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10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1899. C AL AMEDA COUNTY NEWS. SEOUEL 0 ACE TRACK TOUT'S ARREST Kay Will the Sheriff. Paul Sue RELEASED ON HABEAS CORPUS RE WAS REARRESTED BEFORE HE LEFT COURT. Petermined Effort of the District At- torney to Hold the Man Who Stole Two Valueless Pool Tickets. Oakland Ottice San Franelsco Call, %08 Broadway, March 30. Attorney L. C. Pistolest announced this afternoon that he will sue Oscar L. Rog- ers, Sheriff of Alameda County, for $5000 damages for the illegal arrest of Paul Kay, whose petition for rele n a writ of habeas corpus was granted by Judge worth shortly after noon yesterday. Kay is the man who over two months ago was arrested on a charge of grand larceny for eal two valueless pool tickets on the races at Emeryville from the pockets of one P. Wall. Thrice had former attorneys attempted to secure his release on habeas corpus procee g and thrice they failed. Attorney Pistolesi, however, dared the fourth atlempt and proved to Judge Hall yesterday that the original complaint in the Justices' Court was fat lefective. Judge Hall dis- missed th rge, but remanded the pris- oner to the custody of the Sneriff ana or- d the District Attorney to apprise the Jury, with a view of securing nent alert attorney protested that his client should be released. Judge Hall re- 1used, and Pistolesi then sued out a fifth writ of habeas corpus, which was heard before Judge Elisworth at noon to-day. ge Ellsworth held that Judge Hall 10 jurisdiction in remanding the pris- under the circumstances, and or- dered his release. But before Kay had got both feet outside the courtroom, and Jed into the corridor Deputy while he steg Sheriff Geo Wale rearrested him without a warrant and ‘“on the same charge,” he declared. Kay incarcerated at the instance of ice of District Attorney Rogers on the Allen. Later Attor tolesi appeared again before Judge Eilsworth, apprising him of Kay's Arrest hich he declared consti- tuted the grossest contempt of court. He showed that tnere was complaint, in- dictm yrmation filed against his client, e Ellsworth declined to act fu he premises. As a_final Tecc stolesi went before Judge Greene and sued out—for the sixth time— a writ of habeas corpus for Kay's re-| lease, on the ground that he was illegally arrested. Judge Greene will hear this to- morrow ing, but intimated that he would ir probability discharge the prisoner. so, Attorney Pistolesi will then file a $5000 damage suit against Sher- iff Rogers and his bondsmen for the false fmprisonment of his client. Should the writ, however, be denied, the attorney will sue out a before the Supreme Court, and in case he is then confirmed his tenets he will likewise bring the amage suit The District Attorney contends that Kay is now held on suspicion of having committed a felony, and a_complaint will | be filed. it is known that Mr. Wall, Kay's alleged victim, has all along shown a dis- not to force the prosecution of pesition his original charge. LIVING PICTURES ARE TURNED TO THE WALL MR. MASON AND HIS FRIENDS ARE TRIUMPHANT. Alameda’s Social Set Decides te Put Proper Clothing on Its Statuary. Alameda Office San Francisco Call, 1428 Park Street, March 30. Brainard C. Brown's onslaught on the local school trustees has faded into in- significance in comparison with the pub- lic interest taken in F. E. Mason’s cam- paign against living pictures. The edict has gone forth that even mention of Per- ham Nahl's living bronze statuary will not be tolerated in the upper strata of society in which Mr. Mason moves. Costly works of art in marble are being appropriately draped and some pictures that do not live are being turned to the wall so as not to shock the mod- esty of Mr. Mason and Flevnon Drake, the Christ Church vestryman, whos crusade against the real thing in statu ary being exhibited at church socia is the talk of the town—outside of the . of course, « which the gentlemen are honored members. The ladies of § Agnes Guild, whose proposed entertainment was so crueliy crushed by the opposition of the vestry to the Nahl numbers on the programme, are doing their best to maintain harmony in the church, but inwardly they are nursing considerable disappointment and chagrin. The refuse p tively to give an opinion of Mr. Mason or Mr. Drake but there is a look on their faces which expresses in silence a great deal more than they would care to tell. insist that living pictures are neither de- moralizing nor improper and are not out of place at a church entertainment when sandwiched in between a little music and a few efforts at declamation, Mrs. H. E. Osborn, president of the guild, steadfast- ly_refuses to discuss the situation. The other ladies of the organization are fol- Jowing her example. Mr.. Mason has withdrawn his offer of $20 for information leading to the iden- tity of the person who gave the story out, He was in a more amiable mood to-day than when seen last night by a reporter. He is impressed with the idea that he has donc a great public service in nipping the living pictures before they donned their tights and coating of bronze, and with this idea he is satisfied to en- dure all the adverse comment that the ladies may direct at him. “1 will not make any defense of my ac- tion or stand in the matter,” said Mr. Mason. It is an affair that only in- terests the church, and the general pub- Jic and the newspapers have no business to meddle with it. At first I was anxious 10 know who had let the secret out, but now 1 have come to the conclusion that the information would not interest me. My side of the story needs no explanation and if it did I would not give I BYROD'S MARRIAGE DENIED. A Nephew From Washington Is After the Estate. OAKLAND, March 30.