The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 1, 1900, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, i%00. 3t NIGHT LIGHT WILL NOW COST THE PEOPLE LESS Charges for Gas Are Reduced and Those for Electricity Established. San Francisco Must Pay the Penalty of Darkness After Midnight for the Next Four Months. ils s the city I ngs yes Quotes Figures. wh AL - « d be in force on the first day of July, 1900 - Brandenstein Grows Sarcastic. P pervisor B in, after thinking o he matter over, at he had taken a i th £5 the Soms g stand on the foregoing ordinance . e $1.1066 @ tho begged a reconsideration on the < y VLI B R, that the lamp lighting referred to Crockett had not been investi- i Mr, Bran- motion was Nothing he asked leave to change his vote He said that while he was satis- h the $140 rate he was not satis- h fixing the rate for gas lamps at vote was "Hunt's Sliding Scale. eral man- cen Supervisor Reed objected to Mr. Bran- ical sub- | denstein’s course of procedure and cast a sarily be t on the latter's knowledge of parlia- problem of ary rules. Supervisor Brandenstein he dec ntly disliked to be reproved and he , 1 withdraw my request. Som: sike mistakes; Mr. Reed does no ywing ordinance fixing the maxi- price to be charged for in- electric lights and for and power purposes mum rate and candescent an electricity for heat Wine was also passed to print: Year an ¥ 0 work a Justice t during that time. The Rates for Electric Light. boara Aeclare watch the | Pe i ordsined by the pecple of the city and & A t thoroughly st county an Francisco as follows: the . aid of his c The maximum rate and price to be charged Mr t ned how the rate for by any person, company of (’rvrr"n;a:lr;“n !r‘vr fur- trin ng t Tary with difre nishing incandescent light for the fiscal year gy 8 ATy with different con- | T e 0, 1901, is hereby fixed at eleven e o ‘.m,', ’”fi Other | nte per one thousand watt hours con 3 - e 2% | Section 2. The maximum rate and price to s I nvs | be charged by any person, pany or cor- - CeNts | o ration for furnishing arc lights of two thou- . £, COM- | uand candle power for the fiscal year ending » L regulate the | jupe a for the city and county of San ; between these | Francisco and inhabitants thereof is hereby as follo Price of Gas Varies. ssion in ref- t0 & general disc . tition in fix- . or b burning twelve hours dur- 30 per week. burning twelve hours dur- $4 per week re light burning from § o’clock p. k midnight, 2 5) per week. aves Mutual Com- corporatica basis, most of the while h cent b 1 r 7 b arc light burning-from € o'clock p. lied for § cents. He his company m to 9:20 p. m., §2 per week. with the S: From this rate discounts shall be allowed for an tha quantity consumed per sixteen-candle lamp as on per sixteen candle power lamp of 2000 to 3000 watt hours sne month, 5 per cent. On @ consumption per sixteen candle power incandescent lamp of 2000 to 4000 watt hours in_one month, 10 per cent. On & consumption per sixteen candle power incandescent lamp of 4500 to 5000 watt hours in month, 15 per cent a consumption per sixteen power incan- lamp of 5000 to 600 watt hours in one Francisco Gas ar raises its price to 18 Gos is nt nsumption per sixteen candle power ent_lamp of 6000 to 7000 watt hours in nth, 25 per cent nt lamp of 7000 to 5000 watt hours in one per cent consumption per sixteen candle power nt_lamp of 8000 to 9000 watt hours in nsumption per sixteen ca lamp of over 5000 watt hours per 40 er cent per month In estimating the discounts one arc lamp shall be equivalent to two sixteen Incandescent lamps for each ampere of current used by Eaid amp. Each arc lJamp must be of 2000 can- dle power. ection 3. The maximum rate or price to be charged by any person, COmpany oOr COrpora- | tion furnishing electricity for heat and power purposes for the fiscal year ending June ° ° ° . 3. i s hereby fixed at 10 cents per 1000 watt hours. Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the first of July, 1900, ROYAL BATAVIA |uiulaitSsaiipemes v mest aeit | — GIN EARLY MEETING OF le STATE COMMITTEE SQUARE WHITE BOTTLES. Harmony in Republican Ranks Is Desired by City and Interior Rep- resentatives of the Party. In order that confusion may be avoided 1at the outset of the political campaign of 150 in California an early meeting of the CHARLES MEINECKE & CO., Republican State Central Committee will AGENTS. 