The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1899, Page 7

" THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1899 WUST CALL IO SPECIAL FLECTIONS City Attorney Gives an Opinion. PARK PANHANDLE EXTENSION [SSUANCE OF BONDS FOR PUB- LIC IMPROVEMENTS, he Law Places Certain Important Limitations on the Proposition of Creating a Bonded In- debtedness, T Attorney Lane has of Supervisors a on of calling pose of submitting to oposition of the issuance v the cost of extending and also for improv- sewers and “ounty Hospital. natter cannot lec- spec , Is as follows: April 1, 1 isors—Gentle- olution No. my opin- queéstions, o for a p for fmpr ses and “ounty 1 rovide shall 11 @ 2 1 a 1bmit to the qualified. yoters of said city, town or ipal corporation the proposition a debt for the purpose set e ordinance; and no ques- special PATT 0 5 L O L French Plate Dressers 1 S O T o Y 6 0 9 S Made f quarfér-sawed oak and highly polished.. Has large bevel plate, mirror, cast “brass ' .trimmings; tronts, sh, top, top drawers - have 'gwell locks " on - all the drawers, yery ‘neat in design. NG CARPET SALE c ace €urtaing will hese - ourtains were us’ from a large im- §100. They are’all The “bargains: ns, " this' sea- i 81,25 1 $2.85 183,25 son’s patterns pair. . ] ] [ = B [ [ B ] B B [} B 5 Fl 5 E 8 8 B B B B B B ¥ ¥ ] B ] [ B B E H 8 B ] E ] B E [ § B [ u X == ALL ROADS LEAD TO Corner 16th and Mission Streets. L] EERERE FIFTEEN CARLOADS FROM THE BEST FURNITURE BUILDERS IN AMERICA. Parlor and Library Tables from Conrey & Bire! Ladies’ Desks and Book-Cases from Central Furniture Co.; Enamel Iron Beds from Oliver Bros., New York; Golden Oak Bedroom Suits from Union Furniture Co.; Dining-Room Tables from Hasting Table Co.; Dining Chairs from Phoenix Chair Co.; Dressers and Chiffoniers from the Carleton Furniture Co.; Stoves and Ranges from the Abram Cox Stove Co. SOME OF THE BARGAINS | | ‘Full swell front all quartered Oak D: CARPET AND RUG BARGAINS Whether you want to cover your floors with Carpets, Rugs or Matting—The Big Store in the Mission is the place to get them. The new goods are here, and never before so cheap. | .451:! Smyrna Door Rugs. CURTAIN BARCGAINS PATTOSIEN tion other than the incurring of in- debtedn for said purpose shall be submitted.” N The public parks act (Statutes 1889, p. 361), under which the bonds for the purchése for the so-called panhandle extension must be issued, if at all, does not contain such a provision as that quoted above. It follows that if both questions of bondings for general improvements, such as sewers and schoolhouses and for the extension of the park, were submitted to the people at the same election the validity of such election as to _the sewer and schoolhouse bonds would be at least doubtful. I there- fore advise that both questions can- not be submitted at the same election. In accordance with your further re- uest 1 have drafted a form of or- inance, which Is herewith submitted, with respect to the same. I beg to bring your attention to the follow- ing considerations: 1. The ordinance, in accordance with your resolution of intention (No. 2462, fourth ries) does not include inter- vening streets. If it is your purpose to xercise your power as to condem- yver these or any of them a olution of intention should be and the ordinance made to m. 2. Whether the board has or has not right to specify what kind of 11 be payable in an _open question, there being no "nited States Supreme Court decision reon, and the State decision being onflicting. (See Murphy* City of San Luis Obispo, 199 Cal., 624 and 627.) It would seem wise, therefore, to omit al] reference to the kind of money in which such bonds shall be payable, the statute under which the proceed- ings are to be taken being silent on the subject. 