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PICKPOCKETS
WERE OUT IN
FULL FORCE
They Had a Gala Day
at the Chutes on
Tuesday.
.Numerous People Robbed
of Their Money and
Valuables.
J. H. Hynes of Oakland Loses
His Purse Containing His
Savings of Years.
PAPER-CARRIER A VICTIM.
The Assistance of Four Detectives
i> cured Without Finding Any
of the Criminals.
There was a hot time at the Chutes
on Washington's birthday, and Man-
Utley was driven almost crazy by
imerous complaints made to him
• .pie who had been the victims of
•kets. In his desperation he
telephoned to police headquarters, and
Detectives Gibson, Wren, Reynolds and
Dinan were hurriedly dispatched to the
Chutes to search out and arrest the
daring thieves.
The first man to make a complaint to
Manager Riley was J. H. Hynes, who
lives at 618 Chestnut street. Oakland.
He went to the Chutes with his two
children, and, being afraid of burglars,
he took $350 in gold with him. as he
thought it would be safer in his pocket
than in the house. He bought his tick
ets at the box office at the Chutes, and
a few minutes later he had occasion to
put his hand in his pocket, where his
purse was supposed to be, and to his
Borrow andamazement he found it was
gone. He at once notified Manager
Riley. who telephoned to police head
quarters that pickpockets were on the
grounds. The four detectives were sent
out to the grounds by Captain Bohen,
but before their arrival the manager
had Feceived complaints from about a
dozen other people.
C. Gray, a carrier for the Examiner,
complained that he had been robbed of
a diamond pin valued at $250. He and
hi.° family had decided to spend the day
at the Chutes, and a few minutes after
he had left the ticket office his wife
drew his attention to the fact that his
diamond pin was gone. He hurried to
the manager and told him of his loss.
Gray said he had advanced $100 on the
pin to a friend, who was going to the
Klondike, and he would not have lost
It for anything-. Before advancing the
money he had taken it to Shreve &
Co., and they told him that he would
fee perfectly safe in advancing $150 on
It. He was sure it had been taken from
him while he was among the crowd in
front i>f the ticket office.
The complaints came in so quick that
Manager Riley was under the impres
sion that every pickpocket in the city
was at the Chutes. John Mann com
plained to him that after he had paid
for his ticket he put his purse in his
pocket, containing $12 50. and a minute
or bo afterward it was gone. Alto
gether twelve people made complaints
that they had been robbed.
When the detectives arrived they
made a hasty tour of the grounds and
arrested two men whom they thought
were suspicious characters, but as
nothing was found on them when
Bearched they were told to make them
selves scarce.
Manager Riley complains bitterly
that when he has asked for the pres
ence of a detective or two at the Chutes
when a crowd is expected the "upper
office" has paid no attention to his re
qu. St. Pickpockets have operated at
the Chutes on former occasions, but
birthday will stand out
ahead ol any other occasion.
Hynes 1 case is a particularly sad one.
He had saved the $350 after years of
hard work, and the loss to him Is al-
Irreparable. He told Detective
■. Holland of the Oakland force of
his loss, and Holland visited police
headquarters yesterday to see if he
could be <>f any assistance in finding
out the man who rubbed Hynes.
Eurekas to Incorporate.
The Eureka Society fur the Protection
of Children will hold a meeting this
evening for the purpose of taking steps
to incorporate the association. This
movement has been contemplated for a
long time, in order that the fines accru
ing on the cases it takes into the Police
Courts may be turned over to the society.
Vnclf-r the State law these fines cannot
be given to any but incorporated bodies.
It is believed there will not be much con
test in the matter of who shall constl
tutp the directory under the incorpora
tion.
Libel for Wet Sugar.
A libel suit was brought in the United
States District Court yesterday by Wil
liams. Dimond & Co., against the barken
tii.f Encore to recover $7500, the alleged
damage to a cargo of sugar taken from
Honolulu to San Francisco on the Encore.
The damage is charged to have been due
to a. wetting by salt water by reason of
the unseaWorthy condition of the decks of
the vessel. M. S. (irinbaum & Co. filed a
similar quit against the barkentine to re
cover $fil4s for similar damage to a cargo
of sugar.
