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‘> g THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, — e R R e e 1(0) DAY, OCTOBER 28, 189 MONDAY AMUSEMENTS. FPALDWIN THEATER.—The Passing Show.", Coru THEATER—“A War-Time Wedding.” MOROSCO'S OPRRA-IIOU! TIVOL] OPFRA-BEOUSE—“Luc CrPUEUNM—THigh-Class Vaudeville. GROVER'S ALCAZAR.—* Pink Dominoes." BAY DIsTRICT TRACK.—Races. S147F BOARD OF TRADE rtieet, below Sec AUCTION SALES. BY Wiis E. FIsRER & Co.—Merchandise, at 16 08t streai, commencing Tuesday, October 99 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, W road will soon be thrown open to s in Golden Gate Park. Bella won the puppy stakes at Kerri- Tsing park yesterdsy. adine, as successor of Fritz Scheel, acted &s conductor of the Park band yesterday Five deepwater vessels, four of whi laden with coal, arrived in port yesterd The #§ 9 g camp of the Mid- winter Fair is being graded snd will be set out with trees. nlistment on the receiving ship Independ- @ has ceased in respect to the shipping of landsmen.” Yesterday was the the founding of Tr in California. h anniversary of terian Church n to interest the fle and revolver CALL were er by Henry in the finish of the T Ocean View H of the Second s first class medal onor of Mr. an: i Mrs. were held at the Old People's afternoon. cricket match 1Lee’s teams y between Messrs. iay resulted in a nts report a noticeably in- hich is being taken in the vilding and speculative pur- olas Denver of Mission Dolores off the honors in the prize esse League of the Cross district a_cook,ran amuck with a corner of Jackson and Davis Ho wes arrested before he of footbell at the Recreation Gate Park, yesterd mets defeated the sen Franciscos ints to 5. hrenpfort, the veteran sharpshooter, ine bullseyes at the San Francisco Verein’s monthly shoot at Shell by 6 Mackaye explained some pecu- rday In the great patent suit an vs. the Westinghouse generally ng, cool and took to Folsom yester- s Otterson, sentenced to fifteen r attempted burglary, and Knud Thor- 1 First Infantry, U. S. ¥ evening on of the Sec- , e ng the Depart- ia, bas returned from Sequoia to_inspect the troop of 1 guards the reservation. oint Bonita vester- suicide by shooting all game from 2 0f 15 102, A which was a tch and one of the best of were crowded yesterday, tions was & novel game he players be- J. C. Nealon and T. F. Bonnet. The Durrant case proceeds to-morrow, when General Dickin; s expected to close hisar- g peroration, on which he e the trial adjourned is also expected to be in o the defense. yesterday forenoon. 1 nched the sermon from e to the Ephesians, his theme hristian Soldier.” Land and Title Register has tistics of real estate transiers in American cities for the month As compared with the corre- sé\umhv‘ in 1894 the net increase £hows an average of 15 per cent for each city. TRAGEDY ON THE ROCKS, CHAR S LES REED SHOOTS Him AND FALLS INTO THE SE ELF WHILE oN AN OUTING AT POINT Boxita HE DIES IN VIEW or His WrFE. Charles Reed of 1531 Sutter street com- mitted suicide at Point Bonita, yesterday afternoon, in a most peculiar manner. With his wife and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Ella Dressler, and accompanied by G. A. Heilleman of 624 Washington street, he went over to usalito to spend the day. At Sausalito the party procured a two- horse rig and drove out to Point Bonita. Some time was agreeably spent on the rocks fishing, and about 2:45 r. M. Heille- man went to prepare the team some rods distant for the return home, leaving Reed on the rocks until evervthing was ready. Reed was supposed to be enjoying himself immensely. Just as the horses were hitched up Heilleman happened to turn around and saw Reed, as he supposed, shoot himself nd fall into the water. His wife and ster, who were strolling along the shore, were attracted by the report of the pistol just in time to see Reed fall into the sea. Heilleman thought that the discharge of Reed’s revolver might possibly have been accidental; he was too far away to know positively. Reed was in good spirits all the way to Point Bonita. He had fre- quently complained of stomach troubles, Lowever, and this led to the helief that his death was a deliberate suicide. He was about 36 years old, and leaves no childrsn. He was an agent for a medical institute. e FLAGS OVER SCHOOLS. Why Some City Schools Do Not Display 014 Glory to Be Inquired Into. Aside from fraternal and beneficial features one object of the Junior Order of American Mechanics is to inspire reverence for the flag of the United States. On the 1Sth of lust month Nathan Hale Council of Auburn reising at Ackerman, Placer County, on the district schcol, the council hay- resented the flag. This was such & suc- Tl afiair that on Saturday the same couns il raised & flag with appropriate ceremonies und patriotic feeling over the schoolhouse at Long Valley, same county, The council was sisted by Gateway Council No.27 of New- castle. On Saturday there was also a flag-raising by Calilornia Council No. 15 at Lompoc over the district High School. Within a short time the order in the ted States has raised over flegs over schoolhouses in the United Btates. The oflicers of the local councils having taken notice that the American flag floats from the staff of some of the public schools in this City and not from others, they will make an inquiry and insist that the rule of the School