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MANILA IS NOW
FAIRLY CLEAN
Good Work Done by
American Officers.
NATIVES AT FIRST OBJECTED
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INTERESTING INTERVIEW WITH
LIEUTENANT EBERLY.
Aguinaldo's Supply of Ammunition
Being Rapidly Cut Off by the
Thirteen Small Gun
boats.
:, to The Call.
WASHINGTON, July 27. Lieutenant
il • it of the t iregon un
irkt v has Just arrived in
from the Philippines and
. »ails of the sit
n In .Manila. Li< Eb< rly says
the social and sanitary conditions in
Manita :tr-« better than is generally be
. in th( [United States, and better
- . ■ fter such a short
. an administration. The city has
ned on th( American plan, the
military authorities engineering the work.
a large forco of Chinamen and
■ . The Chinamen are ri -
labor. The
ancient ac
cumulations of tilth ami there has 1" • n
■ m, which is still
continuing- There has been more or less
losition to these innovations,
but the people are b< ginning to see the
\ alue of the new m< asures I iqcept
the cl i ih. old order.
In this connection, he says, it is a favor
gi that the temper of the native
population has changed considerably n>
ward American occupation. When the
Oregon arrived, in March, the native
population was dissatisfied and in an ugly
humor, even In the city itself. Cab driv
keepers and other semi-public
servants rendered service under protest,
even turned down American trade in
Instances. Now. however, they have
: . out that they arc paid, a thing the>
did not seem to be used to. and finding
Americ; n official promises carried
■
fully.
Compulsory vaccination created some
imong th< natives at tirsi. hut
enerkia! effects being apparent il has
ai:-o been accepted. Lieutenant Eberly
that the health of Manila is excep
tionally good, and that even among the
treops'on shore there was little sickness
from anything but heat prostration.
nost Important naval moves
■ ii- distribution of the thirteen
little "tinclads" among tt - . -els of
the fleet on various stations. Through
• here is an eff<
id( of the wh"lo of Luzon, and s
been sent to Mindanao, Neg
and Palawan. Most of the
BmUggling Of arms, ammunition and fond
since the arrival oi the American squad
ron ha ne in small schoom rs
known as "bankers." which can run
and channels where the
■:ld not follow them.
The m::. ; :>.! patrol boats have been dq
usin< .-s wli kimmera of the
urol boat recently rounding up
thirteen "hankers" in a single trip. It
is thought thai in a .-hurt time Aguinaldo
will be reduced to a supply of pun iy
ammunition.
soldiers in and around Manila are
now well h"\is.'.! in permanent quarters,
or Neipe houses, which are built on a
0 framework and are cool and dry.
on the w irks the *oldi< ra had com
fortable palm houses before the ra::
for the Intense heat they
were comfortabl
Th* id not started in earnest
Captain Barker and Lieutenant
Eberij sailed t" 1 home. It was well un
tiat ;he rains would cut off
all transportation • xeept by railroad, find
Is giv< n as a reason for Lawton's
abandoning San [sidro, there being a big
swamp between it and the railway that is
impassable during the rainj season.
Tin- only animal available for trans
tion during the wet season is the
buffalo, but the army has utiliz. d
ihis d ' for other purposes, hay
• ■ a thriving vaccine farm
tskirts of Manila, and are reap
ing h fine quality of virus from the buf
falo calves.
UP THE HIGHEST PEAK.
Mount Lowe Scenic Railway Will
Be Extended.
LOS ANGELES, July 27.— President
of the Mount Low;
reneral Manager J. S.
rders to continue the Mouni
Lowe railway to the apex of the highest
n th.' range. Surveyors will be in
eld by the middle of August. The
work will be finished by next spring and
when completed the r.>ad will reach an
elevation of 6100 feet. This will give the
railway system eleven mites of electric
b< ing the longest on any
continent, ami will add many features
"f mountain scenerj that arc now Inac
ile. as unly burros can reach notable
spots of -' enic int. rest.
Young Men's Institute Session.
SANTA CRUZ, July 27.— Great prepara
tions are being made for the Aitertain
ment of the members of the Young Men's
ite during the sessions of the Grand
11, which will be held in Santa
Cruz during the week commencing An- i
gust 1'!. Ti;> general committee met last !
ev< nin.tr. ment has been pro
vid.-d fur every evening during the week.
The sessions of the Grand Council are to
be held <hirinc the day. Th.- hall of the
Nath ■ West lias b< en
chosen as the place of meeting. The
members of the institute will meet on
Monday morning and march to the
>'u:h"!i.- church, where pontifical high
■i <] i.v Bishop Mofii
gomery of Los Angeles. In the evening 1
ption will be tendered them by the
local council of the Yuung Ladies' In-
Btitute.
