The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1904, Page 5

THE SAN CISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1904. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION UPHOLDS BOARD OF HEALTH WITH REGARD TO- REMOVALS WISH LICENSE FEES REFUNDED OF BOND ISSUE Owners of Nickel Machines Board of Supervisors Passes ‘A Appear Before Supervisors to Print Ordinance to Raise in Support of Their Protest. Cash for PublicImprovements | e ! . T0O MANAGE PUBLIC POUND|BIDS ARE TO BE INVITED| S a4 DA Nociety for Prevention of Cruel-| Measure Plans the Disposal of | ty to Animals to Have Tem-| Some of the SNeries That porary Charge of the Place Portion of Work May Be Done e ae owners of nic »ned for refund machines owing Police Commis- | The Board of Supervisors yesterday passed to print an ordinance previously referred to the Public Utilities Com- | mittee providing for the sale and issu- in the aggregete sum of | for the construction of va- | rious public improvements and acqui- file a|sition of lands for the same. when the ma- The report of the committee relative he saloons and | to the issuance of the bonds was adopt- ed as follows: o onsideration of e presented matters of connec bill severa reives become plated the tion of Cruelty UNION WILL INVESTIGATE CONDITION OF THEATERS | VI UNDER L Electricians Appoint Committee Look Into Wirinz of Playhouses 10 on the voters | ed that the ctvil service would be made ap- work. It the pur- his board to insi ¢ wiring the means of the ent i e proposed ordinance providing for | No. 1 will | tion of half. | the sale of a portion of the bonds as | heretofore noted and for the invitation >t bid: the same at the Chamber of | for e some day in January yet s referred to the Rablic lities Committee. ‘nder the ordi e the tire issu of the four park projects will be sold. and of the is: es for hospitals, sewers, schools, § street and library therd will be 1640 $100 bonds, of which forty- one will be paid every year for forty vears: 1280 $500 bonds, of which thirt {two will be paid every j and hree will be paid every year for years. Bidders may bid for the| whole or for any portion of the amount offered for sale and preference in the| allotment will be given to subscribers | for the smaller amounts and lo nominations. to make an the next e is said installed officers Auxiliary N vice president, | J. Alex- Armaigamated M ar ficancia nepe: ern, H and C. G. Scheith: »- O’ Brier eman, J.| Lumber Handlers' and Tallvmen's Union bhoa McKnight and | 225, M. P. Nielsen, W. Deavey and B. Cun- 55, Maude and Mill Work- Reichert jonal Brotherhood of S Firemen, Local No. 88, will social and dance in Alcazar lding to-morrow night. The fol- lowing have been appointed a commit- e of arangements: J. H. Smith, Denis | Foley, G. H. Rickey, Ralph Nostri and | | Martin Conroy. gates have been | Oakland Federated | yoxy NOMINATIONS vy Wagon Drivers No. 634, Joe Mizchell; | CONEIRMED BY . _ __ _ _ _____ ] Shea, P. Geraghty and ( e following ed to the Trades Cou SENATE ADVERTISEMENTS. | Seventeen Army Offiocrs® Are: Pro- SO it | moted to High Rank by Presi- . 3 : dent Roosevelt. Pay a Penny To Aid a Sick Friend } WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The Sen- And | Wil Risk $5.50. late in executive session to-day con- ‘fl:'med the following nominations: To be major generals—Brigadier Generals W. A. Kobbe, Joseph P. San- ger, Alfred E. Bates and Wallace_F. [ ask only 2 pesal card—just the name of some Tell me the book “Tis do all the res 1 ‘will send him my book. T 2 Rhadeioh st mear L e Dy, Shoop ey e e may ke o month a¢ my k. M 5 | To be brigadier generals—Colonels succeeds, it costs §s se. l‘nm.-.lmflnrz;{“— Alfred Mordecai, Harry L. Haskell, | - Forrest P. Hathaway, Asher C. Taylor, John G. Butler, Charles J. Allen, Theodore E. True, Frank M. Coxe, Ja- cob Kline, William E. Dougherty and William P. McCaskey. Colonel John P. Storey, to be chief of artillery, with the rank of brigadier general. Colonel Francis 8. Dodge, to be pay- master general. Albert A. Roberts. to be receiver of public moneys at La Grande, Or. e —— Brief Session of the House. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The House devoted a brief session to-day to Dis- trict of Columbia business. While in committee of the whole on one bill the postoffice scandal was discussed, Bart- Jett of Georgia introducing a letter from M. W. Lewis, who left aggrieved at certain statements in the Bristow report. Cowherd of Missouri perny ocherwise Wiy Restorative is my discovery. Liietime’s work. ‘l ha vested il in thow- In the resalt of my ve pemonally test Simply state which book you want and Shoop, pointed e out that Lewls was irregulariy appoint- Wis R ed just in time to let a contract that cost the Government $10,000 more than Was necessary. COURT SISTAINS | California in the case of the county of ‘beginning Thursday, men's clothing for_just 5i RRANCES SALE [BOARD OF HEALTH HAS AUTHORITY -TO ABOLISH OR CREATE OFFICES Unanimous Opinion Is Handed Down by the Civil Service Commissioners in| the Hearing to Determine Whether Important Provisions of San Fran- cisco’s Charter Have Been Violated by New Appointees of the Mayor, The hearing of the case of the de- posed employes of the Board of Health was resumed before the Civil Service Commissioners yvesterday afternoon. At the opening of the session Chaigman | Rogers announced that the commission | had carefully considered the question | raised as to the right of the Health Board to abolish certain positions and create others under a different desig- nation. The opinion, which. to satisfy all parties, was put in writing, states that it is the unanimous decision of the Ctvil members of the Board of Health did not exceed their authority in abolishing certain positions and establishing oth- ers. The opinion in full is as follows: Among the various grounds of protests urged against the resolutions of the hogorable Board of Health, whereby said Boal of Health sought to reorganize the department ender iis control, the right of the BEoard of Health to es filled by civil service emploves previcus sancticn of the Civil Commissioners and the richi of the create new bplaces without such like >0 of the Civil Service Commis- | | | Service | beard previous san rnment the charter itself s of employment. For in- Service Commissioners that the | ™0 ing. however, upon the question of their crea- tioi or termination. Whether thid) restriction upon .the Board of Healta has been violated by it is the purpose of this investigation, We know of mno other provisions- of the charter touching upon the DOwer to create or abolish places of employment in the Depart- nt of Public Health. As bearing upon the question of the power of departments to create and abolish places of employment, thi suaded very large! sed by an opinion of City Attorney xlin K. Lan rendered | April 19 and found In tk | ports of the opinions of the Cit | San Francisco from 1598 to 1002, at page 481. on relates to the power of the Board 7 create an official position it of the Board of Civil sioners. and expressly recog- The opinion is too lengtay to tn full. We, however, quote the following : “I think tha sition of the Board of To such board been given full clerks and employes are the iness of tha: responsible for tne conduct of this b the municipal government. Within the limitations of the charter to the dis- position of t appropriation I they create unnecessar “places the ry appointee. who shall hold umtil an tlon can be held and a list of qualified The hearing will be re- | ure in office. after- sumed at 2 o'clock to-morrow noon. —_— - — SUPERVISORS END INQUIRY. Attorney Ruef for the Health Board Claims Gag Law Was Enforced. With Chairman D’Ancona of the joint committee of the Supervisors on | Health, and Finance rapping for or- der, while ‘A. Ruef raised his voice in !a plea that more witnesses be sum- moned, the investigation into the ac- tions of the Board of Health in abol- ishing some offices and creating others came to a disorderly close last night. The committee has heard all the evi- denee it cares to, and its findings will be presented to the city’s chief execu- tive at an early date. Heérbert Schmitz was the first wit- ness called. He was questioned, as other witnesses have been, as to why he voted for the abolition of certain offices and the vacating of others, but The doctor was unable to produce the sioners seems to be most strenuously con= s mot with the Civil Service Com- | WOuld give no reply further than tested and denled 3 y with the Mayor, The | that he deemed it expedient. Mr. By mmission 1s created to see that | Brandenstein accused him of acting ice and removals therefrom | blindly, and om the = advice of Mr. L | o Their business primari.y |P.uer he refused to answer further and wiiich rights are contested, houl |55 “sec that proper and At persons Are ss- | questions. (Jeclared and Aol e charter | lected as officers and employes under the | Dr. Stinson was then called to the B i B <o ool " | merit system. And if there does hot happen | " filled either by 1 y Or permanent em- | . | stand and requested to show the list huft to he a properly qualified person for an ; - - ment referred 10 85} . ion that