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GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM
J. Pierpont Morgan Recovers Some
Lost Papers.
WBT THE CAEMAN WAS HONEST
Grand Jury Investigating a Rail
road Tunnel.
BOUT 4,000 YEARS OLD
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK. July 2?, 1001.
It was J. Pierpont Morgan's busy day?
not that all days are not busy ones, but that
this particular day was too short In its
scant twenty-four hours to permit him to
do everything he had in his mind to do.
It was last Friday, and he had In progress
the great First National banking combina
tion, when he lost papers of value almost
Incalculable. He was undisturbed, how
ever, and was going ahead with his usual
unruffled confidence, when the papers were
returned to him by a cabman who found
them on the sidewalk. The financier hardly
raised his eyebrows when the documents
were laid before him, and did not even go
over them to see that all were there In
tact. Morgan dashed up to his office in a
rather shabby cab, absent-mindedly ab
stracted a bill from a package for the
driver and in so doing dropped a package
of papers on the sidewalk. The shabby
cabby pounced on it. but Morgan had gone
?n into his office. The cabby tried to en
ter Morgan's office. "Can't see him, said
the Cerberus at the door. "I'll pay you.
How much?" , , .
The cabman protested that he had been
paid, and said he wanted to return pi.ptrs
Mr. Morgan had dropped. He didn't think
it was of much value, as the banker hadn t
thought it worth while to stop tor it, but
there were signatures there that ought not
to be blown around the street.
"Lemme s?e It," said the guardian of the
Inner house. *He started when he caught
eight of a few lines of writing in a famil
iar hand, and quickly passed into the large
room where Mr. Morgan sat at his desk.
"Something you dropped, sir," he said.
The banker hardly raised his eyes when
the papers having much to do with the
vast financial combination forming were
laid before him.
"When the cabman got out into the street
Detectice Powers looked at him with curi
oslty. . , ,
"Give you anything?" he asked.
"Nope."
"Not even one of his good cigars?
"Nope."
Powers scratched his head reflectively.
As the cabman clambered to his seat and
woke his horse up with a cheerful chirrup
he glanced back at the policeman.
"That bill he gave me for driving him
ten blocks was a twenty,"- he said.
InventlaatlnK a Tunnel.
Urged to action by the increasing num
ber of complaints legarding the New York
Central's tunnel under Park avenue, the
grand Jury has be^un an investigation un
der the direction of Assistant District At
torney Le Barbler into the matter, to as
certain whether or not it is a nuisance in
law, and, if it be, to compel immediate
steps for its abatement. Mr. Le Barbier
announced that he would welcome all defi
nite information which may be given him
regarding the condition of the subpassage
and will at once lay it before the grand
jury. He particulnrly desires specific in
formation regarding the sanitation of the
tunnel and the manner in which the exist
ing conditions may be changed. To this
end he had summoned several sanitary and
electrical engineers to appear before the
grand jury as experts in the case. Fur
thermore, the railroad company, which has.
It is thought, procrastinated in the matter
of effecting reforms, will be asked to ex
plain its delay. That he may make the
presentation of the inquisitors as strong as
possible. Mr. Le Barbier has requested
both the building and health departments
to come to his assistance. The former is
to make a report on the present condition
of the tunnel, and the obstacles to over
come in making changes. From the health
department the assistant district attorney
expects an opinion of the structure as a
menace to health, from the smoke and dust
and poisonous odors which fill it. Physi
cians. Mr. I.e Barbier declared, have stated
that the tunnel is an absolute danger to
the thousands who travel through it daily.
No Love for the Kaixer.
With the arrival of the North German
Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse
came an interesting story about the din
ner which the new commander. Captain
Hogemann, gave on last Monday evening,
the last night at sea. At this dinner a
toast to the kaiser was received so coldly
that a German officer, Count Adalbert von
Sternberg, whose traveling companions
were Harry Lehr and his bride, was moved
to rise up and rebuke the guests for what
he termed "shameful and scandalous" con
duct. His rebuke was not received meekly,
and there were some hisses and many
laughs from the Americans. Later there
Ttas a call for three cheers for President
McKinley, and the response was so hearty
and spontaneous that the Count von Stern
berg appeared more indignant than ever.
Count von Sternberg was captured by the
British in South Africa when with <;ronje.
He promptly pr.Mluced a correspondent's
credentials and the English soldiers gave
him his liberty. Then he returned to Ger
THE MAINE LAUNCHED
LARUE CROWD WITNESSED TODAY'S
CERE HOMES AT PHILADELPHIA.
Mew Ye??el to Take the Place of the
One Now In Havana'* Har
bor Bottom.
PHILADELPHIA. July 27.-The battle
Ship Maine, designed to be bigger, strong
er and faster than her namesake, whose
Shapeless mass still lies in the harbor of
Havana, was launched from the yards of
the Wm. Cramp Ship and Engine Bui ding
Company. The great hull's initial dip Into
the waters of the Delaware river was a
Buccess in every way. One of the largest
crowds that has ever seen a warship leave
the ways at Cramp's yard was on hand,
and patriotism ran wild as the ship left
her cradle.
Launching of warships at Cramp's have
been so frequent that, in late years, such
events have lost much of th?lr attractive
power. The presence of the immense crowd
at today's crristening was largely due to
the fact that the new ship bears the name
of the ill-fated Maine. Kensington, the
great industrial section, wherein the ship
yard is located, touk a noliday and attend
ed the launch. Thousands of persons from
other parts of the city were on hand, and
as the yard was thrown open to the public
every vantage point in the confines of the
place swarmed with humanity. The
?weather was beautiful. There was just
enough cool brees? from the river to tenv?
per the warm rays of the sun.
