The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 14, 1906, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1906. 5 1530E] rance Cempanies of w York Give Out the Figures. Foreign Corporations ohare Heavily in the Risks. iimates Are Made of What Each Company Kust Pay. ing b ng to re $18,944,000 - 44,827,499 pa chnes 49,670,096 brar ases be 0 000 55 000 221 - 2,260,000 Si.ovu,uv Rhode ton, 600,000 i Marine, Min- -5 1,000,000 315,000 100,000 200,000 3,500 ted reported by branc offices of com- countries are shown as losses $2,000,000 .. 1,386,666 ceeeens 1,250,000 Assurence.... 260,000 1,193,482 376,000 1,300,000 1,160,000 unich ce Fire..... nsuronce 21 Union Assurance n Fire y Salamandra 1,000,000 3.500.000 4.000.000 2.600.000 260,000 2,619,000 3.000.000 2,000,000 2.109.000 1.198.000 1,600,000 444,988 764000 2.876.000 27000.000 1,20.000 000 000 780 000 4970090 1,590 000 400.000 ance .... ational .. ~The State| 300,000 | HUST CHODS - WAR OR PEACE . ment Puts Decision Up to Gzar. Latter Seems Disposed fo Deal Honestly With the Masses. ST. PETERSBURG, May 13, —With { there is a distinct relief from the tre- | mendous strain of the past few | months. Both sides expect a great struggle between the crown and the people. They realize that the real issue | will not be joined until the answer of the Lower House to the speech from | the throne at the opening of Parlia- | ment is presented. Then the Emperor | must choose between war or peace. The Const'tutional Democrats have | effected a temporary combination iwith the peasants and feel that they | Majorify inflfls—slan Parlia- 00D HEADWA How [t Gperates in the Great | Relugee Camps at the Presidio. \Greed Is Baified and Chicanery | | Thwarted by the Ofiicials | in Charge. the new Parliament finaliy under way ; Ask an army man how the estab- |lishment of “system” in the relief | | work is progressing and he will an- { swer in words to this effect: | “Splendiad We are rapidly getting | it entirely into the hands of civillans, ; where it properly belongs.” Put the same query to any citizen conspicuously identified with the | elecmmosynary campaign and his reply | will admit of only this construction: “Beautifully. We are gradually get- ing the entire task in military hands, |which are much more competent to regulate it than we are.” | All of which is confusing to the | i i h them a four-fifths ma- jority tactics are to avoid confilet at the outset n order to get through their agrarian hill as a : cal measure to winu and hold the sup- port of the peasants. Then. If the Government Is not ready to yleld, they he sword and are The prospects of a pacific solution, | however ¢ brighter. The Fmreror appears to be well disposed. eech at the Win- are now known to ~wn hand after re- Tre words of his ter Palace. wh seen by his all the drafts =bmitted by %is rs, indicate t he is sincerelv desirous of a rapprochement with Parliamen!, and w' Mouromtseff. r House. yesterday. is gdistinctly on 2 line with a wieh to mest the expressed wiil of the pe~p'e. Nevertheless, words no lrnger suffice. The leaders of ths Constitutional Democrate. while v have displayed coniummate ability in restrainint the Hots-urs. are st-ong and resolute In their determin~tion to secure fuil Parlismentary rights with a responsible Ministry chosen from the mafority under a constitutional meonerchv. feseor With the exceptie= of forty mem- bers the entirs rpeasant contingent jnined the Constitutional Dem- r°ts end 'n a test vote yesterday for vire precidents po'led 341 ont of 478 vptes. The rafical tendency of the peis- ants constitutes the greatest surpri=e f the week. One hundred and twen- tv-two of them voted not to attend the banquet given by the City Coun- cii last night in honor of the Parlia- ment because they could not counte- nance the expenditure of 33500 while | people of the ration were on the verge of starvation, znd because they would not attend a funection 'n which menn { hers of the Counril of tha Emnire. who are under boycott. particivated. General Trepoff. com.