The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1898, Page 5

N THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1898. REPUDIATION OLICY OF SOUND MONEY IS UPHELD Teller's Resolution Is Buried by the House. By a Vote of 182 to 132 the Silver Scheme Is Snowed Under. With but Two Exceptions the Republicans Are Solidly Arrayed. WIDE RANGE OF DEBATE. , the Floor Leader, Makes a g Speech and Speaker Reed Votes With the Majority. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Jan. 31. e House buried to-day the Teller lution declaring the bonds of the States payable in silver under rse majority of fifty votes. The licans were solidly arrayed in op- tion, with two exceptions, Linney th Carolina, who vo crats and Popul h Carolina, th led. The om the Democratic side of Pennsylvania and Both voted epublicans against the prop- peaker Reed, although it is m to vote, had his mid the cheers of record in oppo- The vote was T rs of debate un- der a special order adopted at the open- session to-day. The limited wed for debate and the pres- embers for an opportunity to so great that the leaders W compelled to farm tes. This detract- the continuity of the dis- but it also, in a measure, in- the interest the galleries, crowded all day, and the batants on the floor were cheered by their respective sympathizers. 3 t Senators from the other end of the Capitol were also present to listen to the. arguments. The majority, under the leadership of Dingley, who made a carefully pre- pared speech, sounding the keynote of the opposition, assumed the position that the last clause of the resolution was In reality a disguised declaration for the oinage of silver, while the assaulting Democrats, under the direc- tion of Bailey, maintained that the de- feat of the resolution was another step in L4 in the direction of the establishment of the gold standard, to which they al- }»:L”‘fi both the President and Secretary d irrevocably committed the publican party. The debate was at es fast and heated, but there were ational incidents beyond the ng of Rhea of Kentucky, when he , as the author of the “crime the hottest places in hades ed for the present Sec The vote on the reso- ves 132, nays 182. gle opened immediately after iine, chairman of the Ways and reported back the recommendation that erson of Jowa, one of the leaders ity, followed this by present- I order agreed on by the ee on Rules, providing for the te consideration of the resolu- and a vote without intervening mo- at 5 o'clock to-day. The rule was as jlved, That fmmediately upon the n of this resolution the House proceed to the consideration of the Senate concurrent resolution No. 22 (Tel- ler resolution), that general debate shall be had thereon until the hour of 5 o'clock, at which time, without any interven'ng motion, a_vote shall be taken upon the passage of sald resolution. General leave to print upon the subject of said resolu- tion for five days from this date is hereby granted. Wheeler (D.) of Alabama and DeAr- mond (D.) of Missourl protested vigor- ously, however, and the latter said that \'f he had an opportunity he would pro- pose & Cuban belligerency amendment. To this suggestion Speaker Reed re- torted curtly that it would not be in order, and when DeArmond appealed to | T o decide the question hastily, e Speaker exclaimed: “That it is not 1 order is too plain for argument.” During this colloquy there were evi- dences of disturbance and excitement on the Republican side, of which Johnson (R.) of Indiana was the center. At last J on asking a question son. He wanted to know, with whether it was true that all time was to_be consumed by the bers of the Ways and Means Com-i here i3 no such proposition.’ called | Daizell (R.) of Pennsylvania. But| inson did not subside, and continued to . declaring loudly that he antag- on h was the Intention. He had a wordy war with Dingley, but | in a lv:r e that could not be heard in the out Speaker cut off further Incident by | putting the question, and the rule was| adopted by a vote of 143 to 115, the Demo- crats refraining from demanding a roll- call. Then there folowed a controversy | over the division of time. | To suggestions that time should be di- | vided between Democrats, Populists and Republicans, Dingiey retorted: *“T was hat there was any djstinction | sts and Democrats, as ot present constituted.” He said time would be equally divided between those | for and against the resolution ! Dingley then opened the debate in op- position to the resolution. It was, he said, not one which, even if passed by both Houses, would have force. If passed, it would be only an expression of the two Houses, 1 “Its importance, therefore.” continued Dingley, “lies in ‘the fact that, if con- | curred in by the House, it will legitimate- | 1y and inevitably be regarded, not only here, but by the world, as the expression of the deliberate majority of the Ameri- pran people as to their standard of honor und good faith in the discharge not only | of national but also of private obliga- tions. “This resolution is presented for the purpose of securing an expression by | Congress as to the power of the Govern- ment efther as to the payment of its obligations or as to _what may be de- clared legal tender. No one denies that thin or anx_other mation has the pow: of the journal, when Dingley | | we will meet you next fall and thrash er | P, . the House adjourned. to pay In gold, or silver, or paper or cop- | per, according to their pleasure. Pay- ment cannot be enforced against a sov- erelgn nation. Its