The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 25, 1901, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCI1SCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1901 CAPTAIN WILSON GOES TO ALASKA ON FURLOUGH Popular Aid to General Shafter Will Join His Battery on Expiration of His Leave. 3 GENERAL SHAFTER'S POPULAR AID WHO HAS BEEN GRANTED THREE MONTHS' LEAVE. P N A EUGENE T. WILSON. U. 8. A, and aid neral Shafter, sev- War Depart hen his leave ex- report Fort Flagler. me command of his bat- Wilson has long been known as efficient and popular arm: duty at the Phelan buil News of his departure will prove a RONG FEELING WGAINST CODLIES Collectors of Northern Ports Strictly En- forcing Law. L il James R. Dunn, Chief of the Chinese | Bureau at this port, returned yesterday from his northern trip and resumed his city. During his absence | 1 weeks, by order of the Secre- , he visited the ports | , Port Townsend and methods cials in handling se immigrants and in en- 1 g xclusion act. The principal object of his investigations suggest to the department a uni- mode of procedure and a uniform system of Chinese immi- grant cases. found that the collec- tors in the ports visited by him were in many ca: more- strict in their require- idence, etc., than the Chi- | this’ port, in many in- | out_of ten cases coming be- Chief Dunn also 1 active public sentiment against e competition of coolie labor i classes should be admitted. € his recent visit to San Diego, by request of the department, he found that an attempt being made to land a gang of coolies there by the same gang | of importers that is working in San Fran- | cisco to evade the provisions .of the ex- clusion act Public sentiment in British Columbia against Asiatic competition is so strong that the head tax on Chinese laborers go- ing into that country has been increased from $50 to $100, and there is a_growing source of regret to those whom the cap- tain has met in the discharge of the va- ricus duties devolving upon the aid of the ccmmanding zeneral. 3g Captain Wilson has since his connection with headquarters been called upon to temporarily orm the duties of many ing the arrival of their re- In Ty instance he has proved himself equal to the cccasion. He has a | brilliant record as a field officer, having served through the entire Cuban cam- | gn with Geners after. His knowl- of military made him an | ble istant to the various judge es who have been connected with | department. On more than one occa- | n he has performed the dutles of judge advecate. In addition to his duties as aid de camp | Captain Wilson was inspector of small, arms practice and artillery inspector of the department. BURGLAR STEALS GOGTLY GILVER Housebreakers Again at Work in Western Addition. The unusually successful burglar who operated in the Western Addition several had left the city, is again at work. Some vesterday morning the residence of E. A. Bruguiere, at 1800 Franklin street, was en- temed and 106 pieces of silverware, valued at_more than $2000, taken. The burglar secured an entrance by bor- ing a number of holes in the door, making an aperture large enough to admit hi hand, and then enable him to pull back the bolt. The robbery was discovered by a vant, who noticed the marks of the “jim- my” on the sideboard. She informed Mr. Bruguiere of his loss. Captain Seymour was mnotified and Detectives Harper and Armstrong were detailed on the case. The report of the detectives satisfied | Captain Seymour that the burglar was the same one who operated in the West- ern Addition about two weeks ago and stole silverware valued at several thou- sand dollars. He touches nothing but the costliest articles, which leads the police to believe that he is an expert silver- smith. Domestic Disappears. Mrs. Ella Kellog, a domestic employed at’321 Ellis street, disappeared from her residerce on Mission street Saturday morning. ' Her friends fear that she has demand that it be increased to $500. taken her own Iffe. make periodical visits to a Shrine because they have ab- solute faith, T! used our $3.50 us again perf that they will that combine: hose who have Shoes come to ectly confident find footwear s beauty and fashion with durability. Therefore our store is filled every day, claims eloquently ours to any $3.50 ket. Call on us f if you live out of whose with large crowds presence pro- the superiority of Shoes on the mar- or satisfaction; or, town, write to |Ask for Final Distribu- weeks ago and who, the police thought, | time between the hours of 2 and 3 o’clock | FLAMES DESTROY BlG MALTHOUSE | Fire in Jackson Brewery Causes Loss of Fully $25,000. | | | | i | i . | | Prompt Work by Department Prevents a Disastrous Conflagration. Fire broke out in the malt-drying kiln of the Jackson Brewery, Eleventh and Howard street, shortly after 1 o’clock this morning and destroyed fully $25,000 worth of property. Adjoining the kiln was a large wooden | structure in which was stored tons of mait | and barley. The fire communicated to this building and its contents.