—George R. Ens- worth of Washington, D. C., has author- ized Attorney Hiram Luttrell to contest the claim of Frederick W. Byrod to_the estate of the late Sarah Byrod. Ens- worth declares he is the nephew and only surviving relative of the deceased, next of kin and sole heir of her whose name is Sarah Byrne Ensworth. It is alleged in the papers filed to-day that there never was a marriage between Fred W. Byrod and the deceased. Byrod, it is said, met Mrs. Ensworth in Washington when she was employed in a Government office. They went away together and came to Oakland many vears ago. _They separated, and six months ago Mrs. Byrod, who had been a teacher in the Oakland public schools died and left an estate worth about $6000. They st.l | DECLARE GAGE HAS FORGOTTEN 100 SWIFTLY | Cinched. LEAVITT'S BILLS BATTLE. Poem weems to Have Slipped the Memory of the Governor. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | %8 Broadway, March 30. | Oakland is in sackcloth and ashes. Sev- eral messages have been sent to Sacra- mento to-day concerning the pocketing of and the answer has invari- ably been the same. Not a single bill in which Alameda County had an interest except one has become a law. Governer Gage has not been generous to the city wherein lives Dr. Many think he bas not been ordinarily | kind, while just a'few think he has been positively mean if not unjust Among this latter class is a host of disappointed deputies, who were banking their all on the Governor signing the many bills amending the county government act. Oakland_will not have a harbor com- mission, the various departments of the county government will have to struggle ong without assistance more than that allowed two vears ago, and even the State University is not to have its new build- ing. Yet Governor Gage is being highly com- mended for the relief he has affored Oak- land in one particular. For two years the little shivering daughters of John C. Pel- ton, the State’s ploneer schoolteacher, have been peddling their father's poems on the trains, and they have been tol- | erated_in_ the hope that in the future | some Legislature might grant the old pedagogue relief. Governor Gage has signed the bill granting Mr. Pelton $1000, nd for a year at least he will not be in | need. This may be a small return to the for six months of shouting for Mr. but it is better than nothing. claims of Oakland certainly have received the recognition from the Governor to which many think they are entitled. At the last Republican State convention everybody knows what Ala- Mmeda County dfd. A large portion of it went to Sacramento and howled and howled for its favorite candidate, as it | had a right to do. They were evén pre pared with a ready made song to cele brate the victory of Dr. Pardee after he should have been nominated. With un- swerving fidelity to their party the Ala- meda Co contingent, seeing that their choice was not to get the plum, called a meeting of their committee on poetry | and with the stance of Cal Ewing, { Jim Oliver and W. Nat Friend, tran posed the poem. Anybody knows what a hard task it must have been to transpose a poem ending with “dee”” and to make it | certain bill | rhythmically = correct by substituting “Gage.’ However, the task was succes: fully completed, and although it might have tasted something llke crow to a tur- ; appetite, the “‘Alameda solid” howled t as lustily for the Governor-elect. | Now he bhas had { poem. | The greatest surprise is the pocketing | | of Senator Leavitt's pet measure creating a Harbor Commission for Oakland. 'The Senator from the moment he was nomi- nated never wavered a particle in his | allegiance to Mr. Gage and his friends specially Colonel Burns. During the lat ter part of the Legislature the most prominent Burns man at Sacramento w Senator Leayitt, and it was confidently measure at least would | expected that hi | receive the official sanction. But it is dead, as are also the Senator's two other bills' for arranging the salary for the | Harbor Commissioners, and for appropr ating $100,000 for maintaining the commus. sion and building wharves. | Auditor Cal Ewing and Assessor Dal- ton, and to a le: r degree District At- | torney Allen and the Coroner and Re- corder and the Sheriff are particularly sorrowful. All have been inSacramento for weeks, incurring heavy expensen for the purpose of boosting along their own little fights, and all have landed in the same tureen. Their wretchedness is not alle- ted by the thought of the heroic work, including the surgery of the celebrate from Los Angeles. These actions of the Governor leave the immense patronage of the harbor, con- sisting of a wharfinger at $100 per month, | in the hands of the City Councl, and has given increased hope to the nineteen can- didates who will struggle next Monday night for the appointment. Out_of nine members of the Legisl ture from this county, four voted for Mr. Gage's friend Burns’ for Senator. The county is now attempting to figure out ! how much more it might have received at the hands of the Governor had the delegation been a unit for Mr. Herrin's candidate and if its people had not earned the title of ‘“‘rice eaters” by proclaiming strongly against Mr at the time f the defection of member from Berkeley: Burn; the Charged in Two Courts. Wah Sing, a Chinese lottery ticket seller, was fined $10 by Judge Conlan yes- terday, and acting Police Judge Barry imposed a similar fine upon him. There was consternation at the City Prison later vhen there was a prisoner short. Ser- | geant Lindheimer spent considerable time | in investigating the matter, and discov- | ered that Wah Sing had heen booked twice for the same offense and also fined twice. .. Petition of B. Schwartz & Co. B. Schwartz & Co as a firm and its members, individuaily, Bernard Schwartz and H. Kirschbraum, filed yesterday etition in insol district Court. Their liabllities are about $8,000. The firm was engaged in conduct- ing @a general merchandise store in Grangeville, Kings County, and went out of existence in 189. The present proceed- ing is to clean up the record. e e—— Sold Watered Milk. Chief Food Inspector Dockery yesterday arrested Ernest Crandall, a milkman do- ing business at 1516 Devisadero street, on a charge of adulterating milk. Several g.’ll:_flns of watered milk found in Cran- dall's possession was confiscated | dumped into the street. and poem, that they did last fall for the man | a ncy in the United States | KILLED [ANIMAL'S CHZST SUNK | Pardee. | | i | | a forcible argument to the five jurymen | | that DR SELFRIDGE 1S CONVICTED OF CRUELTY City of Dr. Pardee Is Droye a Fine Mare Sixty Miles. IN | FRANK JORDAN WINS HIS ONLY THE VALUABLE STEED IS NOW ‘WORTHLESS. Even the Transposition of a Noted ForTwo Days the Doctor WasTouring Through Centerville, San Jose, Alma and the Vicinity. