The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 19, 1898, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TU DAY, MARCH 19, 1898 ODIOUS TO MOTHERS The Fact Th at Poolrooms Exist Where Women Gamble. Citizens, Public Officers, and, in Fact, People of All Callings, Wonder a t the Law- Breakers. The story told exclusively yesterday | morning in The Call concerning the fe- male gamblers of the city and the lo- cation of the pool rooms set aside for their use alone set men of all descrip- tions and occupations thinking in & serious manner. In all the orders passed by the Board of Superv ri concerning and regulating the s»le of pools upon races and games of chance there cannot be found the word man” In consequence the ev comes the more terrible, and well known that the p ling on horse races by ingly prevalent husban s alike think of the debauching i which may be thrown on a m the family. It is proven that women haunt such places, and in ¢ equence some family suffers and men who be- fore looked upon pool selling as a ne- cessary evil have now turned in a de- cided manner and regret that men are allowed to carry on & bu which may unfit women and E boys, for the honorable occupation 1 ‘When the orders w ing the sale of pools on hors: - to the track at which the contests o speed took place the men who sat to make the er dreamed that women, those of far shoul r repressing them 1 and whilz one from from the - the thought now presenis rder should have read in regard to sex. of the Police Department helpless, because after unable to gain conv s of the Board of Po- s state that i ob- ould be closed up re- opin. tated t the law rests with -e and should be enforced. to the records shown by Lees th since N e have been continued. at present twenty-nine cases on the calendar of the Po- in departments 1, 2 and 4. a afterncon Dan Crowley before Judge Campbell and a jury, and the case was nearing completion when the court closed, and it thought that on this one case hangs the fate of the other ca waiting trial. The whole trouble seems to be the present incomplete and un- atisfactory manner of drawing Po- lice Court juri The members of lh_e‘: bar are unanimous in stating that it is the jury system which causes the rettable acquittals which follow est of pool-sellers, but in many in- ances the cases have been heard by one Judge alone, and as usual ac- quittal followed. Without a chance for denial the dis- table occupation of gambling on cious results is allowed to proceed in all its alluring et debauching fea- tures,, and men who state that they have the right to place their money on a game of chance if they so desire regret that wives and mothers have commenced to follow their example, and especially that their desire to play the races is increasing in such a way. Mayor Phelan, Chief of Police Lees, District Attorneys, Police Commissioners and women in various portions of the city all agree that the evil of betting should mnow be sup- pressed by all means, as it was not so Jamentable until within the past few months, when women got the “fever. All who have been.questionied on the matter willingly give their opinions, and without an exception are shocked and surprised at an evil which has in- | fatuated both sexes alike. Mayor Phelan is of the opinion that the evil could be suppressed in a short while by arresting and publishing the names of all those who buy pools in the gam- bling places, and as the order restrict- ing the sale of pools makes it a mis- demeanor for any one to visit the places, the plan looks feasible, but the members of the Police Commission are of the opinion that force should be used to close up the resorts as fast as they are opened. The opinions _nr citizens and public officials can easily be seen in the following interviews: Mayor Phelan—The gambling in this city is extent. I cannot see why no convic- tions to speak of have as yet been made in the police courts. If those who visit the public resorts were promptly ar- rested and their names given to the public I think the evil would soon be repressed. Section 3 of Order 2361 states that no person shall sell pools upon any trial or contest of skill, speed or power of endurance between horses, except within the inclosure of a race track, where such trial or contest is to take place, shall purchase or acquire for money or anything representing money, or any article of value or any other consideration, any interest in or upon the event of any such trial or contest or contingent issue, cr place or deposit any stake, wager, hazard or pledge between two or more parties of money or anything representing money or any article of value in or upon the happening or non-happening of any event or contingent issue. This order was approved March 23, 1891, and the penalty for its violation is a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than six months. On this order and subsequent arrest the evil may be abated. Chief Lees—I have made the ar- rests of parties who violate the orders, and if the courts do not give convic- tions I am not to blame. The juries which have tried the cases have been exceptionally good ones, and I attend- ed to the panel myself. They were rep- resentative business men, and thewhole matter rests on the fact that a jury will not convict a party for selling pools in the city when it is allowed to go on at the race