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TO RULE FOR A DAY
OVER PLACERVILLE
MISS MfIBEL VINEYARD.
T"\LACERVILLE. June 25.— After a spirited voting contest. Miss Mabel
\~* Vineyard was last night selected to impersonate the Goddess of Liberty
X for the Fourth of July celebration in this city.
Miss Vineyard is a native of this city, the daughter of a pioneer resi
dent, and is one of the fairest of the many beautiful girls in the historic
old Empire i 'ounty.
WORK OF THE
FISH COMMISSION
Past Year Was a Most
Successful One.
Sl>ecial Dispatch to The Call.
WASHINGTON. June 25.— The work of
the Fish Commission is practically com
pleted for this year. According to the
officials of the commission, when th
ports are sent in July 1. they will
that it has been the roost successful year
in the history of the commission. The
great bulk of the work has !■•
collection and distribution of th<
fry of commercial food fish, and this year
more cod. white fish. pike, perob,
f.at fifih and lobster have been planted
than ever before.
Fully as many shad have been planted
this year as last, when the high v.
mark in Bhftd propagation was reached.
The gTeat commercial value of thr work
done by the Fish Commission can be best i
illustrated In the case of shad. The catch |
of shad in 1886 was five million. The sys
tematic collection of eggs and distribution
of shad fry since that year have ln.ci
the catch annuatly until this year U
reached 13,006.000; an increase of 150 p*t ■
cent In fo;;: rs. At the same time
the coet of shad ha.« been <W
the consumer more than 30 ]".-r cent.
The value of the catch this year was
upward of ■ has been
obtained by the commission at a total ex
penditure of $;2.000. For so successful was
the experiment made several years ago
for the introduction of shad and striped ;
bass on the Pacific Coast, thai planting
of those two food fish on that coast lias
been suspended. The shad catch on the
Pacific now ranges between mie and two
million annually. The total cost of intro
ducing the shad into Pacific waters was
but $5000. So plentiful has the striped bass j
become in the Pacific Coast streams since
their introduction that they can be pur
chased in the market? of the coast cheaper
the year around than in the Eastern mar
kets. "When they were first introduced
they brought $1 a pound.
The work at the California stations
this year has been confined to the propa
gation of the commercial salmon and the
sock-eye and steel-head trout. CK'er 40,
--000,000 eggs have been distributed fr>m
these stations. From the five On
stations on the Columbia Rlv I
fry have been planted in the Pacific
Coast streams. The new station at Ba
kers Lake, Wash., established for iik 1
propagation of bluehack and Bilver
salmon will begin operations July 1. In
the Rocky Mountain region there are sta
tions in Montana. Colorado and South
Dakota for the propagation of Eastern
brook trout, grayling, mountain and
black-spotted trout. From th< se sta
tions 6.000.000 fry were distributed in the
Ftrc-ams of Colorado, Washington, Idaho,
Montana, South Dakota, Kew Mexico,
Aiizona and Indian Territory. From me
Middle States stations in lowa, Illinois,
Missouri and Texas for the propagation
of brook and rainbow trout, black bass
and croppie, 1,000,000 fry of all kinds were
distributed tn stocking private ponds and
Btreams and some public waters. From
tho stations on the Great Lakes, where
the white fish, lake trout, herring, pike,
perch and wall-eyed pike are collected,
7n0.000.00n eggs of all kinds were taken
and 500,000,000 fry planted. At the shad
stations at Bullockville. Ga., Edenton,
N. C. Bryans Point. Ya., -Havre do Grace
and Gloucester shad eggs were
collected and 240,000,000 fry planted In all
the important streams from Florida to
Massachusetts. There tffe stations in
Virginia and Tennessee for the propaga
tion of black bass and trout, but these
have done little this year.
In Massachusetts there are two of the
largest marine fish culture stations in tne
world. At these the cod, pollock, flatfish
(flounder) and lobsters are propagated.
river 800,000,000 cod <-t:gs were collected
here and between 150 .
fry distributed. Over -Roooofio flatfish
were planted. Tlir- lobster season has not
yet closed. Over 100,000,900 i-irus have al
ready been taken and it is expected that
50,000.000 more will be taken before the
close of the season.
