The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 6, 1903, Page 10

10 CONTRACT LET |TAKE TREASURE FOR FERRY SLIP) FROM DERELICT Harbor Commissioners|Hardy Tars’ Claim for Accept Wakefield’s Reward Recognized Bid. by the Court. | Secretary of State Board of|Thrilling Story of Br&very% Examiners Wants the Gov- Set Forth in Libel for ernor Perkins Sold. Salvage. g A Board of State Harbor Commis- Judge de Haven of the United States session yesterday awarded | District Court made a ruling yesterday | tract for con- | Whicn will give twenty-one brave sailors ferry slip A, approach | of the United States navy an opportunity | Jisting frame north of | to recover salvage for their thrilling The work proposed is | Work in saving a large part of the cargo | of the cruiser Yosemite while that vessel | drifting a hopeless wreck 'at the of the raging seas outside the har- | uvm in November, 19%0. Over- exception of District Attorney | *h that the District Court had tion in the case, Judge de | lered the libel of the sailors to trial. thrilling _story of intrepid which is recited in the claim of against the Government for vage. While serving on the Govern- 1t col’ier Justin, cruising in the south- in the fall of 1900, the plain- in the case passed through a terrible the vicinity of Guam and storm was yet in its violence with the cruiser Yosemite, flying distress signals. The luckl vessel had been driven from the harbor of Guam by he fury of the wind and after having grounded on-the reefs outside of the har- bor bad drifted helplessly to sea, with its | propeller and keel entircly gone, a dere- | | e the new Clay-street slip. The | was own as llows | mere; es A McMa! Wakefie a Pa aven or ceed t 1s very n tiffs seas fyphoor in th while fell in Notwithstanding the fact that the seas were still running so high as to wash cks of the wrecked Yosemite with | comber, H. G. Robinson, third of- er of the Justin, with a crew of daring put off for the stricken vessel in | 'd first rescued the entire | he re i to save the valu- e nment stores on the vessel, For with nothing more than whaleboat to act as a lighter, the fear- | crew of the Justin worked on the | recked cruiser, which listed and plunged with every surge of the water, fast fill- | he hold. Two Gatling guns, a stand 2 Metford rifles, 200 revolvers, $68,000 (Mexican) and paymaster's stores 1o the value of $3000 were carried from the sinking vessel to the Justin. Within an hour after the last boatload had been taken away the cruiser plunged beneath waves When the seamen of the Justin filed libel for salvage in December Attor- »odworth objected on the grounds | e their demands aggregated | an $1000, the District Court had no | over the case and that the fet ew an pro- | hree days, ee da 1 z Court of Claims alone was competent to | | try the suit. But Judge de Haven ruled vesterday that the claims of the men | should be idered individually and | FILES HIS REPORT OF | that as such they did not exceed the limit { allowed the District Court’s jurisdiction. BIRTHS AND DEATHS| Tne District Attorney was given ten da: Statistician Coffey Submits Figures | ryore " on Vital Statistics for Month Y of February. to answer the libel of the ma- the O 2 MANY BEQUESTS S5 MRE MADE VO the he Supreme Court Declares Endless Trusts Illegal. decision rendered yesterday the Court declares that all bequests { for the perpetual maintenance and care of graves, burial plats or private monuments are null and void. The que: t has never previousiy been decided n the courts of this State. Such funds in the hands of individuals, town or city boards of trustees or societies will now | legally revert to the estates of the vari ous testators Margaret Theresa Gay, who died in this city a little more than two vears ago, rms sm brain neumonia, | ument 3; carbe S —— made in her will a provision that the sum