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4 PEERAGE BOOK CAUSES STIR IN THE SOCIAL SET Wealth Counts for Nothing and but Few Names of Millionaires Will Appear in the New Registry When It Is Published ——eeee. titled to entry, she being a grand- | daughter of the late Bishop Kip of | California, for the Kip family is de- | scended from Isaac Kip, who came | from Alencon. England, in 1657-and set- | - Continued From Page 1, Column 7. in establishing his right to wear a coat of arms, for the Irish family is an old the progenitor having settled in 2 ~ tled in New York. Coat jof arms: | sennsylvania. But Colonel Irk g ‘ ¥y fins, a sejante and confronté in chief, undemocratic and wholly at variance with the ideas of one who sincerely ises ms and conventionalities | gent; crest, a demigriffiin argent hold- | ing in his paws a cross. of fashion. So, Gov i ‘“ Xi‘;:l.: . “::flr f‘g::;r (':‘).;:;22:‘ Mrs. George Crocker might be enti- v . e . P e the Fiich or Lawyer Préston might. ssta- | 61 to the distinotion &= s e s ei trouble to prove her rights as a de- lish their rights, for all these nAmes | ,cendant of the old Rutherford fam- iy, - 7 rican Peer- |, i ho settled in Virginia in 1743. age ook, s are Siso the mames of| - Captain Gilbert, Overton, U. B. 4., af o g . Bgnle, Beruts ah | Los Angeles, is a direct descendant of 557 Isaac Overton, who settled in New York BISHOP NICHOLS REGISTERED. |in 1658 Coat of arms: Azure, a bend But the mere presence of a family | Vithin @ b’“?‘”;' or crest, on a cha- the Peerage Book does notjPeal. & martiett sable. that all Americans by those| RELATED TO THE GOULDS. are entitled to distinction.| Major Otis Wheeler Pollock, U. S. A., e, there are a considerable | of Alameda is a descendant of Charles { | { | | | Cu f Smiths in the list and the | Pollock, who came from Renfree and book would be completely filled With | whose arms were granted in 1672. Coat Smiths if each were entitled to the|of arms: Vert a saltire or, between privilege of registering his name. But | three bugle horns argent stringed on each individual Smith must prove his | the second; crest: a boar passant quar- right separately and if he is found to | or, and vert transpierced with an be a direct descendant of Captain John | arrow P. P. R.; motto: “Audacter et Smith, who was saved by the beautiful | strenue.” Pocahontas, he is the genuine article. | BEdwin T. Ward of Los Angeles 1s re- In the roll of honor The Call corre- |lated to the Goulds of New York. The late Jay Gould was of rather humble He laid the foundation of his =pondent found a number of Califor- nians. origin, Foremost is the name of the Right|fortune by peddling mousetraps. But Rev. William Ford Nichols, Bishop of | Jay Gould was not a descendant of any California, a lineal descendant of Ser-|of the proud familles of England or geant Francis Nichols, who settled in | Continental Europe. Mrs. Gould, how- Connecticut in 1639. He came from Lon- | ever, was descended * from Andrew don and Ampthill Great Court, Bed-| Ward, who settled at Fairchild, Conn. | fords! and was descended from | George Jay Gould and his sister Anna, King Robert Bruce of Scotland, the|the Countess Boni de Castellane, are accordingly entered in the peerage book on account of their mother’s pedi- gree. Thus Mrs. Howard Gould, once an actress well known in California as Katherine Clement, is also entitled to registry in the Peerage Book. It hap- pens, too, that Captain Ward of Los Angeles is related to the Goulds, al- mother of Sergeant Francis being Mar- garet Bruce. Genera! Joseph Wheeler, ¥y a member of Congress from | >ama and now 2 general in the| army ) descended from this stcok | and s very proud of the distinction. He submitted to the Genealogical Society a | family record as long as his arm duly ettested, showing he is not only de- scended from the Nichols family, but can trace his ancestry as far back as :e Norman conquest of England, or to Robert Hoo of Hoo, Kent, who was knighted in 1000 A. D. HONORS FOR LOS ANGELES MAN. is is to himself. J e —— LAY CORNER-STONE OF LIBRARY AT PETALUMA Impressive Ceremonies Mark Begin- ning of Work on Carnegie Charles Archard of Los Institution. Angeles of six argent and gules, a label of five | people, the corner-stone of the new ts azure | Carnegie library was laid to-day in h hTh“"‘»as f"f Santa