courses. There are now many cases pending, and the re- sult may be different from heretofore. The records of arrests speak for them- e races, sccompanied with its vi- | increasing to an alarming| selves, and I can show no more proof of the untiring efforts to bring those | who te the law before the courts | W have hoped for speedy con- viction: POLICE CQMMISSIONER WIL- LIAM ALVORD—The matter of sup- pressing the innumerable poolrooms now said to exist in this city is one of the most difficult undertakings yet at- tempted by the authorities. Many ar- rests have been made by the police and seen the courts have far, however, but few s have been secured, as the nvariably demand trial by the jury as often brings in a lict of not guilty. From my un- 1ding of the cases the only rea- son why a conviction has not been had { lies altogether with the Jjury system of our Police Courts. The course pur- ;u‘r('ldlh,\' The L;]a}l is a commendable one n am ready to do all 4 v as a Police Commissi e the paper in suppre: as any other evil whi would of ch may exist. i be pleased to have |h}e opinion: rsons familiar with the law and workings of the poolsellers, and will bring the matter before the Commis- Monday evening. In the ne I will familiarize myself with the subject, so that I may have an in- ze}-;:xl‘;:r!xéEund(gr“swxldlng thereof. C OMMI ONER RICH- ARD J. TOBIN—I am pleased to see that The Call has taken up the mat. ter of suppressing the poolroom evil, It is a most commendable move and may be the means of assisting the au- t ies to overcome the Z C great diffi- culties surrounding the question which has been agitating the commission for some time. Up to th few c.»n\'!(-tinna? ha e it though the police rests of poolsellers. The fault s to lie with the jurles, who are un doubtedly influenced by the argumen made by counsel of the accused : i poolselling is allowe ot e should be allowed at other plac The ordinance permitiing meniooas passed by the Board of was evidently intended to Pools to be sold at the race track only The poolrooms are such a menaca. tg 1h}r;‘ morals of the city that I hope we ;\‘“]1 find some way to suppress the AL _POLICE COMMISSIONER M. A | GUNST—There should be nunmo}fe' di}: | flculty in suppressing the poolrooms | than there is in keeping faro and clock | games closed. The authorities have | attempted to suppress the poolsellers | through the medium of the courts, but have been unable to obtain the desired relief there, so why waste any more time in that direction? 1If the police | are able to keep faro and clock mamec | closed they are equally as able to sup. press pooiselling. If I was Chief Bt s Supervisors, allow the Police of San Francisco T would close fevery poolroom in -the city within forty-eight hours, and I would see that they were kept closed. Under the e sting law they have no right to exist. | This being true it is the duty - 1 ¢ fo see that they 0 | “The law is defective on v, | of juries in the Police p;'&i,gf?“sgfi Assistant District Attorney Black last | evening, “and it is for this reason that | S0 many acquittals are brought about. If Police Courts acted as they do in ‘Vthe Superior Courts in regard to the impaneling of juries better results in | bringing law breakers to justice would | prevail. Where an officer is given the power @s he is in the Police Courts to bring any one or anybody for a Juror 11! is hard to expect that a verdict will | be given in accordance with the evi- dence, as a friend of the man on trial | can easily get in the way and be | placed on the jury. The poolroom | proposition is indeed regrettable, but it will be a hard matter to suppress, although it will be a good thing to keep | trying. ~ Arrest the men from time tg | time and in the future things may take | 2 decided change. We will hope for the Mrs. E. B. Pond says: | muc! are suppressed. uch surprised when I read The Call this morning to see that such dens of | vice existed. It is a most terrible state | of affairs, and The Call is doing a wise | thing in trying to expose them. It is terrible to think that such a state of | affairs exist in California and in the ;heart of a Christian community. | think it must be the middle class more | than any other that spend their money |or at least gamble it in this foolish | way. It has nearly always been my | experience with the poor that the wives | seldom get the money, as the husbands generally spend it before they ever | think of giving it to the women.” T)lrigs Jessie Ackerman of the W. C. | against the pool rooms for women. She | says: I am so glad to see The Call | work in the cause of right and suppress | such a crying evil. I hope that it will | not stop until the last one of these | places of gambling is suppressed.” Assistant District Attorney Black | said: “It is surprising the way these pool rooms violate the law and then es- | cape without any punishment what- | ever. The law on the matter is plain enough, and should be enforced. It is also a misdemeanor for parties to visit the pool rooms, and on this line if ar- rests should follow much good might be done, for no person wishes notoriety | where gambling is concerned.” ——— | Rheumatism, kidney & liver diseases cured. Dr. | Gordin’sSanitarium,514Pine.nr. Kearny,S.F.,Cal, ——————— A MILLINER'S CRUELTY. Flossie Beaver Testifies Against Mrs. Eva Beaglehole of Reno. Mrs. Eva Beaglehole, the