The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 7, 1904, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1904. WOULD AMEND CHARTER AGAIN Supervisors Consider Meas- | Supervisors Turn Down Re- ure to Allow Fifty Years’ Lease of ——— PLEA FOR LOWEST BID Health Committee to Scan Again Proposals for Gauze Furnished City Hospital er visors yesterday ty Attorney for his to its validity a proposed describing a proposal to the charter so that the Board ducation shall have power to lease w00l property for fifty years with the proviso t the cost of the im- provements shall be no less than the eppraised value of the realty. Braunhart explained that the amend- ment s designed to give the Board of Edu the power to lease the Lincol School lots at Market and Fifth stree! or & period of fifty years L wenty as at present, S0 as the erection of a build mount equal to the value h would be unadvisabl lease lating the sale of d and making it calf unless it is nd four weeks of BEATING OF CARPETS. ce making it unlawful to rpets or rugs upon any except between 12 d 8 o'clock a. m. uthorized to e rks for a per days. v of Pierce street, be- % r as fully ac- and PROTEST OUTRAGEOUS, na characte s outrage- € g the idings from s re-referred five feet was ee in order to hear pro- resolution granting gh on a for a steam 1 reet, between ( s post Finange ¥ 1at the extra clerks in the Tax Collector's offics be y for May. Tax Collector Smith = fund been ex ' was compelled to lay June. The com t not grant any re- r ould into the matter ds for transportation of v - flictals, but the com- ittee = d not do so unlcss the off evoted all their time to b am duties The . ced on file the com- nd & Brand con- d without protest ol and hospital to taxpa Political Cc was not -even di mittee, which contention erron- the e 0 Girls’ High School Jinks. ‘04, Girls' senior class of High the school, Following cott and Ge; short a rleverly rendered by eight of the a jolly luncheon was »wed by readings and far Then the reception was cleared and dancing con- med the remainder of the afternoon nks was under the direct ittee of ten and the c - The following are the class icers iss Edith Leale, president; Nora Evans, vic ; Mis: a2 Harmon, treasurer, and Miss Ahlers, secretary. To-night the ommencement exercises will be held t the High School at 8 o’clock. ——————————— Petitions in Insolvency. Petitions in insolvency were filed yesterday in the United States District court as follows: Wallace D. Em- an Francisco, salesman, liabili- 33, no assets; Joseph Francisco n ‘Leandro, carpenter, liabil- 588, mno assets; Norman L. anta Clara, laborer, liabili- 53, no assets. P — Reports emanating from ' Russian y that several Japanese wve surprised and sunk early last but buy a gas range from - Mi . Saturd: Sap Francisco Gas & Electric Co, School Property | ADOPT BUDGET AND TAX RATE quests of Various Depart- ments for Increased Funds | APPROPRIATIONS STAND ‘ —— | Mayor Gives Notice That He | Will Veto Certain Items | as Means of Retaliation| Mt ud The Boasd of Supervisors yesterday finally passed, exactly as it was passed to print, the ordinance designating specific appropriations for expenditures aggregating $7,394,836 in the next mu- nicipal budget and fixing the tax rate for city purposes for the fiscal year | 1904-1905 at $1.2063 on every $100, based on an estimated assessed valuation of | $465,000,000. i The ordinance was finally passed by the fifteen affirmative votes of Super-| visors Alpers, Bent, Braunhart, Bran- | denstein, Comte, Connor, d’Ancona, Eg- | gers, Finn, Hocks, McClellan, Payot, | Rea, Rock and Sanderson, after the heads of the various departments had been heard regarding their petitions for larger appropriations. The two nega- tive votes came from Supervisors Box- ton and' Lunstedt. Booth was ab: The ordinance was not finally pas until several efforts had been made to change some of the appropriations in the interest of several departments. { Supervisor Boxton started the ball rolling by submitting a resolution striking out $75,000 of the $150,000 ap- propriated for Twin Peaks auxiliary Water supply, $7500 for a public conven- ience station at Fifth street, near Mar- ket, and $7500 for an elevator in the City Hall and giving to the School De- partment $50,000, to the Fire