September 3, 1897 (4 pages)

er or im of 1] at oo oP a transcript. THE TRANSCRIPT, BROWN & CALKINS. N. P. BROWN. U, 8. CALKING. ©Fifty Cents P. _ ADVERTISING RATES. Made known on application. . red at.the Postoffice at Nevada C Entra te LrtotienoHerade iy FERSONAL POINTERS, Concise Chtomicle of Yarlous Folks’ Doings and Intentions. P. D. Walsh of; San Francisco is in town, D. Beatty of San Francisco is in town. L. Colbert is down from Diamond Oreek. ; M. Castine came up from Marysville today. 6+. =; J.J. Dailey of Egan was in town yesterday. ; ‘ Frank Golden left on the noon train for Reno. A: P. Hodges, the piano.man of San Francisco, is in town. . Geo. W. Davis and wife, of Oakland, arrived here last evening. : Terry Douglass of Sacramento is here on a visit to his parents. Mrs. B. F. Sprague and Mrs. Tamplin of Lodi are here spending a few days. Mrs. BR. OC. Irvine of Sacramento is "here on a visit to friends at the Union hotel. Miss Li. B. Davis of San Jose arrived here last evening on her way to Downieville. ‘ J. W. Greenbank came down from Alleghany yesterday on his way to San Francisco. Ex-Judge Walling returned from the Bay last night and today went to Sierra county. . Frank Eilerman has returned from a month’s visit to Bartiett Springs and San Francisco. 2 C. B. Chapman arrived here last. e-ening from San. Francisco on his . way to Sierra City. Gathaniel Bailey is visiting his daughter, Mrs. H. A. Robbins, who resides near Graniteville.Miss’Lillie York of Downieville was in town last evening en route to Oakland to visit her brother. Mies H. J. Winchester and Miss Polkinghorn, of Grass Valley, left this morning for North San Juan to visit 3. L. A. White, for many years one of the most esteemed residents of this city, contemplates removing to San Francisco soon. ‘ Mrs. G. Goldsmith of San Francisco, who has been here on a visit to her mother, Mrs. John Hart, returned home on the noon train. Mrs. George Morris of. Marysville came down yesterday on her way home from Sierra City where she has been visiting her mother. . G. ‘Iu. Douglass of Yuba City is in towa on his way to North Bloomfield to enter on the discharge of his duties as principal of the public school, which -ogens Monday, ‘Trees Fired By Electricity. ‘A gay-wire from a pole of the Electric Light Company to a locust tree i: William Borlace’s yatd on Mill street got crossed today with one of the wires of the main line, owing to the wét ~e@e. , branches of the tree pressing down on the former and cutting through the insulation of the main wire. The electric wire carried about 4,000 volts ot electricity, and a portion of this passed down.the guy to the tree, setting it afize. .Thé current could be strongly felt_ by putting the hand to the tree. A tree on Nimrod street was set afire similarly. The company sent out men to straighten up the wires as soon as they learned ofthe grounding. People should exercise the utmost caution in ‘handling wires thus crossed, or fooling around wet trees or poles that are charged. with electricity, as they ure otherwise lable to be severely shocked or even killed by coming in contact with the current. Give Them a Trial. © India Relish, Pepper Sauce, Manzanillo Olives, Tabascos Pepper Sauce, Evaporated Horeeradish, Olives in bulk, and other delicacies, at Wolf's Cash Grocery Store. All fresh and strictly first-class goods. BB To Ice Lousumers. "The Union Ice Company is now pre‘pared to deliver ice in quantities to suit to any part of the city. Orders deft at the ice house on the Plaza will be promptly attended to. tf Guove's ‘Tasratzss Cum. Tonio is ® perfect. Malarial Liver Tonic and without purging. As pleasant as Lemon Syrup. It is as large as any Dollar GEnuINE Usk for Grove’s, —_jy19-6m . 36TH YEAR—NO, 11402 __ Adulterer Ward _ _ Commits Suicide. ' NEVADA CITY, CAL., FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1897. EST. IN 1860 BY N. P. BROWN & CO, He Jumps From the Window ofa Pullman MANY GERMAN SOLDIERS OSB THEIR LIVES By the Breaking of a Pontoon Bridge While Crossing. AN OLD GERMAN’S EFFECTIVE MEANS OF SUICIDE. ) A little Girl Burned to Death By the Overturning of a Lamp. AN ARIZONA TOWN FLOODED BY A. CLOUDBURST. Death of a Veteran Preacher at Woodland. Special to the DaiLy Trancsript.[ W. ‘Russell Ward Suicides. Cuicaco, September 3.—From passengers arriving here today on the east-bound train of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad it is learned that last night as the train was speeding throvigh Iowa # passenger believed to be W. Russell Ward, the Los Angeles adulterer, sprang from the window of a Pullman sleeper and was in. stantly killed. Ward left San Francisco Monday for New York, saying he was going to join his family in England. “The Bradburys Beard From. San Francisco, September 3.—By the steamer Aéapuleo which arrived here today Col. J. R. Bradbury, accompanied by his wife who recently had an escapade with W. Russel Ward, came from Panama to Mazatlan where they stopped to. inspect mining property owned by Col. Bradbury. McKinley With the Farmers. Cotumssu, O. September 3.—At ten o'clock this morning President McKinley and party arrived here to attend the convention of the State Board of Agriculture. BRIEF MENTION. dinor Notes and Comments of Local Interest. A house and lot are offered for sale. 3ee four-bit column. It is announced that Miss Yeaw, the vocalist, will soon give a concert here. Little Mad Cap;.a comedy drama in four acts will be presented at Armory Hall tonight. The weather bulletin of San Francisco today says: Showers this afternoon; fair tonight and Saturday. Ben Hall of the Pioneer Reduction Works at this city has received a patent for a reverberatory smelting and refining furnance. The Sunset Company is-now operating 114 telephones at this city, and there is talk of giving our citizens the benefit of an all-night service. The Pacific Remedy Company continues to draw good houses at their performances given at Armory Hall every night, This evening they will put on one of their best pieces. W. H. Tuttle of the Ow. Saxoon, Nevada City, has secured the Agency for Pabst’s celebrated Milwaukee lager beer, which he will sérve in first-class style in bottles and glass, at poputa prices. j22-tf, —— ot 898 He Wants a Star. ‘ / German Troopers Drowned. Weimar, Germany, Sept. 8.