The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1895. - DIED IN AN OAKLAND LODGING-HODSE. SUDDEN DEATH OF AN- AGED PIONEER MISSIONARY OF CALIFORNIA, 18604 UM TUMBLED SIXTY-FIVE FEET. NARROW ESCAPE OF A CARPENTER FrRoM . DEATH — WANT a4 FRANCHISE. _Rev. E. A. Hazen, the first Protestant missionary to preach the gospel in Cali- {fornia, died alone and in poverty inalodg- ing-house at 517 Ninth street yesterday morning. He had been suffering from cancer of the stomach for several months past and left Tulare to come to this city to be treated for the disease. When the land- lady, Mrs. Marsh, called him as usual yes- terday, there was no response, and an offi- cer was called, who broke in the door and found the body of the aged minister cold in death. From the indications death had come suddenly. The features of the deceased showed no signs of suffering. Mr. Hazen came to California by way of Panama in 1851 and soon after established & congregation at San Jose, later removing to Napa, where he was preaching the gos- pel in 1854. In 1857 he preached at Yreka and later at Watsonville, Grass Valley, Santa Cruz and Bloomfield. S8ince that time he has ministered to the spiritual wants of communities in various parts of the State, his latest charge being at Tulare, where he was stricken with the disease which caused his death. Several years ago Mr. Hazen published a book called ‘“‘Salvation to the Utter- most,”’ in which he gave a sketch of his life and the trials he had undergone while following the vocation .of an itinerant }\rucbcr, drawing therefrom a strong in- erence as to the duties of man toward Christianity. Afterthe publication of the volume he combined the occupation of book agent for his own work as well as that of other religious authors with his preaching, in order to eke out a livelihood. Some years ago he separated from his wife, who now lives in San Francisco, where a son, who is studying medicine, also resides. Another son is engaged in the practice of law at Merced. Mr. Hazen was 70 yearsof ageand a native of New York State. Early in life he came West and graduated at Ann Arbor College. Later he studied for the ministry, becoming a Methodist minister at the age of 25. The body was taken to the Morgue, where an inquest will be held as soon as the relatives of the deceased can be com- municated with. . Rev. Dr. Bentley of Berkeley, who was intimately acquainted with Mr. Hazen, speaks of him in the highest terms, saying that his teachings have been of vast benefit to the people wherever he has preached, and pa\'mi: a high tribute to his self-sacri- fice and religious convictions. Lucky He Is Alive. _Owen Pearson, a carpenter, who for some time past has been engaged in the con- uction of a building at Seventeenth and Broadway, can congratulate himself on be- ng the luckiest man in Qakland to-day. He was occupied yesterday morning in se- C g a staging on the side of the build- ty-five feet from the ground, when ot canght in some of the lumber on ffold and he was precipitated to the d below.. A cry of horror went up hose who witnessed the falland a r of people rushed forward to assist thering up his bleeding remains. eir shouts changed to exclamations of 1der when Pearson was seen to alight buggy standing close to the building, m wilch he rebounded into the street. He arose laughing, felt himseli to ascertain whether any bones had been broken and then went back to his work. Hisalmost miraculousescape was due to his presence of mind in grasping at a rofe which was dangling from the staging. Though he did notgeta firm grip on the line, his hold was sufficient to break the force of the fall, and, instead of the broken bones which must have otherwise resulted, all the in- juries he now has to show are a couple of skinned fingers where the rope slipped through. “I can hardly describe my sensations while falling,” he said yesterday, “but I must say that I am a firm believer in that old saw about a man’s whole life passing in review before his mind while he is fall- ing to almost certain death. I used to laugh at such ideas, but I know now that they are all right. That rope flashed past my eves as I was la]linf. and I put out my hand and seized it almost instinctively. Otherwise I would not be talking to you now. Of course I feel sore from my bruises, but unless something more serious de- velops I shall not lose any sleep over the matter. Asking for a Franchise. Daniel Chisholm and H. D. Peterman appeared before the Board of Supervisors at the meeting yesterday and asked for a franchise for an electric road tc connect Haywards, Mount Eden and Warm Springs. They asked that the privilege be granted for fifty years. A resolution was passed calling for bids fos the franchise, and fixing Monday, the 29th prox., as the date on which they are to be opened. BERKELEY. The board of directors of the Students’ Aid Society presented its report yesterday, after a week of investigation, exonerating Manager Russell from the charges made egainst him. The points bearing directly on the man- sger are as follows: W. C. Russel cceeded Mr. Handssker as manager, and bas discharged the duties of the office in a very eficient manner, In view of the fact that some criticism of his management has appeared in the public press the directors, after & careful investigation, find that in no case has Mr. Russell used hhedrosi(ion for per- sonal gain withont the knowledge and consent of the officers, and the patronage of the society has in no case been bestowed by him upsn un- worthy persons. In a few cases it seemed that he has been influenced by consiaerations of rsonal friendship in the selection of students to fill positions. University News. Louis F. Post, a former New York attor- ney and a writer on single tax, who is on @ lecturing tour through the West, ad- dressed the class in elementary economics yesterday at 1 o'clock in the assembly- room. At1:55 . M. he spoke for an hour care of a friend, and disappeared so quietly and suddenly that no one knows of her whereabouts. The Town Trustees. The regular session of the Board of Town Trustees was held last night and the pro- tests against the Shattuck-avenue assess- ments were heard. Bids were opened for certain improvements to be made on San Pablo avenue. Notes. Charles Crawford, the boy who was in- }ured last Saturday while assisting the reshmen in some of their pranks on the hillside, is much improved and will be out again soon. