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LATEST OAKLAND NEWS
Trial of Michael Collins for
Killing Philip Boogar
Begun.
REPROVED BY THE COURT.
Second Regatta of the California
■■■■;.. Yacht Club-Robbed a
Restaurant.
In the trial of Michael Collins for the
kiiline; of Philip Boogar in Oakland last
January the most sensational occurence
yesterday was developed when Mr. Wright,
ex-mananer of the Hotel Galindo, came
back on the witness-stand and rather flatly
contradicted the testimony he had just
given.
In the afternoon he testified as to disrob
ing the wounded man and handing the
garments to Marks, a friend of Boogar,
as he took them off. So the evidence stood
when a recess of five minutes was taken.
At its conclusion District Attorney Snook
recalled Wright, whereupon the witness
said he laid the garments of Boogar
on tne foot of the bed when he took them
off, and that Marks did not handle them.
.The point was to make it quite plain that
▼ Boogar was not armed on the night of the
murder.
Attorney George A. Knight, who ap
pears for the defendant, confronted the
witness with the discrepancies in his testi
mony, whereupon Wright grew uncertain.
He said be did not know even that Boo
gar's residence was at Eighth and Frank
lin streets.
Dr. J. A. Miller, who was first called to
attend Boogar, said that morphine does
affect the brain, and that the morphine he
gave to Boogar to ease his pain must have
allected his brain. All this was an effort
on the part of Knight to make the people's
witness admit that Boogar was not of
sound mind when he made his ante-mor
tt-m statement accusing Michael Collins of
his murder.
W. T. Alcom was the first witness called
in the rase. He had seen the shooting, he
said. He saw a scuffle in front of the Ga
lrndo Hotel, then neard the shots. He fol
lowed Collins to his home and was there
when the policeman arrived. He did not
hear Collins say, "I did it," or anything of
the kind.
A. A. Schlueter said he saw Collins fire
the shot. "The men were engaged in a
combat," he said, "and after the first shot
was fired the men were scuffling about for
thirty seconds. I thought neither had a
weapon in his hand. I did not see a pistol
in Boogar's hand.
Captain Hunt, the watchman, detailed
the circumstances of the meeting between
Boogar and Collins. He said there was no
appreciable time between the two shots.
He did not see Collins flourish his re
volver.
■a imes A. Insfer. Policemen Banks and
*■ kes also testified. Tne case goes on
to-morrow.
Christian Endeavorerg.
The Alameda County delegates to the
Christian Endeavorer convention at Sacra
mento left here yesterday. Those from
Oakland who will take part in the pro
ceedings are as follows:
Congregational— Rev. William Rader, Frank
A. Leach Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell, Miss
Belle Mitchell, Arthur Arlett.
. Baptist— Rev. C. H. Hobarr, Miss Emma R.
Hempstead, Miss Cora Williams, Mrs. M. K.
Williams. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Baker, R. B.
Pel ton, Merrlck Felton, A. R. and H. J. Waters.
. Presbyterian— A. E. Sherman Jr., Miss Nellie
Fuller.
. Methodist— The three Misses Smith, Miss L.
Epencer, Miss Walcott.
Those from other points in the county
were :
Mr. and Mr?. Moor, I. Richards, Miss Ida
Curtiss and Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Ellsworth oi
Mies; Miss Flora Brown. Miss Bush and Miss
Hinckley of Centerviiie; Chauncey Shaw, Miss
Eva Shaw and Miss Grace Curtiss of Warm
£pring>: J. Durham of Irvlngton; Miss Selma
Deals and Mrs. Chamberlain of Sunol; G. T.
McCollom of San Lorenao: Mrs. W. R. Perry of
Sun Leandro; M;>s Jamison of Hajrwards; N.
D. Dotcher of Liverraore; Miss Cora Cutler and
ilißs Mac Downing of Pleasanton.
On Saturday morning the Congregational
Sunday-school orchestra will leave for the
convention on a special car. Those who
will go are :
Messrs. Ptewar', Wallace, Lemmet, Kellogg,
Colby. Huss, Benzon, Barrington, Frost,
Knowles, Hopkins, Gywvnn. Flint, A. P. Leach,
Orabtree, Webb, Chase, Becetta, Morey, Jordan,
Whitehead, Long, Bryden, Yararlley", Howard,
Daniorth, Pienuss, Canon, Dukes, Fine, I.c
NqvL Cunning, Newell, Teuseher, Baxter,
L«ach, Dukes, W. A. Fine and M ,s Gertie Hlb
berd, Mi«s Edeln, Miss Doaue, Miss Kellogg,
Mrs. A. T. Stewart, Miss, Barriagton, Miss Wood.
