The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 7, 1895, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1895. COUNTY COIN SHORT, Alameda’s District Attor- ney Trying to Place the Guilt. TAMPERED TAX BILLS.| The Ex-Deputy Thinks That the Auditor Can Make Explanations. WHIDDEN IS NOT ALARMED. . A Scandal In Oakland That Involves Many Very Prominent Officials. There is a deficit in the funds of Ala- meda County, and for over a week the officials have been trying to place the responsibility. It has been definitely | ascertained that the shortage occurred either in the office of Auditor Whidden or Tax Collector Rosborough, and the Dis- trict Attorney has decided that the subject is a fit one for the Grand Jury, which con- venes in a few wee! Every day for over a week Auditor Whidden, ex-Tax Collector Rosborough, Tax Collector Barber, Treasurer Sanford and District Attorn Snook have met and discussed the matter, and many un- pleasant things have been said. Charges of ement 8nd of duplicating and of altering figures have de and denied, and in his efforts to getat the truth of the matter District Attorney Snook has concluded that all concerned were mnot telling (he‘ whole truth. | The trouble has at last resolved itself | into putting the responsibility for the | missing money on one of the ex-Tax Col- | lector's deputies or on Auditor Whidden. | In one instance a tax receipt (No. 307) of | Berkeley is said to have been receipted with a stamp which is a duplicate of the stamp used by the Tax Collector and not the original one. This particular receipt is signed “Alex J. Rosborough, per P.” The “P” is the initial of Rosborough’s chief deputy, Leo Park. a young man who was nominated at the last Democratic Convention to succeed Rosborough as Tax | Collector. | As no satisfaction could be derived from | the statements of those interested in the | tax bill, to which particular attention was | drawn, the District Attorney sent a tele- | gram for Park to come to Oakland. When | the Democratic administration went out | of office last fall Park accepted a position | in the business department of the Los | Angeles Record. After receiving the Dis- trict Attorney’s message Park hurried to Oakland and arrived here last Friday. At the next secret investigation in the District Attorney’s office Park declared that he had never used the stamp that was on several receipts, No. 307 of Berkeley in | particular, and furthermore declared that | the signature on the receipt was not his, but was a forgery. He declared that dates had been changed and that there had been some tampering with the records of the | office since be had finished up with them. Whidden’s friends have attempted to show that the deficit should be explained | by Park, and have even gone so farasto | hint that there is no truth in the story | about duplicating stamps and forgeries. Park’s -friends, on the other hand, are positive that Auditor Whidden is the re- sponsible party, and that he sometimes assisted the Tax Collector, and that he knows all about the missing funds. Ex- Tax Collector Rosborough believes firmly that his chief depu Leo Park, attended to his duties conscientiously, and receipted for every tax bill paid. While in office Alexander Rosborough prepared an en- rubber been freely | tirely mnew form of tax bill that was copied by many county Tax Collectors throughout the State and was highly commended. They are £o made out that any tampering with them | canbe seen at a glance, and both Ros- | borough and Park express doubts as to the genuineness of the stamp and the signature used on November 26 on the tax bill under consideration. When com- pared with other signatures and stamps used on the same day there is said to be a | marked difference, and this difference, it is said, occurs quite often. 3. So far as can be ascertained, there is $1083 to be accounted for. Only $483, however, is said to be missing as the re- suit of the use of the duplicate stamp. Tax Collector Barber was seen at his | house on High street in Alameda last evening. . *I have nothing to say,” he promptly | replied when the subject was broached to | him. “There is nothing to explain as far as I am concerned, and, therefore, it would | not be proper for me to say anything at all.” Mr. Barber absolutely refused to answer any further questions. District Attorney Snook was seen last night, but refused to give any detailsof the the affair. “We have been investigating several days,” he said, “and I cannot