The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1901, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, ALL FOOLS’ DAY DEVELOPS A NEW BUNCH OF PRACTICAL JOKERS Scores of Citizens Try to Lift a Water Hydrant Out of| Its Resting Place, Others Stub Their Toes Against a Brick in a Hat---Browne Does Not Want a Colored Maid THE MAN WHo TRIED TO LIFT A HYDRAMNT e THos H BROWNE , HAD ALL KIND9 OF ADPDLICANTS FOR A JOB IN ANSWER TEe AN APRIL FooL "AD":« oV Deov SALL Y THING ') SHE GoT uF AGAINS Dotk SoAaP (AN?’ HELD A FRIENDS FoRr- Ao HouvRS AND 55 MINUTES: Tesar's ALL i ER COAT FEW ALL FOOLS' D. T FOR TH OF THE UNSOPHISTICATED AND UNWARY WHO WERE MADE VICTIMS OF PRACTICAL JOKERS ON AND THE METHODS USED TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR UNDOING AND FURNISH AMUSE- APING SPECTATORS., nd the staid old maid to the winds yes- tered into the spirit v with a vengeance. that were deemed ill-| who were made their tar- ed with an abandon that was a shocking. Old tricks that in years gone by were sion and the jok- | exempt laughed 1 to pick up a purse her path dropped enticir i hot potato w ke a en her deljcate eal re assailed with a boisterous *r-u-b- The siness n who was ted by a Chinese physician, who called m how to cure lumbago, could The man who stubbed -stone that reposed ed to laugh and partook of a choco- e cream and found it was made of soap »preciate the trick Wanted a Lift. On Sansome and Commercial streets a with an angelic countenance advise of fun with passersby. He 3 ck over a hydrant and with | H expression on his face would g business men to give majority of instances the not go unheeded. With a * the pedestrian would superhuman effort try ydrant out of the sidewalk. that greeted the -attempt him that he had been FLLS WILD TALE | 0F THE DISKSTER Tragic Fate of Women in| the Mad Struggle When | the Rio Sank. T Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 1 Bensational testimony relative to the tragic fate of women passengers on the il:-fated steamer Rio de Janeiro was given to-day’s hearing of the contest for tters of administration in the estate of H. Wakefield and her daughter who perished in the wreck. Gusenblodt, who was one of the testified that he was on the steamer’s deck when she went down. He in the weird lignt of the dawn when the f frenzied Chinamen rushed up horde of f from the steerage and knocked overboard nd the grown man, | | petiti: 1 the wild =cene that took place | 0ld.” The commission merchants in the vicinity nearly went into hysterics watch- [ ing citizens aiding the innocent' little rcgue. Thomas H. Browne of the William Cluff Company is not a believer in jokes. ' His life was made miserable yesferday try- ing to assure scores of wage earners that he had not inserted the following adver- tisement in The Call: £ COLORED gir! for honsework and plain cook- | ing: small flat; two in family; wages 330 T. | ROW' 20 Front st. When Mr. Browne arrived at his place of business in the morning he had to make | a football rush to get inside. He was not given time to remove his top coat when word passed along the waiting line and a colored woman, who had to enter the store sideways, sided up to Browne and offered her services. Before the noon hour Browne thought he was in a trance. Hav- ing dispatched the army of workers, he left word that he w | him not. Tramp: ers, stenographers |in numbers. = Undertakers, physicians, | harness makers, protographers and em | plovment agents call"d and kept the tele- | phone busy inquiring for work, about | his health, about funeral arrangelments, | etc. Browne places the blame oh Pho- | tographer T. P. Andrews and he swears to have his scalp at their first meeting. | Crandall Did Not Advertise. The following advertisements which ap- | | peared in the morning papers brought lit- | tle joy to W. G. Crandall of the Long | Syrup Company | YOUNG lady stenographer; beginner preferred; | | “salary $% to start. W. G. CRANDALL, | | Long Syrup Co., Eighth and Brannan delicate white women and ' children in theif mad struggle for life. 5 The witness said he saw the Wakefields, mother and daughter, clinging together at the vessel’s rail as she went down. Gusen- blodt himself was carried down by the suction far below the surface. He was bruised and cut by tne wreckage, but clung to a spar until picked up by a’ erman. He did not sec either Mrs. Wake- field or her daughter after the Rio sank. | To offset the evidence introduced by ti-a | ers for letters of administration Mo daugnter's estate, the Public Ad- | upon nupnlstramr, who seeks to prove that Mrs. | Wakefleld survived her daughter, intro- | duced the testimony of the captain of the | tug which found the mcther’s body, as | proof that Mrs. Wakefleld lived for hours | after the steamer was wrecked. At the hearing of the case last week several of Miss Wakefield's friends tesli- fied that she was an expert swimmer, and on this ground Judge Ogcen was asked to render a decision declaring that the young lady was the