CLAIMS HE CAN MAKE
GOLD AND DIAMONDS
Indiana Man Displays Splendid Sam
ples in Support of His Con
tention.
KOKOMO, Ind., June 25.— A Kokomo
man claims to have discovered a
process for making gold. The alleged
discoverer Is Dr. Hercules Ogle, a prac
titioner of fifty years' standing in this
community. In the rear of his little of
fice is a dingy shed which the doctor
uses for a laboratory. On the shelves
there are thousands of pebbles of all
varieties, specimens of rocks, parcels of
sand— in fact, samples of everything
that is to be found in the bowels of the
earth.
"It is all in knowing how," said the
old doctor to a newspaper man, as he
displayed a handful of nuggets. "These
are pure gold and they came from a
point within five miles of Kokorao. Na
ture provides the elements for all good
things, and man is expected to have in
telligence enough to use them, but does
not. I have been prow Hog around
among the elements that enter into the
construction of earth, and while I have
learned a few things there are millions
of other good things waiting for the
hand of intelligence to bring them
forth. The combinations and variations
are almost Inexhaustible.
"These stones you see here have ele
ments of gold, and there are diamond?.
in that pile over there. Here are some
of the manufactured ones, and real
sparklers they are, so a number of Jew
elers have told me. Book chemistry is
all right so far as it goes, but it is the
practical work that counts."
He refuses to inform the public of the
combination of elements that produces
gold and diamonds, but he has speci
mens that have passed the most critical
analysis and numerous letters and re
ports from experts and assayers pro
nouncing them the genuine article.
KRUGER TALKS
PEACE BUT
BUYS GUNS
Continued from First Papc.
to ask for an armistice, and later agreed
t" ,i peace practically dictated by the
Boers. In this fight the British had
every advantage of position on the sum
mit .if Majuha Hi!!. The Boers attacked
early in the morning and under some
desultory firing advanced in three parties
uj> the hill. The British were outflanked
and surrounded and a deadly fire poured
in upon them from all sides. As usual,
all the officers were poon shot down and
General Sir George Colley was killed.
The whole British force, among whom
were the Gordon Highlanders and other
equally famous regiments, the best in
the British army, broke and fled before a
force inferior to their own. Many more
fell as they ran headlong down the hill
under the fire of the sharpshooters and a
large number were taken prisoners. So
disastrous a defeat has seldom fallen
upon a British force.
The Boers then had but few breech
loading rifles, but at the present time
they are supplied with the very latest and
best of arms and munitions of war.
their expenditures therefor since the
Jamieson raid in 1896 amounting, accord
ing to the best authorities, to nearly
$7,000,000. They have no standing army,
hut every able-bodied male between IS
and 60 is liable to military service in case
of war, which gives an available force of
some 38,000 men.
There are two foot and two mounted
volunteer corps, numbering 1170 men,
which are subsidized by the Government,
besides some batteries of horse artillery.
Except these the Boers know nothing of
drill or marching in line or column, but,
after their own fashion, they are fighters
not to be despised.
AMERICAN OFFICERS
START A RIOT IN CUBA
Several Persons Injured During the
Melee They Created to Avoid
Arrest.
CIENFUEGOS, Cuba, June 25.— Three
American officers, who had been creat
ing a disturbance In a house of ill-re
pute and had resisted arrest, entered a
carriage and began firing their revolv
ers, wounding Policeman Ortega. Other
policemen returned the fire and Joined
by a mob pursued the carriage to the
railway station, where American pick
ets were guarding wagons and a safe
containing money.
The troops, mostly recruits, on seeing
that the officers were in danger, en
trenched themselves behind the wagons
and began shooting, wounding two po
licemen and three civilians. A wealthy
planter who was passing in a carriage
with his children was struck by a
Krag-Jorgensen ball, receiving serious
injury.