Changes in Revenue Service. of $2000 be set aside for the permanent | . n of the following changes | care of her burial plat. She directed that | he revenue cutter service on jher remains be interred in the Masonic el pestbpns vesterday by the | Cemetery and that if it should ever be revenue cutter bureau in this eity: necessary that they be removed the in-| e e been | 1€TESL On the $2000 should still be used-to | keep her grave in good order wherever it might be. It was also asked that the | sum mentioned be placed in. a savings bank or loaned on a first mortgage. | Martin Francis Quinn, distributee of the | residue of the estate, instituted an action to have the clause in question declared veid. The lower court held that the be- quest was legal, but the higher tribunal | reverses that decision. The constitution says, “No perpetuities <hall be allowed except for eleemosynary purposes.” The latter term is said to in- clude all charitable purposes. The ques- tion then before the court was whether the care of a place of interment was an of charity. It is declared that *“char- in the legal sense means something by which the public generally may bene- fit. The care of a grave, unlike that of | a monument in a city square, is deemed Gresham and or- L. Maher fs | 5 Onondaga 10 eer V. Har- to the Win- er_has been or- . e Rush ————— McGee’s Story Is True. w wired to Sheriff J. W. ex., Wednesday inform- McGee, a former sol- m Manila on the . had surrendered him- that he was wanted there of perjury. McGee's story ed, but the Chief received a Sheriff Baker yesterday after- se it McGee's story was true and |2 Private matter and hence outside the 1d send the necessary papers by | legal provision. i Supreme Courts In other States have de- s L R cided similar cases in the same manner. Will Examine Aspirants. The following named officers have been inted by General Hughes to consti- for the examination of en- who aspire to commission: r Joseph Garrard, Ninth »r 8. W. Miller, Nineteenth Infantr: ert Todd and Lieutenant P. lery Corps, and Captain G. W &ewgarden and Lieutenant H. 8. Green- of the medical department. —_———e Will Recommend Goodwin. President Newhall of the Chamber of Commerce received a telegram from Sen- ator Perkins yesterday announcing that the communication from the commercial sodiee of this city recommending Eugene s300dwin for the position of chief of the “.ureau of Manufactures in the new De- pertment of Commerce was at hand and would be favorably indorsed by the Cali- forriia delegation at the national capital, —— Injected Too Much Cocaine. Dirs. Adella M. Ross has sued Wallace W. Rémding, a dentist, for $209 damages alleged to have been sustained from the aéministration of an overdose of cocaine Ty means of injection while being treated for a diseased tooth. Mrs. Ross complains that’she was rendered unconscious'as a result of the overdose and was confined to her bed for twenty days. PWO0 MORE UNFORTUNATES SUCCUMB TO GAS FUMES Lena Couillard and H{chul Der;um Meet Death by Asphyxi- ation. Two asphyxiations by gas, both thought to be accidental, occurred Wednesday night. Miss Lena Coutllard, a seamstress, living at 651 Geary street, and Michael Derham, a laborér of 110 Sixth street, were the victims. Miss Couillard was found lying lifeless on her bed by Dr. Anna Flynn, her land- lady, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning with the gas cock turned fully on. It is thought water, in the pipes must have caused the~deadly flow of gas, as suicide was never hinted at by the dead woman. She was 34 years of age. Derham’s death was probably due to his own carelessness, as he was intoxi- cated at the time of retiring. L. Laurent, the proprietor of the house, found Der- ham’s body, fully dressed, lying with the head covered and the gas key fully turned on. o ——————— Burglars Steal Violins. J. M. Nair and