The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
LATEST OAKLAND NEWS,
Municipal Officials Are Wor-
ried by Tax Collector
Dalton.
MAY APPEAL TO THE COURTS
Concert of the Treble Clef Quar-
tet-Hurt by a Freight
Train.

Tax Collector Dalton has frightened his
grip on the salaries of those city employees
who have SO far failed to put up 50 for their
poll tax for the current year by filing a gar
nishment on the money that is to be paid
them by Treasurer Gilpin on May l.
His action in the matter has raised a
warcoud on the horizon, for the public
servants do not propose to pay without a
struggle, and there are limitations that
Auditor Snow and Treasurer Gipin are in
sympathy with their fellow-employes, and
that they will begin legal proceedings to
raise the embargo placed on their offices by
the vigilanU collector.
The latter thinks that he has the matter
well in hand, for should city official by
any means secure his warrant in spite Of
the garnishment which has been served on
the Auditor, he will run against the same
barrier in the Treasurer's domain. He
saws that he is sorry to employ such meth
DDS to do his duty to the county, but that
he believes every citizen should pay his
tax, whether he is an empIoye OF the mu-
nicipality or not.
There are others, too, who are making
vigorous protests and they are the brokers
who for a consideration discount the war
in fact any official who desires to get his
money before it is due.
MANY of those on the city payroll have
already hvpOthecated their warrants for
ApriiS salary Tor their full face value less
The brokers' discount and are in a position
10 laugh at the Tax Collector. The present
owners of the warrants will have to stand
the tax or wait for future chance TO get it
from their customers.
In any event Collector Dalton seems to
be on the right end and will try to keep
there as long as there are any delinquents
10 be prodGed into yielding 81 to the tax
collectors.
There are now about 300 on his list, in
Guiding many policemen and hremen.
About 100 have taken the cue and paid up.
Treble CIef Quartet.
Social and musical enthusiasts are wait
ing with much pleasant expectation for the
Treble Clef Quartet concert which takes
place at the First Congregational Church
on Friday evening, May 3.
Miss Ina Griffin, who recently returned
from q FIVE years course of study of music
under the best German masters, will be
heard in concert for the first time since
her return. Miss Griffin is said to be a
pianist OF rare ability and will add much
to the interest in the performance. Miss
Jean Hush, the well-known yiolinist, will
also play.
This will be the last concert of the quar-
tet composed OF Miss Beatrice Priest, Mrs.
a. NJ. Noble, Miss Jeanette Wilcox and
Mrs. J. f. Birmingham, as combination,
as Mrs. Birmingham leaves shortly for
New York to pursue her musical studies.
Not an Anarchist.
Professor George D. Heron delivered the
first OF a series Of five lectures on Chris
tan Socialism" at the First Congrega-
tIonal Church on Monday evening.
He denied emphatcally the accusation
that he IS an anarchist, but hes him
self as q plain follower CT Christ IN the
simplest and fullest sense Of the term.
His discourse was aimed to convince his
hearers that the church has drifted away
from the mission II was founded to fill and
that there is too little real life in religion
ana too little of true Christianity III its
practice.
He believes that the true path to social
reformation is through Christianity, SIM
pli6ed and purified of worldly affairs,
which lead the thoughts of men away
from Christ.
Injured by Train.
John P. Jones Jr., one of the Southern
Pacific sWitchmen who went on strike dur
ing the A R. 9. troubles last year, met
with an accident yesterday while attempt
ing to board a freight train at First street
and Broadway which will render his right
hand useless for life.
He was running to catch the cannon
BALI on its way TO the mole, and had
Just reached it when he stumbled against
piece of wood in the roadway and fell.
His right hand went under the wheels and
was terribly mangled. At the Receiving
Hospital DR.. HamIin amputated the first
and second fingers, besides sewing upa
lacerated cut which laid open the palm.
Complain of the Sweepers.
Merchants on Broadway, Washington
and other streets are considering protest
to the Board OF Public Works regarding
the present manner in which street-sweep-
ing IS done. They claim that the horse
power sweepers do not follow the sprink
ling carts closely enough, and that BY the
time the sweepers come along the streets
the dust which Is raised in clouds, dam
ages their goods.