The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1896, Page 5

t | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1896. 5 WITH GAPING WALLS AND LEAKING ROOF. Dilapidated Condition of the San Francisco Pest- house. “ANNIE” AND HER ORGAN Tour -of Inspection by Members of the City Board of Health, AMID DECAY AND DESOLATION. Unprepossessing Aspect of a Hospital to Which Any One May Be Compelled to Go. kriown as’the San Fra was made yesterday by ital.and Aimshouse Comn the Board of Health. This’ commitfee ."is composed .of Dr. Henry H. H (chairma mgon Dr.G.J. ¥ members were:assistéd in the viDr:A. P.O'B | | leprosy was told. | tution for years. and who can have buta ‘brief time longer to live. O!d Annie’s room opened to view as the 1 { inspectors passed through the corridor. Tae patient, muffled almost out of sight, | stood erinding away at the music, and her unceasing tune was: There’s a land that is fairer than day, And by faitn we can see it af For the Father waits over the way, To prepare us a dweliing-place there. “This woman has leprosy in i stage,” said Dr. O'Brien, “‘and besides that, he has almost every otter disease thata | oman might contract in the low life of hinatown. She has been here a long time, but she has only a little time to re- | main.”’ And whether she understood or not, the woman looked up as she began | her chorus: In the swveet by ‘We shall meet on All the other Then the men m row uncovered worst | | 1 | | d by ¥ beautiful shore. atients were visited. hed out through a nar- passageway to get their | | noontime meal of soup, corned beef and cabbage, bread, rice and coffee. ¢ v live well,”” volunteered Steward affirmative reply w given to a question whether the patients > after their food whatever her might e. | 00, whodis cld and blind, in addi- | s other troubles, occupies a cheer- | His only luxury was in the | rm of books, which the leper could not | have read had he been able to see. Ah Sue has been in the board only two weeks, and has net 1 leper. His roommate isa has other troubles just as serious And so through the hospital went the | vhy ns. “This is the worst patient ot | the lot,” explained thes rd, as a Chin man with a cancer was visited. Then the story of two white bovs who inherited There were three of the young fellows there, all from one family. but one climbed the fence and ran a not long ago, and nobody knows what all prison been a tic, who be- | SCENES AT THE CITY PESTHOUSE—HOW THE LEPERS ARE FED AND HOUSED v with'a tiew fo. urging improvement of the présent buildings or the establishment of a new home for thelepérs and other unfor- tunate libsrated only, No scientific training was needed for the discovery of the inadequate conditions of the place;and" a respectable farmer would think of housing cattle .in the down_ buildings. campinied on their inspecdon tour representatives of THE CALL. factory fe n coidd be-painted out. A heavy fog hung ‘over:the melancholy £cene whn the- inspectors drove up to the g£ate of the ‘unpainted high board’ fence. Thé marsh peléw the inclosure was just discernible, with a.few scresming geese, some jiigs and z.black goat feeding where theold waoden sewer -from the little hos- pital has its outlet. Steward J. P. Keating unlocked the gate and the physicians drove their carriages before thre office. door_ and left them lined up as if ‘for a funeral. American family hastened out of sight at the approach’ of the visitors. The only sound about the place was from the plain- tive reeds of a sort” of small organette, #Lich is the sole delight of “*Old Annie,” Chinese woman who has been in the ins by death, The object of -yesterday’s:visit was to | came of him. A young American leper 1dy the dilipidatign of the place and te | abroad in his native land is not a pleasant take note.of- the facilities that are lacking, | “who are .confined’ within the | then came the suggestion from old Annie’s dismal inclosure and most of whom will be | Organette: The physicians | used 1o it you don’t mind.” Not a | from a medical point of view, and the zen- ré of the whole institu. | eral deficiencies were very apparent. Most | | epidemic,’ A young leper of | to contemplate. 5 hat do they do for amusement?"’ re- beated the steward in reply to a question. “Oh, they gef around and talk and amus themselyes the best way they can.” And thin{; We shall sing on that beautiful shore The melodious songs of the blest, And our spirits shall sorrow no more, No. a sigh for the blessing of rest. | “It'sa kind of a hard-looking place,” | said Steward Keating, “but when you get | Dr. O’Brien pointed out the deficiencies parts of the main building, which has | mottled colors that suggest the nature of | thediseases treated there, let in the fresh air and the sunshine, the rain, the fog and the cold, through many a crack and crevice in the walls and ceilings. That is one way | of ventilation, and it is in vogue in the dermitory, where the only stove or other | bit of heating apparatus is in the little | squalid sitting-room. **This is the ward for use in case of any id Dr. O'Brien to a reporter. | *It is a miserable place, but you or any other man is apt to be brought here at any time.” And at the moment came the reas- suring melody : In the sweet by and by We shall meet on that beautiful shore. | by A. Pa need of clothes,” said Dr. Hart, the chair- man of the committee. *“The clothing is usually supplied by donation, but some- times the Supervisors contribute. A new building ought to be given at once, but the patients need clothes just now. ‘‘The building, as you see, is entirely in- adequate, and there are only two warm rooms in the house. The kitchen is clean and so is the dining-room for the em- ployes, but that is about all we can say in praise of the hospital. The food is plenti- ul and is first class. _“The only fire for the patients is in the itting-room, which is about eight feet square, and in spite of the fire that room is chilly and unprepossessing, and the in- mates are usuaily shivering. *‘Outside, the buildings have to be propped up, and they are greatly in need of paint or whitewash. There is only an old, decaying wooden sewer that has an outlet in the marsh just below.and the wns;xing for the inmates is all done in the vard. “‘Goats, geese, chickens, duoks and pigs feed at the outlet of the sewer, and I pre- sume that some of the stock grown there finds its way into the City markets. “There is no telephone at the place and | "o means of communicating with the City in case of fire or other trouble. There is not one satisfactory ifeature about the place.” The other physicians concurred in this statement, and as the inspectors declined an invitation to dinner and vrepared to drive away, Old Annie's music-box ground To our bountiful Father above, We will offer our tribute of praise, For the glor ift of his lave, And the biessiugs that hallow our days. ALEAMBRA DEDICATION. New Theater at Redwood City to Be Formally Opened Janu- ary 20. The Alhambra Theater of Redwood City, a beautiful temple of the drama desighed Brown and erected by Charles Josselyn, wiil be formaliy opened or dedi- cated Monday evening, January 20, The scenery for the new theater has been credit on the skill and taste of this indus- trious artist. of actors and brother artists, The new electric plant in Redwood City for lignting the resiaence sections and sub- nurbs of ibe town is now completed, and the new opera-house will be lighted throug hout by electricity on the occasion of the opening. Mr. Josselyn hesitated for some time whether 1o engage a number of talented amateurs for the opening performance or | place the management wholly in profes- sional charge for tbat evening. Finally the managers of the Columbia Theater made a proposition so manitestly fair and so attractive withal that he acceded to the terms propos The theater will be formally opened by | the entire Frawley companyin the play of “T'he Senator.”” Tue percentage of the gross receipts which goes to Mr. Josselyn under the contracts will be transferred to the fund now being raised in Redwood to purchase a clock to be placed in the tower of the High School. The sum of $300 has already been raised, and the amount which | Mr. Josselyn expecis to receive from the initial performance, added to the money cent timepiece. he dedication of the new opera house Il be quite an event in San Mateo Coun- ty. Following the performance there will be a grand ball which will be attended by | the lcading people of Redwood City and adjacent towns. 1n due time announcement of the excur- sion rates and special trains from San Francisco to Redwood will be made. The | managers of the Columbia Theater desire to add another town to their circuitand will make a special effort to render the production of ““The Senator” complete in every detail GRAND JURY SESSION. An Indictment Found Against Leon R. Meyers—Eall Ten Thousand Dollars. The first business session of the new Grand Jury was held yesterdaay afternoon, when sixteen of the nineteen members were present. District Attorney Barnes attended the session. Mrs. Lindsley and two children— Lillie Lindsley and Augustine Parrott— were witnesses in a case wherein Leon R. Meyers was the accused. Meyers was on the advice of the District Attorney indicted on a charge of felonious assault. The Grand Jury reported the indictment to Judge Murphy and Meyers' bond was fixed at $10,000. Meyers was in custody when the indictment was found. The standing committee of the Grand Jury will be announced next