214 Sacremento Bt., 8. F., Cal, D¢ bheld. Tt is understood that Major Frank McLeughlin, chairman, will issue & call for the members to assemble in Ban Francisco about the middle of the present FINEST IMPORTED. | o a copsumption per 16 candle power incan- | dle power | Republicans of the city and in- | terior seem to desire a general meeting to | month. nsider party affairs. The sentiment in r of promoting harmony n the a active and unseltisn -suppusiess of Lue party—the voters of Repubiican 1aitn wno have won victories in the cause of g..d government—are willing to make conces- r harmony’s sake that do not in- render of the party to railroad boss dictation. The Repub- ho battle for good principles and party prestige are not office-hunters or patronage-grabbers. They ask that the party i stand close to the people and Keep faith with the people. They simply t that a candidate for office elected people shall not spurn the people ke orders from the boss. t is important that the Republicans- should win a great victory next g ber. No doubt the State will gi a ma- jority of 2,000 for President McKinley's re-election, but the Repubiicans ought not to lose a single Congressional district eles- The Legisiature should be Repub- Upon the next Legisiature will de- the of reapportioning the o te. s the boundaries of Congressional, ial and Assembly districts, and the s thus defined will stand un- or a period of ten years. sential, in view of the importance mi n th blicans ust fac- t of differ- hould b the 1 ittee of party duty. gonvention of e’ Fifth Co ch 1 ngr elections was , but does not committee was e conver a President z t where a Con- ce was not chosen the ust provide'for mu trict of d i SCHOOL BOARD INDORSES BAND OF MERCY SCHEME at its mesting its seal of ap- nent now in progress s to organize Bands uplls. The resolu- s were introduced by dent Webster. They were unan- pted and are as follows: he Board of Education thus the work being accomplished the Prevention of Cruelty and suggests that principals re aid Mrs. C. T. Holbrook in the Bands of Mercy as directed in the John J. Doyle and of the Mothers' hing of sewing be re- Golden Gate School ment. s N. S. Baldwin ed on a pension was granted. cation was received from the ting that it be con- election of suitable new school build- : ib suggested that one of the te on Telegraph Hill. The under advisement. Precita Valley Im- a four-room school- 1 of Army street r advisement. request of the ( Service Com- at_thirty teachers be allowed the examination for copy 4, 1900, was referred to Super- Webster for action. his position as as- having been appoint- rintendent of Schools. Callaghan Spreckles and to Miss Miss Ida Kervan's qued until March 26, being the hoider of nd being connected arr K. Alice n formerly occu- of the Columbia d; that Mrs. cher of Ger- rt be and js hereby a Hundt Dolan, man at the Adams Cosmopolitan School, holding a regular certificate, be required take charge of a class in said school. —— . INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHI Feb. 25—Representa- tive Waters to-day introduced a bill au- thorizing the entry and patenting of lands containing petroleum and other mineral oils under placer mining laws. This bill was introduced in the Senate a few days ago and the only difference is that the | same shall not apply to Alaska. President McKiniey to-day sent to the Senate the name of H. A. Plimpton to be Postmaster at Perris, Cal. A postoffice was to-day established at Bayha, Shasta County, and Adam 8. Kirk ointed Postmaste Stanley was day Collegeville, San Joaquin County, vice Frederick Feele, resigned; | also F. V. Wright at Jersey, Contra Costd ice B. P. Marshall, resigned. . "W. M. Lewis has been appointed | pension ‘examining surgeon at Los An- geles, abol special L. was app Frederick Erickson of Rockford, Wash., | has been appointed blacksmith at the| Phoenix Indian School, Arizona. Army orders: By direction of the Secre- tary of War Captain Frederick H. Pom- roy, assistant commissioner of subsis- tence, accompanied by his clerk, will proceed from New York City to San Francisco and upon completion of the duty assigned him by the command. ing general of the Department of Cal fornia will proceed to the Philippine Islands. First Lieutenant