The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 13, 1899, Page 6

=S THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY ..... MAY 13, 1809 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts., S. F Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS..........2I7 to 22] Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1574 DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 16 CENTS PER WEEK. Single Copies, § cents. Terms by Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), one ye $6.00 CALL ( ding Sunday Call), § mont 3.00 1.50 65¢ nday Call), 3 monthi ALL—By Single Moxth < SUNDAY CALL One Year. 1.50 WEEKLY CALL, One Year. 1.00 All tmasters are authorized to recefve subscriptions. coples will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFKCE.. 908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE ‘Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. ........Wellington Hotel C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE . . C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advert! Marquette Bullding ing Representative. AMUSEMENTS. Columbfa—*'On and Off.” Grand Opera House—'The Littls Tycoon.'" um—Vaudeville. His Japanese Wife." ‘The Geisha.'" * tes Zoo and Free Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon evening. pia—Corner Mason and Ellis streets—Specalties. Interstate Panorama Co., Market street, near Eighth—Bat- tle of Manila Bay. Sutro E ths—Swimm{ tion Park— rsing Park- t Sunday-school Excurs eball to-day oursing to-day. fon and Picnio to El Campo Campo—The popular bay resort. Amusements every Tuesday, May 15, Real Es- *“JUST LIKE» GAGE.” EADERS he interior press just now might suppose that our Governor had been cut up tempted s for the over fire is is not modern delicate system been adopted, but the old- vs, and the siz- R purpose or him over es, hot It into tempting frying State. of the and ing and perf in every direc s that the Governor determined that the osy and the smallpox ought not to d at the same time. Being deeply ase, which had become too extirpation, addressed W b he Health, late at night so t arrange to check its ‘fort Yuma. For this extra credit in the expressive words, re may have been some strategy visitation, for vaccination, which allpox, communicates the Hun- its forms, including elephan- n of the body and of 1c refrain, “Just like Gage,” was quickly appro- lisseminated. One paper marked the of one of his executive functions a bill allowing our bright women, ve Daughters of the Golden ol Trustees, and signed an act ts. Others criticized his approval and ature bills, the uncon- h as a lawyer and the absurdity izen he must have well k etl when in the face of such legisla- ted the report that he was about to go i-cartoon g own, a ir tion he tri the ne per business as ridiculous. Still others resented tt scoop” he gave the Examiner and its Canadian annex of his intention to appoint Dan Burns a Senator of the United States if Matt Quay should be s ated. Then, under the heading, among others, ‘Peanut Politics,” he was not only fried purned for his ostentatious and vulgar rudeness to Senator Perkins at the Los Angeles celebration of the San Pedro victory over C. P. Huntington. His conduct in this particular instance indicated that he was not quite satisfied with the anti-railroad triumph, which Senator Perkins was so largely instrumental in securing. His loyalty to Los Angeles and his affec- tion for C. P. Huntington evidently conflict. In each instance of this culinary operation the jus- tification of the chef de cuisine was “Just like Gage.” Other things may be also mentioned that are just like him. is acted confessions of absolute absorption by the railroad are rapidly accumulating. the Board of Health. He continued with the Board of Equalization. Now he has filled the place of Sena: tor Boggs, deceased, on the State Board of Agricul- ture by the appointment of that distinguished farmer and horticulturist, Grove L. Johnson, whose great achievements have been the farming of the revenues, the grafting of Huntington shoots upon the Tree of State, the pruning of the constitutional rights of citi- zens and of the press, and the application of the rail- road bacilli to the roots of our civilization. Henry T. Gage is surely a daisy in his particular line, but the line itself produces a network of slimy aiscolorations. He is one of the examples of indi- vidual political suicide. His notoriety has destroyed his popularity. His influence in the disintegration of his party and in turning the State over to Democratic fusion has been prematurely exhausted. Charity, however, would like to furnish him with a remedy for his serious ailments. As the surgeons have suc- ceeded in taking reefs in the human stomach, per- haps they might succeed in contracting swelled heads and replacing coarse brains by mental conductors of a finer q}mln_\'. This is apparently the only chance for our gubernaterial phenomenon. i e e s With Governor Gage sneaking with W. F. Herrin of but by a secret door from the Palace