survivor. According to the testimony of Captain David Shaw, who took Mrs. Wakefield's body from the water, it would appear that the contrary was the case. Captain Shaw said: | “““Mrs. Wakefield had on a life prescrver and the body was warm. Fifteen minutes sooner and her life might have been | saved. I reached the scene of the wreck | at about half past eight. Steaming about | among the wreckage and floating bodies of dead Chinese we came across the body of a white woman scantily clothed, floating face downward. It was the corpse afterward identified as that of | Mrs. Wakefield. When we took it from the water it was so warm that we imme- anu GRAPE-NTTS. AMERICAN BRAINS. Brain-Workers Require Special Food. American brain workers have for some past been largely using an espec- prepared food for rebuilding the matter of brain and nerve centers. Any man or woman who cares to make a test by using this food, Grape-Nuts, for a tion of one or two meals each day, vea! find a distinct increase in vigor, and | brain power. feel disposed to know the they can have Grape-Nuts of the Lon- t and the result will show that ntains the natural phosphate »btained in @ natu-ai way from and albumen obtained in the ly in he food < €h Ay two elements unite together in 1 hody to make and rebuild the r of which the brain, solar ve centers are filled. tacts which can be careful investigator. ute, is'mnot only the x scientifically made food in tha world, but almost any user will agree with us that the flavor is unigue and most winning. m diately went to work applying restora- | tives.” After working for some time we | gave. it up. Fifteen minutes before, I | think, she must have been alive. When | we saw that she was past help we laid the body on_the deck and covered it with the | United States flag. When found, Mrs. \\'a‘l((efleld had a life-preserver about her neck.” | Judge Ogden tcok the case under ad- visement for two weeks and the attorneys agreed to submit it cn briefs { LIGETED MATCHES SET CHILD'S CLOTHES AFIRE Elsie Powell Wou.l;'l Have Perished but for Detection of Odor of Burning Cloth. OAKLAND, April 1.—With her clothing all aflame Eisie, the §-year-old child of | Mr. and Mrs. Powell of Fruitville. stood on the front porch of her parents’ home | this morning. She was too frightened to | scream 2nd would have perished had not | her mother detected the odor of burnirg | clothing. | The mother ran to the child with a | blanket, which she had grabbed from a | bed, and wrapped her in it. The flames were soon smothered, though not before the arms and body had been severely { burned. ¥lames from matches with which she | was B communicated to the child's | clothing. She stepped on one, which set ;fix’e to a whole bunch, | The profits of Yale's football team last year exceeded $22, The annual profits of a many college graduates put to- { sether wouidn’t equal that. | their expe: | of the Earth child; sleep home; CRANDALL, Brannan sts wages $30. W. G. Long Syrup Co., Eighth and The Morgue officials were as usual kept busy informing inquirer that Main 1947 was ‘the Morgue and not the home of a charming lady or a gentleman. One man held an overcoat in the courtyard of the Palace Hotel three hours unmindful of the smiles and questions as to whom he .was waiting for. Some of the victims took the jokes at se_good naturedly and others , but the majority were ex- tremely glad that All Fools' day lasted but twenty-four hours. 3 —_— April Fool Jinks at Press Club. An April fool jinks was given in the jinksroom of the Press Club last evening. It embraced many novel features in a va- ried programme of some length, In addi- tion to numbers from some of our best local talent there were representatives from the theaters. Frankfurters, sand- | wiches and pipes were popular adjuncts to lh‘e evening. Miss Virginia Calhoun of the Central Theater took three characters in a little sketch entitled “In Love Chase,"” which served as , pleasing vehicle for her versatili Arthur Cunningham, the new barytone-el of the Tivoli, sang “‘Queen ) nd “When Dull Care” in fine style. 2 Charles Dickman sang three numbers with even more than her usual taste and feeling. Paul Egry in a violin solo, ( Orpheum, our own really funny man, Billy Hines: the clever local magician, J. War- ren King; Tom Guise, George King, Oscar Franks, Hamilton Hill, from_ the Or- pheum, and William McDonald, the big voiced blacksmith of Redwood City, com- DIRECTORS FACE M EMERCENCY | Must Take Prompt Measures to Avoid Closing High Schools. e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, . 