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The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
WORKS BOARD
MAY SWING Ak
Secret Session Scheduled
for Next Monday
Morning.
Commissioners Then to
Decide About the
Deficit.

Ware the ak, you man drawing sai-
arv from the Board of Public Works!
1t may not be swung so very Tar az
that private conference of the Commis-
sioners next Monday morning, but
where there is a deficit or over SSS4'VOV
as against the appropriation or year
ago Something is liable to drop II
the circle of the ak is limited then
there will be reduction OF the month
ly stipend that will be uncomrortaoIa
to the recipients
At all events the results Of that ses-
sion promise to be interesting IN tne
extreme. and as this department or the
city provides a. living for good many
of the faithful and they are awaiting
the conclusion of the meeting with
more than ordinary emotion
Ever since the Supervisors nxed the
budget for the ensuing year and the
Board of Works was cut quarter MIL
lion there has been speculation as TO
how President Frank Maestretti and
his associates would cut the CLOTH
City Attorney Woodward somewhat
precipitated matters at the special
meeting yesterday when he announced
that a number of his best men were
leaving because they could secure high
er salaries, and he recommended that
at least in one instance a salary be
raised to induce one of the employees
to continue in the position he at pres
ent holds.
His answer came quickly enough
from the Commissioners. who intimated
that instead of raising salaries IL would
be necessary 20 lower them still more
and forthwith the order went forth
for an executive session to be held
Monday morning. at which time the
momentous question OF where to lop
and how TO reduce expenses will be
finally concluded
That there will be reduction of SAL
aries is generally admitted Such
course is far more probable than
wholesale dismissal of men. for the de-
partments under the sway of this board
are all clamoring for more assistance.
Ask any one of the Commissioners and
he will tell you that the course to be
followed is yet undecided, but it is a
safe bet that practically salaries Of all
employees will suffer some decrease and
it is quite possible. too, that in some
of the branches there will be a reduc-
tion of the force Of men employed.
This refers more particularly to the
street cleaning department. and il
would be no great surprise to learn
that some fifty men altogether were
laid OF.
As to the ONCE force II IS stated that
the men already employed have enough
to do and about the worst that can be
expected to happen to them is smaller
salary every month
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
Passeneer Rates Reduced.

The Southern Pacific through Pas
senger Traffic Manager Charles S. Fee.
last night announced a reduction in the
passenger rates al along the Western
lines. The most important item to San
Franciscans is the cut of the rate to
Los Angeles from sl5 to s14 In Cali
fornia the rate up the mountain from
Auburn is reduced from 5 to cents
per mile The rates across the Colo
rado desert along the coast line and
north Of Redding are all reduced The
reduction is made with the purpose of
increasing the population OF the thinly
settled districts in California
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
Expensive Transit for ottz.

City Engineer Woodward has received
. valuable donation. which will help
materially in the rebuilding of San
Francisco. from J oung & Sons of Phila-
delphia, in the shape of an expensive
transit The instrument is one of the
best 10 be had and is the master prod
uct OF the well known instrument max
ers Of the Eastern city. The transit is
especially adapted to municipal survey
ing Engineer Woodward prizes the
gift very highly and believes it will be
OF great service in getting accurate re-
suits
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
PLATE GLASS INSURANCE
WAR COMES TO AN END
New Organization Formed Which VIII
Close Fight Which Has Continued
for uour Yenrr.

NEW YORK, June 15.-The rate war
in plate glass insurance in this city
is at an end and the former rates will
be restored on July i. This is the re-
suit of o new compact which was
formed yesterday at meeting held at
the once Of the Metropolitan Casualty
Company. All of the companies writ
ing plate glass insurance were repre-
sented at the meeting. The rate war
began in 1902. The new organization
will be known as the Plate Glass Un-
derwrfters' Association and will have
the same oflcers as were elected at the
last annual meeting of the commission
compact.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
SUPERINTENDENT LINSCOTT
OFFERED PRINCIPALSHIP
rendered Position FILLED for Twenty
Two Years by ID. c. Clark of
SANTA Cruz.

