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THE 5A FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 1904. Deputy Collector | Wright PRISONER PfiOl.ifPTLY FURNISHES BOND s Arrested Declares His Innocence and Will Chiet lector, tates Commission- dered Tnit- H. Hea- ich the warrant by Assistant Attorn ADVERTISEMENTS. oy pRoovee, AND GUARANTIED Ey MiLK CONDENSING C° 0 3 ¥ B 4 ORICINATORS € ! “Eoga 160 < This Cap Label is a guarantee of the purity and richness of our Pet Brand Evaporated Cream We offer $5,000 reward ne able to prove eration of our product. Dr. Lyon's TocthPowder AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY | Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century PREPARED BY S S Gy 225, Appear on Next Mon { finally | ing but $20 gold pieces, so he gave the !u 1647 Mission street on September 6. He =il be sentenced Baturday. day. E .ang as & special tax as a retail liquor The second count charges that ght embezzled $100 d by Spruance, special tax. The e that the sums were embezzled by Wright in capac as an as tant to Internal Revenue Collector John C. Lynch Wright was attended by his father, E. T. Wright of Los Angeles, who has en for vears an intimate friend of lector nch. After the bond had been filed the prisoner was released from custody. He satd-tre would have no dificulty in proving himself inno- cent of the charges e CHINATOWN FREED FROM GRASP OF INJUNCTION Police Start in to Raid Gambling and Lottery Resorts, but Their Success Is Slight. The preliminary injunction asked for by the Wee Ong Tong was denfed Judge Cook yesterday morning and er restraining the police from entering gambling and lottery in Chinatown was vacated, to take ef- fect at the noon hour. This gave the Chinese gamblers about an hour and a half of grace and they made good use of it. Sergeant z his squad had received in- structions from Chief Wittman to en- ter every gambling or lottery resort and be break down the doors. The squad started promptly on time, but when they entered the resorts they found that everything of a gambling nature had disappeared except in one place on Louis alley. There they found gambling paraphernalia and the five inmates of the room were ar- rested for violating the ordinance which makes it a misdemeanor to ex- gambling paraphernalia to view in barricaded room. They were promptly released on bail. i The injunction had been in force ce January 26 and all these months the hands of the police were tied. It was shown by the evidence of Kim You, president of the Wee Ong Tong, that the monthly profits from the tong’s gambling resorts was $6000. Attorney Collins says he will apply for another injunction. i —_————— AURANT MAN EASILY BUNKOED BY STRANGER Arthur Mietrasch Parts With His Coin to an Alleged Friend of the Chief of Police. Mietrasch, proprietor of a t at 408 Pacific street, got a warrant from Police Judge Fritz yes- terday for the arrest of “John Doe” on a 1arge of grand larceny. He ex- plained that on Saturday night a stranger called at his restaurant and inquired if George was there. He was | informed that George was not there, | but might call at any minute. The stranger went away, but returned in | half an hour. | “Has George come yet?” he asked. Mietrasch said no, and. his curiosity being aroused, he asked the stranger if anything wi wrong. The stranger muttered that it was too bad and'’ said: “Well, I'm a personal friend of the Chief of Police, who tells me that George has been gambling and | lost $50. The Chief has given him to | places is and if need St pose a Arthu restau 2« | midnight to make the loss good, other- | | wise George, poor fellow, will be ar- rested.” | Mietrasch’s sympathy and he opened his safe. was aroused | He had noth- stranger three of them, telling him that George might need the other ten. Neither George nor the Chief’s alleged friend has been heard of since. — i VALENCIA FOUND GUILTY.—Placido G. Vaiencia was tried vesterday for the second time before a jury in Judge Lawlor's court n & charge of grand larceny and was con- ted with a recommendation 1o the mercy of the court owing to his youth. At the for- mer trial last week the jury stood seven for conviction and five for acquittal. The de- fendant stole a watch from Fred J. Hurst DEFINES SCOPE 0F AN INQUIRY Ry vl Finance Committee Agrees on Line of Questions for United Railroads to Answer AN St AIDS SMALL TAXPAYER Collector Smith Adopts a Form of Protest Again Levy for the Bond Issuel . The Supervisors’ Finance Committee vesterday arranged for the holding of an inquiry by Street Committee into the operations of the United Railroads relative to its franchises and the char- acter of its service, upon which E. P. E. | Troy has propounded a long list of | questions to which he wants the cor- poration