Barbara |ihijs city. A municipal holiday was wwekasndpieippe by sable, & geclared and public buildings and e :r‘a:_d”"“:"‘"r; {‘”\‘T" 2| pusiness blocks were draped in gala | ‘g’r"\a sed; motto, “Virtus | ,iijre. A parade headed by Grand s Marshal Colonel D. B. Fairbanks was Edwin T. Ward of Santa Barbara is rin e P it a descendant of Andrew Ward of Fair- | o nca and marche e 5 ~ - = | streets to the library site. The Grand field, Conn., who was a lineal descend- Lodge of Masons, Odd Fellows and other fraternities and firemen com- posed the procession. ant of Osbert de Varde of Givendale D (A 1130). Coat of arms: Azure, a cr between four eagles displayed ar- couchant, argent; . “Bub omee | P :nd nted s " gent: motpo, “Sub omce | yoijes W. Nutting with a beautiful i 3. Dutton of San Francisco|memorial trowel. A benediction by the chaplain concluded the service. descendant of John Dutton, who | . e (fr"“;”"éoumy“ E:glan'x’\ The building is of the renaissance to Plymouth. Mass., in 1630. Coat of | YP€ With massive columns command- | tion ended to-night in a reception .to the it crest, motto, Charles Putnam second and third a freteof gold; a lion’s head couped on gold; Servabo fidem.” Fenner of Los An- visiting Masons the Petaluma lodge. | quet occupied the evening. | geles, a descendant of Captain Arthur, | = n—— > who came from Sussex County, Eng- | LAND "“‘f‘“’ MAY land, to Rhode Island in 1653, has as | PURCHASE THE BONDS coat of arms: Vert, a cross argent| New Plan Is Submitted for the Settle- ment of Irrigation Difficulty at Escondido. SAN DIEGO, June 10.—It is under- stood that a new proposition is to be submitted to the property owners of charged with & cross formee. gules be- tween four eagles displayed in the sec- ond; crest an eagle displayed argent, membered or. , FERRIE'S COAT OF ARMS. John Ferrie of S8an Francisco, whose . ancestors came from Glasgow in 1660, | Eecondido for the settlement of the ot ot armer Agare. amfanchor ar.|irrigation district muddle, The attor- neys of the land owners, L. A. Wright and A. Haines, have been in conference with the bondholders for the past two days, and the plan that they have about agreed upon and which will be sub- mitted to the land owners is the pur- chase of the bonds by the land owners gent. in chief, a mullet of six points between two crescents or. Holdridge Ozro Collins of Los An- geles, descendant of Edward Collins of | Cambridge, 1636. Coat of arms: Argent, a dexter hand gauntleted in sinister bass grasping a sword, all P. P. R. pommel and hilt or; crest, an owl ar- | themselves in guantities they desire gent: motto, “Nostra tuebimir ipsi.” |t the Tate of $200.000 for $350,000 in | bonds that were issued. In this way the lapd owners will gradually become | the owners of the honds and the debt wiil eventually be wiped out. In other Mrs. Richard flien in their hands, things ought to run 1 along pretty emoothly. ————— N SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICERS ELECTED FOR NEW YEAR »duce ceries we offer bination Nc 50 bs our Quality G this Special Com- .;0 1 or *Y".“O John E. Fisk of Redlands Is Chosen President of Southern California Association. LOF ANGELES, June 10.—The South- ern California Sunday-school Associa- fancy very best Leaf Lard, Rex head ‘Tabie lowing officers fo~ th2 ensuing year: S Srontill, Riws St John E. Fisk Jr. of Bedlands, presi- o eole, Baking “Powder. idam; Rev. E. J. Inwood of San Diego, { vice president; Gail Borden of Alham- . Mocha and Java Coffee, Every item guaranteed—money back. JMITHS' CASH STORE, ING, 25 Market St., 8. F. Phone us—Exchange 560, Angeles, treasurer. The following is the executive com- mittee: E. L. Zahn of Ventura, B. B. Willlams of Santa Barbara, A. C Beckes of Kern County, George W. Marston of San Diego. ———— REDDING TO BECOME A PLEASURE RESORT i | Springs. Located Near the Town Are I Found to Contain Medicinal of high-grade grocers sell Qualities. + covered that Hobo Springs, situated in the northern part of Redding, pos- sess remarkable ' medicinal qualities. | BEd Deshields and J. H. Storey of this city have lcased the premises on which the spring is located and will at once convert the place into a health resort. The water will be put on the market and will be free to visitors. The spring i located a short distance from the railrcad track. ———— el — Dr. Claudio Pinilla, who took a mhunt part in the settlement of the lu-unn. has been made Min-' AR SMae ey Sie and a dexter hand couped in point ar-| | ended from a family of that name el in Berkshire County,| PETALUMA, June 10.