The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 22, 1897, Page 2

o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1897. TAXPATERS THE VICTIMS Sad Results of the Raid Upon the San Jose Treasury. Gross Extravagance the Cause | of Shortages in Several Funds. How Positions Were Created Couneil for Relatives of City Members. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Dec. 21.—In consequence of the shortages that have been created in several of the special funds of the city treasury, the p: extravagant policy of the Common Council is being recalled and discussed with great in- ter Two of the largest shortages are in the police fund and ‘the street contingent fund. In the former there is a shortage of about $2500, and in the latter about $4000. It was just a year ago that the Coun- cil, then composed of T. C. Hogan, W. T. Nolting, A. S. Mangrum, J. P. Fay, E. P. Main, G. B. Dittus, J. P. Jarman and Julius Krieg, increased the police and fire department forces in the face of one of the strongest and most sting- ing veto messages ever writtcn by a municipal executive. The order In- creasing the forces was passed origin- ally by the votes of Dittus, Fay, Hogan, Krieg, Main and Nolting. Those who opposed its passage were Jarman and Mangrum. The order was subsequently passed over Mayor Koch’s veto by the same vote. The Mayor's message on the subject i8 ex- tremely apropos of the present situa- | tion. It is here given in full: To the Hon. the Common Council of the City of San ntlemen: As Mayor of the city Jose, and it to what to be my b duty to those whom our honorable 1 am con- sed by the , providing officers and 1 myself re : veto the order pa: December ction of of the F epartment. er respect for public opinion im- 1o indicate the reasons for such sval. t place and before contem- 5 e the use of ecutive is confre t inquiry, viz. 'y to iner of the police force of led to obtain a sat- or even a plausible answer. son of the year and during iness depression the inquiry lly pertinent. The city of n Jose well deserves the reputation it ars among the municipalities of the of being a peaceable community, would seem to be no possible ditional burden of $4200 dered upon the taxpay- is this obnoxious when a’of taxation is placed upon travention of the laws spec manner in that it was ic manner for the benefit of but to subserve the pur- political schemers and to aid payment of political obligations. A prostitution of trust will not be 1d not be countenanced either by the ody of c with whom our duty and wh iterests you are SWorn to protect, nor by myself as the city": cuti The view. e expressed are held by me not only A yor of the eity, bound rformance by oath to honest > nt of a ci bu from the standpo interested in the welfare of the city and solicitous only for the prosperity of the peop Aside from the fact of needless expense incurred, though this seems little better than a p grab at the money of the tax there are other reasons why the course taken by the Council . should meet the condemnation of every citizen possessir atom of personal may be mentioned | have increased gth of the police force its _efficiency. You s of experience and = room for your rela- imported. “Some of too, are not only lacking in proper ning for positions on the police force, but have passed the time of life when they ¢ be expected to character t tions, nativ these new for those of the Council who have ot posed before the people as reformers, and whose _officers is not held and obtained upon the faith | that ante-election pledges of reform and economy would be carried out. The | action of oth however, and I now re- | fer more particularly to’ that preacher | of economy, that tle of reform, | owing his office as Councilman to the voters of the Third Ward of the city at | the last election. So far as he is con- cerned the action of the Counecil, in so far as that action has been alded by his | vote, is in my judgment a violation of | duty and a plain and simple betrayal of public trust To summarize the foregoing: | I veto the order referred to because it is contrary to law. | I veto the order because it necessitates | a waste of public mone; | I veto the order be se it presents a | sample of nepotism that no well-gov- erned city should tolerate. | the oath | I veto the order because which I have taken demands a veto. v. KOCH, Mayor of the City of San Jose. The Third Ward Councilman re- | ferred to is George B. Dittus. One of | the “native” relatives alluded to by | the Mayor is Henry Ford, the Chiet of | the Fire Department. He is a brother-in-law of Councilman Nolting. While Ford is credited with