The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 1, 1898, Page 32

82 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL; SUNDAY, MAY 1 1898 ) Al [AKES REPLY Mary E. Pleasant Reasons Against Being Declared Insolvent. Sl;xe Imputes: “Simulation and Fraud » to Attorney Lucius L. Solomons. Denial of Any Subterfuge on the Re- sporident’s Part—That Transfer o Mrs. Bell Mary E. Pléasant; or, as all the new: paper-reading world -knows. her, ‘“‘Mam- my” Pleasant; has, through her attor- neys, R. Porter Ashe,’S. Rosenheim and A. S. Newburgh, filed her answer in the fnvoluntary insolvency proceedings insti- tuted by. M. Seligman, Charles Brown & Son, Julius Deutsch .& -Son; J. Dewing Co:, "W Chamberlain Jr., Mary A. Farren, Isaac Livingston, W. E. Bowen, Conrad Herman, Themas' R. Hobson and J: T. Sutiivan, The document is.a lengthy one, filling twenty-three pages -0f-legal cap paper, i which reasons are.given why “Mammy “be not.-adjudged an insolvent debtor, and thaf the prayer of ' the petitioners herein be denied, and that she have judg- ment herein in’ her. favor; and that she have and recover -costs herein incurred, and also her attorneys’ fees, and for such other relief as may be just and proper in the premises. Of all the creditors named but one, ac- cording-to' *“Mammy”’ Pleasant, is legiti- mately a creditor of hers; and that one is M. Seligman, to whom she says but $172 45 1s owing on a. judgment against her in the Justices’ Court in this city. One other claim, that -of Conrad Herman, differs from the majority in that it has accrued under a judgment against Mrs. Pleasant, who has “within the statutory time af- ter the rendition .of the said judgment moved for. an order to grs it her a new trial.” Consequently, the answer goes on, all proceedings havé been stayed. Should a new. trial not be granted .“Mammy says she will appesl to tne Supreme Court of thts Stat The demands of all the other creditors, r _for goods or wares or merchan- w dise delivered or money loaned or service P °d;. are aisposed of In one wi i'ne respondent denies that they were f d to her, and says that the demands “of a promise or agreement of th nt, which was a special promise or agreement to answer for the debt of 6 HALE'S. (NDING A ~ 60cCLoC 0 6 HALE'S. K. phatically we will | OFFICIAL | REPORT. " ing; fresh southerly wind. ! | TO-DAY’S Cloudy, unsettled ; probably light showers early in morn- |Household Items - IN THE NEW BAZAAR COUOOOO0OOOOVOOCUOORUORNUROORORVRVRNUO0UVUDOVNONUNUOUR DO NUTNEROTTTTYY Yesterday's second concert by Bruck’s Boston Orchestra was a great success. Store decorations to suit the occasion—s week of jubilation in prices. Art Dep’t. (In aisle facing main entrance, rear.) SILK SOFA Sllk-covered Sofa yards scalloped ruffle. $1.25 Each. Fancy Dep’t Specials. SUPPORTERS, Ladies’ i0c. tic Side button clasp: Supporters, six colors. Cushions— Fancy Frilled Elas- In Huge Basement of New Ammex. Japanned tea or coffée canister, extra Invgel: o 2 .10c Hammered crown tray, 14 inches, 10c Milk can with cover, 1 quart.. Retinned lipped saucepan, 4 quart. Crown handle mugs, hammered tin. Lunch cans, extra large for workingmen, with cup, in three parts.. Flour sifter, scoop shape, handle on end. Iron can openers, steel knife. Tea or coffee strainer, fine cloth wire, wood protected dle | Victor knives, three in a st CUSHIONS, Tinted and embroidered with | paring knife (same as Claus).. $ 45 Japanese tinsel; colors, orange, | Pillowsham holder, heavy coppere I — XNile, blue, pink, old Tose and ed steel covered bucket, 2 quart | maize; worth $2. This week. weeee-$1 45 | Enameled steel covered preserving kettle, 8 | (See window display e e i ORIENTAL Tapestry, Smyma Cord and | Enameled steel covered stewpan, 4 st | CUSHION ~ Persian® ‘effects, with tassels to | Enameled steel covered 10-inch ple plates, | COVERS, match on each corner; all | deep : | 5 ready for use... : | Scrub brush, all Palmetto c' ‘\\.Ol)d(‘n knife tray, two sections. DENIM Denim Cushion Covers—Beautifully | ood f0er ,"'“'..; quart | COVERS, tinted; front, back and embroidered | Acme fry pan, | 85 edge and 4-yard ruffle............| 85c C. ALL-LINEN Cushion Covers—All linen; tint- ALLEINEN cuinion Covers at lper: ot | EXTRA LARGE PURCHASE OF 680c and back........ c each | . = Imported Lace. All-linen Checked Covers, tinted centers and | borders, front, back and embroidered; o% : 15,000 Yards. Our New York buyer was pressed by one of the largest importing houses to take a look | at a large lot of Point de Paris, Normandy, | Chantilly and Valenciennes lace; the importer | needed money—Hale's made an offer—and with- | |in 48 hours we knew the sale was effected; | truth is we bought such a quantity at a small | fraction of usual cost. Manufacturers just now | | don’t want to carry goods—unsettied state of | the market calls loudly for cash. These prices | shall be our patrons. happy birthday week. | fromlast year. . 