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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-12

force of men at work building high board
fence around it. The buildings are to con-
warehouse and shed. There is to be also
tank 8 feet deep, 20 feet long and 10 feet
wide.
Mr. Pollock said yesterday:
$50 far the company starts out with
every encouragement. 1t has contracted
to supply about all the principal gas COM
panies on the coast and the Southern Pa
cific Railway Company with coal tar, and,
besides that, it will do an extensive bust
ness in the manufacture of building paper,
asphalt roofing and plaster slate, the last
mentioned being fire-proof coating pat
ented by Mr.. Watson. There will be quite
a number of men employed when the
works begin operating. This is the only
one institution of its kind on the coast"
| NJ street, between Eleventh and Twelfth
avenues, and Thirteenth avenue, between
! Railroad avenue and M street, are being
graded and macadamized at South Sar
Francisco.
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went on to say that after various English
experts had been deluded by the strategies
OF the alleged conspirators NJ. W. Murry
who in 1887 held the title to the mines,
arranged with an English agency to
organize corporation under the laws of
oregon: The corporation was organized
as the Alaska Gold Company and the capt.
tai stock was placed at So, 100000. Murry
decided the property to the company. The
owners received the $500, 600 in stock and
$i,50O,0OO OF first mortgage bonds. The
English agency was to sell the stock and
bonds and receive 6S5000 shares in COM
pensatlon. hurry and his friends man.
aged to receive $4,000 from the specula-
ton, and IN fact Murry appears to have
peen the prime mover in the whole affair.
Among the deluded purchasers of stock
IN Europe was A. G. Renshaw. He waited
three years for the fabulous profits which
MS enterprise was expected to develop.
Then he made an investigation and he
claims to have secured a confession that
the mines were sailed at the direction
and for the benefit of the defendants. The
confession described the most re markabie
conspiracy ever developed out OF mining
fraud
1t charged that the Sailing" operations
had been done under the immediate super
vision and direction of John Treadwell
\. A. Fuller and NJ. W. Murry. Rich
quartz from the nearby Treadwell mine
had been deposited in the pits CT the Bears
Nest group; the core from the diamond
drill had been treated with chloride of
gold, and various other Sailing" schemes
were alleged to have been perpetrated to
give the mines fictitious values.
The identity OF the persons who con-
trlbuted to this confession was not given,
except that Renshaw claimed that they
had knowledge of the fraud and of the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-12

OF labor is in q greater need of permanent re-
forms than ever in the history OF this country.
We have just passed through one of the great
est financial upheavals that ever occurred; the
cry of "hard times has been heard all over the
known world, and persons most affected are
the great masses composing the laboringaele-
ment of society. There are momentous ques-
tons arising at all times, which menace the
political safety of our country and which great
" perplex the most noted economists. Each
year presents new problems to be solved, any
and all of which particularly affect the labor
ing classes. L will be pleased to transmit any
information obtainable desired by you, and to
receive any practical suggestions and recon-
mendations either in person or by letter. | So
licit your personal consultation at any time,
particularly when important questions arise
which require thought and action. The of1ice
of the bureau is at 215 Sansome street; office
hours A. NJ. to 5 P. NJ. Respectfully yours,
Z. l.. FITZGERALD,
Commissioner of Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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ALASKA MINE SWINDLE,
New Developments Expected
in the Bears Nest Sem
SatiOn.
He Has Gone to the North to Secure
Some Very Important
Evidence.

