The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 24, 1905, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY JUNE 21, 1905. HOW JPANESE TOOK WARSHIPS Three Russian Boats Cap- tured by Nipponese From eport of Doric’s Officers | e PHOTOGRAPI AN Furnished With Description and Location of Vessels, AID Seiznre Is Easily Made PR The Ug of h prepara ns for e und g of sian power in the Far F | trated by an incident which occurred upon arrival at Nagasaki of the steamship Com- » Doric arrived er officers tell Occidental and Orienta pany’s liner Doric here the other day and the story. About May 28, the sec- ond day the Sea of Japen, the Dori; Naga- saki, about 1 140 miles south und, sighted t jan war vessels. One of them was low in the water and evi- dently 1 dire distre: Her pumps were going and ar eam was pouring from her e of the pumps, however. seemed to be sinking lower and The Russians, w were circling abo aimless way, evider secret their intend the Czar’s ships gn in acknowledgment of the Doric's salute, but no other signals were exchanged, and the Doric proceeded without find- x T t ships of war. wer. dipped Doric ner was service er any Russian > sighted. Cap- tain Sm He gave the Ja; which he had left s 1 informed them of the aimo less con of at least one “What were their names?” the secret seryice man asked “We could not out their names. “Would if you should see The Doric’s of hey thought they would alf an hour a Japanese offic on board with an album, was an excellent photograph of every warship that files the flag of the Czar. One by one the Doric’s officers picked out the three fugitive: That night or the next day a Jap se officer boarded the Doric, thanked the office: information and report that t for the glad to aken all c's officers do but able- Dort remember the names, supposed were the aw vhic e ter- were the which after The that the three R hips which t ped to ¢ liver into the hand and’s a make = under a lead c t of what : is now officlally recognized as war paint The smoke stacks, however, were sharply ottlined in black and white stripes and gs each vessel had three fur the Apanese gunners did not et kigher mathema s to find & place MILES OF ROAD ARE TO BE REBALLASTED Santa Fe Taking Precaution Against Possible Recur- rence of Floods. The Santa Fe Compan; enced serious drawback: . which experi- n the operation of its train service early this year by reason of washouts along the line b?" tween Albuquerg and Gallup, is plan- ning to anticipate a possible r cipate a possible recurrenc of the floods. Und; the du‘:(‘:hT:nruei Geperal Manager Wells, who has completed an inspection of this distri " 1 of this district, the roadbed, for a distance of 158 milos will be heavily ballasted this summer with gravel to be haulec 0] ool g uled from the Rio Gangs are at work rip-rapping at al points where the tracks vi‘freginj‘ur?:; @uring the recent rains Most of this work Is being done at a point east of Needles, commonly known to rafiroad men as the “Sacramento wash,” at Croz- fer Canyon and Kingman Canyon and at other points where the roadbed is at the mercy of the torrents. Tt was announced yesterday at the Benta Fe office that the company has placed an order for thirty new passenger engines, the first to be delivered in August They are of the Pacific type with 78-inch driving wheels and will be the first of the four-cylinder balanced type to be used on this coast. They are bullt for great speed, and a number o them are intended for the run between Los Angeles and Bakersfield. The com- pany has also ordered twenty tandem compound freight engines for use on this end of the big system —_——— ADAMS FIGURES A BASIS FOR WATER RATE SCHEDU Thiuks That Forty-Two and a Half Mil- lons Would Be Abont Right Starting Polnt. Arthur 1. Adams, consulting engineer of the Contre Costa Water Company, occupled the witness stand yesterday in United States Commissioner Heacock's courtroom, testifyiig as to the value of the properties of the Spring Valley Water Compuny. He eftimated the pres- ent value of the property at $50,000,000 an@ its actual cost at $35,000,000; but, he said. if the income allowed to the company were based on the $50,000,000 | valuation the rates would be unfair to the consumer, and if allowed on the $85,000,000 valuation it would be unfair to the company. He suggested that the two sums should be added together and the total divided by two, making a new busgis of $42,600,000, and to allow the water compeny © per €ent on that sum, He stated further that the Spring Valley Company had a monopoly of all the sources of water supply within a radius of twenty miles from this city. The hearing will be resumed next Mon- day in the water company’s office, —_——— “Outing Number of