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26 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 189 e Interesting Report of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County HOGAN BADLY HOODOOED, The Debs Transparency Was Being Driven Into Pardee’s Ward. WAS BLOWN INTO THE LAKE. Plans for the Tabernacle Exposition Anpex Will Be Completed on Monday Next. 0AxLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO C.U.L,} 408 Broadway, Nov. 23. Great disappointment was expressed at the non-appearance at the Debs celebration of James Hogan. To-day the promoters of the meeting discovered what they con- sider is the cause of Mr. Hogan's deten- tion—the celebration was hoodooed. Yesterday was a very windy day in Oak- Jand and across tbe Twelfth-street dam the storm blew flercely. The promoters of the celebration built a transparency ten feet high on a wagon and lettered it gor- geously and sent it around town to an- nounce the coming of Debs’ fellow-pris oner, Hogan. Inside the canvas wasa lit- tle drummer-boy and a companion, who rang a bell. Alfter promenading in Oak- the canvas erection was started for Oakland, but it never got there. As wagon was being driven across the nd through the can- swept across Lake Mer- 1 terrific force and_the ten-foot an- ment of the meeting wobbled con- occupants of the wagon beat the rum and rang the bell more desperately than ever in their efforts to go one better than the windstorm. A sudden g ke the transparency from its moorings ht the large surface the affair the estuary at the rate of sev- As it passed by, with the people s and on the creek ferry- ught it was a novel way of adver- a meeting, but did not know its o Henry Munro, the boy who was beating . dram, was badly hurt but not seri- v, and the bellboy had his arm cut. c The overboard with the can ed to prevent getting a ducking. +That noodooed Hog "hat transparency not have been driven into Pardee’s Dr. Pardee was Mayor at the time of the strike last year, and was not EXPOSITIO ANNEX. It Is Proposed to Erect It by a Carpen- ters’ Picnic Party. The exposition committee will meet to- morrow night to consider the details of the annex to the tabernacle that has been rendered necessary by the many demands for space. ed that 100 carpenters 1 each donate a day’s to the annex. It could probably be completed within that time. The men wiil each be given a season ticket for com- pensation. Those irous of aiding in this ner are requested to report to e a picnic Superintendent e at the tabernacle that he may be able to submit a definite Teport n night. A force of men are at w he tabernacle to-day getting the floor ing off of space. in, and it is vi have to be ced on larger linesthan cipated. 3 riptions will be asked to aid nd y-making oney may be made by the iair wi placed on de- posit, and the Merchants’ Exchange and Board of Trade will the same as the nucleus of a fund for a permanent es- tablishment. Want Williams Freed. Several of the friends of Captain Wil- Jiams, the old Fellow in the world, are trying to secure release from Ag- news Asylum. Many ve made affidavits that, although Willlams’ memory is weak, he is in no sense dangerous or a fit person to be imprisoned in a madhounse. The attempt to bave Williams released book in th iff’s office. Stewart McMullen it an injustice ms, who is 84 years old alc s in an asylum, and_will prob- ave the case reopened within a few On the simple statement of a couple of nted the old 1aan out of McMuilen, ‘‘the harmless fied to be ‘insane, danger- ous to health, person and property.’ “The Odd Fellows provided Williams with a_home at Thermalito, but the old man did_not like the restraint and re- turned. He was then declared dangerous 1o be at large, but about the most danger- ous thing he did was to pick up rubbish he found on the streets and carry it to his room. I con that an old Odd Fellow, with his physical strength scarcely abated by a life of nearly nine-tenths of a century, should be con- demned to lifelong companionship with gibbering lunatics and _howling madmen. He is as much buried alive as if his living body had been bricked up in & tomb at Mountain View.” Y. M. C. A. Thanksgiving Dinner. the Young is making e preparatious for a genuine wving dinner for the Y. M. C. A. absent from home. 2 isan annual custom and one that is greatly appreciated by those entertained on that day of all days that saddens the heart to be awav from the family gather- ing at home. The women of the Auxiliary do not intend_that the members in Oak- land shall suffer from home-sickness, for they are preparing a dinner fit for a king. It will be served at 5 . ™. on Thanksgiving day, in the Y. M. C. A. building, on Twelith and Clay. This will be followed by an entertainment in the evening, of a literary and musical make-up, in which the following young ladies will participate: Misses Marvin, McBride, Bennett, Canty, Craib, Huggins, MacBride, Evans