The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1900, Page 22

THE SAN FRANCISC Bl EARNDIGS OF SOUTHERN PALIAC SYSTEM Annual Report Filed With 1 the State Railroad Commissioners. r Pianos Sohme can homes American musi- -M xuc\'r;:;:r,lza‘i:\. { Special Reference Is xade in Begnrdl b as‘th:se. | to Wages Paid Employes—De- | e | ficit of $695,649 From ! = ns" :: ::c?}\:z | Operations. AT CS g its test of the | | Jts 2 home J]|_The belated apnual statement of the| 7 .ine | Southern Pacificireached the office of the not a money bought State Commissioners yesterday afternoon | after the board had three times sent let- ters to the New York office reminding | the company that the time for filing its statement had long since elapsed. With the filing of the report of the Southern Pacific all the big roads have been heard from and work will now be begun in earnest on the annual statement of the Commissioners. According to the statement the total rnings of the Pacific system for the ar ending June 30 were as follows: Passe 3 freight and’ freight earnings, s bring the grand to- ks favorit yron Mauzy system OUR ENTIRE LIN ORIENTAL RUGS, CAR- PETS AND CURTAINS AT which and on 25 %% DISCOUNT From Regular Prices. CHAS.M.PLUM&CO. 1301-1307 varies ried The and The num- er trains (Pa- 74; freight, 12 t freight tonnage was in , amounting to 808,036 Market Street. nt list for the year includes killed d 143 injured. There engers killed and 64 Injured: 37 ¢ = W W R or mnot trespassing, Ib Go\’cmnt | 3 up to 7: injured, 91 - The company’s ts are as follows: 544; 5i the pcrl‘actinp 9 Wibisky, BOTTLEQAT THE DIETILLERY PURE-AZEDMHELESOME . Cash, $2,801 Fesagedasiios | pantes ana srets, ex ti recetvable, due 0 vernmen - The above assets do not include equip- | ment; materfals and supplies, etc. 5; wages and ances due to ; dividends not called erest coupons unpatd, ounts, $1.920.534: mis total current ltabilities, Used i e Mediica/ Deportments of the U.S.ARMY & NAVY Service WiLLIAM WOLFF 8 CO. San FRan DISTRIBUTORS. Bewore of imitations ov refilied Bowres 1laneous, 444,228 The gross earnings from operation were $50,185,971; less operating expenses, $30. €10,918, and income from operation, $19,575,- 052, The report shows a deficlt of $69.549 from r‘reraliuns after deducting the inter- est pald on_funded debt, rents pald for lease of roads, taxes. permanent improve- ments and other deductions. VERY LATEST Straight Front, Hand-Made PR SAPPHIRE 3 CORSETS TH BELLA VISTh RANCH A Famous Property That| Will at Once Become the ‘ Scene of Extensive | 0il Operations. —_— 3 | q fi | AN $3.00 $15,00 )\ PER PAIR. w» 10 Geary St., CORNER KEARNY. CHESTER F, WRIGHT, Royal Worcester Cor- set-Fittmg Parlors. i ! ST. GERMAIN BILLIARD COMPANY, 409 Market Street, SAN ¥ The late Creed Haymond, famous as n' lawyer and politician and man of wealth, created on the Bella Vista ranch in San | Mateo County a country seat, where he sought rest from business. ‘ After Mr. Haymond's death the prop- | y was purchased by Henry H. Davls, the well-known attorney, of 420 California street, San Francisco. The profuse ofl seepages on the ranch were known to | Mr. Haymond, and he often spoke of de- velopment, but nothing was done In that line until Mr. Davis acquired the prop- | erty. Recent Investigations by ofl ex-| perts determined. Mr. Davis to organize the Bella Vista oll syndicate, comprising | well-known San Francisco and Kansas { YOy Performa: nce for Church Benefit. ainment for the bene- Church, 1 be held in church building, on Gough and Octavia, ne interfor of a select Two years ago a s given and it was a City business men and capltalists. The president of the company is Dr. A. E. Neumelster of Kansas City; first _vice Opera Compa ng in “Aida” last VERIFY VINING'S WALDRON IS STABBED IN A WOMAN’S ROOM Saloon-Keeper ‘Murderously Assaulted by William Walker O CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1900. OIL PRODUCERS HAVE ISSUES OF of Los Angeles. Ready With Delegations to Attend Convention of the Miners. |On the Eve of Proceedings Which Are Certain to Provide Im- pulse for the Future, e The ofl men of California, having ac- | cepted an invitation from the California | Miners' Asseciation to attend the conven. | tion about to be held in this city, the op- | portunity is excellent for a general dis- | cussion of the grievances of the oil pro- | ducers. The oll producers complain that transportation rates are very high. They are aware that the ‘scrippers” are not | dead, notwithstanding the setback they have judiclally received. They are in- terested in such mining legislation as may | be proposed. From Los Angeles, Kern, Fresno, Ventura, Santa