3. The public parks act, under which are proceeding in 'this matter, the authority for calling the with the Board of Supervis- you ction tion Commissioners alling and conduct- ing elections in this city and county I suggest, to prevent ls that all the actions of Supervisors with regard to ection should be 1 and_substance by lection Commissioners. K. LANE, d Counselor. PARAISO SPRINGS Under New Management. Dr. J. Perr: st purchased these wonderful d hotel and will here- after per: ct same. For pleas ure or ightful resort, con- venient ble rt P Cutting Government Timber. Davi J 1 W mes, a wealthy lumberman ounty, is on trial before a ited tes District Court for the recovery the on a compial 1 the alleged value of timber been cut by m on Government land. e If your property is mortgaged and you need more mone ce H. Murphy, 630 Market street . —_————— Scia Acdulterated Milk. Ernest Crandall, a milkman, who was arrested by Milk Inspector.Dockery for selling adulterated milk, was yesterday ned $10 by Judge Graham. SPRING "SALE, Enamel and Brass Beds This White Enameled Iron Bed has 1-In, pOsts, brass mounts, brass rings and $7.50 PARLOR FURNITURE 3% 00 Parlor Suit, finely inlaid; Tatest style upholstering; sale price......880.00 $65 00 Parlor Sult, handsomely inlaid, silk damask im- ported sale price . 50,00 $45 00 Parlor Suit, hand carved and as- sortment of coverings; sale ‘price.835.00 DRESSERS and CHIFFONIERS coverings 3. ers, oval French plate mirror; the $: kind; POE 3 U Solid* Oak Dressers, large bevel mirror, B worth $12 50; special price.. .. 93 1 ] THE RUG SALE Bromley Reversible Up Squar Iran Wilton Rugs, 9 WINDOW SHADES Made of hand-made Opaque Shade Cloth, mounted on Hartshorn's Improved § Rollers, complete, In quai over -twelv . not |nn|u¢6'0c s ing store size—guaranteed—each. hung $5 00 Lace Curtains, this sea- sons patterns, will go.at, 8 @& WS pair ; $ 750 ones at $4.75 $20 00 ones at $10.00 $10 00 ones at $5.00 00 ones at $12.50 $15 00 ones at $7.50 $30 00 ones at $15.00 By the yard—Sash Muslins and Nets at 10c a yard up. The most.complete line of these goods shown by us. = All the fancy naveltiés. 0dd_Curtains for Couch™ Ce ed" border all around—res quality, worth 3500 each; will be’closed out at, each. ers—*“Import rsible, heavy 2 A8 b SRR STEAD © OO & LAAA RO 515 & RO SLFO LIS RIS DN GTIOLFO i RELIEF ‘FOR PITIABLE WARDS OF THE CITY Supervisors SIS B e PP & HE Supervisors will take the first to relieve the awful distress of the wards of the city at the Pesthouse, that abiding place of the most sorely. afflicted. of all things human. Supervisors Holland, Attridge, Algel- tinger and Kalben, representing both the Building and the Hospital com- mittees of the board, visited the place yesterday. They turned away sick at art at the misery of the unfortu- ates quartered there, and resolved to grant them such relief as was in their power, They saw the buildings when the sun was shining brightly, but the m of the storm king were visible on every hand. The recent rain burst through the meager covering afforded by the weather-beaten roof and left its mark on the walls, ceilings and floors. No matter where the investi- them eyes some di features in which all lines have been OO OLIOLIOL O O ALK steps at their meeting to-morrow gators turned, they found staring at dulled by the most loath- ase known to mankind and MW LA W”i!‘ MR Lepers. obliterated, leaving only blankness or despair. : It did not take Expert Thomson of the visiting committee long to pass Jjudgment on the ramshackle buildin which for upward of thirty years have served the city as a refuge for s suffering with contagious “They could not be .re- paired,” was his dictum. The shingles have been blown from the roof in places and ‘there Is nothing to which new shingles could be affixed. The buildings themselves would topple over with decay were it not that they have been braced from time to time to re- sist the pressure of the winds. They are innocent of paint, none of which preservative has apperently been ap- plied in years. Expert Thonson outlined at once a rough plan for suitable buildings. These would be rectanguiar in shape, each of the three sections to be built as funds permitted. The worst of the present builuings would be replaced at Committee of Investigation Views the Horrors of This Abiding-Place of would be of the plainest character. The committee will recommend that this work be undertaken at once. The building can be made ready for oc- cupancy within three wecks. The two remaining portions of the building could be added at any time. The in- were shown through the Will Recommend New Buildings to Replace the Pesthouse. once at an expense estimated at $1000. This not to include plumbing, which tention of the Supervisors is to reli the most pressing demands on them at once. The