The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 10, 1895, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO' CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1895. THE LIE WAS PASSED, A Stormy Meeting of the Board of Health Held. ABOUT THE CITY WATER Mayor Sutro Says Members Have Neglected Their Duties. WRANGLE OVER A RESOLUTION. A Gathering ThatjThreatened to Break Up in a Row—Analysis to Be Made. e present Board of Health has held tormy meetings during the brief period of its existence, but the special meeting of yvesterday called by the Mavyor, as president. to consider the water ques- tion was the warmest yet brought about. The Mayor bas the matter cf San Fran- water supply in his mind first, last the time, and for some time past has been expressing an opinion that the Board of Health might move a little faster in the work of getting pure water into the m sever: attended the gathering The ‘loaded for bear”” and got as much he could handle before the meeting W Mayor well ur T W The lie courteous was several occasions, contradictions ere uttered almost every minute and at one time it looked as though the meeting would break up in disorder. The Mayor and 1 Hart and Morse took the main part in the wrangle; Dr. Fitzgibbon, the other member present, not interfering to | any great extent. Before Secretary Godchaux had finished reading the minutes the Mayor raised an objection that certain utterances of his made at the last meeting were incorrectly f you have the reading of the ished you will probably remem- ement that you did make,” said . secretary continued reading until Mayor broke in 2gain. said anything of the 1 never 1 e me, bu er when the affair was ¥ made that remark, to my You afterward were in accord t at the siert you opposed us, as The president—You- misunderstood me, and ave a nght to have that corrected, and I 18t special reservoir, was in a condi- tion that it would collapse if the water was drawn out. Dr. Hart—You mentioned the reservoirs. The president—That reservoir. You cannot hing in my mouth that I did not say. opose to, but at the same e the board must Dot be misrepresented, her. The president—I stated that the Laguna Tonda Reservoir was full of filth; that the filth from the road had blown in -there for the last eleven years, andithad never been cleaned, and I stated that they did not dare empty it for fear the walls would coliapse from the pres- sure of the water in the hills and the pressure of the earth. I u.ant it that way. Dr. Hart—You are stating it now, but you forget the statement you made. The president—N ever mind the statement I made. Gentleme n, I went 1o state distinctly Iwant fair dealing and will haveit. I hat is right, and I think you do, stion comes in now whether you will permit me to have some say K further proceedings. If there is no objection, the minutes stand approved as read. After a wrangle over the question as to the right of the board to pass on the min- utes of regular meetings at special gather- ings, the Mayor found another grievance-i that the board had been in communica- tion with the Governor on health subjects without consulting him. The president—Don’t you think that if you 100k such action it was your duty toinform the president of this board of what you did? Dr. Morse—1 inform him now. This is the first opportun The president—I never knew you sought the Governor or that Mr. Reinstein was there. You never informed me anything you had done about that matter. Howam I to guess atall that? That is not right that you should take such unoflicial action. Dr. Morse—I am willing that vou should be present at all the meetings, but I assure you now 3 i that these matters are constanily coming up and have to be attended to. The president—Why don’t meetings during the day? Dr. Morse—Because we cannot always get get here during the day, but we don’t like to be charged with neglect of duty. you have the The president—I am not doing that. b Morse—I believe you did do it. president—Negléct of duty in what? e—We understand through reports reulating ebout that you charge us in this maiter. e at do I care_about reports ulated and about what appears in the newspapers? Sometimes they are right and s they are wrong. 1i any business yre_the Board of Health it ought to come here officially and properly. Mayor Sutro introdueed the following resolutions & WHEREAS, Complaints have been made by many citizens that the water supply furnished by the g Valley Water Company is impure ai fitfor human use,and thereby it becomes the duty of tiis Board of Health to investigate tirese charges and ascertain the truth thereof; therefore be it Resolved, First—That Professor Hilgard of the State University be requesied to have a num- ber of analyses made of the water contained in the reservolrs within the Citv limits, the said analy to be made by all the students in the chemical class of the University of California who have been or ere now engaged in chemical aualytical studies. That such analyses shall be conducted with the