Hotel, and Railroad | Commissioners Laumeister. and Blackstock clinking glasses with the railroad attorney at his home, it be- gins to look as if the Southern Pacific Company, in all truth, is out of politics and has seized the State government. The young school teacher of the Shoshone Indian reservation who drew her revolver upon two men to. defend one of her pupils evidently believed that in teaching the young idea how to shoot she might take a few lessons herself. Railroad Commissioner Laumeister said he would, in shame, leave the State if he voted for the Black- stock resolution. If he really meant it a suggestion of how to keep him out would be timely. REER ST Governor Gage will again take up the “burden of state.” Dan Burns has gone to Sacramento. 1 and roused up Dr. Matthews, | He began with | THE STREET RAILROAD PROBLEM. HE CALL has placed fairly before the public Txhe separate proposals of the Market Street Railway Company and their combined effect, if sanctioned by the Board of Supervisors, in firmly in- trenching an obnoxious monopoly in the most densely populated business and residence sections of San Francisco. It has also recognized the wants and the rights of the northeastern quarter, so long neg- lected, which were impressed into the service of the corporation, so that, under cover of supplying a proper and imperative demand, it might impregnably fortify its position before the new charter becqmes operative. It is useless to recapitulate the details of the at- | tempted grab. They are already well understood. | The vital question is, What does the Board of Super- | visors intend to do?> How can it meet an actual ne- cessity for the extension and improvement of street railway facilities, with entire fairness to this aggres- sive monopoly, and yet without throwing away municipal property and sacrificing the common in- terests its members are sworn to protect? The Huntington argument, invoked for street rail- ways as well as for State lines and national high- roads, and almost flung at the people, is very short and pointed—"“We intend to help ourselves; how do | you propose to help yourselves?” This mode of set- iu,mz public questions is irritating and almost unen- | durable, but in the past it has been effective. It has been quite humiliating’as well as exasperating for | three hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants of a com- | mercial metropolis to have to ask themselves how | much of their earnings were to be confiscated through | some of their representatives in the municipal legis- | lature and to what extent municipal property was to be donated to corporations in order that they might | use the resources of a community, gratuitously ac- quired, to extort enormous incomes from the indi- viduals of whom the community is composed. I the present Board of Supervisors contains a ring of seven, with absolute power to act, ir'rcspecli\-e of the minority and of the Mayor, and who are the mere | tools of the street railway monopoly, then there is no doubt that the seven can outvote the five. But, while fully comprehending the pessimism of our citizcns} predicated of past experience, The Call has not yet | { become convinced that, in the year 1899, we have one | of those rings. It prefer- to believe that the proposals of the Market Street Railway Company are to be sub- | jected to some honest and intelligent test. | | On this assumption, then, what ought to be done? | The Call did not support the new charter, but when | that instrument received popular indorsement and leg- | !‘i,\Iauve ratification it became the law, to be respected | and enforced as long as it constitutionally exists. The last expression of the public will, therefore, is | that no franchise or privilege should be granted | within the municipal limits except in conformity with | ii(s provisions. If the Board of Supervisors accepts | the instruction of the ballot-box and of the Legisla- | ture, the entire subject ought to be postponed till | after January 1, 1900. But suppose it be admitted that the exigency of the | situation, under the promptings of the North Central Improvement Association and the Merchants' ciation, will not admit of eight months’ delay, and | that some immediate action must be taken, what should it be? The answer is very plain. If the ob-| | ject to be attained is to connect the northeastern part | of San Francisco with the Potrero and the interven- | ing territory, all that is essential or that could be| honestly required is that the application of the Mar- ket Street Railway Company for a new connecting franchise on Taylor street, between Geary and Post | | streets, be granted, and that, if the law permits, it | be awarded the privilege of using electricity on its ‘emire line from Brannan street to Montgomery | street and along that street and through Washington and Jackson streets to Sansome street, and perhaps on Sansome street for one block. This would involve some material changes in the order for which the company has petitioned in order to annex the