The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 4, 1896, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1896. VALLEJO'S HOME FOR ORPHANS, Serious Charges Against the Management Are Disproved. WAIFS WELL CARED FOR. Dr. Ruggles Pleased With the Result of a Searching Investigation. HEALTHY AND CONTENTED TOTS The Institution Is Protected Against Disease and Its Inmates Are Given Good Food. 3.—It is not ves considera- VALLEJO, Car, April often that Governor Budd tion to anonymo garding the management Tec int of an unsigned 0, containing all sorts tions, but on the letter a day or tw of charg ainst those in charge at the Good Ter s’ Home for Orphans, lo- cated at ce inditea a letter to P gles of the at Stock- as to the and report The doctor re- ton last evening, g he arrived in ded and unbeknown to any e. He was driven to the State Beard ol bis finding! ceived the le and early th Vallejo unher: one at the h: institution and there produced his au- thority from the Governor to maxe a rigid inspection of the place, not only as re- garded the sanitary conditions but every- thing relating to the management of the Lome. | Judge Thompson, one of the trustees of | the home, and Mrs :, president of | the board of lady managers, and Mrs. | Carpenter, secretary of the board, han-i pened to be at an of 1 visit, and every f accorded the Berious charges had been ade in the | anonymous letter, of which Judge Thomp- that the board of lict in 1ts mana; not being prope: and the well were ame water; that diphtheria had raged there,and no ais- infectants or precautionary measures had been used to check it; that the home | had not been cleaned for years, and the | girls were being neglected, though in what | varticular the letter did not state. With | all of these pointers to guide him in his in- | spection, Dr. Ruggles went from the bot- tom to the top of the building; examined into the sanitary condition of the house and the surrounaing premises; talked with the eirls and boys; inspected the food, the culinary department and the| medical aepartment; and at the conclusion of his in igations he, in unqualified | »d agreeable surprise »ment k = and | t the perfect manner in which | ound the home and its affairs to | bave been conducted. Toa CALL corre- | spondent he stated that he could not make | his report public prior to- its being sent to | the Governor, but his manner and infer- ences led to the belief that the anonymous communication had been sent by some one trying to injure the management and the interest of the home to further his own ends. There has been no such mismanagement or dereliction of duty on the part of those at the home as the letter to Governor Budd indicated. The board of trustees and the board of lady managers make monthly visits to the home and watch with interest everything that is done by those employed at the institution. The children all ap- pear healthy and are well fed and clothed —far better than many children with par- ents to look after their welfare. Dr. Ruggles left for his home this after- noon, stopping over night at Martinez. | While here he was the guest of Dr. L. Car- | penter, the physician at the home, who aided him in the researches. Before leav- ing the home Dr. Ruggles was requested | by Juage Thompson and Mrs. Kellogg, on | behalf of the trustees and board of lady | managers, to extend their sincere thanks | to Governor Budd tor taking the interest | he did in thus sending the president of the | Board of Health of the State to make a | personal inspection and examination into | the home affairs, as they believe the result | will redound to the credit and benefit of the institution. The home is maintained by the Good Templars, with the aid of the State. CAUGHT A% PORT HARFORD. Sheriff Cunningham of Stockton Runs an Embezzler to Earth. Eduard Nielson to Be Brought Back and Tried for the Theft of $16,000 STOCKTON, CAL., April 3.—The Sheriff's office to-day received a telezram from Sheriff Cunningham at Port Harford, San | Luis Obispo County, saying that he had | captured £duard C. C. Nielson and would be in this city with his prisoner to-morrow | night. | The Sheriff received information on | Monday that Nielson was somewhere in Southern California, and started for the south on Tuesday morning. He was sup- posed to be in Oakland looking up the gold-brick swindle, but instead was hunt- ing for the defaulting bookkeeper of Thomas & Bueli. When it was discovered that Nielson had embezzled about $16,000 belonging to the old firm of White & Thomas, and their successors, Thomas & Buell, a warrant was issaed for hisarrest, charging him with fel- ony embezzlement,but the matter was kept quiet; and while the story of his flight and stealings was pnblished at the time the impression was given out by the members of the firm that nothing would be done to the man who had been stealing from them 10r SO many years. Nielson was employed by White & Thomas about sixteen years ago,and was looked upon as a brother, according