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Naylor, prominent members of Berkeley society, will leave. to- day for Whittier to ‘attend the first State meeting of the %ociecy of Friends, which conyenes there the early part of next month. ALAMEDA. The grim reaper has been having a har- vestin Alameda. On Saturday Mrs. May Duffy died at her residence, 1551 Verdi street, after a lingering illness. She wasa native of Ireland and 69 years of age. Two elderly ladies were found dead in their beds yesterday morning. One was Mrs. Charlotte C. Culbert, residing with her son, W. C. Culbert of 1914 Pacific avenue. She was a native of Sackville, New Brunswick, and came to California in 1869. She was a former resident of San Jose and came to Alameda to reside with her son last November. Deceased died of heart trouble and was 69 yearsof age. The funeral will be held to-morrow. afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. The other was Mrs. C. Keller, residing at 2323 Chestnut avenue. Shewas a paralytic for ten years. She leaves a widower and four sons. She was 76 yearsof age. The verdict of the Coroner's jury was death from natural causes. Henry Large, merchant at 1525 Railroad avenue, died at his home adjoining his place of business Sunday night. He had cancer of the liver and a few weeks ago had an attack of the grip which aggravated his disease and caused his death. Deceased was 59 years of age and was a native of England. He leayesa widow and three daughters. The funeral will take place to-day at 10 o'clock from the Park-street Methodist Church. ,The Coroner’s inquest was held at 4:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon over the re- mains of Noble Hutton, the young son of E. L. Hutton, and returned "a verdict of death from heart disease. An autopsy was made by Dr. Zeyn, which showed that he had been suffering from valvular insuffi- ciency of the mitral valve, which was ab- normally large. His liver was about two and a half times its natural size, Owing to sickness in the family there will be no funeral, and the body will be placed ina receiving vault at Mountain View Ceme- tery. More Judgments. Two cases of Leo S. Robinson against the Southern Pacific Company, each for $200 damages for refusal to allow him stopover privileges, were tried before Justice of the Peace Swasey yesterday. Both cases were submitted hout argument and judg- ment given as prayed for. The privileges were refused in December, 1894, on tickets between Palo Altoand Alameda, purchased in June and October of that year. The Injured Bicyclists. Mrs, J. J. Norman of 1210 Broadway, who was badly injured in a collision with an electric car Saturday, in which her hip was fractured and her nose dislocated, is receivinf surgical attention at St. Luke’s Hospital in San Francisco. Mrs. Barstow, the other injured lady, is doing well. DEBS TALKS OF THE STRIKE. “WHO ARE THE CONSPIRATORS” THE SUBJECT OF HIS OAK- LAND LECTURE. HE DECLARESTHE MEMBERS OF THE A.R. U. Dip,NoT BURN CARs 1IN CHICAGO. Eugene V. Debs, who was the central figure during the recent great railroad strike which ended so disastrously for the railroad employes, lectured before a large audience at the Oakland Theater last even- ing, taking for his subject “Who Are the Conspirators?” Mr. Debs is extremely de- liberate in his- delivery and emphasizes his words with numerous gestures. He spoke for over two hours and held his audience remarkably well. After tell- ing the causes of the strike and the events leading up to the advent of the militia into Chicago he spoke of the charges made that the men were desperate characters and not deserving of sympathy because they de- stroyed the property. “If the members of the A. R. U. were men benton destroying cars and property, would they not have destmged Pullman cars instead of the cheap flats and box cars?”’ He said: “They were too expen- sive; the corporations could not afford to lose a $5000 Pullman when a $25 flatcar would answer just as well. “The corporations were aided by the press to alarge extent. The press is gener- ally, I may say always, in league with the corporations. There are some notable ex- ceptions on_ this coast,l am glad to say; papers that have some conceptions of the true mission of metropolitan dailies. “That there was no excuse for the pres- ence of the Frderal troops in Chicago,” continued the speaker, ‘‘is shown by the messages of Governor Altgeld after the strike was broken. He said that there was no necessity for such a demonstration of force; that he could bhave bandled the turbulent element with the militia, and that the Federal authorities overstepped their duties when they called out the soldiers. B “It amused me at our trial when the crier got up and said, ‘God save this hon- orable court.” God knows that it needed that prayer. But for the action of the courts and militia we would have won a victory for labor the greatest on record in the history of man. Cleveland has been rebuked by the people for the part he took in breaking up the strike. His man Olney, who is Attorney- General of the United States and attorne; for the whisky trust at the same time, vised the sending of troops, and Cleveland carried out his advice. e Democrats did not rebuke him, the Republican party did not rebuke him; he was rebuked by the American _people. g ““The railroads of this country to-day in- vade the courts and Legislatures, corrupt and debauch justice and the law, and there is no longer any liberty in this country. The power of the corporations must broken before the people of these United States are found bound hand and foot. I know not whatyou think, but my thoughts run as did those of Patrick Henry when he to the class in finance on the subject of “Land Values the True Basis of Public Revenue.” He was accompanied by Con- gressman James G. Maguire. g & This afternoon at 2:50 o’clock the entire rtudent body will be excused from recita- tions to attend a mass-meeting to be held by students and professors interested in athletics for the purpose of devisin, vuis and means of sending the nmvenigy ath- letic team East. P It has been definitely decided that the date for the Carnot debate will be April 5. It will be held at Palo Alto this year and at Berkeley next season. The baseball game that was to be played yesterday between the university nine and & team from the Sacred Heart College was strmed indefinitely on account of the Boath of the president of the. Iatter insti- tation. Mrs. McAvoy Disappears. Mrs. A. J. McAvoy, who created such a sensation in Berkeley last week by Ler mysterious actions and who was finally arraigned before a committee to judge as o her samity, has been dismissed. She ['ook her three children, who were in the said, ‘Give me liberty or give me death.’ “There is no need for bloodshed toac- complish the ends we want. The intelli- gent use of the ballot will break the shackles which bind us. Look to the bal- lot; use it intelligently. Give your wives and daughters the same rights of suffrage that you yourselves have; they will aid in your emancipation. They have as much right to political freedom as you have. Give it to them.” In conclusion Debs said: “The work- ingmen of this coun! are in a t measure to blame for their condition. They do not think enough. Let them go home after work insf of loafing around sa- loons. Let the workingman go home “and %‘fi in his leisure hours playing with the children and thinking, thinking and educating himself. God helps those who help themselves. “You workingmen must help yourselves by educating yourselves and seeing that your children are taught. I have an abid- mgeiuth in the masses of this country and I believe that the day is coming when the b'en‘?rte:l!"n triumph ‘and the country will THE PURPOSE OF SINGLBTAX N IT Is EXPLAINED IN METROPOLI- + TAN HALL BY Louis F. PoST OF NEW YORK. JAMES G. MAGUIRE'S WORDS. Tax oN LaND THE ONLY TRUE Baslis ForR PUBLIC REVENUE, Says THE LECTURER. Metropolitan Temple was well filled last night by an audience which patiently and with marked attention listened for two hours and a half toa lecture by Louis N. Post of New York on *‘The Single Tax— Land Value the True Basis of Public Rev- enues.” Congressman James G. Maguire, who in- troduced the lecturer, Was greeted with applause renewed time and again when he appeared on the platform. Mr. Maguire said that he was pleased to appear once more before a San Francisco audience and to be able to present a gentle- man who is not onlya co-laborer in the cause of tax reform but a personal friend of his for many years. He then said the speaker would by an analytic lecture show what the single tax people advanced. The purpose of the movement was the abolishment of poverty, and if it did that it should be adopted, but if it did not it should be rejected. “The whole human frame is made up of land,” he said; “man draws his shelter, food and clothing from the land, and when he dies he returns to the land that has sup- ported him. That,” he said, ‘‘is a part of the doctrine of the single tax reformer. The right of man,” he added, “is to kee and use that which he produces by his labor, be it mental or physical, butland, the gift of God to man, is quite another thing. It is right when it is expedient and when it produces human happiness. After explaining that Blackstone says that there is no right in land except that given by law, he presented the lecturer, Whose introduction was warmly applauded. Mr. Post said: “I don’t often have rea- son for being proud, but to-night I have regson for being proud in being before a San Francisco audience in the hall in which the single tax was first expounded by Henry George.”’ He then said that he had sometime: read in the papers about hold-ups, and had noticed that sometimes those who held up people were turned on and held down. The gzeut holder-up in California had been the Southern Pacific Railroad, and he felt proud to be introduced by one of the men who had turned on the great holder-up and held him down. He turned to Congressman Maguire as he said this, and this was followed by ap- plause that lasted for several minutes and in which many ladies who were present took bowe: in recognition of the honor. Mr. Post then explained what single tax | is. “We propose to tax land-owners and tax land fo the value of the same. We want to abolish all other tax and make the holding of land the basis of revenue for the support of the Government,” said he. *Goo Every one gets the benefit of municipal overnment, police, fire and other service. 'he land-owner has the benefit of this as well as dollars for his land. “Bad government,” he said, ‘“‘means cheap land. Reform the government and you attract labor and capital and compe- tition will follow. The price of labor will go down and the hire goes up. Good gov- ernment only gives protection to the land- owner who hoards up the dollars. What we want to do is to take away those dollars because the money is earned by the whole people by their labor. “Washington,” he said, “is su’p orted by a tax which gives the owners of )fund 8 er cent for every 2 per cent they pay. he taxing of land,”” he contended, “‘is not class taxation. Revolutions arose out of issues of taxation, and that means that by unjust taxation tyrants throttle the people until they turn. “It is not that landlords are tirants, be- cause they do only what the law allows them to do, but it is our purpose to over- throw the rule that has made landlordism the power that it is.” This statement was received with much applause. he speaker then spokeof hard times and gave the reasons that the people in each section offer for this condition. “There is in the middle West,”” he said, “‘a restlessness on the partof the people who are moving away from hard times. They were going from one place to another, having heard that some one or other had made a fortune, but th people did not know thatit was not by hard work, but by the speculative rise inland that they had enriched themselves.” He then ;goke of the tramps who*steal rides on brakebeams to look for a job in some place where they hope to find work. “This,”” he said, “is pitiful, and not onl. itiful, but it is something to be feared. hen these men learn that there is no work for them and that there isno hope for them there will be such a revolution that neither the police can stay, nor courts | enjoin, nor a regular army put down, be- cause it will be the revolution of the un- organized—under such conditions a revolu- tion would rise that would take years and, perhaps, a_century to settle on’a basis of ual justice.” eq’l‘his announcement was vigorously ap- plauded. < - After addressing himself to the matter of education he said: “You ask a workingman ‘What is hard times?” He will