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and painful finger ends, pimples, blackheads, .
oily, mothy skin, dry, thin, and falling hair, Itch-
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AWAITING A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.
A number of vessels could not get to sea on account of the heavy weather yesterday and quite a number of steamer
are overdue on the same account. 9everal schooners went as far as the heads, but when their captains got a good
look at the bar they put about and returned to an anchorage off Meiggs wharf.
A SOUTHEASTER
MAKES TROUBLE
Coasters Could Not Get
Out and Steamers
Overdue.
The Klondike Craze Has Struck.
the Employes of the Mail
Company.
Nearly a Score of Them Throw Up
Their Jobs and Are Going
to Dawson.
The storm along the coast raised con
siderable trouble among the shipping
yesterday. The wheat laden ship Royal
Forth was to have gone to sea. but
Captain cooper did not like the looks
of the weather and remained in port.
The schooner Emma Utter was taken
outside by the tug Active, but when the
captain got a look at the bar he
changed his mind and returned to the
harbor. The gasoline schooner Mary
C. for Bodega, and La Chilena, for
Fort Ross, went as far as the heads,
but returned to an anchorage off
Melggs wharf to await a change in the
weather. The steamer Santa Cruz,
from Seattle; Columbia, from Portland;
North Fork, from Eureka; Arcata,
from Coos Bay; Samoa, from Eureka;
Washtenaw, from Tacoma, and Gipsy,
from Santa Cruz, were all scheduled to
arrive yesterday morning, but were de
layed by the southeaster which raged
outside. The schooner Mary Gilbert,
which has made several attempts to get
away with passengers for Prince Wil
liams Sound, finally succeeded yester
day and will land the miners she has
taken away at Orca station, near Cop
per River.
The steamer Mariposa is to sail to
day for Australia, calling at Honolulu,
Apia and Auckland. At the last min
t accommodation was secured in the
rage fnr fifty marines, who will ar
from Mare Island on the Unadilla
morning. These men will be
drafted to the Bennington and Balti
more, now in Hawaiian waters, in or
der to bring the crews of the men-of
war up to their full complement.
Police Corporal Cockrill had an ex
citing chase after a Japanese on the
Mail dock yesterday. The Jap was
placed under arrest for carrying a con
cealed weapon, and while the police of
ficer was calling up the patrol wagon
the Jap made a break for liberty. He
dodged in and out among the freight
lying on the wharf, and was just pre
paring to jump overboard when Cock
rill caught him by the coat tail and
pulled him down on the wharf. The
Japanese has some friends on the
steamer City of Peking, whom he was
very anxiouf to see. For the last two
or three days he has been bothering
Gatekeeper Ford for permission to go
down the wharf, but it has always been
refused. Yesterday he came down
armed with a big navy pistol, and his
lest followed. To prevent another
?mpt at escape the Jap was taken to
City Prison in Irons,
here is going to be an exodus of em
yes of the Mail Company to the
mdike. Third Officer Thompson of
the City of Peking has resigned and his
place has been taken by J. Marino, late
third officer of the Aztec. Second As
sistant Engineer Venker, also of the
City of Peking, and W. B. Swears, ship
ping agent of the Mall Company, are
all going to try their fortunes on the
Yukon. Miss Clara Strand, the popular
stewardess of the Newport, is to open
a restaurant in Dawson City, and the
Mail Company is now looking for her
successor, aSj the Newport is to sail in
a few days. And it is said that fifteen
other employes have the craze and
have thrown up their jobs to go to the
R! Union Oil Company's tank bay
ler Oleum broke down again yes
y. She Is used In carrying crude
leum to the gas works, and this
me third time she has broken down
since she was turned from a stern
wheel steamer into a gasoline boat.
Yesterday some part of her machinery
gave out, and she had to be towed to
the gas works by a tug.
Trie following graduates of the Mc-
Kevin Brothers' Navigation School
have been granted licenses by the
United States Inspectors of Hulls and
Boilers: As masters — Emile C. Gen
erleaux, Daniel McClean, Charles Ev
ans. C. M. Wilson. William Kendall.
Charles Madeison and George Wes
ter. As mates— E. Behrsing, E. Thomp
son, C. O. Sodardahl, Christopher
O*lsen, S. S. Pedersin, L. A. Gus
tafson, W. H. Davis and Hermann
G. Hansen. By the examining board
of the Chamber of Commerce, as mas
ter, Donald Munchison and John Kir
sten.