1118 Broadway, April 1 The new Board of Education met to- night and organized by electing C. H. ¥ cton president. J, W. McClymonds animously re-elected Superinten- a Schools. board took up the consideration of fi. > and a special meeting was called for haursday night to attempt a solution of the problem of funds for the remainder of the school year. The new members wera informed that the deficit in the school fund had compelled the Council, as a temporary expedient, to appropriate during the last week of its existence an emergency fund of $4113 to run the High Schools until the new board and the new Council should take office, and that there- fore the board goes into office face to face with a pressing need of money. It was explained that unless the money could be raised by the end of the week the High Schools could not be kept open. - estimated expense of running them {o the end “of the school gyear is about Director Giles H. Gray addressed the board on the financial crisis. ‘“We must be ready by Friday,” he said. “to tell the High School principals whether they are to shut up the schools or mot. I under- stand that the new Council is disposed to take measures to afford us relief, but they are just now Jaboring under considerable excitement and are not in a position to calmly consider the school situation. As soon as they are sure of their seats they will be ready, no doubt, to propose a remedy. “I1 would suggest the following solution for the problem: There is a deficit in the city treasury of $38,000. Now let the city ‘use to pay its water bills, amounting to $33,000, until a judgment is rendered in the water-rate suit; then let the salaries of the statutory officers also run over into the next fiscal year. That will leave & balance in the freasury amply large for our needs. This expedient will give the new city government time to devise meas- ures of permanent relief.” A conference committee to consult with the Council regarding ways and means of keeping the High Schools open was ap- g%lmed to report at the special meetl: ursday night. It is composed of 6. T. gflgdol h, F. L. Button and iiles chairman; . Gray. ——— P St. Sure Club Rally. ALAMEDA, April . 1—On Thursday llahan and Mack from the. WOMEN OF EARLY ~ DAYS DEFENDED Pioneers Score Preachers Who Have Disparaged the '49ers. ’ Rev. Mr. Bayley of Oakland Made ‘\ Subject of Special Censure Be- ; cause of Recent Re- marks. | | White-haired men of the days of *49, the | members of the Society of California | Pioneers, met last evening to defend the | memory of the women of the early days | of California, who were recently made | the sibject of denunciation by the Rev. Mr. Bayley of Oakland. There was a touch of pathos in the proceedings, due | to the sorrowful comment of several of | the veterans that most of the women of | the pioneer period are dead. The subject | was introduced by the historical commit- | tee in a long report, in which others, who | have spoken in terms of condemnation of the pioneers, were denounced. in turn. This committee consisted of S. W. Hol- | laday, Willard B. Farwell, Dr. Charles D. Cleveland, Almarin B. Paul and Edward | E. Cheever. When their scathing report ad been read and the society had voted | to have it published entire as a pamphlet, | for general circulation, several pioneers | spoke. | Foremost among those to make remarks | was the Rey. Dr. Willey, who was chap- lain of the first constitutional convention f California at Monterey, at which place | ae arrived in 1849, He came to San Fran- | cisco in 1850, and traveled all over the State in early days. His tribute to the women of California was warm. ‘“They were a glory to womanhood itself,” he de- clared, while other pioneers applauded. “They were self-denying, brave home- makers. They did not complain. They were true to their husbands. They were founders of churches, schools and other institutions, Many were highly educated and came from the most refined soclety in the East. Their lives enriched their generation. The bad women were few and were not an element in pioneer days.” The Rev. Dr. Willey was inclined not to be severe with the Rev. Mr. Bayley, but the committee denounced the state- ments of the last named, and other pioneers held him up to scorn for defam- 1n_§ the dead pioneer women. ‘he committee spoke of ‘‘calumnies in regard to pioneer days and pioneer men and women, which of late years have emanated from the California pulpit.” The committee did not wish to be under- stood as arralgning the clergy of Califor- nia as a whole in criticism, but, “like all professions in life, the clergy here, as elsewhere, counts in its flocks a certain percentage of black sheep, who, by way of contrast with the whiteness' of the multitude around them, become unpleas- antly conspicuous as individual units in the profession which they neither honor nor adorn.” Some space was given to censure of the utterances at various past times of Rev. J. A. Henry, Rev. Dr. Dille, Rev. Dr. Horatio Stebbins, and a Tulare preacher, whose name was not mentioned, who oncé said that “it would be a good thing if the pioneers were all dead.” Rev. Dr, Day also came in for notice, but the person who was most severely censured was Rev. Mr. Bayley. “Sname,’ said the committee, “‘upon a | dastard _who would ‘malign the mothers of that day.” In another sentence he was denounced for “a subterfuge when con- fronted.” Anon he was styled a dilet- tante preacher and