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The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17
DAIRYMEN
 PROTESTING Want to Be Treated as Those of Outside
 Counties.
Health Board Will Hold Special Meeting on the
 Subject.
New Positions Created - Samples of Water Were Found
 Impure.

The Board of Health has called a special meeting for Tuesday morning, March 1, to decide whether or not to quarantine milk from outlying coun- ties where it is shown that the COWS have not been subjected to the tubercu- lin test. The matter was brought up at the regular meeting of the board yesterday through a petition from the San Francisco dairymen, who asked that no further test of their cows be made unless those of adjoining counties were put through a like ordeal It was decided to ask representatives from San Mateo County and Marin County as we'll as General Dickinson, the representative of the local dairy men, to be present at special meeting to be held on the date mentioned.
 Tn board proceeded to create quite a number of additions to the employees now on the payroll. It was decided to appoint two matronS for the Park Re ceiving Hospital at salaries of $60 per month each. The night job was given to Mrs. Swett and the day job to Mrs. Brown. Health Officer A. P. O'Brien rendered a report stating that in view
 
 pure food department now under his control it would be necessary to have a new clerk and he named John F. Der ham for the place at salary of $100 per month. The appointment was made. B. Posner was elected janitOr of the department, to take the place of the present janitor, who has been pro- noted to clerkship.
 D,.I II1yxr ar1- 3v, ,,,i cation to the board, stating that he had rented the offices recently occupied by the late Dr. James 1. Stanton, and that he would therefore be compelled to re- sign his position as Assistant Police Surgeon.
 It was decided to recommend to the Board of Supervisors that the right of way through a strip of land at Eigh- teenth and Urana streets be purchased for the purpose of making more per feet sewer connections.
 The drafting of the gas order, based on the measure proposed by Supervisor Lackmann, was completed. The lines of the original order was followed and the presence of more than five per cent of carbon monoXide in Illuminating gas is prohibited.
 Secretary GodchauX reported that the receipts from plumbers licenses, per luitS dlu llltH CdTQS ndu amounted to $127S and that the attor- ney of the board was preparing an opinion whether or not the money should be returned to the plumbers.
 Chemist WenZel reported that the samples of water brought from the house of J. H. Crocker at Washington and Laguna streets for chemical analy- sis were decidedly dangerous to health, and that measures should be taken to remedy the matter. It was found that the samples came from the Lafayette square reservoir.
 John L. Sullivan was appointed an assistant food inspector at salary of s75. John Wagner was appointed a night watchman at the City and Coun- ty Hospital at salary of s35 per month.
 Dr. Morse called attention to the inn portance of urging the Board of Free holders to make provision in the new charter for increased powers for the Board of Health in the matter of sani- tary legislation.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17
LAW TOOK ITS COURSE.
August Ubhobt Sorry He Ignored a
 Summons.

August Ubhobt wanted to go to the Klondike and was anxious to raise the money on his property. He had nearly made a sale of it, but search at the court house showed that there was a big cloud on his title to the extent of judg- ment amounting to about $700. The un- happy state of affairs was caused by a little contempt for the law that may yet prove expensive.
 Some time ago Ubhobt borrowed heavily from J. D. Carroll and gave his note for the amount Time went by and Carroll died without making any effort to col lect his money His executors, however, were more practical. and Rose M. Car roll brought suit against Ubhobt. The summons was served duly, but MT. Ub- hobt declined to pay any attention. He wasanot at all pleased that suit was brought and concluded that as he heard no more about it his indignation had been defense enough.
 Nothing more was thought about the matter till Ubhobt wanted to raise money to go north. At the County Clerks office the record of the judgment was found to the gold-seekers surprise and annoyance. The case had been reg ularly tried, service of summons proved and judgment given by default.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17
AMONG THE WHEELMEN.
Officials for the Twenty Five Mile Road Race-Bay City Wheel
 mems Party.

