The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 30, 1900, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1900 POLITICIANS ARE BUSY SHADY RECORD IN THE LEGISLATURE E. I. Wolfe Is Not Fit to Represent People. Contest in Twenty-Fifth Sena- torial District. vee £ood tore Di citizens of should be As- lared was test is going on in the torial District. Repre- e made to the Republican | tiee yesterday that a mem- M. Buckley, -fourth As- Barry, em- Senator statement w d Sam Rain to fight Mr. 1 that orders ~vd RALLY. Repeatedly Hits. AFRO-AMERICAN Kahn Is 4 for Happy ngressman Ck the Twenty-first | siasm was held by the Afro-American gue in California Hall, last evening. resident Morton was in the chair. There were many ladies in the audience. From the beginning to the end the proceedings were snappy and Interesting. A feature £ the was the enthusiasm with man hahn was received into the hall storm of cheers and ap evening entrance perfect e has in the publican national admin- Interrupted by applause » that he neers, t the Nicar- vide for the between San of @ c sco and the Philj to keep the proc jhin" the bounds ess been nd t Demo- atic votes xpected_that the canal h fore the Senate »d and would ruction s passed, Fran- sches that drew fc Louderback GREEK - AMERICANS GATHER. Names of the Republican Leaders Are Greeted With Enthusiasm. Greek-A an Republicans in goodly ai B'rith Hall last night on of the issues the officers of the rican Club. The speaker of was Judge Louderback, and gn were cheered. g was an enthusiastic one. of the names of McKinley and the remarks of the ted with tumultuous ap- ing adjourned with a for the leaders of the Re i and the response was h a vim. k-American Club is officered by named: V. Vallanos, presi- ce president; E. Anto A. Antipas, treasurer. a Richmond Organized for Sloss. M. C. Sloss Club of the Richmond ict was organized last night at R Clement set and . Fourth , and elected the following officers ent, James M. Wilkins. ary J. Ma ond Hanser It ws thorough interest of and t of each precinct in Sloss for Superior Judg. 3 a large m: pority this district. Speeches were made by J. M. Wilkins, Harry A. Knox and John J. Cassidy. Phoenix Club Meeting. The executive committee of the Phoenix Republican Club held a meeting last evening at Scottish Hall on Larkin street to make final arrangements for a grand mass-meeting to be held under the aus- pices of the club at the above named hall on Friday evening. The following well- known Republican orators will address the meeting: George A. Knight, Thomas B. Dozier, %UHUS Kahn, Charles F. Curr?' and several of the local candidates will speak. Music and singing will be a fea- ture of the meeting. The gallery has been reserved for ladies and thelr escorts. Temperance in Politics. The temperance issue in politics was dis d last evening in the Y. M. C. A Hall by Rev. T. A. Boyer, pastor of the First Christian Church of Stockton, and Mrs. M Tongier of Los Angeles, a inent officer of the Woman's Chris- emperance Union. The theme was perance and_the Abolishing of the rican Saloon by Ballot.” Kowalsky to Speak To-Night. H. 1. Kowalsky will speak un- 1spices of the Republican State at Metropolitan Temple to- G, BEDISTRICTNG | OF THE CITY R Chief Sullivan Will Submit Plan to Commissioners To-Night. . | Will Favor Eastern Police Precinct | System—DMore Lieutenagts to Be Appointed—Changes in the Prison. SR mber of changes are scheduled to ce in the Police Department. At 's meeting of the Police Commis- | s the matter will be brought up and ction taken. It 1s known that van has had the probable er consideration for some otwithstanding his reticence it ioritatively stated that he will proposition to the Commis- ight, and ask them to act on once. a reli zble source it is learned that ends to redistrict the city so cets will be more thoroughly he various districts will be the same as in the es. Instead of having a watch on the patrol- enants of police will be the su- t is the intention of large erge officers , it is understood, to force sev- , who for years have been several police stations, to ., who are now being geants. To do this intends to ask the id, Ts 1o appoint extra lieuten- rstood that the beats will ande: th fore he can reach the end of his section. Several