The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 29, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1895. & PRIL 29, 1895 (_}ITYV NEWS IN BRIEL ured on “Christian Eco- “lub squadron took a team defeated the Cali- a score of 140 to 57. for to-day is: “Fair; slowly ; fresh northerly winds.” sterday brought the rifle- s to the ranges across the f petroleum has been discoy- ien tract in Contra Costa bien Pistol and Rifie Club con- or the Kuhnle, Glindermann medals. services over the remains of the am_Powell were held in Masonic erday afternoon. an of the conservatory in Golden Park is fostering some very rare orchids fr xico and some from Borneo. ones, the Australian handball champion, cfeated at the San Francisco Court yester- by G. Hutchinson and J. Condon. _In her last lecture on “Delicate Cakes” Mrs, Ewing imparts some useful infermation about nutcakes, caramel coating and frosting. The Red Men's shooting section held its an- ual eagle shoot yesterday. John Feldermann is Schuetzen koonig for the coming William H. Finley fell off the ferr: mont yesterday and was rescued b; Joseph P. Fleming, the swimming téacher. A large number of fox-terriers have been en- tered for the bench show at the Pavilion. En- tries sent by mail March 30 will be received. A story comes from Oakland to the effect t 1t once assaulted & 15-year-old girl in the tower of the Emmanuel Baptist Church. Mrs. D. J. Staples, & pioneer, whose life was devoted to works of charity, died at her hon 711 Taylor street, at 2 o'clock yesterday afte noon. Henry Varley delivered the first of pecial addresses in a Bible-teaching in the First Congregational Church ning season at the ed by the Pacific SwimmdZ « asins of Major J. E Ma: tery yester e under the c Thomas Post, ( hal- b y Union Court to play u match game for a valuable trophy. g, in the First Pres . Gibson referred to ms and spiritual- d, unseriptural and dia- . Father Kirby, the new pastor of St. ews Church, on Masonic_avenue, near Gol- e Park, preached an interesting sermon Good Shepherd” to his new parishioners ay. e last bodies are being removed from the f Peace Cemetery on Church street 711l soon be put on :t by the Jewish congrega- andball ‘player, claims the Le Coast, as his challenge to has not’ been accepted, and intention to defend the title of the California_Camera Club, next, M Post, represent- ill give a demon- 1g the Ilotype Compan The lecture stration on gloss surface lo paper. will begin at 8 P. Case severely criticized Judge ght for questioning Dr. Gibson stand last week. The parson of pandering to the hoodlum Francisco. containing four men belonging n'Rowing Club, was capsized oft vesterday. They were rescued Boatmen - Ferguson The whaleboat sank nance regulating the speed of electric and cable cars between the hours of 4 o'clock and 7 o'clock P. M. is not disturbing ianimity of the raiirosd people. Mr, n that no extra cars will be put on, but that speed will be lessened instead. Luke Battles, ars of age, who 1 Lombard and Po day on a charge of felon: is A. Loeb, Polk and Pine Battles with stealing a bi- ch he hired from himon Monday last. A. H. Mo on, for whose arrest a warrant d on Saturday on the chargeof em- nt, was caught at Portland, Or., i will be brought back to the C 200 from Charies D. Busn to pay a fine dge Joechimsen’s court and absconded h the mouney. The pastor and people of the Trinity Presby- rian Church, German Baptist, Bethany Con- tional and Hamilton-square Baptist have ‘lwliuhmt\'oni(L)(hefm:lnr and people nannel Baptist Church to worship with them, owing to their temporary vacating ¢ own edifice. Gibson delivered his first he Emmanuel Church murders ight. wes *‘The . "He likened his own grief to that of Christ, whom he declared was always with the sorrowing. He made no allusion o the church tragedies. Under an agreement reached yesterday the Supervisors will probably pass a resolution guaranteeing to levy a tax to pay for supplies now to be pure or the City institutions; they will be carried into court by & mandamus 10 Testrain them for so doing, and so the vexed question that has threstencd famine will be solved. Ensign George Malleson of the United States steamer Olympic wes seriously injured on board that vessel off Sausallto yesterday morn- ing. The chein came unshackled while the ancher was being let go and the heavy cable running out through the hawse pipe struck the officer on the leg almost tearing the limb from his body. There was & large crowd of men to greet Henry Varley, the evangelist, yesterday after- noon at the uditorium of the Young Men’s Christian Association to heer his lecture on “The Curse of Mankind.” The speaker graph- ically pictured social evil in its various forms and showed the harm done the physical and mroral well being. The Orfinnlzers of the Co-operative Common- wealth have been busily engaged the past week in making the preliminary arrangements {or their organization of the unem{floyed into a eorporation. Mr, Jeffries will deliver a tree letture et Metropolitan Temple, Fifth street, to-night and w\lF give & complete outline of his plan for seli- help. Young Dan Fitzsimmons, & one time member of the South End junior crew, but now a mem- ber of the Pioneer crew,is thinking scriously of taking to a shell. His ambition seems to be to match himseli against F. Duplissea, the promising young sculler of the South Ends. 1f the race is arranged it will be & great event as both men are promising oarsmen. A grand farewell concert will be given this afternoon by the Chevalier de Kontski at the Pixley residence, Union and Fillmore streets. 