SANTA CRUZ. June 15-Superin-
tendent of Schools ]. w. Linscott has
been offered the principalship of the
public schools in place of D. c. Clark.
who for twenty-five years has been at
the head of the local school Miss Jen-
ME Anderson, graduate of Oberlin
College, with a masters degree from
Ann Arbor, and who pursued post
graduate work at Stanford University.
is to be teacher of Latin in the high
school; Miss Flora Kern, a graduate
of the University of California, teacher
of German, and Miss Nettie Newman
principal of the Bay View School
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
FATHER TRIES
TO STEAL CHILD
Mother Clings Tightly
to Infant and Wins
the Battle.
Exciting Phase of Di-
vorce Suit That Is
Being Tried.

An exciting scene was enacted yes
terday morning outside the doors OF
Judge Grahams courtroom. when Louis
N vezina sought to forcibly tear his in
fant girl from the arms of its mother,
to whom both children of the unhappy
union had been temporarily awarded
Mrs Vezina, however. clung desperately
to her charge with one arm, while the
other was tightly held by her little SON
Finding his efforts to secure the little
girl were of no avail, Vezina trans
ferred his efforts to the boy, but A B.
Treadwell, the attorney for Mrs Vezina,
stepped between and sent Vezina hurl-
ing across the corridor.
Vezina. who is suing his wife for a
divorce. represented to Judge Graham
that she was a drinking woman and
sought to prove it by the testimony of
several witnesses. Every witness, how
ever, failed ito testify to having seen
her under the influence of liquor. One
in particular upset one of Vezina' s
strongest points by testifying that on
a certain night, upon which Vezina al
leges iphuman cruelty on the part OF
his wife toward their infant girl. he had
seen Mrs Vezina asleep in bed with the
child cuddled N her arms
Cleveland L. = am. one of the many
attorneys for the plaintiff. became quite
incensed at the caustic witticisms
hurled at both himself and his client
by Attorney Treadwel. Upon several
occasions during the trial. in a voice
full of suppressed irritation. he re-
minded Treadwell that the case was not
before a. Police Judge, at which that at
torney would laugh quietly and the case
would be resumed.
During the trial, which was held behind
closed doors. the little girl occasionally
lisped papa" Attorney Dam immedi-
ately called this to the notice of the
court, whereat Attorney TreadwelI re-
marked that nothing could be judged
from that, as that very morning the
child had called him papa" This sally
broke the seriousness of the proceed
ings for moment and even the presid-
ing Judge cracked a smile.
After much argument and Insulting
insinuations on both sides the court
awarded the children to the custody of
Mrs. Vezina until the hearing of the di-
vorce suit on next Wednesday
Ferdinand Peck was yesterday morn
ing granted a divorce from Jennie Peck
on the ground of desertion Peck swore
before Judge Trout that his wife re-
fused to live in San Francisco. He also
stated that when he offered to take her
to Oakland she emphatically refused.
At this his Honor smiled slightly and
murmured, Il can hardly blame her"
But Peck secured his divorce
Suits for divorce were also fled by
Rebecca against Harry Mamm for
cruelty, Georgia against Harry T Bar
Der for failure to provide. and Jane
against George Dillenberg for extreme
cruelty.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
Want. to Explode BLASTS.

Mrs. Emma O'Donnell of s00A De-
visadero street filed petition with the
Board of Supervisors yesterday for
permission to explode blasts for grad
ing purposes in blocks Z and s of Noe
Garden homestead, between Douglas
and Homestead. Twenty fifth and
Twenty-sixth streets.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
Coal Mine, nrc closed Down.

PITTSBURG, June 1.-THE mines of
Cornell Creighton, McFeH1dge and Nc
Kean Coal companies in the neighbor-
hood of Tarentum. Pa, closed down to-
day on account of the refusal of the
operators to pay the Pittsburg scale.
About 1000 men are idle.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
Protest Arainst Stable.

