The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 7, 1902, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, 'AUGUST 7, 1902 STATE PAYS FOR THE RARE WOODS - THAT GRACE DOWNEY RANCH HOUSE fpoe Lihloon wvtagnoss Sov 100 (E@M v e oo SSWIFT & o far g | s - g ik wpows 1 mber of all Kinds | g1c a H— Ln uasion 20 Teath Streets S s $ e T PR AT | v >-6-10 v 89 | (7. & ‘9'_’;’0 - 771 v - e o | T 7o - it & = —/: ;_,_ - 77324 =2 - i = - ‘ > s LN 7 FEa bty o 7 7o | s B e o /‘ RS g 5 R L — ——— 7 D 7 % Y2 3 - l s Ja- /3 T d s —- - A E &%, ® e VBTN - : TR » e - 70 e . e = F 8 — : . "///Z: ¢ Y . TE A Zo +~ Pra = £ “ 20 . > 57 = 77 . e JE ] | 7 72 o — 7 - . A = [ & 2 - > g L3 v - T o o 7= I= « “ 2w i 3 N N A 7 2/« = g= s 56, - = B JA r3 " “ : 7 S/3e = % * D Ay - 5 * 2 g Under Aguirre Regime, Charged to Jut_ef Mill, Then Illegally Made Into Furniture, Ebony, Walnut, Oak, Ash and Maple| t Shipped to Prison and Fiction Maintained; That It Was Used for Legitimate Purpose| Thousands of Feet of Lumber Purchased|| 5 | I3 . & -/0 13— o e e W N T L WAL o 6 s 1| w R 7213 & o 309 y e K 1= " & 73 73 * 7 b T Y7 o 1] = T A AT TR WV Wt/ ks w1 o ' 9111 2 S S R R e e w1 i 8 - s g 70 [ LS 7 s /- 767> - .o [ e i VS T P78 T 7 =70 74 _» Sa.) @ T 7- fa 7%« #4449 | e SOOI 1 T Stave s, Ty *— Lumber of a Kind. LUMBER, MAINLY EXPENSIVE WO0OODS, CHARGED TO JUTE MILL. Cntenos S E Corner h-.sl.-.nd'rmmflnqs : s . /G /3 NS s e S 4 6 : . L= & sop o ig 2 VER R T ¥ 7 = Itlo e “ 3 : ;—/i Tl . 2 | = » 2 s ES . R o - ) = s -zé Sy o ‘I ONE O F MANY! BILLS FOR COSTE LUMBER _ FOR FUR NITURE ILLEGALL Y, PURCHASE! AND FRAU DULENTLY: CHARGED TO JUTE MILL Aguirre was to purchase nearly $2000 worth of furnishings for the houses from one firm alone. Did you, Gov- ernor Gage, inspect the bills for these furnishings when you recently heid your “star chamber investigation?” l PRISON PAYROLL STUFFED. The Call is prepared to prove that the pay-roll of the jute mill at 'San Quen- tin has been stuffed in order that fa- vorites of Gage and Aguirre might fat- ten at the public expense. The farmers of Califernia are won- dering why they are charged a high rate for jute bags made at San Quentin It, is because of the favorites carried by Gage and Aguirre on the pay-rolls of the mill at San Quentin. Aguirre is allowed the sum of $5000 per month for guards’ salaries at San He has raised the salaries of his pets and those of Gage, and in orde~ to be able to pay these favorites and the balance of the guards, “dummies” have been carried on the jute-mill pay-rolls. The Call is prepared to prove this and has in its possession the names of ten men, who figure on the pay-roll of the jute mill and who never did a day’'s work there since they have drawn sal- aries as San Quentin officidls. | Yet Governor Gage declares that the result of his “star chamber investiga- tion” is that not one cent of public money has been misapplied during the Aguirre regime at. San Quentin prison. The farmers and-other tax-payers of the State of California may well ponder on the statements of Governor Gage when he appeals to them for their sup- port to allow him to occupy the execu- tive chafr for another term. @ siviiimieiiei e @ SHIPP.NG RECORDS. | Continued From Page One. | is the direct beneficiary of the felonious | band of culprits in control of San Quen- | tin’s prison, The Call has evidence in ! its possession to prove the following That on October 1. 