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CARGO OF
EGGS FOR
ARGONAUTS
..*::/•• Steamship Elder Expe
dition Arrives at
Juneau.
LADEN WITH FRESH
PROVISIONS.
Frozen Fruit of the Henhouse
to Ec Sledged Through
.^^; to Dawson.
SOME LIVE TURKEYS ON
THE VESSEL.
:
\ '■'■
Cj||k"ors Talk of Attempting to
Drive Th?m Overland to the
.-'.■;•;. Klondike.
™ :■ i-p=>r a. Dispatch to The Call.
JUNEAU. Alaska, Oct. 28 (via Seattle,
Nov. 3) . — Unprecedentedly high tides for
this time of year have prevailed in Upper
Alaskan waters for the last three days.
•'-: The maximum rise has been about thirty
feet. The high tides and wind have
played havoc at Skaguay and Dyea, par
ticularly at the former place. Sand in
vast bed?, muck, logs, driftwood, seaweed
...and nil the miscellaneous accumulation
that, floats in a harbor have been carried
in by. the water and deposited on the Peach
no';ir by half way up into the town. Logs
riding- on the waves have battered down
the. supports of a number of buildings.
If the weather were not cold much of the
deposit would fes:er and be likely to cause
Pip malaria. Sand covers spots in the streets
and there is a general appearance of
wreck and garbage along the waterfront.
The floating hotel called the Skagit,
':-■-; which was formerly a Government snag
boat on the Skagit River in the State of
. .Washington, met witn good instead of ill
• fortune. It was carried nearly half way
•.'•up into the town and left high and dry.
'•":' A. dynamo which arrive I on the steamer
a few days before was being set tin in the
'.";.': ; Skagit, The proprietor is now stringing
•.■:.; wires through the town and will supply
-.'... a I who want it with electric light to the
ex rent of the capacity of the machine.
-'.Thus electricity now illumina e3 a city
where less than three months ago were
.'-.: only a few tents and the solitary cabin of
'.. a pioneer.
'•.'•. I ' Dyea there is a similar widespread
"■deposit of refuse on the wile tide-fiats,
•■'■;.'. fljj: he town is too- far back to be dam
aged by '.lie tide. tie wind picked up a
•'..tent and the sand lot on which it was
•'..'■'■-' pitched and dropped both on Finnegans
'•.'. Point, several miles down the beach.
But Dyea las other troubles of her own.
Much dispute and altercations have arisen
over the question of precedence in loca
tion and squatters' title to town lots. A
A .white man who gave the name of Smith,
vi usually given by people who get in trou
ble, wasartested on the charge of firing
the Indian heart with firewater and in
ducing the r-dskir.s to cut the tent stakes
and ropes o: a number of people camped
on lots to which he claimed title. He
will be tried for giving liquor to Indians.
At Skaguay to-morrow the trial of the
three men caught stealing grub on the
trail is set to begin. The hearing will be
before United Stales Commissioner Smith.
v..-. There have b^en no new arrivals over
:..-. the trails from Dawson since my last dis
patches. The Dalton party, which was at
•". Fort Selkirk when last heard from, is ex
''.pected out over the Cliilcat Pass any day
.'. . now and others are expected behind them.
'■^SL^y;.' When the steamship Eider tied up here
, : . .to-night from Portland she had aboard
•-■. 1000 dozen of frozen eggs and some dead
.and some live turkey-, which their owner
expects to rush through to Dawson in
''•;•.•'■"■ time for Thanksgiving. The live turkeys,
: he said, he intended to drive in over the
;..; Cliilcat Pass and Dawson Trail. When
... old Dave Thompson, a prospector of three
..':.':':./•■ seasons' experience in the Yukon country,
V' bo came out of Dawson up the river last
y_ ' iek, heard about this, he began to
...',:,; -laugh. Half an hour later Mr. Thompson
• ...•.-..■'..was still laughing, black in the face,
"..' pounding a table and saying this to him
.-.'..' .' self:
"Gee whiz, but that beats me."
He says that the cold in the interior is
: so intense in November that it burns the
.skin off the face, and that the turkeys
will be frozen on the walk.
