The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 30, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1895. ANOTHER LOTTERY FAKE, Some of the Swindling Meth- ods of the Louisiana Com- pany Fraud. PLACING A CAPITAL PRIZE. Good Results of the “Call’'s” Cru- sade—Publicity Killing the In- famous Traffic. That the Cayv's crusade against the lot- teries is bearing fruit is evidenced in many ways, but in no way so strikingly as in the large decline of business done by theagents and pedalers. The police report that within tickets of all the genuine companies ara counterfeited, and that most of the lottery companies are clean fakes, without any of the elements of chance in them, and not the semblance of a drawing. Now, if the newspapers could be induced to follow the example of the Cirrn and cease to advertise these fake lottery com- panies, and all lotteries, the pernicious traffic would soon be killed entirely in San Francisco, and only a few of the very green and unsophisticated would still patronize the palpable frauds. Here is another of the fake lottery com- panies convicted of being a swindle out of its own mouth, as it were, or from its own literature. It styles itself the ““Louisiana Lottery Company.” Pay attention now to its methods of doing business, and then ask yourself whether you want to invest your money in such a swindle. Perhaps the best way to illustrate the methods of the “Louisiana Lottery Company” is to present some of its literature and cite one instance where a man in this City was | offered a prize for accepting the agency of the concern. Not the prize alone was this {'HE ENVELOPE THAT CONTAINED THE TICKET EKNOWN TO BE A PRIZE -WINNER. the last two weeks the traffic in lottery tickets has decreased fully 50 per cent. Any agent or peddler will tell you the game thing, but you will find it more diffi- cult to talk to an agent or peddler now than formerly. that there are fewer of these people in the business now, and that those who still sell lottery tickets do so more secretly than heretofore. The business is not being car- ried on in the same brazen, open-handed manner it used to be. An agent will not sell you lottery tickets now unless he knows you, or you go to him well recommended by some pal of his. And all this is due mainly to the recent ex- posures made by the CaLr. Hitherto but few people knew that the lottery business was & fraud from start to finish; that the And the cause of thisis| person offered, but the identical ticket that should win the vrize. What kind of a lottery company is it that says to this or that man “this or that ticket will draw a big prize; you had better buy it”? Do you want to patronize a lottery ‘‘com- pany”’ that does business in this way? If the “company” will do it once.it can be trusted to do it again. Well, here is the literature: April 10, 1894, a package of fifty §1 tickets was sent to S. 8. Gordan of this City from the “Louisiana Lottery Company.” Ac- companying the tickets was a small envel- ope containing another ticket—No. 49758. On the back of this envelope was printed in penmanship the following: Louisiana.Lottery Company. CAé(;TA’L..i $2.000,000. ; © & STUES, Presioewr Honsae Gty Hamsarsi 1324110 10045 My Dear Sir: CONFIDENTIAL. We want to do some business inyour local- ity and have sg¢lected you to represent us there. We fully understand and appreci- ate the reason why your people have almost stopped buying lotte cause there has bee ry tickets; it i3 be- n no prize of value drawn there for years, and many have thus become discouraged and have ceased to pa- tronize lotteries en one way to revive the excitememt, draw a prize large tirely. There is but old-time interest and and that is for some one to enough in value to stimulate and induce others to start buy- ing tickets again. more prizes than any We give three hundred other company in the world, and will guarantee that the sale of a few of our tickets will result in some one drawing a prize, number in every th some well-known man draw fifteen thousan sand dollars, even one it would be the me sands of country, and would boom for us again. two thousand dollars, thousand dollars in our lottery, as in our company one irty-three wins. If like yourself should d dollars, four thou- or ans of selling thou- our tickets in your part of the create an old-time We will certainly do our. part to again awaken public interest in lotteries in your do yours. locality if you will We enclose fifty one-dollar tickets, and we want you to sell every one of them if you possibly can, as we want just as many as poss terested in this May drawing. send you prize lists ible in your town in- We will of the drawing