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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1895. 7 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. d at all the theaters Attractive bills are o to-night. The K sof the Red Branch Rifles shot at Shell Mound yesterday. M. H.de Young has sent several eases of curios for the park museum. has gained many friends for its e lottery question team of the e yesterday. hutzen Verein Knights of Pythias are preparing »n on the Fourth of July. 1 B. Cooper addressed the Epworth League at Dr. Hirst’s church last evening rst Tnfantry, was represented ound shooting range yesterday. 9 ess entertainment at the Columbia on the 27th inst. promises a speciuily fine pro- g » a number of people returned from ruz yesteraay enthusiastic over the re- Bureau fore: s fair and her with the trade winds for’to- nal resume is pre- morning, containing interesting the order ir has ¢ Lick i 5 the title to the red su ouse proy t to determine erty, which he claims as his in fee simple. To-day is the 119th anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill,and the Bunker Hill Associa- tion celebrate enwood. Australian _handball cham- J. Condon at the picture by Naj morning's issue, discot chess and other thi: . aber of tourists have sailed for olulu by the Oceanic Steamship Company’s & vacation on the islan baseball game at Central Park yesterday tween the Pacifics and Olympics y the former by the score of 14 to 4. Dr. Hiller wants the police to undertake the work of private night watchmen, and is will- ing to pay more taxes for an increase in the force. kivell ap- ses inter- Hall, 909 age” beiore rday after- ythian S At s Park an e ing coursing match w down yesterday. Sixteen hounds entered and Fullerton won, aiter a hard day’s work. The Country Club members entertained the Pa c-Union Clubmen a breakiast at their preserve terday. T. F. Bonnet ana John Purcell defeated P. T. Donnelly, the amateur handball champion, and Ed Maloney at the Occidental court yes- grand_bulishead in Bear Valley yes- pected business engagem b, who was announced as A. D. rfield’s staff, has tendered his Tesignation. Patriotic music in Golden loudly applauded yesterday. hon he anniversary Gate Park was 1t was played in of the battle of Edward Wagner, accused of murdering Robert Muirhead in a saloon on East street on Saturday night, surrendered himself 1o the police yester- ay F © Second Artillery was represented at the butisat Shell Mound Park yesterday by A match game excited ander broke the Pacific Coast five- sord yesterday at San Mateo. , Which lowers the record two sceonds. In the coursing matches at K igan’s Park prize in the he best dogs on Dast. Chief Sullivan of the Fire Department has ordered flags displayed from the engine-houses to-day in honer of the 119th anniversary of the battle of Bun W. H. Theodore I murder of Minnie W t, was the center of ne Ky Inil yes Carter, i down charged with the nd Blanche La- nging exercises the longshoreman who was y & M on-street electric car nin‘g. died at the Receiving oy afternoon. of the blessed sacrament was ed yesterday in the Catholic churches th special services. Itis one of the great = of the Catholic church year. Father Wyman, the Paulist priest, will lec- ture at St. Mary's cathedral. Tuesday night, on “From Plymouth Rock to the Rock of Peter,” on behals of the Childrens’ Day Homes. There were few rifie competitions at Shell Mound Park yesterday, and Schuetzen Park was glmost given over to thé picnic of the Servians, which proved most enjoyable. George Nelson, 11 vears of age, living at 511 Broderick street, had three of the fingers of his left hand badly crushed by the wheels of an Ellis-street cable-car yesterday afternoon. A picked team from the San Francisco Schuetzen Verein left for Milwaukee and the East yesterday. They will participate in the national shooting contests in both places. Charles L. Fair is endeavoring to vreak the trust created by the *“stolen’” Fair will by bringing suit to quiet title to the Lick House block under & recent act of the Legislature. General Wade Hampton, United States Rail- rosd Commissioner, arrived in this City yester- day. He is on a tour of inspection of railways that borrowed money fromp the Government. The cruiser Olympla came into port last night with the Navel Reserve on board. The members of the reserve will go aboard again this morning and to-morrow morning for drill. The Young Men’s Christian Association will ive an excursion to Pacific Grove and Mon- erey June 27. Dr.Brown will speak at the grove and there will be special music for the occasion. A regular_review in honor of General Scho- field will take place at the Presidio to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock. Troops from Alcatraz and Angel Island will be brought over for the occasion. Durrant has blossomed out as a singer. Dur- ng the exercises of the members of the Youn Men’s Christian Association in the County Jai yesterday, he sang Biumenthal’s “Sunshine and Rain.’” There is an unidentified body at the Morgue, A workmen had an apoplectic fit on the street on the 14th inst., and died without