1t is expected that the entertainment will guite & brilliant affair. A military band will be stationed in the grounds, and the Chevalier, assisted by Mre. Spitzy and Noah Brandt (vio- 1ist), will give a musicale in the house. The Fire Department officials state that by to-uight there will be no feed for the horses of over half of the fire compenies. The others will be out of feed within a few days. The stock of coal and eoal oil is exhausted. In consequence of the lack of funds the corpora- tion yard and carpenter shop will have to be closed and Engine Company 27 mustered out of service. To-morrow evening the members of the Union League Club will entertain at their rooms at the Palace Hotel the guests of the Half-million Club representing Southern Cali- fornis organizations. Invitatlons have been sent to the Mayor, city officials, the presidents of.the Boerd of Trade, Chamber of Commerce snd other commercial organizaetions. The affair will be informal. N A crash of glass attracted the attention of Policeman George Collins on Powell street _bout 10 o'clock iast night. The glass panel of the notion store, 2093, had_been broken, A oung man who was on the lookout bolted as koon as he saw the officer and made his escape. Another dashed through the broken panei and ran up Powell and along Geary, where he was caught by a citizen and_turned over to Collins .-and Policeman H. J. Wright, who took him to the City Prison. His pockets were filled with knives and other articles. He gave his name .- ‘ss James Monahau and was booked on & charge of burglary., ch last His subject WRENCHED HIS LEG OFF. Deplorable Accident to Ensign Malleson of the Olympia. THE CRUISER'S TROUBLES. Jolly Corinthians Go A-Salling Over the Wild and Raging Main. A deplorable accident happened on board the cruiser Olympia, which returned from Santa Barbara and the southern ports yesterday morning. As the anchor was being let go off Sausalito the cable came unshackled and the great chain, running out of the hawse-pipe, struck Ensign George medal, which was the prize for the mce,l was therefore not awarded. The race was one of eighty-five yards. A race between Harry Boshain and J. C. Edwards, also for eighty-five yards, fol- lowed. It was for a silver medal and was won by Boshain by about six feet. Some high diving from the 65-foot tower b;' Thompson and Green finished the day's sports. - THE GREAT SILVER STATUE. The Most Striking Exhibit of the World’s Fair Is in This City. The celebrated Montana silver statue that attracted so much attention at the ‘World’s Fair is in this city and will be on free exhibition to the public at the Maze, at the corner of Market and Taylor streets. Last evening a private view was given to members of the press. The statue is a striking and beautiful work of art, and consists of a figure of Justice, modeled after Ada Rehan, standing on a globe with an American eagle at the base. The ped- estal is of solid gold. The whole work &tands nine feet two inches in height and the total weight is four and a half tons. In the statue, globe and eagle are 97,000 ounces of pure silver. valued at $64,800. The pedestal contains gold of the value Malleson on the right leg below the knee, THE CITY'S DIRE DISTRESS, Ex-Justice McKinstry May Be the Moses in the Case. SEES A POSSIBLE WAY OUT. The Supervisors Will Promise to Pay and Then Get Into the Su- preme Court, Mayor Sutro, with ex-Judge MeKinstry, called upon Supreme Court Justice Beatty at the latter’s residence yesterday, to con- sult him with regard to the acute financial difficulty in which the City finds itselt. Chairman of the Finance Committee Taylor was to have been present at the of $224,000. The silver is from the cele- conference, but was called out of the City. [Sketched for the “Call” by Coulter.] from the body. At the parting of the cable the men stationed in that locality fortunately sprang out of danger, but the officer whose duties in mooring ship placed him in a position of peril was unable to escape, and was thrown down by the heavy weight of the cabie, jerked out of the chain-locker by by the great anchor falling from the ves- sel’s bow. The injured officer was carried to the ship’s hospital and the leg amputated at the knee. Ensign Malleson, whose sea career is so ickly closed, entered the Annapolis Naval Academy from North Carolina May 21, 1888, and was ordered to the Olympia two months ago. He will be taken to the Marine Hospital at Mare Island and upon his recovery will be placed upon the re- tired list. 7 The first trip of the Olympia has been unfortunate in many respects, and not- withstanding the part she took in the great floral festivals held in the ports she visited roses. At Santa Barbara a gun captain named Johnson