The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 27, 1897, Page 4

4 DESTROYED | PORLIC HECORD Criminal Act Admitted by Mayor Koch of San Jose. TORE, UP A CLEAIM FOR WORK. It b Feen Signed by Him- celf and Paid by the City Treasurer. FOUR COUNCILMEN LIABLE IO PROSECUTION. Hav A Demand on the « No. Authoriz:d by Law Nov. :6.—Mayor Valentin ma off nse w ishment by ime THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27 1897. a faitnful awarded, After the attention of the Mayor had been called 1o the illegality of this claim, as »lready related, and after he had de- siroved the records mentioned, the same clain was passed about three weeks azo by the City Council, and is now in the Mayor'~ possession, awaiting hisapproval. Ibis he -ays he wil give, if, after an in- spection of the work pe:formed, he con- stiers the compensation fair. 3 The members of the Council in passing the claim for t e secod tims mate hom- selves smenable to articie XIIL section 11, of the new charter, which is as fol- iows: ery officer who shall willfully approve, mand on the treasary not aw, ordinance or this cuarter, ty, individualiy and ou e amount of the de- roved. al.owed or paid, et office waicn he holds, di-barred and disqualified from ny position 1n tae service of thecity. An inspection of the records in the office Clerk and an in erview with disc o the following faets: ver 13, 1897 a claim ‘or $650 in favor «f Charie- W hner for ex ru work on the main outlet sewer was passed by performance of each contract aliow or pry any authorized by 1 be ible to thy ¢ for bond al y the Council «nd due record of it made on the “‘Clerk’s reg.ster of warrants” of the city of San Jose. The same was approved bv the M nt issued theres for. Oa subsequent date, which nor his deputies irv on the recister The erasure was had destroyed the The City Clerk the destruction of these docu- n They were torn by the Mayor ver a waste-basket in the latter’s office. Mayer stated as his r 2z them tnat he hed C.erk ed ts. The warrant was nambered boad fund. e City on the sewer > book= in wed that a warrant, 2, drawn on th sewer bond been paid on October 16 and 1 erasure of 1his entry ere were traces sho the rant was N nt paid ‘on i, nt wers still dis- b Swing . Cottle, t ey said, s warrant, or of nied. ind at his place of eur Mar- e harne-s, Oa being o. Nolting 1d Geo B. have co fa.s them liable cution meanor, an 1 convietion works a forfeit i forever dobars position in the has aamitted in’the p: o Tug CaLL's represen- ed the offense re- iere is dccumeniary evidence s of the City Clerk and of the | er that the of tative ferred tc in the reco he commit ES e was com pendent t comprising inthecase ofthe = seen in records in C the ity | possession of e Ci rk, Treasurer and by the Mayor, and can be | borne out by witnes es. | Mayor Kocts’ offense lies in the de- | struction a public record. The four Councilmen have approved and allowed a mand on the city ry not author- d by law, and have creatcd an indebt- | edness againsi the city without authority. | On Ociober 13, 1897, there was passed by | the Council and approved by the Mayor a | claim for extra work on the muain sewer, construcied by Contractor Charles Weh- | ner, amounting to §650. This was paid bv of City Treasurer Ewing on October 16, three days lat Subseauently Mayor Kocus’ attention was called 1o the fact that this claim bad been illegally paid, as it was in excess of tie contract price. | The Mayor thereupon procured the re- | funding of the money to thecity treasury, | and then destroyed the claim or bill | which had been filed with the City Clerk and the warrant which had been tiled with | the city treasury, both documents having thus become public records. Section 113 of the Penal Code provides as follows: Every officer having the ord, map-o puclic offi tody of any re osiied in an 1 in his hands for an y of stealing, willful defacing, altering or | uiating movine or secreting the whole or ecord, mayp, biok, paper or pro- ¥ other person so 0 p:rmits n risonment in the one or more than fourteen years. That the money had been illegally paid is shown by certain provisions new rter. The work which the §650 was id was not for, as it shouid | have b-en. a sec tion 6 of the new charter rezds as !ollows No claim for commodities furnished or sery- ice performed soall be valid unless, prior