Original Guatemala Lottery Company
The following are the numbers <Jf the princi
pal prlz«s drawn on the 18th day of February
1900, of. the Original Guatemala Lottery: No.
43348. $4000; No. 4832, $1500; No. 69243, $750; No.
92387, $260. . . • •
KEPNER IDENTIFIES
ADAMS IN THE HOSPITAL
Arrested Man Says He Was Attacked
and Shooting Was Entirely
Accidental.
Gilbert Adams, the barber who shot his
employer, E. S. Kepner, at 44 O'Farrell
street Sunday afternoon and was arrest
ed at Santa Clara that night, was brought
bacK by Detective P. Sullivan yesterday
afternoon. He was at once taken to th©
Receiving Hospital by Sullivan and De
tective Reynolds, and when Kepner saw
him h<» paid: "That's the man that shot
me."
Adams was then taken before Chief
Sullivan and made practically the same
statement as was published yesterday
morning. He claimed that Kepner struck
him first and was on top of him when he
pulled tho revolver out of his pocket and
It accidentally exploded. He denied em
phatically that Kepner's wife had any
thing to do with their quarrel, and said
that he had only spoken to her four times
all the time he lived in the house. He was
locked up in "the tanks" pending the re
sult of Kepner's injuries:
Kepner was resting easily yesterday,
and the doctors think there Is a good
chance for his recovery. The Internal
hemorrhage seems to. have stopped.
CHIEF SULLIVAN
STRIKES IT THE
"UPPER OFFICE"
Announces Several
Changes.
HEAD CLERK IS APPOINTED
SERGEANT FRANK H. NORMAN
THE LUCKY MAN.
Sergeant Colby Made Register Clerk
in the Property Clerk's Office
and Sergeant Fitzhenry
Complaint Clerk.
Chief of Police Sullivan Is rapidly
familiarizing himself with the duties of
his office and his quiet investigations with
in the past few days have led him to make
certain changes which he announced yes
terday afternoon. The moot prominent
is the appointment of Sergeant Frank H.
Norman, to be clerk to the Chief, which
entitles him to a salary of $200 per month.
Norman has been in the "upper" offlce for
some years and is a most capable and
courteous officer. VThen Clerk Wright re
tired on a pension, prior to the new year,
Norman was temporarily placed in the
position, but later was transferred to the
general offlce as complaint clerk, a posi
tion occupied by Sergeant H. 11. Colby
for a number of years. .Colby became
clerk to the Chief.
The position of complaint clerk In the
"upper office has been given to Sergeant
John T. Fltzhenry, the "sweet singer" of
the department, and an efficient officer,
and Colby has been assigned to the posi
tion of register clerk In tha property
clerk's offlce.
Sergeant Reuben "Wolf, who has for two
or three years been assigned to duty In
the City Prison, has been ordered to re
port to Captain Splllane for duty as pa
trol sergeant, and Policeman C. Donohoe,
RECENT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES.
Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton.
Xote— These papers on Practical Science have been prepared for The Call's Home Study
Circle by Professor William J. Hopkins of Drexel Institute.
Army Inspector Tests the Workings of the Disappearing Carriages.
weighs more than thirty, tons, and
when it is discharged the carriage
should be so well balanced that the re
coil will bring the gun down gently to
the loading position without damaging
the mechanism and always Just far
enough to allow It to be locked In place
until another charge has been driven
home and the gun is ready for another
shot. It Is evident that a great deal
of the efficiency of the carriage de
pends upon the way the gun is bal
anced and the manner in which the re
coil mechanism performs its duties.
The best results can only be obtained
after the theoretical calculations , are
supplemented by actual firing. The
guns tested yesterday fulfilled every
expectation.
With the mortars the problem is not
so difficult. The mortar is not mount
ed on a disappearing carriage, and the
only duty the carriage has to perform
is to stand the shock of the discharge
and absorb the recoil. The backward
kick of the gun is taken up by hy-
draullc cylinders, and when the gun
has reached the limit of Its backward
travel it is returned to its place by
hydraulic pressure. There is no neces
sity for balancing it, and its loading:
position is also its firing position. "With
the disappearing: mechanism the grun Is
loaded down on the carriage; It Is
raised above the parapet by hydraulic
pressure, and the shock of the recoil,
when the carriage works properly,
brings it down on the carriage just far
enough to allow it to lock itself until
it can be loaded again.