Department directing that the stars and stripes ehall be displayed over the schoolhouses is en- forced. after- | | permits more 800-pound shells to be thrown i conducted by Lieutenant 0. E. Wood ARMY AND NAVY ROTES, THE RANGER RECRUITING MEN FOR THE CRUISER BOSTON. STRENGTH OF TEE NEW NAVY. ALCATRAZ AND FORT MasoN BAT- TERIES FIRE THE TWELVE- INCH MORTARS. The supply of ammunition for practical tests in firing the twelve-inch breech- loading mortars of the Presidio battery, has been exhausted, and no more tests will be made until the ordnance department into the sea. Batteries C and E, Fifth Artillery from Alcatraz Island, and Battery I, Fifth Artil- lery from Fort Mason, constituting a bat- talion under Lieutenant-Colonel Francis L. Guenther, assembled at thg Presidio last Wednesday, and each company was permitted to fire three shots. Captain Crabbe’s battery from Fort Mason fired shells over the long range of five miles. The projectiles ascended to the height of two miles and fell into the ocean some 9000 yards distant from the point of firing. It is impossible to cor- rectly measure the extent which currents of air two miles above the earth will de- flect a shell from the course mapped out, but the splash of the falling projectiles in the water during the recent tests indicated that the shells went a little outside of the range calculated. The short-range firing, wherein it was designed that the shell should strike the water 4500 yards from the battery, was Each btattery of the Fifth Artillery has now fired threeshots. There was no firing | Thursday on account of the for. The ex- eriments were concludea Friday by the attery from Fort Mason. Ambroso Bierce, who hLad special oppor- tunity on General Hazen’s staff during the lanta campaign to study the effect of | lery at long and short range, is not | ivinced that the young officers at the | Presidio can hit a ship with shells from the mortar battery. It isperhapstruethat | co and | | pace with the magazine-gun. If thereis a shell may not strike within fi feet of the point mapped out for the striking, but the chances are that one or more shots would take effect on some ship of a hostile fleet if the entire battery of sixteen mo; should concentrate its fire on the ieading vessel. The ch rifled guns on the hill back of Fort Point, the 10-inch disappearing rifles below, and the battery 0} sixteen mortars between the Presidio and Fort Point could make it very hot for a fleet between Point Lobos and Point Bonita. With the assistance of the battle-ship Oregon, the Monterey and Monadnock the United States would be in a position to make as biga fight at the Heads as any enemy would want. Captain J. J. O'Connell, First Infantry, U. 8. A.,delivered a lecture last Monday evening or the ‘“‘Art of War,” the first lecture of the Second Brigade, N. G. C., Lyceum course. General Warfield and taff, together with some 200 officers, non- commissioned officers and privates of the | brigade, attended. The talk was exceed- ingly interesting. In the course of his re- marks Captain O’Connell said : ‘“The saber should be done away with in the cavalry and the revolver substituted in its place. Sentimental motives for its re- tention ought to be set aside. It has had its d and an honorable one, but that day is past and better at once acknowledge the inevitable and come down to stern re- alities of modern requirements. The ar- tillery is yet an essential feature of modern are and its improvements have kept | thing certain in modern tactics 1t is that the | frontal attack on a fortified position orone strongly held by masses of the enemy cov- | | ered by strong natural protection is imp ble, futile and murderous without a formid- | able artillery fire before the infantry attack begins, whereby the enemy is demoralized and shaken. The attack of the Guards, | est corps of the German army, on | | | at during the battle of Gravelotte | edly proves this. It lost 10,000 hams have returned from Sacramento, where they spent several delightful days. Mrs. Wilde and Miss Wilde of the Inde- endence have resumed their regular iday receptions. The ship’s band fur- nishes the music and the oaken deck a polished floor for the dancing, while within the luxurious cabin conversation and re- freshments are accompanied by the dis- tanlve-soflened strains of deux-temps and waltz. Passed Assistant Engineer Emil Theiss of the Albatross and Mrs. Theiss are at the Bernard House, Vallejo. Commander William A. Morgan, who over a year ago was relieved of the com- mand of the Alert and retired on account of ill-health, is now lying very ill at the St. Nicholas Hotel, San Francisco. Lieutenant U. R. Harris, execut e officer of the Ranger, and Mrs. Harris will be at | the Occidental Hotel while the ship re- mains at San Francisco. Chief Engineer Richard Inch, who was detached from the Marion at the conclu- sion of her last cruise, is attached to the Independence as examining oflicer for machinists, engineer’s yoeman, firemen and coalpassers applying for enlistment, the tripleexpansion engines of the new cruisers requiring superior machinists and strong and experienced servers. Getober 25 Passed Assistant Surgeon C.J. Decker was transferred from the Marine Rendezvous at San Francisco to the Naval Hospital at Mare Island. On the same date Passed Assistant Surgeon C. H. F. Lowndes was transferred from the Naval Hospital to the