to furiishing such commodities or the rendition of the service, authority for the same was given by the Cc mon Council or some depart- ment of the City Rovernment having authority s0 10 do. No member of the Common Council or member of any department and no city officer shall have power 1o create any indebiedness | agninst the city, or to furnish the basis of a | claim without said authority. A violation ot this section shiall be A misdemeanor. No sup- materials, or other item ot expenditure, n amount exceeding %100, shall be ordered or purchased by the Mayor and Com- mon Council or any board or depariment of ity authorized to incur any expenditure, after first advertising for sealed pro- | nd awarding a contract to the lowest | bidder. i vosa and be: Each proposel must be accompanicd by a certified check in an amount not les: tnan 10 per cent of the sum bid, which check musi bs forfeite | to the city upop the failure ol tue | person, firm or corporation bidding (o enter into the contract awarded. All coniracts awarded by the Mayor and Common Coureil | shali be by ordinance or resoiution. A suffi- clent bond, payable to the city, with twoor | more sureties, shall be required to secure | not to be advertised o the history of the transac- cted with this $650 claim, <o concerned in it, he toid it as lar or special mee'- ncil, among the bills wed the name of Charles Webner was for $620, and a good many others. 1 e ought, as for the last nece d the contract sewer a portion of the con- rice was paid on account every few morning after this meeting I went ancisco and came back the fol- Friday. I went to the City Hali, looked over the werrants and bills, as is omary, which laid on my desk. Tnev ere tied together with a string, and as I looked over them, running through them and looking ai the writing on the back of eacn in turn, I saw the bill of Charles Wehner for $650 for sewer work. Ithought it was all right and signed the warrant and the biil and took them downstairs to my office there. About a week aftar | had signed them mv aitention was called to the bill of $650 by one of the deputy clerks named Varcoe. I opened itand said it was ail right, that it was on account of work done on ine sewer. He said it was for exira work. I said noextra haa been ordered and that I never heard of any. I took | the bill, opened it and found that the $650 was for extra work on the main outle: sewer. Isaid to Varcoe thatthat was very strange, pur the bill in my pocket and | sent for Jounciiman Nolung, chairman of the claims committee. “He came to the store and I said: ‘What do you mean by ibis bili of $650, which is illegal? You can’t do work un- less you advertise for bids. The matier was never discussed. 1f Wehner did the wors he ough® to be paid, but it ought to be done in the regular way. I am not going to stand for such a bill. 1 don’: understand why you paid a bill like that. Ican'tafford to do that.” ‘‘He said, ‘Well, you signed it.” I said, ‘Certainly I signed it, but under & mis- apprehengion; thinking it was' for part payment on the main outlet sewer and not for extra work. 1f I had di-covered that it was for extra work I would never have signed the bill. This money is zoivg io ve paid back to the City Treasurer if | have to pay it back myself. Itisnotright toallow bilis that way,’ 'Noliinz said: *Well, Wehner did the work, and I sail, *All right; if Wehner did the work Le ourht to ‘have hij pay, but it niust be done in the regular way.’ “In the evening I met Wehuer, Nolting and Fav and told them the conditions and circums'ances, and said that the monev had got to be paid back. After- ward Mr., Wehner paid back the money, | giving me a check for $650, and I paid it to the Treasurer. This was about four weeks ago last Monday, as well as I can remember. “The bill and warrant were then de- | stroyed by the City Clerk and myself. When the ciaim was puat in I never heard it read and never heard it discussed. I certainly think the coniractor 1s entitled to the money for this woik. A week afterward tbe bi!l was passed 1a the regu- lar wav by the Gendll by § nastaon vote. They claim it was work that ouglit ior. This second clatm has not been paid, as I want to in- vestigate myself with the City Engineer and the Citv Attorney betore it is paid. It1s my opinion also that this work ought not to be advertised for. If I find