The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 14, 1899, Page 6

ATURDAY.......c00eeeennn JANUARY 14, 1800 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. ol EDITORIAL ROOMS..........2IT to 221 Stevenson Stree! Telephone Main 1874 S THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) is cerved by carriers In this city and surrounding towns for I5 cents a week. By mall $6 per year: per montb 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL, 18 pages ..One year, by mall, $I OAKLAND OFFICE... ...908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE.... Room 188, World Bullding DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE......ccoeet ...Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE. . Margquette Bailding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—597 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAlllster street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 616 Larkin street, open until 930 olock. 1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock.” 2991 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open untll 9 o'clock. ——— e e AMUSEMENTS, The Man From Mexico.” d’'nhead Wilson.” The Magletrate.’ e Yeilow Dwarf.” Hi Henry Minstrels. deville le Tom's Cabin.’” rilla Man, Vaudeville and the Zoo. s streets, Specialties. he Steeplechase. track—Races To-day. g Park—Coursing to-day. all—Gerome Helmont, Violinist, Tuesday THE BLACK LIST UNCHANGED. < HERE were no names added to the black list T sterday, and it stands as it was made when Howard E. Wright, Speaker of the Assembly, vay political and personal honor, broke his e and his sacred pledge, to vote Burns. six on the roll, Jilson and Wright grace of associating with the These are the names: SENATORS. for pror There are twenty-: g chosen the Bettman, San Francisco. Burnett, San Francisco. - Hoey, San Francisco. Laird, Shasta. Leavitt, Alameda. Shortridge, Santa Clara. Woife, San Francisco. ASSEMBLYMEN. Arnerich, Santa Clara. Barry, San Francisco. Beecher, Shasta. Cobb, San Francisco. Devoto, San Francisco. Dibble, San Francisco. Henry, San Francisco. JILSON, Siskiyou. Johnson, Sacramento. Kelley, Alameda. Kelsey, Santa Clara. Kenneally, San Francisco. Lundquist, San Francisco. McKeen, Alameda. Miller, San Francisco. Pierce, Yolo. Rickard, San Francisco. Eugene Sullivan, San Francisco. WRICHT, Alameda. Wright's attempted coup was a dismal failure, not his owner and manager, Burns, any good, but g the Speaker with odium and causing his friends pain and humiliation. It had been thought that when Wright made this sacrifice of his reputa- tion he would carry the Assembly with him. But if there was ever a chance of this the faltering of his recreant lips, the trembling of his voice, the flush of shame which overspread his face, instantly killed it. He did not set a pattern which a sane man with a deference to respectability, a hope of being thought honest, could imitate. The members refused to flock to share the opprobrium with him. They saw the ac- tion had excited no emotion but surprise and dis- gust. Now the surprise has died away, but the dis- gust remains. The black list is too long. To scratch it would be a pleasure. There is still opportunity for some of the erring to redeem themselves. B Another newspaper war has been opened on the poolrooms. There are reasons for fearing that-it will do no good. The Call long ago made a complete exposure of the dens, informed the police as to the lecation of each, and there was the end. There is something wrong with a political system which gives rewards to pickpockets and other thieves. A Police Court loses dignity when aside from the bench itself it is made an asylum for crooks. The difference seems to be that Brigadier General Barber had honors thrust upon him, and that our Colonel Smith, being a mere soldier, is left to be sat- isfied with a sense of duty well performed. cover S Admitting Mrs. Mentel to bail was a step such as the lay spectator had not expected. There had come into the community a sort of notion that the killing of a husband was a serious offense. Either there is a strong nation behind Aguinaldo, or the man is so close to a buzzsaw that he would be scared white if he had sense enough to realize his danger. The Astor Battery did gallant service, and is on the way home. But it did not get to Manila as soon as the First California, which isn't on its way home. As the “new” City Hall is now so old that the roof of it fails to change the earthward course of a drop of rain, it is time to amend the title, 1f Aguinaldo is really pining for “liberty or death” he will probably find the latter easier to get, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1899. FROM DANIEL WEBSTER TO DANIEL ; BURNS. O man like Dan Burns has ever made, or can N ever successfully make, an open canvass in this State. The “still hunt” is the only mode in whieh such a candidacy can be pro- moted. Apart from the definite charges which have been made through the press, he stands for all the lowest and worst phases of politics. Morally and intellectually he is thoroughly unfit to represent our people in the Federal Senate. Even though the standard of that exalted body of men has declined since