The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 11, 1899, Page 12

> = 1 ;I‘HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL .11, 1899. THE VANDER BILTS WILL COME TO SAN FRANCISCO Contract Signed Yesterday by Which They Acquire a Ter- minus in This City. By Way of Santa Cruz and Fresno They Will Bring Into Ca lifornia a Second Road in Competition With the S. P. R S Y a contract signed by their Shore road to Santa Cruz. XX Pioche, Nevada. & Fe the salvation of California in % orable business policy. have secured in this terminal to their lately nt tal rallway sy of the present | d Joost | of way | st Shore | Francisco to Santa ro, and for | e had prac- nterey-Fresno through r ties and tracks. | the Santa Fe to stand in | th the Southern Pacific | every other | mills of Cali- e fight for rates | ng that the render its the capital nd ington, the monop- | h‘.l hav en fighting and fair | now no more than | 1 to fill with ck and the two s that cisco will be send- and its clerks to receive ed in under the steam with their ar- | entative of the New York agents, Free- gman & Jo f 51 Broa t, New York. Laden with the f notes of the | numerou: ve been | mad by e trave pected the route of | the pr s from this city to uz. Santa Cr 3id he look into the feasibil- road itself, but he investi- v the income-producing | f the country which it tay i 1wood for that surround and the dairles and farms, | extensive outside the San | r and more fertile than im at sight, and his ons he communi- rectly to the Vanderbilts dur- much-written-of stay at Del | dero st Monte. Communication between them and | their New York a ts at on ensued. | Through Gene: A t, who | has long been their advising atttorney | on this coast, Behrend Joost was ap- proached and through him the rest of the West Shore Company. Joost and his confreres were in a proper state of mind to talk bt s on business prin- | ciple r mo; to tell of t road Joost's had got ail of years than history it the completion of the a Cruz has been m. Late in 97 he rights of way. There ons the route and =1d out for prics but popu- re fin effect and the way was c venty-min- - ute competing track to the seaside city. Then Joost and the company discov- | ered either that they did not have or | did not care to risk the money the road and its rolling stock would cost. Quietly the deal was called off and Joost came on the market to sell his franchise. It was valuable and worth the price he asked and more. Besides the clear rights of way about $65,000 had been ex- | pended in grading a roadbed over the | most difficult portion of the proposed | route, a strip of beach at Waddell Creek, twenty-two miles from Santa Cruz. Add to this the fact that the line extended from San Francisco’s water front at a point south of Islais Creek up the creek and out of the county by | way of Colma, and ran thence to San Pedro Point and along the coast through seventy miles of the grandest marine scenery that California boasts, and Mr. Joost had probably as market- able a piece of property as could be found waiting a purchaser. But the market was timid of Mr. | Joost. At the mention of his name on | the street it held up its financial skirts like an old dame at a mouse. In its prejudice it was blinded to one of its | best opportunities and finally the west: shore line was hawked over the streets | and offered for anything to anybody. Then the Vanderbilts got their Salt TLake line on the way to Los Angeles builded as far along as the little min- ing town of Ploche, over in Nevada. Three months ago the papers told of & mysterious surveying party that had been laying out {ts line and driving its significant little red-topped pegs into the shifting sands of the deserts be- tween the thirst-stricken Nevada line and the orange groves of th 5th inst. the Vanderbilts have become the owners of the West They already had contrel of the pro- Y posed Fresno-Monterey lins, and these two systems they propose to connect with their Salt Lake-Los Angeles road, now built to By this combination of routes they will bring into San Francisco their transcontinental system, to work with the Santa C. P. Huntingfon the destructive force of pure competition and hon- LTSRS T & PIVITFO VUGSV STOTSDSVSLIO