July 29, 1897 (4 pages)

a b epemtemioss ! ~~ % . 36TH YEAR—NO. 11372 NEVADA CITY, CAL. THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 4897. ~ ae RST, IN. 1860 BY N. P. BROWN & CO, THE ‘TRANSCRIPT,! Sundays and Lezal Hol ays By EROWN « CALEINS/ N. P. BROWN. L. 8. CALKINS. P SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Fifty Cents Per Month. ADVERTISING RATES. \ ade known on application. Entered at the Postoffice at Nevada City as eecond-class matter. rere STATE OF NEVADA NEWS. Notes From Our Neighbors Beyond the Serra Nevadas. ‘The new strike in the Sierra Neyada ground was inspected by Superintendents Sharon and Ryan. Mr.: Ryan was interviewed afterwards by a reporter. He expressed the opinion that the strike was quite a promising affair. The ore deposit is between 200 and 300 feet beneath the surface. It is by accurate measurement over 8 feet wide, and will average $50 a ton right through. It is cut in two by acrosscut from the north drift. It is so located that there is plenty of room for quite a large body of ore. Word comes from the Mardis that §. P. Carlson has made another strike in his mine on Copper mountain. This, so he-story goes, has enchanced the value of the mine $15,000 and the owner now asks $65,000. Years ago Carlson was a sheepman. He sold his flocks for $10,000 invested the proceeds in Sa't Lake real estate and started prospecting on the income. In the three or four years that he has been over in the Mardis he has expended about $2,000, and now believes he has struck a bonanza. : OC. H. E. Hardinieft Sunday for the Glondyke gold fields. He will go to Juneau from San Francisco, and from Juneau overland to Dawson City. MINERS WILL BE TAXED. Yery Bad For the Miners of the Clondyke Region. ‘Vhe reports that the. Canadian. Government propused to levy a royalty tax on,the output of the Klondyke mines are confirmed, much to the disgust of those people who are now or expect to be interested in the nothern gold fields. ‘A dispatch from Ottawa states that the Dominion Cabinet finally decided that in addition to the $15 registration fee and the annual assessment of $100 to which each of the-Yukon river claims is now subject, a further charge of 10 per cent upon the output shall hereafter be’ levied where the aggregate gold amounts to less than $500 per month and 20 per.cent where it is greater. It was also ordered that hereafter every alternate’ claim staked out on the streams and rivers of the Klondyke region shall belong to the Government and be sold or worked for the benefit of the Diminion revenue. Another dispatch, from Vancouver, is as follows: Vancouver, B. C., July 28.—A private wire from Ottawa is that the Governor says the Yukon mining laws will be different from the British laws and will be enforced by the mounted police. need een eases BRIEF MENTION, Minor Notes and Comments of Local ~ [nterest. That Ice Cream Soda at Eph Cohn’s can’t be beat. Try it. j9-tf R. W. Latta is haying an addition built on the rear of his livery stable. J. M. Foley and J: Lammon were the lucky ones in the last drawing of Frank Smith’s suit club. Mr. and Mrs. George C. Gaylord wil! entertain a number of friends this evening by a whist party at their home on Broad street. W. H. Tattle of the Owt Satoon, Nevada City, bas secured the Agency for -Pabst’s celebrated Milwaukee lager beer, which he will serve in first-class style in bottles and kegs, at popular prices. j22-1f _ oe Silk Nightshirts. Sundry editors throughout the country seemed to be disturbed over the report that ex-Oandidate Bryan wears silk and ruffled nightshirts. But why not ?* Mr. Bryan has become a pluto erat in the short time since he es poused the cause of the dear people, and since he failed to get the Presidency through * his efforts in this line, why should be not at least haye the consolation of wearing a silk nightshirt since he i now’amply able to pay for it ? a Race Meeting Privileges. Three Dastardly Murders [age : BUSINESS SUSPENDED TODAY Reign Of Terror In Mobile. Tn the Beautiful SouthAS A RESULT. Ruin ‘Wrought by Yesterday’s Floods In New Jersey. re CHINESE PJ ATES LAYING FOR CLONDYKE GOLD. Uncle Sam Called on to Protect Ships Bringing Gold. THRILLING RUNAWAY OF FRESNO FIRE COMPANY HORSES. The Steamer Alameda Arrives From Australia—The Story of Murderer Butler’s Trial. Special! to the DaiLy TRANSORIPTAMNight of Crime. Morte, Ala., July 29—This eity is in a tremor of exéitement today as the -result of three murders committed last night. The people are driven to the highest pitch of frenzy, and business of dll kinds is practically suspended. At 7 o'clock last evening Thos. Jones, aconfederate veteran and reapected citizen: eged 63, wae kiliod bya negra named Davis who had already served a term for murderous assault: Davis, who isa burly fellow aged 30, broke into Jones’s house and the old man tried to put him out. They had a struggle in the yard. The negro with a stick of wood dealt Jones a crushing blow on the left temple breaking his neck. A crowd rapidly assembled and were about to lynch the murderer when a wagon load of policemen rescued him with difficulty from the mob. He is in the city jail, and cannot be taken out without loss of life. A desperate and determined crowd of men hung around there all night waiting for a show to kill him, but they knew that an attempt to break in would be futile. Mayor Bush called out. the 800 local troops, but only 75 responded. The coroner’s jury and the lower court held Davis for murder today. He is playing the insanity dodge. Between 12 and one o’clock a negro named Knight shot and killed Dantzler, another negro. As Knight was being pursued by the officers he shot and mortally wounded policeman Tucker. He then fled to the country and was caught at, 7 o’clock by a section boss named Hubbard. A special engine took out a posse of officers who brought him back and eluding the crowd waiting to lynch him got him into the city prison. 