The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 20, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1895. 7 — WS IN BRIEL for Alaska yester- CITY NE s sailed were & great suc- I s read the seventh d field day at the Olympic nds to-day was arraigned for murder in | rt yesterday. | se rule will be suspended | npact to-day. | n Weller was adopted yes- lia V. R. Pixley. n Francisco are preparing to \ Actors' Association. th page of the CALL every day. fes’ class in physical culture at Hall gave an entertainment 1 “hurch Sabbath-school ch festival entitled ““Bramble® he local insurance consisti T board s and counter men, went to piee Ajury in Judge Bahrs' court ye ¥ guitted Thomas Wilkinson of a misdemeanor are | tion -tables of the railroad co panies ed in the CaAL &CCo ia d from quar- assengers The schoo from Willapa for her safe A_congr in. San Fra gates are e ms, bright and bri u | i i i page of the Goit orary aae 0 % | fer of colliers coming and going to and | who expressed sympathy with the move- | after April 30, owing to the reduced con- SN FRANCISCO TEMS, The Coal-Carriers That Come In and Go Out of This Port. ning of Commercial Pros- perity. filling up all the dock space, the commer- cial standing of the port may be considered ing on a sound and healthy plane, narket value as having an upward a great coal mart for the north- evidenced by the large num- | becomin, ern mines NOW THEY CROWD THE PIERS.| Tonnage of a Half—Month—Begm—‘_ ‘When the vessels are wedged in the slips, | tendency. The fact that San Franciscois | men. All but Bush and Rumbold were released, as they admitted they were the froprietors. They conducted a éxlsce known as the San Francisco Public Stock Exchange on Market street. The business was conducted on the lines of the old clock game. Prosecuting Attorney John F. Dare made a hard fight to secure a conviction | and succeeded. The attorneys he had to | battle were ex-Attorney-General Hart, Ore- | gon Sanders, Newland and Fawcett. The lefense asked for a stay of sentence until | 24th inst., in order to take an appeal. | The motion was granted. ACTRESSES TO UNITE. Women of the Stage Take Steps Toward Organizing for Mutual Protection. i | | l i | LR E The women of the stage now doing “le- gitimate’ roles in San Francisco are about ! to unite. They intend joining the Ameri- | can Actors’ Association and are now in | doubts whether to form an independent lodge or to afliliate with the Pacific lodge, which was organized some months since. | A meeting was held Thursday afternoon, | which was presided over by Anita Fallon. | While quite a number of ladies were pres- | ent, there were letters from nearly a score | SAN . FRANCISCO ~ ITEMS, Contractors Argue Before the Supervisors’ Judiciary Committee. LAW POINTS ARE EXPLAINED. A Recommendation That the Su- preme Court Be Petitioned for Relief. There was a large delegation of con- tractors, all having contracts to furnish the various institutions of the city and county with supplies and material, before the Judiciary Committee of the Board of Supervisors . yesterday afternoon. They were present in support of their notice threatening t6 cease furnishing supplies op A refuse to drill nks of their com- ancisco the mur- ed with the Coroner’s at Theodore Du yner was also ict of s case was The p wil n motion for change of venue, the case of Brady was yesterday ordered | be transferred to Alameda | De Whhton arson case in city met last Tues g he name of tt ew Woman e purpose of the a vaacement and education of women in the du- i citizenship. ¢t of accidental death was returnedin of Jacob Bacon, who was found dead April 15, at his residence, the case of Roberts against the iage Company, in Judge Hunt's redia verdict for $1500 . aclerk of the city and county of bas gone suspended People’s erday engaged John ttorney, in_place of { ~ | many sister commonwealths. A \ [Sketched by a “Call™ artist.] COAL-CARRIERS CROWDING IN THE DOCKS. port. During the first fifteen | days of April fourteen vessels arrived and | discha i their cargoes, amounting to 00 tons. Wellington coal being | quoted at $8 or more a ton makes the lue of the half month’s imports $296,000, or almost $600,000 asa month’s work for | the fast-sailing coasters. The opening of mew coal beds on the Puaget Sound shores, the building of the great valley road and the successful labors of the Hal ion Club, the crowding into the bay of laden ships means the beginning of an era for San Francisco more golden than the of the El Dorado. A eontinental favorite is Dr. Price’s Bak- ing Powder. 