changes are also to be made in th City Prison as well as in the outside tiors. Eince the opening of the new son the small force detalled there Las been sorely handicapped by reason of be- ing forced to afk the “trusties” to assist them in locking up prisoners. It is known that the Chief is bitterly opposed to the *irusty” system and intends to do away with it. If his proposition is favor- ably received by the Commissioners at least & half dozen new places will be cre- ated in the prison. A number of other changes are contemplated, principally smong, which will be the 'disrating of | husband has been unfaithful. some detectives who have grown old in the service. The Chief refuses to discuss the changes that he intends to make, but sald that he will make known his in- jons at to-night’s meeting of the ard of Police Commissioners. ————————— WITNESSES TESTIFY IN MAUD NOLAN’S BEHALF Divorce Suit Being Heard Before Judge Bahrs—Decrees Granted and Suits Filed. The action for divorce instituted by Maud M. Nolan. against Joseph F. No- lan was partly heard by Judge Bahrs yesterday. John T. Harms znd O. B. | Martin testified on behalf of Mrs. Nolan and in support of her allegation that her Mrs. Nolan was not in court. She will tell her story at a later date. A motion made by W. W. Fuller to va- cate the decree of divorce granted his wife, Alice M. M. Fuller, by Judge Muras- ky, was argued yesleréa}'. At the con- clusion of the argument Judre Murasky d the motion. uth D. Walker _has been granted a divorce from John Walker on the ground of infidelity. L. P. Crane was granted a divorce yesterday from Alice R..Crane on_the ground of willful desertion. Suits for divorce were filed yesterday by Amelia Sharon against Edward Sharon for desertion, Joseph F. Monte against Rosie Monte for cruelty, and 2 ellie Coak- ley against Caleb Coakley for crueity. A Cane From Lincoln’s Floor. Fdward Baker Jerome, chief clerk of the Custom-house from time immemorial, re- ceived yesterday by express from his old friend Granville Cretors a walking stick made out of a plece of the flooring of ex- President Lincoln’s house in Springfleld, Til., the only house that Lincoln ever owned. The State of Illinols owns the house now, and in the course of some re- pairing being done there the oak floor of the kitchen was taken up and replaced. It was from a plece of this oak that the cane was made. e ———————— Deserted and Without Means. Mrs. J. F. Hopkins of 4215 Twenty-third street, who was deserted last week by her husband, a drummer in_ Fischer's Concert Hall, is depending on her friends for assistance. She has not received any alc from the Musicians' Union, as there is no fund in that organization to provide for such cases. Mrs. Hopkins is left with three children to care for, the oldest of which is years of age and the you it but five months, T —————— Edward Barry’s Body Found. The body of Edward Barry, the sailor who jumped overboard a few days ago; was recovered from the bay yesterday by two fishermen. Barry was a native of Ire- land, aged 40 years. He was formerly a member of the crew of ' steamer Pathfinder. £h% Duting Sanee —_——— Vote for Thos. F. Graham udge the Superior Court. te 4 o°‘ was greeted | when he spoke on the local | ks on the many points raised by | velt was a cause for long and | | | | WHO CRIED “WOLFE!” - PROMISES AS PAVING MATERIAL Supervisors Adopt Reed’s Street Improvement Resolution. e Week Before Election Board Agrees | to Do Work Months Hence—No Money for St. Mary's Park. ARl P The resolution introduced by Supervisor Reed declaring it the intentlon of the Board of Supervisors to appropriate not less than $100,000 out of the prospective $300,000 surplus in the city's revenue by reason of the unexpected Increase in the assessment roll, to pave accepted streets in the business portions of the city was passed by the Board of Supervisors yes- terday. The resolution pledges the board especially to remove the cobblestone pave- ments, and the Board of Public Works is directed forthwith to make a report of the streets standing most in need of re- paving, with the kind of pavements best adapted to the sald streets and the esti- mated cost of the proposed imorovement. Reed’s ordinance providing iunc. *for the acquisition of land for