The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 18, 1904, Page 9

ADVERTISEMENTS. A LIVELY PIANO BUsINEss [OR LOCAL MEN Fine New Pianos Arc Now Being Ofiered for Sale by the Wiley B. Allen Co. at Such Low Prices That a Flurry Fas Been Created Amcag Piano Buyers. r $90.00, ing for and good ones, too, are ess than half price. Simplex Players, brand-new, selling every e $250.00, we now fre $175.04 A second-hand pianos which we have en in recently in part pay ent for n ones, some standard r Knabe, Chickering, we are selling he lowest .prices d on our floors & and bargai n all kinds which we of hav- ished con- embracing many etc., at retail wholesale by re ut w ests figure nnect- yw open for siness 8 open e ngs THE WILEY B. ALLEN CO., 931-933 Market Stree In L(n T Liebig Companys Extract of Beef >sS ‘4»,1 n temporary tomach, beef R T e mr— ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY HOLDS MONTHLY MEETING Robert 1. Aitken Gives Instructive Talk 10 the Members of the Associatio thly mee 14 Aitker ad- Its He sz iented that these s t work more ir Architects the stu h they would benefit. The only 0ok to at pres- the inter- as we aid in ether. rest ir h YGLIOWS STANDARD OF THE PROHIBITION PARTY Oliver W. Stew » Chy pan of the National Committee of the Organi- ion, Arrives in This City. airman of the »f the Prohibition yvears an impor- W. Stewart, ittee r several v r in the affairs of that organ- ved in this city yesterday r ithern California and Hotel. art er of the Leg- of Jilinois and ranks as one of g orators of his party. He making a tour of the West, th prominent Prohibition- mainly for that pur- stay in this city he the Prohibition nittee, which a copvenient date 1 address to the here. Palace ng at the is here ists and he pose. During hi e the gu Central to arrange h he may deliv ers of the party e State ex- Grabs a Woman's Purse. D de Costa, an ex-convict, was ar- . ast might by Patrolmen Nobman P son and booked at the City Prisor a charge of robbery. On the y ‘ebruary 2 he went to 415% reet and requested the land- R. A. Latimer, to show him In payment for the rent he a ten-dollar New Brunswick hile the unsuspecting woman ng change he grabbed . her aining $8, and made his es- cay De Costa is an ex-convict and was relessed from the penitentiary a e he had served a sen- robbery. Prison a and New fourteen years for arched at the City f Confederate bills and th been operating extensively nu Br session hz police believe that he in the ————————e TA ROS, ¥eb. 17.—Despond- ent owing to ill health and hampered ir ife's b an eye, Frederick Sanders, a ma- Germany, committed suicide by shooting himself with a re- He a friend: “I am tired of se do the best you can k. What is left send to rs, Mount Clehile, Bol- Mo. He is my brother’s 03 Postmaster at Marblehill may know where. he. lives now. Please send him my watch, Good-by.” i sto Janey Sand ger County, le by the loss of an arm | 1 e found in his pos- ! | | ] Jeft the following mnote THURSDAY FEBRUAR WARRANTS 0UT United States (v'rzmd Jur_v Finds Indictments Against Alleged Pariicipants in Land Frauds | CHARGED | Jdohn A. Benson, F. A. Hyde and Henry C. Dimond Are Among Those Implicated in the Case R R result of the investigation of ged wholesale public land frauds ¥ Western States, the Grand the District of Columbia yes- rday reported a joint indictment for conspiracy against John A. Benson, a “ real estate operator of this city; Frederick A. Hyde, a well-known esident here and closely identified with Benson in land affairs; Henry C. Di- mond of Californ ) attorney repre- senting Be and Hyde; and J. H. Schneider of Tucson, Benson and Hyde. A telegram from Washington was to Ariz., an agent of effect that bench warrants were is- = immediatel d and Schneider was hington city late y Secret Service Burns, who has been Iy investigating alleged public land frauds in a number of Western States. Schneider was taken before Justic Barnard late yesterday after- noon and the latter fixed his bail at $20,000. Attorne: and Donnels- son, representing the defendants, asked that bail be fixed at $5000, while the Government insisted on a $25,000 bond. eider -has been a witness sbefore s Cole the n.mnd Jury in the case against the other ndants. Benson already has been in Washington on a charge ry and is now believed to be in New York. The indictment is a voluminous docu- ment and sets forth a number of trans- . by which land is alleged to fraudulently acquired from rnment in this State, Oregon, shington, Nevada and elsewhere. i OTHERS ARE INVOLVED. Tost these transactions are al- | to have occurred under the lieu AW It is charged that all of the ted parties on December 30, 1901, Washington, conspired with other the Grand Jury unknown, to | United States of possession us tracts of pub- lands of the United States and to ned to selection in lleu of lands ded or to be included within forest reserves in various States, the con- being carried out by means of d fraudulent practices. outlined in the indict- alleged to have been prac- these lrnneulm)‘s was to ob. - lands by applica and purchases, in fictitious persons or of not really desiring