Who made the confession upon which
A. G. Renshaw, the deluded English capt.
talist founded his sensational complaint IN
the great Bears Nest mine case?
Who are the witnesses, thus far silent,
who will tell for Renshaw with what mar
velous cunning and ingenuity the worth
less mines were sailed with chloride OF
gold and filled with rich quartz to deceive
the examining experts?
Charles Wheeler of the firm of CARRIER,
Boalt, Bishop & Wheeler quietly left for
British Columbia and Alaska few days
ago, and when he returns he will bring
with him the dispositions of fifty persons,
which will answer fully, it is expected, the
queries stated above.
The departure of Mr.. Wheeler and his
purpose involves a story as interesting as
the remarkable complaint filed by Rem
shaw one year ago this week in the Circuit
Court, in which he charged that the Bear S
Nest mines in Alaska had been freely
"salted" to delude him into investing in
them.
Attorney Wheeler planned his trip to
Alaska hurriedly, and few days ago left,
in company with his private secretary,
Archibald Treat, for the purpose, as stated,
of securing the dispositions of numerous
lishment of the sensational allegations IN
Renshaw's complaint.
II is nearly year since anything has
been said or written of this remarkable lit
igation now about to be publicly exploited
in the courts. Within that time various
matters have occurred and complications
arisen which throw new light upon the
case and affect materially several persons
included among the defendants.
To make these recent developments clear
it will be necessary to say something about
the origin of the great suit and about the
mysterious confession OF fraud which Rem
shaw claims to have in his possession.
On July last year A. Q. Renshaw Of
London, England, brought suit in the
Circuit Court against John T. Treadwell,
James Treadwell, Captain James Carroll,
NJ. W. hurry, n. A. Fuller OF Michigan
and George ]. Smith to recover $l45, 900
from the defendants. He alleged that they
had negotiated the sale of the Bears Nest
group of mines on Douglas Island, in
Alaska. through gigantic frauds; that they
had conspired to make the sale by placing
gold bearing rock from the rich Treadwell
mine in the worthless Bears Nest group,
and by treating the core from a diamond
drill with chloride of gold to suggest the
presence of valuable ore. The complaint
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-12
4 DEAD PAUPER CREMATED
An Exhibition of Incarceration
at the Odd Fellows
Cemetery.
VIEWED BY SUPERVISORS
Both Boards Of Health We're Present
at the Cremation-Sanita
Conditions.

An exhibition of incineration was given
in the new crematorium in Odd Fellows
Cemetery yesterday morning in the pres
ence of about 200 guests. Of this number
at least half were physicians from various
parts of the State, who exhibited consider
able interest in the incenerating process.
The members of the old and new Boards of
Health were present, as were nine men,
bers of the Board of Supervisors.
Superintendent Fletcher of the Gene
terry had charge of the arrangements, and
shortly before 10 o'clock he announc ed
everything in readiness. The guests were
first assembled in the spectators room.
Here it was explained that the casket was
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-12
RICHMOND HAPPENINGS.
The Handsome Dwelling of T,
G. Parker Is Nearly
Completed.
IMPROVEMENT CLUBS MEET.
More Than Fifty Houses Now Being
Erected I'm the Richmond
District.

The original Point Lobos improvement
Club held an enthusiastic meeting at Far
Tell's Hall on Monday night. In the
absence of President Parker George r.
Fletcher presided. He complimented the
members of the club for their untiring en-
ergy and zeal in assisting and promoting
permanent improvements Tor the benefit
OF the Richmond District.
The following committee was appointed
to confer with the Board of Regents of the
university relative to the college site:
Adolph Sutro, Stewart Menzies, Thomas
G. Parker, George R. Fletcher and Mr..
Newberry. The executive committee was
instructed to ask the Board of Supervisors
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-12
THE FREE LABOR BUREAU,
Preparing for the Opening Of
the Employment De-
partment.
A Circular Letter Sent to the Mem-
bers of All Organized Labor
Unions.