committee visited the City and County Hospltal on their return. They big institution OSSR dorff, superintendent clan. Its needs were explained, ally the inadequacy of the | ary each month from that cause. Supervisors do not their way clear to do anything lookin toward a new hospital until the n fiscal year. The in ators were accompanied on their rounds by Dr. Will D. Griffin, representing the Board of Health, g t BLACKMAIL CHARGED BY . F, TURNER Round Half Million Liberty’s Price. DETECTIVE LUCAS ACCUSED ALLEGED THAT HE FATHERED A BIG CONSPIRACY. Suit Is Brought in the Superior Court to Declare His Claims False, Fraudulent and Void. Albert E. Lucas, somefimes known as A. J. Lucas, a detective, over whose headquarters on Market street kaleido- scopic lights gleam to attract the atten- tion of the pa g pedestrian, and Clar- ence W. Ashford, an attorney of- this city, late of Honolulu, have been charged, through a suit filed in the of- fice of the County Clerk yesterday after- noon, with having conspired to black~ mail and extort from J. F. Turner of this city the, vast sum of $250,000. J. F. Turner appears as plaintiff in the tion, the object of which is to bring the defendants into court and make them, if they can, establish any claim they may have upon the plaintiff, and if they have none to forever hold their peace. The sum named is sufficient for the needs of the case, but Turner says that a half mil- lion dollars would not cover the prop- erty’s value ‘they sought to wrest him through methods that bespeak their own merits. In the complaint Turner avers that on March of the pres Ashford combined, conspired and con- | federated together to blackmail him, as | and_have above stated, and in furtherance of the conspiracy falsely represented to Moritz A. Rose, who is joined in the action as a defendant, that Turner was indebted to him and to them in the sum of $250,- 000, and by means of fabricated evidence and misrepresentations. induced Rose. to believe that the indebtedness now exists. All of the defendants, it is further set forth, claim that Turner is indebted to them in the sum named upon an obliga- tion arlslnF on contract, and threaten, hy means of letters addressed to Turner threatened, that if Turner does | not pay them the money they will accuse him of crime, cause his arrest and prose- cute him until such-time as the demanas are satisfied. In defense it is set forth in the com- plaint_that Turner is not indebted to the -defendants or either of them and that no obligation exists upon which a claim arises or.could arise. For these reasons the plaintiff holds that the claim- is false, fictitious and wholly unfounded and the direct product and result of the con- sylmcy to blackmail Turner as alleged. Hence the court is prayed to compel the defendants to plead thelr claims and that the court decree that.the claims are ab- solutely without right and are fraudulent, null and void. Behind this sult there rests an interest- -8 ac- | from | t year Lucas-and | | | | | ing story of.the concoction of the alleged | still get clear of one of the vilest blac blackmailing conspiracy ner. ‘“About as told by Tur- fourteen months ago Clarence ‘W. Ashford, the circumstances of whose Honolulu and no little departure from his eity caused arrival in comment, was nta- idera iness. Rose recommended that I call awyer regarding a loan then un- Ashford, at a later date, nd offered to loan me arit der negotiation. take a mortgage for I held upon a piece of Oakland prop- At that time he told me that Rose very anxious that he ford) be- come the assignee of the ‘Nobby’ Clarke estate. He knew that I had placed in the hands of Rose a block of the notes I held against the estate in question and he told me that if he could make a proper showing he could secure the appointment. £ he secured the appointment, he said, he could raise some money, which he would use in straightening up titles and i my | T do not place any blame on Rose. would give me any that I might need at | the time. All he needed was standing, and he would have it if I would transfer a block of the Clarke paper ‘to him in trust and_sufficient mortgages to back him up. With this backing in hand he could get Mr. Thurston, who was as- slgnee, to resign, and he could secure the appointment. “Through his