«.
Reception to Secretary Wilson.
SACRAMENTO, July 27.— Frank Miller.
lent of the Sacramento Chamber of
Commerce, and E. I:. Willis left on the
I r- gon expr< - to-night to meet Secretary
Wilson. The former, on behalf of the '■
Chamber of Commerce and the citizen?: of j
to, will invite him to stop over
• . It he stops a reception
will be tendered. Mr. Willis has be< n ■:• ■-
puted to extend the welcome and congrat
olatioi - 3 tarj on b< half of ihe
Southern Pacifli Company and the State
Board ol Trade. '»n the way flown the
party wili be Joined by E. W. Runyi .
Red Blufl • of the California
Commission to the l'aris Exposition.
Fire on the Schooner Sequoia.
SAX DIEGO, July 27. -The Bchooner Se
* lumbi i laden, which arrived here
from Port Blakeley on July 23, took flre
Spreckels wharf shortly ' ■
midnight b onsiderablj dam
'. efore wi I - b« gol to her. Ti.>
cause of the tire is not known. Th<
flames were confined to tin- forecastle,
tigging and donkey engine house. Th<
■ r, which h.id jusH
discharged, was not injured. The
loss li estimated at from MOOO to (SOOO.
Respite for a Murderer.
SPOKANE July 27.— Superior ..
Prather at 7 o'clock this evening granted
a. stay of execution in the case of George
Webster, who was to have been ha
to-morrow morning for the murder of
Mrs. Asplund. Argument of the chsh con
sumed four hours, and Judge Prather hi Id
that the appeal to the United States Su
preme Court from I "ni t <-<J States Judge
Hanford's denial of a writ of habeas
corpus acts as a stay. Webster will prob
ably live another year at the expense of
the county now.
Held for Manslaughter.
SALT LAKE, July 27.— 1n the prelimin
ary trial of J. H. Benbrook, charged with
killing Bert Morris last week, Justice
Pardee to-day held the prisoner for man
slaughter and fixed his bond at $20,000.
ENTENTE CORDIALE
STILL IN EFFECT
Japan's Agreement With
Russia.
NO INTERFERENCE IN KOREA
DOCUMENT FULLY BECOGNIZES
ITS INDEPENDENCE.
I
Under the Circumstances No Fear of
a Rupture Is Entertained in
Diplomatic Circles of
Europe.
Special !■' -• : ■■!) to The Call,
WASHINGTON. July 27.— Reports that
Japan and Russia are arming for a strug
gle over Korea are received with much 1
allowance in the • diplomatic quarters
chiefly concerned, and it is pointed out
that an entente cordiale was arranged be
tween the two countries last year concern-
Ing affairs In Korea. This arrangement
is still in force and there has been no .
evidence that either government desired j
to depart from it. It is In -the Formosa
protocol, dated at Tokio. April 25 IS9S. ;
and is signed by Baron Rosen; Russian
Minister to Japan, and Baron Nissi,
Plenipotentiary for Japan, Its main pro- I
visions an as follows :
"The Imperial Governments of Russia
and Japan recognize definitely the sov
ereignty and Independence of Korea and
mutually agree between themselves to
abstain from interference in the internal
affairs of the country.
"Desiring to avoid all possible cause for
misunderstanding, the Governments of
Russia and Japan mutually engage in
ease Korea has recourse to the counsel or
assistance either of Russia or Japan, not ;
to take measures for the nomination of j
military Instructors and of councilors of
finances without previously reach! a
mutual accord on the subject.
"In view of the development attending
the commerce and industry of Japan in !
Korea and the considerable number of
Japanese residing In Corea. the Govern- ;
ment of Russia will not interfere in the
development of the commerce and Indus
try between Japan and Korea."
This protocol is said to have brought
about a satisfactory condition of affairs
in Korea, and of late no word has reached
here that the former strained relations
between Japan and Russia had been re- '
newed. It Is recognized in diplomatic
quarters on both sides that each Govern
merit has a deep Interest in Korea and
that neither is likely to submit to any
move contrary to the protocol which may
bring in question the sovereignty of ivo- ■
rea. ;
MORTGAGE FLACED ON
COLLEGE GROUNDS
r
University of the Pacific Issues
Bonds in the Sum of Fifty
Thousand Dollars.