hav- | ing made a very creditable Chief, Dwyer, whom he superseded, had confidence and support of the best citi- | zens. When the election for firemen and policemen was about to be held last December, petitions advocating the re-election of Dwyer were filed | with the Council by the Santa Clara | Insurance Association and by Wooster & Whitton, one of the most prominent real estate firms in the.county. The “imported” relative was James | Showers, who left a farm at Mountaln | View to accept a position on the police | force of San Jose. Showers is a| brother-in-law of ex-Councilman E. P. | Main. It is worthy of note that the four members of the present Council were among those who voted for increasing the burden of the taxpayers in this connection. ‘Another bit of extravagance was the employment by the Council of twenty-three iatering carts during the months of May, June, July, August and September last. This action was taken against the strenuous protest of the Mayor, who claimed that eighteen carts wouid be ample to properly water the streets of the city. Each driver received $65 a month, and the water for each cart cost about the same amount per month. Thus the | employment of five less carts would have saved to the city not less than $3250. Here in two instances alone the city might have been saved the sum of $7450 if its affairs had been in the hands of men who consclentiously sought to do their duty to the pecple. Depending, however, on the power of the gang, as exercised in the past, and Council of the c | at P, M, | of San Jos | time December 20, the traditional forgetfulness = of the | people, the members of the Counell de- fied public opinion and common de- cency, and the result is now before the people. Scores of honest claimants are clamoring for their just dues, but the loot of the city treasury has been so thorough that they cry in vain. Many will have to wait for an Indefinite period, and some may never get a cent of what they have honestly earned or for what they have honestly sold to the city. AT PASSING UPON CLAINS. Extended Session of the City Council at San Jose. SAN JOSE, Dec. 21.—A special meet- ing of the Council was called by the Mayor late this afternoon. for the ob- | Jects stated in the call as follows: | Members of the Common Council | | of the City of San Jose—Gentlemen: You The and each of you will please take notice that a special meeting of the Common v of San Jose is called 21st day of December, mber, in the city this ‘ouncil Cha , for the purpose of consider- ing each and every claim against said city of San Jose, now on file in the City Clerk’s office or to be filed during the day, and to pass and allow all or any of such unpaid claims; to consider a reso- lution suspending certain provisions of the charter of the city, read for the first and to pass and ceive and consider 188 at th adopt the same; { T the report of the Finance Committee up- on the matter of the bid of the Electric Improvement (‘am}mn_\‘ of San Jese to light the streets of the city, to act upon said report, to consider said bid and award the contract to sald company, and to read for the first time the resolution authorizing the same; also for the pur- e of receiving petitions, reports of standing and select committees and act- ing upon the same. It was near 8§ o'clock before the last member of the body, in the person of Julius Krieg, made his appearance The four Councilmen then went into executive session to consider the $20,- 000 worth of claims that have not yet received the signature of Dittus as a member of the Claims Committee. After being in session for nearly four hours they reported that they would require considerable further time to dispose of the claims, as each claim was being taken up separately. It was near midnight, and the Mayor called the Council to order to have it act finally on the resolution suspend- ing the provisions of the charter pro hibiting the payment of one quarter's indebtedness from funds appropriated to the city use for the next quarter. This was passed by a unanimous vote. A communication from A! Greenin- ger and A. H. Martin, the bondsmen of Councilman J. P. Fay, was read. They stated that the writers withdrew from the bond of Fay. A similar com- munication was received from Edward Ford and T. C. Hogan, the bondsmen of Councilman William T. H. Nolting. Both communications were lald over until the next meeting of the Council. Councilman Dittus said he could not understand why Fay and Noilting had their bondsmen withdraw, and sald he did not propose to take such action. The Mayor volunteered an explanation by jocularly remarking: “They probably