The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1903, Page 7

H E SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY. AUGUST 6, 190 RAGGED GYPSY CHILDREN DRAW POLICE ATTENTION| P > Than Score of Unke empt Little Wanderers of Alien Are Gathered on Vacant Lot, and Hum:zne roiety icers Will Make Effort to Place Them in Homes| | Validity of Attachment S 7 | of Officials’ Pay Be- [ | fore High Court. | Justices’ Opinion Expected | to Finally Settle the Il Controversy. | A case involving the validity and inter- pretation of a statute passed by the last | | Legislature providing for the attachment | of moneyvs due by any public corpora- N WHO DW REET E NS APPLI DG ATION MAY BE MADE TO-DAY. L IN THE GYPSY CAMP - NEAR | AND FOR GUARDIANSHIP OF abe street bri ries F. Skelly reported Sixth and on Irwin, en who were for a nickel, Rile sdfucy smiies k fortunes by king € » 5 for the Preven- dren will take is White feels | ¥ neglected | m taken from | nd placed in | e of the chil- | are uncleanly small piece d round epply in the s of guardianship lice officers may Twice Pronounced Dead— Heart Trouble. Doctor i"inally Told Me to Take Dr. Miles’ HeartCure—It Cured Me. Dr Mnet&m Cure cures heart disease moving the cause. It strengthens the ened ieart merves; it regulates the rt's action; it enriches the blood, improves hear the circulation and replaces sickness with weakness with strength, misery with Do not delay treatment. If your beart futters, palpitates, skips beats, pains, if slight exertion causes shortness of breath, your heart is weak and you should at once oeg n the use of Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure. “Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure has been of inesti- mable value to me and I doubt if I should have tried it at all but for others statements of its beneficial results. I suffered from val- valar heart trouble for a number of years, was given up to die on seveml OccasxonL ané twice pronounced son Septem- | ber, 1896, the date of my last se\cvc attack, my_physician advised me that there was no bope. The val did not close at all, there | was constant regurgitation, and the circula- tion was so sl that the slightest effort caused fainting, followed by muscular con- tractions, cach one seeming the very throbs of death. I began taking Dr. Miles’ Heart | Cure under my doctor'’s care and when the first dottle was gone I was ordered to buy a half-dozen more. The effect of the seven boftles was son remarkable. I am now restored to & condition of good euu: id fair to enjoy many years of life."— Mx. A. A STOWE, Los Angeles, Cal. ;g “druggists sell and guarantee first bot- tle iles’ Remecies. on Nervoas and Heart Discases. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. heal happiness. DON'T FAIL TO sce the beautiful COURT Lounfm room, the EM PR& PARLOR, the PALM ROOM,the LOUIS XV PAR- LOR, and the LA- DXES‘u WRITING ROO have been a com- n California for end forfree book | swoop down and take the little ones to a place where they can learn something of civilization Within a block of the camp many of the children could be observed and as the officers climbed over the fence to get in- formati about the chi condition, the tots literally swarmed around them. The children were nearly all half naked, hair hanging unkempt around their ers. The gypsy camp is composed of five familles. Two of the men, who were in a tent, said in broken English that they were natives of Russia and had 0 America about a year ago. They had worked their way from New York to Los Angeles and expected after a couple | onths spent in this city to work their back slowly to Chicago. | The men make their living by doing | copper work ard they showed yesterday afternoon how skilifully, with only the most primitive too hey E cooking and other vessels. | @il @ WIDOW MAY 3UE | Siberia’s Late Chief En- gineer Victim of Carelessness. ‘When the news was received in San | Francisco of the death at Kobe of George | H. Ferguson, chief engineer of the Pa- cific Mail steamship Siberia, it was stated by the company officials that death had resulted from pneumonia. Alexander Cen- ter, the general agent, admitted that Ferguson had sustained some hurt in a fall on board the liner, but pooh-poohed the idea that his injuries were serious, magnified the pneumonia and suggested that the whole affair was of too slight im- portance for any serious consideration. W hen the liner reached port not a soul on board would discuss the accident. The reason has been revealed in the discovery that Ferguson came to his death as the result of criminal carelessness. The accident occurred last June, when the liner was approaching Kobe from Yokohama. Ferguson was on his way from his room, which was on the prome- nade deck, to the main deck. At the after break of the promenade deck is a com- panion ladder leading to the main deck, some eight feet below. hile