Sunday's Regatta.
Preparation? for the regatta of the Cali
fornia \ acht Club, which takes place Sun
day next, have been completed, and the
entry list shows that a larger number of
yachts than usual will compete. The
course will be a triangular one ten miles in
length, extending from the end of the
narrow-gauge mole to Blossom Rock,
thence to a etakeboat off the Union Iron
Works and back to the starting point.
The entries in the first class, with sail
ing masters, are as follows :
Seven Bells, Thome: Rover, Bruce; Thelma
Edgar; Ripple, Goodall; Mischief, Walt; Edna.
Lancaster.
In the second class are entered :
Mynon, Bibber; Surprise; Kara, McMurtry
Stranger, Homer; Pilgrim, Wilson; Halcyon
Moore; Sultana, Hanlon; Dolphin, Smith'
Liilie V, Ench; Wave, Oliver; Mascotte
Knowlee.
The third-class entries are:
Hazel, Loughland; Flash, Whitehead; Whirl
wind, Yon Schmidt: Major, Hanman; Myrih,
Mervy; Corrlne, Gold; Topaz, Hager; Verona,
Merxltt; Olive, Wheeler; Surf, Eames.
r^lhe boats of the first class start at 1
p. m., second class at 1:10 and third class
» at 1:20. The officers who will have charge
the event are:
John Lancaster, A. M. Clay and Alexander
Watson, regatta committee; Charles G. Yale
and S. Comstock, judges; Louis Sime, referee;
A, Cohn and \V. Sharp, timers.
This will be the second race for the cup
presented to the club by E. N. Water, the
tim contest having been won by the Flash.
The conditions require that to win the
much-coveted trophy the course must be
sailed in three noon or under. Ie addi
tion to the cup the different classes sail for
the class tiags.
Victims of the Explosion.
The funeral of Harry Minngh, who lost
his life at the Pinole powder-mill explo
sion Tuesday morning, was held in Oak
land yesterday afternoon. The interment
took place at Mountain View Cemetery.
Acting Superintendent Pollock and several
of Mmughs fellow-employes at the Cali
fornia Powder Works were in attendance.
He was buried side by side with Clare
Johnson, the foreman of the nitro-elycer
ine-house, whose funeral was held at the
Baptist church in San Pablo early in the
afternoon. Both remains were escorted to
the cemetery by a number of the emDloves
of the powder works. y J
Yesterday more extra men were put to
work clearing away the debris and makine
preparations for the carpenters who are to
Rebuild the demolished buildings at the
powder works. A large gang was also nut
to work repairing the injured buildings
No further discoveries were made in the
way of human remains.
The Major Is Willing.
Miss Carrie Lockyer of Berkeley has
asked the Superior Court of Alameda
County to make Major John F. Hayes pay
her $10,000 for breach of promise. She says
all the arrangements were made for the
wedding, and even the guests invited
when the major declared the match off.
On the other hand, in an interview yes
terday Major Hayes said he was ready and
willing to make good his promise to the
Berkeley lady whenever she was ready.
He says the match was broken off because
his father was ill.
Robbed a Restaurant.
The latest crime by the housebreakers
was the robbing of the restaurant at the
Trestle Glen picnic grounds. Some time
during Wednesday night the thieves broke
in one of the doors of the structure and
carried off almost everything in sight.
All the tableware and linen, a quantity
of liquors and other articles were taken,
and from the bulk of the plunder it is be
lieved that the robbers must have had a
wagon to carry away their spoils.
Detectives Shorey and Williams are
working on the case, but as yet no trace of
the thieves has been discovered.
Held for Attempted Burglary. .
Thomas Brown, the young man who was
arrested by Policeman Quigley on Seventh
street, on the suspicion that he was going
to commit burglary, was examined before
Police Judge Wood yesterday, and held in
$2000 bonds to appear before" ihe Superior
Court on a charge of attempted burglary.
He failed to satisfactorily explain the pos
session of a kit of tools which resemble
those used by burglars, and told a rambling
story of how he came to ' c on the streets
during the small hours of the morning.
Still at Large.
Though Sheriff White and his deputies
searched diligently all during Wednesday
night and yesterday for some trace of the
prisoners who escaped from the County
Jail, no clew to them was found. Harris,
the trusty, who concocted the scheme ana
enabled the desperate men to gain their
liberty, was seen near San Pablo yesterday
morning by a man who knew him person
ally, but he had disappeared by the time
the Sheriff learned of it and went in pur
suit.
No Gardener for the Mayor.
The Auditing and Finance Committee
of Oakland's Council has decided that
Mayor Da vie must set out the plants him
self in front of the courthouse, or pay for
the work out of his own pocket, or else let
the work go.