feel guilty.” A recess was here taken for luncheon and a further consideration in execu- tive session of the huge batch of un- paid claims. Half an hour later the Council was again called to order, when the follow- g report of the finance committee vas adopted: “Your finance committee, to whom was referred the matter of the bid of the Electric Improvement Company for street lighting for 1897 and 1898, beg leave to report that their bid be accept- ed and that the Mayor be authorized themselves | to_sign contract for same.” Final action on this matter will be taken at the next . meeting of the Council. When the Councilmen came out of executive session an attempt was made to pass the disputed claims. The Dep- uty City Clerk began to read them. Dittus interrupted the reading of the claims, stating that they had been ex- amined by the claims committee and the members of the Council. He said they were illegally contracted, and that it had been impossible for the members of the Council to come to an under- standing with reference to them. He asked that the matter be laid over un- til to-morrow afternoon. The Mayor said the matter ought to be s led to-night. The claims, if just at all, he said, ought to be paid, so that the money tied up in the city treasury could be at once placed in circulation for the beneflt of Christmas shoppers Dittus replled by saying the claims | had been contracted by the heads of departments without proper authority and in contravention of the provisions of the new charter, which were known to the various officials. He suggested that a committee of citizens be selected to pass on the claims. Fay ridiculed this proposition and declared if the matter could not be de- cided to-night it ought to go over until Monday, though he much desired to have the matter settled in time to put the money involved in circulation be- fore Christmas. After some further discussion ad- Journment was taken until 6 o’clock Wednesday night. DOOM OF CHINA Continued from First Page. Toklo says there is no excitement over the news from Port Arthur. The press is calm and the public is indignant. It | is rumored, the dispatch alleges, that a large Russian military force is com- ing from Siberia. A special dispatch from Brest says the French cruiser Jean Bart has been ordered to proceed to China. She is rated as a second-class cruiser. She mounts six §-inch guns, fourteen 2.5- inch guns, and has nine guns of small- er caliber. Her crew numbers 332 men. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The Japa- nese legation has been informed that weeks. The crulser at the Cramps having built in this country are so well | along toward completion that they will both be launched within the next few weeks. The cruisers at the Cramps ship yard at Philadelphia has been christened Kasagi - Kan and 'launching has been set for January 20. Minister Hoshi and the staff of the legation will attend the launching and a number of guests will be invited to participate in the ceremony. The cruiser at the Union Iron Works at San Francisco has been named the Chitos. The launching will occur some | time in February, but the exact date has not been set. The crulsers are alike in all respects, having a tonnage of about 5000 each and the contracts call for a speed of 22 knots an hour. e THE CHINESE TRADE VERY ATTRACTIVE TO FRANCE AND RUSSIA. Combination Formed to Secure Industrial Control of the Teeming Millions of the Flowery Kingdom. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The Unit- ed States Consul at Lyons, France, dis- closes in a letter to the State Depart- ment that in 1885 France and Russia began bargaining for the Chinese trade. In that year a commission con- sisting of representatives of thirteen French Chambers of Commerce was appointed to go to China and study the industrial and commercial conditions of the country with a view of increas- ing business between China and the | | employ them. JOHNNIE'S GOT HIS GUN. France. The commission has just re- turned and has made a private report to President Faure. Our Consul at Lyons says: “France counts largely upon her Indo-China empire as a nucleus around which to build up her trade in China, and cal- culates to receive the co-operation of Russia in many wa: It is contem- plated to open the way for a more ex- tended commerce by beginning with bazaars to be conducted by French- men, with Chinese in subordinate posi- tions wherever it is found possible to It is announced that Franco-Russian bazaars will be also opened in St. Petersburg and Moscow | during the coming winter.” | | | | | | One of the French commissioners has made since his return to France the following peculiar statement: “We will succeed on two conditions, to-wit: We must export men to China at the same time we export goods, and be as far- sighted and as patient as the import- ance of such work requires, bearing in mind that it must move slowly in its accomplishment In the extreme Orient.” Sl n— THE NAVAL MEN LOOK FOR A WAR AT ANY MOMENT. They Believe That Japan Will Defy Russia if the Mikado Has the Backing of Great Britain. VALLEJO, Dec. 21.