The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 1, 1898, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1898. 11 ARRESTED W holesale Stealing of Women in China- town. The Chinese Consul Ap- peals to the Chief of Police. Threatened to Kill One of Their Victims if She Made an Outery. DRIVEN = TO SAN JOSE. Two White Men Are Accused of Standing In With the Ab- ductors. Chief Lees i{s determined to stop the wholesale kidriaping of Chinese women During the past few weeks at least half a dozen Chinese women uave been abducted and taken out of the t representative of the Ct ited police headquarters and id of> Chief Lees in ferre n who are guilty of the o g to the story several highbinders, ed by two white men, abducted the Phe highbinders are well known will be.arrested to-day. Just who the white men police refuse to say. It is knowr wever, that one of them is a hack driver, and it is likely that he will ted. )n that a gang of kid- Chinatown was when a Chinese girl was missing »me on Jackson street, near king that the gir! had run d father visited the office 50 be st int napers e rather from Dupo pr he { Police and invoked his & her. Chief Lees detalled st men on the case, and a investigation, they it ‘the girl had been kidnaped ghbinders, a ted by a white s later another Chinese girl mis it was e had company highbind: day of 0 was been abducted. By tives learned that om her home on end wished to see e reachéd. the trysting place zed Ly ‘two highbinders, who atened to- Kill_her {f she made an ry, and forced ner-to enter a c e which was in waiting. = Sae w vdriven to Tremont l6dging-house Kearny where she was held a s. One of her g v stood guard over her, covering her with g murdes 50King ‘revolver in order to intim ! Evidently satisfying them- at ‘there was no_further danger police interference, the highbinders managed to get her out of the house un- known to the landlady or occupants. She was then placed in a hack and driven to the ferry, where her abductors bought tickets for Colusa. After reaching there the girl was turned over to a Chinese merc 1ant, who had evidently paid a large for her. Learning of the abduction, her Chinese, who conducted a mer- ise store In Colusa, Informed the of that town, with the result that girl was rescued and sent back to um this city. A short tinie afterwatd the highbinders stole another girl, and pla ing her in a hack, drove to San Jose, where she was sold to a Chin me; chant. The hackman who drove her to the Garden City is supposed to be in cahoots with the highbinders, and as he is known the detectives have c cluded wear out a warrant for his arrest to- as they believe that he had a hand ducting the girl WAS EJECTED FROM THE CAR Thomas L. Hill Sues the Sutter- Street Railway Company and Wins. in ab Presented a Transfer, Which a Con- ductor on the Road Refused to Accept. On December 27 last Thomas L. Hill, a dentist, boarded an . easthound Sutter street car, and having paid his fare re- celved from the conductor a transfer ticket entitling him to continue his jour. ney upon the Intersecting car lines at Polk street, both lines being operated by the same company. Upon arriving at Polk street, after a delay of about two minutes Hill boarded the first southbound. Larkin street car which arrived after he left the Sutter street car and seated himself therein. At the same time Thomas Martin, a stranger to Hill, also seated himself in the same car. “When the car neared the corner of Larkin and Post streets the conductor named Luckenback, demanded his fa; and Hill handed him the transfer ticket received by him from the conductor of | Luckenbaclk, upon | the Sutter street car. receiving the ticket, looked at his watch and informed Hill that he would have to pay . another fare, as his tra “ne_good.” After explaining to the conductor that he had just recelved the transfer from the -conductor of the Sutter street line, | that it was a good transfer ticket and that he would not pay another fare, he was told that unless he did pay another fare he would have to get off the car. This both Hill and Martin refused to do, the tranefer of ‘the latter being similar to that of Hill. Thereupon the conductor called to his ald the gripman, named Cutler, who as- sisted the conductor in ejecting Hill from the car. Subsequentlv., on January 12, Hill, through his attorney, L. E. Phillips, brought suit {n the Justice Court for the sum of § as damages, which action was tried before Justice G. W. F. Cook, who yesterday rendered judgment agalnst the Sutter street raflroad for the sum of $40 and all costs of suit. ————— GUNTER IS HERE. The Novelist Revisits Early Friends and Scenes. Archibald Clavering Gunter of New York s in San Francisco, accompanied by his wife. He came across the conti- nent as speedily as possible, and had just settled himself for a night's rest at the Palace Hotel, when the earthquake en- gaged his attention. ..r. Gunter, as a loyal Californian, distinctly remembers the earthquake of 1868, and declines tp be disturbed by the forty-second temblors of this decade. ‘oming across the continent Mr. Gunter d an Opgnrtlmlly to judge of the senti- nt of the country on the question of war with Spaln, and ascertalned that the fecling is almost universal in favor of a | conaition at the close of | March 5, for which date their statements ) | 1ties: nsfer was | |af books and a successful publisher of his own and other people’s works. He has