St. Mary's Park went over for one week. The ordinance had been recommended for indefinite postponement by the Finance Committee. It provides for the segrega- tion of $50.000 out of available funds in the city treasury, to be designated as St. Mary’s square fund, and pledges the board 1o appropriate $30.000 more during the next fiscal year for a like purpose. The passage of the resolution would result in the re- lease of the original fund of $125,000, now in litigation, and the city’s creditors would all recelve their mone: The bill regulating the care of animals sick with contagious discases and provid- ing for the disposition thereof was laid over for one week. D'Ancona explained that there was no Jaw at presnt regulating the disposition of animals sick with contagious diseases. “There are no means to care for af- fliicted animals,” said D'Ancona, ‘‘unless by the consent of the owner. he o dinance provides for the inspection of ani mals with contagious sickness by a com- ;‘etem veterinary surgeon. No undue pow- &, that might be misused, was granted by the ordinance to any one person to im- ound such animals. The Hospital and {ealth Committee has recommended the bill for final passag An ordinance was passed to print pro- viding for the full accepntance of Mari- posa street, between Bryant and Florida. The Auditor and Treasurer were directed to pay out of the urgent necessity fund to John F. Finn, stationery clerk, 3260 for the purchase of postage stamps for the use of the Assessor. An ordinance was passed to print de- claring the strip of land extending from the northerly termination of Fifth ave- nue, at Lake street northward for a dis- tance of 350 feet, to be an open public street, and naming said extension “Fifth avenue.” The board adjourned to meet on Friday evening for the investigation of water rates. ——————————— Baby Hibernians Entertain. Division No. 5, the local baby of the An- efent Order of Hibernians, gave a compli- mentary entertainment and dance in Unlon-square Hall last night for its mem- bers and their many friends. The hall wag crowded to its capacity and for the entertainment of those present there was given a programme, made up of the fol- Towing numbers: Overture, orchestra; Introductory remarks, Presidert Frank 'S. Drady; barytone solo, Francls J. Rudolphus; cornet solo, Miss Trene Franklin: duet, R. G. Grady and H. &. Colman; monojogue, Henry L. Auerbach; jig dancing, Joseph Kelleher; soprano solo, Mrs. James R. Kentzel; specialties, Pearl and Ar- thur Hickman; Chinese boxer, Harry H. Wal- ton: fancy dancigg Miss Sydney Smith: spec- ialties, James McCullough. This was followed by dancing until mid- night. The function was under the direc. tion of the committee of arrangements, composed of Albert Rudolphus, A\ T. Me- Cormick, J. R. McBrearty, H. §. Colman and A. F. McDermott. e Social Democratic Meéting. H. Gaylord Wilshire. Social Democratic candidate for Congress in the Sixth Dis- trict, -spoke to a large and enthusiastic audience at Odd Fellows’' Hall last even- ing. Other speakers were C. H. King Jr. and G. B. Benham, Socialist nominee for Congress in_the Fourth District. Scott Anderson presided at the meeting. —— In voting for Joseph T. O’Connor, Dem- ocratic candidate for Justice of the Peace, ou will help to elect one who is not mere- y an able but a thoroughly upright, hon- est man. . VIDLATION OF CHARTER PROVEN Tearing Up of Streets Must Be Done by Board of Public Works. RS, En Ly City Confesses Judgment to Large Amount on Protested Taxes Er- roneously uevied on Bonds by Assessor Dodge. The Board of Supervisors awoke yester- day to a realization of the fact that the charter provision relating to the tearing up of streets for the laying of ralls, pip or for any purpose has never been fol lowed. It was Bupervisor McCarthy who called attention to the violation of the charter when the ordinance came up for consideration granting the San Francisco and Pacific Glass Works permission to lay a spur track from the Southern Pacific Railroad track on Harrison street to the premises of the glass works. McCarthy stated that In many cases where streets were torn up it was done by the company which laid pipes or rails instead of by the Board of Public Works, as the charter provided. Reed desired a