con- sistently with my duty tell anything that would interfere with our plans and bring the wrong-doer, if one exists, to justice. All T am anxious for is to see justice done, and this I intend to do, no matter who suffers.” All the parties interested in the scandal are well known and possess the confidence of the entire community. Auditor Widden is now serving his third term. Tax Col- lector Barber served a term in the same office he is in now four years ago. Alex Rosborough and Leo Park are just as popular and bave made honorable reputations. FREE LIBRARY. Annual Reports Filed, Affording Inter- esting Statistics. The Free Library trustees met last night and passed a resolution of condolence with the family of the late Charles C. Ter- rill, one ol the originators of the library and one of the trustees since its inception. The annual report of the treasurer showed that the expenditure at the four | oven in future from 9 A | site. 7 68, and for the main library $30,507 65 making a total of $39,255 33. The annual report of Librarian Clarke spoke of the increasing popularity of the library. During the year 322433 volumes had been in circulation at the main library and 99,022 the four branches, making a total of 42 The total number of volumes in the main library on July 1, 1894, was 73,900; added b; purchase during the year, 3671 by gi i gift, continu bound, 440; making a total on June 30 of 78,517. With those at the branches the grand total was 82,912. The periodical room was opened in April and has proved of much benefit to the read- ing public. The report also recommended that the newepaper rooms should be kept t0 9 P. M. In conclusion the librarian spoke hope- fully of the future usefulnessof the library. PEOPLE MUST VOTE. Rev. George A. Henning’s Hope of Social Reform Based on General Discus- sion of Public Questions. The Rev. George A. Henning presented some pronounced views last night in a paper on “The Nation,” read before the | Institute of Applied Christianity. He said that the Nation had missed its aim; that millions were really not free; that with the few wealth was steadily in- creasing, while the many were growing poorer; that it was not the fittest who sur- vived, but the cunningest. He continued: Poverty is not providential or God would not have supplied the natural food in such abund- ance for man. Something is wrong when men g0 hungry in a country that could support many timés its present population. Bad legis- lation instituted through public ignorance is largely responsible for the present conditions. The ballot more generally and intelligently | used will check the ever increasing power of the moneyed minority; and when the people shall have been induced to discuss public mat- ters among themseives and to think and then tovote as they seriously think, the present social depression will no longer exist. Class movements are for class interests: po- litical platforms are mere makeshifts, Popular reforms can only come completely and suceess- | fully from the people. It is for the people to form its local clubs,and to discuss in public meeting places, public squares and churches the measures which they shall sup- portat the polls; be th man suffrage, the referendum, single tax, or Government control of railroads. The people must not forget that reign, and that the earth is the Lord’s, that in the people are inherent all the powers of government. Just one thing more is necessary to cause the most cruel revolution ever known on the earth, and that is to create a property qualification. The hope of the people in restoring a more equitable public footing is to find some means that the moneyed powers have hot already fortified themselves against. The speaker expressed the belief that other institutes could be organized in vari- ous parts of the City, and that the min- isters could be interested in the work of bringing practical Christianity to bear on political and social problems. GIVES WAY T0+THE CALL" Work of Demolition Begun on the Old “Johnson House” Block. Dr. Washington Ryer of Stockton the Original Owner—The Old- est Tenarts. The work of demolition has begun on the block at the southeast corner of Third and Market streets, the old building known as the “Johnson House,” which will be replaced by the structure to be erected by THE CALL. Dr. Washington M. Ryer purchased the Iot on which the building stood in 1859 at an auction sale. At that time there was a wheelwright and blacksmith shop on the Dr. Ryer was a Stockton physician and w: a little doubtful as to property values in San ¥rancisco, but act- ing upon the aavice of his attorney, A. J. Gunnison, he purchased the property for in | ‘NO NEW DURRANT JURORS | Judge Murphy Loses Patience and Expresses Himself Freely. | UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF DEAFNESS, Most of the Excuses Due to Jurors’ Views on Circumstantial Evidence. THE DURRANT CASE IN A MINUTE. BRIEF REVIEW OF THE PROCEEDINGS. The whole of yesterday’s session was con- sumed in the fruitless examination of jurors. Judge Murphy lost patience, and thade a short, sharp address on the head of citizens dodging | jury duty, as it would seem. Several venire- men were examined during the day, butno jurors were secured. Some were excused on | account of their views concerning circumstan- | tial evidence, others for business reasons, and | several because of deafness. The Judge thought deafness was unusually prevalent. | Fifteen veniremen were examined and ex- | cused, and court adjourned until this morning at 10 o'clock. Foggy weather operated to make vacant | seats at the Durrant trial yesterday morn- ing, despite the fact that whisperings of mystery concerning the jury were in the | air. Not more than half the seats were filled at 10 o’clock and there was a general | blue-nosed feeling in the courtroom. Judge Murphy immediately ordered the | call of the roll of jurors sworn and each of the seven answered their names. The names of the veniremen were then called and but twenty-four responded out of the panel of fifty, the Sheriff reporting seven- teen not found. “I desire to say to the gentlemen sum- moned as jurors in this case,”’ began Judge Murphy, ‘that we have now been going on | for nearly two weeks trying to get a jury | in this case, and the court regrets exceed- ingly that there is a disposition on the part of citizens not to do their duty as | jurors. Almost every device is resorted to | to shirk this duty—because it is a duty | every citizen owes to the community and | to the law to perform jury duty when called upon. Itisone of the equivalents the citizens give for the protection of the law that is afforded them. Now, I do not desire to consume the time of the court | with hearing excuses that do not justify the time of the court in excusing people | from jury duty, so that it will be perfectly useless to complain that you may suffer in your business, unless that suffering will be of material injury. Now, I will hear such | excuses as jurors have to offer.” | Seventeen veniremen rose up in their vlaces, put their hands in the airand swore | to tell “the truth. In single file they | reached the ear of the court and poured | into it the reasons they had for being re- leased from duty. Justfive out of the sey- enteen seemed to have sufficient grounds for excuse and they were excused, while the other dozen, three of whom pleaded deafness, were returned to their seats. “'I bave heard of more deaf men since have ever heard of before in San Fran- cisco.” “I am deaf in one ear, your Honor,”” said one of the retiring veniremen. “Well, we’ll talk into your other ear,” | replied his Honor, and this deaf man took his seat in disgust. The names of five veniremen were called and they took their seats in the box and were sworn, Mr. Barnes making his state- ment of the case. ‘William T. Segelpe of 718 Valencia street, proprietor of the Valencia-street Hotel, | was challenged for cause by the prosecu- | tion by reason of the fact that he had an | opinion on the case which could only be removed by very strong evidence. The challenge was allowed. Frederick Hobbs of 1016 Bush street was next examined. He answered the ques- tionsof the District Attorney satisfactorily, stating, however, that he would be very reluctant to join in a verdict, the result of THE OLD JOHNSON STRUCIURE, ROOM FOR THE ERECTION [Sketched by a i WAL Ji Ll T ON THE CORNER OF THIRD AND MAREKET STREETS, WHICH IS BEING DEMOLISHED TO MAKE OF THE NEW “0OALL” BUILDING. “ Call” artist.] $14,000. It wasleased to acontractor named Hyatt, who agreed to erect there a building to cost not less than $30,000. Work was begun on the building early in 1860, but Hyatt,failed and Dr. Ryer purchased the unfinished building for 20,000, and it was completed soon after. Perhaps the tenant of longest standing in the old building was the late J. H. Wid- ber. whose druggist’s establishment occu- pied the corner store for twenty-eight years. Mrs. Howard, a milliner, was a tenant for a long time, occupying the store facing on Third street. = Richard Bunton’s saloon, facing on Market street, was a part of the “Johnson House,”” an T. Lundy’s jewelry store was another. For many years one of the original tenants of the three ugper stories was Mrs, Johnson, who kept a boarding-place there until her death. Mrs. Ardine Lovell leased it fora lodging-house, and Mrs. Hyer was a les- branches for the past fiscal year was see for the past eleven years. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U.S. Gov't Report Roal Baking Powder which would be the death penalty, on cir- cumstantial evidence, except it was very | struni. He had formed an opinion on the case, but that opinion was not so strong that he could not be governed by the law and the evidence. “You feel,” said the District Attorney, ‘“‘that notwithstanding any opinion you may have, if sworn as a juror you could act on the law and the evidence?’” “Certainly,” said the witness. Later the venireman stated that he thought he was in a condition of mind to be a fair and impartial juror in the case. Passed to the defense, he stated that he would take circumstantial evidence with a good deal of caution, and was fully aware that testimony as to identification was liable to mistake. Then Mr. Hobbs stated that his son was a member of the signal corps to which Durrant belonged at the time he was arrested. but he was positive that that would not affect him in arriving at a verdict. Mr. Hobbs was passed by the defense. R. R. Vail, who resided at Laguna and Green streets, developed, after a severe ex- amination, an opinion which only the strongest kind of evidence woula remove. He was challenged by the defense and re- moved. E. Gerken of 835 Lott street was challenged by the defense and excused for ihe same reason, as was W. J. Donovan, a stockbroker, residing at 630 Greenwich street. This .exhausted the veniremen in the box, and the court asked what disposition was to be made of Mr. Hobbs. ““We are satisfied,’”’ said Mr. Deuprey. I will excuse Mr. Hobbs,"” saia the Dis- trict Attorney, who was fearful that the this trial began,” said his Honor, *‘than I | fact that Mr. Hobbs’ son was a member of the signal corps with Durrant might have some effect on the prospective juror. Once again tive veniremen were called and excused on the ground that they were prejudiced against circumstantial evidence or were possessed of firm opinions in the matter. They were: M. Tiedemann, 70014 McAllister street; C. H. Palache, 500 Eddy street; E. Buzzini, 33 Ninth street; J. A. Miller and Philip Fabian, of 1522 Broad- way. ive more veniremen were then called, sworn and examined. A. C. Harrison had such an opinion that the strongest kind of evidence only would remove. He was challenged and excused. J. Powers, a livery-stable keeper at 2125 Mission street, was allowed to go for the same reason. A. Burmeister, grocer and liquor-dealer at 1305 California street, would not bring in a verdict when it was a matter of life and death on circumstantial evidence. He was challenged and excused. Otto Schinkel, 800 Potrero avenue, was excused on the ground that he had a strong oginion on the case, which it would take evidence to remove. H. H. Young, a restaurant-keeper at 228 Kearny street, was challenge; and excused on the same ground. Once again the tin box wasrolled around and five veniremen sworn. E. R. Lilien- thal, wholesale liquor-dea'er, was chal- lenged and excused, on the gronnd that he had formed a fixed opinion on the case. W. T. Gorham of 1824 Clay street devel- oped a deafness that incapacitated him from service and was excused. William Ferlitz, 1231 Fourth street, was challenged by the defense and excused for the reason that he had a firm and fixed opinion. Alec Williams of 404 Ellis street was ex- cused on the ground that his name was not on the assessment-roll. Simon Mack of 2329 Bush street was challenged on the ground that he would not return a verdict of guilty on circum- stantial evidence. He was excused. The court ordered another draft on the round tin box, but Clerk Morris announced that the panel had been exhausted. Upon this the court admonished the jurors and adjourned court till this morning at 10 o’clock. JUROR BROWN’S POSITION. It Would Appear That He Has Suf- fered a Change of Heart. Juror Walter S. Brown is the man over whom the District Attorney and the detec- tives have been worrying. No charges have been brought against him, but never- theless Captain Lees is not at all satisfied. It was his record as a