and Mr. Coats will render a cornet-song solo. Railroad’s County Taxes. This afternoon, the District Attorney prepared the stipulation under which the railroad company will pay a portion of its taxes. The company pays the amount of the first installment at the reduced vzlna- tion of the County Board of Equalization. It is azreed that the county waives no rights and penalties, and in case the ap- peal sustains the judgment of Judge Ells- worth that the acts of the county board were invalid the amount paid is to be credited or account. The railroad com- vany declines to pay atallon its local franchise or the rollinistock on the same, and this portion of the taxes will be al- lowed to go delinquent and will be tested in the courts. All taxes become delinquent after next Monday nigh*. Another Beer War. . The war between the syndicate and th independent breweries has broken out egain and as a result the price of beer has already dropped from §$5 to $4 a barrel. It Is believed it will be $3 by Monday. The latter mark was reached when the war was on befgre, but a truce has since existed by ed it into the lake, and as the| in the commitment- | der it an infamous shame | which all agreed to charge $5. At present the compact has not been technically broken, as the drivers have been instructed to charge full price and to return $1 in each case with which to treat the house. A Sculptor’s Second Wife. Francis Marion Wells, the Berkeley sculptor who bhas been in court several times for his delinquency in paying ali- mony, has married again.” He took out a license yesterday to wed Anna Muler of Berkeley. He gave his age as 46 and that of his bride as 24. Tried to Rob Ladies. Mrs. E. A. Trefethen and a lady friend were held up in West Oakland last night by a man with a revolver. They screamed and ran toward an_ electric-car and the footpad took to his heels. The ladies notitied the police, but could not give a very accurate description of the man. HISTORY OF A DAY, Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE, SAN FRANCISCO 908 Broadway, N To-morrow afterncon at 3:30 o’clock at the Y. M. C. A. building, Harold F. Sayles will give his farewell address to men only. George Asher died at an early hour this morning at _his home, 162 Second street, from the effects of a surgical operation. He was 37 years of age. Thomas Ward, a cattleman living at Cypress and Eighteenth streets, was arrested this after- noon for battery upon Mrs. Mary Flaherty, one of his neighbors. Edward McFadden of Alameda, who was in- dicted for alleged irauds in connection with the school census, has pleaded not guilty. He will be tried January 16, 1896. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the ¥irst Congre- gational Church will give their annual Thanksgiving lunch in the church parlors Tuesday from 12 until 2 o’clock. William Gormley, who is in jail for selling diseased meat, 1s wondering how he is going to be able to pay $15 & month alimony ordcred by Judge Ellsworth yesterday in a decree of di- vorce granted Mrs. Gormley. There was & crush ut the Tax Collector’s of- fice to-day,as the time is getting short in which to pay the first installment of taxes. Monday next will be the last day,and after s will become delinquent. died at the home of his sis- her, yesterday. He has been a resident of French® Camp for years, and served as a member of the Nineteenth and Twenty-sixth Legislatures from San Joequin County. An open meeting of the Merchants’ Exchange will be held next Tuesday evening, when the subject of discussion W be “A Road Into Contra Costa County.” This is a subject of so much i yrtance that it is hoped there will be manifested a general and hearty interest. County Treasurer Senford has filed his re- Jounty Clerk for the quarter Noverrber 2. The receipts were $43,- and disbursements $195,097 82. indebtedness of the county was $1 B district school bonds, $ 00; sani- tary district bon N0 MONEY FOR LIGHTS The Town Trustees of Berke- ley Refuse to Pay the Bills. CALL, 23. V. The Cornerstone of Ellsworth-Street Presbyterian Church to Be Laid Thursday. BERKELEY, CaL., Nov. 22—W. E. Topham, secretary of the Berkeley Elec- tric Light Company, appeared before the | Board of Town Trustees last night and de- the management states | manded payment of bills rendered in'July for the making of extensions in the town lighting system. The bills were dated July 29 and July 30, and called for $575 50 and $54 respectively, the former sum being or poles, wire and labor in the extension of the Claremont avenue system, and the latter for painting. Upon n:otion of Trustee Martin the board passed a resolution declining to pay tbe bilis. This action was taken under a clanse in the electric-lighting company's contract, which provided that the com- pany should furnish such additional { Iights as the town might desire *‘at the | | | { same price and under the same conditions