—~andant of | the palace. is now renerally recoe- | mized a secret nnd deneerns influ- ence at court. and the Liber»1 news- paners have orened a systematic cam- ! paly inst him. | pns%:u.i;‘lhe Fimpernr eventuailv elect t> wage war by Aeclining to vield fur- | ther. the proletariat organizations will | asza’n come to the front. as they con- gt'tute the only militant force capa- | i of fiehting the Government by the meine of a str'ke as » weapon. Until the 6g~l Aerision of the Empernr | eomes. the Socia) Democrats have de- {clrred a truce with the ma‘ority. A meeting of the secvet c-neress the varty here to’lav dec'dad temporarily suspe~d the hoycott of snd eiye rn further tacties nf terrorism. B L ol NS OF SANTA ROSA ic”'l‘ A‘IE TIRED OF LONG DELAY { to Force ‘Insurance Compa- T et Make Payments 46, the | Policyhoiders. | SANTA ROSA, May 13.—Puilie senti- ment has been aroused here against the | insurance compenice. At a largely at- i ot ty | the Parliament | encouragement to l | | VIEWS OF ACTIVITY TOWARD RESUMPTION OF BUSINESS AND IN SECTION THAT REMA}NS. Kitchen Chimne - INCOURSE” OF™ coxs 7 E N OFARTEELL ap s ¥Co70s o ’:7“/‘79@&‘ o “SISTEN” CETS SAY MANY STOVE FIRES WILL BE BURNING BY THE END OF THE WEEK. Board of Works Promises Dispafch in Work of Inspecting z_‘iie ys and Issuing ithe Permit : F. A. Maestretti, president of the Board of Public Works, made the fol- lowing statement yesterday in refer- cnce. to the inspection of chimneys in this city: “I think all criticism is uncalled for at this time. | The Board of Works will not be abie {to set its inspectors at work before | Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning. -Meanwhile inspections will | be continued by the buflding commit- tee. There is no conflitct of authority under the arrangements just com- TOWIE HS N STORRY SIBBATH Twp Maotings in Zion Gity Broken Up by Audiences. “Prophiet” Is Called a Traitor and Robber by Enemics. Free Fighi Ensues @ the Inicrference of a Guerd, CHICAGO, My 13.—A meeting over which John Alexand Dowie presided at Zion City. this alterroon was bro- ken up by a number of followers of the opposing faction, assisted by eral outsiders, and before the crowd dispersed .a free fight occurred. Dowle was addressing the audience, number~ ing about 600, and made the statement that the overseers of the Voliva faction were thleves and robbers. At once a number of thcse about the house were on their feet sheouting: 0, no! you are the robber! Why don't you pay your debts?” The disturbance became so violent that a Zion guard was sent to restore order. The guard took hold of an old gray-headed man who was loudest In his demonstrations for Dowie to pay his obiigations and this was a signal for a free fight. A dozen men seizel the guard angd were about to drag him down the aisle when Gladstone Dowie and Deacon Harrington mounted the platform and cailei upon the audience not to create a disturbance and to take | their seats. i After qulet had been restored Dowie { again attempted to proceed with the We are endeavoring to pleted; for the provisional bureau will meeting, but he was jeered and called do what is best for the interests of the go out of existence .when the regular trailtor and robber until he finally de- community. The Board of Works is working in harmony with the underwriters. Although the latter have had 26,000 chimneys examined, it really does not mean they have passed as safe this great number of chimneys. Inspectors have visited thousands of homes and glanced at chimneys and have notified the owners that the chimneys have to be repaired. That, 1in my opinion, is not chimney In- spection. We don’'t think these chim- neys have beeri given a thorough test. To test a chimney properly you must not only examine it with the eye of an expert, but give it the smoke test. I can cite two instances where chim- neys were declared safe and the in- mates built fires in their stoves and set fire to their own homes and en- ! sceker of definite enlightenment as to ] every other camp in the city ere a most of them meekly and | week passed, begins I bowed to ‘“system.’” civil authority ends, and viee versa, | PO m’un i the feeding, clothing and sheltering firmly. aktabHAlEs iof the refugees. - The truth of it