The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 22, 1903, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 22 1903. ~ BOYS OF TENDER YEARS CAUGHT FANSACKING A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE = IREWATING THE YOUTHFUL N BURGI IN THE AND MA FOR MO2 ING HER boys had DIREETORS FOR WATSON THE EMPORIUM. | THE EMPORIUM. | THE EMPORIUM. ] THE EMPORIUM. 5 They are the nice large 75c Lid | |Porter Bros. Comioany President on Way to Chicago. Meeting Regarding Failure to Take Place Up:n His Arrival. R I Bsnks to Which Corporation Is In- debted Are Xeeping Close Eye the Develop- ments. on Watson, president of the Por- to arrive in the com- Affairs in tifficulty s Comp . is due A mceting are in all definite idea easu oly f1 ies and assets of the com- i s reached after the meeting. rhe ma of the stock is held by Wat- ctated the elec- controlled the there is no to give company’s . is en- uthern California or- With these thiee concerns more than he could posed to have had o borrow money for each of three Whether the vorations at tie and Los Angeles will be affected he Porter Brothers Coi fatlure a sut of much I speculation BANKS LOAN LARGELY. | The indebtedness of the Porter Brothers Comy o banks in San Francisco amc t tween $500.000 and $400,000. | | Whether this indebtedness is wholly se- cured Artorney Madison the le in this city of e yesterday The bankers re- to 1 g into the 1 fused to give out deta | | the press concerning t s borrc Lynch > Porter Brothers “alifornia. So , the agents Francisco branch of any. ompany plants, sit , the $150,000 ans that the or- in Cal ated large- to $200,000. banks ecurity for the consists i own as crop not to whom money has been advanced There is on hand a large fruits, which may be . riginal i the com wes 1o P = 2308 Howard money to the farmers. This applies to Juth he was | the shippers of early cherries consigned the house. The cherry checks are g in now and these will not be hon- ored. Mr. Bilis says that the amount on this account is a few hundred doMars cnly 7 $400. at the outside. losses that the banks now stand liable to bear depend upon the amount to which the far to and a | curity, are good. Accoraing to the b to the information that can be secured, this be- request of unofficial, debts held by local banks . er home. include loans for $100,000 by the Anglo- . George and | Californian Bank, loans by the Wel institu- | Fargo F 1 of which are said to be vs doing here? are now working. The father secured; the London, Paris and give her an answer, £ man and seldom at home. | American Bank: loans by the Bank of “alifornia, loans by the First National nk, reported to be 000;- also unspeci- 1 Dby other local banking houses. { Quartered oak, $10. A more ‘attractive pattern than we have been able to offer at the price for a long time. Built for parlor use principally and of quarter-sawed oak, finished a rich golden color, 30 inches bigh, with top 24 by 24 inches. Price $10.00. Also the same table in malkoganized birch at $10.00. ¢ A combination typewriter and office desk. Type- writer is lowered out of sight when not in use and a <mooth, polished writing surface comes into place. Desk contains four drawers, with raised fronts, and the entire exterior is paneléd. In golden quartered-oak %t £25.00 and in mahoganized birch at $30.00. Teilet washstands. Have & good sized mirror above splasher. Quite handy for a small bedroom. Ingolden otk at :7.50 and $g.00. ' Top drawer in both patterns his swelled front. . (Successors to California Furniture Co.) 057 to g77 Market Street, Opp. Golden Gate Avenue. As {ar back as February the Bank of California notified Porter Brothers Com- pany that it wished to close the account 1l the company to this ank has been materially reduced since that notice was given EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS. The magnitude of the present season’s operations, as anticipated. may be judged from the statement