The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 25, 1905, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, K TUESDAY, JULY 2! [AKDS BURCLAR Mrs. Ida MeCoy Finds Him in House and Chases Him Un- til a Policeman Is Met CAPTURE A GOOD OXNE Police Believe Prisoner Re- sponsible for Many of Apartment-House Crimes , an ex-convict. who to be the en operating in yme weeks, was g by mounted snd cap- bed to the pluck of that vious h denied at he of- d had r for attempted that he lock aw enue. saw yesterday 1iv- saw him or a room. ring £ bell?” 3 t .y the i Mrs. McCoy sl ok muttered something and Mrs. t m he had better tell past her and o followed him and and Van N ran s.. MeCoy street and overh ntified the City 417 Van ‘Ness AV discovered him in a rday morning and when he wanted he ran out of the day bef. a gold watch n San Quentin v e »om of Miss Mary ubbed 1 convicted by Judge tried, was 2 Japanese s silver meda one gold-plated one gold medal, V. re- n entered military ed for prize dogs, were Stolen. , 609 California stree his room“had b night and two and other articles stolen. F. yut, quartermaster of he of Panama, reported as ~asleep on_Sunday board the vessel $2735 was \ from the pockets of his trousers Henry Landwahr, 58 Lundy place, re- ported that his house had been entered ay night forcing open a rear ¥'s gold watch, valued $25, stolen el PR SR Minnie Adams’ Trial Set. The third trial of Minnie Adams, charged with poisoning her baby boy, was yesterday set by Judge Lawlor for September 5 he first trial she was convicted and enced to life im- prisonment, but was granted a new trial by the Stpreme Court. At the sec- ond trial recen the jury disagreed. D VRRTESENN. INTERESTING LETTER WRITTENBYAHOTABLEWOMAN \irs. Sarah Kellogg of Denver, Color Bearer of the Woman's Relief Corpi Sends Thanks to Mrs. Pinkham. The - following letter was written by Mrs. Kellogg, ®of 1628 Lincoln “Mham, Lynn,Mass.: Dear Mrs. Pinkham. “For five years 1 was troubled with o tumor, which kept ywing, causing me mnmnfllw I was unable to at- to my house work,and life became a bur- den tome. 1was confined for days tc my bed, lost my appetite, my courage and all hope. “I could not bear to think of an operation, and in my distress 1 tried every remedy which I thought would be of any use to me, and of the value of Lydia E. 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Pinkham'’s egetable Compound that is curin women, and don’t allow any dmggi.gt %o sell you anything else in its place. - | young sailors, who deserted from his v | Iam | OF R FATHER i Little FEthel Schultze De-| seribes to Jury How Pound- | man Scherf Murdered Him | PEOPLE'S CASE CLOSED Defense Opens at Trial Be- fore Judge Lawlor and Several Witnesses Testify | Itze was a pathetic | appeared in Judge court yesterday to testify as| at the trial of Gustave uty pc seper, for the | her father Rudolph W, residence on t 24. She ued voice, which The “hoked with emotion. ant kept his eyes fixed u 1 mother sat be ead. T girl testified that she was looking out of the window when she saw the pound wagon dri up to feet of the the wagon house. Two and one a few ght and walked with it ard n. Just then her out of the shop and ap- expostulating with the , who then threw a net over poundman laughed loudly,” she “as papa got more and more tangled up in the net and fell. I ran downstairs to the front door to save Just as I reached the porch 2 stagger toward the front and fall at the bottom writhing in pain. I looked toward the pound wagon and saw the defendant stand- with a smoking pistol in his and. Then the wagon drove away as I hurried to where lying. Pap that he ad he me, Ethel my rms around his neck and kissed him and he fell back dead.” Stahlecker., a boy: Henry tewart and Albert y to the effect dant fire the chultze and the d its case. he defense Detective C. J. Cody | ified that he arrested the defendant, explanation was that he had fired the shot in self-defense. Police- | man J. T. Bates and Sergeant John M. | Lewls were questioned as to a 44-cali- ber revolver that was found in the gon with which the defendant aimed he fired the shot. Charles intraub, deputy poundkeeper, who s with the defendant at the time of shooting, admitted that he had lied to the officers when he told them the shooting was done with a 44-caliber weapon and saild that the 3$8-caliber