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any sort could be procured for any price
in this city, and several prospectors have
been compelled to start out on foot for the
cold diggings. Stages and vehicles going
in the direction of the Coffee Creek coun
try are crowded daily, and traveline ac
commodations are taxed to their fullest
extent.
Two new lines of stages for passenger
traffic will be put on from Redding this
coming week, and the appearances are
that tbe days of ' 49 will find a fitting re
production in the exodus to the Coffee
Creek country.
BUSY DAY FOR GRAVES.
Gold Coins: $5 and $10 to the Pan
ln the Dunnlvan and Butler
Claim.
John B. and Robert B.Graves, owners
of the Blue Jay, in whic.t the great $42,000
gold slab, the biggest in the world, was
found, had a busy day yesterday. 'Men
end women of all degrees, comprising
friends and acquaintances and total
strangers on all kinds of missions, called
on them at the Golden West.
The visitors bad read of the finding of
the unique chunk of gold, and also of the
discovery of between $40,000 and $50 000 in
the mine since the arrival of the owners
here. About fifty people called up. to 5
o'clock.
The Graves brothers read the dispatch
from Redding that Dunnivan and Butler
had also made a rich strike in Trinity.
"The Dunnivan alluded to is Dennis
Dunnivan, formerly of Sacramento." said
John B. Graves, "and his partner, Butler,
was from Santa Rosa. I know the locality
of their strike well.
"They Have been panning from $5 to $10
a pan, and their ledge is said to be ISO
feet wide. They are a mile below where
Burgess and Murphy's property is. They
own a placer mine and have woiked for
two seasons. The biggest nugget they
ever got out of it hitherto was worth $50.
The gold averages $19 an ounce.
'•Notwithstanding a daily stage runs
from Redding to Trinity Center, which is
six miles from our mine. I have received
no letters or telegrams giving any added
details of the Blue Jay strike."
Mil MUST
WW
HOMEWARD
Continued from First Page.
might sail on the steamship Mexico, sail
ing for Alaska July 26, has returned. He
arrived, last night from Seattle, having
come down on the City of Topeka from
Dyea.
Mr. Hinkle does not, however, return as
one of the discouraged, outfit-sacrificing
adventurers spoken of in the dispatches of
the past few days. To the contrary he
comes back to secure additional supplies
that he, Littlefield and Morris may win
ter more comfortably jit Dyea and also to
arrange for the shipping to the front of a
number of horses to te used by tbe party
ln making the Chilcoot Pass in the spring.
Dr. Littlefield has found a professional
field at Dyea and Skaguay combined,
which will more than warrant his open
ing an office (log caDin)at the former place
and staying throughout tbe winter. Aside
from tbe momentary side of his stay at
Dye* the doctor feels that in the interests
of humanity with the cruel suffering that
is certain to ensue among the men who
have blocked the Chilcoot Pass in the late
mad rush it is his duty to stay.
Writing to his partner, Dr. Cornelius,
from Juneau, under date of August 2, Dr.
Littlefield says:
"We leave here for Dyea, out have given
up tbe idea of crossing into the Klondike.
There are at present 600 tons of freight at
Dyea, and all the Indians and pack-horses
in the country cannot take what freight
there is now on hand, let alone what is to
arrive across the trail before the lakes
and rivers freeze.
"Freight is 25 cents a pound over the
pass, and th*n the Canadian authori
ties are to be encountered with their cus
toms duties. They have established head
quarters just over the boundary line and
will charge duty on everything. They
collected on all the outfits they could yes
terday on the steamer Islander, while they
were in British waters.* When they
crossed the line they had to quit, it is
only a 'small* duty they charge, about 32
per cent of the purchase price of whatever
goods we have. Add that to the freight
and see where one would land. We could
cross the trail all right, but there are
thousands going in regardless of conse
quences.
"Unfitted physically and unfitted with
either money or proper supplies, they are
plunging into the mud and slushy snow
of the Chilcoot Fass in a mad endeavor to
get across. Actually one-ball of the men
striking for the Klondike are demented
through the action of the feverish dreams
of rapidly acquiring gold which have filled
and still do fill their brains. As I hope
and believe myself still sane, I will make
myself as snug and comfortable as possi
ble here at Dyea for the winter, sending
to Portland for further supplies and push
ing into the interior with the tirst of the
spring travel."
WONDERS OF ALASKA.
Joseph Ladue Tells of Resources
That May Become a Greater
Attraction Than Gold.
NEW YOKK, N. V., Aug. 12.— Joseph
Ladue, founder of Dawson City, is being
lionized here. He dined at the Union
League Club last evening and occupied a
box st the theater afterward with bis at
torney, E. F. Botsford, who is engineer
ing a big syndicate to manage and work
Ladue's holdings on the Klondike. In an
interview to-day Ladue said:
"They say that the Lord has put gold in
Jar-away places merely for the purpose of
drawing people" to these remote parts of j
the earth, so that wneo there they will re- '
alize the land possesses a far greater com- j
mercial value than mere gold. California I
was tbat way. Gold took the people \
there and then they discovered the State j
had far greater agricultural advantages I
and that its fruit industries were a source j
of untold wealth. It is the same with
Alaska, You would be surprised to know
that vegetables, thrive there. Turnips, I
beets, cabbages, radishes and cauliflower !
grow luxuriantly. Potatoes also grow,
but do not ripen well. In fact, all kinds
of vegetables and grain grow in Alaska,
and when gold shows to the people of the
earth the hidden agricultural teasures of
Alaska there will be, an exodus from New
York that will make people wonder why
they ever lived so long without the amen
ities of the Klondike.
