The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 18, 1899, Page 6

Call UARY 18, 1899 —— SATURDAY ... FEB: JOHN 'D. SPRECKELS, Propnetor. e i Address All Communications to W.'S. LEAKE, Manager. vaioedbdrpotie beRS T eioy s s PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F Telephone \ain 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS..........27 to 221 Stevenson Street Teléphone Maln 1874, DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 15 CENTS PER WEEEK. Eirgle Coples. 5§ cents Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL: (Including Sunday Call), one year. .$6.00 DAILY CALL (includiig Sunday Call), 6 month . 3.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), 3 months.. 1.50 DAILY CALL~By Single Month .65¢ EUNDAY CALL " one year . WEEKLY -CALL, one year All" postmasters are aut] Baniple. coples will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE ...908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Bullding CANDIDATES DIFFERENTIATED. T is a fact that ought to sink deeply into the minds l of the intelligent citizens of this State and of their legislative representatives that of all the candidates for the Federal Senate Daniel M. Burns and Ulysses S. Grant are the only two withouta single qualification. Except in weak political manipulation, the lives of these two men, in their relation to the public, are merely blanks. They are equally unknown in de- bate, in oratory, in the higher walks of business, or in any single element that could possibly embellish a Senatorial career. They have been as dumb as shown no capacity for expression with the voice or with the pen. They have no scholastic or literary | standing. They have forced their candidacy, with utter disregard of any standard of intelligence, know!- | edge, experience or character, and in the face of a | million and a half of people, evidently credited by | them with mental and moral stolidity, have dead- locked a hundred and nineteen legislative representa- tives, fresh from their constituencies. 3 oysters on every great political question. They have | | i PROSPECTS OF THE CANAL BILL. HILE the defeat in the House of the attempt |W to attach the Nicaragua canal bill to the sundry civil bill was a serious setback to the measure, it must not be regarded as an expression of the sentiment of the House on the merits of the en- | terprise. The motion was an unprecedented one in parliamentary practice, and many genuine friends of the canal voted against it on the ground that the es- tablishment of such a precedent might result in evil consequences. The measure was not treated as a partisan one, and party lines were not observed either during the de- bate or in the vote. Stalwart Democrats like Dockery stood with stanch Republicans like Cannon in up- holding the decision of the chair against the pro- posed amendment, while the leadership of the fight against the chair was taken by Grosvenor of Ohio, who is supposed to be the spokesman of the admin- istration in the House, and he was supported by Bailey, the Democratic leader. The debate brought out very clearly the fact that the opposition was directed wholly against the man- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 1899 Does Not \ THE PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB “The Call” Advertise S thumb long unwashed. plans for coming out again to-morrow. ing and crime. Nevertheless, The Call appears this morning, under more obligations to the public than to UCH is the announcement now placarding the deadwalls of the city and being circulated by cards which touts and tipsters, fidence men distribute with great glee, leaving on , vagrants and conh- each the mark of a and even has clearly dgfined Ever anxious to oblige, it feels itself the disgruntled promoters of rac- tion meetings were %h'lang that couid be said or 5 have any. effect. upon the oner, and the Federal of- that the;én ;va:s! hnaifp them to 4o butto.follow the in- ;’:Eml!?lrons received from W ashmgton; Yesterday the annexed d}qutch ‘was sent to President McKinley: i B t, Washtngton, D."C.: T s Seversals- of. the aeeision of the enue Commissionier -and_the grea fil;tr;:r: t}:et‘l'-.é tobacco manufacturing industry |in consequence, we l?rz‘e‘;ne?mt In your tment of commigsloner c { :p;\r”;gnmx ‘man, ‘with' knowledge of the neges- | Sidies of the situation, and one. willing to, fos- ter the trade rather, lhag 'd"::fi‘;mdf:au:ou'; e S o e #mall, clgar manafacturers. Let no outside c_nx\sidbmunq,xnnuencc you - in the selection. of such ol WHALL, GEORGE A Vice President. Chamber of Commierce, San Frnnclsl—-—._.r__?;- AROUND THE : ~ CORRIDORS. Arlana Moore of Livermore is dt the California. ek John W-. Mifchell; a Los Angeles attor- ney, is at the Palace. .’ . Frank D. Tunis, a Seatile mining man, is registered at the Lick. - M. M. Gragg and wife of Monte: ber of indi here, but no done seemed to special_commissi ficers hera stated . réy are There have been degrading struggles of conflicting | interests and ambitions upon low planes in other | States, but none to compare with the situation at| ‘Sacramento. Whether reaching to or falling below the full measure of qualification for the highest sta- | tion" within the gift of a State, every other candidate Although the matter is of little importance, perhaps an explanation would not be amiss, This paper has recogmzed that racing as carried on in San Fran- clsco is a potent source of ruin; that it has caused theft, suicide, murder; has divided homes, has destroyed reputations and prospects. It has been sought to set forth in these columns the truth about the matter, and the truth has hurt. In warning business men not to allow their trusted employes to attend the races, In trying to have enacted some law for the abatement of a sport which has degenerated into a vicious nuisance, The Call has jarred the sensative return master stroke as a seda- DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Represcntative. = guests at the Occidental. . W. B. Shaw and_wife o guests at the Occidental. Dr. E. R. Layne of Healdsburg is mak- ing the Russ his headquarters. John E. Parry and wife of Cambridge. Mass., have engaged apartments at the ner in which the bill was presented, and not against the bill itself. Dockery, for example, declared him- self in favor of the canal, because it would advance commercial expansion, which he preferred to im- perial expansion, but he warned the Democrats that WASHINGTON: (D. C.) OFFIC Rigge House ¢ St.. Paul are C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE AR daas .Marquette Bulldag C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. - BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:20 o'clock. 387 Hayes streat, open untll §:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister streat, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:3G o'clock, 1941 Mission strect, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Misslon street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open untll ‘9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMU EMENTS, Columbla—Jullus Caesar.”” California—*Black Patti Troubadours.” Gold Mine.” or the Maglo Klss.” Mechanlcs' Pavilion Day Cycle Race. Chiites and Zoo—Pianka, the *‘Lady of Lions."” Olympla_— Corner Mason and Ellis streets, Specialties, Steeplechase. sing to-day. @ PROFITABLE INVESTMENT. | | distinctive mark except the railroad brand, and by Ulysses S. Grant, whose name is his sole capital, and | who has achieved notoriety through his indiscreet | cific [Exposition be made in a Jump sum or| \/\/Y HETHER the State appropriation for the Pa- in-two installments is’a matter of minor im- The in thing is to assure an appropria- tion ‘sufficient to justify our representatives in .Con- gress in-asking from the' National Government a support equal 't held in dif Unles make the ‘expos ererit parts -of the country. itude it s not 1 In case has the Go erprise of-the d:at honie a sum sifficient to render it cer- & would be carried out-on a grand $6'good a one we can hardly expect e in-our faver. an-appropriation be taken -by . grafiting :one Wash- Sacra- at at fore;:to ington ig-in this proposition that militates re is 1o 15t ‘the-poli ¢ and the admini n:€Xpos h-an: expenditure a tu priation. for 1‘investment. In >’ amount asked for’ be not to Home.labor and-make a-new demand inds' 6f home products. or many ' af-will pay. from the ‘start, for the of if; even before the-expositian-opens, will ppropriation at Washington- of $500,000°to be| That in itself will be 2 con- : ‘circulation and expended in: the. State siderable addition to -the morey i will-ni try; but it will beé but'a small fraction ‘of the amount which ‘will be :drawn ‘into the channels. of local trade by the:énterpr: 1f, thérefore, ‘we were to take ac- count ‘only: of the: sums: that ‘will° be brought-to Cali- fornia from the National Government, from the va- rious States: anid ffom. exhibitors ‘from- abroad, the income would be:still ‘so: large ‘as-to. amply-justify.the