The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1895, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1895. judge advocate turned to the prisoner and d, “Lieutenant Werlich, have you any o 1 | sbjection to any member of the trial board . | as itis now composed 2"’ Werlich gazed steadily at each one of the officers who was to pass sentence upon him and answered, *I have not.” “Have you any attorney to represent Lieutenant Werlich Tried for| ;"o\ desire to retain one?” was : | the next on. The answer was, ‘' Drunkenness by Nine of |18 Nt e O end T do not want one.” His Peers. That settled the matter, and the judge te and the newspaper men were pon a verdict. berating and then they brought : g | ed decision, which was given to First Trial of the Kind Ever Held on ‘ Rear Adm i ¥ i i to the Secretary of the E Board a Man-of- War in This stood that the erring licutenant has been Port. strongly recommended to mercy, and the chances are that he will get off with a se- | vere reprimand. I enant Werlich is not under arrest | decided u! hours de erybody was on the alert aboard the hia yesterday. At an : i eardslee went ashore and left his quarters ready for the use of the officers who were to use them in the afternoon. The union jack was flown deck. opportunity, however, and ever since he was relieved from duty be has confined himseif to his room. He feels the disgrace he has brought upon himself very keenly, and the chances are that it will be years i to vacate the room while the court | They were three | | and is allowed tire liberty of the quarter- | He does not avail himself of the | . THE COURT MARTIAL ABOARD OF THE PHILADELPHIA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE FIRST EVER HELD IN THIS HARBOR. THE GRAND JURY'S TASK. Accusation Against Ashworth Will “Be Presented To-Day. NINE COUNTS ARE SPECIFIED. \:Fire Department Inquiry Was Begun and Referred to the Incom- ing Jury. The investication of Fire Department affairs was begun by the Grand Jury yesterday, but after two witnesses were | heard the subject was by common consent | referred to the new jury which Judge San- derson will shertly impanel. The two | witnesses examined were Commissioner Frank G. Edwards and Mr. Maxwell, sec- retary of the Board of Fire Commissioners, | George T. Bohen, president of the board, and Commissioners Colin M. Boyd and John W. McDonald were also present but | were excused after waiting two hours. In | order to attend as a witness Mr. Boyd was | obliged to cancel a holiday engagement at | Fresno. | Mr. Edwards was asked some questions | about the employment of an unusualiy large number of horses and buggies by the department, and also about the authority of the board to employ four more district engineers than the law seems to allow. He explained to the jury how the Com- missioners construed the law and testified { that no greater number of horses and buggies had been employed than the dis- trict engineers absolutely needed. Secretary Maxwell was asked a great | many questiors, and it is reported that O. | ¥. Willey addressed most of the inquiries | to the witness. The secretary testified that the authority for the employment of | the four relief engineers was derived from | the Mayor, the Board of Supervisors and | the Board of Kire Commissioners. He | maintained that the cohstitution of the | State gave to municipalities the right to | make necessary police regulations and the | protection of lite and property was in the | tine of the regulations, He explained to | the jury how Mr. Smiloy, as Auditor, ap- proved ti:e demands of Wills and others | &5 relief engineers, thus conforming to the | statute which limited the number of dis- | trict engin No more district engineers were authorized, but relief engineers per- formed district duty. rd to the employment of extra driv . Maxwell n T ers Mr. determined to have justice done at any cost. The report of greatest importance sub- mitted yesterday came from ihe com- mittee of the Grand Jury on the Board of Education and Public Schools, of which Charles M. Yates is chairman. Some of the salient points presented in this report were published in Tue CALL when Mr. Wensenberger, the committee’s expert, had concluded his investigations. The substance of this document may be embodied in the Grand Jury’s final report, but the text of the committee report will be transmitted to the Board of Education, with the hope that the reforms suggested may be studied and adopted. Attention is called to the fact that the number of teachers employed is greater than the attendance of purils demands. | The constant increase in salaries, and the | creation of new positions are cited. Figures are presentea to siow that while the number of pupils enrolled has only slightly increased during the past five years, the increase of School Department expenses is alarming. The report sets forth the dangers and_defects in_ the man of the Committee on Supplies to go out and order whatever is wanted. Itis recommended that all supplies should be purchasec by contract open to the fullest competition. Attention is directed to the introduction | of “fads” in the departments, such as | cooking schools, sewing classes and special instruction in music. | _The report recommends that the City Normal School be abolished. It is held that the State Normal schools at San Jose, Los Angeles and Chico supply the