is vacant, their consent | which at a previous hearing he ad- D of the departments un- | Proval s required to the appointment of a |mitted had been submitted to him. i | respect to the Auditor it has pro- avpoint a_dej audit two clerks and such needed. The samo spect to most of the government provided be the city er. these departments no such has arisen in the Board of arise | S POWER. ts the Department of Public ever, no places of employment are harter. The power to create nployment for this department is terred upon the Board of Health 5 e X. That " appoint such officers the proper and efficient carrying out and en- be purposes and du of the fix their salaries and pre- question that the sole and and jurisdiction to create | ment in the | t , doubt that the power confer: right 10 abolisk places o ight to_create new pl ing. and that reely on with any the city government The right to abolish old places and to create new ones is specifically recogmized by section 13 of article X1II of the charter in thege words: When any place of employment is created or the compensation attached 3 cr board making ely report in writ- n ervice) Commissioners.” H The only restriction placed upon the powers | of Health with reference to its ribed for the filling and the vacating of th ployment created, That restriction s found in the latter part of section b of article X of the charter, and is in these words: CHARTER'S PROVISIONS. “All appointments in the department shall be made under the provisions of article XIII of this charter. and no person so appointed by | he board shall be removed without cause.” T of the charter is one pre- civil service regulations. is restriction touchirg the filling and va- ing of places of employment has no bear- | | rigid cross-examinatio s obtained. The commission may withho!d approval of any temporary appointment pon the ground that the proposed appointes is not fitted for the pasition or upon the ground that a temporary appoint: t is not necessary hecause a qualified list o ibles is waiting from which a regular appointment may be made. But the Civil Service Commissioners shouid not reject a nomi!nation upon the ground that in their judgment such an office | or emplovment is unnecessary in such depart- men:, If it were illegal to create such a place that would be another matter, but the cas presented does not give rise to Such question. PROTEST OVERRULED. The ground ef protest that the Board of ith has no power to abolish places of em- ‘ment. or to create mew places of employ ment without first obtaining the samction of the Civil Service Comm!sstoners, is therefore held to be untenable and it is overruled, Dated Jan €. J. WILLIAMS, Service Commissioners. The afternoon’s proceeding brought out very little which has not already been shown. Secretary Moran of the Civil Service Commission testified that two examinations for sanitary inspec- tors have been held and that there are two names still on the eligihle list. He further stated that when the examina- tion questions were being prepared the former Health Board - had - suggested that experience in medicine be in- cluded. Deputy Health Officer Lev:- who is filling the positions of several of the deposed emploves. again testified re- zarding his multifarious duties. He civil i claims that they are pot merely cleri- cal, as has been contended. but also executive, inasmuch as he fills the of- fice of the chief healith officer during the latter’s absence, Dr. Green, one of the deposed sani- tary inspectors, was sul.ec :d to a by Mr. Ruef. on of sanitafy Green occupied the pos| { inspector before it was placed on the classified list and Ruef attempted inef- fectually to force from him an admis- sion that the Sanitary Inspectors had suggested the holding of an examina- tion that they might *e ;: - life ten- CALIFORNIA LAY Supreme Tribunal Reverses De- | cision in Stanislaus County Versus Irrigation Company MBS BECT ) WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The . de- cision of the Circuit Court of the Unit- ed States for the Northern District of Stanislaus vs. the San Joaquin and Kings River Canal and Irrigation Company, was reversed in the Su-| preme Court to-da: The case involved the validity of the laws of California permitting the county authoritles to fix the rates to be charged by the irrigation com- pany for water. The company claimed the rate the county fixed was too low and that the laws prior to 1885, under which the company was organized, were equivalent to a contract, permit- ting the company to fix its own rates. The Circuit Court accepted this view and decided that the act of 1885 could not be invoked to impair the contract. Justice Peckham elivered the opin- fon of the Supreme Court, holding that there was no contract and adding that even if there had been a contraci the State had power under its constitution to amend its own laws. - Army and Navy Club Officers. MANILA. Jan. 18.