There are guns enough now In the
works on the Presidio hills to stop
anything that may try to float into
the harbor. All of the ten-Inch— and
there are fifteen or sixteen of them—
and two of the twelve-inch guns are on
disappearing carriages. There are
more twelve-inchers mounted above
the parapet, and in addition are sixty
four mortars and three of the largest
dynamite guns made.
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md Fireworks— Washington* Birthday; Phone { ',
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THE puns In the works above
Fort Point were tested yester
day by Captain C. H. Clark of
the Benicla Arsenal. There are
emplaced a number of. the new ten
inch rifles mounted on disappearing
carriages that have never been given
an actual trial, and It was the desire of
the department that ali of these should
be tried under a service charge. The
mortar batteries also have not been
thoroughly tested, nor were they thor
oughly tested yesterday morning, but a
shot from one mortar in each pit was
taken. There are four pits with six
teen mortars in each.
The test was not 6o much a trial of
the guns as it was of the carriages.
The guns have all been thoroughly
tested at the proving grounds and
there is no doubt of their ability to
stand any strain the service may put
upon them, but with the carriages it
is another matter. A "disappearing"
carriage is almost as delicately bal
anced as a gold scale. Each gun
Business Women Incorporate.
Articles of Incorporation of the Business
Woman's Club were filed with tha County
Clerk yesterday. The objects of the '¦ in
corporation are to bring together and fur
ther the social relations of women en
faged in the business persuits of life. : The
lrectors are Mrs. E, Bradley. . Mrs. &
Johnson, : Mrs. A. Bradley, Mary,- Gorman
an4_ Jcsepbta© Richards..
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Trustees Sell Smiths' Cash Store.
A long meeting of the trustees for the
creditors of Smiths' Cash Store was held
yesterday in the rooms of the Board of
Trade. The outcome of the deliberations
was announced later by Trustee T. J. Par
sons. He said that the trustees had sold
the store to Harvey H. Dana, the presi
dent of the Dana power plant. He would
not say what sum was paid nor give any
statement concerning the future of the
business, saying that Mr. Dana might be
prepared to | make a statement on that
point to-morrow. The committee of nine
appointed at the recent meeting of the
creditors of Smiths' Cash Store will meet
to-day and . the trustees will then report
to them what has been done. This news
will surprise the creditors, for the meet-
Ing was concluded only late in the after
noon. Mr. Dana will take charge of the
business to-day. The trustees , wero in
charge yesterday. They are T.J. Par
sons, S. Nickelsberg and M. Schweitzer.
1. UQUID AIR.
The "Permanent Oases."
But a short generation ago, as genera
tions are usually reckoned, men still spoke
with some confidence of the "permanent
gases." This term, when it was Intro
duced, meant those substances which oc
curred only in the stage of gas. such as
oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen, and which
it was originally thought could not possi
bly be made to become liquid or solid.
As interest In the matter grew and suc
cessive experiments, scattered, perhaps,
over long intervals of years, accomplished
the change for one gas after another, the
list of the so-called "permanent gases
grew smaller and smaller, until there re
mained but the three. These successfully
resisted all efforts to liquefy them, al
though It was generally recognised by the
most advanced scientific men that there
was needed only a greater perfection in
method to change them also, and that
every substance, under appropriate condi
tions, would assume the solid or the liquid
or the gaseous state. "Permanent" gas
had then come to mean only a gas which
was very difficult to liquery. The term,
however, has now no 'meaning, for ther*
is no known gas which has not been con
verted into liquid.
Early Experiments.
The first important step in thi3 line of
work may be said to be marked by Fara
day's liquefaction of chlorine gas. Some
few experiments before this seemed to
have some measure of success, but they
were isolated and in most cases doubtful.
In 1823, however, Faraday, who was then
Sir Humphry Davy's assistant In tha
Royal Institution, tried an experiment, at
Davy's suggestion, which had important
and unexpected results. In a closed tube
of thick glass he heated a substance
which produced chlorine gas. Davy was
not present, but Dr. Parts, a friend mt
Davy, happened to be. The anecdote has
been often told, but it is worth repeating
here.