~ The blaze burn- ed so fiercely that three alarms were turn- ed in. The inflammable condition of the | dered this a wise precaution. i A Stiff breeze was blowing and only | through the heroic efforts of the firemen | was the fire confined to the brewery prem- ises and a disastrous conflagration pre- | ventea. | Thirty head of horses and a number of | trucks and drays, the property of F. M. Barrett, were saved from the flames which threatened at any moment to en- | velop the stable in the rear of the drying house. W. A. Frederick, president of the Jack- son Brewing Company, said he was at a loss to explain the cause of the fire. Men ere working in the building at the time, | v also could not tell the cause of Mr. Frederick said the malt vas insured for $10,000. It was filled from floor to roef with grain, on which he had an insurance of several thousand dollars. The small building on Howard strcet, next to the malt house, which was used as a hop storeroom, was not burned, but a considerable portion of its contents was damaged by water. | BODY OF HUGH TEVIS —_— on Steamer Doric, Due Here Next Week. The Doric, which will arrive from the Orient on the 29th inst. wiil bring home | Mrs. Hugh Tevis, who left here so short | 2 time ago a bride on her honeymoon, and with her will come the ashes of her | husband, who died in Japan only a few | weeks after the marriage. The fact that the body of Hugh Tevis has been ®emated will cause a great deal of surprise, for it was generally believed | that when it arrived there would be an | y to satisfy the family and rela- the real cause of death. Reports from Japan as to the nature of the ill- proved fatal have been so hat an autopsy was thought to be advisable, but the cremation makes any further investigation impossible. Mr. and Mrs. Baxter, the mother and father of the young widow, have started from Denver, so as to be here when she returns. | The most reliable report from Japan was that Hugh Tevis died from an opera- | =on made necessary by an acute attack | of appendicitis. His brother, Dr. Harry declares that the family is satis- is report is correct. | | | | | FAR TRUSTEES FLE PETITION tion of Personal Property. The final contest Letween the childreh of the late James G. Fair and the trustees under his will for the possession of the personal property left by the deceased, now valued at more than $6,000,000, will be opened before Judge Troutt this morning. A petition was filed yesterday afternoon by James S.. Angus, Thomas G. Croth- ers and W. S. Goodfellow, as executors of the will of the late James G. Fair, in which they ask judgment of the court de- claring their ninth account to be their final account as executors, and that following the settlement of the same “tie court issue a decree distributing the residue of the estate remaining in the hands of the | executors to those entitled to the same under the law.” | ,Charles L. Fair, Theresa A. Oelrichs and Virginia Vanderbilt, children of the de- | ceased, claim the right to the residue re- | maining in the hands of the executors un- | der the decision of the Supreme Court de- | claring the trust provisions of decedent’s | will invalid. On the other hand, Angus, | Crothers and Goodfellow, as trustees un- | der decedent’s will, contend that the deci- slon of the Supreme Court did not declare null and void those trust provisions under which they as trustees held the personal | property. Hence their petition for distri- bution as executors is to secure, if pos- sible, a distribution to them as trustees. In their petition the exccutors state thaf on February 8, 1898, the value of the estate was $12,228998 07, but has increased in value to upward of $17,000,000. They ask that in the settlement of the final account the court allow them in addition to the commissions allowed by law for their services as executors an increase on the basis of one-half of the commissions al- lowed by law for extraordinary service, The matter of the settlement of the account and petition for distribution will be argued before Judge Troutt this morn- ing. Counsel representing the children of the deceased are confident that the court will order the distribution of the residue to decedent’s heirs-at-law and are equally confident that such a decision will be fol- lowed by an appeal to the Supreme Court on behalf of the executors which will tie the estate up for at least another year. PREPARING TO ENFORCE COMPULSORY EDUCATION School Hours Will Not Be ened Because of Abolishment of i