Adrian 8. Fleming, Sixth_Artillery, is transferred from Bat- tery D to Battery I of that regiment and will proceed to San Francisco and report in person to the commanding general of the Department of California for further Captain Louls Ostherm of the First A now at San Francisco, will pre to Fort Screven, Ga., and joln hi battery. Pacific Coast pensions have been grant- ed as follows: California: Original—Michael Fitzgerald, Vallejo, $6; William M. Morse, San Jose, $6; Henry Nutt, Ripon, $5; Jobn Donovan, San Francisco, $6. Special, February 15— Thomas 8. Sedgwick: 8an Diego, $12. Re- newal—William C. Hyde, Stockton, $. In- crease—Rufus T, Willis, Artesia, $6 to 38; Francis Selby, Soldiers’ Home, Los An: es, $6 to $12. Mexican War widows, spe- February 15—Mary B. Guntly, Philo, $&. Oregon: Original—James R. Mathers, Increase—John Brown, Elmi- ‘William H. Honline, Stayton, . Relssue and increase—William J. Fletcher, Crawfordsville, $8 to $12, ‘Washington: Increase, special Febru- ary 15—Cyrus D. Campbell, SBeattle, $6 &g 1, Ori’flmfl widows, special February —Malinda Smith; North Yakima, $8. the party is almost universal. The | ~ CITY RATES FOR WATER Horizontal Cut of Ten Per Cent Made to | (_Ionsu The apportionment measure will | elegates to | and | to | appointed | authorized | SUPERVISORS lars to th HE Supervisors have at last fixed the rates for water consumption which will prevail for the fiscal year beginning on July 1. After a long inquiry the board adopted last night the much discussed schedule, in which the rates for the city government are left un- | touched and the charges for private eon- sumers receive a horizontal reduction of 10 per cent. The summary of the schedule as submitted by Supervisors Connor, Jen- nings and A. Comte Jr., the water com- mittee, and adopted by the board, is as| { follows: | Pursuant to section 14, chapter 3, article 1 of the charter, which provides that the Board shall fix, in the month of Feb- | ruary of each year, the rates to be collected by any person or corporation in the city for of water, we beg to report the sub- hedule, which we recommend for adop- tion by the board. It will be observed that the reduction proposed is 10 per cent of the general ates now charged y the Spring Valley Water Works, excepting the rates for supplying water to the shipping and the rates charged against the city and county. This effécts a reduction to the Tate | payers of the city of approximately $154,000, and ponding diminution in the company's venue on the basis of last year's rates. This schedule will enable the company to pay its taxes, its reasonable operating expenses, in- terest on its bonds and a fair dividend on its [ stock. We have taken into consideration all | the cvidence adduced at the investigation, and | We believe that the revenue under this order | | will realize § per cent upon the true value of | the com ‘s property. | We estimate that these reduced rates, with | the natural increase of the comypany’s busine: will yield $1,250,000 for interest and dividen We have recommended a horizontal reduction because we believe that all the classes of con- | sumers are entitled to the benefit that will ace | crue therefrom &nd because the company has fatled to show us the aggregate amount re- celyed from each class of consumers. | When the vote was taken Supervisor | Fontana was absent. It was explained | that he is out of the State on leave. All of the other members of the board, except | Supervisor McCarthy, voted for the ordi- | nance and he explained his negative vot by saying that he believed that the rates should have been established much lower than they were. The vote was taken after a day of interesting proceedings. | Spring Valley Realty. | The inquiry opened yesterday with Her- | mann Schussler, the chief engineer of the | Spring Valley Water Company, on the witness stand. His testimony was devoted ly to an estimation of the value 1 estate of the company, consid- ered in its aspect of a systein of properties devoted to a specific purpose. krom this point of view, and the testimony of Schussler was supported by the sworn evi- dence of Engineer Grunsky in another ter, the real property of the Spring Valley Water Company, which is being used specifically for supplying water, is $12, 030,000, ussler wanted it to be distinctly