—The Army and Navy Club has elected the following of- ficers to serve for the ensuing year: President, Major General James F. Wade: first viee president, Rear Ad- miral Yates Stirling; second vice presi- dent, Brigadier General Francis Moore; secretary. Captain William C. Rivers, First Cavalry. —_———— Destructive Fire in Montreal. MONTREAL, Jan. 18.—Fire to-day destroyed the wholesale houses of Swift. Copeland & Co., hats and caps; McLeod, Hawthorne & Co., trunks and bage; Woodhouse. Rosen & Co., mil- linery, and the King Clothiers. Loss, $200,000. e e A Friendly Advice. The undersigned has heretofore ad- vised the good people of San Francisco of opportunities. He again wishes to in- form the public that having rented his | store, 915 Market street, to Olsen Bros., who will take possession in a few weeks, that instead of removing the cloth#‘ to ash., e RO of “welltaBe dotuing et s well- clo at sacrifice right here. and will therefore. sell ail the 0c on the dollar. Now the customer can be his own clerk by simply picking out any suit he wants ———————————— ! and pay just one-half of what it is marked. Every garment is in | EERIIE. Dan il The Euovae Aukiss lain figures. ~A $30.00 suit $15.00, a | Victoria is sufiaring fom o stignt fnjary to 20.00_suit $10.00. 3 $15.00 suit $7.50, | court for ladies on January 20. The debu- . _This sale will start on Thursday, to the Empress at one 915 Market st., opp. Mason. » “BE MODERATE" SIS MITCHELL President of the United Mine Workers Delivers an Address Before Annual b £ T INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 18.—The fifteenth annual convention of the United Mine Workers of America be- gan here to-day with 1000 delegates in attendance. After the address of wal- come President Mitchell delivered his annual address. He urged that the convention be moderate in speech and conservative in action, adding: We should ke:p in mind that the enemies ? jabor and the opponents of trade unionism, reserted by:the Manufacturers’ Associa- tion and the Citizens' Industrial Alliance, are ever ready to make capital out of the smaliest indiscretion and to magnify out of all reason- able proportion . the slightest mistake that trade unionists may make. Of the Colorado strike Mitchell savs: The strike in District 15 has been and is a mource of heavy expense to our organization, but our peopie are standing firm, and much of asx we desire an amicable and honorable set- | tlement the uncompromising attitude of the companies gives us no chofce but to continue the contest until falr terms of ssttlement are reached or our pecple g0 down in defeat. President Mitchell voices his earnest | support of legislation prohibiting boys | under sixteen from being allowed to work in the mines and asks the con- vention to indorse it. In closing con- gratulatory reference is made to “the cordial business relationship that has existed between our organization and the operators in all States and districts in which the wages and conditions of employment are regulated and deter- mined by mutual agreement.” Secretary-Treasurer Wilson made his annual report, in which he said h= had | hoped to report a larger amount of money on hand, but the 1arge number of strikes recuiring aid from the na- tional organization had been a great drain on its resources. On November 20 there was in Indianapolis banks $1,129,137 belonging to the organization. . The paid-up membership is 289,836. The | total membership is approximately 330,- | 000. To avoid the loss of revenue from | these 40,000 members not paid up, which would amount to $96,000 annually, the stamp system is advocated in the re- port. ———— Sends Baullet in Man's Brain. OAKDALE, Jan. 18.