imme- diately after it takes place, and inaddi_ tion to this will tel egraph you the Capital Prize number on the day of the drawing, if you sell all of the commission will be 25 per cent. fifty tickets. Your Read the inclosed ‘‘Instructions to Agents'' over carefully, until you understand them thor- oughly, and be careful to start your re- mittance as early as is convenient, but not later, under any circumstances, than Mon- day, May 7. It bein g unlawful to use the mail for lottery purposes, we caution you against sending us any matter by mail, as all such mail simply goes to the Dead- letter Office at Washington. Send money and all other communications by EXPRESS ONLY. to us. Now do your best and leave the rest Yours sincerely, C.o Seler THE SPECIOUSLY WORDED “ CONFIDENTIAL” President. CIRCULAR SENT OUT BY ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS LOTTERY FAKES. CONFIDENTIAL. Be sure to sell this ticket to some promi- nent person who would not object to hav- ing his name published should he draw & large prize. Another of the inclosuresis a confiden- tial circular, a fac-simile of which is pro- duced herewith. Qi course, the circular is rather deftly worded. It does not say, in plain language, “We do not have a fair and honest drawing, but doctor everything to suit the needs of our swindling busi- ness.” It does not say: ‘“All that about draw- ings and prizes is bosh. We have no drawings, but place a few dollars here and there each month, just to stimulate the swindle.” The circular of the company does not say these things outright, but any intelli- gent reader who cannot find as muth and more in the specious wording of this *“con- fidential” document is very. very much a greer‘nhom' and ought to have a guardian appointed to prevent him or her from wast- ing silver dollars by trying to hit the moon with them. ‘What remains of a lottery scheme when the elements of chance and fairness are taken from it? Only a swindle, The lot- tery business in San Francisco is a swindle from first to last. There is not one chance in ten thousand of a ticket-buyer winning as much as the price of his ticket—and this in spite of the paid advertisements in the daily papers. C. P. Reynolds, the “responsible’’ man in this City for the irresponsible Spanish- American Lottery fraud, who was recently arrested at the instance of Detective HALE & NORCROSS SUIT, The Delay of the Supreme Court Said to Be Causing Great Loss. THREATS OF STOCKHOLDERS. Many of the Poorer Ones Wil Be Unable to Pay the Assess- ment. Several thousand dollars’ worth of the Hale & Norcross mining stock yesterday became delinquent. The daily increasing anxiety of the sev- eral hundred small stockholders, who have been awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court, was wrought up to a climax yester- day when it was learned that the long- waited-for decision had mnot been handed down as expected, and many and loud were the expressions of wrath heard in the vicinity of the stockholders’ offices on Pine street. ‘When M. W. Fox won his suit against the directors of the Hale & Norcross Min- ing Company and the Nevada Mining and Milling Company in May, 1892, and secured & judgment for $1,011,000, several thousand . ,..s's 3As CirY8Mon Tuesday MA ¥ ixes enTimes < 32307 7 S, ( THE TICKET THAT WAS GUARANTEED TO WIN THE BIG PRIZE. Wright, has been fined $50 by Judge Joachimsen. He has promised to seek a more honest vocation. RAILROAD ALTERATIONS The Donahue Company Begins Improvements at Santa Rosa. Changes In Passenger Offices In This City—The Santa Fe Makes a Move. The San Francisco and North Pacific Railway, which is familiarly known as the “Donahue road,” has made arrange- ments for improved facilities in handling its passenger business. In line with its new policy of improvement in every de- partment of its service changes for the better have been planned, and for that reason the public having any direct in- terest in the railway from Tiburon to TUkiah may look for a general betterment in whatever pertains to their welfare. The management has taken an office for fts passenger department on Market street, below Kearny, where the Santa Fe Company has had its ticket office for some years. The Donahue office on New Mont- gomery street, near Market, will move next month to its new and showy quarters on Market street, which are regarded among railroad men as the best in town for a railroad agency. 