The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 20, 1900, Page 8

8 WOULD LEVY A TAX ON DOCTORS AND ATTORNEYS Proposition Discussed at Meeting of Supervisors’ Committee. sentatives of Banks Protest nst Proposed Ordinance In- creasing Rate on Bankers to $600 per Quarter. on foot to place a license } nd doctors, in order to | ue to the city. The d itself at the meet- C n eld yesterday to consider the : s been passed to print e on bankers, money | brokers. Attorney Chick- | nting the Union Trust Com- nat the license would be a why vhy and 2 tien want to raise rev. ty,” sald Mr. Chickering, t place & license on lawyers who was present at the ed to be impressed by the suggestion and remarked to isor M rthy that the proposition | ar looking up. The Mayor sald at present the members of the two ssions pay no license. It is guite > 11 ordinance on the subject d for presentation at the of the board. ‘ 1, representing the banks of was heard in protest | ng the license on savings | aid Judge Allen, “the fa paid a Btate license of | 300 local license. The sressed if they have to | Moreover, all ex- | DPe @ eiebeiedeiedeisbetsdrsistededoistosiecriodog urger, for the money | w ordinance will force | money lender who has int of capital invested ing thought the new er its pgovision all mer- br he held that lenders. The new uid be remodeled te who are money | ly sta are not. The Union id a war tax of $1800 r represented | ipts in the and he nce be so graded as | money lenders, { dinance went when the joint d Licenses and | or 2 for the and pool tables ance imposing tables. The the ordinance m § to $ per| 1 not be i in force to allow com- business. GRANTING | OF LIFE CERTIFICATES | f Examiners Desire Revision niting Them to Six ided yes- requesting | ¢ the State | and count educators gen- with a view in having the certificate | iife. tate itle them | icate being | Super- | recom- ates a ht schools ulvalent to half as read. Canceled. ecided to call into members of the Civil and the Merchants’ view to determining a clerks provided for x ¥ e required s will be canceled iIf after n t are found to be use- v include the statiomery clerk servisors' offic and mort- s for the Recorder, extra depu- udge Hebbard issued an injunction yes | | terday restraining City Treasurer Brooks | from paying out any of the money. The injunction was issued upon a complaint filed in the erior Court yesterday by WELCOME HOME TO THE ARCHBISHOP Catholic Clergy and Laity Will Make His Return From Rome Memorable Event. Public Reception in Large Hall, Thanksgiving Services in St. Mary’s Cathedral and a Banquet to Occur in His Honor. RCHBISHOP RIORDAN, who is on his way home from Rome, will be given a splendid reception upon his arrival. He will probably reach San Francisco about the §th or 10th prox. | A meeting was held last evening at the | residence of the clergy of St. Mary’'s Ca- thedral to make the necessary arrange- ments to receive the Archbishop. Judge Robert J. Tobin presided. Among those t were: Very Rev. J. J. Prender- | gast, V. G.; Mayor Phelan, Garret W. Mec- Enerny, Jeremiah F. Sullivan, James R. Kelly, Judge A. F. St. Sure of Alameda. H. Burnett and W. H arrangements were not all etail, but the general plan was mapped out. | There will be several events of great | public interest, among them a publi¢ re- Nolan in | ception in the largest public hall that can be engaged for the occasion; solemn ser- | vices in St. Mary’s Cathedral, and a ban- | | selected. The public reception will attract | | return of Archbishop Alemany from Rome RIORDAN. ; quet, the place for which has not been | one of the largest audlences ever assem- | bled in San Francisco. There will be ad- dresses of welcome and congratulation by | clergymen and also by prominent mem- | bers of the laity, to which Archbishop | Riordan_is expected to respond. St. ry’s Cathedral there will be the singing of a Te Deum and also of & thanksgiving service. These are the customary demon- strations of rejoicing upon the return of a Bishop or Archbishop to his see. The banquet may be attended only by the glersy of the diocese, but this 1s not set- te A meeting will be held next Friday evening of the general reception commit- tee of five, whict has been divided into sub-commiitees for convenience. The gen- eral committee is as follows: John H. | Burnett (chairman), Judge Jeremiah F.