The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1895. HIGHER TAXESTHE ORDER, Explessions of Opinion on the Heavy Increase in the Levy. CAN THE MAYOR VET0 IT? Despite Efforts of the Minority the Eight Would Not Reduce Ap- propriations. The increase in the tax lev. coming year, as passed by the Solid Eight of the Board of Supervisors at their meet- ing Saturday, has caused a storm of de- nunciation from the taxpayers generally aud it is safe to say that this last impo: tion will go on record as the most unpop- ular measure yet devised by this combina- tion. In the face cf a still pending depre- ciation in property values a decrease in- stead of an increase in the rate of taxation was apparently expected. Asa heavy taxpayer, a member of the Board of Freeholders and & man inter- ested generally in the affairs of the mu- nicipal ernment, Stewart Menzies was ed last evening his opinion of the in- reased levy. Mr. Menzies said: The levy is needlessly high—outrageously high. The » excuse for such work, but the tax: are getting just what they bar- gained for. thing better be_expected of a majority ¢ resent board? It is done, and as far as1 can see there is no way out of it. ve that the Mayor has no au- e order, and so it will have to axpayers of San Francisco like g, they are at liberty to have it as they de This is what comes Yy government over toa I 1 politicians, pothouse ow lived and imbecile wretches, who v@away from the municipal teat. ers know this well enough. For ave paid a high rate of taxation to hat heterogeneous mass of scum at 3 L. Itisthe political parasite who 1p the City’s finances. expensé of running the City govern- is just about double what it would be ra clean and honest administration of Nearly every department could get ng with a very material reduction in its present force; and then look at the salaries T How many clerks in City Hall are worth than $60 or $75 per month? Of course are some, but how many? fier some of those heelers who rawing fat salaries for doing nothing? a this so as long from hand hoard of job ssion Fifty dollars a month, perhaps. The fact is, here are so many leaks in the present system that the taxpay 7, 10 many cases, is kepton very brink of ruin in order thata lot of cal mendicants may be supported in leness. If the taxpayer would have a rea- sonable levy and fair business prospects let begin right, and purge the municipal of the pests that ate eating out its life. Supervisor Hobbs fought the increase as long as fighting was of any use. His op- position was due to the conviction that it d work a great hardship to the small ers, who will bear the burden of the se. He thought that it would be wiser to cut down some of the appropriations and make up for the reduction on the next year than to increase the taxpayers’ burden. Mr. Hobbs said last evening: There was no need at all of this increase and 1 don’t blame the taxpayers for going on rec with & large-sized ob; Only an utter gard for their i would have dic- ted so reckless & po ome of the big ap- tions could have been reduced as well The park, for examule, has never had $300, 000 beiore, in giving all we car d to cut the appropriation down and then add the reduction to allowance. Park patrons are not ng for a mew band stand,a : he ocean or & museum annex These improvements could have been post- soned for & vear as well as not. There is 000 for a dipsomania hospital. 1 proposed t reduce this by $10,000. Altogether $400,000 $500,000 might have been saved and tacked on to another_year, thus avoiding an unneces- sary increase in the levy. Supervisor Dimond said that he could see no_good reason for the increase and deemed it a most inéudiuiu\ls move—one that would fall heavily upon the taxpayer generaily. For the Washington-street buildings he tried to have the appropriation reduced from $300,000 to $48,000. His desires, how- ever, were set down with those of Taylor and Hobbs, and by the Solid Eight regaled to the limbo of minority wants. Supervisor Taylor d that the increase s all wrong, but that the minority could only enter a strenuous protest and abide theresult of a majority vote. He did not know whether the Mayor had authority to veto the order or not, but was of the opinion that he had no such authority. “There was no reason at all for increas- the y,”’ continued Mr. Taylor. “Several of the big appropriations could have been cut down as well as not.”’ Attorney Henry Clément thought that the levy was an outrage upon the tax-pay- ers, and that the Solid Ei = scrupulous policy He, tco, was doubt- ful of the Mayors authority to veto the order, and intimated that a good way to avoid Tepetition of the wrong would be to so reform the municipal government as to operate it on a basis of decency and economy. COURSING AT THE PARKS Beginning of the Big Forty- Eight Dog Stake at Casserly’s. Electric and Fearless Win the Matches and Money at Kerrigan’s Resort. The banks of fog that hung over the coursing parks all day yesterday and ren- dered the weather cold and disagreeable did not dam:pen the ardor of the cnthusi- asts who turned out as usual to enjoy their Sunday sport. The prospect of seeing forty-eight high- class dogs from all parts of the State com- pete for large prizes drew a big crowd to Casserley’s park, where the running was of a high order. The presence of coursing