weapon which Scherf had in his pocket bad been put in a bag of meat in the wagon and was found there next morn- | ing by Deputy Murphy. The defense‘ prosecution w w will be continued this morning. — e DEFECTIVE ELEVATOR ~ CAUSES A MAN’S DEATH | —e | Shoots Upward Instead of Descending | and Crushes Carpenter McCormick Against Topmost Ceiling. Charles McCormick, an aged car- | penter, employed by the Pacific Stamp- | ing and Mefal Works, 133 Davis street, was instantly killed last Sunday after- noon by being mangled in the freight | elevator of the establishment. He had worked up’/to 5 p. m. on Sunday and it | is presumed that the accident occurred | while he was attempting to go from the third floor to the ground floor. The machine had been out of order for some time and it is believed that McCormick | pulled the lever of the freight elevator to descend and that the cage shot up- | ward instead of downward and crushed | his ribs against the top ceiling of the | building. The body was found on the | floor of the cage yesterday morning at 7 o'clock by Willlam H. Howard, an employe, who started to use the ele- | vator. | E. E. Buffington, secretary of the Pa- | cific Stamping and Metal Works, in- | formed Deputy Coroner Meehan that the elevator had been out of order for a long time and that he had notified | the landlord to that effect prior to the accident. McCormick was a native of Massa- | chusetts and 60 years old. He lived | with his wife and family at Fruitvale. ppieen . CAPTAIN TIMM GETS HIS" TWO DESERTERS | Navy Doctor Disputes Quarantine Re- port That They¥Had Contaglous | Disease of the Eves. | Captain Henry Timm, master of the German ship Magdalena, swore to a warrant recently for the arrest of Walter Selling and Walter Wichman, | ship about three weeks ago. United | | States Deputy Marshal Delancle serve the warrants yesterday on board the | | United States revenue cutter McCul- | lloch in Mission Bay. After having | escaped from the Magdalena the desert- | ers enlisted, on the McCulloch. Before | | their desertion the Federal quarantine | *doclor! reported that the two sailors | were afflicted with trachoma, a con- | | taglous disease of the eyes, but the | | naval surgeon who examined them | prior to their enlisting on the McCul- | | lough found that they were physically | sound. To the layman thelr eyes ap- | pear healthy. The prisoners were taken | before United States Commissioner | Heacock and were ordered remanded to ‘lhe custody of Captain Timm. Captain | Timm himself is out on bonds pending itrlnl on the chargé of having allowed | to escape from his vessel two allens af- | fileted with trachoma, the aforesald | aliens being the prisoners. ’ ————————————— | SECRETARY OF A SLAVONIC SOCIETY IS AN ABSCONDER Flight of Antom Jelich After Selling His Restaurant Is Reported to the Police. George M. Santich, president of the Slavonic Illyric Mutual Benevolent So- clety, reported to the police yesterday the disappearance of Anton Jeliéh, the ecretary of the society, with its funds. Jelich, he said, had been secretary of the society for several years and the | other officers and members had the ut- most confidence in him. A few days ago it was discovered | that he had sold his restaurant at 205 | Sixth street, which led to an inquiry be- ing made, resulting in the discovery of his disappearance. An expert Wwas called in and an examination of his books as secretary showed a deficiency of $880. The peculations extended over two years and the money had been taken in small amounts at different times. Jelich was an unmarried man and was not known to have any vices. No one has any idea of his whereabouts, but this morning a warrant ‘will be sworn out for his arrest for felony em bezzlément, so that it can be in readi- ness when he Is located. g JUDGE HEACOCK RETURNS,—United States Commissioner E, H. Heacock has re- turned from his vecation much improved in health and complexion | tifrs | til | Then the husband and wife were dis- ‘played rare presence of mind by con- PLUCKY WONAN TELLSOF DEATH STRIKES AT HIS BROTHER - AND SMITES HIS WIFE. WOMAN’S EYE IS BLACKENED Fraternal Meddling Makes Marital Discord. Brankschulte Pair May Again Live In Peace. BY JAMES C. CSWFOBD. When the beefy right hand of Fred Brankschulte landed heavily upon the left eye of his helpmeet, Carrie, his soul sickened with