condition imposed upon the glass company that it keep the strect on which the spur track is laid in proper repair. Curtis characterized certain op- position to the permission to lay spur tracks as interfering with the industries of this city. McCarthy then called at- tention to the specific charter provision which places the power of tearing up the streets solely with the Board of Public Works. He moved that the permission to lay the spur track be granted only on condition that the Board of Public Works perform the work of tearing up the street and the motion prevailed The City Street Improvement Company was granted permission to lay a spur track from the Southern Pacific Railroad track on Harrison street into the block owned by the company. The City Attorney was authorized to permit judgment to be entered against the city and county of San Francisco in the actions instituted for the repayment of taxes and interest thereon at 7 per cent, paid on bonds under protest, which bonds were declared by the Supreme Court of this State to be exempt from taxation. As a result of this action the Mutual Savings Bank will receive the sum of $19,838 39; Humboldt Savings and Loan Society, $210 89; Hibernia Savings and Loan Soclety, $26,324 50; Wells, Fargo & Co., $3433 51, and H. T. Scott et The total represents the amount illegally collected by the city based upon the er- roneous assessments on bonds levied by Assessor Dodge. As a resuit of Dodge's blunder the city will be obliged to pay out a considerable sum in interest on mxo-sl which should never have been im- osed. e room now used by the Registrar as an ‘“afdavit room’ will, when vacated, be assigned to the Board of Education as a storeroom. The Board of Public Works was au- thorized to set aside a room in the City Hall for the use of the Fublic Schocl Teachers' Anpuity and Retirement Asso- clation. An ordinance was passed to print pro- viding for the placing of a I‘norover the photographic gallery on the Hall of Jus- tice, which work will be under the super- vision of the Board of Public Works, The ordinance authorizing the Board of Public Works to complete the photo- graphic gallery in the Hall of Justice was recommitted to the Building Committee. Similar action was taken with the reso- lution directing_the Board of Public ‘Works to place 225 rifle racks in the Ha'l of Justice for the use of the Police De- partment at a cost of $100. The Ning Yung Society was granted | permission to play music in the districc unded by Waverly place, Washington, Dupont and Sacramento streets on thc | morning of November 8, 1900, until 8 o'clock. -——— . Young Ladies’ Institute. Young Ladies' Institute No. 1 had an| old-time Halloween party in Loyola Hail, | at Tenth and.Market streets, last night. | There were decorations in the hall appro- | riate to the occasion, such as pumpkin anterns, strings of bright red a Pleu and | groupings of greens. In addition games for children and adults there were a few words of welcome by Miss Annie ! B. Nyhan, the president; an overtyre by | Miss Mae Stein; remarks by Mme, Louise | Sorbier of the Woman's Educational As- | soclation;_vocal selections by Frank Car- | Toii and Mrs. G. Evans: mandolin selec | tions, the Misses Barr, Mr. Finn and the | Misses - Minighan. The evening of fun | closed with dancing and the serving of | refreshments. —_————— ‘Write for new catalogue of watches, jewelry, sllverware. Invaluable to out-of-town purchas- ers. Hammersmith & Field, 3 Kearny st. » 1 WOULD RESCIND SPECIAL PERMITS McCarthy Opposes Discrimi- nation in Encroachment Privileges. Supervisor Holds That All Citizens Are Entitled to Rights Granted by Board and Enjoyed by Others. Tl Supervisor McCarthy raised his voice at yesterday’'s meeting of the board against what he asserts i{s discrimination in the granting of special permits for permanent street encroachments. He introduced a resolution, which was referred to the Street Committee, providing for the re- scinding of all rights heretofore granted or exercised to erect signs that project over the sidewalks. The resolution fol- lows: Whereas, This board indefinitely postponed an ordinance which, among other powers, con- ferred upon the Board of Public Works au- thority to grant certain rights and privileges to property