-.lthough the number of invited guests
was not as large as usual, there was a
^ood attendance oi naval and civilian offi
many, where he wrote a book oalled "My
Experience In the South African W|T
This has been translated by Col. Hender
son of the British army, the officer who
has been ordered by the British government
to write a history of the war in the Trans
vaal. Von Sternberg expects to remain In
this country* about two months, ard he
will visit the Lehrs in Newport.
The Laslent Man Dead.
Joseph A. Bingham, who enjoyed the
reput_tion of being the laziest man in Con
necticut. is dead. Bingham was fifty years
old and never in the memory of any ac
quaintance had he done a stroke of work.
Born of well-to-do parents, he was sup
ported by their wealth as long as they
lived, then a legacy was left him in trust,
which the selectmen doled out to him. He
boarded at Andover Inn for years, until
his money was gone, then the scene shift
ed to a little house provided by the select
men. Here it was charged that he was too
lazy to cut the wood given him, too lazy
to draw water from the near-by well, too
lazy to tie up his shoes. It was too much
work to put on a collar, and as for cook
ing a meal with material all given him?
well, he would starve rather than do it.
For the first time in twenty-five years he
looked into a mirror on Friday last. What
he saw there was his own reflection. He
walked out and deliberately stood in front
of an approaching train. It ended his life
easily. No exertion on his part was need
ed, as there would have been if he had
used a pistol, rope or poison.
A Boat 4,000 Years Old.
Carefully wrapped in burlap and lashed
securely to the forward deck of the Ger
man steamer Hohenfels. which has just ar
rived here, was a boat from Egypt said to
be 4,000 years old. It was dug out from
the thick mud at the bottom of the Nile,
and was doubtless used as a transport for
the soldiers who fought under the banner
of one of the Pharaohs. It was shipped
from Port Said and consigned to a New
York man. The announcement that the
ancient vessel was on her way here has
caused a flutter of excitement among the
good people of Staten Island. The rumor
has been spread abroad that the stanch
Egyptian boat is to take the place of the
ill-fated ferryboat Northfleld, which sank
in the harbor a short time ago. Friends of
the ferry company, it is said, argue that
many a boat on the ferry lines, plying
about the Island of Manhattan is as old as
the Egyptian vessel. They say: "Just you
put a fresh coat of paint on the Pharaoh's
Pride, throw a double-exhaust engine into
her and get a permit from the inspectors
to load her up to double her capacity,
and, say?that's the ticket for you." But
the Staten Islanders look across the bay
with misgivings every morning when they
come over to Manhattan. They fear the
sight of the strange craft.
GERMAN TARIFF LAW.
Provisions of the Sew Regulation*
Severely Criticised.
The Berlin Reichzanzeiger yesterday pub
lished, a draft of the new customs tariff
law and the customs rates.
Opinion in Berlin commercial circles,
however, is that the agricultural schedules
are monstrous, involving a great burden
for Germany's industrial and commercial
classes, together with a serious Injury to
foreign trade, tariff wars and hindrances
to commercial treaties.
Americans in business in Berlin regard
the bill as exceedingly bad for both Ger
many and the United States, pointing out
that the sharp agitation during the last
few years against certain American prod
ucts has borne fruit In the present bill.
Besides the agricultural schedules, the
Americans express keen disappointment at
the heavy increases in machinery. The
present duties, ranging from 2M? to 8 marks
per hundredweight, are in many cases
more than double. In the case of saws
they are quadrupled. American woods are
also hard hit.
The measure shows a reclassification of
articles and a much more minute division.
Comparisons, therefore, are often difficult.
The bill stipulates that in any new com
mercial treaties entered into by Germany
the duties shall not be lower than 5 marks
on rye, marks on wheat. 3 marks on
barley and 5 marks on oats.
The duties on grain, provisions and cat
tle are as published last week by the Stutt
garter Beobachter. and already cabled
from Berlin, with the exception of potatoes,
which are exempt.
Pnbllc Execution in Arkansas.
Charles Anderson, colored, was publicly
hanged at I.lttle Rock, Ark, yesterday for
a criminal assault 011 a white woman one
year ago.
When the black can was placed over An
derson's head scores of negro women be
came frenzied with excitement and
screamed as they r?-l!ed upon the lawn in
the state house yard, near the place of exe
cution.
The recent legislature enacted a law re
quiring men convicted of felonious assault
to be publicly executed.
Snow In Philadelphia.
Flakes of snow fell for a few moments
last night, says the Philadelphia Times,
creating breathless astonishment In the
vicinity of the 44th street entrance to Fair
mount Park and contiguous neighborhoods.
The flight of the tiny crystals was very
brief. It was like a passing cloud of fine
drift, but it was snow, just the same, fall
ing in the middle of the hottest summer on
record.
The Other Side.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Balrbacke?"I understand Rev. Dr.
Purist preached last Sunday against "The
Decollete Fashion."
? Mrs. Locutte?"Yes, and his remarks were
I distinctly vulgar. He said such shockingly
immodest things."
cials. The state of Maine was officially
represented by Gov. Hill and membe.s of
his staff. From Washington came Rear
Admirals Bradford, Melville and Walker,
Lieutenant Commander Bailey, Capt. Lea
ry, forme; governor of Guam and a num
ber of bureau eh'.efs of the Navy Depart
ment.
President McKlnley. Secretary of the
Navy L>ong, Admiral Dewey, Capt. Sl^sbee
and other naval dignitaries, who received
invitations, were unable to attend. It was
the intention to have some of the survivors
of the Maine witness the launching, but
none was present.
