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The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13
LOG RAFT.
LOG RAFT.
FLEET OF TUGS
SEARCHING FOR
THE LOG RAF 7
Insurance Men and
Owners Anxious.

The derelict log raft is giving shipping
men and the local underwriters great
deal of uneasiness. The big mass of piles
is somewhere right in the track of YES
sells bound up and down the coast, and is
therefore a serious menace to navigation.
There is over six million feet OF lumber
in the structure and there is about $4,000
insurance on it, Hence the uneasiness of
the underwriters.
If the raft is to be picked up 1t should
be heard from within the next forty-eight
hours. The Fearless may have picked it
up, and If she has will bring it into port.
Early yesterday morning the Czarina
went out again and later in the day she
was followed by the tugs Rescue and Sea
Queen. The latter vessel will tow the
schooner Norma to Fort Bragg and as
soon as that job is accomplished she will
join the Rescue Fearless and CZarina in
the search for the derelct. The steamer
President Of the Alaska Packers fleet
will probably go out to-day. so that five
steamers will be searching for the raft
By this afternoon. number OF vessels
reached port yesterday, but none OF them ZEN
somewhere between Point Arena and
Point Reyes but no one has. been able
positively to say that he saw It since the
ship Oriental so nearly ran 1T down. Y eS-
terday the steamers Robert Adamson,
Noyo, State of California and Glenogle all
arrived from northern ports, but not one
Captain George Harvey went out in
command of the tug Sea Queen. as Cap
tain Ike Smith is confined to his home
with serious illness.
The cruiser Marblehead was towed to
Mare Island by the navy yard tug Una
dilla yesterday. She will go on the dry
dock for an overhauling and will come
out of retirement some time next month:
The Oceanic Steamship Companys mail
steamer Australia arrived from Honolulu
yesterday. She brought up full cargo
and about fifty cabin passengers and over
100 in the steerage. The passage was
very pleasant one and the run was made
in six days and twelve hours. The cabin
passengers were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Atwater. five children and
servant, Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Atherton, A.
Atherton, A F. Along. Mr.. and Mrs. H.
G. Boswell and daughter, Mrs. E. Benner,
Miss Benner, Miss M. Burns, Thomas
Buckley, B. r. Banning, Mayor G. g.
Cornich, Mrs. s. L. Dexter, Mrs Du Rbi,
Mr.. and Mrs A Enos and son, C. Eccles.
H P Franklin, Mrs. c. Graham and two
children, l. T. Grant, W. B. Godfrey JIr;.
Mrs. W. L. Howard, A. Hazard, j. M.
Hewson, Mrs. w. G. Irwin and maid,
Miss Helene Irwin, Mrs. Keating- Mr..
Kirkland, w. Lucas, DR.. and Mrs: Mour-
itz and three children, ]. e. Murphy. Mr..
Marion. D. A. Ray, w. T. Rawline. Mr..
and Mrs. George w. Smith and child, c.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13
VALUABLE DOCUMENTS
PLACED ON RECORD
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAIL
WAY MORTGAGES FILED.
Call for S125, 100000 and Covers the
Lines in California, Utah and
Nevada-Huntington Buys
Lot.

Two important and valuable documents
were recorded yesterday afternoon in the
Hall of Records. Fhey are the first re-
funding mortgage and the second mort
gage of the Central Pacific Railway Com
pany Of Utah TO the Central Trust Com
Trust Company Of New York. The first
paper is for 100000 .0O0 in bonds of $1,000
and $500 each, bearing interest at per
second is for $25, 100000. bearing 3Is per
cent and running for thirty years
Revenue stamps to the amount of $50. 900
were affixed to the first document, and
$12,5 500 was paid to the United States Gov
ernment on the second
The mortgages have been recorded in
every county Of California, Utah and Ne
vada where the Central Pacific operates
lines and over $4,000 has been paid out in
recorders fees. The second mortgage
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13

and renewed hisademand for a complaint
and a warrant for the arrest of the man
ayers Of the Union Iron Works on
charge of violating the Federal eight-hour
law by working more than eight hours per
day upon the Government transports get
ting them ready to carry soldiers and
supplies to Manila Banning asked
whether Rosenberg was willing to swear
that the law had been violated since Ban
ming had written to the Union Iron Works
people with regard to the subject, and
whether he would swear that the work
was not one of emergency.
1t appeared to Banning that the fitting
out of transports in time of war was
matter of emergency, and that being the
case a prosecution would not hold
Rosenberg left after promising to make
the necessary invest cation.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13
MURDERER HUNT
PROVES TO Be
A DEGENERATE {
insane Behavior at
the Inquest.

