The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 11, 1898, Page 11

- THE SAN FR ISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1898 ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. MAY DEPEND | ON PRIVIARIES = | One Set of Delegates Is Wanted by Some Politicians. | Others Desire That the County Fight Be Kept Apart From | That of the State. | W. W. Knickerbocker Says He Has | | Not Expressed Anything official. FIGURES THAT WERE WRONG Auditor Snow Refers to| Assessments and Taxes. i Why Oakland Suffers When Compared With San Francisco. All the County to Be Heard in Re- gard to the Proposed Con- solidation. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | $08 Broadway, March 10. Alameda County politicians having discovered that the only hope of send- ing a solid delegation to the State Con- vention consists in holding but one pri- mary are now waiting for the Supreme Court to pass upon the Stratton pri- mary law. By this decision it will be known whether the county central com- mittee or the Beard of Supervisors shall call the primaries. Anticipating the defeat of the new primary law, and in order to be pre- pared for any emergency, those who would like but one primary are already at work on the county committee. It i8 apparent that if there be only one primary and the delegates to the State Convention be elected at the county convention, that if either of the guber- natorial candidates can secure a ma- Jority, even of one, in the county con- vention, he would be able to secure a solid delegation to the State Conven- tion. It is clearly the desire of some of the county office-seekers who are lin- ing up behind Pardee to try and se- cure but one primary, but there is great opposition to that scheme. In this connection the following letter was received here to-day from a mem- ber of the Republican State Central Committee for this county: Modesto, Cal., March 8, 1898. aminer of March 6 I find the following statement: ‘A short time ago W. W. Knickerbocker, who is one of the executive committee of William R. Davis, In the issued a in the Tribune in which he advocated one primary election for the selection of the ccunty ticket and suggested which sel that the coun county convention flicers should select-the delegates to the State conven- tion and the Congressional convention. This plan would give the candidate who controlled _the county convention the privilege of naming all his own delegates to the State con on as well as nam- ing the county n nees.’” I desire to say that I have never made v such statement in the Tribune or rere. On the contrary, 1 am per- ally in favor of two separate conven- s and that the contest for Governor Congressman should be kept entirely =" from that for county ofiicers. :ve that we will get the people will be- hat the Republican v _will be greatly distinetly._under- T peaking for Mr. Da- vis, nor for the executive committee. Re- spectfully, W. W. KNICKERBOCKER. The managers of Mr. Davis declare that they are not attempting to capture the machinery of the party, and will be quite willing to abide by the decision in the matter of primaries, of either the county ccmmittee or the Board of Su- pervisors. They disavow any desire to combine with any candidates on the county ticket, and declare that their issue is clear-cut and as solely to try and nominate the Governor. A meet- ing of the executive committee of the Davis faction was held Saturday night, and the members declare they are well pl ased with the outlook. Candidates for county offices are ringing up daily from all over the and combinations are being at- pted in every direction. Almost as much politics is being done as though the election were only a week ahead. PIONEER WOMAN DEAD. Starting With“t’k’:‘e”!llil’ated Donner Party, She Reached Here in 18486. OAKLAND, March 10.—Mrs. Mary E. Calmes, the widow of the late Waller Calmes, died last evening at her resi- dence, 4 Twelfth street, after an ex- tended illness from heart trouble. Her heailth broke down a year or so ago, while caring for two sons who died in this city . Mrs. Calmes was one of, the earlies woman pioneers in the State, having come to California in 1846 with her father, Major Stephen Cooper, who was the lead- er of a party, formerly Donner part: Dr. H. B. Calmes of Portland, O rived yesterday in time to be recog by his mother, who had been anxious to | greet him before her death. The other members of the family are S. O. Calm of the Tribune reportorial staff, Mr: D. Wiley of Fresno and Miss Calmes. The deceased was a si Mrs. Amos Roberts of this city. She was a native of Missourl, aged 63 years. A Husband Sues for Support. OAKLAND, March 10.—The suit of Fred Kleupfer Sr. against his wife, which was iven out yesterday as a divorce proceed- ngs, was to-day made public and proves to be a suit for maintenance. The pla tiff avers that he and the defendant wi married April 10, 1862, and have lived to- gether ever since He claims that his vife owns real estate In Merced County valued at $3000, a promissory note of $10, 000, cash on hand $10.000, and personal propert;- valued at $1500. He is 60 years of age and is unable to support himself and has no community property. He there- fore asks judgment for support or $50 per month and costs of this suit. Alameda Board of Health Sued. OAKLAND, March 10.—A suit was filed this afternon by Antone Gonzalves of Alameda against the Board of Health, Health Officer and City Veterinarian of that city. He alleges that in the fall of 189 he owned three cows, the milk from_which he sold, realizing an income of $45 a month. On November 4 of th year he claims Dr. Carpenter. at the quest of the board, ‘“negligently inocu- lated the cows with a certain noxious drug” as a test for consumption, and af- terward killed two of the cows, each of which he believes to have been worth $60. He asks $500 damages for the loss of his business and $160 for the €OWs. Single Tax Advocate. OAKLAND, March 10.