The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1901 'MAYOR SCHMITZ TRANSMITS FIVE VETO MESSA . N or | REDUCED ROLL | S | ~CAUSES WORRY ,,(:'r'unpllt:xtinns in Auditor’s . Uffice Show Big Falling Off in City’s Assessment = FIND CLERICAL ERRORS ']:(nl;nl Amount May Be Less Than That on Which Tax for the Budget Was Based —— The exclusive publication in The Call ©f yesterday that the revision of the as- | sessment roll would result in a falling | off of some §9.000.000 from the total of | $511,000, returned by Assessor' Dodge caused consternation among the , The article was fully con- | | I { | i city officials firmed by the figu compiled yes- | terday by the 4 in Auditor | Baehr's office, and the inevitable con- | clusion is drawn that the total roll| wag placed at too high a figure in the first place. The as revised by Auditor Baehr ent time aggregates the sum | proximately $502,89 or more | $8,000,000 less than the original | 1. This reduction is mainly, ical errors and to reductions d by the Board of Supervisors. 1 is segregated as follows: $02.892,459 ions may result in a one way or the other in the figures quoted. The fact that the ounts to $3( 459 does not sig- | t the taxes on that amount| v ted. Included in the sum ar nts on property belonging 1o th church property and prop- erty n the name of the Univer- sit ., all of which under the law is non able. This will re- Luce € r vy at least $1,000,000. Then t 5 in the collection of taxes is t considered. It has been t figure on a delinquency | Last year, however, it was 00,000, owing to the enormous in- nt on newly vative e would be be- ) and $3,000,000. It will seen that the actual 1 which taxes will will aggregate an amount borhood of $500.000,000, and low that figure, serving to make the which fixed a on an estimated roll of cidedly uneasy. If the roll the last named figure it at the income will be in-| conduct the affairs of the How much the deficit is can only be determined wount of tax collections The deficit may be amount to a figure | me inconvenience to who direct the manage- citv's finances, as the in- insufficient to meet the | ure: e easi are Supervisors, ma, wor I TTETEE be g2y APPOINTMENT WILL BE MADE AFTER PRIMARIES or Schmitz Makes Definite An- | nouncement Regarding Vacancy on Board of Education. #Mayor Schmitz said yesterday that he would not announce the name of his appointee to the vacancy on the Board of Education to succeed Mark until after the primaries. Among the latest aspirants for the place Louis Levy, present Deputy Health Officer * Othe: sirong candidates are Park issioner Altmann, whose chances f ppointment are of the best, I Joseph Poheim, member of thé Health Board; David J. Oliver Jr., 2 prominent Woodman; Thomas E. Al secretary of the Republi- can o Committee, and A. M. 1 Armstrong : ——— MAYOR APPROVES ONE CHARTER AMENDMENT Mayor Schmitz yesterday signed the 1 & forth a proposed charter . Iment modifying the dollar lim- taxation so that 85 cents only be used for the running ex- the city government and 15 1 be applied for public im- provements. The proposed amendment will be submitted to a vote of the peopie, to- gether with others which the Super- des to incorporate municipality, —_——————— Fischer's New Soubrette. in the The new soubrette who is to take the jlace made vacant by Nora Bayes at Fischer's Theater is expécted to arrive day. Miss Bayves goes back to vandeville and will open in Denver a week from Saturday. Nellie Gerin, the new ubrette, is one of the pret- tie women on the stage. She is petite. chic, one of the best singers and weers in America, and there Is nb part in-either comic opera or bur- Jesque that she cannot assume. She will make her first appearance Mon- _ @ay night in “The Whirl of the| Town.” in which she will introduce | some of her speciaities, i ———— Navy Leagoe Lecture. An address will be given before the San Francisco section of the Navy League of the United States on Wednesday, August 10, at 8 o’clock p. m.. at the Chamber of Commerce 7 Sansome street, by Lieutenant ur MacArthur Jr., United States y. en “Submarine Boats—Their ‘ses, - Construction and Method of Operation.” Every one who is Inter- ested in the promotion of a proper| growth of the navy is invited to be present. e Ye Olde English Inp, 144 Mason st Best things to eat and @rink at Babs & Jules’. » PLAN T0 AMEND 10PPOSES THE SUGGESTED CH (ITY'S CHARTER Liquor Dealers Propose the Right of Appeal From Po- lice Buard to Supervisors . HOCKS BEHIND MEASURE| ———— Change Will Affect Grant- ing of Permits Which Have Been Previously S sipiipe A committee from the California