recoyering consciousness in the City end County Hospi- tal yesterday. Rev. C. 0. Brown spoke last night on the purpose of the Civic Federation and in defense of that organization. He voiced the applause of the thinking community in favoring the Carv’s crusade against lotteries. The Royal Cyclers, under command of Cap- tain Rosenberg, enjoyed a pleasant run around the City yesterday. About thirty of the mem- bers went outand made a very attractive ap- pearance with theirred and blue uniforms. Joseph Macdonough, the millionaire, is in a dying condition, his malady being finght’s disease of the kidneys. Hisdanghter and son have been sent for,and the hope is enter- gm;gd that one at least may reach here before e dies. The handball match for $100 a side between Champion Jones of Australia and M. J. Kilgal- lon, the Denver champion, and J. Harlow, the coast champion, had to be postponed till next %nndny afternoon, owing to an accident to arlow. The guit of Mrs, Isabella J, Martin against E. B. Pond, Arthur Rodgers and May Martin is said by the defendants to be merely an attempt to make an excuse for reopening the will case. They declare that there is no ground for the compleint. The local Turner societies have completed all their arrangements for participating in the Kreis Turn-Fest, to be held at Los Angeles, be- ginning next Saturday. The Mission Turn- Verein will send twelve men and the Vor- ‘weerts Verein sixteen. During the baseball game at Central 'Park yesterday afternoon, between the Olympics and Pacifics, A.W. Follensbee Jr., first base of the Olympics, had io retire, having sustained & dislocation of the right thumb, Kiley of the Pacifics also met with an accident, but did not retire. The annual campmeeting of the -Pacific Coast division of the Salvation Army opened {:sterdly at Bushrod Park, Oakland. It will continued until July 4. 'In_the afternoon yesterday an immense crowd attended the gervices ‘and several siuners went to the penitent form. The members of the Board of Health have appointed Miss Mary Patton head nurse at the City and County Hospital, & position that has been vacant for some time past. They felt sat- isfied from the excellent testimonial re. sentad py Miss Patton that she wasthe x&ht person for the position. The solemni; v da feast ABOUT THE WATER FRONT Some Pretty and Varied Sun- day Scenes on the Bay Yesterday. SMELT FISHERS ON WHARVES. An Efficlent Drag or Sea Anchor for Holding a Vessel’s Head to the Waves. The scenes on the bay yesterday were varied and charming, the fine weather teinpting many small craft out over the quiet waters. the smelt-fishers projected out over the water like a hedge of cane. This isa fa- vorate place for anglers, and every calm may find them there snaring the little sil- very fish from their element. The best time to catch smelt is when the tide is be. ginning to run in, for the great moving from the sea. The current passing around At the Powell-street wharf the rods of ‘i friends among the citizens of San Fran- cisco to-day, and probably quite a number of United States Army officers and com- panions of the Loyal Legion will call at | the Palace and pay their respects to the | faith about the time that Father Hecker established the Paulist Society. The lecture will be an account of ‘the change that came over his mind at that | I}niod. It is to be given in a worthy cause. | he Children’s Day Homes in this City, | under the Sisters of the Holy Family, care for thousands of children whose mothers have to work during the day to keep body and soul together. And yet the sisters de- qend nearly altogether on their own en- deavors to support these institutions—one on North Beach and twoon Hayes street— that many little ones may be taken from the streets, instructed, and in the fullest sense of the word given a home during the day. An annual lecture is given by some priest eminently fitted to attract large crowds, whose admission fees help the sis- ters in their work. alugigiy s GENERAL SCHOFIELD. Review of Regular Troops Harbor to Take Place Tuesday. Lieutenant-General Schofield had a good day’s rest at the Palace Hotel yesterday. | He will no doubt meet many of his in the A CLASH OF ECONOMICS, The Debate Between Congress- man Maguire and Job Harriman. SINGLE TAX VS. SOCIALISM. | Friends of Each Seemed to Be Well Satisfled With Its Outcome. The debate at Metropolitan Temple last night between the champions of single tax and socialism resulied in a draw. Congressman James G. Maguire and Job ! Harriman had each his share of admirers | in the big audience of ladies and gentle- | men that filled the hall to almost the last seat in the gallery, and the intellectual battle was a joy and a delight to them. body of water brings the shoals of smeltup | distingnished soldier. General Forsyth, commanding the De- | partment of California, has decided that | the review of regular troops in honor of the lieutenant-general shall take place at the | Presidio, Tuesday at 11 o’clock 4. . It wasa mixture of agony and rapture, ! forat one time Mr. Maguire seemed to | have the best of it, and at another it | looked as if Mr. Harriman scored some | telling points. Both