seems to be that the |, system aimed at and gradually being |p,; attained is the performing of the work where military control e e soldiers “system” 42 military eontrol will remain. Already the *“card system” is in ope have and instructed civillans how to enforce it, espionage will be withdrawn, dangered the homes of their neigh- jbors. I allude to the fire in Richmond 1and the other on Bush street within the past week. “The Board of Supervisors has passed lan ordinance taxing the public the sum of $1 for a certificate of inspection of chimneys. This tax is necessary, be- cause there are no funds available to pay the salaries of inspectors appointed by the underwriters. All money col- 1 by civillans under miltary SUpervis- | tjon and working ltke a charm, Each |18¢ted for chimney inspection will be on. That i oldi e show- Hloss |turned over to the Treasurer of the fon. TURLIA 10 say moln e itent is a certain number of a certain |city and county each might and de ing citizens how things should'be dane | oireet, and 1 Is furnishied ‘with 4 eart|mands Birncd By the Core s taion e ot and citizens will e ally do them.|enowing just how many persons it|the Board of Works will be drawn on But at sent ne Soldlers NOT|ihelters ard how much food they |this fund to pay the inspectors of i.izens are monopolizinz the labor. 5 are entitled to. A fair case in ii tration is afford- ed by the manner in which the refugee camps at the Presidio are being ‘“‘sys- | the gurments fssued to each tent : 4 iwken a refugee applies for he | Vision of this work and only inspec- tematized.” The four thousand home-{ et frt show that he really needs |tOn of this kind will satisfy the less folks within the reservation!pooe and that he has mot altealiy lnsul’;flnce companies. I have recom- | boundaries were origin a i mended many inspectors to Mr. Porter o ares " 8l " idrawn and illegitimately disposed of e K S S R e o ey land have also rcjected at least 100 alp Cionbors o T whom there [Hoes. If the ‘“system” had been [men becausc they did not possess the civillan medical man, of whom “!earller in vozu~ the lady who drew the |necessary qualifications for chimney were hundreds to choose from. Little | thirty pairs of shoes for h have been prevented v little, however, the doctor’s author- ! In the matter of cloth- ing, tco, strict record is Iept of all and If would drawing more chimneys. underwriters, has taken entire super- inspection. When a man is recom- | mended by me he reports to Mr. Porter, y has been lessened. although his | pan oe s who in turn subjects him to a close labor has not correspondingly de- | ‘That 45 what S SRR ‘emr:lnauon‘ to seebllr he is 'quluud‘ creased. Now the largest three of the {1f the man is capable of passing upon ) RO 3 i that is how the military are transfer- | chimneys‘Mr. Porter details him to go roriginal camps—Nos. 1, 2 and 3, a8~ rng the relier work ‘toclvillans and||With an = experiénced inspector, wWho sregating a population of 2000 souls— {he civilians are relinquisaing it tothe |teaches him the proper mecthod of are consolidated as camp No. 1, with a cavalry caplain In charge. He is ricng in conjunction with the Na- |, tional Red Cross dignitaries. 2nd thelr | gy ideas he Eransmlts to the doctors. | Captnin ' P. A. murphy of the First! Cavalry=i5 the officer in contral, and | HOUSANPS OF SIGHT €EERS he has Ljeutenant H. S. Johnson and | a troop of men to see to it that things | S are done just as he directs. This latest development of the “sys- | miitary. Between the e. _—————— uperintendent Hibbs of United Raliroad: Puts on Auxillary Line on Pzge ard Cak to Chutes Many two putative withdrawals, however, greed is being Tooftled and chicanery mede impos- CROWD THE TROLLEY CARS thousands of eightseers ‘visited | examining flucs, ete. “My whole idea is to prevent fires in this city. I appreciate the great re- sponsibility on my shoulders and I do not intend to take any chances by al- ylovrdns fires to be bullt in defective | flues. househoider by one of the new inspec- (tors 1 am in faver of allowing the householder to start a fire in the stove, Lecause I believe there will be no