The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 6, 1904, Page 16

TURDAY FEBRUARY 6. 1901, G HUGE BLILDI 10 BE ERECTED Fireman's Fund Insurance Com- pany Is Ready to Carry Out Jts Plan of Improvement WILL BECOME LANDMARK | Southwest Corner of California and Sansome Streets to Crowned With Costly S B T has decided to erect a great build- hwest corner of Cali- sireets. While the prepared, it ind Insurance Com- been is f the a street, that the structure imposing than ange or the Hay- sly will be n high. Three the ground. as soon as the building will be by the first well. The te s Fund are insur- will be housed ye while the on at Cali- upy hange a great tained by man’s Fund In- . Compar u have never to proceed until now. »t frontage on ng to the east 1 by Alvinza nd Leidesdorff hey and is irregular 84:6 Mer- of the California street 4:3 d building will less P & Fun cove TWO SMacd A BOYS MAKE PECULIAR DISCOVERY \ Son of William H. rical Applia Part of I Bagge Finds Elec- e Supposed to Be ernal Machine. W am to any the ma- explo- roughly of whole thing g coat could + bomb. hand New Posroffice. ived the nec strept for postoffice se build- It had h post- present build- corner of ding, but Mr. howed the Sec- that the whole building would purposes until ustom-house shall ington f a branch stom-hc hat th bra the custom nd Jury Meets, s first ted ses: sion no official the work committee: reports next F Byington d Jury v t y advising plase esses h was for the mem- of their 1d i the Cause of hr‘xlh.. by effect Accident t eived relatives in 1'1al Charles Mexico, to th his brother, ell-known was caused aw h discharge of a re- ADVEBTISEKENTL CUTI The World’'s Favorite BABY SOAP Be | Edifice | | large frontage ' is| | ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING PROMINENT FIRM'S MONEY Edwin E. Stoddard, Trusted Employe of Dunham, | Carrigan & Hayden Company, Charged With/ Utilizing Coin of Firmin Fast and RiotousLiving| to an- along High living has brought ruin ments for opening an automobile agency in th He returned a few weeks ago and was preparing to launch himself the new field when he was arrested on a warrant sworn to by Andrew Carrigan, vice president of the Dun- ham, Carrigan & Hayden Company, charging him with embezzling $150 of the firm’s money on July 12, 1903. STODDARD IS ARRESTED. other well-known good fellow the line Edwin E. Stoddard. formerly manager of the bicycle department of Dunham, Carrigan & Kayvden Com- pany, now stands before the world an | accused embezzler Y erday after- was locked up in the ( charged with stealing $1 rom s employers, though the r amount of his peculations is said be at $4000 and possibly a great deal mo It is the same old story of a trusted employe and a lenient employer. Ac- cording to the rumors that are fast flitting about town oddard has been systematically robbing the firm by which he was. employed for the.last four year It trusted him as far as n the proof of his it was at last a certainty his em- ployers decided to prosecute him. Last January Stoddard was abrupt- ly disc ed from his position and at that time it began to be noised around town that his accounts were not as straight as they might be. Nothing s said at the time, howev and oddard went East to make arrange- Stoddard was arrested and locked up in the City Prison in default of | £5000 bonds or $2000 cash bail. He refused to discuss the matter and re- his composure till afternoon, be bailed out. taine by and no kindly friend came to his rescue Stoddard became visibly wor- ried and his nervousn: increased. The downfail of Stoddard is attri- a rapid ey s willing and ready to istence along d itself. He alw dined at hi zlx class restaurants and -it was his wont to-have only the real sporty | element seated at his table. As long as Stoddard had money to spend and time’in which to spend it | his friends never murmured and life s one long spell of pleasure. But| , after he lost his position and ds were not forthcoming as rapid- as of yore, the friends of his former | days grew indifterent. He secured in this city an automobile agency | and was all'ready to start | in on his new line of business when the crash came. It is said that Mr. “arrigan called Stoddard into his of- | fice yesterday