The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 27, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL SOLDIERS DISMANTLE AND TAKE AWAY TENTED CITY IN TWENTY ONE MINUTES Uncle Sam’s Cavalty and Artillery —_— e Stationed at the Presidio Make Brilliant Showing at Inspection by Major Wisser in Spite of Rain, Hail and Hurricane Blasts of Southerly Wind AP NG ConIcAL WALL b imand of “platoon signal of forward the d, and after changing di e left by the n k the field turning out in wing officers and organizations passed After the troo 1 charge ey went he artille going at the turs The cavalr med in columns of | troops at full distance on the right, while the mrt occupied a position on the sloping hill to the left, where the re minutely inspected. Then the observer came the most interest- amp pitching. unpacking, unsaddling, t line, tying horses, utioning together and itching the cluded heiter haly tent Great dexterity was shown in this feature by all the troops. Troop I, Captain Young, however, won the laurels | by executing the order, complete in| every detail, in thirteen minutes. | The pitching of the officers’ tents fo lowed. They were struck thirty yar from the flank of the troopers’, whiie the tents of the field and staff officers | were still thirty yards farther away. The artillery did not pitch shelter tents, but instead put up conical wall tents. The appearance of the links now rep- SCOTT’S EMULSION. A SNOW-STORM is always the fore- runner of colds, grippe and pneumonia. When the snow is followed by severe cold the con- ditions are still worse. We can say confidently that no other remedy so strengthens and fortifies the body against these attacks as Scoft’s Emulsion. Thirty years prove it. TENTS NioRS WISZER™" DIGELOW TR, REVIENING THE 700arS | AT THE PR AND TIONED A7 RE THE POST. IDIO YESTERDAY DURING TF IEW OF THE 11 S ANNUAL IN- CAVALRY ND ARTILLERY 4 Fires were brightly burning army camp stoves, troopers were engaged in burnishing up their the hor wgre either nibbling s or disporting themseives by roil- ing, sentries were ing up and down the ranks, while office e in consultation, apparently awaiting the | next order from the commander in chief. The wind, which up to this tim had been blowing in strong southeriy gusts, no ed almost hurricane force, i in all diree- ions, tents were flapping and to add tc - general discomfort a fierce, cold n, accompanied by sleet, commenced to fall. Suddenly the bugles sounded the neral” and all tents came to the ground simultaneousiy. w develope ats w re flying From the last note of the “‘general” until the sounding of ‘prepare to mount” to “mount” was twenty-one minutes. During this period tents were | struck, saddles were packed, blanket rolls made, horses taken off the picket line and saddled, baggage loaded in wagons, and all the other little details few minutes before would have offered ! and housing for this army of nearly a thousand men. The fury of the gale was now at its height, and the rain was descending in torre , drenching man and beast : given to go to stables , forming in columns of K‘ to quarters at a trot, | followed at a distance by the artillery. | Assisting Major Wisser in the review | was Colonel Charles Morris. Lieutenant | :ford R. Camp acted as adjutant| Captain Cornish. Lieutenant Ed- | Cox was in command of | Troop M. Lieutenant John 8. Fair was | { adjutant to Major Bigelow. | The Twelfth Infantry arrived early | vesterday morning and went into camp | at the entrance to the post. It was wet and muddy and it cannot be said that the new arrivals were especlally pleased with their environments. The 220 mules that are to be shipped on the transport Dix will arrive this morning over the Santa Fe railroad. They will be kept at the Presidio until led Bes win SUIT TAKES TURN Colorado Supreme Court Orders Re- ceiver 1o Cease His Efforts to Se- re Possession of Books. DENVER, Feb. 25.—The State Su- preme Court to-day took jurisdiction in the Big Five Mining Company suit and ordered Thomas J. Sipple, who had been appointed as receiver by District Judge J. L Muilins, to relin- quish his efforts to secure possession of until A NEW further crders of the higher court. The receiver was appointed on application of Dr. George A. Suffo of Boston, who charged extensive frauds in the administration of the company’s affairs. W. M. P. Daniels, president of the company, sought a writ of pro- hibition from the Supreme Court, and to-day Chief Justice Gobbert made a rele requiring Dr. Suffo-to show cause within thirty days why such a writ should not be issued. —_———— “CAVE-INS” DO DAMAGE IN THE COAL REGIONS Area of Forty Acres Is Affected and Many Houses Are Wrecked and Injured. SCRANTON, Pa., Feb. 26.