The pleasant weather is favorable for the road-racing cyclers, and as a result there is a large entry list for the annual twentv-five-mile handicap of the Califor- mia Associated Cycling Clubs, to be held around the San Leandro triangle on Washington's birthday. The following is the list of officials who will conduct the race:
 Referee. Charles Albert Adams: judges Frank H. Kerrigan, George Peyton, J. U. B. Argenti James w. Mullen, E. B. Jerome, o. R. Sterling, A. P. Swain. T. J. Winslow, J. F. Mcdonald, T. B. McGinnis, Joseph Jury, G. G. Taylor, Vincent A. Dodd and T. W. Flanagan; timers-George P. Wetmore, H. D. Hadenfeldt. Joseph S. Lewis, F. w. Sharpe, S. Bailey, John w. Leavitt and w. Pettis; starter, De Witt Van Court; assistants-Thomas C. Meherin, o. B. Marston; clerk of course J. F. Hancock; assistants-Andrew Bed bury, T. G. Spillane; scorers-Herbert Deans Clark, E. Butterworth. s. G. scov- Behneman, w. Reid. Hubert Rees J. M. Salazar; chief marshal, J. P. Thorn; as- sistants-C. Hannah, H. A. Tubbs, w. o. Johnson, Bert Edwards C. H. Trolliet, assistants-James M Hamilton, H. ". V. Scott John ,I s Egani a naIe, R T. G GMeKissek, M Stubbs, James E. Little, L. A. Hagy: handcapper, Robert A. Smyth; road rac- ing committee-C. s. Myrick, Theodore c. Dodge, J. s. Shedd.
 The thirteenth anniversary reception of the Bay City Wheelmen will be held to- morrow night at the maple room of the Palace Hotel, and the members antici- pate an elegant time: Dancing will be music of Huber's orchestra, and light re- treatments will be served during the in termissionS.
 The games of the Cycle Baseball League on Sunday resulted as follows: Bay Citv Wheelmen IT, Encinal Cyclers 0; Oiympic Cyclers 15, Acme Club Wheelmen 3; Cali fornia Cycling Club s, Olympic Club Wheelmen S.
 George A. Wyman, the new acquisition of the Reliance Club Wheelmen, made the best time in the clubs five-mile handicap
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17

numbers had been attached to our pro- cess and to the Rood process, but had been omitted from the creosote process, although 1 had seen those numbers in the rough draft. When MT. Uhlig, 1 think it was, telephoned up to our office for us to get the numbers of our patent, l went down and saw him and told him that l would not have our patent numbers in- serted in the specifications because 1 un- derstood the law did not allow the pur- chase of a patented article MT. Uhlig informed me that if those numbers were not inserted our method would not be in- cluded in the specifications; and to show me that everybody was being treated alike, he showed me the rough draft with the patent numbers attached to the creo- soting.
 Attorney Cope asked if there were any other reasons why the Paraffine Paint Company was deterred from bid ding under the last set of specifications and the witness replied:
 It would be absolutely impossible to do the work called for in those specifications under the creosoting method in the time called for, and do the work properly.
 The witness gave considerable testi- mony relative to the merits of treating piles by the creosoting process, and he repeated much information that he had imparted to the Harbor Commissioners from such authorities as Marsden Manson, former engineer of the board; Professor L. J. Le Conte of the State University, Lum Sears, U. s. A; Coo- nel Mendal, U. s. A., and others, all of whom pronounced this process a fail
 ure The result of their observations and experience were read to the court. as they had been to the members of the board, together with ex-president's report on work on the Nicaragua canal. The presidents report was indeed strong, for he said:
 The pier constructed by the canal com pany for the purpose of securing an en- trance, as built December, 1892, May, 1885 The pier timber and piling were creosoted with sixteen pounds of wood oil to the cubic foot, but this proved un- availing as protection from the teredo, and when examined in May, 1895. the piles near the outer end were found to have been badly eaten, and many of the | channel side had disappeared. The reports of the other experts were
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17

