The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 19, 1905, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1905. ¥ LE SIGHS FOR BOOK _AND BEAU PILFERS Love of Avon's Bard LLeads to Arrest for Stca]ing. . BEL 1] PR BT T s e DUSKY MAID HINTS HER LOVE FOR HIM RS RES Impecunious Cava- lier Gets Volume by Shophtring. EFEE if they were really alive bought by y shur wn $ ) rie ru toward < ice that created the = up the driving ma- " half a dozen papier- les ¢ the common do- Messrs. Kagle and Saf- lot simult : m & rr W p their wooning. 1 and Wins- low way to the cen- ter of disturbance ey f d lant ¢ alarm by ® but the mice, | e 1K gear, s smodic manner s the most aglle I he majority of t ntil their inter- v sed to wo! N s the charge k nd Mr. Saf- £ questioned its sted that it be ance of the peace.” “F me.” opined his Hon nee in d of malice n e defendants led to the ing scene which has just been de- s i by the complaining officers. In- a is doubtful that human malice in a dépth of depravity that w 1 a herd of life-like imita- t amid a bevy of unsuspect- | women EY amended complaint will be heard after Christmas. lodging-house, and Judge Fritz will sentence both of them for vagraney to- an was followed by her hus- worticulturist, and given into er dusky companion escap- in court she then denied un- macy with the negro and said She was liberated, a rohl : y,.armed for the colored man, ut for him until the: r ng him last The woman & d her three young children when she eloped. s s+ e kley, an ex-policeman, months by Judge Mbgan bused his family, ant street. Barmes, ' a well-dres arrested for vagrancy. pal id to th ed voung scribed his adence of n pastime. Iking flour- was such his services and he supplanted Judge Mo- | tery be filed. | Mrs. Dow, who resides at 1511 Larkin street, was so badly injured that she | ould not appear to prosecute, but may - | be able to press the battery charge. ¥ Sergeant Ross, commander of the town squad, ascended to the roof Jackson street, peered through a ht and saw enough to impel him to drop in and arrest Ah Pong and six other Celestials and book them on the > of having played “pie gow,” with nd dominoes and for money stakes, he captured. ir 1 e defense that dominoes only was pinched he fainted hospital, an wa ed will be urged when the case gets ) second inning to-day before Judge . s'all th’ same | an. : nurse me | . . e o Homor, | _Charles Lew's confederate in dishonest Bl tice Harry Hook testi- » - told unsoph ated vigitors to cer- s Biobe. than befting places oh Ellis and Powell | streets that Mr. Lew was a jockey and | that it would be well for them to place d Henry Safford, | their wagers as he placed his. P tic toys, | “That guy there is Jockey Lew,” the etion t0 | gecomplice would say to the . intended resulted | victim, “an’ w'en he bets he has afternoon | ginch.” on M By this means, and others' whose ram- consisted of | of various ani- of & acting the pedestrians power of ti ifications the officer laboriously explained to Judge Morgan, Mr. Lew and his ald succeeded In ‘landing a sucker” (name withheld) for $79. So the Judge ordered that Mr. Lew be detained in custody un- as iraveling OVer |y his partner in chicancry be captured. ytt Thus they man- > s 3 oliday shoppers A FICTT CHECK.—H. p, 1o exam e, and | Ra 12 Howard street, reported to the 8 aring drive | police yesterday that three Japanese called Wi i TP ‘as spon | at his store last Wednesday and purchased three overcoats. Onme gave him a check for lions tigers, gir-| one would | Elephants, beasts that $25 In payment, receiving $8 50 change. § The check was worthless. 1 ot d other RUMFORD The Wholesome Baking Powder In buying RUMFORD ‘you get the most Whole- some Baking Powder, and save money too. Mrs. Laura Harris. who eloped from | Uk a month ago with Robert F negro ba arrested | with her paramour in a Post-street s going to Sacramento to engage | val t'ings,” Mr. Barnes replied. Now dey dance de bunny hug en dem oddah fool two-steps.” | His plea is under 'consideration. Santos Delico, a youthful Italian who drove a dellvery wagon over Mrs. Dora C. Dow and her daughter while they were attempting to cross Market street, ear Powell, was, pronounced guilty of driving by Judge Conlan, who or | derea that an additional charge of bat-| a| WILL CONSIDER THE FRANCHISE 1 {Ocean Shore Railroad May | Be Compelled to Grant Cer- i tain Concessions to the City AXES TO BE REFUNDED ‘('()ll,(_fl“ssnl(‘n Will Be Asked to Have Government Pay for Damage Soldiers Did e e The proposed franchise wanted by the Ocean Shore Railroad had its in- ng before the Board of Supervisors terday afternoon. After several ar- iments the members decided to refer the matter to a special committee with- t instructions, and this .committee will probably make several changes and alterations. Supervisor d'Ancona wanted the board to instruct the committee to make three distinct alterations in the franchise. He thought it was proper that the new railroad company be com- pelled to place underground feed wires at stated points, to be left to the dis- tion of the city officials, and laid special stress on this