—To-day during the execution of maneuvers. by the military, a pontoon bridge @ which the 19th Regiment of Infantry was crossing broke. A.number of the troopers were drowned, and others A Mongolian Murdered. San Franoisco, ‘Sept. 8—Yee Chick _. Lang refused to room with Yee Tong because the latter had a revolver. Last night Tong shot and fatally . wounded Lung for being so particular. There was no other ‘provocation. Blew His Head Off ‘Ondviute, September 8—An aged German residing at. Yankee Hill, 18 miles from:here, became despondent. Last night he put a giant powder cartridge in his mouth and firing it blew off the top of his head. A Pioneer Preacher Dies. Wooptanp, Sept. 3.—Rev. J. B. Shelton, one of the oldest preachers of the M. E. South of the State, died this morning. A Town Flooded, Negep.es, Arizona, September 3.—By a cloudburst the streets have been turned into veritable rivers. The’ water is three feet deep in some of the business streets. A meat market fell down and an adobe lodging house is' wrecked. The flooding of the cellar of Monahan & Mussey’s store destroyed $3,000. worth of goods. The Santa Fe track is washed out in places. Child Burned to Death, Moscow, Idaho, Sept. 8.—By the overturning of a lamp last night the clothing of Mary Hildebrand, aged four, was set afire,and she was burned almost toa crisp. She died two hours afterward. MEADS LETTER. A Solomonic Decision jn a Water Suit. A Promising Young Man From.Nevada County—Estee and tlie Cathe olic He Stood By. © San Francisco, Sept. 1, 1897.Eprton Transcrier—My long “vacation” is over, and [now resume work. IT have not felt well. Pleasé let that suffice. For lo, these many moons, I have been looking for the TRansoript to make some. editorial comments on what I consider A REMARKABLE DECISION. It was rendered -by Judge Thomas P. Hawley (our Judge), in the case of the Union Mill and ‘Mining Co., of Nevada, vs. Danberg and others. It had dragged its weary length along for years. From one Court to another it had been taken, and tens of thousands of dollars had been spent upon it. The matters involved in the case were the old principles of riparian rights. The question to be decided was as to whether the Milling Co. or the farmers had prior rights to the use of the waters of the Carson River. The. decision was Solomonic in its wisdom. It was found by the Court that they both had righis in the matter, and the decree was that during the months of July, August and September of each year the farmers are entitled to the full and uninterrupted The Chinaman who last night made application to the City Trustees to be appointed a special poiiceman for Chiflow of all the waters: of the river, if necessary, for irrigating purposes; and ‘the Milling Co. is given the right to the natown, and was referred to District'use of 6000 inches, miners’ measure, Attorney Riley, has. been hanging. during the remaining nine“ months, ‘around the Court House all day wait-! The decision gave satisfaction to both ing to see that official. He is very parties, and it is written in Judge Hawtonic and retails for 50c. To get the anxious to wearastar. The poor fel-. ley’s clear, concise and . convincing . 1ow is evidently demented. * tatyle. He does not try to evade 9 sin{Just Judge first practiced the profes-. sion in which he has attained such emi-{ nence? Am TI not right when I say it}. ‘. @ recount could be had as to the Govcerned. J write from a liberal and not gle issue, but discusses the points presented in a logical and ‘masterly manner, Best of all, it is cold law. There is no sophistry. . Just think of it! After ‘years of litigation and the expenditure of vast: sume of money, both sides get what they wanted—both are satisfled—and peace once more reigns along the banks of the Carson river. Ought not the people of Nevada county—the older residenis as well as the younger ones—be proud of the fact that it was in that county that this learned and was aremarkable decision? , ~ ©. ONE OF-OUR BOYS. And while I am writing upon the subject of Judges, law and lawyers, let me. tell you of a pleasant discovery I’ made a short time ago. In the course of business I have been compelled to visit the office‘of Hon. M. M. Estee for afew months past. almost daily. On one of these occasions I happened -to mention that I had lived in Nevada City. The gentleman to whom I spoke said: “You must know Sigourney, then,” indicating a very handsome, studious young man who sat some distance away, engaged in reading. I looked in the direction indicated. I saw to my surprise and pleasure that it was Wilson Hill Sigourney, whom I had not seen for. years. Here had I been going in and out of this office daily for over two weeks, but so ‘silent and engrossed in his books was my young friend that I did not notice him and I do not believe he did me. It did not take me long to walk over to where he was and give him a warm grasp of the hand, which was returned in kind. Since then I-have had a, great many talks with him, and while at times his face would light up with a bright smile, it usually had that “pale cast of thought,” which the deep and sincere student unconsciously assumes. He is ambitious—that information I gleaned from desultory remarks made by him. He is not