the days of Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Benton, Douglas, Seward, Fessenden, Collamer, Ed- munds and other great men who have adorned our history, he is not knee high to any present Senator. His appearance at Washington would be like the in- troduction of a Police Court pettifogger to the Su- preme Court of the United States. If it were prac- ticable to subject the candidates for the Senate to a civil service examination before the Legislature, Dan Burns would either refuse to appear, or after his appear- ance would vanish like a spurious ghost. He could not make a speech. He could not debate a question. He could not write a report. He could hardly examine a witness before a committee. There is not one of the duties that would devolve upon him in the Senate chamber, -in which, if dragged out into the open, he would not ignominiously fail. Behind him, therefore, or in him in a political sense, there is literally nothing but trickery and cor- ruption in their most debased forms. There are degrees even in political rascality. There are great political rascals and little political rascals. The emergence of Dan Burns from the scum of municipal rottenness reveals only the face of a tool, and not even the head of a successful boss. His election, therefore, would be a disgrace to the State, and a lasting injury to the Republican party. His election through a combination between the rail- road, the Federal brigade and the Governor would be accepted as plenary evidence that the Republican State Convention of 1808 and the press, during the canvass of that year, were completely hoodwinked, and that from the beginning Henry T. Gage was the railroad candidate—not as he may well and properly have been, after his nomination, the choice of the gentlemen connected with the railroad, but the par- ticular candidate whom the railroad desired to aid in its undisclosed purpose of sending to the Senate a mere agent and factotum of its own. The Republiean party represented by the large ma- jority in the Senate and in the Assembly cannot af- ford to be dragooned into this unconscionable atti- tude. The railroad has rights and interests which ought to be respected and protected. But it would ake demonstration to convince us that it has captured the Republican organization, or that it can dominate the disinterested and patriotic voters by whom the last election was decided. It is unquestionable that by the Republican newspapers and by the mass of Re- publican citizens its influence was unknown, unfelt and unsuspected. It is impossible to assume that, de- stroying freedom through its forms, it surreptitiously gained possession of two co-ordinate branches of the Government, and that either on the broad’ gauge or the narrow gauge, it can propel its creature into the seat about to be honorably vacated by Stephen M. White. THE COMPLETED CITY HALL. HE refusal of the Building Committee of the TBoard of Supervisors to accept the New City Hall, offered to them a few days ago by the Mayor, Auditor and City and County Attorney, places San Francisco in a most embarrassing predica- ment. In turning the building over the Commission- ers declared it was “completed.” The Building Com- mittee says that it is not completed and declines to take it. Here, then, we have the anomalous situation of a City Hall owned by a largé city of which no one ciaims possession, and of which no one is willing to take charge. We do not see how the City Hall Commissioners can continue to exercise their trust. The law under which they had their being has expired by limitation and with it the power to levy taxes. The Commis- sioners, thercfore, can obtain no more money with which to carry on work on the municipal structure. The Board of Supervisors possesses authority to levy taxes and apportion them to what is known as the building fund, out of which the expense of repairs and new construction might be paid. But the Super- visors decline to undertake the duty, and so the city is in the situation of having a building for which it can obtain no managers. But, as if this were not enough, the city architect reports that no money has ever been expended in re- pairing the City Hall, and that, as a consequence, the iron work is rusting away and the superstructure de- caying. Another authority has informed the Build- ing Committee that the new roof leaks, that the plas- ter is falling, and that other portions of the building show signs of disintegration. " We have no suggestions to make in this connection, siuce it appears that for a “completed” City Hall our municipal elephant is the most extraordinary animal ever produced by the tax-eaters anywhere. We have no idea, moreover, what can be done to straighten out the difficulty, unless it be that the Supervisors put up the hall at auction and knock it down to the highest bidder. Doubtless a good title could be con- veyed to the land, and, as for the building, it is not worth much anyway, except for jail purposes. The Legislature is in session, but it does not appear that it can grant any relief. Under a recent decision of the Supreme Court that body can no longer pass laws affecting the municipal affairs of San Francisco. Under the circumstances