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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21
WILL TRAVERSE CANADA,
A TRANS CONTINENTAL RAILROAD
PROJECTED BY ENGLISH
CAPITALISTS.
IT Is THOUGHT CONSTRUCTION
WORK WILL BE UNDER WAY
NEXT YEAR.

VICTORIA, B. c., Oct. 2O.-The pros
poets for the British Pacific Railway. pro-
jected to cross British Columbia and the
Northwest Territories couple of hundred
miles north of the Canadian Pacific, have
frightened considerably through the visit
of a representative of the British capital
lists who K is announced, have entered
into contract which will result in actual
construction being commenced early next
year. This will be conditional on the
province of British Columbia and the city
OF Victoria giving certain assistance in the
shape of guarantee of interest on bonds
or otherwise, which, having been in con-
temptation for number of years, it is ex-
pected will be granted without hesitation.
The representative now here is Lafayette
H. de Frese of Steele, de Friese & Dick
son, New York and London. He has been
in conference here with r. P. Rithet, the
principal promoter of the road, with whom
De Friese and other representatives of cap
ital will hold further conferences in San
Francisco shortly
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JOHN 7. Barry GONE.
A Widely known Newspaper Nan Died
From Effects of Liquor and Nor

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Oct. 20.-John T.
on the coast, was found dying IN his bed
at midnight last night. His name is
known from one end OF the State to the
other as printer and writer. Fifteen
years ago he was proprietor OF the San
Francisco Monitor and was man of some
means, but he liked liquor and this
led to a considerable extent to his dropping
out of the literary arena and devoting him
self to the composltor's case. He coll
Quoted Job printing office in this city for
a number of years and sold out his plant
to parties who established daily paper.
For the past week Barry had been drink
ing heavily. On Saturday morning he
went home and taking large dose of NOR
phine went to bed. He never regained
consciousness, but died soon after being
found. His wife, to whom he had been
married thirty years. had been threaten
his intimate friends that Barry had heard
that the papers were already drawn up.
They believe that this may have had some
thing to do with his taking the poison.
Aside from this there IS no apparent mo-
tive for his taking his life, unless it was
general dependency, superinduced by too
much drink.
1t was his love for liquor that led to the
trouble between himself and his wife, and
it is said that the ground upon which the
suit was to have been brought was cruelty.
Mrs. Barry has been away from home for
two or three weeks, and il is thought it
was not her intention 20 have returned to
the house where her husband lived.
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CARP|N TER|A'S WILD MAN
THE ROAMING MANIAC AN ESCAPE
FROM A MINNESOTA
ASYLUM.
BELIEVED TO BE THE PERSON WHO
TERRORIzED OJAI VALLEY
CAMPERS.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Oct. 20.-A
wild man who has been living in the hills
back OF Carpinteria and causing a reign of
terror among the inhabitants was driven to
seek shelter from the recent storm and
was captured and brought here, where he
was given short sentence for vagrancy.
The man talks wildly and disconnectedly.
and states that he is an escaped inmate of
the State insane asylum at Rochester,
Mimi. where he was confined for three
years, having succeeded in getting away
three months ago. A coat that he wea rs
has the asylum stamp and bears out his
story. He claims to be resident of Fari-
bault, Mimi, and states that his two
fathers, Dutton and Charles Moses, reside
in that place. The authorities here have
communicated with the Rochester Insane
Asylum officials and the result of their in
quiry will be awaited with interest.
Speculation is.rife as to whether this is
not the wild man of the Oiai Valley, who
terrified campers in the Matilda this sum-
mer by poking poles through tent sides at
midnight and by other crazy capers.
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WATS0KYiLLE rs LIVELY.
Center of Trade for fine Fruit and
Manufacturer of Beet
Suo0r

WATSONVILLE, CAL, Oct. 20.-One of
the best and liyeliest towns in the State,
and where the hard times seems to have
affected it the least, is the town of Watson
vile. Here is centered the entire trade of
the Paiaro Valley, one of the most fertile
of the State, and where the famous straw
berries, the largest sugar beets and the
best vegetable and orchard products grow
In this city is situated the largest sugar
beet factory in the State, and consequently
the cultivation of the sugar beet is one Of
the principal industries of the farmers of
this section. The crop this year is espe-
cially large, and sight worth witnessing
in tie early mornings is the procession of
immense wagons loaded with beets at the
factory gate. 1t gives one an idea of the
marvellous size of Pajaro's leading in
duStrv.