Marine Rendezvous, San Francisco. Mrs. F. E. Greene, wife of Lieutenant F. E. Greene of the Ranger, has arrived, with her little son, from Wisconsin, where they spent the summer. Mrs. Norman J. Blackwood sailed yes- terday for China, where she will join her husband, Passed Assistant Surgeon N. J. Blackwood, attached to the Concord. Mrs. John A. Bherman and Miss Leslie Sherman sailed yesterday for China, where Lieutenant J. A. Sherman is expected soon to arrive on the Olympi Mrs. C. M. Perkins, wife of Lieutenant C. M. Perkins, United States Marine Corps, is spending some days in San Francisco, accompanied by her son. The Albatross lies in the channel, *‘tied to the big buoy.” The Ranger is still at the City, recruit- ing men for vhe Boston. Enlistment on the receiving shir Inda- pendence has ceased in respect to the ship- ping of “‘landsmen.” The sailor who never %oes aloft, Ixavin% no knowledge of a ship, who is occupiec tending the mess, acting as messenger, and in many other tasks mvolving not so utical knowledge as the splicir called a landsman. ). R. Stanton of the Monterey, g apparently proved the iron ship to be somewhat in the nature of an_iron coat, which is to say, rather disagreeable and decidedly unwholesome, has taken up his abode in" Vallej X Drav. CONFIRMED AT ST, MARY'S ABoUT EIGHTY PERSONS, MANY THEM ADULTS, RECEIVE THE SACRAMENT. ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN oN THE THEME, OF PREACHED St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Califor- nia street was filled until hardly standing room was left in the aisles yesterday fore- noon at the conlirmation services. Alto- gether about eighty persons received the sacrament of confirmation, many of them being adults. Archbishop Riordan deliv- ered the sermon. Since the Paulist Fathers began their ission here a great change has come over the church. The old pro-cathedral build- ing dates from the '50’s, but through the new life infused by Father Wyman and his co-laborers their spiritual work has been productive of very encouraging re- sults. Tor the past four weeks they have been particularly active in ministering to souls, and have given special instructions twice a week. Hence the large number confirmed yesterday. The altar was beautifully decorated witn flowers yesterday and the music and sing- ing were especially fine. The ceremonies were impressive, and the Archbishop's treatment of the epistle of the day was v effective. The morning epistie was from the sixth men in fifteen minutes as it moved in solid { column over the unobstructed plain | toward the village.” | At an entertainment in the cause of | charity at the Occidental Hotel, last Tues- | | day evening, Miss O’Connell of Angel { Island recited the “Reliefo! Lucknow.” Music by the Angel Island String Band | added to the effect of the recitation sug- | gesting the coming of the relief column. Captain F. E. Pierce of the First Infan- try, who has been on recruiting service, re- | turns to duty at Renicia. General Forsyth, commanding the De- artment of California, has returned from | Sequoia Park, where he went to inspect the troop of Fourth Cavalry which guards the reservation. The general would be de- lighted if the Government should see fit to make an npflroprimion to repair the roa in the park. It is essennal that th forests of the reservation should be pro- tected against fires and wood-cutters. If the area is denuded of trees the snow de- posits would not be held in reserve to grad- ually replenish the streams which flow to the plains. Lieutenant Franklin P. Bell of the gen- eral’s staff remained at the park to enjoy a vacation in the Sierras. Mare Island Letter. MARE ISLAND, CaL., Oct. 26.—In 1865, one year after the close of the Civil War, there were on the navy register the names | of 8781 officers, 825 having dropped from the roll by resignation or dismissal and 108 having died within the year, making the number of officers at the beginning of 1864 reach the enormous aggregate of 9714. At that time, however, the navy list included 632 ‘“‘masters,” or navigators, and 909 “*mas- ters’ mates”—ranks now obsolete—besides 194 warrant officers and 458 *“midshipmen,” as naval cadets were then styled, neither of which ranks now appears in the official lists of officers. According then to present rating there were in the United States navy of thirty vears ago 6588 officers, or an actual pay- roll of 9714 individuals above the rank of marine and sailor. Of vessels there were then belonging to the navy 677, including every class. Forty- nine are recorded as having been ‘‘cap- tured, destroyed, sold, etc.,”’ since the publication of the last previous issue of the navy register, making a list of 726 vessels of all descriptions on hand at the close of the war. The latest navy register, dated January 1, 1895, gives a list of 2361 officers, and re- cords the names of 103 vesscls of all de- grees, including two under construction. On Wednesday evening last Miss Maud Burnap, daughter of Chief Engineer G. J. Burnap, entertained her available friends at Rose Cottage, Valiejo. There were present Mrs. G. J. Burnap, Ensign and Mrs. 8. 