The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 13, 1903, Page 36

DISILLUSIONED TREASURE HUNTERS SAY BROWN LIED Party That Left Here Fourteen Months Ago on Schooner! BANISHES HIS SHIPMA Herman to Dig $50,000,000 From the Sands of a Returns on Mariposa, Empty Handed South Sea ¥ South Seas € COULD GET NO WARRANT. TES. here wealth of subject Brown the on the captain of He rma- of certain re- >m the shadow of char- 1y untold wealth, loot gathered at the k- ADVERTISEMENTS. McBurney’s Kidney and Bladder Cure. h ONE BOTTLE CURE Ill.. April 8, McBurney, - ub and bladder for h: been during m two who stand at of the profession, viz, Dr.C. Purdy and Dr. Frank Walls, tter being my son.) I re- gret to say they did me no good s advised 10 spend the winter I visited and 8§ baths. an a, but rec relief from .e baths. nt I left home f your medicine. The first did me good, and I was well reached home, and I can nclusion that I am grate- If this letter is to you, use it. THOS. WALLS. for first day’'s treatment eliefl in twenty minutes, Mc- Kidney and Bladder Cure. 226 . Spring St.. Los All Druggists. CBURNEY 226 S. Spring St. NGELES, OAL. Al Draggists. Ca; Isle gh the | r his | anot ? | wealth caused them t was there | - = ANCIENT MARINER, WHOSE STORY OF BURIED MILLIONS PROVED A MYTH, THE EXPLOITING OF WHICH COST THE CREDULOUS 1‘ $30,000 AND MAY RESULT IN TROUBLE FOR THE AUTHOR. 0 = -+ American citles. y returned to San Francisco by liner. ' Sut- golden | etwood, learning of the trouble treas- , were all poured ng place awaiting the day ef cried “enough” and t pirate hi 1 the plrate distribu alone aptain H the Black W of ession s Browr s with ¥ hooner visited t island Capta sure was located wit had been buried civiliza the Black her South ted his rich this Brown's story for the aid faith. ONLY BROWN SURVIVES. buried been en it had Brown w dition a knew th 1 booty. > sight of the treasure inspired g frenzy, | lkenny cats was ht of so much o die from heart disease, or wheéther the sturdy young Brown played Samson and single handed bite the dust, Captain explain. he reveal how that 1i-year- island nor how his companions with which £ duplicated; W Neither will old boy got away from the | he kept record of its location. | | formation of the Herman | tain James Brown. , 80 many | This | |in its truth gradually widened. | Captain Brown suggested that he was It was this story told in a San Fran- cisco hotel five years ago that led to the treasure hunt- The narrator was Cap- His audience includ- ed Dr. G. D. Luce, a local dentist, who now resides at 2906 Bush street, but who then was a guest at the hotel that shel- tered Brown. Luce listened and was lost. He wrote to a friend, G. W. Button, a retired con- tractor, who was living quietly at New Rochelle, 'N. Y. J. Chetwood, an attor- ney of this city, was attracted by the glitter and as the leaven of the old man's tale began to work the circle of bellevers When ing expedition. feeling restless and would just as soon | show a few particular friends where the treasure was located the proposition to float a company was speedily put into execution. WOULD ALL BE RICH. Chetwood, Luce and Sutton each put up in proportion to his financial strength and three or four score intimate friends and friends of intimate friends were let in on the ground floor. The schooner Herman wis chartered and as she blew through the Golden Gate Captain James Brown shook hands with his shipmates and told them that within sixty days all aboard the Herman would be, money kings. The Herman falled to clear when she left this port and when she reached Hon- olulu, where Captain Brown declded to call, Collector of the Port Stackable fined the skipper $100 for his omission. It was at Honolulu that the trouble began. Cap- | tain Brown, in spite of the fact that he | had lived his allotted span of three score years and ten, proved a pretty young sort of old fellow and a spender of liberal tastes. He had such a good time in Hon- olulu that he forgot to pay the bills for stuff supplied the schooner and appeared to have lost all interest in the treasure. His shipmates remonstrated and after a bitter quarrel Sutton, Chetwood and Dr. Luce returned to San Francisco by steam- ship, With Frank Sharratt and John Hoftman, also