The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 16, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1896 9 DIFFERENCE OF FOUR HAILLIONS, Excerpts From the Report of the Southern Paci- fic Company. A REMARKABLE DEFICIT. It Is Shown in the Statement of the Operations of the Pacific System. PERTINENT FIGURES COMPARED Those of Last Year Show a Difference in Net Results of More Than Fcur Million Dollars. Comparison of the official figures of the operations of the Pacific system of the Southern Pacific Company for the years ending June 30, 1894, and June 30, 1595, respectively, shows a difference in net re- sults of more than $4,000,000 in favor of | the earlier period. For 1893-94 there was a net surpius of $3,804,445 36, while for 1394-95 there was a netdeficit of $276,262 70. | In view of the desperate efforts of C. P. Huntington to secure the passage by Con- gress of a bill re-funding the debtof the | Central Pacitic Railroad Company to the United States Government and the deter- mined battle of the Southern Pacitic Com- pany in the United Btates Circuit Court to prevent the California State Raiiroad Commission from reducing rates in this State on the various lines of the company, more than usual interest attaches to the bi cial statement of that corporation for the year ending June 30, 1895, which should have been presented to the stock- holders at the annual meeting last week. Only a brief condensed report could be made, as all the data and figures had not yet to hand from the Atlantic system of the Southern Pacific Company nor from the Texas roads, which within e past year have been incorporated as a t of the Southern Pacific Coinpany. oller Mahl isnow devoting all his nd that of his assistants to get- rt in shape at the earhiest without any unexpected | t be out of the printer’s | is and ready to be given to the public hort of three weeks. Mr. Mahl expects to conclude his labors in about two weeks, when e will leave for New York, allowing come the most interesting matter | usually embraced in the report is the ad- dress of the president to the stockholders, | reviewing the past year’s operationsand | ontlining more or less definitely the work | ahead and the future prospects of the cor- | This has not yet been begun, as C. P. Huntingtap must necessarily have the full report before him before he can intel- | ligently discuss the affairs of the company over whose destinies he presides. From the advance sheets of the report the following important figures covering the operations of the Pacific system of the Bouthern Pacific Company, that in which the people of Califoruia are most inter- ested, were obtained, covering the year ending June 30, 1895 Total income. Total expenditures.. 31,496,080 44 17,516 $3 $378,564 11 609,700 28 45,126 53 Net deficit From this it will be seen that while there has been an actual net income of $378.564 11 the report shows a deficit of more than a quarter of a million. But this deficit is not aloss. In order to create and officers were re-elected, except that F. 8. Douty replaced A. N. Towne, de- ceased, as a director of the South Pacific Coast Railway Company, and George T. Klink replaced G. L. Lausing, deceased, as secretary in four of these corporations as indicated. BUTCHERS' DAY. A Double Celebration to Take Place at Shell Mound and the Oakland Trotting Park. A fine programme is promised for the butchers’ day ce]ebfla(ion at Shell Mound Park and the Oakand Trotting Park on Mey 20. The butchers of Sacramento, Stockton, Marysville, San Jose, Oakland, San Rafaei, Petaluma and other interior towns, beside cattle-raisers from Nevada as well as many located in this State, will particivate in the affair. The railway has reduced its rates, the transportation ticket inciuding a free admission to the grounds in Oakland and ac Shell Mound. On the track of the Oakland Trotting Park the following programme will be carried out: Pacing race, owners to drive, horses to be owned thirty deys previous to day of race; three or more starters; entrance fee §5. forfeit $10; first prize $50, second $25, third $10. Trotting race, under same conditions, for same prizes. Running race, under same rules, except that it 1s not compulsory for owners to ride, and the entrance will be $2 50, forfeit §5; prizes $25, $10 and $5. Vaquero race, half-mile dash, open to &ll vaqueros employed by members 'of the Butch- s’ Board of Trade, Mex n saddles to be ntrance §1; pri 5, $10 and £5. Trick-riding race, half-miie dash, under same rule as vaqueros’ race; prize; &nd $10. One-milc-and-repeat-time driving race; same rules as pacers’ race to govern, horse pnssinq wire closest to three minutes to be declared winner; no driver allowed to carry timepiece; | entrance $5; or Butchers' delivery 25 and $15. cart race, one