The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1899, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 24 899 DEMOCRATS SCHEME IN RETALIATION Plan fo Seize the Patronage of the State Penitentiaries. | Special Session of the State Central Committee Urged to| astruct the Prison Directors How to Vote for Warden of San Quentin. over ts are upon Governor M. Burns, for valuable pa- Democratic ick to grasy that they wilf all of the patronage rtiaries at Folsom e the situ- have the i asti a Demo Political d co ing zo! into execu- the threat warden n and dens and patronage. garten ex- of Dan Burns, f politics are bitter fruit for from determined re- Governor Gage at- tigation of those to reorganize the wate front it would follow nor’s spoil uble that the me a part r to go farther, unde; search Gove d- the t for than most spoilsmen the Democrats ¢ checkmating the . chief executive. his failed in he planned nage of the rom the Democrats. emen, who are wcity of d to s to provi- | than ever They were not T revenge. an asylum e, the lead- shall go—but A small the ms. and at- aries are The Demo- efore, inspired s of e Gover- beneath the ashes embers of victory f Prison Directors Four of the members— Wilkins and Devlin— Governor Budd for ars. Devlin a Re- Hayes m a R two. The Demo- the do Democratic leaders and 't a project the Demo- ttee and se- resolutions in- watchmen w. ratic. itz y efore, may £ . fron ries of ntire patrona Democ f both peni- claimed, is ction of surp the Since a may show after the en less exalt- government certainly This s the Democracs are and with which they are frighten- usual Justif 1y n strivi to u - water front of a mself so er aves and f ing Republican officeholders int> fits. 1f the Democratic State Central Com- mittee me to d this question it will have to do so quickly, as the next Warden of San Quentin will be chosen by the Prison Directors on April § Saturday Morning in my magnificently appointed new quar- ters, 114-116 Kearny St. 1y ARMAND CAILLEA 14-116 Kearny Street, S. F. the State Prison Directors to | | conditions of | the | next. All new goods of finest qual- and prices lower than ever before on SUITS. SKIRTS, SILK WAISTS, JACKETS, Etc. [ been a custom for many years State for the Demecrats and ns to divide the patron tate penitentiarfes. The Warden and retary of each institu tion are appointed by the Prison Dire tors. The Warden, in his turn, select all of the other from th highest te the low The Priso Directors, however, have for man: rs, matter what the politica complexion of the majority has beer chosen a Democrat as Warden of on prison and a Republican as Warder of the other. V n Hale, for ex ample a Republican, and Warde: Aull is a Demaocrat The Democrats declare that they will violate this precedent and teach Gov- ernor Gage a new lesson in the gentle art of practical politics. Gage's in- struction may preve to be a costly ob- | ject lesson to many Republ The | affair is made doubly interesting by the 1ct that Governor Gage has already selected the man who, he says, shall be | the next Warden of San Quentin. This | protege of the Governor is Martin G. Aguirre, an ex-Sheriff of Los Angeles. | Governor Gage is so deeply interested in the election of Aguirre that he has | made, it is claimed, a personal appeal to at least one of the Democratic mem- | bers of the Board of Prison Directors These seductive whisperings of the chief executive, it is said, have not vet this the Republic: a in ge of the loyes st. no met with that response which one of such high degree has a right to ex- pect. Politics is politics, the Demo crats reply, and tit for tat is sweet revenge. The Governor, therefore, is doubly concerned. It is bad enough to be burned in taking a lesson in fire, but to be burned twice is asking too much even from a novice in the game. The Governor is likely to lose the warden- ship of San Quentin for his protege Agulrre as well as the entire patronage of both prisons. In this game of th | politiclans Warden Hale does not seem a factor of the slightest conse- quence. He flirted with the powers that be for a while, but his attentions at Sacramento were repulsed with scorn. | His term as Warden expires on April | 20, and on April 8 the Board of Prison | Directors will elect his successor. It/ is at this meeting that the Democrats intend to carry out their scheme of | grabbing all of the patronage of the | prisons. As a matter of course all of | the employes cannot be removed at once, zation might follow | in the prison. The officers, under the | the scheme, will be re- moved gradually. As yet the Democrats have not dis- cussed the name of any one to suc- ceed Hale, but there will be no dearth of aspirants. There are scores of Dem- ocrats for every and when the time comes the Prison Directors will | be overwhelmed with petitions, big and little. | The prospective conditions in refer- | ence to Folsom State Prison are u{".