Thursday, October Is, was payday for
beets. Up to =. NJ. on that day the fac
tory had run 9l7 hours. had mulled 81, Isl
tons of beets and packed 4420 tons of sugar
The sugar made TO date would require for
the shipment OF it at least 400 broad gauge
cars.
The packing-houses in jacksonville are
packing large quantities of apples for the
Eastern market. This industry is reach
ing marvellous proportions and shipments
are being made daily.
The prune crop is also very large this
year ana the prunes are of larger size and
quite plentiful.
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WHO MADE THE COMPLAINT IS A
MATTER OF CONJECTURE
AT PRESENT.
TO DIVERT AN APPROPRIATION
THAT Is SAID TO BE THE CHIEF
ITEM IN THE ALLEGED
WRONG DOING.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Oct. 20.-The dis
patch to THE CALL stating that charges
had been preferred to Governor Budd
against the directors of the Sixth District
Agricultural Association, under whose
auspices the fair will be held next week,
has created almost a sensation here from
the fact that the Governor refused to di-
vulge the nature of the charges and pro-
posed coming to Los Angeles to make a
personal investigation.
Several of the directors were seen to-
day, and although they were in possession
of the document reciting the charges
made against them or knew the nature Of
them, they refused positively to say any,
thing for publication. Who has brought
the charges is a matter of conjecture, but
a gentleman in position to know most OF
the facts said to your correspondent to-
night:
Heretofore the Legislature has made
an appropriation OF $4,000 year toward the
expenses of the district fairs, and the fairs
have been held under State jurisdiction.
This year Governor Budd vetoed the bill
passed for the fairs, with the exception OF
the amount set aside for the State Fair at
Sacramento, on the grounds of economy.
The directors OF these fairs are appointed
and serve without pay, and it is obligatory
on the Governor to appoint two each year
on November l, or as near that date as
possible. There are at present none OF
Governor Budd's appointees on the board
the same directors serving in previous
years holding over.
The directors now are: J. c. Newton
George Kinds, H. H. Wiley. f. T. Wright
d. q. Stevens, r. r. Brown, Sam n. An.
drous and General Barrett. The main
charges brought against these gentlemen
is using their office to divert the appropria
ton made by the State TO their own
pockets, or technically speaking, misappro
priation of the State funds, the alleged
acts having been committed prior TO Gov
ernor Budd's Inauguration. am pleased
to say that no cha rges have been preferred
against Hon. Sam y. Androus, State Sena
tor from Pomona, nor against General Bar
rett. The Governors investigation will NJ
doubt lead to some interesting results.
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THE LASH APPLIED WHILE SHE
WAS WITH HER ASSAIL-
ANTS HUSBAND.
SEQUEL OF A DIVORCE CASE
MISS LORD ACCUSED OF ALIEN
ATING THE AFFECTIONS OF
LEADY.

PORTLAND, Or, Oct. 20-Mrs. Grace
f. Leady, wife of prominent East Port
land restauranteur, last night horse
whipped Miss Eta Lord her husbands
cashier. In explanation the wife alleges
that her husband devoted more attention
to Miss Lord than to her.
Mrs. Leady, accompanied by her little
son, went to San Francisco last May and
has since been living there with relatives.
Some time ago Leady instituted suit for
a divorce from his wife on the ground of
desertion. Mrs. Leady returned here a
few days ago, and last night she armed
herself with a whip and walked down
Grand avenue to the restaurant, arriving
there just as Mr.. Leady and Miss Lord
emerged from the clearinghouse TO get on
streetcar.
Mrs. Leady lost no time in making use
OF her whip, which she piled vigorously on
the mead, face and back of the pretty
young woman. Miss Lord made her es-
cape after she had received six or seven
singing blows.
The Leadys have been in very good
standing on the east side, and this scan.
dalous affair is causing endless gossip.
The hearing of the divorce case some time
during the week promises unsavory de-
velopments.
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The dead mans name is either John
Ford or John Monroe. Nothing of his
past is known. He came to Fowler few
days ago. and has been picking grapes on
a vineyard near town. The affair occurred
in a saloon called the Blue Wing, which
was crowded with men at the time. Every
one was drunk, from barkeeper down.