educa- tional facilities in this regard, and that a | saving of $5000 a year may be effected in | San Francisco_without any detriment to the cause of education. The expert’s report touching the cost of maintaining girls in the Magdalen Asylum was discussed. The jury is inclined to be- lieve that the present system is better and less_expensive than the proposed plan of sending the girls to Whittier. EXCHANGE RATES GO UP. Prices of New York Drafts Jump to a Quarter of One Per Cent. The Move Made Because Local Specu- lators Have Been Buying Eastern Stocks. of exchange on New York to $2 50 on the $1000 owing to the panic in the New York stock market and the consequent high prices of money prevailing there. This has stopped a good many speculators here from taking advantaze of the tumble in | prices East. The bankers were forced AT L 2 g 73 i 7 | \(‘ i\ [Sketched by a **Call” staff artist.] present system of permitting the chair- |. The local banks have raised their rates | ~| the Mayor, seeing that his roof could not | THE ROOF WILL BE FLAT A Covering for the New City Hall to Be Decided On To-Day. AUDITOR BRODERICK PREVAILS. A New Combination Makes Changes in Previously Arranged Plans. ‘When the Board of New City Hall Com- | missioners meets this morning Mayor Su- tro will probably be very much astonished | to learn {hat the City’s municipal head- | quarters will not be finished according to the plan he had arranged with City and | County Attorney Creswell, but that a flat, | iron roof will take the place of the tem- porary covering that now prevents the en- try of the rain and winds. ‘When the members of the commission, which consists of Mayor Sutro, Auditor Broderick and City and County Attorney | Creswell, first took up the matter of fin- | ishing the hall there was a wide differ- | ence of opinion as to the manner in which | the public money sbould be expended. Mavor Sutro announced that he wanted a new story built on to provide for the in- crease in the number of offices that might be needed in yearsto come. He thonght it better to incur the expense at the pres- ent time, when the temporary roof was to be torn off, than later, when a large amount of expense would be necessary to carry out his i1dea. Auditor Broderick, on the other hand, | was equally determined to simply replace the present roof with another of a more durable character. He pointed out that the original plans of the Hall had not con- | templated an extra story, and that to | erect one would create an architectural monstrosity. He also stated that the ex- pense would be many thousands less and that there was still room and to spare for all necessary municipal offices as the hall now stands. He urged that the pledge he | had taken before election had bound him | todo all in his power to finish the hall at | the earliest possible moment and at as | small an expense as the matter demanded. Mr. Creswell’s 1dea was a compromise | between those of the Mayor and Auditor. | He demonstrated thata half mansard, | running up at an angle from the eaves in- | side of the stone coping, would give addi- | tional room without great expense and | still not distigure the building. Numerous meetings were held without | any decision being arrived at, and a_dead- lock was imminent. Finally, however, by any means be acceptable to either of | the other Commissioners, announced that he would vote for the Creswell roof, thus | | sul at Hiogo upon the subject: deliberations over the old City Hall. Their announcement that the Police courts and the four criminal departments of the Superior Court, the District Attorney’s otfice, Police Department and other offices would be removed to the oid hall seem to give ample evidence that, with the vacant rooms thus provided, no lack of room would occur for many years to come, and City and County ~ Attorney Creswell changed his mind and came over to the Auditor’s way of thinking. After a consultation these officials agreed to vote for the flat roof, and the in- dications are that this plan will be adopted. EXPORTS TO JAPAN. Important Communication From the Treasury Department Respecting Shippers’ Manifests. An important communication was re- ceived from Acting Secretary 8. Wike of the Treasury Department by Collector of Customs Wise yesterday. It practically advises exporters of goods to Japan to be more specific in their manifests. It ex- plains itself best in its own wort To Collectors of Customs and othe: hie de- partment is informed by the United States Con- sul at Hiogo, Japan, that the Superintendent of Imperial Customs there complains of the manner in which ships’ manifests are made out, covering goods transported to Japan from the'United States. The following is stated by the Consul to be & translat of aletter from said superintendent to the United States Con- “It often happens that the master or agent of the vessel deposits his ship's manifest, simply stating “merchandise” or “various marks,” without giving the contents and marks of the cargo, which renders this office great incon- venience. 