The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 8, 1900, Page 12

@ SUPREME COURT OPINION FAVORS FAIR TRUSTEES City Will Be Forced to Re- fund About Fifteen Thou- sand Dollars. SRS AT BANKER’S DAUGHTER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Mission Mystery, With Emma Smith and Dr. W. S. Thorne for the Central Figures. B+t 400090400000 404000 eO+O+O ¢+ : Qo Bonds Owned by Late Widow of the Dead Millionaire Could Not Be Assessed to John W. Mackay. greater part of I is Miss Emma Smith. B T R e I e e SR S COURAGE OF TEACHERS IS HIGHLY COMMENDED B oot eteidesieideidetdede todededsisdodsdel® N Tues: Ay o'clock Miss fternoon short! nma Sm ter commotion in the street and rushed down at- | st _ Then I heard that my daughter had tried to take her life in Dehay’s store. ¥ ¢ Education ¥ icide in a rool e Board of Education Adopts Resolu ulcide In @ room In the | 1" ushed into the wine shop and tried. to Tha g Faculty of hay's lquor store at 518 ¢y 'ty my daug but they would not St ne the un-|jct me see her. Dr. Thorne and a friend afayet y of Dr.| of his were with her at the time. Thorne o of ¥ was under the influence of liquor. After : a time Emma, Thorne and his friend lice and more med- [ “4Me U to. s police and 1 W you take? I asked my —p o ime the called-for as-| gaugh she just answered, ‘Oh, Gnpn r, Smith had, by | nothing,’ and dressed and went out with Thorne his_friend. “Since then 1 have questioned my daughter closely,” sald the mother, “and | from the little she told me I understand | that she went into Dehay’s place to use hone. There she met Thorn a_quarrel. Then one of the E . “What's in life anyhow?" and . taking something, a vial or a p. don’t know which, from Thorne, 1k it down, ying ‘Here goes." Then Thorne. xcited and rushed out for medical istance and rang in for the ambulance. There is ests 1 ck door, b the crowd which h wild ks of TI en pirited aw nbled his friend nd mpt at self-destruction 1 who attempted to take her life | reason and without any b the daughter of » of Mills Sem- mely handsome extre reputation of being | njoys t fellow. mother mith lives wnn‘ lencia street. | - ife have been |, ther who decl time, but up to LWo | heen foolish and made ample provisions | manage. According to her mother she who on Tu X n keey ompany with Thorne r several years. but there has been no fon of betrothal or marriage betweea think my daughter would ' the mother said. about two months ago Emma’s de liberal provisions for her. Then he wanted her to come and make her with him. he refused, as the discipline of a father's home was not to her liking. He objected to her friends and she took offer At his objections. f-destruc- no common inter- Smith and her that the girl has dstrong and hard to ppare attempt 3 an has all the who has a )} Smith dropped at odd s been able Lo s who hastened Up to inf father m: t no further res : carly in the | tion ev ults than ¢ afterno ken mother. | providing the on district with a well- e Whe nma wa t She was out last even- at % out 5 ther As it | soked out of whether 1 could s : was considerabl L sick friend, and the mother, d at home trying to unravel nd wherefores tempted :, sighed when she ‘1 really | wished Emma were at rest forever.” hor whys Horses 0. Jansen, and 8. M. - = dent; secretary. . ; nd Buggies. Reynolds treasurer. The different lodges wh as . . were represented as follows: alifornia Lodge—Daniel Parker, R. Murden and O. Jansen. 3olde té Lodge—A. Calderon, T. Es- ino and L. Viscari Mission Lodge—F. L. Griffiths, 8. M. Reynolds and G. A\ Mauerhan, Thomas M. Millar was floor manager. sistant was E. Kimball. Following the various committees who worked s0 hard to make the affair a success: Floor—M. Calderon, J. M. Kelly, G. B. Roger- son, P. 1. Raine and Georgé W. Haley. Games—J. W. Murph (chairman), G. W, ;‘ll!]lmn, J. Comossei, G. W. Tangye and J. W. Reception—Charles McHenry, Dr. Herrington, Ernest Swann, Joseph Hagan, H. Plath, T, W. Goddard, J. C. Conklin, L. Braddock, L. W. Hale, Louis Klein, 8. O. Fales, Severino Rosel, F. H. Schott, F. Marini, M. istudillo, E. Schuller, M. Gomez and J. Dowd. — e The New Mother And, through her, the new baby, benefi using MALT-NUTRINE, the l.l!l(lle el‘;;l:‘ll’:t); helping food-drink. It is prepared only by the AnheuseryBusch Brewing Ass'n, St. Louls, U. 8. A, and sold by all druggists. —_———— PASSED BOGUS MONEY SHADING TRES JON-OPHONE VTLOSEATOS : '0dd Fellows Had a Merry OUR