Hal Hoffman.
•
NEW DIGGINGS LOCATED.
Stampede Frcm Dawson City to the
Rich Goldb?ds on Montana
;V-:- .;.•. Creek.
{■•••'':•' SEATTLE, Nov. 3.— Of the ninety pas- '
■> sengers on board the steamer A!-Ki when
••". she tied up at the Oregon Improvement i
;{;':' Company's dock at a o'clock this morn- >
■■':■■ m_' but one was from Dawson City. Most
i '■■::',"■'• of the others were discouraged prospect* ;
: ors who had made unsuccessful efforts to !
■ . . cross the White trail from Skaguay.
r .".'.; • The returning Klondiker is G. F. Comp
ton of Seattle, who left Dawson about the j
... middle of September. He started with
tnree others, but they made a short stop ■
at Sheep Camp. Although the trin out i
■was a laborious effort it was not particu- |
'•;• iarly hazardous coming by way of Dyea. i
; Compton reports that the latest stam- j
.; : pede was On September?. On that date
• ::...iwp miners made a tiling before the Gold '
■ : Commissioner at Dawson locating claims
on Mpntantt Creek. This is a tributary
of the .- -Yukon, about fifteen miles long
.'.;■ and eight miles south of Dawson. Scores
,V- of miners immediately started on a run,
V ." .and before the shadows of night closed in
•:.:. »tlie entire creek had been locate.!.
V The original locators, who were from
' : : \'ontana, obtained as high as 22 cents
from each of several pans. This was
.;'. washed out of the gravel, and with depth, i
> ■ . it is belieTii'.l the showing will be quite
rich. JBjfl
. In an Interview with The Call corre
-1..;,0 spondent to-night, Compton state! that
■'.v. when be left Dawson the people there
were still tixpecting the river boats in.
.:•'■' Many miners intended returning on them
/.- "to St:- Michael, while others were iooking
'■•:= forward. to their arrival to r plenish their
"■'.'.store of provisions. Continuing, he said:]
"There will undoubtedly bo a shortage
of provisions this winter in the Yukon
country, although when 1 lett the Alaska
Commercial Company had a, warehouse
pretty well stocked with provisions. It
would not, however, make sales to Dawson
people, many of whom had bought in large
quantities to reap a hatvest when the real
scarcity commenced. Miners from out
lying camp 3 were aile to make purchases
in limited quantities.
"I consider that possibly the greatest
hardships, to be endured will be the re
. sult of exposure to the elements.
Men are not prepared for the long and"
! cold winter at Dawson. There are bun
| dreds of tents and when the winter freeze
! sets in their occupants will be in a very
1 unhappy state."
Speaking of' the wealth of gold in the
Klondike district Compton said that in
his opinion next spring would witness
such a clean-up of millions as would for
ever make the Yukon famous. He be
lieved tnat there would be employment
this winter for every man who was in
clined to work. Many claims would be
divided each into fifteen pieces about
thirty- five feet in length, on each of which
two men would bs put to work on half
shares. El Dorado Creek would oe the
one exception. There but a one-third in
terest would be given to miners.
Coxnpton left Seattle with several ;
j ott.ers on Marco 25 last, and reached j
Dawson on June 7. As a result of three
j months' work he brings out about $2500 in
| gold dust and has an interest in several
• claims on Sulphur Creek. He believes
J there are about BCOJ men in the district,
I and while coming out he met from five to
to thirty-hve boats with an averace of
j live men to each boat going in. Many
I will stop at Stewart River an I prospect
I that stream. A number will cinie out
over the trail between now and February.
Compton will return to the land of
golden promise in March. He says that
the cable has been stretched for a tram
way over about three-quarters of a mile
of the steepest portion of tne Chiicoot
Pass. The Canadian Government ha 1
finished packing in forty tons of pro
visions for the mounted police, and, with
the aid of the tramway, Compton thinks
there will be little difficulty experienced
in transporting great quantities of pro
visions into the goldfields during the win
ter.
KLONDIKERS RETURN.
A Tate of Woe From Those Who
Left on the Steamship North
Fork.