point. irgued that the rolling stock irned over to the city at the expira- on of franchise, and that the com- | pany be compelled to pay to the city a certain be percentage of its receipts, to decided upon later. He concluded aying it was in his opinion neces- for the Street Committee to re- draft the bill. ARGUMENTS FOLLOW. This speech resulted in other argu- ments. The matter was discussed at length before finally going to a vote. It was at last decided to submit the matter to the Street Committee, which will meet to-morrow, and that the latter body consider the proposition without instructions, The vote on this measure was 10 to 3 Finance Committee came to the conclusion that Dore street, between Hov d and Folsom, is a public thor- oughfare, and has been for the last twenty-five years, and recommended that the Tax Collector and Auditor be notified to pay back the taxes collected by the city on this property to W. S. | Richards and the estate of Horace Hawes. 1is will hold good should the bill be passed later. | The committee also reported: favor- ably upon the refunding to the United 2ailroads the sum of $1458 47, collected Telegraph Hill property. This was accordance with an opinion rendered the City Attorney last Saturday. FEDERAL BILL DISCUSSED. It was also decided to instruct the | Congressmen from this district to have a special bill passed before the lower | house, refunding to the city govern- | ment money paid out to citizens whose | property was damaged by riotous sol- | diers stationed at the Presidio. Some of these claims have been paid years | ago and the city was held responsible | in_every instance. The Finance Committee recommended | that $1000 additional money be set aside out of the city funds to pay for the purchase of property to extend Piedmont street. Already $4000 has | been appropriated for this purpose. | A bill was passed to print, setting | torth that every person or corporation engaged in the business of conducting outdoor parks and the like be com- pelled to pay te the clty treasury the | sum of $200 a year for licenses. Fail- ure to comply with this ordinance will | be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or six months in the County Jail or by both. Hammond place and Olney place were ordered expunged from the official map. The Board of Health was instructed to take care of the burial of the indigent dead of the city on and after the first of the coming year. B S L R AL Beautiful Christmas presents in fine fur garments at very low prices at 10 | Grant avenue. . P — OF CARMENCITA: OWNERS TPONED FOR A MONTH TRIAL I8 ™ | Case Put Over of Well Known Men Charged With Fittlng Out Poaching Expedition. | By consent of the prosecution and the defense the trial of the indictment against the owners of the Carmencita | was postponed yesterday in the United ates District Court until January 26. he defendants are Robert J. Tyson, |'W. J. Wood, W. J. Woodside, S. E. R. de Smidt and Captain Alexander McLean, seal poacher. They are charged with having, on February 10, 1904, fitted out |the American vessel Jennie Thelin for |the purpose of sending it into Bering Sea to catch and kill fur seals unlaw- fully. It is also charged that on April 28, 1904 they placed the Jennie Theln |under Mexican registry and renamed |her the Carmencita in ordef to accom- | plish the unlawful end sought. | Mark H. Morris, William S. Roberts, | Henry Morris, A. C. Karski and | Marks, indicted for conspiracy to vio- the Interstate commerce lottery law, withdrew their plea of not gullty |ana pleaded guilty to the second count. | They were ordered to appear for sen- tence to-morrow morning. On motion of United States District Attorney R. |H. Devlin the second count was dis- missed. —_—————— | Bvery little while there appears;a | want ad. which is almed so directly:at | you that if it were a bullet you would | be hit. ——————————— ] | SOUP PLATES FLY IN WAR F IN RUSS HOUSE KITCHEN | Waitress, Passing Falr, Is the Cause ot Pitched Battle at Downtown | Hostelry. % There was an uproar at the Russ Hoyse at an early hour this morning. White robed assistant cooks and prefty waitresses took to the street and even the genial proprietor himself thought that aiscretion was the better partiof | valor. The man who started * the trouble is probably J. Yager, the chef. Charlie Newman is reticent. the em- ployes of the Russ House are silent, but Chef Yager 1is no more- at the | hostelry. Newman wears some marks | of battle on his alabaster brow. but he evades the question when asked If he got them in deadly conflict with the warrior chef. s The guests were fed after the rumpus by an impromptu crew of cooks, gath- ered here and there. No one knows the gory details of the battle the kitchen. Some damsel who “slung hash” with extraordinary grace is reputed to have been at the bottom of it. The war was started by Yager, one of the contest- ants declares, because of a dispute over her beauty. —_——— YOUNG PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE CALLS MEETING.