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15 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1904 DECLARES LOTS W GED Says Numbers - on Grain | Receipts Were Ignored POINT FOR THE DEFENSE Quantity and Quality Ob- served Rather Than the| Identity of Consignments Henry C. Bunker, grain tester for the | Merchants' Exchange, occupied the | stand nearly all of yesterday in the| criminal proceedings against Jacob Ep- | . charged with obtaining money the International Banking Cor- poration on worthless warehouse re- | ceipts. The cross-examination of Bun- | ker by Attorney Ach for the defense | further opened the way for the defense to show that little attention was paid to lot numbers at the warehouse, equal quaptity and quality being the chief consideration. | When Attorney Ach asked if it was customary to disregard the lot number | called for in the grain receipt and to supply an equal quantity of the same quelity of grain, Attorney Campbell [ &nd District Attorney Byington raised strong objections, Campbell quoting statutes to prove that such action would be & felony. The objection was pverruled and Ach continued: | “Have you ever heard of such substi- | tutions being made?” Yes. “By the firm of Cutter & Moseley?” “Yes." | The witness further said that, by mgreement of both partles, lots of wheat | were frequently exchanged for option | Jots, the quality of the grain belng con- | sldered rather than the numbers on the | warehouse receipts. He had visited the warehouse at Crockett on July 2 of last year, but was refused admittance. He knew nothing of the shifting of grain | plies in the warehouse, the stenciling | of sacks or the loading of piles of grain on barges except what he had read in| the newspapers. | Most of the afternoon session was taken up by the defense in questioning | the witness as to his knowledge of | weevils and how much “weeviled” | wheat was in the warehouse at the time of the failure of Eppinger & Co. The object of thie questioning was to show that at the time the firm went to the wall there was enough good wheat in| the warehouse to satisfy the claim of | the complainants, although it did 1-mll bear the specific lot numbers called for | | in the warehouse receipts. It was fur- ther - shown to be customary when wheat became weeviled to subject it to hot blast treatment for the removal f the insects, after which it would | again rank as No. 1 wheat. | john E. Wendt, who formerly con-| Aucted a coffee-house on Sacramento | street, was put on the stand, but his| ory was so poor that his testimony | = practically valueless. The prosecu- tion wished to connect him with the| disappearance of the books from the | Coast Warehouse, but “I can’t| ber” was the response to the| ity of the questions. He did re- | member recefving a shipping receipt, | but could not fix even the year, to say | nothing of the day or month. The case | will be continued this morning. —_——— INTERESTING LECTURES ON SCIENCE ANNOUNCED | Professor J. G. Roger Is to Give| Course Under Auspices of | Epworth League. At Trinity M. E. Church, corner Market, Noe and Sixteenth streets, the | Epworth League s conducting an im- portant course of sclentific lectures by Professor J. G. Roger, M.D., Ph.D. The subject this evening at 7:45 will be “Science of the New Life”; Wednesday, 7:45, “The Sclentific of Praver”; Thursday, 7:45 ence of the New Man!; Friday 7 “Cause and Effect or Science of Retribution.” Judging from the first lecture last Sunday night on “The God of Science, or the Scientific Basis for Belleving in God,” the public may expect a week of rare intellectual good things. The lectures are all free, but a colleetion will be taken to meet expenses. —_—— The Ancient Order of Hibernians will heve their annual picnic at Schuetzen Park on July 4. Lunches for the picnic may be cooked on a gas range from 8. F. Gas and Electric Co., 415 Post street. * —_——————— Explodes Cracker Between Lips. Bome bigger boye told four-year-old Horace Hendricks. who lives at 7 Hampton place, that the manly way to ehoot firecrackers was to hold them between his lips, cigarette | and allow the explosion to occur | under his nose. Horace tried it yesterday morning and when his mother got him to the | Harbor Hospital her little boy