*. "Just look at the lumber interest, lor in
stance. There is plenty of . timber for
building purposes. I own the bine.-st
sawmill in Alaska. It brings me in $130 a
thousand feet. When I returned to this
country laden with gold nugeets I began
melting them up io put right back into
machinery _rrjr Dawson City. I bave al
ready started to organize a stock company
to be known as the Ladue Development
Company, with a capital stock of
$5,000,000. Of course, that will soon be
subscribed by men in Wall street who are
anxious to invest in bona-ride schemes. I
bought my 160 acres from the Canadian
Government for a mere song, and then
I bought up eighteen acres adjoining the
Government reservation. That give ma a
monopoly of the entire city, and whenever
anybody wanted .o build a house or erect a
tent in the city I sold them a lot for $5000.
If they didn't have the -ash on hand I
gave them the option on the lot for eight
days, which wou'd give them ample time
to take a run up the gulch and dig out
enough nuggets to pay for a lot for their
winter home. #7
"Only a few lots are left and they are
going fast, so my agent writes me. You
know I left on June 23. The thermometer
then registered 92 in the shade, and peo
ple were hoping eat when I returned I
would bring a full complement of electric
fans for next summer. 77 V ]
"The talk about coin weather in Alaska
is all bosh. When I passed a winter in
Plattsburg, N. V., two years ago I suf
fered ten times as much from cold as I
ever did in Alaska. Alaska will be a
future summer resort, and when gold
make' people alive to the grtat advantage
of carnivals Alaska will also be the
finest winter resort in the world.
"I am overrun with invitations. All
clubs in the City have invitfd me to dine,
and I am at a loss to know exactly ho-*** I
can honor all of them in the short week I
will be here. Your city is tame compared
to Dawson Ciiy. At this time of the year
the sun shines twenty-two hours a day in
Dawson City, and it is never dark. There
is no use for electric lights in summer,
but, of course, I will supply electric lights
to the city upon my return next March
for winter use. I will also introduce tele
phones and the telegraph."
Mr. Ladue said further that there would
ba a few churches, more sawmills, a bank,
free library, academy of sciences and a
Dawson university. It had not been de
cided when the endowment would be. It
would depend largely upon returns from
the miners this summer.
PLENTY OF GOLD THERE.
But Sola, the Boomer, Would Not
Advise People to Co In Quest
of It.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 12— A. E.
Sola, part owner of three of the richest
claims in the Klondike, arrived to-day at
the Murray Hill Hotel. Sola is here for
the purpose of increasing transportation
facilities to the Klondike and thus make
it easier for prospectors to get to the gold
fields. He asserts that the placer mines
of the Klondike are the richest ever dis
covered in the history of the world and
that the mines are good for $120,000,000 or
200 tons of gold a year. If the Klondike
had the climate of California and the gold
was as ea'-y to mine Sola is of the opinion
that the Klondike would demonetize the
gold in this country in less than no time.
"I wouldn't go through again what I
went through last year for i $20,000,000,"
said Sola. He is a young man, full of en
ergy. "While I am here to boom Klon
dike, because I am organizing a stock
company for speculation purposes, I will
say the chances of success in the Klon
dike are about one in a hundred.
"When I started out I had $500 and
bought a claim. It cost me $1800 to work
it. Most of the time I had nothing to eat
but dried salmon and bad to sleep on
frozen snow, sleeping in bags with the
temperature at 40 and 60 degrees below
zero. Sometimes ray nose would freeze
bard from just sticking it out of the bag.
It was about the toughest thing anybody
could go up against, and it was just my
luck that I came out at the better end of
the horn.
"My impression is everything up there
good has been grabbed and that it will be
a very hard job to buck up 'against the
big stock companies now being organized
el) over the country. I have .been told
tbat 15,000 people are now on their way to
the Klondike. Many of these will, die
like flies, but then immense wealth awaits
the lucky ones. I have been lucky be
cause I was one of the first to get there,
but I bave had enough and am going to
let others fight it out. It is just about as
bad as going to search tor the north pole.
Of course it is to my interest to boom the
Klondike, but I haven't the heart to advise
people to go up there, who I know will
surely meet their death. I think the
Klondike is the greatest bonanza of mod
ern times. It will have a tremendous
effect on the interests of tbis country."
RETALIATION IN ORDER.
An Investigation to Be Made of the
Reports of Exorbitant Duties
Levied by Canada.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 12.— At
the instance of the Treasury Department,
the State Department has begun inquiries
to ascertain the truth of reports recently
received from unofficial sources that ex
orbitant duties are being levied by Cana
dian customs officials ou goods imported
into the Klondike country from the
United States. It was said at the Treasury
Department to-day that nothing definite
was known by the Government about the
reported assessments, and that pending
official confirmation or denial no con
sideration would be given the question of
retaliation. ho doubt retaliation will
promptly follow corroboration. The
treasury, however, will act within its
powers in that regard and recommend to
Congress the enactment of legislation for
further reprisals.
OREGON GOLD * STRIKE.
Chunks of Free Gold Picked From
a New Ledge Are Brought
to Sparta. \
LA GRANDE, Ok., Aug. 12.— T. A.
Wright and P. L. Kelly of Sparta arrived
in Union on Monday bringing with them
chunks of ore carrying big pieces of free
gold which were picked from a newly dis
covered ledge a mile and a half south of
Sparta. The find was made on Sunday by
a man known in Sparta locally as "Ka
naka Sam." A boy riding on horseback
in tbe locality on Sunday also found an
outcropping of an extension of this new
ledge and picked out with his fingers
$7 50 in gold. Claims have been located
by J. A. Wright, P. L. Kelly and "Kanaka
Sam."
The find has caused no little excitement
and a big amount of quartz has been
boxed for shipment direct to the mint.
