The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 23, 1897, Page 18

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 1897. WISE HAD DOCKER! IRREST Government Seals Were Placed on Freightcars Yesterday. CUSTOMS OFFICIALS PUT ON GUARD. Nayal Offic:r Irish Will Follew the Bogus Brandy to London. . THE CWNER TO BE ARRESTED WHEN FOUND. Manufac urers’ Association Proptius to Prevent the Exportation of the S uff Collector Wise yesterday went to the rescue of the sheep-dip labeled **California Brandy,”” and procured the arrest of Chief Food lospector James P. Dockery for baving interfered with a United States official in the discbarge of his auty and for baving broken into and destroyed part of the contents of three packages of “dis- tilled spirits” in transit under United States bond. Just before Dockery arrived at the rail- road freight vard yesterday morning a Custom-house truck drove up in charge of Customs Inspector Payne, and the three barrels bored into by the inspector on the evening before were loaded on the truck and carried away for evidence. The three cars which contained the alcobolic dope had been moved away toa switch a hundred yards to the west, and each car was sealed with the seal of the Custom-house. When Inspector Dockery arrived Cus- toms Insvector Cooly notified him that the cars were closed and under the seal of the nited States. This was a serious matter, and Dockery was aware of it, for Le made no attempt to break into thecar. He | sent a messenger to the office of the Board of Health for quarantine papers, his in- tention being to quarantine the “*brandy” | asan impure beverage and thus prevent | its exportation. | While waiting for the messenger’s re- turn Dockery killed time by copying the numbess and marks on the cars. Yardmaster Hardy arrived at about1 o'clock, and stationed two stalwart rail- way hands at the door of each caras guards. Hardy informed Dockery tnat | Whenever his superior officers ordered the | cars to be moved they would be started l witnout Mr. Dockery’s consent, whereupon Dockery in a loud voice made the follow- ing proclamation: “‘Hear ye, hear ve, hear ye! In the| name of the Health Department of the | City and County of San Francisco and in | esence of these witnesses I, James | ckery, chief food inspector of the | Health Department of_the said City ana | County, by the authority in me vested, do | quaraniine these cars, without interfer- ence with their contents, and I charge you | (addressing Mr. Hardy) to duly observe | ke fact and to be guided thereby.” A few moments later United States | Marshal Baldwin appeared with a paper | in his hand. | *Mr. Dockery,” be said, *“I have this | for vou.” *“A warrant?” s Nem e “lben I'am a United States prisoner?’’ “You are.” “Very well, I will go with you,” Do-kery was taken beiore United States Commissioner Heacock and was released on $00 vonds, J. W. Kerr and A. Sbar- | boro being hi sureties. Tuesday morning next, ac 10:30, was fized as the time for the heariug, The complaint npon which the warrant was issued reads as follows: John H. Wise makes oath and says that on day of May, 1897, 8t San Francisco in Uity and County of San Francisco and Dis- trict aforesaid then and the.e being, did un- nowingly preveat, oppose, im- with an officer of the’ cus- ollector of Customs of the Francisco, to wit, this sfiant, in ecution of his duties as such officer, and in the execution of a power and anthority in him then and there vested by law, thatis to say, while the seid Collector of Customs and his'deputies end persons assisting him were there and then engaged in the transportation and removal of a large quantity of uistilied 10 the Collector of Customs of the Port York in pursu of law the said kery did prevent such transpor- emoval by s.id Collcetor of Cus- tation and 10ms by breaking into the recepiacles in which | the said distilled spirits were contained and emplying the same of their contents. The second coun: of the complaint charges that Dockery violated a Federal statute by breaking into three packages of GENUIN m'm\‘\ HANDWRITIN : = Y of DAVIS. ) ton. Smith, for that matter. dead relatives, is a historic landmark. \\ i 2 ) z | 1] Mrs. |FEATURES OF ANOTHER BIG WILL CONTEST. In his life no man was more adverse to notoriety and noise than Jacob Z. Davis. A plain man, as the word goes, he pursued the even tenor of his way, ac- cumulating and acquiring, and as far as his personal wishes went, he might have lived a century and never been known or heard of outside the circle of his rela- tives and immediate business associates. But with his death all was changed. Behind him he left $2,000,000, a snug sum even in these days of bonanza kings, and the fight that is about to begin in [‘(’lffb"’ P wi MR the courts for his estate promises to take precedence of the Fair case in many of its features. There was a kindly vein in the dead man’s disposition, in marked contrast to the acerbity that characterizes the strug- gle for his riches. 