The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 10, 1896, Page 14

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1896. JACOB H. NEFF, Chairman of the State Miners’ Convention, Which Will Begin Its Session at Odd Fellows’ Hall at 10 O'clock This Morning. MINERS TO SIT [N CONVENTION Arrival of the Handed From the Hills and Canyons. Reforms That Will Be De- manded in Aid of the Industry. A FEDERAL MINING BUREAU. Request That the Miners Should Be Represented by a Secretary in the Cabinet. Miners arrived in this City on every train yesterday to attend the miners’ con- vention, which will open in Odd Fellows’ Hall at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The ses- sion bids fair to be one of the most inter- esting in the history of the association, for the reason that some important legisla- tion will be recommended for the benefiv of that industry. Jacob H. Neff of Colfax, Placer County, isone of the early arrivals. He has been chairman of the convention for the past four years, and he says he has had enough honor and would be obliged if the conven- tion would altow him to retire on his well- earned laureéls. Mr. Neff said yesterday that the asso- | ciation wanted to get the coal and iron mine owners 1o co-operate with the gold and silver miners for the purpose of having the industry represented at Washington by a Secretary and & Bureau of Mining, just as the industry of agriculture 1s repre- sented. Mr. Neff could see no valid reason why the same consideration which is ex- tended to the farmers should not be ex- tended to the miners. The miners desire also to be represented on the Board of Regents of the State Uni- versity. There are now in the university a department on mining and a professor of that industry, and it _should be repre- | sented on the board by a practical mimng man as regent. The convention will take action with respect to some needed amend- ments to the mining laws relating to the manner of obtaining patents to mineral | lands. Miners believe that the industry is very much hampered by the difficuity of establishing title, it often, under the present law, pecoming necessary for the miner to institute and maintain a lawsuit at great expense In order to obtain title to the land on which his claim may be located. Mr. Neff added that the hydraulic min- ers are very well satisfied with the opera- tion of the Caminetti mining act. The course taken by the Debris Commission is satisfactory to the miners, and no com- plaing has been heard from the farmers. ‘There are some features of the law, how- ever, that work a hardship on the miner, and which the association will try to do away with without encroaching on the rights of the farmer. Inspite ot Mr. Neff’'s determination not to be a candidate for chairman again prominent members of the convention are insisting that he should stand for re-elec- tion. Among available candidates men- tioned are B. C. Loftus of Calaveras, Cbarles F. Hoffman of Placer aad Harold T. Power of Placer. Among the early arrivals of delegates and visitors to the convention were: Joseph M. Bovard snd D. Boone of Angels AS50 CENT Bottle of CUTICURA RESOL- VENT, greatest of humor cures, is often sufficient to complete a permanent cure of the most torturing and disfiguring of skin, scalp, and blood humors. SPEEDY CURE TREATMENT FOR ALY, BEIN AND BLoon HUxORS. — Warm baths with CUTICURA Boar, gentle applications of CuTiCURA (oint- ment), the great skin cure, and mild doses of Curicona RESOLVENT, greatest of humor cures. Sold the rid. Price, BoAz 20y TsOLYENT, e and ot CRoounApioet AxD Cupxm. Corr., Sole Props., Boston. "aa-~ How to Gure Every Haumor,” saaled fres, Horny- | | assess the hydraulic miners so much per | CHARLES F. HOFFMAN of the Red Point Mine, Placer County. industry and will attend the sessions of the convention as an onlooker. Gen- eral Tolman is also interested in several rich ylacer claims in the bed of the Ameri- can River, between Sacramento and Fol- som. He said ne expected the coming year would witness the inauguration of a great development of the mines of this State. Capital is beginning to come in and con- siderable investment is already noted. 0ld mines that have been left untouched for years are starting up again and much new machinery is being put in. He found that the low price of silver has had a healthy effect in encouraging investments in gold minesin California. He knew that many mining men in Idano and Colorado are turning their attention to gold mining in this State and are dis- posing of their silver mines, offering them for sale at a reasonable rate since the elec- tion became known. Formerly it was not profitable to work gold ores that did not pay more than §18 or $20 per ton, while at the present time $4 and $5 ore is considered profitable if there be enough of it. “My idea of the way to settle the hy- draulic mining proposition,” continued General Tolman, “was to allow every man to mine as he formerly did and let tue slickens go to the river as before, and cubic yard to pay for the operation of dredgers and sand pumps to keep the river free, and to charge so much to the owners of swamp lands for reclaiming it. I do not believe in the permanency of brush dams. In case of storms and freshets tue dams are liable to be washed away and the brush will make the river worse than it was before.”” Albert Moore, a pioneer gold hunter of forty-two years’ experience in_California, came down from E1 Dorado County yes- terday to attend the convention as a spec- tator. He had found that under the pres- ent conaition of things it was very diffi- cuit for a prospector to buy a piece of land on which he had made a discovery, for as soon as the farmer who owned the land discovered what it was wanted for he put up the price 300 or 400 per cent. Mr. Moore has discovared many valu- able telluride deposits in variou= parts of the State from San Diego to El Dorado | County. G. W. Welch of Nevada City reported prospects looking better, with much capi- tal coming in. : Last night Mr. Neff found it impossible to hold out any longer and yielded to the | Camp, F. J. Adge of Iowa Hill. James O’Brien of Smartsville, A. B. White of Smarisville and Judge Clark of Shasta, at the Russ; James Wilson of Jackson at the Brooklyn; 8. P. Dorsey, superintendent of | the Maryland, at the Occidental; General Tolman of the Jackson mine, El Dorado County, J. T. Grove of Mariposa, Charles F. Hoffman ana C. D. Lane, at the Palace, and Albert Moore of El Dorado and G. W. ‘Welch of Nevada at the Lick. Charles ¥. Hoffman of the Red Point mine in Placer County said the most necessary legislation for the mining in- dustry was that which should insure a perfect title to mineral land. If the rail- road companies were given a perfect title for mineral lands the miners would just as soon buy from the railroads as not, but lunder the present conditions the pur- chasers from the railroad have to go into court at their own expense and make a | fight to prove that the lands obtained by | them are of more value for mining than for agriculture. an annoyance which prospectors and la- borers are unwilling to bear. The remedy for tiis evil would be for a Mining Commissioner to examine the land and report upon its character, whether mineral or agricultural, and take the burden of litigation off the shoulders of the miner. “It used to be,” added Mr. Hoffman, “that the farmer had to prove that his land was agricultural, but now the miner bas to prove that it contains mineral in paying quantities. This would be a very difficult fact to establish, especially in «cases where the bed of the river isofa lava formation, and where. the gold is deep under it. In fact, it wounld be im- possible to prove its mineral character without going-down very deep into it. These lava formations are very extensive in Sierra, El Dorado and other counties, *“The bill to establish a National Mining Commission fell through at the last ses- sion of Congress, but another attempt will be made 1n the coming session. The next thing most necessary is that we shoula have a representation in the Cabinet, in other words a Secretary of the Bureau of Mining. “The appropriation by Congress of $250,000 and that by the State of $250,000 for the purpose of building dams to re- strain mining debris have bad a very good effect toward solvine the vexed question of hydraulic mining. There are large numbers of minesin California that can be worked without any damage to the farmers, and the commissioners will do their best to select them. . ““The mining industry is in a good posi- tion, and I expect that there will be con- siderable development during the next six months with the aid of foreign and home capital. New discoveries in science and the invention of new and less expensive ?rocesses for extracting the precious metal rom the ore are aiding largely in the de- velopment of mining properties hitherto considered as not of great value. By the aid of these rew processes $3 per ton ore may be profitably worked, while the aver- ege mine may be workea at a profit where the yield is $4 50 per ton or more. *“The mines of California have been only skimmed. The usual course was that when the first chute of ore gave out the work was abandoned and richer prospects were sought for. As an illustration of the cheapening of the processes I will say that I paid 26 cents for powder, which I now ret for 8 cenis, and candles that were worth 16 cents are now worth only 8cents,” General Tolman of the Jackson mine, El Dorado County, was seen at the Palace Hotel. He is not a delegate to the con- vention, but ‘being a practical niiner of many years’ standing, takes a lively in- terest in everything appertaining to that | Mrs. Smith Seems to Have This is an expense and | | made, and if the larceny charge had been, demand of his iriends that he should re- main in the race for the chairmanship. There will be some contest for the vice- chairmanship, 8. K. Thornton and W. W. Montague being mentioned for the posi- tion. Julian Sonntag has no opposition for the secretaryship and will have a walk- over. LERDY G. HARVEY MAY YET GO FREE, Abandoned the Pros- ecution, She and Her Daughter Not Present to Testify at the Trial. Leroy G. Harvey, the handsome and aristocratic financier who 1s accused of rob- bing Mrs. Emily Smith of about $50,000, had a chance to escape through the meshes of the law for lack of prosecution, as it is believed that Mrs, Smith and her daugh- ter, Maude A. Smith, have intentionally absented themselves from the Statc,in order to keep from testifying in the case against Harvey. ‘When the charge of grand larceny came on regularly for trial in Judge Bahrs’ de- partment of the Superior Court yesterday morning, the prosecution was surprised to learn that none of the witnesses for the State were