to Mr. White. He was trusted with all the cash of the concern, and this contidence was not abused until about eight years | the lodge. | it would mean a loss o ago, when he began dippinginto the firm's money. ‘While he did not live a fast life, he lived well and always had money to spend. During some months he would take as much as $200 above his salary, and in others he would content himself with less. He covered his peculations by making false footings in ‘the cash book, and in this way kept up the thefts for vears. ‘When the business of White & Thomas was turned over to Thomas & Buell three {urs ago the books were not experted and Nielsen was retained in their employ. A short time ago it was decided to make a change, as the business of the firm was falling off and an expert was placed upcn the books. When this was done Nielsen at once left for San Francisco, and thereafter nothing was heard of him until Monday, when Sheriff Cunningham learned that he was in the southern part of the State. - The defaulting bookkeeper has a wife and several children here. They live in their own home on San Joaquin street. The father of Niclsen sent from Denmark several vears ago enough money to pur- chase the house, but insisted that it be placed in the name of the children, as he evidently knew of nis son’s propensity for spending his earnings, and others too. Nielsen was well liked here. He was a good companion and fond of vthe company of others. Several years ago he was an ex- pert swordsman, and took partin the ex- hibitions given by the German Turners. Not one of his many friends ever dreamed that he was other than one of the most honest men in the country. He was secretary and treasurer of a local lodge of Odd Fellows, but so far nothing has been found amiss in his accounts with WAVTED I SICRANENTO, Sheriff Johnson Armed With a Warrant for James Cal- landine. Accused of Complicity in a Series of Streetcar Hold-Ups at the Capital. MARYSVILLE, Carn., April 3.—Sheriff Johnson and Deputy Fisher of Sacramento County arrived here to-day with a warrant for the arrest of James Callendine, who is wanted for alleged complicity in a series of staze robberies in Sacramento recently. Callendine is living on a ranch near this | eity, and thither the officers have gone after their man, It is learned here that before Sheriff Johnson left the capital detectives ar- rested a man named Baker, who was em- ployed in the Southern Pacitic shops. He | is accused of being the confederate of Cal- lendine, and was apprehended while at work. The hold-ups charged against the pair number a hali-dozen, the sums re- ceived ranging from a few cents to §125. The highwaymen attacked cars at all | hours of the night in the suburbs of the city, and were careless in the use of their revolvers on refractory conductors or passengers. It is learned that Callendine and Baker have been under suspicion for some time, but not until last Sunday did the officers secure evidence sufficient to warrant their arrest. On that day two vagrants were arrested for engaging in a street fracas, and one. while in the city jail, told a story implicating Callendine and Baker in the robberies. Callendine has had a checkered career. Several months ago he shot and killed “Jack’ Harris, who detected hifn in com- pany with Mrs. Harris on a street. He was acquitted of the murder charge, mainly through the testimony of the woman he made a widow, who swore that the shooting was in self-defense. Two | weeks ago Callendine and Mrs Harris were married in this City, and since then they have lived on a ranch a few miles dis- tant. T0 IMPROVE SAN RAFAEL Leading Citizens Will Organize for the Advancement of the Town. United Effort to Be Made to Secure a Reduction of Railway Rates. SAN RAFAEL, Car, April 3.—San Rafael has awakened in earnest and in- tends to put itself forward. An improve- ment club is to be organized and the pro- ject of running a ferry from San Francisco to Sar Quentin and an electric line from there to San Rafael is to be revived. All this talk of improvement is the outcome of the mass-meeting of March 10 to secure a reduction of passenger rates from the railroad companies. The committee ap- pointed at that meeting to visit the presi- dents of the broad and narrow gauge lines running into San Rafael and ask for a 25- cent fare has reported the result of its con- ferences, and as was expected, it did not succeed in inducing the roads to lower the rate, which at present is 50 cents for the round trip, with commutation tickets at $5 a month. President Arthur W. Foster of the Donahue line said that he could take no action as the litigation in which his road was involved was at present in a very un- settled state. He would not even exvress an opinion, but said he was confident that the battle in the courts would soon be ended and he would then be ready to con- fer with the citizens of San Rafael. Mr. Foster was several weeks ago served with arestraining order enjoining him from re- ducing the rates. J. B. Stetson, the president of the North Pacific Coast road, said positively that he would not reduce the (passenger rates, as $40,000 a year to his road, and as the line was now paying interest on its bonds only he did not see how” he could consider the proposition atall. At a subsequent meeting it was sug- gested that an improvement club be or- nized. Many years ago San Rafael had ch an organization, and it did a world of good. A meeting will shortly be called to organize. T Cause of the Glenmorag’s Loss. ASTORIA, Or.,, April 3.