The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 30, 1898, Page 4

5 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, J ANUARY °30, 1898. T | AT THE MERCY OF BOODLERS Raids on the San Jose Treasury Not Yet Checked. T | Four Councilmen Who Are| Not in Accord With the People. Vote Solidly on All Deals and Brazenly Set Mayor Koch’s Veto at Naught. | 1al Dispatch to The Call. SAN J( , Jan. 29.—San Jose is at the mercy its boodle Councilmen, and unless drastic measures are adopt- ed to check them in their extravagance they will have looted the treasury dur- ing the next two months that they are LIBELS A SHIP FOR HIS WAGE Seaman Hindsgaul, How- ever, Fails to Win His Suit. It Is Decided That He Could Not Draw Pay While in Prison. Was Detained in Australia for As- saulting the Lyman D. Fos- ter’s Master. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Jan. 20.—In the Federal Court yesterday Judge Hanford ren- dered a decision on a point that has no arallel in the history of marine practice. It was set forth in dism ing the libel of Seaman Nil R. Hinds- to be in office. At present there is $83,- | gaul against the schooner Lyman D. 557 in the city treasury, and the four | Foster. Councilmen have evidently banded Hindsgaul is a resident of San Fran- themselves together for the purpose of spending all of this they can get their hands on. Never before have Council- men of this city so recklessly expended the people’s money, and never before have charges of boodle been so openly made. The disclosures of Iirregularities in | city affairs, made by The Call some weeks ago, is being verified. At that time the local press took the part Uf‘ the city offi s, but now the work of the Council has become so “rank” that | the papers apd people of the Garden City are on the verge of taking steps to remove the four Councilmen before the treasury is entirely depleted. A few months ago the Council was divided—Fay and Nolting on one side | cisco, and on December 11, 1896, made arrangements with Captain D. O. Kill- man of the schooner Lyman D. Foster to make a cruise with him as first mate. Hindsgaul went from San Fran- cisco to Port Hadlock, where the schooner was anchored loading lum- ber, and on December 14, 1896, was shipped under duly signed articles to 80 to Freemantle, West Australia, and back to some port in the United States, at a salary of $50 per month. It was stipulated that the cruise was not to exceed sixteen month Passing over the m it can be state ts of the case, i positively that when the schooner a ved in the bay at Freemantle, Captain Killman and Mate Hindsgaul had a row. Hindsgaul claimed that the captain hit him with | a heavy marine glass, while the cap- and King and Dittus on the other. | tain claims that Hindsgaul struck him While they thus opposed each other, | on the eye, inflicting an ugly cut, nothing was accomplished, and theciti- | which was sewed up by a surgeon. zens felt that the treasury Was secure, | Captain Killman made complaint to as, thus divided, it was impossible for | the American consular agent. The casi them to vote away the money. But the | was then taken before the resident four Councilmen patched up their dif- | ferences a few weeks ago, and now all | is serene at their meetings. They vote solidly on all questions, and announce insolently that if Mayor Koch vetoes r jobs they will pass them over his st outrageous act of these four s after combining to plunder was the awarding of the street British Magistrate, who issued a war- rani for Hindsgaul's arrest the charge of assault. Hin convicted and sentenced to twelve weeks in jail. The consular agent de- manded of Captain Killman the wages due Hindsgaul up to the time he was convicted. Captain Killman paid the amount due and took the agent’s re- ceipt. ing contract. In this it was in- Before Hindsgaul was released from nulct the city to the sum of | prison the sch r sailed on her re- a year for three yea The | turn trip. After H&mh‘g:sul was re- Council called for bids for doing t leased he returned to the United States we at an expense, according to his claim, of $235. H wyer instituted a libel Thoma: against the schooner Foster to recover the amount of wages alleged to be due s asithe Ao ana | Hindsgaul on his uncompleted contract Did was the lowest, 20 | with the Foster. He also asked to be g 2 3 relmbursed for the money spent in re- o turning to the United States Nash a :Im” nts_per After