expenditure asked from’ the State fo ‘promote. -the movement: at-the. start. S 2 The gréat profit-that is ‘to bederived from the -in- vestment, however, is the fat-reaching effect it will have upon-California in every parf of her widespread domain. The astonishing chinge brought about in the Sotithern- States by the expositions ‘which ‘revealed to Northern capitalists the resourées. of. that section. of the country constitutes the miost remarkable féature of our industrial history for. the Tast five years. There hias ‘been something like a revolition in the South, and ‘what was once a strictly agricultural section is rapidly-becoming ‘a strong competitor of New Eng- iand-in the manufacture of cotton and of Pennsyl- vania:in“the tanufacture ofifon.. ~[* : There never was @ time m our_ history more pro- pitious for -an investment in an exposition than that which is now approaching: The Paris Exposition of 1000 will give a new stimulus to industrial and com- mercial activity, and energetic men- will be looking for the best channels for trade with the Orient. If at that time California invites the world to consider her advantages for the Pacific Ocean commerce the profit is sure to be of incalculable value. - It is, then, an in- vestment: and not an experiditure that is asked from the State gbvernment, and as such the common sense of busingss men will approve it. Constable Mathews of San Jose-can count himself lucky in going to the penitentiary for so short a term as five years for the offense of shooting an inofien- sive boy, and no better excusé than that he was so drunk that he thought the boy was somebody else. _Oakland producés “more .queer stories than any other town of its size in-the world.” Where else; out- side of.Utah, has a man ever committed bigamy by ding: two. sisters, -the. second sister having full Tedge of the first martiage a young man-on- trial for train robbery and,all the evidence-produced against 5 iy that his name is Jesse istance appear suffi- im in.two former trial Jamés. : It doés not-from thi ci¢nt to convict. ! When the E ami}mr :hcgan to- -use the terms, “Blunderer, ¢go! st,” it was fixing. a title to itself which-fits to a-nicety and is:bound to stick. “Alget. was hissed in_ Bostor, arid the experience al- ‘niost jarred the flakes of whitewash from his startled personality. i S <1t ‘would .<e<_‘n; that-some of the San Quentin con- {s “will niever be amenable to the authority of any - official léssidustere, than the Coronef. “The report on arthy matters tends to confirm the belief that there was something rotten besides the beef. The first step, there- | économy to which' the Legisla- | i are pledged. .- An appro- | on. of ‘the kind- proposed will | It is ot to be like the ex- | isplay:at:Chicago,.an ouzlay; 1t at -home -which will give | that given to other great exposi- | | California gives proof of a determination to | ition one of international importance | Congress | no | | least in some degree, are over-weighted by Dan | Burns, who is not only destitute of merit, but has no .inimical to” him at the next election of a Senator. but these two has done something or has been some- body before the public eye. Senator Bulla has made a respectable professional and legislative record. General Barnes has tried great cases, delivered fine orations and discussed important political issues. 1f they set up the new rule they would sweep away for all time a regulation which was established by the fathers of Congress for the protection of mi- norities. Cannon was equally emphatic in his declarations Irving M. Scott has taken a leading part in the con- | | struction of mighty vessels of war, and has delivered | many addresses upon interesting topics. Thomas R. | Bard has been a successful leader in enterprise and | | holds a strong business position. M. M. Estee has been | | heard all over the State. He represented the Re-| | publican party in joint discussions on the tariff with | Stephen M. White, and is also justly esteemed as a | vigorous writer and an able lawyer. Charles N. Fel- | ton has been in each House of Congress and mani- | { fested both ability and integrity. These Republican | gentlemen, who are all clean and distinguished, at use of money. | This is a charming picture for the citizens of Cali- fornia to contemplate! It constitutes a fine parade of | our brains, our manhood and our dignity before the | Union and before the world! And, as if to add the | last possible ingredient to the foulness of the seeth- ing caldron, a high