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The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
TWENTY PROSPECTORS
 RETURN FROM DAWSON
Bring S5o,ooo in Dust and Confirm the Report of New Finds on
 Fortv-Mile

VICTORIA, B. C.. Aug. 22.-The steam- or City of Seattle has just arrived from Skaguay, bringing twenty passengers from Dawson. who have about $50 900. The Hughes brothers of Los Angeles say there viii be great scarcity of provisions next are not getting up. Several men had ar rived at Skaguay with sacks from At lin Reports of the finds on Forty-Mile are confirmed.
 The captain reports seeing a battle in the gulf between two threshers and whale
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
OREGON MAY BE SENT
 TO THE PHILIPPINES
Will First Go to Drydock and Then Return to Duty on the Pacific
 Station,

NEW YORK. Aug 22-@A Washington special to the Herald says: It is the gen eraI opinion at the Navy Department that the Oregon will be the first battleship to be sent into drydock No. 3 at Brooklyn when it is ready. The preference given the oregon has it's meaning. It is said the battleship is to return to duty on the Pa cific station as soon as she has been docked and cleaned She needs little or no repairs It is possible the Oregon may be sent to the Philippines. although noth- ing definite has been determined by the Navy Department.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
San Jose Ball-Players on Strike.

SAN JOSE, Aug. 22.-Ther is trouble in the local baseball team over the alleged non-payment of wages. Neither Iberg nor Mccarthy played with San Jose yester- daV and this is said to be due to a failure to receive salaries. Mccarthy says the president of the league told him he need ppnt feel bound to play until the Conditions Were changed. William Weston Is the To- cal manager.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
Eastern Alaska Salmon Pack.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 22-With the exception of Karluk River the salmon mack in Eastern Alaska this season has been a success. the total pack will be about 225, GOO cases. The Pacific Steam Whaling Company put up 100 900 cases. Alaska Packers Association s 900 and Hume & Hume 35,00O.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
SAN GABRIEL FIRE HEATING. Fifty Square Miles Has Been Denuded
 of Vegetation

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22.-Telephone in formation from Mount Lowe received here at noon to-day is that the huge mountain fire on the Government reserva- tion is under control now. Fifty miles square have been swept clear of vegeta- fion and immense damage to the water- shed whence the supply of the San Gabriel Valley is obtained has been done.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
DOWN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT. Dr. c. M. Hubbard Instantly Killed
 at St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 22.-Dr. c. M. Hubbard. house physician of the Planters Hotel was instantly killed shortly after 5 o'clock this afternon by falling. down an elevator shaft from the second floor of the hotel. He was well known to travel CTS all over the country.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
American Pilgrimage Postponed.

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
 Herald Copyrighted 1898, by James Cor
 don Bennett.
 ROME. Aug A-The American pilgrim age has been postponed until October, as the state of the Pope's heailh will not permit his receiving it at present.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
Anotb,r Bic Fire at Stockton.

STOCKTON, Aug. 22-Fire this morn ing destroyed half block owned by W. w Cowell, a well-known San Francisco capitalist, known as the 'Tin House." be- ing made of corrugated iron laiL over frame of wood. The loss, not including stock. amounted to about $5000. There was no insurance.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
GRAPE-NUTS.
COOK CAN'T SPOIL.
Grape-Nuts Need No Cooking and the Flavor Is Assured.

People want food that has a palata- ble, toothsome taste, and one that will recall a pleasant taste whenever the name is mentioned. That feature is a strong one in Grape Nuts, the new breakfast food, made by Postum Con- pany. Battle Creek, Mich
 No cooking is required, hence the taste is not dependent upon the cook, but is just what the makers intended 1t to be-
 It is often served cold and dry with bit of rich cream in part of the saul cer.
 If one wants a hot dish, little hot milk can be poured over some Grape Nuts and there you are, a most fetch ing dish, furnishing the high nutritive value of grape-sugar.
 Grape Nuts sold by grocers
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
Funds for the Boys at Manila.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Paymaster General Stanton has ordered three pay masters with funds to go at once to Ma niIa to pay the troops there. They will sail from San Francisco in day or two.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
sIGsBEE's REWARD.
Advanced Three Numbers on the List
 of Captains.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-The Presi- dent has promoted Captain Charles D. sigsbee. U. S. N, now commanding the St. Paul, by advancing him three num- bers on the list of captains in the navy for extraordinary heroism.
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cAL1FoRN1ANs IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. Aug. 22.-J. F. spranger of San Francisco is at the Stuart and c. l.. Fair of San Francesca is at the Wal dorf- Astoria.
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Time, 1:22 Won cleverly. Second and third driving.
 Sausalito odds-5 to l. even and to l. Track odds-5 to l. even and to ?. +Favorite.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
SARATOGA SUMMARIES.
Sloan Has the Mount on Two of the
 Winners.