The Mayor's recommendation to bond
the city for public improvements was laid
over. 3S-P6
Lambert, the ex-Police Court clerk, has
made a statement positively denying that
there is any Chinese bail money due. '
. Another Ysaye Concert.
Encouraged by the success of the recent
Ysaye concert at the Macdonough the
local managers have engaged the famous
violinist for a second performance, which
will be given on Thursday night next.
He will be assisted by his pianist, Amie
Lachaume, as before, and a local soloist
will also take part in the concert. Prices
are the same as at the previous concert.
State of Maine Reunion.
The eighteenth annual reunion and
picnic of the State of Maine Association
will be held to-morrow at San Lorenzo
Grove, on the line of the Haywards elec
tric line.
ALAMEDA,
The recently purchased arc-light plant
was put to a severe test Wednesday night
and yesterday morning, and to all accounts
it stood it well. The test was a continuous
one of fourteen hours under the operation
of the expert of the company. It was ad
mitted that there was no flashing, con
cerning which there has been so much
criticism. When the plant was first in
stalled carbons of half an inch diameter
were used. During the past week carbons
with a diameter of five-eighths of an inch
were substituted, new commutators and
brushes were put in, and since then the
lights have shown a remarkable improve
ment.
Succeeded by the Alameda Banks.
The Alameda Savings Bank and the
Bank of Alameda will succeed to the busi
ness of the Encinal Savings 'Bank and
Encinal Bank respectively when the latter
two institutions go out of business on the
30th of next month. The AJameda banks
will remove the two big vaults to their
building at the corner of Central avenue
and Para street.
Ceremony Not Valid.
J. S. Somps, who was married on Satur
day by a clergyman in San Francisco,
after which a question arose as to the
validity of the ceremony, ■ because per
formed in a county other than the one
authorized in the license, had his mistake
rectified by being married her* again to his
bride yesterday. The latter ceremony was
before the Recorder.
Levied on the Wrong Horse.
Schroeder & Holsinger brought suit yes
terday against Smith & Higginbotham of
the speed track training stables to recover
$23 for feed furnished. Constable yon
Kapff served an attachment and levied
upon a horse and cart. The horse proved
to be the property of Dr. Posey of Oakland.
Carlson's Skiff Stolen. *
The skiff of C. F. Carlson disappeared
Wednesday night from her moorings in
the tidal canal and he has a theory that
the boat may have been stolen by the
escapes from the County Jail in order to
row out into the bay to board a deep sea
going vessel. ________
.BEEKELEY.
The Berkeley Electric Railway Company
has commenced the ; construction of an
electric road to extend from the lower limit
of West Berkeley to College avenue, near
the eastern line of the town.
Cars have already been ordered and are
now under course of construction, and
when the line is completed it is expected
that the trip from the center of town to
the western terminus will be made in
about five minutes.
The company is arranging for a system
of transfers to the lines operated by, the
Oakland Consolidated Company : and the
Telegraph-avenue line, which if successful
will admit of West Berkeley people reach
ing Oakland and San Francisco in much
shorter time than heretofore.
Board of Education.
P. R. Boone, the newly elected president
of the Board of Education, has made the
appointment of standing committees to
serve during the coming school year. They
are as follows :
Finance— M. Robertson, E. F. Neihaus
and C. Engebreteen.
Schoolhouses and Sites— E. F. Neihaus, G.
Swam and G. A. Norton.
Supplies— C. Engebretsen, E. J. Wickson and
G. A. Norton.
Classlfication-G. A. Norton, G. M. Robertson
ana C. bngebrete-en.
-High School-E. J. Wicks on » P. R. Boone and
E. F. Neihaus.
B ™°.H r !fi? £ St y .~ p - R - Boon e, G. M. Robert
son and E. J. Wickson.
The next meeting of the board will take
place on June 5.
Fire in a Paint Shop.
Afire was discovered early yesterday
morning in the paintshopof Charles Hieh
land on ban Pablo avenue, near Addison
street. The damage done was only nom
inal, as the blaze was soon extinguished.
The firs was evidently of incendiary ori
gin, as a cloth saturated with coal oil, and
a candle, were found beneath the floor.
With Poetry and Music.
The matinee of poetry and music to be
held at the residence of Mrs. Goodrich on
Dwight way to-morrow afternoon prom
ises to be a social event of high order. The
performers of the afternoon will be Mme.
1 Louise Humphrey-Smith, - Mrs. James
Pierce, Miss Ina Griffin and Miss Anna
Herrick, all of San Francisco.
: The Saloon Question.