0UT OF THE FIELD. Wells, Fargo & Co. Have Decided to Abandon the Carrying of Letters. Wells, Fargo & Co. have decided to retire from the business of carrying letters within the States and Territories of the United | States. Thus will cease to exist another of | the institutions which, in early day erved | to make California a State apart from What the company could not be forced todo y | ago by the direct interposition of the Gov- ernment, it now voluntarily does by force of circumstances brought about by the powers tnat it once defied. Just when the letter service of the com- pany will be discontinued has not vet been @ v of ion tirely on how long the present suppl the franked envelopes in their po: and with the sale of the last one the people es | of this State will have to depend entirely Henry C. G terday about the M e eit and Democrac: State: ator Stephen M. White wrote to Washingto; the same matter. w night Rev. Dr. Goodwin, p M. E. Church, corner of rnia streets, will disc ers and give the cause and epidemic of erime ih the cit culturists of the State intend to ege of practicai viticulture { the doomed commission. 1at it shall do the work of the on and will be an incerporated nd od- s the e of 2 1 of Herman Sparf for the Fitzgerald of the bark Hes- . The entire day was speat in , and the case then went over to hn O. Welsh vs. the Southern »ad Company is on trial in the s uit Court. The plaintiff s factory and other buildings & spark from one of the de- v Pioneer Association will celebration on Saturday, ave extended an invitation to them on that occa- isco executive tom- invitation. riong handicap at ve irom Charles A, in_the mile race. winners were Lady Jane, Her Maj- Guard and Miss Ruth. Farrand, pastor of Howard Pres- nrch, will address the meeting for en only at the association building, on and EIlis streets, tdugorrow afternoon o'clock. Seats free and all young men - Mr. Farrand will speak ‘on a practi- eal subject to young men. H Young Men’s Society will en- | ds with an exeursion and pic- nta Cruz Mountains, May 1. d games will be the chief 1y valuable prizes being offered 1 t‘nx['npé'.xlO{!, the whole to end ight. * and Producers’ Associa- eded in having the contract for i be used in the Parrott build- Tetained on the Pacific Coast. The Manu- rs and Producers’ Association will see the United States Circuit | | on the Government for the transmission of their Jetters. de by Manager E. M. Cooper. ; he letter service of, the company in Mexico, however, will be continued, as heretofore, as competition with the Mexi- can Government mail service is still a lu- crative undertaking. g In speaking of the part the mail opera- | tions of this company played in the early development of the State, H. B. Phillips, a former employe of the company, said: There is no institution on the Pacific Coast e interesting than Wells, Fargo & Co.’s ex- . It was the omnipresent, universal busi- { all the region from the Rocky ins to the Pactfic Ocean; its offices were | in every town, far and near; a saloon, a black- | smith shop aud a Wells, Fargo express office | were the first three featuresof & Pacific Coast town. & In the carrying of lettersits operations were | rather curious. Going along hand in hand | y changing population of the | with the rapidly mining camps and districts, offering readier |'and more varied facilities than the slower | moving and circumseribed_Government postal | machinery, it conveyed many of the Jetters | upon routes that the Government mailservice | operated as quickl | though ti great. The the state ¥ as the express ¢om| he latter was twice as s business is shown by denomination of stamped envelopes, some 15,000 of the t-cent | denomination and 30,000 of the higher values, { besides 70,000 5-cent adhesive stamps and | 12,000 6-cent stamps used on letters that had been deposited in their letter-boxes short paid for overweight. In 1504 this business had in. creased 10 such an extent that the 3-cent envyelopes bought amounted to 2,250,000 and the extra adhesive stamps to 125,000. Each yeaf saw a gradually increasing amount 6f business added to this branch of the company, until the meny improvements made in the Government service and its cheaper rates gradually-drew the patronage away from the express company. Aside from the general interest of this news to the mercantile community, it has a special one for philatelists, or stamp col- lectors, as many ot them collect the franks and stamps of private maii carriers, as well as those issued by .the various govern- ments. The franks of Wells. Fargo & Co. will now become obsolete, and consequently rarer and more valuable. BUCKET-SHOP MEN COONVIOTED. The Jury Finds Bush and Rumbold Guilty. Bush and Rumbold, the bucket-shop men, were convicted in Judge Joachimsen's court vesterday. The two men were arrested on the 3d inst. for running a so- called stock board. Officers McGrayne and ic that the law is enforced re i material et by the Board of Supervisore T Davis