The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 16, 1903, Page 33

. . \ SAN FRANCISCO, Call. SUNDAY, AUGUST ‘16, 1903 | Pages 33 to 44 fr’ HEROES OF MANY BATTLE FIELDS THRONG CITY'S STREETS WGED WOMMN LOSES LIFE N FLAMIES —_——— Meets Death While Her Husband Strives to ave Her. She Bends Stove. rugs and threw the other ad he been by wife he could possibly DORNEIERER SAVES HOUSE. jerer dis- g burned, dying woman's »d a portion as Do s wife was dead he | house o . ves at the Prizefight. Accused of Embezzling Coin. years of age of misdemeanor embezzlement ed of pending the money —_——————————— Tries to End Her Life. Elizabeth Jones, wallowed six ay morn w the 1 her life. Policeman Dav he rang for an refu ney Hoer was her out O'Farrell ic tablets of ———————— cient Order United Workmen. Take Notice. se, established 1ife § nish life insuranc life or endowmernt Members raight sick benefits included, than those to be adopted Ancient Order of United ite guarantee and se- se in rates. Address e, giving full name, date ress, ahd a sample pol- et = McCullough Held for Forgery. ckson M gh was held to an- rior Court by Police day on a charge of = He was accused of es of section hands road and securing ymaster on De- previously em- reman. —————— Sues Dairyman for Damages. 1 sed C. W. Hanfe, » . akiand Dairy, yesterday r $10.00 was knocked down by of Hanfe's wagons on May 31, 1903, and alleges t} iver was careless. —_——— . Rieduced rates on household goods to & from “he East & South. Bekin's, 11 Montgomery. * Clothing | He | r by Timothy | General J.C.Black Arrives From Chicago. Is Only Candidate | forCommander- ‘ in-Chief. | - ENERAL JOHN C. BLACK, who m be the next commander in jef of the Grand Army of the Republic, arrived here yes- | terday afternoon, accompanied by the Illin gent. General Bla name has so far been | the most seriously mentioned for the post der in chief and his friends from Illinois clalm that he will be elected by acclamation. He was defeated a year 2go for election to the office to which he the pational encampment gracefully withdrawing in Stewart after a friendly re is an unwritten law in affalrs that once a candi- e name bas been proposed with- . vor of another he shall be d to the office in the following year. is why General Black's friends pre- he will win and claim that there | | General Black in his sixty-fourth nd with his snowy white beard and strongly resembles the late Chief of ce 1 W. Lees When he arrived at | | | 055 ZVIFG NSO WHE | 1 he Palace Hotel he was warmly greeted by members of the Grand Army from all “How are gen- ; friends in » he recelved nds with old you, s he shook I com s ir hotel corridors. SILENT AS TO CANDIDACY. for me to he sald yester- about anything it is still rumored that his name to be mpment; i€ you withdraw your d. n to “1 will is a will a yw stic me though, that Miles fend of mine and I cons soldier. I am a great admirer of him.” The question of General Black's name being withdrawn In favor of General Miles brought out a storm of disapproval on the part of a number of members of clos round | remarked, for any one.” | | MANY INDORSEMENTS. | thelr candidate. ‘“No, no,” they “we won't withdraw his name Adjutant General Partridge, who is a member of the Illinois contingent, in dis- ussing General Black's candidacy, said: first of this month General Black the only candidate. In their of Ilinots, , Minnesota, ginia, New York adopted resolutions to General ska. have all representatives ¢ ck is at present a resident of > he is a practicing attor- ted as a private in April, General B whe | ney | 1861, er four years and four | months of service retired as colonel of ¢ | the Thirty-seventh Illinois Regiment. He ha: 0 been made a brigadier general. Six years ago he held the office of de- rtment commander of the Illinois De- partment of the Grand Army of the Re- public The general is accompanied by his wife and pretty daughter, Miss Helen Black. Among those in General Black's party registered at the Palace are General Ben- son Wood, General James Everest, Ad- jutant General Partridge and Colonel Thomas G. Lawlor. MEETS OLD COMRADE. interesting incident occurred yes- terday afternoon just after General Black registered 4t the Palace. Comrade French, a resident of this State, intro- duced himsgif to General Black. French's brother was standard-bearer for General Black’s regiment in the war. He was a man of gigantic proportions, being 7Weet 1 inch in height. French had a map of the pattie of Pea Ridge in his pocket and the two old soldiers with great delight sat down and scanned the map and pointed out to each other where the fiercest en- gagements took place. § General Black has already many en- An er him a great | the Illinois delegation who were clustered | AND THOUSANDS MORE |1 | ) +- / PROMINENT LEADERS IN THE FORTHCOMING ENCAMPMENT OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF VETERANS TAKEN ON FAMOUS BATTLEFIELD OF GETTYSBURG. — oS brilliant orator and will be very much in demand at the different meetings that will be held by Grand Army men during the encampment. s s GENERAL MILES ARRIVES. Warrior and Staff Reach City