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, March 30. Dr. Clarence M. Selfridge was convicted this afternoon of cruelty to animals. His trial consumed the whole day in Justice Larue’s court and the testimony showed that the wrecking of a fine animal was caused by driving it from Alma to Oak- | land, a distance of nearly sixty mile: without giving it any rest. The evidence showed that Dr. Selfridge | hired the horse and drove to Centerville. The stableman did not like to let him have the superb animal without the pro- prietor’s consent, but finally permitted Dr. Selfridge to take out a gray mare, which was the best horse in the place. The physician used his own buggy and the livery animal was in perfect condi- tion when taken from the stable. Two days later the mare was brought back in ch a condition that she could hardly for livery stand, and she is now usel purposes. When Dr. Selfridge was told of the ani- mal’s condition he sent two veterinary surgeons to look fter her and A. J. Simonson, the owner of the horse, en- gaged a third. The three have not been able to improve the horse's condition to any extent. One of the witnesses testified that Dr. Selfridge said he had driven to Center- ville the first day, to San Jose the next, and from there back to Oakland in_ four hours and a half. Evidence was offered to prove that the doctor used the whip and that the animal was very speedy and never needed a whip; moreover, that she would not stand it. Her fore feet are now go stiff that she cannot walk and her chest is sunken in, and an expert hors man said that she was absolutely value- he doctor testified that he went through Alma, which is beyond Los Gatos, and that he drove from there to Oakland th a few stops. He was not aware of the condition of the animal until tele- phoned to on the evening of the day on which he returned and he at once ordered two veterinaries to attend to her. Deputy District Attorney Hynes made Who tried the case and they returned a verdict of guilty. Sentence will be pro- nounced April 6. The Society for the Prevention of Cru- elty to Animals is greatly pleased with the success of its efforts to carry on its work. It has brought about three prose- cutions within the past week and in two instances it has been sustained, while the third case is pending. is revenee for hat| ppANDES MURDER CASE NOW NEAR ITS CLOSE ATTORNEY BENNETT - CLUDES HIS ARGUMENT. | He Refers to the Prosecution’s Ex- perts as ‘‘a Handful of Ignor- ant Physicians.” Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %08 Broadway, March 30. It is expected now that the fate of the accused murderer Brandes will be deter- mined by the jury next Saturday. Attorney Bennett, for the defense, con tinued his argument to-day, directing his efforts mainly to the theory that Lillian Brandes’ death was caused by asphyxia- tion due to hanging. For several hours he held the skull of the dead girl in his hand, illustrating his theories. The pres ence of the blood stains at the back of the skull, he claimed, was due to the fact the girl lay for thirty-two hours after death in such a position that the blood settled there. He declared that the skull speaks for itself and controverts the theory which Dr. Buteau conceived when performing the autops In conclusion Attorney Bennett said: “Are you going to hang a man on the speculative theory of a handful of ignor- ant physicians?” Why, wherever you turn innocence stares you in the face Brandes has been the victim of an awful set of circumstances. He has been an un- fortunate creature, and I hope that you will bring in such’a verdict as you will never regret.” An hour still remained before adjourn- ment time, and this was occupied by At- torney Sawyer, Bennett’s colleague, who will probably conclude his plea by noon to-morrow. The closing argument by Dis- trict Attorney Allen will be very brief. el Rescued a Chinese Slave. A pretty sixteen-year-old Chinese girl was rescued from a den on Ross alley by Policeman Murray last night. The girl sent a note to the Presbyterian Mis- sion informing the superintendent that she was being held against her will and begging her to secure her release. She also described how she would be dressed and that when the police entered the den she would wave a handkerchief so that they would at once recognize her. McMurray went to the place last night and as he entered the girl had not put on the dress she was to have worn, but catching a glimpse of the officer she im- mediately waved her handkerchief. Mc- Murray_ then took her in charge and es- corted her to the Presbyterian Mission, where she will be cared for. ———————— To Test the Wine Tax. Restaurant proprietors of this city have retained Bert Schlesinger and P. A. Ber- gerot to make a test case on the wine stamp war tax clause of the revenue bill, The contention will be made on appeal that Congress did not Intend to tax cheap wines which are given free with meals. K1 weeks, in local Berkeley. MABEL FLOPRETIA JORDAN . the university. MABEL JORDAN A H VICTIM OF AMBITIONS AKLAND, March 30.