men from Hay- wards, Vellejo, Merced and other points, with plenty of money to back thefr favor- ites, made the betting lively, and much mon changed hands on the results. Only the run-down and first ties were negotiated, the rest of the stake being postponed until to-day, when it will be fin- ished, in addition to a $1 50 entrance con- i e, to which the management Following is the result of the run-down: §iT. Hall’s Annie Laurie beat Alameda ken- nel’s Wayfarer; Alameda kennel’s Emin Pasha beat J. Hurle Jimmy Rix; Alameda kennel’s Kitty Scott beat W. 11.” Burfiend’s Catchem; J. Dean’s Fullerton beat W. Dalton’s llene; J. Quane’s Captain Morse beat W. Greeley’s Rich- mond Bo; . Cronin’s Best Trump beat D. Tweedie’s Fairy D; J. McMehon’s Wildwood beat J. Allen’s Salvator; T. Hall’s Little Corpo- ral beat J. Strehl's Lillian_ Russell; J. Grace's Eoll Along 8 bye; E. Dougherty's Fiying Buck beat W. H. Burfiend’s Tricks; rehl’s Gold King beat Hayward kennel’s Ben Hur; B. Dougherty’s Daisy Crest beat J. Reldy’s T. Cox’s Braw Scot beat H. Hull's Butcher Boy; J. Murphy’'s Redlight beat T. J. Cronin’s White Chief; D. Tweedie's White Rustic beat T. Hall's Grace Darling; P. Car- ney’s Annie Daly beat T. J. Cronin's Rosa B.; J.” McBride's Flashlight beat T. Brennan’s Regent; P. Carney’s Mission Boy heat T. Bren- nan's Red Prince; T. J. Cronin’s Dottie Dimple beat C. Anderson’s Nigger: T. J. Cronin’s Sky- Dball beat J. McBride’s Little Whip; Alameda kennel's £an_Joaquin beat W. C. Peyton’s Stamboul; J. McMahon’s Gile beat Hayward kennel’s Lion; T. Cox’s Bam beat Hayward kennel’s Lady Linas. First ties—Emin Pasha beat Annie Laurie; Buffaio; What would | ght ought to be | made to suffer for their “‘reckless and un- | | | 1 | | | | | | 5 o Kitty Scott beat Fullerton; Best Trump beat Captain Morse; Wildwood beat Littie Co: poral; Flying Buck beat Roll Along; Dais Crest beat Gold King; Bran beat Redlight; White Rustic a_bye; Annie Daly beat F; light; Dottie Dimple beat Mission Boy; Sk. ball beat San Joaquin; Sam beat Gile. The fifty-dog stake that was begun at Kerrigan’s on Sunday last was finished vesterday, the winner turming up in Elec- tric, who won after a hard course with Snow Bird. Some of the matches were close and exciting. Considering the coun- ter attractions the crowd was fairly large, and spirited betting was the rule. Follow- ing are the results of the second ties: Electric beat Tempest; Harkaway Stonewall Jackson; Longfeliow beat Till: Lady Fitzgerald beat Little Beauty; Li tle Tom beat Nellie D; Dashaway a bye; Snow- bird a bye. Third “ties—Electric beat Harkaway; Long- fellow beat Lady Fitzgerald; Snowbird beat Little Tom: Dashaway & bye. Fourth ties—Electric beat Longfeliow; Snow- bird beat Dashaway. Final—Electric beat Snowbird. A consolation stake at §1 50 entrance, to which the management added $25, was then run off, resulting as follows: Thorndale beat Rambler, Nellie Bly beat Spring, Maud G_beat Will o’ the Wisp, Marvel- ous beat Blackthorn, Evening Star beat Lamp- lighter, Magpie o ariess beat Bonnie Lassie, oon]xpm a bye. First ties—Nellie Bly beat Thorndale, Maryel- ous beat Maud G, Evening Star a bye, Fearless beat Moonlight. Second ties—Nellie Bly beat Marvelous, Fear- less beat Evening Star. e Bly. Final—Fearless beat Nelli Next Sunday, in addition to the regular all-aged stake, a puppy stake at $150 en- trance will be run, the management do- nating a solid silver cup to the winner in addition to the first cash pri URGING THE SINGLE TAX, Officers of the San Rafael Club Address the Local Society. As Messrs. Carpenter and Stern See Things — Progress of the Movement. The two speakers who addressed the Single Tax Society at 102 0’Farrell street | last night were President L. arpenter and Vice-President C. D. Stern of the San Rafael society. % Mr. Carpenter declared that the solution of the labor question lay in an intelligent discussion of economic subjects. In sub- stance he said: The poverty and destitution of large num- bers of people and the great accumulation of wealth In the hands of & few—both increasing at an alarming rate—show that the lies with those who suffer under the ir of the present social system themselves. only practicable remedy so iar suggested is the single tax This remedy is besed upon justice and in ac- cordance with the appareni purpose of the Creator, who evidently intended the earth for all men in common as a_storehouse of all that is required (o support physical life, the only means needed 10 extract the latent wealth from the soil being the labor necessary to make it productive. For men to be free they must have complete control of the prod-ets of their own labor— otherwise one man doing the labor becomes the slave of the man controlling the products through our present system of proprietorship. Taxation as it is now imposed encourages idleness on the one hand try and thriit on the otk culative purposes and profits ny labor himself or another mau goes ements at great out- and finds him urdened by a_tax upon v benefits he is contributing toward so- s general welfare. The single tax would put an end to land mo- nopolization and land speculation. Ttwouid give residents—rent paying residents—of cities an opportunity to p: s homes of their own on land which previon had been idle, unoceu- pied and_non-productive; over-taxed