—The naval court of inquiry, in session to-day, to ex- amine into the cause of the loss of the British ship Glenmorag, found the acci- dent to have been the result of errors in the chronometer. No blame could be at- tached to Captain Currie. The discipline of officers and crew wasfound to have been excellent. The fatalitics and injuries to the crew were due to causes unable to be provided again sl San Jose Road Race. SAN JOSE, Car., April 3. —The sixth of a series of five-mile handicap road racos under the auspices of the Elite CUyclers took plac: last evening over the East San Jose course. The race was won by A. Herbert, with a handicap of 1:45, in 16:00; J. Nichols, 2:00, second. K. Black, scratch, made the best time, 14:45, LR T GOODNESS, gracious! I'm well already. How quickly Mitchell’s Magic Lotion acts! * REVENGE OF A STOCKTON WIFE Vaccaressa’s Brutality the Probable Cause of His Death. HAD QUARRELED DAILY. The Bootblack’s Helpmeet Driven to Desperation by His Cruelties. INSULTS HEAPED UPON HER. The Woman Believed to Have Killed Her Husband After an Altercation. i STOCKTON, Car., April 8.—New evi- | dences of the guilt of Mrs. Vaccaressa, whose husband was murdered Wednesday morning, are fast coming to light. It has been discovered that the musket that a boy named Hall saw Vaccaressa carrying into the bedroom is bespattered with blood, and the screwdriver lying in one of the rooms fits the mark made on the front door near the lock. The officers are now confirmed in their belief that the murdersd man was first struck on the head while asleep, and then, while half-daz2d from the blow, was stran- gled to death. They believe that the woman had a violent gunarrel with her husband earlier in the evening, as the tes- timony at the Coroner’s inquest showed, and that she waited until he was asleep before striking him with the barrel of the musket. Mat Foppiana, a cousin of Vaccaressa to-day secured the services of Attorney Frank D. Nicol to defend the woman, and she was clos8ted in the jail with him and the attorney for a long time this morning. | A warrant was issued for Mrs. Vacea- | ressa’s arrest on acharge of murder this | forenoon. The charge will probably be re- : duced to that of manslaughter, as the | facts that are coming tolight indicate that | the woman killed her husband during or | after a violent quarrel. The District At- | torney seems inclined to this belief, and | has arranged to have the charge changed | to manslaughter if certain clews the offi- | cers have prove to be correct, and Mrs. | Vacearessa will be admitted to bail in the | sum of $5000. | A CaLL correspondent visited the woman | at the jail to-day, and through an inter- | preter learned that the story told by her | to the District Attorney and to the Cor- | oner's jury was not true. Several times | she was on the point of telling all the | events of the night of the murder, and she | told the circumstances that led up to the | time of the fatal row; but each time she | would stop and: refuse to talk when she | cameto the circumstances of vaccaressa’s } death. According to the story told by the! woman to-day her husband had baen | abusing her shamefully for the past few | weeks and had threatened to kill her. He | told her that all she was trying to do was | to save up enough money to get a divorce | from him and that her treatment of hiw | was slowly killing him. She replied tha | she was fast breaking in health through | his brutal treatment of her and that she | could not stand it much-longer. Vaccaressa was lying on the floor of the house in one of his sulky moods Sun- | day afternoon and would have nothing to | say to his wife. She tirea of this treat- | ment and, dressing the children,went over to a neighbor’s for afew hours. On her return Vaccaressa was in the front yard cutting hay for the cows. He called her a vile name, and said that she was inti- mate with all the men of the neighbor- hood. This led to a quarrel and they had | a fight that night. From that on to the time of the murder they had frequent quarrels. Vaccaressa was continually tax- ing his wife with being unfaithful to him, and when she resented the insults a fight followed. Mrs. Vaccaressa to-day told an interpre- ter that her husband threatened to shoot her and took up the musket for the pur- pose of doing so. She said that they had a row shortly before 8 o’clock and that he threatened to kill her. When she got to this point in her story Mrs. Vaccaressa stopped and would give no further par- | ticulars of how she killed her husband. | Her attorney had instructed her not to | talk, and although she seemed to want to unburden herself she obeyed the injunc- tion. e NATIVE DAUGHTERS IN CHARGE. Stockton’s Fair Women Arranging for a Flower Carnival. STOCKTON, CarL., April 3.