The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 8, 1899, Page 12

SIN FRANCISCO SHIPPING GO0DS |, e —— | © Not Enough Vessels ‘ P to Handle Trade. O CK ON THE BAR LIGHTSHIP BA SEVERAL CHANGES ARE MADE AMONG HER OFFICERS. SR nors of Washington and Kansas it the Towa—Accident to the Battleship’s Launch—Water Front Notes. | | HO4CIOIDS DIOHOITI0H0 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1899. ANOTHER HEROIC ACT BY ENGINEER WILLS THD THOUSM PHILADELPHA RS T0 4D Allies. for the Traffic ol Association. NEW YORK AND BOSTON JOIN LOS ANGELES ALSO PROMISES CO-OPERATION. Preparations Are Further Forwarded for the Great Fight in Be- half of Pacific Coast Trade. S e Two thousand commercial houses of Philadelphia will stand with the Pacific Coast Traflic Association in the fight be- | fore the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion. These 2000 houses are members of | the Trade League of Philadelphia. The secretary of the Trade League has sent this word: “I am interested in maintain- < >4 < 4O+ @ 2.3 ing the same rates from seaboard cities Q to Caiifornia as formerly applied and do P not think that Mississippl River points s | are entitled to any lower rates, as they 6 rli("m ari:loll Ehty. drobied 1nto He Wt | have no water competition to contend + They informed District Engineer with, while we have constantly.” Q John f\nugheny that a woman was in In addition many more thousands of ) the house, and Mr, Dougherty lost no Eastern houses included in the member- time in notifying Mr. Wills, who was 3 izations are ed in directing the work of the Bip oL e f0 oW s +O4 ; dged: ingland Hurdware Deal- fi n from the Dupont stre de. pledged: New England Hard - De o Engineer Wills, withoot a moments ers’ Assoclaion, New York Hardware hesitation, rushied into the bullding & | Club, Haraware Merchants' and Manu- and hastily groped his way upstairs | facturers’ Association of Philadelphia, through the thick smoke. He found Southern Hardware Jobbers' Assqciation Rim Qu lying on a matting couch un- Q| of Arkansas and Texas Hardware Job- conscious. Wills lifted the Insensible 4 |pe.2 Assooiation. The secretary of the form upon his shoulder and made for & | BS Associavion. ~yhe, BRCFEUIE Hation the rear stairw leading into Bart- The stairs were ablaze by has sent the following: ‘‘The question presented is of vital incerest to all Texas and the irritating smoke © | O R ¢ c suffoca Jobbers, as we are placed in almost the ISTRICT ENGINEER JOHN Bk the Dsronmeat witn s lovents ure speeding. Friday an asso- OHO4+ 040+ Q4 O T0 SELECT THE ~ UNIFORMS FOR - THEGURRDMEN t n in the presentation of presiding officers must notify the 4 that they must T ing Board for and pass an exa edge in the following, etc “olonel Cluff, adjutant on the division e pplied for a l0-year service ation when ion as to his second lieutenant laypool has been it of Company W. E. Bean, re- The Board Opens Bids of Nine Firms. o The board on uniforms fo neral J. H. bids 1 for, and two re seve & Co., $2 24, over Rothschild $3 65, trousers Auditor Wells B Saves Considerable Lillle Company of Clev (reinfor overcoats $935, caps cents extra), 7 Litchfield & Co., ci (reinforced ercoats $9 7. —Caps 81 cents. r all the bids had been read the ent was made that two of the bic fi , Rothschila & Co. a low having manifested in g t of order. The ly, but ~he i that it would which bids , that it s tested, and that would be cut out s. The board then dis- methods of having the 1l not know whose pert he is experting. It is stated that the officers of the De- , but it is test the goods offere if n ose who are interested in hav- uard furnished with serviceable s express the hope that the board e the best test made and the co be held to a strict accountabllity. glon w AT J. C. Watson, rs from brigade headquarters direct s G. Maguire have in A.,A. Hanks, A. D. C., to pre- Consolidated - - at an élection for first lleutenant of pital stock of Company G, Fifth Infantry, vice G. H, | Wethern, term expired. Paragraph 2 of E ® OJOXOJOROXO, JOROXONCROROXCL 0RO OJOXOROXOJOXOXOJO] ® ® s 11 DESL 1S DI, FICICeSs., ® ® ® Try an Electric Belt for that pain, ® Weakness, Lame Back or anything = else that ails you (except poverty), and < you will be pleased with the result. ® Electricity will brace you up, put new @® life into you and make you feel twenty years younger than you do at present. That’s what a GOOD Electric Belt will do; but be sure you get a good one while you are about it. In short, BUY NO BELT TILL YOU SEE “DR. PIBRCE'S.”" 2 cents in stamps for “Booklet Address PIERCE ELECTRIC C0., Send N " ® 620 Market st. (opposite Palace Hotel), 8 SAN FRANCISCO. ® [cXCXCXOROROXOROJOROROXOROJOXOJOXOJOXOXOXOJOJOXO) the National |- city—Blouses $4 07, | reed upon a plan by | partment of California, U. 8. A., have of- | he board will accept the | PO OOPPOPOROORPRRROE ollowing orders for ta Naval Militia have b ission signed will shoot es in Oc- The n s hereby his ab- rank will ing ¢ Bbove pract! ne rifl e rhall be with ttalion sta- e steamship oot with revolvers at Shell nder the inspection of the ord- and in his ab the s in October ed on board ta will shoot ction of the Division, N. G. C. Colts 38-caliber United States Navy reg- ulation revolver shall be used in all pistol prac- tice. has been recommended Naval Mi- and, ab- engineer of the ngineer Kingsl d In the first div vacancies caused by the exp terms of Lieu t Junior Grade Eman- uel and Ensign Morrison. As a result of the recent cruise on the ill be issued that no one nted petty officer unless he to pass in_examination in 90 per cent. The petty officers now in the service will all | indérgo an examination before next De- cembe | cago will ne witry, located at | s | the committee. T e e ] { There 1s still a vacancy on the dlvision | staff caused by the death of Paymaster Emerfe. 1t is reported that there is to be another vacancy in that staff at an | early day, but who it is that is going out is not announced. | _There will be a special meeting of the Veteran Signal Corps in the Ellis street armory on the night of the 14th inst. for the purpose,.as the announcement signed by George Daly, O. G., commander, and Charles B. Potter Jr., adjutant, says, “of welcoming home the Tast of our comrades from the Philippines. Business will be dis- ensed with as far as possible; the sub- | Jeet of dues will not even be hinted at; there will be something to eat, somethin, to drink and a pipe or two, S0 no mem- ber need be scared away.” — A YEAQX, OF GOOD WORK. Annual Meeting of the Loecal Red Cross. The. San Francisco Red Cross Soclety held its annual meeting yesterday after- noon at the rooms of the Philomath Club, Van Ness avenue. Reports of the year's work were made by the officers and a new board was elected. Presldent Mrs. John F. Merrill stated in her opening re- marks that few of the members though at the last annual session that when the next year rolled around it would find the country still involved in war. : ““Unfortunately for us and our institu- tlon this most harassing, perplexing and irritating cenflict is still upon us with no prospect of speedy peace. this trying year we of the Red Cross have felt with ever deeper convictions that so long as our soldlers are passing back and forth through our Golden Gate that we, too, cannot lay down our arms, for there must always be something that 'we can do for those who are doing so much for us across the seas.” She said that the work of the ladies, which was formerly endured by the army officials, was now invited, and as a fur- ther proof of the high esteem in which the society is now held it was announced that Mrs. Merrill had had conferred upon her the honor of being elected a corre- sponding member of the National Asso- clation of Military Surgeons. One of the most interesting reports was | | | | | Through all | | | graded rates proposed by the St. Louis | i | obbe:s. y All the indications are that the fight before the Interstate Commissioners wiil be ible from several points of view. All roads doing busin ast of Chi- 1y favor the contention | of the On the other side { will be Louls, Chicago, E Paul 4 bound up with the ommuniti acific Coast T n will be named next Tues atio Sanborn’s narrative of the of the transportation com; o G. es M F. eXDper mitte se spoke of the “muggins masco.s” that had given the committes so much trouble and condemned the regi- ments for allowing the boys to follow them away from their homes. Her dis- course replete with amusing inci- dents and abounded in_happy suggestions for the future work of the committee. W. Scott spoke of the Presidio W. B. Harrington talked in ; of the work throughout the The treasurer's report 1ce on hand at the date of The receipts dur- and the balance M A. tent and_ Mri a general wa 71 57 & report 81 The expen- $18,974 S1. « re irles R, nleaf, ppealed to the society to wise in es- the jor Gre assist her fi v and oth circulating libra for tablishing a oldier b Manila. She pictured the | need of such an institution and the good it would