mingled pity and. chagrin, for the blow was not intended for her. It | was almed at the face of his brother Henry, whose adroit sidestepping saved ! his countenanee from damage and re- sulted in the discoloration of his sister- | in-law’s optic, she being close behind him | when Fred's fist shot out to injure. ! According to Fred's story, as narrated to Police Judge Fritz, the conduct of Henry justified the attempt to batter him. He had acquired an annoying habit of | meddling in his brother's domestic af- fairs, obtruding his counsel when it was ; not dgsired and fomenting little marital | until_they became most serlous | squabbles. ' His unsolicited advice was | invariably rebuked by Fred, but Carrle, | being of more pliable mentality, rather | — 5 3% welcomed it and seldom failed to abide by it. Thus the condition stood last Sunday evening, when Fred, who had departed from his home, 944 Howard street, early in the day after “having words’ with Carrie, returned at nightfall to find her and Henry sipping beer and telling each other how much nicer things would have been if they had Héppéned otherwise. They coldly ignored Fred's presence un- he commanded Henry to depart, whereupon Carrie figuratively took up the cudgels ‘for her brother-in-law and re- quested providence to inform her why her husband was not equipped with stmi- lar beauty of temperament instead of being provided with stellar ability to “nag” and make life unpleasant for all eonnected with him. ' Then it was that Fred, perceiving the effect of Henry's counsel upon Carrie's mind, aimed at s face the blow which landed upon s eye. Patrolmen Crowley and Rooney, who arrested the trio and booked them for peace disturbance, told Judge Fritz that the rumpus was in full blast—Carrie screaming, Henry dodging and Fred pur- sulng—when they entered the domicile. missed and Henry was given twenty-four hours' imprisonment and instructed to visit his brother's home no more. o e Frank Owens, young and stalwart, pleaded that he was driven to street- begging by destitution, he having squan- dered in riotous living the savings which he brought from the Placer 'County mines, where he had labored steadily and lived abstemiously for many months. When he was requested to display his hands, however, the palms which he held forth for Judge Fritz's inspection were soft as an infant's. ' “Mining must be a -gentle art,” sighed his Honor, with a reproachful glance at Mr.’ Owens' imperturbable countenance. “Mining,” was_the response, *“is a tough job, but I was employed in the cookhouse.” “They may find use for you in the kitchen of the jail in which you will spend the next twenty days,” sald the court. . s . . John Heggarty could not explain the motive that prompted him to alarm the inmates of the orphanage at Waller and Laguna streets by discharging a revolver from a window of the institution at an early hour yesterday morning. His vo- cation of gardener did not call for shoot- ing-up the atmosphere at unseemly hours, and for the life of him he could not understand why he did it. X3 ! prosecution be the reward dealt out to any person, regardless of age or color, who should attempt to enter the prem- ises without the owners' permission. To the everlasting credit of the dark- skinned auditors be it said that they manfully crushed their gastrénomic yearning and sadly departed. Equally to the discredit of the white-skinned juveniles be it recorded that they ig- nored the implied warning. Instead of betaking themselves beyond the pale of temptation they flattened thelr noses against the wire-screen doors of the treasuré¢ house and gazed upon the piles of fruit until appetite overcame discretion and honest scruples fled. Then they burglariously cut the screens, entered the store, took a melon under each arm and scuttled away to fancied safety in a remote alley, where they indulged in gluttonous feasting. | Patrolman - J. A. Hayes, who was| notified of the theft, traced its perpe- | trators to their place of wassail and there he beheld at least a dozen youths reveling in the delight of consuming the forbidden fruit. One of them saw him in time to utter a yell of alarm, and of the entire number only one, lit- tle Fritz Miller, was captured. When | placed before Judge Fritz he hung his | | gullty head and offered no defense and now he is booked for examination in the