The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 16, 1902, Page 9

- A DISCUGaING RECIPROCITY FOR GUBANS Congressmen Hear Ad- dresses by Island Merchants, presentatives of Business Interests Make Ex- planation. Means Committee of the FRIENDS STAND BY PASTOR GONE Refuse to Believe Erst- while Cleric Guilty of Fraud. Hanford Parishioners Insist That Nome Transactions Were Legitimate. Special Dispatch to The Call. HANFORD, Jan. 15.—Former parishion- ers of Rev. C. P. Cone in this city are loth to believe the charges that be obtained money under false pretenses in connection with Nome mining claims. While there has been much many who contributed to the clergyman’s House Begins the Hearing of the Tariff and Trade Case. n reciprocity with present from the be affected ation rests which wou g ion of character. The Cuban industries were v Place, Mendoza, Dum chosen by comm ous parts of r productio by Edwin F anizati n con- produc- of !\'ewi Kelly { Philadelphia. ent in bebalf | gh and Henry beet sugar | other interests | n also were | ted at the outset | ference to that t's message re-| Cuba. The com- | e favorable to d that the com- | ormed as to _the on Cuba and on States. | Boston made the | of reciprocity. | = overproduction | the world, amounting | h had resulted European bounties so | by means of sugar at half | st of produc- | Island. | here was now about | ding cane in Cuba | prices a_considerable part | be harvested. While he said the effect would the planters and the 1 to labor, he | lead to disturb- | t for the withdrawal there would be, in his the insular revenues recruited from the | i that a 50 per cent reduc- was desired on the vari- nd, but in responge e said that the should have 100 stated that the | ciprocity came from | y, the domestic beet Hawaiian _planters | of Porto Rico and € %0000 tons pro- e stated that a very [ i by citizens of thel antage of reciprocity 25 m ned that it would | rial advantage to the United | s luding a reduction in the price | people | ayne if the sugar business st vear, Atkins said he had been, but general | nters showed that they | a profitable business. Views of the Merchants. afternoon session Atkins contin- ment opposition to any sy back. He said that the Have- ests were small and exercised | ng influence. Atkins said that | conditions continued Cuba | y become so desperate as | to action. a merchant of Havana and | Cuban delegation, presented | the Cuban standpoint. At| Cuba was buying large | gn_goods, and if recip- t about with the United ld buy American com- | ine and many other articles | oad. He believed this ould amount to $250,000,- ars ber of the United States ation said that the primary was one of good faith on | the United States toward | e course of which | part gh Kelly of New York, who has serican he urged that reciprocal be made. He believed that if | no reciprocity Cuba would ask | for annexation. R If this occurred the voice | the American people would be for ad- | the island. oza of the Cuban delegation pic- | ess if present conditions were continued and sald the loss on the sugar crop this year would approximate {12.000.000. He strongly favored the free vimissiorf of sugar and reciprocal conces- sions on American goods entering Cuba. The hearing will continue to-mOrrow. BURLINGTON TRAINS TO REACH LOS ANGELES SALT LAKE, Jan. A special to the | Iribune from Washington says: There is | ittle doubt that the Burlington Railway | will within a very few days, effect a | ! with the Harriman people which wil! | into Los Angeles via Ser road from Salt Lake City A conference was held in y between General on, general solicitor of : R. C. Kerens of sident of the San Pedro | lark of Montana and sev- | tives of the Harriman syn- | controls the Oregon Short | Union and Southern Pacific rk to-day made a prapasl-" he Short Line, or, failing in | part of the line below Sait | in that, the Senator said | 1 a parailel line. If his| pted, it is reasonable to Burlington will be run- rains via Lincoln ‘and Salt Angeles before the end of the 0 | senta b GRAPE-NUTS. | Add Cream ! to 4 epoonfuls of Grape-Nuts | and you have a | delicious meal ! thout cooking... o SAE {of Visalia. | had paid Cone money for work done on | mining claims at Kotzebue Sound that | the essessments and had e Cuban sugar in-| W “grubstake” when the gold fever seized | him, his friends here point to the fact | that no evidence was found against him when a Visalia court passed upon his cul- pability. They declare that each person who advanced a few dollars to pay the expenses of the reverend gentleman's trip to Alaska expected to receive in return a claim that would enrich him for life and that the investors are indignant because their hopes have not been realized. Rev. Mr. Cone, who was formerly pas- tor of the Christian caurch in this eity, was arrested in Alameda on December 27 nd taken to Visalia on a charge of