smooth talk and by re- commending his own uonesty I placed in his hands in trust $176.100 of the Clarke notes of face value, without interest, and also mortgages to the value of about of $11,000, and also for collection some notes and insurance policles amounting to about $5000. In a short time after this matter was fixed up Ashford wanted some money, and I paid him back’'$324. When Ashford drew up the trust made them all to suit himself, and I vas all right signed them. e: v hort time I discovered that Ashford trying to make ar- rangements that did hot suit me, and to my great surprise one day I got a note that I was wanted in court to make a statement to Mr. Ashford concerning the Clarke estate. 1 at once began to seg that I had another man on my hands to fight, and the fight commenced. After papers he | several months of continual annovance | and a large amount_ of.expense I suc- ceeded in knocking Mr.- Ashford out In | court. A few.days ago I received ter telling_me that Ashford, M. A and A. E. Lucas had joined hands and uri less I came to the front at once with money 1 would be arrested and sent to prison, as they had conspired together to send me to the penitenitary. a_let- . R “It appeared to me then that Ashford | was going ‘to try and blackmail me out of all the property I put in his hands, but the greatest surprise of it all to me was to learn that Lucas has joined in to lend his assistance and obtain more money. “It turns out now, however, that Lucas hae a good reason to join Ashford in his blackmall, for some time ago Rose em- d Lucas to settle up the business stood between Rose and myself. As soon as-Rose .put his business in the hands of Lucas, he (Rose) at once be- came hostile to me and in a short time | refused to speak to me when we met. Lu- cas began to crowd me for snoney and I began ‘. pay him, so-as to get rid of the amount I believed Rose was entitled to. Lucas soon arranged it so that I could not talk to Rose, and the most of the | time he (Lucas) would warn me against meeting Rose. He also warned me against saying anything to Rose about the money aid, for he said Rose was armed, and ust as sure as I got into a dispute or even. a talk with' Rose there would be a sHooting scrape. He said he could handle Rose if T would say nothing, but pay as fast as I could toward settling my indebt- edness to Rose, and by 50 doing all would come out right. “He (Lucas) represented to me that he would act and work for my interest if I would pay him for his -services.as well. He successfully kept Rose at swords’ points with. me, but I was lgnorant that such was the case, and now I find out that out of $6000.that I have paid Lucas on my account with Rose he has never pald Rose one dollar, but kept-it all. ‘‘His idea was that I would: zet beaten in the suits I had with the Italian bar- ber, Frenna, and go to jail, and then my word would not be taken and he would get away with the entire $6000. So his last resort was to join Ashford and have me arrested. Then he would swear that he had received no money and Rose would believe him and in this way he would ST LTS SIAGTIOLIHCE Yo VOIS S LFOLF LSS TR GGG SR I & LT - ADVERTISEMENTS. ENREEER OMESTIC DEPARTMENT! Buyers will find SPECIAL VALUES in the Sweeping Reductions on all grades of Table Linens and Lace Cur- tains. This department is heavily over- stocked, and goods will be sold at a lower figure than ever before offered. D DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT. At SO0 Cents. TABLE DAMASK, 72 inches wide, in both bleached and cream, a heavy substantial fabric and a soft finish; ‘value for 70c; will be offered at 60c yard. At 75 Cents. TABLE DAMASK, 72 inches wide, grass bleached, pretty patterns and a fine satin finish; value for 90c; will be offered at 75c yard. 3-4 DAMASK NAPKINS, 21 inches square, full bleach, heavy and ser- viceable; value for $1.25; will be d at $1 dozen. At $1.3S. 3-4 DAMASK NAPKINS, 21 inch quare, fast edges, a close, fine fab- ric; value for $1.60; will be offered at $1.35 dezen. fferes At 85 Cents. yards long, in both white and ecru, good styles value for $1 will be offered at 85c pair. LACE CURTAIN: and lacey effect: LACE CURTAINS, 3% yards long, in both'white' and ecru, Polnt d"Esprit and floral effects; value for $1.65; will he offered at $1.35 pair. At $2.00. LACE CURTAINS, 315 yards Jong, in handsome-‘new styles; value for $ will be offered at $2 pair, 250 pairs READY-MADE SHEETS, hand torn and ironed, finished with a 2-inch hem, made from a special brand of muslin;: will be offered at the following special prices: 72x90,40c; . 