—The executive committee of the San Francisco Young People's Institute, to held in the Central Methodist Episcopal Churc! on January 11 and 13, 1906, met at the Y. M. C, A. yesterday and decidea to call a meeting of the pastors, superintendents of Sunday- schoole, leaders of young people’s socleties and all young people who are interested in mis- in sionary work for Th evening, December 21, at the Central Methodist Ep! Church, at Misslon street, between Sixth and 8 o'clocke, AR o hristmas Gifts OTHER THINGS THAN CIGARS Don’t get the idea, because we say so much about our cigars, that we have neglected the wants of that very numerous and important class of smokers who prefer cigarettes and pipes. . A pipe makes a particularly good Christmas gift—thereis a sort of home-like, “fireside-and! slippers” suggestion in it,and a feature of permanence which cigars lack. 3 We have a fine assortment in briar and meerschaum pipes, and you will save from 25c. to 50c. on each, if you buy at a United Store, because we get them straight from the manufacturer, in very large quantities. ! We offer, for example, a choice of fiftee: briar pipes, made from the close-grain should be; thoroughly seasoned, with hand-made hard-rubber bits, at only fifty cents ea: For Smokers nshapes in genuine Frénch ed, knurly rosoe:,l as a pipe trimmed with sterling silver, and ch. A low price, but it’s the kind of pipe that a man makes his friend for years. ry pipe-smoker would appreciate a_pound package of good smoking tobacco this Almost eve Christmas. Yale Mixture Garrick ee States Capstan Bull Durham Progressive Seunsation Here are some particularly good grades ranging in price from 60c. to $2.50 per pound : Bean Brummell Union Lcader Seal of No. Carolina For Cigarette-Smokers:—What could possibly please the cigarette-smoker more than a box or two of 100 choice, standard quality Turkish cigarettes ? 80c. per hundred up: Egyptian Deities Naturals 512 Market St. Cor. Kearney Geary and MarKet Sts. Cor. Powell, Eddy and MarKet Sts, Cor. MarKet and Steckiton Sts. Building Murad Beau Brummell Turkish Trophies Mogul Rameses Pall Mall In gift-boxes of 50 and 100 United Cigar Stores Co. Cor. Kearney and Geary Sts, Rialte Cor. Hayes and Market Sts. 762 Market St. =2 Here are the best in the market, from SPRINC WLLEYS 0T FICUAE John Henry Dockweiler, civil engineer and expert for the city and county of San Francisco in its defense against the suit brought by the Spring Valley Water Works, conoleted his testimony yester- day before United States Commissioner Heacock, and an adjournment was taken until Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Among many maps presentedin evi- dence yesterday by Engineer Dockweiler was one 'showing the location and con- tour of the water levels in the wells of the Pleasanton district. This shows that the underground flow at Pleasanton Is only twenty-two feet below the level of the agricultural lands on the surface and that the underground water of the whole district forms one solid body.. From Sep- tember 30 of this year to December 2 the water at the upper end sank three and a half feet. During the same period it sank one foot at the lower level. All the wells of the Livermore valley are in the same water stratum. Photographs also were introduced in evidence showing that the wells north of the Spring Valley pumps, which wells were artesian, in No- vember, 1901, had been changed in their nature by the drafts made by the Spring Valley Company, so that in November of this year the water level stood seven feet below the surface. These exhibits were introduced for the purpose of show- ing that the Spring Valley Company was drawing more water than the total flow of these beds and that they were being rapidly emptied. Mr. Dockweiler found that the total cost of the Spring, Valley system was $26,925,133 22. OFf this value $4,044,670 61 is to be -deducted for properties not used for supplying water, so that the total valuation of the plant on January 1, 1904, on which the water rates should be based, according to Engineer Dockweiler, was $22,880,462 71. ‘The present ‘glue of the works he computes at $24,008,390. The following table was submitted of Spring Valley properties that have newer been used: Almshouse lands, $63,300: Caliente Agua, $239,769 16; Clear Lake, $3574 35; Manzanita, §24,421 03; Pescadero, ' $35,837 01; Wells, $50S1 42; Purissima, $17.004; San Fran- clsco,” $23,923 47; Sausalito, $15,519 07: Sears- ville, $121,622 24; Searsville lands, $63,929 35; Calaveras, $44,446 26; San Antonfo, $4305 47: total, $788,634 1. Add to this properties gone out of use and the total swells to $3,023,483 03. The items upon which Engineer Dock- weller bases the present’value of the works are: Pilarcitos, $594,208 Crystal 320,160 7 090: - Pamps, clty reservoirs, 287: city pipes $4,401,504; stocks on hand, $270,000; $858,734; _reservoir sites, $507,395; Lake Merced, $2,831,500; Pen- insula, $2,899,475; Alameda, $2,953,800. Total, $24,055,390. LR A WANTS ACTION STOPPED. Committee Complains That Country Is Pumped Dry by Water Company. OAKLAND, Dec. 18.