Show OUR SAN FRANCISCO LE san francisco ca oct 2899 the most notable feature of the WS happenings was the reins the old board of supervisors to tin under a decision of the state court in the mandamus man dainus pro filed by supervisor morton an act member of the notorious shifty B to compel the auditor to accept 4 tax levy made by the old board 1 court ruled that while the lower en had the jurisdiction to remove abe board of supervisors the appeal nil from that judgment acted as ai aid of execution and pending the becki and final determination of the efy the officers so removed were to remain in office and conal continued management of the cites affairs the newly a appointed apoi anted to stepped down and out as grae gracea could be expected under the di ing circumstances but it is ea e the supreme court will take up i matter of the appeal at once the decision of the lower court Is bained mayor Phe lans appoint appointees again jump into the municipal imamali immediately ere returning to i positions the old members a to undo the work accomplished accomplish their temporary successors and so to take great delight in regaining er even if only long enough to things to suit themselves ax did not remain idle who had gained the displeasure shifty eight during their recen recent culty were called upon to contri co their necks to the slaughter mayors position to Is anything but p ant for he finds himself presiding a body of men the majority ot of L are his deadly enemies owing ws prominent part he played in I 1 ha them removed the evil effects od official muddle are beginning aft to ro sert ert themselves and before ali months months go by citizens will have 0 to regret ever supporting the gift ment and this like many ot forms may for the time bein being disastrously the tax levy waa at an unreasonably low figure to the rivalry existing bet betge two boards and consequently U tor for maintaining m aj n ta ining the departments will have to be w below a conservative estimate ready the cry is heard from tle of the different offices who of their inability to properly their work with the money 1 posed shall be allowed them police lees has threatened att j dinue the patrol wagons for or a 6 the year unless the allowance 4 branch of the service is L increased so that it will be sufficient ao meet the expenses the chiefs of t other departments have registered fe tests for similar reasons and unless ig is done the city will have to abolish many rna ny modern methods and convente conven conveniences le aces and go back to the old ways practiced years ago police commissioner mose gunst has returned from europe and the east after an absence of six months he has blood in his eye and expresses himself as greatly astonished at the conduct of chief of police lees in re gard ard the protection he extended to thepdore theodore figel who is accused of the murder of isac hoffman it will be remembered that chief lees refused 9 to ab acknowledge knowledge the murder theory and refused to arrest figel to whom sus pointed unless someone would swear kinear to a wax warrant rant commissioner Commis enst thinks the actions of the chief were ere jut outrageous and unwarranted and if is his intention to see to it that r investigated by the h hey are properly coince az I 1 ce ca commissioners mrs hettie R craven who met with ath def defeat t in her last attempt will make intake another attack upon the sold ild of the fair millions this suit be filed filec d in accordance with the Sta statement made public some two years leo that she was the lawful wife of sc aas G fair an and d as such is entitled to share in the distribution of his estate the compla complaint int alleges that the i and james G pair fair were mar difed in may 1892 by contract but the was not made public tor for rea though it is senators of f the L ems Ps 0 the existence a eTt tImed he acknowledged e to a notary public bubli c and also friends he also intro to personal ners s onal n ai jerand Je per d dand 11 lived ved with the elal plaintiff naiff as the wife kattire of t the he foregoing case is identical with the att attempt empt of aft lost v surah althea sharon to gain a portion sf bir the sharon estate some years ago A jd arid in which she was unsuccessful ste stealing baling a board from a neigh with which to make a see tors ra yard 13 year old alma fallmer co of f little to the whit was sentenced her school for one year if it sir refo reform rm te the intention of the parties cespon ible for or the childs to reform beform by imprisonment in such an itu icon where her associates at the bat wl will I 1 be e bad they wil be sadly dis in for it is a recognized fact tetsuchi tsuch te bucl places and whittler whittier in par nothing better than pre tf cular are r schools of crime and a child pa atory i F at the mercy of such surround be held responsible 4 ass mss 0 car can L hardly fistos fist ts future be not in the narrow path bof of virtue and morality 0 I 1 welburn the ex internal rev 0 SS K ehe I 1 collector is on trial in the united states district court for the alleged of public money he is accused of converting