un- derstood that this included nothing .ot used in the water supply system. Nor did he wish this valuation to be confused | with_his opinion that the entire value of the Spring Valley Water:Company prop- | erty 1s over $30,000,000, and probably could not be purchased for 335,000 0. Mr. Schussier | | | In opening his testimony, related what had been done in reference | to the plea of residents of Bernal Heights and the Sunset Heights district for water | and fire protection. He declared that he had gone over the ground in both case and was ready to report that the company is ready and will supply Bernal Heights with water whatever the city authorities | may do in regard to fire protection. He | doci;\red that the company will put in a our-inch pipe line, but this will not give fire protection. the company can be assured of six hydrants in the district it will put in an elght-inch pipe line and take its chances on the city shutting oif hydrants somewhere else. In reference to the Sunset Heights dis- trict, which is south of Golden Gate Park, the witness declared that the dis- trict s greatly developed and the com- | pany I8 ready to put in an eight-inch pipe flne if the city will grade three blocks oa ome of the streets and give a guarantee in | | reference to hydrants within reasonable | iimits. | Househglders Who Use Whater. Mayor Phelan asked Mr. Schussler if he | could give the board some idea of the number of consumers occupying one-story, | | | { two-story, three-story, four-story or five- | story houses, Schussler replied that he | coula not, but he gave the following | enumeration of families: One-8to: houses, 16,502; two-story houses, 3461 | three-story houses, 10441; four-stoi houses, 373; five-story house ; total | 61,951 families. The Mayor asked his quet tion, he said, to avoid forcing the board’'s making & horizontal increase or decrease in rates. Engineer Schussler then turned to the main theme of his testimony, the value of the real estate and some of the improv ments of the Spring Valley Water Com- | pany. He declared that reservoirs in cit- Feu cost, without price of real estate, $50,000 an acre, white in country places they cost $2500, just twenty times less. The witness then enumerated in detail the various properties of the company, giving his esti- mate of their values. In outline these es- timates were as follows: San Mateo Coul ty, 2340 acres at 31000 an acre. $2.340,000 water sheds 17,300 acres at $100 an acre, $1,730,000; water rights, $600,000; total, $4,- 670,000. Alameda County, 1550 aeres at $1000 an acre, reservoir site, $1,350,000; 3300 acres water sheds at $100 an acre, $350,000; water rights, $1,000,000; total, $2,730,000. San Fran- cisco County, water sheds, 2130 acres at 1000 an acre, $2,180,000; reservoir, Lake Merced, 450 acres at $1000 an acre, $450,000; Point Lobos, Richmond property, $500,000 other real estate in the city, reservoirs offices, etc., $1,500,000; total, $4.630,000. Re- capitulation, in ‘totals, San Francisco, 630,000; San Mateo, $4.670.000; Alamed: $2,730,000; grand total, $12,080,000. Schussler declared that while the San Mateo property had been purchased for much less than it is now estimated it should be considered now as a water pro- ducer and water container near a big city. This property has a storage capac- ity of 2500 million gallons of water and a daily capacitv of two million gallons of water. He declared that in previous years the cost to build had been considered and | now the present value should be allowed. | He asserted also that the property of the com&%nv not in actual use wili not exceed $300), in value. In this is Included prop- 2! | [ USEA”> Board Claims to Have Effected a Saving of One Hundred and Fifty-Four Thousand Dol- | an expert opinion that land wante | bearing property. | would, in the opinion, cost twice as much. REDUCE mers. e Public. erty near Clear Lake, which is valued at $200,000 or $250,000. Big Increase in Values. When asked why the city should asked to pay interest on property which Is not in use for purposes of water supply, Schussler replied that the system must necessarily provide for future necessities and development as well as present needs. It is only a question of time, he declared, | before the city will own the Spring Valley Water Company or some other water company and