The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1901, Page 4

NEW FIREHOUSES CONDEMN WATER |OFFIC N BOND faalt Board of Public Works to Figure Cost of Im- provements. Bill Raising Boxing License Is Defeated on Final ; Passage. i d of Supervisors adovted a resolution vesterday repealing a bill de- | claring against incorporating in the pro- | posed bond issue for municipal improve- | the proposition recommended by | of Fire Commissioners for ‘he‘ | ments Bc tion of fourteen fire department »"the mcquisition of five additional sites. On recommendation of | udiclary and Utilities Commit- P Public Works was di- | n ary plans and es- | proposed improve- a preliminary to submitting the proposition of improving Twin Feaks to a vote of the people the Board of Public Works was directed to appraise the cost )t conve! g the tract into a public park. The attenuon of the Chief o1 rolice was | alled pr to the violation of the ordinance viding tor the printng of diagrams of on theater programmes. e ordinance nxing the license tax on onal athletic clubs giving boxing at §3000 per annum was de- age and the license re- Nt figure of $12u. ed raising the license a An e transferring School Department a ue and Californis the public > erect a print he provement ment G of the from the 2 lot on Seventh ave- street to the trustees library for hereon branch lLibrary ed to protest As; he North Central Im- aga Depart- Superior Court hoiding ts sessions in the City Hall, as quarters ave been provided therefor-in the Hall of Justice, was referred to the Building Com- mittee. The City Attorney was requested to give his opinion as to whether the Board of Supervisors power to create board of examiners to examine applicants for certificates to operate stationary o portable steam engines and bollers and if so whether the power can be delegated to the Board of Public ‘Works. *An or- dinance is under consideration providing for the appointment of board of ex- amining engineers. The Bs View Land Company tendered an elght-acre tract of land as a site for | sthouse for $S00. on of the Holly Park and Mis- Improvement Club for extend- Cortland avenue ding $20.60 by a ose was referred | sue to the Street ’TP- Board expend nurses’ quarters it § and _equip and County pled requesting the ailway (‘ompany to in- why children attending been_ di matter Pictures and Frames. thing that pictures mas presents Call nborn, Vail & Co.’s, 741 Mar- and see ———————— Boston Murderer Is Executed. BOSTON, Dec. 17.—Luigi Storti, the of Michele 1899, the State ! gienically pure in that time then the reso- | da; | vision ‘1o serious damage resulted from the re- OF LOBOS CREEK Adopted by the Supervisors. Cost of Single-Pipe-Line From the Tuolumne to Be Estimated. —— The Board of Supervisors yesterday adopted the resolution 'condemning the water of Point Lobos Creek as a menace to public health and ordering the Spring Vall Water Company to discontinue supplying it to consumers. D’Ancona in urging the adoption of the olution sald that the burden of proof was on the Spring Valley Company te show that the water had been purified by effective filtration. The Supervisor said that if experts should find after an exam- ination extending over a period of one vear that the water could be made hy lution couid afterward be rescinded. Reed exhibited a map prepared by showing- that the drainage Creek was contaminated ewage and bacteria. M. H. Garoutte, attorney for the water company, ex- plained that the water in the same drain- age area was being used by the Alms- house inmates. Garoutte asked that ac- tion be postponed until further analyses could be made. Dr. D’Ancona argued that the favorable analysis made by Pro- fessor Hilgard was too superficial and not long enough extended to make it of yalue. Chief Engineer Schussler of the Spring Valley Water Company notified the board by letter that water would not be pumped from Lobos Creek during this and next months, and petitioned that additionat analyses be made. Schussler that Professor Stillman of Stanford University make the chemical analysis and Dr. Moffatt of this city the bacteriological analysis. The Board of Works and the City En- gineer were requested to furnish an esti- mate of the cost of the construction and completion of a single pipe line, with a capacity of 40,000,000 gallons of water per y. having the Tuolumne River as a source of suppl The estimate is to fol- low out the details of construction recom- of mended in the report of the City En- neer on water supply for San Fran- c¢isco. The City Engineer is also to con- sider the Dumbarton Land Company's proposition to furnish water from the Alameda artesian well belt as a subsidi- ary reservoir supply. The Police - Commission notified the board t the charter permits five cap- | tains and ten lieutenants in the depart- and that there are three captains x lieutenants. The vacancies in the anks of captains will be filled by th Civil Service )mmission, and the maxi mum numbe of lieutenants allowed by the charter will be employed when pro- is m: by the Supervisors for their payment. | A resolutio s adopted directing the Board of Wo to require of the ecity chitect tha ote his time excli- ively to the service of the city and coun- Th slution recites that if the city i ages in private work he m: permits te alter or erect which is held to be against pub- —_———— Copies of the great Christmas edi- | tion can be obtained from all agenis, | | newsdealers, newsboys and at the | Business Office of this paper. e Frost Does Little Damage. 1LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16—Extremely | cold nights continue and frosts are pre- dicted far to-night. Further investiga- tion. however, confirms first reports that Houioay FANCY EMBROIDERED WOOI. WAISTS, forme be placed on sale at .. FANCY EMBROIDERED WOOIL. WAISTS, forme be placed on sale at .. BLACK AND COLORED WAISTS, former price on sale at markab oo sl oo i ol on sale at $ will be placed or LADI AND MISSES’ will be closed out at, LADIES KIRTS, 50, : 4 % [ 3 value for $3.00 LADIES’ BLACK AND TAILOR -MADE SU $20.00, will be sold at 75¢, will he sold at, per y gains will be found EXACTLY AS ¥ e % : & : % ¢ - | | | - = IN SUITABLE - - BLACK MERCERIZED WAISTS, former price $2.50, will be placed on sale at.". .".. bR $|.5a BLACK AND COLORED FEATHER BOAS, former price $10.00, will be placed ICE WOOL SHAWLS, former price $1. $1.50, will be placed on sale at ICE WOOL SHAWLS, former price $2.00 and MACKINTOSHES BLACK AND COLORED GOLF GREAT REDUCTIONS IN FUR CAPES. 2000 Yards BLACK SURAH-SERGE, value for _GREAT REDUCTIONS IN FUR COLLARETTES. REDUCTIONS IN LADIES’ FANCY NECKWEAR. An inspection will.convince Ladies that the above bar- J. O'BRIEN & CO. 1146 MARKET STREET. = Reductions PRESENTS. AND BRAIDED T price $5 00, will AND BRAIDED r price $6.00, will $2.50 $3.9 81.25 n U MERCERIZED 00, will be placed $6.90 30¢ 31.00 . HALF PRICE $1.90 1 sale at , will be sold at.... COLORED JTS, ard:s s efmfenferfonfenforioufoocforfoods irsfosfoorfentferiofrafefenfoofs feefeuforferfiecfofocfooolt forfoeforfoulonfonfenfenfunfoefefs fefenfeefeofoefanturfesfofectotect 40¢ ADVERTISED. * President RANKLIN HALL on Fillmore street was very artistically deco- rated last night for the pub- lic installation of the officers of King Solomon Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. The highly im- pressive ceremony of obligating the of- ficers for the ensuing Masonic term, in- structing them in their respective duties and conducting them to their stations was witnessed by nearly 600 persons, in- cluding many ladies, who were thus given an insight into some of the Masonic work. George W. Wittman, past master, was the installing officer. ile was assisted by Fred B. Wood, marshal of ceremonies, The officers who will rule the lodge dur- ing the present term are: Rolind_Fnglish Hartley, worshipful master; William Parker Fillmer, sénior warden: George William Lake, junior warden; Benjamin Frank- lin Jellison, treasure Baehr, secretar: Clarence Theodore senior deacon; Clarence Taylor Cleve, junior deacon; Samuel Boyd Stevenson, marshal; George Mayberry Hobbs, stewards; George and Alfred Augustus Davis and lra Sedle Charles Dawson, Batkin, organist. The ceremonial session was followed by the presentation by George R. Fletcher on behalf of the lodge of a silver table set of knives, forks, spoons and ladles to Samuel McKelvey, the retiring master, the presentation speech being an eloquent review of the faithful manner in which the recipient had served in the several of- fices in the lodge, including the one he had just surrendered to his successor. There was a grateful response and then followed speeches appropriate to the oc- casion by Frank H. Gould and Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger and Rabbi Jacob Nieto, After the ceremony of installation the fol- lowing musical programme was rendered: tyler, March, *'King Solomon’s,” orchestra; quartet, “Rigoletto’’ (Verdl), King Solomon’s Quartet; selection, *‘Bohemian Girl” (Balfe), orchestr: tenor solo, ‘‘Four Leaf Clover” (Brown Brother Clarence T. Wendell; selection, Trovatore” (Verdi), orchestra; quartet, *The W (Vogel), quartet. Then followed the march to the ban- quet hall, where an excellent collation was served. After that, dancing was in order. During the session the following tele- gram was read Members of King Solomon's Lodge, San Francisco: Accept my hearty congratulations on installment of officers for the ensuing year. President Roosevelt sends congratulations to { Captain Wittman on his promotion to Chiet of Police, in which I heartily join. BUG LOUD. Chief Wittman says that while visiting HanTLE> 03 8 s New York he was introduced to Roosevelt, who was then a Police Commissionei Newhall of the local commis- sion met Roosevelt in New York while the last