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The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22
MAYOR ORDERS
INVESTIGATION
Cites Chief Surgeon Brack-
iett to Defend Himself
From Serious Allegations

Mayor Schmitz decided yesterday to
hold an investigation this morning at
10 o'clock of the charges made against
Chief Emergency Surgeon George F.
Brackett that he had demanded and
received fees for work done in his Of
fetal capacity.
Subpenas were issued by Secretary
Keane for Mrs. Fannie Ames of 612
Stanyan street and M. Fleishhacker, who
accused Bracket, and their testimony
will be heard. The transcript Of testi-
mony taken at the Coroner's inquest
over the death of the husband of Mrs
Ames, who was killed in an elevator
in FIeishhhacker's factory. viii also be
placed in the hands of the Mayor.
Bracket appeared at the Mayors Of
flee in the morning, but his Honor was
absent and later decided on this morn
ing's investigation. Brackett appeared
much disturbed over the declaration
of the Mayor that unless he could dis
prove the charges he (Brackett) would
be removed. Bracket reiterated his
previous assertions that he had letter
of vindication from Mrs Ames, but
said nothing about the charge made by
Fleishhacker that the latter had charged
him a fee of s. and Bracket had de-
manded 800 more
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April o1-stmrs Newsboy. Noyo, Arctic and
San Pedro, hence April 10.
Sailed April 20 Stmr Eureka, for San Fran
cisco.
Arrived April 21-stmr Phoenix. hence
April 10.
Sailed April 21-Bktn Geo Perkins. for
San Pedro; stnr Westport, for San Francisco
. UMPQUA--Arrived April 17-Schr Louise
from San Pedro.
REDONDO-Arrived April 21-Stmr Samoa,
COOS BAY-sailed April 21-stmr Czarina
for San Francisco; stmr Empire, for San Fran
PORT LUDLow-sailed April 21-Br ship
Crompton, for Port Pirie.
ANACORTES-Sailed April 21-Bark Pal
sEATTLE-Sailed April 21-stmr Humboldt
P0RTLATD-saile April 21-stmr Aurelia
for San Francisco.
ISLAND PORTS.
HONoLULU--Arrived April 21-U s stmr
supply. hence April IL.
HILO--Sailed April 20-Stmr Enterprise for
FOREIGN PORTS
PANAMA--Arrived April 1O-Stmr San
Juan, hence March 10.
IPswICH-Arrived April 1s-Br bark Mont
calm, from Oregon.
BELI,E ISLE-Arrived April 1e--Fr bark
General Foy, hence Dec 90
HAMBURG-Arrived April 1s-Ger stmr
Abydos hence Dec 1S
stmr Admiral Hameiin, from Santa Rosalia.
HONGKONG-Arrived prior to April 90
Ian strnr Two Maru. from Seattle
Sailed April 20-Br stmr Empress of India
for Vancouver
OIJEENSTOWN-S Sailed April 20-Ger bark
PrS5sssSEA SsMGAsTIE sHfh iaT Ean April aoBark
Charmer, for Honolulu. April IT-Schr So
Iano. for Honolulu April 2-Bktn Benicia
for Honolulu
YOKOHAMA-Arrived April 20-Br stmr
Coptic, hence April 2.
NAGASAKI-Arrived April 20-U stmr
sherman from Manila. for San Francisco
HULL-Arrived April 21-Br ship Forrest
Hall, hence Dec 16.
for New York.
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DISAPPROVES
MAYORS VETOES
Supervisors Committee Re-
ports Fayorably on Bills
Limiting Rock Crushing

The Supervisors Street Committee
yesterday considered the Mayors vetoes
of the two ordinances extending the
limits within which it is prohibited to
carry on rock crushing and rock quar-
rying, and filed a recommendation with
the board that the bills pass notwith-
standing their disapproval by the May
reasons as were given in its former
report that two identical ordinances
pass in spite of the Mayors vetoes,
which were sustained by the votes of
Supervisors Alpers, Bent, Lunstedt,
Finn and Rea.
The Street Committee reported in ia
vor of denying the recommendation of
the Board of Works that Mission street
between Second and Third be repaved
and the sidewalks narrowed by four
feet on each side at an estimated cost
of $4,000. The committee holds to the
opinion that the money should be ex-
pended in doing necessary street work
in other portions of the city.
Chairman O'Connor stated that he
did not favor tearing up a good pave
ment while other streets need repair
ing, and referred to the bad condition
of Merchant street, which property
owners petitioned to have repaved. The
repaving of Mission street is included
in the bond issue.
The committee expressed itself as op-
posed to the petition of Deering &
Robinson that the street sign ordinance
be amended so as to permit of the
maintenance of wooden signs, but took
the petition under advisement.
The Union Oil Company was granted
a permit to lay spur track on Illinois
street, which had already been con-
structed without a permit having first
been obtained.
The fences obstructing the roadways
of Beacon, Castro and Diamond streets
were ordered removed.
The petition of the Pacific Auxiliary
Fire Alarm Company for permission to
lay underground wires was referred to
the Board of Works for favorable ac-
ton.
H. c. Holmes was granted permit
to explode blasts for grading purposes
at Green and Sansome streets for a
period of six months Similar permis-
sion was granted to George Ryan for
four months on Army street, near York.
Street work was recommended ON
Nineteenth avenue: Hoffman avenue.
between Twenty fourth and Twenty
fifth avenues; street, between Four
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Jury INQUIRIES
INTO SURGERY
Statement by DR.. Brackett
at an Inquest Produces
Verdict Implying Blame

