The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-25
EMINENT COUNSEL
A Poor Boys Distin-
guished Friend.
NO SPIRITS IN THE AFFAIR.
Insurance Agents Must PAY
Municipal Licenses.
A. R. u. PITlES IT'S OPPONENTS.
The Shoeman Who Is accused OF
Taking Off Mrs. Whites Shoes
Pleads Not Guilty.
A. R. u. PlTlEs ITS OPPONENTS.

OAKLAND.-Ex-MavOr Davis dropped
waterfront law long enough yesterday to
take up the case of the boy, Charles Neame
OF Alameda, whose parents want to send
him to the Whittier Reform School be-
cause he is beyond their control.
The boy had been in jail all the week,
and Mrs. Sanford. the secretary of the
Humane Society, took an interest in his
affairs. lie was brought before Judge
Ogden. who asked if he had lawyer. The
boy said no, but that he would like to have
one. and e&-Mayor Davis volunteered TO
act for him.
The father of the boy took the stand
and said that he was a carpenter, but only
worked half OF each day because of his
having but one lung. He said the boy had
stolen money on several occasions, and had
one time threatened 30 split open his
mothers head. He had, the father said,
refused to go to school.
When the ex-Mayor took the witness in
hand, the boy, who is a bright little felo W
OF IA coached his lawyer on every point,
and was very alert to lake any advantage
which might offer.
On cTOsS-eXamination the father stated
that 1t was the day school and the Bay
School which the lad refused to attend
but admitted that he had applied at the
L OIAoI CCHOOIs DuL COutQ not get IN De-
cause OF the schools crowded condition.
He said the boy had lately attended night
school
1t came out that the boy had been severe
ly.whlpped by the parents. The father
produced the strap used in the punish
ment. The father tied the boy, the mother
held him, and then the father applied the
lash.
1t was this whipping which called the
attention of the authorities to the treat
ment of the boy.
Miss Lydia Dennis and her sister, Ruth.
living next door to the Neame family,
heard the boy being beaten and expostu-
lated with the parents, but were told to
nina their own business. II WAS then
that Miss Lydia marched off to the Chief
- OF Police and told him about it, She said
she thought the parents were using a club
The mother of the boy took the stand.
She was dressed in the uniform or the Sal
VatlOn Army. and said she had a Christian
home, but that the boy made light of her
reading the Bible each day. When asked
= If she preferred sending her boy to an
Institution TO rearing him in her Chris
. tan home, she answered yes.
The lady In charge of the public library
SAID she was attracted to the boy because
OF the character of books he selected.
= They were always of the best.
The Judge was in Quandsry as to what
to do with the boy. 1t was plain he could
not and did not want to live at home, and
was not quite lit subject for reform
school. so 1t was finally decided that he go
- on his own reeognizance for three weeks
IN charge of Mrs. Sanford. The boy is
=. now with an Alameda gentleman.
Not n Failure.
q. The reports circulated in regard to the
- failure of the Lyon Dye Works are stated
by the proprietor of the establishment.
Mrs. j. ii. Grant, TO be entirely without
foundation.
:. =. rTbo az rrory, u,o,o .,,:,
Golden Gate four months ago with capital
furnished by Mrs. Grant, who put in as
il; business manager, IL. w. Blanchard, an d
as head dyer of the establis hment an
:Englishman named Thomas Couse. The
firm was known under thu name Of
Blanchard d COuse, but the capital was
furnished by Mrs. Grant as has been
stated, who with Mr.. Blanchard took half
the prof 5, The other half going to Mr..
% Couse.
Business was fairly good considering the
dull times. but Couse a few days ago left
the establishment because Of discomfort
with the way things were run and because
OF some disagreement with Mrs. Grant,
who said she was dissatisfied WITH the way
thu work was done by him.
-: Mrs Grant said yesterday that some
mlsstatemens had been made in the pub
= lished reports. She said: There has
been 10 failure. True, we are not making
much money and We have some debts, as
all people in business have, but we have
not failed and are not going TO fail. we
nad some little disagreement with MIR.
Gonse and had TO get a new dyer and we
are now running along as usual. want
70 state also that l am not Mr.. Blanchard's
h0usekeeper. board with his father and
mother simply, As for the spirft-control
part OF the article there is nothing in it,
: True ! am medium and have been such
from childhood. but in this matter spirits
O.: 90 not predominant. 1t is business nnre
and simple" N''''
Ehe License Ordinance Valid.
The decision made by Judge Allen in
the case OF the city against Thomas Az
new, insurance agent, for violating the
Incense ordinance, 10 the effect that the
ordinance was illegal on the ground that
the City Council had not the power TO exact
license from insurance men under the old
charter, which was in vogue when the or
dlDance was passed, has been knocked ont
by an old Supreme Court decision which
was brought TO light by City Attorney
johnson and Deputy Tax Collector Cole.
In 1885 James H. Mount, a market
dealer, was arrested for violating the
. same ordinance. and like AgneW he con-
= tended in defense that the city under its
charter had not the right to tax his par
tlcular business lie was convicted, but
appealed the case to the Supreme Court.
which reafirmed the findings Of the lower
court.
Chief Justice Morrison, who wrote the
opinion, held that regardless Of character
the general cons titutiOnal provision author
iZiDg the counsel to pass all local regula-
tons not contrary to law was broad
enough to authorize the licensing of all
kinds Of business.
Now that the question of the validity is
finally settled Insurance Agent Agnew will
again be arrested and brought to trial.
License Inspector Maloon swore out an
other complaint yesterday aftern Don, and
viii also proceed against other violators.
Are Only to Be Pitied-
The delegates from the A. r. u. to the
RECREATION of Trades in their report TO
may ooug on Thursday evening referred
I" MI lllmore and the Brotherhood Of
LoconotlVe Engineers in terms most SYM
paine lically contemp uous. After setting
1ortn tne TACT that many Of the ex-strikers
as follows:
"In the matter Of Mr.. Flllmore's decla-
ration that he would pursne evNannioues
aud deprive them Of their si,natjons
thereby making them paupsrs' il ia oniv
what the poor thing must do 70 hold hie
job, therefore we feel only sorrow for him
as he is only one degree better nff tb.n ~ q
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and
Conductors, who agreed with the Sonthern
Pacific to sell their brethren into BONDAGE
and now the Southern Pacific refnses ~
pay the blood-money in the shane OF the
ten days gay promised"
An Echo of the Strike.