Senor Frias, the Mayor, the Cuban
General Esquerra and Major Bowman,
commanding the Americans, rode
through the crowd, begging the people
to restrain themselves and ordering the
troops to stop. Their attempts were
finally successful. The corporal in
charge of the pickets says he did not
give an order to fire, but people who
were near insist that they heard him
give such a command.
Indignation runs high, but there is no
fear of further trouble. The offending
officers have been locked up.
NOTHING TO SAY OF
SENATORIAL ASPIRATIONS
Alger Does Not Think His Former
Statements Will Embarrass the
Administration.
WASHINGTON. June 25.-Secretary Al
ger returned to the capital this evening
and said he had nothing to add to what he
said in Chicago regarding his candidacy
for the Senate. He did not intend to re
sign from the Cabinet, as the campaign
for Senator would not begin until next
year. He did not see how it could em
barrass the administration for him to re
main in the Cabinet after he announced
his views on trusts, but that was a ques
tion for the President alone to decide.
He had always been frank with the Presi
dent and the President had always known
he could have his resignation whenever
It would relieve the administration of em
barransment.
He did not pretend to speak for the ad
ministration in his view upon trusts, but
spoke as a private citizen concerning
what he regarded as one of the dangers
of the country. No members of the Cabi
net could commit the administration upon
any question, as was shown by Secretary-
Gage's position regarding currency re
form expressed in his official report, but
which was not indorsed by. the President.
THE SAN FKANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1899.
COLUMBIA HAS
HER TRIAL TRIP
Successful Beyond All
Expectations.
DISTANCED THE DEFENDER
AMERICA'S CUP CONSIDERED
SAFE FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
Race in an Eight-Knot Breeze Showed
the New Boat Twenty Seconds
a Mile Faster Than
the Old.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
NEWPORT, June 25.— The first trial trip
of the new America's cup defender Co
lumbia, which took place in Narragansott
Bay to-day, was more successful than
either her builders or her owners had rea
son to hope. Not only dTd the new boat
show herself to be able in every particu
lar but she met the old , racer, the De
fender, in a friendly brush of a mile to
windward and vanquished her Will) tho
greatest ease.
Tho race between the flyers, which w::n
over in rtve minutes, was sailed in an
eight-knot breeze under the same condi
tions, each boat carrying three lower
sails, rvith sheets well flattened. It took
the Columbia about three minutes, sailing
from the Defender's weather auarter, to
blanket her, and in five minutes she ;-is
one hundred yards ahead, going past the
old cup defender as if the latter was an
chored.
Under these circumstances it would
seen) ;is if the Columbia were from fifteen
to twenty seconds faster a mile than tho
Defender, and if she can make the same
gain in a hard blow the safety of the
America's cup will be almost aasureo.
The trip to-day was the builder a trial,
and although the managing owner, I
Oliver Iselin. and a number of his yacht
ing friends were on board, the Colum
bia's designer. Nat Herreshoff, was In
charge, and after the sail down the bay
tii.- boat was towed back to Bristol for a
few minor repairs. It is expected that
she will have another trial Thursday, and
by the end of the week will be formally
turned over to Mr. Iselin. In the mean
time her Interior finings will be finished
and her bowsprit, which apparently start
ed in the socket during to-day's brush
with the Defender, will need some atten
tion. Before the Columbia left for Bris
tol this afternoon Mr. Iselin expressed
himself as being more than satisfied with
her. and it was a happy lot of yachts
man that watched her performance and
went to Bristol with her to-night.
GOES TO EXPLORE THE
"FOSSIL CEMETERY"
Professor Crook to Head An Expedi
tion for Scientific Research in
Wyoming.
CHICAGO, June 25.— Professor A. R.