Miss F. A. Sprague was second with 138 strokes, and handicap of six, which is also a most excellent record. Even allowing for Miss Sprague's large handicap, Miss Hoffman was easily entitled to first honors. Two prizes were awarded-a silver jewel case and a handsomely lacquered cologne bot tie.
 There will be another tournament next month and the concluding one will be held next November. In or der to obtain the silver medal it will be necessary for Miss Hoffman to win three successive tournaments.
 The play of yesterday was fast and excellent, and the links were dotted from start to finish during the three hours of the contest. The play began
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17

read. The purpose of their introduc- tion was to show that the Board of Harbor Commissioners had decided to adopt the creosoting treatment for the piles of the State in the face of the knowledge imparted to them that the treatment was flat failure; and fur ther to show that had the State liar Dor Commissioners not adopted this pro- cess and worded their specifications with cinch clauses to keep as many as possible from bidding on the creosote proposition, they would not have been able to hand over the job to the water front combine, which had no other pro- cess upon which it could rely with safety; and, further, that the favor ing of the combine in this way has cost the taxpayers of the State thou sands of dollars in the replacing of piles that should have lasted for years.
 After some testimony concerning the extent of the Paraffine company's' busi- ness and the promise by MT. Irving to show Attorney Stratton the firms books the witness, in reply to a ques- tion stated that the paraff1ne method cf treating piles is from 25 to 50 per cent cheaper than creosoting.
 Once more the matter of conversa- tions with Commissioner Colnon was brought up and MT Irving said he had dI iCdcl et Huliol Cu WllI lIldI OluCldl, and added
 I told MT. Colnon, not in one, but in many of these conversations, that could not understand why we could not get any work. There was no objection to our process and our price was certainly lower than that of any of the others. I called his attention to the fact that the Rood process was an old worn-out pro- cess that had been abandoned here years ago when used as the Vulcan pile armor process. The State had spent about SS0.- 900 in probably eighteen months and the piles were gone in probably two years fol- lowing. Also the fact that it was the old Culver process which had been tried and was a failure, and yet in spite of all that Rood could get work and I could not. l told him if he could find me any report from any of his engineers or could get report to the effect that our cover ing was a failure I would not ask him for any more work.
 Some time last year, while the other l was not getting any, I said to Mr. Colnon. Why is it we don't get any thing?" His reply to me was this; he said Irving, l am so tied up to these other folks that I can't give you work now, but it may be that I can give you some later"
 When Dundon resumed his testimony relative to the condition of the books of the San Francisco Timber Preserv- ing Company, he took up the thread of his evidence in a decidedly weary fashion. His attention was called to nearly a dozen entries in the journal of checks drawn in favor of leash" and
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17
J. c. Nobmann Attached.

John c. Nobmann. doing business at 2029 and 2031 Fillmore street. called a meeting of his creditors at the Board of Trade yesterday morning for the purpose of adjusting the attachment against him. He made a statement showing that his assets, including stock and fixtures and outstanding accounts, amounted to $11,- 900, and in addition there may be some equity in real estate. His liabilities are S16,320. The attachment was brought by the estate of H. D. Barr for borrowed money. The amount is $1500. The mat ter was placed in the hands of commit tee of the creditors, and subsequently, a bill of sale of all the assets was made to J. Levi Jr. of H. Levi & Co.,. for the benefit of all the creditors pro rata, provided that Nobmann is released from all attachments.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17

Miss Amalie Hofer delivered a lecture yesterday at 921 Ninth street on Mature Play"
 The audience was composed mostly of kindergarten workers, as Miss Hofer' S address was directed chiefly to them. She spoke of the way that people should edu- cate their children that they might know nature and that they might love it.
 She pointed out the beauty in the diff ferent lessons that the children learnt in the kindergarten, and compared the little children growing up to flowers in the garden.
 She said that more trust should be placed with the children that they might be alone and commune with nature, flor as we grow older," she said. i've would not have the time to pass with it and we would not know all the beauties 1t holdS''
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17
Alice Hoffman Winning Ladies' Tours
 O San Francisco Club.
Miss Alice