it would seem that a serious condition rather than an architectural theory is con- fronting us. THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS. flMONG the many reports submitted by various departments and commissions of the State government none will be read with more in- terest this year than that of the department of high- ways. It is very lengthy, but will repay careful study, for it thoroughly covers the subject of highway im- provement, agd no subject is at this time more de- serving of public attention in California. The commission points out that the: first extended official attempt to institute system and economy into road work in this State failed because the laws recom- mended for the promotion of road work were so al- tered and modified by the last Legislature that the enactments were ineffective. In fact, as the report says, “nearly all the road laws passed by the last Legislature were abortive, and attempts to effect re- form were thwarted.” To remedy that condition of affairs the commission recommends a comprehensive scheme of legislation, which, if carried out completely, it believes will en- able the State to begin upon a systematic and eco- nomical programme of road work. All the proposed legisiation is based upon a general principle of action, which the report sums up as follows: ¥ “It should be recognized at the outset that the main highways of the State and its counties are lines along which the travel and traffic of an indefinite future must move, and that it is, therefore, necessary to locate these lines on the most advantageous ground, irre- spective of the temporary private interests, which at most can last for only one or two generations. After roads shall have been located upon these lines, no false economy and makeshift methods should be al- lowed; the drains, culverts and bridges should be made of masonry, the roadbed graded to true lines and a sprinkling plant provided. Finally the surface should be metaled with the best available rock. To attempt this upon all roads with the entire road fund of each county is not practicable. Existing roads, however bad, must be maintained so as to permit of reasonable use, even if that use temporarily entails heavy loss.” The commission asks the enactment of seven laws or amendments to existing laws. The measures are to be considered as a whole, and not separately, for the rejection or modification of one might serionsly impair the system of which all are necessary parts, It is claimed they are not radical, that they do not sub- vert the method of road administration to which the State is accustomed, but that they do present practical lines along which the evils of the present system may be corrected. It is greatly desired that something be accom- plished at this session to promote the work of road improvement, and the report of the commission is so abundant and comprehensive upon every aspect of the problem that it will materially aid the legislators in devising legislation to that end COMMISSARY GENERAL EAGAN. QMMISSARY GENERAL EAGAN has made two important disclosures by his testimony given before the War lnvestigating Board. In the first place he disclosed the fact that the charge made against the commissary department of furnish- ing vile beef to the troops at Tampa and Santiago cannot be answered except by vilifying the com- manding general of the army, and, second, that the notorious embalmed beef supplied to the army is not more malodorous than Eagan himself. In the report given of his testimony Eagan is said to have so far lost not only all respect due to his su- perior officer, but all sense of decency, that he de- clared General Miles to be “a liar who lied in his throat, lied in his heart, lied in every part of his body.” Not content with that outburst of bad tem- per and worse manners, Eagan, when commenting upon the statement that the canned meat furnished the troops had been used for experimenting with chemi- cal preservatives, said of General Miles: “He lies; lies in every hair of his head, he lies willfully and mali- ciously. If he lies—and I say he does—he should be drummed out of the army and incarcerated in prison.” From that exhibition of the kind of man Commis- sary General Eagan is the public will derive the satis- faction of knowing that the embalmed beef scandal is being probed to the bottom. The rascals who were responsible for the outrage of sending to the camps and the hospitals of our soldiers in the Cuban cam- paign meat so vile that it smelled like an embalmed | body have evidently been reached. A little further | investigation will probably disclose those who are behind Eagan and bring to light evidence sufficient te convict them. In the question of veracity thus raised by the black- guard commissary it will be remembered that the evi- dence given by General Miles is supported by the tes- timony of many officers of the army whose business it was to inspect the supplies. The reports of sev- eral of these officers have been made public, and their statements are direct and positive. The beef was cov- ered with a green beard, it emitted a sickening odor when boiling, and tasted so vile that even the hun- griest men could not eat it. The language