—Joseph Scharn- horst shot a farmhand named Barney Smith during a brawl at the Bilue || ‘Wing saloon Two bullets took effect. A physician was called and | found one of the bullets lodged in the man’s brain. He says Smith cannot live. - | Convention | list, stating in explanation that he kad left it on his desk and it must have been accidentally destroyed. So far as he could remember, however, the names of Drs. Rottanzi, Brackett, Purlenky and Adler had been sug- i gested to him, but he had been given no_instructions. Dr. Ward, when called to the stand and questioned regarding the dropping of civil service employes and the employment of non-civil ser- vice men, stated that he did not be- lieve in blind devotion to civil ser- vice, but was working for the best in- terests of the city. Mr. Ruef was then requested to | give a list of the witnesses he wished to call. He started with Dr. d"Ancona and was promptly requested to submit a written list. After a brief argument he furnished the chairman with a list containing the names of the editors and proprietors of local newspape Dr. D'Ancona and other members the investigating committee. This list Dr. D'Ancona declared was frivo- lous, and he refused to consider it and refused to take the witness chair unless the members of the committee desired that the persons mentioned by Mr. Ruef be summoned to testify. A brief but heated argument followed and Brandenstein’s motion to adjourn prevailed. “After the meeting Mr. Ruef made the following statement: The high-handed and insulting attituds of the chairman of the committee indicates what was apparent ail through t the commit- tee shunred a falr and open investigation and had predetermined its course. This was evi- dent from the outset upon the adoption of the resolution introduced by the chalrman, which, without hearing or trial, flagrantly al- leged ‘that certain violations of the charter had been committed, when, as a matisr of fact, none existed. So barefaced an application of the policy of suppression of facts in the interest of favored friends and relatives who are holding politi- cal jobs at the expense of the.taxpayers of San Franeisco has seldom heen seen in this community. The chair evidently feared the expose that would come through an examina- tion of the witnesses sought to be subpenaed and the programme was evidently arranged | before han nce before a word was spoken | tte “gag rule” was laid down. This fraudulent investigation was initiated merzly as an attack upon Mayor Schmitz's policy of retrenchment. In his effort to up- hold his ante-election pledges he had effected an economy in the Board of Health's central office alone of $9900 per annum. at the same time increasing the efficiency of the depart- mest. The offices which were abolished, though held to some extent by civil service em- ployes, Were unnecessary and useless. The mere fact that five civil service employes were hanging abou: the office doing nothing was in the mind of the Mayor no sufficient reason for their retentl it Supe: matters of o i 1 will act thus® unfairly in vital importance to the city— wiil allow no hearing or presentation of evis dence against their preconceived ideas—they will certainly forfeit the respect which other- wise would be accorded to them. The witnesses whose presence were desired { would have thrown light not only upon the situation as It is now developed. bu: would slso_have informed the board and the public as to many maiters of Interest concerning the civil service generally and the methods by which some of the anpolntees are alleged to have secured preferment upon the eligible Tists. to these various gentlemen was in the utmost good faith and in the public interest, and it comes with exceedingly bad grace from those who commenced this investigation to shut it as scon ae it reached a point where their own claims could have been uily_con- tradicted and refuted, to sav nothing c: the personal interest and animus which bLlased some of the committee. Moreover these gentiemen undoubtedly feared that the Mayor's ideas of might be extended to other departments where more of_their friends and relatives could be found. Mr. Ruef was asked why Dr. D'An- ceona declined to be sworn. He replied: Probekiy the Supervisor feared he might be asked whether his evident fecling in this in- Vestigation was not inspired Ly the fact that the rd of Health had discharged his mother-in-law. And several of the other members of the committes probably had simi- lar reasons for conducting this investigation, if the evidence had been allowed to appear. The summons asked of the committce ADVERTISEMENTS. AVOID THE GAUSE DISEASE Niae-tenths of all our diseases have their beginning with CONSTIPATIO It is a duty we ewe to our body to secure a free move- ment of the bowels once every day. The one reliable remedy § i RULE AGAINST GRADE CHANGE eaponibiiod. ] Supervisors Vote to Indefinitely | Postpone the Resolution to| Level Golden Gate Avenue i T CONSIDER MAYOR'S VETO Judieiary Committee Will Take Up Disapproval of Appoint- ment of Dorn as a Justice e o | The Board of Supervisors yesterday indefinitely postponed the proposed res- oluticn of intention to lower the grade of Gclden Gate avenue at Jones and