Retail Liguor Dealers’ Assoclation held a consultation yesterday at the City Hall with Supervisors Hocks and Lunstedt and after a long discussion it was agreed that Hocks wiil submit at next Monday's meeting of the Board of Supervisors an ordinance setting forth a proposal to the voters to amend the charter giving to an ap- plicant for a liquor permit which has been denied by the Police Commission the right of appeal to the Board of Supervisors. Some time ago Hocks introduced ordinance providing for the right appeal, which he desired passed the Supervisors. It was referred the City Attorney, who rendered opinion that the ordinance would an of by to an be | in direct violation of the charter if it! were passed. Hocks thereupon de- cided to present the measure in the form of an amendment to the charter. The proposed amendment sidiary to subdivision 3, section 1, chapter 3, article 8 of the charter, which allows all applicants for liquor permits to have a hearing before the Police Commission. The section to be added follows After the hearing, still refuse sbould the Police Board rmit or should re- been granted, the 1 affected thereby may appeal from the { said board to the Board of Super- and if in the judgment of the Super- v ors, visors the said license should be granted or the revocation set aside, an order shall be made to that effect and the Tax Collector shall issue & license. Should the bill setting forth the amendment be passed by the Board of Supervisors it will go to the Mayor for his signature or veto. Should his Honor veto tained then the liquor dealers purpose to have the amendment submitted to the voters. The committee attending the con- ference consisted of William Clack, Frank Shannon, John Herget, Charles Mitchel, William Rice, Thomas Lind- say and Ike Spiro. —_— e PERSONAL. C. R. Scott, a lawyer of Tulare, is at the Grand. P. L. Flanigan, a capitalist of Reno, is at the Grand. Dr. W= S. Taylor of Livermore is at | the Palace Hotel. James M. Meighan of Tonopah is at the Palace Hotel. J. P. Poundstone, a rancher of Gas- ton, is at the Grand. H. G. Stevenson and wife of Menlo | Park are at the Palace Hotel for a few days. Hector Burness, who represents a large number of English firms at Fresno, is registered at the Palace Hotel. John M. Gardiner, prominently con- nected with the electric railway sys- tem at Santa Cruz, is registered at the Grand Hotel, Judge J. Gibson of Los Angeles, whose recent investments in oil have netted him a big fortune, is at the St. Francis Hotel. J. E. Bamberger of Salt Lake, who i= interested in the Daly-West mine and other gold properties, is at the St. Francis Hotel. Dr. Charles W. Needham, president of Columbia University, arrived here yvesterday from Washington and is staying at the Palace. Gaston Bernal Reske and Madame Reske of Madrid, both noted singers, who are making a tour of this coun- try, are at the Palace. Williamy E. Smythe of San Diego, who is prominently identified with irrigation projects in Southern Cal- ifornia, is at the Palace. W. A. Junker, manager of the Paso Robles Hotel, is spending a few days in the city, accompanied by his sister, Miss Junker. They are at the Palace Hotel. M. P. Snyder, Mayoy of Los Angeles, who has been rusticating at Shasta Springs, is registered at the Palace Hotel. en route home. He is accom- panied by his wife and son. Mrs. Carl T. Hartman and daughter arrived from Paso Robles yesterday 2nd are at the Occidental, where they will remain for three weeks. Captain Hartman is chief of the Signal Corps al Camp Atascadero, Charles L. Davis, formerly receiving teller of the San Francisco Savings Union, but for the last year in charge of the exchange department of the San Francisco National Bank, has been elected an assistant cashier of the latter bank. United States Senator A. G. Foster and Captain E. G. Griggs, president of the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufac- turers’ Association, arrived here yes- terday from Tacoma and are staying at the Palace. They came south on private business and leave to-morrow for Los Angeles. i TASSS Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—The follow- ing Californians have registerd in New York: : From San Francisco—A. Ackerman, at the Wellington; A. Baer, at the Hotel Imperial; Miss M. McBach, at the Grand Union: Z. W. Dodge, at the Hotel Imperial; P. O’Brien, at the Astor House; C. Thumler, at the Well- ington; G. Andrews, at the Broadway Central: E. C. Boricher, at the Marl- borough; S. Plummer, at the Herald Square; Mrs. J. W. Clark, at the Im- perial; Miss Scarlock and W. D. Scar- lock and