Therefore definite particulars were secured
with difficulty.
Late tonight Constable Henry arrested
J. III. Hawkins in Chinatown, in this city.
as the man who gave the whisky to Mon
roe. Hawkins frankly admitted that he
was the man who had given Monroe the
whisky. He said that he was coming
through on the freight train from Tulare
and at a saloon in Selma he bought the
whisky which proved the fatal drink to
Monroe. He disclaims any knowledge of
the whisky containing poison. Hawkins
is laboring man, about rs years of age.
1t appears that Monroe had been in the
saloon carouslng with others during the
afternoon, and was in much the worst con-
dition. At 3 o'clock the northbound freight
train arrived, and spent three-quarters of
an hour switching. Hawkins, who came
on the train and claimed to be a brake
man, went over to the Blue Wing saloon.
He had been drinking, and Immediately
joined in the carousal. He got in with
Monroe, and the two had several drinks
together.
They were having good time together
for about half an hour when the trainman
pulled out from his coat pocket a pint
flask, apparently containing whisky. He
grabbed Monroe's head with his right hand
and held it back while with the other hand
he placed the flask to Monroe's mouth and
poured the contents down his throat.
Monroe was so stupid with drink that he
made no resistance and drank the fluid
down.
Monroe second later reeled against the
bar and fell on the floor. The drunken
crowd thought it great sport and had a
long, loud laugh, thinking that Monroe
had fallen from the effects of too much
drink. But when they went to help him
to his feet they found that he was in a Sc
rious condition. This sobered the crowd
somewhat and emetics were poured down
Monroe's throat. Nothing was of any
avail and he died few moments later.
AS soon as Hawkins had given Mon
roe the fatal drink he disappeared and
rode out with the train. which left shortly
afterward.
Monroes mouth and tongue were badly
blistered, and it is thought the whisky in
the flask contained carbolic acid. No motive
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SEAL CATCH OF THE SEASON

Canadian Tesseis Report Profitable
Run ia Bering Sea.
VICTORIA, B. c., Oct. 20.-The pelagic
sealers' catch in Boring Sea this year has
been by many thousands the largest on
record, and sealing men are at loss to
understand how the Governor of Alaska
came to report that the operations of
British sealers have been failure.
Canadian vessels this year took Y, 500
skins from all quarters, against 94474 last
year, but the decrease is attributed solely
to the bad weather of the spring, when
vessels operating on the British Colum bia
and Asiatic coasts alike found it impos-
sibe to lower their small boats for hunt
ing except on very few days of the
season. Forty-fve Canadian vessels went
into Boring Sea when the season opened
in August, and their total catch there was
80, 750 skins, against a total of 26, 341 last
year, which then was the best on record
Owners are naturally well pleased with
the result of Boring Sea operations, which
saved the season from being one of financial
disaster,
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NEWS OF MARE ISLAND /.
DECREASING THE MECHANICAL
FORCE AT THE NAVY
YARD.
NEW CRUISER TO BE BUILT-THE
BOSTON Now READY TO Go
INTO OOMMIssION.

VALLEJO, CAL, Oct. 20.-Unless the
cruiser Baltimore shall arrive from the
Asiatic station in a short time the force at
the navy-yard will continue to decrease as
it has during the week past. On Satur-
day afternoon fifteen men employed in the
construction department were discharged
for lack of work.
The Adams is lying in the stone dry
dock, but will be out within few DAYS.
Her destination for the winter will he
north. Her running rigging is pretty well
in place and her crew will soon be selected.
The Boston is nearly ready for her crew.
The cruiser is now in first-class condition
and will probably be sent to Honolulu.
a new caisson is to be built at the ward
for the stone dock. The plans are now
being made for the same. 1t was at one
time thought the caisson would be built by
contract, but the good and rapid work
accomplished on the new tug was such
that it resulted in orders being issued for
tho work to be done at Mare Island.
Repairs will be done on the monitor
Monterey before she leaves the yard
The Ranger, after an absence of a num-
Der of months on the lower coast. will ar
rive at the yard the first of this week for
repairs.
Inc Marion Is awaiting orders, which
are expected to send her to the South
American coast.