obligations are meas- ured by its own sense of honor and good faith. The intelligent selfishness of a na- tlon which is to live not simply for a generation, but for centuries, ought to | lead it, and whenever a nation Is wisely governed does lead it to scrupulously maintain its pledges in both letter and | spirit, so as to preserve its credit un- tarnished, and thereby not only to make it possible to borrow at the lowest rate of interest, but also to make it e t obtain loans in exigencies which are, sooner or later, to come to every nation. “‘Honor and credit are its title deeds to permanence and prosperity. The dishonor of the pending resolution is in its tail. | And that string, well-nigh harmless twen- ty years ago, under conditions then exist- ing, is made doubly harmful by the condi- | tions of to-day. The detail of this resolu- | tion is as follo That to restore to its coinage such ) | States now outstanding) | tion of the public faith nor in derogation | | of the rights of the public creditor. i { _“The declarations of the movers and | | supporters of this resolution in the Sen- | ate during its recent consideration in | that body throw a flood of light on W is meant now by the ‘craze’ to restore to | colnage silver coin, a phrase which, 1878, was with good reason interpreted by | many who supported a similar resolution | | to mean something vitally different from | what it must mean now | “This brings me,” proceeded Dingley, | “to the constderation of the vital qu | tion as to whether the Government has the moral right; in ot} | vould be an act whi of the world would re; with honor and faith fo to pay its outstanding bon ss in dolla value than the dol | | | | United practical standard of value since 1834, barring the war and reconstruction peri- | od, and which has been the legal and [ practical standard of value since 1879, and | the dollar in which our bonded indebted- | ness has been pafd thus far, paid by every administration from Lincoln to Mec- | ley, to wit: The dollar equal in value to 238 grains of standard gold. (Ap- plause.) Bear In mind that we are dfs- cussing this question from the point of honor and good faith and not from the 1 legal rights, at the Govern- More than point of power or technic for I have already sald t 1ent can do as it pleas 7 se-fourths of the outstanding bonds e, as a matter of fact, issued and sold | after 1578, when the sfiver dollar was | dropped £ ist of coins. Now, in | view would it be good faith for Con ., now that silver has so | greatly depreciated, to restore its free and unlimited colnage at the ratio of 16 to 1, by this country alone, when the market | ratio is 33 to 1, and then use such dollars | to pay the bonds which we had sold for | under such circumstances? I fear | many of you are resting on the ex- | ation which you have that nothing of kind will be done and are excusing your vote for it on the unworthy idea that you are ‘playing politics.” | “If 'so, I beg of you not to trifle with the honor and good faith of the nation | for any such miserable end; for rest a sured such an expression of opinion as | to the sense of honor of the people of | this country, contemplated by this reso- lution, under existing conditions, would seriously injure the credit of the cou try and tend to weaken reviving c dence. It is, T belleve (as does every | scientific bimetallist in the world outside | of politics), that the free and unlimited | colnage of silver at 15 to 1 by try would make the United Stat ver monometallic country, like and China, and would gtve us a silver | basis that would obstruct our trade with old standard countries that now take per cent of our exports, and prove a serious_menace to our progress; and be- | cause I believe that it would seriously injure our credit and standing as a n tion, I appeal to the gentlemen on_ this of the House to maintain the pledge 1 the Republican party made at St. s to p all our currency, whether silver or paper, as good as gold and pre- serve the pubilc faith and credit; and he gentlemen the other side to intain standard of value which Jackson's 3 tion gave the coun- try sixty-four years ago, and the honor | and faith of tie nation so carefully pre- | served by the father of the Democratic party, and to take the opportunity of- fered by the resolution now before the House to show the country and the whole | world that the good name of the nation is safe in our hand (Prolonged xe- publican -applause. After the outburst of applause which | greeted the close of Dingley's speech had subst Ball vas recognized for an hou y d twenty minutes tc Wheeler (D.) of Alabama, a member of the W s and Means Committee, whosub- mitted an argume; in suport of the reso- lution. Before closing Wheeler yielded a minute each to half a dozen members of he Democratic_ side, each of whom, as “owherd (D.) of Missouri sald, erected a hook on which to hang a speech in the | Congressional Record. | “Among others who made brief speeches were: Dockery, Bland, Hopkins, Clayton, | Grosvenor, Wheeler, Pearce, Gro Brumm, Baird, Bell, Joh Steele, Ev- | | ans, Walker, Bartlett, er, Norton, | | Cochran, Doliiver, Maguire, Cannon, Hep- | burn, Rhea, Lacey, Swanson. Bailey, owing to the great pressure for utes in which to | | time, had only four min h | close the debate f s side. The reso- | | lutjon under con ration, he said, con- | | tafned two propositions, one moral and the other legal. One asserts as a matter of law that the bonds of the United States | are redeemable at the option of the Gov- sliver, and