—There was a joint meeting last night of the Native Daughters and Native Sons to consult with reference to nolding a floral carnival here, and it was decided to hold one some time during the present month. The ex- act date was not settled upon, but the carnival will probably be held on Wednes- day and Thursday evenings, the 22d and 23d inst. The date will depend much upon the condition of the flowers of the city. The carnival will be entirely under the direction of the Native Daungnters, but the Native Sons will aid them in every way to make the affair a success, The Agricuitural Pavilion will be used for the carnival and the immense building will be decorated throughout with flowers. Floral booths will ve presided over by the most beautiful of the Native Daughters. Stockton has long been celebrated for its | pretty girls and it is intended to show the | outside world on this occasion just what :n array of feminine loveliness there is ere. The other ladies of the city will assist the Native Daughters in making the affair a success, and quantities of flowers hav- been promised the projectors of the care nival. Each n?ht an interesting programme of music and song will be presentsd on the big stage in the pavilion, and much care will be taken to get the best talent in the State. TROUBLE ON THE COLUMBIA. Fishermen Threaten to Strike §f Their Demands Are Ignored. PORTLAND, Or., April 3.—Trouble of a serious nature is looked for among the Columbia River canneries on April 10, when the fishing season opens. The di ficulty affects all fishermen and canneries on the river, and from present indications there will be a strike, because the cannery- men will refuse to pay the fishermen 5 cents per pound for raw fish, the price set by the fishermen at their annual meeting. The Columbia River Packers’ Association .| their names: has resolved to pay only 4 cents, and all the big cannery-owners have signed an agreement, saying they would not enter, the combination unless the price was fixed at 4 cents. Sosn e METHODISTS IN SESSION. Thirty-Third Conference of the Santa Rosa District. §ANTA ROSA, CAL., April 3, — The thirty-third annual session of the Santa Rosa district conference of the Methoaist dEPiSCDPsl Church South convened here to- ay. ‘Bishup A. W. Wilson of Baltimore pre- sided, and Rev. William Acton of Dixon was elected secretary. The day was spent in bearing reports from the several churches in the district. Bishop Wilson preached to-night on the subject, “‘Mis- sions.” Licenses to preach were granted to Harry M. Haywards of Cloverdale, Clar- ence F. Clark of Knights Landing and E. J. Page of Santa Rosa. The Rev. John Thompson, D.D., of Oak- land addressed the conierence on the work of the American Bible Society, with which he has been connected for nearly forty years, At the rollcall the following answered to Cloverdale — Rev. W. H. H. M. Hayward and Farley Rockville — Rev. C. E. Clar] and . M. Corrick; Woodland, Rev. J. "W. Compton; Dixon, Rev. William Acton; Petaluma, Rev. J. W. Ray; Ukiah, Rev John Hannon, D.D.; Potter” Vailey, Rev. A. F. Lee and W. P. English; Knignts Valley, Rev. J. M. Pratt, Rev. B. H. Russell, Chester Fairchild and W. M. Hatcher; Healdsburg, Rev. F. M. Staton; Elmi.a—Rev. W. D. Tavlor, D. F. Parker and Alexander Tate; Lakeport—Rey. E. A. McWhorter an John Crump; Winters—Reyv. B. J. Waugh; Santa Rosa—Revs, P. F. Pace (presiding elder), T. A, Atkinson and R. A. Latimer, Colonel J. 8. Austin and W. B. Hart. NEWS OF THE CAPITOL, Examiners Pass Upon the Claims of Seekers for State Rewards. Coover, Abshire; Dr. Wilkins of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum Questioned—San Quentin Inquiry. SACRAMENTO, CaL., April 3.—Arthur C. Hustan, attorney for A. S. Armstrong, a claimant for the reward for the capture of the notorious Ruggles Brothers, ap- peared before the Board of Examiners to- day. As Armstrong was an officer at the time of the capture, the board refused to pass his claim. A motion to give a rehearing in the case, not for the formal reward but under a statute appropriating $11,000 to pay the | claim of W. A. Wyckoff and others for the arrest and conviction of the murderers of A. B. Montgomery in Shasta County, was made. Eventually it was agreed that Secretary of State Brown should look into the facts, and action would bé postponed until the Attorney-General could be present. Dr. Wilkins, of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum, was granted an audience in order to explain why bids for supplies were not advertisea for. He stated the amount wds so small that | it would not pay. This reason did not meet the Governor's approval, and he pointed out that many articles when pur- chased cost far more than in other State institutions. When Dr. Wilkins attempted to make excuses the executive waxed sar- castie, and asked some pointed guestions. “Do you go around and buy from your friends?”’ he interrogated. “You are very much mistaken,” the aoctor replied. “‘Thereis no onel avoid as I do my friends,”’ and then he added, “‘God deliver me from my friends.” ecretary of State Brown inquired if the salaries of the institution could be reduced, and Wilkins was up in arms in a minute. *“Our salaries are ridiculously low; they should be increased,” said he.” “They are lower than in Eastern institutions. - Come down and examine for yourself, and also remember that I have neverhad a deficit.” In the matter of the Kovalev reward the Governor said he was in favor of allowing Captain Lees the entire amount. Then the Controller could pass uggn it, and mandamus proceedings could be brought. After considerable discussion action was postponed until the meeting of the board to-morrow morning. The Board of Examiners to-day began an inquiry into the cost of maintaining San duemin prison, and Commissioner De Pue presented some interesting facts. After thoroughly explaining the results of maintaining the jute plant, he said: “I have recently been East and made visits to several prisons there. I iind that in most of the prisons in the East and South they feed their men just as good as we do here, but it is done cheaper, because in the South, for instance, the contractors take charge of tne prisoners and take them out and work them. “They are mostly darkies, and some of- them would just as leave be in jail asat liberty. Consequent y they are more easily guarded. But it would not do to handle prisoaers in that way here; our prisoners are altogether different. “Many of them would make a break as soon as they got outside of the walls. We have the most desperate set of prisoners in the world. The conditionsin California are such as to attract all the worst charac- ters. There are forests and mountains to hide in. “It is a mining countr*und necessarily a gambling country. ne really ‘bad’ man gets as far from the center of civiliza- tion as pussible. In that respect we are unfortunate in that there 1s uot a State west of us. San Quentin. men, as a rule, are worse than Foisom men, because the ‘second-termers’ are sent there. “I found that the financial situation is worse in the East than here. There is no real poverty here, and this has due influ- ence on the class of prisoners we get. Our prisoners, are naturaily bad men, while most of the Eastern prisoners are of low and poor classes rather than tough cases.”” s g Officers Ave Chosen. SACRAMENTO, Cav., April State Sunday-school convention ad- journea this afternoon. The session to- day was devoted to business matters and the election of officers for the ensuning vear, The following were elected to the Na- tional Sunday School Convention, to be beld at Boston; J. A. Wilson, Napa; G. G. Burnell, 8an Francisco; Dr. John Kim- ball, S8an Francisco; Rev. R.N. Steven- son, Sacramento; Rev. L. L. Wirt, S8an Francisco; Mrs. H. W. Dexter, Woodland, and Mrs. G. A. Stoddard. Sacramento. Officers for the ensuing yecar were chosen as follows: President. H. Morton of San Jose; vice-presidents—Rev. H. N. Hoyt of Sacramento, J. C. Andrianco of Napa, Rev. M. B. Boynton of San Fran- cisco and Rey. ¥. D. Seward of Fresno; secretary, Earl 8. Bingham of S8an Jose; assistant secretary, Miss B. Ketchum of Berkeley; statistical secretary, Moore Hes- 8.—The keth of Woodland; treasurer, C. B. Perkins of San Francisco; sec- retary of bome department, Rev. L. L. Wirt of San Francisco; executive eommittee, class of 1898—Rev. J. Kimball of 8an Francisco, Guy W, Campbell of San Jose, Martin Munson of Santa Rosa and Rev. W. 5. Hossinson of Sacramento. The hosing of a place of meeting of the next Sta‘e convention was left to the ex- ecutive committee. P Ty ] Quick RELIEF ¥FROM CrROUP »nd Whooping Cough is afforded by Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant, the old family stand-by for Coughs and Colds, Pul- monary and Bronchial affections. OIL FIELDS OF FRESNO COUNTY. Californians Will Soon Be Able to Supply the Country. FINE QUALITY FOUND. Pronounced by an Expert to Be Equal to West Virginia’s Product. DEVELOPMENT WORK PUSHED. The Headquarters of Captain Barrett and Associates Christened 0il City. FRESNO, CaL., April 3.