milliner from Reno, Nev., who was arrested Thursday night on a charge of cruelty to a minor child, appeared in Judge Joachimsen's court yesterday morning. The little girl, Flossie Beaver, was called and testified to various acts of cruelty in Reno and also at the Wilson House on Post street, this city, where she sald Mrs. Beaglehole choked and bit her. She showed the marks of the bites on the palm of her hand and on her left arm. The case was continued till to-day, and the Judge was so incensed that he or- dered the defendant into custody, but subsequently revoked the order. as Officer McMurray of the Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Children told him that the society had anvlied to Judge Seawell to have the letters of guardianship in Mrs. Beaglehole's favor revoked. indorses The Call in its move | A done | n endeavoring to punish the | | | | | ve been secured, al- | have made many ar- | d at the race track | ling, | of the po. | | | appointed for each city was passed. “I was very4 1} | MERCHANTS CONDEN A SCALE LAW Universal Opinion Is Against the 1891 Enactment. Consider It a Scheme to Blackmail Business Men. Not in Favor of Granting Arbi- trary Power to Indi- viduals. THE PROBABLE EFFECT. The Law Designed to Create a Sine- cure for Soms Politi- cians. The more thoroughly conversant the merchants of the city become with the | extortion act known as the seal law of '91 the more universal they become in opinions of condemnation .of it. In not one instance is the oppressive edict ap- proved or the least sanction orencourage- ment expressed for its adoption in -this city. The merchants are one in the belief that it is an extortion of the worst kind, and declare, as far as influence and com- bined action is concerned, it will not be permitted to introduced into this municipality. The law is characterized generaliy as a blackmailing scheme formulated by un- scrupulous legislators and approved by the State for the creation of a political sinecure, the duties of which, as the word implies, will consist chiefly of the collec- tion of exorbitant fees and the perform- ance of little or no work. It was ntro- duced in the Legislature at the instiga- tion of politicians in the interests of political bossism, and not for the weal of citizens of the State. The m ants declare that they have ppression enough without having more | | | | | | | heaped upon them. being taxed in every | department of their business either by the State or the municipal government. The argument ..at is now being ad-| ced ed and invest which the 1 ed with the arpitrary power of '91 will undoubtedly al- low him, their only resource for protec-| tion will be to apply for papers for in- solvency. The scaeme is declared an unnecessary burd: and an insult to people possessing ordinary common sense and a knowledge rights as citizens, 1s to aad to the list published in The Call during the last few dayi D. H. PORTER, OF PORTER BROS. & CO., INC.—I certainly see no necessity for the appointment of any person with the power as conferred by the act of 1591 We are perfectly willing that our scales should be examined at any time, but the idea of giving any person the power to arbitrarily levy an assessment at his dis- cretion is unjust, to y the least. There was no reason for the passage of the act and its enforcement should be vigorously JOSEPH KIRK, ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD OF TRADE—The Board of Trade as a body has not taken the mat- ter up because they have always con- sidered it a dead letter law. The law has many disadvantages, and in my opinion can never be carried out. 1 JAMES H. HARROLD, of WHEATON BREON & CO.—I cannot see the nec sity for such an officer. We hsve our scales cleaned and tested every morning to prevent their going wrong, and when- ever they got out of order we send to the proper persons and have them set right. All merchants know that if they cheat a customer in sending goods out they are just as liable tn cheat themselves when the goods are coming in. In my opinion there is no need of a sealer. The position was _created by politicians to make room for somebody. If a man should come to my place and ask to ex- amine my scales, and after finding them in order, should demand 50 cents or a dollar, I think 1 would so far forget my self as to refuse the request in very strong terms. Such a tax would be an imposition on the merchants, and I am sure they would be opposed to -~ving it. I believe in honest weights and honest measures, but I do not believe in offices being created for the purpose of giving politicians a chance to work. “'i)', 4 man could go from door to door, and b: very little labor earn enough in ‘one day to last him a week. suc it_should be, it will be greatly deplored. E. D. PAGE OF THE HOWE SCAL NY—It was mainly through my hat the law of having a sealer went to Sacramento and worked hard foxl' its passage, as I thought it would be of great value to our merchants. Although 1 believe in the creation of such an of- fice, yet I do not think the official should pocket the fees. He should be an expert in his line of business and should receive a good salary. All fees for the work he did could be turned over to the city or State. The fee should be a small one, so that it would not be a burden to the mer- chants. All that would be necessary would be for the officer to visit a store twice a year, and I am sure such a small sum as a dollar or two would not be fe... | The merchants wouid be benefited by the expert's examination, as they are con- stantly losing money ‘on account o1 ineir scales being out of order. 