of Eagan is appropriate to the cause he had to defend. Foul deeds can be upheld only by foul language. After all the evidence is in and a full hearing given, the commissary department can make no better defense than that of declaring the command- ing general to be a liar. It is reported that Miles does not take Eagan’s at- tack seriously. When questioned upon the subject he stated that the charge hardly merited a response, and his only comment was that the use of such lan- guage is “conduct unbecoming an officer and a gen- tleman.” Even if that view be taken of the affair by the President and the War Department as well as by the commanding general, the case will be serious enough to demand a court-martial. Eagan's services in future will be more satisfactory to the beei con- tractors than to the people of the United States. MORE ADULTERATIONS. York for some time, and as a result there has been a large demand for drugs prescribed by the physicians as remedies for the disease. It is now announced it has been discovered that a codsiderable number of pharmacists have put up these prescrip- tions improperly by substituting acetanilid where phenacetine was called for. As the substitute is said to cost 50 cents a pound while the phenacetine costs 8z cents an ounce, it is believed the change has not | been altogether the result of mistake. It is further reported that the substitution has been made in many cases where the result has been that physicians have been accused of incompetency and ig- norance, and patients have suffered because the action of the two drugs differs considerably in certain re- spects. So extensive has been the substitution that the Board of Health of the city has been compelled to take cognizance of the matter, and it is now re- ported to be doing everything in its power to put a | stop to the adulteration of medicines and the substi- tution of cheap drugs for costly ones in prescriptions. Thus, while we are in the thick of a fight to pre- vent the adulteration of foods, we are called upon to make another fight to prevent the adulteration of the medicine prescribed to cure the ills caused by the im- pure foods. It looks as if we would never get to the | end of the evils which science enables dishonesty to cause in thei world until we clothe honest science | with full power to act summarily in dealing with | them. Honest pharmacists, like honest producers of pure foods, will of course cordially co-operate with the law in suppressing the dishonest practice. With their aid a resolute public sentiment should be able to grapple with the evil and overcome it. Up to this time no loud complaint of adulterated medicines has been heard in any city except New York, but of course that is not the only place in the Union where such adulterations and frauds are practiced. i Other Eastern cities, profiting by the exposure made in New York, are urging their Boards of Health to make an inspection of the drug business. The adulteration of medicine is a serious affair, and since the ‘éraud is so easily practiced a little legal and scientific supervision would be wholesome in all parts of the Union. AN epidemic of grip has been raging in New Commissary General Eagan has been accused of THE CHARTER AND OFFICE-HOLDERS To the Editor of The Call: T observe in the morning papers that sev- eral of the officials and employes of the city government have met for the purpose of opposing the approval of the charter by the Legislature on the ground that it sedks to limit their term of office to one year from the 1st of January. It i true that the charter provides for a separate municipal election every two years, beginning next November, and that officers there- after will bo elected for a term of only two years, and it is intended that the present officers shall go out of office after serving one year unless the courts decide to the contrary. This was understood when the nominations were made and accepted. Therefore if the office-holders oppose the adop- tion of the charter on that ground they are acting in bad faith and contrary to the expressed provisions and pledges of the platforms upon which they utood, The fact that the term of office is abbreviated this year should not for & moment affect the judgment of the Legislature in a matter of so much importance to the city and county of San Francisco as the adoption of the new organic law, carefully prepared and ratified after practically elghteen years of public debate, discussion and agitation. This charter is a dellberate act of the citizens of San Francisco. The municipal and legis- Intive platforms of all political parties in this city strongly indorsed it, the Legislative nominees were pledged to vote for it, and in State convention both political parties formally requested or required their Legislative nomi- nees to recognize the principle of home rule and approve of charters regu- larly adopted by the people. Now, addressing myself to my colleagues in the city government, I de- sire to say that their opposition, if it is serious, is violative of the profes- #lons they made to the people as the representatives of thelr political par- ties, and that the adoption of a new organic law is a first necessity for