—Great import- ance attaches to the operations of Cap- tain Frank Barrett of Selma and his asso- ciates in developing the great petroleum fields near Coalinga station, in the south- western corner of this county. Thisim- portance is based principally on the fact that it is the first attempt to do the work indicated on a scale sufficiently compre- hensive to justify the prospects of any- thing like a real testof one of the most promising oil districts in California. The second consideration is that, for reasons more or less obscure, a marked advance has recently been made on the output of the oil districts of Los Angeles by the oil exchange of that city. This advance now amounts to two-sevenths of the former price, and there is every prospect that an- other raise will soon be made. It is said that these advancesare not the result of any diminution in the local sup- ply, and, therefore, a reason must be sought for elsewhere. This is unques- tionably true, for it is but fair to presume that with the work of development going on there constantly the supply is rather being increased than diminished. TuE CaLL correspondent has been informed from sources of unquestioned credibility that the real reason for the two or three late flurries and sharp advances in the price of crude petrolenm at Los Angeles is that thousands of wells in the great oil districts of Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York are showing indications of being almost exhausted. This well-grounded belief has stimulated development and test work in other fields to a degree unknown for years. The output of these new wells has not been sufficient to compensate for the diminution in the old ones; hence the lessening of the aggregate visible supply of oil in the United States. Those most familiar with this subject in all of its bearings hold to the opinion that the Pacific Slope will witness an activity in oil development within a decade scarcely to be imagined now. And it is believed that when this development work reaches something like its full results the coast oil fields will be supplying the United States with an immense proportion of its oils. Competent judges—men who have spent many years in the oil fields of Pennsyl- vania and New York—contidently assert that there are the most promising indica- tions of immense subterranean reservoirs of oil amid the mountain and foothill re- gions of California. The Coalinga oil district, in Fresno County, lies in the foothills and canyons of the coast range of mountains, about sixty miles southeast from this city as the crow flies. The petroleum area, so far as surface indications go, is comprised in a few sections of land. The Barrett camp, hereafter to be called Oil City, is situated on an inclited plateau, between two ravines, about three miles from the north side of Pleasant Valley. The works are reached by a good wagon road up a can- yon. At Oil City a CALL correspondent found about fifteen men at work. There were three drill parties engaged sinking wells. Two of them employed steam power and the most approved machinery; the other used an ola hy- draulic concern propelled by mule power. The men were experienced oil- well borers, and all pronounced the pros- pects flattering for a heavy output when the proper depth was reached. These wells showed oil almost from the surface, and one, at 300 feet, was producing almost enough crnde oil to supply fuel for the work of going still deeper. Both the other wells also produced considerable oil. One had reached a depth of 450 feet at the time of the visit. The formation is of slate and sandstone, separated by a strata of sand. Gas was found in all the wells. Most of the water in the vicinity of the works tasted strongly of minerals. There were trickling streams of oil to be seen in many of the small ravines and canyons of the district. A surveying party was at the camp. This party was, like the others, in the employ of the recently formed company —The 8an Joaquin Oil and Supply Com- pany—the members of which have made mineral filings of twenty acres each on much of the adjacent land. The surveyors were engaced in running out the lines and staking off the lots. This district has been known as an oil region for many years, but little or nothing was done in the line of development until a year or so ago, and then only in & crude sort of way. There has been for some time a kind of *‘oil district,”” supposed to have been operating under the mining laws of the State, but its record has been 50 poorly kept and so little attention was paid to the forms of law, that test work has, heretofore. been much retarded. This district record business has also been a fruitful source of bickerings and antagonisms among the earlier claimants and prospectors. The Barrett Company bases its operations on filings made with the County Recorder in this city, Under the district-record regime, one well, known now as the *‘McWhorter well,” at a depth of about 900 feet was producing sev- eral barrels of oil per day; but, in the clash of interests and contention over rights, it was ‘‘plugged.” so at present it is producing only a small quantity of es- caping oil daily. The oil found around Coalinga is con- ceded on all hands to be of high grade— that is, a large per cent, say from 75 to 85 per cent of it, is pure white or illuminating oil. An analysis of a sample of this oil has been recently made by Dr. Henry Froehling of Richmond, Va. In a letter accompanying the analysis Dr. Froehling says: ‘‘This oil is, from its specific grav- ity, closely allied to the West Virginia oil.” The sample sent to Dr. Froehling