1 know of one merchant who was giving twenty ounces for a pound and was not aware of it un- til informed by one of our experts. Every large city has such an officer. and T hope that San Francisco will possess one in the near future. ISAAC UPHAM OF PAYOT, UPHAM & CO.—I do not believe in this indiscrim- inate collection of fees nor do I think there is any need of such an official. Should such an office be created in this city a reliable man with an expert knowl- edge of scales and measures should be chosen and paid a reasonaple salary. JOHN A. HAMMERSMITH OF HAM- MERSMITH & FIELD—That law was passed to give some politician a chance to earn a livelihoood. here is no need of such an officer. He would be an unneces- zary expense to the merchants and of no earthly good. We are paying too many fees as it is, and the saddling on of more will be strongly fought by the merchants. Our scales for weighing gold and silver must necessarily be kept in the finest condition, and ‘must not veer a hair's breadth one way or another. Whenever they get out of order, and that is seldom, we send for an expert and have them cor- rected. Should a sealer come to our store for the purpose of testing our scales I would refuse him that privilege unless he assured me that he was an expert. e L BRIGHA . WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS—A law that is made by the State and cirectly op- posed to the best interests of the State, as this law is, should not be tolerated and shou.d be at once stricken from the enactments. It is a fraud and an op- pression of the worst possible kind. and it Is a wonder to me how any intelligent body of men wou.. solicit or request its enforcement. The powers invested in the office of the sealer are.arbitrary, and for this reason alone should not be allowed to enter the statute-book, for we are liv- ing in a supposealy free community, and, as citizens, we demand just laws thaf will be for the benefit of the municipality and not for inu.viduals who gain their prestige from political influence, and are sustained bi it in their oppressive exac- tions and the prostitution of the duties, the fulfillment of which the Government that if an inspector is appoint- | and perquisites that | the sealer it is exceed the salary officials in the| | Inter-Mountair | when the streets in tp 3 I cannot believe that | an appointment will be made, but if | |COLLECTED IN demands to a certain extent, and beyond that they are at hiberty to use tneir own {udgment as to how they sha.. conduct heir office and the money which shall demand for their services. lieve in an inspector or sealer whose duty it would be to inspect and {investigate scales, weights, etc., for the good and in the Interests of the people, but he should be employed by the Government and re- munerated for his services by the Gov- ernment, and not by the fees that he may collect at will and as often as he de- sires to make an inspection. In a city as large as San Francifsco it would be impossible f6r one man to sus- tain the burden of c_rrying on the entire work which a t kind would d it would neces: small army of deputies. " ven this would be desirable if the system could be oper- ated on a just basis and In a way that both the people and the merchants would derive a sort of protection from the frauds and unscrupulous practice of the filling of weights, which characterize the business methods of many of our re- tallers. As the law reads now, I am em- hatically opposeu to it and will do my Bt o provant it adention b nks Sty JACOB GOLLoERG, 'RESID: AND GENERAL MANAGER OF THE FIRM OF GOLDBERG, BOWEN & CO.—I can sum the affair up in no better way than to characterize it as a base municipal fraud. To talk and discuss such a proposition as a possible benefac- tion on such an absurd basis would be to reflect upon the intelligence of an or- dinary man. is absolutely beyond my comprehension how a man has a right to come into my establishment at any time and in fact when he pleases and make a thorough Investigation of my scales, measures, etc., and then compel me to remunerate him With an exorbitant fee. Such conduct fs npfimaching dangerous- 1y near that of blackmailing. I have nu- merous scales, measures and other ap- purtenances lating the exa and the tax to submit to cial and separ: o measuring and calcu- valuation of my goods; t I would be compelled ¢ the payment of a spe- e fee for the inspection of each scale would amount to a pro- digious sum. If this Is the law it is the most peculiarly constructed law I have ever heard of. I belleve in an inspector, {ll be paid by the Govern- ble to it for the strict his duties. An inspector t law would be at lib- my establishment at any on whatever Investiga- t see fit; but I think that v be an injustice to me on the laws of the city mpt & wholesale and un- rtion from me for such licited it nor approved re I should not be com- r it. I think that the am: performance of under the pre erty to call pelled to pay aw, as Secre tains, is Inoprrative and as such should be stricken from the legislative enact- ments of '9l. My opinion is that the law is an outrage