New-York tribune., 1906-10-28
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
Grand Jwy Ready to Proceed
Against Alleged Grafters.

Against Alleged Grafter8.
San Francisco. Oct 25-The preparation for
the prosecution Of the alleged municipal grafters
has Just received a serious setback In this
city. The grand Jury was drawn under the
supervision Of Francis ]. Henri who convicted
Senator Williams and others engaged in Oregon
land frauds. Mr.. Henri had been busy for six
months gathering evidence which he said would
innriminate Mayor Schmitz BOSS" Ruef. the
Chief of Police and many other officials. Henri
was appointed Assistant District Attorney so
that he might have legal sanction TO carry on
the work Mayor Schmftz is IN Europe Ruef
however, treated the threatened prosecution
jaunty and declared Henri had no legal evt-
dence of graft The anti climax came last night
when Mr.. Ruef appointed District Attorney
by Mayor Gallagher. filed his bond and quail
fed Mr.. Ruefs first official act was to dis
charge Assistant District Attorney Henri and
his next to appoint IN his stead Marshall B.
Woodward. former United States District Attor-
ney for Northern California. Mr. Ruef an
nounced that he would at once proceed to secure
indictments against the leaders of the move
ment in opposition to the municipal adminis-
tration.
Captain Ronald Anundsen Of the Gjoa re-
ceived hearty welcome this week. Two hundred
well known citizens formed the reception COM
mittee. 1t fine sight the little ice
SCARED sloop sailed UP the harbor escorted by
trim yachts and launches. A carload of speci-
mems have been shipped TO Norway. There are
also about three hundred photographs which
have not yet been developed. Captain Amund-
sen has made arrangements to stop at several
Eastern cities his way home where he will
deliver addresses. He expects TO start next
Thursday.
The California Fruit Gamers Association has
bought an entire block at the foot of Mont
gurnery avenue and will build on it the largest
cannery in the world The building will be four
stories high. of reinforced concrete. and its
output viii be 100000 of fruit daily 1t will
employ 2,50G persons.
BILLY" Vice, the well known agent of the
Union Pacific Railroad, who disappeared three
years ago, leaving a shortage of over $4,000,
was arrested this week in MADEIRA and was
brought here for trial. He was released on a
$4,000 bond and evidently counts escaping
through the statute of limitations as he says he
has never left the state. His case is curious as
he has lived ever since his flight in MADEIRA.
under the name of Ryan. For time he was
employed tallying lumber in the mountains but
for the last eighteen months he has been in
MADEIRA and has been seen by hundreds of COM
mercial travellers who knew him we'll He dis
euised himself by wearing a beard. Reports
came here from time to time that Vice had
been seen in Honduras. The PinkertonS finally
ran him down.
The new Palace Hotel will be built of light
co1ored brick faced with stone. and the old
plan of having the rooms face on a great inner
court viii be abandoned.
Chief Wilson, of Oakland, put fifty tramps in
a chain gang TO work on the streets. One hun
dred others will begin labor in few days The
chief will next devote himself to cigar stand
ana saloon loungers, and if they can't demon
strate that they have regular occupations
legitimate source of income they will have to
join the chain gang. These measures have
cleared the city Of vagrants 'and have reduced
crime.
Members of the women's Club of Palo Alto
have cleared off a debt of $485 in two weeks by
acting as real estate agents. They took prop
erty to sell on commission from local agents.
The debt was incurred through attempt to
establish a gymnasium.
Repair work WIFI be begun at once at Mare
Island Navy Yard on the Vicksburg. the An
napolis and the New Orleans, and when IL is
finished in about six months, work will be
rushed on the Solace and the Wyoming. The
estimated cost Of repairing the Charleston is
$4,000 and 1t will take one month
sonoma County will send one-third OF its hop
crop this year to England. London firm has
guaranteed Is cents pound and repre-
sentative of the California growers will accom-
pany the shipment. Hops will be sold only
when this representative is satisfied with mar
ket conditions. Hops are selling here at Is
cents while in London they bring 30 cents. The
London firm charges only l per cent commits
sion tho growers to pay all expenses
Senator Clark's railroad reached Beatty. in
the Bullfrog District. Nevada, this week. and
the miners had a great jollfcation meeting. The
new railroad is bringing in many carloads OF
mining machinery and supplies.
The Manufacturers Association, OF Seattle.
purposes 10 organize a mutual fire insurance cor
poration to escape excessive insurance rates OF
underwriters who advanced rates 95 per cent
after the San Francisco fire and show no signs
OF reducing them although the Seattle Council
has appropriated S5OO,OOO to increase the fire
equipment.