and taxed him with be- vears, making away with $4000 or| | more. | CARRIGAN'S STATEMENT. ing short in his accounts. Stoddard, it is said, admitted his guilt and told his employer that he had systemati- cally robbed the firm for the last two It is not yet known just how much Stoddard stole from the firm. Andrew Carrigan, who swore to the complaint, | said: “It is true sworn out a arrest of B. that we . have -to-day rrant calling for the Stoddard on a charge of felony embezzlement, the -amount involved being $150. There is prac- tically nothing further beyond this mere statement other than to say that Mr. Stoddard, acting as an agent of the nham, Carrigan & Hayden Comp: collected this amount of money and failed to make any returns for the same. Mr. Stoddard, having oc- cupied a position of some responsi- bility with us, we considered the mat- ter sufficiently serious to warrant us in taking this action, which we were in duty bound to do.” Stoddard is married and resided ¢ith his wife at 1814 Broderick street. He is about 38 years old and was born in Michigan. He has resided | late in the | when he expected he would | When the hours passed | “the | known as a good | spend m.\ money when the opportunity | | | EMI WANTNEWRULES | that | a Mke aliowance ot 2 FORMER IPLOYE OF AC- N DEALERS Committee of the Merchants’ Exchange Makes Report on the Amendments Submitted | SRR e S The grain committee of the Mer- chants’ Exchange, which has beea dis- cussing proposed changes in the grain rules, made a preliminar terday mrorning. The « many of the chang submitted a new T many. The plan length yesterday renort yes- amittee favors lution altering discussed morning and though the majority of the speakers believed | such alterations woul? broaden | the ohportunities for grain trade at this port, there were differences regarding minor particulars and the matter went over until next week. W It is held by many that the grain rules are (oo siringent and that the; business of San Francisco has been hampered thereby. Northern ports are reaching out for this profitable the exchange deemed it advisable, to mazke such alterations in the rules as would -ive .greater freedom to local people. A set of amendments was gc- cordingly prepared and submitted to the committee. These amendments, if | adopted, will be made applicable to de- | live.jes on contracts z7ter July 1, 1904, The amendments favorably reported ! are 2s follows: o To rule 9 add section 7: ery on “time contracts” of No. 1 wheat, seller shall have the right to deliver in lots of 2000 centals either No. 1 White' wheat or No. 1 So- | nora wheat, Merchants' Exchange standard, | No. 1 blue stem or No. 1 Walla Walla white | -at, standard of the Chamber of _Com- merce of Portland, Ore., when adopied by the | Mérchants' Exchange. Should Walla Waila white’ wheat be delivered, seller shall,deliver | and buybr shall receive and pay for same at an allowance of 5 cents’ per: cental below con- | tract price. -£hould No. 1 Sonora be delivered | cents per cental shali be made. The allowances in the foregoing paragraph | are cubject to change when recommended by the - compmittee on- grajn. Such changes fo b Getefmined by the quality of the season's crops. To rule § add seetion 7: Unless otherwisc P mentjoned at the time of making trades, *“time contract for wheat shall b: for wheat deliveries of same, to be made under the conditions of section 7 of ruie —————— Mayor McClellan’s Order Is Obeyed. NEW YORK, Feb.: 5.=—Mayor MC- Clellan’s order to' close the Grand | Opera-house was complied with to- | night by the management. ‘A strong force of police was present to enforce the order if necessary. . All druggists sell ADAMS’ Irish M. Baléam under a positive guarantee. — : o in this city for & number of years and has always been prominent in bigycle circles. = Cough S time and prior to his connection with : the Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden Company was employed by various prominent bicyele firms in the city. ——— Prominent orators usc Piso's Cure. It pre- yents colds and helps the voice, 25c. ® suggested; but | at | trade and members of | In making deliv- | He has been a member of | the Bay City Wheelmen for a long | PARTNERS SHOW NO RESENTMENT | Bolton