Barbara and sev- eral other counties they are coming to San Francisco to counsel with the other i) rarcd anty /3 (=3 AR T a { B proceedings of the California Miners’ Convention. Men who have been exten- sively connected with mineral production | are now also largely identified with the ofl-producing industry. There are many propositions which the ofi producers are seriously considering. Some sections are yet without rail trans- portation facilities and this has given | rise to talk about pipe lines. The petro- leum miners in the counties north of Te- hachapl have already. demonstrated the richness of many flelds and exploitation 1s beginning, with more or less capital back of it, In other localfties. The current week bids fair to make history for the ofl- producing industry of California. | People in Southern California have | heard of the acquisition of ofl lands by the Standard Oil Company, of which mention | has been made in The Call. The Los An- | meles Herald says: | The Standard, with an eye to business, as is its habit, has walted until California has proven itself an oll producing State of no small degree before showing any desire to have a hand in the business. That the Standard Ofl Company will be doing business in the State on -an extensive scale within the next two years, both as a buyer and producer, there seems no doubt. Opinions differ as to the effect it will have. Some prominent oil men of the State stand in mortal. terror lest the entire business be gobbled up and the poor producer ground out of existence. Others, and especlally the Kern River operators, see no cause for worry. Certain it is that for the best Interests of the industry there should be | some system in the way of marketing the pro- duct, whether the Standard Oil Company fur- ILO WALDRON, one of the pro- Napoai WAL R prietors of the Majestic on Market street, w with a knife by Willlam Walker in room 65 of the Palmerlee House, 133 Ellis street, about 3 o'clock yesterday morning and cut four times on the neck and back. None of the wounds are serious. The room is occupied by a woman known as Mabel Walker, who un- til recently lived with Walker, a well known saloon-keeper of Los Angeles. Walker has been in the city for several weeks, and has been a consplcuous figure in the “tenderloin” district where he met the woman who assumed his name. All the persons interested are reticent as to the cause of the attack upon Waldron, From what could be learned Waldron re- cefved a note shortly after midnight ask- ing him to call at the woman's room. He went there as soon as he could, and while talking to the woman some one knocked on the door. Waldron stepped toward the door to open it, but was stopped by the woman, who sald, “‘Billy must be on the outside.”” The key had been removed from the lock and Harry Ten Brock, the bellboy, inserted a pass key and opened the door. Walker was the person who had knocked and he entered the room. He does not have the use of his right hand, as it is under treatment for some dis- ease, but in his left hand he had an.open jackknife. He started in to abuse Wal- dron for being in the woman's room, and Waldron told him to put away the knife and not make a fool of himself. Walker rushed Waldron and cut him four times. n, who occupies the ad- joining room, heard the Walker woman’s screams, and when she went in to see what was the matter Walker was closing the knife with his left hand and remarked | to Waldron, “Now you can go to a hos- pital.’” PiWalker then ran from the room, fol- lowed by the bellboy, who chased him to the Leepalmer House, where he has a room. He eluded the bellboy by passing out by the rear door. The bellboy re- turned to the Palmerlce House and tele- phoned to police headquarters. Detectives Reynolds and Balley were on duty and they hurried to the Palmerlee. By that time a physiclan had been sum- moned and Waldro wounds had been dressed. Waldron refused to make a | nish’ the eystem or some other large corpora- tion with equal facilities. As a general prop- osition the producers in California are indif- ferent, acting on the assumption that the State | is large enough for even the Standard -OI | Company to do business in without injuring | the prospects of every individual well owner. | | There was a large slump in the new production of the oil flelds of Pennsyl- vania for the month of October. The number of wells completed was 766 and 182 were failures. The new produc- tlon of the month amounted to 11,5%5 bar- rels. On October 81 there were reponted 464 rigs and 706 drilling wells under wav, which was a falling off in new wells of 30 as_compared with the September record. President