body removed this ladder. The ladder when in place s out of sight of the promenade deck. No notice was posted calling attention to the ladder’s absence, no barrier in the shape of rail or line! was placed across the opening, and when Ferguson stepped from the promenade |deck it was into space. He struck the iron deck below with terrific force, and in addition to the serious internal injuries, | from which he subsequently died, sus- tained a compound fracture of one | wrist. He was taken to the hospital at Kobe, where he died. The accident occurred in broad day- |light and the fact that an experienced, |careful man like Ferguson fell into the | trap shows how serlous was the, neglect | iof the person in charge of the job of re- lmnv!ng that ladder. The only reason that the trap did not catch a few passengers |1s that Ferguson was the first man on board whose business took him in that di- rection. The chief engineer's widow and two grown-up daughters reside in New York {and have been advised, suit for damages against the Pacific Mail Company. Ferguson was fifteen years in the Mail Company’s service and the engines of the Siberia and Korea were installed at New- port News under his supervision. He was §5 years old at the time of his death and stood at the head of his profession. He had many friends here and in the Orient and it was the result of an investigation by his friends into the circumstances of his death that revealed the criminal care- lessness of a shipmate as responsible for his taking off. —_——— HANNA, Wyo., Aug. 5.—The Coroner’s Jury that investigated the mine accident of June 30 found that the explosion was caused by the lgnition of gas In some manner unknown, could make FOR DAMAGES Ferguson was in his room some- ! it is sald, to bring | (GASE INTERESTS ~ GITY EMPLOYES i | tion in this State was argued vesterday | morning before the Supreme Court, sit- ting In bank. The history of the legislation in ques- tion of interest, as it indicates the | gene trend of a national movement in- | augurated by the different associations of | retail grocers throughout the country. It was attempted eight years ago to pass ite providing for the at- lic officials’ salaries while of the disbursing officer. ry Committee of the Legisla- such a law to be inad- ml to approve it. ns of the Assocla- | considered e and refu At the t the Retall Grocers' tion of C lifornia attempted to obtain legs | islation on the subject, but without re- sult. At the last session, however, its| efforts were rewarded in that a new sec- tion was added to the Code of Civil Pro- cedure which provided in substance that when a creditor had reduced his claim to judgment he might file a certified copy of the judgment with the Controller of the State of Callfornia or the Auditor of | any county or city within the ‘State, ac- | companfed by his affidavit stating the | exact sum due upon the judgment and that he desired to avail himself of the provisions of the section 1n question. a and each of the s and cities in the State of the Jaw separate public corporations, having independent exist- and being subject to independent du- CREDITOR'S RIGHTS. | In the event that any one of those cor- owed money to the judgment a judgment creditor was entitled lowing this procedure to have the of that corporation draw his war- | in favor of the court which pro- | | nounced the judgment, upon receipt of tne money was, directed to pay out so much thereof as was not | exempt from execution to the judgment creditor and to pay the balance to the | judgment debtor. George E. Ruperich, an employe of the | Department of Electricity of this city, | d a difficulty with the Auditor as to wo months’ salary. It is claimed that the Auditor declined to audit the demand of Ruperich upon the ground that a local agency had attached his salary e provision of the act referred The State of Californ different counti auditor | rant n~ it the Auditor was thereby | .,neiderable 8 v hi SN =y s graduate work In the Latin ",_"nfi‘“{? ,f. ) 'ni;slé‘oflir’e':i‘;;"f;‘ department at Stanford University during | plbomt Los pyr'i.\‘!\‘ i Rupn’l‘it‘l'; the past two years, 'looking forward to fled s petition in the Sapreme Court | t8KINg the degree of Ph. D. " =y The Rev. J. J. Evans, pastor of the praying that the Auditor be compelled to | audit these salary demands. The Audi- | tor, as respondent, relied upon the sec- | tion above quoted as a defense. OPPOSED INTERESTS. | It appears that for years past certain| money brokers in this State have been | doing a lucrative business in discounting s of city officlals and were the law In question. o overthrow grocers of this city, upon the other hand, were equally Interested in having it sus- tained and therefore undertook the de- fense of the case in conjunction with the Auditor. i In the course of the arguments it de- veloped that the Grocers' Association of Washington, D. C., | movement