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5 rr zt a 6 SJK it1 Ul is TAKING EVIDENCE WMAN ii 1 1 1 1 a 9 CASE nritE fact thafeaprimary election waV held in this 1 on August9tli last has been established bv the prosecution after nearly a week 6t obstruction tactics on the frarfc of the defense in the case of harles Vyman chargedith fraudulent yotinff I he faking of direct testimony began yesterday with Fairfax Wheelan on the stanbl and testifying positively to haying watched Wyinan cast the I fraudulent vote vo Prosecution Begins the Introduction of Testimony Relating to the pacts as Alleged in the Complaint HE trial of Charles Wyman charged with felony lit having fraudulently voted the name of 8 II Mann at the primary elec tion of August 9 1904 opened its second week before Superior Judge Lawlor and a Jury yesterday After week devoted to the Introduction of documentary liroof that a primary was held the facts In the case were reached yesterday Fairfax Wheelan was the principal witness and tola of the copying by Wyman of the name 3 Mann from a precinct register and his voting under that name The defense is setting up that the whole proceeding Is one of factional politics and that the prosecution Is but an attempt to send Wyraan to jail po that the United independent Republicans of the Thirty ninth Assembly district may gain control in that subdivision The stuffer atmosphere was tome what cleared yesterday by a report that Adolph Steffens the fireman who 1s charged with having voted the name of Charles A Crew In the Seventy third primary precinct will plead guilty and possibly turn States evidence Steffens case was set for trial on next Thursday It being the Intention to have it fojlow that of Wyman Steftens has been abandoned by the ballot and deposited it In the bo wa maae to stand up and was identified Dy wneeian wiw said jThat is the man A man IDENTIFIES 7 WYMAX DUNSMUIR HAD GREAT THfRSt Flfteenor Twenty Gbcktails a Dav Said to Have Been Rey quired to guench iu BRICKLAYERS i CONVENTION Cordial Welcome Extended to DelegatesFrom All Parisof United Sjates and Canada 1 PC Wheelan also fully Identitted Wy man as the man who made the fraudulent entry in the roster and cast the ballot The cross examination of Wheelan by Countryman was mostly oil the line of politics The attorney clalmedthat this was no a legitimate prosecution but a persecution having for its purpose the gaining of political control of the Thirty ninth Assembly dlstrlcU The Merchants Assoclatipn was placed on trial for having undertaken to purify politics and the defense sought to make it appear that the real offender was that association which had contributed special counsel for the prosecution and not the ballot box stuffer himself Wheelan aaid that he was born in San Francisco in 1S56 and his father was Peter Wheelan He wentto the polls of the Seventy third primary pre clnct on the morning of August 9th the interest of the United Independent Republican Clubv6f the Thirty ninth district of which he was a member and In the Interest of good cltUenship What do you mean by good citizenship sneered Countryman who Is the president of the Maestrettl Club In the district I mean in opposition to Mr Ruef fulmnustration and particularly by the is matters now stand Then make It iaesireui gang and it is said that a point to he feels this most keenly While the administration isworklig night and day to clear Wyman and even obstructing the prosecution in its efforts to secure documentary evidence it has shown a disposition to contribute evidence against Steffcns evidently with the purpose of making him the ffcape Eoat of the wholesale fraudulent voting at the August prtmary Should Stiffens become a witness for the people he would undoubtedly lift the lid go to all primaries and work for what I conceive to be the best thing Reference was made by Wheelan to Maestrettl as the bpsi of the Thlrtyr ninth Countryman wished to know what a boss was Wheelan said that a book might be written on the subject A district boss was a man who sought to elect delegates to conventions who were under his control sending only those he caiv use The boss also parcels out the loaves and off a large kettleful of administration fishes of patronage among his lieuten offerseB in connection with the recent elections MAESTIIETTI TAKES FAIIT Fairfax Wheelan the principal complaining witness was called yesterday afternoon and his direct examination conducted by District Attorney Bylngtoh For thef flrst time during the