The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 31, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1898 EXPOSING A LIAR AND BIDDING HIM A FOND FAREWELL Plain Facts Showing How the San Jose Mercury’s Falsi- fication Artist Digged a Pit and Fell Thesein, news, it is scarcely necessary to state that any paper must depend upon its correspondents. As a rule the Assoclated Press is accurate, and it could have no object in wantonly | assailing any territory in which it gathers information. One | To enter into a lengthy controversy with the San Jose Mercury would be to ascribe to that sheet a dignity it never possessed and an influence it can never hope to attain. Yet there seems occasion for reply to its charge that The Call SCANDAL IN NICIPAL AFFAIRS Work Done on the Streets Without Authority. MU Somebody in the Board Must Have Madea Pri- vate Arrangement. Superintendent Disclaims Any Responsibility for Private Contracts. TIME TO INVESTIGATE. A Striking Example of Negligence in Sewer Repairing on Morris Avenue. An example of negligence, or some- thing worse, in public work, may be RODGERS WILL PLEAD SELF-DEFENSE. A Nicked Razor on the Body of the Murdered Halsey Will Be Taken as Evidence of Quarrelsome Intent. ‘and he was naturally careful. When Halsey was searched aftér his death a razorwas found in his pocket that could not possibly have been used for shaving, and it is but natural to presume he carried it for other purposes. On a former occasion I understand that Halsey used a knife in a disturbance, and this fact was known to my brother. We have engaged attorneys and shall contest the prosecution every step of the way.” Rodgers was very nervous to-day, and has been told by his attorneys to say nothing. He Is following their advice. —_— e SUBSTITUTE CARRIERS. Eleven More Are Appointed by Postmaster Montague From the Civil Service Eligibles. Postmaster Montague yesterday made appointments of substitute carriers from the civil service list in addition to the forty substitute carriers already in ser- vice, the approach of the postoffice vaca- tion season, when many of the regular carriers will take their much-needed rest, and the fact that the number of substi~ tute carriers was cut down from fifty to forty some months ago, rendering this increase in the force imperatively neces- sary. The following are the names of the appointees: 3 | “Henry S. Dunn, Edward V. Atkinson, | George A. Ross, Frank E. Wyse, Willlam R. Foster, Willlam H. Houlihan, Fred A. Forner, Otto H. von ‘Lowenfels, Charles W. Dunn, James T. Walsh and Willlam H. Barry. Substitutes receive §1 per year and pro rata the pay of the carriers whose places they take. There are three grades of car- riers, drawing $600, $300 and $1000 per year respectively. Rodgers, is striving to injure the Santa Clara Valley to show the groundlessnes of the accusation and make a display of the of its agents at San Jose is city editor of the Mercury, a second on another local paper. If either of these gentlemen | found on Morris avenue, a little thor- | oughfare between Fifth and Sixth and | morrow. The new appointees will go to work to- —_—ee———— idity of the Mercur sehood gracefully posing its ¢ hibition of its guile. lara Valley is true. ondent set forth ence presented herewith intelligence of readers. z Even the d Rea light illuminating the Mercur must alize that had the valley been visited by a seve: g to the entire tation be would have resulted such a v the valley r A sheet so practiced in the arts might naturally be expected to do its lying But even in its lies the Mercury blunders, ex- us and making a wanton and unpleasant ex- all published a telegram relative to frost in That it changed the tele- e the prospects of the valley seem worse is the opposite of true, as ved by a glance at the affidavit of Mr. Cowles ss of editing was a modification of The copy received from the Associated ction of it in The Call and the Exam- explanation on this point a trespass on frost the news would have been of great importance, and e. Had any {tem concerning n suppressed nothing tending to benefit As to the reliability of veracity the Mercury Yoell, a The only change the ing. cury silly d doubtless he is correct in this. so grave an offense for the city papers to print that which! they supposed to be correct, and no offense for Yoell to give it to them for the purpose of being printed? ground and the facts w away, and forced to take hi indubitable proof the Mercury had garbled the Yoell dis- patch, whether with or without his consent matters noth- In either case it has lied elaborately and deliberately, | . e il el hed b e Aoas ke | night in