Crane of the California Pe- troluem Miners' Association will probably soon complete the committee of seven | which is to call upon the Southern Paclfic | and Santa Fe Railway companies to ask | for a new rate for the moving of crude petroleum. General Hart, who has been o W sty S RS Tl +* | appointed chairman of the committee, has | expressed the opinion that it will be pos- THE VICTIM AND THE WO- sible to secure a 30-cent rate, approxi- MAN IN WHOSE ROOM THE mately 25 per cent of the value of the & , sl product, for moving it. CUTTING OCCURRED. | The oil interests around Santa Maria EA 4 | are reported by letter to have received quite an impetus during the last week. A correspondent reports that ofl has been found in the Western Unfon Company’s well on the Carriaga ranch, and that the Graciosa Company has completed a der- statement {o the detectives and the| woman was equally reticent. By an acel- | dent _Reynolds discovered that Walker was Waldron's assallant. Waldron then | rick and houses on the Harrls ranch a admitted the fact, but said he would posi- | joinin, Five cars of machinery and cas- tively decline to prosecute him if he were |jng fof the Clampitt Bros.' Company are arrested. e o The detectives started out to find | Ahtnen Carreany Bon cicraciosa. ‘Walker, and about 5 o'clock he was lo- | cated in_a saloon at Powell and EIlis | streets. He was taken to the City Prison | and locked up In “the tanks,” but later | a charge of assault to murder was booked against him. In the afternoon he was | released on $1000 bonds. He also refused | to make any statement, saying that he | and Waldron were friends and he would not talk till the proper time arrived. He pretended that he was drunk at the time and that was all there was to it, but De- tective Reynolds says he was quite sober when arrested. Waldron's friends assert that there was the Tognazzinl ranch. Work iIs about to be resumed on the Commercial Unfon_well in the Foxen Canyon, which is down about 500 feet. On the Buell ranch the operating company has a fishing job on hand. The De Greet Company on the Cojo has resumed operations. Selections have been made for sites for the erection of rigs on the Elizalde ranch, which has been leased by the Elizalde Ol Company of Los Angeles. John A. Bunting has MUCH ITEREST miners and to take part in shaping the | | | the report forwarded. CURTAINS. PORTIERES. BLANKETS. TABLE COVERS. SPECIALS THIS WEEK. 200 pairs FINE IRISH POINT CURTAINS, in both Cream and Pure White, odd lots of 2, 3 and 4 pairs each. $10.50 Pair-. 75 pairs TAPESTRY PORTIERES, full length and width, in Reds, Blues, Greens and Browns, hand- some fringes top and bottom. $4.50 Pair. 125 TAPESTRY TABLE COVERS, in a variety of new designs, all the latest colorings, heavy fringe all around, size 8-4x8-4. $4.50 Each. 100 pairs WHITE MISSION BLANKETS, full size and extra heavy welght. $6.00 Pair. EXTRA SPECIAL. 50 FINE EIDERDOWN COMFORTERS, covered with Printed French Sateen and Corded Edges. $5.00 Each. Our Mail Order Department is most complete, All orders for samples or goods filled and shipped the same dap thep are received. m, n3, us, u7, 19, 121 POST STREET, leased the Morett! place near Guadalupe NG Lake and H. E. Peterson and others have the Pezzoni ranch under lease. There are reported also to be several other Invest- ments in view. It is only within the last few months that capitalists have put 1106 Market Street. TELEPHONE SOUTH 472. money into the development a{ the ofl re- Tailor-Made Suits sources of this section. The finding of ofl in the first well has encouraged investors in other properties in the vicinity. The fit and style of our order Suits cannot be excelled, even by exclusive tailors at nent men from the large flelds of the S20 and $25 ocean at a depth of 340 feet, according to Some disappointment has been /expe- rienced at (gw failure to find the main body of ofl in the vicinity of Arroyo Grande In San Luis Obispo County In Los Angeles the Rosedale Ce Association is about to drill for ofl. metery evidently a plot laid to induce him to give up money, as the woman bears the reputation of-heing of a crafty nature and State are in daily evidence as visitors. a suit more. liable to concoct just such a scheme, but Walker's assault” with the knife spoiled the plot. Altlough blaming the woman, they exonerate Walker from being a party to any attempt at blackmail. CONTENTION Army Officers in Peking Find Ancient Records About Mexico. Edward P. Vining, superintendent of the Market Street Railway Company, is a deep student and is able to devote some time to the history of the Pacific Coast besides attending to his manifold duties as one