Another bedraggled lot of Klondikers
reached hare on the steam schooner Presi
dent at about 10:30 p. m. last evening.
They were mostly men and women who
left here on' the North Fork, and they
state that they got no further than Mi
nook. There were about twenty in the
party.
As soon as the President docked at Fol
som wharf 2 the party ail scampered on
to the wnarf and off as soon as they c uld
get under way. An account of the man
ner in which they fared and other details
are furnished in the following letter by
Mrs Elma McNaught, one of those who
returned on the vessel :
On Sunday, October 10, a small party con
sisting of Colonel Rogers, Olof Winaingstadt.
C'aptt.m M. Tyson (former commander of the
Mare Island). Thomas H. Shipp, Colonel J. H.
iv-irson. H. C. Warwick, A. C. Cabel, George
Ma-on, Charles Johnson, B. F. Gray, A. W.
MedowF, Henry I'eteis, 1). J. Wheeler, Mr. and j
Mrs. E. XensMer, Otto Pan', B. ft. Jones T. O. J
Griffith, 11. Kefi'iail and Mrs. John McVaugnt I
left the Mare Island and went into camp at '•
St. Michael with the intention of either re- j
maining there till the snow should fret-ze and
they could move by sleds, or of securing some ,
kind 01 a I oat that would take them end their i
outfit to Unntaklik. a small Indian village I
about forty-five miies d sum from St. Michael, ]
where they could engage Indians with dogs j
and sleds to lake them across the por.age. a !
distance of 125 miles, which would bring
them out on the Yukon River at Nulato, about
bOO miles irom St. Michael.
On Wednesday, October 13, Captain Tyson
made mi arrangement with tne captain oi the
steamer President, which had arrived a few
days betore with lumber for the Liebes Fur
Company, to take the party to Unaiakiik, the
fare to be $15 in casn esch and the heip oi
most of tne men in discharging the Presi
dent's cargo. The captain stated at the time
that be had been unable to engace men to aid
his crew, though he had been offering a dol
lar en hour for labor. Men could not be had
at any price. It was represented to the party
that the work of discharging the cargo would
occupy about a day or a day and a iiali. in
stead, it proved to be three days of the m rd
est work imaginable. The heavy lumber had
to be loaded on io a barge, which, on account
of the shallow water, could not approach
nearer than fifty yards of the shore. There
it was reloaded into rowboats, and then car
ried on the shoulders of the men, who had to
step from rock to rock to land it above high
water. When tne freight had all been moved
the men were then caded upon to haul two
scows out of the water and put them up on
dry land. The men thought they were pay
ing rather a high price for their passage, but
accepted tne situation good uaturedly.
i,iin Saturday, October 10, the party came on
loard the President with their supplies and
amp outfiis. About the of starting from
land it commenced to snow hard and just at
dark they arrived along side the steamer,
tired, cold and hungry, and then trouble com
menced.
i Everybody was anxious to get undercover
I and the freight was thrown into the hold
, with more haste than care. Flour, beans,
i sugar, coal oil, matches, powder mid cart
! ridges were heaped into one indistinguishable
j muss. Supper was now supposed to bo In or
| der, but tne huugry gold-seekers had a sur
| prise in store for them. They had been
! boarded fairly we. l during the time they were
I ai work, but now that their time of seivice
I was about ended the captain concluded that
; fasting was good enousa for the Klon
■ dikers. The two ladies of the party were told
I that they might eat in the dining-room, but
I the men were sent down in the hold, where
; food served in pans set out on boxes, without
! plates. Knives or forks, was placed before
! them. A few of the more venturesome tackled
| the cook and succeeded in securing a lew
i plates, cups, etc
i Ou the tallowing morning the dishes were
j sent up to the kitchen, but when the morning
1 meal came down it whs accompanied by the
i same Die vice unwashed, and the passen
j gers who had given an equivalent of $30 in
! tabor and $15 in coin, to ne taken a distance
! oi lorty-tive mile*, were told that they m ght
either wash the dishes themselves or use them
as they were.
