The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 18, 1898, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1898. A [OKER N THE DOCUMENT Why Irving Did Not Bid on W ater- Front Contract. a More Light Comes Out or the Harbor Commis- sion Suit. The Board Was Told All About the Creosoting Busi- ness. EXAMINING PAINT BOOKS. No Erasures Were Found in the Paraffine Company’s Ac- counts. The case of the Paraffine Paint Com- tate Board of Har- w being hmn'd‘ reat sensations yes- forenoon expert | of the | et, and | nation of the books. | invitation of of the| = = on the g, the manager d in court the e Fr y Timber could be found making the offer he underhanded ¢ xpert ac- s took off memoranda frc account and made up a nd went away. , where the case wz filled with the odors In fact, it had all petroleum town s caused by ted tim- fon pur- of the s on the manager of the For a time he re- s on his direct ex- no a exami m by At- E 1 Colnon came was customary for the the board to prepare ifications for the s advent | right to ing should be used, ned the office that vested in a sclen- told of tigation ion of the piles by a which Mr. Bassett They found the Paraf- | iles on Pacific-street | but all of the creo- ved and destroyed When questioned as | tigations made for the | nining the size of creo- aid: great many creosoted | nd standard, to be un- | that is, under fourteeninches and under twelve inches for I also have made ex- | the creosoting, andfound | was not properly done. m the timber would | :low to be free or to questions he said the Par Paint Company open market y any who choose. Mr. Irving te s deterred by the from the specifications because were called to have put yuld have the caring people out of bidding nes, but that the use of the effect of on these company’s trademark P. & B. would not, as the article can be purchased in open market. Without the patent num- ber joker in the specifications other contrac night bid with a view of materials as the Par- Mr. Irving said that hod of treating piles over the world, but much of a success, v done. long argument between using t even when The ADVERTISEMENTS. Health is the best inheritance. It leaves its influence even to the third and fourth generation. What greater happiness has life store for any man than to live to a age surrounded by his children children, and see them all robust, h and successful. Happy the man who lives to carve at the wedding suppers of his grandchildren. Picture your- self a gray-haired but hearty old man at the head of the table at your grandson’s wed- ding, thanking your Maker for the blessing d asking the blessing of generations yet unborn. It very man's power to be thus blessed if he will. "If he will only obey Nat- ure’s laws and be watchful of his health, he will have long life and happiness. ‘The best preserver of healthis Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It keeps the digestion perfect, the liver active, and the 1 It is the best flesh-builder and orator. The man who resorts to symptoms of ap- health will live to a hearty old s sell it. Nothing else is and his ¢ J. B. Holt, of Whittens Stand, Wayne Co., T T “In October, 1800, I was taken 2z in the back of my neck which 1 consulted a doctor. He atment but I gradually last my trouble ran into vas called * spi ion.' Icould hardly bout at all. Finally I became as helpless s a child. I wrote you at Bufflo, N. Y., in gard to my condition and you answered m. romptly and prescribed Dr. Pierce's Golden cal “Discov I took the ‘ Discovery' and soon got well. My health continues good.” Druggists sell Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pel- lets. They cure constipation. They cure wickly and permanently and never gripe. me is a gentle laxative; two a cathartic, -icher, was not | ! counsel as to whether or not the wit ness should be questioned upon the rel- ative merits of the creosoting and other processes. Attorney Cope argued that the purpose of having the witness tes- tify relative to the opinjons of numer- ous scientific gentlemen®was simply to show that the board had been informed by Mr. Irving and may be others that certain processes of preserving piles were less successful than others,” but that the board arbitrarily decided upon the adoption of a certain process. Referring to the specifications on | which the bids were made Attorney | Stratton asked: *“Did you not bid on| the third set of specifications because | you believed you would waive your rights to a contract under the second set?” ‘I preferred to rest my rights on the second set because I believed that I had already rightfully obtained the con- tract. If the third set had been the same as the second I would, for purpose of keeping the friendshi; the board, have waived my