present. In view of this state of affairs, Assistant District Attorney Peixotto asked tor a continuance until fur- ther information could be obtained as to the probable disposition of the case. Judge Bahrs wanted to know why the witnesses for the State were not present in court, as they ought to have been in accordance with the understanding that the case was to go to trial. Mr. Peixotto explained that the District Attorney’s office, which he represented, haa not been able to find the witnesses, He understood that Mrs. Smith and her daughter are in New York or some other Eastern city. . On this showing the court granted a continuance in order that the District At- torney’s office may make another effort to secure the attendance of these witnesses, whose presence is essential to a success- ful prosecution. At the time that Harvey's pilferings be- came gnown he was indicted on two charges, one of forgery and one of grand larceny. The charge of forgu&y was tried first, and a conviction could not be se- cured for the reason that Mrs. Smith said she had either signed or authorized Hllrvey to sign all the documents 1n dis- pute. The trial judge at the time was under- stood to intimate that a mistake had been G. W. WELCH of Nevada City, a Well-Known ting the Convention. Mining Man V; ALBERT MOORE of El Dorado, Discoverer of Many Valuable Telluride Deposits. JULIAN SONNTAG, Secretary GENERAL TOLMAN of the Jackson Mine, El Dorado County. his residence, was not aware of what dis- position had been made of the case. *I knew the case came up for action to-day,” said he, ‘‘but dia not sze anything in the papers about it. I have had no connec- tion with the criminal action whatever. Mrs. Smith and daughter came to me with Harvey’s action and said they felt it was their auty to place the facts in the bands of the prosecuting officer. From thelr statement of facts [ told them to go ahead, and as a result four indictments were returned arainst Le Roy G. Harvey, two for embezzlement and two for lar- ceny, all being based on exactly the same statement of facts. **A couple of montis ago the rirst em- bezzlement case was tried before Judge Bahrs and a jury. “Judge Babrs ruled that the transfer of ‘the stock involved passed the title to Harvey and consequently he could not be charged with embezzlement of property of which the title was in him, and ordered the jury to acquit, which they did. District Attorney then entered a nolle pros in the other case. The larceny cases are based on the exact statement of facts. I would not be surprised if that official had entered a nolle pros in these also, under judge Babrs’ ruling, believing he could not secure a conviction. There has been no restitution or attempt to settle the matter out of court so farasIam aware. “The ladies are very averse to the no- toriéty gained in the case and do not care to go into court again if it is not possible o secure a conviction. They have been !'in San Jose for some time and are there now, I believe.”” SUFFRAGE PLANS. Getting Ready for a Legislative Cam- paign to Have the Issue Resubmitted. The new headquarters of the State Woman’s Suffrage Association will be at room 569 in the Parrott building. The association is engaged in moving of the State Miners’ Convention. pressed first there would have been almost a certainty of conviction. It is thought that this view of the case, Wwhich was shared in by uearly all the lawyers conversant with'the case, caused Harvey to fear the result of a second trial, and that he has probably exerted himseif to placate the anger of his victims to an extent sufficient to secure an abandon- ment of active prosecution on_their part, At any rate, jt is known that Mrs. Smith and her daughter took a sudden depar- ture from this State and that none of their friends have the remotest idea as to when, if ever, they will return. The fact that these ladies failed to notify the District Attorney's office of their intention to leave California and their neglect to send information as to their whereabouts, although they knew that their presence was desired at this time, lends “color to the theory that they have abandoned the idea of prosecating Harvey. Nor is thisall, for a report was current in Oakland yesterday that Attor- ney Guy Earl, who appeared as a special prosecutor, representing the interests of Mrs. Smith and her daughter at the first trial of Harvey, has let it be known that he desires to have the prosecution dropped. h, is not yet sure, however, that Har- vey's scheme will prove successful At the trial for forgery the fullest testimony as to the stealing of the money and bonds belonging to Mrs, Smith was presented, and it remains to this day substantially undisputed. ‘An effort will be made to in- troduce this testimony when Harvey's trial is callea next wn{. and if the testi- mony is admitted it will be sufficient, at- wrn:yl concede, to warrant a verdict of gnilty. - Benator Earl, when seen last evening at and probably will be settled anew some tim= next week. While the present neads of the association do not require the room first campaign, headquarters will con- stantly be kept open. The move 1s only to a few doors from the old location, being on the same floor in the Parrott building. The work to be prosecuted in the imme- diate future is the extension of club or- ganization. - The activity which has char- acterized the movement up to date will not be