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The San Francisco call., 1906-04-29
WHOLESALE men
ACCEPT OFFER
Will Locate Near
the Railroad
Yards.

The wholesalers and real estate men
| OF San Francisco met again yesterday
at 2126 Fillmore street at the call OF
the Chamber of Commerce. Joseph
Kirk presided and more than 300 per-
sons attended the meeting. Most Of
the session was taken up by the rep
| resentatives of the Southern Pacific,
Santa Fe and Western Pacific rail-
roads, who offered the wholesalers all
the land they wanted in that district
bounded by Second to Sixteenth
streets and Townsend street to the Po-
trero. This was accepted by the
wholesalers and as soon as details
can be arranged they will move into
temporary quarters and give up the
| idea of moving to Oakland.
| The first speaker, Freight Agent
Sproule of the Southern Pacific, told
the wholesalers his company stood
ready to give them all the land they
required and would build spur tracks
to all places not located directly on
the railroad. Sproule refused to con-
struct any temporary buildings for the
merchants, but was willing and ready
to have from ten to fifteen miles Of
spur track ready within week.
w. J. Bartnett Of the Western Pa
cif1c was authorized by his company
| to allow the merchants all the ground
| they needed in the vicinity crossed by
the Southern Pacific tracks. He said
the Western Pacific has sixty blocks
available at the present time and that
the merchants would be welcome to all
Of it If they needed it. He showed tele-
grams from President Gould authoriz-
ing him to give the merchants all the
aid within his power.
II. p. sAnewalt of the Santa Fe an
nounced that his road is willing to give
! ali its vacant land In China Basin
and at Spear and Harrison streets to
the merchants and also to put in spur
tracks and connect with all tracks of
any rival road. .
A number OF other available sites
were also reported. and the Real Estate
Board pledged itself to use all efforts
to keep the prices Of the leases dowo
to reasonable figure.
The plan Is to build corrugated Iron
buildings Of one story. architect w.
J. Miller estimated the cost Of such
structure at cents a cubic foot.
a committee of nine merchants viii
wait upon the railroad men within the
next few days and minor details re-
garding buildings. tracks and the like
will be perfected.
Andrew Christensen of the Wells
Fargo Company said his company
stood ready to assist the merchants In
every way possible and would meet a
committee Of them at any time to dis
cuss rates.
The plans for the buildings of quar-
For the Real Estate Board on the
IS. 900 square feet leased on Var Ness
avenue, between Grove and Fulton
streets, are all ready. They provide
for one-story building of corrugated
iron. The board will occupy a space
60xe4 feet and the rest Of the building
will be divided into twenty-five offices.
each 20x84 feet. Sixty firms have al
ready applied for space
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-29
WHEELER WOULD
HAVE MEETING
Says Educational
Convention Is
Desired.
Greek Thedter Is
Offered for
Affair.

President Wheeler OF the University
Of California in an interview with a
Call reporter said:
Things will be going on in San
Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley as If
nothing had happened in the shortest
possible space of time. 1t is recon-
mended that the convention OF the Ma
tional Educational Association, due to
be held in San Francisco from July 8
to July IA, shall be held regardless of
the recent calamity.
I'VE are ready 10 house the people in
a tent city between Oakland and
Berkeley. They may use the Greek
Theater, the University OF California
buildings, the theaters in Oakland and
the open hillsides. 1t viii make the
best session ever known in the history
Of the organization. Thirty thousand
people may come and see a sample Of
American energy in rebuilding the
equipment of life.
THE exact facts concerning the
earthquake are what we want. The
truth is the most innocuous thing IN
the world. The truth will enable us to
rebuild without fear of similar disas-
ters. Geological Experts Lawson and
Gilbert, on the commission appointed
by the Governor, state that this occur
renee demonstrates that a shock of this
kind, transmitted through rock or solid
earth, is a shiver which has little ef-
feet on reasonably constructed build
ings. When il passes to soft earth It
slows up, but takes greater amplitude
and develops waves.
"This fact may be noted in the eff
fects on Santa Rosa, on lower Market
street. at Stanford, at San Jose and on
Valencia street. For such soils a steel
cage construction is a guarantee
against shocks. Let US only learn the
plain lessons and then rebuild
II think that eight great steel struc-
lures will be reftted within ninety
days and that within twelve months a
considerable part of San Francisco viii
be re1iilt. I have never appreciated
how beautiful is the site of San Fran
cisco until I saw it bare of buildings.
The streets seem less steep. The out
look is free. The gentle contours of
the hills present demand for road
ways that respect their gradually en-
hancing levels. 1 think we need proper
approaches and proper entrances for
the railroads from the south I hope
an architectural commission will be
Immediately appointed and given q
hearing. Now is our great opportunity
for constructing the most beautiful city
in the world and we must not let it
slip.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-29
1
FUNDS NEEDED
BY RED CROSS
DR.. DeVine Pleads
for Aid From
the East.
Relief Required for
Some Time to
Come.