special purpose of as- certa alb ifng the presence in the wi minoid ammonia and its quentity, and of T substance harmful to the health of T d—That this Board of Health will pro- Wednesday next, December 11, 1895, A. M.. to the different reservoirs within the v 1imits and take samples of the water, nich samples shall be sealed up in its pres- ence and forwarded by special messenger to Professor Hilgard for a chemical examination, as above stated. In support oi them he made an address in which he said: Weeks und months have passed by and noth- ing practical has been atcomplished. The water compapy, is fighting fer delay in the ex- pectancy that the long-delayed winter rains will come along and sweep the filth from the watersheds aud clean out the reservoirs of con- taminated water. No further delay should be mitted and prompt action must be had to ascertain if any and what unwholesome con- taminations exist in the water we are com- clled to drink. is is our plain duty, and 1 hope no dissent- will be heard. Let us act justly toward ihe poor man,and show no lavor to yowerful corporations, N ceed on en our judiciery. and has tapped the ts of honor, pairiotism and justice. or Budd hiss seen fit to rush into the rewspapers upon this question. I shall not reply to the fnterview published in yesterday’s Examiner, but I may refer to it at a future duze. Do mot permig any controversy which has a7fsén Yo deter usTrom prompt action and the periormance of & sacred duty we owe, to the peopic. Then the board locked horns-again over t 1e question of whether the body had been derelict in its duty. 'his matter has never come up be ore, which ‘'will be proyen by the min@tes. -t il our proof. It came up for the firsi t me. Thatstatement that you make there is 1icorrect. The pres’dent—Then the board has not done its duty; that isall I can say. LA t corrected. At the regular meeting. ent—Isaid the Laguna Honda Res- | Dr. Hart—Excuse me; the board has done its duty. Tl’le president—I say the Board of Health has not done its duty, because this matter came up and was talked about ever since you were in this board. It may not have been acted on officially. Dr. Hart—The minutes will prove your statement, whether it is_correct or incorrect. 1 was the first one that brought it up at our last regular meeting, and we have proof of that right here. The president—I am sure there are communi- cations nere which reached me as chairman of the Board of Health, and ‘they were sent in here. They are asmong the papers here. 1sent | them in right along, aud they have been com- ing all the time. Dr. Morse—I, for one, since_you have taken up the cudgel and assaulted the board in the manner you have— The president—I have notassaulted the board a|l|ll. . Morse—Will you allow me to finish? | The president—I want to correct you. You shall not say I have assauited the board. Dr. Morse—Did you not this minute say we hed neglected our duty? Did you not say that | this moruing? { The president—You have neglected the water | question. I am_one of the board. I have & | right 1o say it. 1 have been neglectiul | Dr. Morse—I have a right to make my re- | marks if you have a right to make yours. | | The président—I don’t want you to run over e. Dr. Morse—No, I am not trying to run over | < but you have accused us here of meglect | now. well. has been neglected | not having acted on this water question im- | the question came to the | b mediately after notice of the board. : Dr. Morse—I say that that charge is not true. | That is what I s president—You say thet what is not | 1 Dr. Morse—The charge that this board has been neglectful of its auty in any particular is | here are different opinions. forse—I have a right to express mine. president—Let it go at that. | After a long wrangle over the wording | of Mayor Sutro’s resolution the latter ac- cused the members of dodging the ques- | tion: kaVr{ Fitzgibbon—We are not anything of the ind. Out of the tangle came an amendment to Mayor Sutro’s resolution to the effect that the secretary should communicate with Professor Hilgard at once and ascer- tain whether the analysis could be made | immediately. | This was carried, and, after transacting | a little routine business, the meeting came | to a close. | DISCLSSED PROF, ERRON But Few Presbyterian Ministers; Upheld the Opinions of | the Doctor. | — | The Bay Association of Congregation-: | alists Listened to a Series of | Sermonettes. At the meeting of the Presbyterian Asso- ciation yesteraay morning, Dr. H. H. Ketchum read a paper on “Herronism,” which on the whole was anything but an indorsement of the views held by the pro- fessor of applied Christianity. He said: ““The propositions of Herron are reductios about the | ad absurdum. Sometimes his deductions are irreverent. Almost always his reason- ing 15 a muddle of words. Occasionally he expresses the truth in a new dress, but | generally the gold is quartz. | In discussing the paper Dr. T. Burnham | said that while many of Herron's teach- | ings were vulnerable, he