! Crook of the Northwestern University,
i who in 1887 made one of the first geo
logical explorations of Russia, traveling
as a guest of the Czar, has accepted an
invitation of the Northern Pacific Rail
road to make researches this summer
in the famous tract known as "the
j fossil cemetery of the world." This
j region is part of Wyoming, and lies in a
I many-colored desert north of Laramie,
j a spot rich in various minerals, espe
j cially gold. The professor, however, is
; indifferent to the possibility of opening
up a vein of -yellow mPta!, and has c<>n
[ centrated his hopes 6n finding gigantic
fossils of reptiles, especially th«
stegosaurus, a monster which appears
to be a pet of the professor and which
j rejoices in the possession of a Rocky
i Mountain range of armor plates twenty
i feet in length along its backbone.
To secure this and other scientific
treasures. Professor Crook will travel
300 miles on a bronco," with his portion
of camp utensils slung across his
shoulders. Five sturdy young students
of Northwestern University have been
picked out to share the honors and help
| carry the frying pans of the expedi-
I tion.
"No milk and water men will do on
| this trip," announced the professor.
"From the twenty applicants I have
chosen five men who are good geo
logists, good horsemen, good shots, and,
above all, good natured companions.
Permission to go is a sort of reward
of merit, and all the chosen have dis
tinguished themselves in the classroom.
"From discoveries already made, wo
expect to find in Wyoming the Bronto
saurus, the Atlantosaurus, the Dino
saurus and the platebearing stego
saurus. The geology of Wyoming is
also of great interest, as the geological
i i formations are on a grand scale. The
! valleys of the region are the paleon
. J tological treasure house of the world.
Wyoming has giv«»n more than any
other spot on earth to the museums of
scientific Institutions. The fossil ceme
• tery. however, is wider than "Wyoming,
and covers Western Nebraska, North
ern Kansas and South Dakota. We
owe to it nearly all our best knowledge
• of the triassic, Jurassic and cretaceous
times."
MINE WAS UNSAFE.
Effort to Place Responsibility for the
Santa Domingo Cave-In.
CHIHUAHUA. Mexico, June 25.— Gov
ernor Ahumada has ordered that an of
ficial investigation be marie of the cauuq
that led to the cave-in of the Santa Do
mingo mine in the Santa Eulalia district,
this State, a few day» ago, in which
twenty-seven miners lost their lives. It
is charged the mine was In an unsafe con
dition and that the cave-in was threatened
for several days before it actually oc
curred. Among: those who met fleaih
were several Americans, who were in
charge of gangs of Mexican miners. If
the blame for the accident can be fast
ened on any one the guilty person will be
severely dealt with by the Mexican au
thorities.
A few months ago a cave-In occurred
in a mine adjacent to the Santa DominWo.
burying alive and causing the deathlcf
sixty miners. 1
JUDGE CHAMBERS' DECISION.
BERLIN, June 25.— The Neuste Nach
richten contends that the recognition by
the International Commissioners of the
decision of Chief Justice Chambers re
gard the kingship of Samoa does not in
the least prejudice the claims of Germans
to compensation for losses sustained dur
ing the recent disturbances.
Most of the papers express vexation and
disappointment at the upholding of Chief
Justice Chambers' decision.
The Fourth at Soulsbyville.
SOULSBYVILLE. June 25.— At no other
place in the State will the Fourth of July
be more enthsuiastically observed than at
Soulsbyville. The Soulsbyville Silver Cor
net Band of nineteen pieces will donate
its servjces and is working earnestly with
the various committees to make the cele
bration a success. The exercises will be
held in Crawford Park. E. W. Hebbard
will be president of the day and Rev. J.
R. Wolfe orator. Crowds of visitors are
expected from all parts of the county.
Novel Celebration Planned.
MONTEREY, June 25.— Word comes
here from Moss Landing that the citizens
of that shipping point are preparing a
novel Fourth of. July celebration. Be
ginning with an al fresco dinner, in
which bullshedd cooked in the genuine
Spanish style will be the principal dish
it will include a rustic dance, athletic and
other games and a band concert, and will
end with an elaborate display of fireworks
in the evening. People from all the sur
rounding country wrll participate In the
festivities.
DWIGHT'S LAST
BACCALAUREATE
Parting Words of Yale's
Venerable President.
OLD CLASSMATES PRESENT
j THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
OF HIS OWN GRADUATION.
