The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 4, 1903, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY DECEMBER 4, 1903. RULES IN FAVOR RAILAOAD PAINT OF SPUR TRACK PUR TRACK SHOP DESTROYED Street Committee De-|Southern Pacific Prop- nies Petition for Re- [ erty Visited by pea! of Privilege. } Flames. | Eight Passenger Coaches Consumed in Burning Structure. e i The paint shop connected with the | 1 of the Southern Pacific Kentucky street was fi last even- t passenger coaches that were were burned to the al more were saved by of a yard crew that hauled 1 reach of the flames. The approximate $35,000. The taining machinery for gen- | was saved r before o’clock a double divis: early tic the B compelled 8 was th and Kentucky streets, and when the department arrived the en- shop was in flames. Efforts saving the ops and the rolling stock ds and adjacent to the burn- Engineer R. Gardner f Yards M. O. ive close enough tood on a track the building, and in do- cab 3 we of the loco- d by the heat and gcorched. A strong 1 that was blowing is all 1ited the coaches, which in- Pullmans, from being re engine could be o them. £ an hour had passed the the eight cars were in € ral streams played upon The st ld by the railroad the the fire bro ding a several I i but no ed. The greatest danger res and traffic on the SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS. everal th were s and o Carelessn which to com- the ordinance re- in the placing of wires on poles and | Sutro stated that ved in the count of the str eeded. ns had refused to comply nd were preparing owing to the of live wires and, unded from the box | P WANTS CASHIER WHITE'S SHORTAGE COLLECTED Merchants’ Association Urges Mayor roceed Against Bondsmen to Recover $8316 55. 4 atio ASSOCIATION OF SAN Symmes, President. L S FAVORS EXTENSION OF nx}:’to”comrmmw sors’ Committee Recommends Relief BRegarding Maintenance of Live Wires on Poles. e Super joint committee on | and Police yesterday rec- | passage of an ordinance | Telephone Com- | - and other stomach troubles uickly relieved and in most cases surely cured by the use of Glycozongé This scientific acide is abso- futely harmless; it subdues the inflammation of the mucous mem- brane of the stomach, and by re- moving the cause, effects a cure. Used and recommended by leading phy- sicians. Take no substitute and see that each bottle bears my signature. Trialsize, $1.00, at druggists or by mail, from | [0 | the terms of the officials named. | is not unlikely that demands will be | Board of Works Disinclined to Dis- | ‘ McSheehy and the dismissal of Com- ! extension of sixty days t6 the con- e of the tele- fon, was averse corporations to ben- m. Myers said-the were endeavoring to arrange rence with the corporations in to make an amicable adjust- ESCRES SURPRISED THAT REPORT WAS NOT FILED WITH HIM Mayor Does Not Receive Expert’'s Findings in Probate Scandal as” | Charter Provides. | Mayor Schmitz expressed surprise yesterday that the expert’s report of irregularities in the probate business of the Public Administrator’s and County Clerk’s offices had not been filed with him by the Supervisors’| nce Committee, as the charter ides. The Mayor says the law is | requiring the filing of a report egarding derelict officials with so that he may take action. | ascertained that the committee would submit the report to the Mayor at a formal meeting to be held Mon- | day yor Schmitz is of the opinion that the alleged shortages in the Pub- | lic Administrator’s office may be re- | covered from bondsmen of John | A. Drinkhouse and Patrick Boland, | who preceded John Farnham as Pub'i Administrators. His Honor thinks | he bondsmen are liable for a period | of four years after the expiration of It made on the bondsmen to pay the several amounts alleged to be due the city. 5 e il POSTPONES REMOV. OF SCHOOL INSPECTOR miss James McSheehy, a Civil Service Employe. The Board of Public Works yester- day referred to Commissioner Schmitz the request of the Bpard of Educa- tion that the services'of the inspector of school buildings