of Mr. Bills, made vesterday, that the outstanding contracts for fruit, green and dried, amount to more than $2 . Green frults have been handled by the company on consignment. Dried fruits and nuts have been taken as merchand Last season the shipments of California by Porter Brothers Company amounted to 3900 carloads, of which 2300 cars were filled with green fruit and 16% cars with dried fruits, nuts, etc. This vear's business will be even heavier, owing principally to the great Eastern demand incidental to the cutting off of Eastern crops by the weather. The future prospects of the concern will i not be known at once. THe probability is that arrangements will ‘be made to carry out the contracts made for fruit for the present season. Much may depend | upon the outcome of the meeting to be held to-day in Chicago. There being few debts, except those to banks, as the mat- ter now appears, it ought not to take a long time to find out the total liabllities. tate is concerned, the as- ¢ inventoried. Little green been taken. The dried fruit ecstimated. The creditors, af- ¢ inventory is completed, may ap- take charge of the . The general expectation is that company may be organized to take {ia the bu: s. time of the organization of thers Company, years ago, the s _has been profitable to it. have been diverted to the of other corporations. This will support | i | | overhauling of the affairs of the company. | The losses on Eastern speculations in ap. | ples are estimated to be large. | At this season of the year money goes | out rather than comes in, it being neces- sary to make advances to the fruit grow- ers to help the industry. With the ripen- ing of the fruit crop the tide is begin- ning to turn and money will soon be re- | cetved in large amounts on fruit sales, il| Judge Kohlsaat of Chicago has present jurisciction over the affairs of the com pany, the proceedings having been brought before him, and there will be no judicial action elsewnere until he has disposed of the phases of the case before | nim. He is presiding in a Federal court, ORIGIN OF BIG CONCERN. ‘Washington Porter, Ranch Hand, I Lays Its Foundation. Porter Brothers Company recalls the rapid rise of the big concern after the originating of the idea by Washington | Porter, who at the time was u ranch || hand in this vailey. Old-timers here re member Porter and his scheme of ship- ping fruit and how the idea was ridi- 1| culed. The true story of the start of the big firm is interesting. Washington Porter, who started the business, came to Santa Clara County for his health in 1868 and i mprovements | ners’ notes taken for se-! not be known until there is a thorough | i || BAN JOSE, May 21.—rhe failure of the! 9 Only 300 of thess new style Belts of fine quality Ribben in pleated folds; they have oxidized buckles and back ornaments to match; areanextra value for soc eac we've marked this in all sizes from e . 25e in hes n our stylish been 8.50, H : g E S Y H 3 x H H 5 » » & iy ® ES = s B 5 & 3 5 s Fy Iy S £ b3 S [ N » [y 5 % three tab'es in Ad :‘ st what ycu want for the porch or for the country were, §3.75, & 1 A few Pinamas — Su'tabl= for t-aveling and cuting, now . . . . . " . R & g 8| Al of cur Children’s Hats for rough and ready wear at big reductions to-day and Saturday. - - - 5 i plowenptay oo Cioth Boumnd Books 17¢c H rinting Negatives 300 Titles by World.Famous Authors % | Developing any size fims up to and in- | 10,000 volumes, consisting o more than 300 titles of the 'y 1 G . fiction, hist. ) attractively % cluding 4x5 inches, per doz.. 15@ A0l and co i to-day und Saturday. per volume & | Printing, inc uding 3% inches and | 3620 Far Dora Deanc-Holmes smaller Best work possib 3 Fabric Gioves €. large pearl clasp at wrist; co'ors white a A ] pears, modes, dates, tans and fast blacks; ¥ ; X Paris po'nt s.itching on the backs; the most | Gurabl: and stylish of summer gloves, pair : ) Ly s : c et o e S & | Women's two-clasp Taffeta Gloves—1In whits :_ and fast back, sizes 6 to 8, pair. . . 