The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1900, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1900 et e 0e0e60te0t0s00 000t 000000000t ds0ID0 000000000000 +0P 0040004040+ 0 0 +P OO 404000000+ @Q AUSSLER- T ExPLAN = she s . et e bt ebetetetoQ IR R R R e = B S Waribw S wewy HE investigation of the § val- | ard | st night & d on noxt board will pr 1 fixing of the o the Mayor k an active ved to be phases of the dete one and taxes t 1f mort- money rais- | Su Supervisor Brandenstein insisted that it to_present the was the duty of the eviderce of the value comy holdings works for the they were cr. strive to answer the question never al- lowed to con me: that a c© y holdings was not she after all. Mr. Schussler declared the San Mateo holdings of the comp: considered as a unit and for the purp of supplying water by a system could not be purchased for less than ten million dollars. of the company considered as a could not be purchased for less th million dollars. At this interesting point, when it seemed as if the whole secret was about to recelve public birth, Mr. Schussler was asked to have the kingness to sit down The audience felt as If they had been cheated out of a racy story. Then Mr. Ames resumed his testimo; and was deep In interest accounts when again he rupted. A v Kellogg seemed of information d. He declared not demand a 5 value of its pr than thirty mi ! just ‘to the company f their prompted e the v rk Kellogg treat us with and it, is the 2 then took a wide range, however, developed, ogg showed bout § ater for parks a nereased tax ng D n Attorney 2 account there,” or sarcastically. “What does & chard ATTORNEY KELLOGG OF THE SPRING VALLEY WAS THERE To HELPOUT. : DEMANDS INTEREST ON ' TWENTY-SEVEN MILLIONS pervisors Practically Conclude Their Investigation of the Affairs and Values of the Spring Valley Water Company. derived by the Spring Valley Water Com- pany from all sources for the year preced 190, and an itemized state- ditures made for supply- He stated that the total income was $1,908,411 S5. or closely examined him about s disbursements and in re- the low: RECFEIPTS. From water rents of pri $1,546,939 02 ¥ Sheoisnc: FMMBTRTT r rents of ship- 84 From other sources... DISBURS! or operating expenses INTS, $444,564 59 198 F F For Balance dends pa! Less balance.. ount of new construction ements....... $708,430 44 & the foregoing to show how the were affected by dry e s interrupted in his an- < Mr. Schussler, who enlightened the committee on the subject. He said t 9 the company pumped seven d and eighty-four hundres f twice as much as d that accounted en- e in the running ex- to another. “If " he sald, ‘‘we running expenses st of the season 20 to 25 per cent. If ason continues we will have to much pumping as we did last 1 perhaps more."” s was asked by the Mayor why he taxes would be higher this and the witness replied that they be higher on account of the in- S Mr. Am he thought t ir. vear wou to lssue Mr. Ames re- The | tatement he read that tbey | 21 | —$1,803,411 85 plied that when it was necessary to take up the floating debt they would be issued. That had always been the custom, but the witness had paid no attention to it. Mr. t means the money that we expend in ting old and disabled emploves,” was he Doyl anl he Mayor PaGen. | Amoce siated Oust ihe present floating tn’ | water supply In the reservoirs situatod in to glve the information which Supervicor | debtedness was something like $200.000, | the outskirts of the city. and that the Reed had requested earlier in the session. | 1here is one indebtedness. he sald. that | company contemplated building anoths r at from whatever Was permanent. It amounted to $275,000, reservoir that will hold ten days’ supply alue of the Spring and it secured by a mortgage on{ During the interesting discussion the | Valley system discussed three, | Which 2 per cent is pald. He said some | presence of Mr. Ames on the_ witness i L Lo B H property mortgaged was located in | stand was entirely forgotten. Mr. Kel- | millton dol n answer to Mayor Phelan’s | logg entered the fray and matched his e on as to_whether there was any | knowledge with the Mayor's, and the | other floating debt besides ready alluded to, Mr. the one al- Ames answered In A% a matter of