Federal officer is reported as having said that the only points he considers in the choice of a Senator are geographical position and he interests of his friend. We will reproduce the language attributed between quotation marks to this gentleman, so that the full measure of our humilia- | tion may be accurately gauged: “My position is simply that of a friend of Sen- ator Perkins. His following recognizes that it is for his interest to have a Senator from the south this time, so that the geographical situation would not be We went to Grant on this account simply because he seémed to have the most votes, but if Mr. Bulla or any other southern man can get the prize we shall | not cry over the result.” | So the personality of Grant or of Bulla is of no | consequence! Their qualifications are immaterial! But they both come from the southern end of the | Union and whose gifted sons are among the hon- which for five weeks deadlock their Legislature at | Again we say of Burns and Grant, “A plague on —— S duction of a bill which if permitted to become Santa Barbara’s water front would be an array of southern city, and hope the scheme will be defeated, There is no occasion for the law outlined in this bill. causes the south to be sought as a place for visiting list of signatures is growing so fast as to indicate the | In appearance the bill is innocent enough, but there “Such an act as this is unheard of,” says the Santa lands bordering the ocean,"who have bought and im- its trust and hold the beach free for public use and Jess.” | ee—————— State, and, for that reason, whichever of them has the most votes will command Federal support! The | people of California who furnish soldiers to the | ored of the earth are expected to doff their pride, abandon their self-respect and stand hat in hand be- fofe - intellectual nonentity and moral obliquity "the bidding of a railroad corporation, drunk with a political success it did not gain, and of individual as- | pirations regulated by geography. both your houses.” Again we reiterate the vociferous demand for the prompt election of a Republican, a statesman and a gentleman. DEFEAT THE VANDALS. ANTA BARBARA and other coast towns are expressing great indignation over the intro- a law will work a serious hardship and mar the natural beauty of the beach, utterly destroying any | attractions to tourists. Under the terms of this bill | unsightly derricks. If any profit accrued it would be to a lot of vandal speculators. The proposition is so unjust that we freely indorsé the indignation of the as it deserves to be. Probably it was introduced without full realization of the mischief it would work unless killed by the sober judgment of the legislators. Even if oil could be found in paying quantity along the beach, it could not be found in such quality as to justify destruction of all the attractiveness which now and for the erection of homes, many of them pala- tial. The citizens whose welfare is threatened are | circulating petitions denouncing the measure, and the | depths of feeling. It is apparent that any legislator | voting for the measure will do so at his political peril. is a bug in it. It is entitled, “An act authorizing the location and sale of mining claims upon public lands of the State.” Barbara Press, after a careful analysis, “and exists in no other commonwealth. It has within itself the power to work confiscation on the upland owners of proved their property with the ocean as its natural boundary, and relying upon the protection of the State and the understanding that it would be true to without the limits of private ownership, by permitting obstructions and nuisances to be created in front of their properties, rendering them comparatively value- Which, being true, is a hint to the legislators to oppose an agt which would be the authorization for vandalism. There will be no protest against the promotion of Adjutant General Corbin to be major general, and vet the public heart does not warm up to him much. When Aguinaldo said he would in future ignore all American communications he did not have in mind the variety projected by a Krag-Jorgenson. Chicago policemen are to be furnished with bullet- proof vests, but what Chicago really needs is a lot of in favor of the canal. In answer to a statement of Grosvenor that the failure to pass the bill in the way | it was presented would be tantamount to an abandon- ment of the enterprise by the United States, he em- phatically maintained the opposite. His explicit as- sertions seem