be dispensed with owing to lack of funds. The position is held by James McSheehy, who\was appointed from the civil service list, | and on that account the board is dis- inclined to dismiss him. The posi- tion of assistant inspector is held by W. B. Commary, who is not a civil service eligible” Schmitz was delegated to confer | with the Civil Service Commission as to the desire regarding the retention of mary and action on tRe School Board’'s request was postponed pend- ing Schmitz’s report. The position of inspector of the Noe Valley School held by Larry Welsh was declared vacant. The board adopted resolutions:or- dering much street work in various parts of the city and recommended an tractor for repaving Spear street. ——— e TO CLEAR CHINATOWN. Health Committee Recommends Ad- ditional Appropriation of $2000. The Supervisors’ Health Committee vesterday reported in favor of the res- olution appropriating $2000 for con- VALUABLE MINE Sonoma County Prop- erty Causes Constant Litigation. OUT ON STRIKE; FOUND MURDERED 11 BATTLING OVER ~ UNION BUTCHERS MISSING COUPLE ~ |FAIR-TRIAL BILL WILL BE PASSE Thirteen Employes of|Police Unearth Bodies|MontanaLegislatorsAre Miller & Lux Quit in in Woodshed in Rear Two Days. of Their Home. Practically United on Measure. Suit Filed in Circuit Court Men State That Employers|Suspected Aseassin Is Cap-|Dificulty Is Experienced in to Recover a Part of Holding. S TR 3 One of the richest quicksilver mines | in the State is involved in the suit filed | by George M. Pinney Jr. afainst the| Socrates Consolidated Mining Company in the United States Circuit Court yes terday. The property in dispute is sti- | uated in Sonoma County and is valued at $600,000. It covers a large seetion of | land and has been in litigation | many years. Judge Stanton L. Carter and A. H. Ricketts represent the plain- | tiff and are prepared to prove that! r client is the rightful owner of a ixtieth part of the property. The plaintiff sues also to recover $10,000 ! damages for withholding the posses. sion of his alleged share from him. The mine has an interesting history. In 1867 it was located by fifteen men, each being entitled to 200 feet. In 1'74; five of the original locators, without | consulting the other ten, deeded to! William B. Carr one-fourth of the prop- in his own right and three-fourths | as truste The transfer of the prop- | erty was to facilitate its sale for $250,- | 000, and if the sale was not made Carr was to reconvey the property back again. Carr failed to either pay the money or reconvey the property, and | gdied in 1897, TRUSTEE APPOINTED. | The plaintiff in this action alleges| that he came into po: ion of his part of the property in 1 He alleges he | has owned it since 1875 through a| transfer from one of the patentees, | whose title was perfect. i In 1902 Pinney through his attorney | petitioned to have a trustee appointed in place of Carr to execute the trust| that was unfulfilled by him. Wildlam H. Humphrey was appointed such trustee, and suit was brought against him to execute the trust. On November 18, 1903, Judge Morrow rendered a decree compelling the trustee to execute a conveyance to Mr. Pinney, and on the follow the trustee did so. The present suit is brought to recov- | er about 650 feet of the valuable prop- erty and an accounting of the proceeds from the mine. it app from the record in this se that F. A. Hunting- n the property in 1900 ry that he was the hoider of He o need to work the he the executrix of and brought suit Carr's will, and she disclaimed all interest in the property. The Superior Court of So- ra County awarded the whole there- of to Huntington. Again he found his title defective, and brought suit against John Lloyd, president of the German Savings and Loan Society, as assignee of John A. Robinsen, to quiet title. That suit led to the cutting down of the Huntington interest fully two-| thirds. was defective, against MINE IS VALUABLE. ! Then suit was brought against Hunt- | ington, the patentees and other grantees by the excluded ten to enforce the trust