dan- ger of a conflagration. However, no skt (e 7 =1 certificates will be issued by the Board tm” was Imaugurated yesterday .tnis citv yesterday and- taxed the ica- ' of Public Works untll we e assured morning, 2nd its effect was quickly ap- | pacity of 1;?: street cac syetem to the by the Fire Department that there is parent. Two troopers were detalled to|Utmost. hey crowced ihe cars and gufficient water in this city to copa scrve as inspectors of each temted (7, S'ToCls in the bumcd district from \oyen are. M. Porter and I lsarnea street. thelr duty being to enforce | w: much foot travel alonz Valencla yesterday that the water pressure In preper sanitation and to prevent “re- sucet anu Howard street between Seven peating” in the drawing of either ra tions or clothing. In thefr patriarchol’ position they are depeniel upon to be | pErteenth constantly in touch with the ianer life |~ General Superintendent of the people under their supervisidn, [of the United Rallroads rd they have free entree to any im- ‘b promnfu homa they may desire to en ter. That thls right of entry is nof absolutely uncalied for may be ln-i ferred fiom the fact thet in one tent to E. D. Hitb: ¢omm!ssicn an avxilfary trolley , the day fond ECOND CONCERT IN PAR “‘troutles.” K were discovered no less than thirty = - ATTRACTS LARGE GATHERING pairs of shoes, which its enterprising feminine hoad had collected on requi- ellent Musi- sifions obtained under false pretense, Renders Excelle cal Selecticns. , Thét “loot” and all other excess sup-| Paul Steindorft dispensed music at the pl were promptly confiscated, of cld stand yesterday. With Lut haif of cAgrse. I regular pla_‘ers the band leader ren- dered sweet m.lalc to 10.000 people. Th jturning out of people Wis not as larg as last Sunday. Another eviience of the Introduc- tion of “system” was *he compulaory jans. Strong men wh> hava partaksn ored the par. which wes as | teenth and Eighteenth. where the grovnd - jsank fvst over the filled in bed of an old creek that ‘flowed from Valencia down i the marshes on the bay |¢nd story. esterday placed line n Page and O2k streets to the Chutes. g’he:e was no Sunday for him yester- being spent In unraveling | mortar must not ba vsc With But a Fart of His Band, Steindorff ose who w'd attend Industry visited upon able-bodied male ¢8me in gaia attite and tne music R Id um i rcfuzees by thelr uniformed guard- |E7Ounds took on thelr ol e | A large crowd gathered long before the of the bread of 1dieness ever since the |fohoSuled bour for the eoncert and en the neighborhood of Sixteenth 2nd Howard streets was very light and fn fact the water could not reach a sec- The water problem must be | molved betore fires may be built. S| “I would advise property-owners to immediately have thelr chimneys re- paired ard to be sure the worlk is per- formed by a competent workman. Hair 4 in repairing ichimneys. Lots of cement i3 necessary {to insure stability. Our system of in- jday next. There will be fi**~on dis- tricts in chargs of the underwriters and at least a dozen inspectors will be assigned to cach district, iy that the public have this is a tremendous task | sponsible one. We don't/ want any ° | rnore fires and we can only avoid con- "’flnmuons by proper inspection of chimnevs.” It is estimate:d by the Boari of Pub- i llc Works that stove = will be Hurn- ‘ing in nea ly [0C0 pvivate hcures one weelc' from tofay. After that 1200 tended mess-meeting of policyFolders|day of the calamity were rudely |luxuriant as ever. ‘The band players oc- | householders daily m~y remove thelr t 3 [ T rwe rampt payment ‘ot aji| d7aBEed forth from their habitations |CPied ciakis just in fronf of the oid | Litchens from fhe cury. By the first | policies where loss had occurred lr.mufh’nnd forced to perform manual labor. | {fire. If this be nnt ¢one Without quibbl | those affected wlill appesal to the counc | to pass an ordinance prohibiting all com- | panles that demur or attempt to evadle for the bozrding yment from writing any more busi- ess here. Alresdy the business men pa; !n 1l local agents to an sgreement 0 business for any company fthat settle falrly. re trying to secure the mignatures of |abandon the cam 10 | tive giver: them. jstand. which ruffered ee’firo lhoclk of !h;. 