to have been convincing to Grosvenor himself, for as soon as the vote was taken, which sus- tained the ruling of the chair, Grosvenor presented a resolution fixing February 20 for consideration of the Hepburn bill, with a vote on February 21. The outlook for the passage of the bill at this ses- sion is therefore not altogether hopeless. Never- theless, it is unquestionable that the defeat is a serious one, and that the chances of getting the bill through are now slight. The time for adjournment approaches rapidly, and there is much to be done. Under such circumstances the friends of the measure will be justified in making a fight for it even to the extent of blocking all other legislation and forcing an extra session. If they do that the people will sus- tain them. Better have three months more than usual of Congressional talk than a year's delay in such important measures as those now waiting for action. ] ——— SIMPSON, THE SLUMPER. ENATOR SIMPSON has gone over to the Burns camp. There is nothing surprising in this. Those who have watched his career ex- | pected that he would seek pastures where the grass was longest. Simpson has been a Bulla man. If recollection serves us he had the honor of nominating that gen- tleman. The speech he made was so aimless and rembling that no listener had any idea where it would end. As a climax he named Bulla, and had been voting for him ever since. But Simpson has gone over to join Jilson and Wright, those twins of purity who took Grant money before election and broke their contract early in the deal. There has been no charge that Bulla bought support, and hence the persistency of Simpson in sticking to him has caused some surprise. The first sign of wavering was when Simpson de- clared in favor of the caucus, in advocacy of which Burns’ touts have been expanding their lungs and contentrating their energies. Then was apparent the fact that he was weakening, that his devotion to Bulla was a pretense, and while there is no ground for the assertion that he was waiting for a bid, there will be persons who will take this view of his flop. Simpson is a weak character. He has at no time displayed a sign of ability. On the floor he has been silly and inane. His prohibition constituents would be surprised at the heroic methods he adopted to rid himself of the grip. A verbose and chattering light- weight, he has merely gone where he belongs and where he has yearned to be. There is something wrong with a man who proclaims that Burns is the grandest Republican in California. Possibly Simpson is paving the way for a plea of insanity. SONOMA IN HER GLORY. HILE most of the cities and counties which a W few years ago made our California winter a season of continuous gala days have for one reason or another abandoned their fetes and festivals, Sonoma continues to manifest the old-time “joyous- ness, and Cloverdale arrays herself in glory and in- vites all the world to the enjoyment of her exposition, her hospitality, her beauty and her climate. This year everything has been unusually propitious to the efforts made at Cloverdale to surpass all pre- vious attainments in the way of a midwinter fruit festival. The weather has been as balmy as that of the golden isles the poets dream of. While the whole Eastern region of the country from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast has been smitten with ¥now and blasted with blizzards, California has been breathing the perfume of flowers, the odors of ripen- ing oranges and living in the sunshine of halcyon days. Nowhere have the delights of the season been more rare or more exquisite than in Sonoma, and accordingly in preparing for the citrus fair the pe- ple have been animated with something of a frolic as well as an earnest spirit. While designed primarily as a display of the products of their industry, the oc- casion is to be made a festival as well as a fair. Re- ports tell us that the exposition pavilion is radiant with floral decorations and is graced with exhibits arranged with artistic taste and skill. Cloverdale, in fact, is enjoying the gayest season of her year, and Sonoma is in her glory. The city and the country invite the world to see what California can do in midwinter, and in years that are unpro- pitious by reason of the lack of rain. The festival is one that merits the attention of the whole country. In no other land could such a fair be held at such a season. As one of the few remaining midwinter fes- tivals it deserves a liberal patronage, and all San Franciscans