DIR. Devine of the National Red
Cross issued the following statement
last night:
1T is important for the entire coun-
try to understand that the loss or
homes and property in San Francisco
has not been exaggerated Expecta-
tions have been aroused and plans
have been made based on the tele-
grams and newspaper reports Of large
contributions for relief and these ex-
pectations should not be disappointed
'@The distribution OF food Will have
to be continued until there are enough
stores in which to buy on a money
basis, and then IL can be gradually
diminished: but relief OF other kinds
Is required and will be for weeks to
come. Sick and delicate persons VIII
need care for months Inmates OF In
stitutions which have been destroyed
must be established elsewhere and on
some plan, yet TO be devised, families
which cannot get started otherwise,
may have to be given a helping hand
'-It is not intended to encourage
chronic dependence. but quick, gener-
Gus and efficient relief is needed hero
for a large number of persons whose
homes and means OF livelihood have
been destroyed. We do rot know
what amount has been given in the ag-
gregate. but judging from what IS ac-
tually in the hands of the finance COM
mittee or at it's disposal, the danger IS
not that it Will be too large, but that
IL will be insufficient"
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-29
Accused Of Grave Aoffense.

Carey Stultz, recently discharged
from the Twentieth Infantry, was
turned over to the police by the mill
tary authorities yesterday and was
brought to police headquarters from
the Preside prison by Detective Cot
tie. On the night OF April 20 Stultz.
at the point Of a revolver, It is al
legged. held up a woman at the Pre-
sidio and took IS cents from her, all
the money she had. He was cap
tured by Lieutenant Richardson OF
the regular army. Chief Dinan told
Stultz he should get twenty years or
life. He was sent to the Stanyan-
street police station
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-29
ARTHUR JACOBS ARRESTED
FOR DRAWING ..EVoLVER
Mr.. Cannon Accuses Him of Having
Attempted TO Extort One Hun
dred Dollars From Him,

Arthur F. Jacobs, Webb street, who
was arrested on Tuesday for obtaining
large quantities of provisions from
the wharves by representing that he
belonged to the Red Cross Society,
which he stored at 7 Mission street,
and was subsequently released, was
again arrested yesterday afternoon
by Detective O'Dea BY instructions
Of Chief Dinan he was locked UP in
the Stanyan-street station.
His second arrest was made on
complaint of A. Cannon, who hired
two teams from him, agreeing to pay
S1.50 per load. Jacobs demanded
800 from Cannon for. alleged dam
ages and threatened Cannon, so he
alleges, with revolver. unless he
paid the amount Cannon complained
to the Chief and Jacobs arrest fol-
lowed
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-29
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED April 2e.

ARRIVED APRIL 26.
U s Stmr Perry. Tuttle, days from
Astoria
ARRIVED APRIL 27.
Stmr Santa Rosa, Alexander, A
hours from San Diego.
Stmr Mayfair, Hansen, so hours
from Willapa Harbor.
ARRIVED APRIL 2s.
Stmr Del Norte, Payne, "a hours
from Crescent City.
Stmr South Coast Paulsen. 16 hours
from Caspar.
Stmr City Of Panama, Thompson, %
days 8 hours 3 minutes from Ancon,
etc., via San Bias days Is hours 40
minutes.
stmr Argo, Hansen. "a hours from
Eel River.
Stnr Newburg, Johnson, So hours
from Aberdeen.
Bktn Planter, Murchison, II days
from Port Gamble.
Schr Ruth E Godfrey, Johnson, IL
days from Port Gamble.
Schr Vega, Nystrom, II days from
Port Gamble.
Schr Roy Somers, Soiland. days
from Grays Harbor.
SAILED APRIL 27.
Stnr North Fork, Nelson, Eureka
u stmr Sherman, Brugiere, Seattle
Stmr Brooklyn, Johnson, Fort
Bragg.
stmr National City, Frederickson,
Fort Bragg.
stmr Elizabeth. Jensen. Bandon.
Oregon.
Stmr Tampico, Mcfarland. Seattle.
Stmr Bonita, Nicolson. San Pedro.
Schr Ivy, Samuelson, Coquille River.
CLEARED APRIL 81.
Stmr Costa Rica, Curtis, Portland |;
S + & P 8 8 Co.
CLEARED APRIL 2S.
Strnr Alameda, Dowdell, Honolulu;
] d Spreckels & Bros Co.
Bark Servia. Petersen, Bellingham;
Alaska Packers Assn.
Bark Coalinga, Halversen. Blaine;
Alaska Packers Assn
Bktn Coronado. Potter. Honolulu;
J D Spreckels & Bros Co.
Schr Prosper, Bristol Bay: Alaska
Packers Assn
ISLAND PORTS.
HILO-Sailed April 27-Ship Falls
of Clyde, for San Francisco.
HONOIPU-Arrived April 25-Schr
Defender. from San Francisco.
HoNoLULU-Sailsd April a7-Bz
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-29