The honor of christening the ship was
given to Miss Mary Preble Anderson of
Portland. Me., a descendant of the Preble
family that has added fame to the naval
honors of the country. Next to the ship
Itself, Miss Anderson was the center of In
terest. and her every movement was close
ly followed. At 10:25 o'clock Miss Ander
8on stepped upon the stand that had been
erected at the bow cf the hull. Sho was
escorted by Henry S. Cramp and *as ac
companied by Governor Hill, his staff, her
parents and several other members of her
family. Before ohe arrived the knocking
away of the blocks from under the great
mass of steel had begun and all was ready
when the tide slacked. Then the shoe
piece, the last timber that held the ship,
was sawed In twain and the vessel began
to move. Before she had receded a foot
Miss Anderson, true to custom, struck the
bow of the Maine a blow with the bottle
of champagne and formally christened her.
As the vessel slid off the ways a great
shout went up and every steam craft In
the vicinity began the tooting of whistles.
The Maine, after she reached mid-stream,
was taken in tow by several tugs and
brought to the shore.
After the launch an Informal lunch was
served in the mold loft of the ship yard.
The Maine Is AC per cent finished. Her
keel was laid in April, I860, and the ship
will be ready for transfer to the govern
ment in eighteen months or two years'
time. This, however, will depend upon the
rapidity with which armor plates will be
delivered.
OF SPECIAL INTEREST
TO HAY FEVRR SUFFERERS.
Batterers from bay ferer and rammer catarrh
will be Interested to learn that there la a new.
simple. Inexpensive bnt effective home treatment
for this obstinate and baffling disease, and that a
little booklet fully describing the treatment will be
tnalled Iree to any one by addressing the F. A.
Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich.
Doubtless this statement of a cure and positive
preventative of hay fever will be received with
skepticism by the thousands who have found the
only relief every year was a change of climate dur
ing the summer months.
But whether skeptical or not, it will cost noth
ing to Investigate this new treatment. Simply send
name and address on a postal card to F. A. Stuart
Co., Marshall, Mich., for the booklet, which, be
sides describing the treatment, contains a concise
treatise on the cause and character of this peculiar
disease. Jy23,25,27
ROCKYILLE AND VICINITY.
Great Interest Taken In Today's
Democratic Primary Election.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md., July 27, 1901.
The democratic primary election to nomi
nate candidates for the state senate, house
of delegates, county commissioners, sheriff
and county surveyor, is being held in this
county today. The unusual interest aroused
by the contest for the nomination for the
state senate, will, it is thought, have the
effect of bringing out a heavy vote. The
Crawford system, under which the people
vote directly for the candidates, is in use
In this county.
The following is a complete list of the
aspirants for the various nominations:
State senate?Spencer C. Jones and Wm.
Veirs Bouic.
House of delegates?Edmund L. Amiss,
H. Holland Beall, Henry R. Benson, E.
Henning Etchison, J. Alby Henderson, Jas.
H. Hilton, Walter A. Johnston, John S.
McCeney, Clifford II. Robertson and John
P. Sellman.
Sheriff?John W. Collier, Alfred F. Fair
all, William F. Gaither, Thomas L. Hays
and John A. Selby.
County commissioners (three to be named)
?George W. Day, G. Fenton Snouffer, Wm.
H. Griffith, Eugene A. McAtee, Adam L.
Bolinger, Philip B. Souder, Stephen B. Lyd
dane, William T. Wheeler and Thomas G.
Hardesty.
County surveyor?Charles J. Maddox.
Mr. C. M. Burdeite has been appointed
principal of the public school at Spencer
ville, vice Miss Conway Coles, resigned, and
Miss Ethel Price, principal of the Buck
Lodge School, vice Miss Eva Darby, re
signed.
A number of the young gentlemen of this
town have rented a cottage at Ocean City,
Md., and will leave here tomorrow for a
sojourn of about three weeks. In the
party will be Messrs. Roger Shaw, William
Reading, Barnard Welsh, Walter Hender
son, Somerville Dawson. Dr. William H.
Trail, Dr. Frank Carr and Dr. Hackney.
The republicans of Rockville district held
a largely attended mass meeting last even
ing and nominated a ticket, consisting of
candidates for delegates to the county con
vention and district committeemen, to be
voted for at the primary election to be
held August 4. The attendance was esti
mated at about 125. The meeting was con
trolled by the friends of Postmaster James
P. B. Veirs. and Mr. Joseph Hicks was
made presiding officer. It is understood
that another ticket will be placed in the
field, and a lively contest is anticipated.
The board of county public school com
missioners has awarded the contract for
the erection of a school building at Dwy
er's, in Wheaton district.
Miss Lucy Cason o? near this town has
gone to Colorado for the benefit of her
health.
Rev. J. A. Hopkins, pastor of the Rock
ville Christian Church, has returned from
a sojourn of several weeks at Millville, Del.
The first of a series of dances to be given
at the Woodlawn Hotel, at this place, was
held last evening and proved a thoroughly
eno.vable affair. In addition to the guests
of the hotel, some of those present were
Misses Bessie, Florence and Elsie Taylor.
Mamie Bradley, Yirgie and Mary Brewer,
Annabel Beard, Sarah Henderson. May
Simpson. Noma Thompson, Mrs. Cluskey
Cromwell. Mrs. Harry A. Dawson, Mrs.
Helen Greer. Messrs. John and Russell
Brewer. Walter Henderson, John Higglns,
Somerville and Edward Dawson, Francis
Owens, Mr. Sturdy -and others.
Brotherhood of St. Andrew.
The 1,500, delegates who were expected
to attend the convention of the Brother
hood of St. Andrew ;n Detroit, Mich., have
dwindled to about 600. and there was
plenty of room to spare in Light Guard
Armory yesterday.
