The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 2, 1903, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1903. MAHONY CUTS THE PAY OF DEPUTIES; LANE RULES ON RAILWAY RESOLUTION FROM THE FORCE County Clerk Gives Hls Assistants Short Salaries. Ascert They Will Bring Recover Their 1 Fa nings o G I | Me n S s deputies are up h whic lar er’ in mber sa sign the office pay- sterday, anding itled October | an afide to | nth his name th- -puties, y - day | When Ma- course he met | told him that | another com- ; discharged him then and rth-had his salary cu ph’s Riordan to $50. Riordan warrant and will tored salary clerk in Judgé off for a few days ut to $75, although A man named V. in place and gle week's services. | e he had off Ken- | | | | | { his 1 have lost but-about $26. | A deputy, re- . = October, and this ed $100. F. Klevesahl this snonth the -city treasury is the sufferer ih each early all’of Mahony's friends and | allegéd -deputies whom_he has favored | NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 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They were al- ready gone in October to pay salaries to Mahony's friends that never did any work. The victims were led to believe | that the wily County Clerk would make good the amounts of their October salarjes and walted. Now they are wroth and say that they will bring suit to recover what they justly earned. Colonel Martin Brady, one of Ma- hony's wards, is never seen around the office and was never known to do a | day’s work since his appointment, yet he has been drawing the neat sum of v month for the last two years. McKenna, another of the m-working salary drawers connected with Maho: s office, was never known 1o show up around the office, yet he al- ways gets a fat salary. Last month Mahony raiséd the salary of “Pat” Prendergast to $150. He for- erly got $125. The salary of Danforth cut the necessary $25 so that Pren- | t might be able to make a little | more easy money. Mahe claimed that Danforth's of- fice. duties were not arduous enough to warrant- his getting his former salary | of $150, but.thought-that Prendergast's work was £0 hard that he was entitled to $25. more. FRIENDS DRAW SALARIES. . Harry Hall, P. Demings and J. Plerce were down. on this month’s roll as| deputies, although their presence has never graced the office which now pays All of them are perfect strangers around the City Hall. The two first | named drew $100 each for November and the latter $50. Pierce and Hall also drew $100 each in the month of October, but in return gave the city no services. The roll this month. gives to every friend 6f Mahony’'s a full salary, many states they shall be. William A. Deane, former County Clerk, now a deputy under. Mahony, g0t no money this month. He was sick | and Mahony docked ~ him the full amount of his salary. Whén Mahony was a deputy under Deane's adminis- tration he become ill -and his salary was carried to his house by Deane. The payroll this month was five days behind time, and ‘it is stated that it | was. drawn up -Monday afterncon by | Mahony and J. A. McKenna in the room of a saloon at the corner of Hyde and McAllister-streets. At this eting Mahor and McKenna ar- ed the oney at the disposal of - County Clerk’s’office so that all of friends should get full salaries sther they Had done any work or Many of the men whose names ar on the November payroll it is claimed merely creditors of Ma- hony ‘whom' he is trying to satisfy. Others -zre political friends whom he | something for past services, and ay are owes 1 do a brokerage business with J. E. McDonald, who was ap- i réceiver in the recgnt row be- Mahony and J. J. McGrath in ‘beer boitling venture also alleged that Mahony has | i been guilty of hypothecating his sal- ary from month to month. He did not aw his salary yesterday because ere a dozen of these money s on his trail waiting to seize ary. Under the provisions of the new char-’ County Clerk is authorized to point a register clerk at a salary of 52400 per annum, a cashier at a salary of $1800 per annum, twelve courtroom clerks for the Superior Court at $1500 each per annum. five register clerks with & salary of $1808 per annum, ten | assistant register clerks at $1500 a year, xteen