at an Early Hour This Morning. General Nelson A. Miles, retirgg, of the United States army, arrived in San Fran- cisco at an early hour this morning and —_— gagements for the coming week. He is a| proceeded to” the quarters reserved for him at the Palace Hotel. The distinguished soldier came to the Pacific Coast in a private car and was accompanied by six members of his staft during the Civil War. General Miles stopped en route on' his overland trip from New York, and he was given an ovation at every point. . As published in The Call yesterday, Gen- eral Miles has positively announced that he is not a candidate for the position of commander in chief of the Grand Army, and he will support General John C. - General Stewart Is in Land of Sunshine. He Speaks of the Hospitality of West. OS ANGELES. Aug. 15.—The 'big speclal train carrying General Thomas J. Stewart, commander in chief of the Grand Army, and the department officials and dele- gates from Pennsylvania, en route to the annual encampment in San Francisco, reached here to-day and received a warm welcome from the citizens of Los An- geles. Contrary to the original plans, which provided that the party should go north by way of the Valley road, it was decided to-day that the train should trav- el to San Francisco over the Southern Pacific Company’'s Coast line, the change being made so as to permit the visitors from the Keystone State to stop over a few hours at Monterey. After an en- Final Work ‘Done for the Great \ Reunion. £ — Biack of Illinols for the coveted position. The six officers who accompanled Gen- cral Miles have not been been with him since the close of the war at Appomattox Courthouse. The officers are as follows: Colonel Nathan Church of Ithaca, Mich.; General John S. McEwen of Albany, N. Y.; Major Alexander Sweeney of Steuben- ville, Ohio;. Major John D. Black of Val- ey City, N. D.; General George W. Baird, U. 8. A., of Connecticut, and Colonel H. H. Adams of New York, SR TANNER ON THE SCENE. g R Famous War Corporal Has Arrived From the National Capital. . One of the most notable cRaracters of the ~army of veteran soldiers who are congregating here, Corporal James Tan- ner of Washington, former Commissioner of. Pensions and at present judge advocate general of the Grand Army, arrived in| the city yesterday-forenoon and is stop- ping at the California Hotel. - As a lawyer of *fifteen - years' experience in Washing- ton, he naturally is familiar with the progress of national politics and is easy to lead into a discussion of the affairs of the two t parties. He fails to see where the Democrats have a chance of electing a President for many years to come. He is a stanch friend of President Roosevelt and predicts that he will be re- nominated. Corporal Tanner believes that SRy SRR R R e L ‘Continued on Page 36, Column 1. Vererans zEwsmms: *» 157 Rrer I vmEsoms ZATZIEFIELD. o+ joyable day In the Southern California metropolis the Pennsylvanians started northward at 9 o'clock this evening. They will arrive at Monterey early to-morrow morning and will leave there in time to be in San Francisco before 3 o'clock to- morrow afternoon. General Stewarf, just before the departure of his train to-night, referred to the hospitality that had been showered upon himself and party during the short stay “in this city. All nlzg the route, sald the general, the party Had been the recipient of a meost cordial wel- come. He described in a most eloquent manner the impressiveness of the pres- ent pilgrimage into the land of sunshine and to the shores of the Pacific by the great army of survivors of the mightiest army the world ever saw thirty-eight years after the darkest days of the great struggle. Continuing, the general said: “The time will soon come when among the busy millions of people of America there will. not be one survivor of that grand army that fought to save the re- public. But before we are gone we shall see many more stars of statehood creep into the blue of the glorious old flag, and it is our heartfelt hope that no one of the new will shine with less luster than those that preceded it. When we have finally all passed away I trust that the old flag will ever be drooped in honor of the soldier and sailor dead who have pre- served it to posterity.” General Stewart reiterated his previous remarks made at variqus places while en route to California relative to His sue- cessor as commander in chief of the Grand Army, belleving that General Black is the logical candidate for the place and that he-will be elected by a large ma- jority vote of the delegatés. He referred most pleasantly to General "Miles, but sald he did not thipk that he should be elected to the head of the veteran o _ganization, and he added that he was confident that General Miles would not allow his name to be placed before the ‘encampment. . The majority of those aboard the Penn- | | making some head WILL ARRIVE ON SPECIAL TRAINS TO-DAY * FEAR STOCK MAY TUMBLE 10 NOTHING Investors Believe That They Have Been Tricked. Home Oil Company’s Status Is Matter of Much Discussion. Apbrehensive Stockholders Hold Ani= mated Meeting and Appoint Com- mittee