1t is the intention of General Passenger Agent R. X. Ryan to furnish the new office elegantly, and decorate it with pho- tographs of celebrated springs, resorts, fishing and shooting strongholds, vine- yards, cities, hoplands, ranchesand red- wood forests on or near the line of the road in Sonoma, Marin and Mendocino coun- ties, and to utilize the window space for advertising the road. Recently a committee of citizens from Santa xosa waited on President Foster and the other officials of the line, and asked for better freight and passenger depots at their city. Santa Rosans would like to see a handsome passenger deRot erected that would be in harmony with the many im- rovements which have been under way ;‘cr months in Sonoma’s capital city. It will be only a matter of a little time now until they have a station that will surpass their wishes. Already the railway company has begun to move the freight depot further back from the main line, The increase of the freight business of Banta Rosa in wines, hops, tlour and dairy and farm produce absolutely demanded this improvement. So the railway freight sheds will be doubled in capacity, and with new side tracks an ogen track for through trains will be assured. ‘With regard to the passenger station, it isintended to remove the present build- ings and erect ;suitable structures capable of accommodating the demand made upon the station house. The Santa Fe Company’s passenger offices, on the fourth floor of the Chronicle building, will be vacated and moved to a store further down Market street, where the ticket office will also be located. As- sistant General ‘Passenger Agent Speers and General Ticket Agent Perkins will have their offices in the new place, and for the first time these departments will be consolidated by the Santa Fe Company in Ban Francisco. After Eating Onions. “Uncle Jerry” Rusk, when Secretary of Agriculture, met a friend on Fifteenth street, Washington, one day. The friend looked puzzled and somewhat depressed. ‘‘What's the matter with you?” asked “Uncle Jerry.” “I'm in a quandary about_an important matter,” said the friend. ‘‘Maybe youcan help me.”” ““Well,” said the Secretary, *‘what is it ?"’ “I don’'t know,” said the friend, ‘“‘whether I ever told you that I am subject at intervals to the wildest craving for beefstepk and onions. It has all the characteristics of a confirmed drunk- ard’s craving for the rum hottle. This craving struck me g few momentsago and 1 at once determined to frnti it when din- ner-time camve. Then I suddenly recalled that I had promised to call this evening on some ladies who are here from my home and I must keep that promise. Yet m, stomach is shouting for beefsteak an onions, aid I am wavering between duty and appetite.” % “Can’t you wait until after the call?” askea “Uncle Jerry,” solicitously. “Never,"” said the friend, earnestly. “Can’t you postpone the call?” “Im, ible,’” 8aid the friend. “Well,” said “Uncle Jerry,” “I'll {ell you what to do. When dinner time comes m go up to John C—'s and get your fsteak und onions and eat ’em. hen you get your check it will be so big that it will take your breath away.”—New York World.” ———————— George Herbert declared that his mother had more influence on his life than all other causes combined. He said, “‘One goovle m ’t'h is worth a hundred school- masters. shares of the company’s stock were bought in small lots by persons of moderate and small means. This stock was a fine in- vestment at the time, as the payment of the judgment would have amounted to from $8 to $10 a share to the holders of stock. Soon after Fox won his suit the stock went as high as $3 and $4. After the case was carried to the Supreme Court, how- ever, and lingered there month after month and year following year during the multifarious Jegal processes too common in such cases, the stock declined and assess- ments had to be paid. The assessment burden fell the heaviest on the small holders, who since the levying of the last assessment on May 29 have become des- perate. As the time approached when the assessment became delinquent, there being no sign of a decision from the Supreme Court, these same small stockholders grew violent in their expressions of feeling, even going so far as to threaten to explode dyna- mite bombs under the Supreme Court building. Mr. I‘k(\x, the plaintiff who obtained the million-dollar judgment for the stock- holders, said yesterday that he had been approached by dozens of exasperated men who have their all invesied in the Hale & Norcross stock with threats of this kind on their tongues. He continued: Some of them seem to think that because I obtained the judgment in the lower court I am to blame for the failure of the Supreme Court to render a decision confirming or reversin, Judge Hebbard. I do not exaggerate at il when I say that I actually fear that some of these poor stockholders, who are in danger of losing their stock, will