The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 27, 1899, Page 12

0. 1 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 SCHOOL BOARD POLITICS AT A SECRET SESSION INNOCENCE CAUSED THEIR SAD UNDOING Director Stow and Superinten- Fair Buds Fall Because They Understand Not the Mixing of dent Webster Attempt to Dis- miss Mrs. McPherson. Swell Oakland Punch. A Plea of Economy That Might Have Society Matrons Offer Timely Suggestions. Would Not Educate the Girls, but Served a Double Purpose in the Poly- technic High School-Favored Vice-Principals Uncertain. fons of ich have eral public interest at which was held on Wednes- | he public meeting that 1 Wednesday was simply ation of what had been | executive session. None of the ns which animated the private | were None of the inter- bates that might nave been of > moment were continued in the e of the public. Among the many dered by the board .n exec- n of the committee of the of particular significance, s measure had reference to the Poly- ic High Schoc: ‘and the instructor- heard. held by Mrs. S. W. McPherson. A ermined effort was made to | the position held by Mrs. Me- Pherson. It is claimed that this effort ) iperintendent of Schools | cousin, Principal Bush ofthe | School, and School Director | n Stow, to provide a place for a | f The endeavor was not success ful, but it was not altogether a failure, and will be considered at the ne t meet- the board. The affair cr ed con- ble comment, and served to show | that there e wheels within whe even machinery of a reform School McPhersc 1s been a teacher hool Department for several yea w the head of the department tics in the Polytechnic High On Wednesday night Superin- Webster and Director Stow urged tion of the position held by Mrs. on the ground that it is not ry to the school. The position tak- | perintendent is extremely pe- | once held the very position | abolition of the position | dent Webster declared that as my f% the motto and the purpose of | vard he thought it would be adva geous to ition of head of departm hemati Inc ally it wa that Principal 1, the relative of the Superintendent, is a mathematician and can assume the duties now performed by Mrs. McPher- son. A majority of the members of the board did not take kindly to these sug- gestions, and after considerable discus- sion the matter was laid over for con- sideration to the next meeting. - In the discussion Wednesday night it s shown that the law will not permit the board to reduce arbitrarily’ the salary of a teacher. As head of the department of mathematics, Mrs. McPherson receives $155 a month. If e were degraded in rank she would be reduced to a salary of $140 a month, Those who urged the aboli- tion of the place held by Mrs. McPherson saw a way to cheat the law, but promised that they would not dismiss Mrs. Mc- Pherson from the department. Under the provisions of the scheme Mrs. McPherson was to receive another place. The effort made to remove this teacher prompted an inquiry by some members of the board, and it was claimed that cer- tain very honorable reformers of the de- partment were striving quietly to engineer to success a little scheme of their own. It is said that the way was being paved to gilve Mrs. McPherson's place to John B. Clarke, #hother instructor in the Pol; technic High School. It is not by an means a new device to abolish a position to get rid of its holder and then-create it to_provide for some one elge When the School Board 8 labor of consolidating teachers very little- else will be done to place the School Department on what the Directors believe to be a legitimate and economical basls. As far as the members of the board and the Superintendent can see no further consolidation will be needed either in the day schools or the night schools. Rearrangement and readjustment will follow slowly, but after the first day of next month there will be but very few dismissals. After order has been brought out of chaos the board will then direct its at- tention to the horde of vice principals | that were created by the last School Di- rectors. The last board endowed several grammar schools with two vice principals and many primary schools with one vice principal each. Every endowment of this | ort meant an increase of salary to each favored teacher. The board Intends now | to rescind the action of its predecessors and_restore the schools to their former condition. finished its LMESFD | | FASTONPILES OF NEW BOXES Over $30,000 Goes Up in Smoke. BLAZE THAT LIT THE SKIES| “TIM” GLEASON, NIGHT WATCH- | MAN, NEARLY SUFFOCATED. The Fire Fiend Visits Myers, Car- rack & Williams for the Third Time—The Cause Not Known. | The Pacific Box Factory at the corner of Fourth and Kentucky streets was | destroyed by fire last night. The flames | were discovered shortly after 11 o'clock and an alarm was turned in imme- | diately, but within twenty minutes after the fire was first seen and almost before the Fire Department had | reached the spot, the