of the executive officers of the leading transportation companies of this city. In the year 1885 Vining published a work entitled “An Inglorious Columbus,” in which he sought to prove that the Pacific Coast was visited by a party of Buddhist monks from Afghanistan in the early part of the fifth century. The work showed exhaustible research by the writer, but was never treated seriously. Recently some American army officers have unearthed ancient records in Peklns showing that the Chinese ~discovere America 1500 years ago. The Chinese when they visited this country erected temples in the State of Bonora, Mexico. HONTED CONVICTS ELUDE PURSUERS Escapes From Kansas State Penitentiary Still at Large. P e LEAVENWORTH, Kans., Nov. 17.—Two of the convicts, Estell and Cravens, who escaped from the State penitentiary Fri- day afternoon, are still at large, having eluded a cordon of guards and escaped from a barn in which they had been sur- rounded. Last night they succeeded in evading the officers and went to Brighton, where they hid in the barn_of Robert Moore. This afternoon Mrs. Moore entered the barn and saw the convicts. Leaving her little boy to watch, she started for a neighbors and met some of the prison guards, whom she told where the men were. The guards sent for assistance and began firing into the barn, which was completely riddled with buckshot. Not usual interest this week. prize. SPECIAL MILLINERY OFFERING. Our Millinery Department will be of more than We propose to place on sale a selection of winter hats at $5.00 and $6.00 each, which will be the handsomest we have ever offered the people of San Francisco at this Stylish Suit to Order ocean at Summerland. The Marine Oil $25.00 Company gnd the Santa Barbara Ofl Com- pany have taken advantage of the deci- Silk lined Jacket and matert of very fine quality. sion which permits t building of wharves and already hav® new structures Elegant Suits fo Order $3S to S50 reaching out into the blue waters. The Duquesne has a flowing new well in the Completely lined with silk and of a most superfor grade of goods, &7 Fitand workmanshlp guar anteed. R. T. KENNEDY COMPANY, beirg able to force the convicts out, a handkerchief saturated with coal ofl and lighted was thrown into the barn from the shelter of a nearby crib, and in a few mo- ments the barn was a sheet of flames, Nothing was seen of the convicts, and unless they are buried under the burning The styles are very new, the variety is great, there will te no trouble in selecting a becoming hat, and the cost will be about one-third of what other stores ask. It is a very important event, and you cannot well afford to miss it. The sale starts to-morrow morning. Cash or Little st s Time. BOX LOUNGES NORDICA. as a tinsmith, committed a bold robbery . g e g i “ on Kearny street about 4 o'clock yester- | Qne of the large stones recently found tn Nordica will sing in day afternoon while the thoroughfare was | gcters, which were partially deciphered by “Don Giovanni on next crowded with shoppers and others. He | a learned Chinese who visited the ruins . stop a moment in front of J. Macow- | at the urgent request of the Mexican Tuesday night and in sky's jewelry store. 211 Kearny street, and | Government. “Les Huguenots’ on Fri- day night. hay they have made thelr escape. Peace officers from the city have gone to ald in running the men down and all guards have been armed with Krag-Jor- gensen carbines, obfained from the Fed- eral prison at Fort Leavenworth. Flgnnel Waists, Exclusive styles. The prettiest waists worn in San Francisco all seem All your money refunded by any dealer it not other members of the ratisfled with a smoke of the ‘‘American’ clear Havana cigar. to come from this store. We have made a speclalty of them, particularly the gath- Made. $5 and $6 Each. Straight Front Corsets. The “La Premfere’” is the best French-American corset It has all the chic FOR $10.00 Covered with damask, tapestry, velour and silk plush. A great line at various prices, and all the lowest in San Francisco. Opera Company per- I orse the Steinway. are cordially invited to You visit the Steinway salesrooms erman, Clay & Co., who are the Pacific Coast dealers. Steinways are sold on easy yments when desired. president is Henry H. Davis of San Fran- ©sco. Chas. F. O'Brien of Kansas City a practical oll man of many years' expe- | rience. the first floor of the Bush-street side of | and where prospectuses and full informa- | tion may be had, stock 1s offered to Investors at 10 cents re. Offices have also been opened velop the Bella Vista ranch, the entire | 1200 acres of which is belleved to be first- | class ofl territory. The