1In his life Davis was the friend of every dump animal. His heirs are preparing for aregular monkey- and-parrot figat for the rich pickings of his frugality. The will, under which Mrs, John M. Curtis and Miss Lizzie Muir, of this City, lay claim to the estate, is declared a forgery, pure and simple, by the Eastern heirs. Now, it happens that in matters of relationship the advantage thus far is with Mrs, Catberine Stead of Philadelpnia, Rev. John P. Nelson of Winchester, Va., und Mrs. Jacob A. Nelson of Washing- The first two named are niece and nephew, respectively, of tae dead man. the other hand, Miss Muir and Mrs. Curtis are nieces of the dead man's wife, and these varying degrees of kinship are to be used, pro and con. as the lawyers may see fit. The dead millionaire’s real name was Dediker. On Nelson is the widow of a nephew. 1t was a family feud between him and the nephews and niece that are now contesting the urn will that made him assume the name of Davis. He might just as well have called himself Jones or The old Dunkard Church in Germantown, Philadelphia, where Davis hoped to gather, ultimately, all the remains of his From its steps Washington reviewed the Colonial army. Service was first begun in the edifice in 1708, and it is worthy of note thut the original communion service is now preserved in a vault in the church, erected at Davis’ expense. The relics, made of a rare German pottery now extinct, are literally worth their weight in gold, for gold-smelters have frequently offered to replace them with similar articles made from the yellow metal. The handwriting in the urn will is tremulous and uncertain. In explanation of this the attorneys for Mrs. Curtis and Miss Muir say that, when he made it, Davis was a nervous and sick old man. The sample of the millionaire’s genuine hand- writing is from a letter he wrote last July to John Sanderling, one of his distant relatives, in regard to the completion of the wing of the Dunkard Church at a cost of $10,000. distilled spirits with an auger and de- stroying their contents, the said packages being 1n the custody of the United States under bond. Inspector Dockery denies that the dis- tilled corn spirits, water and brandy were under bonds at the time he tapped the three barrels. There wereno Government stamps whatever on them, and in facta man came into the car with a haudful of stamps while Dockery was twisting the | auger and attempted to place them on the barrels, but Dockery would not allow him to do so. The Food Inspector says that he was acting unaer legal advice, to the effect that the health laws of the City and County of San Francisco were enforceable everywhere within the limits, except upon ground owned by the United States, and that the only places within the City and County where his jurisdiction would | not prevail would be the Cantral Post- office, the Appraisers’ building, the new Postoffice site and the Presidio reserva- tion. The Manufacturers’ Association and the Pare Food Committee are very much stirred up over the matter and are deter- mined that the stuff shall not be ex- ported to cause the ruin of the reputation [ of California brandy. It is stated that the allezed brandy was to be sold at 28 cents per gallon. Naval | Officer Irish and the others interested in the good name of California will exercise the utmost vigilance to prevent the dope from being sent out of the City. 1o an interview yesterday Colonel Irish NEW TO-DAY. JUDGMENT! The best smokers in the country pronounce them BY FAR the best article ever oftered at the popular price. Thev're strictly Cuban hand made. Full Caballero size. JAGKSON -- SQUARE CIGAR. ARE SOLD BY ALL DEALERS. RINALDO BROS. & CO., Coast Agents, 800-302 BATTERY STREET. S T / SN = R S stated as bis opinion that it is the proper way to take hold of the matter, as it will be the means of setting forth the powers of the Board of Health, as welk as show- ing the powers in connection with his office. He added that the law requires that a bonded manufacturing warehouse shall file with him the formulas of the goods they propose to manufacture. ‘This the parties in question have not complied with, and