—One of the most extensive cave-ins that the northern anthracite coal section has ever experienced occurred in (West Scranton to-day. The cave-in affected an area of about forty acres. When the first break occurred the residents became panic-stricken. There are about 200 houses in the district affect- ed. Some are completely wrecked. others are out of plumb, While nearly every house is twisted to such an ex- tent that the doors and windows can- not be opened. —_—— Levins Must Go to the Penitentiary. ST. PAUL, Feb. 26.—Judge Sanborn in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals handed down an opinion to- day which affirms “the sentence of Nathan Levins of St. Louis to confine- ment in the penitentiary for five years for procuring hundreds of certificates of naturalization from the St. Louig Court of Appeals by fraud to enable citizens who were not entitled to citi zenship to vote in that city. the company’s books and property | that go to dismantling and breaking | the Dix is ready to receive them. The up the tempofary homes that only 4| Dix is still barbound at Astoria. @ G ~P | BIG FIVE MINING COMPANY ONE KILLED, MANY HURT, BY FALLING SCAFFOLD | Thirty-Five Men Have Miracnlous Es- | cape From Death by Accident in Chicago. CHICAGO, Feb. 25.—One man was | killed, another was probably fatally injured and a score of other work- |men were barely saved from being crushed beneath a large scaffold which collapsed this afternoon in the center | of the new Postoffice building. The scaffold was built from the main floor | of the building directly beneath its | dome to the tenth floor, a distance of 161 feet. Thirty-five men were work- ing about the dome at the time of the accident, and for a time it was thought nearly haif this number had been killed by the falling timber, but all escaped with the exception of two plasterers, James Byron and Barney McBride, who were standing on the portion of the scaffold when it gave way. Byron fell to the main floor of the building and was instantly killed. McBride, who was working with By- ron, also fell with the scaffolding, but he caught one of the floors as he fell and thus saved his life, although he was severely injured. —_———— Strike on Account of Cut In Wages. INDTANAPOLIS, Feb. 26.—Seventy- five craters and hangers employed by the Parry Manufacturing Company, at the head of which is D. M. Parry, president of the National Manufactur- ers’ Association and the National In- dustrial Asscociation of America, struck to-day on account of a cut in wages. All the strikers are non-union men. They were paid off and discharged. The men say they have been cut from 72 to 57 cents per piece since October and struck against an additional re- duction of 2 cents to-day. ———————— Congressman Reeder is Renominated. BELOIT, Kans., Feb, 26.—Congress- man William A. Reeder was renom- inated to-day by the Republicans of the Sixth District. Resolutions indors- ing President Roosevelt were adopted. Lines From the Log Book of the Cal- ifornia Limited. Th""{he Santa_Fe Company knows how. | pate future requirement. | ing TURDAY. FEBRUARY SPRING TRADE 1S BACKWARD Business Proceeding on Con- servative Basis So That a Setback May Be Avoided VIOLENT FLUCTUATIONS Prices of Leading Commodi- ties Indicate a Situation That Is Due to Speculation W YORK, Feb. Weekly Review of Trade will say: In addition to the interruption of a holiday trade and transportation, in- to-morrow dustries have again suffered because ' of severe weather and much outdoor | work was forced to await more favor- able conditions. Development of spring trade is naturally slow, but this may be fully made up as the season ad- vances. servative basis that promises immunity from the excesses that precipitated the recent setback. Manufacturing plants are gradually restoring idle machinery and there Is more disposition to antici- Staple com- modities are still inflated by war news and manuipulations, making it ex- ! tremely difficult to ascertain the actual | legitimate situation. Aside from some special pressure to sell foundry iron in order to meet pay- ;’r_(lfls the market is steadily expand- ng. in the great staples, legitimate influ- | ences being supplemented by manipu- lation and realizing sales precipitating reactions. Wide changes from day to cay in the leading commodities indi- cate an unwholesome and undesirable situation that is due to speculation and that is calculated to check or divert consumptive demand. advance and was closely followed by the minor cereals, but flour was less erratic and as a result exports were mainly confined to the latter. Failures this week numbered 240 in the United States against 211 last year, and twenty-two in Canada, compared with twenty-eight a year ago. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Bradstreet's this week says: itself despite abnormally cold weather, heavy snows or congested transportation facilities in widely sepa- rated sections. Where weather condi- tions have been favorable, as from the South, distributive trade has been good. Buying is generally classed as conser- vative. Manufacturing industry shows some enlargement of activity, especial- | Iy in glassmaking and iron and steel, the production of pig iron being nearly double that of two months ago. Failures are few in number for this season of the year, considering the be- lated soring season. It is still too early to report upon the winter wheat situa- tion, but advices so far are encouraging in the Southwest, absence of snow cov- ering or lack of moisture being reported in Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas. New record prices for the year and the highest, in fact, since May, 1898, were reached in wheat this week. Flour prices reflect the strength, and corn and oats have sympathized, as have also nearly all kinds of products except eggs, which have broken sharply, the advance in pork being to the highest point. The Eastern war also affects products, such as tea and camphor, which are closely connected with the scene of hostilities. On the Pacific Coast San Francisco reports increased orders for hardware and groceries. Salt Lake City reports improved trade and mining interests buying machinery freely. War talk is still an influence tending ' to strengthen food products, but to de- press raw cotton. Collections are still' unsatisfactory at most Northern mar- kets. Railway earnings are not as en- | couraging as in the past, owing partly to the congestion growing out of block- | aded shipments, but partly to cutting of grain freight rates. ——— POLICE SEARCHING FOR MAN WHO STRUCK KELLEY Victim of Assault in San Jose Is Re- | covering, but fhe Mystery Is Unsolved. SAN JOSE, Feb. 26.—The mystery attending the fracturing of the skull of James Kelley in his own home on February 16 last is baffling the police department. Although Kelley had been at death’s door for the last ten days, it was only yesterday that the matter was reported to the police. The injured man is now at St. Luke's Hos- | pital. About 10 o'clock on the night of February 16 Kelley was standing in a doorway in his home talking to members of his family. .Suddenly he was struck a stunning blow by some one who crept up behind him. He was felled to the floor and put to bed, and the next morning it was found that his skull was fractured. At the "hospital it was found that the fractured portion of the skull was resting on the brain and trepanning was necessary. Kelley is now out of danger, but he can give no informa- tion as to who his assailant was. —_————————— Forbes Will Accept the Appointment. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. — Governor ‘Wright has cabled from Manila that the Philippine Commission will be able to arrange its business so as to permit Cameron Forbes to delay his coming to the islands for three or four months. As this will enable Forbes to wind up his business here, he will accept the ap- pointment on the commission. —_———— Trunks and Valises. Everything that is good and new and moderate in price in trunks, valises, dress suit cases, traveling sets, now in stock. Lettered in gold free of charge. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market st. * —_— % FREE, FREE TO -T ADVERTISERS IN NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. THE GLOW NIGHT LAMP, A SCIENTIFIC WONDER. .Invaluable for bedrooms, sick chambers, halls, nurseries, bath- rooms, staircases, etc. BE SURE TO GET ONE WITH A WANT AD. IN NEXT SUNDAY’'S CALL. 26.