81x90, - 45c, and 90x90, &0~ each. Market, Jones and McAllister Sts,, San. Francisco. THE CITY'S SEAL MAY EMBELLISH Mre: J Ty Herbert At. the: meeting last right F. Damm; the owne a_picture of the i ark:Hepkins which was paint- mailing schemes ever put up. To Show b 2 e e that th s plan, he and Ashtord : o o Herpat i et e haye the committe in_disposing e g of {t:'te” the Univers alifornia, he o DAY e 0 to’ raceiye. haif of the amount obtained, ing to join them and do anything th but his offer was politely but positively re- wanted him to do_in order to punish me. fused. ” Other bu s hinging_on the not knowing that I had pajd over for him more than 36000. “Then, again, neither Ashford nor Lu- have any money and the plan was to Rose to join them against me and have Rose put up thé money required un- til they could get me in jail and retain all the money and property in their hands. Another strong point they had in mind was that they could sw. life away. He is simply ‘the innocent and they were going to use him for all it w worth. T am now forced into another mat ter in order to protect myself, and now T am going to shqw the whole blackmailing scheme up and before I am through i think some one will land in jail.” ca % vietim, Although Turner is alone in this imme- diate suit he says that he has witnesses by the score who will stand hy him in his _lml!b‘ to defeat the schemes of the parties against whom he has brought suit. Among these people, who will doubtless be called as witnesses when the case goes to trial to testify as to the honesty and integrity of the detective are Mrs. M. V. Chomas, Joseph T. Fisk: Mr. Poole, usher in Justice Thomas B. McFarland’s court: Robert Ash, J. Witcher; Mrs. Sinnott, 45 Stockton street, and Dré. Bainbridge and Logan. are well founded, and he is_confident of his position, the ‘trial will doubtless be one of startling incidents and dramatic interest. THEY ARE MARRIED AGAIN. Cora Bell Parish Weds William T. Plunkett in San Jose. After a half year of se T. Plunkett, football player and school- teacher, has again taken Cora Bell Par- ish into his home as his wife. Yesterday afternoon Plunkett led his divorced wife to the altar, or rather to the bar before City Justice Gass in San Jose, and the marital knot that was severed by Judge Hebbard in this city October 19 last was tied again. The second marriage of this young couple will doubtless cause sur. prise among those who know them, espe clally among those who remember many eccentricities of the husband which were brought to light during the trial of | before Judge | the divorce Hebbard. It was that Mrs. proceedings Plunkett brought suit against her husband for divorce. The case w about ready for trial when' Mrs, Plunkett’s counsel came into court and asked that the proceedings be 'dismissed, as a reconciliation had been effected be. tween the young couple. The reconcilia- tion was of short duration, however, and at the end of a few weeks a second suit was filed by Mrs. Plunkett. -This time the matter was carried through the court and the young weman was granted a de- cree on the ground of hér husband’s cru- | elty. But it seems that again a reconcil iation has been effected, but just how doeg not appear: EIr e The celebrated “Ideal” strings for banjo, guitar, mandolin and violin sold only at Mauvais’, 769 Market street. . LE e sl Park Concert. : THe Golden Gate Park Band will rénder the following programme to-day at the park, com- mencing at 2:p. m. On concert days flags are placed on the cable cars leading to the park before 12:30 p. m., when the concert will be given without fail: Overture, Pedrotti Mazourka, Ballet from “‘Sicil “Sweet Spirit e olo for oboe, C. Dickman. Selection from the Cloches de Corneville.. “Celebrated Largo” . “Pasquinade’” ... March, ‘‘Heitere Weise Et Campo will open Sunday, April 9. ¢ If the allegations of the plaintiff ration William | the | not long after the first marriage | fortheconting reception also discussed, and the: joint committee then