Depart- ment $25,000 to give firemen one day off k and to the Police Depart- )00 to pay for twelve addition- patrolmen Brandenstein objected to the consid- eration of the resolution, saying that the matter of the budget was ended, that it was on submission and up for nal passage and no changes could be de. OBJECTS TO GAG LAW. If the gag 1 is to be enfarced " said Lunstedt, “it is about time know it. I have also a resolution ffer that may affect this budget.” tion to what he draw political that if the budget e ed at once it d by some tax shirk- favored an extra holi- but wanted to know me of the $7: $7500 set aside t year to give the firemen five days re vacation xton de sarcastic reference to debate on the terms of his resolu- tion fore it was read, calling his colleagues “a lot of mind readers.” Boxton held that the charter provided that the budget should be passed on the last Monday in June, not necessar- by ordinance, as insisted uvon by Fin Committee, but by a ma- jority v of the Supervisors. Boxton's resolution was defe what had bec even t ted un- der suspension of the rules by the fol- lowing vote Ayes—Alpers, Bent, Boxton, Finn, nstedt and Rea: 6. Noes — Brandenstein, Braunhart, mte, Connor, D'Ancona, Eggers, Mc- Clellan, Hocks, Payot, Rock and San- derson; 11 Lunstedt’s resolution to make the ap- propriation for cleaning the streets $510,000 instead of $2 by the same vote. TO CLOSE INE HOUSES, A resolution from the Fire Commis- ordering the closing of 000 was defeated houses Nos. 5, 9 and 24, because ufficient funds to put them in sanitary condition Brandenstein said the board would not be intimidated by the departments ging any appropriations and that the “filibustering tactics might ue until the infernal regions e Over. He asked his colleagues not to consider any resolutions of the kind introduced and was called to or- by the Mayor, who said he had no to question the right of any mem- to introduce a resolution. Lunstedt’s motion that considerafion of the budget be postponed until re- celpt of a letter from the Board of Wor lost by the previous vote. = no desire to antagonize this my power of veto,” said the but have been certain endations made which I believe iccepted. 1If the claims made recom should for the e, Police and School depart- ments are ignored I shall be compelled to veto certain items in the budget, as that is my only alternative, The fire- men should be given one day off each week and the School Department should not be hampered.” D’Ancona stated that the School Board was given $116,000 more than last year. The Mayor said that an al- leged surplus of $108,000 was reckoned n that amount which does not exist. D’'Ancona said that the money had been received from the ‘State to pay teachers’ salaries and if any of it had been used for contracts it had been done illegally. D'Ancona figured that as the charter allowed $32 50 for each of the pupils attending the | schools the department was entitled to $1,278,940, and under the new appro- priation, even excluding the surplus of $108,000, the department would receive $1,278,000, or within $940 of the Ilimit. SHIFTS RESPONSIBILITY. Mayor Schmitz stated that the Board of Works wanted it distinctly under- stood that it would be impossible for | the city to clean the streets satisfac- | torily for $215,000 in view of the fact | that the laborers would have to be! paid $2 50, or 25 cents a day more than | under contract, and that the “gangs” would be Increased from three to five me n | he Board of Works desires to say that the Board of Supervisors must bear the responsibility for street sweeping if done improperly,” sald the Mayor. “If you want the streets to be swept better than under contract you must give them the sum of $290,000 they ha asked for.” “I_want to notify this board,” said | the Mayor, before the budget was fin- ally passed, “that I disapprove of a | number of the items in t budget | and I shall exercise my power of veto | ! thereon.” . { The ordinance will now go to Mayor Schmitz, who has ten days within| | which to veto any specific appropria- | tion. Should he veto any item it will | take the votes of fifteen Supervisors | to override his disapproval. Should his vetoes be sustained the appropriation | so_vetoed will cause a corresponding reduction in