The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1906, Page 4

SAYS BRITISH FLEET WAS IN WAITING TO AID TOGO ——e | Admi NA r 1Qi sent-of Russi H e =B L NO WORD FROM LINEVITCH. Cszar Has Not Heard From Manchuria Army in Five Weeks. property, entitled i sub- law uthorities, ch Rusgia truction of | al- | Boxer | was na arrests are’ increas- NOT A “PATENT 3 MEDICINE.” Scott’s Emulsion is not | a “patent medicine.” It | has no secret ingredients. Yonr doctor can, no doubt, tell you as much about it as we could. We have merely perfected the method - of blending the Norwegian cod liver oil, hypophosphites of lime and soda and glycerine. As one grocer will blend | coffee better than another | so we have succéeded in | making Scott’s Emulsion | a little better than any | other cod liver oil pre- paration." There’s no “patent” and the only se- cret is the secret of know- ing how, with the per- fected mechanical means at hand to do it. Get Scott’s and you get the | perfect emulsion. It's the E greatest thing in the world | for regaining strength and | fiesh lost through wasting. | i SCOTT & BOWNE, 405 Pearl Sureet, New York. | formance. IONS MAY BE EMBROILED 's Statement Is Published Withg | tators will be kept up, especially in the 1 to de | The strike ltere has_failed and the at- n e at Fort Miley, Fort Baker and Presidio, and t9° make the | proper tests for tuberculosis. During being | | tuberculosis existed among the miich | that time it has been decided to keep a | the up an Government. cks has been that ved, have been E tional revolu- the streets, have been ed under pain of three months imprisonm i $150 fine from even joning ‘the names of the papers are selling mereial estimates | ted to Gazett PLANNING A NEW REVOLUTION. St. Petersburg Leaders Meet Across the | Finnish Border. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 4, 2:40 2 m— general meeting of the Workmen's cil and of représentatives of the pro- organigations, which w; he Finnish border, lasted th #ix hours; adjourning only an hour ago. practical resuit of the meeting was | 2 confession that the Government had | ved to be too streng in its fight against | kers and the proletariat organi- that it would be, necessary rganize on & new basis the armed rev- | the | T letari: acfoss olution to which the delegates at meeting were committed. It wi admit- | ted ¢ the attempt to give battle to the Government without having made due paration was a mistake, and a com- change in tactics was decided upon. | A new Council of Workmen, consisting | 13 members, was elected. Similar | will be organized everywher following which a general congress be calied and an elaborate plan of battle against the Government sormulated: the meantime the propaganda of the agi- t the proletariat organi- resolved not to com- vernment. It was de- e part in the elections for | the adjoyrnment of the n was adopted to turn | (red Sun- of mourning. S the Workmen's Council meéting acknowledged that the had been severely crippled -by cernment, as fnany of the ablest | d eitber been killed arrested. d that the movement had Jost con-| erable prestige among the pro- Governor of Ufa Shot. ) PETERSBURG, Jan. 3.—A pri- vate dispatch from Ufa, capital of the Government of Uta; in the eastern part European Russia, says that the Gov- or has been shot and severely 1ded.- His -assailant was arrested. AR e TN Three Gendarmes Murdered. POKROVSK, Russia, Jan. 3.—Three gendarmes, who were A searching the lodgings of railroad men, were stabbed to-day. s S Db Warsaw Strike a Failure. WARSAW, Russian Poland, Jan. 3.— tempted armed insurrection has been | abandoned. | COWS ON ARMY POSTS | MUST BE EXAMINED Dr. Corcoran Will Inspect| All Cattle on Military | leservations. Richard B. Corcoran, now stationéd at the ordered to examine Veterinarian lery Corps, B far examinations on Angel and Al- raz islands Dr. Corcoran found that cows of the islands to an alarming ex- tent and fourteen cows were condemned and shipped away Tmmediately. Since more careful watch on the cattle about different posts, and Dr. Corcoran’ as been instructed to give each and every cow a thorough examination. Lieutenant James F. Hall. executive officer of the General Hospital, will | the victims, e A WHOLESALE