The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 17, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, AGUINALDO DENIES A REQUEST OF OTIS He Refuses to Relecase fhc Friars and Civilians Held Captive by the Insurgents. MANILA, P. I, Nov. 16.—General Otis, the commander of the American fc recently proposed to A~uinaldo that he release the s held in captlvity throughout the provinces. The ed their maltreatment and refused to release at the civilians had enlisted as volunteers and egitimate prisoners of war. Aguinaldo also denied children were detained, but said that some women that wo and child . friars, Aguinaldo argues that they are prohibited by the iccepting parochial appointments, that they are only per- low monastic lives and that the parishes are infrusted to ependent monastic orders. But, he adds, the Philippine iave deliberately and systematically deceived the Pope, pre- Pope from ted to f clericals tending that the country was barbarous, unfit for the regular min- istry and ti it was necessary that the monastic orders should ad- minister the parishes. Therefore, Aguinaldo continues. he considered to detain the friars until the Pope is und:ceived. panish papers here assert that a sanguipary mutiny has ace on board the steamship Bernardino and that the native These papers also appeal to Advices from Tloilo say the it nece take the Un massacred their Spanish officers. ed States to control the natives. natives of that city distrust Aguinaldo and wart American domina- tion. 000000C0000000000000000000000000 CO0000C0ODOO00C0000D00000000 COCOOCOO00000000000000C0C0000 JACOBS BLAMES GENERAL SHAFTER The Colonel Criticizes His Superior. SURROUNDED B THE INSURGEATS Spaniards of Iloilo Great Peril. CAUSE OF SANTIAGO DISTRESS |OTIS IN FEAR OF A MASSACRE in ROOPS }‘O*ERLESS TO SOLDIERS HAD NO COOKING MANILA T | AID THEM. UTENSILS. | G | | Serious Situation Wiil Prevent the Contemplated Reduction of American Forces in the Islands. Camp Equipage Left Behind in the Advance on the Positive Order of the Commander of the Army. | Special Dispatch to The Call. Spectal Dispatch to Call. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—Reports of a somewhat disquieting nature have | been received from General Otls, in { command at Manila. He says that the | province of Tloilo, in the Island of Pa nay, which is technically occupied by | the Spaniards, is surrounded by the in- surgents and that fears are entertained d company in addition to those | that the Spanish population and garri- adquarters. General Shafter's | son will be massacred. The capital of .d been to take only fifty | the province is 355 miles from Manila, When General Miles went to | but this and the other islands, with the exception of Manila and its adjacent WASHINGTON, N 16. — Colonel who had charge of the trans- n facilities at Santiago, was the Wa tigation Commis- 1 to-d yressed the opinion that there was not a sufficient number wagons. He thought there should en at least one wagon to each | bs, £ he doubled the number, but even this order did not secure suffi- is not under control of the cler He knew no reason for | Americans. Heretofore the United re, except there was no | States officers have tried to prevent dis- g them from Tampa to | turbances between the insurgents and i | the Spaniards through good offices and [ MecCook developed quite an | counsel. The indications are, however, ated episode by asking 1f there | that the present situation in Iloilo can- iy reason why the cooking uten- | not be controlled by the United States Y e N sage of-the troops | 8rmy. at Manila, or the Insurgent lead- CaInp pedinas | ers there, and if serious consequences not have been forwarded from | are averted some other method will to the troops in the field. | have to be adopted. was no reason,” Colonel Ja-| The troops under General Otis are not except that General Shaf- available for any such duty and, un- ” der the terms of the protocol, pending peace negotiations, it is not desirabl2 to send a force from the army to the Island of Panay. There is no intention at present of sending additional troops to General Otis, but the situation is such as to strengthen the determina- tion of the administration not to re- duce the available force under his com- mand. s replied, s order forbade. ontinuing, he said that the order was most positive. Food had been sent to the front cooked, but he thought the men should have had some facilities for cooking. The order had never been changed during the month he remained at Baiquiri. Dr. Connor then asked whether or- R ders had been given to leave all the| hospital equipments behind at Tampa. | MERRITT HAS NO FAITH IN THE FILIPINOS er = Dr. L. M. Munson, who for a time was | on duty at Tampa and in Cuba, said| that requisitions | e had tood ) L }\]\—r;‘iw )-s :ppra\‘ed and that all LONDON, Nov. 16.