28@ %! $1.50 Gloves, $1.00 % | 216 pairs French Kid Gloves S| —smal lots of high grade two-clasp $1.50 * goves, manufactuzed by Alexandre, Perrin Hy eres, a1d Werthrimer & Co ; the blacks in :i sizes 514, 53 and 6 only; the colors are Y1 tans, bowns, navy and medium biue; for Fri- H 1y, while the sma'l \ | cay only, while the sma'l q. an- £l ity per pain . . . $1.00 Saie of Rogers’ ¥ Knives, Forks, Etc. 2| — - These f‘ L LTS — weil- : ¢ known ES ¥ § reliable x silver- cial Friday and Saturday only: ment marked, each . . . . Ladies’ S'ylith Fiat Hats—Of Milan, Tuscan and fancy es, unmounted, each.. 5@ » | Women's M.ilanese Lisle Glove—One plated goods, guaranteed fuil standard silver plate on z1 per cent nickel; spe- CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST- not be sent C. O. D. regular prices. Any $7.50 (o $10.00 Hat stock, now $6.95 Take advantage of th's (to-day) sale; it is the biggest Millinery offering of the present season; your unrestricted choice of any of -the very , beautifully trimmesd hats that we have selling at 37.;o,$ .95 $9.00 and $10, for 50 Styles ol Hats—All extremely nobby and becoming, all new and only the best materials us that can be made to sell at the price, will be found on d; the biggest valus the Millinery Depart- $5.00 Allan Quatermain—Hag- gard Andersen’'s Fairy_Tales Anna Karenina—Tolstoi The Garden Arablan Nights, Ardath—Corelll Beulah—Evans Beyond Pardon—Braeme Black Beauty—Sewell Bondman—Caine Bride's Fate—Southworth Capitola—Southworth Catherine de Medici—Bal- Letters Goll 1 Gridhm's zac Changed Brides—South- worth Children of the Abbey Count of Monte Cristo Cousin Maude—Holmes Cruel as the Grave—South- worth Deemster—Caine Deserted Wife—South- { worth Diana—Meredith —Hugo Saturday while quantity lasts (only Kona Coffee—Ths famous Hawaiian Blend, to-day and Saturday, Ib. . . ... . 19@ Castile Soap—Best imported, large bars, to- day and Saturday . .2 for 45¢ Extra Pineapple—Singapore, packed in heavy syrup, 3-lb. t'ns, to-day and Saturday 200 Oysters— Extra standard. .2 for 250 .. .220 15¢ 1-lb, tn . 25c 2-b. tn, for. 3 . 250 Pickied Sweet Figs— Delicicus, quart 306 Navel Oranges— Very choice, dozen {5 Medium knives, cetof 6. . . $1.28 | Choice Sardines—Imported, racked in olive & | Table forks, set of 6 . . $1.66 ol gtms. . ...l ... . 300 % | Tuble spoon:, set of 6. $1.66 | Yellowstone Whiskey — Rye o Bourbon, full 21 Teaspoons, =t of 6. . "830 | quart bottle, to-day and Saturiay $1.05 2 « secured work with Mr. Gould on a ranch near Santa Clara. While working for $30 a month he conceived the idea of ship- ping winter pears East. After being in- | formed that the rallway company would not ship pears without prepayment of | freight charges he wrote to his father, | asking for money. Mr. Porter Sr. re- fused to make the advance, as he falled to see any profit in the scheme. Then Washington Porter wrote to -his brother ed, who was running a livery stable in \icago. Fred immediately mortgaged his stable to get the money required. When it came to Washington Porter he left | Gould’s_employ and Started in to buy pears throughout Santa Clara Valley. Fred disposed of his livery stable and de- | { voted his time to the selling of the fruit | | shipped to Chicago. Porter Brothers | started in this way over thirty years ago. | Fred Porter died in Chicago several years ago. Washington Porter has retired from | business and is now a resident of Chi- | cago. | e o NOT FELT IN SOUTH. Porter Brothers’ Trouble Will Not Affect Los Angeles Firms. LOS ANGELES, May 2l.