The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 14, 1895, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1895. ¢ _—_—,——_—_—_— e e ——— THEIR BOUNDARIES FIXED, the Governor Budd Allots Territory to the New Brigades. SIX GENERALS ARE DEPOSED. No Attempt to Be Made to Control the Patronage of the Board of Health. Atlast the boundaries of the different brigades have been fixed upon. The result will startle most of those who have pro- fessed to know it all, as the entire Sacra- mento and San Joaquin valleys are for one brigade. It was_this matter that occupied Gov- ernor Budd the greater part of the day yesterday. He labored over boundaries and possibilities of defense and offense, and finally came to a decision. San Francisco, the bay and the northern coast. counties aré to form the First Brigade. The San Joaquin and Sacra- mento valleys and the northern mountain counties are to comprise the Second Brigade. The region south of Tehachapi, Monterey, San Luis Obispo and San Benito counties make up the Third Brigade. Who the generals are to be is still a mat- ter of -conjecture. Governor Budd says he doesn’t know. He feels confident, how- ever, that he will be able to reach a de- cision to-day or to-morrow, and he will then make his choice known. Among other military affairs of note that transpired yesterday was the utterance from the Governor to General Dimond as division commander of an order that serves as a notice to the six brigadier-gen- erals that their functions are a thing of the past. That this latter effect was one of the things aimed at, the instructions left no doubt. “I cannot tell you just how they were | worded,” Governor Budd said last night, “but the idea I tried to convey was that the brigadier-generals had been declared retired by a certain act passed by the last Legislature. I therefore directed that the major-generals be rcquested to appoint proper officers to conduct the annual in- spection and muster.” Governor Budd said emphatically that he had not made up his mind in regard to who was to be adjutant-general. The ap- pointment, he added, would be made be- fore he left San Francisco, if he could reach it. “I met Mr. Scott the other day,” he said laughingly, “and told him that I saw he was to be appointed adjutant-general. Then I asked him if 1 had ever given him | any - intimation, either personally through my friends, that he was to be ap- pointed, and he said ‘No.’ Itold him I was glad that he was so sure, as I did not Temember of ever having done so myself. “They say Mr. Cochrane is out of the fight,” he continued, ‘‘and that the choice now lies between Mr. Scott snd Mr. Drif- fell. I know nothing of this. No intima- tion' has reached me from Mr. Cochrane that he does not desire the appointment.’” Amone the other appointments for this week is that of the third Code Commis- sioner. He will be named as soon as pos- gible and will be a Republican. No fear-is now expressed or felt that a glated Board of Health will be appointed. Mayor Sutro has. conferred with the Gov- ernor a number of times and advises that the most eminent physicians be chosen who can be induced to accept the place. He has named no one. His ideas fit those of the Governor ex- actly. Mr. Budd reiterated last night his intentjon of getting a Board of Health that would be a source of pride to the city. If you'would have a baking powder free from every impurity use Dr. Price’s. SIGN OF THREE LINKS, It Will ‘Be Largely in Evidence During the Week in This City. GRAND LODGE OF THE L 0. 0. F. Its Session Opens This -Morning. The Rebekah Grand Assem- bly Also to Meet. 0dd Fellows' Hall was yesterday trans- formed-from its usug] daytime quietude into a scené of bustle and activity by the presence of delegates from this City and from the interior to. the session of the Grand Lodge, Independent Order- of Odd Fellows, which begins this morning. The Rebekah Grand Assembly will also con- vene this morning in Odd Fellows’ Hall. The probabilities are that there will be present from 550 to 580 of the 627 delegates entitled to seats in the Grand Lodge, I. O. 0. F., and 230 of the representatives of the 3. H. 8impson, Grand Master L 0. 0. F. 287 ‘aecorded to.the Rebekah Grand As- sembly. It is expected that the session of the Grand Lodge will continue throughout the week, coming to a conclusion Saturday evening. G There will be a meeting of the commit- tee on. credentials this morning at 8:30, half an hour before the Grand Lodge will be called to order by Grand Master J. H. Simpeon. The first day’s ‘session will be mostly occupied in organization and hear- ing the reports of the grand officers. utine matters will be taken up ‘Wednesday, and in the evening the initia- tory.and first degree of the subordinate lodge will be exemplified. To this all third-degree members will be admitted. Omn.Thursday the election of officers will be the first -order of business. Great in- teresf is being manifested in this event as there will not only be the usual spirited contest for grand warden, but the office of ind secre ises to have at least f;:, strong. in- the field. . For or| grand warden the candidates