the other, as a matter of morals, that to restore to fts coinage such silver coins as a legal tender | in payment of the bonds, principal ani | interest, is not in violation of the public | faith nor in derogation of the rights of | the public creditors. He would not dwell | he said, cn the legal aspect of the ques | tion. There. was not a lawyer in the | United States or in any other coun: | who would venture on his professional ! reputation to deny that the bonds could | be paid in silver. That went without | saying. The Republicans jn this matter { must justify themselves, if at all, upon the proposition that in their conscience they believe that gold was the money of | the contract. | Henderson (R.) of Towa, the one-legged | veteran, and Dalzell (R.) of Pennsyl- | vania closed the debate with five-minute speeches in opposition to the resolution. The former created intense enthusiasm, | as with the stump of his leg resting on a bench at the right of the Speaker's chair and his crutches by his side, he rallied his followers. This resolution, he said, reminded him of one of the mono- grams he used to see on the Bryan ban- ners. Bailey- | ernment ¢ You will see it agaln in 1508 blican applause.) “It s,”" continued Henderson. “ ‘Radicalism, Rascality and Repudia- | tion.” This scene reminds me of a Popo- | cratic convention. Tt is the old famillar | howl against the bondholders. But, gen- | tlemen,” you must remember that they cannot cut down the money of the bond- holders without cutting in half the money that goes to the old soldier or his widow ur”urplmn; or the money of ‘the men who tofl."” Simpson (P.) the taxpayers? Henderson waved Simpson's interroga- tory aside. The resolution, he resumed, was in reality part of the programme that sought to commit the country to the singie sflver standard. He recalled the President’s declaration in his New York speech. “God bless little Mac,” he exclaimed fervently. ‘His declaration means that the best money in the world shall be pald to the bondholders, the plow-holder, the hod-holder, the pen-holder, the pension- holder and all who toil and all who sweat. [Republican applause.] Put that in your pipe and smoke it. On that issue of Kansas—How about vou as we thrashed you in 18%6.” [Pro- ionged Republican cheers.] Dalzell (R.) of Pennsylvania declared that the resolution was meaningless un-~ Jess its purpose was to open the mints to the free and unlimited coinage of silver. Then at 5 o’clock came the vote, which was _followed with interest, notwith- standing the defeat of the resolution was a foregone conclusion. The Speaker an- nounced that the vote would be directly 1 the resolution not on the adverse re- on port. It was soon evident that party ranks were being held intact. There were only three breaks. Elliott (D.) of South Carolina and McAleer (D.) of Pennslyvania voted against the resolu- tion and Linney (R.) of North Carolina voted for it. White (R.) of North Caro- lina did not vote. After the roll was called. the Speaker asked that his name be called, and on the call he responded with a vigoro “No.” He then an- nounced the resul Ayes 132, noes 182. | carrying $2. | of the | versely on the bill_introduce 'and durin The Republicans cheered long and loud over thelr victory, and then at 5:35 it . W0 BILL PASSED BY THE SENATE Appropriations for the Army and Other Departments. Nearly Fifty Millions Set Aside for Running Expenses. Pettigrew Gives Notice of a Speech Against the An- nexation Scheme. HALEOBJECTS IN ADVANCE Resolutions and Amendments Con- cerning the Sale of the Kansas Pacific Road. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. Call' Office, Riggs House, Washington, Jan. 31. To-day’s session of the Senate lasted six hours. Two of the general ap- propriation bills, that for the army, 243,429, and that for legis- lative, judicial and executive depart- ments, carrying $21,658,520, were passed, the latter consisting of 121 pages and occupying the attention of the Senate during the greater part of the session. After a brief executive session the Sen- ate adjourned. John McLaurin was sworn in as a Sen- ator from South Carolina, to fill the un- oxslrod term of the late Senator Earle, ending March 4, 1903. Gallinger of New Hampshire, chairman >ension Committee, reported ad- by Allen of Nebraska, providing that all pensfon- ers now receiving less than $10 a month recelve that amount after the bill's pas- sage. Gallinger said thag the whole num- ber of pensioners affected by the proposed bill was 463,453, and that the total in- crease in pensions would aggregate $15,- 286,000. The blll was placed on the calen- dar. > The fl(rriculturnl appropriation bill was reported by Cullom of Illinois, and placed on the calendar. Foraker secured the adoption of a réso- lution instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Ohio the regi- mental flags of the Twenty-tirst, Twenty- eighth and Sixtieth Regiments of Ohio Volunteers, under the request of the Gov- ernor of Ohio. Morgan of Alabama presented a reso- lution, which he asked to lie on the table, requesting the President, if in his opin- fon not inconsistent with the public ser- vice, the Senate the corre- spondence and notes of a diplomatic character relating to the negotiations and to the exchange of ratifications upgn a treaty between the United States and Great Britain relating to compensation for the seizures of British ships in the Bering Sea, and also the Instructions and advice given by the State Department to the agent or attorney of the United