Ten thousand dollars will be expended
dredging the waterfront preparatory to
the erection of coalsheds.
The Hartford has been hauled to the
wharf near the ferry slip and a force of
men are still employed on her. The offices
of the assistant naval constructors have
been moved to the construction building,
a rn1f rx-hn HOY ror tua
their personal supervision to the repairs
on the Old flagship
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WISE on "HoNEsTo MONEY.
The Collector Enlightens Porflanders on
CdLifornia,s AttitIde.

The Collector EnIightens Porflanders on
CdLfornia's 1ttitttde.
PORTLAND, Or, Oct. 20.-Hon. John
II. Wise, San Franchises Collector of Cas-
toms, is here. Regarding politics in Cali
fcrnia he believes that they are in a healthy
condition and that everything is pointing
to Democratic victory at the next election.
1.-The reelection of A. a. Watkins as
chairman of the committee of 49," he
said, sis regarded with great satisfaction
by all the Democrats, and it is the hope
that the committee will be reorganized in
the interests of the people and that entire
harmony will prevail. There will be no split
in the party, and it will reflect in high
degree public sentiment.
so far IS the financial question is con-
cerned, California may be safely counted
for honest money. The free silver heresy
may fool some who do not understand the
question, but the intelligent people recog
nlZe that, while silver should hold place
and be free as possible, it always will be
subordinate to gold basis.
The Chinese question is one of the per-
piexltles to be commended with, but it is
well in hand in San Francisco. While
formerly there was an average OF 500 or
1OU0 Chinese coming OH each steamer,
there are now not fifty. A good deal of
trouble is had with these Chinese who
claim to have been born in the United
States. 1t is remarkable how many of
this character have lately sprung up. We
have arranged a test in this matter, sub
mitted on decision by Judge Field given
some years ago. Attorney General Har-
mon has consented to make this a test
case, and we have selected Chinese who
it is admitted is a native born. He is a
cook, and on his return was denied land
ing, and, under the agreement made, the
case is to be appealed to the Supreme
Court OF the United States for final deter
mination''
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would be small affair by comparison. At
this lower level found a "streak" of high
grade ore twelve feet wide on the footwall
sparkling with sulphurets and carving
large percentage of galena. In much of
this ore free gold can be seen in the sui
phurets and the galena is rich in silver.
The entire width of twelve feet is said to
average S25 per ton, and the entire vein at
this level 81 per ton. Some of the ASSAYS
of the sulphurets run over $1,000 ton.
Comparing the Esperanto with other
mother lode mines, William I. Robinson,
the superintendent says: THE outcrop or
surface quartz of the Ezperanza. in point
of richness, is unprecedented. 1t is usual
to find but a trace of gold on the groupings
of the great mother lode mines, and it is
often found necessary to sink hundreds of
feet before encounterlng quartz that will
pay for milling. In the case OF the Eureka
mine, at Suffer Creek, only 50 so per ton
was Welded the first 400 feet in depth. and
yet this famous old property put in circu-
lation over $15,000,000 Again, the Gwin
mine encountered only low-grade ore for
$50 or 400 feet in depth, but between the
400 and 900 foot levels produced ore worth
$40 ton. The Kennedy mine, at Jackson,
was sunk on and worked to the depth of
600 feet on lowgrade ore, and finally
shut down because it would not
pay Subsequently it was reopened
by the present Kennedy Company, and
after sinking to the 9O0-foot level has paid
an average of SIS per ton. The adjoining
mine to the Kennedy, the Oneida, has paid
$40, Ooo, 600 to SIS, 100000 in its day. The
Keystone mine at Amador City can show
a balance-sheet of $10,oOO,OOO and is yet
producing. The Utica mine of Angels
Camp, supposed to be on the same lode as
the Esperanza, shows net gain OF 5000. 900
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per month. The Zelie mine of Jackson
has been in operation for seventeen years,
and although it has record of only about
$4 SO to So per ton has paid regular divi-
dends. These are only few of the pay
ing mines of the great northern zone.
Not one of them could be bought to-day,
as they are not for sale at any price, and
not one of them, at the depth of the pres
ent workings of the Esperanto. can COM
pare with it in value of the quartz nor in
quantity of paying ledge matter"
The Esperanza mine is so fortunately
located that mining and milling may be
carried on at the minimum of cost. Tim
Der is abundant on the property of the
company and on the ad jacent mountains.