—George Fowlds of Auckland ew Zealand, a Dromlnentl‘ single taxer, is in the city en route to London, Saturday evening he will deliver an address at Hamilton Hall. " This will be an opportunity for all interested to learn of the existing industrial conditions in New Zealand without cost. Bench Warrant for a Debtor. ALAMEDA, March 10.—Recorder St. Sure ordered a_bench warrant issued this morning for the apprehension of one Stever, a soapmaker, who had falled to obey an order of the court. Some time ago A. C. Toye obtained a judgment against Stever for $105 50 for house rent, wfi'\lch was not satisfled. He was sum- moned to appear and give testimony as to the whereabouts of his property, but failed to do so this morning, which was a part of the in- | e | | attempt_he fell Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, March 10. Last night’s discussion of the city | and county consolidation matter has led to the expression of general inter- | est in the question throughout the county. For the first time the eastern end of the county has been heard from, | and to-day Auditor Snow corrected a | few false impressions that have gone out. | “If the division line as proposed by | the Board of Trade be accepted,” said | Mr. Snow, “it will leave an assessed | value on this side of about $75,000,000, | and the county which would be on the other side of the line would start out with an assessed value of about $15,- 000,000. The population of the city and county of Oakland would be about 95,- 000, and of the new county about 35,000 The legitimate increase of the assess- ment of the city and county should be about two millions a year for ten and there should not be any in- ase over the present expenses. The increase in value of the new county should be very fast, as it would nat- urally grow on account of governing it- 1. great deal has been said about the difference of taxation between Oakland and San Francisco. At present the dif- ference is 42 cents, not'60 cents, as stat- ed last night. This is natural. It does not show that government is more ex- pensive on this side of the bay, but it is simply the result of the difference in size and value of the two places. If it costs nearly a million a year to run the Oakland government on an assess- ment of forty-five millions it would net two millions should Oakland's value in- crease 100 per cent. San Francisco is assessed for about 350 millions, and its total rate of $170 is really large as compared with $212 in Oakland. I do not think a consolidated government would prove a very great saving until its assessed value is 100 millions or up- ward. The figures I prepared last week are, I believe, comparatively correct. There is a great deal of work to be done before the proposed changes can be brought about, but the subject is an important one and cannot be too care- fully considered.” The amount of territory that will be left out of the consolidation is more than twelve times the area of the pro- posed city and county, and is very rich country. It includes the towns of Hay- wards, Niles, Livermore, Sumnol, Alva- rado, Newark, Mission San Jose and the fast-developing district around Corral Hollow. Niles is about the cen- ter of the county, but there is no doubt that Livermore will make a hot fight to be the county seat. One of the most forcible arguments on behalf of con- solidation in the interior of the county is that Oakland is at the extreme bor- der, and every one having business in the courts is compelled to come here, thus greatly increasing the expense of litigation. rested on a charge of felony at Tesla, which is forty miles from Oakland, a prosecuting attorney has to go up from | here to the Justice’s Court, and when the case comes up in _the Superior Court all the witnesses have to travel to Oakland. Before the next county conference, a month hence, there will be much data both for and against prepared for debat | WOODWARD’S BROKER. | Tells of a Chattel Mortgage to the Grand Jury. OAKLAND, March 10.—The Grand Jury | continued its investigation into the water rate scandal to-dav, and Mr. Woodward again before it. He was not detained and was followed by Irving C. Lewis, a money-lender. Lewis told of loaning money to Wood- ward on his furniture in 1896. The furni- ture was stored in a warehouse, and on February 19 it was released and the note redeemed. This was the day after Wood- ward A few other witnesses were examined, but nothing was learned, and the Grand Jury adjourned until next Tuesday after issuing subpenas for several more wit- nesses. Three Fires in the Wind. | da; part th ment was called out by fire. At 12:30 covered bla in the residence ichael White, 1828 Grove street. Mr. | White lives alone and was considerably | surprised w! cened by the depart- ment; $200 will pay the damage. About 4 | o'clock an alarm was sounded for a firg in the residence of P. Daly fourth street. The roof was burned off, despite the excellent work of the firemen. At 11:20 a. m._the residence of J. R. Webber, 124 Eleventh street, was found to be burning through the roof. ical extinguished it after spoiling consid- | erable new paint which had just been put on and tearing a hole in the roof. About | $150 will refit it. Police Making a Record. | | OAKLAND, March 10.—Officers drews | Sporting Life gang last night an five of them behind the bars on a charge of drunkenness. This morning Frank Nolan, Fred Kohler and Joseph O'Grady | were given the usual $6 or three days by Judge Allen in the Police Court. Charles | Hammond was let off with $4 or two days, | and George Bradford and John Rodden scaped with one day's sentence. Ser- geant Green, Officers Wedderman and | Cockerton made a haul of tramps who had congregated in a barn at Fourth av- enue and East Eleventh street during the night. Four were charged with violating the sleeping-out ordinance. Will Plead Guilty. OAKLAND, March 10.