza D. Keith, F. H. Harri w. | L. Kelly, M. T. Sul an, Mrs. Mary Tillman, George T. Knox, Willlam Broderick, Scl Lipp- man, Oliver J. Olsen, Rev. James P. McQuaide, James D. D. 0. Crowley, man, Mrs. Halvalker, Wesley Davis, John Salter, | Ea Banning and A. Comte Jr. —_————————— | AMUSES HIMSELF BY BEATING HIS MOTHER Robert McKenna, a Young Carpen- ter, Sentenced to Term in County Jail. Robert McKenna, a carpenter, 19 years of age, has been in the habit of beating his mother, Mrs. Martha McKenna, 438 | Church street. He was engaged in that | pastime on Thursday night, when her screams attracted the attention of Po- liceman Foley, who entered the house. | McKenna struck the officer and had to be clubbed into submission. After being taken to the City and County Hospital McKenna was booked on charges of bat- tery and resisting an officer. } The cases were called before Police Judge Cabaniss yesterday, but Mrs. Me- Kenna refused to prosecute her son, as she said he was the main support of the ,family. He earned $13 a week and her | two younger boys only earned $ and $3, | respectively. She acknewledged that he | had beaten her several times, chiefly when | he was under the influence of liquor, but | on Thursday night he was sober. The Judge heard the evidence of Foley ! and convicted McKenna on the charge of resisting an officer, and after severely lec- turing him for his unfilial conduct sen- tenced him to serve sixty days ‘in the County Jail —_—— Marriage Licenses. | OAKLAND, Aug. 28—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Manuel White, over 21, and Delfino Nunes, over 18, both of Centerville; Manuel F. Amaral, 23, and Mary Costa, 24, both of Haywards. | LEAVE TO OPPOSE RAISE IN THE ASSESSMENT ROLL City Officials to Appear Before State Board of Equalization to | File Protests. | A number of city officials who have | been delegated to appear before the State | Board of Ecualization to-day to protest against the proposed raise in the assess- ment roll of this city and county left last evening on the 6 o’'clock train for Sacramento. The party included Assessor | Dodge, Tax Collector Smith, Auditor Baehr, Supervisor Brandenstein, chair- man of the Finance Committee: Super- visor Walsh, chairman of the Equaliza- tion of Assessments Committee, and Su- pervisor Payot. Assessor Dodge will be accompanied by Experts Pritchard, Milsages and Corbitt, who wiil be prepared with facts and fig- ures to prove that the present city assess- ment is a just one and should not be raised. The matter is important, because should the Board of Equalization persist in its intention it will mean a raise of 20 per cent on the assessment of every house- holder and property owner in San Fran- cisco. . ———— | WILL NOT APPOINT LATIN AND GREEK TEACHER Board of Education Decides Not to Fill Vacancy in Girls’ High School. The Board of Education has decided not to fill the vacancy created by the resig- nation of Miss Beatrice Reynolds as teacher of Latin and Greek in the Girls' High School. Director Mark, who was delegated to look into the matter, has reported that the two teachers at pres- ent teaching the languages, Miss Stark and Miss Elsie Bowman, can properly at- tend to the pupils who are taking the course. This decision on the part of the board will effect a saving of $140 per month. Superintendent of Schools Langdon and Director Mark have been appointed a committee to report on the request of Principal Bush for the appointment of an additional teacher m tne Polytechnic High School. Director Walsh is not in favor of allowing an extra teacher and points to the fact that the Lick School, with 400 pupils, has fifteen teachers, and the Polytechnic High School, with 217 pu- pils, has thirteen teachers. . —_——— Chinese Robber Brought Back. Detective Ed Gibson returned from Port- land yesterday morning, bringing with him Woo Sook, who was booked at the City Prison on a charge of robbery. Woo Sook is accused of having been one of the highbinders who broke into a store at 726 Dupont street on the night of May 30, 1902, and attacked Wong See Chung. one of the proprietors, and some of the cierks. Two of the gang who were arrested at the time are now serving long terms in the State’s prison. Commits Suicide on a Train. VENTURA, Aug. 28.