6 HALE'S. 6 HALE' to-morrow buy COLORED DRESS GOODS. Never was our stock more complete or display more typical of the season's de- mands. These are simple quotations: the prices can better be matched with quality on inspection--the colors include the new greens, blues, hellotropes, browns, modes, ete. Fancy Cheviots, 35 inches wide, %c; better grade, 37 inches wide. Fancy Popeline Cords, 33 inches wide, in great variety c yard yard Latest Granites, superh mixtures, 42 Inches wide... ard Fancy Reps (see special counter display), 44 inches wide. o vard Jacquards in all the new shades, with overshots of contrasting colors, inviting in quality, range and price, 44 Inches wide. $1 yard Hale’s Linens at Even below Hale’s Usual Prices With our sixth birthday week we will celebrate on household and table linen. In six years Hale's have earned a name for good linen, especially ready-made sheets— torn by hand—dry ironed—they wash straight—the young wife may celebratq her solden wedding and still possess Intact Hale's linens—glance over these items—econ- omy is in each. TOWEL Huck Towels, fringed, 18x36 SHEEIS— Hemstitched sheets for TALK. inches, extra heavv coiored | RELI :BLE, single and double beds, horders, §1 25 dozen; Huck Towels, fringed, | REASONABLE. good quality ~muslin, 20x40, 15¢ each, torn by hand, dry ironed, ail sizes, 30x9) $1.65 Dozen inches, extra lon 65c; 90x9%0, 60c; 81x90, | G5c; 63x90, 4Ti4c; 54x90, 42lc. Hemmed sheets—New York mills sheeting— not-a pure white bleach—otherwise per- fect—2-inch hem top and one at bottom— ready for use—good for summer cottage— Huck Toweling, 17 inches wide, bleached, heavy quality, 124%c Yard Roller Toweling, bleached, 17 inches wide, all linen (for hote! boarding houses, v i o summer resorts, where strong material | yacation and camping—72x%), 4dc each; and frequent washing is necessary), 20x90, ysually 8 1-3¢c; now 49c Each Sc vard TABLE The new tariff did not catch us LINEN. with a low stock of Damasks— we bought heavily, and the Damask made before the new tariff went into effect is heavier and will wear better than fue light All pure linen, W inches wide, bleached, colored border, 10c Yard 20 dozen Damask Towels, knotted fringe, colored border, size 21x40, all pure linen, Damask now being imported. We watch SR a0 $2.<l)01 Dozen | for old-time quality. ozen Damask Towels, 21x45, knotted 3 e e Tom %, pleces Table Damask, unbleached, G 2sc Each ¥ 2sc vard NEW Choice printings, five ccl-| Table Damask, bleached, all pure linen, ORGANDIES. orings, small floral pat- fine old tariff quality, satin finish, our terns, indescribably pretty, very different own importation— Width—58 62 66 70 170 inches Yard —0c o0c 65c Toc $1 special. 1S5c Yard NEW MADRAS, A delicate soft-fin- | WASHABLE Mothers, maldens and 1oc YARD. ished dressy material | DRESS misses must have washable in the new plald effects—ask your dress- | FABRICS. dresses. They are not only they are—wash | excedingly attractive, impart an air of coolness, but are least expensive and most comdortable, maker how economical well. 1Sc Yard NEWS FOR MOTHERS! fiflfififififififififififlfififififl&fiflfiQDfiflfiflflflfififififlfifiufiflfifi_flflflfiflfiflfluflfiflfififlfifil}flfififi =8 =%=3 | i very latest, and it's worth while coming In to tell the tale: | | 6 HALE'S. Y since the six Hale Brothers opened up their dry goods store in San Francisco. The beginning at 937-939-941 was a modest one—its policy new, yet in these six years Hale’s have doubled their floor space and now have six numbers comprising their huge store (or series of stores) on Market Street, the main thoroughfare of this great city. We say it with pardonable pride, the policy we started with has been our one policy. Hale’s said em- and sell for cash; we will sell good goods at such a reasonable profit that even the poorest Looking over the past six years brings us pleasant memories, fitting recollections for a Cloak Dep’t (IN THE NEW ANNEX, REAR.) With enlarged floor space we have been en- abled to carry a still more comprehensive line of jackets, wraps, cloaks, shirt waists and skirts. With the aid of newest goods at rea- sonable prices, experienced buyers and sales- ladies, fine show room, good light and hands ready 'and willing to make alterations, we can assure satistaction. JACKETS, Ladies' tan covert cloth jackets, $5.m) silk lined, fly front, coat back, — sizes 34 to 40. Hale's price....$5 CAPES, $5, 83> sizes 34 to 40. Faille silk cape, embroidered with jet, silk lined and. trim- med with ribbon and lace, .83 50 Black brocaded satin cape, trimmed with rib- bon, lace and jet, black silk lined, sizes 34 to 42. $5.00. SERGE Black and navy blue serge suits, fly SUITS. front, jacket, silk lined, skirt lined throughout and bound with velvet, sizes 34 to 42. $7.50. Black and navy cloth suits, jacket fly front and lined skirt, bound with’ velvet, sizes 34 to 42. At Hale's. $6.00. WAISTS. Silk_ walsts in the latest fancy plaids, with collar of same mate- rial. 