—Daniel Reeves, who was arrested for burglarizing the residence of L. W. Buckley, 579 Myrtle Sstreet, while Mr. Buckley was superin- tendent of the Mining Fair, will plead guilty. He was convicted of an attempted | burglary in 1891 and a prior conviction has been piaced against him. Most of the stolen goods have been recovered. Reeves necureg an entrance by means of a clothes-line with a hook on it. The hook Was thrown over the eaves and Reeves climbed up hand over hand. At the first some distance when the cornice broke, but in the next attempt he succeeded. 2 Oakland News Items. OAKLAND, March 10.—Theo. Schoeich- jer, arrested at Fortieth street and Tele- graph avenue some weeks ago for at- tempting to brain J. A. Little with an iron bar, was dismissed in the Police Court this morning. }, Guttinger, who was recently _re- moved as executor of the estate of John Rathgeb, will appeal from the decision of the date set for his examination. Hence the issuance of the warrant. | entered in order to perfect an appeal, D] gD cden, Mo has had the decision | Bids Opened and Contracts Should a prisoner be ar- | the movement | | | appointed a Councilman. E [ | | OAKLAND, March 10.—Three times to- | during the heavy wind the fire de- | morning Special Officer C. T. Hem!e)’; | of | 511 Twenty- | ] An-| and Fiynn made a raid upon the | placed | SOME HOPE FOR OAKLAND Work on the Harbor to Be Resumed at Once. | Largest of Ships Will Soon Be Able to Reach the Docks. Awarded as Soon as Possible. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, March 10. The bids for the work in Oakland harbor were opened to-day by Major W. H. Heuer, United States engineer, and the bid of the San Francisco to Be | professor John | | | Bridge Company will probably be ac- | cepted, it being the lowest. The specifications called for two kinds of work, the dredging of the jetty chan- nel and the dredging of the city front. The bids upon these several kinds of | work was as follows: Pacific Coast Dredging and Reclama- tion Company—Jetty channel, 18 cents per cubic yard, $108,000; city front, 41 cents per cubic yard, $20,500. Total, $128,500. San Francisco Bridge Company—Jet- ty channel, 13 cents per cubic yard, $78,000; city front, 41 cents per cubic yard, $23,500. Total, $101,500. W. L. Prather Jr.,, Oakland—Jetty channel, 2474 cents per cubic yard, $148,440; city front, 24.74 cents per cubic vard, $12,870. Total, $160,810. Bowers Californla Dredging Company —Jetty channel, 22 2-3 cents per cubic yard, $132,400; city front, 38.57 cents per cubic yard, $19,285. Total, $151,685. A. C. Hamilton—Jetty channel, 18.45 cents per cubic yard, $110,700; city front, 12 cents per cubic yard, $5000. To- tal, $116,700. Major Heuer will send the bids to | Washington with his recommendation. The work, when completed, will deep- en Oakland harbor from San Francisco Bay up to Webster street bridge, and will increase the depth of the channel between the jetties to 20 feet. This im- provement will permit vessels that are | | as an Aid | the public. they seem to aim at artistic rather than mechanical excellence. Japan in the last few years has experienced, as it were, her industrial honeymoon. She has not yet encountered difficuities, and she may think they do not exist. But with the ex- tension of the system of credit, crises and financial difficulties will show them- selves. The effort of Japan to keep a place in the first rank of civilized nations reminds one strongly of the sorry history of Italy since the union, which is the history of a third-rate power that aspired to take a position beside great nations.” Berkeley News Notes. BERKELEY, March 10.—Regent Phebe A. Hearst visited the university at Berke- ley this afternoon. Superintendent Sharpe of the Agassiz Experiment_Station o British Columbia has sent to Inspector Shinn of the univer- sity a collection of scions of seventy-five Varieties of German apples and pears, all of them new to California. The Agassiz station, which is kept by the Canadian Government, has a magnificent orchard, and for several vears past it has ex- changed with the agricultural department of the university on all varieties of plants and seeds. 0. V. Lange will deliver before a spe- clal meeting of the Science Association on Friday, March 18, at 11:40 a. m., an il lustrated lecture on ‘““Modern Photography to Scientific Research and Rec- ord.” Next Saturday morning at 10:30 o’clock Fryer will lecture at_the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art on *“The History of Chin The lecture is the first of a series of siX lectures on China, Which will be given on Saturday morn- ings. Professor Fryer spent a great many years in China, and IS at present the head of the department of Oriental languages at Berkeley. The lectures will be free to Professor Elmer E. Brown will give the first of a series of three university ex- tension lectures on ‘‘State Universities and High Schools” to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Mark Hopkins Insti- tute of Art, San Francisco. The challenge of the Stanford freshmen to play a baseball game with the Berke- ley freshmen will probably be rejected. On two former occasions Berkeley chal- lenged Stanford for a freshman game, but the challenge was not accepted. — YOUNG MEN'S ANNIVERSARY An Interesting Lecture Deliv- ered by Hon. Irving M. Scott. He Told the “Story of a Boy”=—An En‘ertaining Programme now forced to discharge part of their | cargo in San Francisco to come to Oak- land when loaded and bring their entire cargoes here. The contract provides that unless $12,000 worth of work is done monthly the contract may be can- celed. The value of the improvement to Oakland may be judged from the fol- lowing extract from a report of a