of Three to Make Investigation. PSS Forty disturbed and apprehensive stock- holders in the Home Oil Company met at the exchange rooms in the Mills bullding yesterday afternoon for the purpose of or tall out of the strange rumors which have been flylng about for a week concerning the status of thelr investments. After much heated discussion and many vefled accusations against R. B. Ellis, pres- ident of the company, the meeting ter- minated with the appointment of a com- mittee of investigation. The Home Ol Company is one of the oldest organizations of its kind in the State. It has proved an excellent inves ment for the greater part of the stock- holders, and has ranked always as a per- tectly straight concern. Many of the most cautious business men of California are investors in the Home Oil Company, and the present difficulty comes as a eomplete surprise to speculative San Francisco President Ellls wgg aware that the storm was coming, but' left nevertheless this week for Wyoming, where he claims to have a considerable amount of oil prop- erty. None of the other four directors were present ydésterday. The Home Ofl Company's real estats holdings are at Coalinga. Hanford is the shipping point. The property is of con- siderable extent and eight wells have been drilled. The company was formed in the early part of 1567, during the first of the oil excitement. Ellis, who is but little more than 30 years old, appeared in the ofl region and after some investiga- tion purchased Home Ofl at 13 cents a share. The par value is $1. COMPANY PROSPERS AT FIRST. The stock went up by leaps and bounds and has at times nearly touched the $4 mark. Last week it was at $3 10. The output has until recently been approximately 700 barrels a day. A month since the Stand- ard Ofl Company contracted with the Home Ofl people for 13,000 barrels month- Iy for five years at the fixed rate of & cents a barrel. Previously the company had made money by selling oil at 35 cents a barrel. The publication of the fact that a contract had been made on such good terms boomed the stock, and the investors were kept busy for a few days congratu- lating themselves and each other. President Ellls in July held 26,000 of the 100,000 shares of stock of the Home Oil Company. Quietly, but with haste, he sold. Hils transactions were conducted through Wilfred Page, a broker on the exchange. Most of the Investors who pald any attention to the subsequent fail in the price of stock concluded that some bear was trying to make a clean-up, and, convinced that Home Oil was one of the b things in the market, did not become alarmed. The stock dropped to $1 65 and there was a general awakening. Some laughed in their sleeves and bought mere stock; oth- ers sold rapidly. Many stockholders be- came apprehensive lest all might not be as it should, but their fears took no defi- nite shape. Then one day came a letter from one of the Home Oil Company’s drillers. He said that he did not wish to disclose his identity, but that he feit it right for the investors to know that the wells were producing great quantities of water but comparatively little oil. LETTER CREATES EXCITEMENT. This communication was sent to H. C. Miller. The news spread abroad quickly. It was resolved that something should be done, and yesterday's impromptu meeting was the outcome. It appears that President Eills has a salary of $250 a month. His brother, who attends to the shipping and general man- agement of the business at Coalinga and Hanford, is on the salary roll for $200 a month. R. T. Staley is secretary of the concern, with offices in the Mills bufld- ing. The directors are R. B. Ellls, Henry Rosenfeld, Louls Rosenfeld, A. D. Henry and J. C. Augsbury. The company has paid in dividends since organization the sum of $392,000. The gathering yesterday was wholly in- formal. John Hinkle was chosen to pre- side and Attorney O. P. Stidger was se- lected to serve as temporary secretary. After the meeting had been opened the last named gentleman explained the sit- vation to the assembled stockholders and then an Interesting and at times heated discussion began. All of the stockholders seemed con- vinced finally that there was something wrong with the wells, at least, and the general opinion was that there should be an investigation. It was agreed that there should be a committee of three stock- holders to perform the work. Wormser held that there should be an expert em- ployed and the others at last agreed to thi; the expectation that the Home Ofl C ny would stand good for the ex- pense Incurred. W. W.. Phillips, Wormser and lele were selected as the committee, They de- cided to employ Sam Shannon to look over the propegly and the meeting wes adfourned. The committee will convene _on Monday #nd endeavor to have a meel- ing of the directors of the Home Ofl Company called. Meanwhile the stock- holders are wondering what their invest- ments are worth. @il O sylvania special hail from Philadelphia and Pittsburg, although there ‘are two carloads of persons from Allegheny City and scattered representatives from Har- risburg, Monongahela, Scranton and else- where In otber cars. o