'On sale as an anniversary special Monday, § a. m., sizes.34 to 42. $4.50. Several hundred latest percale walsts in a great variety of colorings, from 50c. Latest Millinery. (IN THE NEW ANNEX.) is one of our new departments, This the see the world of difference between this year's hats and that of last year. Now hats tilt both front and back, a la Shepherdess. Last year wings and feathers were “the thing,” this year flowers, tulle and chiffon predominate; flowers -3-3-3-3-F-F-3-F-F-0-0-2-0-F-2-2-F-8-5-1-F-3-F--3-F-3-F-3-3-3-1-1 3 7 Of THE STORE o HICH BY QEASON L /J/ HAS BECOME KN AS THE STORE %% PEOPLE o, | 6 HALE'S. . GOOD GoODS" AT ASONABLE PRICES ~N Tickets for the Masonic Festival. On Monday at 10 A. M. we shall place.on . sale Season Tickets admitting to the Masonic Festival, to be held at the Me-’ chanics’ Pavilion from May 9 t¢ 14 inclu-" ciusive, $1.0D ecach, Single o ) tickets 25 cents. B Ladies’ Parlor, with rmald .in attendance — our-- latest = venience for our patross. All parcels can béchecked. We close every night at 6 o'clock, including Saturday. & One of the strictest rules of Hale’s is that everything shall be truthfully advertised. - 2 Ribbons, (4 to 8% inches wide) Hale's belleve in individuality, and here's an, example: There are few items of a small Ha- ture in fancy goods which run up quicker in _money than ribbons, and .women like ribbons—women sometimes buy & ribbon om. its looks because the price asked: is _ap- parently cheap—but the female. heart. has a responsive throb for the store which Bells her a real good ribbon which looks and wears. well at a moderate price. 2 We offer this ribbon guaranteeing it to be the choice of the loom; latest Bayadere and Roman stripes, checks and plalds, newest ef- fects and weaves, in widths of 4 to 6% inches. One price for the entire choice. 48c. Yard. (SEE WINDOW DISPLAY.) LIGHT UNDERWEAR. | LADIES’ The warm wave reminds us that OOTTON change of underwear is now neces- VESTS, sary. These items are in order: 12ic 15¢ 19¢c 25¢ 35¢ Fine White Cotton Vest—Low neck, no siseves, Fine Egyptian Cotton Vests—Low necks, po_ sleeves, Swiss ribbed crochet neck and armlets; colors, white and ecru... 1230 Richelieu _ribbed; Better. grade; 15c each colors, pink and blye one Theresa Bell, and that no note or g : ; smorandum of said promise or agree- Al % 000 YARDS Choice _ all-silk _ Chantilly, We place on sale Monday at 8 a. m. sharp, infants’ underwear, a lot bought direct | muit gmall, sweet forget me nots, heather, | Swiss ribbed trimmed neck and armlets, in s made.in writing and signed by | B casing; best quality; 3 yards in the piece, ANTILLY, White, Point, Floche, Point de| from the manufacturer, bought at less than ilc on the dollar; Hale's six California | sweet William, daisies, but big flowers nestie | pink, blue and’ lavender. ..16c each o bt Seeiidiogned | o et A I S et ' xTC; Parls"and Normandy—2is fo 8| stores have the outlet for these special purchases and at every opportunity buy such | in tulle. » oo HEEoTy s e o b AR L 110 inches wide—regular 12ic to| goods. In this case we can even sell to you at much less than original cost of mak- Fine Egyptian Cotton Vest—High neck, short | Sc Piece. | C YARD. 20c. All this week 10c | ing this underwear. Gold_ type fails to describe millinery. You | sleeves, summer weight, Jersey ribbed, shaped PEAR". _ Something rare in speci 1000 YARDS Butter and White Orlental and 6—Long Cream Cashmere Coats for Infants—6 ST sapioticun: hats ) Derte: buying® CEochel g = A | BUTTONS, Buttons; sizes OKIENTAL, Normandy, very choice, 3 t0 8| y ne cream cashmere coat, shirred neck, , Long cream cashmere coat, silk cord on | Trimmed Panama and fancy straw short-back- | Better grade, high neck. low gleeves, shaped been | lar val [ B L : is or has s o z l5c 2 inches wide, regular value: deep cape, silk embroidered, regular collar, deep cape, scalloped and em-| ed sailors, elegantly trimmed in handsome | silk crochet neck and front, in ecru and n Iness e AL “““‘r. xm;v&u | SC noz YARD. lic All this “'xgg- value even at Hale's $1 75; Dow | }-mxld(;)rsd in profusion oxl deep3 nm’;. trim- fl‘nwfrs. ancy chiffon, ribbon and wings, ex- | whits drawers knee length to, match The most int g part of the docu- — - med bottom, regular value 33; this spe-| clusive milliners would charge 750 and $5| . ...25c each ment pertains to the $1257 alleged to be |~ Corset Steels—Lenox black drill covered. S 89¢ | al buy allows us to sell at Bt | to duplicate. On sale Monday. | iuc Tihoras R. Hobson, to whom Lucius e Cream and black all-s 1.75 | S ile thotans NN VEaliana® “nack no o lomonk sssignea his _claim. | 4c Pair. Chantilly, butter and white—| Same coat in every particular, but With | sama coat in every respect but with silk | $5.00. By o ehite. eround, with pink, biue and ¥ Mamm Pleasant’s version of | 5 < 5 | Oriental 'all-stlk _embroidered | “gilk embroidered bottom, regular value | “embroidered bottom, sateen lined, regulas | = | Tavender silk stripes, lace effect, trimmed g ) longer 1 on of the | & £00 Spools Stewart’s Linen Thread ch —lace two-toned and g1 §0; now | value, $3. 