trial the Jury sat up and took notice Even Maestrettl took a more active part frequently advising Lawyer Countryman in the conduct of the cross examination for the defense Wheelan told that on August 9 1904 hd was at thepolHne place of the SeventySeventy third primary precinct 2805 Bush street near Baker He saw the defendant Charles Wyman In the booth at about 4 Wyman was seated at the table The witness recalled the names of five election officers who were present at that time and said that Merrill the Judge was not present Wheelan next told of Wyman copying tbelname of Mann out of the preolnct register into the roster What did Wyman have In his possession He had a roster of voters on the table before him What wa ho doing with the rosterr He was copying lntolt a name from the index of voters Wheeiana attention wa attracted to the following entry made in the roster Mann I607B Post street Rep By whom wai thLi handwriting mader By Charles Wyman The defendant in this case Te Wheelan further testified that this entry waa made in the roster by Wyman while the witness was stand ing intht doorway of the booth at a distance of three or four feet He aw Wyman wltM ithe Index before him and his arm resting upon the roster deliberately copy the printed name and addreeev lie thought it strange that a man should hot know his own name and had to copy it Wheelan here Illustrated Wymans position while writing Subsequently he showed the relative positions of Wyman ana himself District Attorney Bylngton sitting at the table The voting booth was a small back room of a grocery lt dimensions being about ten by tweiva feat RECEIVES1 A BAtLqT Tht witness resumed that after Wyman finished writing he received Republican ballot and retired into one of the stalls used by voters for mark ing their ballots He received the ballot from Mr Podd the yballot clerk The number of the ballot was 31928 Wheelan madeia note of this In his memorandum book at the time Wyman remained jin the stall about a minute and isame out with his ballot folded and handed it to SllHrstein who tore off the number placed the ballotIn the box and aaid voted Wyman gave the name Mann when he handed ttheballot to Silvemtein Wyman left the booth arid walked a few steps toward Baker street when he stopped1 and entered Ihto acon veraation with Joseph Doyle When left thabooth Wheelan Hooked at his watchV and stheitime was 405 oclockThe witness also made a note of th4s tlmei lrisbook The memorandum hooktbathas but Buch an Important flgurerin1 this case was handed tbvtbeVvWUhes jS wfaprtpro eMdeatoiodkfprtbenilea At flrsti he waaunablestol find them and remarked I thlnktthepagethas been renioYed sinca Irilef tJt fwith JudgeCabanisa rThet were jcuftoua JookacxchanKva imthe courtrodmr bat ftneither the Judgenor the lawyers spoke Jnthe momeht of suspense that followed the allencej being broke by Wheelani who exclaimed 4 fNo7 1 takemall bacKiHere It Ian JThe witness read the pntrles which 5theleetlWoWerV JoaepJ Itoylle jsraft Jrj ibo hobtbYpUrtlcrthe hraaywrlUngnat theUtaband Edar Wheeiani Wsf son was hre all jh7 JUVfrsteihybq Oook a uduienif ants Wheelan was closely questioned as to Cassldy Pedlar and otHer members of his club Countryman asked If a circular had not been issued during the last campaign by the Roosevelt Club of the Thlrty nlplh district charging Cassldy wlth being the Jury fixer of the UnltedRailroads Wheelan replied that he knew of no uch charge The witness said that he did not know of any relation between Maestrettl and Wyman Until after the fraudulent voting by the latter when he was told the defendant was Maestrettia bartender BOARD REGARDED A HOPELESS The Merchants Association was the next subject of inquiry by the defense Countryman wanted to know how much they had contracted to contribute to the prosecution of Wyman Wheelan said that he believed the as sociation had agreed to pay the two special attorneys eacht and that Theodore Kytka the handwriting expertexpert had been paid 100 There might have been soma payments to Detective Miles Bolger The speech of President Frank Symmea at the banquet of the Merchants Association was adverted to and the Merchants Associa tion treated generally as though It was guilty of a felony in having sought to have Justice meted out to ballot box stuffers Why dldyou not challenge Wyman at the time he voted waa One of Countrymans questions 1 Because I regarded an election board that would permit a man to copy a name from an Index and vote it a pretty hopeless board to