vain or egotistical, but common sense seems to be a predominant trait in his character. If I. am any judge of young men, I predict that he will rise to eminence in his chosen profession. I believe that Mr. Estee has the same opinion, although he has not said anything to me upon the subject. The other day Wilson was admitted to practice in a}l the Courts of this State. A BRIGHT YOUNG LADY. While I am writing of Mr. Estee’s . office and of some of those who find a lodgment there, I hope it is not out of place to speak of one who cuts no unimportant figure in its personnel. I‘ refer to Miss Elizabeth H. Ryan, who is chief clerk, stenographer, and, in fact, Mr. Estee’s general factotum. She, like Wilson H. Sigourney, is a member of the Bar of this State, having been admitted to practice by the Supreme Court a few years ago. She has a history which has entered into the political annals of this State. In. the last campaign, in which brains and bombast, statesmanship and demagogism, were arrayed against each other for the highest office in the gift of the people; Mr. Estee representing the best pari of these two and. Mr. Budd the worst, a delegation from an organization known as the “A. P. A.” waited upon the former and demanded that he discharge Miss Ryan from employ, on the ground that she was a Roman C.tholic. This, ina most emphatic manner, he declined to do, and these bigots did every thing they could to encompass his political downfalj. This they did, not by the ballot but by the damnable process known ag “counting out,” and this they were aided by members of the church to which Miss Ryan belongs. It was found that there was no law by which ernorsbip, and so this steal, which is now admitted, had to stand. Well, Mr, Estee, although he realized the great wrong that had been done him, did not cry or wring his hands in anguish. He camly submitted to the inevitable, continued the practice of his profession, and Miss Ryan remained at the head of his office. Having been brought into close business relations with her Iam prepared to indorse all that I have said in her. favor. She is very liberal in her views, not only in a religious but in every other sense; and the unsought-for notoriety she received in the last campaign has not changed her amiable and cheerful disposition in the slightest degree. I do not know that she has ever argued a case, but Ido know that as an office lawyer she has few equals, if. she has any superiors. And this is the girl that these narrow-minded bigots demanded of Mr. Estee that_he discharge because of her religious belief and education. Well might Mr. Estee exclaim: “I had rather be a dog and bay the moon, than crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, that thrift might follow fawning, if to such a gang it must be made.” Ido not want any mistake to be made as far as J am confrom a religious standpoint, I am a Mason and a sincere believer in its teachings. At the same time I do not think that any one should be ostraeised for his or her religious belief. His Impressions of the Land of Ice and Snow. The Wonderful Atuim Spricg Near Juneau—Will Endeavor to GetThe following extracts we take from a letter witten at Juneau, Alaska, on the 18th of August, by John Kelly of this city, who left here not long ago for the Klondyke: * “We have arrived safely at our destination, at least_as far as our tickets called for. I have never felt better in my life. We bad a splendid voyage, and especially since we left Victoria. We were billed to transfer at Port Tow nsend, but instead of going through we stopped at Victoria forty hours and awaited the arrival of the steamer Topeka from Seattle. “Victoria covers an area,.I think, as large as San Francisco, with population about one-fifteenth as great: It is slower than Nevada City, and if you ever go there and expect to stay over night, bring a lantern along -with you. “On leaving Victoria we have the mainland on the right or east and a continuous chain of islands on the left or west. Some places the channel is from 10 to 12 miles in width, at other places not more than one mile wide, with mountains on either side towering above us from 1000 to 3000 feet, some of them snow-capped, with the sides so densely covered with forests of pine, cedar, fir‘and spruce trees that you can scarcely see any soil. The sea seems more like an inland lake or mighty river than the Pacific ocean, of which it is a part. Sometimes the water is as smooth as glass, with not aripple on the surface save that caused by the! spurt of a whale or a flop of his tail, or the jumping of a fish after food. There are little fishing settlements, canneries, Indian villazes with their graves and canoes of the dead suspended over the graves, scattered at intervals along the-shore. There were men aboard the Topeka who have traveled extensively and they agree that for grandeur the they have ever seen. They compare it with the scenery along the Hudson river in New York State. The water is ‘a8 smooth as the water of San Fran-! cisco. bay and the boat moves along with as little side orend motion as do the ferry boats plying between San Francisco and Oakland, j “Juneay is quite a little city. It is situated at the base of two large mountains, the sides of which are covered with timber, one rising to an elevation of 3200 feet above-the town, the sides sloping at an angle of 75 degrees. The town has an electric light plant, both arc and’ incandescent lights, water works, fire company, telephones, steam laundry, and well-stocked stores of every description. I would advise any person contemplating a trip up this way to purchase their blankets, woolen underwear, socks, etc., at Victoria, if they want them cheap. The rest of the outfit, can be purchased at Juneau. Prices are reasonable and the . supply adequate to the demand, while the dealers can better-advise you as to what is really necessary for the Yukon country. “Douglas City and the Treadwell mines are across the channel from KELLY IN ALASKA, . is an aebundance-of saloons.