the evidence and argumentshad squar 1 541 three times nt for a con- TS contract oL the money be n heard yesterday dered his decision. certificate c Judge Hanford He said that the consular agent, rel the promise not to d’ any with seal, establishing payvment to the ut of San Jose consular agent of the wages due Hinds- L. Hewlett— cents per square | gaul up to the time he was convicted, yard per month, six times was equivalent to payment to the 1i- year cont g The libelant having placed A et f in a position, through his own x he bid to L. |act, where he could not complete his Hlnib‘u‘nl(‘l‘f a -v_;\“‘lm’id‘h‘r the Coun. | contract, the ship was not responsi- cil, by unanimous vote, gave it to | Pl for the unearned wages. Nash & Mc it gave for i teynolds. The only reason ts action was that Hewlett < or bidder, but this In dismissing the libel Judge Han- ford taxed the costs of the suit to the libelant, who, however, is without el r;;m Lot th were the | Money and not a responsible person. bids of Richard Farrell, M. C. Cheney . all lower than sh & McReynolds, and are all residents of this city and xpayers Under the present contract the city | sweeping is done for $59 a month. The | contract was let three years ago to L. | Hewlett, but a few months later the contract was transferred to Nash & | McReynolds by Hewlett. The bills each month are made out in Hewlett’s name, but Nash & McReynolds draw | the money At that figure there are | such profits in the street sweeping that Nash & McReynolds pay Hewlett $75 a month for the contract. This leaves them $520 a month, and this is con- sidered a good price and one from which a fair profit can be realized. | Under the contract recently awarded | them it would cost the city about $4000 | a year more than under the old con- tract. i h It was plain that some one was going | to get that extra $4000 if the contract stood. | Foliowing right on this the Council | croon. Both hatled from Nord, Butte decided to let a contract for a new fire | f‘“:’:‘rl rjh g R KB IERE. alarm system. Bids were called flrl"(‘ o > hico, who witnessed the accident, and figures were submitted by the | Said that he had just turned fnto a lane dx= i Tniteq | 1eading to Chico when he s » horse Sta a £ s allop. He did not realize that pany. The United States company’s| Narse et mnm(n;:](awr;\?-hu(nm it w bid was for $2400, not including $200 | within twenty vards of him, and then he worth of extras that would be needed. | The Gamewell Company’s bid was $3300. Instead of going according to | the bids the Council gave the contract | to the Gamewell Company for $3900. | The four Councilmen—Fay, Dittus, | King and Nolting—at first wanted to | give the bid to the Gamewell company at $3300, but. Mayor Koch refused to sign the contract. Bids were then | called for, and after recelving a bid | from the same company for $3300, they | awarded the Gamewell company the contract for $3800, $600 above its bid, This would not be the only cost of the fire alarm stem, for the city would have to be rewired and new batteries purchased at the cost of additional thousands of dollars. It is believed that $1000 of the $3900 contract awarded to the Gameweil company was to be placed where it would do the most good. The contract 1s now in the hands of the Mayor. The latest job is the making of ar- rangements for the purchase of a com- bination chemical engine and hose cart. The price is understood to be $2500. The arrangements are all completed, and before the wave of indignation swept over the city it was agreed that the resolution for the purchase of the ma- chine should be introduced next Mon- day night. Mayor Koch stated to The Call repre- sentative to-day that he positively would veto the street sweeping con- tract, which would be returned to the | Council Monday night. contract will receive ment at his hands. Although the Council has boldly as- serted that it will pass these over the Mayor's head, it is thought it will not dare to in the face of public opinion. If the officials do, it is stated that the New Charter Club will take steps look- ing to their removal. Not only that, The fire alarm the same treat- but Mayor Koch says that he himself will stop them in their rash expendi- tures by injunction. This desire by Mayor Koch to hold the thrifty four in check is meeting the approval of the citizens, and in whatever action he takes he will be strongly backed. The four Councilmen have but a lit- tle over two months yet in office be- fore the new charter goes into effect, and five new Councilmen are to be elected. The time is short, and the of- ficials seem bent on making hay while the sun shines, | Rodney on the other. CAUSES A DEATH Farmer Jacob Gettels of Butte County Killed Near Chico. His Neck Eroken in a Highway Col- lision Occasioned by a Run- away. | Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICO, Jan. 20.