United States juror, in the case of Martin D. Howell, that caused the calling in of Secret Service Agent of the Treasury N. R. Harris, Howell was charged with receiving and passing counterfeit money and Harris was prosecuting witness on behalf of the Goy- ernment. Brown was one of the jurors in the case and also one of the trio who stood out for an acquittal. There was consider- abie talk at the time about the stand taken by the three and the United States Grand Jury made an investigation. ~All- the jurors were summoned and examined, but not a trace of fraud was discovered. In explaining his reasons for holding out for acquittal Brown said he did not care to convict & man wholly on circumstantial evidence. 5 ‘When being examined as to his fitness to serve as a juror in the Durrant case THE CaLr gave the following account of the proceedings: Walter 8. Brown, doing business at 535 Market street as a silk, cotton and linen-thread merchant, residing at 426 Ellis, was next ex- amined. He stated that he had no conscien- tious scruples against the infliction of the death penalty in proper cases; and, also, that he would consider circumstantiai evidence and give it all the weight to which it was entitled. “Now,” said the District Attorney, “if the circumstantial evidence produced were suf- ficient to satisfy you of the guilt of the defend- ant, would you be willing to join in a verdict of guilty where the resuit might be death?” “I would if the evidence were sufliciently strong,” was the reply. “Are you acquainted with the defendant, Dur\mm, or with any member of his family “Do’ you believe,” continued Mr. Deuprey, “that you could act as & free and impartial juror, if sworn to try this case between the State and the defendant, solely as the evidence is given in this court and under the instruc- tions of this court ?” “I think so.” “Do you believe thatcircumstantial evidence should be taken with a great deal of caution?”’ continued Mr. Deuprey. “Well, I certainly believe that itshould be given weight. I would convict on circumstan- tial evidence if it were strong enough.” ““You recognize, however, in receiving cir- cumstantial evidence that it is to be taken with a great deal of caution, and that the same rule applies to evidence in regard to identifi- cetion—that is to say, that there is greater liability of mistake in the matter of identifica- tion of & person probably than upon any other subject that might be testified to?"’ “I think s0,” replied Mr. Brown. “Do you know of any reason at this time, Mr. Brown, why you should not and could not fairly and lmPlrullly try this case? “I'do not,” was the reply, and Mr. Brown was passed for the time. From this it would appear as though Mr. Brown has had a change of heart since he was a member of the jury in the United States District Court in Novem- ber, 1893. Juror Brown denies that he has had a change of heart, and insists that an erroneous inference has been drawn from the report of proceedings in the Howell case. CLARK MAKES DENIAL. He Knows Nothing Bearing on the Durrant Case. BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 6. — Charles Clark, the missing witness in the case of Theodore Durrant, to be tried in San Francisco for the Emmanuel Charch mur- ders, was interviewed to-night just before his departure for the West. He emphat- ically declared that he knew absolutely nothing which had any bearing on the murders, and that because of a casual re- mark the lawyers for the defense haa sought to stay proceedings through the use of his name. He said he did not know Durrant and never saw him. One of the murdered girls, Blanche Lamont, he knew by sight, but he had never met her in fact. He had seen her on a streetcar with » young man, and he had made a remark to that effect to a 1awyer. The outcome has been his figuring as'the important witness. He had thought it over for days, and had concluded that it was fully two or three weeks before the murder ‘when he last saw the girl, and that her companion was not Durrant. A DIVORCE APPEAL. et The Celebrated De la Montanya Case on Argument Before the Su- preme Court. The celebrated divorce case of Lorraine de la Montanya against James de la Mon- tanya Jr., possibly involving some inter- national complications, was before the Supreme Court yesterday for argument, and the attorneys talked all the afternoon, THROWN OFF THE TRAIN, George N. Martin, a Sioux City Merchant, Says He Was Abused. A SUIT FOR $75,000 DAMAGES. The Ticket Collsctor Rejected His Signature