that should not be toler- ated. THE CORRIDORS. R. C. Terry, a vineyardist of Clayton, is at the Lick. R. J. Henry the Occident. George Wil the Occident. of Milpitas is a guest at x of Chicago {s staying at r of Los Angeles is stay- rnia. C. R. Sco Portland, Or., is regls- tered at the Occidental. Kirk of Philadelphfa is one Is at the Paiace. rland, a well known Chi- is at the Baldwin. has come to the city from at the O ental, sey, District Attorney of guest at the Grand. San Mateo a Carl E. L Santa Cruz, A. W. Du Bois of New York is at the Calitornia, accompanied by his wife. H. E. Barber, deputy sheriff of Stock- ton, arrived at the Grand last night. John B. Reed, editor of the Montana is a guest at the Palace. State Senator Thomas Flint is regis- tered at the Palace from his homs2 in San Juan. 0000000000 In an office on o O one of the upper o AN AGED o foors of an office buflding facing O LOTHARIO O nroieer® street 1s © REBUKED. °©° y o O whose locks have 0000000000 been whitened by the snows of many winters that have, nev- ertheless, failed to cool ae amatory heat that st.. warms his bosom witn the same ardor toward the farer portion of hu- manity that it did a half a century ago. Now this gentleman is confined to his office during the late morning hours, shopping district are thronged with the lovely daughters of society, and in the afternoons, when Market street is crowded with the fair ones who arise late and take thelr daily constitutional alon - the line as the west- ern sun is dipping toward its sleep in the swelling bosom of the Pacific, he is com- pelled to stay » his chamber, “up a tower to the east,” and guard the sacred shield that some supreme court awarded to him for his prowess in the lists of law so long ago “that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.” Clients are not so numerous with this gentleman but that he has plenty of spare time on his hands which he employs in rubber-necking at the windows of the Palace and throwing kisses at anything in skirts that happens for a moment to | appear. The other day a couple of young gentlemen were paying a call in the hotel, when their hostess mentioned the im- pertinences to which she was subjected by this old Lothario whenever she had occasion to go to the window, and the | young fellows determined to teach him a lesson. One of them, donning a bonnet and shawl, appeared at the window, and after a few minutes’ desperate flirtation succeeded, by signs, in making the old fellow understand that he was to come down and meet the supposed lady at the hotel entrance. The elderly masher came down at once, but instead of meeting the lovely maiden he expected he was con- fronted by two young men, who first gave him the laugh and then reading him a long lecture on the error of his ways dis- missed him, with the assurance that his age would not protect him from a thrash- ing if he continued to attempt love-mak- ing with respectable women whom he did not know, but who might possibly be friends of his daughters. H. W. Patton, a politiclan and newsra- per man of Los Angeles, Is a guest at the Palace. C. J. Berry and F. Phiscatro, the two famous Klondikers, left the Grand ‘yester- day for Alaska. H. C. Hopkinson of Stockton and . Allan, an insurance man of Spokane, are both staying at the Grand. Miss Anna R. Morris, the eldest daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Louls T. Morris, is lying very ill at the Presidio. H. M. McMurchy, the crask bird shot of Syracuse, N. Y., Is registered at the Grand, where he arrived yesterday. J. A. Munroe, freight and traffic man- ager of the Union Pacific at Omaha, is at the Oceidental on his way to Del Monte. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Johnson of Wood- stock, Vt., are at the Palace, where they arrived yesterday with their family on a pleasure trip to the coast. C. J. Ives, president of the Rurlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway, ar- rived in the city vesterday in his private car from Cedar Rapids, where he makes his home. He is on a vacation, and his visit to California is purely one of yleas- ure. . Crosby, general freight agent ogG:::‘ B'ull:'l;lngton lines at Omaha, and D. D. Mayo, general manager of the Denver and Rio Grande Express, are at the Pal- ace, where they arrived last evening en route to Del Monte to attend the meeting of the Transcontinental Freight Bureau, which will take place there Monday next. —_— Burglars Sent to Prison. william Fuller, convicted of burglary, was sentenced by Judge Wallace yester- day to one year’s imprisonment at Fol- som. Henry , an old offender, re- ceived a five-year sentence for a ar offense, ry of State Brown main- | | cure is permanent, and they publish a | A Petition Is Forwarded 9 A Total Disability Claim of $1650 Paid to Man Who Was Afterward Gured, The Monitor, a newspaper published at Meaford, Ont., Canada, first discovered this case two years ago, and published it at length, which now seems, owing to the cure of it, to be a miracle. The facts were so remarkable that many people doubted the truth of them. They said: It is too remarkable; it cannot possibly ‘be-true; the paper is mistaken, and the man, aithough he may think himself cured, will soon relapse into his former condition,” etc., ete. The accuracy of its report cailed in’ question, the Monitor de- termined to find out definitely