Of course no one as yet knows how ex
tensive the find may.be. There is a well
settled conviction in the minds of all prac
tical mining men that there _3 in this vi
cinity a rich feeder to the placer deposits
of that district, which have . yielded per
haps $1,000,000 in the last ten years. Some
day this mother lode will: be. uncovered
and Sparta will become one of the promi
nent mining camps of the world.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1897.
THE YUKON
GOLD STILL
ATTRACTS
The North Fork Will Start
. for St. Michael To-
Morrow.
QUI AID EPS OF KLONDIKE HEWS
Old Sailors Say the Yukon
Will Be Navigable for
Two Months.
THE LAST STEAMER TO DEPART.
Reports Afloat That Many Who Have
. Tried the Chilcoot Pass Have
Turned Back Discouraged.
There was not much excitement about
the goldfields of the Yukon yesterday,
though there was considerable activity
about the offices of the companies that
are about to send new steamers to tbe
Yukon.
The Pitcairn's trip has been abandoned
and her passengers have been transferred
to the North Fork, which will start to
morrow. Speaking of the trip of the
North Fork yesterday, C. P. Troy said:
"We have more than a hundred passen
gers and more are making application.
We still have a little room. Our advices
are that the upper Yukon has never been
frozen before the midd.e of October in the
history of the country. That will give us
nearly a month's leeway. We have agreed
to land our people at Dawson, and we
have not the slightest fear of failure. The
trip to St. Michael will be made in about
two weeks. We will be delayed not to ex
ceed four days in making our barges, for
tiey are all ready to put together. From
there the trip to Dawson will readily be
made in two weeks, so you see that places
us in the heart of tbe mining district
without any delay. The people we take
will be well supplied with food, and there
is not any question in our minds that
many will do well in the eoldfields and in
the work common in busy mining camps."
Letters and telegrams continue to come
to those who have Klondike expeditions
under way. All these show that . there is
a creat deal of interest in the gold discov
eries and that it extends all over the
United States.
Two of tbe most prominent passengers
on the North Fork will be Engineers Oaf
Winningstad and Charles Rogers, both of
whom have been prominently- identified
with mining and construction engineer
ing on the Pacific Coast for many years.
They are going for the purpose of making
a thorough investigation of the ledges
and formations of the Yukon country and
will remain as long as there is any gold
excitement.
The steamer Navarro has been char
tered by the Yukon Exploring and Trad
ing Company. It will probably make the
last trip from this port for the Yukon,
and is booked to start dn the 17ih. At
St. Michael her passengers will be trans
ferred to the light draft river boat,
Thomas Dwyer, for the trip up to Dawson.
The fare to be charged each member of
the party is $300. A physician is to go
along.
fc The Klondike and California Mining
Tompany of 410 Montgomery street is still
enrolling men for the expedition which is
to leave on Saturday, every applicant be
ing subjected to a medical examination to
determine his fitness for the experience
before him.
Passengers who cams to Seattle yester
day on the' steamer Queen report that a
great congestion of freight for the Klon
dike exists at Skaguay and other places
along the road. They say there will be
many thousands unable to cross the Chil
coot Pass, and that many grew discour
aged and offered to sell their outfits for a
song when they had taken one look at the
steep Chilcoot Pass.
There was a rumor yesterday that there
would be a great scarcity of men in the
canneries of Alaska on account of the
rush lor tbe mines. Inquiry at the office
of the Alaska Packing Company disclosed
the fact that there was no truth in the
rumor. The president of the company
said: "The rumor is ridiculous. Our
Bering Sea cannori.'S are so far away that
tne men have not beard of tho mines of
Alaska. We are just now getting word of
things that occurred in the canneries in
April. It is over 2000 miles to the can
neries and there are no steamers running
to tbe regions adjacent to the mines."
The president of the company says he
left Alaska lately and that there was no
great excitement about the goldfields of
the Klondike, most of the Alaskans hav
ing decided to take no steps until spring.
THE RED ROSE
OF KLONDIKE
The Joy of True Love and
Yukon Gold Doth Fill
- This Song and Tale.
Tender California Romance That
Has Inspired Rev. Dr.
. Boyer's Muse.
Oakland Office San Francisco" Call,)
908 Broadway, August 12. J
A secret romance of the Klondike is told
in a song published in this city, of which
Rev. Thomas A. Boyer is the author and
John W. Metcalf, the well-known organ
ist, the composer.
The secret of the identity of the princi
pals is bidden away in the memory of Dr.
Boyer and be says he has sworn not to
divulge ■; it, consequently as a minister
will not forswear his oath. His word
must be taken for tne truth of the story. 7
There is a short preface to "The Rose of
Klondike," in which it says that "among
the hitherto unheralded romances that
have come from the Klondike is the fol
lowing beautiful little incident: ;
"In the spring of '96, during the great
rush to the newly discovered gold : fields
of Alaska, th-re sailed from San Francisco
a young man from the interior of Califor
nia; in search of fortune in the far-off
mines. . v .-'.
, "As he bade bis betrothed good-by she.
plucked . a crimson rose from the spray*
whicn she wore at her throat, and, pin
ning' it upon the lapel of his coat, she
said: 'Good- by, take this little rose; let
it be your talisman while you are gone.
Keep it and may it bring you safely, back
to me.'../ -.."
'He took the rose, and through all the
shifting hardships that came to trim in
his tireless quest for gold be carried this
withered I flower incased with her photo
graph close to his heart. '
"At last in the frozen regions of the
now famous Klondike-he staked a claim
and made a fortune, and recently returned
to wed the faithful pirl who had waited
so long to be his wife."
This fortunate miner is a friend of Rev.