SAN JOSE, July 27.— The University of
iciflc, thi 1 Methodist educational in
stitution near this city, has mortgaged
its property for $60,000 to secure an Issue
worth of bonds to be used in
improving the school. A bond morti
was filed hen to-da> wherebj $60,000 was
••] from thf* Columbian Banking
Company of Han Francisco. The mort
gage is payabl* in Hfteen years and bears
5 per cent "interest.
It covers the University "f the Pacific
buildings and grounds at College Park,
the college block property at Napa and
320 acres in Mendocino < lounty.
The bonds proposed to be issued are
to run for fifteen years and bear 5 per
cent interest, and they were authorized
by th< ■ U'l* of months, ago.
The mollej thus realized Is to bi
in paying off some of the indebtedness
and making Improvements.
NO AGREEMENT ON
NIGRA'S AMENDMENT
Peace Conference Still Debating on
Privileges of Non-Signatory
Powers.
TMK HAGUE, July 27.— The committee
engaged in drafting the definitive acts
speni tl"- entire day in attempting to re
. the demand of Sir Julian Paunce
fote that non-signatory powera be enti
tled to adhere to the arbitration conven
tion <mly by the unanimous consent of t'n>
signatory powers and the amendment of
Count Nigra, head of the Italian delega
tion permitting such adhesion if no pow
ire oppose. The attempts, however, w i
without result.
Th(> plenary conference adopted the pre
amble dealing with the laws ami customs
of war and the adaptation of th< Geneva
ntlon to naval war. Thf articles of
• . two conventions were definitely adopt-
Tho arbitration scheme still awaits
Kai Britain's acceptance of and acces
to the plan
FISHERMEN FIGHT.
General Melee Follows a Quarrel Ovpr
a Woman.
ASTORIA. July 27.— A desperate fight
between Greek fishermen occurred in the
rough quarters of the city shortly b
midnight. The men, about twenty in
number, were in a dance hall, and two of
them became Involved In a quarrel over
;i woman. The others took sides and a
general melee followed. The men retired
to the street, where knives, clubs and fists
were used. A telephone message brought
a squad of police to the scene, and nearly
all th<- fighters were arrested. One of th.
men, Anton, Pidnie, was stabbed several
times in the back and head, and is report
,,l to be in a precarious condition. At
midnight pHysicans were attending him.
but it is impossible to state whether or noi
he win live several -other men are said to
have been stabbed, but their injuries
probably will not result fatally.
Cambrian Mine Development.
PLACBRVILLE, July 27.— The stamps
Of the new ten-stamp mill at the Cam
brian mine near Coloma began dropping
on Saturday last on ore from the 150-foot
level of the mir.'-. Th> Cambrian is a!
new mine, lying west of the mother lode,
and is both a gold and copper proposition. '
It i.-- owned by Colorado people, who have
done much development work on the prop
erty during the past eighteen months and
who have opened a large bod) of ore,
much of it of high grade. The situation
of the mine on the west slope Of Mount
Thompson makes its facilities for the
handling of low-grade ores almost ideal.
Farmers Tap a Reservoir.
BOISE, Idaho. July 27.— Farmers near i
flail, y haw had considerable trouble ob
taining enough water to irrigate their
crops. Much of their land Is parched and
crops ar- ruined. A party of armed
farmers yesterday proceeded to the reser
voir '>f "Tiptop Mill and burst it open, al- '
lowing the water to run down the creek
to their iands. The mining company's
superintendent says the break will be re
paired, but the farmers declare they will
• not permit the workmen to touch it.
Bell-Dresser Nuptials.
XAPA. July 27.— Edward S. Bell, the As
sistant District Attorney ot this i-ounty.
was around (own to-day 1 receiving con
gratulations. He quietly went to San
Fnnrisc, last night and married one of
the popular school teachers of this county,
Miss Jessie Dresser. They were married
by Dr. Hill al St. Stephen's church. They
l< fi to-day for a honeymoon Journey,
which will include Monterey and I^os An-
lea and extend over several weeks.
George L. Jenkins Dead.
MARYSYILI.K. July 27.— Word has been
received from Oakland that George L.
i Jenkins, the veteran mail route contrac
i tor and liveryman of this city, is dying
at that place. He had arranged for his
, funeral hi. re and named the secretary of
I his Masonic lodge, an old friend, as' the
person to read the burial service.
THE SAiN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1899.