200 dozen assorted American Beauty roses..50c | neck and armlets. 3¢ each 0 iong e , —200 yards to the spool; black, . plain—all leading shades; net $1.00 | $2.00 | Roush and ready, ‘short-backed sailor turban | i L e o white and unbleached.....5c spool | top, etian in butter color, worth regular i and walking hats . | , where in early 40c to bic. All this week %e yard Long cream cashmere coat, extra heavy | 500 fancy edge leghor! | he started the accumulation of the | — % — Long cream cashmere coat, turn down col- | quality material, fancy braided, trimmed | 320 plain leghorn flats . | Oves' « that W oiice ners, nor of the | White and Colored Finishing Braid— to § yard | 9500 YARDS French Valenciennes| lar, silk corded, deep cape, silk embroid- | collar, deep silk embroidered cape with | 300 twhite and black Vaimable property on Sutter street, near | ¥ pieces. | VA ©NCIENNES laces in butter and white, | _ ered anq sr:llllnped ]-rlge{z ‘%!k-ombmhleredz 1r--lnwn$§|19( embroidered bottom, regular | block - | IN 17 sold_in yard lengths, | bottom, regular value §2 30; now | value § in the ordinary way, but at|Several X )\ “Mammy’ plea, this | 5c Each. LENGTHS. for 10c, 1o, 1Sc, 20c, Ze, | Hale's tl sold out We-uptad IestEneSiC the naw scxtval of Hip. 1 Mamm: plea, thi Sage L 2 O | Jouvin glove. This weel T mulated and fraudulent, and is | SHIRRED 18-inch Snirred Liberty Silk—Col- | 306 . 40¢, 50c, 60c, 65c, 85c. | $1.50 | $3.00 | (e window and interior display Monday) | 20" dozen pair of Zelasp Fique walking Soves for the purpose of injuring, de- |@& gyyg, rs white, cream, Ted, blue, pink, | - in tan, brown, oxblood, new blue, violet, pur- g Al 1 g e 2SPO! SILK, ol 3 eam. ., e, i , navy, greens, white and black; regular g 200 - sheatlng ; the SSpondent | o mFEC oy DAl blaskifor ctronte nacky We would respectfully ask our country patrons to send in their mail orders as soon as possible. Adver- Pl Tove" 5 SeDERY document relates, | — tised goods very frequently are sold out before orders reach us. We wish to serve you as well in the country as $1.00 Pair. uc’us who was then Mr: J | asant's attorney, being in great nee moyey, representing to his client that | by making. a4 favorable showing to his | creditors. he <could placate them; that, yielkling to_his importunities, and having Lreat confidence and implicit trust in him as ner attorney and adviser, Mrs. Pleas- ant conveyed. to Lucius L. Solomons this | property, valued at-328,000, on which there a mgrtgage ot 315,000 on condition was the deea snould not be recorded for | ve months, “if recorded at all,” and | econveyance of the property | ade .to *“Mammy’ Pleasant at | the end of that time. But on August 21, | ced was recorded, and on Oc- | lomons. uted a'deed of trust | should be’ for this bperty to I ry Block and Ben- jamin Harels to S€cure 4 promissory note Tor $4000. .This deed was recorded Feb- | ruary 1, 1595 “Mammy” swears that.she | was not and.has not been since indebted | to Solomons for any sum of money what- | soever, and that ‘said conveyarnce was | ‘wholly without cos ration Mrs. Pleasant denics that she *willfully suffereqa judgmient to be taken against her by defailt in favor of M. Seligman. On | the contrary, she asserts that the judg- ment was ed owing. to the inad- vertence: and usable neglect of the respondent. She intent to defraud in the conveyancé of property or that she contempliies any such traudulent trans- fer or-conveyance. Of the deed to Mr: Theresa Bell of over half of the 1855 acr of the Belletane ranch, at present lcased | by R. Porter Ashe, for the Ruinart stock farm, Mrs. Pleasant admits that on Feb- ruary 26, 1898, sa, a deed was recorded from her to Theresa Bell, but she denies that she caused it to be re- corded. The consideration was $20,000, which “Mammy”’ owed to Mrs. Bell. The deed was made September 1595, ac- knowledged September 25, and after this, and long prior to February 1898, it | was delivered to Mrs. Bell. “Said con- veyance,” the document recites, “was not made with any intent to hinder or delay or defraud her.creditors, but was made in good faith.”