Thomas Boyer. Mr. Bbyer is welt remem
bered as the Cbristian pastor who came to
Oakland some, months ago and held a
sensational revival at the church of Rev.-
Eawar-i Davis. Dr. Bover was beraided
as the Edwin Booth of the pulpit, and his
mannerisms and peculiarity of dress
attracted large audiences, lie made a
specialty of wearing diamonds in the pulpit
and always appearing in the most fashion
able attire. To add to his Booth-like ap
pearance, his sharp features were always
clean shaved, while his hair was permitted
to repose on his shoulders.
Rev. T. Bayer a little time ago received
a letter from his miner iriend in which
the incident was fully told, and in which
he related the circumstances of his home
coming. The minister concluded to write
a little poem bast d on the letter, and this
is the result, of his conclusion:
I have kept the rose thai you gave me
Tbe day tbat 1 went away;
It has lain in my hear. »"ltn a magic art,
And I dreamed of you nl^ht and day.
Roses may b'ossom and perish.
Fortune may come and depart:
hut he faint peifume of ibis tiny bloom
, fchall never fade from my heart.
1 Bhi.il still keep this rcse that you gave me;
My taiisman ir haw beeu:
It shall b. tug me again my dear little rose,
aiy sweetheart, to maxe you my queen.
It is only a rose, a dear little rose,
"Ver. a gin that is more to me
'ihan all th? gold of the Klondike coll
Because it came from .hee.
A few days alter writing the song Dr.
Boyer told the incident to John W. Met
calf. the Oakland organist and composer,
and he at once decided to set the words to
music. A week later the musical com
munity was r galea with "A Song with a
History, tne Rose of Klondike."
"The story toll in the song is abso
lutely faithful in truth and detail," said
Rev. Dr. Boyer, "but it would be a breach
of friendship to make public the name of
my friend and the lady who by this time
is his wife. The incident is very pretty
and beautiful in its poetic conception.
To those whose nature contains no senti
ment it will probably appear common
place. But to the mind that abounds in
the knowledge of human nature as it
really exists among men and women with
hearts it cannot fail to appeal and to
present an example of rewarded fidelity. "
HIS BREAD FROZE SOLID.
Adventures of the Brother of a San
Francisco Policeman in the
Frozen North.
One of the most interesting letters that
has come out of the Klondike gold fields
since the great strike was made was re
ceived a few days ago by Police Officer
Brownlie of this City, and is given here in
full. It is from his brother, Robert G.
Brownlie, who has been in Alaska for two
years, and has been at the front since the
rich diggings were discovered.
The "Bosie" who is referred to in the
letter is the wife of the writer, who fol
lowed her husband to the frozen north
when he reported that he was making
headway working as a tinsmith in a shop
at Circle City.
Some of the incidents related will be of
material aid to those who intend tempting
fortune on the new gold fields.
Dawson City, June 22, 1897.
My dear Mother, Brothers and Sisters: This
letter has to go ior everybody this nme, as the
boat leaves fur St/Mlcnaels in the morning.
Sha came down from Sixty-mile, and we did
not expect her so soon. The laat letter we got
irom you was the one Addie wrote and sent
up by George Klotco, the man that Jim was
acquainted with. Well, I suppose you know
that we have left Circle City, and all Forty
mile and Circle City are here. Dawson City
is on tbe flat in the same place where Jim and
I camped at the mouth of the Klondike River
when we came in. Lois on the river iront sell
for $2500 for 25 feet front by 100 feet deep.
This is the best mining district that has
ever been found in Alaska. A raining claim
sells all the way from $10,000 to $60,000.
Most everybody that was in Forty-mile last
year is rich now. Galvin, the man that I
worked for, could sell out for $50,000. Tell
Jim that Harry O.sen goes out with about
$20,000 atid only sold out one claim. He
has one lett that will bring him another
$20,000. Jim Bell, the man that drove the
dog team at Sheep Camp, sold out for
$81,000. A whole 'mob is going out
rich, and there will be four tons of gold
dust go out on "the next boat. As high as
$1700 has been found in one pan of dirt. It
teems beyond belief, - but it is a fact, and only
two miles from the Yukon River, where boats
have oeeu passing the place for years.
But I missed it. Had I been ens week later
in leaving Forty-mile, I would have been in it
as well as the rest oi the Forty-mile men. I
am now working for Guise, tbe man that kept
the tlnshop in Ciic'e City. Galvin has gone
out of the tin business, and if he bad not, I
would not work for him. as I think he did not
give me a fetlr shake, mid only paid $1} wnl c
Guise pays $10 in circle. 1 did not make $2 50
a day and Galvin knew I was not making
any money, but he never wrote me a word
about the Klondike strike, and toothers he
was writing and telling tuem to come up as
fast as they could come. Well, 1 leu Circle
City on the 17th of February/to come upon
ihe ice. My load weight was 389 pounds,
without the stove, blankets or gruobox. From
Circle to Dawson is almost 300 mile, and tell
Jim coming In'is almost child's play to thai
kind of a job.
I have slept In a tent when it was 70 below
zero. 1 was making baking-powder bread in
the tent one night, and after mixing up the
bread I forgot to grease my nan first. I set the
.bread down to grease the pan, and when I got
back to it the grease was lrozen and it took
me a few minutes to dig the grease out and
get it melted. When I got the baking-pan
ready the bread was frozen solid, so that I bad
to mix up more.
After getting here I went to the mines and
located a claim in the Honker district. This
district has not been prospected yet. There is
gold there, but 1 do uot know lf it is rich or
not. When I got there all the Bonanza district
was taken up. After that I went to Dawson
ana wen: up the Yukon River on the ice to get
out a raft of logs, and when the ice broke three
of us came down with the raft and we lost It.