and Left Him in the Slerras. George N. Martin, a commission mer- chant of Sioux City, Iowa, who has been an extensive shipper of California prod- ucts to Eastern cities, was put off a train of the Central Pacitic Company at Towles Friday night because the conductor would not take his signature as genuine, and now the company has a $75,000 suit on its hands. Martin claims that he was needlessly in- sulted and humiliated by the ticket col- lector, and, in addition to these personal insults, was treated in a manner that passes belief for its cruelty. He was called a swindler and a forger, and though in very poor health was forced to stay at Towles lumber camp when his condition demanded immediate attention from a physician. And yet he had a first-class ticket, which he bought himself and which bore his signature. His business is large and varied. Atone time he had a_contract with the Orange- growers’ Association of Riverside for all its products, and again with the J. L. An- derson Fruit Company of San Jose to ship its whole crop to Eastern points. He has been known as one of the best patrons of the California fruit industry beyond the Rockies, and a substantial source of rev- enue to the Southern Pacific Company. Being a sufferer from locomotor ataxia, Martin has been in the habit of coming to California every winter for his health. For five years past he has not missed a winter season in Southern California and long stays at the Palace Hotel here. July 15 he bought a first-class vicket in Sioux City to San Diego and return, with stop-over privileges and limited to nine months. n leaving home, this time on a business trip, he received a personal letter from General Agent Collins of the Union Pacific Company and _General Agent Hitchcock in this City. He presented the letter last Thursday, where he spent an hour among the Eastern railroad agents on the street and in their offices. It ap- pears that the Southern Pacific ticket de- tective took notes of his visits to the differ- ent offices and formed his own conclu- sions. As customary when a traveler is seen talking with a man near or in scalp- ers’ offices he is watched on the trains, and accordingly the Sioux City commis- sion merchant was *‘shadowed.” Martin_left for his home Friday. All went well as far as Sacramento, the col- lector passing his ticket and accepting his signature. But beyond Sacramento a new collector took charge of the train and inci- dentally of Mr. Martin and his ticket. That cautious agent told Martin he did not believe the name on the ticket was his (Martin’s) signature. He got several slips of paper, upon which Martin signed his name in pencil, which did not satisfy him and he compelled the sick man to get off at Dutch Flat and sign the ticket in ink. Martin got on the train again and to his surprise he was greeted by a strange col- lector, the other fellow having stayed at that station with his ticket. Explanations were of no avail with the new collector, for Martin then had no ticket to show. ““You will have to pay your fare or get off the train at the next station,” was the only alternative given him by the ticket- taker. A Martin showed his cards for identifica- tion. : “‘Ob, they give you them at the scalper’s office,”’ remarked the collector. The handsome valise that Martin car- ried was on the seat, and he pointed to his name engraved on its silver plate. “You’re a slick one, you are,” said the collector. ‘“You have even the name on the gripsack to swindle the company.” Martin expostulatea and asked to be permitted to ride to Truckee, where he would be identified by the president of the Truckee Lumber Company, with whom he had had many extensive transactions. The Truckee Bank would honor his draft, sand he could pay his fare again there it the identification” were not wholly satis- factory. Then he pleaded to be carried so far—a few miles up the road—where he could have the attention of a physician, as the annoyance had seriously aggravated his nervousness. But Martin was told that alumber camp was good enough for such fellows as he, and he had to leave the train at Towles. He was really sick then, but could get nothing better for his head- ache than quinine in the general store. He telegraphed to the railway superin- tendent at Sacramento, explaining who he was and asking to be permitted to ride back to Sacramento. A reply was re- ceived telling him he might ride down on the freight train, which came alongina few hours. At Sacramento he was left about a mile out of town in the caboose, but eventually got to a hotel before morn- ing. gle came back to San Francisco next day and instructed Delmas & Shortridge to sue the railway company, which tried to com- promise with him on the basis of a free ticket to Sioux City and $50 for expenses. This was taken as another insult, and the company will have to explain why it should not pay damages of $75,000 to the outrageously abused merchant. . 