What shall be done with the dead ninety
chapters and the li2 dormant ones? was
the question that occupied two hours In dis
cussion, in which many of the delegates
took part. Some were in favor of casting
loose this deadwood. This idea met stub
born Resistance from James L. Houerhtel
ing of Chicago, the founder of the broth
erhood, who considered such a procedure
a sacrilege. The matter was finally left
to the executive council.
? .
Professor George C. Tilden. a noted min
eralogist, and the author of many works
on the subject, has been brought from San
Salvador and placed in a sanitarium in
California. He is in a state of mental col
lapse, due to the strain of overwork and
the trying climate of the Central American
republic.
FINANCIAL.
CASH CAPITAL. $1,200,000.
Ira the Banking
Department
?of this company INTEREST IS
PAID ON DEPOSITS, subject to
check, at will.
Money loaned on real estate and
approved securities, investments
made, incomes collected, estates
managed, etc., etc.
UNION TRUST
& STORAGE CO.,
BANKING HOUSE AND VAULTS, 1414 F St. n.w.
FIRE PROOF STORAGE BLDG., 1st & K sts. n.e.
OFFICERS.
EDWARD J. 8TELLW AG EN, President.
JAMES G. PAYNE. 1st Vice President.
GEORGE E. HAMILTON. 2d Vice President.
. Attorney and Trust Officer.
GEORGE E. FLEMING. Secretary.
CHARLES S. BRADLEY, Treasurer.
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The parent company of am erica.
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October 5, 1886. an?l has eight other wlrelens pat
ents; the inventions of the celebrated Americans,
Profs. Dolbear. Collins, 8hoemaker and Plckard.
A limited amount of stork Is now offered for
public snt?crlptiun (par value $10, FULL PAID
AND NON ASSESSABLE) at
$6.00 Per Share. :
PROMPT SUBSCRIBERS WILL IMMEDIATELY
RECEIVE THE APPORTIONMENT SCRIP DIV
IDENDS of 25 per cent each, declared by the Com
pany May 7. May 28. Jane 19 and July 10, of the
New England, Federal, Northwestern and Atlantic
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capital stock Into tte Parent Company's treasury,
to be dlrlded among Its stockholders aa a 25 per
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Make all subscriptions payable by check, draft,
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tale 11 Go
OF CALIFORNIA.
CAPITAL - - - $2,000,0i
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$1,000,000 Treasury. Stock, One-half of Total Capital. No Bonda or Preferred Stock.
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Eastern Offices - - - 11 Broadway, New York
Western Offices, 66-67 Chronicle Bldg., San Francisco
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
H. Prentiss Taylor,
Gen. Manager.
Taylor & Co., Bankers, San Francisco.
Edward. A. Barnes,
Superintendent Bradatreet'a Mercantile
Agency, San Francisco.
H. W. Meek, S. Francisco.
President Oakland and Haywards Electric
Railroad. Vice President California Dried
Fruit Association.
Major J no. W. A. Off,
Cashier State Bank and Trust Co., Los
Angele*.
Charles Hofit - ? President
The Holt Manufacturing Co. (California
Combined Harvesters), San Francisco and
Stockton, Cal.
Edward C. Denigan,
Vice President.
Thomas Denigan & Son, Wool Merchants,
San Francisco.
Thomas J. Finney ? ? Sec.
Company's Eastern Office.
Woodvilfie Flemming,Treas
Company's Eastern Office.
DEPOSITORY?First National Bank, San Francisco.
GENERAL COUNSEL?Bishop, Wheeler & Hoeffler,
San Francisco.
REGISTRARS & TRANSFER AGENTS?North
American Trust Co., New York.
The Three Vital Requisites to Success in an indus
trial enterprise are Production, Harket and Per
manency of Both.
PRODUCTION: The National Crude Oil Company, through Its ownership in the Kern River Oil
Company, has a daily capacity of 6,000 bbla. from 31 wells (of which three are flowing wells),
ranking amongst the largest producers in the. VERY HKART of the CELEBRATED KERN
RIVER DISTRICT. In Sec. 4, T. 29 S., R. 28 E. Sec. 28. T. 28 S.. R. 28 E.; Sec. 19. T. 28 8., R.
28 E.. and Sec. 20, T. 28 S., R. 29 E. (see any map of Kern River District), having a total acre
age in this district of 350 acres, and in the other principal oil-producing fields?McKittrlck, Mid
way. Fresno and San Benito Districts, and Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, a total of 3,053
acres, much of which territory Is capable of practically unlimited production; and from the fact
that Its oil sands are saturated for a depth of from 200 to 400 feet, assures an almost Inexhaust
ible supply.
MARKET: The undeniable natural advantage possessed by the CALIFORNIA OIL FIELDS In
their rapidly Increasing home market as fuel to supplant high-priced coal imported from Australia
and British Columbia (thereby giving It a far more remunerative value than It could find In fields
where coal is abundant), gives it a great PERMANENT and MATERIAL advantage over ALL
OTHER oil fields.
An equally substantial advantage is its greatly closer contiguity to Oriental markets. When
the supply shall have exhausted the home demand, the savings in freight over ALL COMPETITION
in supplying trans-Pacific countries Is the equivalent alone of a permanent substantial profit.
PERMANENCY OF BOTH (Production and Market): This point Is clearly established by facts
already stated, viz: (As to PRODUCTION) the maximum depth of oil sands In the Kern River
District and (as to MARKET) increasing HOME demand as fuel (It being remembered that Cali
fornia lias practically no opal of itself now); the diminishing supply of other fields (notably East
ern United States and Russia) and the closer proximity of the CALIFORNIA OIL 1'IELDS" to the
Oriental market, an overtopping advantage of which this field can NEVER In- deprived.
The "National Crude" thus obviously possesses these th-ee VITAL conditions to permanent
profit-earning.