—Beer-sells. scenery along this route excels any Juneau. A ferry boat plies between the two towns, the fare either way be. ing 25 cents. : : “Several of the passengers who came . up on the Topeka have cold feet al-. ready and think of returning on the . next boat down. Some of them have no outfit and no money with which to purchase one. They are mostly foreigners of the Finland and Scandinavian type. One of them,.a Slavonian Jew, walked the streets last night, not having money enough to pay for a night’s lodging—2 cents. They come up here expecting to find lots of work at big wages. Firstclass quartz miners can get work. They have no use for laborers. “A boat leaves here this afternoon for Dyea, 100 miles distant, by the Chilcoot route. We expect to leave in a few days. Would have left today but were unable to.get passage, the boat being crowded. Some of the people who have been over the Chilcoot Puss give ita hard name, while others assure me that if a person is fairly well supplied and is not troubled with heart failure he can make the journey all right. Weare going to take a chance at it any way. They have a mineral spring (alum water) which .used to be eleven miles from Juneau. They sprinkle the road ‘eading to the spring with water from the spring and it can now be ehed in five miles. The water so contrac ed the soil as to shorten the distance six miles, They are now sending water from this spring to sprinkle on Chiléoot Pass to see if it will have the same effect there and shorten the distance to the mines. “It is as light here at 10-o’cleck p. m. Watrer Mean. as it is at Nevada City at7 p.m. It is between 600 and 700 miles to the mines. We had to setour watches back one hour to have them compare with Ja‘neau time. The weather is like spring time in San Francisco, except that the wind does not blow so hard. The United States States cruiser Concord is anchored in the harbor. ef “The streets here are planked as they used to be in’ Nevada City. You can get a shave for 25 cents. Hotel keepers and Yukon outfitters have reaped a harvest since the excitement began. As is customary in mining camps there for 25 cents a quart or two glasses for a quarter. At most places whisky ‘is 25 cents per drink. Two dance halls and gambling dens combined are running and you can get any kind of a game you wish, including craps, 21,! lial at Grass Valley Notes. . ~ James Haley, a printer who came here from Fresno, left today for Eureka, Nevada. — The case against Mrs. Mary MeCormack, alias Anderson, who shot her husband . because he maltreated her, was dismissed today and she has returned with her futher to Reno. The husband refused to testify against her, fearing to criminate himself in a felony. GO Wife Beater Sentenced. This afternoon Justice Holbrook sentenced McCormack alias Anderson to six mouths in the county. jail. Six months and $1000 fine is the extreme penalty of the law Property For Sale. roulette, China lottery, American style, and several other games. There don’t . seem to be mach gambling money here, though. : “The fare from San Francisto-to Juneau by the Pacific Coast Steamship Co.’s line, first-class, including board, bed, etc., and 150 pounds of baggage, is ' $40, second-class, $25. “When I get settled permanently some place will'write again.” Schilling’s Best Tea is good tea. Your money back—at your grocer’s—f you don't like it. . What would you do it you should guess the missing word and get some money all of a sudden? Rules of contest published jin large advertisement about the first and middle A seven room house with a good-sized lot and a barn will be sold cheap. Apply to George C. Gaylord. s8-tf Steam Carpet Cleaning Works. Carpets taken up, cleaned and laid same day for 7 cents per yard. Leave orders at Second-Hand Furniture Store, Main street, near the bridge, s3-tf SAN FRANCISCOveeseeses vo BUSINESS COLLEGE 1236 Market Street, San Francisco. Ellis System of Bookkeeping. ’ Benn Pitman Shorthand. &@~ Rates Lower Than Other Colleges. “3 200 pupils secured positions in 1896. Every shorthand graduate for two years has a position. al9-6m Notice. NSie IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE that the undersigned, Mrs. Line Ty Unet will do a general trading business in her Own name, separate and apart from her husband, from and after this date. ° MKS. LINE TY UNE. of each month. 430 North San Juan, Cal , Sept. 1, 1897. im — So LADIES OF NEVADA . AND NEIGHBORING TOWNS : We wish to call your attention to our display of Lace Curtains Shown in Window No. r. They are right from the Factory, and bought long before Prctection struck them§ They are the latest in design for the Fall season. They are marked in plain figures, and are at your disposal. Eadies, don’t forget our GLOVE DEPARTMENT : You can get any shade of glove you want, either kid or fabric. New additions to our stock arriving daily. MAHER € Co. THRE CiTyY OF NEVADA Miller’s Clothing Emporium . Has added an additional department to the already well-established business. RSs CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER DEPARTYIIENT. ____ We tepresent one of the largest Tailcriug establis hments in the United States, and we make A Suit to Measure We guarantec perfect fit and satisfaction. From $13.50 Up. Our samples —Hundreds of them—represent the finest goods produced by the looms of the world, and est type of the tailoring art. Let’s take your measure. the work is done in the highGood Fits Guaranteed or No Sale. B. MILLER, Proprietor. M. M. BERNHEIM, Manager. Re . AE gt ee a a as i 4s