owners in the erection of street signs and transparencies; and . Whereas, As privileges of this character have heretofore been enjoyed by our citizens under and by virtue of resolutions passed by the flon'rd of Supervisore; and Whereas, The signs and transparencles now erected ard maintained are exclusive ang per- mits the exercise of these privileges only by the citizens: who obtained authority from the Board of Supervisors; and Whereas, All citizens should have equal rights and should not be discriminated against, but are entitied to all the privileges which others enjoy by permission of the Board of Buper- visors, and in order that all citizens should be placed in the same condition before the law; therefore, he It Resolved, That all rights and privileges here- tofre granted or exercised to erect signs and transparercies be and the same are hereby re- gcinded, and all resolutions granting or pro- DOSIng to grant the said privileges are hereby repealed. Resolved, That the attention of the Board of Public Works and the Chief of Police is hereby .called to the provisions of this resolution. McCarthy explained that in deference to many citizens who had endeavored to obtain special privileges without success he believed in rescinding permits hereto- fore granted. “All citizens are entitled to equal priv- fleges,” said McCarthy, ‘“but the priv. ileges’ should be granfed to every pe- | titioner that appears before this board or slse all speclal permits should be with- rawn. V—-HOW TO MEASURE TRI- ANGLES. A triangle is a plane figure contained by three straight lines. The base of a triangle is the side upon which it is supposed to stand. The perpendicular height or alti- tude is the perpendicular drawn from the | angle opposite the base to the base. +* o3 o+ 5 Take the triangle BDE and proceed to find the area, having given that DE is | twelve inches and BF is eight inches. We have already learned how to meas- ure rectangles. Now, the figure ACDE is | a rectangle, as are also the figures ABDF and BCFE. The perpendicular BF divides the triangle BDE into two triangles. It will be seen that one of these triangles is half of one rectangle and the other is half of the other rectangle, or the two to- gether, that is, the whole triangle BDE, is half of the rectangle ACDE. Then to find the area of the trlangle we first find the area of the rectangle inclos- ing it and take half of the result. The rectangle is twelve inches long by eight inches wide, and the area is twelva | times elght, or ninety-six square inches. One-half of this is forty-elght; therefore the area of the triangle is forty-eight square inches. +- <+ A | | | o+ If the triangle is a right angle triangle, =3 such as BDC, then the side BD is the per- ypendicular and the side CD is the base, and the area is one-half the product of BD by CD. Exercises. 1. The base of a triangle is 15 inches and the altitude Is 12 inches. Find the area. 2. A triangular surface contains 705 square inches. The base is 7 feet 10 inchea. Find the altitude. 3. A triangular fleld has = base line 6 chains in length. The perpendicular dis- tance from base to altitude is 40 chains. Find the area in acres. 4. The area of a triangle is 30 square feet 58 square inches, and its base is 9 feet 8 inches. Find the altitude. 5. The distance around a right angle tri- | angle is 240 inches: The perpendicular is | 60 inches and the area is 2400 square | | inches. Find the length of the longest | | side. . 4 * 6. A corner lot is In the form of a trian- gle, =e shown in the figure. It extends 100 eet on ‘A street and feet on B street. The proprietor is required to move his fence in two feet on A street and four that is, a triangle having a right angle, | NIGHT SCHOOL: HOW TO DO THINGS, Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton NIGHT SCHOOL COURSE. —_— yards of the lot when thus reduced size. 1 - [ & 7. The base and perpendicular of the triangle D are each one-half the base and perpendicular of the triangle ABC. The | larger triangle is how many times greater than the smaller? 8. A county s in the form of a triangle, with a base of 20 miles and a perpendicu- lar distance from base to altitude of 24 miles. How many acres does it contain? 