—After an Mabel F. Jordan, daughter of William H. and Mrs. Mary F. Jordan and niece of County Clerk Jor- dan, dled at 5 o’clock this afternoon at the home of her mother, on Twenty-third street. native of this city, aged 19 years, and was -very popular social and musical circles. of the famous Hayden trio. ated from the Oakland High School, and since last Sep- tember she had been attending the State University at Her death was accelerated by her ambition in trying to make up six months’ arrears in her studies at Two weeks ago the severe mental strain resulted in an attack of spinal meningitis, which was com- plicated with pneumonia. illness of only two Miss Jordan was a She was a member Last year the deceased gradu- CON- | 00 00 00 0069000000000 00 on school architecture. also was an expert on classification and grading of schools and an authority While visiting his only son in Washington State six years ago the boy was drowned and his heart-broken parents returned to New wife died about a year ago, and he came to Berkeley with his Bertha Monroe Rickoff, and resided there until his death. ter, Mrs. Martha Hinckley, is principal of a large school in Cleveland, Ohio. ‘A private funeral will be held at his home this afternoon, after which the remains will be shipped to Cleveland, where those of his wife rest. A NOTED EDUCATOR DIES AT BERKELEY NDREW J. RICKOFF of world wide fame in educational cir- cles passed away at his home, corner of Channing way and Telegraph avenue, Berkeley, last Wednesday. Although retired from active service in the world of learning for the past four years, his loss will be severely felt, hehaving been termed the “Chevalier Bayard” of his profession. Best known among his text books were a reader and an arithmetic com- piled for D. Appleton & Co., the well known New York publishers. The readers, published in 1877, found sale to the number of over 5,000,000 copies. His arithmetics did not net such hand- some returns, owing to a combine on the part of book publishers. During his life he was regarded as one of the principal educators of the United States. In the State of Ohio, where he received his early schooling and spent the major portion of his life, he was honored by the highest posi- tions in the school system of the State. In 1881 he was made a life mem- ber of the National Teachers’ Asso- ciation, being at that itme president of the Ohlo State Board of Examiners of Teachers. In the citles of Cleveland and Cincinnnati he held the Superin- tendency of Public Schools and served on various Boards of Education. He 900 0-0-0-90 0 00 00000 York. Rickoff's daughter, Another daugh- o000 0006 00 ¢0 |HAROLD M. SEWALL ON ‘ AFEAIRS IN SAMOA BELIEVES IN THE ABOLITION OF ITS KINGSHIP. Roasts This Government for Not Faithfully Abiding by the Fa- E mous Berlin Treaty. No one at present in this country is | better abls to discuss the present trou- ble at Samoa than Harold M. Sewall, who has been the United States’ special | annexaticn and who arrived in this city a few duys ago. He is a member of the commissicn that drafted the famous Ber- | lin treaty under which the Government | of Samoa was operated. In an interview | yesterday Mr. Sewall said: | I was fully advised at Honolulu of events in | Samoa and have anticipated the perplexing ‘}L‘nmllllnns which have at last been brought about. The neglect and indifference of our Government during the first and second admin- istrations of Cleveland caused the present con- | ditions. Had this Government faithfully | ablded by the Berlin agreement and done what it was honorably bound to do under that agr ment the present trouble would have been 2voided. | in Samoa. T do not like to think that they | are to be traced to any authorized action of | German agents there, but there is a strange | sim!larity in the situation now and in the pre- | ceding crisis, precipitated by German action This goes back to the very beginning of our relations and Germap relations with Samoa. In 1534 and 15% it was only by the unauthorized action of our Consul in rasing our flag over the islands that German seizure of them was avolded. In 1887 and 1888 the situation was similar to that of to-day—disavowals from the German Forelgn Office, but acts of aggression almost to the point of conflict with our civil and naval authorities on the part of the Ger- man resresentatives In Samoa. I am delighted that Admiral Kautz has acted | in support of the terms of the Berlin agree- ment, which if honestly abided by will give the islands all the government they need. I | regret as much that the guns of the Philadel- l phia should be turned against the finest native People in the Pacific. I firmly believe that an alert and benevolent diplomacy at Washington, London, Berlin and Apla could have avoided | the present distressful situation, and even now it may not be too late to do so. | "Mataafa himself is to my mind a representa- | tive Samoan, in birth and ability and in all the | qualifications that make him fit to rule. Above this consideration must be placed the fact that three powers are honorably pledged to support | the Berlin act and the decision of the American | Chief Justice appointed under it. It is due to | the powers that they themselves be vindicated | first by the restoration of the status ante quo - | the status existing before the present revolu- tionary proceedings. Then if I were to be asked the remedy for the whole situation, it would not be in the division of the group, which is | not large enough to admit of separate owner- | ship; not in the recall of honest and able | American officlals who have done their duty | in the face of great discouragement on ail sides, but in certain amendments to the Berlin act, chief and principal of which would be the | abolition of the kingship of the islands. With | this principal amendment and the loyal support | of the Berlin act. which has done more for | Samoa than I beileved possible when it was | tramed, I belleve a