The Market and Eureka Valley I'm
provement Club filed protest with the
Board of Supervisors yesterday against
permission being granted certain un-
known parties TO have stables on San
chez street near Fifteenth,
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
wills Are FILED.

The will of Henry Fisher was filed
yesterday. 1t bequeaths all real and
personal property to his son Henry.
The will of z. Burckes was filed for
probate yesterday by Lewis Tease.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
Jesse James Son becomes Lawyer.

KANSAS CITY, June 15-Jesse
James. son of the late Jesse James. the
noted outlaw, was enrolled today in
the Circuit Court here as an attorney
at law. James passed recently and bore
the honors of his class. He said today
that within two weeks he would quit
the pawn brokerage business.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
Rndke r. Co..

At 1873 Devisadero St. jewelers. and
silyersmiths. are fully equipped to do
and fill your orders appertaining to
the jewelers. craft.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
Application for Administrator.

Joseph A. Stulz yesterday filed a pc
tition for appointment as administrator
Of the estate Of George Nicholas. alias
Nichols and George p. Tsikrores The
estate Of the deceased is of unknown
value
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16

sternly at Mrs. Niemann as she fai-
teringly stood before him.
Indeed an DON'T she replied: but
1t seems l can't take drop of whisky
for my cramps without bein' arrested
and rushed to tn hospital. Tn tired
of it,
So are the doctors" said the court
and for your mutual relief / sentence
you to three months Imprisonment"
Judge Cabaniss sentenced to execu-
ton the Gordon setter dog belonging
to Henry Harr which had vicfously
bitten the face of little Miss Ratigan,
residing with her parents at 1872
Grove street, and after Mr.. Harr had
spectacularly approved the courts orr
der he went to the corridor and in
formed Mrs. Ratigan that to sentence
a dog TO death was one thing but to
find that dog might be another, where
upon Mrs. Ratigan returned and told
the Judge. who thereupon notified Mr..
Harr that unless the dog were avail
able when wanted by the executioner
he (Mr H.) might find himself subject
ed TO fine which would be more than
the dog was worth
No sooner was that case disposed of
than there approached the bench Mrs
Sarah Brown of 222S Greenwich street.
who exhibited her little daughters
hCSh as CNiQcnCe tDdI IL ndQ Deen
gnawed by John Doe Henry's dog.
breed not disclosed. After the Judge
had intimated to Mr. Henry that his
dog, too, must die of a gunshot wound,
Mrs. Brown requested that the fatal
shot be fired as speedily as possible.
as she feared hydrophobia would at
tack her child If the animal were per-
mitted to live.
The psychological effect of dogbfte
seems to be even more serious than its
Physiological result" quoth his honor.
physiological result" quoth his Honor.
and, your request, madam, shall be
needed"
]. ]. Silver of 221 Twenty-ninth
street alighted from an eastbound
Market-street car at the Palace Hotel
and was instantly Frustrated by new
Winton automobile steered by Herbert
L. Wrinkle. who was then arrested for
battery. After ascertaining that Mr..
Silver's injuries were quite serious also
that Mr.. Wrinkle was exceeding the
speed limit and had only six weeks
experience as a chauffeur, Judge Short
all sustained the complaint and fixed
today for sentence
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16

Handsome stores on Van Ness. See
Bowes- Breuner Co., real estate, 149l
Van Ness ave. near Pine St
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
Choate n Poor Health.

NEW YORK, June 15.-Joseph H
Choate's health is such that his physt-
clan has ordered him to his summer
home in Berkshires with instructions
to take a complete rest.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16

Red Eyes and Evelids--Weak Ewes
and Tired Eyes need Murine Eye Tonic.s
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
PLUMP LITTLE MAIDEN
ALLEGES ROUGH USAGE
Declares She Was Walked Upon by
Purveyor of Mild Beverages.
DENIES THAT SHE WAS AN OBSTACLE
BY JAMES c. CRAWFORD.