poured hot shot into and under Powell-street wharf brings the | General Forsyth will order every soldier | each other’s theories, and when the strug- SUNDAY SCENES ALONG THE WATER [Sketched for the *Call” by Coulter.] ¥RONT. . fish within reach of the fisher on the dock and a good catch comes to him. The freak yacht Harpoon was out ex- | hibiting her queer shape to the public, and the pretty schooner Vine was decorated fore and aft with bunting, the captain giv- ing a party to a number of Ris 1l friends. The boatraces at Long Bridge occupied the attention of the lovers of aquatic sports. But the noblest bay feature of all was the white Olympia coming into harbor with the Naval Reserve on board. L. M. Furman, a practical seaman, has invented a drag or sea anchor which com- bines hoth simplicity and efficiency and will doubtless ve adopted by sea-going vessels. Itisalarge bag made of strong canvas attached to an iron ring about ten feet in diameter. This drag is put over the weather bow of the vessel, with several nundred feet of rope, and permitted to sink about twelve or fifteen feet below the surface of the water. This is_easily regu- lated by a small buoy attached to the drag with line of that length. The canvas bag in the harbor under his command to be present at the review. The troops from the island posts of Alcatraz and Angel Island will be brought to the mainland early in the day. At first, General For- syth thought of bringing down to the City the companies stationed at Benicia, but finally this was not considered necessary. The military pageant next Tuesday should ?resent many attractions to the people of San Francisco and Oakland. The spectators will have the privilegeof seeing all the artillery, infantry and cavalry stationed at this harbor in the column which is to pass in review on that occa- sion. The Presidio hills and environs will afford excellent opportunity of view- ing the display. e PLAYING FOR THE PRESS.: Unique Entertainment to Be Given on - Thursday Week. There will be an unusually good pro- gramme offered visitors to the Columbia Theater on the afternoon on Thursday, June 27, when the annual entertainment A STORM ANCHOR FOR HOLDING A SHIP’S HEAD TO THE SEA. [Sketched for the “Call” by Coulter.] sinks below the base of the waves, conse- quently the rollers, which drive the vessel leeward, have no effect upon the drag which, filled with water, keeps the shi head-on to the sea constantly, The vesse! cannot fall off, and, it is safe to say, had the Colima had this simple contrivance the frightful disaster might have been averted. hen it is desired to pull the drag aboard the “tripping lines” which rum through small rings on the iron frame and around the bag are pulled. This draws the cazvas into a small compass, turning the whole contrivance sidewise and causing it to be easily hauled through the water up to the surface and then to the bow of the vessel. ‘When not spread, it is so small that it may be lowered over the side of the ship in the hardest blow, as it is simply taken up by hand and thrown into the sea, when it opens and begins to pull on the bow of the steamer. FATHER WYMAN’SLECTURE The Paulist Father to Discourse on an Interesting Topic for the Chil- dren’s Day Homes. Rev. Father Wyman, rector of the Paul- ist Church—St. Mary’s on Califorrfia street —will deliver a lecture to-morrow evening at St. Mary’s Cathedral, on Van Ness ave- nue, for the benefit of the Children’s Day Homes. Father Wyman has selected for his theme, “From Plymouth Rock to the Rock of Peter.” g - He is a member of a distinguished New England family that came to America in the earliest days of Yankee settlement and was Puritan through and through. One of his forefathers was a leader at the battle of Lexington on the American side. After atndym&thaolo;y in the Unitarian Church, Father Wyman went over to the Catholic of the Press Club of San Francisco wiil take place. All the leading theaters in the City have promised to contribute talent. The Bald- win, California, Columbia, Morosco’s, Al- cazar, Tivoli, Orpheum and Circus Royal will be represented in songs, dances, sketches, scenes and recitations of various kinds. In fact, as usual the performance vg.ll be of the nature of a first-class variety show. Messrs, Friedlander and Gottlob have kindly placed their theater on Powell street at the disposal of the club, and the house will be decorated for the occasion. Each visitor on entering the theater will be presented will a souve- nir programme containing, among other things, a sketch of the Press Club’s history from the date of its organization. Tickets are now on sale at the box office of the Columbia Theater and at the club- rooms in the Thurlow block. SHARPSHOOTERS GO EAST, A Picked Team of Riflemen From the San Francisco Vereln Looking for Laurels. Yesterday a team of marksmen from the San Francisco Schuetzen Verein started for Milwaukee to take part in the great German shooting festival. They are George Helm, {{enrthuden, B. F. Fak- tor, George Alpers, Fred Schuster, Louis Bendel, Max Schwab, H. Jungbl: b htg e iss Ehrenpfo: e brij 01 uhnmahoour.l:ecohpnniedgthen{. mag ity In Milwaukee