—According to the statements of a number of stockhold- ers in the Ruddick-Trench Company, that | corporation will not be affected in the | 1east by the failure of Porter Brothers, be- | cause the two companies have no con- nection whatever. | Porter Brothers have not operated ex- tensively in this part of the State for nearly five years, and even when they did their operations were not on a scale which even approached that of some of the other companies. When they left this field their business was taken up by the firm of Bruner & Smith, but that firm has been out of the fruit business for | nearly three years, and Porter Brothers | have had no company here to represent them. They did not enter the orange and lemon shipping business in Southern Cali- fornia, their business being identified more with other Kinds of fruit, and prac- tically all of it was done in the central and northern portions of the State. The Ruddick-Trench Company is a cor- | poration and its stock is held by fruit | growers and others throughout Southern | California. About a vear ago Mr. Rud- dick retired, disposing .of his stock to a | number of persons. He is now in New | Orleans. At his home tn Covina to-night | his sister, who is thoroughly familiar with his business, stated that although her | brother has not been connected with the company for nearly a year, she is sure there is no business connection between | it and Porter Brothers. She said the best ! indication of this is that the Ruddick- | Trench Company deals exclusively in or- | anges and lemons, while Porter Brothers | o not handle that kind of fruit or any | other kind from this part of the State. Where the bulk of the stock of the Rud- | dick-Trench Company is held is known | only to the officers of the company. The | corporation has been doing an extensive business, having shipping depots at near- | 1y all the -\tnlonl in the orange and lem- on belt. e FIGURES STILL WITHHELD. CHICAGO, May 2L.—Attorney Henry L. ‘Wilson and John McLaren, who have AMERICA'S GRANDEST STORE. Special Sale Goods ordered by mail or telephone will Sale Silk Drop Skirts $4.00 to $5.50 Values $3.28 and $3.98 We've closedout thebalance of a jot ber’sline of Fine Biack Tatfeta SilKk Drop Skirls at about a third und-r They are cut extra full, have good trains, some have pleated flounce, o'hers double ruffizs, and are all ready for imme- diate adjustment to any dress skirz. quantity lasts, your choice of these sp'erdid skirts at $3.28 and $3.98 . New Corsct-Fitting Jackets—Fin: all wool Covert cloth, lined with good Taffeta Silk, handsomely strapped and highly tailored; guaranteed perfect fitting; Dora Thorne—Braeme East Lynne—Wood Elizabeth and Her Germen English Orphans—Holmes Englishwoman's Love First Violin—Fothergill French Revolution—Carlyle te Fairy Tales Hardy Norseman—Lyall Hidden Land—Southworth Homestead on the Hill- side—Holmes Hunchback of Notre Dame Ofther Groceries and Liguors Best Creamery Buller—To- this time ), regular size squares of choicest butter for PoRRRRRERRE RERRRERIRRER RRERRERRRZERDE RRERERERERE RERERRREEERERER RERRERERRER RRRERERERRREEER RRERRREEPRR ARERERR Sheep Skins, 38c Another Big Sale To-Day And Saturday also, it the quantity lasts (1500). ize, in such good co'orings as red, green, terra cotta, mode, gray, salmon and blue, in some of the col- Neorings on'y a limited quantity; come 38 2 3 c early for your pick <f the entire acsortment at. Sale regularly Friday and Saturday also, if tully worth $22.50, for . $18.,50 Other new Corsel-fitting Jackets in lengths from 20 1 30 inches at $10.00 to $27.50. Men’s $12.50 and 315.0 Suits To-Day and Saturday, $9.85 Sa Yeur choice of brown and gray m'xed Cheviots regularly $12.5 this sae only . Saturday Boys’ 3-pkc:.K;| unusually fine v: Casiimeres and few days, but styles in homes up to $12.50, standard works of stamped in '7e very best bound in linen cloth, Lamplighters—Cummiins Lena Rivers—Holmes Tongfellow's Poems Lorna Doone—Biackmore || Dresiing. Only thoroughly exzert operators in Lover or Friend—Carey Tuclle—By Owen Meredith | attendance. Mcderate prices for the highest Marcla—Evans Now Or Never—Ootlc Old Curiosity Shop— Dickens Pathfinder—Cooper Pilot—Cooper Prue and I—Curtis Queechy—Wetherell Ralph Raymond's Heir— Alger Robinson Crusoe Romola—Eliot Thaddeus of Warsaw Thelma—Corelli Uncle Tom’s Cabin Under Two Flags—Ouida Vanity Fair—Thackeray We Two—Lyall Wide, Wide World Willy Reilly—Carleton Wormwood—Corelli day and Old Dominion or Globe Whskey—Full proof straight goods, to-day and Saturday, gallon ... . .. ... . ... 