1900, a shipment was made from San Quentin prison by the wife of the Governor of an invalid's | chair, boxes and bundles; eight articles :in all, weighing 825 pounds. These ar- | ticles Were billed to the Downey ranch of the Governor and were marked in the name of the Governor’'s wife as the That on April 5, 1901, a shipment was ) made from San Ouentin prison as con- | signor to Mrs. Henry T. Gage at Dow- | ney, Cal., the articles consisting of two N c neing documentary evi- | tion. Can Gage or his chum, Warden _— P % 3 ence, The Call herewith pre- | Aguirre, explain to thetax-payers of 1 - sents part of its proof of the ex- \j(;fi“for{llizal“ T o > - oy s e mi or my = rf e of & colossal ring of cor- | n0 003 Yeot. or: for ok that sells|:| ion at San Quentin prison, [ wholegale at the rate of $93 90 per shou- | | % the regime of Warden | sand feet? {1 \ which Governor Henry T. Will Governor Gage or 'Warden of the direct beneficiaries. | Aguirre tell the tax-payers of Califor- | — Gage has persistently de- | bla if gy maple, dcosdng 85 401 et aftales & ousand feet, is used in the repair o! the affairs of San Guentin PS8 i ewnlin - oriF Hiskory |4 are crooked or that he has bene- | cogting $111 99 per thousand feet, has | B illegal or criminal act of | been used on the prison buildings. and | PHOTOGRAPH OF BILL FOR being. if 8o, can the work be pointed out to the | or recently emerged from | public? +- B - —_ — his “star chamber investigation” and | The bills for the costly lumber were A ? 2 med the tax-payers of California | Presented to the prison directors and H‘E‘{f iur;nioi}l gegwpm} ; reenszsso treasury for the ‘abnve mentioned lum- < e & 1 2 the State Board of Examiners, bearing e 5 B e e b Lt feor 3266 ber supplied to San Quentin prison. t he had examined all the records of | (n, "certification of Warden Agulrre. Surfaced Redwood (clear) . foet J 1,130 EheiCell, HovaNCrAWIIE: Bramant & at Quentin and com- | No comment was made by any of the Pine feet ) $1480 T | number of similar bills.to the ene of accounts and bills with the | members of these two boards and the -12 Pine feet Swift & Company,” proving the pur- in the Controller’s | money for the accounts was ordered Y e Ene i ear chase for the prison of thousands of drawn from the public treasury. 1° 6:20 Pine teat b 3874 dollars worth of lumber. It will also To prove the falsity of the Governor’s | 10 order that Governor Gage and LR feet prove that this lumber was made into statement that he found everything in | CtReT cronies might enjoy the benefits Do, . A8 Ping ;e:: furniture and that Governor Gage re- SIVIREN 1. und evervthing in | o¢ fejonjous acts, Warden Aguirre did 24 pe. 4- 416 Pine . teet ) 2,602 111 33 | celved some of it at his ranch home in apple-pie order at San Quentin, The | not hesitate to squander the public | Order 126 pe. 1- 6-16 T. & G. Plhe, V. G. feet §2607 . 2718 Downey, Southern California. c I ishes herewith a photograph | funds, obtaining the money by trickery | No. 2. 1-12-18 Surfaced Redwood . feet ) $28 90 L o e S 2 e e S S e e e o of one any bills for lumber sup- | of the most cunning kind. I e ool e b 2157 plied to San Quentin prison. LARGE BILL FOR LUMBER. . 1-12-12 Surfaced Redwood (clear) . ¢:§:J 954 PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. The law prohibits the manufacture of | The Call proposes to present to the . 1-12-16 Sugar Pine . feet $7320 7379 any articles at San Quentin other than | people of California. indisputable proofs e ol prison. jute bags for the farmers of this State. | of its charges that San Quentin prison 1- 8-16 White Cedar ot - Continued From Page One. . some cheap lumber, mot |iS & nest of crime, in which Warden 1-10-12 Whito Cedar feet | - ) in value, The Call s pre- | Aguirre figures as the head and Gov- 171018 White Gedar ot = ber, the bulk of which is charged in the | pared to prove that all the costly lum- | ;rnnr_ Gage as one of the direct bene- !1? 4 ::'m:e gegu teet prison records to ‘the juté mill, which | Quentin ber purchased for San Quentin prison | ficiaries. :16 White Cedar feet 949 : ' % b i Ay gt o ,,,:,?.