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NEWS OF THE COAST.
Madera, Merced and San
Bernardino Assess
ments.
PLEAS FOR REDUCTIONS.
A Queer Tale of the Experi
ence of Dutch Colonists
Related.
ASSESSOR. HOSKINS 1 OVERSIGHT.
San Bernardino Companies Alleged
to Have Been Assessed -
Too High.
SACRAMENTO. Cal., Aug. 22.— Merced,
Madera and San Bernardino counties ap
peared before the Board of Equalization
to-day and argued long and earnestly that
their assessments should not be raised.
Pasture land in Merced County can be
rented for 15 cents an acre, and the man
who takes it will be out on the investment,
according to Assessor Simonson. Super
visors Nelson, Haley and Kelsey agreed
with him in this. They also said that the
Crocker Land and Water Company, which
was one of their biggest concerns, would
not put in any grain next year, because it
did not pay.
When the subject of the Holland colony,
six miles north of Merced, was broached
Mr. Simonson said that nearly all the
colonists had moved ont of the county.
Some had gone back to Holland, others
had moved into the coast counties and
were enjoying life and not paying so much
for the experience. Thirty or forty fam
ilies were brought out from Holland
originally, and they paid ?1 65 an acre for
the land. It is now worth about $25.
There are not more than half a dozen of
the original colonists on the land. They
had put magnificent improvements on the
place, but now the trees are all dead.
"I don't want to give the county a black
eye. because we have the best county in the
State," remarked the Assessor, "and it is
undoubtedly the best assessed county.
But we have a few thousand acres of poor
land. Where the Hollanders settled it was
worse than alkali. It was hardpan, and
they had to blast holes with dynamite be
fore they could plant the trees."
"They had to send to Holland to get
people to settle on that land," remarked
Controller Colgan.
The Assessor explained that the un
fortunate Dutch bought the land while
they were in Holland. The land looked
splendid on the map.
"How was it that Los Angeles allowed
these Hollanders to get into your county?"
asked Equalizer Morehouse.
The Assessor explained that they were
brought from Holland by an agent, and
came by the northern route. "It's a pity
they didn't get away," he added, "before
they reached Merced, because it has done
Merced County more harm than good."
Only eighteen bicycles appear upon the
assessment roll of Merced County. The
Assessor explained that he thought there
were more wheels than that in the county.
In fact he had narrowly escaped being run
over by more bicycles than that in the
streets of Merced. He owned one himself.
'At the afternoon session Assessor Hos
kins told how the once famous John
Brown colony had depreciated in value be
cause of the decline in the price of raisins
and other farm products. He had not as
gessed the Bank of Madera for anything,
because when he asked the cashier
whether there was any money in the bank
the cashier told him that there was none.
The bank had $50,000 in San Francisco.
Equalizer Morehouse asked the Assessor
whether he had not assessed that $50,000 as
solvent credits, and he replied that he had
not thought of that. It is likely that that
$50,000 will be added to the roll of Madera
County.
Assessor Kettle of San Bernardino
County told the board why he had
dropped $157,684 off the roll on outside real
estate. He spoke of the feeling that had
been engendered by the division of San
Bernardino and Riverside counties, and de
clared he had not been guided at all by that
feeling. Thus, he had found that the Riv-
erside Water Company and the Riverside
Trust Company were assessed about $100,
--000 too high, and had, therefore, reduced
the total assessment on those companies
by $100,000. He found water ditches as
sessed at $15,000, which ditches had cost
only $9000 seven or eight years ago. The
docrf-jjstMnade by the City Assessor of San
Bernardino City from his own assessment
of last year was $'tto,2<»7.
J A MM ED iy AX ELEVATOR.
A Terrible Accident That Made a Para-
lytic of a Lad.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 22.— Willie
Kagee, a lad, tried to climb upon a plat
form elevator in the Sullivan Kelly Com
pany's basement to-day, but was caught
and jammed against the ceiling. F. T.
Dwyer was on the floor above and near
the shaft and grasped the rope in time to
prevent the elevator from cutting Kagoe
in two at the wnist. Asitishis spine is
badly injured and his legs partly para
lyzed. His escape from an awful death
was almost miraculous.
A Human Brute.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 22.— A man
named Lee had a fight with "William
Dugan this afternoon and, getting the
Jatter down, kicked him in the face until
he drove the toe of His boot through his
victim'a*feheek.