impro ers would be relieved i unjust burdens, and thousands of men would find demand for their sability to labor. Conditions and busine | would wonderfully improve in consequence. Wh Because with a tax on land values only no one would want to hold ground and pay the ground rental upon it unless he could make it | some way or other. Again, taxes on personal property and goods can be shifted to either the producer or the consumer. but u tax on_land values could not be shifted, A tax on commodities makes them dearer and harder to get, but a taxon land | values would force all Jana into use and thus make it cheaper and eesier to get. Mr. Stearn’s talk was a very comprehen- sive one. He called Henry Georee the “Prophet of San Francisco,” and :quoted Mr. George’s ple definition that the single tax was “‘the abolition of all taxes except taxes on land values.”” He spoke of the general organization of the single-tax movement and its methods of propaganda, and inspired hope by re- minding his listeners that with modern facilities of communication and transit a great reform now takes a short time for its realization in comparison with the time required for reforms in the past. l’n this country, he said, there are over 200 single-tax organizati being called variousl “Social Science’’ clubs, and “Land Restoration” leagues “Free Land” associations. In New York City there is a “Single Tax Kindergarten.” He proceeded : New York State leads in the matter of organ- some of them is very low down in this rank, but if she keeps up her present rate of advancement we will s00m have a State organization here. In the last Congress there were twenty-five single-tax men, with fifty others having p! nounced views in its favor. Minneapolis, Pe- oria, st. Louis and Chicago put up single-tax cendidates for Congress in the last campaign. aguire of California, Johnson of Ohio and De Wit Warner of ) contingent. There are eight single-tax clubs inCalifornia. We expect to start a big one soon in Sausalito. This series of meetings is the beginning of a campaign that is not going to stop until the single tax becomes the law of this State. The speaker paid James S. Reynolds a eulogy, and in the course of his abserva- tions remarked that there were two funda- mental rights involved in the single tax, viz.: The equal right of 21l to a use of the earth, and the right of all to the full prod- uct of their own labor. WORTHINGTON ASSAULTED He Says That His Assailants Were the Two Baddeley Boys. William Worthington went to the Re- ceiving Hospital iast evening for treat- ment for a badly battered face. His nose was broken, both eyes were blackened and the remainder of "his countenance had to be patched and plastered profuseiy by the attending surgeons. The sufferer, it will be remembered, is the husband of Mrs. Maggie Worthington, the murderess, who abour three years ago shot and killed Henry Baddeley, her lover. She bad three trials and the last resulted, about three weeks ago, in her being sent to San Quentin to serve a term of twenty-five years’ imprisonment. Worthington in explaining how he re- ceived the injuries stated that yesterday he took his two children out to the beach below Land’s End station on the Ferries and Cliff House steam railroad. He and the youngsters spent the afternoon pic- nicking on the beach and a little bcPore ?“k they started up the hill to the sta- ion. Worthington said that he had not gone far up the trail when two of Hen ad- deley’s brothers sprang from a place of concealment in the bushes, and, with an oath, proceeded to pummel him without mercy. He stated that he was unable w0 rotect himself against such odds and so Ead to submit to their treatment. He said they knocked him down several times with their fists andJmnched his face when he wason the ground. When they stopped and went away he was almost unconscious from the beating. At last he gatnered his frightened children and took the carsback to town. As soon as he could he went to the hospital for repairs. Worthington de- w York lead the single-tax | DURRANT CASE RUMORS, Captain Lees Spent Yesterday in Searching for a Miss Clayton. THE WOMAN WAS NOT FOUND. Prosecuting Attorney John T. Dare Saw the Blocks Under the Head of the Body. The last few days have been prolific of rumors in connection with the Durrant case, perhaps more so than any corre- sponding period since the bodies of Minnie { Williams ana Blanche Lamont were | found in Emmanuel Church and Durrant was arrested for their murder. All sorts of stories emanating from the most vague of sources have been circulated and pub- lished, only to be flatly contradicted when traced to the fountain of the information— such tales as the one that Clarence Wolf would testify to Durrant’s having | told him of his intention to betray Blanche Lamont; that Mayor Sutro was supplying the funds to conduct the defense; that the defense would undertake, in the Minnie | Williams case, to show that the girl was not murdered on the night when she is | supposed to have lost her life, but on the following morning, and that she wasnotin Durrant’s company that fatal night, butin the company of an aged suitor. | These are only a few of the stories that | have been given publicity and have then been pronounced false by persons most in- terested. The latest of these startling stories is that