—Jacob Gettels was killed and George Turner badly injured in a runaway accident near here this af- endeavored to turn out so that it could pass him. The lane is very narrow at this point. In the cart were two men, who scemed unable to manage the fran- tic horse. In passing the two rigs col- lided and both were upset. Gettels and Turner went out on the one side and Dr. Both vehicles were demolished. The doctor was not badly injured, and hurried to the assistance of the other two men. He faund that Gettels’ neck was broken. Turner was usconscious, but W soon revived. Word was sent to Chico and the dead man and his com panion were conveyed to town. Gettels was a well-known farmer liv- ing at Nord. A widow, four sons and two daughters survive him. THE MACKAY MAUSOLEUM TO BE LIGHTED AND HEATED. In Additioni to the Electric Appliances There Will Be an Aitar Where a Priest Will Say Requiem Mass Daily. NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—Permission has | been granted to the Electric Illuminating | Company for the placing of wires to sup- | ply an electrical current to light and heat the Mackay mausoleum in Greenwood | Cemetery. The plans for the use of the current " are on a scale commensurate with the magnificence of the mausoleum. The expenditure to supply this equipment to the tomb will be immense. All the | wires are to be kept out of sight and the globes are to shed only a pale light. The emperature will be regulated so as to arely take off the chill of the tomb. An tar also will be erected in the mauso- | leum and a priest will be assigned to say requiem mass there every day. That this may be done, although Greenwood is not a Catholic cemetery, special dispensation has been obtained. | SUcCUMBS TO AN ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA. Death of Lord Sackviile Arthur Cecil, Half Brother of the Marquis of Salisbury and a Noted Railway Manager. LONDON, Jan. 29.—Lord Sackville Ar- thur Cecil, half-brother of the Marquis | of Salisbury, died to-day from pneu- | s kville A; Lord Sackville Arthur Cecil was in 1848. He was general manager orb‘:l‘;: Great Eastern railroad from 1878 to 1880 and general manager of the M District railway from 1880 tea &mwum aul was tried, | TRAIN PLUNGES | LOST HIS SACK INTO A DITCH OF VIRGIN GOLD A Disaster in Maine Klondiker Stanley of Se- Which Two Lives attle Poorer by Twenty Are Lost. Nuggets. in Provineial Express Wrecked | and Six Cars Wholly Demolished. Story of a Robbery Committed | Months Ago Just Made Publie. | With the Mercury Thirty Degrees | Below Zero, Rescue Work Is Treasure Carelessly Left on a Bureau Found Missing by Its Greatly Hindered. Owner. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Special Dispatch to The Call OLD TOWN, Me., Jan. —The St.| John train No. 9, known as the Pro- vincial expr Was wr at Orono Basin Mills ¢ this afterncon, and six cars, including the smoker, were turned over inte the ditch. One of the passenger cars, in which were a Jarge number of per- sons, W almost entirely demolished. Two persons were killed and more than a score injured, several probably fa- tally. The dead are: Stephen, N. B. SEATTLE, Jan. 20.—The detectives of | this city have about given up the search for a weighty bag of gold nug- | gets that disappeared some months ago. The loss of twenty magnificent | nuggets, brought down from the Klon- dike by William M. Stanley, has just | | been made public. These specimens were part of the $112,000 brought last July on the treasure amer Portland. It was in March, , that Stanley [ first set sail for the golden Mecca. He . &’ . st. | returned to Seattle on July 18, and went Jome ““‘l;‘;’l‘;;“h;“ [ to the bosom of his family, taking with ke * | him his little sack of gold nuggets, the Troy, Me. | | 4 : T | bulk of his treasure being placed in a The sexlousty .injured ave: Damielle gy © bl G rew ShAt ovikimary Cunningham, ‘iToy. Me., badly crushed buckskin sack with its twenty speci- mens of virgin gold from his pocket and exhibited