in that tlu the result of which | was an expression of opinion by the heads | of practically | Government situated there, that so far | as those departments were concerned it would compel empl of the Govern- ment to pay their debts contracted for necessaries of life, although the Govern- ment would not consent to constitute it- | self a collection agency for individuals, | nor would it recognize professional col- lectors Thomas V. Cator argued for the peti- tioner that the law was unconstitutional, | in that it was special legislation affecting the fees and salaries of public officials. HF took the further ground that it was uhe absence of an express enactment of | the Legislature, to permit the salary of a public employe to be taken from him by | his creditors, and that consequently as| the law did not expressly mention pub. lic officials, their salaries were exemp( from its operation. He adverted to the fact that in his interpretation of the law he was supported by the Attorney Gen- eral in an opinion rendered by him a few weeks ago to the Controller of the State in a case involving substantially similar issues to that before the court. LAW CONSTITUTIONAL. J Auditor Harry Baehr was represemed‘ by Willlam H. Cobb and J. H. Mee. In| the course of his argument Mee ‘contended | that the law ‘was constitutional, in that | the current of authority supported the | | proposition that municipal corporations ! | were in a class by themselves, requiring different legislation than in the case of the general public. He further contended that it was the policy of this State to render all property liable to be taken in | satistaction of the claims of a crednur,} |and there was no special exception to this rule favoring a public official. He | said the true interpretation of the act was that a public official's salary was included within the phrase ‘“‘money due and owing by a public corporation,” and that this ‘express enactment of the Legis- Jature should not be set aside by any sup- posed rule of public policy to the con- trary. It is expected that the court will hand down an opinion in the course of a few days decisively settling the points at is- | sue. e e—— Pleads Guilty to Burglary. Joseph William Wagner pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary in the first degree before Judge Cook yesterday and will be sentenced on Saturday. He was arrested for breaking into the grocery and saloon | at 201 Main street on the morning of May {15 and stealing several bottles of liquor | and cigars. There is also a charge of rob- bery against him, but the case has been held in abeyance. e Union Iron Works Sued Again. The Long Arm System of Cleveland, Ohlo, filed a suit yesterday in the United States Circuit Court against the Unien | Iron Works, the United States Shipbuild- ! ing Company and James Smith Jr., as re- | ceiver, to recover $100000 and for an ac- | counting of profits for infringement of | letters patent on an invention known as “closing bulkhead doors. e Home, Sweet Home. Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home; and it is within easy reach of all to furnish the home cheerfully with retty and artistically framed pictures. | mium pictures, which are being so' gl:mitully dutrlbuted gratis just now, can framed most attractively at llttls ex- & Co., Tl Market | ltreet. B3 Rev. David M. Crabtree and the court| o PASTOR |[PASTORIGIVES UP HIS CHURCH AT PALO ALTO + OF PALO ALTO CHRISTIAN CHURCH WHO HAS RESIGNED. to take a rest, intending later to accept one of several calls which he has celved. has been eminently successful in gaining large congregation and putting church work on a firm financial basis.@e erected a mnew preached the dedicatory sermon in it last | Sunday. i Resigns to Take a Needed Rest. ALO ALTO, Aug. 5—The Rev. Da- vid Montgomery Crabtree, pastor of the Palo Alto Christian Church, has tendered his resignation, to take effect September 1. He leaves re- He came here two years ago and the church building and The members of' the church were unanimous in urging him to rerm.ln here. Rev. Mr. Crabtree graduated from the University of Kentucky at Lexington in 1899 and later from the Kentucky Chris- tian Theological Seminary in the same city. Before coming here he held a pas- torate in Kentucky. He has been doing Christtan Church called to Palo Alto and will take up the work in September. the Kentucky Theological Seminary this denomination. Fatally Stabbed During a Fight. VACAVILLE, Aug. 5.—Charlie interested In this attempt to an The Wounded last night during a drunken quarrel with Joseph Blatt. in the abdomen and the physicians who attended him say that there is little hope for his recovery. { and will be held pending the resul: of Kelly's wound. had inaugurated a Stranded Ship Atlas Will Be Saved. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 5.