The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 20, 1899, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1899. DEFAULTED AND DESERTED | BECAUSE OF A SOUBRETTE Private Albert Polk Ran the Pace Along the Line. He Met an Expensive Lady in Iza ¢ Miller, and Robbed the Presidio | Telegraph Office for Funds. Qrivsieivieiedeiel REPAVEMENT OF STREETS. Merchants Striving for a Better Sys- tem in Business Blocks. Merch A tavor The Ks Handsome Christmas Presents. aves art FARO CASES DISMISSED. Complaints Defective and the Ordi- nance Inconsistent With the State Law. After numerous delays the cases of the by Captain Witt- rvey's resort, 143 d of yesterday fon of Pros- ssed them Mason street, w by Judge Conlan, & e y Low a. Hamilton, Bd- LoD son, A. L. Brown m Dormer, were charged with abling “house. Through a complaints the printed 10 read » practice » purpose s made on wl he ground under w hich the arrests were with the » 1t & made was e law, which #e for any one When the cases d again yes- the Pro g Attorney moved for thelr dismissal he sald the objec- tions of the attorneys for the defend. wrere well taken and the e £0 orde ———————— 80 Per Cent Saved. Diamonds have advanced elghty per ws of the Diamond ¥ street, is still sell- sage prices an Opan t g obtained before t that evenings ————— MALPRACTICE ALLEGED. Coroner Hill Investigating the Death of William McGaughran, Charles MceGaughran has asked Coroner HIll to investigate the death of his broth er, William McGaughran, who died ten days ngo in the French Hosp McGaughran was treated for a simplo Aisease at Waller's drugstore, st < corner of Seventh and Minna streets, his condition became 0 alarming that he was taken to the French Hospital he was treate Dudley Charles Ml told him that drugstore. had properly he death cer- Uficate, setting death was caused by blood poisoning, brought about by gangrene. sner Hill has started an investigation of the affair, and will call upon Dr. Tait -day to explain why he issued a death certificate certifying to natural causes When he thought that the death had been | brought about by malpractice. Dr. Parker's Cough Cure. One dose will stop & cough. Never faila. Tryit. All druggists. than an m n street, b :pt very quie his it ] it the Presidio, and no one those w frequently put up at the Royal | Tavern and he was more al 1t and at th occasio visitor her own ph ¢ ho worked with b fMoe, kne ! city to Y see was opened in s now in New York AMONG HUSBANDS AND WIVES | deal for the consclidation of three can- In the present combine twenty-two can- | to office on the strength Of‘“ S AN 16 DULLE, O b were absorbed. In that quarter the | joker” in the general appropriation bill, | pt [0 bUnlsh Cooper for contempt. A interest is manifested, as the |and cannot legally receive compensation | hands and tc dir the expenditure of the new combination would bring in _some services unless the State’s Min- | bureau’s appropriation adopted. The | strong opposition. = Johnson, in addition appoints them officers of the | Promo of the punishment scheme | to desiring to be a selling agent in the O lilig Sarects Were not familiar with the provisions of | East for the three cc concerning ate 2 i pureati. the constitution, hence their plans have which the stories are afloat, is represent- | The crafty schemes. the cunning dodges | come to grief. The persons bent on get- ed to be looking for a direct European | ang the fine work to get control of the | tIng even with Cooper had the following connection. This would be favored by |gioio Mining Bureau throughout varlous Provislon inserted in the general appro- " " S e GOLD BRICKS GIVEN BY — GAGE TO MINING MEN Dismay Caused by a Joker in the General Amp_riation Bill. Adorable Walter S. Maxwell of Los Angeles Is on the Governor's Slate to Succeed State Mineralogist A. S. Cooper. at New York. Partles Interested in California canner- fes were stirred up yesterday by the news that a private dispatch had been received from New York confirming the rumor that Frank S. Johnson had concluded a outside of the combine. These the California Canneries Company, the Golden Gate Cannery and ry of Code-Portwood. news differed materially from that received some days ago. Then Jo was reported to have disposed of amounting to $750,00 in a new o tion, intended to cerns named, the s: conditioned upon rpora, absorb the three con- le of the stock being the acceptance of the price for the canneries that the Eastern people were willing to pay. The later rumor is that the deal is absolute. The same denlals are met with on Cali- fornia street that were heard a week ago. TEPHEN M. BOWERS, ednm: of ‘V predecessors, Messrs, Irelan snd Craw- | Still it appears that all the parties con- | the California Volce of Lalor,|ford. It