as ths others.” The Trustees’ construction of the con- tract is that the ‘‘same conditions” are that the lighting company fur- nish the light with the plant as it was when placed in the hands of the company by the town, while the company on the other hand deciares that the conditions of the past and present are that all lights are upon wires and poles supplied by the town. Ina communication to the board the company declined to extend the line for the twenty arc lights as ordered by the board. The letter was read and filed; and iq_rcsuluuon passed again ordering the igiits. In the casting of the ballots, Trustees Gage and Jones voted *‘no’’ as formerly. President Richards, who voted ‘‘no” on the previous ordering of the lights, sup: ported the resolution, giving as his reason for so doing the desire for a test case that would decide the position of the company. The board passed to print an_ordinance declaring it to be for the good of the town that a wharf be constructed at West Berkeley, and that a High School and four grammar school buildinge be constructed. The total cost of the wharfand buildings, as shown in the ordinance passed last night and based upon revised reports of Expert Mathieson and Engineer Huggins, is $200,000, diviced as follows: Wharf, $80,000; Hizh School site $10.000, con- struction $65,000, furniture $5000; North Berkeley school site $8000, construction $3500, furniture $500; Dwight-way school, construction $10,500, furniture $1500; con- struction of San Pablo school $14,000, fur- niture $2000. ‘Will Lay the Cornerstone. The cornerstone of the new $20,000 Pres- byterian church building, now in process of construction at the corner of Ellsworth street and Ailston way will be laid on Thanksgiving day &t 100'clock A. M. By consent of the other churches of Berkeley the ceremonies attendant with the laying of the stone will take the place of the usual union Thanksgiving sermon. Addresses will be made by President Martin Kellogg and Dr. Joseph Le Conte of the University of California, Dr. Fraser of Oakland and by Dr. Minton, professor in the San Francisco Theological Semi- nary. Dr. Ketchum, pastor of the church, will offer the invccation; Dr. Bentley of the Trinity Methodist Church the prayer; Rev. George B. Hatch will read the Scrip- tures; and J. M. Whitworth, president of the board of church trustees, will place the stone and contents. After the close of the exercises connected with the layingof the stone the congregation will adjourn to the old church-buiiding, where the addresses of President Kellogg, Dr. Le Conte and Dr. Minton will be made. Cause of Miss Michaels’ Death. Investigation to-day revealed the fact that Miss Alice Michaels, the member of the class of '98, whose death was at first reported to have been caused from over- exertion in the university gymnasium, came to her death from inflammation of the heart. The attending physician, Dr. Reynolds, stated that the gymnasium work prescribed for her in no way aug- ‘riuenlted the disease which caused her eath. ———————— The Potato Warmly Defended. Redlands Citrograph. What next? The learned and gastronomical experts have taken to saying all sorts of mean things about potatoes. What is a meal with- out murphys? Naught buta barren and un- idealized waste, & whole band of Sabaras, a junta of Mojave deserts. Avaunt thee, thou soured and withered vision of ill omen, thou conjurer of microbes and bacilli and consorter with evil spirits. We will have none of thee, but hug our toothsome spuds close to our pal- ate, even though in eating our days are not The Ala prolonged beyond a dozen decades. The | NEW SCHOOLS AS MODELS To Be Used by a Stanford Pro- fessor at the State Meeting. ! NORMAL SCHOOL ALUMNL They Are Invited to a Big Reunion at the First Congregational Church. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, Nov. 23. A communication was received by County Superintendent of Schools Gerlick to-day, stating that at the State Teachers’ Association, to be held in this city from January 1 {o 4, there will be a social re- union of the alumni of the State Normal schools of Chico, San Jose and Los An- geles. The Alumni Association of San Jose has taken the matter- in hand, and there will be hundreds present at the re- union on the evening of New Year’s day. There will be a programme of five-minute speeches. All alumni who wish pro- grammes can receive them from F. K. Barthel, president of the association, or Miss Allie M. Falker, secretary. < At yesterday's meeting of the committee arranging for the State meeting it was an- nounced that the First Congregational Church had been engaged for the sessions of the association. The programme, as at present arranged, is as follows: Wednesday afternoon, January 1—Meetingof the Board of Education. Evening—Normal £chodl reunion at First C Thursday morning—R: paper on course of studies for county schools, by J. C. Linscott; report_on