or qualified chase them, Hyde and Benson them small sums for the lands. Gov parties tc incl > 1eme ment ticed tain and ir The indictment charges that there were falge reports in all these transac- ns. pursuance of this alleged | mspiracy, thus carried through by | dummy applicants, certain unsurveyed racts in the Olympia, Wash., land dis- trict, containing 3400 acres selected in the name of C. W. Clarke, Frederick | Hyde and John A. Benson, were ob. »d and other lands specifically cited secured, including large tracts in the Visalia and Vancouver land dis- tricts in Washington, in the Woodward land district in Oklahoma, the Cascade Range forest reserve country in Ore- | m, the San Francisco land district | and the Carson City, Nev., land dis- | trict MORE ARRESTS TO BE MADE. [ The arrest of the other parties in-{ dicted is expected ve on. The ac- | tion taken dispc f all the land | fraud cases thus far presented to the! Grand Jury of the District of Colum- | bia, but others may be submitted at! any time and proceedings are expected in otber jurisdictions. In speaking of the action of the| Grand Jury at Washington Mr. Hyde said last night: I have not the slightest fear of the ultimate | resuit, and shall be prepared for the issue when ex The indictments were brought about by a | k played on Mr. Benson, which reflects no | on the Interior Department. He made | to Washington and was ap- | POS‘!‘UI CEBEAL FUN IF YOU DO. Examine vourself and sce. doubt, try Postum 10 days instead of Coffee. 1f you feel bcn;r, happier and with none of the old aches and ails, you will have found your cue to health and com- fort. critically | If in “There’s a Reason’ Look for the miniature book, “The Road to Wellville,” in each package. | yesterday | to get such a distribution by due pro- i definitely established that Miss Clark’s | loved dearly, seemed to affect her mind. | Supreme Court yesterday. | accident. ! It is the George Hawkes Plumbing and | { ren. X WILL DIVIDE CLARK ESTATE Beneficia and Contestants of | Will of the Wealthy Suicide Have Agreed on Compromise e | EACH TO RECEIVE A THIRD | Probate Case Now in Courts Hag Been Peaceably Settled | Satisfactorily to Both Sides| e i The contestants in the matter of the will of Miss Isabella Clark, the wealthy yeung woman who committed sulmdei in the McNutt Hospital on September | 10, 1903, have agreed on a compromise | and exvect to have the contest settled before the case comes up for hearing. | The sisters, Alice Ann Hart and Mary E. Carter, have been contesting the will | that Miss Clark made the day before her death. It gave all of her estate| of $300,000 to her sister, Grace E. Stronn. The case has been in court since Jan- | uary 11 and the attorneys for the con-! testants have endeavored to show that Miss Clark was of unsound mind at' the time she made the will. Several witnesses were examined and | they testified that Miss Clark’s mind had been impaired for some time just | prior to her death. Miss Clark was sent to McNutt's Hospital to begtreated | for nervous troubles and the day be-| fore she took her life she made her will making her sister Grace Strohn | the sole beneficlary and naming Dr‘ McNutt as executor. H The will was filed for probate shortly | after Miss Clark's death and the two | overlooked sisters immediately fll(‘d‘ papers contesting the apportionment of | the estate. | The attorneys for the contestants, M. | F. Michaels and Carter Pomeroy, while | contesting the will, have been seeking | to effect a compromise. It was stated on good authority that the| deal had been almost completed. ThP] compromise gives the contestants each a third of the $300,000 estate. The con- | testants claim that an even or prae- tically even distribution of the estate will be made. They claim to be able cess of law, as ‘it has been almost mind was affected when she made the will. One of the contestants yesterday said: “You can put it down as a fact that a compromise will be made before the case comes into the courts on Tues- day next. Just what portion of the estate the contestants will receive I cannot at this time say, but whatever compromise is effected will be favor- able to the contestants.’” Should there be a hitch in the con promise the case will be fought vig- | orously. It is claimed by the contestants that | the mind of Miss Isabella Clark had not been in a sound condition from the | date of the death of her brother in| August of 1898 up to the time of her| death. Miss Clark was of an exceeding- ly morose and melancholy disposition, and the loss of her brother, whom she —— el Can Get No Damages. Robert Gibben is not entitled to any | damages as the result of injuries sus- | tained by him while in the employ of he Yellow Aster Mining Company, ac- cording to a decision rendered by the It is neld that the plaintiff did not use proper care and diligence at the time of the —_—— If you appreciate rare and beautiful | rugs and want to get them at about half | their_real value attend Bengulat's Auc- tion Sale in the Maple and Marble rooms, | Palace Hotel. Sale hours to-day, 1:30 and | i p. m —— Will Fight the Plumbers’ Association. EUREKA, Feb. 17.