The officials in the Bureau of Labor
Statistics are hard ut work getting their
books and papers into readiness for the
opening of the free employment office on
the 18th inst. The State Printer has for
warded large quantities of blank applica-
lions for help and for employment. In the
first the employer states the kind of work
he has to offer, the number of men,
women, boys or girls desired, wages to be
paid, nationality preferred, etc. The
laborer's application gives name, address,
occupation, age, wages wanted, number in
family and references.
A series of ten rules and regulations gov
erning the employment bureau have been
prepared, the substance OF which has. been
published in THE CALL.
In orde- to be in touch with the labor
unions, from which Mr.. Fitzgerald will
have to gather much data for his statistics
and reports upon labor matters, he has
sent the following circular letter to the
officers and members of all the labor
unions:
Gentlemen: For the assistance of organized
labor and for the purpose of mutual and Joint
benefit, it is my desire to establish harmonious
inter communication between this bureau and
the various labor organizations of the State /;
consequently, | desire to establish the fact
that the Labor Bureau was organized for the
amelioration and protection of the laboring
classes, and, as Commissioner, wish it under
stood that it shall be my aim to extend help
ing hand and make the affairs of labor organi-
cations my affairs, and it shall be my pleasure
to see the interests of the said organizations
protected.
/ shall ask your cooperation in the matter of
the collection of Information which il is my
duty to gather for the purpose of presenting to
the people of the State comprehensive report
as to the actual conditions of labor. This is
| the only authentic data which can be used by
| legislators in framing laws of which you are
the benefciaries, hence you will agree with
me that my success in this work is to great
extent dependent upon your assistance which
| trouble upon your part is indirectly rewarded
! through the enactment of laws in your behalf
| In order to facilitate research and the collec-
| ton of data blank forms have been prepared
| which will be sent to you from time to time
with instructions. Upon the publication of
biennial reports or intermediate bulletins the
same will be sent to you for your information
| / desire to establish between this bureau and
labor organizations feeling of trust and conf
dence, in order tibet you may be free to ask my
advice in times when the arbitration of
small dispute between employer and employee
and the proper adjustment OF minor diff
Guilty might avert hardships and loss of time
and money should the slight infantile trouble
grow to the prodigious proportions of strike
There are innovations constantly occurring of
a more or less serious character. and the ca0se
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laid and after the services for the dead had
been read an elevator lowered the remains
to the incinerating chamber. This part OF
the programme was dispensed with yester-
day and the assembled physicians and lay
men went below to where the cremation
was to take place. The body of pauper
named William Foster, who died at the
Almshouse on Monday last, was used for
the exhibition. The body weighed 180
pounds, it was stated.
The remains were removed from the
casket and placed on a stretcher which lay
on track leading into the crematory fur
mace. An immense door was opened, the
word was given, and the body, coTered
with only white sheet soaked in alum
was pushed along the track into the glow.
ing furnace, which registered 1000 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Zone breath of that heat" explained Su
periEtendent Fletcher would be sufficien
to extinguish life. 1t will take about an
hour and half for the body to be entirely
reduced to ashes. Meantime you cannot
see any smoke or dust coming out of the
chimney"
The Supervisors went outside to see il
there was any dust in sight, while the
others took turns looking through peep
hole in the door of the furnace. In about
forty minutes all that was visible of the
body was whitened bone or two and in
an hour and half not vestige OF any
thing but ashes was to be seen.
At the conclusion of the exhibition SUI
perintendent Fletcher invited the guests
to his house, near the entrance to the
cemetery, where a light collation. was
served The superintendent called the at
tention of the Board Of Health and visit
ing physicians to the sanitary arrange
ment of the crematory, which he pro-
expressed themselves as well pleased with
the exhibition.
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the household effects belonging to the
family, which had been placed in ware
house. With the money he eloped with
Virginia Escobar of Monterey last January,
and lived with her until he was arrested in
Santa Cruz on Monday,
When the case was called yesterday it
was continued till tomorrow, but later
Prosecuting Attorney Morgan received
word from Mrs. Stenhouse that she was
sick in bed, owing to the worry and annoy
ance caused by the exposure of her hus-
bands conduct, and she did not wish to
prosecute him. The Prosecuting Attorney
accordingly asked that the case be dis
missed, and Garner, who was In court,
having raised no objection, 1T was so Or
dered.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-12
ANOTHER PoTRERO INDUSTRY.
A CoaI-Tar Plant Is Being Started Nea
the Gas Works.

A Coal-Tar Plant Is Being Started Near
the Gas Works.
One more industry has been added to
the list of manufactures already at the
Potrero. It is known as the Pacific Refln-
ing ana Roofing Company, the principal
business of which will be the refining OF
coal tar and asphalt.
1t was only recently that this enterprise
assumed definite shape, and site has
been secured on the northeast corner OF
Humboldt and Illinois streets, near the
gas works. Samuel J. Hendy is the presi..
dent, w. J. Watson general manager and
superintendent, and ex-Attorney-Gene
w. II. III. Hart is one OF the directors.
The site is 200 by 233 feet. W. E. Pol
lock, the foreman of construction, has a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-12
FISHER SENT TO NAPA.
The Man Who Jumped From the Oakland
Boat Adjudged Insane.