J'RESXO TAX DEEDS.
The Supervisors Will Refuse to Give
Them to the State.
FRESNO, Cal., Aug. 22. -The Super
visors of Fresno County are preparing to
resist the State in its demand for deeds to
all lands sold for delinquent taxes and
bought by the State during the past forty
year?. It is believed the State's course is
illegal, and the Supervisors intend to re
fuse to allow the Tax Collector and his
deputies to make these deeds, thus com
pelling him to mandamus them, and they
will carry the whole question into court.
The State claims 3000 deeds in this county,
some tbirty to forty years old, and cover
ing property now highly valuable.
SAVTA. ROSA WEDDIXG.
Mill Mabel C. Gould and Dr. Donald C.
Lazier United.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Aug. 22.— At the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clement Gould, on Fourth street, Dr. Don
ald C. Lazier of Gtyfcervillfl and Miss
Mabel C. Gould of Santa Rosa were united
in marriage to-day by Rev. H. B. Turner
in the presence of the immediate relatives
and a few intimate friends. After the cere
mony a wedding breakfast was served.
The house was beautifully decorated with
ropes, hops, ferns and sweet peas. The
bride received quite a number of elegant
presents.
The guests present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Clement Gould, Mrs. Lazier of Geyserville,
Mr. Armstrov^ of San Francisco, Judge
and Mrs. Crawford, Rev. and Mrs. H. B.
Turner, E. H. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Crawford of Petaluma, Major and
Mrs. Fountain, Mrs. H. M. Wetraur, Mr.
and Mrs. Stephen Morse, Mrs. Moran and
daughter, and Mr. ?nd Mrs. P. M. Morse.
Dr. and Mrs. Lazier left on the afternoon
train for a short trip to San Francisco and
Santa Cruz, after which they will make
their home in Geyserville, where the doc
tor is practicing his profession.
I'icnic of Married Ladle**
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Aug. 22.— A mar
ried ladies' part}' in a wagonette, drawn
by four horses, started on a picnic to-day
above Mark West Springs. They took
ample luncheon along and had a merry
time. Mrs. Dr. Wright chaperoned the
party, which included Mrs. B. M. Spencer,
Mrs.'C. A. Wright, Mrs. Ellioit, Mrs. Mc-
Callum Sr., Mrs. George McCallum, Mrs.
Rue, Mrs. Dr. Finlaw, Mrs. James W.
Oates, Mrs. Juilliard, Mrs. Harris, Mrs.
Solomon and Mrs. Ragsdale.
Robbed by Two Highwaymen.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Aug. 22.— Henry
Pierce, while out collecting Monday a few
miles west of this city, was held up by two
highwaymen and robbed of $36. The rob
bers did" not take his watch, and also re
turned his purse, saying money was all
they wanted. The officers have no clew to
the perpetrators.
Incorporation, of a Fruit Company.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Aug. 22.— Articles
of incorporation of the McDonald Fruit
Company were filed Wednesday. The capi
tal stock of the company is $25,000, The
incorporators are M. L. McDonald, G. W.
Rogers, M. L. McDonald Jr., Mrs. P. P.
Rue and George Callahan.
AT THE PETALU MA TRACK
Every Seat in the Grand Stand
Filled — Many Ladies
- Present.
Pool-Selling Lively for the 2:17-
Class Trotting Race— Boodle the
Winner.
PETALUMA, Cal., Aug. 22.— 1t looked
like good old times at the Petalnma track
this afternoon, when Judge Fred Loeber
rang the bell for the 2:17-class trotters.
Every seat in the large grand stand was
filied. The day was a typical California
one, and the women were out in large
numbers, white being the"ir predominating
color. The Angel Island band of twenty
two pieces furnished excellent music. The
infield was crowded with farmers' wagons,
and if Governor Budd could have been
present and seen the attendance to-day he
would probably never again refuse to at
tach his name to a bill appropriating funds
to aid district fairs.
Pool-selling was lively, with Boodle the
hottest kind of a favorite, at 10 to 4 for
Stranger and Electra. Stranger led at the
start in the first heat, with Electra at the
wheels of his bike around the rirst turn
and Boodle two lengthß farther back. The
pace down the backstretch was too fast for
Stranger and he left his feet and was
passed by Electra and Boodle. The mare
forged ahead and at the half was five
lengths ahead of Boodle. Around the up
per turn and down the homestretch Elec
tra and the favorite came trotting true and
fast. It looked like Electra's heat until
within fifty yards from the finish, when
Electra broke and before Rodgers could
get her straightened out the wire was
?assed with Boodle a head in the lead,
ime, 2:19.