his remarks were de- scribed as a ‘‘Pharisaical diatribe."” Dr. Cleveland and Messrs. Paul and Cheever also spoke in censure of Mr. Bayley. A committee, on motion of Major Sher- | man, was authorized to consider a book, entitled “The Transitory Period of Cali- fornia” If the Pioneers indorsed that work, Major Sherman said, the Sloat would refuse to ac- monument committes by the Pioneers for cept the stone donat; the Sloat monument. Dr. Simpson presided. Widow Is Given Judgment. A decision was rendered yesterday afternoon by Judge Hunt, by the terms | of which Annie Courtols, widow of the late G. M. V. Courtols, was given judg- ment against the Ancient Order of United Workingmen for $2000, the face value of a policy on the life of the deceased. The order did not dispite the fact that the Sum named was due on_ the policy, but asked the court to decide to whom the sum should be paid, on the ground that a claim to the same was filed by Emile Courtois, a former wife of the deceased, and from whom he had been divorced. Emile Courtois was named in the policy as the beneficlary, but the court held that upon the issuance of the decree of divorce she lost all claim upon the policy issued to her former husband, the deceased. —_— e Matron for County Jail. OAKLAND, April 1.—Under the act passed by the last Legislature creating the office of Matron for County Jails, the Supervisors this morning appointed Mrs. George Taylor, wife of the jailer, to the night next a rally of the Judge St. Sure Cl%xb will be held in Linderman Hall. The club was organized to further the inter- ests of Judge St. Sure in his race for City Attorney, and has been doing excellent work. There will be speechmaking, music and a.general good time. —_— Music Fund Benefit. OAKLAND, April 1.—Two one-act- plays will be given in Wendte Hall to-morrow evening for the benefit of the organ fund of the Unitarian church. One will be “A Christmas Chime” and the other *The Kleptomaniac.” The casts are as follows: + ‘A CHRISTMAS CHIME." Gladys Terrill Mise Frances Irish Dolly Wakelee. Joseph Terrill Ted Owen... . Mr. Louis L. Bennison Scene: A room in the Terrill's country house, Christmas Eve. Songs. . ...Miss Eugenia Loy “THE KLEPTOMANIAC." . John Burton. Miss Frances Irish v ng widow . 2 Mabel Crouch .Miss Florence Hooper . Charles Dover, a bride.Miss Georgie Cope Ashley, 8 BOSSID.......coeuiivs e % % X .Miss Martha Coffin Frank Wasley rton’'s m: iss Vera Wasley Mrs. Burton's boudolr. Katle, Mrs. Bu Scen —_——————— Injunction Proceedings Continued. OAKLAND, April 1.—On the request of James A. Johnson, the new City Attorney, the hearing of thé water company's mo- tion before Judge Morrow for a per- manent injunction restrainging the City Council from fixing rates on a valuation of less than l§'l.500.000 was continued to-day week. oS Sohnson stated that he had not yet had time to familiarize himself with the case and desired a week in which to do so. Attorney McCutchen, for the com- pany, stated that he had not vet decided Whether to press the proceedings against the new Council. —————————— To Arrange McKinley Reception. OAKLAND, April 1L—Former Mayor Snow has -accepted the invitation of Mavyor Barstow and other prominent citi- zens to take charge of the arrangements for the reception to President McKinley at Oakland during his forthcoming trip to California. The retired Mayor had com- menced work on the plans before his term expired, and his consent to continue the handling of the affair has greatly grati- fied those who are desirous there shall be no mistakes in the programme. —_—— Young Athletes Seek Games. OAKLAND, April 1—The ‘“Fourth Nine” of St. Mary's College are anxious to hear from any team whose members are under 14 years of age. They would like to play the “Imperial Cocoas,” re- cently defeated by the college “Third Nine” by a score of 19 to 4. They line up as follows: W. Barnett, pitcher; C. Car- rere, catcher; B. McMenamin, first base; P. Phillips, second base; W. Geary, third base; R. Henno, shortstop; E. Burns, left field; J. Domergue, center field; A. Gon- dolfo, right field. A challenge addressed to W. Barnett, captain Fourth Nine, at St. I!‘xry'l College, will receive a prompt reply. 1901. SUPERVISORS AT LAST ADOPT C PHELAN'S WATER ORDINANCE —_—— No Reductions Are Made in the Rates Charged to Consumers. AR -Futile Effort to Raise Allowance for Hydrant Service in Order to Se- cure Increased Fire Pro- tection. SRR The Board of Supervisors after numer- ous attempts finally passed the Phelan water-rate ordinance yesterday. The or- dinance was immediately signed by the Mayor and is now a law. The measure makes no reduction to consumers, but re- duces the allowance paid for hydrant ser- vice from $222,000 to 380,000 per year. The specious promise is held out by Phelan’s board that the difference of $142,000 will be expended for public improvements. ‘When the ordinance was taken up Tobin moved to amend that in lieu of a flat rate of 350,000 per annum for hydrants $15,000 per month