The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 10, 1904, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1904, GRAIN PILES Point Is Made in the Trial of Jacob Eppinger to the Ad- vantage BOOKKEEPER ON STAND 'l'(filifi«s That During Nine Years He Never Made Qut One Trial - Balance Sheet N According to the who the testimony of Frank for nine was firm of Eppinger & ars ‘ for anagement was decidedly x ere was no live managem business simpiy “went along gh he had full chs the com- 1 s books, witn knew noth- g of the fin al { the firm or of the Pacifi pany, which id pinger & Co esentation of ( hE"h\ E g was emp the ng seen ndictment R ben guestioned as (0 Jot admitted head as th f the FIRMS IDENTICAL. work for Eppin- did the Josua knew, there statements to regular intery randa of the check ke out a trial bal- the expert of the Po- n models and dis placed on the stan ams of t} d the posi- ain sacks co Attorney Ach objected sion, as explanations rortiens of them. On s ation by Attorney Short- itness admitted - that the s were made in August. As affairs passed into the hands ver in June and there had ich shifting of grain, the por- s of the diagram r 'um:g to the lo- f the v us piles of sacks was the then gs, area cov be continu objection was explained the their internal d by d to- the SIS SIS From Injuries, Kelly, father of Charles terday brought suit ed Railroads Company mages. It is alleged in Inszne J Edward 00 4 the plaint that Charles Keliy on Ju 2, boarded a car at Van Ness and Market street, bound for Third € He id his fare, it is averred, b the conductor again ked him to pay and upon refusal the boy with reat force and vio- lence” was ejec from the ecar in ont of and under as stunned and bru of the accident h insane and incapab another car and sed. As a result Will Deliver an Address. Ex-Fire Commissioner R. V. Wat lay delegate to the World'’s Methodist | Conference held in Los Ar g:-](u during May, will deliver an address on the work of the conference at Simpson Memorial Church, Hayes and Buch- snan streets, this evening at 8 o’clock. The Sunday-school will have an orange social at the close of the lecture, um SRR o f Dyspepsia and other stomach troubles | Sy cued by e et | b id I | ! 1 » Kgs i A Chas. DKES | 1y s | ratiroad terls 756 10 Dojpsin | v 10 bxs soap. -;‘ruamn should be given to the law in | soate 25 a tank’ maferial 10 pkes 'l“ %. & AR i {2 mm, 21 pkgs wagon material, irigo. This scientific germigide S Gt or'y mal, trom uoi - New York, np..au.--n-u-—. COLON INQUIRY SUBSTITUTED. of the Defense HOT ON IRVINE His Failure to Heed Mate | Taylor's Warning Shifts Blame to the Captain| INSPECTORS PRESS CASE Master Reckons by Wheel' Only and Course Causes Many Searching Questions Testimony favorable to Chief En-| gineer w. D. E Sullivan of the was elicited wrecked steamship Colon investigation held by vesterday at the United States Local Inspectors O. F. Bolles and John K. Bulger which tended to show th picable trick had been played on him by one of the in room Storekeeper - Stevens at & e de Gua- and led en wree years. called ad c3 poured whisky van's attention was ki This done a three times and Sullivan was before he everything went.’ FLOW OF nflucnce of liquor WINE. Stevens said of champagne whisky w on- o'clock on until rece ¥ quari bottle it men ening, Sunday lived on was on the w to German became f d by Mate Wilson, bestowed her hand—a small one— and her ge one—upon the Wilson testified yesterday be- | inspectors. She told of going storekeeper’s room with her husband and of their remaining only iong enough to 1l glass of champa; The eight officers were r said, but not at all under the liquor. J. the third mate, said not remember whether could conveyed an order to Chief Engineer that he ! an to ke fifty-four re E lutions per minute, or whether it w that s an told