Both Davy and Dr. Paris were to dine
out. and the doctor, . finding himself
dressed, with time to spare, dropped In at
the laboratory of the Royal Institution,
where Faraday, the assistant, had been
left to work. He found Faraday heating
something in a tube, and glancing at it
he rallied the experimenter on using un
clean vessels, calling his attention to an
oily substance in the tube. Faraday
looked, acknowledged the Justice of the
remarks and' Immediately proceeded to
file off the end of the tube. Immediately,
to the surprise of both, there was a vio
lent explosion and the oil vanished.
Dr. Paris went off to his dinner and
Faraday went on with his work, and on
the following day the doctor, was sur
prised to receive this note: "Dear Sin
The oil you noticed yesterday turns out
to be liquid chlorine. Yours faithfully.
M. Faraday."
This was the beginning, and It was not
lone before Faraday and Davy had suc
ceeded in converting to the liquid form
several gases. Including ammonia, nitrous
oxide— the "laughing gas" of to-day-'-and
carbon dioxide, or "carbonic add gas."
This carbon dioxide is a gas of tha most
common occurrence. It is produced by
respiration and by combustion of any
kind— respiration is but one form of com
bustion — and la a constituent of atmos
pheric air in pretty definite and constant
Eroportioris. The balance Is maintained
y the action of plants, which break It
up. digest the carbon and set free the
oxygen again. Carbon dioxide proved to
be comparatively easy to liquefy and even
to solidify, and was for many years Im
portant in work of this kind, being used
in the liquid or the solid form to produce
low temperatures.
There came now a break of many years
in Faraday's work upon gases, and In this
interval the name tbat stands out most
prominently is probably that of Thllorier.
He succeeded. in producing liquid carbon
dioxide in large quantities and in solidi
fying it at 100 degrees below zero centi
grade without compression. This solid
moistened with ordinary ether is known
as "Thllorler's mixture," and will pro-
duce a temperature of 110 degrees below
zero centigrade, or 166 degrees below zero
Fahrenheit. Some unsuccessful attempts
were made to liquefy hydrogen and oxy
gen by pressure alone. We should know
now that such attempts could not possi
bly succeed.
In 1545 Faraday, stimulated by the work
of Thllorier, began again to experiment
upon gases. He succeeded in liquefying
many— their names would be familiar
only to the chemist— and In solidifying
some of them. The liquids were, as a
rule, transparent and colorless and the
solids crystalline, transparent or trans
lucent. He was not. successful In lique
fying the "permanent" gases, bat he pre
dicted that if a low enough temperature
could be produced they would pass Into
the liquid or the solid state, and he hoped
to see oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen,
"either as liquid or solid bodies, and tho
latter probably as a metal." This last
has proved not to be the case, for tha
solid hydrogen Is distinctly non-metallic,
according to the statements of the exper
imenters who have obtained it.
Others were working at the same prob
lem, but none of them succeeded in solv
ing it, although Natterer produced In his
apparatus the enormous pressure of 3COO
atmospheres— about 54,000 pounds to tha
square inch.
The Passing of the "Permanent Gas."
At the meeting of the French Academy
on December 24, 1877. two communications
were read. One was from Cailletet. and
had been In the care of a member of tha
academy for three weeks. In It Cailletet
wrote, under the date of December 2,
1877: "I have to tell you first, without
losing a moment, tbat 1 have to-day lique
fied oxygen. • • •" He seemed to feel
some hesitation In making so broad a
statement, for he had produced only "a
mist so dense" that he "inferred the pres
ence of a vapor very near its point of
liquefaction;" and he was anxious to b«
able to "see oxygen flow."
The other communication was a tele
gram from Plctet. at Geneva, dated De
cember 22, 1377: "To-day I liquefied oxy
gen at a pressure of 320 atmospheres and
a temperature of 140 degrees (centigrade)
• • • At higher pressures Plctet suc
ceeded In obtaining an actual Jet of un
mistakably liquid oxygen, the liquid jet
surrounded by a mist of particles, prob
ably solid oxygen.