mile and repeat; same rules as pacing race; entrance, $2 50; Torfeit, %o es $25, $15 and $10. nile handicap bl Tace, open _to butchers or butchers’ sons; entiante, $1; prizes $20, #10 and 5. One-mile handicap cle race; butchers’ boys or butchers’ sons ; 10 years or under; entrance, 50 cents; prizés $10 and $5. One-mile handicap bicycie race, open to all amateurs of California; entrance, $1; trophies $30, $20 and $10. SUFFERED FOR HIS LOVE, Striking Feature in the Court- ship of Fred Potter and Hilda Lind. The Girl's Mcther and Brother Attack Her Lover With a Loaded : Cane. Fred Potter of 12 Salina street has found out the truth of the saying that the course of true love never runs smooth. He and Hilda Lind, who lives next door to him, have been keeping company for some time. Hilda is 16 years of age and Fred is 21. Last Monday, while the lovers were walking along the beach at the CIiff House, Hilda rushed into the breakers and was puiled ashore in a bedraggled condition by Fred. She was taken to the life-saving station until the patrol wagon arrived, when she was driven to the City Prison and taken charge of by Mrs. G more, the matron. Hilda explained that seeking a watery grave was because her mother and brother objected to her keep- ing company with Fred. On Tuesday morning she had become more sensible, and on giving her mother a promise that | | she wonid not again attempt to end her | e sle was taken home. | Yesterday mors Fred appeared in Judge Low’s court with bumps all over his head, and swore out warrants for the ar- ber reason for OLOEST NATIVE DAUGHTER Jesues Miramontez, Born at the Presidio in 1815, Died Monday. SHE LIKED THE “DOOMSWOMAN” | Her Sister, Also Born in California in 1806, Died at Santa Clara April 3. Jesues Miramontez. Born December 27, 1815. Died April 14, 1896, Aged 80 years, 3 months and 17 days. This is the simple record given in the | old family Bible of the birth and decease | of one who has seen the struggle for the | possession of California, viewed with | anxious eyes the invaders’ triumph and | the American flag floating proudly over | the conquered land, saw the victorious | generals march up and down the land in | all the pomp and pageantry of the con- | queror, became resigned to the change of | of government and ‘“livea happity ever | after.” | When one of the pioneers leaves the | scenes of his earthly exploits the fact is duly given to a sympathetic public, but | here is one who had attained womanhood iin the Jand of the Golden Fleece ere the Jasons came in quest of it. The 27th day of December, 1815, out in a building of the old Mexican fort, which | stood where the Presidio is now, in what |isnow used for an armory, Jesues Her- nandez was ushered into the world. Her childhood’s years were spent mostly in | the company of her brothers and sisters, of wnom she had eleven. Her only tutors were ber godfather and her godmother. | Of the broader knowledge which comes of travel and much reading she had ac- quired none, but of the events which are !'ever 1nteresting to the Californian—the | troublesome times of the Mexican War, the | excitement following on the heels of the discovery of gold in 1848, and life in gen- eral as it was lived in Yerba Buena and vicinity—her mind was a vast storehouse. She was both christened and married in the old Mission Dolores Church, which | still stands on Dolores street, between | Sixteenth and Seventeenth. Her marriage | to Vicente Miramontez occurred in 1837, and about three yearsthereafter the couple moved to the corner of Sacramento and Dupont sireets. | “There used to be an old well in the | region of the old City Hall,” said Jose M. | Miramontez, the oldest surviving son, | “and I have often heard my mother reiate | how tke Spanish families, living in the vicinity, used to congregate round this well and discuss the occurrences of the day. Itwas about this time that the In- dians vp on Russian River began to give trouble, and my tather, who was an officer |in the Mexican army at the time, was | ordered up there. They met the Indians | and defeated them in the region of the | present city of Sonoma. As they were | returning, before the men embarked in | their small skiffs at Tiburon for this City, | | my father’s musket was discharged while | he was leaning on it and his hand wasdis- figured forever.” i *‘Yes,” chimed in Mrs. J. L. Kercheval, granddaughter of deceased, who has come | down from Walnut Grove, Sacramento | | County, to be present at the funeral; “‘and | grandmother has told me so much of the | flurry that was produced in the surround- | ing country whenever an American ship | arrived. The whole water front was lined | with people. You know at that time the | bay came up as far as Moatgomery | street.” Here Jose launched forth on a