ineidental Inter. | the affirmative. He sald that there was i gmrodiinss guire contented him- | the present floating debt of $200,000 and the self last h a series of eloquent | mortgage. Mr. Ames informed his inter- rogator that he did not know the policy of the company In mortgaging its real es- tate, and as the Mayor continued his ques- tions along the same line Attorney Kel- logg interrupted him and made a_short tement, in which he said that as he un- nigk fiashes of silence. Mayor Phelan called the board to order an hour later than the time fixed for con- vening. He invited Supervisor Connor to preside over the deliberations of the com- MR AMES HAD ALL KINDS oF FIGUREO‘) o HiS S £ SUPERVISOR REED AND CANE_ D10 A LITTLE TALKING Tos - | Mayor Phelan's inquiry Mr. Kellogg sald he did not think it was contemplated to issue more stock, and he had never heard it mentioned. Out of which fund,” the witness | asked, “did you draw to pay your dix dends last year, outside of your receip! “On_our “credit of profit and loss,” replied. “You pald out $33,74591 more than you “‘Yes, sir; it had been earned in | he earned?”’ previous years.” During ‘the examination Mr. Schussler, In answer to an inquiry made of him by Supervisor Reed, delivered & long and ear- nest talk to the board, in which he gave an expert's explanation of the magnitude | of the Spring Valley Water Company’s fforts to give this city pure water. He 1d that in an fsolated town like San rancisco the most important considera- ton is to secure whter. “If we failed to Supply this town with water,” he said, pestilence would come here. We ought | to be encouraged in every way. 1 feel, andwe all feel, that this constant hammer- ing at our works has caused great incon- venience. It has been difficuit for us to | borrow money. By reason of these in- | Quiries we have to tell the public what improvements are contemplat what our | future intentions are, and t has fre- |in helping to defray the expenses of heir | @+ ot ed 0000 e0e@Q still unpald, and he thought it was al- | olutely uncollectible, and he voiced the | opinion that at the end of this fiscal year | the water company would not get a cent. Chief Clerk Booker stepped forward at that moment and called attention to the bills that the Mayor had trimmed with a sharp pruning knife, and the Mayor de- ended himself by saying that they ex- ceeded the appropriation. Mr. Kellogg was asked by the Mayor whether $60 for each hydrant was not a fair price, and his reply caused laughter. He paused a moment and in a half whis- per said: “If you were to ask me pri- vately I would ‘say I would rather have a rate for hydrants less and charge the householders more, because we can collect frcm them, but not from the city.” ~But you don’t collect some of your bills from the householders,” persisted the Mayor. “Well,” answered Attorney Kellogg, “we furnish them water, and if they can't pay it, why we let it go.” “And 1 Fr sume you include these un- paid bills In vour charity account?’ “'No, sir; our charity account represents what we spend in assisting our old and disabled employes, or when they are dead burial. Mr. Ames was invited to the witness stand a second time, and the Mayor asked him if he had brought an itemized adver- Using account. He replied that he had not brought the necessary information. He was then asked and named the board of directors and he was further asked to state the number of shares held by each. | auently worked hardships.” The speaker then went on to tell of the Teat expense the company is put to in | ringing water from distant points; how | | land must be bought, water rights must | be obtained and countless other necessary | matters gettled g0 as to give the public an abundant water supply. The Mayor | interrupted Mr. Schussler to inform him that water rates In Birmingham were more reasonable and that the aqueduct in | that city was recently constructed and at less expense. The water company’s ex- pert replied to the Mayor by informing im that the pipes of the English water | company were over level territory, where- as the ‘local corporation was compelled to bring its water over 140 miles of hilly country under great pressure. He said | that the great pressure had a tendency to burst the pipes and that the soil