bark Cairnsmore, for Sydney. " 8 Wy
bktn Newsboy. for Grays Harbor.
DOMESTIC PORTS.
PORT HADLOCK-Arrived April
2s-Bktn NJ Grifth April 2s-
Bktn Retriever, from San Pedro. Sail
ed April 27-Br ship Silverhorn, for
United Kingdom.
TATOOSH-Passed IN April 26-Br
ship Beason Rock April 27-U stmr
Oregon; bktn Retriever, from San
Pedro; Br ship DuchaIburn. from
Callao; Br ship Cawdor. hence April
sth; schr c s Holmes. from Salina
Cruz; Br ship Austrasia, renee April
1st. Passed inward April 2s-Schr
VIM Nottingham, from San Pedro, for
Port Townsend
SAN PEDRO-Sailed April 1s-Br
ship Beacon Rock
PORT BLAKELEY-Arrive Aprf1
26-Schr Carrier Dove. hence Apr II
PORT HARFORD-Sailed April 2s
Stmr Argyll. for Portland. Ore.
BELLINGHAM-Sa April Is
Ger ship Peru. for Liverpool
SAN DIEGO-Sailed april z7-Stu
Breakwater, for San Francisco.
OLYMPIA-Arrived April 2s-SchR
Salem. from San Pedro.
SAN PEDRO-Arrived April IL
Schr Dauntless. from Grays HarborJ
schr w 3 Witzemann. from Grays
Harbar. April 2s-Schr John A
Campbell, from Astoria; stmr Coro-
nado; stmr Mandalay. from Sam
Francisco. April 24-Stmr Iaqut. from
San Francisco. April 25-Stmr James
Higgins, from San Francisco. Sail
ed April 19-Schr r c Slada for
Grays Harbor; schr Wawona. for Coos
Bay April 21-Stmr Centralia; stmr
H Leggett; schr James A Garfield.
for Grays Harbor: schr G w Watson;
schr Annie M Campbell for Grays
Harbor. April 24-Schr J w elise.
for Townsend: schr VIM Bowden. for
Port Townsend; schr Fearless. for
Grays Harbor; schr Taurus, for Port
Townsend; stnr Mandalay, for San
Francisco; schr Forester, for Port
Townsend
POINT LOBOS. OUTSIDE BOUND
IN. 10 A NJ, APRIL 2S-
Schr Ruth r Godfrey; schr Vega:
bktn Planter: stmr City OF Panama;
schr Ray Somers; bktn Gardiner City.
Al passing In
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-29
Emergency Hospitals Organized.

Emergency Hospitals Organized.
The Emergency Hospital service has
been rounded into shape and once mora
the staff has been divided into watches
and everything is running smoothly.
The Central Hospital win be located
at the park There are three branches
in operation-the Harbor, Potrero and
North Beach hospitals. All are do
ine good work The North Beach
Eospital. established at Bay street and
Montgomery avenue. Is a boon to the
poor Of that portion OF town DR..
Reuben c. Hill and DR.. Eidenmuller
are in charge. The Potrero is under
DR.. w. Buell. and the Harbor super
yised by Drs- Glover. Magnus and
Herzog. The park is being run by
Chief Surgeon Millar. Drs. Pinkham
and Goodale.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-29
Heney's Papers Safe.

Francis ]. Heney, assistant special
prosecutor to the United States Attor-
ney General has discovered that his
vaiuable law library and legal papers
in the Kohl building arv untouched
By the flames The damage to the
Kohl buildin0 was comparatively
slight
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-29
pr. waansr Has Reoovered.