MOST IMPORTANT
ALASKAN LANDMARK
The New Eddystone in the Mouth of Behm Canal, .as Pictured
by Vancouver in 1793 (Published in London, 1801).
r Pi:e Canadian claim that the framers of the Anglo-Russian treaty of i<>2r>, by which the boundary between what is
now Alaska and British America w;is fixed, substituted by mistake Portland canal for Behm canal, which lies some
thirty miles to the west, in defining the course of the boundary north from parallel .".4 degrees J" minutes to parallel 56 de
grees, can and no pood standing.
Thi very accurat ■ maps made by the explorer Vancouver, based on carefjul and extended surveys of the three chan
nels leading to the north from Dixon entrance, through which runs parallel 54 degrees 40 minutes, from which the bound
ary line "ascends t<> the north." and the pictured landmarks thereon, with full and definite description of each, left no
room for mistake on the part of the British treaty makers, who had all this data and had no >ther from English Bources
before them on which to base their agreement with Russia. Vancouver sailed into Observatory Inlet, the most eastern and
the shortest of the three arms of Dixon entrance running to the north, established an observatory station on the shore
and made personally a careful survey of thai Inlet and Portland canal, lying in xi to the west, and of Behm canal, still
farthest west, which he found only encircled an island and did not extend Into the mainland at all. He found Portland
canal, which he named in honor of the noble family of Bentinck, to be aboui seventy miles long and to reach nearly to
parallel r.i degrees north i~.i degrees 15 minutes-he put It), ending in a long marsh, which he did noi explore. Behm canal,
which was named In honor of the Russian Commodore Behm, who had been very kind to them in Kamschatka some
years I .tore, he put down ; i^ running up to parallel 56 degrees 30 minuses, then southwest again Into Clarence Strait at
parallel 55 minutes, mapping and describing it in terms which in no sensi allow the fitting to it of the language
used In the treatj of 1825, which says that from parallel 56 degrees 40 minutes "the said line shall ascend to the north
along the channel called Portland canal as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the fifty-sixth degree of north
latitude."
In t he fa f Vancouver's maps and pictures and descriptions thereof the Canadians will have to abandon the Behm-
Portland changeling story.
CANADA MAY NOT BE
CONSULTED IN SETTLEMENT
OTTAWA, July 27.— Fir Charles '
Tupper and Senator David Mills,
Minister of Justice, in interviews
with The Call correspondent, in
dicate that whatever may be the
hope of compromise in I^ndon and
Washington there la none here, and
whatever compromise may be accepted
by <ir*;it Britain, short of the cession
of Pyramid Harbor and a twenty-mil.'
strip back to th,- undisputed Canadian
territory, will have t<> be forced down
Canada's throat.
Washington, July 27.— sir Wilfrid '
NOTORIOUS SAFE
ROBBER CAPTURED
Enrique Rivere Landed
in Jail.
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LEADER OF A FAMOUS BAND
STOLE A SAFE AT MARIEL AND
DIVIDED THE COIN.
—•—
Says the Theft Was Planned by
Major Acosta of the Cuban
Army, Who Said There
Was No Danger.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
HAVANA, July 27.— Chief of Police
i Gallo of Guanajay has captured Enrique
Rivere, the ringleader of the banditti en
gaged in the recent safe robbery at Ma- :
riel. Rivere was taken in a ruined build
ing on a plantation in the neighborhood of j
Guanajay. In telling his story the bandit :
< hief says he was ask^d by Major Jose
1 Arnsta of the Cuban army to help raid
Marie], and was told that there was no
danger in the enterprise.
Acosta, according to Rlvere's tale, took :
him to the Cuban barracks, where the i
: plot was arranged with Sergeant Formin
of Acosta's regiment and five or six oth
ers. Arms were supplied the men and the
telegraph wires were cut by order 6f
i Acosta.
The party arrived at Marie! at s o'clock
: in the evening, and all hands assisted in
carrying the safe Home distance away,
where it was opened' with an axe. each
1 man helping himself to some of the money
it con tain c a.
On their return the party arrived at the
Cuban quarters in Guanajay at '■'• o'clock
In the morning. Rivere says thai he de
livered a portion of the money be had
st cured to Acoata and some to Major Hul
ner, and h« believed that others of tht
party gave money to Bulner.
win n the first man concerned in the
mid was arrested Acosta ordered all tin
; members of the band to get as far away
from Guanajay as possible.
Riven also says that Acosta stole many
mules and horses and also had a plan to
fob the hotel at Guanajay.
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SUED.
Monterey and Fresno Railway Al- j
leges Breach of Contract.
MpNTEREY, July 27.— The Monterey
and Fresno Railway Company of Califor
nia has. through Its president. A. W.
