The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1903, Page 9

THE SA FRANC 1SCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1903. COSSIP ABOIT APPOINTMENTS G. F. Brackett Mentioned for Health Board and L. Mayer| Works' Commission .\'ocr('lm‘y; B s o MAYOR DELAYS SELECTIONS | e Says He Will Not Even Con-| sider Applications for Office | til After First of .l:qn|n|:|1"\"‘ st r s to be listed for po- nt by Mayor Schmitz, £ ps around the A Brackett and s Dr. Brackett stands s Honor and appointed to esterday that to receive on the til after the striving to be f the Em Bunnell 1g hard to be Dr PR s WILL RESIST DIVERSION OF THE WATER SUPPLY Sar Land Owners Protest Against Acceptance of Offer of the Bay Cities Company. Ballou d Paul erd ve rs agai t with g the supply ¢ n sco from the Coyvote, Uvas and . company ¥ to fur- h the g rights of the the pre b of the nd people of ntend to re- t power | and they s described their just ghts and equities as the sers thereof. They fur- at diversion would the and would surely ruin | gated thereby. } ————————— MASTER OF A SCHOONER | FALLS AND IS l!l(O\\'NED‘ Captain Alfred Christianson of the G. W. McNear Loses His Life by an Accident. | NAPA, Dec. 15—Word was received heriff's office iate this afternoon ptain Alfred Christianson of | ner G. W. McNear had been | dr d vessel is taking on a argo of vel near Napa Junction. | The captain was working in a difficult positior fell overboard. He was drowned e of the efforts of the FINAL PIANO RECITAL| Of the Series Given by MR. PERCIVAL K. VAN YORX Of the Angelus Department of Sherman, Clay & Co. will be given on SATURDAY, DEG. I3th STEINWAY HALL The Soloist of the eccasion will be Mrs. Lillian Birmingham Contralto. Complimentary tickets may be had a2t the Store, Sutter and Kearny Streets. WORKS BOARD | that n and underground | amount of Mrs. ent orchards in the valley | year Mre. Dora Heath stumbled over a | merus. | woman’s arm will be stiff and almost | noon closed with | be treated to an elaborate entertain- S FLUSTERED | | Commissioners Aroused to Ac-| tion by Verdict of $5000 Damages for Mrs. Dora Heath A b i PLAN APPROVED Those Failing to Repair Side- walks After Notification \\'ilij DRASTIC Be Arrested Under Ordinance | Vincent Wallace, told under o2th t0|committed the robbery. |Judge Mogan yesterday, may be be- had been drinking hard for gty At o er the verdict of a jury in rigan's court awarding to Mrs. Dora Heath for| ve side- $5000 dama, injurie ined by a defe ¢ 1511 Buch Public Wi take drastic against property ov nan street, ks decided | measures | { ors who neglect to walk n frc th Joard vesterday to sidewalks in rront of their es in proper repair. The arrest | ich property owners, after due stification has been served upon them dewalks, is ordered. the commissioners of sersonally responsible | esulting from dan- | gerous sidewalks and in order to fore- | saddling of further damages | air the s th s are made ict accidents any stall t | upon them they have come to the con- clusion to make property owners abide | terms of the ordinance | maintenance of side- | the the by g gov walk: The ordinance is very explicit in the | matter and simply states that after due | r has been given by the Board of | Public Works to any property owner whose sidewalk is in need of repair he | 1l forthwith proceed to repair the In the event that the property owner refuses or fajls to obey the notice Board of Public Works may pro- i to do the work, but at the ex- pense of the city. NO MONEY same. EOR REPAIRS. Now the board is confronted with | the fact that the Supervisors failed to | set aside any money for the keeping in repair of sidewalks and therefore it powerless in the premises. An- difficulty intervenes in that con- | are unwilling to enter into for the repair of sidewalks contracts and the charter requires that all public rk shall be done by contract The Pu Iternative which the Board of Works now expresses its inten- vail itself of is the section of ance which makes it a mis- for any property owner to put his sidewalk in good condition after being officially notified to do so by the Board of Public Works. The penalty for such neglect is a fine of $500 or imprisonment for six months or both. The Board of Public Works in the past has been loth to carry out the provisions of the ordinance regard- | ipg the awrest of delinquent property | owners, but it feels that urider the de- | cision it would be liable for many thou- f dollars of damages 2s the out- | come of accidents from defective side- | walks. In many cases ladies are the offenders