bhad lips that for size and shape would have delighted the moul of & Zulu chief. Surgeon Hill did what | he could for the little chap, but for mome weeks Holace must submit to having his mouth washed out with a liquid which will Portie ang stier et that St Rl r that ma; Ve Fidden 1n the dirty littie paper cannon” To LABOR PROBLE 1S DISCESSED Kimball Gives His Opinion on Economie Questions Before a Clerical Body INIQUITIES OF WEALTH Alleges That Money Power Seeks to Influence Even the National Government “The Relations Between Capital and Labor” was the subject discussed by J. H. Kimball yesterday before the | regular weekly meeting of the Congre- gational Ministers’ Association. The Rev. Dr. Rader presided, and there was a large attendance. Mr. Kimball said, in part: The first condition in the industrial world is the concentration of wealth, the second con- dition is the consolidation of Wwealth and the third condition is the control which corpora- tions and weelth seek to exercise over our Government Concentration, consolidation, control—that is the order. During each session of Congress an army | of lobbyists, the best legal talent of America, laye siege to our nmation’s capital. If any one =upposes they are there to secure the passage of just laws, to aid our law- makers in their effort 'to act with an eye singie to the interests of the people, a study of the Congressional Records for the last ten vyears will suffiae for a complete disillusioning. Not only does corporate wealth seek to con- | ily proved? The.second was incidental. | trol our legislative bodies and our judiciary, bit it has come to believe itself entitled to special privileges at the White House. President Roosevelt was taken to task by number of visiting New York magnates for not first consulting them before instituting legal proceedings against the Northern Securi- ties Company No living American can do otherwise than, believe in the honesty of purpose of President Roosevelt, but the law of environment operates on Presidents as well as other men, and it must be confessed that the atmosphere of Washington is not at present conducive to clearness of vision. Too many of our money magnates are fittingly compared to the famous Corsican, Na- polcon, the “colossal highwayman of history.” Their moral and social irresponsibility is as flagrant, their predatory instincts are as in- satiable, their egotism is as unbounded, their defiance of law and moral principles as ruth- less as that of their great military prototype. There is a popular impression abroad that the condition of the wage-earner has greatly improved of recent years. The belief will not bear analysis. Without doubt wages have advanced during the last half century. EXODUS OF FARMERS. But u clos examination of the alleged im- provements in the condition of wage-earners in more recent years leaves one at a loss to account for the widespread misconceptions. Local conditions among California wage- earners are exceptional and are of course not to be taken as & criterion for a general esti- mate, but on the other hand nowhere in the United States is the cost of living higher than in_California. The farmer so far from making headway is | being divorced from the sofl and pushed back into a medieval tenantry. In 1880 25 per cent of the farmers of the United States were ten- ants. To-day 35 per cent are temants. The farmer is ground between the upper and nether milistones of the railroad company on the one band and the commission merchant or buyer | on_the other hand There is little wonder that 25,000 farmers in 1002 and 40,000 in 1903 found their way oves the Northwest border into Canada, and the exodus for 1904 bids fair to far surpas these figures. The best statistical authorities that we have produce an overwhelming conviction that rela- tively the masses do not get anything like thelr share of the wealth they produce. DAMNING POVERTY EXISTS. The principle of competition finds expression in_the oft-quoted phrase, “‘Every man for him self and the devil take the hindmost.” It is suggestive of the fate that overtakes the defeated in the economic struggle, the unfit, the unfortunate, all who fall by the wayside, What one sees in a glance at the rear of our industrial army is enough to make the heart sick There is the devil of despair, who claims his 8000 suicides a year; the devil of idleness, with his 80,000 tramps, ‘‘can’t works,~ Who have become hardened into ‘‘won’t werks; the devil of poverty, whose long arm is continu- reaching out after new victims. Consid- | ering our enormous wealth. there never was a | time when there was so much withering, blighting. stunting, damning poverty as there is to-day. 