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20 BHILADAD WAR T THINKS CHINSE 15 IMMINENT -~ SHOULD PAY CASH Acquisition of Southern Pa-|Dr. Coliman on His AWay cific Greatly Compli- | Back o Peking to Re- cates Matters. sume His Practice. —— —— Difficulty Arises From Determination i His Claim for Indemnity, One of of Independent Roads to Fortify | Largest of American Colony, Amounts to Thirty-five Themselves Against the i New Combination. | Thousand Dollars. The Call. Dr. Robert Coltman Jr., former surgeon |to Lt Hung Chang and professor in the At @ meeting of | Imperial University at Peking, is at the April one | C, Hotel. He is on his way back red w to C na from Chicago, where he has been spending a much r vacation. Coltman said last evening that he e of the largest mants for in- among the American residents of property had suffered dur- be I ent Boxer upris tsfied with between t Governme: he m g. He is very e result of the powers and the He claims that claim he was un- at the Chinese Gov- te a loan and pay On_this account made out the bill of his loss at $35,000. e houses that were his property were ed to the ground by Boxers and hing, with the exception of the on’ his back, was confiscated by s Angeles and that _quarter 1 £ the i an was asked if he expected ged by Li Hung Chang as argeon. He said that_he word from the great dip- expected when d in the im- 1d. fore the troops are n understanding uld be allowed to draw ey are paid. Another im- 1 the protection of the that it should be definitely un- t a large armed body of men f “soldiers from the allled 14 remain in Peking, and tioned there for the next ten fers are left in Pe- 1 be afraid and will t for all the white Assay Office. ADVERTISEMENTS. HYPNOTIC SCHOOL INVESTIGATED. Mysteries of Personal Magnetism Laid Bare—Does | Danger Lurk in Hypnotism?—Can Thes= Sciences Be Taught by Mail? Opinions of 81 Prominent Business Men and Scientists Who Have Taken a Course of Instructions—Some Astonishing Revelations. EVERYBODY. MAY NOW LEAR ertain what practical benefits, t it actually teaches Sclentific 1g, etc., there can be no doubt. n can through its course auc- ces and use them on his friends and of 13 Indlana St., Lawrence, Kan. 7 " Hypnotism cures. The world 4 s no stronger force for than Personal Magnetism. ise every woman in the to study these grand sci- & good 1 adv land THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1901. SEEKING FINR OICLOWER DOWN Interesting Well Drilling in the Distriet of Kern River. R Queer Story From Los Angeles About & Stock-Selling Scheme—Hap- penings in Many Separ- ated Localities. il The Grace Oil Company, which is oper- ating in the Kern River fleld, is still drill- ing toward the center of the earth and the purpose is announced to be to see what there is at lower levels than have vet been reached in the district. One well i down 1500 feet, which is much lower than the majority of the wells in the Kern River district, and it is going still lower. It will be recalled by the readers of oil news that an interview appeared in this paper with State Mineralogist Coop- er, some months ago, in which he was represented as expressing the opinion that | not only could there be found more pro- lific sands at lower than at higher levels, but also that the deeper oil would be found to be of higher quality and there- fore more valuable as a marketing prop- osition. If he is right, there is ample justification for searching for high-grade ofls. The experiences that the Los Angelnos | have been having in marketing their oils | at prices far below what they formerly considered to be a matter of course is one point. Another is the attention that the Standard Ofl Company is paying to California oil. It is now offering a better | price in the Kern River district than | the Producers’ Association. If this is not an Indication that it desires to control | the output of that section and plans to do it, then there is no indication in signt | of any value in that regard. Los Angeles s now bewalling because oil has been | offered there at 79 cents. 1f there is high- | er grade oil at a lower depth, the pro- ducers, having already their lands, may | find that the additional expense of drill- | ing deeper is s well invested. All | producers v ment. A better grade of oil would give the prices of the Kern district lands an- | other upward tendency. Ultimately the ; proposition is to be based >n the per cent it will pay upon the | apital actually invested. Profit demon- | the way. Is all that is needed ern capital into Californfa uil enterpri | The Los Angeles Herald tells the fol- lowing ofl story: Only last weck a San Francisco paper con- ount of a Los Angsles tained a glowing a ver $163.000 a acres in the Los xeles fleld I8 con- ng, but a company which can clear