week. Itwas agreed to meet Monday and Friday of each week. The jury adjourned to meet next “These poor patients are particularly in Monday at 2 p. M. painted by John Stanton, and reflects | | the Surveyors RUDDELL UNDER FIRE, Collector Wise After the Deputy Surveyor's Scalp. DUPLICITY IS CHARGED. Startling Statement by Inspector | | stories about him—namely, Choo Foo and | Williams About the Accused. THOSE ATLANTA FAIR CHINESE, They and the Highbinders Are Giving the Custom-House No End of Trouble. Collector of the Port John H. Wise is after the scalp of Samuel J. Ruddell, the Deputy Surveyor. Mr. Wise is of the opin- ion that Ruddell has been acting the enemy while playing the friend. An in- vestigation of Mr. Ruddell is now in prog- ress and orders are expecttd by Special Agen{ Moore at any time from the Treas- | ury Department to prepare a full and com- plete report on Mr. Ruddell’s recora. It was almost vholly due to Wise's efforts in Ruddell's behalf that Surveyor William D. English retaiced Ruddell as deputy when Paris Kilburn went out' of ip. Ruddell is a Democrat, and Wise believed him to be a personal as well as a politicai friend. Wise does not now bel ieve that Ruddell is either. The present clash between the Collector of the Portand the Deputy Sturveyor was caused by Ruddell’s conduct in connection with the admission into this City of the Atlanta Fair Chiuese, said to have been imported by Lang Nam and Fong Ching, alias ‘‘Little Pete.” Ruddell mwade very poor success, it is | charged, of his effort to intercept the | Williams | tion with i | | | | would send, Louie Qwong or myself. train nese were to arrive—so poor, it is said, that the train with the Chinese left Port Costa some time before Ruddell’s subor- dinates arrived there. Ruddell, it is further alleged, caused to be trumped up a story insin Chinese Inspector Richard Williams wa responsible for the faiiure to intercept b, | reason ot collusion with the importers. The whole mutter of intercepting the train was placed in the hands of Ruddell, who sent District Officer Leary of the Pa- | citic Mail dock, with an assistant and a Chinese interpreter named Louie Quong, | to do the work, but the train, of course did not wait for them—it had no particu- | lar reason to disregard the railroad time schedule. There have been several very warm in- terviews between Collector Wise and Rud- dell in the former’s office since that inci- | dent. With Williams on hand to face button and compelled the Deputy Surveyor to appear. At Ruddell’s last ap- pearance he was flatly charzea with caus- Ing the publication in the Examiner of the fory containing the insinuations against i Ruddell aisciaimed all ¢ ec- and fried to act as plausibly as {m ible under the circumstances. Williams also took him to task to his face ior the story, and challenged him to show one instance wherein any collusion between Williams and the Chinecse im- porters of unfortunate women could be shown. Williams also gave him to under- stand that a comparison of records might | be in order and he would sec that one was made. He reminded Ruddell of the scan- dals imthe Chinese burean when Ruddell was in that branch of the service. The interview closed very hotly and open hostilities were declared by Messrs. Wise and Williams against thenceforth. Since then Williams has made 2 few trips to the Appraisers’ build- ing, and_each time visited the office of Special Treasury Agent Moore, who has been watching Ruddell for some time. An effort was made to ascertain from Moore yesterday afternoon if any investi- gation of Ruddell's record since he has been connected with the customs service would be made, but Moore would not com- wit himself. The nature of Moore’s du- ties, it seems, will not permit him to di- vulge his i But from other sources it is at Ruddell is to be accused by Collector Wise of betraying | the secrets of the Custom-house and caus- | ing false reports to be pub! ed, provided the collector czn_establish the slightest proof that Ruddell has reaily veen guilty of so doing. There have been numercus attacks in the Ellan oLht | Exawiner upon the Collector and Wise e drop-curtain is a gem | | of beauty. which excites the admiration has been led to inquire into their animus and motive. He 1s now half convinced Onc of Wong Sam'’s Imports. (on hand, will be sufficient to buy a mag- | that Ruddell hasall along been engaged in a conspiracy against him to down him politically. He intimates this much, but is averse to making any statement for publication at present. Chinese Inspector Williams talks more openly. He hints that Ruddell has re- ceived presents from Chinese while in the ‘service and declares that he secured a position in the Chinese con- sulate for his brother-in-law, McGovern, when