every foot of land now held will e needed and valuable. Supervisor Brandenstein insisted that the Clear Lake property could not be con- sidered in any way a necessary part of the system and taerefore should not bear in- terest. The company should have dis- posed of this property long ago and ap- plied the proceeds to its indebtedness. Schussler replied that it is not easy to dis- pose of property at will and he believed that in fairness the company should be given time in which to sell the property with the understanding that every effort will be made to do so. In connection with the valuation of $1000 an acre placed on reservoir sites, Attor- ney Kellogg asked leave to offer the testi- mony of ity Engineer Grunsky, given on the point in an action for condemnation proceedings. In that suit Grunsky l;l'e & the Spring Valley Water Company at Crystal Springs was worth $1250 an acre. This opinion, which when given was | against the company, was now decidedly in its favor, the attorney admitting that the company wanted to give $250 an acre as its real estate value, but the court in- sisted that the property should be valued as a part of a water supply system. This is now the contention of the company in asking for a valuation upon its interest- Mayor Phelan suggested that perhaps the Crystal Springs property possesséd a value as a villa site. - ‘‘Perhaps it did,” was Kellogg‘s reply. “It would have been excellent for the lo- cation of a balloon. The Supervisors again wanted to know how it was that the operating expenses had so xrmt!f’ increased in 1899, and Mr. Schussler declared that the increase was largely due to the increased expenses of pumping caused by successive dry sea- sons. “If you cut our rates,” he declared, “you will cripple us. This will resuit in danger and injury and the responsibility will be upon you.” Colonel von Schmidt Testifies. During the afternoon session Lolonel A. W. von Schmidt became a_witness at the invitation of the Mayor. The witness re- cited in some detail his own figures on the value of the property of the Spring | Valley Water Company. He made an es- timate several years ago and decided that the property was worth $13,642,000. Since then the records of the company Show that $5,000,000 has been expended in im- provements. Accepting these figures as correct, Colonel von Schmidt deciared that the property which the company val- ues at over $30,000,000 is really worth $18,.- 642.000. He asserted also that Schussler had accepted his estimates as correct, an assertion to which Schussler voiced a most emphatic protest. He claimed that he had objected to many of the figures on the ground that valuable properties had not been considered at all. E The witness then declared that a suppiy can be obtained from Lake Tahoe in a single pipe for $15000,000. This does not include a fll!lrlbulmi system, which will cost $3,000,000 more. If a two-pipe system were established from Lake Tahoe it With 'this announcement the entire in- quiry ended. The board decided to meet again at 7:20 o’clock to establish the rates. The Water Committee had been in sessivn during the recess and expected to be ready at night to submit its conclusions. Schussler’s Final Plea. When the board met for the evening session Mr. Schussler arose and asked to be heard. Mayor Phelan sald it would be out of order as the board was ready to listen to the report; that testimony was all in and every one had been given a hearing. Mr. Schussler was so earnest in his endeavor to be heard, however, that the chairman asked if there would be any objection to listening to him, and none being heard the water company’'s expert was allowed to proceed. “I saw in one of the svening papers,” he said, “that a protest had been sent to the Committee on Fire Department against the removal of 160 hydrants. The board has asked for 160 hydrants in addi- tion to those which have been ordered re- moved. The latter order was made during December last but we have delayed their removal. We are ready to cut them out. What is_your pleasure about their re- moval? If the rate is allowed to remain as it has been, we will leave them in un- til the next fiscal year, when we expect to be paid for them. If you reduce the rate, which I hope you 11 not, we will be compelled largely to discontinue the work of highway, which was