establishment | had been burned to the ground. Shav- ings, light boxes, lumber and other in- flammable matter in the factory made excellent fuel for the fire fiend. and when he had finished his work nothing was left but ashes. The blaze burned brilliantly for about twenty minutes. Large sparks and burning shreds of lum’ or flew through the air at a lively rate. These fell for 200 yards around .he burning’ building. igniting boathouses, cooperage works, lumber piles and furniture factories in the vicinity, and it looked for a time as if the entire portion of the city would be consumed. Watchmen and policemen kept a lively lookout. how- ever, and very “‘ttle damage was done to the surrounding buildings. “Tim” Gleason, 70 years of age, the night watchman of the box factory, in the second floor of the building | » the fire broke out. He smelled the smoke and in attempting to locate the fire was nearly suffocated by the fumes. Being unable to find his way from the building he sought a window and called for help. His cries were heard by Night Watchman Fred Hale and Policeman Jordan, who broke open a door and making their way to the second floor succeeded In rescuing him. The flames were first discovered by Policeman Jordan and Watchman Hale while they were standing near the bridge on Fourth street. This was about 11:10 o'clock and the officers turned in an alarm from box 512. A 8econd alarm from the same box was sounded within a few minutes and then a third was rung in from Fourth and Townsend streets. Jordan says he first saw fire in the second story on the Kentucky-street side of the factory, just above the engine-room, and it is believed that the blaze started in the shaving-room, which is next to the en- gine-room. The origin of the fire is not known, as it is positivély stated that there was no fire in the building after 6 o'clock. The box factory is owned by Myers, Carrick & Willlams, and this is the third time they have been burned out. They formerly owned a box factory at Fifth and Brannan streets. This was burned twelve years ago and after be- destitute. The firm came into posses- sion of the factory which burned last night about four years ago. A box factory which had” been on the site burn- i and the property was purchased by the present owners. The first of this year the factory was entirely overhauled. New engines and boilers and two complete sets of box machinery were put in. The factory has been working full time with a large force of men for some months past and when the fire broke out last night the building was filled with a large quan- tity of completed orders ready for ship- ment to Mexico. There were about three million feet of lumber in the | | yards adjoining the factory and this | Was more or less burned. Over a hun- | dred men and boys are thrown out of employment by the burning of the fac- tory. Mr. Carrick, of the firm, was on his | way home from the theater with his | family when he saw the blaze. From the street car he perceived that it was factory which was burning and | reached the factory almost as quickly as the Fire Department. “I left the factory at 6 o'clock,” he said, “and at that time everything was in good shape. The fires under the boil- ers had all been drawn and in fact had | they not been there could have been no danger from that quarter. We use shavings for fuel altogether and if the fire is not fed it goes out within a few minutes. There is no question but what the fire started in the shaving room, but how I am at a loss to explain. There is no smoking allowed in the | factory, and besides, the men had all | beén away from the place for hours. I would hate to think that any one set the place on fire and I know of no per- son so unfriendly to us that he would | do such a thing. We have been giving | our men steady and paying employ- fied.” On being asked to make an estimate of his loss Mr. Carrick' said that he could not tell until he learned how much of the lumber had '‘been saved. “We valued the factory at $40,000, and would not have cared to dispose of it at that figure,” he said. “On the build- ing and contents we carried in the neighborhood of $14,000 insurance. The factory is of course a total loss. Tak- ing out the insurance, we are out about $26,000. How much of the lumber is saved it is hard to determine, but I fear that the larger part of it has been burned.” Imitating Hunyadi Water. Hunyadi Janos Water, caused the arrest of J. Isaacson, druggist at the corner of Geary and Larkin streets, yesterday on a charge of having imitated and dis. l)oscd of imitations of their production. saacson was released on $1500 bonds. His case will come up in Judge Mogan's court to-day. ‘The complaint was sworn to by a clerk in the employ of Wolff, who fur- nished the information. ———— How Aguinaldo won his leader- ship, in next Sunday’s Call. |1and chaperones ment, and all seemed perfectly satis- | Willlam Wolff & Co., coast agents for | Abolish the Punch---Merits of Pink AKLAND Is seething. The City of Churches is in the throes of a social scandal, utilizing all its great minds and spending all i{ts spare moments in the attempted solution of a vex- ing problem. *Shall it be lemon- ade—properly made—or punch?’ has become Oakland’s legitimate successor to the perplexing *‘Shall we keep the Philip- pines?” Naturally each side of the question finds its adherents and its opponents, and whether it is the tempting punch or the cooling lemonade that comes out victor, it will not be without a hard-fought and warmly contested battle. Although divided on the beverage ques- tion, the city stands firm and pat in its sympathy for its poor, unsophisticated, misguided buds. The girl who required a strong, sober arm to steer her biased | footsteps across the ballroom, the dainty miss who perforce had to accept assist- ance so she might rise from the table, and even the debutante who fell a victim to the punch within the very walls of classic Berkeley, all, all alike, find shelter under the protecting Oakland chaperones’ wings. 5 Poor, poor thing,” they say, “how could she know the evil effects ofso sparkling and well tasting a liquid? In her innocence she must be protected, and punch with truly champagne in it must be henceforth banished or eise the pernicious results ac- cruing from too frequent visits must be scientifically explained to her.” The bud herself, it appears, is in favor of scientific explanation. The matrons are divided on the subject. The dude who counts for much in the dancing et vol- unteers the information that r&iormation must begin with the chaperone. Says the wise dancing man, “If 1 can fill the chap- erone up first, then the bud would come easy.” In the matter of reform, however, Oak- ave positively decided upon two things: irst, that the road- side house must be discouraged, and sec- ondly, that an Oakland Greenway is an absi Bicycle parties and a restful tarry at the wayside inn have, according to gossip, been fruitful sources of enlightenment for buds. Many a fair debutante after a bicycle party has emerged from her rose-colored surround- ing a sadder but wiser woman. Much of the buds' undoing, according to those in a position to know, is Dbecause of the absence of an all-powerful leader who would give the punch manufacture his undi- vided attentien and take heed that the bowl that supplied the brew was [:rOfi- erly sweetened and correspondingly weak. Oakland once boasted a leader, who sold sewing machines while he was not dancing. His reign was brief and glori- ous. His “Frat” dropped him from its list, the swells decided that he had a way of appropriating that which did not exactly belong to him and society fool- ishly concluded that it could get along without him. Now Oakland’s swellest young man is lool(h'\fi1 for the erstwhile leader, hoping to fill him full of holes. As might have been expected Oakland is looking in this direction to see if we, also, > our vexed problems, and how we ma manage them. We have troubles of our own. Only the other day a number of dear, innocent buds went off in a lunch party. After the Lemonades and Ice Water. party the Hammam baths became an ab- solute necessity. Everything would have gone well and the matter never have got out if it had not been for an attendant who had a weakness for entertaining pat- rons with the gossip of the establishment. And the girls came from our very best familles, too. One bud enjoyed the rare privilege of a seat at that famous table on the notable night when the young Baron distinguished himself by mnxin( a champagne bottle at young Martin. We also have our cares. ‘While all Oakland is gossiping at the sad accidents that have fallen to the lot of the innocent ones, a few of the more energetic of the matrons have cpme to conclusions that they feel certain will put an end to the evil, Their deductions prove that they have carefully studied the'mat- ter, and even the lady who puts in her plea for icewater gives substantial back- ing to support the demand. Mrs. Tflomas Magee Jr. is a leading factor in the social world both here and in Oakland, and her _reflections should carry much weight. Mrs. Magee would abolish punch at all evening parties, not that she has ever witnessed any evil re- sults of the meeting of the bud and the punch bowl, but on the general principle that the young should be kept out of the way of temptation. Says Mrs. Magee: “I have never noticed that our youn people used the beverage freely, but think the safest plan would be to remove the temptation. I think lemonade or some cool drink is necessary when dancing, but there are many nice drinks that contain no alcohol. The temptation to drink freely of any drink that will tend to cool an overheated dancer is perhaps responsible for some of the cases of overindulgence, but personally 1 have never seen any case of the kind.” Mrs. W. E. Sharon, with the true moth- er and chaperon instinct combined, would look out for the young men as well as the buds. “I think it i{s a