States as to the conduct of the arbitra- tion. At the request of Carter, chairman of the Census Committee, the pending cen- sus bill was made the unfinished busf- ness. Pettigrew of South Dakota gave notice that he would to-morrow speak upon his resolution declaring it to be the policy of the United States not to acquire ter- ritory to defend which a navy would be required. Hale anticipated, he sald, that the pro- posed speech of the Senator from South Dakota would trench upon a matter prop- erly being considered by the Senate in executive session. If it should so trench it would be a violation of the Senate rules, and he wanted it understood that the objection would be raised. Pettigrew said he thought it would be time enough to object when it became evident that he was violating the Senate rules. Chandler gave notice that on next ¥Fri- day, at the conciusion of the morning business, he would move to take up the case relating to the seating of Mr. Cor- bett as Senator from Oregon. Foraker called up the bill providing, un- der certain conditions, for the purchase by the Government of the Kansas Pacific branch of the Union Pacific Rallroad, and asked that it be considered at once. Thurston offered the following amend- ment to the bill: “In case the Kansas Pacific division of the Union Pacific Railroad shall be pur- chased for the United States, that the President may, in his discretion, sell the railroad and property so purchased for a sum not less than the full amount paid out by the United States to purchase the Trailroad and property. The Secretary of the Treasury shall, under the direction of the Prestdent, make, execute and de- liver to the purchaser or purchasers of said ralroad and sald property a convey- ance in writing, but not under seal, which conveyance shall vest in said purchaser or purchasers all the rights, title and interest of the United States in and to the property therein described.” Turpie ¢f Indiana offered to the amend- ment an amendment providing that *‘in no case shall the sale be made for a less sum than the original clalm and intercst due thereon.” In view of Turpie's amendment, For- aker withdrew his request for immediate consideration. Upon motion of Quay the army appro- priation bill was then laid before the Sen- ate. The bill, after being slightly amend- ed, was passed, carrying $23,143 492. On motion of Cullom of Illinois the legislative, executive and judiclal appro- priation bill was laid before the Senate. As it came from the House the bill car- ried $21,476,245, and as reported to the Sen- ate it carried $21,629,300, an increase of $153,005. The bill carries $713,986 less than the estimates and $90,266 less than the ap- propriation for 1898. During the consideration of the bill Tur- pie secured the adoption of an amend- ment providing that in any reductions made in the force of the pension office the commissioner shall retain in the ser- vice by preférence such employes as may be honorably discharged soldiers and sail- ors or their widows and daughters, Cockrell did not believe the condition of the business in the pension office war- ranted such a reduction of force as had been suggested, and sald that if, after the reduction was made, an effort should be made to increase the force there would be “‘some amusement over it.” Plattof Connecticut commended the work of the Commissioner of Pensions and thought from his statements before the Committee on Civil Service that retrench- ment was made with a sincere desire to better the service of his bureau. The reading of the bill occupied about three hours, its consideration being con- cluded at 5:45 p. m. Amendments adding $29,000 to the total amount carried by the measure as reported to the Senate were adopted. The bill was passed, and at 5:30 p. m., on motion of Quay, the Senate went into executive session and soon thereafter ad- Jjourned. to send to Dies in a Sanitarium. SAN JOSE, Jan. 31.—Neil Anderson, a pioneer resident of New Almaden, died at the O'Connor Sanitarfum in this city last night. He had been engaged in the butch- er business there for twenty-five ycars, the last seven years had been deputy sheriff. The deceased was a na- tive of Germany and 47 years of age. A widow, and twa children sucuiva him, IS PREVENTED RAID ON THE LIBRARY FUND Another Scandal for the Los Angeles Grand Jury. Exorbitant Charges Said Have Been Made for Re- pair Work. to Trustees Will Not Pay a Bill That Is Approved by City Electrician Francis. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31.—The Board of Library Trustees has some work on the part of City Electri- cian Ira J. Francis which one of the Trustees to-day announced would be laid before the Grand Jury for investi- gation. Some time ago the Library Trustees ordered certain alterations made in the arrangements of the li- brary. The city electrician was called in to give an estimate as to the ex- pense of new chandeliers and altera- tions in the facilities for lighting the library. He gave $200 as the cost of the proposed changes. They were made and the bill has come m from W. G. Hutchison & Co., amounting to almost $6000. The Trustees refuse to pay the bill. They have made an examination and an investigation, and they find that the charges made for the work, as ap- proved by Francis, are from 25 to 100 per cent higher than the work could have been done for in the open mar- re a unit in opposition to payment of the bill, and if Hutchison & Co. ever get their money it will either be after they have reduced their charges or af- ter a