Jones, brought action in the Superior ;
J Court of ' Monterey County against the j
California Construction Company of San!
Francisco for $1517 81, and interest from !
March 1. 1889, which it is alleged is the I
preliminary to other actions involving
over $250,000 which the railroad company i
and Eastern parties will al once begia
; against the California Construction Com- I
1 pany for violation of contract and for
; feiture of bonds.
In November last the California Con
struction Company entered into a con- i
tract with the railroad company to build 1
Laurier'a reply, "I know nothing ahuut
that," ti> The Call correspondent's re
quest yesterday that he discuss the
proposition to give Canada a free port
nn Lynn Canal, has been much dis
cussed here, and there is some differ
ence nf "pinion as t" what interpreta
tion ought to be put upon it. 1;' Sir
Wilfrid meant it to be understood as
declaring that he really knew- nothing
about the pending negotiations between
the State Department and the British
Embassy in Washington it Is'very sip;
nifn ant and shows that Lord Sails
and equip the latteVa proposed railroad
from Monterey to Hollister by July 1. IS9O.
and the construction company, through
Its president, < '. R. Eag»r, signed a bond
for liquidated damages of 1100,000 In ease
of non-fulfillment of contract. The limit
of time having expired 'he railroad com
pany is now taking action and the litiga
tion will, it is asserted, develop many
facts in connection with tin 1 enterprise.
which has hung lire for tin.' past six years.
BURIED SITTING IN
HER FAVORITE CHAIR
Mrs. George S. Norton Interred in
Strict Accordance With Her
Dying Wishes.
PAWLING, N. V.. July 27.— Mrs. ''.•■'■rue :
S. Norton was interred flu's afternoon in
Pawling Cemetery iv stricl accord with j
her strange dying wishes. The body, ■
Be&ted in her favorite rocking-chair and
Inclosed in a great square box of whife
chestnut, resembling a large family ice- |
chest, was borne from the bouse to the
grave in one of Mr. Norton's wagons. The
vehicle had anything but a funeral aspect,
for the hody was of a rich green hue ami
tile wheels brilliant yellow, with a striping
■>t the same bright colors all over the
wagon.
"Stub" Bennett, one of Mr. Norton's
employes, who had been chosen to drive
the wagon, appeared in his every-day
working clothes, and the only somber
touch to the whole was furnished by J. if.
Pearce, the undertaker, who sat beside >
Bennett, clad in the customary dress of
his office.
The chair was draped with a white silk j
coverlet with blue figures, which had been i
worked by Mrs. Norton's grandmother
and which she desired to have buried with
her.- In her lap was a strawberry shrub.
the only flower displayed, and a heavy ;
white cloth was draped over head and I
bust during the service.
At the grave the ropes became entan
gled, and Mr. Norton cut them to save
time. Then a lot of earth displaced by
workmen's feet had to be shoveled out of
the grave to allow the bluestone slab with
which the vault was to be sealed to be;
lowered to its level three feet below the '•
soil and cemented.
OLYMPIA WILL LEAVE
TRIESTE NEXT TUESDAY
Dewey's Health Is Greatly Improved.
Funeral of Sailor Isaac
Rack.
Special Cable to The (Sail and the New ?ork
M«m I.! Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gor
don Bennett.
TRIESTE, July 27.— Admiral Dewey.
whom 1 saw this morning on board the
Olympia. is much improved since he came
to Trieste. He eamt ashore for a driv
this afternoon.. Some of the officers of
the Olympia have' gone to Venice and
others Into the interior.
The funeral of Isaac Rack, a sailor of
the Olympia, who di»-<] in the hospital
j here, takfs place to-morrow morning with
! military honors. The Olympia pails on
, Tuesday.
Aeronaut Drowned.
HINSDALE, Mich.. July 27.— Bert Kim
ball, an aeronaut of North Adams. Mich..
was drowned this irfternoon at Bawbees
Park. His parachute dropped in the mid
dle of Bawbees I>ake.
LATE SHIPPING JVrEI.LIGEXCE.
ARRIVEP.
Thursday, July 27.
Pfhr Nettie Low, Low, 5 hours from Point
Reyes.
Si hr f'onflanza, Ohristensen. 5 days from Co
nuille River.
Schr Repeat, Olsen, 5 days from fVUlapa
Hurbor.
bury ha§ taken the matter entirely out
1 f the hands of the Colonial ( )ffico.