| Sullivan, James R. Kelly, W. H. Nolan and Garret W. McEnerny. There been only one similar demonstration San Francisco. That took place upon the has in June, 1870. | ties in the Auditor's and Treasurer's of-| fices, matron for the Mor e and messen- | ger Ir y Clerk's office. The Mayor desires to get the views of others | before he makes his recommendation that the positions be crea d. St e SO THE ST. MARYS PARK FUND AGAIN TIED UP Judge Hebbard Issues Injunction in New Suit Directed Against City Treasurer. | members of the St. Marys Park n have again succeeded In ty- up the $125,000 which had been set for the purchase of property de- but which Judge Seawell decided to pay the ecity's bill The ing aside be used < Christian Reis, acting on behalf of the Park Association. against the City Treas. urer, The Injunction is only temporar The grounds of the new suit are simj to these of the one decided by Judge Se: well last week, the only difference being that this suit is directed against the | Treasurer. It iz presumed that Judge Hebbard will hold with Judge Seawell, but the plaintiff will now be able to ap- peal to Supreme Court, and the fund will be tied up indefinitely. g Has Not Filed His Bond. The discovery was made in the Au- ditor's office yesterday that Police Com- A.Jd . PRAGE Men’s Colo Summe percale es and line big irm, all a pair of been selling Men’s Ties. Tecks and Four -in- Hands, light and dark colorings, sik and satin, stripes and figures, over soo to cheose from. See the windows. Plenty for every- tody for 3 days at 15¢ Each. The Red Front Mean’s Shirts Colored body, pique to laundered, match each shirt, have —3 days’ special 15¢ each. (SEE WINDOW DISPLAYS, R & SONS red Shirts. r Ties. bosoms, figures, a choose cuffs to at adollar Rumchunda Ties. Those big, wide India Siik Ties in Persian pait:rns. They are worn with shirt waists by ladies or in golf shirts by gentle- men. Exceedingly popular and very stylish. Fer 3days 40c Each, KEF ST.omer | Fifty tons_are | Oberon, 38 and 40 O'Farrell street, filed a | voluntary bankrupt. missioner Mahoney has not yet filed his bond. The charter ngressly states that | the bond must be filed before the Com- missioner takes office. Mahoney's failure, it is believed, will invalidate his vote on the commission. Mayor Phelan, when geen ahout the matter, stated that there evidently was a mistake in the report, as he believed that the bond had been filed. SOLD OIL AND COAL AND GOT INTO TROUBLE Charles Lee, Teamster, Under Arrest and Sergeant Lewis Under Detention, Sergeant Lewls, Battery O, Third Artil- who was under arrest jn the guard- e at the Presidio on suspicion of be- ing implicated in thefts of coal and kero- sene from the quartermaster’s stores, has been released from the guardhouse and is now confined to his quarters awaiting a full investigation of the whole affair, The coal and kerosene claimed to have | been stolen were shown to have passed | through the hands of Charles Lee, a team- | ster at the post, now under arrest in the City Prison, The coal was sold to a dealer named Ratto, near the Presidio, who saiG he purch: thirty sacks from Lee. Lee claims that the coal he sold he bought from the other teamsters, to whom it was allowed by the Government, The ration of a teamster in the Government service Includes four sacks of coal a month, and this is charged off the Gov- ernment’s accounts, whether it be taken by the teamster or left in the bin. The teamsters claim they can do what the; please with the coal ¥ they do not wish to burn it, and Lee says it was some of this that ‘he bought and sold again to Ratto. As to the kerosene, the quartermaster at the Presidio-is investigating the presence of nine ecans of the oil found under the bed in Lee’s room, on Moulton street. The Government oil is not marked in any par- ticular way, and the cans found under Lee’s bed were not marked, so there is no way to tell positively where the oil came from. It Is suspected that it came from the Presidio, however, hence the arrest of Lewis, whose duty it was to keep track of issies of coal and oil. The post uses 10,000 gallons of oil a quarter and about 75) tons of coal, so the loss of thirty sacks of coal and nine cans or forty-five galions