‘ ferent. The term of Warden Aull will | not expire until January 1, 1900. The | term of B. F. Smith, clerk of Folsom | prison, will not end until October 1 of this year. The Directors are not con- cerned, therefore, with the election of | successors to these men at this time. While every effort has been made to keep this Democratic scheme a secret the facts have leaked out and Republi- | can leaders, solicitous for the welfare | of their party, are wondering where the Quixotic, blundering political methods of the Governor are going to lead them to be demora place, 0-0 00 0-0-6-0-0-© 066009 |e-9-e-0-0-90-0-0-0-0-6-006-0-0—0- ¢t FELL THIRTY FEET INTO A SHIP’'S HOLD ® | ° ® ® . ® PRESIDENT HARPER DINED. The Chicago A dinner was Ho facult to University gu Petietieteti e HER BURGLAR IN +R+ R+ L5 2o 4 bd i 8 + I S I + s + e & A £ e 3 £ S s Mrs. Alice Ortega Probably Fatally Injured on the British Ship RS. ALICE ORTEGA, a waitress in a *“creamerie’” on Kearny etreet, nearly met her death on the British ship Leicester Castle yesterday morning. She and a friend named Mary Connors went down to the vessel to bid some of the apprentice boys good-by. They were standing near the fore hatch talking, when Mrs. Ortega lost her balance and fell head first into the lower holid, thirty feet below. The first mate and one of the apprentices quickly got into the lower hold and found the woman unconscious and bleeding from the ears. A ' hatch sver and a mattress were lowered own, and on them the woman was aced and carefully hoisted to the Leicester Castle. Ortega from the ship to the ambu- lance. Finally the ambulance stretch- er was placed in a sling and then the woman was laid on the stretcher. The falls of the after lifeboat were then unhooked and made fast to the sling, and in this way Mrs. Ortega .was swung out over the side of the ship and lowered to the wharf, where the hospital attendants took charge of her. On arriving at the hospital Dr. von der Leith madé an examination and found that Mrs. Ortega had her col- lar-bone broken, her skull fractured and was probably infured internally. The Leicester Castle is lying at Lom- bard-street wharf and Is going to Taltal, Peru, to load nitrate for Eng- Jand. Her ballasting was to have been BT deck. She was then carried into the cabin and laid in the mate's berth, where she recovered consclousness and complained of a pain in her back A telephone message was sent to the Harbor Recelving Hospital as soon as the accident happened, and the ambu- ince was down to the wharf almost as soon as the woman had been pl d in the mate’s berth. The Leicester Castle is in ballast, and consequently was very high out of the water. Everybody was in a quandary for a few minutes over the getting of Mrs. e University President Honored by the Berkeley Educators. at the the California Regents and of California given st evening by of the Univer: President Willtam Harper of the of Chicago. Among the 14 ests were some of the most prominent | rtel la E finished yesterday, and then she was tory to sailing. The appr on the ship had been in the habit of going to the creamerie for an o slonal meal, and that is how they got acqualnted with Mrs. Ortega and Miss Connors. Thinking it would be their last chance to see the young men, the two women went down to the ship. Upon going aboard they met the mate and he called the apprentices. The entire party was standing near the fore hatch talking. The sallmaker - @009 i ayi { 3 i new sail and a few of the sailors were . Mrs. Urteg eaned over the hatch combing to see what they were doing and lost her balance and went down. She turned a com- plete somersault in her fall and landed in the lower hold. As she fell she must have struck one of the lower hatch combings and fractured her ate hour last night Mrs. O resting easily, and the phy in attendance state that her chances for recovery are good. oo o ® | ° i ® : [ © ® 3 ° | @ | times the teachers at last re professional men in the State. Speeches |pansionist discourse of the most pro- were made by President Kellogg of the |nounced type. No ome, he said, could Cnlversity, Dresident Harper, bresident | have forefold the result of the Spanish- David Starr Jordan and Whitelaw Reld of New York. Mr. Reid in his remarks stated that he represented no party, government and was not prepared for a Fran- te set cisco’ ch on any topic, but San pe position fronting the new F no | | American war, but a Dewey had aflded | new territory to the flag, the flag could | do no less than accept it. | The dining hall was beautifully deco- | rated, principally with the blue and gold | of the Universi t being charter day f that institution market made her place one of the most B B e O U L important on the American continent and her great future was assured. The noted | Anakesfs cures Piles, nothing else. Sam- journalist then launche B S R R R e S A P P R Rt R LD R R R R e o A P R PR PO Mrs. Ashmore Tells How She Helped Capture Clifford Meldrum. The PRISCNER ATTORNEY Sweeney FoR rHe DEFENCE. RS. E. ASHMORE, the plucky little woman who dis- tinguished herself a week ago by alding in the capture of Clifford Meldrum, a bold burglar, was the cynosure of all eves in Judge Bar- ry's crowded courtroom yesterday morning. Burly policemen and curious spectators gazed admiringly at the heroine of the thrilling chase and showered encomiums on her. ‘Withal, she modestly accepted their glances and half-whispered compli- ments and while on the witness stand gave her testimony in clear-cut sen- tences. Prosecuting Attorney Car- penter deftly led her to tell the story of Meldrum'’s robbery of her room, his discovery, flight and capture. ‘Without taking any credit for her own courageous action in following the escaping robber, Mrs. Ashmore told of his flying down the stairs and boarding an electric car and of his jumping off and secking safety in_the m of a brewery In the imatediate neighborhood. Attorney Sweeney, for the defense, tried” to tangle the wit- ness up, but With a view to continuing the > in the upper court, he examined Mrs. Ashmore at length, but did not swerve her a par- ticle: Miss Dora Knell, a Ashmore, then took the stand. There w more craning of necks in the courtroom, as it is seldom that such a pretty witness appears in such uncon- genial surroundings. Miss Knell was unused to the ways of the law and was greatly amused at the quibbling of counsel. At one stage of her tes- timony she burst out into laughter, and at the sight of her pearly teeth Judge Barry forgot his dignity and joined in the mirthy and was rapped to order by his own balliff. Miss Knell admitted having joined in the chase after the culprit, but was quickly allowed to depart, as Attor- ney Sweeney was too gallant to both- er her with too many questions. James E. Stitt, of the Underwriters’ Fire Patrol, stated that he was on Ninth street at the time of the ex- citing incident and joined in the pur- sister to Mrs. out into an ex- | ple free. [MRS.ASKMone ON THE STAND.. Address Anake: COURT DeTecTive CRocKeTT suit with the other men, women and children. Being speedier than the rest, he followed Meldrum into the brewery and found him hidden behind some ks of bran, and aided in bringing him before his breathless pursuers. Detective Crockett and Officer Van Kuren testified to hav in the chase and of Meldrum when he ng participated searched reached the City Prison. Crockett stated that he found $1350 in his hip pocket, and as this sum was said to have been taken more's room. Attorney to show that there were other amounts on the pris- oner and that the sum named was not stolen. The testimony of both offi- cers was unshaken by the volley of interrogations, and they were later corroborated by Mrs. Ashmore, who positively identified the money as that taken from her house. When the prosecution rested Attor- ney Sweeney asked for a continuance unt{l next Saturday, as he desired to bring witnesses forward to testify to the good character borne by the pris- oner and also prove that when his client was searched other sums were found upon him. The motion for a continuance was opposed by the Pros- ecuting Attorney, but Judge Barry granted Mr. Sweeney's request. B LGIGIR S Iy 5t 3+ i Ti Pl B RIS R R # R BB e R R RO R RN G R+ R R HoBe o e ry . New York. *| == their >%et5est | + .. Y & Ey & % - + P + TEACHERS CAN'T GREE ON COMPROMISE Considered the Clarke Resolutions. NOTHING WAS ACCOMPLISHED E ATTORNEYS CRESWELL AND | OLNEY QUESTIONED. \‘Meeting‘ in the Auditorium of the Girls’ High School Provokes a Long and Fruitless Parley. From 4 o'clock vesterday afternoon till |7 in the evening the teachers assembled | for peaceful discussion in the auditorium | of the Girls' High School on the woof- | worn proposition of unpaid salaries in- dulged their forensic inclinations and ac- | complished nothing. The meeting was specially called to act upon the Clarke resolutions which serve as a substitute for the compromise meas ure. The resolutions prepared and intro- duced by F. H. Clarke read as follows | Be it resolved, that the committee on litiza- tion be and