6. A. R. Reunion Ricumonp, Va, July 29.—There is by their sable brethren. Scrroeder Dead. 8 The bar, restaurant, and other privileges gt the race meeting will run 1 cash, balance on or before August 19ti. Bids received at Giffin’s cigar store, Nevada City, on or before August 7. j28td. -Gueneréok Jocsry Civa. \. much discussion ip holding the G. A. R. reunion here. The colored delegation will be excluded from the hotels, which is against the laws of the G. A. R. There are mavy other difficulties} all were safely ashore, The vessel wil besides. No first class hotel in this city will admit the colored men and, of —— course, the white delegates will stand MARYSVILLE, July 29.—The badly decomposed remains. of Fred Schroeder, er, a prominent farmer residing near Live. Oak, Sutter county, were dis0; covered near a straw pile on the farm davs—Angust 18 taw8 inclusive. Su«.' yesterday, with a bullet wound in the cxsinl bidders mast psy 5 ;er cant! head. It was’a case of suicide. Tbe . young man had threatened self destruction to his aunt, Mrs. E. Lauber, ‘The New Jersey Floods. New York, July 29.— Yesterday’s floods in New Jersey are receding to. day. Wrecked homes, washed-out railroad tracks and other evidences of devastation mark the path of the storm which left all the traces of a, fullfledged deluge in its wake. The water which flowed in some of the streets of Elizabeth to the depth of eight feet began to ebb at an early hour this morning. The electric plant was inundated, the trolley cars stopped, and all means of land communication were closed for hours. The frightened inhabitants imagined the damage even greater than it was. Theelectric plant that furnishes light to the towns of Elizabeth, Roselle, Cranford and Westfield was shut down and those places left in darkness. The Elizabeth Water Company’s plant was greatly damaged, and the lumber firms on the banks of Staten Island Sound lost much of their stock. The loss cannot now be even estimated, but it is very large. Riremen’s Lives Endangered. Fresno, July 29.—As the horses of Engine Company No.2 were about to ing with the engine in response to an alarm, they shied and the pole struck the door-post straining it. At the intersection of J and Tulare streets one of the horses fell and the pole broke off short. The animals then ran into building, one of them being cut nearly in two-by-the plate_glass window. The engine was a complete wreck., Driver Ashworth was seriously hurt in the smash-up and Engineer Maxwell] badly bruised. “An Old Mingr Has Started. San Francisco, July 29.—O. H. Gale of Sonoma, known as “Old Hank,” sailed on the Excelsior yesterday for Clondyke full of ent husiasm and confidence, in spite of his 60 years. He still retains bis interest in the Wilson mine, ‘luolumne county, which has returned to him $60,000 in the last eight years, but he hopes for greater things on the Clondyke. Arctic, F former. Steamer Lost. A panic occurred among the passen gers, but the officers and crew re mained cali and succeeded in quiet ing it. probably prove a total loss. Two Sisters on the Way. of the Cross and Sister Mary Magdalen of the Sacred Heart go north on th dash out of the house early this morn-}, the front. portion of the post office He bas mined in nearly every county in the State, and now proposes to try a two-year sojourn in the WAUKEGAN, Ul, July 29.—The steam yacht race this morning between the Enquirer and Pathfinder.was won by the The Pathfinder gave up off this city and turned back to Chicago. Port Huron, Mich., July 29—The steamer Cambria, with about 100 passengers on board, struck a drift of logs about 2 o’clock yesterday morving and was badly wrecked. The vessel drifted to the beach and struck in the midst of heavy surf and began to go to pieces. Work was at ouce begun to land the passengers, and by daylight San Francisco, July 29.—Sister Mary Bertha, which is to sail either on Saturday or Monday, and.will assist in conthe 24-year-old son of Charles Schroed. ducting s.me one of the several mission schools which the members of the Order of st Anne, to which both belong, have established in Alaska, Sister Mary of the Cross was a Miss Petersou, and formerly lived in British Columbii, while Sister Mary-Magdalene is a native of Quebec and was once known as Miss _ Arrived From Australia, San Franowsco, July 29.—The steamship Alameda arrived this morning . from Australia, coming by way of Samoa and Honolulu. It brings papers telling of the trial’ and conviction of murderer Butler. The. trial lasted three days and was sensational, On the last day Butler tried to cut “his throat with a metal tag from a plug of. Ptobacco, but his*plun~ was discovered before he had done any serious dam‘Afraid -of Chinese Pirates. ‘Wasuinoton, July 29—Trouble is feared by the Clondykers judging from a telegram received at the Treasury Department from the Alaska Transportation Company asking that a revenue cutter be sent there to convoy a vessel uf the company from St. Michaels down the Yukon and through Behring’s Strait. Itis represented ‘that Chinese pirates have organized to intercept and loot the treasure crafts to come down in August and September. It is e:pected there will be two million dollars worth of treasure on the next regard the request. Grain Brokers Are In It Cone'se Chronicle of Yarlous . Fo'ks’ lief Hill today. A house on the old Wettereau ranch puta ee: Mrs. John Evans lefton the noon. five miles south of Grass Valley on the Mrs. H. Stansfield’s bi broke i train for San Franicisco. American Ranch road; was burned this down on the Grass Valley road TuesTe from Campbell Springs. here on a visit to friends. train for Campbell Springs. was visiting friends here yesterday. came over from Forbestown today. Allen left on the noon train for Santa Cruz. It Was on Time. Kr partial eclipse of the sun came 2 off this morning according to program A Summary of Late News a8 Told Over} os yas witnessed by’ many of our the Telephone Today. people. It was-a very interesting sight Forest fires have been raging the. and those who got up earlier than uspast two days in the vicinity of Higal to see the phenemenon were well gins’ ranch, 12 miles below Grass Valpaid for their trouble. ley. PERSONAL POINTERS. . GRASS VALLEY NBWS. Doings and Intentions. G. W: Lewis of Colfax is in town. S. Seelig of San Francisco is in town. E. H. Beckley of San Jose is in town. J. 8: Landsburg came down from ReWats Poy SUSAR scsi . Baggy Robe Stolen. 