Greater successes followed quickly.
Cailletet soon produced liquid nitrogen —
only a - few drops, which remained but
three seconds; then liquid air, and finally
hydrogen In the form of a mist. Plctet
obtained hydrogen partially liquid and
probably partly solid. The "permanent"
gases were no more. All known gases
had at last been liquefied, although the
liquid obtained from the most refractory
had cost much more than its weight In
diamonds. More than half a century had
been spent In the slow evolution of effi
cient apparatus and much effort wasted
In futile methods of attack. The result
would probably have been reached some
years earlier If one property of gases,
which was not clearly set forth until late
In the '60s. had been understood at the
beginning. This Is the "critical tempera
ture" — a particular temperature for each
gas above which *no pressure, however
great, can convert the gas to liquid. That
some such condition must be fulfilled was
vaguely appreciated by the greater minds,
but It remained for Andrews to elucidate
the whole matter.
One more thing was to be dona before
the process of liquefaction of gases was
established on a satisfactory basis. Some
method must be perfected by which lique
fied gas could be produced in quantity at
a reasonable cost. This was accomplished
In the so-called "regenerative method," or
method of cumulative effect, in which no
cooling substance Is used except the gas
Itself. The principle Involved was al
ready thoroughly understood and had
formed a part of the process employed
by nearly everr successful experimenter,
but Its possibilities, aa applied to this
purpose, had not been appreciated.
Note— This study will bo oontlnuad. ou
Tu,esd.ay, jr»bjuarj rr 7.
PAY ON LEAVE
FOR CONTRACT
ARMY SURGEONS
One Result of Their
Organization.
BIG CONCESSION . SECURED
CONTRACTS BEING ANNTTLLED
AND NEW ONES ISSUED. '
?
Clause Placing Hired Doctors Nearly
on the Plane of Army Sur
geons—Chaplain Pierce
VV;-^; fo? the Presidio.
The organization of the acting assistant
surgeons of the army has borne fruit. Un
der a recent order from the 'surgeon gen
eral contracts are being annulled and new
ones are being Issued, and In the new ones
is Incorporated one of the things the act
ing assistant surgeons organized to se
cure. The new contracts allow contract
surgeons' pay during authorized absences.
When the acting assistant surgeons or
ganized in New York some months ago,
one of the grievances they set out to right
was the withholding of pay from contract
surgeons whenever, for any reason, they
were absent from duty. When a contract
surgeon became sick he was sent to the
military hospital, where he received good
care, but was charged a dollar a day for
his board. An officer Is not allowed
rations. He must keep himself. Acting
assistant surgeons are not commissioned,
but to the extent of paying board they
were considered officers. In the mean
time, while they were paying their dollar
a day,- their pay 'was stopped.
In the new contracts it is provided that
during leaves a contract surgeon shall re
ceive full pay. Contract surgeons are not
given vacations. They are hired at a time
when vacations for military men are at a
discount, and the only leave probable for
them is a uick leave.
Colonel Forwood, chief surgeon of the
department, is. calling in all the acting as
sistant surgeons In charge of transports,
and Is canceling their old contracts and
issuing new ones to them. It is a distinct
step forward in the position of the con
tract surgeons.
It is evident that some arrangement has
been arrived at between the surgeon gen
eral and the Auditor of the Treasury. Ha
It was who first refused to pay acting as
sistant surgeons when they were sick, on
the ground that their contracts called for
pay only for the time they were at work.
As to the legality/ of altering the contract
he was directly. silent, and it Is probable
the matter has been fixed up in some
shape that will* meet the scruples of the
.treasury auditor. and help the acting as
sistant surgeon out of the financial di
lemma that was vexing him.
¦ It is understood 1 at the Presidio that
Chaplain Pierce, the army chaplain who
came liom Manila with the body of Gen
eral Lawton and accompanied It East
will , be assigned to duty at the Presidio
to take the place made vacant by th« re
tirement of Chaplain Macomber. Chaplain
Pierce is well known In army circles on
this coast. -
Acting Assistant Surgeon Aubray F
Higgins has been assigned to duty at the
General Hospital. Major George "W.