was a man with a message. Dr. Minton thought that in or- der to ignite you mustexaggerate. Viewed | in that tight Herron could be looked upon as & magnificent religious scold. Rev. T. ing said that the critic had not sought the good but the bad things. Rev. F. H. | Foster rejoiced that the Presbyterians | could discuss Herron with more modera- | tion than the Congregationalists had done. For his part he doubted Herron's claim to be dubbed doctor of divinity. Dr. Scott reminded his hearers that many utterences | in the New Testament, wrested from the | context, would be as unintelligivle as Herros | A Dead Languege. “Living Thoughts From a Dead Lan- guage’”” was the name ot a paper read be- fore the Methodist preachers yesterday { morning by Rev. Ernest M. Hill. The | language was Hebrew, and Mr. Hill quoted many portions of the Old Testament and pointed out the poetry, the alliteration | and the deeper meanings, that are lost in a_ translation. Job, the Psalms and Kze- kiel were instanced as possessing special beauties in the Hebrew. Dr. Coyle thanked Rev. E. M. Hiil for drawing the attention of the brethren to | the literary beauties of the Hebrew tongue. He said the Bible might serve as an inspi- ration to the best modern writers. Hall Caine, in a recent literary confession, had said that the fundamental source of all the characters in his novels was the Bible. Dr. Carroll’s opinion was: “If we burnt | nine-tenths of our commentaries and got back into tie original Scriptures we should preach better. | On the motion of Dr. Carroll it was re- | solved that next Monday the preachers shou!d go in a body to the rendezvous of the Boys' Brigade, 232 Sutter street, and | should Tunch there. Congregational Ministers. | The Bay Association heid an all-day session yesterday in Bethany Church. In the morning the second chapter of Phil- | | hipians was read in Greek and discussed. | The afternoon session opened with a series of sermonettes on the third verse of the jone hundred and temth Psalm, the | preachiers being Rev. Dr. Pond, Rev. P. | | Coombe, Rev. Mr. Roweil, Professor Love- | joy, Rev. Mr. Denney, Rev. Dr. Frear, | | Rev. Dr. McLean and Rev. W. Tubb. { Protessor Lovejoy read a paper on | ““KEzekiel in the Stream of Prophecy” and Dr. Pond gave an earnest sermon on the | | “Life and Character of Christ.” MISS CURRY DEAD. | One of Nevada's Brightest Women . Passes Away in This City. Miss Mettie Curry of Carson City, Ney., | died Sunday in this City. The remains | wilt be taken to Nevada, where the lady | lived since childhood. She was the eldest | | daughter of Abram Curry, who formed the | nrst volunteer fire department in Carson and was also one of the partners of the Gould & Carry mine in Virginia City. 1n | Carson where Miss Curry taught school | «he enjoyed not oniy the zood will but the love of the entire population. The deceased had a very apt way of re- constructing and loealizing operas, so as to make them fit situations surrounding her. In several cases she exhibited her | ability in this line by preparing librettos ! for hometalent, and they always scintil- lated with her wit and versatility. An aged mother and two sisters are left to mourn the loss of the young lady,whose monument will be her memory and whose grave will be sacred to all who knew her. .- Mrs. Schuller Arraigned. Mrs. Eugenia C. Schuller appeared in Judge Low’s court yesterday morning and was ar- raigned on the charge of arson, preferred by Fire Marshal Towe. e was represented by ex-Judge Ferral. B msent & continuance was granted for a wee! gl ol N A Singular ¥orm of Monomania. There is a class of people, rational enough in other respects, who are certainly monomunlacs in dosing themselves. Tney are constanily trying experiments upon their stomachs, their bowels, | their livers and thelr kidneys with trashy nos- trums. When these organs are real'y out of order, if they would only use Hostetter's Stomach Bit- Lers they would, if not hopelessly insane, perceive its superiority. | resuit to the War D-partment immedi- | ately it wasended. He will now prepare | mend | the battery turned over to them instead of | to the army engineers, which was the in- | DYNAMITEDEATH-DEALERS Successful Test of the Big New | Battery Above Fort i Point. WILL PROBABLY BE ACCEPTED | How the Shots Fell Accurately, Rais- ing Geysers and Decimating the Fish. It was an interesting day on the para- pets at Fort Point yesterday during the final test of the big dynamite battery—of three fifteen-inch guns—which has been under construction for more than a year, and which has been recently completed. Upon this test depended whether or not the plant should be acceptea by the Gov- ernment, and this and the fact that live shells were to be fired drew a large crowd of army officers, soldiers and civilians to the scene to witness the first real demon- stration of the imvortant part these giant airguns will play in the defense of San Franeisco harbor in time of need. The test was eminently satisfactory, and showed that the guus