The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 30, 1905, Page 16

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 150 In the fire that occurred on the top floor of our wholesale warehouse on the 18th, entirely consuming our repair rooms and workshop, thirty pianos were totally destroyed, eight partially so, and seventy-one escaped without damage of any kind except a few surface bumps and scratches from being hurriedly rushed together and under cover. T hese 71 that escaped (stored on the lower floor) were a portion of our reserve wholesale stock, and among the very finest instruments we carry. The insurance companies treated us royally, and paid us a large lum sum in cash, as settlement of our claims in full, which puts us in a posi- tion to do most anything we please with these pianos, and v/hat we pro- pose to do in our great fire sale to-morrow to the 71 that escaped is some- thing awful-—as one of our floor salesmen remarked, “‘It’s a sin’’---but it is our aim to dispose of the whole 71 in a day, and you'can ‘readily understand what that means-—not exactly a gift, but more than half way between a sell and a gift. are going to cut a wide swath to-morrow. For full particulars see column reader under heading “Thirty Perished,” on 3rd page of this issue. iley B. Allen Co. 931 Market Street ; The BANK CONTROLLED BY KAHN IS IN A SHAKY CONDITION BUDGET ACAN COES T0 PRNT ing to a clerica] error in the lan- of municipal ~budget the pervisers was -compelled terday to pass the ordinarice thereon State Commission Finds Suicide Loaned Money Indiscriminately to Firm of Which He was Member. the t again, in order that it might alidated owing to a techni- er arose under the head- sweeping and cleaning, ated that the work be ty and not contract. The v contract” were stricken it, will be possible to have done by contract if found de- The ciyil service fequirements » employment of subordinates in - n were abolished so far Expert Sewing-Machine Repalrs. . minks - Tor SRFOBC clenaing I Alsp sewing- hine oil of abso! i S 7 o - €-machine oil -of absol érned. Another amendment wijl the best meed s at Singe gineer to appoint an 1818 Devisadero additior a g i r The budget as passed to priit pro- vides for mumicipal’ expenditures of 287,000, of which nearly $1,000,000 is improveéments. The tat levy for the e will be $107 on every $100 of | purpos as »d valuation, based on a total es- timated roll of .$510000,000. To this s “| must be added 9.4 cents for an appro- Ty . [ priation of. $475,620 for bond interest achinic and redemption fund, making a total g ax rate of $1164. The State rate will | approximate 50 cents, or $1 664 for city |ana sState purpos The ordinance | will be finally passed next Monday. The following business was trans- Gray submitted a_proposition” that i mobile carriages be placed on the Geary-street lines instead of converting it into an electric who signs himself fety of Civil system as an h Ty E REMEDY cures Eyes; | Fn8 says b , i carried out, . * | would result in 4 g t saving in original cost es Strong. Soothes Eye rt . Dote b ‘um mnintenance. It was referred to the Util- h fttee. —————— R ET v pois Club filed resolutions urging 4M‘E'HA £ RETL {{.\* Charles Mehan 0 waste no m time In vein ef- . inese VVI - T a este: quire any water supply which has fro 2 been refuse y th secretary of the Jnterior, Store Closed, To-Day— Memorial Day. Magnin’s Great Reduction Sale of HIGH-GRADE SILK SVITS Will continve dvring the week : If you are in need of a Silk Suit these prices will interest you. . . Regular $15 and $16.50 SILK SUITS, now...$9.00 Regular $22.50 SILK SUITS, now......... $I8.50 Regular $25 and $30 SILK SUITS, now.... $16.50 Regular $35 to $50 SILK SUITS, now......$25.00 @%%%?wm%% 918-922 Market Street. " but that it proceed to investigate other water supplies to the end that the one most suitable be purchased by the city. The Auditor was authorized by ordinance to employ an additional stenographer and bond clerk. and also to employ six Additional clerks for fourteen days. The sum of $500 was allowed out of the ur- gent necessity fund for_lamps on- the Eddy- street safety station, $200 to enlarge the Geary-street_station and $150 to bulld a foot path from Bernal to Bessie avenues. The claim for $40 of M, Harris for repairing the City Hall roof was allowed. A commitee of Oceanside residents urged the committee to provide $10,000 for fire pro- tection from Spreckels Lake in the district. The Finance Committee said the request came too late, as the budget was aiready adopted, but