clear way will be found | out of the present difficulties, and I hope our Government will not be slow in availing itselt of so prompt and humane a solution. — e —— ITALIAN NOBLEMEN. | Two of Them Arrive and Are at the Palace. noblemen arrived in this Genoa, Italy, and They Two Italian city yesterday from took apartments at the Palace. are Marquis Dominic Pallavicino and his brother, Marquis Alexandre Palla- vicino. The former, whose health is somewhat shattered, is accompanied by his physician, Dr. G. Perrando. In the party is also L. Taglioli, whom the oth- ers met in New York and prevailed on to _come to this coast. The Pallavicinos are among the wealth- ijest people In Italy, owning numerous family castles and immense landed in- terests that are highly productive.” The elder Dominic is chairman and one of the prinelpal stockholders in the Medi- terranean Railway Company, which is operated partly in the southeastern por- tion of Italy.” While in New York he had a conference with Brown Brothers, brokers, in regard to $200000 worth of Confederate State bonds, issued by the State of Virginia during the Civil War and purchased by his father. The bonds are now held by the family in common and the brokers incline to the opinion that they will_be recognized by Virginia and about $15,000 may yet be realized upon them. The Pallavicinos also possess some plantation interests in Virginia. Marquis Dominic speaks but very little Engl sh, but through an interpreter he sall “] ‘am_perfectiy astounded at the won- derful development of California in_the short period of its existence. Why, everything grows here. What a soil it is, to be sure. If we could but transfer it’ to Italy how thankful we would be. In the southern part oi the State I saw nothing but groves of oranges and olives, the perfect cultivation of which would put Italy to the blush. ““Again, T cannot compliment your peo- ple too highly on the splendid operation and equipment of your railroad system. It eclipses nny!hin% I have seen an where. Such a_ well favored State as Ca]ll’grnlt\ would be hard to find, I am —————— PEOPLE'S PARTY DISSENSIONS. Hearing of t};: Ci:arga Against Ex- Secretary Clough for Stealing the Minute Book. The dissensions in the camp of the Peo- ple's party were aired in Judge Graham’s court Wednesday when the search warrant case agalnst George A. Clough, the ex- pelled secretary of the County Committee, came up for hearing. The People’s party was represented by Attorney James Gal- lagher and Clough by Attorney Monteith. lough is charged with stealing the min- ute book of the County Commitee, and the book was introduced in evidence. Dr. Cleveland, the present chairman’of the County Committee, testified that the min- ute book belonged to the committee. He agent to Hawalil ever since the latter's | Periodically these disturbances have arisen | | warns the public | gardless of the did not see it bought and could not say it was bought with the money of the com- mittee, but it was used by the committee and was, ex necessitate, the property of the committee. Ex-Chairman Gillespie of the committee testified that the book belonged to the committee because Clough had put in a voucher for the amount and if the com- mittee paid for it then Clough stole it. He further testified that on March 14 at a meeting of the County Commitee, Clough, Dr. Griswold and Garret W. Smith had been expelled from the party. The hearing was interspersed with long arguments by the attorneys, especially re- garding the admissibility of the book as evidence. The defense will be heard Saturday morning. —_———————— WAR TAX DECISIONS. Commissioner at Washington Trans- mits a Few That Are of Inter- est to Business Men. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has transmitted to Internal Revenue Col- Jector Lynch the following decisions on the war tax stamp law, which are of in- terest o the business community: Speclal tax (license) need not be paid for the gale of wood alcohol provided it be entirely free from admixture with distilled spirits or wine or other alcoholic liquor. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue again hat drafts must be stamped are issued by the drawer re- fact of whether they are ulti- mately paid or not. Some parties have pub- lished opinions that drafts are not taxable until paid, but these opinions are entirely er- roneous. In view of the increased time for which loss in warehouse is allowed the commissioner has decided that any loss which exceeds by more than 50 per cent the legal allowance on an: cask or package will be regarded as excessive, and Collectors will immediately collect the tax due on the original contents of such cask or package, less only the allowance authorized by law. As before, a smaller loss than that specified will also be regarded as excessive where the condition of the warehouse or the cooperage of the packages in the warehouse in- dicates the want of proper care on the part of the distiller. When a draft properly stamped is presented for acceptance, and the acceptor writes on the draft an order for some bank to pay the draft; this additional order requires an additional 3- cent stamp, whether the draft is at sight or on_time. A broker who receives from foreign houses orders for liquors or wines in casks or bar- rels, purchases these liquors from W. L. D.'s and’ executes bills of lading in his own name collecting payment himself, is liable to tax as W. L. D. (wholesale liqior dealer). Bills of exchange drawn abroad but payable in the United States are taxable at the rate of 2 cents on each §100, whether the bills are at sight on demand or otherwise than at sight or on demand. —_————————— A DEFECTIVE BOILER. A New Danger Confronts the Unfor- tunate Inmates of the City and County Hospital. Danger of a boiler explosion has been added to the other terrors that confront the patients and inmates at the City and County Hospital. A