secur- money under false _pretenses. The rant was sworn to by J. N. Hitchcock Hitchecock claimed that he was pever performed. At the preliminary amination of Cone, which took place in Visalia, he was discharged, as there was not enough evidence to hold him. Cone claimed that he did all the required work on the claims; that he had worked out e located some good properties. The $100 that he received from Hitcheock, he said, was the pro rata Hitchcock agreed to put, up before he (Cone) went to Kotzebue. After Cone was discharged in Visalia Hitchcock tried to get a warrant for his arrest in Hanford on the same charge, but the Justices refused to issue one. Rev. Mr. Cone stand high in this com- munity and his friends declare that of all those who have had dealings with him in the mining claims Hitchcock was the only one to complain. Rev. C. P. Cone, who is mentioned in | the toregoing dispatch, makes the follow- | ing statement as regards his connection | with the complaint of J. N. Hitchcock of Visalia: I was charged by J. N. Hitchcock with the crime of feloniously obtaining money by false pretenses in Tulare County on April 13, The case was tried before Justice of the Pes H. C. Lillie, and, on the showing of the pros- | i ecution, was dismissed on December 30, 1901. The circumstances were that I secured & claim in the Koyokuk country a year ago last summer, under power of attorney from Hitch- cock; when I returned that fall I rep him, and he paid me for the location last He sold out @ part of the claim to Visalia parties and they sent a young man with him to Alaska, all going on the same | steamer with me and my son. In the course of time we reached the claim | and he was put into possessio: meking any complaint, nor intimating that he had any claim against me. He expr: isfaction with the claim. The matter apparently settied to everybody's NO COMPETITION BY EOVERNMENT CALL - BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. be no Government competition with the Commercial Cable Company in the Pacific so far as the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs is concerned. There are now pending before this com- mittee seven bills providing for a cable in the Pacific Ocean to be built by .the Government or to be heavily subsidized by the Government. Senator Hale, chairman of the Senate committee, made this statement to-day: “Members of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs are not disposed to do any- thing further in the matter of bills be- fore them providing for a_Government | cable to the Far East. Last year the committee reported and the Senate passed a bill for such a cable, but no action was taken by the House. No_ further consid. eration will be taken here unless the Houle should pass a bill. The commit- tee was very much impressed with the statements made in behalf of the Com- mercial Cable Company. Their operations are already well advanced and they show a_disposition to comply with all the Gov- ernment requirements. They stand ready to sell to the Government at its own ap- praisal and are willing to leave to the Postmaster General the matter of rates. The company is acting in good faith and asks no Government subsidy. think the committee will take any further action in any matter which looks to direct competition” on the part of the United States.” ar holdings in Cuba, said (haz:wvzmon SAID TO HAVE ISSUED THE COMMISSION | Gossip That Politicians Are Advising Colonel Stone to Decline Adju- tant Generalship. Politiclans who claim to be posted con- |cermng the adjutant generalship assert that the commission has been issued and that the name of George Stone is inscribed thereon. Colonel Btone, a day or two ago, conveyed the impression that he would accept the office. There was talk | last night that his friends were urging him to decline the commission, using as argument that acceptance would remove his name from the list of possible candi- dates for Republican nomination for Gov- ernor. Colonel Stone is chairman of the Republican State Central Committee and & member of the Republican Primary League. In tendering the adjutant gen- eralship to the colonel the Governor may { have nad it in mind to gratify the league and at the same time clear the field of fu- ture contest by the elimination of a rival. It is understood that Colonel Stone is an ardent advocate of Samuel M. Shortridge | for United States Senator George C. Perkins. The recent reappointment of Isaac Up- ham of this city and O. A. Hale of San Jose to the Board of Trustees, Agnews Asylum, has no political significance. They have rendered the State excellent service for many years, and are men of mght character and good business attain- ments. to succeed —————— | NOMINATING COMMITTEE SELECTED BY BOHEMIANS At the regular quarterly meeting of the | Bohemian Club Tuesday afternoon Ra- phael Weill, Henry K. Field, Laurie Bun- ten, Orrin Peck and