8. Robison (this being positively Mr. Robison’s last appearance, he having received orders to betake himself to the Boston, greatly to the regret of social and official ‘circles); Miss_Clark, who plaved the guitar, accompanied by Mrs. Robison on the banjo; Miss Bostwick, who played the guitar and sang most nccegubly ; Miss Wilde and Miss Braunersreuther, who re- aled the company with choice musical se- fiactiom rendered in a masterly manner; Miss Woods, Miss Carman, Miss Bollard, Ensign C. F. Hughes, U. 8. N.; Lieutenant R. M. Dution, U. 8. M. C., and George Bur- nap. Games and conversation, assisted by terrapin and the usual accompaniments, belped to speed the hours not winged with C. misileutenant and Mrs. Albion V. Wad- | Great stress was laid | his left band linked to that chapter of St. Paul’s epistle to the Ehpe- sians from the tenth to the seventeenth verses, “‘Be strengthened in the Lord,” etc. i rchbishop Rior- | dan on the words ‘“‘Putye on the whole armor of God,” and he drew a graphic picture of Paul, the sainted p. ained 1o an armed soldier of the im in & Roman dungeon. The aud almost see before them the apo Gentiles, seated in that gloomy dungeon, the low- browed Roman guard, while with his right, he was penning his letter to the faithiul of Ephesus. The theme of the Archbishop was “The Christian Soldier.”” In substance he said: Like the apostle of old our wrestling is not with flesh aud biood but with the powers of darkness. Therefore we must have on tne whole armor of God. See the Roman soldier who is guarding Paul! He is encased in steel from head to foot—a formidable warrior of the world! See the Christian soldier beside him! One hand is fettered to the guard; he knows he is S00m o be offered up on the altar of martyr- dom, yet his face s aglow with the light of a glorious hope which the world does not and cannot know, and his pen Is switly communi- cating a message from & brave | 10 his brother soldiers of Christ at Ephesus And hear his injunction as he tells them to puton the whole spiritual armor of God for their warfare! He counsels them to have their loins girt with truth, to put on the breastplate of justice and the helmet of salvation; to be shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; to protect themselves with the shield of faith, and to use the sword of the t. It isa mighty warfare of the spiritual kind, and the soldier of Christ must bo fully prepared and brave. The difficulties always in the way of the Christian were vividly described by the Archbishop, and hs also alluded to the universal spread of corruption. The hign est moral standard the world seems to know was that of mere honesty—nothing more. Among pagan nations even this standard is not generally recognized and corruption is openly practiced. He followed his sermon with an address to those who had just been confirmed and admonished them to make use of all the Christian graces. -‘Christianity,” he ob- served, ‘“is a life, not a mere philoso- th,” and he criticized professing Catho- ics who did not possess the essentials of religion. Christianity, he said, should penetrate deeply into the innermost life. ———— BANDS OF HOPE MEET. A Large Meeting of the Associated Societies Held Yesterday. A veryepleasant meeting of the Associ- ated Bands of Hope in this City was held yesterday under the jurisdiction of the In- dependent Order of Good Templars, The gathering took place at the First Baptist Churci, Eddy street, near Jones. The session was convened by Mrs. 8. W. Kerrigan, the new district superintendent of Juvenile Work of District No. 5, of the Good Templars. The usual reports were read, showing the societies to be in a very flourishing condition, with a continously increasing membership. The audience was entertained with speeches from the State Superintendent, Mrs. E. orth, and James Kennedy, District Templar, and others, Emidad 0 vt ke Fire Damages U. Cashman’s Dwelling, At7:02 p. M. yesterday the three-story frame dwelling of U. Cashman at 336 San Jose ave- nue caught fire from the upsetting of a coal- oillamp. Itand the furniture were damaged to the extent of $300. The alarm came in irom box 236. in sweeping decks, at- | ANNIVERSARY OF TRINITY, THIRTY YFARS HAVE PASSED SINCE ITS FOUNDATION IN CALIFORNIA, DR. SMITH ON CHURCH AIMS. “MeN REQUIRE ORGANIZATIONS To ENSHRINE SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES.” Yesterday was the thirtieth anniversary of the foundation of Trinity Presbyterian Church in California. In October, 1865, the Calvary Sunday- school organized in the Mission of this City. J. D. Roberts, Mr. Nicholson, to- gether with Rev. Dr. Wadsworth, were F. | instrumental in securing the new organi. zation. The school gradually grew into a church, and in the course of about two yearsa building was erected on Howard street, near Twenty-second, for the purpose of ac- commodating the increasing congregatior:. In 1893 a new church was erected and christened the Trinity Presbyterian Church, where at the present time the con- gregation worships. Rev. J. Cumming Smith, pastor of the Rev. J. Cumming Smith. [From a receat photograph.] church; d sermon in commemoration versary, the text b bock of Joshua, i stones?”’ After showing how every land has classic and hallowed spots, and how a race may be ranked according to its institutions, the preacher chose as his theme, “The value of symbols to realities; of realities to sym- He continued: nstituted as the world i ganizations to enshrin chur of this anni- g _taken from the | , “What mean these s men require or- spiritual principles. No God, no church. We e in the church as &n orgauization with | as little machinery as possible 10 make the | inner realities tell upon the world. The awiul | leakage and drainage in spiritual directions is due 10 a contempt often felt for external or- ganization. “What mean these ston God! But mark the fo brew. Not & God I s?” In one great word of that word to & He- 5 like & summer haze nor & God wearing €o thick a veil that man could not distinguish his teatures. It was God 88 champion of the oppressed, as father and protector of the race, as coming forth from the silence of his eternity and wooing men with messages of mercy. No man can doubt the unique and lifelike and full-length portrait of God in the scripture. The Hindoo God is a misty absolute. The old Greek deities were so | elastic in their ethics that decent men would not allow them in their parlors. Nothing in all history is more original or life-sized than the Hebrew ('rvncelhliau of God. Just at this us affirm that there is a shortcut to of comparison of religions. ¥hat mean these stones?” They mean the best God that has swept into one sky. Every- thing pivots on the sort of God you believe in. |Noman can believe in God who does not be- lieve in man; nor in man who does not believe in God. In a deep sense, God and man are twin-born. All pessimism is atheistic at its heart. All evolution which man’s birth to the jungle and forgets the divine heritage that forms the divine and master fact of man’s dual nature, is at its core the philosophy of sm. Lower man and you lower God. £y can be no masculine intellect nor athletfc virtue save as the outgrowth from God's changeless truths and the inspirations of Calvary. Without faith it is impossible to men! The moment & church stands forno princiyles or veers around 1o any prin- ciples, her death knell is tung. Better be a dogged bigot then a wanton vagrant among the creeds. Be no broader than God. Beno narrower than Calvary. Aboveall, make every articlo of your faith” a power in your life. Den’t be a pettifogging or w ir(‘-pul?"ng eccle- siastic or you will wither. Believe in an empire of truth and righteousness and bring all your faith to bear upon the tumultuous &nd struggling life of the world. AMESSHGETOYOUAC MEH MOTHER VAN COTT TALKS AD- MONISHINGLY TO THE BoYS REGARDING SIN. A GOOD AUDIENCE AT THE ASSO- CIATION BUILDING TO HEear HER. Mother Van Cott, the evangelist, deliv- ered her “Message to Young Men’’ at the auditorium room of the Young Men’s Christian Association building yesterday afternoon. The audience consisted of both young and old men who seemed to be greatly in- terested in the encouraging words from the good woman. The meeting opened with a song service and Mother Van Cott read from the Old Testament, Ecclesiastes, eleventh and twelfth chapters. Rev. E. L. Bennett de- livered a short exhortation and M. D. Lea- mune sang. Secretary McCoy introduced the evan- gelist, whose message was listened to at- tentively. Her text was “Mark the and carried the listeners bac) of Christ. “Where can I find a perfect man?” said the mother, *‘Certainly we have those who are near it here in San Francisco. I have the greatest faith in the children of man. I hopeand pray for the future, but now is the time to begin and this day let your hearts go out to thy Maker. "The poet was right who said, ‘Rivers to the ocean run.’ 8o let yourself go to God the giver of every good and perfect gift. “Young men, I have come to you to plead, to ask you to cast out theeyil in your hearts. Learn the lesson of David, who tuned his lips to God in his trouble and prayed for the power of the creator. 1 piead to you for the sake of your mother and your sister. v ‘‘You have laid your head in the bosom of many a Delilah, who bas shorn you of your manly locks and deprived you of your strength. Lift up your heads and ook unto God, for he will save you.” Mother Van Cott then told a story ofa man who was an agent for a sewing ma- chine, a gambler and a criminal. He had lived in fourteen different States and en- Ryed the possession of fourteen aliases. inally he came to the threshold of the church, reformed and, as the mother put it, ferfect man,”” k to the time | along the horizons, nor a God stony and stoical, | “retnrned to life again and received the prayers of his overjoyed mother.” The entire assemblage knelt in prayer while Mother Van Cott called upon God to give it his blessin, e LIGHTS AT THE PARK. Improvements That Are Being Made by the Commissioners, The sun shone bright and clear yester- day morning, but by the noon hour it was hid behind the clouds; consequently the crowd at Golden Gate Park was not as large as usual. The band, which did not perform the previous Sunday on account of the rain, gave an excellent concert yesterday, and it was directed by Spadina, who, when he ap- peared as conductor, vice Fritz Scheel, was Tondly avplauded. Most of the log cabins that were built on the site of the 49 camp and were allowed to remain for a time, as they were not in any one’s way, have been taken down and the logs carted to the water-works and cut up for use in firing up the boilers. Two or three cabins will be allowed to remain to serve as reminders of the architecture of the days of gold in the mines. Theground is being leveled and covered with loam, preparatory to setting out a number of trees. The large vale east of Strawberry Hill is being put into condition prcparatory to converting it into arborium, in