was instantly killed dur- ing the discharge of a 5-inch rifle. e was standing at the breech of the gun sighting the piece, and upon pressing the electric lanyard at the command to fire, the great gun sprang bodily from its car- riage, falling several Teet inboard, tearing up the deck planking and crushing the un- fortunate seaman in a frightful manner. Upon examination it was learned that the glycerine cylinder under the piece, which “catches and recoil, was empty. is let the gun come back suddenly at the dischnrge, snapping the two-inch steel piston and dismounting the piece. The men of the cruiser have complained bitterly of the action of the commanding officer in refusing to permit the different messes to_purchase on shore provisions not served out from the shép‘s stores. This is a privilege usually accorded to the crews, and for some mysterious reason orders have been recently issued by the Navy Department at ashington which force the men to confine themselves to the pay- master’s diet. Lieutenant-Commander E. W. Sturdy said yesterday: 1 have never refused to permit the men to purchase their mess supplies on shore. Ionly limited the quantity, because, going in and out of port every day 25 we have been doing and with the ship crowded with visitors, we could not permit 400 men to fill the vessel with a great mass of shore-purchased provisions, as they wished to do, and this in the face of the recent orders from the department. But don’t take my word; take the chief petty officers and investigate this latest naval horror. A visit to the mess tables revealed the fact that Jack of the Olympia does not revel in epicurean luxuries, and the pota- toes, the absence of which has caused the alleged famine, are painfully lacking. The recent dispatches, which stated that the men were “‘jumping’’ the ship like rats, greatly exaggerated, as only twelve of the crew have deserted. Saturday and Sunday were great days for the Corinthian yachismen at the open- ing of the aquatic season at Tiburon, and marine history—when it is written—will glow with the account of the remarkable occasion. After the high jinks of the festive rovers of the main, which lasted far into the Sun- day morn, the boats were manned and the gallant squadron—led by the flag yacht Truant, commanded by Commodore Pew— sailed on a privateering cruise for Vallejo. The fleet took the exceeding perilous route through Raccoon Straits in the foliowing order: Prideof the Bay, Harpoon, Mary, Seven Bells, Crespa, Ramona, Frofic, Annie, Secret, Pinta, Naiad, Belle, Mist, Cesne, Clara and Cornelia. The wind blew freshly in through the Golden Gate and the white canvas sails were thrown wing and wing, making a pretuy effect as the natty craft sped away 1n line. At the navy-yard the visitors were re- ceived by the commandant and staff with becoming ceremony, and the Uncle Sam’s marine station surrendered to the merry invaders without a protest. AT THE TERRACE. Some Good Races by Members of the Pacific Swimming Club. The swimming season ‘at the Terrace baths in Alameda was opened yesterday by the Pacific Swimming Club. There were two races. In them were entered Dana Thompson, Dan Green and Matt Gay. Thompson and Green came in to- gether, with Gay four feet behind. The her cruise has not been along a path of | radually breaks the | and about seventy-five had run away, are | mangling the limb and almost tearing it | brated Drum Lummond mine and the gold | from Mrs. Macadoo’s Spotted Horse mine. | The statue was one of the most striking | exhibits of the World’s Fair in Chicago, | and since the fair closed it has been con- | stantly on exhibition throughout the coun- try. After being exhibited in Los Angeles and Portland it will be taken to the Cotton Exhibition at Atlanta and thence to Eu- | mre. Itisin the hands of the Montana Silver Statue Company, with whom the proprietors of the image have made ar- rangements by which they will give the public of this city a view of the statue free of charge. To-day and for two weeks it will be on exhibition. TROUBLE 1N CHIATONY, The .Police Employed by the Six Companies Accused of Blackmail. Notices Posted on Telegraph Poles That Blockaded the Streets. Chinatown was in a flutter of excitement all of yesterday and the police had con- siderable trouble in controlling the mobs that congregated on the corners of Wash- ington and Jackson streets on Dupont. They spread across the thoroughfares and at times the cable cars were stopped until a way had been cleared. The cause of the | commotion was a notice posted on the tele- | phone pole at each corner named. Ser- | geant Christiansen ordered the placards torn down, and it was only then that the crowds could be dispersed. The notice was about eight inches long and four inches wide. It was a denuncia- tion of the Chinese police squad main tained by the Six Companies, and a free translation of it made by a Chinaman be- fore it was torn down is as follows: TAKE NOTICE. The white devils sent into Chinatown by Chief Crowley have lately been held in check. They'do no more blackmailing. We are only relieved from one class of bloodsuckers to be affiicted with another. The captain and