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The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
ENGINE. E.HOUSES
TO Be OF BRICK
Supervisors Announce Def
mite Policy Against Any
More Wooden Structures

The Supervisors Finance Committee
has decided that IL viii not coUntenance
frame buildings for firehOuses- The
announcement was made during con-
sideration of the request OF the Fire
Committee that $4,000 be set aside in
the next budget TO build an addition
to the fire engine-hOuse on Twentieth
street. near Connecticut. The sum of
$4,000 is TO he expended at once for
wooden building. Chief Shaughnessy
said a brick building would cost $4,000
The committee thought the lot should
be purchased by the city, it having
been leased for the purpose The Board
of Works was then requested TO file
plans both for brick and wooden build
irgs on the Twentieth street lot and
also on the site at Twenty-sixth and
Point LObos avenues, on both OF which
firehOuses are to be constructed 1t
is desired to ascertain the comparative
cost of wooden and brick buildings
The Finance Committee postponed
consideration Of the street sweeping
and sprinkling bills until January next
Expert Williams filed a report showing
that in July the sum of S21.S44 % was
expended, in August S22. 667 81, and in
September S19, ,264 Il. The committee
will also investigate as to whether it
shall audit demands for wages for this
service.
The recommendation of the commit
tee that the ordinance submitted by
the Merchants Association regulating
the safe operation Of sidewalk elevators
be passed TO print was ratified by the
board The ordinance was amended 10
provide that before the elevator doors
or gratfngs are opened removable metal
guards consisting OF four metal posts
three feet in height shall De inserted
in sockets in the sidewalks at the four
corners OF such doors, connected by
chains or bars so that all sides of the
openings shall be guarded except the
side next to the curb
Tax Collector Smith urged the COM
mittee to adopt a resolution TO mark
excess taxes on unsecured personal
property involving the payment of less
than cents as paid on the assessment
books Smith explained that the taxes
were collected under the old rate Of
1903, whereas the rate for 1904 was Is
cents more. 1t would necessitate send
ing notices TO $4,000 househOlders who
would owe the city less than cents.
and the expense of collection would
be more than the sum OF SS602 20 be col
lected. The committee was favorable
to the plan but postponed action for
one week.
B. Hayes was cited to appear next
Monday TO explain his bill OF $3.50 for
moving sixteen voting machines.
The committee sent a letter to Au-
ditor Baehr asking him il he intends
to appeal the case OF the health en-
pIoyes who recovered judgments
against the city
The petition of F. D. Jones for a
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
wass Estate Distribution

The application of Isabella Wass.
widow Of Dyson D. Wass, for a par
tial distribution Of his $3.50. 600 estate
was granted in part and postponed in
part by Judge Murasky yesterday. The
widow receives ESQ shares of gas and
electric company stock and five of
the ten $1,000 bonds of the North
Shore Railroad owned by the estate.
Her attorney, T. c. Van Ness. gets
$4,000 for his services. The distribu-
ton was opposed by D. c. de Cola
and Curtis Hilyer, both acting for
Frederick Wass, the brother, an in
competent His application for res
toration to competency will be heard
tomorrow.
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Exports br the Kosmos Liner.

me German steamer Ammon OF the kos
NOS line sailed yesterday for Hamburg and
way ports with a general merchandise cargo
-aoen e. this port and conslgned principally
% tne ports of call on the west coast of
-ttlral and south America The cargo which
Included some large shfrne-ts - S,,-@-,ls =
ports was valued st S75. 726 70 be dfstribIited
= -r.ioFs for Mexico. $3.50. Central Amer
ME setasi Germany. as 136. Holland $500
Alt l..-oNins were the principal exports
vine. 2te pkss potatoes Is crts onions "a
rs canned goods. II 81 salmon s55 ibs ham
alo hacon. lb pkgs paste 903 lbs spices 21s
lbs raisLns = rses fresh fruits 2s cs / M
Lllor. cs mineral water q. 637 feet f1nber
80 l6s talloN. y cs arms and Ammunition
6 drugs 80 cE coal oil. y bales bags 3
@ boots and shoes coils rope 25 pkrs
peints and oils l5I pcs 19 bdis pipe. 49 pkez
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Captain Is Exonerated.