spe- cial committee of the Board of Trade filed last night: “Heretofore many of our people have looked upon the larger portion of the estuary as a good place for canoe-rac- ing, duck-shooting, yacht sailing, ete., and failed to appreciate the fact that it is about to become one of the best and most desirable commercial harbors on the Pacific Coast. “The completion of the contract for work to the extent of $133,000, now aboug | in to be let, will, within this year, give | twenty feet of water at low tide from | the mouth of the harbor as far up as the Webster-street bridge. This is suf- ficient to permit any clipper or steam- ship which enters the Golden Gate to come in with full cargo. “Here, in our estimation, lies the source to which Oakland and Alameda will look in the near future for their greatest and most important commer- cial and industrial development.” | COMMENCEMENT EXxRCISES. A Tent to Accommodate 2500 People to Be Erected on the Berke- ley Campus. BERKELEY, Assoclation and the faculty of the Uni | versity of California are making arrange- | ments to hold the annual commencement exercises this year in an immense tent, to | | be erected temporarily on the college | campus, instead of in .the gymnasium, which for the past several years has provedl inadequate to accommodate the | friends of the graduating class. | A conference has been called to make | the necessary arrangements. The repre- sentatives of the Associated Alumni on this conference are W. R. Davis, C. S. Greene, E. O'Neill, J. Sutton, Dr. L. Van Orden and Professor W. E. Ritter; Pro- fessors Howison, Setchell and Bradley represent the faculty. The big tent, which will be erected on the slope of the campus, will seat about 2500 persons. The gymnasium, where the exercises have heretofore always been held, when crowded will hold only about 1100 people. It is proposed, in addition to the regular commencement exercises heid in_the morning of commencement day, to have | a lunch and exercises in the afternoon by the alumni. On commencement night the annual alumni banquet in honor of the graduating class will be given In San Francisco. The graduating class of '98 will number at least 200 members. This will be by far the largestclass ever graduated at Berke- ey. The festivities attendant upon the grad- uation season promise to be more elabor- ate than ever before. On Friday evening, if the usual custom is followed, will take place the president’s reception to the sen- ior class; on class day, Saturday, May 14, the class of '$8 will have its morning ex- oaks and the class pilgrimages, and the spectacular entertainment in the after- noon in the amphitheater. On Monday, May 16, will be the senior ball. On Tues- day, May 17, the annual meeting of the Philosophical Union will be held. The ceremontes will conclude on commence- ment day with the graduating exercises and the alumni reunion and banquet. ——————— THE FUTURE OF JAPAN. Professor Moses Questions Her Claim to a Position Among Great Military Powers. BERKELEY, March 10.—Professor Ber- nard Moses, who recently returned from a versity, gave an interesting account of recent economic and political changes in the Mikado's realm. ‘“In spite of a cer- tain tendency toward old ideas,” he said. “in the matter of dress, for example, there is a stronger tendency toward west= ern ideas. The recent war with China. has had the effect of sweeping away the old provincial spirit in Japan, and a broader patriotism has appeared. The Chinese influence upon Japan has been greatly weakened, and it is probable that the tendency toward western thought and | civilization will continue. Economic con- ditions in Japan show a tendency toward western methods of production, yet there is no indication that wages in Japan will ever rise to what they are in the United States. “Still it is difficult to discover just what Japan relies on to make her a great mill- tary power. Japan at present has a de- ficit, and even with the Chinese indemnity there is no prospect of her income com- ing up to her expenses. And Japan has not the industrial resources to be able to stand a deficit. The Japanese have a |lack of mechanical thoroughness, and March 10.—The Alumni | ercises, consisting of a concert under the | visit to Japan, in a lecture at the uni- | | | Rendered. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %3 Broadway, March 10. One of the largest audlences ever gath- ered in a church in this city greeted Ir- ving M. Scott, president of the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, to-night, when he spoke upon “The Story of a Boy” at the nineteenth anniversary of the organization of the Young Men's Christian Association. The gathering was assembled in the First Congregational Church and was entertained most delightfully by a musi- cal programme of the highest character addition to the address. Mr. Scott told the story of a farmer lad, whom he pleased to name Hebron Mills, but whom the majority of his audience believed to have been Irving M. Scott. He sketched his early care, his picking at knowledge of all kinds on the farm or at play, his removal to the city, his meeting of rela- tives with smutty Tace, the keen sting as the pride of thc who looked down upon labor dawned upon him, of his lonesome evenings, how he began to study, then sought larger fields, went West, more study, thence his travels abroad, meet- ing great men of all nations. . ‘This_boy then settled down, realizing he had just begun to learn. He said that in that boy's day no such organization as the ome whose annivefsary was being celebrated was known, but it was the re- | sult of just such needs as that boy fur- nished himself that caused the organiza- tion of this institution. He closed by say- ing: ‘““Work. Do something. The man that works for nothing is forming a habit that is superior to walking around idle.” D. Edward Collins, president of the lo- cal organization, greeted the audience. He said for nearly nineteen years this assoclation had been a factor for good in this city. It was organized with twelve members and at first had one room in the Wilson House. In 1880 it moved to Medi- cal Hall and then to Masonic Hall and to Shattuck and later to the present building. . A programme of music ended the even- ing’s entertainment. Could Not Agree. OAKLAND, March 10.