they will compete in the all-comers’ contest, and in addition tp try- ing their skill against the Eastern teams, they will meet the representatives of the California Club and then go to New York to give battle to the crack shooters there. gle was over the audience gathered out- side on the sidewalk to argue the respec- tive merits of the two schools of social and political economy. The speakers were introduced and the floor \vaI; given to Mr. Maguire for the first twenty minutes’ effort. Mr. MacIvor ex- plained the mode of debate, which was hat Mr. Harriman was to have twenty minutes in which to reply. Mr. Maguire was to resume for twenty minutes longer, and then Mr. Harriman was to have twenty-five minutes. Finally Mr. Maguire was to have five minutes for a conclusion. Mr. Maclvor read the affirmative as fol- lows: Aftirmed, that the establishment of the fol- lowing principles would conflict with the science of political economy and the interests of the race: To replace the system of private capital (i. e. the speculative method of produc- tion, regulated on behalf of society only by the full ‘competition of private enterprises) by a system of collective capital, that is, by a method of production which would introduce a unified (social or “collective”) organization of national labor, on the basis of collective or common ownership of the means of production by all the members of society. The statement of the ‘‘principles’” re- ferred to was taken from page 8 of Schaffle’s *‘Quintessence of Socialism,” a book that was subsequently referred to more than once. Mr. Maguire came for- ward and said: A mighty conflict of thought is now going on 1in the world, and portends a complele social change as its consequence. Existing social conditions are altogether unsatisfactory. In the course of human progress as it is going on to-day too many lives are crushed in misery in the siruggle for existence; there is too much of injustice; too much of privilege to some and denial of opportunities to others. Against these ends the spirit of altruism rebels. These conditions must be remodeled so that vice and the evils of which I speak shall be eliminated, or chaos and disaster must be the ultimate end. In this great conflict there are two schools of thought, opposed to each other, it is trhe—one that of the socialists, who believe in transform- ing the entire social sys'/emi making the pro- cess of production and distribution matters of suhne unction, and the other that of the in- ividualists, who believe in doing away with all privileges and_giving to all equal oppor- tunities to doall the good they can, My sym- {n&hlen, judgment and opinions, are with the atter. Mr. Harrimen s one of the ablest and most sincere and straightforward representatives of his school. Nor would I praise the man and disparage his movement. The socialists are doing a great work for good in the world, al- though ] believe they Will never accomplish their ultimate purpose. At present they are directing the attention of mankind to the evils that accompany modern eiyilization. The modern socialist is in favor of the col- lective ownership;of all means of production, !ncluding all machinery and implements, as well as the natural resources, and an organiza- tion of all the members of society in one great industrial army for the production, exchange and distribution of such things as shall best satisfy the wants of mankind. Dauntless Truth struggles onward, and whatever the contest be, will ultimately triumph. 1 assert thatin all ages of human &rogresg, man’s advancement has been along the lines of individual development; that the aggregate result of individualdevelopment has gradually ‘brought the race to its lmsgnt high standard}; that there is a differentiation of %u.uue, that can never be brought out save by individual liberty and individual enterprise. Wherever in the world’s history any check has been placed upon the natural stimulus and indi- vidual development, & period of gradual de- generation has ensued. If the socialistic system is to be substituted for that of perfect individual action, then ever: incentive {n man to progress will be desmyei and nothing substituted therefor. Selfishness in the form of greed and the disregard of the rights of others should be restrained, but true self interest works to the highest development of the race, and ought not to be destroyed because the present system has allowed some u} i%@r&n with and enroach upon the rights of others. The difficulty with the present system is the displacement of the great body of workers. It these workers had free access to neutral op- portunities and found natural employment, monopolies and grinding combinations of capi m;:‘ould not exi:t.d A m proposes to destroy the present tem of individual effort because of the exist- ence of the evil of the flalten monopoly of all—the monopoly of the land of this earth.” On the other hand, we pro) to do away with the llpechl privileges of one man to own or 10 hold more than his natural share of natural OPpnnuniflu, and allow individual civiliza- tion to proceed along the lines on which it has progressed thus far. Never