It is thought highly improbable that
the British Government is pursuing
this course and the general disposition
la to interpret Kir Wilfrid's reply aa
■in evasion of a dirt, t answer to the
question. Though it is evident from
Sir Wilfrids discussion ,>f the subject
of arbitration that he is still inclined
to stand up fnr the Canadian conten
tion that the entire boundary line ques
tion should be submitted to arbitration.
it is believed that he will eventually
asquiesce with por.d gra<-e in such set
tlement as may be reached by his home
(Jc.-vernm.-nt and the United States.
SEVENTH SUIT
BY DEPOSITORS
Union Bank Affairs in a
Hopeless Tangle.
NO END TO THE LITIGATION
PROCEEDINGS NOW BROUGHT ON
ASSIGNED CLAIMS.
Under Present Conditions Years Will
Elapse Bafore the Patrons of
the Institution Get
Their Money.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
SAX JOSE. July 27.-I,uix Argues, B. S. |
Hurlhurt. F. F. Brttton, H. T. Besae and \
C. \v. Ohilds. the executive committee of
the depositors of the Tnion Savings Bank,
to-day began another suit against that
hanking Institution. It is brought on the
assigned claims of about 700 depositor*
against the Union Savings Bank for about
$320,1)06, ranging in amounts from $20 to
nearly that many thousands. J. R. Welch
is the attorney. The complaint states
the defendants have demanded this money j
but have failed to obtain any of it.
This is the seventh suit brought by the
organized depositors, and the c.nd is nr»i
yet. Another suit is shortly to be filed
and others are being considered. Besides,
! the stockholders a week ago decided to
investigate the affairs of the bank with
i view to placing criminal charges against
some of the old board of directors.
Nearly six months have elapsed sine.'
the Union Savings Bank closed its doors.,
and toe depositors have not yet received
one cent. A ." per cent dividend has been
promised on their accounts in August by
the directors. Judgment has been ob
tained against a number of the small
stockholders for their pro* Fata liability,
but this will be appealed. At the rate the
settlement is going on. years will elapse
before the depositors will receive . more
than a very small part uf their savings.
No attention lias been paid by the
stockholders to the $10 a share assessment
levied, and but two mi.-n have paid their
assessments, but t'-Vi going into the bank
from this source.
There is great dissatisfaction among
tin 1 depositors over the management of
the insolvent bank. President J. W. Rea.
who owes the bank $50(10. has not paid this
indebtedness, nor have Directors Simpson
and Dunlop paid the s^\>ral thousand, dol
lars they owe. There is no harmony in
the directorate, and President Rea. who
hvts been used to running polities, carries
things with a high hand.
STEAMER MISSING.
City of Chicago, With Fourteen Men
Aboard, Is Overdue.
SEATTLE. July 27.— A rumor which has
no.t yet been confirmed was in circulation
here to-day to the effect that the little
stern-wheeler City of Chicago, which
came to St. Michael for Cape Nome on
June 3 wan missing. She had not arrived
at her destination on July 1!>. She had
fourteen men on board. Sidney Perry of
San Francisco and a man named Smith of
Portland were said to be among them.
HELD CAPTIVE IN
MEXICAN DUNGEON
Justice Demanded for
H. C. Faulkner.
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UNCLE SAM TAKES UP CASE
INSISTS THAT HE BE TRIED AT
ONCE.
The Prisoner Accused of Responsi
bility for the Drowning of
Two Men in El Oro
Mine.
Special Dispatch to The. Call.
REDWOOD CITY, July 27.— The friends
of H. C. Faulkner at this place have just
received intelligence from the Department
[of State, Washington, that the American
Ambassador at the City of Mexico had
1 been given instructions to 'investigate
Faulkner's case and" bring about his
prompt trial or release on bond.'
Faulkner is the "American who was act-;
', ing as engineer at El Oro mine in Mexico
in June last when Superintendent Lloyd
! and another man were drowned in the
cage let down into the mine. He was
given orders to let the cage down until
. he received a signal to stop and a place
was marked on the indicator to which he
could lower the "cage with safety. He
lowered to this point, but on receiving no
signal suspected something wrong and
stopped the cage. Upon examination it
! was discovered that the superintendent
i had thrown the signal rope beyond reach
of the cage and that the cage was sub
merged in water and its occupants
drowned.
Faulkner was arrested and thrown into
a cell with persons of the most degraded
type. He was refused a hearing and could
get no satisfaction from the Embassador
at the City of Mexico. He Wrote to friends
at this place and also sent a statement of
his case to Secretary Hay at Washington.
