The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1898, Page 16

16 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 23 1898 PATRIOTISM WITH SONG AND PRAYER First Day’s Session of Epworth League Convention Marked a Su Able Speakers Praise CCESS. God -and Ridicule the Present System of City Government and Political Ambitions. Buccess has marked the first attempt to bring together the workers of the Epworth League from all portions of the State. The conventic concert, which marked the opening o exercises ar- ranged for, has apparently paved the waj for soctal and interesting meetings, and without an ption the members have entered the work with all the spirit of which t ssed. Jarly yester portant gathe in the beautifully deco- rated Howard-street Church was held. There W large attendance and the day's work and pleasure was opened with song led by bert Husband, followed by srvice by Rev. M. C. Alexander. church has been turr itable color booth, as tl carlet and white, are and b t gue colors, in pro national dr ere the aped a "lend b color: wty to the scene The platform in the church has been bullt forward into the auditorium for the | purpose of better accommodating the large chorus of voices which will lend their assistance in making the gathering & success not soon to be forgotten. The ladies and gentlemen of the reception committee have recelved praise from all sides for the 2 and they graciously act as guides, bureaus ot messengers and have as well taken it upon themselves to meet every incoming train on which any visit- ing delegates were expecte: At 9 o'clock, eight-min: g the features of th e league wi trict president: reports con- car's work Mi: oung of Mary akland, George o and Professor neisco. It was re- the president of the San Fran- ct that for each month during »dding had ace the Santa Cruz eemed to be of should stir their mem- the wedding pitch. that has been taken by in the work was gathering of ttentively listened by i The Ch words of praise d Rev. Chan Hon Fau. have taken large t quarters free of charge, i cided to carry on the The young peop ratulated by Rev. E. P. nt of the Callfornia Con- g00d work done -ader, embers ly. e e during the past ment of the organiza- »wn to be due to the united the members to improve the Dornin of Grace M. E. interesting paper en- an 1 Leading a Devo. among other things otional meeting of the | source whence the real spiritu, life of the is de- rived, and vork accom- plished whe; heard. Where ed the object In view is r roportion ccom- made to the Dennett, a pe attorney from Modesto, spoke on “Harmonizing With and Helping the Other Church Ser- vices.’ s remar the speaker has many fields, but the undertaken should be to ing the Lord Christ. “Loyaity to Methodism,” i no more antagonizing to other de tions than a soldler to his regiment was stic to any other regiment in the same army, fighting the same enemy At times during [‘I:v meeting the speak- ers referred to the soldiers and govern- ment, ar triotism was shown by loud and con ~d applause. Rev, H. W, Peck gave his views concerning “The League and 3 Is." Among other things, he rom its very birth Methodism has been characterized by energy, spiritual fire and a determination to evangelize the world. Our church idapted to the spiritual needs ple, and under God it has been and 1is largely the result, of the world’s greatest revivals. The speaker, after reviewing the splen- did work accomplished by both the church and auxiliary organizations, step- ped from the platform and the work en- titled “The Spiritual Department” had been completed. Sectional conferences followed, and the gathering separated to hear the words of the speakers who held the exercises in separate rooms in the church. Miss F. E. Johnston, M. S., was in charge of the literary spoke of Bible stu lectures and clas viewed the financial work and spoke of department, and dy, reading _courses, proportional and liberal giving, but C. W, Co; who poke on the “Pen and Pre: was the attraction for the greater | portion of the members. The presidents of various districts, the presidents of con- ventions and the (Yrosidlng elders met to listen to his words. In a brief but in- teresting way he reviewed progress from | and the learning and energy | many points seemed to follow in her wake. The afternoon session commenced at 2 o'clock, opening with a song service led by Professor W. C. Stadtfeld, which was followed by devc exercises con- ducted by L. J. Norton, a member of the Board of Control of the United Btates. “Relation to Christlan Experienc Evangelism” was reviewed by Re ton W. Berry, followed by a pi “Missionary Situation and Its L Leaguers,” * Rev. F. J. Masters, on contributed some Measures for Con- by Rev. John A. B, W The afternoon”: Junior rally, Buck. was held at the Chinese Washington street, work concluded with a ducted by Mrs. M. D, mission, where refreshments SKIN-TORTURED ABIES And rest for tired mothers in a warm bath With CoTICURA S0AP, and asingleapplication of CUTICURA (ointment), the great skin cure. CuTicURA REMEDIES afford instant relief, and point toa speedy cnre of torturing, dis- figuring, humi =, itching, burning, bleed- ing, crusted, scaly skin and scalp humors, ‘with 10ss of hair, when all else fails. 