2 ae day night and was left standing by the f roadside. The seat cushion was stolen _ from the buggy, and the person who took it is known. 1f it is returned no ‘ : questions will be asked. iy i Convicted of Battery.Joaquin’ Lopez was tried and conpe ie oe dam across Wolf creek near the Deadvicted in Justice Holbrook’s court to: man ranch, 10 miles below Gras Val-. ay on charge of battery. He struck & o ley, from which they have a flame and Thomas Mabar with a whip. ea ' ditch to carry water to sluice with. Tei . C. E. Clinch has abandoned the idea of putting up a building on Mill street Charles Eddy returned this morning . morning. The women folks were house “. cleaning and had taken the stove outside. A spark set fire to the house, and before the men could get in from the fleld thehouse and most of the furniture were destroyed. The house was insured for $200. : Calvin and J, W. Reed have. built a Mrs. J.B. Baker, of Austin, Nev., is Mrs. John Werry left on the noon Mrs. Charles Wasley of Grass Valley L. B. Johnson and W. E. Turner Mrs. A. M. Allen and Miss Adelaide To Be Closea Vut. Felix Cohn and W. H. Judell of San » A large line of babies’ Lace Caps is” i 4 vessel. The department willnot dis-. ~. Ed. Dower, who has been to,San jet RE Francisco for the past three months. Charles Schwartz fell from a plathaving his eyes treated, returned home . form back of his barn on Boulder yesterday. His eyes are much imstreet this afternoon and broke one of proved. ‘ his ribs, besides sustaininga number. Ned Richards and Ed Ninnis left to-. of bruises. Mr. Schwartz is almost today for Indiana Ranch, Yuba ceunty, . tally blind and was not aware that he where they will go to work in the. was so near the edge of the platform Good Title mine under Superintend-. which is eight or ten feet above Ahie ent Pengelly. ground. ‘ STARKEY & PALEN’S Treatment ‘by Intalation, 1529 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. San FRANCISCO, July 29.—E. L. Eyre, son of Col. Eyre, broker-in-chief to Flood & O'Brien in bonanza days, has completed the organization of a company among the grain brokers and secured good gravel miners to start off ‘immediately forthe Clondyke. They are to be equipped in first-class shape. — ‘Two Kore Lucky Miners. San Francisco, July 20.—Two more men who have successfully wooed fortuue in the Clondyke wilderness arrived here yesterday. ‘They are A. D.Gray . and H.C. Anderson, aud both came in! on the train from Oregon, having of late been spending a few days with friends in Seattle. As the result of their labors Atidersen is Dow FIO’ to™ the good and Gray _is $30,000. “Yes, we were both quite successful,” remarked . Mr. Gray to a reporter. “We have not made as much as some others, but we feel that we have reason to be contented, the more so that we shall retain valuable interests in the narth. As for the country up there, it is fully as rich . as has been claimed for it. creeks already known asrich in gold everything is staked out and ‘appropriated. Of course everybody there has not made a fortune yet, which is not remarkable when you remember that there are-something like 4000 people . now on the Clondyke.” ONE HUNDRED BLED Out of a Party of Four Hundred on the Way to Dawson City. Police Officer Morgan’ of San Francisco in couversation with a reporter stated that be had just received a letter from au old friend of his, who jeft Juneau for Dawson City with 400 other prospectors, on August 1Wih, by the Chilgoot Pass. Ot the 400 who started ont only about 300 reached their destination. The remainder lost their lives en route, and the trail was marked all the way from Juneau with wooden crosses, marking the place where they had fallen from exhaustion and were buried as they lay + eee Concert Tomorrow Night. By special request. of many who attended: the concert at tue 'Theater Tues-. violin at the Stanford University, will . give another concert tomorrow evening at the same place. A change of program will be’ preseated, inciuding much popular music, Me. Savannab is an artist aud bis violin playing equals any ever heard here. dt is indeed a treat to hear him play. Mr. 1 Mrs. Dr. Le Fevre, Miss N. Le Fevre : = . and Miss Sarah Wilson, who have been. Grove’s TasTELess CHILL Tonic is} Consumption, . here on a visit to Mr.and Mrs. J. F. /a perfect Malarial Liver Tonic and sa eonrairomh ‘Colley and Miss ‘Winnie Mulloy, left. Blood purifier. Removes Biliousness aur on the noon train for San Francisco. without purging. As pleasant as Lemon gr ler ie See Syrup. It is as large as any Dollar y fever, Deficient in English. arena retails pate To. get the barrens ’ eadache, The public schools of Nevada City . GENUINE ask for GROVE’S. jy19-6m _— Rheumatism, have been accredited by the State UniFine pero a Neuraigia, versity in but one division of English. AND ALE i This is nota very creditable showing and is what was predicted by J. W. . Reese, formerly teacher of the High ‘School. It was mainly on account of . his efforts to crowd the study of Eng'jish that he incurred opposition from Woodland Creamery Butter, , the vest in the market, can be had of Phil Scadden, the sole agent. a25-tf Chronic and Nervous Disorders. THE ORIGINAL AND.ONLY GENUINE Gompound Oxygen Treatments, that of Dru. siurkey