righ put in another bid. However, I consid- ered the third set as unfair to me, and so I did not put in a bid.” He went on to state that under the the | third set it was necessary to prepare at least twenty piles per day for the Green- street wharf, which was not possible if honest work were done, par- ticularly where there was a penalty clause attached. In no other specifications that he saw since 1890 was such a penalty clause inserted. While the time, forty days, for -delivering 817 prepared piles to the Green-street wharf was the same in both sets, still the delivery was ham- pered in the latter case, and he would not have had time to secure his plant and do the work in the time required. Attorney Stratton made many efforts to get at all of the reasons why the witness refused to bid on the third set of specifications, but not getting a s isfactory answer he made the following request: “I will ask you to confer with your attorney, and when you next appear on the witness-stand give me swer as to whether or not you will put a bid under these specifications; and not, what changes and modifications ou will require in the same in order to induce vou to make an offer for the contract.” Another reason he gave was that he had been informed that Attorney Strat- | ton had written a letter to Engineer Holmes advising the introduction of the penalty clause, and he, witness, had become scared, knowing that Mr. Strat- ton had been the attorney for the Par- affine Paint Company's rivals in bus nss—and that had much to do with pre- venting him from bidding. MAYOR PHELAN O CIIY RULE Speaks on the Subject of the| Necessity of Municipal Reform. t- | y an- | | San Francisco Defrays Twenty-Five Per Cent of the Taxes of | the State. | A lecture on the subject of “The Practical Side of City Government” was delivered at Metropolitan Hall last evening by James D. Phelan before an immense and appreciative audience. In the expansion of this subject the Mayor endeavored to place before his auditors the true situation of the municipal gov- ernment, citing various statistical r ports and giving in order the exact sit- uation of the school department and the various other institutions of the city. He spoke of the corruption ex- | isting at present in nearly all the de- | partments in the municipal constitu- | tion, and the remedy of effect purging it of these evils. In considering the subject of city | laws and the abuse of office holders | who owe their positions to political in- | fluence brought to bear on their behalf, | the spbject of taxation was-introduced | and thoroughly considered in connec tion with the necessary revenue which | is demanded in order to more effect- ¢ carry on the work of maintaining resent condition of affairs. | The object of taxation,” id the ker, “is to equalize the burden of ying the expense of running the | government, and we are doing more than our share at present toward | upporting the government of the State. In addition to maintaining the burden of defraying 25 per cent of the entire taxes of the State government, we contribute vast sums of money for | the support of schools in the interior. In addition to this we are called upon | by the Federal Government to aid them | in running the national institutions. —_————— DRUGGISTS ARE FINED. W. A. Upp and W. N. Fenney Fined and J. W. Boardman Sent to Jail. W. A. Upp and W. N. Fenney, drug- glsts, were each fined $200 by Judge Jo- achimsen yesterday for selling bogus liver pills. The difference between the was ‘that Upp had _a alternativ 18 while Feno ney had no alternative. W. | Board- | man, who manufactured the pills, s sent to the County Jail for forty days. The proceedings of the court were as follows: The court—J. W. Boardman, for sen- tence. Mr. Beasley—Defendant is present and ready for sentence. Mr. Patterson—In that ‘case, if your Honor please, we feel that we have been very much aggrieved. We have been counting on Mr. Boardman's testimony against people, some of whom have been dismissed. He ran away from the juris- diction of this court. We couldn't find him, and in consequence of being unable to secure his evidence against some of the druggists, we had to dismiss them. He was in contempt of court several times, and failed to appear here in accordance with the orders of the court; but, not- withstanding all that, I want to say on behalf of the people, whom I represent in this case, that they do not desire to per- secute anybody. This is a very serious on the part of Mr. Boardman, but we ask the court to be as lenient with him as the court can in the exercise of its true dignity. The court—In this case there have been two bench warrants issued for the arrest of this defendant, and I feel like punish- ing him very severely, for he has dis- obeyed the orders of the court and has kept this case hanging here unnecessarily, The testimony showed that he was clearly guilty in the matter and that he de- served a severe punishment, and that also by reason of his disobedience and con- tempt of court: but in consideration of the request of ‘the prosecution that the extreme penalty be not imposed, I shall give this defendant a lighter punishment. The sentence of the court is that the de- fendant be imprisoned in the County Jall of this city and county for forty days. The court—The case of W. M. Fenney n.