committee of fif- e sor G. W, Howison of Berkeley cating High School Teachers, S. Sanford of Stanford University; hool Legislation,” by State Block. g—Discussion on the report of the committes on manual training and an ex- hibition of the work under the direction of | President Charles Keyer of Pasadena. Saturdey morning—Report of the committee on physical lmlni!n{ under the supervision of Professor T. D. Wood of Stanford. This will include the question of school hygiene, and because of the modern im- provements in the Oakland schools they will be used as an object Jesson. “Itisagrand thing for the teachers of the State that the annual session is to be held in Oakland,” said Superintendent McClymonds to-day, ‘‘because no other city of the State has such a perfect school system as we have at present. Within the past two_years over $500,000 has been ex- pended in onr new school buildings and when Professor Wood of Stanford uses them as an object lesson of school hygiene he could not have a better example. They are models of modern school l\uinings. “We intend to give the teachers a royal reception when they come to Oakland. I do not think we will have any trouble about raising the necessary funds, and we shall have a great gathering. It is a splendid opportunity for teachers ail over the State to see why Oakland calls herself acity of schools and boasts of them. We are arranging to give the teachers the best | entertainment possible, so that they can combine pleasure with their work. Teach- ers will hear a great many new ideas from the leading educators of the State, and every one who can arrange it should be present.”’ The teachers of Alameda County are responding to the request for contribu- tions to the entertainment fund, but Superintendent McClymonds, who has charge of that department, would like to hear from several school districts as soon as possible. It has been customary at past State sessions for the teachers to be entertained at a banquet, but this time a | presentation of a Shakespearian play by | amatenr talent at the Macdonough Theater will probably be substituted. Daring the gathering papers will also be read by Professor Smith of the San Jose Normal School, Professor Bailey of the University of California, Professor Dresslar of the Los Angeles Normal School, Profes- sor Search of Los Anceles. Superintendent Kirk of Fresno and Miss F. Packard of the Oakland High School. The programme will not be finally arranged for some we Principal Frick of the Cole School is chairman of the committee on hotels. W. 6 MARCY'S FORTUNE, After a Distinguished Career He Goes to the Old People’s Home. paperon Superinten Two Electric-Light Men Terribly Shocked by the Current—The Punchbowl Again. ALAMEDA, Carn., Nov. 23.—W. G. Marcy, an old resident of Alameda, one of the first of the argonauts and a member of a distinguished family, has become a member of the Old People’s Home in San Francisco, provision baving been made for himself and wife in that institution. They lived alone for many years at the north- east corner of Santa Clara avenue and Broadway, and the place was offered for sale at auction two weeks ago. Mr. Marcy’s eyesight has all but failed and he is quite fecble in health from advancing years. He is the son of the late William .. Marcy, of National fame as an official and publicist. ‘W. L. Marcy was for three terms Gov- ernorof the State of New York, having previously served as United States Sena- tor from that State, and he was Secretary of War under President Polk during the Mexican embroglio. ‘W. G. Marcy came to_California in 1846 as an army officer, and was stationed at Monterey when the Americans first occu- pied the country. He was the secretary of the first constituticnal convention, heid at Monterey, and at a very early day aban- doned the army for mercantile pursuits. For many years he was a commission mer- chant in San Francisco. Latterly he had not engaged in any business. He had lived in Alameda for twenty years. Shocked by Electrieity. William Ellis, ni%ht engineer at the power-house of the Alameda Electric Rail- way, and Assistant Superintendent Duperu, came very near to being electro- cuted IFriday night. They were making measurements on the switchboard in the engine-room. The engineer was making use of a brass rule, and accidentally touched a key with it, when the electricity shot through his body and through that of Duperu also. The shock rendered both for the moment unconscious and singed their eyebrows and whiskers. Mr. Ellis, in describing his sensations, says he felt like a ball of fire. He thinks that if be had been standing on iron or a wet floor, he would have been killed instantly. The after effects are more like those from a scald than from a burn. Ellis says he could feel the electricity penetrate to his very marrow, and then he became con- scious and would have fallen on a dvnamo, but somebody caught bim. He is still