—The trial of John McGinnis, charged with being an accomplice of James B in causing the death of Deputy last June, w: compl o'clock and given to the jury. At 11:30 p. m. the. jury had failed to agree, and were locked up for the night. They were only asked to give a verdict of man- slaughter by the prosecution, and at the close of the trial they were given ten g‘lnu‘tos by the onlookers to acquit Mc- Ginnis. ————— The Teachers’ Club. ALAMEDA, March 10.—The Teachers' Club, an organization recently formed for the purpose of securing good lecturers to address audiences in this city, Is meeting with great success. A large number of prominent ladies and gentlemen have joined and an effort is being made to se- cure the best talent now in the field. To- morrow _evening Professor Hudson of Stanford will lecture at the Unitarian Church on *The Poetry of Tennyson," while other distinguished speakers are being arranged fo ——————— A Tool rhief. ALAMEDA, March 10.—Some unknown thief last night visited a house which is in course of construction on the corner of Walnut_street and Clinton avenue and stole a lot of carpenter tools. The house is nearly finished and the windows and doors are all boaraed up. The carpenters thought their tools would be saic on this account, but the thief, who must have known of the practice of leaving the im- plements there, tore the boarding from one of the windows and stole about all the tools he could conveniently carry. —_——— Arrests in Berkeley. BERKELEY, March 10.—Marshal Lloyd swore out warrants to-day for the arrest of eleven Berkeleyans for violating mu- nicipal and State laws against gambling and selling liquor. Evidence has been carefully secured and a determined effort will be made to convict the alleged of- fenders against the mile-limit law and the local ordinances. WATCHING McCARTHY. State Doctors Will Endeavor to As- certain if the Prisoner Is Insane. Dr. Hatch, Superintendent of State Hospuals, Dr. Gardiner of Napa and Dr. Osborne of Glen Ellen went to San Quen- tin yesterday morning to interview Me- Carthy, who had been convicted of mur- der and sentencedto be hanged. The time for the execution of the death sentence is a month hence. The doctors will observe the demeanor and mental attitude of the prisoner, and if in their judgment he is not insane the sentence of death will be carried ou e On Religious Instruction. A course of cathechetical instructions on “The Lord's Prayer” will be given at St. Ignatius Church by Father Calzia, S. J., commencing immediately after the 9:30 o'elock mass next Sunday morning. Each fnstruction will last but ten minutes. The novena of grace in honor of St. Francis Xavier will end on Saturday—the anni- Yersary of the canonization of St. Fran- ofs or of St. Ignatius. A plenary indul- gence may be gained on that day on the ordinary conditions. A novena preparatory to the feast of | St Joseph, which will occur on March 19, beglnsh that evening in St Ignatius Church. The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Ladies' Sodality will meet Sunday afternoon in the college hall, on Van Ness avenue and Grove street. —— e Yo Cure a Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinin: Tablets. All drugglsts refund the money If it fails to cure g5c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. DEPUTIES MAY BE REMOVED Consternation in the Inter- nal Revenue Collect- or’s Office. Far—Heéching Decision by Two Judges of United Stdtes Courts. Civil Servics Rules Are Not the Law of the Land, but Mere Execu- tive Orders. Civil service employes in the Inter- nal Revenue Department and elsewhere are much exercised over a circular re- ceived yesterday from the Commission- er of Internal Revenue at Washington calling attention to a decision just made by Judge Lurton of the United States Circuit Court for the middle dis- trict of Tennessee. The decision upsets | 2ll the notions at present held with ref- erence to the tenure of office under civil service regulations. The decision says that the clvil service act pre- scribes no tenure of office, and does not deny the power of removal except in the particular mentioned. Under the rule promulgated by President Cleve- land November 2, 1896, it was provided that no person should be dismissed nor have his official rank changed because of his political or religious affiliations. This rule was amended on July 27, 1897, by President McKinley, who added paragraph 8 in these words: 'No removal shall be made from any position subject to competitive exam- ination except for just cause and upon written charges filed with the head of the department or other appointing of- ficer, and of which the accused shall have full notice and an opportunity to make defense.” The court assents to the statement that the civil service rules, so far as they deny the unrestrained power of removal, are not the law of the land, | but are merely executive orders, de- pendent for their force upon the vigi- lance and earnestness of the chief ex-| ecutive in compelling his appointees to regard and obey regulations volun- tarily imposed by him as a voluntary regulation by the appointing power of its otherwise restrained liberty of re- moval. These civil service rules, so far as they deal with the executive right of removal—a right which is but an inci- dent of the power of appointment—are but expressions of the will of the Presi- dent, and are regulations imposed by him