which a large number of trees will be'set out. _ Stow lake is at this time covered with ducks. The conservatory was crowded all day with people who were attracted there by the large and varied exhibit of chrysanthe- mums. The new lodge is nearly covered and is ulmfist ready for the roofers to commence work. Petitions are being signed in nearly all the cycleries in the vicinity of the park. These ask the Commissioners to light up the main drive with electricity. A new road will soon be open to eyclers. It is the one south of the main drive. A great many people rode to the béach, bur did not remain there long. FVE SUNDAY ARRIVALS THE MARECHAL SUCHET WENT ASHORE DURING A TYPHOON IN JAPAN. SAD STORY OF THE INVERURIE’S LAST Vovace To THIS PoORT. Four coal vessels and one laden with general merchandise came into the harbor vesterday, their cargoesaggregating almost 12,000 tons. The British ship Beecroft, 166 days from London, had an uneventful voyage, with the usual blows off the Horn. The Ameri- can ship Louisiana arrived, ten days from Nanaimo, with 24 tons of coal. The British ship Marechal Suchet was forty-six days from Nagasaki, with 2072 tons of coal. On July 24, while lying in the harbor of Kotchinotzu, she was blown ashore by a typhoon, but was afterward floated off without injury. The terrible gale beached her, fortunately, where she found a berth | of soft mud, in which she wallowed safely till the storm had passed. She wasdocked at Nagasaki and part of her cargo taken out, but the tight ship had gone through it all safely. The_ British ship Carnarvonshire also came in, 160 days from Swansea, with 1832 tons of coal. She caught a hard three weeks’ blow near the Horn which drove the vessel far to the southward of the cape. Heavy gales, hich seas and blind- ing snowstorms were the order of every day, until the wretched crew almost forgot the sensation of summer time. After passing out of the tempest-haunted lati- tudes the remainder of the voyage was pleasant. The British bark Inverurie arrived, i ive days from Newcastile, Australia, 2247 tons of coal. Her last trip here was June 19, 1384, when she came in with her master, Captain Willox, demented and in irons, and the crew in a state of matiny. The captain’s wife was dead on board, the victim of the bungling attend- ance of a passenger who pretended to be a physician. AT THE PLAYHOUSES. The Announcements Made by the The- atrical Managers for This Evening. The aftraction that is billed for this evening at the Baldwin Theater isthat which last weelk drew a crowded house each night, “The Passing Show.” The presentation of this aggregation of hits at the stage of to-day is an amusing one that serves a purpose—that of making the audi- ence laugh. At the Columbia Theater there will be produced by the Bostonians a new opera, entitled “A War Time Wedding.” This will be the first presentation on any stage of this opera, the joint production of Oscar Weil and C. T. Deazy, the latter the well-known auathor of *Old Kentucky.” The libretto shows it to be a very romantic composition. The mirth-producing “Pink Dominoes” will, by popular request, be presented at Grover's Alcazar to-night and be continued during the week. The fact that a man- agement is requested to continue a play beyond the time for which it was billed is the best proof of its quality to please audi- ences that wish to be amused. After having been off the boards for sev- eral years, “The Stowaway” will this evening be revived at Morosco’s Grand Opera-house. It is a fascinating melo- drama, that when put on the stage as it will be at this house, draws an audience that filis the theater to its capacity. The play has many sensational incidents. That ever-pleasing musical composition, “Lucia di Lammermoor,”’ by Donizetti, will be the attraction at the Tivoli Opera- house to-night. It will be given only this and on Friday night, and is put on by special request. The leading character will be assumed by Miss Ida Valerga, who has become a great favorite at this house, The management of the Orpheum Music Hall announces a varied and interesting programme for this evening, and it will introduce to the audience a number of new comers, incluaing the Lassards, a comedy sketch and acrobat team, the Girards, and Miss Ida Howell, a dashing singer, whose songs created a great furore in New York. At the Oakland Theater in Oakland “The Shadows of a Great City” will be offered this evening. It is a strong melo- drama that is full of striking situations. ————————— Stabbed With William E. Desmond, & carriage-painter, was arrested at San Jose avenue and Thirtieth street last night and taken to the Seventeenth- street Police station and cherged with assault to murder. He and Contractor J. W. Sandy of 9 Chapultepec street had some trouble, and Desmond stabbed Sandy with a pocket-knife. Sandy weas taken to his home, where the wound was found to be notdan- gerous. ————— Lra & PEREINS' Sauce (the Worcestershire) has attained 0 great a reputation for its exquistte finvor and piquancy, and the demand for 1t has be- come so universal, that imitations, similarly labeled #nd named, bave been offered for sale by unscrapulous and irresponsible persons. As a pro- tection ngainst such methods, the proprietors of the geuuine article have caused their firm signa- ture (Lea & Perrins), (0 be printed in blwe Ink, diagonally across the ouiside wrapper of