and De Ruyter Feel! Friendly Aoward Manager Who Wreeked Their Firm TR o | CREDITORS ARE SUSPICIOUS | S Men for Whom Credit Was Ex- | tended Said to Have No Standing in Financial World B gt | All kinds of rumors filled the air yes- | terday concerning the failure of Bolton, ! de Ruyter & Co., the firm of brokers | that has been foréed to the wall un- able to meet its obligations. A peculiar state of affairs surrounds | the suspension of the brokerage firm, | and some of the creditors do not hes- itate to say that the members of the { firm may be called upon to explmn\ before the criminal courts the n'ume: | of their business dealings. | Bolton and de Ruyter preserved a} calm attitude yesterday. They PTU" | fessed that the nublic was not interest- | !ed in their failure and that they could ! . not give any information as to any of | their clients or their dealings. The two members of the firm were asked to give some explanation as to the alleged dealings of Richard Genung, \ their manager, which are supposed to, . have caused a loss to the firm resulting | M. in insolvency de Ruvter said: that Ge that w the ung Das been | id hold him in edit of the fem certain to do business ¢ Those peonie were not lizations and the loss be called a brea fell upon us. al i faith or bad judgment | on the part of Genung to use our money to | speculate for vme of onr customers. Our bookkeeper, Daniel O'Conne Was cognizant | of what was going on & we think that he to have notified us of * the state of We admit that we have not exercised | business acume that we should have | Our business uliar ons and is won or lost ra I e, hould have known every day. but we dld nc Redington, the broker and real estate dealer. was given a credit of $10.000 by Genunsz and the joss falls on us. We not have given Redington or any one else any | such credit. We do not know whether Red- ington can make good the loss we have been j called vnon to meet for him. * | GENUNG REMAINS SILENT. Genung declined yesterday to make any statement as to why he saw fit to extend the credit of Bolton, de Ruyter & Co. to a man who has the reputa- tion of being “a curbstone dealer.” It is common talk in stock and bond circles that Redington has no financial ' standing. He has wealthy connections ' and was worth some money a few vears ago. Whether Genung expected to share in any profits that might accrue in the deals for Redington is a matter of surmise, The fact remains that Genung, man- ager for Bolton, de Ruyter & Co., ex- tended the credit of the firm for $40,000 in behalf of a man who had no financial standing in the stock market. In the language of the street, Red- ington “did his businegs in his hat.” He received his mail at 411 California ! street, and his “office” expenses did not <ceed $10 per month. Men of financial standing find it diffi- cult to induce brokerage firms to ex-| ! tend credit for them on stock transac- | tions. Yet Genung, manager for Bolton, de Ruyter & Co., “carried” Redington { for more than eighteen months to the extent of $40,000, and the princinals of personally woull the insolvent firm say they did not know of the transactions until last Wednesday, 1 | CLOSE EASTERN ACCOUNTS. Bolton, de Ruyter & Co. telegraphed ! to Eastern brokers on Thursday to ¢ lnse out their accounts. The stock held | the insolvent firm in the East was sold . | yesterday at the early morning New | York quotations. It will not be known for some davs whether Boiton, de Ruy- | ter & Co. owes any money to its East- | ern correspondents or whether the firms | in the East will have any balance to hand over to the creditors of the in- } solvent local firm. | Bolton and de Ruyter admitted yes- | | terday that they had not exercised the vigilance that ordinary business al’fal!s‘ demand. They excused themselves on the ground that “Genung was their ! manager” and “O’Connell their book- | keeper,” and that they -were busy all | the time in “looking after the corre- | spondence and the stock busines on | ‘change.” | The experts who are working on the | | books of Bolton & de-Ruyter will not | finish their work for some days, but it | is known that Genung extended the| eredit of the firm for certain persons ] who have had no financial standing for | nearly two