—With much land he coat of arms: Gyronny | ceremony and in the presence of 4000 | Arriving at the | Drill work and a grand ban-| words, the lien on the property in the | district will be transferred from Put- | nam to the land owners and, with a| tion, in convention here, elected the fol- | bra, secretary; Newman Essicks of Los ' REDDIN®G, June 10.—It has been dis- | 'THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1904. { M NEVADA COUNTY MINES- CHANGE THEIR OWNERS WITNESS SMIT STILL MISSING), __cat Absence of Nan Randolph’s Brother-in-Law Delays In- quiry Into Young’s Death |STORY OF PAWNBROKER Stern Savs Woman Who Bought Pistol Made Com- | panion Explain Workifigs NEW YORK, June 10.—Interest in ! the mystery surrounding the death of Caesar Young, the bookmaker, last Saturday, centered to-day in the efforts of the Yolice to find J. Morgan Smith, the brother-in-law of Mrs. Nan Patter- gon, in order to serve on him a body at- | tachment requiring him to appear be- fore the Grand Jury and tell what he may know of the case. Smith and his wife left their apartments in the St. Paul Hotel Wednesday and it is not | known where they are. Stern, the pawnbroker who sold the revolver found in Young's pocket, in his testimony before the Grand Jury said he was positive he could identify the revolver and the man and woman to whom he sold it. He was given a view of Mrs. Patterson, but said he could not identify her as the woman who accompanied the man to whom he sold the revolver. The Grand Jury expressed a desire to have Stern con- front J. Morgan Smith, and then it was answer to the summons that had been served on him. Stern said that thé woman who ac- companied the purgchaser of the re- volver seemed to be much interested in the weapon and had him show her how to load, fire and eject the empty shells. She took the weapon in her hand and snapped the trigger two_or three times while pointing it at the floor. The District Attorney and the attor- | neys for Mrs. Patterson are much an- noyed by the many stories brought for- ward by alleged evewitnesses to. the shooting. One of these persons brought forward a new account to-day, alleg- . ing that Young was shot by a man who Young and Mrs. Patterson were sitting and fired at Young over Mrs. Patter- | son’s shoulder, but this statement re- ceived very little credence. HEARING POSTPONED. There was to have been a Coroner's hearing to-day in the Young inquest, | but it was postponed until Monday. | Mr. Levy., of counsel for Mrs, Patter- son, protested against the adjournment. | Before adjournment a Coroner’'s jury | was impaneled. To the jury Coronér Brown described’ the shooting and said ‘one of suicide or, homicide. He told the jury that he expected to get at the real facts of the case. After Coroner Brown's description of Young's death Assistant District Attorney Garvan asked for an adjournment. Levy, on behalf of Mrs. Patterson, insisted that the inquiry proceed as required by law. Coroner Brown said that as the case is now being inquired into by the Grand Jury, it was proper that it first be disposed of-by that body; and while Garvan only ment until ‘this afternoon, Brown said he would put the over until Monday. The Grand Jury to-day continued its investigation of the case, and it was expected that. some conclusion would be reached before evening. Among the Coroner inquest | witnesses examined to-day was a per- | | son who is said to have aftually seen | all that took place in the cab. His name | | was not divulged. The story that the man who jumped | | upon the steps of the carrjage fired the shot which killed Young was further discredited later in the day, when a ! young man told a policeman on the street that it was he who first ap- proached the cab in which Young and Mrs. Patterson were riding. The young man, who said he was William Stemin | Jr. of Brooklyn, refused to make any further statement. At his request he was taken to the District Attorney's office, where he was at once closeted with District Attorney Jerome. FRANK DISAPPEARS. It was sald to-day that in addition to Mr. and Mrs. J. Morgan Smith an- other witness whom