A Mortgage Is Not a Title.
A point of law of interest to all incor
porated bodies was made in a decision of
a case in the Supreme Court yesterday.
The Savings and Loan Society of this
city brought action against Fannie Mc-
Koon, executrix, to foreclose a mortgage
on land in San Diego County. It received
judgment and an appeal was taken, the
appellants making the point that the sft
ciety failed to comply with the law in not
fiiling with the Recorder of San Diego
County a copy of its articles of incorpo
ration, as required by section 299 of the
Civil Code. Under this law a corporation
holding property in any other county
must first file a copy of its articles of in
corporation before it can be a party to
any civil action. The Supreme Court took
the position that this law did not operate
in this case. A mortgage is not a title,
and may never be, hence it was necessary
for the bank to record a copy of its cor- i
porate articles. J
THE SAN FRAN CISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1898.
DODGED THE
CONTRACT LAW
One Way of President
Colnon to Give Work
to His Friends.
Harbor Commissioners Divide
Orders to Keep Under
the Limit.
Split Big Contracts and Gave Out
Jobs Without Asking for
Competition.
The plaintiffs in the action of the
Paraffine Paint Company against the
! State Board of Harbor Commissioners
! announced to the court yesterday
! morning that they had submitted their
' case. Then the defense began. There
were no lurid arguments on either side.
The attorney for the plaintiffs simply
said on the opening of the court: "We
rest our case." Attorney Stratton, who
j represented the defense, said that he
would not at this time ask for a non
suit, but he would show to the court
out of justice to his clients that the
statements contained in the complaint
of the plaintiffs were without founda
tion in fact.
H. C. Holmes, the chief engineer of
the Harbor Board, was called to the
stand. In answer to questions of At
torney Stratton he said he knew of no
spruce piles being used in construction
work on the water front since Com
missioner Colnon was appointed to the
bcrard. He explained that piles of dif
ferent lengths were purchased from
forty feet up, according to the uses
that were required of them. Piles un
der forty feet in length were usually
cut from the sixty feet lengths, and it
was shown from that that the piles
used that were not of the required size
specified in the specifications were
short ones cut from the smaller ends
of the l'.-ng timbers.
To the plaintiffs' attorneys he said he
inspected the work of creosoting the
piles, and those he examined were per
fectly treated with the preserving prep
aration. The immediate work of in
spection was done by inspectors hired
by the board, and, though they came
under his supervision, he had to accept
their reports as correct and that the
work was properly performed. He had
rejected some piles that were passed by
them because the work of creosoting
them was improperly done. In the spe
cifications for the repair of the Green
street wharf twenty creosoted piles a
day are called for. The engineer said
the San Francisco Timber Preserving
Company's plant was sufficient Vr turn
out that many properly creosoted piles
in a day. The piles required for the
work were to be eighty feet in length.
One of the retorts in which the piles
were to be treated was only from h'fty
to sixty feet in length. The engineer
said he understood that the retort was
to be lengthened so as to be ready fur
the piles for the job.
The engineer was asked about the re
pairs now being made to the Mission-
Btreet wharf. He said they were
urgent, and told of orders being given
to the San Francisco Timber Preserv
ing Company to creosote 287 piles for
the job. The cost of preserving these
piles will amount to about $4000 The
order was cut in two pieces, and the
first job given to the creosoters was for
100 piles, and a week or ten days later
P. F. Dundon and his friends were told
to prepare 187 more piles for use on the
job. It is claimed that the job was cut
in two and separate orders given for
the work of preserving the piles so as
to avoid the law which requires work
on State structures that amounts to
over $3000 to be awarded only by con
tract on competitive bids.
Holmes was asked further about the
reports of the creosote inspectors, and
as he did not have them with him, a
recess was taken till the afternoon,
when he promised to have the written
reports in court.
Engineer Holmes had the reports of
the inspectors with him when the court
opened in the afternoon. They, how
ever, contained nothing that was of im
portance to either side, and the reports
were read in a perfunctory manner.
"Do you know," asked Attorney
Cope, "why the order for preserving
the piles for use in the repairs to Mis
sion-street wharf was not given for 287
piles at one time Instead of giving two
distinct orders for the piles?"