\ N ideal day blessed the lady golf
 N CTS of the San Francisco Club on ! yesterday. After the past few
 disagreeable days bright sun, with a bracing breeze sweeping across the Presidio Links, made perfect weather for the devotees of the game that the modern Anglomaniac has bor rowed from his English cousins. Yes terday's match was the first one of the ladies' tournament, to be played for the Silver Scratch medal, and of the six ladies who entered, Miss Alice Hoff- man was an easy winner, making the eighteen holes over a three-mile course, distance of 4274 yards, in 119 strokes, not including her handicap of ten, which is remarkably few number of strokes for that distance for lady.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17
THE WAY IT
 IS IN SEATTLE Troubles of J. M. Van Hill, a WouId-Be KlOn-
 diker.
Locked in a Cellar Three Hours and Robbed of His
 Coin.
Police Gave Him No Assistance-He Threatens to Commit Sui-
 eide.

J. M. Van Hill, a Chicagoan who Is now in this city, after an intellectual attempt to reach the Klondike, tells a strange story of how strangers are treated in Seattle He landed in the northern town with $500 in his pockets, and now threatens to commit suicide because he has not enough money to return to his native place. Van Hill IS an educated German, who speaks sev- eral languages, but is apparently not over-well versed in the ways of the world
 T have been on tour of the world, ' said Van Hill yesterday, "and, hearing of the Klondike excitement while in Australia, started for Seattle for the purpose of fitting out and going into the gold fields.
 When I landed there it seemed to me that every establishment in the town was labeled 'Klondike outfits.' I selected one place where fur coats were advertised for sale cheap, and inquired the price of the garments. l was told that the proprietor would be back in a few moments and while 1 waited seV- eral men came in and proposed game of cards.
 T was not in a mood for gambling, and started to leave, but the men in- sisted that I should stay and wait for the proprietor. While my back was turned to them for the purpose of ex- amining some fur garments I was seized, gagged and carried into the basement of the place. Here I was kept for three hours, and every dollar 1 possessed, amounting to over $500, was taken from me, and I was kicked into the street.
 ''I applied to the Seattle police, and a couple of officers accompanied me to the place where I had been robbed. I afterward learned that it was mo- torious gambling house. I could see no one who resembled the men who robbed me- and I was told by the police that l was dreaming and that my story was false.
 After trying several days to get re- dress, a number of charitably inclined people assisted me with money to reach San Francisco, where I hoped to find friends who will help me back to Chi cago. I am stranded here, and unless I find employment soon I will take my own life rather than face the poverty to which I have never been accus- toned"
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17

at 10 o'clock in the morning and there was quite large number of specta- tors in attendance for that hour.
 Miss Hoffman's stroke was strong and sure and her approach was as careful as it was certain. The other players also did some fine work. and while the course is not a difficult one, yet it requires great deal of judg- ment to make low score upon it.
 The detailed score for both rounds. TOT the links were circled twice, with the handicaps and the net scores is 2 e follows: NN'
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17
NOT A NEW POINT.
Decision of the Collector Denying Admission to an Alien Cannot
 Re Reviewed by the Courts.

The decision of United States Judge Hanford at Tacoma, published in The Call of yesterday, to the effect that the courts have no lawful authority to review the decision of the Collector of the Port or other Federal official denying admis- sion to an alien, is not new point, as many unfamiliar with the subject might believe. The decision of a Collector ad- hitting an alien can be overturned by a court. but his decision denying admission cannot be reviewed except by the Sec retary of the Treasury, whose decision is final.
 A similar opinion was rendered in the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York in re Moses on habeas corpus. The act of August IS, 1894, provided that:
 ''In every case where an alien is excluded from admission into the United States under any law or treaty now existing or hereafter made, the decision of the ap- propriate immigration or customs officers, if adverse to the admission of such alien, shall be final unless reversed on appeal to the Secretary of the Treasury"
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17
Willcutt Still on the Stand.

d. L. Wlllcutt, secretary of the Market Street Railroad Company, was on +ho stand again all day yesterday in the case of c. B. Polhemus against the estate of Charles Mayne. MT. Willcutt who ,.,a $ the secretary of the San Francisco and san san Jose Railroad Company, busted him or the company. Various reso,nt;ons shedding some light on the cause of the litigation were read by the witness Noth
 ing sensational developed yesterday. but it is thought that before the trial is closed some interesting facts wifi he brought to light. The case will go on to-day oo Oh
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17
Wants to Save Durrant

Charles Fellowes, Gil Minna street was taken before the Insanity Commissioners yesterday by his wife and was commit ted to the Napa Asylum. Fellowes is an ex-acrobat. who performed under the name of Nelson, Recently he has been laboring under the delusion that he had a special mission to save the life of Theo. dore Durrant.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17
Al Neighbors, Quarrel.

