The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 18, 1901, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1901. STALLED BOAT BLOCKS TRAFFIC Zinfandel Sticks Fast in Fourth-Street Bridge. Obstruction Inconveniences Many Hundreds of People. The steamer Zinfandel lodged in the mud and slime of Channel Creek directly under the draw of the Fourth-street bridge and caused an embarrassing ob- struction of traffic yesterday afternoon | AL time the boat became stalled it was a small Joad of shakes to a lum- west of the bridge. de, Channel Creek is but a At the time the captain attempted passage the and last night on lower Fourth street. the tide was rapi No sooner had the boat commenced to pass through the bridge than it struck bottom. Its impetus, although it was not traveling at a high rate of speed. aided by the soft, yielding slime. carried the boat half way through before it stuck fast. Despite all effort to dislodge 1t, there the huge, unwieldy vessel remained fternoon an r into the nig! ers 1 caused it to sink deeper-and deeper into the mud and crew more and more unavailing. All this time the street cars were being stacked up on th ck on either side of the bridge. Hundreds of wagons were forced to return and go to the Potrer by way of Sixth street. The people who the Potrero were forced to take vs route in order to reach their At all times, | moment the lowering tide | rendered the efforts of the | JEWELER ROBBED BY TWO THIEVES Arizona Man Held Up in Shadow of Hall of Justice. |Held by Throat While His Pockets Are Being Searched. John Black, a jeweler of Tucson, Ari- zona, was held up and robbed of a valu- able gold watch on Kearny street, near Commercial, early yesterday morning. The robbery was committed by two thieves, one of whom held the Arizona man while the other went through his pockets. A report of the matter was made to the Central police station. Black has been in San Francisco sev 1 eral days en route to Honolulu. Weda | day nizht he was returning to his hotel and by mistake wandered dowpy Kearny street. .Atter he had passed Sacramento street he was accosted by two men. Both men took the jeweler by the arm {and invited him to take a drink. Black | replied that he was rot drinking and | made an effort to break away from the strangers. s soon as Black commenced to strug- e of the men seized him by the at with one hand and struck him zev- eral severe blows on the head. The other of the pair of thieves searched the strug- | gling man's pockets and took .a watch and chain valued at $300. The jeweler n outery before his money was reached and the thieves ran down Com- mercial street and disappeared. You g-t twenty dollars’ worth of .9/1;16. You Zdet twenty dollars’ worth of worth. It's worth every soli- tary sow of twenty dollars for $li. 00 : That's the coat you see pictured above, The Stroller. It’'s the yoke coat, and yoke coats are the craze. It's the long coat with the yoke, and lond coats are the ecraze. the real thing. The yoke coat is the swell and smart coat. The yoke coat is the swadder coat. The Stroller, * $il. The yole cout is 00 And youw don’t have to come inside and see it if yow don't want to. It’s in the window. Made from the finest fabrics in stripes with the yoke. In. plaids with the yoke. and in_that plain, denteel, refined and dressy Ox'ord gray cheviot, and with $11. satin. The Stroller, slezve linings of 00 And The Stroller has caught the town, caught the town because others are asking $20 for a coat that can’t compare with The Stroller at COoRNERKEARNEYST. vep UNion SQUARE Ave. Rain Coats of All Sorts, But the Best of All Sorts. e — — . Notice that swell hat on the first pic- iur; ;I these overcoats? That's the rozd hat in black. It's a swell hat for winter. 8’.50 - ————— Our winter catalogue places you in fouch with our winter fashidns for man, -boy and child. Ready for mailing now. CORRUPTION AND DISHONESTY UNEARTHED BY THE TESTIT1IONY IN THE NOME CONTEMPT CASES First Day of the Hearing Before Commissioner Heacock Productive of Sensational Charges on Part of Attorney Hume. =E T 3 MeIAUSHLEE 5 Tusas — { ABTRUR H NOYEL. 5 would be District Attorney and that the Judge would be named by McKenzie's friends. McKenzie said that the United States Attorney’s omrice would be under his con- trol, and that he was then purchasing claims. At that time he told Hume that Hubbard would probably be the District Attorney. Hume said that he resisted the attempt made by McKenzie to force himself into the partnerghip, but was compelled to submit. “Did you consider at that time that the money share was for the purpose of cor- - CONTEMPT CASES. B SCENE IN COMMISSIONER HEACOCK'S COURTROOM WHILE ATTORNEY HUME GIVES TESTIMONY OF A DAMAGING CHARACTER TO JUDGE NOYES DURING THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION IN THE NOME % HE taking of testimony in the Nome contempt cases has begun. | Before Commissioner Heacock | yesterday morning and afternoon E. S. Pillsbury, acting as amicus curiae, elicited testimony from W. T. | Hume, a member of the Nome bar, that | far exceeded the expectations of sensa- | tional developments in the