Ruthers, commissary of subsistence, has
received a telegram from Senator Talia
ferro of ; Florida, which exonerates him'
from all blame charged against him as
the i outgrowth of the condemnation of a
lot of bad bacon while the troops were at
Tampa in the spring of 189 S. It can be
shown that Major Ruthers . was not In
Jacksonville, where the condemnation
took place, at the ' tima it was said he
made a corrupt contract for the sale of
the condemned bacon. ? Tho charges wer«
made by a service , detective .named Hoi- i
land. Hq is now being prosecuted for libels
who has for a few days been one of the
bailiffs in Judge Cabaniss* court, will re
port for duty to Captain Seymour in tho
prison. Policeman John Fleming, who
was through a misunderstanding removed
from the position of bailiff in Judge Ca
baniss' court, will report again for the
same duty. Policeman Arthur McQualde
has been transferred from the property
clerk's office to Captain Spillane's division
for patrol duty. Sergeant John Duncan
has been relieved from night duty In the
ofllce of the Chief, and will report to
Lieutenant Esola for duty as desk ser
geant.
The Chief intimated yesterday that
other changes would be made whenever
he considers that the department would
be benefited by them.
The Chief met the men of Company A
In the assembly room at the Central sta
tion at 5 o'clock in the afternoon with the
object of making himself known to them.
He briefly addressed them, urging them
to see that the rules and laws were en
forced, and he would always be their
friend. He praised them for their effi
ciency, and said that he intended to make
the department the most efficient on the
continent.
TWENTY LESSONS IN FRENCH CONVERSATION.
Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton.
Note — These lessons have been prepared for T*e Call's Home Study Circle by Professor
Benno Kirschbaum of Philadelphia. They are intended primarily for Americans who pur
pose attending the Paris Exposition. The lessens win lncluds (1). common French words
and phrases, (2) easy conversation and (3) simple readinr lessons.
PREMIERE !LECON. PRTJH-MYAIR
LE-SONG.
LESSON NO. 1.
Hints on Pronunciation.
1. The student will note at the outset
that there are sounds in the French Inn
guage for which there are no equivalents
in English. These can be represented by
means of English sounds, but very unsat
isfactorily.
2. The following are essentially French
sounds. They are nasal— that Is, they
sound through the nose: am, an, em and
en are pronounced like aun in aunt; aim.
eln, lm, in and ym are pronounced very
much like an in anxious; lan and len
sound like e-yon, viz., nance>; om and on
when not followed by another m are
sounded like on in long; eun, urn and un
have the sound of un in lung. • i
3. The above sounds may be Imitated i
more strongly by saying ang. ohng. ong
and ung. if the final derinite sound of g
is omitted and the nasal given. The nn?:\l
may be considered as a vowel with a
strangulated n after it, sounded at the
"top" of the nose.
4. Final consonants are generally miUe
In French.
5. The c (accented from right to left) has
the sound of ay In hay. and the c (accent
ed from the left to the right) the sound of
c in where. The final o (unaccented) his
no sound at all, while the c in the middle
of a word or syllable has the sound of v
in but.
6. Note well that all final consonants
are mute, except when followed by a word
commencing with a vowel, then the sound
of that consonant is usually blended with
that vowel. For Instance, vous— avez— ecrit
Is pronounced voo-za-vay zay-kree (you
have written). Such blending will be
marked throughout the lessons with a
small arch (.-) to connect the two
words.
7. Additional hints will be given In intro
ducing subsequent lessons.
Memory Exercises.
Much-Needed Words and Phrases.
1. French; francais; fron-sae.
2. English; anglais; ong-iae.
3. London; Londres; lon-dr.
4. England; I* Angleterre; long-gl-talr.
5. Paris; Paris ;.par-ree.
6. I do not speak French:
Je ne parle pas francais; zhuh- nuh
par-rl pah .
7. I do not understand;
Je ne comprends pas; con (g)
pron (g) pah.
Note— The student ¦will note that when pro
nunciation is omitted the same word or phrase
occurs in some previous exercise or lesson.
8. Do. you speak English?
Parlez-voua- anglais? parrl-lay voo
zong-lae.
9. Not well.
Pas bien; pah-bee-yn.