to reply. Troy wanted the in- | quiry to take in the alleged overcapi- talization of the company’'s properties. Supervisor d’Ancona said the questlon | of fares and finances would be a sub- Ject that would take a long time to look into, whether it would be justified or not. “The point has been legitimately| raised as to whether the United Rail-| goads has forfeited any of its fran- c¢hises by reason of nonuse,” said Bran- | denstein. “The right to use curves at Post and Kearny streets and at Fulton street and Eighth avenue are subjects | f legitimate inquiry, and the company | shouid make reply on all of these| points.” | “The company should also answer as to what, if any, franchises they claim | to hold under which they are not op- erating cars,” said Troy. “Then it| should be compelled to tell whether it| claims any franchises on Post street from Taylor to Kearny, on Stockton | and Bush streets and on Grant avenue, | and also as to the number of cars op- erated.” The committee agreed to this line of | inquiry, but refused to go into the sys-| tem of accounting used by the com-i | pany. The question of accommodations fur- nished by the company to the public| the Finance Committee decided \vss“ within the province of the Street Com- | mittee, and the matter of sanitation | was referred to the Health Committee. At this point Chairman Connor of the| Street Committee agreed to take up all | phases of the inquiry, and it was so ordered. Tax Collector Edward J. Smith ap-| peared before the Finance Committee and urged the printing of a form of| protest against the payment of the tax| levied for the redemption of and inter-| est on the new bond issue. Smith stated | that the legality of the tax was before | the courts, and he thought the small taxpayer should be afforded every facility to file formal written protest against the tax in order that it might be returned in the event that the tax| is declared illegal. The committee or- dered that the forms be printed. As- sessor Dodge will also furnish the legal form of protest 2 Michael Casey, John E. McDougald and J. Copus urged that the dome of the City Hall be lighted for five nights during the convention of the American Federation of Labor. to be held in this city beginning November 14 next, and the committee acquiesced. The flag- poles will be erected on Market street from Second to Sixth and decorated for the occasion. The Geary Street Railway Company paid $736 46 into the city treasury, be- ing 5 per cent of its gross receipts for October. The committee began an inquiry into the question of whether or not the State or the city has the right to assess the San Mateo road, but desisted when informed by City Attorney Long that the matter would come up in court on November 14 next. The attorney for the road said he did not know whether the taxes would be paid under protest. Deputy Registrar Zemansky explained to the committee that J. G. Ramsey had been appointed caretaker of the voting machines, which he had put in condi-| tion for election day, pending the certi- | ficatipn of a clvil service eligible for the position. The committee postponed action on the provosed ordinance regulating side- walk elevators, and directed the in-| spector thereof not to enforce the exist- | ing ordinance. The committee decided to investigate | the status of the claim of the city against ex-Treasurer Widber, who mis- appropriated $116.000. On Monday morn- ing the investigation begins. —_— e AGED MINING MAN SUES TO RECOVER HIS PROPERTY Jacob Schrieber Wants J. L. Murphy to Surrender Deed for Lower California Mines. A suit to annul an agreement for the sale of mining property on the peninsula of Lower Calitornia and to recover the deed and patent to the claims deposited in the Western Na- tional Bank was begun yesterday by Jacob Schrieber against J. Luttrell Murphy and the La Reforma Mining Company. The complainant says Murphy wad his attorney and repre- sented that he had been engaged in practice with the late Robert G. In- gersa]l in New York. Schrieber, who is 75 years old, says he had so much faith in the lawyer that in March, 1902, they made an agreement whereby Schrieber was to sell his claims to Murphy for $250,000—3$500 down and the balance out of 25 ' per cent of the proceeds of the mine. The plain- tiff says Murphy agreed to raise $25,000 to get the mine under opera- tion, but has been unable to interest capital in the enterprise. He has not paid the $500 and declined to give up the bargain, says Schrieber. —_—— Juneau Bank Changes Officers. WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—Changes in the officers of the First National Bank of Juneau, Alaska, are an- nounced as follows: C. M. Summers, president, in place of W. T. Summers; S. G. Holt, acting cashier, in place of C. M. Summers, no assistant cashier in place of 8. G. Holt. e e EXHIBITION OF WATER COLORS. Miss Helen Hyde's work in Japan. Vickery Galleries. 