—R. G. Dun's«x1 Business proceeds on a con- | iolent fluctuations have continu-d ; Wheat led the | Spring trade is assert- |’ |SUPERVISORS CONSIDER NEW RATES FOR GAS AND WATER Russell L. Dunn, the Specially Employed Engineer, Is Unable to Make an Estimate of Valge of Spring Val_ley Justice Levintritt Will Not Water Company’s Plant and Is Given Further Time | R L e S The Supervisors, sitting yesterday as a committee of the whole, continued the investigation as to the value of “the plants of the Spring Valley Water | Copppany and the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company. Manager Law- ! less of the gas company was the only | 'wnneu examined in the gas investi- ! gation, and he made an excellent wit- ! ! ness for the company. .He had figures and statistics to burn when they would brighten things for his company. His testimony as well | as being statistical was to a great ex- tent argumentative and was aimed to | impress upon the minds of the Super- visors that the gas company has more troubles than could be tcld to the en- tire police force and is furnishing both gas and electricity at a reasonable fig- } ure. The afterncon session of the board was wholly occupied with hearing the t stimony or failure to give testimony | of Ruseell L. Dunn, who was employed as an expert to assist City Engineer Gruneky in placirg a valuation on the | plant of the Spring Valley Water Com- pany. Dunn did very little to en- lighten the members of the board, but promised he would do better next time. When placed on the stand he read a long list of the comparative values of units of Spring Valley property ac- cording to the estimates made in pre- | vious years and figured on the de- terioration in their value during a pe riod of ten years. This did not serve to enlighten the members of the board, however, who | were anxious to get a valuation of the | property as it stands to-day, but it | precipitated an argument which for a | time was very warm. | Dunn explained that it was difficult | | for him to arrive at a valuation of the | I property, as all listed in Schussler's report is not at present in use, and he | had been unable to segregate the items. Supervisor Braunhart then asked the | ;dh’P('t question: “What is your valua- tion of the property?” “It is impos- | sible for me to state, as there is no evi- dence of the cost,” was the reply. “But you were employved to make an estimate of the value?” “I am not able to make one.” “Then you have not done the work you were employed by the city to do, retorted Braunhart, with some warmth. Supervisors Comte and Brandenstein then took a hand in the questioning and finally induced the witness to make ! a rough estimate of the value of the | plant. He said the best he could do | was to guess within $3,000,000 of the actual value, and on that basis he | would judgé the property was worth | from $19,000,000 to $25.000,000. Ailowing | a $3,000,000 margin on this either way | for bad guessing, the Supervisors con- | sider that he allowed them a reason- | able latitude. After a rigid cross-questioning, in which it developed that Dunn either knew nothing of the value of the prop- erty in question or was unwilling to tell if he did, he agreed to file a statement with the committee Monday morning i provided he is furnished with certain information. He was informed that the data he desired was on file and at his disposal during the entire period cov- ered by the investigation. It was the opinion of the witness that if meters were installed in all places | | where water is served the public would be better satisfied. He had not figured | on the cost of installing some 90,000 | meters at an average cost of $15 each. | The witness was finally dism d after | promising to furnish the board with a | written statement Monday morning. | Prior to the testimony of Dunn an | itemized statement was filed showing | the location of various pieces of prop- erty, their value as estimated by the company and the taxes paid thereon. According to this statement the com- | pany is at present paying annually | about $150 taxes on property not in use. | This indicates that the idle property is | worth only $15,000. S | ESTIMATE IS UNFAIR. | Manager Lawless Claims the Gas Company Is Unjustly Criticized. Manager Lawless of the San Francis- co Gas and Electric Company again oc- | cupied the stand at vesterday’s session | by the Board of Suvervisors, which is ! proceeding to fix gas rates for the year. The questioning was carried on chiefly by Brandenstein and Braunhart, who | presented the witness with a compara- tive table showing the cost of manufac- ture of gas by the Equitable Company and the figures presented by the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company | | as to the cost of manufacturing and distributing the product. | The figures showed a vast difference, { which Manager Lawless proceeded to | explain away by saying that the figures were unfair. Those of the Equitable Company, he said, were taken for the month of January when the consump- tion of gas is greatest and were placed against