court has held that they are not exorbitant. The present Board of Library Trus- tees is made up of I B. Dockweiler, carl Rogers, E. K. Foster, W. F. Bur- bank and W. M. Garland. It has insti- tuted many reforms in the public li- brary, which have met with pupular‘ approval. Among other things it in stituted a plan for civil service exam unearthed | The five members of the board | inations for subordinate positions in | the library. In these examinations employes were graduated according ®o abiiity and length of service. solutely did away with favoritism and political “pull” in influencing library appointees. Against this but one objection was raised, and that was by W. A. Spalding in the Herald. He is an ex-Library Trustee and by the civil service test some of his appointees were displaced. However, the board instituted the civil service plan despite Editor Spalding’s objection, and it has met with great success. The president, 1. B. Dockweller, an- nounces that the Trustees do not pro- pose to permit the library fund to be robbed by any excessive charges, even if those charges are approved by the city electrician. CHANGES IN THE | UNION PACIFIC Receivership Terminates and the New Company Takes Control. Edward Dickinson Remains as Gen- eral Manager, and There Are Only a Few Changes. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. OMAHA, Jan. 31.—Or and after mid- night of January 31, 1898, according to the circular issued by the receivers of the Union Pacific, the receivership' termin- ates. In a formal notice to all employes that the recelvers have turned the prop- erty over to the new company, according to a circular issued by President Burt, under date of February 1, the official ros- ter of the new company is given out. Only two changes are made in the list of names which have been famillar to all having dealings with the overland route during the time since 8. H. H. Clark suc- Seeded Charles Francis Adams as presi- ent. Edward Dickinson remains general manager, despite the many rumors of his intended withdrawal. John A. Munroe, freight traffic manager; Edward L. Lo- max, general passenger agent; John B: Berry, chief engineer (to succeed George H. Pegram, resigned), and John W. Grif- fith, purchasing agent,are the appointees. General Manager Dickinson announces as the head of his official staff, E. Buck- ingham, superintendent of transportation, He has heretofore been superintendent of car service only. All other superintend- ents and chiefs of departments are re- tained until further notice. There are many rumors of impending changes, but investigation shows that so far the dis- missal of a score of clerks from the sev- eral departments of headquarters is the only outward sign of retrenchment. — - REFUSES TO ACCEPT PAYMENT IN SILVER So a Prominent Democrat Will Be Sued in Order to Test the Bland- Allison Act. DETROIT, Jan. 3L—A friendly sult in chancery was begun to-day in the Circuit Court at Pontiac to determine the con- stitutionality of the Bland-Allison silver act of 1878. Stephen Baldwin, a Detroit capitalist, purchased some land upon which there is a mortgage held by Fred A. Baker, chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee. Mr. Baldwin tendered 364 sllver dollars in payment of the amount due on the mortgage. Mr. Baker declined to accept silver dollars unless enough of them were tendered to equal at the present bullion value of sil- ver 364 gold dollars. Accordingly suit was begun tqobtain a decree compelling Chairman Baker to cancel the mortgage and accept the tender made. Ex-Con- gressman Timothy E. Tarsney is com- plainant’'s attorney, and all the parties are prominent silver men and will car the case to the United States Su rgr;{ Court in any event. Chairman ker says: “I_will contend before the courts that the Bland-Allison act i8 unconstifutional, because it does not valde for lree sil. ver. It provided only that the {Jovern- ment buy silver at {ts depreciat. in gold and pocke’ the seignioragle; legalified the stealing of the age.” FOUR ENGLISHMEN _ARE CAPTURED An Expedition Occupying Erkzes Driven Back by Troops of Morocco. price yes, ignior- LONDON, Feb. 1L—A dispatch to the Daily Mall from Mogador, Morocco, says that an expedition having occupied Erk- zes (presumably on the Sus coast) with the assistance of rebel tribesmen, the su?lln tfl?flc attacked and flute:tad l: after severe fighting, capturing four Eng- lishmen, 24 FaE S N It ab- | | speed allowed by law. HEALTH BOARD T0 INVESTIGATE Will Look Into the Quali- ties of Illuminating Gas. Supervisor Rottanzi Makes an Attack on the Sensational Press. Police Instructed to Ascertain the Speed of Electric Cars. The Board of Supervisors at its meet- ing yesterday practically washed its hands of the question of regulating the qualities of the illuminating gas fur- nished the citizens &nd rate payers of this city and shunted the entire mat- ter on to the Board of Health. ‘When Supervisor Lackmann’s measure came up the course of the Examiner and the Chronicle in urging the adop- tion of such a measure was vigorously attacked by Supervisor Rottanzi, who quoted figures to show that the very coal gas that was so strenuously ad- vocated, contained from 2 to 9 per cent of carbon monoxide, while the Lack- mann resolution called for anilluminant containing not more than § per cent of the deadly ingredient. Supervisor Lackmann moved that the matter be sent to the Board of Health for investi- gation and this course was adopted | without a dissenting vote. The resolution framed by the