News Letter.” The News Letter this week is essentially en ‘“‘outing number” and devoted largely -to the summer resorts of Cplifornia; but there is rather more than usual of discuseions of home affairs. The Naps Asylum scandal is handled without gloves, as is Father Yorke' views of club women, bristle with talk. The several 4 s carry ir usual brightness and The number is almost double its usual sfze and is replete with stories, essays and poeme.” LEACUE FORCES -~ ARE ORGANIZED |Grafters Take Alarm Over | Inecreasing Strength of the New Organization | —_— |DISTRICT CONFERENCES [Call Ts Out for a Meeting of lepublican County Committee Next Week | g g of the executive commit an Francisco Republican Market street last evening, from the Twenty-eighth, y-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-sev- Thirty-eighth, Forty-second, For- ty-third, Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth As- sembly 'districts were present. The at- dance at headquarters of the league | rge and in the throng were many and active citizens of Re- te ry nearly finished. To-night e lists of district committeemen will be given the public. During the present - have been conferences at there seadquarters of the citizens select- ) manage trict work or organiza- tion for the campaign. It is reported that harmony prevails in all the Assem- ct committees, except those of | y-eighth and Fortieth. It is p that Henry Ach of the rs to train with Ruef and Last night Peter Kelly and . who were named as mem- committee of ten from the ghth Assembly District, with- drew and threatened to make an inde- pendent fight. The executive committee d not allow Kelly and his followe! & majority of the district repre expected at league headquarters that the Ruef press will spring a story | to the effect that Peter Kelly and Walter rsen would not stand for Martin Kelly therefore pulled out. The real facts are that Martin Kelly cuts no figure ever in the affair. Owing to his roubles in Sacramento and the critical | illness of his daughter he is out of poli- | tics for this campaign end, more than vs that he Is out. The | strong that Peter | y expects assistance from Abe Ruef | and John Lynch in his fight against the | ieagu | sen is a saloonman on Steuart | The fact is noted that the retail | r dealers are fighting shy of promi- in the fight to down the grafters nee of the Schmitz admir tion. They be- | lieve that active work for the better- ment of local government would lead to revocation of their licenses to do busi- space given in the Ruef press to -presentation of the league's work of organization is accepted as proof that are alarmed over the increas- th of the forces of good citizen- There is gossip that Ruef's fol- lowers will endeavor 1o create trouble in ican ranks by advisiug the Repub- | Jounty Committee to engage in the of Assembly district organization along lines different from those adopted by the San Franciseo Republican League. In conformity with law the Republican County Committee will meet at 121 Eddy street next Wednesday evening to adopt a call for the local nominating convens tien a to fix the apportionment of dele- gates to sald convention to be voted for at the primary election on August 8. The call for meeting of the county com- mittee i d by Charles Sonntas, | acting ch n, and T. E. Atkinson, sec- | retary. call is regular and timely. | A strong sentiment in favor of a large | convention prevails in the Republican | camp. The Ruefites may endeavor to-put | through @ scheme of organization to di- vide the forces of the party, but as a ajority of the county committeemen are gembers of the organized Republican | League, the play is not likely to win. Major C. W, Kyle and Assemblyman Coghlan addressed a meeting of Thirty- fifth Assembly District Republicans at | Twe cond and Bartlett streets 1d%t | Wednesday evening. The speakers ad- vised the citizens to.send an able and honest delegation to the Republican nom- inating convention. . AR AL S OFFICERS REWARDED FOR THEIR BRAVERY Police Commission Writes the Names of Officers on Meritorious Book. At the regular meeting of the Board of Pclice Commissioners last night the | | names of Policemen Percy Smith, Frank Wratten, P, Kissane and Hiram Hutch- | ings were ordered placed on the meri- | torious book as having shown unusual bravery in the attempted capture of Lobb, the maniac who shot ten people from the third story of the United States | Hotel last Wednesdgy morning. Captain Duke, in his report of the affair, paid a epecial tribute to the bravery of Hutch- “The chief hero of this herolc band,” he said, “was Officer Hiram Hutchings, who descended a fire escape to a position opposite the manjac’s win- dow and there prepared, in midair, to