The Berkeley Council for the Sup
pression of Saloons met last evening in
Woodmen Hall and outlined plans for
fnture work. , A permanent organization
was perfected and officers for the ensuing
term were chosen, i. ./■. : ' :
Remembered the Contemporary.
Editor-in-Chief— ln your leader to-day,
Mr. Grinder, you say : " 'In the multitude
of counselors there is safety,' as we learn
from a certain book." Why did you not
say, "As we learn from the Bible?*''
Editorial Writer— You forget, sir, that it
is our rule never to mention the name of a
rival publication.— Boston Transcript.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1895.
SYNAGOGUE SITE BOUGHT
Congregation Ohabai Shalome
to Have Its Own Tem
ple Again.
WORK TO BEGIN ON MONDAY.
s
The New Edifice Will Be on Bush
Street, Between Octavla and
Laguna.
After being without a place of worship
of its own for more than a year the Con
gregation Ohabai Shalome is now in
a position to announce that it will once
more hold services under the roof of its
own temple during the great holiday
season which begins about four months
hence.
About a year ago the congregation sold
THE NEW SYNAGOGUE.
its synagogue site on Mason street, near
Geary, and the structure thereon to the
Native Sons of the Golden West Hall
Association, where the latter is now
putting up a handsome structure. Since
then services have been held in Golden
Gate Hall, but measures were set on foot
at once to secure another site further up
town. Nothing suitable, however, offered
until a week or two ago, when a lot was
purchased on the south side of Bush
street, east of Laguna, measuring
60x137:6 feet. It was bought from James
P. Healy, J. H. and Margaret E. Gallivan
for $11,500.
Work on the synagogue will be begun on
Monday, the contract having already been
let for the excavating and foundation
work. It is estimated that the cost of the
temple will be about $16,000. Plans have
been completed for some time, and from
now on the work will be pushed with all
possible speed. While it is not expected
to have it fiuibhed in time for the approach
ing holidays, it will be in such condition
as to allow of services being held therein.
There are now sufficient funds on hand to
defray much the larger part of the cost of
the site and of the building, $7000 having
been subscribed within the past few
months by private individuals, while con
siderable additions have been made to the
treasury through the efforts of the auxil
iary association of the congregation,
which haa turned over the revenues de
rived from the various entertainments
given under its auspices. In order, how- j
ever, that there may be no lack of funds on j
hand, application has been made to the I
Superior Court for permission to mortgage
the newly purchased site to the Hibernia
Bank for $6000.
The structure will cover an area of 60x120
feet and the front will be of stone and
brick and the roof of tile. From the side
walk to the top of the spires the distance
will be 100 feet. The with a j
gallery will have a seating capacity of 800. I
Above and to the rear of the pulpit will be
the choir and organ loft, instead of op
posite the pulpit, as was the case in the '
old synagogue. On the main floor, off the j
lobby, will be a classroom with a seating i
capacity of 100, the secretary's room and a |
laaies' parlor. On one side of the pulpit I
will be the rabbi's study and on the other j
the cantor's room. There will be a stair
case on each side of the lobby leading to
the gallery.
In the front of the edifice and on a
level with the gallery will be an auxiliary
hall with a capacity for an audience of 250 i
people. This will be used by the auxiliary
association of the congregation for holding
its entertainments. It is provided with a
stage, dressing-room, parlors and all the
necessary appurtenances for giving dra
matic performances.
Cathedral glass will be used for the win
dows and the main auditorium will have a
groined ceiling.
INSOLVENT CATERER.
Louis Meyer Sunk a Small Fortune in
Business During the Fast Two
Years.
Louis Meyer, proprietor of Meyer's din
ing-rooms at 14 and 16 Eddy street, has
been forced into insolvency. He at
tributes his misfortune to the wide
and keen competition that Las re
cently developed in bis line of business in
his immediate neighborhood. He estimates
his liabilities at about $13,000, while his
assets consist of the fixtures and goodwill
of his place of business. This was fitted up
about two years ago at an expense of about
111,000. The business began to fall short of
returning expenses about eight months
ago. Within the past seven months Mr.
Meyer has mortgaged his property in Ala
meda, and the money thus realized with
other sums borrowed, aggregating $6000,
has been used in the business in the vain
hope that he would be able to weather the
storm.
Last Saturday F. Uri <fc Co., whole
sale batchers, levied an attachment
for $800, though the amount due them was
about $4000. This led to other attach
ments, which now aggregate about $7000.
Among the other principal creditors are ;
William G. Loewe, dairyman, $500; T. A.
Burns, produce and fruit dealer, $500; Lutz,
baker, $1600; Brigham Hoppe, provision
dealer, $500; James M. Furrer, dairyman,
$1000. There is also about $500 owing for
wages.