GRAN-2-PHON Time at Their Annual REVOLUTIONIZED. } i Outing. Silence is golden in the presence of an ordinary talking machine—but the An ideal day and a large crowd made yesterday's Los Gatos Park excursion and pienie of California, Golden Gate and | Mission ndent Order of Oda success. More man who made the Proverb |fhin s thousand members and friends of the organizations journeyed to the pretty would take it back if he | picnie grounds and enjoyed a delightful heard the Zon-o-phone. | Gay. A long train filled with merry- | makers left Third and Townsend streets promptly at 9:15 a. m. and arrived with- Edmund Brown, an East Indian negro 19 years old, passed a bad dollar yesterday | out mishap at its destination at noon. | morning upon an italan bootblack, re- | Baskets filled bounteously with lunch | ceiving a shine and % cents Ih good money were opened and with sharpened appetites the picnickers attacked their edibles. After lunch the dancing platform ‘under trees was filled with active couples. and furnished fine music. The games D )ghle' oxdllnf;. An excellent cin- der path, 100 yards in length, was used for the games, and good time was made |in the sprints. Not a disturbing act | marred the day’s pleasure. Following is [the result of the games: Race for boys under 10 years—Raymond Vis- cary, first; Jobn Commorody, second; Vietor Corand, third. Race for girls under 10 years—Annabelle Fad- den, first: Beatrice Carr, second; Virginia Cleary, third. 4 Boys' race, 10 to 15 years—Fred Vittaly, first; Howard Thorne, second; Alex McKnight, third. Girls' race, 10 to 15 years—Hella Wilson, first; | Rosmie Barbino, second; Hattle Gritfith, third. in exchange. As soon as he received the change he started off at full speed to his mother’s room at 757 Howard street and gave her 6 cents. She was lying sick in bed and there was no food In the house, Brown was run to earth by Secret Ser- vice Agent Hazen and was taken to the office of Unitea States Marshal Shine. He told a pitiful story of a mother lying sick and almost starving, and how he de. liberately passed the Ccounterfelt dollar upon the bootblack. Assistant United States Attorney Banning, on hearing the lad’s story, declined to make out a com- plaint. His reason for so doing, he said was that no jury would bring in a verdicef atArnnvicgr‘n in’the cave. gent Hazen found that the prisos tallied with the description recently gl:eel: him of a man who had been passing bad Js an exceedingly handsome machine, encas in & guartered-osk cabinet. pisno faign o lared corners, with sides of beveled Linte glags, | YOung ladies’ race—Miss Hampton, first; Miss | dollars upon sireet-car conductors. showing working of the mechanism. Furnished | Sarrelle, second; Miss Knorn, third. o accordingly announced his. intention }'l); witk burpished brass horn. Price, $25.00, | l:e 5 ;.uwlll\':hn'fi::'d' first; Deanluffen, sec- holding the lad pending further e ond; 9 5 OTHER PLAINER STYLES AT $20.00 ana B22.50. Fiet, imperisheble disc records have always been one of the distinctive features of our trade, and in no branch of our business have there been made s0 many and +o marvelous ad- vances as in the art of ing and repro- ducing wound. RECORDE, B50¢ each. Complete descriptive catalogue sent free. Zon-o-phones constantly on exhibition at Shermaa. Clay & Ce.’s Music Hous:, CORNER KEARNY AND SUTTER STS, 8. F. Married ladles’ race—Mrs. Syrell, first: Mrs. | 83t0D. Thomas Miller, sscond; Mrs. Viscara, third. Fat men's race—J. Taylor, first; W. Bunt- ing, second. Race for members’ wives—Mrs. Connmoya, first; Mrs. Miller, second; Mrs. McCord, third. Fat lad race—Mrs.” Vernon, first; Mrs. George Drane, second. Rece for members over 35—George Drane, race—McCall and first; J. Monohan, second. Three-legged first; Caldron and Crowell, second. F. L. Grifiths was gretldenl of the gen- eral ttec; A. Calderon, vice presi- —————— Criminal Libel Alleged. Fred V. Anderson, a peddler, alm blind, swore to a complaint in Judge C: baniss’ court yesterday for the arrest of Michael Salomon on the charge of crim- inal libel. Anderson alleges that Salomon published a poem in the Pacific Scandi- navian newspaper, September 7, lasf charging him with bel) a ‘‘vile bling wretch’ and otherwise alluding offensive- ly to him. Van Kirk, . PORTION OF THE - HEW T LEWY 5 HOT VALI Sum to Repay Protested Taxes Is Not Collectable Under Charter. —_— Only the Park, Interest and Sinking Funds May Be Provided