The race was now considered a gift for
Boodle and pool-selling was at an end. A
bad break on the hrst turn in the second
heat by Boodle threw him several length*
behindElectra,who led Stranger two lengths
at the first quarter. At the head of the
stretch Boodle had closed up the big gap
and was but a length behind Stranger, who
was lapped on Electra. Down the stretch
it was a royal struggle. Slowly, but surely
the favorite was cutting down the leaders,
and at the drawgate the three horses were
on even terms. Just when it looked like
Boodle's heat he broke and fell back two
lengths, Stranger winning by a half
length from Electra, who ju3t nosed Boo
dle out ol second place. Time, 2:11%.
Boodle took the next two heats and the
race, Stranger second and Electra third.
The free-for-all pace proved an interest
ing event. Plunkett, a local horse, was
favorite at 15 to s,;for Belle and Del Norte
in the field. Plunkett won his race in
straight heats, Del Norte second and Belle
distanced.
Trotting, U:l7 class, purse ?500:
Boodle, br. 8., by Ktranger- Bride Van
bokkelen) 1 8 11
Stranger, b. s., by Tilton-Almont (Sulli
van) 3 12 2
Electra, b. m., by Richard's Elector-
Moormaid 2 2 3 3
TJme, 2:ie-2:17V4-2:193/i-a:lßy a .
Pacing, free for all, purse $500:
Plunkett, b. p.. by Strathern-Fly (Mlsner)..l 1 1
Del Norte, blk. s., by Alinont-Tacora (Stlm
eon) 2 2 2
Belle, eh. in., by Melbourne King-Mattle
(Kodgers) 3 dls
Time, 2:16'/<j— 2:l4y a — 2:148,^.
A. SAXTA BARBARA ESTATE.
It Is 1 nvolved in a Series of Peculiar
Legal Complication* .
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Aug. 22.— The
matter of the estate of George de Capital
Martini, deceased, pending in the Superior
Court for the last year, has been engaging
the daily attention of the court since the
16th of this month. The case presents
peculiar complications. The estate con
sists of three pieces of property in Lompoc
Valley which have a fine future prospect
on account of the approach of the coast
railway. The property now brings in an
income of $50 per month, and has been
recently appraised at $3800.
De Martini died in 1879, leaving a widow
and two minor heirs. The widow, whose
home is in San Francisco, in 1889 suc
ceeded in borrowing from Mrs. Mary
Green $1500, giving her own note and a
mortgage on the property as security. One
year ago the court made an allowance of
$50 a month to the family, dating from De
Martini's death, thus placing the estate in
debt to the widow to the extent of $9000.
The case at last came up on a citation
issued to suspend the administratrix. This
was set aside and the attempt to remove
the administratrix failed.
Henry F. Price of San Francisco, Mrs.
de Martini's attorney, is endeavoring to
effect a compromise which shall do justice
to all parties, including Mrs. Green.
TOURISG THE STATE.
Unconventional Method Adopted by a
Party of Young People.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Aug. 22.— A
train of covered wagons arrived from Bur
tons Mound to-day, and proved to be a
party of twenty-two young people from
Pomona and Lordsburg, making in this
unconventional way a thousand-mile tour
of the State. They have visited Monterey,
Yosemite, San Francisco, and came down
from the north through San Marcos Pass
last night. Eignt pretty young school
marms from Pomona are included in the
party.
Run Over and Killed.
SAN DIEGO. Cal., Aug. 22.-T. G. Long
shore, agent of the Southern California
Railway at Encinitas, twenty-five miles
north of hers, was struck by a freight en
gine this afternoon and knocked under the
tender, the rear trucks of which passed
over his legs. He lingered until 8 o'clock
to-night when he died. He was an old
and valued employe of the company, was
45 years of age, and leaves a large family.
So far as can be learned no blame attaches
to any one.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1895.
NEWS OF THE COAST.
Sensation in San Jose's
Breach of Promise
Case.
SAID TO BE BLACKMAIL.
Charges Made by Defendant
Burroughs Against the
Plaintiff.
HIS LIFE WAS THREATENED.