1 S04 throughout the world. Porren Dave awp Cwmw. Conxr., Bole Props., Boston. O * How to Cure Skin Tortured Tables,” froe, SKiN, SCALP Hair Resained - by CUTICURA S04, morning the first im- | d into a ver- | taken in the work, | submitted by the m.--; Dickson of | er branches of | is | Rolla V. Watt re- | Missionary Information and | Yesterday afternoon a reception | 916 | | were served. A reception will again be held this afternoon between 4 and 6 o'clock. Monday afternoon the vis- iting and the local members will t Mount Tamalpals, and in the | evening will hear a lecture delivered by the well-known speaker, John P. D. John, D.D., LL.D. He will be heard in the treet church, and will deliver rated reply to Robert G. Inger- “Did Man Make God, or Did God ke Man.” his afternoon a special musical pro- gramme will be rendered at Golden Gate Park. Sunday morning sunrise prayer be held In the meetings will various churches in the city. Regular services will be held in all the churches at 11 o'clock, and the visiting pastors will oc- | cupy_the pulpits. If found necessary, an overflow meeting will be held at the Cen- tral Church. Sunday evening will close the convention and a mass meeting will be heid in Metropolitan Temple. No ser- | vices will be held in the churches on the | evening in question. The evening on was opened with prayer and song. The church was crowd- ed to its utmost capacity to listen to the words of T. B. Hutchinson Esq. and Rev. ) Dille, D. D. During the | and any reference the | spangled banner or w. | storm of applause, w | speaker’s voice. “My County, 'T'ls o e was sung and but again kindled | the enthusiasm, The chureh | the best advantage. T. B He had chosen “What Constitutes a_Good to soldiers, spe: b Citizen’” as his subject, and In well-chosen words held the audience seemingly spell bound. In part he sald: ‘“We have all become enthused with the proper spirit. If a call to arms should come we are ready and even anxious to avenge the Spanish insult which threw an entire na- tion into mourning at the loss of hun- | dred of brave men.” At times the | speaker referred to the flag and then touched upon the Government of the country and the politi which were | stated "to be corrupt | of the attention of tk le was followed by Rev. E. R. Dilie on | Munle Problems and Our_ Young | People.” " As the speaker stepped to the platform he was greeted with cheer: waving banners and hand claps and for a time seemed be overcome with reception accorded him. of applause had died away the was taken up. Among other things he | sald: “As a rule any large city is wholly | governed by the most ignorant of her | citizens. In consequence the rising gen- | eration is met with a difficulty hard to overcome and graduall places u growing In many il it would seem that the cor- rupt classes would never be put down, | | The cities are growing to an alarming ex | tent, and they grow corruption in- | creases. To have a successful man we | must have good government and have it remain so. At the present time the | white marble of the City Hall is stained with corruption, and our hard earned taxes support a race course. Oakland is 2lso corrupt. I have a friend who de- clares that he never drinks water, as it has tasted of sinners since the flood, and the water across the bay also tastes of the sinners who sold the city to th water company but a short while ag We have borne almost all that any one is capable of bearing and yet there seems to be no slackening of the pressure. | e have had men whose names will always live in the minds of the people for thelr honored and patriotic acts and praises should be delivered to the Al- mighty for that fact.” There will be no exercises this after- noon, as the members of the league will visit places of Interest in a body. —_—————— i Across the Bay. ‘ In California, as nowhere else, a short trip brings an almost compiote change of climatic conditions. El Campo, the inviting resort established bg' the Donahue road, is an example of this. | A half hour from the city on the big | steamer Ukiah and one is landed on a shore of the bay entirely protactad from harsh winds and lying in perpet- ual sunshine. Plenty of rcom and plep. ty of warmth and all outdoors to enjoy oneself. Thousands go every Sunday, but a crowd of almost any dimensions dwin- ’dles away in the big grounds at El Cempo. —_————— HUNTINGTON’S REQUEST. At & Meeting Yesterday the Railroad | Commission Fixed an Early Date for His Examination. At a special meeting of the Board of Rallroad Commisstoners yesterday after- | noon it was decided to grant the petition of Collls