or $180,000 per annum be allowed the company. Tobin asked the representatives of the company if the sum of $465,000 would be expended for new mains if the $15,000 per month were a'- lowed. Attorney Kellogg replied that His company would comply with the exaction if its taxes were not greater than $196,000 Kellogg sald he would file a new agree- ment to that effect in place of the one calling: for $18,500 per month. Braunhart, who acted as spokesman for the Mayor, opposed the amendment on ths ground that it would add $36,000 to the revenue of the company, He contended that the City Attorney had not advised that the city could not compel the com- pany to lay new water mains. He held further that it was illegal to enter into any agreement requiring the company to expend $465,000 for the laying of mains. Connor made a plea for the Phelan ordi- nance and said the rates had been based on a fixed valuation of the Spring Valley plant and the ordinance could not be amended without changing that valuation. He thought it a poor excuse to raise the revenue because Chief Sullivan had rec- ommended better fire protection. Fire Protection Inadequate. Reed argued that the city is in dire need of fire protection and that was the only justification for Tobin’s amendment. Reed held that it was a strong indictment of the company that it had not provided ade quate fire protection fer the city. Brand- enstein sald that the valuation of the plant was a mere conjecture, according to the City Engineer, and the board shoul.l be generous in its allowances to the com- pany. Connor produced figures to show that the clty was not suffering for lack of fire protection. 3 McCarthy said that he had often wit- nessed engines with steam up standing idle at hydrants because they could not get_water therefrom. ““Rather than g;ly $142,000 to the water company,” said McCarthy, ‘“for spending $465,000, let the city itself expend _the money in putting in the new mains. ¥am I sympathy with Supervisor Reed's ordi- nance, which gives the -company 5 per cent on a valuation of $20,000,000. / “Not one citizen has come before this board,” said Tobin, ‘‘and made complaint that he was being overcharged for water, and in view of that fact and the conten- tion of the Spring Valley Company that it will be unfairly treated by giving it only $20,000 a year for hydrants, I believe in in- creasing that allowance. The vote on Tobin's amendment was: Ayes—Brandenstelm, Comte, Fontana, Hotal- , Sanderson, Tobin, Wilson. Boxton, ~ Braunhart, Connor, Curtls, d'Ancona, Dwyer, McCarthy, Reed, Stafford. g Reed Quotes Figures. ed to explain why he e e R for e Bhelan ordinance By means of a huge blackboard he pr.- sented figures to show that the ‘contem plated reduction of $142.180 would in real- [ty be only $63,026 67. Reed’s figures fol- low: ‘Reveriue for present fiscal year. Increased business'..... Total ... Proposed reduct ony m " Wc‘;?\t'e thg R . 1,‘.’:3,3.’;: dg What committee sa. ), 956 1 Discrepancy 78,258 33 The vote on the final passage of the Phelan ordinance was: i xton, Braunhart, Connor, Curtis, a~ii.‘22€3"nwm. Fontana, Hotaling, Sander- Son. Stafford, Tobin, Wilson. ‘Noes—Booth, Brandenstein, Comte, Jennings, McCarthy, Reed. Reed's resolutions directing the City En- gineer to investigate the cost of convert- fng the Geary-street cable road into an electric line with a view to Its ultimatc acquisition by the city; also to ascertain the cost of an auxiliary salt-water supply system for flushing sewers and cleaning Sireets; also to investigate present cond!- fions of the Spring Valley plant as to its ability to continue to supply water, were adopted. L —_———————— Canada has been awarded the grand prize for forestry, fish and game and mineral exhibits at the Paris Exposi- | COLORED gini to losk after four-year-old | pleted the programme. position in the Alameda County Jail. | tion. B T B e e e B i e S el COLLECE CADETS N SHAM BATTLE Series of Parades, Reviews and Inspections to Be Held. e BERKELEY, April 1—The University of Califcrnia cadets will close their drill this term by a number of parades, re- views and sham battles. The year's work has been thorough and the men make an excellent appearance on the parade ground. Wednesday morning, commencing at 11:15 o’clock, there will be a sham battle on the campus. Captain Glenn Allen will command the attack and Captain W. B. Bakewell the defense. Regimental parade and review will be held April 8. Captain J. W. S. Butler will be acting colonel and Captain’ C. L. Carlson, acting lieutenant colonel. On April 10 regimental inspec- tion will take place. Captain Ralph Fish- er will be acting colonel and Captain W. W, Bradley acting lleutenant colonel. A review will be held on April 15 in honor of the alumni officers, who will be pre- sent. On.this occasion the acting colonel will be Captain C. W. McConaughy, and the acting lleutenant ~ colonel ptain Nathan Moran. The second and closing sham battle will take place April 17. The attack will be commanded by Captain J. O. Osborn and the defense by Captain S. C. Faneuf. On_April 22 military work will close. Competitive company drill will be held, the best company receiving the colors for the following vear. The day Is one of great rejolcing for the junior men, for then they throw down their arms and are free for the rest of their college life from the much-despised “military.” The final drill will be commanded by Captain J. E. Gustafson, acting as colonel, and tain J. Alexander, acting as lieutenant | colonel. Athenian Club Accepts Plans. OAKLAND, April 1.