an average figure for the entire | year by his company. He also pointed | out that the Equitable Company sold | 8as only in the heart of the city while ! his company’'s service pipes extended ! for miles into thinly populated districts where the consumption of gas is very | 1igne. | “According to these figures,” he said, “the Equitable Company, with nineteen miles of pipe, sold one-fourth of all the gas consumed in the city, although the total mileage is 527.” The Equitable Company also, he said, made no esti- mate for depreciation in value of its plant, and as the customers were close together the distributing expenses were materially lessened. A large portion of the morning was occupied in collecting data regarding the cost of producing and distributing electricity. Manager Lawless testi- fled that the company is unable to manufacture sufficient current and annually purchases a quantity from the Standard Company. He admitted that his concern can purchase cur- rent from the Standard ' Company cheaper than it éan manufacture it, but the Standard's supply is uncertain. It is transmitted over 150 miles of wire and an accident at any time might cut off the supply entirely. For this reason large investments have been made in new machinery in order ’s all."—Byron E. Veatch. Chicago. * ! oo . 'that the local concern may be able ! ance. ‘ but it must be there just the same, as ! the ety | vancement | | | | to supply all demands without asking | outside aid. | He presented a mass of figures| showing the cost of producing cur-| rent, including among the items inter- est on the company’s bonds and insur- Brandenstein objected to these items being included in cost of pro-‘ duction and was backed up by Braun- i hart, who argued that the interest on | money borrowed to start a manufac-f turing plant was not a portion of the | cost of producing the article, but} should go to the profit and loss ac-| count. “Very well,” replied the witness smilingly, “in the future we will| charge it up under a different name, | it is a portion of our expenses.” The committee has taken the evi- dence presented under consideration and expects to be able to present an [ordinance at the meeting of the board Monday afternoon. LY PRAISE FOR GRUNSKY. Supervisors Adopt Resolations of Re- gret at Losing City Engineer. At the close of the gas investigation yesterday morning the following res- olution, presented by Braunhart and seconded by Boxton, was unanimously adopted under suspension of rules Whereas, This board has I Excellency the ident of th has conferred distinction upor u trusted and esteemed city officials, C. E. Grunsky, City Eugineer, by designating him s one of the members of the Board of Panama “ommissioners, charged with important duties in connection with the construction of the pro- posed interocean canal; therefore, be it Resolved, By the Hoard of Supervisors of nd county of San Francisco that in the selection of Mr. Grunsky as above stated the President has acted with wise discretion and has by his act secured for the Government of the United States the services of one in every way qualified to discharge the responsi- ble dutles connected with the position named, and we express our belief that he will dis- charge such dutles with the same ability, zeal and integrity that have marked his course in | every station that he has occupled in the past; also, be it Reésolved, That this board expresses its si cere regrei that the city and county wil compeiled 1o relinquish its clatms for h | ture valuable services and that it is wi treme reluctance that we yleld a discontinu- ance thereof, yet at the same time we heartily congratulate’ him upon the recognition which | his merit and fidelity have won, by his ad 10 a position of increased responsi- bility, emoluments and honor. ——— BELL'S AMENDM T IS INDORSED AT VALLEJO People Jubilant at Prospect of Build- ing a Collier at the Mare Island Yards. VALLEJO, Feb. 26.—The announce- ment that Congressman Theodore A. Bell has had the naval appropriation bil! so amended as to provide that one naval collier to cost §1 000 shall be buiit in a navy yard is received with much gratification by Mare Isl- and officials and ~ workmen. Senator Perkins has been requested to amend the bill in the Senate so as to provide for the construction of two colliers, one in an Eastern and the other in a Pacific Coast navy yard. This would supply much employment for our| coast workmen. Admiral McCalla, commandant of Mare Isiand; Con- structor Zahm and the other heads of departments at the navy yvard here say thet Mare Island is already well equip- | ped to undertake the construction of a big collier and would be pleased to receive orders to bégin work. The record Mare Island made last year in | converting the transport Grant into a deep sea dredger placed its score for | officiency and economy upon a high plane. —_———————— Steamboat Hand Crushed te Death. | SACRAMENTO, Feb. 26.