P. Huntington to have the time | for the examination Into the financial | | condition of the Southern Pacific Com- | pany set as soon as possible in order to | allow him to attend to his business mat- | ters in the East and elsewhere. | _Commissioners Hinton and La Rue were the only ones present, as Commis- sloner Clark is confined by fillness to his | house and consequently was unable to at- | tend. A letter from Mr. Clark was read n which he gave favorable consideration | to the Huu(ln%lnn request. It was there- fore ordered that a subpena be issued to | C. P. Huntington to appear before the | board on Monday, May 2, at 1 p. m., pre- pared to answer such questions concern- ing the flnancial affairs of his road as the board shall desire to put to him, | that being the earliest date the board could grant for his request. A resolution appointing I. H. Polk spe- clal expert to assist the board in its ex- amination was ed. Mr. Polk s the stepfather of John Bradbury, the some- what notorious Los Angeles millionaire, —_———— In next Sunday’s Call Mme. Melba tells beginners what she considers is | the chief element of success on the stage. —_———— The Wasp This Week. One of the most iInteresting and at- tractive numbers of the Wasp issued for' a long time is this week's issue. Two pages are devoted to pictures -of the de- parture of the United States Artillery and Infantry troops to the front and en- tertaining and instructive pictures of United States marines when ashore, There are besides a number of attractive cartoons of celebrities in social and thee { atrical circles and much that is of {n terest in the way of reading matter. The editorials are timely and vigorous and | the various departments show careful | preparation. Altogether this week's ‘Wasp is a number that is se; spectal praise. S serviugiion —_————— No one will use a fountain pen after trying a “Koh-I-Noor"” copying pencil. * —_———— Guilty of Poolselling. At a late hour last night a jury in Judge Campbell's court returned a verdict of guilty in the case of H. W. Col charged with poolselling. The jure sy out one hour and a half, and recommend- ed the defendant to the extreme mercy of the court. This is the first conviction ever secured in this city on that charge. ————— Try our §1 Eyeclasses. 710 Market § 11 Geary. entire | evening the audience was at a high pitch | star orought forth a | vned the | as bright- | lighted and the decorations showed to | Hutchinson was the first speaker, | the | After the burst | subject | SAVED BY A FENDER Little Arthur Rusk's Narrow Escape From Death on Mission Street, Arthur Rusk, a st looked upon as a godsend. his mother wished out, warning him to be care ever, was perhaps more impr on an errand than in obeying hi to do the errand and do it an approaching car. well, practiced hand, pulled the brake. But the little bar: set the boy turn. brakes firmly and the morbid crowd soon dispersed. ARAS R a S R R R S A e e + AR R RS S R R R R R R LS P PO SOUEE ROBINSON year-old boy, was dragged several yards by a Misslon street car, picked himself up, ran away and completed the errand his mother had started him out on. A few weeks ago, before the introduction of a fender of any statement would have seemed extraordinary or bordering on sible, but to-day it stands a fact, and in one family at least the fender is Arthur lives at 2301 Mission street. Yesterday morning at about 9 o'clock some trifling errand done and sent the little fellow ful In crossing the street. The child, how- ed with the responsibility of being sent out mother’s injunction, and in his hurry he rushed-across the street in front of a brief moment saw the half- The motorman for dazed child hesitating In the track of his It accident, which without the fender would front end of the car struck the little fellow, bearing him down right in front of those grinding wheels which would crush out the life in a half of iron interposed. was rolled round wheels mercifully balked of their prey. the wheels stopned in obedience to the brakes. semi-cor ! sact “Mamma’s errand” ran away. cious, it is true, but practically unhurt, and saying that he must which follows an a THE SYSTEM PRACTICALLY TESTED. struck, knocked down and kind, this e impos- car, then, with the skill of a too late, however, to avold an certainly have been fatal. The As the car slid along with and round in front of the With a few groans and squeaks The boy was picked up— The fender had won the victory ccident like a flock of vultures + + o + + o€ + + + + + + + 3¢ + + 34 + + + + + + + + + + + + HAS NOT RETURNED The City Prison Captain Still in the East and May Not Come Back. Writes a Letter to His Temporary Successor, Reuben Wolf—Says He Is Tired of Police Business. It is more than likely that Captain Robinson of the City Prison will not return. Commissioners on March 7 granted a leave of absence for four- teen days on the plea that his father had died in the East and his