JOHU EOSEBPELD OS COAL.
The Merchant Expresses His Views of
the Present situation.
John Eosenfeld was discussing on
'Change yesterday afternoon an editorial
which had appeared in a morning paper
on the coal question. The article advised
the consumers to combine, charter ships,
load their own coal from the mines, and
thus bring that necessary mineral down to
an economical standard.
The coal merchant seemed much amused
and good-humoredly reviewed the situa
tion.
"Why," said he, "not a man in the coal
business has made money in the last three
years. The retailers are failing all around.
They Cannot pay the wholesalers, and,
consequently, the latter are suffering.
Coal cargoes could not be sold to outside
parties at tbe mine. Even if they could it
would make no difference in the price of
that commodity. We were losing thou
sands of dollars when we reduced the price
of coal, and we were compelled to bring it
back to the old standard or go under.
"It is a mistake to suppose that there is
a combination between the coal proprie
tors and the dealers. I wish there were.
I'd like to go into it myself. Anyone who
is in the coal business just now has to keep
his eyes wide open to run along at all
smoothly. There is no fortune in coal,
and if ten thousand consumers combined
and fitted ont a fleet and became their own
importers they would soon become sick of
the business."
HOTEL AEEIVALS.
GRAND HOTEL.
R H Redmond, Angels A H Hart, N V
F Dekum, Portland R V Gebree, Idaho
T Flint Jr, San Juan J V Jackson, Coronado
E G Hooper, Phila R C Dund*3s,w.u Rapids
C L Davis, Boston Miss J Moutfeller, Eugene
D D Chapman, dan Jose .1 Well, Sacto
W G Martin, Cal J D Fredericks, Los Ang
M Woolheltti, MtVernon Mrs H P Mflrrttt, Merritts
.' H MuKride, Valleio W Swanson A w, N V
B Miller, Salinus GnorKP Fenny, Or
W J Nwortz-jl, Fortuna Mrs O Pratt, Vis
MrsG Levlnjrton.eheso H M Fish, Chicago
J Nixon, met, f, Indiana A Bro-vn, Kr-rnvLUe
M Bamberger. Deartwood A Taffe, Berlin
J R Mayner. Marysville J W MeCKmonds, Sacto
E L Watte, Chicago A R Celton, Cal
B B Holly, Vallejo J A Mclntyr*. Sacto
C J lirown <ft w, Uarfield .T Ashurst, Ilollister
B Lvon, Sacto Mrs W E Gerber, Sacto
Miss M Conald, Sacto Mrs P Brown, St Helena
W Gynn, San Jose C T Howard, Cal
H H Galbraith, Sta Cruz Walter Bruce, Chicago
PALACE HOTEL.
8 Chapman, Chicago B B Murphy, San Jose
A X P.usjt, Laporte G A Fallows, Salt Lake
M O'Rourk, Chicago C F Wand, Chtco
X Jnssen, Idaho Q G Klmball, Red Bluff
T S Phelps. H S R V W Reynolds. U 8 N
C W Comstock, Oakland H G Osburn <fc w,Ls Gatos
E M Rowe, Chicago C Goodall. Chicago
Miss Goodell, Chicßgo A 1/ Need, Boston
E Hermandez, N Orleans E J Martin, San Antonio
W H Allderdice, US N J T Rucker, Han Joae
J McLennan, Syracnse E Pitt, Victoria
W 8 Chuston, Montreal A L Drew »fe w, tsn Berdo
M SHverthorn, New York W D Tobey, Carson, Nev
A C Rosters, La JD Iloge Jr .ft w, .«eattl«
D Kinsley & wf CH Woodruff & wf
Miss J M Chapman A T Earenson & wf
Miss Earen*on Miso M J Sadler
W Schuckendick Miss T Aleck
Dr D L Furber Gsorze Eastwood
Miss M A A Barber Mrs T Clark
RUSS HOUSE.
T Turner <fe w.Spg Grove R B Dawson <fe w, Ariz
J A W«>r!aque &w, Cal J O'Brirn, Smartsville
J A Adams, Los Gatos A F Qnimot, San Jose
E Force, Fresno J M Brown, Ijos Angeles
F Sweeney, Ukiah Miss X Busch, Uklah
W M James, Kennett F Rorville, Taylorville
F W Brim, New Orleans J J Wrigbtman, Los An
I J Grumell, Red Bluff Miss C Thomas, Rd Bluff
H C Follett, Salinas C A King <fe w, Salinas
C Hill, Han Rafael C Klein <fe w, San Rafael
E W Ballard, Pescadero R F Pacheco, San Rafael
M S Tappendorf, Eureka H A Dinsmore, Alton
M J Dlnsmore, Alton C J Coopfr, Hydesville
NA Thompson <fc w,Sacto C D Hay ward, Wootlside
C Halifax, Sacramento J N Capell, Cal
C Kinr A w, Sacto G Smith, Redding
E Carmen, NY H C Talbot., Redding
G Gray <fe w, Santa Cruz C W Thompson, Tomales
LICK HOUSB.