—General Wesley in getting medicines and Merritt, U. S. A., who is still in this| city, has read with a great deal of in- s due to lack of transporta- terest the long letter of complaint giment had been expected | tiorn ach to take the supplies that would be nec- | against American officials In the Phil-| sary. There were no orders to leave | y,; i, 151ands addressed by the so-call- any of the medical supplies, except the ambulances at Tampa. He had under- stood that the medical supplies in Cuba were short. They were taken on the transports, but it was impossible to get them landed. Dr. Munson said the condition of the army before Santiago was lamentable, owing largely to the fact that the men were without tents. For the first two or three days, alsc, there were practi- cally no supplies on shore. So far as he could determine the quartermaster's department had made no effort to assist medical department, leaving it en- v to its own devices. He thought | s sufficient Cdressing for the | sufficient medicines and suf- | gical instruments, but there | Kk of tents, ‘cots and suitable | actual necessities were thus | medical department, but if f ad continued for several | )t believe it would haveJ the department to | rival. | cupied to see him. - of the wounded, at| [ the arrival of tie Relief | “In talking with leading Filipinos T told them the United States had no rwood, who vas the | promises to make, but that they might officer at Montauk Point, | be assured that the Government and ed Filipino Junta of Hongkong to Pres- ident McKinley and the American peo- ple. In discussing the Filipinos, the American general refers to them as “children,” and says it would be im- possible to establish the American sys- tem of government in the islands. He adds that they must have some form of colonial government similar to the British colonial governments. Regard- iig the complaints of the Filipinos, the general said: “It was impossible to recogniza the insurgents, and I made it a point not to Qo so, as 1 knew it would lead t> com- piicadons. Admiral Dew:,, after my arrivai, pursuel the same cou was aone before is not for mne to com ament on. I purposely did not recogn Aguinaldo or his troops, ny. dia I them in any way. Aguinaido did not ask o W Colonel W. chief medica testified t his instructions Were to i people of the United States would treat have on hand at all times tents, beds, | them fairly. This was because the etc.,, and T ations that ‘hey | United States is in the habit of dealing were not the incorrect. Trere | fairly with all struggline peoples and was, however, sor 'k of transpoita- [ not because I had been authorized to | tion faciliti > was difficuty in ;:mrlnz' sumtl‘lr-: : from the station, this fact being due largely to the lft- | gents notice of our attack on ited capacity of the railroad depot. H. Because we did not need their (-.,.“,.ISE“..‘.L‘"T rted that “not for a minute” had|tion and did not purpose to have it. We )atients remained outside the hospi-' \yere moved by fear that tney might tals without some protection. Dr. For-joct and plunder and possily murder. wood said that much of the crowding | sguinaldo’s subordinate leaders, in pital was due to the fact that | (,nversing with American officers, fre- soldiers scught admission as af ciently sald they intended t- cut the 1s of getting a furlough home. This | firoats of all the Spanfards in Mant condition might have resulted in keep- | *sguinaldc himself wrote a complain- Ined ng men out. int letter saying the insurgents had | say anything of the kind. ““We purposely did not give the insur- Dr. » announced at the close of | hoe. dented ‘thelr share of the lont’ to-day’s session that the commission | whaever he may have Aoy would leave here at 11 o’clock for New | [ tok no rotice of this letter nor do | think the subiect now raised is a mat- ter o1 discussion betw Aguinaldo and aly representative of the American Geverny 2% York. The first meeting would be held | there on Frid | | RICH GOLD FINDS IN : SOUTHEASTERN OREGON| ~__Fastest Boat tn Our Navy. | NEWPORT, R. L, Nov. 16—The tor- REDDING, Nov. 1,—A new mining dis. | Pedo-boat Dupont to-day proved herselt trict that ls creating considerable excite- | 5,08 lheD&frtn;nmbx?r?e!dg] e e e e ment was lately struck in the Paisley | ragansett ¥ay she demonstrated a speed section of Southern Oregon. Assays of | of over thify knots with only two boilers ore from a strike made by J. W. Howard | in use. }% contract speed was 273 Teturn 380 and §63 per ton in gold. The | knots for thee boilers. % ore is rebellious, but vields readily to the -— cyanide process. Little or no prospecting Work can be performed in the winter time on account of deep snows. The ledges found so far in the district are well de. fined and extensive, but are in no sense a poor man's proposition. Dartmoutl’s Ex-President Dead. HANOVER,\N. H., Nov. 16.