yet have the re- sults of socialism justified the claims of its ad. vocates—they have never demonstrated to the satisfaction of one part of the community that every unit was doing its full duty,and ever: attempt to organize on any other thana nnun{ basis proved a failure. Mr. Harriman then took the floor and admitted that Mr, Maguire was correct when he stated that the two schools ‘of thought were working toward the same end, namely, the giving to all of equal o?portun ies, but he charged all the evils of the present to competition, saying: Monopolies, corporations, syndicates and trusts are the ripe fruits of competition, I pro- se to show that this consequence is abso- utely inevitable. The reason that monopoli- zation of capital and industry exisis is that the combinaticn supersedes and supplants the in- dividualinan. The small power must go down before the larger. Corporations are entrenched ]b:héud legisintion and mold the laws of the nd. I maintain that you can’t free the land so that it will not result in competition, and if it does not.produce competition it will not solve the problem from the single-tax point of viz “Labor produces all else,” says Henry George ; “wages do not come from capital. The surplus of produet above what is paid to labor becomes capital; that is to say, capital is unpaid labor.” 1f this accumulated profit, or unpaid labor called capital, be invested in railroad stocks or mechinery my opponent would say it wasall right, but let it be invested in land and he would say: “There’s the thiefl! Take from him the unpaid labor he has appropriated.’” We argue that because of the ramifications of capital throughout the entire industrial and commercial system it belongs to all the com- munity. Why ¢annot a man go on a free strip of land from here to New York—some natural highway —and competé in transportation with the Southern Pacific? Because he could not com- Pete with the capital of the Southern Pacific, Mr. Harriman then argued that the pos- sessor of matural opportunities cannot possibly compete with the possessor of capital, beca the latter has invested in machinery, which has so_simplified the methods of production and increased and magnified its possibilities that competition is quite out of the question. He continued: Why not have this vasc accrument of labor power taken and used by society in common? he gentleman says it would do away with ri- valry. Isay it would not. The difference between state socialism and social democracy was exf)hined by Mr. Harriman in favor of the latter. He said he proposed to take away all_prepon- derance of opportunity and privilege and throw it back into the hands of the people, in which case the individual would become a partner in the social copartnership and akerie pro rata of the ageregated product. It would not destroy intellectual aspira- tions. Mr. Maguire endeavored to show that Mr. Harriman was a disciple of A. Schaffle and not of Carl Marx, and he quoted as follows from Schaflie’s ‘“‘Quintessence,” page 52: Ithas been proved that Marx’s theory of' democratic collectivism—the social democracy —represents an impracticable programme that leads down to economic chaos. It was against Marx’s school that Mr. Maguire said he was contending in par- ticular and not that of Schaffle, and then he told why combinations of capital in- trench themselves behind legislation in the following : How do they doso? Solely by the economic ignorance of ihe people whose legislation they control. It is begging the question to say that the whole system of society must be over- turned and not the vices eradicated simply be- cause such trusts and combinations exist. I assert that when the people shall want to make wise laws no power will prevent them. It is simply a matter of intellectual development. - Combinations, says the gentleman, drive in- dividuals out of production. Of course they do. If labor can prove itself more efficient, why should it not combine? Combination and subdivision of labor are the results of material progress. Voluntary co-operation and enter- prise in production and distribution are in perfect accord with the highest development of intellect along individual lines. Then Mr. Maguire showed the true value of machinery to the race, when properly used, and asked: Why should men attempt to compete by the slavish work of their hands with machfner that is doing away with the necessity of sucl slavish work? They try to compete because of starvation on the one hand and the depriva- tion_of natural opportunities on the other. Machinery is really a godsend to diminish the hours of labor and pain of effort. Itistrue that all the machinery made has not done so because of false systems of ownership and con- trol and the benefits of production have not been vroperly distributed. At present the landlord gets all the advantages of machinery in cheapened labor, and all the surplus labor is obliged to underbid in the struggle for em- ployment or take a smaller share of the products of labor for its service. Manifestly the evil is not in the private use of machinery, but in the closing of natural re- sources. As to the Inability of small