Robert L. Hunt laughed heartily yes
terday forenoon when witnesses at the
Coroner's inquest described how he shot
and killed George Elliott and seriously
wounded saloon-keeper E. r. Knippen-
berg on Steuart street last Saturday.
Hunt sat in a corner of the room near
the witness stand and enjoyed the pro-
Ceedings as though they were farce got
up for his amusement. Several times he
assisted the memory OF the witnesses
when they halted in their recital Of the
threats made by himself, and was quick
TO prompt them, Notwithstanding the pro-
tests Of Coroner Hill. Thus, when one OF
the witnesses was telling about Hunt haV-
ing threatened to murder Mr.. Simpson,
Hunt corrected him by giving the initials
as well as the name "A. NJ. Simpson"
When Hunt was asked whether he
wished to take the stand in his own behalf
he said that he did, and took the witness
chair with cheerful alacrity as though
he were going TO tell funny story. He
declared unhesitatingly that he had done
the shooting and that the soul Of Mrs
Emily Russell had entered into possession
of him and had prompted him to do the
deed. He said that she was known as
Mrs. Delamore and that she had in his
company visited saloons up north and
drank champagne with him He vas
proud Of being ObseSsed by the holy
spirit of the woman as he called 1t. and
did not for an instant exhibit remorse or
shame. It became apparent that Hunt
was degenerate and that that fact Rad
more to do with his insanity than Sny
injury that he might have received upon
the head by the fall Of a portion of a roof
upon him several years ago, as stated by
his friends.
Coroner Hill, suspecting this to be the
case, put q question to test Hunt on this
point, and Hunt Immediately became so
obscene in word and action that the ma
tron fed from the room in horror and the
policeman in charge was obliged to use
force to make the murderer desist The
jury returned a verdict charging Hunt
with the murder of Elliott
Hunt was arraigned in Judge Mogan's
@ @coulL IN lhe n9IIhng on tne charge OF
222 Steuart street and the case was con-
1inued until Friday
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13
SEARCHING FOR THE DERELICT

them for half column. Even then his
rage was at the boiling point and 1T was
not until he had ripped the revelers up the
back as a 'cottager and ripped them
Canyon who lives on the hillside Just
the as the Examiner calls its 'inad-
vertence."
On numerous occasions during the week
preceding the publication of the 'inadver-
tence,' Millard gloated publicly on the
package he was about to hand [ the
of the North Pacific Coast Railroad Com
pany that he had "a roast prepared that
would peel the skin from the campers,
for the following Sunday edition OF the
Examiner
Mr.. Millard was busy explaining yester-
day to the managing editor how the I'm
advertence' had been allowed to take on
such large proportions. At a late hour
last night the returns were not all in.
ing somewhat easier than he did the night
before while supervising the building of a
retraction that might retract as little as
possible. In his inside pocket the manag-
ing editor of the Examiner had the letter
written by Nullard to VIII Moore. business
manager Of the Monitor and manager OF
loaned it to the managing editor, who in.
timated he needed it in the business of
animadverting the Milard .'inadvert-
ence" Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Moore,
repenting the fact that he had given the
letter to the managing editor, tried to get
it again. He was unable to see the man
aging editor, but was told by one of his
representatives that they wished to send
it to Mr.. Hearst.
In writing the letter threatening the Oc-
cidental campers with all sorts, OF terms
in San Quentin for their alleged felonies,
Mr.. Milard had Inadvertently" used an
Examiner letterhead.
Twice again last night representative
of Mr. Moore tried to secure an audience
M
iner, so as to come at the letter. but each
time was informed that that functionary
was out. Mr.. Moore begins to think that
not the managing editor but he himself
is out-that letter.
Foster Azevedo, the lessee of the ground
upon which the fake bacchanalian orgies
were alleged to have taken place, was in
this city yesterday in consultation with
an attorney, bent upon bringing an action
against it the au{R1T OF fhs
1T was nothing but lies" he said.
from beginning to end. That man Mil
lard did 1t out of spite. The Occidental
tried to collect money for water from
the spring / lease. When l allowed him
10 connect his pipe with the spring / told
him that the fact that he paid "a year
with any campers to whom l might rent
grounds. ! made him understand distinct
ly that the campers were first as far as
that spring was concerned. How did he
live up to that agreement? Last season
he allowed the owners Of two houses,
Shultz and Killip, to tap his pipe and use
my water, for which he charged them 50
a month apiece. He made the same deal
with John Gormley. This year he tried It
on GorInley and when l heard of 1t told
Millard he was no gentleman"
James Shultz, one of the proprietors of
the Larkspur baths, said yesterday that
he intended to sue Millard because of the
false statement in the sensational story
that campers of both sexes were In the
habit of bathing together at his place
without bathing suits.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13
EXAMINER HAS
To TAKE ITS
OWN MEDICINE
CraWfishes on One Of
Its Fakes.
APOLOGIES TO OCCIDENTALS
SAYS THE LARKSPUR, "oRGY"
WAS A PIPE DREAM.
The Author of the Zolaesque Fairy
Tale Hauled Over the Goals for
His Full-Page "Inadver-
tence."
APOLOGIES TO 0CCIDENTALS
SAYS THE LARKSPUR, "oRGY'
WAS A PIPE DREAM.