We present for your consideration:
1st. A strong Company, offifered and directed by as good, substantial men as can be found on
the Pacific Coast.
2d. The Company having acquired large acreage in the heart of California's richest oil fields,
the large production of which is l?etng dally Increased by the o|ieratlon of six siandard rigs, which
we know will attain desired results BECAUSE the entire territorv owned or operated by this Com
pany is proven oil lands (not an acre of It being "wild cat"), 350 acres of It lieing in the heart
of the great Kern field, -which during the past year baa produced more oil than the balance of
the state combined.
CRUDE OIL HAS BEEN THE FOUNDATION OF THE MOST COLLOSSAL FORTUNES OF
MODERN TIMES.
It Is desired to IMPRESS UPON THE INVESTOR that the National Crude Oil Company la
NOT offering to pay Its subscribers a fabulous monthly dividend out of THEIR OWN MONEY, or
asking them to depend upon EXPECTED DEVELOPMENT for their returns.
A PRODUCING WELL In hand Is worth a DOZEN "gushers" In the prolific Imagination of an
oil stock jobber.
REFERENCES: AS TO THE NATIONAL CRUDE OIL CO.. CASHIER OF THE STATE
BANK & TRUST CO. OF LOS ANGELES, CAL. A REFERENCE TO EITHER "DUN'S" OR
"BRADSTREET'S" WILL SATISFY THE ENQUIRER OF THE HIGH CHARACTER OK THE DI
RECTORATE OF THE COMPANY.
The Bank of Bakersfield (four miles from the property) and banka In either San Francisco or
Los Angeles can give corroborative testimony of the claim that the Kern IUver Oil Co. Is one of
the foremost and largest producers In California's greatest oil fields, via: the Kern River District.
These properties are largely !?. the very heart of thla field The closest investigation 18 courted.
The Company offers 25,000 shares of Its Treasury Stock at 00% of par ($6.00 per rhare) to add
to Its present holdings in the Kern River Oil Company, to increase Its capacity and output by
flushing Its development, extending its pipe lines and tankage facilities, and by this means hasten
ng the time of Its dlvidend-payt?g period.
Subscriptions close W?dnesdAy. August 7. at 3 p.m. The right Is reserved to decline or reduce
subscriptions. Apply for prospectuses, further Information, maps, etc., to
National Crude 0S1 Co. 1 I Broadway
it
9 New York.
(SECOND FLOOR.)
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
Of the
UNION TRUST AND STORAGE CO.,
At Washington, in the District of Columbia, at
the close of business, July 15, 1901.
RESOURCES.
Loans an<l discounts f(181,102 18
U. S. bonds on hand 02,000 CO
Premiums on U. S. bonds 6,988 75
Stocks, securities, &o 347,080 23
Vaults, furniture and fixtures 41,847 03
Other real estate owned 95,070 00
Due from national banks (not reserve
agents) 81.588 32
Due from bankers and trust companies 86,310 74
Warehouses, and building accounts... 256,811 74
Internal revenue stamps 214 94
Checks and other cash items 1,070 92
Exchanges for clearing house 2,571 29
Fractional paper currency, nickels and
cents 8 59
Lawful money reserve In bank, vlr:
Specie $48,938 45
Legal tender notes 20.000 00
68,938 45
Total $1,711,617 78
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $1,200,000 00
Undivided profits, less expenses and
taxes paid 4,155 40
Individual deposits subject to check.. 005,662 33
Certified checks 1,800 00
Total $1,711,617 73
State of Washington, D. C., ss:
I, CHA8. S. BRADLEY, treasurer of the above
named company, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. CHAS. S. BRADLEY, Treasurer.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th day
of July. 1901.
(Signed) ALBERT M. SIOUSSA, Notary Public.
Correct?Attest: (Signed)
JAS. O. PAYNE.
MICHAEL J. COLBERT,
J. MAURY DOVE,
J. NOT A MeGILL.
LYNN O. DE LASHMUTT,
JAMES B. LAMB1E,
JOSEPH S. CRAWFORD,
It Director*.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
Of the
NATIONAL METROPOLITAN BANK,
At Washington, D. C., at the close of business,
July 15, 1901.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $1,713,823 40
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 321 74
U. S. bonds to secure circulation 800,000 00
U. 8. bonds to secure U. 8. deposits.. 240.000 00
Premiums on U. S. bonds 24,067 50
Stocks, securities, etc 610,911 87
Banking bouse, furniture and fixtures 65,000 00
Other real estate owned 88,170 82
Due from national banks (not reserve
agents) 251,007 54
Due from state I ranks and bankers... 41.646 72
Due from approved reserve agents... 285.006 37
Internal revenue stamps 670 00
Checks and other cash Items 80.885 9fi
Exchanges for clearing house . 18,100 11
Fractional paper currency, nickels and
cents 107 20
Lawful money reserve In hank, vtt:
Specie .$133,841 45
Legal-tender notes 243,000 00
- r: 876,541 45
Redemption fund with U. v. treasurer
(5% of circulation) 15,000 00
?
Total -.....$4,006,100 17
LIABILITIES. V
Capital stock paid In $300,000 00
Surplus fund 400,000 00
Undivided profits, less expenses' and
taxes paid 151,698 42
National bank notes outstanding <>1.... 294,580 00
Due to other national ?
banks $122,148 67
Due to state banks and
bankers t 3$,030 59
Due to trust companies
and savings banks a 100,356 29
Due to approved reserve ,
agents ... J **** T4
Dividends unpaid '? $.884 00
Individual deposits sub
ject to check 2,346.Ti.'S 38
Demand certificates of
dc posit 16.1(H) 34
Certified checks L966 77
United States deposits.. 228.000 00
: 2.859.881 75
Total... $4,006,160 17
District of Columbia, ss:
I. J. GALES MOORF.. csshler of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement la true to the he?t ef rav knowledge
and belief. J. GALES MOORS. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before roe this ?5*h day
Of July. 1901. ALFRED R. BRIOOR
Correct?Attest: Notary Public.