; As He Addressed a Graduating Class
for the Last Time His Voice
Was Choked With
Emotion.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
NEW HAVEN, June 25.— President Tim
othy Dwlght, the venerable retiring presi
dent of Yale University, to-day preached
his last baccalaureate sermon before the
graduating classes of the academic and
scientific departments. The occasion was
also the fiftieth anniversary of President
Dwlpht's own graduation. Many of his
old classmates were in the chapel. The
graduating class occupied the greater part
of the body of the Battel Chapel. All of
them wore the academic robe, and with
them were many visitors from out of
town.
President Dwight's address was largely
I of a retrospective and personal nature. At
| the close of the sermon he addressed a
' benediction in the most solemn and im
i presslre manner. His voice often choked
with emotion. His words were:
And now. my fellow students, and may I not
almost say my classmates of the class or 18J9,
let me ask you to rise. The words which I
have spoken 'to you have had a very personal
i meaning. So much of the personal was there
in them that they may have seemed more
1 adapted to a friendly conversation than to D€
I presented to you In a large public gathering.
; But the occasion must be the reason lor giving
; them to you here. 1 can scarcely find it possi
i ble to Bpe&K to you in any other way. You
1 are with me. leaving the university. You and
j I go forth together, you the young brothers, and
1 I an older. But we are all going forth Into a
! great and glorious brotherhood. Fifty years
separate us In point of graduation, but In this
. brotherhood there is do separation, for we are
all members of a great college home. You stand,
' indeed. Ht the end of your college careers, with
' much faithtul Fpirlt. much of energy and with
| many pleasant anticipations. But # for me the
; summer day has passed into the late afternoon.
For you it 'is still morning.
I have tried to speak to you of what life
teaches and of that loving father who orders
) our life's movement for us. I have not told
i ynu anything of sorrow and of disappointment.
i They will meet many of you, and some of you
! possibly many times. The costs and the results
I of them you alone will know.
But you will find, as the years go by, that
they are helpful to the upbuilding and to the
glorifying of the soul within y"u, and that the
I>:vinp Fnther. If you trust thus to His undy
ing care, is ever leading you out of darkness
into tho sunshine of His love. When the cluodj
of the summer day pass away they leave the
sky the brighter.
I wish for each of you life"s greatest 'bless
ings, its greatest happiness and the best that
it can give you. I wish jrou joy and that your
Borrows may be scanty. May they as for God's
children work out your entire good and give
you evidence that you are under His care and
keeping. I wish for you that faith In Christ.
the expression and the sign of the Father's
love. I wish for you to leave every doubt,
even,' questioning fear, every weakness and sin
and that your life may be full and abounding.
And so i bid you farewell.
May the closing day and the sunshine at the
end of ir be filled with beautiful light, and
may the closing twilight season bear thoughts
i nnd hopes of the better and the happier life
beyond. May your testimony and mine unite
together as it comes from our personal ex
perience in the words of the Psalmist's song
.\ir loving Ood and Father who "maketh
the outgoings of the morning and evening to
rejoice." __ ______________
MOURNED AS DEAD
FOR MANY MONTHS
Frank Connolly, Formerly of the
Keene Dramatic Company, Shows
Up nt St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. June 25.— The Post-Dis
patrh says that Frank Connolly, who
was acting as treasurer of the Thomas
W. Keene Pramtio Company in the
spring of ISOB, when he mysteriously
disappeared from McVicker's Theater,
in Chicago, has turned up in St. Louis
after a varied experience. It was be
lieved at the time that Connolly had
been foully dealt with, but the police
were unable to find the missing man.
According to Mr. Connolly's story, he
had supper that night with a woman
friend from Pittsburg. After that, un
til two weeks later, when he regained
his senses in a freight car near Mat
toon Ills., everything was a blank to
him.' He was minus $400 in money and
several hundred dollars' worth of jew
elry. He was taken to a hospital,
where he recovered from a severe ill
ness, which was the result of his hav
ing been drugged.