through which the pipe line extended was of such peculiar character that it ate into the fron and in less than ten years they had to be replaced at a great axpense. Mayor Phelan interrupted Mr. Schussler to ask what would happen if tliere should | be a bad break in the pipeline between bere and San Andreas, and Mr. Schussler replied that there was no danger of the city being cut off from its_water supply, as there are other lines. He further in- formed his interrupter that it is the cu. tom of his company to keep four da: | board and spectators were treated to some interesting repartee. The city’s chief ex- ecutive did not escape from the fray un scathed, as Mr. Kellogg in his replies told some of the Mayor's past actions on water rates. The Mayor opened the ball by re- marking to the water company's rep sentative that during the winter mon the city’s water supply for its parks had been shut off. Mr. Kellogg replied that if the same hand that directed his corpora- | | tion. He answered that he could not do it from memoy The Mayor in his next ques- tion tried to show that the directors indi- vid v held very few shares in the com- pany, but he contradicted by Mr. Ames, who stated that Thomas Brown and Homer 8. King each represented many thousand shares. “Stock is held by a who do not_attend th stockholders?” “There are a was the reply. The Mayor reverted to the advertising account. He expressed the wish that the witness secure the much wanted Informa He sald that the city had a right to know how the money had been spent. Supervisor Brandenstein took his cue from the Mayor's remarks and made a motion to have Mr. Ames furnish the members of the board with an itemized account. As there was no seconding voice heard the Mayor turned to Supervisor Curtis and told him to second the motfon, which he accordingly did. An informal discussion then followed, in which Attorney Kellogg participated. 'He said the company had no trouble with the ratepayers and he did not think they wanted relief. “We have eighty-seven thousand consumers,” he saild. “Out of that lot only one person has complained of the rates, and that was a shipper, who did so through his bookkeeper. It only shows that we are dolng satisfactory work at a satisfactory price. Mr. Schussler then” asked the commit- tee whether it was satisfied with his val- uation and if they were not he would prove it to them. “I am satisfied,” he said, “that the water works is worth in excess of thirty million dollars.” John H. Bullock, the b eeper of a shipping firm, referred to earlier in the meeting by Attorney Kellogg, was then placed on the stand and testified to rates pald by his employer for water which was sent out of the cit e was jected to a sharp cross-examination 1 Mr. Kellogg. and in the midst of it Su- pervisor Tobin arose and stated that the members of the committee were satisfied with the information great many people e meetings of the great many stockholders,” OEATH OF ONE OF CALIORNKS ILLIDVAIRES A. P. Hotaling Joins the Majority. | HE SUCCUMBS TG PARALYSIS AMASSED A LARGE FORTUNE BY VARIOUS ENTERPRISES. B RN iad The Heirs to His Bstate Are the Widow and Two Sons—Funeral to Be Held Next Sunday Morning. . R A. P. Hotaling, the multi-millionaire business man and banker, died in his home, at 1776 California street, last even- ing, after an iliness of nearly two years’ duration. The immediate cause of his death was heart fallure, resultant from an attack of paralysis, from which he had so long suffered. The deceased was attended up to the hour of his death by Drs. Chismore and Henry F. Gibbons Jr. They did every- thing for their patient that medical science could suggest, but it was no use His race had been run, his time had come and nothing that human skill could sug- gesl was able to prolong his life beyond is allotted time. Mr. Hotaling leaves no will, as his es- tate was incorporated some time 0 un- der the management of his sons. Its ex- sct value is not known, but those who should be informed say that it is one of the richest ever accumulated in Califor- nia, and reaches somewhere between the seven and ten million dollar mark. The sole heirs to this great fortune are the THE LATE A. P. HOTALING. widow and the two sons—Richard M. and Frederick C. Hotaling. Anson Parsons