the police consider of great importance in making & thorough investigation of the case has mysteriously disappeared. The man is Harry Frank, a bartender in the saloon where Young and Mrs. Patterson are said to have spent a great part of the night before Young was. shot. Frank was summoned to appear before the between Young and Mrs. Patterson they were in the saloon, but he did not appear, and the officers were unable to find him. The examination of all avail- able witnesses was completed by the Grand Jury during the day. The Grand Jury reported this afternoon, but did not return an indictment against Mrs. | Patterson. It was reported that if the case is to be reconsidered by the Grand Jury it will not be taken up until some time next week, A dramatic scene occurred after the | Coroner’s hearing, while Mrs. Patter- son was being led back to the Tombs. Mrs. Willlam Luce, sister of the dead bookmaker, confronted Mrs. Patterson and cried out: “You did it!" | Mrs. Luce tried to reach Mrs. Pat- | terson, but was prevented by an of- | ficer and was led away. District Attorney Jerome, in speak- | ing of the failure of the Grand Jury to | return an Indictment against Mrs. Pat- | terson, said: | “I do not believe the Grand Jury has | refused to render an indictment. In | fact, I know they have not..I attribute | the fact of not filing an indictment to some error in presenting the indict- ment to the foreman of the Grm Jury.” William Stemm Jr. was quoted in an interview this afternoon as saying that when he mounted the step of the cab Young appeared to be already dead. He saw mno pistol and Mrs, Patterson ‘was pale and appeared to be very ner- vous. He said he rode fn the cab to the | hospita], where he helped carry the ! body and helped Mrs. Patterson up the stairs, but the! held no conversation. Hogarth was fond of joke books and :;.rce-mmqy them Immoderate- learned that Smith had not appeared in it was doubtful whether the_case was | asked for an adjourn- Grand Jury to repeat any conversation | which he may have overheard while | U. S. SECRET SERVICE MEN CATCH STUART { .l 4 - ! I FORMER DEPUTY COLLECTOR AT Rieetioh N Ppxas, DUEN AT —_— Former Deputy Collector of lloilo Wanted There for a Felony. ¢ The criminal career of Arthur R. Stuart, formerly Deputy Collector of Cuntoms at Iloilo, Philippines Islands, | has been checked for a time by his arrest last Thursday at San Antonio, | Tex., on a warrant charging him with having fraudulently altered Govern- ment records while at Iloilo. The ar- | rest was made by United States Secret | though that fact may be unknown even | jumped to the step of the cab in which gervice Agent Joseph Priest, who had | been furnished by United States Secret | Service Agent Hazen of this city with photographs of Stuart. i The Federal authorities had been' | searching for Stuart for a long time a few months after he left the Philip- pines. Stuart was reared in San Luis | Obispo, Cal, in which town his father | was cashier of a bank. Securing em- | ployment with the streetcar company !in Los Angeles in 1892, he embézzled $1300 from the company, was con- victed in the Superior Court of that county and sentenced to five years' im- prisonment in the San Quentin peni- tentiary. His sentence was commuted to two years by Governor Markham {and in 1895 the prisoner was restored to citizenship. In 1898 he enlisted | in the Eighteenth Uniied States In- fantry at San Antonio, Tex:, and made | !so favorable an impression upon his | superior officers in the Philippines that they procured for him the ap- pointment of Deputy Collector of Cus- | toms at Iloilo. | After leaving the islands he was given employment in this State by Dr. B. T. McGillicudy as inspector of the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company and in the latter part of last March he absconded with $700 of the company’s money. i Stuart married an estimable young | woman in New Orleans. She died soon after the marriage and he took ! her diamond rings to a pawnshop and pawned them. He was last heard ou at Natchez, Miss., where he jumped a i board bill and left his trunk. Stuart worked for a while for his uncle, Mr. Hoefler, in the law office of Bishop, Wheeler & Hoefler in this city, but his services were dispensed with, not having been satisfactory. | Stuart will be taken back to the Philippines