say it is when he can’t geta job. Ask a business man. He will say ‘lack of trade”’ Astor will tell you that it will be hard times if the{ take away his food and clothing. Lack of work and lack of trade do not trouble him. But he does not produce what he needs, but if that is taken from him he will feel what hard times mean. ‘‘Poverty and hard times are the want of food, clothing and luxuries,” said the ) eaker. who illustrated his meaning by lagrams, as he did in his lecture in Oak- land last Saturday night, and given fully in the Cavry of Sunday. Speaking of uluver{y of the past, he said that it was nothing fo be compared with that of the present. The slavery that arose from the ownership of land was an involuntary one, because the owner of land did not know upon whom he inflicted pain and suffering. Slayes, he said, were not_forced to ride on brakebeams, for their owners always provided a place for them, if it was only a car for colored folks. This sally was loudly applanded. “In this city you have a bright news- paper. That paper is the CaLy,” said the speaker. The loud applansc that followed these words, and which interrupted the speaker, showed how heartily he had spoken the sentiment of the audience. “The CALL said that if a man & ham in Chig::(fo California h: and Chicago had the money, but that if the California man 'bought {he ham in California, then California would have the ham and the money, too. But tracing this logical conclusion still further, if the man roduced the ham by his labor he would ve it without the expenditure of money.” & As ‘an illustration of the ownership of land he told an anecdote of a man cast ashore on a desert island who had nothin g to commence life with but the land, the urchased the ham Xn_rt. The Congressman smiled and | government is what is wanted. | | ond_refused to be, becanse he came from the United States, and there slavery was not tolerated. He finally allowed him to remain, and told him that he owned the island, and when asked for the title to it said that he had none to show, but the land was his because he Finally the first man told the second one to get him his breakfast—go and kill a bird, cook it and serve it to him. He ate the bird and gave the second man the gizzard, saging that.that was the valueof hislabor. “That,” said he, ‘“is an_illustration of landlordism; the owner of the land gets the bird and the producer gets the gizzard. The landlord offers what he thinks labor is worth and labor has to accept, but the laborer who does that is a ‘scab.” There is no difference between the island with two men and this one in space with millions of people. If I could assure you to-night that the Central Pacific was to be thrown open as a great public highway, and that inside of three months there would be one million and a half of people here, what would be the result? Why more than half of you would rush out of this hall and go and buy town lots to hold them for the purpose of selling them at advanced—high advanced—rates to those who were on their way, for you would reckon that they would need land, and they would.” As an illustration of rent and wages he said that on one occasion he with other boys went to a fish pond, spread their net, went into the pond, stirred the water and drove the fish Into the net, and when they haled in their net they distributed the fish; he found that there were six piles, when in fact there were but five workers. When he asked to whom the sixth pile was to go he was told that it was for the man who owned the pond—the man who did not stock the pond and who | had not done anytbing whatever to help the fish to the point of distribution except to sit on the fence and whittle while the | others did the work. In some instances | he said experience shows that the pond- | owner would take the five piles and let the | workers take the sixth. | He then said that strikes were not the | means to increase wages. Police and mili- | tary did not kill strikes; it was the surplus | of labor that forced a settlement. | _“Notice was given sixteen years ago by | Harry George,” said the speaker, ‘‘that | there is a cloud on every title to land, and | every day proves that fact, and when the | single tax party is strong enough it will | demand the land for the benefit of the | masses. Then the land-owners will say | that they want compensation for their | land, but they will be told that they pur- | chased with open eyes and full knowledge, and what they did they did at their peril. | _“Landlordism,” he said, ‘““is the cause of | the terrible times in Nebraska, because those who own millions of acres in fertile countries by holding them drive people to | arid territories, where there can no | products.’” Passing through Texas on his way here | he asked himself why the Creator did not | irrigate the lands there, which would make | the country a paradise. The only answer | that he could find for it was that the | Creator had got tired of doing good for the benefit of the landlord only. | . The speaker then devoted his time to the | remedy for hard times and declared that what is wanted is to preserve all that is | good and abolish all that is bad. Alluding | to an article which declares that there are {idle hands for idle lands and asks how | they can be brought together, he said that | all that was necessary was to remove the men who prevented the idle hands from | locating on the idle lands. | Labor, he said, wanted the land. This was now unused and is unproductive and by giving it to the laborer the question of abor troubles would be solved. ~He urged hat tax on real property only was the remedy that would force the landlords to ive up their lands which they now held for specnlative purposes, and be forced to dispose of it so it should revert to those for | whom it was meant, the masses. | By means of charts and anecdotes the lecturer showed the effects of overcrowd- ing, of holding for speculative purpose, of overproduction and of the manner in which wealth and labor could be harmoni- | ously blended. Toward the close of the lecture he read an extract from a letter by | General Baoth of.the Salvation Army to show his colonization scheme, which was supposed to be the solution of the | problem for the ‘unemployed, but the general found when he wanted more land | that the same class of land he had paid $90 an acre for was held at §1200—that, he said, was