SARATOGA, N Y, Aug. 22.-Track and at tendance good Summaries: First race, selling. for winners. one mile Orimar no GA. Barrett), even.................. 1 Knight of the Garter, 1l2 (T. Sloan), to l and to 2:-., .,;......;-'..'-..''. Millstream, 103 (Crowhurstl 312 to 1........... 3
 Time, 1:41h Organ Pilot also ran.
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Fighting Bob Evans Has Typhoid.

NEW YORK, Aug. 22-It was said to- night at Roosevelt Hospital that Captain Evans of the battleship Iowa would be brought to that institution late tonight or early tomorrow morning. The caDtain
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
Cecond race six furlongs

Second race, six furlongs- ,FIavius. lOS Qrving), s to l and to 1........ Diminutive, TOT tHamilton). 23 to 1............
 Time, 1:15A. Reckon, Miss Mitchell and Piccoa also ran.
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Sixth race. purse, six and a half furlongs:
Name and Weight. Jockeys.
Time 1:21A Won cleveriy. Second and third

Sausalito odds-2k to IA to 1 and to 1. Track odds-3 to l, to and to 1.
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Third race. Spencer stake, s125o three-year- olds and upward, one and a quarter miles Poetess, 112 CT. Sloan), even.. Dr. Catlett, TOT (W. Martini, to and Nagle 1OS GA. Barrett), to 1.................. 3
 Time, 2:07A.
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Fourth race, five and half furlongs- Ben Hadad. IA (Knapp) to 5.....;....:...... L. AIoutte, 109 (T. Sloan(. even and out-..... Water Girl S7 Dupee), to 1.,.................
 Time, 1:09.
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BY HORACE WRIGHT.

Special Correspondence of The Call.
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Fifth race Berverwick steeplechase, 5000 about two and half miles Rheinstrom, 142 CT Murphy, ' to 10.-...:.... Trfllion 163 (Mr. Hayes), to 1 and to 5.... Equerry. 160 CWynne). to 1....................
 Time, 5T Lady Dainty also ran. Royal Scarlet fell.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
Brakeman Killed at Rocklin

is said to be suffering from typhoid ma 1aria.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE.

Mrs Ernestine Kreling. Proprietor and Manager.
 THE GRAND OPERA SEASON. TONIGHT and every evening this week ex- cept Sunday. Special Saturday Matinee.
 Ponchielli's Romantic Grand Opera,
 MA GIoCoNDA ]"
 The Success of Last Season. SUNDAY EVENING, by Universal Desire, FAUST" Great Casts Beautiful Scenery! Correct Costumes! Augmented Chorus and Or chestra!
 c,1 T s.rAVhITERIA IIItTItEERIA RITSTICANA' Popular Prices, 25c and soc. N. B.-A re- served seat for the matinee, 25c. Telephone Bush g.
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Time. 1:55%. Won easily. Second and third driving. o- Pensoroso e4, MT. Easton 96. Queen Safe 105 and Trilby 105 also ran.
 Sausalito odds-3 to ?, to 1 and to l. Track odds-8 to 5, to l and to l.
 'Favorite.
 Seventh race. selling, mile and an eighth:
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ROCKLIN, Aug. 22.-Dan O'Brien, brakeman on train No. 20, was killed this evening while switching in the yard.
 SC delicious wines draw large crowds and large family orders. Mohns & Kaltenbach. 2s Market
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IrlVlnR. Muskalonge f12 and Can't Dance 1O9 also ran SausaIito odds-2 to | 10 to and 10 to 1. Track odds-5 to g. Is to 1 and F to l.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-29