—A new corpor- ation has been organized here to com- pete with the Plumbers’ Association. Supply Company. Its organizers are: George Hawkes, C. T. Manon, C. W. Hall, G. A. Lancaster, H. L. Ricks, G. W. Fenwick, H. Brace and S. E. War- The new corporation has large capital behind it. —————————— Contract at Stanford Awarded. SAN JOSE, Feb. 17.—A contract for | pany, with a view .the Spring Valley Company, | eral lfll‘l“ the carpenter work on the new geo- | logical annex at Stanford University | was recorded here to-day. William Thompson of Denver, Colo., is the builder | and the price is $16,900. | - o proached by two land office clerks, acting un- | Ger orders from their superiors. These clerks represented to Benson that they would for a consideration give him valuable information | about the reports flled by two special agents | Who were out here investigating land matters, | He declined to pay for the information, but I | understand that he gave one of them some money in response to a hard luck story, and he was immediately arrested for bribery. CONSPIRACY CHARGED. The authorities must have known then, and they certainly do mow, that they could not hold him on any such charge, and so they hl\u been casting about for some method in stead. To do so they go back to a pu B e et L poae s s St six years ago, which they allege was irregu- Jar, and the claim is that I and Benson were | Jointly interested in it and consequently he | and I were in a conspiracy and this conspiracy ' was continued in Washington the so-called | bribery by Benson in Washingqton. It is very ‘ far fetched and the facts will be shown the proper time. Benson had nothing wha ever to do with the Oregon purchases, and had nothing whatever to do with his dealings with land office clerks. One of the clerks (Harlan) 1 never heard of—did not even know there was such a man in the office. The other 1 had heard of by name only, but did nnt| know what he was doing in the office. Colone!l B, F. Allen is accused of furnish- ing me with advance information relative to proposed forest reserves, and eo he did. He | was sant to examine the country with a view of recommending the lands to be included in reserves, and his express written Instructions Were to confer with all persons who could give information on the subject, and to publish his intentions in the county newspapers. et formation he gave me was wholly gratuitous, and was strictly in performance of his duty under his instructions. DENJES USING MONEY. Any other person could have had the same information, snd undoubtedly did. I never gave Mm a dollar nor asked an improper thing of him. Henry P. Dimond is a lawyer of integrity, and ‘B3 only crime s, that he was my ttor: hey for two vears. He never knew anything about_the origin of my land titles, never ap- proached a clerk, except in a perfectly proper ‘manner, neither would he have done so under any circw he can be_made to tell If pressure is broug! doing. , ness for himself. His indictment is in n.ny bribery. mstances. His indictment is_an absurdity, and is done with the idea that he knows a good deal !hl! on him, He will have no difficulty in B ing his name of any imputatidn of wrong Shneider was an employe of mine ago, but for over two years been 1 PR r case of pressure, for he never h.d any inter- est in my business and could not be concerned Government hu no case one mmefl in the indictments, Jf'c’fl: m be shown in good time. COMPANY SUES AT CHY'S COST AR Y Spring Valley Official States That People Must Pay for Action Against Themselves DODGES ALL QUESTIONS A Supervisors Find That Water Company Charges All Hx- penses It Incurs to the People PARE I The Board of Supervisors met last night and proceeded as a committee of the whole to examine into the hold- ings, operating expenses and valua- tion of the Spring Valley Water Com- to fixing the water rate in San Francisco for the coming fiscal year. Although the officials of the water company promised last week to be ready with the valuation of the com- pany’s holdings last night, an account was not forthcoming. Attorney Kellogg, chief lawyer for said the company would not have the report on the valuation ready until next Fri- day night. The evening was spent in an exam- ination into the operating expenses of the company. Assistant Engineer Wil- | lisms testified that the total expenses | of operating the water system for the year, as estimated, would be $560,000. Under a rigorous fire of questions from Supervisor Braunhart, who act- ed as examiner for the Supervisors’ committee, Williams itemized in a way the expenses of operating the vari- ous pumping stations, reservoirs and holdings of the plant. He said that the Merced Lake pumping station used $12,000 worth of fuel oil a year, and the Belmont pumping station, he al- | leged, burned oil each year to the value of $20,000, the oil costing 71 cents a barrel. Williams said something in the neighborhood of $30,000 was spent an- nually by the company in burning grass and cleaning around its water stations and reservoirs. PROPERTY NOT IN USE. The Supervisors expressed amuse- ment at the statement of