report that has been filed with the Board of Supervisors gives the details of this latest addition to the chamber of horrors on Potrero avenue. It Is as follows: SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 1899, To the Honorable the Board uf Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco—Gen- tleme An internal examination of the steam toiler iocated at the City and County Hos- pital was made on the 2th inst. by our in- spector, David Stark, and his report of such examination is as follows ““This is a horizontal, tubular boiler, sixty inches by sixteen feet, built of iron. The thickness of the shell is five-sixteenths of an inch: of the head, three-eighths of an inch. It is double riveted and fairly braced. The size of the dome is thirty-three by forty inches. This boller contains fif1 eight four-inch tubes, and one five-inch lever safety valve, set at eighty pounds. cocks are in good condition. The blow valve is clear. The feed apparatus is in good con. dition. General care and management are fair. Remarks: This boiler is old and weak in places The steam dome is thirty three inches in diameter and riveted to the shell b gle row of rivets. The shell under the dome at the time the is cut away, leaving a hole in the shell twenty- | four inches in diameter, making it very un- safe at the pressure they are now _carrying, viz: seventy-five to eighty pounds. This boil- er was not built this way originally. This hole has been cut in the shell since, for what pur- pose T cannot say. 1 would not advise that the pressure carried exceed fifty ‘or fifty-ive pounds. The furnace doors should have new liners By reducing the grate surface from twenty to sixteen square feet, better results will be obtained and fuel saved.” Yours trul; . P. REDDING, Secretary. ————— Both Undertakers Satisfied. The contest for the possession of the body of Charles I. Highet was ended yes- terday by the representatives of the es- tate of the deceased payving Undertaker McAvoy for the embalming done by him. The body was thereupon delivered to Un- dertaker Gray = e Want a Boxing Permit. The Merchants’ Athletic Club, through its president, John Pastene, has applied to the Board of Supervisors for permis- sion to give a boxing exhibition at Wood- ward's Pavilion some time during the month of April —_———————— SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.. ARRIVED. Thursday, March 30. LATE Schr Nettle Low, Low, 6 hours from Point Reyes. SAILED. Thursday, March 3. Stmr_Westport, Peterson. Stmr Noyo, Johnson, Fort Bragg. Stmr Willamette, Hansen. Seattle. DOMESTIC PORTS. FORT BLAKELEY—Arrived March 30—Br ship Port Stanley, from Port Townsend: schr Fred I3 Sanders, bence March 15. TACOMA—Arrived March 30—-Ship Louis Watshi, hence March 10. ‘Sallea March 30—Stmr Edith, for Alaska. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS. LIVERPOOL—Salled March 30—Stmr Penn- jand, for Philadelphia. Arrived March 29—Stmr Teutonic, from New York. QUEENSTOWN—Sailed March 20—Stmr Brit- annic, for New York. 'NEW YORK-—Sailed March 30—Stmr Cymric, for Liverpool. : BREMEN—Arrived March 30—Stmr Lahn, from New York. ROTTERDAM — Safled March 30 — Stmr Spaarndam, for New York. The steam gauge and gauge | v a sin- | l JUDGE ISRAEL LAWTON HAS PASSED AWAY Died at His Home in Oakland. ONE OF THE OLD-TIME JURISTS HAD BEEN AN INVALID FOR A LONG TIME. Under Cleveland’s Administration He Served Four Years as Super- intendent of the San Fran- cisco Mint. OAKLAND, March 30.—Judge Israel Lawton, the ploneer jurist, who since last December has been lingering between life | and death, passed away to-night at his home, 1207 Castro street. Deceased was born in Coeymans, Albany County, New York, in 1862, making his age 67 at the timeofhisdeath. In his early life he taught school while attending the Al- bany Law College, from which he was graduated with high honors. At the age of 30 his learning and ability won for him the honor of _being elected a Probate Judge in New York City, which position he filled capably for tweive years. Judge Lawton came to Oakland twenty- five years ago and formed a law partner- ship with Judge Yule. He was appointed Superintendent of the Mint at San Fran- cisco in 1884 under Cleveland's administra- tion, serving until the expiration of Cleve- land's term, when he retired both from office and the practice of his chosen pro- fession. Eight years ago he lost his only son through death, and he has since made his home with his daughter-in-law. His de- clining vears brought with them contin- ued il health, and last December his life for a time was despaired of. Deceased was a widower. Handball Tournament. ALAMEDA, March 30.—The handball tournament of the Encinal Recreation Club was continued last night. In the first class Fred Hamma defeated C. E. Innes; score 51 to 39. R. B. Elster made his first appearance in the tournament as one of the contestants in the second class. | He defeated his opponent, George Innes, So handily that he is looked upon as a winner of the class; score 35 to 9 the same class R. A. Meserole defeated J. M. Brewer; score 35 to 23. In the third class C. W. Hopkins won from A. L. ‘Behnem core 21 to FRASER, Em. Com. er. OTICES. Commandery No. 1. K. Post and Mont- assembly THIS at 7:30 o'clock. All fraters are MEETING LIFORNIA T., Masonic Temple, gomery sts.—Regular (FRIDAY) EVENING, Order of the Temple. cordially_invited. SIR JOHN P. SIR HIRAM T. GRAVES, Record AL_Lodge No. OCCIDEN 22, F. and A. M.—Second Degree THIS (FRIDAY) BVENING, at 7:30 o'clock. By order of the Worshipful Master. WALTER G. ANDERSON, Sec. FAN FRANCISCO Lodge z,% Zn 1. 0. O. F.—Initlation and_elec: ticn of representatives to Grand Lodge FRIDAY, March 3L ALEX JACOBI, G. W. D. WILSON, R. S. | MEET to-day at CLE HARRIS', 15 Grant ave., to borrow money on any old thing. SPECIAL NOTICES. FILES_PETER FREILING'S pile salve, §1 per box: warranted to cure all cases of bleeding, itching, external, internal or protruding piles without fail, no matter of how Standing. 