presence would be necessary in order to settle up the estate left by the deceased. Just before leaving this city Robinson in- formed a friend that he did not intend to return, and announced his determi- nation to permanently locate in the East, where he had spent his boyhood days. His leave of absence was up Thursday, but despite this fact Robin- son is still enjoying himself in the East. Yesterday Acting Captain Wolf re- ceived a letter from Robinson in which he advised him to keep a sharp look- out for the storeroom. “Be extremely cautious,” he wrote. “The contractors will do you up if they see the least chance.” Last night Wolf visited the office of Chief Lees and showed him the letter. After reading it the head of the Po- lice Department told him to continue as captain of the prison. When seen a short time afterward the Chief sald that he could not un- derstand why Robinson had not re- turned. ‘‘He is certainly overdue,” he remark- ed. “His leave of absence was up yes- terday. Whether or not be intends to return I do not know.” ‘When asked if Robinson had been granted an extension of time, the Chief emphatically answered “No.” Among his few intimate friends their opinion is that Robinson will not come back to the city. In his letter to Act- ing Captain Wolf he wrote that he had been granted an extension of time by the Commissioners, and that he would return in a short time. The: Commissioners emphatically deny that the astute captain ever applied for an extensfon of time and threaten to de- capitate him at their next meeting. If they take such action Wolf will in all probability be made captain of the prison. He has a host of friends who would lfke to see him promoted to the vosition of captain. —_—————— The Labor Council. There was very little business out of the routine transacted at last night's meeting of the Labor Council, but a dele- gation from the Allled Printing Trades Council was present and much time was given up to the discussion of the status of the printers’ strike. C. E. Hawkes, president of the Typographical Union, again refterated the list of grievances which led up to the strike and thanked the unlons affiliated with the council for | next Monday morning At the meeting of the Police | he was | | the speedy and substantial manner with which the requests for financlal ‘assist- ance had been met. He also reported that the local office of the American Press Assoclation had adopted the label and willingly conformed with the chapel regulations 'of the International Typo- graphical Union. The Young Ladles’ In- stitute has also forwarded a letter to the strike committee expressing the sym- pathy of that organization with the strikers and a copy of a resolution to the effect that all printing done for the institute in the future will bear the union label. A committee from the Labor Council was appointed to co-operate with the strike committee in turning work away from the offices opposed to the union. ————————— THE VALLEY ROAD BOOMING. All Along the Tine the Work Ts Pro- gressing With Gratifying Alacrity. Chief Engineer Storey of the Valley Road returned yesterday from a tour of Inspection he has been making over the entire line. He reports /that the road is now entirely completed to within three miles of Bakersfleld, and that the great steel bridge over the Kern River has been pushed ‘ahead with such expedition that it 1s expected by the first of thé month the track over it will have been laid. The terminal facilities that have been secured at Bakersfield are In every way all that can be desired. There Is yard room covering a space of seven blocks in length by one block In width and work is now going forward on a brick combi- natlon station—that is, a station combin- ing baggage room and passenger rooms under one roof, the walls of which are already beginning to climb well upward. The grading on the link from Visalia to Waukena Junction has commenced from the Junction end and about one mile of grading has been completed. r. Storey says he expects the road to | do. considerable business this year in shipping cattle. The section of the coun- try that it taps is well watered and the feed is abundant, consequently the dry conditions that prevall in other parts of the State will not be felt there. The approaches to the Franklin tunnel are about cleared away, and portals are being erected at either end. It is ex- pected that in about a week or ten days the actual boring will commence. —_—— THE WILLIAMS TRIAL. The proceedings yesterday in the Uni- ted States District’ Court in the case of the Government against Dick Williams, former inspector, consisted of attempts on the part of the defense to show that | the reputation of Wong Sam in the mat- ter of the landing of Chinese was bad. Among the witnesses were William G. Bates and L. J. Prince, who swore that they would not believe Wong Sam under oath. Bates gave his occupation as be- ing interested in a gold quartz