the existence, I might say, not only of good government, but of practi- cally any government in the city of San Francisco. As they know the only power possessed by the city or any other munici- pality without a freeholder's charter is that which has been granted to it by the Legislature, and anything done or performed, or person employed, In excess of such power is without authority of law. Now, as a matter of fact, there is no law for much that is done in San Francisco and for many of the places that are filled by appointment, and the Auditor could be en- Joined at any moment from allowing the numerous demands affecting per- sons and acts which would perhaps surprise those who now feel secure in the possession of offices or interested in the advancement of public works. Our city government, therefore, is one of expediency or sufferance, which will completely break down as soon as the word is spoken, and is not based upon law, power or authority. This is caused by the city, perhaps, outgrowing the law or the gradual assumption of unauthorized power, tol- erated by indulgent officers, believing, justly or unjustly, that certain work should be done and chances taken. But under this system contractors, merchants and employes, as we have sometimes seen in the past, lose their compensation for work done or materials supplied and the Auditor, as the financial head of the city’s government, and his bondsmen, who are responsible, are constantly in peril. There is no way of remedying this con- dition except by the adoption of the charter, for this reason: That 1wo years ago a constitutional amendment was adopted forbidding thg’ Legisla- ture to pass any laws affecting the city in its “municipal affairs. 'I:hez<-- fore, this Legislature cannot increase the powers of the Board of Super- visors, nor give legal validity to those conditions which exist in excess of the powers of the government, with which I am familiar and to which I have just referred. If the charter for any reason fails of adoption, then it will be necessary, in order to impress upon those who are opposed to the instrument now, the force of those comments challenging all those things which have grown up under our pre;e‘n}t‘ ghn\'ernmem ohn a\‘gco;mt]nt usurpa- mption of powers whic! ave no authority in law. el b 5 JAMES D. PHELAN, Mayor. RANCH AND RURAL LIFE. There is before Congress a pure food bill which has features of great in- terest to California producers. It prohibits and punishes the false label- ing or branding of articles to mislead the consumer as to their quality or the place of their production. It is known to our local canners that it is the practice of Eastern canners to pack culls and brand them California fruit. Our State label is used on fruit grown In Illinois, Michigan, Delaware and New Jersey. It is not used on the first class fruit of those regions, but on such inferior qualities as injure in the market the good product that ap- pears under the same label. This is a matter involving the rights of trade- marks, and as it affects the interstate relations of commerce comes under Federal jurisdiction. We have heretofore spoken of the disposition of our own fruits of in- ferior sizet Such fruit has a market. It is used as pie and sauce goods in minor class boarding houses and hotels, in lumber and mining camps. But it should be labeled for what it is and not for what it is not. The pend- ing act of Congress will protect the distillations of California against such frauds as the shipment from a bonded warehouse in this city of bogus brandy, made of raw corn high wines from Nebraska, but labeled “Old Cali- fornia Grape Brandy,” and will aid our honest producers, packers and driers of fruit in enforcing the principles of commercial honor. The January rain has dispelled all Joubts about the crops of this year. The average fall for the whole State was 2 inches. That means an aver- age of 678 tons of water to the acre, or 135,600 gallons. The surface had been prepared for the absorption of this vast quantity of water by the moisture that preceded the main storm. It is probable that never before did so large a percentage of a heavy rainfall go into the ground and so little run off. STATE NOTES. The sale of the San Joaquin and Stanislaus irrigating canal has been ef- fected and ends the entanglements and complications that have beset the property so long. With the prospect of abundant water this plant will now be used to make fertile a large area of land and add to the full crop the State will produce this year. Down in Tulare County they are discussing the raising of bamboo. This forms a large importation into this country and can be grown in this State as well as in Japan. The giant and medium sorts should be planted as wind breaks and border trees around orchards and vineyards. It is gne of the grasses and once rooted may. be perpetually grown and cut. It is one of our most beautiful exotics in form and foliage and more at- tention should be paid to it. This is to be a year for the California fig. The Greek crop has a short- age of 75 per cent. The agricultural department of the State University at Berkeley is to experiment with a new breed of sheep, a cross between the Merino