Marie Wilson and Her Mother De
manded Five Thousand Dollars
of Him.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 22.— The suit of
Marie Wilson for $50,000 damages for
breach of promise against P. J. Burroughs
was up before Judge Reynolds this morn
ing on a motion to strike out defendant's
answer.
Attorney Morehousesaid his client, P. J.
Burroughs, was in town and ready to goon
the stand at any time. Judge Reynolds
said it was not necessary for the defendant
to go on the stand, as he would dismiss
the motion to strike out the answer with
out prejudice, and the case would go on
the calendar, to be set for trial Monday.
Miss Wilson, who is conducting her own
case, a few weeks ago introduced a letter
in court, purporting to be signed by Bur
roughs, and asking that the answer be
stricken out and judgment entered against
him by default. Attorney Morehouse at
once pronounced the letter a forgery, and
the matter was continued until to-day.
P. J. Burroughs was seen to-day, and
said: "I left this State on March 11 last.
and went direct to Chicago, and conse
quently could not have signed the letter
at Stockton directing that the cnse be dis
missed. Marie Wilson and her mother are
trying to blackmail me, and I have come
back to fight the case to the end. I first
met Marie Burroughs and her mother in
Los Angeles while selling jewelry there.
Marie and her mother are simply attempt
ing to blackmail me.
"I have the facts by which it is shown
that Marie Wilson has been married. She
got something on her husband, who was a
prominent official of a railroad in Southern
California, by which she broke him up,
threw him out of his job and took all his
savings, some $7000 to $10,000. I under
stand that this man is now 'braking' on
the road.
"When these women were introduced to
me they were buying some diamonds.
They came to the store usually after the
sales of the day closed. One of them asked
Mr. Martin what I was worth. Thinking
nothine about the matter he playfully re
plied that I had a lot of money ; that I was
worth a million. Then it was they deter
mined on their course, in my mind.
"Why, these people attempted to kill
me in Ban Francisco. I have eye-witnesses
of this. They demanded $5000 spot cash,
and Marie Wilson told me she would kill
me if it was not paid. Her mother said
'Yes, if Marie don't kill you I will."
WEBDISG HEAR SAN JOSE.
Miss Xellle Jeffrrdt Jiefome* the Bride of
C. C. ford of Lot Oatos.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 22.— At the resi
dence of the bride's father, F. G. Jefferds,
near San Jose, on Hamilton avenue, Miss
Nellie Jefferds was married to C. C. Ford
of Los Gatos, the Rev. F. S. Ford of
Madera officiating. Those present were all
relatives of the bride and groom and were
as follows: F. G. Jefferds, Rev. and Mrs.
F. G. Ford, of Madera; Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Jefferds, Viwiia; Mrs. B. McGrath, San
Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. Anda Tarter,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Farrell, Los Gatos;
Mrs. H. L. Clark, Stockton; Mr. and Mtf.
EL W. Watrouß, the Misses Watrous, Capi
tnla; Cleora Jefferds, Visalia; Hazel
Watrous, Capitola: Lottie Tarter, Los
Gatos; Zanetta Watroua, Masters Watrous,
Capitola; Roy Morrell, Los Gatos; Amos
Jefferds, Visalia ; Arthur McKee, Oakland,
and Baby Tarter.
Tne bride was dressed in white Swiss,
with Valenciennes lace trimming. The
rooms were handsomely decorated with
ferns and flowers. The couple were the re
cipients of a large number of wedding pres
ents. They will reside in Los Gatos.
A. ZAD'B TERRIBLE HEATH.
Run Over by a Heavily Loaded Wagon
and His Head Crushed.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 22.— Georgie
Davenport, an eight-year-old boy residing
at 480 South First street, met a frightful
death at noon to-day by being run over by
a heavily loaded- fruit-wagon, his head
being crushed to a pulp.
John Pierson was driving six horses
attached to three wagons loaded with pears
along Julian street, and as he turned into
Terraine street he got down to fix one of
the wagons. While doing so a small boy
rushed up to him and told him he had run
over a boy. He went back and found the
boy dead. The Coroner was notified and
the body removed to the morgue.
The bby, who was with the deceased at
the time he was killed, ran off and the
police have been unable to find him.
Pierson said he did not see the boy try
ing to get on the wagons. The hind wheel
of the third wagon passed over his head,
and it is supposed he was trying to climb
on the wagon at the time. The face of the
boy is so mangled that he will have to be
identified by the clothing.