the total amount of ex- penditures and result in a lower tax rate than that fixed by the terms of the original ordinance. ITEMS IN BUDGET. JUDGE LAWLOR ORDERS EPPINGER JURY INTO CUSTODY OF SHERIFF Every Precaution Is Being Taken to Avoid the Possibility of the Talesmen Being Tampered With in Any Manner--—-Colonel Beck Tells of Business Transactions With the Erstwhile Grain King SHIP BUILDER BEFORE CLERGY G. W. Dickie, Manager Union | Iron Works, Likens Man Unto Vessel on High Seas| | | | Jrcos LR CGER Y — CHOOSES NOVEL SIMILE| mits Speaker’s Remarks to “The Man and the Ship” was the subject of an address by G. W. Dickie, manager of the Union Iron Works, be- fore the Presbyterian Ministers’ Asso- clation yesterday morning. The Rev. H. M. Bevier presided. Mr. Dickie sald, in part: A man, llke a ship, may have inherently great stabllity of character, his metacenter | | far above his center of gravity. In all ordi- | | nary conditions of lite he maintains an upright position, and if smooth water prevailed all | | through' his life experience his character will | | be admired and others will point to him as a | | fine example of uprightness and stability. | | But let him get out into the open sea amid the storms of life, where waves are high and great forces oppose themselves to him and his Ways: it Is then that his stability often de- generates into mere stubbornness; his righting moment is too great; instead of rolling gently { | to the irresistible waves that beset him and swinging gracefully back again to the upright position when the wave has spent its force, we find him_gathering all the power of his stability to fight against the natural forces ound him. shipping huge seas in his des- rate efforts to maintain his upright position. And should the storm continue he is apt to 50 down, a martyr to his own faith in inherent | | stability or sense of what is right STRUCTURAL STRENGTH. . like the ship, depends very much on structural strength. If he does not start | out with a sound body, which is the hull that must carry all his means of offense and de- fense, he is apt to be worsted in the struggle | ot 1fe. A good constitution for the man is to him what structural strength is to the man-of- e starts in life with such a fon he must be careful to pre- the propelling As the propei- battleship, like a man-of-war, In man, | | power is of great importance. Ting power Is the heart of the {rom which she obtains life, $o the man's heart is the propelling power of his life. | | "I ‘he be fitted with a well-balanced tripls expansion heart and he leaves his training port, the protected home harbor where he was PUlli and ftted out, with all his reserve bunk ers full of the best hand-picked fuel. and his 2dy service bunkers full of sound principles. Te need fear mo ememy, provided he does not waste the precious contents of his bunkers in Useless excitement, ruining his bolers by Yorced draught, straining his engines for the sole purpose of making a bif wave in soclety. 1t this la the record of his sea service the evening may find him with empty bunkers and | | a weathered heart | Dr. Theodore F. Burnham sald that | | Mr. Dickie's address was as good as | | any sermon and on the motion of Dr. Herriott a vote of thanks was given the speaker. WELCOMES COLORED PASTOR. Professor Milton S. Terry, D. D., LL. D.. read a paper entitled “Methodism | |ana Biblical Criticism” before ~the Methodist Ministers’ Association at Epworth Hall yesterday morning. The Rev. J. W. E. Bowen of Atlanta, the eminent colored minister, who re- ceived a flattering vote for Bishop at the General Conference in Los Angeles, was most cordlally received by the The Rev. Daniel A. Rader, the new editor of the Pacific Christian Advo- cate, was introduced to the members and was accorded a hearty welcome. The Rev. C. R. Hager, D. D., spoke FORMER GRA IN JUT LAWLOF CUTION WHO TESTIF o WORTHLESS WAREHOUS NE OF THE PRINCIPAL WIT: PTS, AS HE SAT S FOR THE PROSE- befora the Congregational Ministers’ Association yesterday at the Y. M. C. A. building on his missionary work in — — The taking of the International Banking Company t Jacob Eppinger, charged with ing n worthless ware- house reccipts. gan in Judge Law- lor's court y rday morning. Almost the entire morning session was oceun- pied the