copyists at $1200 a year.and four’ clerks for the Police courts at $1500 per annum. USES ALL THE MONEY. Under this footing Mahony has at his disposal something in the neigh- borhood of $7000 a month. Not one cent of this amount has ever been left in | the city treasury. If a man was docked for any reason the amount taken from his salary did not remain undemanded | in ;the treasyry, but was distributed | gratuituously among the friends and | creditors of the County Clerk. L orty-nine clerks are allowed the inty Clerk to assist him in his work et the y roll for November shows that fifty-four men are entitled, atcord- ing to Mahony’s schedule, to'a hand- out from the city treasury. From six | | to ten of these are friends of the Coun- | ty Clerk he called In. to assist him at various times so that he might be in a | ter the pay roll of the office. Several more are inanimate fixtures that Mahony has gathered around him to do nothing more strenuous than draw salaries.. Where this money that these phantom workers draw goes to is a mystery. Just how much they are allowed to keep for the privilege of drawing it Is o matter for conjecture. Just how many “grafters” divide the money that is drawn by these office figureheads is unknown, but the graft is said to be big. MAHONY’'S STATEMENT. Mahony, when interviewed on his | uneven distribution of the salaries of his offfice, sald: “I am determined to run this office as it should be. If a'man | does not show up every day I am going to dock his salary from this time on. | 1 shall run this office straight until my term is out. All of these men who are ki¢king about not getting what was coming to them have got every cent they deserved, Some of them did not | show up half the time and others were absent for days or got on sprees and failed to do their work. 1 was com- | pelled to call jn new men to take thelr | places while they weré absent. “This talk about my having a let of men around me who never do anything is all rot. There is not & man in this office_that does not do all this position requires of Eim. Why should I go into the back room of a saloon to prepare my pay rool? This talk about McKen- na and myself fixing the roll in the rear of a saloon is false. The pay roll is straight and. every man got just what he worked for and no more.” ———— Interment of Soldier Dead. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—The bodies| of thirty private soldiers who lost their lives in the Philippines were to-day in- terred with impressive military cere- monies at the National Cemetery at Ar- or sent direct upon receipt of §1. NERVAN TABLET CO. Chicago, Tl lington. The remains were brought to this country on the transport Sumner. | | claims ageinst the municipality, position to place their names on the | Clty Attorney Advises as to Geary-Street Line. Supervisors Have No ' Right to Tacitly Allow Road to Be Operated. ST City Board of Supervisors vesterday that proposed resolution providing against interference in the operation of - the Geary-street railroad until February 1, 1904 (the franchise hav- ing expired), would be invalid and of no effect. The opinion follows: “If the resolution suggested could be of any effect whatsoever it would be in substance a franchise to ex- pire February 1, 1904. provides the procedure under'which | a | franchises may be granted, an essen- tial feature of which is the submission of the matter to the public for pur- poses of competitive bidding and the charter provides that the right may be granted in that manner and ‘none other.’ to allow the road to operate no at- tempt is made to follow this plan and I am therefore of the opinion that the resolution would be of no validity. “Under these circumstances it is probably unnecessary to consider the remaining questions as to whether the adoption of such resolution would jeopardize any of the rights of the city or could be construed as recogniz- ing any right of the railroad company or its bondholders after Februgry 1, 1904. “It may be well to remember in that regard that those seeking to enforce even if finally unsuccessful may embarrass the ‘authorities by litigation or other contentions, although founded only on an invalild resolution of your board.” A Aol | ISSUES