At the inquest yesterday on the body
of Charles Read, who died in the Ger
man Hospital March IL from injuries
received by the explosion of a tank in
Thompsons soda water works, the jury
returned a verdict that the accident
was unavoidable. They added: The
jury cannot understand why the wound
was still bleeding at the second pack
ing of the wound at the Central Emer-
gency Hospital
1t appeared from the testimony of
William Fl. Hollis that DR.. Pawlicki
was the first surgeon who treated the
case at the Central Emergency Hos
pital. William H. Hollis testified also
that DIR. Pawlicki suggested that the
patient should be taken to the McNutt
Hospital for private treatment, but
Hollis decided to send Read to the
German Hospital, where he was treat
ed by DR.. G. c. Bracket.
DR.. Bracket testified that when he
examined the patient /he found the
wound bleeding and was obliged to
''repack" 1t.
When the jury brought in the verdict
Coroner Leland stated that he had re-
dressed bleeding wounds that had been
attended to by the best of surgeons,
and that the comment of the jury was
not called for. The jurors, however. re-
fused to allow the paragraph to be
stricken out. They said that DR..
Brackett would not have mentioned the
matter of the rebandaging of the
wound unless it was something un-
usual.
The Coroner thereupon signed his
approval of the verdict.
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Shipping Intelligence.
ARRIVED.


Thursday April 2f
stmr Scotia. Johnson, IL hours from Bowens
Landing.
stmr Point Arena. Miller. a hours from
Mendocino. via Point Arena IL hours.
Stmr Pomona. Swanson, is hours from
Eureka.
stmr Pomo. Ahlin. IL hours from Albion
via Point Arena 10 hours
stmr National City, Hammer, 10 hours from
Fort Bragg.
stmr Senator, Cousins So hours from Vic
stmr Santa Rosa. Alexander. 40 hours from
San Diego.
Stmr Sequoia. McClements. so hours from
Willapa Harbor.
schr Jennie Griffin. Gibson. hours from
Boinas.
schr Ida A. Campbell 5 hours from Point
Reyes.
CLEARED.
Thursday April 81.
Stmr Geo W Elder, Randall Astoria; Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company.
stmr Centennial Strand. Seattle; T
Kruse.
Nor stmr Hero. syvertsen, Ladysmith; r
Dunsmuir e. Sons Co
Bark ceryphene. schildrop, Nome, via Seat
tie; Chas y Lane.
SAILED.
stmr A KiIburn. Jahnsen, watsonville
Landing
stmr State of California, Thomas, San Diego.
Stmr Bonita Gelow, San Pedro
Stmr Maggie. Corning. Halfmoon Bay
stmr Pasadena, Hendrickson. Eureka.
stmr Edith, Hall. Tacoma.
Stmr Argo, Dunham. Eel River
Nor stmr Hero. Syvertsen, Ladysrnith.
Stmr Navarro. Weber, Benders Landing
Br ship Loch rrull, Mainland, Fremanfle
Schr Jose2h Russ, Peterson, Bristol Bay
Schr Mary c. Campbell Bodega
Schr Jennie Stella. Hansen, Eureka
Schr William Renton, Bruce. Columbia
River.
SPOKEN
April 4-On the equator, 81 west. FIR shin
Vile de Mulhouse, from Tacoma, for Queens
town.
March 2s-Lat 10 south. long "a west Dan
bark Sixtus, from Antwerp, for San Francisco
TELEGRAPHIC
POINT LOBOS. April 21, 10 p m-Weatber
clear; wind SW; velocity is miles per hour
DOMESTIC PORTS.
SAN PEDRO-Arrived April 2i--Bktn cbas
+ Croker from Everett; stmr Aicazar from
Greenwood; stmr Santa Monica, hence
Sailed April 2o-schr Sequel. for Port Town
GRAYs HARBOR-Arrived April 20-schr +
NJ Sade, from East London.
Sailed April 20-Stmr q c Lindauer, for San
Francisco.
PORT TowNsEND-sailed April 21-scbr
Premier for Nushagak.
Sailed April 21-Br ship Artemis from Port
BlakeIey for West Coast: Ger ship Lika from
Port Gamble, for Melbourne
TATOOSH-PasFed out April 21-Stmr
Jeanie. from Seattle. for San Francisco
Passed in April 21-stmr Alaskan. hence
April Is. for Seattle.
TACOMA--Sailed April 21-Br stmr Ara
memnon for Hongkong.
EUREKA-Arrfved April 19-Stmr west-.
port, from Westport; stmr Eureka, hence April
IS. A3Kl 2o-Stmr Spokane. hence April 10.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22