—News from Jthe Orient is to the effect that the Ameri- all the departments of the |'.,;, ghip Atlas, which ran ashore off Put- su, not far from Yokohama. July 19 will | be floated. | ed she was completing one of the fastest voyages ever made to Yokohama from New York. at Red Bluff, has been He is a graduate of of ——— Kelly, was fatally Indian, stabbed and Kelly was cut Blatt is under arrest ———— — ‘When the vessel was strand- SGHMITZ aTILL WAKES TROUBLE| GREAT FIRE SALE WILL LAST RUT Commissioners Refuse to Record Colleague’s Criticism. Property - Owners Ask Re- moval of Fence Around New Postoffice. e Vg g The meeting of the Board of Works yes- terday was again enlivened by Commis- sioner Schmitz, who persisted in his ef- fort to have his formal protest against the increase of salaries of various em- ployes recorded on the minutes. Com- missioners Casey and Manson held that the fact that Schmitz’s negative vote had been recorded was the strongest kind of protest. Schmitz was obdurate In his contention and accused the secretary and the assist- ant secretary of having willfully tailed to record a resolution offered by him at a subsequent meeting protesting against the increase, which, however, had also been lost. Secretary Jortall explained that Schmitz had not offered a resolu- tion, but had made a motion which failed to carry, but Schmitz was not satisfled with this explanation until after meeting, when it was made clear to him. Before the meeting adjourned Schmitz offered a written resolution reciting that ‘“he contended that the minutes of the board were not correctly recorded regard- Ing his protest to the passage of a reso- lution apportioning the appropriation for the fiscal year 1903-1904 and increasing the salaries of certain employes, as he con- sidered it an act of unnecessary and un- called for extravagance. Manson objected to the latter part of the resolution, claiming that a Commis- sioner had no right to criticize the action of the board. He moved that the objec- tionable phrase be eliminated, but Casey's motion that the resolution and the amendment be laid on the table prevailed, Schmitz voting no. The Civil Service Commission notified the board that it will disapprove the tem- porary appointment of W. E. Commary, assistant inspector of school buildings, for August for the reason that therers an eligible list for the position. As the board has appointed James 3. McSheehy to be inspector of school buildings, Man- son sald Commary would lose his posi- tion. Action, however, was postponed un- til the Board of Education is heard from. The board denied the petition of H. R. Glenn to erect a tent in which to sell re- freshments on the corner of Grant ave- nue and Market street during the Grand Army Encampment. A similar petition from Mrs. E. M. Hegger was also denied. The City Street Improvement Commit- tee was granted a permit to bituminize Fourteenth street between Noe and San- chez, The board approved a map of the boun- daries of the district to be benefited by and assessed for changes of grade on Jones street, near Francisco. A petition signed by numerous property owners in the vicinity of the new Postof- fice building at Seventh and Misslon streets, requesting that the board cause the removal of the fence around the building was referred to the Bureau of Streets. The petitioners represent that the fence has been maintained for six vears to the detriment of business on Seventh and Mission streets. Street Su- perintendent Donovdn is investigating and he says he will recommend the re- moval of the obstruction. shengsin: S Morguekeeper for Coroner. Mayor Schmitz yesterday recommended to the Board of Supervisors the oppoint- ment of a morguekeeper in the Coroner’'s office, provision having been made in the budget for the compensation of such ad- ditional employe. ———————— Arrested for Shooting a Doe. Deputy Fish Commissioner and Game Warden Frank Soule has arrested Henry Thomas of Sonoma County for shooting a doe. He was taken before Judge Provines at Healdsburg, where he was fined $50. ADVERTISEMENTS. Cash treatment without cash Furniture, carpets, curtains ment store. easy - payment your goods We offer you We loan you the regular cent. You The cent above their For instance: chases banking rate of interest—six go then to one of the big, first- class furniture stores where the stock is big and fresh, and where satisfaction is certain; and when you have made your selections pay your bill in good, hard cash. installment stores charge you ten per pay us is six per cent. you is FOUR PER CENT. This is the proposition: You want to fur- nish a home. You haven’t enough ready cash to pay in full when the goods are delivered, aence you're compelled to buy “on time.” you dislike trading in an out-and-out install- How are you going to Yet et the accommodation and still buy in one of the big first-class stores? the way. the money, charging simply per cash prices for time. All you The actual saving to If your purchases amount to smo.oo we will charge you $106.00—which is a six per cent advance; 'then you pay us $20.00 cash and the balance amounting to $8.60 each month. If your pur- amount to $75.00 we will’ charge you $79.50; you make us a cash payment on this of $15.00 and pay the balance at the easy rate of $6.45 per month. Investigate this—it will pay you. in monthly payments Gould, Sullivan Co. || Suite 1403-05 “Call” Building, M. the | 3--Days More--3 REMAINING 10 Cents on Suits,Jackets, Skirts and Trimmings Damaged by Firc and Waler Reduced to STOCK OF the Dollar AIUSEHN'_I ALCAZAR™: TO-NIGHT—THIS W EEK Beiasco & Mayer, MAT. TO-DAY—' “Charming performance.”