ear, the second y would not need to g0 to dvertise itselt and would v its stock at 2 cents a [ ceded to be a very commencing sition: On ten acres of | be drilled (for $800 ea feld fifteen barrels a da the year, making & tota >r the year, which can be y sold at §1 a barrei, making a grand al vearly income of 3219,000. This looks | for 36 te good on paper and is easily figured. The fact of the matter, ever, unfortunately, is that | it won't “‘pan out.”” The average daily produc- | tion of the wells in the Los Angeles fleld in | absolutely the same territory is five barrels | By Ils had actu- each. wing that forty w i ally been drilled, and giving to each the aver- | age production of other wells in demonstrated | Zérritory, and sranting that it all can be sold | at §1 @ barrel, It brings the grand total in- Come for a year to §3,000, a smail difference of §$146,000. Another company is about to begin ope- rations in the Devils Den country. | M. Pearson of Los Angeles is guoted | by the Tehachap! Tomahawk as express- | ing the opinion that the region about Te- | hachapi will be a good oil section. The ! particular lands that appear to be in favor | are in the low hills south of the town. Machinery and drillers have arrived at| Santa Cruz and the quest for oil in Santa | “ruz is now fairly on. | e people of Wheatland have an idea that they can utilize an artesian well bor- ing machine in drilling for ofl, according | to the Wheatland Four Corners. | The Salinas Democrat reports that mno | ofl has been struck on the Nacimiento | ranch as vet, but the surface indications | dered by a writer in that paper orable. Porter Bros.' large fruit packing plant | at Healdsburg is being fitted up to use | petroleum as fuel in place of coal. The Petaluma silk mills are also being simi- larly equipped. Gilroy_parties recently called in Alfred Onn of Watsonville to give an opinion con- cerning oil indications in the vicinity of | Gilroy. E. D. Crawford says that if an| unofficial report is verified lands In the | Milne ranch will be transferred to the oil | company formed in Gilroy and drilling will I begin. Fl’vn'paralhn! for drilling have been made by a company on the line between | San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties. | An outfit has been purchased to put on | the old sawmill flat on the Pescadero | Creek near Pajaro. The Los Angeles Times figures out that | fully $14,000,000 in cash has been invested | in California ofl lands in the last few | months, and that the oil industry in the | State represents a capital of $116,000,000. A real estate boom is reported to have struck Las Animas, Santa Barbara Coun- ty. as the result of a strike. Thirty-five oil claims are reported to have been filed at Las Animas recently, Petaluma has an oil company with a capitalization of $500,000. According to Marvelous hypnotic cataleptioc test as performed by J. Knight Perkins of Kalama- %zoo, Mich., graduate of the New York Institute of Science. sssociates entirely without their knowlodge. Its course of instruction, prepared under the supervision of the noted hypnotist, X. La Motte Sage, A. M., Ph. 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Ha could neither sing nor dance. I made him sing three coon songs and dance a regu- lar buck dance—he thinking he was a stage performer.” Dr. Abbie Heath, 71 Dover Street, Boston, Mass., writes: “By the information received from the New York Institute of Science I cured a Mr. Scott of the tobacco habit in two treatments. It is now six months since, and he can not touch tobacco. I have used Hypnotism several times to control the excruclating pain of cancer and to eradicate pernicious habits in children.” Prof. J. Ernest Trudel, Hedleyville, Quebec, Canada, writes: “Dr. Sage’s won- derfu) course in Personal Magnetism and Hypnotism is the only work of its kind containing information that any person can readily learn and apply. It certainly reveals the secrets of personal influence; it develops in one a power, a force of character that I did mot think it possible to acquire.” The New York Iastitute of Science has just issued one of the most remarkable books of the century, Which treats in an intensely interesting manner of personal magnetism, hypnotism, magnetic healing, etc. During the next 30 days’ 10,90 copies of this book are to be given away. This great work contains the reported opinions of £l persons who have tested these sciences. Among the number ars fourteen College Presidents and professors, eight Doctors, thres Dentists, four Judges and Lawyers, four Society Leaders, twenty-elght Business Men, City Offi- clals, Bank Presidents, besides twentv persons prominent in other walks of life. Altogether, we consijer it to be the mcst valuable ard wonderful work of the kind ever produced. This book has been