of oil will be hard to prove. —— e Reported Gold Sand in Hawaii. H. 8. Jones, who has just returned from the Hawaiian Islands, reports that sev- eral rich deposits of gold-bearing black sand have been discovered about twenty miles from Honolulu, on land owned by a native, and that it yields $400 per ton for some’ and none less than $131 per ton. He also says that there are three minin assayers and experts on the ground a q that they are taking the sand in sacks from the creek to a ship that will take it to Vallejo to the Selby Smelting Works. expected by the next steamer. Walter Selby is mentioned as being concerned in the matter. - ————————— The Oberon Insolvent. Creditors of Joerdens & Martine of the etition esterday in the United Stat istrict ourt to declare that firm an The prinei] ered- itors are the under Brewing Co g $520, and the Royal Eagile Dufum'.n %‘t‘;‘n{ pany, . A{'olun!uy tition was flled by Albert Bergstrom, saloon-keeper, 129 O'Farrell street. Liabilities $740, assets $128 35. —_——————— The Bear Club. The Bear Club met last evening in B'nat B'rith Hall. It was resolved to parade to-morrow evening and march to the mass Eu:z'f' IE'};T”" held lnh'.hl Plvmlun.‘ el mann and others. The cl woum%dh to nwmu‘:llu a drill olln the d;m €0] 3 8 O appear “fl‘w on Tatification Bight. Democratic Doings. The executive committee of the Demo- cratic County Committee will meet at the | the subject of electing governors. | organize. | Tuesday at 3:30 p. m. *E’.""éi?'*-:."f”..'gjm;,}.,a‘“"’ pEEeS ju! | was exonerated from THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1900. MERCHANTS e 10 WORK WIT BENEWED ZEAL Additional Efforts to Pro- mote the Pacific Com- mercial Museum. IR R Irving M. Scott, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Presents a Brief Report Showing What Has Been Accomplished. —_— At the Board of Trade, 202 Market street, | vesterday afternoon there was a meeting | of leaqing merchants to cons.der what fur- ther steps should be taken to complete the work of establishing the Pacific Com- mercial Museum. The merchants were called together by Irving M. Scott, chair- | | man of the executive committee, and B. | Goodwin, assistant secretary. In announcing the object of the confer- | ence Mr. Scott submitted a brief state- | ment of the work already performed.- He remarked that the executive committee commenced active work on April 4 and had held meetings each week. Seventeen of the fifty-six chairmen of sub-commitiees have performed active work in obtaining members. The membership at” present numbers 157. The sunf of $7920 is now in | bank. The amount represents paid initia- | tion fees. The expense of the work to date was $339. The executive committee has | been in communication with Dr. Wilson | of the Philadelphia Museum, and has kept | him informed of the progress. | Mr. Bcott further remarked that the couférence had been calied to obtain the judgment and advice of (he merchants on He in- dicated that the functions of the executive committee were limited and that the gov- erning board should be created. Isaac Upham said: "“We ought to have at least two hundred members before we Some of the committees ap- pointed acted promptly and thoroughly, While others did not. 1¢ we could organ ize a few more committees we could read- ily run up the number to 200.” A The list of eligible firms, embracing many of the largest and best known busi- ness institutions in the city, was read by the secretary. Volunteers were requested to see merchants in certain branches of commerce. Among the volunteers were: | Isaac Upham, Hugh Craig, R. P. Jen- nings, A. C. Bates, N. 'Cook, Irving | M. Scott, Samuel Sussman, M. N. Bates, B A, Denicke, J. R. Kelly. Additional members were enrolledgwhile the merchants were deliberating. = The volunteers will appoint other sub-com- mittees. The conference adjourned to meet next Expressions of the interested merchants Indicate that the list of membership will be increased to {he required number before the next meet- ng. MEDALS AND DIPLOMAS FOR ST. ROSE’S PUPILS | P. Currier and James Dominican Academy Closes Term | ‘With an Attractive Programme of Exercises. The closing exereises of St. Rose's Acad- | emy were held vesterday in Native Sons’ | Hall, under the direction of the Domin- | ican Sisters. An