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The San Francisco call., 1901-11-13
RILEY POINTED
OUT As SLAYER
Ekberg Murder Mystery
Is Apparently
Solved.
Detectives Claim Evidence
Is Strong Enough to
Convict.

John Thomas Riley, one of the suspects
arrested Monday by Detectives Tom Glib
son and Archie Hammil, will be charged
with the brutal murder of Otto Ekberg.
Mrs. Alma Miller, who, so far as the po-
lice know, is the only witness to the
crime, identifies the prisoner from gen
eral appearances, and the detectives have
evidence which they claim is sufficient to
convict him OF the charge.
Ekberg was a non-union teamster en-
ployed during the strike by w. P. Fuller
q co. When he went to work he took
the place of Riley, who in response to
the call OF the union threw down his
relns and quit work. After peace be-
tween the employers and the teamsters
was e1ected, Ekberg succeeded in holding
his job, much to the diStaste of Riley.
Witnesses will be produced by the police
who viii swear that on several occasions
Riley expressed threat that he would
kill Ekberg.
Ekberg came to his death in a tragic
manner last Saturday night. He had put
his team up in a Mission-street stable
and had reached Third and Townsend
streets when he was struck from behind
by heavy roller and killed. His assail-
ant cooly turned the body of his victim
over, looked into the face expressed a
word of satisfaction at having killed the
right man and escaped from the scene
Mrs Miller was the only one who wit
messed the tragedy. She saw the blow
struck and heard the assassin speak. She
did not see the latter's face, but from
general appearances points out Riley as
the man.
The weapon with which the crime was
committed was a heavy iron roller used
in moving castings from the truck. 1t
belonged on the truck driven by the mur-
dered man and was missing from Satur-
day night until Monday morning. The
detectives got their first clew that Riley
was the murderer from the fact that he
was seen lettering about in the railroad
yards on the night the crime was com
mitted.
In a statement made last night to the
police, Riley asserted his innocence and
said that he was aware the detectives
had been on his trail for the past two
days. Riley is an opium iend, as was his
supposed victim, Ekberg. Both men
smoked opium and had rooms in a house
at 5l2 Bush street. Riley is married and
mas a mother residing at $50 Clara street
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-13
SEEK TO AMEND
CITY CHARTER
Commissioners Of w orks
Would Change Twen-
ty Sections.

The Board Of Public Works yesterday
completed list Of the various sections OF
the charter which it has deemed advis-
able to recommend for amendment in or
der to facilitate the administration Of its
affairs.
John B. Garland, the boards attorney,
has made a close investigation of the pro-
visions regulating the Department of
Works and he finds that no less than
twenty sections should be modified or
altered in order that the city's business
should not suffer as it has done in the
past As soon as his findings have been
typeWritten they will be forwarded to the
Committee on Charter Amendments of the
Board Of Supervisors TO be submitted to
the people should the board so decide.
The recommendation include a change
in the mode Of procedure so as to expe-
dite street work. The most important
smendment, however, and one which will
be hailed with JOY by contra ctorS, will be
the provision for progress payments on
public contracts as on Federal and State
work. Section p will have the following
words added to its terms:
Unless in the ordinance authorizing or order
ing said work provision is made therein for
progressive payments for the same
Section 16 will be so amended as to give
the Board Of Works power to compel the
repalr OF dangerous sidewalks or portions
thereof by making protests Of no avail
The section will be enlarged by the fol-
lowing:
Or if said portion Of said sidewalk is so out
OF repair as aforesaid, a notice in writing shall
be delivered to the owners or their agents
personally to repair forthwith said portion of
said street, avenue, lane, alley. court or place
70 the center line thereof, said portion of
said sidewalk in front Of the property of which
he is the owner or tenant or occupant
Section 5 will be amended so as to re-
HeVe the board from any Obligations for
accidents resulting from existing defects
IN street work which may have been done
under former boards or officials The
foregoing are some of the most important
changes to be recommended.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-13
Tax Collector Mandamused.