and Palen, isa scientific adjustment of th. elements uf Oxygen and Nitrogen MAGNET{IzeD; andthe compound is so coudensed and inade portable that it ix sent all over the world. Franeiseo came in on the morning . next fall. to be closed out at the Branch Wonder " train. . There will be two horse ‘races at} Store, m7-tf ; 4 Miss Jennie Buell jand “Miss Flora. Watt Park Sunday and a ball game be: -_ f i Buell of Ann Arbor, Michigau,‘are here . tween the Smiths and the Gridley club. po olaeat Broke a Rib. DOCTORS il dtp elie ices . the pupils that caused the trouble that On the}, They arrived June 1Uth. . day evening, J. B. Warburton of this . city aud Mr. Savannat, iustructor of . ~ It bax been in use for more than twenty years thousands of p.ticuts have heen treated, and over one thousand physicians have used it, and ees it—a very significant fact. If does not act as most drugs do, by creating a”. chefailment, aud bene flitting one organ at the expense of another, often requirirg a second -course to eradicate t' e evil effects of the first, but Compound Oxygen is » revitalizer, cenewing, strengthening, invigorating the whole body. ihese stute ents are confirmed by numerous testimunials, published iu aur book of 200 pages, ouly withthe expressperminsion o the patie.ts; their names anid addressc~ are given, aud you fivally resulted in his dismissal. As bg it is now graduates from our High cut out ihat larize alvertiseScHiool who apply for adinission to the ment; : x . State University will have to undergo. . t about the $1000 diel an examination in English. Very few. 1! & wor. contest and Scalthis year. Some have been accredited \ ou might as well have ca. refer to them for fur her informa jon. in two divisions. This is owing to the cet . The great success of ou treatment has yiven rigid\examination now required, which part oi that $1000—the tea, ae cite Wess wrammedeie Composcd : reparativuns = Compon some think was deemed necessary on. . S at your grocer's. _ yeu. often, appropriating our temtimontale . the names of our patients to recommend account of er a applications warthle-s eoncuc io a But auy substance for admiss to the University. Ru'es of co. test published in large advertis: m: nt about the first and middle fesch month. A276 made elsewhere or by others, a d calied Compound Oxygen isspuri/fus : : “COMPOUND 0O GEN-ITS MODE OF es , Bae .AUTLUN AND RESULTS,” is the titie of a new F . book of 200 pages. published by Drs. Starkey & : } EBs, Palan, wnichzives tu ail engirers full information ag to this re narka!Je curative agent, and a record of surprising cures in a wide range of chronic cases—manv of them afer being abandoned to die by other phy-icians, Will be mated FREK to any adiiress on application. rs" Tourists, Business, Professional, Sick, Well and Pleasure Seeking, Wood For Sale. Is QUANTITIES TO SUIT. APPLY AT W. E. Johnston's grocery store, Ji-tf so MEN AND WOMEN STOP AT THE £1 Paso de Robles URAND REDUCTION SALE Prices Reduced . _. LADIES’ 3K ae % 9, ’ a = misses’ . /FINE SHOES, @+ __$10, $12.50 and $15) . GENTS. ) PER WEEK. . 2, oe ee es eee Jor the next two weeks I will offer you u on the Pa ‘itie Coast, = Hot Mud and Hot Sulphur Baths. The waters are unequalled for their medicinal value in cases 0; big bargains. By coming early you will get ot your pick before the sizes are broken, ‘ Rheumatism, Neuralgia, ,Malaria; Liver, Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Eczema and all Blood and Skin Disoper ke THIS IS NO FAKE ese Trains leave Third and Townsend Streets, aca ce mean namin: San Francisco, Calif., every morning at 8:15 “ arriving at Springs at 3:30 P. M. same day. No Staging. fare $6.20. Write for Pamphlet. E. F. BURNS, Manager. But it is a Genuins Bargain Sale. a -F. J. WHITE, Newspaper Advertising Agency. On Broap Sr., Near City Hatt. Rooms 20 and 21 Merchants’ Exchange, Calia ; = fornia street, San Fraucisco, RACES 1° I Japan, China, New Zealand, the Australian b Colonies, the Eastern States and Europe. Warburton is perhaps the best pianist “who-has lived for any length of time in the county. He isa iinished performer and his renditions never fail to eiicit applause. A good audience will doubi€. less greet them. i) OQ ’ Will Give Him a@ Reception. A ‘reception will be given at the in honor of Rev. A. fT. Neetham, Presiding Elder for this dis'rict, who is making his farewell visit here, his term soon expiring. Ive cream and cake who resides in this city. Goultet, solo by Richard Veal of this city. a ge Baie ER IIA ENS, Gerig = Z Methodist Church tomorrow evening» wilt be served and an intéresting proee gram rendered, among the numbérs of which will be.a vocal solo by Mrs,. Made in ‘San Francisce. bbb of Grass Valley and a cornet . Files of nearly every newspaper published on the Pacitic Coast are kept constantly on hand . and all advertisers are allowed free access to . them during business hours. N B.— ADVERTISEMENTS SOLICITED ~The Glenbrook Jockey Club iNe for all newspapers published on the Will give five or more races each day Pacitie Coast, the Sandwich Islands, PolyAUGUST 16 TO 23, 1897. nesia,’ Mexican ports, Panama, Valparaiso, nae The Best. Running Meeting = _ Ever,Held Outside of San F rancisco Queen Lily Soap The Finest rasan Soap In the Mar. et. Pere See the Flyers From Ingleside and Oakland Race ace Washes Without Rubbing and does not inTracks ! : sath org igs ben a aay v Mg a A} MON. a 6 ; es ad tome ured of age candoa washing i'LA DIES’ DAY DAY poget ited Free. oe eee eco — 08 ee Rids for Bar, Restaurant and Boarding, Ice Cream, Fruit aud Candy Stand, 8 pieces of 2@BEWARE ; ious OF IMITATIONS.498 Music and other privileges, will Be received at Giffin's on or before August 7, i Admission to Park including railroad fare, 50 cents. G-te adsk your desler for it aud thus help build {30 cemts. H. Lowpgn, Asst. Sec. Pd ee LE ns RAPT lyin RB surinac RFR a NINN ET tel