cngage with this man in a duel with every advantage on the side of the lat- | ter. "I beiieve that Hutchings' appearance at the window was the sole cause of this | man's suicide, and the police were re- | lieved of the unpleasant duty of killing “‘um. in doing which it 1s hard to esti- | mate 1he number of our brother officers | who would have Yecn sacrificed.” | The rest of the meeting of the board | was devoted to the granung of permis- | sion 1o make changes in buildings or re- | movals of same. The police pension | quarterly dgmands were all ordered paid. ——————— | ¥. M. C. A. LOSES SERVICES ¢ OF EDUCATIONAL LEADER | | LeRoy Burns Smith Finds Work Here Too Confining and Leaves for San Luis Obispo. LeRoy Burns Smith, who has been educational director of the Young Men's | Christian Association nearly two years, | has resigned to take a position in the | California Polytechnic School at San Luis Obispo. Mr. Smith is a graduate of Cornell University, class of 1901, anu was successful in his work in the asso- ciation, having nearly 700 students en- {rolled in the educational department |last year. Mr. Smith found the con- tinued night work too trying, as the constantly increasing demands of the school required his attention almost constantly. His position has not yet been filled, but the educational com- mittee is considering several! candi- dates. The summer term of the night school opens July 10 and special inducements will be offered students entering during the month of July. The fifth year of the Evening Law Schol will open Sep- tember 5. R —— WANT E! C LIGHT.—! ts Dlaceen owners yesterday petitioned the Supervisors to electric light on said avenue near View CARTER WEARY [N NOW WORK OF PUBLIC ———— Hawai’s Governor to Retire From Office. Sends Resignation to President Roosevelt. Special Cable to The Call. HONOLULU, June 2.—Governor Carter has mailed his resignation to President Roosevelt, and will leave here on June 28 | for Washington to discuss the matter of hig retirement from the Goyvernorship. He has been in cable corresporidence with the President regarding it, a has received permission to go to the'capital for a personal interview. Governor Carter declares that he has had this step in contemplation for a long time. The resignation itself was actually written on June 6, but it was held back in deference to the advice of some of the Governor's friends who were told of his intention and begged him to reconsider his intention befcre taking the final step. “I have advised President Roosevelt to accept my resignation, and have urged him to select my successor,” said Gov- ernor Carter to Thé Call representative. “My mind made up and my worries are over. 1 have not been led to take this step because of the election of A. W. Brown to the Shrievalty of the courts of Oaku. My action is the culmination ot a long series of events not necessary to recapitulate at this time. My resignation was written on June 6. I showed it to one or two of my friends, and they asked me to take time for reconsideration be- fore acting finally, to be sure that it was not an impulse. I have taken time, and have only been the more determined to take the course that I had marked out for myself. In accordance with that de- termination I wrote to the President by the last steamer, enclosing my resigna- tion, which I begged him to accept. I will leave on the next Alameda and go directly to Washington.” The resignation was the culmination of a long serigs of events which led Governor Carter to the conclusion that he could be of more service to the Ter- ritory of Hawaii outside the Guberna- torial chair than in that position. Territorial Secretary Atkinson ar- rived to-day from China. He has been regarded as likely to succeed Governor Carter, but this has been found to be impossible, as he is only 34 years old, while the law requires the Governor to be at least 35 years of age. Among those mentioned as possible appointees to the oftice are H. E. Cooper, . O. Smith, Edward Tenney, H. P. Baldwin and Senator Dowsett. Considorable surprise is manifested here in relation to the resignation and regrets have been expressed by promi- nent citizens, some of whom tried to prevent his action. The resignation is believed by some to be due to the strong vote that replaced Arthur Brown in the office of Sheriff after Governor Carter had removed him. During the campaign Governor Car- ter issned a signed statement declaring that the supporters of Brown, if suc- cessful, intend to use Brown's election to discredit the Territorial administra- tion. It is believed here that Presidefit Roosevelt will nrge Goevernor Carter to remain In office. Governor Carter is said to favor Speaker Knudson as his successor. LIE 1S PASSED B DELECATES Stormy Language Disturbs Peace of Good Roads Con- vention at the Exposition —_— Spectal Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, June 23.