mine in Southern Oregon since last November. The case will be submitted to the jury at 10 o'clock, THE CITY ROBBE Outrégeous Frau Supplies Grand Jury Unearths That Will Ma The School Committee of the Grand Jury has begun an investigation into the School Department that promises | to disclose a state of corruption of such ; magnitude that the defalcation of Treasurer Widber will sink into insig- | nificance by comparison. | Enough has been exposed by the first day’s investigation, which was made yesterday, to show that the city has been robbed of thousands of dollars, | and that some of the heads of the de- | partment must at least have had | some knowledge of what was going on. ‘Whether the Directors themselves will be able to clear their skirts remains to be seen. Yesterday's developments would | seem to indicate that aside from P. Swift, the contractor for furnishing lumber to the department, the most culpable party is Director Ragan’s Jbr()(her-ln- law, John O'Brien, Inspec- | tor of School Buildings, while Chair- man Gallagher of the Finance Commit- | tee and Burns of the Bulldings and | Grounds Committee will be called upon | to explain why they audited and recom- mended the payment of bills that on | the very face look suspicious, O'Brien | | Is the same familiar John The Call had | occasion to refer to less than six weeks | ago. John draws a salary of $150 a | | month from the department and is sup- | posed to give his entire attention to the city, but it was shown that he had | found ample time to engage in the con- tracting business and to superintend his private work. One job in particu- | | lar was referred to—that of putting in | a foundation under a building at 725 | | Mission street. O’'Brien was not charged with using city material in his outside jobs because it was not known | where he obtained his supplies, but yesterday's investigation fully estab- | | lished the fact that the city has paid | for thousands of dollars’ worth of lum- | | ber it has never received, and that | Ragan’s brother-in-law must have had }sume knowledge of it. | | . When The Call informed President Barrington of O’'Brien’s private con- | tracts that gentleman expressed his as- | tonishment, and promised to look into | it, but if he has he has done it so quiet- | ly " that the public has never learnedl‘ of it. For several weeks the Grand Jury | has been investigating the financial ac- counts of the School Board, to the won- der of those who knew what was going | on, for it was regarded as one of the regular cursory investigations that every Grand Jury undertakes. Mem- bers of the board were summoned be- | fore the Grand Jury session after ses- sion, and they seemed to regard the | whole affair as a bore—a waste of time and talk. | | But the Grand Jury was accumulat- | ing data to enable it to begin an inves- tigation on lines widely divergent from | those usually pursued, and when every- thing was in readiness the work was | begun. The first move of the Com- | mittee on School Department was to | invite A. B. Truman, a member of the | inquisitorial body, to co-operate with it. This was done because of Mr. Tru- man's large experience in such matters. The committee consisted of Emil Bauer, | H. A. Hedger and W. J. Bryan, and at their request Mr. Truman, with the as- sistance of the jury's expert, began a quiet investigation into the affairs of the supplies department. The result of this inquiry led Tru- man to request the committee to pro- cure the services of experts in lumber and carefully inspect the repairs that have been made recently. The com- mittee already had in its possession the bills for lumber and shingles sup- plied—or rather charged—to the depart- ment for the six months beginning June 11, 1897, and ending December 31, last. | "The heads of the California Lumber | Association were called upon and they promptly recommended George B. | Campbell and E. J. Holt as the two | most rellable and expert lumbermen in the State. Their services were readily secured, and with Expert W. H. Rick- |ard, the jury’s expert, the committee |and Truman met at Bauer's office at 9 o'clock yesterday morning and began | to probe into the unsavory mass of cor- ruption. Enough had previously been learned about Contractor Swift and his ar- rangement with the board to prepare the party for almost anything that might turn up in the way of crooked work. For instance, Swift's contract calls for two grades of shingles, com- mon and fancy. The first are the or- dinary roof coverings; the latter are of a uniform width of six inches with trimmed ends and are used for decora- | tion purposes. The contract price for the common shingles is 99 cents per thousand. The regular price, wholesale, is $1 70 a thousand. For the fancy shingles Swift's bid of $1 91 per thou- sand was accepted, and no wonder, for the regular price is $2 70 per thousand. In view of these cuts on the regular prices the investigators