every bottle of their justly Celebrated Ssuce. Patrons will find this a certain as well as a very convenient method of distinguishing the genuine from the traudulent, 1 FOR RELAND'S FREEDOM, MONSTER MEETING FOR THE CAUSE TO BE HELD NEXT MONTH. CAPTAIN SHEEHY'S "RETURN. MiLITARY COMPANIES OF PATRIOTIC IRISHMEN ARE TO BE OR- GANIZED. Captain J. J. Sheehy returned from the East Saturday, where he had been attend- ing the convention of the Irish National Alliance held recently in Chicago. The captain was one of three delegates from this State, the other two going from Los Angeles. | . The convention, which held a three-day session—September 24, 25 and 26—was composed of 900 delegates from the United States, Canada and Australia. The object was to bring representatives of Irish socie- ties together for the purpose of instituting 2 simultaneous movement toward the lib- eration of Ireland. The leaders of the “new movement,” as it was called prior to the convention, when it became known as the Irish National Alliance, argued that the time of parlia- mentary agitation had gone by, Legisla- tion had done nothing for the Irish peo- Captain Sheehy. ple, and an oppressed nation was heart- sick of hope deferred. William Lyman of New York was elected president of the I. N. A., O’Neill Ryan of St. Louis vice-president, and P. V. Fitzpatrick of New York treasurer. Captain J. J. Sheehy was chosen a mem- ber of the executive council. There was an entire unanimity of feeling among the delegation, and the outcome of their earnest deliberations was the proposal to organize independent military companies throughout the United States—in fact, a standing army to be used when the moment came for decisive action against England. These organizations would be fashioned after the Knights of the Rea Branch Rifles and would take the oath of allegiance to the American Government, which would permit them to bear arms. They would be to all intents and purposes United States troops, and also a standing menace to England. The convention of the I. N. A. adjourned and the members went home to begin the work of organization. Captain Eheehy visited New York and Boston and saw the commencing of enlistmert among his countrymen in those great cities. Return- ing home through St. Joseph, Mo., and Los Angeles he assisted in forming new branches of the order in those localities. “I am heartand soul in this movement,” said Captain8heefy yesterday, “and every one of those 900 Irishmen that met at Chi- cagoare in it too just asdeep and as earnest as I am. There is nothing for our un- hapgy country now lying under the bloody English lion’s paw but the force of arms. “No need of mincing matters or words. There’s nothing in legislation, that is such an attempt at legislation as we have seen in the English Parliament for the last twenty-five years. - 'We will organize our- selves into military companies, and when the right time comes—when our national foe is tied up in some great struggle with some other power—the soldjers of the Irish National Alliance will be marching home. Until that time comes, we will simply be United States soldiers, ready to show our devotion and patriotism to this noble Republic. We will be such United States soldiers that we will be recognized as part of America's standing army, a protection to this country and an arm of strength against its enemies, ‘“We are counting all the difficulties in our way and do not mtend to make any mistakes. We won’t hurl ourselves against the michty power of Great Britain or any thing of that sort. We’ll simply get ready and lie in wait for the opportunity that must surely come. We will weld our- selves together in one great army and we will engage in active hostility to England as far as the laws of this country will per- mit. Mark you, nothing unlawful will be done in any of our future movements. The Red Branch Rifles, of which I am at pres- ent captain of the San Francisco company, will be the nucleus of the military organi- zation. “‘Regarding the convention, T never saw such enthusiasm. Every delegate went home at the close to labor for Ireland. Even those from Australis and Canada will be in it when the time comes to strike. Of course no military companies can be organized openly in the dominions of the Queen, but every I. N. A. man will be drill- ing for the great day even in the ranks of the English or colonial troops. “Now, I have told you the public part of our intentions; the other will be known later. “We shall begin recruiting immediately and expect to have our companies all over the country soon.”” Next month a great meeting will be held in this City, probably at Metropolitan Temple, when speeches wiil be made by the best orators of the Irish cause and the new movement formally commenced here. The Frincipnl organizers of the Irish Na- tional Alliance in this City are the Knights of the Red Branch, Jeremiah Deasy, Dr. P. J. O’Neill, Dr. 0'Toole and other leading spirits of the Irish race. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. Reductions Made in the Newspaper Scale Where Men Are Not Dis- placed by Machines. At the meeting of the San Francisco Typographical Union No. 21 yesterday aft- ernoon it was decided to make a reduction in the morning newsvaper scale wherever the proprietors would enter into an agree- ment with the union not to displace hand composition with typesemnF machines for a period of a yearand a half, at least. The vroposition has been under discus- sion for some time past, and it was made a special order yesterday. A few of the job and book men opposed the plan, fearing it would open the doors for a cutin their scale. 