Judge Seawell yesterday issued writ
of mandate, returnable before him No
vember 15, 1901, directing Tax Collector
Scott to receive from H. W. Newbauer the
sum of 81 95, due as taxes on lot al
Twenty-first and Diamond streets, and to
issue to Newbauer receipt for the same
The writ was issued and an affidavit
filed by Newbauer in which he states that
the Tax Collector refused to receive the
taxes because he, Newbauer, had failed
to pay taxes on $23 900 worth of stock in
the First National Bank, amounting to
$957 SO. While the tax on the lot amount
placed a lien on the land for the entire
amount Newbauer claims that the stock
is not assessable and that Scott had nc
right to hold the property for taxes or
the shares
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-13
Market-street Company Sued.

Joseph Goodridge, pattern-maker, filed
a suit against the Market-street Railway
Company yesterday for $25 ,O75 for dam
ages which he alleges he received last
May while attempting to board a Meal
lister-street car. He alleges in his com
plant that his injuries were caused by
the carelessness of the gripman in start
ing the car before he had got aboard.
A suit for $4,000 damages against the
same company was also filed by Harry
G. Mesa for injuries which he alleges
were received in a collision between cable
cars at the intersection of Mason and
washington streets.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-13
ADVERTISEMENTS.

This week we will place on sale the most
Comnlete assortment of FINE LINEN GOODS
we have ever shown. This importation IS
from the best manufacturers in Belfast
Ireland, and consists of Fine Table DamaSk
Sets in all sizes, Extra Qualities Satin
Damask Table Linens, Fine HemStitChed
Towels, both damaSk and huCkdbaCkG Hem
stitched Linen Sheets and Pillow Cases, Fine
Hand-E Embroidered Linens in dOulies, Nap
kins, Tea Cloths, Trau and Carving Cloths
Bureau Sets, Center Pieces and Pillow ShdmS.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-13
Tomorrow Morning

At o'clock the great clothing sale OF
which mention has been made will open
its doors. There will be on sale, aside Of
the mems all-wool suits for SO IS, a lot Of
children's suits worth So 80 for 81 S5; in
fact all goods will be sold at marvellous
prices Come around and look at the
windows and you will come inside and
buy. Just think, mems hose &c a pair
Who will go without socks so long as the
Monarch will open it's sale tomorrow at
915 Market St, opposite Mason?
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-13
REHEARING OF THE OIL
RATE CASE POSTPONED
Illness Of Railroad Commissioner
Blackstock Causes Delay in Dis
position of the Matter.

The matter Of the rehearing Of the oil
rate case granted to the Southern Pacific
and Santa Fe Railway companies was To
have been heard by the Railroad Com
missioners yesterday. A meeting of The
board was called for the purpose, but
owing to the illness Of Commissioner
Blackstock, on whose vote the rehearing
, Mas eLanIeo, the matter was postponed
Inc attorneys for the roads mentioned
were present, together with a small army
OF witnesses, but their services were moi
required The companies are hopeful of
having the transportation rate on oil re-
stored from 81 $40 cents per barrel r.
which II was reduced by the commission
70 the original figure of 42 cents. This
reduction was allowed by Commissioners
Laumeister and Edison on October 8 STb
sequently the railway corpora tions intar.
eSteo demanded a rehearing, which was
GioWeo by the vote of Commissioners
Eoson and Blackstock An interesfino
aght Is promised when the matter Is
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-13
Arrested for Burglary.

James Fulgham broke into the resi-
dence of F. Christianson, 730 Pacific
street, between and o'clock yesterday
morning. He was discovered by the in
mates and fed but was arrested by Po-
liceman Baxter and Special Officer
Thompson. He appeared before Judge
Cabaniss yesterday, and after being in
structed and arraigned the case was con-
tinued till tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-13
John Gillig's Will Filed.