Juvenile Court. SRR e James H. Jackson (colored) handled so many suit cases in his vocation of porter on a Pullman car that when he was retired from that service the habit clung to him and eventually led him into Judge Conlan's court 'as a defend- ant thrice charged with petty larceny. He was_pronounced gullty of having stolen a leathern sult case from Leon- ard McGowan of 203 Post street, a bamboo telescope basket from M. B. Witten of 1121 Peralta street, Oakand, and a canvas telescope basket from J. J. Silk of 3936 Sacramento street. When agcused of stealing the suit case Mr. Jackson pleaded that he had mistaken it for a simlilar receptacle which was his own property, and ‘ns court was inclined to cofisider the pléa until it it was repeated In response to the other two charges. “But surely,” saild His Honor, “this alleged suit case of yours does resem- ble both a bamboo basket and a can- vas basket?" “Kain’t zackly tel] yo’ why it am, Jedge,” replied Mr. Jackson, “but bofe dose baskets deceived me inteh re- gahdin’ dem es mah own prop'ty.” He will be sentenced this morning. R 3 Robert McHugh, 22 years of agé, did not attempt to repeat to Judge Con- lan the pitiful tale with which he re- galed the newspaper representatives who talked with him in the City Pris- | on the previous evening. He was ar- rested for stealing a bottle of milk from a doorstep on Golden Gate ave- nue, and to the journalists who asked him why'he did it he dealt out a story that stirred their sympathy and that of all who read what they wrote about him. He told them that he cameto the city a few months ago from Alaska, where he held a position of trust for the Government; that the temptations of the redlight district led to his pe- cuniary undoing and that he sank to the depth of eating garbage ere his conscience permitted him to steal the bottle of milk. “He's a Hayes Valley hoodlum,” said Patrolman Cornelius to the Judge, “and never aworked for the Government; never had money to squander and never ate garbage.” . Mr. McHugh smilingly accepted the policeman’s estimate of his character. “There’s not much to it, Judge,” he said, alluding to his case, “but I wish you'd give me a couple of days to see if I can’t get out of it.” His request was gmnfied. . e Frank Labelle's residence, 1614 Pow- ell street, is of the “flat-chested” style of architecture, which means that its facade is unadorned with bay windows and rises straight from the sidewalk. It may have been the oddness of its appearance or perhaps it was the fa- cility it afforded for convenient win- dow breaking, but whatever the rea- son Mr. Labelle seldom awoke in the “It doesn’t make much difference what you do with me, anyhow,” he saild to Judge Fritz, “for I guess. it's good-by to my job.” He was fined $10. S Y Judge Conlan decided thata man has a right to play poker or any other game of chance Iin his own house, pro- vided such house is not a place of pub- lic resort, and the decision meant dis- missal for George Marrion, John Magee, Conrad Mossman and John Welsh, all of whom were arregted for dabbling In the national cdrd game last Saturday night In the rear apartment of a boot and shoe store at 521 Church street. The arresting officer was Patrolman Dunham, who apparently was surprised by the outcome of his enterprise. When the policeman, revolver in hand, burst into the room in which the play- ers sat they jumped at the conclusion that he was a burglar, and in the court corridor report had it that Mr. Magee laid down a pat flush to crawl under the bed, that Mr. Mossman valiantly grabbed a cobbler’s hammer and stood on the defensive, that Mr. Marrion dis- cealing the table stakes where they de- fied official discovery and probable con- filscation, and that Mr. Welsh submis- sively held up his hands. As each of these stories was concurred in by three of the four gentlemen concerned, there could be no réason to question the ac- curacy of any t:f them. . . When the cargo of watermelons ar- rived at the store of the American Produce Company, 511 Front street, the unloading was witnessed by a large and Interested assemblage, about equally divided between adults of rican descent and small boys of { | disposed of. morning without finding one or more panes of his front windows shattered. Aroused from slumber last Saturday night by a crashing of giass he Inves- tigated and