—There was a sui- cide on the southbound Overland train vesterday whije it was speeding along be- tween Santa Paula and Fillmore. F. 8. Addington of Sali Kans., who was en route to settle In s Angeles, suddenly jumped up from his seat, went into the lavatory of the car and shot himself through the head. Deceased was appar- ently about 40 years of age and dressed as a laborer. WIFE ANSIERS 3ON'3 GHARGES Contest Over Capitalist Lloyd’s Money Is Now Joined. Prosecution of Suit Will In- evitably Uncover Family Skeleton. On.klamilofflce San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 28. An answer was promptly filed this morn- ing to the charges made by Frederick W. Lloyd in the contest begun by him over the probating of the will of the late cap- italist Charles R. Lloyd of Berkeley by Loie Helen Wilkinson, the deceased capi- talist's housekeeper, and Mary Lloyd, his wife. They deny every allegation made by young Lioyd. Judge Hall's department this morning and the date of hearing the contest was set for October 6. The answer and complaint make an issue squarely on the truth or falsity of all kinds of rumors surrounding the shooting of Lloyd by his nephew, William Boxall, at San Bernardino last January, and charged by Lloyd in his complaint as being true. To make a ‘showing be- fore the court Lloyd will have to drag the family skeleton from its closet and ex- hibit it in all its hideousness. In his complaint Lloyd alleges that his father made consorts, in his own house, { of Loie Helen Wilkinson and various knowledge of the said conduct of Lloyd, the sald Wilkinson became possessed of controlling influence over him which she maintained till his death.” In reference to Mary Lloyd he says: “Upon the marriage of decedent to his second wife, Mary Lloyd, she entered the household with full knowledge of the habits of Lloyd, and thereafter both she and the sald Wilkinson had common knowledge of such conduct, and that both of them thereby became possessed of a control and influence over him which they continued to exercise until his death.” Frederick Lloyd alleges that they knew that he was averse to the habits indulged in by his father and that for this reason they conceived a dislike to him and represented to his father that ‘“he had conspired with Willlam Boxall to cause him to shoot and kill Charles R. Lloyd, and had conspired with Boxall to accuse him of the crime of being the cause of the downfall of his niece, Mar- garet Boxall.” In reference to this paragraph Mary Lloyd and Helen Wilkinson say ‘“that they have no information or belief upon | the subject sufficlent to enable them to | answer the same.” But they believe they are false on the ground that all the other | statements are false. In the second paragraph of Lloyd’s will the following bequests are made: *“I give and bequeath to Matilda Buttner of Sunol the sum of $00; to Lole Helen Wil- kinson of Los Angeles $00; to Elizabeth M. Nix of Oakland, wife of Samuel Nix, the sum of $6000; and to her mother the sum of $1000, if she survive me, otherwise said $1000 shall go to the said Elizabeth M. | The remainder of his estate is left in trust for ten years, the income to be divided, one-third to his wife and the other two-thirds to be divided between Charles R., Mabel F., and Ethel Mary Lloyd. The fourth paragraph of the will is as follows: “I make no provision in this my will for my son Frederick W. Lloyd.” In the petition for the probate of the will drawn by Attorneys Goodfellow and Eells for Mrs. Lloyd, they state that Charles R. Lloyd, resides at Fort Monroe, State of Vir- ginia; Mabel F. Lloyd, daughter of de- ceased, resides in London, England, and Ethel M Lloyd, a daughter of de- ceased, resides In Alameda County. Fred- | erick W. Lloyd, the contestant, is said to | be a resident of San Bernardino County. vs Waters and Wylie of Los An- resent Frederick W. Lloyd, and ir complaint in the suit brought with the request that the will 1908, be refused probate. . Charles R. Lloyd, the widow, is| ill at her home in Berkeley and when an | attempt was made to Interview her to- day friends stated