David Bush were chosen @s a committee to nominate club officers for the next term. There were two tickets in the field, but the one headed by Raphael Weiil received ninety votes, against twenty- seven for the other ticket. As a result of the contest, Frank P. Deering's name will be placed at the head of the regular ticket for re-election to the presi- dency of the club. The annual election of officers for the Union League Club took place Tuesday. The following ticket was elected without opposition, fifty-two votes being cast: (g:orge H. Pippy, president; D. E. Mc- Kinlay, first vice president; 8, J. Hendy, second vice president; I. W. Hellman Jr., treasurer; J. B. Fuller, secretary; di- rectors—William M. Abbott, F. M. An- gellotti, H. G. W. Dinkelspiel, A. 8. Man- grum, E. J. Smith and O. F. Westphal. In the evening the annua) meeting of the eclub tcok place. George D. Clark, the re- tiring president, reviewed the events of the past year and introduced his succes- sor, Colonel George H. Pippy. ‘There will be a regular meeting of the new hrewd mews Batnrdas complaint among the | 1901. | ed to | , WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—There will | I don’t | UARY 16, 1902. OUNTY'S PRISONERS BID JAIL FAREWELL John McGinnis and F. L. Loring, Charged With Buréfary, Accept Op- o i | | | | | | | — portunity Offered to Leave Their Cramped Quarters and Escape Through Same Opening Used by Fugitives of Monday Night 1 | DARING CRIMINALS WHO ESCAPED FROM THE ALAMEDA JAIL LAST NIGHT, CRAWLING THROUGH THE APERTURE SAWED IN THE IRON BARS BY THREE PRISONERS WHO GAINED THEIR LIBERTY SOME | TIME BETWEEN 6 O'CLOCK MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. — AKLAND, Jan. Complete de- moralizaticn has overtaken Sher:ff Rogers and his force of deputies. ' As if to add to the general dis- | | | order, two more prisoners escaped to-night from the County Jail, following their celimates of yesterday through the same aperture they made to gain free- dom. John McGinnis and F. J. Loring, ac- cused of burglary, climbed through the opening that Frank Caldwell, Fred Smith { and James Murphy escaped through yes- terday morning. This third escape in three’ weeks was successfully accom- plished at five minutes to 6 o'clock this | evening. Deputy Sheriffs Will Holland and George Wales were on duty at the jail, when Holland was suddenly aroused by a ecry of prisoners escaping. The warning came from Bert Hempstead, janitor at the Hall | of Records on Broadway, between Fourth | and Fifth streets. He had finished work and was walking along Fourth street toward Washington when he saw the figures of two men lowering themselves down the jail wall that faces the Court- house yard. The men were scarcely on the ground before they ran out to the Fifth-street entrance of the Courthouse vard. Hempstead quickly realized what had occurred, for vesterday morning's escape | was still' a fresh topic of conversation at the courthouse. The janitor ran after the | men, who turned into Fifth street, the | pursuer’s yells attracting Holland, who joined in the chase, but the fleeing men | guickly distanced the officer and they disappeared. |~ Back to the jall went Holland to inves- | tigate. By some means or another the | empty cell that had been occupied by the | trio that got out Monday night had been entered, the door lock having been picked. It was an_easy enough matter to break jall then, for repairs had not been com- HALE'S REMARKS ol IR A STORM Senators Defend Honor of the Nation’s Volunteers. * WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—A spirited dis- cussion was precipitated in the Senate to- day by some remarks submitted by Hale of Maine in respect to bills relating to the formation of a naval reserve which he introduced. He took ground against the organization of a naval reserve, his com- ments being construed by some of the Senators into a reflection upon volunteer soldiers and. land militia. Half a dozen Senators were on their feet in an instant to defend the volunteers and the rational guards of the various States. The debate took so wide a range that Senators went back in their reference to the days of the Revolutionary War to seek illustrations for their arguments. ‘While no action was possible at this time, it is likely that the discussion upon the measures, should they be reported, will be very lively. No business of special fm- portance was transacted, the time of the Benate being consumed by matters of routine. After the adjournment of the Senate Hale said the naval reserve bills intro- duced by him to-day had been presented Dby request of persons interested in such legislation. In the same manner he had introduced bills representing both the Navy Department’s views and those of in- dividuals or organizations on the ques- tion of a naval reserve. He personally, however, did not stand committed to any of them and he questioned whether any satisfactory results would come from them. The House to-day passed the pension propriation bill, Which has - been amaor discussion for three days, and then ad- journed until Saturday. The resolution &re&ared by the special committee on the cKinley memorial exercises, providing for an address by Secretary of State John Hay in the Hall of Representatives on February 27, was adopted. _—— Licensed to Marry OAKLAND, Jan. 15.