An inquest will be held to-morrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
Defended Another's Wife.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 22.— Chris Krciger
was arraigned before Justice Herrington
to-day on a charge of assault with a deadly
weapon. Thomas H. Berryman is the
complainant. Berryman went home drunk
last night and started to whip his wife,
who ran to the Kreieer home for protec
tion. Berryman followed, and says that
Kreiger hit him over the head with a club
when he attempted to touch his wife.
Kreiger's trial was set for August 29, and
he was released on $250 bail. The parties
reside near the corner of Pond and Dupont
streets. ____
HIGHBIXVERU ARMIXG.
Strong Indications of an Outbreak in
San Jose's Chinatown.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 22.— The high
binders are arming, and it is feared that
blood will flow in Chinatown before the
trouble is ended. Two leading Chinese
firms that refused to submit to blackmail
were boycotted by the highbinders. Cus
tomers were threatened with death, were
assaulted as they left the stores, their pur
chases destroyed and themslves roughly
handled. Both sides are arming, and there
is almost certain to be a fight.
Trout for Santa Clara Streams.
SAN JOSE, Cal'., August 22.— Game
Warden J. D. Mackenzie this morning
received a consignment of 50,000 Truckee
trout from the Fish Commissioners. The
fish will be distributed in the Adobe, Per
menente, Stevens, Almaderu Coyote and '
Uvas Creeks. Another consignment of
the same species of fish will arrive in about
ten days to be distributed in other streams.
Terrorized the Neighborhood.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 22.— Deputy
Sheriff Black last night arrested a man
giving the name of Thomas Riley, in the
vicinity of Fox's nursery. The man has
been terrorizing the neighbors in that
vicinity for several days. He will be
charged with insanity.
THE I-VGLEWOOD FRACA.B.
Agent Guest in Jail Charged With Hay-
my Struck Zidden.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 22.-S. A.
Guest, agent of the Santa Fe road at
Inglewood, charged with assaulting
Charles S. Lidden, foreman of the brick
yard at that place, was lodged in the
County Jail at that place last night and
bail fixed at $1000. Lidden's condition is
critical, and small hopes are entertained
of his recovery.
Guest's version of the affair Is as follows:
"This trouble commenced last Thursday.
My brother was employed at the brick
yard, and Thursday morning was suffering
from a bad cold. He and Foreman Lidden
had words over some work, but did not
come to blows.
"Later in the day Lidden, without giv
ing any words of warning, struck my
brother, knocking him down. Of course
my brother aid not like that sort of treat
ment. He picked up a brickbat and started
for Lidden, but one of the owners of the
brickyard appeared on the scene about this
time and separated them.
"There was no further trouble till Mon
day morning, when Foreman Lidden, my
brother and myself met near my office. I
was talking to Lidden when my brother
came up, Baying that he was eoinsr to lick
Lidden. He had a car-seal in his hand and
struck the foreman on the head with it.
Lidden went to his knees, but was on his
feet again in an instant.
"A fist fight was then on between my
brother and Lidden. About this time a
number of men employed at the brickyard
rushed up and caught hold of me. I had
the car-seal in my pocket, having picked it
up after my brotber struck Lidden, and
after pulling it out I told the fellows that I
would put holes through them if they
attacked my brother and me. They
thought I had a pistol and let us go to our
house. This is all I know. I did not
strike Lidden."
The other version of the affair is that
Guest struct Lidden on the head with a
coupling-pin and inflicted what may prove
to be a fatal wound.
Guest was released at 10 o'clock to-night
on the order of Superior Judge Morrison,
bail in $1000 being given. A warrant is
now out for the brother, who, it is claimed,
committed the assault and who has disap
peared. The officers are confident of ap
prehending him.
CORRAL HOLLOW RAILWAY
Material for Its Construction
Rapidly Arriving at
Stockton.
Will Be Pushed to Completion Six
Months After the Franchise
Is Granted.
STOCKTON, Cal., Aug. 22.— Grading on
the Corral Hollow Railway began to-day,
when a hundred men were put to work on
the north side of Mormon Channel. In
asmuch as the final grant of the franchise
has not yet been made the work now
being aone cannot be considered as really
the commencement of the road. The com
pany bought a lot of earth which had been
dredged up from the bed of Mormon Chan
nel and placed temporarily on the wharf.
Notice was served that this earth must be
removea witnin a certain number of days
and it is, therefore, being used to rill up a
low place through which the road will
pass.