O. 8. Deil, who have, a saloon and shooting gallery at 902-906 Kearny street, reported 1o the police ye terday that their premises had been en- tered by burglars early vesterday morn- ing. Two violins worth $20 had been stol- en from the saloon and a revolver worth % from the shooting gallery. There should be no good reason for failure to obtain a copy of The Sunday Call, with Art Supplement, from news- dealers, train news agents, etc. Thirty-nine thousand six hupdred and three ’:‘-‘r-leue' of fungus m“‘.nownmw -t | as a cargo 1 | 1sh ment as Soldiers of HE Pacific Mail Company's steam- ship Colon, which arrived yester- day from Panama and way points, brings little definite news of conditions in Central America. In all the republics war preparations were on foot. The protection of the frontier is in every case given as the reason for the military activity and from Nicaragua { to Guatemala every republic is as readyas a Central American country can get for anything in thq way of a scrap that may come along. Planters throughout Central are finding great difficulty in getting labor, as the natives upon whom they depend to cultivate their lands and gather their crops have nearly all been enlisted in the military sefvice. Among the passengers on the Colon were a humber of planters. Henry Kinch, one of them, has just completed the lay- ing out of a new plantation in Nicaragua, and Albert C. James, also a passenger on the Colon, lost a fine plantation in the Santa Maria eruption. Lee Finlay, who came from Panama’on the Colon, was paymaster on the Colombian gunboat Bo- America gata. Alex Cousin, who came up on the Colon, is father-in-law of the President of Nicaragua. The Colon brought 90 tons of cargo and treasure valued at $4225. Her passengers were: John Asteel, George Allyn, Hen Kinch, Albert C. James, Alex Cousin, Autos Satfer, Lee Finlay, Francis M. Roby, Philips Serda, Christian Johnsor et P T Brings Cargo of Nitrate. The British ship Loch Finlas, which ar- rived yesterd from Caleta Buena, brought tons of nitrate of sod: She s on the voyage. She spoke Robert Fernie on February latitude 12.41 north, longitu 120.32 and on February 18 she spoke the Brit- ship Haddon Hall During a southwest squall on March 4 her foretopgallant sail was carried away. aod BT The Overdue List. The rate of reinsurance on the French bark Rene Kerviler was advanced yesterday from 15 to 20 per cent. The rate on the steamship Salopia was advanced to 25 per cent and the Slaterdyke was marked up to 20 per cent, fitiy-three in west, Makes Record Run. The American-Hawail Steamship Com- pany's big freighter, American, arrived yes- terday from New York. She made the Gip in fitty-five days and sixteen hours, which ie the best passage made by any of the American- \ | Hawailan fleet. . New Barkentine. The new barkentine John C. Meyer was suc- cessfully floated out of the Puyallup River yesterday and will be towed to Port Blakeley to take on board her first cargo, Speaks Two Ships. The British ship Falkirk, which arrived ves- terday from Antwerp, on December 4 spoke the British bark Hiliside and on December 27 the British ship Olivebank. e S Returns From First Cruise. The United States monitor Wyoming re- turned yesterday from her first sea cruise. She anchored at Sausalito. — NEWS OF THE OCEAN. Matters of Interest to Mariners and Shipping Merchants. The French bark Chateau d'If loads red- wood here for Cork, United Kingdom, at 40s, chartered prior to arrival. The barkentine Georgina, now at San Pedro, goes to Portland to load fumber for Sydney, 35s. The British ship Pegasus is chartered for wheat from Port- land to Cape Town, at 23s-0d. * et Gt ‘Wheat for Australia. The Italian ship Cavallers Clampa was cleared yesterday for Melbourne, Australia, with 56,172 ctls wheat, valued at $80.875, and 17,000 feet lumber as dunnage, valued at $255, Rl e Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. Thursday, March 8. Stmr Point Arena, Miller, 15 hours from ‘Mendocino. Stmr Samoa, Madsen, 15 hours from Men- docino. Stmr American, Nichols, 55 days 16 hours from New York, via Coronel 21 days 14 hours. Stmr Phoenix, Odland, 40 hours from San Pedro. Stmr Colon, Irvine, 22 days 19 hours from Panama, via Manzanillo 6 days 18 hours. Stmr Santa Rosa, Alexander, 41 hours from San Diego. Stmr Gipsy, Leland, 24 hours from Montersy, Stmr Homer, Donaldson, 49 ho_llrl from Coos Bay. €imr Westport, Smith, 80 hours from Eu- reka. PS(mr Newsboy, Corning, 46 hours from San edro. U § stmr Wyoming, Cottman, from cruise. Br ship Loch Finlas, Dean, 53 days from Caleta Buena. 3 Fr bark Eugene Pergeline, Benard, 131 days from Antwerp. - Br bark Falkirk, Helms, 136 days from Ant- werp. Schr Mayflower, Gudmansen, 6 days from Coquille_River. Schr Vine, Forest, 41 days’from Eureka. CLEARED. Thursday, March 6. Stmr North Fork, Nelson, Eureka; The Chas Neison Co. Stmr_ Pomona, Swanson, Eureka; Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Stmr_Ramona, Gielow, San Pedro; Pacific R MR L i ik e valiere ¥ A bourme: Girvin & Tyre. P SAILED. Thursday, March 5. n‘da Loomis, Badger, Ventura, . BRITISH VESSEL WHICH' AR- RIVED WITH CARGO OF NI- TRATE OF SODA. * - = Stmr Eureka, Jessen, Eureka. Stmr State of California, Thomas, San Diego. Stmr Pomona, Swanson, Eureka. Stmr Phoenix, Odland, Mendocino. Stmr Mandalay, Stmr North Nelt Stmr Ruth, Reed, Portland. Stmr Alcatraz, Carlson, Greehwood. Stmr Scotla, Ericson, Bowens Landing. Stmr Noyo, Ellefsen, Fort Bragg. Stmr Alblon River, Bash, Point Arena and Albion, Nor stmr Tellus, Pederson, x.adysmnn" Br ship Scottish Lochs, Parkhill, Sydne Br ship Alcinous, Cormaig, Melbourne. Bktn Portlard, Clark, Willapa Harbor. Sehr Advance, Jorgenson, Coquille River. Schr Mary C,” Campbell, Bodega. SPOKEN. ip Loch Finlas—Feb 12, lat 12 41 32 W, Br ship Sir Robert Fernfe, n, Per Br N, lon 1 hence Feb 2, for Queenstown; all well. Feb 18, lat 21 43 lon 126 56 W, Br ship Haddon Hall, from San Jose de Guatemala, for Royal Roads; all well. Per Br bark Falkirk—Dec 4, lat 27 33 §, lon 43 4 W, Br bark Hillside, from St John, N B, 56 days out. Dec 27, lat 55 27 S, lon 67 18 W, Br ship Olivebank, from Caleta Buena, for Baltimore and New York. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS, March 5, 10 p m—Weather cloudy; wind SW, velocity 6 miles per hour. DOMESTIC PORTS. EUREKA—Arrived March 5—Schr Fortuna, hence March 1; stmr Arctic, hence March 4. Sailed March 5—Stmrs San Pedro and Coro- na, for San Francisco; stmr South Bay, for San co. d March 5—Stmr Acme, from Tilla- put in to tow a barge to San Francisco. REY Passed March 5—Stmr Pa- from Eureka, for San Pedro. N’ PEDRO—Arrived March 5—Stmr Coro- nado, from Redondo. Sailed March {—Stmr Coos Bay, for San Francisco. v SOUTH BEND—Arrived March 5—Stmr Se- quoia, hence March 2. MENDOCINO—Sailed March 5—Stmr Na- varro, for San Francisco. * FORT BRAGG—Sailed March 5—Stmr Na- tional City, for San Francisco. SAN DIEGO—Salled March 5—U § stmr Adams, for a crulse. SEATTLE—Artived March 4—Stmr Nome City, from Valdez. March 5—Stmr Santa Bar- bara, hence March 1; Ital stmr Dora Baltea, hence March 1. Sailed March 5—Stmr City of Seattle, Skagway; stmr Queen, for San Francisco. PORT GAMBLE—Sailed March 5—Br stmr Victoria, for Port Blakeley. TATOOSH—Passed out March 5—Br stmr Wyefleld, from Nanaimo, for San Francisco; Br stmr Algea, from Comox, for San Fran- cisco. Passed in March G—Bark Vidette, hence Feb 18, for Everett; bktn Klikitat, from Hono- lulu: stmr Olympic, hence March 2, for Falr- haven. ASTORIA—Arrived March 6—Stmr Pren- tiss, hence March 2. Safled March 5—Br bark Musselcrag, for Al- goa Bay. PORT HARFORD—Arrived March 5, 1 p m —Stmr W H Kruger, from Grays Harbor. 