Hotaling was born in | New York in 152. He came from the | old Knickerbocker stock, one of his an- cestors on his father's side being the fameus Dutch navigator Hendrick Hud- son, after whom the famous river was named. English blood, from the maternal #ide, also flowed in his veins, making him @ typical American. When very young he was thrown upon his own fesources, but the Bastern farm and country store were not to hig liking: and when about % | years of age Mr. Hotaling came to the | golden West on the ship Racehound, which rounded the Horn and landed the young New Yorker in San Francisco in 1852 nfihere Mr. Hotaling | . but this not suiting | his fancy he returned to this city and | laid the foundation of the great spirit and lhiunr business which in part made him a| millionaire four times over. He started | in a small way, but in 1866 his business had so expanded that he was obliged to | move to large premises on Jackson street, | between Montgomery and Sansome, wherd e establishmen present. “§% Wt not ia- the wholbsats Hguor Imn-l — — r, < e e e e e e e e R e I R e D e S e R SRCE SO SR 004040+ 0640420+040 4040460404 060-0000064+0 ness that Mr. Hotaling made his upward | smelters and turned out much of this progress in the world, e began trading in the South Seas and | among the Russian settlers along the Amoor River, his vessels sailing back and | forth according to the seasons. So profit- | able were his trading ventures that he extended his business in 1577 to the Aus- tralian colonles. While operatin, at a distance, Mr. Hotaling was not_biind to the opportunities near home. Realizing the future greatness of San Francisco, he purchased large parcels of land all over the peninsula, and some of the most valuable holdings to-day lie _at the many approaches to Golden Gate Park. Across the bay in San Rafael he established a bank. In several of the larger cities of Oregon and Washington he purchased valuable real estate, and everywhere he placed foot there he started some sort of commercial enterprise. One venture was in the development of the iron industry of this State. In_coi Back in_the '50's | valuable metal from the ores of that sec- tion. Another venture was that of quick- silver mining. these interests lying in So- noma and Lake counties. Although a busy man, Mr. Hotalin found time for pleasure and travel, an every part of the coast from San Diego to Behring Sea was as famillar to him as a map. In company with his son and namesake he recently pald a visit to the interesting spots of the Old World. For the last year or two he remained close to his home, on Franklin and California streets. Mr. Hotaling was well blessed with sons, four reaching man’s estate. Anson P. Jr. and George have preceded their father across the river, leaving as sur- vivors Richard M. and Frederick C. to care for the big estate. Richard Hotal- ing is a member of the present Board of Supervisors. he funeral will take place on Sunday ittee of the whole and the city's chiof alreaay elict xecutive took the sent usually pecupleq | derstood it it was not in the OrdinaEy | Lon o turh off the supply. womld say the | Milvhednformation alreaay £abvn by the temporary chairman Pelham W. | sense a mortgage, but was a contract of | word the water would be turned on before | The committeo then reported progress Ames, secretary of the Spring Valley Wa. | purchase, which ran along in the shape | sundown. The Mayor, of course, did not | and adjourned to meet mexy Faldor Soes ter Company. then took the stand and |of o bond and had been running to his|glve the necessary order. Mr. Kellogg |ing to resume its investigation ute wuior . | read a statement showing all the revenue | knowledge nearly ten years. In reply to | called attention to a bill of $25,000 that was | rates. e | B £k . She PR | ok | e el o &t o e o e e e e e e e e e e S S Y light blow, leaving his brother officer to battle with the ruan. P i T AMATEUR “PINAFORE.” CHARGE AGAINST OFFICER NORTON Accused by a Fellow Policeman. e STAR IN SSRGS GOT COLD FEET DURING A HOT SCRAP. SR e Patrolman Porter Left to Battle Alone With a Rufian Whom He Had Under Arrest. et Police Officer Norton of the Seventeenth- street station s in deep disgrace. For- mal charges of cowardice have been pre- ferred against him and