EEree sailors from the schooner Vine soon
stler her arrival yesterday from Eureka. en-
tered complaint al the office OF the Charles
Nelson Company. owners OF the vessel. against
captain Noe. the Vine commander They
charged the skipper with having nsvigated his
Fesse. IN a reckless manner and accused him
l- being under the influence of liquor. con-
s-UeL - the form of straight alcohol. through
uEr rle passage An Official from the com
paUT boarded rhe vessel ana after strict in
es--=etlCl reported the charges against Cap
tain Noe without foundation The Vines
mate leit the vessel Just before she sailed.
and. unable 20 get another. Captain Noe had
nobody 20 share the responsibility OF handling
-Ie vessel
We are not only satisfied that there is
nothing il the charges preferred against Cap
ain Noe said James Tyson. vice president
rt the Charles Nelson Company, yesterday.
--tur We are well pleased with rs management
~ g difficult task The Vine made q splendid
r-r arrived here IN good condition and her
papers and Captain Noes present appearances
satisfy Us thar he has II no way abused the
Conscience ne repOse IN him Case dismissed
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Beadneu to Command Coptic.

Captain Prank E. Besdneu Is On his way
from England 70 this port 70 take command
of the Ooci6eussl and Oriental Steamship
Ccmpany's liner Cortic. Captain Bse6neil vas
for-uerly CHEZ of1oer of the Cop1ic. be was
ir command q the liner during the Interval
between the zine Captain Kinder resigned and
the arrival here O. Captain Armstrong. whose
recent death "a Yokohama has once more
created g vacancy tie Kid ship, as the
Coptlc has been known during her service out
here. CAPITA In BeEdreu Is one o. the youngest
Fiyip-ers in the White Star service and has
won his prOmotion demonstrating his cspec1t ty
FOR command and showing his ability 20 nj
fhs szscting Requirements of the highest rank
81 the merchant marine with dignity snd
an
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
FORECAST

The storm has moved rapidly southeastward.
and is central of the Washington coast
Rain has fallen from Eureka and the upper
Sacramento Valley northward
The pressure has fallen rapidly over the Pa
cific slope.
High southeast winds are reported from the
Golden Gate northward along the coast. The
following the maximum wind velocities:
Farallon Island, 30 miles per hour from the
south; Point Reyes, As southeast; Eureka -
southeast, and North Head A southeast.
The rain viii probably extend southwark
into the northern portion or Southern Califor-
MIA by Tuesday night.
Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty
hours ending midnight, November Is:
Northern Celifornia-Rain Tuesday; brisk
to high southerly wind.
Southern California-cloudy Tuesday prob
ably rain in northern portion; fresh southwest
wind.
NeyadR-Rain or snow Tuesday.
san Francisco and vicinity-Rain Tuesday;
brisk to high southeast wind.
Los Angeles and vicinity-Cloudy, preba bly,
showers Tuesday; light southwest wind
Sacramento and vicfnity-Rain Tuesday.
Fresno and vicinity-Showers Tuesday.
@. H. WILSON. Local Forecaster
Temporarily In Charge.
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nails and spikes. 6 pkgs machinery. 81 bdls
p bars iron. 1S bdls I DC steel
To Central America-lel2 bbls -four, 1000
lbs rice, cs whisky. L cs canned goods 20
pkgs fresh fruits. 80 pkgs potatoes. 10 pkgs
groceries and provisions "A 6S1 II lumber.
30 carbOys acid, $50 lbs soda 400 pcs sewer
pipe co cs coal oil $4,000 lbs cement 15 pkgs
nails ard spikes IS bdis wire. 80 rails. q
tar. "a bdls iron. 80 pkgs paints and oils,
pkgs electrical goods. % pkg machinery.
s. bars steel II bbls lubricatinS oil.
To Ecuador-5OO bbls -four, 20 cs salmon,
9255 u lumber 165 coils rope
To Peru-240O lbs malt 80 whisky, "A
cs canned goods, 10 c. salmon. 4 bdls broons.
! cs leather
To Chile-263o 8 canned salmon, $3.50 lbs
malt 1898 lbs dried fish.
To Germany 196.z15 lbs dried prunes,
- 5e5 IDS cascara saErsda, 10 cs canned fruit,
To Eolland-500 cs canned fruit
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
Police Boat for south Seas.

~. A. Boole a sons are building a I25-ton
gasoline schooner for the German Government
Lle vessel Is fer service IN the South Seas,
where L. Viii be used & police boat II the
B. ITS cf the ksiser's tropical possessions The
s1Lcorer VIII be los feet long and, although
equipped with a. 125 horsepower gasoline en-
cine. VII he heavily spared and have wings
.srEe enough 70 insure Independence Of aux
lliarv power. Cou-uo6ious otdcers' quarters
urfI - provided IL the after end of the boat
and TIE epace usually set apart for cargo viii
De- fitted Cor the of the native police
ne building IS now well under way and the
vessel VIII be completed b. the end o. the
year.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
A Cargo for Honolulu.