case. Hume McLaughlin, finish his | again to-day, when P. J. Judge Noyes' attorney, will cross-examination. Commissioner Heacock's room had an air of the Arctic about it yesterday. Out- side of a few attorneys from this city, | the men came from the far north, where Jjustice seems to have been going a jerky | pace. First of all there was Judge Arthur | H. Noyes, who appears to show cause 1why he should not be punished for con- | tempt of the United States Circuit Court in not obeying ifs writ of supersedeas a year ago last September. He is represent- high in the bar of Minnesota, and Francis J. Heney of this. city. ‘Ex-Judge James | G. Maguire was present in the morning to | look out for the interests of Tom Geary of Nome. . C. 8. A. Frost, a court officer, and J. K. Wood, the District Attorney of Nome, were also on hand. So far they have rnot been'on the grill. Their time will' come, the .amicus curiae promises. Others who_were attentive listeners, werec Attorneys Metson, Ienneth M. Jackson and ex-Judge Johnson. The contempt cases, four of them, are the outgrowtn of a pecullar state ot judi- cial affairs that existed in the Nome coun- try during Judge Noyes' regime. The story ‘of claim-jumping, the appointment of receivers and McKenzie's connection with the case has already been told. The worst was anticipated and that worst is now receiving an airing in the Commis- sioner’s examination. Attorney Pilisbury is sparing no one and by sweeping cuts is going right to the bone of the case. The opening was a Noyes day, not that the testimony redounded to his honesty or credit, but that it had him as the sub- Jject matter of examination. Through these contempt progeedings the innermost facts of the operations of the so-called Federal Nome .ring . will be brought to light. Hume's testimony as it stands is.a reve- lation of corruption, chicanery and dis- honesty and discloses a state of affairs that will end in disbarments and disgrace for many. o Respondents File Answers. Answers were flled in the contempt cases yesterday morning at the session of the Circuit Court of Appeals. T. J. Geary came armed with a demurrer, which was promptly overruled. All answers try to explain ‘away the charges except that of District Attome{ Joseph K. Wood for the Nome district. He confesses, to the agcu- sations made against him and throws him- self on the mercy of the court, Judge Noyes' answer admifs a réfusil on his part to allow an appeal from un order appointing a :recelver, but avers that in all his acts in the premises he acted judiclally in the exercize’ of justice and discretion. He also declares that At- torney Metson by an interruption of the proceedings of the court at a busy time upset his decision. Judge Noyes belleves the writ of supersedeas precluded him from making orders concerning the re- ceivership. He denfes that he authorized the United States Marshal to take posse slon of the gold dust, and states that b believes that it was his duty to restrain the defendant from removing the gold dust from the jurisdiction of the court. Geary's answer is a denlal of giving ad- vice to McKenzie to disovey the writ, Geary admits, however, the writing of an opinfon in which he says Judge Mor- row did not command Noyes to-deliver possession of any property to anybody or that the possession of property should be interfered with. United States District Attorney Joseph . Wood's answer is quite a surprise. Wood admits in it that at the time the Circuit Court of Appeals sent Deputy United States Marshals Moncton and Burnham to Nome he had possession of the keys to the safe deposit vault of a local bank where the gold dust from the Anvil Creek mines, which are in litiga- tion, was stored. He further admits that when the deputies arrived there with or- ders from the Circuit Court to deliver the dust to the Wild Goose and Pioneer Min- ing Company, from whose claim it had been taken, he still had the keys and re- fused to give them up. Wood ends his answer with a plea for mercy, asking the was on the stand all day and will go on | ed by ex-Judge P. J. McLaughlin, a. man | court to be as lenient with him as possi- ble. The withholding of the keys to the deposit vault was one of the most flag- rax;t violations of the Circuit Court's writ, Hume Takes the Stand. | . Hume's story took almost two sessions {in the telling. By direct and cross ex- amination all the relations between Hume and Noyes were exposed. Hume's v sion incriminates Noyes and McKenzle, inculpating both to a like degree, but | making the latter the agent and inter- { mediary in all the dealings that reflect upon the court and the court's appointee. The witness was a partner of -the law | firm of Hubbard, Beeman & Hume, and came in direct contact with Judge Noves and McKenzie in their attempts to regu- late the justice of the country to suit themselves. Hume represented some claimants of Anvil Creek property. A few days after McKenzie's arrival in Nome he paid Hume a visit. The witness had contingent in- terests in some of these mining claims and | McKenzie knew it. Hume sald in course of his testimony: “McKenzie represented to myself