gained a large sum of money from the products of his imagination and the notes of his observation. He has accumulated also some amplitude of form, so he is no longer lithe, slender and willowy. Speak- ing of the salable quality of his books, he says that “Mr. Barnes of New York’ has been, and still is, the leader. Mr. Gunter will be in San Francisco for two weeks. He was cordially greeted at the Bohemian Club yesterday, and at once fell into line on the proposition to buy the grove. e i EVENTS IN THE CHURCHES. Mass to Be Celebrated in Corpus Christi Church for the First Time. The Sodality of St. Aloystus, composed of young members from ‘he congregation of the French church on hush street, will attend the 7:30 mass next Sunday and wilt recelve communion in a body. The last Sunday in April, the regular annual meeting and election of officers of the Sodality, will be held. ‘Among the new members admitted into the organiza- tion at the last' meeting ‘were Henri Aboucaya, Louis Diebells, Amand Mefret | and Elle Blanc. A regular -meeting of the Sanctuary Society will be held in tho Assembly room in the basement Immeédiately - after the 10:30 mass next Sunday mm;lnllrég.b o xercises will be hel y . cadets of “the League of the Cross in’ all the parish churches throughout the city next noon. The services consist ging of hymns, the saying of and & short sermon. s will be said -in the new Italian church now nearing completion in. the Ocean View district Palm Sunday morn- ing for the first-time. There will be a mass solemnized in the v morning ‘and one at 9 o'clock. On Sunday af in the en the - following' Sunday afternoon . the church will " be. formally * dedicated and ecrated by the archbishop. The mission now in . progress-at the | Cathedral under the auspices of Father | Yorke will be concluded next Sunday night, when the last sermon of the series will be delivered by the elaquent prelate. of instruction, instituted by Father Younan at the close of: sion at St. Mary’'s church, for the iction of atholics, . will d next Saturday evening in the base- nt chapel. Father Younan, before his departure for the East. will deliver a lecture at Native Sons’ Hall on *“India.’ It will be unusually instructive, as he has traveled extensively in that country nd is acquainted with the various traits, superstitions and general characteristics of the natives. Company A, of the League of the Cross, and Parlor 58, of the I, will receive communion in a body. at St. Mary's Cathedral next Sun morning. The usual weekly devotions of the Cal v Soclety will be held at the Cathe- next Sunday afternoon, commencing ¢ | as usual, at 3 o’clock. TO EXTEND BUSH STREET. Property Ownmers in the Richmond District Will Co-operate With the Anti-Boulevardists. The determined fight made by the ma- jority of the property owners on Bush street to prevent that thoroughfare from being declared a boulevard has brought to thelr assistance the Richmond residents. The movement now on foot is to have the street cut through Laurel Hill Cemetery, and by this means tap th~ R chmond dls. trict. The loss, if any, to the cemetery. ‘ould be but trifing in comparison to the nefits gained by the Rienmond people. with the Bush street property owners in asking for this concession from the direc- tors of the cemetery and also from the Supervisors. At the next meeting of the Point Lobos Improvement Club action will be taken looking to this acquisition for the benefit of the entire section lying west of Central avenue. As it is now, the only street over which travel can be had to the Richmond district is over Geary street. By cutting Bush street through it will lead directly into the center of the disirict and connect with First avenue, which has lately been bituminized from the Presidio to Golden Gate Park. The additional support of the Polk- street Improvement Club.is promised to this movement. The merchants on this street claim tha. Bush street:is the only street by which they can directly reach the business pordon of the city. To shut this off from them means to send them round by Pacific street, a distance of two miles, with an inferior grade. The wxtending of the street through the cemetery meets with the approval of the Polk-street Club, as it will be the means of tapping Richmond and bringing a por- tion of the trade Into Polk street. This club will make a determined effort before the Supervisors to have provision | made in the next contract for lighting the streets by which the principal streets of the city will have electric lights sus- pended over the center of the streets, as was done last year. In this movement | Polk street was the leader, and the other | streets followed, until all of the principal business streets in the city became 1i- | luminated. The extension of Bush street will give a direct opening into California street west of Central avenue via CUff street, a small street of no consequence as a thoroughfare ‘as it is, but which, when joined to Bush street, will become a lead- ing avenue between the eastern and west- ern portions of the city. State Commercial Banks. The Bank Commissioners have just fin- | | ‘ | ished compiling a’statement of the busi- | | ness of 171 commercial banks of the State, which shows that they were all in good business on were made. Annexed are their resources and liabil- Resources— Bank premises Real estate tak bt Miscellaneous bonds and stocks £, 359 47 032 30 Loans on real estate .. 