Stanford mansion, who stepped into the
vacant place thus created. The little
brown man sought to regain his lost
position by force of arms and had his
face clawed by Mr.. Smiths hands until
its appearance was remotely suggestive
of a colored diagram of the desolate
district.
Arraigned for battery. Mr.. Smith told
Judge Mogan that if opportunity were
afforded him he could prove that his
head was smitten with the bucket in
Imoshis hand ere the facial mutilation
was committed. He was given the op-
portunity right there and then. with
the result that he made good his word
and won dismissal.
In response to unanimous and urgent
request by the police and medical men
attached to the Stanyan- street station.
ment was imposed upon Mrs. Amelia
Niemann by Judge Conlan.
When the same defendant was ac-
cused of drunkenness one day last
week before Judge Mogan it was tes-
tilted that three times within as many
hours the doctors had been called upon
to relieve her of excess alcohol, and
they finally declined to repeat the task,
declaring that it had become monoto-
nous and irksome to them. however
trifiing it might seem to her. So ere
she could refill she was booked for in
Atoxication. but she put up such a pit
iful plea to the Judge that he dis
missed her with the most severe repri-
mand and warning ever delivered by
him.
When she was arraigned before
Judge Conlan yesterday morning Po-
lice Corporal Rainsbury testified that
after a few days of comparative absti-
nence she returned to the old game
and seemed so bent upon keeping the
doctors busy that her rearrest was con-
sidered essential TO their protection.
Twice was the pump applied, however.
before that drastic step was taken.
You must relish being in the hands
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16

The Travellers Insurance Company-s
Permanent offices Monadnock building
4th floor. Life and Accident Insurance
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
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The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
Mrs. Bert Wants A.imony.

Mrs. Mamie Bert, wife of Eugene
Bert, the baseball magnate, has petit
toned the court tp allow her SIS a
month alimony pending her suit for
divorce. She also asks SIS costs and
$3.50 attorneys fees.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16

With bucket in hand, Is Imoshi, en-
ployed at the Fairmont Hotel, had pa
tiently stood in the water line a long
time when he was violently thrust
aside by John Smith, employed at the
Bisbee daily review., 1906-07-10
HOTEL PORTSMOUTH.

South Hill St., Los Angeles. Our location is unsurpassed. Keep checks until you reach house. Will transfer trunk from station free.
 SPECIAL SUMMER RATES. FIRST CLASS CAFE.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-07-10
HER MIND UNBALANCED MESA GIRL LEAVES
 HER HOME
Walks From Mesa to Phoenix, Where Last Seen = All
 Search Unavailing.

PHOENIX, July 9.-Her mind partly unbalanced from a sickness lasting over three years, Miss Lucy Van Meter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Van Meter, ranchers, of Mesa City, got up dressed herself and quietly stole away from home.
 Her absence was discovered about one hour after she had taken her de parture, by her father, who immedi- ately gave the alarm and searching party was formed and hunt began for the missing girl.
 When she left home she wore a black skirt, white waist, old pair of shoes and dark jacket. The girl is of medium height and has an abun- dance of golden hair. She is a very slender girl and is about 25 years of age.
 It is surmised that the girl walked from Mesa to Tempe, as the unfortu- nate young woman was seen in Tempe later getting on the Maricopa train bound for Phoenix. The woman had a little money of her own which her parents had kept for her and it was thought at first that she left home without any money in her possession. However, the young lady apparently found some money at home before she left, as she paid her railroad fare from Tempe to Phoenix.
 The parents of the unfortunate lady are frantic with grief over the girls actions and this morning notified the sheriff's office to the effect that the girl had run away.
 About 9:3O this morning Chas. Col lins of the Welingto saloon tele- honed to the sheriff's office and telephoned to the sheriff's office and informed them that lady whose mind seemed to be unbalanced entered the saloon and said she wanted some fish. Shortly after this message was re ceived, the parents of the missing girl phoned this office and told them that their daughter had run away. The parents were then appeased somewhat by the goodnews that Lucy had been seen in Phoenix, and that the officers would do all in their power to locate the girl.
 Upon the arrival of ". D. McBrayer, Deputy Llankard was then called upon to assist in locating the woman, and together they started out to make a systematic search of the city. A man was also put on guard to watch the railroad depot.
 The search continued all forenoon and no tract of the missing girl had been found since she was last seen in the Wellington saloon. It is surmised, however, that the young lady went to some friends house whom she knew, and as 1t is obvious that she must have been much fatigued from her long walk, informed her friend to that effect, and was probably told to lie down and rest
 Nevertheless, the'men who all fore noon have been diligently searching for the woman are hopeful that she will be found before nightfall.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-07-10
ROOSEVELT COPPER DAM HAS BEEN CAUSE
 OF DELli
Lack of Silt in the River Pre- vents Its Being Made
 Water Tigbt.