00008 Champion Whiskey — Reguarly $3.00 gallon and $1.00 bottle, ro-day and Saturday - gallon $2.40; bottle 75¢c Reisling or Sauterne — Choice ear-old wines, to-day and Saturday, gallon. .. . . o s S, S Cherries in Maraschino — Dandicolle & Gaudin, to-day and Saturday, large bottle . Good O!d California Brandy— Two days, gallon . AR Y A. V. H. Gin—The genuin=, bottle.. $7.50 $2.00 Values for $1.10 Made ot best quality B.ack and White Check Mor- cerized Italian Cloth, with deep accordeon + peated vandyke flource, finiched with narrow ruffie and dust rufi: underneath, Ladies” Striped Flannelette Petticoats, with wide hem . 22@ cencave shoulders, long narrow lapels, well trimmed and mads=; Boys’ $4.0 Sailor Suits—For ages 3 to g years, all-wool Serges, in red, brown, navy and roval bius; to-day and wool Cassimeres, Cheviot: and fancy Tweeds; Boys' Long Pants Suits — For gent'emen's cla s of work. Summer Petticoats $1.10 2,00, Friday and Satarday If you are going to nzed Te'escope Baskets for your summer vacation or lttie excar:ions into the coun- try, buy them to-day at these special prices: 20c and 25¢ sizes for 15¢ 35¢ and go0c¢ sizes for 25¢ BASKET DEPT. SECOND FLOOR. ie Boys’ Suits hundreds of Men's Stylish Spring Suits, new overp'ads end stripes, and near, plain and fancy and Worsteds, all cut in ths newest styles, with o and $15.00; special fc $2.98 15 years, al- $3.98 ges 12 to 19 years, blue Serges, Cheviots, not the quality that turns rusty in a the strictly all.wool grades, also the very n=west pun; and fancy mixtures; values $8.85 for . Manicuring and Hair Dressing Hardromely appointed parlors on second flocr, complete with every convenience, for ladies’ and Ladies’ Hair 22 Pants ‘u‘lts‘—‘Fo’r .:géx 9 to alues at our specia ARALAAARAARAR AARARAAARAR ARARAAARAAAAAAR AARAARAARAA AARARARAAAAANL AAAAAUAAARR AU S ARAS manicuring, and Curtain Rods 8c 1500 regular size extension, brass Curtain Rods, used for all lace curtains instead of poles; 2 first-class article that should be 12%4c 8 each; on sale in main ais'e, Fr.day on Ladies’ Summesr Vests 25¢ A large asortment of dainty styles in Ladies’ Swiss ribbed, lisle thread Vests, slezves; colors white, pink, sky blue, ecru and black;each . . . . . . .28¢ Ladies’ Jersey-fitting Lisle thread, Eques'rian Tights, white and colors . . 80¢ Sale of Children’s and Misses’ Shoes Made of Vici Kid or box calf, lace shoes with heavy low neck, no extension or lightweight soles, and spring heels, the newest shapes. Sizes 814 to 11, regularly $1.40; to-day $7,20 Sizes 1134 to 2, regularly g1.73, today . ... ... . .80.88 HAAA CARAARRRAAAAAA AR AR ATAARAAL ARLAAA R AAALAAR AR R AR AR | been named as receivers for Porter Broth- ers Company, frult commission mer- chants, have not yet discovered the state of that company's finances. Until James S. Watson, president of the defunct con- cern, returns to Chicago nothing definite will be known as to the company’s labili- ties and assets. The company was to-day characterized as a ‘“‘one-man concern,” in which other officers were either mere fig- ureheads or else paid mo attention to its financial standing. From officers of the company a state- ment was obtained to-day that the liabili- ties were really less than $1,000,000 and that the assets were much in excess of that sum. Another report was that the | liabilities were at least $500,000. No defi- nite statement could be obtained as to the reason of the assignment. 