who have the leisure to enjoy a holiday should visit Cloverdale and extend to her hospitable and enterprising people our metropolitan congratu- lations. Another of Colorado’s bad men has been killed in his boots, and no harm done. The bad man is going out of fashion. : ———— Doubtless the Filipinos are brave up to a certain point, but ability to lie seems to be their strongest characteristic. Aguinaldo seems to possess many of the elements of the modern pugilist. He wants to talk and not bribe-proof Aldermen. | fight. tive. Thelr pockets bulge with to protect. This fresh instance of the patronage has broken an. formance on the racetrac! pell; and mad about it. nerves of the gamblers, and they regard their In upholding the honor and weal of the publi ing remarks involving the characters of D. M. precious individuals who lend their active sanction to every form of gambling in which there is a sufficlent rake-off. These men are the W. the earnings of the men and women The Call desires displeasure of the rogues at the drawing of the halter cannot be viewed with surprise, nor yet regret. the halter, and this paper does not need their affection They are welcome to plaster deadwall sands of the sea for number, but they must not think the withdrawal of their v hearts or changed any opinions. X is still the peril to the community that it was before this master stroke of the great minds who engineer the gulling of the people and divide the loot, and a toga for Burns would be as marked a misfit as though he heralded his gold brick schemes to the extent of pages daily. The Call will continue the exposure of crookedness, it does not ask either approval or support from bunko men. ed to tearful mood when a lot of gamblers solemnly express dislike for it, post in view of every eye the fact that they have been caught, and are real c, necessity has arisen for mak- Burns and of Moses Gunst, two rights of the track. The rogues need Is, to scatter the cards even as the The continuous per- the war on fraud, and Neither is it im- ACT 0 THE so decide. mands that a Senator shall be attaches to it. Southern California. mento Bee. 80900 Senator Simpson of Pasadena voted for Burns on the fifty-third joint ballot to-day, thus virtuallyacting the part ofa traitor, and breaking the solemn pledge entered into by the Los Angeles County delegation not to withdraw support from Mr. Bulla until the majority of the delegation should Mr. Simpson is also false to his constituents. dena is for Bulla, first, last and all the time. Mr. Simpson is false to Southern California, which de- He is false to the Republican party because he seeks to fasten upon it the odium of electing such a man as Burns. In the light of his vote to-day Senator Simpson has acted the part of a hypocrite as well as of a traitor. tending to be the firm friend and supporter of Mr. Bulla, he has deserted that gentleman at a critical period. His action on its face is a plain endeavor to prevent a combination of the anti-Burns and anti-Grant legislators, thus giving Mr. Bulla, Mr. Barnes and the remaining candidates a possible opportunity to triumph over the objectionable candidates. Mr. Simpson can never explain away the consequences of his treacherous act nor relieve himself of the odium that He has forfeited the respect of the people of He may eulogize Burns to the skies, but his voice will come from the depths below. — Sacra- A TRAITOR. Pasa- chosen from the south. [ Pre- S PRICES MUST UNDERGO INVESTIGATION A Searching Inquiry Will Be Made. TO FIX THE CITY RATES PRESIDENT CROCKETT MAKES AN IMPLIED THREAT. His Company Might Refuse to Sup- ply Gas if toe Bills Now Due Are Not Paid. The affairs of the San Francico Gas and FElectric Light Company are to be venti- lated by the Supervisors after the manner now being pursued in the case of the Spring Valley Water Works. This was determined yesterday by the Finance Committee of the board. Chair- man Perrault was ready to proceed at once, but Supervisor Collins, also of the committee, will be out of town next week, hence delay is necessary. The question of the inquisition developed through a dlscussion before the Finance Committee as to the disposal of the company’s bills for December, aggregating $26,700. City and County Attorney Franklin K. Lane was present, while President J. B. Crockett and Attorney Rix represented the interests of the gas company. Attor- ney Lane, in interpreting a decision ren- dered by Judge Hebbard, advised the com- mittee of three methods it could pursue. First, the