- At the time of making the deed, none of the petitioners, she says, - creditors of hers. She avers that had *both actual and constructive notice of said transaction prior to the recordance.” Che lepgthy answer concludes with a general .demrial of the charge that it is *Mammy’s” custom whenever she is sued to conceal herself to avold the service of that its being attached on legal process or that she is now removing property for the same purpose. At " ASSOCIATED CYCLERS. Transfer to the Professional Class and Tuspension of Several ... Prominent Riders, The roiid and track racing committees of- the California Asséciated Cycling Clubs have issued the following official | bulletip; in which the transfer and sus- pension of:several prominent local wheel- men will be noted:. ives qf these appointed as : follows: committees have R. B. Hawcroft, i , No. 939 Tacoma Tacoma, Wash. -in his respective will issue samctions and have general Brate, supériision of racing affairs. Fransterred to the professional class: George P. Lefevr!e, Cel,, ciause A; George . Wy ..Oakland; Cal., A. Theisen, Charles L. Birdsall,” San Francisco, clause C. For competing: 1n unshnctioned races the fol- lowing " will be excluded from events promoted or sanétioned by the California Associated . Oyéling Glubs' o the road or tracl -lace, San Jose; —— Diube, Oakland; — Irwin Bér! until April , 18%; Howard B. Squire — Cheminant, Berkeley: yin, Z ayer, Crosé, — Hahn, Frank * Rudoiph, ~— Murphy, Stasiford, untll April 2, Thé suspension of Charles B. Stone Jr., San Francisco. yes terminated April 2, by vote of $he Board of, Governors. e . Lecture by Rev. J. B. McNally. * The next of the' course of fres lectures gfven by direction of the Y. .M. I Lec- ture Bureau will be delivered in Metro- :Eoumn_ Temlgle on Friday evening, May 6, v Rev. J. B. McNally of Oakland, under thé duspices of Strossmajer Council No. - 460 The title of the lecture will be “The Conscienge of a Citizen.” ————— Advances made on furniture and pianos, with ~ without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. “rafts, C. Atwater, Ferris,-Oakland, e conceals her prop- | thie Road and Track Racing Com- | lifornia_Associated Cycling Clubs: | ¢ VEILS, @ 25¢, 85¢, 40¢, 50c, = 65c, 75¢, 85¢, $1.00. SoBVoY WASH Extra value in the goods shown this % Week; sea fancy department display. if you favored us with your orders in person at our counters. OB7-939-941-943-945-947 MARKET STRERET. 6600000000000000QGfifiGflfifififififififiddOfififi)}{(fiflvfifififififififidafififidafibfifififififi faBaRaRaReRaRaF=1 fe8-8-F-8-8-8-2 New 2-clasp pearl chamois gloves—(a cake of Manton’s chamols .soap free)— nanrmnaauamuqo:sm:aauaaaauanauanfiuunnufifim:'ng:cqan_annuu‘dmannmfi.ua‘ndqaam.m‘aantsaa.aa'n'dn"nm"&nifikn $1.00 Pair. faRoRoRaRaRaRaReRaRuRagaRaBaFaFey-] NEWS OF THE MINES. Lack of Money Makes a Mineral Display at Omaha Doubtful. ‘ The Precious Metal Yield of the | Last Year, as Reduced by | Drought--Notes. | Whether California shall make a min- eral display at the Trans-Mississippi Ex- position is a question that remains an open one, with the chances being that it will be decided in the negative soon. The magnificent collection in the Mining Bureau is available for shipment almost in its entirety, and it could be re-enforced by a great many contributions from install and care for the display would cost several thousand dollars, and the | question 1s, Where is the money to come from? the question doubtful. . This State should make a creditable mineral display or none at all. It needs to be installed in an attractive way, with proper spectacular trimmings, and all that costs money. The Legislature is to be asked to provide for a State mineral | exhibit at Paris, but there are no public funds available for the Omaha show. | Davia T. Day, technology and statistics of the United | States Geclogical Survey, and who is in | charge of the mining building at the | Omaha Exposition, while here recently, | endeavored to stir up enthusiasm, and | three commissioners were appointed. | These commissioners have not arrived at | anything definite. Mr. Day wants to | plice a terra-cotta cast of the Marshall | monument in a c the mining building,as a compliment to | California, and a New Jersey terra-cotta | firm has oftered to make the cast it the | original molds are lent to it. It has been | found that some of the molds have been | be expensive, so that it is doubtful if even | this contribution can be made. i kS i | The official estimate of the gold pro- | duction_of the State for 1857, placing it | at $15,871401, will be disappointing to | many. Mr. Yale's estimate for 1396 was | $17,181,562, and this is the record for that | vear adopted by the State Mining Bureau, | but the estimate was greatly reduced by the Director of the Mint. The reason for the reduction is wholly the short supply of water throughout the greater part of the mining regions during most of the latter half of the vear. Scores of im- portant quartz mines and many placer mines were forced to close down for a time or run on half time, and this condi- tion undoubtedly reduced the output by $3,000,000 or $4,000,000. During the year there were more new mines opened, old mines rehabilitated and miiis increased in capacity than in any year of the last twenty. Of course, a large part of this new actlvity was spent in unproductive scores of mines that greatly increased their scale of productive operations and had the water supply remained normal a large increase in the product would have been shown. The coming year may be expected to show the marked results of the gold mining revival. The