K. SOUTHARD PARKER.
J. B. WIMRU.
JNO. JOY EDSON.
H. HURT.
HENRY K WILLARD;
JOHN B. LARNER.
Directed.
THE REGULAR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND (NO
25) of TWO PER CENT win be paid on the
PREFERRED CAPITAL STOCK of the AMERI
CAN GRAPHOPHONB COMPANY AUGUSTI#.
1901. to stockholder* of record August 4. By or
der of ths> board of director*.
*. J. GODWIX, tecnttax7.EA8T^jyl?3^5)i
HOME
SAVINGS
BANK
3
Receives Commercial Accounts, sub
ject to check, and accepts savings
deposits in sums of
$1 and up. Savings
accounts earn interest
at the rate of
Officers: B. F. Saul, Pres.; Anthony
Gaegler, V. Pres.; Francis Miller,
Treas.; Alex. S. Clarke, Sec.
7th and L Sts.
Jy27-30d
OFFICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND POTO
MAC Telephone Company.? A dividend of $1 per
share will be payable on the 2yth day of July,
1901, to the stockholder* of record at the close of
business on the 19th day of July, 1901. at the office
of the treasurer of the company, 619 14th street
northwest. Washington, D. C. The transfer books
will be closed from the 20th of July to the 29th if
July, inclusive. JE.IKMIAH M. WILSON, Presi
dent. CHARLES O. BEEBE, Treasurer.
Washington, D. C.. July 11, 1901.
jyl7,18,19.2u,22,2&.27.29
Washington
Loan Tirust Co.
OFFICE, COR. 8TH AND F STS.
PAID-UP CAPITAL, *1,000,000.
Loans in any amount made on approved real
estate or collateral at reasonable rates.
Interest paid upon deposits on monthly bal
ances subject to check.
This company acts as executor, admtnlstra
tor, trustee, agent, treasurer, registrar and
in all other fiduciary capacities.
Boxes for rent in burglar and fireproof
Vaults for safe deposit and storage of valn
able packages.
Real Estate Department Is prepared to as
some the management of your real estate.
Careful attention given to all details.
JOHN JOY -EDSON President
JOHN A. SWOPE .. Vice President
ELLIS SPEAR Second Vice President
ANDREW PARKER Treasurer
BR1CE J. MOSES............Assistant Treasurer
THOMAS BRADLEY Real Estate Officer
Jyl-w*s-36tf
"Determining the character and financial respon
sibility of your broker is as important as the selec
tion of right stocks."
IMHTIFl
ESTABLISHED |T" (TT) MAIN OFFICE:
1890. ly?lU/0 JJ 83 B"WAY* N- Y
402 Walnut St., Phila.
Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Cotton.
86 State "St., Boston.
BRANCHES 402 Walnut St., Philadelphia.
833 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg.
WITH 340 Main St.. Worcester.
1428 F St. N.W. .Washington.
PRIVATE Guardian Trust Bldg., Baltimore.
Cuyahoga Bldg., Cleveland.
WIRES: 132 Market St., Newark.
I^nn. Portland, Providence.
Commission orders solicited for large or small
accounts, for cash or moderate margin.
We beg to announce that we have opened, for
the benefit of our friends and customers, an office
directly on
Atlantic City, N. J.,
160 feet oat from the si tore, where we will be
pleased .to welcome them. WE FURNISH PIER
TICKETS TO OUR CUSTOMERS. jy6-s.4t.42
LAWYERS' TITLE
AND
GUARANTY INS. CO.,
412 5th St N. W.
J CD SON T. CCtX rmtM
K. L. SCHMIDT ~ .Secretary
8AMTKL CROSS Treasurer
Title* examined and insured.
Jy2t-3in.il Conveyancing.
OF BEAUMONT.
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF TEXAS.
Capital . . . $2,000,000
DIVIDED INTO 2,000.000 SHARES OK THE I'AR
VALUE OF $1.00 EACH, FULL PAID
AND KOX-ASSE8SABLB.
President, Hon. Charles A. Townc
Of New York City and Beaumont, Texas.
THE EXPORT OIL AND PIPE LINE CO. does
?ot claim to present "the only opportunity In the
whole Texas oil field," but It does claim that there
U NONE BETTER.
It baa good properties and good prospects, with
good men to manage the former and make the
Bioat of the latter.
IT IS A BUSINESS MEN'S COMPANY, organised
on business principles to do a commercial business
In the production and sale of oil.
ITS STATEMENTS AS TO ITS BUSINESS art
backed by the reputation of aucb men aa lta pres
ident, Hon. CHARLES A. TOWNE, Ex-Senator
from Minnesota; Gov. BENTON McMILLIN of
Tennessee (who la one of ita director* and largest
shareholder); lta Vice President, STEPHEN M.
SCOTT, who is one of the leading business men of
Texas, and who has already made a large fortune
In the Beaumont fields; and, in fact, by its entire
board of directors, who are all successful business
men of prominence and Integrity. Mr. JOHN P.
WITHERS, one of ita Beaumont directors. Presi
dent of the American National Bank of Beaumont
and of the First National Bank of Howe, Texas,
has steadily declined connection with all oil com
panies until the organisation of the Export Com
pany by Senator TOWNE, Messrs. JOSEPH E.