EXECUTIONS OF REBELS Leaders of the Moscow Re- volution Are Turned Over in Batches to SHORT SHRIFT GIVEN LUCKLESS CAPTIVES British Resident Makes As- sertion That Governor Gen- _eral Doubassoff Witnessed the Slaying of Prisoners MOSOW, Jan. 3 —According to the stories’ in. circulation /here, the number of summary executions of revolutionists s large. Mr. Smith, an Englishman and proprietor of machine works here, which were accidentally burned yesterday, says he personally witnessed a number of exe- cutions. When the “Drujina” garrison of the sugar factory surrendered,- the officer in cqmmand of the regular troops, after a few brief questions, nickel ouf who were marched twenty paces in front of a firing squad, received a volley and dropped without a struggle. +Inight but Saturday of this week. Firing Squads of Loyal Troops NANCE O'NEILS - [RE MEST ROLE As Lady Macbeth She Rises to Heights That Compel Most Enthusiastic Praise SUPPORT IS POWERFUL Lovers of Shakespeare Will See One of the Best Ren- ditions Ofiered in Years ! Those that deny Nance Neil's great- can get theémselves confuted any Miss O'Neil is to be seen at the Grand Opera- house as Lady Macbetn, in what can | ness | | | tion. {is true. The orchestra worked over- time, =0 did the advertising curtain. bere was about vast noise of hammer- ng ;and the like. There was other noise. Impatient folk doing Shaskes- | peare got tired of being advised to ;"Soher up on Somebody's soda,” and | used hand and heel to say so. But for | tne sheer beauty of the pictures the delay was forgiven, and .jn the moving forgotten. To say here that not alone is Mlss | O Neil at her magnificent best in_ the play,*but that here also her company is i'womnn stat enacting Lady Macbeth is i compared by so good a Macbeth as John | Glendenning’s. | Andrew Robson, a bit l‘cry in his | pathos, is otherwise a valiant Mac- | duff. There is a charmingly sensitive | Maicolm (Arthur- Greenaway); pres- ‘!ence, dash and conviction are contrib- {uted to the Banquo role by Lawrence | Griith. Even the murderers looked | their trade—commonly even the goriest | imagination cannot fancy them going | out to saw anything but wood. Percy | Altree. Miss Virginia Burton and Little | Martine again lent effective illusion to the apparitions; Rica Allen was a | clever third witch, Mario Majeroni and Clara Thompson the others. In fact, intelligence rules throughout the {be called without flinching a produc- | Things went slowly-last night, it | strength and genius of the acting was | newly admirable. It is seldom that he | > A COUNTY CLERK'S ~ OFFICE FILLED { - ! Administration Announces Appoeintment of Men to Fol- low Outgoing Subordinates 'I)R. KUCICH IS ADVANCED I Emergency flepartment Med- ieo' Is Awarded Important’ Post of Autopsy Surgeon Following on the heels of the announce- ment ©f the appointments by the admin- istration in the Coroner’s and Sheriff’s of- | fices comes the list of lucky election work- | ers who are slated for reward in the be- | stowal of patronage from County Clerk bailiwick. Almost all the | names on the list are new to the City Hall. But few of the cld men are re- | tained, and the places of the outgoing are filled with “Stanch Union Labor men. | That the office of County Clerk will not | suffer by the sudden change in personnel, the outgoing County Clerk, John J. Greif, | is awarded a $150 a month position as reg- ister clerk under his late successful rival. { The appointments in the Coroner's of-| | fice were made -compiete with the an-| | nouncement of the name of Dr. O. S. /| | Kucich for autopsy surgeeon, as predicted exclusively in The Call yesterday morn- ing. Dr. Ostroilo S. Kucich, the mewly | | appointed autopsy surgeon, is 25 years of | | Mulcrevy's N GAS AND | age and has been practicing medicine for several years. He is a successful practl- | tioner and will undoubtedly fill the office creditably. Dr. Kueich is a graduate of the Univer- sity of California and a membef of the {alumni of the same institution. He is es- | teemed by his colleagues. The new autopsy surgeon is also an active member of the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Dr. Kucich has been for the last two years an Emergency Hospital surgeon. The