Ruddell was in the Chinese bureau. ‘Williams made this statement in the Collecter’s office yesterday afternoon: The Collector has been wondering all along why it is that the secrets of the Treasury De. partment have been allowed to leak out. Now, the Surveyor's office knows everything that i3 folng on, and inyariably information is al- owed to get out which upseis all the plans of the Collector. Take this matter of the Atlanta Fair Chinese, for instance, and see how he worked it. At his own suggestion the work of intercepting them was given to him. What was the very first thing he did? Why, he sent up to Chinatown to hire several Cliincse eXpress-wagons to go over to the Oakland mole. Of course, when these Chinese expressmen were engaged they naturally told their busi- ness to every Chinaman they met, and in a lit- tle whiie the news was all over Chinatown that the Atlanta Fair Chinese were to be inter- cepled. e charges that I refused to go to Port Costa. Why, how could I refuse any orders given to me? The truth is 1 told him at the time that he was making & botch of the thing, but I did not refuse to go. I simply asked him which he He sent Louie Qwong. * Now, he knew just as well as any one—or he ought to have kiiown, if he didn'i—what time the train would be at Port Costa. Yet, how did it all turn out? Why, when Leary got there the train with the Chinese had pulled out and was on its way to this City. He realizes now that he did very bad work, aud he wants to shoulder the bieme on some- t Port Costa upon which the Chi-| ing that | dell the Collector has simply touched | Rudadell | body else. If he goes around making any chaTges against me I will give him a pretty hot fight; I will give him all he wants. I tell you that I could take two i2-year-old boys Wwith me and locate every one of these Chinese. But he has let them all slip in tarough his fingers. So the matter stands. *It is now a fight to a finish,” Inspector Williams conciuded, ‘“‘whether Ruddell wants one or not.”” SR T WILLIAMS AND TBE SEE YUPS. This Organization Has Resolved to Down the Tuspector- There has been a general conspiracy go- ing on against Williams, he says, among the highbinders, which Williams thinks he can trace to the Surveyor’s end of the service. Two Chinese in vparticular have been very busy circulating all kinds of Wong Sam. The result is all Chinatown is agog with gossip, of which Williams is the central figure. At the last meeting of the new organiza- | tion of the See Yups, at the northwest | corner of Sacramento street and Waverley | place, the determination was reached to use every conceivable means of ruining Williams. The reason of Wong Sam’s fight against Williams is found in his dizappointment |in an attempt to wom2n for immorsl purposes and two boys who had no ris:gt to be admitted. The women were ordered to be deported, and Wong Sim_has been careful not to | sue out writs of habeas corpus in their cases. | Following is a copy of an affidavit sworn | to by a Chinese woman at the Presbpterian | Miscion—one of the three imported by Wong Sam—and it 1s illustrative of the | representations made by the Chinese im- | porters and their slaves: Dong Sun Yet, being duly sworn according | tolaw, deposes and say | My true name is Dong Sun Yet, but my cer- tificate calls me Jew Ah Fung. Iam 20 years old, but my certificate calls me 16 years old. I &m'not married andam a native of China, I was in a house of ill-fame for five vears. Said house was situated in the street of Jen Ying, in Can- | ton. Chana. In Hongkong I was sold to a Chinese woman for 0 (Mexican dollars). Said Chinese | woman was to bring me to a Chinese woman in San Francisco, named Ah Ling, with whom 1 was to stay for four and a half years in a house of ill-tame. Then I was to be free. At the time I was examined on the steamer aiter my arrival, before o white man, a China- wennamed Jew Ah Duck claimed’ to be my | father and a Chinese woman claimad to be my mother. I had n een them before. | are not my father and mother. My own fathe | name is_Chin Ah Die. | China. My mother is dead. I was told in | Hongkong to say thatmy father and mother | were in San Francisco, and also told to say of a | woman and man who might come to meet that | they were my father and mother. I slso made | the statement that I had a brother named Jew | Ah Die. Smid statement is untrue. never seen Jew Ah Die in my life. | my brother. I was that I had such brother and mother and father, so that I could get off and land and in order to | agree with my certificate. Such certificate was | given to me by a Chinese woman in Hongkong, I have never been to this country before and was born 1n China. | Inow say that the statements that I made on | the steamer are false, and that the statement [ | now make is true. I'make this of my own free | will. 7 her | Dox6 X SuN YET. | ! day of December, 1895. Notary Public in and for the Cit of San Francisco, State of California: Collector Wise bas in his possession an | affidavit—similar in its import—irom one | of the other women. For each of these | three women, says Iuspector Williams, | Wong Sam was to get $1000 on their sale into slavery. Williams adds that he spoiled Wong Sam’s game and in conse- quence Wong Sam has circulated lies about | 'him all over Chinatown. | Around the Custom-house it is being | told in whispers that a prominent white attorney identified with the Six Companies has been behind Little Pete of the Atlanta Fair women. King Owyang, the chief Chinese conces- | sionaire, is also implicated. | A change has occurred in the Chinese consulate which is significant, considering what bas been going on in Chinatown of | late. Fung Yung Hun is now actina Con- | sul-General in place of the regular Consul- | General. The explanation given out is | that the regular Consul-General haz been | detailed to the work of preparing & new | treaty between China and Mexi A SHORT-LNED - STRIKE Lasters Walked Out of P. F. Nolan's Shoe Factory for a Few Hours. | The Difficulty, Which Was Over the Wages, Was Soon Satisfactorily Settled. S | The lasters in P. F. Nolan’s shoe factory ! on Stevenson street went on a strike yes- | terday, but the strike was as short-lived as | it was unexpected. To-day they will all be at their benches again, so they promise. | The trouble was over the wages to lasters | handling a certain class of shoe. | The Nolans are making a specialty of | one of their brands of shoes, ten lasters were employed in that line, ‘Tt | was their desire to increase the output | and in order to do so it was decided to | make areduction of 2 cents on each pair of shoes. Such was the understanding | | when the factory closed on_Tuesday even- | Then the men on Wednesday dis- | cussed the situation and arrived at the | conclusion that they didn’t like the change | a little bit. | Yesterday when it was time to go to‘ | work those who returned to their benches noticed that there were a number of the overatiy bsent, and it was taken for granted that they had gone out on a strike | rather than to submit to a reduction. A | | council of war was held, and the result was that between thirty and forty las | | quit_work and went out on the sidewaik | until the difficulty should be straightenea | out. i | *"The superintendent, Julius Cablman, | i | was away at the time, but as soon as le heard of the cifliculty he sent word to the foreman to entertain’ any committee the lasters might send, and to give them to | understand that the proposed reduction | would not be made. | This was done and the difficulty was | straightened out very quickly. Last even- ing Mr. Cahlman said that if he had been at the factory he would not have let the men go out; that the whole affair was more of the nature of a misunderstanding than o_strike. “The men will all be at| their benches to-morrow,” he added. | “There is no intention of cutting our workmen’s wages. The reduction of 2 cents would have been a benent to them in the long run, because it would have made a large increase in our ou‘put of this par- ticular brand and consequently more work for the men. The statement that Mr. Clark was in any way responsible for the | trouble is without foundation.”” HARRY STETSON HURT. He Was Thrown From a Horse at Bur- lingame and His Left Arm Broken. Harry Stetson had both the bones of his left forearm broken just below the elbow on New Year’s afternoon while out riding on the county road near Burlingame. He was in the company of several friends, when his horse suddenly bolted | | ahd swerved, throwing him to the ground. Mr! Stetson came up to his home on Van Ness avenue yesterday afternoon, after spending the previous night at Walter Hobart’s cottage at Burlingame. Dr. de Vecchi set the bones yesterday afternoon. It was a simple break, and Mr. Stetson expects to be out in a few days. as the injury causes him very little inconvenience. | ! | ! land three Chinese | of ill-fame of which I was an inmate | They | He is living now in | I have | He is not | old in Hongkong to so state | ‘DIRECTORS ARE UPHELD, ' P. F. Dundon Fails to Have Them | Ousted From the Pacific | Bank. | WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FRAUD. | | Judge Hebbard Suggests That They Make Some Agreement to Pro- tect Depositors. | Judge Hebbard has denied the petition of P. F. Dundon to havc remeved the direc- tors of the Paci Bank. The directors | whom he wished removed were: James M: | McDonald, 8. F. Long, H. G. Meyer, J. L. | Cogswell, W. F. McAllister and J. 0. Jeph- | son. 1 The case came up