eight men appointed by the Six Companies to kee) order are now worse than ever the white devils were. They are blackmailing the women, the opium sellers and the lottery games. None of us are safe from them and it is time they were done away with. We hed to put up with the white devils, but we won't put up with the Six Companies’ devils. Just who was the author of the above it is hard to ascertain, but the general im- ression is that the highbinders are at the bottom of it. If any blackmailing of lot- tery dens or opium_joints was done it is they who would suffer. They are also the last people in Chinatown who will sit down and submit to paying tribute unless they are certain there is no loophole of escape. Ii they think (heg have a grievance trougfe will ensue and Chinatown may be the seat | of another highbinder war. Some time ago the Chinese Six @om- panies organized a police force of its own. It is composed of nine men—a captain, sergeant and seven patrolmen. These were selected for their fighting qualities and trustwhorthiness. They had to be brave men so as to face the highbinders without fear when it came to a stand-up fight, and they bad to be trustworthy so as to com- mand the respect of the Chinese com- munity. Itis this little force that the cir. culars pasted on the telegraph polesac. cuse of blackmail. “I don't know who was the author of the notice,” said King Owyang at the Chinese consulate yesterday. *“It was some scurrilons denunciation, I* suppose, and as the police tore it down no attention will be paia to it. If the men appointed by the Six Companies to act as pclxl’gemen have been blmkmnilinF any one we don't know anything about 1t.” The secretary of the Six Companies when seen about the matter appeared densely ignorant in regard to the notice. He did not even know that his employers had a special police force in their pay. Just the same, quite a crowd of Chinese merchants gathered at the companies’ beadquarters on Sacramento sireet and dis- c“”e% the situation for several hours yes- terday aiternoon. W. A. Anderson, alias John Foster, s mor- phine fiend, committed suicide at 28 Tenth street yesterday. He wasan e‘x;sineer by pro- fession, but has gradually drif from Ns to worse until he had nota friend or a cent left in the world. He somehow or another secured a revolver and blew the top of his head off. THE CRUISE OF THE CORINTHIAN YACHT FLEET. Mr. Taylor has been in consultation with ex-Justice McKinstry for some time in re- gard to the matter, and has been consider- ably encouraged by the disposition of the eminent jurist not to take an entirely hopeless view of the situation. He has been disposed to believe that the Supreme Court would look upon the claims of contractors for furnishing sup- plies for the support and maintenance of the institutions of the City and County as outside of the constitutional inhibition against incurring an indebtedness beyond the current revenue of the ybar to meet. The indebtedness referred to in the con- stitution is such as is within the discretion of the board to incur or not to incur, and Judge McKinstry believes the supplies for the maintenance of these institutions are not within the discretion of the board to incur or not to incur. The institutions are established and many of them filled with the wards of the city and to maintain them is mandatory. How to get a decision from the Supreme Court in the matter and so settle it beyond peradventure is the next thing, and this lan has been suggested and the first steps in it will be taken to-day. The first will be the passage of a resolution by the Board of Supervisors at its meeting this afternoon declaring it to be their intention to fix the rate of taxation at a figure such as will net a revenue sufficient to pay contractors for goods suprlied now and with the money, which wili belong to the next fiscal year, of course, to_pay them, although they were contracted in this fiscal year. Thisis the thing that is said to be un- lawful to do, and it is in the programme that some one will immediately go into the Supreme Court after a mandamus to prevent them taking this obligation. Itis thought that by this means the matter can be got pro¥er1y before the court. The object of the visit of the Mayor and Judge McKinstry to the home of Chief Justice Beatty yesterday was to confer with him as to the possibilities of secur- ing an immediate hearing for the case if it was presented, and Justice Beatty assured them that he realized the extreme exi- gency, and would do what he could to ad- vante it. He thought there would be no hindrance to an immediate hearing and prompt judgment upon the case. Sj)eakmg about the matter last evening ex-Justice McKinstry said: Tdo not think the judgment in the Mendo- cino County case handed down by the Supreme Court yesterday. which is claimed by some to cover the question to be raised here, does so by some very materiel points. That was the claim of a contractor for building a courthouse, the fund_for which was insufiicient, and the de- mand was made upon _the funds of the suc- ceeding year, as 1 understand it, The condi- tions here appear to me entirely different. The