—For three hours pandemonium reigned in the Exposition auditorium this afternoon after Colonel R. W. Richardson claimed that he had been elected president of the National Good Roads Assoclation and President W. H. Moore declared that he had not. So stormy grew the wordy exchange that the delegates finally elected Judge John H. Scott of sSalem chairman of the con- vention and gave him power to appoint a committee to settle the matter. Several times during the praceedings the debates grew so hot that the dele- gates almost came ta blows and the re- | tort courteous rapidly transformed itself into the lie direct. Trouble began with a motion to appoint a telling committee to hold an electio’ This motion aroused opposition from the Moore sympathizers and when it was put to a vote President Moore declared that it. had failed of passage. The Richardson people called for a rising vote, but this was refused. “The by-laws provide for an election,” shouted James W. Abbott, an ardent adherent of the Richardson party. “I guess I know. I helped draw them up.” “The gentleman is stating an untruth; he had nothing to do with it,”" retorted President ‘Moore, and he smote the table with his gavek LIFE e Cradliad "7‘\( [ - TERRITORIAL SECRETARY WHO IS BARRED BY AGE FROM THE GOVERNORSHIP. LIND FOR PARK ON TWIN PEAKS City Brings a Condemnation Suit Against an Improve-| ment Company, the Owners AR e Judge Lawlor heard testimony yes- terday in the suit brought by the city and county against the Market and Stanyan Streets and Golden Gate Park Land and Improvement Company to condemn about forty-six and a half acres of land on Twin Peaks, running from, Lincoln avenue over the top of the ridge to Sutro forest, which is to be utilized as a =ite for a salt water reser- voir for the Fire Department and for a park. The city has offered the owners from $800 to $1000 per acre, but they want from $3000 to $6000 per acre. City and County Attorney Lonrg and his as- sistant, John Coghlun, represented the city. The defendants were represent- ed by Attorney Reuber H. Lioyd. Several exparis for the city were eall- ed to testify as {o the value of the land. and they were all within the values of- fered. For the Gefendants, O. D, Bald- win, president vf the improvement com- pany, testified that the land was worth $3000 per acre. e was asked by Cogh- lan why he made a written offer to the Board of Supervisors last December of- fering the land for $2000 per acre, which was to hold good until with- drawn in writing, and ne exglained that the offer wus nande because the company did not want to be sued. It was ciaimed for the defense that the land might be terraced and would afford excellent sites for private dwell- ings, owing to the magnificent view ana the great heigit above the city proper. It was also pointed out that Architect Burnham of Chicago, who had been asked to give iis views on bheautifying the city, had a bungalow there for his assistants. ‘Willis Polk, one of his assistants, tes- tified that the bungalow was worth $2000, which sum the city would have to pay. It developed that the archi- tects had simply permission to go on the land for the view, and had no claira on it. Judge Lawlov, after hearing the evi- dence, said he would prefer to examine the locality, and he would advise coun- sel when he would Be able to do so. READ IS REMOVED TO CITY PRISON Attempted Suicide Charged With Embezzlement to Be Tried in Sacramento. James V. Read, the man who was ar- To-morrow the committee will draft a rested Thursday afternoon on a war- new constitution and the whole assocla- tion probably will be reorganized. ————————— NORMAL SCHOOL CHILDREN SING WELL IN OPERETTA Present “Four-Leaved Clover” for the Benefit of infant Shelter to Large Audience. o The pupils of the elementary depart- ment of the State Normal School pre- sented the opepetta, ‘“Four-Leaved Clover,” for the benefit the Infant Shelter at Stelnway Hall last night to a large audience. Over 100 children took part in the entertainment which was rendered without a hitch from be- nning to end. Miss Eva Levy, who rilled the children, acted as leader of the orchestra last night. The perform- ance was remarkably clever. The children danced and acted with surprising eases of manner and sang the many musical selections in excel- lent fashion. Pearl Davidson and Lil- lian Niggle have sweet voices and showed unusual musical training. Jack Robertson, as Sir Roland, sang+ and acted well, and littie David Butler, son of Fred Butler of the Alcazar Theater, as the comedian of the show, kept the audience in roars of