for trial.yg FAREWELL DINNER TO ! R. ELISHA BROOKS Students and Faculty of the Girls’ High School Bid Good-By to ! Former Principal. The Board of Education turned the | Girls' High School over to the stu- dents yesterday afternoon for the purpose of saying farewell to their former principal, Dr. Elisha Brooks, ‘ who leaves the administration of the school. In the library, amid beautiful floral decorations and golden yellow | ribbons, the color of the school, the | | taculty gave Dr. Brooks a farewelli‘ dipner. There were only three other !:uelu besides Dr. Brooks—his wife, | { Miss Alice Brooks and Mrs. Katherine Wilson Ruddock, formerly of the Latin department. The teachers of the Franklin Grammar School, of which Dr. Brooks was formerly prin- cipal, sent an exquisite bunch of American Beauty Roses, with a letter | “of remembrance. Dr. Brooks was ths' recipient of a beautiful watch and al \ pair of field glasses from the students | and a handsome bronze lamp with. | Tiffany globe. In response the doctor | spoke feelingly of his association wiml the school. —_——————————— City of Para Arrives in Port. The steamship City of Para, from Panama and way ports, Captain A. Zeeder, arrived in port at 8:30 last night with forty-four cabin passengers | and seven seamen ‘from Acapulco. Owing to disagreeable weather the vessel wag delayed a few days on her trip. She carried 1936 tons of cargo. The ch{“ item was 9000 sacsk of cof- fee. The rest consisted of general mer- chandise consigned to New York. About ten of her passengers were, landed at the Mail dock at 10 o’clock last night from the Pacific Mail tug Millen Griffith. ‘uu A CO! TBO, wuxu. n.mdw‘:lndm sole the will fiied bate April 20, BUSY FUTURE IS EXPECTED Dealers Show Confidence Despite Unusually Slow and Dull Trade’ Conditions PREPARE FOR THE FALL Many Complaints Are Being Made That Weather Is Not Favorable to Retailers NEW YORK, June 10.—R. G. Dun & Co’s weekly review of trade to- morrow will say: o Current trade conditions are with- out change and cbllections continue slow ,as u rule, but there is growing conndencu in the future, \‘leflen ex- hibiting in inclination to’prepare for fall and nter on_ a There is still. much complaint that the weather ' is unfavorable for retail trade. ing trades are almost uniformly fa- vorable, structural work increasing as | the season advances.. Railway earn- ings, now practically complete for ‘| April, show a loss of only 2.4 per cent compared with last year and surpass | the corresponding month of many, pre- | ¢éding years. The decline in the cost 1 of living has continued without inter- | {ruption” since March 1. Listprices for iron and steel prod- ucis are maintained in most cases, mainly because of agreements rather Some evidence of weakness is noted are small. Failures this week in the United | States are 227, against 220 last week, 226 in the preceding week and 215 in the corresponding week last year. Failures in Canada number 80, against 20 Jast week, 17 in the preceding week and 14 last vear. B —— ROCK ISLAND COMPANY REDUCES CAPITAL, STOCK | Shares Called In Represent Part of Price of Interest in the Southern Pacific. NEW YORK, June 10.—Announce- ! ment was made to-day that the Rock Island Company had reduced its capi- tal stock from $51,190,200 to $48,- 690,200 and requested the Stock Ex- change to strike the $2,500,000 stock called in from the Hst. The stock re- turned 6 the treasury represents part of the price paid to the Southern Pa- cific for a half interest in the Texas lines. Officers of the State of Texas declared that the Rock Island as a paralel road could not own the lines partly purchased from the Southern Pacific. B — REVOLUTIONISTS ARE SAID TO HAVE ACCEPTED TERMS | Peace, It is Reported, Follows Offers of Santo Domingo Goverument to Rebels. NEW YORK, June 10.—The revo- lutionists of Santo Domingo are re- ported in a dispatch from Puerta Plata to have accepted in ful the terms of peace proposed by the Gov- ernment. Although Genéral Rodri- guez had difficulty in convincing his companions that they should accept every one is satisfied with the arrange- ment. The blockade of Monte Christi has | been raised, the whole country Is now under the control of the Morales Gov- | ernment and peace is assured. ——————— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, June 10.