years. | The creditors of Bolton, de Ruyter & | Co. want to know why the principals of | | the insolvent firm did not trouble them- | | selves to find out just how they stood | | with those who invested their money in good faith. WILL NOT PROSECUTE GENUNG. l Bolton and de Ruyter stated yester-, day that they did not propose to (akel any stens against Genung, their mtm-K ager. They characterized his actions as “bad judgment,” but showed no re-, | sentment against the man whom they | | accuse of wrecking their business ca- | reer. s { Attorney T. C. Van Ness, who repre- | sents Bolton, de Ruyter & Co., said qos:crdav that he had nothing new m! | give out for publication. He repeated | ,hls assertion that his clients did notl know until last Wednesday that their | financial standing was gone oi that | | their manager had used up their.funds | for absolutely irresponsible clients. J. J. Jelette of the firm of Jelette & ;\Iyorslem, the attorneys who repre- | sent the medszrs of Bolton, de Ruyter | & Co., said ydgterday that the insolvent | firm of brokers had been given an op- portunity to prepare a statement. and | that nothing couid be dome until_the | statement was secured. The committee | of the creditors, of which Jelette is the chairman, will meet with Bolton and de Ruyter this afternoon in order to at- tempt to straighten out the tangle of | the insolvent brokers. Whether the ' ereditors of Bolton, de Ruyter & Co. will receive any satisfaction remains to| he seen. —————— Do you wear glasses? Properly fitting glasses and Murine Eye Remedy proj ots | Bye.comfort. Murine makes weak strong. Druggists and opticians. —_——————— NEW YORK, Feb. 5--The Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucel, under command af | | Covimt a1 River, ‘with 50 cadets on board, ar- | sived bere to-day, b4 | fixing the ‘p],\mg to quest | for which, | of new | receipts of the company for ! months 11903 was GIVE FIGURES ON REVENUES Spring Valley Company’s Of- ficials Testify at the Super- visors’ Water Rates Inquiry B R el RECEIPTS ON INCREASE o S5l Pointed Questions Asked Re- garding Operating Expenses and New Constrmetion Item it 30 S L The Board of Supervisors met last night as a commitee of the whole for the purpose of resuming its investiga- { tion into the operations of the Spring Valley Water Company, preparatory to rates to be charged for i water during the next fiscal year. The first question to be considered was that | of the revenue of the company from all sources since Juiy 1, 1902, Braunhart suggested that the com- mittee take up consideration of the | property now in actual use in supplys ing water and the value thercof, but Attorney M. B. Kellogg stated that the company was not prepared to an- swer questions on that point. Pelham Ames, secretary of the com- , pany, was the first witness and he tes- tified as to the specific items going to make up the receipts of the corpora- tion during various periods. Ames, re- n, id that a charge of $12 or $15 was made to consumers for service connections, the during 1903, were $7959 9 This amount, Ames said, was charged to main repairs, but did not enter intg the operating expenses and was credit- ed as a “balance. Replying to Attorney Kellogg's ques- tion, Ames sald that any profit result- ing from service connections was credited to new construction.. D'An- cona asked why the money collected | Was not credited as receipts and Ames | aid that. the balance left after’ the cost had been paid diminished the cost construction. RECEIPTS FOR SIX MONT! Chief Clerk Booker testified that the the six 1903, ending December 31, were: From private consumers 3,324 63 From shipp! From City Francisc .$14031,898 88 the receipts Total Booker that for the six months ending June 30, 190, would be about $1,053,000, of which $935,- estimated 000 fr Thi: would be m ship; estimate would make the total revenue of the company for the fiscal year 1903-04 the sum of $2,084,898 8S. “We have had more than 3000 new families on our list of consumers,’ Booker, “and there has been a wonder- ful filling up of vacant houses. The average number of vacant houses in 60 computed monthly. 