1ISLAND PORT. HONOLULU—Sailed March 4—Schr Alpena, for San Francisco; bark Kauilani, for San Francisco. EASTERN PORT. NEW_ YORK—Sailed March 4—Stmr Segu- ranca, for Colon. FOREIGN PORTS, COLON—Arrived Feb 2§—Stmr from New York. * IQUIQUE—Arrived Feb 14—Ger bark An- tuco, from Vancouver. NANAIMO—Sailed March 4—Br stmr Wye- fleld, for San I'rancisco. -~ ANTWERP—Sailed Feb 26—Ger stmr Her- cules, for San Francisco. QUEENSTOWN—Arrived March 5—Br ship Angerona, from Tacoma, and proceeded to Southampton, YOKOHAMA—Safled Feb 24—Stmr Riojun Maru, for Scattle, Feb 28—Ger ship Neck, for Chemainus, Arrived Mdrch 4—Stmr China, ruary 13. OCEAN STEAMERS. NEW YORK—Safled March 5—Stmr Koeni- gen Luise, for Bremen; stmr La Savole, for avre. RATLIN ISLAND-—Passed March 6—Stmr Carthagenlan, from New York, for Glasgow. ISLE OF WIGHT—Passed March 5—Stmr Menominee, from New York, for London. BROWHEAD—Passed March 5—Stmr Noord- land, from Philadelphia, for Liverpool. INISTRAHULL—Passed March 5—Stmr Ar- cadian, from Boston, for Glasgow. ANTWERP-—Arrived March 6—Stmr Penn- land, from Phiiadeiphia. LIVERPOOL—Arrived March 5—Stmr Ulto- nia, from Boston, for Allianca, hence Feb- 5 ls‘}.xlled March 5—Stmr Haverford, for Phila- elphia. 2 MOVILLE—Arrived March 5—Stmr rl{ljh- r ian, from St John, N B, and Halifax, el rpool. LONDON—Sailed March 5—Stmr Mesaba. for New York. QUEENSTOWN-—Sailed March 5—Stmr Mer- fon, from Boston, for Liverpool; stmr Ger- manie, from Liverpooi, for New' York; stmr Haverford, from Liverpool, for Philadelphia. Lot Time Ball. Branch Hydrographic Office, U. §. N.. Mer- chants’ Bxel San ;. Cal., Sarch 5, 1005 S The Time Ball on the tower of the Ferry pullding was $Zactly at noon to-day, 3 ‘mert, or iwich time, J. C. BURNETT, Lieutenant, U. 8. N., In charge. ———— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1903. COLON BRINGS MORE VAGUE RUMORS OF SOUTHERN MILITARY ACTIVITY Planters in All the Republics . Find Great Difficulty in Working Their Fincas Owing to the Enlist- Available Laborers | purpose, but the committee decided that | {the streets named must be eliminated | | from the system and Fillmore and Guer- | rero streets be substituted Instead. | permit to erect poles includes five blocks | to lay down a pipe line in certain streets | to convey fuel oft GRANT PERMIT FOR POLE-LINE Supervyisors Bar Church and Webster Streets From System. PR | United Railroads Will Lay Pipe Line to Carry Oil to Power-Houses. gl The Supervisors’ Street Committee yes- terday reported in favor of #ting per- mission| to the United Railroads to con- struct a pole line system and to extend wires along certain streets.for the con- veyance of electric power from its new power-house at the corner of North Point | and Buchanan streets to its sub-stations. | The company in its petition desired to vse Webster and Church streets for the The | in the northern section of the city in or- der to bring electric current from the power-house to Fillmore street. The committee also recommended that | a permit be granted the United Rallroads to its power-houses. The permit is to hold during the pleasure of the board and the corporation must file a bend of $5000 to secure the city for all | the city front (Mission-street wharf) about twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point; the height of tide is the same at both places. FRIDAY, MARCH 6. Sun rises . Sun sets . (first quarter) T ime| ¥ |- 15/—0.2/10:14 | 4:01—0.2110 5.8l 4148 0.111 NOTE—In the above exposition of the tides the early morning tides are given in the left hand column and the successive tides of the day In the order of occurrence as to time: the | fourth time column gives the last tide of the | day: except when there are but three tides, as sometimes occurs. The heights given are in addition to the soundings of the United States Coast Survey Charts, except when & minus (—) sign precedes the height, and then the number given is subtracted from the depth given by the chasts. The plane of reference {3 the mean | of the lower low waters, | et Movements of Steamers. TO ARRIVE. Steamer. | From. | Due. Astoria .. Mar. 6 Humbolde ..... 