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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-06

ironworkers at the Union Iron Works
and struck them hard. Nearly all want
to go, but only United num Der will be
able on account of the lack OF funds. For
several days past dozen of the molders
who have managed 10 save up few dol-
lars have been seriously talking of the
venture, and it is now about decided that
when the spring opens at least dozen
will form a party ana start for the Klon-
dyke. The preliminary preparations are
made and unless the reports received be-
tween now and the latter part of the year
are exceedingly discouraging they will
be among the first TO leave this City on
the opening of the Yukon in the spring.
AT present the Adventures Go not wish 10
be known.
Ned Foy displays above the Grand Ho-
tel bar gold nugget that beats anything
the kIondyke has dreamed OF producing.
1t weighs nearly pound, is valued at
$500 and it was taken out of the gravel in
the Garnott drift mine in Sierra County,
this State, very short time ago. 1t be-
longs to Joseph B. Hughes, one OF the
owners of the niue, who rather now
shifts at the klondyke,
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INCREASE OF THE FARM.
Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in
Agricultural Products and
Cattle.

BALTIMORE, MD, Aug. 5.-Secretary
OF Agriculture Wilson, in an interview in
this weeks Manufacturers Record re-
ferring to the condition of American
farm interests says: "The increase dur
ing the past year of farm products and
cattle has amounted to hundreds of
millions Of dollars and may be 100000, 00O
as has been roughly estimated. The in
creased value of The wheat crop alone is
estimated from $4,000, 900 to $100,00 000.
There has been a general increase all
along the line and just as the food of
livestock has increased in value so have
beef cattle, sheep: hogs and other stock
furnishing meat"
Secretary Wilson says at an urgent re-
quest Mckinley will make in the fall
trip through the entire South and give
thorough study to the agricultural con-
dition in that region with view OF seeing
that if it can offer any suggestions for
i'm urovement in the markets or the diver
slticatlon OF crops.
"One general need of the South" he
said "is a closer relation with Euopean
markets. | have already placed myself in
correspondence with several ocean steam
ship com panies to induce them TO estab-
lish lines re ct between the ports of the
Gulf of Mexico and those of Europe, the
steamships to be provided with re.rigera-
tors so that perishable fern products can
be shipped expeditiously TO all the
markets OF Europe.
THE President was much i'm pressed by
his brief trip through that portion Of the
South during his visit TO the Nashville
Exposition. He has as much int rest, and
he has told me so himself, in the South
as in his own State, and he is willing to
do as much for its development"
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BALDWIN CHANGED HANDS.
The Big Hostelry Now Has New
Management,

The Big HoStelry Now Has New
Management.
Negotiations have been pending for a
week for the transfer of the Baldw
Hotel lease now held by NJ. Stone & Co.
The present management of the big
hostelry says the hotel has amply repaid
its investment, and everything in con-
nection with the business is on a sub
stantial and protitabl basis.
Those whose interests are at stake,
however, have for some time been search
ing for new manager. Several DAYS ego
o. w. Brennan, proprietor of the Pleas
anton Hotel, was approached and asked
TO take charge of the Bald win, but he re-
fused. Colonel J. S. Young, proprietor of
the Russ House, was next approa CHI ed,
but he also refused TO consider the offer
and the effort to obtain new manager
was for the time abandoned.
Frank r. Whitcomb, ]. G. Boyle, n. F.
Walter, II. w. Lake and w. +. Lee will
constitute a corporation which will take
charge of the hotel. Lake will be the
largest stockholder, his interest amount
ing to SIS, 600. Whitconb has subscribed
$24, $40 and Walter. Lee and Boyle $40
each, making total subscribed stock of
$50, 900.
Lake who has managed the hotel since
NJ. Stone & Co. assumed the proprietor
ship, will main in his position for the
present as assistant manager, but the
changes which will ultimately be made
are secrets which no one Will diyulge.
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TRANSFER OF MACHINERY.
1t VIII Be Taken From the Old
Steamer Empire City and Put
Into New Boat.