appointment of Dr. Kucich to the office of autopsy surgeon places the Cor- oner’s office in the hafds of two young |aen. Dr. Walsh, Coroner-elect, and Dr. L_Kuclch are of the same age. Thomas V. Cator, one of the best au- FOR PRESIDENT Skilled Man Will Head the New Gas and Eleetrie Company as Executive SRITTON NANED Smith even says he believes he recog- nized Governor ; General Doubassoff among those present. It is generally | stated that the victims were handed over cast in a remarkable degree in the smaller roles. Possibly the fortunate ensemble was as much luck as manage- w the firing squad with the command, | “Take them to the river,” which was | tan urt to a sentence and warrant | for execution. = i The elezring of the Riazan line.as far 1s Lubertzi, which fell principally on the | Semionovski regiment, was attenied by | much bloodshed.' - At evety statién troops dispersed tHe crowds’ by firing Three leaders, Orloffsky, Semi- and Andrewieff, were captured and shot. and more than 3™ persons are orted to have been killed or wounded. A newspaper .representative says that a number of Drujinists were placed in coffins and-smuggled past the troops in the:Presna district. An.officer finally be- suspicious; a funeral- procession topped and the casket was opened. thei: was s Inside the ‘soldiers found a man and four bombs. Thereafter all suspicious funerails e ‘haited for examiniition and the soldiers even went to the length of pulling the mustachgs and beards of the mougners to ascertain.if they were fals lesale arrests continue to be made | W hiieao & s | Miss O'Neil is perhaps most powerful. | here: The police are gathering in all per- sons found carrying loaded sticks or sword canes. Thirty revolutionists are reported to have bepn executéd at Lominia station, on the Niin! Novgorod Railroad. M. Memdelstam, who defended Ivan Kaleiff, the murderer of Grand Duke Sergius, has been arrested for active participation in the armed revolt. Malor General Averianoff, retired, president of the Union df City’ Employes, is also under arrest in connection with the insurection and has been deprived-of his rani and pension. Another naturalized, American named Boss, employed in the Baltic Provinces, has filed a claim for damages done to his house in the Préniaia district of this city. TELLS UNUSUAL TALE OF RAPID FINANCE Witness Explains How Ton- " tine- President Saved His Funds. An unusual story relating to the man- ner in which the defunct Pacific States Mereantile Company, parent of one of the nuimerous get-rich-quick echemes, saved jts funds from the hands of clamoring | creditors was told vesterday afterncon in Judge Graham's court by Oscar Lipgan, a stockholder in the so-called mercantile concern. The story involves William C. urdock Jr., payipg teller of the Western National Bank, .in the scheme of rapid finance that resulted in the defeat of the creditors and the fattening of Carl May, president of the mercantile concern, whose leave on Friday next for Washington, | safe departure is mourned by all con- D. C., where Le goes in charge of sev- eral insane patients for the Govern- ment Asylum in that city. During’ the absence of Lieutenant Hall Lieutenant R. P. O'Connor will act as executive r in the hospital. b . ptain Robert W. Rose, Twenty-first Infantry, who has been undergoing a trial by gemeral court-martial at the Presidio, has been ordered back to his regiment in the Philippines to await the decision of the War Department. Cap- tain Kose will leave on the transport Thomas, which salls to-morrow. The Presidio Card Club met at the home of Lieutenant Briggs Tuesday and a most enjoyable evening was spent in the game of five hundred. cerned. Lipman was called as a witness in the suit instituted by Charles Stochwitz against August Meyenborg to recover $400 | and interest on a note executed May 25, 1904, in favor of May, president of the mercantile scheme. The note was lately in the hands of the Western National ‘Bank and was assigned to Stochwitz for collection. Lipman was called as & witness to un- ravel the financial tangle surrounding the affairs of the Pacific States Mercantile Company and to solve the mystery as to the manner in which May saved for him- self the funds of the mercantile company