—Licenses to marry were issued to-day to Frank H. Smith, aged 21 years and Bernice Tombs, 19, boti of Fresno; Manuel D. Goularte, 29, and Maria 8. Amaral, 22, both of Irvinzton. menced on the bars and shield which the three former occupants had so neatly cut. Make Rope of Overall Strips. Loring and McGinniss after opening th cell door, climbed through, lowered the: selves to the jail yard, and were over the wall. They had ripped several pairs of overalls into strips, woven ‘them._ to- gether, rope-fashion, fastened a wire hook at one end, and with that made their way over the wall. The rope of overalls was found dangling where Hempstead had seen the two prisoners get away. The re- cord now stands: Tscaped Christmas night, December Frank Case, robbery; Willlam Kelly Jscaped Monday night, Januas Caldwell, burelary: Fred Smith, James Murphy, burglary, Escaped January 15—John McGinnls, burg- lary; . L. Loring, burglary. McGinnis was a partner of Kelly, who escaped Christmas night. They had been arrested for alleged burglaries the race track. He is 24 years old. Loring was arrested at Niles for robbing saloons at Pleasanton. He is 2 years old. Sheriff Rogers is now = congratulating himself that the Grand Jury corridor oc- cupants did not follow McGinnis and Lor- ing. There were thirteen prisoners in the corridor, just before the two men de- parted, and so far as the jailers know, there was no reason why the entire num- ber should not have gone. The escape was made just before the 6 o'clock lockup. Deputy Sheriff Wales declares that the cell door through which the men went to-night has been locked ever since the delivery of Monday night was discovered. He said: ““They must have picked the iock and then gone through the hole in the bars at the window.” 2 Holland and Wales had been Yu( into the jail to take the places of Jailers Taylor and Schoenau, who were out trying to find the absentees of Monday. ~Sheriff Rogers returned to-night from a false- 25— burglary. 13—Frank burglary; at BRITAIN'S WAR NEARS IT5 END King Declares South Af- rican Strife Is About Over. LONDON, Jan. 15.—King Edward has given the royal indorsement to the belief among the public that an early declara- tion of peace in South Africa may be an- ticipated. “The war might now be regarded as ap- proaching its conclusion,” were the words of his Majesty to-day in addressing the officers of the Guards after reviewing a draft of 1200 of the Grenadiers, Cold- streams and Scots Guards, who start for South Africa to-morrow morning. P The King's speech otherwise was not important. His Majesty was accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Con- naught, the Duke of Cambridge and Lord Roberts, surrounded by brilliant staffs. A large gathering of privileged guests viewed the function. It is announced here that Lord Kitchen- er has been authorized to spend £835,000 for the extension of railroads in South Africa, Lord Kitchener having arrived at the ‘conclusion that this course would ma- igrfially aid in the subjugation of the Joers. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 15—Dr. Kuypter, the Premier of Holland, who has just re-' turned here from England, says his visit to London was on purely personal busi- ness. He adds that he did not see any politicians or officials and that he has never been intrusted with any mission in behalf of the Boers, either to London or Brussels. LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. DOMESTIC PORTS. e PORTLAND—Arrived Jan 15—Stmr| Colum- bia, from San Francisco. > PORT 1.OS ANGELES—Arrived Jan 16— Stmr_Mineola, from Nanatmo, » DSAN' DIEGO—Arrived Jan 15—Stmr &t ents, from Ensenada. OCEAN STEAMERS. HONGKONG—Arrived Jan 15—Stmr Indra- pura, from Portland, via Yokohama. ; Sailed Jan 15—Stmr_Empress of China, for Shanghal, Nagasakl, Yokohama and Vancou- ver, 2 “ YOKOHAMA=—Arrived Jan 13—Stmr Claver- ing, from ma, for Hongkong. - an Prinz, eta. NEW Y 1 Frederick Hendrick, from — alarm chase into Contra Costa County. When he arrived at Oakland pier he re- celved the consoling news that two more of his wards were gone. Sheriff Rogers has no plans for the pos- sible capture of his flown birds. The es- capes have come so thick and fast that he has not had time to do much think- ing. The men who went out to-night without leave made quick plans for es- cape. The rope they used was hastily contrived and everything about the de- pafture indicated that they had not wasted a minute since yesterday to