51, and for the We se- from consumers, $50,000 | year the average wa past ten years as high as 4219, customers and turned cured 1918 new on water for 1116 old consumers last year.” Ames was recalled and testified in detail ag to the operating expenses of the company from July 1, 1902, to De- for the ember 31, 1903. “Th MAH.KS BROS Sale of MERCERIZED SATEEN PETTICOATS at about ¥/3 to Y5 OFF Their Regular Prices 75¢ SKIRT as pictured 4, sells to-day for . . 450 AI 6‘50 WOMEN'S SATEEN PET- TiCOATS; ceep flounce, made with two RUFFLES; a splen- did 90c VALUE. WOMEN'S SATEEN PET- At 75¢ 7icoats; founce neat’y trimmed with two ruffles, finished with tailor-stitched bands; a good $71.00 QUALITY. WOMEN'S SATEEN PET- At 85¢ 700475 in' sLACK and WHITE STRIPES; deep accordeon plaited fiounce, finished with narrow ruffle; sald regularly for $1.25. At 95¢ WOMEN'S BLACK SAT- | EEN PETTICOATS; ac- cordeon plaited flounce; deep dust ruffle. It's our regu'ar $1.35 value. —— WOMEN'S SATEEN At 37'20 PETTICOATS; flounce made with two riffles; trimmed with 3 bands of tailor-stitched bands. Formerly sold for $1.50. R WOMEN'S SATEEN At 81.45 2 TiconTs, faus -trimmed with two ruffles, teilor- stitched bands and clustered rows of cording. A GGOD §1.75 VALUE. BIG SPECIAL iN HOSIERY CHILDREN'S CASH- MERE HOSE ; Specral to-oay, ’ 80 Our MAIL-ORDER FRIENDS May Tate Advantage of these Special Sales. Send n your name and address and we wiil mail you' FREE of CHARCGE, Our MAIL ORDER BOOK Ho. 3 for 1904. | MARKS BROS. HONEST VALUES. 1220-22-24 Market Sireet, Bet. Taylor and Jones. 3¢ receipts | ing and $68,000 from the city. | said . s Last | ¥ HALE'S. HALE'S. S s AR T . Hale’s Way a Good Way; Many Are’ Traveling It Look to Hale’s for vour stock- ings. You will never be dis- appointed—very often sur- prised. Here are some Women’s Black Stockings to-day at c. \]"‘_ c?mmon 12%c ones by any means, but extra heavy and elastic; seam- less, doubly strong at the soles, heels and toes; every size. New lace stockings for women only 25¢. Infants’ Stockings that will be good reading for mothers. 12%c infants’ fine gauge stockings, black, seamless, long and elas- tic. Sizes 4 to 6. P v s 25c. They are hard to find even New lace stockings, 13¢; worth A= iy 6); at 25¢, but here are plenty in all sizes (4 to thread finish. Pink, blue, sed, black and white. 20c infants’ fine lisle stockings. 25¢ infants’ lace lisle thread ones, Stockings (Hale's) 1274 full fashioned feet; all colors. Reduced this morning. 55¢, formerly §1.25. 856, formerly $1.95 All Mercerized e . 50. i :’-; o 5575 Waists %175, Jormerly $5.7 han cover ’l\e ‘bare cost of the mate- These prices don't more than e { rial. They will go to-day with a' jump Bargain floor. Women will be glad toh know i we have them; that they are | S“kmg,l.oves the good double-tipped gloves that dep’t wear out at the fin- gers, and that they can pay the same old prices for them. 50c, 75¢, $1.00, $1.50. : 50c ones; women's or misses’, 2-clasp, fancy embroidered backs; blacks, whites, modes, grays; sizes 5 to 8%. 75c ones; 2-clasp, with one row of embroxdery on the back; ss to 7%. ¥ g $1.c0 ‘ones; 3-clasp with Paris point embroidery on the backs; §s to 7% 2-clasp, very elaborately embroidered backs, in contrast- ; 38 to 7s $1.50 ones; | ing =hadc< New Belts (Hale's) Soft silk ones, peau de soies or taffetas, black or white. Then give them gold stitching, a gold buckle and a crocheted Those are fashion’s belt secrets ornament or two. this spring. Here they are revealed in all their beaut anything that would be prettier than gol don’t need to pay more than 50c to get a pretty one The 75¢ ones are nf gold braid with a gold harness buckle. $1.00 ones have a touch or two of gold crocheted rings. Then at $1.25 and $1.30 are many original styl See them to-day. See them at Hale's. Market St., ale: A Nut Molasses Chewing Candy, 10c Box Near Sixth, San Francisco. dixie Pickanin- and ‘can you imagine in its variations? You called. A 1dea. A of nuts and ni Southern mixt ADVERTISEMENTS. six months ending December 31, 190 were $274,582 16,” said Ames, “and those | for the six months ending June 30, 1904, | I estimate at the same figure, or a total | | of $550,000. which exceeds by $44,000 the | estimate we made at the last inquiry.” i { ADOPTS PROCEDURE. | | } | i BUTTE SHU!DH MONDAY —IUESMY | On Brauphart's motion the