abated. On the contrary, the ladies say that the first failure to carry the movement through to success is not con: sidered to be a aereat, for the large voteé polled was an evidence that the ides has taken strong root. 3 The work now tends particularly to- ward getting some measure fairly under way to be adopted by the Legislature if that can be acccmplished, the purpose of the members of the association being to have the issue again presented to the peo- ple as a constitutional amendment with as little delay as possible. i Very likely Miss Mary G. Hay will be back in Califofnia early next year, during the session of the Legislature. This is supposed to be a probability. She has been strongly urged to return from the East, for which she started Saturday at the same time that Susan B. Anthony and the other ladies connected with the National organizstion departed. — e Itis well to know that if you havea watermelon on hand and no ice you may still keep it cool by rolling it in wet cloths and placing it in the sun. As the cloth on the outside becomes dry keep wetting it. The process of evaporation will cool the melon. The | space that was indispensable during the’l CABLES TO GIVE WAY T0 MOTORS Several More Streetcar Lines to Be Converted Shortly. The Work of Improvement to Be Commenced After the Holiday Season. WAITING FOR BOND SALES. Powell, Sacramento, Jackson, Mont- gomery, Post and Howard Street Lines to Be Changed. Shortly after the holidays the work of converting the cable streercar lines now operating on Post, Leavenworth, Howard, Sacramento, Clay, Jackson and Powell streets and the horsecar line on Mont- gomery street into electric lines will be commenced. This news is announced on the authority of Colonei Charles F. the lines mentioned. Colonel Crocker was interviewed yester- day regarding the plan of construction and improvement of the Southern Pacific Company and the Market-street Railway Company. It was known thatsome months previous to the election he had gone East and to Europe to arrange for the disposi- tion of bonds in order to secure funds for carrying oul certain new construction work and extensive improvements, and that owing to the silver agitation that was then at its height in this country he was unable to place any bonds on conditions satisfactory to the interests he represents. “We shall continue our present conserv- ative policy,” eaid Colonel Crocker, ‘'so far as the Southern Pacificis concerned. Weshall not undertake any new constrtc- tion work for a while—not at least until the bond market is in condition todispose of bonds on satisfactory terms. I have no doubt that the result of the election will bring this about now very soon. In the meantime we shall only endeavor to han- dle in first-class shape such business as now comes to us. ' *So far as new streetcar lines are con- cerned,” he continued, ‘‘there is no sec- tion of San Francisco to-day thatis not well supplied with transportation facilic ties, but we may improve some of the ex- isting lines by converting them into elec- tric roads. Among those that will be changed into electric power roads are the Montgomery, Post, Leavenworth, How- ard, Sacramento, Clay, Jackson and Pow- ell street lines. And 1t is the intention of the company to change the cable power- house on Washington and Mason streets to an electric power station. But none of this work will be commenced until after holidays. mfiWa shall never make the main lines of the Market-street system into trolley roads. If any change be made on them they will be run by the very latest and best methods, such as compressed air, as has already been announced in THE CALL. “Another piece of improvement work shortly to be taken up will be the replac- ing of the rails on the Market line from Jones to Valencia street.” NEW BELGIAN CONSUL. Leon Guislain Appointed in the Place of Wilfrid B. Chapman. Wilfrid B. Chapman, who has long and faithfully served the Belgian Government as its Consul at this port, has now re- signed that office, and his resignation has been accepted. In consenting to allow Mr. Chapman to retire, however, tlie King of Belgium has caused to be conveyed to him his royal thanks fo- the efficient services which he has heretofore rendered, and King Leo- pold has also seen fit, as a further mark of his esteem, 1o confer upon Mr. Chapman the title of Honorary Consul for Belgium. As the actual and acting Consul, Leon Guislamn bas been appointed to succeed Mr. Chapman, and has received his *‘ex- equatur’ from President Cleveland and eutered upon the discharce of his official ?inues_. 'Ill:le lerntor,g under his jurisdic- lon includes the States of Californi: | Nevada, Oregon, ‘Washington, Monllni’, idabo and Utab, togeth ith Ari R , together with Arizona ——————— Last Evening’s Alarms. B o'clock last evening for a fire caused by an axplodlunlzc lam; ence, Sixth street. The dam amo d 10, ubout 30, which 1s covered by nsurence. blThgl'h;m ]mmd b(lllx 516 at % aze in a frame dwelling-house, occupied b: F. Daugherty, 256 Michigan street. The fire, which was caused by an exploding lamp, dam- | 8ged the building to the extent of $10. Crocker, president of the Market-street Raitway Company, which controls all of An alarm was sounded through box 156 at P in Herbert Lipman’s resi- 25 was 10r & < poity, put the kettie 4 on, and we'll all have tea.” Kettles! 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