DR.. Henry L. Wagner, acting field
officer OF the Red Cross, injured by
falling debris, has recovered and Is on
active duty. He was reported as Sc
riously hurt. DR.. Wagner is q brother
in-law Of United States Senator Frank
G. Newlands Of Nevada His residence
was at 62e Sutter street.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-29
Work for colored Women,

Rev. Lee A. Brown Of Salt Lake has
sent a request to San Francisco for
thirty colored women. He promises
plenty Of work and good wages for
them.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-29

people; from Englishmen and officials
in India, China, Japan. South Africa
and many other far of points where
the news OF San Francisco's catastro-
phs 10 known.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-29

bark Cairnsmore, for Sydney, " VIZ
bktn Newsboy. for Grays Harbor.
DOMESTIC PORTS
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-06-02

caIitIes became exhausted. One Of the
famous oil towns Of forty years ago
was Pithole City, which. next to Phila-
delphia. had at one time the largest
p~ostofice Of any city in the state Of
Pennsylvania. Today the place where
Pithole City stood is farm land.
People had been gathering oil at GER
tain places in Pennsylvania In the
vicinity of streams for some years pre-
vious to brakes experiment and had
been collecting II from the water by
means Of pits arranged like separators,
the water flowing away below, leaving
the oil floating on the surface, whence
1t was dipped up with blankets. Drake
sank an artesian well. When the bore
had penetrated thirty-three feet the
drill dropped into a crevice about six
inches. This was on a Saturday night.
BY Sunday afternoon oil was found
near the top OF the pipe. Afterward
the well produced at the rate Of twen-
ty-ive barrels a day. This was small
in comparison with the output Of the
big wells Of today, but at that time II
was considered remarkable. For some
two years the new petroleum industry
was restricted to the Titusville terri
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-06-02

into the methods OF
the Standard OIL trust. The report Of
the commissioner Of corporations,
James r. Garfield, or which the mes
sage of the president was based, states
that about 28.0O0.O00 barrels Of oil are
refined annually in the United States
and that of this product the Standard
OIL company and its subsidiary corpo-
rations control about 23,00O,0OO bar
rels, and approximately the same pro-
portion of the other finished products
Of petroleum. The methods by which
the Standard has gained this practical
monopoly over the petroleum output OF
the United States are described in con-
siderable detail In Mr.. Garfield's re-
port, and the abuses In the matter OF
improper and unfair railway rates al
legged to exist have been cited as
among the reasons for the passage Of
the railway rate measure now pending
in congress.
The growth of the petroleum industry
to its present gigantic proportions In
this country is one Of the marvels OF
the past half century, and as an indus
try the oil business has had even
greater prominence than these proper
tons might naturally have won 1t on
account Of the fierce battle that has
been waged for years against he at
tempt Of the Standard to secure and
maintain a monopoly In 1t.
1t is not quite half a century since
e. L. Drake struck oil on Watson's
fats. near Titusyille, Pa. The exact
date of this event, SO important In the
annals of American industry, was Aug.
%, 1853. The scenes In the oil fields
which soon followed this discovery
were almost as exciting as those which
were witnessed but a few years pre-
vious In the gold fields Of California.
Wells were sunk in large numbers in
western Pennsylvania along OIL creek,
French creek and the Allegheny river.
The scenes of industry and excitement
shifted as the oil wells Of different 10
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-06-02

Dam Breaks and browns Five Men
Five men are dead and several in
jured and one mile Of Southern Pacific
track was washed away by an immeuse
body of water from a reservoir br' a.
which came down Pole Creek. about
half a mile west of Golconda, Hum
boldt County. Monday morning at |
o'clock. The town Of Golconda escape
without damage. being about halt q
mile east Of the rush OF waters. The
dead are James Agpiano of Oakland
Antoine Babral, Antoine Frapes. Chippe,
a Chinese cook; Indian boy named
Cheney, all from Golconda, employed
in a strengthening camp. 1t is stated
that the heavy rainfall in the mountain
above Pole Greek canyon. where the
two Dutertre reservoirs are located
amounting almost t. a c'oudburst. Over
bnrdened the lower dam, causing tn,
latter to give way.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-06-02

the amendment is defeated he will feel
constrained in the discharge of his Of
fetal duty to the public to send to Con
gress the reports in his possession re
lating to- the abuses existing in the
packing-houses. He feels that it is bet
ter to refrain from making the reports
public, not through any regard for the
beef packers particularly. but because
an official statement of the facts would
injure the stock -~raisers OF the country.
thus making them innocent victims OF
a line Of abuses for which they were
not primarily in any sense responsible.
Law Badly Needed.
1.-THE only answer that a be made
to the consumers of our meats at home
and abroad will be the enactment of a
law through which an efficient and suf-
ficient inspection shall be made"
Senator Carter said that the packers
have asked for more time in which to
consider the amendment.
.'One of the principal questions which
they are considering" he said, sis
whether they or the Government shall
pay for the inspection service. 1t
seems a foregone conclusion that they
will decide that Uncle Sam shall pay
for the work."
Senator Beveridge points ont that the
expense will not exceed 8 cents on a
carcass of beef and three cents ON a car
cass of hog. While the aggregate of
expense will be probably 81. SOC, 900 a
year, it will be 10 widely distributed
that it will not fall as a burden on the
packers.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-06-02
STATE NEWS.