thus far an- nounced are A. M. Drew, Fresno; W. A. Bonynge, Los Angeles; S. F. Smith, San Diego; K. C. Brueck, Stockton; J. F. Cros- sett, San Fraucisco. The aspirants for the rand secretaryship are George T. Shaw, the incumbent, and J. H. Simpson, the retiring_grand master. Deputy Grand Master P. F. Gosbey will be advanced to the office of grand master and Grand ‘Warden J. W. \glnrbo_\'s to that of deputy rand master. During the evening Re- Eeknh installation and degree work will be exemplitied, to which all Rebekah mem- bersin good standing will be admitted. The remainder of the session will be main- 1y devoted to legislation. : Friday evening the second and_third de- grees of the subordinaté lodge will be ex- emplified, only third-degree members in good standing being admitted. There will also be schools of 1struction on Wednes- ay, Thursday and Friday between the hours of $ and 10 A. M. One of the most interesting reports pre- sented will be that of the trustees of the 0dd Fellows’ Home. It will prescribe the rules for admission to the home, and also the regulations that are to govern in its administration. i In the matter of legislation the most im- portant proposition will be one to change the present mode of electing grand officers. Under the proposed change they will be voted for by the past grands in their re- spective subordinate lodges. The past grands will thus be saved the inconveni- ence and expense of attending the Grand Lodge session to perform this duty, which is the only matter that requires their at- tendance, as they haveno vote in other business transacted in the Grand Lodge. An effort will also_be made to provide for the veteran Odd Fellows who are un- able to continue the payment of their dues. VETERAN 0DD FELLOWS. They Hold Their Annual Meeting and Elect New Officers. At the nineteenth annual meeting of the Veteran Odd Fellows Association of Cali- fornia, held last evening in Odd Fellows’ Hall, a number of new members were ad- mitted and the officers for the ensning term were elected as follows: President, E. H. Black; vice-president, William S. Dryden; secretary, W. H. Barnes; treas- urer, Daniel Sewell; board of directors—H. Winn, E. B. Cooper, C. O. Burton, George ‘W. Dixon, Robert Burns; marshal, I. F. Crosset. All of the officers were elected unani- mously. Secretary Barnes was re-elected for the seventeenth consecutive term, and the treasurer, board of directors and mar- shal were honored with their second terms. The association now has a membership of 761, the roll, however, carrying the names of the deceased members, who num- ber 118, and who increase the nominal membership to 879. About 100 were pres- ent at last night’s meeting. Among the amendments made to the constitution and by-laws was one raising the period of membership in the order from 20 to 21 years to qualify for admission to the association, THE SPRECKELS CASE, It Now Appears That Attorney Ach Was Under a Misappre- hension. Argument on the question of the court compelling the production of certain docu- ments and otherwise ruling in the inter- rogatory and preliminary proceedings of the case of Spreckels vs. Spreckels, for slander, was resumed yesterday before Judge Daingerfield. Henry Ach, for the plaintiff, argued on the materiality of certain questions in the taking of the deposition of Claus Spreckels Sr., which the latter, under the advice of his counsel, Mr. Delmas, had declined to answer. The counsel thought all his questions ought to have been answered whether they impugned the character of the witness and were out of the scope of direct examination or not. He quoted many authorities in support of his conten- tions, and enlarged on the questions ob- jected to seriatim. He claimed the widest range on the hypothesis that Mr, Spreckels Sr. was_an adverse witness and under cross-examination. Just before the court continued the mat- ter until Friday afternoon next at 4:30 o’clock Mr. Delmas arose and made a sin- gle statement that disposed of the conten- tions of Mr. Ach. He said that he had previously been un- able to understand the questions put to Mr. Spreckels Sr., but that now Mr. Ach had given him a key. “Mr. Ach had been laboring under a misapprehension,” con- tinuea Mr. Delmas. -‘These extraordi- nary questions had been aimed at Mr. Spreckels Sr. as an adversary under cross- examination. It wasan endeavor to tra him, to destroy his credibility and his reputation for honesty. “Mr. Ach was wrong. Mr. Spreckels Sr. was his own witness, Mr. Ach must surely be aware of the elementary rule in law that the party producing a witness can never cross-examine. The object of cross-examination is to destroy what it is the tendency of a wiiness to prove. The counsel evidently confused ‘cross-exami- nation’ with ‘leading questions.” Hecould ask leading questions, but could not cross- examine. “The calling of a witness is to support the case of the party calling him, The witness called is the witness of the party calling him. The examination of a wit- ness by the party producing him is direct examination. The direct examination must be completed before the cross-exam- ination