upon his own action or that of heads of departments appointed by him. He can enforce them by requir- ing. obedience to them on penalty of re- moval; but they do not give to the em- ployes within the classified civil serv- ice any such tenure of office as to con- fer upon them a property right in the | office or place. ! Judge Kirkpatrick of the United | States Circuit Court of New Jersey has | decided that the power of removal of Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue rests with the appointing power, the Collector, subject to such requirements | as to notice as the Commissioner of In- | ternal Revenue may prescribe, and can- | not be reviewed by an appeal to the | courts. The law expressly says that Collec- tors of Internal Revenue have power | to appoint their deputies and to re- | voke said appointments, giving only | such notice of changes as the Commis- | sioner of Internal Revenue may require. | It holds such Collectors responsibie for | every act done or neglected to be done | by their deputies; it gives a deputy in | his particular district all the powers | vested in the Collector himself; and it | further provides that in case of disa- bility, absence or death of the Collec- tor the deputy senior in service shall act as Collector, and of two or more deputies appointed on the same day the one residing nearest the Collector at the time the vacancy occurred shall discharge the duties of the Collector; and it further provides that the Secre- tary of the Treasury may designate any one deputy to act in the absence of such Collector, and that for the acts and default of the deputy acting as | Collector remedy shall be had on the, official bond of the Collector as in other cases. The law regarding the appointment of deputies in the customs service is very different. It authorizes the Collec- tor of Customs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to em- ploy persons as deputies, and provides | that he shall appoint, also with the ap- proval of the Secretary of the Treas- ury, one deputy (known as special dep- uty), for whose acts he shall be respon- sible. The Secretary of the Treasury says in the customs regulations that the powers and duties vested by law in a Collector are also by law as fully vest- ed in his special deputy, duly appointed and discharging the functions of his principal, and in the event of death, disabilty or absence of a Collector the special deputy is authorized and re- quired to perform the duties of Col- lector; and should there be no special deputy the duties of Collector devolve upon the Naval Officer or upon the Strveyor, if there be no Naval Officer; and if no Surveyor, then upon the Sur- veyor at the nearest port. The customs regulations further say that every Collector, Naval Officer and Surveyor is required by law immedi- ately after his entry into office to con- stitute and appoint, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, a special deputy, to act in the name and full au- thority of his principal during his ab- scene or disability. The law does not hold the Collector or the other chief of- ficer of customs responsible for the acts of his deputies other than the one specially designated, whereas it does hold Collectors of Internal Revenue re- sponsible for acts of all their deputies. The law authorizes collectors of cus- toms to emplcy deputies with the ap- praval of the Secretary of the Treasury. whereas it permits collectors of internal revenue to appoint ml-nd rmamove deputies | ‘ithout the approval of any one. Moy 31, 1888, the Treasury De-' partment promulgated & synopsis of a decisicn by the United States Supreme | Court, which court decided that collect- ors of customs are not responsible for | the misfeasances, positive wrongs, neg- ligences or omissions of duty of subor- dinates properly emplcyed in the dis-| charge of official duties. { Private information has been received | from Washington that the law regard- ing internal revenue deputies has been read to the President, and he has been convinced that such deputies should be taken out of the civil service rules, and | that he has almost been persuaded that all deputies under all officials come un- der similar provisions of law, and that | chief cfficers are responsible for the acts of their deputies, notwithstanding the fact that the customs regulations not only make no provision for anydep- | uty (except a special deput$) to dis- | charge the duties of the principal, dur- | ing his absence or disability, but abso- | Jutely prohibit any deputy, except the special deputy, from acting in that ca- pacity. i Private Information has been received alse that the Washington politicians | are endeavoring to have the President sing a new song entitled “All Deputies | Look Alike to Me”; but before he sings it in public they want him to incorpo- rate a little more to it, so it will in- clude chief clerks and other heads of di- visions in the departments at Washing- ton, the customs service, mints, land offices, sub-treasuries and all offices that the new rule can be made to apply to, making in all about 5000 positions that can then be bestowed up- on the faithful party leaders without competitive examinations. It is further said in advices from Washington that these intimated modi- fications to the present civil service rules will be made in the near future— probably during the next few weeks. ATTEMPTED INCENDIARISM. Daytime Effort to Set Fire to a House in Which Men Were Working. ALAMEDA, March 10.