er or im of 1] at oo oP a transcript. THE TRANSCRIPT, BROWN & CALKINS. N. P. BROWN. U, 8. CALKING. ©Fifty Cents P. _ ADVERTISING RATES. Made known on application. . red at.the Postoffice at Nevada C Entra te LrtotienoHerade iy FERSONAL POINTERS, Concise Chtomicle of Yarlous Folks’ Doings and Intentions. P. D. Walsh of; San Francisco is in town, D. Beatty of San Francisco is in town. L. Colbert is down from Diamond Oreek. ; M. Castine came up from Marysville today. 6+. =; J.J. Dailey of Egan was in town yesterday. ; ‘ Frank Golden left on the noon train for Reno. A: P. Hodges, the piano.man of San Francisco, is in town. . Geo. W. Davis and wife, of Oakland, arrived here last evening. : Terry Douglass of Sacramento is here on a visit to his parents. Mrs. B. F. Sprague and Mrs. Tamplin of Lodi are here spending a few days. Mrs. BR. OC. Irvine of Sacramento is "here on a visit to friends at the Union hotel. Miss Li. B. Davis of San Jose arrived here last evening on her way to Downieville. ‘ J. W. Greenbank came down from Alleghany yesterday on his way to San Francisco. Ex-Judge Walling returned from the Bay last night and today went to Sierra county. . Frank Eilerman has returned from a month’s visit to Bartiett Springs and San Francisco. 2 C. B. Chapman arrived here last. e-ening from San. Francisco on his . way to Sierra City. Gathaniel Bailey is visiting his daughter, Mrs. H. A. Robbins, who resides near Graniteville.Miss’Lillie York of Downieville was in town last evening en route to Oakland to visit her brother. Mies H. J. Winchester and Miss Polkinghorn, of Grass Valley, left this morning for North San Juan to visit 3. L. A. White, for many years one of the most esteemed residents of this city, contemplates removing to San Francisco soon. ‘ Mrs. G. Goldsmith of San Francisco, who has been here on a visit to her mother, Mrs. John Hart, returned home on the noon train. Mrs. George Morris of. Marysville came down yesterday on her way home from Sierra City where she has been visiting her mother. . G. ‘Iu. Douglass of Yuba City is in towa on his way to North Bloomfield to enter on the discharge of his duties as principal of the public school, which -ogens Monday, ‘Trees Fired By Electricity. ‘A gay-wire from a pole of the Electric Light Company to a locust tree i: William Borlace’s yatd on Mill street got crossed today with one of the wires of the main line, owing to the wét ~e@e. , branches of the tree pressing down on the former and cutting through the insulation of the main wire. The electric wire carried about 4,000 volts ot electricity, and a portion of this passed down.the guy to the tree, setting it afize. .Thé current could be strongly felt_ by putting the hand to the tree. A tree on Nimrod street was set afire similarly. The company sent out men to straighten up the wires as soon as they learned ofthe grounding. People should exercise the utmost caution in ‘handling wires thus crossed, or fooling around wet trees or poles that are charged. with electricity, as they ure otherwise lable to be severely shocked or even killed by coming in contact with the current. Give Them a Trial. © India Relish, Pepper Sauce, Manzanillo Olives, Tabascos Pepper Sauce, Evaporated Horeeradish, Olives in bulk, and other delicacies, at Wolf's Cash Grocery Store. All fresh and strictly first-class goods. BB To Ice Lousumers. "The Union Ice Company is now pre‘pared to deliver ice in quantities to suit to any part of the city. Orders deft at the ice house on the Plaza will be promptly attended to. tf Guove's ‘Tasratzss Cum. Tonio is ® perfect. Malarial Liver Tonic and without purging. As pleasant as Lemon Syrup. It is as large as any Dollar GEnuINE Usk for Grove’s, —_jy19-6m . 36TH YEAR—NO, 11402 __ Adulterer Ward _ _ Commits Suicide. ' NEVADA CITY, CAL., FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1897. EST. IN 1860 BY N. P. BROWN & CO, He Jumps From the Window ofa Pullman MANY GERMAN SOLDIERS OSB THEIR LIVES By the Breaking of a Pontoon Bridge While Crossing. AN OLD GERMAN’S EFFECTIVE MEANS OF SUICIDE. ) A little Girl Burned to Death By the Overturning of a Lamp. AN ARIZONA TOWN FLOODED BY A. CLOUDBURST. Death of a Veteran Preacher at Woodland. Special to the DaiLy Trancsript.[ W. ‘Russell Ward Suicides. Cuicaco, September 3.—From passengers arriving here today on the east-bound train of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad it is learned that last night as the train was speeding throvigh Iowa # passenger believed to be W. Russell Ward, the Los Angeles adulterer, sprang from the window of a Pullman sleeper and was in. stantly killed. Ward left San Francisco Monday for New York, saying he was going to join his family in England. “The Bradburys Beard From. San Francisco, September 3.—By the steamer Aéapuleo which arrived here today Col. J. R. Bradbury, accompanied by his wife who recently had an escapade with W. Russel Ward, came from Panama to Mazatlan where they stopped to. inspect mining property owned by Col. Bradbury. McKinley With the Farmers. Cotumssu, O. September 3.—At ten o'clock this morning President McKinley and party arrived here to attend the convention of the State Board of Agriculture. BRIEF MENTION. dinor Notes and Comments of Local Interest. A house and lot are offered for sale. 3ee four-bit column. It is announced that Miss Yeaw, the vocalist, will soon give a concert here. Little Mad Cap;.a comedy drama in four acts will be presented at Armory Hall tonight. The weather bulletin of San Francisco today says: Showers this afternoon; fair tonight and Saturday. Ben Hall of the Pioneer Reduction Works at this city has received a patent for a reverberatory smelting and refining furnance. The Sunset Company is-now operating 114 telephones at this city, and there is talk of giving our citizens the benefit of an all-night service. The Pacific Remedy Company continues to draw good houses at their performances given at Armory Hall every night, This evening they will put on one of their best pieces. W. H. Tuttle of the Ow. Saxoon, Nevada City, has secured the Agency for Pabst’s celebrated Milwaukee lager beer, which he will sérve in first-class style in bottles and glass, at poputa prices. j22-tf, —— ot 898 He Wants a Star. ‘ / German Troopers Drowned. Weimar, Germany, Sept. 8.