{l sentence. . Mr. Patterson: have this to say 1 case: That it seemed to me Mr.yF(x’lntnrgg did his very best to tell the truth, and he left the stand a good deal higher in my estimation than some others who were on the stand, and I ask the court to be len- ient with him, and I ask the court in this case to make no alternative, whatever the fine may be. The court—In compliance with that re- quest, the sentence of the court is that ;;1&\) defendant be ordered to pay a fine of ———— New Mining Company. The Consolidated Odin Gravel Mining Company incorporated yesterday with a capital stock of $1,200,000. The directors are M. Blaskower, J. Drossner, H. L. Cook, A. Heynemann and L. Levison. —_——— Low’s Horehound Cough Syrup for caughis and colds; 0. 11 Banseme st | Dingwall, as ely | g | tracted INFANT AMBITION IS AROUSED. What Resulted From an Advertisement for a Child to Assist Miss Marie Wainwright. THE GLASGOW-STREET BABY SHOW. forgive her?” said Mr. he emerged from the stage entrance of the Columbia yester- day with flushed face, rufiled temper and disordered apparel. “Not on your life. I have had to do about every- thing that falls to the lot of a manager, from jumping a call boy to jumping a hotel bill, but this is the first time I have been obliged to act as judge in a baby show, and it will be the last. If Marie Wainwright wants any more in- fants to amuse herself with she will haye to eobtain them by some other agency, for I'll not stand for another such seance. No; not if it bursts up the show. Some people are born babies, acquire babies, but I have had thrust upon me, and I don’t want any more of them.” “Babies are all right if one is used to them, but I—well, I am a single man and they are hardly in my line. They are dear little creatures, no doubt, but they are, let us say, uncertain, and one never knows just how to handle them, and the consequence is that the unex- I sionally happen,” and Wainwright's manager heaved a bitter sigh of painful retrospection. All the trouble came from a pro- interview that the gentleman had just gone through with some forty doting mothers of various ages and complexions, who turned up at the Columbia yesterday morning in answer to the following advertisement which appeared in the morning papers: WANTED—A baby from six to nine months old_who will neither Kick nor ecry; for of Marie Walnwright i) hall We Forgive “Shall we next week; at stage en- Thursday, Febru- Her,” at the Columbia T mother must apply with ¢ trance, Columbia Theater ary 17, at 11 a. m. THe child is needed in the third act of the play, and as there is no property baby belonging to the show, the only way that one could be obtained was through the medium of the San Fran- cisco press, that is guaranteed to sup- ply almost any old—or young—thing, from an ancient, prehistoric man to a brand new infant. At the hour named in the notice Mr. Dingwall opened the door of his office leading on to Glasgow strest, and there was confronted by a spectacle that caused cold chills to chase one another along his spine, while the nervous spasms that shook his agitated frame were punctuated by vivid blushes that, beginning at his collar, ran up over his bashful countenance and lost them- selves in the glorious abundance of his blonde locks. The dark little street, whose quiet is seldom disturbed, save by the fairy footfall of some belle of the footlights or the uncertain tread and loud, though vain, self-communion of some belated reveler, seemed to have been suddenly transformed into a recreation ground for a foundling asylum. For its entire length of one short block it was fairly jammed with maternal femininity and the pledges of their love. The mothers were of all colors, char- acters and conditions, while their off- spring ranged from the pale, brownie- like iittle unfortunate, who seemed to be troubled with chronic dyspepsia, to the fat, pudgy, rollicking ray of Teha- ma-street texture, that struggled in the browny arms of its healthy-looking mother, and exhibited its independence of spirit in howls that would have make a circus calliope go out of busi- ness. No sooner was the door seen to open than a general rush to gain ad- mittance