the bane of all attempts to carry out schemes such as contemplated by Gen- eral Booth. At the close of his lecture he was loudly applauded, and then Congressman Ma- guire thanked the audience for its atten- tion to the speaker. Nor a failure is recorded for Dr. Price’s Baking Powder, A standard for forty years. SCHEEL T0 BE RETAINED. METROPOLITAN MUSICAL SOCIETY DECIDES TO KEEP THE CONDUCTOR. His LEADING Sororsts WILL ALsO STAY—SOME SUMMER CONCERTS, Scheel and bis soloists are to stay in San Francisco during the summer at the ex- pense of the Metropolitan Musical Society and the Ladies’ Auxiliary of that organiza. | tion. That question was definitely decided yesterday morning, when a meeting was held at which the following gentlemen were present: John Parrott, W. Mayo Newhall, H. J. Crocker, Louis Sloss Jr. | and James Stern. The exact number of monthly subserip- tions, varying from $1 to $5, for which the Ladies’ Auxiliary has secured promises will not be known till the first of the month, but as $219 was promised at the meeting held last Friday week and the ladies are known to_have secured a large number of subscriptions since, the Metro- politan Musical Society feels safe in as- suming than the ) & month necessary to keep Scheel and his leading artists here is Eorfi than nnrant.ee%. t the meeting yesterday it was resolved that the president, Johnyl’auott, be in- structed to arrange with Scheel to remain in San Francisco during the summer months. Seven or eight of the leading soloists were also to be retained, but Mr. Parrott will probably leave the choice of who those are to be to the conductor. The musicians are in some respects to earn their summer pensions, for one or two concerts a month will be given during the summer, either at the Auditorium or in Golden Gate Hall. In addition to the soloists there will be a full orchestra, gathered together for the occasion. Each subscriber to the funds of the Ladies’ Auxiliary will be allowed as many tickets to these concerts as he or she subscribes dollars a month. GUSTAF BROMAN IN LUCKMI He Is Held for Perjury, but Is at Liberty on a Defective Bond. Gustaf Broman, the bold navigator, was yesterday held to answer before the Superior Court by Judge Joachimsen on the charge of perjury preferred against him by Mrs. Roy of Vallejo street. Hig bonds were fixed in $1000. Broman’s two bondsmen, L. C. Janco- vich of 525 Leavenworth street and F. D, Curtoni_of 615 Turk street, were in court, and while the warrant clerk was making out the bond Judge Joachimsen had taken his_departure. went to Judge Low and he accepted the bond. ¥ About an hour later Judge Low dis- covered that the bond was worthless. It had been written on an ordinary bail-bond waves having even washed the clothin, from his back. He tilled and produced nfi he needed. Finally apother man was washed , and the first man told him he might come on the land, but that he would have to be his slave. This the sec- form instead of an_appeal bond, and one of the bondsmen, Curtoni, had not signed it. The Judge immediately issued a bench warrant for Broman’s arrest and the police are searching for ot there first. |- PRONOUNCED HIM AN ANARCHIST. DR. BROWN SAID DR. HERRON'S DOCTRINES ARE DANGEROUS TO 'PEACE. SOME MINISTERS APPROVED. Bur OTHERS UPHELD THE Pro- FESSOR—THE REvV. HENRY VARLEY'Ss TALK. The Congregational Monday Club is liberal in allowing people of different shades of opinion to hold forth to it. | Recently the club listened to a noted socialist, without, however, saying “Amen” to all his theories. Dr. Haweis also discoursed upon Moses in a witty manner, which caused the brethren to smile, though they afterward confessed that the wit was more apparent than the orthodoxy of the English divine. It was after Mr. Haweis had gone that he was accused of maligning the law giver, and, as some thought this scarcely fair, Dr. Brown took time by the forelock | yesterday, and impeathed the orthodoxy of Dr. Herron, before his advent. Dr. Her- ron, who is a Congregationalist himself, is professor of applied Christianity at Iowa College. He has written books which some of the brethren consider expose him to the charge of unorthodoxy, and as he is to address the club in Passion week, Dr. Brown wished it to be clearly understood that he, for one, could not indorse his views. The following were some of the charges brought against Dr. Herron in the paper: Of all the writers who have undertaken the serious business of sweeping aside the existing order of things none 1s so solemnly sure that he is right and no other so fantastic in the fig- ure he cuts as the Rev, George D. Herron. He iakes himself so serlously that he compels us to smile. His confidence in himself is only equaled by his lack of confidence in nearly every one else. The freedom with which he censures his breth- ren in the ministry, the sweeping condemna- tion which he visits upan the churches as ju- sincere and pharisaical, compel us to inguire whether he has so long indulged such & spirit as to have lost entirely the capacity of trusting his brethren. He hasissued four or five books, none of them large, but none of them so small as to fail to create the impression that the one man in whose “convictions” Mr. Herron has abso- lute and unbounded confidence is on deck. In his belief (not in his “opinion,” mark you), there is at least one man in this world whose bearing of the cross of Christis sincere and al- together above reproach. He is mot slow 10 say t nearly if not quite all of therest of the Christian world ought to be more consecrated. Dr. Brown here showed by extensive quotations from the seventh chapter of “The Republic of God” that Mr. Herron derived his peculiar ideas of the kingdom from that work of Elisha Mulford. In the author’s opinion the churches have become so corrupt and so little repre- sentative of the spirit of the founder that the awful maledictions of the twenty-third chapter of Matthew would apply to them. He continued: Does this man really believe that the churches of to-day are no better than the Pharisees Who opposed Christ’s teachings and siew him? If he really believes that we are tempted to ask with what churches he has associated ? His contempt for our churches is only equaled by his contempt for our theological schools, which, in_ his estimation should, with atheism, be considered as having “shut God out of tlieir teachings.”” Tt is