The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 28, 1895, Page 10

~ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1895. Miners when they complete their annual assessment work should by no means fail to file with the County Clerk of the county where the mine is situated affidavits of the performance of the labor. A little care in this matter will prevent possible future litigation. Smelting companies in Utah and Colo- rado are increasing their charges on sili- cious ores on account of the increase in production of that class of ores, while the smelting works in California have reduced their charges on these kind of ores on ac- count of their scarcity and to encourage their production. The California Miners’ Association in- tends to renew its efforts with Congress this winter to get a law for classifying the mineral lands on railroad grants similar to that which now applies in Montana and Idaho. Such a law ought to be passed at once to prevent the mineral domain ing from the prospector to corporate bands. The Holcomb Valley mines, San Ber- nardino County, have been shut down by the Eng company, a patent having been refu e the Southern Pacific Company claim the mines are on railroad land. The company, through its agents, i s no mineral land, but all it can get. al activity in some of the of Tower California. 1e old camps have been worked Most of in a slipshod manner many years, but ;stematic development has been There mining n ruba County there are signs of a re- vival in quartz mining in several direc- a few men are engaged on P Prospecting will now cease for the win- ter in the higher ranges of the Sierras, but meny a man will anxiously wait for spring to test his “‘Jast new find.” % No graphite has been shipped from this State for some vears. The quality of graphite—or plumbago—found in this State up to the present time has been too poor to handle. ? About fifty tons of “fossil meal,”’ orin- fusorial earti2, was mined in Napa County last year, which sold for a total of $2000 Most of the lead proc comes from Inyo County have usually sily 1 lead there is now a_ smaller prodiction annually than was the case when silver had a decent value. v men find employment in uring the last two months each year doing assessment work for claim- owners who have put off the duty as long as possible, Clalifornia prospectors who have claims had better do as much development work on them as possible, for the time is com- ing when any gold claim that can make any sort of a showing will bring its price. The Greenviile mines, Plumas County, are still being operated, and preparations are being made for extensive work another season. If half the stories are true which come up from the Goler region, near the Mo- jave Desert, Kern County, some of the nines there ure abnormally rich. The cyanide process is doing pretty well down at Bodie, where a $65,000 shipment is shown as the result of working a batch of tailings. The Altoona quicksilver mine in Trinity County sent down ity flasks of quick silver the other day. The company is employing about 100 men A tale or soapstone mine hasbeen found at Sims station, on Hazel Creek, Shasta Co as the ores ierra Buttes mine 2 of Sierra City, Sierra County, has been bonded by Mrs. A. Bigelow to W. H. Martin of Nevada City and P. Tautphus, F. Boeckman and Dr. Liebrich of San Francisco. The Jeage 1s a large one and is supposed to be the ex- tension of the famous Sierra Buttes mine, from which the English owners took out nearly $11,000,000, and which is still being worked though the product is compara- tively small The sale of the Gold Note group of mines in Kennedy District, Nev., ought to be a good thing for that regi for the new owner will work them activ The old Phc mine, thirty-five miles from Pheenix, Ariz., will soon be started up again, arrangements having been made with the creditors. The mine has a 100- stamp mill, but did not pay when pre- viously worked. “The plan is now to put a men at work and operate only as tamps as are necessary, the new ng being on a more careful basis. n iston, daho, and the reser- vation line several placers are being ac- tively worked. Some of the locations have been mined over many times, but the pay streak seems to be renewed by the floods. 0ld style rockers are run every winter. A new mining camp has been discovered and is being opened up in Fremont’s Peak district, thirty miles northwest of Bar- stow, San Bernardino County. The ledges carry free-milling gold ore and there is water four miles distant, As the camp was only struck on October 2, very little work has been done. Ten distinct ledges are said to have been found. The Ophir mine, Ozkland district, Or., is preparing to ship ore to the Selby smelt- ing works. The Antone Miller property in Althouse district, Or., has been purchased by C. O. Pratt for Tacoma capitalists. The placer tields on the Ollala section, Douglass County, Or., have been worked on a small scale for about forty years, but none of the channels have ever been piped by hydraulic process. The Illinois River copper mines, Ore- gon, are giving employment to twenty- five men. The smelting plant has all been hauled in ready to be set up. The ‘“natural soap” mine, near Elko, Nev., is to be opened up and the product utilized commercially by James Yering- ton. An Eastern company talks about taking out & hundred tonsa day and re- fining it, or preparing it in some way for the market. ‘W. H. Lowell, chief clerk of the Con- solidated California and Virginia mine at Virginia, Nev., has vrepared for Mr, Mackay a statement of the total product of the “bonanza mines” within the com- pany’s patented ground. From the begin- ning up to October 1, 1895, the gold pro- duced was $61,671,510 48; silver, $69,752,- 81565; total,$131,424,33613. The dividends were: California, $31,320,000; Con. Vir- ginia, $42,930,000; Con. California and Vir- ginia, $3,808,800. Total dividends, $78,- 148,800. This is far and away ahead of the record of any gold and silver mine in the United