if what his su- perior officers say is true he will have @ hard time in saving his star. A short time ago a young man named Ford, while under the influence of liquor, created a disturbance at Twenty-fifth and | Florida streets. Norton and a. fellow-offi- cer named Porter were standing a short | distance away and, seeing the disturb- | ance, they started to arrest Ford. The latter made a determined resistance, striking Porter in the face and trying to butt Norton. The latter at this juncture B9t cold feet and retreated amid the jeers of the onlookers, leaving his brother offl- cer to battle alone with the drunken ruf- an. After a desperate struggle, durin which his face was severely battered an his uniform irreparably ruined, Porter se- cured a half Nelson hold on Ford and threw him to the ground. After he had securely handcuffed him Norton, seeing that the trouble was over, returned to the scene and with a trilumphant cry snapped his handcuffs on the gflsoner‘! wrists agalnst the protest of his fellow-police- man. Ford was then hustled in_the patrol wagon and removed to the Seventeenth- street station. On seelng the condition of Porter Captain Gillen asked him for an explanation. Porter told of his fight with the prisoner and Norton's apparent cowardice In deserting him after hostili- ties commenced. Gillin then ordered Por- ter to prefer charges against Norton. The accused policeman emphatically de- nied that he ran away after being struck bfr Ford. He says he was temporarily disabled in the first round by a kick in the stomach and that he was forced to retreat in order to recover his wind. He returned to the encounter, he says, in a very brief space of time and assisted In placing Ford in the patrol wagon. The hearing of the charges will come up before the Commissioners at their next g‘l:relln‘. Porter has subpenaed a num. HIS DANGER | any with other men of means Mr. Hota- | at 10 a. m., at Masonic Temple, under of spectators to the scrap who, it is Pine createa the village of Hotallng. in | the ausploes of California Lodse No. 1,| claimed, will swear positively that Nor- Placer County, bought land, erected |F. and M. _. | ton took to his heels after b struck a Successful Presentation of the Opera by Sacred Heart Parish. Native Sons' Hall on Mason street was crowded to the doors last evening by the audlence which had gathered to witness the amateur presentation of “Pinafore,” which was given by the young ladies and gentlemen of Sacred Heart Parish for the benefit of the Church of Our Lady of Loretto. The performance was excellently ren- dered even to the most minute detalls and the receipts were such as to gladden the hearts of those interested in seeing the affair a success. Following the performance came a dance, which was continued until an hour that made it necessary for those who wished to get any sleep at all to go home. The following are the ladies and gentle- men who assisted in the rendition of the ever popular opera: Admiral Sir Joseph Porter, Howard Dumont; Captain Corcoran, Will Jacobs: Ralph Rack- straw, Al Nowian; Dick Deadeye, Denls Bheerin: Boatswain, James Maguire: Boat- swain's Mate, Willlam A. Breen; Midshipmite, Mariam Sydney Smith: Little Buttercup, Kittle G. Allen; Cousin Hebe, Emma Nicoll; Joseph- ine, Etta Welsh. Chorus of Maidens—Gertrude MecDermott, Mabel Wilgus, Nellie Riley, Edna Harley, Fdna Troy, Jessie McCarthy, Agnes Kendfick, Edith Tormey, Lily Thomas, Annie Cain, Minnie Malone, Agnes Sullivan, Eilzabeth Riordan, Margaret McCarthy, Angela Shortall, Annte Corbett, Mary Madden, Frances Mad- den, Agnes Supple, Maud Shortall. Able Seamen—Robert Grennan, Robert Rogers, John Goyheneix, William Walsh, George Sulli- van, Frank McCarthy, Frank Oneto, John Donohue, Bart Foley, Edward P. Doolin, Frank Smith, James Welch, Dan Smith, John Foley, Edward C. Kugelberg and P. Meherin. e D R R R R R If you want a good laugh, look at page 11 of next Sun- day’s Call. Clever pictures of our San Francisco notables in well-known theatrical roles. You will see many familiar faces there, Very odd and + unique. P R R R T RS S The Foresters’ Bazaar. Last night little Tryphinia Pritchard, the child wonder, and a number of her classmates gave a musical and literary entertainment In the Foresters’ building, preparatory