can begin.” Thus did Defmaa instruct his ogponent in the rudiments of the law, and rested until Friday. The court expressed doubts as to whether he could allow questions of the materiality of which there was no prima-facie evidence. In every recipe calling for baking pbw- der, use Dr. Price’s. It will make the food lighter, sweeter and of finer flavor. CRUSHED HER SKULL. Miss Kate Oliver Fatally Injured by a Fall From a Second-Story Window. Miss Kate P. Oliver, a daughter of David Oliver, formerly an employe at the White House, met with an accident on Sunday evening that resulted in her death yester- day morning. The family reside at 2340 Pine street, on the corner of Steiner. While laboring under delirium caused by illness, she felf out or threw herself out of a second-story window and fractured her skull. No one saw how the accident hap- pened, as the nurse was out of the room at the time. A neighbor saw the unfortu- nate lady as she struck upon the hard side- walk, a distance of thirty feet from the window. He picked her up and carried | her into the house. Dr. Shiels was cailed, but Miss Oliver did not recover conscious- me ago her aged father became ill and Miss Oliver was his most attentive at- tendant and was constantly at his beside. The care and anxiety proyed too much for her’ constitution, which was none too robust, and Miss Oliver became sick with a fever. For several days her mind was wandering, but on Sunday she was much better. Late in the afternoon the nurse left her charge in order to get her some nourishment. While she was out of the room Miss-Oliver went to the window. Whether she raised the win- dow, which has a very low sill, in order to get fresh air and fell'out or threw herself out is not known. The Coroner is satisfied that her death was accidental and will not hold an inquest. Miss Oliver was 38 years old, Her y will be interred at Moun- tain View, Oakland, beside the grave of her mother. A New Department. Furniture moved, stored, packed and nhnIpped at low rates by Morton Special Delivery. Only experienced men em- E?yed; equipment first class. Offices, 31 seary street and 408 Taylor street. 7 —————— THEY manipulate paper into every conceiv- able shape; print or bind it. Mysell & Rollins, 521 Cley street. .. SIX WEEKS OF DARKNESS, Supervisors Turn Out the Lights in Order to Save Money. THEY NEED IT FOR BREAD, The Appeal to the Supreme Court Has Been Tardy, With Con- tractors Restive. For the next six weeks the streets of the City of S8an Francisco will be in absolute darkness at night, save for what relief the moon may offer. ‘When all the routine business of the Board of Supervisors at their meeting of yesterday was finished, Chairman Taylor of the Finance Committee sent up a reso- lution directing, in as few words as the thing could be done, that the Edison Elec- tric Light Company and the San Francisco Gas Light Company discontinue furnish- ing light for the streets of the City from May 15, which is to-morrow, until June 31, which is the end of the fiscal year. Mr., Taylor, when the resolution was read by the clerk, rose and said: “‘I regret very much, your Honor, the necessity that compels me to offer this resolution, which, if adopted, will leave the City in darkness at nighttime during the next six weeks. But it is the_only alternative as against turning the inmates of the Almshouse into the streets, and with them the prisoners in the lockup and jails, and leaving the sick and dying in the hospital wholly unpro- vided for. The shutting off of the lights for these six weeks will effect a saving of about $23,000, and this amount will pro- vide for the institutions for at least a few days until some other recourse is devised. The Finance Committee has been greatly distressed over the condition in which the City finds itself. ““We had hoped to find a way out through some decision of the Sui)reme Court, but none hasyet appeared. I thought we had gut the City in a position to be mandamused y our resolution of some weeks ago, but no citizen has as yet appeared to go into court in the matter. e City is in the same position now as it was on the 1st of the month, without any money and con- frented by the refusal of the contractors to furnish the City with any further supplies unless they know that they will be paid.” This dreary little speech affected the board like the gathering of a wet fog. Taylor moved that the resolution be adopted at once. irsch seconded the motion. There was no further discussion. Mayor Sutro asked that ail who favored the motion yote “aye,” and a half ashamed mutter from two or three members was the response. There was no answer to the call for “‘noes,” and the resolution was de- clared adopted and the meeting imme- diately adjourned. “This $23,000 will only last us for a few days at best,” said Chairman Taylor after the meeting; ‘‘but we have reached that point where we are buying supplies from day to day and hoping that to-morrow will discover some way out of the dilemma. ‘Why has not the suit been entered that we expected? Well, it hasn’t been arranged, and no citizen has stepped forward to be- ginit. I understood that