The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 8, 1898, Page 14

14 THE S FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1898 SADDLED THE CITY ~ WITH A HEAVY BURDEN (akland's Shameless Six Unblushingly Put Through the Obnoxious Water Job. Threats and Entreaties Fail to Change the Vote—Girard's Impassioned Appeal for Justice—The Mayor's Veto. 28 Gentlemen: 3 3 fi in force getting water at absurdly low rates. make this quotation: continue struggling for is contradicted by panies, his money at prevailing rates. the consumer will and suffer continued losses. with the water companies. inevitable. Indeed -high rates quence to prevailing conditions. your careful and earnest attention. the pre: as well as yourselves. sustained by the courts. ruary la of $4,24 to me as to any other citizen. berry resolution was introduced. tached are excessive. BRUBURREUIRINIIRIIRIINLSN MRRRRRN Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, March T. The obnoxious water ordinance was passed to-night, but before the job was perpetrated Chief of Police Lloyd thought it wise to clear the City Hall The vote was taken while six officers stood on guard in the Council cham- ber, and a score kept back the mob at the approach to the City Hall No sooner was the vote taken than Mayor Thomas very dramatically” ap- proached the clerk's desk with his Mayor's Office, City Hall, Oakland, Cal.,, March 7, 1898, To the Honorable the City Council of the City 1 herewith return to your honorable body an ordinance fix- ing water rates for the year commencing July 1, 1898, and ending June 30, 1899, without my approval, for the following reasons: official acts after taking office was the approval of the ordinance now ng the water rates passed by the former City Council. was presented to me on April 7, 1897. T believed to be fair to the water companies and to the consumers. Ow- ing to competition, those rates have not been collected, but failure to collect was not the fault of the people, From my inaugural address to this Council, filed April 5, 1897, I “The conditions prevailing in this city in respect to our water supply are most curious and unnatural. reason and experience. supremacy, are engaged in a rate war, which has brought about a reduction to the consumer unparalleled 3oth of these corporations claim to be suffering great losses in This statement may be accepted as true; but it is equally true that these losses, whatever they may be, will ulti- mately find their way into the bonded indebtedness of the companies, be compelled to pay not only the interest on the present losses, but eventually the principal as well. quarrel forever, but it is a law of property, unwritten but irrevocable, that hostile moneyed interests invariably prefer to bury their hatreds and come together for joint profits at the public’s expense rather than “In the nature of things these eorporations must consolidate or both be absorbed by newer or stronger corporations. this city and the Oakland water consumers will likely be at war again Such prospects is not inviting, but it seems are, and must Prudence urges me to suggest that the question of municipal ownership receive, at as early a date as possible, without submission of the question to the people, but preliminary steps may be taken by the Council which will be of Perhaps a delegation of representative citizens can be found who will be induced to go to the bottom of the question. and as a private citizen, I will be pleased to act in any capacity which would give the subject research and investigation. which should be seriously considered and discussed by the public and Although at that time a majority of this Council, I believe, was acting in the interests of the people, no notice was taken of my suggestion, and the prediction made by me at that time has been realized. petition has ceased; the combination seems to have been made, and the people will be the sufferers from July 1,1898, to June 30,1899, if the action of the majority of the Council, in fixing water rates by resolution, be After a full investigation by the committee of this Councll, in Feb- at which I was present a portion of the time, a valuation 66 was fixed on the Contra Costa Water Company's invest- ment, and interest at 6 per cent on said amount was considered a fair rate, and an ordinance based on said investigation, was prepared and passed to print by the unanimous vote of the Councll, and I considered the water rate question settled, and so considered it when the appoint- ment of Councilman Woodward was made on February 18, 1898. The subsequent proceedings of this Council were as great a surprise The first intimation I had of any change in the rates, as fixed by the ordinance in print, was when the Henne- I believe the water rates fixed by the present ordinance hereto at- Respectfully submitted. veto message all prepared and it was | at once read A moment later Councilman Henne- berry handed in a resolution citing that the Mayor’s veto be not considered, and not even spread upon the minutes, as he had no business to interfere with the water rate ordinance. Mr. Henne- berry surprised all by quoting the State constitution in support of his conten- tion. Everybody wondered at the