the means of starting thousands of persons 2;: the road 1o success. It may prove the turning point in your carcer. A copy cf - e book will be sent absolutely free to any one addressing tae New Insti. tute of Science, Department 117 G., Rochester, N. X- o ok the Petaluma Argus, none of the stock will be placed on the market, but a close corporation will be maintained. achinery has been received at Chico and drilling is to determine the interest- ing question for the ol investors in that locality. There is reported to be a natural gas well 192 feet deep not far from Terminous, the place in San Joaquin County where 3. \e Dougherty discovered oil. The Lodl Sentinel sa; that Dougherty re- ports that the oll came from a seam in a levee. The material in the leves was dredged out of the river about a year ago. There is still trouble in the Kern River district on account of the shortage of cars. Onme of the largest producers makes the statement that his company is unable to fill its orders because there are not avallable cars to take the oil to the pur- chasers. The pumps are kept running as usual, and the result is that there is a large accumulation of ofl. Unless there is some relief some of the companies, ac- | cording to the same authority, will have to stop pumping for a time. In the case of' lsom vs. Book, at Los Angeles, Judge Shaw has found that the plaintiff’ is entitled to damagds in the amount of the price received for the oil taken from her property and sold by the defendant. _This was a ullar “case. The plalntift set up that her land was Jeased without her receiving any Intima. tion that ofl was to be taken from it. In the decision some statements were made that place the case in the ranks of Tollows; unique.. One paragraph is as The plaintiff. it is true, has been deprived of her oll taken and lol? by the Mlng:n!l. But by the rules of law co % the measure of damages she is entitled to the full gross value of all the ofl taken and sold by the defendants, without deduction either for the running expenses of the pumping plant by which it was extracted, the storis 2nd marketing the oil or of drilling the well And in estimating no allowance was from which it was taken. the damages above given, made for either of these items, although it was shown that the defendants have expended $4500 for driliing the well, $i500 for deepening the same and about $750 for pumping and market- ing the oil, making about J%w in all. It is reasonably certain that the plaintiff 1t could not have obtained this ofl without the money. And expenditure of an equal sum yet under the rules of law in relation ages for trespass waste the defendants must pay the plaintiff for all the oll they ob- tained with no offset for expenses. 'y are thus mulcted to the amount of $6000 for thelir misconduct in endeavoring to obtain the plain- s property for nothing, and the plaintiff is gainer to the extent of 32000, which she re- celves free of expense. An entirely new fleld has been discov- ered in Los Angeles in the vicinity of the old 'l‘cmgle road and Bellevue avenue. Since the midweek ofl article in this pa- per there have been no discoveries of ofl on a large scale in any fleld. The north- | next. | out. ADVERTISEMENTS. eat ' ofl-producing sections in anfes incorporated. veral oil experts from San discovered in the State. that was discovered there by Finnel ery was made. Last October a miner a small flow of oil, but riously. Th cil Las been analyzed b; chemical experts of San Fran mercial applying to the company careful management. The company was the par value of $1 each. on the market Februa More than 45,000 sha Directors, held February 9, 1% .able ‘to raise the price to 20 after February 16. 1901, the mous ties. at a rovalty of 10 per cent. e assets of the company consist of six Iots situ- ated on the northwest corner of Chestnut and streets, in the city and county of San Francisco, which were exchanged for stock by the owner, the property being valued at $§000. cash in bank, etc. NO EXPRNSE FOR CLERK HIRE OR OFFICE RENT, the members of the Board of Directors being allowed the use and privileges of the offices of their at- torney. The officers of the company are: H, L McKBLLOPS, President. H ONES, Vice President. H. M. OWENS, Treasurer and Managen WM. E. ROWLANDS, Becretary H. M. OWENS, Attorhey for Company. OFFICES—Rooms 570-571 Parrott (Em= porium) Building, 8an Francisco, Cal. Companies Being Formed and Experts Sent Out to Pros- pect the Territory. NAPA, Feb. 22.