whether the facts were as stated and whether the man would really stay cured. They ac- cordingly kept a close watch on the case for two years after the first article ap- his mouth sufficiently wide to take solid | food. The doctors called the disease | spinal sclerosis, and all said he could not lve. For three years he lingered in this con- | dition. Then by some friends he was ad- vised to take Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for | Pale People. He took them and there | was a slight change. The first thing | noted was a tendency to sweat freely. | This showed there was some life left in his helpless body. Next came a little feel- ing in his limbs. This extended, followed | by prickling sensations, until at last the | blood began to course freely, naturally | and vigorously through his body and the | helplessness gave way to returning | strength, the ability to walk returned and | he was restored to his old time health. | even better health than when I gave you the first interview.”” Do you still attribute your cure to the use of Dr. Williams” Pink Pills? asked the Monitor. “Unquestionably I do,” was the reply. “Doctors had failed, as had also the nu- merous remedies recommended by my friends. Nothing I took had the slightest effect upon me until 1 began the use of Dr. Willlams’ Pink Pills. To this won- derful medicine I owe my release from the living death. I have since recom- mended these pilis to many of my friends and the verdict is always in their favor. I shall always bless the day I was in- duced to take them.” Such is the history of one of the most remarkable cases of modern times. Can D OMINIO. H e OF THE DOMINION BANK H530CIATION peared, and have just now published an- other article about it in which the orig- inal reports are completely verified, the fac-simile of the check given by the Ca- nadian Mutual Life Association for $1630, amount of total disability claim paid by them to Mr. Petch. The first account stated that the patient (see address below) had been a paralytic for five years; that there was such a to- tal lack of feeling in his iimbs and body that a pin run full length could not be felt; that he could not walk or help him- self’ at all; for two years he was not dressed; furthermore that he was bloated, was for that reason almost recognizable, and could not get his clothes on. The paralysis was so complete as to affect the face and prevented him from opening The above is the substance of the mst‘ article published by the Monitor. Now | follow some clippings, taken from the same paper two years afterward, and there is not the slightest shadow of a| doubt, in view of this testimony, that Mr. Petch’s cure is permanent. Here follows the account: On belng again questioned, Mr. Petch | sald: *“You see those hands—the skin is | now natural and elastic. Once they were hard and without sensation. You ecould | pierce them with a pin and I would not | feel it, and what is true of my hands is true of the rest of my bod Perhaps yvou | have observed that I ha now even| ceased to use a cane, and caz get about | my business perfectly well. You may say | there is absolutely no doubt as to my | cure being permanent. Indeed I am iIn| any one say, in_the face of such testie mony, that Dr. Willlams' Pink Pills ars not entitled to the careful consideration of any suffering man, woman or child? Is not the case in truth a miracle of mod- ern medicine? To make the evidence complete we pub- lish above a fac-simile cut of the check received by Mr. Petch from the Cana- dian Mutual Life Association, being the amount due him’ for total disability. It is unnecessary to add that this life in- surance association did not pay this large amount of money to Mr. Petch, except after the most careful examination of his condition by their medical experts. They must have regarded him as forever in- curable. 5 Mr. Petch’s address is as follows; ben Petch, Griersville, Ont., Canada. Reu- FIREMEN WANT MORE WAGES to the Board of Free- holders. Engineers Request That Reasonable Salary Be Al- lowed Them:. Officers Desire Their Pay Fixed in Conformity With the Last Charter. At the next regular meeting of the Board of Freehclders, to be held in the Mills building next Tuesday evening, a | letter from the engineers of the San Francisco fire department and another | from the officers of the same depart- ment, requesting an increase in salary, will be brought before the board for consideration. The communication from the engi- neers is a request that a reasonable | salary be allowed them in the new charter now being formulated, claim- ing as a right to this consideration that they are on duty at all times and work twenty-four hours a day. The letter, which is as yet in the possession of its authors, in substance is as follows: We, the undersigned engineers of the San Francisco Fire Department most re- spectfully ask your nonorable board to allow us a reasonable salary in the char- ter now being prepared by you, and, in doing so, we desire to respectfully sub- mit that we are continually on duty at all times, and wor— twenty-four hours a day; that engineers who work but nine or ten hours per day receive a compensa- tion of at least $3; that we are all prac- tical machinists and engineers, and, be- fore securing the positions we now hold in said department, it was necessary to undergo several examinations