Last evening two schooners arrived laden
with ties for the Corral Hollow Railway,
and four carloads of steel for the same road
came during the night. There are now
due only six carloads of steel. This will
complete the first consignment of rails,
plates, etc., which will be sufficient to
build the road from this city to the San
Joaquln River. The rails are of the sixty
pound grade.
Director Coleman of the Corral Hollow
Company said recently, in conversation
with A. L. Levinsky, the local attorney for
the corporation, that the road would be
completed to the coal mines within six
months after the franchise was granted.
J. M. Welsh is circulating an agreement,
the signers of which obligate themselves
to fight the Corral Hollow road in the
courts and pay their pro rata of the cost of
the suit. Mr. Welsh is not meeting with
as much encouragement as he had hoped
to receive, but it is expected that the suit
will be brought. The object is to drive the
road off Weber avenue, which means to
drive it out of town.
ROBBED THE RENO DEPOT.
The Office Cashbox Emptied
of All the Cash It Con-
tamed.
A Larare Sum of Money In the Safe
Was Overlooked by the
Bold Thief.
RENO, Nev., Aug. 22.— The joint passen
ger depot of the Southern Pacific and Vir
ginia and Truckee railroads waß robbed of
$54 80 this evening at about 6 o'clock.
Agent Phillips left for dinner a few mo
ments before 6. Agent Fields was in the
office, reading a paper, but three minutes
later went out to the freightshed. Operator
Will Mott, the night man, arrived at 6:08
and found the door forced with a jimmy
and all the change money of the day gone
from the cashbox.
A large sum of money was in the safe,
but the robber had no time to get it. It
was evident that the robber was well ac
quainted with the premises, as he had only
fiv* minutes in which to do the job and
get away with the cash.
OFF TRIAL ISZAXD.
The Steam ColUer Kahului Again Afloat.
But Little Injured,
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 22.— The
steam collier Kahului, which grounded at
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon on Trial
Island, flies the Hawaiian flag, though
owned in San Francisco. She is loaded
with'l326 tons of coal from Departure Bay
for Oakland. There was a dense fog when
the steamer Btrucfc. The tide was dead
high and immediately commenced to turn.
The captain and pilot immediately left for
Victoria for assistance, and before starting
the crew had commenced jettisoning the
cargo in the forward compartments.
' By 7 o'clock the steamer Bithet, with a
large force of men, was on the way out.
On reaching the steamer it was seen the
tide had shifted her, broadside on, close to
the rocky shoreline. She had a bad list to
starboard and the fresh-water tank directly
forward contained salt water, showing she
was stove in.
At 1 o'clock it was noticed she was up
right and in her original position at right
angles to the island. Her wheel was im
mediately started full speed astern and she
was soon off the rooks and proceeded to
Royal Roads. She continued on her voy
age to-day, being practically uninjured,
except in her forward tank.
NEWS OF THE COAST
Nez Perce Indians Being
Fleeced of Their
Money.
REIGN OF LAWLESSNESS.
It Is Caused by the Great In
flux of Gamblers and
Thieves.
THE BED MEN EAST VICTIMS.
No Means Spared to Deprive Them
of the Funds Received for
Their Lands.
PORTLAND, Ob., Aug. 22.— H. A. Hepp
ner, who has just returned here from an
extensive visit to the Nez Perce Indian
Reservation in Idaho, in an interview to
day said it is deplorable the way Poor Lo
and his money are parted by the transient
population that has crowded in for the
purpose of robbery.
Lewiston, the distributing point of
|633,000, the Government's first payment
to the Indians, is having a big boom.
Gamblers are flocking there and to the sur
rounding towns by the wholesale, for the
express purpose of fleecing the Indians out
of thefr money.
Mr. Heppner says it is outrageous that
there is no protection for the poor red men
who are thus robbea of the money which
will be badly needed, now that they will
have to work on their allotments of land,
build a house and make a living for them
selves.
The country on the Clearwater aud
Snake rivers is infested with a set of
thievesand iisreputables, who exert every
means to obtain a share of this money en
trusted to the Indian, who does not know
enough to care for these funds which are
given him by Uncle Sam for his future
maintenance. It is said there is a general
reign of lawlessness, and that between
whisky and money and fights between the
vampires, whose victims are the Indians,
the reservation is a rather undesirable
place for a peaceful man at present.
Accident to a Carton Thoroughbred.
