The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-19

several of the departments, notably the
Police and Fire departments, will get
thorough shaking up.
Among the first officials to go will be
Louis Schaffer, the incompetent Chief of
Police, with whose administration Mayor
Davie is dissatisfied.
at seems to me, y said Mr. Davie yester-
day, "that the Police Department needs
new blood in it and l shall advocate the re-
moval Of Mr. Schaffer and perhaps some
other police officials"
Much adverse comment has recently
been made regarding the Chiefs handling
OF cases, notably that of George Reed, the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS householder, who
was sandbagged in the broad glare of the
electric lights at the junction of two prin-
cipal thoroughfares, Seventh and Wash
ington streets, and though the assault was
seen by many people no arrests have been
made Schaffer went to the corner when
the policeman on the beat reported the
case, as was his duty, but on being told by
bystander that the man was injured in
little row over horse trade, went away
without even seeing the assaulted party,
who was at that time having his scalp
sewed up by q physician. He made no
further efforts to ferret out the thug who
struck the blow, though told that the
assault was unproyoked and given a de-
scription of the man who welded the MUIR
derous weapon which struck Reed down.
Arrested for Insanity.
Owing to his inability to make clear to a
stalwart member of the police force that he
was unable to hear or speak, Edwin Colby,
a San Francisco deaf mute, was locked up
in the County Jail yesterday on charge
of insanity. He was summing himself in
one of the public squares when approached
by the officer, who jumped to the conclu-
hn nI1Id mo- q FlC yeaIs
questions he must be insane. Colby, who
lives with his wife at 500 Seventh street,
San Francisco, shows no signs of insanity,
but on the contrary, seems unusually
bright mentally. Sheriff White has taken
a friendly interest in Colby and will see
that he is not railroaded to the asylum be-
fore he has had fair trial.
Colby writes on card that 1t is an easy
matter for a deaf mute to get into prison,
but hard one TO get out.
Not Nominal Assessment.
Assessor Dalton has grown weary of
waiting for the Southern Pacific Company
to send in a statement of its belongings
along the water front and is making per-
sonal inspection of the company's prop
erty with view to fixing figures OF his
own.
Il suppose that the company expects me
to give them the same nominal valuation
that has been given in the past" he said
yesterday, "but they viii be disappointed
in that. If they force me to place valua-
ton on their property for assessment pur-
poses I'll start in by making it $5,000000.
That ought to be a fair starter. Ii they
don't wish to take that valuation let them
go before the Board Of Equalization and
show what the valuation is. We are play
ing no favorites this year,
Appomattox Celebration.
The members of Appomattox Post No.
90 G. a. R., celebrated the surrender of
General R. E. Lee at the place after which
the organization is named at its hall on
Wednesday evening Lincoln Post No. l
of San Francisco was entertained by the
local post and an old-fashioned campfire
and supper was enjoyed.
Captain W. r. Thomas, commander of
Appomattox Post, was presented with
penholder made from piece of the keel of
the wrecked United States ship kearsarge,
the Women's Relief Corps being the don
ors.
Rev. William RAIDER, assistant pastor of
the First Congregational Church, delivered
an address on the significance of the sur
render of Appomattox to the cause of the
Union.
TOughs lombard Train.
William Cookery, Otis Darcy and Frank
Silva, members of crowd of young
toughs who have been amusing themselves
for several weeks past by breaking the
windows of trains running through
Emeryville, were arrested by Deputy Con-
sta bic Kellner at the JUdson Iron Works
last evening, and locked up in the County
Jail on charges oil malicious mischief.
They bombarded the through train from
Vallejo with stones, breaking many win
dows and severely iniuring male passen-
ger, Frank Hartman, whose eyes were cut
with flying glass. Should his sight be in
jured permanently heavier charge will
be placed against the prisoners.
To Condemn the Bridges.
Mayor Davie has decided on an ag-
gressive move in relation to the bridges
over which the trains of the Southern Pa
cifc Company pass going to and from
and to the mole.
At the next meeting OF the Council he
will have presented an ordinance condemn
ing these structures as unsafe and ordering
the Southern Pacific Company to place
them in thorough repair at once.
His action in this matter will be backed
up by reports from competent engineers
who have examined the bridges and who
viii be ready to testify that they are in
dangerous condition.
Snow May Fight.
Auditor Snow, who was served with
notice by Polltax Collector Foster not to
audit the warrants of some 400 city en-
ployes until they had paid in their con-
tribution to the revenue OF the city
government is not sure that he will pay
any attention to the notice without having
been advised by his attorney that the pro-
ceeding is legal. He says that while he is
not opposed to the officials paying their
taxes he is not pleased with having his
Office turned into collection agency.
Reliance Club Officers.
The Reliance Club elected officers for the
ensuing year last evening, as follows:
President, K. NJ. Fitzgerald; vice-president,
J. H. Ames; treasurer, John A Britton;
secretary, W. r. Berry; directors-C. H.
Lowell, John A. Britton, S. G. S. Dunbar,
George Morrow and G. a. Bon.