created by the wrongful issuing of the patents to the five, who were William S. Bell, Charles Bell, John W. Rock, John D. Elwanger and J. Epperson, and have them declared the trustees of the excluded ten. During all this time Huntington and his friends got together and three months ago formed | a corporation known as the Socrates| Consolidated Mining Company. One million shares were issued. They are now selling these shares at 60 cents each. The mine in dispute is said to e ex- | ceedingly valuable. The property was| practically unworked for twenty-four | years. The interested parties are now | experiencing trouble in getting men to | work in the mine, as the fumes from the native quicksilver salivate them. PR R PR R R R L) -(inui}:g the work of cleaning Chlna.-i town to make the distriet sanitary. Secretary Emery of the Health Board | stated that it would take eighteen | men thirty days to finish wrecking un- | sanitary buildings and that necemry! material had used up the balance of | previous fundh. ZECTES ST, To Amend Building Ordinance. { The Supervisors’ Fire Committee | vesterday recommended the passage | of two amendments to the building | ordinance favored by the Fire De- partment providing for the construc- tion of ground floor pipe casing holes through the first story of buildings and regulating the construction of | hallways in hotels, lodging-houses and hospitals. The committee granted permits for oil storage tanks to the South Park malt house and the Italian Swiss Col- ony. T et 01d Mission Creek Lands. City Attorney Lane sent a com- munication yesterday to the Board of Supervisors in which he advises the city to possess itself lq;meduwy of lands lying within a portion ef Chan- nel street and the bed of the old Mis- sion Creek, which have been judicial- ly determined to belong to San Fran- cisco. Lane says the opinion of the Superior Court entitles the city to re- cover additional land not included in the suit. B B To Hear Labor Council. The Supervisors’ Artificial Lights Committee set next Thursday at 11:30 a. m. as the time for hearing three representativas of the Labor Council respecting the use of Welsbach lamps. ———— Pen troubles disappear when you get a fountain pen that fits your hand. Having all kinds we can fit any hand. Prices . from $1.00 to $5.00 each. Sanborn, Vail & | been in the habit of discharging the tured by Deatective After Long Search. —— BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 3.—The bod- {les of Franz Frehr and his wife, an |aged couple who disappeared from | their home, 339 Jefferson street, on | November 20, were found buried be- | neath a woodshed in the yard back of Have Not Treated Them With Fairness. => The union butchers employed by Miller & Lux at the firm's Butcher- town slaughter-house have left their places. Seven of them walked out in a beody yesterday morning out of sym- pathy with six of their brethren who quit on the previous day. No trouble or disturbence of any kind attended the walkout of the men and the meat trade in general will not be affected. 1nnt! a hammer, | have inflicted the blows, was found In | the shed. Several hairs were found | clinging to the head of the hammer. The men cleim that the firm of Mil- A search for Charles Bonier, who ler & Lux has been discriminating | moveq into the house of the -rehrs gainst the union for a long time and | o, the day of their disappearance, had grievance has existed between the,mn begun hours before the finding rm and its union employes. The | of the bodies, but the hunt was renew- men say that their employers have | eq py the entire staff of headquarters ! detectives as soon as word came that union employes Whenever an Oppor- | the bodies of the old couple had been tunity offered itself and invuinbly:found_ nen-union workmen have been em-| (n Tyesday Boniér appeared at ployed in the places of the union | ihe Police okt in mpons?:oa-um- butchers.” | mons in a Joe Doe proceeding regard- Several days ago the matter was j;g the disappearance of the Frehrs. reported to the Butchers’ Union. On | 7The case