—The fol-| lowing Californians are in New York: Frcm S8an Francisco—A. Goldberg, at the Herald Square; Mrs. C. H. La- boytcano ,at the Murray Hill; Dr. C.%° A. Sybel, at the Herald Square: C. Cross, at the Imperial; T. W. Jones and T. D. Jones, at the Grand Union; H O. Lewis, at the Metropolitan; H. | L'ebert, at the Normandie; A. McMil- lan and wife, at the Hoffman; E An- drews, at the Ashland; D. W. Risbee and W. E. Ehrmann and wife, at the Grand Union; W. Ehrenpfort, at the Union Square; H. L. Joachimson, at the Grand Union; A. Judis and wife, a* the Wellington; E. A. Matthews and wite, at the Gilsey, and J. McKellar, at the Ashland. From San Jos2—H. E. Losse, at the Wellington. From Los Angeles—W. O. Howe, at the Al- | bert; F. D. Jones, at the Broadway Central; A. J. Koll and wifs, at the . Normandie, and Mrs. C. Lowe, at the | Astor. . ¥allans Exchange Shots. NEW YORK, ‘June 10.—The trouble at the Ward Line pier, resulting from a strike of Italian firemen, who were replaced by non-union Italians, cul- minated to-day in a general shooting affray, in which about a dozen shots were fired. No one was wounded, but. two of the participants were arregted. —_——— Doctors Will Mecet at Portland. “MATLANTIC City, N. J., June 10.— The American Medical Association to- day selected Portland, Or., as the next place of meeting, the date to cided later, and elected Dr/ George ' Bloomer of San Francisco as orator on State medicine. Woodend Out of Exchange. NEW YORK, June 10.—The expul- | ;sion of W. E. Woodend of the sus- pended firm of W. E. Woodend & Co. was announced on the Consolidated Stock Exchange to-day, the reason given being alleged {Irregularites in dealings. ———— . Grant Wallace continu his poor opinion of the Russian soldiers. He is in a pesition where h d le to ¥ Gas and Electric Co. larger = scale. | Reports regarding the build- | than the support of consumption. | in hides, both domestic and foreign, | although agtual changes in quotations | de- | but better buy a gas range from The Properties Have Two transfers of mining properties in | Nevade County are made public. The owners of the Blue Tent mine have bought from Gilbert Hall the Grizzly Hill gravel claim, which lies on the north side of the South Yuba River. The Canada Hill group of mines has | been sold to J. F. Littlefield of Saa Francisco. This group was owned by George C. Gaylord. The properties are mine. According to the Grass Valley Union, work will soon be resumed at acquired by L. Charconnet and his sons in 1878. Under the management of the Charconnets the operations were quite extensive. In six months after they took posses- sion they earned enough, so it is locally reported, to pay for the sinking of an incline 250 feet in depth, to erect hoist- ing works and a ten-stamp mill, and prior to 1887 they took out 20,000 toms of excellent ore. When the formation was reached that was unprofitable to | work with the mining processes that were then in vogue, operations were suspended. The present deal and the | operations that are promised would seem to indicate that the expectation | is that more economical methods will | yleld profit. The Grand Vein mine, a ledge prop- erty, was worked for a time by a French company, and a tunnel was run 11200 feet and hoisting works were erected, but work was suspend! on account of the heavy flow of water. The Grand ledge, which is included in | | the properties, is reported to be of low- grade ore. There are two hoisting rigs on the property, one being on the Char- | connet mine and the other on the Grand. They are connected by & pipe- line running from a reservolr below |lhe South Yuba ditch. Large figures are given by the Nevada County papers |corrernmg the money that has been taken from the Charconnet. To ascer- 1 tain how much remains of treasure de- | posits will now be the work in hand | for the new owners of the property. | Concerning the Grizzly Hill property, the Nevada County Miner says in part: The Grizaly Hill was operated to some ex- tent In early times by the hydraulic process. The new owners will work it by the drifting process, and it Is admirably situated in regard to tunnel and milisites. _Clifford Graham, the superintendent of the Blue Tent mine, will have the general direction of the development in connection With Mr. Canfleld. I.)REDGER MINE PROBLEMS. Several conclusions have