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The San Francisco call., 1908-09-30
AK PREPARED TO
end CASfY'S RULE
Commissioners Day and Eagan
Will Eliminate Appointees
for Good of Service

Several heads will fall into the off,
cial basket at today's meeting of the
board of works. Commissioners Day
and Eagan have prepared a list of
Casey appointees whom they have de-
cided must be eliminated for the good
of the service.
1t Is known that the slaughter will
partment, where Casey has planted
many of his personal and political
friends There will be no great num-
easiness in the department will not end
with today's fatalities.
After acquiescing for some time in
what has been practically the one man
rule of Casey, Commissioner Eagan an
nounced yesterday that he supposed
even a somewhat tardy adherence to
the charters provisions and spirit
would not be amiss.
Although he holds his ofice at the
pleasure Of the board and was an early
appointee of Casey. Secretary Loughry
is in no danger OF losing his place. His
work has been satisfactory TO all the
commissioners.
Some members of the clerical force
who have confided rather too strongly
In the lasting quality of the Casey as
tendency are now fearful of the ak
but 1T is not probable they will suffer
at today's session.
Eagan and Day were reticent yester-
day as to the. action to be taken today
but it is known that a beginning will
be made with the work of ending the
one man regime of Casey
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-30
FULTON IRON WORKS
CLOSES ITS DOORS
Creditors Committee Named to
Convert Into Cash Corpora
tion's Available Assets

The Fulton iron works one of the
largest foundries in the west, yester-
day closed its doors. 1t was announced
by James Spires. manager and princi-
pal owner, that the affairs of the COM
pany would be wound up. >That the as
sets of the corporation were more tLan
ample to meet all obligations was
stated by Spires.
This action comes on the heels of
many rumors to the effect that the Full
ton iron works would go into liquida-
ton, and is not much of a surprise to
the business world 1t is understood
that among the principal creditors OF
the concern was the Fair estate. Rep
resentatives of that interest partici-
pated yesterday in a nesting of the
board Of directors at which 1t was de-
cided to shut down the works.
A committee of creditors was ap-
pointed by the board of directors II
will be the function of this body to
convert into cash all the available as
sets of the corporation. Those named
for this committee were: frank p An
derson of the Bank of California, II. J.
Horton, Horace Coffin, James Spires
and A. Heynemann.
"Our debts will be paid dollay- for
dollar" said James Spires yesterday
I'VE have more than enough assets to
meet all obligations, and in addition
we believe we will have some left To
divide A number of causes are re-
sponsible. We felt we could no longer
make any money, SO decided to shut
down the plant"
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-30

Eight jurors were secured yesterday
on the first day of examination of
veniremen in the trial of E. A. S.
Blake, charged with trying to bribe
John Martin Kelly, a prospective jury
man in the Ruef case. District Attor-
ney Langdon and Assistant District At
torney Robert NJ. Harrison appeared
for the prosecution, while Blake was
represented by Attorneys William
Schooler and Carl Lindsey.
Judge Dunno checked an attempt by
the attorneys for the accused jury
'fxer' to drag into the examination
the names of many prominent persons
who have expressed an opinion in the
prosecution of grafters. He let Lind
sey, who did the questioning, proceed
so far as to mention the names of
Rudolph Spreckels and James D. Phe-
Ian, but when he sought to mention
also with slurs the commercial insti-
tutions with which these persons have
been identified Judge Dunno called a
halt.
At the opening of the case in the
morning Attorney Lindsey argued for
the dismissal of the Indictment on the
novel ground that his client had not
been indicted under a provision of the
code which was stringent enough.
Lindseys contention provoked a broad
smile throughout the courtroom and
finally he withdrew his plea and the
case proceeded. The claim made by
Lindsey was that Blake should have
been indicted under section 80 of the
penal code instead of 95. Section 90
makes jury tampering felony, while
the latter section makes the offense a
felony or a misdemeanor in the dis
erection of the court.
That there is widespread belief in
San Francisco that attempts have been
made to fix" the Ruef jury became
evident as the examination proceeded
Practically every one of the several
dozen veniremen excused were chal-
lenged for the reason that they had
formed an irrevocable opinion as TO
Blake's guilt.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-30
WANT FIRE YARDS PLACED
SOUTH OF MARKET STREET
Mission Promotion Association
Will Appear Before Conn
miSSionerS