Health and Police Committee, pledging the board to provide $400,000 out of the next tax levy for the erection of a new City and County Hospital, was passed unanimously. Supervisor Clinton introduced a reso- lution instructing the Chief of Police to detail as many men as may be deemed necessary to watch the cars of the various electric lines that operate within the ecity limits and report whether they run within the limit of The matter was referred to the Health and Police Com- mittee. District Attorney Barnes wasgranted sixty days’ leave of absence with per- mission to leave the State. The report of the Health and Police Committee recommending that Mrs. Gilmore, matron of the Receiving Hos- pital, be removed and that Mrs. Welch be given the place was adopted and the change will take place at once. “Mayor Phelan’s bull,” as the resolu- tion requiring the Spring Valley Com- pany to finish the Balboa boulevard through its lands is often called, was rescinded by a unanimous vote, the re- port of the committee convincing the board that a grievous blunder had been made. . Mayor Phelan’s veto of an authoriza- tion to pay Gray Bros. $3578 08 for the construction of artificial stone sile- walks about Lafayette squarewas read and took the usual course. The Mayor admits that the work on which the bill is based was done in a satisfactory manner and at a reasonable price, but claims that the contract was {llegal and that the contractors should have known this before they took the job. The veto is quite likely to be over- ridden at the next meeting, several of the members of the board being of the opinion that the Mayor hasexperienced a change of heart since he helped Con- tractor Raisch out of a similar predic- ament. UG e STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Summary of the Week’s Work of the Board. The following is a complete record of the street improvements which passed the Board of Supervisors at yes- terday's session: AWARDS OF CONTRACTS. Sixth avenue south and L. street south— Grading, curbs, etc., to M. C. Hogan. I street and Tenth avenue—Same to Owen McHugh. I streef, Ninth to Tenth avenue—Same. K street, Tenth to Eleventh avenue—Same to B. Donneily. Tenth_avenue and K street—Same to War- ren & Malley. Fifteenth street, San Bruno avenue to Kan- sas street—Same to John Kelso Company. Twenty-eighth avenue, Clement street to Point Lobos avenue—Same to L. G. McMullen. Second avenue, Polnt Lobos avenue to A street—Macadamizing, etc., to Felix McHugh. 1 sireet and Eleventh avenue—Same to Owen McHugh. O'Farrell, Gough to Octavia—Paving to City Street Improvement Company. Central avenue and Waller street—Same. Cole and Frederick streets—Same to C. B. Williams. Gilbert, from Brannan southerly—Same to City Street Improvement Company. and Alabama—Sama. econd and Treat avenue—Same. Twenty-third _to Twenty-fourth— Y- Bryant, Same, to San Francisco Paving Company. Gough, Turk to Eddy—Same, to J. H. Bing- yd, Scott to Devisadero—Same, to C. B. Willlams. ‘Washington, Franklin to Gough—Same, to J. J. Dowliag. California, Central avenue to Lyon street— Same, to City Street Improvement Company. Sixfeenth and Dehon—Corners, to Lawrence Jensen. Sixteenth and Hardy—Same, to Fred Leffler. N street and Sixth avenue, south—Sewers, etc., to C. B. Willlams. RESOLUTION ORDERING STREET WORK. Sutter, Kearny to Grant avenue—Paving. Grant avenue and Post street—Same. Stockton, Post to Sutter—Same. Waller, Central to Masonic avenue—Curbs and paving. York, Twenty-sixth etc. Twenty-sixth ln? Yo{k—?lpe sewers, curbs, sidewalks, cesspools, etc. Twenty-third, Guerrero to Dolores—Curbs d_paving. O Farrell, Devisadero to Broderick—Same. Hampshire, Twenty-sixth to Army—Gradin Potrero avenue, Twenty-sixth to Army- A reet and Eighth avenue—Brick sewer. to begin and extend over goodly area. Sianyan, Oak to Frederick—Curbs and pav- ing, storm water inlets, ete. Eianley place, Harrison to Bryant—Curbs eCOAMANDED PASSED TO RESOLU. MME! 2 o e, TION ORDERING. Grant avenue and Bush street—Paving. Grant avenue and Sutter street—Same. NDED BY SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED STREETS. Germania avenue, Webster to Fillmore— Curbs and paving. Germania avenue, Fillmore to Stelner—Sams Stark, Stockton to easterly termination- Same. «h avenue, A to B street—Grading, curbs, etc. Ashbury and ‘Waller—Artificial stone side- walke. . Twenty-sixth to Army—Grading. Fulton and Willard—Cesspool, culvert, curbs, and artificial stone sidewalks. Dore, Bryant to Brannan—Curbs and pav- ! eenwich, Plerce to Scott—Same. to Army—Pipe sewer, California, Steiner to Pierce—Artifical stone sidewalks on southerly side. Sixteenth, Sanchez to Market—Curbs and paving. Jullan avenue, Fourtesnth to streets—Artificial stone sidewalks. nooe and Fifteenth—Same on southwest cor- er. Seventh, Hubbell to Irwin—Curbs and paving. Seventh and Irwin—Same. Castro and Twentieth—Paving. Walter, Mason to Taylor—Curbs and paving. Grove, Gough to Octavia—Artificial stone sidewalks. Octavia, Fulton to Grove—Same. Eighth avenue, C to Fulton—Grading. Fifteenth Guerrero, Fifteenth to Sixteenth—Curbs and paving. I street, Twelfth to Thirteenth avenue— Curbs and macadamizing. Mason, O'Farrell to Geary—Artificlal stone sidewalks. Roach, Valparaiso to Greenwich—Pipe sew- ers, etc. RESOLUTION OF FULL ACCEPTANCE. Fell, Buchanan to Webster—Bitumen. RECOMMENDED FOR FULL ACCEPTANCE. Bryant, Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth—Bi- tumen. Bryant and Twenty-third—Same. First avenue and Washington -eet—Same. Grand, Mission