far from having recovered from the shock. Republicans Meet. meda Republican Club met last night to reorganize and elect officers for the coming yearand the campaign. JSudge A. B. Hunt presided. There were no con- tests. George H. Payne was elected presi- dent, A. B, i{um first vice-president, Dr. C. dale second vice-president, E. A. von Schmidt third vice-president, J. R. Knowland secretary and Henry Sevening treasurer, There were ninety members present. Twenty new members were elected. A]exam‘f’er Mackie, H. A. Thomp- sonand J. L. Fields had been suggested by the executive committee as delegates to the State Executive Council and the sug- gestion was confirmed. Some minor changes in the constitution weic also adopted. An effort will be made to have only one Republican club in Alameda and to that end all sections of the city were repre- sented at this meeting. A great deal of enthusiasm was displayea, considering the earliness of the movement. The Punch-bowl. The Rev. F. D. Bovard of the Park-street Methodist Charch will preach this even- ing on “Wine, and the Social Status of Those Who Drink.” The sermon is in- spired by the controversy which resulted from his severe strictures on the Kate Field reception, on which occasion the wo- men writers presented a punch-bow! to the San Francisco Press Club. Rev. Mr. Bo- vard is a very pronounced temperance man, and declares that he will attempt to show that wine drinking “corrupts the moral nawure and weakens the will, arouses the beast in the man, and is a crime against humanity in any circle.” Captain Winant’s Will. The will of the late Captain J. J. Winant of the steamer Bandorille, who lost his life off the mouth of the Umpqua River Thurs- day, has been filed for probate. His estate consists of real estate in Oregon of the value of $1000, $750 in bank and a life in- surance policy of $3000. M. W. Peck, his father-in-law, and R. A. Bensell of Oregon are named as executors. Encinals’ House. The Encinal Yacht Club has let the con- tract for_erecting its new building. The price is $1287. The building is to be a piain structure, erected on piles, and its cost wili not be half the outlay that it is intended to make. The bowling-alieys and other inside arrangements will cost as much more as the building itself. Colonel James’ House. Colone} James, politician and insurance man of San Francisco, has let a_ contract for the erection of a $10,000 residence in Alameda. 1t is to be built at the southerly terminus of Union street, on the east side, overlooking the bay. A dwelling now upon the site 13 to be moved off to make room. Notes. ngrg Hunter, the well-known gauger of San Francisco, is confined to his home on Santa Clara avenue with a severe ill- ness. Patriotic services will be held to-day at 11 o'clock in tbe First Presbyterian Church. Joe Hooker Post, G. A. R., and James Monroe Council, Junior Order of Mechanics, will attend in a body. One hundred and forty-eight houses have been erected in Alameda during the past year. This is a decided improvement over last year, and the houses are of a better class and more expensive. WEST OAKLAND'S GANGS Chief Lloyd Determined to Break Up Organizations of Criminals. Four Are Under Arrest and Strong Efforts Will Be Made to Down Their “Pull.” OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCIECO CALL, 908 Broadway, Nov. 23. t’ A determined effort is being made by the police to rid West Oakland of the notorious Fish and Sporting Life gangs that have committed a series of crimes extend- ing back four years. Four of the members are now in jail on serious charges, and more are likely to be there before long. The latest capture is that of Frank Molan, captain of the Sporting Life gang, who is in prison for an assault upon a colored girl. Kelly, McKay and Marks, other members, were arrested last Sunday for nearly murdering a teamster for no other apparent purpese than the fun there was in it. These two gangs have been a terror to ‘West Oakland for many years and several attempts have been made to break them up. dut so far without success. Police officers have b een brutally beaten, one in particular, Officer McCrimmons, came within an ace of losing his life. On one occasion an o1d woman was assaulted by several of the gung on her own threshold. Saloons have been wrecked on various oc- casions and severa! burglaries have been traced to the gang. All are rowdies of de- praved instincts and vicious temperaments and are utterly devoid of all feeling of decency. “1’'m going to clean out those gangs of hoodlums,”” said Chief Lloyd to-day, ‘“‘if 1 send half the police force down there. Their conduct is intolerable, and there will be some speedy convictions if 1 can secure them. One-tenth of the doings of the gang has never been published, but their reign of terror has about come to an end. Their existence is a disgrace to the community.” In the Police Court this morning the