if they had brought this form- ala to my office to be filled,” continued Colonel Irish, ‘L would have informed them that such stuff could not be ex- ported under the name of California brandy. “I shall telegraph and write to New York and endeavor to have it stopped there, and it necessary follow the article clear through to London, England, and have it seized there. “I am informed that there is worse stuff than this manufactured by these parties, but as it is not being exvorted it does not come under my jurisdiction. “This thing is nothing more than an attempt to use the laws of the United States to shelter sophistication and fraud, and I don’t propose that they shall be used in that manner if I have anything to say about it.”” The health authorities propose to arrest the owner of the 105 barrels. It is reported that T. H. ¥roelich is the man. FOUND ON CEDROS ISLAND Captain Pickens and a Sea- man of the Ida on the Orizaba. Their Little Fishing Schooner Was Capsiz:d During a fquall. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s steamer Orizaba arrived late last night after a spicy voyage of twelve days from Guaymas, Mexico, and way ports. The steamer carried a large number of passencers, among them two ship- wrecked mariners, Captain Pickens and one of the crew of the little fishing schooner Ida of San Diego, which was wrecked on the' rock-bound coast of Cedros Isiand several weeks azo. “On May 19th,’ said Captain von Helms of the Orizaba in his report to the Merchants' Exchange, “while passing Low Point, north end of Cedros Island, the shio was hailed by a boat containing Dr. 'F. G. Powers, who is the eeper of mining property at Low Point, and three men, Captain John Pickens and his two seamen. We took Captain Pickens and one of his se: mother, who were the only babitants of the island, company. “On the trip Captain Pickens told the story of the wrecking of bhis little craft. The Ida was cruising in the vicinity of Cedros Island, where the fishing is good, when suddenly a squall came up and the schooner capsized. The captain and crew were hurled into the water and for a time struggled des- perately to gain a hold on the upturned hull as it drifted toward the island. They finally succeeded and held in their perilous positions until the little boat bumped the shore. The shipwrecked crew then made its way to Dr. Powers’ house, where it remained until the ar- rival of the Orizaba, “Dr. Powers was completely out of pro- visions, and was supplied with flour ana bacon sufficient to last him for several weeks, at least until another vessel lagen with necessaries of life passes the island.” Captain von Helms also reported that the Mexican gasoline schooner Josefine, which sailed from San Jose del Cabo for En- senada, with a cargo of Panoche sugar and tanbark, had not reached Ensenada when the Orizaba left that port. It was said at San Jose del Cabo that the two engines of the Josefine were broken down when she left, and considerable anxiety is felt con- cerning her. : Following is the Orizaba’s passenger ist: H. E. Miller, Fernando Erquinags, Fernando Erquinaga Jr., Carmen Erquinaga, Manuel V. Fontan and wife, Richard Gird, M. E. Erskine Jr., C.E. Edwards and wife, Mrs. F. Gray, John Jackson, William Goodman, Conrad Reigic, Sebastiana Ortegosa, Hilaris Mendoza, Mawuel Parrott, Zacarias Guds, John O'Brien, Marcelo Negreto, wife and two chil- dren, Eusebia Bustamente and daughter, Francisco Fletes, Mary , Cleofas B. de Carvera and child, Carlos Brinckmeier, John Marx, Tiburcia T. de Andradoand caild, Maria Banches, M. A. Git, M. J. ACKNOWLEDGED superior. the Waltz safes in all sizes. 109 and 111 Marketst., S F. 2 ROW OVER THE CITY HALL ROO The Mayor Sides With the Complaining Metal- Roofers. Declares He Will Not Sign De- mands for Pay for the Work. Broderick end Creswell Stand Their Guns—An Investigation to Be Held. to The members of the City Hall Commis- sion—Mayor Phelan, Auditor Broderick and City and County Attorney Creswell— had their first fight over City Hall con- struction matters yesterday and for a time the discussion threatened to become acri- monious. Some time ago a committee of metal- roofers called on the Mayor and repre- sented that the roof was not being con- structed in a proper manner or according to specificatious, and asked that he make an investigation. He looked into the con- tracts and later stated that there was nothing to base the complaints on. Later, however, he sent a metal-roofer as an expert to examine the roof as to its capability of resisting the sun and rain. This person