—There are prospects that Berryessa Valley, northeast of this city, will become one of the California. Thomas A. Funnell, an expert of forty yes ence, discovered oil on the Harris piace, Napa capital has been invested daily, and now there are ten com- It is estimated that $55000 of Napa county money has been put nto ofl stock. Francisco and Bakers- fleld have visited the Berryessa fields, that the Napa County product is superior to any yet On the Harris place the ofl 1s seeping out of v.h% well at the rate of sev- eral barrels a day. At the Knoxville mines there is a flow that nets thirty-six gallons a day. acres of land have been located upcn since the discov- rospecting for gold opened up é’m not realize the importanca of his find, and it was only after Finpei. put in a blast and observed the results that oil prespecting began se- one of the best known sco. A number of com- prcducts were prepared and a full report of the analysis and prices of oils produced can be had by for their prospectus. This ofl 5 said to be worth from $S to $9 per barrel. The officers of the Napa and Berryessa Valley Oil Company ara well known in the city and county of San Francisco to be careful, painstakiag business men, ani this alone insures to the investors an cconomical and incorporated December 5, 1807, with a capital of $500,000, divided into 500,000 shares of The first stock was placed 1, 1901, at 10 centa per share. were disposed of at that price within two weeks, and at a_meeting of the Board of 1, it was deemed advis- cents per share on and company right to advance the price without further notice. The company has 640 acres of land leased in the fa- BERRYESSA VALLEY OIL DISTRICT, near Monticello, Mapa County, California, for a long term of years, as long as oil is produced in paying quanti- GREAT OIL EXCITEMENT Over the Discovery of Lubricating Oil in Berryessa Valley. The Best Known Oil Experts of the Pacific Coast Pro- nounce This Territory The Napa and Berryessa Valley 0Oil Company to Begin Operations Within Thirty Days. NAPA TERRITORY T0 BE TESTED. Seepage 0il of Good Quality Discovered. : to Sinca years' experi- and they claim Five thousand reserving the una Berryess Be the Best in the State. LANDS . <., THE NAPACBERRYESSA s VALLEY QL o NAPA (0.CAL OFFICEROOMS.570-57) PARROTT-BLDG> SAN FRANCISCO,CAL SHOWINF, oy ern districts are still in the preparative stage to a large extent, drilling in some localities, getting up derricks and bring- ing in machinery in others, and ho rules many investors. By the middle of the summer many things will be dem- onstrated in the northern districts which are still somewhat a matter for conjec- ture. Meanwhile the oll fever is con- stantly rising. he Nay and Gossage ranches, north of Petaluma, have been leased for oil ex- vlojtation. Demand for land in what is known as the Nesperian district, in Butte County, continues. Seven ofl locations have just been filed with the County Recorder at Oroville. Ship Yosemite Sold. The White Star Transportation Com- peny of Seattle has sold the ship Yosemite to Captain John Pedersen of this city. It is the intention of her new owner to send her to Everett, where she will be thor- oughly overhauled and put in the coasting and Australian trade. Captain Pedersen is going extensively into the bullding and buying of ships. Three four-masted schooners are now be. ing built for him at Everett and the first of them will be launched on March 15 She will-be named Otilla Pedersen and will be christened by that lady. The other schooners will bLe finished in June and July, and Captain Pedersen expects to have his entire fleet in the very best condition by the first of August. - ———— Only One Week More. The bankrupt sale of shoes will clear Mind you, the shoes must be sold and will therefore offer this week $3 ladies’ and men's shoes for $125 a pair. All the latest styles: good material in lace and button at the bankrupt shoe sale of the California. 8hoe Company, 1506 Market street, near City Hall avenue. 2 —_—— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—The following Californians are in Washington: T. Geary and wife of Ban Francisco are at the Raleigh; 8. is at the Shoreham. —_————— Picture Frames. An immense variety of mouldings for framing pictures to order; also ready- made frames in all the newest shapes and every tint of color of matboard and bind- ing paper made. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. . B. Woodworth of California | PERSONA_\_L MENTION. W. J. Berry of Salinas is a guest at the Lick. H. L. Warren of San Jose is at the Grand. J. B. Coates of Salinas Is registered at the Lick. Captain J. E. Ide, United States army, is a guest at the Grand. C. M. Wheeler, a Eureka merchant, is stopping at the Palace. Dr. Robert R. Hammond and wife of Stockton are at the Grand. C. Jesse Titus, a banker of Mountain View, is a guest at the Palace. A. O'Gorman Monkhouse and wife of Los Gatos are at the California. C. W. Stone, a merchant of Stockton, is stopping at the Palace with his wife. J. P. Overton, a merchant of Santa Rosa, accompanied by his wife, is at the Palace. James