made the raid and arrested nine 2 | pointed to formulate plans to presenttoa definitely decided, as it will depend en- | will last. No more of these will be printed, | Such _is the announcemsent | ny, | ment, but who were unable, because of re- | hearsals and other engagements, to al-} tend. { H. Coulter Brinker and Francis Powers | of the Senior Branch of the Pacific Lodge | and J. H. W. Harris of the Junior Branch | addressed the meeting. A number of the ladies also spoke. A committee, consist- ing of Anita Fallon, Mina Gleason, Anna Daly, Kate Eckert, Lorraine Hollis, Pau- line Maitland, Maurene Clemson, Julia | Blanc and Mrs. Sara Stevens, was ap- | meeting of the ladies at some undeter- | mined time in the near future. The committee is to meet at the Hotel | Langham on Thursday afternoon.be’l'uej' ad- announce that no reporters will mitted to their coune e I That ‘“‘satisfied feeling” always attends the use of Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Pow- der. Judicious mothers alwaysinsist upon | it—purest and best. A BIG DAMAGE SUIT. parks From a Southern Pacific Loco- ! motive Caused a Heavy Loss. | An interesting suit is on trial in the | United States Circuit Court before Judge Hawley. It involvesthe liability or non- liability of railroads for fires that are | cansed by sparks from a passing loco- motive. According to the complaint on file in the suit sparks from a Southern Pa- cific Company’s engine set fire to the| premises of John O. Welsh in Siskiyou } County. His factory for the manufacture of boxes, | barrel heads, etc., the boiler-house, board- | ing-house, office and store, tool-house and { lumber all went up in smoke, and Welsh now seeks to recover $35,000, the value of | the property, from the corporation. i John E. Foulds and Foshay Walker ap- | pear_for the Southern Pacific Company | | and Bull & Cleary of Siskiyou and Delmas | & Shortridge of San Francisco for the | ! plaintiff. A jury was secured _vesterdayf and the trial will begin n Monday. A UNON SALOR SHoT | Stevanus Sandberg Receives a Bullet From John Cane’s Pistol. ! | | | 1 8] He Was Looking for Trouble and Will Lose a Leg—The Strike. The first blood was shed in the sailors’ strike last evening when John Cane, a boarding-house master, nearly terminated the mortal career of Stevanus Sandberg by uncturing_his epidermis with a bullet. Bane has always been a thorn in the side of the union, having been for years a ship- ping agent for.non-union men. Sandberg | is a member of the union and was one of | the men shipped by Cane on the Wachu- sett. He jumped into the bay from the yessel and was picked up by the patrol- boat of the union and brought ashore. Shortly after 6 o clock last evening Sand- berg and two friends went into Cane’s sa- loon at 26 Steuart street, and, after having a drink, invited Cane out on the sidewalk, Cane says that Sandberg told hiw that he was going to kil him, and the boarding- house master Ynlled a pistol and blazed away. The bullet struck the sailor in the left {eg below the knee, and the wounded man and his friends scrambled out of the saloon. Cane was arrested and the sailor was taken to the Receiving Hospital. After an examination it was said that | SBandberg's leg will have to be amputated. | The sailor, when searched, had no weapon on him. The ship Dashing Wave came to the terms of the Sailors’ Union yesterday, shipping a crew at $35 a month, but none of the crew were union men. The crowd was furnished by Cane. The ship Raphael, which is going to Alaska, will take a union crew. The rate to Alaskais $40 a month. The owners of the vessel will take the union crew to prevent trouble in Alaska, where there is a great number of union | men. Deep-water crews for the ships Ster- ling and Aryan have been shipped, but the Glory of the Seas is still waiting for a crew. ring - | | | | | SPURIOUS coin has no ring. Observe the of the Almighty Dollar (Cigar). dition of the treasury, unless some pro- vision 1s to pe made for the payment of their accounts. The petition was as fol- lows: We, the undersigned contractors and furnishing supplies to the different depart. meuts of this municipality on orders of the chairmen of the respective committees noticing from the report of the expert of the Finance Committee and from other sources, the condition of the general fund, being as- sured of & large shortage in that fund before the end of the fiscal year, we most respectfully beg leave to notify your honorable body that 1o guard ourselyes against pecuniary loss we shull be compelled to stop furnishing supplies to the municipality under our contracts or otherwise after the 30th of April, 1895, unless vour honorable board can make some satisfac- tory provision for the payment of our demands for supplies already furnished