Abundance of water for power flows by
the mine in the Mokelumne River the
year round. The Mokelumne ditch is on
the brow of the mountain, 600 feet above
the mine, and with that tremendous pres
sure the company is able to create 125
horsepower with Pelton wheel and a
half-inch nozzle.
Under the new management all Improve
ments about the mine are being made in
irst-class style. The old twenty-stamp
mill has been overhauled and almost en-
tirely rebuilt, Frue concentrators added, a
Pelton wheel put in. and it will be crush
ing ore by the 1st of November 1t is ex-
pected the returns from the mill will pay
all expenses of the mine and for perma-
nent perpendicular working shaft, which
will be begun as soon as the present sur
face work outlined is completed.
The company has just completed fine
new office building and will build cottages
for the men as they are needed. There is
clearinghouse, a bunk-house, stable and
all the necessary buildings. The force of
men at present employed is about forty,
which will be largely increased in the near
future. There is no trouble when payday
comes at the Esperanto mine. The money
is always ready, and Mr.. Ely pays cash for
everything the moment it is due. Mo-
kelumne Hill is already beginning to feel
the good effects of the work being done at
this mine. and when the prospecting stage
is past and tw or three hundred stamps
are running on good pay ore the camp will
be as lively and prosperous as Angels
under the domination of the ''other Utica. !"
A j. BROOKS
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Mokelumne Hill. This mine has long
been known as the Boston and has had a
chequered career, having had many own
ers and been worked and abandoned
numerous times. At the present time the
principal owner is Hon. s. P. Ely, and
with abundant capital and good manage
ment the merit of the mine is being proved
to the satisfaction of all. Those having
the best knowledge of the past history of
the mine have always contended that it
would pay if worked economically on a
large scale, but that it was distinctly a
Iow-grade proposition. The developments
of the first year show a remarkable i'm
provement in the quality of the ore, even
at the depth of 100 feet, with no diminu-
ton in the quantity, and if the samples
shown mean fair average and the reports
of assay value are true, large part of the
vein is of much higher grade than the
Utica, even at the 1000-foot level.
The Esperanto claim is 4700 feet in
length by 600 feet wide. The work done
on it is mostly in a deep canyon short
distance from the Mokelumne River. The
facilities for tunneling are excellent, there
being 1873 feet of vertical backs above the
the hanging wall slate. The tunnels run
in on the vein, there being en- open cross
cut on the hillside exposing the vein and
showing it to be nearly 100 feet wide. 1t is
claimed the entire mass of vein matter
above the tunnel level is low-grade ore
and will pay to mill. The lowest tunnel is
in 800 feet and the vein crosscut in two
places, showing it to be from thirty to
seventy feet wide, stratified with several
distinct veins, with gouge between each
and varying in richness. At the tunnel
level the ore is all practically mill rock,
and at the bottom OF winze sunk forty
FIVE feet from this level, ana where cross
cut was run, the general average value for
forty-five feet was SIS per ton, and rich
streak encountered, nine feet wide, that
averaged S65 per ton. A marked change
was visible even at this shallow depth in
the character and quality of the ore, the
percentage OF sulphurets increasing and
their value multiplying several times.
A prospecting shaft has been sunk 100
feet below the tunnel level, and in a drift
and crosscuts from the bottom OF the shaft
the true character and magnitude of the
vein is best illustrated. There are millions
OF tons of low-grade ore above this level,
and thousands of tons of high-grade ore,
but the value OF the mine is still nearly all
below. Should the improvement continue
In the same ratio to the 1000 level as it has
from the tunnel level to the bottom
OF the shaft the Utica bonanza
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INJURED BY A FILL.

George a. Williams of Rirerside Hurt at
Santa Monica.
SANTA MONICA, CAL, Oct. 2o.-George
A. Williams of Riverside, aged about 63
years, who was spending the day here fell
on an EN- oankment distance of twenty
feet whlle descending into the canyon.
Medical attendance was at once sI,m roonad
from the town and DR.. Lindsay answered
He found the man unconscious. suffer-
ing from conclusion of the brain and nro-
nounced his recovery doubtful. He i. at
Dillon's pavilion at the canyon, where
everything possible is being done.