The executive committee of the Mis-
sion promotion association will appear
before the fire commissioners at their
meeting this afternoon to advocate
the location at Tenth and Harrison
streets of the corporation yard for
the fire department. Appearances in
dicate that the. commissioners have
a leaning toward a North beach loca-
ton, and the Mission association will
plead for south of Market street Ioca-
ton
The association accepted the invita-
tion of the Oakland merchants ex-
change to attend meeting Of that
body October 6 and speak in regard
to the Islais creek project. Indorse-
ments of the inland harbor bond issue
were received from the Glen Park i'm
provement association, Sunnyside i'm
provement club and the Civic league
w. F. Smith, chairman of the Devisa-
dero street Improvement association,
made a request that the Mission asso-
citation take up the matter of the pro-
posed crosstown car line. No action
was taken upon his request The mem
bers of the Milk Improvement associ-
alton of this city will deliver an Illus
trated lecture on pure and impure milk
in the hall of the Mission association
Monday, October 26.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-30
WANTS RAT GUARDS
KEPT ON VESSELS
DR.. Rupert Blue Urges Continu-
ance of Precautions to
Guard Against Disease

Although the government has given
the city a clean bill of health, DR.. Ru-
pert Blue Will urge that every precau-
tion be taken to prevent an outbreak
of disease 1t is his belief that the
measures in force along the harbor
front should be continued for some
time. He pointed out yesterday that
1t sometimes happened that the disease
lay dormant for many months only
to reaper when safeguards had been
withdrawn. Tenders and rat guards
are now in use on the ships that enter
the port and DR.. Blue will recommend
that no change be made in these regu-
lations at this time.
We have not found an infected rat
in two months" said Dr. Blue yester-
day afternoon, but I believe that we
should use every precaution to guard
against the temperance of the disease.
The plague has been stamped out at a
cost to the government, the city and
the people of San Francisco of 81 ,000,-
600, and 1t would be folly now to with
draw all safeguards for the sake of the
few extra dollars they will cost. Rather,
should say. make this small expendi-
ture now than go through the long
campaign again with its heavy cost.
Il think 1T would be wise to continue
the use Of the tenders and guards so
as to prevent the rats from moving be-
tween the ships and the shore. The
complaint has been made that the
expense is bur6ensome to some of the
small ship owners, but in that case the
state coulG provide the tenders"
DR.. BlIs has informed members of
the consular corps of the fact that the
port of San Francisco has been restored
to normal basis for traffic purposes
with other points in the United States.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-30
MRS. LINDA III. BRYAN TO
BECOME A BRIDE SOON
Prentiss Hale Secures License
and Wedding Will Take
Place Next Week

Much interest was awakened in the
social world yesterday when it became
known that Mrs. Linda Hoag Bryan and
Prentiss Hale had secured their mar
rage license latee Monday afternoon.
The charming matron had chosen I'D to
this time to keep the date of her mar
riage a secret, and the younger smart
set had been on the alert to discover
just when it would take place.
The wedding will be. solemnized next
week and the final arrangements COM
pleted only a few hours before the
event takes place. AS Mrs. Bryan S
mother and her three children will be
the only witnesses of the ceremony, she
is not under the necessity of definitely
selecting the exact hour and place until
the actual day of the wedding. She
will wear a handsome gown of bottle
green cloth and black picture hat
Immediately after the ceremony Hale
and his bride will leave for motor
trip In Hale's new touring car, visiting
points OF interest in the state. When
they return to the city it will be to oc-
cupy furnished residence here, pend
ing the erection of a handsome home OF
their own. They also will build q
country bungalow on the peninsula
where much entertaining will take
place.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-30
BADLY INJURED MAN
is HIS OWN WITNESS
K. Milicevich Sues Union Con-
struction Company for Per-
sOnal Damages

Totally blind, barely able to walk
and with ugly gashes on his head and
face, X. Milicevich, formerly laborer
in the employ of the Union construc-
tion company, appeared as witness in
his own behalf in the United States
circuit court yesterday in damage
suit brought against the construction
company.
The testimony of the witnesses
called showed that Milicevich was all
but fatally injured while digging a
Milicevich struck piece of dynamite
with his shovel. causing an explosion
by which his legs and arms and sew
stroyed, in addition to suffering nu-
merous decorations. He sues for $780,
72175. The defense is that Milicevich
agreed to assume the risk when he ac-
cepted employment
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-30
POlYGAMIST WILL
RETURN TO CHINA
Henry T. Bosmon, Hongkong
MultimiIlionaire, Will Not
Fight Deportation
Gives Interesting Interview on
Domestic Position of His
Two Wives