revenue of the City issegregated into a great number of funds for different purposes, all of which are intact and are sufficient for thefr purposes. But there is a general fund, very many of the demands upon which are not under the control of the Supervisors. The Su- Penuoru cannot anticipate the demands. For nstance, they know how many patients are in the hospitals in a general wey, and how many prisoners are in the jails and 'so on, and they make 1prf:nvislmx in the tax levy in the same general way for their care. But an exigency may arise—has arisen. ’rie expenses of the last election far exceeded what there was reason to believe they would and the courts have sustained the claims. In many other ways, as 1 understand it, money has been taken from this general fund by de- artments uoé ;ha‘ hgu;en;::vel;n wljueh wul:l not revented by the Su ors, just &s though, an gpldemlc had trebfed the expenses of Szo County Hospital. Now, first of all it is neces- sary to maintain the government, and I do not belleve that the purchase of supplies necessa to do so is contracting & debt within the mean- ing of the constitutional inhibition. It is not contracting a debt. If lngghex to maintain the government may not be purchased then the government must stOp. and certainly no statute nor constitution can sei up a provision that will work that end. WILL TAKE COAL. The Head of the Fire Department Has a Plan. Some idea of the danger which menaces the city by the refusal of the contractors to supply fuel and fodder for the fire de- partment was gathered yesterday from Acting Chief Dougherty and Secretary Maxwell. Secretary George Maxwell sent out to. the foremen of the various engine and truck companies to learn exactly how much fodder for the horses, coal for the heaters and engines and coal oil for the lamps was on hand. The replies he re- ceived were startling. In the Mission district there are seven engine companies and one truck. This is the most fortunate district of the lot, for there is fodde enough to last for seven days by !eedin: the horses half rations. The supply of coal will Jast about four hours in case a big fire should have to be fought. There is no coal oil on hand. i In the downtown district, east of Sixth and Polk streets, the firemen will be “stranded”” by 6 o’clock this evening. In this district there are ten fire engines, three chemical engines, three trucks an one hose company. More than one-half of these will be out 6f food for the horses by to-night, and the other half will be out by to-morrow evening. There is no coal or coal oil on hand. i There are nine fire engines in the West- ern Addition, four trucks and two chemi- c{all engines likewise out of fodder, coaland il oil. “While all this is bad enough,” re- marked Secretary Maxwell, “‘there is_still another danger that threatens to cripple the Fire Department. On account of the lack of funds the Corporation Yard will have to be closed, likewise the carpenter- shop on Ellis near Buchanan and Engine Company 27 will go out of service. In the Corporation Yard only three men hol(YO statutory positions, the u- perntendent and the Assistant u- perintendent of engines and the machinist. There are ten machinists and blacksmiths whose pay is not provided for by the statutes and they are paid by the day. Itisthesamein the carpentershop where six men are employed. The Fire Department never responds to an alarm but what some engine or truck is broken or damaged. The machinists and car- penters are kept busy repairing engines and engine-houses all of the time. We cannot keep these men and so we will close both places within a day or two. Assistant Chief Engineer Dougheny, at present the executive officer of the depart- ment, had a very long fgce yesterday. ‘It would not be so bad if it was not for the horses,’”” he remarked. ‘We have 200 horses in the department, and of these 175 are in active service. They will have to be fed, and yet we have not feed enough to last more than twenty-four hours. The reatest economy is being observed in deal- ing out their rations. It is the lack of horse-feed that is worrying me. ““‘While we are almost out of coal, and have not enough to last over a four-hours’ run at a big fire, I'll get coal enough for all emergencies. If I run out of coal 1 will smash in the gate of the first coal yard I can find and take all that is needed, and let the City stand the damage. I can’t break into 'a hay and feed store and get feed for our horses without the risk of being shot or arrested.” MORE AGANST DURRAY, A Fifteen-Year-Old Girl Said to Have Suffered at His Hands. Detectives at Work on the Story. Rev. Mr. Case on ‘“Conlan’s Insult to Dr. Glbson.” A story comes from OQakland which if true will make even darker the threaten- ing cloud which now hangs over the head of Theodore Durrant. On Saturday a prominent Oakland offi- cial sent a communication to Chief Crow- ley which has kept the detectives hunting among the medical men of this city ever since. Itstated that a leading Oakland physician had been recently told by a San Francisco colleague that he (the San Fran- ciscan) had five months ago been called to attend a 15-year-old girl