property is eight- ter, and will at once become the seat of | active oil development. . o | | AND STEALS A WATCH | Kearny Street. John J. Moran, who gives his occupation then pulling an iron spike out of his| Quotations from Vining’s book are as serted his hand and deftly Iifting & watch | mpe earitest Spanish travelers and explorers ran north along the street. upon the northwestern coast of America, and 0 mbly. one of the salesmen, and | even claimed to have seen fragments of & pursuit. They soon overtook Moran, and | man McGrayan came along. Moran | After the handcuffs were taken off his | | wrists at the prison he showed fight, and | it took three officers to land him in a cell. | is secretary. The assistant secretary and | manager is Thomas Gilbert of this city, | The Bella Vista ofl syndicate opened a beautiful office last Monday morning on | the Mills buflding, where stock is on sale, | The capital stock is $1.500,000, the shares | $1 each, par value. A limited amount of nsas City. 1t is proposed to begin at once to-de- cen miles west from Redwood Clty, is | abundantly supplied with wood and wa- | ——————— BREAKS A WINDOW John J. Moran, a Tinsmith, Commits a Bold Daylight Robbery on | pocket broks the window. He quickly in- | follows: | from the peg on which it was suspended | peard of forelgn merchants who had landed Robert Abrams, the office boy. started in | Chinese ship. | throwing him down heid him until Police- | was taken to the City Prison, where he | | was booked for crand larceny and ma- liclous mischief. The watch and iron spike | were booked as evidence against him. | —_—————— | ‘Will Serve a Chicken Dinner. | | The ladies of the Howard-street Meth- | odist Church will serve a twenty-five cent | hot chicken dinner in the parlors of the church on Howard street, between Second Sherman, Clay & Co. Steinway Piano Dealers, and Third, on Tnesdfl'. November 7 end Selier a8 | 20, between ‘the hours of 11'a. m. and 2 Cor and_Broadway. Oakland. the e E m. - The dinner is for the benefit of Cor. Park & Washington, Portland. Lmu‘ Ald Soclety. 711 Second avenue, Seattle. —_—— Dr. Wm. Botsford, 1170 Market st., noti- fles his patients that he has returned. * . . L More than a century ago there sprang up a schicol of critics who disputed the unanimous testimony of the ecclesiastics, the soldiers and the historians who first witnéssed the remark- able civilization of Mexico. No such arts, customs or religions were found elsewhere in America. It has long_been claimed that the In- dians of the State of Sonora are the de- scendants of these Chinese settlers. They possess many traditions and characteris- ties of the Chinese. If the report of the finding of these records in Peking s veri- fied an expedition will be formed to go down to Mexico and further exg lore the ancient temples of the State of onora. Ladies’ tallor-made sults, silk skirts, fur capes; liberal credit. M. Rothschild, 628 Sutter.* The Argentine Republic exported only 205,105 bal f 1 last agal 28 Delos of wool year as nst —————————— Rosenberg a Delegate. By unanimous vote of the Labor Coun- cil Secretary Edward Rosenberg was elected a delegate to the American Fed- eration of Labor, which will assemble in Loulsville, Ky., December 6. A. Dijeau was elected to fill Rosenberg’s place dur- ing his absence. —_——————— ‘Trunks & travellng bags. Before buyirg s our “bureau trunk.’’ A. B.Smith Co., 128 Ellls.® —— Dishonest Clerk Sentenced. Karl Klosterman, clerk for Nathan, Dohrmann & Co., who was arrested for stealing clocks from the firm, was con- victed by acting Police Judge Barry yes- terday and sentenced to six months In the County Jail. —_——— Trapper's Ofl cures rheumatism and neuralgia. Drugsists, 60c flask. Richards & Co., 406 Clay.* THE J. NOONAN FURNITURE COMPANY, Inc., 1017-1023 MISSION STREET Phone South 14. Above 6th, San Francisco. and beauty and grace of the Parisian corset and all the comfort and ease and dura- bility of the American pro- duction. It is fitted on American figures, hand-made and French gored, blas cut, fitted throughout with Whalebone, made for beauty. comfort &nd " wear, $9.50 up, each. All corsets $1.00 up fitted by expert fitters. .D.Davis & @ cor. Geary & Grant Ave. ering of exclusive styles, one or two of a kind, and have succeeded, as a result, in supplying the best dressed women In the city with most of their new waists; $3.50 to_$7.50 each. SPECIAL—To-morrow _we place on speclal sale a splen- did lot of flannel waists at price; sold up : your cholce from the entire assortment, $1.50 ench. exper‘ence. Terms reasonabie. t08. Mev'gs. Sundays. sacredly confiden P. ROSCOE McNULTY, M. D. 265 Kearny St., Saa Francisco,