G Walker, Kenwood, Cal H Calbriek, San Jose
T McKay, Benccla V 8 Pott, San Jose
Mrs S M Buck <& daugh- W <fe Rons, Vlsalia
ter, Kureka T C White, Fresno
E May, Portland T W Younger, Portland
C S Perry AwI.NY A L Gates, Folsotn
Geo D Darwin, Fulton Dr C A Love, Omaha
Dr J A Scott, Omaha H C Nash, Santa Barbara
Chas Rankin, Lindsay A L Hobbs, Fresno
R Bnrcar. Vacaville L S Calkins, Nevada City
H Elckhoff, San Rafael O Crosby, St Panl
J King & wf, San Jose G Watson, Cazadero
NEW WESTERN HOTEL.
W Rogers, Portland G Oulse & w, St Paul
J W Ellsworth, Memphis J Kobens, St Louis
W N Gales, Albany M Mason, N V
C Dike, Hartford B L Fisher, Boston
y. Malon, Wis Miss Elliot, Sacramento
R Wanton. Tacoma M Lewis. San Jose
H W Waston, Los Ang C R Cummlnrs.Pawtuckt
E M Riduly, Swan Point C J Runyon, N y
J M Shields, Wls J W Murdock <& w, Wls
J Flemmtne * dt, N J PA Modock, Bohemia
J Folklns, M V
BALDWIN HOTEL.
A Macdonald, ÜBN J Smith, Honolulu
A Levy, Los Angeles Mrs N A Keyeg, Los Ane
M C Helwiic, Chicago J E Terry, Sacto
C P Gray, Boston W R Clark w & c.Stocktn
« L Stark, Worcester D Levy, Williams
G J Kociiig, San Jose
A Book Agents Logic.
A book agent once stopped at a house in
the country, where he told the owner that
he had been recommended to her because
she already had so many books. "I should
think that was a curious reason/ she said.
'•Now, there U my next neighbor. Yon
should have gone to her, instead, for she
has no books at all." The wily agent
shook his head. "Ah, we know better than
that," he answered. 'Those who have no
books never buy any. Those who have
many already are the only ones we can
hope to appeal to."— Philadelphia Press.
NEWS FROM THE MINES
Interesting Reports From Many
Points on the Pacific
Coast.
NEW ORE PROCESSES ADOPTED.
Sampling: Werks of Great Capacity
to Be Opened at Butte,
Mont.
The McHaney Bros.' mine out on the
desert near Indio, having turned out
$10,000 with a two-stamp mill, is held at a
valuation of $2,000,000 by its owners, so
they will probably hold it themselves.
Very fully developed, equipped and
steadily paying gold mines can be pur
chased a long way below such figures.
The deepest shaft is only thirty feet deep,
so the mine is really only a prospect,
though a rich one, and prospects, even
rich, never bring any such extravagant
prices.
A mine in Riverside County beine for
sale is being examined by some San Fran
cisco men, and the Southern California
paper which refers to it hails with satisfac
tion what it calls the advent of "foreign
capital."
The Stewart mill at Brigham, Utah, has
been destroyed by fire. It, with the other
buildings and plant, was valued at $30,000.
The new cyanide plant of the Mercur
mill (Utah) has been started up.
The Copper Queen mine at Bisbee, Ariz.,
produced 12,968,372 pounds of copper last
year.
A good deposit of roofing slate is on
John Muller's ranch, between Merced and
Hornitos.
The Gillis pocket claims on Jackass Hill,
Tuolumne County, are turning out con
siderable gold.
The New Idria mines have been sold and
the new company will put on a larger
force.
At the new Pierce group of mines, in the
Dragoon Mountains, Ariz., there are many
prospectors.
A mortgage of $100,000 has been fore
closed by Massachusetts men on the Good
Hope mine, Perris, Riverside County. The
Los Angeles Times says the price paid for
the mine wass7so,ooo, ana the buyers think
they paid too much. This, however, they
should have found out before paying the
money.
Negotiations are in progress for the sale
of the Bellwether mine. Amador County.
The Farrell mine, Middle Bar, Amador
County, will shortly be started up by Mr.
Rosenburg of Oakland, who talks of add
ing five more stamps to the mill.
The Wildman and Mahoney mines at
Sutter Creek, Amador County, both operat
ing under the same management, have
about ninety men on the payroll.