in this regard and the board hitherto refrained from taking un- pleasant action. A simple compliance with the notice the board that bad sidewalks are| to repaired will save much incon- venience and & possible visit to the| Pol Court, the Board of Public| Works think | VERDICT DEEMED HARSH. The verdict of the jury is regarded by the Board of Public Works as a harsh one, owing to the fact that Mrs. Heath, who secured the judgment, ad- mitted that she was aware that the| sidewalk was in bad condition when he walked on it and sustained a frac- ture of the arm. Evidence also showed there were three street lights brightly burning at the time and yet | the Board of Public Works i= held re- | sponsible for the accident and all sim- | ilar ones that may occur in the future. Ex-Commissioners of Public Works Maguire and Van der Naillen, present | Commissioners Manson and Casey and the estate of the late Louis J. Ohni-| mus, who was a member of the board | at the time of the accident, wili be held responsible on their bonds for the | Heath's verdict. On the night of December 20 of last blic to sands o of loose plank in front of the Yesidence | at 1511 Buchanan street. In falling | she broke her arm and chipped a piece of bone from the end of the hu- As a result of the injury the useless ®br the rest of her life. Upon recovery she immediately filed uult for $20,000 damages, basing her claim on the fact that it was the duty of the Board of Public Works to keep thel sidewalks in repair. The board secured a stay of pro- ceedings for thirty days, during which time an appeal will be taken on the ground that the verdict is excessive. —_—————— Alleged Kidnaper Again on Trial. NAPA, Dec. 15.—The second trial of Robert Black, charged with child- stealing, was commenced in the Su- perior Court to-day. The first trial resulted in a disagreement of the jury. | District Attorney Benjamin is assisted in the prosecution by F. E. Johnston, representing the people of St. Helena. A jury was secured this afternoon and the testimony was begun. The after- the testimony of whom it iz charged Dottie Higgins, Black stole. S S T Entertainment for the Insane. AGNEWS, Dec. 15.—The patients of the State Insane Hospital here are to ment on the approaching Christmas. Efforts are being made by Dr. Leonard Stocking, the medical superintendent, to make this affair surpass anything of the kind ever before held here. Cir- cular Jetters have been sent to relatives of patients informing them of the pro- posed entertainment and asking them to contribute to its success. e r———————— Bonds for a Fire Department. BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 15.—The Town Trustees of Kern have decided to call an election to issue bonds to the amount | turn out | exhibited of $10,000 for the establishment of a fire department. The board has also ordered fire escapes placed on all two- story buildings. The action is taken as a result of the disastrous fire a week ago in which one Cummings lost his life at the Hotel Kern. Acquits Owens of Com There is still a frontier in this coun- | try, notwithstanding Owen Wister and! other praisers of times past, who he-‘ walil the passing of the picturesque life | of the outer edges of civilization. More- | over, the frontier is right at the back dopr of San Francisco, if the story of | lieved. Wallace was arrested at an| early hour yesterday morning loitering | on Battery street, just off Market. In! his pocket was found an elongated re- volver and $3 50 in money. The arrest- | ing officers Wwatched him for nearly an | hour in his vigil before they ap-| Proached him. When they found him, accoutered as he was, they concluded they had a real, original hold-up man. But Wallace had a different tale to tell. He said he came from Menlo >ark to this city in search of employ ment In order to economize his slen- der hoard of money, he concluded to | seek some dark, quiet neighborhood | and sleep in the angle of a building. | Accordingly he picked out Battery| street near Market as a resting place, but did not retire at once because he could find no cozy corner. When ques- tioned as to his reason for carrying such a formidable weapon as that found on his person, he appeared sur- vrised to learn that the act was an irregular proceeding. Everybody, he sald, In Menlo Park carried a revolver. The practice was as common as carry- ing toothpicks or matches in one's pocket. He eaid he had an uncle in Menlo Park and other witnesses there who would testify to his good charac- ter, so the case went over until Fri- day to allow them to be summoned. Then