it was to have been commenced to-day. I don't know how much money will be needed to pay for the supplies for the remainder of the fiscal year, but in any case we will be about $300,000 short. It is a humiliating thing, but there is no help for it.”” Mayor Sutro took the situation philo- sophically. *The thing had to be done I suppose,” he said. “It was forced upon us. It won’t be pleasant, there’s no doubt of that, and people will have to be wary on the streets at night. We will have to stand it and make the best of it. Part of the time it will be moonlight. No, it is true that this amount will not see us through in the matter of supplies, but it will go a long way toward it and when it is exhausted we will have to find some other means of tiding us over.” This experience isnot new. It happened once during Mayor Bartlett’s administra- tion. The contractors, many of whom were at the meeting with their bids in for next year’s contracts, expressed themselves as ready to continue furnishing supplies until further notice with the assurance of pay offered by the adoption of this resolution. Concerning the street-light resolution of the Board of Supervisors Dennis T. Sulli- van, Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart- ment, said last night that he thought the board would find it a mistake. “It is not safe,’ was his observation. “Of course it affects the Police Department much more than_it does ours. Darkness will make it possible for footpaas, burg- lars, garroters and all kinds of petty crim- inals to get in their work. For that reason I say it is not safe.” ’ Fire Commissioner George T. Bohen en- tertained similar views. “So far as the Fire Department is concerned,” said he, “it will not make very much differenct, because in case of fire we can_easily light the fi“ in its immediate vicinity; enough, anyhow, to serve our purpose. We have quite a number of men belonging to the Fire Department that are employed as lamplighters, so, even if the burners are taken out of the street lamps and stop tips are substituted, we can easily have that difficulty overcome in cases of emergency. “We are all waiting for the Supreme Court decision, which we hope wilFbe in favor of having the next tax levy $1 25. That would give us a nice surplus, enabling us to meet our deficiency, and thereby to establish the City’s credit. We have been xeeping pretty close in the Fire Depart- ment-and have kept within our appropria- tion. For the last two months we have been feeding our horses on half rations, There is not much use, though, of us spar- ingour appropriation if the other depart- ments are going to use up what belongs to us. DIVERSION OF WATER, Frult-Growers of Alameda Creek Com- plain of the Waste—Spring Valley Blamdd. The diversion of water from Alameda Creek to supply San Francisco reservoirs is again the topic of conversation among the people who dwell on lands near that stream between Niles Canyon and the bay. It is said by persons who are pre- paring to go into the courts for rédress that the Spring Valley Water Company is taking the water from the reservoir at the canyon through the submerged pipe across the bay and permitting it to run waste on this side. Assertion is made that the water thus taken diminishes the deep moisture which sustains the orchards, and thus inflicts great damage on the fruit-growers. Replying to inquiry as to the quantity of water taken from this stream for use in San Francisco, Charles Webb Howard, {)reeldentAof the Spring Valley Water Works, said yesterday : *‘We have spent millions of dollars to ac- quire the watershed of the Calaveras, one of the sources of Aiameda Creek. The area of the watershed is much larger than that which supplies Lake Tahoe, and we shall probably ring it largely into use when this City attains a population of a hali-million. me years ago we went to that region to avert a water famine in San Francisco. We expended a vast sum of money to acquire riparian rights between the reservoir of thiscan-|" yon and the bay. We paid liber- ally for everything bought and now the water belongs to us and we have a right to do with it as we please.” h“ oes it run to waste on this side of the A “When the water is good,” said Mr. Howard, “it is pumped into the Belmont reservoir and comes to San_ Francisco through the University Mound reservoir. ‘We use of this water about 6,000,000 gallons a day. When it is not fit for use it runs to waste on_this side. At tbis time the volume of water running over the Niles Canyon dam into the creck amounts to 30,000,000 gallons a day. The water runs through our pives in the bay whether we use it or not.” HOODLUM HARRY IS HELD. Result of His Preliminary Examination for Assault to Murder. The preliminary examination of Hen- drick Hendrickson, alias ‘‘Hoodlum Harry,” on the charge of assault to com- mit murder, was held before Judge Camp- bell yesterday, and he was held to answer before the Superior Court in $10,000 bonds. Hendrickson is a well-known boatman on the water front, and while actingin the capacity of a boarding-house runner, he boarded the ship Tillie E. Starbuck on May 8. He was orSered to