—The Athenian Club has aeceglted plans for a new two-story club building, to be built at the corner of Fourteenth and Franklin streets. For the coming annual election the election com- mittee has nominated the following of- ficers: President, John A. Britton; vice- resident, Dr. Andrew Fine; directors, E. L. Brayton, G. L. Belcher and C. H. ates. Oakland May Celebrate. OAKLAND, April 1.—The Merchants’ Exchange will hold a meeting to-morrom night for the e!gecul purpose of arrang- ing for a Fourth of July celebration_for Oakland. The report of a Fourth of July committee will be ed. _ Theodore M. Gler, H. D. Cushing, F. L. Rea, R. Braire and D. €. Brown are the commit- tee. Measure Designed to Pre- vent Abuse of Half-Fare Privilege. Funds Appropriated to Clean China- town—Transfer of the Site for Normal School Building Is Withdrawn. et L Supervisor Braunhart introduced, at the request of the street railway companies, an ordinance to the Board of Supervisors yesterday, designed to prevent and pun- ish frauds upon street railroads in con- nection with the “pupils’ two and a half cept fare bill."” The ordinance, which was referred to the Judiclary Committee, provides as follows: Any person who shall falsely represent him- self or herself to be thereunto entitled, and any person entitled to the benefit of the re- duced rates of fare as provided in ordinance 221 who shall transfer to any other person not 50 entitled any ticket or other evidence of his or her right to travel at the reduced rates of fare, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceedingly one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonm-nt in the County Jall not exceeding firty (50) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The Sutter-street Railway Company and the Su‘rc road informed the board that they would submit to the ordinance pro- viding for a two and a half cent fare for pupils, but reserve the right to test the constitutionality of the ordinance. Secretary Clayton of the San Francisco and San Mateo Rallway Company notified the board that while the board of direc- tors believed the two and a half cent fare ordinance a clear evasion of the legal rights of the company, it intends to adopt regulations similar to the ordinance to go into effect on April 15. The directors, however, reserve the right to suspend these regulations should they deem it necessary, owing to abuse of the privilege or other cause. In making this reserva- tion they intend to concede the privilege in a broad spirit, with the sincerest in- tentions to spare no effort to make It a success. An expenditure of $6000 was authorized out of the urgent necessity fund to place Chinatown in a sanitary condition; also for the extension of gthe Twenty- sixth-street Hospital. . The ordinance transferring a lot adjoin- ing the Girls’ High School for use as a site whereon to erect the San Francisco State Ncrmal School was indefinitely postponed. The passage of the ordinance was contingent on the adoption of a bill by the Legislature appropriating $100,000 for the bullding, which bill the Governor The Mayor called the attention of the board to the fact that it would be neces- sary to appropriate the sum of $111,000 to complete the work of improving Dewey Boulevard, in accordance with the agree- ment with the Sutro estate. If the work is not firished in March, 1902, the 100 feet right of way will revert to the Sutro es- tate. The Street Committee was instruct- ed to investigate. A resolution was passed directing the City Attorney to assume charge of the cases now pending in the Superior Court, in which the city is suing to recover cer- tain moneys from the Pacific States Tele- Fhone Company for license taxes now de- inquent. The crdinance defining the duties of the Fire Marshal in connection with privil eges granted for the storage and use of crude ofl or petroleum as fuel was passed to 1}),r1ntA The ordinance regulating th, Dreparing of mortar of conerete I & mbier state upon streets paved with bitumen or asphalt, or upon any improved sidewalk, w_arsh ua;s-eddmtprlnt. e Beard of Works was directed to re- pair the roadway Fl};’ he roadway ot Jessie street between e drawbridge at Fourth and Channel str:eés v as) order:ad closed between 7 a. m. an p. m. on May 18, th faunching ot the betiesnip onte. O he —_———— BUDGET IS PREPARED BY BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Estimate of Expense for the Coming Year Provides Liberally for Pub- lic Improvements. The Board of Public Works has issued its estimate of the amount of money necessary to conduct its office during the coming year. The budget, which is a voluminous affair, contains much interest- I!nfi material. The recapitulations are as ollows: General office . Bureau of en; $26,140 Surveys and general work. 78,060 Public_utilities ... 