George McNamee had his back broken
by being thrown from a saddle horse
near Battle Mountain last week.
An incendiary fire in Tonopah Sun
day night was squelched in time to
avert a disastrous conflagration.
Officer Mefiey will not be reinstated
on the Reno police unless the grand
jury exonerates him of the charges of
graft.
Silver Peak, Esmeralda County, min.
ers who secured q wage of "a per day
are out again ON account Of a raise Of
$40 per month in their board.
Officer MefHy of the Reno police ar
rested on a charge Of bribery. was dis
charged by Justice of the Peace Bell fo'
lack of convicting testimony.
George Ernest of Churchill County is
located in the Salton sea iasin, Arizona,
119 feet below the level of the sea
where he weH on q health recuperatiDl
trip.
The outlook for a daily mail servic'
between Tonopah and Manhattan hal
been postponed, as the bids for the con
tract are considered too high by thu
postal department.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-06-02
Need Of Physical Examination

Los Angeles has a department in her
public school system which might well
be adopted in this city. says the Sacra.
mento Bee. Its object is to ascertain
physical defects of the children in the
schools. such as imperfect sight, deaf
ness or other causes which often make
children appear lacking in intelligence
or capacity for study.
1t was found that fully one-quarter
of the children in the Los Angeles
schools had some handicap in the way
of physical Deficiencies. such as usually
may be removed by the use of eye
glasses or proper treatment. Defective
sight, as Governor Pardee not long
ago pointed out, in q notable address to
teachers, is one of the most common
troubles among school children, causing
headaches and inflammation of the
eyes, and seriously interfering with
study. In almost all cases this can be
corrected by the use of suitable glasses,
no operation being needful.
There is another sort of physical de.
feet very little known outside of the
medical profession, but yet by no means
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-06-02

uncommon. This consists of what are
known as adenoid growths, in the re.
gion of the pharnyx, where the nasal
passages open into the throat. They
are in the nature Of glandular swellings
or engagements. and greatly impair
natural breathing. with the resultant
deficiency in development. These
growths are readily removed by a
simple operation. which greatly inn
proves the condition Of the child and
its general capacity for progress in
school.
Very much of what is commonly
called ''back wardness" is due to de-
fects such as those here noted, and
often they are not discovered until the
child's school days are over; some.
times ever much later in life, or not at
all.
The need of physical examination OF
pupils in the public schools by capable
professional men is evident, to discover
such troubles, because teachers have
neither the time nor the special knowl-
edge requisite to give them proper at
J tention.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-06-02
JUNE 2, 1906.
BRIEF AND BREEZY PARAGRAPH!

Perhaps it is beginning to dawr
on the Standard Oil Company tina
what is known as public opinion
cuts a good deal of ice.
Senator Burton of Kansas has
been so slow in the matter Of
sending in his resignation, that
the Senate is about to take the
Job off his hands, and do his re-
signing for him.
Apostle Smith announces that
the Utah Mormons are about to
give up their ordinary business
interests in Salt Lake. This will
enable the church to devote Its
whole time to politics.
During the past week there
have been several explosions in
powder magazines And the one
in McClure's magazine seems to
have been fatal, also blowing out
four of its editorial force.
The Pennsylvania railroad peo-
pie, in insisting that Mr.. Carne-
gle used to receive more rebates
than any shipper in any line of
business seem disposed to muck
rake the retired ironmaster.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-06-02
TWO MINERS KILLED AT TONOPAH
Crushed to Death in Ascending Cage
in Extension Nine.

Tonopah, New, May 29-Vester Nor
tenson and Tony Hoffstedt were killed
and Z. Mayer injured this morning by
an accident in the Tonopah Extension
mine. Eight men coming of a shift
were on a cage ascending the shaft.
Mortenson leaned out and his shoulder
struck a timber forcing Hoffstedt, who
was opposite him, of the cage Mort
enson caught the timber and hung on
till the cage passed him. when he
dropped to the first level. His head
was cut of and his body badly mangled
Hoffstedt was caught between the cage
and shaft and crushed to death, though
the engineer stopped the cage as quickly
as possible. 1t was necessary to cut
away five sets of timbers to recover his
BODY.
Mayer suffered a dislocated shoulder.
II is not known where the men who
were killed formerly resided.