Virginia City, New, who died November
8, 1901. was filed at the Office of the Coun-
ty Clerk yesterday. The document dis
poses of an estate consisting of a ranch
in Yolo County and stocks and bonds val
ued at $25, 900. By the terms of the will
the estate is divided between Rebecca
Gillig, wife of the deceased, and her son
Harry Gillig. The benefciaries are also
named as executor and executrix.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-13
The Popular Train

To Stockton. Merced. Fresno, Hanford, visalia
and Bakersfield is the California Limited, via
Santa Fe. Leaves daily at am. Dining cars,
chair cars. oiled track. Ticket office, GAL Mar
ket street,
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-13
Wife Applies for Guardianship

Inc wife Of George Addison Crawford
Bailey, minor, applied to the Sunerior
Court yesterday for letters of guardian
snip over her husband. Bailey has pron-
years old. uI Ii
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-13
% HE Western Addition Chess,
IN Checker and Whist Club has or
ganized and has secured club

III rooms, nicely furnished. on Fill
more street, between Sacramento
and Clay. The president is G. P. Wood
ward. The charter members are all bust
ness and professional men who dwell
not far from Fillmore street or on that
thoroughfare. They number nearly one
hundred
The proposition of forming a club has
been under consideration for some time.
The membership includes such expert
talent that it is proposed after awhile TO
challenge other organizations in the city
to play checkers, chess and whist for the
championship of San Francisco. Every
evening the members are practicing and
they find their club a large addition to
the pleasure of life in the Westrn Addi-
ton.
The officers in addition to the president
are: Vice president, Sidney NJ Van Wyck
Jr.; recording secretary, DR.. Tobriner;
financial secretary, Franklin Pearson;
treasurer, c. w. Moores.
There is a tournament committee al
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-13

Roanoke Kye, Honey and Horehound.
Get It. You'll not regret 1t. a
The Washington times., 1901-09-03
POLITICAL COMMENT.

Admiral Howison seems to be an ami
able old gentleman. addicted to loquacity
and incapable OF directness in thought or
speech. His mental equipment may be
all that Is required of a naval officer of
his rank, but 1t would be inadequate for
a justice of the peace Doubtless he
would be impartial If he knew how but
his letter does not indicate that he knows
how to think straight or to grasp the
essential point of matter at issue.-Phil-
adelphia North American.
1t looks as II Germany can be relied
upon to stand by Turkey as long as the
Sultan has a piastre left in his ammuni-
ton chest.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Some people have tried in years past to
spread the idea that Germans are lacking
in humor. This theory the Germans are
continually refuting. The manner in
which they submit to punishment because
his favorites shows conciusively that the
Germans will suffer much for joke, and,
further that they contribute their full
share to the gayety of nations.-Chicago
Record Herald.
After the members of the Chinese depu>
tation agree to bring their heads in con-
tact with the floor in front of the throne
the number of times required. the ques-
ton as to the variety of uniforms which
the Kaiser will wear upon that occasion
will have to be settled.-Baltimore Herald
There seems TO be some doubt In the
average Missouri mind whether United
States Senator George G. Vest, who is
not as young as he used to be, would like
TO succeed himself. There is no doubt at
all that there are several Missourians
who are more than willing to succeed him.
Record.
After sacrificing several lives by having
people bitten by mosquitoes infected with
yellow fever the doctors profess to believe
they have proved their theory. This may
be comforting to the DOCTORS but the vic
tins are not in a position TO realize on
the value of the discovery.-Omaha Bee.
Mr. Schwab's refusal to arbitrate the
steel workers strike matter may be based
upon a strong position, 5Gt it is fact
that the people of the United
States want a settlement of the strike
and will blame him Cor delaying it
Springfield Qll) News.
The Washington times., 1901-09-03
CONSTITUTION OR THE COLUMBIAN

OF course the best American boat-or
rather the one the committee believes to
be the best, all things considered-will be
sent to meet the Shamrock IL But is 1t
to be the Constitution or the Columbia?
Can anyone forecast the committees
choice? At this late day, with the cup
races near at hand, after months of rae
ing between the old defender and the new
claimant for the honor. is 1t not strange
and somewhat disquieting that there is no
settled Indication that our newest yacht
creation is clearly the better boat to meet
the challenger?
Is the Constitution a failure? In the
preliminary races with the old Columbia,
she barely won an even share of the
honors, and yesterday in the first of the
official trial races was beaten out and out.
Put II to the average yachtsman of ex-
perience and he will tell you that the Con-
stitution is distinct advance on previous
construction-the more enthusiastic will
say she is minutes faster over a thirty
mile course"
What Is the matter with her. then? The
crew the sails, or what? Popular opinion
is that something Is decidedly wrong
with the Constitution well above the
water line. VIII it cost us the cup IL she
is the defender and heroic measures are
not taken to remedy the trouble?-New
York Herald.
The Washington times., 1901-09-03
The Nicaragua Canal.