discovered that he would again need the services of a glazier. While silently blessing the autnor of the vandalism he heard voices and, peering through the hole where the pane had been, he saw three youn; men and distinctly heard - them talk about “smashing a window,” so with- out further ado he summoned a police- man and gave them into custody. When arraigned before Judge Fritz on the charge of malicious mischief they said their names were Claudius Rico, Al- berto Hernandez and Saturnino Ga- leano, also that they were not guilty, but rather than put the court to the trouble of ascertaining, whether they told the truth they would pay Mr. belie for the breakage of which he com- plained. On that basis the case was —_————————— In the Divorce Court. Decrees of divorce were granted yes- terday to James ‘A. from Mary Ellen “Clark for desertion; Emily J. from Ira S. Hobbs for cruelty, and -Albert from Maggle Taylor for desertion. Suits for divorce were filed by James H. against Lizzie M. Beever for desertion: John ! against Ellen Flynn for desertion; Al- vin against Laura Stewart for infidel- ity and Anna C. C. against Harry Badger, desertion. ——e—————— Horsford’s Acld ¥ uS Hflm‘- Caused by summer heat, overwork, ner- vous disorders or impaired digestion. Relieves quickly. . f can birth. With moist lips and hun- gering eves they beheld the luscious bulbs stowed away and heard Instruc- tions _issued—evidently in for their hearing and with de pur- | pose—that the doors be tightly ed and that prompt arrest and-merciless WONG LUNG DECLARED INSANE.—Wong B s ' Wood fire on Supiay. was ads 1t a wood fire on Y, ‘ad- e s 1o e aym Good ond st. ¥ MANY MATTERS BEFORE BOARD Wants Franchise Granted for New Messenger Serviee BANK MAKES BIG CLAIM California Imstitution Ask_s Return of Large Sum of | Alleged Overpaid Taxes | The San Francisco Electric Protective Society filed a petition yesterday with the Board of Supervisors for a franchise for | a perfod of fifty years to install and | operate a district telegraph and messenger. ¢ and signal box system and service. To | that end and for the purpose of transmit- ting sound and signals by electricity the | company desires to lay In the pub- lic streets necessary wires, cables and underground conduits. The petition, which is signed by H. Goddell, president, and H. S. Phillips, secretary, was refer red to the Street Committee. | The Board of Works was authorized | by the Supervisors to expend §12,000 to | build the approach to the new Third street bridge crossing Channel street. | Permission was granted to the Santa Fe | Company to lay a spur track on Illinois | and Twenty-second streets. The Board of Education ;was granted power to re-‘ serve five per cent of the appropriation | of $100,000 for school repairs for labor and supplies. The' petition of Serena H. Knight for the removal of an open sewer running | across blocks 41 and 42, South Beach, was | referred to the Street Committee. Albert Lindley, secretary of the State Board ot | Agriculture, sent a communication calling | attention'’ to the act passed by the last Legislature making it the duty | of the Boards of Supervisors to furnish the State Agricultural Soclety with certain | statistical information relative to the pro- | duction of each county and the amount of such produce shipped out. Lindley suggests that in counties thickly settled one man could gather a complete report in August, September and October, dur- ing which time blanks will be distributed. A demand for $17,68 50 was drawn in favor of Flinn & Treacy for repairing | Fourth street from Market to Howard. The bituminizing of Buchanan street be- tween ~Filbert and Greenwich and the sewering of Nineteenth avenue from Clement streét to California were ordered by resolution. The width of sidewalks of Sanchez street between Thirtleth and Palmer was fixed at ten feet. Grades were ordered changed at points on Q street, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thir- teenth avenues. Demands were drawn in favor of F. G. Bianchi, Charles Strohmeier and G. W.| Lipman for lands sold to the city under the bond issue. The City Attorney was | instructed to amend an ordinance so as to exempt the Park School from the re- quirement of competitive plans. George Miller filed a complaint that the | San Francisco Gas Company refused to | run a main on Twenty-fourth avenue because it has already contracted for a great many extensions. The matter was re! d to the Street Committee. e petition of Wells Fargo-Nevada Natlonal Bank for the refunding of $40.