the laying of a pipe line for the benefit of the Firs De- partment. We had it in view to go on with a fair ratio of that work, but if the rates are cut we cannot do it" As soon as the speaker concluded the Mayor directed the clerk to read the re- port of the committee. This was done, the ordinance was passed to print and the discussion of water was over. Fought for a Lady’s Hand. L. McDonald, a plumber, was charged at the Californla-street station last night with assault to murder. The prisoner and a_number of other men, among whom were Harry Keller and Charles Flint, en- aged in a quarrel over the charms of ghnme Bassett, & woman who lives at the Louisiana House. The heated discus- sfon led to blows and the men adjourhed to the alley adjoining the bullding and attempted to cut each other to pieces with claspknives. Keller and Flint were badly cut during the melee and had to be sent to the hospital for attendance. The noise of the lu'ugsle attracted Officers O'Neill, Hutchings, Campbell and Specfal Berge to the scene, and they managed to capture the rivals. e Two Criminals Sentenced. Thomas N. Perez, the embeazling mail clerk, was sentenced yesterday morning by United States District Judge de Haven to two years' Imprisonment at hard labor in the penitentiary at San Quentin. George 'T. Blythe, the Hollister hotel porter who stole a muffler belonging to 1. Biggy, received a sentence of one year's im- prisonment at hard labor in the same in- stitution. —_——— In the Divorce Court. George Kennedy has been granted a ai- vorce from Polly Kennedy on the ground of desertion. Leona M. Wolff has applied for a divorce from Hugo Wolff on the ground of desertion. Emilia Stecht bas sued Carl Stecht for a divorce for failure to provide, ‘and_Robert Brown asks for a divorce from Mary Frances Brown for cruelty. —e e Substitute Teachers to Make a Plea. A committee representing the substitute teachers of the public schools will wait on the Board of Education to-day to request that the resolution recently adopted fix- ing the schedule of salarfes at $250 a da; be rescinded and ths rate restored to $3 a day, as formerly. w——— e —— Tax Clerks Dismissed. As a result of a resolution passed by the Board of Supervisors allowing Tax Col- lector Scott twenty-two extra clerks in his office du the month of March two clerks were di ?lural.v. They are D. L. Reynolds and John Caplace. { | nary Surgeon O'Rourke, Vaceinator Hay, WM—H%WWWW++W WHAT WATER AND LIGHT WILL COST CONSUMERS. - + * < i e o it O HEALTH BOARD DISHISSES MOST 0F 1T FORCE Many Employes Volunteer to Serve Without Compen- sation. PRI s Finance Committee Allows $24,000. Other Unexpended Balances Will Keep Emergency Hospitals Open. R T The Health Board last night passed res- olutions whereby a greater part of its| force suffered official decapitation. Dr. | Willlamson explained that the Supervi-| sors’ Fi ce Committee had met the members of the board earlier in the day | and had decided to allow it the sum 340 for the Harbor Emergency Hospit Certain unexpended balances amountin to some $8000 had been discovered, which i he mauntenance of the d lnsane Detention J left from the orig- 20,000 appropriated by the board, ng to about $35H, would be utilized other expenses, and the Health Board compeiled to dismiss all its employes except the assistant secretary, clerk to the health officer, stenographer, chief plumbing inspector, messenger, chief sanitary inspector and chief plumbing in- spector. As soon as the resolutions had been | adopted Health Officer O'Brien arose and in a neat speech volunteered his services ! without compensation, and he was fol- lowed in a similar strain by City Physi- | clan Morrisey, Seeretary Brown, Veteri- 0! Food Inspectors Lahaney, Lyd Staude, Silvera, Coffey, Murphy son, Dunster and Willlamson, ton, Assistant Plumbing Ins| bin, Kelly and Mulligan, Bat Dalley, Market Inspector Rivers, intendent of City Cemeteries Walsh, | tary Inspectors Hassler, Hereford, A. S. | Keenan, Treuholtz, T. F. Fitzgibbon Bothe, Pawlicki, Graham, Green and Shu mate. Dr. Williamson accepted the serv- ices offered, and as others will no doubt emulate the example the Heaith Depart- ment will in all probability continua its good work with a volunteer force for the next four months. ctors To- Inspector | u DICKINSON RESIGNS AS AUDITOR WELLS’ COUNSEL | T | 4040 40404040404 040404 0604040404D+ Gives His Reason in a Letter to th City Official—Reuben H. Lloyd May Be Appointed. It is not always the unexpected that happens. There are many good reasons | for the impression that the following let- ter to Auditor Asa R. Wells from General John H. Dickinson was expected: | | Hon. A. R. Wells, Auditor, San Franetsco. j My Dear Sir: It bas come to my knowledge you are belng criticised as your attorney, because I Marin County, and not wishing to embarrass you in any particular, I beg leave to and do | hereby tender my resignation as your attorney, to take effect immediately. I thank you for | your kind consideration in the past, and trust | that our relations may always coniinue to be | as pleasant as they have been. If I can serve u in any way at any time in the futurs, I shall be very glad to do so. With best wishes | for your success, officially and otherwise, am yours very truly, JOHN H. DICKINSO. On the face of the foregoing proposition one not familfar with the subtleties of the political world might infer that the resig- nation was voluntary sacrifice on the general’ to shfeld the “Awaftér from criticfsm. " The friends of General Dickin- son, howeéver, insist that he received a direct intimation that the resignation would be highly aceeptable to Auditor Wells. The fact is considered that Gen- eral Dickinson was a resident of Marin County, having a law office in San Fran- | cisco at the time he was selected as legal | adviser of the Auditor and since taat time | he has not changed his residence or pro- fession. As a State Senator representing Marin and Contra Costa countiss In the Legisia ture, he did not feel justified in casting his | vote for United States Senator in favor | of D. M. Burns. The friends of the Marin | Senator have no hesitation In asserting | | employing me that Dickinson was invited to resign, not because he resided in Marin County, but because he did not cast a vete for Burns. | Auditor Wells was seen last evening and | acknowledged that the resignation had | been previously discussed between him- | self and General Dickinson. The Auditor could not name any person who critizised | Dickinson or objected to the Marin resi- dence. He asserted, however, that the vote cast In the Legislatur~ by Dickinson had nothing to do with *t13 affair. To| make good the assertion : iat Burns and | the railroad had no hand » the business, he said that he had in view the appoint- | ment_of Reuben H. Lioyd to succeed Gen- | eral Dickinson. B ADVERTISEMENTS. B IF AMAN 1s embarrassed with an unnatural weak- ness, or suffering and endangered with a contracted ailment, he should consult America’s most skilled and most suc- cesstul specialists—DR. MEYERS & CO. Payments may be made monthly or the total cost of a cure deposited in a bank, not to be given to DR. MEYERS & CO. until & permanent cure is effected. Free consultation at office or by mail. Sufferers who live outside of San Fran- ciseo should write for private book. di- agnosis sheet, advice, terms and other particulars. ALL LETTERS CONFI- DR. MEVERS & CO. 731 MARKET ST., S.F. Take Elevator to Third Floor., | | cific Coast Line. Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also retieve Distress from Dyspepsia, {ndigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A per fect remady for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsi. ness, Bad Tastein the Mouth, Coated Tongue Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They Regulate the Bowels, Purely Vegetable. Smail PIll, 8mall Small Price,’ s $25 Value for $15.50. My $1550 All-Wool Sulits are equal to any 325 suit made by high- priced tallors. Not one point in the makeup of these tallor- made suits is workman- ship siighted. The greatest cars is used that are made in a su- perior manner o be the durability. 1 take pride In doing the best work for the least money. lllgo—lll’ Market st. 201-203 Mgntgom- ery Bt San Francisco. BO040404 04040+ 040454040404 VICHY CELESTINS IS A Natural Mineral Water knewn fer centuries and Imported ONLY IN BOTTLES. For Disordered Stomack and Indigestion e Its value has Been testi. PRIl fled to by thousands. So-called Viéhy ia Sy- phons IS NOT VICHY. Get the Genuine. Your physician will recommend ft. 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