take advantage of the opening. As Deputy Wales explains the situation the men either had a pieklock or the door :;;:‘Iefi open. He sald in that connec- This morning Deputy Sheriff Striker exam- ined the cell door and reported that it was locked. It had been locked as soon as the three men got away Monday. Loring and Me- Ginniss were in the corridor with the rest of e prisoners about 5:30 o'clock, and the “lock-uv.” I how they could get that lock open, but the way it was done does not affect as of the other cells, because there is a different key for each door. Janitor Bert Hempstead sald concern- ing his part in the discovery: I heard a noise among the palm trees on the side of the jail wall. At first I thought some one was throwing ‘‘dope’” over the wall, but before 1 had gone a few steps further I saw iwo men come out of the shadow of the traes and then I saw the rope dangling on the wal The men started toward me, but one of the stopped, spoke to his companion, and then they started to run toward the Fifth-street en- trance. A3 quickly as I could I aroused Holland at the jail. “He called out to Wales, but the two men” had disappeared before any of us had half a_chance to get them. NO, I wasn't over-anxious to encounter them as my life is pretty good for me. One of th: men who got away Monday night had a big piece of gaspipe with him and he was ready to do damage. That pipe was wrapped with | rags and would make a splendld knockout weapon. GLUB QUARTERS ON WRONG.LAND McCloud River Associa~= tion May Lose Its Buildings. Speclal Dispatch to The Call REDDING, Jan. 15.—It is-claimed that the McCloud River Association, the mil- lonaire sporting club, has forfeited its magnificent buildings on the McCloud River by locating them, through a sur- veyor’s error, on an Indian allotment. The claim is made by the attorney for F. Fir- lotte and J. S. Barnes, whom W. W. Van Arsdale had arrested for trespass and whose trial will occur to-morrow. Firlotte has an Indian wife, and in her name secured an allotment of land on the beautiful McCloud River fourteen years ago. They have since lived there, Fir lotte and Barnes being trappers an miners. 2 Some months ago a body of sporting men called the McCloud River Associa- tion procured part of section 2. This land adjoins the Indlan allotment of Firlotte on the east. The association has for its president W. W. Van Arsdale, the lumber king of Siskivou. The association planned great improvements, and among them was an_elaborate clubhouse. It sent a surveyor to map out the land. The sur- veyor is said to have marked off the wrong plece of land and so platted the maps that the McCloud Association buiit its clubhouse on the Firlotte allotment, and fully a quarter of a mile west of its own lane ‘Firlotte saw the stately clubhouse solnr( up, but paid no attention to it and of- fered no objections. When he and his Barnes, renewed operations on ad the two arrested. Firlotte has ratained Attorney G. W, Bush to make his fight. He claims all the club bulldings, tennis courts and other ements as his own, because they are built on his land. Indian allot- %o the club ments are not transferable, cannot buy the site from Firlotte. It is a pretty legal tangle. LIBEL SETTLED.—The libel of J. w. the steam 4 W Long, engineers of e Voo " Long, o er Vos: m:u*m“m-mhnumdmot STRANGE RUMOR OF A LYNGHING Letters From Washing- ton State Tell of a Tragedy. Writer Claims That Former Nebraskan Was Hanged by Citizens. * Special Dispatch to The Call TACOMA, Jan. 15.—The whereabouts of Dr. Sidney Goodmanson, dentist, and whether he is dead or alive are questions which residents of this State, Illinois, Ne- braska and South Dakota are endeavol ing to solve. Newspapers in Pender, Neb., and Princeton, 1ll., recently pu lished extended reports to the effect that Goodmanson had been lynched in this State for the murder of his second wife. These publications were based on letters recefved from Washington, which gave some details of the reported lynching, but failed to say just where or when the event tock place. So far as is known, n such lynching has occurred in Washing- ten, and it could not have taken place without gaining publicity, except in the backwoods of Okanogan or Douglas Coun- ties. There is reason to believe that the report was sent to Nebraska and Illinois by Goodmanson himself, or by some friend, with the purpose of covering his future movements. Goodmanson was tried in Pender, Neb., and acquitted on a charge of murdering his beautiful first wife, who was Miss Laura Ioder, a leader in church work at Tiskilwa, 1ll. Her parents were wealthy and she brought her husband considerable property. They moved to Pender, where Goodmanson praticed dentistry. He did a thriving business and they soon built | a fine_home, into which they had not yet | moved, when Mrs. Goodmanson died sud- denl According to the -published re-| ports in