is further asserted that Mr. cerned believe more firmly in the deal Los Angeles, and W. L. Watts, | Cooper went so far as to refer contemptu- geologist, who were recently ap- pointed by Governor Gage to eX- amine mineral lands, should have taken out a policy in the Gold Brick Insurance | Company, Limited. They were appointed | ously if not disrespectfully to the Mother | Lode by asking 1f the Father Lode and Sister Lode should not recelve some no- tice from the State authorities. When the Legislature convened than before. Johnson had options on two canneries, so the story goes, before he de- parted for the East. Concerning the third ccncern there are conflicting stories and truth is hard to reach. i last winter some persons behind the scenes de- priation measure: | For eupport of State Mining Bureau, | cluding salaries, $50,000; provided that $2 000 of sald sum’ shail be exvended in mak- ing a practical and scientific examination of the mother lode, and other mineral distric the merchants who have taken a financial interest in the deal In progres s man, who has excellent op- es 10 know the general situation h dicted Johnson | regimes constitute an interesting chapter. For many years William Irelan, & tained by George Hearst, the able and | generous miner, had free rein in the management of the bureau. true During Gov- | Boal. ‘thers ‘wohl3 soon be n 0 T 4| in California, including the ofl more cannerles in the Sf than. thepe | ernor Budd's administration the ad-| and preparing a brief and accurate histo now, which is a matter of consider- | mirers of asphalt, among them F. b.: :if *uch districts and the development, pro- importance to the farmers. | Douty, T. B. Bishop and W. H. Crocker, | 4uct, resources, methods of working and future possibilities of the mining and ofl industries in California. to be made by competent experts experi- enced In California mining, and assistants, s of pany, rallfed around A. S. Cooper and secured his appointment as State Mineralogist. | It s clalmed that Mr. Cooper in his zeal | the Johnson-Locke where the most ac- the city bheen Such examinations rate ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIALS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 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All't Mr. Johnson this city next we probably K. to promote the d elopment of asphaltum | beds failed to give gold and silver ledges | the genersus recognition bestowed by his The Judge’s Decision That Men Who Stay Out Late Do Not Have to Explain to Their Better Halves Is Met With the Womanly Retort That What Is Sauce for the Goose Is Sauce for the Gander. you married or do you live that the wear the pa— It was impres- that he ob- served the 8 o'clock ordinance g0 that roost chic sion religlously to the and the the pan- he went with kens with for rose batter morning cakes. It the that he oormat at of his isco man’s Oakland and making fee) few in hill “Are you married or do you live in Oakland?” Day in and day out was dinned Into the ea of the man from across the bay. And at night when he happened to remain on this side for the comic opera,low-down low small potatoes and the question dians flung it at him from the ge, and whole audiences rose up and pointed at him as a mark The Oakland man felt duly humbled. Long struggling with the mysteries o the ferry commutation system had taken the starch out of his once proud spirit, so that once on this side of the bay, the fear that he might, on the re- turn trip, tn on a raflroad corn, kept him from asserting himself and ing his detractors. After a time he became cunning and laughed at that put the q tion: cou married, or do you live in Oakland?" He hoped, poor man, to Ella Wheeler Wilcox the tide of derision, but he hoped in vain. The San Francisco married man and his friend, the low comedian, would not desist. Fate only could save | the Oakland man. How? When? It seemed as if these questions would never beanswered Prayers to heaven, curses deep, all were of no avall The spirit of the Oaklander, crush- ed by commuta- tion, was pulver- ized by insinua- tion. His outlook was never darker | than at the begin- | ning of this holl- | day week. Now, it | ;’:LFTNGV was never bright- WONT AFFECT SOME] er. The reason is plain. No longgr doks the San Fran- cisco man jeer and ask, “'Are you mar- ried, or do you live in Oakland?” He asks: “Are you married and do you live in Oakland?” And should you answer in the afirm- ative, ten chances to one he will fall on your neck ke a brother and begin getting pointers from you on house rents in that beautiful city. “Are you married and do you live in Oakland?” If you do, you are the salt of the earth, from the San Francisco man's point of wview. You are the whole thing and he's a lobster.