ELIGIBLE LIST OF POLICE SERGEANTS Civil Service Commission Announces Names of Corporals That Passed Recent Examination. The Civil Service Commission yester- | day issued the following' eligible list of | sergeants in the police department as a result of the examination of cor- porals held recently Henry J. O'Day, 96.75 per gene R. W Willlam H. Williams, David W. Boyd, 92.35; John H. Lackmann, 91.85: Willlam E. Dinan, 91.65; Daniel A. Sylvester, 91.5; Michael Carroll,- 90.5; Frederick P. Green, 88.4; William J. Mullender: 88.25; Thomas L. Tobin, 7. Marcus Anderson, 84. George S. Eastman, §3.45. There are nine positions as sergeant to which appointments will be made by the Police Commission from the foregoing list. Corporal Williams, who has been in the department for twenty- five years and for elght years has faith- fully guarded the outer door of the Mayor's office, stands third on the list. allec oo fines WANTS CITY TO PAY PREMIUMS ON BONDS Merchants’ Association Petitions the Board of Supervisors Not to Ac- cept Personal Sureties. The Merchants' Association yesterday sent a communication to the Board of Supervisors suggesting the desirability of requiring city officials to give bonds of surety companies and that the pre- mium thereon be paid by the city. The association contends that it is to cent; Eu- Attorney Lane advised .the | The charter | In the method proposed | OLF DISMISSED ‘Sergeantof Police Found Guilty of Taking Bribes. Commissioners Declare He Took Coin on Three Occassions. PRI LTy Sergeant of Police Reuben A. Wolf was dismissed from the department by order of the Commissioners last night. Voluminous testimony was taken dur- ing the last four weeks to prove that the accused had on three occasions ac- cepted a bribe from George B. Simp- son, a saloon-keeper at the corner of Mission and Seventh streets, and by a unanimous vote of the board he was i found guilty and the penalty fixed at disimissal. Evidence was Introduced | tending to show that on August 10 Wolf had taken $10, on September 21 35 and on October 6 $5. The portlon of the decision referring to Wolf's defense is as follows: “The defense offered evidence tending to show: “First—The good reputation of the accused as an officer and a sergeant. ““Second—A denial of the receipt of the money, or that he was in the place on the days mentioned. “Third—An attack upon the place of business and reputation of the witness Simpson. “Fourth—An attempt to impeach the witnesses Neil and Raddeley. “Fifth—That the accused did not so- licit or take money from any of the other sixty-eight saloons on his beat. “The evidence shows that the accused is a brave and efficient officer. “The attack upon the general repu- tation of and the place of business of Simpson must be considered in the light that if successful in either or both par- ticulars that it is Only those of bad reputation or who carry on an improp- er businegs that fear the police,.and are the only persons or places from whom a bribe would be solicited or who. would pay one. “If the place of business of Simpson is, as the accused testified, the worst on his beat it is a place that would be likely to pay money to keep open and should have been reported to the Police Commission. The fact that it was not reported is a circumstance against the accused. “Whatever Simpson’'s reputation may be, we think that he and also Neill and Baddeley and Walsh told the truth. The attempted impeachment of these witnesses does not discredit their testi- mony given in the trial in our minds. “The fact that no money was taken the beat of the ‘sccused does not show it was not taken from Simpsof. accused may have just determined to commence a series of offenses of this kind and selected this place to com- mence with. - “We can see no reason why S|mp- R B d ] the city’s interest that personal bonds should not be given, among the reasons because Vcltlzvnu are importuned to go on bonds out of friendship, thus unwit- tingly exposing themselves to a liability, and officers place themselves under obli- gatlon to thelr bondsmen, who may de- mand spectal favors and privileges. The intended them to enjoy the full benefits of such salaries. If they pay the pre- miums they lose a portion of their com- pensation, and rather than suffer this loss they will endeavor to give personal bonds. or solicited from any other saloon' on | The. charter in fixing the salaries of officials | OARS UPSET WITH A LOAD OF DYNAMITE Freight Train Disaster Nearly Causes Ma.ny Dea.ths Brakeman = Hastens When the Explosive Is Disturbed. e Wreck at & Curve in.a Deep Cut Near San Luis Obispo, but, No Person Is Hurt. ST A ; Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN LUIS -OBISPO, Dec. l.