charges against Kelly were reduced from assault with a deadly weapon to battery. Marks and McKay have been held to answer, with bail fixed at $5000, for as- sauiting a man last Sunday with a deadly Wweapon. ———————— STRIKE AT THE ROOT. Merced Sun. John Barker of Kern County mortgaged his land to Henry Miller, the cattle king, and when the mortgage was foreclosed Miller bid in the land. For this piece of business THE CALL of Monday gave Barker three-quarters of a column in which to “roast” Miller. We read the “roast” carefully, and could find in it no statement of fact on which an honest com- plaint could be made against Miller. Barker's growl was based upon two facts; first, that he lost his land, and second, that Miller got the land. There is no contention that Miller em- ploved dishonest or questionable methods in acquiring the land, or that any one else would have done otherwise under similar circum- stances. 1t is just such silly controversies as this be- tween Miller and Barker that hinders the progress of every reform movement. When the laboring men of this country, and the men who have been made poor by faw, see a few of their fellow beings acquiriug nearly all the wealch of the country, they turn their ar- rows of hatred against their rich neighbors instead of against the social and financial sys- tems which legalize and make possible such conditions. Itrequires only average common sense for a man to see that so long as money is scarce and dear, the products of the soil must be cheap; and that as a natural consequence, the men who own the money must continue to profit at the expenseof the producer. But why turn around and curse the men who own the money, when as a matter of fact they ac- quired their wealth in accordance with laws made by men whom you elected to office? If you choose 1o stand in the center of a brush pile and allow others to set fire to the edges thereof, you have no one but yourself to blame if you fail to get out without a scorch- ing. '%hst is your predicament now, brethren, and it behooves you to do something about it. The fire has been burning for years and it is slowly but surely getting closer to you. Many of you have felt its scorching effects during the past year. But it will do no good to stand sull and curse the men who are standing around the brush pile at a comfortable dis- tance warming their hands. Far better that you should bend your energies in an effort to {mt the fire out, and that can only be done at he ballot-box. = Prepare to do your part toward putting the fire out next year. T0 EXPECT EARTHOUAKES, Astronomical Conditions Obtain for the First Time Since the Flood. SCIENCE AND FACTS AGREE. An Interesting Statement Borne Out by the Statistics of the Weather Bureau. ‘OARLAND OFFICE SAN FraNcIsco CALL,} 908 Broadway, Nov. 23. As a result of practical and astronomical research Dr. Frank M. Close of this city bas adduced proof that the recent earth- quakes reporied on this coast and in all parts of the world will increase in number during the next five years, after which they will gradually become less frequent. Dr. Close is a past president of the Tacoma Academy of Science and & man weil known in the scientific world. He said to-day: Idonot wish to be considered an alarmist, butIam grepnred 10 tell of the data that are indisputable, and let nature do the rest. The late seismic disturbance, which extended over the Middle and Southeastern States, was one of the preliminary throes of a great cataclysm, the culmination of which may not occur for several years, and may be located far distant from this region. Now, then, for a most interesting historical fact, known to very few savants, What are knewn as the “Babylonian tablets are a set of inscribed plates—book leaves written thou- Earth. ”\!rcur_u,, VC\'\US. Mars. el . -® AShro"b:_ Ju,aifvr. N é_lfl'une, The Straight Line Represents the Plane of the rlliptic Positions of the Sun and Planets Lecember 8-25, 1901. sands of years before the Christian era,in- which is given an_account of the Noachian deluge. These tablets were exhumed from the ancient city of Nineveh and are now in the British Museum at London. They state that Capricornus was the ruling sign of the zodiac at the time of the deluge. Berosus, a Chaldean astronomer, wrote the history of Babylon, and quoted the Babyionian tablets, and he further declared that when the sun and planets again together occupied the zodiacal sign Clgr icornus another world flood would happen. Itis proper to here say that the term ‘‘flood” or ‘‘deluge” does not mean theend of the world, nor the total ex- tinction of life upon the globe, but the subsi- dence or sinking of a great body of land, such as a continent, beneath the waters of the ocean, as in the case of Atlantis and Lemuria. Every nation upon the globe preserves the le- gend of such catastrophes, one of which was v.hf ‘;flood.” - i , i ust now e planets are rapidly