laughter. The others who took the leading roles were: Hazel Callahan, Bessie Chase. Louise Klein, Arthur .Gaxiola, I . his life on a Kearny-street car a mo- rant charging him with embezzlement and who apparently attempted to take ment later by swallowing poison pel- lets, was removed from the Central Emergency Hospital yesterday morning and placed in the City Prison. The Sheriff from Sacramento wil] arrive in San Francisco to-day and take the prisoner back for trial. Meantime the ‘police are looking for the missing ring “Which Mrs. Read alleges her husband took from her and gave to Florence Farrington, the Chicago actress, but the authorities are satisfled that she never received the jewel. There is a mystery attached to Miss Jerome, the young woman who was in company with Read when he was ar- rested. She went with him to the City Prison and told the sergeant that she was a vaudeville actress. She then dis- appeared and cannot be found. Yesterday morning she appeared at the of the California Special % :: Of?ur:lsil street and ys'a rip to be delivered to The prisoner his nce of the charges: | against him and declines to discuss Jerome wo THE WEB PRESS - cession From Convention After All-Day Argument TO MEET AGAIN TO-DAY Yesterday’s Heated Debates Cause a Postponement of the Final Adjournment gz Despite the earnest endeavor of the. officers and many of the delegates to tne Seventeenth annual convention of Print- ing Pressmen and Assistants to bring the convention to a close yesterday the ses- sion will drag over into to-day. The time of yesterday was taken up principally in hearing addresses of representatives of the Japanese and Korean Exclusion League in the morning, and discussions involving politics of the organization in | both morning and aftesnoon sessions. A session will be held this morning begin- ing at 9 o'clock, when an attempt will be made to conclude the work of the dele- Bates. Yesterday morning opened with a de- bate that lasted practically all day, with | the exception of the time given the speechmakers. The debate was over the demand of the flat-bed pressmen or feed- ers to be allowed the privilege of work- ing on the web or newspaper presses, providing the men adhere to the web men's schedule of wages and hours. To this was added an amendment that pro- vided the stipulation that the flat-bed | pressmen must have received the web men's scale of wages for two months prior to working on web presses. The debate was cafried on heatedly by both sides for and against the proposi- tion or its amendment, and for a time the hall was a pandemonium while the dele- gates hurled personalities at one another. In the midst of the excitement, and to allay the heat of the combatants, O. A. Tveitmos: requested permission to ad- dress, the convention on the Japanese exclusion question. This permission was{ granted and the grgument was closed during the address. Tveitmoe dwelt upon the history of the Asijatic on this coust and the purpose of the Exclusion League in defending Amer- ican labor from cheap competition. He spoke of the work and imitative faculties of the brown men, and aiso of their standards of living as compared with whites. He closed with an aHusion to the race problem the United Sttaes already contends with- in the South, and urged the delegates to do all in their power to prevent Asiatic immigration. James Grant of the Saliors’ Union also addressed the meeting in a like manner. He told of the opening up of Japan and the arrival here of Japanese first in the guise of sailors, then as fishermen and | farmers, and their successful competition | with whites, owing to their cheap way of living. Both speakers were heartily ap- plauded, but their remarks were soon for- | gotten in the renewal of the debate onm the pettion of the flat-bed pressmen. The noon hour was near when the ar- gument ended, and voting by rollcall be- gan. The vote upon the amendment was first taken up and the amendment was lost. Then the original proposition was submitted and by an oral vote was car- ried. The matter apprared settled until the afternoon, when another propesition, in Itself harmless, was submitted. To it, however, was added an amendment that included the “two’months’ ™ phrase, and the argument it aroused lasted nearly all the afternoon. The amendment was fin- ally disposed of by being laid on .ue table. The committee on laws had the floor all day, and submitted many propositions affecting the policy and the relations be- tween unlons. The committee will finish its report at the morning session. There are still several committees to be heard from, and it may require an afternoon session to complete the work of the con- vention. R ‘WILL AID BREWERY WORKME! Labor Council to Employ Additional