appeal to Wheeiana cross examination had not been completed when an adjournment was taken John Qulnn the lawyer and associate of Thomas Itlordan chalrr man of the Republican County Committee Ideritifled the signature of the latter to an affidavit attached1 to a call for the primary of August 9 1904 IDENTIFY ROSTER Alfred Ullenfeld foreman of a recent Grand Jury Identified a roster and soma affidavits of registration that had been In the possession of that body during Its Investigation of tha election frauds committed in the Seventy third primary precinct of the Thlrty nlnth jdlstrlct LUlenf eld testified that the roster was In his possession until be gave It to Police Judga Cabanlss lniCourtiwIth the exception of about five minuteSfrThis brief space waswhlle the roster was being photographed and during that time Qrand Jurors Otto Jungblut and Milton Esberg stood gdard5 over It Jungblut gaye similar i testimony Deputy Registeriiot Voters Joseph Strand iwas recalled and gave additional i testimony In respect to his taking of Wyman affidavit of registration jTv Pollca Judge Ceorga HvCabantss identified the poll iist the i ostervfand other paraphernalia of the primary in the Thirtynlhth district liisedjas Evidence during the brelmilnary hear ing of the Wymantcase in hislcourti He also Identified Fairfax Wheelan a memorandumbookin which that complaining witness had noted the details of Wymans fraudulent voting Charles Ej jMerrill who Jwasudge Of election lntha Seventy third iprl mary preclnctX was ariunwilllng witness While Merrill had affixed his signature to both the poll and tally list an45theXenvelopai in IWch theyvha4 oeenreturnedtQ the jRegmrar or yotersjine aald that he r8upposeq those nnnHi Ajlin fhav nrAr ithntvn hlmftwrere the same he had aigned TheefehsitindertCKlt0tvtMWlt ness ip testuy mat pa did not see WyjniahYoteVat all ortAugus sthi JUt an uoge susiamea an objection HIS LIMIT WAS WHEN HE COULD DRINK NO MORE 1 PemarkajJetTestlm6nx Corix cernlng theBlbuous Capacity of the Bon VivaW of 4he OlderSan Francisco The dimensions of what was termed a good old fashioned thirst were taken under learneffAConslderatlon at the hearing oftheDjJrasmulr casebe forecthe British Conaul Oeneral yesterday when WHHam Greer Harrison a witness for the beneficiary under the will and a former president of the plymplc Club testified thateflfteen or twenty cocktails was the dally average Of a typical San Franciscan during the last decade The parched throat of Alexander Dunsmuir at any rate used to require that amount of amellora tlon so the witness said and he did noi nun jjunsmuirs paiate excep tional Harrison was called to prove that notwithstanding the allegations of the will Dunsmuir was not a resident of Ban Francisco Did you ever have any conversation with Alexander Dunsmuir about the question his domicile asked Attorney Luxtoh The witness replied that In 93 when Dunsmuir was asked to contribute to the support of an entertainment in the Mechanics Pavilion palled the circus maxlmus he had said that he did not consider himself a Californlan but a Britisher and so could not be expected to subscribe to a local entertainment Did he tell you where his home was He always spoke of Victoria as his home Was Dunsmuir the only Britisher who did hot whack up when asked to contribute inquired Sir Charles who represents Joan Olive Dunsmuir I flont remember that he was And you have found both Americans and Britishers fertile in excuses when asked for subscriptions have you not continued the lawyer The witness admitted that such was the ase AN OLD FASHIONED THIRST It appeared that his British affiliations did not prevent Dunsmuir from Joining the Pacific IJnlon giub though the witness was exceedingly clever In catching the drift of the questioning and avoiding cunningly prepared pitfalls Did you think that his buying a house for the wpman who became his wife indicated a change of residence I thought It was a very proper thing for him to do What and have his own home la another place I thought It might have been so on account of his health What was the matter with his health We thought he was not living In such aJJy to et ne best out of life What were the circumstances Simply that he did not appear at the Club He led a luxurious Ufe What do you mean by a luxurious life Oh you know what luxury is He took no exercise and he had a pretty Jong old fashioned thirst Ah And it was this thirst He used to like his wine his whisky and his beer and Did not that long thirst have Something