him that the ship was king that many revolutions. Shortly we the ship struck the }(ey dios reported to the lation of the bearings lo- p four miles from shore, ceptain and Second Mate ed with him and in- were seven miles off n ordered the witness should they get closer to sINEER ASLEEP. r.u!nr testified further that when he went into the engine-room to inform the engineer that they were five miles off sho he found Second As- gineer John Campbeli asleep r and was obliged to shake awaken him | The inspectors then took Captain Ir- | vine in had not f given ‘nm by Th)rrl Mate Taylor. The confidence in Mr. Taylor's bearings. 1 thought the rate of fort vhich was th could not have reached Mr. Taylor. ptain Bolles — After Taylor why didn’t you steer off e T didn't belleve that it was | es=el to be where Taylor re- Knowing, as an was under the strike you when that the report | r's report —1 knew that he drank a glas e at dinmer, but I dian’t think the ef- would last s long. | Captain Bowles was stern in his re-f ply to the statement of Captain Irvine. said: He | sia, is now out 104 days from N and when the Prussia spoke her the Hollls: wood to me singular, captain, that an old p yon have been up and down this for years and years, would take no notice that the ship was closer to the she ought to be. The log for pri shows that the ship averaged between the two points. It € (hel that would serve as a ‘check | Ifl'l,(- ‘R WANTS TO KNOW. ‘ Captain Bulger took the case and was anxious to know some things. The substance of some important questions and answers follow: 1f you hed no confidence in the | aid you allow him on the bridge? | I had confidence in the man, but 1 thought he was mistaken In his bearings. | Should not an officer be able to take bearing corre: By Bulger In reply to 8 question by First Mate Wilson, Captain Irvine said that dur- ing the two years that Wilson had been on board the ship Wilson had never been under the influence of liquor. In answer to a question by Captain Bulger, Captain Irvine sald that the person who gave the order to supply the liquor to the officers was directly responsible for violating a positive rule ! of the company. | “Did you make a statement,” asked Engineer Sullivan, “to me that you | alone were responsible for the wreck of the Colon?” “I don’t believe I did,” replied Cap- | tain Irvine. I am not prepared to say | that I did or I did nmot.” '\ The witness, reverting to the subject of Engineer Sulivan, said that Mr. Sul- | livan was not drunk, but was under the | influence of liquor. “He knew what he | was doing and talked intelligently, but showed liquor,” added the witness. Captain Bolles asked: “If you had stopped the ship when Taylor gave you | that four-point bearing would.the shlp‘ ha\e been all right?” “Yes, gir,” repiied Captain Irvine. | The investigation will be resumed in a few days, when Purser G. J. Carey | and Quartermaster Buckley shall have been found. B e ——— Mrs. Baldwin Loses Contest. The Supreme Court decided yester- | day in the case of the A. P. More | estate that Cornelia Baldwin’s appeal | | from the decision in favor of the Santa | Rosa Island Company was premature. | | The appellant did not wait until judg- ! ! ment had ben formally entered, al-| (hough she knew what the decision Chief Justice Beatty dissents, | i holding that a not too technical con- | —_—— Wants Strect Extended. The Board of Works has recom- mended to the Supervisors that the offer of 8. Ducas to deed lands to the city for the extension of Manchester street 1o Bessie avenue and for a foot- path from Shotwell street to Bessie avenue be accepted. —_—— Manchuria Leaves New York. Advices are that the steamship Manchuria left New York for San | Francisco yesterday. She will bring’ a heavy cargo. | army | schooner Charles Nelson. | which was dismasted and ot 1 WATER