was taken from a well which supplied the darkest compound ever seen in the dis- trict. The flash point of this hquid is at 98 deg. Fahrenheit and the fire test at 104 deg. Fahrenheit. The quality of the oil is unquestionably high grade and the yield promises to be enormous, Now what shall be done with this oil when it is found, as it surely will be, with- in the next few weeks, if not days? There is no question as to a ready market at splendid figures. The company, however, being possessed of ample means, will doubtless desire to refine its own supply; and in fact, it is known that steps have al- ready been taken in this direction. The Coalinga oil will either be piped to this city or to Hanford, in Kings County. The elevation of the district is sufficient for either.. Whichever place is selected will be the site of a refinery which will employ several score of hands and will, therefore, be a valuable acquisition to any com- munity. ARIZONA’S NEW TOWN. Rapid Growth of Pearce im the Three Months. PEARCE, Ariz., April 3.—Two or three months ago one little house and a tent stood near a small mounrain at the edge of Sulphur Valley. Gold was discovered, and the principal claim bonded for $275, Past 000, and now Pearce is a thriving town, with stores, restaurants, saloons, of course, and boarding-houses. This week English capitalists, who are interested in the ‘‘big mine,”’ accompanied by their wives, in. spected the property, and were undoubt- edly highly pleased with the showing—o | much so that it is will be encom passe time, July. Uncle Sam has smiled broadly on Pearce robable that its sale and appointed a Postmaster, and nothing | now remains to complete the successful debut of the town but water, which may be struck at any moment. Town allot- ments are selling at $1 a foot, and every day adds new immigrants to the census roll. Pearce is fifteen miles from Willcox, on the line of the Southern Pacific. IN-A SACRAMIENTO JAIL Daughter of a Suisun Rancher Arrested on a Charge of Vagrancy. Was a Leader in Society, but Fled With a Gambler From a Home of Luxury. SACRAMENTO, Car., April 3.—Miss Aggie Casey, a handsome and accom- plished young woman, the daughter of a wealthy farmer who resides near Suisun, and who has always moved in the most select society, occupies a cell in the City Prison charged with being a vagrant. The arrest of the young woman reveals a strange case of depravity and the case is quite a puzzling one to the authorities. For the past five weeks the girl nas been an inmate of a disorderly house on L street, in this city, and has been support- ing a young man named W. C. Hardie. The latter is said to be a gambler wbo has taken advantage of the girl’s infatuation for him to entice her from a home of lux- | | ury and ease to lead a life of shame. After the girl’s disappearance an earnest search was instituted to discover her whereabouts, and when she was located every endeavor was made to reclaim her, but without effect. She preferred the so- cilety of Hardie. A brother of the girl came to the cit; last night and obtained an audience wit her, through the aid of the police. When he found that she was vproof against his persuasion he caused the ar- rest of her and Hurdie. Another young couple, giving the names of Harry Roblin and Nellie Owen, were arrested at the same time and on the same charge. e SHADOWGRAPH IN EVIDENCE. How the Roentgen Ray Will Figure in a Damage Suit. WICHITA, Kans., April 3.—Lucien I Blake, professor of electricity in the Uni- versity of Kansas, arrived in the city to- night to take a Roentgen shadowgraph of the wrist of Peter Noel. Noel has brought suit 1 the District Court against the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railroad for $10,000, claiming that the company's physician damaged him to that extent by bunglingly setting his fractured wrist. The shadoweraph will be introduced in evidence, both plaintiff and defendants having agreed toaccept it as tinal evidence. ———— Taken From Jail and Lynched. MEMPHIS, Te~N., April 3.—This morn- ing a negro, 18 vears old, was taken from jail at Tupelo by a mob and lynched in }ront of the Courthouse. - The prisoner at- tempted to criminally assault an estimable white lady near Plantersville. e A Vietim of Whitecaps. before the appointed | | The hand of fate hoversover the unwise. th® youth whoin error have dashed the cup of life to the floor. It is a fearful horror to be a8 strong as an ox to-day, to be weak as a kitten to-morrow. It isa solemn warning; it should be heeded. Catch yourself in the nick of time. If you cannot help yourself the GREAT HUDYAN Will help you. Hudyanisa purely vegetable | prepsration, but is a powerful one. Hudyan restores, rebuilds, renews the fires of | life. Itisforman. Itisman’s bestfriend. It | you suffer from weakness, from impaired or lost | manbaod, if you have used up your kidneysor | injured your liver you should write and learn | all about the Great Hudyau. 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