Despite the fact that he is multi
millionaire, member of the LEGISLATURE
OF the British colony at Hongkong anu
a member of the highest social circle
in China. Henry Thomas Bosmon Will
not be permitted to land in the Unlteo
States. and neither will his two wives
nor his children Bosmon was to have
appealed from the decision of the local
immigration examiners yesterday
but after his attorney had examined
the immigration departments reguia-
tions Bosmon stated yesterday that ne
realized that an appeal would be use
less.
The immigration officers notified Bos-
mon and his attorney yesterday that
he would not be permitted to land,
Bosmon does not claim to be subject
OF China. He is a British subject and
high official in the Hongkong colony,
which is under the rule of England and
has been since about 1851. Bosmon is
now In the care of physicians at the
German hospital. having furnished bonds
to the Pacific Mail steamship company
for his appearance on the day set for
his deportation by the officials at
Washington. His two wives and his
children are also in the custody of the
steamship company.
Bosmon explained his stand on polyg-
amy yesterday and his story is SUBJ
stantially as follows:
The worshiping of ones family Is
one of the leading tenets of Confucian-
ism and in order that mans family
name may live forever polygamy is per-
mitted by Chinese society and, in fact
1T Is part of the religion. Polygamy
Is practiced in China as means OF
perpetuating the family name In my
own home the taking Of a second wife
was. suggested by my first wife, who
according to the Chinese custom and
religion, desired that there should be
descendants to worship at the family
shrine.
The position of my second wife is
just as sacred as that of my first wife,
and In fact my second wife is looked
up to and revered by my first wife as
the one to whom honor is due for per-
petuating the family name. I realize
that must return to China and shall
obey the order of the United States i'm
migration officials and leave when the
instructions come from Washington.
While waiting for the order I shall
avail myself of the medical treatment
which San Francisco physicians can
give"
Bosmon's health is in a precarious
condition and the federal physicians
who examined him on the Korea Sun
day state that 1t would endanger his
life If he was Immediately reported.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-30
CHINESE GET FARE
HOME BY A TRICK
Coolies Working in Mexico Per-
nit Themselves to Be Ar
rested and Are Deported
Many Make Annual Trips
Across the Pacific at Gov
ernment's Expense

That the Chinese coolies have been
using the deportation clause Of the ex-
clusion act to secure free transporta-
ton to the flowery kingdom has long
been suspected 1t has been left to
an itinerant photographer from Grants
Pass, Ore. to confirm the suspicion.
The photographer is H. S. Sherman.
He has been travelling through Sonora,
in Mexico. making pictures and arrived
her yesterday on the steamer Curacao.
Sherman is an independent gentleman
with an aversion to neckties. He trav-
eled steerage on the Curacao and had
ample opportunity to- cultivate the ac-
quaintance of a score of Chinese who
travelled on the steamer from Mazatlan
to Ensenada- A good American, Sher-
mans sense of humor is greater than
his patriotism and he confesses with
a chuckle that he laughed all the way
from Ensenada to the Golden gate at
the joke perpetrated by his celestial
friends.
WORK IN MEXICO
The Chinese had been working at
various industries in Mexico. Some of
them had been in the mines. others had
been engaged in business and all were
well provided with money. Sherman
QeSCIlDeS tneH as Iuo DcSt ueeleu
crowd 1 ever travelled with" They
were going to visit their homes in
China. With some 1t was an annual
visit. They had all been over the road
before and they all laughed when Sher-
man expressed surprise that they
should leave the Curacao at Ensenada
instead of coming on to San Francisco
Then they took him into their con-
fidence. From Ensenada 1T was an
easy walk. they told him, to the Ameri-
can line and an easier undertaking to
cross the line Once on American soil
all they had to do. was to put them
selves in the way of a United States
rest them, provide them with food and
Chinese laborers in the country with
out certificates, an order of deportation
and free transportation back to China
by way OF San Francisco. Their money
they were to mail from Ensenada to
themselves in China, retaining just
enough to insure their not starving
until Uncle Sam assumed the role OF
host
ARE DEPORTED HOME
The machinery of the immigration
service works with the regularity OF
clockwork and some of the Chinese
said Sherman, had been home by the
deportation route so often that they
knew to within a week the date OF
their arrival at Shanghai.
When we get ready to return" they
told Sherman, I'VE come direct to Mex
leo, but we always go home by way OF
the United States"
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-30
VIM. ROCKEFELLER
BACKS HARTMAN
Brother of "Oil King" Enabled
Magnate to Secure 1887
Miles of Railroad