rapidity of the whole business, and at the clever manner in which Henneberry had anticipated the Mayor's action, even to the extent of fortifying himself with a typewritten resolution before he came to the meeting. The crowd was on hand—bigger than ever before. Chief Lloyd had nearly all his force there, and they were all needed. Had serious results followed the po- lice would have been largely to blame, for many of them acted so excitedly | that they did far more to provoke than to quell. When the Council met the chamber and the hallways and the ap- proaches to the hall were jammed with people. They made a few attempts to cheer and jeer, but the presence of so many officers quickly suppressed all attempts at expressing their feelings. For half an hour the crowd jostled and tried to force the police, and it became very apparent that order could not be maintained. Chief Lloyd then mustered his men and they beat the crowd back, down the stairs and into the street. The crowd resolved itself into an in- dignation meeting, and some orators ADVERTISEMENTS. 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President Pringle called the meeting to order, and in his opening remarks stated that the two previous meetings | had been a disgrace to the city. That as the Council met in behalf of the city he had appointed Chief of Police C. E. Lloyd sergeant-at-arms, and any one in the lobby discovered hissing or applauding any action of the Council, either collectively or individually, would be dealt with according to law, as the members of the Council must be protected while transacting busi- ness. The president then told the clerk to | proceed with the reading of the min- utes of the last meeting, but at this point Mr. Brosnahan rose to his feet | and stated that he would pay a fine | of $20 which had been imposed upon him because of his actions at the last Then in pointed words he notified the chair that it had been the | business of the chair to protect him from remarks passed concerning him by ones who he claimed were law-abiding citizens. He called the at- tention of the Council to rule 13, which stated that members of the Council | should be protected from outside inter- ference by the chair. In a humble way the speaker then offered an apology to his fellow- members and in conclusion stated that he was not unwilling to pay the fine according to orders, but he emphati- cally sald that he wished it understood expressly that the president of the Council was not included in his apol- ogy. An attempt was then again made to read the minutes, but interruptions were frequent from the people massed in the corridor. After the minutes had been read and approved Mr. Brosna- han was notified that his vote on fur- ther matters would be accepted as the fine had been paid. ‘While other business was being transacted, those in the corridors be- came so threatening and boisterous in their manner that a rush was made by the many officers present, and the hallway was cleared. Those who had been forced from the hall joined the surging mob in the front of the build- ing, where thirty police officers had been stationed, but their efforts were in vain so far as keeping quietness was concerned, and a howl which gradually developed into a roar was heard in the Council chambers from time to time. Then the" water rate ordinance was read for the last time for final passage. A few short speeches were made, but they were to the point. Councilman Girard asked to be heard. He said, “Mr. Chairman, allow me to make a few remarks. I will be brief. This is not the time for per- sonal abuse and gallery play, as it is too serious. The water rates which we have to pass for the last time concern the rich and the poor. They affect all, but principally the poor. The widow and fatherless orphan, the wage-earn- er will suffer the most. Now, Mr. Chairman, if any of our eleven Coun- cflmen vote for this high, unjust water rate he is not honest to himself or to the people whom he represents. “If he consents by his vote for this raise I think the community will brand him as a boodler, a scoundrel, a bribe- taker. He and his family will be dis- graced forever. Gentlemen, have any of you gone so far as to ‘have sold your manhood, your honor, for gold or any other consideration, so that you have to vote against the people? I say it is not too late. Repent now; turn State’s evidence, make a clean breast of it. and instead of punishment nRU{UI2N not | grateful people will forgive you and honor you for doing so. If any of you cannot -do it and want money, vote right, resign and the people can afford to create positions for you In the Hast or Europe during the remainder of your term.” The crowd tried to express its ap- roval of Mr. Girard’s sentiments, and e continued! “This is not a matter that concerns only the Councilmen here to-night. They have other responsibil- ities than purely personal ones. Their | actions to-night may so disgrace them that their children will be pointed out at school, thelr wives referred to by other ladies as the wives of boodlers. Can any one allow his family to be dis- graced? If gold is all that is wanted then I say that a grateful people will willingly give you, Mr. Woodward, all