at- torneys regarding the admissibility of certain papers. When the bour for the noon recess arrived Judge Lawlor cre- ated a mild senzation by ordering the into the custody of the Sheriff. is but a short time since in Lawlor's court claimed that an at- tempt had heen made to bribe him, and it is probably in view af this fact that the Judge ordered the juiors into safe keeping. The talesmen plainly showed their dissatisfaction, but there was no open rebellion until the close of the afternoon session, when one, of the jurors arose and asked the court if it was necessary for him to take tea and milk with his meals when wine was more agreeable. The Judge passed the question up to the attorneys, and by consent the juror will be allowed his wine. COLONEL BECK TESTIFIES. The first witness called was Colonel Francis E, Beck, manager of the Inter- national Banking Corporation. On di- rect examination, conducted by Attor- money with adispute between of testimony in the case ! ney Campbell, he related in detail his business relations with Jacob Eppinger during the month of April of last vear. He said he had been approached by Jacob Eppinger on April 11, when Ep- pinger desired to negotiate a loan of $25,000, offering wheat stored in the warehouse at Crockett as security. The witness said he vromised to loan Ep- pinger the money, valuing the wheat at $22 a ton and charging interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum. Eppinger objected to the rate of in- terest, and Beck finally agreed to let him have the money at 5 per cent if he could get the bills of exchange when the wheat was shipped. After the agreement had been made witness took Mr. Eppinger to the cashier’s desk and xplained the transaction, the under- sianding that Mr. Eppinger might draw the money when he chose. Ac- cording to his testimony, a portion of the money was drawn on April 11 and the balance ($8900) on April 14. It is on this latter transaction that the crim- inal proceedings are based. NOTES ARE HONORED. P. G. Eastwick Jr., former cashier of the bank, testified as to having recefved a promissory note from Eppinger & Co., 4n return for which he issued a | check for $9%00. He identified the check presented him and his signature upon it and it was admitted as evidence. Reginald Norrig, note teller at the - priation of the Board of Public Works, amounting to $1,140,546. The sum of $628,336 is to be realized by a tax of 13.53 cents for the redemp- tion of and interest on the bonds for public improvements, the validity of which has vet to be decided by the Su- preme Court. The segregated items on the bond issue follow: HOSPItAl .cocvsnomsrscoces Jai County Justice Library Children’s playgrou S Golden Gate Park and Presidio exten- nds BIOn ..ouihnszesees Telegraph Hill Park... Mission Park Total Among the important appropriations in the budget are the following: Twin Peaks auxiliary water supply system, $150,000; widening and repaving Fourth street, $75.000; bituminizing of H street, $45,000; opening up of Fulton street to the Great High- Way, $15,000; bituminizing Mission street to the ‘county line, $80,000; purchase of burial ground for indigent dead, $5000; for exhibit at the Louistana Purchase Exposition at BSt. Louis, $8000; for sanitary measures in China- town, $10,000; for expenses in acquirement of public utilitics, $5000; for hydrants, $50,000; equipment of a juvenile detention station, $5000; for the acquirement of lands for St. Mary's square, $25,000; for expenses in defense of the suit of the Spring Valley Water Com- pany against the city to test the water rates. $25,000; balance of purchase price of Harbor police station, $15,000; for Flremen's Rellef and Pension Fund, $20,000; to park Dolores street, $5000; to light public streets and build- inge, $320,000; to clean the streets, $215,000. The appropriation for the Police De- partment provides for the employment of 600 patrolmen, an increase of twen- ty-five over the present force. The sum of $76500 is set aside for extra five days’ vacation of firemen during the year, making fifty-one days' vacation in all. —_——————— Charged With Manslaughter. Charles F. Large, drug clerk at the People’s store, Fourth and Howard streets, who gave John McCann car- bolic acid by mistake on Saturday night to cure