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The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

under advice MT. Knight did not think the court had any authority to order Shades books into the hands of opposing counsel. Slade therefore had intended no discourtesy but had acted merely under legal advice.
 Judge Belcher said, T am convinced I cannot punish the witness for con- tempt" but subsequently ordered that counsel for the Paraffine Company should have access to the books while they were in possession of the court.
 After the mornings session and as Attorneys Sullivan and Cope were about to exploit the Slade Lumber Company accounts, Slade made bluff to stop them, but was soon made aware of the presence of the clerk and bailiff. Judge Belcher was on his way to his chambers when the interference was attempted. Attorney Wright made an especial appeal to the Judge to allow Slade and himself to have the keeping of the books for a few hours, or until after recess, until he (WrighD might better determine the rights of his client. Slade fumed and objected that he did not want his private af- fairs" exposed. Both men went after the Judge with such yehemence and persistence as would indicate a rather tortured state of mind.
 Judge Belcher declined to make any change in his order merely reiterating what would be regarded as proper subject matter for inquiry, and notify ing Slade and Wright that any at tempt to prevent counsel from examin- ing the books while the latter were in the custody of the clerk would mean contempt.
 With the clerk and bailiff on guard. and Wright and Slade in attendance. counsel for the Parafflne Company spent the recess hours trying to ex- tract some specific information respect ing the Dundon-Slade transactions with the Harbor Commission from Shades accounts.
 Brief as was necessarily the re- searches made, enough was learned by Messrs Cope and Sullivan before Judge Belcher reopened court to make 1t mer- ry for Slade on the witness-stand throughout the afternoon. It would be a waste of space and time to attempt detailed review of the mans evasions, denials and yelled impertinence to the court. One striking fact was estab lished at the outset. Slade had testified that he and he alone constituted the Slade Lumber Company. He has un consciously and continuously spoken of the lumber company affairs as ours" and of its existence as we" The Slade Lumber Company books give him away completely, and put him in a po- sition as witness that few men would care to occupy, for in them 1t Is written plainly that the affairs Of the Slade Lumber Company and the San Fran cisco Timber Preserving Company are inextricably mixed and confounded.
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This letter Is likely to be dragged forth at the trial to-day. So far as the Gov- ernor is concerned, the affair seemed to have been dropped.
 After the chief executive had advised Bibb to bring charges against Colnon, Bibb told the Governor that he be- lieved he had done his duty in laying the case before the States highest of f1cer. That Bibb has since been boy cotted by the Harbor Commissioners as punishment for the part he took in refusing to be party to the poodle scheme has since been demonstrated by the fact that no one handling his lumber can secure an acceptance of any kind of bid. Although Bfbb took his punishment in silence the story of the boodling proposition leaked out and since the beginning of the case now in court The Call has made inves- tigations and got to the bottom facts To-day these facts will be presented under oath by Bibb.
 Last night, after Bibb had been served with subpoena, he was very reluctant about discussing the mat ter, but said he would not deny the truth of the story and added: T am. and have been, greatly aveyse to tell ing anything about my dealings with the Harbor Commissioners. AS I have been subpenaed I will have to tell the truth I suppose. I cannot deny the truth of the story, but if it must come out I would rather tell it in court''
 The appearance in Judge Belcher's court yesterday morning of "the three C's'' of Harbor Commission fame-Col- non, Chadbourne and ex-member Cole, was made the occasion of much sym pathetic hand-shaking and mock jocu- larity.
 Counsel for the Paraffine Company explained to the court at the opening of the proceedings in the contract fraud and collusion case against the board, the manner in which Judge Cope and himself had been prevented from examining Shades books, in despite of the stipulation made in court last Thursday. Proceedings for contempt were suggested, but G. T. Knight, at- torney for Slade, disavowed any inten- tion of contempt on the part of the witt ness, and said that Slade had acted
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
Plan to Indict the Directors Collectively
 Instead of Individually.
The Lease of the Lipcoln School Property May Be Made the Basis for the Adoption of
 Such Course.

tors who have friends on the board, al though 1t Is still denied that the board has anything to do with the lease.
 The old book scandal is also food for more discussion by the jurors, and it is not improbable that the records of some of the Directors during that trou- ble will be once more looked over for material to base a collective indict- ment upon. There were several worried faces in the departmnet when that scandal was in process of publication, and there Is still more than one point unexplained.
 The school contracts will also be made to bear the fullest investigation, and symptoms of more trouble to fol- low are pronounced. The latest instance is the contract for tinting and varnish- ing the interior of the Girls High School. let to Scott & Wilkinson for $39S on June 30 last.
 Scott took the job and worked on 1t for several days until nearly finished, when one morning he found other men at work. and he learned that another man was to help him. He declined help and demanded that he be allowed to finish the job unaided. He was told it was all the same, he would get his money, and so 1t did not matter, but as he still persisted his tools were taken from him and he was told they would be sold if he raised any trouble.
 Scott says his work was stopped by Thomas Burns of the Buildings and Grounds Committee; Thomas Welsh, architect, and J. J. OBrien. inspector. They told him they wanted to put an- other contractor on the job. Scott dis creetly declined to say if the other man had been paid for the work he had done or if he knew if the contract had been doubled up. He would only say that so far as his pay went that was all right.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
Charged With Grand Larceny.