1sthi of which there was much to be done. | e regvlar nu T “It you don’t like to work In return | b Cing, Lenaer Hieindo-f and lodging of your- self and family, you are at liberty to " was the alterna- | poubtless. the average Chi ‘When informed that| doesn’t understand how he was they would find similar conditions in'to break hirself tion that was well calculated made up the nudience, < 3 A greatly” from the ! ctions was had a selec- to buoy @ the spiiits of the jovial crowa that ‘fl'\n le | the moving habit. . of June there will be but lit'le ouiside | cooking necesiory except in the refu- gee campe. Where there it sickne=s in a house in which “he chimrney is In good con’ itlon perrits will be issuel | immediately. A-plications of tols character rkonid e .+2de ot the office Gough ner of Gollen Gate avente and atresty T “F. H. Porter, chief inspector of the! Jf a certificate is issued to a’ | spection will be in operation by Thurs- | of the rullding céirm’ttee on. the cor- ' I bi’ity of the camraign. { It Is unnecessary *o secure permis-! | slon to rebulid er repair any chimney. Such work in cases may be per- | formed imicediately. The only condi- tion is that the chimney shall answer | the requiremenrs for =safety imposel /by the Inspactor. All hospltals, many i laundries ard numerous restaurants ‘are allows1 to have indoor fires at ! present. In any case of emergency the permits will te issued Immediately. | Piesident Maestretti s having his i force of inspectors carefully drilled, so | that the motho1 of work will be uni- form. Whe: 2 inspe~tor is satisfleq that a fire may be safely maintained inioors he will issue a blue-slip cer- tificate. The paper may then be taken to Chief Inspecior Porter. He™ will make sure that the section in question has ample water .to prevent any seri- { ous conflagration, and will then upon | the payment of $1 1ssue a card de- be affixed outside of the house or to the fence so that passersby may ses it. The chimney may then be used as much as the householder, may choose. The public is warned against allow- inz any one to enter houses who is not supplied with an ofclal badge of either t'he bulliing committse or the Board of Publlc Works.« No money <hould be pald except the inspection fes, snd that enly at the central office iat Col”en G~te avenve and Coush street afier recelving the permit for immediate vee of a chimney at the location specified. —_— COLDIER DECLARES TWO MEN TRIED TO HOLD HIM Plans Thwar‘~d by Quick Action of | Sentry, Who Marches Prisoners to | Quardhouse. uP | Two desperate looking characters, giv- |- In% thel~ names as Sidney Smith: and John Burns and ciaiming to be Scuthern | Pacific tunnmel laborers, were arrested at the Presidio entrance on Saturday night by a sentrv ai later turned o-nr to the police. They are suspected of attempt- ing to hold up a soldier who was on his |way to his tent. Accordine to the story of the moldler, ' h+ was walkin~ briskly nlonfi near the maln entrance o the Presidio, when Smith and Purns stooped him and asked for a drink of whisky. The soldier re- plied he had none, whereupon the twe men demandrd *r¥nnago. e told them he was cv® ¢ ~n. &t whic® they Informe. v ‘1 have to sutmit to an e e - dier says that bo.. iled to grad him. - 18 ran in the direction of the semtry box. at the same time cryi out for assistance. The sentry het him and came to his awistance. cover 8mith and Burns with Fis rife. They wers marcred to the guardhcuse and up_for the night. The military authorities telsphoned to rolice headavarters in the morn! and Detectives Tom Gibson and Harry Reyn- olds were deiajled on the case. They fcok Smith and Purns to the Park sta- tion. ~ Both men deny they tried to hold . vp the soldier, ‘They say they simply |asked him for some ti - oco. ‘llmlnuar examination will take place thiy CONI '!‘ANT[NOELF. May The MISSIONARIES PREDICT REVOLUTION IN CHINA | | | Peking Government Carnot Vouch for i the Lnyllt¥ of the Imgerial roops. MINNEAPOLIS. May 13.