—Seven cars of freight train No. 334, two of which conteined dynamite, were wrecked on a curve in a cut ohe- three miles west of San Luis Obispo, at 3 o'clock this morhing. No.one was hurt. The cars were pnéd up in a deep cut, making it impossible to’ build a track around the wreck or get trains through until 8 o'clock to-night, when the wreck had been cleared and the track rebuilt. Three sections of No. 10, due here at 2:45 a. m,, were held at Santa Margarita and two sections of belated No. 9 remained at San Luis Obispo all day. All other trains shared the same fate. of an oil tank are believed to have The two cars with dynamite, one each of coal, dried fruit, mill work and mer- chandise followed. Twenty-one cars | stayed on the track. The dynamite did not explode. The traln was in the control of Con- ductor Davidson, Brakeman Kephairt and Engineer Willlams. Kephart wa on the dynamite cars and when he saw the wreck coming jumped into the coal cars. 'He went with the ‘wreck, but was not hurt. .The track was badly torn up. All trains were running at 9 lo*clock to-night. e B\lsinm of Recorder’s Office.. During the month of November there were 2826 papers filed in the Recorder’s office, 126 more than in November, 1902: Of these the most important were: Sixty-nine building contracts, 758 deeds, 78 deeds of trust, 28 leases, 407 marriage certificates, 178 . chattel mortgages, 302 real estate mortgages, 65 reconveyanees; 69 releases of chattel mortgages and 237 releases of real estate mortgages. The receipts, for the montii amounted to $4237 85, a gain of $193 25 over No- vember of 1902, - L s e e son should make up a story against Wolf. He had nothing to-gain by so doing or testifying against’ him. It does not appear that he had any grudge to satisfy. His good faith is shown by the fact that when he was first ap- proached he reported the matter and acted under instructions thereafter. “We find the defendant guilty on all three charges.” The case of Policeman Joseth E. Bennett, who is accused of having act- ed as an agent for Wolf, will be de- cided next Tuesday night. fourth of a mile west-of tunnel No. 7,. The worn rails and the worn wheels’ caused the tank car to jump the track. | SEEKS PLAGES FOR NEW FORTS Canadian Commander of | the Forces 6n In- spection Tour. Methods of - Strategic -Ds- fense Interest Northern Neighbors. 3 S S T Epectal Disyatch to- The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 1—Lora | Dundonald, commander of the military | [forces in Canada; will make a visit to the islards off the mouth of.Portland Canal, recently given to Canada in the Alaska arbitration- award, . to’ deter- mine thelr value for purposes of strat- egic defense. Ldrd Dundonald” W!ll arrive in Van-- couver to-morrow and will mimediate- \ ly embark on the Domipmhj Govern- meit steamer Quadra for the north."! He .wiil go no farther than Portland Canal and will stay there for a week; making a detailed inspection of the isi- | ands and their location with respect to American points on the mainland. On his return Lord Dundonald wif make reports bgth to the Dominion | Governinent amd to the -War Office in | London. * 2 | —_————— PERSONAL MENTION. B. U. Steinman of Sacramento Is at the Palace. Judge Solon Hojl of Sncrnmento is | at thé Grand. E: H. Cox, a banker at Madera, is at the Palace. Dr. U. C. Hall of Petaluma is stay- lng nt the Palace. . E. L. Southwaite- of Sncramentb is M the Califernia. J. Allen Veatch, a mining man of Napa, is at the Qtcidental. | J. B. Chinn, a fruit grower of Por- | terville, is at the-California. C. G. Chamberlain, Postmaster of | Pacific Grove, is at the Grand. C. C. Van Liew, head of the normal 'schoel at €hico, is at the Lick. Former Céngressman Thomas J. Geary of.Santa Roea is at the Grand. Byron Waters, an attorney of Los Angeles, registered at the Occidental ! yesterday. | Patrick Clark, a miflionaire mining | man of Spokane, and his family are at the Palace. T. B. White of the Geological Survey ar Grand yesterday. State Surveyor- General Victor H..