—Rev. Dr. Samuel Colcoré Bartlett, former president of Dartmouth Tollege, died at his home here to-night acute indigestion. \ l Whalt | to sec me until ten days after my ar- | After that I was too much occu- | CHRISTIAN WOMEN END THEIR WORK | Close of the National Convention. MRS.CARSE’S TOUCHING ADIEU WITHDRAWS AFTER NINETEEN | | YEARS' SERVICE. Resolutions Protesting Against the Existence of Army Canteens Receive TUnanimous Approval. Special Dispatch to The Call. | ST. PAUL, Nov. 16.—The last day of the | Women’s Christian Temperance Union convention showed a decided falling off in attendance. The business w. | tion of the reports from affi ests. | | After devotional services, in charge of Miss Greenwood, the report of the Wom- an's Temperance Publishing Association,in | connection with which another sensation from Mrs. s looked for, was taken up. Mrs, Carse, president of the | association, read the report. of the association for ear were $1 cash_expenditures | a gain of $2178. The memorial olume has passed 100,000 in its circulation. | arious publications have fallen off In cir- | ulation, but the receipts from subscrip- | ns have ally. increased mate: 3y At the conclusion of the formal report The cash receip Mrs. S d this would be her last | natia 1 con until she could cumei and say the Temple had been paid for. It | might be long, but she hoped for the time when she could come back. She nad been resident of the Woman's Temperance ublishing Association for nineteen years, but must resign, as she had other work | to do. She held a little stock in it, which she wished to present to the association, asking only to be allowed to vote it. o Mrs. Carse then made a moving refer- ence to her acquaintance with and love for Mrs, Stevens, the new president, and as she finished Miss Gordon came to the | front of the platform, the grouning of tne three prominent figures of the conven- tion—Mrs, Carse, Mrs. Stevens and Miss | | | | Guajome ranch to live, and the next | where he lived till he fell into the em- | time in the civil engineering business, 1898. COLONEL CHALMERS SCOTT PASSES AWAY AT SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO, Nov. 16.—Colonel Chal- mers Scott, for many years one of the best known and most highly respectad citizens of San Diego, died at soon to- day at his home at First and Ivy streets, at the age of 53 years. Colonel Scott’s life was of a most eventful character. He was born in New Or- leans, May 9, 1845, and came with his parents to San Francisco, where his father, Rev. William A. Scotur, was pastor of St. John's Episcopal Church for seven years. Young Scott attended the law department of the University of New York, graduating at'the head of his class. After a vear spent in a New York law office, he raturned to San Francisco and entered. the law office of Haight & Pierson. He was for- tunate in securing a position as a special correspondent to the New York Herald from China, and.as such made a three months’ tri= to China, rushing in a 2000-word scoop over the wires. On his return, in the spring of 187 came to San Diego and practiced law for a time, was appointed County | Clerk in 1871, and the next spring went out as an engineer on the Texas Paclfic Rallroad survey. He returned to the law in 1873, and was married the next| vear to Miss Maria A. Couts, daughter of Cave J. Couts. He then went to the year was appointed Deputy State Treasurer. He was compelled to return to Guajome on account of his health, COLONEL CHALMERS SCOTT. ploy of the California Southern Rail- way in 1880. After this he was engaged most of the { neer in a great railroad project which was ‘carried out successfully. He was engaged in the real estate business here, and later was appointed traveline all over the western part of the United States, and going to Guate- mala in 1883, where he was chief engi- IDNAPED WOMAN ABOARD A SLOCP Strange Story To!d by a Indian Agency of South Dakota. SHOOK'S BILLS AGAINST THE SCHOOL BOARD engineer for the survey of the Rosebud * The Annual Doll Show. Major A. J. Criqui, smallest perfectly formed man in the world, The Holiday Fairy Tableaux. The superb Thanksgiving