—The movements of the European powers in the far East are watched with the greatest interest by the officers stationed at the navy-yard, and it is the general opinion among them that an outbreak of hostilities is inevitable at no dis- tant date. Russia’s occupation of Port Arthur is regarded as a menace to Ja- pan that the latter country will not submit to quietly, and as Russia is not in the habit of surrendering any- territory she once gains possession of, the prospect of & rupture between the two countries, particularly if England is secretly backing Japan, is excellent. In view of the critical condition of affairs, prominent officers here believe the Washington Government will find it absolutely necessary to strengthen its fleet in those waters, and within a few weeks they look for orders dis- | patching several of the best ships in the navy to Chinese waters. While none of the officers place any credence whatever in the statements that Ger- many intends to make a move in the direction of Samoa and the Hawaiian Islands, they think there is an excel- lent prospect that more ships will be sent to the Pacific station as well as to the Asiatic, and they also believe the threatened outbreak in the East will have a tendency to induce Con- gress to make liberal provision for new ships at this session. Battle ships and torpedo boats and destroyers, they say, are what are needed above al] others. —_— SENATORS OPPOSE PARTITION OF CHINA AMONG THE POWERS The Germans Gave the Chinese Soldiers Very Short Commons When They Took a Seaport. NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Ger- many's occupation of Chinese territory has been officlally reported upon by | Rear Admiral McNair, commander in chlef on the Asiatic station. His first official report, which was received by mail at the Navy Department, is made up in great part of %lippings taken from Japanese newspapers, It iy dated November 29, and of course makes no mention of the reported oc- cupation by Russia of Port Arthur. Under date of November 19 Rear Ad- miral McNair states that the follow- | ing official Information has been re-, celved concerning the occupation by German forces of Kia Chou Bay: “A German squadron, consisting of three men-of-war, arrived at the Kia Chou Bay on the 13th inst. The com- mander of the squadron landed on the following day with 600 blue jackets, and ordered General Chang, comman- der of the Chinese garrison, to retire beyond the hills within twenty-four hours, commencing from 3 o'clock on that day (the 14th), further informing General Chang that the Chinese sol- diers would not be permitted to take away anything save their rifles and personal effects. The German com- mander furthermore declared that in the event of the Chinese garrison ig- noring this order it would be regardea upon. Thereupon General Chang with as hostile, and be immediately fired his force evacuated the forts and re- tired to the lower part of Seito,” Rear-Admiral McNair states that Japan dispatched a cruiser to Kizo- Chu Bay for the purpose of watching the operations of Germany. Nothing has been received at the department from Rear-Admiral McNair in regard to the reported occupation of Port Arthur by a Russian fleet, and the of- ficials will not give the report credence until confirmation is at hand. Like the Chinese Minister, they believe that the occupation of Port Arthur by the Rus- sian ships is simply in the nature of a convenience granted by the Chinese Government, like that e=iven them at Kia-Chou Bay last winter. and when spring comes the squadron will leave Port Arthur and resume its man- euvers. Rear-Admiral McNair will be suc- ceeded as commander-in-chief of the Asiatic squadron in a few days by Commodore George Dewey. who left San Francisco on December 5 for Yoko- hama, where he will hoist his flag. So far as I have been able to learn, no in- structions have gone to Rear-Admiral McNair or to Commodore Dewey, ex- cept to carefully protect Americans and their interests, as there is no desire on the part of this Government to seize any territory in China. Senator Gray said: “I have watched with deep Interest the apparent efforts of the