tale of | it $609,700 28 were expended in better- ments, which are an asset and in reality a profitand not an expense, as generally understood among bookkeepers, and con- sequently the ‘“deficit”” really represents imprévements to the road. For the year previous the Pacific system of the Southern Pacific Company made the following showin Total income..... Total expenditures $37,209,385 03 33163759 48 $4,045,605 65 241 Net income Betterments... Net surplas. A comparison of the figures for these two periods shows a remarkable difference between the results of the operations of the company during 1893-04, a year when there were neither Federal nor State au- thorities seeking to bring the company to book, and the year 1894-95, when the Cen- tral Pacific Railroad is seeking to evade the pavment of its honest debts to the Unitel States and the Southern Pacific is battling with the State Board of Railroad Commissioners to prevent a reduction of rates to what is considered a reasonable figure by the constituted authorities. During tbe period first namea there was a net surplus of $3,§04,445 36, and during the latter there was a deficit of §276,262 70, or a difference of $4,080,708 06. There were a num ber of elections yester- day of some of the minor inner corpora- tions of the Southern Pacific Company, which resulted in the choice of the follow- ing officers and directors: Southern Pacific Railroad Company of | California —Charles F. Crocker, president; | H. E. Huntington, vice-president; I. E.\’ Gates, second vice-president; N. T. Smith, treasurer; J. L. Willeutt, secretary; C. G. Lathrop, F. 8. Douty. Coos Bay (Or.) Coal Company—N. T. Smith, presigent; C. E. Green, vice-presi- dent; George T. Klink, secretary and treas- urer; F. 8 Douty, W. V. Huntington, M. J. McDonald. Geary-street, Park and Ocean Railroad Company—Charles F. Crocker, president; Adam Grant, vice-president; N. T. Smith, treasurer; J. L. Willcutt, secretary; H. E. Huntington, R. F. Morrow, F. 8. Douty. California Pacific Railroad Company— T. H. Hubbard, president; N. T. Smith, vice-president; J. L. Willeutt, treasurer; George T. Klink, secretary ; W. H. Crocker, C, P. Huntington, H. E. Huntington, C. G. Lathrop. Northern Railway Company—0. F. Cricker, president; C. G. Lathrop, vice- president; N. T. Smith, treasurer; George T. Klink, secretary; W. H. Crocker, H. E. Huntington. South Pacific Coast Railway Compuny— T. H. Hubbard, president; C. F. Crocker, vice-president; N. T. Smith, treasurer; | George *T. Klink, secretary; F. 8. Douty, Jesues Miramondez, Who Spent the Eigh ty Years of Her Life in the Land of Her Birth. rest of Mrs. Lind and her son, Irving, on the charge of battery, Fred said that #s he was passing the Lind residence on Tuesday night Mrs. Lina and her son rushed out and attacked him furiously. Irving Lind beat him over the head with a Joaded cane, and Mrs. Lind struck him with her fists and kicked him. Then they told him if he dared to speak to Hilda again they would make it more interesting for him, and left him to nurse the rising bumps on his head. As he thought of their treatment of him his choler rose and he hurried to the Cen- tral police station. He wanted to know if he couldn’t get an officer to go with him at once to arrest Mrs. Lind and her son, but he was advised to wait till morning and swear out warrants against them., Opium Ring in Chinatown, Revenue officers yesterday found an account book in the store of Wong Ling in Chinatown that may lead to the discovery of an opium ring. The accounts show that large quantities of opium had been handled by Chinese during the year. Thew cle will be followed up by the officers and the ring hunted down if possible, —————— The Rack, the Thumbscrew and the Boot Were old-fashioned instruments of torturo long since abandoned, bul there is & tormentor who still coptinues to agonize the jolnts, muscles and nerves of many of us. The rheumatism, that in veterate foe to daily and nightly comfort, may b+ C. P. Huntington, H. E. Huntington, C. G. Lathrop. In each corporation the former directors conquered by the timely and steady use of Hostet- ter's Stomach Bilters, which likewise eradicates neuralgis, bilious, malarial, bowel, stomach and how the mcedinf waters at low tide used to leaye a small lake near the foot of Clay street, and how he and the other boys used to get boards and paddle round in the pool against their parents’ strict injunction, Shortly before her death ‘scenes from Gertrude Atherton’s “Doomswoman’’ were i-ead o her, and she said they were true to ife. To-day the body will be taken from her son’s home, at 723 Montgomery avenue, to Halfmoon Bay for burial, and to-morrow all thatismortal of Jesues Miramontez will be interrea in the ground over which tramped the pioneers in their search