CAUSES THE ALGOA’S CARGO TO SWELL AND JAM TIGHT IN HOLD This Unexpected Expansion Makes the Work of Dischargi Punctured Freighter a Task of Great Difficulty--- ng Rock Released by Crowbars, Bales and Boxes Burst When Freed From Pack i | | ! i 1 | f | | | ! | | i o+ — - | llfil LISWOOD, WHICH I8 MAKING A LONG PASSAGE FROM NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA, FOR THIS PORT | AY 26 OFF HERE, SHORT OF PROVISIONS, BY THE BARK PRUSSIA, FROM WHOSE STORE HER S REPLENISHED, + ~ o o 3 ing the Pa- | the city front (Mission-street wharf) about 25 = Stmr Czarina, Johnson, 41 hours from Coos " The “ ”‘f o dh‘.‘ har‘}"‘ | minutes later than at Fort Point: the height ay. cific Mail Company’'s freighter Alg0a | 5¢ tige 1s the same at both pla Stmr_Maggie, Corning, 4 hours from Halr- et Al St Sl moon Bay. is proving an operation of great dif- ficulty owing to the fact that the wet- ting of the cargo has caused it to swell. The result of this swelling has been to jam together the freight in the loweg hold until it has become one solid chunk of merchandise. Each bale and box has to be pried out with crow- bars, assisted by all sorts of tackle and in many cases, as soon as re- leased, the package has burst apart with a loud report and scattered its contents in every direction. In addition to increasing the labor of unloading, this unexpected expan- sion will add materially to the ex- tent of the damage to the cargo. No attempt will be made to estimate this until all the freight is on the wharf. It probably will be much greater than at first exvected. = Stevedores worked all night Wednes- day and last night loading the Siberia, which will sail S8aturday for the Ori- ent with a full cargo. The work of discharging the Coptic has not been commenced. L Ty Reinsurance Changes. The rate of reinsurance on the British ship Crown of Germany was advanced yesterday to 5 per cent She is ouwt 210 days from New York for Shanghal. The rate on the Leyland Bros, was marked up to 60 per cent The Laura is still gquoted at 80 per cent. The Wynford, one of the seven safling vessels car- rving case ofl from Atiantic ports to the Ori- ent, which were all reinsured as the result of the sighting of wreckage, yesterday to 15 per cent. The others, except the Neck, uhuh was sighted and taken off the board, are still quot at 7 per cent No reason is given for this ad BRI y Holliswood Expected Soon. The American bark Holliswood, although spoken off this port May 26 by the bark Prus- has not _yet put in an appearance. She ewcastle, Australia, was marked up was short of provisions. The Prussia ed the hungry ship with what she wanted d_Gray's_Harbor, but the Holliswood is among the ships “'to arrive. ILEA i Water Front Notes. ¥ The name of the steamer James Doilar has | ¢ been changed to Santa Clara. Under her new name she left Seattle Wednesday night for | Valdez, The tug Sea Rover left yesterday for Sius- Jaw with the schooners Oakland and. Sacra- mento in tow. Captain George H. Pierce, who for some months was marine superintendent of the transport service at this port, has been to the ~commend of the The Charles Nelson Nome and St. Michael | appointed cleared yesterday for by way of Seattle. Hay & Wright repairing the have secured barkentiie the contract Gardiner City, d at Redondo during a recent be_restored to her original conaition. The Pacific Coast Steamship Queen, Captain Cousins, Puget Sound on her narrow es: The Pacific Company’s salled yesterday for first trip north since her pe from destruction by fire. Mail Company’s Panama liner | City of Para is due to-day from the isthmus. kil o N, NEWS OF THE OCEAN. Matters of Interest to Mariners and Shipping Merchants, The barkentine S. Castle returns to Honolulu witn general cargo, AL AR A The Curacao’s Cargo. The steamer Curacao, which sailed on Tues- day for