A. Foshay, a merchant of Los Angeles, is up here on a business trip and is stopping at the Palace. Senator J. J. Luchsinger of Vallejo came down from Sacramento yesterday and registered at the Grand. Dr. E. H. Mattner, a well-known physi- can of this city, and Mrs. Mattner have returned from a nine months' tour of Eu- Tope and the Continent. The doctor paid an extended visit to-the principal hos- pitals in London, Parls, Berlin and Vienna. —_——— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—J. Adams, at the Park Avenue; C. P. Beaslah, at the Marlborough; J. & Dodge, at the Belvedere; J. Durney, at the Imperial; I. B. Feigenbaum, at the Cadlllac; L. Glass and wife, at the Hol- land; J. Kauffman, at the Herald Square; E. Livingston, at the Cadillac; Miss Cow- ley, Miss F. A. Cowley, at the Marlbor- ough; J. M. Kauffman, at the Criterion; Mrs. D. Libby, at the Marlborough; Major ‘W. Mather and wife, at the Gllsey. From Osakland—E. B. Tutt and wife, at the Continental; B. D. Carter, at the Hoft- OAK BEXTENSION COBBLER-SEAT hoganized birch oak finish Hundreds of other bargains equall good o T o ey St FURNITURE av CARPETS, ESTIMATES CEEERFULLY GIVEN. Free deltvery within 200 miles on $25 worth and over. CASH or CREDIT. T. BRILLIANT FURNITURE Co, -310-342 POST STREET, Near Powell. $1 a complete stock of HOUSES, HOTELS and FLATS FURNISHED COMPLETE. The Dabncy Oil Company OF McKITTRICK (Incorporated), Has Opened Cf.ices in This City at 330 Pine Street, Rooms 5 and 6. The Dabney Oil Company has now Ten Producing Wells. two more this month and two in March. Will Pay a Dlvidend April Ist. Will complete " BURY, 865 Parrott Bullding, owNs THE Famous DABNEY GUSHER IS SELLING OIL IN CARLOAD LOTS. " 4 Offers a Limited Number of Shares of Its Stock at —ONE DOLLAR PER SHARE! A Gilt-Edged Investment. Will pay not less than 1 per cent per month in dividends on and after April i % 1, 1901. Can you do better? CALL OR ADDRESS DABNEY OIL COMPANY, 330 Dine Street, rROOM S. For information and terms for OIL IN CARLOAD LOTS, apply at the office. DIRECTORY OF REPUTABLE OIL COMPANIES California _Fortuno Oil Co. Famoso Oll & Investment Co LANDS IN XERN RIVER DISTRICT. in Coalinga. Now dri in Limit, absoi s Doses o€ poviasiey coo- amount of stock at Soc. Information and pros | Hon Drilitax;, e ia ol sands in. -""{‘ pestus furnished on application to B. DEN- | Emall amount treasury stock, Sde. Wit Toe (CKE, Becretary, room 614 Parrott bldg, 8. prospectus or call. 358 Parrott bidg., 8. F. COLUSA CONSOLIDATED OIL and REFIN. ING CO.—Owns 4414 acres 8 miles west of Ar- | GREAT AMERICAN OIL AND DEVELOP- buckle, Colusa County, in the heart of th ENT CO. +, Faraifine bass ofl. Limitea amount o %o, Inter Nos OFf & Devalopment Ca. Enttiar v et S b R L nformation at office of prospectus ties. Prospectus aod i Montgomery street, entrance room 8. MOSLETTER & ALLEN, 65 and 56 Parrott building, 8. F. COMMONWEALTH OIL COMPANY. Lands in heart of Kern River Dist : owna 10 Investors’ Assured Stock amount of treasury stock for sals at 75 cente. g5 bty 5 -xu::‘ Write or call for informatis DRI CHAS. CONKLIN, Sec. Genl. otflos, %7 Savier. Dey Crude 0il Company. STRUCK OIL at 200 feet within 600 fest of our property. We have a few shares left at 25 cents per share. Capital 100,000 shares at §1 ‘Write or call for information. OCCIDENTAL OIL CO., 477 Parrott Bullding. JUANITA OIL CO. 1100 acres lands in McKit. trick, Summerland, Los Awln Drilling 2 wells, § more contracted for; 100,000 shares selling at 5c. ble. Price advances o per. 'h 15. Asphaltum for sals, ::uwuxl 3 Somtract. Prosectus and A (CHARDS, President, 638 Market st., San Francisco. each. ready to arfll. DEY CRUDE | NAPA AND BERRYESSA VALLEY OL . A tent. OIL CO., room 6, eighth floor, Mills bidg. by m“_Y—Onmuml:o-a-o&v 8. patent- ‘where -u':. oll in California is found: ng;:k at : gents; prospectus furnished. §70 and 571 Parrof NORMAL OIL COMPANY. EL MEDIA OIL CO. LANDS AT McKITTRICK. San Luils countles. Small m.u of ONLY 4 DAYS MORE |, tosififion™ ot 355 g 34 Parrott . Small block of stock at 15c; price will be advanced to 25¢ March 1 on all that u,".llflsmumnélg '“flzmmmvm may be left. If you want a ground floor | Well down 300 feet: small amount of treasury groponuon where the company mean | Jiogk at ico per B gy o N ) usiness, here it is. Secretary, 574 Parrott bullding. San Francisco. Pro and information furnished on application. GII’.VBR 31;55‘“0“‘,, R Lot .l EL MEDIA OIL CO., iing large peodecing Small block Safe Deposit Building, 328 Montgomery | Hock for s Froeecion = ted infoemation KJ street, San Francisco, Cal. Pty o ' . ESMERALDA THE WELLINCTON OF SUNSET—PROVEN OIL LAND, o Berae sola a% 308 "‘—;""’"fl-&'—-"a Mills Bullding, San Francisom DEVELO! CO.~Lands in San ;gu e S fldh‘“ formation furnished at ri 53