reported that the cement that covers the corrugated iron is certain to crack under the hot sun of summer, and that leaks will follow, because the specifi- cations for the gutters have been so changed that the channels will not catch the leakage, but will permit it to seep into the walls ana thus into tae building. ‘When the Commissioners met yester- day the Mayor was primed with the re- port, and when a committee of the metal- roofers made a protest against the work going on he backed them up. Engineer Mellis dented the statements of the men that the roof was not being constructed according to specifications, but their complaint was championed by the Mayor, who said that if the plans were not arranged so as to insure a roof that would not leak he would refuse to sign de- mands for payment of the work. “Iam inclined to give credence to the statements made by these men,” said the Mayor. “They are dissatisfied workmen, and are, of course, desirous of bringing to light all defective work that is being done on the roof. For the purpose of satisfying myself I have called in experts to aid me in my investigations, and they have cor- roborated the statements of the mechan- ics. The roof is being constructed of con- crete laid on a flexible iron frame, and it will surely shrink and crack, and the cop- per gutterings having been eliminated, the rain will not be carried away. Now, in view of these facts, I desire to_say that Lintend to place the responsibility upon the gentlemen of this commission who awarded the contract, and 1 will not sign demands for payments under the contract until it can be demonstrated that we are heving a root built that will not leak."’ Then Commissioners Broderick and Creswell grew wrathful. They declared that the style of roof now being con- structed had been selected after a careful study of authorities on roofs; that they had consulted competent engineers, who were far better able to judee of its merits than those who had reported it to be faulty. “No roof was ever constructed that would not leak,” declared Auditor Brod- erick, ‘‘and you will not be able to get a demonstration that it will not leak. It will probably let in some storm water. want to say right here, however, that it is as good a roof as can be constructed, and Iam willing to take the responsibility of going right on with construction.” Comm issioner Creswell expressed him- self likewise, and added that the commis- sion had known for eighteen months that roofers interested in rival styles would object to the work and try to pick flawsin it in order to throw discred it on the com- mission and the manufacturers of the ma- terials used. Mayor Phelan insisted that a mistake bad been made in changing the copper gutterways to cement channels, but the Auditor disagreed with him, stating that copper gutterways gave malicious persons a chance to cut them and flood the build- ing either for spite or to give mechanics an opportunity to repair them. He stated that holes in the old roof that were supposed to have been caused by rust had been shown to have been cut with chisels and that it had cost several nundred dollars to repair the damages. He demonstrated to the satisfaction of himself and Mr. Creswell that the solid cement gutters coniemplated would not leak perceptibly and that because of the pitch of the roof the damage of cracks and leaks on the slopes was small. He also stated that the Commissioners had been influenced to do away with the copper by reason of the experience of the Capitol at Sacramento, where whole sec- tions of metal had been torn off and stolen. If, however, there was anything in the story that the iron used is not up to specifications the Auditor desired an investigation, and it was decided to in- spect the roof during the week and probe the matter thoroughly. FORECLOSURE DUCTIONS of this week. 27-in. Bhaker Flannel.......4c 36-in. . Unbleached Sheet- 4 ing... Heavy Twilled Cr o Check. 11-4 Heavy White B cess $1.00 ead Lace Cur- 45¢ Doubie-thr ins wpanese Tinsel Drapery.. 12040 London Piaue e, 12i4c Printed Jaconett. 5e NEAR SIXTH STREET, 25¢Scotch Cheviot Suiting 10 50¢ All-wool Yale Check..25¢ 2%3 750 Pebble Suiting. ¢ | 75¢ All-wool Oxford Check 50¢ 85¢ Honeycomb Check.... 75¢ nigh-grade Universit; 50¢ Pure Drapery Silk. 50¢ Laundered Shirts.. 50c Natural Wool Gont Shirts and Drawers ve | 25¢ Gray Woo. Socks.. .5¢ | 25c 811k’ Neckwear Iloc Brown Cotton Soc NEW TO-DAY. RE OF MORTGAGE ! DRY GOODS SALE! That the public can appreciate a good thing has been proven by our ENORMOUS OUTPUT of Dry Goods during the past two weeks. of New Goods from Europe and the East have just arrived and will be included in the SWEEPING RE- Large quantities $1 Lace Collars, . 