Call yesterday published the record of the State’s gold production by coun- ties for 1897, as compiled by Statistician throughout the State, but to box, ship. | The absence of any visible source | of this important supply Is #hat makes chief of the division of | ommanding position on | broken and that to make new ones would | development work, but there were also | Charles G. Yale. The following gives the silver production and the total product of | the precious metals by counties for the year: Amador Butte . Calaveras Del Norte El Dorado . Fresno . Humboldt Inyo Kern Lassen Los Angeles . Madera Mariposa. . Mono .. Nevada Placer Plumas . Riverside . Sacramento San Bernard an Diego . San Luis Obis Santa Barbara hasta ierra. | Siskiyou Stanislaus Trinity . Tulare Tuolumne Yuba $ 1,327,950 674,910 1,811,268 141,638 | Undistributed 1 131,078 131,078 $452,789 $16,324,19 At the first annual meeting of the | Mountain Copper Company in London recently, Chairman Keswick’s statement contained this estimate of the vast body of ore In the company’s great property in Shasta County: ‘The body of ore from wkich we are at present drawing supplies is the only one which has thus far been defined with fair accuracy, and in it we have in sight 1,500,000 tons of ore: but in addition to this quantity there | is the ore below our present lowest level, the very large mass of ore we know exists, quality of which has still to be ascer- tained), and the other masses we hope | and expect to develop under the strong oulcrop which for more than four-fifths of its length has not vet been touched. | To the prospecting of these masses at- | tention will this year be given as we have opportunities, and as much information regarding quantity and quality obtained as a moderate oeutlay wiil procure.” | Captain Thomas Mein is at Hot Springs, | Arkansas, and goes to Douglas Island, | Alaska, in June. R. H. Postlethwaite is superintending | the erection of two gold dredgers at | Breckenridge, Colo. | " According to the Amador Ledger, the | Oneida crosscut at the 1500 level en- countered the ledge at a distance of 255 feet from the shaft. The ledge is about two and a half feet thick and some parts of it are very good, showing free 1d. and an abundance of sulphurets. Man- ager Truscott is running drifts north and south in the ledge. In the crosscut in greenstone and hard, gray. slate about 260 feet was made in one month. Three shifts of four men each did the work with two power drills. The Wildman-Mahoney Company has decided to add forty stamps to the Ma- honey property in Amador County. The miners in the Defiance mining dis- trict, in San Diego County, are endeavor- ing to secure a right of way from the mouth of San Mateo canyon to the rafl- | road, says the Falibrook Observer. This | would enable them to ship cut ore and | ship in a smelter and supplies. A’ ggod mining camp at that place would a good thing for this county, but the camp can never develop without a good wagon | road leading down to the railroad on the cuast. The meén interested in the mines are willing to construct the road if the County will but furnish the right of way. Tue assays made on ore from the differ- ont ledges running through the Defiance district show the ore to be remarkably rich, particularly in copper, go!d and silver. It is proposed to send several carloads of the ore to the Selby smelter at San Francisco as soon as possible, for at the north end of our property (the’ | || style for good working while there is a | for a thorough test. Every one who visits | the canyon is surprised at the depth and width of the ledges, and notices that all ‘he claim holders there are doing a vast | amount of work on their property. State Senator E. W. Chapman of EI| Dorado County has bought the Gold Note and Philadelphia_mines in that county | 000 cash. The properties are twen- | 1y miles east of Placerville. An iron mine, near Porterville, Fresno | County, is being developed by W. J. Frettyman. A Tuolumne County correspondent of | the Mining and Scientific Press says that | there are between 5000 and 6000 men ac-| tively engaged in mining and prospecting | in and about Sonora. The Southern Pacific Company is con- structing twenty-five more tank cars to be used In the transportation of oil from Los Angeles to San Francisco, says the Los Angeles Times. They have, at the present time, about 100 tank cars in use, fifty of which are the property of the company, the remaining fifty being leased. The new ones will have a capacity of 135 barrels each, equal to about 6000 gallons. At the present rate of 51 cents a barrel, charged by the company for the haul from Los Angeles to San Francisco, the gross frelght per car is $68 35. The sec- retary of the oil producers’ trustees re- gor!s shipments for San Francisco going orward as usual, prices in the field are unchanged and production is up to the average. It is reported by the Los Angeles Times that some Chicago people