leave the vessel by First Officer Nickolson. As soon as he got in his boat he drew a revolver and fired a shot at the officer, but missed him. He was shortly afterward arrested by the har- bor police. Hendrickson was the chief witness for the State in the trial of John Hansen for attempting to. blow up the tug Ethel and Marion with dynamite about two years ago. He professed to fear the vengeance of the Sailors’ Union, and was given police protection previous to and during the trial. LOST ARIZONA FREIGHTS, The Southern Pacific Injured by the Santa Fe’s Branch Railway. In Less Than a Month the New Phcenix Feeder Has Proved a Perfect Bonanza. The people of Pheenix, Arizona, have been enjoying the benefits of railroad com- petition for about a month and the result is a cause for mutual congratulations among the merchants, miners and cattle- men in and around Pheenix. Formerly the only way of reaching that thriving town was by the Southern Pacific Railway to Maricopa and thence over a branch line running north as far as Phee- nix. The terminus of the branch line has been an important freighting center. Train after train loaded with cattle and sheep pulled out of the place, and an im- mense quantity of freight from San Fran- cisco and Los Angeles was distributed there from the Southern Pacific depot. But all this has been changed, so far as the Sunset road is concerned. The Santa Fe Company saw what a rich field for freight business lay within its grasp and a line was run south from Ash Fork on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad through Prescott to Pheenix. This road was completed about April 1, and shortl alterwarg entered into competition wit] the Southern Pacific. All at once the tables were turned. The heavy trains of freight that used to leave and arrive at Pheenix via Maricopa ceased almost altogether and nearly all the busi- ness was transferred to the Santa Fe peo- ple. And now, while the old carriers are barely paying expenses on the spur road the new-comers are reaping a rich harvest. C. R. Hill, traveling auditor of the Santa Fe system, arrived in this City last Satur- day. He spoke yesterday about tha great increase in revenue which the Pheenix road has given his company, thinking it might interest San Francisco shippers. - %e competition,” said he, ‘‘has given a better service to the Pheenix district, and it did not take long either to find that instead of sending freight down south over the Southern Pacific and turning back- ward from Maricopa to Pheenix, the great bulk of it goes over the Atlantic and Paci- fic, right straight through from San Fran- cisco and Los Angeles to Ash Fork and on to the terminus. “‘On this Arizona branch of ours there is an immense freight business all the year round. There is the Government barracks at Whipple, the Jerome copper mines and other rich mines, nearly all of which are operated by San Francisco people; and also an immense traffic from the cattle ranges of that country. Long trains full of shee and cattle leave there continuously, an besides there is a great deal of freight going in. This used to go over the South- ern Pacific, but now it is all sent over the Atlantic and Pacific. We give a good ser- vice and watch the interestsof our patrons, which may have something to do with the change.” P Tne object of Hill's visit was to turn over the local ticket office of the Santa Fe system from Peter D. McCarthy to S. H. erkins. The change took place yester- dalf, and in a day or two Agent McCarthy will go to El Paso, where he will be placed in tfie ticket department. Perkins was chief cherk in the passenger department of the Santa Fe and was formerly con- nected with the Southern Pacific Company. Vice-President J. C. Stubbs of the Southern Pacific Company, E.F.Lomax of the Union Pacificand some other promi- nent railroad officials in the Western Pas- senger Association held a conference at Chicago yesterday. The main object of their meeting was to settle some difficuity over the Union Pa- cific Company’s refusal to enter the pas- senger combine in San_ Francisco. Gen- eral Passenger Agent T. H. Goodman said he ex ctefi to iear from Chicago to-day that the Union Pacific Company had de- cided to draw D. W. Hitchcock, its local ticket agent, into the passenger agents’ combination. . Inhabitants of Mers have probably caught a whiff of biscuit made with Dr. Price’s Baking Powder and have, there- fore, been frantically signaling for them. HELD FOR FORGERY. J.