336 Post st,; closes Wednesday eve.® " | might have been exvected. BROKEN TRYST NAKES BROKEN GLASS Miss Josie Murphy Smashes Pane In Resentment of Being ilted; Her Love Has Changed to Scorn BY J. C. CRAWFORD. Miss Josie Murphy declared it was P. J. Murphy's failure to keep tryst that provoked her to smash a window of his wetgoods emporium at Eighth and Harrison streets last Saturday night. “If he hadn’t broken his word,” she informed Police Judge Mogan, “I wouldn’t have broken his glass.” Despite the similarity of their sur- names, the lady went on to explain, there is no blood tie between Mr. Mur- phy and herself. For some time prior to her arrest they were sweethearts, and she gauged his faithfulness by her fealty, which was tenacity itself. It was this unquestioning trust of her's that made his recreancy so bit- ter. He suggested that they fore- gather at a certain place after his day’'s work was finished and he could indulge in dalliance without sacrific- ing business. At the prescribed min- ute she was on the appointed spot. | He was not there, however, nor did he appear after she bad made more than reasonable allowance for his absence. Then she went to his store, hoping to find he was detained there by reluctance to refuse money. To her horror, the place was in darkness and the doors locked. Still declining to believe he had willfully jilted her, she rapped the door panels until her knuckles were as sore as her heart. When a belated passer-by told her that he whom she sought had depart- ed an hour previously on a street car that was headed in a direction oppo- site to that in which she was to meet him, faith fled, patience succumbed and she was obsessed by the rage of a woman scorned. The window- smashing ensued. Her arrest was fol- lowed by restoration of reason, and she found that her love for P. J. Murphy had turned to loathing. No, indeed; she would never trouble him again. She was glad, in fact, that the man’s character was revealed to her ere she became tached to him. He would never cost her another thought—not even if she were to meet him face to face. The Judge could depend on her for that. The Judge evidently did depend on her, for he issued an order of dis- missal. Ella Myrtle Wilcox wore a crimson Tam O'Shanter hat and a military Jacket heavily freighted with gilt but- | tons as she promised to return to Toledo, Ohio, and remain there till the close of her earthly career. “Just to think of it,” she mur- mured, reflectively; “after living twenty-seven years, nine of them mar- ried, and never being ‘pinched’ till I struck 'Frisco. Goodness knows what my friends in Toledo will think of me when I tell them about it.” She was arrested for disorderly conduct on Kearny street last Satur- day, and to the policeman she con- fided that she had started out with her husband to see the town, but had lost him somewhere, and was seeking him when she was provoked to un- ladylike behavior by the jeers of some persons who apparently regarded her as a fit subject for coarse badinage. “That’s right, Judge,” was her in- dorsement of the officer's story. “This town of yours is too gay for me. Af- ter the trouble I got into, goodness knows what has become of my hus- band. I suppose he's murdered or something. But they'll find him a tougher proposition than I ever knew how to be. Why, he licked four po- licemen and three bartenders all in a bunch just before we left Toledo. When he’s poked up there’s things doing, sure.” She recelved the Judge's order dismissal with less of gratitude than “It has cost me two nights in jail and twen- ty dollars for a lawver that was of no earthly use,” said, “but thank you Jjust the sameé. . - . Peter Johnson beat his wife, was arrested, gave bail and failed to ap- pear when his case was called in De- partment 1. A Dpoliceman reported that Mr. Johnson was. drunk when he provoked arrest and had remained in that condition until yesterday morning, which led to the inference that he had forgotten his engagement in court. Bail was forfeited and bench warrant issued. . . Neighbors testified that Bill O'Brien worked in a coalyard six days a week and invariably celebrated the eve of his rest day by getting drunk and playing such pranks as to make him a creator of much entertainment as well as a source of considerable an- noyance to the vicinage of Eighth and Brannan streets. Little boys espe- clally look forward with pleasurable anticipation to Bill's weekly inebriety, and never fail to, derive much amuse- ment from his antics. ‘“Here comes Bill O'Brien,” they gleefully shout when he hoves in sight each Satur- day evening, and as he tacks un- steadily toward