162§ Devisadero st., near Sutter. In| long | SITUATIONS WANTED—Continued. WANTED—By a young man, position as secre. tary or traveling companion to gentirman of capable of filling position of respon- ; references given. Address box 7442, Call office. PROFESSIONAL male nurse wants a position; 2 years' experience: no objection to traveling; nervous cases desired; best of references given; single. Address box 8473, Call office. oung man capable taking care hors garden; good driver; repairing harness: handy with all kinds of tools; good refer- nces. Box 771, Call office COACHMAN and gardener, thoroughly under- stands his business, wishes situation: city or Coul’ir)' good reference. Box 770, Call. FIRST-CLASS gardener wants position to take charge of gentleman's place: city or country; good references. Box 767, Call. DRAUGHTSMAN accustomed to general ma- chine and engine designing desires position. Box 760, Call office. BEDMAKER or night clerk wants position In lodging hou. Box 134, Call office. STEADY man_would lik blacksmith. situal $12 Kearny st. MONEY to loan you on watches, guns, musical instruments. CLE HARRIS, 15 Grant ave, 3 German wants position al YOU! out gentle- man's place; second butler, choreman or gardener; understands the ' cultivation of flowers and vegetables thoroughly; good ref- erences. Box 59, Call office. SOBER mlddle-aged man wants work: private family, horses, garden, cooking, useful in generai; references; wages no object. Address box 4421, Call office, Oakland. SITUATION about place elderly man; gardener, man raising by understands care horses, vegetables; handy with tools; references. W., box 751, Call. STEADY young German Catholic; 28 years old: care horses, garden and make himself useful around house. Box 758, Call office. v old, wishes work of any reference. Address German 'descent: i Natom: st. Young man; first-class baker on bread and cakes. Address 134 @nd 135 Fourth st. MAN and wife with a 3-vear-old boy wish situations on a ranch; wife is a good cook, and the man understands all about dairy or farm business. Inquire or write B. F., 2425 I st. Sacrament SITUATION as collector or sales- man; best of reference. Address box 143, Call office, Oakland. WANTED_By a young couple, situations; city o country: handy all-around people. Ad- dress 208 Drumm st YOUNG German gardenmer wishes position in rivate family; city or country. Address 2103 FAYkhI st. —— e HELP WANTED—FEMALE. MIDDLE-AGED woman; care of baby; $1 home. MISS CULLEN, 32 Sutter st WAITRESS, $20 per month. MISS CULLEN, 325 Sutter st. GERMAN or Swedish second girl, $25, good blace: parior maid and waltress, §25. MISS CULLEN, 325 Sutter st HOUSEWORK_ girl, sleep home, $I5. CULLEN, 3% Suter st § HOTEL and restaurant waitresses. 320 and $25 per month; 6 waitresses, §15 per month. MISS CULLEN, 32 Sutten st. SEWORK girls, Alameda, §25 and $20. MIsS 2 HOU MISS CULLEN, 32 Sutter st. SWEDISH cook, $%0. MISS CULLEN, 335 Sutter st. | NEAT youns girl, assist light work, §12. MISS 32 CULLEN, Sutter st. C. R. HANSEN & CO. s waltresses, country hotels, $20; 2 waitresses city, $20; 2 arm waitresses, city, §20; waltress, | $18;2 chambermaids to wait, city. $20; pantry girl, short ways country, §20. C. R. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary st. Phone Grant 185 MAN and wite, muer{rnr'cogn;y hotel. $40, see party here 10:30 a. m.. R. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary st 3 COOKS. German style, $25; yonug second girl, $15; middle-aged German woman to care 2 children, country, 315; number of cooks and housegirls, $15 to $25; nursegirl, care of baby, $5 to 310, no office fee. C. R. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary st. 7 COOKS in American and German families, $25 and $30; German or Scandinavian second %irl, $20; waitress and parlor maid, $20; French lady's mald to travel, §25; 3 nurses, $20 and $25; and girls for cooking and house- Work In clty and country. J. F. CROSETT & CO., 316 Sutter st. CHAMBERMAID and laundress, hotel, $20; hotel chambermaid; chambermaid, wait 1 meal, §20; 4 waitresses, $20, $5 and $6 week; and others. J. F. CROSETT & CO., 316 Sut- ter st. GIRLS to fill various positions wanted fmme- diafely at MISS DILLON'S, 315 Sutter st. GJoD cock or_general housework in the coun- Crv: wages $20. MISS DILLON, 35 Sutter. GERMAN second girl for San Rafael; girl for general housework in Sulsun; wages 3§22 50. MISS DILLON, 315 Sutter st. BAD tenants efected for $4: collections made; city or country. PACIFIC COLLECTIO! CO., 415 Montgomery st., rooms 9-10; tel. 5520, ROOMS papered from $3; whitened, $1 up: painting done. Hartman Pairt Co., 319 3d st. A WEEK'S news for § cents—The Weekly Call, 16 pag in wrapper, for mailing, $1 per year. GOOD girl for_second work and care of chil- dren. 'MISS DILLON, 315 Sutter st. TOOK for country.- MISS DILLON, 315 Sut- ter st D girl, $20; infant's nurse, $2 $26; 10 girls for housework. seam- 831 Lar- DIVIDEND NOTICES. DIVIDEND Notice—Dividend No. 91 of the Oceanic Steamship Company (fifty cents per ehare) will be payable at the office of the company, 327 Market street, on and after Saturday, April 1, 189. Transfer books will close on’ Saturday, gMarch 25, 189, at 11 o'clock _m. E. H. SHELDON, Secretary. SWAITRESS, country hotel, wages $20. HOTEL GAZETTE, 420 Kearny st. WANTED—Girl to assist in general housework; one with some knowledge of cooking: Scotch | ‘German or American preferred. 3793 Twenty- fourth st., corner of Church; call between 10 | _and 12 a.'m.; wages $I0 to $12. WANTED—Cloak_hands at E. MESSAGER'S Cloak Store, 145 Post st. SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALB. COMPETENT German mother and daughter Qesire situations; mother good cook; daugh- ter second work or nurse; references. MISS CULI 32 Sutter st COMPETENT Swedish cook desires situation; best references; city or country. MISS CUL- LEN, 32 Sutter st. WANTED_Reliable girl for general house- work; $12. 