and to be fur- nfl!hes for the balance of the fiscal year. Del Monte Milling Company, Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden Company, Holbrook, Merrill & Stet- son, Baker & Hamilton, W. C. Read, H. S. Crocker Company, A. M. Ebbets, Scott’ & Me- Cord, J. Schweitzer & Co., D. Siedemann & Co., Mark Strouse, Peters & Cowrie, Leon D. Stone & P. Lynch, John E. English. William Irvin Brobeck was present from the City and County Attorney’s office and explained the law on the situation. He declared that according to the constitution the tax levy of one fiscal year could not be made to pay for the shortage of the levy of any preceding year to liquidate the claims of that particular year. “In other words,” he said, “if the Board of Supervisors fixes the tax levy at $500,000 to pay the expenses of the municipality for 1894 and the expenses amount to $550,000, the $50,000 deficiency cannot be paid out of the tax levy of 1895. The Supreme Court has decided this point frequently, and while it is hard on some of those contrac- tors who have furrashed the city and county with supplies and received no pay- ment therefor, yet the law cannot changed to suit their par lar case.” The clerk explained that the city was about to have the channel of its supplies cut off and asked the attorney if the muni- cipal government was to be suspended. He contended that this was uot the aim of the law. It was absurd to think that just because the state of the treasury would not warrant the payment of contracts the supflies necessary to carry on the city government were to be cut off; that the prison doors were to be thrown open; that the hospitals and Algshouse were to be closed, and that the whole municipal body should go into liquidation. Supervisor Taylor said that some action should be taken, and he thought it the business of the city attorney to aid in de- vising a way out of the difficulty. John E. English then took the floor. He said he had a contract for furnishing the hospital with supplies, and that he would not do so after April 30 under the provi- sions of the contract, as he had learned a bitter lesson from trusting the city in this connection in past years. 3 “I tell you right now,” said P. Lynch, “that I will not supply the City Hall with any more coal after April 30, and the Judges and all the rest of you can walk up- stairs instead of riding in the elevator, and more than that I will defend the suit if one is brought against me.” Supervisor Hobbs thou‘gbl that the con- tractors should be paid for their supplies. He offered the following resolution, which was adopted : ‘WHEREAS, A speedy decision is urgent to en- able the city and county to do justice to its creditors, it being an accepted interpretation of decisions of our Supreme Court that all ma- terial and supplies furnished for which there isno money in the treasury to pay therefor are illegal and can never basqi . Resoleed, That the City and County Attorne: arties be and he is hereby requested and empower to bring about a speedy decision as to whether demands for material and supplies furnished cipal government can be allowed and pay- ments provided for in the tax levyfor the suc- Court of this State the necessity of Obwmnso. decision in this matteron or before April 30, The Pacific Marine and Sn'ggly Com- any, which was represen by A furnishing the snfiplizg for the subsistence of prisoners of the city and county, com- ing and paying its bills. Raditor Broderick said he held_bills of Supervisors had instructed the Mayor to examine all bills action had been delayed that the Mayor should either sign the bills or let them go through as by the to take such proceedings as may be required for the support and maintenance of the muni- ceeding year; also to represent to the Supreme 1895. reenbaum, and which has the contract for lained against the new method of audit- amonnting to $30,000, and since the Board 1in the payment of the same. He thought in order to facilitate their payment. He said that he could examine a bill just as well as the Mayor. No_action was recommended until the Mayor could be heard on the question. WILL BE OF STEEL. A Handsome Drawbridge to Be Built for the Valley Road in Stockton. The Secretary of War has addressed a communication to the chief engineer of the valley road, containing instructions and regulations upon building bridges across navigable streams. Application was made for permission to erect a drawbridge across Mormon Channel, in Stockton, and the first reply came in the shape of informa- tion upon the subject. Permission must come from the Secretary of War, and it may be delayed through official ‘‘red tape.” “If there is any delay,” said Engineer Storey, “we will have to get around it somehow, at least until we get the