hereby ls given full power to dls- | pose of the litigation now pending before the Superfor Court, subject to the following con- aitions: 1. No assignment of teachers' salary claims | 2 The restriction of the claims of the mer- | chant creditors to the amount of cash that they | Would sctually receive under the committee's | pian, at least until the payment of salaries | for the balance of the fiscal year has been as- sured. A reading of the resolutions was mot necessary, for every delegate present came armed with a printed copy. The sgtorm broke loose as s s Chairman Brooks recited the purpose ventlon. A heated discussion began by the supporters of compromise measures | and their opponents, the anti-compro- misers. This lasted for a half-hour, when it was discovered that Harry T. Creswell | and Warren Olney, the attorneys | teachers, were in the hall. A motion wa | then made to have the gentlemen of the law on the stage. It was carried, but not without opposition, for the antagonists of compromise did not wish to shower favors upon the attorneys who recommended such measures. Creswell and Olney took their seats on the platform and were subjected to a bat- tery fire of questions from the army of | teachers who wished to be enlightened on the legal aspect of the case. They stood | their own, supplying whole volumes of law at a gasp. The teachers were satis- fied and the attorneys departed After being sidetracked a dozen or more hed the pre- | vious question. Whether compromise with the merchants and secure their June salaries or to get a portion of their November and December salaries and to the questions discusse lutions favor a relinquish- November and December in laries were The Clarke T ment of the order to guarantee the June salaries and | 000 surplus to the merchants. adjourned until April r will further be con- leave the $35, The meeting w |3, when the mat | sidered. - Examination of Teachers. The examinations to be held on Monday next at the Normal School in which aspi- rants may qualify for teachers’ certifi- cates will be broad In their scope. They will not be limited to persons who want | to qualify for teachers’ positions, but will be open also to persons who want to qual- ify as speclal teachers. Many of these are at present teaching without the proper certificates, and Director Eells holds that the approval of their warrants is a violation of the law. The special | teachers who are included in this lis | may take the examinations on Monda | and thus fortify themselves against the time their present certificates are ques If they do not qualify now and | certific: are questioned they might be dropped from the rolls. The apparent conflict of authority be- | tween the Board of Education and the Board of Examiners is not one in reality. | The School Directors postponed the e aminations at their last meeting until June. After this action, which was taken contrary to the advice of Superintendent Webster, it was found that the law made it fmperative to hold these examinations mi-annually. Monday was the proper time, hence the action of the examiners in determining to proceed with the work s required by law. Had it been per- mitted to lapse until June there was a question if persons taking the examina- tion at that time would legally qualify. | tioned. NELLIE PARTRIDGE MISSING. | The Young Lady Left Her Home Yes- terday and Failed to Return. Considerable anxiety was manifested by Miss Jennie Partridge, the assistant librarfan of the Branch Public Library at Station 5 over her sister Nellie's ab- sence from her home Twenty-first street. Miss Nellie Partridge has been noticed by her sister to be somewhat de- mented of late. She seemed absentmind- time and by kind treatment pa off, consequently no particular watch was | kept over her actions other than to pro- | vide for her wants and see that she did not do anything out of the way to her- self or those about her. Yesterday afternoon, however, her sister Jennie returned to her home | from the Library she missed Nellie from the _hou and made inquiries of neighbors if they had seen her. ing able to ascertain anything rega her, Miss Jennie called on Captain’ Gillin of the enteenth street station, and in- formed him of her absence. The watch Which went on duty at midnight was In- Nmuected to keep a lookout for her and if found she was to be brought to the sta- tion. 3 The missing girl is about 26 years of with fair hair, age ight complexion "“fi;’:nllflmn B8 pounds and stands 5 feet inches in height. She SEaiin a red and blue striped w k vel- vet trimmed skirt with a velvet cape nd black — —eo—— Police Must Be Protected. Ah Que, keeper of a house of il fame