Persons picking UP the Examiner this
morning and finding little news Will
please excuse that paper. 1t hadn't time
to get any yesterday as it was so busy
apologizing to the people of Larkspur
for it's attack on their characters and so
frantically endeavoring to take back all
IL had published concerning the alleged
indulgence of Occidental campers In "bac-
chanalian revels.'
1t was all an ''inadvertence," says the
Examiner in explanation of it's Zolaesque
portrayal of saturnalia that refused to
stay nailed. OF course the people OF
Larkspur believe that statement Look
ing through pair of Examiner specta-
cles they can readily see how an mad
vertence can be spread all over page.
With the same eyeglasses they can con-
iure up a camel doing a fiipfap as he
passes through the eye of a needle. It's
all in the point of view, as some phil
osopher has said all in the point of view.
Sunday morning last, viewed by r.
Bailey Millard, who had an ak to grind
and no water with which to grind 1t, the
point of view was different. He took up
almost a page of the now fearful Ex-
aminer In telling what bad lot were the
young men of Occidental camp. "Bac-
chanalian satyrs, "NeToites OF Bait,
more Canyon" "hoodlums rampant,
etc. ad lib. were added to his book of
synonyms as equivalents for the unsts-
pecting campers. He called their brand
new piano a hurdy-gurdy and dilapi-
dated music machine; he said their Dark
town ditties were ragtime diableries;
and-most wonderful of all in that
"truthfuI'' description-he said that they
swan in the altogether" while enjoying
As the Sunday editor of the Examiner
alone MiIlard was not satisfied to vent
his spite on the campers. He unloaded
several columns on their devoted heads in
that capacity, but that was not enough.
He lowered himself on the newspaper lad
der-stooped to conquer, as it were-and.
as "a reporter for the Examiner who Wis
tied the scene yesterday" dashed into
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13

Cars stop here" this is the sign
The Market-st. Railway wish to define.
Pegamoid Aluminium does 1t for them;
Opposite Call Bldg" It's a gem
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13
:os2c:ace

C. Smith, T. NJ. starkey, H. G. Spencer,
L. f. Stone, Mr.. Steinhart, Mrs. G. D.
Wright, Mrs. F. NJ. Wakefield, c. F.
Ignatz Steinhart returns after visit to
Honolulu in connection with the establish
ment of the First American Bank OF Ha-
wall. Mrs. w. G. Irwin comes to San
Francisco in connection with the erection
of her palatial home on Pacific Heights
and also to look after the education of her
daughter, Miss Helene Irwin. A, f.
Along, brother of Mrs. Captain Whiting
of the United States navy is going to
Yale to complete his studies.
Harry Nichols, a 13-year-old lad who
returned from Honolulu on the Australia,
has an ardent desire to get to Manila.
He left his home in Missouri over six
months ago and made his way to San
Francisco. When the transport PennSyl-
Vania sailed Harry was aboard as stow
away. When discovered he was placed
under arrest, but before he could be hand
ed over to the United States Consul at
Honolulu he made his escape. After the
Pennsylvania got away young Nichols
got work on the United States steamer
on the Australia was arranged for him.
When Harry walked down the gangway
of the steamer yesterday morning he had
81 40 in hts pocket, but he says that is
enough to keep him until he can stow
away on another transport.
Three of the salmon fleet are making
now out 80 days. the Merom "a days and
the ship w. H. Macy 81 days from Bristol
Bay. Head winds and Gains have prob
ably delayed them, and to-day or to-mor-
row they may show UP off the heads in
bunch
The steamer Nippon Maru sailed for the
Orient yesterday with valuable cargo
and a fair passenger list There was the
usual crowd down to see her off
The British tramp steamer Glenogle,
that has lately been carrying merchandise
from China for the Pacific Mail and
Northern Pacific, arrived from Tacoma in
ballast yesterday. She is under charter
to the Government, and will be turned
into transport as quickly as possible,
Joe Fo4ntein ndeTspoy dsv was treate6 ea "a at
Robinson and Murphy for serious cut in
the leg. He was sitting on doorstep on
Stevenson street between Second, and
came along. Their leader was John Wei
don, and he had an open pocket-knife in
his hand. Watch me make this guy
jump" he remarked to his companion.
knife into Fountains thigh. With that
the crowd ran away and Fountain was
taken to the Harbor Hospital. The police
are looking for Weldon.
The San Francisco owned ship Eclipse
is back in Sydney harbor, much the worse
for an encounter with hurricane. She
sailed from Newcastle, N. S. w, for Hon
olulu with cargo of coal, and soon after
she got out a terrific storm came up. The
cargo shifted, the seams opened and at
one time it looked as though the vessel
would go down When the storm abated
she was leaking pretty badly, but the
crew finally managed to get her into Sgd
ney.
in port, and they would not be idle a mo-
ment If their owners would accept the
ruling charter rates. They are the Brit
ish ships British Isles, Cambrian Hills
and Claverdon. All of them are holding
rate. At this time last year there were
over twenty disengaged vessels in port.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13
RosENBERG'S DEMAND.
Makes Another Application for 6
Complaint Against the Union
Iron Works

