The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-07-30
Reached Here on the
Steamer Curacao.
HEALTH AUTHORITIES EvADED
CAPTAIN MEYER OF THE JOHN
C. POTTER DID TT.
Philo Tryon Injured at the Ferries.
q. G. s. Bowman Broke his
Leg While on His Way
to St. Luke's.

that gold hunters are returning from with
tales of woe. Some came back yesterday
from the torrid plains Of San Rogue on
the steamer Curacao. They say the place
is nothing but a "tailings camp and a
man is doing well who makes 81 80 a day
The Curacao brought UP forty-seven
cabin and thirty-5even second-class pas
sengers. Among them were Merceiius
Herrias and Jose Somelhera, wealthy
merchants of Ensenada, who are here on
business and pleasure They say the San
Rogue boom is dead and that very few
people are left on the field outside OF those
who were there when the rush began
W. W. Lewis and c. II. Junker are two
of the miners. who came back on the Cura-
Gao. Mr.. Lewis has small quantity OF
gold in a glas vial, which he brought
home with him as a curiosity. The gold
is worth about & 75 and it took Mr.. Lew
is three weeks to pan it out of the San
Rogue sand. Mr.. Junker is crippled with
rheumatism, and that Is all he has to
show for his gold hunt in Mexico Both
these men have been in placer mines in
almost every gold country on the race OF
the earth, and both are unanimous III
saying that San Rogue Is the worst spot
they ever struck.
'Sfhere were only about fifteen Ameri-
cans left on the field when we left. said
Mr.. Lewis yesterday. All the remainder,
TO the number of 500 or 900, were MeMcanS
or Indians. There would have peen
great deal of suffering had not the Mexl-
can Government sent the gunboat Demo
crata to take US away. On her last trip
she landed about 100 of US at Ensenada,
and from there we have made our way
home.
The Mexican Government made no
charge for mining. They sent an expert
and he reported the fields as worked out.
There is no doubt that years ago san
Rogue was of the richest placer min
ing camps the world has known m NJ, put on IL
there is nothing left but the taihngs.
There was no suffering except FOR water
That article was bad and very hard TO
get. 1t was carried to the camp on mules
and it cost me 80 1-3 cents a day for what
l used. That was more than L ever took
out of the ground in one day. The most
ever saw taken out at one time was Sl6
worth of dust. 1t was got from the roots
of an uprooted tree. Next day the miner
took out s. worth and the next day he
could not get anything.
The Mexican Government was very
good to everybody at the mines. There
were great many poor people idle and
it was thought they might make living
at San Rogue. When 1t saw that the
place was overdone, the Democratic came
and took us away. / don't want any more
Dr. L. Eisen. who has been in Lower
California for the Academy of Sciences,
brings back with him very valuable col
lection of natural history objects. He
says there has been no rain in the cen cen
years, and everything would have died
had it not been for trrigatlon.a He did
not visit the San Rogue goldfields,, but
pointed gold hunters wnom he met at va
rious points during his travels.
There was rush of people TO the water
front yesterday morning. Some senseless
person notified the Eureka planning mills
that one of the transports was coming
in, and in consequence the siren was
blown. All the other whistles on the front
took up the refrain and soon thousands
of people were asking what transport was
IN
at the Merchants Exchange were kept
busy answering telephone calls and tell
ing people Tha vas s mas IN sight laiSs anu
Captain Meyer of the American ship
John c. Potter did a very clever piece
of work the other day and incidentally
outwitted the Honolulu Board of Health.
The Potter was loaded and cleared at the
Custom house, but was short two OF her
crew Captain Meyer secured these on
Saturday afternoon and notified the doc
tor to come down and give him a bill OF
health. The medico had an important en-
gagement, but nevertheless went TO the
Potter When he got there the TWO men
had not arrived, so the doctor departed,
saving ne "oT bis g dd f not suit the cap
tain, and when his men came aboard he
sailed without II.
angry over the sailing of the Potter, and
at once notified the Collector OF customs
at Port townsend. The agent of the yes
sci applied for clean bill OF health TO
forward to Captain Meyer, but it was
reused him Meyer suspected that he
would have trouble, SO when ne reached aicr
side the ship. Going ashore, he tele-
graphed to Captain Charles Nelson. the
owner to find went 3qf II 6R9 9 that al h@3 had
not he went aboard and ordered the Jug
to take him to Victoria, b. c. A few
hours later the John Z; Potter was IN Ih the
Never entered his ship. He explained his
failure to have bill OF heaith ana t ald
and everything was all right; Then t.n he he
turned around and cleared his ship for
port Townsend. The tug was stu! along
fascination. Captain Meyer had lost
day, and had to pay pretty heavy tow
age bill. but he was able 10 enter ms Sii ~
enter his vessel at Port Townsend with
out the clean bill of health he would nave
been liable to fine OF $oOVo. ,- - tho
The training ship Adams Went 10 INC
navy ward yesterday. Several Of the ofn-
GERS are to be examined Tor pfoinotoh'
and as soon as that work Is over the
Adams will go another cruise 10 Puset
Sound .,,.
Phiio Tryon, q gripman on a McAllister-
the ferries yesterday. He was about 10
take hold Of the cable with the grip when
a flying strand caught the grip and 1erked
Tryon in the stomach and knocked him
clean through the car door. He was badly
injured, and WAS treated at the Haroor
T. c. 8. Bowman, a commercial trav-
eler, had a broken leg set at the Harborr
Hospital by DR.. Morrison yesterday. and
was then sent to st. Luke's Hospital Mr.;
Bowmans wife has been dangerously Ill
at st. Luke's with typhoid fever, and her
husband his return from trip into
the country was hurrying out to see her.
He stepped of a car on Market street to
attend to some urgent business, and in
doing so put his foot on an orange peel; !
result, broken leg and 8 trip to the hos
pital in an AMBULANCE.
The British bark Venture arrived from
Hamburg yesterday after passage Of 173
days; Captain }. F. I. Ahrens is in com
Venture is one of the few British ships
that has come into this port whose mas |
ter could not speak the language Of the |