attempt something of the kind suggested in their desperation. Iam not an alarmist by eny means, butI am so familiar with every detail of the case and the feeling and situation of many of these stock- holders that I feel justified in the expression of an opinion. It does not require much mathematical cal- culation to show what an effect the holding of this decision back hes had on the stock of the mine, and you will learn on talking to the brokers that mining stocks all llun{ the line have suffered in consequence. The last assess- ment of 20 cents cannot be peid by many of the poorer holders, and it will have. to be soldx There are something like 40,000 of the 110,000 shares that are held by the class to which I refer, and you can readily appreciate what that means. The stock sold yesterday at 90 cents, or more accurately Epelkins, 1 05 and 1 10, as the assessment is added. To-da 1 05 was asked and 850 shares were offered. Then, again, there is the %1 50 which is added to each certificate when the stock goes so far as a delinquent sale. Whether the cer- tificate is for 100, ten, or even two shares, the $1 50 has to be paid. It costs the holder of one share as much as it does the man whose cer- tificate calls for 200 shares. The Supreme Court is two months overdue now, and the members have not been drawing their salaries in consequence. On the 22d of next month it will have been six months since the case was last submitted, being three months in excess of the time allowed in which to file a decision. I believe the majority of the Supreme Court is honest, but, considering all things, there cer- tainly appeers to be something wrong. A number of prominent stockbrokers were consulted as to the effect of the Hale & Norcross suit and the delay of the Su- preme Court on mining stocks ienerally, and they offered a consensus ot opinion confirmatory of the views expressed by Mr. Fox. They agreed that capital had been deterred from speculation in minin; stocks. Much depends on the decision of the Supreme Court. Hundreds of thou- sands of dollars—perhaps millions—have been diverted from that channel of invest- ment. With the accrued interest the judgment will now amount to nearly a milfion and a half. This would mean something like $11 a share to the individual stockholders. THE OLD TRACK DOOMED, Where Horses Race Now in Richmond There Will Soon Be Homes. Racehorse Men Look With Longing to the Opening of the Ingle~ slde Course. Thomas H. Williams, the lessee and manager of the Bay Distriot racetrack, does not like the prospect of the track being converted into building lots, but he recognized yesterday afternoon, when talking to President Thomas G. Parker of the Point Lobos Improvement Club, that that was only a question of time, and was due to the force of circumstances. He remarked to Mr. Parker that the track would probably be platted and cut up 1nto lots for sale before September. Mr. Parker has not been very friendly for some time toward the racetrack, though it was largely through him that Mr. Wil- liams had secured the privilege of running the track so long. In Mr. Parker'sopinion the racetrack has been really a detriment to the best interests of Richmond, attract- ing an element that did thav portion of the City no good in a true business sense. he residents of Richmond are more or less divided on the racetrack question. There are two rival improvement associa- tions there, apparently representing oppo- site shades ofp opinion. e other organ- ization is called the Richmond Distriet Improvement Association, with Charles H. Hubbs as its head, and the Richmond nner as its organ. y . Hubbs’ organization and the Banner have been friendly toward Mr. Williams, and thef rather favor the racetrack. Still, ifit could be made to appear more in keep- ing with the true advancement of the dis- trict they would not enter any protest -gamst the giving place to a pleasant tract of pretty villas with front yards full of flowers, The general sentiment of the entire dis- trict seems to be that every effort should be put forth toward making it a most de- sirable residence portion. Now the fact is that it has really been built up away from the track, as if home-seekers had been afraid to get too close. This has not been very agreeable to adjacent property-own- ers, and it was probably their infuence that induced Colonel Crocker to abolish the track and put the land on the market. The opinion of property-owners is that the racetrack has had its day and served its purpose. It is altogethér too near ptrodpeny which home-seekers have cov- eted. The park is really the attraction that has drawn’ the street railways there, as every- body knows. The