Legnl Talent in Pending Sult. The weekly meeting of the Labor Council was held last night with Presi- dent Wil J. French in the chair. The injunction proceeding now be- fore Superior Judge Murasky, in which the Brewery, Workers’ Unfon and other members of local labor organizations are made co-defendants, was discussed in all its phases. On motion of Dele- gate Walter Macarthur the council au- thorized the employing of additional legal help to co-operate with those al- ready engaged by the brewery work. man and- to look out for the interests of the men cited to appear when the case comes up this morning. A special committee consisting of Walter Macarthur, Andrew Furuseth and R. I. Wisler was appointed to cull from the legal papers now on file in the United States Circuit Court, in which Judge W. W. Morrow granted a tem- porary injunction against certain labor organizations in matter of the Dan- bury Hat and Cap Company. When this committee completes its pruning pro- cess, the results will be printed in pam- phlet form and distributed to all labor organizations in the State. The same committee was authorized to make arrangements for the holding of a monster mass-meeting In this city at some future date, when the whole subject will be reviewed from the rostrum. ~ A long document bearing on the recent expressions of Secretary Taft on the Chinese question was pre- sented by the law and legislative com- mittee, and copies of the same were or- dered forwarded to President Roose- velt, Secretaries:Taft and Metcalf. and also to be given to the press for pub- lication. Unless A. Goodman, a manu! of men’s hats and caps, comes t rms with the executive committee regarding union conditions a boycott may be de- clared against the firm. The subject was referred to thig committee for ad- justment before a boycott would be granted, The council ordered a boycott agaihst the 8t. Louis clothing houses located at 776 Market and 30 Fourth streets. A-communication was received from the Bugar Workers' Union stating that the :::m’ ent between itself and the man- of the Wegtern Sugar Refinery had ‘been sighed on’the same condittons as those now in force. The following unions elected of- ficers: turer e omo ot the, S8 SPURR DESCRIBES ORES OF GOLDFIELD. Geological Survey Reports Upon Nevada Mining Camp. FIGHT CAMINETTI ACT BITTERLY A great benefit has been conferred upon the mining interests of Nevada by J. E. Spurr of the United States Geo- logical Survey, who has prepared a re- port concerning the Goldfield district. Attention 18 called to the recent discov- eries in the district, and rich find= are described that Legan in February, 1904, in certain spots south of Columbis Mountain. Since then the town of Gold- field aud a nun:ber of adjacent camps have come into existence. It is esti- mated by Spurr that the shipments of ore from' the Jistrict up to November, 1804, amounted 1n value to $2,000,000. Sincg then the amount has been largely increased. The productive area has spread large- ly. Known ore bodles are scattered over six miles square. The most pro- ductive area I8 in a square two to two and a half mii in either direction. The Goldfield veins are not persistent nor well defined. The outcrop - of the quartz bodies is lrregular, straggling, branching and apt to disappear sud- denly. Mr. Spurr reports a shipment of four- teen and a half tons of ore from the Sandstorm (Kendail) claim, which. when worked in a stampmill, ylelded $45,7823 net, while the tailings still con- taired about $1¢00 to the ton. From the McKane-Bowes lease on the Jumbo there was tuken out in five months from a space 100 feet long and 200 feet deep $600,000. One small shipment from this lease—3i7 pounds of ore—gave gross returns of $4786. The whole production of the camp hes been from ore that av- eraged, according to Spurr, $200 to $300 a ton or more. The values are general- in gold. Silver 1is practically ab- sent. PROBARILITIES OF DFPTH. ‘Concerning the probability of finding rich ore at depth, Mr. Spurr reports that some of the rich sulphide ores are prob- ably primary. FEvidence points to for- mations made subsequent to the main silification of the reef, as in the Com- bination mine. Here the rich aurifer- ous sulpnides have formed in a braken zone, in the silified reef, and occur as seams and often as coatings on the peb- bles. “The question arises,” says Mr. Spurr, whether the suhsequent mineralization was the result of descending or ascend- ing waters. There is no conclusive evi- dence that these rich o have been concentrated from the lean antecedent quartz mass, &nd the presence of ele- ments like arsenlc, antimony and tel- lurium in the sabsequent sulphide ore suggests a deep-seated origin.” In part, Mr. Spurr reaches