II was not a sand-bar but a coral
reef with which the Pacific Mail Com
panys big liner Mongolia got into diff
culties OF the Brazilian coast while
steaming from Norfolk, Va, to this
port. This was discovered yesterday
when the pumps at the Hunters Point
drydOck cleared the big basin of water
and left the Mongolia s. keel high and
dry. Every blade Of both propellers
is more or less bent and all six blades
are being taken of and viii be replaced
by six spare ones provided by the
builders and now on board the steam
ship.
The coral-scratched and dented plates
and the gnarled ends of the propeller
blades tell with mute eloquence Of the
liners narrow escape. That she was
not ripped open from stem TO stern was
due TO the fact that she was lightly
loaded, her supply OF coal, large as it
was, being little more than ballast for
her. One dent in a forward bottom
plate on the port side Of the keel shows
that the reef had some sharp points
that with more pressure would have
cut the steel like a cold-chisel
Removing the bent blades, installing
the new one, reriveting in several
places where the jar on the reef started
the steel studs. scraping and painting
the hull, viii keep a large army Of
workmen busy until Saturday. and on
Sunday, il is expected, the Mongolia
viii be ready TO leave the drydock
The Hunters Point dock is one of the
largest in the world. The MOngoIia's
sides tower many feet above the docks
steep sills and the vessels enormous
bulk. by comparison, makes the roomy
basin dwindle into the insignificance
of a terraced saucer. The Mongolia
seemed big when she lay at anchor in
quarantine; she appeared larger when
alongside the Mail Company's wharf;
she looks the leviathan she is now, as
she sits in all her naked majesty on
the keel blocks Of the drydock. Many
people visited Hunters Point yester-
Gay and as long as the Mongolia is
there she viii attract large crowds
The United States inspector Of huIls
and boilers within a few days viii
make an investigation into the circum-
stances Of the Mongolia's encounter
with the coral reef.
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Exports for the North.

The steamer Jmatilia sailed on "Wednesday
Tor Victoria with an assorted merchandise cargo
consigned 10 the port Of destination and the
prlhclpai British Columbian ports valued at
.562 and including the following. ogs nxg.s
ifesa fruits. luI pkes fresh vegetables 30 a75
los malt =. 10 lbs dried fruit. 240 lbs raisins
z9s9 ins meals. l25o bbls beef 1890 los beans
3o44 IDS chocolate $685. lbs butter. 1fs9 lbs
2 G cheese, l4x gals wine. 9Os lbs coffee.
~ lbs nuts, \ pkgs groceries and provieions
lto IDS glucose phRE paste 80 els non
roots. lov tins matches. go lbs tobacco / pkg
machinery, e pcs bdls steel II pkas eiec-
trloal supplies, = bales tNine. 230.074 lbs pig
j roll leather. - 49,
In addition TO the foregoing the steamer
carried - 6 canned goods. 26 table 1repara-
tions and l3 pkgs provisions valued al S5l5
route 10 Suva Fiji Islands
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22
Settlement Concert.

The programme for the Friday
evening concert at the South Park
Settlement is in charge of the Harmony
quintet. Selections by the quintet will
alternate with vocal solos by the diff
ferent members and its director. Rob-
ref LLOYD. The members of the quin-
tet are Mrs. A. F. Fletcher, first So
nrano. Mrs. John Madden, second So
prano: Miss Mabel F. Gordon, first
alto; Mrs. Robert Lloyd, second alto,
and Miss Edith Adams, pianist.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22
Lecture on Passion play.