and the Persian sheep. The fine carpet wools are Persian, and the sheep producing them is very large and fine for mutton. The result of the experiment will be watched with interest by flock masters. California apples from,the foothills have been extensively shipped to England this season. The Fresno Republican says that the San Joaquin Valley counties pro- pose to promote the publication in Tonvenient form for circulation of a com- prehensive statement of the resources of that valley and the inducements offered to settlers. This is well. But we wish to say that the daily, con- stant, vital and intelligent attention given to rural and industrial inter- ests by the Republican itself is a write-up that should by no means be for- gotten by those who wish to induce settlers. The local county paper is the best medium known for the spread of information valuable to the interests in the midst of which it is published. Experiments in this State are sald to prove that eggs can be producead at an average cost of 6 cents a dozen, expended for food for the hens. Yet we do not produce all the eggs and poultry that we consume. United States with a view to secure the best terms possible for all Pacific Coast products which find a market in this country. This office hopes that the awakened com- mercfal interests will find a way for regular communication by United States steamers from San Francisco to the various ports of South America. Respectfully yours, OHN A." KASSON, Spectal Commissioner Plenipotentiary. ————— A HUNDRED POLICE WILL KEEP ORDER PREPARATIONS FOR THE RECEP- TION OF GENERAL SHAFTER. PROTECTING PACIFIC COAST COMMERCE UNCLE SAM WILL DEMAND FAIR PLAY IN ECUADOR. No Discrimination Favorable to Chile ‘Will Be Permitted Without Some Danger of a Rupture. Some time ago one of the United States Consuls in South America sent to the manufacturers of this city a copy of a proposed treaty between Ecuador and Chile, which if carried into effect would work a great hardship upon the com- merce of this country, and especlally to the interests of this coast. By its terms many of the articles of commerce were admitted into each country free of duty. This would have the effect of killing a | growing industry in the line of experta- | It Will Not Be Attended by Any of the Confusion Witnessed When Hobson Was Here. The reception to be tendered Major-Gen- eral Shafter on his arrival here next week will be a public one; so says General R. H. Warfield, who is one of the members of the reception committee | California many things, but it will be a long time before any- body will charge him wit:x being a ggntleman. i ile, and § 1 of & convention between Ecuador and tion of flour, lumber, etc., that is spring- ing up between this district and South | American countries. The local Chamber | of Commerce and the Manufacturers’ and | Producers’ Association held special meet- | ings and forwarded to Washington me- | morials asking the Pacific Coast repre- | sentatives and the Secretary of State to| do all in their power to secure equal rights for this country in the countries | below the equator. | Before anything could be done the fol- | lowing dispatch was sent here by the | Eastern press: “Consul General de Leon, at Guayaquil, reports to the State Department that a | reciprocity lreatf' is proposed between Ecuador and Chile, and has already been ratified by Bcuador. He says that the| treaty is favorable to Chile in many re- | spects, in some ways at the cost of the United States’ commerce, and principally in the direction of flour, lumber and other roducts.” This led local shippers to believe that the valuable trade of Ecuador and Chile was lost to them. However, there is still reason to feel confident that Uncle Sam will see that If there are any favors to be bestowed he will have his share, or know the reason why. Steps to this end have already been taken, as may be seen by this letter received by the Manufac- turers and Producers, in response to one sent to the Secretary of State: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 7, 1899. Gentlemen—Your letter of the 20th ultimo, addressed to the Secretary of State, has been referred to this office for attention.” The de- partment has been already advised by fits nts of treaty between Ecuador and | will be held at the Palace Hotel. nstructions -given for the dnu:: Mayor Phelan to make all necessary ar- rangements. The reception, as published in the Call, ! It will | be similar to the one tendered Licutenant | Hobson, with thls exception—there will be | a larger police force present to prevent | the crowd getting out of line anu causing | the crush and confusion that happened when Lieutenant Hobson was the city’s | There will be one hundred police- | men on duty the night of the reception, and they will be thoroughly instructed as to_what they are to do. The reception will be held in the main gnrlor! of the Palace. and the public will e formed and kept in line. It is probable that General Snafter may make a saort address. but tuls part of the programme will depend enti: matter.