are capable of much ducements were held out in order to secure worKmen, such as $6 and $8 a day for skilled labor, good food, fine climate, etc. Yesterday a number of those who went to Guatremala on the first order returned, and told Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald that the work, pay and surroundines feil far short of what had been promised. In | the first place the men, not being used to the climate, became sick with all kinds of coast fevers that prevail in that section. ‘The work was hard and_the hours unusu- ally long. The $6 and $8 a day wages did not amount to over $2 and $250 after the difference in the silver money of the two countries had been discounted. In fact they stated that Guatemala is a first-class | country for laboring men to stay away from and they advised their fellow-work- | men to remain at home and not attempt to grow rich in Guatemala. A REVOKABLE LICENSE. Justice Kerrigan’s Decision in the Case of Joseph Harris vs. the California Jockey Club. Justice of the Peace Kerrigan rendered an interesting decision yesterday in the case of Joseph Harris against the Cali- fornia Jockey Club. Harris was ejected | from the Bay District Racetrack several months ago, because he had been ruled off and was not wanted within the inclosure, He brought suit to cetermine whether the club had the iight to eject him after hav- ing sold him a ticket and for $299 damages for the forcible mapner in which he had been removed. 2 In his decision the Justice said that he must give judgment for the defense for two reasons. First, that places of amus ment, such as racetracks, theaters, etc., had a perfect right to refuse Harris or any one entrance even after having sold him a WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A FOREIG MITE BATTERY AT FORT MITE EXPLODED THE WATER RC N3 TRIED JO P THE DYNA. WHEN THE 500 POUNDS OF DYNA- LIKE A YSER. nore than was required of them in the cifications furnished by the War De- pariment. Generals Forsyth and Gra- ham, accompanied by their staffs, were P t and viewed the proceedings with a great deal of interest. The test, which was for range and ac- | curacy, was directed by Colonel of Ord- | nanc 8. Babbitt, commander of Benicia arsenal, assisted by Lieutenant of | Ordnance O. M. Lissak_and Major W. H. | Heuer of the United States Engineering Corps. The guns were operated by B. C. 3atcheller, engineer for the Pneumatic | ite Gur Manufacturing Company, | perintended the construction of | s The projectiles used were live s, five of them. containing 100 pounds of nitro-glycerine gelatine and three 500 | pournds. The test commenced at 10 o’clock, and | when it was completed it had been demon- strated that the guns can be fired with | | ; i | wonderful accuracy, and the tumult the | explosion of the cartridges created in the sea proved that no ship under which or | upon whose decks one of them once fell would ever live to cross the bar. In each of the first four shots fired one of the projectiles, containing 100 pounds of | explosives, was thrown 5000 yards, and a | rectangle fifty by seventy yards would | have held them all. Colonel ‘Babbitt then directed that the gun for the fifth shot be imed at the bank on the Point Bonita ide. A shot had been fired into the bluff at a previous test and Gunner Batcheller | aimed at the spot where the former shell had struck. Again the great accuracy of the powderless implement of war was shown. The shell. struck the bluff only few feet from the mark, and the variation was easily accounted for by the wind which was blowing fully sixteen miles an | hour. | The most interesting feature of the day | was the final test which followed. A | | projectile containing 500 pounds of explo- | sives was fired from each gun, and the immense engines of death were timed to | explode halfa second beneath the surface | These are in the hands of varions commit- | of the water. They soared a mile and a quarter and alighting in the sea sent a | volume of foam and spray fifty feet in diameter 300 feet into theair.” The shot was spectacular in the extreme and created wild enthusiasm among the spectators. One who has seen the giant geyser playing | in the Yellowstone Park can call to mind | the experience and have a fair idea of what | the crowds on Fort Point parapets saw | yesterday. | The range of the large shells was 1950 vards for the first, 2170 for tne second and | 2080 for the third. The firing was done | with an air pressure of 1000 pounds to the | square inch, or about 176,000 poundson the base of the shell. The time of flight varied from twenty-eight to thirty sec- | onds for the smaller projectiles, and from thirty-five degress in each case, except the | shot fired into the bluff, for which the gun was placed at twenty degrees. t The expense of firing the guns is about $400 each for the smaller and $1000 for the larger projectiles, the cost of yesterday’s | test aggregating about $5000. Colonel Babbitt pronounced the test as highly satisfactory, and telegraphed the | a