to the bazaar which opens to-night in the Soclal Hall. Little Try- phinia recited “The Soldier Tramp” and also_gave a patriotic dance. After the children came the adults, who danced till midnight. The bazaar will be held under the auspices of all the local courts. — e It Buller can cross the Tugela And capture the slippery Boer, His name will be almost as famous As that of the old “Jesse Moore." —————————— In Honor of St. Patrick. St. Patrick’s day is to be fittingly cele- brated by Division No. 1, Ancient Order of + + + + + + + P r e+ ++ B R S S S 0 S SO SN SN SN S S, Hale’s. Hale’s. yesterday we told you of our mission in San Fran- cisco. that mission has really just begun. han- dicapped by human limi- tations, we push on. set- ting the pace for grander San Francisco, we are building a magnificent new store, the most mod- store. ern in the West. your appreciation brought us success—suc- cess makes this new store necessary. a.n‘other one of our aims is good adver- tising. the effort is to make our store news vital to human interest— truth without dullness, accuracy with- out stupidity, the new s0co packages of our famous E| Perfecto Rouge will be given away to-day. A package will go with every purchase. free to-day. Just came In by express. Russlan gray and enamel gilt, and enameled and jet ring buckles for the popular pulley belts. decreases the size of the walst at 35 least two inches. just a few at S0c and... oC new belt buckles. napkins and towels. 100 dozen damask napkins, bleac! ready for use—per dozen, only... rollel’mwe_ls, hemmed, ready for use, heavy qual- ity, all linen, 214 yards long, two grades—sach... Saturday bazaar news. casti'e soap, in 1n4-pound bars— only.. 121¢ Hale’s laundry soap, per bar....2¢c bottle of tooth powder, sapona- céous, with good tooth brush— only. witch hazsl, 16 ozs. for... 5 quires commercial note paper, ruled... 12¢ hed, all linen and hemme=d sl 50 25¢ and 30c Kirk’s famous rose soap, per box.. - 15¢ violet buttermilk soap, per box Hudnu*’s perfumes, all odor 1-0z. bottles—only......... hair brushes, good bristles.....15¢ 6o sheets cream note paper and envelopes to match—only...28¢ o ety | well-known H. B. gloves, $1.00. Arnold knit goods. F1ale:s NEW CLUB FOR BETTERMENT OF THE WHOLE CITY Organized on Large | meets with approval. appointed Q. C. F! the County Infirm: son of the Court The Supervisors also 1y as superintendent of ary and John A. Peder- house. ——— FUNDS FOR THE BOERS. The Transvaal Committee Protests Against Arming of Savage Zulus The Transvaal committes held another big meeting last night and completed its organization by the appointment of a | finance committee, which will have chargs | of the collection of all contributions to the Boer cause. The committee conaists 1(\: H. D. Sheppard, Dr. G. F. Gibbon, A. San Francisco now has an improvement club whose object for existence is the im- provement of the entire city, not the fur- thering of the interests of special districts or to remove the existence of special evils. It will fight for the removal of all evils and for the Institution of better government, together with its attending benefits. 3 At a meeting held at B'nal B'rith H:g rovisions organizing the club were re: an adopted by the assembled members. These resolutions read: ommittee on organization and promo- 1o Bess Jeave to report the followink recom- t dations: et “That the organization shall be known “The San Francisco Improvement Associa- tion.” second. The object shall be the banding to- x:;;(;)r of all persons interested in the improve- Ment and betterment of this city and in the ayitation and promotion of all matters con- ducive to the public good and weltare. =~ Third. The membership shall consist of al individuals interested in the objects of the asso- ciation. h. The officers of the assoclation shall comotui "5t a president, three vice presidents. & secretary, 8 treasurer ittee of twenty-five g Hlstricted into mot less than twenty-five dis- tricts, to be called improvement districts, and a committee representative of all sections of the Fitth, The dues shall be §1 for each six ble in advance. mx’:‘h. bzfl. u;on" which to act in districting the city the following districts are recom- mended: Harbor View, Black Point, North Beach, City