European powers to parcel out China among themselves. While we will got and cannot take a hand in any such game of grab, it seems to me that we are vitally interested, and that we should take as active steps as possible, short of war, to prevent the consum- mation of the plans of the various war lords. If any combinations of Euro- pean powers are to be permitted to ap- propriate to themselves a country in which we have so great interests as we have in China, it will, I fear, be dan- gerous to us.” Senator Davis was not disposed to discuss freely the question of the parti- tion of China by Engiand, Germany, France and Russia, and Japan's prob- able attitude. Senator Teller said: “It cannot be doubted that certain European coun- tries Intend, if they can possibly find excuse for so doing, to dismember China and divide up that great terri- tory among them. I do not believe that such a high-handed outrage should be permitted, and if It is attempted I thirk that other self-respecting nations not engaged in the division of the spoils should enter very vigorous pro- tests.” SEARCH FOR TIE MISSING BoAT Cutter Quadra Still on the Look- out for Cleveland Sur- vivors. Ordered to Remaln at Sea Until the Last Vestige of Hope Has Fled. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, Dec. 21.—Government of- ficlals here have not given up hope for the steamer Cleveland boat still miss- ing, and instructions were to-day sent to the captain of the Quadra not to re- turn at once to Victoria, as was in- tended, but to cruise along the west coast 50 long as the faintest possibility remained that the men were ashore and alive on some of the islands or on some remote spot whence they could not communicate with elvilization. This message was carried by the tug Czar, chartered by the owner of the Cleveland, to take him and Lloyd's surveyor, who had come from San Francisco, to the wreck. The customs authorities having def- initely refused to permit the American wrecking craft Whitelaw to be em- ployed, Mr. Tyson took one of the Whitelaw’s pumps on the .Czar and this, with a pump belonging to the tug, it is thought, may be sufficlent to get the Cleveland afloat. The pump from the Whitelaw had to be regular- ly entered and duty paid upon it. The Quadra is likely to be kept in commission all winter for use in just such emergencies as the present, as in previous years wrecks have occurred often on the west coast when the gov- ernment vessel was laid up for the win- ter, and no steamer was available to send to their assistance. It now transpires that the govern- ment telephone line to Alberni was not down when Purser Whitbeck arrived there, but a new operator at a transfer point had left his key open, this man having been appointed because of his politics rather than his proficiency. ————— To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinin: Tablets. All a ts refund the money If it falls to cure. Ze. ¢ genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. OSAT QUINCY REMAINS MAYOR Defeats All Opposition in the Election at Boston. Republican Candidate Beaten by About Four Thou- sand Votes. All Attempts to Split the Democratic Party Turned Out to Be Flat Failures. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Quincy (D.) was re-elected to-day by | a decresased plurality over ex-Mayor Curtis, his opponent of two years ago, although the city went Republican at the State election last month. The at- tempt to split the Democratic vote in the city by vigorous work on the part | of Thomas Riley, running as a silver Democrat, proved futile. His rallies were crowded and his audiences ap- parently intensely loyal, but less than | 3000 voters supported him at the polls, the Democrats remaining loyal to Quincy. Notwithstanding the strong effort which was made by the Republicans | to get out a heavy vote in the sub- urban and back bay wards, which usually poll heavy Republican ma- Jorities, Mayor Quincy made great gains over the vote for Williams at the State election, while in some cases there was a decided faling off in the vote of the opposition. On the other hand, the usually strong Democratic wards, where the registration for this election has been very heavy, did not show any special gain for the Democratic candidate, and in some cases there was a de- crease. The surprise of the election was the small vote for Riley. Even in the wards where he made his greatest effort and where he was backed by young politicians who claimed tfimve a strong following only a few were found in his support at the polls, while in his own precinct he reccived but two votes. The total vote was little more than