‘ rely on his wishes In the appointed by ‘ | ———— NEW YORKERS DELAYED. Some of Them Wandered, So All Were Retained Here. | Thirty-seven of the men of the New York Regiment who were left here in the hospital were to have been sent home yes- terday, but will not be got away until this evening. General Merriam had made all the necessary arrangements for the men to leave, and they came into the f army headquarters in charge of a hos- pital steward, While the men were hav- Ing their final papers ‘fut in proper shape five of them wandered off on a little ex- cursion, and when the time came for them to leave they could not be found. The rest of the detachment had to return to sidio, They will start East to- ;T:nfi?‘the five wanderers can be rounded up in time. e General Merriam stated yesterday thai the Astor Battery would be sent East early next week. The battery will be quartered on board the Senator until ar- rangements have l;eeri(made for its trans- 0 New York. wosrx';:“::n!Major Guy L. Edie, vghn is z_n' wed filsl Kip of this city, was )ezr.t,erfiai assigned to the duty of superintend ..In, the construction of the new general T:jxs(x_ tary hospital to be built at the PrP‘S' First Lieutenant Thomas M. )lo;l; the Twentleth United States '}nhaimr_\ which is to arrive here on the 2t r:s(.. reported for duty at army headquarters yesterday. — e ATTORNEYS WITHDRAW. Will Not Press the Claims for Over a Million Dollars Back Taxes. The way was made clear yesterday by the law firm of Rodgers, Paterson & Slack for the Supervisors to withdraw from the litigation instituted for the col- lection of taxes alleged to be due the county. Van R. Paterson and Charles W. Slack represented the firm. They said that if any county is dissatis- filed with the contract into which it en- tered they would do with them as with any client who did not wish to continue litigation. They would have no client of | theirs dissatisfied. They had no desire to force an unconscionable contract upon the city and withdrew from the case. They declined to accept any compensation, re- leasing the board from any claim what- ever. They disclaimed any knowledge origin- ally as to the amount of money involved and were astonished to learn after they had taken the matter in hand that it ran into the hundreds of thousands. A reso- lution was presented the Finance Com- | mittee before the attorneys were heard stating that the board was satisfied the | irm had no knowledge of the large | amount involved in the litigation. T! simply had to do with the law in the case, the firm of Devlin & Devlin handling the financial end. The clerk of the board was | instructed to ascertain from the latter firm the amount it actually expended on behalf of the city before further action be taken on the resolution employing | them. The counties throughout the State are rescinding the contracts into which they | entered in this matter. It was found that the amount involved was nearly a millio {and a half dollars. Of this the counti | would get half and the attorneys the | other half. It would come out of the State treasury, and the State would in turn assess it back to the counties. Thus the counties would in the end be out just half the money they raised to pay the State. e 2 | —_———————— A SINGULAX FORGERY. | gon = | Michael Broderick Arrested for Sign- ing His Own Name. Michael Broderick, an idle young man residing with his mother at 126 Liberty | street, waived an examination before | United States Court Commissioner Hea- cock yesterday and was held to answer | before the Grand Jury with bonds at $1000 The prisoner was committed to jail in de- fault of ball. Broderick is charged with forging a postal money order. His case is a pecu- liar one. A letter addressed “Michael | Broderick” and containing a postal money | order for $100 arrived at the San Franciso | Postoffice several days ago. It wag taken | to a_Michael Broderick, who said it was not for him. It was then taken to Mich- | ael Broderick, the prisoner, at his resi- | dence, 128 Liberty street. Michael's other opened the letter and saw that it 2s not intended for her son. She had to | leave the house at once to attend a sick | friend, leaving the letter behind. Mich- eel, in_her absence, took the note to the Postoffice with a friend to identify him, |and signed his own name to the note. Then he was handed the money. The question will be raised whether a man can be convicted of forgery for signing his own namg in his own hand- writing to a paper of commercial value. —_——— Recorder Berthier Wants Light. A petition was presented to the Super- visors yesterday, asking that steps be tak- en to properly light the Hall of Records either with gas or electricity. The peti- tion was signed by Recorder Berthier, his | deputies d by the searchers of records and attorneys whose business takes them to the big dark building. Originally lights were not provided because of sup- posed danger to the valuable contents of the building. At that time also the hours of employment were shorter and short days were not such a factor in the busi- ness of the office. It is expected the Supervisors will act favorably in the mat- ter. — —e——————— Estates of the Dead. The will of John S. Morgan, president of the Morgan Oyster Company, who died recently, was filed for probate yesterday. 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