Attorney Stratton, the counsel for the
defense, objected to this question, but
■the court allowed it, and Holmes re
plied:
' % 'The only reason I can give is that
the orders were given that way so that
each order would be for amounts less
than $3000, and according to law the
orders could be given without advertis
ing for bids."
The witness said the orders for the
preservation of the piles in two or,ders
instead of one were given at the direc
tion of Commissioner Colnon, and it
was done to defeat the $3000 limit law.
Harbor Commissioner P. J. Harney
said he was not a member of the board
when the Slade lumber contract was
let, and he knew nothing of the trans
action except from hearsay. He was
questioned as to his knowledge of creo
sote as a timber preservative, and he
said from his researches in that direc
tion he believed creosote was the best
material that could be used. The ob
ject of this line of questioning, Attor
ney Stratton said, was to show that the
Commissioners had used due diligence
in acquainting themselves with timber
preservatives' used in the construction
under their supervision.
ASK THAT LOW
BE REMOVED
Attorneys Campbell and
Koch File a Sensa
tional Motion.
They Claim He Had No Right
to Hold a Japanese Mur
derer to Answer.
Superior Judtie Cook to Hear Argu
ments of Counsel on the
Subject To- Day.
The attorneys for the Japanese, who
some time ago shot and killed Mary
Costello, a white woman, with whom
he had been living, have decided to test
the right of Police Judge Low in hold
ing the defendant to answer before the
Superior Court and incidentally to have
the department over which he presides
abolished.
Yesterday afternoon they filed a mo
tion to set aside the information against
the Japanese In Judge Cook's depart
ment of the Superior Court. The legal
facts upon which the motion was based
were that prior to the filing of their
information the defendant had not been
legally committed before a qualified or
duly elected magistrate, because Jus
tice Low has not at any time whatever
been a Judge <>f the Superior Court, or
a Justice of the Supreme Court, or a
Justice of the Peace, or a Police Mag
istrate In any town or city.
That under the act of February 23.
1893, which supplemented the act ap
proved March 5, 1889, providing for a
Justice of the Pea< c for the city. Low
was appointed, and that said act of
February 23 is in violation of section
24 of article IV of the constitution of
the State of California in that said act
embraces more than one subject; that
the subject of said act is not expressed
in its title; that said act was enacted
with the intent and for the purpose of
revising or amending another act, and
that the Legislature of this State in
passing said act of 189:'. for said pur
pose did so by simple reference to the
title of the act sought to be amended
and without re-enacting and publish
ing at length the act sought to be re
vised or amended, as prescribed and
provided by section 24 of article IV of
said constitution.
On this ground the defendants claim
that the Police Court is null and void,
and that Judge Low having been
elected thereafter is not a committing
magistrate. The defendants further
claim that at the preliminary examina
tion the depositions of the witnesses
were not taken according to law and
that the defendant was not instructed
as to his rights.
The motion will be argued to-day and
the attorneys are confident of winning
their poin^
The Pinta for San Diego.
Captain Turner of the Naval Militia
has been notified that the Plnta, assigned
by the Navy Department to the division
of the militia stationed at San Diego, will
be turned over to the State within ten
days. Cantain Turner will receive the
vessel and will sail her down to her des
tination. He will be accompanied on the
trip by John T. McMillan of the bydro
gTaphic office, instructor of navigation to
the officers of the Naval Militia stationed
at this port.
Argued and Submitted.
The case of Pederson vs. John D.
Spreckels was argued and submitted yes
terday afternoon before the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals. S. M. Short
ridee appeared for the defendant and H
W. Hutton for the plaintiff. On the trial
of the case judgment was given for the
defendant with costs, and the plaintiff
took an appeal.
ADVERTISEMENTS. *
Many persons canno: take
plain cod-liver oil.
They cannot digest it.
It upsets the stomach.
Knowing these things, we
have digested the oil in
Scott's Emulsion of Cod-
liver Oil with Hypophos-
phites ; that is, we have
broken it up into little glob-
ules, or droplets.
We use machinery to do
the work of the digestive
organs, and you obtain the
good effects of the digested
oil at once. That is why you
can take Scott's Emulsion.
' 50c. and $1.00, all druggists.
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