for riches. Her sister, Tomasa Gijenne, died at Santa Clara the 3d inst., havin'F passed the ninetieth milestone inlife. Thus depart two of California’s oldest native daughters, Great grandchildren survive them both, THE RICHMOND DISASTER. Mrs. Blume, Grandmother of Fritz Erasmy, Dies From Her Injuries, Mrs. Catherine Blume, aged 70 years, who jumped from a window during the progress of a fire at 118 Thirteenth avenue on Sunday night last, died from her in- juries yesterday. In this fire Fritz Erasmy, aged six vears, was burned to death.” When Mrs. Blume was aroused from her slumbers to find the house on fire she was greatly excited and leaped from a second-story window. She was severely injured and it was not thought at nerve complaints. the time that she would recover, She was that an inquest will be held. the grandmother of the child who was| burned to death. The death was reported to the Coroner yesterday, but as the death | was solely accidental it is not probable ————— DEMOCRATS THEIR FOES. Ladies of the Republican Club Loyal to the Woman’s Party. The Woman'#State Central Republican Club held its monthly meeting at the Bald- | win Hotel last evening. There were addresses on Republican principles and woman’s share in the propa- ganda of the same by Mrs. J. Murray Bailey, Mrs. Gregory, L. B. Leavitt, George W. Owens and G. Powers. Mr. Owens ad- vocated the organization of women’s com- mittees in every Assembly disirict. Mrs. Whittonham obposed affiliation with any party and thought women should limit their efforts to the campaign for suf- frage for their sex. Mrs. Addie L. Ballou, the president, reminded the lady that this was not a woman suffrage association, but a woman’s Republican club. Mr. Leavitt added with a good deal of spirit that he HERE FROM THE WASATCH | 0dd Things About Gold Mines, Politics and Business in Utah. NO MORE BOOMS ARE WANTED. M. Bariatt Tells of the New Sta‘e’s Thrifty Condition—The Famous Ontario Mine. Js “We haveno boom and we don’t want any,” said J. M. Barratt of Salt Lake yes- terday at the Palace. Mr. Barratt is man- didn’t know a Democrat in the State who ager of the Garfield Beach bathing resorts | il it} J. M. Barratt of Salt Lake, Who Tells of the New Conditions in Utah. |Sketched from life by a “‘Call” artist.] did not think that women should stay at | home and attend to their business. Tue Republican party is the suffrage party he deciared. Mis.” lallou emphasized the | statement. It was decided that a special meeling | would be held in jthe Baldwin parlors in | two weeks for the purpose of eftecting an organization of Republican women in each district. BUT ONE MGRE CHARGE, R. H. McDonald Jr. Is Again Acquitted in the Superior Court. His Bail Reduced to Two Thousand Dollars on the Last Acticn. R. H. McDonald Jr. is within touch of freedom. He has been acquitted of whatis recognized as the last charge against him and the end of his prosecutions will prob- ably be on Saturday. The charge upon which he has just been acquitted is for doing away with a note for $40.000, signed by Henry W. Westphat and indorsed by C.O.Swanberg. It was de- posited in the People’s Home Savings Bank and in return McDonald was given a letter of credit on the Pacific Bank. The Pacific Bank failed, however, and as the Jetter of credit was useless the note was returned to Westphal. For returning this note McDonald, in common with A. L. | Jenkins and others, was indicted for em- bezzlement. J. E. Farnbam, manager of the People's Home Bank, and L. E. Phillips, its attor- ney, were the only witnesses on the stand. They told the story of the disappearance of the note on direct examination, and on cross-examination they explained the transaction. When this aspect of affairs had been shown Carroll Cook, McDonald’s attorney, asked that the Judge instruct the jury to acquit, as it had been shown that the transaction had taken place on the advice of the bank’s attorney and with- out criminal intent. The Assistant Dis- trict Atiorney made but little opposition to the motion and finally agreed that the court deliver such an instruction. It was not exactly an instruction to ac- quit, The court advised the jury that the transaction was not in any way criminal, but he said it rested with the ju.ors to say whether or not they would hear the re- mainder of the case or render a verdict at once. They prelerred to find at once, and a verdict of not guilty was rendered ac- cordingly. Cook then asked the court to dismiss the two indictments for embezzlement which are now hanging over McDonald. They were both defective, and others were filed in their places. Upon these substi- tutes McDonald was tried and acquitted. Cook wanted the court to dismiss them. The Assistant District Attorney demurred, however, and the court therefore