the company that so much money is used in the prevention of contamination, some ex- pressing the opinion that the quality of the water didn't show it. Engineer Willlams tesiified that sev- of the pumping stations ownad by the Spring Valley are not in use in the supplying of water to the city. Desplte this fact the people of the city to be charged in the water rate for parts of the water plant not now in use. According to the estimate testified to by the officials of the Spring Val- ley, the sum of $52,000 was spent dur- ing the last year for repairs on mains in the city. AN of this ameount, they claimed, was spent in the replacing of small mains with larger pipe. Super- visor Braunhart thought this was un exorbitant amount and requested that the company be asked to prepare an itemized account of the manner in which this sum was spent. CITY PAYS FOR THE SUIT. Under questioning, Secretary Ames admitted that a portion of the $30,000 which appeared as legal expenses was spent by the company in the prose- cution of its suit against the city and county of San Francisco. The people, he admitted, were expected to pay for a suit against themselves. Of the $30,000 in the legal expense account, $8100 was paid in laries, $7200 a year to Chief Attorney Kellogg and $900 a year to E. F. Fitzpatrick of San Mateo County. The difference between the salaries of the attorneys for the company and the $30,000 amounts to $21,900. This amount of money the Spring Valley failed to ac- count for and it was requested to have a detailed account ready at the next meeting. It is suposed by the Super- visors that this $21,900 is to be spent in the prosecution of the suit of the BAY LAND BE OPENED (003 MAY Discovery of Defective Title to Big Traet in Oregon (Causes Great Excitement SRS L i SETTLERS FILE CLAI Vot e Company in Possession De- clines to Sell Any Portion and a Large Battle Is On ———— i MARSHFIELD, Or., Feb. 17.—The disccvery by a local law firm of a de- fect i the title to a large tract of | land known as the Coos Bay wagon road lands, held by a corporation known as the Southern Oregon Com- pany, has caused the filing of 200 ap- plications for quarter sections on that tract, which is one of the most valu- able pieces of timber lands in the Northwest. It is claimed that this im- mensely valuable tract of timber is held in trust by the Southern Oregon Com- pany for the people, the clause in the original grant to the State of Oregon from the Federal Government being operative in which it recites that the ; land shall not be sold.to individuals other than citizens of the United States and in tracts not larger than 160 acres and at a price not to exceed $2 50 or less than $1 20. This land has always been held as a whole by the corpora- | tion, and upon this point hinges the fate of the 200 applicants to purchase the land. Intense excitement prevails as a re- sult of the disclosures regarding the title. This company has persistently refused to sell a foot of land to settiers at any price. — b YTots of People and Lots Going. A special excursion to Chico will leave Mar- ket-street ferry at 8 p. m., Sunday, February 21, arriving at Chico on Washington's birth- day. Returning, leaves Chico at 10 p. m., February Round trip $540. Ordinary sleeper accommodation, $1 each way. Festivi- ties all day Monday, with Easton, Eldridge & Co.’s great sals of lots in the evening. De- tails at Information Bureau, 613 Market fl. Southern Pacific. . »— Spring Valley Company against the city of San Francisco. The whole meeting and investiga- tion was prolific of little in the line of information as to the operating ex- penses of the company. Expenses in- curred on holdings of. the Spring Val- ley that were not necessary and not for the production of water for the city were found all through the ex- pense account. EXORBITANT CHARGES MADE. In with the salaries of keepers watchmen of lands not in use in the production of -water for this city. These salaries amounted to thousands. ' Whenever a large item of expense could not be understood by the com- mittee the water company officials could not itemize it. They did not know spent, nor could they itemize the $14,- 000 put down as stable expenses; the $48,000 office expenses, or the general expense fund of $20,000. pense incurred in any manner by the water company, to the city as operating expenses. There was a sum of $19,000 extra | expenses down in the expense report, which the Spring Valley expected to use in extra pumping in the anticipa- tion of a dry season this year. The Supervisors thought that in view of the fact that there had been a good deal of rain subsequent to the mak- ing up of the expemse account the $19,000 mentioned could be eliminat- ed in considering the expenses of the company. As usual, the Spring Valley officials were not ready with the reports that the Supervisors wanted and what re- ports they did have were so skillfully prepared that it was next to impossi- ble to glean any information from them. The investigation was continued un- til next Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. 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