that he controlled the' Judge and’ District At- torney and it would be best to have our interests transferred to him, as .it was necessary for him to control that litiga- :lon. Otherwise we would not get a hear- Fhe demand made by McKenzle was that Hubbard, Beeman and Hume should turn over -a. one-fourth interest in the claims. With McKenzie was associated United States District Attorney Wood. . Then McKenzle insisted that Hume be made Deputy District Attorney and the latter admitted that he accepted the po- sition after a discussion with his partners as it was the only way to save his clients’ interest. Continuing history Hume testified: “McKenzie sald he spent $60,000 in get- ting these appointments—those of Noyes and Wood. He came from New York to ®rganize a mining company and sald that unless we agreed to his propositions we would lose business and incur the en- mity of the court and himself.” ' McKenzie Steers Ship. According to the terms agreed upon Mc- Kenzie was to become a silent and Wood an active member of the court. McKen- zle was to receive a one-fourth interest in the firm's profits, which was to be de- voted to the “advantage of Judge Noyes.” “Personally I don’t want anything,” Hume declared McKenzie to have said. “This Judge,” said Hume, repeating Me- Kenzle's statement, “is weak and vacll- lating. I have to hold him up. You must give up half your business. Beeman and myself refused. ‘This must be done,’ said McKenzie. We thought it over until next day and finally acqulesced, as we feared McKenzie would crush us. So a partnership agreement was drawn up and the firm became Hume, Wood, Hubbard, Beeman & McKenzfe. The pa- pers were laild in a safe, but they disap- peared and Hume said he never siw them after. Hubbard had access to the safe besides the witness. ““Then they hegan ‘at once to prepare papers which would give McKenzie the receivership of the "clalms on Anvil Creek,” continied Hume. ‘“McKenzie wanted to get them out hurrledly. Judge Noyes was walting to sign the orders, the wagons with the ‘jumpers’ aboard were ready to do their work and In a trice the job was done.” * Something was wrong in__the papers, and Archic Wheeler, Judge Noyes’ secre- tary, came to Hume with a draft copy correcting the errors of the first. These were the second orders of receivership. When the writs arrived there were many consultatjons, particularly one in McKenzie's office, and the other in Hume's. McKenzie suggested that Judge Noyes should issue an order restraining McKenzie from turning the gold dust over to any one. to avoid the disobedience of the writ. It seems that Noyes went back on Mc- Kenzie for a time, and after his arrest the Judge would not issue a_writ of ha- beas corpus. Wood wanted Hume to see McKenzie then, and at this time Wood said: “I have the keys in my pocket and they will not get the gold dust.” ‘Senator Carter of Montana was men- tioned for a_mament, but only as a possi- ble influence in the Noyes camp. When the name of Gaylen came up Carter was attached to it, ‘Senator Carter is related to Gaylen, and the latter was sent out to engage an attorney for the defendants. he cross examination brought out the fact that Hume had met McKeazle in ‘Washington in May, 1900. The latter then told the former that he had organized a mining company for Nome, that Hubbard Then came a discussion how |, -+ Tupting the court?” asked McLaughlin. I did not consider that any money de- rived from our firm would go to the cor- ruption of Judge Noyes. I gathered from McKenzie that he had absolute control of Noyes,” was the reply. 1d you believe Judge Noyes could be corrupted by anybody?” 1 can say yes with an explanation. From what McKenzie told me about the payment of all Judge Noyes’ expenses and the expenditure of $60,000 on him and cer- taln protestations made by MecKenzie about a trifing with justice by Judge Noyes I did believe Judge Noyes could be corrupted. It was not a favor, but sub- stantial results in_litigation.’ Continuing, Hurfe said: “I will not say that T pald McKehzie any money or con- glderation for the corruption of Judge Noyes. I was told that in two cases un- less we turned over our contingent inter- ests to the Alaska Gold Mining Company we would not get the receivership. My opinion of Noyves was formed on what McKenzie stated, corroborated by the court’s rulings.’” Then followed an examination into the various rulings of the court which led Hume to.his opinion about Judge Noyes' corruptibility, particularly the appoint- ment of receivers. An adjournment until o’clock was then taken. _— HIGHEST AWARD /05 COCOA AND CHOCOLATE. The Judges at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, have awarded three gold medals to Walter Baker & Co., Limited, Dorchester, Mass., for the superiority of their Breakfast Cocoa and all of their cocoa and chocolate proparations, and the excellence of their ex. hibit. is ' is the thirty-seventh highest award received by them from the great expo- sitlons in Europe and America. — e Craig Will Contest. The third day of the trial of the contest of the will of Mrs, Eva Craig in Judge Coffey’s court developed nothing new in to-day at 10 | the way of evidence tending to show the | 0. decedent’s soundness of mind. O. K. Mo- Murray, a brother of Mrs. Cralg, testified that his sister used narcotics (o a con- siderable extent, He further testified that she told him there was nothing in_the rumors connecting her name and Bod- well’s. —_——— Your Own Good Taste Is what makes your room pleasant to live in. We can glve you pretty mattings in any tints you want. They cost very little, but when you have mounted on them half- tones or any pretty plctures you chance to see you will have an enviable collection. Call and see what we have in mattings, pictures an rames. Sanborn, Vall & Co., 741 Market stri . ——— Jenkins Is Arrested. 