'The devil of disease stalks through our unsanitary mille and mines and factories, our tenement houses, reeking with filth, where human beings are huddled to- gether like cattle, thousands of whom he claims as his legitimate prey To-day the capitalist believes that the pres- | ent economic system is right, that he is getting only his share of the wealth created, and, 6o believing, is seeking to extend his power and fortity himself in his position. The wage-earner believes that he is not get- ting his share of the wgalth, and so believing, is making every effort to secure more. He is possessed with a longing for power. for con- Sideration for material improvement and so. cial equality. Murine Eve Remedy cures Sore Evyes. | Makes weak Eyes strong. Murine doesn't smart, it soothes. . —_— WALKER ESTATE.—Superior Judge Coffey yesterday ordered the final distribution of the California estate of Joseph R. Walker, the Utah mining man and banker, who died in Salt Lake City. The estate here amounted to $19,279 45 —_—e——————— Fancy vests at cost. See window. Tom Dillon, Hatter, opposite Palace. » —_—ee————— NEW POSTOFFICE STATION.—Postoffice Station J has been instituted at 1202 Masonic avenue, on premises owned by Lee O. Rodgers. It will be a money order and regis- try station and will have a force of carriers. It’ will be open on July 1. —_———— Some very swell wedding invitations come from Edward §. Knowles, 24 Second street. * e e—————— HONOLULU, June 4.—Investigations so far completed Into the shortage in the Terr{ torfal Land Office indicate that the total amount of the embezziements is more than ADVERTISEMENTS. “The Credit House.” other house in M S oedman s HOME. FURNISHERS ENORMOUS REDUCTION SALE---LAST WEEK, We give our guarantee, in this Enormous Reduction Sale, that our prices on all Dining-Room Furniture, all Carpets and all Draperies are from ene-fourth to one-third lower than those of any Our house has been crowded with those who have put our word to the test and found it true. Choose your goods at these prices; if you are not ready to furnish we will hold them for you for three months. 233-235-237 Post Street. San Francisco. { a| has v 90 SPRING VALLEY FRESENTS CASE Argument on Injunction Be- gins Before Judge Gilbert in the Federal Court | IMPOSITION IS CHARGED Affidavits Are Referred To as Hearsay on the Part of the City’s Witnesses S That the Board of Supervisors is try- {ing to put the Spring Valley Water | Company out of business and that the | board is not trying to do anything of i the kind are the two points being | argued before United States Circult | Judge. Gilbert. The case came up yesterday morn- ing, when Assistant City Attorney Partridge presented three additional affidavits in answer to the claims ad- vanced by the company in its applica- tion for an injunction to restrain the city from putting into effect the water rates passed by the Board of Super- | visors to take effect July 1. Attorney Kellogg for the company +said there were two “impositions” to be considered. The first was: Are the facts complained of true or satisfactor- He questioned whether the relief sought by the company might not be secured by the final decree. REVERSES PROCEDURE. Stating that he intended to reverse the ordinary mode of procedure in practice, he presented the law points in advance of the status of the case, as the court was thoroughly conver- sant with the matter from the nature of the affidavits filed. Kellogg argued that the court had | full jurisdiction and cited many cases to sustain the contention. He claimed that the city had wholly failed to an- swer the complaint and that, in fact, the answer filed by the city was an admission of every allegation in the bill. filed by the city were mere denials in general of the points raised by the plaintiff and did not controvert