}Qme of furst. | For this purpose, a photograph of a & pe. 2012 Maple feat $85 40 90';“7“ "‘fi";e prison. hag, no; use:for ture; part of which was consigned to | Pill for lumber, purchased from Swift 8 b 27013 Maple feet such material. - 1 = o N 5 pe. 2-11-12 Maple feet The Call has in its_ possession evi- Gage’s ranch home at Downey, Los An- | & Company, Tenth and Mission streets, 2 pe, 2-12-12 Maple . teet a eill ve thi ¥ all geles County. San Francisco, is reproduced herewith. 1 pe, 2-13-12 Maple . 26 feet 4765 ence that will prove that nearly al The C has evidence in its posses- The people of California can judge ;Ip:' g:uvn ;}:p{a : toet this costly lumber was manufactured jon to prove t | from the items of this bill, which is but et e e SaCIRURIERN, IGhns s aunc b 4nC sion to prove the purchase of thousands | q 2 pe. 2-17-12 Maple . teet 558 tees, chairs and other household arti- of feet of c lumber by the Aguirre | One of many, whether Warden Aguirre 20 pe. 1- 8-12 Maple . teet | $85 40 les by convict labor, in direct violation t San Quentin. This lumber | IS guilty of felony in making the public 4 1- 9-12 Maplo " feet fixei;vf G every varfety of woods, itrea.;ury bear the expense of the costly - o 3 Mabie e LUMBER OBTAINED BY FRAUD. sugar pine, oak, redw | woods. 2 2 Mapl o % e B e oDl | A Sitonal Tor tRE mbviakiEs priai H 2 Maple et 8361 The lumber obtained by fraud was species were ordered from dealers in | and the cost per thousand feet for the 12 3 gan}e teet | made into furniture by an illegal act | San Francisco and charged on the | Same prove that the material had no 13 ri g et and it was paid for with money fliched prison books to the jute mill or the re. | legitimate place in San Quentin prison. 6 14 Maple teet | 979 314 4 | OM the public treatury: : 2 pairs of sidewalks | Later on, The Call will present evidence 3 12 Oake feet | $93 90 e e | provin; ow v 8 -12 Oak . e felon: i 0ods, an he | COSTLY WOODS MADE we. |Piovis how Cuslmeber was made up 2 11 Oak . foet Call proves -this again to-day by the Warden Aguirre kept a force of con- | Warden Aguirre, including Governor 34 bo: 171013 ook fog | publication of--teli-tale record photo- victs at work in the old sash and blind | Henry T. Gage. The bill of Swift & 24 pe. 2 Oak feet graphs. | factory making furniture from this | Company for lumber supplied to San B P A feet [ 108 64 Further proof i presented to-day costly lumber. Some of the most deli- | Quentin prison in February, 1902, was = 4 0ok L showing that Warden Aguirre manu- | cate carvin was put on the furtniture, | certified to by Commissary Foley and 45 1 Oak feet tactured by convict labor large quanti- | for at San Quentin prison are to' be [by Warden Aguirre, their stamps and 2 pe. 6 Oak feet tles of furniture for his brother, J. A. | found artisans who would do credit to | signatures appearing on the bottom of e o feet ) 1157 Aguirre. the must successful furniture factory in |the bill. The document was also ey oo fest ) 303 90 This furniture was removed. a few this country. stamped, “jute—mill account, contract.” 6 pe. 4 Oak foet days ago from San Quentin prison and Governor Gage declares that when he | It was paid for by a warrant of the 11 pe. 4 Oaic eet conveyed to the house at Berkeley that held his “star chamber Investigation” | State Controller, numbered 8243, drawn iy o d feet ¢ 90 80 J. A. Aguirre proposes to live in. War- | at San Quentin that he found nothing | on May 18 of the present year. 15e 6 Oak oot} den Aguirre and his brother supervised wrong with the affairs of the institu- ! The items of the bill are as follows: ; pe. 6 Oak feet E)he riinovall of thed tumltu{etgmg Skan - et - LR TN pe. feet 967 uentin prison and were a e Derke- T nch s g“:fi; -3 Y g R B feet | $01 50 ley house when 'the furniture was 7 pe. 2.10-10 Sugar Maple 137 heet 755 e | brought there on wagons, after its re- S e 132 4 | 3 tees e 1] €r proves to-da: e 21013 peser Mavie T8 feut [ $168 67 $168 67 12 feat | s direct shipment of furniture from San | 2-12.12 Sugar Maple { ; v ol oy Quentin prison to a member of th> Gage : ag .Ex;gar g;.,ple 47 pe, teet | $91 50 family at Downey, Las Angeles County. 