under the very noses of the creditors hours after they had issued attachment Alout forty guests were present. Lieutenant W. G. Peace has been transferred from the Twenty-fourth | Company of Coast Artillery to the Thir- tieth Company. Captain Lawrence Simmons, commis- ¥ department, was admitted as 4 pa. fent into the General Hospital Tuesday evening, —— e . NORWEGIAN CLUB FRAM TO GIVE POPULAR PLAY | The dramatic performance to be | given by the Norwegian Club Fram ut Golden Gate Hall on Saturday even- ing pext is arousing considerable in- terest in the Scandinavian colony, for the reason that the play to be produced the three-act comedy, “Fgeldeven- yret” (“A Story in the Mountains”), which s at present enjoying a record: breaking run in Christiania, the capi- tal of Norway. Assiduous rehearsing |has been going on for some time un- der the direction of Olaff Graff, who is 1o essay the leading role, and on the night of the performance it is expected that the plavers will acquit themselves in a creditable manner, The supporting company will be made of the following ladies and gentle- men: Greopnar Jaeger, Binger Guthe, Arnt Haugerud, J. E. Anderson, Mrs. Helma Pedersen, Mrs. Thekla Aanon- sen and Miss Katlierine Aaanonsen. Messrs. P. O. Aune, J. E. Anderson and Henry Berg are a committee rep- resenting the club who have the affair in hand. Dancing will follow the per- against the funds of the con.hany on de- posit in the Western National r.nk. “On the evening of the day the ai. ch- ment was issued against the funds of t.~ Pacific States Mercantile Company,” sald Lipman, *I dined at a downtown restau- rant with' William C. Murdock Jr., paying teller of the Western National Bank; Carl May and Samuel Epstein. All of us were Stockholders in the mercantile com- pany. May referred to the issuance of the -attachment” and said that the funds of the company must be saved, so he drew a check as president of the' com- pany and gave it to Murdock to cash be- fore banking hours the next morning. When the Sheriff levied the attachmient \ ment, for witlf -three plays—and .five performances—in three days, the time devoted to “Macbeth” can have been but Ijttle. It remains, however, that some of the -scenes, the courtyard scene, for example, simply .surged from end to end, went of themselves. No Shakespeare-lover, no play-lover, no lover of good acting or beautiful pic- ture, should pass by the week's | “Macbeth.” > |~ Of Miss O'Nejl only to see.her, flam- ing hgir sheathing the ivory-pale face, | the large classic lines of her outlined | now in cold fine green, now in warm gray, broidered mantle sweeping about her, the great cairngorm at her shoul- der, this is enough. :One wanted .to hold back the curtain that fell upén the drawbridge sceme, where from a Castle Gate that looked as solid as The Call building and against a lovely | i 1 | | | from it, came the lady to . welcome ‘King Duncan.- It is ope of the most | beauttful pletures ever seenon ~the |local stage. . In the courtyard scene | Her depiction of the woman’s mad am- | bition, of her egging-on of the doubt< | ing Macbeth, of the primitive strength, fearlessness of the ‘woman, is all of the best. Most eloguent’ i8 .the tense, hoarse whisper in which the lines are sajd. . 2 | Most effective is the acted acting of | her horror at Duncan’s death, and in the scene before Eanquo's murder, in her weakness pulled into likeness of | power to suppert her failing lord, in the savage tenderness as of the tigress for its cub, here again is Nance O'Neil's Lady Macbeth” great. Great pathos again is that of the sleep-walk- ing scene, the ery ineredibly wdeful. So it goes. Nance O'Neil, who last week wae as a lost child among, the subtleties of Monna Vanna, this week in the | primitive violences of Lady Macbeth | reigns supreme. The further back, the | more sheerly primitive the character, the more at home seems Nance O'Neil. It is “up to” sonte one now to dramatize the cave woman. ° John Glendénning, as before said, is a very clever Macbeth. Mr. Glendenning was a very clever parson in “The Fires of St. John.” Mr. Glendenning was also the only decent expoment of Monna Vanna, with his Guido. One was not therefore so much surprised by the virile and royal