87 13 Loans on stocks, bonds and war- rants o.sceaesy ...... 10,353,194 62 Loans on other securities (grain, etc.) 5,260,964 06 Loans on personal security and overdrafts . . 31,164,040 13 Money on hand . 344 Due from banks and 19,030,162 60 bankers Other assets .......... 1,872,141 86 Total resources . $114,810,053 30 Liabilities— Capital paid In coln $27,311,191 73 Reserve fund, profit contingent fund 17,078,018 21 Due depositors 9,524,277 24 Due banks and 7,496,182 25 State and county money 500 22 Other liablities .. 3,495,883 60 Total llabilities $114,910,063 30 — | Balloting Was Legal. Judgment in the case of Mary McDon- | nell against the Pescadero and San Ma- teo Stage Company was sustained yester- day by the Supreme Court. Plaintiff brought action to recover damages for in- | Jurles sustained through the carelessness of the stage company. She was awarded $2000, and from this the defendant appeal- ed, setting fort.. that the find.ng of the verdict by the jury was irregular. The | Irregularity complained of was that the Jurymen balloted among themselves in- stead of reaching a verdlct ‘‘after mature deliberation.” The Supreme Court held that the balloting, as shown by the affi- davits of the jurymen, was taken to ar- rive at the ideas of the jurors, and that this act was legal —_———— Lumbermen in Contempt. J. H. Stock, J. R. Tapscott, Robert Hop- kins, Abner Giddings and William Fergu- son, employes of the Klamath River Lum- ber and Improvement Company, were ar- rested last Wednesday at Klamathon, Siskiyou County, by Deputy United States Marshal Moffitt and brought to this city yesterday, where they were released on filing bonds in the United States Circuit Court in the sum of $1000 each. The charge against them Is contempt of court in disobeying an injunction of Judge Mor- sawmills and other property claimed by the Pokegama Lumber Milling Company. The cases will be heard on Monday. —————— Sues Her Husbend’s Slayer. Mrs. Delia Burke, widow of Police Lieu- tenant Burke, who was shot to death by Theodore Park Haynes, commenced suit vesterday against Haynes to recover §25.- 000 damages for the death of her husband, —_——— conflict. “Tall ztreet, contrary to public impresston, s ready for war.” said Mr. Gunter. ““7'he Lankers and brokers say ‘Let us fight 1t out, and be over with it!' Gunter is & very successful writer To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- glsts refund the money if it The genuine has L. B. Q. on be | is what prompts them to co-operate | 580,166 38 | | J. P. Hayes, Thomas O'Brien, row to refrain from interfering with the | MOUNTED IS WHEEL AND ESCAPED Sensational Flight of a Man Wanted in Oakland. He Falls From His Bi- cycle on Market Street. Thomas Butler, Colored, Eludes the Police After a Short Chase. STOLE VALUABLE GOODS. Recognized by One of His Victims He Makes a Dash for His Liberty. Police of ‘this city and Oakland are | searching for. a. colored 'man named Themas Butler, who is’ wanted in- Oak- land for grand larceny. .Butler -was em= ploved ‘asjanitor of a building in Oak-~: land, and in an evil moment he stole con- siderable property belonging to. the occu- pants, -He disappeared immedidtely after the commission. of the (crime and camsa to this city. "Chief Lees was at once no- tifled, ‘and he detailed two..of his best | men to find the culprit. | “Last night Butler was seen riding a | bicycle -along Market stréet, A young man who livés ‘in -Oakland. ‘recognized him, and; summoning a policeé officer, he ordered him to arrest him. Just-then Butler fell from _his wheel, but- before the officer could reach ‘him the supposed thief remounted his.machine and._ rode away. Subsequently the young man’vis- ited the office of Captain Spillane and re- | lated the occurrence, ~He' seemed con- | siderably- crestfallen ‘that Butler ‘should | have been allowed to escape. | Immediately. after ‘hearing of Butler's mishap Captain: Spillane ‘sent two of his men 10 locate h They- - visited "the scene where he fell off his: wheel, but were unable to get a trace of the fugitive. Butler, it is claimed, cut.a ‘swell i’ the | colored circles of Oakiand. Glib of tongue | and polished in manners, he represented |-himself as-the. sclon of. an:aristocratic | colored family, but being driven from. the | parental roof on:account of some alleged misdeed he was forced to seek employ- {. | ment as a janitor. Although receiving suffielent money: to “meet: his living ex- penses, he traveled with: the upper ten of the-colored 'saclety: of .Oakland, - fre- | quently attending their swell functions:in | evening dress. His employer became sus- picious of his actions, and as he started | an investigation Butler skipped out, tak- | ing with him some valuable property- be- longing to. the cccupants of the. building | where he was janitor. { It is believed that he intends to ride to San Jose, and the Chief 6f Police ‘of | that city has been asked to be:on the lookout for him. CHURCH PEOPLE - WILL REUNITE Preparations Being Made Anticipation of St. Pat- rick’s Bazaar. in | | A Meeting Is Held and Officers Ap- pointed to Arrange the Pre- liminaries. Every effort is being made by the clergy, and those of the laity appointed | to the task of arranging the preliminaries of the coming bazaar to be held next Sep- | tember In aid of the building fund of St. Patrick’s Church, to make the coming event a success. As this is the first time that public charity has ever been