¥. Turner Has Still Two Other Charges to Answer. The long-pending preliminary examina- tion of J. F. Turner, real-estate agent, on the charge of forgery was concluded be- fore Judge Low yesterday morning, and he was held to answer before the Superior Court in $5000 bonds. Attorney George A. Knight represented the defendant, and Jo- seph P. Frenna, the complainin%witness, was represented by Attorney Henry E. Dibble. The charge was based upon the claim that Turuer forged the name of the Re- corder of Fresno County to a certificate of registration of a deed from Miss Lizzie O’Donnell, Turner’s typewriter, to Frenna, conveying certain land in Fresno County. There are still two charges pending against Turner by the same complaining witness, one of grand larceny and the other obtaining money by false pretenses. These cases were continued until to-day. ——————— A Very Aged Boax. The letter-in-a-bottle hoax long ago became stale and eged, yet it often finds idiotic jokers ready to use it for the purpose of creatinga sensation. Yesterday a bottle was picked u; ;:) ‘Bel_ken Beach which contained thl}}ollowmg Juck O'Brien, Alamo Chief~DEAR FRIEND AND BROTHER: It s our last hope. Give my love and regards to all. To the last I remain a brother to the Alamo Club. JACK. On other parts of th a8 written the names “Brother hmbg’ 3}’;?.:. 'aum," Fisher- man’s wharf. Thy o, e paper was given to the —————— THE action of the San Francisco Board of Health is an unusual tribute to be paid even to an article of so high a character as the Royal Btkmg Powder. They say, in their judgment, “it is impossible to make a purer or the Royal.” stronger baking powder than | WATER RATES QUESTION. The Committee Laments a Dilemma in Fixing Them. THE COMPANY HAS A CINCH. Cannot Get Lower Rates Until the City Owns the Works. Other Business. Next to the resolution turning out the street lights for six weeks, adopted by the Supervisors yesterday, the report of the Water Committee, telling the story of its long struggle over the fixing of rates, was the feature of the meeting. The report said in part: Your committee, realizing their responsibity to the public to make such provision as would enable not alone an abundant supply of water being furnished, butalso larger Matng to belaid ior protection against fire and an extension of the present system of supply, felt it their duty under the existing circumstances to be just to all concerned, and the conduct, management and operation of the water works would ma- terially depend upon the income to be allowed. The discussion of the principies to govern this matter has taken a wide “nie embracing the phases that have engaged publicattention ever since the power was conferred upon the board to fix water rates. In considering the management of the affairs of this cnmgmny by its board of directors and its expenditures as compensation to its officers and_employes, and the acquisition of property either for the purpose of extending o1 protecting its watersheds or to prevent by that means any competition in its business, also its policy in extending its iuf,-ply to out- side districts and to the higher levelsof our City, your committee felt that 1o some extent any interference with this corporation would be imprudent as to its conduct and manage- ment, even if in the acquirement of property the corporation was controlled somewhat by the desire to prevent any rival scheme being able to acquire sources oI water supply. There.can be no doubt that this corporation, with au experience of over thirty years, has o acted asto control in its interests all the avail- able sources on this peninsula and in other contiguous counties, and this has been the means that has placed it in the position it now holds, and whatever mli’ have been its policy as at present viewed, that it has grown and ac- quired this property prineipally from the reve- nue derived from its water rates, there can be no relief in the matter of securing low rates |mem works are acquired by the City and Jounty. The result of the deliberations of your committee while discussing the amount of revenue to be allowed the company so-&s not to interfere with or give it any reason to re- irain from carrying out its proposed improve- ments, and while adopting from time to time various suggestions which, as additional in- formation was obtained, were recounsidered, isa final resolve to recommend the passage of & resolution fixing water rates at & reduction of 10 percent on present rates for the year com- mencing July 1, 1895. The reduction to tne income of the company will, however, be only about 6 per cent of ex- istinig rates, as an increase of from $2 50 to $5 has been allowed for each hydrant per month, which, estimating the ‘number of hydrants on the 1st day of July to be 2340, will make an increase in the amount to be paid by the City of $70,200. Your committee feel it but just to state that this their first experience has demonstrated that the persons who profess to know all about the property of the company, what the rates should be and the rates to be fixed, know but little, as their minds have apparently been made up on statements which_are not based upon tne present conditions, but simply an opinion as to the operations of said company and the acquirement of property which, in so far as your committee have been able to ascer- tain, i8 wholly unwarranted. Your committee submit a resolution fixing the water rates as reported for such action as your honorable board may deem proper. A resolution in conformity fixing the rate as has already been reported was passed. The Assessor was empowered by resolu- tion to employ 100 additional deputies, at a compensation of $100 each per month, to enable him to comply with the provisions of the revenue law. The Finance and Auditing Committee