racetrack is too near the park. To say the least, it is on the wrong side of the Eaxjk being just where people want to uild nice residences. A visit to the racetrack yesterday after- noon demonstrated that ‘the horsemen would not regret seeing the Bay District track go, provided a better one could be found at Ingleside, and they feel confident that the Pacific Jockey Club’s new track will be a better one. The story in yesterday’s CaLL was the talk of the track ‘and of lovers of horse- flesh all over town. Horsemen are very much dissatisfied with the Bay District track, and declare they cannot make any money. The only people, they say, who seem to realize anything out of the track are the bookmakers, and as a consequence horse-racing has become demoralized into & vulgar gambling business. Take the man who by legitimate racing has probably made more winnings than any other one man this season, and who does not bet at all—Charles Boots. He is said to have cleaned up over $13,000in purses at this meeting, and yet has little or nothing to show for it. lytiu all eaten up in expenses—entrance money and dec- {;fixtmnn, and the stabling, feed and jockey ills. There is another mnan who has a strin, of winners, and yet the meeting has prove: unprofitable to him. This is common talk at the track. The consensus of opinion is_that the track is not as fast a one.as San Franeisco ought to have. Itis too narrow, and al- though good time has been made upon it the soil is of such a nature as to make it frequently a little too heavy. ey DAVIDSON 1S DISMISSED, The Curt Official Note Arrived From Washington Yes- terday. Friends of the Famous Savant Mean to Fight for His Relnstate- ment. Not until yesterday, within four hours of the expiration of his long term of ser- vice in the Coast and Geodetic Survey work, did Professor Davidson receive the official notification that after the end of this month his services would no longer be required by the department. The formal dismissal was very briet and pointed—about the kind of a missive that one would expect to be sent to a subaltern dismissed from the service in disgrace for bad conduct. “You are hereby notified that on and after July 1, 1895, your services will no longer be required.” This was the sum and substance of the official document, and only the date, the name and the position of the discharged employe was written. All the rest was in printed words. It was merely a dis- missal blank filled out. Had its recipient been a dishonest postal clerk—instead of | one of the most distinguished scientists in the world—he might reasonably have felt that the curtness of his dismissal was ample punishment for his offense. Professor Davidson takes the matter stoically enough and in silence. “I am used to obeying orders,” he said last even- ing. “I shall obey this one. I do not like | to have my authority questioned when I give a command. Certainly, I shall not question this authority. That is all there is to say. “Some of my friends have come here— there have been tears glistening in their eyes—and that has been a little more than I could stand. A good many have written to me—such good letters, full of feeling. ‘Why, Ididn't know I had so many friends. 0Oh, no; I've not lost faith in man. How should I, when the press and everybody has taken up my cause so heartily and so enrnestlly? “All T have to say is this: Tell those good friends for me, will you, that I want a few days more in which to acknowledge their kind letters. I want to think of something else now, not myself. Besides, T’ve got to straighten up my workshop a bit before I go out.” There is some contrast between the spirit in which Professor Davidson takes his dismissal, and that in which his friends view it. They callit an outrage. Some of them swear when they speak ofit. And all of them are hot for fighting it. Senator Perkins is one of these. Yester- day he sent this dispatch to the Nevada Senators: BAN FRANCISCO, June 29, 1895, To the Hon. Jokin P. Jones and Hon. W. W. Stewart. United States Senate. Unitcd States of America, Washington, D. C.: The people of the Pacific Coast Btates earnestly protest in the yumlc interest against the dismissal of Pro- essor George Davidson from the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Please sce the President and Secretary of the Treasury and have order reconsidered. No man living has done more for the public service in his particular line than Davidson. GEORGE C. PERKINS. Senator Perkins said yesterday that he meant to do his utmost to have the action rescinded and Professor Davidson rein- stated. “And I am sure,’ he said, ‘‘of having the aciive co-operation of the en- tire