stockholders, Brown left Honolulu in the Herman. He cleared for Sydney, but put into Apia, where there was more trouble. The United States Consul at the Samoan port refused to permit the Herman's departure. By this time Sharratt and Hoffman lost faith in the enterprise, abandoned the trip and ol | in th procecded to that port, straighi- out the tangle with the Consul, atched up a truce with Brown and salled for Sydney. TRIES TO SELL SCHOONER. The Herman, although the property of the stockholders, stood in Brown's name 1 at the Australian port the captain offered her for sale. With the aid of in- Jun and American Consul he ed from dispc leposed from the command, turned over to Sutton, by this pretty fair navigator. Luce re- at Sydney. th tions o show them d. Safl was in accordance n course with Brown's directic ghted, howeve the ancient mari- ter excu until nd the lack of logic 's dream. Many islands were visited. Promises were m and broken. The worm turned when the Herman entered the harbor of Papeete. The disil | ers told their tro rious Consul Doty, who gave them permiesion to sell the schooner. Having no- jurisdi tion over the case as fa charges against Brown were con- cerned, he tried him on a charge of abus- ing a Japanese steward, ordered him sent home as a prisoner on (he Mariposa and sent to Woodworth a copy of the depositions warrant be issued for Brown's arrest. How that failed has been told. Brown declares that the treasure exists and that he will return to Auburn, R. I organize another party. Luce, Chetwood and Sutton, who returned with Brown on the Mariposa, securing the old man's arrest on charges varying from battery to embezzlement and prosecuting them to the bitter end. Brown says he does not care and does not look as if he did. He expressed his opinion of his former shipmates at the foot of the Mariposa's gangway and once more, as he ended the audience he grant- ed to a collection of reporters, policemen and dock officials, his voice rolled out its former oracular apostrophe: “Fools.” O SR e R EXCURSION TO WILLITS Via the California Northwestern Railway, the Picturesque Route of California. Willits, the terminus of the California North- western Ry., 15 the center of the redwood belt of Mendocino County, and is a fast growing The mills of the Northwestern Redwood Co. are within thiree miles. The tracks of the rallroad company extend five miles Into the redwoods, and contractors are at work on ten miles more to be finished this season. The large country around, just entering its first_stage of development, with the branches and further rallroad extensions in prospect, give some idea of the future of Willits. This ex- cursion Sunday, Sept. 20, will afford prospec- tive buyers an opportunity to view the lots for sale in the Northwestern addition of Willits, The streets are graded, curbed, sewered and water mains laid. The Water comes from the mountains. Electric light and power, Burn. ham & Marsh Co., 211 Montgomery street, are the agents for the sale of the lots of the Northwestern addition to Willits. Maps, plats, terms, etc., are to be had at their -office. ? To all parties who go on this excursion and purchase a lot within thirty days thereof Burn. ham & Marsh Co. will refund the fare patd, which will be $3 for the round trip. Boat will depart from Tiburon ferry, foof of Mark. street, at 7:30 a. m., Sunday, Sept. 20, Gn the return train will leave Willits at 4 b, o Tickets on sale at Burnham & o 650 Market street (Chronicle bullding), com- mencing Monday, Sept. 14. Each ticket ood insures a seat. . RN el VS Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Sept. 12.—From San Fran- cisco—A. B. Evans and wife, Metropoli- tan; L. F. Haber, Hotel Bartholdi; J. p, Melton, New Amsterdam; Mr. Cronin, Jef- ferson; Mrs. W. J. Ryan, Imperial; W, M. Howard and wife, Jefferson:*W. Leech, J. R. Rucksell, Grand Union; W. H. Mur. ray, Cosmopoiitan; A. E. Van Eniden, Normandle. From Los Angeles—W, D. Owens, Mrs. F. W. Owens, Marlborough; Miss E. Giicheer, Victoria. 1g of the ves- | mised to be' good, agreed to | The island was | the more se- | United States District Attorney aken before him with the request that a | and there express their intention of PREPARES BILL FOR FRANCHSE | Street Committee to Re- port on Bay Shore Application. (o A AR Supervisors to Act on Peti- tion of Southern Pacific Company. 