—A neculiarly bold effort was made ,yesterda* to burn an unoccupied dwelling on Willow street, between Pacific and Willow avenues. The house {s being re- aced and some paint- ers were at work. Yesterday the~ went there as usual, and left their outerclothes in a closet on the ground floor while they went upstairs to ~aint the rooms tnere. When_thev went for their clothes late in the afternoon they found that some one had sneaked into the closet, saturated the floor and wall with = kerosene, crumpled up a newspaper and soakea it in ofl, then applied a lighted match to it and left, atcer shutting the closet door care- fully behind him. his was all inat prevented a fire. The door fitted tightly and allowed no air to enter, and as a result the fire smoldered and finally went out, after burning the wall and floor a_little. The painters heard no one on the lower floor whilethey were at work, and the incendiarv must have used extraordinary caution in his movements. There is no clew as to s identity, nor js there any known reason ghy any one should seek to burn the jouse. —_— e Alameda News Notes. ALAMEDA, March 10.—Cornelius Foss, an old-time carpenter and contractor o this city, will leave for the Kiuondike on Saturday. He says all the storfe:s of sick- ness and death on the trails do nor. iright- en him. ‘The final game of the Recreation Club whist tournament has been played, leav+ ing R. A. Meserole and L. A. Hagy the winners. Fred S. Kleupfer Sr. has filed a suit for divorce against his wife. His son recent- ly obtained a divorce. There is a balance of $1599 41 in the re- lef fund of the fire department. It is now proposed to run electric cars on the High street and San Jose avenue lines on twenty-minute instead of ten- minute headway. The travel on those branches is very light. ARRIVED. Thursday, March 10. Stmr Coquille River, Johnson, 15 hours from Fort Bragg. Dr. Glbbdn’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established 1n 1854 for the treatment of Private Diseuses, Lost Manhood. Debility ot disease wearing on bodyand mindand Skin Diseases. "Ihe doctor cureswhen othersfail. Try him. Charges low. b uresguaranteed. Callorwrite. Dr.J. F. IBBON, Mox 1957, San Franclsco. Pacific Boa?St;afilshlm Steamers Jeave Broadway wharf, San Francisco: For 'Alaskan ports, 10 a. m., March 2, 7, 12, 17, 2%, 27, April 1. _Transferred at Seattle. For Alaskan ports (from Spear street wharf), 10 a. m., March 2, 6, 10, 14, 1S, 22, %, 30! Transferred at Portiand, Or. For Vietoria, Vancouver (B. C.), Port Town- send, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Anacortes and | New Whatcom (Wash.), 10 a. m., March 2, 7, 7. 23 21, and every fifth day thereafter, connecting at Seattle With company’s steam- e for Alaska and G. N. Ry., at Tacoma with N P Ry, at Vancouver with C. P. Ry. For Pureka (Humboldt Bay), 10 a. m. | March 3. 31, 27, and every sixth day 9, 15, ereafter. e anta Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, Cavucos, Port Harford (San Luls Obispo), Gaviota, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Hu=neme, San Pedro, Fast San Pedro (Los Angeles) Newport, § a. m., March 2, 6 10, 14, 13, 2, 20, and every fourth day thereatter. For San Diego, stopping only at Port Har- ford (San Luis Obispo), Santa Barbara, Port 1% Angeles and Redondo (Los Angeles), 11 a. m. March 4, 8 1% 16, 20, 24, 23, and every fourth day thereafter. For Ensenada, Magdalena Bay. San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan, Altata, La Paz, Santa Rosa- lia and Guaynias (Mex.), 10 a. 'm., March §, April 3, and 24 of each month thereafter. Fhe company reserves the right to change without previous notice steamers, salling cates and_honrs of salline. TICKET OFFICE-Palace Hotel, 4 New Montkomery street. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Gen. Agts., 10 Market street, San Francisco. THE 0. B. & N. CO. DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TO PORTLAND From Spear-street Wharf at 10 a. m. FARE £12 First Class Including Rerth £8 Second Class and Meals. SCHEDULE. OF SAILINGS: State of California Columbia .Mar. 2, Mar. 6 M, 22, Through Tickets and Through Baggage to all | Eastern Points. Rates and Folders Upon Ap- plication to E. C. WARD, General Agent, 630. Market st. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO.. Superintendents. s, 10, 18, 26 30 S. S. ZEALANDIA, E for HONOLULU only, Saturday, March 12, at 2 p. m. Special party | rat at 2 p. m. Line to COOLGARDIE, Austraiia. and CAPE WN, South Africa. T?. D. SPRECKELS & BROS. CO.. Agents. 114 Montgomery_street. Freight Office—527 Market st.. San Francisco. | tes. The S. S. MOANA | zails via Honolulu and Auckland for Sydney Wednesday, March 23 t Compagnie Generale Transatiantigue. | French Line to 2Iimu-e.h Company’s Pler (new) 42 Nort] RI\Zr.pflf};‘o( of Mcrton st. Travelers by this line avoid both transit by English railway and the Thelchannel in a small boat. Alexandria, Beypt, via Paris, second_class $116. ANDIE . March 19, 10 a. m. A SO March 26 10 a. m. TA CHAMPAGNE TRGOGNE “April 2, 10 & m. I3 BRbraeN CApril 9,10 a. m. April 16 LA BRETAGNE LA NORMANDIE a 'A. FORGET, Agent. 6. 3. Bowling Green. New York. For further particul N 2 J. F. FUGAZI & CO., Agents, 5 Montgomery ave., San Francisco. STOCKTON STEAMERS Leave Pier No. 8, Washington St.. at 3 p. m. Daily. FREIGHT RECEIVED UP FO 5:30 P. M. Accommodations reserved by telephone. The only line selling through tickets and giv- ing through frelght rates to all points on the Valley Railroad. STEAMERS: = 7.0 WALKER, & CITE OF STOCKTON. GARRATT, I SRS, M £05. and fmpt. Co. For San Jose, Los Gatos & Santa Cruz Steamer Alviso leaves Pier 1 daily (Sunda: excepted) at 10 a. m.; Alviso daily (Saturdal excepted) at 5 p. m. Freight and Passenger: Fare between San Francisco and Alviso. 8le: to San Jose, 5¢. Clay street, Pler 1. First street, San Jose. iy New York first class $160; FOR U. S. NAVY-YARD AND VALLEJO. | Steamer " Monticello” Will Jeave vai.jo datur . m.; San Franciseo Saturda lus':u‘), 5 m;," Fegular card Sunday morning, Mareh 12, 1898 phone Red 2241 HATCH BROS. other | | Highland Springs, | @uced rates. | beyond San Rafael at half discomfort of crossing | 5 | 41 North | SOUTHERN FFACIFIC COMPANYD (eACIFIC s¥sTEM. : lenve and are due (o nrrive al oyt SAN FRANCISCO. | (Main Line, Foot of Market Street.) teave — Frox JANUARY 1, 188 — A::_;- 2003 San Joso and Way Stations... *8:43A o Ncia. Bioan and Sacramento. ... 