coast delegation in Congress, besides the moral sympathy and support of all the people of the coast, irrespective of party affiliation. Senator White has already expressed his readiness to do all in his wer to have this matter righted, and if t can be done we will do it.” ‘The Technical Society of California will hold a meeting in a few days to take action on what its members call the unjustifiable removal of Professor Davidson. The trus- tees of the Chamber of Commerce of Ban Frantisco are in consultation with Senator Perkins as to the mest appropriate and most effective action that body can take in the matter. Several members of the faculty of the University of California, in fact, all of them who are not away on vacations, have corresponded with Senator Perkins for the same o It mply ge that Professor Davidson’s dis- LOCKED OUTBY DR BROWN The Sanctuary’s Doors Closed Against the League of the Temple. PRINCIPLES. NOT APPROVED. The Pastor Accused of High-Handed Dealings With Members of His Church. Few ministers lock the doors of the sanctuary against would-be worshirers, yet that is the charge brought against Rev. C. O. Brown by the League of the Temple. The league was organized last Novem- ber, and its avowed objects were ‘‘to pro- mote a true Christian fellowship among the male members of the church; to ex- tend the hand of sympathy and encour- agement to the younger and newer mem- bers; to furnish unobtrusive assistance to those of our communion who are in trouble of body or mind or estate; to supplement the work of the pastor, and to pray and labor for and with him; to promote a re- vival spirit in the church and congrega- tion, and generally to co-operate in every good word and work, as the Master shall give us ability and opportunity.” J. Howard Barnard and G. Gilbert Dexter were chiefly instrumental in the organiza- tion of the body, and they with Theodore H. Hatch, all deacons of the First Con- gredgntionul Church, and Meyer Strauss and A. J. Dewing, members of what is known in Congregational Church govern- ment as the standing committee, consti- tuted the council of the league. Dr. Crown was named as a member of the council, and according to the other members of that body, he received a versonal invita- tion to join in the movement, but he curtly declined. ‘Thesame gentleman is authority for the statement that the pastor ignored the meet- ings, which were held weekly in his study, until Dr. Herron’s lectures were creating interest. He commenced attending the meetings at thattime, and from the first proved a disturbing element. He showed small courtesy to the members and the | proceedings. “If my son has twisted about | in his chair, rustled papers and talked as | the pastor of the First Church did at those | meetings I would have spanked him,” said one of the council members. ‘At last,” this gentleman continued, “Mr. Brown made the discovery that the prin- ciples enunciated by our constitution are anarchistic, and he found this article es- | pecially objectionable : | An enlightened Famoflsm must take into account the duty of every Christian man, by voice and vote, and 1f need be by personal sac- rifice, to uphold the things which mske for righteousness in civic affairs. We hold it, then, & matter of conscience to maintain the purity | quite frequently in the previous few weeks in the vicinity of Los Gatos Creek. Seven { well-trained hounds followed the hunters, | who were mounted on horses accustomed | to mountain climbing. | A start was made at daybrea k, and when | the sportsmen arrived in thelocality where | the lion was last seen two of the hounds, | which were the leaders of the pack and | trained {o chase “‘varmint,’” were cast off jona rolling piece of ground near the sum- mit of a hill where the lion was known to | pass in his nocturnal’ visits from place to place. The old dog—a canine that could I not be purchased for any sum of money— | made several rounds of the mountain's top, stopping occasionally to investigate, as it were, an old track on the soit ground, which was shaded from the sun by red- wood trees. At least half an hour’s time was wasted | in the hunt for a fresh trail, and just as | the sportsmen had concluded to retire to | some otber locality one of the young dogs | partially trained to wildcat and lion hunt- |ing_gave tongue and instantly the re- mainder of the pack joined in the chorus | and ran to the spot where the first sign of | game had been discovered. | The hunters quickly removed their Win- chesters from where they rested on the vummel of the saddles and waited for re- sults. The aold dog showed some signs of anxiety when he ran his nose along the trail, but his