privi- lege of using electricity to “franchises heretofore granted.” It would eliminate Geary street from Tay- lor street to Grant avenue. That portion of the order | to which we have not specifically alluded, namely, on | Post street, from Taylor to Leavenworth street, along | Leavenworth street and across McAllister street to | | City Hall avenue, and thence by way of Grove street, :with crossings on Larkin street and Market street, to | Bryant :street, if included in the electrical privilege, iwould perfect the system and meet all the require- | ments of the property-owners and public-spirited citizens in the two associations to which we have re- ferred. | The demand for a new franchise from the intersec- | tion of Geary street and Grant avenue to Bush street iaud down Bush street to Sansome street, and the ap- plication for the privilege of using electricity on Geary street, from Taylor street to Grant avenue, and also on Sansome street, except .between, Washington | and Jackson streets, should be flatly and promptly de- nied. The application for this new franchise is the | | completion of the scheme to exclude competition. | An electrical line on Sansome street, from Jackson | to Market street, would interfere with heavy traffic | { and would be an excuse or an opportunity for a sub- sequent attempt to secure electrical privileges on Market street. The worst “joker” in the plan is the | Geary street electrical proposition, and it will be| readily understood when the first watering of stock | and issue of bonds by the Market street railway com- | bination is recalled. The company now has a cable | line, mainly on Geary street, from Market street to | the Golden Gate Park, the franchise for which will | expire in 1002. It also holds unused franchises on | ‘G:ary street, from Grant avenue to Taylor street, | | which ought to have been forfeited long ago, under section 2 of the act of March 13, 1897. The new char- | ter limits street railway franchises to twenty-five | | years, and compels the payment during the first five | years, now exempted from such taxation, of 3 per | cent, during the next ten years of 4 per cent, and dur- | ing the last ten years of five per cent, of the gross receipts. It also provides that at the end of the term the road track and bed of the street railway, and all'its stationary fixtures, shall become the property of the | municipality. It further secures to the Board of Su- | pervisors the power “to regulate the rates of fare,” and to its Finance Committee unrestricted opportu- nities to expert the railway books. It also contains | numerous other binding securities for the protection of the city and county, to which we cannot here ad- vert. A renewal of the present Geary street franchise, under the new charter, would bring the Market Street Railway Company down to the actual value of the property and would afford no opportunity for a repetition of its former strategy by watering stock or by floating bonds. But section 2 of the act.of March 13, 1897, at any time more than one year be- fore the expiration of the street railway franchise, per- mits its surrender, if accepted by the Board of Super- visors, and then it can be renewed. If the electrical privilege now asked on Geary street as an addition to | sion which is said to be nine points of the law will have been guaranteed, and the Market Street Railway Company will have a hold on Geary street. between the unused franchises be awarded, then that posses- | Grant avenue and Taylor street, from which it cannot be dislodged. It then proposes, as we are credibly informed, to surrender the operated Geary street franchise and to obtain a renewal, under the existing law, embracing the present line from Market street to the Park, and extended thence to the Cliff House. If this can be accomplished it has been reasonably estimated that, by the expenditure of three hundred thousand dollars or less, it can insure a return in round numbers of not less than 6 per cent per annum on two million dollars. The grandeur of this con- ception is staggering to the ordinary citizen, but it is a familiar phase of the Huntington policy, and, after all, only part of a stupendous whole. The laborious newspaper -attorney in fact for the railroad, in its advocacy of this intricate project of gripping the major part of San Francisco with the sharp and unrelaxing tentacles of the Market street monopoly, proudly boasts that so far the fares have not been increased. The public has been chiefly in- terested in possible reductions. If the fraud on the new charter and the general clean-up now before the Board of Supervisors is adcomplished, the shortest and cheapest mode of consummation would be a con- veyance of all the surviving rights of the municipality. THE PRESIDENT AND THE ADMIRAL. AN FRANCISCO, through properly atcredited S representatives, has cordially invited a visit from President McKinley and from Admiral Dewey. There awaits a most cordial welcome for each, should he come to us. We on this coast have not seen so