was adjourned and Bonier Tuesday six of the union butchers | was ordered to appear in court yester- walked out, acting under instructions ‘ day, but he did not attent. It was then from the union. Their plea was that | that the suspicion of foul play grew as long as the firm of Miller & Lux | stronger with the police, who had be- was bent on discharging the union |jjeved up to that time that the old hands they would quit their positions. | couple had been taken away by rela- This morning, when the remaining | tives who hoped to inherit their seven union employes of the firm money. heard of what had occurred they de-| pegeriptions of Bonier were sent cided to quit and accordlngly walked | proadcast and this morning Police Su- out in a body. Their places have not | perintendent Bull received a telephone vet been fillad, but the management|message from Erie, Pa., stating that of Miller & Lux states thai it will ex- | Bonjer had been arrested there. Bon- perience no trouble in securing help. | jer is 65 years old. Most of the men who walked out| Bonier's housekeeper, Louise Lind- found employment awalting them in | hoim, is in custody in this city. The other slaughter-houses. Others left | police found on he person gold pieces the city at once, intending to take a|to the value of $70. The Frehrs were vacation. Good men are needed In|gsupposed to have a great deal of gold Butchertown at the present time, say | in the house. The woman says the the butchers, and therefore they claim | money was given to her by Bonier. hat they need not remain idle for a| Kate Kahm, a relative of the Lind- day if they choose to go to work. | holm woman, was also taken to a, po- vy = o ¥ . { lice station, a trunk and some stuff McCARTHY GIVES EVIDENCE |ywhich had belonged to the Frehrs Horseshoer Tells of Alleged Ruin |D2VIns been found at her home. & : | The Frehrs owned another house @ Through Boycott Against Him. | .49 1ot besides their home in Jeffer- The trial of the suit of J. H. Me- | son street and had money in the bank. Carthy against the Master Horse- | It was well known in the neighbor- shoers’ Association and the Journey- | hood that they kept large sums of men Horseshoers' Union for $100,000 % | money in their home. ;. damages was commenced in Judge| The Lindholm woman, closely ques- Hunt's court yesterday. The entire | tioned by the police, said Bonier told day was spent in the examination of | her thé old couple had sold the house McCarthy. | to him and that they had gone to a In support of his charge that he | house of refuge to spend the remain™ was driven out of business by the two | der of their lives. The gold found bodies he said: “I joined-the associa- | on her, she insisted, had been given tion in 1898. In February of this | her by Bonier. year T was expelied and the day fol- ———————————— lowing my expulsion I was approach- | GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN ed by the business agent of the asso- their house They had been murdered. | The skulls of both had been crushed, | such as would | 4 Framing a Law That Will Stand Test. HELENA, Mont., Dec. 3.—The Judi- { clary Committee of the House to-day | reported two substitute bills for the original bills providing for a so-called fair-trial law and relating to the pow- ers of the Supreme Court with refer- ence to reviewing testimony in equity cases by the higher court. The House fiou:fidb:nm to-morrow, when de- | bate n on posed o | 1ation. = T e Present indications are that there will | called fair-trial bill, nor on the propo- sition to give the Supreme Court pow- |er to review the testimony. Indeed, Representative John MacGinniss, F. Au. | gustus Heinze's chief lieutenant, has | himself introduced a bill providing for | the review of evidence. The main | problem that confronts the Legislature | Is to draft the laws in such a way that | they will stand the test of the Supreme Court on constitutional grounds. All | the legfslators appear to be desirous of | passing a fair-trial bill, but there is | some difference of opinion concerning the framing of the law. A fair-trial bill was passed at the regular session last year, but failed to be effective be- { cause the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional In its construction. —_—— Weds Son of a Congressman. CHICAGO, Dec. 3.