New-York tribune., 1908-12-13

mere technicaIi-5es have exhausted public patience
This last RUef trial consumed fifteen weeks and
q small fortune, the jury was locked up
for weeks and maintained a hotel Ruefs law
yers employed every device TO waste time and OBJ
tain exceptions On which they base hope for new
trial. The jury oUI rweury-tOUr hours. and
three men tried hard 10 cause a disagreement but
they failed as the majority forced them TO agree
20 The verdict The result VIII be great gain for
san Francisco. Il viii convince the country that
the great body Of the people here are IN strong
sympathy with the graft prosecution and that there
Is 70 sympathy with grafters.
The launching Of the big collier Prometheus at
Mare Island q week ago VIII be remembered BY
many the guests long after the ship has gone TO
the scrap heap This IS because thousand guests
who partook OF the luncheon were taken III with
ptoulatne poisoning and the lives OF more than
z score we're in danger. Governor C5illett III
and his Itte threatened One waiter Of the COM
pany OF fifty men who went from this city 10
serve the luncheon has died from the effects OF
the poisoned food. The State Board CT Health
has begun an investigation. Samples OF meats
served we're found 70 be infected with bacteria
One Cf the worst features Of the case was the
severe illness OF about sixty little children in an
orphanage near Vallejo who were treated 10 the
remnants Of the feast
The curious poisoning case OF Henry Boes still
remains a mystery. Walter Wilson. his solicitor
and collector. has been arrested and experts say
his harwriting strongly resembles that in the let
ter TO Boas which incIosed powders that Boas took
for indigestion and which proved TO be fun OF
s-ychriue The case has excited great interest be-
Cause OF It's unusual features
United States Circuit Judge Van Fleet has issued
q restraining order preventing the Wells Fargo Ex-
rress Company from increasing its rates from tho
East 10 san Francisco N goods weighing rom
5oo 10 1000 pounds. The express company re-
cen+I, announced a heavy increase in rates. and
r,ca1 merchants made e protest which resulted
q, the Circuit Court order. The express com
Us counsel announced this week that the New
vo-Ix Office had restored the CID rates
-on--,-t. were let this week for the shiels eufld
- = tba northeast corner OF Stockton and
[Is2Zu ,+reetz which has been leased to the
-1,-,,t,,re house OF the D. n. & Z Walters Com
- T-bs building will be six stories high and
VIII cost S2Oo0oo
4 -na sDartrnent house has been planned for
+ba .o,,.teast corner Of Powell and California
s+ra.ts 6iagonaIy opposite the Fairmont Hotel
ana directly across the street from ts slIe OF le
University Club
n ". C9lun. one OF the two CoreanS VINO at
- er5 l-,Ied Durham ". Stevens last March.
q, ,,,ss,n- Chm assaulted Stevens as he alghted
from his automobile and Chang. the other C0FeAh'
fred the shotE which proved tataI. NO" ll"'
Chang,s trial has been begun. It Is touho '1iAs
Cnun was liberated on ais own recogni-Aii00 ~H-
quietly left the country.
George L King. who has been WIN tHe GU
many for over twenty years. has been mace So
fary Of the Southern Pacific Railroad CoLipAHS'
al a salary of $1,000 year. This place 'ie'-
ths sec-etaryship ot tweaty-nins sunsiclAIS '~