That raft was worth $1500, so that was an
other setback. '„":-;
The steamboat came soon after and I went
to work in tbe tinshop, so that was all about
myself. I was very glad to see the steamboat,
as I was Very hungry, not having had any
thing to eat but beans and tea for a week. I
had no flour, sugar or bacou. Two or three
days be ore the steamboat came an Indian
was cooking some moose meat over a camp
fire, and I sat down on a log so as to get ihe
smell of it. Tbat was the next best thing to
eating it. .When Rosie came she had bread,
doughnuts add coffee, and milk and sugar in
the grip, and we had a great feast the nigth
thai Rosie . came on tho first boat— it was a
freighibuat and bad a barge along with ber.
Rosie camped on the barge wlib another lady.
She has got a picture of the boat and barge,
which sii will send to you when she gets a
chance. When I said camped I meant she had
i a tent .pitched on the barge, where she slept,
ana ate on the steamer.
Rosie brought along 400 pounds of flour
from Circle. Flour cost $50 a - sack, and then
one was in luck to get it in Dawson until the
steamboat came, it is only $*> now. We are
living in the tent we came in with. Have got
it set up ou a four-foot log wall. Have got a
floor in our .-.nou«e. ".>' Few bouses in D.t wson
have. There are but wooden or log houses
in Dawson. Mott are only frames covered
with canvas.
; It has been very warm— 80 to 90 in the
shade— but we will have to build a house be
lore winter sets in. If Dave bad come in with
tn last year we could have gone out with a
$20,000 sack this spring. ■ Dave could . be
making more money here in one week than
he could make driving a milk wagon in .-ran
Francisco in two months. „ .'
-_ Grub is higher here than in Circle City, but
wages are also higher. Wages in the. mines
are $15 a day. ".'■"-:
Rosie does not say a word about going out
now. Tell Acldie to let the house go at $2000
and try some other agent. .
-1 cannot think of anything else to tell you,
but remember us to anybody that asks about
us. 'I will now close with my love to you all.
I remain your loving son,
ttMMQEte^.^^ Robert G. Brownlie. v
Address Dawson City, Yukon River,' via Ju
neau. Alaska.
'. - I*. B.— Writ© soon. Mail your letters as soon
as you write them, as there is a mail service
into this country now.
THE SPIRIT OF
NINETY-EIGHT
Preliminary Meeting for
a- Great Patriotic
Movement,
Irishmen Assemble to Celebrate
the Year of Glorious
f •■ . -■' : -2^:r-
Memories.
Organization Effected by the Ninety-
Eight Centennial and Monument
Association.
Last evening Knights of the Red Branch
Hall was filled to overflowing wkh a most
intelligent and patriotic assemblage of
Irish citizens, called together to effect a
permanent organization so as to celebrate
properly the centennial of the year of
glorious memories to the Irish people —
1793— and to take steps to erect a monu
ment to Tbeobald Wolfe Tone and the
gallant men of that.time. A preliminary
meeting b_»d been held at the Occidental
Hotel some weeks ago, and last evening's
meeting was called to hear reports of
committees and get to work on the move
ment in proper shape. Jeremiah Mahoney
was in the chair. After the meeting had
been called to order the following report
was received from the special committee-
Colonel Thomas F.Barry (chairman), Gen.
P. F. Walsh, Captain T. P. Crowley. B. C.
O'Connor and J. J. Donovan.
To the 'OS Centennial and Monument Associa
tion: Your committee on permanent organiza
tion beg leave to report as follows:
That the officers of tbis organization shall
consist of a president, first and second vice
presidents, a recording and financial secre
tary, a corresponding secretary and a treas
urer. The duties of these officers shall be such
as are usually performed by them, respec
tively, in like organizations.
Your committee recommend that there shall
also be an executive committee, consisting of
fifteen members, to be appointed by the presi
dent.
Your committee further recommend that all
money received be deposited in the Hibernia
bavings and Loan Society of San Francisco, In
tbe joint names of the president, treasurer
and recording and financial secretary, subject
to the order of any tw>« of them.
Thomas F. Barry, P. F. Walsh T. P. Crowley,
R. C. O'Connor, J. J. Donovan,! ommittee.
The report was adopted. The following
permanent officers were elected: Presi
dent, Jeremiah Mahoney; recording and
financial secretary, Daniel C. Deasy; cor
responding secretary, C. B. Flanagan ;
treasurer, John Mulhern. The appoint
ment of the executive committee was held
over. The following address prepared by
the above committee was read and ordered
issued to the Irish-American people of
California as explanatory of the objects of
the association:
To the Irish People of California: Ninety-nine
years ago the banner of freedom was unfurled
in Ireland, raid beneath its folds was shed
the blood of her bravest and best, who scorned
longer to be the slaves of an alien power. Cen
turies of English injustice and oppression had
impoverished the mass of the Irish people,
desecrated their altars, ruined their inuus
trits, arrested their intellectual development
and made outlaws of a race whose necks
would not endure the collar of servitude.
Not meekly and tamely bad they submitted
to tbese outrages of the dark and bloody past,
out their frequent - and ■ abortive uprisings
against the foreign oligarchy, and the conse
quent relentless butcheries, simply proved
that Ireland's wrongs could never hi righted
save by a united people. The "United Irish
men," mindful of tbe causes of past iailures,
as well as of present evils, sought in the union
of all Irish patriots, without reierence to race,
descent or religious creed, the same boon of
freedom for their unhappy country that had
just been attained by the fortitude of the
American colonists.