—Chronicle. ‘A delightful comedy.”—Call ““Went with a enap. xaminer. WHITE WHITTLESBV Next Monday—Farewell Week of the WHIT- TLESEY Engagement. THE THREE MUSKETEERS. Monday, Aug. 17—The Greatest of Rural Plays, | THE DAIRY FARM. o e Time Is Growing Near. The Last Week of “UNDER THE RED GLOBE™ Combined With “THE THREE MUSKEETERS.” Our “All-Star'" Cast, Including: KOLB AND DILL, BARNEY BERNARD. WINFIELD BLAKE. HARRY HERMSEN. MAUDE AMBER. Reserved Seats: Nights 25c, 50c and TScj Saturday and Sunday Matinees. 25c and 50c: Childr'n“l( Matinees. 10c_and ext onday Night—"THE BIG 'TTL! PRINCESS” and “QUO VASS ISS a Sall: now on sale. VIGOROUS VAUDEVILLE! The Great Kaufmann Troupe; Dooley ! and Tenbrooke; Roberts, Hayes and Roberts; George Austin and the Biograph. Last times of Mme. | Konorah; James J. Morton; Ma- cart’s Dogs and Monkeys and | Claudius and Corbin. Reserved Seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Box Seats and Opera Chairs, ALIFORNI | BARGAIN MATINEE TO- DAY, NEILL- MOROSCO CO. Presenting _Paul_ Lefcester Ford's Matchless Romance of the Revolution. JANICE MEREDITH. First time at less than $2 prices. Next Sunday Night, “A ROYAL FAMILY." Most | sharming comedy romance sver written. 15 50 "OPERA TIVOLIRS:E: ALL THIS WEEK, SATURDAY MATINEE. The Third Week of the Speial Engagement of CAMILLE D’ARVILLE In DeKoven's Great Comic Opera, THE HIG WAYMAN Special Cast Throughout. EDWIN STEVENS as FOXY QUILLER. | Arthur Cunningham, Annie Myers, Ferris Hartman, Edward Webb. Bertha Davis, Aimee Leicester and the big Tivoll Company. The Next Attraction Will Be ~'THE FORTUNE TELLER. ‘With Anna Lichter In the leading soprano t. POPULAR PRICES ..26¢, S0c, 7S¢ Telephone Bush 9. CENTRAL==* Market Street, Near Elghth. Phone South 533. TO-NIGHT—ONE WEEK ONLY. MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. Stupendous Production of Edwin Arden's Powerful Russian Drama, ZORAH —WITH— HERSCHEL MAYALL as FRANCOS. EUGENTA THAIS LAWTON as ZORAH. Gorgeous Scenic Effects! Splendid Costumes! Brilliant Cast! PRICES EVENINGS. Monday, August 10—“MAN'S ENEMY.” ”. RABBI ISRAEL GRAND &L ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY. LAST THREH NIGHTS! RAYMOND AND CAVERLY And Our Superb Eastern Company in Next Sunday Night The Rogers Brothers' Success of Last Season, “IN HARVARD” A Gorgeous, Novel and Beautiful Production. SEATS NOW ON SALE. PRICES—25¢, 50c, 75c. BASEBALL! 72— & PACIFIC COT\ET LEAGUE. RECREATION PARK, -—EIGHTH AND HARRISON— CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, 3:30 P. M.; SAT- URDAY. 00 P. M. ..2:30 P. M. L0S AIBELES vs. OAKLAND. LADIES' DAYS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. Advlflu Elll. 5 swean St. L Waekl Cal $1.00 mr Yar 'EZRA COLUMBIA =0%% THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK. EVERY NIGHT, INCLUDING SUNDAY. MATINEE SATURDAY ONLY. “The Comedian You All Know.” KENDALL In His Great Starring Comedy Success, “THE VINEGAR BUYER” A LICENSE FOR LAUGHTER. Liebler & Co...... . .Managers Aug. 17—Henry Miller md ‘Margaret Angli. High-Class Speciaities Every Afternoon and Evening in the Theater. TO-NIGHT. GALA AMATEUR PERFORMANCE Concluding With—— NEW LIVING PICTURES. TAKE A TRIP “DOWN THE FLUME.” The Wondertul Scenic Waterway. ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN SATURDAY NIG! ADMISSION. ..10c | CHILDREX BABY TIGERS in the ZO« MISCELLANEOUS AHUSEXINTI. STEINWAY HM.L 223 Sutter Sty Sunday night a: > TYNDALL “The Marcont the Mind." of experiments Thought Force. Tickets 25c, 50c and 756 DAWSON PIONEER BAY EXCURSION On steamer SUNOL, AUGUST 9, for Martinez, visiting Vall Mare Island Nevy Yard, Unfon Iron Works. Will stop at Martinez one hour for dinner. Round trip S0c. f. Pler 3, 10 2. m. Al Ounce of Satisfaction Is worth a pound of talk, and you get it every time that you have a shirt, cuff or collar laundered at this establishment. From the finest linen to the most delicate color in summer shirts our work is the acme of the art of fine laundry work. Carefulness and skill are shown in every article returned to you from the UNITED STATES LAUNDRY OFFICE 1004 MARKET STREET, Spherold Eye Glasses Will improve the sight. Prices moderate. Weak Men and Women SHOULD USE DAIIA‘A m& = mnnnum mmlfl-t.