STOCKTON, CAL, Aug. 5.-The ma
chlnery of the California Navigation and
Improvement Company's old steamer
Empire City has been sold, and is now be-
ing shipped TO the bay. 1t will take a
voyage up the Yukon River TO the Klon-
dyke region. Little is known about the
project in which the transfer of the m a.
chinery is involved. The purcha ser is the
Jardine Machine Comps of San Fran
cisco, but it is acting evidently as an
agent for other parties. 1t is reported that
Hay and Wright of Oakland are building
hull, in which the machinery will be
placed. The latter is in good condition,
and is just the thing for the purpose de-
sired, being intended for boat of light
draught. 1t answered its purpose in the
old Empire City, the hull of which has
now gone to decay, and will probably give
equally good service in the new boat The
machinery consists of a pair of engines
and everything that goes with them, be-
sides hog-posts, fittings, etc. The COM
pany expects to sell. also, a lot of chains.
pipes and things of that character. A
wheel for the new boat is to be constructed
here at the Navigation Company's ship
yard.
Three other applications for boats or
machinery ave been made of the naviga-
ton people within the last few days. Two
were from San Francisco parties and one
from a San Diego man. One OF the former
wanted boat and its complete equip
ment, to be huilt here. Figures were given
in each case and taken under advisement.
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WOODLAND JA1LBHEAK SPOILED
Peaching of Prisoner Prepents PHI
Columns Escape.

Peochin1 of Prisoner Prepents PHI
Columns Escape.
WOODLAND, CAL, Aug. 5.-Phil Col
lum, sentenced to six years in the State
prison on conviction OF burning the
Woodland Wooden Mills, and who is now
in the County JAN pending an appeal to
the Supreme Court. was again outwitted
in another desperate attempt to break
Jail. Although caught in the attempt
several weeks ago, Cullom has con .inued
to plot for freedom. Mrs. CuIlom, his
wife. wes denied the permission of seeing
her husband. in order TO close every pos
sibe loophole of escape.
At the first attempt Collum and another
prisoner, named PratEer, under convic-
ton for stealing cattle, had planned to es.
cape by knocking Tailor Boulware down
and taking his keys. Collum made an
impression of the lock of the main door
and passed the mold out of the window
to his wife. mrs. Collum had key made
and also secured several saws and files.
These Implements were to be hidden in
the yard and carried to Collum by fe,-
low-prisoner. This prisoner informed
Sheriff Hughes of the plan of escape, and
a watch was set on Mrs. Collum. Last
night she was arrested just as she was
digging TO see if the keys had been carried
10 her husband. She was allowed to leave
the county, and if she returns will be
prosecuted.
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CONSULATE AT DAWSON.
Candidates for the Office Are
Already in Evidence.

Already IN Evidence.
In all proba bility it will be but a short
time until the United States establishes q
consulate at Dawson City. A movement
looking toward the appointment of Con-
sui at the metropolis of the gold fields is
now under way, and it is probable that
the Government will grant the petition,
which, it is said, is now being circulated,
asking for the appointment of consular
representative without hesitation. That
there will be plenty OF candidates for
such a position, should it be created,
seems assured. and that the future Daw-
son consulate will be an important one,
in the light of present advices, also seems
reasonably assured.
Already influence is being brought to
bear upon the officials at Washington and
upon the President in anticipation of the
appointment of a Consul at Dawson and
several have announced their intention
of becoming candidates for the position.
As yet, however, it is race without goal
in sight, but that fact does not seem to
affect the zeal OF those who have entered
the lists. The leader at present seems TO
be Edmund H. Clear, who leaves for St.
Michaels on the National City next Satur-
day.
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FEVER NOTES.
Government Statistician Durham
En- Route to the Yukon
GoldfeldS.

The statistical expert S. c. Durham,
sent TO the KlondYke by the United
States Department of Labor to study and
report upon the conditions there, is at the
Baldwin, and will leave on Monday in
the Hum boldt for ST. Michaels. He will
report on the gold production, labor, cost
of living, the opportunities for capital
and SO on. and it is expected that he will
get his report to Washington in time for
its publication as a bulletin by March
tendin to go in the spring.
Edward Holland, proprietor of the Com
m ercial Hotel. has received reply from
his telegram to the Dominion Govern
ment at Ottawa asking if duties would be
collected on miners outfits. The reply
reads:
Miners' outfits imported into Klondyke are
subject to duty. JOHN MCDoUGALD,
Commissioner OF Customs.
The Umatilla. the next regular steamer
for the north, will sail on the 9Th, and a
good many KlondykerE will help crowd
her.
The steamer Noyo which getaway late
night before last, furnished twoot the Fit
tie incidents that will fill the story of the
Yukon rush. An hour before she left the
steward got mad at finding himself short
of help 10 take care of the crowd on board,
and he struck then and taere. The diff
Guilty was patched up, and when the
steamer got nearly out to the Heads some
OF the people with mules and burros OH
board discovered that the supply OF baled
straw was awfullv short for forty mules,
and raised determined protest. The cap
tain said that it was their business to get
feed for their animals board; but the
steamer put back to Meiggs wharf in the
night and wait d there until foraging
expedition had rustied up more hay for
the hurricane deck.
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S w :: :. = ]