ensued, in which bonnets and skirts were alike demolished. and which resuited in the pavement being strewn with fragments of milk bottles, rubber tooth coaxers and infant un- mentionables in such confusion that it would have taken a man with the do- mestic experience of a “Lucky” Bald- win or a “Swiftwater Bill” to have told what had been going on. In a second the room was filled to suffocation, and the Bostonians, were rehearsing on the stage, had an infantile chorus. Each mother tried to be heard at once, and a colored lady with a choco- late-colored darling became very per- sistent in disputing with a buxom matron from Minna street. A Chinese woman who held a mar- riage certificate, which she waved de- fiantly while pressing her claim for rec- ognition, was got rid of by being di- rected to the Alcazar, and after the door had been, with some trouble, cloged on those still clamoring in the street, Mr. Dingwall mopped his brow and started to make his selection. it was no use. So he finally wrote the names of the applicants on pieces of paper, and their mothers drew lots for the place. The winner was hired at a salary of $10 a week. The name of the lucky baby will not be made public until the first night of the performance, as something might happen in the meantime to prevent its appearance. CRAND JURY IS Judge Belcher Advises the Members in Open Court. Edwin Lewis May Be Indicted for Qualifying Falsely as a Bondsman. The members of the Grand Jury as- sembled yesterday afternoon in Judge Belcher's court to hear the opinion of the Judge on the question of the legal standing as jurors of two members of their body. The Judge said: You have requested' my opinion as to whether your fellow grand jurors, Ar- thur W. Spear and Arthur F. Price, are eligible to sit in the Grand Jury and hear and assist in the determination of all matters that may come before that body for consideration, and in particular, whether they are eligible to assist in the finding of indictments. The facts are as follows: The assess- ment_roll of the city and county shows that Thomas Price & Son are assessed for personal property upon . the last assess- ment roll of the city and county of San Francisco, and that BE. 8. Spear & Co. are assessed for personal property upon the last assessment roll of the city and coun- ty of San Francisco; and the fact is that t%e juror Price is a member of the firm of Thomas Price & Son, and the owner of a proportion of the préperty of said firm and that the juror Spear {8 a member: ol the firm of E. S. Spear & Co., and the owner of a proportion of the property of the said firm. Neither of the sald grand jurors is assessed otherwise than as a member of his firm as aforesald. Both of said grand jurors are weli known and reputable citizens, in every way qualified under the statute to act as jurors if they possess the property qualification. I de- sire to say to you that your Grand Jury is a legal body in every respect and cannot be subject to criticism so far as its legal standing is concerned. . The jurors had very little business to attend toyesterday,and only one case of any importance came before them. Stenographer Olsen of Judgg Low's court appeared to explain why he had overcharged the city for official tran- scripts of evidence. In one transcript * | alone the jurors found. that the city | | body to investigate more transcripts. | A LEGAL BODY and county had been mulcted in the | sum of $10 50, the price of seventy extra | folios. Olsen’s case was postponed un- til Monday next to enable the inquiring J. J. Groom, representing the Na- | tional Athletic Club, laid a petition be- | fore the jurors requesting them to post- pone action in the matter of the dis- | continuance of prize fights in this city until they could appoint a committee to attend ome of the contests and see | the nature of the entertainment given. No action was taken in the matter yes- terday. There were over a dozen Chinese wit- nesses waiting in the corridors, all of them witnesses in the case of John Queng vs. Lee Sam. The plaintiff is seeking to have the defendant indicted for perjury said to have been commit- ted in a civil action in 1895. Lee Sam has been three times arrested and dis- charged for this same perjury, and a case is still pending against him in Judge Carroll Cook’s court. Edwin Lewis, who qualified as a bondsman in a case before Judge Car- roll Cook, was before the jurors on a charge of having falsely sworn that he was the owner of real estate. Bond Clerk Newman gave evidence at yester- day's session that Lewis owned no property of any value, and had com- mitted perjury when he qualified as a bondsman. The Grand Jury has not as yet indicted Lewis. It is waliting for Judge Cook to appear before it and