The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 17, 1903, Page 14

sCO ALL. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 1903, 14 THE SAN FRAN ADVERTISEMENTS. RIBBON DEPARTMENT. SPECIAL SALE. GRAND JURY UNDERTAKES INVESTIGATI AGAINST COMMISSIO_EIER l investigation of charges of mal- office which | by The Call | e Commissioner | Parr; was y by the | After taking | for more than | the members of 1 de- until The tes- ch was given by nd W.W. . The Call’s wit- alleged exami- by body ecision { meeting Mayor | I mshaken yesterday. | mitz on ne ne- | Fire Commissioner Rolla | | { V. Watt publicly announced “ | s position on the | | becoming unten- ! hat his resigna- ‘ mminent RollaV.Watt Ma. Tender Res- ignation. W ESPITE the fact that Mayor Sc z saw fit to dismiss the s The Call Joh over the mone: sion, the Grand Jury charges Mayor Schmitz le of words | rs spent in tak- | the completion meeting. t of whitewash | Honor to his readily disinter- | s0 een rdertaken he to city gov- | ex-president of | mmissioners, whose handed to was a signif- h views of the testify be- | a V. Watt recent sittings r the smooth es taking the | made pub- he final scan- s driven him WATT WILL RESIGN. which stated ts which Watt made . . that Watt's daye ner are numbered and | ong before he will | xample set him by his col- | : B ; j Sore Throat Quinsy, Laryngitis, Tonsillitis and all throat troubles quickly relieved and promptly cured by the use of ydrozoné Endorsed and recommended by eading physicians everywhere. It cures by killing the germs, without injury to the patient. Nature then promptly repairs the damage. Sold ling druggists 25 cents a trial bottle. If not at yours, sent prepaid on receipt of 25 cents. O sttt | 810 rrince sireer, by lea Joe PoHEIM "J)THE TAILOR € % Paint and varnish cover a multitude of sins — but B> not in®a Studebaker vehicle. CALL'S | bave urged me to stay and do my duty by the city, but there is a| | breaking point in' everything and I Stunesaker Bros. Co. TRUNKS AND VALISES AT MANUFACTURER'S PRICES J. MARTY, 22 TURK ST. Factory 526 Howard St. W. T. HESS, NOTARY PUBLIC AND ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Tensk Yiesr, Reom 1018, fl:" Spreckels bidg. Bepidence o CHARGES ! DCommELL- ‘Rotln V. N'g%’éo'rx o o = h | | SOME OF THE WITNESSES WHO TESTIFIED BEFORE THE GRAND JURY YESTERDAY AT THE INVESTI- GATION INTO THE ACTION OF FIRE COMMISSION PARRY IN SELLING A COLT BELONGING TO | THE DEPARTMENT AND POCKETING THE PROCEEDS. 3 — — e TRASIRE R league, Hecht, and tender his resignation as a member of the board “Things have come to such a pass,” said he, “that I cannot remain | on this board and retain my position of respectability in society. Friends have nearly reached that point.| Maybe this statement will explain | my absence from the sittings of the board since the expose of its latest scandal.” At the investigation before the Grand Jury yesterday Commissioner Parry fail- ed to appear, though his name was called | @s a witness in his own behalf. Nor did | Ed Pyburn, the barkeeper of the Repub- | lic saloon, or W. H. Harrle, the cigar clerk—two of Parry’'s witnesses in his de- fense before the Mayor—put in an ap-| pearance. W. S. Scott, the man who bought the colt from Parry, and W. W. Chenoweth, who witnessed the exchange of money between Scott and Parry, re- | peated the story before the Grand Jury | upon which The Call bases its charges. CORRECTS A STATEMENT. | Patrick O'Connell superintendent of | horses for the Fire Department, made an important change in his testimony in that he declared before the Grand Jury |hm‘ it was shortly before 11 o'clock on the morning of April 14 that Scott called for the colt at the Brannan-street yards. In his testimony before the investigation | animal had heen made. held by Mayor Schmitz on June 5 O'Con-| W. §. Scott, the next witness, did not RECEIVES DECORATION OF THE ORDER OF LEOPOLD Professor Albert Van der Nallen Honored by the King of the Belgians. An unusually interesting ceremony was performed at the Belgian Consulate y; terday morning. when M. Rene Halewyck, in the name of the King of