order to ascertain if the Health An apology is due readers in general for devoting so much space to so unwholesome a subject as the falling Mer- | Convicted as a falsifier, a garbler of teiegrams, traducer, it shall not again be allowed by any excess of | happen to be off duty and their work fall to a temporary substitute, the fact would not be known among the papers receiving messages, and would be of no importance. work would be accepted as up to the usual standard of The A But why was it He was on the in his reach. They were far But as will be seen by with word. ith it is branded. mendacity to project itself into the notice of The Call 302 MONTOOMERY ST SAN FRANCISCO. SAN JOSE, 7 ' Ssveradid . / :/7//(&,/23!0;'////(‘( Y derse. A %@%Ianfwfl, Haren March 26.—A cold wave struck Santa Clara County last night and after the soaking rain of yesterday morning a heavy frost resulted. its apricot and prune crop of the valley was destroyed, Vegetables suffered also to a great degree. it is the worst frost that ever struck this and the damage is greater than were cut down by the grain. farmers state tion at this time of year, before known. I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct of a San Jose dispatch received by the Associated Press its wires and delivered to the San Francisco intensity. @M C o tes. Great damage was done to cereals, The entire almond, which peach, as well as The sec- ever copy over Wea Tl What The Call Printed. SAN JOSE, struck Santa Clara County March 26.—A cold wave last night, and after the soaking rain of yesterday morn- ing a heavy frost resulted. Great damage was done to cereals. The entire almond, peach, apricot and prune crop of the valley was destroyed, as well as the grain. Vegetables suffered to a great degree. The farmers say it is the worst frost that ever struck this section at this time of the and the damage greater than ever vear, before known. is | What the Examiner Printed. SAN JOSE., Mar A cold wave struck Santa Cruz County last night, and after the soaking rain of yesterday morn- ing, a heavy frost resulted. Great damage done to cereals, which were cut down its intensity. The entire almond, peach, apricot and prune crop of the valley was destroyed, as well as the grain. Vegetables suffered to a great degree. The farmers say it is the worst frost that ever struck this section at this and the damage is before known. time of the greater than e ve er | What the Mercury Says The Call | Printed. 1 occurred the following ully the entire almond, - crop of the valley was f was an extreme Italian hand of The Call entence read: “The en- peach, apricot and prune alley was destroyed, as well as It will be noticed that the original dispatch said nothing of the rop or of the grain; but the organ g for the political “salva- A County saw fit to garbled dispatch designed to >d readers believe that the richest agricultural region In the State is now little better than a blizzard- wept plain. 7 REVIEW T0-DAY AT PRESIDIO Artillery, Cavalry of the Garri- son to Parade. Infantry and Peace Talk Brings No Pause in the Preparations for Third Artillery, and First Lieutenant | Leon S. Roudiez, First Infantry, will convene at the Presidio to-morrow to examine and report upon the qualifica- | stored tions of Sergeants Richard Weege, Troop K, Fourth Cavalry; Albla E., Strom, Battery A, Third Artillery, and John Salter, Company E, First Infan- try, for the position of commissary sergeant, United States armv. First Lieutenant R. H. Noble, aide to General Shafter, delivered a lecture Tuesday last before the students of the University of California on the liability of officers and soldiers of the United States army and the National Guard to criminal and civil suits for acts done in the performance of their duty when the military is called out to aid the civil power. Recent orders from Washington di- recting the movement of troops south- ward is regarded in the army as signi- cently received from Waterford and Watervliet arsenals has been properly in the magazthes. A contract has been awarded for transporting the new 12-inch rifle and disappearing car- riage on which it will be mounted to the hill back of Fort Point. Steps will be taken now to render the position at Lime Point more formidable. New guns are to be placed on that side of the channel. The talk of peace has not brought a pause in the preparations to resist attack. The transfer of an additional battery from Angel Island to the Presidio men- tioned exclusively in yesterday’s Call, will prove a source of great relief to the artillerymen who have been perform- ing duty at Fort Point for the past month. Thé Third