committee could hold the con- tract between the city and the company valid and binding and approve the de- mands under the contract; second, it could hold it invalid and not binding and yet pay the bills if the members thought the figures reasonable; or lastly, they could fix any figure they think reason- able. If this latter proposition does not meet with the approval of the company it has its recourse in law and can sue for the value of the gas supplied. Attorney Lane outlined these courses. but declined to be placed in a position ad- viging what action should be pursued. The representatives of the gas company u;Fed payment of the bills. r. Crockett sald that If a fight in the courts developed it would tle up large sums of money. Un- der those conditions he said it would not be reasonable for the company to go on and light the streets. He maintained that the board could not refuse to pa{ bills and yet order the company to supply gs Mr. Lane called the attention cf Mr. Crockett to his implied threat, and that gentleman was quick to explain he did not mean his remarks te be so understood. The committee finally determined upon an investigation. When Mr. Crockett learned of its scope he sald it would take weeks and probably months to make the exhaustive examination of th 2 bo‘:’l:; s.shou;,lln‘ed, SorEye ough the investigation is nominally to fix rates for gas supplied the city, l)t may have a more far-reaching effect. If it develops that the company can afford to sell gas to the city at a Yow rate the general consumers will demand that the price charged them be reduced. The Street Light Committee of the board, which has jurisdiction over this matter, has not been consulted in the premises, although any inquiry should properly, come within its jurisdiction. 2 Chairman Perrault is displeased at the action of the Street Committee at its meet- ing Thursday in transferring $35,000 from the street light fund to the street fund proper. It is expected there will be & struigle over the matter at the meeting of the board on Monday. The Finance Committee questions the right of the Street Committee to change funds and claims that the matter should have been | passed upon by the Finance Committe The warrant of Homer Warren for work performed fn the office of Tax Collector heehan was approved. This is the war- rant upon which suit was brought to com- :ltgayment of salaries of men employed e office. Sheehan for The application of Mr. clerks for March was referred to the board without any recommendation. ADOLPH SCHMID'S MURDER. Al C. Flanders and Charles Forrest, Arrested on Suspicion, Are Released From Prison. The murder of Adolph Schmid, w was hacked with a hatenet in his roon. 815 Stockton street, will in all probabili- u‘;‘be ?l“tslfd am;x;g the mysterious trag- edies in the archives of the - el Police De- From statements made by Schmid be- fore his death the police arrested Churl:s Forrest, an ex-convict, and Al C. Flan- ders, master of the tug Millle. Schmid stated that Flanders had a grudge against him and on the morning of the assault Flanders called at his room. Almost im- mediately after Flanders left Forrest and ;:nother man, whom Schmid did not now, came into the room an hl%n xlthF?, h&.ichet. orttack 01 anders and F Schmid’s assertions and °?fi.’1§neade{'fi§?- could prove an alibi. Flanders said he ;md ntol: seen Schmid for two months be- “?%ré;k& e assault and Forrest for two e evidence taken at the C 5 quest was submitted t0 Judge Mogan and after carefully examining it the Judge notified the police yesterda. 1Y Would be a. waste of tima. o, cHat —_—————— WANTED, A COMPETENT M The Chamber of Commerce on the Re cent Tobacco Ruling. When President McKinley recefes a dispatch sent to him yesterday officers of the Chamber of Comm! will know what some of the p San Francisco think of Acting sfcretary ‘Wilson of the internal revenus depart- ment. Several months ago 4 made a ruling with reference tjthe man- ‘ner of handling tobacco that Was mani- ;%cmx co should l:gt sell in sy i ages. ese pack#es cost int the hmt:dreda o-!.l ‘gollus. +7 l‘flllfig to ?hg ount or quality, the Igtle si will 6 Quickly crowded to thywall: & nume 003 ¢ Occidental. F. H. Ransom, Mill and Lumber Company, is at the Grand. George A. Crux of Portland and M. H. Muller of Fresno are two of the arrivals at the California. A. 1. Du Pont, one of the awners of the great powder factory in Wilmington, Del., is at the Palace. Judge M. K. Harris of Fresno and Alex Brown, member of the State Board