the Belgians, conferred upon Professor Albert Van der Naillen the decoration of the Order of Leopold, in the presence of numerous rep- resentatives of the Belgian colony of the city. Consul Halewyck was attired in cour{ uniform and the consular chambers were decorated with the national colors of Belgium. Last May Professor Van der Nalllen was appointed a Chevaller of the Order of Leopold by the King in recognition of his meritorious work and for the services he has rendered his countrymen in Cali- fornia. King Leopold, in decorating Pro- fessor Ven der Naillen, took occasion to acknowledge the dignity with which he had maintained himself both privately and publicly in the United States ‘to the honor of the land of his birth. In placing the Order of the Cross upon the breast of Professor Van der Naillen, the Consul spoke a few worda expressive of the King’s pleasure in conferring the decoration. Professor, Van der Nalllen feelingly expressed his deep gratitude for the honor bestowed upon him by King Leopold. At the conclusion of the official cere- mony the Belgian ladies of Ban Francisco presented Mme. Victoria Van der Naillen with a beautiful bouquet. | Scott’s testimo: | rv report to the e e Would Amend the Charter. The Grand Judy has adopted a resolution recommending to the Board of Supervisore an amendment to the charter, which will “provide that the City and County . Attorney_ perform the service of collecting delinquent taxes instead of re- posing this duty in attorneys selected by the Tax Collector. The jury believes that the change will mean a saving to the city, and in making the recommendation the resolution states that no reflection is in- tended on the present Tax Collector's method of conducting his office. Philip Liebes of Kelly & Liebes safled on the Deutschlénd June 4 for Europe, where he will prepare for the fall open- B firm’ ifl - e Vont b it was in the afternoon | that Scott presented the order for the colt, although the records of Wells, | Fargo & Co. showed that the animal had | been shipped on the 11:30 train in the | morning. It was this serfous lapse of memory on of O'Connell which caused y to appear contradictory and prompted Mayer Schmitz to consider it untrustworthy and hence of not suf- ficlent welght to inveigh against his ap- pointee. O'Connell's correction of his mi statement proves that The Call's wit- nesses could not be reproached for lack of integrity. J. W. McCarthy, secretary of the Fire Commission, first took the stand. He read | before the Grand Jury the entry from the minutes of the meeting of March 2, in which Commissioner Parry was au- thorized to dispose of the colt with full power to act. He also read the extract from the minutes of the special meeting held April 15, when The Call's charges were first considered, at which Parry's re- port that he had given away the colt were tardily added to the record of the board. McCARTHY SHOWS RECORD. Becretary McCarthy reaffirmed the statement previously made at the Mayor's investigation, that he had not heard Par- board of the disposition made of the colt by him. He said that he had heard Parry speak in a joking way of the fact that the colt was to be fed on the milk of one cow, but was certain that no formal report of the disposal of the nell stated that LINDBLOM GOES AWAY | WITHOUT SETTLING UP| Fails to Pay His Wife the Cash That He Agreed to Give Her. OAKLAND, June 16.—Eric Lindblom, the Nome millionaire, whose divorce case has occupied the attention of the Alameda County courts for more than a year, has departed for, the frozen north without set- tling the $75,000 claim for alimony that he agreed to pay his wife. The couple settled thelr differences some months ago upon the understanding that a divorce was to be given Mrs. Lind- blom, together with about $200,000 worth of property and $75,000 in cash. Mrs. Lind- blom got the property, but she has never been able to secure from her husband the | cash payment. There has been much le- | gal fighting over this, but Lindblom has always managed to evade the payment. ————— Driscoll Dies at Hospital. Jeremiah Driscoll, the aged man