8. C. Jenkins, treasurer of Mount Ta- malpais Camp, Woodmen of the ‘World, was orrested at his home in Fruitvale by Detective Dillon yesterday and brought to the City Prison, ‘where he was booked on the charge of felony embezzlement. He {s accused of embezzling $290, ———— Roanoke Rye, Honey and Horehound. Get it. You'll not regret it. . —_—— Colonel Vining Seriously Ill. Colonel A. J. Vining, nead of the In- quiry department in the maln postoflice on Washington street, is seriously {ll with congestion of the brain at his residence, 2134 Pine street. rs > Of course you have heard of Mrs, Piper—the great medium of spirit messages. She has puzzled the Society for Psychi- cal Research for years., Next Sunday’s Call will print HER CONFESSION IN FULL AND EXCLUSIVELY ON THIS COAST. Get the Call or you will miss this great revelation of modern times. E3 Our Best Effort in Pocket=Boo and Purses. Best, because we ks —WNever had so many pocket-books and all of them so new and good and so reasonably priced. They are sold on their merit—so many times pocketbooks are sold on their looks. You don’t have to be shrewd to get your full money’s-worth now. ‘We wanted to be so certain we’'d give only reliable pocketbooks that we got an expert to watch over them. It would be folly for us to try and build up a pocketbook business if we didn’t give val- ues that would stand. So. in the light of these facts, it seems hardly possible that we can sell heavy Buckskin Money Bags for 25c, But they are the real thing and stoutly made, too, with nickel frame and strong,sure clasp. OF CALFSKIN 2 5c—These have two clasps. On ‘one side the pocket is only halt as the other: it's for gold, the other are going to make a big hit with them BUCK: EY GS T S MON Y A GSe deep, just right for ordinary use. COIN PU. block botfoms, lined with chamols, kid skin, strongly made. 10c—ot MISSES’ COIN PTURS: alligator. " It's the cutest you t size for Either side opens w ithout affecting the other. ever long as silver. We at e 15¢—Chamols ree inches RSES 25 c—They have double clasps, or buck- genuine saw. Women are using it to hold small change in the chatelaine bags. ALLIGATOR P tor, too, with inside pocket for gold, with undressed kid. CHAT: 25c seldom gets 50 mu GS $1.00—With RSES 25c—Genume“.u|n. a lined ch, an outside pocket, ‘are chamois Uned, and a pat- ent fastener. ure. it does not come off ‘very easily. WOMEN sooxss COM BIN ATION We've And that fastener is the big feat- When you get it snapped on the belt once POCKET- Zsc-—or genuine seal, all leather lined. een selling leather goods for years and have been very proud of many of our values, but we must candidly admit that this combination pocket-book for 7ic is the best we've ever given. \COUNCIL OF BUILDING TRADES OPENLY OPPOSES THE UNION LABOR PARTY Clear Declaration Against Class Movement in Municipal Government—Politicians Say Kelly Got Share of Plunder. The Building Trades Council desires it to be distinctly understood that it is not a party to, has no candidates on the ticket or affiliation with the Union Labor party, and desires to impress upon every trades union man connected with the building industry that this municipality is best governed when public servants are selected from the entire com- munity, without regard to any particular class. The Building Trades Council of San Francisco officially issues the following clear and pointed declaration that it has | no affillation or connection with the Un- | fon Labor party: At its regular meeting held on Jume 13, 1901, | the Bullding Trades Council, having under | consideration the organization of a Union Labor | party, after careful and serlous consideration, | adopted a resolution presented by Delegate J. | B. Willlams of Carpenters’ Union No. 22 as the sentiment of the Building Trades Council. The said resolution deprecated the organization of such a party as inimical to labor's interest and one which, if pursued, would cause dissension in labor’s ranks and ultimately prove extremely damaging to the cause of unionism because of | its being dlametrically opposed to strict trade | union principles. Opposes Unions in Polities. The Building Trades Council feels to-day as | it did then. It is opposed to unions, as uniops, | entering the political fleld, and feels that any political movement of an’ exclusive character Iimited and restricted to any order, fraternity or organization, or any other