per- mission. We shall go ahead with the work elsewhere and be ready as soon as we are allowed to span Mormon Channel with a drawbridge. “We have decided on a drawbridge for Mormon Chanrel, which has a width of about 140 feet. The bridge will probably have a center pier, upon which it will re- volve, leaving two open ways for boats to pass througfi. ‘We are considering the erection of a steel bridge there—not be- cause wood and iron would not answer our purpose quite as well and be less expen- sive, but because the drawbridge will be in the city of Stockton and we wish to please the people by erecting something that will be an ‘ornament to their city. Perhaps two or three drawbridges will have to erected later on upon the route from Stock- ton to Oakland.” J. D. Spreckels and Captain Payson, the engineer yesterday and talked about loco- motives and freightears. Different styles of engines and cars were discussed, but no concluson was reached. A report from this committee is expected at the next board meeting. WILL HAVE N0 BOARD. | City Insurance Agents Sus- | pend Their Combine Suddenly. i The Fire Patrol Will Live Though the Pacific Coast Com~ pact Dies. { The insurance troubles between board | and non-board companies are about at an nd, as it is firmly believed by the local | | compact after to-day. Business was so ompletely demoralized yesterday that no ttention was paid to such restrictions as he non-intercourse rule, or laws of the | compact regulating compensation of ! agents or rates on city risks. | The *‘local board,” comprised of city | agents and countermen in board compa- { nies, fell to pieces in the morning. These | busy men met to consider the exigencies of the occasion and agree on some method for mutual benefits, but they could do nothing to save themselves from the in- evitable demoralization of their business. No arrangement of any utility could be effected since rates have been suspended, | and it appeared certain that the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific will to- dav suspend the non-intercourse law. and thereby place all companies on an equal footing. 8o there was nothing to be done but go out of existence, which the iocal board did without much discussion. It makes little difference what becomes of the compact so far as the fire patrol is concerned. The feeling is unanimous now that the patrol shall be sustained, if for no other reason than a purely business proposition of seli-protection. Should the compact burst up several insurance men say that the general managers will still contribute their respective proportions to support the fire patrol, alth ough they may continue the war in rates. With free intercourse among the various companies there can be no such thing as distinction in placing and accepting large risks, and then, with_ rates suspended, the board will have failed of its primary object of mutual protection and necessarily pass away like 1ts predecessors. How long the managers will continue the rate warafter this disintegration is a question that none of them would attempt to answer, It may be a month, though more likely it will be very much longer, until transacting business at a loss be- comes unbearable. Despite the wholesale cutting of rates a great many people who insure in large amounts have refused to take advantage of the war. Should a fire come upon any of them they may feel assured of reciprocity on the part of the companies called upon to ad- just the Joss. It is stated b{ agents that the companies will in case of fire remem- ber the men who cut them down so much and so get even. B e — Competitors of Dr. Price’s Baking Pow- der are growing weary of trying to equal it. Their labors are vain. CHINESE REGISTRATION. Mr. Riordan Says the Law Was De- clared Unconstitutional Over a Year Ago. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald, accord- ing to Attorney Thomas D. Riordan, will run upagainsta snag if heattempts to have enforced the State Chinese registration act of March 20, 1891. Says Mr. Riordan: 1If anything like that is tried I will hayve some- body arrested for false imprisonment and ma- licious prosecution. Doesn’t the new Labor Commissioner know that that act was declared unconstitutional by a decision oi the State Supreme Court, rendered by Justice Beatty January 26 of last vear, in the habeas corpus case of Ah Cue. The court then declared that the “power attempted to be exercised is one which belongs exclusively to the Federal Goy- ernment, by virtue of its autherity to regulate commerce with foreign nations [section 8, arti- cle 1, of the Constitution of the United States], Telating as it does to a subject-matter in whic all the people of the United States are con- cerned and pt alone those of California.” We brought the case up in