wife, at the Broadway Cen- tral. From Los Angeles—S. C. Vaile, at the St. Denis; F. P, Hull, at the Vic- toria, and T. L. Hameston, at the St. Denis. Denied | is sub- | it and the veto be sus- | N l.City’s Executive Takes Issue With Board of Supervisors. Purposed Amendments Are Calied Attempt to Usurp Power. Mayor Schinits has returned to the Board of Supervisors without his. ap- proval five of the six purposed amend- meats to the charter. In his veto message the Mayor does not enter into lengthy legal argument or quote de- cisions. Flatly, bluntly he states his refusal. Caustically he takes a fling at the Supervisors, whom he accuses of attempting to arrogate to them- ! selves powers which belong to other | branches of the city government and increase their powers He says that the charter is not the | most perfect document in existence, { but holds that the Supervisors are barking up the wrong tree and that the { amendments are not aimed at the im- | perfect sections. Some of the purposed amendments seem mnot only to have met with the dis- approval of the city’s chief executive, but also to have aroused his ire. Re- | garding amendment No. 6, which re- lates to the duties of the Fire Commis- sioners, the Mayor says that the Su- | pervisors, in reaching out for more power, do not care what chaotic condi- tions may be brought about or how the administration may be impaired. VIGOROUS OBJECTIONS. The veto messages are as follows; To the Board of Supervisors—Gentlemen: 1 | herewith return, out my approval, and 1 pprove and veto, “‘Charter Amend- and specify the following as the r my veto in some manner restrained, it is evi- dent that the people of this city are apt to be j aiflicted with a charter amending epidemic. rhe Board of dy proposed t ers in co Supervisors has, to this date, ix amendments and has oth- on, while petitions are being | freely cir or the submission to the peo- ple of other amendments, So many amendments submitted at a_single election, and that, too, one which Involves | national party issues and in which candidates for public office are to be elected, will, 1 am fail to receive that consideration’ which rtance of such changes in the funda- mental organic law of the municipality merits and should have. Moreover, this wholesale tinkering with the charter is fraught with serious consequen On account of the ill-considered haste in which are concaived and prepared not only to the subjects at aimed, but to the re- charter. was framed with great and much deliberation and wae proudly pro- claimed, even by some of those who now seek to amend it, a5 a monument of municipal wis- dom &XT of municipal government It is true that the charter is imverfect in many particulars, but in my = opinion the amendments are not directed at the most im- portant of these particulars. It would be far more advantageous to the eity and to the economical administration of its affairs, if, instead of seeking further to extend the power of the Board of Supervisors unfairly and unjustly to interfere with and cripple the operations of the various depart- ments and bureaus of the city’s government, | thereby precipitating expensive and disagree- | able conflicts at the cost of the citizens of | San Francisco, an amendment were offered providing for the autonomy of each depart- ment and its own control, over the work for which it is responsible and over which it has under the charter exclusive control. A majority, If_not all, of the amendments proposed by the Supervisors, this day returned by me, are designed to Increase the already exaggerated power assumed and claimed by the Board of Supervisors. EXPERIENCE OF THE PAST. From the experiences of the past, such an enlargement of power would tend still further © urage officious interference, and is, in my opinion, neither extremely desirable nor exceedingly advantageous to the city's inter- care No. 2 contains internal evi- A Qence of carelessness and want of due con- endment sideration. It has two main features: First, the desire to do away. in the case of ac- auired public utilties with the safeguard of the “one-twelfth act.”” with which the charter surrounds the expenditures of the various de- partments; second, to give the Board of Bu- RECEIVES NEW PRINCIPAL OF GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL Alumnae Association Meets and Wel- comes Dr. Scott, the New Head of the Institution. The Alumnae Association of the Girls' High School Association of San Francisco gave a reception last even- ing in the auditorium of that building, corner of Scott and Geary streets. The function was in honor of Dr. Arthur