Work on the Golden Feather riverbed
mine, Butte County, will begin early in
July. The mine is owned by English
capitalists, with Major Frank McLaughlin
of Oroville as manager.
It is expected that operations on the
Phoenix mine at Hasleton, Butte County,
will shortly be resumed.
Near the depot in Oroville two men *>-;
making a fair living hoisting gravel from a
30-foot shaft and washing it in a rocker.
Thomas Couch has come down from
Butte, Montana, and has charge of the
Merced Mining Company's property at
Coulterville, Mariposa County.
Gold mining at White River, Kern
County, is quite active.
The Healdsburg Tribune announces a
new strike in the Cinnabar King quick
silver mine.
A number of Red Bluff people have
organized a company to operate the
Trinity Consolidated mine, embracing five
locations on Dog Creek, six miles north
west of Delta, Shasta County. The claims
are Trinity, Tehama, Sitting Bull, Last
Chance and Stonewall. Therj is a 10
--stamp mill on the property.
Placer is doing more than the other inte
rior counties of the State toward ri nancially
assisting the State Miners' Association.
Capitalists in Napa have put up $10,000
to develop the Taber mine, near Gib«on
ville, Plumas County. By means of a tun
nel, already in 3000 feet, it is proposed to
tap the channel in Gibsonville ridge, part
of which is now being worked by the This
tle Shaft Company with great success. Mr.
Taber's property lies above and next to
that owned by the company just named.
The Russell process, which has long been
in use at the Marsac mill, Utah, and else
where, is to be adopted for working gold
silver-leHd ores at the Golden Reward
mine, South Dakota.
The properties of the Mayfield Mining
Company, Big Coltonwoo'l, Utah, are to
be equipped with new machinery.
Good strikes are reported in the lower
levels of the Mammoth mine, Utah.
E. 11. Russell, patentee of the Russell
process of working ores, has come to Cali
fornia on a visit.
The old Jordan mill at Bingham, Utah,
has resumed operations.
White Bros, are building a motor power
arastra on their mine in Bohemia district,
Oregon.
Rich placer diggings have been discov
ered in Granite Creek, near the point
where The Dalles military wagon road
crosses Little Malheur Creole, Oregon.
A cyanide mill to cost $5000 is to be
erectea ai Seymour to work the tailings of
the Vulture mine, Arizona, of which there
are 25,000 tons, and will take years to work
them. A 200-foot well has been sunk to
replace the one that caved in during last
rise of the Hassayampa.
The Aravaipa mines, after continuous
working for live years, closed down last
Saturday evening, says the Tucson Star.
The low price of lead and silver is the
cause assigned, but as soon as prices justify
the reopening, work will be resumed.
The Yurua Sentinel says the Harqua
Hala Bonanza mill has been shut down,
and that the mine is now a thing of the
past. Sixty men were discharged, the re
mainder of the force being retained to
work over the tailings by the cyanide
process.
A company has been formed, saya the
Kingsman (Ariz.) Miner, to tunnel Stock
ton Hill, which, it adds, has produced
more ore than all the other mines of Mo
jave County, Ariz. The tunnel will tap
the ledges from 500 to 1000 feet below the
present deepest workings.
The new Huntington mill at Montgom
ery, in the Vanderbilt district, is com
pleted and the old one repaired. Both are
running to their full capacity on ore from
the Johnnie mine.
The West Harmony Mining Company of
Nevada County have elected the following
board of directors: A. Isoard, B.J.Wat
son, Vanderlyn Stow, H. P. Stow and R.
C. Walrath. The board elected R. C. Wal
rath president, Max Isoard secretary and
Vanderlyn Stow treasurer.
P. R. Roberts has been appointed super
intendent of the North Star mine at Grass
• Valley.
The W. Y. O. L. mine, Grass Valley, is
to have ten stamps added to its mill.
John Spaulding, owner of the Polar Star
mine, Placer County, failed to get a permit
from the California Debris Commission to
mine by the hydraulic process.
The California Debris Commission has
BB2feta^^^«a^v4H«p*^?aw3 f
refused to grant permission to mine by the
hydraulic process to the Liberty "Hill
mine, Little York Township, Nevada
County.
The Calumet and Hecla, Michigan, cop
per mine has paid altogether in dividends
$41,850,000.
Forty ■ six companies mining on t'ae
■\Vitwatersrand, South Africa, employ
2645 stamps to mill on an average 20.,897
tons of "blanket" per month. The average
quantity of stone crushed per stamp per
diem is stated to be 4.23 tons, and tbe gold
yield 8.91 dwt. per ton, valued at £1 12s Id.