LS | city; and they told further of an agent, Behrend Joost, | | Pactfic. uthern| g Cuicte izl U‘UMWWS»Q@M@UMW’ agents in New York City on the bringing against the monapoly of oxxstreRsOTs @ of whom no one knew or would tell, who went along ahead of them and bought up or secured rights-of-way over the country to be surveyed. All was done quietly and without ostenta- tion. Not the cleverest correspondent could get a line on the story and it remained as much a mystery until to- day when back from New York came the contract that made it all as plain as day. By its terms the Vanderbilts assume of Behrend Joost and his fellow-stock- holders the entire right of way of the | West Shore Ralilroad Company from an Franicsco’s water front via Islais k, Colma, Halfmoon Bay and Pes- cadero to Santa Cruz. In return the guarantee to grade and build the road, establish stations and equip with such | rolling stock as the traffic may demand. This for the present and for this end of the line. The visit of the Vanderbilts to Del Monte, however, developed the fact that the W Shore transaction was to be merely incidental to the main propo- sition. They were not looking for a mere source of pastime in Pacific Coast finance, but under the guise of a rol- licking pleasure trip were seeking out a western end, and a means of getting to it, to that petty hobby, recently real- ized, of Mr. Vanderbilt’s, his transcon- | tinental road. Their trip to Monterey was not so much to gather sea mosses and catch perch from the end of the one lone wharf as to inspect the dock and ter- minal facilities of the proposed Mon- terey and Fresno Railroad. Over that line the rights-of-way and franchises have also been clear and the road bandied back and forth across the market since '96. It leads from Mon- terey to the heart of the San Joaquin by the most direct route, Walker Pass, and from there a connection with the alt Lake-Los Angeles road is an easy ibility at almost any point on the rt, and, for the most part, over Government land. Upon equally good authority it is said that the Vanderbilts have secured, on practically the same agreement, the en- tire line of the last named road. Between the terminal of the West Shore line at Santa Cruz and the Mon- terey-Fresno line, there is a gap of forty-four miles extending round Mon- terey Bay, which is covered by neither franchise nor rights-of-way, but the people of that section have been for so long going into debt to C. P. Hunting- ton for their tree slips and seeds, that an easy road is open to the agent of the Vanderbilts now working in that section. It was rumored that they were nego- tlating with the Spreckels people for the narrow-gauge road now owned by them from the prosperous city of Watsonville to that equally thriving burg, Salinas, but this John D. Spreck- els denies, and states that he will main- tain that road solely as an adjunct to the Spreckels beet-sugar interests in that locality and as an agent for the further building up of the two coun- ties. There are two or three routes, however, other than that occupied by the Spreckels line by which Monterey or Salinas may be reached, and the agent for the Vanderbilts in this city, General Hart, anticipates no trouble in acquiring one of them. The acquisition of Santa Cruz and Monterey as stations on their line will give the Vanderbilts an equal shipping advantage with the Southern Pacific. The two cities command the opposite boundary points of Monterey Bay, which is, even in heaviest weather, an ideal anchorage and only a short haul from this city. The advantage will be with the Vanderbilts for the reason that their route along the coast is over an hour shorter than either of the Southern’s Pacific’s present lines and will cost, comparatively, nothing in maintenance. The contract which binds all this «nd makes of an alry possibility a cast- iron assurance that the Santa Fe and Valley roads in their combination are to have the weight of independent mil- lions and fair, open principle with them in their fight against the relentless and dollar-marked tyranny of the Southern ‘With California’s new and splendid opportunities in the Orient is to work jointly the facility of competi- tive transportation from the markets of the whole