William Rockefeller, who will ar
rive in the city tomorrow. despite the
fact that his name is overshadowed
by the tremendous personality of his
brother, John d. Rockefeller, is looked
upon by financiers as the greatest fac
tor in Wall street today
He is the financial representative OF
the Standard oil interests and no
money can be loaned on any enterprise
or purchase made without his sanc-
tion. 1t is through him that E. H.
Hartman was able to build up the
great transportation interests of the
control of 32,SS7 miles of railroad.
When he was a familiar figure on
Wall street he picked out Hartman as
the one man whom he could trust and
took him into his employ.
Hartman worked with William
Rockefeller for several years, prac-
ticaily unknown, until the Standard oil
people branched out more actively into
the business of railroad buying, and
Hartman was intrusted with the work
of adding to and rounding out their
transportation interests.
BOUGHT OUT "sILENT SMITHr
has been large holder in the Chica go,
Milwaukee and st. Paul. It is one Of
his pet properties and when Silent
Jim Smith" sold out his interests in
that road William Rockefeller paid
$4,000 900 for it, giving him control.
Since his acquisition of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul it has been
improved physically and closer rela-
tions established with the Southern Pa
improvements has been the extension
to the coast, and the Chicago. Milwau-
kee and st. Paul Sis now in Butte.
Mont, and is expected to reach Tacoma
shortly. Whether 1t will build into
California is not known.
Arrangements have been entered into
already for a trans-Pacif1c service
from Tacoma, for the Hartman inter-
ests show plainly that they intend to
maintain control of the Asiatic busi-
ness by having two gateways, one
from Tacoma and the other from San
Francisco. while a third is not beyond
the scope of their powers.
SOME RAILROAD HOLDINGS
William Rockefeller made it possible
for Hartman to establish what are
called the Hartman lines He began
with the purchase of. the Union Pacific,
and since that memorable day when
every railroadman was surprised at
the news that the Union Pacific had
purchased the Southern Pacific, Har-
riman with William Rockefeller's
backing has rounded out the Standard
oil railroad properties until then are
as follows:
Southern Pacific, 5.971 miles; Union
Pacific, 3,095 miles; Oregon railway
and navigation company, 1916 miles;
Oregon Short Line, 1896 miles; San
Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake line,
1.075 miles; Illinois Central, 4,371
miles; Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul, 7,1s6 miles; Central of Georgia,
1913 miles; Erie. 2.169 miles; Lake
Erie and Western, 719 miles; Baltimore
and Ohio 3,446 miles; Cananea. Yaqui
and Pacific, 200 miles and still build
ing, making a total of S2,Ss7 miles.
Besides these lines there are hold
ings in the Santa Fe, the Illinois tun-
mel company with 90 miles Of under
ground track in Chicago. ownership
of the Pacific. Mail and the Morgan
line of steamers from New Orleans to
New York.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-30
8 JURORS PASSED
FOR BLAKE TRIAL
Many TaIesmen Excused for
Opinion as to Guilt of ALI
legged jury "Fixer'
Court Checks Attempt to Drag
Names of Prominent People
Into Case
Jurors Temporarily Passed to
Try E. A. S. Blake

Cornelius Daily, 10 VicksburE
street, retired.
William Grasshoff, 321 Scott
street, deIicatessen.
Nell {. loft, 40 Weller street,
retired coal dealer.
Isaac R. Jacobs, 567 Hayes street,
household bazaar.
Joseph Kahn, 1216 Gcary street,
stock broker.
Alexander v. Watt, 63 Haight
street, insurance broker.
John p. FIannery, 27O3 Howard
street, grocer.
Thomas Blanchfield. $50 Oak
street, contractor.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-30
EMBEzzLEMENr is CHARGED

Warrants were sworn to yesterday
for the arrest OF NJ Walk of 567 Folsom
street and Edward Stern. whose address
is not known. by Joseph Kelly, a col
hector, on a charge OF felony embezzle-
ment Itis alleged that these men drew
two 500 checks on the States savings
and commercial bank. the checks being
drawn in the name of the Metropolitan
light and power company. Walk was
arrested, but denied any knowledge OF
the matter. Stern has not been located
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-30
skookum John

This famous Indian Of the Rogue
River valley. In Oregon, opposed in vain
the advance of the white men. TODAY
MS trail IS crossed and recrossed by the
automobiles of the victors over
the wilderness. The wonderful deveI-
oDmsnt which they are bringing to pass
IN SKookum Johns country is vividly
Sunset for October ~
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-30
MODIFY QUARANTINE RULES

ASTORIA. Ore. Sept. 2s.-The quar-
antine officials at Astoria have received
word that the quarantine regulations
Francisco have been removed and
henceforth all vessels from that port
entering the Columbia river will nor
be obliged to enter quarantine unless
some Infectious disease is discovered
on board. -