do. Mrs. Lowenberg W named a committee to assist M Greenleaf in the work. A meeting v be held next Wednesday night at Mrs. | Greenleaf's rooms at the Pleasanton to discuss the matter. The following board of directors was elected for the ensuing year: Mrs. John | F. Merrill, Mrs. W rd B. Harrington, Mis: /. Be Mr Dun- . L. Lowenb Mrs. C. W. St der, Mrs. Arthur Cornwall, dell Easton, Willard B. Har- rs. A. S. Hubbard, Mrs. W. H. s, L. Martinez, Mrs. J. G. B. Freeman, Mrs. Lou- medberg, Mrs. J. fe Gwin, Mrs. . G. Buckingham, snzie, Mrs. Kdwin S. P. Shaw, Mrs. J. F. G. Sanborn. selected Mrs. Merrill as Beaver first vice Sanborn second vice p Mrs snberg third vice president, Mrs! Buckingham fourth vice president, Mrs. Harrington treasurer, Mrs. Slack 'corre- sponding se ary, Mrs. Breyfogle re- cording secretary. During the meeting music was furnished by the Twenty-elghth Infantry band from the Presidio under the leadership of Bandm: Scott Cameron Robert reyfogle, M Loosby, M The directo president, de 3 Masonic Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons will hold its fiftieth annual con- vocation in the Masonic Temple in this city for the transaction of such business as shall come before it during the several days that it shall remain in session and to elect officers for the ensuing term. Charles L. Patton, at present deputy grand master, will be the successor of Judge F. M. Angellotti, the grand master. THE PEERLESS OIL COMPANY Offers 5000 shares of its stock at $1 per share. Capital stock 100,000 shares, Par Value . 1 00' per share. This company’s property consists of 160 acres of patented land in the very center of the famous ern River District, Midway hetween the ELWOOD WELL and the TIBBETTS WELL (both producers), “and it is sur- rounded by wells'in various stages RN A GLos! VESTIGATION IS A contract for sinking is about to be let and a strike of oil may be expected at 220 to 250 feet depth. OFFICE—Room 47, Eighth Floor, Mills Buildin," K eenleaf, wife of Ma- | ack, | presi- | resident, | |ing his version of the accident CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO CARS AND RIOUSLY HURT Accident to Eleven=~ Year-Old Boy. HIS RIGHT FOOT CRUSHED FRANK SMITH MAIMED BY A FREIGHT TRAIN. e, Through Rare Presence of Mind the Boy Managed to Escape Being Mangled Into a Shape- less Mass, S Frank Smith, aged 11 years, narrowly escaped being killed by a freight train at | Twentieth and Illinois streets late yester- day afternoon. As it was, he had his right foot crushed to such an extent that amputation may be necessary. Shortly after 5 o’clock the unfortunate boy was returning to his home at 908 Il- | linois street, and as his progress was blocked by a freight train’he started to cross between two of the cars. Just as he placed his hands on the iron coupling that held the cars preparatory to jumping over it the traln started. boy was knocked down, the wheel crush- ing his right foot. How he escaped being instantly killed seems miraculous. After the traln had gone on for a short distance one of the members of the crew saw the boy lying on the road and he at once signaled the engineer to stop. With the assistance of a bystander the unfortunate child was carried to his home, where a doctor was | summoned. was sent to the Cit; pital and treated by and County Hos- r. Onesti. The boy claims that after he had started | to cross between the cars the man In chargetgave the signal to the engineer to | proceed: “Seeing my danger,” he said, whex} giv~ “I en- deavored to jump over the cuufifing that held the cars, when I was knocked down I had the presence of mind to quickly re- gain my feet and tried to get out of the way of the cars. The next Instant the frm‘lt wheel of the last car struck my foot | | and passed over it. Stunned from the shock, I threw myself off the track, which act saved my lif ———— Involuntary Bankrupt. A. O. Mulligan, Scott & Magner and the Amerjcan Bank and Trust Company of San Franclsco filed a petition in the United States District Court yesterday asking that the Willlam Kerr Company be declared an involuntary bankrupt. — e Mrs. Minnie Adams, convicted of the murder of her 2-year-old son, John Rich- ard Grey, was taken before Judge Lawlor for sentence yesterd. but at the request of her counsel, J. N. E. Wilson, next Sat- urday was set for the argument of a mo- tion for a new trial, and the matter of | sentence was postponed. white man’s burden upon his_back, o she B : WILLS performed another act of and reeled into-the alley like a