asked or solicited by this, the oldest parish church In the clty, it is expected that for this reason alone the old edifice on Mission strest should be patronized and assisted. The | church needs repairing and the house | adjoining, the residence of the - clergy, | is actually crumbling with deeay. It is church and parochial residence in a pre- sentable condition that the bazaar is to be held. The most representative meeting ever held by the gentlemen of the parish took place Friday evening, being called by Father Brennan for the purpose of stim- | ulating an interest in the coming bazaar | among the young men of the parish. He | encouraged” them by telling them that the ladies of the parish were working and making every effort to make the coming event a success, and in consider- ation of this he expected them to take an active interest in the affairs of that cl)ll‘lrr.ih. » - . L. Doran was elected chairman an James F. O'Brien secretary. 4 To carry out the wishes of Father | Brennan, the chairman, Mr. Doran, called a special meeting for this evening to map | out a decisive course of action and to | show that the gentlemen of the parish are taking an Interest in the bazaar. It was decided that the committee should take hold of the annual reunion of par- ishioners and their friends and that they should ask all the gentiemen of the parish to help to make the reunion a success. El Campo was selected as the place for the reunion because it is easily accessible and because persons can come and go at | convenience, as special steamers have been chartered for the day. ’%hey will make trips to suit all. Saturday, May 21st, has been selected for the outing, as on Saturday it is easier for the gentlemen to leave work than on any other week day. The members of the committee of ar- rangement were appointed as follows: J. M. Lynch, W. Fitzgerald, Thomas Kusick, M. Kusick, John Meclntosh, John Sheehy, John McCormick, M. Te- haney, James Canning, Wm. Garritz, John Daughney, H. Porter, John Flood. George Dougherty, L. Conlin, M. Burns, D. Ahern, T. Lemesney, P. Kane, M. Kerr, L. Brennan, John Cronin, M. Tier- ney, T. Regan, John Lynch, James Hag- gerty, John O'Brien, John O'Connor, Thomas Brady, James Powers, William Gilbert, J. F. McDevitt, J. F. Quinn, M, McNamara, John O'Connell, P. Ryan, 7. Stanton, F. Griffin, Joseph Leary, R. Pur- cell, J. Walsh, W. A. Sullivan, M. P. Cor- | redan, T. McGowan, P. Donnelly, C. | Maschio, P. Nehil, E. M. Devitt, J. | Loney, B. Mulcare, J. McFaull, P. Foley, John McGivney, M. Boden, W.' T. Flynn, F. E. " Lacey, F. J. Sullivan, W. A. Breslin. T. oran, chairman; James F. O'Brien, L. Di secretary. —_————— New Incorporations. Articles of Incorporation of the San Domingo: Water Company have been filed by W. W. McNair, E. M. Thompson, E. S. Bulter, F. D. Stringham and J. A. Parsons. The Oro Fino Gravel Mining Company has been incorporated by George A. Pope, William H. Taylor Jr., Augustus B. Tay- lor, Robert S. Moore and Willlam N Miles. ta alls to cure. lu.l C. H. B. Laughlin, Marcus Tfu'mu.A._.godbunchlm ed. | to make the needed repairs and put the | H. Washburn, B. G. Somers and C. W. Cross have filed articles of incorporation of the San Domingo Gold Mining Com- Tl{e Alameda County Gas Company has been incorporated by Sidney M. Smith, George H. Collins, W. K. Chickering, George W. McNear, P. E. Bowles, J. A. Folger and Charles M. Cooke. A. Grest, P. 1. Archibald, Minnfe C. Bell, Ambrose Harris, F. A. Falvey, Mary A. Wells, W. C. Shepard, J. P. Sundberg { and Helen Moore have filed articles of in- corporation of the Provident Trust Com- pany. B e — A HOWL FROM NOE VALLEY. Residents Indignant Over the Ac- tion of the School Directors on Scnool Accommodation. Indignant wou.d be a mild phrase to use In connection with the feelings or the residents of Noe Valley when they read in yesterday morning’s Call the action taken by the School Directors on the pr:- vious evening regarding school accommo- dation for tne cu..dren of that section of the city. By a careful canvass of the district iy- ing west of Castro street, and known as Noe Valley, it was ascertained that '.ere are 400 cuildren of school age for which there {s no accommodation in the build- ing known as the wick School. This representation has been made to the School. Directors for more than one year, and yet notning has been done to remedy the evil. = The residents of the valley asked-that a tolerably fair building at the corner of Hoffman avenue and Twenty-fifth street might be temporarily rented until such time as the next annual tax levy should be made, when a proper school building could be erectéd for the wan.s .of that portion of the. city, which is a growing one, and in which the increase of children would justify the expenditure. Even this humble request. was refused, and by it the 400 school children are de- prived of an eduecation. From -the present temper of the resi- dents of the west of Castro street it may. be expected. that at the next meeting of the “improvement .club - of this district some warm-speeches may.be heard in.re- gard to the-action of the present ‘‘exem- |-plary?” Directors, who:have the manage- |:ment of ‘the schools of this city in their | keeping. % COCK-0"-THE-NORTH WAS TABOOED 1t Got There Just.the Same at the Reception of ‘the St. Andrew’s Society. | A Jolly: Good Time at Which Every- body - Enjoyed Themselves and Hoped for Another: The members of Saint Andrew’s