that she was in bed and too ill to be seen. L e e R e ] MARTIN KELLOGG BORNE T0 GRAVE Simplicity Marks Last Rites for Dead Educator. Attor Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Aug. 28. In keeping with the quiet and sincerity that marked his long life, the funeral of Professor Martin Kellogg, formerly pres- ident of the University of California, was extremely plain and simple. It was ob- served softo answer the wishes of the be- reaved widow. There were few present outside of the immediate family and the university famiiy — the faculty with which Professor Kellogg was so long as- sociated. The floral offerings, covering the bier, bore messages of esteem and sympathy from many absent one. The services were held at the late resi- dence in Bushnell place at 2 o’clock. The Episcopal burial service was read by Rev. Edward Parsons, rector of the San Mateo Episcopal Church and a cousin of the deceased. Rev. J. K. McLean, presi- dent of the Pacific Theological Seminary, read from the scriptures. In accordance with the tenets of the Episcopal Church there was no eulogy and the remains were borne to the last resting place in Moun- tain View Cemetery. The palibearers were President Benja- min Ide Wheeler, Professors George H. Howison, E. W. Hilgard, W. A. Merrill, Elmer E. Brown and Willard B. Rising. President Wheeler appointed Professors Merrill, Brown and Irving Stringham to arrange for memorial services for Profes- sor Kellogg. These will be held in Har- mon Gymnasium on Saturday, September 12, at 3 o'clock. It will be an academic function and will give the friends of the late president an opportunity to hear eulogles of him. Addresses will be made by men representative of the faculty, the university and old Californians, though the names of these speakers will not be ‘&nown until later. Fire Destroys Big Sawmill. REDDING, Aug. 28.—The big Ash Creek sawmlill, located east of McCloud, was to- tally destroyed by fire last Wednesday night. The mill, dry kilng and 4,500,000 feet of plled lumber were burned, entail- ing a‘loss in the neighborhood of $300,000. The matter came up in; other women and that by ‘‘reason of her | son of the deceased, |- The Ash Creek mill was one of the largest in the McCloud section and had a daily capacity of 125,000 feet of lumber. There W;Lre 300 men employed in and about the m 1903. HEROIC BOY ON BICYCLE BEATS TRAIN AND SAVES LIFE OF BABE Fourteen-Year-Old Herman Loewen Dashes in Front of Thundering Locomotive and Rescues Little Lois Foyle from Death on Oakland Track Zoryit Tz AKLAND, Aug. 28.—In a race on his bicycle street local train Herman Loew- en, 14 years of age, won and saved the life of little Lois Foyle, 2 vears of age, at Seventh and Castro streets. The boy grabbed the helpless baby off the track just as the engine passed so close that the cylinder grazed the heroic youth’'s coat. Men who wit- nessed the daring rescue declared that it was the record breaker for life-saving under strenuous circumstances. 8o modest was young Loewen about his act that for two days the baby's mother, Mrs. J. H. Foyle, residing at the Oak Lawn, Eighth and Castro streets, was un able to learn the identity of her child's rescuer. Now that it has been disclosed she has taken means to suitably acknowl- edge her appreciation. The lad, who is an errand boy for Charles J. Heeseman, is the son of Mrs. E. T. Loewen, a music teacher, residing at East Sixteenth street and Twenty-third avenue, and is a grandson of the Rev. M. Ongerth, a German reader at the Unlver- sity of California. Since the episode Thursday morning young Loewen has been il at home from the effects of his efforts. Here is his story of the rescue: 1 was riding up Seventh street on my wheel when I saw the up train stop at the Market- street station. 