under an order to show | cause why they should not be removed for mismanagement of the affairs of the bank. | It was charged also that the directors had been purchasing the claims of depositors at less than face value, and that they had al- | lowed themselves to be intluenced entirely by James McDonald in their management of affairs. It was further charged that | | McDonald had conducted the banik morein | the interests of stockholders than of the | devositors. | Judge Hebbard holds that the depositors | | do not seem to have sustained any loss | from_the acts of the directors complained | of. He further holds tat even if all the | allegations set forth were true, there would | still be great difficulty in attempting to | prove them. Unless fraud be proved, he says, the method adopted by the dir:ctors in settling claims, must be prcsumed t> have been done in the exercise of their dis- cretion; and there wasno evidence toshow that these discretionary powers were exer- | cised in bad faith or with intent to defraud. | Continuing the court says: It is true that the Legislature has attempted | to provide a remedy tirough the courts by the | amendment of the act upon which this pro- | | ceeding is based, but under the peculiar cir- | | cumstances of {his case, cousidering the amendment in question and section 305 of the | Civil Code, which requires the directors of corporation to be holders oi stock and be lected by the stockholders, which section is not repealed by the amendment. the court could nccomplish nothing by its interference. | To illustrate: Two of the respondents con- | trol a majority of the stock. Snouid the court remove respondents en clection to fill their plices would have to be held by the stockhold- | ers. These two respondents would control thatelection and would choose successors agree- | able to themselves. The situation would re- | main practically unchanged. i Conceding for the sake of argument that un- | der the amendment the court could reach ou and select from the community six or nine | men who were not stockholders and appoint | them as directors to continue the liquidation | of the bank, where could be found men capa- ble, or even’ incapable, of performing the du- ties of such officers, who would be willing to devote their time, energy ana ability to the | | work for the sole remuneration of %5 per | monthly meeting and the bitter denunciation | depositors who had been shamefully and | wronged by former officers of this | Moreover, for the court to appoint as direct- ors men who are not stockholaers would be to &ppoint a number of receivers in the very case in which the Supreme Couri has said that this court has not the power to appoint a single re- | ceiver. Respondents have said that they “will carry ; out any recommendation of this eourt.” The court therefore recommends that respondents do immediately, by written instruments, oral declarations or otlier appropriate means, guar- antee to the directors and to the depositors, many of whom after years of toil and careful | saving have become poor and distressed | | through ignorance and negligeuce and erime of those who they trusted, that they will not take a cent's worth of advantaze of them in | any menner whatever. If this promise be | made and fulfilled then this proceeding will | | not have been altogether in vain, i - - BANK DEPOSITORS MEET. ‘Will Ask the District Attorney to Reprose- | e “Dick” McDonald, A meeting of the depositors of the in- solvent People’s Home Savings Bank was held last night at 102 O'Farrell street. | The cccasion was productive of very little | encouragement for the people who bad | collected to discuss means of securing | | their savings. | A resolution was passed detailing the | executive committee to wait upon District | Attorney Barnes and to urge him to use every diligence to push the cases still | against McDonald and to inform the Dis trict Attorney that the depositors are with him in the efforts he cxerts. Thomas Mahoney tendered his resigna- tion as a member of the executive com- mittee and F. H. Qualman of 232 Fulton | street, who presided at last night's meet- | ing, was elected to fill the vacancy. | A vequest had been made to the Bank Commissioners asking them to reduce the running expenses Gt thePacpies Hama Savings Bank and the reply, under date of December 13, 1895, was as jollows : | T S. Wiltiams, Secretary Depositors’ Commit- tee, San Francisco, Cal.