- 729 taxes illegally collected on its stock in the last three years was referred to the City Attorney for his opinion as to the legality of the refund. The Finance Committee postponed action until next Wednesday on the offer of the Merchants' Ice and Cold Storage Company to supply 1,000,000 gallons of salt . water daily for sprinkling streets. The committee desires to make further inquiry into certain features of the offer. The Judiciary Committee requested the Board of Works to furnish information | relative to the work done by the side- walk elevator inspector, complaint hav- | ing been filed that he knows nothing | about the workings of a sidewalk elevator. City Attorney Long rendered an opinion that Serpentine avenue is an open pub- lic highway. OFFICIALS SEIZE A . MILK PRESERVATIVE ‘Adulterant Warranted to Give Creamy Shade to Lacteal Fluid Confiscated. The health inspectors, acting under the orders of Health Officer Ragan, yes- terday seized a half gallon of what is commercially known as “Laktone,” a milk adulterant, from the dairy of La- brucherie Bros., on Bacon street. The label on the can of preservative | contained the information that “ ‘Lak- ‘tone’ will produce the desired creamy shade in milk.” It also advises that the “M Preservaline” be used to keep milk and cream from souring; that the “B B Preservaline” will prevent butter from becoming tainted; that “E Preserval- ine” will keep eggs a year as fresh as the day they came from the nest. The Jabel also refers to “Laktone cream color,” *“Laktone butter color” and “cider preservaline,’ the latter keep- ing cider sweet for one year. Health Officer. Ragan, besides con- fiscating the can of “Lalktone,” issued a peremptory order to Labrucherte Bros. that they must discontinue the use of preservatives under pain of ar- rest. ———————————— FRICTION STILL EXISTS OVER STREET SWEEPING Board of Works Divided Over Pay- ment to Contractor for Extra Teams for Cleaning. Friction still exists between the Board of Public Works and the Su- pervisors over Street sweeping, and the developments during-the last week show the conditions to be no better. Although A. B. Clute furnishes the teams for $4 68 against $6 paid the former contractors, the Works Board is of the opinion that they will cost more in the end. The smallness of the wagons used by Clute is the reason assigned by the ‘Works Board “for the present slowness in, removing the dirt. Clute has put on extra teams and, with the collaboration of the sweepers, he malntains the dirt will be removed. It s understood that the board is divided over paying the contragtor for the extra teams, some considering it i1- legal, while others hold out against the payment because the contract , was against their wishes. - - Sue to Enjoin P The Dettner-Wilson - s, Incorpor- ated, and the Commercial Publishing Company filed suits yesterday against the San Francisco Pressman’s Union No. 24 and the Typographical Union, Local No. 21, to restrain the defend- ants from maintaining pickets in front of their premises and interfering with the employes of the plaintiffs. Plain- tiffs state that the defendants have conspired to injure their business and are threatening their employes with Electric Protective Society | | from their us! | mission last Friday at $650 each. CITY BORROWS ————m Supervisors Arrange for the Use of One Hundred Bal- lot Machines for Frimary e BLUFF TO BE REMOVED Works Board to Contract for Grading of City Lot at 20th and Kentucky Streets The Finance of Supervisors yesterday completed ar- rangements for borrowing 100 voting machines from the United States Stand- 4rd Voting Machine Company. Frank the company, appeared before tire com- mittee and explained that the Election Commissioners were averse to accept- ing the loan for fear that they would be held personally responsible for any damage resulting to the machines The appropriation for election expenses was reduced by some $12,000 on the assumption that the ma- chines would be loaned to the city. The Finance Committee informed Jor- dan that the city would be responsible for any damage and Jordan immediate- 1y telegraphed to his company to manu- facture the machines