who was found in an unconscious condition at Sixth and Brannan streets Sunday morn- ing, dfed at the Emergency Hospital yes- terday afternoon.from- a fractured skull. He had been subject to fits for some time, and it is thought that he fell and frac- tured his skull. A Florence Leonard, wife of a Pacific- street saloon keeper, died at the hospital from the effects of alcoholism. —_——— To Visit San Francisco ‘Without seeing the Diamond Palace would be like visiting Europe without see- ing Paris. It is a leading feature of San Francisco and is conceded to be the most beautiful jewelry store in the world. Vis- Itors or purchasers are equally welcome, 221 Montgomery street, between Bush and Pine. o AR ) Knocked Down by Bicyclist. David Smith, while riding a bicycle along Dupont street on Monday evening, knocked down the five-year-old daughter of Lee You Fou of 714 Washington street. The little girl was carried to her father's home, ‘but the extent of her injuries are not known. Smith was arrested by Po- liceman Duffy on a charge of battery, and the case was contin in Police Judge Conlan’s court yest: till to-day. ‘The most tul T e 2 swerve in a single point from the story which he told before the Mayor’s investi- gation. He told of the meeting in the Re- public Saloon when Parry sald that the board had given him full power to act in the disposal of the colt and the bargain for its sale was struck. He declared that he gave Parry his check for the $25 and that after a few minutes Parry returned | him the check with the demand that he be pald in coln; of the second meeting in the saloon on the evening of the same day agd of his paying Parry with three 35 gold pieces and ten $1 pleces. Scott | testified without a change from his for- mer statements, ! PARRY RECEIVES PAYMENT. W. W. Chenoweth, the man Scott took with him on the occasion of his second meeting with Parry to witness the pay- ment for the colt in coln, then took the stand“and repeated, without a deviation ON INTO PARRY Witnesses Repeat Previous Tes- timony. k4 from his testimony given ~before the Mayor, the story of the second meeting between Scott and Parry. He reiterated that he saw Scott pay Parry some money, with the remark, “Here is the money for the colt.” It was upon the exact word- ing of this phrase that the Mayor had been pleased to quibble. Former Commissioner Hecht and Com- missioner Watt next testified to the spe- clal meeting held April 15 to investigate the charges against Parry made by The Call. They testified to the addition made to the minutes whereby Parry’s report of the fact that he had given away the colt was recorded. P. O’Connell, superintendent of horses for the Fire Department, next took the stand to say that he was mistaken in his former statement that Scott had called for the horse in the afternoon of April 14. He sald that Scott called for the animal| shortly before 11 o'clock, So as to put it on the 11:30 o’clock train. JURY CONTINUES CASE. After the taking of testimony, which was directed by District Attorney Bying- ton the Grand Jury deliberated for an hour. Judge Murasky had been notified to remain in his chambers after 5 p. m., | pending the possibility of an indictment, but at 5:30 o'clock the Grand Jury an- nounced that the vote on the indictment | of Parry would be postponed until their next meeting on Friday. et s REPUDIATES THEM BOTH. 3 Union Labor Party Disavows Respon- sibility for Parry and Mershon. The Union Labor party disclaims all re- sponsibility for Fire Commissioner Parry and former Civil Service Commissioner Mershon. The followjng resolutions, adopted yesterday, speak for themselves: Whereas, A political party should neither | misrepresent its position nor suffer itself to be | misrepresented without protest. but should at all times seek to be understood for its real qualities and principles; and Whereas, The Union Labor party of San| Francisco is conscious of its rights and duties in this regard and desires that the people shall not be miMed concerning its acts or purposes, but shall be informed of the dignified and seri- ous mission of the men composing it