a b epemtemioss ! ~~ % . 36TH YEAR—NO. 11372 NEVADA CITY, CAL. THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 4897. ~ ae RST, IN. 1860 BY N. P. BROWN & CO, THE ‘TRANSCRIPT,! Sundays and Lezal Hol ays By EROWN « CALEINS/ N. P. BROWN. L. 8. CALKINS. P SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Fifty Cents Per Month. ADVERTISING RATES. \ ade known on application. Entered at the Postoffice at Nevada City as eecond-class matter. rere STATE OF NEVADA NEWS. Notes From Our Neighbors Beyond the Serra Nevadas. ‘The new strike in the Sierra Neyada ground was inspected by Superintendents Sharon and Ryan. Mr.: Ryan was interviewed afterwards by a reporter. He expressed the opinion that the strike was quite a promising affair. The ore deposit is between 200 and 300 feet beneath the surface. It is by accurate measurement over 8 feet wide, and will average $50 a ton right through. It is cut in two by acrosscut from the north drift. It is so located that there is plenty of room for quite a large body of ore. Word comes from the Mardis that §. P. Carlson has made another strike in his mine on Copper mountain. This, so he-story goes, has enchanced the value of the mine $15,000 and the owner now asks $65,000. Years ago Carlson was a sheepman. He sold his flocks for $10,000 invested the proceeds in Sa't Lake real estate and started prospecting on the income. In the three or four years that he has been over in the Mardis he has expended about $2,000, and now believes he has struck a bonanza. : OC. H. E. Hardinieft Sunday for the Glondyke gold fields. He will go to Juneau from San Francisco, and from Juneau overland to Dawson City. MINERS WILL BE TAXED. Yery Bad For the Miners of the Clondyke Region. ‘Vhe reports that the. Canadian. Government propused to levy a royalty tax on,the output of the Klondyke mines are confirmed, much to the disgust of those people who are now or expect to be interested in the nothern gold fields. ‘A dispatch from Ottawa states that the Dominion Cabinet finally decided that in addition to the $15 registration fee and the annual assessment of $100 to which each of the-Yukon river claims is now subject, a further charge of 10 per cent upon the output shall hereafter be’ levied where the aggregate gold amounts to less than $500 per month and 20 per.cent where it is greater. It was also ordered that hereafter every alternate’ claim staked out on the streams and rivers of the Klondyke region shall belong to the Government and be sold or worked for the benefit of the Diminion revenue. Another dispatch, from Vancouver, is as follows: Vancouver, B. C., July 28.—A private wire from Ottawa is that the Governor says the Yukon mining laws will be different from the British laws and will be enforced by the mounted police. need een eases BRIEF MENTION, Minor Notes and Comments of Local ~ [nterest. That Ice Cream Soda at Eph Cohn’s can’t be beat. Try it. j9-tf R. W. Latta is haying an addition built on the rear of his livery stable. J. M. Foley and J: Lammon were the lucky ones in the last drawing of Frank Smith’s suit club. Mr. and Mrs. George C. Gaylord wil! entertain a number of friends this evening by a whist party at their home on Broad street. W. H. Tattle of the Owt Satoon, Nevada City, bas secured the Agency for -Pabst’s celebrated Milwaukee lager beer, which he will serve in first-class style in bottles and kegs, at popular prices. j22-1f _ oe Silk Nightshirts. Sundry editors throughout the country seemed to be disturbed over the report that ex-Oandidate Bryan wears silk and ruffled nightshirts. But why not ?* Mr. Bryan has become a pluto erat in the short time since he es poused the cause of the dear people, and since he failed to get the Presidency through * his efforts in this line, why should be not at least haye the consolation of wearing a silk nightshirt since he i now’amply able to pay for it ? a Race Meeting Privileges. Three Dastardly Murders [age : BUSINESS SUSPENDED TODAY Reign Of Terror In Mobile. Tn the Beautiful SouthAS A RESULT. Ruin ‘Wrought by Yesterday’s Floods In New Jersey. re CHINESE PJ ATES LAYING FOR CLONDYKE GOLD. Uncle Sam Called on to Protect Ships Bringing Gold. THRILLING RUNAWAY OF FRESNO FIRE COMPANY HORSES. The Steamer Alameda Arrives From Australia—The Story of Murderer Butler’s Trial. Special! to the DaiLy TRANSORIPTAMNight of Crime. Morte, Ala., July 29—This eity is in a tremor of exéitement today as the -result of three murders committed last night. The people are driven to the highest pitch of frenzy, and business of dll kinds is practically suspended. At 7 o'clock last evening Thos. Jones, aconfederate veteran and reapected citizen: eged 63, wae kiliod bya negra named Davis who had already served a term for murderous assault: Davis, who isa burly fellow aged 30, broke into Jones’s house and the old man tried to put him out. They had a struggle in the yard. The negro with a stick of wood dealt Jones a crushing blow on the left temple breaking his neck. A crowd rapidly assembled and were about to lynch the murderer when a wagon load of policemen rescued him with difficulty from the mob. He is in the city jail, and cannot be taken out without loss of life. A desperate and determined crowd of men hung around there all night waiting for a show to kill him, but they knew that an attempt to break in would be futile. Mayor Bush called out. the 800 local troops, but only 75 responded. The coroner’s jury and the lower court held Davis for murder today. He is playing the insanity dodge. Between 12 and one o’clock a negro named Knight shot and killed Dantzler, another negro. As Knight was being pursued by the officers he shot and mortally wounded policeman Tucker. He then fled to the country and was caught at, 7 o’clock by a section boss named Hubbard. A special engine took out a posse of officers who brought him back and eluding the crowd waiting to lynch him got him into the city prison. 