Table in Lamp Department. The brilliant displays of Christmas goods and many other fea- tures in the grandest Holiday shopping place in California. Dinner Sets and Lamps. Two timely subjects to talk about. Perhaps you are contem- plating buying an entire new dinner set for Thanksgiving, or maybe you only need a few pieces to match the one that you have. What. ever your wants, where else can yoy find the assortment and low prices of the big store? Dinner Sets. | Semi-Porcelain Dinner Set in Rococoi Pattern, like picture. | = SEAEE A G St G EE S bR EtE Rt Lamps. A pretty decorated Lamp, like picture, with bowl and 7-inch shade to match, com- lete for....... r 98c The popular Juno Nickel Lamp, round burner, sixty candle- power, with ten-inch white dome shade, completes’l.so for. Polished Brass Lamp, like picture, with twisted enam- | eled pillar, round |center draft, sixty candle-power burner |and handsomely decorated globe, $2.'3 The celebrated John Maddock & Sons’ make, as thin and white as china, 103 pieces, for 12 persons. $l3 00 Carlsbad White China Dinner Sets, fes- toon shape, 100 pieces, for 12 oon shape, pieces, 3'9‘00 | Sailor. Gordon—calling for hearty applause. At this point a photographer, who had been brought in by the superintendents, caught a picture of the three leaders, afterward | taking another picture of the full set of | officers. Miss Gordon then, on behalf of | | the convention, forma invited Mrs. | Carse to attend the convention whether | she had paid for the Temple or not. | Mrs, Lucy Thurman of Michigan pre- sented the report on the work among the North olina, having colored people. ed 600 members, was awarded the de-| partment banr "he department of lit- erature presented $200 worth of literature | for the use of the colored people’s depart- | [ ment. Mrs. Sophia F. Grubb of Kansas| | reported on the work among the foreign- | Frances W. Leiter of Ohio gave | al culture. The lo rance legion was represented { Helen G. Rice of Massachuset d of hearing the reports of the or | e entire body of organizers was | - platform for eeting and | to present a hand- e opportun et to Mrs. Stevenson, the retir-| »onding secretary who was ex- | -ader of the organizers. The re- | port of the committee on resolutions was ented and the convention devoted pre over two hours to the improvement of the phrascology of the resolution A resolution on the death of Miss Wil- lard was adopted separately, to the effect that “her life uplifted life. 'She was the Her genius and devotion, her clear vision of duty and swift reali- zation, her er listening to the next divine word, and her glad ineorporation of | that word into deeds of widest helpful- ness, made the Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union what it is to-day. May her influence to carry on her work for humanity » Strong total abstinence resolutions were adopted, and the following in regard to the relations of the United States Gov- ernment to the liquor business: Revenue in general—The income of the Government from the revenue re- world’s fri @) general ceived from the manufacturers and dealers in intoxicating drinks deadens the public con- | science to the evils of the business and makes | Qistillers, brewers and saloon-keepers arro- | gant and dictatorial vernment on the | ground of its be tors. | e revenues as cor- conscience and a menace lican form-of government. from prohibition districts—We condemn th {ving of revenue by the gen- eral Government from the sale of intoxicating iquors for beverage purposes in localities | where such sale is prohibited by law, because it | encourages the holders of these receipted tax bills, who constitute a class of habitual crim- inals, to violate State and municipal law. (c). The canteen system—Canteens are more cadly than bullets, and our army in field, mili- ary, post and camps and our veteran gol- diers' homes are impoverished and debauched by_them Ve therefore protest against soldiers being de- a t talled as bartenders and the use of blood | money for hospital supplies, and we call upon | the chief executive and the general Gov- | ernment to abolish the system. To this end we urge the paseage of the Ellis bill, now pending in the United States Congress, pro- Bibiting the sale of liquor on all grounds or buildings owned or controlled by the Govern- ment, and we urge the passage of a law pro- hibiting_the sale of liquors in our new posses- sions a#fl in all territory that shall be acquired | by us. On prohibition the resolutions place to the following: We reaffirm our oft-repeated conviction that the prohibition of the liquor traffic Is the gnly solution