—DEAR St have the | wh | “Dick” McDonald 1s, number of em- es (not incinding atto e People’s Fome Savings Bank at two, and limited the salary of both at not to excecd $300 per month, said order to be in force and eifect after Janaary 1,1896. V. . C. H. Dt T. S. Williams, secretary of the commit- tee, reported to the depositors that theras is no prospect of a dividend. Continuning he sai There is on hand now in_the Deposit and Trust Company $4¢ Columbian Banking Company the vaults, $423 2( DOS We have had an offer of $136,000 for the bank stock, but are unable to sell because of the condition imposed by the purchuser that the transfer be made with the stock free from litigation. The directors criticized General Sheehan for a statement he mede 10 the press, and he had to crawfish gud say ment to the press. the Post he said it was distorted. The directors are willing to declare a 2} per cent dividend, but it would take aboutaii ths money on hand and eutail a good deal of work to go through and apportion 10,000 accounts, 50 they would rather wait until 'a 5 per cent dividend could be declared, an ap,ortionment of the individual amounts haviug already. been made on that bu avors nre being made now to sell property in San Diego, and 1 that is sold it is hoped that the 5 per cent dividend will be paid. Some very vigorous denunciatory lan- guage was used by several of the individ- ual denositors, expressive of their obj tion to J. Alva Watt and General John F Sheeban, whom the speakers said they would like to see behind the bars where ¢ made no such state- When showed an article 1n An adjournment was taken, to meet at the call of the executive committee. A NEW YEAR'S BURCLIAY | Adolph Oppenheim’s Pawnshop Looted by a Gang of Daring Thieves. The Window Shattered With a Pitch. fork and Jewelry Secured Through the Opening. Adolph Oppenheim, one of the im- portant witnesses whose memory was so severely taxed in the notorious Durrant trial, was notified on New Year's morning at his residence, 1402 Montgomery street, | that his place of business at 405 Grant avenue hezd been robbed during the night. | On arriving at the store he started an in. vestigation, which resulted in the finding of a pitehfork, which had been used in breaking the thick plategiass in the window. Mr. Oppenheim Las been in the habit of leaving his jewelry in the window ail night, merely covering it over with a newspaper, thereby saving himself the trouble of transferring the unredeemed pledges to the safe, but a party or par- ties, being aware of the deception, taok advantage of the din and confusion on the streets New Year's eve and broke the window with the pitchfork, thereby pro- curing jewelry, such as pins, rings, bracelets, etc., to the amount of from $250 to $30 Mr. Oppenheim is now as confident that he will transfer the jewelry from the window to the safe from this date on as he was of the description of Durrant. A man whose name could not be learned was arrested yesterday at his room ‘on Pine street and was placed in the tanks of the City Prison to await the result of an investigation by the officers detailed on the case. —_— THEY WANT PURE MILK. | Milkmen Indorse the Ordinance Which Is to Be Presented to the Supervisors. L. A. Haywards presided yesterday after- noon at a special meeting of the milkmen of this City who are members of the Milk- men’s Association, and E. A. Green offi- ciated as secretary. The object of the meeting was to lsten to the proposed ordi- nance which is to be presented to-day to the Health and Police Commiftee of the Board of Supervisors, regulating the qual- ity of the milk to be hereafter delivered to consumers. Health Officer Lovelace and Secretary | Godchaux of the Board of Health, Drs. Morse and Creely and Milk Inspector James Dockery, with Attorney Reinstein, were present. It was explained that the ordinance under which ?nsnemm‘ Dockery was work- ing was vague, and that the milkmen had | no set lines on which to offer their goods | to the public. | ever, The new ordinance, bow- rovided a standard of purity which would be satisfactory to the Board of Health, and which could be well under- stood by the milkmen. The latter unani- mously agreed that the ordinance must be beneficial to them as it would give them a basis upon which to work. They heartily indorsed the efforts of the Board of Health, and this indorsement will ac- company the recommendation to be pre- sented to the Supervisors to-da; and eight or | NEW TO-DAY, DON’T SUFFER A MINUTE FROM RHEUMATIC OR other pains, from Kidney or Liver complaint. You need not, as you can be cured, quickly and forever. Day after day you see where people give public testimony that they have been cured by Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt. Now if it was not a wonderfully effective remedy do you suppose it would be producing these daily cures? Do you know of any other remedy that can show such results? Of course not, for no other remedy can give you Electricity as Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt does. 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