Soclety: decided to ténder a banquét-to. their pres- ident, J. 8. Webster, ' who' for: the past two months has been journeving o’er hill and dale to make a cailey with'clans in the far east. Mr. Webster came. The clansmen came. Clan Wilkie hid its representative.in the president ofthe evening, but— The *‘Cock-0'-the-North™ “was ‘missing: In due time the -elansmen assembled, | | each one holding in his mouth something | which was ‘labeled “Cuban Hand’ Made,” | but first: saw. the light ‘of ‘day in the un~ holy" precincts ‘of - Chinatown, where. the clang. are- known as’ “Tongs.” The table was set with. a most bountiful collation; and Chief Clansman of the Evening Wil- Ikie made a féw opening remarks. He told | |'how, by unanimous. consent, the repre-| | sqntatives of ‘thé clans had decided upon | ‘the banquet, but Clan Nicol had urged ‘that, under. consideration of - the- youth {-and -morality . of - many ‘of - the members nothing. but California” orange cider, gin- ger aie -and: soda -waier. had been placed on the table (hisses and ‘groans). . Clans- man’ -McGilvery, however, had surrepti- tlously concealed inan outer room sever- al.bottles of the most approved brands. of “'Cock-o0'-the-North'’ - (cheers - and - cries | of “‘Here! Here!"), and he felt it-his duty as -chairman: of the evening. to put -the question- plainly ‘before the house as to | whether this beverage be left in.the sanc- tity-‘of the outer rooms or:placed on .the table, . Clansman : McLaren moved that it be placed on the 1. Sseconded ‘by- MeNab, and_carried by unanimous vote; McLaren placed on the. committee to convey It to the room; and Cumming almost ejected for trying to conceal a bottle of it-on his person. The -evening's festivities. .then - began. They were opened- by .an address - by Clansman Wilkie, and followed by almost everything, ' from -the songs . that old | clansmen learned. from their grandfathers | thirty years ago and havebeen singing| | ever since, to the maiden speech of the | | youngest member. |~ The evening was an exceptionally pleas- | | ant one, and the members .of .this soelety, which is purely ‘social and -charitable in its motives, finally - wended _ their ways homeward with the wish that some mem- | ber would ‘do something to make. himselt | eligible.to a reception every. week: 4 —_——— THE AUDITOR ENJOINED. Restrained by Suit From' Signing the Demands of the County Clerk’s Deputies. The salaries ‘of Chiet ‘Deputy County Clerk Piper, ‘fourteen assistant - registor clerks and thirty-one copyists ‘were tied up- vesterday by “injunetion proceedings commenced in ‘the name of thé city and. | county by City Attorney Harry Creswell. The proceedings were directed against Auditor Broderick, ‘enjoining him - from auditing the demands for the salaries | | earned by the deputies last month. The case was assigned te Judge Hebbard for | trial and he fixed the 12th inst. for hedr- [ ing it. A temporary injunction was issued and served on the Auditor. City and County Attorney Creswell was authorized by - the, Supervisors “several weeks ago to commence. the action. The contention is made that there is no law providing for a chief deputy in the: Coun- ty Clerk’s office, and that the-fourteen assistant register clerks and the thirty- one copyists are in excess of the number allowed by law. Those ‘whose warrants were held up were as follows, the Mayor making the selections: Chief Deputy Harry T. Piper. Deputy clerks—Felix Dugan, T. C. Ma- her, V. Mahoney, J. Bachigalupi, J. Mc- Kenna, A. Houston, J. Gleason, Joseph Riordon, P. H. Pendergast, P. Walsh, C. H. Clear, Sylvester Shaben, ‘W. Raisch, J. Peterson. Copyists—E. J. Taylor, H. Barron, F. ‘W. Zeyfuss, Roy Gallagher, Joseph Cole- man, J. J. O'Connor, S. B. Priest, T. F. O'Neil, Charles F. Metzner, A. H. Cook, Thomas McDermott, John T. Cook, D. K. Farr, I. P. Kincaid, F. Vaughn, T. J. Henderson, Charles H. McGreevy, M. W. Coffey, John A. Hoey, Isador Erb, A. W. Branch, George H. Williams, Leon Jones, A C. C. Burton, James Symonds, J. B. Wise- man, S. F. Pardy, W. H. Reynolds, Geo. Chlenoweth, M. H. Barry and J. W. Ma- guire. —_———— A Restaurant Deal. Mrs. Sorenson of Stockton swore to a complaint in Judge Conlan’'s court yes- terday for the arrest of Kredo & Co., real estate dealers at 22% Geary street, on the charge of misdemeanor embezzlement. Mrs. Sorenson recently negotiated with Kredo & Co. for the purchase of a res- taurant at 686 Geary street, and she de- posited her gold watch as security. When she returned to Stockton her friends ad- vised her not to complete the purchase, and she wrote to Kredo & Co. to return her her watch, as she did not want the place. They wrote her to send their com- mission of §20 and they would return the watch. She did so, but has not as yet received the watch. Sued for Breach of Ccrtract. The British Steamship and Yukon Gold Dredging Company commenced sult yes- terday against the Southern Alaska Min- ing and velopment Company to recover $1476 damages claimed to have been sus. tained by reason of the faflure of the de- fendant corporation to_turn over to the tiff the schooner La Ninfa after it T RAW WORK - T0 SAVE DOWLING A Low Bid for Alamo Square Work Is Rejected. Rank Decision That the Bond on the Lowest Bid Is Defective. L. A. Windrem Says He Was Tricked and Will Expose the Trick to the Board. THIRD - STREET REPAIRS. Ex-Assemblyman Treacy Now De- cides That He Does Not Want the Contraot. The