to his own use part of the salaries due from t the he gov Stata ent to his deputies and ass assistants instants TS indictments against him are as numerous aum erous as flies on a warm day and if fl he la is convicted on every char charge 0 the chances are favorable for his spending I 1 his hie remaining yeal heays S behind prison barsi bars C the int internal ernal revenue officers have neto b busy y the last few days seizing goods m manufactured in this cit city y and racked packed in bottles bearing labels of well known know n foreign brands this ilce has been c carried on doing a land nd office business in line for by re sorting to these unlawful methods they aqwa we enabled to undersell the dealers who bo handled the genuine article owing to the fact that they avoided the pay of the revenue tax montague montagu e has com completed plated t with the street railway whereby to in future letter will be cambier on all street yau jin aita j in the course of collection and de livery of mail heretofore carriers were compelled to either walk or pay their own car fare but now owing to the appropriation for transportation of letter carriers they will be provided with tickets that will be accepted as fare by the street car companies and redeemed at the end of each month by the postmaster the chinese of san francisco are celebrating the triennial feast to their idol kwan di a festival on which they spend thousands of dollars and which is supposed affords their god as much pleasure as it does his worshipers for all the height of chinatown and the luxuries most dear to the mongolian palate are placed at the disposal of chinese god and man like the festivities last for five days and conclude with a prayer on the public street in front of the joss house in which they ask the great idol to banish the evil spirit that they fear are lurking in the chinese quarters A collision that came near adding another chapter to the long list of disasters on the bay occurred ast saturday when the schooner five brothers crashed into the big pacific liner china that was laying in the stream for quarantine inspection The schooner became unmanageable and banging into the china struck her full amidships carrying away the and wrecking in g the bow then glancing off along the steamers side freed herself and escaped being wrecked some time ago an english syndicate purchased all the breweries in san francisco and vicinity and has since continued to operate them thi through cough an association the last report shows the investment was a poor one as the syndicate has been losing money and a reorganization is in progress it if there is no money in manufacturing beer in a city where there is a saloon to every one hundred of the population where would one hope to find a profitable location kleptomania has become the popular plea with shop lifters since mrs castles experience in london but fortunately for the storekeepers of this city the kleptomaniacs kleptomania cs that have been detected here were not as successful as that distinguished lady in gal gaining ning the publics sympathy and many of them have been given opportunities port unities for a lingering cure by being placed beyond temptation the last one before the public was elsie de vere a local actress who was caughlin caugh tin one of the large department stores while trying to get away with some articles that no one but a kleptomaniac to would be guilty of taking the school directors of alameda county have adopted a resolution against the wearing of mourning apparel by teachers in the public schools wing owing 0 to the gloomy and depressing effect it has upon the minds of the children by reminding them too much of death the directors believe that the surroundings of the class room should be bright and pleasant and free from all de influences consequently qu antly mourning has been tabooed in the alameda schools col A 13 bates deputy paymaster in the united states army startled his audience in a lecture to berkeley students by predicting that within the next fifty years a great class war will rage in this coun that the army which is now held in less esteem than any other profession would be called upon to protect the lives and property of the people of the united states from he destruction of war he seemed to wish to convey the idea that the people did not consider the profession of arms on an equal footing with other professions and took t ook this way of ex his sentiments san francisco is beginning to feel the approach C h of winter inter W the rainy sea I 1 son has begun and all outdoor out door sports and pastimes have been brought to a sudden close there Is a great deal of anxiety entertained by employed emp loyes of the customs house at this port owing to the unexpected arrival of orders from headquarters at washington dismissing men from the service who had come to be regarded as permanent fixtures and everyone is wondering whose head will fall next the following salt lakers lakee are registered at the leading hotels C M hunter L J ruth miss B R ruth at the baldwin richard mcintosh at the palace and A C travis at the grand 8 |