whe had suffered at the hands of Durrant in the tower of the Emmanuel Baptist Church. It was also stated that the San Francisco doctor was deterred by professional ethics from communicating the fact to the police and from revealing the name of the young girl whom he attended. Chief of Police Crowley,when questioned last night as to the truth of the story en- deavored to evade a direct reply. He said, “I know nothing about it. We have not found any such ghysicixn, and if I had such information I surely would not give it out for publication.” Rev. W. W. Case of the Howard-street Methodist Episcopal Church spoke for a few minutes last evening on Judge Con- lan’s insult to the Rev. Dr. Gibson, and his church was crowded with Eeople who desired to learn his views on that subject. In his opening prayer the pastor besought that the Lord would give wisdom to those set 2s “‘magistrates in our criminal courts” and vouchsafe to them ‘“‘clean hands and pure hearts, lifted above prejudice and corruption.” Having thus prepared the way, the divine proceeded to ?]ay the justice with keenest irony. He reierred to the Meth- odist church precedent that no ill should be spoken of ministers and magistrates, and disclaimed any pleasure in criticizing “kindly but fearlessly” one of the men on the San Francisco bench. He pronounced Judge Conlan’s action in questioning Dr. Gibson as a grave departure from the cus- tom, practice and propriety of the bench. He said: There are different methods of committing murder. The men who slew those lovely girls could not destroy their souls nor blight them during a long life. The man or woman whose reputation is murdered is murdered in- deed. Toa minister more than toany other minister who has been drawn intoany horrible case,as has the pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist Church, he should have the sympathy of the ple and the protection of the court. Mr. ibson has not had the protection of the court, but he has had the sympathy of the people, an I believe the people of Northern Celifornia have never been so stirred up as they have by the unrighteous treatment Dr. Gibson received at the hands of the court during his examina- tion as & witness. The preacher said he met Dr. Gibson for first time the day before Miss Williams ‘was murdered. e made no plea for him because he was a minister, but the conduct of this case had led people to believe that the court believed that Gibson had been in some way implicated in the crime, or was giving lying testimoni. Personally he doubted whether any other preacher in San Francisco in similar circumstances could have borne so well for his own honor such an examination. He did not blame the lawyers, for when in the fight they are ex- ected to do ungentlemanly things. But t was an unheard of thing that a judge who sits to try a case should badger a wit- ness. He bhad talked with lawyers and lay- men and all agreed that none of the testi- mony tended to cast suspicion on Mr. Gib- son. They agreed, too, that Conlan had insulted Gibson. Mr. Case spoke of the Sunday-school library and professed that the lock on that in his _own church might have been changed every two weeks of the eight years of his pastorate and_ he be none the wiser. He did not think thieves would steal Sun- day-school books. The preacher then read from the short- hand report of Conlan’s questions and Gibson’s answers, He asked why a “‘min- ister of the gospel should be so badgered,” and ac his Honor of ‘“‘pandering to the hoodlum element.” ““Let him beware,” he cried. *The hood- lum element in San Francisco has had its day and honest men and women are now going to look after the election of officers.” Mr. Case thought Gibson wise to have a witness when he went to view the Wil- liams body and said he womld have waited to secure one if it took half an hour. Of the guilt or innocence of those under arrest the preacher had nothing to say. He daclamf for a fair, honest trial, and wanted simply the reputation of '“‘San Francisco’s good people” respected those in high position. e Morrow Club Picnic. ‘The members of the Morrow Club had an en- joyable time yesterday at Harbor View Parlk, the occasion being their annuai picnic. There ‘was a very large attandance and in addition to other sports a tug-of-war was held, the teams being made up of picked members of the club. |3 Arrangements had been made to have Henry Martin, the ular grand treasurer of the Native Sons of the len West, act as anchor- man for one of the teams, but as the other side could not find a suitable offset as to weight and size as anchorman Mr. Martin did not en- ter the contest. 