as to our ations and fitness. q‘{l\l'léflcthererore respectfully and ear- nestly ask that you consider the fore- going facts and allow us a fair and Ajust compensation for the arduous services we are to perform in said department. The officers of the department have framed a similar petition, which will be presented with that drawn up by the engineers at the meeting Tuesday evening. It requests the board to al- low the respective salaries of officers provided by the last charter, and in conformity with Chapter 2, Article XIIL It reads as follows: Ve, the undersizned officers of the Fire D:‘p:'rttmeent of the city and county re- Spectfully_ petition your .onorable board o fix and allow our respective salaries, as provided in the last charter and by chapter 1I, article XIII, thereof, and in support of this petition, we respectfully submit for your consideration that our present salaries were fixed by an act of ihe Legislature twenty years ago, and that our duties here in said department have since correspondingly increased with the growth of the city, the department and the number of fires. Much interest is manifested in these petitions, as they are the first of the kind demanded upon the stipulations of the charter. Whether firemen are en- titled .to additional remuneration for valiant, industrious and conscientious work is a question the board will de- cide at the coming meeting. e WEIGHING MAILS. What Uncle Sam Is Paying the Rail- roads and Steamboats for Carry- ing the Pouches. The quadrennial weighing of malils for the Pacific section of the United States will take place beginning March 22 and closing at midnight of April 25. All mail matter placed on cars or steamboats will weighed, the result of the weighing to determine the rate and amount of com- pensation to be paid to the companies cdrrying the mails. In consequence of the time required to do the weighing all out- going mails will close ten minutes earlier than usual. An extra force of clerks, to be taken from the eligible civil service list, will be put on to do the work. The compensation allowed by law for the carrving of the mails is "$42 75 per mile per annum for 200 pounds, For 0 | pounds, $106 §7; for 2000 poun pounds, the rate per mile $64 12; fer 1000 pounds, $85 5 or ds, $128 25; for for 5000 pounds, $I71, er year 1is| 1500 3500 pounds, 3149 62; | ana for all additional at the rate of $21 37 | per 2000 pounds. Railroads aided by land | grants by act of July 12, 1876, get 80 per t of these rates. The Government pays also for railroad postal cars per mile per annum as fol- 1o For a car mensur(ng forty feet, for forty-five feet, $40; for fifty feet, and for sixty feet, $50. _——— INDIGNANT PROPERTY OWNERS The Proposed Bush Street Boulevard Does Not Meet With General Approval Along the Line. The proposed boulevarding of Bush street does not meet with the approval of the majority of the property owners along the line of that thoroughfare. Those who have entered a protest against this scheme are at a loss to ac- count for the determination of the Su- pervisors to force the issue against such an overwhelming majority of the prop- erty owners who have not only entered a strong protest but who have appeared in person both before the Street Commit- tee and the full board and there maae thelr objections as strong and forcible as it was possible to do. The topographical surroundings of the street with its west- ern end leading into a graveyard, witn no outlet, and for that matter with no beginning, were explained as fully and as forcibly as it was possible to be set forth. A strong protest emanating from the owners of 14,000 lineal feet has been filed | with the Supervisors against the boule- vard scheme, and a petition- from only 4000 lineal feet from tuose who condition- ally favor it has veen received. The ob- jections were backed up by the personal | appeararice of a delegation of several hundred property owners who went to the committee rooms an. urged the absurdity of a muni¢ipality putting itself on record in declaring a closed Street a ‘“boule- vard,” with its terminus leading into a cemetery. The question has been asked by the property owners why it is that the Su- pervisors are so determined in passing an ordinance declaring the street a ooule- vard in the face of the oppesition of a majority of those whose interests are jeopardized by the act. Some motive, it is asserted, must be behind this move other than the public good. But the end is not yet. At the next meeting of the Street Committee on next Thursday a strongdeiegation will be pres- ent to again try to induce the committee to report adversely on the boulevard scheme. It is claimed by the oldest residents on the street that for the past twenty years Bush street has been neglected in a most shameful manner; tne old '49 cobblestone pavement has been permitted to remain as originally put down in ploneer days, while outside districts ‘have been im- proved and modern pavements put down. Now when those who own thousands of dollars’ worth of real estate on the street are brought face to face with a boule- vard, which they declare means to de- stroy the value of their property, they cannot understand it. Consequently they are indignant and ready to fight the is- sue. They say the boulevard scheme will virtually “destroy the prospects of the street for anything for all time to