s pronchlni that position in wl.rlch’ ul: earth will be ‘on one side of the sun and all the rest of the planets on the other, all ranged in nearly a straight line. To such arrangement the bodies of the solar sys- tem are trending. The majority are now there, the others repidly munge nto line. Beginning on December 9, 1901, and until the 26th of ‘that month, the sun and all the planets will be in a direct line; only the earth will be alone at one side of the sun at the end of the line, and the balance of the planets on the other side of the sun; and the entire solar system, sun and planets,will occupy astronom- ically the zodiacal sign of Capricornus! ‘Whether the conclusjons of the Babylonian ntmnome;xmu correct remains to be seen. The fact exists that the planetary conditions will obtain. The abnormal storms are undoubtedly due to changes in atmospheric conditions produced bz oxtra-terrestrial influences. The remark- able floods in New Eugland and in Western Russia during the spring of the present year, at a time when the precipitation was not abnormal, may traced to a disturbance of the’ molecular structure of the earth under - the influence of changing magnetic potentiality and polar- ity, causing great heat to be manifested in the masses of matter which form the Carpathian Mountains in Europe and the mountains of New England. melting the accumulations of snow and ice upon them. That voleanic fires are increasing their heat in theselocalities and elsewhere is evidenced by the almost daily newspaper mention of inciplent eruptions ana earth tremors and quakes. The times of revolution of the planets around the sun are such that it is mathematically im- possible that every member of the SOIAT sys- tem should be ranged on the same side of the sun at the same {nstant of time; that is, that a straight line proceeding from the center of the sun would not pass through the avsolute cen- ter of each planet. An approximate approach to such position has undoubtedly occurred on several occasions, and forgotten history de- clares that such occurrences have been at- tended by marked exhibitions of profound terrestrial disturbances. Aneient history, with which we are forming better acquaintance, records that the “flood,” of which we now have the record handed down from widely separated and totally different peoples, occurred at the timé of one of the planetary alignments. Science is not absolutely sure, but is prett certain, that the interior of the earth is a mol- ten mass, fluid and hot, in the best possible condition to dprumptly obey a physical law the indurated crust of the earth being, b comparison, but a thin eggshell. Granted, then, that the laws of magnetism are correct that the operation of magnetism is correctly stated and that the planeis are magnets, ter- restrial disinrbances are perfectly normal re- cults. The postulate rests malnly upon the determination of the subject that the planets are magnets, Science is’ unanimous in de- claring that the earth is an electro-magnet, made so by the currentof electricity coming from the sun, and which in her axial revolu- tion she is continually winding upon herself. We have no reason whatever 1o assume that any other member of the solar system differs in this respect. During the present year the meteorological henomena hnvebeenextreme!imnked. The Weather Bureau reports the highestand lowest temperatures ever recorded as occurring in 1895. Storms of exceptional severity have oc- curred. The preci})iu\!ion of rain and hail has been abnormal. Numerous large meteors have been observed, and last, but not least, the volcanic and seismic disturbances have been unprecedentedly numerous and wide- spread. The Weather Bureau long since determined that the meteorological phe- nomena of the earth were in some way gov- erned by electric emanations from the sun; and in March last Professor Bigelow of the United States Weather Service publicly an- nounced that “the atmosphere of the earth is under the influence of the polar (electric) mag- netic_radiant energy from the sun.” To-day the Weather Bureau is conducting delicate in- vestigations to the end that the secret may be disclosed. We may, therefore, read in the planetary aspect (he causes of the terrestrial isturbances. PACIFIC SLOPE EDITORS. Wait Till Stanford and Berkeley Meet. Oakland Tribune. What has become of the November meteors? The first display was due on the 13th and 14th inst. The second is due on the 28th and 29th of the present month. The two groups of meteors with wnich the earth issupposed to come in contact usually meke an annual dis- play during the present month. Nothing has thus far rewarded watchers except an_occa- sional shooting star. But something better is due at just about Thamksgiving Hme. Stern Justice and Prompt Punishment Demanded. ] Los Angeles Times. Crime seems to run in a species of ther- mal belt, and just now a most disagreeable stratum