to do with his physical condition You wont get me to sit In Judgment on Alexander Dunsmuir Is it not true that he waa a very heavy drinker I never saw him drunk It was the habit then of drlnklns as he did EverjV MJv uiwMt mxniy cocxiails a To to si BJSBBBSJBBBS SBBBBBBBBBBBBBsHI BBBBBBSiSBBBH BvBvBvBvBvBBBaBBW 4 3BvSB SSSSSSSSSSBSSSSSSnlk BSaSl SjBJJSBJJSBJJSBJJBjJSW 1 JBJjBJjM bbbLbLbHP aLbH bbsbbbsbbbsbbbsbbbjbsS 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subsequent to 1S98 in which Dunsmuir spoke of himself as a resident of Vlctorls though he thought that such conversations had taken place After his introduction to Mrs Wallace It appeared that Dunsmuir had gradually ceaied to frequent the rooms of tha Olympic Club dropped out of tha sight of his former associates and lived at home Where was this home Boraewhsre on Jackson street believe -He kept close to his home Yes With his wife I did not say so With the woman whom he afterward married The ensuing cross examination by Judge Coyne was acrimonious it being at times difficult to tell which was the Inquisitor and which the qulxxed Harrison was especially offended by Coynes strenuous manner Dont raise your voice he protested It Jars upoi mr sense of harmony He also took exception to Coynes physical condition telling him In answer to a question aa to whether Dunsmuir was well preserved that thelJudge himself dldnoticomeupto hlsideal In that regard and that jie would JlkeNnothlngso much as to put on the gloves with him ilh the gymnasium of the Olympic Clubl Dld helshoiw theVinflrmlties due to heavy5 drinking persisted Judge Coynei He showed the Infirmities due to hlsiageiTsf i i iThls question awas bandied back and forth atleastaVdoiehStlmesiali Lways with tha samej result HTCTqALLMiHIM Mjax SuriJrheatBroolce idleywfip put in the electrlQ light plant In7 the now famous house at San jLandro did Iriot prove an ihtlfestlng witness It being next to impossible to make mm answer questions or any sort Drandot Trealdent of Stato Conference of Brick layers and Masons International Union 0 BRldKLtAYERB and Masons In ternatlonal Union of America opened Its thirty ninth annual convention yesterday morning lnPioy neer Hall About 350 delegates representing as many cities of the United States and Canada assembled at the headquarters at the Russ House and were escorted by tne committee pi arrangements headed by a band of eighteen pieces marching in columns of fours up Montgomery street to Market to Fojirth to the convention hall President Edward Rainey of the local union called the assemblage to order and welcomed the visitors to the city by the Golden Gate whose citizens are proud he said to be hosts of the International body He predicted that the delegates at the close of the convention would return to their respective homes bearing testimony that the reputation of San Francisco for hospitality was well deserved The people of this city he added would leave nothing undone to make the stay of the atranger in the city one of pleasure and perhaps of profit Rev George Adams of the First Congregational Church delivered the opening prayer and FatherJoseph McQualde of the Church of the Holy Redeemer the opening address The Mayor welcomed the visitors on behalf of the city Brandon president of the California State Conference delivered the address of welcome on behalf of the bricklayers of California and amplified the welcome extended by President Rainey of the local union He stated that he proposed at the convention held at Trenton one year ago that the convention of 1905 be held In San Francisco because a visit to the Coast by so representative a body of wage earners would be beneficial alike to the local unions and to the trade movement He predlcted4 then that a trip to California wouia prove a liberal education to a considerable number of delegates as to the extent and resources of the country From many expressions he had already heard he felt that he had net been mistaken Briefly he told of the phenomenal growth of California He also spoke of the formation of the local organisation a quarter of a century ago and of its struggles to advance the cause of organised labor During the twenty years preceding our affiliation with the international body he said our local has had no quarrel with Its employers Nsver once did we call a man off his work We always manage to arrange our differences after the manner of rational men He then paid an eloquent tribute to the master builders and masons of San Francisco and of