10. Do they speak English here?
Parle - t-^on«-anglais^icl? parrl - tong
lee-cee.
"11. Yes; oul, monsieur; wee muss-eeuh.
Ko; non, madame; nong ma-dahm.
Kate— The French add sir. madam or mlsa In
addressing persons.
12. How do you do?
Comment—allez-vouB? com-mong tal
lay voo.
13. Good-morning.
Bonjour; bong-jouhr.
14 Good evening.
Bonsoir; bong-swahr.
15. This way, miss.
• Par-icl, mademoiselle; parr-eecce,
mad-mwa-zell.
16. That way, gentlemen. i ; .
Par la. messieurs; parr-lah may
ssieuh.
17. How much? comblen? com-bee-yan.
18. If you please.
S'il vous plait: seel voo play.
19. Thank you; mercl; mairr-cee.
Note— At table. In refusing anything, "merci"
means "no, thank you."
20. Entrance; entree; aun-tray.
21. Exit; sortie; sorr-tee.
22. Private; salon reserve 1 ; sal-long rmy
ser-vay.
23. No admittance.
Le public n'entre p.is-iei; luh puhb
leek non-tr pah-zeecee.
24. To let; a lover; ah 100-ay.
25. Furnished rooms.
Chambres meubiees; sham-br raeuh
blay (or)
Chambres garni es: sham-br gar-ne«.
26. Bedroom to let; chambre a lover; —
ah 100-ay.
27. Refreshments; consommatlona; con-
Bommah-see-young.
28. How much la it? comblen>-'est-ce?
nace.
29. Ring; sonnez; son-nay.
&>. Kr.cck; frappez; frap-pay.
31. Hot water; de l'eau chaude; tluh-lo
showed.
32. Some soap; dv savon; doo esa-vonff.
33. Give me; donnez-moi; don-nay mwa.
M A towel.
L'ne serviette de toilette; unh sairr
vyet duh twal-lett.
35. Some matches; ues-allumettes; daz«
ailu-mett.
36. Come In; entrez; aun-tray.
37. Wait; attendez; at-tar.-day.
'in. Here it Is; le vnlci; luh vwa-cee.
There it \s; le voila; vwa-lah.
£>. Which Is tne train for Paris?
Ou est le train pour faris? oo ay luh
tra-hn poor .
40. I do not know; Je-ne sais pas; — —
say-pas.
The beginner is advised to learn theso
phrases tnoroughly. A small French-Eng
lish dictionary will help In interpreting 1
the literal meanings. Oo your best with
the pronunciation. You cannot get it per
fect. If you lived In Paris twenty years
your trench pronunciation would . still
stamp you as either English or American.
But you can make yourself understood
just as a Frenchman makes himself un
derstood in talking Kngltsh.
Easy Reading Exercise.
The reading lessons will supplement Ui«
conversational exercises. They will aid in.
making- students familiar with French
words in printed form and will also afford
excellent practice in pronunciation. The
student is expected to translate the exer
cise into English. A great many of the
words and phrases have already been
used In the conversational phrase 9.
Vocabulary.
Mot; word. Je viens; I come. Quitte;
left. Angleterre; England. Lundl: Mon
day. Matin: morning. Suis; am. Je suis;
I am. Arrive; arrived. Appartement:
rooms. Fenetre; window. Voila; there Is.
Veulllez; be so good as. Ferme; shut.
Aujourd'hui; to-day. Defense; prohibition.
Fumer; to smoke. Sais; know. Je sais;
I know.
Read and translate Into Encllsh:
1. Je suirt-ansrlals, je ne parle paa-un
mot de francals.
2. Je viens de Londres.
3. J'ai quitte 1 l'Angleterre lundl.
4. Je suis-arriv4 a Paris le soir.
5. Entrez mon-appartement meublfl.
S. J'ai vu "a iouer" duns la fendtre.
7. Voila le sorti.
8. Je ne comprends pas le franc.ais.
9. Parlez-vous francals?
10. Non, monsieur. Je ne parle pas fran
cais.
11. Veulllez m'apporter dv savon. <S©
l'eau chaude et r.ne serviette de toilette.