assured thé petitioners that the request will be granted next year. M. Butterworth appeared before ‘the commit- tee to urge that the city purchase some dis- appearing hitching posts as recommended by the Board of Works. The committee rather favored the proposition, but sald no funds were avallable at present. Butterworth was instructed to come before the committee at the end of June, when possibly money may be found out of the surplws fund to buy some of the hitching posts. OUT ON PROBATION DISAPPEARS’ FROM CITY WOMAN Judge Lawlor Issues Bench “Warrant _for Arrest of Fay Bucke, Con- victed of Grand Larceny. Fay Bucke, convicted of grand Xlrse y and allowed to go on probation by Judge Lawlor, has disappeared. Circulars containing ner pho- tograph and asking, for her arrest have been sent broadcast. She is supposed to have fled with her husband, who Was last heard from in The woman was arrested in Sacramento last November on a warrant charging her with in stealing clothing valued at . by a jury in Judge Lawlor's court on January 25. She told a pit- iful tale and some weeks later the Judge de- cided to allow her to go om probation, Miss Margaret Fr: 1209 Clay street, being made probationary officer. Mrs. M. J. Christ, ma- tron at the City Prison, took her to her home at 120 Taylor street and a posfeion was. pro- cured her at a restaurant at 1035 Market street. A week ago yesterday the woman's husband, who was supposed to b€ in Montana, called at the restaurant and talked with her. e dis- appeared last Wednesday, after telling another waltress that the man had asked her to marty him and go to Los Angeles. Judge Lawior vesterday issued a bench warrant for her ar- rest —_————— STERNS SWEA GRUNSKY'S ESTIMATES ARE TO00 LOW Figures the Cost of Proposed Tuolumne Water System at More than Sixty Million Deollars. . Frederick B. Sterns, consulting engineer of the Metropolitan Water Works of Boston,. re- sumed his testimony in the Spring Valley Water case before United States Commissioner Heacock yesterday. He reviewed at length the estimate made for the city of San Fran cisco by Engineer Grunsky of the cost of su plying ‘this city with water from the Tuol umne system. He said that Grunsky's est mate was too low and that the cost of the Tuolumne scheme would be $60,470,000. He said, further, that the, water from Tuol- umne was not as good in. quality as the Spring. Valley product. The witness was of the opin- jon that the Spring Valley water hygienically was the Lest {n the United States. In com- parison with the proposed Tuolumne system the Spring Valley plant would be worth $70, 000,000, he added, on the following bas First cost, $564,400,000; additions, $9.100,000 remswals, $5,000,000; taxes and operation, $7.- 500,000. The witness gave the cost to the i General Appraisers and Benjamin A. Levett, | 10 cents is the proper charge. Boston consumer per million gallons as §51 42. e e ANOTHER APPEAL WILL BE -y’ MADE IN THE SAKI CA Members of the Board of General 'Ap- praisers Are to Present the Matter Anew. iy W. B. Howell of the United States Board of specjal counsel for the board, are visiting this city for the purpose of preparing another case on appeal in the matter of the duty dn_the Japanese beverage known as saki. a_beer made from rice. The Government officials here contend that a duty of 40 cents per gal lon should be paid on saki, while the. importers insfst that not more than 10 cents.per gallon should be paid. The courts have decided that During the ‘pendency of the paid the duty at .the ratel wf est, and it 1] per rott /judgment of the courts shall stand the Gove: ment will be obliged to ret to the impor- ters more than a milllon dollars for excess of duty paid under protest. MADE _HONORARY MEMBER.—Supervisor Brau has been elected an honor Sale begins promptly at nine o’clock, and we TRANSPORT SHERIDAN WILL ) CARRY TROOPS TO ISLANDS Sixteenth Infantry and Squadron of Seventh Cavalry Are to Sail for the Philippines To-Morrow. The ‘transport Sheridan, which sails for M: nila to-morrow, will convey the Sixteénth I fantry and the second squadron of the Sev- enth Cavalry to the Philippines. These troops were transferred from Fort McPherson, Ga., arriving in San Francisco Saturday. Leaves of absence have been granted to the following _officers: - Licutenant Guy Hanna, Artillery Corps: Captain H. T. Hudson, Ar- tillery Corps; Lieutenant Fred L. Perrs, Ar- tillery’ Corps, The_{ransport Thomas, which salled from the Philippinés May 20, has on board the headquarters and second squadrod, Twelfth Cavalry, and the Twenty-third Infantry. The vavalry will be transferred to Camp Thomas, Ga., and the infantry to Madison Barracks, New York. - —————— LABORERS UNDER CIVIL SERVICE.