3 FATHER KIRBY'S SERMON, The New Pastor of St. Agnes Preaches on the Good Shepherd. A GROWING CONGREGATION. Favorable Conditions Under Which the New Parish Starts Out. Rey. Father Kirby is now fully installed as pastor of the new St. Agnes Church, which is located on Masonic avenue, near the park panhandle. The new church, in which mass will be celebrated daily at 7:30 o’clock A. . and twice on Sunday, is for the accommoda- tion of residents to the south about Golden Gate Park. The growing population in that part of the city made the new church a necessity, and some time ago the little chapel was built and attended by the priests from the Sacred Heart Church. But the congregation continued to in- crease, and a resident priest to take care of the parish was needed, so Archbishop Riordan selected one of the brightest and most capable young priests in the person Rev. Father Kirby. (From a photograph.] of Father Kirby, who had long been con- nected with St. Mary’s Cathedral and is well known in San Francisco. The new pastor preached on the Gospel of the Guodpshepherd yesterday. He told how Christ was the Good Shepherd; how he came into the world to save mankind; to establish one fold, one church. *“The sheep of the fold,” he said, ‘“‘are the Christians of the world. They belong to the one fold, with one pastor. Some wandered away, and these Christ himself went after. Christ snowed he was the Good Shepherd by leaving the ninety-nine in the desert while he went after the one that had strayed away.”’ The speaker here developed the three parables—one fold and one pastor; the woman who lost the groat and swept dili- gently until she found it, and the Prodigal Son. " He told how the Good Shepherd spoke in parables; how he ]iut his feach- ings into practice by sitting down with the sinners; how Mary Magdalen came to him a sinner and went away a saint. He also developed the incident of the thief dying beside the Lord upon the cross, and the saying, “Thou shalt be with me this day in paradise.” “The church,” said the speaker, ‘‘has always continued the teachings and mis- sion and pyactice of the Good Shepherd, and especially acts out the divine will at Easter, when she gathers all into one fold that they may perform their sacred duties by going to confession and communion, and thus reconcile themselves to God.” Fatner Kirby is an able speaker, clear and eloguent. On ednesdays and Fridays of the months of May the rosary and the bene- diction of the Blessed Sacrament will be celebrated, ‘and. on_every evening during the month there will be a rosary and a lit- any of the Blessed Virgin at 7:30 o’clock. Confessions will be heard on Saturday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock and from 7:30 to 10 o’clock. Rev. Father Dempsefi' of St. Mary’s Ca- thedral will preach at the high mass at 9:30 o’clock next Sunday. “THE MAN OF SORROWS.” Rev. Dr. J. George Gibson Preached at Grace B E. Church Last indiyidual reputation is life, and when any | Night. The, services at Grace M. E. Church at Twenty-first and Capp streets last night were impressive. It was the first time since the awful double tragedy in Emmanuel Baptist Church since the people and the pastor of that church worshiped together. They and their friends gathered in vast numbers at the invitation of Rev. Dr. Mc- Clish and his devoted followers. The thought of the tragedies seemed to run through the entire service and the icture of one congregation opening their earts and sympathies to the other had its patheticside. Dr. McClish touched lightly upon the Emmanuel affair and said that the Trinity Presbyterian, German Baptist, Bethany Congregational and Hamilton- square Baptist had also thrown their churches open to the Emmanuel congrega- tion during the temporary closing of the church. The choir sang with more than usual feel- ing and Mrs. Don Pardee Riggs rendered the solo, “The King of Love My Shepherd Is,” with much expression. There was not standing room in the church so great was the attendance, while hundreds clamored for admittance. Dr. Gibson took his text from chapter 53 of Isaiah, verse3: '‘Heis despised and rejected of ten; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.” e dwelt at length upon the life of Christ, his purity, his love, his ready sym- pathy with those who suffe It is wrong to suppose that we are alone. There is one who understands us; the One who came down into this life; the One who was rejected ; the Man of Sorrows. “All have sorrows, but they are to be en- dured and not described; to be borne, not expressed. Christ wept over Jerusalem over the treachery practiced on him, and as he hung upon thecross the multitude sneered at him.” Dr. Gibson closed his sermon with a touching afipeul to all to turn_their hearts to Jesus Christ, the Man of Sorrows and Love. He pictured his crucifixion on the cross, first by the gloom and sorrow of his death and secondly by the glory and light of his resurrection. ———————— ROOM FOR THE LIVING. The 01d Home of Peace Cemetery Soon £A L to Be Sold. The old Home of Peace Cemetery, occu- pying the block bounded by Guerrero, Church,Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, will soon be in the real estate market, ‘When the new cemetery of that name was established in Ban Mateo County five years ago about 1900 bodies rested in that block of hillside, but at various times they have been removed to the more distant burying- ground by fifties and hundreds until now not more than 150 are left. A number of bodies have been exhumed o in the past week, and this week nearly 100 more will follow them to San Mateo County. The expense is charged to friends of the dead when any can be found, but in many cases no