of the temperance problem, and inSist that true patriotism demands a united and de- termined effort which shall not cease until pro- hibitlon is ehgrossed in the constitution of e v State of the Union and In the federal constitution in Washington. The expression on the ballot says: God created man in his own image, female, and gave them dominion, save Resoived, That we believe In the equal rights of both to hold opinions and to express the same in the home and on the platform, in the pulpit and at the ballot-box. The other resolutions indorsed interna- | tional arbitration, temperance, education, | living wages and purity of life. The evening session opened with a chil- dren’s hour, with singing and recitation: by the St. Paul Sunday-school chiidre: As they quoted Scripture texts the: placed c anthemums in & large wreath about a picture of Miss Willard, and then the group was taken in a flashlight plc- t ure. | Invitations for the next convention were presented by Seattle and Los Angeles, on the Pacific Coast; Portland, Me.: Detroit, Mich.; Niagara Falls, N. ¥.; Cincinnati, and vitation from the State | of Te rhe choice of place was left to | the executive committee. | “Then came the presentation of banners. Pennsylvania was awarded the old.ban- ner for the largest membership. Kansas took the banner for the greatest gain in | membership and also for “the iargest | county increase. Harvey, Ill., gained the | hanner for largest local union gain. Ohio | was given the old banner for increase in members, Indiana for the largest increase | | in membership during the vear, receiving | | what is known as the ““White Ribbon Star- | | Spangled Banner,” which was suggested | by Miss Willard at the last convention, | making the second banner won by that | State. “'he consecration services, Mrs. Stevens residing, brief Scripture quotations, sing- rng the garxins hymn and the benediction | closed the convention. | - | SCELEY ORDERED HOME. Summoned From Porto Rico to | Awaiv Further Orders. | WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—An order was | issued from the Navy Department. to-day | detaching Admiral Schley from duty wich | the Porto Rico Evacuation Commission | and ordering him home to awalt further | orders. —_——————————— | T ARRIVED. | ‘Wednesday, November 16. | Stmr Charles Nelson, Anderson, 76 hours frm | Beattle. | Schr Nettie Sundborg, Johnson, 10 hours from Fish Rock. = | Stinr Scctia, Thompson, 19 hours from Rock- | port. | PBi un: Cheballs, Stmonsen, 60 days from New- e, & Br ship Norma, McDonnell, 1& days from Antwerp. > 4 { | w. | captain refused. FEMALE COOK CARRIED OFF COUP EXECUTED BY THE CAP- TAIN OF THE TRILBY. Informant Is Arrested on a Misde- meanor Charge, While the Vessel Hurriedly Puts to Sea. Specigl Dispatch to The Call. SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 16.—Captain A. Hall of the sloop Trilby, which ar- rived from San Francisco a few days ago, had J. Finnigan, a sallor, arrested last night for disturbing the peace aboard the sloop. Finnigan says there is a woman aboard, who is being taken to Mexico | against her will. Through Cullen’s employment agency in San Francisco the woman obtained a position as cook, being told the Trilby was a large schooner. When she saw the sloop she did not like its character and demand- ed that she be put ashore, but the the sailors not to allow her ashore. When a constable went aboard to ar- rest Finnigan the woman, who said her | but refused to give her surname, was hysterical. When the officer started to go aboard the sloop to investigate the case he found the sloop had left in the direction of Monterey. The case against Finnigan was dismissed, as the captain failed to appear. The sloop is bound for Mex- jco after a cargo af abalone shells. Hall clalms the woman is his wife. She has relatives in San Francisco. name was Susie, Miss Della Cullen, who conducts the employment agency in this city through which the woman is said to have ob- tained the position of cook on the Trilby, speaks in a more or less mys- terious way about the whole affair, while claiming not to know anything concerning it. She says that about three weeks ago a man, evidently about 30 years of age, came to her office’and said he wanted to engage a cook for a voyage to Johannesberg, but he re- fused to give his name or address. Prior to this the woman, who had sev- eral times obtained employment through the agency, came to the office looking for another position. Miss Cul- len could not recall her name, but %aid that she was about 40 years of age and that she had a son 12 years old. The woman had given satisfaction at the places at which she worked. Miss Cul- len told her of the offer of the man who wanted the cook, and after some cor- respondence the woman met the man by appointment outside the office. She afterward saw Miss Cullen, who ad- vised her that if the man would not meet her at the office she should have nothing to do with him. After the woman had met the man she refused | to tell Miss Cullen what he had said to her. This is all that Miss Cullen knows of the affair, except that the woman did not pay her office fee ELK YET REFUSES TO MAKE A STATEMENT Berg, the Man He Shot, Insists That the Yacht Keeper Shall Not Be Prosecuted. SAN RAFAEL, Nov. 16.