Had the God of storms been as propitious to
the barks that bore the tricolor of the uncon
quered republic to the aid of the gallant Wolfe
Tone as when the lilies of France sailed
across the Atlantic bringing arms and victory
to Washington, we should perhaps to-day be
Inviting our fellow countrymen to participate
in the celebration of the centennial anniver
sary of Irish independence. The cause was
not lost through lack of valor or want of de
votion. The very elements seemed to fight
against it. But so long as records of human
achievements shall be preserved for future
admiration and emulation, the world will
ever kindle at the recital of the glorious deeds
of those who, in those heroic days, gave iheir
all for country, whether on the battlefield or
ln the felon's cell.
It is fitting, therefore, that the commemora
tion next year in Ireland of ih : immortal
struggle should testily not only that the sacri
fices of the past were not in vain, but also that
Irishmen and their descendants throughout
tbe world claim tbeir share with those in Ire
land in honoring that glorious past which is
their common heritage. While all hearts are
inflamed with patriotic recollections and the
universal impulse of enthusiasm that en
circles the globe; proves that union of the Irish
race for which the martyrs of '98 offered
up their lives, some lasting memorial of those
great deeds and the principles that actuated
them should be planted upon Irish soil as the
tribute of the present to the past and its ap
peal and reminder to the future, lt ls be
lieved that in this resolve of the peoplo in
Ireland to erect a suitable monument ln the
coming year every man of Irish descent
wherever found will desire to participate, so
as to make the perpetuation of the principle
ot 1.-bsh independence truly national. In this
great movement the Irish people of California
should not, and will not, be found wanting. *
Already an organization for the erection of
such a monument, and for other proper recog
nition and celebration of the great anniver
sary that is approaching, has been formed in
Ireland. Similar organizations are arising in
this country, notably in New York City. The
association which sends tbis address to tbe
Irishmen of Caliiornia hopes to be no incon
spicuous member in the column of kindred
organizations, animated by a common senti
ment and, inspired by the loftiest of human
motives, love of freedom and love of country.
It earnestly Invites the co-operation of every
lover of Irish liberty in this noble endeavor to
honor the men and principles embodied in its
name. ;.
And when on the slopes of Vinegar Hill, or
wherever else beneath Irish skies, the lofty
monument shall be erected let us hope that as
Its beauties are unveiled to. the tearful eyes of
hundreds of thousands of our race the mem
bers of this ' organization may proudly feel
that tbe Irishmen of California through its
efforts have generously and devotedly, as of
old, contributed to the success of this patri
otic undertaking. -**W^fffl"tißl_W(l > Wli r
) To make the movement as general as possi
ble subscription will bo received in sums
from $5 (which is the maximum) downward.
All subscriptions to the muds should be re
mitted to the financial and corresponding sec
retary,* Daniel C. Deasy, at his address, rooms
97 and 98, Flood building, San Francisco.
..-.Let every Irish home in the State be repre
sented in the subscription list, in order that
we of 1898, tn» successors and descendants of
the men ol 1798, may show that we have not
forgotten the heroism of our forefathers, and
that the spirit which actuated tbem still lives
fresh and strong in the hearts of the. Irish
race Of to-day. ■',-
A letter from Hon. Jame* D. Phelan re
gretting his inabiii y .to be present was
real, and he askeu that his name be
added the roll, as ne was in hearty, sym
pathy with the movement. , The address
of the New York committee was also read.
Brief and patriotic addresses were made
by President Mahoney. Dr.' o' Poole, T. K.
Bannerman, J. C. Nealon, J. J. Conniffe,
Judee Cooney and other gentlemen.
Adjournment was' bad 'till Thursday
evening, August 26, at r-ame hall.
THE BLYTHE CASE.
Motion to Vacate the Judgment Argued
Before -Judge Morrow.
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Ail of yesterday s session of tbe United
Stat es 7 Circuit -Court was taken up with
arguments of the attorneys in the Blythe
case in the matlor.of the motion to set
aside the judgment whereby the court
awarded tho Blythe estate to the English
( Ely tnes by reason of the default of the
counsel for Florence Blythe-Hinckley to
answer their complaint in the Circuit
Court. Subsequently W. H. H. Hart of
counsel for Mrs. Hinckley moved for a
rehearing, alleging that Mrs. Hinckley
had never been legally served with a copy
of the complaint or of any paper apper
taining thereto. *
The argument will be resumed this
morning.'. "'___. .
Ingleside Coursing. 7777.*7
The big stake to bo run off at Ingleside the
coming Saturday and Sunday contains fifty
four well-placed doss. The meeting will begin
Saturday at 1:30 P. M and be finished Sunday.
John Grace will be in the saddle and James
Grace will handle the slips. William Halpin
will act as slip steward and James Wren, Chai
lie Griswold and James McCue as field stew
ards. Following is the draw :
J»mes McCormac's White » ily and Pasha ken
nel's Boomerang, Larky & Rock's i- me raid and
Ryan * Ryan's Montana, J^mes Mccormacks
Black Princ: and D. Hooper's Beau Biummel,
F. Murphy'-. Lad/ Grace and P. Olf ma s Visita
tion, Its. F. <-'. Randal's Li-sac and Kasha ken
nel's E B <fc B. C. Gllligan'a Blue Belle
and Pasha kennel's _Uam—J», J. Flynn s
Crystal and P. C. . Curtis' Com mo lore,
M. Sullivan's Sir John Arnold and W. il. (_f.%«rt>'a
Promise Me, H. U. Lang's Xl Dorado and Gibson
<fc Moor' 3 Monitor. Mlramonte kennel. - Lady
Blanche and M. Welch's. Tlpperary. Dl on <fc
Riley's Shaun Rhue and J. sexsmlth'* Vigilant. J.
Stout's Lord Lonsdale and J. Quant's Captain
Morse, 8. A. Portal's At Las: and orace * Lean's
Deceiver. E. Jones' Galium and *.. Campbells
Lendnloug. J. X. nation's Pair Elian and C.