wired from Los Angeles Saturday to | the effect that Miss Ida M. Clayton, a teacher in the Redding Primary School, is either the person or knows who was the one that Durrant is supposed to have frightened in the church by a sudden ap- | pearance he made before her one day. Captain Lees took up the work person- | ally yesterday of investigating the story, | but up to last evening he had failed to find | the whereabouts of Miss Clayton, who had | gone out of the City over Sunday. He was | compelled to give up last evening without having satistied himself as to the truth of | the report. John T. Dare, prosecuting attorney in Police Court 2, will be one of the State’s | witnesses Tuesday. His son, Starr Dare, has already testified to finding the wearing | apparel of Blanche Lamont stowed away in tlie rafters and under the floor in the pelfry. But Starr Dare did not notice the | two block under the head of the body, as | it lay with its arms folded on the floor. So far only one of the people’s witnesses, | Detective Gibson, has been able to testify | concerning these blocks, though several other witnesses who saw the body in the beliry before it was removed by Deputy Coroners Smith and Hallett have been examined. Detective Gibson noticed these blocks and went there a few days later and secured them. Now these blocks, if | proverly identified and proved, are of con- | siderable importance in the case, for they tend to show that whoever it | was that placed tte body of the murdered girl where it was found, had knowledge of | the customs in vogue in the dissecting- room. The head rested on these blocks, just as the head of a corpse in the dissect- | ing-room. Durrant isa medical student. True, there is nothing direct about this | evidence, but it is considered a good link in the long chain of circumstantial evi- dence by which the State expects to make out its case against Durrant. | Attorney Dare saw those blocks under | the nead of the body. He wasin the bel- fry before the body was removed. His | evidence is valued highly by the people. Heretofore Dickinson has questioned | each witness who was in the belfry aboat | those blocks, with the resu't that no one else besides Gibson seems tohave noticed ther. ‘There is a good deal of preliminary tes- | timony yet to be added before the wit- | nesses who will connect Currant with the ; case can be put on the stand. S S | AT EMMANUEL CHURCH. | Rev. J. George Gibson Speaks Wis- dom Evidently Drawn From Recent Occurrences. | The Rev. J. George Gibson delivered a | discourse last nightat the Emmanuel Bap- | tist Church npon the wisdom of religious preparation for the unexpected emer- geney. Taking the parable of the wise and fool- ish virgins for his text, he applied to every- | day life the lesson of the five virgins who | carried to the wedding ceremony what oil | their lamps would hold, and the five vir- | gins who took a little extra oil and were | able still to furnish light when the bride- | groom made his appearance after an unex- | ization. Illinois comes next, with Texas third | pected delay. | and New Mexico fourth. California at present | There were occasional touches in his re- ! marks which one could not help interpret- | ing as having some connection with the | events which have cast a shadow of gloom | and mystery over that church on Bartlett street. Particularly was this the case | when he said: *‘Oh, the circumstances that we know not. To-night, while one girl is thinking | of her marriage, another is preparing to | commit suicide. | _“To-night, while one young man is living on Nob Hill, a companion of his childhood is languishing in some opium !den. In the same tenement are living people who are honest and those who are vile—persons who shudder at the reccipt | of every letter in a strange hand. Two | bovs read out of the same Bible. One to- day 1s a Judge of the Superior Court and | the other is a convict behind the bars. Two men were educated at the same col- lege. One to-day is a clergvman, the other is a_stump-speaker in the saloons. “You may think there is nothing ahead to disturb vour peace. You have lived, may be, twenty, thirty, forty years, but your time will come. Some night you will awake with a start at a cry and vou will see a company of men standing over you | with their lights and staring into your face as though they would read your secret. “‘Oh, it is grand to know that our past has been a storing up of oil, 80 that when the dark schemes of men come upon us we can meet them and defy them. I think there are times in life when every man should look out for himsalf first.”” Speaking with reference to certain young men and preachers without churches who might envy him his position, he said if there were any such, and the position alone was all they wanted, he would will- ingly step out and give 1t up to them, but that he would venture to say that if he should return a week later they would be | very glad for him to relieve them of the annoyances from reporters and the sur- mises and fabrications of newspapers. | | DR, McCLISH'S FAREWELL, The Rector of. Grace Methodist Church Reviews His Five Years’ Work Just Ended. The Rev. Dr. Eli McClish of Grace Methodist Chureh, corner Twenty - first and Capp streets, delivered his farewell discourse before his old congregation last nignt. To-morrow he will