—To-day during the execution of maneuvers. by the military, a pontoon bridge @ which the 19th Regiment of Infantry was crossing broke. A.number of the troopers were drowned, and others A Mongolian Murdered. San Franoisco, ‘Sept. 8—Yee Chick _. Lang refused to room with Yee Tong because the latter had a revolver. Last night Tong shot and fatally . wounded Lung for being so particular. There was no other ‘provocation. Blew His Head Off ‘Ondviute, September 8—An aged German residing at. Yankee Hill, 18 miles from:here, became despondent. Last night he put a giant powder cartridge in his mouth and firing it blew off the top of his head. A Pioneer Preacher Dies. Wooptanp, Sept. 3.—Rev. J. B. Shelton, one of the oldest preachers of the M. E. South of the State, died this morning. A Town Flooded, Negep.es, Arizona, September 3.—By a cloudburst the streets have been turned into veritable rivers. The’ water is three feet deep in some of the business streets. A meat market fell down and an adobe lodging house is' wrecked. The flooding of the cellar of Monahan & Mussey’s store destroyed $3,000. worth of goods. The Santa Fe track is washed out in places. Child Burned to Death, Moscow, Idaho, Sept. 8.—By the overturning of a lamp last night the clothing of Mary Hildebrand, aged four, was set afire,and she was burned almost toa crisp. She died two hours afterward. MEADS LETTER. A Solomonic Decision jn a Water Suit. A Promising Young Man From.Nevada County—Estee and tlie Cathe olic He Stood By. © San Francisco, Sept. 1, 1897.Eprton Transcrier—My long “vacation” is over, and [now resume work. IT have not felt well. Pleasé let that suffice. For lo, these many moons, I have been looking for the TRansoript to make some. editorial comments on what I consider A REMARKABLE DECISION. It was rendered -by Judge Thomas P. Hawley (our Judge), in the case of the Union Mill and ‘Mining Co., of Nevada, vs. Danberg and others. It had dragged its weary length along for years. From one Court to another it had been taken, and tens of thousands of dollars had been spent upon it. The matters involved in the case were the old principles of riparian rights. The question to be decided was as to whether the Milling Co. or the farmers had prior rights to the use of the waters of the Carson River. The. decision was Solomonic in its wisdom. It was found by the Court that they both had righis in the matter, and the decree was that during the months of July, August and September of each year the farmers are entitled to the full and uninterrupted The Chinaman who last night made application to the City Trustees to be appointed a special poiiceman for Chiflow of all the waters: of the river, if necessary, for irrigating purposes; and ‘the Milling Co. is given the right to the natown, and was referred to District'use of 6000 inches, miners’ measure, Attorney Riley, has. been hanging. during the remaining nine“ months, ‘around the Court House all day wait-! The decision gave satisfaction to both ing to see that official. He is very parties, and it is written in Judge Hawtonic and retails for 50c. To get the anxious to wearastar. The poor fel-. ley’s clear, concise and . convincing . 1ow is evidently demented. * tatyle. He does not try to evade 9 sin{Just Judge first practiced the profes-. sion in which he has attained such emi-{ nence? Am TI not right when I say it}. ‘. @ recount could be had as to the Govcerned. J write from a liberal and not gle issue, but discusses the points presented in a logical and ‘masterly manner, Best of all, it is cold law. There is no sophistry. . Just think of it! After ‘years of litigation and the expenditure of vast: sume of money, both sides get what they wanted—both are satisfled—and peace once more reigns along the banks of the Carson river. Ought not the people of Nevada county—the older residenis as well as the younger ones—be proud of the fact that it was in that county that this learned and was aremarkable decision? , ~ ©. ONE OF-OUR BOYS. And while I am writing upon the subject of Judges, law and lawyers, let me. tell you of a pleasant discovery I’ made a short time ago. In the course of business I have been compelled to visit the office‘of Hon. M. M. Estee for afew months past. almost daily. On one of these occasions I happened -to mention that I had lived in Nevada City. The gentleman to whom I spoke said: “You must know Sigourney, then,” indicating a very handsome, studious young man who sat some distance away, engaged in reading. I looked in the direction indicated. I saw to my surprise and pleasure that it was Wilson Hill Sigourney, whom I had not seen for. years. Here had I been going in and out of this office daily for over two weeks, but so ‘silent and engrossed in his books was my young friend that I did not notice him and I do not believe he did me. It did not take me long to walk over to where he was and give him a warm grasp of the hand, which was returned in kind. Since then I-have had a, great many talks with him, and while at times his face would light up with a bright smile, it usually had that “pale cast of thought,” which the deep and sincere