immense audience filled the auditorium and even the alsles and doorways were packed. There were two graduates, Miss Abble Ross and Miss Mary Cronan. Awards were made to girls as follow: Gold medal for cemposition, Graee Welsh; gold medal for good conduct, Nel- lle Connor; gold medal for Christian doc- trine, Constance Koch; second gold medal for Christian doctrine, Minnie Connelly. Silver medal for general excellence, Mamie heehan; second silver medal for general | excellence, Gertrude Campbel painting, | Romaine Mulquee penmanship, Marian | Tobin; genera. ellence, Frances Con- | nor, Josephine McGrory ‘and Catherine | ahon Christian doctrine, Madeline | Cushman. Following are the awards to boys: Gen- eral excellence, Arthur Frisbee; applica- | tion, Robert Tobin, THe presentation of medals and diplomas was made by Rev. Hugh Lagan of the | hai. ° HE Reverend 8. C. Partridge, bishop of the central dlocese of Japan, one of the most active prose- iyters who has gone forth from this country to carry elvilization and education among the peoples of China and Japan, arrived in this city yesterday on the Doric. During the after- noon he was at the Occidental Hotel. He left for the East last night on the over- land train. He will proceed imme- dlately to Boston, where his American home is sitnated. FPor the last eighteen years Bishop Par ridge has been in almost dally econtact with the Chinesc in the central provinces, keeping in touch not only with the social evolution of the country but also the po- litical changes which have from time to time rent the government in the prov- inces of China. He is a man of power as well as influence and his views on the present involved political conditions of the great Chinese empige are interesting in the extreme. In 1852, while a traveler in the Shanghai country, Bishop Partridge became at- tached to St. John's College in Shang- After three years of arduous work he " returned to America for a further course of scientific study and then he packed his traps for the scene of his former missionary endeavors. Up the river about 600 miles to Wuchang he was sent to advance civilization among a peo- > who had not yet come in reach of missionary work. Here he remained more than thirteen years, until quite recently, Sacred Heart. e f re of the programme was a serfes of tableaus entitled "“Israel’s Wom- anhood.” The several scenes produced liberal a ise and were exceedingly beautiful. The principal parts were filled by Genevieve Meherin, Nellie Connors, Ida Klink, Mary s and Mary Thompson. ' Another ~attractive feature was a drill entitled “California’s Daugh- | ters,” in which some twenty young ladies | participated. Bach carried a wreath of | %?lden poppies. In the parlors 'Adjulnhlgi the hall the work done by pupils In China ainting was on exhibition. Miss Kather- | ne O'Dea was the principal and best ex- | hibifor, being represented by a tea set, | with a handsome design of red roses, an | a fish set beautifully painted with a dell- | cate design of sea shells, Exhibitions | were made by Willle Egan, Katherine O'Donnell, Genevieve Sullivan and Paul- ine Taylor. CARBOLIC ACID ENDS A TWO YEARS’ SPREE Nicholas Cotter Spent $2000 and His Last Purchases Were Poison and Beer. Nicholas Cotter committed suicide yes- terday morning by swallowing carbolic acid in his room in the St. David's House, 715 Howard street. The body was found shortly after 2 o'clock by a bedmaker. Two beer bottles, one empty and the other half full, were found in the room, and a note scribbled in pencil by Cotter in which he stated that he was born in County Kerry, Ireland, June, 1842, and was vears old. ~Cotter pawned his watch for $250 last Monday and bought the poison and beer with a part of the oney. Two years ago Cotter separated from his family and sold his_home, consisting of a house and lot on Louisa street, for $2000. With the proceeds he entered upon | a reckless career of dissipation, is body | lies on & slab in the Morgue. COMMERCIAL BENEFIT EXTENDED TO ASTORIA Merchandise May Be Transported and Received in Bond Without Appraisement. y Astoria, Or., has been made by act of Congress a port to and from which mer- chandise may be transported in- bond without appraisement. Astoria merchants will thus be per- mitted to import Ruropean goods via Eastern ports, bring them to Astoria and have them appraised there without the delay incident to appraisement on the At- lantic seaboard. 