BROUSSARD of Beaumont, GORDON S. ORME of
New Orleans. H. J. HOPKINS of Buffalo,
CHARLES C. ORTHWEIN of Kansas City and
Col. R. H. HENRY of Jackson, Miss. (State Prin
ter for the last twenty years), are men of means
acquired in the successful operation of their re
spective lines of business. All of them know the
Texas oil fields and the Export Company's prop
erties, and each of them has put bis own money
into the enterprise, which will assuredly prove a
success. With three wells already guaranteed it
Is SURE OF A PRODUCT, and THE MARKET
for the product IS EQUALLY CERTAIN.
The guarantees of these three wells were made
by three different meu on three -different tracts of
the company's holdings, and all are PRACTICAL
OIL MEN. who are IN THE OIL BUSINESS and
KNOW OIL LANDS when they see them.
On July 18 another gusher was added to the list
of those surrounding the Export Company's Splntile
Top Heights l&Dds?the Beatty No. 2, 145 ft. south
west of where the Export Co. Is drilling. This
new gusher has only been about sixty days in
boring. Therefore it Is a fair expectation that the
Export well may "come in" sooner than anticipat
ed. When it does rtime in. Export Oil and Pipe
Line Co. stock will not be purchasable at
GROUND-FLOOR FIGURES as now. ONE 10.0UO
The Camp Bird
Extension mining Company
Ouray, Colorado.
Capital Stock, $2,500,000.
Par Value of Shares One
Dollar Each.
Full Paid and Non-Assessable.
A corporation owning the extension of the won
derful veins for which THOMAS F. WALSH I1AS
REFUSED SEVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
Among the great mines of the world that have
more than a Ucal reputation, there is i?erhaps none
that has received a larger amount of gratuitous
advertising of late than Thomas F. Walsh's Camp
Bird Mine, situated at Ouray, in the state of Col
orado. Tha statements that have been published
regarding the offers of $7,000,000 and $15,000,000
for his mine, and bis refusal of these Immense
sums, have attracted the attention of the mining
public, not only In the United States, but in Lon
don and Paris.
It is an established fact that the vein of the
great Camp Bird Mine, which is producing today
on an average of $10,000 daily In gold bullion,
passes directly on to the adjoining property owued
and now being developed by the Camp Bird Ex
tension Mining Company, upon which pay ore Is
now being mined.
THE CAMP BIRD EXTENSION COMPANY
OWNS 246 ACRES OF GROUND ADJOINING
THOMAS F. WALSH'S CAMP BIRD MINE.
The officers of the company are: J. H. ROBIN,
Banker, Silverton, Col., President, Treasurer and
General Manager; F. W. 1SHAM, Colorado Springs,
Vice President; C. F. POTTER, Denver. Col., At
torney and Director of the company; Prof. II. W.
Lamb, Colorado Springs, Mining Engineer, Secre
tary and Director; NORMAN ALLEN, Assistant
Secretary and Director.
References are made to the Lake Shore Banking
and Savings Company of Cleveland, Ohio, the
First National Bank of Colorado Springs and the
Colorado National Bank of Denver.
A limited amount of the Treasury Stock of this
company la now offered for sale at Twenty-five
cents per share. Orders booked as received and
stock delivered at once.
Maps, Photographs, Prospectuses and full infor
mation can be had by applying to
fi~i. W. Coffin,
GENERAL AGENT FOR THE COMPANY,
Washington Loan and Tru6t building.
Jy29&27-2t Washington, D. C.
HONEY TO LOAN"
4% and 5%
ON DISTRICT REAL ESTATE. "
RATE OF INTEREST REGULATED BY CHAR
ACTER OF SECURITY.
R. O. Jfloltzman,
Je22-14tf 10th and F sts. n w.
SAVINGS DEPOSITS at
the Union Savings Bank draw
3% Interest.
Savings accounta can ba
opened for from $1 up.
Union Savings
Bank, ?4th&N^*Av.
fr26-30d
MONEY AT and 5%
Promptly loaned on real estate to the
District of Columbia. LOWEST COMMISSIONS.
Heiskelfi & McLeran,
BolT-lOtf toon r St. a w.
W. B. Hibbs & Co..
1419 F Street.
Owmwtuif ?C
" LADENBURG. THALMAXX * CO,
ltnrrel pusher will give the company an Income of
$3,000 a day-50 |>er ceqt on tbe entire oapitallis
tion of the company at par. Thin means to the
purchaser of stock at the present price, 00c., divi
dends of NO i*>r cent on hia investment.
The actual averaire flow of the gushers la 50.000
barrels a day and the Export Co. haa ample room
on Its Spindle Top pro|?ertlea for at leaat SIX
wells. bet the reader flsrure up for hlmaelf tbe
result. the selling price of oil ?t the wells being
now 30c. a liarrel.
These eatlniatea are not theoretical. They are
baaed on the known product of the gushers, ami
the caah market for the oil?on the bualneas act
ually being done In tbe Beaumont tit-Ida.
All thla Is without conslderaton of the company's
oil lands outside of Spindle Top Heights, or of Its
sulphur landa in Sulphur, La.; and sulphur, though
the fact Is not generally known, is one of the most
remunerative minerals In tbe world. In Its two
sulphur tracts the company has an asset of Im
mense possibilities.
Both of these are in tbe same district from
which the American Sulphur Ou. (Standard Oil
Go.) has for many years been deriving a vast
profit, but in such a quiet way that little baa
been known of It. One tract dlrfctiy adjoins the
American Sulphur Co.'s lands, and covers the con
tinuation of tbe great sulphur vein thereon. It la
a moderate computation that the Export Company's
capital can be far more than recovered from this
tract In sulphur slone, to say nothing of the oil
underlying the sulphur stratum. The other tract
also adjoins landa of the American Sulphur Co.,
and la in an especially favorable location as re
gards oil production, the wells here yielding a fln?
quality of lubricating oil (which haa ten times tbe
value of fuel oil), and also a large amount of as
phaltum?the latter a substance which has already
built up some of the greatest fortunes in America.