gzo down to Pacitic Grove to attend the Methodist conference to be held there, and then he will receive his new appointment. Where it will be he does not know. At that conferenge all the Methodist pastors about this City will nies that he did or said anything to pro- | receive new charges. voke the assault, and he threatens to swear out warrants to-morrow for the ar- rest of the two Baddeleys for battery. Last night Dr. McClish traced the his- tory of Grace Methodist Church during the years he has been its pastor. He was called from the presidency of an Kastern seminary to take charge of the pastorate he has now served for the regular Meth- odist term* He said that when he assumed charge of the church it had been, through Dr. An- thony’s illness, practically without a pas- tor for a year, and that four months of the conference year had already passed. The church was then at a stage where it was no longer a mission church and yet it was not quite a Gity church, although it occupied a commodious building. It wasdominated largely by a few old members and it had gradually to be evolved into modern city ideas, The change was not accomplished without some driction, so few additions were made the first year. Only two were added by confession’of faith and forty-five by letter. . During the following years, however, after a broader adjustment had taken place through the influence of more thoughtful persons, there were, on an average, fifty- tive received each year by probation, or a total of 227 for the four {;gars, and a total of 241 admitted to membership by letter, making a grand total of 468 to be added to the 507 old members. “The membership to-day,’’ said Dr. Me- Clish, “excluding tihose who have died or removed from the rm'ish, is 685, comparing favorably with all the other evangelical churcnes of the City.” Five years ago the church had a debt of $20.000. That has been reduced to $13,000 and, in aadition, a parsonage has been built, furnished and entirely paid for. In all over $65,500 has been raised by the con- gregation during his term. Last vear alone $1550 was asked for and over $1600 was paid in. He quoted from I. J. Truman, the pres- ipent of the Columbia~ Bonding Company, and also chairman of the church financial committee, who said, ‘“The church was never in better financial condition than that in which Dr. McClish leaves it at the close cof his successful pastorate.”” A CATHOLIC REJOINDER, The Rev. Father Ferguson Re- plies to Certain A. P. A. Speakers. He Does Not Hold Protestantism Responsible for the Present Agltation. In Rev. Father Ferguson's sermon at St. Patrick’s Church, yesterday morning, con- siderable attention was given to replying to certain statements and sentiments enunciated by some of the recent speakers at Metropolitan Temple. Kather Fergu- son indicated that he did not consider the great body of Protestants responsible for the utterances of those speakers, and there- fore devoted himself mainly to a discus- sion of their personal motives and incen- tives in the wide-spread discussion now going on. The fact that this discussion is in progress is a matter which he indicated could not be ignored by those who are ac- quainted with current events. All per- sons, whether Catholic or Protestant, want to know what is going on, and look to the public journals for the news. Among other things Father Ferguson said: The crusade against Catholics inaugurated some time ago by the A. P. A. still goes on, New calumnies forged in the secret lodges of this organization are formulated Sunday after Sunday by preachers hired for the occasion. It is not often that we find it necessary to_notice or refute the assertions of these men. Contro- versy with such is out of the question. Their force is in stronug language rather than in truth or Christianity. They are strangers to the ethics of religious discussion. They would effectually kill every movement for reform to which they would attach themselves. So- cieties for the promotion of good citizenship offer them opportunities which they are not slow to grasp. Their auditors in the Metro- politan Temple are told by the preachers that Rome is opposed to cremation and that is held to b,f cogent proof that Catholics want the earth. While these lecturers denounced sisters and nuns, whose self-sacrificing lives are always a standing reproach to such as they, we felt that their abuse could only redound to the honor of the sisters. But latterly they have fallen into the trick of praising them, and against that we protest. That is the unkindest cutofall. It is altogether too much; it con- stitutes the last straw. These preachers pose as the defenders of Protestantism and the country in general. Protestantism would be in bad straits if these were its recognized champions. Protestantism has repudiated them long ago, and the country will follow suit. Neither they nor the sects 10 which they belong have ever contributed anything of value to the controversial literature on sub- jeets which divide the Catholic and Protestant churches. We admire the learning and erudition of those Protestants who have measured swords with like men of the Catholic church. Buton the shelves of no Protestant library will be found anything of worth as an argument com- ing from them to which a churchman could point with pride. One of their latest