—Tke Elk still refuees to make a statement of the facts regarding the shooting of Berg on the yacht Chispa, and puts in most of his| time pacing nervously up and down his cell. He seems to regard his release from custody as a matter of only a few days, and was surprised when told that no such prpspect confronted him. He was in- fngmed that it made no difference whether or not he was connected with the murder of Captain Brooks. He is al- leged to have shot Berg, knowing who he was shooting, and probably being aware that his visitor meant no harm. There are several things that look very mysterious in the affair, the chief of which is Berg’s statement that he will not prosecute Elk, though he asserts that Elk shot him while aware that he was not a burglar. Mrs. EIK’s statements are very conflicting. Berg informed a Call reporter yesterday that Mrs. Elk de- clared her husband knew he was shoot- ing B"F' and would not even let her an- swer his call or open the door. To others she is credited with the assertion that her husband could be convicted of no offense because he thought Berg was a burglar and shot in self-defense. The authorities believe that if Mrs. Elk wished o tell what she knows a flood of light would be thrown on what is now a mys- tery. lrzyerg sent for District Attorney Mar- tinelli and Sheriff Harrison to-day and made a statement to them. It was prac- tically embodied in the report in yester- dn{'- Berg sald he Elk prosecuted. Orders were given | did not want l Juicy Contract for Hardware. MORE WORK FOR THE JURORS | RICHE REWARD FOR A THICK COAT OF WHITEWASH. Thousands of Dollars Spent During | August, for Books for Indi- | gént School Chil- dren. Within the last three days the Auditor's office has been flooded with bills sent | down the School Department, and it is estimated that claims against the board amounting to fully $30,000 are | yet to be presented. These claims are | being held back as long as they possibly | can be, and the office of the secretary of the board is fairly swamped with unpaid | demands. Pigeon-holes are clogged with them, desks are heaped high and drawers | | are overflowing. The ring seems to have | | cast prudence to the Avinds and sought | to bankrupt the city ds it has the school | fund. | There is material enough In sight now to | keep the Grand Jury in session steadily | until the end of its term, and it looks a though Expert Kilpatrick, instead of com- pleting his report in ten s, as he ex- | pects, will be busy on it for a month at | least. And those bills now in the hands of the Auditor! What a story of recklessness, | not to say jobbery, they reveal—a story that bids fair to prove the criminal deal- ings of the board as well as the conniv- ance of certain outsiders. James A.-Snook is one of these outsid- | erS who seem destined to occupy no | little time and attention of the Grand Jury before it concludes its investigations. | Snook has already been brought into more prominence than he probably cares for, through his connection with the recent lease of the Lincoln School property, which connection John P. Reynolds dwells upon in his sensational suit. Snook, it will be remembered, was sec- retary of the Grand Jury of a year or more ago. He is also senfor member of the firm of James A. Snook & Co., dealers in carriage hardware and hardwood lumber, 130 First street. The Grand Jury of which Snook was secretary distinguished itself | by filing a most laudatory report on the Board of Education (the same board that is still in office), its excellent financial showing and a lot more rot of a similar nature. Up to the filing of that report Snook had been known merely as an ordi- nary business man and as secretary of the Grand Jury. In a remarkably short time after, how- ever, Snook_was awarded a contract for furnishing hardware to the Board of Education—a contract of great magnitude, according to the bills now in the Audi- tor's hands, though it will probably puzzle many taxpayers to know what