Macbeth he made. It wants a little only to be great. In particular his naturalness is always to be commended. The difficult scene at the banquet, where Banquo's ghost appears, was excellently handled by the actor, even in Macbeth's utmost fear not losing wholly the habit of the king. And for the absence of the stereopticon Banquo who usually plasters the chair—much thanks! Only Macbeth in this “Macbeth” sees him. It would be useful to Andrew Robson to take & look in i the Orpheum this week. Edwards D. : expounds much better than I can the dangers of act- ing. Mr. Robson “acts” sometimes. . Still his Macduff is a good Scot never- theless, and Scotch Scot. That is the feel you get of the whole thang, it is Scotch Scotch, and old Scotch. See it. BLANCHE PARTINGTON. Miss Nance O'Nell appeared in Ib- sen's “Hedda Gabler” at the matinee at the Grand Opera-house yesterday, scoring an unqualified success in the title role. Miss O'Neil was most capa- bly supported. The single presenta- tion of the drama was by special re- quest and was witnessed by a deeply interested audience. el e Nielsen Conecert. The sale of seats for the operatic- orchestral concert by Alice Nielsen and 1 v company of Italian artists, assist- ed by a symphony orchestra of forty selected musicians, opens at the Tivoli Opera-house box o this morning. Miss Nielsen will sing the “Voi che Sapete” from Mozart's “Marriage -of Figaro,” the aria, “Ah, Forse from “Traviata” and other great songs. She will also sing h’ the grand quar- tet from “Rigoletto.”’ Signor Prati will render *“Una Furtiva Lacrima” bers for tenors. Signorina Colombati, i it :::r:efi-;n had it l‘;h:u"m“y ': and | the contralto of the company, will disregarding his promise to Mur. | make her first appearance in this city, dock with his own funds of an|and with Signor Pratl will sing the ever popular duet “Il Trovatore.” expose Jeft San Francisco.l’ Judge Graham and the jary will hear more of the facts Do Yoi Plgy Cards? you do, buy your playlng cards, chipe, tally cards and rules - 3 chessmen, ers ‘and all the new games recently published.. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 74l Market ; : ¥. P. Fish, president of the Ameri- can Telephone ‘and / Telegraph Com- pany, arrived. from Boston late iast night. and is at the St. Francis. He comes to look into his interests here | and there is a possibility that he may appoint a successor to take the of Mr. Sabin. 2 The other artists will be heard in solos and concerted numbers and the orches- tra, under the ction of Signor Jose Van den Berg, play e works. < —_———— Midwinter Excursion to the Graad A speelal excursion 1s to the Grand Conyon. Most accommodations can gant new Hotel. th to the d write 1o F. Agent, Atchison, ‘Ry., 653 Market i romax wanat | thorities on election law in the State, has { been selected to fill the vacancy in the | Election Board caused by the death of | | former Commissioner and President Rob- | | ert W. Roberts. The presidency n:ugze‘ board, however, goes to Thomas Maguire. COUNTY CLERK’'S STAFF. | The following. list of names is the com- | plete authorized announcement of -the | personnel of the office of the County | { John A. Britton will be the president of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. The reorganization of that corporation | OTHER TRIL. Findings of Court-Martia] Before Which the Ensigy Appeared Are Disapprove] OPINION OF BONAPARTE He Directs That the Former Officer of the Bennington Be Given a New Hearing | Although not concurring in the flnd. ing of the court which found Com- | mander Lucfen Young guilty of “r missness in the performance of duty™ and failed to find him gullty of tha charge of “neglect of duty.” Secretary Bonaparte, in his review of the case, made pubilc to-day, approves without comment the recommendations of the judge advocate genmeral. The latter, in announcing his non-concurrence in the | finding of the court, says: “After careful and painstaking Consid- | eration of the evidence adduced, this offica | does not concur in the findings of tha | court nor in a number of the court's m | ings upon the admisston of evidence. | order, however, that Commander Young may not go wholly unpunished, it is recommended, as best subserving