TT is SWEET, INDEED, TO KNOW
mat you are man! Now, ism t itf
just fancy howyou would feel if you were
one OF those poor mortals who go about
win gloom depicted on their faces, who
nave knees that wobble and shake as
though they were kelly to be useless in a
Jew Gags; who dream of all things evil,
ana VINO can never look you fairly and
squarely IN the face. You pity these poor
Creatures, but why not try to do some
thing to help them@ Do you know that it
is possible to make whole men out of
them? Do you know that no matter how
badly they may have abused the laws of
nature that they may again be as strong
and as sound as you are? To help an
other is
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Thing to do. Look your friends over and
see if there is not one OF them who needs
"bracing up" If you know OF one. send
for free circulars and testimonials bout
"Hudyan." That is the splendid specific
which the doctors OF the Hud sonian Insti-
tute discovered and which has cured ten
thousand people in this country OF ner-
yous troubles like those depicted above.
It won't do you any harm either 10 look
over the symptoms yourself. You may
have been "a bad bov," 100. Ifyou have,
relief by this grand remedio- treatment is
swift and sure. You may imagine that
health is to be found for nothing. 1t IS
easily enough lost; but to get 1T back Is
quite another thing. 1t can be done,
though, and you most certainly ought to
t-y 10 be man. Not for your own sake
We will say, but on account OF those yor
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WHEAT sLIGnTLY DECLINES.
Large Sales Dumped on the Market ana
Prices Go D0sUn

Prices Go DotUn.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 5.-Amid
great excitement wheat prices sold off
about 3 cents this morning. The crowd
fully expected repetition of recent con-
ditions abroad, but were staggered at
finding decline of ] 4 pence in Liverpool
futures, after a slight opening advance.
To back this up were foreign selling or
ders and 4 marks decline in Berlin. A
stream OF long wheat at once began to
pour into the local pit, increasing as
orders from outside spectators swelled
the selling movement. The first sales
were practically 8 cents a busheI under
last night, September selling at S3L, a
sheer drop of 21s from yesterdays top
notch. From this point values pulled up
to 81 q on rumors of fresh business to be
addeu to the 800 900 bushels worked yes
terday.
CHICAGO, ILL, Aug. 5-The steady
rise IN wheat was checked to-day. Sep
temb Der option closed at net decline of
cents. The decline OF l to ~ pence in
Liverpool was the principal reason adj
vanced for disposing of holdings. Re-
ceipts were in excess of last year, but
exporters sold 395. 600 bushels here and
about eighty-tive boatloads a; the sea-
board. No 2spring wheat brought to
~ cents preTiu over Septem Der option.
Large speculative lines were dumped on
the market at every rally, and the final
prices were about the lowest OF the session.
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TO TOW BARGES.
Means by Which Much Time Can
Be Save d In Landing Passen-
gers and Supplies.