Home Study. The Board of Education is preparing to enforce the compulsory education law and in a few days a plan will be formulated to carry its provisions into effect. As outlined several months ago in The Call the board will endeavor, by moral suasion, rather than by force, to induce parents to send their children fo school. It is intended to a competent person, whose will be to make a circuit the congested districts and report the exist- ing conditions to the board. There will be no truancy school established, but an effort will be made to ‘round up” the absent ones. The plan will be tried as an experiment for six months. President Kincald stated vesterday that the hours of school will not be lengthened because of the abolition of home study. Teachens will be instrucfed to divide their classes into two sections, one for study and the other for the regular work, and the puplils will alternate in each, —_——————— ‘Walter Failing Arrested. A police officer will be sent to. Chicago this morning to bring to this city.for trial Walter Failing, who is accused of forg- ing a check on Du Val & Co.; by whom he was formerly employed. The check ‘was for $500 and was drawn on the Bank of California and cashed. | buildings in the.immediate vicinity ren-| | SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER COLLINS BEHIND BARS Accused of Stealing Several Thousand Cigars From Rinaldo Bros. & Co.—Charged With Burglary. — | i I | o+ — -+ SPECIAL POLICEMAN WHO IS IN CUSTODY, CHARGED WITH BUR- GLARY. IT IS ALLEGED HE STOLE OVER 3000 CIGARS, WHICH HE DISPOSED OF FOR HALF THEIR VALUE. e — AT COLLINS, a special police officer, is locked up in the City Prison with a charge of bur- glary recorded opposite his name. Last Friday night Collins, it is claimed, entered the wholesale cigar house of Ri- naldo Bros. & Co., Sacramento and Bat- tery streets, and stole about 3250/ cigars. The following day he sold the cigars to A. Berdy, who conducts a saloon at 123 Front street, for about one-half their wholesale price. Yesterday morning a private detective who was working on_ the case found a young man trying to dispose of a_portion of the stolen cigars. When asked where he had obtained the weeds he said that they had been given him by Berdy, the saloon-keeper, to sell. The detective sub- sequently interviewed Berdy, and he ad- mitted that he Fad bought thé cigars from Collins. Captain Seymour was then consulted, and he sent Detectives McMahon and Whittaker to arrest Collins. He was found patrolling his beat in the wholesale dis- trict and taken into custody. Collins, who was under the influence of liquor when arrested, denied that he had sold the cigars to the saloon-keeper. “He's a liar if he says I did,” he roared. “I don’t even know the fellotw. Berdy. however, is equally as positive that Collins is the man who sold him the cigars. During the past few weeks the same wholesale hous= has been entered on sev- | aral occasions and over 7000 choice cigars | | stolen. Captain Seymour is satisfied that | Collins is the culprit. It is presumed that | he secured a key to the factory and en- | tered when he pleased. | This is not the first time that Collins has been in trouble. Some time ago he | unmercifully beat a citizen named C. Kol- lock with the butt end of his revolver, breaking his nose and cutting his head in several places. He was arrested at the time but was subsequently released, as his victim, out of commiseration for Col- lins' family, refused to prosecute. L L sk R WY BOARD SCORES A CORPORATION Telephone Company Is Rebuked for Evading Obligations. —_—— The resolution directing the Treasurer to keep the “‘teiephone service fund” in- tact pending the decision of the court that is now trying the question of the ob- ligation of the telephone company to pay its license taxes was adopted by the Board of Supervisors yesterday. Similar action was taken with a resolution de- ferring the payment of demands aggre- gating $1175 for service furnished by the Pacific States Telephone Company until such time as it meets its obligations in the matter of the payment of certain li- cense taxes prescribed by ordinances. During the discussion on the first resolu- tion the big corporation, came in for a se- vere scoring. Sutro declined to answer a question put by Mayor Phelan as to whether the com- pany would pay its franchise tax this year without protest. Sutro contended that the board had no right to pass an ordinance compelling the company to limit the number of subscribers on a par- for the pay- ty line.to five. An ‘ordinance provi-]lnf ment of teachers’ old claims out of the surplus fund was passed to print. The petition of E. P. T'roy 1o require the Sutter-street Railway Company to ase the Market-street Rallway Company's tracks on Market