drunk- gn';x(}mua\;d?l:::mebga:x\numey slhl?;lcfit%emgé ; herolsm yesterda act none €n man, amid the cheers of the spec- @ | committee met and appointed a commit- 3 the less herofc because the sub- tators _‘1"_“ ousn taken out of tee consisting of Waketield Baker and L. & ject was a Chinese woman, who died LRe £fowd and a physiclan summoned, ¢ | Guggenheim to engage an_attorney to i but before he arrived she was dead. | appear at IWashington before the Inters [ ¥ ufter having been taken out of a a few seconds after Wills o | obhedr 8t Wastngtoy o committee .also 4 ning building by the brave fireman from the burning building | elected R. H. Bennett secretary and L. ° e risk of his own life in trying the woman the balcony, with | R. Lilienthal treasurer. Yesterday a mes- ve hers. r seven firemen, members of No. ¥ | sige was received from the Mérchants >4 - §:45 o'clock tn L fEhsine company, fell to the ground and Manufacturers’ Association of Los o fire broke out at 8:45 o'clock In with o crash. firemen fortunate- @ Angeles as follows: *We assure you of + the morning in the second story of a Iy escaped With only a few slight + | hearty co-operation, es we realize the & C e lodging-house at 101 Bartlett b s and scratches, O ho. matter e’ T.08 by twelve and fourteen Engineer Dougherty said | Angeies Association also hoped that a + Ve Gifesp af fhe um was fortunate for the China- = | sohd front would be presented before the o bl e Gif. men Who escaped that the thick % would have becn Suf- wooden bars which had protected the + | ° smoke had it not been back windows had been removed a @ | e . woman 2 old few days previously by his orders, He this week. o Ah Chut, the lodging- has o ed 1 of all bars Good reports are expected from the rep- + The woman ran from from window ors, and is oblig- 4 | resentatives of California who went north ¢ e ened tha in. g tle /oy of Chinatown build- @ |last week to awaken the northern job- + e T foa = ifha AN O SDE fire escapes. | bers and wholesalers in Seattle and Ta- . mates, and abandoned t he damage to the building and con- 6 | coma. These were A. L. Scott of Mil % woman to hi fate and escaped tents will not exceed §1000. It is owned | Sloss & Scott; A. Rulofson of Baker © through two W to a balcony, by G. Chichizola. & | Hamiiton: “Arthur Towne of Blake, Mof- b 040+ + | fitt & Towne, .fi]nxd ('hurlers 3’ mqf i:_u‘«‘;_{%: e -~ D404 04040 A & Co. Theso represents ] 4040404040 +O 43404040 0101010040104 @ trivesq %o fry 1o get the entire Job- the orders, which Is in the following | bing trade of the Northwest to work in )ws that the office boy has got | concert and asa unit in opposition to the The hapless | Bubsequently young Smith | DECISION OF Th SUPREME COURT ON THE CHART Report of a Peculiar Compromise. COUNTY OFFICERS ARE SAFE| coml A THEY MAY SERVE OUT THEIR FULL TERMS. PaArII e San Francisco May Be Compelled to Exist Under a Confusing Com- posite Government for Three Years. Al Bl Rumors were rife yesterday that the Supreme Court had rendered its decision | in reference to the legality and constitu- tionality of the charter, and that the opinion of the court down when the tribunal assembled at | Los Angeles. The members of the court | left yesterday afternoon for the southern | | city ‘and no absciute confirmation of the | reports could be obtained. Those that are perhaps in a position to know declare, | | however, that the decision has been writ- | | ten and is essentially a compromise opin- fon sustaining the constitutionality of the charter and establishing the legality of its adoption, but granting to the county ofticers the full term for which they were elected. This means that purely county officers, | | such as the Sheriff, Coroner, County Clerk, | | Recorder, District Attorney and Public | | Administrator, will hold office for tm"l | years from last January. Not long since | the Supreme Court decided that the coun- | ty officers under the provisions of the | county government act held office for | four years. It is presumed that this act | | 1s superior to the charter, which would possess a retroactive power if it nullified | the law under which the counties of the State are governed. If the opinion of the Supreme Court be as it has: been represented the officials that have a purely municipal power must be elected at the approaching election, it { have the right to dictate their own affairs where that dictation is not in conflict with the organic law of the State. San government for at least three years, when the terms of the present county officers would expire and their successors would be elected under the provisions of the charter. This would necessarily involve some confusion, which would have to be endured until the charter became fully operative. Postmaster in Trouble. SANTA CRUZ, Oct. 7.