2 Merchandise from the Orjent 'arriving at Astoria can be transported to East- ern ports under like conditions. Hereto, fore such merchandise was required to be entered at Portland. —_— Good Situations for Engravers. The United States Civil Service Com- mission announces that an examination will be held for the position of square let- ter engraver for the Department of En- aving and Printing at. Washington, ere are four vacancies in the depart- ment. No educational test will be re- quired, but icants must submit speci- mens of their wo are reguested send immediat to the -Civil rvice mmission at Washington for the neces. 1 . The salaries range from to per annum, ool o o, o P John Sergensen Exonerated, A Coroner’s jury yesterday returned a mot that James Sloan came to his at a meeting of the House of Bishops (Episcopaiian), in St. Louis, he was unanimously ¢lected to the central ¢ cese of Japan with headquarters at K. ota. He is now enjoying a nine months’ furlough, at the end of which time he will return to Japan. Most of my work,” he sald yesterday, has been done along the Yangtse river in the Hupeh province, city of Hangkow, the greatest tea market in the world. To the Buropean travelers it is known as the Chicago of China on account of its bristling life and the fact that it is go- ing to be the great railroad center of the empire. Hangkow lies at the junction of the Han and Yangtsekiang rivers. It is a great center of trade and has a popu- lation greater than 2,000,000. It is the terminal point of the railroad from Pek- ing, built by Belgian and French capigal, and will be the initial point of the new road extending from Hangkow to Can- ton. The city is really composed of three distinct eities separated bv the banks of the river. “What is of particular importance Americans is the knowledge of the vast business possibilities that awaits them in this city. he tea business, enormous in extent and open to all peoples, is largely controlled by Russia. The prospeet for American commerce in this district should hold the minds of our countrymen. The Chinese are a people slow to reform or adaptation, but when they realize and a flr‘-‘k‘lflle the value of new things they ad- ere to the innovations as if they were necessary to their existence. American articles are consumed here and to illus- trate the Chinese predilection for things American, the Russians and Germans find it necessary to forge articles of commerce to represent the form and shape of Amer- ican manufactures.’" Although Bishop Partridge has been miles removed from the lecality of the Boxer riots and outbreaks, he knows Chinese politics sufficiently well to hit at a most plausible reason for their origina- tion. He does not think the disturbances are as fearful as have been portrayed, because of his strong belief that all news has been wired through French and Rus- sian sources. “Chinese diplomacy is always rotten,” he continued, “‘and it is necessary to dig deep to find the cause of unsettled condi- tions. All China swarms with marauding banditti—gangs that come from the out- lying districts and fall upon the peace- fully disposed people in the towns and villages. Tt is a singular thing that Chin- ese soldiers neyer fire npnon rioters, and that I8 the reason why the present out- break has grown to such proportions. The Chinese Government can protect its own people If it wishes to do so, and it is my firm belief that these riots have heen pro- voked by the Russians and the Germans. Russia, Germany and Japan are more or less united in a spirit of aggrandizement. The United States, England and France to lown, looking mare for the establishment of peace and open-door trade possibilities than the mere possession of land. Of course the English are most anxious to sustain control in the great Yangtse Val- ley on account of its wealth of agricul- tural and mineral products and more par- ticularly because it is the waterway to India and the Thibetian country. This way must be kept open for the English. “There is a strong feeling among mod- ern Chinese to get rid of the reformers among themselves. and _this Boxer move- ment is a catspaw. The Boxers would