George c. Marks an electrician, was booked at the City Prison yesterday by Detective Cody on charge of grand larceny. The complaining witness is Ben c. Wing, a salesman in the Emporium bicycle department. Wing alleges that last Saturday he and Marks were sleep ing together at POT Eddy street when on awakening Sunday morning he found that his purse containing $39 and his gold pected Marks. who occupied the room with him, and his friend. W. T. Lattimer. Marks was booked upon the charge of grand larceny at the City Prison yester- day, and Lattimer is being held pending further investigation
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

will probably be found in the recent lease of the Lincoln School property, on Fifth and Market streets, a transac- tion which has already attracted the attention, but unofflcially, of several of the jurors.
 The lease was made at the beginning of this year and to syndicate known, not very widely. as the Real Estate h. vestment Company. This syndicate has agreed to pay the city s4000 a month for the property, that being the highest offered in the competition. It is denied by the School Directors and by members of the syndicate that there are any of the Directors interested in the concern, but in spite of this the lease will be the subject of much investiga- ton, for it was declared at the time the board took action that the property could never pay that income and leave any margin for profit. At any rate the effect of the bid is being felt by the tenants. who are up in arms over the way they are being treated.
 They have all been notified that on March the rent will be raised, in some cases s25, in others $50 and in others S100; in one case that of the Palace Sa- loon. the rent has been raised $40. The rents now in existence for that block are fully up to the standard of rents for that section and that side ul Mar ket street, and the tenants are of the opinion that there Is some scheme to have them out of the place to make room for others more favored. That m nf xxrfn ic tainty; they are outspoken in the mat ter and several have declared they can- not stand any such raise as has been put upon them.
 Then, too, there are contracts to be let for the improving of the property, and these are being given to contrac-
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

1 hydrant scheme to make the city beaI | part of the burden, would exceed ESQ., 100000. Before the Supervisors should think of allowing an increase of rates figures should be obtained by an ex- pert to show the gross amount oi money collected from the people, to- gether with the amount paid in divi- dends on the stock of the corporation and the amount disbursed to pay inter est on the bonds.
 When Mayor Bartlett presented his figures the cost of construction to that time was s8,000,000.
 In February, 1890, when F. B. Pond was Mayor, A. W. von Schmidt pre- sented figures showing that the cost of the works up to that time was $9,7S4, ,941 Subsequently he produced memoranda, obtained from Herman Schussler, chief engineer of the corporation, which brought the total cost of the works up to $13,642, 900. This included the big Crystal Springs dam and the Alameda pipe line.
 The people of San Francisco are now staggering under a burden of rates that permits the water company to pay
 
 The remarkable feature of the whole transaction is that the people have paid for all the permanent improve ments-for everything in sight and out of sight-and now are called upon to pay interest on money collected from themselves and. disbursed by the com pany.
 When the value of the corporation s property was figured up to be $20, ,000, 900 the rate payers were told that exten- siye permanent Improvements had been made to insure the city against the danger of water famine and to provide an adequate supply of water to extin- guish great fires. The great dam near San Mateo, the wonder of the world as a reservoir, was heralded as the stor- age supply that would carry San Francisco over three dry seasons. The works are magnificent, but the rate payers put up the money for the con- struction and have since paid the in- terest on the amount they invested.
 The company has not encountered a dry season since the big works were constructed. The rainfall for the sea- son ending July 1, 1897, was a fraction above the normal twenty-three inches. The seasons rainfall to date is shade less than six inches, with twenty days of February and all of March and April to come. The water company is asking an increase of rates on the apprehen- sion of scarcity of water
 Time and again. the public was as- sured that extraordinary disbursements by the company were made to guaran- tee three years supply. Figures were produced to show that the peninsular area controlled by the company. would for forty years be sufficient for the SUD- ply of San Francisco Great stress was placed on this point when the proposi- tion to bring water from Lake Tahoe was under discussion
 The remarkable petition of the water corporation at this time should not de- ceive the Board of Supervisors. It will be time enough after two dry seasons have passed to go to the rescue of the Spring Valley Water Works. Meanwhile
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Like the ball of snow that gathers size as 1t rolls, the school scandal is enlarging, until now it has taken first place in the minds of the grand jurors, and even the misdoings of the Super visors must stand aside while the work ings of the school board are brought into the light.
 The jury will meet tomorrow and the session was to have been devoted to the charges brought against Super visor Delany and others. but 1t has been determined that the time shall be employed in drawing up the indict- ment against Samuel L. Waller, found last Monday night, and in delving fur ther into the surrounding circum- stances.
 The investigation is very likely to cause surprise, for it Is probable that the jury will take a new method of set ting matters straight. It has come to be the opinion that to indict a single member of the board seldom leads to any result except a superficial exam ination in the courts and the final dis charge of the accused. and there is a sentiment in the jury that there Is a better way than that. The idea is to indict the board as a whole-not the members as individuals, but the direc- tors as a board-and then bring the case up in the courts in that shape. If the members be put on trial all togeth- CT it is certain that those not concern ed in crookedness will not allow them selves to be made to pull from the legal fire the chestnuts of the guilty, and as a consequence some definite result Is more likely to follow. This plan will come before the jury and there is every proba bility that it will be adopted.
 Some question is necessary, however, which can serve as a basis for a charge against the board as a whole, and this
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09
Embezzlement Charged