mistake to serve punch at the dancing parties which young people attend,” says Mrs. Sharon. dls- approve of anything of the kin says the lady, ‘“‘not only for the young ladies, but for the temptation that is thrown in the way of our young men.” Mrs. H. K. Beldefi's views coincide with those of Mrs. Sharon, and she also cries out for the protection of the young danc- lnfl man. rs. E. B. Beck in her investigation of the subject has met young men who have cried in vain at dancing parties for a glass of cold water. “It i8 the hardest thing to get at some parties which I at- tend, and yet it is the most desirable,’” sald the young man Mrs. Beck had in mind. The lady wants to see tha punch bowl go. Mrs. T. C. Coogan wants lemonade as a unch substitute, and so_does Mrs. Wil- ard Barton. Mrs, Isaac Requa also puts in a plea for the circus beverage, with a spccidal request that it be “properly pre- pared.” Mrs. H. C. Taft wants the punch bowl banished, and Mrs. V. G. Hush would vary the monotony of lemonade with or- angeade. Mrs. Henry Wetherbee challenges the caterers to prepare a new cooling drink minus _all alcoholic stimulants, and Mrs. John R. Glascock says if lemonade Is sticky and apt to sofl white gloves that icewater is an excellent substitute. As for the tales of intoxication, Mrs. Glas- cock does not believe a word of them. “Many of our young ladies are eccentric in their behavior,” the lady declares, “and that may account for the rumor.” EATERPAISE OF EASTERN RAILROAD M How They Handled the Last Tea Train. RAN 1000 MILES IN 35 HOURS | SOUTHERN PACIFIC MADE 800 | IN THREE DAYS. The Manner in Which Uncle Collis Does Not Struggle to Bring Commerce to This Port. One of the best illustrations of the | necessity for a genuine competing con- tinental railroad was shown by the handling of the train load of tea that {arrived in this port on the new Japa- nese steamship Nippon Maru. The | shipment was destined for Eastern | markets and owing to the hot compe- titfon with the Canadian line it was de- sired to make such time -~ would show the advantage of transporting tea car- goes through this port. The BEastern railroad companies being RS AS S RS TR R PN Police Officer Prende: case dismissed. ing rebuilt went up in smoke some vears after. It was this fire which, spreading to the houses in the neigh- borhood, rendered so many poor families beat, was fined $10. which was accepted. + FHEEEe bt et b s B e R R R R S AR SR R S R S R S NASH IS MADE A LIEUTENANT The Popular Sergeant to Take the Place of Daniel Hannah, HE Police Commissioners last night promoted Sergeant Nash to the position of lieutenant caused by the retirement of Daniel Hannah. Nash has been connected with the department for over twenty years and has a brilliant record. After his appointm¢n+ was made he was warmly congratulated by his fellow-officers. Nash, the most popular man in the department, will Captain Spillane of the Squthern station. ast, charged with stealing newspapers, had his Patrolman Alexander, who was accused of being off his Officer Alexander Heyman handed in his resignation, e i g B g 2 6 ch i 2 g + + + + + + + + + + alternate with R e S e AR R R R up to date and recogniziug the impor- tance of this movement, determined to convince shippers that there is no need to look further for the best and fast- est service from San Francisco to the cities beyond the Rockies. The lot consisted of seven car loads and from Denver eastward was handled by the Burlington company, who fur- nished special freight train service and rushed the goods through to Chicago, a distance of 1025 miles, in thirty-five hours and forty-seven minutes. This time was only three hours longer than the regular limited vestibule train ser- vice of that company. In other words, they did everything in their power to encourage the shipment of goods from the Orient via San Francisco. ‘What the Southern Pacific did in this direction is another story. The tea left this city on the morning of the 1Sth inst., composing a part of one of the regular “tri-weekly” passenger trains of that enterprising corporation, and finally got to Ogden before the goods spoiled. By the economy of axle grease, coal, wear and tear on the roadbed and rolling stock, not mentioning the nerv- ous systern of the employes, Uncle Col- lis turned the cars over to the Denver and Rlo Grande Company on the 21st inst., or about three days after their shipment from this port. The distance to Ogden is a little less than 800 miles, The Denver and Rio Grande trans- ported the cars to Denver, an equal distance, and turned them over to the Burlingtoen on the afternoon of the 23d inst. To make the illustration plain and comprehensive it is only necessary to state that through the remarkable en- terprise of the Southern Pacific Com- pany the tea arrived at Denver, cover- ing a distance of about 1600 miles, in five and a half days, and after being taken in charge by the Burlington was transported 1025 miles in less than thirty-six