the ends of justice, that the findings upen spect | cation five and the sentence be approve | and that the findings upon speciicat! | one, two, three, four and six be disap- proved.” The remissness in the performance duty is based on the findings upon speci cation five, which alleged that Comman:- er Young failed to approve the smooth Illeln log of the Bemnington for ths | months of November and December, 134, | and January, February. April, May and | June, 1905, prior to the explosion on board | that ship last July. Secretary Bonaparte is mow prepal | a concern that does business in twenty- will result in putting him at thg head of | the letter of reprimand to Commar | Young. six California -countles, l'm:hldlng San ————— e Francisco. . New California Postmasters. This statement is made on the pest possi- | w4 CHYVGTON, Jan. 3.—The follow- ble authority. Mr. Britton is the president .o ‘pogimasters have been appointed of the temporary board of officers of the | oo California—Dale, San Bewnar distance that looked as far as the ferry |5 A 2 - - Pacific Gas and Electric Company. There .Chief clerk~M. M. Davis, $200. { will be some changes in the board owing Cashier—James A. Wilson, $150. jta the condftigns of the agreement in- GSEister clerky, 3150 cach—dokn J. Grelf. | yolved in the taking over of the stocks of B nanneon, MSprence J. Welch, Cherles | 4pg San Francisco Gas and Elgctric Cof- Assistant register clerks, $125 each—Henry | pany and the California Gas and Electric ] Fower, B Van Straatep. Joseph Tults, Wii- | Corporstion. < e > L Hagrioon. Jasees 1 Mr. Britton is the oldest gas man in the Kane, Frank J..3icManus, Eugenc M..Levr. | matrer of years of continudus service on clerks, $125 each—Fred J. M | the Pacific Coast. He has been for some | years president of the Oakland Gas, Light | and Heat Company. He has also been the | general manager of the California Gas | and Electric’Corporation from the daté of | its. incorporation. The reorganization of the board of the | San Francisco Gas &nd Electric Company Clerk: ! | | 1 J. M. Phiilps, P. W. Lannon, Lawrence Buck- |ley. Frink Duffield, Walter Tretts, Daniel | Curtin, H. N. Wagner, Horace Jackson, | Folise Court clerks, $126 each—. J. Reily, | Sky Osterhaut, Walter Smith, Ric! R | _ Copyi $100 ‘each — Jbsepn e, J. J. Boyje. L. T. Jacks, Joseph L. dard, ohn | James Callaghan, Harry I rter, Sames J. | hebc;(nl}elli?‘fl: Bj :t:;'un.v'm, W..'S. Shafer, | took place yesterday. This company main- Frank J. y, John J. Joyce, Manus Kelly. | tains a separate organization under the ‘m SHarg W, 3. Foster,” A" Gallagner, | (Crov, ot ‘sale of the stock. “The new board Messenger, §100—John D. Nagle. | ivas elected by the owners of the Paeific Amiong the appointees in the Gounty | cxniex;s office is L. T. Jacks, at present | a: for some years past storekeeper in | the ‘supply department of the Board of | COMPany but two remain—W. B. Bourne Education. His Dlace will be.taken by | 2" Captain Payson. The new directors Wiltlam A. Ross. James W.'McCarthy | 2T N. W. Halsey, John A. Brittdn. E. J. will be appointed to the School De- | e Sabla, John Martin, F. 8. Drum, Gar- partment, vice Dan Sullivan sppointed to | ¢t W- McEferney, Cyrus Plerce, John 8 the Sheriff’s office. Ed Lawler will be appointed patrol driver, vice Josebh Moore appointed aller in the Sheriff's | office. J. J. Moynihan will be appointed | P ambulance driver,-vice ‘Robert, Burke ap- pointed.to the Coroner's gffice. P. J. Smith will Be appointed —ambulance driver; vice Moriarty promoted to bailiff in the Sheriff's office, 55 - MANY MINOR CHANGES. Jobn Plerce will be appointed to a po- | sition in the Board of. Works vacated | 7 8 | performed by the Union Trust Company. B midinfed e T o TR | vice Lawler made copyist in the- Re- | ban s o add the bonds. i b corders office. It 13 said that BAWAR] | Lo yhe e e the 150 & ohave pad Tor 1 { paid Burke, the well-known elevator operator | :lf?ets:,c. ?:uc:tobe d:;mb:(gd among the at the Hall of Justice, will be promoted | gan, Francisco Gas and Electric Com- to a betier position and his place will be | papy stockholders In proportion to the as and Electric Company, whose control of the stock is complete. *Of the old board of the San’ Francisco Gas and Electric |'F. 8. Stringham. John A. Britton was | elected president and F. S. Drum vice resident. Next Monday the California Gas and Electric Corporation will elect officers and directors. There will be some changes in the board, and the San Francisco Gas and Eleetric Company will -be représented. A great amount of detall work in eon- nection with the final adjustment of the | Drown, C. W. Conlisk, Carl Taylor .and | great gas and electric deal remains to be | “I’Elisir d’Amore,” one¢ of the test num- some fine taken by Harry Jackson. David A. | Barry, patrol driver, will also be pro- | moted to a better pesition and his place will be given to Joseph Kenny. A rumor is current that Theodore Keane will be appointed to succeed his brother, George Keane, as secretary to Mayor Schmitz. Theodore Keane filled the place acceptably when his brother ‘was in attendance at the Legislature as a State Senator and his appointment is within the range of probability. John Rogers, former Civil Service Com- missioner, and at present curatér of Golden Gate Park, has been offered the position of secretary of the Mayor to succeed George Keane, who will be ap- pointed clerk of the new Board of Super- visors. Rogers, however, has declined the offer, being well satisfied to remain where he is, although his salary would be increased $0 by the . Rogers has been provided with a nice house at the park and gets his light free, which amply makes up for the difference in salary. Treasurer-elect Bantel visited the Treasurer’s office yesterday morning and was made acquainted with the routine workings of the office by John E. Me- Dougald, who will retire as City Treas- urer next Monday. 1. L. David was yesterday appointed a disinfector in place of Thomas Maguire, who resigned. . Mayor Schmitz not appear at his office yesterday the horde of job- chasers was much disappoint The Mayor remained at home and was busy all day preparing his annual message to the Board of Supervisors, which he will read next Monday when the incoming board will be inducted into office. —_—————————— SCHOOLBOY HELD UP BY SIX OTHER BOYS AND ROBBED of Charles Maher in Box Ca=x. The police were notified yesterday that Charles Maher, a schoolboy, 15 years of age, llving at 5 Enterprise ‘place, was the victim of six boy foot- pads. Maher left the Buena Vista hool on Bryant street, between teenth and Nineteenth, ut the noon recess on Wednesday to call upon a_cousin i: 1024 Bryant street, a 1 and at Sixteenth/and Harrison six boys met him and him to a box car, where they kept him till 2:30 o'clock. - They took from the box car to the home of his cousin and told him Police Are Nofified of the Thrilltng | ‘Experience stock depcsited by them with the Union Trust Company- GRIFFITH'S MEMORY IMPAIRED BY DRINK § Does Not Remember En- tering Room of Death. Albert Griffith. the young man who caused the deathl of his aged mother on Tuesday night either by mistakg ar in- tent by turning on the gas, gained con- selousness at the City and County Hospi- tal yesterday afterncon. He was dazed and dumfounded, for drink had left his memory but a blank. He did not realize that his mother’s life was wafted out while he lay unconscious from the ef- | fects of (he deadly carbon monoxide. In a feeble tone Griffith stated to the | attending physicians yesterday that the last he can remember was leaving Colma on Monday night. After that everything was a blank to him. He had no recollec- tion of entering his room and turning on the gas. He does not remember seeing _his mother sleeping peacefully, nor dces he remember being taken to the hospi- tal. Griffitn still has a fighting chanea for life. He is very weak from the effects of the gas, but the doctors are hopeful of saving his life. Regains Conseciousness, bnt, | County, James T. Edwards; Indio, erside Qounty, Howard E. Gard; | omo, San Luis Obispo County, Da B. Mead. ELECTRO-CHEXISTRY CURES THE DEAF | OLD AND YOUNG. | It cures head and toberculosis. { us give you the mames and Francisco people | 1 ! 3d Floor, Emma Spreckels Bldg. 927 Market Street, S. F. Office Hours— 9 a. m. 0o S p. = and T 0 § p. m. daily; Sundays, & m. to I3 m. Private Apartments for Ladies and Geatlemen, BAJA CALIFORNIA Damiana Bitters