the gold necessary to send influential citizens to Washington to secure for you the post of Pension Agent or any- thing else you desire. “I will glve $100 myself and guarantee to raise $1000 to help you In your as- piration if you will but vote honestly. I fought with you against our common enemy, and to-night I am constrained to belleve that if the call for war were sounded again we would go forth once more. And my friend, Mr. Brosnahan, whom I have always respected, and who I thought was worthy to be Mayor of this city, I ask you to pre- vent such an infamous act as that now before us.” Brosnahan made a little speech. He addressed himself mostly to the news- | papers and apologized for his drunk- enness last week, but said he was sober and knew what he was doing to-night. He also purported to quote some flgures showing that the ordinance on | passage is not sb extortionate as the | newspapers make it appear. Mr. Rowe | Teplied to Mr. Brosnahan and proved | conclusively that the new ordinance | would give 18 per cent and over to the | companies on their legitimate invest- ment. He reviewed the work of the committee, which had taken all the tes- timony available, and defied Mr. Hen- neberry to prove to the contrary. Mr. Upton and Mr. Cuvellier also | spoke - before voting and outlined | briefly the course that had been taken ¢ | in arriving at the rates as fixed by the committee. Mr. Upton condemned the “raw work” exemplified by the Henne- berry resolution. Mr. Rowe said that the companies were receiving, since the 1st of March, the full legal rate | that was allowed under the ordinance | passed last year, and it-was seen that | the rates they had been charging were about one-third, instead of two-thirds, as shown by the ralse that ratepayers are now called upon to pay. He knocked Brosnahan’s argument higher | than a kite by stating that under the present ordinance his (Rowe's) seven- roomed cottage is taxed $2 50 and un- der the new ordinance it will be about $5. His challenge to show he was not right was not accepted. The vote proceeded, and the solid six saddled the steal, as desired by the corporations, upon the city. Then there was a little excitement and Mayor Thomas was seen ap- proaching the clerk’s desk. He handed Clerk Tompkins a paper which he pro- ceeded to read. It was the Mayor’'s veto. After the reading of the veto Coun- cilman Henneberry's hand delved his prolific pocket that has already pro- duced typewritten resolutions and or- dinances fixing water rates to order, and brought out a legal opinion. It was in the form of a resolution and provided for the ignoring of the | Mayor’s veto entirely by the Council, and intimated that the Mayor had been guilty of impertinence in attempting to veto the measure. Heitman then attempted to be funny, but only succeeded in being ridiculous. He said the Mayor could not veto an ordinance until the vote was written on it, but he was told that the minutes of the Council showed the vote, and so Heitman subsided. He did secure by the solid six votes the passage of a resolution fixing the next regular meet- ing as the time for considering the Mayor’s veto. Henneberry's resolu- tion went to the committee. During the discussion Woodward said he had thoroughly studled the ordinance and gave it his support. ‘When the Council left the hall there was a great rush toward the solid six, and especially toward Woodward and Brosnahan. There was some hooting and yelling and cries of “bring a rope,” and Woodward looked very frightened. He was protected by Officers Wallace and Grosmeyer, and Sheriff White walked behind, while Chief Lloyd kept in front. As the crowd hustled, Captain Fletcher and three sergeants, with a squad of men with drawn clubs, kept back the crowd while Woodward and his guard walked quickly away. The other members, also guarded by police, were escorted a safe distance, while the other officers were engaged in breaking up the crowds by flying over the City Hall Park flourishing their clubs. It was the most excitable night the Police Department has experienced in years. The water rate ordinance will now undoubtedly be taken into the courts as soon as the companies attempt to collect under it, which will be July 1. MISSION FOR UNBELIEVERS. The Paulists Commence a Week of Devotion and Instruction for Non-Catholics. The services at the Paulist Church last evening were devoted entirely to the in- struction of non-Catholics. They marked | the commencemnt of the mission which is to be held the entire week for the pur- pose of explaining all theological ques- tions regarding the Catholic church. Any question asked will be willingly answered, and if the definition from the altar during service is not sufficient the querist is in- vited to visit the Paulist Fathers in the parochial residence on California street, next to the church proper, where more time can be devoted to the fuller and more complete definition of the guestions. To glve the non-Catholic mind an ade- quate understanding of the ceremony ‘which will be observed during the week, particularly benediction, the meaning of the elevation of the host and other rites w‘ash lminutely defined and explained last night. At the conclusfon of the service litera- ture touching upon Catholicism and Cath- olic rites was distributed among all those l‘n“!