25¢ Leather Belt: 50¢ | 50¢ Silk Belts.... 50¢ Purs Silk Gloves. ......25¢ 95 Taffeta Gloves. 25¢ Colored Top Hose. - 43¢110¢ Chldren’s Ribbed Hose....... StiisiBe 25¢ | 950 White Lawn Aprons...15¢ o | 25¢ Hose Supporters... 2 Lace Scarts and Fichu slightly damaged . ¢ | 25¢ Black Wool Hose OUR PARCEL DELIVERY WILL BE PROMPT DURING NEXT WEEK. JAMES M. MORAN & CO., 1009, 1011, 1013, 1015 MARKET STREET, BETWEEN SIXTH AND SEVENTH. NEW TO-DAY —DRY GOODS. SPECIAL SALE * OF CHOIC DRESS PATTERNS! 46-INCH NOVELTY C feclst ool HECKé, Two—foned Ef- ..$3.00 Dress Pattern 52-INCH SCOTCH CHEVIOTS, in mixed, stripes and checked effects. . ..$3.00 Dress Pattern 46-INCH BLUE SERGE CHEVIOT (Indigo dye) escsesees ceesnee ..$3.00 Dress Pattern —_E—SUEINGS, new Spring 45-INCH TAILOR-MAD colorings $4.50 Dress Pattern 48-INCH NOVELTY FRENCH ETAMINE, in all the latest colorings. . ..$4.50 Dress Pattern CKED DRESS GOODS, 46-INCH FRENCH CHE all latest checks and c olorings. ...... teresesssesanscansss - 84,50 Dress Pattern EXTRA SPECIAL! 75 pieces GENUINE FRENCH ALBATROSS, 4o inches wide, in all shades, also black, 35¢ Yard The attention of our customers is directed to above goods. TELEPHONE GRANT 124, b 1892, £ s 111, 113, 115, 117 119, 121 POST STREET. STEEL RANGES. BLUE FLAME OIL STOVES. e ————— NO SMOKE. NO SMELL. ECONOMICAL. DURABLE. 1 carload of above just received. FURNITURE, Cask or LOWEST PRICES CARPETS, Easy Time LARGEST STOCK BEDDING. Payments. LARGEST STORE TWO ACRES OF FLOOR SPACE. Safes, Show Cases, Counters, Bars. New and Second Hand. | J. NOONAN 1017-1019-1021-1023 Mission St. 516-518-520-522 Minna St. Above Sixth, PHONE JESSIE OPEN EVENINGS AT AUCTION The Celebrated ARMENIAN Collection. Recent Importations. Finest and Rarest. TURKISHand PERSIAN RUGS CARPETS, at 132 i CURTAINS, KEARNY ST. EMBROIDERIES, Cor. Sutter St. Etc. (Thurlow Block.) From Monday, May 24th —To— Friday, May 28th, At1la M and 2P M. GOODS ON VIEW TO-DAY. This being positively closing-out sale and oc- curring just when a great raise on duties is ef- fecied, it is a real golden opportunity to buy Rugs now, even for speculation. EDWARD EAR & CO.. Auctloneers. OAKLAND REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION A LAYMANCE Real Estate and Investment Co., SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1897, At 2 P. M. at salesroom, 466 Eighth Street, Oakland. PROPERTY THAT MUST BE SOLD. Business Property; Note Location: SW. cor. Tenth and Webter sts.: 5 lots, 25x75 each: appraised at $225C. $2000 and §1250 each: ote hiag coitege of 6 rcoms: order of B. MCFAD- DEN, Executor Waters Estate: only 2 blocks of Broadway and First Na fonal Bank; terms cash. 1137 Linden st., near Fourteenth; 46x107: fine modern 2-story residence; 9 rooms, 3 mantels, gas fixtures: rents $40 per month: must be Soid; bank mortzage of $4C00 can run, balance cash. NE, cor. of Center and Thirteenth sts.: lot 29:6 x105: 2-stors bullding, store, flat of 5 rooms; es tablished business locaiion: third cash. Fine Modern Cottage. 826 Nineteenth s.: 33x100: 6 rooms, bath, te; first-class order: central; cloe to local new bank loan $1500; baiance cash. ide of Telegraph ave., opposite Thir: x110; adjolus eity limits: city advan ixth ages: electric light; biuminized sireet; electric cai 1o city taxes; half cash. ¥ Two Lots. NW. cor, of Fourteenth and Cypress st; att Contra Cost Laundry : Cornes 0104 ang 25 x104; location for store: thira cash. Two Choice Berk ley Lots. N. side of Russell st, 12/ feet W, of Sha tuck ave.: elec.ric cars; each 40x138; 1 block to Ashby s.ation: mustsell; see them; half cash. 618 East Eighteenth st., bet. Twelfth an - teenth avs.—30x120; alley: bay-window c:z-{-m; 8 rooms and bath; brick foundatio; stable; Eightb and Broadway cars puss: six blocks Lo local traius; orders to sell; bank mortgage $1000; balance cash. East Oakland. N. side Hopkins st., half block of Thirt sve—482100:3 etory, 7 rooms asd bashs meds ern; non-resident must sell; mort e o tgage $1000, Neat Cottage, Oak-st. Station. 108 Fourth st.—25x76; 5 rooms; bath, stable: half cash. 913 Chester st., near Eighth—41x132, 2-story bouse. 8 rooms; appraised $2500; 1 b.ock Ceuter station; must sell: Patrick” Scully estat terms lots, 25x100 each: double frontage; Hop- nd Thirteenth ave.: fenced: fruit trees: ick foundation for house: well; assessed $100 each: 10 per cent c:sh, balance to suit. 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