many dignitaries of national rank as to have become blase with respect to them, like the peo- ple of the East. When a distinguished man of the highest rank comes to us we make a holiday and give him a reception that becomes a notable event in our annals. From the tone of the dispatches from Washington it seems very unlikely that we shall have the pleasure of receiving Dewey. The Admiral will probably go home by way of Suez, land at New York and make his | way to Washington by the shortest route. That choice is not a surprising one, for it is certain that if Dewey came to San Francisco and took the tour across the continent the receptions given him at every city and | way station along the route would be more fatiguing than the Philippine campaign. The Admiral, accord- ing to all reports, is not in robust health, and he may | have good reason for shrinking from the tumultuous greetings he would have to face from San Francisco to Washington if he accept our invitation. There is a much better prospect of a visit from the President. Indeed, that visit seems well assured. McKinley has long planned a trip to the Pacific Coast, and the coming summer promises to afford him an excellent opportunity for making it. He is now at Hot Springs, Virginia, building up his strength, which has been sadly worn by the nervous strain of the harassing duties of his high office, and as soon as he is fully restored to health he will prob- | It would, in fact, be wise on his | ably start West. part to come before the heat of the Eastern summer sets in, for theré is no better place at which to seek | refuge from the sweltering East than on this coast. Californians will need no urging to induce them to | make extensive preparations for the President’s visit. As soon as it is assured that he is coming every com- | e q | length from the State constitution in sup- | munity along the line of his route in the State will be eager to welcome him and do him honor. It is to be hoped he will not undertake a hurried trip. The experience of President Harrison’s hasty tour some years ago is sufficient to show that such a course is unsatisfactory to all concerned. To enjoy his visit and to derive the full benefit of the journey the President should remain at least a month within the limits of the commonwealth. He will find abun- dant employment for every day of it, and his welcome will show no diminution of popular enthusiasm. There are many reasons why Californians should be glad to receive McKinley. With his inauguration there began that revival of prosperity which is now so abundant throughout the Union. He stands as the foremost representative and champion of that states- manship which upbuilds American every class of citizens, from capitalists to working- men, will unite to do him honor. PHILANTHROPY AND SENSE. NDREW CARNEGIE has given an explicit fl and emphatic denial to the report that his ac- tion in closing out his business interests was due to a dislike of trusts. He declares he is neither antagonistic to trusts nor is afraid of them. Carnegie Steel Company, he asserts, is the greatest | property of the kind in the world and has a prosper- ous future as well assured as anything can be in human affairs. He has retired from business, he says, simply because he desires to live a dignified and un- selfish life, freed from all struggling aiter more dollars. He has given no intimation of how he proposes to enjoy the leisure he has so well earned, nor of what he will do with his fortune, which has been estimated at the enormous sum of $100,000,000. When his atten- tion was called to an editorial in a London paper re- ferring to his noted statement of some years ago, “To die rich is to die disgraced,” he is reported to have | said: “Tell that editor to watch and see. I hope I shall not justify the definition, sometimes deserved, of a philanthropist as a man with a great deal of money and very Tittle sense.”” There was a time when the word “philanthropist” was used to signify one who so loved his fellowman that he devoted the best energies of his life to the ser- vice of humanity. John Howard, Samuel Wilber- force, Elizabeth Fry and others like them—persons of little wealth but rich in zeal and animated with a a rich man of many millions who makes a gift to the public. As a rule the greater portion of the wealth distrib- uted by successful Americans has been well directed. Few among them have posed "as philanthropists. Many have expressly disclaimed the title. They have given of their fortunes for the foundation of schools, colleges, libraries, art galleries and charitable institu- tions. In nearly all such instances their liberality has been widely beneficial. It happens, however, that some ostentatious givers have bestowed their gifts from considerations of vanity or sentiment, and as many of these have been harmful rather than helpful to the communities receiving them, they have given | risé to the definition to which Carnegie refers. It is indisputable that a rich man without sense is more injurious than a