}l‘le congregation not belonging to the aith. The church was crowded to the doors by members of nearly every religious de- nomination in the city, and much interest and respect for the ceremony was mani- fested by every one. . MARBLE-CUTTERS JUBILANT. The Contract for the Affiliated Col- leges Will Remain Here. The Marble Polishers’ Union, which has been fighting to have the contracts for the interior marble work of the Affiliated Colleges and Mission High School build- ings kept in this city and distributed among firms employing union labor have won half the battle. Last week the Board of Regents let the contract for the Affillated Colleges to a local firm which has always been friendly to union labor, l]lhou%l‘ldlg‘ Eastern firm had a slightly lower . It is sald the agents of the Eastern houses which threatened to play such havoc with San Francisco interests are about to leave the city in disgust. They have put in bids time and again at fig- ures which. allowed little or no n for profits, and each time the contracts have been awarded to San Francisco firms, whose prices were somewhat in ad- vance of those of the Bastern houses. At the meeting of the union last night an arbitration committee was appointed to interview employers regarding an ad- vance In wages. ork is fairly good just at present, and .the men anticipate little dm?culu' in securing a slight increase. They wish to learn the sentiment of the roprietors, however, before making a 3emsnd, and will act accordingly. ————————— Stop that cough with Low’s Horehound Cough Syrup; price W¢. 417 me st, * DAVIS HELPS T0 SEAL HIS OWN FATE The Guilt of the Ac- cused Sergeant Is Made Clear. Witnesses Relate His Mis- conduct and He Com- pletes the Story. His Time Spent in a Tough Resort With a Woman Employed There. | WORSE THAN NO EXCUSE. His Cass Under Advisement, and a Verdict to Be Given Wednesday at Noon. For forty-eight hours Police Ser- geant Fred Davis will be in an un- pleasant state of suspense. He was on trial before the Police Commissioners last night on charges of being unfit to be a police officer. The charges were amply established. However, the case was taken under advisement and the formal verdict will be reached at a meeting of the body to-morrow at noon. Commissioner Alvord was absent from the session, being detained at home by illness. Messrs. Tobin, Gunst and Lees were there, the first presid- ing and taking the most active part in bringing out the evidence. All of the evidence was against the accused, with the exception of that given by himself, and this was so pal- pably weak as to injure the cause it was supposed to bolster up. The man practically admitted his guilt, but tried to excuse it by so lame a pretense that even the assistance of his lawyer could do nothing for him. It was shown that Davis had been in the habit of frequenting the boxes of the Midway Plaisance, a theater on Market street; that while there he sought the company of a particular woman and remained with her as long as an hour; that in leaving he often went out by the,back door. The woman while on the stand swore that his visits were no longer than ten minutes and that they were for the purpose of se- curing for her protection against her husband. Davis himself swore that he sometimes stayed twenty minutes and that his object was to secure from her information in relation to the conduct of the house, and incidentally as to crap games, although it did not develop that her facilities for acquiring infor- mation about these games were better than those of anybody else. The woman camec voluntarily to give her evidence, at least no paper had been served requiring her presence. As she came through the corridor she was met by Davis and the two had a long whispered conversation. After the commission had gathered there was lit- tle delay. Davis was summoned into the inner room, and the first witness called. This was “Ned” Homan, one of the proprietors of the Midway. Ho- man testified that Davis had been a frequent visitor to the place, and often sat in a box with a woman employed there. The woman was known as Flor- ence Perry. “Was she an actress?” was asked. “Not particularly,” was the reply. Homan swore that Davis many times had been in a box for more than an hour, and that this same female was always his companion on those occa- sions. The witness had had his em- ployes “keep tab” on the sergeant. He also said that Davis had borrowed money from him, but this he explained had been repaid. This had been going on ever since Davis had been on the beat, a matter of several months. On the point of borrowing money Attorney J. J. Dunne tried hard to have all ques- tlons shut off, but his efforts were in vain. In his excitement he was the victim of a slip of the tongue, which had in it the element of truth. “There's not a thing they can charge against us,” he exclaimed, “that we are not afraid to meet,” and it seemed even so. William Levy was employed at the Midway. He had seen Sergeant Davis almost every evening in a box with one of the “young ladies,” Florence Perry. The officer would be in full uniform. If he came In and the Perry