Supervisors on the Street ‘Commit- tee have evidently determined to make Dowling’s. cause thelr own, and to give him ‘the contract for the Alamo square work at the figures of ‘the ‘private ar- rangement.” The tactics employed by the members of the committee at the session vesterday, by which L. . A.. Windrem's bid of '$1399 was rejected and J. J. Dow- ling’s hid of $14% accepted, indicaté that the original “private arrangement’ to give Dowling the work at his own figures and without. competition emanated from the committee. The Superintendent of Streets, Mr. Ambrose, distinctly ‘declares that he did pot know- that the job had been given to Dowling until he saw a gang of men working at -Alamo. square. When' the Auditor. held up-the bills, the promoters of the “private arrangement” put a reso- lution. through the board to Invite bids in the regular manner. It should be kept in -mind, however, that the work had been done long before the public com- | pétitfon ‘was invited. A 'little arrange- ment was privately made without con- sulting other contractors, and to enable Dowling to'get his money on this arrange- ment, the Supervisors of the Street Com- mittee are resorting to all kinds of tricks and .dodges. ¥ The bids opened last Monday were re- ferred to the committee. - At the regular session of the committee yesterday the bids were. considered. Dowling was on hand, accompanied by. his attorney, Mr. Gartland, who .was. formerly connected with the Street' Department. An affidavit was produced from R. H. Copp, & bonds- man-of Windrem, to the effect that he (Copp) signed the bond attached to Wind- rem’s bid under a misapprehension, and that he is not a resident and a freeholder in San Francisco, as the bond sets forth, On this* showing the committee rejected Windrem's low bid and recommended award of ‘the contract to Dowling, the next lowest - bidder. No hearing was granteéd-to the low bidder, and no steps were taken to reject all the bids and read- | vertise for new proposals, as that course Would not be in harmony with the pri- vate arrangement. L. A. Windrem'’s story of his experience in-the affair is decidedly interesting, as it throws a ‘sidelight on the scneme. Speaking of the matter yesterday after- | noon Mr. Windrem said:’ *'{ went to the office of the clerk of the Board of Super- visors at 10:30: a. m. for the purpose of | $8 going before the Street Commlittee to an- Swer any questions that might be asked concerning my bid to do the work on Alamo Square. .1 am prepared to accept the contract and perform the work. 1 was shown. to a reception room by the ser- geant at arms of the committee and told to wait until I was called for. I went into the reception room and waited a long time. 1 saw many people going in and coming out, and wondered why my turn ‘did not come. Finally I suggested to the sergeant at arms that he should | g8 ask the committee when they Intended to take up the Alamo Square work. He sald he would make the inquiry. He re- turned after he had been absent quite a long time and said to me, ‘That's all set- tled by the committee.” I saw then that I was tricked.” Dowling . was permitted to g0 before the committee with his attor- ney, and I'am informed that the case was taken up at once to accommodate him. I propose. to make a statement in writing to the Board of Supervisors. I know as a lawyer that the bona I gave was proper and .sufficient, - although Mr. Copp may not be -a resident of San Francisco. 1 walted in the reception room to see the committee, and my name was not called and no call was made for persons inter- ested in the Alamo Square work. I shall present in writing to the board all these facts, showing that the committee tricked | me out of a hearing and rejected my bid on insufficient grounds.” The bids for repairing Third street, be- tween: Mission and Howard, were con- sidered by the committee. Dowling's bid on this work was $050. The next lowest bid was that of Flinn & Treacy, for $2100. The Street Committee rejected all thebids. Then Dowling came forward and said that his bid was made under a misappre- hension, - so the committee rescinded the resolution rejecting all the bids and simply rejected Dowling’s bid of $950. The plan ‘was all set by the committee at the last meeting of the board to award the contract to Flinn & Treacy at $2100, but the striking discrepancy between the two bids excited the suspicion of the Mayor e ADVERTISEMENTS. BUN’T Let WHISKY get the BEST of you. GET the BEST of WHISKY, which Is the GENUINE DISTILLERY BOTTLING OF PEPPER WHIKY. Bottled end Distilled only by JAS. E. PEPPER %00, Lexington, Ky. Under the same FOR- MULA for more than 100 YEARS; is_guaranteod ABSOLUTELY the PUREST and BEST in the world. SAMPLE CASE $15 Sent on trial, which, if not satisfactory, can be returned and money will be refunded. CARROLL & CARROLL, 306 Market Street, " Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast. WILL CASH PEPPER COUPONS. | | l 1 | | VURRRRBRIRINUNRBLRNNRERR and the subject was referred to the Street Committee n. Contractor Treacy attended the session yesterday and told the committee that he ' did ‘ot care to take the contract at $2100, | as he would be obliged to keep the block in repalr for five years. Of course Dow- ling did not want the work at $950. The committee seemed incined to persuade Treacy to take the work in the interest of good government, but the ex-Assembly-| man stood off to be