Leavenworth streets after a large aum- ber of proponents of and opponents 10| the change had been heard. J. D. Phelan addressed the board in support of the lowering of the grades ana asked that the resolution of inten- tion be passed. He argued that one of the principal objectors to the scheme - St. Boniface Church—would not suffer by the change as the edifice hal been cotistructed in anticipation of such a project, which, if consummated, would only necessitate the building of a stair- case up to the entrance of the church. In the course of his remarks Mr. Phelan said that his side had made no campaign to bring about the desired change, whereupon Garret McEnerney, | attorney for those opposed to the scheme, produced a circular signed by Phelan and others urging the receiver | to use his influence with the Super- visors in passing the resolutfon. “This scheme is a private real estate | speculation.” said McEnerney, “and ha: been resisted by us before twelve suce| cessive boards. My client is assessed $12,260 for benefits. What for? To make the corners of several wealthy men avallable for the building of apart- | ment houses in the center of a rising retail trade! I am of the opinion that it will cost much more tnan $350,000 to carry out the chang L. J. Hardy, who said he had watched the city's growth for fifty-four years, contended that Turk street property would not be benefited by the change of grade. WILL PAY DAMAGES. Phelan announced that whatever damage would be sustained by St. Bon- iface Church would be paid by the large property holders, including himself and Captain Taylor. Ex-Supervisor Collins, who protested on behalf the Red Men’s Hall As- sociation against the change, contra- dicted a statement made by Phelan that Collins had been notified of the con- | templated change before the lot for the | building was graded. Collins said the teams had been grading for four weeks before he was notified and the conm- tracts had been let. Real estate agents Spencer Buckbee spoke against and for the change. Father Maximillan, pastor of St. Bon- iface Church, made an earnest request that the resolution be not passed. Father Augustine, assistant pastor of the church, said it would endanger the foundation of the building to lower the grade. % Supervisor Brandenstein argued that the resolution should pass as the lower- ing of the grade would benefit the eity | by increasing assessment values and improving the retail trade. He thought all differences could be adjusted by the Board of Public Works. to which the matter would be referred. In moving that the resolution be indefinitely post- | poned Comte said he was opposed to changes of grades in any part of th city where substantial buildings had a | ready been erected. The vote on in- definite postponement was: Von Rhein and | respectively | Rev. | Ayes—Alpers, Bent, n, Finn, Hocke, Lunstedt, McCleilan, Roe s — Booth, andenstein. Braunhart, D'Ancona. Payot, Rea. Sandersin—7 Absent—Connor. TO CONSIDER VETO. The Mayor's veto of the board’s reso- lution appcinting W. E. Dorn to be Justice of the Peace was referred to | the Judieiary Committee on motion of | Braunhart. who said that there was no authority granted to the Mayor under the charter or State law to veto such a resolution. The following ordinances were finally passed: Accepting a deed from Mary A. Fritz to certain land required for the opening and extension of Tremont avenue, from | the north boundary of the San Miguel Rancho. Providing for the full acceptance of the roadway of Bartlett street, between | Army and Twenty-sixth streets, paved | with bituminous rock. The Board of Works was directed to | sell fourteen tons of old scrap iron. The resolution requesting the United | Railroads to place a signal man at the | intersection of Larkin and Hayes streets to operate the cable depressor at this point and thus prevent acci- demts and danger to life through enabling the conductors of the Hayes- street line to remain in charge of their cars was- referred to the Street Com- Toittee. The Board of Public Works was re- quested to submit to the Supervisors an estimate of cost of establishing and maintairing & convenient station at a suitable point to be located on Market street, between Kearny and Sixth streets, the station to be larger in de- sign and more commodious than the one now established in Union square. ———————— DEEPEN RIVER AT LOW WATER MARK | I in WILL Capitalists Plan to Cut a Channel the Mississippl at a Cost of $15.000.000. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—A chan- nel in the Mississippi River at low wa- ter from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Cairo, Ill., a distance of 1000 miles, to be completed by the time the Panama canal is put into operation, is the pro- Ject advocated before the House Com- mittee on Rivers and Harbors to-day BECINS FIXING OF GAS RATES Board of Supervisors Direets Various Corporations to Sub- mit Finaneial Statements SRS T L WILL CLEAN CHINATOWN Additional Appropriation Is Made and the Health Board's Salary Fund May Be Used The Board of Supervisors yesterday took preliminary action toward fixing in February the rates to be charged during the next fiscal year for gas and electric current by adopting a resolu- tion directing the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company and a number of other corporations to furnish not later than January 31, 1904, the following in- formation: A detailed statement showing ait wev- enue derived from all sources by such companies supplying heat, light and power and a statement of their expen- ditures for the year ending December 1, 1903. The original cost and estimated pres- ent value of their plants. The amount of capital stock out- standing; the amount of the bonds- of the companies and the floating debt of the companies. The Board of Works was directed to fix the damages and assess the benefits which may result from the changes of grades on Parnassus avenue and Lotta street. The ordinance changing the name of | Central-avenue from Geary street to the ‘Presidio reservation avenue was passed to print. Chief Inspecting Physician Hassler appeared before the Finance Commit- tee and petitioned on behalf of the Health Board for an additional appro- priation of $12,000 to continue the work of putting Chinatown in sanitary con- dition. Supervisor d’Ancona suggested that as the Health Board had effected a sav- ing of $4500 in its salary fund the amount teuld be used for cleaning Chinatown. On the committee's report the sum of $2000 was set aside by the board out of the urgent necessity fund for the purpose and the proposition of using the salary money for the same purpose will be discussed at a future meeting. The proposed ordinance designed to prohibit persons from standing in the aisles of theaters and public halls dur- ing a performance was referred to the Fire Committee. —_———— Railroad May Complete Work. SAN JOSE, Jan. 18.—The injunc- tion restraining the San Jose-Los Gatos Interurban Electric Railway from completing its road on North Market street without laying a third rail for the San Jose and Santa Clara Electric Railway was dissolved to-day by Judge Tuttle of the Superior Court. This leaves President Rea's road in a condition to complete its work and the question as to a violation of a con- tract with the other road will have te be settled in a suit. —_——— Gas heaters, formerly $4.50, now $2.50, at San Francisco Gas and Electric Com- pany, 415 Post street. . ————r s Drinks an Acid by Mistake. GRASS VALLEY, Jan. 15.—A mis- take in bottles nearly cost Stephen Walworth his life to-day at a ranch below this city. Walworth, being without glasses, mistook a bettle of to Presidio | carbolic acid for a bottle of cough medicine and swallowed part of the contents. He will recove: ADVERTISEMENTS. EL&TRU-GHEIISTRY CURES CATARRH —~AND- DEAFNESS I lll AI YNI. i MISS 5. N. 2016 Pacific Ave., “For many years I had suffered from catarrh, deafness and ears.. think I have used every treat- ment. I even tried artificial ear drums for my deafness. Nof helped me until I took up the treat- ment. That has helped me from the It not only has shown its cura- tive effect on my catarrh and deafness. but my general health and ‘stremgth have aleo been built up by it. “To those advancing in years I am sure there is no treatment in the world equal to Electro-Chemistry.” (Signed) MISS S. N. TAYLOR., TAYLOR., Alameda, Cal. - by a delegation consisting of Governor 2016 Pac'ific dve., Alameda, Cal. S. R. Van Sant of Minnesota, Ellis B. Usher of La Crosse, Wis.; Captain CONSULTATION Alonzo Bryson of Davenport, Iowa: AND Frank Galenne of St. Louis and Louis | EXAMINATION B. Baswell of Quincy, Ill. The total Specialties — Consumption. Catarrh, cost of the improvement is estimated | Bromchitis, Asthma, Cancers, Tumors, at $15,000,000. An association, known | Deafness, Head and Ear Noises, Rheu- as the Upper Mississippi Improvement | matism, Paralysis. Neuralgia. Piles. Company, representing seven States I—-:‘ of the Stomach, Liver. l‘-‘ bordering on the Upper Mississippi, | 3050 24" women. Al Chronic Diseases. has been organized for the purpose of <. tee took no action in the matter. ————————— Child Dies After Accident. and treatment.