woman was not working he would not stay. If she was there they would together remain. Levy had been instructed by Homan to “keep tab” on Davis, and had done so. He had also at the girl's request I Davis out the back door. Chief Lees displayed a hankering for details. He wanted to know at what hours Davis had been paying these calls, and not the mere length of each call regardless of the hour. Mrs. Hallinan came in with a rustle of skirts to swear that as half owner of the Midway she had seen Davis there with Florence Perry often. She did not g0 to the place every day, but when she did go was apt to observe the pair. Next came the husband. of Florence, a smooth-faced young man who gave his name as William Hunt, his occupa- tlon as a teamster. He had been to the Midway and had found his wife there in company of Davis. He swore he had seen them coming from her dressing room. He had not only seen them in a box together, and drinks be- ing sent to the box, but he had wit- nessed a trip they took to the wife's lodgings, 1033 Mission street, watched them "enter together and waited two hours for Davis to come out. He had not come out at the end of that time. He openly charged that Davis was re- sponsible for breaking up the Hunt family. Sidney Perry, a poolseller, swore that Davis had approached him with insinuations that a bribe would be ac- ceptable. “You are making easy money,” Davis had said to him. “Are you going to be a —— wolf and keep it all?” He had asked for tickets to prize-fights, and these Perry had bought and given him. One day Davis wanted to know how Perry would like to have him get an easy chair and have him come in and watch thé game all day, the inference being that not to do this would be a favor worth paying for. Later, Perry returned with his cash- book, showing when he had paid for the tickets given to the sergeant. ‘W. J. Dunn came next, confirming all that Perry had said. A question of veracity between himself and J. J. | Dunne arose, but it resulted in nothing | but words. | W.S. Leake of The Call was brought | to the chair. He testified that he had nothing against Davis and knew noth- ing of the case. But he said he had Jjust been handed some documents of possible interest. These proved to be the “tabs” kept on Davis while so- journing in the Midway. Mr. Levy was recalled and identified them as genuine. Homan was also recalled and explained that he had taken this course for his own protection. * Sergeant Donovan, Patrolmen Harri- son and Freyer all testified that the association of Davis with the Perry woman was a matter of common noto- riety. Harrison had thought it his duty to report to his superior, and had done so. Freyer had gone into the Mldway with Davis often, and in many in- stances had left the sergeant there. The weakness of Davis for the Perry wo- man was well-known to officers as well as to the “boys along the line.” Captain Spillane told of having tried to catch Davis in the Midway and hav- ing failed because warning was always given. Florence Perry came in. After tak- Ing the oath she said her name was Florence Hunt. She said her husband had mistreated her, and that she had appealed to Davis for protection. He had been in the box with her, but only when this subject was under considera- tion. Oh, yes, Davis had taken her out to dinner one day, but this was by her request. She had been lonely and asked him to take her. J. J. Dunne offered in evidence cer- tain official reports which he' said would controvert the evidence given before. Nobody else could see that they would have this effect. In his ardor to keep out matter damaging to his client Mr. Dunne experienced the unhappiness of a hard ‘call down:from Mr. Tobin, who informed him frankly that the testimony showed Davis to have been a frequenter of an unsavory resort, where he associated with a woman less than good. If this was true Davis was not fit to be on the soxice; his presence there was a scan- al. Mr. Dunne saw something had to be done and he put Davis on the stand. The story Davis told was pitifully weak. It was a general denial of any corruption. He could not deny having been with the woman at the Midway, but it was for the purpose of getting information from her. Pressed as to the character of this information he said she had told him about a crap game and that he had captured the game. He could think of no other spe- cific instance of her value to the de- partment. His relations with her had always been proper. He had never visited her outside the place where she worked, never been to her dressing rooms or her lodgings. To be sure, he had taken her out to dinner, but he felt that she merited this courtesy for the aid she had been to him. J. D. Spreckels, who had been instru- mental in bringing the charges, con- ducted a cross-examination, under which Davis simply went to pieces. He even had to acknowledge that he had left the theater by the back door so that people in the cafe would not see him, and' that once she was with him. In fact, his own words rounded out the case of the people completely. ‘Wednesday the people will know if a man reckoned unfit for duty in the business part of town, a man discredit- ed by his own acts, will be retained for the