New-York tribune., 1899-07-30
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA
INTEREST IN RETURNED SOLDIERS-A
REMARKABLE WOUND-REOPENlNG
OF THE MARIPOSA NINE
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San Francisco. July 29-The Preside is once
again the centre OF interest. and thousands Of
persons, a large proportion being women, daily
visit the reservation to talk with the men VINO
have returned from Manila, many bearing
marks of the hardships they endured. Natural
ly the big general hospital where half thou-
sand returned heroes are cared for, Is point
OF great attraction. and on visiting days the
sick and wounded men hold regular levee'
The visitors fairly load down the soldier boys
with flowers and all sorts Of delicacies are
heaped upon them The arrival OF the steamer
Morgan City from Manila on Monday with 4So
sick and wounded men, more than hundred
CT whom were stricken on the firing line. Is re-
sponsibe for revival OF interest IN military
affairs Although few Of the men were In seri-
GUS condition on their arrival here many bear
marks Of fearful wounds. from which they are
recovering Arthur Howe. Company {, Zoth
Kansas has six scars caused by one Duiiet'
Ralph Straub. 1st Washington volunteers sus-
tanned a most remarkable wound He was lying
down and reaching back with his right hand 10
take another cartridge from his belt In the bat
tie of Taguig on April 22 when a steel )acketed
Mauser bullet cut through his skull just over
hie right eve glanced down and tore out his
eve went through his cheek into his mouth ana
rcssed ont through his lower jaw and into his
neck and clean through his body. coming out
under the shoulder blade and entered his right
arm above the elbow and finally lodged In the
lower forearm One Of the most pitiful cases
| on tho Morgan CITY was that OF Lieutenant Egg
hort son OF the brave Colonel Egbert. who was
made insane by the death Of his father Colonel
Egbert was killed by Filipino bullet. One OF
| the men who receives az much attention as any
one in the hospital Is Frederick Spencer. who
WAS stricken with paralysis on the firing line in
tho PHILIPPINES. He is a veteran OF twenty
nine wears service in the Regular Army. He
first enlisted in 1861. and has been In service
most OF the time since. He has been for ten
wears in the 14th Infantry. TO which he Is now
attached
Tho KIondike fever was revived somewhat
tbis week by the arrival OF the steamer Bertha
from St Michaels with ninety eight passengers
and over S1QO00O0 in gold. The purser had
$40 600 belonging to the passengers and nearly
as much more for the Alaska CommercaI Oo"n-
pany. owner OF the steamer
William Iiggett. who has been two years In
tho Klondike brought out Sl25 Trustworthy
odv,ces from, Cape Nome brought by the Bertha
confirm the reports OF the richness OF the new
ulacers. but say that the mines are shallow and
| cannot prove permanent All the available
ground both good and bad. for distance of
thirty miles is already staked. and the unlucky
Dawson boomers by the thousand are still pour
ing into the new camp. An expert miner writes
from Cape Nome that the mines can never rival
the Klondke. and expresses the belief that not
over three hundred persons can find paying
claims
There IL renewed activity in the California
gold mines. which promises we'll for the increase
in the output OF the yellow metal next year
The famous Mariposa grant in Mariposa Coun-
ty. the nrst quarts property In California, Ia q