have organized under the name of the Sierra Madre Oil Company of Chicago, and that they have gurchnsed 1000 acres of land in the San ernando Mountains, about five miles from Newhall, on which they propose to drill for ofl for refining purposes. The resident of the company is stated to be anklin Head, and the vice-president A. N. Hagins, both of Chicago. Th°f"‘3" erty is reported to be near the Pacific Oil Company's properties, and in the ¥icinity of the white ofl belt, in which, it is also stated, they intend doing some develop- ment work. The Yreka Journal gives the following gg,fie:tyo! mining progress {f"" Siskiyou The Gold Ball Mining Company at Sal- mon River finished a crushing of 500 tons of quartz last week, the clean-up amount- ing to close on $6000. It is expected future crushings will pay better as the new company develops the mine toward doing better and quicker work. Brown & Reed- er, who have a quartz ledge in Fools Paradise district on Shasta River pound- ed out 4% pounds of quartz in a hand mortar last week and realized $500. They have fifty tons on hand to crush, and feel confident of taking out a large quantity of gold when the final clean-up is com- pleted. Parties from below offered $10,000 for a mine on Patterson Creek, Scott Val- ley, but when ready for making out pa- ers the mine-owners backed out; at east such a report is circulated by reli- able parties, and that a lawsuit may oc- cur. The second elevator has been put down in the Eastlick and Wright mines at Oro Fino, recently purchased by a San Francisco company, and the work of get- ting out the pay gravel is carried on with energy. The season’s run will be short owing to the lack of snow_and rain, but the company expects to do_ well next winter. The claim is fitted up in fine supply of water, and the owners willmake more improvements on ditches and reser- vojrs on the Salmon Mountains toward in- suring a better supply of water next sea- son. It is an fll wind that blows nd good. The extremely dry season has done much | damage, but the streams will be unusual- 1y low this year, and miners are taking advantage of the unusually favorable con- ditions to work the deep channels. Within the last few days a number of locations by different companies have bes filed in the office of our County order, claiming pertions of the channel of the middle and north forks of the American River. Twenty-nine thousand feet of these channels” were taken up in a few days, and some claims have also been filed on the South fork of the American.—gl Dorado Republican. ¢ ‘The Omaha Company_has levied an assessment of 50 cents a Share. As a country we belieye tlie northern part of Wyoming, in the Wind River section, is the coming boom of the Rocky Mountain region, says the Western Mining Journal of Salt Lake City. At present it is closed in by the Shoshone Indian Reservation, but experienced pros- pectors who have dared to venture in there say it is a rich region for gold quartz and placer diggings. The Indians will not allow any one to prospect or mine upon their territory, knowing full well its value as a mineral section, There are 2246 mines in Colorado being actively worked and producing ore. There were mining companies incorporated between 1563 and 1897. The report now comes from the famous placers of East Siberia, that a valuable gold nugget was found in these diggings on the 10th of last January weighing venty-four and one-half pounds, avoir- dupois, and the largest ever found. At this weight the nugget would be 1182 ounces, and at $20 an ounce would make the nugget worth $23,840. These placers are owned and being operated by a Rus- s1an company. The fanious Tom Boy mine at Telluride, Colo., is again being worked. E. 'Braden, assayer in charge of the TUnited_Stafes assay office at Hel- ena, Montana, estimates. that from 181" to the end of 1897 the Butte mines produced the following _values: Gold, $11,148075 74; sllver, $148,883.234 29 copper, $225,055,467 02; total, $3%5,086,777 05. Some one who has given the matter con- siderable attentive detail figures that it last year cost 9 cents to produce a dollar of gold in California, and that the same amount _produced in’ Alabama cost 33 03 and in Wyoming $5 5. It is also stated that in Colorado it cost but 50 cents to produce a dollar, and in Montana 45 cents. These figures are never authentic and rarely trustworthy. It has been as- sumed by those who have given the mat- ter considerable attention in every age, and in every nation and community, that every dollar of gold groduced costs a dollar. This rule probably holds good in all localities, except the Klondike, where each dollar produced probably cost $5, leaving out the immediate loss of life and the slower suicide of thousands more. —Mining and Scientific Press. The London Daily Mail's correspondent at Odessa sends some notes of a conver- sation with a veteran Siberian gold dig- ger of great wealth from Tomsk, the chief center