and like- | wise of thelr earnest work toward effectuation | of that missiom; now, therefore, ba it { " Resolved, By the governing committee { said Union Labor party as follows: | First—That we are charged with the obliga- tion of speaking for said party and of protect- { ing it from injury in the interims between con- { ventions, Second—That we deplore the necessity of ex- pressing censure of any one, but cannot con- scientiously shirk the duty of doing so in any case involving the good faith or high purposes of_our party. Third—That for the appointment of John S. Parry to be a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the city and county of San Francisco the Union Labor party disavows re sponsibility. He .was not the choice of said party, but was thrown into publicity by the Primary League politicians, fastened himself upon the original Union Labor party organiza- tion by the methods of a machine politician and was formally_and overwhelmingly repudiated | by the true Union Labor sentiment of San | Francisco at the first opportunity for expres sion of public opinion in a primary election Fourth—That, having no responsibility for | the continuance of said Parry in public office, we hold our party absolved from any measurs of the blame justly attaching to him in public { life, and would, were our wishes consulted, ad- | vise the Mayor to take prompt action for his | removal from office Fifth—That for the appointment of James R. Mershon to the position of Civil Service Commissioner of sald city and _county the Union Labor party likewise disavows responsi- bility. He at no time was a member of our | party, but w ‘machine politician ed with Abraham Ruef in the Primary e recommendations of the Union in_the matter of appointment of e Commissioner were rejected by the Mayor, we regret to say. and since we wers | at no time in favor of the appointment of men | of the Mershon and Parry type we do not wish | our party to be held in any way blamable for | the criminal conduct of Mershon in public office. Sixth—That Abraham Ruef is regarded by, the Union Labor party as its enemy and as the enemy of the working classes and of good gov- of | | identifi ernment, wherefore we disclaim all responsi- | bility for him and his minions in the pu service. JAS. A. BRIEN, HUGH McKEVITT, EUGENE MOTT, Committee_on. Resolutions. GUS HARDERS, Chairman Union Labor Party County Com- mitte GEO. J. BERGER, Secretary. 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Good and fancuy dots, suitable and belt wear, These ribbons come in all the leading light shades, and are from 3 tg 4% inches wide. value for 45¢ yard. 1400 pieces Best Quality MOUSSELINE Per Yard. | 01 Rose | EXTRA SPECIAL 10,000 pards ENGLISH MOIRE RIBBON. This ribbon is full 4 inches in width and comes in the following shades: White, Creams, Pinks, Mais, Green; Browns, Navys, Tans, Blues, Cardinal, Reduced from 35¢ yard. TORCHON LACES, both edgings and insertings, from 1 to 3 inches in width.” These are in about 30 different pat- terns and will be sold at 40¢ per dozen yards. and 50 (WGORPORAR, Wz, © », EDITORS ERJOY SIJOURN HERE Georgia Press Associa- tion Is Pleased With This City. The members of the Georgia Press As- sociation were all more or less fatigued from the sightseeing in Chinatown on Monday evening and they did not follow any set programme yesterday, but went about the city in small parties or individ- ually, as suited their inclinations. In the morning a large number went to | the top of the Claus Spreckels building. The weather was clear and they obtained a fine idea of the city and a magnificent view of the bay and surounding towns, which sent them all into ecstacies of de- | light. Later in the day some of the war vessels were visited. The superb man- sions on Van Ness avenue and California, Jackson street and Pacific avenue inter- ested them greatly and produced excla- mations of surprise at their magnificence and grandeur. The Hopkins Institute and the Presidlo were also visited. H. H. Cabiness, the president, was loud in his praises. He saia: We have been overwheimed by hospitality and