6. A. R. Reunion Ricumonp, Va, July 29.—There is by their sable brethren. Scrroeder Dead. 8 The bar, restaurant, and other privileges gt the race meeting will run 1 cash, balance on or before August 19ti. Bids received at Giffin’s cigar store, Nevada City, on or before August 7. j28td. -Gueneréok Jocsry Civa. \. much discussion ip holding the G. A. R. reunion here. The colored delegation will be excluded from the hotels, which is against the laws of the G. A. R. There are mavy other difficulties} all were safely ashore, The vessel wil besides. No first class hotel in this city will admit the colored men and, of —— course, the white delegates will stand MARYSVILLE, July 29.—The badly decomposed remains. of Fred Schroeder, er, a prominent farmer residing near Live. Oak, Sutter county, were dis0; covered near a straw pile on the farm davs—Angust 18 taw8 inclusive. Su«.' yesterday, with a bullet wound in the cxsinl bidders mast psy 5 ;er cant! head. It was’a case of suicide. Tbe . young man had threatened self destruction to his aunt, Mrs. E. Lauber, ‘The New Jersey Floods. New York, July 29.— Yesterday’s floods in New Jersey are receding to. day. Wrecked homes, washed-out railroad tracks and other evidences of devastation mark the path of the storm which left all the traces of a, fullfledged deluge in its wake. The water which flowed in some of the streets of Elizabeth to the depth of eight feet began to ebb at an early hour this morning. The electric plant was inundated, the trolley cars stopped, and all means of land communication were closed for hours. The frightened inhabitants imagined the damage even greater than it was. Theelectric plant that furnishes light to the towns of Elizabeth, Roselle, Cranford and Westfield was shut down and those places left in darkness. The Elizabeth Water Company’s plant was greatly damaged, and the lumber firms on the banks of Staten Island Sound lost much of their stock. The loss cannot now be even estimated, but it is very large. Riremen’s Lives Endangered. Fresno, July 29.—As the horses of Engine Company No.2 were about to ing with the engine in response to an alarm, they shied and the pole struck the door-post straining it. At the intersection of J and Tulare streets one of the horses fell and the pole broke off short. The animals then ran into building, one of them being cut nearly in two-by-the plate_glass window. The engine was a complete wreck., Driver Ashworth was seriously hurt in the smash-up and Engineer Maxwell] badly bruised. “An Old Mingr Has Started. San Francisco, July 29.—O. H. Gale of Sonoma, known as “Old Hank,” sailed on the Excelsior yesterday for Clondyke full of ent husiasm and confidence, in spite of his 60 years. He still retains bis interest in the Wilson mine, ‘luolumne county, which has returned to him $60,000 in the last eight years, but he hopes for greater things on the Clondyke. Arctic, F former. Steamer Lost. A panic occurred among the passen gers, but the officers and crew re mained cali and succeeded in quiet ing it. probably prove a total loss. Two Sisters on the Way. of the Cross and Sister Mary Magdalen of the Sacred Heart go north on th dash out of the house early this morn-}, the front. portion of the post office He bas mined in nearly every county in the State, and now proposes to try a two-year sojourn in the WAUKEGAN, Ul, July 29.—The steam yacht race this morning between the Enquirer and Pathfinder.was won by the The Pathfinder gave up off this city and turned back to Chicago. Port Huron, Mich., July 29—The steamer Cambria, with about 100 passengers on board, struck a drift of logs about 2 o’clock yesterday morving and was badly wrecked. The vessel drifted to the beach and struck in the midst of heavy surf and began to go to pieces. Work was at ouce begun to land the passengers, and by daylight San Francisco, July 29.—Sister Mary Bertha, which is to sail either on Saturday or Monday, and.will assist in conthe 24-year-old son of Charles Schroed. ducting s.me one of the several mission schools which the members of the Order of st Anne, to which both belong, have established in Alaska, Sister Mary of the Cross was a Miss Petersou, and formerly lived in British Columbii, while Sister Mary-Magdalene is a native of Quebec and was once known as Miss _ Arrived From Australia, San Franowsco, July 29.—The steamship Alameda arrived this morning . from Australia, coming by way of Samoa and Honolulu. It brings papers telling of the trial’ and conviction of murderer Butler.. The. trial lasted three days and was sensational, On the last day Butler tried to cut “his throat with a metal tag from a plug of. Ptobacco, but his*plun~ was discovered before he had done any serious dam‘Afraid -of Chinese Pirates. ‘Wasuinoton, July 29—Trouble is feared by the Clondykers judging from a telegram received at the Treasury

Department from the Alaska Transportation Company asking that a revenue cutter be sent there to convoy a vessel uf the company from St. Michaels down the Yukon and through Behring’s Strait. Itis represented ‘that Chinese pirates have organized to intercept and loot the treasure crafts to come down in August and September. It is e:pected there will be two million dollars worth of treasure on the next regard the request. Grain Brokers Are In It Cone'se Chronicle of Yarlous . Fo'ks’ lief Hill today. A house on the old Wettereau ranch puta ee: Mrs. John Evans lefton the noon. five miles south of Grass Valley on the Mrs. H. Stansfield’s bi broke i train for San Franicisco. American Ranch road; was burned this down on the Grass Valley road TuesTe from Campbell Springs. here on a visit to friends. train for Campbell Springs. was visiting friends here yesterday. came over from Forbestown today. Allen left on the noon train for Santa Cruz. It Was on Time. Kr partial eclipse of the sun came 2 off this morning according to program A Summary of Late News a8 Told Over} os yas witnessed by’ many of our the Telephone Today. people. It was-a very interesting sight Forest fires have been raging the. and those who got up earlier than uspast two days in the vicinity of Higal to see the phenemenon were well gins’ ranch, 12 miles below Grass Valpaid for their trouble. ley. PERSONAL POINTERS.. . GRASS VALLEY NBWS. Doings and Intentions. G. W: Lewis of Colfax is in town. S. Seelig of San Francisco is in town. E. H. Beckley of San Jose is in town. J. 8: Landsburg came down from ReWats Poy SUSAR scsi . Baggy Robe Stolen. 