the department can do with so much hard- w | | are. These bills do not necessarily show all the goods purchased from Snook under his contract, but only thé purchases dur- ing last July and August. If there have been any purchases since then the bills are among those still held up the board. The purchases prior to July have already been paid for. These are the bills for the two months named: July 2, | one bill for $8605; July 5. one. bill for | $22 89; July 27. thirteen bills of the total | amount of $1232 76;: August 2, two bills for | $62 05; August 3, one bill for $3 46; August 18, six bills for a total of 3219 78; August 27, twenty-two bills amounting to $1033 86, a grand total of $2872 73 for hardware for the two months. Then there are bills from Weber & Co. for school supplies. Weber & CoJ is the firm Secretary Welch was with fof many years prior to hig entry into the School Department, and it has the contract for supplying school furniture. The bills now in the Auditor's hands cover the period from July 26 to September 10, and are as July 26, fourteen bills for a total thirteen bills for a st 29, one bill for | one bill for $2656. se bills is $14,963 67. It may be claimed by members of the Board of Education that much, if not all, of this furniture was necessary to equip the new Mission High School, but if they set up such a claim they will lay themselves llable to the direct charge of | swindling the city, for the goods have never been delivered there. An inspec- tion of the Mission High School was made yesterday by a Call reporter and in all the rooms it was found that the fur- nishings were extremely meager, and all of the chedpest possible description. Any honest dealer in town would jump at an offer to duplicate all the furniture in the building for $5000, and he would realize handsomely on the job. San Francisco, like all large cities, has its poor, but it has been the boast of her citizens that the percentage of indigent is remarkably small, as compared to every other city of its size in the Union. Great will be the astonishment of th:taxpayers, then, to learn that on August 27 last, the School Board gurcha.nd of Payot, Up. ham & Co. six bills of books for indigent scuool children of the total value of . One can hardly conjecture what it costs the city a year to send its poor children to school, but the way this board is distributing books broadcast the amount must t is the ‘. enormous. 3"’“'?9?"9‘#?1’)?7’?7"!7"’)?FV"?PDFV?}FFF?” PORRBRRRRPRRRDR ’vi'ié)i""".i PRRPRRORPY | inspected (52 pieces | Semi-Porcelain Dinner Set, fancy shape| gold-edge plates and dishes, with dainty| pink and green decorations | 103 pieces, for 12 porsons...... 31690 $9.45 The same set for 6 persons (52 preces)--. plates and dishes, in the very latest de-| sign, as illustrated— 100 pieces fnrle persons.. The same set for 6 persons, I 52 pieces. $16.00 Theo. Haviland Limoges China Dinner| Set, mat-gold edge, pretty decorations, Lafayette pattern, the very latest design. 529.80 100 pieces for 12 persons.. Ed L4 § The Emporium California’s Largest—America’s Grandest Store. persons. The same set for 6 persons $12 93.cumplete for. e (52 picces) . 5Semi-Pnrcelain Dinner Set, enameled| Polished Brass Ban- flower decoration, with gold-tipped handle, iquet Lamp, wif.h dgcu- 103 pieces, for 12 persons....... $9.50 ;:t:‘d :;;cel}n;xubgll\?: Th: samz set for 5 persons $6 35lmatch. round center 33 |Hall Lamp, with ruby globe com- \plete l Rich Gold Library |Lamp, with spring ex- Genuine Carlsbad China Dinner Set, tergion and 1d-inch cone shade, pink or violet decoration, fancy gold edge burner and chimney...... ... $24.70; fancy shapes, neat and| draft burner; this Lamp thirty inches high, com- plete for. $5.50 Wrought Iron Ban- quet Lamp, very fancy frame, draft round center burner, fancy ™ $5.65 Rich Gold Finished $1.70 $2.40 Rich Gold Library Lamp, round center raft burner, sixty candle power, with spring extension and 14-inch dome, shade compléte, for. ..rr. DDV Polished Brass Porcelain Bowl Lamp, with shade decorated in gold and round center draft burner, sixty can- dle-power, complete for... sz .75 And Golden Rule Bazaar. BEASGEINEALESEEEEA RAAAEALARIR ERNRAREEEAEAEALAAEEEEEUEEREEEtE Gt i dtddd 2, § b ARG EAAGASEARSESEEES SSASSSSEESALASERERR e claim now on file in the Auditor’s office for that one date. And still the School Directors whistle and boldly declare their innocence of wrongdoing. BAZET DEMANDS ; A CHEAP HOSPITAL HE SAYS IT SHOULD SOON BE BURNED. An Interesting Meeting of the Board | of Health Held Last Evening. At a meeting of the Board of Health held last evening Dr. Bazet