Strehl'a skylark. D. Ward's Jack and Morton Jt
Tregar's Mary X, J.J . iidmond's OiU«n W and C.
strebl's Jimmy or*, W. c. ' Pay ton's Master
GlenKiik arid L. W. Duffy's B B, James Byrne's
Nellie B and T. McCue'." Mountaineer. P. Biiey's
Wee .Nell and L*rky & Rock's Myr le, Richmond
kennel's Dan and P. Kiley's Harevawity U.S.A.
Poitel's Poll uf Honor and Mirimoote kennel's
Lawrence Belle, J. Murnan's Whip Junior and
Richmond :kennel's Bnto:ink, B. H. Beaverly's
Oleo and Jimmy Anthony's Tullamore, J. Mur
phy's Red Light and Kay <fc Train's Leonora. K.
Chella's Happy Day and J. Maguire's Master
McGregor, J. trator's Hercules and Ryan <fc Ryan's
Lanky Bob. " '■ ■?&'■' i
The purse is $235.
Pictures of Klondike.
The California Camera Club has taken ad
vantage of the prevailing epidemic of "Klon
dicitis" for a benefit entertainment to take the
form of an illustrated lecture on ''Alaska and
the Klondike Goldfields" this evening at
Metropolitan Hall. The services of Professor
George Davidson, president of the Geographi
cal Society of the Pacific, have been secured.
Professor Davidson made the first official re
port to the Government relative to Alaska.
His report really induced Congress to pay to
Russia $7,200,000 for the territory of 578,000
square miles known as Alaska. The members
NEW TO-DAY.
BEST QUALITY RUBBER, WITH LEATHER SOLES. HIGH CUT. ALL
leading makes. Come to us for large s z?s. Also heavy Waterproof Leather
Boots and high-cut Shoes. Special values in the Boot and Shoe line will
be opened this morning.
ladies' Shoes 50 Cents Yukon Folding Stoves ..... $6.00
These are either Oxford Shoes or high-cat These are the 2-hole moves to fold up and
old-style Cloth and Kid. Lace Shoe , sizes carry in the overcoat pocket. The 4 ho.c
'xtyj, 3 and :x\_ only in high shoes at 50 of same kind is .$7.50. Ti ade supplied,
cents. . V
- — v Klondike Camp Stoves ..... $3.75
Tennis Flannel ....... 5 Cents you ww une this stove better, possibly.
__, ._._.__, _. _.. ■ ,„ than stoves you are ask" I ft. for at noma
This ls either dark or light goods like places. It is a regular aiearu cooker and a
others sell at 8 cents, and some places lightning seller these days,
higher. We make It 5 cents to draw trade. 1
— , . Evaporate! Potatoes 16 Cents
Library Rooks . . '-: ■•■'. 15 fonts We hare two K r ad e » of these, a and b
LlUldljf ,lu « &a • • • ltt teaiS . quality, at 20 and 16 cents a pouna. 2Vi
These are regularly sold at 25 to 50 cents ponces will make adinner for 2or 3 people,
everywhere, recular bound books; Library Also Desiccated Soups. Vegetable Soup
. edition: over lOJ titles from best authors. btock, i'repareu Onions— everything good
bend .tr lisu and cheap and safe to carry with you.
Knit Wool Skirts" 'Sl T. Em V blankets $10.00
Mil nooi Mirts ....... *i.<<> We probably have the largest Koelc of
They are dark; they are made full, long Blankets and the .'arcest var.ety on the
and wide, of good yarn ana borne knu. coast— from &0 cents a pair for nice cotton
We have cheaper ones, but you'll like • •• to $18 for wool that wUI defy an Alaska
these best. Z-'\. Z- blizzard.
Packing safely and with dispatch is one of our strong points.
The near-town purchasers find it convenient to shop with us.
The ladies' workroom is busy now with gowns of all kinds.
Our clothing department, where Alaska tourists are fitted out, is a curiosity.
SCASH STORE
STORE
■,«R ••••~*________\_\\fyf We aim to give every ore a welcome and to make
\J__\ \t___jrg}___\ ___-\w/ their stay, whether for a moment or a month, as
\^ES Wa\\xz/ pleasant as possible, uo not fc_l that you must buy.
N s^^<tJiWS«aßw^X We are always "willing" to sell, but make no effort
— i ■i"' fl,^>-^ 0 force goods on our patrons at
THE m STORE AT. THE FERRY— 2S-27 MARKET STREET.
HO, FOR ALASKA!
LAST CHANCE THIS SUMMER.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO DAWSON Hi FIRST-CLASS STYLE,
VIA ST. MICBAEU,
By the Fast and Stanch Steamer MIO and Our Fast River Steamer,
Sailing from here about AUQUSr.22. Fare only $300 from San Francisco
to Dawson, AND YOU HAVE NO OTHER EXPENSE, as meals and berth
are included and 150 ibs of baggage allowed FREE. WE WILL BE IN '
DAWSON BEFORE THE YUKON RIVER CLOSES, or agree to furnish you
msals and berth until you do get there. THIS WE GUARANTEE. Extra
freight will be taken at reasonable prices. Aoply or write quickly
GRAUMAN & MACKINTOSH,
D. J. ORAUMAN, General Manager. 14 POST ST., San Francisco,
LAST CHANCE! (
DIRECT TO DAWSON
AND THE GOLD FIELDS!
Via St. Michaels, all the way by steamer
FARE ~- $300
INCLUDING ONE YEARS PROVISIONS
FURNISHED FREE AND lbO LBB.
BAGGAGE. -
Elegant Steamer NORTH FORK
SAILS FOR ':
ST. MICHAELS
AUGUST 14, 1897.