that of two years ago, when the regis- tration was 91,486, against 102,480 for the present election. The total vote for Mayor, with one precinct missing, is as follows: Quincy D. 39,707, Curtls R. 35,741, Riley (Bryant D.) 2885, Gold- stein S. 775. On the balance of thetickettheresult is far from being known, so meager and so fluctuating are the returns. It is predicted, however, on the figures that the Aldermanic Board will be seven Democrats and five Republi- cans, just the reverse of this year. For the lower board a Democratic majority, as usual, is almost a cer- tainty. For School Directors the re- sult is in doubt, with the figures indi- cating _that Professor Sedgwick apd Mrs. Kehoe, who ran independently, are defeated. The city voted for li- cense by an increased majority. The Empire Gun Club. The Empire Gun Club, which has leased a large section of tf marsh lands in Marin county, near Ignacio, for duck shooting purposes, met last evening and elected the following officers for the en- suing year: President, J. Stewart; vice- resident, G. Green; mnmfir. A. An- rews; assistant manager, King; finan- clal secre(%h& Justins; ing sec- retary, ‘ams; captain, M. pue; board of governors, Hule, O. Fisher and_Rickersson. o NEW TO-DAY. America’s Greatest Medicine Is Hood’s Sarsaparilla. This is proved by The fact that it Has the greatest Record of Cures And holds the Confidence of the People year after year. COURT STOPS THEIR FIGHT Woalcott and Tracey Pre- vented From Meeting at Chicago. Superior Judge Brentano Is- sues a Restraining Order. Result of a Legal Contest Between Montgomery Ward and the City. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Dec. 21.—The fight be- tween Tommy Tracey and Joe Walcott, scheduled for this evening, did not come off as advertised. Efforts are now being made to have it pulled off on Thureday evening, but it is not certain that they will be successful. an order to-day restraining the fighters from engaging in any contest in the hall that had been secured for the event, and declaring that if any effort | was made to have the fight he would instruct the Sheriff to raid the place. The order was the result of a fight that has been in progress for years be- | tween the city and Montgomery Ward, | a merchant whose place of business is on Michigan avenue, opposite Battery D, in which it was proposed to have the | ight. Some time ago Ward obtained from the Supreme Court of the State | an order requiring the city to tear | was to have been held, and which has | been the scene of fights innumerable. | The city has promised to tear down the building, but has failed to promise, and when he found that it | court to stop it. | There will now be some difficulty in engaging a hall for the fight, as a num- 'ber of those that would ordinarily be | avallable have been rented for the win- ter and cannot be secured. e Guttenberg May Not Be Sold. NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—There possibility that the Guttenburg race- track may not be sold after all, and that the famous track may be re- opened and racing resumed. When the anti-gambling amendment was passed recently, the directors of the | Hudson County Jockey Club had about at a meeting held to-day it was agreed that the matter should be held in abey- ality had been finally decided. It was | intended to cut the property into build- plan would be a good investment. Now, however, the plan has been laid over | for the present Burge for a purse of £650 to £900 stakes, came off this evening at the Oylmpic Club, Birmingham. Burge | scaled in at 146 pounds and O'Brien at 60. During the afternoon there were disquieting rumors as to O'Brien's | condition and long odds were freely | laid on Burge. ‘When the men entered the ring it was | seen that O'Brien was very fat, while Burge was remarkably fit. At the end | of the first round O'Brien was blowing | hard, and he did not improve in the second. During the fourth round, | when Burge slipped in O'Brien’s corner, | the latter struck him lightly. A foul was claimed and allowed, thus ending a poor contest. Of Interest to the Coast. WASHINGTON, Dec. | lowing Pacific Coast patents were is- | sued to-day: Brockman, Santa Rosa, spraying at- | tachment for brooms; John T. Davis, { down the building in which the fight | 21.