For Outside of the Fixed Rate. I In the tax budget which was adopted by the Board of Supervisors last Monday provision was made for a levy of .0113, in addition to the rate of $1 for the city's current expenses, for the repayment of taxes and bonds paid under protest, and amounting to $66,78. In making this pro- vision the board has exceeded its powers, as the charter expressly specifies that the only levy allowed outside of the dollar limit is for interest, sinking and park funds. The board, therefore, had no au- thority vested in it to levy a tax in ad- dition to the dollar for municipal expedi- tures in order to repay those taxes which must now be returned to the property- owners. The section of the charter bear- ing on the tax levy is as follows: On and before the last Monday of June in each year the Supervisors shall levy the amount of taxes for city and county purposes required to be levied upon all property not ex- empt from taxation. The amount shall be sufficlent to_provide for the payment during the fiscal yedr of all demands upon the treas- d out of the same; | exclusive of the State tax and the tax to pay the interest and maintain the sinking fund of the bonded indebtedness of the city and county and exclusive of the tax to pay for the ma ance and Improvement of the parks, and public grounds, shall not exceed the rate of one dollar on each $100 valuation of the property assessed. It is very probable that this item will have to be eliminated from the levy. The pecullar fact is Ceveloped that the money for the protested taxes w ¥y pald into the city treasury and abscrbed in the general fund. Now it is erted that the money has been paid out, and so the tax- payers are to be taxed to pay back these sums, wk the city has used for vari- ous purposes. Another peculiarity in the budget is the item of “interest and sinking fund, new, $£208,50," for which a tax of .0336 has been levied, also outside of the dollar Iimit. This amount represents what the bonds for the park panhandle, new school- houses and sewers will cost the taxpayers next year, and yet the bonds have not yet been igsued and their legality has not even yet been sed upon by the court before which the test case was taken. Should the bonds be declared iilegal the amount collected for interest and sinking fund will be of no avail and the tax- pavers will have been mulcted to the tune | of $208,500. At avy rate the money will be available long before the bonds are ready to be floated, should the decision be in their favor. —_——————— BENEFIT FOR SUNDAY LECTURE ASSOCIATION | The concert, vocal and instrumental, given in the Metropolitan Temple last evening for the benefit of the Sunday Lec- ciation was a very meritorious It embraced a staccato from Widor's fifth symphony, which was per- formed on the organ by Willlam B. King, one of Widor's pupils, very cleverly; two- part songs by Spofforth and Fanning, which were given by the Choral Club of twenty young ladies and gentlemen; a bravura song-«sc it was described on the programme—by Luckstone, which was cleverly done by Mrs. Susie Hert-Mark, although the programme description was a misnomer; a harp solo by Mrs Nathan Landsberger; a - contralto solo, “O ma Lyre Prumortelle, v Gounod, which was sung dramatically and effectively by M ickman; “‘Salve Dimor: by Alfred Wilkie; two p ng littlé madrigals of the sixteenth century, bubbling over with quaint melo- dic which were sung by 3 Hert- | Mark, Mrs. Dickman and Me: ‘Wilkie and Lloyd; “There'll Never Be One Like {ou,’” rendered by Robert Lloyd:; a Wieniawski number for the violin, which gave opportunity for an exhibition of the technical skill and singing tone of Nathan Lanc erger; a duet by Dudley Buek, | “Dews_of the Summer Night,” sung by Mrs. Dickman, and Mr. Wilkle and Gounod’s “Ave Maria,” with violin and harp accompaniment, sung by Mrs. Hert- Mark. This indicates variety, but not all the variety, for every number on the pro- gramme was followed by an encore, s that the performance was long. There has not been a better planned concert in a long time. Some of the success was due to' a clever accompani who modestly kept his name off the programme. SUDDEN DEATH OF WEALTHY BUTCHER Simon Solomon Stricken With Heart Trouble at His Home. B+ i0b0000ebedode . . e R o O O o BTSS0S SIMON SOLOMON. ¢ Dee-04000604000eQ IMON SOLOMON, proprietor of the Grand Central Market, died sud- denly yesterday morning. He re- turned to his home, 