The bark r. p Rithet was cleared vester-
DAY for Honolulu with assorted cargo
valued az S42 7e2 ard including the following.
- hblE -four. 226 cts wheat 6765 ctls bar
icy ! ctls oats. - ctis corn. II. s92 lbs mid
oiings 29ls bales hay. 1888 lbs bran, 1852
lbs meals. 20 600 lbs salt. 4Oo4 lbs beans
- go lbs rice, 455s gals wine 2IO cs assorted
canned goods Z243 lbs dried fruit. 2gT5 lbs
nuts. % pkgs paste 793 lbs hams 20 cs table
preperations. ~ gals vinegar. 900 lbs coffee
80 lbs tea 1000 sis 100 bbls cement. 9O9
Ehss paints and oils. 12T pkgs tank material,
54se lbs soda, JOY lbs alum 10 bbis tar
- pkgs machinery $50 cs 50 kegs blasting
p'Woef. y cs blasting fuse. 10000 ibs fertil-
iheI - pkgs millwork. p coils rope 125 bxs
s.an, ls boots and shoes 100 bdis shingles
u'' Ee-s elsttlote. l25 gasoline, - pkgs
paper bdls hroons. loo bbls lime.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
Charera.

The French bark Na-guerfte DoIlfus is char
tered Tor wheat from this port 70 Europe a.
2zs &C.. German steamer Cermanfcus general
merchandise from Seattle 70 Japan and China
British steamer Quito rails from Puget Sound
O. Japan. schooner ?. :. Redfeld lumber from
Puget Sound TO ToDolobaznpo, Mexico.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
The Overdue Iast.

ne vessels oa the over6ue list are quoted
for refnsursros a. follows: Gsrmaa snip
sireue. IS per cent: British ship Troop. 25 per
cert: No-EeEian hE-k Kim. 40 per cent. and
Tts1ian shsp Shsuir. Q per cent
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
Ared Farmer FANS Overheard.

O. ?. 1.slrnss, 3 7o-year-oid farmer. visiting
b TIA city. tainted yesterday on Hovard-
Etreet wharf and fell into the bay. he was
actsrEsrd cared for a. the Hz-bor Hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
Rou0h Wesxber for Aztec.

he Psotnc NAL conpany-B treighteT Aztee,
Wh1ch arrived yesterday. rEenty-three days
from Moi, encountered BoazrhssEterly gales
throughout the passage. S6s brought 1850
tons % cozl
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
NEWS OF THE OCEAN.
Matters OF Interest 10 Mariners and
Shipping Merchants.

ne French bark GensrsI de Negrier was
cleared yesterday for Hui, England with
8 GO cts barley valued ~ $40 900 and eq9O
cts wheat valued a. SIS 900. The vessel also
carried =. 600 feet q lumber as dunnsEe valued
e. $3.50.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15

permit TO bufld a spur track on Har.
risOn street, between Nineteenth and
Twentieth, was referred to the Street
Committee
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15

ASKS SPECIAL LETTERS. Charlotte A
Moore yesterday petitioned for special letters
OF administration upon the estate Of Arthur
w Moore stock broker. who died November
6. The stocks and bonds belonging to his Gus
TONERS are in a box at the California Safe De-
posit vaults and cannot be removed without
an order of court
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
Prunes for European Market.

The KoE-os liner Lrnu1on. which sailed yes
tsrdEy for Hamburg. carried q large shipment
% California prunes for the European market.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED.

ARRIVED
Sunday. November 1s
Schr Jennie Griffin. Gibson. hours from
Bolinas.
Monday. November IL
L S stmr Hugh MccuIloch. Rogers, 40 hours
from san Pedro
stmr Aztec. Frazier. % DAYS from MoiL
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
To Inspect Theaters.