coa.ed. Mr. Treac{, who is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Superintendent of Streets, has been reading The Call's expert fig- ures on this Third-street job. The repairs required on the block in question can be made for $300. In view of disclosures re- cently made by The Call it is not prob- able that the city will be tied up by con- tract to pay a larger sum. The Superin- tendent has an army of employes on the pay roll. and no doubt a sufficient force could be spared from other work to repair the bituminous rock pavement on Third street. | At the next meeting of the Board of Supervisors official steps will probably be taken to ascertain under what authority the City Street Improvement Company is charging large sums of money for paich- ing up accepted streets. The Board of Supervisors has not entered into a con- tract with that company. The Superin- tendent of Streets says that he had not made a contract with the company to do the work. Diligent inquiry fails to bring to light a scrap of writing in the form or semblance of an order authorizing the City Street Improvement Company to do the repairing. The combined efforts of the Mayor, Auditor and-Grand Jury may bring to light all the details of another “private arrangement” for conducting | street Improvement contrary to law and | public interest. DESTRUCTION OF TROUT. ‘Woodchoppers Explode Dyxiamite in the Deep Pools of Lagunitas Creek. The woodchoppers . who are cutting timber on the banks of Lagunitas Creek have been killing trout for some weeks past by means of giant powder cartridges, and: the Fish Commissioners haye been notified of the fact. The following.letter to The Call - from Camp Taylor speaks for itself: Sporting ‘Editor Call: ~Seeing that The’ Call is the only friend of the angler and that it is always ready and willing to. speak the truth | regarding "infractions of the flsh. and game laws, permit me to say that a disgraceful state of affairs exists at present on Lagunitas Creek. The men who are chopping wood. (or the Shaf- ter or Howard estate on Lagunitas Creck are | daily destroying trout by placing exmusst‘r 1 | in_the. deep. pools. Large numbers of dead trout can be-seen in the pools, but the dast- | ardly work goes on regularly without interrup- tion. T understand that a deputy fish commis- | sioner Is here: to look after ways. that are dark | and wicked, but for some . reason, probably | best known “to himself, no arrests have been made so. far. I:think the railread company should interest Itself in -punishing those -de- mons, who have already destroyed one of . the best 'fishing streams. within' several -hundred miles of San Francisco by the most. outrageous system of fish. destruction. . Yours ‘truly, HENRY WILFORD, —_————— A Judgment Modified. The Supreme Court -has modified the judgment in-a case in which A. H. Isham | was sued as a ‘guarantor for another, | Charles Fitzallen-made a note and exe-| g cuted a mortgage to Helen Roberts on land in San Diego County.and Isham: be= came the surety -on . the same. In thn‘ note.-there was a provision that in case it should be necessary to file complaint on - foreclosure the: sum of $50 would be allowed -for. . attorney . fees. Fitzallen failed to. keep up in-his payments, and upon action being brought judgment was | Dalton's Lady for the attorney fees of %w. From the latter an appeal was taken, and the Supreme Court held that the guarantor had agreed to stand for the mortgage only and not for attorney fees, and he could not be taxed for them. To this extent the judgment was modified. —_——— FLEET DOGS TO COURSE. Two Big Stakes to Be Run Off at Ingleside To-Morrow and Sunday. The drawing for this week’'s coursing at Ingleside took place last evening. Two stakes are to be run off, viz.,, an open event for the flyers and a puppy contest. The draw resulted as follows: All-Age Stake—J. Quane’s Princess Maris va. P. Fay's Jim Corbett, J. Dean’s Moondyne vs. T. Rogers’ Olga, D. Hooper's Koolawn vs. , R. L. _Lee's Coralie . Murphy’s Tod Sloan, J. Shea's Firenzi Winder's Lead W, Deckeiman & Pa- Glenroy_vs. ‘Jam i shawlk, T. McHugh's Tick-Tac-Too Right Bower, Lynch & Maher's Lurline Dunlea’s Handt J. Dean’s Connemara vs. J. Murnane’s Valley Mald, Lynch & Maher's Mystic Mald vs. Brown & Luther's Van Nida, G. Smart's Silkwood vs. Deckelman Pa- Doughe: resste Fair Black Prince, C. Arthur's onin's Johnny R, G. Pinto's ‘s Terrona. E. Pender- P vs. Connell Bros.' Senori ake & Dineen's Murfel B vs. J. Kinkade's Nelly Conroy, J. Byrne's Nelly B vs. W. Glas- gen's Joy Bells, D. Leonard’s Bendalon vs. Lynch & Mahers Dakota, D. Hegman's Sir John Arnold_vs. M. Nealon's Van Knapp, J. Murnane's Flashlight vs. J. McCormick's White Lily Fup ke—Kay & Trant's Killarney Lassg vs. e & Dineen's Muriel B, T. Croni Thornhill_vs. C. Star Pointer, T. Burke’s Dan Danley vs. D. Ford's Bonita, Deckelman & Panarlo’s Royal Oak vs. Dilloq & ‘Reilly’s Sunburst, Kay & Trant's Liberatos vs. J. McCormick’'s White Wings, J. Dempsey Lass vs. B. Dougherty C. Strehl's Moonlight Chip Santa Rosa, T. Murphy’s Roy: rel e oper. stake are $220, ,-$20 each t each to the mext ten: $15, 0 the next five and $2 5 The pupples will draw }ln\\'n $60, $30, $15, $15, and §5 each to the next our. The running begins Saturday at 1 p. m., and Sunday at 11°a. m. —_—— e In the Divorce Courts. Judge Troutt yestérday granted Lettlq Mahler a divorce from Charles Mahler on | the ground of cruelty. John M. Boscus