named was Governor. Roosevelt asked Newhall particularly about Witt- man and said he believed the then captain of police would some day become Chief. L e e o S e e e o] ] SPLENDID GIFT FOR THE PEOPLE Mayor Phelan Presents Branch Library to the City. Mayor James D. Phelan formally pre- sented to the city last night the branch library building which he has had erected at the corner of Fourth and Clara streets. The presentation ceremony was appropri- ately short and stripped of all unneces- sary forms. It was held in the spacious reading-room. of the library in the pres- ence of representatives of the Board of Supervisors, the Board of Education, the Board of Library Trustees, Mayor-elect Schmitz and many other prominent citi- zens. In giving the handsome structure to the city the Mayor made a short speech, in which he described the pur- poses of the branch library. The gift was accepted on behalf of the city by Dr. Ed- ward R. Taylor, president of the Board of Library Trustees. Mayor Phelan said that the idea of mak- ing a gift to the city first occurred to him two years ago about Christmas time. He was for a tlme puzgzled as to what his gift should be, but finally decided that a library would be best appreciated and would prove the most beneficial in the education of the public. He described the growth of the public library and the part which it had played in thé advancément of the people. In accepting the gift Dr. Taylor said that it afforded him great pleasure as a representative of the Library Trustees and of the city in general to accept the magnificéent building from one who had already given 50 much of his thought and so much of his substance to San Fran- cisco. He said that he hoped that the library would be taken as a model in the construction of other libraries. He de- clared that Mayor Phelan’s gift was just fied in the fact that the people of that section of the city had shown that they appreciated good literature, The ceremonvy was concluded by a few appropriate remarks from Mayor-elect Schmitz, who said that he was proud both as a public spirited citizen and as Mayor- elect to be present at the presentation. He sald that education is the foundation of all good government. Skins and Wood to Burn. We have fitted up an exhibit of burnt wood and leather which all are invited to see. Wood and skins -for burning and pyrograghy machines- at very moderate prices. Sanborn, V. Co., 741 Market. * ———— On Trial for Rioting. A jufy was obtairled in'Judge Fritz's court last night to try the-case of John Scoble, William Duggan, Willlam Tate and Ward Miller, who are charged joint- ly with rioting during the Jate strike. The taking of testimony will commence Thurs- day afternoon.. - i —_—————— ' Sportsmen’s Footwear. % Men's ;n;ll women’s mountain boots and shoes. t for the, work and ran- feed " Skimer Co., 416 Ma{keg ,n_re‘gt‘ff “ o+ FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1901 ERS OF KING SOLOMON'S LODGE OF MASONS ARE PUBLICLY INSTALLED Resolution Unanimously |Many Ladies Are Given an Opportunity to Witness Some of the Work of a Blue Lodge During the Placing of the New Officials Into the Stations. A Beautiful Silver Service Is Presented to the Retiring Master THREE LEADING OFFICERS OF WERE INSTALLED WITH CEREMONIAL POMP IN THE PRESENCE OF MANY PEOPLE LAST EVENING IN FRANKLIN HALL. KING SOLOMON'S LODGE WHO 4 EXCHANGE WILL BUY MORE LAND Votes for Purchase of Old Pacific Board Site. gL Lol The Merchants’ Exchange directors voted yesterday to purchase the old Pa- cific Stock Exchange property, with front- age upon Montgomery and Leidesdorif streets, for the agreed price of $150,000. With the property of the old Merchants' Exchange upon California and Leidesdorff streets, previously acquired, the added property on Montgomery and Leldesdorff streets will give three large frontages and provide for three entrances upon the three streets named. i This action finally takes out of exist- ence an institution which was the scene of much excitement in the days of wild mining. Leidesdorff street ‘acquired . the name- of “Pauper alley,”” on account of the number of speculators that ‘‘went brok after trying their luck in the board. That was,the theater of action of the famous ‘‘mud hens,” women who haunted the galleries whenever the board was in séssion year in and year out. After the Pacific Stock Exchange had gone into decadence as the result of the decline of ‘the Comstock mines the old board room was little used for a time. Then the rise of the California petroleum excitement gave new life. The front of the building was repainted and was brave with the name of a new petroleum ex- change. There were ceremonies at the opening and speeches. But the great pro- ductivity of the Kern River district oil wells and the low prices that resulted from the rush of all the owners to mar- ket their oil at any price they could get destroyed the .chance that there