PHOENIX, July 9.-Nhile in the city yesterday, Engineer L. c. Hill, in charge of the governmert reclamation projects in Arizona, was questioned by representative of the Gazette con corning the delay in beginning work on the dam foundation.
 Mir. Hlll had expeci d that work would commence befort this and yes terday he explained l. , delay. Odd as it may seem he attr. 0utes it to the continuous rains of the spring and late winter of 1905 wi ! the rains of the following months 3 ling.
 It, of course, seems strange to the unobserving that rainf. | that has long since washed away aai is now min glling it's mite in the lters of the Pa cific Ocean or the GHf of California or the Salton Sea. who most of 1t has gone for more than a ear, could have any effect upon the cC-.s .struction of the Tonto dam.
 The sun. most ey gybody knows, draws water aaid tn falls again in rain. Is that the S dtion? No, MT. Hill had nothing 10 about the wa ter drawing capacii! the sun. Every body knows in fac hat if the sun Las again picked ul he waters that fell here in the pas it has not been dropping theia on l-e Salt River watershed
 The whole story ) Es in the condi- ton of the ranges, the presence :of grass and weeds alC the Salt River watersheds due 0 e rains of 1905 and early this year.
 The Salt River for a long time has been carrying praci -cally little silt. The rains formerly U5ed to cut many gasheS in the mouI ain sides, some of them only a few iaches deep and a few inches across and others several feet deep and too broad for horse to leap. The washouts made the tur- bulent Salt a murky, silty streams. But since the grass has sprung up all over the hills there is practically no cloudburst effects, no washing out on the hill sides, and the water that comes down the stream carries no silt. .
 Golfer dams, as has been stated, have been built below and above the dam leaks. Until it has been made water proof by the silt deposited in its leaks work cannot be started on the dam. The water being clear there is but little silt consequently work is de layed.
 The removal of the silt from be- tween the dams has not been sarted though the hydraulic pumps are en- gagged in pumping out the water. As soon as the upper coffer dam becomes tight enough to divert all of the water through the sluicing tunnel work on the dam foundation will be started.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-07-10
TIE BlsBEE REEWBIsBE

back to Missouri this fall and chop wood for half the chips. Dick says chips are going to be chips this win ter.
 Among other disappointments en- countered by the reporter is to pry around and ascertain the names of seventeen ladies at the depot and pre- pare to give them a parting compli- ment, only to learn that they were all down there to see pet pug properly ensconced in the baggage car for transportation to Bisbee.
 One old drunk got his trolley tangled last night on mescal and rep resented about the only business be- fore his honor Judge Mcdonald this morning.
 Jose Estrada, who tolls at the Cop per Queen smelter, is in the tolls for appropriating an account book. Jose was taught at his mothers knee to carry a brand new testament, but de- parted from the holy admOnition and had bottle in one pocket and a deck of cards in another and the aforesaid book along with bunch of cig papers in another, all of which will probably
Bisbee daily review., 1906-07-10

Zion City is said to be bankrupt Have Dowie's pockets been searched? --Walla Walla, (Wash.) Union.