At the Eureka and Excelsior mine,
Cracker Creek district, Baker County, Or.,
in audition to the2o-stamp mill a 10-stanip
mill is running on ores on which the
cyanide process ia being successfully
worked, this being the first instance of the
successful working of the cyanide process
in the treatment of Oregon ores. The cost
of production by this process will enable
the of low-grade ores heretofore
considered worthless. A great deal of
money has been spent in experimenting
with the ores from the E. and E. mines,
and carload shipments have been sent to
Denver, Butte, Eastern and even European
cities to be experimented with in an en- I
deavor to find a successful method of treat- I
ing the lower-grade ores without too great i
loss. The cyanide process as now used
seems to have solved the problem, and the
mines are now making profitable returns.
Butte will have a sampling works capa
ble of treating from 200 to 300 tons of ore in
operation inside of a month. Ground was
broken last week at the corner of Maryland
avenue and the Butte, Anaconda and Pa
cific tracks, and the grading is now almost
completed, says the Inter- Mountain.
The copper output of the United States
in 1894 exceeded that in any previous year
in the history of this or any other country,
notwithstanding the fact that the price of
copper (9.488 cents per pound for lake)
was lower than ever before known and
much below the actual average cost of
production only a few years ago. In addi
tion the home market was greatly de
pressed and consumption curtailed in
many important departments. This mar
velous result was due to the great improve
ments introduced within a few years in
copper metallurgy and to a less extent in
mining, and to the vast size and richness
Of our copper deposits.
California Mineral Lands.
A list of railroad lands, comprising areas
in Southern Oregon and Northern Cali
fornia, has gone for patents as far as the
Oregon lands are concerned, but for the
present the California lands are withheld.
This shows that the Land Office, or the
Interior Department, is mindful of the
visit and inquiry of President Cleveland
after his recent interview with Mr. Rick
etts, who called on him in behalf of the
California Miners' Association, It is evi
dent that the patents to California lands
as yet unclassified as to their mineral char
acter will not be so readily obtained by
the railroad company in the future. The
influence of the California Miners' Asso
ciation is being felt in Washington, as it ia
seen that the miners are in earnest fight
ing for their rights. The Government
never intended to give the railroads any
mineral in their grants, as such lands
were expressly excepted from the grants.
But they take them, mineral or no mineral,
unless there is a contest. The California
Miners' Association wants the lands to be
classified beiore passing to patents, as
they should be in all justice, and the rail
road company is rushing through its lists,
for fear that s-uch a classification will take
place. A clear statement of the miners'
side of the case was left in writing with
the President by Mr. Ricketts, and the ex
ecutive has promised if he is convinced of
the justice of the miners' side to take
such steps as will prevent the further
patenting of mineral lands by railroads in
California. It is a good sign that the Cali
fornia lands in the instance cited were
omitted, as it is evident the matter i 3
being more carefully looked into than
formerly.
Trinity Miners and the Railroad,
The Weaverville (Trinity County) Jour
nal, in speaking of the fact that the South
ern Pacific Company is going ahead pat
enting the lands in that county, whether
mineral or not, and that the miners are
strenuously objecting, says: "As will be
seen, the railroad is going ahead to patent
land claimed by it in this county. Rumora
of what the Secretary of the Interior in
tends to do when he gets good and ready
or what Mr. Cleveland may do affect the
company but little and soothe the holder
of a possessory right to a mining claim to
a sense of false security. In our opinion
the mining land of Trinity County can be
saved to the prospector 01-ly by a steady
effort on the part of the people of the
county. Outside associations may help us
a good deal or not at all, and if we wait for
others to do oar work for \is we ars liable
to be left in the lurch. Active measures
will at once be taken to collect money and
appoint competent men to attend to the
mutter before it is too late."
In explanation of this it may be stated
that the State Miners' Association are en
deavoring in every way possible to save
the mineral lands of California from the
grasp of the ra:lroa] companies and the
different counties were warned months
ago that they must take active steps to as
sist in the contest. Many of them, how
ever, ha c done little or nothing one w ft y
or the other to help the State association
carry on the frght. If, however, each
county were to rarry on a separate contest,
as the" Journal suggests, there would be so
much "scnttering" that little could be ac
complished. If all the mining counties
combine vigorously to help the State asso
ciation, ana take an active interest in its
efforts, the concert of action would achieve
beneficial results. More has already been
accomplished in the last two months by
the committee on protection of mineral
lands of the State Miners' Association than
has been done in ten years by individual
efforts, Trinity 'County Miners' As
sociation may be able to carry on this
fight by itself* but it will be apt to do much
better by working in the common cause
with all the other mining associations of
the State.
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