NCLE SAM contributed by far
 the most brilliant entertainment
 that has yet been offered the o Jubilee visitors. His soldiers
 presented a programme at the Presidio yesterday that delighted an audience of over 10000 people. Every event had a thrill in it, and every move the soldiers made was greeted with round after round of applause. It was splendid show, and the Presidio troops won a great victory.
 The street-car lines were not able to handle the crowds. Hundreds walked all the way from downtown districts, over the hills and across the lots to the military reservation, and they were not sorry for it. The United States army does not often entertain the people 1t protects by such displays.
 The infantry, the cavalry and the ar t1llery vied with each other to win the plaudits of the multitude, and the ad- mirers of all these branches of Uncle Sam's military department were about equally divided
 Colonel Miles, glittering in gold lace and snowy plumes and mounted on black, prancing horse took up a po- sition Immediately in front of the grand stand, and gave orders for the enter tainment to commence. A review and march past was the opening number. The rank and file of the First Infant ry led the line. The battalion is the oldest military organization in the United States. Its ranks were first filled during the revolutionary war, and George Washington was once its com- mander Men who have done much to make American history have risen from its ranks. It marched Yin review, car rying the glory of all the honors 1t has won. After they had passed the re- viewing stand they stepped aside and gave the parade ground to the two bat teries of light artillery and the four troops of cavalry. The artillerymen and the troopers went by with their horses in sedate walk. Then as they came around the parade ground again the pace was Quickened to a trot, and the third time they passed the review ing stand the horses were in a gallop
 Then came an exhibition of cavalry maneuvers. The four troops of the Fourth Cavalry dashed up and down and across the parade ground in fours and in column, in troops and battalions, and the crowd cheered as the horses and men went flashing by.
 Then the two batteries of light ar lery "volleyed and thundered" over the pdTdQe ground. NO was pldCeQ on Uncle Sam'S powder, and the guns belched out responses to the cheers of the admiring crowd. Volleys were fired from every conceivable formation of defense and attack lines, and the guns were whisked up and down the field through clouds of smoke and dust
 Then came an exhibition of a line of attack by four companies of the First Infantry, in command of Captain Par ker. The distance covered in the ad- vance was 1500 yards, but as the pa rade ground was only 500 yards long, it was given in three phases. Scouts were first sent out to discover the enemy. and they were followed by thin skir- mish line. It was to be supposed that the scouts had found the enemy, and the skirmishers and their following re- serves had commenced firing when they advanced the 500 yards. The sec ond phase illustrated the advance of
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-29
GRANTED BIG CONCESSIONS Ontario Gives Monopoly to Builders of @
 Railroad.
Five Thousand Square Miles In the KlOndike Gold Fields
 Ceded.
All Connection From the British Go lunabian Coast Shut Out for
 Ten Years.
Copyright. 1898. by James Gordon Bennett.

OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 2S.-Promoters of the Yukon transportation schemes and their name is legion-are not the only persons disgruntled at the terms of the bargain which the Government has made with Mackenzie & Mann for the construction of 150 miles of railway from the head of navigation on Stickeen River and Lake Teslin. Murmurs of discontent at the deal, the details of which have been doled out piecemeal, are heard on all sides. Now that the terms are beginning to be understood, business men, mining investors and in- dependent newspapers are protesting vigorously. The company, 1t now ap- pears, is to have the choice Of 5000 souare miles in the Klondike gold fields, besides a cash grant of $337 900 from the British Columbia Government.
 These lands are to be exempt from taxation for ten years, and while other mining companies and miners must pay a royalty of 10 per cent. the contractors, behind whom is the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company, will only contribute a royalty of 1 per cent on their gold. But it is the monopoly clauses" which are the most distasteful. The first of these clauses prohibits for five years any other railway from Alaska through Canadian territory to the Yukon. The second prohibits for ten years any other railway from the British Columbia coast to the Yukon, thus blocking the whole coast access, American and Ca padiaO
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and gave an excellent performance of mounted gymnastics, the principal fea- lures of which were wrestling and hur- dle jumping. One of the men, Private McGee, when thrown by an adversary in the wrestling contest, fell from his horse and struck on his head on the ground. He was unconscious for few momer&s, but he recovered while being carried off the field, and, staggering over to his horse and saluting his com mander, was excused from further drill, and he went cantering off the field.
 The men of the other troops made charges on imaginary foes with sabers and pistols, and the whole cavalry eX-
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bucking broncos. Many of the features of the show were rather tame espe- cially some of the exhibitions of rough riding. The lassoing by the vaqueros and the fancy riding of the cowboys were, however, most excellent and in- teresting. Frank Stoves gave a pretty exhibition of handling an unmanage- able horse; and there was a Spanish dance by SenOrita de Morales. The stage holdup, the capture of one of the bandits and his rescue by his sweet heart again came in for the applause of the audience. The pony express, the Indian scalp dance and the race be- tween an Indian and a horse were in- teresting features.
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BACKED BY PROMINENT MEN. An Important Company Organized to Operate
 Dredqes on the Yukon.

SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 2S-An lm- portant company has been organized here with ample available capital to operate steam dredgers on the aurifer- ous bars of the Yukon River and tribu- taries, and also to operate a line of steamers on the Yukon. The corpor- ation is known as the Stanley Gold Dredging and Development Company. It includes men of national reputation, such as United States Senator Thomas c. Carter of Montana, Congressmen Benton McMillin of Tennessee, James Hamilton Lewis of Washington, J. E. Osborn of Wyoming and w. H. King of Utah, Judge James B. Reayis of the Supreme Court of Washington, Governor John R. Rogers. pr. J. P. Jor- dan and William M. Stanley of Seat tie. and Henry Croft of Victoria
 Contracts are soon to be placed fin
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Pavilion dangling. Fifty taps will be sounded on the Golden Jubilee bell, there will be a burst of fireworks from the dome of the City Hall, the Jubilee band will send forth a strain of pa triotic music, accompanied on the out side by the ringing of factory gongs and the simultaneous changing of all the bells In the city, and the great Jubilee will be declared over, while the mining exhibit makes its debut.
 Walter B. Rodgers, who will be the chief musical feature of Bennett's band, has arrived in the city and brought with him a supply of the latest and most delightful music from New York to tickle the ears of the music-loving
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-29
STRIKE ON BARS IN THE STREAM Stockton Steam CTS En- counter a Series of
 Disaster. Repeatedly Delayed by Running Aground on Sand
 Drifts. River Route Badly In Need of Ina- provenents ofa Permanent
 Nature.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

STOCKTON, Jan. 2S.-The river steamers are having more trouble be- tween here and Antioch this winter than for several years past. The sand and debris at several points in Stock ton Channel and the San Joaquin is washed in the direct course of the steamers, and the prospect of exceed ingly low water through the dry sea- son now prevailing would indicate that heavy dredging must be done or navi- gation will be seriously interfered with. It is now common for steam CTS to be several hours late through being caught in the mud and sand
 The J. D. Peters was hung up all last night within sight of the steeples of Stockton, and did not get off until Il o'clock this morning. She left here last night on time. At Dutchman's Bend, about five miles below this city, the river branches, part of the stream continuing in the old bed and part run ming through the cut. Across these waterways there is wide bar of sand The boats can usually pass over this In safety or can jump it by making a run" and sliding over the ridge. The Peters, however, was too heavily laden, and she stuck when half way over. She churned the water and groaned for an hour trying to free herself from the bar, and finally settled down to the con- clusion that there was no use trying that she would wait for high tide or for the up boat to take her off.
 Early this morning the T. c. Walker came along, and she wrestled for two hours with rope and hawser to take her sister craft off the perch. Finding it useless, she went on.
 The tide was at its height at II o'clock this morning. but at 10:S0 it was high enough for the Peters to float, and she steamed off and continued her journey to San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-29
TELLER'S
 RESOLUTION
 IS PASSED Disposed Of After a w eek's Animated
 Debates. Senators Approve the Plan by 8 Vote of 47
 to 32. It Provides for the Payment of Bonds "At Option" in
 Silver Dollars. ALL AMENDMENTS BEATEN Closing Arguments in Which Demo- crats Criticize the President
 and Secretary Gage.
It Provides for the Payment of Bonds "At Option" in
 Silver Dollars.
ALL AMENDMENTS BEATEN
Closing Arguments in Which Demo- crats Criticize the President
 and Secretary Gage.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office, Riggs House.