The coa pile furnished beds for such of the
men as did not find the iron grating of the
1 engine-room a grateful refuge. Th» dry fol
lowing their receptioj on the President
j proved to be stormy, so the steamer did not
i leave St. Michael, but the next morning a
; start was made and about 12 o'clock artived
; at Unaiakiik. The weather was cold and there
I wb» con iaerab c ice along shore.
I The tide being out the water was too shallow
; to land freight, inoueh Csp'ain Tyson sue
] ceeded in getting about 800 pounds of his
! goods on shore, which he was subsequently
j compelled io abandon. It was seen by tho*e
i who tried to land that it would be a very difft
ctilt'task to do anything until the rising of
: the tide or every piece of ireight would have
I to be taken from tne small boats and carried
I for a long distance r>y hand, so it was decided
to wait until the loilowing morning.
In the meantime four of the party, consist
ing of Olof Wiuuingstadt, Chnrics S. Rogers,
Thomas B. Siiipp and Mrs. McNaught, entered
lino a bminess agreement that would neces
sitate their presence in San Francisco during
the winter, And they at once secured passage
from the captain tor this city.
With the dawn of Wednesday morning tho
Impatience of the captain knew no bounds.
He vented his ill leeling on whoever ap
proached him. An icy wind prevailed, and
the skinboats which it had been arranged
should be sent out by the Indians to take oft"
the freight did not appear at the time agreed
I upon. Captain Nelson then decided that he
would wait no longer, and without telling the
passengers what he intended to do or offer
ing to take them back to St. Michael, whither
they were all willing to go, he weiehed anchor
and started for San Francisco. The Idea of
such a proceeding had been broached among
the passengers, but was laughed at as a good
joke, for no one areamed that in this day and
age could such a high-handed outrage be per
petrated.
The men who intended to take the portage
lo Nulato are ( all strong, energetic people,
equipped with two years' provisions, which
had cr»«t them, in addition to the purchase
price, 10 cents a pound to get it to the point
from which it is now returned. They are
naturally aggrieved at the treatment the f have
received. After having paid their tare to
Dawson and made a large outlay for supplies i
THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 897.
and camp outfits, they are now landed at their
starting point with all their irel^titon hand
and a y< ar's time, thrown away,, as it was
their Intention to spend this winter prospect
ing some of the tributaries of the Yukon, and
from Information they had received they had j
every rt-uson to expect to be well paid for
their efforts.
Considerable coarse gold had been brought
in by Indians to Unaiatliii from Anvick
Creek, and Mr. Etigb stndt, an Indian trader
who has made ins home in Unaiakiik for the
past twelve years, and who is thoroughly ac
quainted witn the country, and has great in
fluence among the Indians, was to be one of
the exploring party. The goddess of fortune
waved her wand to the little band of gold
seekers, but evil fortune prevented approach
to her.
Notwithstanding the deep disappointment
which each passenger was v prey to, they en
dured the discomforts of the journey to San
Francisco with but few complaints. Cois and j
a table were improvised ior their use in the
hold, and though during most of the
rough voyace an it.eh or more of water j
swashed about their feet, they kept tneir
tempers anil even manifested a considerable!
degree of cheerfulness. The President, not |
being intended lor passengers, nad f^-w ac
! commodations for such, and the only place of
I ruiuge was the engine-room, in which theie
were no seats. The iron grating of the floor
whs thankfully accepted in lieu of chairs or
beuches, and me retiming Kloi dlkers spent
most of the time there, till the last four days
of the voyage, when the weather, which had
I been continuously rough and stormy, chang3d
| and became so delightful that the deck was
hencefortn ed as a salon.
It i- the intention of the shanghaied pas
j sengers to seek legal redress for the injustice
tnat has been done them.
Tne President aMi brought down as passen
ger* Mrs. Louise Has-elbusch, J. 11. llassel-
I busch. both ot JteikcU y, and Mrs. K. L. Ques
| eubergof Stockton, these throe having made
I the trip on the same ship to at. Michael. but
| finding on the r arrival ins t conditions were
I oifft-reut irom what they- expected, returned
I without even going ashore.
Mr. Hasselbuscli weighs over 400 pounds,
and intended to establish a restaurant at St.