2 ae day night and was left standing by the f roadside.. The seat cushion was stolen _ from the buggy, and the person who took it is known. 1f it is returned no ‘ : questions will be asked. iy i Convicted of Battery.Joaquin’ Lopez was tried and conpe ie oe dam across Wolf creek near the Deadvicted in Justice Holbrook’s court to: man ranch, 10 miles below Gras Val-. ay on charge of battery. He struck & o ley, from which they have a flame and Thomas Mabar with a whip. ea ' ditch to carry water to sluice with. Tei . C. E. Clinch has abandoned the idea of putting up a building on Mill street Charles Eddy returned this morning . morning. The women folks were house “. cleaning and had taken the stove outside. A spark set fire to the house, and before the men could get in from the fleld thehouse and most of the furniture were destroyed. The house was insured for $200. : Calvin and J, W. Reed have. built a Mrs. J.B. Baker, of Austin, Nev., is Mrs. John Werry left on the noon Mrs. Charles Wasley of Grass Valley L. B. Johnson and W. E. Turner Mrs. A. M. Allen and Miss Adelaide To Be Closea Vut. Felix Cohn and W. H. Judell of San » A large line of babies’ Lace Caps is” i 4 vessel. The department willnot dis-. ~. Ed. Dower, who has been to,San jet RE Francisco for the past three months. Charles Schwartz fell from a plathaving his eyes treated, returned home . form back of his barn on Boulder yesterday. His eyes are much imstreet this afternoon and broke one of proved. ‘ his ribs, besides sustaininga number. Ned Richards and Ed Ninnis left to-. of bruises. Mr. Schwartz is almost today for Indiana Ranch, Yuba ceunty, . tally blind and was not aware that he where they will go to work in the. was so near the edge of the platform Good Title mine under Superintend-. which is eight or ten feet above Ahie ent Pengelly. ground. ‘ STARKEY & PALEN’S Treatment ‘by Intalation, 1529 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. San FRANCISCO, July 29.—E. L. Eyre, son of Col. Eyre, broker-in-chief to Flood & O'Brien in bonanza days, has completed the organization of a company among the grain brokers and secured good gravel miners to start off ‘immediately forthe Clondyke. They are to be equipped in first-class shape. — ‘Two Kore Lucky Miners. San Francisco, July 20.—Two more men who have successfully wooed fortuue in the Clondyke wilderness arrived here yesterday. ‘They are A. D.Gray . and H.C. Anderson, aud both came in! on the train from Oregon, having of late been spending a few days with friends in Seattle. As the result of their labors Atidersen is Dow FIO’ to™ the good and Gray _is $30,000. “Yes, we were both quite successful,” remarked . Mr. Gray to a reporter. “We have not made as much as some others, but we feel that we have reason to be contented, the more so that we shall retain valuable interests in the narth. As for the country up there, it is fully as rich . as has been claimed for it. creeks already known asrich in gold everything is staked out and ‘appropriated. Of course everybody there has not made a fortune yet, which is not remarkable when you remember that there are-something like 4000 people . now on the Clondyke.” ONE HUNDRED BLED Out of a Party of Four Hundred on the Way to Dawson City. Police Officer Morgan’ of San Francisco in couversation with a reporter stated that be had just received a letter from au old friend of his, who jeft Juneau for Dawson City with 400 other prospectors, on August 1Wih, by the Chilgoot Pass. Ot the 400 who started ont only about 300 reached their destination. The remainder lost their lives en route, and the trail was marked all the way from Juneau with wooden crosses, marking the place where they had fallen from exhaustion and were buried as they lay + eee Concert Tomorrow Night. By special request. of many who attended: the concert at tue 'Theater Tues-. violin at the Stanford University, will . give another concert tomorrow evening at the same place. A change of program will be’ preseated, inciuding much popular music, Me. Savannab is an artist aud bis violin playing equals any ever heard here. dt is indeed a treat to hear him play. Mr. 1 Mrs. Dr. Le Fevre, Miss N. Le Fevre : = . and Miss Sarah Wilson, who have been. Grove’s TasTELess CHILL Tonic is} Consumption, . here on a visit to Mr.and Mrs. J. F. /a perfect Malarial Liver Tonic and sa eonrairomh ‘Colley and Miss ‘Winnie Mulloy, left. Blood purifier. Removes Biliousness aur on the noon train for San Francisco. without purging. As pleasant as Lemon gr ler ie See Syrup. It is as large as any Dollar y fever, Deficient in English. arena retails pate To. get the barrens ’ eadache, The public schools of Nevada City . GENUINE ask for GROVE’S. jy19-6m _— Rheumatism, have been accredited by the State UniFine pero a Neuraigia, versity in but one division of English. AND ALE i This is nota very creditable showing and is what was predicted by J. W. . Reese, formerly teacher of the High ‘School. It was mainly on account of . his efforts to crowd the study of Eng'jish that he incurred opposition from Woodland Creamery Butter, , the vest in the market, can be had of Phil Scadden, the sole agent. a25-tf Chronic and Nervous Disorders. THE ORIGINAL AND.ONLY GENUINE Gompound Oxygen Treatments, that of Dru. siurkey and