country and the document received yesterday puts these possibili- ties beyond the grasp and greed of C. P. Huntington. It was signed in this city for the West Shore Railway Company on March 25 by R. S. Thornton, the presi- dent, and by R. J. Willats, the secre- tary. Then it was forwarded to New York and signed by Freeman & James, agents for the Vanderbilts, on the 5th inst. It guarantees to the stockholders that the New York people shall fully equip the road with modern steel bridges, track and rolling stock, and that they, the shareholders, shall par- ticipate proportionately to the amount of their stock in the only company in the new concern. General Hart, who holds the contract, cannot speak to a certainty but says he {s authoritatively informed that ac- tive work will be begun within the next sixty days, Barsfleld Chronic Ulcer Salve, for the treatment of ulcers and sores, is & posi- tive cure. It has been a standard rem. forty years. All druggists. * : : % : § | g : % é Sk OLIOIIS 1 & LKOTIOTIOLISLIOLIS STYSTIOTAO CIOLIOLL & 1 SLEPLXDXOLLOLI Mine of the Yellow Metal Discovered Within Limits of the City, GOLDEN GATE. Prnx, & EOLIOLE e e LK OFe 2 > DHLIS OO LTk pe it e R u S el e e L u RS DY w 20 NDICATIONS, to two men at least, are that a ledge of quartz carrying gold in sufficient quantities to make them millionaires has been uncovered within four blocks of an l Francisco. district, bounded by Thirt-first avenues electric car line in the city of San To be more exact, the sup- was uncovered within block 798 in the Sunset Thirtieth and and K and L mmitt and John F. English men who see visions of untold wealth in the rock expased in a hole Harry Ostialdt at the Discovery Holein the Sand Dunes. in the downtown districts, Mr. Eng- lish being a commission merchant at Clay and Davis streets, and Mr. Zam- mitt having but recently closed out a similar business. As a consequence of the publication in The Call, the pros- pective bonanza kings have been guyed unmercifully by their acquaintances, but, consclous of their superior knowl- edge of sand dunes and relying on the extent of the ledge uncovered and the assays received from it, they have stood the chafling good-naturedly and bided their time. Now they seem o be certain of themselves and talk > less than eight feet in depth. More and are going to work as if, as Zam- o k ago The Call published mitt says, “It is just like picking gold & the first intimation that these gentle- up on the streets.” ¥ men were gold hunting in the sand “We have discovered not only a mine & dunes. Both of them are well known but a bonanza,” sald English yester- @O OGSO S LOLEN & ORI HLKSL86 DREAMS OF GOLD THAT BID FAIR TO COME TRUE Sand Dunes Cover a Ledge of Au- rific Quartz of Great Promise, OO LOLS & 08 SHOLIOUOTIORIONS SOOI © 1Y SO ORI L0) B LOLIOLIHIAOLIS 2 SYMPATHY IS ALL FOR THE MURDERED WIFE No Kind Words for Capt.Von Schmidt. RELATIVES AGAINST ‘ HIM ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUN- ERAL COMPLETED. Body of the Bloodthirsty Yachtsman Remains in the Morgue With No Day Fixed for the Obsequies. The remains of Mrs. Isabelle von Schmidt, who was stabbed to death yes- terday by her husband, have been re- moved from the Alameda Morgue to the undertaking parlors of C. H. Wever, where the funreal services will be held ‘Wednesday morning. The body will be ‘cremated at the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, San Francisco. Nothing bas been done toward arranging for the funeral of Cap tain E. A. von Schmidt, who stabbed him- self to the heart with the same keen blade with which he had taken the life of his divorced wife. The sympathy of the dead man's rela- tives is with the murdered woman. They have no kind words for the man who com- mitted the barbarous deed. ‘They has- | tened to arrange for the last sad rites over the mortal remains of the wife, while the body of the husband still re- mains at the public Morgue, with no date set for its disposition. Major Charles L. Tilden, whose wife is the sister of Captain von Schmidt, ar- ranged all the detalls for the funeral of Mrs. von Schmidt, and the expenses will | he borne by the relatives of the mur- | derer. The five little children of Mr. and Mrs. von Schmidt are at the