of immorality is filling the criminal eourt with defendants whose particular line of offenses deserves the death penalty quite as much as murder. If these cases could be tried behind clesed doors and be rewarded with prompt and condign punishment, the wave might pass, but the eagerness of thd spectators Every man who has any pride in his make-up knows how precious to his life’s happiness, how necessary to his self-re- spect, is the feeling of strong, vigorous man- hood. No man enjoys life who has always hanging over him the dread of Nervous Debil- ity. There is that deep- rooted disgust with him- in all that makes man perfect, is of every man. MAN! is waning ?, All these are signs Electricity—from your body. excesses. This is the age of progress. the restoration of manly vigor. NEW TO-DAY. self, the fear that his friends will discover his condition. life of all that is enjoyable—all that makes life happy—peace of mind ; jovial, sociable disposition; the confidence in self. It takes from him the bright side of life—that healthy vital force in him which pictures all things as beautiful. sees everything black, gloomy, miserable. The wish to be strong, to feel one’s self the equal of all men put little for all the morbid details promises patials ¢ in the moral tone of the ‘.ffi';f"zfi'&m:ne tenderness of juries places & premium on crimes of like nature. Golden Prosperity of the Silver State. Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise. Nevada will continue to champion the cwll: of bimetallism, but it is through with mo;x: . ings and lamentations that do no good. e ‘o fortunate in rich deposits of gold, n‘s wh% - silver, that it can tal advantage of t! ven henced value which the gold policy has g170H that metal. It will always be true [0 s mn( but it will not neglect its local duty nor - away from its present opportunity. It recogs Dizes thatthe very fact that it is pros rous - the production of gold is evidence of the co! reetness of its position in regard to silver. College Significance of Great Holldays. stanford Palo Alto. In the bustle of American life in the fin de siecle we forget the origin of names and cus- toms. Thanksgiving to us is the day upon which our eleven is towin or be defeated by our opponent’s eleven. Christmas is the sea- son in which we have some fun and good eat- ing in the City and receive some presents from home. Easter is the breathing spell in which we catch up back work and prepare for l)lng final puil that is to land us in the big worl with & diploma and plenty of ambition. Marysville Declines the Liquor Cure. Marysville Appeal. ; Some towns are given over to congratulating their people on the establishment of “liquor cure institutes,” In Marysville such a place could not exist. Now let our humorous con- temporaries turn loosc their batteries. We said that a liquor cure institute could not ex- ist here. The saloon men say that the business is on the decline. Cleveland’s Woeful Vindication. Carson (Nev.) Tribune. Grover Cleveland is scheduled to thunder down the ages as the one Presideut who ac- cepted the annihilation of the party that elected him as a vindication of his own states- menship. Itis as if a doctor were to point to the graves of his patients as the supreme tokens of his professional skill. John Sherman and Talleyrand. Los Angeles Express. Talleyrand was a better dipiomat than John Sherman. The former ordered that his me- moirs shouid not be published until forty years after his death, while Sherman in- cautiously published his memoirs while yet alive. Sherman was the braver, but Talleyrand the wiser of the two. Hoke Will Stick to the Combination. § Portland Oregonian. The report that Hon. Hoke Smith has decided to leave the Cabinet is not entitlea to credence. There is no reason in the world why the Georgia performer should leave the circus until the close of the season. His pay is assured, notwithstanding the disgust of the ratepayers. Yet Woman Demands Equal Rights. Ukiah Herald. It is unaccountable that a man should takex mustard and onion suppers, drink beer, smoke rank cigars, tell strong anecdotes, and then m:aglue some nice little woman likes to kiss m. The Victim Lived Only Forty Years. Haywards Mail. Don’t fight duels. Thomas Flournoys died esterday from the effect of a_wound received | Innis bowle-knife duel with Edward Garth in Governor Atkinson of GeorE(I after recover- ing from an illness gave thanks to God for his restoration and declared his gratitude for the rayerful interest in him shown by many of B people. This, through the public press, from the executive office. o A @ It robs It is gone, and he at some time strong in the heart ARE YOU WEAK? Are yoft not as vigorous in your nerve and vital forces as you should be ? Do you find -your manly strength giving way too early ? Have you strong muscular power and weak vital powers ? 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