student unconsciously assumes. He is ambitious—that information I gleaned from desultory remarks made by him. He is not vain or egotistical, but common sense seems to be a predominant trait in his character. If I. am any judge of young men, I predict that he will rise to eminence in his chosen profession. I believe that Mr. Estee has the same opinion, although he has not said anything to me upon the subject. The other day Wilson was admitted to practice in a}l the Courts of this State. A BRIGHT YOUNG LADY. While I am writing of Mr. Estee’s . office and of some of those who find a lodgment there, I hope it is not out of place to speak of one who cuts no unimportant figure in its personnel. I‘ refer to Miss Elizabeth H. Ryan, who is chief clerk, stenographer, and, in fact, Mr. Estee’s general factotum. She, like Wilson H. Sigourney, is a member of the Bar of this State, having been admitted to practice by the Supreme Court a few years ago. She has a history which has entered into the political annals of this State. In. the last campaign, in which brains and bombast, statesmanship and demagogism, were arrayed against each other for the highest office in the gift of the people; Mr. Estee representing the best pari of these two and. Mr. Budd the worst, a delegation from an organization known as the “A. P. A.” waited upon the former and demanded that he discharge Miss Ryan from employ, on the ground that she was a Roman C.tholic. This, ina most emphatic manner, he declined to do, and these bigots did every thing they could to encompass his political downfalj. This they did, not by the ballot but by the damnable process known ag “counting out,” and this they were aided by members of the church to which Miss Ryan belongs. It was found that there was no law by which ernorsbip, and so this steal, which is now admitted, had to stand. Well, Mr, Estee, although he realized the great wrong that had been done him, did not cry or wring his hands in anguish. He camly submitted to the inevitable, continued the practice of his profession, and Miss Ryan remained at the head of his office. Having been brought into close business relations with her Iam prepared to indorse all that I have said in her. favor. She is very liberal in her views, not only in a religious but in every other sense; and the unsought-for notoriety she received in the last campaign has not changed her amiable and cheerful disposition in the slightest degree. I do not know that she has ever argued a case, but Ido know that as an office lawyer she has few equals, if. she has any superiors. And this is the girl that these narrow-minded bigots demanded of Mr. Estee that_he discharge because of her religious belief and education. Well might Mr. Estee exclaim: “I had rather be a dog and bay the moon, than crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, that thrift might follow fawning, if to such a gang it must be made.” Ido not want any mistake to be made as far as J am confrom a religious standpoint, I am a Mason and a sincere believer in its teachings. At the same time I do not think that any one should be ostraeised for his or her religious belief. His Impressions of the Land of Ice and Snow. The Wonderful Atuim Spricg Near Juneau—Will Endeavor to GetThe following extracts we take from a letter witten at Juneau, Alaska, on the 18th of August, by John Kelly of this city, who left here not long ago for the Klondyke: * “We have arrived safely at our destination, at least_as far as our tickets called for. I have never felt better in my life. We bad a splendid voyage, and especially since we left Victoria. We were billed to transfer at Port Tow nsend, but instead of going through we stopped at Victoria forty hours and awaited the arrival of the steamer Topeka from Seattle. “Victoria covers an area,.I think, as large as San Francisco, with population about one-fifteenth as great: It is slower than Nevada City, and if you ever go there and expect to stay over night, bring a lantern along -with you. “On leaving Victoria we have the mainland on the right or east and a continuous chain of islands on the left or west. Some places the channel is from 10 to 12 miles in width, at other places not more than one mile wide, with mountains on either side towering above us from 1000 to 3000 feet, some of them snow-capped, with the sides so densely covered with forests of pine, cedar, fir‘and spruce trees that you can scarcely see any soil. The sea seems more like an inland lake or mighty river than the Pacific ocean, of which it is a part. Sometimes the water is as smooth as glass, with not aripple on the surface save that caused by the! spurt of a whale or a flop of his tail, or the jumping of a fish after food. There are little fishing settlements, canneries, Indian villazes with their graves and canoes of the dead suspended over the graves, scattered at intervals along the-shore. There were men aboard the Topeka who have traveled extensively and they agree that for grandeur the they have ever seen. They compare it with the scenery along the Hudson river in New York State. The water is ‘a8 smooth as the water of San Fran-! cisco. bay and the boat moves along with as little side orend motion as do the ferry boats plying between San Francisco and Oakland, j “Juneay is quite a little city. It is situated at the base of two large mountains, the sides of which are covered with timber, one rising to an elevation of 3200 feet above-the town, the sides sloping at an angle of 75 degrees. The town has an electric light plant, both arc and’ incandescent lights, water works, fire company, telephones, steam laundry, and well-stocked stores of every description. I would advise any person contemplating a trip up this way to purchase their blankets, woolen underwear, socks, etc., at Victoria, if they want them cheap. The rest of the outfit, can be purchased at Juneau. Prices are reasonable and the . supply adequate to the demand, while the dealers can better-advise you as to what is really necessary for the Yukon country. “Douglas City and the Treadwell mines are across the channel from KELLY IN ALASKA, . is an aebundance-of saloons.