any of the causes of action. Hearsay was the bulk of the matter submitted by the city. The company’s attorney further said that the company would put up an ample bond to return the money pai under the present rate, if the court would issue the restraining order pray- | ed for and later on the Superior Court should decide against his client. In that way the citizens would lose noth- ing, but the company would be the sole sufferer. He asked the court to take these matters into consideration. THE CITY'S “EFFRONTERY Continuing his argument at the af ternoon session, Kellogg said that he .stood aghast at the effrontery shown claiming the Board of Supervisor: were not subject to review. He thought | it was simply an attempt to take the | company’s property without due pro- cess of law. | In response City Attorney Long read from decisions to show that the court had jurisdiction and that the board had acted within its powers. He said the city denied the right of the com- pany to secure a greater revenue than would be forthcoming at the rates al- lowed. The case will be further argued this morning. - CANTONMENT AT PRESIDIO | WILL BE INSPECTED TO-DAY General MacArthur Will Pay Annual Visit to Infantry Camp at That Post. General MacArthur will make his | annual inspection of the cantonment | at the Presidio to-day. Under this in- | spection will be included the Tenth land Twenty-eighth regiments of in- fantry stationed there. Captain F. L. | Winn will accompany the general on { this tour. ! Orders have been received here abol-' district of San il shing | Diego. the military Fort Rosecrans | cisc “olonel Stephen P. Jocelyn, Four- | vesterday on the Logan. He will at once enter on his duties as chief of staff of the Pacific Division. is accompanied by his wife and fam- general's department headquarters yesterday. reported Major Wisser, who will go to Fort Miley as commangding officer. | Colonel Henry G. Sharpe, commis- | sary department, arrived from Manila yesterday on his way to New York and Europe in the hope of benefiting his health. He Iis accompanied by Mrs. Sharpe. They are registered a: | the Palace. | Grand Army of the Republic, with Adjutant General John H. Roberts and General C. E. Woodruff left last night for San Jose to visit the Grand | Army posts at that place, as well as | the Woman's Relief Corps there. Fri- day they will go to visit the encamp- ment at Petaluma. Major W. Owen arrived from the Philippines on the Logan yesterday and has gone to the general hospital for treatment. —_—— French Answers Alliance. President W. J. French of San Francisco Typographical Union No. 21 has filed an answer to the Citizens' Al- seeks to restrain the alliance from us- ing its label. French's reply is by af- fidavit. He denies that the union was formed to prevent the employment of for its members; denies that it was formed for the purpose of compelling but to secure fair play for its mem- purpose of destroying competition in ployment for its members only by rea- ship; denies that the union takes in incompetent workmen, and avers that those who demand the use of the la- bel on their printed matter derive sub- stantial benefits. The affidavit is sup- ported by Harry L. White, C. F. Wol- ters and T. D. McKenna, members of. graphical Union. —_————————— The Flag's Birthday. This is Flag day. The national en- sign should be flung to the winds, as it is the anniversary of the adoption of the flag first suggested by Miss Betsy Ross of Combridge, Mass., to ‘Washington and adopted by Congress on June 14, 1777. —————— FOR NEW TRIAL.—The defendant's bill of exceptions and statement on motion for a new trial were filed yesterday in the case of Mary H. Grim against the National Union. This is the case wherein Mre. Grim seeks to recover $5000 on an insurance certificate for her husband’s death. He disappeared and a ter eighteen monf committed suicide, He contended that the affidavits | hereafter | be under the jurisdiction of San Fran- | teenth Infantry, arrived from Manila | He' “Major Tom Adams of the inspector | to | He will act | as assistant to Colonel Pratt, relieving | | Department Commander C. T. Rice, | liance in the suit wherein the union ! any person, but to secure employment | employers to pay any rate of wages, | bers; denies that it was formead for the | the printing trades, but to secure em- | son of superior quality of workman- the executive committee of the Typo- | £- ths was supposed to bave' DIVORCE LAW FINDS FRIEND, FOR Chicago Preacher Protests John D.Spreckels Announces Against ‘Efforts of Eccles- iastics to Stop Its Use FEARS FRESH DISASTER Denies Ministers’ Right to Denounce Happy Marriage Following a Separation | CHICAGO, June 13.