Frank X. Fisher, who jumped from the
Oakland boat into the bay Wednesday
morning while under the hallucination
that woman was pursuing him, was
yesterday committed to the Napa Insane
Asylum.
The unfortunate man had been de-
mented for some time and had horror of
being pursued by women. He is ma
chinist of considerable means and has a
prosperous shop in Oakland. His partner,
a gentleman named Matthews, testified
that he had been suffering from the woman
delusion for some time, and that he had
often returned from this side of the bay
withs graphic descriptions of how he bested
crowd with q cowtail.
Fisher was examined by Drs. Lilienth al
and Windell in the presence of Judge
Slack and was pronounced hopelessly in
sane. He is "A years of age and native of
Austria.
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For the Cremation of Garbage,

W. Jones Culbertson, an architect-engineer,
has sent communication to the Board of Su-
pervisors urging upon them project which
was advanced some time ago for cremating the
City garbage He suggested that the City erect
its own crematories and the power obtained
from it be utilized in operating the City's
plants.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-12
sTENHOUsE Is FREE.

His Wife Refused to Prosecute Him and
the Case Was Dismissed.
The case of Lorenzo Stenhouse, charged
with grand larceny on the complaint of
mis- son Garner, was dismissed by Judge
Low yesterday for lack of prosecution.
The son charged the father with selling
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-12
A Visiting Rabbi.

The Rev. Max Levin has just arrived in the
City from Winnipeg, Canada. and will officiate
at the Congregation Beth Menachim Streisand,
Minna street, between Fourth and Fifth, this
Friday evening and Saturday morning.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-12
"SOLID
SILVER"
FURNITURE

You PREFER SOLID SILVER
TO PLATED WARE, DON'T YOU?
Now, GOOD, SOLID, SUSTAIN
TIAL AND ENDURING FURNI-
TURE COSTS REALLY BUT
LITTLE MORE, AT THE OUTSET,
THAN THE OTHER KIND. IN
THE LONG RUN THE DIFFER
ENCE IN FAVOR OFTHE SOLD
SILVER" CLASS OF FURNITURE
IS VERY GREAT, NOT ONLY IN
POINT OF ECONOMY BUT IN
THE SENSE OF ADDED BEAUTY
AND DECORATIVE CHARM AS
WELL,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-12
EDIT0R HILLS
l Memphis Commercial Appeal.


 Does Auditor Mills, of Arkansas, really think he acted according to his oath of office when he pceketed half 3 clerk salary as Q condition precedent to the retention of that clerk s services? Does he think the people of the State would have chosen him to pass upon the ac- counts of other officials if they had known that he would have done the thing he confesses over his sigma ture that he did do2 When he stood for the office he knew what the in- come was. If he found it insufficient to meet his personal needs, was that any reason why he should have
 played for even by depriving clerk of half his dues? If he discoy- cred that he could not live on the salary fixed by the State for it's Aud itor, would it not have been more honorable in him to resign2 Mr. Mills does not, evidently, compre- bend the proprieties. He seems to be sincere in his belief that he had the right to accept the tribute of an underling desiring his favor. At least, for our present purpose, we will admit his sincerity, but Mls Mills, if he will consult his con science, and will think the matter over carefully, will surely realize that he has taken money which in no sense belonged to him-moneY that he himself had not earned and that he has rendered himself liable to legislative investigation and, pos sibly, to impeachment. If Mr Mo Culloch, his clerk, was entitled to draw $l00 a month from the Treas ury, by virtue of his office and serv- ice, we cannot see vhy his chief should accept one cent of the amount. The people do not want their officials to administer in any such way If there is complaint to be made as to inadeguaey of salary, the complaint should be made to the people who pay the salaries. 1.-the Auditor of Arkansas has the right to appoint whomsoever Ie pleases as snbordi- dates, he has no right to deceive the people as to the wages they actually receive. Mir. Millsis in q sorry case. for his explanations do not explain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-12
LARGEST DAILY CITY CIRCULATION,

TnE Democrats of Pennsylvania yesterday iu State convention as sembled, declared for sound money and indorsed the administration Of Grover Cleveland, after which the following State ticket was nomi- mated: State Treasurer, B.F. Meyers; Judges Of the Superior Court Har- mon Yerkes, J. s. Meorhead, e Fl. Moves, P. F. Smith, Oliver Belehtel and Christopher Magee
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-12
THE BICYCLE WALK.
Americans Fast Becoming Pigeontoed,
 Knockkneed Race.