1514 O'Farrell street, about 7 o'clock, when he became seriously ill and died within an hour. Death was the result of an accumulation of fatty matter about the heart. Solomon went to his place of business at his usual hour yesterday morning. He did not_feel well and went back home about 7 o’'clock. His condition grew rapidly worse and he was forced to take to his bed. Medical aid was summoned, but to no avail as the butcher died at 8 o'clack. The case was immediately reported to the Morgue, but the deputies decided Lo allow the body to remain at the house, where an autopsy was performed later by Dr. Thomas B. W. land. Solomon was well known in business circles in this city. He has been pro-. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1900. S . AN S 4 ANOTHER RECORD PRIGE- MAKING! Of course, the little fel= ™ low has his vacation ? Outing Overalls are the thing for him with the bib. Ours are made with the elastic suspender fas- tening, and we have in- fused our own ideas into the building of these overalls. They’re made with the REINFORCED croteh and are our usual 40c overalls. You know howwe build doods—better than any = one else. These do on special sale, ¥ quantity limited to a customer, at 19¢ the pair. All sizes. RAPHAEL'S, - THE FRISCO BOYS, Corner Kearny Street and Union Square Avenue. HART NORTH GETS CHINESE BUREAU Immigration Commissioner Must/’ Handle All Asiatic Cases | in Future. Congress Passes Law Relieving Customs Col- | lectors of Duty of Passing Upon Genuine- ness of ‘““Native Son’’ Petitioners. HE management of Chinese Bureau ) matters has been taken out of the| hands of Customs Collector Jack- son and placed in charge of Hart H. North, the local Immigration Com- missioner. Likewise all over the United | States Collectors of Customs. have | been relieved from the burden of| listening to the perjury committed by | Chinese immigrants and their witnesses, | and the management of this most trouble- | some and expensive class of alien visitors | has pass the Secretary of the | Treasury to the National Commissioner | of Immigration. The news came veiled in a brief Asso- ciated Press dispatch yesterday morning | to the effect that the sundry civil appre priations bill had become a law by récei ing the signature of the President. In- corporated in tRe bill, however, were the provisions of a measure introduced some i months ago in the Senate, reli Treasury Department of th the enforcement of the Chin act. Henceforth, Commissioner r V. Powderly will be the 1 of the Chin- ese Immigration Bur: n and will conc t it with the present Immigration Burea An amendment to the bill that was | adopted provides that an appeal may, in ! the first instance, be taken to Commis- sioner Powderly and in the event of his endering an adverse de on a further ppeal may be had to the Secretary of the Treasury. _Collectors of C will be pleased “with the change. At this port one-half the office time of the Collector has been taken up with the hearing of Chinese cases. The new order of things will_allow the Collector to devote the whole of his time to customs business. | It is expected that Chief Dunn will re- | turn to Washington, and that the Chinese Bureau now under his charge will be made a part of the Immigration Bureau under Mr. North. OCEAN BEACH MAY BE BORED FOR PETROLEUM Many Blocks of Land Have Recently Been Bonded Upon Supposed Indications of Oil. Ofl may be struck in San Francisco, south of Golden Gate Park and well out toward the ocezn. Within the past ten days property-owners have notified Shain- wald & Buckbee to withdraw from sale between twenty-five and fifty blocks of land in that vicinity, The reason as- signed for such action was that brokers had tried to bond the land for thirty days. The property-owners have the idea that seepages of oil have been discovered in that section. Mr, Shainwald of Shainwald & Buckbee sald last night it had been intimated that indications of oil, or what was supposed to be oil, had been found. He knew noth- ing concerning any oil discoveries. In- formation was received from another source that the lands are between Golden Gate Park and the old Ocean House, and from Fortieth avenue to the ocean. The report is also in circulation that oil seepages have been found on the lands of the Sutro estate, in what is known as “Car Town,” near the ocean beach. Some of the Sutro heirs have been sufficiently interested to put in a sand pump to gain some knowledge of the geological formation of their iand. From this the bonding of certain prop- erties has resulted. Derricks may soon be erected for the purpose of boring for petroleum. 