| Woods is down from Sacramento ahd | registered at the Lick. ~ Judge Kenneth N: Jackson returned yesterday from a-trip to Tonapah and | is registered at.the Palace. | R. Tanahaka of Tokio, ome of-the Jopanese represéntatives to the St. Louis exposition, arrived from East last .evening and is at the Occi- dental. SiF Tatton Sykes of London, accom- | panfed by the Countess de Lichter- nited States | ved at the 'a tour of the coast and Mexico, arriv- | | ed from the soutk last evening and | registered at the Palace. | e — | Sues Husband for Support. | | | Ingebor Jorgensen flled a suit for| | maintenance against her husband, "(‘harles J. Jorgensen, yesterday. She | charges that he has not provided for her or their four children during the last 'six yeass. She asks for $100 a month, claiming_iffat Jorgensen is worth $20,- | 000 and in the enjoyment of 4 large in- come from his stevedoring, shipping and lightérage business. | ADVERTISEMENTS. credit- t.'; ;s:,%. \ | | | |ad in the Atlarta Journal of use them. the | velde, with whom he has been making | | tions 610 and 611 of the Political C BARBAROUS SURGICAL OPERA‘ TION For the Cure of Piles Is not only intensely painful, danger- ous to life and very expenmsive, but in. the light of modern medical research. and since the discovery of the Pyramid Pile Cure, wholly unnecessary. If you have anx doubt on this peint kindiy read the following letter from one who knows that the claims regarding the merits of the Pyramid Pile .Cure are borne out by facts. “For a long time I suffered \H(h blind piles. 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UNITED ?J.‘ATES BRANCH. STATEMENT ——OF: THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS +——OF THE— ROYAL "INSURANCE COMPANY- - F LIVERPOOL. ENGLAND, ON THE 3ist day of December.'A. D. 1902, and for the'year endihg on that day, as made to the - Insurance - Commissioner of the Calffornia, pursuant to the provision densed as per blank furnished by the Com- missioner, ASSETS: Real Estate owned by Company..$1,421,012 62 Loans on Bonds and Mortgages R34,000 00 Cash Market Value of all Stock: and Bonds owned by Company Casit in Company’s Offica Cash ir Banka Interest due and ac Stocks and Loans Interest due and accrued on Bonds on all ed and Mortgages .. 5,304 58 Premiums in due Course of Col- lection. 1,034,049 01 Rents due and a 4.697 62 Due’ from otk insuranee on losses already pal Total Assets LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid Losses in process of ,\dluslmfl\! or in Suspense Lousses resisted axpenses. Gross premjums on Fire Risks run- ning_one year or less. $3,354,- reinsurance 30 per cent 2 ning more than ome vear, 204 57; reimsurance pro rata. .. Amount reciaimable by the insured o perpetual fire insyrance pol- icles ... . Liability under Lite Department. All other liabilitles Total Liabilittes 3 INCOME. Net cash actually m!hed 'ar Fire premiums . $4,7- Recetved for intetest on’ Bonds and Mortgages . ... 21,375 00 Recefved for interest and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from all other sources . 145,604 54 60,634 49 Received for Rents .... Total Income . EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses (Including | $669,226 02, losses of previous i o Paid or a Brokerage ... 18 Paid for Salaries, Fees and ‘other charges for officers, clerks, etc 383,663 81 Paid for Stats, National and Local taxes 127,880 14 Al Mh" Dlymm(s nnd exptndl tures .. “Total Expenditures Net ambunt of Risks written during th year .. \.l umx.m of Risks 602(37.633,296 63 “xpired during the year ... 792,708,653| 6,396,776 15 Net amount in force| December 31, 1002 96,075,305 7,954,044 64 E. F. BEDDALL, U. S. Manager. Subscribed and sworn (o before me, this 26th day of January, 190 EDM UND H ARVEY, Notary Public. PACIFIC COAST DEPARTHMENT ROKLA V. WATT, Manag r, 201 Sansome St.. San i ranc sco. JINO, T. FOGARTY. Assistant Manager; F. B, KELLAM, Branch Secretary: JNO. R. HILLMAN, Suberintendent Local Depart- ment.