Artillerv is now sta- tioned as follows: One battery at Fort Monroe, one at San Diego, one at Can- by, one at Alcatraz, one at Angel Isl- ficant of operations on the island of Cuba. It is said that the Twenty-fifth Infantry (colored) will make an excel- lent garrison for the Dry Tortugas. The |and, one at Fert Mason, one at Lime | Point and five batteries at the Presidio, | Colonel Miller with one battery and the | band is still confldent of his ability to War. the soldiers from | Bryant and Brannan streets. A six-| teen-inch stone pipe sewer was laid | | there in 1889. Seven weeks ago it was | | uncovered for repair and it has re- | mained uncovered ever since. It is| The person who forwarded the message which has sent | 8 B€ (Ut (LT S G dle than | into hysteria avows himself as Herbert at the point of beginning and as water | will not run up hill the sewer is a fail- |ure as a drainage canal. The joints of | | the pipe bulge up and down so the wreck resembles a snake partially un- | | coiled. | | The spectacle was observed by The | Call's expert two weeks ago, but it was | deemed best to say nothing for a fort- uthorities would not intervene to pro- | vide an ocutlet for the drainage. The | health authorities seem to be as inac- | tive and indifferent as those who are | charged with the responsibility of street repairs. As an excuse for the neglect of the men under the direction of the.Street Department is not adequate to per- form all the repairs demanded. Ac- cording to the March payroll of the Street Department there was quite an | army of emploves in the field. On sew- ers there were eleven underground men; ten windlass men; thirteen men with horses and carts; one flusher; three men with horses and wagons; one watchman, two cesspocl men, seven bricklayers, eight hod carriers, sixteen laborers and four foremen. This force of eighty-six able-bodied men on the sewers, working full time, as the pay- roll shows, ought to be able to do con- siderable work. | There is another battalion of men | engaged on accepted streets. In this| column may be found fourteen ram- mers, fifteen pavers, nineteen laborers, one inspector, six foremen, two car- penters, nine men with horses and carts, eleven men with double teams and five clerks in the office. Here is a respectable force of eighty-two men who put in full time during the month | of March. | The reserve force, in addition to the men above enumerated, may be classed as follows: Sixteen deputies allowed by law, engineer at Fourth street| bridge, two keepers at Fourth street| bridge, one assistant keeper at the| | bridge, three keepers at the corporation | | vard, two assistant keepers at the vard, one keeper at the dumps and one inspector at Alpine street sewer. | It would seem that this large force which the taxpayers maintain should be able to take care of the accepted streets and Keep such thoroughfares in passable repair. The Call’s inquiry di closes the fact there is yet an addi- tional or auxillary force paraded under | the banner of the City Street Improve- ment Company. This force is employed | on the repair of,accepted streets. In some instances the bills rendered for | patch work show that the patching costs more than would be required to| | put in new work, concrete and all, | | " On one job, the repair of Folsom | | street from Third to Twentieth, the City | Street Improvement Company rendered | a bill of $1 Authorizations passed | in favor of this company which amount in the aggregate to $3285 are held up by the Auditor. The most remarkable chapter in the history of street work scandal now comes to light. It appears that the |Cuy Street Improvement Company has no contract, arrangement or authority whatever, from any responsible source which authorizes it to repair accepted streets. The Call, under a misappre- hension, indirectly charged the Super- intendent of Streets, Mr. Ambrose, with having entered into a private arrange- ment with contractors to do certain work. The Superintendent distinctly denies that he has made such private | arrangement. His deputies cannot pro- | duce any contract, arrangement or | memoranda by which the City Street | Improvement Company is directed to | | do the work of repairing accepted streets. The clerks in the office of the | Board of Supervisors fail to find the record of any Board or Street Commit- | tee resolution authorizing any arrange- ment with the City Street Improve- ment Company to perform this work. Mr. Ambrose says that the Street Com- mittee told his chief deputy to make an arrangement with the City Street Improvement Company for repairing bitumen pavement. Surely the Supervisors at the next session of the board will inquire as to whether any members of the Street Committee have arrogated to selves in this high-handed fashion the power to let contracts contrary to law and public interest. Inquiry brings to light the further fact that the Street Committee author- them- ‘f | | sewer it is given out that the force of | | who was an old fr family. Rog the murderer, was an admirer Mrs. Harrison. He MRS. EVA HARRISON. BERKELEY, March 30.