AUOCEkneGd 1eS4cfe.
 An Illinois physician has discovered that the present extreme use of the bi- cycle is fast tending to make the great American people decidedly pigeontoed race. The constant revolving motion of the feet and lower legs as they turn the pedals has given to the gait of those people who are much addicted to the bicycle a peculiar turn which the pro- gressive doctor calls the bicycle walk.
 Those who remember the days of the roller skating craze will probably re- call the effect that exercise had on the gait of those who practieed 1t, particu- larIy the gait of some of the young la dies of the age to be easily affected. They took on at once a rolling, swing ing, half gliding. rhythmical step that resembled the motion of roller skating as closely as could be by any one not on rollers.
 So it will be with the bicycle walk, says the aforesaid Illinois doctor, except that instead of being only temporary pecuIiarity it will become permanent and hereditary. .as the bicycle fever prom ises to be, whereas the roller skating fad enjoyed but a brief existence. Chi eago Times Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-12
A Mean Revenge.

A remarkable revenge was wrecked on a rival by q young man in Waldron, Mich, the other day. The successful suitor was out walking in the street with the young woman whose love was the cause of the heartburning when some one in an upper story of build ing skillfully threw lasso over his head, drew the moose tight and hauled him up several feet from the sidewalk. The young man would have been hanged but for the quick help of passersby. His assail lant got away-temporarily ly, the other man says.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-12
New Army Rifle.

The army will soon be entirely equipped with the Kreig -Jorgenson rifle, the new arm lately adopted. The issue of this arm began in August, 1894, just one year ago, and HOW all the in fantry, the First and Second artillery and the battalions of engineers at West Point and Willets Point, N. Y., have been supplied. By the end of Septem- Der the entire army, with the exception of the cavalry, will have the arm. The issue of the arm to the cavalry will be- gin at once, and the end of the year will see every branch of the service equipped. Much credit is due the Ord nance bureau for its expedition in this matter, as the manufacture of the rifle was conducted wholly at the army gun factory. Besides the arm all ammuni- tion for it and its accouterments have been issued
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-12

SENATOR RoaER o MILLS, of Texas, the brave and fearless tariff reformer, the faithful friend of the people and their rights, the fearless champion of Democracy. has de clared himself unequivocally for sound money and against free silver at IS to 1. There is no better nor braver man than Roger C. Mills. and he has always been one of the fore most Democrats of the Nation We wish Roger Qeould be the next Pres ident of the United States.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-12
NEW CHICAGO" IN CHINA.
Mission to Establish Hospitals Among the
 ATongolians.

HUI tsAstt<aAtHs
 Dr. D. s. Hamilton and wife, Dr. Bertha Nelson Hamilton, will leave Chicago for China this fall, together with a number of other members of the Chinese medical mission.
 esOur purpose is to establish hospi- tals all through China, 7 said Dr. Ham ilton. Physicians are always self sup porting in China and India, and if the missionaries would only study medicine they would not have to depend on for eign mission boards for support. There are }. 000 volunteers in America for the missionary field. and not enough money can be raised tosend one tenth of them. Our society will help physicians only to go to China.
 My wife and go far into the inte- rior, where no hospital has ever been established, and before attempting to convert the Chinese we will first try to cure them of disease. For a year we have been studying the Chinese lam guage. Dr. Paul Polloch, who has lived in China five years, will accompany ns- z
 Dr. Polloch said We shall take along an opium cure, as three-fourths of the men, women and children of China nse the drug, which Christian England has forced upon them at the point of the bayonet The Chinese demand some thing more than doctrine, and will listen to those who heal their bodies. The members of the expedition propose to name their first little colony New Chi eago. Washington Post.