Illinois papers, she expired after visiting the office of her husband, where she complained of being ill and was given | something to drink. About a week after the funeral sus-| piclons were aroused and it was decided to exhume the body and send the stomach | to Chicago for analysis. Chemists there | found that the stomach contained poison | in’ sufficient quantity to cause death. Dr. Goodfmanson was arrested, tried and acquitted. Soon afterward he moved to this State, and engaged in practice In | small .country town in one of the back- | woods counties. Nothing was heard of | him until letters arrived at Pender and Tiskilwa giving information about his supposed lvnciing. The story was that | his second wife had dled suddenly, under circumstances similar to the death of the first Mrs. Goodmanson; that the manner | of his first wife’s death was known in the | community, and when the second wife | died the neighbors promptly concluded he was guilty and made short work of him. Legislators Take No Chances. FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 15.—Both | houses of the Legislature to-day met in joint session and compared yesterday's journals of the two houses, showing the election of James B. McCreary for Sena- tor to succeed W. J. Deboe.” Owing to indefiniteness in the Kentucky constitu- tion regarding the day on which the bal- lot for Senator shall be taken, the pro- ceedings_of vesterday and to-day_will be repeated on next Tuesday and Wednes- day. 5 PROTRERERPRIRRER B RRERELTLDY ISTUTE MR W THRES A HAND CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. ‘W., WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Diplomacy has interfered in the fight in progress to ermanently - exclude Chinese from the Jnited Stotes. To the dismay of Pacific | Coast interests which have been vigor- ously pushing a bill contemplating ex- ciusion without limit of time Secretary | Hay has come forward with a proposition that the legislation enacted contains a provision for its termination within_two vears and six months from next May. if this suggestion be adopted the exclusion law will fall simultaneous with the term- ination of the treaty regulating Chinese immigration. “In ample time before the expiration of the treaty Secretary Hay will begin nego- tiations with Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese Minister, as a result of which a new con- vention in relation to Chinese immigra- tion will be signed and laid before the Senate for ratification. Such procedure | would be unsatisfactory to Pacific Coast intercsts, which urge that-if the treaty and law should expire at the same time and a new teaty \which might be nego- tiated should fail of ratification the door | would be left wide open for the admission of Chircse and a mad rush would occur which would be highly injurious to Amer- | ican labor. The State Department Is inclined to think that these fears are exaggerated and that before the law or treaty term- inated an arrangement could be arrived at which weuld be satisfactory,to China and the United States. Wu Ting Fang has cleverly intimated that if Congress adopts harsher measures ‘than those already in force his Government will retaliate, The sub-committee of Pacific Coast Sen- ators and Representatives interested in Chinese exclusion, with Representative Newlands of Nevada as chairman, con- cluded their work to-day and will repory to-morrow to the full committee; repre- senting all the Pacific Coast States. The majority report will present a bill com- bining the best features of the several measures which have been proposed, in- cluding that of the immigration bureau introduced by Representative Kahn and the Federation of Labor bill. It is also expected that there will be a miaprity report favoring a more simple treatment of the question by extending the Geary exclugion law with an amendment pro- hibiting the entrance of Chinese from the i) ines. PNERYYORK, Jan. 15.—The Chamber of Commerce and Merchants' Association of New York have adopted resolutions favor- ing the passage of an exclugion bill which shall ~xpire on the same day the treaty terminates. Pacific Coast steamship in- terests and_transcontinental railroads are at work cpposing the enactment f any bill contemplating Chinese exclusion, SANTA FE RAILROAD ‘WILL SPEND MILLIOKS CHICAGO, Jan. 15.