tongue was silent. The sportsmen knew what that meant. It is what is termed by old hunters of big game, a dead sign, the game having hassed possibly over that spot on the even- ing of the previous day. The search was continued along the mountain sides and through the deep canyons until the sun had ascended weil above the horizon, but no fresh tracks were discovered. Occa- sionally a fresh deer track was taken up by the young dogs, but they were driven back from the chase as the close season for deer sheoting is still in effect. The hunters returned to Wrights before the heat of the day bad set in, so as to rest their dogs and resume the chase on the following morning. It now appears from a dis was noeiveé)b the CaLr on F¥riday even- ing, and which appeared in yesterday's paper, that the lions had moved from that part of the country m which they were seen a week ago and are now located—if { not killed by this time—in a place known | as Moody’s Gulch. The dispatch states that W. H. Edwards and party of Los Gatos, while camping in Moody's Guleh, were surprised on Tuesday night last by the unexpected and unwelcome appear- ance of two lions, whose cries drove terror to their hearts. The lion, as previously stated, when not suffering from hunger. s perfectly harmless, but its cries at any time, and especially at night, are fearful to hear. Edwards, according to the report, seized his rifle, and moving to within safe shoot- ing distance of one of the animals, aimed and fired the ball, striking the lion in the head. The enraged lion dashed at his enemy and Edwards to save himself from a clnwil?, sought safety by grasping a limb and swinging his body into a tree. The report goes on to say that the two lions remained at the feot of the tree all night and left for their lairs at daybreak. It is safe to remark, however, that if the bullet fired from Mr. Edwards’ rifle had pierced the head of the lion there would not have been any necessity for the shooter to climb into a tree for safe keeping. On the following day the beasts were traced by the blood of the wounded ani- mal to their camp in the woods, where nine cubs were found. A party consistin, of Edwards, Cattermole and his dogs left yeeterday morning for the home of the *‘var- mint,” and it is presumed that lion scalps, tails and paws will attract widespread at- tention in Los Gatos to-day if all goes right. rom any source whatever, and to advance the interests of temperance, public morality and sood goverument in municipal, State and Na- tional affairs by every means in our power. man who is a Christian—because the one does not always insure the other—whether there is anything in that article which Christ did not preach and practice. “When Joseph Cook gave a lecture in the church one Saturday evening we found the door of our place of meeting and it was explained that this was owing to the lecture being given at that hour. When we came a week later the doors were again locked. “‘The.sexton told us he was acting under orders and that we must .apply to ‘head- quarters’ for permission to use the build- ing. ‘Headquarters’ we interpreted to mean ‘trustees.” We laid the matter be- fore these gentlemen and they said the matter would be left to the pastor. We didn’t choose to ask him, knowing well what his answer would have been, so now we are meeting in the office of Deacon Bar- nard in the Columbian block. “‘T have just come from a meeting there this evening, and we had a genuinely spir- itual evening. Rev. J. E. Scott was with us, and the Rev. Mr. Fergusson led the meeting. Our numbers are increasing again and we feel encouraged about the prospect of opportunity for good works.” The members of the leagie insist that ganization, that its purposes are purely of | a spiritual nature and that it is maxzing no organized effort against Dr. Brown's re- maining in the pastorate. “His term of | service expires in August,’”” he said, “and while it is known that there is an opposing element composed of some of the best peo- le in the church and made up chiefly of adies, the league is not connected with it, His name is never mentioned in our meet- | ings, nor is he referred to except in our prayers for the pastors of the City.” . Dr. Brown could not be found last even- ing. TO BUILD A NEW TEMPLE Ohabai Shalome Foundatlon- Stone Will Be Laid Next Sunday. The Synagogue WIill Be Ready for Use in Time for the Hebrew High Festlvals. The Hebrew congregation Ohabai Shalome will, on Sunday next, witness the culmination of their plans for the erection of a new place of worship. The foundation stone of their synagogue, which will be on the south side of Bush street, near Laguna, will be laid