For the purpose of developing the properties of
the company a limited amount of capital stock la
offered at
6<Q)Co Per Share,
p&r value $1.00, full paid and non-assessable.
REMEMBER, that when the well "comes In" the
stock gx>s out?that Is, tff the market. The only
time to secure It at any price Is before oil Is
struck; and the only time to secure this stock at
60 cts. Is IMMEDIATELY.
Subscriptions should be sent either to tbe
Company at Beaumont, TVxas. or to Its Fiscal
Agents as below, with checks or drafts payable to
the order of WALTER G. HUDSON & CO.
Send for illustrated prospectus and latest Infor
mation, mailed promptly on request.
Walter G. Hudson <& Co.,
Fiscal Agents,
342 Stock Exchange Bldg., Boston, Mass.,
MEMBERS BEAUMONT OIL EXCHANGE AND
It BOAKD OF TRADE.
HOME BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
Office of Treasurer. 1907 Pa. ave.; of Secretary,
2135 II at. n.w.
Shares, $200 each.
Monthly paymenta. $1.00 per share.
Monthly meetings. 2d Tuesday evening of each
month, at a.w. corner Pa. ave. and 10th at. a.w.
$200 per share can he obtained as u loan.
Monthly payment therefor. $1 per month.
0 per cent interest allowed on monthly payment*
on stock, redeemed or cancelled In settlements,
which may ho made at any time.
Expenses for loans are at lowest possible figures.
A large amount of funds on hand for those de
siring loans.
Applications for loans may be made at any time
to either of tbe officers named below or at the
monthly meetlugs aud be obtained without un
necessary delay.
ANSON 8. TAYLOR. President. 1212 F at. n.w.
GEO. W. LINKINS, Vice Prealdent, cor. lUtb
and H sts. n.w.
W. H. WETZEL. Secietary. 2135 H at. B.W.
EDWARD S. WESCOTT. Treasurer. 1&0T Pa.
ave. n.w.
DIRECTORS.
JAMES H. BYRAM 2023 H at. ? w.
SAM'L A. COOMBS 2214 H St. n.w.
JOHN' B. GILFILLEN 1521 Columbia st. n.w.
GEO. J. JOHNSON Cor. Pa. ave. and 9th n.w.
CHAS. N. MOORE 1145 17th st. n.w.
g. NORRI8 THORNE 933 23d *t. n.w.
MADISON WHIPPLE 1914 H St. n.w.
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PMPEIIM
Building Association.
Established Twenty Years. Tbe Greatest Sav
ings Institution In the City. Assets, $2,234.
178.08. Tbe accumulated profits from which
We pay the Interest due to members now
Stands at $104,671.23. We pay ont an aver
aga of $10,000 Interest every month. Our
Enormous business has been acquired by tbe
Utmost liberality In our methods consistent
With safety. We are accepting amounts from
$1 to $5,000 at 4% per aunum. Interest paid
Every three montha. Business accounts are
Not desired, but we allow money to be with
drawn twice In any one month. We advance
$175 on each share, for ?vblch we charge $1.00
interest per motKb; six shares. $1,050, Inter
est $6 monthly; ten shares. $1,750. Interest
$10; 15 shares, .*2.625, Interest $15: 20 shares,
$3,500, Interest $20. We allow the membeis
To pay such sums as Is convenient to them, in
Addition to the monthly interest. We are
Quite satisfied so that they pay something
Monthly on th? debt, but we are not partic
ular as to the imount. Whenever the amount
Of % share, vl*., $87.50. is pal?l in we settle
The half share and reduce the Interest 50
Cents. In making building loana we charge
Interest only >>n tbe money used, and not on
The whole loan, until It Is nil taken ont. On
Sums liorrowed below $1,500 we charge $10
Only for ex pens-s. On $1,500 or over we make
No charge for expenses. Office, 506 11th at.
C. C. DUNCANSON. Presdt.
JOHN COOK. Secy.
II. H. TWOMBLY. Asst. Secy.
Jyl6-tf HAMILTON K. GRAY. Treasr.
THE
RIGGS NATIONAL BANK
OF WASHINGTON. D. 0.
I, Wjl
SURPLUS $350,000
EXCHANGE ON
ENGLAND, IRELAND. FRANCE AND GERMANY.
Letters off Credit
AVAILABLE IN ALL FOREIGN PARXS.
BANK COLLECTIONS.
ORDERS FOR INVESTMENTS.
8TOC \S AND BONDS ap22-28tf
J. Overton Paine & Co.,
PANKERS AND BROKERS.
7 Wall at.. New York.
BRANCH OFFICES:
1331 F St. N.W. Tel. Main 382.
Central National Bank Building,
7th and Pa. Ave. Tel. East 600.
Stocks. Bonds, Grain, Cotton
On Margin or for Caah.
Direct private wires. Dally market letter mailed
rpon application. a JyH-tf.17
The National Safe Deposit,
Savings and Trust
Company,
CORNER 15Tn ST. AND NEW YORK AYR
Capital: One Million Dollars
Pays Interest on depoalta.
Rents Safes Inside Burglar-proof Vault*.
Acta aa Administrator. Executor. Trustee, te
fe6-20d
'Life Insurance and Annuities.
Tbe Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York.
Largest, stiuwgaot laaoraurs com pa ay la tW
world, a ad tW most> liberal policies.
A aorta over $**.000.000.06
tacome la MOO over $60,000,000.00. .
THOMAS P. MORGAN. MANAGER.
District of Colombia Agescy. Tbaaa Mala UK.
qpis-uscjl vmte at.*.*.