New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
Scandals in the San Francisco Munlclpai
Government.


San Francisco. May line OihoiL
Mavor of this city, who was elected oy C0
hination of labor and Democratic votes Is nav
ing hard time. Several of his appointees nave
ia 70 he retired for dishonesty or inethclehc3
and now Civil Service Commissioner NAei
has been forced to resign because OF charses
vt ba sold examination papers to fremen at
S15o a naner The Commissioner says that he
lef+ tho exanina ton papers in his overcoaI III
ss1ocu near the City Hall for two odSS
scandal also includes Public WORKS Coi4-A-- -
sioner p H Mccarthy, VINO is a "a Pz
Union Labor leader Mccarthy was C q
in an issue of examination papers anu S
the witnesses say that he was 10 snare III '
proceeds
The death of Irving NJ. Scott, the oulloer -
the battleship Oregon. was serious 4o77 -
citv because among the wealthy men hehe -. -
ara few who show his keen interest," HO' ' -.
the material advancement OF the CITY 0"' -
erature and art. Mr.. Scott ouil1 up q -
ott.l,i,a,re nIant in the face Of constant critl-
cism He constructed several OF lhe 60.
sbins Of the new navy. He gathered Iiie -iAA
.;-.o+a a,+ gallery on this coast. and was al
1 80. . liberal patron of literature and seheI
| ,,s contributor to church and charity WON
When he came here to take "orh N
| Tonabue's foundry he had nothing. ne u1eo
| millionaire but he had given away Ioi 'N'' "
| helping others.
| The cutting OF the new government 80 -,
49,. p,a-e1,ona Islands after only twelve Gays
sarvice is a great loss to the S1ghaI 'e
and Weather Bureau. A little coasthls
! was driven into brakes Bay by the hlgh " iiiO'
end her anchor fouled the cahle' Inc cay
/ of the steamer. who is only t"eht!-H>e
/ old gave orders to cut the caDle IdtheL ~ nc nc
! losa his anchor. As the cable cost P"o'0' -.
! o.,,ors of the steamer may find the captain :
act very costly should the COVE. iii4'I,e
| n hiring suit against them. Weather fofecaste
| .rAdia &c v,rotb over the cutting of the caDle'
! - = DELAYS by several months his work OF per
fac+,,g ra1.1rts The Farallones are forty lii4ie'
! off the coast and the weather observer nc
has great advantage in announcing 'he "p
| nroach of a storm from the Pacihc-
W H Crane has had great success thls "eeN
at the Columbia Theatre in David Haruih' ne
! u,oe r,,,ch saddened by news of the death OF MS
| old associate, Stuart Robson
The San Francisco Mint shipped this week
| I 900 600 pesos TO the Philippines Inc ~ coiiiS
r-ara hacked in 600 boxes each weighing Lou
bounds Two sacks filled each box and ootA
sacks and boxes were sealed WIN scans VI Liz
/ Treasury and War departments.
Tho state Board of the Young Mems CHRISTIAN
/ ,asooiation has decided to build the town asso-
citation building at Berkeley with dormltory ar
raneennents for one hundred men, 1t is eNpecteo
that MANY parents OF students at the university
/ q, california will avail themselves OF the op-
! -or+,,rit,. 10 place their sons under the care
| of the association managers
! The trustees OF Stanford University are con-
/ .,aerine drastic measures limit the number
/ . ,,,,,.n students to 800 1t is probable that
! ,sx+ year all the special women students VIII
! 10 harrad and if this does not accomplish the
Durpose then every other year no women VIII
ba admitted in the freshman class. Mrs. Stan
/ ford while she favors coeducation, IS not uiS-
| ..aa m Gee the men crowded in classrooms by
girls
The persistence with which the government
follows offenders was shown this week "heh
Walter n. Dimmick was sentenced to hve years
in States prison for stealing S3oooO from the
mint IN this CITY With sentences for smaller
amounts stolen this makes nine years that DIM
r,tck must spend behind the bars. He had the
combination to the vault and thus aostracleo
r,onev Evidence was wholly circumstantlai
but Il was convincing
Tho s+rika Of miners on the mother lode oi
/ IN. siarra Nevada is ended. and the deep quartz
roi,es ~ Amador and Calaveras counties are
onca more in full operation The miners strucf
for isborter day and recognition of the union
-rha,, .sc,red the first but failed IN the second
| sa,,ar5 as the mine managers refused 10 ma ~
/ anv disttuction between union ana oh-uiii"i
men.