25,000 Bureau of streets 522,159 Bureau of building— Division of m:intenance and repair. 183,770 Division of architecture and inspection.. 15,000 Bureau of light and water. - 3,600 A liberal amount is set aside for per- manent improvements. It is a for expenditure as follows: _Prortioned Public bulldings ... Repaving accepted streets Paving Mission street, from Silver street to Onondago avenue . P Fitting up rooms in City Hall assigned by Supervisors .. - Work in front of o Block books of the Assessor ... Securing righ Yy Sewers and miscellaneou Dewey boulevard, grading and m: amizing .. 3% Estimate of fees to be collected an deposited in the city treasury during the fiscal year 1901-2— Street and lot surveys Insgection of buildings . Some of the most important items are: General office, $26,140; bureau of buiMings. $3660; City Hall maintcnance, $28,012; City Hall repairs, $11,418; Hall of Justice repairs, $i : fuel and power for public buildi $13,597; Fire Department repairs,’ §1630: Poiice De- 1875; 358, 123,700 77, $65,305; corporation yard expenses, 3 pitals, $10,400; improvement of county roads, $17,000; sweeping and sprinkling streets, $215, reépair to bituminous rock pavement, $21. salaries of officers and fleld assistans $25,080. Recapitulation, bureau of streets, $322 159 Engineering Lectures. BERKELEY, April 1—J. B. Lippincott of Los Angeles, who is an agent of the division_of hydrognphy of the United States Geological Survey, will lecture to- morrow afternoon at 3:48 o'clock in room 18 of the mining and civil engineering buflding on “The Measurement of Water.” The lecture will be illustrated by stereopticon views. Mr. Lippincott is to deliver a second lecture on Thursday at the same time and place on ““Natural Opportunities in California for the Storage of Water, as Discovered by In- vestigations _of ' the United States Geological Survey. s e—— Secret Marriage Out. ALAMEDA, April 1L—Miss Kate M. Hackett and James Delvecchio, both of this city, were married in San Rafael by a Justice of the Peace on March 4. e couple are now living in Park Row. The wedding was kept secret from all but a few intimate friends of the bride and groom. Mrs. Delvecchio is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Hackett of Santa Clara avenue and Bay street. prm e Yosiasom Dies While She Sleeps. OAKLAND, April 1—Mrs. Lavinia C. Phelps, widow of the late James C. Phelps; dled in her sleep last night at the home of her som, 666 East Twenty-fifth street. She was found dead in bed by her daughter-in-law. Heart failure was the cause of death. eased was a native of Connecticut, 78 years of age. Cooks and Waiters Unite. OAKLAND, April 1.—The cooks and waiters orgal yesterday and will be- come a part of the Federated Trades. Officers were chosen as follows for the first term: George Morehead, president; J. Brunson, vice president: Harry Crom- . Englebrett, treasurer. well, secretary; ook B e R Flks’ Grand Exalt=d Ruler Visits. R Jotoer. Geani chaltog pultr of T ew Je "y exal ruler of tl orde . of Elks. pald Oakland of Elks an official visit this eve wn: a large number of visiting e : (B BT Sl As a fleld marshal of England, Wilhelm will be more warlike than ever. pres- @ Grand Jurors Recommend Increase in License for Street Cars. ————t Eureka Valley Residents Want Eight- Room Schoolhouse—Valley Road ! Is Granted Franchise on Illinois Street. i Grand Jurors Dunn and Badger are or the opinion that the existing license tax on street cars is entirely too low. In & communication filed with the Board of Su pervisors yesterday they request that the ordinance imposing a license of $15 per an- num on each street railroad passenger car be amended to read as follows: All cars between 35 and 40 feet long shall pay a license of $100 per annum; 30 and 35 feet long, per annum; 25 and 30 feet long, 50 per annum; 20 and 25 feet long, $70 per annum. “Computing the above,” the petition says, “the daily charge upon said cars will be approximately 27%, 242-3, 22 and 16% cents each. The original order applied to horse cars and was enacted in 186S. The cars of the lines then in evidence were of small size, capable of carrying about thirty passéngers each, while some of the cars now in operation can accommodata four times that number. The license of per annum is grossly an undercharge as compared with that imposed on hac! ney carriages and witix other vehicle li- censes.” The petition was referred to the License Committee, The City Attorney was requested to fur- nish an oglnlon whether the Tax Collect - or may charge $ per 100 names for com- piling the so-calied military roll: also whether his official salaiy is not