Guaymas, carried an assorted mer- chandise cargo consigned to the port of desti- ration and other Mexican ports valued at $09,- 234 and incliding the following: 5348 Ibs dried fruit, 4760 Ibs spices, 1430 1bs 4 cs meals, 87 cs liquors, 71 pkgw groceriex and provisions, 9 gals cs wine, 125 gals 88 cs whisky, 11l e, 58,150 bs tallow, 4416 Ibs sago, | 110 cs salmon, 2024 1bs sugar, 43 ctls barley, 8§30 Ibs 20 bxs raisins, 2500 Ibs rice, 9960 Ibs 83 bxs paste, 174 pkgs potatoes, 18 cs olives, 76 cs 2 bbis mineral water, 195 bales hay, 1 cs ginger ale, 11 cs gin, 5 bbls flour, 20 pkgs frult, 2200 Ibs coccn, 31,080 Ibs cottee, 814 a catned goods, 7092 Ibs cheese, 80 cs powder, S080 Ton. bran, 10 s Brandy. 125 in butter, 1034 Ibs 168 pkes bread, 44 Pkgs acid, 32 cs assaying materials, 53 pkis exle grease, 8362 1bs bluestone, 146 bales bags, 115 bxs candles, 150 coils cordage, 400 bbls 300 sks cement, 23 pkgs cars, 25 pkgs drugs, 10 pkgs dry “sgods, 30 vigy cleotrical eupplies, 30 ca fuve, "7 Cyis gas, 107 Ibs hides, 164 bals 115 P ‘tron, 2396 1bs lead, 10 pkis leather, 152, 148 7t fumber, 102 pkgs machinery, 43 kegs 164 cs 201 gals oll, 177 pkes paper, 26 cs pipe, 108 Dkgs raints, 200 flasks lead, 2786 nail bdls 38 quicksilver, lw‘ 1bs_resin, 50 rail Fail mal & cheet bdls ghooks, 26, 614 it soda. 1054 1bs_soda ash, 108 pes 35 bdis steel, 25 bxs tin PG 2R Time Ball, Branch Hydrographic Office, U. § N.. Mer- chants’ Exchange, San Francisco, Cal., June The Time Ball on the tower of the Ferry building was dropped exactly at noon to-day— 1 e. &t noon of the 120th meridian, or at 8 p. m, Greenwith time. J. C. BURN] Lieutenant, U, 8. N., pres - G atis Sun, uoon nnd Tide. e '"n':' Helght of Ht‘h 4 Lo e a a w n"ie gt Sk sl Loy aiees Publllhad by olfldll ln!hfltkl of the luwflnundtm, NOTE—' high and low waters occcur at speaking the Holliswood the Prussia has | steam | 4 a. m. NOT! the early morn day. except wh sddition to the Coast Survey CI the charts. In the above exposition of the tides hand column and the successive tides of the day in the order of occurrence as to time; fourth time column gives the last tide of the omictimes occurs. slgn precedcs the helght, and then the num The plane of reference s the mean of the lower low waters, Movements of Steamers. xTImz\ 53 ,T«m.‘ i w I W 40 2:30) 2.4 880 5.6 4.2| “| 20l 024 68 44 6.0 | 4.6 6.0 4.6 6.0 4.8| li 20, Ing tides are given in the left the en there are but three tides, as | The_ heights given are in | soundir.gs of the United Si harts, except when a minus ber given is subtractei from the depth glven by SRR |c TO ARRIVE. “Steamer. | From, Chehalis. San Pedro .. Eureka. . Humboidt City Fara.... | New York via Panama. June 10 City Puebla.. | Puget Sound Ports....|June 10 Corona. Humboldt ... June 10 Elizabeth. Coquille River . June 10 Dollar Grays Harbor [June 11 | { Enterpnise. ... Hilo ... June 11 | Nebraskan.. .. New York June 12 | Centralia San Padro June 12 | ‘{ Point Arena & Albion. .| Mendocino & Pt. Arena. Leland, 26 hours from Mnterey. | Gibson, 2 Bours from | 5 CLEARED. rhursday, June 9. Victoria _and Port st Steamship Company. Stmr_ Pomona, ansen, Eureka; Pacific t Steamship Company. Stmr Chas Nelson, Picrce, Nome, le; F Holmes & Co Stmr_Asuncion, Bridgett, Coast Ofl Company. Nor stmr _Tellus, Dunsmuir's Sons Co. SAILED. Thursday, June 9. F A Kilburn, Jahnsen, Port Rodgers Maggie, Corning, Halfmoon Bay. State ' of California, Nicolson, Stmr Gipsy, Schr Jennle Griffin, Bolinas. Ida A, Gampbell, 5 hours from Point | Reye: Stmr Queen, Cousins, Townserd; Pacific ¢ | via Seat- | Portland; Pacific R Arntzen, Ladysmith; San Queen, Cousins, Victoria, B (¢ Stmr James 8 s Higgins, Redondo, cos Bay. en, Eureka nts, Willapa Harbor. Stmr Coquille River, Sanford, Grays Harbor. Stmr Samoa, Madsen, Caspar. Stir Aberdeen, Hansen, Astoria. Stmr Brunswick, Elicfsen, Fort Bragg. Stmr G C Lindauer, Allen, Grays Harbor. Stmr Pomo, Jacobs, Point Arena and Albion. | Stmr Montara, Reilly, Seattle. Bark Haydn Brown, Asplund, Tacoma. Schr Ad Willapa' Harbor. | Schr Webfoot, Lewis, Coos Bay. Schr Sacramento, Gruggel, Siuslaw River. | Schr kiand. Ewart, Stuslaw River. Tug S:a Rover, Thompwon. Siuslaw River, | with achrs Oakland and Sucramento in tow. SPOKEN. May 21—Lat_30 N, long 42 W, Br ship Eurasia, hence Feb 6 for Queenstown, Bel River Ports .. Humboldt . Humboldt . 