12. Ainsl que des-allumettes.
13. Le buffetwett fe.me aujourd'hul.
14. Defense de fumer dans cette cham
bre.
15. V a-t-il-'Une botte aux lettres dans
cetwhfttel?
16. Je ne sais pas.
Xote— The second lesson In this course
will be published on. Tuesday next. In ad
dition to the lessons in French conversa
tion the studies will include hints of spe
cial value to tourists relating to hotels,
cabs, restaurants, railways and Parisian
customs generally.
UNCLE SAM'S HIDE-AND-SEEK GUNS
BOOM LOUDLY ABOVE OLD FORT POINT
EMPLOYES REBEL AT
EXACTIONS OF BONDS
Charter Provision Requires Security
From All Officers Except La
borers — More Appoint
ments Announced.
The employes of the Board of Public
Works are greatly exercised over a provis
ion of\ the charter requiring adequate
bonds for all employes, except laborers, for
the faithful performance of their duties in
such sums as may be fixed by the Super
visors. This provision is to be rigidly en
forced, and in response to a request from
the Supervisors the Board of Public Works
yesterday submitted a statement as a sug
gestion for the fixing of bonds of Its em
ploye!!. The security demanded ranges
from J20.000, which the City Engineer is
obliged to give, to $500 for Janitors. Even
bricklayers, pavers and sewer cleaners
are not exempt, their bonds being placed
at $1000. Following is a complete list of
the bonds that are to be exacted:
General Office— Secretary, $10,000; clerk (over
$100), $SWX>; "clerk (JlOO and under). $3000; sten
ographer. $2000; messenger, 11000.
City Engineer's Office— City Engineer, $20,000;
chief assistant, $10,0C0; assistants. $5000; clerk
and draughtsman. (3000; li^-M assistant, $3000;
helpers. $1000; inspectors. $5000.
Kureau of Streetc— Principal office assistant.
$10,000; principal field assistant. $10,000; flleld
assistants, $S000; office assistants, $5000; book
keeper, K>000; assistant bookkeeper, $3000; cash
ier. JiOOO: clerks (over $100 per month), $5000;
clerks (SlOO and under). $3000; stenographer,
$20C0; messenger. $1COO; keeper corporation yard,
$3000;- assistant keeper, $1000; Inspectors, $5000;,
engineers. Fourth-street bridge, $5000; assistant
engineers. $1000; keeper of bridges, $3000; fore
men. $3000; bricklayers. $10"0: carpenters, $1000;
pavers, $100t); rammers, $1000; sewer cleaners,
$1000.
Public Buildings— Superintendent, $10,000; in
spector of buildlnc?, $JOC0; head carpenters,
J2500; carpenters. HOW); assistant carpenters,
J1000; engineers. toOCO; firemen, $2000; head
plumber. J2SCO; assistant plumber, $1000; ele
vator men. $1000; watchmen, $1000; head
painter. $2500; painter, $1000; head Janitor.
SJ&OO; janitors, $500; electrician, $1000; tinner,
JlOCO; clerk <over $100 per month), $5000; clerk
($lOO and under per month), $3000.
The following appointments were made:
Tinner. $3 50 p»r diem. Joseph E. Murray;
painter, $3 50 per diem. Mat Heyfron; foreman,
14 per diem. William Curtis; laborers, $2 50 per
diem J. C. O'Neill. J. C. Toung. Steve Ed
monds. P. J. O'Shea. Francis Moran, John
Cophlln. P. Murphy. P. J. Kelly, C. J. Repan,
Michael Kavanaugh. Matthew Ryan. Gilbert
Whlttaker. J. \V. Ryan, Patrick Murphy, P.
Ivehaney. E. P. YVason. J. H. Ma?ulre, -»- D.
Whalen. Thomas J. Lowe, Timothy Sheehan.
Timothy o"Connor. -J. M. McCarthy, W. F.
Brady. W\ Bernard. W. Fisher, Patrick Mur
phy. Thoma* J. O'Connor, P. F. Grennan and
M. Tolland; teamsters (double turn), $4 50 per
diem. J. IT. O'Brien and M. McHugh; team
fter, hors« and cart. $3 50 per diem, M. Ma
honey. '
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