States. And the mine is stiil ship- ng bullion, having produced last year ,526 from 10,255 tons of ore. The old Sheep Ranch mine, Calaveras County, kept a town and its people going for twenty-five years, but no other rich lodes were ever found in its immediate vicinity, though the region has been very thoroughly prospected. The National Mining Development and Brokerage Company of Portland, Me., has taken hold of the Swiss Girl group of cop- in this State | er mines, about twenty miles east of rescott, Ariz., on the same belt as the famous mines as thoseof the United Verde Copper Company. The mines will be de- veloped first and reduction works put up afterward. i Rossland, B. C., bas no boom, but it is quite a lively camp in which about 3000 interested. ser (Idaho) Signal says that a test ran by the Warrens dredge showed the gravel raised to yield an average of 20 cents per cubic yard and that the com- pany can handle 2000 yards per day. The long-talked-of tramway, eleven and three-fourths miles long, from Rossland to i i C., is at last to be built. v will come near all the prin- cipal mines of the camp and will assist materially in their development. Miners are making as high as $8 per day with rockers at Buffalo Bow, eight miles from Lewiston, Idaho. The diggings are on a river bar, but are not extensive. The Blewett mines at Perhastin, Wash., vaid $9000 last month. [lanksare being put on for the cyanide process. The Skylark mine at Ainsworth, B. C., in the Kootenai country, is showing up a large body of high-grade ore. The mine is in better condition than ever. An agreement has been signed by Wash- ington men to buy the Steameral mine, in McAdams Creek, Siskiyou County, for $20,000. ‘ The Annie mine in the Bohemia district, Oregon, the most extensive in the district, has beee sold to a Chicago syndicate. The bonding of mining companiesin the Boundary Creek district, B. C., by such men as Marcus Daly, John R. Toole and Almon TFarrell, all interested in the great copper industry of Batte, Mont., is con- sidered of great significance, as indicating the value of the mines of the region. A syndicate of wealthy men has peen organized in Vancouver, B. C., to invest in Trail Creek mines. A great deal of ore from the minesin | the different camps in the West Kootenai, B. C., isfinding its way to the Pilot Bay smelter. An invoice of ore sacks has been re- ceived by the Old Dominion mine, Col- ville, Wash., and it is believed that the mine will become a permanent producer at an early date. _ There are indications of Bohemia dis- trict, Oregon, becoming quite an active mining camp next spring. Portland and San Francisco men have purchased the McCarthy & Durphy gravel claim of 400 acres 1n Jackson County, Or., and it will be worked systematically next season. Southern Oregon miners hope for a wet winter, in which case more mining will be done than ever before. It is estimated that the mines of Trail Creek, British Columbia, will be shipping 800 tons of ore per day by next July. A Washington paper states that those staking claims on Lulu Island, Fraser River, will hereafter be required to put up | a bond of $1000 with the Government, but no reason for this unusual course is given. There is increased activity in the old Cariboo region, British Calumbia, where many millions of placer gold were taken { out as far back as 1858. Now, water is to be brought in to work the gravel banks on an extensive scale, tunnels are to be run, hydraulic elevators and giants are to be used. Some 500 men have been working this summer making preparations for the work to be done next year, which is to be carried on by an English compary. | There is a good deal of gold mining go- ing on in Northern Idaho, on the line be- tween this country and British Columbia. In the southwestern part of Oregon, at Granite Pass and Medford, the placer mines are being worked with much suc- cess. | . Colorado men have purchased a large | interest in the Sampson mine in the West Mountain district, Brigham, Utah. rich strike has been made in the Rob mine, Newton district, Beaver County, Utah. The old mill on the mineis to be replaced by a modern one. News comes from Bingham, Utah, that since the tunnel reached the vein the lower workings of the Spanish and other mines on the same lode are being drained and can now be worked without trouble where in the past the water has seriously inter- fered with the extraction of ore. The new concentrating plant of the Daly- West Company, Park City, Utah, is being put in position and will bé in operation by the 1st of January. Negotiations are going on for the power to_operate an electric plant to operate | mills, tramways, etc., at Brigham Canyon, Utah. The conditions at_Skull Valley, Utah, are said to be similar to those at Camp ,and it is hoped that the men now ecting there will prove up a good camp. Over 100 men are at work at the Gold | Bank mine, Forbestown, Butte County, {and 1t is said to be yielding $30,000 per | month, Hydraulic Mining Progress. It is worthy of note that the California Debris Commission at its last meeting gave permits to mine by the hydraulic process to eleven mining companies and permits were granted to seven others to | construct impounding dams. All these permits were given at one meeting, which shows that, sotwithstanding the many objections to the Caminetti act, it is work- ing well. For many years before that act | was passed, through the efforts of | the California Miners’ Association, no nydraulic mines in the drainage basin of the San Joayuin ana Sacramento rivers could legally be worked. Since the passage of the act over 100 of these mines have commenced work and are continuing it. Moreover, as the above statement shows, many others are preparing to resume operations. It is true that the miners cannot work as they please, without re- striction as to the amount of gravel to be washed or the disposal of their debris, but | it 13 equally true that no anti-debris asso- ciation can interfere with them when they are