—- Customs Collector Stratton was notified yes- terday. that the temporary laborers on "the roll of the Customs-house had been placed under the civil service system. SHERIFF SEEKS |POUND SCANDAL “MRS. MITCHELL| 7O BE PROBED Woman Said to Have Afied | Chureh in Escape May Be -Able to Unravel Mystery Supervisor Rea Threatens to| Make Surprising Diseclos- ! ures in Charge of Bribery | { PRISONER NOW RECANTS|RESENTS INSI.\'['ATIO.\'gi Board Declares Nineteenth | Street in Mission Park to Be a Public Boulevard P IR The Board of Supervisors yesterday re- | ferred to the joint Committee on Judiclary, | Finance and Police the petition of B.| Mozetti for the refund of $315 pald to the poundmaster for the release ~° 106 cows impounded for being at large. The com- mittee will also investigate the charges of extortion made by Mozettl to the effect that he had paid money to Deputies Unger and Edwards so his cows could graze on the hills surrounding his corral. The joint committee will take up the investigation next Thursday at 2 p. m. Action was not taken before some of the Supervisorg had engaged in a lively wrangle on the subject. Rea claimed that Secretary Holbrook of the Society for the Prevention of Crueity to Animals which conduéts the pound, had cast reflections on his character as a city official. “Mr. Holbrook has insinuated that Mo- zeiti and his friends had been induced to swear falsely before the Police Commit- tee, which made a partial investigation of the bribery charges,” said Rea. *“Hol- Officials Do Not Place: Much Faith in the Story of " Bribing Deputy Sherifis The Police Department and the Sher- | iff’'s office are still puzzled over the mysterious Church case. The officials | are inclined to throw cold water on the story of alleged bribery that was told by Church in® Los Angeles, but still they are working on the theory that some influence was brought to bear to aid the prisoner in his escape from the hands of a deputy sheriff. Strenuous efforts are being made to locate Mrs. Mitchell, wife of the man who is now serving a term in the State's prison for the robbery of a bucket shop. -Both Sheriff Curtis and Captain of Detectives Burnett are con- fldént that the woman is mixed up in the .case, So far she has managed to ejude the officials. District Attorney Byington yesterday had Church on the carpet in his office for ‘more-than an hour. The District Attorney tried to make the crook tell all about-the:case, but the latter was wily and refused to divulge the infor- Church exonerates, Chief Jailer Sulli- van and Deputy Sheriff Kerrigan from all blame.- He says he outwitted the latter when hertodk him. to a dentist's office and strenuously ‘denies having paid any money. for. hiSyescape. He admits having metrMrs.;Mitchell near the dentist’s office, but- swears’that was the last time he’saw. her. . 2 Sheriff Curtis. is inclined’ to doubt Church’'s tale of ‘bribéry and- says no 3 will ‘be “taken against’ Sullivan gan unless some -positive propf is obtained that Church or an“accom- plice did pay over the money. Sherift Curtis yesterday morning detailed Dep- uty Sheriff Hines to interview, Church} and the latter,-as was. expectéd, de- nied everything when confronted by the official. # It is now known beyond a "doubt, that Church pawned the ring he‘stole from one of the prisoners in this city. He says he got rid of botlr the watch agd-the ;ring. in Los Angeles, but_the police are sure he'disposed of the lat- ter article here. 5 Captain of Detectives Burnett said last night that the police would take no further action in the. case unless notified by the Sheriff. The latter is anxious to locate Mrs. Mitchell and ex- pects to find her shortly. Should Cur- tis happen to secure more evidence within the next forty-eight hours, it is believed the case will develop into a sensational affair. —_——————— Photographic war. Our finest platino Par's panels, $3 per dozen; cabinets $2 Imperfal Studio, 744 Market si. e matter and 1 'demand that the charges be probed to the bottom. I will have some- thing to say, then. that will cause sur- prise.” Eggers thought that in view of the threatened scandal hinted at by Rea the investigation should be taken up by ‘the entire board, but it was finally ggreed to refer it to the committee named. The following ordinances were finally Passed: | « Granting permission to Henry C., Callahan to'lay a spur track on Japan