it will be determined whether or not Wallace is merely a foolish countty boy or that most dangerous of all eriminals, a footpad. If it shall to be the latter he will not have to look for employment until many moons have waxed and waned. B b Harry Howard, alias W. J. Watson, an unexpected amount of chivalry yesterday when he appeared before Justice Mogan for a preliminary hearing on the charge of highway rob- bery. Howard ,is accused of having held up the saloon of William Little at Howard street and forced the pro- prietor to give him $20. Then he start- ed to run and was pursued by Police- man Skelly, who fired at the fleeing man. The first bullet from the offi- cer's revolver struck George King, a fifteen-year-old boy, seriously wound- ing him. Howard then fired at the po- el @ 59 APPEALS 10 GOVERNOR k0 e oRH s Murderer in San Quentin Prison Makes a Final Ef- fort to Escape the Gallows e RN SACRAMENTO, Ded. 15.—Bert Ross, who is under sentence to be hanged at San Quentin prison next Friday, has made an appeal to Governor Pardee to | his neck. Ross was convicted of | having murdered Deputy Sheriff Ward of San Diego by crushing his skull with 1‘ a water bottle on a steamer at Port Harford. Ross says he was improperly con- victed of murder in the first degree, as he only intended to stun the man, there being no intent to commit murder. Ross was at the time a prisoner in the cus- tody of Ward. Andreas Castro. who testified against Ross at the trial, has written to the Governor that he was drunk at the time he gave his testimony and did not know what he whs saying. Castro is now in the penitentiary. Ross' case has been fought through the courts of California and the United States Su- preme Court. He has been reprieved geveral times. —————————————— TIDAL WAVE CAUSES DAMAGE AT KOHALALELE save Enormous Bowlders Are Carried Some Distance Inland and Houses Are Washed Away. HONOLULU, Dec. 9.—The tidal wave that visited several parts of these islands on Novemper 29 caused considerable damage at Kohalalele. The waves came like a northerly swell, the sea sweeping over the top of a crane that stood forty feet high above the landing there. Enormous bowlders were picked up and carried some distance inland and several houses were washed away. It was on the same day that the bar at San Francisco was very rough and break- ing badly. ———————— REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE VALIDITY OF PASSPORT American Consul at Nagasaki Rejects COredentials Issued by Former Governor Dole of Hawaii. HONOLULU, Dec. 15.—The Ameri- can Consul at Nagasaki has refused to recognize a passport issued by for- mer Governor Dole to Senator N. Rus- sel on the ground that it did not bear the seal of the Secretary of State. More than a year ago the Governor of Hawalli was authorized to issue passports owing to the long distance between Honolulu and Washington and the delay caused in getting them. No trouble has arisen heretofore and the American Consul at Nagasaki has forgotten or not been informed of the validity of the Hawalian passports. —_—————————— Engineer Killed in 8 Wreck. MALVERN, Iowa, Dec. 15.—The engine and the forward trucks of the baggage car on Burlington limited No. 1, westbound, from Chicago to Den- ver, left the track a mile east of Mal- vern at 5 o'clock this morning. En- gineer Knox of Creston, one of the oldest men in the service, was killed, being pinioned beneath his engine, which rolled over on its side. Fire- man Lawrence Hayés escaped with bruises. - | ed for complicity in the hold-up. At the preliminary examination of the two | he met Howard and the two men came | never committed | his | major premise to a sy 1 'MENLO PARK DESPERADO FALLS FOUL OF POLICE 4Vinc:ant Wallace, With a Formidable Weapon, Is Found Haunting Dark Places—Harry Howard plicity in Recent Hold-Up liceman, but missed him. Skelly's sec- ond shot pierced Howard's leg, but he continued his flight until he plumped into the arms of Policeman Murphy. Subsequently W. H. Owens was arrest- men Howard admitted that’ he had He sald he several | weeks and was about crazy. He had | never thought of the crime until ten | minutes before its commission. He | said he wanted to exonerate Owens from any complicity in the matter. He had not communicated his intended | robbery to Owens and his co-defend- | ant was absolutely innocent of any knowledge of it. Owens told a straight story when called to the stand. He | said he was a farmer and had come | from Missouri to Los Angeles, avhere | to this city together. He said he had | a crime in his life | and did not