5 A The Street Committee of the Board of Supervisors held a special meeting yes- | terday for the purpose of drafting the or- dinance providing for a proposed grant of franchise for right of way to the South- ern Pacific Company for a bay shore line. A copy of the ordinance was sent to the officials of the company to give them an opportunity to study its provisions before | the matter comes up before the Board of | Supervisors at to-morrow’s meeting, when the repart of the committee will also be submitted. The committee eliminates from the or- | dinance the requirements that the South- ern Pacific Company shall bulld a viaduct across Fifth street and shall abandon a strip sixty feet wide through the Market | place lots to sbe reserved for a public | street. In exchange the company agrees to give a strip of land twenty feet wide for a distance of about a mile for the widening of Fourth and Kentucky streets | southerly from Channel street, and this condition is made part of the ordinance, The matter of a franchise for the Mission tracks and along Islais Creek is not in- corporated in the ordinance at all. For the Market place lots the company is to pay a rental of $00 per month for five years, and thereafter an amount | | equal to 3 per cent per annum on a valua- | | tion to be fixed by arbitration, but the | | rental after the first five years shall not | Be less than $70 per month. The rights | granted to the Southern Pacific Company are granted on the further conditlon of | the contribution by the company of at | least $5,000 for the construction of a | bridge across Channel street from Third street to Kentucky. GRANT FOR FIFTY YEARS. | The ordinance provides for a grant of | the franchise for fifty vears, and recites | | that the main line of the road shall en(err the city from Sunnydale avenue, tormerly‘ | Tobin street. Viaducts and bridges are to be constructed over specified crossings, and additional bridges or viaducts are to be constructed upon the order of the| Board of Supervisors over any track, laid | | or to be lald, on Fourth street south of Channel or across Sixteenth street at or near Seventh street The Board of Works transmitted to the | committee the report of City Engineer Grunsky regarding the franchise for the | | bay shore route where it 18 crossed by the | Western Pacific, for which the matter of | the application for a franchise is now be- | fore the Supervisors. Grunsky makes cer- | tain modifications regarding the grades to | be followed by the bridges at certain crossings, so they may be used by both roads should the applications be granted. | The modifications noted as to the route to ! be followed by the road are as follows: ‘Crossing Tulare street by a bridge be- tween the east line of Mississippl street | and the east Iine of Texas street, with an | | elevation of the top of rail of at least | 20767 feet above city base and with a clear head room of at least fourteen feet. |" “Crossing Army street by a bridge be-| tween the west line of Pennsylvania ave. | nue and the west line of Mississippi street, | with an elevation of the top of rafl of at | least 19.12 feet above city base and with clear head room of at least 13.8 feet. | SUBGRADE OROSSINGS. “Provided, however, that all subgrade crossings of railroads for which franchises may exsit or be' hereafter granted the| depth from top of rail to the lowest part { of the superstructure shall not exceed 2.4 | ¢ | feet where an increase in sald depth wiil reduce the clear head room to less than twenty feet | The modifications as recommended by the City Engineer were adopted by the committee and ordered incorporated in the ordinance granting the proposed fran- | chise, the representatives of the Southern and Western Pacific companies having previously agreed to the joint use of the crossings under the conditions as fixed by the City Engineer. | John Kelso appeared before the com- mittee and stated that the John Kelso | Company, of which he is president, is blasting and grading the roadway of Lombard street, between Montgomery and | Kearny streets, under a permit granted by the Board of Supervisors in 1899. The ommittee decided that