residence of Major Tilden, where they will be given a home. The_ little tots were devoted to their mother and cannot be consoled. All through the night and yesterday they continually sobbed for “mamma.” Col- onel A. W. von Schmlidt, their grand- father, is prostrated. He 1s & man well advanced in {enru. and it {s feared that the shock of the terrible crime will hurry B palhctn: Hiany i told 106 pathetic gtory {8 told of the olde: child, Rose. Saturday evening, in com: any with her mother, she visited a local ry goods store, and exhibiting a bright ve-dollar gold plece sald: “Papa gave all for myself. She made her own selections of some ribbons and goods for a frock, paid her money and received her change with childish satisfaction and proudly left the store. The little girl saw her father fall after he had driven his cruel dirk-knife through her mother's heart and turned the blade upon himself. Now the child abhors the trinkets she purchased with her father’s gift and will not even handle the silver coins that were given to her. in change. No autopsy will be held on the remains of the deceased. Coroner Mehrman made a casual examination of the bodies yes- terday and stated that the cause of death was o apparent that an autopsy was not necessary. Any one of the five gaping wounds in the woman's back was suffi- clent to cause death. They are deep, ghastly cuts. three of them penetrating | the heart. Four of the five strokes Von | Schmidt directed at himself reached a vital spot, and it {s the opinion of physi- cians who examined his remains that he | literally hacked his heart to pieces. me this to buy something is learned that since his di- vorce troubles Von Schmidt withdrew from all the fraternal orders to which he belonged except the Society of Cali- fornia Pioneers. As an evidence of the man’s wviolent temper it is stated that he has frequently threatened the life of his sister, Mrs. Charles L. Tilden, and on one occasion made her kneel before him and look down the barrels of a loaded shotgun which he heh‘i( before her with the hammers at full cock. The inquest will be held to-night at the office of Defimy Coroner James Fowler, If the child Rose is able she will be called upon to give her version of' the tragedy. Aside from her testimony, no new devei opments are looked for., GLASSWARE DAY. Bome articles cut 60 per cent. Some articles cut §0: per cent. ODDS AND ENDS, HALF PRICE. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO, Stores Everywhere. —————— For Lack of Prosecuion. The case against Victor Magnin, charged with threats to kill by Gena An- derson, was dismissed by Judge Mogan yesterday, as the complaining witness failed to appear., The Judge said he had evidently bee# lmfinsed upon in issuing the warrant, as the young woman was apparently crazy and had been labprin under a delusion. bprios —_—————— Flor De Heyneman. Finest pure Havana cigar on the mar- | ket. First class stores have them on sale. If your dealer does not carry them, send us three dollars for a box of twenty-five Flor de Heyneman Deliciosas, expressage | prepaid. State color wanted. Money re- | tunded to you If cigars not satisfactory. Heyneman, Brown & Co., 117 and 119 Pine street, sole agents. . —————— Mrs. McNally Poisoned. Dr. Zabala reported to Coroner Hill yes- terday that Mrs. Ida McNally came to her death from chronic gastritis coupled with diflation of the heart. She had suf- fered from gastritls for several years. It was thought at first that death was caused from eating mushrooms at the Nevada restaurant, and it was so reported by the p;flcg ugol’tl’ !heh belief of the ‘woman’s husband, but the sto - ploded by the statement of thar{en‘tv::r::t {rovrlotor in yesterday’s Call to the effect hat no mushrooms were on the menu on the day on which the deceased and her husband dined there. Furthermore, the 1 Nevada restaurent uses tha gultivated, ADVERTISEMENTW Wild With ECZEMA Hands and Limbs Covered with Blisters and Great Red Blotches. Scratched Until Almost Wild. Burned Like Fire. Sleep Impossible. CUTICURA Remedies Bring Speedy Relief and a Permanent Cure at a Cost of Only $2. I was a sufferer for eight years from that most distressing of all diseases, Eczema. I tried some of the best physicians in the country, but they did me little good. The palms of my hands were covered, and would become CHICAGO DENTAL PARLORS, 24 Sixth st., Cor, Stevenson. - “PEGAMOID” | TRADE MARK. | ALUMINUM PAINT LOOKS LIKE FROSTED A EUROPEAN SUCC For the Past 7 Years. FOR ALL USES AND USERS VER, inflamed ; little white blisters at 1 first would appear, then they would y . 