that the Wwork is worih the amount claimed I will approve the bill. [t is now in my offics at the City Hall.” When twins are born to Alricans they are buried alive, ALGER 10 ADVERTISE FOR BIDS Proposals for the San Pedro Harbor Work Ordered. TO BE IN “THE CALL” NEXT MONTH. At Last 'he Secretary of War Is Induced to Take Action. CONGRESSIONAL AID IS NOW REQUIRED. Unless an Appropriation Is Made at This Sesslon Work Cannot Begin for Seven Months. Special Dispatch to THE CALL PR RRRRFUIR R iiib";é Secretary Alger has or- dered theadvertisement for bids for work in San Pedro harbor to be printed at once, designating *“ The Call™ as the San Francisco paper to do the work, and so at the urgent instance of this journal the first step has been taken to secure for the Southern California coast the much-needed har- bor of refuge. AR ALCEA AAAAE SRS ih, Carr OFFIcE, R166s House, 1 Wasnizeron, D. C, Novemuver 26, IHE (ALL correspondent saw the Secre- tary of War at his residence to-night and interviewed bhim again concerning San Pedro harbor improvement. He said: “I am heartily sick and tired of th» whole business. I telegraphed THe CarLL ten days a o that there was no money available for adver:ising for bids, and that even if there was an appropriation for that purpose there is no money for be- sinning the improvements on that barbor. I read the interview in THE CALL of No- vember 2 It was printed correctly. I <aid @ week azo that the department did not teel justified in accepting the offer of the Caifornia newspapers to print the advert:sements and wait for their money unti Congress appropriated it. I told you that ratner than do it I would ad- vance the money out of my own pocket, and I have kept my word. ® advertise- ments have been ordered, and the first \aper selected was THE QaLL. The adver- tiscment wili reach 11E CALL on or about December 1.7 “But if there is no money with which to begin the actual work of harbor construc- tion what is the use to advertise at this ima?"” asked the correspondent. Simply to get rid of the business,” said e. “They huve been worrying me nearly to death about it. I told you ten days ago that the chief engineer, General Wil- son, said to me tha: there was not 1 ceut of money availab'e for the actual work of consiruction, and will not be until July 1 next unless Congress takes further action. The statement was printed plainly in THE CaiL on November 20, and I am snrprised that the California people have any sort of mirapprehansion about the matter. But I will explain it to them again. Please say that Congress provided thata haroor was to be constructed at either Sania Monica or San Pedro, which- ever nlace should ba selected by the Board of Engincers. The board said that San Pedro was the batter place ‘or it. “The limit of cost was fixed by Con- gress at $2,000,000, but as the chief of en- gineers failed to provide that any portion of this money should be expended in this fiscal year there is a balance sheet ot about $17.000 remaining of the $50,00 appro- priated for the commission and I have asked the Comptro ler of the Treasury whether any part of this may be used in defraying the expense of adveartising for vids. If his deci-ion is adverse I will ad- vance the money out of my own pocket and take the chances of getting it back wien Congress makes an appropriation. I wouid rather do this than impose on the generosity of the Califirnia persons who ave voluntsered to do this. In short, I will publish the advertisement in TrE CavLr and the Los Angeles papersin order to convince the California people we are doing the best we can under the circum- stances, although no work can be done on the harbor for seven oreight months un- iess Congress takes proper action this ses- sion.” BIG BATILE-SHIP I0WA. SAGAAASES SAAANE SR AAR IRV RPPPRRR SRy ER g )X e Two Days’ Trial Shows She Is One of the Finest Ships of Her Class in the World. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—The naval trial board has made a report ujon the recent two days’ trial of the big battle-ship lowa at sea, that thoroughly sustains Commodore Dewey's comment that the ~hip was as fine a type of ship of he r ciass as there Is in the worla. The board suys in part: *‘The vessel vnder all circumstances be- havea well, being very steady and rolling and pitchine but a few dezrees. Her bigh freeboard forward adds greaily not only to the comfort of the men, but to her sea- going efficiency and the power of firing tier guns under all circumstane Alto- vether her sagoing qualities a ppear to be excellent. The speed was 13 45 knots, but this was under natural draugat and a poor quality of conl. Tihe machinery worked well in every particular.”” R Why Taylor Iiwa Not Lecture, S WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—It is said at the Catholic University and by Hon, Han- nis Taylor, laie United States Minister to Spain, that a severe attack of bronchitis uecessitated the ahandonment of his lec- ture set for yesterday at the university. The report that the Spanish Ministe Dupuy de Lome, reques that the uni- versily authorities do not permit the lec- ture is denfed by ail parties concerned. STRONG 0P LA NINEA'S CAPTAIN Alaskan Gold - Seekers Almost Guilty of Murder. TOOK PITY ON THEIR VICTIM. Cut Him Cown After He Had Been c=trangled Until Unconscious. ANGRY BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN DEFRAUDED. Found Upon Landing That Their Provisions Were Insufficlent for the Winter. Special Dispatch to TRE CALL. ASTORIA, Or., Nov. —The steamer George W E.der, from Skaguay, and the steamer Blanchard, from Copper River, arrived in port to-day. Tae Bianchard brings a tale of woe. Boih Caprain Warner and Purser Ozouf state that it is snicide for any one to go to Copper River to mine. The country is rough in the extreme. Copper River is nct navizable and there is nothing there to mine, according to the Indians who live in the vicinity. There is no landing- | vlace at Prince William Sound, whither | the Blanchard took fifty-three;prospectors | from Los Angeles. The men were landed, bowever, at one of the canneries of the laska Packers' Association, three miles below. There is no hopa of reaching Cop- per River over Lake Ayak, which1s frozen. Tue Blanchard brings the news of an attempted lynching, the ictended victim veing Captain Benton of the schooner La Ninfa. Itseems that Benton contracted with forty men in San Francisco to take them up the Copper River ten miles and provide one year's provisions for $500. Finding the Copp'r River o be unnaviga- | ble, he landed his men near Orca with | their provisions. Upon examination lhe} provisions were found 10 be of the poorest quality and insuffiient in quantity. The | siuff was not fit to eat, and the men are | there now in a precarious condition. The | Blancbard is taking with her to San Fran: cisco samples of thesa provisions to be submilted tu the inspector. Theenraged men strung Benton up with arope, strangling him uatil he fairted and did not recover consciousness until eight hours aftervard. They took pity on him and cut him down, but they were de- termined to have redress. The Elaer’s passenger list ineluded some fifteen white people and several Cuinese. J. Law of Virginia is on his way home to spend the winter. He is at the read of seven men, who are now at the summit of White Pass awaitinyg the freez- inz of the lakes sufficiently 10 admit their sledging down the Yukon. Law will re- turn in March and overtake his party or Join it in Dawson. sent out about Skagnay were largely false. On August 20 he arrived there and found but one house in the town. Now there are 500. The only trouble with Skazuay over it at the beginning. They are now building a wagon road up through the canyon tothesummitalongthe siceofthe mountain. Theroad and a tramway will be ready for use in the spring. Dyea is » etter ‘summit route at present than Sk -euay, but Skaguay is the coming town and is already doing a lively bnsin«ss® Liw was prevented from getting { through this fall because a man named Johnson, who contracted to deliver his godbds and horses from Victoria by the steamer Bristol, failed to keep his con- tract, and part of his supplies are still un- delivered. Law has brought suitin Vic toria for $10.000. There is no snow nor ice yet at Dyea or Skaguay, but there is plenty of snow on the mountains and ice is forming in the rivers. The weather 1s better than in Ore- gon. Gold 1s reported as being found in placer mines near Lake Bennett. The Elder brought 200 tons.of coal from Nanaimo for Astoria and 200 tons for Port- land. She hada a very smooth trip down, and has orders to return early in Decem- ber. A party of Astorians returned from Killisnoo, Alaska, and report. having put up 36,000 barrels ot herring this seasén. FATHER YORKE MAY GET A BISHOPRIC Mentioned as a Possible Suc- cessor of the Late Bishop Lemmons. Scma Opp-sition in Victorla . Be- cause of His Antl-British U terances. Epécial Dispatch to THE ¢ ALL VICTORIA, Nov. 26.