The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-15
INTERESTS THE PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
Perkins Working for Improved Plans
for the San Francisco
Posfof7ce

WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-Unless the
supervising architect of the treasury
shows a. disposition to modify the plans
of. the San Francisco building Senator
Perkins will introduce in the Senate.
either by amendment 10 some regular ap-
preparation bill or by separate resOlu-
ton, provision appropriating money for
the employment of private architect
to make designs, or else TO authorize
plans to be drawn by an architect en-
ployed by San Francisco people, Assur-
ances have been received here that the
citizens of San Francisco, rather than
have this abortion erected, would be will
ing to pay competent architect by pri-
vate subscription. The California repre-
sentatives in the House, however, seem
to think that a majority of the people
are tired of delay and would rather have
the building constructed according to the
present plans than tolerate any further
postponement.
Senator Perkins has received assurances
that the Senate will vote material in
creases for the Improvement of Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin rivers and for
Humboldt haTbor. At least $50 600 will be
secured for the latter, although he hopes
to get $4,000.
Senator Perkins was one of the four
Republican Senator'S who to-day voted
for Bacons amendment to the McEnery
resolution on Philippine acquisition He
said to The Call correspondent tonight:
THE people of California understand
why 1 voted for the treaty, but l am to-
day Just as much opposed TO the annexa-
ton of these islands as 1 have ever been.
The Senate passed the bill amending the
internal revenue laws and providing that
upon the application of distiller, ana
under such regulations as the Commis-
sioner of Internal Revenue and the sec
rotary of the Treasury may prescribe,
distilled spirits may be drawn into wood
en- packages, each containing two or
more metallic cans having a capacity OF
not less than five gallons, co be filled and
used only for export from the United
States, and that there shall be charged
for each of said packages OF cans for ex-
nense of stamps s cents instead of 10 cents
as now required by law Inc passage OF
this bill has been persistently urged py
San Francisco liquor interests II, nTepless
sentative Loud introduced the bill and
Secured its passage through the House
The House to-day adopted an amend
ment offered to the sundry civil appro-
priatfon bill by Representative De Nries,
appropriating $4,000 for the Improvement
of Yosemite National Park outside of the
toll roads.
in having inserted in the sundry civil bill
an appropriation of $1,000 for the building
of a road to the lighthouse at Hueneme.
Representative de yries to-day pre-
sented to the House petitions from citi-
zens of Lodi. Cal, protesting against the
seating of Representative-elect Roberts of
Utah and favoring the passage or Dill
abolishing the canteen system
The .Postoffice Department has directed
the establishment on MdTCn l OF SUP
station of the postoffice at Sacramento,
with facilities for the transaction of
money order and registry business and for
the sale of postal supplies, to be known
as sub-station No. and to be located at
POI J street.
BY direction of the Assistant Secretary
of War: Private Myer Josephson of the
hospital corps, now at the Presidio of
San Francisco, will be discharged from
the service of the United States by the
commanding officer of his station
BY direction of the Assistant Secretary
of War, fhe discharge by the command
ing officer of the Preside of San Fran
Lee, Company E, First Tennessee Volun-
teer Infantry, under general instructions
from this office. is hereby confirmed.
Private Charles II. Dunn of the Pre-
sidio of San Francisco has been dis
charged from the service of the United
States.
The leave of absence on surgeons GER
tif1cate of disability granted Lieutenant
David P. Wheeler, Twenty-third Infan-
try Department Of the Pacific. and
Eighth Army Corps, is extended one
month on surgeons certificate of disa-
Pensions for Californians: Original
Adolph Lindquist, Soldiers Home, Los
Angeles. S.; Simon Bissonett, Soldiers
Home, Los Angeles, So; William d. Nc
Clure, Los Angeles, so; Daniel Barnes,
Soldiers Home, Los Angeles. S.. Original
widows etGnJulia G Hops, San Fran an.
Polly Davis, Santa Maria. IS; Mary
Richie. San Jose, s.
Oregon: Original-John N. Stark, va
quina, IS. Original widows, etc.-Ruth
NJ Wright, Grave, s..
washington Original = William II.
Jordan, Cheney. Sc; Thomas j. Ireland,