California Ha urged that the convention give to the Bute branches mere encouragement and a greater degree of legality to their acts In closing he assured the delegates that everything pertaining to the comfort and pleasure of the visitors will be provided and when the delegates shall leave Ban Francisco they will carry with thsm the remembrance of the most delightful visit to this city with but one re gret that they could not tarry longer that It was the desire of the local body to make the thirty ninth annual con vention of the organisation the most memorable in its history President William Bowen of the International union and other officers responded to the welcome The committee on credentials made Its report and the delegates were obligated with out a single contest ne papers need ed for the transaction of the business arrived late In the afternoon and all business was deferred until to day when the convention wllj he resumed bun nrro and boiled ALONG STOEET CAB A brewery wagon driven by John La Frenx of 661 Twentyrflrst street was run Jnto by a Turk street car at Tunc and Leavenworth streets yesterday morning and Li Frens was hurled Into the street He was rolled over and ove several times and when he waa picked up If was found necessary to summon an ambulance from the Central Emer ency HospltaL There Dr Heraog at tended to a fractured right shoulder blade and contused woundsof the back arms and shoulders 4 tbriaV wasnt he laugbed Attorney scupper DECLINES TODISCUSS VCARQUltiEZ BRIDGE Says fastBlockadeof Orange CropTWifl Not Be Repeated othingPecidedjn Si erra Tunnel or Electric Cars i kruttschnltt director of Maintenance and operation oC all the Harriman lines returned to this city yesterday morning froni hla Eastern trip upon which he startedneariy six months ago His trip wae largely one of inspection of the lines under hla cognisance and also for the purpose of consulting with JB Harrlman and attending to other matters per taming tothe roada He has much of interest to tell about but joomparatlve lyltttle of moment such matters as the i Carqulnex bridge electric suburban lines and the Sierra tunnel be ing tntatu quo that the blockade pt the orange crop which has troubled California grower past years need not be apprehended this year We have now caught up with the stalled freight said be last night in his rooms at the St Francis Hotel and as ws are receiving additional locomotives rapidly there need be no fear of a repetition of the past trouble The delay in forwarding the orange crop in the past has not been due to lack of cars but to lack of locomo Uvea We have had cars enough but when the resources of the roads were taxed most it was found necessary to drive locomotives to the farthest extreme We have had our shops busy repairing engines that were so badly worn out from steady usage that they had to have new crown sheets and tubes and other radical repairs In the last three months we have put seventy five engines througtb the shops ORDERS NEW LOCOMOTIVES While in the East I ordered 100 new locomotives 78 new day coaches 6 dining cars 5 observation cars of the overland limited type and 14 baggage mall and express cars An order has also been placed for 1000 new stock cars and 600 box cars for the freight traffic The Sierra tunnel and electric suburban railway propositions continued Kruttschnltt in answer to questions are still as they were Both have been under consideration for years but nothing decisive has yet rjW rk ej JL A 3 fTV A 1 1 1 fi rrtBJEatt0rne for Msxork4 Co admitted tist7iif a hM Wiiaa4A flavnvnAttvn rnf ia Board ohSunerviiors tht his client was hracU calty bankrupt JBC6 said thejUrnt borrowed weney etk A a AlT a iMiAt mmm J9 JbL A bL ldorsers of its paper refused te continue iiyihat capacity The company he said was in no fikak cial condition to go on with its contract No agree Yspient was reached dWifltiffhIhe committee ese IT pressed a hope that something might be done a yy 3e 1 I 7 i i 3 i Contractor ior BitUminous Pavement Repair Serids His Attorney to i PIeardWith Finance Gommittlee 3 vl rs i Deen done It is easy to build an electric road but when vn nimiiv a oicajii ruau 11 is quite another thing to replace it profitably with electricity The Sierra tunnel has been under consideration for eight or nine years but nothing has been concluded re garding it The Lucln cut off is man ifestly profitable for by its mqans we avoid the promontory require less power to haul trains hauling two trains now where it was formerly necessary