His Redwood City friends interested
themselves in his behalf and wrote to the
! authorities at Washington. In answer to
a letter sent to Secretary Hay the^ollow
ing has been received:
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the 2d instant in relation to the im
prisonment in Mexico of H. C. Faulkner, an
American citizen. A letter dated the l!U"h ulti
mo was received from" Mr. Faulkner. Kivins
j particulars of his case; also one dated the 30th
ultimo stating that no answer to his previous
. one had yet reached him. In reply to your
letter I have to Bay that this department has
this day written to Mr. Faulkner informing
him that on June 29 a letter was addressed to
1 him informing him that a copy of his letter
j of June 1:1 was sent to our Embaosador at
the City of Mexico, with instructions to investi
gate his case and report to this department,
' and meanwhile to ask for Mr. Faulkner's
I prompt trial or release on bond. Your obe
dient servant, DAVID .\ HILL.,
Assistant Secretary.
Additional information concerning the
; , cident for which Faulkner has been im
prisoned is iearned from a Mexican news
paper recently received. Faulkner had
been employed at El Oro mine but a short
time when the accident occurred. II. • was
not acquainted with the duties of an en
gineer at such a place. The authorities
claim that the deaths were due to criminal
carelessness, when Superintendent Lloyd
started to go down the shaft he told the
engineer that it would be Impossible to
live more than fifteen minutes at the bot
tom and to hold himself in readiness to
hols) the cage as soon as the signal was
given. The signal was not given and be
cause it was not Faulkner allowed the
cage to remain in the shaft several hours.
When the body of the superintendent was
taken home his wife weni hopelessly in
sane. Further advices are expected at
any time.
MURDERER LUETGERT
DIES IN HIS CELL
Chicag-o Wife-Slayer Succumbs to
Fatty Degeneration of the
Heart.
JOL.IET, 111.. July 27.— Adolph L. Luet
gert, the wealthy Chicago sausage maker.
who was serving a life sentence in the
[ penitentiary here for the murder of his
i wife, was found dead in his rell to-day.
Drs. Werner and O'Malley held a post
mortem examination. Dr. O'Malley says
Luetgen died from fatty degeneration of
the heart. Dr. O'Malley found that the
heart was surrounded by a preat mass of
fat. and that it was really surprising,
considering the condition of the heart,
that death had not come long before this.
The trial of Luetgeri in Chicago at
tracted wide attention and was one of the
most sensational in the history of the
State I,uetgert was charged with hav
ing murdered his wife in the basement of.
his factory and cooked the body in a vat.
The prosecution had but a few small
bones as evidence that its theory was
correct, but obtained a conviction and a
life sentence.
Reception to the Boston.
VAL.LEJO, July 27. -The Merchants' As
sociation has start.'.! a movement t<> pive
ih, Boston a rousing welcome on her
arrival here. At a meeting last evening
a cnmmittip consisting of Messrs. S. Dan
nenbaum. Campbell, R«p. Huasey, I'r.s
sey Lynch and Devlin was appointed to
make arranpemonts. Various plans wre
suggested, but it was finally decided t"
have a public reception and parad* on the
day of arrival, with a pmoker and vaude
ville entertainment for tho er. w and a
banquet to the officers in the evening-.
Back From the Klondike.
STANFORD IT' I VKRSITY. July 27.—
Stuart Cotton, Stanford '98, visit. -it ;he
aniversity to-day. He lias just returned
from the Klondike, where he was quite
successful in the waj of (incline nuggets.
Cotton was captain and fullback on tne
victorious varsity football tfam of 1597.
He left for the Klondike lust after his
(graduation, ami reports seeing Nat Carle,
th.' famous guard of Stanford teams, in
Juneau, Alaska.
Santa Clara Mine Improvements.
PLACBRVILLE, July 27.— Hayward &
l.ane. who recently bonded the Santa
Clara mine near Kelsey from McGraw &
(•,. for $30,000, are erectinß a Bteam. hoist
and pumping plant and making all the
necessary arrangements for a systematic
and thorough exploitation of the prop
erty. The mine is a mother lode property
an>i very high-grade ore was found in the
bottom of the 50-foot shaft recently sunk.
Fowler Elected Commander.
SAN LT'IS OBISPO, July 27.— The On
tral California Veteran Association has
dosed its third annual encampment at
Arroyo Grande. J. P. Fowler of San
Luis Obispo was elected commandi
the ensuing year: R. R. Kirkpatrick of
Kstrella. senior vice commander: G. A.
John of Arroyo Grande, junior vice com
mander.
Missing From San Rafael.
th>- foftndation of a building in the Forbes
Addition. Last Tuesday at 10:30 o'clock
in the mornniK he f|int work and riisap
peared. leaving hi* coat and lunch bucket
behind.