—In a sermon | on divorce the Rev. Pearse Pinch de- | clared in Forestville Congregational ! Church that the attempts on the part | of the strenger ecclesiastical bodies to { whip preachers into line will only re- | sult in fresh disaster to the home. . “Instead of settling the divorce ques- | tion,” said the preacher, “Jesus left the whole subject open. Ministers are not compelled to say that all persons | divorced for anything but the ‘one cause’ shall not marry again. They | are free to teach what obvious justice ‘and humanity require and not a harsh ‘law that Jesus never gave. If, for ex- | ample, a woman refuses to live with a Iman who makes himself a drunken brute and gets a divorce from him and later marries a decent man, no | marriage, | . "Divorce is too light a punishment | for offenders against the marriage tle. | The most sérious offenses ought to | meet imprisonment for life. It is not {laxity for which I plead, but the right |to teach not -some outrageous rule | that Jesus never gave, but that which | the situation justifies.”” | —_————— Death of Matilda Gray. Mrs. Matilda Gray, a native of Ger- | many, aged 78 years, died at the Mc- Nutt Hospital yesterday morning. On {April 2 of this year Mrs. Gray was knocked down by a Valencia-street | cable car on Market street, opposite the Emporium, and dragged several feet. She was taken for treatment to | the Central Emergency Hospital and !sent to her home at 1107% Howard street. Three or four days later she was taken to the McNutt Hospital, | where she remained until she died. | The hospital authorities certified that | Interstitial nephritis was the cause of | death, | pmm————— ey | MARKS BROS. DOUBLE VALUE { | | | | 85¢ | | | | | a serviceable lot of GINGHAM —the kind the children need for Ruffles and yoke trimmed in ra full skirt. Very deep hem. biue and white and red vacation braid. E. Comes in pretty and white stripes. 7 L5 997 ed bargain STRAW all sizes, treat AILORS, at in novelty patterns; | Bof SKIRT | i | | A ‘splendid_display of summer-weight black MERCERIZED SATEEN PETTI- COATS. Deep accordion plalted flounce, trimmed with ruching. Every saving woman should take ad- ntage of this SNAP SKIRT, as plctured, e of an excellent quality of pique. || Neat white dot on black or blue ground. | Front gore trimmed In tailor-stitched 1] strazs. CHILDREN'S VACATION HOSE, with double heel, toe and knee; 20c value. Priced for this sale at 10c MARKS BROS. $ “The Home of Honest Values."” | 1220-1222-1224 MARKET STREET. | Chicago at this time. | Norton, Los Angeles; Oscar Lawler, Los An. | pacher, secretary, San Francisco. | { | | I | | | co: preacher is bound to denounce such | | coming here, | the California special train leaving San |11 o clock: | Phillips and wife, San Jose; | wife, E. S, Farrington, Dr. | cisco; | San’ Francisco; %) PP | ward of Los Angeles, D. W. | extended club privileges to members of SPECIAL TRAIN [HUTTON SCORES (TWO KILLED DELEGATES That Sickness Forbids Him From Making Trip East REGRET IS EXPRESSED Neither Full Evening Dress Nor Tuxedo Is Expected at Ruef Banquet To-Night The California delegation to the Na~ tional Republican Convention will leave San Francisco for Chicago at 11 a. m. to-morrow on a superb special train. John D. Spreckels, one of the four delegates at large, will not be able to attend the convention. I all preparations to accompany the dele- gation, having paid his assessment, re- served a drawing-room on the special train and apartments at the Audito- rium in Chicago. Yesterday he wired the following message to the secretary of the delegation: “CORONADO, Cal., June 13.—Jacob Steppacher, Secretary Republican State Committee, Palace Hotel, San Francis- Owing to illness am unable to ac- company delegation. Please cancel| hotel and railroad reservations. “JOHN D. SPRECKELS.” REASONS FOR ABSENCE. Later in the day the foregoing was supplemented by this message from The Call speclal correspondent in San Diego: SAN DIEGO, June 18.