did not look for any waste of fancy shingles. They didn’t. In fact they did not find where a single fancy shingle had been | used during the period named, although the city had been charged $1 91, the | i contract price for the better grade, for | all the shingles used. The first place visited by the Grand Jurymen was the Clement Grammar School, on Geary street, near Jones. | | Their method of procedure was the | | same at all the buildings visited. En- | tering the yard they summoned the principal and asked him to point out all | | the repairs that had been made during the six months prior to January 1. He did so and the jurors then put the ex- perts to work to measure the shingles and lumber used. The records of the school department showed that the city had been charged for 19,000 fancy shingles at $1 91 per thousand. The experts’ measurements showed that only 10,000 common shin- les had been used. In other words the city had paid $36,290 for 10,000 com- mon shingles, the cost of which, under the contract, would be $9500; a differ- ence of $26,390 on that one lot of shin- les. g'I‘he jurymen next visited the Hamil- ton Grammar School on Geary street, near Scott. For repairing that building Schools. | with the experts, will visit them all. the city had been charged for 17,000 | D OF THOUSANDS ds in Furnishing for the a Mass of Corruption| Implicate ny. | “We, the jury, do find that Conrad H. Masemann, age about 50 vears, nativity Germany, occupation butcher, married, residence New York, came to his death April 16, 1898. at 414 Jackson street, city and county of San Fran . from mor- phine poisoning, and we further find that he came to his death by morphine » imin- istered by a party or parties unknown to the jury. The character of the hot being bad the police and the license be rev THE NATIVE SONS. A Rate of One Dollar to San Joss Secured—Preparing for Grand Parlor. At the meeting of the joint committes of the Native Sons of the Golden We for the celebration of the Ninth of Se tember. held in Native Sons' Hall Iz night. W. H. Hazel of the transportation committee reported that since the pre- vious meeting the Southern Pacific Com- had reported that it would give the Sons a 3L rate for excursion tick- ets to and from San Jose. The report was accepted, and it was de- cided that the delegates to the Grand Parlor which will meet in Nevada City on Monday nex: report to the grand body that it he sense of the convention tiiat sion day celebration be held in San Jos pine at the contract price of $7 74 The experts’ measurements showed th?t only 7500 common shingles and 30,000 feet of No. 3 Oregon pine had been psed, a difference of 9500 shingles and 31 feet of pine, Less than half the quan- tity charged for had been used, while the highest price had been charged for inferior material. 4 At the Golden Gate Primary on Gol- den Gate avenue, between Scott and Pierce, the department's records show- ed that 14,000 fancy shingles, at $1 91 per thousand; 4425 feet of 1x6 No. 1 tongue and grooy redwood at $19 05 per thousand, and 5376 feet of No. 1 1x10 rustic at $16 456 per thousand had been used. 7The experts could only find 5500 common shingles, 2854 feet of No. 2 red- | wood, and 1960 feet of rustic, half of which was No. 1, and the other half No. 2. A visit to the John Swett Grammar School on McAllister street, near Gough, showed that Inspector O'Brien had béen unable to find any use for shingles during the six months, but he did manage to get in a bill for the con- tractor for repairing a stairway. The bill as paid calls for 2288 feet of step- ping at $24 per thousand, yet the ex- perts could only find where 867 feet had been used, and the principal was posi- tive they had been shown all the re- pairs that had been mad The Everett school on Sanchez, near Sixteenth, panned out better, from the contractor’s ndpoint, and no doubt Ragan’s brother-in-law was satisfied. | 9 Besides the usual deficiency in, ana | overcharge for, lumber, the Investiga- tion disclosed a little job performed by | Inspector O'Brien that, when it comes known, is not likély to add to his reputation as a private contractor. Some more shingling had been done | 4 here, for which the city paid, as usual, 81 91 per thousand for common shingles it ought to have been charged 99 cents a thousand for. There were 44,000 shin gles charged in the bill, but the pert’s measurement could only earth 27,000. un- Then there was a charge for 315 feet of 2-inch Oregon pine, at | g $7 74 per M., which dwindled to 90 feet | under the experts’ rules. During Truman’s preliminary inves- | tigation he had heard much of a my terious boiler and furnace, buried some- | where on the grounds of the Everett | School, and Mrs. Banning, the princi- pal, was questioned yesterday as to what she knew about it. She pointed to a little shed in the yard that is used by the teachers as a lunch room, and sald the boiler was buried under that. Inquiry