W. Scott, the new principal of the school, and of Elisha Brooks, who re- tires from the position. Dr. Scott re- signs the principalship of the Alameda High School and Mr. Brooks leaves his educational work after thirty years of teaching. He will retire to his country home at Ben Lomond in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The large apartment was decorated with potted ferns and rare plants. Music was provided by a stringed orchestra and vocal selections were given by mem- bers of the assoclation. A short address of welcome to the new principal was made by Miss Hattie Whirlow on behalf of the Alumnae Association. Mr.Brooks, in reply, spoke of his long term of labor as a teacher and as principal of that school and of the pleasant associations with its faculty. After forty years he wag returning home to the woods, but he felt that he was leaving the school in the best hands that could be found. The new principal spoke in part as { follows: This is & large school—a large Girls' High School—and I assume the principalship of it with the realization of a grave responsibility. During her high school career a girl is pa: ing through a critical time in her life. 8 is beginning the finish of her preparations td‘ the higher duties of womanhood, and the in- stitution where she is receiving her final in- | the Board of Supervisors —_—— CHARTER IVE of the six purposed amendments to the charter submitted by the Super- visors were vetoed by Mayor Schmita yesterday in stinging messages. In belef the amendments vetoed are as follows: No. 2—Providing for the Aacquisition of public utilities by the city and payment thereof. No. 3—Limiting the district in which rock crushing may be carried on, No. 4—Glving the Supervisors charge of the issuance of street permits, No. 5—Providing for Pro- gressive payments on street con- tracts. No. 6—Curtailing the power of the Fire Commissioners. The Mayor says too much tinkering has already been done with the charter and the city put to useless expense. He sug- gests that matters referred to in the amendments be covered by municipal ordinances and at- tention paid to more serious weak spots in the charter, if it is to be amended. — pervisors the unlimited control of the expendi- tures of public utilties as against the depart- ments under whose jurisidiction the framers of the charter Intended that such expendi- tures should be made. The first of these objects the proposed amendment would fall to achieve, because its language refers to the wrong sections of the charter. The amendment reads: ‘‘The pro- visions of section 9 of this chapter shall not apply to the funds of any public utility or appropriation made therefrom.’ Section 9 can relate only to Article XII, when, a matter of fact, the author of the amendment undoubtedly had in mind section 9 of chapter I of Article III of the charter, which is nowhere in the proposed amendment mentioned or referred to. The second of these objects would, if the proposed amendment became a part of the charter, put the responeibility for the opera- tion of any pubic utility upon one of the mu- nicipal departments, and yet allow the Board of Supervisors to cripple its efficiency or de- stroy its utility, as has been. in my opinion, attempted by this very board in its controversy with the Board of Health an arm of the mu- nicipal administration Wwhich has honestly, efficiently and economically administered its department. This amendment, if carried, would also, in my judgment, provide a baeis for a strong argument against the acquisition of any public utilities, as it expressly provides for the un- profitabie operation of such utilities and pre- pares for an attack by the Board of Super- visors upon the general funds of the eity, raised by general taxation of her citizens, to replenish the funds of a possibly unprofitable public utility. The language of the amendment in this connection is as follows: “Should the reserve funds be Insufficient to pay the same, then may appropriate from the general fund of the oity and county 2 sum sufficient to meet such deficiency.” As the city has not vet acquired any publie utility there will be ample time and oppor- tunity hereafter for the submission of an im- proved amendment, if one should be deemed necessary. WOULD BE INEFFECTIVE. Amendment No. 3 seeks to fix the limits for quarrying and is supposedly aimed at Gray Bros. The Mayor says: would be absolutely ineffective if other- wise lawful and valid for the reason that the prohibited districts are not defined by limiting boundaries. According to the proposed amend- ment the attempted boundary