rich man without munificence. | Wealth is rarely ever better employed than when in- vested in great industries that give work and wages to thousands of people. To withdraw it from that employment for the purpose of bestowing it upon promiscuous charities is by no means an act of good iscnse. Mr. Carnegie evidently means he is not going | to scatter his wealth in that way. He is now a very interesting figure to all institutions in America and Great Britain that would like endowments, and he need not fear but what he will be watched by more peoole than the editor whose watching he has invited. industries, and | The | genuine s__vmpalhy for all who suffer—were alone | honored with that title, but now it has come to mean | NEW CHARTER HAS NOT GONE INTO EFFECT —ie No Rebates for Li- cense Payers. e THE LAW ON THE SUBJECT SRS TIME FOR ITS BECOMING OPERA- TIVE EXP.LESSLY FIXED. e D Lawyers Undertake to Recover the Amounts Paid for Licenses Since February on a Con- “tingent. sl Some of the heaviest license-payers in the city, including merchants, bankers | and theatrical managers, have signed a | petition, at the instance of Knight & | Heggerty and Frank McGowan, lawyers, | demanding the refunding of the amounts ;lhey have paia into the License Collect- or’s office since February, on the ground that the new charter abolishes the office of License Collector and that the charter became operative immediately upon its approval by the Legislature. tition with the understanding that they | will receive 50 per cent of the amount so | refunded and shall not be put to any ex- | pense for the collection, the attorneys de- | fraying all costs and taking the other 50 | per cent for their trouble. It is asserted that fully 1500 license-payers have entered into the agreement with the lawyers. It is not apparent how the lawyers ex- pect to prove their contention, for the charter itself expressly provides that it | shall become operative on January 1, 1900. The following is taken from an anno- tated volume on the new charter by At- | torney E. F. Treadwell: When the charter takes effect—By the pro- | certain purposes, goes into effect ‘on the Ist day of January, 1%00. Section 8 of article XI of ‘the constitution provides that if the charter is “‘approved by a majority vote of the mem- bers elected to each house, it shall become the charter of such city,”” etc. Under the pro- vision there might be some - question as to wpether the charter does not take effect as so%n as adopted by the Legislature; but it is not believed that this is the effect of the pro- visions of the constitution. Coliector Sheehan early in February, when he applied to the Supervisors for more funds with which to conduct his of- fice, claiming that under the new charter the duties of License Collector had de- | volved upon him, and as that instrument had gone into effect immediately upon its | approval by the Legislature, it was nec- essary for him to employ additional help to_collect license The matter w County Attorney Lane, who submitted a | written opinion to the board on Febru- | ary 18 adverse to the Tax Collector's contention. Attorney Lane quoted at | port of his finding. He said there was | nothing in the constitution in contlict | with the express provision of the charter | postponing the time of its becoming ope- | rative until January 1, 19%. It might go | into effect immediately upon its approval by the Legislaturé if the charter itself did not fix the date upon which it was | to become operative. In closing Attorney | Lane said: “I therefore advise that the new charter is not now in operation, e~ cept for the purpose of an election to be held in November next, and, further, that | for general purposes it does not go into effect until January 1, X That, apparently, is about as good law as any the attorneys who are seeking to mulct the city out of many thousands of dollars may have to support their conten- tion, but it is possible they may have a | joker up their sleeve. If they have, "‘EK are careful not to expose it now. Iran McGowan was not inclined to discuss the | matter yesterday beyond stating that a test would be made shortly. But even this test, it appears, is not to censes. The plan as at present outlined who is entitled to more charter, to institute mandamus proceed- ings against Auditor Asa R. Wells to compel him to audit his claim at the in- creased rate. duce some captain of 3 on these lines, but there is an evident | ehyness among those interested to do be found who will be willing to have the fight made in his name. rominent lawyers take little stock in | the contention, and-even the business men | themselves who have gone into the | scheme do not express much hope of get- ting any returns from it. As one of them sald yesterday: “It doesn't cost us any thing to attempt to get our license mone back, and if we receive 50 per cent we are just that much ahead. take all the risk and they are welcome to the other half.” AROUND THE CORRIDORS A. J. Hyde of Watsonville is at the Grand. E. 8. Valentine of Fresno