1 now have the homor to request that you notify the American merchants resid- ing at this port, and also the masters of the vessels arriving at this port, that on and after the 1st day of April, 1896, manifests setting forth the marksand contents of the cargo shall, under the requirementsof erticle I of the trade regulations, be deposited at the Imperial Cuse toms and that no other will be acted upon:” This department understands that the let- ter of the Superintendent and the regulations to which he alludes require, substantially, that the manifest shall countain a just and articular account of all the merchandise aden on board, whether in packages or stowed loose, of any kird or nature whatever, to- gether with the marks and numbers as marked on each package, and the number or quantity and description of the packages in words st length, whether leaguer, pipe, butt, puncheon hogshead, barrel, keg, case, bale, pack, truss, chest, box, bandbox, bundle, parcel, cask, of package of any kind or sort, describing the same by its usual name or denominstion. Itshould be stated, however, that the de- partment has no copy of article I of the trade regulations of Japan, mentioned by the Su- perintendent. You wiil please endeavor to bring the mat- ter to the atiention of any persons_ concerned in your district. 8. WIKE, Acting Secretary. vttt Oibca e daia SHOLTO GAINS A POINT. Judge McKenna Has Overruled the.De- murrer of the Wasp Company. Lord Sholto George Douglas scored a point yesterday in his damage suit against the Wasp Publishing Company in the United States Circuit Court. On July 12, Lord Sholto began an action in the Federal court for $50,000 damages against the publishers of the Wasp, alleg- ing that they had libeled him in publish- ing a eupposed analysis of his character by Professor Haddock, a local phrenolo- creating the necessary majority in the | 3 d, but was board. The City Hall architect was | overruled by Judge McKenna ordered to prepare plans and specifications | for the structure, and all appeared plain | man and pl ctor argued that the de- n the mizzen rigging, and promptly at 1 P.M. a gun was fired and all the other signs se well known to a man-of-warsman went to show that a general court-martial ‘was in progress. The prisoner was Lieutenant P. J. Wer- lich, and the chbarge against him was drunkenness while on duty at Tacoma. The officers comprising the board were: Lieutenant-Commander E. W. Watson, president; Captain H. C. Cochrane, United States marine corps, judge advocate; Lieu- tenants T. S. Phelps, C. E. Fox and F. A. Wilner of the Philadelphia; Captain T. I. Kane, Lieutenants J. B. Milton, W. R. Rooney of the Monterey and Lieutenan t F. E. Green of the Ranger. Everybody was in full-dress uniform, the prisoner only being without his sword. Captain Watson called the court to order and at once administered the oath to the judge advocate. Then came the tedious Work of swearing the members of the court. All the officers arose when ordered by Captain Cochrane, and each drew the glove from his right hand. The Bible was passed to the president, and, placing his bare hand uvon it, he listened while the judgeadvocate repeated ; ‘Lieutenant-Commander E., W. W atson, do you solemnly swear that you will well and truly try this case according to the evidence and your own conscience, and that you will not divulge your vote on the matter nor that of any of the other mem- bers of the board, unless called upon by due process of law ?"” The lieutenant-commander bowed and answered, “I do,” after which the same oath was administered to all the other members of the board. While this was going on Lieutenant Werlich sat erect and immovable to the right of the judge advocate. When the court was duly convened Captain Cochrane ‘read the c arges. set forth that while the Philadelphia was at Tacoma, Wash., Lieutenant P.J. Wer- lich was under the influence of liquor while on duty, and that the offense was so open and palpable thai he had to he r lieved from duty and placed under arrest. After the charge had been read the The document simply | before he is able to think of this experi- | ence with equanimity. | | AMONG THE WHEELMEN. | Meeting of League Committees—Coulter Will Arrive Thursday. ‘ The membership and good roads com- | mittees of the League of American Wheel- | men met last night in the Mills building. The latter committee organized and wilt | hold angther meeting next week. The | membership committee decided to visit }lhe various local clubs, accompanied by | Chief Consul Kerrigan and Secretary | Scovern, during January, to urge them to join the league. The San Francisco Road | Club will be visited on January 7, the Cal- | | ifornia Cyvcling Club on the 20th, the | Olympic Club Wheelmen on the 28th, and | the Pacific, Liberty, Imperial and Golden Gate Cycling cluos ‘and the Olympic Cy- clers on intermediate dates. | It was decided to accept applicants for | membership, in blocks of ten or more, at a | reduction of 25 cents each from the annual | dues and in1tiation, or $1 75. .C. B. Coulter, an Eastern racer of con- siderable prominence, will' arrive here Thursday and spend the winter on this coast. T e Citrus Kruits at the Fair. A letter from J. A.Filcher, manager of the ‘Fluc Board of Trade exhibit at the Atlanta | Exposition, states that a large quantity of cit- | rus fruits from Northern and Midale California have been received and placed on exhibition. | He says that every one was greatly astonished | that such fruit is'grown in this State, and par- | ticularly in the northern sections. Even the | visitors” from Florida acknowledged that the | California citrus fruits are superior to their | products. T — Fire! Fire! That