street. | ablishing grades at certain points on | Twenty-thir® street - Twenty-first avenue and | Lake street. Providing qr the acceptance of Dubpce ave- nye, between MarKét and Church streéts, Lily Venue, between Buchanan and Laguna sireets, | W aVenue, between Webster and Fillmore | streets. | Declaring Nineteenth street. between Dolores | and Church, in the proposed Mission Park, to | be a public’ boulevard. | Authorizing the appointment by the District | Attorney of an additional assistant at a salary | of $250 per month. . | ‘The following bills were passed to prints Granting - Andrea Sbarboro afpermit to erect an ofl fuel tank in premises on the east side | of Powell street, -between - Bay and. North | Point. Providing for the full roadway of Shrader street, Parnassus avenue. The Mayor was authorized to accept a bid of $1376"made by H. B. Belden for a lot on’ Peralta Heights, OaKland, the | property of former City Treasurer Wid- | ber, who embezzled $116,000 of the city’s fungds. R. D. Winters offered $1200 foy the same property. City Attorney Long informed the board that a successful defense would be made to the pending suits to restrain the city from using oil on its roads in alleged vio- lation of a patent granted to F. W. Mat- | | tern. H. A. Mason has been éngaged to | secure the nccessary data on the subject and a demand for $250 was drawn in his | favor. 3 The following matters were dispatched: The petition of Sister Mary Ephraim Sul- livan of St. Mary's ‘Hospital to erect a, hos- pital on the block bounded by Hayeg, Grove, Stanyan and Shrader streets was referred to the Hospital Committee. The petitions of the Board of Works for | acthority to widen and repave Mission street | westerly ‘from -Porter avenue at a cost of | $13,000 and to pave and widen Fourth street | from Howard to Townsend at a cost of $54,200 | were referred to the Street Committee. ———————— SAMPSON GETS preme Court decided yesterday 3 Sampson could have a new trial of his suit | for damages against Willlam Hughes, who | in alleged to have neglected to properiy re- | strain a fire which he kindled to burn over | cme land. The conflagration spread to Samp- r's land and injured the property acceptagce of the between Carl and Would Open Brannan Street. Commisslorer of Works Algeltinger is nego- tiating with the Pacific Improvement Company for the purchase of land for the opening of Brannan street, between Ninth and Tenth, to | accommodate teaming traffic. The company | has asked $4355 for the land and the Super- | Visors’ Finance Committee will take the mat- ter up. Algeltinger will also have reso- lutions prepared for adoption by the Board of | Works asking the Supervisors for authority to | proceed with the construction of the Fourth and Sixth street sewers. % A “busy store” is merely the answer to a simple problem of store manage- | ment—to find the ratio between pub- licity and sales, and to regulate things accordingly. % ———————— - SMUGGLED GOODS SEIZED.—Customs of- ficers- seized on board the Mongolia yesterday, concealeq in the Chinese crew's quarters, the following smuggled goods: Ten silk shawls, thirty-two silk caps and twenty-nine ladies’ silk handkerchiefs. AnKle-Fit ‘Oxfords NEW HIGH-SLOPE ~ - RECEDING TOE but an absolute certainty. provided in" quarter sizes usual six. nary High-Shoe lasts. - firmly and cannot slip. do over the toe. RE'S no line of Oxfords in any store in the country this _week to compare with the new Spring Regals ‘The “ perfect fit " of the r;)ew Regal Oxfords is not;a mere combination of familiar words sizes, and ‘in eight widths instead of the Moreover, all the Regal Oxfords in all of the 93 Regal stores have been built on specially-shaped Oxford lasts instead of ordi- They clasp the heel ;I‘l'_:ey lie closely at the ,sides and cannot bulge. smoothly under the arch of the instep as they Send for Style BooK. Mail Orders Prompt’y Filled. Bold direct from tannery to consumer. The larigest retail shoe business in the world 93 stores in principal cities from London to San Francisco. REGAL THE SHOE THAT PROVES Francisco: mation’ desired.