report, in which he is expected to recom- the acceptance of the plant, which will undoubtediy be done. The artillery officers at the fort will endeavor to have tention if it proved satisfactory. When the test of the dynamite battery was concluded tiie big 12-inch rifle was fired twice to test a new prismatic powder offered by the ‘California Powder Works. It proved unsatisfactory owing to an over- sight of the manufacturers, which causea two kinds of powders to get mixed and which was not discovered until the test had been made. The explosion ot the dynamite shells | killed thousands of fish, and fishermen by the score set sail immediately the firing was over and filled their boats without the trouble of fishing. RETURNED IN DISGUST. Carpenters Who Went to Guatemala Say It Was a Bad Venture. For several months past a number of coniractors at Guatemala, who have large Government contracts to fill, have been sending to San Francisco for carpenters and other workmen. A large order for men has been standing in the State’s Free Labor Bureau and many men have been sent to the contractor. Very favorable in- ( reading-room of the cket. The Supreme Court had decided that a ticket was simply a revokable li- cense to enter places of amusement, Otherwise it would represent an interest in real property, which could only be ob- tained by a regular acknowledgment. In the matter of damages he gave judgment for the defense on the ground that the | evidence had not shown that unnecessary force was used, oACT OF A SORE HEAD." George Cumming Gives His Opin- ion of the Mechanics’ Institute Row. Declares the Pavilion -Does Not Pay Interest—Confidence in the Trustees. The dissensions among the members of conclu- sively that interest in the organization is | the Mechanies’ Institute show by no means iagging. the trustees, however that the diffcrences will be adjusted satisfactorily to all con- cerned. George Cumming, vice-president of the association and one of the oldest members of the institute, when inter- viewed last evening, stuted his displeasure at the attitnde of those who had ques- tioned the proceedings of the trustees. “*As far as distributing patronage to favorites goes,” he said, ‘‘there is nothing in it. There is no patronage to speak of in connection with the institute. Of course every year when we Lold the fair there are numerous places to be filled. tees, and o far as I-know there has been no other idea in the appointment of men than to secure the most competent in- cumbents to the positions. **As to looking over the actions of trus- tees vears acoit is simply absurd. There is not a member of the board now who wag a member when the transactions which the Phillips resolution wished in- vestigated occurred. It is true they made a mistake. We do not know why they | purchased the lot on Folsom street, and | we do know it has been hanging like a millstone about our necks. Itis onlyoneof the many troublesome financial problems confronting the present board of trus- tees. The lot where the Pavilion now tands does not pay interest on the money |@nd would not i vilion was rented | nineteen to twenty and a half seconds for | W Uit the e | the Jarger. The angle of elevation was | al! the time. I can only designate the resolution pre- sented at the last meeting as the actof a sorehead. The proposition to remove the ibrary to an upper floor, ou the ostensible ground that the lower floor is unheaithy, comes from an- other class of faultfinders. The people who want the change are almost wholly patrons of the chessroom, who complain of inconvenience caused them by the pres- ent location of the reading-room.” In conclusion, Mr. Cumming expressed confidence that the board of trustees had done nothing meriting criticism. - WANTS HIS SHARE. Randolph Simpson Is Suing to Have Divided His Parents’ Estate. Randolph Simpson is suing his mother, Ada Simpson, for a better share in tke estate of his parents. The parents separated about ten years ago, and at the separation it was agreed that the property should be divided, and real proverty worth $30,000 was to be held in trust by James W. Kerr for the benefit of Mrs. Simpson and her son. The son now states that the income from the prop- erty is $220 a month, and out of this he re- ceives but $35. This be says is not suffi- cient to properly support him, and so he has brought euit to have the property equally divided. —_— - ‘The Shallenberger Case. Judge McKcnua of the United States Ciremt Court sustained yesterday the decision of the Board of General Appraisers in the Shallen- berger case. The question involved was as to whether bags used for importing canary bird- seed had been reimported or simply returned. Assistant United States District Attorney Knight had contended that they were re- imported. The court took this view of the case and so dccided, affirming the decision of the Appraisers. It is the opinion of | | THE NEW POLICE STATION/ Supervisors Select the Property of the President of the Occi- dental Club. POOLROOM ORDER GOES OVER. Two