The members Of the Board OF Pub
lie Works will within the next few
days make a thorough inspection OF
the local theaters to see that the fire
ordinances are being fully complied
with. This is an indirect result Of
the work OF the Grand Jury in ques-
tiOning the Commissioners regarding
the protection given the public. 1t il
said that some OF the smaller show.
houses have not complied with ths
regulations and Commissioner
SChmitz announces that the permits
of any found to be breaking the law
will be revoked ar once.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15

BRICK Broke HIS sKULL~-NlIchas
Brennan yesterday sued Riley & Hook. build
ers and contractors for S1O.5J0 damages be-
cause his skull was fractured BY a brick fall
ing from a scaffoldinS on a building which the
firm was constructing. TIE accident occurred
September Is.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15

addition TO the soundings Of the United States
Coast Survey Charts except when minus O.
sign precedes the height and then the number
given is subtracted from the depth given by
he charts. The planesof reference is the mean
1f the lower low waters
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15

NOTE=In the above exposition OF the tides
the early morning tides are given in the left
hand column and the successive tides Of the
day in the order OF occurrence to time; the
fourth time coi1mn gives the last tide Of the
day, except when there but three tides
sometimes occurs. The heights given are In
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
Time Ball.

Time Ball.
Branch Hydrographic Office, L. s. N, Msr-
chants Exchange. San Francisco Cal.
November IA 1904
The Time Ball failed to-day
j. c. BURNETT
Lieutenant U. S. N. in charge
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15

sun, Moon and Tide.
United States Coast and Gsodetic Survey
Time and Height OF High and Low Waters
at Fort Point, entrance 10 San Francisco
Bay. Published by official authority OF the
SUPERINTENDENT
NOTE=The high and low waters occur At
the city front mission street WHARF about 25
minutes later than Fort Point: the height
OF tide is the at both places
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
Weather Report

C12oth Msridian-Pacino T1me)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14-5 ?. m
ne following maximum and minimum tenn
.tures are reported for the previous day:
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San EfANCISCO ..--....-.-.......oZ .oZ-oz
The following are the seasonal rainfslls to
date, as compared with those Of the same date
last season. and rainfall In the last twenty
four hours.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-17
Out Of Politics.

There viii be two vacancies upon
the bench Of the New York court Of
appeals to be filled at the election in
November Judge Parker has resign
ed in order that he might accept the
Democratic nomination TO the Presi-
dency. Judge Celora Z. Martins
term viii expire by the age limit.
There are at present two supreme
court judges serving by appointment
as judges of the courf Of appeals.
They are Edgar Montgomery Cullen.
Democrat. and William f. Werner,
Republican.
The suggestion is pressed by some
of the leading journals Of both par
ties in New York that Republicans
and Democrats unite in nominating
Judge Cullen to succeed Judge Par
ker and Judge Werner to succeed
Judge Martin. The effect of such
action would be 10 leave the present
political balance of the court undis-
turbed. What is more important,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-17

a printer by trade-unil recently a
compositor on an evening newspaper,
and a groom in a nobleman's stables
when typesetting was slack. Still
another member of the cabinet was a
miner, a third an umbrella maker, a
fourth a farm hand, a fifth a machin-
list, a sixth a reporter.
The country as a whole-regard-
less of political faith-joins in honor
ing these men who have gained emf
nence by their own efforts, and whose
ability in debate is universally recog-
nized however much their statesman
ship may be questioned. The paradox
Of the situation, according to indie
pendent thought, is that the very men
who thus. in their own persons, illus
trate the equity Of the existing social
order are most bitterly in quarrel
with II.
There is, however, a grave question
whether the labor party has not
weakened rather than strengthened
itself by assuming control of the cabi-
net The situation in the Australian
house is peculiar. Sitting on the
ministerial side are twenty-six mem
bers, the total labor strength. Seated
on the opposition side are forty-three
members. The twenty-six labor men
have one leader. Their forty-three
opponents have two leaders. In other
words, labor is only in nominal con-
troll of the government, and that be-
cause the opponents of the political
labor movement cannot agree among
themselves.
Holding the balance of power be-
tween the two factions, labor was
able to make many advantageous
deals-to sell its support for legisla-
ton which II deemed Of immediate
necessity. But now labor itself is the
dog with the bone, while the oppos-
ing factions of the opposition are
squabbling over the empty dish.
It is not difficult to see that the
present situation puts premium upon
the coalition of the conservative ele-
ments That this will happen when
the labor party attempts legislation
out of the ordinary seems reasonable,
and when such a combination is ac-
complished, the labor party Is likely
to find that by gaining Office it has in
reality committed political suicide
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-17
THE FATEFUL SECOND TERM.