never have approached Peking unless they were ordered to do so. I have seen too many of these uprisings not to know the moving forces at work hack of late onrush. Tt is the Chinese diplomacy to D'I{ one rower against another. What it ;fi result in can easily be foreseen. It | terminate in the partition of the ChBRE Ry riends ot t partt st friends of na wa; - %fln——aah.lup Tha flflmv‘r'w?e out e macl tions of a selfish, l\fitonoln mob of office seekers who ch them- selves at the expense of every Chinese liv- theorles that arg afloat June 14 in the Ii louse, e st Rt @] laridng with Yohn Sergen . sen. Wila a5 they are varty & sy | WA seome the probable Russta, e lmt now seems to Dretty fast: § L nature, 1':‘ this: f,'.".’,’,-.".f re most anxious to have these riots put | | | | POLITICS BACK OF THE BOXERS Bishop S. C. Partridge Returns From the Orient and Talks on the Chinese. Has Béen in the Heart of China for More Than a Decade and Knows Problems of That Country Like a Book. BISHOP S. C. PARTRIDGE. i Japan, Korea; the Germans will extend their influence to Changtu: ; France will ng push up from Cochin China and Tonquin, and Valley. the English will take the Yanktse A A A A e S S S S S SR S S S S S SR SN S SO CHINESE SLEUTH BENTS GUT THE WHITE POLICE Quong Hing Finds Jewel Thieves Before His | Paler Rivals. PEENS AN George Collins,@a Boy, Detained at California-Street Station on Sus- picion of Having -Commit- ted Bold Crime. e ice of the C lifornis The ps tion believe th respc for the da up of the wife of a we: chant, Quong Hing, which Washington street two weeks of which over $500 worth stolen. About midnight on S man Hiram E. Hutch young man named George Washington and Kearny pliced his name on the the station. The lad re Mason streets. The police ¢k bad record t jewels lowed the Chinese v home at 5168 Washin she reached an a took a package They escaped. Stiver took th Seymour, w tectives 0o | woman's them $2 each to discover the ti him. The .boys finally furnished names of three other youngsters ! claimed were the gullty parties Hing offered to pay the father of the boys 3§30 and agreed to let | drop if the valuables were returned, | 1t was learned that thi® eould not be ac- | complished, as the jewelry had bee It is sald that while the stones could be purchased for $00 the boys dispose them for the very small sum of §2 . oificers have located the selling place of T the two vho was robbed and her hus- s followed and the officers are 5 £ other boys. The will soon leav band's motive in d was that she mi erty with her. Mayor to Appoint Committees. The Supervisors’ yesterday decl Mayor be aut mittee to Investigate he Feeble-minded, for which the portioned $15 A committee inquire into the telephones the_city with a view to doir sufficient numbe | $7000 yearly, as fixes F] U ) Z 3 4, 5 0 1. 8. 9 e p— Ny > . CENTURIES COMPARED | The next paper of the Home Studj “Comparative Studies of Two Centuries in THE CALL next Friday. Among the contributors to this course are Frank A. Vanderlip, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; O. P. Aus- tin, chief of the Bureau of Statistics; D., Haverford College; G. Stanley Hall, LL. D., president of Clark University; Robert M. Tooker, M. D., Chicago; Professor James F. Kemp, Columbia University; Oscar H. Allis, M. D., Philadelphia, and Paul C. Freer, Ph. iversity of Michigan. The outline of topics is as follows: Foreign Trade in 1800 and in 1900. Government in 1800 and in 1900. Communication in 1800 and in 1900. Transportation in 1800 and in 1900. . Manufactures in 1800 and in 1900. Geography in 1800 and in 1900. Geology in 1800 and in 1900. Navigation in I800 and in 1900, Education in 1800 and in 1900. Surgery in 1800 and in 1900, Medicine in 1800 and in 1920. Chemistry in 1800 and in 1900. The Summer Term of the Home Study Circle will ex- tend from June 15to October 14, presenting six new courses, as follows: Mondays—~American Pol tical Parties, Tuesdays—The Discoverers and Explorers of North America. Wednesdays—Famous Art Galleries of the World. Thursdays—Historic Studies in Home Furnishing. Fridays—Comparative Studies of Two Centuries. Saturdays—Literary Talks and Reminiscences. o g 4 k¢ Circle course on 2% ] 12 b4 will be published 3’ b2 Albert S. Bolles, LL. D., M. D. - " R A A R SOSGLIIIE LIRSS