is stopping at the Lick. Dr. Barton G. Powell of Sacramento is at the Grand. A. G. Hart, a merchant of Colfax, was among yesterday’s arrivals. | Colonel R. L. Peeler of Fresno is among | the guests at the California. John George Leigh of the London Times | is registered at the Occidental. L. E. Norton, a St. Helena vineyardist, is spending a few days in this city. J. T. Lesher, a wealthy drug dealer of Lansing, Mich., is registered at the Lick. ‘W. 1. de Garmo of Los Angeles arrived yesterday and is registered at the Cali- fornia. Dr. E. A. Dickinson of Ukiah was | among yesterday’s arrivals at the Ocei- dental. J. C. Wolfskill, a wealthy warehouse man of Suisun, was among yesterday’s ar- rivals at the Lick. Governor Gage arrived last evening, after having spent the day at San Quen- tin. He is at the Palace. H. D. Talcott, a prominent real estate dealer of Pacific Grove, arrived yester- day and registered at the Grand. W. 1. Lambkey and wife of Washing- ton, D: C., are stopping at the California. They will tour the State before returning East. | —_————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, May 12—J. W. Chisholm of San Francisco is at the Manhattan; M. P. Detels and wife of San Francisco are at the Fifth Avenue. W. Wilson, wife and family of San Francisco are in Paris. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, May 12.—Mrs. W. §. Leake, Miss Georgia Speiker and J. G. Mansfield of San Francisco are at the ‘Wellington. Slot Machine Man Punished. H. Fosten, a‘saloon-keeper on Bush street, was convicted by Judge Treadwell on January 25 of having a nickel-in-the- slot machine in his saloon that turned out checks payable in money at the bar, ang was fined $100. Fosten appealed, but yes- terday Actlnf Judge Groezinger recerved a remittitur from the Superior Court, the al having been di appeal 1 M..; smissed. Fosten These business men have signed the pe- visions of this schedule the charter, except for | This question was first raised by Tax | { referred to City and | be made directly on the question of li-| is to induce some employe of the city, | ay under the | Efforts were made to in- | olice to begin suit | this, but it is hn[)ed that somebody will | he lawyers | AL DELN MY DEFET THE BOND ELECTION e Surveyor Tilton Said to Be Disqualified. CRap e | CANNOT RECEIVE PAY AS A SEWER COMMISSIONER. e His Appointment Said to Be Ren- dered Void by a Provision of the Consolidation Act. T | The intent of the resolution recently | adopted by the Board of Supervisors rel- ative lo the preparation of plans for a sewer system to be submitted to the peo- | ple at a bond election bids fair to be frustrated by reason of the alleged in- | eligibility of one of the three Commission- ers selected to perform the work. By the | | terms of the resolution the work was del- | egated to a comsission composed nl‘| Marsden Manson, C. BE. Grunsky and| | City and County Surveyor Tilton. Each of the Commissioners is to receive the sum of $4000. It is this item of compensation that is causing all of the trouble, as it is al- leged that under the law the Board of Supervisors has no power to grant addi- | | tional compensation to an official Who | | receives a salary from the municipal gov- | ernment. It is also asserted that the| same law debars a salaried official from | receiving or accepting any remuneration | from the city other than his salary. If| this construction of the law is correct | Glade, late of Mr. Tilton’s membership in the commis- sion will have to be canceled and the va cancy will have to be filled by resolution } of the Board of Supervisors. The time | required to correct this mistake, if one | has been made, will so retard the inaug- | uration and completion of the work re | | quired of the commission that not suffi- | clent time will be left to comply with | the provisions of the law in_the ‘matter | | of calling a bond election. The election | must be held during the present year if |at all. Messrs. Manson and Grunsky es- timate that it will require at least four | | months' time to make the necessary sur- | | veys and prepare the plans for the pro-| posed sewer system. This being so, the | delay of a month in the inauguration of thg work will prove fatal to the plan for holding a bond election in December. | Those who contend that City and C(.un-‘ |ty Surveyor Tilton is not eligible to a place on the commission at a salary of $4000 for the term of his services point | to the following section of the consolida- tion act in support of their contention: Article 1, Section 11—No shall be al compensation owed to Supervisors or School | Directors, and no fees or compensation to | | be pald out of the city and county treas- ury, other than those allowed in this act, shall be allowed or received by a f T of said city and county, or of an nor shall any allowance or Dro be made for them, Or any of them, at tHe pub- lc expense, under the name of office rent, | fuel, lights, etc. The foregoing seems to be explicit an | convincing. The only compensation to be paid by the