8SIo anu ooppi'SS-
PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, Aug. g.
The last of the numerous and sundry in
novations that have been brought out by
the unprecedented rush to the gold fields
OF Alaska was made public to-day in the
announcement that at least two and prob
ably three of the vessels of the Puget
Sound Tugboat Company's fleet would be
utilized for the transportation to the north
Of supplies, pack animals, etc, of mpeis
bound to the Klondyke, The first vessel
of the feet to get away will be the Pioneer,
which will tow tiotilla of barges TO Dyes.
There are no wharfage facilities at that
point, and it is the intention of the barge
people to do transferring OF passengers,
| stock and supplies from vessels which may
60 either there or to Skaguay. At present
the transferring is done III suriboats a
dangerous and tedious undertaking. With
| the use of barges vessel can be dis
| charged In about quarter the time con-
sumed by small boats; and as time is a
very material matter with those starting
| this late, the barge people will undoubt-
| eddy reap rich harvest from the north
ward trend of traffic. To partially Offset
the charter price of the tug the horses will
be transported north on the barges.
Another vessel soon to go will be the tug
Holyoke, with Captain Frank Ginger in
command. This vessel has been chartered
| by the Seattle and Yukon Trading Com
pany for a trip TO st. Michaels. The ves-
sci will take up large cargo OF supplies
| and possibly one or two barges with
cargo. These two vessels have been spe-s
cially selected for the trip on account OF
their immense fuel capacity, they being
| the only craft of that size in the Northwest
| capable of carrying enough coal for the
trim.
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vulged the whole matter Under oath lie
stated that the orchestra for the past two
years had been playing for SIS per week,
or 81 5O lower than the uni IN rates. The
accused mem bers were brought before the
union and nearly all admitted their guilt.
1t took the union but few minutes to
decide what to do. The leader. AL Never,
was fined 500 and suspended from the
union for three months. The others were
fined SIS and suspended for like period.
The officers of the union state that the
trouble is not yet over, as they propose to
make 1t hot for all who have had any
thing to DO with the underpaying of the
men.
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ON THE CANA Dian ROCKIES.
Il Party of University Men Succeed Ia,
ScnIinG Mount Lefr0y.


LAGGAN, B. c., Aug. ga party of en-
thusiastic New England college men.
sound of wind and limb, with one from
New York and another from Philadelphia,
have just succeeded in planting an Ameri-
can flag upon the summit of Mount Le-
troy, one of the highest and most stub
born peaks OF the Canadian Rockies. 1t
is the first time the mountain has been
scaled, unless by wandering trappers and
Indians, although several attempts have
been made.
The party consisted of Professor Parker
OF Colum bia, Professor Thompson OF the
University OF Pennsylvania, Professors
Fay and Mitchell OF Tu.ts College and
L tile of Bowdoin College With them
was George III. Dixon. the crack elm Der
of the English Alpine Club. They were
accom- panied by expert guides from Switz-
erland. The cost of the expedition, was
partly betrayed by the Appalachian Noun
tain Club OF Boston and partly by private
subscription. After making all needful
observations and photographs the party
descended without mishap.
Mount LEROY lies at the head OF the
valley of Lake Louise. ahout'twenty mil es
from the line of the Canadian Pacific
where it crosses the divide. Its height,
measured by topographic survey, Is II, $50
feet, although the barometric readings OF
each location of the party made 1t several
hundred feet higher.
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San Leandro. and from this City o. Weiss
man, NJ. Brannigan, A. Treuschel. +. j..
Mills, A. X. Varney and James Hastings.
Lively pre- parations for the sailing of
the steam schooner National City for St.
Michaels tomorrow are going on at the
Folsom street wharf, where the steamer
is being rapidly loaded, and where car
penters are busy building big barge to
be taken along for the river trip
The little gasoline schooner Chetco will
probably get away for the Yukon with a
small party to-day.
Other expeditions will start during next
week.
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Sfadge,s Marrtage Annulted.

NEW YORK. N. Y, Aug. 5.--Madge
Dean of San Francisco, who played Willie
Groo in "a Trip to Chinatown" has OBJ
tanned a decree from Justice Nash of the
Supreme Court. annulling her marriage
10 Francis ". Brown, formerly stock
broker of Washington, when he married
her he had another wife living. The
actress has an action pending against
aling this fact. He conteuded he was
intoxicated when he married her, and
therefore Irresponsible.
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But Berry Was Not There.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Aug. Sit was
reported here this afternoon that Clarence
Berry, the lucky Klondyker, had arrived
in the city and had taken rooms at the
Van Mugs Hotel. When an announce
ment to that effect was published in an
evening paper it caused such a rush of
people to that hotel that the clerks were
driven nearly distracted in the attempt to
convince them they had been hoaxed
Hundreds OF people were disappointed in
their hopes of getting some Klondyke IN
form alton at first hand and looking upon
Kiondyke gold
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$500; Calderwood's loss is $1,000, insurance
$3.50; Kinks loss is 5000, insurance $3.50
The buildings have stood for twenty
five years and were considered firetracs,
The fire was incendiary. three attem pts
having been made during the past month
to burn them, but each time previous to
this the Fire Department succeeded in
putting out the flames.
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MUSICIANS SUSPENDED.