importa- tions, hailing from Stockton, feels aggrieved because some Protestant churches in the City refuse to open_ their doors to these speakers. He knows well that the rulplts of all enlight- ened preachers, from the St. Lawrence to the Oregon, aré hermetically sealed against lecturers of his ilk. Further, the best men in Protestantism to-day in thi country—men of eminent ability and unquestioned orthodoxy, such as Professor Elliott of Harvard, Dr. Lyman Abbott, Dr. Henry M. Field, Washing- ton Gladden, and & host of others—have borne willing testimony, by voice and pen, to the falsity of the charges brought against Catho- lies and to the immense influence for good of their church in this country. They have re- peatedly denounced in unmeasured terms the attempts of fanatics to stir up religious discord and set citizen against citizen. Thackeray says somewhere in his works: “What public, what statesman projecting & coup, what l\'inf determined on an invasion of his neighbor, what satirist, meditating an on- slaught on society or an individual, can’t give a pretext for his move?” These men arc not wanting in pretexts for their moves. Catho- lics, they say, are disloyal. The presence of many even now iz this church who took part in that great struggle thirty vears ago, the resence, too, of widows and orphans whose oved ones lie down in “the blncfl belt of the South,” gives the lie to those unworthy calum- niators who would impugn the Catholic sol- dier’s lopalty and try to make him appenr &0 enemy of the institutions for which he bravely fought and nobly died. Catholics have a right to be proud of their church in this land of liberty. Its missionaries were its first pioneers. They gave names to its lakes and rivers, explored its trackless forests, and prepared the way for succeediug progress and civilization. And in the revolutionar: epoch the armies of liberty were filled wit Catholics. Commodore Barry, a Catholic, laid the foundation of the American navy and won its first victories. Catholics were conservative and law-abiding, but when civil war did come and the integrity of the Union was threatened they were among the first to respond to Lincoln’s call for troops. These facts are so vatent to every student of American history that their very repetition hel(‘omes & platitude, but no other course is left us. PROBABLY SUTCIDE. John Melin Asked a Friend for a Drink and Then Died. John Melin, a special policeman engaged as watchman or patrolman at the foot of Broadway, died early yesterday afternoon very suddenly at the house of M. Salmi, at 23 Chesley street, under circumstances in- dicating suicide by poison. Mr. Salmi in telling of the occurrence said: “I have known John Melin for seven or eight years. He was 55 years old and bas a wife who is now in Finland. He lived at 95 Steuart street. He came to my house about 1:30 o’clock to-day and asked meuto take him in, as he was not feeling well, *‘After he got into the house he asked for a drink of water, which he seemed to swallow with difficulty. He said, ‘I am oisoned.” Then he made an exclamation in his native tongue. I spoke to him, but could get no answer. I then went to the corner of Chesley and Harrison streets and called in an officer. When we returned he was dead.” 3 He was a native of Finland. The body was taken to the Morgue, where the au- topsy will be performed to-day. e gy T Grass hats are common in China and the South Sea Islands. SOCIETY COMING TO TOWN. Tennis and Dancing at Hotel Rafael This Afternoon and Evening. THE KNIGHT-BATES NUPTIALS. Miss Joliffe’s Luncheon to the Misses Moffitt—Shakespearean Reciltals. Tennis at San Rafael to-day will be fol- lowed with a hop at the hotel in the even- ing. Last Thursday afternoon in Oakland Miss Marguerite Joliffe gave a delightful yellow luncheon in honor of the Misses Lucy and Alice Moffitt, who, with their mother, Mrs. James Moffitt, will leave for Europe the latter part of this month. The guests of the occasion were: The Misses Alice and Lucy Moffitt, Miss Amy Requa, Miss Myra Prather, Miss Mari Edna Snell, Miss Eliza- beth Moffitt, Miss Belle Mhoon, the Misses Lohse, Miss Jessie Glasscock, Miss Louise Sim- mons, Miss Florence Dunham, Miss Josephine Chabot and Miss Carmine Moore. Arrangements have been made for a series of Shakespearean recitais by Hanni- bal A Williams of New York, to take place soon. Tickets may be purchased only upon invitation. There are about 100 sub- scribers, among whom were: Mr. and Mrs. William Alvord, Mr. and Mrs, Fisher Ames, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Bowman, Miss Edith fiuckinghnm. General and Mrs. W. H. L. Barnes, Mr, and Mrs. 8. C. Bigelow, C. F. Crocker, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bowen, Dr. and Mrs. Henry Gibbons, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Goewey, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hooper, Mr.and Mrs. Greer Harrison Charles Webb H Mr. d_Mrs. H. Huntington, Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Hopkins, and Mrs. Charles Holbrook, Dr. and Mrs. McNutt, Mr. ana Mrs. Charles A. Murdoch, Mz. and Mrs. John Dempster McKee, Mrs. William Norris, James D. Phelan, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Symmes, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Towne, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney N. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Pierson, Mr. and Mrs, Frank Sumner, General James W. Forsyth, Mrs. George Law Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Irying M. Scott and Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Whittell. Dr. William P. Sprague, who is a fine dramatic reader, took part at the enter- tainment of the Portia Law Club last ‘Wednesday and read the tent scene from “Julius Cewesar.” The doctor is a son of Professor Homer B. Sprague, the eminent philologist. The engagement has been announced of Miss Maggis Doran and John F. Cronin, both of Oakland. The wedding will take place the latter part of this month. The wedding of Miss Frances Merriman, daughter of Dr. A. F. Merriman, and Harry Thomas will take place in Oakland September 19. Knight-Bates. There was a very pretty home wedding over in Oakland last Monday at the resi- dence of Mr.and Mrs. C. D. Bates on Market street, when their daughter, Miss Clara Maud Bates, became the wife of Frederick William Knight. The house was very beautifully decorated, the vre- vailing colors being pink and green. Rev. Robert Coyle performed the ceremony, after which cong ratulations and good wishes were bestowed upon the voung couple, and later the company enjoyed an elaborate wedding breakfast served by Miss Hallahan. Mr. and Mrs. Knight are on an a wedding trip through Southern Calitornia. On their return they will re- side at 1516 Franklin street, Oakland. Mr. Knight is the son of Public Administrator ‘W. H. Knight. The bride is a charming and accomplished young lady, well known in social circles. Only relatives and most intimate friends witnessed the ceremony. Swedlsh Musical Soclety. The Swedish Musical Society celebrated its organization yesterday afternoon by a reception and banguet tendered in its honor by F. C. Beck at his residence, 110 Fourteenth street. The society’s membership will belimited to amateur talent only. The object is mu- tual entertainment and musical advance- ment. One must be an accomplished master of some musical instrument in order to be admitted. After a select pro- gramme had been rendered by eighteen members of the society’s orchestra the company sat down to dinner at 4 o’clock. John Martinson presided and acted -as toastmaster. The members are as follow. Axel Newberg, director; F. C. Beck, John Martinson, 8. Newberg, A.A. Muller, Mrs. E. Beck, Miss Lena Madel, O. A. Glassall, Fred Wctc‘m, G. F. Sandberg, N. Olson, Victor An- derson, Earnest Skarstadt, H. K. Tiemroth, C. Wassverg, Robert Fraser, C. Murray and C. Ahlbohm. After toasts and speeches and more music an adjournment was had for a week. 5 Soclety Personals. Mr. and Mrs, Frederick W. Sharon left Satur- day night for Europe, where they intend to place their children at school. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Cohen celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with a party last Wednesday evening at their home, 1621 De- visadero street. Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Sullivan, who have been spending the summer at Phelan Park, Santa Cruz, have returned to their home on Van Ness avenue. Dr. James F. Smith, M.8., und a graduate of the Cooper Medical College, is in Europe, where he intends to remain the greater part of three years studying in London, Paris and Vienna. Colonel and Mrs. C. Mason Kinne have re- turned from Belvedere and are located at the Occidental for the winter. B. E. Carl and Miss F. Jacquay of San Fran- cisco were registered in London on the 23d ult. Miss Clara Y. Archibald of Oakland, who has been visiting in New York since last April, has gone to Cleveland, Ohio, where she will re- main until after the holidays. Mrs. Richard Snell and her daughter Mar- gery, of Oakland, heve returned from a three. flwnoth:‘ visit to Dr. Margaret Snell at Corval- s, Or. Judge Garber and family have returned from their irip to Lake Tahoe. Mr. and Mrs. §. B, Livingston, who have been passing the summer in San Francisco and vicinity, will return to_their home in New York City on September 17. Miss Nellie Mayers has returned to her home in this City after having spent the summer at Blue Lakes and Blfi Tees. Miss Eva Counsell of Stockton is visiting the Misses Mayers of this City. Mr. and Mrs, Hugo Arnhold are now occupy- ing their new house, 1416 Sutter street. rs. Arnhold will be at home on the first and sec- ond Wednemhyir Receptions. A very enjoyable party was tendered to Master Jules Bondin last Thursday even- ing in honor of the eleventh anniversary of hig birth, at his residence, 815 Broad- way. The evening was passed with music and games followed by a supper. Among those present were: J. Bondin, C. Bondin, A. Watson, G. Watson, J. Jacnerri, E. Bayne, G. Delarnelle, P. Clasere, A. Clasere, G.Clasere, H. Merfret, A. Merfret, Rosalie Boyea, Blesie Gough, Emily Rodelle, Julie Delarnelle, Gertie Meriret, Annie Cole, Blanche Fay, Marie Luhlenberg, Tillie Jach- erri and many others. The Golden Gate Entertaining Society will give its third party on Friday evening next at California Hall, 620 Bush street. On Tuesday evening. September 24, the Eschscholtzias will give their third party at Union Square Hall. Pacific Council Ne. 8, 0. C. F., will give its monthly social at 317 Mason street, Friday evening, September 20. Social Council