to Howard—Basalt. Guerrero and Sixteenth—Bitumen. Florida, Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth— Same. RECOMMENDED FOR CONDITIONAL AC- CEPTANCE. Laurel place, First to Essex streets—Bitumen. ORDER ESTABLISHING GRADES. Moultrie, Andover, Anderson, Elsworth, Gates, Folsom and Banks streets and Union avenue—Grades ordered established at certain points to conform to official grades and on true gradients to certain grades enumerated in text. EXTENSION OF TIME GRANTED. Baker, Tonquin to Lewis—To Warren & Mal- ley, ninety days on macadamizing, etc. EXTENSION OF TIME RECOMMENDED. Fifteenth avenue south, Railroad avenue to N etreet south—To M. C. Hogan, thirty days on macadamizing, storm-water Inlets, etc. Fourteenth avenue and N street south—Same. Twelfth avenue and P street south—Same. ssmurce: south and Fifteenth avenue south— ame. Broderick, Jefferson to Tonquin—To Warren & Malley, ninety days on grading, etc. Polk, Greenwich to Lombard —Same. Elsie street, Cortland avenue to Holly Park— To Smith & Quinby, sixty days on grading, curbing, plank sidewalks, etc. Ellery, Bryant to Federal—To Pacific Paving Company, sixty days on curbing, paving, etc. Halght, Asbury to Clayton—Same. Halght, Clayton to Cole—Same. Halght, Cole to Shrader—Same. Seventeenth, Uranus to Ashbury—To John W. Ferris, ninety days on grading, ete. PETITIONS REFERRED TO STREET COM- MITTEE. First street, No. 112—Mrs. Bridget Dillon, for new sidewalk and to have curb raised to the grade. De Haro, west line, 300 feet from Twenty- third—Property-owners for lowering of grade, and for raising on east side and at crossing of Twenty-second and De Haro streets. Twenty-third and Rhode Island—Same for raising of grade on the northeast corner and on the east side of Rhode Island, 370 feet south of Twenty-gsecond. arket-streest Railway Com- al of obstructlons. Seventeenth street, Stanyan to Pope line— New Park Lane tract and Seventeenth street Improvement Club for sewering. Ashbury, Miguel to Corbett avenue—same. Pennsylvania avenue, Eighteenth to Nine- teenth streets—Estate of James Eva, for ma- cadamizing. In addition there were a large number of pe- titions to do street work by private contract PROTESTS REFERRED TO STREET COM- MITTEE. Market, Sanchez to Noe—W. E. Dubols against laying sidewalks. Twenty-third, Bryant to Potrtro avenue— Property-owners against paving. Twenty-third, Harrison to Bryant—Same, Collingwood, Seventeentn to Eighteenth— Property-owners against laying sidewalks. Bush, Stockton, to Powell—Property-owners against repaving. PETITIONS REFERRED TO STREET LIGHTS COMMITTEE. Sutter, 130 feet west of Polk—Residents against removal of street lamp to present lo- cation, 40 feet westerly. Twentieth avenue and Clement street—Same for arc lamp. Clayton and Hayes—Same. Twenty-second and Tennessee—Same. REPORT OF STREET COMMITTEE ON MATTERS SUBMITTED AT PREVIOUS MEETING. Great highway, east line—Placing of monu- ments referred to City Engineer. Folsom, Ripley to Crescent avenue—Grading referred to same. Bay, Fillmore to Webster—All bids rejected. Ellery, Bryant to Federal—Further action to be postponed if property-owners pay expense already incurred. Twenty-fourth avenue, A to postponed six months. Thirteenth and Bernice—Laying of sidewalks postponed thirty days. Seventeenth, 106 feet west of Sanchez—S. P. Quick may lay sidewalk on north line. Seventeenth, 50 feet west of Sanchez—Same for M. A. P. Quick. Lombard, Larkin toHyde—Sldewalks onnorth side favored. Baker, Green to Union—Property-owners may C—Regrading sewer. Liberty, Dolores to Church—In favor of arti- ficial stone sidewslks. Berry, Seventh to Eighth—Paving postponed six_months. Florida, Twenty-second vo Twenty-third— Property-owners may pave by private con- tract. Edith, near Dupont—In favor of removal of obstructions. Eighth avenue, B to Fulton street—In favor of improving street. ‘ederal, First to Second—Obstructing fence must be removed. Seventeenth and Collingwood—Cesspools and curbs should be made to conform to regular curbs. Waller, Central to Masonic avenues—Prop- erty-owner~ may pave by private contract. Other p _tions and protests reported on ad- versely or file CHARTER MAKERS AT SEA. Are Unable to Settle the Supervi- sorial Question. The Freeholders are still puzzled and perplexed over the board of eighteen Supervisors who are to be elected in the event of the charter now being framed receiving the indorsement of the people and the ratification of the State Legisla- ture. When they met last night, 1. Gutte introduced a measure providing for the dividing of the city into nine districts and from each of these districts the elec- tlon of two Supervisors; the board first elected to so divide itself by lot that nine members shall, go out at the expiration of the first year and nine members be thereafter elected annually. The pro- posed section also made provision for the election of the Supervisors by district and not at large as at present. The measure met with considerable op- position, fnasmuch as the Freeholders have spent several nights in attempting to successfully solve the Supervisorial question, and on motion of H. N. Clement it was decided to postpone action on it for one week. P. A. McCarthy then introduced a sec- tlon granting to the Supervisors the power to lease all street railway lines that may revert to the city at the expira- tion of twengk-five years under the pro- posed new hod of granting such fran- chises. McCarthy’s measure provided that such leases be for a term not to ex- ceed twenty years, and