his home, 8 Kate street, his comical bellowings and grotesque cavortings keep them in convulsions of laughter. Bill was in the midst of his per- formance last Saturday evening when the policeman—a new one on that beat, of course—shattered time-hon- ored usage by escorting him to prison instead of to his domicile. Judge Mogan, however, dealt more consid- erately with the maker of innocent merriment for a neighborhood by dis- missing him with a reprimand. . . . . ‘William Cooper and George Rooney, fourteen-year-olds, and Eugene Sarinquet, two years their senior, are accused by Patrolmen McGrane and Cottle of having waylaid a newspaver indissolubly at- | s AEL et i carrier at Ninth and Market streets | | 1ast Sunday morning and robbed him | of $7. The testimony, will be heard | !next Thursday in Department 1. | | . . . | Michael McCarthy, 23 years of| . age, who has earned for himself the title of “Terror of Bernal Heights,” | will have his reign interrupted next} sentence day in Judge Mogan's court. | He has been arrested several times | for disorderly conduct and is com- | plained of as a neighborhood pest. { . . . For cruelly beating John Oleson’s | | horse Mrs. Laura Becker will be sen-| tenced to-day by Judge Fritz. Mr. Ole- | son testified that the woman hammered | the animal's head with a heavy rake, | ilnfli(‘ting several deep cuts. The de-| if(’nse claimed that the horse not only | trespassed on Mrs. Becker’'s property, | | but also chased her little daughter. The court thought that the attack was nolj warranted by the alleged provocation. ; R Noah Flood, who once served this| city and county as Assistant District | Attorney, was arrested for sleeping in Union square at 7 o'clock yesterday | morning. He pleaded that he went into | the park in order to obtain an unob-| structed view of the sunrise and while | | seated upon a bench awaiting the day | orb’s appearance he dropped into slum- | ber. Patrolman J. Maloney, however, | testified that the extinguished jurist| was drunk. Judge Mogan dismissed | the case with a reprimand to the de-| | fendant. R. P. Hale of 411 Minna street ac- cused Miss Alliene Hill of having pur-| loined from him one diamond ring and | presented it to a rival for her affection. She is charged with grand larceny, and | the man“to whom she gave the ring is| also in prison, but the police do not know what to do with him, as he did not participate in®the actual theft of the bauble, which, by the way, he is “!uppused to have hidden somewhere. | The case will be heard to-morrow by Judge Mogan. L i x [ J. A. H Umbach, accused with| George Farmer of robbing G. A. Glock- er at an early hour the other morning in the latter's apartment, waxed indig- nant when the prosecution moved for a | postponement of the hearing. | “I desire to be tried right now,” sald! Mr. Umbach. Then, pointing a right| index finger at the complainant, he ex-| claimed dramatically, “It is a shame that a rascal like that should be al lowed to injure a man's reputation by having him brought into court.” Despite the protest the case was con- tinued till to-morrow, when it will be tried in Department No. 1. e il James V. Miller (colored) also pro- nounced his arrest an invasion of per- sonal rights. He had a loaded pistol in | his hand and was wandering in the ferry station when a policeman over- hauled him. Asked what he meant by | displaying the deadly weapon, he !ald‘. he was seeking a Democrat. “How about this charge, Mr. Miller?"” | Judge Mogan inquired. | “Dis yah chawge am fixtishious,” was | the answer, delivered with warmth. | “Ise no assassinatah, sah, but a Pull- man pohtah, an’ carry de gun fo' mah | pussunal proteckshun on de road.” i “The policeman says you were drunk and seeking the life-blood of a Demo- crat.” | “AnWI confess dat I hed sumfin ter drink camin’ obah on de boat, but I}| mus’ kenterdick dat statement ’bout’ wantin’ ter kill a Democrat. Some ob mah bes’ friens am ob de Democratic persuashion. No, sah, Ise no assassin- atah. De chawge am fixtishious.” Remanded for sentence to-day. AV, e F. H. Huber, who manages a book store on Kearny street, could not prove that Edward Perry victimized him by working the ‘change trick,” and Judge | Cabaniss dismissed the case. The prose- | cution tried to show that Mr. Perry's failure to obtain some dollars to which he was not entitled was entirely owlngl to Mr. Huber’s vigilance and obduracy.