following ! procedure was adopted for the inqui the value thereof. | the property ter of permanent e and ck ruction, and the | new | thereof | tement in detail of the nwml.rz\ ¢ | PORK nd BEANE, V LIES | n Water Compan. And bonds. C.0.D. GROCERY €0. inc. JOHN ROBINSON, President. gineering and other departments. | | Regarding the amount of $680,767 01| expended for new construction, Cyril| 313 O'Farrell St., Near Mason Williams Jr., tant engineer of uwg Telephone Folsom 316 company, te: that the improve-| — ——tie ! ments were actually in use or are be-| ing prepared for use, notably the work on the Calaveras dam, costing $40 50. | “Then that item must be deducted from the valuation,” said Braunhart, | | to which Attorney Kellogg agreed. ! Williams said there was some pipe | for the Pleasanton wells not actually | used, and Kellogg promised to submit a | statement thereon. Williams said the | | two boilers at the Belmont pump, cost- ing $9254, as well as some pipe, would | be used by July 1, 1904. Williams said the amount of water used in 1903 from Lake Merced was 1,696,000,000 gallons, | | and he was asked to prepare a state- ment of the deths of all the reservoirs of the company. i Ames said the capital stock of the‘ new company is $28,000,000, while |qu bonded indebtedness is $1,345,000, and that of the old company $13,630,000. The | floating indebtedness of the new com- | pany is $520,500, bearing interest at 4 per cent, which is charged to the main- tenance account. e SRR STRATTON MAKES MANY TRANSFERS OF EMPLOYES | Inspectors \ppolmcd Extra Assistant Weighers, With Their Salaries Increased to $1 a Day. Customs Collector Stratton has been | requested by the/ Secretary of the| Treasury to recommend some person in the customs service, skilled as an organizer, to take charge of the bureau of appraisement and examina- tion at the St. Louis Expesition. All nd a salary will be paid. Stratton has announced the fol- Llowing promotions and transfers: Dollar Teas Coffees Prémmm 60 cot pices Cents Baking Worth Powder They are Beauties A thousand kinds to Select from. It Pays to Trade at Great American Importing Tea Co's Stores 210 Geant av. 1419 Polk 1819 Devi mdere 705 Larkin 3008 Sixteenth 355 Hayes 21 Montg'y ave. 52 Market 2516 Mission 732 24th with Each 841 Market 140 Sixth 475 Haight “CRESWELL” ARROW COLLAR QUARTER SIZES, 15 CENTS EACH, TWO FOR 25 CENTS. CLUETT, PEABODY & CO. MAKERS OF CLUETT AND MOMARCH SHIRTS cierk, promoted and trans- ition of sampler at $1200 a year, Hatch, assizned to Los Angeies. K. Tregea, clerk, at $1000 a year, promot- ed to cleraship at $1200 a year, vice C. B. Sexton, transferred. William Phoedov Inspector, at $3 a day, transferred position of extra istant weigher at $% a day, when employed, vice Charles E. Kesseler, promoted. ph Wilson, inspector, at §3 a day, trans- to position of extra assistant weigher . when employed, vice Lloyd Spen-‘ resigned. v DR. JORDAN'S anczar HUSEUM OF ANATOMY cer, Amandus J. R. Paulsen, inspector at $3 a day, transferred to be extra assistant weigher at $4 a day, when employed, vice Frank R. 1051 MARXET ST bet. §raa7, 3.7.Cal, Handley, promoted. The Anatomical Museum in the Arthur H_ Clifford, inspector at $3 a day, Sorid, Weaknesses or amy conuacted cwrad by the oldest transferred fo position of clerk at $900 a year, Specialist on the Cousz. Ese. 36 years. . Schmidt. transferred. rnnk fandley, assistant weigher at $4 a DOR. JORDAN—| when employed. promoted to position of ‘mh_'f‘m .-‘.. ! regular weigher at 81000 a year, viee J. M Trestmeat personaliy or by ietter. A Durkin, removed. Pomiies M...-q..._.._..., man e MAILED FREI vaiuable book for men) i RDAN & CO., 1051 Market St 8. Wants Andrew Piercy Removed. E. M. Piercy, a son of the late Mary Piercy, applied to the Superior Court § R e yesterday for an order revoking the appointment of his brother. Andrew J. Piercy, as administrator of his mother’s estate. The petitioner avers that his brother, because of his intem- perate habits, is unfit to manage the | estate, and alleges further that he ob- tained the appointment because his brothers and sisters were not notifted te appear and show cause why he should not be intrusted with the man- agement of the estate. wnx:.! CALL, $1.00 PER lm