Matters Occupy the Greater Part of the Three Hours’ Session of the Board. The Board of Supervisors yesterday se- lected for the site of the mew Northside police station the property of John Mc- Carthy, president of the Occidental Club. The site is on Washington street, west of Polk. Action on the voolroom ordinance was postponed for two weeks. There were other matters acted upon, but the three hours’ session was principally occupied with the police station site and the pool- room matter. The cemetery ordinance was also passed for two weeks owing prin- cipally to the lateness of the hour when it was reached in the order of business. Before rcaching the report of the com- mittee on selecting the police station -site a protest from owners of residence prop- erty adjacent to the McCarthy premises on Washington street, near Polk, selected by the committee, was presented by title. Supervisor Spreckels asked that it be read and when that had been done Supervisor Taylor moved that it be referred to the committee of the whole to be taken up on Monday next at 1:30 o’clock r. ». The motion provoked considerable discussion, Supervisor King urging that the whole matter of considering tne protest and act- ing upon the report of the committee be done during yesterday’s session. He con- tended that if Mr. McCarthy’s proposition was not accepted the opportunity for a tocation in that district might be lost. He | said that James Taylor, who had offered a location on Polk street, had acted in bad faith and was holdingout for higher rental | for his property. King tried to lay the protest on the table. | Superyisor Dimond desired to put him- self on record that Mr. Taylor was a ve unreliable man to do business with, and he thought the necessity for immediate | action was apparent, as the police were | without guarters. Supervisor Taylor said he could see no | necessity for so much haste in the matter. | He thought, if there were only two lots in | that neighborhood suitable for a police | station, real estate there must be in eat demand. | Supervisor Spreckels asked the privilege for Frank J. French to address the board on behalf of the objecting propert, owners, but the Mayor ruled him out of | order. The discussion continued to such | an extent that after the rolleall, which re- sulted in 8 ayes and 4 noeys, Supervisor Wagner was constrained to ask why the announcement was made by the Mayor | that the matter would eo to the committee | of the whole. King insisted that his | amendment to table was carried, and Tay- i lor, who had voted no, objected to having | the record show that he had voted against | his own motion. The Mayor decided that | on must be considered at the deration of the committee re- | port, and ‘when that time came his Honor had Tetired and Supervisor Laylor was in the i “The discussion:was repeated and at the suggestion of Supervisor - Spreckels Mr. French. representing the objecting prop- erty-owners, and Captain Wittman, rep- resenting the Police Department, were ac- corded the privilege of addressing the board. Mr. French said that if the board would allow the matter to zo over for one | week he would gnarantee that a location | would be sccured, as the residence prop- | erty owners on Washington street would holdt Mr. Taylor, responsible to them as well as to the committee. He observed | { that the protest represented and was | signed by all the property-owners in_the | block bounded by Washington, Van Ness | | avenue, Juckson and Polk streets, except by the owners of two small lots, one being | the McCarthy lot; and reoresented 1220 front feet out of 1278. Also all on the | i south side of Washington street, except | one lot; and on Van Ness avenue and Washington street, west, including J. B. Stetson, Charles Holbrook, Henry L. Dodge, H. Schussler and the Hobart | estate. In this biock are several fine residences, | while the Tayior property, which had been | negotiated for, is situated on Polk, a busi- ness street,and directly in the neighbor- bood of some inferior building: The former will be, in_ the opinion of the pro- | testants, materially damaged in value byy | the location of the police station in the McCarthy lot, while its Jocation on Polk street would not harm, if it did not en- haunce the value of that property. Captain Wittman said the department was anxious for the selection of quarters, though a week’s delay would not do any | harm. But the amendment to lay the matter over for one week, offered by Super- visor Spreckels, was lost by the following vot Noes—King, fc; mond, Hughes, Dunker, Wegner. Aves—Spreckels, Hobbs, Taylor. Absent—Morgenstern. Supervisor Dimond explained his vote, saying he thought the committee had ex- hausted the subject and that he thought the matter ought to be settled. Supervisor Spreckels left the room and Chairman Taylor called Supervisor Hobbs to the chair, and went on the floor to fight for the delay; but he was beaten by a vote of 8 to 2, Chairman Hobbs standing by him. The delay in the matter of the poolroom