said in apology for our author that his rhetoric is accountable for all of his objection- able passages. We do not believe that Dr. Her- ron would thank these apologists or accept their charity. We wouid not consent that the awiul seriousness with which he regards him- self and the reverence which he has for his own utterances should be so trified with. When he says that the churches are Pharisees that is what he means. When he says that the pos- sessors of wealth are “a &rey l.lgon society” that is what he means. When he says that “interest is robbery” that is what he means. ‘When he says that “the people ought at once to assume control of the instruments of pro- duction” that is what he means. When his friends hand these words over to a rhetoric which is a law unto itself they rob their prophet of his consequence and his glory. These are the phrases which have been ‘wings to his fame, which have given him cur- rency as the wonderful expounder of social- ism (or anarchism) in the phrases of Christian- ity, which have made him the seli-discovered link between religion and those who hurrah for Christ while they curse his churches. It will not matter after the fire brand gets into his powder bin whether we call it *‘rhetoric,” or plain speech, or only plous feeling. Judged by the ordinary laws of human speech, the man who says such things as I have quoted—who repeats them in lectures and prints them in ks—is a menace to publlc order. As to the invocation of the sacred name of the world’s Redeemer, in connection with such words, I can conceive of nothizs more awful, nor of anything so well ealculat toadd the zeal of the fanatic to the frenzy of the mob. The discussion which followed was an ardent one, twelve members of the club indorsing Dr. Brown, and ten declaring that the paper had misrepresented Dr. Herron, by taking him too_seriously and by giving quotations from his works "with- out the context, which entirely altered the meaning. Gilbert Dexter and Rey. Fred B. Pullan were the most earnest champions of the professor of applied Christianity, though Dr. Rominger and other speakers defended him from the charge of anarchy. Rev. F. Flawith said: ‘“He sees clearer than nine-tenths of the ministers that we are not living up to eur privileges. It may teach us the lesson that we need to know, that there are hungry men and women in San Francisco while we are sitting care- lessly by in our comfortable pews.” Those who agreed with Dr. Brown's views were in the majority, however. 3 Next Monday Rev. Fred B. Pullau will read a paper on “A True View of Dr. Her- ron.” 3 Rev. C. A. Rominger states that in his remarks upon ‘‘Lynchings in the South,” made before the Congregational Ministers’ Club, he said the Chinese were driven out of Tacoma by a mob headed by the secre- tary of the Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion, and not out of Seattle. ADDRESSED THE PRESBYTERIANS, Rev. Henry Varley, Who Is Preaching Round the World, Rey. Henry Varley, an evangelist who is making a tour of the English-speaking cit- ies of the world, delivered an address to the Presbyterian Ministerial Union yester- day upon ‘““The Power of the Holy Spirit.”” *‘One of the sins of the Christian church to-day,” the speaker declared, ‘‘is the superficial treatment of the nature of sin. We are designed of God to produce the conviction of s in his people, but we can- not do that without realizing the lesson of the day of Pentecost.” The speaker urged his brethren to meet every few weeks, get on their knees, tell their sins to one another, and spend a day with the Lord. After the address the rest of the meeting was spent in devotional exercises. The Methodist Ministerial Association elected the followingwomcm yesterday: President, Rev. W. W. Case; vice-presi- dent, Rev. W. 8. Bovard. At the request of the Presbyterians Rev. J. Coyle was ap- pointed a committee to confer with other mini bodies to create an interest un- favorable to Sunday funerals. The death of Dr. Azigelo Canoll of Chi::l former pastor of the Simpson M i Chu; was_annoanced, and Rev. J. Coyle, Rev. M. C. Harris and Rev. A. C. Hirst were appointed a committee to draw upsresolutions of regret. The Port of El Triumfo. The steamer Celia, which sailed for Salvador on Saturday, carried away a large quantity of building material. The latter is to be used at | ?fiflmem F. Middleton to G. J. & new port in Salvador called El Triumfo. A townsite has been laid out there, it is said, 2ud a town is just beginning to sprout. LA et THE FIRE PATROL REMAINS. Not Affected by the Dissolution of the Insurance Combine. Some fears have been expressed as to the permanency of the Underwriters’ Fire Patrol. A rumor spread that the dissolu- tion of the insurance combine and the consequent cut in rates would result in the discontinuance of this branch of the Fire Department. Rudolph Herold Jr., the secretary and treasurer of the patrol, who is also the general agent for the Hamburg-Bremen and Niagara fire insurance companies, says there is absolutely no danger of The patrol. he explained, was in existence before the combine was effected. entirely independent organization, and has been supported by contributions from all the companies, who were assessed about I per_cent of their incomes. combine was formed, the one company that stayed out stfll contributed. *The only effect of the cut in rates,” he | | explained, " *‘will be that the insurance companies will have to pay 2 per cent of | their incomes to support the patrol, instead of 1 as at presex?f.