line of the “quarry’’ district begins either at Van Ness avenue and Market street or at Van Ness avenue and Bay street (it is uncertain which) | nd ends at the waters of the bay and Green street, leaving the space between Van Ness avenue and East beundary, thus failing to define a district. Among the attempted boundaries of the “rock-crushing’” district are two parallel streets without connection, Lombard and Greenwich streets, thus leaving that district oper. and unbounded. The proposed amend- ment is wanting of definition and therefore ineffective. The proposed amendment is inconsistent and in my opinion {llegal in that it assumes to grant power to the Supervisors to fix the limits and at the same time assumes itself to fix such limits. The proposed amendment is, in my opinion, unconstitutional. It is justifiable only as an exercise of the ‘‘police power’ of the municl SEND MESSAGE T0 KWONG SUI The Emperor of China Is Congratulated by Chinese Whose Heads He Desires To-day Kwopg Sui, Emperor of China, son of heaven and three chap- ters more of titles, is 33 years old. In Chinatown his faithful subjects are preparing to celebrate jhe event to- morrow because the sixth day of Aug- ust is a hoodoo day among the Chi- nese. About 5000 years ago an Em- peror of the Grand High Cross-eyed Dynasty fell into a plate of seaweed stew on that date and turned into a catfish. The Educational Society has cabled the Celestial potentate the following message of congratulation: “Continuous congratulations to our dear Emperor. May he live 10,000 years. May our country progress till it is the first in the world.” The messenger boy who hands that to the Son of Heaven is liable to come out of the imperial pagoda head first. There is a price of $200,000 on the heads of the members of the Educa- tional Society. Whether or not there is that much in the imperial till Kwong Sui don’t like the association. struction must be broad and comprehensive in its methods. And the school like the school must develop. I might mention several spectal features of a girl's training, but I will men- tion only one—the phyeical. Being a phy- T place more importance on this pos- than another might. Physfcal excrcise in the open air Is needed for the development of the girl into the woman. Another thing 1 would like to see changed is the use of the fourth story of this building. 1 see girls toiling up these stairs for recita- tions. 1 hope alterations will be made in these apartments whereby we need mot use this top floor except for reception purposes. Now in conclusion T wish to know the students of this school and their parents. 1 to know the temperament of the pupil in 1 and at home and T want the two tem to come together—get acquainted. L3 COLONEL KATE on “The Chorus Girl,” in NEXT SUNDAY’S CALL. 1 ———— The Six Companies have given out the following proclamation in honor of the Emperor’s birthday: “See to it that your lanterns are trimmed and lighted. Let all reverence be shown to the Son of Heaven, Kwong Sui, Emperor of the Eighteen Provinces. Regard This! ! 1" Chinatown is going to go some’on this anniversary. Every Celestial with the price will get outside of an exten- sive banquet that is mostly “odor. Fiddles will squeak and gongs will thunder all night. & The Educational Society, in spite of the price placed upon the ! -ads of its leaders, will celebrate as enthusias- tically as their brethren, who are held at a far cheaper valuation. The or- ganization has levied an assessment of 80 cents per capita for provender and street open and without ‘| an entrance into the rear of the jail. OF THIS CITY SR T Little Attention Paid to Legal (Questions Involved. g Believes City Ordinances Would Fully Cover Same Ground. —_— % ity, the Juri The lawmaking power already existing in the legislative authority of the city and county, | I am of the opinion that a submission to the | pecple of such & poiice regulation and its | adcption would not make it a valid provision of the charter any mere than the submission to the people and their adoption would make as a valld part of the charter an amendment | providing that a person found leaving his | horse unhitched upon the street should be ar- rected. That would be the subject of munic- ipal ordinance and not of charter amendment. 