the follow- ing conclusions: Besides the elements mentfoned above, bis- muth occurs in the ore. In the January mine it occurs in the oxidized ores in the form of silvery scales, which is, as described by Dr. Hillebrand, bismuth: perhaps the oxide bismite. In the Combination long, ueedle-like crystals have been found, which, according to the man- ager, Mr. Collins, give the chemical tests for bismuth sulphide (bismuthinite). In the Janu- ary mine the silvery mineral above noted is sometimes arranged in long, rodlike forms, and these are very likely pseudomorphs after the sulphide. Thia silvery mineral is usdally, but not always, an_indication of rich ore in the January. According to Mr. Hamilton, several of the Bluc Hull samples show bismuth. Bar- ite s a dotmon wiiieeed e all thepe; depecita. lcations are, therefore, not of is not abundant. ores of or at least of good grade, down to comsiderable depths. There is, how- ever, as already demonstrated by explotta no continuous regularity to the ore shoots, whether sulphide or oxidized. They are curv- ing, Irregular and often lenticular, but it may happen that below a shoot which has come to an end another shoot may be found oceupying a slightly different relative position, or even overlapping the first. !'E"Ab’l COUNTY STIRRED. A strong effort is being made in Ne- vadu Courty to work up opposition to the Caminetti Jaw. Some extracts from Nevada County papers are reprinted herewith. The Miner-Transcript says: If any one will note the coincidence that the interference with mining by the hydraulic pro- cess and the departure of a large part of our population were closely connected in time, possibly bhe will not disagree with’' our opinion that the latter was due to the former. Go up to_the Coun- ty Courthouse some day when in Nevada City and look at the fac simile of a month's goid output from the North Bicomfleld. That gold is not coming out of the ground any more, al- though its like is still there to the value of bil- lions of dollars. Quartz mining cannot wholly take the place of such a productive force as that. That output was due to the hydraulic process—now, with nelther right nor reason, barred by law. ¥ 'The man who owns property has the right to get his returns out of it. ' He must not injure his neighbor, true, but the hydraulic miner will injure no one. If the neighbor claims damages, let him prove the injury. That's law. That's justice. That's common sense. But the Cami- netti act is not law, is not justice and is not common or &ny other sense. Let it be set aside. The Grass Valley Tidings says, In part: Let us have hydraulic mining. It means prosperity of all Northern California. And to et it, let us abolish the Caminetti act, let us o away with costly but inefficient dams and let us have the Government construct great impounding dams, while diverting the course of streams like the Yuba 5o as to prevent the debris accumulations from being washed into the streams. ‘This 1s the view of the people of & mining county. Among the more important items of development in California mines that are just reported are the starting up within sixty days of the Ironclad mine in the Rough and Ready District on a large scale; the selection of a site for a 1000- R + first vice president, J. F. Halman; secona t, Lane; financial secretary hmann, A, Sieber; Halman, E. A. Condrott, i Wit henal . E. Schmidt, B. Lane, The following members of Carmen’s Union have been delegated to make ar- rangements for the annual picnic which will be held at the Chutes on Saturday, July 1: F. B. Swan. Fillmore street; Andrew Briggs, Sacramento street; C. Heck, Mission; J. P. Hauser, San Mateo; C. P. O'Hanlon, Sutro; A. B. Hardy, Mis- sion, G. B. Huggins; McAllister street; Frank Collins, Haight street. BROS. & CO., Distributors. ton smeter for the Balaklala mine, one mile and a haif from Kennett on a tract of 320 acres; the startingwsp of the Ban- ner mine in Nevada County by Senator Charles M. Belshaw; the survey for a power line from Grass Valley into the Rough and Ready District for mining uses and the preparations to start a new borax enterprise near the boundary line between Kern and Ventura counties. Of this last move the Bakersfleld Cali- fornian reports: The calling of the annual meeting of the di- rectors of the Standard Borax Company directs attention to an enterprise that Is about to be inaugurated near the boundary line between Kern and Ventura counties, which will be tributary to Bakersfleld. Near the borax mines that are now paying so handsomely Joseph Werrington and J. A. Flood, some time since, made a number of locations, and the territory is said to be very rich in borax deposits. A company was organized, of which A. Welll is secretary, and