‘.)0 This is trl:xe be- cause we not only cannot discontinue the service, but we cannot even discharge a man nor lay off a horse without endanger- ingits efficiency.” INVESTIGATING COBBLES, | MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION AND HALF-MILLION CLUB IN- TERESTED. NE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE Brocks THAT OUGHT To BE ASPHALTED. The Merchants’ Association has com- pleted a map showing the pavements of San Francisco so as to know at a glance what condition the streets are in and ap- proximate cost of keeping different dis- tricts clean. After a careful compilation of reports from inspectors it was found that there still remain in the city 155 block: paved with barbarous cobblestones. Since new ideas began to obtain regard- ing pavements a popular belief has grown that cobbles are fast disappearing and are being replaced by bituminous rock. The impression is erroneous, for, in the best parts of San Francisco block after block of cobbles hurriedly and carelessly laid in the sand can still be met with. People have become so accustomed to the wretched without seeing much to Nor does there seem to be much anxiety to replace the cobbles with bituminous rock, unless, indeed, it be in the &ublics irit nov | nding expression in the Half-million ub. South of Market street there are ten blocks in the streets running ' east and west, and nineteen in the cross streets still aved with cobbles. The former blocks ave each an area of 825x44:6 feet, and the | latter one of 585x44:6 feet. To pave them with bituminous rock would cost approxi- mately $8077 and $5771 a block respectively, or $190,000, or thereabouts, for the whole lot. In the business district north of Market street where real estate is very valuable, and in the Western Addition, there ar 126 blocks of cobblestones in a great variety of picturesque decay. locks on streets running east and west have an area of 412:6x38:9 feet, and con- tain about 16,000 square feet, which at 22 cents a foot costs $3520 to be laid with best bituminous rock. The cross town streets measure 275x38:9 feet to a block, or 10,656 gfi:nre feet, and that costs $2332 for paving. e_total expense for putting down bi- tuminons rock north of Market street would be about $375,000. For the whole improvement something like $565,000 would be needed, but the work could be done for §600,000in excel- lent pavement. Any real-estate agent in town will state his conviction that if all the cobbles were taken up and good asphaltum streets sub- stituted owners of real estate would find their property enhanced materially in value. The half or three-quarters of a | million dollars needed for the improve- ment would come back doubly to mer- chants, property-owners, liverymen and draymen. . These_facts will be impressed upon the geo le by the Half-million Club when it e, gy improving and beautifying San rancisco as one means to the end in view—the commercial prosperity of the city. 3n every block laid with bituminous rock the city government ?’s $750, but even that had to be suspended until July because there isa deficit in the Street De- partment fund. Street railway companies have to gay for paving between their tracks and a foot on the outside of the outer rails. The remainder falls upon the property-owners on the street. This is about $37 for a lot with 25 feet frontage—a really reasonable price in comparison with the benetits received. SOCIETY IN A NEW ROLE. Miss Hobart Promises a Delightful Even- ing to Her Friends. Private theatricals are all the rage just now among the ultra fashionable set of San Francisco’s *'400.” To-night Miss Hobart will give an enter- tainment of this character at her elegant house on Van Ness avenue. In one of the large double parlors a stage has been erected, equipped with scenery painted for the occasion. "The entertainment will be very exclusive, only about twenty-five in- vitations being issued. Being a purely private affair, the names of those participating in the evening’s festivities are not made public, but it is understood that many of the best amateurs in the city have volunteered their services, all of which assures an artistically de- lightful evening. 0 Among the attractions will be a Spanish scene, and a character-sketch on the Southern darky. 5 e s w— REAL ESTATE TRANBACTIONS. Jobanna Schalike to Lydia Schalike, lot on S line of Fell street, 206:3 E of Buchanan, E 40 by S120; Borie, lot on 8 street, 137:6 W of Scott, W 25 by S 'harle: s E. Livermore to Catherine C. Bannan, lot on E line of Chattanooza street, 104 S of Twenty- first. $ 35 by E 125: $10. Mary Dul!; to Edward Du%, lot on SE corner of Y etonen At Harwand to” Bllon T, Hay ot i lorence YW 3 len , lot on W line of Mason street, 136:4 N of Sutter, W 87:6 by N 26:3; gift. Julia Shafer to Mary and Katie Shafer, re-record of 1543 d. 282, undivided half of lot on NE corner of Eddy and dee streets, E 37:6 by ; 85, Estaie of William F. Witzemann (by B 11 Mad- son and S. B. Peterson, executors) to Nicholas E. P. Witzeman, undivided eighth of the follo 10k on SE corner of Jackson and Drumm stroets, 60 by S 52 lot on E line of Jackson street, 52 S of Drumm, E' 40 by S 20; loton W line_of Boyce treet, 612 N of Point Lobos avenue, N 25 by W 120; fot on W line of Seventeenth avenue, 258:11 N of Clement street, N 25 by W 120, as re- recorded: $5. Bertba Galland to John and_B. Banachowaki, lot on SE line of Tehama street, 125 NE of Sixth, NE 25 by SE 80: $— . J. Shelper and W. G. Walton to Lida M. Staples, lot on S line of T street, 57:6 W of Thirty- sixth avenue, W 50 by S 100; also lot on NE cor- Det of U strect and Foruleih avenve, E 67:8 by N Joe E. and Meta Skemp to Bernard and_ Lens Kramer, lot on Sline of Richland avenue, 125 W 9f Andover avenue, W 25 by S 100, block §, Holly Henry Large to A. lot on E line ot Lishon trees 300 N of Bras wvenac, N 50 vy 5 100, block 26, Excelsior; gift. ALAMEDA COUNTY. G. W. Anderson of Oakland to Lizzie Anderson , 1ot on S line of William street, 124:3 E of Willow, E 25 by S 100:7%4, being lot 11, block B‘i‘),l‘: revised map of Gibbons property, Oak- Same to same, lot on N line of Atlantic street, 124:3 E of Willow, E_87:6 by N 100:7, being lot 34 and W halfffot lot 83, block 501, Gibbons prop- €5 and Marla F. Marttn of Oaklsnd to Emil line of 18(';!:8: $1 on N this. | It is an | When the | © ns in earnest with the landable enter- | 11 T | Bellermann of Oakland Township, all in n | 10t on E line of Adeline street, 190'S of Fortieth (of | Evoy avenne), S 27, E 38:4, NW 47:810 begin. | ning, being a portion of lot 20, H, C..Dobr's_home stead, to correct former deed recorded in 358 d. 19, Oakland Township; $5. A. C. Henry of Oakland to same, ot on E line of Adelive street, 190 S of Fortieth (or Evoy avenue), S 27, E 58:4, NW 47:8, being a portion of lot 20, H. C. Doir’s homestead, quitclaim deed, Oakland { Township: $10. % | Irad Cochran of New Mexico to J. K. McLean of | Onkland, all of plat 6 lying on the E line of Ade- | line stre¢t and N of Forty-third, Oukland Town- | ship: $10. | ~Lake View and Sunnyside Improvement Com- any to Sibyl S. Schrader (wife of H. H.), lots 1 to in block D, Broadway Terrace Tract, Oakland | Township; 810. | Mountain View Cemetery Association to Susan M. Fay. 0t 