Secretary Rosenberg of the Federated
Trades Council called yesterday upon As
sistant United States Attorney Banning
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13
HOW ALFALFA LAND Is
ASSESSED IN MERGED

They assess valuable land very low
down in Merced County. and the State
Board of Equalization does not know Of
it. Samuel 0. Crittenden, a respectable
farmer whose place is near the thriving
hamlet Of Ingomar, let the cat out of the
bag yesterday morning when giving tes-
timony before United States Commission
er Heacock in the matter of the San Joa-
quin and Kings River Canal and Irriga-
ton Company against the County of
Stanislaus. its Board of Supervisors and
others. The Supervisors fixed the rates
to be charged by the corporation at a fig
ure which the irrigation company declares
virtually amounts to a confiscation of it's
property.
Mr. Crittenden corroborated the testi-
mony of the other witnesses as to the al
falfa industry in that part of the country
to prepare the ground and put 1t in al
falfa and 25 cents acre to keep the
checks In order and put the water upon
the land, exclusive of the cost of the
water, and that for the first five years of
cultivation the yield was from seven 10
eight tons of alfalfa hay per acre, the
hay bringing in the nearest market from
$4 to $4 80 per ton.
''What is the average value of land with
alfalfa on it in your neighborhood? was
asked.
ABOUT 800 per acre. Ia hate to have
to take 800 per acre for, mine
"What is your land assessed for?" was
the next question
The witness blushed slightly as he re-
piled 1912 per acre.
The smile that went round the court
room was an indication that the land Of
the other witnesses had been treated
equally as leniently by the Assessor as
Mr.. Crttenden's.
The taking of further testimony in the
case will be continued during the next
two days.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13
ADVERTISEMENTS.
H0USEKEEP| ING
GOODS!

During the past week we have opened up
LARGE shipments of TABLE LINENS TOW
ELS, NAPKINS, T0WELING, BEDSPREADSy
BLANKETS, COMF0RTERS and SHEETS and
quote a few special items.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13

October styles Standard Patterns, the only
high grade. low priced seam-allowing patterns
Domestic Office, 1921 Market ST., near Sixth. >
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13

all in
-
~ SISTER, George
RANDI
hall where elaborate served The elegant
brilliant
tons wit
shouded
of
with whit
Mr. to
the frt be
expec o travel
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13

5 cases Extra Size WHITE ENGLISH MAR
SEILLES BEDSPREADS, Veru handsome
deSignS, Price, $3.50 each.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13

covers all the land grants owned by the
corporation not specified in the first mort
gage.
A deed was also placed on record where
in Drury Melone and his wife convey TO
corner of Fourteenth street and Julian
avenue. The consideration mentioned is
$4,000. The lot will be used in conjunc-
ton with the Railroad Hospital recently
erected on the site adjoining.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-13

g cases Fine White CALIFORNIA BLANKETS,
full size and extra WEIGHT Price, 1925
D1ir,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-02

Frank Worthing, who was Frawley's
leading man for two years, will next
appear with the Liedler company in
Israel Zangwilrs Children of the
Ghetto
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
"SPAHKING, r. n. NJ, e7"