3 Nevadan Honolulu & Kahuluf Empire......"| Coos Bay Corona. | Humboldt . G. W. Elder Portland & Astor!: %2 Tacoma Tacoma. . Mackinaw Mineola. Centralia....| Redondo Cheballs.....| San Pedro Taqua. | Redondo Coos Bay....| San Pedro Arctic. . Queen. Eureka Corona Wryetield State of Cal. umboldt . Puget Sound Humboldt . San Pedro . Nanalmo San Diego Pomona. ...... Humboldt . 8. Monica....| San Pedro Coptic China & Japan Redondo. Tillamook Ba: Theben | Hamburg & W s 3 Alblon River.| Point Arena & Albion.|Mar. J. Dollar Seattle & Tacoma....| Mar, -....| Newport & Way Ports Mar. North Fork..| Humboldt . Mar. Columbia. Portland & Astoria Mar. Point Arena..| Poin® Arena .. ..|Mar. Santa Rosa. n Diegn & Way Pts. Mar. Sequola.s...., Willapa Harbor . |Mar, Senator. Puget Sound Ports....|Mar. S, Barbara. Seattle & Olympia. Iunr. Totmes. . Seattle Mar. Mariposa.... | Tahiti Iar. 16 | TO SAIL, | Steamer. | Destination. | Sails.| Pler. |” Maren 6. Czarina....| Coos Bay direct..| 5 pm|Pier 18 Alllance.’..| Portland & Way..| 5 pm'Pler 16 | Los Angeles Ports.| 5 pm|Pler 2| Grays Harbor 4 pm(Pier 2| Grays Harbor 4 pm/Pler | | Coos Bay-Pt_Orfd.| 4 pm|Pler 13 Newport & Way..| 9 am|Pier 11 March 7. Homer. . Coos Bay direct. «e../Pler 3 Chehalis....| Grays Harbor . 5 pm|Pler 2 | laqua. ... | Himboldt . 4 pm|(Pier 28 | Centralia...| Grays Harbor . 4 pm|Pler 2 Point Arena 4 ym/Pler 2 wsboy...| Los_Angeles Ports.| 2 pm|Pier 18 San Juan. N. Y. vla Panama'l2 m|PMSS City Puebla | Puget Sound Ports|11 am|Pier 19 March S Empire Coos Bay direct...|10 am|Pier 13 Corona Humboldt .. . iPler 11 §. Rosa.... | San Diego & Wa Pler 11 C. Nelson. . | Seattle & Tacoma. Pler 2 March 9. i Rainler.... | Seattle & Whatcom| 4 pm/Pier 2 Humboldt..| Alaska via Seattle/10 am(Pler § Coronado. ..| Grays Harbor . 4 pm[Pler 2 §. Monica.. | Grays Harbor .....| 4 pm|Pler 2 G. W. Eider| Astoria & Poriland(11 am|Pier 24 March 10. | Los Angeles Ports| 5 pm|Pler 2 Humboldt . Pler 15 San_Pedro | Pler 11 March 11. 1 | Humboldt 0 am|Pier 2 Humboldt 1:30 p|Pler 11 China & 2001 pmipMSS | March 12. State of Cal| San Diego & Wayl f.am/Pier 11 Alblon Riv. | Pt Arena & Alblon| 6 pmjPier 13 Sydney & Way Pts.110 am/Pler 7 Puget Sound Ports/11 am|Pler 19 March 13. Henolulu-Kabului | 3 pm|Pier 1¢ March 14 % Astoria & Portland!11 am|Pler 24 N. Y. via Panamall2 m|PMSS Colon.. North Fork. J. Dollar... Sequola.... Willapa Harbor . FROM SEATTLE, For. March 15. Humbeldt .. .. 9 amiPier 2 Seattle & Tacoma.|10 am|Pler 2 ..] 4 pm[Pier 2 J Salls. Mar. & Way Borts. Mar. ay 's. | Mar. Singway & Way Ports. e Siagway & Way Ports.[Mar. Skagway & Way Ports. |Mar. Valdez ... ~IMar. Skagway & Way Ports.|Mar, Valdez direct ~|Mar: | Skagway & Way Ports.[Mar. 18 Libelants Gain Decision. Judge de Haven granted yesterday a de- cree for damages filed in the United States District Court th2 owners of the bark Andrew Welch ve. the owners of the bark Northwest. The libelants set forth t on March 1, 1902, during a severe gale the Northwest broke from her moorings, owing to rotten cables, and collided with the Andrew Welch, causing the dafnages alleged. The Judge ordered Commissioner George E. Morse to appraise the damages. Valdez & Unga .. 8 8 8 9 11 12 15 17 Our new styles and colors in picture rr:::?. mat boards and binding paper Pl all who visit our store. The prices | are right, too. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Ilr{a-m » . e jof the streets for such purpose. rcondition is that the pipe mu | clusively for the company i 11 | construction of a sewer in Sixth 184 jat the temple. | charge | Mayor Schmitz: | sioners—Gentlemen: | States Government is hardly fair. damages that may result from the use | Another be ex- use. The committee reported in favor of the | street, | between Tehama and Brannan, and in ad- ent streets at a cost to the city of | The committee also took favorable action on the following street work: Construction of sidewalk on Frederick street, of between Cole and Shrader: full gcceptance Pearl ‘street, between Thirteenth and ket; construction of a sewer along Seven avenue, between H and I streets; sartificlal | stone sidewalks on both sides of Henry street, between Noe and Samchez; construction of & sewer in h sjreet, between Goiden Gate avenue and Turk street: the construction of spur track from -the beit railroad to the pro erty of the Globe Milling Company at Mont- gomery and Chestnut streets, and another spur frack for the Pacific Vacuum Ice Company the from Twentieth and Harrison streets to tracks of the Southern Pacific Company. Protests Against Water Rates. Charles Webb Howard. president of the Spring Valley Water Company, filed a | protest yesterday against the proposed | bill for water rates, which comes up for final action next Monday. Howard says | that the ordinance will give an income | entirely insufficient for the company and will fall far short of providing a reason- | able rafe of interest on the value of the | property in use, plus operating expenses and taxes. — O ——— To Give Interesting Lecture. Rabbi Voorsanger will deliver a lecture at Temple Emanu-El this evening, tak- ing for his subject “What is Left of the | Bible?" Divine service begins at 8 o'clock | ILITARY BAND IN THE PARK Mayor Schmitz Writes | to the Commission | in Protest. On last Sunday Mrs. Hickok, who is in of the children's quarters at| Golden Gate Park, engaged a non-union United States army military band to play at the quarters as an additional attraction. It is asserted that this action was taken | by her without the permission of the Park Commissioners, who knew nothing of* the matter until their attention was called to it by the following letter from SAN FRANCISCO, March 4. 1908. To the Honorable the Board of Park Commi It is_with deep regret that I learn that on last Supday one of the army bands was engaged for* the children's playgrounds, We have many good musiclans in San Francisco who could have attended to that work with great credit, and that they should be forced to enter into competition with men who are paid and clothed by the United 1 feel sure that vour honorable board was not aware that this band was to be engaged and that it w possibly done through the Commissioner having that portion of the park under his control. 1 wis president of the Musicians’ Union, to protest against the said action. and hope that vour honorable board will not allow the same thing to occur in the future. Very truly yours. E. E. SCHMITZ. It is said that Mrs. Hickok assumed IM SCHOOLHOUSES IN BOND [550E Supervisors Agree as to Buildings Urgently Required. Figure Cost of Improvements at More Than Three Millions. e The Supervisors’ Committee on Public Utilities yesterday adopted a list of pro- posed new school buildings to be incor- porated in the bond issue to be submitted to a vote of the people shoru)'v"l'ho 1;0': was prepared by the Board of Mucalo‘ and contemplates a bond issue of abou $3,300,000, including sites for some tweaty buildings: Sunnyside, S-class buildi Honda, twelve cf Grammar, eighteen - twelve classes, §75,000; Bergerot, eight classes, $40,000; McKinley, twelve classes (near Ge man Hospital), $75,000; Jackson, _sixteen classes, $85,000; Sheridan, twelve classes, - . P . $85.000; Madi- 000; Marshail ma;;.o‘l:cs»;a)t iow. eight- . $50,000; Laguna 000; Washington '$100,000; Monroe, asses, classes, $100,000; South End, twelve !lue.i $75,000; Park, twelve classes, ,000; Lenl‘r‘aA Richmond Grammar, eighteen \la_uu. ,'" 3 000; Golden € twelve clas: $75,000: JQ.AI'\ Parker, eighteen $100,000; Garfleld, B chool near City and sixteen’ classes, lasses. “ounty Hospital o treet, twelve classes. ,000; Winfleld Scott, eight classes. $50.000: school In_section west of Castro street, ton classes, $60,000; West End, six classes. 