British Columbia Official Besigns.
VANCOUVER, I?. C, July 27.-A private
telegram from Victoria Bay's: Hon. Joseph
Martin. Attorney General, has resigned
both his ofHce and seat in Parliament as
a result of a Government caucus, last
night.
Marysville "Merchant Dead.
MARYBVIL.LE. July 27.— X. Schneider,
who died in San Francisco this afternoon.
was a pioneer business man of the city.
A widow and large family survive liim.
The obsequies will be held in San Fran
cisco.
Will Waive Extradition.
SEATTLE. July 27.— William Armstrong
stated to a reporter to-night that he had
df-cidod to waive extradition and that he
was ready to return to Chicago.
MOVE OF THE
FISH COMBINE
Would Buy All Outside
Canneries.
A HARDSHIP TO FISHERMEN
MEANS AN END TO THEIR RICH
PROFITS.
The Deal Is Being Engineered by A.
B. Hammond — Cold-Storage
Companies Unwilling to
Get in Line. , .
Special Dispatch to The Cm!!.
A.STORIA, Or., July 27.— A report is
current here thaj A. B. Hammond, presi
dent of the Astoria and Columbia River a
Road Company, is in Portland at present^
endeavoring to bring about an amalga
mation of all the Ashing interest? ol
Lower Columbia. <>f course this rumor
eai*not be verified, for the deal is being
secretly consummated, .but it is pretty
gem rally belies ed in this city.
Early in the yen Mr. Hammond engi
neered a scheme whereby several of iMo
packers of this i ity combined. It w:is
; proposed by the promoters to get all the
packing bouses on the tower m'.r into the
combine, hut their expectations were not
realized, for only about one-third of the
canners were induced to go Into th-- at
tempted monopoly. The combination waa
i regarded here as an effort to control tho
immense Industry, the output of which
i amounts to nearly tour millions oJC dollars
i annually, and then to reduce the uric.' ot
, raw matt-rial. Had the plan opi
' successfully fhe 1000 fishermen who Hvj
in Astoria might to-d|iy be working for
Jl a (Jay instead of receiving from o to S
cents a pound for their salmon.
The cord storages have been a thorn in
the side of the combine. They have of"
fi-rerl l (••■in a pound more than has been
offered by the packers, and in i onse
i quence have received the tish taken by
t hi- glll-netters, or individual fishermen.
! In Ihe East frozen Balmon brings 25
! cents a pound, while the canners i
a price which enables them to pay not
; more than 5 cents, although they an pay
| ing OV2 cents this season owing to the
scarcity of tish.
Realizing the utter impossibility ot
I forming an effective combine without get
' ting the cold storages Into the deal, an
effort is now being made to buy up all the
; canneries not now in the combine an- 1
also the cold storage plants, if this can
be done the combine will be complete and
i the trust will be able to dictate its qwn
■ price for salmon. The amount ol capi
! tal necessary to purchase this interest
would be very great but tin- promoters
of the scheme have ample backing. Lo
cally the effort is regarded seriously, and
I the impression prevails tha4 if the Seal ia
successfully carried out the rich harvest
! of the fishermen will !>>• over. Were the
j run of tish good at the present time rhe
boats could easily average 750 pound ■) a.
night, for which each would recelvt
This amount would be divided between
two men. Should the gigantic comhino
he effected the fishermen will pro!
> engage In the canning and cold storage
1 business for themselves. One outside
cannery or cold storage might kill the
trust by rendering it incomplete.
FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A WIFE.
Groom Sued for the Money by the
Bride's Parents.
PORTLAND. Or., . July Joseph
I Rooks, a Hlllsboro bridegroom, has toler
: ably early in the game found married life
to be something else besides a dream of
! bliss. He is now the defendant in a suit
i brought by his bride's parents for $50 al
leged to be due, for their; consent to the
union. The young wornim was under age
when she and Rooks made known their
passion and was putting in some pretty
good licks on the. home farm.. Her parents
were.loth to part with her valuable;serv
ices, but "Rooks, with genuine, chivalry.,
stepped in and agreed to square matters,
offering to compensate the old folks for
their prospective loss, which they ap
praised at $50. The wedding then was
allowed to proceed.
That was last November. - Having got
the girl. Rooks must have thought better
of the matter, for the plaintiffs allege
i that he has paid no part of the $50 and!
pray the court for a judgment against
him in that amount.
LOSS OF APPETITE!
LOSS OF ENERGY!
LOSS OF STRENGTH!
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