1t was stated that outside business and speculation caused loss of money by the firm and led to the failure. The company is said to have made a strong fight for the raising of commission rates, and against such firms as Reid, Murdoch & Co., and Franklin, McVeagh & Co. The fact that the company was outside the trust is also said to have caused its downfall. None of these statements can be verified before the arrival in Chicagh of President Watson. SUFFERS FROM FAILURE. Recsiver Appointed for North Ameri- can Fisheries. SEATTLE, May 21.—On the application of Gus Hinch, a creditor, Federal Judge Hanford appointed a receiver to-day for the North American Fisheries Company, a corporation operating extensively on Puget Sound and in the Grays Harbor country, in both of which localities it maintains salmon canneries. The receiver- ship was made necessary by the fact that Porter Bros., whose president is the heaviest stockholder in the concern, falled two days ago. The court named Thomas Gorman as receiver of the company and fixed his bond at $5000, which he immediately exe- cuted, with'A. P. Burwell and Frank D. Black as sureties. Receiver Gorman has been the active head of the company's operations on this coast for the last three years, and it was on the application of the principal creditors that he was se- lected. Gorman makes his headquarters at Aberdeen. ’ It is claimed by.the local representa- tives of the company that the receiver- ship was made necessary to bridge over the emergency which was precipitated by the failure of the Chicago firm. J. S. ‘Watson, the president of Porter Bros., was one of the principal backers of the company, and the unexpected fallure of his house caused numerous creditors of the fisherles company to press their claims, with the result that all demands could not be met. The company's lia- bilitles are approximately $245,000, and its assets are $600,000. e Boycotters cartooned in the Wasp this week P e — ‘Business men should see it. L KANSAS CITY, Mo., a descendant of Da: The Office Home. Tke {dea prevailed, and not so long ago, that it mattered little how uninviting and cheeriess one's surroundings might be during business hours. But it is very different these days. Men notice these days that when they spend more than half their waking hours in the whirl and fatiguing rounds in the channels of com~ mercial and financial enterorises they shouid have comfortable environments as to office furnishing. and the best of tools to work with. In the current issue of the News Letter are cuts of a number of offices whose appointmeats and furnishings express in mute but telling expressions that their occupants are in accord with the Letter's observations on the “office home. - —_———— BOSTON, May 21.—At the closing day's session of ‘the United States Army Surgeons’ Association Captain John C. Wise, medical di- rector, U. B. N., was elected president, and St. Louls was selected the place of meet- ing next year. Arainst Kearns Dismissed. case against Attorney W. T The Kearns, who was charged with embez- | zling $1700 belonging to the estate of Mr: Jane Canney, was dismissed by Police Judge Cabaniss yesterday afternoon. The | complaining witness was Edward P. Mur- | phy, a nephew of Mrs. Canney. Kearns had a power of attorney from Mrs. Can- ney and the Judge dismissed the case because it was not shown that Kearns did not pay the money to her before her death. —_——— Alexander’s Trial Postponed. The case of Ernest Alexander, former policeman, charged with accepting a bribe from Lulu Wilson, was called in Judge Lawlor’'s court yesterday. It had been set for the second trial, but by comsent a continuance was granted till June 22. The shirt here pictured is made from » new fabri ras. It is a most -excellent mater colors are woven into the cloth an ‘T’he shirts come in white, tan, str ial for wear and washing. The d will not fade. blue and gray with harmonious s of green, black, blue, red and gold. ‘onsidering the good workmanship, fit and quality of the garments, they are equal to regular $1 50 sh $1. Out-of-fown orders filled—write SNWO irts; our price Is oo for our new illustrated catalogue. oD 740 Market Streect