No. 46, O. C. F., Red Men’s_building, 320 Post’ street. will give an entertainment and dance Thursday next at 8 P. M. . Died of Heart Disease. John Dray, aged 41 years, a former con- ductor on the Southera Pacific on the favorite run between this City and Monterey, col- lapsed at Third and Folsom streets at 12:55 A. M. yesterday, and was taken by Officers Chase and Merrick to the Receiving Hospital. Before reaching the hospital he died. The cause of the death is supposed to have been heart disease. He leaves a widow and six children. Deceased was e native of Ohio. DEATH OF A PIONEER. William B. Doian, an Argonaut, Was Buried on Friday. William B. Dolan, whose death occurred at his home in this City September 3, was one of the earliest to reach the new El Do- rado. He arrived here on September 3, 1849. Mr. Delan was born in County Caven, Ireland, March 1, 1828, emigrating to America with his parents when still a small boy. Hissuccessin San Francisco in business circles is well known, the hand- some fortune he left attesting strongly to his ability and sagacity. The funeral services took place at 2 p. . Friday, Rev. Edgar Jj. Lion of St. Stephens Episcopal Church officiating. The Ma- sonic quartet rendered several exquisite selections. The pall-bearers were from the Pioneer Association, of which he was a prominent member. DR, H. W, BOWMAN TALKS, What He Said to the American Protective Association Yesterday. Chairman Quitzow Asks for Funds to Be Used In Procuring Speakers. The attendance in Metropolitan Temple yesterday was not as large as it has been on several Sundays previous. The principal speaker at the meeting, which was held under the auspices of the Good Citizenship Committee, was Dr. H. W. Bowman, formerly of Boston, but who at present is in this State engaged in evan- gelistic work. Chairman Quitzow, in his introductory remarks, thanked those present for the in- terest they manifested in the work of the American Protective Association and for their attendance Sunday after Sunday. He said it was a matter of pleasure to him to be able to announce that the membership of the association wss increasing daily and that he felt sure that ina short time nearly everybody would be enrolied under its banner. The Rev. C. A. Rabing of the Evangeli- cal church followed with a short prayer. Ayton Armitage favored the audience with a vocal solo, “The Minstrel Boy,” and for an encore gave ‘‘Love's Story."” gxds a prelude to his address Dr. Bowman said: There are some people who object to preach- ers having so much to do with the A. P. A. movement, The preachers are the cream in the A. P, A. pan of milk. The cream always rises to the top, and_that is why the preachers are always on top. Thereisa crisis in Ameri- can affairs at this time. Some people do not ay attention to it, thinking that it will right tself, and there are some who rock themselves to sleep into the belief that it is all right; but Kome has given notice of its activity. and something must be done to arouse the people | of America to action,so they may look after that vriceless boon, liberty, secured for them by the patriotism of their forefathers. Rome has issued a manifesto, which was published in the papers a few days since. Itis & notice for ali Irish societies to meet in Chi- cagoon *the 24th, 25th and 26th of next month to suggest ideas and formulate plans to liberate Ireland from the grasp of England. That is the announced purpose, but there are those who read between the lines who see in this convention a scheme by Rome for the subjugation of America. There has recently been a meeting of bishops and a cardinal from America, They were closeted with the Pope. The meeting was for the some action with regard toaffairs in America. Rome has discovered that since the formation of the A. P. A. it is doomed to be swamped un- less something is done. At Bridgeport there is to be a display of the mili tary strength of Rome by & review of the military branch of the church. Why this arming of the young people’ of the church? Why the drilling with arms? Do people who sérve God need military training? No. The issues of 1896 are to be fought out at the ballot-box. If Rome wants to meet the issue it can do so. Rome at this time in Amer- ica has control of the army and navy and the police, and by these seek to control the coun- try. Mrs. M. E. Gallahorn rendered a vocal solo, after which Chairman Quitzow asked for a liberal contribution by the audience so that the committee can secure speakers and endeavor to have Rev. J. Q. A. Henry return and speak again to the A. P. A. Dr. Bowman then gave hismain address, the delivery of which cccupied over an hour and a hali; the subject was ‘“Roman- izing America,” the discourse bein, similar to the opening remarks. He sai that the Catholic church had declared through the mouth of the Pope that it was her purpose to Romanize America, and that this assertion had been repeated since by some of the archbishops of that church. Monsignor Satolli, he said, had declared that it was the purpose of Rome to bring America to the Romish church. He warned all persons against attacking the Little Red Schoolhouse. It was announced that the American Protective Association will hold a picnic at Bryant's Grove, Contra Costa County, to-day. 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