trace of relatives can be found. These are removed at the expense of the congregation of German Jews to whom the cemetery belongs. During the summer the last coffin will be dug up, re- boxed and reburied, and then the lLivin, will buy the lots and make use of the hill- side. The adjoining block across Nineteenth street is the old Hills of Eternity Cemetery, belonging to the congregation of Polish Jews. The new Hills of Eternity Ceme- tery is beside the new Home of Peace grounds in San Mateo County, but the re- movals to it have been comparatively few, and it will be a good while before all the gravestones disappear from that block. s S S THE THEATERS. Attractions Which Will Be Placed Before the Public This Week. To-night at the California, Grattan Don- nelly’s bright comedy drama, “The Amer- ican Girl,” will be presented by a strong company of players, which will include George Osbourne, who will appear in his splendid impersonation of Ross Bolter, the American manager, and we are also to see the two famous children in the cast. Miss Adele Belgarde will assume the leading role, that of Jassimine, the American girl. Ysaye, the great violinist, will arrive on Saturday week to prepare for the series of concerts that he is to give at the Baldwin, beginning with Monday, May 13. This great artist promises to create no less greater sensation in social and musical circles of this city than he has everywhere he has so far appeared. At Morosco’s “The White Star,” with several thrilling scenes, such as a ship- wreck, will be presented by the full force of Morosco’s melo-drama actors and actresses. Three new stars will appear at the Or- pheum this week, and if the reports be true they will astonish even the regular patrons of the house, in which every kind of a performance has been given. Con- stanz and Ida are up-to-date equilibrists who give new and_ startling tricks. John E. Drew is said to be a character comedian and dancer of his own peculiar kind, The Circus Royal and Venetian Water Carnival is still entertaining large crowds. The oddity of the varied performance is very attractive and the waterfall is alone worth goin’f far to see. At the Tivoli Opera-house Offenbach’s “Brigands” will be produced for the first time in five years in this City. Phil Bran- son will appear as Falsncagpn, the chief of the fashionable band of brigands. Tillie Salinger will appear as Frageoletto and Gracie Plaisted will take the part of Fiorella. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Fumll;o'l'nnkr in America. WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lessee and Manager TEIS EVENING! THIS EVENING! A Distinct Dramatic Event! First Production in America of Tom Craven's Great Melodrama, THE WHITE STAR] 6 PRICES—260 and 50c. EVENTN Family Circle and Gallery, 10¢c. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. A Mzs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manager “1 Hoar the Boos of tho Carbineers I TOMIGH T Great Production! OFFENBACH'S MASTERPIECE, THE BRIGANDS! Popular Prices—25c and 50c. CALIFORNIA THEATER Axr. HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated).....Proprietors To-night and Every Even's This Week. Special Holiday Matines Mayday (Wednesday). Regular Matinee Saturday AN ADEQUATE PRODUCTION. THE AMERICAN GIRL! By H. Gratton Donnelly. Cast Including Mr. George Osbourne, the two Famous Children, ete. Bright Comedy Flashes ! Strong Dramatic Situations A Play of Intense Human Interest. ORPHEUM. O’Farrell St., bet. Stockton and Powell. Week Commencing Monday, April 28, THE LATEST FOREIGY AND AMERICAN S:NSATICN, HNew Features--A Mammoth Bill of Noveltfes, The Creme de 1a Creme of the Vaudeville. CONSTANS & 1DA, the Marvelous Equilibrists. JOHN E. DREW, Transatiantic Gomedian and Dancer. TILLIE MORRISE THE GREAT STUART, MCBRIDE & FLYNY, BINNS & BL\'&IS‘, BROWN & HARRISON, KING KULKESA, THE RAYS. Reserved seats, 26¢; Balcony, 10c; Opera chairs, 25¢, and Box seats, 50c. Matinee Saturd: l{ lnl;quueu 25¢; Balcony, CIRCUS ROYAL And Venetian Water Carnival, Corner Eddy and Mason streets. CLIFF PHILLIPS. Proprietor and Manager TO-NIGHT ! —TO-NIGHT! ONLY REAL NEW PRODUCTION IN SAN CISCO. FIRST TIME OF THE GREATEST WATER SPECTACLE EVER PRESENTED IN AMERICA. Under the direction of two well-known artists. An arenic performance of the highest order, ‘Entire change. Evening Prices—Parquet and Dress Circle, Re- served, 25¢ and 50c. Saturday and Sunday Matinee—Parquet, Chil- dren, 15¢; Adults, 25¢. ROSE SHOW. CALIFORNIA STATE FLORAL SOCIETY, PALACE HOTEL, MARBLE HALL AND MAPLE ROOM, May 2, 8 and 4. Admission (day), 25¢; Evening (select concert), 50e¢. MACDONOUGH THEATER' OAKLA ND). 3 ng%z-. eginning 120-21!6!1. 'he Great American D “THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME.” Popular Prices—25c, 50¢, 75¢ and 81. RUNNING & RUNNING RACES! RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, WINTER MEETING, BAY DISTRICT TRACK, COMMENCING SATURDAY, OCT. 27, 1894 Races ~ Monday, Tuesdasy, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday—Raia or Shine. " Five or more races each day. Races start at 3 E. . sharp. MeAllister and Geary sireet cars pase e gate. ’