3 Coos Bay & Pt. Orford 1| Grays Harbor . Yuget Sound Po New York via Panama. San Diego & Way Pts Sln.e ul Cal Rorth Fork. City Peking. | Alliance. Portland & Way Ports|June 19 Sequoia...... | Willapa Harbor. {June 19 Luxor. | Hamburg & Way Forts|June 20 Queen | Puget Sound FPorts....|June 20 TO SAIL. Steamer, Destination. | Sails.] Pler . | June 10. C. Nelson. Noma & Teller.. 4 pm Pler 20 | Chico. storla_& Portland| 6 pm|Pler 2 Chehalls. ...| Grays Harbor 'y 3 miPler 2 e . P | Elizabeth...|Coquille River..... 5 pm|Pier 20 Aurelia Astoria & Portland| 4 pm|Pler 2 | G, W, Eider iAstoria, & Portland|11 am Pler 24 China & Japan 1 pm|Pler 40 | N N. Y. via Papama.|12 m Pler 40 Pt. Arena... Point Arena ......[ 4 pm|Pler 2 | Newburg... | Grays Harbor 4 pm Pler 10 | Taqua. Humboldt . 2 pm[Pier 2 June 12. Fureka. ....| Humboldt . 9 am|Pler 13 | Santa Rosa:|San Diego & Way.| 0 am|Pler 11 Centraila...| Grays Harbor 4 pm Pler 10 | Humboldt ... :30 p|Pler 9 9 am Pier 11 {San Pedro & Way Juune 1 o 8 BiDEEBLE we wews e Cottage City city, Seattle. . Skegway & Way Ports.|June jgx..m & Way Ports. |June Bkagway & Way Ports.[Ju | Juune 19, Umatilla... | Poget Sound Hasink i (o Pler Alliance....|Bureka & Coos B.) 5 pm|Pler 16 FROM SEATTLE. Steamer. Humpooldt. l way & Way Port Valdee & Way Ports. . (Tune Teap Nome & st Michael: iy & Wy Poris. Yune 13 . Mme Teller June 12 June 1: une June June ooks Inlet & Way Pts. Skagway & Way Ports. Shipping Intelhgence. Stmr Samoa, Point wocl via Point Arena Simr ¥ A Kilburn, Jahnsen, 7 hours from Stmr Scotia, Johnson, 11 hours from Bowens e “Wentport, Smith, 17 hours- from West- W:t. passengers. 1 t!onnul-uuu lmrh.ummclunm- thal . San Diego and James Bragg: bound ARRIVE! Thursday, June 9. Madsen, 53 hours from San Arena, Miller, 14 hours from 12 hours. § Higgins, Higgins, 14 hours wmh wtl-!ohnd TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS, June 9, 10 p m—Weather hazy; wind NW; ‘velocity 22 miles per hour. ! DOMESTIC PORTS. lt:!-‘AT‘rm— —Salled June S—Stmr B | Santa | 1dez. PORT HADLOCK —Arrived during night of | | | for Feb S—Bktn J M Griffith, hence May 25. TATOOSH-—Passed out June 9—Stmr Jeanie, from Scattle, for, San Franelsco; stmr Lakme, from Tacoma, for San Pedro; etmr Santa | Clara, from Seattie, for Valdez. Passed in June 9—Bktn Makaweli, hence May 27 for Tacoma. Passed out June 9—Stmr Melville Dollar from Tacoma, for St Michael. PORT HARFORD—Sailed June 9, ® a m— Stinr Coos Bay, for San Francisco. Safled June 9—Stmr Bonita, for San Pedro. ASTORIA, June 9O—Reported arrival of | | stmr Whittier at this. port was an error. D Salled June S.-Stmr Elizabeth, for Sen Francisco. EUREKA—Arrived June $—Stmr Alllan hence June 7; stir San Padro, hence June stmr North Fork, hence June 7. e Arrhzd June 9—Stmr National City, hence | une 8. Sailed June 9—Stmr Corona, for San Fran- clsco. { GRAYS HARBOR—Sailed June 9—Schr Alert, for Guaymas; stmr Grace Dollar, for | Ban Francisco. Arrived June 9—Stmr Shasta, hence June stmr Sants Monica_ hence June 4. SAN PEDRO—Afrived June 9—Schr Albert Meyer, from Baliard; schr J M Weatherwax, | from Grays Harbor. Sailed June 9—8tmr Brooklyn, for San Fran- cisco. WESTPORT—Arrived June 9—Stmr varro, hence June 8. ISLAND PORTS. HONOLULU—Arrived June 9—Bktn Archer, hence May 24, ANILA—Satled June 7—Svan stmr Is 6 Puciay, Tor Livecooot EASTERN PORTS. NEW YORK-—Sailed June $—Stmr Advance, | for Colon. June 9—Stmr Manchuria, for San clsco, and anchored off Tompkinsville, | FOREIGN PORTS. COLOMBO—Sailed June §—Br stmr Indra- | velli, for New York. HAMBURG—Salled June 7—Br ship Albyn, LT e 3 2 i une 7—Fr ship Jules | Gommes, for Oregon. 