heartburn, was booked at the City Prison yesterday afternoon on a charge of manslaughter. He ad- The budget provides the sum of $446,- 900 for street improvements, which amount is included in the total appro-: mits his mistake, stating that he took the carbolic acid bottle, thinking' it was distilled water, ¢ R FRANCISCO GETS A - COMPLETE BULLETIN Weather Bureau Will Send Daily Re- ports of Meterological Conditions in All Parts of Country. Professor McAdie received a tele- gram from Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture yesterday, stating that San Francisco would have a complete daily weather bulletin be- ginning July 1. This means that the residents of this city will*know from day to day just what the climatic and weather conditions may be in any given section of the country. The new stations from which -re- ports will be sent to San Francisco are Abilene, Amarillo, San Antonio and Galveston, Tex.; Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S. C.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Lynchburg and Norfolk, Va.; Elkins, W. Va.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Little Rock, Ark.; Cairo, Ill.; Kansas City, Mo.; Dubuque, Iowa; St. Paul, Minn.; New Orleans, La.; Detroit, Mich.; Philadel- phia and Pittsburg, Pa.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Buffalo, N. Y.; Boston, Mass.; Washington, D. C.; New York City, all Pacific Coast cities, Salt Lake and Honolulu. s g st AR S SR BUNKER HILL MINE GETS THE DECISION United States Circuit Court of Appeals Settles the Contest About the Stemwinder Side Lines. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed the judg- ment of the Idaho court in favor of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Company- in its .it- igation with the Empire State-Idaho Mining and Developing Company, The contest was as to the title to the Stem- winder lode claim and the decision de- fined the extralateral right in and to the lode apexing within the surface boundaries of the claim. The issues involved were similar to.those already decided in similar cases on the same lode, the entanglements arising out of the fact that the locators ran . heir side lines across the lode instead of parallel with it. : SAN always surrendered them. ments as evidence. The case will on this morning at 9:30 o'clock, will be resumed. bank, testified that he had frequently honored notes of Eppinger & Co. pre- sented by one of their clerks and had The.object of this examination was to form a foundation for the admission of warehouse receipts and other docu- go when i the direct examination of Colonel Beck China. The Woman's Occidental Board met yesterday at the Presbyterian Mission Home, Sacramento street, Mrs. J. G. Chown in the chair. There was a large attendance and among those who watched the proceedings was a big del- egation of young ladies from Berkeley, many belonging to the Christian En- deavor Society. At noon the board and its friends took luncheon and when the afternoon | | Dr. Theodore Burnham Ad-| Be as Good as Any Sermon | Methodist Ministers’ Association. | session was convened Miss Mary Ful- ANOTHER TRUST S DESTROYED Circuit Court of Appeals Puts a Portland Lumber Combine Out of Business STATED LAW CLEARLY Nice Discrimination Shown by the Judges as to the Meaning of the Statute ————e Another trust in restraint of trade was put out of business yesterday by the United States Circuit Court of Ap~ peals. The case is that of Arthur S. Ellis vs. Inman Poulson & Co., North Pacific Lumber Company, Eastern and Western Lumber Company and the City Retail Lumber Company. Ellis is a contractor and housebuilder doing business in Portland, Oregon. He alleges in the complaint that on July 2, 1902, the other defendants organized the City Retall Lumber Company for the purpose of creating a monopoly of the manufacture and sale of lumber, of demanding unreasonable prices and of preventing the public from purchas- ing from any dealers other than the defendants. It is averred that in pur- suance of such conspiracy they refused to sell to persons who purchased any himber from Vancouver or elsewhere outside of the combination. It is further averred that he bought a cer- tain quantity of rough lumber at Van- couver and had it delivered to him in Portland at $250 less