—John D. Spreckels, Wwho was elected one of the delegates at large to the National Republican Convention, which assembles at Chicago on June 21, to-day wired Secretary. Steppacher to cancel his hotel and railway reservations, as he would be un- able to be present at the convention owing to ill_health. Mr, Spreckels in referring to thie | action said: “I was in {1 health when elected a delegate | and came to San Diego a Week ago for the purposc of resting and recuperating. My jour- ney down convinced me that 1 would certainly jeopardize my health by taking the trip to | 1 therefore decided not | to_attend the natlonal convention.” Mr. Spreckels feels and expresses keen re- | Eret at not being able to attend the convention. His health has improved very materially since but he does not feel strong enough to make the journey. In his colleagues on the delegation he has the utmost confidence and feels that the party will be well repre- sented in the convention, A. Ruef, the alternate of Mr. Spreck- els, will accompany the delegation. A banquet in hohor of Mr. Ruef will take place at the Mechanics’ Pavilion this evening. George A. Knight will second the nomination of President Roosevelt in the national convention. PASSENGERS ON SPECIAL. The following will be passengers on Francisco on Wednesday morning, at Delegates to National Republican Convention at Chicago—Governor George C. Pardes, wife and two daughters, J. W. McKinley and wife, Los Angeles; George A. Knight; C. E. Clinch and wife, Grass Valley; George W. Reed and wife, Oakland; W. L. Crooks, Benicla; M. Gunst_ wife and two sons, San Francisco; A. D. Porter and wife, San Francisco; Mitcheil R. H. Country- man, San Francisco; Frank H. Short and wife, Fresno; Dr. J. G. Priestly, Lockford; J. H. geles, Allernates—F. K. Rule, Los Angeles; A. Ruef, San Francisco; F. P. Tuttle and wife, Auburn; Wiliam Van Allen, Ukiah; J. H. Fox and wife, Lemoore; Dr. T. Olmstead, Oak- land: Dr. J. H. Soper, San Francisco; J. Step- Delegates from Hawail—Prince J. Kalaui- auaole. W. H. Hoogs, E. A. Knudsen, H. H. Brodie, A.” G. M, Robertson, W. F. Robinson, | C._H. Dickey. Delegates from Nevada—R. S. Meacham and | 5. L. Lee. From the Philippine Islands—J. M. Switzer. | Press correspondents—Fred W. Bishop, wife and child, San Francisco Call; W. Fischer, | San Francisco Bulletin; A, Murphy, San Fran- cisco Examiner; E. H. Hamilton, San Fran- cisco Examiner; A. D. Dennison and wife, Oakland Enquire Friends accompanying the party will be: Harbor Commissioner Charl wite, Berkeley; State Printer W 3 non ‘and _wite; F. G. Berry, wife and child, Fresno; J. Batcher, Sacramento; George Cos- grove and_wife, Fresno; Mrs. L. Smith and daughter, Fresno; H. I, Kowaisky, San Fran- Sergeant_of Police Donovan, wife and daughter, San Francisco; Dr. Westerfleld, San Francisco; M. Marcuse, San Francisco; H. Johnson and wife, San Francisco; L. Bett- man, San Francisco; F. G. Huskey, San Fran- ciseo; Mrs. Karsen, San Francisco; Miss Gro- gan, San Francisco; Leo Pockwitz and wifs, A. Radke, San Francisco; J. Sullivan, San Francisco; Mr. Friedman, ‘rancisco; Mr. Selby, San Francisco; C. an Francisco; A. W. Brown, San ; Mrs. and Miss Kramer, San Fran- . 8. Stanley, Dr. Likens, G. Bettman. A. H. Abbott, city passenger agent of the Chicago Northwestern, Railroad, will be in general charge of the train to Chicago. The following are already in the East and will meet the delegation on its arrival in Chicago: Delegates—Joseph Steffens of Sacramento, D, Hunt of Santa Barbara, ‘E. D, Roberts of San_Bernardino. Alternates—C. C. Donovan of Santa Rosa, Willis Booth of Los Angeles, G. K. Wood- Hasson of Buena Park. T .: following delegates will not be able to attend: John D. Spreckels, San Francisco; John C. Bull, Eureka; W. P. Hammon, Oroville.. Ferd K. Rule, president of the State League of Republican Clubs, has called for a meeting of the xecutive commit- tee of the league at Republican head- quarters, Palace Hotel. The committee will meet at 10 o'clock this forenoon. The. Hamilton Club of Chicago has the Union League of San Francisco who may attend the