CARSON, New, Aug. 22.— John P. Swee
ney's thoroughbred runner Borealis, while
being speeded on the track here to-day,
broke both hind legs, one at the knee
and one at the thigh. The rider was
thrown to the ground and escaped unhurt.
The horse had to be shot.
A Too Hasty Arrest,
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Aug. 22.— A
man by the name of Eaton, arrested on a
telephone message from Lompoc, charged
with the larceny of a horse and cart, was
to-day released, the Lompoc authorities
concluding they had acted too hastily.
A SECRET
Developed by an Indian Netted the
Prospector SI 5,000.
A bit of romance will often help the sale
of a mining property, and it is a poor hole
in the ground to which some legend or
tradition does not attach.
"I think,*' said Colonel J. W. Vroom,
"that the most ingenious story to account
for the discovery of a mine was told by
Colonel J. W. Craig."
"Craig," interrupted a listener, "was the
man who sent out from Fort Union, when
he was in the army, a train of four-mule
wagons which was never heard from after
ward.
"Craig," continued Colonel Vroom, "is
dead. He was buried with all of the hon
ors. lam not telling his history, but deal
ing with a picturesque incident in his ca
reer. After he left the army he went into
grants and mining. He told me that he
won the confidence of a Taos Indian by
some favors that he had done him. The
first full moon ot August, the anniversary
of the revolt against the Spaniards in 1680,
was approaching. This Indian had said to
Craig that in return for his kindness he
was going to reveal to him what had never
been made known to any white man. On
the night of the anniversary the Indian
came to Craig and asked him to go with
him. They went out of Taos to a hill and
ascended it. The Indian pointed to tires
burning in various directions, some near
and some far, but without apparent signif
icance.
" 'Those fires celebrate the revolt against
the Spaniards in 1680,' said the Indian.
'They are lighted every year. To the
white man they mean little or nothing.
To us they mean a great deal. You have
heard that when the Pueblo Indians arose,
drove out the Spaniards, destroyed the
churches and restored freedom, they filled
up and destroyed all traces ol
the gold mines which were worked
under Spanish dominion. That is
true, but our ancestors desired to
preserve for us the knowledge of the loca
tions of those mines. So they adopted the
plan of lighting fires every year when the
first full moon of August comes around.
This has been done for 200 years. The an
niversary fires are built on the exact loca
tion of the old gold mines. Every fire
which you see burning is over what was
once a gold mine. You are the only white
man to whom this has been revealed.'
"Colonel Craig told me that he noted in
his mind as carefully as he could the loca
tion of one of these fires and then went
back to Taos. Some time afterward he set
out on a prospecting tour in the direction
where he had seen the signal fire. He dis
covered what he believed to be the place,
although most of the ashes had been blown
away. On that spot Craig opened a pros
pect hole. He sold the mine for $15,000."
—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
THE GEEAT GUN DUEL.
Russian Sailors Acknowledge Their De
feat by Saluting.
While the flag of truce was flying a Rus
sian officer of artillery went up to ask Sir
Richard Airey if General Dacres, com
manding the English artillery, was on the
ground, says the author of "The Crimean
War From First to Last." On Sir Richard
answering in th 6 negative the officer said :
"Your 68-pounder gun that your people
call Jenny is a beautiful gun, but we think
we have one as good in that embrasure,"
pointing up to the mamelon, "and we
would like to have a fair duel with her."
Airey took up the challenge at once and
everything was arranged for 12 o'clock,
noon, next day. When the time arrived
all the batteries on both sides ceased firing.
A large number of officers, French and
English, were assembled at our lookout
Btation, behind the 21-gun battery, to
look on.
Our sailors' gun detachment mounted
on their parapets and took off their hats,
saluting the Russians. The Russians re
turned the compliment. The English gun
was given the first shot as the senior gun ;
it struck the side of the Russian em
brasure. Then they fired— a very good
shot, too. The third shot from Jenny
went clean through the Russian embrasure
and up went two gabions. The blue
jackets jumped up on their parapet and
cheered, thinking they had beaten their
opponents. Not a bit! A minute after
ward down went the gabions and out
came the Russian gun again. Several
more shots were fired from both sides, all
very good ones. Jenny got a nasty thump
but it did her no harm. At length, I
think the seventh shot from our side, we
saw the Russian gun knocked clean over.