—The Halsey murder was the chief topic of comment to-day in Berkeley, where both the mur- | dered man and his slayer, as well as the woman over whom the men had quar- reled, are well known. According to Charles D. Haines, at whose home Halsey met his tragic death, the events which led up to the Kkilling make a pathetic story of a man who risked and lost his life in an effort to | protect a woman from the evil influence of former companions. Miss Eva Fenton, the adopted daughter of Joseph Fenton, a South Berkeleyan of some means, had been neglected by her folks and aban- doned by a worthless husband whom she had married just a year ago to-day. She.| was without means of support for herself and child when Mrs. Haines brought her to her home and undertook to free her from the influence of her former sur- roundings. In her n h quently received the called once at the Hz had been rec Mrs. Harris tion to this F add In him to | stay away an ving Mrs. Harrison under penalt being | thrashed. When Halsey started in to ad- minister the' thrashing last night, Rogers killed him. Haines places no credence in Rogers’ plea that he killed Halsey in self-de- fense. Both Haines and his who were standing at the door when the shot was fired, declare that Halsey rushed out after Rogers with his hands in the | and that he had no weapon of any | in his hand. Haines declares that | as he knew H s in the habit of | going entirely unar and that he is| positive that the dead man never carried a revolver. Halsey’s brother-in-law | Robert Hunter, with whom he lives, cor- | roborates this statement. The finding of a razor in one of Hal- | y's pockets, however, would seem to in- dicate that he was not of so peaceable a disposition as some of his friends sup- . . The razor was nicked and rusty | and did not appear to have been used for | some time. Moreover, H had quar- | reled with others and had separated from | The Eureka Society. The Bureka Soclety for the Protection of Children has started out with a new life. Under the former management there was not the greatest of harmony, and the causes were many. On Tuesday evening a new board of directors was elected, and within the next few days the STACY RODGERS. his wife, from whom he recefved oree | some time ago. He had quarreled, among others, with James Overall, a Dwight wi cigar ‘dealer, and the latter obtained warrant for Halsey's arrest for battery, | although Halsey was never convicted on thecharge. Anumberof other Berkeley e that Halsey was of a quarrel disposition and had at one time drawn a knife upon a man. An autop: was held this afternoon at ing at 8 o’clock. night. the Berkeley branch morgue on the body of the murdered man. It was found that | sey threatened my the bullet had pierced Halsey’'s heart. The inquest will be held to-morrow even- OAKLAND, March 30.—Stacey Rodgers was removed to the County Jail to-day, but he declines to further discuss shooting of E. Halsey at Berkeley His brother Leo said to-night that he is convinced his brother acted in self- defense and such will be his defense. #There is no doubt whatever that Hal- | brother,” society will become incorporated. At the meeting President R. A. 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The Government Is preparing to abandon some of the old posts in Ari- zona, New Mexico, Montzna and Wash- ington in order to bring the soldiers near the contemplated scene of active operations. Preparations in this harbor to resist the advance of an enemy are very nearly complete. The announcement in The Call yesterday that the engi- neers had completed all arrangements for planting torpedoes and submarine mines in the channels of San Francisco Bay was received with surprise and gratification. The report comes that the torpedoes at Goat Island station are in readiness for immediate use. ‘Electrical apparatus was not obtain- able at once, hence there was a little delay in this respect. The large quantity of ammunition for the mortars and high-power rifles re- hold Angel Island In the Divorce Courts. Judge Bahrs yvesterday granted Agnes M. Nation a divorce from onluLp‘ gkrr;‘und of cruelty. Joun s Nalon . 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