This evening at Sis o'clock DR.. G..
w. White of the Central M. z. Church
will give a lecture at the Young Mems
Christian Association, Mason and Ell
lis streets, on THE Passion Play" IL
Illustrated by nearly 100 dissolving
views representative of this famous
play. This is in the regular course of
the educational department lectures
and a charge of 10 cents will be made.
The public is invited
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22
NEWS OF THE OCEAN.
Matters of Interest TO Mariners anC
Shipping Merchants.

The Italian ship Caterfns Accsme is char
tered for wheat 10 Europe at 16s 3D.
The British ship LuciDara Con Puget Sound)
4 chartered for lumber thence 10 Csllao ~
Molenoo. al 34F; British ship Thirlmere also
on Puget sound same business thence 10
IquiQui g. Cos
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22
siberia Touches Bottom.

Word was received yesterday 20 the effect
that the liner Siberia which has arrived at
liougkong. struck bottom while passing through
The inland sea She was not seriously damaged
u at all. but an inspection on the drydock will
be MADE at the first available opportunity
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22
Revenue Cutter Chanpes.

Captain O. ID. Myrick has been placed in
command Of the United States revenue cutter
Bear. IN place OF Captain J. r. Wild, who has
been ordered 70 his home. The Bear Is at
BODIES yard having a bridge built Her cabins
are being renovated and extensive repairs are
being effected
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22
Much Freight for JaDan.

The Occidental and Oriental Steamship Com
psny's liner Gaelic, which sails Tuesday for
fhe Far East, will carry p large cargo most
of which is for Japan. Her freight viii in
clue 500 tons of steel rails. $50 tons OF barley
and 225 tons of lead
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22

teenth and Seventeenth avenues; Han
cock street, between Sanchez and
Church: Clement street. between Sec
ond and Fourth avenues. and that
grades be changed on Greenwich street
and Third avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22
wants Paw for Bleaching Hair.

Suit was filed yesterday in the JUS
tees Court by Mrs. c. e. Morann to
recover SIT so from Annie G. Cum
mings and John Doe for hair bleach
ing, hair dyeing and hair work done
at the latter's special request
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22
stranss Loses a Finger

Kelly =. Strauss chief clerk Of the United
sQges army transport sheridan had his hand
crushed in the door Of his safe the other day
and yesterday IL found necessary 70 ann
putate the little finger OF his right hand
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22
AN INTERESTING STORY.

The wants of San Francisco,
by those who want-an interest,"
ing story told i'm the classified
columns of next SUNDAYS
CALL. 1t will pay you to fol-
low this story from week to
week.
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sun. Moon and Tide.

Sun, Moon and Tide.
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Time and Height Of High and Low Waters
at For Point entrance 70 San Francisco
Bay. Published by official authority of
the Superintendent
NOTE-The high and low waters occur at
the city front lMission-street WHARF about 25
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22
Holt hin in Distress.

The British ship Holt Hni. from Hamburg
Tor Portland, has put into Msldonado in dis
tress.
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Tirne RaIl.

Branch Hydrographic Office. L. s. n. Mer-
chants Exchange. San Francisco. Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22
CORAL REEF AND NOT A SAND BAR
CAUSE OF THE MONGOLIA'S INJURY

Dydok Inspection Reveals the Fact That Giant Liners Es
cape Was MacuousPates Are Dened by Jagged Obstruc
ton and Every Blade Both Propeers Must Be Replaced
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22

NOTE-In the above exposition of the tides
the early morning tides are given in the left
hand column and the successive tides of tha
day in the order Of occurrence to time: the
fourth time column gives the last tide of the
day, except when there are but three tides as
sometimes occurs. The heights given are in
Coast Survey charts. except when a minus q
sign precedes the height and then the number
given is subtracted from the depth given nv
the charts. The plane of reference is the mean
Of the lower low waters.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22

minutes later than at Fort Point: the height
OF tide is the same at both places.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22

building was dropped exactly at noon to-day
(. e. at noon OF the 10th meridian, or at S /
p n. Greenwich time. J. c. BURNETT,
Lieutenant. L. s. N, in charge.
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Pacific slope.
public. Complain you fail to obtain The Call
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-24
NEW BOAT HOUSE
WILL COST $3.50, 1000