a full compensation for all services he may per- form in his official capacity. The petition of the Eureka Valley prop- erty-owners and residents for the pur- chase of a gite and the erection thereon of an eight-class-room school building in the vicinity of Eighteenth and Danvers streets, was referred to the Finance Com- mittee. The members of the Grand Jury, in a written communication, 1ecommended the appointment of Jo Gordan as an expert accountant for the checking off and veri- fication of fees collected under the pres- ent system. The ordinance authorizing the appoint- ment of fifteen additicnal police officers was not passed on recommendation of the Police Committee. The ordinance granting a franchise to the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valiey Railroad on Illinols street, near Marin, southerly to Kentucky and streets south, thence to Fifteenth avenue south, was finally passed. The ordinance prohibiting the publica- tion of lottery lists was finally passed. Rev. W. H. Ratcliff, vastor of the Chur of the Advent, against the passage of the ordinance. his communication Dr. Ratcliff says: “I am opposed to such restrictive legis- lation, first, as against hberty: second, the impropriety of lotteries is doubtful—many churches permit thom in their bazaars: third, if the law steps in, concealed meth- ods- would be adopted: fourth, the slow but healthy growth of public opinion wiii eventually stop all that is injurious; fitth, the State’s prime duty is to Stop injustice, robbery, holdings up, fraud, etc. It should not fritter away its'time and strength on minor matters till_this primary duty is fully performed. The States’s duty is to protect men against others, not against their own action.” filed a written protest In Coal Oil Killed Off the Mosquitoes. Winchester is the name of a town in Virginia and it has been somewhat cele- brated in song and story, because une Sheridan once rode around in that neigh- borhood, creating considerabie commo- tion. It has lived on that reputation ever since, but now it has been doing some- thing on its own account to secure fame. Its people had read in the newspapers that kerosene oil properly applied would kill mosquitoes. They knew of their own knowledge and experience what an ugly thing a Virginia mosquito is and how viclously it bites. They had read, thermore, in the newspapers that mos- quitees carry malaria and other diseases and that, altogether, they are very ob- jectionable insects. Accordingly the Town Couneil took the matter in hand and passed an ordinance requiring the owners of all ponds and pools anywhere in the neighkorhood to pour crude petroleum on the waters. It went further and required every householder to put tubs of water, on the surface of which there was a good- ly supply of petroleum, under all the shrut bery. This experiment was made last sum..er and it finished the mosquitoes. It also finished the malaria and struck a death blow at the quinine business. So successful were they last year that they are going to do the same thing next spring. Winchester's success in this di- rection should incite other mosquito in- fested places to rise up and do likewise. The residents of New Jersey in particu- lar should take note of the Winchester example and follow it right awmy quick.— TUtica Press. - - Knights to Attend Services. OAKLAND, April 1.—The Easter ser- vices in the Brooklyn Presbytertan church will be attended in a body by the Oak- land Knights Templar. It has been their custom to do so for many years. it sl S it The population of the five largest cities of Russia are: St. Petersbu 1,267,000 Moscow, 988,600; Warsaw, 614, 404,650; Lodz, 314,780. SONOMA COUN- ty; only 4% hours les’ staging: Best na = i trout streams; telephone, telegraph, daily mmail and express; first-class’ hotél and stage : morning and afternoon stages: round trip froma San cisco only $5 50. Take Tib- uron ferry at 7:3 a. m. or 3:3 p. m. Terms, $2 & day or §12 a week. References—Any guest of the past six years. For further informa- foin address J. F. MULGREW. Skaggs, Cal. LAUREL DELL LAKE OST ATTRACTIVE PLACE IN_LAKE County to spend a vacation. Boating. bathing, bowling. tennis, livery, new walks, ete. rite _for ecircular. H. WAMBOLD, Laurel Dell, Lake Co., Cal. GOOD FELLOWS’ HOME, MID THE MOUNTAINS OF MENDO- Acmo. Visit this quiet little resort for solid comfort. 'or particulars apply to 8. STRATTON, 3 Eighth street, City. o . HOTEL MOUNT VIEW Changed hands. Will hereafter be open the year round. meets 11 o'clock train from city until April 15, then meets all trains, The culinary department will recsive special atten- tion. For rates and particulars address HOTEL MOUNT VIEW, Ross Valley, Martn Co.. C: Coaster Brake Guarantees you ddseinte Comfort and Plasure in Creling. Fits any wieel. Youe wheel aiways under :-r"h W&Qflhyl‘ on hills. A luxury You Ride 50 Miles, but Pedal only 35 Miles 100.000 satisfied riders Jast year. Sold by ail dealers. 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