hours. Rallroad men are trying to figure out Wwhere the tea wculd now be if the Southern Pacific service had extended to the Windy City, and how long it would be under such circumstances be- fore another cargo of tea would come this way. Bishop Montgomery of Los Ange- les has a sermon to the workingmen of America, in next Sunday’s Call. ————— Perry Gets Back at Dunn. W. J. Dunn, pool-seller, Stevenson street, was arrested yesterday afternoon on.a warrant issued by Judge Graham charging him with felony embezzlement. The complaining witness is his ex-part- ner, Sidney H. Perry, who accusés him of embezzling a_bookmaking machine, val- ued at 8205 Dunn was released on $1000 bonds. Recently Dunn had Perry arrested for stealing his Maltese cat, which was valued at $100. Mounted Sword Contest. The much talked of mounted sword con- test between Louis Tronchet, the well- knowa fencing master of the Olympic Club, and Ivan de Malchin, the famous maitre de arms of the Russian army, will take place this evening in the arena of ‘Woodward's Pavillon. Great interest has been manifested in the outcome of the bout and many tickets have been sold. —_——— Everybody drinks Atlas Whisky; medicinal, strengthening ports, 17 years. Mohns & Kal- tenbach, 29 Market st. 1899 for good clothes would be illy spent. — for Semators HERE'S A NEW CANDIDATE up every day for popular sufirage—for Iayn.len, 4 Assemblymen, for all professions all our candidates this week have met with popular ia.vor. Friday and Saturday we'll take a joint ballot on some of the real swell things reduced to small lines. ~ The-natural consequences—reduced to small prices. : 0f - conrse, it is just as wise that we should say that money spent outside of omr house 0f course you know that by past experiences. The new Spring Overcoat, intan covert cloth, with a satin stripesleeve lin- ing, isone of the popwlar nuwm- bers we hold wp for public ap- proval Friday and Saturday in ‘our men’s overcoat room. And yow can just walerit’s a snappy, up-to-date Quvercoat. Nothing: in town at dowble the money has any more style about it, and we haven’t tro many of ‘emn. They'retagded | The best tonic for a man’s wardrobe is a new pair of Trousers, and we have some of the lovli~st Wor- sted Trousers that yow have ever laid your eyes upon —in fact, 85 Trou- sers. Oh, they’ve scored a big hit this week. Ouwr window rownd the corner bears Sreat testimonu as to their 5 worth. These are $2.95. be, until an of ’em. A Blue Suit. Now, can yowpicture a thing pretftier than a Blue Serge Swit with that new hidh- cuwt & - button double-breasted vest, the very ideal of dressi- ness for men? They’'re as good as anything shown in this city at $18.00. They’re in our big Kearny-st. window, with erde the fwll light of day wpon ’em, and these real good serdes will Saturday night, $8.50. But we can only say this with because the way hey have been going this week, Sat- urday may find our tables bare $8.50. NE_OF T gfl‘;f,TT\ mr?fi WITH CATRY MROAE [ JacuLe @ 8 Boys, want a whole lot of fun on Stow Lake Sunday? We're going to Five away an cxrct model of owr cup-defend:r in the coming international yacht race. Here’s a boat that's prop- FREE! [] erly rigded, made of metal, a good sailer, and it’s yours free with your purchases on our sec- ond floor Friday and Saturday. We're going to o sell a whol- lot Th R of Knee Pants PR Another one Friday and Sat- % of our popu- ;”"i“l!l};e Z’,;;l:’ For G@Girls and rom igh- lar Boys’ grade English Boys. Stocking Twill Cheviot, & Sal th inbiwe,trowsers A big : lot of Cldzes ¥ - lined through- Tam o’Shan- Derby Ribbed out, made with — lers, wzflb l’;a]”l' i 3 tty little some bullion kind. fa,'st Z,::klgy at the | > embroideries on black, we're| W knee, the Larger | ‘em, in plain going to sell|< B sizes made blue cloth, the 200 dozen,|Plain; they’'re the $1 kind. $1 grade. all sizes, at Those are in sizes 3 to 8; those made plain are sizes 8 to 15.. Either style, : iy .L” Dy with buckle at the knee %9¢. Friday and Saturday at 39. Add to that suwit sleeve linings. Saturday. ....... price under $15. They're now Coat in covert cloth, with velvet collar, satin faced, satin Fastidiows young men recognize the all-important fact of perfect dress. * And that's the kind we have to offer ’em for Friday and Saturday. In the center of owr picture opposite we show a very handsome Blue Serge Swit with that high cut dowble-breasted vest, which is the swell idea. Such young men’s suits are usually held at $15. a very pretty Top the light shade, Now, them, the Swit will be Friday and Saturday........ The Top Coat will be Friday and Eight and a Half Eight and a Half These are two high-class Sarments; they have never-yet been offered atany $8.50. Ages 14 to 19 Years. The New Collars 1899 make their debut Friday and Saturday on Ail the especially « very attractive one in a pique collar, well worthy of our second floor. new ideas, &< your attention, ladies. for AN KEA_RNY- STREET AND UNION SQUARE AVENUE. v L) l