The navy department is about to begin
the construction of building at the Puget
Sound navy yard for use as boat shop in
the department. of construction and repair
The building was authorized by the naval
bill of last year and the detailed plans
and specifications were recently completed.
II will be one of the largest structures at
the yard, and bids for its construction
will be opened at the navy department
April %. The structure will be Of brick,
three stories in height, A part of the
first floor will be of iireproof concrete and
the ground dimensions of the building will
be about 30sx64 feet.
The roof will be of copper and the
structure win be as nearly freproof in
construction as any building at the yard.
1t will probably cost upwards of $l50,000,
which is the amount of the appropriation
and the work is to be completed within
IA months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-24
COUNCIL PASSES COMMERCIAL
TRUST COMPANY'S FRANCHISE

the rate of $50 a day. The action of the
commissioner was approved
Several new ordinances were introduced
reducing the width of alleys between
blocks 34l4 and 34l5 and between blocks
1908 and 1909 to 20 feet, and vacating
strip of land along the west side of An
derson street and the north side Of Elev-
enth street in front of block !, Kellogg
addition. They were referred to the streets
and alleys committee.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
reward Of $50 for the arrest and conviction
of anyone sending in false fire alarms. A
resolution was adopted instructing the
city controller not to sell any tax certifi-
cate covering land within the boundaries
of Alliance addition, except by the order
of the council. A resolution authorizing
the improvement OF Yakima avenue was
adopted, and the resolutions fayoring the
construction of proposed sewers in local
improvement district No. l44, and the inn
proyement of X street from South Twenty
third street to South Twenty-seventh
street were referred to a committee, as was
also the improvement of Ferry street from
South Twelfth to South Fourteenth street
Several communications were received
from the commissioner Of public works, rel
ative to the proposed improvement of
North Thirtieth street; Improvements in
district No. 100, against which remon-
strances had been filed; sidewalk improve
ments in district No. 2O3; improvements
on Columbia and Yakima avenues. The
council concurred in the commissioner 3
The commissioner waa
also authorized to purchase 1000 feet Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-24

A street railway franchise was granted
to the Commercial Trust company by the
city council last evening, when the ordi-
nance came up for final reading. The judi
ciary committee had in it's report recon-
mended that several alterations and
amendments be made to the ordinance, and
it was adopted without one dissenting
vote.
The changes recommended by the COM
mittee were that the fare for a oontinu-
GUS passage within the city limits should
not exceed 8 cents, and that payment of
the fare should entitle the passenger to
a transfer to any other system of street
car lines within the city which may give
and receive transfers to and from this sys-
tenn of lines; that all mail carriers and
police officers, iremen and all inspectors
in the emplOy ef the city should ride free
of charge when in uniform, and that the
street car company should pay into the
city treasury on the first Monday of Janu-
airy and July of each year sum of money
equal to l per cent of the gross earnings
during the preceding six months, and after
the expiration of five years the rate of
payment shall be per cent. Pupils going
to and from school shall ride for half
fare.
The commissioner of public works, in a
communication addressed to the council,
stated that the operations of the dredger
in the channel had made it necessary for
him TO hire a diver for a few days to
make thorough investigation Of the main
pier Of the Eleventh street bridge, and
that he had contracted with the diver at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-24

hose for the city fire department.
The streets and alleys committee recon-
mended that strip of land be sold for $75
and quit claim deed be given to the pur-
chaser.
The finance committee recommended the
payment Of bills amounting to 81 ,08640.
The remonstrance of Henry j. Morris
against an assessment on lots in local i'm.
proyement district No. was referred to
the legal department. The petitions OF
G. II. Mead and c. d. Grant for the ex-
tension of electric lines was granted. The
claims of A. r.. Kleist, George Sargent, w.
Waller, E. A. Roice and b. M. Anderson
for IS each for rental of rooms for regis
tration purposes were granted.
The petition of j. A. Wolff for a liquor
license was denied and the remonstranee of
A. Il. Anderson and others was filed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-24

located until this morning, when Patrol
man Webb found him going south on the
railroad He was accompanied by Charles
Dubois, another French saioro, who was
assisting him to escape johnson claimed
he had just come from Seattle, but the
wound in his leg gave him away
DR.. Curran extracted the 3S-calibre bull
let from the sailors leg this morning. 1t
had travelled eight inches through the
flesh and lodged in the thigh.
Officer Casey is about 65 years old. He
has been in service nearly 90 years, Is of
which have been spent as a member of
the Tacoma police force.
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DROPPED DEAD
IN THE STREET

William J. Coios4salesman for the East
ern Quitting company dropped dead near
the corner of Thirteenth and d streets
yesterday afternoon. Death was probably
caused by apopleYy and Brights disease.
He had been talking TO Mrs. T. j. Muir
ply, who had just entered the house and
closed the door. when she heard something
fall, and upon opening the door, discovered
Mr. Cole lying on the walk, face down
ward. Mr.. Murphy and several others
went to his assistance, but before doctor
could reach the scene the man was dead.
The coroner was called and took charge
of the remains.
w. j. Cole and wife came to Tacoma
three years ago and made their home at
ll5l South d street. Funeral arrangements
will not be made until relatives in the
East are heard from.