3230 000; school north of the park on Cole and Grove streets, s, -§73.000; Ocean Side, elght Army-street School. elght class five iln snes. $20,000; Dud o1 000 improvement ¢ nal four School, $10,000. The erection d Primary the following school- of houses was deemed of urgent necessity: $450,000; Polytechnis :1}.{x:,w. 300; additions to the High School, $60.000 The board also submitted a list of sites necessary for the erecticn of a number of new schoolhouses. The committee elimi- nated from the list submitted by the School Board items of 360,000 for painting old schoolhouses, $30,000 for a sforeroom and lot, $500,00 for a playground. but the latter propesition will be submitted inde- pendently by the Supervisors. Rev. J. Stitt Wilson Lectures. The first of the Labor Lyceum lectures on industrial, economic and soclal prob- lems took place last night at Academy of Sclences Hall, §19 Market street. Dr. J. E. Scott was chalrman of the evening, and in a few well chosen words he Intro- duced to the audience the speaker, Rev. J. Stitt Wilson, who lectured on “Control of Social Forces.” During the evening there were music and singing, and at the conclusion of the lecture a collection was taken up. The chief object of the Labor | Lyceum is the discussion and considera- tion of social problems of the day, espe- cially their relations to the laboring and wealth producing classs, with a view to ascertaining what attitude toward such questions will best subserve the interests | of wage-workers and wealth-producers. ———————— Art in Grammar School. The loan exhibition cf large carbon pho- tographs, photogravures and engravings which is being held this week at the Franklin Grammar School is meeting with pronounced success. Both the chil- dren of the school and their friends have shown the greatest interest in the exhi- bition. Next Monday evening, March 9. Miss Katherine M. Ball, supervisor of drawing, will deliver an address at the school on “Frencl Art of the Nineteenth Century.” Miss Ball's lecture. will be illustrated by seventy stereopticon views. - — e———— Polk-Street Grade Changes. City Attorney Lane advised the Board of Works yesterday in the matter of the proposed change of grade upon Polk street that no further proceedings be tak- en under resolution No. 2547 of the Board of Supervisors inasmuch as such resolu- tion is defective.in that it contains no di- rection whatever to estimate the cost of making ‘the propesed change of grade. Iene says it will be necessary to proceed again fram the beginning. — e Jewish Women Hold Meeting. The members of the San Francisco Council of Jewish Women held their regu- lar monthly meeting yesterday afternoon at the Temple Emanu-El, Sutter street, near Powell. During the meeting Rev. Martin Meyer, who has traveled exten- sively throughout the Holy Lands,”de- livered a very interesting lecture on “The Political Aspect of the Jews in Pales- tine.” responsibility of paying for the music from the cash receipts of the quarters, which is directly contrary to the rules of the commission, which make it necessary for all accounts against the Park Com- mission to be paid by demand on the city treasury, signed by the secretary, . su- perintendent and three Commissioners. The Commissioners wil! take action om the matter at their next meeting. third installment of And don’t fail to read Gaston’s terrible struggle to win beautiful Sallie Worth in the FREE==—==FDRFE — Frank Norris’‘Cleverest Short Story The Ghost of the Cross Trees This masterpiece of fic- tion by the author of “The Octopus,” “The Pit,” etc., etc.,, has been secured especially for the next