WaSnlngton, Jan. 28.
 After a debate, animated at all times and occasionally acrimonious. which occupied the greater part of the week, the Senate this evening, by a decisive vote of AT to 32, passed the Teller con- current resolution. The resolution is a practical reaffirmation of that of Stan ley Matthews in 1878, and is as follows:
 That all the bonds of the United States issued or authorized to be is- sued, under the said acts of Congress hereinbefore recited, are payable prin- cipal and interest, at the option of the Government of the United States, in silver dollars of the coinage of the United States containing 412h grains of standard silver, and that to restore to its coinage such silver coins as a legal tender in payment of said bonds, principal and interest, is not in viola tion of the public faith nor in deroga- tion of the rights of the public credit"
 All efforts to amend the resolution were voted down by majorities rang ing from five to twenty mine, Lodges gold standard substitute being defeated by the latter majority. The vote on the Lodge amendment was: Ayes, 24; noes, B.
 The events of the day leading up to the final vote were full of interest and importance. It was a field day for the orators of the Senate, no less than twenty-five Senators embracing the op- portunity to speak upon the subject un- der discussion. The public interest in the debate, as was attested by the at- tendance in the galleries, which were 4I lox fs,of 7 1t was important, was evidenced by the statements of several of the speakers that the discussion was but the prelim- mary alignment of the great political parties for the contest of 1900
 From 10 o'clock this morning until 2
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DEATH STRKEs M EUREKA.

EUREKA Jan. 2S.-Mrs. L. c. Putnam died this morning after a lingering ill., ness, a victim of consumption. Mrs. Put nam was 24 years of age. She was the wife of Lou C. Putnam and a daughter of Mayor and Mrs. David Evans of this city. On December r. 1896. she left here for Kobe, Japan, whither MT. Putnam 1897, she became his bride From the time of her arrival in the Orient she com menced to fail, and as no hope for her recovery was held out by her physician she was brought back to her native city. where she arrived on January g.
 Flags on all the city buildings are at half mast. The funeral will be held Sum- day afternoon.
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third prize, s10, Charles Abraham, Western Nursery; fourth prize. S5, Cy- press Lawn Cemetery Association, and fifth prize, s, $. c. Hammond.
 The following also received honora- ble mention: F. Luderman, Pacific Nursery, camellias and azaleas; Wom- ans Exchange, John Pouyal, wreath of galax leaves; Golden Gate Park, out door Towering shrubs and rhododen- dron falconerii; Gustave Gague and the Amateur Table.
 The music yesterday was furnished in the afternoon by the Hebrew Or phan Asylum Band, and at night by the Native Sons Band. In speaking of
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engagements for the fair are by this time almost completed and the inte- rior of the barn-like structure has been transformed into such a realistic rep resentation of the frozen regions of the North as to send cold chills chasing up and down. the spine of the Califor- nian who is accustomed to green fields and blossonling flowers the year round.
 The opening of the fair itself will be a feature of more than passing inter- est Thousands of miles away Presi- dent Mckinley will press a button which will set the historic bells of the
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ed people thronged the floral market all yesterday. This feature is proving one of the chief features of the Jubi- lee Mayor Phelan added most beau tiful exhibit to the market yesterday in some specimens of large and excel lent lemons grown by him in the yard of his residence in this city.
 Mrs. L. O. HodglIins, Mayor Phelan and pr. c. Brigham, composing the committee on prizes, made the follow ing awards yesterday: First prize, s2O, Frank Pelicano & Go. (this exhibit was grown by Schwerin Bros.); sec ond prize, S15, Mcclellan Company;