2510 Pine st. WANTED_Young woman for housekeeping. Apply 214 Ellis st. ENGLISH girl for second work. Call between 1 and 2, 2214 Clay st. = G sirl to assist in housework; small fam- FIRST-CLA desires situation: 2 vears last place; city or country. MISS CULLEN, 3% Sutter st. SWEDISH cook, best of city reference, desires a situation. J. F. CROSETT & CO.. 316 Sut- ter st COMPETE T English cook, middle-aged wo- man, kind to children, good housekeeper, will work for steady home; small wages; city or country. Call at 60 Third st. on_as nursery AMERICAN woman desires po governess or companion to invalid; best of references. Address E. D., 2413 Sacramento. Tady COMPETENT wishes position of trust, care of children or housekeeping. MRS. | WHEELOCK, 54A Castro st. POSITION as working housekeeper or Address room 4, as charge of rooming house. cond st. 1151 S MIDDLE-AGED woman will assist in nice family; small wages; good references. Box 62, 1 take | $10. 2116 Sutter st. S German cook and laundress | WANTED—An experienced apprentice girl on room 526. custom coats. 927 Market st STENOGRAPHER and typewriter; assist in office Agdress S. G., Call office. WANTED—Young tidy girl for general house- work. Apply 99 Sutter st DRESSMAKING help wanted at once. Taylor st. GIRL or woman fo care for baby evenings. Apply after 12, 740 Howard st., In ba-ement: | WANTED—A woman for very light housework. 10 Steuart st., upstairs. BORROW money on vour valuables; private en- ?rance, ladies. ’l'\'(‘LE HARRIS, 15 Grant av. GIRL or midde-aged woman for housework. 716 Green st. COMPETENT Swe . Call at 441 Sixth, FIRST-CLASS advertising agent; lady or gen- tleman. Room 4, 408 California st. 509 #lrl to do housework in near Bryant jerman cook wishes position as cook or GOOD help In kitchen; city reference. D. D., box 54, Call WANTED_Thoroughly competent kid _glove saleswoman for Sacramento. Apply 528 Mar- ket st., room 7, from 2 to 3 p. m o do housework in city or 220 Third st., “wishes ; work for small wages. room 6. YOUNG German woman wishes work by the ooking or housecleaning. 2748 Lombard. PECTABLE young wetnurse; age 2 LADY would like situation as chambermaid or housework; city or country. 1007 McAllister. BORROW money on dlamonds, silver, sealskins., UNCLE HARRIS, 15 Grant ave. woman wants position Box 712, Call office. G widow with 1 child wishes position as housckeeper for an old gentleman or lady. Call or address 245 Fifth st. WANTED—Situatlon by a kind of work by the day dress 208 Drumm st. oung woman; any $125 per day. Ad- WANTED—Position as working housekeeper or care of children: no objection to country. New Western Hotel, room 3l. one as Ad- TWO young ladies would like position: waitress: the other to do second work. dress or call room 9, 216 Kearny st. YOUNG girl wishes a or light housework. 645 McAllister st. REFINED, domestic woman would keep house or go as companion to elderly person; pleas- ant home; small wages. 997 Market, rm. 10S. S Sweaish seamstress ond wait- ress wishes position: wages $25. Call 150 Cook st., off Geary, after 2 p. m. SWEDISH zirl wants a position to do fancy ironing in dyeing and cleaning works. Calil Cook st., off Geary. HESTER Hotel, 44 ket; 700 rooms; 25c to $1 50 night: $1 50 to $6 week: convenient and respectable; free ‘bus and baggage to and from ferry: elevator. near Mar- NER, botanical, landscape, propogat- ing, greenhouse experience, the very highest of reference given, wishes a situation. Par- ticulars of J. F. CROSETT & CO., 68 Sac- ramento st. JAPANESE emplymt office: hel domestics. ITO, 725 Geary st. CHINESE and Japanese Employment Office. best help. 4141 O'Farrell st.; tel. East 426. JAPANESE-CHINESE Emp. Agency; all kinds help. GEO. AOKI, 3 Geary st.; tel. Grant 5. elp: farm hands, tel. Polk J2. situation as second girl | JOUNG girl for upstairs work. 1207 Gough street. o % YOUNG girl for_downstairs work and cookin good wage: 1207 Gough st. HELP WANTED—M _LE. MURRAY & READY.. “Phone Main 5848 e . .. WANT AY cooeen . Blacksmith and horseshoer, country shop, f‘amp blacksmith. . stableman Private family, gardene: 325 and_found etc.; 10 more Farm hands, milkers, drillers, e woodchoppers, tools advanced: 50 woodchop- pers, different parts of the State, 130, $1 25 and §1 cord. MURRAY & READY. 63 and 636 Clay st. COOK and wite, Ccountry hotel, $45 and found; baker, $50; 5 waiters, $25; cooks, $3) and $33 wroners, country laundry, $30 and found. MURRAY & READY, 634 and 63 Clay st. R. HANSEN & CO.... Phone Grant 153 ‘Meat and pastry cook, country, $50; head and gecond cook, country’ hotel, $10; night cook, $50; walter, country, $35; second cooks springs, $30. Rallroad camp cook, $40 and free fare Laborers and teamsters, railroad work, free fare; 2 ranch carpenters, $30 and foun 3 milkers, $25 and $20 and found. Barber for springs. Waiter and wife for a country hotel C. R. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary st. WANTED—Machinist for country, $2 5 -day; 3 more drift gravel miners, $40 and board; car- Hage painter, §2 50 day; blacksmith and wood worker for mine, $35 and found, see boss in city: assistant gardener, $20 and found; blacksmith helper, §1 day and board: cooks, Waiters and others. Apply to J. F. CRO- SETT & CO., 628 Sacramento s to go to-morrow, 10 redwood FOR the woods, tie makers, 12c each; 4 woodchoppers, $1 75 per | cord: 2 farm hands, $15: and others. R. T. | WARD & €O, 65 and 610 Clay st. | BUTLER, $35; good place. MISS CULLEN, 325 Sutter st. | WANTED—Ladies and gentlemen as_canvas- Gers; mood Wages: no experience required. Call trom 1 to 8 p. m. at 313 Hayes st. MAN and wife wanted on ranch In Santa Cruz | “Mountains; German preferred: wages $35. In- | Qquire J. UTSCHIG'S, 326 Bush st. WANTED_Steady man; light outdoor wor good wages; must have $60 cash. 1082 Mar- ket s room 4.