There were cheers throughout the dis
trict,
They were lOudest in the hall
Where they'd nominated Hogan
For assemblyman that fall
How thcyyellcd when some one shouted
Have we finished with him yet2
we have not. Hell run for President
In a year or two. you bet!'
As for Hogan. modest Hogan.
He declared in accents firm:
VERY well. But I'm determined
To decline a second term"
Twas q woman's rights convention.
All emancipated fair.
From the Rio Grande to 'Quoddy.
Were invited to be there.
As they heard their Madame Chairman
Their enthusiasm spread.
TIL. Wen put you in the White House
II you'll only run" they said.
As for seasoned Madame Chairman,
She rebuked ambitions germ,
And declared: ION one condition,
That there'u be no second term"
See the parents at the cradle
OF the households daily joy
IT'S a bouncing, cooling, h5ping.
Almost-talking baby boy.
AS the family nurse bends Ger him.
Fondly watching him at play
She remarks: The little darling,
Hen be President some day.
Then the baby sits bolt upright.
Gives an Introductory squirm,
And exclaims with quick decision:
But IN take no second term!
Arthur II. Folwell, in New Eorl
Sun.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-17
The Georgia Burning.

No excuse of extreme provOcation
is valid in extenuation of the fright
full vengeance that was taken by a
Georgia mob upon two negroes, who
had been found guilty of numbering
the Hodges family and burning their
dwelling. The law had acted prompt
ly in this case. Two convictions with
sentences Of death to be inflicted on
September 9 had been secured.
BY Us Interference, the mob not
only enthroned lawlessness, but may
have actually thwarted justice, for,
according to the protesting sheriff,
the testimony of the men who were
tortured to death was needed to catch
and convict the other members of the
gang which was responsible for the
killing of the Hodges.
Two wrongs never made a right,
and never will. This Georgia case
will not prove an exception to the
rule The lynchers accomplished a
flendish purpose, but they have
neither safeguarded their homes nor
proved their own manllness. They
have simply augmented brutality, and
given expression to an intolerant
hatred, which can only plunge into
still deeper tragedy a situation al
ready of almost unbearable horror.
The single bright spot in all this
wretched and degrading business is
furnished by the bold resistance Of
fered by the practically defenseless
State troops to the purposes Of the
mob. The wisdom of the officers, who
placed on guard at such critical time
men whose rifles we're not loaded,
and who failed TO station outside the
Jail sufficient guards to prevent the
crowd from approaching the building,
may well be questioned; but Of the
devotion to duty of the citizen sol
diers themselves there can be no
question. According to all accounts
they fought boldly with their useless
weapons and resisted manfully even
after being physically overpowered
by greater numbers.
Governor Terrell of Georgia, who
was told of the burning on the train
which was taking him to st. Louis
said that he was surprised, and added
that he did not know what ne should
do He will probably do nothing
although the authority Of the State
vested in courts Of law and in the
officials of those courts, was deliber-
ately defied and nullifed by a mob
whose lust for blood had not even
the excuse of deferred justice to JUS
Try its existence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-17
The Issue of Personality.

Speaking from a non-partisan point
of view, THE Congregationalist"
takes occasion to warn the Democrats
that they are in danger OF over
reaching themselves if they make Mr..
RooseveIts personality the main is
sue o. the campaign
1t is his peculiar blend Of qualities,
The Congregationalist' goes on TO
say, which has endeared Mr.. Roose-
welt to the American people.
They like him because he has
originality. forcefulness, and courage.
and they cannot see that his much
maligned impulsiveness' has inflicted
upon the Republic any great detri-
merit during the last three years. m
deed, considering his makeup, he has
shown a remarkable adaptability 10
political situations and party de-
mands, although no one can fairly
claim that he has been a partisan
President"
Moreover, The Congregationalist
thinks that If the issue of personality
is raised, it ought to include, besides
the leading candidates for the Presi-
dency, the men closest to them, who
would probably become their asso-
ciates in carrying out the plans of
the new Administration. 1t adds:
About Mr.. Roosevelt as his closest
friends and advisers are men of the
type of Secretaries Hay and Taft, ex-
Secretary Root, Senator Lodge, Chair
man Cortelyou, President Nicholas
Murray Butler, TO enumerate no
others. Apparently Mr.. Parker's
warmest friends and the ones TO
whom prominent positions would be
given in the case of his election are
ex-senator David B. Hill, William F.
Sheehan, Senator German, Thomas
Taggart, August Belmont, and Others
who are fifty characterized by the
term politicians rather than states
men"
This is disinterested counsel. II
is suggesuvely true that Republicans
are content to have the comparison
insisted on, either between the candi-
dates themselves or between their
chosen advisers and political fami.
liars