—Lieutenant Henry }Bankheul. U. S. A, son of Congress- | man Bankhead of Alabama, and Miss {Alice Stickney, whose guardian was the late Judge Long, at one time Consul General to Egypt, were married here to-day in"the home of Mrs. George M. i Pullman. After a wedding trip in the | South they will safl for the Philippines | In February, Lieutenant Bankhead | having been ordered to report for duty | at Manila, | ADVERTISEMENTS. | not be a fight of consequence on the so- | ciation, who demanded that I give up its trademark. T refused to do so and he then Parkinson of the ply with his demand. Parkinson said that as I was no longer a member of the association, union men could not work for me and he called my em- ployes out. He said he was compelled to do as he did because of an agree- | ment between the men and their em- players, whereby the former agreed that they would not work for a man not a member of the association. The men said they did not want to go, as called Walking Delegate | Journeymen’s | | Union and told him I refused to com- RELINQUISHES PENSION Donates the Allowance Made Him - to Furthering Work of the Grand Army. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—Commis- sioner of Pensions Ware has received ia letter from Governor Bliss of Michi- | gan voluntarily relinquishing his pen- sion. In his letter Governor Bliss | says: {- “I feel that I have won what I | wished, a place on the pension rolis with my comrades of the War of the Rebellion, and relinquish the pension only because I doubt the propriety of | continuing as a pensioner when I am | I had always treated them right, but that they had to obey orders. There were thirty-six horses in my shop at that time waiting to be shod. not in need of it. My disability was | fully determined by two examinations, | one under Commissioner Evans and - | the second under your administration, For a time I ran the shop alome, | each conducted by two doctors, the re- but fir\all)fimd to quit, 4s my custom- | gyits being an order placing me on the | ers were threatened with a boycott |rolls at $12 a tonth. My intention was unless they withheld their patronage 'to gonate this money to the work of from me. To-day I have nothing to|the G. A. R. and this I have done.” show for the money that I invested et in establishing one of the finest horse- | Changes in the Postal Service. shoeing plants on this coast or any- WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—Postmas-# whsremelse, and aill b:"a‘{‘e I consid- ' ter commissioned: Washington—Aimi- ere: at I was in the right and re- ra L. Gampp, Getchel. Fourth-class fused to comply with an order that|postmasters appointed: California— | Palace and Grand was unjust in the extreme and one pred Garnmer, Arabella, Lake County, | ““d.’t 5"’;"" t::“““ I incurred the|yice Beile Kennedy, resigned; William | enmity of certaln people in the same | g Bewley, Burnett, Los Angeles, vice T T P Hpelr Henry M. Johnson, resigned. Wash- - i -!ington—Mrs. Clara G. Turner, Carle- Civil Service Examination. | ton, Chehalis County, vice Eliza Jane | The United States Civil Service Com- | Rogers, resigned. mission announces that the following PO i e e T3 examinations will be held at San Fran- " Murderer Will Plead Hypnotism. cliion Janamry. 