been reached, after a careful investigation by the Sacramento Bee, of the condi- tions relating to dredger mining and its | effect on the streams below where the | operations are carried on that will be | the subject of more or less discussion. | They are given herewith in brief for what they may be worth: 1. The deposits of heavy sand brought down by ‘the river this season could pot have | been due in more than part to dredge mining. This was sufficiently demonstrated by the ex- istence of similar deposits carried out of the ’ river at points above where the dredges Wwere operating. The past was an exceptional flood scason and matter was brought down the river which in ordinary seasons would not have been | disturbed. 2 A small portion of the material which came down might have been due to dredge operation, the actual quantity depending upon the manner in which the few dredgers in the bed of the stream were operated 3. Dredge mining can be so conducted and without detriment to the industry as to offer not the slightest menace to river or to farm- ing lands. Supervision by the Debris Commis sion and certain restrictions to which the dredgers say they will cheerfully assent will prevent any deposit going into the stream. 4. The seven dredges now in the stream are probably operating without materfal injury to | the_river unless it be demonstrated that the cobbles and heavy gravel deposited by the “stackers” are moved by flood waters down stream. No other materfal Injury certainly could be ascribed to the operatlons of the two river dredges farthest down stream. which were personally and thoroughly Insi 5. The dredges as at present operating ieave behind them an ugly traill of cobbles and gravel. plied fitteen to twenty fost high In advantage, since it provides a barrier irregular surface which catches and hoids de- posits rom above brought down In flood sea. son and also holds, permanently imprisoned below it, the silt and heavy sand which the | dredges themselves take up from the river bed and which otherwise might be washed down stream. When working in agricultural land, however, ‘the dredges turn fertile sofl into & waste of cobbles which will so remain for centuries. This undoubtedly will prove in time, a detriment to communities thus injured and to the county through loss or assessable prop- erty. This evil can be remedied If success attends experiments now being made for eco- Rorateally depositing the silt on top ot tHe cobbles instead of below them. A one-third interest In the Mammoth mine in’Shasta County has been sold, | Desda Wallace has parted with her in- | terest to John Filius and Fred G. King. | The purchasers of the one-third also have under bond the other two-thirds of the property. Mrs. Wallace is re- | ported to have received for her share $42,000. The Mammoth mine is a copper property in the Backbone district. It includes 900 acres of land. COPPER IN NEVADA. | Nevada County people are interested | in the work that is in progress on the old Red Ledge mine at French Corral. | The Grass Valley Union says that it looks as if the ledge contains a large | copper deposit, and in part the Uniom reports: Lode miners are aurious to see there is to the Red Ledge. If it is a copper mine t is the biggest thing in eopper in this part of California. As it is only one | mile from French Corral that ancient placer digging camp is in hopes that the development of the Red Ledge Will be prosecuted with vigor. The tunmeling to the mine is all done | from the steep siopeé of the hill, and No. 6 is at a point about midway betwcen the top of the hill and the base at the bed of the South Yuba River. Eventual backs_can be had in No. 6 tunnel of from 500 to 700 feet, and the physical features of the mine on and below the surface all favor economical work- just what ing. _The officers of the South Yuba Mining and Smelting Company are entertal oveg- tures from outside parties for the efection of | a smolter o reduction works suitable 'for the ore of the Red Ledge, and from all present indleations Nevada County, through the Red Ledge mine, bids fair &t no very distant date to rank as an |HlDfiI‘\nhl copper producer. The Amador Ledger says that three ledges have been encountered in the vicinity of the Déafender mine recently. The Red Tave mine is about to be operated. The monthly clean up of