0UR DENTISTS WITHORAY, They Have Left the National Dental Associa~- tion. Californla Dental Examiners Are Not Satisfled With Eastern Concerns. The State Board of Dental Examiners, holding a few days’ session at the rooms of the Stomatological Society, have, by a unanimous vote, withdrawn from the Na- tional Dental Association of Dental Exami- ners now in session at Asbury Park, N. J. Dr. W. J. Younger, presidentof the State Board of Examiners, states as a reason for the action that “the National Association recognized dental institutions of instruc- tion with which the California State Board is not satisfied.” He said, further: Dorn & Dorn represented defendant, and Judge Garber the plaintiff. Judge Garber will conclude his argu- ment this morning, and the case will be submitted to the court. .The matter under debate relates par- ticularly to the custody of the children and the order granting alimony, and the whole case s as it was presented in Department 10-of the Superior Court before Judge Slack. a Before the suit for divorce was begun, De la Montanya took up his residence in Paris, and he is still there. One point of the appeal 1s that he wasnot given the proper opportunity of answering the charges against him. There was no objec- tion to the divorce, but the defendant is not satisfied with the decree relating to alimony and the children. e Free This Week. EIGHT BIG PRESENTS—ONE GIVEN WITH Each Pound of Our EXTRA VALUE B0-CENT TEAS. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.'S, 62-58 Market street, 8. F., Headquarters, BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE. There are a great many institutions in the East which graduate many incompetent stu- dents.They seem to be actuated more bya desire $o miake a0 the money possible than by a profes- sional pride, and the California board will not recognize these gentlemen. = Already we have spent $150 in_attorneys’ fees to prohibit a dentist named Van Viack, located in Los Angeles, practicing dentistry in California. He isa graduate irom an Eastern institution that we do not recognize, and we cannot therefore recognize its graduates, We are now waiting the decision of & Supe- rior Judge in Los Angeles C«mntf‘ to see whether or no we will be upheld in this matter. So far as I know, California is the first State to withdraw from the National Assoeiation, but I believe it will be the entering wedge for several more to drop out. We are governed here by professional pride, and we will not counte- nance incompetent and amateur dentists in this State. ———————— JInquests on ¥oar Suicides. Coroner Hawkins held inquests yesterday on the bodies of four suicides—Mrs. A. C. Seeley, Jeremiah Griffis, Oscar Johnson and Kate Mor- rissey. There were no developments in any of the cases further than that it was shown that the unfortunates were tired of life. DRY GOODS. BLACK GOODSDEPARTMENT! - - FATLI. INOVELTIES FOR 1895. We take pleasure in announcing the first arrival of BLACK DRESS FABRICS FOR FALL 1895 and direct attention to the choice styles and magnificent assortment now on exhibition,, all of ich will be offered at Unusually Low Prices! Priestly’'s Black Novwvelties! We will offer this week 5 cases PRIEST= LY’S BLACK NOVELTY DRESS FABRICS, in 25 different designs, it 35125 Dress Pattern. 100 pieces GENUINE ENGLISH KAISAR CLOTH, full 42 inches wide, T 500 per Yard. Write for samples of above goods. s, QDBPORA : & 1892, e 111, 118, 115, 117, 118, 121 POST STREET. A SCORED T@PEHVIS[]HSZ Indignation of the South Side Club Anent Folsom Street. Hot Resolutlons Adopted and Pre- parations for a Big Mass- Meeting. The meeting of the South Side Improve- ment Club in American Hall, at 818 How- ard street, last night, was devoted largely to a scoring of the majority of the Board of Supervisors for failing to provide for the bituminizing of Folsom street. After considerable venting of indignation, the following resolutions, introduced by A, B. Maguire, were adopted : WHEREAS, The Board of Supervisors &x;?)pose to make an_sppropriation of $300,000 for Golden Gate Park, $100,000 