national Repub- lican convention. Extensive preparations are in pro- gress for the A. Ruef banquet at the Mechanics’ Pavilion to-night. Mayor Schmitz will act as toastmaster. Among the speakers scheduled are Charles M. Shortridge, J. L. Gallagher, R. H. Countryman, D. W. Burchard and George. H. Bahrs, commander of the Bahrs Volunteers. The tables will be spread to accom- modate 700 guests. The feast will be served in the art room, on the second floor of the Pavilion. Precisely at 7 o’clock the festivities will begin. No hour is fixed for the conclusion, but as Mr. Ruef is due to leave San Francisco at 11 o'clock the following day the time can be approximated. The banqueters are not expected to appear in swell evening dress—in fact, the ordinary every-evening tuxedo is not demanded. Mr. Ruef's invitation is engraved on a silver plate with gorge- ous filigree. A special carriage will convey George Boyne and Tom Atkin- son and the silver-plated invitation to Mr. Ruef's residence, and in the ‘wheeled conveyance the chief guest of the evening will be escorted to the ban- quet hall. Never has Mr. Ruef been outside of ‘the State of California. Hence his departure for the far away country east of the Sierras and the Rockies js to be made an event. The banqueters and others will meet on Un- ion square, near the St. Francis Hotel, at 10 o'clock to-morrow to escort Mr. Ruef to the ferry on the occasion of the first real outing of his life. Mayor Schmitz, Herbert Schmitz and Frank Schmitz will remain in San Francisco. He had made | n FIRST POINT Police Judge Cabaniss Re-| fuses to Issue a Warrant for Commissioner’s Arrest COLLINS Charge of False Imprison- ment Is Made Against Po- licemen Barry and Fennell Police Commissioner H. W. Hutton, “special chief of police for 1129 Dupont street,” has scored the first point in the fight made for his arrest by Attorney George D. Collins for instructing Po- licemen George F. Barry and C. E. Fen- ell to arrest Mary Duran, an inmate of 1129 Dupont street, on the night of June |7 after she had left Jean Pon’'s restau- rant. The arrest of the woman was In direct violation of the injunction is- sued against the police by Judge Cook. Police Judge Cabaniss yesterday re- fused to issue a warrant for Hutton's arrest. F On the morning after the woman's arrest Barry and Fennell declined to swear to a compfaint charging her with vagrancy, and she was discharged by Police Judge Cabaniss. Attorney Col- lins at once applied to Cabaniss for warrants for the arrest of the two po- licemen and Commissioner Hutton for false imprisonment, but Cabaniss de- layed issuing them from day to day, as he wanted to look up the law on the subject and also to warn Hutton t¢ keep his hands off. Hutton agreed to submit authorities to the Judge., This he did yesterday morning, and asked that the issuance of the warrants be delayed till 2 o'clock. This was agreed to, but at 2 o'clock Hutton failed to make his ap- pearance, and the Judge delivered a lengthy opinion on the. right of the police to make an arrest for vagrancy. Judge Cabaniss held that the arrest ¢ the woman Duran was illegal because the officers did not have a warrant nor { did they see the woman in the commis- sion of the offense. The woman then swore to the com- plaints charging Barry and Fennell with false imprisonment, but the Judge declined to allow her to swear to a com- plaint against Hutton, as she did not know of her own knowledge that Hut- ton had advised the officers to make the arrest. Attorney Colling said he was prepared to take the responsibility, but the Judge was not to be moved | from his resolution. Collins said hé was willing to wait, as if the two policemen would testify to the truth they would have to admit that they received their instructions from Hutton and Hutton's arrest would surely follow. The two officers surrendered them- selves and were released on nominal bail. When their cases are called in court this morning a continuance will| be granted for two weeks, as Collins desires to have the evidence of Captain Duke, who is now on his vacation. —————— MERCHANTS WILL BE URGED TO DECORATE THEIR STORES Fourth of July Committee Appoints Officers for an Imposing Parade. At the meeting of the Feurth of July committee yesterday