on and | the pe town squad entere refused to allow them to the building Ah Que stairs, and TSt the inmates threw a lighted lamp at Lieutenant Price g id he would impose a heavy seale £ Men must be made to @nde 2 They were not above the police. The | woman who threw a k\m\\ at the lleuten- | ant was fined $0 by Judwe Graham. - —ee———— Cruelty to Children. Kate Pullen, 18% Hickery avenue, terday convicted by Judge Mogan e of cruelty to her three chil- ing them for three days with- e intimated that when for sentence it will be case of Adrian Silvey, Mrs. was 3 | of the ¢ dren by leayv: out food. The Judg she appears to-day a heavy one. e teamster W lPh\\llen, was taken under advisement. e A Dishonest Domestic. Mrs. Ada Levy, 1685 Post street, swore to a complaint in Judge Mogan's court yesterday for the arrest of Kitty Carroll, | & domestic, on the chargeof petty larceny. | She alleged that k . on March 18, stole | §20 while in her service and disappeared. | —_———————— | | Singular story of a California girl who has fallen heir to a $10,000,- 000 Australian estate, in next Sun- day’s Call. of the con- | for the | take a chance at not receiving their June | | ed and indifferent to her surrounding: but it was considered that this might in | when | on Pacific street, between Stock Dupont, was 3 fined 200 by | Judge Mogan on the charge of disturbing | § Tuesday while the China- ho was living with Mrs. | HUNTINGTON AND HERRIN 10 BE INDORSED No Changes Impend- ing in the S. P. ANNUAL MEETING ON APRIL 5 GLAD THAT THE GOVERNMENT DEBT IS LIQUIDATED. Ownership of the Central Pacific Now Lies in the Southern Pacific Company—Details of Con- solidation. C. P. Huntington is journeving by easy stages from New York to San Francisco, expecting to arrive here in ample time to | attend the annual meeting of the South- | ern Pacific Company on Wednesday, | April 5. George Crocker will arrive in | this city next Monday. Of late there has been a deal of con | jecture regarding Important changes in the leading departments cf the com pany, but the most authentic inform tion obtainable Is to the effect that the iges will be few and unimportant | Will H. Crocker, one of the directors of | the institution, does not expect any ma- terial readjustment in the organization | He entertains the opinion that there wi | be no change in the heads of depart- | ments and does not hesitate to pronounce | the story that Mr. Herrin will be severed | from the control of the law department | as a pure invention. “You can publish the fact in The Call,” remarked Mr. Crocker, “that there will be no important changes in the manage- | & ment. It is now a matter of history that the Central Pacific debt to the Govern- ment has been paid in full. The pay ment is pract accomplished. C. . Huntington w T cted presiden of the Southern Pacific. Mr. Herrin w remain at the head of the law depai | ment. He will not be retired or asked to resign. George Crocker and myself no doubt will be re-elec on board. Russell J. Wilson ar Charles Lathrop will continue to serve on the directory. There is a feeling of relief that to the Governmu and there is a feell the interests of managed.” The consolidation of thq Southern Pa- cific and_Central Pacific b perfected in detail, but there is tion that the ownershi line now lies in the Sou The stockholders of the C will receive Southern Pa or bonds in lieu of their Ce holdings. Some little time quired to execute all the nected with the consolidatic The impression is gained from conver- ation with Southern Pac people that season of harmony in the management is dawning. The new era is so bright and promising that Mr. Herrin's political sins may be condoned in the carnival of re- | joicing. details ADVERTISEMENTS. | S | SPRING TIME AND SAR- SAPARILLA Go hand in hand. At this s=ason of the year nature tells us that our sys- tem requires attention. We have the good old standard remedics at cut- | } rate prices. TODD'S SARSAPARILLA... .75 HOOD RSAPARILLA 70¢ AYR RSAPARIL Toe |} coor BLOOD SPE S5e |} SWIFT'S SPECIFIC Oc CUTICURA RESOLV O SOLE AGENTS FOR THE TESLA ELECTRIC BELT. WE GIVE TRADING STAMPS. ENTAGE ” /949-951 MARKETST 7 ~—— NEXT TQ MALE BROS. — THE | SEMI-ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF ‘ TEACHERS. THE REGULAR SEMI- INATION of applicants for | TEACHERS’ CERTIFICATES (High, Grammar and Primary, Grades and Spectal Certificates) will commence at the Normal School building, Powell st., near Clay, on Monday, March 1899, 1:30 o'clock p. m. In compliance with the each applicant must pay al NUAL EXAM- at State school law, examination fee of $2 in vance to Miss P. 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