it to his family and friends there were murmurs of won- drous surprise. After a while the novelty of carry- ing around chunks of the precious met- about the head and le; will die; How- ard L. Maddox, Skowhegan, Me., stu- | dent at University of Maine, fracture of skull, may di Stanley Bean, Ber- | lin Falls, N. H.. compound fracture of | skull, will probably die. The deep snow and intense cold—|al wore off. It was not necessary to for it was 30 degrees below zero this | guard them with Winchester rifles. morning—greatly hindered the rescue | Stanley relaxed his vigilant watch over work the nuggets and left them in a little The injured were carried into Orono. on a bureau one morning in the The townspeo threw open their | early part of August, and thought houses and the village inn was turned thing more of them until he decided into a hospital. As fast as the injured show a friend the relics of his search were attended by the surgeons they land of frozen sand, which finally were sent to the Bangor Hospital on resulted in making him a millionaire. With a smile on h W a special train. MRS. BALDWIN AND A face he went after n he reached for | not there. As the of Dawson City had the face of the earth, eard of again, so had “MR. DEACON"* SAIL AWAY. ey’s golden nuggets taken wings So It Is Rumored That the Woman Has Be- ; and sailed away. ; = The best detectives have worked on come: Rsconciied to Ker, Formers K- | theoise. but the ery remains un- band, Who Killed M. Abeille. 1, and all that Stanley has to re- s = - | mind him of his golden baubles is a NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—On the pase- | pioiure which he had taken of his enger list of the French line steamer | La Champagne w h sailed to-day for | treasure. | Havre, we the names of Mrs. Bald- | NORWAY AND SWEDEN ARE win, two children and two maids. Fur-l ON THE VERGE OF WAR. | the nuggets. | them they | rough characte vanished fror never to be Stanl were ther down the list was the name of | | “Mr. Deacon.” Although it is impossi- = T ble to obtain the actual facts in the | 7ension Fast Approaching the Snapping | case, it 1 believed that *“Mr. | Point and the Arming of Both Par- ties Progresses on the Frontier. LONDON 20.—The news from « last that the com- draw up proy on of the relations aind Sweden has been n a ween n and ching the snapping is none other than E con, and that the ward Parker Dea- Mrs. Baldwin is his former wife, who been living under that name. A short time ago it was ru- mored that the Deacons had become reconciled. Deacon shot and killed M. Abeille in France several years ago, and the case became a cause celebre throughout the world. The steamship officers say that the man Deacon is W. H. Deacon, and not Edward Parker Deacon. ision t t apy and it is stated that on the frontier the arming of both parties is rapidly pro- | | gressing, both sides preparing for war. Norway is fa point THE CORONA MAY BE SAVED Damage to the Vessel Not as Great as Was Reported. It Is Thought She Can Be Raised and the Cargo Got From Her Hold. News Brought From ‘the North of the Sinking of the Ferry- boat Alaska. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Jan. 29.—Later reports from the wreck of the steamer Corona indicate that the vessel is not so badl dameaged as at first reported. After she struck she was six hours in filling, which would indicate that the damage to her bottom was not so great as had been surmised. Her bow is on the rock, her stern only being submerged. It is now believed that unless greater damage is sustained through heavy seas the vessel can be raised and again put in commission. It is believed that her freight and baggage will be saved, though in a damaged condition. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 29.