street, in order to allow a ter- minus for the proposed Geary-street mu- nicipal railroad at the ferry, was referred to the Public Utilities Committee. Troy in a lengthy communication states that the charter was originally framed to al- low the use of ten blocks of track by an- other raflway company, both sharing the expense of the paving, but through the machinations of some one unknown the distance' was changed to read “five blocks.” Another section had been pre- viously adopted to compel the owners of two or more rcads using the same street for any distance to use the same tracks, which would permit the Sutter-streel road to use the Market-street cable tracks. The petition of property owners for the per repaving of Sixth street, between Market | and Missicn, was referred to the Street Committee. peme A Go where you will the best saloons sell Jesse Moore Whiskey, . BOARD ADOPTS NEW TAX LEVY Rate to Raise the City’s Revenue Fixed at $1.0762. The Board of Supervisors yesterday fixed the tax rate for the next fiscal year at $1.0762 on every $100 of assessed valua- tion, based on an estimatesl assessment Toll of $405,000,000. The segregated items of the rate, which will raise sufficient rev- enue to run the affairs the municipal government for one yedr, follow: General fund . . $.8490 Firemen's reli . L0044 School fund 1316 Library func 0150 Park fund . 070C Interest acco onds ! 1874-75 . .0037 Sinking fund t bonds 1874 . .0025 The ordinance extending the time for a period of ninety days from June 27, 1901, in which the Bay and Coast Railway Company shall have expended the sum of $25,000 in the construction of its railroad tracks was finally passed. The ordinance removing the limitation on the height of buildings on streets more than 100 feet in width and providipg re- strictions on streets of lesser width was defeated. The bill will be redrafted with restrictive provisions and submitted again to_the board. Demands for $37,118 67 were ordered drawn on the surplus fund to return John Mackay and R, Dey protested taxes, conditional on their paying certain taxes due for 1808 and 1899. The request ot the Board of Works to be granted permission to expend $25,000 in the erection of a three-story brick build- ing on the fire department lot on Howard street, between Third and Hunt streets, to be used as a firehouse, was referred to the Fire Committee. A resolution directing every department to refder to the Mayor a_full report of all the operations for th& year ending June 30, 1901, was adopted. Assessor Dodge was directed to transmit a verified report, separate from the as- sessment roll, containing a complete list of all persons who refused or neglected to furnish a statement of their property, as provided in section 333 of the Political ‘ode. | being granted, they crept down the s | The captured man proved to be a dispatch 1 'GOPYAIGHT 1900 BY THE PROCTER & GAMELE CO. CINCINNATL HOICE bed sets or tamboured, ADVERTISEMENTS. T VoA v P a3 0 _;AQ .;- VE in Irish point lace, embroidered muslin, should be washed with Ivory Soap to preserve their beauty. If they are of an ecry tint, a little strong coffee should be added to the rinsing water. The vegetable oils of which Ivory Soap is made fit it for many special uses, for which other soaps are unsafe and unsatisfactory. IVORY SOAP IS 99445, PER CENT, PURE, THRILLING TALE OF AMBUSCADE Details of Paymaster Pickett's Fight With Insurgents. Among those who came home from the Philippines on the transport Grant yester- day were Major George E. Pickett and his clerk, John V. Oliver. The major is a son | of the famous General Pickett and a figh er from the word go. He went from New York to Manila by the way of Suez and on his arrival was appointed paymaster of | | the army. During his year of service he | {has had to take many chances in going | | from post to post, but the Filipinos never | got a cent of his cash. | It was in March last that Major Pickett | | had his closest call. He was on his way | from Solano to Cordon to pay off the Six- teenth, Twenty-fourth and Forty-ninth infantry, when he was held up by 300 Fili- pinos and every one of the little band of | Americans nearly lost the number of his | mess. Major Pickett had $75,000 packed on the back of mules and ten men under Corporal Hocker to guard it. There were four men to drive the mules and two civilians named Burger and Cox were with the party. The Filipinos knew that the money was on the way and the 300 men lay in ambush to intercept the convoy. About hald the distance to Cordon had been trav- ersed when the ambush was sprung. Corporal Hocker was shot in the throat and died in Major Pickett's arms. Pay Clerk Oliver was shot in the leg and sev- eral others were slightly wounded. The mules were stampeded but