9 peel off, leaving a red, smooth sur- : g g face which would burn like fire and CEE ZAMMITT ? itch ; well, there is no name for it. — Q§ On the inside of the upper part of day. “Considering the nature of the § both my limbs great red blotches, ore and the nearness of the ledge to & ike hives, would appear, the city, we are nothing short of mill- i+ not unlike d pHeah fonaires. After removing thres feet of & ' and as soon as I became warm the sand we struck the quartz, which, on % 2 R Ay 2 its surface, assayed $6 to the ton. At g burning and itching wouid begin. four feet depth the assay value of the s Night after night I would lie rock was $11 62. i% Nig £ “The ledge on the surface is fifteen 6 awake all night and scratch and feet wide. At eight feet deep it nar- g o 3 TOWS to ten feet and at thirty feet it & almost go wild. I heard of Cutr may narrow to a mere line or it may & g S0 oob thene wid widen again to fifteen or thirty feet. & | CURA REMEDIES, g ; As we descend the quartz becomes %3 | gave them a thorough trial, and harder and harder, which leads us to & s 3 2 : belleve that free gold will be found at, 2 after a few applications I noticed the redness and inflammation e }fwemy !olfl' “y‘fn""m;‘hgs rgk‘h 3 disappear. Before I had used one box there was not a sign of Eczema ve have made we know the -ledge, 3 . which runs almost due north and ¥ Zst. 1 can truthfully assert that $2.00 worth of CUTICURA REMEDIES :z‘\::?!r]\ e‘:};hdsl-rr::]ve;heh’::g:egt f::; & cured me. There has been no sign of its return anywhere upon my northward to the ocean. The ledge has 3 body since I wrote you I was cured, nearly four years ago. Hardly r::ns;:\:?!fi?r?:T:«xfi::o?er:;'f‘mmm e ped a month passes but what I receive a letter or some one calls and The falth of English and Zammitt < | . if I had Eczema bad, and if the in the bonanza was attested vester- 2 wishes to know how I got cured, ’ 5 day, when they sent out to the place a & cure has been permanent, etc, etc. I always take pleasure in en- sand pump in order to carry off the & A 5 e e water, which has covered the bottom & lightening them the best I can. of the hole. It was being placed in po- & JOHN D. PORTE, Pijtsburg, March 1, 1899. X sition when a reporter for The Call & | = 2 reached the ground by Harry Ost- 3| Of Joun D. PorTE & Co., Real .Lstate and Insurance, waldt, who, if a bonanza really is 5| 428 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. concealed in the sands, will have the i | honor of sharing the original discov- © | The agonizing itching and burning of the skin, as in eczema; the frightful ery with Zammitt. He is camped ¥| gesling asin psariasis; the loss of hair and crusting of the scalp, as in scalled within twenty feet of the discovery &| po4.the facial disfigurement, as in pimples and ringworm, the awful suffering of shatt in & wall tent, \;H:hp_h';( ] &!| infants and the anxiety of wom-out parents, as in milk crust, tetter, and salt shared, ever since the first pick was 3 5 = R struck In the ground, with Zammitt, & | rtheum—all demand 2 remedy of almost superhuman virtues to successfully cope who is an old prospector. ? with them. That To the lay eve, the hole in the x| sand dunes has not the look of an en- & a - trance of a Golconda. It is a ragged & looking rent, about ten feet long, in 2 | as forsaken a spot as there is on the g | peninsula. Wild strawberry plants, o wilder jackrabbits and an unclassified L collection of doodlebug constitute the & flora and fauna. There are no trails 3 for the reason that a footprint in the ¥ sand Iasts no longer than the coming & & of the first breath from the ocean. To get to the place one has to trust more 19 Justingt fihan dntelligence and (even gl Remedies are such stands proven beyond all doubt. Ne that would be at fault in a day when | g tement is made regarding them that is not justified by the strongest evidence, e