5 | CHICAGO, Dee. 3—Hypnotism will be | Register and receiver's clerk, Urited F‘me plea put up by Emil Roeski, one| States Land Office, age limit 20 years | of the carbarn bandits, as his defense | m; over, u.u;r,vmswo l)elrunnnum. Ap- | in the trial for murder. His attorney | Versea i public 1and favws and the rou | Imet ceperis would be inteoduced ot 1ot ;'fle gutc. the land office. Amflicaflonl trial to prove that Roeski was hyp-| - o otized by another of the bandits, Peter Draftsman and typewriter, age llmit] ;'etmerme{er. 2 29 years or over, salary $1000 per an- | num. Application form 1312. Persons who desire to compete should | apply to the United States Civil Ser- | vice Commission, Washington, D. C., or to the secretary of the Consolidated Board of Civil Service Examiners, 301 Jackson street, San Francisco, for ap- plication forms mentioned above, which should be properly executed and filed | with the commission at Washington. —_——————— | ‘His Will a Peculiar One, The will of Joseph Park Cochran, who | died a few days ago, was filed for pro- | bate yesterday. He leaves his entire estate, which is worth more than m.-; 00, to his nephew, Smith H. Cochran | of Chicago. The will is a holographic document .and was made January 22, 1902. Tt is peculiar in that it contains directions for the burial of the decedent and requests the executors to advertise in three morning papers the date of his funeral, to purchase flowers and to see | that his remains are taken to their last ' resting-place in a funeral car, and that an extra car is provided for those who wish to attend his obsequies. —_————— Damage Suit Result of Row. , William Ehrenpfort sued L L. Hoft- | man yesterday for $20,000 damages for ! ‘personal injuries received last August. I He alleges that Hoffman brutally beat him and tore his clothes while ejecting him from a store at 735 Market street. ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 | INSTANTANEOUS Maude | and the AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS OF THE NEW AND ORIGINAL BURLESQUE. ber. Ben T. Dillon. Georgia O'Ramey Althen twin sisters team. (Their first appearance Our here. Beautiful Chorus of Fifty Volces. Production Lavish in_Every Detafl. Sal Ahead. Ami its on Two Weeks Matigees Saturday and Sunday. ...NOW OPEN.. GREAT EXHIBITION —OF- 2000 Thoroughbred POULTRY, DOGS, PIGEONS, CATS MECHANICS' PAVILION EVERY DAY AND NIGHT THIS WEEK. ADMISSION 30c. CHILDREN 25c. AMUSEMENTS. ALHAMBRA THEATER THIS AFTERNOON AT 2:30 O°CLOCK, MONSTER BENEFIT PERFORMANCE IN AID OF THE FREE WARD ——OF THE— California Woman's Hospital A PROGRAMME BEYOND COMPARE!! CONTINUOUS SHOW! On Sale at Shefman. Clay & Oy's Ustll Ome © Clock. | . MAGNETIC VAUDEVILLE L... | ! ! ures, Showing the Poachers’ Figh { Tito Quartette; Bryant and Sa- } ville, and Searl and Violet Allen. | Reserved Seats, Sc: Balcony, 10e; Box Seats | and Opera Chairs, Sée. | | LAST TIME TO-MORROW NIGHT, AT THE OLD CROSS ROADS. Next Sunday. “T ke the whole Company and the whole play."—Ashton Stevens in the Bx- TON 3 The Ever-Weicome Favorite, With Neise Erickson. ], Jrtogend COLUME WEEK AND Nightly, including Sunday. MATINEE SATURDAY. ~ DOWN | Production of 'EAST. BY LOTTIE BLAIR PARKER. Elaborated by JOS. R. GRISMER. Dec. 14—LULU GLASER In | VARDEN." OPERA GRAND?:s: MATINEE TO-MORROW. «.LAST TWO NIGHTS... Of the New Scenic Melodrama, OVER | NIAGARA FALLS SEE THE MARVELOUSLY REALISTIC NIAGARA FALLS SCENE Beginning Next Sunday Matinee MARIE HEATH L5 In the Delightful Rural Drama, - FOR MOTHER’S SAKE. DOLLY \ Matinees. . 18¢, 28c and 30 | Belasco & Mayer, Proprietors. E. D. Price, General TO-NIGHTMATS. SAT. AND SUN. “The Alcazar Company is one of extrsordi- nary excellence.”—Thos. Garrett in the Post. “A Smile Twister and a Tear Starter.”—Examiner. APOOR |Lasr RELATION Evg., 25¢ to T3c; Mats. Sat NEXT MONDAY—The ‘““A ROYAL PRISONER.” First San Francisco Production, CENTRAL=E2 Market st, Near Eighth. Phone South 533 TO-NIGHT—LAST THREE NIGHTS. MATINEES TO-MORROW AND SUNDAT. | The Magnificent Melodramatic Spectacte, ‘THE COUNTERFEITERS! One of the Stupendous Successes of the Ameri- can Stage. Exciting Flot! Thrilling Abundant Comedy’ Spiendid Scemery! Brilliant Cast! | | | | | | | | | ' FIVE TIMES. | | Heart Interest! Evenings. ... 10e to S0e Matinces . . 15e, 2B Monday, Decem i | | i | } NEW YORK DAY BY DAY. { Amnn:nngu:-u INTERESTING BABIES ‘:s THE INFANT INCUBATO! HAMADRYAS IN THE 300! LOTS OF FUN IN THE PENNY ARCADE Stroll Through the MIRROR MAZBE. See ANITA and Her BABY MONKEY. MISCELLANEOUS ELLERY'S ITALIAN BAND EIGHT NEW SOLOISTS. Seats Now on Sale SHERMAN, CLAY & CO.'S