I Michael, but could not get lumber to build a
i house, lie has now concluded to go to Juneau.
XI.MA McNauoht.
IMPORT "EnS GAIN A POINT.
Decision of the United States Court
of Appeals Cost the Govern
ment $500,000.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3.— A Philadelphia spe
cial to the Inter-Ocean says: Judge Ache
son has filed an opinion in the United
States Court of Appeals afiVming the de
cision of the board of appraisers and the
judgment of the United States Court in
the initial handkerchief case of John
Bros.
The Government appealed to the Circuit
Court from the decision of the United
States general board of appraisers at
New York, whicn classified the importa
tions simply as "handkerchief*,'' dutiable
at 50 per cent ad valorem. Tne Govern
ment contended that they shouH have
been classified "embroidered and hem
stitched handkerchiefs," dutiable at 60
percent ad valorem.
Judge D.illas sustained the appraisers
and the United States took the case to the
Circuit Court of Appeals, which, as stated
above, decided in favor of the contention
of the importers.
It is said that the decision in the case
involves tally $500 000, as the Govern
ment refused to refund to other import
ers, both under the McKinlev and Wilson
laws, additional duties exacted upon simi
lar importations until at least two Circuit
Courts had passed upon the point at
issue.
DUCHESS OF TECK'S FUNERAL.
Windsor in Deep Mourning — Multitude
of People Lines the houte to
the Castle.
WINDSOR, Nov. 3.— The funeral servi
ces over the remains of the Duchess of
feck of Cambridge, cousin of Queen Vic
toria and mother-in-law of the Duke of
York, who died at the White Lodge, Rich
mond, October 27. took place to-day in St.
George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Windsor was in deep mourning as a
I mark of respect for the dead and io th >
1 royal family in general. All the stores of i
i the town and all the residences of Wind
j sor and its immediate vicinity were be
j decked with crape, and the shades in all
! the windows were drawn down. An im- j
i mense crowd o people lined the route to
I the castle. The weather was of the ■
I brightest description, and from noon a j
i continuous stream of carriages containing j
j the diplomatic corps, cabinet milliters, •
j former cabinet ministers, court officers 1
! and naval ana military representatives I
: from all th- foreign courts arrived at the j
! chapel, where a guard of honor, fur- \
j nished by the Second Battalion of the j
' Coldstream Guards, were posted. Prince I
; Frederick Henry of Prussia represented I
j Emperor William of Germany at the
j funeral.
GENERAL CLINGMAN DEAD.
Aged and Infirm, the Famous Confed
erate i.o/dier Ends His Days
in an Insane Asylum.
RALEIGH. N. C. Nov. 3— General
Thomas L. Clingman, ex-United States
Senator, died at Morganton Insane Asy
lum at Ip. M. to-day. Aged, poor and in
firm the State gave him a home there.
General Cungman was born in Yadkin
Colin sy in 1816, elected a Whig member to
the Legislature in 1835 from Surrey and a
Slate Sena or in 1830 from Asheville, be
came a leader of the Whig pjrty and was
a mem her of Congress from 1843 to 1858,
excepting the Twenty-ninth Congress. In
lisß he was appointed to the United States
Senate to till the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Senator Biggs and was re
elected. His speech on Clays deleat led
to a duel with William Yancy of Ala
bama.
At the outbreak of the civil war he en
tered i he Confederate army as colonel of
tne Twenty-filth North Caro. ina Regi
ment and soon tecame brigadier-general.
He was wounded at Cold Harbor and
Petersburg. He served as a delegate to
(he National Democratic Convention In
1865, but has avoided politics since. He
was never marr.ed.
DROWNING CF AN AERONJuTT^
Stewart Young Attempts to Descend
in a Parachute and Is Lost in
Lake Michigan.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3.— Aeronaut Stewart
[ Young was drowned in Lake Michigan at
j the foot of Monroe street this afternoon
while attempting to descend from his
balloon in a parachute. Thousands of
persons witnessed the accident. Young
ascended from the Winter circus, at Hub
bard court and Wabash avenue. A brisk
wind was blowing and the airship quickly
veered to the east. Immediately over
Lake Front Young was seen to loosen his
parachute and make ready to desert the
balloon. Evidently something went
wrong, for the aeronaut lailed to drop,
and tne balloon, suddenly exploding, fell
into the lake. Young was seen to struggle
violently to free himself and then to sink.