have any knowledge that | friend contemplated one on the| night of the hold-up. Along with the other occupants of the saloon he backed up against the wall and held ! up his hands when ordered to do so by Howard. The testimony 'made a deep | impression on the court and may, re- sult in Owens’ dismissal. Howard was | held in $5000 bonds for trial in the Su- perior Court and Owens' case was con- | tinued until Saturday. During the course of the hearing Howard denied | that he ever had*been convicted of fel- | ony, although at the time of his arrest | he told the police that he had served | a term In Missouri for highway robbery | under the name of W. J. Watson. PR When Thomas Wheeler was arrested by the ‘poljce several days ago as a suspicious character he broke down and confessed everything. He said he was wanted in Budapest for boiiing three babies in oil; that he had mur- dered an entire Eskimo village in Kam- schatka: that secret agents of the In- dian Government were looking for him for the attempted assassination of the Maharajah of Irriwady and the theft cf the ruler's gems; in fact, he detailed such a career of black crimes commit- ted in his past that the jailers shud dered when they passed his cell. An investigation of his life developed that he was merely an ordinary “bum” who had never been more than ninety miles away from San Francisco. Judge Con- lan gave him six months in the County Jail, merely to assuage his taste for a criminal record. . ¥ e Nicholas Hoffman and J. Johnson began an argument in a Sacramento- street saloon Monday night. As the ogism Hoffman | pounded Johnson over the head with a heavy chair, and Johnson took the count. The suctessful disputant was before Judge Mogan yesterday charged with assault with a deadly weapon. He was given until Friday to secure coun- sel and .prepare .his. defense, Thomas J. Clark was discharged from the County Jail Monday after serving a six months’ sentence for threatening to kill ‘his wife, Susan J. Clark, who lives at 663 Howard stre=t. On the day of his release hé sent a trusty messenger to his helpmeet to inform her that at the first favorable opportunity he intended to transform her from a common household drudge to a bright, pink-winged angel by means that would make an Apache ashamed of the lack of inventiveness of his race. Clark came before Judge Mogan ves- terday and was convicted a second time. He will get all that is coming to him to-day. . Allen Hellen, a plasterer, was con- victed of disturbing the peace by Judge Mogan yesterday. Monday night Hel- len surrounded an inordinate quantity of bad booze and stationed himself on the corner of Powell and Ellis streets, where he amused himself by upper- cutting passersby. Among the victims of Hellen’s fistic endeavors was Man- ager Seeley of Techau's Tavern, who hunted up a policeman. The exuberant plasterer was removed to the City Prison. He will be sentenced to-day. A e — PRESS (LEBMAN A 4 COMEDIAN “Cap’ Holliway Takes Max Dill’s Part in “I O U" and Scores Hit With' Audience AT KEEPS HOUSE IN A ROAR B With the Aid of a Prompt- Book and Stagemates He Lasts Through Three Acts 55 When the Press Club of $an Fran- cisco consented to accept the net pecu- niary proceeds of the performance last evening at Fischer’s Theater it did not propose to furnish the stage attrac- tions, or any considerable portion of them, but at the fifty-ninth minute fate stepped in and decreed. that by long 0dds the biggest feature of the show should be a wearer of the club button. It was exactly 3:30 o'clock yesterday | afternoon when President Tyler and Vice President Leffingwell, with tears of anxiety in their united voice, asked W. €. Hclliway, the young newspaper man, who is better known as if he would not fill the aching void in the east of “I. O. U.” created by the serious filiness of Max M. Dill. “Cap” hesitated but a momgnt. “I don’t know the lines of the part,” | he said, “and I have no time to ‘get up’ in them. But I'll do anything to help out the club.” Tyler and Lefingwell embraced him and Herr Fischer smiled gratitude. “We'll all get in and push you through,” said Winfleld Blake, “and I'll guarafitee that vcou'll make the hit of the performance.” “Cap” at once plunged into the study of the part of ¥ney Stuntz. and at 8:30 o'clock he made his first entrance in the play with Kolb and Curtis. after while he was on the stage the house—and it was one of the most bril- liant houses of the season—was his. Blake's prediction was more than veri- fied. Never did any comedian on any stage provoke more vociferous laughter than rewarded “Cap's” efforts to amuse. FEvery time he said anything, and numerous times when he was due to say something and said nothing, the audience fairly shrieked. It was not Comedian Holliway’s fault that the lighting arrangements of the etage made it impossible for him to fcllow the lines of the prompt book he held, nor would it be fair to accuse him of negligence because his atten- tion to the book precluded possibility of his taking up the cues which his stagemates so generously repeated for his enlightenment. And if he was us- ually a couple of pages ahead of the current dialogue the other actors might have talked mcre rapidly_and caught | up with him. At the close of the second act Kolb and Curtis, and Blake and Amber, and O’'Ramey and Dillon, and the Althea twins, and the other principals were | =0 green with envy of Holliway’s hit that he magnanimously offered to re- tire from the cast and turn his part over to a regular understudy who was familiar with its lines and business but did not look the character. Stage Man- ager Jcnes promptly spurned the pro- posal. In all other respects the enter- tainment was a triumph. Many interpolations relating to Press Club persons and affairs brought de- sired appreciation, and the Press Club Quartet sang popular selections while the curtain was down. But “Cap” Hol- liway’s deput as a Thespian will dwell green in the memory of those who wit- nessed it when all the other features | are forgotten. —e———— Indian Agents Are Exonerated. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Indian Agent Randlett, in charge of the Kio- wa, Comanclie and Apache agency in Oklahoma, and Indian Inspector Nes- ler are completely exonerated by Francis E. Leupp in his report on the investigation of charges against those officials, made by dissatisfled Indians, who allege, among other things, that allotments were made to dead Indians and white men. —_————— GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Dec. 15.—A slight earthquake was felt here to-day. & ADVERTISEMENTS. BROS. Years placed it far in carry the Behr our floor. 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BARBER C0. | “As £00d a cast as it ever had."—hronicle, 739 Market St., S. F. ““The Alcazar !s to San Francisco Empire is to Fork. —The N Evgs., 25¢ to Mats. Saf. & Sun. Next Monday—Big Holiday Production of BLUE JEANS The brass band. The pet bull. The barbe- cue. The buzzsaw sensation. Order seats. EVERYBODY WILL WANT Kl TO SEE THIS! LA pEiaSce Joseph Hart ;- MAGES FARCE- | o . . pioac et Market St. Near Eighth. Phone South 3@ a"le e ar FAVORITES. TO-NIGHT—ALL THIS WEEK. MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. The Greatest of All Border Dramas, THE SCOUT’S REVENGE Thrilling Incidents! Powerful Climaxes' Mag- nificent Scenery! Splendid Comedy! Superb Cast! In W. A. Brady's Musical Comedit Hit, ‘FOXY GRANDPA OOLU'IBIA SAN FRANCISCO'S PRKES Ry e m "’m m"’_‘:;;::)s'“ ek, l[;’r‘n‘ NIGHTLY,. EXCEPT SUNDAY. MATINEE SATURDAY. F. C. WHITNEY PRESENTS The Queen of Singing Comediennes, LULU GLASER In Stange and Edwards’ Dainty Comic Opers, DOLLY VARDEN. Seats for Second Week Ready Thursday. SPECIAL MATINEE CHRISTMAS. 'OPERA TIVOLIGS= Corner Mason and Eddy Strests. GRAND OPENING, WEDNESDAY EVENING, Decamber 23. Magnificent Productiom of the Holiday Spec- tacle, IX1 Or “THE WHEELMAN" A Mythological Musical Extravaganza in Thres Acts, See Bothwell Browne’s Beautiful Ballets USUAL POPULAR PRICES. .. .25¢, S6c end 3¢ Proscenium and Mezzanine Box Seats $1 00 The sale of seats will begin Thursday morning, Dec. 17, at the 014 Tivoli. TO-NIGHT IS PRESS CLUB NIGHT MANY ATTRACTIVE FEATURES In Addition to the Lavish Production ! The Naw Musical Comedy Still Delighting g A | rge Audiences. ESMERALD. Our “All-Star” Cast, including: Kolb and | And & Great Show Every Afternooa aad Dill, Allen Curtis (his first appearance), Maude Evening in the Thorougily Heated Theater. TINY, TOTS IN THE INFANT INCUBATORS. HAMADRYAS IN THE Z00O. LOTS OF FUN IN THE PENNY ARCADE. Stroll Through the MIRROR MAZE See ANITA and Her BABY MONKEY. AMATEUR NIGHT THURSDATY. Admission, 10c. Children, Je. ‘When Phoning Ask for ° Chutes." Amber, Winfleld Blake, Georgla O'Ramey, Ben T. Dillon, Altbea Twins, and Our Beautiful Chorus of Fifty in a Performance of Rare Merit. Seats Two Weeks in Advance. MATINEES SATURDAY AND! SUNDAY. POPULAR PRICES. Commencing MONDAY, December 14 Six or More Races Daily. Races start at 2 p. m. Reached by streetcar from any of the eity. 1:156 p. m. and leaves the track immedial the last race. No in last two cars, which are reserved for