ordinance was accomplished after King had exhausted his desire for a reform of the racetracks as well as the downtown poolrooms. The burden of his plea was that the horserace gamblers who had been run out of Chicago for robbing the people there had come here to prey upon San Francisco, He wanted to know if the poor were going to be enriched by com- pelling men who wanted to do a poolroom usiness to go to the racetracks and pay $100 a day for the privileze. He had, unfortunately, been a victim of the race- track himself and, having a pious aesire for the salvation of others he wanted a chance to get the Wagner ordinance before the board and have it passed so that the “robbers” that had come from Chil ndgo. as well as the downtown men. | wo be driven out of San Francisco by the virtuous hand of the law. He was supported in his denunciation of racetrack pool-sellers by Wagner in a very small speech, and when the roll was called Scully and Hirsch added their names to the opposers of the delay and the follow- ing voted in favor of laying it over for two weeks: Benjamin, Dimond, Hughes, Dun- ker, Taylor., Spreckels, Hobbs. A resolution by Supervisor Spreckels re- quiring the City Engineer to prepare plans for regrading Alamo Bquare was passed to print and the Clerk was instructed to ad- vertise for bids. The estimate of cost of the work was $3500. A contract was let also for erecting a concrete coping around the square to_the California Construction Company for $2885. A resolution was introauced by Super- visor Spreckels directing the City Engin- eer to furnish the Street Superintendent with the lines of the Ocean House road. The Super:ntendent is by the resolution aleo directed to remove all obstructions from thé road. A contract was let to Healy, Tibbitts & Co. for the construction of a steel and iron Pratt Swiss bridge over the Southern Pacific railroad track at the intersection of Charles and French streets to cost $5600. 1 ¥, Beujamin, Hirst, Di- lumber at $13 per 1000 feet and redwood at $16 50 per 1000 feet, for the Street Depart- ment. POOLROOMS HIS RUIN. Where Sidney B. Bernstein Spent the Money He Got From Stolen Bicycles. Sidney B. Bernstein, the 16-year-old boy who has been a terror to the pro- prietors of cycleries, appeared in judge Low’s court yesterday for his preliminary examination on two charges of felony embezzlement. The complaining witnesses were G. Moynihan, who has a cyclery on Golden Gate avenue, and R. F. Harrison, whose cyclery is on Van Ness avenue. Attoruey Noynes appeared as special prosecutor on behalf of the Cycle Dealers’ Protective Association, and_ Attorney Lowenthal represented the defendant. A large num- ber of dealers were in court and watched the proceedings with interest. It was snggested that owing to his youth be should plead guilty to petty larceny and sthrow himself upon the leniency of the court, but bis attorney would not consent to it. The evidence showed that Bernstein had rented the bicycles and had pawned them. Contradictory evidence was given as to the value of the machines, the defense en- deavoring to prove they were under the value of $53, but the Judge decided to hold him to answer before tie Superior Court on Both charges in $1000 bonds 1n each. Bérnstein has one charge of grand larceny and three charges of misdemeanor embez- zlement yet against him. He is the son of respectable parents and bis attorney said his ruin had been caused by the poolrooms. The money he ob- tained by pawning the bicycles all went to | the pool-sellers. A PATHETIC LETTER. Robins Mrs. Reads a Plaint Turkey. At a meeting of the Woman's Occidental Board yesterday Mrs. Robins read a touch- ing letter from a friend in Turkey; whose name and residence she did not care to make known. L “Troubles in the East will neyer be set- tled,” said tbe writer, who criticized the United States Consul, Mr. Terrell, saying he was not a courageous man. * ‘‘America should have a representative e the late Eugene Schuyler. The powers of Europe have been compelled to grant some re- forms, but there is notking in reality yet. From | Thousands of people have been slaugh- tered in cold blood, and yet Christian Europe stands looking at these bloody scenes with' characteristic _indifference. God only knows what awaits the Chris- tians. ; *In writing this letter T am risking my life should what I have written fall into the hands of the Turkish authorities.” No action was taken by the Occidental Board with regard to the letter, as the ladies felt themselves helpless to aid the | distressed Christians in Armenia. | Goodness, What a Waste Of money are people guilty of, just through not knowing us. Why, you, for instance—would you ever have expected to buy a SOLID OAK DESK like that for $4 00 ? Such are our Mission-street prices. INDIANAPOLIS FURNITURE Co. 750 Mission St, DOCTOR Acker's ENGLISH Remedy for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption is beyond question the greatest of all modern medicines. 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