—Beer-sells. scenery along this route excels any Juneau. A ferry boat plies between the two towns, the fare either way be. ing 25 cents. : : “Several of the passengers who came . up on the Topeka have cold feet al-. ready and think of returning on the . next boat down. Some of them have no outfit and no money with which to purchase one. They are mostly foreigners of the Finland and Scandinavian type. One of them,.a Slavonian Jew, walked the streets last night, not having money enough to pay for a night’s lodging—2 cents. They come up here expecting to find lots of work at big wages. Firstclass quartz miners can get work. They have no use for laborers. “A boat leaves here this afternoon for Dyea, 100 miles distant, by the Chilcoot route. We expect to leave in a few days. Would have left today but were unable to.get passage, the boat being crowded. Some of the people who have been over the Chilcoot Puss give ita hard name, while others assure me that if a person is fairly well supplied and is not troubled with heart failure he can make the journey all right. Weare going to take a chance at it any way. They have a mineral spring (alum water) which .used to be eleven miles from Juneau. They sprinkle the road ‘eading to the spring with water from the spring and it can now be ehed in five miles. The water so contrac ed the soil as to shorten the distance six miles, They are now sending water from this spring to sprinkle on Chiléoot Pass to see if it will have the same effect there and shorten the distance to the mines. “It is as light here at 10-o’cleck p. m. Watrer Mean. as it is at Nevada City at7 p.m. It is between 600 and 700 miles to the mines. We had to setour watches back one hour to have them compare with Ja‘neau time. The weather is like spring time in San Francisco, except that the wind does not blow so hard. The United States States cruiser Concord is anchored in the harbor. ef “The streets here are planked as they used to be in’ Nevada City. You can get a shave for 25 cents. Hotel keepers and Yukon outfitters have reaped a harvest since the excitement began. As is customary in mining camps there for 25 cents a quart or two glasses for a quarter. At most places whisky ‘is 25 cents per drink. Two dance halls and gambling dens combined are running and you can get any kind of a game you wish, including craps, 21,! lial at Grass Valley Notes. . ~ James Haley, a printer who came here from Fresno, left today for Eureka, Nevada. — The case against Mrs. Mary MeCormack, alias Anderson, who shot her husband . because he maltreated her, was dismissed today and she has returned with her futher to Reno. The husband refused to testify against her, fearing to criminate himself in a felony. GO Wife Beater Sentenced. This afternoon Justice Holbrook sentenced McCormack alias Anderson to six mouths in the county. jail. Six months and $1000 fine is the extreme penalty of the law Property For Sale. roulette, China lottery, American style, and several other games. There don’t . seem to be mach gambling money here, though. : “The fare from San Francisto-to Juneau by the Pacific Coast Steamship Co.’s line, first-class, including board, bed, etc., and 150 pounds of baggage, is ' $40, second-class, $25. “When I get settled permanently some place will'write again.” Schilling’s Best Tea is good tea. Your money back—at your grocer’s—f you don't like it. . What would you do it you should guess the missing word and get some money all of a sudden? Rules of contest published jin large advertisement about the first and middle A seven room house with a good-sized lot and a barn will be sold cheap. Apply to George C. Gaylord. s8-tf Steam Carpet Cleaning Works. Carpets taken up, cleaned and laid same day for 7 cents per yard. Leave orders at Second-Hand Furniture Store, Main street, near the bridge, s3-tf SAN FRANCISCOveeseeses vo BUSINESS COLLEGE 1236 Market Street, San Francisco. Ellis System of Bookkeeping. ’ Benn Pitman Shorthand. &@~ Rates Lower Than Other Colleges. “3 200 pupils secured positions in 1896. Every shorthand graduate for two years has a position. al9-6m Notice. NSie IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE that the undersigned, Mrs. Line Ty Unet will do a general trading business in her Own name, separate and apart from her husband, from and after this date. ° MKS. LINE TY UNE. of each month. 430 North San Juan, Cal , Sept. 1, 1897. im — So LADIES OF NEVADA . AND NEIGHBORING TOWNS : We wish to call your attention to our display of Lace Curtains Shown in Window No. r. They are right from the Factory, and bought long before Prctection struck them§ They are the latest in design for the Fall season. They are marked in plain figures, and are at your disposal. Eadies, don’t forget our GLOVE DEPARTMENT : You can get any shade of glove you want, either kid or fabric. New additions to our stock arriving daily. MAHER € Co. THRE CiTyY OF NEVADA Miller’s Clothing Emporium . Has added an additional department to the already well-established business. RSs CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER DEPARTYIIENT. ____ We tepresent one of the largest Tailcriug establis hments in the United States, and we make A Suit to Measure We guarantec perfect fit and satisfaction. From $13.50 Up. Our samples —Hundreds of them—represent the finest goods produced by the looms of the world, and est type of the tailoring art. Let’s take your measure. the work is done in the highGood Fits Guaranteed or No Sale. B. MILLER, Proprietor. M. M. BERNHEIM, Manager. Re . AE gt ee a a as i 4s