for immedlate de- livery. The 100 machines to be loaned are in addition to the eighty pur- chased outright by the Electdon Com- Next year the money for the purchase of the borrowed machines will be appro- priated. The city will have 220 voting paf election, forty having been bought last year. Jordan says the company's actory will work night and day to fill the big order. The Auditor was authorized by the Board of Supervisors to appoint thirty additional clerks for a period of thirty days. The board passed to print an ordi- nance ordering the removal of the bluff and the grading of city property at Twentieth anl Kentucky streets at an estimated cost of $7500. The contract to furnish three street flushing machines was awarded to the Sanitary Machine Company for $3000. The offer of C. S. Harney to furnish ten sprinkling wagons at $247 per day rected to advertise for bids for. the purchase of ten new machines. D’Ancona suggested that the Mayor | recommend to the Board of Works that the machines be paid for out of the street cleaning fund, as the rentals exacted would more than pay for them in a year. The resolution setting aside $6000 in the budget for the resurfacing of Cali- fornia street, between Jones and Mason, was repealed, the repavement between the bond issue. The sum of $6125 was set aside for the cost of engineering and inspection necessitated by the following bonded improvements: Sewer In Great Highway from Fulton street to O: paving of Larkin street from Hayes to McAllister, Stockton street from Union to Greenwich, Paclfic street from Stockton to Kearny, Waverly place from Sacramento strect to Clay, and California street from Mason to Jones. Next Monday the Supervisors will meet for the last time preparatory to taking a vacation of four or six weeks. One or two members will meet every | Monday thereafter, but the meeting will be adjourned from Monday to Monday until some time in September, when | the business sessions will be resumed. MORAN SEEMS TO BE SURE OF APPOINTMENT Although Mayor Schmitz said yester- day that he had not.made up his mind as to the appointment to the vacancy created by the resignation of Civil Service Commissioner Rogers, Indica- tions point strongly to the selection of Edward F. Moran for the place. Moran is now secretary of the Civil Service Board and the Mayor believes he is well qualified for the Commis- sionership because of his famillarity with the details of the office. Moran has brought some strong political back- ing to bear, Rogers himself, who 1s now curator of the Park Museum, having advanced the claims of his former sub- ordinate to be his successor. Another factor which may cause Moran to be promoted is that his ap- pointment to the Commissionership will result in a vacancy In the secretaryship of the board, which pays a salary of $200 per month. This will permit of the appointment of a man in favor with the Schmitz administration. Who that man is has not yet developed, but there will be no dearth of candidates in the event of Moran’'s promotion. Moran himself is willing to accept the higher honor with a decrease of $100 monthly in his salary because he desires to prac- tice law, which he cannot do in his present position of secretary of the board. ————— CORPORATIONS SEEK TO DEFEAT THE NEW LAW Constitutionality of Yearly License Tax Is in Question in a Suit Before Superior Judge Sloss. Judge Sloss has taken under.advise- ment the suit instituted by I. Rosen- thal & Co., to declare unconstitutional the act passed by the last Legislature imposing a yearly tax of $10 upon all corporations engaged in business In the State for pecuniary gain. The bill, if upheld, will give the State an an- nual revenue of between $200,000 and $300,000. I. Rosenthal & Co. though nom- inally the plaintiffs, represent the in- terests of all the corporations that fall under the new law. It is the claim of the plaintiff that the law is unconeti- tutional in that it affects only a cer- tain class of corporations, excluding all of those devoted to educational, charitable, religious or scientific pur- poses. Chief Deputy Attorney George A. Sturtevant and P. Power appeared yesterday for At- torney General Webb, and the plaintiff was represented by Attorneys Otto Wise and Louis Hirsch. Argument on the case occupled the entire day and at its conclusion it was taken under