0§ FALMOUTH —Arrived June 8—Fr bark Mac- | hence Jan 27. BRATAAN -~ Paseed June T—Br_stme In- drawadi, from Yok#hama, for New York. | SINGAPORE—Sailed June 8—Ger stmr Nu- | bia, for Manila. i YOKOHAMA—Arrived June 7—Br stmr Em- | press of India, from Vancouver. £ Blnued June 4—Br stmr Caichas, for Vie- 01 HONGKONO—-Amved June 9—Jap stmr ] jca Maru, hence June 12. ACAPULCO—-snlea June 6~ Stmr for Panama. June 8—Stmr San Jose, lor Bul Francisco. OCEAN STEAMERS. NEW YORK—Arrived June 9—Stmr Ar- menian. from Idvervoal, stmr Prinzess Irene, I from Genmoa: stmr ssa, from Bremen: | trom Liverpool and Queens ———— Carolan Wants Big i Thomas F. Carolan yesterday brought ' suit against the Union Iron Works for $51,949 damages for personal in- | juries alleged to have been sustained by him while in the employ of the ! defendant company as a toolkeeper | Na- e alleges' that he fell a distance of 'wenty-seven feet into an open coal atch, which was unguarded by fend- } ers. It is said that his mind was af- | fected and he was paralyzed by the accident. nxn FOR ;ECI[VER— Mutual Savings rancisco yesti brought suit | dutonnpmnhnn note from | iministrator of the ' P. J. G, McKenna Takts b Chihurine Fahey. | desnnads wos others. The pIAINUIT asks for'the appolntment m-inp Poren to. give Battle whes ea.‘Buyl’n range | timony flatly. | stance, that the refusal to sell so few | as fifteen bags of onions to Lercari was | one | Produce Dealers’ | violate the rules of the association. | fact, said Burnham, there was no Pro-1 ?was no Produce Dealers’ and helper on board the ship Alaskan, = E4™ WOODWARD LAW ENGAGES BOARD Harbor Commlsswne‘rsBegm Hearing Under Complaints Made Against the Combine WITNESSES DON'T AGREE Entire Day Is Given to the Case in Which Wolf & Son Are Made the Defendants 1 The Harbor Commissioners devoted several hours yvestérday to finding out what truth there is in the complaint made by Charles J. Lercari against Wolf & Son. The allegation made by | Lercart is that Wolf & Son refused to | | sell him fiftern bags of onions at $1 per bag, and that this refusal constituted | discriminaticn and warrants the Har- taking away ! ber Commissioners in | from Wolf & Son their permit to seil perishable produce on the wharf, which | he asks shall be done. The transaction took place on the Washington-street whaif. so no ques- tion of jurisdiction on the part of the Harbor Commiesioners was raised, the wharf being the property of the State and under the control of the Harbor Commissioners. There was nothing for the Commissioners to sift except the testimony. The proceedings were not finished when the hour to adjourn for the day had arrived. The evidence was all in, but the attorneys wish to sum up before the Commissioners decide By reason of this, arguments will heard this afternoom, beginning at o'clock Some of the testimony that was taken yesterday contradicted other tes- It was testified, for in- be 4 due to the ruies of the Produce Deal- ers' Protective Association. WITNESSES DISAGREEING. On the other hand asserted by ore witness that there is no such associaticn, it having gonc out of business. One witness supplied two difierent versions of the same transac- tion in the space of five minutes. Throughout the day the produce dealers, of whom there were possibly two score in attendance, took a lively interest in the forensic efforts of Messrs. Wise, attorney for the com- | plainant, and Reinstein, for- the de- ferce. At times the lawyers grew quite warm. Of the latter there were two hostile camps before the