city to the Surveyor is fixed by the consolidation act as fol- | lows: : To the City and County Survevor, $00 per annum, which shall be in lieu of all fees or other charges for official services, | which would otherwise be a city and | county charge, and he shall charge and col- lect for services rendered individuals such fees as may be prescribed and allowed by | the Board of Supervisors. The matter is now being made the sub- ject of serious consideration by Mayor Phelan and the members of the Board of Supervisors, | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. | AT STRASBURG—H. F. M., City. There |is no United States Consul at Strasburg, | Germany. = | THE YORKTOWN—The United States | ship Yorktown is at the Asiatic station, now at Manila. ° DEATH OF CAVILL—J. H. C. City. Cavill, the swimmer, was drowned at Stockton, Cal., May 23, 1897. | 1 A LADY WRITER—H. F. M,, City. The | lady asked about will not write for the | | | paper mentioned, having severed her con- nection with it, ¢ (RS D . M. C., San Mateo, Cal. For Information on the subject of iron| ore address a communication to the State Mining Bureau, with self-addressed and stamped envelope for reply. The bureau is in the ferry depot building, foot of THE FIRST POSTOFFICE—M., City. The first postoffice in San Francisco was established in 184 at the corner of Clay and Pike (now Waverly place) streets. It was subsequently moved to Brenham place and Clay street, then to the south slde of Clay street, near Kearny, and then to the building on the corner of Washing- ton and Battery streets, where it now is. MARRIAGE AND INSANITY-—W. D. M., Comptche, Cal. Insanity is not one of { the grounds upon which a husband can apply for a divorce in California, that is, | if insanity developed after marriage, but | a marriage may be annulled if insanity existed at the time of marriage, uniess such party after coming to reason freely cohabit together as husband and wife. | In such case the action may be com- | menced by the party injured or relative or guardian of the party of unsound mind at any time before the death of either | mizsed the jury | the accused over party. | was presented, after wt VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY FOR McGLADE —_— Acquitted of the First Charge. SR TWO SALARIES PROHIBITED | MUST AGAIN STAND TRIAL gt SEVERAL CHARGES YET TO BE HEARD. 2 Although Congratulated on His Es- cape- the Accused Was Not Cheerful as He Must Again Stand Trial. g Robert Cleary, 1658 Market. E. P. Enright, 1131 Howard. W. S. Gage, 330 Market. L. H. Harter, 810 Page. A. Berg, 732 Golden Gate avenue. J. W. Eaton, 639 Market. W. F. Mills, 2607 Fillmore. C. M. Levy, 2727 Pacific avenue. L. Levinsky, 922 O’Farrell. A. Fromberg, 1525 Steiner. J. E. Dealey, 503 Larkin. F. N. Martinotti, 307 Mason. T ifies he above-named gentlemen, who qual- as talesmen on the jury of Peter Mc- the Street Department, who was charged with forging various warrants upon the City and County Treasurer, came into court late yesterday | afternoon and filed a verdict finding the defendant not guilty of the crime charged against him. The verdict was as great a surprise to the accused as it was to the court-frequenters, but the end is not yet. McGlade must stand trial upon a score more of forged warrants before he can call himself a free man, and the term necessary to try these cases stretches itself out along a weary length; so doubt- ision of yesterday failed to upon charge of having forged a warrant upon the Street Department for $96 in the name of a party who was not only a minus quantity upon the payroll of the Street Department but as well on any ch of the municipal government. Mc- Glade's counsel contended that inasmuch as the warrant was illegal upon 1 t was not the subject of a forger: a lengthy argument Judge CooK over- ruled the objection of the defendant's counsel to the admission of the doc ment and the c A majority of the officials connect ith the Super- ede 1w | intendent of Streets’ office were called to | testify against the accused, and hand- writing experts gave their opinion .at the document upon which the charge was based was forged by the accused. In de- fe of the charge McGlade was placed upon the stand and his testimony alone the case was argued. Shortly before noon the jury was charged and retired to deliberate upon a verdict. The hours passed and no signal rom the jury called the Deputy Sheriff o the door. Just as the time for an ad- journment came the bell signaled that a verdict had been reached. Judge Coo was summoned, the jury was brought into court and announced that the defendant was not guilty. Congratulations were then in order, but McGlade was not ex- tremely cheerful, as other charges yet r main to be heard. Judge that freed the accused, and put the cases still standing aga for further com: eration. The courtroom was then cleared, McGlade held a whispered conversation with his counsel and the day's session was at an end. Cream mixed candies, 25c Ib. 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