—The early this morning from: Alaska brought news of mishaps to three ves- sels in northern waters. In addition to the wreck of the steamer Corona, al- ready reported, she brought confirma- tory news of the report that the steam- er Coquitlam of Vancouver had run upon a rock south of Fort Wrangel. The Coquitlam was not floated until a part of her cargo was jettisoned. She re-e mained on the rock about five hours. When met by the Danube at Fort Wrangel, the Coquitlam was taking from fifteen to twenty inches of water an hour. The pumps were able to keep the water down and the c: of the Coquitlam proposed to continue his trip to the mouth of the Stickeen River. The third accident was the sinking of the little ferry-boat Alaska, which runs from Fort Wrangel to the Stic- keen River. The Alaska settled down on some rocks with the falling of the tide, and several holes were punched in her side. She was towed off, but funk in deep water. No lives were ost. In his report to Messrs. Rithet & Co., local agents of the Pacific Coast Steam- hip Company, Captain Pierce of the wrecked Corona says: ““The steamer Corona, under my com- mand, struck on an uncharted reef on the southeast end of Lewis Island on Mcnday morning. She is hard and fast, stern under water, forehold dry at low water; passengers and livestock landed and made as comfortable as possible while awaiting steamer Al-Ki, which is due in about twelve hours. I do not think the ship is badly dam- aged, as she was six hours filling. “‘G. H. PIERCE, Master.” ORDERED BACK TO PORT. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 29.—The monitor | Monadnock crossed the bar at 12:50 p. m., bound for Magdalena Bay for target practice and forty minutes later | Captain Clark of the Monterey re-‘ | ceived a telegram from the department at Washington ordering him to inter- | cept the Monadnock and bring her back to port. It was then too late to do this, so Captain Clark reluctantly decided to send the order to Ensenada and the Monadnock will be notified if she puts in there. No cause is given for the orders from Washington. e e L CYCLIST ELKES THE WINNER. PITTSBURG, Jan. 20.—The finish of the big 72-hour bicycle race was exciting and was a desperate effort between the two leaders, Wailer and Elk to carry off the big end of the purse kes won kb two yards, having gone 1322 miles, 6 la; and 60 yards. Five minutes before the finish all of the | other riders left the track, giving the two | high men a clear way to fight for the | honor and money. Elkes was in the lead, with Waller lapping his wheel. A livel | reserve force proved the better, and | the wildest kind of enthusia i | steamer Danube which arrived here | ain | at once. ler put an all of his power to pa oung opponent, but each time Elkes’ pace was set ce. Many times Wal- h the lead to the end. Sikes, 1322 : Schinneer, 1314.6 1309.11; Dench, 1120 mile Ruckel, 1110: ‘Henshaw, race is said by e been one of the best of i ord, and, barring the rathe ance during the week, was s every way. The record made by : 21 miles and 3 laps—was of the riders at 6:13 p. m. b i Certain Lands Exempted. SHINGTON, Jan. 29.—In an or- 1ed by Secret Bliss to-day s covered by the claims of other defendants than the Southern Pacific Rallroad Company and the trustees in the mortgage executed by that com- pany in the conflicting grant of the Atlantic and Southern Pacific are to be excepted from the decision restor- ing them to public domain. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. —Dr. The- ophilus Parvina, proféssor of obstetrics and diseases of women and children at Jefferson Medical College, died to-day. Dr. Parvina was 72 years of age. CHARCED WITH STACE ROBBERY Young Marshall Naylor of In- dependence Held for Trial. | Aceused of Having Stolen Over Two Thousand Dollars From ‘Wells-Fargo. Rhine’s stag was 1 bout one containing money night of Nc carrying W up by a soli mile from tow something over $2300, mostly consigned to the County Treasurer, W broken open and relieved of its contents. Beyond the theory that the crime w the work of local persons. no picion attached to any ., as far as the general public could learn week a young man named shall Naylor wa ed on a warrant sworn to by O. . the drive £ the express team, and prelim examination hel 2 swore positiv man. He him, but the robbery be be improper. Naylor was reared in this v g0 s highwa and the box t e he thought it would {nity, and never been in trouble t re. He about to leave for Baker 1 when " s rele: g trial, rite, one of is working on the Cobb Gets the Place. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 29. — Governor Budd to-day appointed F. D. Cobb of Stockton as a member of the State Board of Agriculture, vice W am Land of Sacramento. John Lewis was appointed a lot of the harbor of San Monica. acr i NEW TO-DAY. Electricity Il, Fill and Ex- tract your TEETH! Wo will give SSOO it we cannot perform any ordinary ex- traction without pain. There is nothing that will break down the general system quicker than n diseased teeth. 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