the Central Eureka mine is reported to- amount to $35,000, with a larger margin of profit than for any previous month. Men are at work putting in a sand flume at the Fremont-Gover mine. No definite time has been fixed for starting , this mine. The company and the union [each have men who are watching the ety siatiis b enty ms have been ‘bought the Amity Mining and lllnn:‘cv:: pany in -the Slate range, north of Randsburg, in Kern County. Operations will soon begin. The Kenosha mine, in Nevada Coun- ty, near Grass Valley, is now rua by collectively known as the Charconnet | the Charconnet. The property was first of the stream this is apparently an | | 8o says the Redding Searchlight. Mrs. | Records for Yielding Good Returns and They May Yet Pay Well---Conclusions Relating to Dredging electric power. An electric plant will be put W the Darling mine, in El Do- | rado County. The mine is near George- tewn Hydraulicking has begun at the Old Run mine, in Plumas County, near Emigrant Hill, under permit of the De- bris Commission. Mines are being de- veloped at the Granite Basin and Bucks Ranch camps. Operations have been begun by the Trinity Gold Dredging Company, near Lowden's ranch, on the Trinity River. The plant will probably be in opera- | tion in October. The Schwartz group of mines, on Rattlesnake Creek, has been | bonded by F. C. Meckel, H. L. Knowles |ana W. B. Wilson. | CINNIBAR IN SISKIYOU. According to the Yreka Journal the cinnibar mines near Garretsons Springs | are turning ouf a large quantity of ore. | The mines are operated by two wealthy Oregon widows, who hire men to do the work. Retorts that were construct- ed by the California Consolidated Quicksilver Mining Company some years ago are utilized. The hydraulic mine at the Pinery is operating, and the Fernandez & Co. hydraulic mine at the lower end of Cherry Creek has been worked steadily this season, with an abundance of water to facilitate its op- eration. The Wright & Fletcher and the Eastlick hydraulic mines near Oro Fino are running night and day. From correspondents in Alaska the Mining and Sclentific Press has re- celved the following statements : L. H, French and W. J. Scanlon of New York have gonme to Nome with sixty head of | Rorses, six cows and several hundred tons of mining machinery. They are engaged in min- | Ing operations, owning fourteen miles of claims on both sides of Solomon River, near Nome City. Manager French says, employing 100 Ten at §5 & day and board. they will bufld & ditch to take water from Solomon River. have heretofore tried steéam shovels, convey- ors and other devices, In view of what yet may be realized from nitrate deposits in this State the following figures, taken from the quar- terly report of the association that con- trols the nitrate output of Chile, have interest: The production for the year 1908 amounted to 1,614,434 tons, as compared with 1,419,483 tons in 1902. Exportations in 1908 amounted to 1,584,142 tons. as compared with 1.304.472 tons in 1902, The deliveries for consumption | in 1908 amounted to 1,641,374 tons, as com | pared with 1.420.041 tons in 1902. If the gon- sumption in February, March and April of the to that in the | current year should be equal corresponding months of last year the con sumption in the “‘nitrate year 1903-4 will be | 1,650,013 tons. The total of the quotas as- -l(ned to the several works to January 31, | 1904, amounts to 2,249,506 tons, and there are | eight new works in course of construction. the product of which will equal 405,000 tons, mak ing a total for the next nitrate year of 2,604, - 500 tons. It is noted that the malority of the | operators of the new nitrate works and “‘offi- cinas’® being established in the ‘‘pampa’ are Germans. —_————— Convicted of Burglary. Michael Sullivan was convicted of burglary yesterday by a jury in De- partment 12 of the Superior Court, Judge Gesford of Napa presiding, and, as he waived time for sentence, the Judge sent him to Folsom penitentiary for one year. On February 10 he en- tered the room of Garfleld Rayl at 408 Post street and stole a valuable over- coat. P —— Chinese Burglar Arrested. Ng Sam, a Chinese, was arrested yesterday by Detective George Mec- Mahon for burglarizing the room of another Chinese on Waverly place. He will be charged to-day. 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