land-users to pay the economic rent, which the gentleman says would result from the single tax, Isay that economic_rent is only that surpius of value which exists after aZl labor, including its superintendence, has been compensated. If there were no such surplus he would haye no tax to pay. Questions of profit and ground rent were then discussed fully by Mr. Maguire and he concluded by saying that if men had freedom of access to natural opportunities and were masters of themselves they would not voluntarily hire themselves out to others. Mr. Harriman enumerated Mr. Maguire’s volleys in his last effort in an anlytical manner. To Mr. Maguire’s first_assertion he replied that he wasa Marx socialist and not a Schaffle socialist. ‘Schaffle,” said he, ‘‘was not a socialist, but an individual- ist, like Mr. Maguire, except that he does not believe in the single tax. Scheffel meael criticizes Carl Marx.)” He pro- ceeded: The gentleman ngn that corporations do en- trench themselves behind legislation because of economic ignorance. Of course they do; if they were not ignorant they would adopt socialism. %augmer and applause.] He says that voluntary co-operation would settle it, but that that is Dot socialism. I say, 100, that it is not socialism, it is whet & num- ber of men here and there—like the few hun- dred in this City—are trying in their Co-opera- tive Commonwealths. As to Mr. Maguire’s views on the relation of machinery, let me say that the man who can control the hl’gestdwwer of machinery could crowd out the small farmer under the single tax. Why, hesays thatifa farmer could not produce the surplus of value known as econo- mic rent, neither would he have to pay any tax. And Isay that neither would he be able to produce anything atall, for he could not possibly compete with his more fortunate neighbor who possessed an abundance of ma- chinery and could produce a great deal of value with little outlay of effort. The value of & thing is not what you, as an individual, put in & thing, but what society, asa whole, puts into it. If society upon f large ranch and with a large machine could produce wheat at 60 cents a bushel, you, if you fvere not able to produce it as cheap would have to go to the wall. The reason labor does not combine volun- tarily and take possession of the machine is be- cause they are not able to take advantage of the surplus profit of labor. 1 do notsay that machines are evils. Social- ists do not believe nn{thing of the kind. I have simply been standing here trying to tell you that if you do not take advantage of these machines they will crush you, butif you do take advantage of them you can reduce your hours of toil and enjoy a greater amount of social product. Men employ other men because they want to make a profit off them. Ido not say that men hire themselves to others simply to give the others a profit. Mr. Maguire may say that we are going to compel men to co-oper: bleédrbo you not see that we are already eomse to dois to co-operate and CORPUS CHRISTI ~FEAST, Solemn Services in Catholic Churches Commemorate the Day.. HONOR TO THE. SACRAMENT. The Devotion of Forty Hours Opens at the Cathedral—A Paulist Sermon. The feast of Corpug, Christi, which oc- curred on last Thursday, was celebrated in all the Catholic churches of this City yes- terday with solemn services and cere- monials peculiar to the day. Without ex- ception the churches were attended by unusually large congregations both at the morning masses and evening vespers. As on the occasion of this festival—one of the greatest on the Catholic calendar— the church pays homage to the blessed sacrament, appropriate devotions were held. The altars were all beautifully adorned with flowers and brilliantly illuminated, and music of a particular] ornate character, full of joyful strains, was selected for'the masses. In the forenoon at 10:30 o'clock and 11 o'clock, in St. Mary’s, St. Francis and the Sacred Heart churches, solemn high mass was celebrated. The choirs were aug- mented and rendered rich selections from the masses of the greatcomposers. Before mass was over the blessed sacra- ment was placed in the ostensorium and exposed for the adoration of the congrega- tion in each place of worship. Immediately after mass a procession of the sacrament took place from the altar around the aisles. In nearly every in- stance there were many little girls in white dresses and veils and acolytes in surplice and soutane. At some churches details of boys from the League of the Cross Cadets took part in the proceedings. The sacra- ment was carried through the churches by officiating priests while worshipers knelt in devotion. At St. Mary’s Cathedral the forty hours’ devotion began at the solemn morn- ing mass. The large interior was crowded, and most impressive services, including a procession, were held. As is customary at the Sacred Heart Church the festival was observed with great fervor and ceremonies that were quite imposing. Rev. Father Flood cele- brated the solemn mass, and Father White preached on the blessed sacrament. The procession was composed of children dressed in white, altar boys and League of the Cross Cadets, following