Transfers at St. Michaels to Steamer !
MARE ISLAND
For- Dawson Oitv Direct.
■tVANXESJ-ioo ions of Freight for
Dawsoa City. , * .
(OFFICE OPEN TO-DAY).
Apply to C. P. TROY & CO., Agents
c __'- 630 Market st., rear office.
S. DUCAS & C.)., Promoters, r •
'11 MontKOmery street.
YOUNG MEN
yOU DON'T NKED TO GO ABOUND WITH
.- dark rings *-*-.-' your eyes, no energr, no
snap about you. If you are troubled with seminal
weakness you can be cv - e -*- Dr. cook's Resiora- !
tlve Remedy will stop all lows and- make you a
man __ _.i? - re - Ca.l or write for FREE trial
bottle, Address . •■..-■ •
«P- K COOK > Specialist for Men.
865 Market Street. Sun Francisco.
D D l l O UC O ' OK --AH ! ■ ••' R!< - BA K-
•* ■■ ■■ houses.* billiard- _»!>!»«
W m ■■ "*^ ■■ am^sW houses, billiard- huim
brewers, ■ bookbinders, candyLmakers , canneS
dyers, ~ flourmlUi, foundries, laundries, pane*
hangers, printers, palmers, shoe factories, stable-
Ben. tar-roofers, tanners, tailors, etc. * - ""**
«._ . us BUCHANAN BROS.,
I BrushManufacturera.
of the club have been very active in securing
from some of the successful miners recently
returned from the Yukon and Klondike re
gions the latest and most, authentic photo
graphs and from these nave prepareu the
only set lantern-slides extant illustrating
the new El Dorado. The entertainment will
embody many other features, all having a
distinct mining flavor. A set of slides Illus
trating "the humors of the Klondike" will be
especially enjoyable.
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DRUGGIST ECCLES' DEATH.
Fouud Unconscious on the Floor of Hl»
Little Shop.
W. C. Eccles, an apothecary doing
business at 342 Arlington avenue, near
the Ingleside track, was found yesterday
afternoon on the floor of his shop in an
unconscious condition.
Policeman James Williamson was sum
moned, and rang up the Seventeenth
street police station for the patrol wagon,
which arrived without loss of time and
proceeded to taKe the suffering druggist
to the emergency hospital in Go'den Gaie
Park, but Eccles died on the way thither.
• The body wai removed to the Morgue
to await an inquest. It is believed that
the deceased ad committed suicide by
taking morphine. On a table in the room
wi_s a small card on which was written:
Mrs. Jensen: Ai cr all I have done for you I
am out on the street. ECCLES.
The deceased formerly held tho posi
tion of druggist on the United States
vessel Independence.
CAUGHT IN SANTA BARBARA.
Nicholas Bn.ja, the Defaulting Cathler
of Scatena & Co., Arrested.
Chief Lees received a dispatch yester
day from Sheriff T. H. Hicks of Santa
Barbara that Nicholas Buja. the default
ing cashier of Scatena & Co., wholesale
fruit merchants, had been captured there
and locked up in the County Jail after a
desperate struggle.
Detective Ed Gibson left by last even
ing's train to bring Buja back to the City.
Divorce Granted-
Eugene A. Petrie has been granted a divorce
from Ella V. Petrio on the ground of deser
tion, It appears fiom the testimony that Mr.
Petrie was not able to support his wife in the
style that she considered requisite to her
style of biau'.y, ao she bade laroweil to his
humble home and permitted him to obtain a
legal separation.
TO KLONDIKE AID DAWSOJ CITY!
ALL STEAM ROUTE.
By the fast steamer NAVARRO to ST.
MICHAELS, thence up the Yukon River direct
to Dawson a id ihe goldfields brftbe ligbt draft
river steamer THOMAS DWYER, avoiding
barges and all risks of failure.
Leave Van Francisco I" GUST 17. arrive St.
Micbaels about September 1, arrive Dawson Sen-
tence' 20. The only expedition that can possibly
ko through. Pare (Including 100 lbs baggage)
300. Extra freight at reasonable rates.
Yukon Exploitation 'and Trading -Co..
j 18 Jl en. isomer.- S:ree .
DETAIL MAP OF KLONDIKE ROUTE.
DETAIL MAP OF THE ROUTE TO THE
Klondike from the Chilcoot Pass, Shows on
a large scale all tbe rapids, landings and portages
and gives full Instructions how to proceed. Com-
plete, by CAPTAIN McLYON, who has had 19
years' experience in that country as pilot and
guide. ■ «•- very one Interested In Alaska should
have one. . Published and sold by GEORGE W.
KNEASS 718 'I turd st., san Francisco.
KLONDYKE BOATS!
SLEDS AND BURROS, READY FCR SHIP,
pine. Loafs 22 feet long will carry 2 *ons ot
I GOLD and 4 mf n: tbe light) st ana strongest thai
can be made; fastened with screw..
ii. W. KNKASS. 718 Third St.
KLONDIKE
Boats and Sleds.
THE ONLY -.CORREi KLONDIKE BOAT IN
the market: '10 to 'ii f.et long: carries '1 to
men; light md strong: put together with screws;*
buili from jrersunal experience in Alaska rivers.
SAN * KAN C. SCO LAUNCH CO.,
Foot of Stockton Streot.
Kg- Take Green Kearny-stree-, Card.
GOLD FIELDS OF PERU.
DIKKCT TO MOLI.ENDO. IF A RUFFI-
i lent number of passengers can be obtained
the mail steamer Zr-ALANDIA will bedispatched
on or about Aurusi 16. Pare, *20l) flrat-clas)>-
-»100 B!eera2<>. For. particulars apply *•. uaci-
i GALUri,946 Market »v .