that the award be made to the person or corporation making the highest bid for the lease. In the event of per centum of the regis- tered voters filing a petition against the granting of ang such lease, the matter is to be held in abeyance until passed on by all the voters at the next general elec- tion. The section was referred to the legis- lative committee, with instruction to re- port at the next meeting. The subject of Election Commissioners was next taken up.for consideration. It was decided to provide in the charter for the appointment of the Blection Com- missioners by the Mayor. The board is to consist of five members, who shall so classify themselves by lot that two mem- bers shall go out of office at the end of the first year and one each following year, the commission to serve in future for four years. The appointment of the Registrar and_all necessary deputies to conduct the office will rest with the com- mission, and all salarfes are to. be fixed by the board. The commission will also have the power to redistrict the city into precincts containing 200 voters each and also provide for annual elections for mu- nicipal officers. ltmwnu decided to raise the-salary of Miss C. Jackson, the assistant secretary of the board, to $200 a month. ADVERTISEMENTS. A e A A e A Enameline Modem STOVE POLISH. ~ The C Produces Saving. JET ‘smloeemm Try it on your Cycle Chain, ¥ b PRESCOTT & CO.; NEW YORK. Dustless, Odorless, Labor 5 A POLICEMAN"S BAD BLUNDER Releases a Prisoner on an Order Fixing Bail. Jacob, Joseph Causes Conster- nation in the Police De- partment. Judge Campbell Comes to His Res- cue and Saves Further Trouble. Jacob Joseph, charged with petty larceny, caused consternation at police headquarters last night. Joseph was arrested yesterday forenoon on a war- rant sworn out by Maurice Scheuer and locked up at the California street station. When the van containing the prisoners from the California street station reached the Central station Sergeant Bidwill discovered that Jo- seph was among the missing. He at once communicated with the officer in charge of the branch station, who pro- fessed entire ignorance of the where- abouts of Joseph. Chief Lees was then notified and two detectives were de- tailed to find the missing prisoner. ‘While they were scouring the city for Joseph the officer at the California street station telephoned to police headquarters that Judge Campbell hall released the prisoner on his own recog- nizance. It was afterward developed that a friend of Joseph had visited the Cali- fornia street station while he was there and gave the desk sergeant an order fixing bail, which had been issued by Judge Campbell. Evidently thinking it was an order of release the officer took Joseph out of his cell and told him he could go. The mistake was discovered a short time afterward, but no report of it was made to Chief Lees. As soon as Desk Sergeant Bidwill found that Joseph had escaped he in- formed Captain Robinson, who started an investigation. While the police were searching for the escaped pris- oner a friend met Judge Campbell, and by representing that Joseph was Jocked up at the California street sta- tion he induced him to write out an order of release. He then took the or- der to the California street station, but as Joseph had already obtained his freedom the officer in charge, with a significant wink, merely registered the order on the prison blotter. Subse- quently he telephoned the contents to Desk Sergeant Bidwill. It is said that Joseph will appear in court when the case is called this morning. FIG};L MURDER TRIAL. Only Seven Jurors Selected So Far to Try the Case. Seven jurors have been selected to try Theodore Figel for the murder of Isaac Hoffman. Fourteen jurymen were ex- amined yesterday, and out of that num- ber two were selected, R. V. Crosky and H. Larsen. Those examined and excused for various causes were J. I. Twohig, W. J. G. Muhl, H. Bohlman, F. J. Baumel, R. Cohen, T. H. Chandler, H. Bendit, F. Faber, H. T. Gibbs, W.' E. Lonegan, Harry Lane and J. H. Steven. W. Hink- ley, Otto Willweber and J. A. Kearney were called into the jury-box in the afternoon, but as the panel was ex- hausted and the box could not be filled, an adjournment was taken until this morning at 10 o'clock. Prior to the ad- journment of court Judge Cook issued an order that a venire of fifty be selected and instructed to be in court when the case proceeds this morning. —_— FRACTURED HER LEG. Mrs. Carrie E. Muller Falls Through an Elevator’ Shaft. ‘Mrs. Carrie E. Muller, 4310 Twenty-third street, met with a serlous accident yes- terday afternoon through the gross care- lessness of some one. She had occasion to go to the old Supreme Court building, on Larkin and McAllister streets, to see her attorney, G. W. Rose. The elevator door on the ground floor had been left open, and she stepped, as she thought, onto the machine. It was not there, an she fell to the basement, a distance of about fifteen feet. She was taken to the Receiving Hos- pital in the ambulance, and Dr. Bunnell tound that her right leg was badly frac- tured at the knee. She fortunately es- caped without any other injury. lectric _light men were repairing the wires in the elevator gesterda , and it is not known whether they or the elevator man left the door open. ADVERTISEMENTS. THING D:AWSON CITY, Nov. 13, ‘972 Mr. Tbomas Butler— Dsar Sir: The Machinaw Clothing and Woolen Blank- ets made by Brown Bros. & Co. are the best on the Klon-. dike. 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