—The fol- | Judge | g Brentano of the Superior Court issued | s keep its | & | was about to issue a license for a fight | |in the old hall Ward applied to the | | Dunham,” Carrigan & H: | Francisco, water-gauge gl Edwards, Los Angeles, envelope;\ Juan W. Ernest, Los Angeles, tent or | booth; Ernest A. Langford, ‘Wash= ington, fuse-cutting tool; Henry J. Small and S. H. Stillman, Sacra= | mento, apparatus for purifying watery Casper Zimmerman, Santa Rosa, in- : sect exterminator. Washington—G. W. Ainsley and C. C. May, Daven- port, carpet stretcher and tacker; James B. Biles, Alma, chopping board; Charles A. Corey, Fairfield, at tachment for cigar boxes; George J. Kaiser, Johnson, wagon-weighing at tachment; Robert B. Mullen, Tacoma, lock for stop clocks; William R. Phil- lips, Seattle, water-impelling ma- chine. Pensions have been granted as fol- lows: California: Supplemental — Joseph ‘W. Taylor, Los Angeles, $6. Original widow, etc.—Sarah Jane Patterson, ‘Westminster, $12. Oregon: Original widow, Louisa Tripp, Florence, $8. Bids for supplies for the Mare Island navy-yard were opened at the Navy Department to-day. The following were the lowest bidders: Thompson C. Gill & Co., Philadelphia, etc.— bolts and nuts, $143; James K. Shaw, New York, toilet articles, $323; Baker & Hamilton, San _Francisco, hardware, $1088; Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden Co., San ' Francisco, brass wire, $336; _Hol= brook, Merrill ‘& Stetson, ' San’ Fran- cisco,” copper wire $417; F. H. Lowell & Co., New York, hand lamps, §i Porter, Son & Co., New York, lanterns, $345; Milton H. Cook, San F feging, pump and bellows, York Beiting and Packing Co., San leather belting, $1072; Alonzo A. Watkins, San Francisco, Russian iron | sheets, $195; Holbrook, Merrill & Stet- | son, San Francisco, babbitt metal and s s Selby 'Smelting_and Lead Co., San Francisco, pigiron, $3637; same 50,000 pounds ingot copper, & G. Taylor, Philadelphia, sheet tin, $180; Manhattan Supply Co,, New York, twist drills, $255; rancis Narral New York, set trap, $222; De Salla Dey sing Co., San Francisco, magnesia covering, $3065; New York Belting & Packing Co., San Francisco, rubber hose §74 Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co., Boston, rubber deck hose, $540; Bow- ers Rubber Co., San Francisco, steam hose, $300; same company, steam and fire hose, $335; Francis Harrill, New York, flax packing, $170; Bowers Rubber Co., San Francisco, tucks packing, $67 50; Manhattan Supply Co., New York, cot- ton and hemp packing, $39%; Williams, Dimond & Co., San Francisco, anti-cor=- rosive composition, $5000; W. P. Fuller & Co., 10,000 gallons lard oil, $3887; same company, lubricant and beel tallow, $221, and lamp black, $190; Charles M. Gates, an Francisco, 50,000 pounds red lead, $2580; W. P. Fuller & Co., San Francisco, polishing paste, $335: same company, 5000 gallons sperm oil, §2072; Bridgeport Br: Co., Bridgeport, Conn., b tubing, $2% en Co., San es, $135; the company. | Crane Co., Chicago, plumbers’ supplies, is a| | decided to dispose of the property, but | ance until the question of constitution- | | Ing lots, it being considered that such | S Burge Wins on a Foul. LONDON, Dec. 21.—The fight ar-| ranged between Dick O’Brien and Dick | California — Henry | lease on the San Francisco, vehicle wheel; Samuel | §1 per | ures, 50c each at Sanborn & Vail's. 3571; Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson, San check and globe valves, Chicago, _pet cocks, CGarrigan & Hayden Co., , $2238; Baker & Ham- an Francisco, 25,000 pounds cot- aste, $1675; Remmer Aden, Vallejo, Oregon pine deck planks, $9847; Libby, McNeal & Libby, Chicago, 10,000 pounds t beef, $812; Armour Packing pounds Levi Jr., San Francisco, ; Sol 'W-.Ehrman, San $2175; 30,000 Francisco, angl 3 ham, $ 50 pounds rice, Francisco, 50,000 pounds sugar, Driggs-Seabury Co., New York, pounds tea, $57. WALTER WELLHAN BUYS THE SEALER LAURA. With This Vessel He Will Sail With an Expe- dition for Franz Josef Land Next June. ;‘ NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—A cable to the | Sun from Christiania says: Walter ‘Wellman has bought at Tromso the sealer Laura, a vessel of 153 tons, for the expedition which he will lead to Franz Josef Land in June next. Nime men, chiefly Norwegians, will accom- pany him. Wellman's purpose is to advance northward over the islands of Franz Josef Land as far as possible in the season of 1898, to pitch his winter camp at the furthest point reached, and in the season of 1899 to make an attempt to reach the North Pole. Since Nan- sen and the Fram returned the Franz Josef Land approach to the pole has not been in favor among Arctic au- thorities. —_——————— The latest novelty—floral yard meas- . —_———————— The Lease Renewed. The Sailors Benevolent and Protective Association obtained a renewal of its Sailors’ Home yesterday from the Judiciary Committee of the Board of Supervisors. 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