in the Mayor’'s office voted to request all San Francisco | merchants to decorate their places of business on the national anniversary. This action was taken at the sug- gestion of the Rev. Father Caraher, a | member of the committee. It was also decided to urge all employers to give | their employes a holiday. Charles Boxton was chairman of the meeting and George W. Edwards secretary. grand marshal for the parade. committees are as follows: General committee of arrangements—Charles Boxton, Fred Bent, Rev. Willlam Rader, Thomas F. Finn, Max L. Rosenfeld, Rev. Caraher, Rev. . S. Levy, Henry Bruner, M. Hilbert, Walter Galiagher, Hamilton A. Bauer, Frank French, George W. Edwards, George B. Benham, A. Goustlaux. Frank Ma: key, John J. Sweeney, Charles H. Sommerl A~ B, Treadwell, Jesse A. Galland, J. O'Connor, Stephen Glanetton!, The N. . « David Costello, Stephen A. Byrne, M. H Squires. 5 Parade—J. C. O’Connor, Henry Bruner, Frank Markey, T. J. Sullivan. Literary—Rev. T. Caraher, Walter Gallagher, Rev. Willlam Hader, Rev. M. S. Levy, A. B. Treadwell Music—John J. Sweeney, Jesse A. Galland, Hamilton A. Bauer. Fireworks—Charles H. Sommerlad, Frank French, M. H. Squires. Printing and _press—George B. Benham, David Costello, Stephen A. Byrne. Finance—Max L., Rosenfeld, Fred N. Thomas F. Finn. Decoration—A. F. H. Hilbe — e Falkenberg Secks Freedom. Superior Judge Kerrigan yesterday granted a writ of habeas corpus for the person of Leslie Falkenberg to be produced in Judge Dunne’'s depart- ment to-morrow. The writ was ap- plied for by Victor Falkenberg, who alleged that his son has been in the custody of the Sheriff since March 30, having been arrested on a warrant is- sued by Judge Mogan and which, it is alleged, did not state a specific of- fense. Falkenberg, at the time of the ar- Bent, Goustiaux, Stephen Gianet- tont, . rest, was not living with the mother | It was said that he| of his child. wanted to see the little one and the mother took it to his house for a visit. Then Falkenberg secured her arrest on a charge of abandoning the babe. Justice Mogan dismissed the against her and gave the man the lim- it for not caring for his offspring. ——————————— Marine Engineers Wanted. The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examina- tion on June 30 to fill a vacancy in the position of engineer on the steam launch in the customs service at As- toria, Or., at $90 per month. Apply to the secretary of the local board at the custam-house at Astoria, Or., for anvlication 1093. ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ No soap in all the world is so cheap. No soap in all the world is so none so lasting, Sold all over the world, NOT TROUBLED| it was unanimously | J. C. O’Connor was elected | T. J. Sullivan, | case | BY A BLASI Michael Griffin and Andrew Quinn Terribly Mangleq by a Premature Explosic THEIR LEGS TORN OFF Unfortunate Men Die at the | Emergency Hospital as i Result of Awful Imjuries As the result of a premature exg sion of a blast at Twentieth and nessee streets yesterday after | Michael Griffin and Andrew Qu tained injuries from which they at the Central Emergency Hospit Shortly before 5 o'clock t ¢ Griffin and Quinn, in company several others, were engaged | a blast at Twentieth and 1 streets. The charge and Griffin and Qu ty-foot pipe conta out of the ground. rail, and then occurred a deaf plosion. Both men were hurled siderable distance, and their I the knees were li ¥ Tom Dugan, a fellow la a fracture of the right. clavi Griffin and Quinn were r the Central Emergency Hospital They stuck. v their legs e amputated b knees. Griffin died immedia Q died at 1:30 this morning. Be were unmarried. Quinn T fin re STRANDED COMPANY IS NOT ACTOR MacDOWELL'S He Says the Backward Backers Are David A. Weis and Al- bert de Lisser. That Melbourne MacDowell, ent a tragedizn on and off t is a much wronged man was ex yesterday ev by T. R E rights for the first place, ing owner of the A S trave n g under the name “MacDowell Comps * is in no way owned or controlled by that actor. David A. Weis and ert de Lisser are the financial bac s who did net back. It is to the the troupe should ances. MacDowell himself is minus six months’ salary at $200. 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