Commissioners. On de were those who are alleged to he members of the Produce Dealers’ Protective As fation and on the other were somewhat more than twen- ty the as ociation and who asserted carn- estly that the association was trying to | e x them buck into membership. Charles J. Lercari testified that on May 28, on the Washington-street wharf, he asked Frank Burnham, sell- ing agent of Wolf & Son, the price of onions per bag and was told by Burn- ham that he could have onions tor $L per bag He offered a $20 gold piece in payment and called for fifteen bags of the vegetables, and Burnham then told him it was against the rules of the Protective Associa- tion to sell less than twenty-five sacks of onions at a time. Lercari identified papers that were handed to him by Attorney Wise as being the rules of the Produce Dealers’ Protective Association, ol | which he was formerly a mem- ber. Rule 3 provides that not less than fifty boxes of potatoes {and twenty-five sacks of onions shall ! be sold to a purchaser. G. Pierretti and A. Bacigalupi were present, so said | Lercari, when the conversation with | Burnham took place. They rurnhhed the same version of the story as Ler- | cari. BURNHAM TELLS STORY. In the afternoon Burnham was called as a witness for the defense. He testi- fied that he is the sales agent of Wolf & Son on the Washington-street wharf | and that he refused to sell the onions to Lecari, as the latter had tetified, but Burnham had a different verison of the conversation from the by Lercari, Pierretti and Bacigalup!. He denied that he had told Lercari | that he refused to seil because it would In duce Dealers’ Protective Asociation. John G. Wetmore testified that there Protective | Association; if there was another asso- ciation te which he belonged he could ! not remember its name. hand Pierretti, fied that he (Pierrctti) was formerly a member of the Produce Dealers' Pro- tective Association and that he re- On the other signed therefrom simultaneously with | | Lercari. At the afternoon session of the hear- ing Attorney Reinstein tried strenuous- 1y to get in a lot of questions as to ; whether the selling price was not de- pendent upon the quantity of onions purchased and strove to persuade the Commissioners that it was only a mat- ter of price that prevented Burnham | from selling fifteen sacks of onfons at a rate at which a larger lot could be bought. He also asked a great questions concerning the custom of dealers. All these questions were ob- Jected to by Attorney Wise and they were practically afl barred out by Chairman Spear of the Harbor Com- | missioners. variety of This led Commissioner Kirkpatrick to remark that the complaint was not | that the custom of the wholesalers had | been violated, but that the Woodward law had been transgressed. complaint against Wolf & Son has been | fully heard there are other cases. These will come up Saturday morning. ——— MAYOR APPOINTS FOURTH' OF JULY COMMITTEEMEN Names Those Who Will Make rangements for Celebration of National Anniversary. Mayor Schmitz yesterday appointed Ar- | the following as a Fourth of July com- mittee to arrange for the celebration of the national holiday this year: Charles Boxton, Fred N. Bent. Rev, William Thomas F. Finn, Max L. Rosenteld, Rev. T. Caraher, Rev. Levy, Henry Bruner, F. H. Hilbert, Waiter u.lll.hnr, Hamilton A. Bauer, Frank ch, ards. B. 2 Gougtiaez: Frank Markey, John J. Sweeney. Charles H. Sommerlad, A. B. Treadwell, Jessé A. Gal Stephen Glanettoni, T. J. ‘Sullivan, J. nnor, David Costallo, Stephen A. Byrne. Bonfanti Becomes Insane. Louis Bonfanti was yesterday placed in a cell in the Detention Hospital for the Insane at the City Hall. Bonfanti lost $600 about a year ago. Two bunko men induced him to place his wealth in their keeping, promising him to double the amount. After this trans- action