than the amount charged by the combine in Portland and that when he offered to buy kiln dried lumber of the combine, there be- ing none of that kind of lumber pro- duced in Washington, the combine re- fused to sell It to him, because he had purchased the rough lumber at Wash- ington. Damages were demanded in the sum of $8500. The lower court de- cided against Ellis on the ground that the combine had not restrained the lumber trade between Oregon and Washington for the reason that kiln dried lumber was not produced in the last named State. The Circuit Court of Appeals reversed this decision, say- ing, among other things: de: s in error admit = orting lumber from the State t of Portland may r, but they say The that the result is due to refuse to sell to purchasers in the city Portland who make such importations, but the inabllity of the Washington mills to sup ply the Portland market with kiln-dried or finishing lumber and that the combination is not_the direct and proximate cause of the inability of the Washington mills to sell lum ber in the city of Portiand. But that very one of the essential facts which aid fon_which is complained 3 the existence of that fact it is safe to assert the combination would not have been formed. * * * Does the fact that the whole combination and its success are made possible by the ad ventitious circumstance that no one has yet seen fit to invest the capital necessary to es- tablish a competing plant at Vancouver render the restraint of interstate commerce effectsd by the combination any the less direct and m sary? If such is the law it follows that to secure fmmunity for every such a combination it is necessary only to bring into it all man- ufacturers of its line of goods, and to intremch It behind the proposition that the resulting restraint of trade comes not from the combim but from the inability of others to suppl The mere statement of the prop- refutdtion Chinese Cook Hangs Himself. Chin Coon, a Chinese cook, of age, committed suicide morning by hanging himself in the cellar of 842 Dupont street. His rela- tives informed the Coroner that he had been despondent for a long time because of sickness. lerton, sister of Dr. A. M. Fullerton, gave an address on her experiences in India. Dr. Fullerton, Miss Fullerto sister, has also had consi rience in Indla, where peculiar phases of diseases and medi- cines in that country. .is a store’s best, adver- tisement.. we are as anxious for your good will as we are for your dollars— that’s why we exchange A satisfied cuystomer “ That’s why' ADVERTISEMENTS. regular price $2.50. —regular price $3.00. swell sorts—regular price $3.50. sand or more in the lot—none wo regular price $r1.50. novelties—regular price soc. The Four-in-Hands at 25¢—fine ‘Wash Vests at 95¢—The 25c Sus, at 35¢—The soc Underwear at 3. The Genuine Panama Hats at $4.00—a recent importation from Ecuador, South America—regular price The Soft and Stiff Hats at $1.95—the last and nobbiest shapes out The Fancy Wash Vests at $1.95—they're the swellest of the real The Shirts at 65c—golfs, negligees and stiff bosoms—eight thou- The Shirts at S5c—stiff bosoms, golfs and negligees in almost be- wildering variety—worth $1.25 and $1.50. The Underwear at 95c—fineimported ribbed balbriggan goods— The Underwear at 75¢—handsome pink stripes—regular price $1.35. The Fancy Socks at 25¢—jimported lisle thread and fine cotton pretty patterns and color combinations—regular price soc. The To-Order Suits at $25—tailored from fine imported fabrics by our best craftsmen—regular price $35. The 25¢ Socks at 16%c—The a5c Midget Ties at 127jc—The $1.50 The $2.00 Night Shirts at $1.35—The countless other Bargains. This is remnant day, and all the broken lines will be closed outfat badly broken prices. I.f interested, you'd better come as soon as you can after reading this. The bargains are extraordi- nary even for this sale, and they’ll be snapped up quicker than you could get angry. S e O B A R g e o oing S At SRR S KELLER’S GENUINE RETIRING SALE Frisco’s Greatest. Bargain Carnival Will Offer a Host, of New Attractions To-Day COME WITHOUT .FAIL The “Pee-wee” Derby Hats at $1.65—one of this season’s fads— $6.50. less than $1.00. silks and satins in innumerable ders at 15¢—The soc Suspenders —The 15c Handkerchiefs at 8%e—