—A young | man named John Hill, whose home is | in San Francisco~and who had been employed on the river steamer Apache, was crushed to death this morning at the landng in this city while assisting in the unloading of some iron pipes. When a stake was | removed the pipes rolled down upon Hill and crushed out his life. ———————— Martial Law in Force at Telluride. DENVER, Colo., Feb. 26.—It was an- nounced to-day that martial law at Telluride will be continued indefinitely. Governor Peabody had prepared an or- der abrogating martial law there, but it has been cancelled owing to the threats of exiled strikers to return to that camo. | enjoining SALE OF SALT SHOCKS COURT Aceept the Deal of the National Company’s Plants CAUSTIC CRITICISM Magistrate Holds That Prop- erty Should Be Resold and Injunetion Is Denied s i NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—In the Su- preme Court to-day Justice Levintritt | refused to confirm the sale of the Na- tional Salt Company's six plants in this State in September last to the Inter- national Salt Company for $337,500. de- | claring that “the terms of the sale and the manner of their procurement, the method of the sale and the manner of bidding, the gross and patent |na.d>v- quacy of the price realized combihed to shock the conscience of the court, | precluding atiy affirmative act of ap- proval on its part.” He held that the plants should be resold and refused to continue an in- junction asked for my minority stock- holders, restraining the sale and de manding damages on the ground of al- leged wrongful acts of the directors of the National Salt Company —————————— CHICAGO INSTITUTIONS NAMED AS BEN "ICIARIES Thomas D. Lowther Leaves Will Di- recting That Bulk of Fortune Be Devoted to Education. CHICAGO, Feb. 1 Chicago all that I have derived fr Chicago, and in doing a glad be able to recognize the obligation that rests upon all good citizens voluntar- 26, ily to contribute according to their means toward the moral education of the people, which is most needed and wrough our taxa- is not provided for tion and public schoc In this Janguage the will of Thomas D. Lowther, as filed for dis- tributes an estate of 33 among Chicago institutions and individuals Lowther, whose fortune was in the real estate bachelor and had few tiv bus diate rela- _e—— BOY IS SHOT WHILE PLAYING WITH PISTOL Jose Lads Scuffle for Loaded Weapon and It Is Discharged With Serious Result. SAN JOSE, Feb. 26.—While playing San with a revolver Morris Rutan, a 6-year-oid boy, was accidentally shot and perhaps fatady by his brother George, two years his semior The boys had found a 33-caliber revolver hid away between the mattresses of a bed. George had found the revolver and the two boys were scrambling for possession of it. The bullet entered the boy's forehead and is imbedded in the brain. The lad was resting easy this evening. but the chances are against his recovery. It will be im- possible to remove the bullet. The injured boy is the son of Mr. and Mrs George R. Rutan of 336 North Ninth street. —_—e—e——————— DECISION IN FAVOR OF AMALGAMATED COMPANY John MacGinniss of Montana Loses His Fight to Secure an Injunction. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Justice Gil- dersleeve, in the Supreme Court day, denied the application of John MacGinnis to have continued the ex- parte ipjunction he recently obtaincd the Boston and Montana Copper Mining Company and the Par- rott and Anaconda Company from pay- ing money for dividends to the Amal- gamated Copper Company and at the same time he vacated the injunction. In vacating the injunction Justice Gildersleeve sai “There is no allegation of the insol- vency of any of the defendant compa- nies and it is clear that they are all able to respond to any judgment that might be recovered against them.” —_—— Fifty-nine per cent of deaths from consumption are people under forty- five grears of age, 29 per cent from forty-five to sixty, and 12 per cent of people over sixty. t0- ADVERTISEMENTS. P P P right material. Just smell on will tell you which is best. more cures than any other external remedy. ‘soothe, strengthen and cure. SMELL IT. 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