of Equalization, are at the Lick. George K. Rider and wife of Sacra- | mento and H. H. Harlow, a Tulare mer- | chant, registered at the Grand yesterda: | B. J. Wells, a St. Louis hardware mer | chant; Dr: W. Leroy Blodgett of Oat Hill | and Dr. George Ivancovich of Petaluma are registered at the Grand. E. H. Gerber, cashier of the Callfornia State Bank of Sacramento, and J. B. Lan- | kershim, a capitalist of Los Angeles, ars among the arrivals at the Palace. Frank A. Cobleigh and wife of Canton, Tilinois; Mrs. G.. C. Glassford and Mrs | F. W. Koetler and son of Peoria, Iin who are on & visit .to this coast, are the Russ. Philip McKeefe, a_Sonora hotgl propri- etor; Judge J. M. Fulweller o Aubtrn, F. W. Wilmans, a Sonora mining -man, and W. F. Detert, a mine-owner 6f Jack- son, are at the Lick. . . Robert A. Pinkerton, head of the New York Detective Ageney; Judge Jarrett T. Richards of Santa Barbara and ‘F. S. Johnson and wife. placed’ their mames an | the Palace register yesterday. C. F. Foster, a real estate man.of Red | Blusr; A. Griffin, a Fresna attornev: ¥ | F. Condon, a Nevada merchant, and J. B, Iverson, who has machine shops in Si- | linas, are registered at the-Grand. Miss Lillan K. Slinkey, -daughter of Colonel J. E. Slinkey, has just returned o San Francisco from Italy, where she pent several years in the study-of yoice | culture with the most eminent teachers | tn Milan. —_——————— | CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON | WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—G. J: Buckley | of Oakland and J. F. Marier of Los An- geles are at the Wellington. secretary of the Sierra of Red Bluff, | | It —————————— FIGHTING FOR AN OFFICE. F. H. Day and S. O. Gunning Want to Be Auditor of Yolo. On March 6 the Justices of the Supreme Court will decide who is the Auditor of | Yolo County. Yesterday Frederick -H. Day petitioned that tribunal for a wrh_nf mandate to compel S.-O. Gunning tg give p the office. Day and Gunning were rival andidates for the position at the last election, and the votes showed that Gun- ning was elected. Day contested the mat- ter in the Superior Court and won the He received his certificate of elec- | tion, but Gunning, who had already taken office, refused to acknowledge 'the same; declaring that he would contest the mat- ter by appea.unfil to_the Supreme Court. Day requested the Superior Court to en- | force_its judgment, which it refused to | do while the matter was on appeal .to the higher court. | ay in his petition states that Gun- ning’s appeal Is not likely to be heard for months and perhaps until the term of Auditor is expired. Hence his petition for a writ of mandate to force the issue he- | fore the term expires. The writ was is- | sued. case. —_—ee—————— In the Divorce Courts. Louls J. Repp was granted a divorce from Josephine Repp vesterday on the ground of desertion. George Wilber has been granted a divorce from Laura Wil- ber on the ground of extreme’ cruelfy. Suits for divorce on the ground of deser- tion have been filed by Emma Thompsorn against David Thompson; Sarah Bachman against Leopold Bachman, and Charles Dunckley against Margaret Dunckl the ground of cruelty by therine-H.: C. Eilken against Herman Eilken and Mary Nielsen against Olaf Nielsen.. e . Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsends® —_———— Special information supplieq daily -to business houses and public. men by the i au (Allen's), 510 Mont- Press Clipping Bure e B gomery street. Telepione Maix e e——— Indoor Baseball Game. The first game of a séries -of indoor baseball games was played - Thursday evening at the Olympic Club between the Olympic and Reliance teams for a. eodst championship cup and was won by the Reliance. % - Look out for §14th st., nr. grocéry itore. Best eyeglasses, specy 15¢ to #0c. Open9tos. ‘2.-" all dsnger of disease from drinking water by adding 10 to 20 drops of’Dr. o Angdstura Bitters to a glass: B o ee——— Avold impure Siegert’ Now Prefers to Live. ewton told the Insanity Com- - missionef vesterday that his real mame .. was Wwillam Dunk, a carriage-maker, with O’3rien & Sons, Golden Gate avenue | And Pok street, and said he was sorry. he. had made such a fool of nimself by at- temptng to commit suicide in.the Del Monolodging-house, 21 Turk street. .The Com#issioners saw there was no mental diststbance in Dunk’s brain, -and. dis- Jhafed him. He called at police head- quirters and solemnly promised not-to aiempt to take his life again, either-by.a or by the gas ro George N Baking Powder|