to divide the same numher of cars into three trains There is more than 60 per cent saving in power He declined altogether to discuss at this time the gnatter of the proposed Carquinez bridge and said that there was no change In the status of Acting General Manager Bancroft Mr Kruttschnltt Intends leaving the city the end of this week eoinsr East over the Central Pacific TORKE CO eawfot go on with the repair of city streets because they are financially embarrassed That in brief is the admission and excuse offered yesterday to the Finance Committee for failure to carry put Mb contract Borrowing money to begin Its operations it was anxious to make quick pftJflts and presenting bills whichwere opento criticism the Supervisors stopped payment on them5 The flrmJn copsequerice has ueen una Die io jiquiaate its paper I Alexander OGrady attorney for jo xorae co made a plea for his client He wastold that the committee would overlook a divergence from speclfleaUohsIn the repair of bituminous pavements the company woujd file daily reports of Its work 1 iVt iir Finance Committee had taken up tha matter that morning and It hoped an agreement had been reached Permission was granted to the United Railroad to explode blasts along its right of way for be reconstruction of the California street dummy line to the Cliff but the permit to operate the road with electricity went over for a week at the request of Bexton i i The width of sidewalks ion both sides of Lake street from First ave hue westerly was reduced from nine teen feet to firteen and on Lincoln street was fixed at five feet except at certain points near Taylor ivhera tnt sidewalks were wholly abolished A resolution was adopted giving notice pf intention to change and establish grades on Forty slxthJ Forty seventh and Fortv eUhth II avenues also Fulton street from Twenty fifth I to Thirty seventh avenues Grades Vj A ri and that if sne weeks work was done niaT na eetamisnea at certain or ttrv 0 jiPoints on LlncoIn street I i flh t5 fr i JtDockweiler wass4iwed his tember btll wouldbe paid POrady regular monthly bill for semcest a contended that hls flrrn belieyet it tiexpert engineer in the SprlagValley waa bonvlvant who assisted at Dunsmulrs At63op MTAwver Cduntnrhian thJrst quenchlrig experiments Ha was asked for kh adjournment on the the Government weigher employed at grounditbat he was tiidJndge aw the Jfc punsmulra Sons Cos wharf iurtuquirea qi ineujurymen if 1 tney auuvsu iiovut uru can uunsr ii a iii 7 r4i sSk itiiA as 111 ss LWRTSf resea1 trial with chair LARGE DEAL IN REAL ESTATE The Sale of the Southwest Corner of Grant Avenue and Bush Street Made Yesterday The first real estate deal of this year in six figures was consummated yesterday by Thomas Mages Sons when theysold tha property of George and Madge Fish on the southwest corner of Grant avenue and Bush street extending to Harlan place on the south to the Monroe Greenwpd Estate Company for 1213 000 It haa frontages of 126 feet on Grant avenue and of slxty slx feet on Bush street and extends 1305 on Harlan place The principal improvement is that known as the Ahlborn Hotel a four story and bssement brick and cement building In addition there is a three story brick structure on the corner of Bvsh street covering the space of 12 by 28 feet and brick and frame two story and basement houses on BUsh street The premises are under rental of about 1000 a month The leases are about to expire and It la the intention of the new owner to so improve the property as to increase its Income value jTo this end plans have been made and estimates have been received There are 12000 square feet in the Greenwood Estate purchase About eighteen months ago the southwest corner of Grant avenue and Harlan place 4V by 55 feet was bought for 80000 Opposite on the southeast corner of Bush street and Grant avenue is a tract 69 by HQ feetP which its owners the Flelschakers have under cohtemplatloh the im provement by the erection of a hand som building in the not distant future TJSE TOT AND DA SILVA Wnii BE TRIED JJEXT WEEK United States District JudjfV Del Haverf Vi tHI nf Tj ttnr n1 Wi He meant that his mines weWiEcaS thereV I suppose Chinese womenlnto this country orient tha vou ever have a drfnW witKoal purposes for January 16th rThe iiftir ym 4 attorneys for the defendants appeared niinj if in CQUrt yestrday mornlngi and asked Welli now I would answer that sin ithatnartydateMjeetandfnextMon thlsway He would wait for mevanddaysiwasthqflrst open SV we iWontOfBOwpajMtoonsueiiet