of a gold-producing district very like Klondike. He predicts a great future for gold mining in Siberia, as the sur- face has so far only been scratched. Towns are springing up like mushrooms and the population increasing by leaps and bounds. The Government stipulates that all gold gathered be assayed at its offices and that 10 per cent of the net pro- ceeds goes to the crown. Otherwise every one, including forelgners, has absolute freedom to work his claim as it pleases him, Up to the present only primitive methods have been employed by the ma- Jjority of prospectors, but now, thanks to the energetic action of the Russian Gov- groment, a_new gold mining era has egun. pinions differ in Butte as to the effect of the war on the price of copper. Sev- eral prominent mining men, like Mr. Wethey, believe the price will decline, while others just as flrmlx maintain that it will advance, inasmuch as the metal will be used for war purposes. During thcémat month 3000 tons more copper were produced in the United States than in the preceding month, and the price has aGvanced. —Western Mining World. The Cripple Creek, Colo., mines have turned out a total of $34,300,000 of gold since 1890 S ‘Mrs. Mitchell,” says the Western Min- ing World, “‘the ‘copper queen’ of Utah, | I¢ tempordrily in the clty.” She is in- | restec in_some excellent copper propo- sitions at Bingham: A lady of rare at- tainments, Mrs. Mitchell is well .versed in mineralogy and kindred sciences, and is giving a great deal of thought to the economical treatment of low grade ores by chemical processes. —_——— In the Divorce Courts. Mary Duncan filed suit for divorce yes- terday against John Duncan on the ground of desertion. Lena Swift has sued B. wift on the ground of desertion. A B DICK WILLTAMS GETS ONE YEAR Judge De Haven Disregards the Jury Recommendation to Mercy. And Imposes the Maximum Penalty Upon the Ex-Chinese Inspector for Extortion. Richard S. Williams, ex-Chinese inter- preter for the Chinese Bureau, appeared vesterday morning with George D. Col- lins, his counsel, in the United States Dis- trict Court, for sentence on the conviction of having extorted $100 from Wong Sam to secure the landing of a Chinese immi- grant at this port. Mr. Collins made an argument of two hours’ duration in support of his motion for a new trial on the ground that the court erred in excluding and admitting | certain testimony and in refusing to read to the jury certain instructions asked for by Mr. Collins. That gentleman produced several law authorities to show that the rejected instructions word for word had been approved by the Supreme Court. Deputy United States Attorney Schlesin- ger showed that Judge de- Haven had in- structed the jury on the points cited, but had seen fit not to use the wording or the rhetoric prepared for him by the prison- er’s counsel. Judge de Haven remarked that it was not necessary that the court should use the exact language of instructions pre- pared by counsel. It sufficed that the ideas should be given, the language not being material so long as the proper ;deas were presented Intelligibly to the ury. ‘The motion for a new trial was denied, and Williams was directed to stand and receive sentence. After remarking that the jury had recommended the prisoner to the mercy of the court, Judge de Haven said that while ordinarily he was dis- posed to give great weight to recommen- dations for mercy, he did not find in this case anything in the evidence upon which to base such recommendation, and he felt it to be his duty to impose the maximum penalty, namely, one year’s imprisonment in_the County Jail of San Francisco. Mr. Collins gave notice that he would appeal. —_—e—————— Another Chance for Art Lovers. Owing to the great public interest mani- fested In the exhibition now being held, for the benefit of the California Woman's Hospltal, at the Mark Hopkins Institute, | it has been decided to keep the exhibition | ‘open for another week. Mrs, K. H. Hatch, vice-president of the beneficiary hospital, reports that the attendance has been daily increasing since the opening of the magnificent collection of miniatures, ete., and that yesterday the handsome home of art on the hill was crowded to the doors. The musical programmes, under the | direction of Henry Heyman, are not the least of the many attractions offered. —_— e — A Sale of Fancy Work. The Leaflet Circle of Trinity Church held a sale of fancy work yesterday in the parlors of the Occidental Hotel. The sale, which was for the benefit of the circle, was presided over by a number of young society ladies belonging to the parish and resulted so satisfactorily that it will enable the circle to establish itself on a sound financial h&srlcslef?: ::lnfi‘ume don e Theuld‘e-o"f tfim young ladies of Trinity for the '_Purpose of getting out & monthly publical on devoted to the | church work of ‘the parish called The Leaflet. 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