1 Q;nk the proposed charter amendment also ¢ uncchstitutional in that it attempts arbitrarily to discriminate between persons engaged in the same class of business. Under the pro- visions of this proposed, amendment a person | heving property on north side of a street would be debarred*Trom using it while a per- son on the south side of the same street and | directly opposite would, under exactly the same surrounding conditions, be privileged to utilize it While T do not set it forth as an express ground of veto, I wish also to call attention t> the danger of submitting to the people an amendment to a section of the charter which is not at all relevant to the subject matter of the amendment. Thus in this amendment a section of the charter which gives the Supervisors only power to construct or permit the construction of tun- nels is sought to be amended go as to create restrictions and prohibitions of matters entirely orelan. As the ballots voted by the people contaln only the bricfest reference to the nature of the amendment voted on it will be observed that the establishment of this precedent might lead to most noxious and harmful results. ARROGATION OF POWER. To the purposéd amendment No. 4 the following objections are made by the Mayor: It is a direct arrogation of certain power to the Supervisors which the charter makers did not contemplate or intend. It is an interfer- ence with the action of a municipal depart- ment which is primarily and legally responsible for work upon the streets and would tend to create unnecessary confiict between two de- partments of municipal administration. It would impose upon property owners the burden, already arduous enough, of dancing attendance upon committees of the Board of Supervisors and at meetings of the Supepvis- ors, as_well as waiting upon the Board of Public Works, to secure permission to do what under proper regulation and supervision it would seem they should have every right to do, namely, In proper cases, to improve their own property at_their own expense. STREET CONTRACTS. The veto of the purposed amendment No. 5, relating to payments on street contracts, is brief. It says: This amendment I consider most vicious and most dangerous to the city's interests. It atempts to authorize progressive payments on public contracts. It must have been piain to the gentlemen who proposed this amendment, experienced as they are in municipal affairs, that such an amendment would only place a premium on spoliation of this city throush financially irresponsible contractors. low figure could be bid on a contract, part of the work done, progress payments made and the work thereupon abandoned, to be completed by the city on a much higher basis of ex- pense. Contract jobbery should not be en- couraged. FIRE COMMISSION. The purposed amendment No. 6, aim- ed at the Fire Commission, meets with the Mayor’s disapproval as follows: This amendment would remove from the Fire Commissioners the duty, as well as the right, to supervise the business of the depart- ment for which they are responsible and of which they have exclusive control. It would expressly absolve them from seeing that con- tracts awarded and work done for the Fire Department should be faithfally performed and would release them from the obligation of ex- acting adequate bonds for the prompt and faithful performance of the same. In the grasping for more power for the Su- pervisors, it matters not apparently what cha- otic conditions may be brought about nor how seriously the efficiency of municipal adminis- tration may be impaired. The houses of the city may be burned, conflagrations may rage and destroy our places of business for want of prover control by the Fire Department of its horses, apparatus and supplies, but If small political grievances or petty political ambi- tions can be satisfied, let the charter be amended. i and its subject matter is Within i ction of the lawmaking power. { SNOW CAUSES GOLDMAN'S ARREST FOR INSANITY Ex-Mayor of Oakland Declares He Is in Constant Fear of His Life. Adolph Goldman, who shot ex- Mayor R. W. Snow of Oakland. was arrested yesterday on a warrant sworn out by Snow, charging him with be- ing insane. Snow claims that he fears Goldman will kill him if left at large. Goldman is indignant at the action of his former friend in placing him behind locked doors. He was consult- ing his attorney in the Parrott build- ing when a police officer entered and informed him of his arrest. At the Detention Hospital he said he had spent two hours in Snow’s company on Thursday, when they discussed their former relations. Snow advised him, he said, to go to some private sana- torium for treatment. He declined to do so and to this he attributes his arrest. The warrant was issued by Judge Kerrigan. ——— WITTMAN HIGH LICENSE Local Chief of Police Fa- vors Increase for Permis- sion to Conduct Saloons A iy SO IS ToO SMALL el Heads of FEastern Cities Laugh at Fees