Palen, isa scientific adjustment of th. elements uf Oxygen and Nitrogen MAGNET{IzeD; andthe compound is so coudensed and inade portable that it ix sent all over the world. Franeiseo came in on the morning . next fall. to be closed out at the Branch Wonder " train. . There will be two horse ‘races at} Store, m7-tf ; 4 Miss Jennie Buell jand “Miss Flora. Watt Park Sunday and a ball game be: -_ f i Buell of Ann Arbor, Michigau,‘are here . tween the Smiths and the Gridley club. po olaeat Broke a Rib. DOCTORS il dtp elie ices . the pupils that caused the trouble that On the}, They arrived June 1Uth. . day evening, J. B. Warburton of this . city aud Mr. Savannat, iustructor of . ~ It bax been in use for more than twenty years thousands of p.ticuts have heen treated, and over one thousand physicians have used it, and ees it—a very significant fact. If does not act as most drugs do, by creating a”. chefailment, aud bene flitting one organ at the expense of another, often requirirg a second -course to eradicate t' e evil effects of the first, but Compound Oxygen is » revitalizer, cenewing, strengthening, invigorating the whole body. ihese stute ents are confirmed by numerous testimunials, published iu aur book of 200 pages, ouly withthe expressperminsion o the patie.ts; their names anid addressc~ are given, aud you fivally resulted in his dismissal. As bg it is now graduates from our High cut out ihat larize alvertiseScHiool who apply for adinission to the ment; : x . State University will have to undergo. . t about the $1000 diel an examination in English. Very few. 1! & wor. contest and Scalthis year. Some have been accredited \ ou might as well have ca. refer to them for fur her informa jon. in two divisions. This is owing to the cet . The great success of ou treatment has yiven rigid\examination now required, which part oi that $1000—the tea, ae cite Wess wrammedeie Composcd : reparativuns = Compon some think was deemed necessary on. . S at your grocer's. _ yeu. often, appropriating our temtimontale . the names of our patients to recommend account of er a applications warthle-s eoncuc io a But auy substance for admiss to the University. Ru'es of co. test published in large advertis: m: nt about the first and middle fesch month. A276 made elsewhere or by others, a d calied Compound Oxygen isspuri/fus : : “COMPOUND 0O GEN-ITS MODE OF es , Bae .AUTLUN AND RESULTS,” is the titie of a new F . book of 200 pages. published by Drs. Starkey & : } EBs, Palan, wnichzives tu ail engirers full information ag to this re narka!Je curative agent, and a record of surprising cures in a wide range of chronic cases—manv of them afer being abandoned to die by other phy-icians, Will be mated FREK to any adiiress on application. rs" Tourists, Business, Professional, Sick, Well and Pleasure Seeking, Wood For Sale. Is QUANTITIES TO SUIT. APPLY AT W. E. Johnston's grocery store, Ji-tf so MEN AND WOMEN STOP AT THE £1 Paso de Robles URAND REDUCTION SALE Prices Reduced . _. LADIES’ 3K ae % 9, ’ a = misses’ . /FINE SHOES, @+ __$10, $12.50 and $15) . GENTS. ) PER WEEK. . 2, oe ee es eee Jor the next two weeks I will offer you u on the Pa ‘itie Coast, = Hot Mud and Hot Sulphur Baths. The waters are unequalled for their medicinal value in cases 0; big bargains. By coming early you will get ot your pick before the sizes are broken, ‘ Rheumatism, Neuralgia, ,Malaria; Liver, Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Eczema and all Blood and Skin Disoper ke THIS IS NO FAKE ese Trains leave Third and Townsend Streets, aca ce mean namin: San Francisco, Calif., every morning at 8:15 “ arriving at Springs at 3:30 P. M. same day. No Staging. fare $6.20. Write for Pamphlet. E. F. BURNS, Manager. But it is a Genuins Bargain Sale. a -F. J. WHITE, Newspaper Advertising Agency. On Broap Sr., Near City Hatt. Rooms 20 and 21 Merchants’ Exchange, Calia ; = fornia street, San Fraucisco, RACES 1° I Japan, China, New Zealand, the Australian b Colonies, the Eastern States and Europe. Warburton is perhaps the best pianist “who-has lived for any length of time in the county. He isa iinished performer and his renditions never fail to eiicit applause. A good audience will doubi€. less greet them. i) OQ ’ Will Give Him a@ Reception. A ‘reception will be given at the in honor of Rev. A. fT. Neetham, Presiding Elder for this dis'rict, who is making his farewell visit here, his term soon expiring. Ive cream and cake who resides in this city. Goultet, solo by Richard Veal of this city. a ge Baie ER IIA ENS, Gerig = Z Methodist Church tomorrow evening» wilt be served and an intéresting proee gram rendered, among the numbérs of which will be.a vocal solo by Mrs,. Made in ‘San Francisce. bbb of Grass Valley and a cornet . Files of nearly every newspaper published on the Pacitic Coast are kept constantly on hand . and all advertisers are allowed free access to . them during business hours. N B.— ADVERTISEMENTS SOLICITED ~The Glenbrook Jockey Club iNe for all newspapers published on the Will give five or more races each day Pacitie Coast, the Sandwich Islands, PolyAUGUST 16 TO 23, 1897. nesia,’ Mexican ports, Panama, Valparaiso, nae The Best. Running Meeting = _ Ever,Held Outside of San F rancisco Queen Lily Soap The Finest rasan Soap In the Mar. et. Pere See the Flyers From Ingleside and Oakland Race ace Washes Without Rubbing and does not inTracks ! : sath org igs ben a aay v Mg a A} MON. a 6 ; es ad tome ured of age candoa washing i'LA DIES’ DAY DAY poget ited Free. oe eee eco — 08 ee Rids for Bar, Restaurant and Boarding, Ice Cream, Fruit aud Candy Stand, 8 pieces of 2@BEWARE ; ious OF IMITATIONS.498 Music and other privileges, will Be received at Giffin's on or before August 7, i Admission to Park including railroad fare, 50 cents. G-te adsk your desler for it aud thus help build {30 cemts. H. Lowpgn, Asst. Sec. Pd ee LE ns RAPT lyin RB surinac RFR a NINN ET tel