come. The hideous *“ghost car” that acted as a hoodoo over the thoroughfare for years was bad enough, but this is, they con- sider, ““worse and more of it.”" They say: ‘We are bad enough, but do not make us any worse by mockingly calling_a street a ‘boulevard’ that has no beginning and a worse end, that of lead- ing into a graveyard, whence there is no earthly departure.” —_————— DAMAGES FOR DEATH. Owners of the Ship Benjamin F. Packard Asked to Pay Five Thou- sand Dollars for Negligence. Charles C. Wilson, as special adminis- trator of the estate of Heinrich {jpen- born, brought suit yesterday in the United States District Court against Ar- thur Sewall, Oscar T. Sewall, A. Cheese- brough, Z. Allen, John Doe i\l’ll’(‘il R(Bchaj.rd . owners of the American ship Benja- xfi‘l’; F. Packard, for $5000 damages alleged to have been sustained by the death of Heinrich Apenborn. It is alleged that on December 22, 1597, Apenborn was precipi- tated to the deck by the breaking of a foot rope on one of the yards, and re- ceived injuries which caused his death. The complaint avers further that the rope was rotten and not strong enough | to sustain the weight of a man, and that the owners of the vessel were criminally negligent in_that respect, and therefore responsible for the death of Apenborn. ————————— Will of a Klondiker. The will of Fred W. Harte, who died at PDawson City on November 10th last, was filed for probate yesterday. Besides leav- veral veluable mining claims in 'Kfi.-fi‘. Harte had $3000 on deposit in bank here. After making several be- a half-sister, niece and nephew, ?-;I::t‘es (‘l‘l’rects that the residue of hYs es- tate be distributed to E. F. Harte of Philadelphia. MADE SICK BY SEWER VAPORS Health Office Investigat- ing a Most Serious Nuisance. The Mail Dock Employes Live in Almost Constant Danger. The Brannan Street Sewer charges con the Mud at Low Tide. Dis- Health Officer O'Brien is endeavoring to fix the responsibility for a serious nuisance that threatens an epidemic of sickness In the vicinity of the Mail dock and has already caused the illness of a number of employes of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company whose duties cause them to remain on watch at the dock. The Brannan-street sewer, which drains a large area south of Market street, empties into the bay almost directly be- neath the dock. and this outlet for the city’s filth is the cause of all the trouble. Several complaints were recently re- ceived at the Health Office that the odors from the sewer were causing residents in the vicinity great inconvenience, and Chief Plumbing Inspector Sullivan was instructed to investigate. He found that at low tide the sewer, which is a wooden affair without cover- ing at the mouth, empties its contents on the mud flats, where they are exposed and throw off their poisonous gases un- til the rising water again comes to the rescue of those who are enough to have to live or labar o reg locality. He also found that several clerks of the steamship company were at home sick suffering from disorders that would indi- cate that they had their origin in the vapors of the sewer. He rendered a re- port to the Health Officer yesterday. stating that it was imperative that the sewer be continued to deep water at once, and that unless something is done immediately an epidemic of some conta. glous disease Is not improbable. Dr. O'Erien is not certain whether the work belongs to the Harbor Commission- ers, on whose domain.the sewage emp- tles, or whether the Board of Supervisors must take care of the improvement. He will address the latter body on the sub- ject and endeavor to ascertain how the danger can be obviated. i e situation is rendered doubly bad by the fact that the Brannnn-streglyuwsr recelves the refuse of a,number of hos- als where patients su e Taglous diseases ate treateq. S 1O OB CHAMPIONS ON THE COURTS. The Eastern Handball Experts Play Close Matches. The Eastern handball players, Casey and Dunne, are still a drawing card at Ryan’s court on Howard street. Yester- day Dunne coupled with Bonnet, Casey with Nealon, and they had it out for five. games. The playing was pretty close during the first four games. With the score two to all, Casey and Nealon suddenly de- veloped a burst of speed and won ‘the match in easy fashion. Casey and Nea- lon togk the first game after some fast work, in which the Easterners displayed their superior cleverness. The score was 21—18. The next two games were won by Dunne and Bonnet, 2117, 21-15. Try as they would to end the match in the next game, Dunne and Bonnet discovered that they toiled In vain. The fourth game went to the credit of Casey and Nealon, tying the score in games. Then came the last game, In which Nealon and Casey walked flfiht away from thelr opponents. Dunne and Bonnet scored but seven times in_this game. The feature of the play was the splen- did_volleyine of the erners. and again they caught the ball on the fly in the short court play, placing it at the same time. The local men put up a gttlln; game, particularly in back court ay. As soon as a woman begins to say how much she would like to meet a-certain litérary man, her husband says g:;oh! She probably wouldn’t like him a bit if she know him.—New York Press. ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The fac-simile . signature of is on every wrapper of CASTORIA.