adjourned to-meet t\o weeks from last night. “TIVOLI ORCHESTRA. An' Attractive Concert to Be Held at the Reopening of Glen Park To-Day. < There will be a grand concert by the Tivoli-Theater Orchestra at Glen Park to-day, the otcasion being the grand reopening.of the popular resort, which .Jias been closed . for “the period of abouf two months, pending the con- struction of-additional railroad facilities over the ‘San Mateo electric line. A double track has been laid on Chen- ery’ streef, from Thirtieth ~almost to the Park, which will in future permit all.cars- of ‘the ferry branch to run at intervals of five minutes to the new terminus. In addition to the musical programme which has been arranged for the open- ing ddy, & select vaudeville per formance will be given. There will also ‘be a novel prize: egg race for the children. A-large:theater building is one of the prihcipal additions to the Park in the way of improvement v The Supervisors o] Sanction Its Use. At the meeting of the Board' 6f Super- visors to-morrow L. F. Byington, one of its members, will introduce a resolution in behalf of the joint committee:of the which. will the use of the municipal seal of the city on medals to be struck off and presented to the California heroes on their return from Manila. This course has been deemed necessary by the sub-committee, composed of Su- pervisor Byington, Judge Frank Mura: and ex-Assemblyman Mulcreav. ac- count of the fact that Governor Gage ha seen fit to pecket the bill that gave the State’s sanction to embellish’ the medals with the great seal of California. The executive’s action was criticized by members of the joint committee last night because of the fact that Governor Gage did not give any reason for mnot signing_the Dbill tha{ passed both houses of the Legislatu \ It is confidently believed that the mem- bers of the municipal board will Show more patriotism than the chief executive | b s L Liectured for Mechanics’ Institute. Frederick 1. Mansen lectured before the of ‘the ‘Mechanics' Institute in of the State by unanimously adopting the rary DIIAng. Iuat C evening. 10 resolution which sucha worthy ob- fodern Utah” . and - gave ject in view. The committee is 15 con- detalls of. its geographical char- fident that in the event the resolution and of. its-people. - The lecture iflustrated by.a stereopticon, and was interesting. . The: evening's plea sure - coricluded with animated pictures of. a trip. from San Franciseo to the summit of ‘Mount «ilpads,” i Thé. pictures were taken 'froém a ocar, on the scenic railroad. e Advandes mdde on furniture and planos, with or without_femoval. J. Nodnan, 1017-1022 Mission. passes the board Mayor Phelan, who is a leading member of the Native Sons, will not delay in affixing his signature to i On the 10th of May it is the purpos the organization to give a grand_enter- | tainment in Mechanics’ Pavilion for the purpose of raising money to carry out its ion the best talent a e | a dance, are fo be features. The Pavilior has already b engaged for | ing, and preparati for th | being pushed by the entertainment .committee | consists of the following well-known Na- tive Sons and Daughte | _P. F. Mertens, H. E. | W. C. Miller, T. R. ——e—— <. Academy of ‘Sciences. Dr. W. L. Jepson®of the départment of botany, University of. California; will give an -iflustratéd-. lectiire ‘on "*'The Trees of California” in A¢ademy .of Sciences Hall to-morrow night.* Prior ‘to” the lecture applications for mempbership will be acted upon.. 3 Fau Han; ADVERTISEMENTS. 2000000002000000200000°0C20000000 $3.50=Electric Belts=3$3.50 Same as certain druggists and quack doctors eell at high prices. Such dealers don't MAKE electric beits; -they SELL ‘em!: BUY them CHEAP and sell them HIGH; that's the way they do it. “Of course the poorer the quality the. cheaper the COST, and the higher the price sold for‘the larger the' PROFIT, and, in- cldentally, the greater the “SELL.” Do you see.the point? It s, you will obtain YOUR belt from 2 rellable manufacturer. We MAKE electric’ belts; ‘make. ‘em. by thousands, at all prices, and,” what is more, we are the sole makers of ““DR.. PIERCE'S PATENT GAL- _VANIC CHAIN BELT"'—the BEST _electric beit on eirth! .Buy no.belt till you see DR. PIERCE'S. 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