give testimony as to the affidavit which Lewis made before him. ADVERTISEMENTS. Commencing Monday, February 21, ‘we inaugurate our initial sale of Cloth= ing, Gents’ Furnishings and Hats in our new store. To commemorate the occa= sion we will make reductions, unheard of before, same to be announced in Sunday’s papers and goods displayed in our show windows. When secured it is a grows slowly. Public goodwill treasure without price, to be carefully guarded and judiciously fostered. There= fore we keep a constant eye on goods and prices, and see advertised are exactly in accordance with facts. lumbian Woolen Mil street. to it that prices S. N. WOOD & CO. (Co- Is), 718-722 Market who | But | RGNS R LSS NN N RN SN RS R RS RN R S R SN R RN R RN R NRERE NN NSES: BEERERE | | | NRVURRIBRERR LHRAIH0R0E0E0EACECECECE L0 HOHOHOHOR 10 06 H0H0H0ECR L 080X CHOECE XX O OHOHOECERERE Y ADVERTISEMENTS. A LR R R R R L R R REDUCTION SALE SPECIALS! %® 2l We begin the fifth day of our Great Reduction Sale with a series of REDUCTIONS THAT POSITIVELY NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO MISS PROFITING BY, and we append a few examples of them to illustrate the Unparalleled Muney-Saving Opportunity Presented ! 1 4V 8 1-3 c, at 6%c. Tc. 50c. 10 dozen BLACK SATEEN flounces, regular price $1 00, at LADIES’ GOWNS 3. T5¢. $1.00. $§2.00. $2.50. 25c. 50c. at 3. be placed on sale at T5c. will be placed on sale at $1 00. sale at $2 00. ished at $2 50. be placed on sale at 50c. $2.50. special sale to-day ut $2 50. SPECIAL T5c. S0c. closed out at 50c each. closed out at 45c each. DOMESTICS AND HOUSE-FURNiSHINGS. b cases LONSDALE MUSLIN, yard wide, regular price 8 1-3c, at 6c. 6 bales COMFORTERS, regular price 60c, at 25c. 6 bales HEAVY COMFORTERS, 5 bales HEAVY COMFORTERS, 1 case UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL, regular price 6%c, at 4c. 2 cases HEAVY UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANN 50 pieces HEAVY TENNIS FLANNEL, regular price § 2-3c, at 5e. 100 pieces BEST GRADE FLANNELETTE, regular price 10c, now 7c. 5%{I:CU?{TS, with colored embroidered LADIES' MUSLIN GOWNS, tucked yoke, lined back, neck and sleev. finished with cambric rufle, regular price’ e, will be placed on. saig LADIES' HEAVY MUSLIN GOWNS, lined back, yoke of tu insertion, neck and sleeves trimmed to match, rcgu{ur price “c)&]fl. :v?iil LADIES’ FINE MUSLIN AND CAMBRIC NIGHT GOWNS, yoke of insertion and embroidery, also the “Empire Style,” LADIES' FINE CAMBRIC GOWNS, yoke of fine nainsook embroidery, finished with edge of embroidery LADIES’ FINE CAMBRIC GOWNS, yoke of nainsook insertion, fin- with cascade of embroidery, regular price $3 25, will be offered LADIES' CHEMISES, made of good quality muslin, yoke of nsertion, will be placed on special sale at 25e. LADIES' CAMBRIiC CHEMISES, yoke of lace, regular price §1 00, will LADIES’ JACKETS. LADIES' TWO-TONE ASTRAKHAN CLOTH JACKETS, fly fronts, star collar, silk corG ornament in front, our regular $6 00 garment, on Entire stock of Ladies’ Serge, Crepon, Figured Mohair and Brocaded Satin Dress Skirts marked down to closing out prices. SPECIAL KID GLOVES. LADIES' GENUINE KID GLOVES, ‘black and colored (odd sizes), slightly imperfect, regular price $1 50, will be closed out at T5c a pair. MEN’S FURNISHINGS. 25 dozen MEN'S LAUNDRIED SHIRTS, with fancy percala bosoms and reversible. link cuffs; also golf shirts, regularly sold at $1 00, will be 20 dozen MEN'S UNDYED WOOL AND CAMEL'S HAIR U - SHIRTS AND DRAWERS (odd sizes), extra value for $1 m‘,";’v’i’llElbae regular price %c, at 50¢. white filling, regular price $1 15, at Tsc. EL, regular price AND CHEMISES. regular price $1 50, , regular price 50, will be placed on NOTICE. W PURSES AND SATCHELS MARKED DOWN TO HALF PRICE. See Chronicle and Examiner for Additional Reductions, Murphy Bulilding, | | | Market and Jones Steesls, | Murphy Bullding, Market and Jones Stregts, R R R R R R RSN RN URRRRRRRRRRS LR R R R e R R R e T BRUBURURARRRERRUIIRIRIRIRIIRRRIRS {a3e3etatetatatateintatetuictetatesatesets N REMEMBER That the 20 Per Cent Discount Clearance SALE ART-GOODS 3. &G, GUNP', 113 GEARY STREET, Closes Positively on February 28, 1898. fetetaiatetetelatetadatoteipfetedeteseset THE WEEKLY CALL It Publishes the Cream of the News or the Week and MANY ATTRACTIVE AND ORIGINAL FEATURES. ITIS THE BEST WEEKLY PAPER ON TH& feietetatafutatetatateatuiatatatnleiotatetatalatataiatuietutetntututetatntototns PACIFIC COAST | The Bast Mining | Telegraphic News That | Service on Is Accurat The Coast / &up to dat. e A Not a Line of it Sensational or Faky, and Not a Line of it Dry or Uninteresting. Age! | 223 Market Street. S. F.—(Send for Philadelphia Shoe Co. No. 10 Thieo 1. 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