Mrs. l.. O. Ftske, 3990 Twentieth street swore to complaint in Judge Camp bells court yesterday for the arrest of H. w. Vandervart on the charge of em- bezzlement. She alleges that while she was East in the latter part of 1895 she sent different sums to Vandervart as her agent, and that he appropriated the moneys to his own uses and purposes The total amount of his embezzlement she alleged, was about $50. The sums she sent should have been paid to the Union Building and Loan Association.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

Go to O'Brfen & Sons for modern style, high-grade surreys. phaetons and buggies at low prices. Corner Golden Gate ave nue and Polk street
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

the corporation should spend some of its own money to improve the plant a.d increase the supply.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

It is estimated that greater quanti- ties of gold and silver have been sunk in the sea than are now in circulation in the whole world.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

We will also have sale this week an elegant assortment of New PerCaes, New Gnghams, New Tennis Flannels, New Madras Cloths, New Chevots New Embroideres; also elegant assortment of New Dotted Swiss Null and Plain French Organdies.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

Novelties in Bayadere Striped Silks. Novelties in Plaid and Checked Silks. Novelties in French Bordered Poplins. Novelties in French Bordered Serges. Novelties in French Printed Organdies. Novelties in Genuine Scotch zephyrs. Novelties in Ladies' Shirt Waists.
 Novelties in Plaid and Striped Ribbons. Novelties in Black Braid Trimmings.
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o When the case of the Paraff1ne o Paint Company vs. the Harbor o Commission is called this morn o ing. Attorney Matt Sullivan will spring surprise upon the oppo- o site side, and in so doing will eX- o pose one of the blackest scandals o that has ever been attached to o State office. The expose will be o made by the testimony of D. Ii. o Bibb. the well-known member or o the D. H. Bibb Lumber Com o pany, having their offices on the corner of Pine and Sansome o streets. o MT. Bibb was subpenaed late 0 yesterday, and his appearance on o the witpess-stand Is anything o but voluntary. Not that he Is In o any way implicated, but the o dirty mess has already been laid o before Governor Budd. and MT. o Bibb believed that there his o duty to the public ended. o The scandal dates back year o and a half, and had 1t not been ( o for the present case 1t might o have been buried forever. o o o 0 0 o o
 When MT. Bibb takes the witnes stand to-day he will testify to tn following story of attempted boodlini and malfeasance in office:
 Eighteen months ago a Harbor Com missioner went to Bibb and asked hin if he would like to furnish lumber t the commission. Of course, Mr. Bib answered in the affirmative, for 1t 1 we'll known that the patronage of thi State department is snug little busi ness of itself.
 Well" said Commissioner Colnon T will see that you get 1t. l don think that it will be very difficult"
 After little further conversation
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

Lows Horehound Cough Syrup fo, hoarseness. price 10c. AT Sansome st.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

We take pleasure in dnn0unC- ing the opening of large shipments of NEW GOODS for Spring and Sum nler, 1898. Among the novelties we will show this week are the fol- lowing.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