—The operations of the Spring Valley Water Company in this county and the alleged laying waste of thousands of acres of land were called to the attention of the Board of Super- visors to-day by a committee of the Mer- chants’ Exchange, consisting of Theodore Gler and Wilber Walker, with recommen- dations .that action, be taken and also offering the support/of the Exchange in the matter of employing attorneys to fight the matter in the courts. According to an elaborate report sub- mitted by the committee, 16,000,000 gallons of water are now being taken daily from the Niles cone country for the water con- sumers across the bay. The gravel beds, it is sald, are being pumped dry. —_————— PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN DIES.—I P Josephy, president of _Alfred & Co., manufacturers ot clothing, of New York, dled yesterdsy, g REAGAN LIKELY TO RESIGN AS POLICE COMMISSIONER Dr. George Drucker amd G. M. Roy, Jeweler, Are Mentioned as His Possible Successors. Rumors have it that Police Commis- sioner Reagan will resign as a member of the board on the first of the year. Those who stand close to the adminis- tration have looked for this for some time. Dr. George I. Drucker and G. M. Roy, the jewelry man, are ready to fill the position if the vacancy should occur. George Keane, the Mayor’s secretary, will probably be induced to accept the position of clerk to the Board of Su- pervisors. Fabius Finch, a former at- torney in Abe Ruef’s office, is being urged to accept Keane's present job and if he consents Keane will surely go upstairs. Other candidates who have a chance for the supervisorial clerkship, if the Mayor decides to keep Keane as his assistant, are George Benham and Thomas Atkinson. Many look for James Devoto to re- sign as Election Commissioner, to ac- cept the position as legal adviser to the Treasurer. Either Richard Corneilus, president of the Carmen’s Union, or ex- School Director Frank Conklin may be the successor to Devoto, but if the administration desires an attorney In this place Thomas V. Cator is to be reckoned on. Thomas Kaise, Maurice Asher, Charles Kaufmann and Frank Jewel will most likely be looked after. Alfred Roncovieri, School Director, is_the most likely candidate for the office of School Superintendent, made vacant by Willlam Langdon, who has been elected District Attorney. James L. Gallagher will be given the im- portant position of chairman of the Finance Committee. He will have for his colleagues some of the old members of the board. R Christmas Fountain Pens. We are selling agents for Waterman's “Ideal,” Conklin’s “Self-filling”. and the $1 Marshall pen. These are the best pens, the cheapest pens and the only pens worth con- sidering. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. . ST. MARY’S ENTERTAINMENT.—The Sun- day school " children of St. Mary's Cathedral gave an entertalnment in Golden Gate Hall last evening to ralse funds for a Christmas tree for. the members-of the school. A little drama in two acts, entitled “‘A Lesson in Char- ity,”’. was presented by, the little folks and won the merited applause of the audience. Besides the drama a number of selections were pre- sented by some of the best local talent of the city. CHINESE COUPLE ARE LANDED AFTER ROMANTIC MARRIAGE American Borm Youth Follows His Sweetheart to the Flowery King~ dom Brings Her Home. Lee Sam Cheong, an American born Chinaman, arrived from the Orient on the Korea last Sunday with his bride, who was Miss Leung QueS. Miss Leung came from China as one of the exhibitors in the Chinese village at the St. Louls Expesition. There she met Lee and they fell in love. Lee wanted to marry her then and there, but the Chinese Bureau officials wounld not allow it, because she had never been landed In this country and had been admitted only for the purpose of the Chinese village. If she married Lee she would be entitled to remain in the United States as the wife of an American citizen. So, when the lady was shipped from this port to China Lee went on the same steamer to keep her company, and when they arrived in China they were married. Now the Chinese Bureau cannot put her out. —_———————— GORED BY A COW.—John Hanover was knocked down and severely ‘gored by one of his milch cows at Ocean View yesterday. He was taken to the Park Emergency Hospital and 2 large wound in his groin dressed. MORRIS CHAIR—Every home, without a single exception, should have one. It is more com- fort for a tired man or woman than any other piece of furniture. | Prices from ‘This t0“’11: a $17 value; special §ii85 If yo.u a.re puzzled what to give, decide upn;: CHINA CABINET— 3 feet high. Mahogany or oak; polished ‘With bent lass ends, rich gold-fin: | Price ish, mirror top. $4.95 something useful, and you are safe. If you are puzzled what useful thing to give, decide:upon some piece of Furniture, and you'will have secured something that is lasting as well as useful. WHat do you think your home, or your friend’s much as, for example, a pretty Table or Rug or Easy Chair?* LIBERAL CREDIT, OF COURSE. hand | DINING CHAIRS— Full box seat. Reg- ular $3.50. and weathered oak. me, will appreciate half so _ MUSIC CABINET Of rich mahog-. any finish, with canopy top sur-" mounting a large plate mirror. All hand pol- ished. Price 816,50 Golden