+ All, too, on account of that little word “and.” You can thank Judge Frank Ogden for that, you lucky Oakland married man. It's @ little word, but it means vol- umes. . You can't lose it, if you try, and you'll hardly try. By the wa you must thank one Edward C. Dailey, one of your fellow- townsmen, for that—and his wife. Call, Mrs, Dalley, who had brought suit for divorce, took the ground that she was en- titled to it by 153 on ‘eUlireason of the fact that her husband, was a drum- B/ mer for a rubber house, would not | reach the bosom of |nis family til a | 1ate hour o' night Judge Ogden, 3 | was trymg the decided that, while the fact was stablished, it was not suficient ground for divorce. “When a man stays away from home until a late hour,” said Judge Ogden, in deliver- e ing his opinion, SHHWONT GO HIl wpat 18 one of the HOME HTIL FORNIR "‘,} burdens which tbe o wife has to beac. Nor can the wife compel the husband, under such cir- cumstances, to give an account of his er the once-despls the whole thing now. Just his status under that de- Not only can he stay out late t without losing his helpmest, he—note this carefully—but he doesn’t have to give an account of his actions or, mark this, tell where he has bee In other words he is lord and master and doesn’'t have to tell the old familiar lies about the lodge, and the rick friend with whom he sat up. or go into details about missing the last boat and catching a news- paper tug. All he needs Is a pocket full of keyholes and some self-pos- session. They will pull him through, they and the decision, and the next morning he commute over to this side and gloat over the trouble the San Fran- clsco man has squaring himself for the conjugal fictions of which he was the author the night before. Tllah bismillah! The Oaklander is great and Ogden is his prophet, and, like all prophets, is not with all honor in his own country. Al- ready the volce of protest has been raised about his ears. Tt is a £till, small female voice just at pres- ent, but 1t's grow- fng in volume every hour and will soon be a storm about his judicial ears. It is the volce of the Oakland mar- ried woman, and already 1t con- tains a threat. “What is sauce for the goose,” it says, “ought to be sauce for the gander. If a mar- ried man can stay out nights without making explanations to his wife, why cannot the wife £tay out nights without making expla- nations to her husband?" And that's a question, when you consider there's not a sphinx this side ypt. “l am surprised,” sald Mrs. Sarah Borland, president of the Oakland Central Political Equality Club, “I am surprised that Judge Ogden should glve such a decision, because the Judge is a great friend of the home and is so much devoted to his own family and home. I suppose, however., that it is the law. But if it is, why would it not do as well for the woman as for the man? What is good for the gander ought to be good for the goose. ‘““When one looks closely into the matter, could the act of tne husband really be called cruelty? Of course, it did not tend to the peace of mind or contentment of the wife. Such con- duct, it seems to me, would cause a wife to feel that she did not have the place in her husband’'s affections or that she was not worthy of the re- spect to which she thought she was 13 1N DANGER. + it would not be improper for a hus- band to confide in his wife to such a degree as to tell her what has de- tained him away from home, not for the purpose of satisfying her that he has not been where he ought not to have been, but for the sake of show- ing her that he holds her in his respect and esteem. Of course, T do not think A man ought to be nagged. I do not think he ought to be expected to give up all thifigs done by his lodge or to reveal all the details of his business. I would not ask him to do that, but he ought, in reality, to do something of that kind for propriety's sake. It would be only what he would expect from his wife. “Suppose a wife should leave her home nightly and come back at will or allow herself to be detalned away from home, and suppose her husband was compelled to await her coming and then receive no explanation of her delay, husband would feel an- noyed, and rightly so, too. “The effect of this decision will be felt especially by the wives of hus- bands prone to that kind of treatment, and I do not know how it can be pre- vented. For wo- men to retaliate would not be ad- visable. Neither would retallation be pleasant to those whose hus- bands, by this kind of treat- ment, show a lack of the kind- liness, love and respect which should exist be- tween husband and wife.” Mrs. E. L. Cur- tis, prominent in the equal suf- frage movement in Oakland, voic- ed similar views. “As 1 read Judge Ogden's