would be many dividend paying companies for a time, until conditions could be readjusted. Again the exchange fell into disuse. The first time it failed because of a searcity of the product upon which its speculative market was based: the second time it failed for the opposite reason, because of the plethora. - The Merchants' Exchange will erect a fine building on the two large sites and all the commercial bodies of the city and kindred organizations will be invited to be housed therein. Circuit Court Holds Session. The United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals held a five-minute session vesterday and transacted some routine business. Nothing was done in the matter of the Noyes contempt case and the court ad- Journed until next Monday. ons HOODLUNS AOB INJURED WOMAN Make a Brutal Attack Upon Mrs. Rose Kilbourn. Frank Morrissey, Thomas Crouch and Martin J. Flynn, three young men, ap- peared before Judge Mogan yesterday on charges of robbery and attempt to com- mit a criminal assault. They were in- structed and arraigned and the cases cor- tinued til next Monday. . The complaining witness against them is Mrs. Rose Kilbourn of Santa Rosa, at present Hving with her husband at 221 O'Farrell street. They came from Santa Rosa, where Kilbourn is a real estate dealer, on a visit. Sunday evening Mr: Kilbourn made a call upon Mrs. Morri; sey, 251 Chénery street. After leaving the car Mrs. Kilbourn lost her way in the darkness and fell into a ditch, spraining her wrist and losing her Lat. - When she reached the Morrissey home she told Mrs. Morrissey of her ex- perience, and later in the evening Frank Morrlsney, a son of Mrs. Morrissey, and Crouch, who was present, offered to go with her to find her hat. Not suspecting any violence, she readily accompanied them, and they were joined by Flyna. When they reached a barn owned by Jeremiah Sullivan on French street, off the Mission road, the three men dragged Mrs. ‘Kilbourn into the barn, threw. her to the floor and ‘robbed hér of her dia- mond earrings, valued at $60; a diamond ring, valued at §75, and her purse, con- taining $20 and some small change. Then they attempted to assault her and she screamed for help. They threatened. to kill her, but she continued to scream and the nen left her in a semi-conscious con- dition. After recovering her composure Mrs. Kilbourn walked ut of the barn and met Policeman Woliweber, to whom_she re- lated the story of the robbery. She gave an accurate description of tite three rob- bers. Wollweber notified Sergeant Blank, and the two officers soon had Morrissey and Crouch under arrest. They were found in bed at their homes_and were identified by Mrs. Kilbourn. Flynn was arrested a few hours later and was also identifled by the lady. She was in court yesterday morning with her husband and :n‘:le re’lr%laeinpéfi lh;‘l ('ltyh[o };l)roseeute the . ce give the thre: a bad reputation, s h e | the City Attorney, | such height above the sidewalk as to be of no | office. | tion D | mission of the State Controller that { redemption | Censul Rey Returns From Orient and | yesterday | with the result of his work, and says that | e Inyoluntary Insolvent. San Francisco credit £ J. W. - ing of Anderson; Shasts Gounty, it a Efiuon yesterday in the United States : ‘:tlr‘xlctfiCuu{t ulz hatve = im declared an involuntary insolvent. . They all Breeding owes §1000. a3 l‘e,’? th.“ STREET BRIDGES Y BE ERECTED Lane Says Charter Does Not Forbid Special ‘Permits. —— Chief of Police Will Arrest Violators of the High Fence Law. City Attorney Lane filed an opinion yes- terday with the Board of Supervisors to the effect that there is nothing in !he‘ law which prevents the Board of Supervisors from granting a special permit to'hull-% a bridge across a street. ‘The opinion of | which is interesting from the fact that it modifies the strict limitation of the charter concerning pub- lic encroachments, follows: . I do not take it to have been intended by the charter that the city could nmot authorize the | use of an awning extending over the sidéwalk or of a bay-window or cornice or a sign at possible hindrance to public travel or impair the use of the street as a public highway. A permanent encroachment is not.to be permitted by the Board of Public Works of any structure upon the sidewalk. This does not ce has no power {o permit the use of a portion of the space under the sidewalk (which in law is city property when the fee is in the city) or of a portion of the space in_the unoccupled and untraveled space above the sidewalk. Of Course it is within the power of the Super- Visors to regulate or prohibit such extensions over the sidewalk, but that the charter dPr‘nes to the Supervisors any power to permit such a limited use of the street or sidewalk is nowhere expressed. It must also be understood that any such use is but a license revocable at the pleasure of and no right to more than a tempo- Whatever ~arise under permits So ainly mean that the city granted. In conformity with the opinion the or- dinance granting the Chutes Company a permit to construct a bridge over Tenth avenue, between C and Fulton streets, was passed to print. 