—Word may be re- ceived from Rome on any day now ot the apoointment of the successor to Bishop Lemmons of tuis city, who died while on a visit to Mcxico a few months azo. This dioc se forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Oregon, and the nominations, therefore, have been made by Archbishop Gross of Portland. Among the names which he has submitted, it is said, are those of Fat er Yorke of San Francisco, Father Woods, 8. J., son of the Anglican A 1chdeacon of New Westminster, Bishop O'D & of Portland and Father McGuicken of Otiawa, but formerly of this province. None of the local clergy desires the pro- motion. Members of the eongregation express a preference for Father Woods. There is some feeling over the mention of Father Yorke's name, because of anti. British utterances attributed to him some months ago; but, on the other hand, h is a brotner-in-law of Chief Justice Davie, an influential and respecied member of the congregation here. . Itis asseried that representations have been made from high officers of the church in Eastern Canada in favor of the apprintment of some ecclesiasiic owing allegiance to Britisii institutions. —— i Two Americans kicleaved, WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—T e State Department has been notified of the re- lease of Rafael Fernandez and Chiquala Manuel Fernandez, the Americans beld | prisoiers in Cuba, He says the reports | trail 13 that there was too great a rush | ThIED T0 ESTABLISH AN ALLBI Martin Thorn Wrote to a Barber to Lie for Him. BUT THE POLICE GOT THE LETTER. Evidence Connecting the Ac- cused With the Murder of William Guidensuppe. MRS. NACK MAY NOT BE CALLED AGAIN. Testimony of the Midw fe Will Not Be Reprated Uniess It Is Re= quired In R buttal. Spectal Dispatch to THE CALL. NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—Lawyers Howe and Mo-s, who have diligently defended Martin Thorn, met to-day with a serious and unlooked-for cbstacle when, aiter a brief adjournment, District Attorney Youngs informed the court that the peo- ple rested their case. It was generally expected that Mrs. Nack wou!d be put on the stand to reiterate her confession, and the lawvers who had been assigned to look after Thorn’s interests thought that she would repeat her statementof two weeks ago. Later in the afternoon District Attorney Youngs said that he was not prepared to say whether Mrs, Nack, who had made such a famousscene in the first trial by ber'confession, woald be produced or not. Thecase, as far as the District Attorney’s opinion went, was fully proved without the woman's testimony. Later on, how- ever, one of Mr. Youngs’ advisers said that in case the defense put Thorn on the stand the pro ecution would cer- tainly produce Mrs. Nack 1n rebuttal. Tue trial of Thorn, charged with the murder of Guldensuppe, was resumed at Long Island City to-dav. The first wit- ness was the barver, Keene, whose ex- aminatvon had not been concinded when the court adjourned /ast Wednesday even- ing. 1n reply to Mr. Howe’s questions this witness admitted that the stiletto which he had sbown to Thgrn bad a poi- soned point. and he seemed to be very un- comfortable after having made this ad- mission. Then he said he only kept it as an ornament, afterward explaining that his brother had mmade :im a present of it. Edward Speck, a bartender, testified to seeing Thornin the saloon in East Thirty- sixth street on Tue-day, June Thorn was showing a walch 10 a driver named Fedderer. Thorn bad also exhibited some money, ana said: ~This is what I got out of my carriage ride last Saturday afternoon.’”” Carl Merich, who keeps a barber-shop, testified that Thorn toid him about living with Mrs. Nack and Laving had a row with another boarder (Guldensuppe), at whom he bad fired a pistol, but not to hurt him. This row occurred in March or April last. | This winess said that he had sent Thorn for a bottle of “*shampoo mixture’’ on Wednesday, June 23 He said he did | not see Thorn on Friday, June 25. He had a letter froiu the prisoner asking him to say that he was sent for the bottle of