Charged for Retail Liquor Men FREEE g Chief Wittman has put himself squarely on record as favoring a high@t license rate for local saloons. A large numb-r of citizens attended a meeting last night at the Columbian | building, at 916 Market street, with ref- | erence to the suggested liguor dealers’ | high license. J. W. Scott was in the| chair and among the speakers were John F. Merrill, J. W. Hatch, D. No- land, P. F. Morris and others represent- | ing various business industries and | trades. | Besides the commercial interests rep- resented there were delegates from the Epworth League Alliance and the Gold- en Gate Christian Endeavor Union. N. B. Greensfelder and Leon C. Osteyee represented the Civie Council of San Francisco. Merrill made some practical sugges- tions as to the means which he consid- ered necessary to obtain names to the petition, which must be in the hands of the Registrar of Voters by the end of September. Merrill could not see why the petition should not contain 30,000 | names. He expressed his confiience that nine-tenths of the business men of the city would sign the petition. That there shall be no time lost in furthering the movement by which those interest- ed hope to institute high license in San Francisco, he moved to district the business portion of the city as a prac- tieal mrl of gaining signatures. The al TARIFF motion s adopted. The following letter in response to an invitation to attend a former meeting | was read from Chief of Police Witt-| man: Dear Sir: I am, as you know, in hearty accord with you in striving to obtain the ends for which the meeting was called. I| found during my trip throughout the Eastern | States that there are no cities that bave a lower license rate for the retail liquor business than $500 per annum, and they grade from | that amount up to $1500 per annum. 1 was laughed at by the different Chiefs of Police and the Mayors of the different cities where 1 visited when I told them that our retail liquor dealer’s license was only $84 a year. I think the public is ripe for a reform in this direction and only needs some one to bring the matter publicly to the attention of the community. I am sure you will find that the public will vote right on the question. | There will be a meeting at the same place next Friday evening at 8 o'clock. —_——— WILL CELEBRATE THEIR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. H. Morris Complete Half a Century of Happy Mar- ried Life. Mr. and Mrs. H. Morris will cele- brate their golden wedding anni-| versary at 249 Fell street to-morrow | afternoon. A large number of rela- tives and friends will be present to help make the occasion a memorable one. The aged pair were married in Ger- many August 7, 1854. Shortly after the wedding they decided to try their fortunes in the new country beyond the Atlantic and sailed for New York. They came directly to California, where they have since been perma- nently located. Mr. Morris engaged in mercantile pursuits and attained much success. He has recently retired from business. He is particularly well known among the men who helped to found the prosperity of California. Seven children and fifteen grand- children will attend the anniversary celebration. Numerous valuable pres- ents from friends have been received by the happy couple, who state that they are just as much in love as on the other seventh of August half a century ago. —_———————— Reproduction of a Great Painting. The readers of this week's News Letter are presented with a double page plate reproduction from the painting made by Edward Cucuel of the foyer of the Royal Opera-house at Berlin, The portraits of many of the notable person- ages of Germen royal circles will be recog- nized, as each of these people posed especlally for_the artist. I'he) is a demand for a citizen party in San Francisco to relieve the city from the hands of the present misadministration. The departments are unusually bright this week. . ———————— Literary Society Entertains. The initial entertainment by the Eriadelphian Literary Society was given yesterday afternoon at Ayres Business College. The programme in- ciuded a piano solo by Miss E. Peter- son; recitation, by Miss McCrae; piano GES TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ANGES NNOT STop POOLSELLING Judge Cabaniss Holds That Proof Must Be Presented of Race Having Been Run PR o DEFENDANTS DISMISSED | i | | |Chief of Police Wittman Will Recommend That the Ordinance Be Amended e Qi In view of the decision of Police Judge Cabaniss yesterday that In pool- selling cases it Is necessary in order to secure a conviction to prove