1 noticed the child on the track as I wheeled along, but paid no atten- tion to her until I heard the train behind me. The baby was at the crossing of Castro street and the cngine was then at West street, about two blocks away. There were two other chil- Gren near the baby and they were yelling to her to come off the track, but the little girl seemed too frightened to move. I was then a block away at Brush street, but 1 sprinted on my wheel. and beat the train long enough to get alongside of the baby, jump off and grab her and jump back just as the engine whizzed by. 1 was so close that I felt the engine cylinder brush my coat. I had dropped my bicycle so close to the track that I thought it had been smashed, but it_escaped. The train rushed on and I didn't even hear the whistle blow. I guess we were so close under the pilot that the engineer did not see us. After that I carried the baby to her home. She was not hurt a bit. Then I went to the store. Mrs. Foyle hardly reallzed for a few minutes how close had been the call and how brave had been the rescue of her baby. When the facts dawned upon her bewildered mind she became hysterical. “I hardly knew what to do or say," Mrs. Foyle explained to-day. *“After 1 recovered my composure I made inquiries and discovered that people who saw the boy's brave deed declared it was done with great coolness and heroism.” Mrs. Foyle visited the sick boy at his home to-day. The little companions of her daughter were Lois’ older sister, Ruth, and James Davis, a boy of 4 years. ——— VICTOR PONCET, TIRED OF LIFE, DISAPPEARS Dead men usually become lighter and float on the surface in about nine days after they have been drowned and it is expected that when the bay shall give up its dead within the next six days the body of Victor Poncet will be found. Victor was a French laundryman and earned good wages until a'\few months ago, when he became so sick that he was Bo longer able to work at his trade. He had been rooming at a lodging-house, 619 Pacific street, kept by Joseph Martin, until last Wednesday, when he disap- peared, leaving a note in French, a trans- lation of which is as follows: San Franclsco, August 26: My long sickness makes my life insupportable. 1 am weary of here s no hope of a curc. 1 am 0 work _and that is why I end my Don’t lc‘o anybody. Good by to all days. my friends forever and ever. VICTOR PONCET. Poncet was unmarried and 45 years of Will Mine Under the Town. REDDING, Aug. 28.—Ed Mallows, better known as *“Dad” Mallows, one of the pro- prietors of the Keswick Hotel, is presi- dent of a company that intends to operate a drift mine under the houses of Dutch Flat. All the householders and property owners have deeded underground rights to the company and work is soon to com- mence. The ground around Dutch Flat has been a great gold producer, and Mal- lows has great hopes for the success of the venture. b against a Seventh- | | < HEROIC BOY AND BABE WHOSE LIFE HE SAVED AT RISK OF HIS OWN. FOSTER FETE WILL ATTRACT | A GATHERING The lawn fete which will be given this afternoon at the home of the A. W. Fos-| ters, at San Rafael, will be one of the| first openjng events of the season. The spacious grounds, which are perfectly adapted to entertaining, are thrown open to the public, and elaborate decorations have been arranged. The large San Fran- cisco contingent which is going over to the fete will generally represent soclety, and all are certain to receive charming hospitality. The proceeds will be devoted to charity, in which Mrs. Foster is par- ticularly interested. oo . 4 . A pleasant luncheon was given yester- day by Miss Ethel Cooper, who has but recently returned from Lake Tahoe. Among those invited were Mrs. Silas Palmer, Mrs. | E. E. Brownell, Mrs. Danforth Board- man, Mrs. Thomas Bishop, Miss Leontine Blakeman and Miss Spreckels. & et Miss Virginia Joliffe invited a number of friends to meet Miss Anglin on Thurs- day afternoon. T e An interesting engagement is that of Harold C. Bradley, son of Professor Cor- nelius B. Bradley of the University of California, and Miss Mary Powell, whose father is associated with the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Young Bradley, in addition to graduating from the univer- sity with the class of 1900, won the Yale | alumni scholarship. Miss Powell is also a graduate from the university and a mem- ber of the Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity. e e e Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Hopkins and | son arrived from Portland, Or., vesterday morning and are registered at the Palace. Coee