10:434 Fi00x Marystille, Orovilleand Reddivg via o o Woodland . s 7:00a Vacaville and Rumsey, 7304 Magtinez, San Lamon, Valiejo! 8100 A tlauth ®r304 Niles, San Jose, Sereasnons llll-‘r‘yllwl ‘ehama and Red Blut Oak *8:30) Peters, Milton and 9:004 New Urlcans xpress, Merced, Ray- akeraicld, St el ming, Fos insg. G a0d or Martines, San apa, Calisto Suntid Hosa. 41807 Niles, S 1307 Laturop, Yresno, Mojave (for Randsburg), Santa liarbara and Loa Avgeles.. 4:30p Sauta ¥o Koute. Atlautle Kxpre for Mojnvo amd Fast.... ted, 6:00r Faropenn Mafl, Ogd 6:00¢ Haywards, Niles und San Jose. 18:001 Vallejo 8:001 Oregon oss, Sacramento, Marys- g D i LEANDLO AND HAYWARDY (Foot of Market Street.) 003 LTS 51008 | Melrose, Seminary Park, | f39:d3a 9:004 1 Fitchburg, Elmhurst, H San Leandro, South San | 12407 Teandro, Estudillo, 5p Lorenxo, Cherry b3 .“; d 6:107 Haywards. | 4 Runs throughi to Niles. i 11515y ) ¢ From Niee. 121007 it COAST BIVISION (Narrow Gauge). (Foot of Market Street. wark, Contervillo,San Jose, Telton, 3oulder Creek, Sauta Cr Way ~, Statious. *2:85» Newark, Aln Lo EN He Felton, Boulder Creek, e and Principal Way 4115 ¢ Newark, S 9:305 tll;‘flr Hunters' Excursion, Sav Jose and Way Stations .- 17:20m CREEK ROUTE FERRY. Prom SAX PRANCISCO—Foot of Market E_Iovu«t (8lip 8)— ST:16 9:00 11:00A.M. +2:00 13:08 40 15:00 *6:00e.M. #rom OAKLAND—Fool of Brosdway.—6:00 8:00 10:004.Mx 112:00 *1:00 $2:00 00 $4:00 *B:00r.. DIVISION (Broad Gauge). (Tuird and Townsend St) 1554 San Jose and Way jons (New ‘Alnaden Wednesdays vnly).. 8:35a 9:004 San Josn, Tres Pinos, Sauta Criv Pacitic Grove, Paso’ Robles, Sax Luls Obispo, Guadalupe, Surf and Principal Way Sl.nklu[n» ‘::'1,:: Jose and Way Station 04 Sau Jose and Way Sta e 804 San Jose and Why Statiol 2:30r San Mateo, Redwood, Me: Santa Clara, San ' Jose, Gilroy, Hollister, Sauta O Salinas, Monterey and Pacilic Grove ... *:3:35¢ San Jose and Principal Way Stations +4:151- San Jose aud Principal Way Stations 5:00p San Joso and Principal Way Stations 01 SaiJose and Principal Way Stations 0 San Jose and VWay Stations. 451 San Jose and Way Stations. A for Morning. T for Aftemoon. ® Sundays excepted. Sundays only. { Saturdays or ¥} Monday, Thursday and Saturday nights only. ‘Mondays and Thursdays. _ § Wednesdays and Saturdays. u SAN FRANCISCO AND NORTH PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. Tiburon Ferry, Foot of Market St. SAN? FRANCISCO L0 SAN, RAFAEL, p. m. Thursdays—Extra tri Saturdays—Extra trips at 1: SAN FRANCISCO. WEEK DAYS—6:10, 7:50, 9:20, 11:10 a. m.g 12:45, 3:40, 6:10 p. m. Saturdays—Extra trips at 1:55 and 6:35 p. m. SUNDAYS—S8:10, 9:40, 11:10 & m.: 1:40, 340, £:00, 6:25 . 6:25 p. m. Hetween San Francisco and Schuetzen Park came schedule as above. FErers " Leave 1 Arrive su:Frnuclwo.{ ineffect | san Pramclsen | s | Destination a.m.) _Novato, | . #30a.m.| Petalnma. l5:0m.m.| €anta Rost. Sop.m. Fulton, Windsor, 80a.m Healdsburz. ‘ Lytton. | Geyservlile, |8:00a.m.| Cloverdale. | 7:3p.m.| 6:22p.m. Hopland aad| :30a.m. | 8 -00a.m. JRinh. S0a-m. | ] | /s:00a.m.| Guerneville. 8 | Stages connect at Santa Rosa ror Mark West Springs; at Geyserville for Skaggs Springs; at Cloverdale for the Geysers; at Hopland for Soda Bay, at Uklah for Blue Lakes, Pomo, Potter erley's, Buck- ‘Boonvilte, Fort Kelseyville, Lakeport and Bartlett Springs; Vichy Springs, Saratosa Springs. Laurel Dell Lake, Upper Lake, lley, John Day's, Riverside. L . 'Sanhedrin Heights, Hullville, Orr's’ Hot Springs, Mendocino City, Erage, Westport, Saturday to Mond. o Tound-trip tickets at re- 'On ‘Sundays round-trip tickets to all points rates. | Ticket Offices—€50 Market street. Chronlcle lding. P W FOSTER, X. RYAN. Prea. 'and Gen. Manager. Pass. ARt CALIFORNIA Santa T e SAN FRANCISCD Route - CHICABD. Leaves San Francisco at 4:30 p. m. MONDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS. Carres first-class passengers only, but withe out extra charge. DINING CAR, BUFFET SMOKING CAR. Pullman Palace Drawing-Room Sleepers, 2% days to Chicago, 4} days to New TYork THE ATLANTIC EXPRESS Leaves daily at 4:30 p. m.. carryins Fuilman Falace and Pullman Tourlst Slecping cars on fast time. Direct connection in Chicago and Kansas City for all Eastern points, ‘Trains arriye and depart from Market-strees San Francisco ticket office. 811 Market erTy. Fomot. Chronlcle. bullding, _Telephone _Maia 1620. ~ Oakland office, 1113 Broadway. Sacra- ‘mento office, 201 J street. San Jose, 7 West santa Clara street. THE SAN FRANCISCO & SAN JOAQUIN " VALLEY RAILWAY C_PANY. From September 10, 1897, trains will rua as follows: £l Southbound. | Northbound. | | P Mixed Mixed Passsa ger | Sunday S1HORS cunday gor Dally Excp'id — Exe'p'td Dally RAILROAD TRAVEL. NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD. ¥ Via Sausalito Ferry. From San Franciscy Cemencios Septemer | WEER DAYS. For Mill Valley and San Rafael—7:23, *3:3, 11:30 a. m.; *1:45, 3:45, *5:15, 6:00, 6:30 p. m. Extra trips for San 'Rafael on Mondays, ‘Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11:30 p. m. SUNDAYS. For Mill Valley and San Rafael—*8:00, *10.00, ©11:30 8. m.; *1:15, 3:00, *4:30, 6:15 p. m. San; Quentin. a.m. Stoekton 3: Connections—At Stockiun with steamboats of C. N. & L Co. leaving San Francisco and Stockton at € p. m daily: at Merced with stages l&lnd trom s-;ulnm. Coulterville, ete.; wit for Ho posa, ete.; ::'ohnkeflblm with stage to and from Maders. 'MOUNT TAMALPAIS SCERIC RAILWAY (Via Sausalito ierry). | Leave San Francisco, commencing Novem- | ber 13, 1887 ‘Week Days—9:30 m., 1:45 p. m. Sundays—8:00, . 33%30 a. m.. 115 p. m. Round tgolrm Mill Valley, $L { TH K & SON, Agents, 631 Marke§ | street, San