—Bishop T. H. Dahl of the United Norweglan Lutheran Church has sent cabl '=n cl‘: the tlonaries of thRe chur ing them to leave the disiricts in wh they are in case they their lives in dadger. Bishop Dahl has recsived thres letters from missionaries of the Un'ted Church in China who forecast trouble in the | nature elkx new revolution. {to theme latters the disturbance is cen- | tered :aroung Runing Fu. of the district. Rev. J. 8. Stockke, who wrote one of the letters, dated in Aprl,. says the Chinese are rising agiinst their own Fove: “,::nt in this ct. =erts <h vpon, as they from the revelutionists. are constantly afra!d the &y them and open enemy. g pay A the to VWhen a barber haa.ocession: te fletier baldheaded mean he asks him if he doesn’t want a haireut. ml Public| offiefal body,.assumes the responsi- | cided to dismiss the audience. A riot call was sent to the police sta- tion and Captain of Police Walker { with four men hurried to the taber- ! nacle in a wagon. By the time the po- «lice"arrived most of the audience had let the bullding. In the midst of the trouble Burleigh, the negro attendant of Dowle, rushed upon the platform and placed himself at Dowie's side, while those of the uniformed Zlon guards who have taken sides with ! Dowle formed a line of defense in front <of the platform. No attempt at vio- Allnce’. however, was made against e. Dowie was so weak that he had to be carriel from his carriage into the tabernacle by two attendants. { At a later meeting. called for Dowie adherents only, but which was invaded by a large number of those who wers riotous at the former meeeting, Dowle precipitated a second general disturb- jance. He caused to be read a letter (from one of his supporters stating t; {the writer's wife had passed safi ‘through the crisis of a serious illness while Dowle prayed for her. This fact Dowle compared with the case of Mrs. Cantel, wife of an overseer, who dled last Friday without medical attention while Voliva and his medical support- ers were offering prayers for her ree covery. Dowie declared that he fearel that the woman diel because ske hal assoclated herself with the rebels. There was a storm ol hisses and sho 'ts of “shame.” “There is death In s‘ore for more of you if this rebelll ilion keeps on,” contin- ued Dowle. Again the people sprang from' their chairs, shouting and gestic- ulating, until the tumult became so general. that Dowle was obl'ged te ring the meetiag to a close. 7¥ s % S S8TAFF AT PARK HOSPITAL HAS LAUGH ONMN DR. i ' | 1 BRADY i Horse, Lean and Cadaverous, Gives Up the Ghoet and Compels Medico to Haul Hiz Buggy. The members of ihe Staff at the Park ‘horg;.'ney 1s0spital have the laugh on {Dr. Brady of the Health Departent. ‘An animal, nickna.icu a horse, wiuch fad hayled Brady alout the ecity durng e exciting days folluw.ng the five, - dead Wihue on (ne wa, to the Al ousc. Brady promptly dl.engaged L o causver fiom ite na.ness and toox his piace Letween lae sha.ts. Dr. Biady was engaged in sanitary wo.x for the health Board. He acquired an animal, lean in ap; nce and unsteady of foot. With e cadaverous cquine, Brady was wont to sport up and down the rue Sianyan. His rig. equally ram- k.h. foilowed the horse on shaking wheel A few days ago Prady decided to go to the Almshouse. “The trip was a one, but Bimay was game: so was th L.orse. e three. norse. wagen and Brady, starts at a tot. off pal Al went well until Sixta avcnue .and H [id"ber stowing. signs ot calispon; ror oW signa re- duced its pace to a siow walk m fiva up the ghost with a sudden th e death was so f’ndua\ and so like {the animal's gait that Biady did not know that his rig had come to a stop un- " glancea ~ and saw the corpse. | Not at all nonplused. brady dragged his bu Pack to town. OF for Tahiti. This iy a good time to send one's family on a vacation, especially de- lightful for the childr.-n. The S. S. MARIPOSA will sail for Tahiti TUESDAY, May 22, and the round-trip ., rate for tals voyage is $123.00. BOOK- !ING OFFICE, 1008 Broadway. or Pler {No.7.foot Pacific st,San Francisco. * B ———————— Hayashi Eaters Japan's Cabinet. | TOKIO, May 13.—The ’o-nn %n vlgu{mt H_:;r:? dor to g-t ub.nd - A o Y tour