residence districts, where women and children need protection and where the burglar and the footpad find their finest field. FIGHTING FOR [MPROVEMEXTS Graded Streets Demanded by Water Company Before Laying Their Mains. Sunset District Improvement Club Report of the Executivs . Committee. The following Is part’‘of the report of the executive committee of the Sunset District Improvement Club, which was presented to that body at their last meet- ing, held in Park View Hall, corner of H street and Ninth avenue. A great portion of the remainder of the report is devoted to an arraignment of the representatives of the Sutro estate for their opposition to' the public improve- ments for which the club is so earnestly fighting. To the officers and members of the Sunset District Improvement Club—Mr. President: Your executive committee begs leave to report that the specifications of that portion of the main intercepting sewer from Eighth to Tenth avenue on J street, and from J street to H Street and Tenth avenue, and from Tenth to Fourteenth avenues on I street, were posted last Saturday for bids: and the Board of Su- pervisors at its last meeting passed a resolu- tion instructing the City Engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the completion. of The sewer to Twenty-fourth avenue and I street, to ba paid for by an appropriation in the tax levy of the mext flscal year. Your committee would state that the thanks of the residents and property owners of Bunset Dia- trict are due to the Hon. Lawrence Devany, the Street Committee, the Board of Supervisors and the prior board for granting relief from further destruction of their property through the dumping of the waste Spring Valley water and ‘the Almshouse sewage on Eighth avenue and J street. Sunset District has been sadly Teglected by all sormer boards except those mentloned, and we would particularly state that the present Board of Supervisors and es- pecially 1ts Street Committee, have done every- thing in thelr power to get an outlet for Sunset District, and for the progress and advancement of the same; and we are sure that while the eel:l!fll board is in office, Sunset District will ome densely populated, unless the silurian large property owners ike Butro ‘and others will #top 1ts progress by protests. According to Instructions your committee and o number of the property owners of Sun- set District attended the meeting of the Water Committee to make a fight for the enforce- ment of the resolution of the Board of Super- Visors requesting the Spring Valley ~Water Company to lay $-inch water mains on Ninth, Tenth and Fleventh avenues, from I to M streets, on Twelfth avenue from H to J streets, and on K street from Eighth to Tweifth ave- nue, ‘and directing the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department to designate the places for the necessary hydrants to give the residents ot the Qistrict fire protectton: The committee of the whole of the Board of Supervisors, with Dr. Clinton i the chair, kindly acceded to the request to ask Chief En- gineer Schussler, when he was testifying be- ore' the commitee, @ few queations’ rogard- ing the willingness and ability of the water company to furnish water to tha Afflliated Col- leges and to the'thickly settled portion of Sun- st District between Seventh and Twelfeh ave: nues and H and M streets; but Dr. Dodge, the Supervisor from the Fifth Ward, rafsed the point of order that the meeting was held to fix Water rates and not to provide water for the inhabitants of Sunset District, and that we ehould petition the Board, which would no doubt_grant us relief in the matter. In. an wer to the few questions asked Chief Engl- neer Schussler admitted that we ought to have water in the area mentioned; and that if we would have Parnassus avenue from Willard to J 'streets and J streat from east line of Fifth avenue to east line of Seventh avenue g the Spring Valley Water Company would lay mains from Clarendon Heights reservolr alon said lines and furnish water for the: Affllat Colleges and for Sunset District as far south as M street. He could not, however, agree to do this, but would 80 advise the Direciors of !hxe wnte;dmmu'lrliyil hi n accordance with this and ‘on behal? o Affiliated Colleges and the residente and orom erty_owners of Sunset District, we petltioned {he Board of "Supervisors andappeared hefore e stret committee on behalf of o last Thursd; r petitions —_——— Divorce Suits Filed. Mamie Tessier has commenced suit against John P. Tessier for divorce on the ground of cruelty. Thomas J. Alver- son_has applied for a divorce from Eliza Alverson on the ground of desertion. Mabel Maud Bruce has filed suit for di- vorce against Walter W. Bruce on the ground of faflure to provide. Hannah Edwardson is the last on the list of ap- plicants for divorce. She asks the court to annul her marriage to Alexander wn&'d!on. alleging cruelty as a cause of action. The First Baby Lions. Juno, the lioness at the Chutes, is a proud and happy beast of prey to-day. ‘The event happened last night, there are at least three Hon‘eub:»‘}dn léal‘! STANTON AS A PLACE-BUYER The Ex-Teacher Tells a Tale of How He Bribed and Was Bribed. Makes Serious Charges Against Prominent Members of the School Board. Weird Details of Negotiations Be- tween Himself and Directors. His Flight. Nemesis Stanton {s on the warpath. He has arrived from the north on his Arab shod with fire and armed with a_ sharp-pointed affidavit with which he proposes to make life miserable for | the School Board. His affidavit he pronounces irrefragable, or to quote him more exactly he says it is “spicy.’ At any rate it covers seventeen pages | of “legal cap” and contains much mat- ter of interest to some members of the board as well as to ex-Principal Kil- patrick of the Business Evening School. For one of Stanton’s immediate pur- poses, as declared, is to support Kil- patrick in his trial by the board to- morrow. It will be remembered that Kilpatrick was recently suspended for unprofes- sional conduct, and is still in a state of suspense. Stanton was one of his sub- ordinate teachers, and he, too, was sus- pended “indefinitely.” In the incrimi- nations that arose over this state of affairs Kilpatrick openly charged the Board with having sold a position to Stanton, and in this he was supported by a man named Atherton. Stanton himself was at that time in- accessible, but now, on the eve of the conflict, he arrives on the scene pant- ing for the fray. He admits that he paid $300 for a position and gives de- tails seriously implicating some of the directors. He confirms Atherton’s re- port of a conversation between himself and one of the board and throws con- siderable light generally on the dark subject of plase-trafficking, Stanton in his affidavit said he ar- rived in San Francisco in August, 1897, and sought the principalship of the new Mission High School. He saw Secretary Welch of the Board of Edu- cation, with whom he had previously had some business relations, and asked | him for a letter of introduction to Dr. Ragan, which was given him. This letter with his credentials he presented to the doctor, who suggested | that Stanton see Welch again and | talk to him “plainly.” He did as di- rected, and Welch promised to speak to the doctor. Stanton called on Welch the following day and was advised to | see Ragan again and talk “‘plainly but | delicately.” | Stanton ‘says he again saw Dr. Ra- gan and said he would be willing to | compensate the Director for any loss | of time he might be put to. After fur- ther negotiations it was finally agreed that Stanton should be given a posi- tion in the night schools upon the pay- ment of $300 to Ragan. A few days later, Stanton says. the O’Donnell and Wall suits cropped up, and with the object of aiding and ex- posing the corruption he entered into a plan with a certain newspaper to en- trap Ragan. In furtherance of this| plan Stanton again saw Ragan and was given a position as teacher; but on one pretext and another delayed | paying the $300 promised. When the Grand Jury began its in- vestigation and Waller was indicted, Stanton says, Ragan offered him $300 to go to Australia, giving him $60 in | gold to go to Vancouver that night and promising to send the balance to | him there. % Ragan failed to keep his agreement and Stanton returned to this city to clear Kilpatrick of the charges he hadl been induced to make against him and | to bring Ragan before the Grand Jury. In the affidavit .other School Di- rectors are implicated, but not to the extent that Dr. Ragan is. —_— MISPLACED SYMPATHY. Hugo Stubbe, the ‘Wealthy Young German, Must Look After Himself. Hugo Stubbe, the wealthy young Ger- man who has been spending his money lavishly in saloons on the Barbary Coast since arriving here about four weeks ago, is not entitled to much sympathy, accord- ing to Judge Low and others who have been trying to berriend him. The search-warrant case, in which Stubbe sought to recover his trunk from A Brown, a collector, was resumed before the Judge yesterday. Brown and his witnesses deniea flatly that any threats of arrest and imprisonment had been made to intimidate Stubbe to sign the orders on the German Consul for pay- ment of money he owed to saloonkeepers, and Attorney M. M. Fooote, who was tne “Judge” referred to by Stubbe, denied that any threats were made in his hear- ing. He sald Stubbe signed the orders | B age dectded to allow the trunk to remain in the custody of the police clerk till Stubbe paid the money | ropert: d at his request Attorney Fox | Ee owea’, o the charge against to withdraw agreed 7 maliciously procuring a_ war- rant. Stubbe went away with his friend, Mrs. O'Dea of the Pony saloon. —————————————— THE HIBERNIANS. Division No. 2 of the Anclent Order of Hibernians will give their twenty-ninth anniversary ball on the evening of the | charged with burglary. to do that he will no dnubtb;::eg: the resignations of certain me’:ieldeas the staff who do not come up to his o of capability. If the division co‘:l]mlanzen- intends to carry out his avowe! tions In regard to the guard of thl!dstac{: he will do much to re-establish confi ltzl 3 which for some time has been lnt:t ?);‘a The moment that the rank and file o s several regiments notice that the !l‘llple;e 4 officers display activity there Wil | be & renewal of interest that will m: 3he marked difference in the guard for"J a2 better, and will do much to place it abo’ he grade of ‘‘tin soldiers.” tll .Izs evident that the new commnndef does not intend to be satisfied with et functory inspections and reports from the brigade inspectors, for in orders recentiy issued ordering the inspections, he gives the inspectors to understand that the In- spections will have to be uniform and that before the duty of inspection com- mences the inspectors will have to satis- factorily answer a number of questions which he shall propound. In other words he proposes to inspect the inspectors to ascertain If they are competent to per- order | form the duties required of them, and in the orders, which are the most stringent ever issued from the headquarters of the division compgander, he says: Upon the result of the work of the inspec- tors an intelligent opinion can be formed as to the condition and effectiveness of the guard and its component parts, and information and suggestions are thus obtained conducive to its improvement; and such information. can only be obtained by inspections and by customs of the service, and it is the proper and only way in whigh the desired information can be ob- tained Wwhich enables us to keep abreast of the times and thus keep the guard up to a proper state of efficiency. In every instance the inspection an& muster will be under the personal super- vision of the brigade inspector of each | brigade and the captain commanding the | naval militia. - THE LADIES’ ANNEX. Pacific Union Club Talks of Giving Up the Scheme Recently Adopted. The members of the Pacific-Unfon Cluh are not sure whether they really want to establish a ladies’ annex. A few weeks ago the club had a meeting, and resolved to take one of the storerooms on the ground floor of the club building and fit it up in magnificent, first-class style for a ladies’ restaurant. It was the sense of the meeting that no expense should be spared to render the annex worthy of the club. Since then there has been so much talk in the club about the enormous cost of fitting up and maintaining such an elaborate annex on the ground floor that conservative members took alarm at the prospect. The directors of the institution have been petitioned to call another meet= ing of members to further consider the proposition in the light of new intelli- gence on the subject. The present indi- cations are that the club will reconsider its former action and indefinitely post- pone the whole scheme of extensjon. —_———— A Mass-Meeting of Tailors. A mass meeting of tailors was held In Foresters’ Hall last evning for the pur- pose of explaining the objects and ad- vantages of membership in the branch of the International Journeymen Tailors’ Union, which has just been organized. The meeting was well attended and about twenty-five signed the roll, while as many more promised to do so at the next meet- ng. This union differs slightly from other trade organizations in this city, in- asmuch as one meeting night in the month s set aside for the discussion of the political questions of the day, al- though none of the members are bound to support any one candidate. Organizer E. Christopherson, through whose ef- forts this union was organized, leaves to- morrow for a tour through Colorado, Nevada and adjacent States. He has the well wishes of all local unfon men, who appreciate the good work he has done here by filling what was considered a long felt want. Arrest of a Burglar. William Walsh, a saflor on the United States steamer Mohican, was arrested last night by Policeman O'Rourke and Several days ago Walsh visited the residence of Mrs. R. A. Evans at 1529 Oak street, and drawing a knife compelled her to go from room to room and point out her valuables, threatening to kill her if she made an outcry. He secured several hundred dol- lars' worth of jewelry and then left. From_the description glven of him by Mrs. Evans, O'Rourke last night recog- nized Walsh as he was walking along Fourth street and at once placed him under_arrest. Subsequently Mrs. Evans visited the City Prison and positively identified him. . .- Money Lying Unclaimed. Attorney Thomas B, Kase claims to have discovered $5000 belonging to the es- tate of Henry Giddings in the vaults of a local savings bank. The attorney ap- peared before Judge Coffey and stated that he had not only discoveredd the funds but had discovered new heirs who are entitled to the amount left in the bank by Giddings prior to his death. Ow- ing to these statements the estate may again be taken up by the courts and the funds distributed. ————————— A Few Thousand Short. The directors of the late Mining Fair met last night and after figuring up ac- counts discovered a deficit of $3614 25. The cost of maintaining the fair was $39,461 25. The receipts zvere $25,847. The old print- ing press and several valuable exhibits were turned over to the park and the museum. e In the Divorce Courts. William M. Stover was granted a di- vorce from Ella M. Stover by Judge Sea- well yesterday on the ground of deser- tion. Frank Voltolini was ordered to pay his wife alimony in the sum of $15 a month pending the settlement of a suit between them which is now before the R ADVERTISEMENTS. FREE TREATMENT! FREE MEDICINES ! 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