Morosco's Orchestra in Trouble With
the Executives of the Union.
For some time past there has been a
suspicion on the part of the members of
the Musicians Mutual Benevolent Asso-
citation that the members of the orchestra
playing at Morosco's theater were work
ing under the un ions prices of $50 so per
week, but there was no proof of this until
recently, when all of the facts came to
light, One of the old musicians was dis
missed. and after o little persuasion he di-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-06
ESCAPES THE HANGMAN.
William Leary Dies of stomach Disorde
at san Quentin.

VNttQm LedrU Dtes OF StOhuCH HtSOrQeT
at san Quentin.
SAN QUENTIN, CAL, Aug. Sat an
early hour Convict William Learv, SEN
fenced to be hanged in March, 1898. died
after several weeks sickness. due to
stomach trouble. Leary had been fighting
hard to save his neck since 1896 and had,
through his ATTORNEYS and friends, secured
a reprieve from time 20 time. the last one
Deing until March of next year, when it
is believed his sentence would have been
carried out by Warden Hale.
The prisoner was sentenced from Mon
.erey County for murder and was origi-
nally condemned to die in 1895 His re-
prieves were secured on the ground that
his mind was i'm paired. OF late be had
begun to regard his chances of escaping
the gallows as less hopeful, and il is be-
Iieved that his dependency had ten
dency to ag ,ravate the disease which
caused his death at an early hour this
morning.
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STORY OF - NITRIC UE.
The Dotcaoer Csdrina Said to Haze
Plotted Ia pdtn.

The DoUa0er Csdrtna Said to Haze
Plotted Ia pain.
BERLIN, GERMANY, Aug. 5.-The Ham
burgische correspondent publishes cur
ious story about the Dowager Czarina.
1t says that last May she tried to secure
the regency, but in her insistent en-
deavors to get Emperor Nicholas to go
abroad on account of alleged illness the
Cars suspicious were aroused. He heard
OF the intrigue, assembled his bodyguard
and summoned the Dowager Emf press
and other court intriguers including the
Minister of the i'm perial household, Count
Voro n zaff -Daschkoff All were con-
founded with the discovery of the plot.
Count Vorontzoff- Daschkoff was com.
p elled to resign. and it is probable that
the Dowager Empress will reside per-
manently at Copenhagen.
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Mail for the Yukon.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 5.-The
Postmaster-G General has authorized the
Alaska Commercial Company to carry
mail for one trip from San Francisco to
Unalaska, st. Michaels and other points
for the Yukon. Mail will leave San Fran
cisco in a few days.
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Hun,iao the south Pole.

ANTWERP, BELGIUM, Aug. 5.-The
necessary funds having being assured. the
steamer Belgic. which has been fitted out
here, will sail August 15 on an expedition
to the south polar wafer. The Brussels
Cham Der of Deputies has voted $4,000
francs for the expedition.
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Primo. Henri Uiil Not Fight.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 5.-The Her
aid says its European edition has received
an Alexandria dispatch from Prince
Henri of Orleans in which he says he will
not accept General Albertvne's challenge
to fight duel
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fnotnnd aud Bsn.etailtsm.

LONDON. Eng. Aug. Sit is now
said the decision of the Cabinet in regard
to the monetary conference in answer to
the representations of the American
monetary commission will not be made
public for three weeks.
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INcENDIAk1sM Ar PoArERYILLE
-Four frame business Houses on Main
Ntreet Destroued.

PORTERVILLE. CAL, Aug 5-Fire de-
stroyed Jour frame business houses on
Main street at an early hour this morning.
The losses are: Scottie Calderwood, sa-
loon and lunch counter; A. B. Kirk, bar
ber-shon; DR.. S. F. Chapman, drugstore
John Zilud, saloon. Chapman's loss.
building and contents. S5o00 insurance,
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Bushneu Nav Difhdraav.

COLUMBUS, CHIC. Aug. Sit is be-.
iieved that Bushnell IS seriously consider
ing a withdrawal from the ticket His
health is i'm paired. He is now sick in bed
at Springfield.