brought out the fact that the boiler and furnace had formerly been used to heat the school with steam, but had been abandoned. They were placed in a pit which had become filled with | {3 stagpant water, a constant menace to | the health of the children. Complaint was made to the directors and O'Brien was ordered to remove boiler and fur- nace and fill in the pit. Instead of do- ing so, he had a little dirt thrown on | top of the boiler, leaving a great cavity | | underneath the surface, which remain- | j ed filled with | water. the disease Then, to cover up his work— | or lack of work—and to use up some | # more shingles and lumber, he built the | § shed over the quagmire, for which the | i only use that has been found is to give | the teachers a place to prepare their midday lunch. Only five schools were visited yester- day, but those five bore evidence of the sands of dollars, and all within a period of six months. What the other schools will show can hardly be guessed at, but the committee of the Grand Jury, At present the investigation will be | confined to the lumber contract. When the full extent of that job has been | revealed light will be thrown on the other supplies furnished the depart- ment. DIED IN A DEN Probability That Conrad Mase- mann Was Drugged to Death. Police Engaged in Working on =a Case That Mystery. Is Involved in On the 16th of the present month Con- red H. Maseman, a stranger in this city, was found dead in bed in a room in the White House at 414 Jackson street, a place not of good repute, In his vest pocket were found two pow- ders, supposed at the time to be mor- phine, and on various scraps of paper there were writings In pencil purporting | to have been signed by the deceased an. nouncing that he had ended his life be- | -ause some woman had robbed him of every cent he had. | An inquest on the remains was held | by Coroner Hawkins yesterday morning, | and it was developed that the man had | died from morphine poisoning, and that | the powders found on his person were | not morphine but anti-febrine, a compar- atively harmless preparation for the cure | of headache. The authorities, because of this fact and the further fact that the house was | the resort of lewd wormen of the lowest | class and of thieves and vagrants, sus- | pected foul play, and Detective Silvey was | detailed to work upon the case. Mr. Sil- | vey testified yesterday that the manager | of the lodging house threw obstacles in | the way of a thorough investigation, and | was yery surly about it. The house had | a bad reputation, he said. Ofticer McMahon said that the White | House was a resort’ of “bums,” thieves and toughs, and that not long ago an ex-convict had been shot by a woman in the house. | Rudelle told the same story already | published in The Call (o the effect that the deceased came in at 2 in the morning With a strange woman and paid 50 cents | for a room. He did not see the woman | leave the house and did not see the de- ceased again until he broke open the door | on the following day and found him dead | n bed. J. Schroeder, the bedmaker, told about | having knocked at the door of the room | occupied by Masemann, and having found | { it locked. " On the next forenoon he and | Rudelle broke open the door and saw the shingles—fancy of course—at $1 91, and 61,350 feet of No. 1 two-inch Oregon dead body. The jury found the following verdict: is on every wrapper _of CASTORIA. be- | & breeding | @ city having been robbed of many thou- | g OF BAD REPUTE, To-night Stanford Parlor No. 76 will en< tertain at a high jinks in the banquet-hall of the Native Sons’ building all the dele~ gates to the Grand Parlor who shall ba in this city on their way to Nevada City, A ied programme of mus song and story has been prepared. Last evening Golden Gate Parlor had g social in Shasta Hall, Native Sons’ buf ing, and there was ent a large nume ber of the lady f of the members, who were treated to an informal pro ramme of vocal and instrumental music, and then there was dancing until mids night and the serving of ice cream. Tos morrow morning the drill corps 6T thisg parlor will go on a picnic_to San Jose. Preparations have been made for a pleas- outing. y morning the delegates to the d Parlor will meet at Native Sons’ and proceed from there in a body to the ferry, en route to the place of meeting in_Nevada City. The procession will ba led by the band of Sequoia Parlor, Pro~ fessor Sowser director. _—ee————— Will Enjoy Themselves. This year the Central Methodist Eplss copal Sunday-school, Rev. C. B. Locka pastor, will hold its annual picnic on Sat~ urday, April 30, at Mirabel Park, twelve miles from Santa Rosa, instead of joining in a union picnic with the other schools of the city. 3T Hall ADVERTISEMENTS. and fit him neat and You want your out in a natty suit. boy well dressed—you want clothes on him that will make him happy. 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