The life saving crew dragged the lake for
the body, but were unable to bring it up.
Advances made on furniture and pianos, with
or without removal. .1. Noonun. 1017-1023
♦ ♦ — • : —
A Stolen Eulogy.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3—A New York ? 3- P
cialsavs: It is charged that Rev. Madi
sod C. Peters' eulogium of Henry George
last Sunday was stolen bonily from the
eulogium of Alexander Hamilton pro
nounced in 1804 by Eleuhalet Nott, presi
dent of Union College.
Most Complexion Powders
have a vulgar glare, but Pozzoni's is a true
beautifier, whose effects are lasting. j
SHIPWRECK,
ILLNESS AND
INSANITY
11l Luck Pursues the
Schooner Grace's
Seamen.
THEIR CRAFT DRIVEN
ASHORE.
Poisoned by Canned Meat,
Sailor Wilson Eecomes
a Maniac
LEFT TO ROAM IN THE
WILDS.
Captain Hall Picked Up Half Dead
by the San Diego Junk
Acme.
Special Dlsoatch to The Calu
SAN DIEGO. Nov. 3.— The junk Acme
arrived to-day from the Lower California
coast and brought with, her a passenger
who was picked up at Santa Rosalia Pay,
who has a story to tell of shipwreck, sick
ness and escape from a desert island.
The rescued man is Captain William Hall,
and a very sick man he wag when the junk
reached the quarantine station.
"I am just about able to be around,"
said Captain Hall. "I am on mv way to
the custom-house to report the wreck of
my boat at Santa Rosalia Bay. We had a
frightful experience — something that I
never shall forget. It makes the blood
run cold in my vein* when I think of it.
'.'On September 5 I sailed from San Fran
cisco and cleared for Ensenada on the
schooner Grace with five men. She was
owned and provisioned by the Lower Cali
fornia Fiber Company. Mr. Schilling, the
big tea man; Mr. Miller and others sup
plied the cap.tal. I look three miners
and a sailor, Barney Wilson. 1 had pro
visions and implements aboard, and we
intended to work some mines I discovered
I some three year? ago. They are rich. The
j ore runs $133 to the ton in cold.
"The voyage from San Francisco to En
senada was mad* in seven "days. From
j Ensenada we sailed for Santo Domingo,
where I was to report to some officials.
j O.i the way my men were all taken sick
! from poisoned canned meat and vomited
blood. I also became deathly sick, hut
■ managed to steer. At times 1 was so ill
| that I could not see. I thought the whole
party would die before we reached Santo
Domingo. *SLlS*3*l QmEPSHHE
-"Finally we made v the point ana I
with a sailor took a small boat to- go
ashore. The breakers were rolling high
and the small tout capsized. We were
thrown into the water and had to swim
for our lives. We had the papers in a
small oil-skin bag and they drifted to the
beach. I could not get a doctor there,
and we were fifty miles away from wlipre
i the company doctor was located. We
went on to Cedros Island to get water, and
laid in a good supply. From there wo set
sail for Santa Rosalia Bay, the men still
being very sick. The &aiior, Barney Wil
son,- showed signs of insanity, which de
veloped into the reality befote Santa Ro
salia Bay was reached.
"At this place we left the men who had
gone with us as miners. We then made
for Turtle Bay, arriving there on October
15, where our schooner was driven ashore
by a terrible gate. We managed to get
provisions and a little water. Our
troubles appeared to drive Wilson clear
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It \7Q& a gentleman interested in street car advertising. He knew of
Ripans Tabules . because they had been advertised with him for years. Ono
day, in closing an order-, 'he came into personal possession of a dozen boxes and
one of these he tried on a lady whose health was not so perfect as her disposi-
tion. This lady carried the Tabules to Connecticut and, while there, she and
tho lady whose guest she was read the circulars and took the medicine according
to directions. The Connecticut lady had a case of indigestion that was of
years' standing. They were two of a kind. They are both all right now and
feel better than they have for many a day, and they are so grateful to that
street car advertising man that he don't dare to go near, them any more.