TELEPHONE GRANT 124.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-01-16

contra un reporter do sEl Liberal Algunos
dicen que estos fueras, no tuvieron importancia
ninguna. Fueron de pura broma.
~. Unas cuantas personas han venido
preguntar que fue 10 que pas6 entire nuestros
amigos ell doctor Goenaga y don Pepe Cuevss;
aunque anoche 10 dijimos claramente, 10 re-
petimos. El primero le sacudd 'el polvo al
segundo, NADIA mas. En- momentos que ha.
bltbanos con el doctor Goenaga, leg6 don Pc.
pc, con Is levits cmpolvada por la espa!da, el
doctor, que es muy su amigo, le sacudio el pol
vo con un pafluelo primero y con un ccplllo de
ropa despues, que 10 faciitamos. Y vean u.s.
tedes como un acto tan sencillo, tan natural y
tan eorrente entire amigos, ha sido motive
para comentsros infntos, cuidado 81 hasta
SO 10 ha dado colorido polflico y ecoudmico.
sB ABASTO PUBLlCO. LA carne de
res, SO expendera mafiapa en- esta capital 80
centavos el kil0.
~ Dfcese que ell se1or Canaejas forma
el s;guente juicio de los partldos autonomlstss
de Puerto Rico. xAdversarios amigos del
senor Muiioz Rivera. Les que quiercn y los
que no quieren estrechar los lazos con la madIe
Espafia. No tienen rsZ6n de ser nj los dsl-
dentes autonomistas nj los dc la izquicrda pro-
gresists. En- Puerto Rico solo deben existlr dos
partdos fuertes que turnen legalmente en- el
poler.
LA fallecido ell esta Capital, vfctima
- de cruel enfermedad, el apreciabie joven
alumno de la Academia de lnfanterfa don
jose Llauri Corchado, miembro de una
distinguida familia con cnya amstad nos hon
ramos la cual enviamos nuestro mas sen
lido p6same Descanse en- paz el malogrado
amigo.
-. Gel Pafs,s organo de la <ortodoxia,
autonomists, coupaudose de una noticia que
recognizes, hacendonos eco de la opinion, ha
| tomato 81 rabano por Las hojas. Al decir no.
sotros que d los empleados <del pafss Sc les
quitsrfan los sobresueldos, ell peri6dico de la
calle de Ia Cruz, entiende con <muy buena in
tenci6ns que nos hemos referido los emplea-
dos <hijos del pats, No, colega. Los en-
pleados de la Dipntacon provincial de los
, muncipios, los m6dicos titulares y los profeso-
| res de primera enseilanza, que son empleados
del pats, sno todos son hijos del pafs,> nunca
han disfrntado de sobresueldos. iQu6 de extra
i1o, pues, tendrfa que os demas empcados,
que tambien son del pats, porque ell pats es
quien les pags, aunque todcs no sean <hij jos del
pafs, +, no tuvieran sobresueldos?
-. Sc haoen muchos eogios en- esta Ca.
pital de los articulos de fondo que viene pu-
blicando Gel Liberal, Son verdsderamente
magistrates energicos al defender sus idea
les y combatir Les propagandas que haceu con-
ira la coleotvidad en- que militia. Pero no
hieren jamas las personalidades, nj descienden
al terreno de la exsgeraci6n la chocarrerfa
Son artfculos escritos con guante blsnco, que
ilastran deleitando; tienen la sutileza del bis
turf que corta la parte del cuerpo gangrena1o,
despu6s de haber sido anestesiada. No cortan
para matar, sino para salvar al enfermo.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-01-16

ostentaci6n y de ensehanza, preparado como
para coronamiento de una oivilizaci6n porten.
tosa en- todo su apogeo, y para portada dlgna
de un siglo que vienc recoger la herencia glo.
ROSA del gran bislo XIX.
Esto 10 que juiciusamento aconseja en-
estos dias un escritor inteligente y discre'
to que suscribe sus estudios econ0mioos con el
seud6nmo de Anibal, es 10 que Sc necesita para
ssegurar un porvenir verdaderamelte pr6spero
q nuestros productores de tabsco y de cafe.
Ell mismo consejo de concurrir con
brillantez iDgeno i Is pr6xima Expos-
fabricantes de azacsr y ron, productos que han
me jorado aquf ACCOMPLISHMENTS merced
de los apsratos modernos de la fsbricacion,
que pneden hoy competlr ventsjcsamente con
los mejores del mundo Deben ir tambien
eae gran certamen nuestras admirables maderas,
10 mas rico selecto de nuestras plantas aro
maticas, de las re,inas, aceites, materias cur
tientes y tintoress, minerales preciosos, obras
del ingenio indfgens, todo cuanto pueda levsr
ventajosa idea de as rquezas natura'es De la
cultura de este pals.
Is necesario destscarse gsllardamente para
briar. Los diamantes hien montados pareoen
mas lumnosos mas b'los quo los que no 10
estan.
A Ultima hora Sc con6rma defnitivamente
ell nombramiento del general don Manuel Ma.
cfss pars el goberno general dc esta isls, dom
de legara de eegoro ell dia primero del
mes entrante. Ell vapor correo que 10 reclbi.
ra en- Cadiz el dis 20 de este mes, alterara su
itinerario para tocar en- este puerto.
Fl general Macfas es tenido en- alto
concepto de probidad, juicio recto re-
levantes prendas de caracter. e. un preatigio'
militar.
Estuvo indicado para gobernsdor general
de Filipinas en- la dpoca en- que Sc mostrsbs mas
pujante la rebellion
MANUEL FRNANDEZ JUNCOS.