208 in plat 14, Mountain View Ceme- tery, Oakland Township; 810. | Commercial Bank of Berkeley to W. H. Marston, | lot on SW corner Walnut and Gilman streets, S I 240by W 142:7, being lots 1_and 4 in_ block 21, | Berkeley Villa 3ssociation, Berkeley $100. - V. and Henricita Stubenrauch to Susan M. Fay Napa, lot on W line of King street, 75:3 N of Al nue, N 150:6 by W 120, being lots 2 and Regent-street. Homestead Assoclation, Dudley to Albin Nelson, lot on W 1ine econd avenu~, 30 S Fast Twenty-first 0 by W 100, block 51, San Antonio, East $1400. Laymance 0f Oakland to Ada Butler (wife 1, lot 33, block D, Everett Tract, 5 ship; $10. Nikolaus Nittler of Alameda to Mary Nittler of Alameda, lot 3, block C, Buenaventura Tract, Map 2, Brooklyn Township: gift. Emil Greenebasum of San Francisco to Jean Bacque of Livermore, lot 6, block Northern addition o town of Livermore, Murray Township: | ~Georgiana de Rqhn Baronidis to Theodore Paasch of Berkeley, lot on W line of Fourth street, 150 N | of Rose, N'50 by W 125, block 28, Tract 2, Berke- ley Land and Township Improvement Association, | Berkeley: £10. = | . Same to Herman Wanske of Brookly, lot on W, | line of Fourth street, 200 N of Rose, N 50 by W 1 128, block 28 Hrooklyn: $10. > artrand of Oakland to Adam They ot Leandro, lot 6, Smith’s subdi- | vision of San Leandro, Eden Townsh 10. Amzi B. and Bessie E. Cary to Patrick M.Willin, studillo Tract, Sun Lean: | 10ts 11 and 12. block 48, | dro, Eden Township: # I B checo of Alameda, lots 2 lots 10, 11, 16 to 19, bloe Tract, Brooklyn Ti iy | & | of Weston Thirty-eighth s: by E 145, 1 | and S 17 feet | Telegraph aven: | $10. whship; *. and Sarsh T. Robinson to William i nt avenue, Aiameda, 1ot on N line of Du Col N ze W 9, College Homeste 1 ot 6, b 1 Association, Berkeley Louis & en to James and Joseph ‘Warner of Oakland.lot on W lineof Hawthorn street, 50 feet south of Jones avenue, S 100 by W 1, block 4, Warner Tract, quit- 1 1 (wite of P. 1, Alameda; 3. Rush of Oakl p to Michasl “orbett, lot on 335 k block B, subdivi Dobr Tracy Berkele Joseph L. Damont Nieri of San Franci R of San Franclsco to Simone | 0, 10is nd 4, block U, | Roberts and Woliskill Tract, map 3, Oskland | Township; $10. Thom d o o Caroline M 140 S of | Builders' Contracts. { K. C. Rickard with Willlam Howard, {0 build & | three-story frame building on E line of Lyon street, | 75 S of Fulton: § . | Giuseppe & G na Gardella, with Pagano & | Capelli, to erect a thre ry frame building on | W line of Lafayette place, 1076 W of Green; | $3184. | “'Mrs. Adaline Frobman with B. J. Tayler, to erect a two-story building on E line of Second ave- nue, 175 W of Clement: $3500. | HOTEL ARRIVALS. | T Sullivan & I Foochow HOTEL. S R Smith, Yokohama J G Shortail, Chicago d, Chicago B M Newcomb, Oak Hill 3! CN Beal, N Y atael v | D ¥ Foy, 8 Ray Beal. N Y | B C Warpe, Brooklyn ¥ Warde, Brooklyn G F Kimball, Chicago E C Walker & w, Chicago Mrs McClurg, Denver H Wi N Y .Boston H C Buc W W R Moore, Chicago | GT Clark, Denver J Pfaf, Bost | WEBu | E Popp & w, | G W Wooa, Ut | D O Clark, Denver F ! D 8 Cone & w, Red Bluft Mrs | ‘W Benne Macoma > A A Thomas, J R &'w, Nevada F A C nster, Boston Willonghby & w, ] | 3 Flourn undili, Yokohama | G H Suckling, Toronto C W Moore, Boise C A Durkee,Los Angeles Mrs Durkee, Los Angeles T E Addl Haven H G Bon | E Sawy MrsG F | Mrs Bean, Lebanon H G Bond, Se: Mass L Bean, Lebanon M Dela Mar, N Y P B Armstrong, N ly W E Peck & w,Oakland T H Leg; A Malpas, Los Gatos D P Marke: J H Fairfield & w ont W C De Yoe & Col H E A Crofto S A Col F L Gu | W P White, Utic: Y 'S Rinaldo. Mrs J W Burnhan Crz H H Wellr H Tetlow & w, Phila _ Mrs T | Mrs H F Williamson,Du- ¥ H luth I RUSS HO W Hammell, Palo Alto H John Collins. Sacramento S CD Ray, Utah J RS Rosseter, Alameda ¥ Matson, Redding ki Powers, Port Costa B Hili, Nevada P J M Sutherland,Alameda John R Wood, ( HCS J C Smith, T & 1 Ed Olahan, Bure J G McGee, An | Miss A Bonyha P Panell, Angels Camp is Camp Mrs F L Morris, Jenver Mrs S W Burgess, Santa Rosa on H G James, New Bedford I, B Seymour, Petaluma F A Mederia, Healdsburg William _Buston, Ketsey E B Willis, Sacramento T J McFariand, Folso Mrs J Johns, Grass Val M P Malone, Minn P Jacobs, Reno C Scovern, Jersey City L Blumenthal, Portland P Patterson, Portland C Evans &w, N Y L Millen, Portland J Hamilton, Hollister L I Emery, Angels Camp E T Doonan, Oregon M T Patton & w, Illinois J W Evans& w, Wis J F Burgess, Santa Rosa E B Copeland, Wis J J Powers, England G Gage, Oakland ML Archibald &, N Y. R W Highley, Seattle W S Montgomery, Liprt J Collins, Sac A F Stevens. Vanderbilt G B Land & w, Fresno V C Percival, Williams V Sears, Cal J M Goss, Reno J G Warren, Bakersfield M H Strong, Napa H Stelling, Davis W W Wilkins, Bolinas C Metcalf, Sn Luis Obispo F Matios, Redding E Pike, Pleasanton € Marchant Jr, Healdsbg C H Babeock & w, Chego W Spredgens, Snia Rosa GRAND HOTEL. 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Redwood City. R E Rya are H Woodward, Tulare J Phelan,Gakland M Hartman, Oakland J H Peterson, Ohio M J Conway, Racmento HJ Riley, Haywards D J Mackey, Haywards LICK HOUSE. E Feufllare, San Jose = L E Slover, San Jose - G M Hill, Auburn H J Finger.SantaBarbara Anson Pltcher, Mass R Linder, Tulare N M M Gregg, Monterey J Simpson. Cal 3 M Meyer, N Y Frank Bell, Reno Mra,D Carithers, Sta Ros C B Nimons & w, Chicage G D Dornin, P Quilty, San Jose 5 AW Riley, Santa Rosa T Rutledge, Santa Rosa T Fell, Victoris F C Swaete, Guinda P J Mann, Or 0 .C Wilbur, Sonora J D Culp, San Felipe W Perkins, Boston = BALDWIN HOTEL. Ye Yeim Gik, Korea T W Power, Wash SH Gunn, N'Y R Gatewood, N Y Mrs Hall, Lewisville MMrs Builer, Lewisville A Hunter, Vallejo MrsWordsworth, Fresne A D Walkerw&chn, Kan B E Walker, Palo Alto | J F Lewis, Mayfield AEHolden, N Y M Simon, Placerville & —— e LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, Arrived T MONDAY, March 18, * Stmr Arcata, Cousins, 60 hours from Coos Bay; pass and mdse, 10 O C & N Co. Bark Helen W ~Almy, Murchison, 66 days from Apia. via Butaritari 38 days; 3 i e v g wreckage, junk, ete, x;;;e.ntl of Trans-Atlantiec Steamers,’ ‘W YORK~Arrived Mar 25— = o v Stmr Tauric, fm : Importations. COOS BA Y—Per Arcata—350 tons coal, 2 saddle- bags, 74,830 f¢ lumber, 24 M laths, 581 sks potatoes. Consignees. PflAmau—HDnum:Thmfllflwrln;O' % Buell; Weus.l'.rg&oo man & Co; 0 C & N Co; 4 E Slade Lumber Co,