the permit is in- operative because the blasting is being carried on in a prohibited district, and will order that operations cease at once. Uses Name Without Authority. Walter J. Thompson, whose name was affixed to an imitation court document served by J. N. Ross of the National Law and Collection Company upon W. A. Nevills, declares that his signature was placed on the paper without his authoriz- ation. Thompson sent two letters he had written to Ross in May and July to Jus- tice of the Peace Van Nostrand, to whom complaint was made that Ross was in- timidating defendants to compel payment of damages. In the letters Thompson calls Ross to account for using his name with- | out his permission and informing . him that T. P. Riordan, Nevills’ attorney, toid Deputy Justice’s Clerk McDonald that he intended to bring the matter before the Grand Jury. Thompson told Ross that he did not want Ross to sign his name to any papers unless they were first sub- mitted to him (Thompson). o TS S Takes Civil Service Examination. Ten applicants took the civil service examination yesterday for chief plumbing inspector, Devartment of Health. The questions asked covered general knowl- edge of duties and writing of a report. —_— PERSONAL MENTION. Rev. George W. Stone of Santa Cruz is at the Occldental. M. C. Heallon, head of the San Diego Water Company, is at the Palace. B. H. Cox, banker and lumber man of Madera, is registered at the Palace, L. R. Vance, superintendent of the coal depot at Mare Island, is at the Occiden- tal. Mayor Snyder of 1#s Angeles is in the city for a few days and is staying at the Palace. J. C. Ruddock, a lawyer of Ukiah, is spending a few days in this city and is staying at the Grand. Brigadier- General C. L. Cooper, U. 8, A., retired, arrived from Denver yesterday and is registered at the Occidental. 8. G. Freshmann, treasurer of the Sier- ra Railway, returned from Sonora yes- terday and is registered at the Palace. J. Ross Clark, brother of Senator Clark and vice president of the latter’s rail- road, arrived from Los Angeles yester- day and is at the Palaee. interested in mines in South America, and who has paid several visits to California, upon which he has written a book, ar. rived here from the East yesterday and is a guest at the Palace. — e gt City officials in New York whose duties require them to visit various places are taking to the automobile a means of locomotion, the city paying the bills in some cases. Charles Victor Thomas of Paris, who is | BRYSON'S “COQUETTE” LADY IN RED. FREE ART PICTURE WITH NEXT SUNDAY CALL, September 20 THEY SACRAMENTO-—Hevener, store, Price 5 Cents. 20 _North El Dorado street; Stockton Racket store, 711 East Main TRAIN NEWS AGENTS AND ALL NEWSDEALERS SELL THE CALL & Price 5 Cents. ARE FRAMING THE CALL ART SUPPLEMENTS The Following Art Dealers Are Making a Speclalty of Framing Call Art Supplements: Mier & street; Price.5 Cents. Gage's art store, 509 East Co., 615 J street; C. N. Davis, book Main street; Weber's art store, 425 store, 817 K street. East Main street. PETALUMA—H. S. Gutermute, J. MARYSVILLE—G. W. Hall M. W\}'cknm OAKLAND—E. J. Saake, 13 Tele- SAN JOSE—George Denue, M. Len- %nph avenue; A. A. Barlow, 369 zen & Son. ‘welfth street. STOCKTON—Morris _ Bros’ book _ ALAMEDA—C. P. Magagnos, 1358 Park street. CHICO—Fetters & Williams. FREE WITH NEXT SUNDAY CALL. SAN DIEGO—W. P. Fuller & Co., 71_F street. FRESNO—Sronce & Dick. REDDING—W. Ber’h. “Bergh Furniture Company”; T. J. Houston, Houston Furniture Company. REDWOOD CITY—W. L. Kline SANTA CRUZ—H. E. Irish, Cocke Bros., . R Hew, George Hoban. JACKSON—E. @. Freeman Co. SERIES OF LECTURES 3 ON FRENCH POLITICS Benefit of University Extension Work Is About to Be Felt _in This City. A course of lectures will be delivered during the coming season under the aus- plces of the department of extenslon work recently created by the University of California. The course will consist of a series of evening lectures to be conducted by Professor H. Morse Stephens, pro- fessor of history in the university and untfl lately connected with the extension work at Oxford, England. Professor Stephens has agreed with the trustees of the Mechanics’ Institute to organize a university extension in con- nectlon with that institution. All