Front, Telegraph Hill, North Cen- tral, Chinatown, Presidio Helghts, Richmond, West End, Western_ Addition, Central, Buena Vista, Panhandle, Southside, Sr\!uh Central, South Mission, Upper Mission, South San Fran- oisco, Holly Park, Fairmount, Sunnyside, Sun- set, Potrero and Ocean View. o s some of the members objected to the m':nner in which the city was districted by the above provisions the following committee was appointed to study the situation: * H. L. Ladd D. W. Tiet) Wilkins, J. Shearer, Henry Willlams, Nathan Bil terty, Richard Keller and T. he following committee on by-laws sz next appointed: C. W. Alpers, D. J. Leary, Frank Conklin, Willlam Metzner, T Cassidy, J. M. Wilkins and P. Farley. The committee on rmanent head- quarters, selected by the president, is aomposed of the following members: G. D. $hillips, Joseph Sherer and A. W. Thomp- n. oA committee of three was appointed to call the attention of the public to a meet- ing of the club which will be held at FB'nal B'rith Hall next Friday evening. Arter a motion was carried by which all members agreed to go before the Super- visors next Monday and protest agalrst the turning out of the city lights an ad- journment was taken until the day named. R. R. Russ, Grattan D. Phillips, L. A. Rea, C. D. Salfleld, J. M. Dalzell, Daniel Hannah, Joseph bo, J. Rat Money to Loan At lowest market rates on mortgage or trust deeds. Savings and Loan Soclety, 101 Montgomery street. . ————— Cloakmakers Recelving Aid. ‘Encouraging reports were received from the locked-out cloakmakers’ committee, to which the collection of funds from the various labor unions was referred at the last meeting of the Labor Council. The same committee was in a position to re- port the success of the boycott against the firms implicated in the contention. The boycott will be kept up with vigor until the firms are made to yield to the just demands of the help. Preparatory to this end a mass-meeting will be held in the near future, probably at Metropolitan Temple, when the disputed question will be more fully ventilated. At a meeting of the Labor Counefl last night complaint was made against the Market Street Raflroad Company for its employment of non-unfon pavers, to whom the company is paying only $2 50, whereas the regular wage paid to union pavers Is $4 a day. The further ventila- tion of this question was referred to the executive committee of the counctl, its re- port to be submitted at the next meeting. —_—— Dr. Parker's Cough Cure. One dose will stop & cough. Never falls. Try it. All druggists. * pratint sges i Sri : Appointments at Napa. Special Dispatch to The Call. Hibernians. At a regular meeting held last night it was resolved to honor the day by a d demonstn'mn consisting of musical, literary and al features. As_the affair will be complimentary the tickets will be limited to members and their friends. Next Monday night the us committees will be appointed. | NAPA, Feb. 16.—The Board of Super- visors on Thursday afternoon appointed Theodore M. Marols as Justice of the Peace for Napa Township to fill the va- cancy caused by the resiz n of Wil llam” Bradford. “Marol: young attor- ney of this city and his appointment | . P. Troy, Charles W. Arp and C. B. Fia: Lines. nagan. Charles F. Grote, who arrtved cently from Johannesburg, addressed the meeting eloquently upon the conditfon of e | affairs and of the tyranny which the Brit- TS NOT SECTIONAL | ish bave practicea over Kruger's peopie ITS OBJEC Strong protests against the arming of | the Zulus by Great Britain were framed and adopted with much enthusfasm and an appeal was sent out to the people of the State calling for aid apd sympathetic support. On the evening of the 2ith a big concert will_be held at Metropolitan Hall at which Miss Sannie Kruger, a niece of old Oom Paul, will be one of the leading attractions. The pi 80 to the Boer rellef fund. The new Rlu.\'u of the Union Settlement for philanthropic work, which has just been opened in Harlem, s one of the finest in New York and cost over $40,000. ADVERTISEMENTS. ' ncoReoRATED SPECIAL BARGAINS Saturdayad Monday BEST Psezven= EGGS, doz. - - - 173¢ Finest Creamery BUTTER, square 40¢ PURE CAL. OLIVE OIL, qgts- - -75¢ Warranted by El Pear! Farm. 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