had donealljvthatswasjrequlred of it namely to Iwork until Vthe next meeting of rjtb committee JChalrW man DAncona asserted thatfthe com rolttee expected the contractors to not only resumeworkTbpntlna it The flaal Toonctusionr was that QGrady would again submit the mat teV to his principals ajid endeavor secure a decision for presentation to the Board before Its adjournment whichi howeyer he failed do opirriorr our streets City Attorney Longr rsubmitted to the Supervisors yesterday an opinion regarding street acceptance He holds that resolution 82S1 third series accepting Pierce street between McAllister and Golden Gate avenue was illegal because thesewer that block had not been constructed A sewer was ordered laid subsequently by the Board of Public Works and the propr erty owners protested i to being assessed for the cost of it The matter was referred to the City Attorney Who concludes No valid resolution harlnr been passed accepting said street as indeed mo valid resolution could be passed until the iamti fully conitrueted the cost of laying a sewer taereln must be held to be chargeable against adjacent property You are therefore advised that resolution No 8251 third series Is void and that the city Tvot liable tor the cost of the sewer constructed In Pierce street notwithstanding the attempted acceptance of said street by said resolution This opinion will doubtless be accepted by the Board and the property owners alike fc HERBERT SOmilTlBpiSPTITKD In resigning from Jthe Board of Public JWorks Herbert Schmitz brother of thelf ayorJdeclared that he was led to that course because the Supervisors In pursuance of their plan to embarrass the administration had contumaciously refused to allow A sufficient sum of mbneytokeep the streets in good repair and that in consequence Schmltz position on the Board 6f Public Works was made unbearable because of damage suits arising dut of accidents due to the unsafe condition of the thorough fares In reply to this the Finance Committee Presented the following statement that the Board might Judge of the truthfulness of the statement minA 1 For the fiscal year IMt ltOJ ths Board of Supervisors appropriated for the uie of the Board ot Public Worksy 720 the Board of Publle Works being allowed to subdivide this fund as it might deem best During said fiscal year the Board of Publlo Works expended Jn ths repair of streets paved with bituminous rock and aphalti M54 SI Basalt blocks and cobbUii 1718 streets on ths water front i 1M8 ti County roads T4 01 Ban Bruno road 8488 5 Extra amount taken from re sorve fund i 141917 Total i 88V77 93 In ths preparation of the budget of the present nseal year In order to prevent the diversion of the funds from ths purposes tntendsd and to safeguard the civil service system your committee recommended toyour honorable body the Itemization of the appropriations made to the Board of Publlo Works This appropriation approved by your honorable board allows for the reoalrs of streets paved with bituminous rock and aspnaitina sum or ij 40000 Basalt blocks and cobbles vi 0000 Streets on the water fropt 6000 Ban Bruno avsnuv j0M uan josei avenue ia Corbett i avenue i Ocean avenue i i WatervWorkssuIt at I6ad4v rr mm is Officers of Steamer pile 0 Panama Report Finding fte Body of the Padillalowrier Confirmation of the reporj thattosy body of the Peruvian who purchased the gunboat Padllla at Panama andi sailed In her for Callab was plcked pf at sea by the steamer Chile is given in the statement John ifcCQnne4 chief steward of the Qltyot aravithitki he was given the information by ykrj riousofllcers of the CJhile frWlesshaJ was at Panama Thestory qf thelpa dllta and her mutinous ere wot native Colombians was exclusively tapublished In the Chronicle last Bundayimbrn ingi Whenthe story reached Panama that the body of the Peruvian owner of he formed rebel gunboat had been found at sea by the Chile McConhelirwent aboard the Chile and wa4t told by Steward McCarterndvthe imatel tnatf the story was true The Peruvians body they said showed Jjhrevfden stab wounds McConhell Was also shown a telegram at thef isthmus received by a rnan named Clark In the employ of the railroadi stffting that the mutinous crew of the Padllla had killed all the whits officers iThetele gram which came from some pointi south of the stbmus had inl fact first started the report at the Isthmus At Panama according to Officers oft the 31ty of Para and Acapqlco the British Minister had expressed his intention of calling upon hlsf