for public squares and from $300,000 to' $700,000 for public buildings, and nothing for streets but the usual annual allowance, to be wasted in re- setting the wornout pavements of the City; and whereas, the City park and squares are now in good condition and the public build- ings are sufficient for all requirements, t0 ex- tend them would be only supplying new posi- tions for tax-eaters in an already tax-ridden City; and whereas, most of the sireets lying in the district south of Market street and in the district east of Montgomery street, where nearly all the business of the City is done, are in a deplorable condition, and so bad that the; Would be 8 disgrace in & fifth-rate town; an whereas, the policy of repairing the streets with the wornout cobbles and blocks has re- sulted in absorbing the money appropriated for street work without any betterment to the streets; therefore be it Resolved, That we consider the action of the Board of Superyisors in making these large appropriations for ornamenting the park and D blic sqares of the City and for costly public uildings &n injustice to the citizens and tax- payers, while the streets of the business por- tion of the City are in their present dilapi- dated condition; also, Resolved, That we condemn the system of re- setting the worn-out pavements as a waste of public money, and recommend, as true econ- omy, the reconstruction of the streets with new material throughout as soon as it becomes necessary to make extensive repairs on them; be it further Resolved, That the appropriations for street work for this year should be largely increased, and the appropriations for the park, publi¢ squares and buildings largely decreased, and that Folsom street be bituminized throughout, as to expend onJy $25,000 on this thorough. fare, as recommended by the Superintendent of Streets, would be a deliberate and willful waste of public money and an imposition on an already overburdened and tax-ridden com- munity. A committee consisting of Leon Samuels, George L. Center, A. B. Maguire, F. W. McEwen, Joseph Kelley, John hsfierty and Dr. T. Rottanzi was chosen to per- sonally interview the' Su&ervisors severally and aseertain why a sufficient appropria- tion was not made for Folsom street. The presidents of all four Folsom-street clubs and the South Side Club are on this com- mittee. It is to report results atan ad- | journed meeting, to be held at the same Pplace next Tuesday evening. A committee was also appointed to ar- range for a big mass-meeting for the latter part of the month or the beginning of next, to have the sentiment of the South Side exipressed fully. Besides the presi- dents of the five clubs, its personnel in- cludes Secretary J. Schwartz of the South Side Club, George L. Center, R. E. Cole, George W. Owens, A. B. Maguire and J. D. Shea. Messrs. G. W. Owens, Leon Samuels, G. L. Center, J. 8. Elliott and J. W. Maguire were selected as a committee to ask the Half-million Club, Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation, Merchants' Association and Good Roads Club, to co-operate in getting up the mass-meeting. THE QIVI0 FEDERATION. George T. Gaden Wants the Almshouse Kept Out of Politics. George T. Gaden explamned yesterday why the Civic Federation has not been ! | might have been expected. President Tru- man is on the Durrant iury, Revs. E. R, Dille and Thomas Filben have been absent from the city and two of the federation’s attorneys have been away. “We will present the resolutions we adopted respecting the Almshouse,” said Mr. Gaden, ‘‘to the Board of Health atour earliest opportunity. We have nothing personally against Mr. Beddf but we do not think the position should be given to a politician and a_non-resident. Itis an ofhce which should be kept out of politics. Besides, we think Superintendent Weaver has made a very good record.” ————— LOST TO THE OITY. A Laguna Survey Strip Omitted From the Van Ness Map, The Supreme Court has decided that E. ‘W. Burr is the owner of a strip of land in the Laguna survey, which the City wanted to open as a street. The court says that the strip ceased to be a street when the Van Ness map was adopted, the City’s claim not being represented on that ma ———————————————————— 32 for Men’s Calfskin Shoes-== Styles of the Day; Look Well and Wear Like Iron. Which shows you how ALL kinds of shoes are sold at the BIG SHOE FACTORY RETAILING AT FACTORY PRICES. ROSENTHAL, FEDER & CO, 581-583 MARKET ST., + making quite as much progress lately as | EEEEEE | |