advisement. —_———— _George Uhler, supervising agen Tge er, suj the steamboat lon .urvlc: :: Washington, D. toms - Collector, gy physical injury. It is declared that crowds of the defendants are stationed in front of the premises of the com- plainants and unless restrained will do the pl _irreparable injury. i Committee of the Board | Jordan, Paeific Coast representative of | machines to carry on the next muniei- | each was rejected and the clerk was di- | the points named being provided for in | A WILL 801 STE FOR PLAYCRDL Supervisors Selicit Offers | From Owners of Block 177 to-Sell Property to C(ity TN DEVCES 'LAND FOR NEW SCH0Ls AR Lot on Frederick Strect [« Purchased for Erection of | Polytechnie High Builling ‘ : The Board of Supervisors y | adopted a resolution rejecting t | of awners to sell 50-vara block N | bounded by Powell, Stockton, | and’ Greenwich streets as a site children’s playground at North The City Attorney was directed t licit offers from the owners of 177, bounded by Mason, Taylor, | nut and Fraucisco streets for of their lands, the block named ! been selected as an alternative sit the playground. | The offer of the City Realty C | pany to sell for $65,000 the lot of I |in fhe block bounded by Frede: | Carl and First avenue as a site s accepted and a demand was ordercd | drawn for the amount. | The offer of the Pope Estate Com pany to seil for $28,500 a block bound- | the new Polytechnic High School w ed by Shrader, Grattan and Alma streets as a site for a new school was accepted. | The sum of $2700 was set aside | make a preliminary investigation o | the three sources of water supply of- | fered ‘to the city in order to enable | the Board of Supervisors to determine | the value of either of them as a per- manent supply. The City Attorney was requested to solieit offers for the sale™to the city of two lots on Montgomery streef, near Lombard, for the preservation of Tele- graph Hill under an appropriation of $25,000 for the purpose. The roadways of Howard street be- tween Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth and Twenty-third street between Church and Vicksburg, were fully ac- cepted. A resolution was adopted segregat- ing the taxes levied for bond redemp- tion and Interest funds into respec- | tively 8.41 cents and .99 cents. The sum of $750 was set aside to put | the city’s wires on Mission street, rmm‘ | Second to Fifth. underground. to | The Finance Committee ordered two hygrants to be installed on B street to | connect with the mains of the Olympic | Salt Water Company. A representative | of the company Insisted on the pay- | ment of $1 for each hydrant monthly | before turning on the salt water, claim- | ing that its franchise required it to | turnish water for only twenty-five hy- drants which were already installed on Point Lobos avenue and Geary street | for flushing sewers and to extinguish fires. ; It developed that the company is re- | quired by the franchise to file sworn statements of its gross receipts yearly when the Board of Supervisors shall call on it for the same, but this pro- vision has never been complied with. The company is also fequired to pay 2 per cent of Iits gross receipts for salt water sold to the inhabitants of the city. The company’'s representative said such receipts would not exceed $500 monthly, which caused Supervisor Brandenstein to remark that the come pany owed the city $120 for last year. Tha water will be turned on In the two hydrants described and the gquestion of whether the city shall pay $2 monthly therefor will be settled hereafter. —_————— ANNUITANTS WILL. DANCE.—San Fran- clsco Assembly of the Anmuftants will bave a whist party and dance in the Red Men's build- ing to-morrow evening for the entertalnment | of tts members and invited guests. Civil Service Board Secretary | Likely to Seecure Yacant Commissionership. ADVERTISEMENTS. DOCTOR CURED ~ OFECTEMK’ Maryland Physician Cures Himself of Eczema with Cuticura Remedies. Prescribes Them and Has Cured Many Cases Where Other Formulas Have Failed—Dr. Fisher Saysi CUTICURA REMEDIES POSSESS TRUE MERIT “ My face was afflicted with eczema in the year 1897. I used the Cuticurs Remedies, and was entirely cured. I and very Resolventand Cuticura Soap in cases of eczema, and they have cured where other formulas have failed. 1 not in the habit of endorsing patent medicines, but when