Government for a war ship to search for the Padllla since her commander Captain Hugh Clark was a British subject With him on the Padillahen she left Panama were his jjfe and child The isthmian newspapers had only a brief account of the mutiny on the PadUJa and It is saldthat there wae an apparent disposition on the part of the authorities at Panama td smother news of the tragedy sj AS BILLS pEDtJOED By makl ng a small mqnthiy chart tor the use of our Refulatoi we re dues your bills and keep ypur tips burners and lights In good jeondltion Gas Consumers AsoclatlonH55 Butter at phone Main 717 Established 1878 iTC i EEVEiniE COIlibTIONS The collections for Decsmbsr of the United 8ttttsftInternal Revsmifc office here amounted to 1248111 72 divided as follows Lists 3 97 beer mawi fruit spirits 40mM gralni spirits 1106714 SI exports 235 cigars and cigarettes ia8S7 atsij rsnutf iw tobacco timui special taxes 14508 90 playing cards iljdocumenury sumps ljfcf i i ii ii i it 4h tiataa i jroiiiti rtJPOavonuo i9f View avenue 2000 2000 2 W0 1000 BOO Irc Vi ttnoori considerable funMHaJ work was ovekOPi rit feJTUT Uv4 VJrrit fiuiRVT i as causey by RUfusyanchalcfealfl3 VOiltheseSoccasionsdldyouKhaveJM JuAlt vour abshina matches 1 Beeieyjconauctsa joaginnouse TesP ss rf latUTrFrankUn treetiandpelleveshat flau TnnrrilniW ksVtd day Keeper over uesuwiniiitum vmti Beeurs healthful nutrition Lashs Kidney and Liver Bitters i MISCELLAlTEOtJSII Total vi ii1090p0 Or an flhcrease of X10822 07 beyond the amount allowed by the Bosrd of Publlo Works during the yearlSOS Oi when It had the power to segregate its own funds vi In new construction of streets during the year 190304 Jhe Board orPubllo Works allowed KSAtX i Purlng the present fiscal yesriwhen thet sesrexation of the funds has lhen Iniade iby the Board of 8upervisorsfthe allowance is ziuvw or an increase of fiaOjKsv SHOCKS WTS BEAI9i rfieJjtiufistiorV df atreeta was gone wmen seemeu rainy to aominate the proceedings of the Board of Super vsorsand the thoughts of its imern bers lOneveryhandsdne heard comment lahd cpmplalntrr aboutC the wretched condition of pavements everywhere fj 1 iArlsinglto a question Jot privilege ohr roll caill for resolutions ilbcksde clared that sometblnsr ought td be done to Jmprpve the cdndlUottot the eireeus ne saiq vnai a Woman or his acquaintance stepped ihpai JioJ on OFarrell street and brokevhei leg1 He called attenUon tcv an editorial lnTthe Chrpnlcle oh the disgraceful rcondi tlon ofrthe pavements and remarked that he thought Jthe Supervisors as ner ciy Tainers gugnj 7 Wenat HE BID FAITH i i And It Was Justifiatf i Ihk reply to your letter 7of rteehV datSk will say tnat I am Cured as sound as si dollarc Iv usedf aboutthree of the At ffl cent package I was going to writs you but was holding up to leelfji the piles would give me anyjf urtber troubled ll feel no signs of the piles and believe am curedentlrelyvj had faith In JPyra mid Plle Cure ati the start vtna hi lrh tn thiitmnMl Vnn refer any one tomsx you Jlke I Care lelschman Co Agency at Knoxvllle Tenn it i Tt jSv Is a well rec0gnlsedfaclit that the best advertising vanv article can Lhave Is that whjch i known as 3word of moutbvjv this rightfully carries more weight than all the claims which can be n4h I fnllnv Url 1TIVU with his wide acquaintance will large jm ly promotethersaleand useofcPyramldi bointhe knowkwbereofrhefsbeaksanrt not only advocates ttsuse but does so I 1 3 SlSjBSrsAi will be resumed vthismorninetheewttness averred JO Za unit ffwvi w9tirn irrv nniH in wim wa lnnninir vnn whan ni hitunettr vanilla KXTHdnr jwj 1 1 iiuccuui 1 diob BDSUILU WJ1EIB KUUCUIO U1UUCI IP CV i 0 ythatiall Ws tateresU cwerei ln Wlc used and1 indorsed by jaliaeadlng hotels waa appUed ivt i rf iy i i VJi i 1 rhaImWririidfc Idofnotfsee ivindOsald Comte Wa allow thetnonv iHxAck jthewprkjand thatls asfaraswe can cDAiicona then ewiamed that the soon tell what Pyramid Pile Cure has done or me Wishing you much sui cess I remain JiC sKlnkaldJiMgnVfar with enthusiasm jtliis not to be ttwai dered atisand In nolntof facts cant any one after reading his letter dbubtithati ms remeav cures Pyramid Pile Cre la raoldljydrug gists focthelow price otflftr cents a package jit is in supposttorylsfomtirlis applied directly1 to the vpartalraffected iCAiiji af i anu uues its wora umgaiy ajiq pauuess trsi there no joiner reBjedyiPiust a UM a i nrt wttt and cure of piles Is publlehed mid truKCoMarshli Mich be sent free to any address Xorthe ask lac Wm 1 fem 8FW 31 nm JC fjk.