Mrs. Francis G. Newlands, at present in Reno, s expected to visit this city during September. c . Mr. and Mrs. Francis Carolan sailed on . . Tuesday last for Europe, where they will | spend the autumn. The Carolans visited the Peter Martins at New York and Mrs. George Puilman at the Thousand Islands prior to their departure. R. H. Peat, the well-known clubman, visited Del Monte last week and took a prominent part in the golf tournament. On the return from the links his automo- bile was among the first to reach the city. > Lieutenant and Mrs. John Law Hughes (nee Gibson) will receive on Fridays after September 1 at their new quarters, Fort Winfield Scott, Presidio. ————— McGRATH SURRENDERS TO SAUSALITO OFFICERS Will Be Tried in San Rafael on Charge of Causing Death of Arthur E. Gilligan. SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 28.—Francis H. McGrath, who is charged with the mur- der of Arthur E. Gilligan, surrendered himself late last night to the officers in Sausalito. He was brought to San Ra- fael to-day and turned over to Sheriff Taylor. McGrath says that he bore no malice toward Gilligan. ’ “We simply had a few words,” said he to-day, “and T lost my temper and knocked him down. His head struck the sidewalk, but I had no idea the injury he received would prove fatal. After he was removed to his room I nursed him for two days; in fact, I re- mained with him until he was taken to the hospital. I had no intention of try- ing to escape. I went to San Francisco, but as soon as I heard that I would be JOSEPH HAWORTH DIES SUDDENLY His Sister Makes Sad Discovery of His Demise. Finds Him Lifeless in Room of a Willoughby, Ohio, Hotel. PR — CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 23 —Joseph Haworth, the well-known actor, was found dead in a room in the Kingsley Hotel at Willoughby, ©hio, a small village a few miles east of this city to-night. The discovery of Haworth's death was made by his sis- ter, Miss Kate Haworth, who went to his room to call him, as they were to go to- gether to the family home, a mile or two from the hotel. The discovery was made at 8 o'clock. Death is supposed to have | been due to heart disease. Joseph Haworth, who was 48 years of age, has been prominent in the theatrical world for twenty-five years and was one of the first actors to come under the guidance of the veteran John A. Ellsler, who died in New York a few days ago. Haworth played last season with Rich- ard Mansfleld in “Julius Caesar,” suc- ceeding Barry Johnstone as Cassfus. Later he was the leading man to Blanche Walsh in Tolstol's “Resurrection.” Ha- worth came to Cleveland a week or two ago on a vacation. The funeral probably will be held at the family home in Willoughby, but no date has yet been named. —_————— | AMERICAN MINERS ACCUSED OF ROBBING SLUICE BOXES Authorities Say Prisoners Stole $20,000 From the Atlin Gold Mining Company. VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 23.—A spe- clal from Atlin says that three miners of Atlin, all well known men and all citi- zens of the United States, were arrested to-day and charged with the theft of $20.- 000 from the sluice boxes of the Atlin Goid Mining Company last Monday night. The prisoners are Bernard Hughes, formerly proprietor of a hotel in Dawson; Joe Dixon and James Jennings. They were arrested in different parts of town by mounted police officials. Hughes was staying at a first-class hotel and his ar- rest caused great excitement. It was given out to-night that a sack containing 34000 worth of nuggets had been found in the room of one of the men. Dixon wanted to make a fight when arrested and drew a revolver. Hughes, it is said, partly con- fessed. Since the big robbery of gold last Mon- day night every road leading from the camp has been carefully guarded so that the gold could not possibly be shipped out of the country. Finally the police ob- tained news of where one of the sacks was and in this way the party was traced. The officers declare that thers are at least five other men in the Zang. and it is supposed by outsiders tbat one of these peached on his comrades. Then a spotted dog, known to be the property of Hughes, was seen with several men on a ridge near the scene of the big rol~ bery, so that the identification is now fairly complete. g 2t P L NORWEGIAN BARKENTINE PRINCE GEORGE IS LOST- Ill-Fated Vessel Is Driven on Sib-- / alon Reef During a Heavy ° ‘Windstorm. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Aug 28— | All speculation as to the fate of the Nor- - wegian barkentine Prince George,” on. | which heavy reinsurance gambling has been done, is set at rest by cable advices recetved here to-day from South Midora, Philippine Islands. The vessel was | wrecked on Sibalon reef, near there, and | since striking the rocks her cargo of pitch has melted into a solid mass in the holg | and defles all. efforts at salvage. The ves- sel is doomed to total Jestruction angd | surveyors report that the salvage of the | vessel and cargo would not be wortly the | expense entatled. The barkentine belongs to the appar- | ently hoodooed Norweglan fleet o “Princes,” one of which, the bark Prince Arthur, was wrecked off Cape Flattery on January 2. Reinsurance speculation reached 50 per cent when the Prince | George was towed into Iloilo with her rigging partially gone and the crew down | with beri beri, but speculators who took | her safety at that time as an indicatlon | that she would reach her destination havyg been heavy losers. The cable announces the grounding of the Prince George to have occurred on July 29 in the memor- able and disastrous gale ' which swept | over the eastern ocean. . ———— ‘szx FETE PROMISES TO BE A GRAND SUCCESS SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 28.—The garden fete to be held to-morrow afternoon uic- der the auspices of the Ladies’ Ald So- clety of the First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael promises to be a success, both | socially and financially. Many prominent | society people from San Francisco will be in attendance. The palatial residence and spacious grounds of A. W. Foster on Forbes ave- nue have been fittingly decorated for the occasion. The ladies having the matter in charge have arranged many unique features for the entertainment of the guests. A musical and literary pro- gramme, to be rendered by well known soclety people, will add greatly to ahe interest in the affair. Various booths have been constructed under the wide spreading oaks and costumed attendants 11 in charge of them. “Th:QOflenulr!booth will be présided over by seven Chinese children from s-.n e Il be run over the A s in wil e ru (:lllro‘::xl':’:l ;lr;thwatern Raflroad and connect with the boat leaving San Fran- clsco, via Tiburon, at 12:30 o’clock. Busses will meet the visitors at San Rafael convey them to the fete. —_—— Young Girl Is Accidentally Shot. TULARE, Aug. 3.—Ethel, the twelve- year-old daughter of Tax Collector Fewell of Visalla, was accidentally shot Wednes- day while in the mountains near Glen- ville. While sketching in company with a arrested I gave myself up.” —_—— Deny Story of Consolidation. SAN JOSE, Aug. 28.—Charles H. Pen- noyer, secretary and manager of the United Gas and Electric Company in this city, has been made manager of the Standard Electric Company for the San Jose district. There is a rumor that the two companies have been consolidated, the Standard absorbing the other. The rumor is denied here, though the state- ment is made that there will be perfect harmony between the two companies. ————— Stabbed on Eddy Street. Samuel Michaels, employed by the Mer- cantile Towel Company, was treated by Dr. Stevens at the Emergency Hospital early this morning for a stab wound, which he says he recelved in a house on Eddy street, pear Jones. While the wound was painful, it is not serious. ;nger brother, an acquaintance named ("-‘\’1‘; !llv“‘h” approached them with a rifle. The two boys engaged in a scuffle for the rifle and accidentally discharged it, the ball striking Miss Fewell in the neck, The wound was serious but not fatal. ——————— THE CALL'S GREAT ATLAS OFFER Will close on September 24, 1903, and all holders of Atlas Coupons are requested to pre- sent them immediately, as this great opportunity to secure one of these splendid Atlases at The M’lmw:nlm rates will be broug a close on Septem- ber 24. +