—The Record-Herald to-morrow will say: The management of the Santa Fe has decided to spend $13,- 000,000 for equipment during the present year. This statement was made by an official of the company, who added that the money would come from the pro- ceeds of the new issue of bonds to the amount of $30,000,000. Just how the ex- penditure is to be apportioned is not stat- ed. but it is known that an order has been iven for box cars, 50 mammoth reight engines and 100 more engines of smaller type, and that practically all of the passenger equipment of the company is_to be renewed. The official statement regarding the amount to be spent for equipment makes it plain what is to be done with the pro- ceeds of the bond issue. It will take fully $12,000,000 to give company over 800 miles of new line free from debt. s sum and the equipment appropriation taken from $30,000,000 leaves $5,000,000. Of this amount fully $2,000,000 will go toward the new terminals n San Francisco and the balance will be used for grade reduc- tions, etc. Shot by a Highbinder. Dr. Hom Hock, a Chinese physician, was shot in the arm last night by an unknown highbinder. He was removed to the Emergency Hospital for treatment. The injured man claims that he was sitting in his office at 616 Dupont street and a man came in ”;‘tln to{:‘l him that 'ltoml Hanc v-: a in the house opposite. He wen o{lelrxg and had reached the third floor when three shots were fired at him. He believes “l.l?e would-be mugderer is a m of e Suey Sing Tofig. PAYS MILLIONS FOR OIL WELLS (Southern Pacfic Buys Section of Land in Kern County. Former Owners Profit by a Bargain Made Several Years Ago. Special Dispatch to The Call. BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 15—0Oil circles are stirred to-night by a report, of which there is no denial, that the Southern Pa- cific Rallroad Company «as purchased from the Thirty-Three and Imperial Oil companies section 33, in the Kern River fields, for a sum said to be between $3,000,- 000 and $7.000,000. The price is comserva- tively estimated to have been the former figure, or an amount considerably below the latter. On the property in question there are about thirty producing wells, with a gross Gaily cutput of 4000 barrels. The pur- chase includes all improvements in the form of pipe lines, pumping plants and tankage, wnich in value will, it is said, foot up $250,000. The land is in the best portion of the Kern River flelds. The wells sunk upon the section have proved to be uniformly successful as producers. The value of the land has been rougniy estimated at $4,000,000. “l‘heh selling fll'l:ll- panies had a good bargain, however. with the Southerh Pacific, which probably led to the railroad company making \ne Dus chase. - At an early date and before there was any idea that the wells would be such producers or that such a body of petro- leum would be struck, the Southern Pa- cific had agreed to handle all the oil pro- duced on the property, for which it was to pay $1 a barrel. As the Southern Pa- eific could not possibly consume the out- put, it sald that it had chosen to pur- chase at a high figure rather than buy at $1 a barrel and sell at one-third of that price. PERSONAL. W. E. Green of Sacramento is at the Palace. Charles E. Swexy, a mining man of Marysville, is at the Grand. J. G. Shebley, a mining man of Graes Valley, is staying at the Grand. G. Pacheco, a large land owner of Ig- nacio, is at the Grand with his wife. J. F. Moore, an extensive sheep raiser of Santa Barbara, is a guest at the Pal- ace. W. J. Wilson Jr., a fruit grower of Newcastle, is among the arrivals at the Grand. Dr. C. A. Sheets, a retired medical prac- titioner of San Jose, is spending a few days at the Palace. R. M. Green, a prominent member of the Okio Society and a physician of Oro- ville, is at the Lick. L. W. Fulkerth, an attorney of Modes- to, 1s down here on a short business trip and has made the Lick his headquarters. R. Van Brune, a club man of New York, is out here to inspect his mining properties in Oregon. He is at present staying at the Palace. Cabtain George F. Eliis, a capitalist of Los Angeles, who was dangerously ill at the Lick, Is slowly recovering and the physicians report that he is out of dan- ger. L. F. Weaver, head of the California corporation of Studebaker Bros., leaves to-day on the Ventura for Honolulu. He will spend a month or six weeks at the islands. J. A. Brent, a capitalist of the East, has returned from inspecting some min- ing properties in the northern part of the State and has made his headquarters at the Palace. —_——————— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 15—The following Californians are In New York: From San Franelsco—C. E. Fredericks, B. Schloss and wife, it Hoffman; J. H. Clark, F. H. May, at Rossmore; H. L. Close, T. Doyle, at Grand; C. H. Gardner, at Heral Square; P. Hackett, at Cadiliac; C. W. Armes Jr., at New Amsterdam; A. L. Begbie and wife, at Astor; R, A. Berry, B. W. Bours, at Broadway Central; A. J. Dewing and wife, at Bartholdi; H. Doyle, at Holland; B. W. Freer, at Mur- ray Hill; W. Jenkins, at Morton; J. T. Thompson, at Imperial. From Los Augeles—E. Mathie, at Na~ varre. Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The follow- ing Californians have arrived at the ho- tels: Metropolitan, C. H. Grant; New Willard, F. Cawley and wife, Mr. and Mrs. L. Sloss, Miss Sloss, Louls Slose; Leon Sloss Jr.. 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