of the lectures will be held in the Mechanics’ In- stitute bullding, after which a class will be conducted for the benefit of those that wish to make further investigation of the subjects. The dates and subjects are as follows: > October 7—'Louls XVI_and Marle Antoi- nette, King and Queen of ce’”; October 21 ‘Mirabeau, the Leader of the Third Estate in the National Assembly”; November 4— “Lafayette, the Commander i Chief of the National Guard of Paris”: November 15— “"Mirabeau, the Statesman, Who Tried to Pre- vent Excesses and Who Labored for a Stable Government''; December 2—*'Brissot, the P iticlan, Who ‘Brought on the Forelgn War December 16—'‘Vergnlaud, the Orator of the January 13—'Marat, the Friena entative of Pubiic bruary 10— the Spokesman of the Great Com- Public Safety’; February the Puritan’ arch 8—*Merlin of March 25— "Bar- In Germany workingmen are visited at their homes on pay days by savings bank ;mmm to collect their savings for bank- ng. SCAOOL NEARLY BEADY FOR Ut The Board of Education yesterday ap- proved the award of contract made by the Board of Public Works to the City Street Improvement Company for the grading of the lot adjoining the newly built Noe Valley School. The cost of the work will be §722, whicH is considered a reasonable figure. The board made a spe- cial request of the contractor that the grading be prosecuted at once and the work will be commenced immediately. The board has also approved plans for the dralnage system of the school and this work will also be soon begun. School Director Roncovierl is of the opinion that the building will be ready for ocupancy by October 15 if nothing inter- venes. The residents of the district will then be provided with a modern up-to- date school building, for which they have | been clamoring for several yeats Superintendent of Scheols Langdon has issued the following circular of instrue- tions to teachers and principals: “In_accordance with the resolution of the Board of Education, passed Septem- ber 10, 1903, principals will instruct pupils of the A-sixth grade to purchase imme- | diately the new State text book in United States history. The coursé of study in history for the A sixth grade is amended so that the field of history to be covered in this grade will correspond to that out- lined in chapters I, II and III of the new history. The use of history readers and other history texts as supplementary to the text books is In nowise restricted by the change in course of study; on the contrary, it is encouraged. “The new history text books will not be used in the evening schools until July, 1904, “Principals will send to the office of tha Superintendent of Schools an inventory showing the name and number of all sets of supplementary reading books now in their respective schools. “In accordance with the ruling of the State Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion teachers are required to mark ail pupils tardy who enter the school after | the opening of the sessions, even though excused by the principal. “The second grade meeting in geography scheduled as per circular No. 2 for Sep- tember 22, will be changed to Thursday, September 24, and held jointly with the third grade. “There have been numerous requests for additional grade meetings. The office wiil meet these requests by having two extra meetings, attendance at which is entire y voluntary. Principals may suggest. not request, the attendance of their teachers. “The first of these meetings will be held at the Girls' Hfgh School at 3:46 p. m. Wed y. September 16, 1%8. The sub- jeet will be “The Detail of Fifth and Sixth Grade Geography." “The second of these meetings will be held at the Girls’ High School at 3:15 p. m. Wednesday, September 23. The sub- Ject will be “Fractions.” ¥Miss Carpenter, supervisor of music, will be in her office at the Lincoln School to meet teachers every first and third Tuesday from 3:30 to 4:30 p. m. Principals will announce that Miss Carpenter will be glad to assist teachers who desire or need additional Instructions.” Auditor Baehr returned to the board miscellaneous schqol demands aggregat- ing 32853 54 sent to him for approval for the reason that If they are audited the school appropriation would be overdrawn under the one-twelfth act.