took refuge near a clump of trees, and the fire of the Americans was so deadly that not a Fili- | pino _could get near the animals. A de- | tachment of the enemy was sent tc out- flank Major Pickett, but he got his men on another eminence and still commanded sthe situation. While the fighting was fast and furious Myrom M. Cody of the Sixteenth Infantry and William Cox, one of the civilians, volunteered to go and bring the mules and the money back to camp. Permission ope and on coming to the open made a rush and secured the animals. Then in the face of the entire rebel force they brought the mules and the cash back into camp. Major Pickett describes that as one of the bravest feats he ever saw performed. Finding that the handful of men com- manded the situation, the Filipinos finally withdrew and Major Pickett and his men reached Cordon. Early in April last Lieutenant Walls of the Forty-ninth Infantry captured one of | the insurgents after a sharp skirmish. bearer and had a number of very valuable orders on his person. One of the letters stated that Major Pickett's party had killed over fifty of the insurgents in the fight of March 9, and said that had it not been for the gallant stand made by the Americans they would all have been killed and the money captured. It was the in- tention of ‘the rebels to have waylaid the major in a canyon two miles from where the fight took place, but owing to the es- cort being half an hour ahead of time the Filipinos’ plains were frustrated. In the canyon the insurgents would have lined the hills and occupied the treetops and not one of the party would have been left to_tell the tale. Major Pickett will remain in San Fran- cisco a few days and will then proceed east. The merchants of Manila are trying very hard to find one Joseph J. Drummond. His accounts are sald to be shy to the extent of over $12,000 and if he is caught his cred- itors will make it hot for him. Telling all his friends he was going into the country, he slipped aboard the steamship Airlie and when last heard from was at Hong- kong and heading for San Francisco. Drummond went to the Philippines in 1898 as a member of the First California Volunteers. He was mustered out in 189 and opened a canteen. Later he was man. ager of the Reception saloon and gril rooms and last December he went into the canteen business again. The largest sin- gle loss by his disappearance was -1 Another firm lost $2000 and a third $300, ‘When the Grant left Manila an attempt was being made to stop Drummond at Hongkong by cable. The engineers who went from here to man the hospital ship Relief are having trouble with Uncle Sam over their trans- portation baclk to America. They went down as cabin passengers, but now their -time has expired the authorities are try- ing to send them back in the same quar- ters as the discharged soldiers. The men refused to sail on the Kintuck and First Assistant McFuley is coming home on the Thomas, having shipped as a plumber. Second Assistant Pegg and Third Assist- ant Rice are also working their way home and at the same time saying hard things about Uncle Sam. Wants Another Name. Isaac Burnham Pegg has petitioned the Superior Court for permission to change change of San Francisco will hold a meet- ing next Thursday afterncon to adopt by- laws and an address to the public. In the latter the facts concerning the new organ- ization will be set forth, it being desired to ircrease the membership largely. The directors have framed an address, which will be submitted, together with by-laws, to the meeting of the exchange for consid- eration. The directors met yesterday af- cernoon in reference to these matters. e e T MOTORMAN LOSES LIFE AT UNION IRON WORKS Mechanic Whose Clothing Caught in Belt Battered to Death Against Heavy Rafters. Philip McConologue, a motorman em- ployed at the Union Iron Works, met death in a tragic manner while at work vesterday afternoon. His clothing became entangled in. the belting of a punching machine, hoisting him to the ceiling and battering his life out against the heavy timbers. The employes who witnessed the affair stood aghast as their unfortunate fellow- workman was battered against the tim- bers and shafting until life was extinct. The body was released as quickly as pos- sible and the Coroner’s office notified. McConologue resided with his wife and two children at 940 Bryant street. He was 42 years of age and had been employed at the Union Iron Works for some time. ADVERTISEMENTS. We put individuality into the suits we make for gentle- men—the sort of individual- ity that distinguishes the wearer as a correct draser. There can be found no better § tailoring nor better fabrics than we turn out on the week!y payment plan. 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