two ways. Ah Cue was arrested for failing to obtain a certificate of residence, and e W. Lipman, a ticket nt of the Southern Pacific, for selling a ticket to a Chinese who wanted to go to some point within the State. The decision of the court settled the entire question. When that law was passed it was supposed that Mr. Hart, who was Attorney-General at that time, had examined it to see if it was constitutional. Mr. Hart afterward said that he did not; that one of his assistants, Mr. Lay- soz, performed that service. . Hart never wanted that law tested. I had two Chinese and a ticket agent arrested soon after the law was sed, and Mr. Hart, claim- ing that he could represent the State in all criminal cases and in all courts, went into the Police Court and asked for a dismissal, throw- ing out, thereby, my habeas-corpus proceedings in the Federal co Two Sudden Deaths. Two sudden deaths were reported at the Morgue yesterday. John Callanan, aged 58 years, was at work paving Fourth street. He was taken suddenly ill, and was removed to the residence of his son, at 308)3 Clementina. Before nssistance could be he died. His home was at 515 Twenty-ninth street, and when the Coroner was satistied that death was \Z;‘xem natural causes the body was removed ere. Thomas McDonnell, a sailor, aiso died sud- denly at 1327 Sansome street. An auto) showed that the causeof death was peritonitis MArk HoPkINs Institute of Art Annusl ggfln‘ mnthmam. Open daily. Admission, cen committee on rolling-stock, consulted the | zeneral managers that there will be no | SN FRANCISCO ~ITEMS, The Water Committee Favors a Reduction for the Next Fiscal Year. HYDEANT RATES INCREASED, Property-Owners, Instead of Ordi- nary Ratepayers,to Pay the Tax. The Water Committee struggled with the water question last night. There was a prolonged discussion as to what the rates should be, and no two opinions were alike. It was finally agreed, however, that the rate should be fixed on a basis that would render the Spring Valley Water Company a sufficient return for running expenses and taxes, interest on the bonded in-| debtedness, and a 5 per cent dividend on the capital stock of the corporation. Supervisor Dimond submitted a resolu- tion embodying the above, and it was sup- ported by Supervisors Taylor and Hobbs, Chairman Morgenstern and Supervisor Benjamin voted against the recommenda- tion. It was also agreed by a like vote that the hydrant rate should be increased from $2 50 to $10 per annum. Should these recommendations of the committee be adopted by the Board of Supervisors the cost of water to the con- sumer will be reduced $117,000 per annum on the rates, and the difference will be paid by the city in the matter of hydrants. The hydrants are maintained by the city, and are therefore paid for through taxa- tion. By increasing the hydrant rate it is claimed that the property-owner will not be assessed unjustly, while the consumer who rents his house is materially bene- fited. On the whole the income of the Spring Valley Water Company will not be affected. Supervisor Dimond is anxious that the or people should have plenty of water or domestic purposes without having to | pay exorbitant rates. He expressed him- | self strongly in favor of wiping out the extra rate for bathtub and drainage pur- poses, and had the sympathy of the board in this particular, though no action was taken in the matter. These little extras average 65 cents a month to a dwelling, and the charge was considered an unnecessary burden to the consumer. An opinion from City and County At- torney Creswell, who says that the city has | not the power to create a special fund for the Yurpose of paying demands for water supplied for municipal purposes, was read as follows: The power of the municipality of the ecity and county of San Francisco to raise money for municipal purposes by taxation is derived from theact of the Legislature of the State known as the consolidation act,and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. These acts also require that the revenue of the city and county shall be divided into specific funds, and for what purpose each shall be used. The Legislature has not given permission to vary these requirements, either by | thereto or subtracting therefrom. i le?slnnve permission it cannot be done. here being no authority given the board by the Legislature to provide for and create a water fund for the sole and only purpose of plfing demands for water supplied for munici- pal purposes, no such fund can be created by the board. The effect of section 6 of the act of March, 1881, requiring that the water rates shall be equal and uniform, is to prevent cus- tomers of the same class from being charged different rates. The objection cannot now be urged that in- asmuch as the