‘ ————————— 3 ¥ Orders. ‘ WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—First | Lieutenant Virge E. Sweazey, assistant | surgeon, is relieved from duty at the | | United States Army general hospitai| at the Presidio at San Francisco, and | | will proceed to Fort Mackenzie | Wyoming, relieving First Lieutenant Henry H. Rutherford, assistant sur- | geon, who upon being thus relieved | will proceed to San Francisco for duty at the United States Army general }hospl(al at the Presidio. Private ! Isaac J. Hopkins of troon E, Third | cavalry, Boise Barracks. Idaho, is transferred to the hospital corps. He | will be sent to the Presidio at San Francisco to be sent on the transport sailing from San Francisco about De- cember 1, 1904, to Manila. Privates Lonnie M. Powers, George Leonhardt and William T. Kelley of the signal corps at Benicia Barracks will be sent to Seattle, Wash., reporting upon his arrival to the commanding officer of the cable ship Burnside with a view to service in the Philippine Islands. Orders to naval officers: Com- mander C. B. T. Moore will be detach- ed from the navy yard at Mare Island, Cal., on December 15 to Tu- tuila, Samoa, and upon the detailment of Commander Underwood, will as- sume the duties of commandant of the naval station at Tutuila and as com- manding officer ¢f the Adams. Com- mander E. B. Underwood will be de- tached from duty as commandant of the naval station at Tutuila, Samoa, and as commanding officer of the Adams on January 15, 1905, to his home, where he will await orders. —_—e————————— A woman’s idea of a woman-hater is any man who doesn’t admire her | posais in addition to the other twenty- ‘“Something Doing” at. Pragers o-Day Don’t Miss It. Largest ment Store in the West There Will Be ey ALWAY.S RELIABLE Depart- MAPRNET = JONES S73. WILL NOT HOLD EXTRA ELECTION Submit Charter Amendments Nov. 6, 1906 BN L Majority Yote to Supervisors The Board of Supervisors yesterday decline§ to submit to the voters the six pr;s)osed charter amendments af- fecting the Public School Department at a special election on January 5, 1905, as requested by the Board of Educa- tion. Instead, the first named board adopted resolutions providing for the | submission at the general election of November 6, 1906, the six school pro- | two charter amendments which the Supreme Court declded could not be | submitted at to-day's election because | the time that must elapse between | electjons on charter amendments has not expired, Actlon was taken on the recommendation of the joint Committee on Finance, Utilitles and Amendments, which reported that it is against sound public policy to sub- mit the amendments at a special elec- tion. Roncovieri said the resolution recit- ing that It is “against sound public policy to submit the amendments at a special election” was equivalent to the Supervisors setting themselves upabove the State constitution, which makes | mandatory the submission of the prop- ositions in view of the fact that 20,000 clectors had signed the petitions there- for. “The argument that only a small number of voters turned out at the last special election is not a good one,” said Roncovieri. “Give the voters a chance to express their preference on the proposals. The amendments will benefit the Scheol Department, whose | cursor of attacks to come I buildings are the laughing stock of the world. The sanitary conditions are deplorable.” Mrs. J. L. Burnside and Miss E. Moore of the Civic League urged favorable action by the board. Supervisor Braunhart argued that the alleged evasion of the constitu- tion was ralsing a false issue. He thought the Supervisors could use their judgment Supervisor Lunstedt thought the peo- ple should be allowed to vote. Supervisor Brandenstein rose to a defense of his colleagues. He said the real issue was whether the control of the schools should be taken from the Supervisors. “If you consider this a blow,” said Roncovieri, “why don't you take it now— and in the neck?” “If that remark is meant as the pre- welcoma it,” said Brandenstein, “ and consider it the sincerest tribute that could be paid to me as a city official.” Lunstedt's motion to fix the date of | election for the school amendments on January 10, 1905, was voted on thus: Ayes—Alpers, Bent, Boxton, = Finn, Lunstedt, Rea—6; noes—Booth, Bran- denstein, Braunhart, Conmnor, Comte, D’Ancona, Hocks, Eggers, McClellan, Rock, Sanderson—11; absent, Payot—1. The board then adopted the resolu- tion fixing the general election of No- vember 6, 1906, as the date for submit- ting the amendments. — —————— OAKLAND EDITOR MAY TAKE MELICK'S POSITION A. J. Pillsbury of Oakland Is the Ru~ mored Successor of Recently SACRAMENTO, Nov. 7.—The state- ment has been made in this city that A. J. Pillsbury, editor of the Oakland Herald, will be appointed secretary of the State Board of Examiners by Governor Pardee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Walter S. Me- lick. Governor Pardee was inter- viewed upon the subject, but declined to have anything to say. The posi- tion is an important one, and pays $3000 a year. ADVERTISEMENTS. ..at.. St.. 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