Thinking himself disgraced and fear
ing to fare his friends, Connolly went
to Cuba and acted as correspondent for
a number of papers during the war. He
made no attempt to conceal his identity
and apparently nobody knew him. On
his coming to St. Louis an old friend
of Mr. Connolly met and recognized
him.
CYCLONE'S HAVOC IN
A NEBRASKA VILLAGE
OHAMA, June 25.— A special to the
Bee from Bradley, Neb., says: Early
this morning a "twister" struck this
thriving village and partly wrecked it.
The storm came from the north with a
tremendous roar and aroused every
body from bed. It first struck the two
story brick block owned by Charles
Nash of New York and occupied by a
drug store and general merchandise
store below and the Methodist Society
upstairs. The building was totally
wrecked, entailing a loss, including
merchandise and. furnishings, of $10,000.
Floyd A. Watworth was caught in the
debris and seriously hurt.
Across the street the postoffice was
totally wrecked. The buildin" was oc
cupied by William Miller and valued at
$1000. Corliss' general store was un
roofed, the residence of David Magnus
was badly wrecked. Rev. Dr. Foutch
lost a carriage house and barn and
John Jones a barn. The ground was
plowed up by the wind and some stock
killed.
SMYRNA FIG WILL
BE A SUCCESS HERE
WASHINGTON, June 25.— The Agricul
tural Department has issued a bulletin
treating of the probable success of the
efforts of the department to establish the
Smyrna fig industry in California. It ap
pears that the fruiting of the Smyrna fig
is dependent upon the Introduction from
Southern Europe and the establishment in
California of a little insect which fertil
izes the fig.
Experimental introductions of the in
sect were thereupon begun and some of
them brought over n 1898 have succeeded
in penetrating the closed flowers of the
Capri figs growing at Fresno, making the
first step of the experimental work a suc
cess. The bulletin adds: "Since the in
sect has maintained itself for an entire
year, there is reason to suppose that it
will continue to breed and that California
in the near future will be able to place a
fig upon the market which will possess
the same superior flavor as that which
has given the imported Smyrna figs their
pre-eminent commercial rank."
Death of "Fatty" Walsh.
NEW YORK, June 25.— "Fatty" Walsh,
the father of Blanch Walsh, whose habit
of putting a penny in every clean hand
shown him by a child endeared him to
youthful New Yorkers, is dead.
PROFESSOR BARKER
GOES TO EUREKA
O ALINAS. June 25.— Prof. A. C. Barker, who for the past six years has
\ competently filled the position of principal of the public schools of this
\^j city, has resigned and accepted the superintendency of city schools at
Eureka.
A. C. Barker is 33 years old. He has been principal of the Austin,
Nevada. High School and several others in the Northwest and in Eastern
cities. He was on the County Board of Education and vice-president of
the State School Board. His departure from this city is deeply regretted.
TRIENNIAL FEST
AT CINCINNATI
Golden Jubilee of the
Saengerbund.
Special Despatch to The Tall.
CI NT INK ATT, June 25.— The golden ju
bilee of the Xorth American Saengerbund
will no doubt be the most largely attend
ed event this week that was ever known
in this city. This international saenger
fest was organtizert here fifty years ago.
and the triennial meeting this week will
be the most notable, one. in the history of
the organization. There are quite a num
ber here rehearsing; for the concerts,
which will begin on Wednesday. The mu
sical societies will arrive to-morrow. The
visitors will not be here until Tuesday
and Wednesday. The new hall, with a
stage capacity of 4000 and a total capac
ity of 14.530, was dedicated last Sunday,
and was visited to-day by thousands. A
feature of the saengerfest will be the
performance of the Alms prize cantata,
entitled "Valerian." by Dr. N. J. Elsen
heimer of the Cincinnati College of Mu
sic. The words, by Dr. Gustav Bruehl,
run briefly:
••Men are banished from the pleasures of
Paradise through their disobedience to
the Almighty. They are found grief
stricken on the shores of the stormy
ocean imploring the Maker of the Uni
verse for pardon. An angel descends
from heaven to console them. He calls
their attention to the beauties of nature,
that in itself is inspiring the man's am
bition and genius. His words are re
ceived with the greatest enthusiasm, and
his appeal to man's ambition is crowned
with success. For when he reappears
after a seor* of years, he finds the glo
rious work of human skill and invention.