shampoo mixture on the 25th and had been in the place the greater part of that | Fridav. Witness gave the letier to Cap- tain O'Brien the day alier Tnorn was ar- rested. Merich identifi=d the letter when it was handed bim by the prosecuting at- torney. In answer to Mr. Howe the witness said he had known Thorn for a long time, and the prisoner always bore an exceilent reputation. The principal witness of the afterncon was John Gotha, the barter to whom Thorn is alleged 10 have made a coufession soon after the murder. His siory on the stand agreed substantiaily with the account printed at the time and corroborated that made by Mis. Nack. Detective Dennis Suilivan identified a piece of the surizce from the Woodsida cottage which bad a bullet hole in 1t. The witness also identified two bullets found in the bathroom and the room ad- joining. These bullets were of 32 caliber, and evidencs was introduced to show that they fitted the revolver found on Martin Thorn when he was arrested. At 3:30 a brief recess was taken, and | when the court reconvened District Ai- torney Youngs announced that ihe pro-c- cution rested its case. The court then ad- journed till Monday, when the defense will begin its case. GRANTING AUTONONY. Spanis’: Zecrees Relating to Cuba and Porto Rico Are Published at Madrid. MADRID, Nov. 27.—The Official Gazette publishes this morning (Saturdav) the royal decrees granting autonomy to Cuba and Porto Rico, thus removing the a: x- iety that had begun to be expressed on ali sides as the re-ult of the Government's reticence and unexp aned delay. HAVANA, Nov. 26 —No American citi- zen is now confined 1n prison in the island of Cnba. KEW TO-DAY. E MAKE MEN Healthy, strong and vigorous by our new and wonderful cure. Stnbborn chronic diseases of the heurt, brain and ves thai have bafil:d physicians for years, and which, in fact, are incurable by the use of either drugs or electric- ity ajone, speedily and completely yield to tue combined 1ufluence of electricity and medi- cine, the two great agents which form our magical and infallivle NEW ~isica CURE FOR ALL DISEASES. IT COSTS YOU NOTHING To consuit us personally or by mail. Write, if youcannot call. Address: STATE ELECTRO-MEDICAL INSTITUTE Cor. Market, Powell and iddy :ts,, Entrance, No. 3 Eddy St BAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ASKS FOR UNLY ONE NEW SHIP Secretary of the Navy Long Decidedly Modest. SEEKS A HALT CONSTRUCTION. IN Gist of Recommendations to Be Made in His First An- nual Report, DOCKS AND SUPPLIES MOST NEEDED. Seven Strategic Divisions on Our Coasts 1That Require Proper Protectlon. Special Dispatch to THE CALL NEW YORK, Nov. 26—A Washington special to the Herald says<: The first an- nual report of Secretary of the Navy Long is notable for the apparent halt recom- mended in naval construction. The mod« esty of Mr. Long’s recommendation jor only one battle-ship will come in the na- ture of a surprise. ‘‘Hitherto, for more than a decade,” the secretary says, *‘the increase of the navy has very vroperly been in the line of new ships, and wisely so, as this has hitherio been the vital need. In the opinion of the department, the time bas now come when that increase should be on ad- junctory lines in order to bring our naval faci'ities up to the same line of advance. “The principal need to-day is that of sufficient docks, of which there is a de- plorable lack; of adequate supplies of munitions of war, which should never be at the hand-to-mouth stage; of an equip- ment of our navy-yards equal to the de- mand upon them of the increased num- ber of our ships, and of an enlarged cor; s of officers and men to woix there. The de- partment therefore recommends tuatthe authorization of new ships by the coming Congress be limitea to one battle-ship for the Pacific Coast, where, aiter the five now under consiruction are completed, there will be only two, while on the Atlantic there will be seven, and al<o toa few tor- pedo-boats and torpedo-boat destroyers, both of which are comparativeiy of littl cost, and more of which aredesirable in o der to bring this swift and handily effec ive arm of the service up to its place in the general scheme of coast cefense. *The country may,” the Secretary de- clares, ‘'be congratulated upon the result obtained In the rebuilding of the navy. 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