next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Since its establishment the Ohabai Shalome congregation has passed through many vicissitudes. Its orgunization was the result of a split in the Congregation Emanu-El many years ago. When the latter body of Hebrews developed ultra- reform tendencies many of the members, including some of the French and Alsa. tian eleraent, left. They purchased a lot on Mason street, near Post. After the lapse of vears and the death of many prominent members a decline_in interest in the venture was noticed. The plat of land was last year sold to the Native Sons of the Golden West for $45,000 and with of the elective franchise, the judiciary and the | Pnblw school system against encroachment | “Now, I leave it to any minister or lay- | locked, | there is no business transacted by the or- | the proceeds of the sale it was proposed to build the new temple. 2 ] The venture did not meet with quite so liberal a backing ‘as was anticipated. Mainly through the energy displayed by the president of the congregation, A. Alt- mayer, sufficient money has been realized to warrant the erection of the new place of worship. The congregation has for some time vast been worshiping at Golden Gate Hall, but it is thought that the build- ing of the synagogue on Bush street will be the forerunner of a new era of prosper- ity for the Congregation Ohabai Shalome. The plans for the new building include a special room or hall for the use of the auxiliary, with stage accommodation. The whole of the interior will be illuminated with incandescent lights, and a handsome ulpit will be a feature. The design of the gui ding will be Byzantine and the eleva~ tion shows lofty minarets, a string of Moorish arches below the spring of the roof and the tables set in a sort of dormer projection. The programme for next Sunday will be a specially attractive one, A large united choir, composed of male and female singers from the synagognes of this City, will ren- der appropriate psalms and hymns. Rabbi Jacob %‘iem, of the Congregation Serith Israel, will read the service.and will de- liver the principal address of the day, as well as the dedicatory prayer. The Hon, Julius Kahn, who has been prominently identified with the committee, has also signified his intention to be present and to | deliver an address. The band of the Pa- | cific Hebrew Orphan Asylum will be on | the ground and will perform selections of | classical music. The arrangements for the occasion have been placed in the hands of u special committee, under the presidency of A. Altmayer, president of the Congrega- tion Obabai Shalome, The building will be ready for cccupancy in time for the Hebrew high festivals in September next. O A HUNT FOR LIKS Los Gatos Sportsmen Are After the Scalps of “Var- mints.” Wild Animals That Routed a Camp of Pleasure - Seekers In Moody’s Gulch. California lions, so called, are by no means dangerous unless taunted by bunger or cornered by an enemy, and thenthey will fight, and desperately, too. Occasionally a report of the killing of a desperate and ferocious California lion in some part of the country is spread broad- cost and as a result pcople who are not conversant with field sports and the game of the country have a great dread of meet- ing any of those animals when rusticating in the mountains. Last Sunday a party of sportsmen under the command of Henry J. Cattermole of ‘Wrights, Santa Clara County, left Wrights | in search of a lion that had been seen patch which missal is final and that he will not be rein- stated in spite of all the agitation, but one thing is sure, California "and the whole Pacific Coast will be heard at Washington, a;\d in no uncertain manner, on this ques- tion. Heretofore the field branch of the Coast Survey and Geodetic Department has been entirely free from the spoils system, Poli- tics have been necessarily relegated to the wall in favor of efficiency and skill in this one department. The very essence rather than the letter of the civil service system has heretofore prevailed and reformers have considered it a model branch of the public service, so admirable in its workings that it was un- nocea!;nry to enforce the civil service rules upon it. y the {riends of civil service reform this uncalled for dismissal of Professor David- son is considered as another nail in the coftin of the spoils system and another powerful argument in favor of the system that permits removal only for cause.’ LA BELLE CREOLE CIGARS Madnufactured by S. HERNSHEIM BROS. & €0., New Orleans, La. RINALDO BROS. & CO., Pacific Coast Agents, 300-302 Battery Street, S. F. Branch Store—29-31-33 South First St., San Jose, Cal.