1t was argued that this could hardly be the result, for the condition proposed was special and conditional in its nature, and when it came to a vote, the measure was easily passed. It reads as follows: In any morning or evening newspaper which u’;e propriezlor shall emgx into npnp:greien- ment with this union to make use of only hand composition for & period of eighteen months following the adoption of this amendment, Section 16, of scale of prices, relating to block headings for articles, and Section 5, of the newspaper fegulations, limiting the number of deparument men employed in an office, shall be suspended while such agreement is in force. In effect, this amendment permits a larger number of time-hands to be em- g!o d than has been the rule, and also re- uces slightly the compensation heretofore charged for certain classes of advertising matter. It was a well-attended meeting, and sev- eral applications were made for member- ship in the union. The secretary reported that eighty-four members had recently left the City provided with transportation by the union, and that a balance of $320 yet remained in the fund of $2000 appropriated by the union for the benefit of the men who were displaced by the recent introdue- tion of typesetting machines on most of the daily papers and who desire to leaye town. TROPHIES FOR SCORES. The Sharpshooters of the Police Force to Be Interested in Team Competition. Captain Wittman and his officers, who are directing the rifle and revolver practice of the police force members, propose within a very short time to offer trophies for competitive matches between selected teams. Since the commencement of this new feature of the police service those in charge of the work have carefully noted the degree of target-hitting proficiency of the ofticers at practice, and the men have been sized up pretty thoroughly. Tt has been already determined to a considerable degree just what men are worthy of mem- bership in the senior classes. When the' announcement of trophies is made within a few weeks these crack shots of the police service will have a very formal try at each other on the City Hall range. The policemen who are now practicing have acquired enough proficiency at the preliminary stages of such work to war- rant a few innovations within a week or two. They have bad abundant fun demol- ishing the circumjacence, and they now tind the target, and occasionally the bulls- eye, with comparative case. A few weeks of practice in firing the revolver with stretched arm will bring them to snap and time target shootin, NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. ) PRICOLANGER.GOTTLOD & co- LESSEs AMDIANACLRS -+ A LETTER RED | EVENT! — TO-NIGET — THE ONLY NOVELTY IN THE CITY! THE FAMOUS, ORIGINAL —BOSTON. In the First Production on Any Stage of the Original, Dramatic and Romantic Opera, E WEDDING, : Or, IN KEXIC0 1Y 1848, Libretto by €. T. Dazey. Score by Oscar Weil. Special Scenery and Costumes. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America WALTER MOROSCO. ... Sole Lesses and Mansges THIS EVENING AT EIGHT. AN ATTRACTION YOU CAN'T MISS Tom Craven's Great Melodrama, “THE STOWAWAY” In Which the Original Mike Hennessey will Crack a Real Safe and the Yacht “Success,” Fully Rigged, will be Used. EVENING PRICKs—250 and 500 Family Circle and Gallery. 10o. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. & MAYMAN AND Co. H;L@!li INCORPD B TTHEATRE ©\ PROPS. ——COMMENCING TO-NIGHT—— LAST WEEK! | Canary and Ledere e N. Y. Casino Production, 5 THE PASSING SHOW ULAST TIMFE DAY NEXT! WithIts 110 People. NEXT WEEK-—Monday, November 4, “A CONTENTED WOMAN!" Charles H. Hoyt's Latest Satirical Comedy. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mrs. ERNESTINZ KRELING Proprietor & Manage: THIS WEEK-——— LAST WEEK OF THE GRAND OPERA SEASUN. REPERTOIRE: TO-HIGHT - - - - “LUCIA” . MARTHA JIL TROVATOR# OHEMIAN GIRL s LUCIA LAST MATINEE SAT.! i) LERIA RUSTICANA. Monday, November 4—Opening of the Comic Opera Season— ‘MADAME FAVART.” First Appearance ot Emflie Melville. Reappear- ance of the favorite comedian, Ferris Haytman. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. SIMPLY TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF “PINK DOMINOES!” Accepted by Press and Public as the Best Cast the Play Has Received. YOU KNOW THE COMPANY. LEONARD GROVER JR. AND T HE—— Almost Perfect Comedy Company. Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢ and 50c. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK, 6—-MORE NEW PEOPLE—-6 LEADERS IN VAUDEVILLE! THE FOUR LASSARDS, IDA HOWELL, HARRY STEEL ——AND—— THE GREATEST SPECIALTY BILL I¥ AMERICA! Reserved seats, 26c; Belcony, 10¢; Opera chalrs and Box seats, 50c. . RUNNING ‘ RUNKING RACES! % RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, FALL MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesda; Thursday, Friday and Saturday- Rain or Shine. Five or more racos each day. Racesstartas 2:00 P. M. sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass ihe gate. BASEBALL-CENTRAL PARK. San Francisco vs. San Jose. Oct. 30, 31, Nov. 2, 3, 6 and 7. ‘Wednesdzy and Thursday LADIES FREB,