There can be no doubt that public in
| that the Walker Canal Commission is
| to present when the Administration is
| ready to receive it. For some time past
| there has been an uncomfortable i'm
preston abroad that the report which,
| as it is generally understood, was
strongly in favor of the Nicaragua
route, both on grounds of economy and
feasibility, had been rewritten in order
to favor the interests of the Panama
| Canal syndicate of New York and Lon
don, the leading members of which in
| this country are close to and influential
with the Administration. Such a pub
lie impression may do the majority of
the commission an injustice. We do not
know how Rear Admiral Walker now
stands on the matter, but il is notorious
that his most competent colleagues
never have considered the old de Les
seps ditch as practicable proposition,
and that uninfluenced by pressure from
the White House they would condemn
it numerically. What they may do in
current circumstances remains to be
seen.
The New York Journal yesterday
claimed authority for saying that the
forthcoming report would be in general
tenor like the previous one. and, hence.
would favor the Nicaragua route and
the acquisition by this country, by
means of a long lease. of strip of
territory through the States of Mic
I'D oh,
give the United States complete control
of the line of the American waterway.
We have no means of knowing how far
right the journal" may be; but we are
sorry to say that we have our doubts.
1t may be true that the report Will
show a saving of twelve million dollars
in following the Nicaragua rather than
the exploded French line, but the fac
tor of expense would have little or no
weight in determining official action. II
the trans continental railway magnates.
who bitterly oppose the American pro-
ject. because they do not want an in
ter-oceanic canal. but advocate the
completion of the de Lessep's ditch,
because they do not believe 1t can be
made success, wish for a report fav
orable to their views. It is probable that
they will get what they desire. The
American people are anxious for an
exclusive waterway under our own con-
troll. and feel that it must be had, since
it viii form part of our national coast
line, and become a source Of danger if
liable to be used against US in war with
any foreign Power. But the Panama
Canal syndicate are thinking of their
stupendous deal rather than about the
interests of the nation; so it is pretty
hard to predict what may happen when
the question shall be taken up by Con-
gress next winter.
The Washington times., 1901-09-03
steel Strike Developments.

The important development yesterday
in the steel strike was tire failure of the
strikers to tie up the Duqresne mill.
This was a great disappointment to
them, especially as success in this pro-
ject might have to some extent offset
the depressing effect of the onslaught
made by ex-Vice President Hickey, Of
the Amalgamated Association upon
President Shaffer, at Bay View Sunday
Mr.. Hickey is one Of the Milwaukee
workers who last week visited Pitts
burg and the Eastern strike region gen
orally, to study the situation and the
prospects of the movement AS a re-
suit of his Investigations he accused
Shaffer of doctoring the Amalgamated
constitution, and sending broadcast al
legged copies from which were carefully
eliminated the provisions making it in
cumbent upon the lodges to vote sepa-
rateiy upon proposition to strike. Mr..
Hickey denounced the whole business
as a failure, since, as he asserted, sew
enty-two per cent of the mills were
working: and he declared that Shaffer
had not only made fiasco Of the strike,
but had done irreparable injury TO the
Amalgamated Association.
Perhaps this development is more i'm
portant than any which have preceded
it. in showing the extent to which in
ternal dissensions are contributing TO a
general breakup among the strikers.
AS late as yesterday President Burns.
of the Glass Workers Union, was still
endeavoring to induce President
Sctwab, of the United States Steel
Company, TO consider some basis of set
tlement which should save the face of
the Amalgamated Association; but it
is hardly probable that he will be able
to-aceomplish anything of a practical
nature. Messrs. Morgan and Schwab
are said 20 be firm in their determine
ton not TO treat with the strikers or
their Representatives until the men
have be IN ordered back to work, and
on no account to recognize the Amalga-
mated Association in any way again,
unless it shall procure charter and
thus place itself in a position of legal
responsibility for its acts and engage
ments. How the situation may appear
today it is impossible to say. but yes
terday the indications seemed to be
that the strike would reach its end
within ten days.
The Washington times., 1901-09-03
Sampson the Star witness.