has been granted a dls vorée from. Edith Boscus on the ground of - desertion. Judge Slack has granted” Sophle Hells man a divorce from Chariés Hellman on the ground of infidelity. The :following new. suits' for _divorca were filed ve Zeila~ O. Hellings from Will Bowie ‘Catherine James Bowte, intemperance. —_— e Dr. Hall ‘Acquitted. Dr. Samuel H. Hall, who was accused of intemperance; from having caused. the death ~of Mrs. Ida Coakiey ~through - ¢riminal -malpractice, was ‘acquitted ‘last ‘evening by a jury in Judge Dunne’s: court. - John Coakley, the husbannd of the = deceased, who was a most important. witness against Dr. Hall, disappeared a few. days before the trial commenced, “and the police were unabla to locate him. — e La Estrellas at Home. La Estrella Parlor, Native Datghters ot the Goldén West, will give an-at home to its friends in: their hall'in: Native Sons’® Hall to-morrow night, at' which a pleas- gramme of music and song will given for .the face . of -the mnote and|ing pr a deficlency - judgment: . was . entered | be presented. ADVERTISEMENTS. RN ERE RN RNRNNANRNRRSERRRERRRRNNNY & T = THE AP 54 \ 5 b4 contains a group of four timely articles on 2 PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINING. 38 The well-known artist - Jay Hambidge visited the region: to prepvm_'e the striking and suggestive illustrations . of types and scenes which 0 accompany these papers. Lattimer, the village ~where the P strikes occurred in September last, is the scene of several Fd of the illustrations. b ““A Polyglot Community,’” by Henry Edward Rood. 4 “An Artist’s Imprzssions of the Colliery Regions,” by Jay Hambidge. - §8 “‘The Advantage of England and the United States in the World’s Commerce, by E ) Y 2 THE NEW TELEGRAPHY, | Describing, with illustrations, recent suc- cessful_experiments in telegraphing with- out connecting wires. The author, Privy Councilor Dr. Slaby_of Charlottenburs, was present at the English experiments, and himself conducted. successful experi- ments in the presence of the German Em- peror. A FAMOUS SEA-FIGHT. The contest between modern ships of war off the coast of Bollvia during the Chilean- Peruvian war, popularly described, with illustrations. There is also an open letter from the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Assist- ant Secretary of the Navy, on ‘‘Fights Be- tween Ironclads.” *“HEROES OF THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE.” Another thrilling article in The Century's series on the “Heroes of Peace,”” with one of Winslow Homer's famous pictures, ‘‘The Life Line,” reproduced by special permis- sion. 2 8 &8 [ 3 8 A Novelette of Western “A And a story by Richard Malcol OVER THE ALPS ON A EICYCLE, ‘With Brilliant and Novel Hlustra- tions by Pennell. This article will be of special interest to | all cyclers as a personal narrative of a | summer experlence in crossing a dozen of | the most famous passes of the Alps. Sold everywhere ; 35 cents. dward Atkinson “The Supply of Anthracite Coal in Pennsylva 3 g The other contents include: ‘GOOD FELLOW’S? Serial Stories by Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell and Mrs. Burton Harrison, ,”” by Edward W. Parker. THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD, With full-page iliustrations by Castaigne. The first of this _interesting series of papers by Profe: r Benjamin Ide Wheeler of Cornell appears”in- April, with Cas- talgne’s fdeal picture of ‘“The Pharos of Alexandria.’” ANEW POEM BY BRET HARTE, “Her Last Letter’—making the third of & trilogy: - “‘Her Letter, His Answer to Her Letter'” and “Her Last Letter.” Rel- yea, who Illustrated Riley’s ““Doc Sifers,” has made a number of pictures, including the scene when the heroine “‘went down the middle, with the man who shot Sandy cGee.” PICTURES OF EGYPT. The well-known artist, R. Talbot Kelly, whose _ pictures _of - “Life Among the Bedouin of the Desert’" have appeared in | The Century,- furnishes a fully illustrated paper on the Egyptian Fellaheen. Life by Hamlin Garland, WIFE,” m dohnston, * The Challenge.” THE FALL OF MAXIMILIAN. By Mrs. Stevenson, with pictures of his sugrender, ‘‘The Last Days of Maximil- fan” (dictating in his prison), his ‘Last Moments,” by the ~distinguished French artist Laurens, a picture of the guard that shot the Emperor, scene of the execution immediately after, and as it now is. Published by THE CENTURY CO. AR R R R R R R R R R R R R AR AR AR R R AR AR AR AR AR AR R R AR R R AR R AR AR M UKL RuINNERBEINLLILNLLLLLy —_— e — . Henrv. I have been troubled a long time with what I suppose they call dyspepsia. I call it indigestion. I bave had great pain in my chest for many years, and I used to have di feel as if somethin after eating, and te. I dared not eat pastry or [ would get dizzy other patent medi difficulty in breathing at times, and g had stuck in my throat, especially T always had to be careful what I hot rolls, and at times in my head. I tried Pepsin and icines, and I did not find much benefit until the man at the drug store where I deal asked me totry Ripans b Tabules. - _did, and I tell you 1 felt more beneit from one box of Ripans Tabules an all the other stuff I had been taking. Ihadabout t:::ea:r fiemr boxes, and I am cured. I don’t have the pain in my chest, my bowels are more regular, and I can eat any Ripans " dltellyoul Tabules have made a good tell all my friends to try them. kind of food that is put before me, cure for me, and'