—B. C. Epperson, Postmaster at Epperson, Colusa County, was convicted here to-day in the Justice’s Court of opening Mrs. Louise Clarke’s let- ters without permission. tenced Monday. B . Connolly Will Contested. VALLEJO, Oct. 7.—Charles C. Connolly filed a contest to the will of Catherine Connolly on the ground that he is-an hefr. | Mrs. Connolly left an estate valued at | $14,000. being assumed that the people of the city | Francisco would tien have a composite | He will be sen- | A CHARGES CURTAL WITH THE CRIME OF INFIDELITY Divorce Suit Ends Family Trouble. SPICY COMPLAINT FILED TELLS A STORY OF VIOLATION OF MARITAL VOWS. Sl Alleges That for Some Time Past He Has Been Lavishing His At~ tentions on Miss May Scribner. e Josephine 8. Curtaz yesterday filed a spicy suit for divorce against her hus- band, Benjamin A. Curtaz, vice president would be handed ! of the firm of Benjamin Curtaz & Son, , 18 O'Farrell street. Adul- tery is the ground upon which Mrs. Cur- taz seeks for a decree of court granting her an absolute divorce, Miss May Scrib- ner being named as The complaint, if borne out by facts, re- veals a condition which indicates that the defendant in the suit is lost to all honor and decency, for it is charged that he not only violated his marital vows, but did it in such open and notorious manner as to bring public humiliation and disgrace to the woman he swore to honor and protect. By way of introduction to her complaint Mrs. Curtaz sets forth that she marrie her husband in Oakland on July After a short residence in the ci the bay they moved to th gan housekeeping at 1307 They have two children, Years of age, and Albert born in March, 189 Curtaz alleges, her hus scandal with Miss Scribr sequently, in this city, he k Recamier, 632 Post street, she avers, then, to place a fitting climax on the s dal, took the woman to his home during | the absence of Mrs. Curtaz. Miss Serib- ner acted in such a bold, notori a ner, Mrs. Curtaz continues, that she w the common talk of the neighbors, which was a cause of great mental Worry to the plaintiff. In addition to the household furniture, which she values at §2000, Mrs. Curt says. her husband has in his posse stock in the corporation of which he is vice president which is worth $75,000. She asks for the furniture and an equal divi- siorr of all other of her husband’s assets and the custody of hoth her children, as she avers that her husband is not a fit and proper person to retain their custody. Dean Held. SANTA BARBARA, Oct. plano deal acro and be- er stree amin F., 5 who Wa Benj H T.—Charles Dean, who is charged with forging the name of Railroad Contractor Wiley on two time checks for $222, was held to | answer in_the Superior 'surt to-day un- | der $1000 bonds. 7 “ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE.” All the world’s a stage, In fai d_bell v And all the men and women capronm]‘xll?ed, ST e merely players; With eyes v They have their exits and their tormal eut, s HOAOKOAPKOKOKOHOXOHONDAPRONOH, @ @ * * % kS % ® * & * @ * kS * ® * & * > * & * & entrances; Full of wise saws and modern And one man in his time plays instanc many parts, And so he plays his part. The Hlsflav:s"}:eingf seven ages. At sixth age tnirts | rst the infant, Into the lean and slippered pan- Me“']lng' and puking In his taloon, 5 Lo nurse’s arms. With spectacles on nose and And then the whining school- peuch on side; boy, with his satchel His youthful ho well saved, wit I se, , a Andcr :g;xun?k morn]ilng face, world too wide eeping like snal For his shrunk shank; and Un\:'}illm}z to school. And then biz, manly voice, Rt e lover, Turning again toward chil Bighing like furnace, with a trvrffie. iipes e And whistles in his sound. scene of all, That ends this strange eventful weeful ballad Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then the soldier, Last Fuuh of strange oaths and 2 history, earded like the pard, 2‘ ® Is second childishness and mere Jr-alwulsktn honor, sudden and 4 oblivion quick in quarrel, b Sans teeth, sans ey at € > 8 - s eyes, sans ::(;91;:ng the bubble reputation 3 taste, sans everything. In the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, —iAs You Like It,” Act II, Scene 7. 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