Bonfanti lost all ambition to work and at last his mind deserted him. He will be examined by Dr. McGettigan this forenoon and, if tnnnd insane, committed to one of the Stal tals. was as stoutly | produce dealers who withdrew from | one given | who was recalled, testi- | After the | SHERIFES FIND GAMBLING JOINT While Levying Attachment for Amount of Rent They Find a Chinese Lottery |RAN SHOP FOR A BLIND Merchandise/Store in Front Concealed the Real Char- acter of the Business PSC ACPRIEPER with gambling A Chinese lottery, | equipment, was accidentally discover- | ed yesterday morning when Deputy Sheriffs Galland and Gallagher levied an attachment for arrears in rent. Fire Commissioner J. G. Boyne obtained judgment for rent against the Fang | Hing On Kee Company of 722 Dupont street and yesterday an attachment for $245 was given to the Sheriff to serve. The officers found the company's door barricaded. Receiving no answer from within, they broke down the door {and discovered that the store, ostensi- bly used for the sale of merchandise, was vacant. After passing through a short hall they came upon another door likewise barricaded. On their de- manding an entrance and knocking several times the door was opened by Ah Ping, who had been left in charge. Upon entering the room the deputy sheriffs discovered that they were in a complete and active Chinese gamb- ling joint. The doors on both sides of the room were solid and fitted with heavy locks. Tickets in the various lotteries were pasted upon the walls The table, which extended across one side of the room, was littered with lot- tery tickets, rubber stamps and other gambling paraphernalia. The drawers under the table were filled with unused tickets and with aprons containing potkets used for peddling the tickets. There was very little money in the drawers. TRAPDOOR WAS HANDY. Passing into a next room at the back of the house, the deputies found a trapdoor, planned for hastily dispos- ing of the gambling equipment in case of surprise. Underneath this was a re- ceptacle for the same and an .exit through an adjoining building. At first Ah Ping seemed very much perturbed and asked permission to clear out the room. Inquiry revealed the fact that the firm of Fang Hing On Kee had disappeared, leaving Ah Ping in charge to face the officers. An- other Chinaman, Wo Mey, is also in- terested in the company. A search through the disordered premises up- stairs failed to reveal any other gamb- ling devices. The Sheriff will turn the lottery property over to the police. WO MEY PAYS UP. While Galland and Gallagher were levying on the furniture Wo Mey ap- peared and paid down the sum of $260 to cover the amount of the judgment of execution. s ended the mission of the depu- ties and they permitted the effects of the firm to be moved back into the rooms. The writ was returned unexe- cuted. But the event did not end without relieve his o0 Mey seized Ah Ping, and an eviction after all. overwrought feelings, W his qoundam lieutenant, > bodily hustled him to the street. Then the heathen Chinee returned teo his quarters, rearranged his effects and prepared to calm his wounded feelings | with the aid of the “black smoke.” e g i TEACHER WANTS TRANSFER VIRONMENT Board of l"dlll‘l(lon Places Request on File—Many Certificates Are Granted. The Beard of Education yesterday received a communication from Miss | A. M. Loehr, a teacher, in which she | requests that she “be transferred from the South End School to some room in a quiet environment and sanitary con- dition, first or second grade pre- ferred.” The request was placed on file. teachers” The following certificates were granted: Grammar sehool - Anna_Louise Prout, age, Marie Dolores Margaret F. Stratham Kilpatrick. mmar_grade certificates zabeth A. Duffy Mary C. 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