Our fellows cheered vociferously and the
Russians mounted their parapet and took
off their hats in acknowledgement of their
defeat. All batteries then opened again.
Thus ended the great gun duel.
MOUNDS IN ALASKA.
Mark the Antiquity of a Native Race,
hut Do Not Tell Its Story.
Point Barrow, Alaska, the northermost
point of land of the North American con
tinent, has some interesting graveyards of
its own. About eleven years ago Lieuten
ant Ray, in his report of the polar expedi
tion to Point Barrow, recorded that in dig
ging a shaft twenty-six feet below the
earth's surface to obtain earth tempera
tures, he found a pair of wooden goggles,
pointing to the great lapse of time since
these shores were first peopled. The last
number of the Alaska Mining Record says
that this country was undoubtedly inhab
ited long before Columbus discovered
America. Of the origin or descent of the
inhabitants no definite trace has been
found, and there are no records of the past
among the people who now live there.
Their language abounds in legends, but
none gives any data by which to judge how
long tnese shores have been inhabited.
The ruins of ancient villages and win
ter huts along the seashore and in the in
terior show that the country nas been in
habited for centuries, says the New York
Sun There are mounds at Point Barrow
marking the site of three huts dating back
to the time when the natives had no iron
and the men "talked like dog." These
mounds stand in the middle of a marsh,
and the sinking of the land caused the site
to be flooded and abandoned. The inhabi
tants in times past have followed the re
ceding line of ice which at one time capped
the northern part of this continent, and
have moved along the easiest line of travel.
This is snown in the general distribution
of similar people, speaking a similar
tongue, from Greenland to Straits.
The distribution of the race to-day marks
the routes traveled. The seashore led
along the coasts of Labrador and Green
land, Hudson's Bay and its tributary
waters. They came down the Yukon, so
rich in minerals, to people the shores of
that stream and the interior of Alaska, and
traveled along the coast to Cape Prince of
Wales. To this day they use dogs instead
of deer, the natives of North America hav
ing never domesticated the reindeer, and
they speak a different tongue from their
neighbors across the strait in Siberia.
Some writers on the subject have ad
vanced the theory that the natives of
Alaska are descendants of the race of peo
ple that Cortez|drove out of Mexico; others
that they are Japanese or Chinese in
origin, and others still that they came to
this country across the straits from Siberia.
So far as definite information is concerned,
one guess is as good as another. The lone
ly mounds at Point Barrow mark the an
tiquity of the race, but they do not tell its
story.
WATERMELON STOEIES.
They Are Beating the Fish Tarns Out of
Sight and the End Is Not Yet.
The fish-story Ananias is not sustain
ing his reputation this summer and the
watermelon Ananias is rapidly pushing
him from his well-earned and long-held
position. Accounts of incredible melons
rush in restless waves from the South,
while the season has not brought forth
a solitary story of a wonderful catch of
fish, and that ten-pound brook trout has
not as much as shown his nose up to date.
A gentleman by th 6 name of F. M. Caffey
of Hayneville, Lowndes County, Ala., has
come to the front as the hero of the cham
pion melon novelette. It is stated that he
pulled a watermelon from his patch during
the session of the Baptist Association
at Hayneville which tipped the beam at
seventy-three pounds. It is said to have
been cut and set before twenty-eight dele
gates and visitors to the association, and
after their appetites had been fully gratified
the report is that there was enough left for
a half-dozen more melon-munqhers. As Mr.
Caffey's portrait does not accompany the
account of the melon in the local news
paper, there is every reason to believe that
he is a myth and the story an Ananiasism.
Of course, this melon will be cast into the
shade at once by a melon of still greater
size, and there is a strong likelihood that
the business will uot stop before a 100
--pound production comes to the front.
The Georgia gooseberry that weighed 14%
ounces knocks this Caffey meion sky
high in point of daring invention.— Boston
Herald.
Found Valuable Stamp*.
Hubbard Bush and Theodore Diersen,
janitors at the courthouse at St. Louis
discovered rare old stamps valued at over
|5000 in the basement of that building
nearly two weeks ago and have disposed of
the entire lot to New York and St. Louis
dealers. The stamps were of the St. Louis
or "bear" variety, which are very rare,
and which were issued by that city during
the years 1845 and 1846, in denominations
of 5, 10 and 20 cents. They were used
during that Jime in payment of postage,
but were superseded Dy the regular Gov
ernment stamp in 1847.— 5t. Louis Repub
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