If we are to judge by the most re-
cent reports from Burke Haven, New
| Hampshire. where Sampson is said to
be boating. fishing, driving, smoking.
eating as heartily as he did when he
| followed the pleasant pastoral pursuit
of a swineherd in early days, and gen
| orally enjoying himself, it will be very
difficult for Crowninshield to make out
| for him a case either of nervous pros
tration or paresis. which the depart
ment apparently has been trying to do
for several days, in the hope of getting
him excused from appearance as
| witness before the Court of Enquiry
If Sampson is as well as those who
meet daily at the hotel on Lake Suna-
pee at which he is staying aver, it will
be something of a task to wreck his
mind and body again within the space
of nine days, So that the court and the
country may be induced TO accept the
contention that it would be both cruel
and useless to subject him 10 cross ex-
animation. But unless he should i'm
prove each shining hour between now
and September II, and go down hill
faster than he shot from in front of
Santiago Harbor to the horizon just be-
fore Cervera ran out, we are inclined to
believe that he Will have to face the
music. Naturally, he would prefer to
be absent, because that appears to have
been and still to be his habit in any
crisis; but this time the country will
not stand it without making no end of
a row.
The American people are very much
in earnest about having Sampson ex-
plain why he failed to make the least
attempt to intercept the spanish squad
ron, after being warned at Cape Hal
ten. May Is. 1898. that it was on the
point of leaving Curacao for Santiago;
why, when the Signal Service notified
him that Cervera was in Santiago Har-
Dor, he wasted eleven days in inaction;
why. when he reached Santiago and
found the Colon in the outer harbor
and she waited there for four hours and
twenty minutes. he did not fire at least
one pot shot at her. and, finally. why.
when he had notice on the evening of
July that the Spaniards appeared to
be actively preparing for a sortie, he
turned over the command of the fleet
to his superior officer, Commodore
Schley, hoisted the signal: Disregard
the movements of the commander-in-
chief" and scooted for the skyline.
Nothing could be palmer than that
Sampson is the star witness; nor that
Crowninshield, ct al, viii move heaven
and earth to keep him off the stand.
Meantime they are making the Ameri-
can naval service the laughing stock of
Eirope
The Washington times., 1901-09-03
MacArthur vs.. Hull.

There seems to be some difference of
| opinion between General Macarthur
| and Representative Huh as to condi-
! tons in the Philippines. Mr.. Hull was
| quoted recently as saying that forty
| thousand soldiers will have to be kept
| there by the United States for some
years to come. General Macarthur
says that forty thousand are needed
now, but that he believes the number
| may be reduced within the next three
months. This is a point upon which
| even the general may be mistaken, but
as a rule, we would be willing to take
his judgment in preference to that of
Mr.. Hullo on almost any subject connect
ed with the Islands, excepting. perhaps.
the opportunities for mailing money by
getting in on the ground floor with a
lumber company. 1t is little remark
able, to say the least that Genera
Macarthur. so long the head of the mil
itary government of the islands, should
seem to be SO much more anxious to
give the Filipinos the full benefits of
civil government, than do So many of
the Republican politicians.
One thing, however, must be kept in
mind: General MacArthur's opinion as
to what can be done in the way of COM
pletely pacifying the Filipinos is evil
IDENTIFY based upon the idea that they
are to be treated in accordance with
truly American policy" If that is
done, the work no doubt will be easy
But such statesmen as Nj. Hull are
not looking for the establishment of
a truly American policy in the Philip
pines. That Is exactly the kind of pol
icy they do not want. In their judg-
ment the country is one for Americans
to exploit and this. it is believed, can
be accomplished better under military
despotism than with truly Ameri-
can" civil government established in
the archipelago.
In such matters 1t will naturally take
some little time to establish complete
order, and AmericaniZe the islands; ut
that only makes it the more impera-
tive for the Administration to remove
every Just cause for complaint. No
single thing will contribute anywhere
near so much to this end as to throw
the protection Of the Constitution over
the Filipinos, let them be assured that
they are legally part of the American
people. and that their rights as such
are as sacredly inviolable as those of
any duly organized and recognized
Territory of the Union. General Mac
Arthurs statements as to the charac-
ter Of those people prove that the
course indicated is exactly what the