that the race on which the bet was made took place, Chief Wittman wilf ask that an amendment be made to the existing poolselling ordinance. Frank.McDonald and D. Creighton were arrested by Policeman Peshon on Thursday after he had lald a wager of 50 cents with McDonald & Creighton on a horse which was to run in a race on a track in New York. The Judge dismissed the cases, holding that thers was no proof that the horse ran in the race or that the race was run. The ordinance provides that it shall be unlawful to make “any bet or wager whereby money or other representa- tives of value are staked or pledged on races or other contests between horses, except within the inclosure of a race~ track.” Chief Wittman said In referring to Judge Cabaniss’ decision that it would take about $400 to bring witnesses from the East to prove that the horse ran or that the race was run. “I will send,” said the Chief, “a communication to the Board of Police Commissioners calling their attention to the matter and recommending that an amendment be made to the ordinance. The amend- ment I would suggest will be in adding after the word ‘contests’ the words ‘purporting or understood to be run.’ The matter will be taken up at the next meeting of the board, on Tuesday night, and I will urge that it be pushed through without delay, as my hands are now practically tied. Judge Cabaniss in speaking of his de- cision said it would not interfere with the local races, as the facts here could be easily proved. _——— SPELL OF READING IN RAWHIDE CASE Three Thousand Pages of Testimony to Be Digested by a Long Suf- fering Jury. In the trial of the case of the Raw- hide Gold Mining Company vs. the Tuolumne County Water Company in the United States Circuit Court the whole of yesterday’s session of the court was occupied by the attorneys in reading a report of testimony taken before United States Commissioner Heacock in a case in equity between the same parties involving the same matter. The report occupies 3000 pages of typewritten matter averaging 300 words to the page. The counsel take turns in reading the precious docu- ment, but they skip the dry places and consign large wads of it to the world of unuttered words. When the bulky report was dumped upon the table several jurors exhibited symptoms of heart failure, while others began to feel sleepy. It is ex- pected that the reading will not con- sume more than two days’ time. The reading will be resumed on Tuesday. —_————— ISSUES ORDER PROVIDING FOR STAMPING OF VANILLA Governor of Tahiti Takes Action of Interest to Importers of the Pacific Coast. The resident French Consul Gen- eral reports a decision by the Gov- ernor of Tahiti to insure the official stamping of standard qualities of va~ nilla grown in the islands that will be of interest to local importers. The text of the decision is as follows: Al vanilla of the sstablishrments tn Oceania for exportation that will be Dized 16 be of & §ood merchantable quality by an expert appointed by the administration, on the propesition of the of the Caisse Agricole, and who is attached to that establishment, will be stanped with & spectal mark attesting the good quality of the product.. The exporters who may wish to profit by this faculty shall submit their vanilla to the veri- flcation of the sbove mentioned expert. The cases, tins, etc., coutaining the vanilla recog- nized in the proper conditions will be sealed and stamped at the expenses of the shipper and under- the control of the expert, The insuf- ficlency and the defects of the packing may s well as the bad quality of the product, tha causes of refusal of the stampins. The present decres will be communicated for exccution, registered and published wherever required. —e——————— THROWN FROM A CAR.—Miss Catherine Wynne, a nurse at the Central Emergency Hospital, was thrown from a Fillmore-street selections, Miss Springe; ‘monologue, H. H. Gray, and recitation, Miss Wil- MOB'S PROPOSED LYNCHING BEE SPOILED BY SHERIFF Official Tearns of “Scheme to Hang Prisoner and Disperses the Crowd. BUTTE, Aug. 5—While an inquest was being held over the body of Pat- Tick Mahoney, who was killed by Jerry Slattery in a saloon yow, one crowd of men gathered at Main and Park streets and another at Main and Broadway with the intention of lynch- ing Slattery. The plan was to have one party go to the front of the jail to attract the attention of the Sheriff and his deputies while the other forced The Sheriff, however, was warned and, aided by the police, dispersed, the mob. P e s e fireworks for the jubilation. 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