D. Sullivan. 9s6 Harrison street. was taken to the Receiving Hospital by his wife yesterday to have a lacerated wound in his scalp dressed. During fight with a neighbor about a clothes line the neigh Dor threw piece of lead pipe at him which struck him on the head. Dr. Bun nell, who examined the wound, thought there was a possible fracture of the skull. After the wound was dressed Sullivan said he would get even with his neighbor in his own way.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17

900 a month, or ssoo,ooo a year This comes from dockage, etc. The ex- penses consume much of this amount so that he does not send more than 14OOO to $30OOO per month to the State harbor sinking fund at Sacramento. A long time ago he occasionally sent as high as $40,000 to Sacramento. The ex- penses of late have been very heavy.
 MT. Irving will be cross s-examined to- dav bv Attorney Stratton,
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17
The Goxernment,s Domain.

The Commissioner of the General Land Office has submitted his report to the Secretary of the Interior Compared with last year, it shows a decrease of 329S homestead entries aggregatng 37s. .625 acres. Quite proportionate 10 this is the falling off in general health when no effort Is made to reform irregularity of the bowels This easily be accom- plished with the aid of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters also remedy for malaria, dyspepsia, rheumatism and liver trouble.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17
For Sailors Wages.

Robert vogel, V. B. Evarts, Hermann Frenz and John Svenson filed libel in the United States District Court yester- day against R. A. Gilbride and others of the schooner Christina Steffens to recover se9 alleged to be due them as wages.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17

OBrien's patent spring; best and easiest riding buggy made; rubber or steel tires
 O'Brien & Sons, Golden Gate avenue and Polk street
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17
Nature Play for Children.

Advances made on furniture and pianos, with or without removal. J. Noonan 1017- 1923 Mission.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17

9yer qT the Haywards course on Sunday.
 From scratch he rode 1t in l2:24. The positions of the first six finishers were as
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17

"I am so tied up to these other folks that I can't help you just now, but I may help you later on."
 Harbor Commissioner Colnon's explanation to Samuel C. Irving, manager of the Paraffine Paint Company, for giving all the work of preparing piles to his favorites and refusing to give any patron. age to the Paraffine people.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-17
ADVERTISEMENTS
Anitchkof Palace,
 St. Peters6urg,

DScember 0, ISV4. "Her Majesty, Empress Marie FeodoroWna, finding great ben- eft from the use of your tonic wine, requests that a case of 50 bottles Yin Mariani be sent immediately addressed to Her Majesty the Empress"
 70 Mr. Marani, Paris, France.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-11

The return of the Cape Verde fleet To
Cadiz, if it really is fact, is inexplio-
able except upon the theory that it is out
of condition and has had to return for re-
pairs or refitting. If the purpose were sim
ply to unite with the squadron already AT
Cadiz. it would seem as if it would have
stopped at the Canaries and there waited
for the Cadiz fleet to join it. The Cana
ries are about midway between Cane
Verde and Cadiz, and il the purpose of
the return is simply to join the two
squasrons, and then cross the Atlantic.
the Cape Verde fioet will have steamed
$500 miles more than was necessary, that
being about the distance from the Cana.
ries to Cadiz and return. The move.
ments of this fleet have been mysterious
from the first, and continue so, When If
originally left Cadiz it was said to he
destined for the West Indies but 1t put
in at Cape Verde and there remained m
til the Portuguese neutrality proclama-
ton compelled it to get out. And now
instead of continuing its course to the
West Indies, or putting back to the Cana
ries to wait for the Cadiz fleet, it has gone
back 2S00 miles to the point it originally
started from.