decision,” she sald, “T could not help thinking that if a wo- man has no legal redress for such ac- tion on the part of her husband per- haps the best thing for her to do would be to treat him In like fashion. I hardly know whether that would do to lay down as a rule to go by in such cases, for £0 much depends on individ- ual circumstances, but that was the thought that occurred to me at the moment. If such a man was to find that his wife was still out when he returned home, and that this contin- ued night after night, I think perhaps he would look at things in a differ- ent way. “It seems to me Judge Ogden has taken a grave responsibility in giving a decision which will certainly encour- age bad husbands in their evil ways and which {s almost certain in this case to lead to divorce in the end. “For a man to stay out night after night for months is certainly a viola- tion of the marriage contract, though it may not be sufficlent cause for di- vorce In this State; at least Judge Og- den does not seem to think so. In these cases, however, a wife often knows more than she wishes to make publie, for the publicity of such a thing is a dreadful thing for a wo- man. *“Judge Ogden may be right,butT can- not help wondering what he would do were he to try the shoe on the other foot; that is, if the complainant was a man whose wife persisted in staying out night after night and refused to give any explanation of her conduct, but shook him when he cried about it and told him not to be silly, but to go tosbed. “1 wonder, if such a casa were to come up, what Judge Ogden would say?" Decidedly, the decision opens up a wide question, so wide that its influ- €nce may be felt all over the State. If Judge Ogden has enunciated good law for Oakland it is good law from Sis- kiyou to San Diego, in all the towns and cities of California, including San Francisco, and—t may work both ways. However, untfl it gets to the Su- preme Court or is decided in other counties by Judges of co-ordinate pow- ers with Judge Ogden, Oakland will be the mecca for the b'hoys in the mar- CAN Mt THE LAST BoAaT HOW o« ) As you probably read in yesterday's entitled. 1 am inclined to think that :t;?au?l“!‘;"';l?cn:‘r:;ldng';;“u o mww@m&x‘&mwm g ] all of whom shall be appointed and their compensation fixed by the Governor. | The chairman of the Senate Finance FRENCH PRINTED FLANNELS, in new colorings and (The chairman of 'the Senate Finan handsome d rd Gummistcg, General Dlokinson, perheps IR o, 60c and 75¢ ya this State (section IV) con- tained the following: “Every act shall embrace but one subject, which subject shall be ex- pressed in its title. But if any sub- ject shall be embraced in an act which shall not be expressed in its title, such act shall be void only as to ahie for thmflU UlnS- so much thereof as shall not be ex- Prices $3.00 to $12.50 dress pattern pressed in its title.” There is nothing in the title of the gen- i eral appropriation bill pertaining to the STORE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS sclentific cxamination of mineral dfs- | tricts, oil regions, and the “future poss bilities” of development. There is noth- Ing in the title relating to the appoint- ment of experts and the fixing of their compensation by the Governor, hence the whole provision is vold. The bill contains this simple title 'An act making appro- | SPECIAL. 400 NOVELTY DRESS PATTERNS, in both colors and black, all new and exclusive styles and verp suit- . = m, u3, ns, 07, 19, 121 POST STREET. priation for the support of the govern- | ment of the State of California for the fifty-first and fifty-second fiscal years.” General Dickinson is not wholly to blame in the matter. The blame rather rests on Lieutenant Governor Neff, who appointed a soldier instead of a states- man to the responsible position of chair- man of the Senate Finance Committee. If this constitutional inhibition had been in the articles of war the general, doubt- less, would have observed it. In the Assembly affairs were not much better. The Speaker, in making up his committee, put L. H. Valentine, a Los Angeles statesman, instead of a common, every-day, constitutional lawyer, at the head of the Ways and Means Committee. The bill, with its unconstitutional little joker, ran the gauntlet of both commit- | tees and both houses of the Legislature | | And reached the Governor's office, where igrorance of the constitution is real bliss. | | Governor Gage approved the bill and in due time appointed the experts, Bowers and Watts. | Along in the spring or early summer somebody told the Governor "that the | “joker”” was too_thin, but that didn’t jar his Excellency. He went right ahead and | recognized Bowers and Watts. Mireralo- gist Cooper cared not a fig for the ley overlook, because