the Todgs mcatome yisad: &| The purity and sweetness, the power to afford immediate relif, the certainty of the bonanza English and Zammitt &| Speedy and permanent cure, the absolute safety and great economy, have made think It is. They certainly have had % | them the standard skin cures and humor remedies of the civilized world. The good assays, but 1t remains to be seen, & | treatment is simple, direct, agreeable, and economical, and is adapted to the after they have put to work the @ youngest infant as well as adults of every age. Bathe the affected parts with ) P k oung Y ag large force of men they say they in- Qi ot water and CUTICURA SOAP to cleanse the surface of crusts and tend o employ,” whather the jrentive. 5 scales, and soften the thickened cuticle. Dry, without hard rubbing, and ledge or any great portion of it will J apply CUTICURA OINTMENT freely, to allay itching, irritation and in. e Amtuslo dhemlL 2| flammation, and soothe and heal, and lastly take the CUTICURA RE- ! BOLVENT to cool and cleanse the blood. This sweet and wholesome treat- ment affords instant relief, permits rest and sleep in the severest forms of eczema and other itching, burning, and scaly humors of the skin, scalp, and blood, and not the wild mushroom, hence there can points to a speedy, permanent and economica! cure when all other remedies and be nojutestionagithtiio mutter even the best physicians fail. The SET, price $1.25; or SOAP, 25c; OINT- MENT, soc.,, and RESOLVENT, soc. (half size), may be had of all druggists and pe Ko aovem and Herbert. | stores where medicines are sold throughout the world. Send for How to Cure | the Znicana. B0 < Eczema, free, of the Sole Prop.,POTTER DRUG & CHEM. CORP., Boston, Mass. FIGHTING COMMANDER OF A BABY CRUISER. |, NEW DIRECT CONSIGNMENT | Just Taken Out of the Custom House in San | Francisco. ; 5 B = Naval Officer Whose Little Craft Captured the Spanish Steamer Panama 2&#{3{ ] . B : y Is in the City. RARE - i = !.*—@MWWMMM«©+®+®-»®-»WMM. FINE S — + To Be Sold st AUCTION, L4 | Commencing THURSDAY, April 13, * At 10:30 a. m. and 2:30 p, m. ? 125 GEARY ST. ‘We received imperative instructions to sell & out this unsurpassed collection out reserve, | Do not fail to attend. Goods on view Wednes- ! [ TURKISH RUG CO. f | A. W. LOUDERBACK, A\lil!oneer. : Painless Dentistry, | Gy’ erye 3 EXTRACTED Fillings - = 50 cts WITHOUT. i IN Crowns -- $3.50 o 3 Plates, } . .00 A it full set X ALL WORK | > WARRANTED. % . ® O+os 0000t 000 04000 a guest at the Occidental. the beleaguered city. began. : : : COMMANDER W. H. EVERETT, U. S. N. OMMANDER WILLIAM H. EVE RETT arrived in this city Sunday and is self during the late war that will be honored in history. the big Spanish trans-Atlantic liner and auxiliary from New York to the Cuban capital. men, thirty-nine passengers and a big cargo of corn and other provisions for West and it was the most surprising achievement in the war. I8 on his way to Manila to assume command of the steamer Iris, which was purchased from England by the United States Government when the war/ B Rt R BT G G ok P 918900+ 53+ 0 S0 okl hies Al pusily 0 B ON WOOD, GL. and FABRI | amalgamatios AL, STONE, BRICK makes a perfect c 1 over any other | paint, stands 500 S OF HEAT with- | out_scaling. BEAUTIFUL, ARTISTIC, DURABLE, WASH- ABLE. Prevents BARNACLES and FOULING LT WATER, CORROSION and RUST Send 25c for SAMPLE bottle ‘WHAT IS PEGAMOID?" WESTERN AGENCIES CO., 61 and 62, Chronicle Building, S. F. B (2 > QP96 4040406064006 400H0040+060+060+0ed4 from _exposure. and pamphlet, | ’ Commander Everett made a name for nim- 3| DRe CROSSMAN’S . He it was who &3 | commanded the little lighthouse tender Mangrove, which made captive % | SPECIFIC MIXTURE9 cruiser Panama, bound % | For the cure of Gonorrhoea, Gleets, Strictures She carrled a crew of Seventy-two and analogous complaints of the Organs of 35 Ggfirmflnh bottle. For sale by drugsi: ce r sale 1 The little tender escorted her big prize into Key 2 - = SEE Commander Everett has been ordered to report to Admiral Dewey, and he 8 W Em I [11 V E t hl Pm o WIOILS Inian Yepstanie ril§ + Are acknowledged by thousands of persons who have used them for forty years to cure § | SICK HEADACHE, GIDDINESS, CONSTI- Week Stomach, Pime