1813 gfi':; M:”‘: 26 pe, feet * When CGovernor Gage says that {he g e iigreg 3 e teot regime of Warden Aguirre at San Quen. 5 pc. 1.10-14 Rustic 1 b, .t 8802 tin is perfectly honest, the Governor P H“g g“:ge 1707 4 pe. b e forgets that documentary evidence ex- 30 pe 13088 St L 8.pc, teet 962 376 22 | ists to prove his statement is false. consignee. 45 pc. 1- 4-16 T. & G. B, Rustic. 240 feet 1’2‘ o -‘B_r’°° The Call has evidence to preve that, BRIiETign mmc BT e 2O : By Tesotution whowed Werden Agwivte Uy & 420 ggm Redwood HMOREmEVI]szNCE EfiI!st ;veo:l: bel !ufl}cient to prove that War- | a.ysumsn;lt tooneic::!enogga{od;’:rfigl‘:‘;rl: , 8- & 921 no other. evidence _coul e pre- guirre is guilty of felonious:, i * § pc. 4- 4-2¢ Rough Redwood sented, the items of the above bill |in securing paymen{ out of thea ta:: Lot e e ang At oL tho dibets fors at San Quentin,.the first act of | kits, one crate, one box of glass, weigh- | ing in all 627 pounds. - The Call is prepared to prove that al-® 4 most from the very day that M. G. Aguirre assumed control of San Quen- tin prison, up to a few weeks ago, nu- merous shipments of prison-made fur- niture and other articles were made from the penitentiary to the ranch home of Governor Gage at Downey, €al s ) R POWER MUST REMAIN IN JAIL FOR A MONTH Proceedings in the Northern Pacific Merger Suit Now Become More Interesting. NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-~The branch of the Peter Power suit, started to attemnt. to upset the Northern Pacific merger, in -which the attorneys. for the read have been “trying to get Mr. Power into court for the purpose of examining him, reach- ed an acute stage late to-day before Judge Lacombe in the United States Circuit Court. After some short proceedings the court entered an order committing Power for thirty days. He also ordered George Alfred Lamb, counfel for Power, to aj pear August 20 to show cause why he (Lamb) should not be suspended or ad- monished for unprofessional conduct. in connection with the ease. The oceasion for the orders was ‘that though Power had been repeatedly ordered into court he had paid no attention to the sum- monses and it was believed he was act- ing under the advice of his coumsel in disregarding them. pu o SH S M ORDERS LIVELY AIRS WHILE DEATH IS NEAR Professor Samuel Pryor Summons His Band to Ease His Dying Moments. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Aug. 6.—Samuel Pry- or, noted bandmaster and father of Ar- thur Pryor, the celebrated trombonist, who while touring with Sousa was per- scnally complimented by King Edw: , is dying at his home in this city. This al:;rnoom ‘when ItPI:egm evident that deal was _near, ofessor Pryor summoned his band and ordere:lw&a lead- er to conduct a concert of lively airs. The band played underneath the sick man’s window. ———— Murders His Stepfather. VENTURA, Aug. 6.—Jose Morse, a former inmate of the State Reform School at Whittier, is in the County Jafl here charged with the 'murder of his step- father, Castulo Ochoa, at a ranch three miles from -this place. Morse came ta town and reported that Ochoa had shot himself, but after some cross-questioning admitted that he had murdered.his rela- tive. e ] $25 suits for $20, first-class tailoring, sum. mer suitings. J. Smith, tailor, 906 Market. *