9. Find the cost at 3 cents a square yard of painting the floor and ceiling of a tri- angular room showing the following di- mensions: Base, 12 feet: perpendicular, 13 eet. 10. A square, each side of which is inches, has lines drawn from the center to two of the corners. Find the area of the triangle thus formed Answers. (1) 90 Inches. (2) 15 inches. (3) 120 acres. (4) 6 feet 4 inches. (5) 100 inches. (%) 629 square yards. (7) 4 times. (8) 230400 acres. (9) 60 cents. (10) 36 or 72 square inches, VI-HOW TO PUNCTUATE. 1. Start with your language. If your sentences “‘are to the point” you simply need “the point.”” It is the involved, tan- gled, cumbersome sentence which needs special care in punctuation. 2. Insert commas simply where they are necessary to bring out the correct mean- ing. It is better to have too few than too many. When in doubt, omit 3. When you have completed a sentence —that is, when you have made a complet> statement—write a period after it and be- gin the next statement or sentence with a capital letter. The period should be used also after headings, names, addresses, | signatures and other words and phrases Write periods standing whoily alone. such as after the common abbreviations. Mr., Dr., St, LL. . Rev.,, ete. 4. The semicolon Indicates a greater separation than the comma. The latter denotes a pause in reading that the mean- ing may be clear; the former denotes a distinet separation or pause in the thought rather than in the language. Note that the semicolon is often used at the close of a grammatical sentence instedd of the period. It is the thought and not the grammar which decides the location o semicolons. 5. The colon is used before a formal enumeration of particulars. The formal- ity is usually expressed by the presence of such introductory words as “thus:” “follows:" ete. 6. The dash shows a sudden break in the thought, or is used to set off a parenthet ical expression. Note carefully its usage in printed matter. 7. The mark ? denotes a question, and is usually written after a direct question; as, “Where did he come from?' ‘How | much will it cost™ When this mark is used in parentheses it expresses doubt The writer intends to question the truth of the word or name he has just used; as, “What a brilllant (?) speech he made!" Here the writer indicates that he Is using the word “brilliant” in a questionable sense—in a sense different from its com- mon_meaning. 8. Quotation marks denots the intro- duction Into written or printed matter of something quoted. 9. The common use of the apostrophe is to mark the possessive case. It is used also to mark the plural of single letters or figures; “Your §'s and ¥'s are alike and your t's and I's are badly formed.” 10. A row of asterisks is used to show an omission. Thus if a writer wers quot- ing and wished to skip several paragraphs he.would lnsel;( !l':ls sign: .- » e o R but if he omitted only a few words he would use leaders, thus: . . ... ..... 11. Be very careful in breaking a word at the end of a line to divide it according to its syllables. Do not divide a word at all unless you cannot possibly avold doing s0. Words of one syllable cannot be di- vided, and it Is scarcely ever necessary to divide words of two syllables. When it is necessary to make a division follow the first part with the hyphen; that is to say the hyphen should appear at the end of the line rather than at the beginning. 12. When two or more words not usually considered together are used as one name or qualifying word they are commonly united by a hyphen; as, a hot-headed speech, a go-as-you-please gait, eote umbers like the following are usually written with a hyphen: Sixty-five, twen- ty-third, etc. Many words once com- pounded In this way are now written as single words; as, rallroad, schoolboy, lifelike, ete. Retail Clerks to Meet To-Night. The local branch, No. 432, of the Retall Clerks’ International Protective Associa- tion will hold an important meeting in Red Men's Hall, 320 Post street, to-night at 9 o’clock. The meeting will be addressed by officers of the San Francisco Labor Council and the committee on publecity will deliver circulars and booklets setting forth the objects of the association. Non- feet on B street. Find the area In square members are invited to attend. 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