Dreadful Cry | s fraught with import doubly dire to the unhappy man who beholds his dwelling or .lis warehouse | feeding the devouring elemen: uninsured. Hap- | mosL_peopie who can, insure—everything but th. Nine-tenths of us neglect the preservation of this when it is in palpable jeopardy. Incipient indigestion, liver complaint, la grippe, inaction of | the kidneys and bladder and malaria are all coun- | teracted by Hostetter’s Stemach Bitters, testified that the Chief and the Chief’s assistant each took an operator in his buggy. No other extra drivers were employed. A. P. Black, Assistant District Attorney, had-quite a number of conferences with the jury during the afternoon. The Grand Jury was once polled in_order to ascertain the name of the member who has been giving inside information to the daily | press. Messrs. Sonntag, Hammersmith and Fisher were not present at the polling. i All the other jurors pleaded not guilty. The Ashworth accusation was not pre- sented to the Superior Court yesterday, but word was eiven out that it would be | filed to-day. The proceedings will be | under the provisions of the statute invoked when the first accusation of Superintend- ent Ashworth was filed. The indictment or document accusing the Suverintendent | of corrupt and willful misconduct in office | will state specifically where and in | what manner he violated the law. The accusation which the District Attorney prepared yesterday contained nine specific | allegations of misconduct, but the subject | of omitling several was discussed by the | jury. Tt 1s desired by the Grand Jury to present one of the strongest counts. It is known that the Laguna and Lyon streets jobs figure in the accusation. The Grand Jury will meet again at 10 A. M. to-day and prepare for adjournment sine die. Members assert that the final re- i port will be brief. Ttisexpected that to- day’s session will be the last one of this jury. The unfinished business relating to the Fire Department and ol-sellers, | poker den managers and boodling Super- | visors will be referred to the incoming Grand Jury. G Between the Grand Jury and the Civic Federation on the one handa and popular | lack of contidence and favor on the other, things commence to look somewhat un- promising for Street Superintendent Ash- worth. Regarding the part to be taken in the affair bv the Civic Federation, George T. Gaden, the Mayor’s expert, stated yester- | day that the organization had bespoken | the services of Henry E. Highton and two other well-known lawyers to assist the to do this to prevent the withdrawal of their money from New York, where it is interest have run very high. The rate of exchange has always bcen | high here at this time of the year, owing | to the large remittances usually made, ana last week the rate went up to $1on the $1000, but when the panic came and_specu- lators of this City began to jump in and take advantage of the low_prices of stocks up went the exchange. Notwithstanding this, considerable money from here went lb’;;?l the New York stocks which had tum- | ,P. N. Lilienthal, manager of the Anglo- California Bank, said yesterday in speak- | ing of the raise in rates’ When the New York panic came and money Was worth anything asked for it almost, the banks here Wwere indisposed to withdraw funds from New York, and naturally asked a larger { premium to avoid speculation, although mer- chants were not asked fancy prices for money for their usual wants. The rate is not so un- usual. It is more than it has been for a long | time, because there. has been a great deal of | money put in the United States treasury here against payments of paper money in New | York, and banks so depositing had & surplus of evxc}.mnxe. The price is apt w0 go off again very soon. In fact, some exchange was offered to-day at £1 25. Thisacute action may bring ona liealthy reaction and start money going egain. The by 2galn, oIhe banks fecl very easy about the —————— Irisa pleasure to shop in a store where all 800ds are conveniently djsplayed and every ar- ticle Is marked in plain figures, as is the case atSanborn & Vail's. You can stroll through their extensive' premises and see at a glance whether the goods and prices suit you or not. You will not be begged nor even asked to buy anythiug. Should you see articles that you de- sire to purchase you will be waited upon promptly and politely by some one of their small army of competent snlen?eoplt. Open to-night until 12 o’clock, and all_good people in San Francisco will be heartily welcomed shonld they visit the store of Sanborn & Vail At 741, 743, 745 Market street to-day, to-nigh oratany other time. i o K ¢ —————— Cholrboys Will |Sing. The choirboys of the Mission of the Good worih so much to them, for the rates of | sailing for the majority. murrer had simaply been entered by the - Now, however, a new combination has | defendant publishing concern to give it entered the field. induced by the move- ! time to prepare briefs, and the court took ments of the Board of Supervisors in their | this view. NEW TO-DAY. BSOS SIU SET T ST O L s N GG NEW T MORE SUGGESTIONS : Give hera ] dainty tea- table for Christmas and you’ll be sure to get an invitation to ‘‘tea” on New Year's—may- be before. Cobbler- leather-seat rocking - chair. My! but they go fast Christ- mas times. $5 for this 3 25. 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