the priests, who walked under a canopy around the church. At the Paulist Church, St. Mary’s on California street, the ‘‘five-minute ser- mon” was a condensed discourse on the feast, The text was taken from the gospel of theday: “A certain man prepares great supper and invited many guests.”” Father ngman said in part: ‘The parable which our blessed Lord makes use of in to-day’s gospel, dear brethren, brings out in a striking manner the contrast between his goodness to us and the lack of its due ap- preciation on our part. We cannot know real or true love by words or promises. It is of such & nature that it must manifest itselfin words and deeds. Our divine Lord proved his love for us by his deeds. And besides the many gifts and” blessings which he has bestowed on us he has prepared a “great supper,” to which we are all invited, as & proof and memorial of the love which he bears us. And in the prepar- ation of this %regt nugpgr he has expended all the riches of his infinite wisdom and power. “He there grants us so much,’” says St. AUgu: tine, “that though he is all-powerful, he can- notgive us anything more; though he is in- fl,mtelg wise, he cannot know a better gift; though heaven and earth belong to him, he possesses nothing greater to bestow upon us, nothing which is of greater importance than ‘what he gives us in the blessed sacrament.” But how is our blessed Lord’s messengers and invitation received by many to-day? Pre- cisely as those spoken of in to-day’s parable re- ceived their invitation—with excuses and in- differences. They are too busy to give it any thoughtor consideration. They consider an ox, a farm or a wife of more importance, as a sufficient reason to excuse them from heeding the invitation or attending the banquet. Or they refrain because they know they ‘‘cannot drink the chalice of the Lord and the chalice of devils, cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord and the table of devils.” We should consider ourselves happy in being permitted to participate in thisifeast which he 80 lovingly offers, and show our gratitude by hastening to our places. How base is the in- ratitude of that man who requires a law to orce him to partake of God'’s infinite mercies! None of us aesire everlasting death, and if we cannot live except by Christ how careful should we not be to show gratitude. “He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath evetr‘lil'sy!i'!,lg life and I will raise him up at the AT THE THEATERS TO-NIGHT. Attractions Offered by Managers of the Playhouses. This evening an English melodrama, “The Power of Gold,” will be offered to the audience at Morosco’s Grand Opera- house. The principal characters will be assumed by Maud Edna Hall, Walter Sanford and Edmond HnYes. A number of realistic stage pictures will add to the in- terest of the play. The opera of ‘“Ship Ahoy” will be pre- sented at the Tivoli Opera - house for another week. At the Columbia Theater to-night the attraction that will be offered will be the comedy entitled ‘‘Nancy & Co.” This is said to be Augustin Daly’s greatest success, and to be the funniest of all comedies ever produced at any theater. The comedy that kept the audiences at the Alcazar in an uproar of laughter last week will be followed this evening by an- other that will keep all in good humor. It is the great comedy entitled “A Night ?fi"—-one that abounds in funny situa- 0ons. At the Orpheum to-night a first-class bill will be presented. One of the new fea- tures will be the Martinetti brothers. acro- batic performers. Amann, the imper- sonator, will this evening appear for the %rsédfime in the character of Governor udd. The realistic, sensational representation of the saving of unfortunates from the wreck of the Colima has proved such a suc- cess that the management has decided to continue it for another week at the Circus Royal. In addition, there will be tableaux ‘What we propose to own anything—all the =machinery, and watch the wheels go round. Do you think the brooks would cease to babble or the birds re- fuse to sing because you take your hand from vour brother’s throat? He has told you that e Froposes 10 continue competition. From that we dissent. It is competition in producing velue anain transporting that value to mar- ket, and if yon can’t compete you must {r. and the ability to compete will always be against you, and the surplus of valne over and above what is necessary to pay the hire of labor will be used against you in combinations of capital, such as trusts and monopolies, In his five minutes’ conclusion Mr. Maguire indulged in some irony at the expense of the socialistic plan, saying: ‘We would free you without compulsion. I ‘wolld not like to see Mr. Edison put to driving a streetear, or a Shakespeare compelled to keep ‘books simply because society thought that was the best work for them to do. I wouldn’t have men determined in any way save by their own judgment and tastes.” Neither would I have the tastes of dress left to the State’s determin- ation—as to what kind of cloth we should wear and how it should be spotted. If he were looking for mere bread and butter alone for the human race, said