laid them over until Saturday. Judge Bahrs said McDonald could piead an acquittal in each case should he be tried on the indict- ments, and he therefore dismissed the bail attaching Lo them. The only other charge now pending against McDonald is one of perjury for swearing to a false annual statement. This was tried once before Judge Murphy and the trial resulted in a disagreement, It wiil come up on Saturday to be set. The District Attorney is notvery sanguineasto the result should it ever come to trial. The bail for this charge was reduced to $2000, and that represents the amount of bail which now separates McDonald from lib- erty. McDonald isnot troubling himself about his bail, small as it now is. “lam not lookiug for it,” he says. “‘Some one of my friends may come forward now and put it up, but at this monlen$ Thave not thought oP the matter. Idon’t suppose thatany- thing will be done until Saturday anyway."” Russia is not a Jarge silk producer. The amount of the product in 1887 wzs 900,000 pounds, valued at £1,800,000, at Salt Lake owned by the Union Pacific Railroad. *“We had one boom,” continued the gentleman, “and it was sufficient to last us for all time. Every oneknows now that any boom is bad, and all we wantisa | healthiul conditicn of trade and that natural progress which is incident to it. his we are now getting in Salt Lake. Business has improved a great deal during the last several months. There has been nothing sudden abcut it, but it has been in such a way that we could notice it. Salt Leke 1s now getting on a very good basis. # The new mining district at Mercer, which at first a good many people thought wasn’t of much consequence, is developing some good mines. It is about twenty m iles from Salt Lake. The cyanide pro- cess has been introduced there, and by this means the ore is {»nyinz quite well. It is a gold ore. It is ail gold about there. “Then, in the Tintic district, which almost joins the Mercur, there are some very handsome developments. Amon, the big mines there is the Centennial Eureka, which is paying handsome divi- dends. For several months it has been payving §1 a share a month to the stock- holders. There are 30,000 shares, and three or four men own all the stock e xcept a very few shares. The owners are all men over fiftv years old. They've got enough and wouldvjust as soon retire, so the mine is' for sale.. I understand they ask $3,000,000 for it. “The Bullion-Beck mine, in Tintic, is paying dividends, too. There is a Jot of work being done in and around there. “The famous Ontario mine, at Park City, is paying so well that there has been a great change in the price of thestock. Not long ago it was worth from $7 to $7 50 a share. Now it is $J3 and §14. The On- tario paid a dividend not long ago. The Silver King, also atv Park City, is paying dividends, too. “There is a new railroad being projected from Salt Lake to the Deep Creek coun- try and south. Itis the Utah and Pacific, and it is the intention to begin work on the road soon. ““We have had our new State clothes on for so short a time that we hardly know yet how they fit. However, we are doing some work that will be of value. The first Legislature which met in January closed its session on April 6, after passing some needed laws. Utah is all right now. We feel that we are in good shape to go for- ward in a very prosperous way.’' With Mr. Barratt are several friends, also from the Wasatch Valley, among them M. N, Walker and M. J. Cheesman of Balt Lake. They are all here on a pleasure trip, and will remain probably a month. REDISTRICTING SCHOOLS. Deputy Superintendent Stone Wants to Promote Harmony Among Principals. Deputy Superintendent Stone has begun the arduous task of redistricting the City for school purposes. He believes it will promote harmony among principals and teachers, con- venience of parents and children and gen- erally avoid confusion if the lines that divide districts be more closely drawn. To that end he has issued circulars to the principais asking them to state the boun- daries of their districts as they understand them to exist. ‘W herever the interests of schools seem to conflict he will call a conference of the principals and adjust the difference as far as_possible for the welfare of all. He pointed out to a CaLL rteporter yesterday | that some of the schools, notably the Pa- | citic Heights, Pacific Av-nue and Sout. Cosmopolitan, are far from the center of | their districts. This works a hardship to | some of their patrons. % | Mr. Stone will so re-establish the | boundaries, conforming those of the dis- tricts of the primary to the grammmar schools, that the primary shall act as di- rect feeders to the Eigher—gndb schools, Lol S agie ‘Wants the Insurance. 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