3 A resolution was adopted directing the Chief of Police to cause the arrest of any person violating the provisions of the or- dinance limiting the height of fences to ten feet and to prosecute the cases to a conclusion. The resolution directing the Board of ‘Works to require all owners of houses. sheds, buildings and obstructions of every kind now upon Third and Berry streets to remov ame from the roadway with- in sixty days was deferred one week. At- torney W. F. Humphrey, representing the South End Rowing Club, addressed the board in opposition to the passage of the resolution, claiming that the Harbor Com- ners had given the club permission ccupy its premises, which were said to be an obstruction to the street. The board passed to print an ordinance changing the classification of a clerkship to that of a deputyship in the Auditor's Action was taken on recommenda- of the Mayor, who informed the board that a legal point has beeh raised as to the validity of certificates of re- demption of real estate purchased by the State, which are now signed by a clerk instead of a deputy. Auditor s ex plained that it was only by s ecial pe the signed | clerk has heretofore the certificates. CHILEANS AND JAPANESE CLOSE COMMERCIAL DEAL | | Says Steamer Line Will Be Established. A. Thompson Rey, an attache of the Chilean consular service, arrived here from Japan and is at the Oecix His mission to Japan on behalf | Government was to bring closer | ial relations between the two | He feels greatly pleased dental. of I epm: Governments. he has a splendid -report to make on his | réturn home. | He carried to Japan samples of the pro- | ducts of Chile, which were greatly ‘ad- mired. While there he made arrangements for thé handling of nitrate by the Japa- ! nese Government. It was also arranged | between Consul Rey and the president of | the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Steamship Com- pa.y for a steamer to be put on the run| between Chile and Japan "as an experi- ment. - Should the ship's trip prove profit- | able tge steamship company promised to run three steamers a year between the | two countri | R | RHEA GETTINGS SAYS SHE LECTURED ON TEMPERANCE Proponent of " Kershow Will Says | She Talked on the Evile of | Drink. | The Kershow will contest case will be submitted in Department of the Superior Court to-day. Miss Rhea Get- | tings, the proponent of the will, was on | the stand all day yesterday. When she left the stand her attorneys announced | that they had no further testimony to | ffer. Miss Gettings testified yesterday that | when she was in Chicago Kershow wrote to her and inclosed money and a ticket to San Francisco in the letter. She came | out here, she said, and went to the Maison | Riche, where the Yale man was living. | Miss Gettings also sald that she ‘“‘chas- tised” Kershow on several occasions for drinking so much and threatened to leave | him unless he quit. When asked what she meant by ‘“‘chastising him” she said she gave him lectures on the evils of in- temperance. —_————————— Saloonkeeper Tricked. N. Diers, proprietor-of the Alcazar bar, secured a complaint from Judge Cabaniss vesterday for the. arrest.-of W. O. Lehrke, | a young German, said to be of respecta- blée family, on the charge of obtaining money_by false pretenses. Lehrke called upon Diers and -asked- for a small loan, saying that he was in recelpt of a weekly allowance from his family in Germany of $20 through the German Consul. Diers gave him a few. dollars. Sunday Diers | was called to the telephone and some one | said he was_the German Consul and it would be safe to advance Lehrke $i0 at | any time. Lehrke called a few hours later and Diers advanced him $16. Diers found vesterday that the German Consul knows | nothing about Lehrke. —_————— Soldier Convicted of Larceny. Ross Cobb, a member of the Eighteenth | Cavalry, was convicted by Judge Conla vesterday on the charge of petty larceny. | Friday night he was taken to the room of Herman Domalski, 1210 Mission street, to sleep off the effects of too much liquor. He left next morning while Donfalski was | asleep and took with him two rings be- longing to Domalski. He was arrested | Saturday night on Grant avenue -by Po- | licemen D. Murphy and Conner. He will | be sentenced to-day. | —_——— Pardee Pays His Debts. When the cases against S. C. Pardee, | ex-clubman, = charged. with obtalning money by false pretenses, were called in Judge Mogan's court yvesterday Pardee's attorney informed the -Judge that the amounts of all the checks passed by the defendant on business men had been paid, Ehe Judge continued the cases until to- 2. 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