* He assumed an inde- | prook also said that $13® was paid to | pendent attitude .and denied every- | Mozetti to make the charges against thing. publisied about him. Unger. I am without fear or favor in this ADVERTISEMENTS. BABY'S AWFUL ~[TCHING ECZEMA Sores All Over Face and Body — Could Not Tell What She Looked . ‘Like— Unable to Sleep — Grew Worse Under Doctors. CURED BY CUTICURA IN ONE MONTH -— A grateful mother, in the following letter, tells of another of those mar- velous - cures by Cuticura: “When my baby was foun, months old her skin broke out with a humor. I took her to a doctor, who said it was eczema. He gave me medicine to give her, but she kept getting worse all the time. Her little face and body were so covered with sores and scales_you could not tell what looked “like. No child ever had a worse case. Her face was being caten away; and even her fi fell off. Then it itched so she could pot sleep, and for many weaxmghu we could get no rest. At we go’: Cuticura Soap and’ Ointment, bathing her in warm water with the Soap, and then sfreading on the Oint- ment with soft cloths. I sawa in a week. The sores to heal, and she could sleep at night, and in one month shie not ome sore om her face or body. Any mother hav- ing children with eczéma or humors will find a friend in Cuticura Scap and Ointment. (signed) Mrs. Mary Sanders, 709 S‘prinx 8t., Camden, ¥7J., Aug. 14, 7904." .The foregoing statement Mfln the oft-repeated assertion that Cuti- cura Soap and Ointment afford instant relief, and permit sleep for baby and rest for tired mothers, and points.to a speedy, permanent, and economical eure, when all else fails, in the most torturing, disfiguring, itehing, burn- ing, bleeding, scaly, crusted, and pimply skin, and scalp.humors. Cuticura Soap, Ofntment, aad Piils are sold e o STATEMENT . ' OF THB & CONDITION AND AFFAIRS OF THE TEUTONI INSURANCE COMPANY - - F_NEW ORLEANS, IN THE STATE OF Bouislana, on the 3ist day of Decediber, D. 1904, and for the year ending on that made to the Insurance Comsfasioner tate of California, pursuant 6 the pro- s of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Cpde, condensed as per blank by the Commissioner : CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock, pald up n Cash 3 000 00 ASSETS. Real Estate owned by Company. ... $40,000 00 Cash Market value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company.....%.. 382,723 00 Cash in Company's Office 9 70 Cash in Banks. $8,398 33 Premiums in tion .. $6,120 34 Total Assets $807,773 39 7 LIABILITIES. Losses atijusted and unpaid...... 392,238 20 Losses resisted, including expenses. 3,500 00 Gross premiums on Fire Risks run ning one year or less, $516,404 reinsurance 30. per cen Gross premiums on Fir - ning ‘more “than one year, 513 50; refnsurance pro rata. Dividends remalhing unpaid to stock- holders .. e ae e .o | Return premtums P S e . PremIUMS ........... crevnsseniege 5000 00 Total LIabILUES. ...oveeeeeneeer ATLTST 51 THEY HUG THE o Pire /G THE HEEL Net cash actually recetyed NEVER CHAFE . o prémiums .... y . .l .‘.". . .3650,157 01 i Net cash actually recelved for Ma-- THEY FIT AT THE SIDES B gy s o T SO £ 21290 13 AYE cefved for interest and dividends * - NEVER “GA on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, and from 3 3 all other sources. ...... ria 207548 34 Received from all other scurces. 012 39 MILITARY HEE? S Quarter Sizes THEY SNUG UP UNDER THE INSTZP The “PICCADILLY ” The illustration shows a new Spring Oxford that duplicates the latest London style. The *“ Piccadilly ” is a particularly fine example of the painstaking Regal way of reproducing every line and curve of a high-cost custom shoe. The Regal Oxford is a “six-dollar shoe at the wholesale price:” There isn’t one single feature in any six-dollar shoe ever sold that isn't in the Regal. *We have adoptsd every means that we have been able to devise so far, to prove the Regal before you buy. And we stand back of Regal wear and shape-retention—which , you can only prove after you have bought your shoes-—with the solid Regal guarantee Is there any imaginable reason why you should be advised to buy a shoe at any price without those Regal features? SEEE VAR Every style ‘is as well as half They fit as EXPENDITURES. Net amount pald for Fire Losses (nciuding $52.620 50, losses of previous years).... 3433811 26 Net.amount paid for Marine Losses. 4,508 45 Dividends 1o StocKROIAErS. .o ... 25,125 00 Pald or allowed for saton 135,089 43 25,087 42 Brokerage .. Pald for Salaries, Fees, and charges for officers, clerks, ete... Paid for State, National, and Local 58,593,512 768,918 43 —_— Risks & Premiums|Marine Risks.| Premiums. amount. Net Risks g ;fllttl o during year| 922, 24, Net amount of| - i~ Risks expired during the year.| 4.922.942 24.618 71 ~A T P. NOLL, President. FRANK LANGBEHN. K Subscribed and eworn to before x4 19ta day of January. 1905. ANDREW HERO JR., Notary Publle. MANN & WILSON, Managers N.E C«.’ California aad Sassome Sts. an Frand al. Weak Men and Women