Tom Bishop, who knew that the State had a_constitution, told him that the joker wouldn't go. Attorney- General Ti 1. Ford was also advised that the “volume of legislation the | appropriation bill was vold. | In the course of events somebody must have told Gage that gold bricks had been passed to Bowers and Watts, because a | meeting of the trustees of the Mining Bu- reau was called at T. B. Bishop's office, CHRISTMAS GIFTS ARTISTIC CALENDARS WEDGEWOOD WARE VIENNA NOVELTIES th STYLISH CORRESPONDENCE PAPERS FINE LEATHER GOODS |[%# |CROCKERS === OPEN EVENINGS, commencing December 18 HIAS FURS! 227-229 POST ST. Pand it was arranged that Mineralogist Cooper and Governor Gage should be there. At this session Cooper was asked "n ratify the appointments made by the | Governor. but the Mineralogist refused to { ratify, hence the character of the meeting took the form of indignation rather than | of ratification. Cooper stands now where he stood when the joker was born. Gage's plight is no better than it was when he | signed the bill. | Cooper is serene but firm. He knows that Attorney General Ford and State Controller Colgan are well posted on the | | proposition an nnot open the treasu: ‘ to Bowers and Watts. Cooper also know | was a machinist, and up to a week ago| roomed at 83 Golden Gate avenue. e | Best place to get your glove orders s at the | ’ Factory, 121 Grant ave. Danicheft and Fedora. * | that his own days are numbered. He Is advised that the adorable Walter S. Max- | well of Los Angeles has been slated to | succeed him as State Mineralogist. In ap- | | pointing Mr. Maxwell the Governor ex- | | pects to recognize personal beauty and | | make a concession to polite society. Mr. | | Maxwell possesses all he qualifications | necessary for drawing a salary and spend- | ing it in legitimate and refined channel | The Governor is sure that his friend W. | ter will never speak of the Mother Lode | In terms other than those of profound re- | epect and reverence. | HE WAS FRANK PARKER. Park Suicide Identified as a Machin- ist From San Jose. Policeman Fontana called at the Morgue yesterday and identified the body of the man found dead near the AfMliated Co leges last Monday as Frank Parker. Last Thursday Parker came to Fontana and requested that the officer lock him up in the City Prison until he should recover from the effects of a spree. The man appeared to be very nervous and verging | upon delirium tremens. He gave his name | to the officer as Frank Parker, and said | that he came from San Jose to this city, | It is_believed that the deceased is the | same Parker who left his wife and chil- | and the relatives and friends and ail en- | dren in San Jose a short time ago and tered into the spirit of the occasion and | | came to this ity to look for work. He | haa a Jolly time. P Girl Bicyclist Injured. Miss Belle Roby, 18 years of age, while riding a bicycle along Steiner street yeos- | terday afternoon accidentally struck the | B e boas street and was: thrawn.1q | Oealskin Jackets. . .§125, $I54, $225 e was. taken to ner home. 2 | Genuine Mink Capes. .$45and up | Neck Scarfs.....,...$2 and up Collarettes. .........$5 and up Oak street, in an ambulance. It was thought that she was suffering from con- Electric Seal Capes, with As- trakan yokes or plain.$i§ and up cussion of the brain. River and Russian Mink Capes — s crlessecvesesses 3 and up Death of L. G. Lauder. Fox Boas and Scarfs. .§l) and up ALBERT HOEFLICH, of Lauder Bros., in the hay and grain 116 GRANT AVE. business In this city for thirty years, dled | | yesterday at the Lane Hospital, as the result of a fall received in his barn three months ngo. Mr. Lauder was 5 years old and unmarried. He was a native of | Vermont, and besides his brother, Silas Lauder, he leaves an aged mother. At B sk Early Visit From Santa Claus. The children of the day homes under the charge of the Sisters of the Holy Family held their Christmas tree festival | yesterday afternoon at Native Sons’ Hall. The hall was crowded with the little folks, /OPEN EVENINGS. Worth of Comiort? 075 Yes, twice $6.75 ' — v;orth in these easy 'Come Just to Look =——— chairs. : OPEN EVENINGS. | Beautiful Chinaware Get one of these Chairs and ‘ Crockery you are comfortable and satisfled | Glassware for the rest of your life. | Lamps ‘We know of nothing that will Oraaments be more acceptable to a man. Noveitter | Clocks It’s one of our famous South- of-Market-Street values. Any- where else the price would be $12.00. LOWEST PRICES. Come Just to Look. ) (ireat American [mporting Tea Co. CARPETS, TOO. Central 210-212 Grant ave., | lNDlANAPOLlS FURN'TURE CO. Stores : Bet. Sutter and Post sts. 861 Market St., . 750 MISSION STREET, S. F. 52 Market St., foor g.fl:m.l' Branch Stores Everywhers.