he, socialism would be the method he would advocate, and he remarked that under socialism one-half the race would be shirk- ing while the other half would be trying to compel it to work along unnatural Iines. It would reduce all humanity to a dead level of inertia, he added, as a clincher. Rats may be Eot Tid of stuffing their runs with dry hay that has been well seasoned with cayenne pepper. ring performances. ——————— DURRANT AS A SINGER. « Sunshine and Rain’’ Was the Name of the Song He Sang Yesterday. The prisoners in the City and County Jail enjoyed a treat yesterday that would on ordinary occasions throng the Baldwin or any other theater. In the morning a choir of young women from the King’s Daughters sang ‘“The Sun Shines on My Home To-day” and “We'll Never Say Good-by in Heaven.” Just as the concluding stanzas of the latter song were being sung Thomas Hutchinson, sentenced to life imprison- ment in Folsom for robbery, and Michael Thomas, who is to serve five years for stealing a watch, were marched out en route for the State prison. ‘W. H. Theodore Durrant, the man ac- cused of the murder of Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont, was the star attrac. tion, however. At one time he was a prominent member of the Emmanuel Bap- tist Church choir, and, while his voice was not very good from a musical standpoint, still he helped out and was valuable inas- much as he kept the members together. After his arrest Durrant was inclined to think that all and sundry were his ene- mies. Religion he considered a mockery and his old-time friends were classitied as uds. Latterly he has experienced a change of heart. He is now inclined to look upon mankind with a more lenient eye, and his faith in the traditions of the church has returned. He was an eager listener at the the King’s Daughters, the and the Young Men's ociation. At the meeting the latter Durrant sang the follow=- ing beautital song, the mu written. by Blumenthal ; 1 rain is on the the sun is on the b And I know the clouds will seve ‘When the storm has had its will! ver, Set you r heart then on the morrow ¥ be gray to-d Lift your eyes to yon Da: Look up higher, hoy Though the Let the sun be on the hull. The climax came when a young man named W. Harris was taken out to the van en route for San Quentin to serve tence of four years for grand larceny. As he was being marched along the upper corridor with the handcuffs on the choir on the lower floor w ingi “Where is My Wandering Boy i NEW TO-DAY-AMUSEMENTS. Bulio Ghate PRICDLANDLR.GOTTLOD & co- L3525 Atip manaetAs - YOU K28z, TO-NIGHT MUST Augustin Daly’s Greatest Success, “NANCY & CO.” ‘unnie and Best of All Comedies. ENTIRE FRAWLEY COMPANY IN THE CAST. ——SAME WONDER Night Saturday Matine June 24— CHARL( EOLUM BIA THEATERT THURSDAY AFTERKOON, JUE 27th SPECIAL BENEFIT —OF PRESS CLUB 0f San Francisco, ASSISTED BY THE PROFESSIONAL TALENT FROM THE BALDWIN, COLUMBIA, CALIFORNIA, TIVOLI, MOROSCO’S, ALCAZAR, ORPHEUM and CIRCUS ROYAL. RESERVED Nowon sale at the ‘Theater, or at the Cl MOROSéd’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lessce and Managse THE— THIS EVENING AT 8, THIRD WEEK OF THE EMINENT Anthor—Actor—Manager, WALTER SANFORD “TE POWER OF GOLDY” EVENTNG PRICES and_50c. Family Circle and Gallery, 10c Matinees Saturday ana A Mes. ERNESTING KRELING Proprietor & Managae “BEAUTIFUL MUSIC! CHARMING MELODIES!” EVERY EV NG 1—— Offenbach’s Celebrated Opera, in Four Acts, LA PERICHOLE! NEW RY!—NEW Cf MES! IN PREPARATION, The Tuneful Opera, “AMORITALY Popular Prices—25c and 50c. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell TO-NIGHT-MONDAY, JUNE 17 —Surpassing List of Vaudeville Celebrities i First Appearance on the Coast of the FRERES MARTINETTI, Europe’s Greatest Acrobats. Great and Contlnued Success of GILBERT and GOLDIE, O'DELL and PAGE, AMERICAN 'TWO MACS, Ete., And Positively the LAST WEEK ot A IV A TN In Facial Character Representations of Local and tables. ony, 10¢; Opera chalrs Reserved seats, 25¢; B and Box seats, 50c. CIRCUS ROYAL And Venetian Water Carnival, Corner Eddy and Mason streets. CLIFF PHILLIPS, Sole Proprietor JOE HOLZ ...Acting Manager TO-NIGHT !———— NIGHT! THE GREATEST SHOW IN TOWN ! AQUATIC SPECTACL ARENIC PERFORM 2 And the ‘“Colima’’ Survivers. Novelties in Preparation. SCALE OF PRICES—Evening, 15¢, 25c and 50cg Saturday Matinee—Children 15¢, Adults 25¢. YOU WILL LAUGH, TELI: AND ROAR! YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS 1T ! The Only Funny Show in Town! AUGUSTIN DALY'S “A NIGEIT OFEF AT THE ALCAZAR THEATER TO-NIGET. Prices—15¢, 25¢, 35¢ and 50c. Coming—ALFRED DAMPIER. RUNKING m RUNNING RACES! RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, SPRING MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday—Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day. P. M. sharp. McAllister and he gate. Racesstart at 2:30 ary street cars pass PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. ALASKA EXCURSION, EAVING SAN FRANCISCO JULY 9, RE- turning July 30. For reduced rates and in- formation address Rev. Henry H. Rice, 1004 Kirke ham street, Oakland, Cal.

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