attacked the scheme of the Supervisors to erect an ex- pensive City and County Hospital. The doctor declared that it would be very poor policy at this time to bufld a costly permanent structure, because methods of hospital treatment are rapidly improving and a structure that would meet the re- quirements of to-day probably would be obsolete in its facilities and appliances for the care of the sick a dozen years hence. The doctor declared that the new hospitals in Europe were all being erected on the temporary plan, so that they could be torn down at an early day and re- placed. Another advantage found in a cheap temporary hospital building was that it could be burned aiter a short time and the microbes of disease within its walls killed. According to Dr. Bazet the walls and floors of all old hospitals accumulate -disease germs, which it is impossible to destroy by fumigation. Other members of the Board of Health coincided with Dr. Bazet in his views on the subject, and it is quite possioie that a recommendation to the Supervisors will be framed asking that the new hospital when bulilt shall be of cheap construction, with no permanent characteristies. The city physician reported that he had ‘hinatown and had iound gooa sanitary conditions prevailing. The city chemist was instructed to in- vestigate the water supply of San Fran- e salary of 'Statistician Griffin was raised from $100 per month to $150. The trial of Chief Food Inspector Dock- ery on the pending charges of drunken- ness and inefficiencv was set for Monday, November 28. The roard will also discuss the financial situation on that night, as the Supervisors will have determined on the question of an extra allowance of money to the Health Department by (hatl ‘IXB:: J. G. Fitzgibbons was present at the meeting, having recovered from a nro- tracted iliness. ——————————— Welsh Church Bazaar. A bazaar and supper was given last night at Cambrian Hall under the aus- pices of the Welsh Ladies’ Aid Soclety. There were several attractive booths at which articles were disposed of. The proceeds will go toward the erection of a Welsh church in this city, a lot on Eleventh street having been’ already se- cured. A musical programme was well recelyed, and the whole affair was under the direction of Mrs. James Smith, presi- dent; Mrs. Hugh J. Lioyd. seeretary, and Mrs. R. J. Hughes, treasurer. —e———— Maguire Still Speaking. Judge James G. Maguire, the recently dgteated gubernatorial candidate, ad- dressed the Democratic Central Club at Pythian Castle last night. The theme of thehslgz:kgr'a t;marks was, “Let the Fight m.” offered n his defeat or that of his party, but he said principle would triumph in the end, and although they might be defeated again the Democratic fisny in the end would be successful. e gave practically the same speech that he made through the campaign, railing egainst monopoly and the Republican party In general. Judge awlor spoke briefly after Jud had finished. 3 i e ART EXHIBITION. L. P. Latimer’s Pupils Hold Their Annual Picture Show. The annual studio exhibition and recep- tion of the art pupils of L. P. Latimer, which began yesterday afternoon in the Crocker building and continued during the evening, attracted quite a large number of the swell set. About 350 pieces were on exhibition. These included oil and water colors, pas- tels and a number of sketches in black and white. The exhibition was most creditable. It will be continued to-day from noon until 5 o'clock. During the evening a number of musical selections were rendered and punch was served. e A Young Hunter's Mishap. John Reynolds, a young man aged 16 years, while out hunting in a marsh south of the Pesthouse, met with a serious ac- cident yesterday foremoon. While fumb- ling with his gun it exploded and injured his left hand in such a manner as to cause his removal to the City and County -Hos- ital, where Dr. Tillman dressed the in- ured limb. Although the flesh was car- ried away and the hand badly burned, yet it is thought that amputation will not be necessary. His Hand Crushed by a Roller. John Guerrero, a young man engaged In Hooper's lumber yard at the foot of Fourth street, had his left hand badly crushed by being dragged under a roller while rolling logs on a truck. He was conveyed to the City and County Hospi- tal, where Dr. Abram attended to his in- Excel in the art of laundrying shirts, collars and cuffs. Your collars never come back with ragged edges. Our new “saw-edge” machine smooths them down and makes an old collar as comfortable to wear as a new one. The United States Laundry, office 1004 Market street ~ Telephone South 420. :