75c Babjes' Shoes for 35c a pair at the Bee Hive Shoe Co..717 Market st., near 3d. cdatalel ey S Rl iy St. Pavl’s Church Entertainment. Standing room only could be had at the Mission Opera Hall last night at the prietor of the Grand Central Market for thirty years and has conducted an im- mense trade. He was also prominent In fraternal orders. ‘The funeral will be conducted under the auspices of the Masonic order next Sun- day afternoon. Deceased was 52 years ul'lfio and a native of Germany. He left a wife and a daughter. benefit of St. Joseph's booth (8t. Paul's bazaar). An attractive programme wa: well rendered. The young IISlel' commu{ tee in chllrfe was comggsed of Miss Mae McNeill, Miss Emma Nolan, Miss Mar- aret Byrnes, Miss S. Lavery, Miss Nellie ennessy, Miss Gertrude Débson, Miss Nellle Farley, Miss Kittie Lynn. ONLY ONE POLICEMAN AT THE_SCHOOL FIRE| | | | of Officers and Patrolman Engel Had a Hard Task. Policeman Frank W. Engel was the only | officer in attendance at the fire which | destroyed the Lafayette Primary School. He was obliged to manage a crowd of | over one thousand school children besides | the many parents and spectators who ha- congregated to watch the conflagration. When the fire broke ont there was not | a single patrolman on North Beach, all | having been taken off their beats to do duty on the Chinatown blockade. The crowds gathered as the flames spread. but no bluecoat made his appearance on the | scene to protect life or keep the young sters out of danger. Sergeant Christian- | son soon arrived, however, £nd seeing the condition of affairs telephoned to the Cal- ifornia street police station for help. Offi cer Engel, whose beat is on Kearny stre fram California to Market, was the closest available man and he was dis- puéohat‘i to :hls Scene. ngel's task in controlling the crowd singlehanded can be better imagined thar descrioed. Showers of rocks occasionally fell from the summit of Telegraph Hiil and the youthful fraternity climbed over ! the fences at every point of the compass. | Engel armed himself with a brodmhandle many charges up the precip- | itous siope and when he finished his work | he said bad things about the coming gen- | eration on Telegraph Hill. JAPANESE ACCUSED OF EXTORTING COIN The Preliminary Examination of Masuji Miyakawa Commenced Before Judge Fritz. The preliminary examination of Masuji | Miyakawa, the Japanese reformer, on the | charge of extortion was commenced be- fore Judge Fritz yesterday afternoon. Captain Wittman was in court watching the case, as the Police Department is gar- ticularly interested In the prosecution. ! { Chinatown Blockade Causes a Dearth { 3 | The offense charged against Miyakawa is that of extorting 3§25 from Muira, a .{;nmm e an who kept a house at 512 = stified that on May 10 Miya- mpanied by Frank Kane, sec- f the Pacific Coast Soclety for the and a hunchback, e and sald that the ed shortly and her li- They each exhibited a star belonged to the City Hall. d three or four days later would have to close that wanted $25 to fix things. her Japanese woman, ous witness. Miya- all at his office. She er he must have $25 place would be closed. v be a mes- revoked. said the. ira or the she & to induce her to get Muira woman, but she t her go. The case will xt Tuesday afternoon. P ——— Ohio, June 7.—Policeman Phil Goebel y robbers on the street who robbed Druggist J. E. Mell. ed on_ the officer, wounding him, pily returned the fire and killed The other fled. No pavers ich to identify the dead I will recover. LIMA, Summer Skirts which fit and hang well, At Sale Prices Pique skirts In fast black and navy blue, reducea from $2.50 to $1.10. 1. MAGNIN & CO. 840 Market Street, Opp. Fourth. anufacturers and_ Retail- MoTat Wholesale Prices. "Tis Very Close Prices We are Selling Cpina Crockery Glassware Come Just to Look Great Americmn Importng Tea Ca. MONEY-SAVING STORES. £10-212 Graat Ave, (Het. Sutter and Posty, §61 Market St. Opp. Powell). 140 Sixth St. iy 81 Moo olk St. 821 Mont, 216 Mission St 6 Larkin Seo AT nth St xtee: 1519 Devisadero S 146 Ninth St. 415 Halght St 2008 Fiilmore St. 3285 Misston St. ©2 Market St. 2132 th St OAKLAND STORES. 10¥ Waskington St 616 E. 12th Se. 1257 Broadway. 1185 23d Ave. 1620 Seven: k 1255 Park St.. Alameds.