element or class of soclety cannot be productive of the results required by a well governed community. | It is only within the recent past that the | Building Trades Council, through the agency of the members comprising the affiliated unions, | and by co-operating with the other citizens of | this community, has brought about laws such as the eight-hour day, the minimum rate of wages, the initiative and referendum and many other important reforms benefiting alike the citizens of this community, be they laboring, mercantile, financial or professional. As the council has done In the past so it will continue to do in the future, only with in- creased energy, to the end that what it has so well begun may be carried along 1o a success- ful conclusion and that the masses may receive the many benefits accruing from the above men- tioned laws giving to the citizens the control of public utilities, some of which will, if proper | care be taken, come to the people Within the next two years. Should Stay in Old Channel. The above being true, does it not follow that unionism, as it has been established, furthered and conducted by the Building Trades Council, having been instrumental in bringing about these conditions, and these conditicons having proven to be the best government cver experi- enced by the citizens of this city and equnty, a continuance of the same methods thtough the same channels will ultimately bring about the greatest success looked forward to by union- ism as enunciated In this, the Building Trades Couneil? Therefore, the Building Trades Council desires it to be distinctly understood that it is not a party to, has no candidates in, or affiliation with, the above mentioned Union Labor party, and desires to impress upon every trades union man connected with the bullding industry that this municipality is best governed when public servants are selected from the entire commu- nity, without regard to any particular class. O. A. TVEITMOE, Secretary Bullding Trades Council. —— AWAITING ACTION OF THE LIQUOR nmm/s Candidates for Mayor Impatient Over Association’s Delay to Make Indorsements. The candidates for Mayor are awaiting with some Impatience the action of the lquor associations in the indorsement of nominees. The venders of beer and other liquids are by no means unanimous €1 the subject before them. The problem is 80 perplexing that the leaders in the sev- eral assoclations are advising that no In- dorsements for Mayor be made. For a time Eugene E. Schmitz, the Union Labor nominee, seemed to be the prime favorite of the liquor dealers, but the advisability of lending the stamp of approval to a class candidate, whose prospects of suc- cess dre not growing brighter, is begin- ning to be questioned by the conservative men in the liquor trade. The California Demokrat, the German newspaper, further complicates the situa- tion by republishing from the files of the Alta California articles showing that Asa R. Wells, as a member of the gociety for the Suppression of Vice, advocated the in- crease of the retail liquor license tax from. $84 to $1000 per annum. The Demokrat publishes Mr. Wells' record in this regard in English and German. The contest between John Farnham, Republican, and Patrick Boland, Demo- crat, for the office of Public Administra~ tor is developing some peculiar phases of political agitation. The story goes that Farnham, in the event of his election, will appoint as his attorney ex-Senator Frank cGowan. When Thomas D. Riordan ckairman of the late Republican conven- tion, heard of this arrangement he was so embiftered that he used campaign lan- guage of the hottest kind. It is now whis- | zens. | ope. pered that the chairman of the lat. - vention is picking out conspicuous eylioc:s for the display of Boland banners. It is said in justification of his wrath that Ri. ordan had a candidate of his own selec- tion for the position of attorney for the Public Administrator and 1f this candi- date declined he would take the job him- self. At _the Republican fatification meeting at Metropolitan Temple to-morrow night Asa R. Wells will address his fellow citi- The meeting is to be a campaign opener, with music and a platform pa- rade of candidates. The politicians are making gues: about the unexpended $10.000 of the sum of $30.000 collected from the corporations to swing the primary election in favor of the boss ticket. Abe Ruef believes that | every dollar was expended and that the corporations may be called on to pro- vide for the deficiency. The notion that Crimmins could hold out anything to wkich Martin Kelly was entitled to equal division is not respected by campaigners who are familiar with Kelly's rough-and- ready tactics in dealing with Crimmins. The fact that Crimmins is on the earth is cited as proof that Kelly got at least half the amount contained in the envel- There were broad hints yesterday tbat a further disbursement of $7500 had just been ordered. ADVERTISEMENTS. That mean quality, comfort and good vision are obtainable at our establish- ment. Be careful that you get the right num- ber. 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