The Order "to Meet the Emergency" Re-
Gently Posted in n BoyS Ward In Bellevue.
The chief Of the Bellevue Hospital staff Of sur
gcons ono evening recently ON his rounds entered
Ward 2, which Is devoted TO the euro OF ehildroh's
injuries, and glanced In n potfunctory way at tho
orders posted by attending surgeons on tho pre-
vious night. He opened his eyes wide when
he saw this order signed by physician:
Spanking; p. r. ~, a."
Turning 70 the nurse in attendance the sur
econ asked what "27" meant II meant that
twenty. seven children had been spanked in that
ward on tho night before.
We'll, that is the most remarkable order have
ever seen gwen In Bellevue Hospital said the
official, and he asked the nurse how II camo about
Up II. y" stood for pro nata. "to meet the cmcrg
oncy.' II was the other part that he wanted
TO have explained.
III began with tho throwing Of shoe tho
nurse said, "and IL was after oil Of the patients
wcro in bod and tucked up for the night. l sup
posed that the boys with broken legs and plaster
casts on thorl, tho othot boys with broken arms
Then a shoe from someu here went sailing across
the word, narrowly missing tho head Of that
hso Italian boy from Cherry street who has
q match To barrel OF gunpowder A crutch
ilrw over my head and hi tho window; tho boy.
81 their cots hobbcd 10 their near neigh6ors and
pulled thom out on the floor. Those who wanted
IN be quiet wero pOked and plagued and forced
" get out and Join IN the rumpuS There were
hall dozen pillow fights in progress In as many
places at once before could say scat
Just as the pandem Dnium wa hl It's height
the doctor came in On his rounds and protested.
lie said that there was much noise that the
patents in the wards nearby were complaining
The boys must stop II they would not stop they
must bc made 10 stop. Why not spank thcm'
Il rcnturcd 60 say that the task Of spanking
twenty seven boys, hand running. "a Il were.
was no child's play. He said that | must do
had 10 bc done then. The doctor did not wait
10 scc what ! would do and he looked rather
amu,cd as he tur:.ci aud went out II the ward.
Well gave out the order 10 the children, but
they did not mind me in the least I did not wan,
u spank them, for they probably for the flrs,
t,ric in their lives had had their stomnchs full
aud their animal spirits were high. They had
had enough misfortune in their accidents that
had brought them Ia the institution. So Jus,
warned them that they were up 70 a spanking
II they didn't behave. Did they settle down
As the bows say. 'Ni,' They Just winked a,
me aud kept on worse than ever. Then started
after them. They lmpcd hobbled and wriggletl
back u their cots as fast az their legs would carry
them | turned Gown the upper sheet ~ the col
of the first boy that came 90 aud LAID II good
! hOwls went up ~ the ceiling following the wall,
| Of the first victim, Down the rows Of cots ! pro
ceedcd. slowly and cuuscicntiously. and, II
do say IL, there was in my wake lot Of chastcned
| souls"
III make note u the Order as a remarkable
! one, said the official lie did, and that il how
| II came out
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
BiNGOh,H HEdRsE WiR.
A City Undcrtnker's Row Responsible for
tho Introduction of Two "FnnernI Cars.n

BANGOR, Me, Dec. %, The hcarse war in
Bangor has developed new complications, involv-
ing the livery stable keepers The trouble started
when q new undertaken In town refused 10 Use
the municipal hcarsc, paying q Gee Of 81 thcrcior
10 the city undertaken, mad provided a new and
gorgeous hearsc, which he calls a funeral car
which he offered FREQ OF charge in all cases
where he might be called upon to convey tho dead
10 their final resting place, The city undertaken
objected TO being thus robbed Of his fee and re-
fused 10 admit the opposition. hcarse to tho GENE.
terry. and thcrcupon the new undertaken appealed
70 the Mayor, who called a special meeting Of the
Board Of Aldermen to consider the case.
The Aldermen gave the new undertaken pcr.
mission to enter the cemetery. and that aroused
the indignation Of the city undertake. and all The
others who were willing 10 use the official hea rsc
and pay the three dollar fec, and they vet about 10
get even with the disurbcr They got the proprc lor
Of u livery stable 10 bus bigger and more gorgeous
hcdrSc. or funeral cHT, than the opposition under.
takers promising ~ hire 4 for all their funeta is
At So u funeral, The now hcaFSc has arrived
and il HIS Startled the town. Icing Of enormous
size and imposing appearance, but the sta bl-man
has Just figured out thnt ihc lhrecnllHr Zee will nd
hn enough 10 pHy for the Of the horses 10 haul
the big cur and for the services OF driver not In
mention any returns ON his 81, 500 Investment
Still, the undertakcrs say that Is the stableman 8
lookout, for II was fair trade, willingly made.
The owners OF the respective funeral cars are
| now engaged in sharp rival ~ for business. and
now Is the time 70 save funeral expenses.