was instructed by resolution to turn overto the Board of Education the Columbia School building on Florida street, it being ready, for use. Resolutions granting contracts for fur- ishing sug;zlies to the City institutions were passed to print, as follows: For furnishing supplies for the City and County prisoners for the next fiscal year,to the Pacific Marine Supply Company at 24.47 cents per head per day. For furnishing grain feed, etc., for the horses of the Fire Department, to D. Keefe & Co., the bidding being as follows: oats, first quality, 1.197% cents; middlings, 79 cents; ground barley, 87 cents; carrots, 100 pounds, 49 cents. For furnishing wheat and oat mixed hay ($1228 per ton); hay, first quality, oat, in rope-bound " bales (per ton $11); for hay, wheat, firsto%\\ality ($12 84); for bran, first quality (100 pounds, 77 cents); for barley-straw, first quality (72 cents), to Scott & McCord. For iumishins alfalfa hay for the Fire Department and other department horses ($11 25 per ton), to Peters & Cowie. For furnishing tule hay ($1 25 per ton), to J. L. Vermeil. An order was introduced by Wagner fix- ing the licenses for circuses at $25 per day and §5 for each side show and every show under a tent $5 per day. It was passed to print. % A resolution appointing Assemblyman Frank A. Powers to be collector of delinquent taxes was read and upén motion of Hirsch was laid over for two weeks. A ’l&emmn was_presented from William T. Thornton, asking for the passage of an ordinance placing restrictions on bicycle riders so as to re%ulate the speed and com- pel them to notify pedestrians of their ap- roach. Another came from John ickinson, requesting that the question as to whether Lynch street is an open public street be referred to the City Attorney. And another from undertakers for the revocation of the prxvfleEe accorded E. 8. Bullis to superintend the burial of indigent soldiers, because of his unfair discrimina- tion. Lovell White and other property-owners sent in a protest against granting a fran- chise for a steam railroad (the Valley road) on Railroad avenue. Tt ranks first of all leavening agents, Dr. Price’s Baking Powder. e BARRON'S GUARDIAN, Given a New One in Spite of General Dickinson’s Protest. The case of young Edward Barron, who claims a share of the Barron estate, came up in Judge Coffey’s court yesterday. Bar- ron wanted a new guardian. On April 23, 1894, one J. E. Brown was appointed his guardian. But on February 9 last Barron became 14 years of age and promptly asked that the letters given to Brown be revoked and that Brown be cited to give anac- counting. The court reopened yesterday b} ap- inting as the boy’s guardian one James eeker Green, a min rg man. The only opposition came from General Dickinson, w%o stated that he had an interest in the case and was not disposed to let the change ‘be made unchallenged. The young ward, who is colored,Fw;s | represented by Judge Maguire and Crowley. ' THE OERTIFIOATE FORGERS. led Not Ciprico and His Gang Pl Guilty to the Charges. Ferdinand D. Ciprico, Moses Greenwald, James H. Sullivan and Max Kratzauer, accused of counterfeiting Chinese certifi- cates, were arraigned in the United States District Court yesterday. They entered the plea of not guilty and state they will stand trial even though Foss, the freight clerk, pleaded guilty. Greenwald is the only one who has been able to secure the reauired.S$5000 bo: lwhieh were furnished by his father, a merchant in Eureka, Cal. It is understood that Sullivan is wlllins to testify against the others if promise immunity by the Government, but District Attorney Foote is considering whether he will accept Sullivan as an informer. Sulli- van is said to be the least guilty of the gang and his testimony would go a long way toward convicting the others. WANT A .REST DAY, Presbyterian Ministers Resolve Against Sabbath Funerals—A National As- sociation to Be Formed. At the Presbyterian Ministerial Associa- tion yesterday morning Rev. Dr. Rice, the chairman of the committee on Sunday funerals, read the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, Our attention as ministers of the Gospel has been called to the undue frequency of Sunday funerals by those who are compelled to labor on the weekly rest day, namely, by leading undertakers and superintendents of cemeteries; and whereas, we ourselves have been long convinced that Sunday funerals are generally needless and have a_tendency to secularize the Lord’s day, and do deprive many workmen of their right to one day’s rest in seven; therefore Resolved, That the Presbyterian Ministers’ Association of San Francisco and yicinity pledge themselves to do their utmost in their power to discourage funerals on the first day of the week, the Christian Sabbath. Resolved, That we call upon the people gen- erally in arranging funeral services to avoid appointing them on the Lord’s day, unless in cases of absolute necessity. Resolved, That the undertakers and superin- tendents of cemeteries are respectiully re- quested to_take some united action in this matter, and we will give them every possible support. esolved, That other ministers’ associations in California and individual clergymen be re- quested to take action in accord with the above resolutions. In the afternoon a number of the Presby- terian ministers of Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley and San Francisco met in the Y. M. C. A. building for the purpose of forming a branch of the National Sabbath Association in this State, and also to take steps to bring about the enactment of laws at the next Legislature making Sunday a legal holi of rest in California. ev. H. A. Ketcham of Berkeley was chosen chairman and Rey. D. Hanson Ir- win secretary. The following mi took an active part in the discussions: J. A. Smith, G. D. B. Stewart, Dr. Chapman, N. R. Johnson, A. Calhoun, J. M. French, H. H. Riceand E. B. Stewart. L. R. Reed, secretary of the Sunday League of America, was present. Addresses were made by a number of speakers deploring Sunday boat and rail- road travel, which not only encouraged people to go from place to place, but forced the employes of corporations to labor on a day devoted to rest. It was the spirit of the meeting that ministers should rigidly set the example, and_even the practice of exchanging pulpits if that move caused a streetcar employe or boat or train hand to lose his Sunday at home should cease. The following committee was selected to prepare for the perfect organization of the association on this coast: Revs. John Kimball, H. H. Rice, H. A, Ketcham, Dr. McClish and A. Calhoun, to report at a meeting called by the chair. sters RUGER AT WASHINGTON, Why the General Was Ordered to Duty in the War De~ partment. A Number of Promotions to Fol- low Retirements on Ac- count of Age. A Washington dispatch is to the effect that the appointment of General Ruger to duty in the War Department by the Secretary of ‘War has occasioned much gossip and some caustic criticism in military circles. Colonel William M. Graham of the Fifth Artillery, U. S. A., in command of the military post at the Presidio, said: “The facts, I believe, are these: Upon General Schofield being promoted to the lieutenant- generalcy there was one more general offi- cer than there were departments, and as this condition will last only till September, I suppose that to find room for all the gen- eral officers, one of them, General Ruger, was ordered to Washington to revise the tactics, heavy ordnance, light battery, cav- alry and infantry, and to do no other duty. “The tactics all need revision, particu- larly those that apply to heavy ordnance. | There have been so many improvements in this Uranch of military defense in the past ten years that the tactics which were used for ordnance of twenty years ago are not what is required at this time. The in- fantry tactics need revision also. The present movements are cumbersome, but they can be simplified. That is the work which General Ruger has been called to do, and it is a stupendous work. It re- quires much care to avoid making a mis- take. The reason that he is located at ‘Washington is that there he can have ac- cess to the most complete military library in the country, and he can, in case of neces- sity, consult With the head of the War De- partment. “As soon as General Schofield is retired, Major-General Miles will take command of the'army and General Ruger will go to the department of the East, where he would have gone in due course of time. That is about all there is of the matter.”” On the subject of military promotions, it having been announced that during the next five years by reason of retirements on account of age no less than 130 officers, in- cluding two major-generals, seven briga- dier-generals, forty-four colonels, seven- teen lieutenant-colonels, twenty-five ma- jors_and thirty-four captains, are to be re- ired, Colonel Graham said: “Without examining the register I could not say if the number stated is the correct one, but there will be a large number; possibly the figures are correct. This will make room for the lieutenants who for a long time h}ve“ been waiting for an opportunity to rise.’ —————— 1f phonographs were placed in kitchens they would repeat the praises of Dr, Price’s Baking Powder to the cooks of the.future. HERMANN'S SONS, The Grand Lodge Session Opened in California Hall Yesterday—Visit ing Members Entertained. At the seventeenth annual session of the Hermann'’s Sons Grand Lodge, which con- vened yesterday morning in California Hall, there were present sixty-eight dele- gates, Tepresenting eighteen lodges trom all parts of the State. There were repre- sentatives from one of the ladies’ lodges. Most .of the day was devoted to the re- ports of the grand officers. The report of the grand secretary showed that the present membership of the order in Cali- fornia is 2000, a gain of 350 during the ear. 7 There has been paid out $10,413 45 for sick benefits during the year and $3000 for funeral expenses. The capital of the com- bined lodges now aggregates $60,199. Some new legislation was introduced, but definite action on allmeasures was de- ferred until to-day, when the election of officers will also take place. 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