A i.«w styte packet oootsUningTEt num Tißtnxa In a paper cartan (without class) is now for sale nt soma .
6ra* stores - SOUWira prm -This low-priced sort la ended for the poor nnd the economical One dozen
of 'he ftre^ent cartons (185 WUMi can be had by mail by seadtn* forty-eight cents to the Hctaxs OwajqcS
ComAJn. No. 19 Street, Hew Tort - I.PMII carton Crw.wmwaJ SEE eentlgr^ra -MBtfc^-^'
mad. He rushed at me with a pisto',
threatening to kill me. I had a rifle and
drove him back. It was a fear ml experi
ence, there alone on a dc-crt island with
an insane man. I was afraid he would
kill me in the night, and I escaped from
him by running through the brush and
was without water or lood for.four days
and was nearly dead. Aoout the time 1
had given up nil hopes of life I sighted the
junk, and they took me aboard and
brought me here."
COLDLY RECEIVED AT CALCUTTA.
City of Everett, With Famine Sup
plies, Subjected to Indignities
by British Cfffcia/s.
DULUTH, Minx., Nov. 3. — Captain
Alexander McDougalJ. general manager
of the American Steel Barge Company, is
in receipt of a letter from Captain L.
Laverg, master of the whaleback steam
ship City of Everett, which sailed last
summer from San Francisco for Calcutta
with a cargo ol food for the famine suf
ferers of India. The letter is dated at
Calcutta, September 18.
In it' Captain Laverg charges that Eng
lish officials at Calcutta received the
famine supplies without enthusiasm. The
pilot came aboard of the City of Everett
when she approached Calcutta and told
the captain that he would have done
better to have brought a cargo of rapid
firing tins with, which to kill off the
native Indian population instead of fool.
Captain Laverg sivs that the City ol
Everett was treattd shamefully at Cal
cutta by the Government, and that the
treatment seemed especially out of place
owing to ihe presence of the vessel as
representing the generosity and humanity
of the American people.
There was nothing on which a claim for
duty could be exacted that was nolen
forced, and the officials finding, after ran
sacking the papers of the ship, that I he of
ficials at Singapore had exempted the ship
from some light duties, promptly enforced
them. The claim was made that the Gov
ernor at Singapore had no authority to
exempt the ship from paying any dues.
Before leaving Calcutta the English of
ficials even insisted on the payment of
dues for the ship's stores.
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LIGHT FROST FAILS
TO ALLAY THE FEVER
Fifty-Two New Cases and Five
Deaths at New Orleans
Yesterday.
Prominent Younc Pnys'clan Among:
the Victims— RepDrts From
Other Points.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 3. Though a
light frost tell here last night tho number
of now fever cases to-day exceeded that of
yesterday. Physicians explain that those
stricken had th» disease in their systems
before the cola wave reached here. The
weather is warmer again. There were
fifty-two new cases to-day and rive deaths,
as follows: F. Anthony, Joe Kendazz.o,
Mrs. Jane linlencie, Dr. E. L. Viers and
W. F. Bets. Dr. Viers was a prominent
young physician.
MEMPHIS, Tens., Nov. 3— C. A.
Stoval, Miss Schull auu G. A. McGee died
here to-day of yellow fever. There was
one new case. '*
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov. 3— A
s'iglit Irost 'ell here this morning. J. A.
Foley died here to-lay ol yellow fever
and there was one new case. Miss Mattie
Pearson died at Selma.
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RANCHER AShURST ACQUITTED.
E'o/lister Jury Finds Him Not Guilty
of the Murder of Frank
Lynch.
HOLLISTER, Nov. 3 —After atrial
lasting eight days, the jury in the case of
John Ashnrst, charged with the killing of
Frank Lynch at New Idria mines in Sep
tember, returned a verdict of "not guilty."
The jury deliberated for twenty minutes,
and on the second ballot was unanimous.
The defendant claimed self-defense.
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Several hundred Suits and Over-
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