The arts, with joyous pride, praise the
wonderful results of genius; poetry and
music especially are rejoicing over their
mighty influence. The divine messenger
expresses his joy. and hopes that all arts
have found a' home with the nations of
the world. Columbia, the representative
of the greatest nation of modern times,
amid the enthusiasm of her people,
offers her hand to Art. All people rejoice
and praise the mastering influence of the
art that has found a home with the most
illustrious nations of the world.'
At the close of the cantata Dr. Elsen
heimer makes a skillful and highly ef
fective use of the "Star-spangled Ban
ner." ,
FUNERAL RITES OVER
ENSIGN MONAGHAN
Portland Does Honor to the Memory
of the Victim of Samoan
Treachery.
PORTLAND, Or., June 25. — The re
mains of Ensign Robert Monaghan of
the cruiser Philadelphia, who was killed
in the fighting in Samoa, were given
every honor while in Portland, where
he was well remembered by many old
classmates. After lying at the armory
over night, the casket was earned out at
noon to the waiting hearse and taken
to the Cathedral.
First came a platoon of police, then
the naval and military escort under
Captain W. T. Carrol, consisting of the
Naval Reserve Battalion, a detach
ment of the Twenty-fourth Infantry
from Vancouver Barracks and the
guard of honor— eleven men from Com
pany C, Second Regiment, of Spokane,
under Captain Green, and the Young
Men's Institute.
The First Regiment Band rendered
music and the bells tolled as the pro
cession passed up Washingtn street and
approached the Catholic Cathedral, in
which edifice 2000 people had assembled.
As the casket was borne up the main
aisle a dirge came from the organ,
and the choir rendered a hymn. The
singing of "Nearer, My God, to Thee"
was very touching-.
The service for the dead was con
ducted by the resident clergy, and
Archbishop Alexander Christie deliv
ered an address. The remains were
then escorted to the train, whfch left
for Spokane at 2:10 p. m.
BIG BLAZE IN BOSTON.
BOSTON, June 25.— The large six
story building on the corner of Pearl
and Purchase streets was swept almost
clean by fire to-night, the owners and
numerous occupants, mostly small pub
lishing concerns, sustaining a loss of
nearly $180,000.
The principal loss, other than on the
building, falls on the Boston Bookbind
ing Company, which has issued a num
ber of publications. Including The Golf
er, the American Wool and Cotton Re
porter and Land and Water. William
King, the watchman, is missing.
FUTILE SEARCH
FOR BURIED GOLD
Cocos Island Treasure
Not Found.
STOCKTON, June 25.— Captain Geis
sler, the treasure hunter who has spent
seven years on Cocos Island and who
is back in Stockton with no gold, has
his faith in the story of buried millions !
unaltered. Geissler is the man, who, ,
seven years ago, sailed from here in the I
rickity little boat known as the Hay- i
seed, and succeeded with his small band j
of adventurous spirits in reaching the j
little Island off the Costa Rican coast, j
The story of the millions buried on the '•
island by pirates under Del Pedro Ben
ito, in the year of 1821, was founded on
a report generally accepted as being
true, but the value of the interred Span,
ish coin has grown with the passing
years from {10,000,000 to $60,000,000. So
generally believed is the story that the
Central American Government has re
served certain rights in case the treas
ure is discovered, and more than one
passing warship has allowed a crew to
land in order to take a look at the is
land. Many stories have been related
concerning the island, but Geissler gives
the reasons for the faith within him
upon the following grounds:
During the early years of the present
century Cocos Island was the home of
a piratical band, composed mostly c-f
Portuguese. After their raids upon
helpless coast settlements Benito's band
would run for the island, and after car
ing for their booty would again put to
sea. Finally on one of the voyages the
pirate ship went against a stronger
vessel and but two of the cut-throats
were spared. These two men were al
lowed to live in order that they might
direct their captors to the place where
the doubloons were buried. They es
caped, and one of them is believed to
have been John Keating, who settled in
St. Johns, Newfoundland, a few years
later. At any rate Keating seemed to
talk a whole lot about the affair and to
know where the treasure was buried on
the island. He claimed to have secured
this information from one of the two
men who escaped.