attention. der to us. 1 have traveled all over this coun- try and in no city have I seen greater pros- rity or more to interest and instruct me. Your city is to the Pacific what New York is to the Atlantic. We are sorry our stay is so short. We are already twenty-four hours be- hind the time arranged In our itinerary, which delay was occasioned by the floods in the Kan- sas district. We have just received telegrams from the Chamber of Commerce at Oroville and also from Sacramento, asking us to stay over and accept the hospifality of both of clties, Our limited time prevents us from ac- cepting_either invitation, which we deeply re- gret. The hospitality of the South is only ex- ceeded by that of your own grand State. The party will leave this morning at 1) o'clock in its private car, Warsaw, for a tour of the southern cities of the State and will pass through San Francisco again on the 20th inst. on the way home. —_—————————— Typewriters and supplies. Positions filled. L. & M. Alexander, 110 Montgomery - st. Phone Main 3. ——————————— Mortgage Suit Transferred. The suit of I. L. Chamberlain vs. Wil- Ham Dallas Goodwin, John Dias, the Placer County Bank and George S. Nixon as assignee of the Montauk Consolidated Gold Mining Company was transferred yesterday to the United States Circuit Court from the Superior Court of Placer County. The action was brought to fore. close a mortgage for $4513 on mining prop- erty in El Dorado and Placer counties. —_————— Look! Reduced rates on household goods to and from the East and South. Bekin's Van and Storage Co.. 11 Montgomery st. * —————— Cut by Broken Glass. Charles Joseph, residing at 429 Tehama street, an employe of a glass factory at Seventh and Irwin streets, met with a painful accident while at work yvesterday afternoon. Joseph was struck on the wrist by a falling pane of glass and se- verely cut. He nearly bled to death be- fore being taken to the Emergency Hos- pital. kindness, —_————— Appraise Prescott’s Estate. The estate of the late George W. Pres- cott was appraised yesterday at $38,706 50. Ot this amount $52,506 0 is in cash. The rest of the estate consists of realty in this city and San Mateo County and promis- sory notes and bonds. Your city is a won- | EALD BUSINESS COLLEGE OF THE 24 Post st., San Francisco, Cal . Open entire year. age catalogue (free) LEADING WEST, & M hool, thoroug! Write for 1903 Jurse, able teachers, Catalogue. BELMONT SOHdB: FOR BOYS, BELMONT, CAL., Opens for new puptis | pils August 12. Catalc on_application W. T. REID, A. M. (Harvard), Head Master. t 10; for former pu- and book of views IRVING INSTITUTE. OARDING AND DAY oung ladies and little girls, st., will Teopen August 3, 1903 | the Universities. REV. CHURCH. A. M., Principal. atiforniog EDWARD A Thorough, Mod- ern School. 500 po- NSINE sitions in past year. 60-page catalogue. » olleq 305 LARKIN ST., San Francisco. COLLECE OF NOTRE DAME, SAN JOSE, CAL, Fifty-second year. Confers degrees grants diplomas. College preparatory aceredited. Com- servatory course. Intermediate and primary departments for younger children. Studies re- sumed August 4. 1908. VETERINARY COLLEGE. San Francisco Veterinary College. Three- year graded course 'conforming wit adopted by Assoclation of College Faculties of North America. Regular session commences June 15; ends December 1 Write for cata- iogue and information. EDWARD J. CREELY, D. V. S., Dean, 510 Golden Gate ave. THE JENNE MORROW LONG COL~ LEGE OF VOICE AND ACTION. Stage and .platform positions guaranteed: languages: diplomas. Catalogue. 2152 Sutter st Phone West 1169. Reopens Seutember 2. SAINT MARGARET’S SCHOOL SAN MATEO, X Reopens August 26th {n NEW BUILDINGS on Monte Diablo avenue. Modern improvements. For further information or circulars address (MISS) I. L. TEBBE' Hitcheock Miltary Academy XMAS TERM WILL BEGIN AUGUST 17TH. SURED Institate, VaaNess and Market st., S. F. Genuine results assureds BREATHING SCHOOL. Lessons and treatments for ladies in Swedish movements and breathing at Mme. Steven- son's Breathing School. 49 McAllister st.. 10 to 3. 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