some time since the mines wers leased. J. B. Berges and Mr. Clerc are be- sinning work to actively develop the property. Men will soon be engaged in mining the prod- uct and teams have been employed to baul it to Bakersfleld, which is to be the shipping point. There Is said to be no question as to the made with Berges and Clerc is to ru NEW 01l COMBINATION. The Los Angeles Herald gives particu- lars concerning the movement in South- ern California to join oil producing in- terests that are not under the control of the Standard Oil Company. People at this end of the State are not sanguine in the view that the Standard Oil, after what has happened, can easily’ be beaten. The Herald says: - With the Incorporation of the Union Provi- dent Company, capitalized at $5.000,000, with a paid in capital of $192,000, prominent oil men see the beginning of a plan Wwhich, when con- summated, will mean the amalgamation of the oll flelds of the State which are mot in the possession of the Standard Oil Company. The articles of incorporation were filed with the clerk of Los Angeles County. They provide for the purchase of Union Ol stoek to the ex- t & par value of art of the Union Oil Company; W. T. Bots- tord, president of the American National Bank; Fred H. Rindge, president of the Life Insurance Company; G. Kellogs, secre- tary of the Union Oil Company; W. G. Hughes and J. F. Torrance of Pasadena. These men have holdings which Wil dggre- gate nearly halt of the entire fssue of tho stock of the Union Oil Company, and whils it is sald on their part that the object of the organization of the Union Provident s merely to center the stock of the Union Of} so- that it cannot get into the hands of untriendly per- sons, their real object, it s claimed by others, contemplates the purchase of a number of other wells. At the present time the Union Oil Company, with a capitalization of $10,000,000, is, next to the Standard, the most flourishing company on the Pacific Coast, and has the reputation of distributing large sized dividends. ¢ new company does not include among its present incorporators all of the chief officers of the Union Ofl Comvany, but it takes in enough to make the interests of the two seem- ingly almost mutual. Oil men say that there fs abundant oppor- tunity for organization in the new flelds which are being opened up, and even in Los Angeles, Wwhere a large number of wells have been abandoned because the owners have not had the money or the daring to push them farther | down with the hope of striking another oil- bearing strata. The Eureka Tellurium mine in Shasta County will be started with a new piant. The Zimmerman mine in Eldorado County is reported to have been sold. Prospecting parties are looking for gold near Dornner flx. - 5 OFFICER WORKS A5 STEVEDORE Thrift of Patrolman Rier, Who Takes Job During Va- cation, Leads to Trouble Patrolman August F. Rier of the Southern police station, who was sup- posed by the department to be enjoying a two weeks' vacation, either in the bosom of his family or the cool atmos- phere of the mountains, was found yes- terday afterncon to be employed as a stevedore at the Pacific Mail dock. As the action of the policeman in so working was contrary to Police Regulation 18, which provides that “all members of the department shall devote their whole time and attention to the business of the de- partment and not follow any other call- ing,” the offending minion of the law will be brought before the Commissioners at their meeting next Wednesday evening to show cause why he should not be severeiy punished. Rier's vacation began on Junme 12, and it seems that he has been working as stevedore ever since that time. He made nc attempt to hide his identity, and yes- terday the matter reached the ears of Captain Spillane of the Southern station. Sergeant Sylvester was detalied on the case, and he found the patrolman hustling freight with all the agility of a veteran longshoreman. When informed that he was breaking one of the regulations of the department he seemed surprised. Captain Spillane will file charges against the patrolman to-morrow. Rier became a member of the department in 1808 —_— FORMER SOLDIER STABS ORDERLY.— EBdward m, an orderly at the recruit- ing ofice in the Rialto building, obtamed a ‘warrant Poiice Judge Cabaniss yester- day for the arrest of James Beavins, an ex- soldier, o~ a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Beavins, while under the infuence of liquor, called ‘at the recruiting office on Thuy d made a demand for money. The captain in charge ordersd a Fredriksen to put Beavins out. In dolng so Fredriksen was stabbed in the arm with & knife by Beavins. WILD TIME Lovebond and W IN CHINATOWN.-F. A. H. Rooven Jr. ran amuck