Keating interested some seafaring
men in a scheme to recover the gold
and a vessel was fitted out in 1844 to
visit the island. The captain of the
vessel went ashore with Keating and
was never seen alive again. Keating
told a story of how he and the captain,
after securing all the treasure they
could carry, concluded to not return to
the waiting vessel, but to make their
way to the Costa Rican coast in the
canoe and thus escape the obligation of
dividing with the crew, or giving out
information as to what they had seen
Later they were to return to the island
and bring away the money. The Costa
Rican Government, however, suspected
him of having murdered the captain.
The story he told that their canoe had
overturned and the captain drowned
was a little too thin. Keating brought
away $10,000 and with this bribed some
officials and managed to get out of the
country. This occurred, according to
the story, in 1546.
Keating returned to Canada and died
there, leaving a widow, who is now a
Mrs. Brennan and resides at an ad
vanced age in British Columbia She
| says that when about to die Keating
disclosed to her the markings on the
island necessary to a successful hunt
for the treasure. She dreaded a sea
voyage and entered into an agreement
by which Geissler undertook to search
seven years ago.
A year ago the old lady, being dis
satisfleld with Geissler's reports, char
tered a vessel and went to the island.
Time has effaced many landmarks and
! to this is the unsuccessful search attri
! buted. A man named Hartford made
! the acquaintance of Mrs. Brennan dur
| ing her voyage and on learning her
story he interested British naval men.
The Imperieuse, under Commodore Pal
liser, landed a party last year, which
made a search against the protests of
the first comers. The sailors found
nothing.
Geissler says that all that remains to
be done is to prosecute a systematic
search. This may take years. He has a
large plantation laid out, with 20,000
coffee and 2000 banana trees already be
ginning to bear. Mrs. Geissler has be
come a resident of the island and the
two will spend their remaining years
looking after the plantation and search
ing for the buried millions of Del Pedro
Benito.
Cocos Island lies twenty miles off. the
coast and contains about twenty square
miles. Captain Geissler will return to
his island home in a few weeks.
DANGER OF A CLASH
ON ALASKAN BORDER
State Department Notified of the Bit
terness Between Americans and
Canadians.
WASHINGTON, June 25.— A Wash
ington special to the Journal says:
State Department officials are advised
there is eminent danger of a clash be
tween citizens of the United States and
Canada in disputed territory.
The department officials assert that
any clash near the line will be entirely
due to the impossibility of making
laws for a modus Vivendi while the
provisional line is held in abeyance.
Were the provisional line agreed to the
United States and Great Britain •
immediately formulate police and
toms regulation- which would guaran
tee protection for Americans on the
Canadian side and Canadians on the
American. The extreme tension of th?
situation is reported to the depart
ment to-day.
GERMANY'S OBJECTIONS TO
ARBITRATION WITHDRAWN
Russians Do Not Expect a Majority
for Their Disarmament Pro
posals.
LONDON. Juno 26.— Tli ndent
of the Daily News at The Hague says:
Count Munster. the head of the German
delegation, has received Prince II
lohe's instructions, and Germany will
withdraw her objections to the establish
ment of a court of arbitration provided
the obligatory clauses are expunged. The
Russians themselves do not expert a ma
jority for their disarmament propo
which are not advanced seriously.
The Berlin correspondent of the Stan
dard says: Negotiations between Ger
many and the United States rogardinjr a
compromise on arbitration ar>> pri
inp smoothly, all the more so as England
seems inclined to accept the result and
Austria, Italy and Russia have already
declared themselves in its favor.
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