meter rates and the house rates are different in tne ordinance, the rates are not fixed as the constitution requires, be- canse the Supreme Court in the case of the Spring Valley Water Works vs. the City and County of San Francisco, decided in 1890, held that there may be one price for the consumer who has a meter and a different price for the one who has none. In conclusion the City and County At- torney holds that the board cannot create a water fund for the sole and only purpose of payin% demands for water supplied for municipal purposes; that a sliding scale of meter rates, based on the amount of water used, is equal and uniform if all of each class shall be charzed the same rate, and that water rates must be fixed by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to the act of 1881. The committee adjourned to meet next Wednesday evening. | | { | i | Without Patience is commended as the highest form of politeness. Dr. Price’'s Cream Baking Powderas the purest and best leave ening agent. A HOMELESS INCURABLE, Bad Plight of Eight-Year-Old Lester Camp, a Helpless Paralytic. Deserted by His Father, Lad Is Dependent Upon Charity. the Less than 8 years of age, his limbs par- alyzed and utterly helpless, Lester Camp is without a honie and dependent upon cold charity for support. The lad is now at the Children’s Hospital, where he has found an asylum for three weeks, but in the absence of some one who is willing to pay $3 a week for his support, Secretary McComb has been notified that the little cripple must be taken away. The attention of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children was directed to the boy’s lamentable case about a month ago. He was then living with his father in a house on Langton street. Mr. Camp was accused of cruelty toward his son, in that he would lock him up in his room on leaving for his work in the morning and keep him there until he returned home at night. Owing to paralysis of the limbs, the lad is unable to move without assist- ance, and his utter helplessness is pitiable to_behold. Mr. Camp was arrested by Officer Hol- brook and his case continued for thirt; days. The boy was removed to the Chil- dren’s Hospital on Camp’s agreement to pay $3 a week for his support. Camp, who is a laborer, has since disnp{w:red and can- not be found. He has not kept his prom- ise to pay, hence the notice of the hospital officials to Secretary McComb to remove the boy. The officers of the society are searching iligently for Camp, but it is likely that he has left the city, as he cannot be found. Meanwhile, Secretary McComb will devise ways and means for keeping the boy at the hospital until some satisfactory arran, m:st for his support in the future can made. FAIR WILL CONTEST. Postponed Till Tuesday Afternoon—The General Line of Battle as It Appears Now. Attorney Mitchell created a small com- motion yesterday morningin Judge Slack’s court by announcing that the attorneys for Charles L. Fair were not reaay to go into the contest of the will of the late James G. Fair. The matter had been set for 2o’clock yesterday afternoon. Long before that hour there was a waiting crowd of curious people in the corridor in front of the courtroom, and when Clerk McElroy orened the door they rushed to get good places to listen to the legal battle. They straggled out by ones and twos as they realized the batitle would not take place— the attorneys first, the court habitues next, and the strangers within the gates last and lingeringly. While the crowd waited in the court- room a party of the lesser legal lights in- terested in the case held a conclave in Judge Slack’s chambers. They were evi- dently taken as much by surprise as the crowd whose curiosity had led them to the courtroom. From attorneysin the case it was learned that the argument on Tuesday afternoon, to which time the matter has been post- e‘gned, will probably be opened by Mr. heeler for the ““Craven” will, and will be confined chiefly to authorities to show that in the probate of several wills the usual and logical way is to proceed with the hearing of the latest writing offered. If it is declared in very fact to be the last will, then the others must fail, while if it is successfully contested the next last will | must be weighed, and so on till the last will is declared. On the side of the “Goodfellow’’ will, in which Messrs. Pierson and Mitchell and Goodfellow and McEnerney will be sup- ported b{ ex-Justice Paterson, the argu- ment will be that the will of September 21 is the only one before the court and that it has neverbeen contested by the proponents of the Craven will. | — The Duke of Bedford has imported 2000 frogs from America to free the ponds on' his estate from parasites. 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