mining under a Government permit. The Debris Commission, composed as it is of United States engineer officers, is a conservative but just body. It will iet no | mine operate unless all the requirements as to impounding tailings are complied with, but it will let no prejudiced persons influence it ‘‘acainst granting’’ permits to mine by hydraulic process when it thinks such permits should justly be given. Ac- cordingly the mines are again gradually beginning to work, and our annual gold product from this source“s gradually be- ginning to increase. It is gratifying to note that the hydraulic owners have generally accepted the situa- tion, though this can scarcely be said of those who had an interest in opposing them. Meantime the mines are being worked and are producing gold without material injury to the navigable streams or the lands adjacent to the banks. For all of which_the public have to thank the California Miners’ Association, through whose efforts Congress came to the relief of this State and enacted this law. Deep Gold Mining. The fact that as rich ore as has ever been found in the Kennedy mine, in Amador County, has been struck at the bottom of the mine—nearly 2000 feet—should be very encouraging, notonly to all the mother- lode miners, but those 1n other sections of the State, as proving that our gold mines “go down.” Our very best mines in the State seem to be those in which depth is attained. Those who open new cla:ms, or reopen old ones, now consider it best to sink a deep shaft at once and cee what they have. This is one of the reasons gold mining on quartz cannot well be car- ried on without an investment of capital. | There is an _immense ampunt of pros- pecting and mining now going on in the counties where the mother lode is found, and while all the claims may not turn out as rich as the Kennedy has, they all have a chance of getting something rich when they get deep enough. The strike will encourage dozens of other companies now at work. The mine itself, though worked in early days,'was abandoned for many Vvears until the present company took hold of and thoroughly developed it. They have made a iig mine and 2 handsome | profit. The presence of such ore in the | bottom of the mine shows that many more millions will doubtless be taken out. CHARLES G. YALE. Ingleside track, the most elegant in America. DURRANT STILL FIGHTING, He Complains That Unfhir Pub- lications Injured His Case. A VOLUMINOUS AFFIDAVIT. Judge Murphy Characterizes One of the Charges as “A Sweep- ing Assertion.” There was an exceedingly scanty crowd in Judge Murphy’s courtroom yesterday | while General Dickinson read voluminous affidavits in support of his motion fora new trial for Theodore Durrant. The de- fendant’s attorney read on and on from a 75,000 word document. It was a detailed statement by the accused man of false, malicious, injurious reports made one day and contradicted the next by certain news- papers in this City. Witnesses already | summoned and witnesses in prospective, said the affidavit, were hunted out by the police and press, their past dug up and tin has been revoked, though the notax?' does not accord Mr. Shain that right until he nas satisned all the absconding col- lector’s creditors, & Mr. Curtin is very indignant that Shain or his representatives should make the as- sertion that creditors were constantly put off with the excuse that no moneys had been collected. _“All moneys collected by me,” said Cur- tin, ‘‘have been properly accounted for or can be on demand. I am ready to madea showing when called upon, but in the meantime [ do not propose to shoulder the whole or any part of Shain’s mis- doings.” DEATHS AT A QUARRY. Two Employes of Contractors Warren & Malley Now Lie at the Morgue ‘With Skulls Fractured. The mortuary record at the quarry of Contractors Warren & Malley in San Mateo County has been rather big for the past few days, The third death there was reported yesterday and two bodies now lie 2t the Morgue with fractured skulls. One of the bodies is that of James King of 515 Howard street, a paving cutter, and the other that of Edward Marite, a Swiss laborer. Marite was brought to the City Re- ceiving Hospital on Monday and on Tuss- day he died, and King was conveyed to the City and County Hospital by a wagon of the Guadalupe dairy Tuesday and died yesterday morning. “Rocks falling on them is given as the cause in both cases. About a week ago a man was killed at the quarry, the Coroner of San Mateo County taking charge of his body. Coroner Hawkins will hold inquests to GENERAL DICKINSON READ ING LENGTHY AFFIDAVITS, [Sketched by a “ Call” artist.] that record held over them like a scourge. | And by reason of this the defendant lost | the bénefit of certain evidence. Jurors | were approached, and not only their mo- | tives and opinions questioned, but their | ns anticipated and published. | ides these allegations the affidavit contains printed articles from the news- | papers published during the trial as evi- | dence of the spirit of antagonism to the | prisoner, utterly preventing him from re- ceiving a fair trial. The onening pages of the great document referred to the efforts of the defense to get a change of venue and the failure in spite of sufficient grounds to | support his plea, and that consequently the defendant was forced to stand trial in a Jocality inimical to him. Then Durrant alleges In his affidavit the long-arm at- tack upon Charles H. Clark in Boston, an important alibi-witness. The newspapers, especially the Examiner and Chronicle, not only began to make things interesting for Clark here but are said to have set their Boston men to work digging up his record. He was charged with embezzlement, and the Chronicle was_ said to have gone so far as to say “he will be arrested to-day.” Next day those newspapers were said to have denied their own stories. Then the paper passed on to the cases of Pawnbroker Oppenheim and Len:han, who awned a ring, both of whom were said to rm\'e been worried by certain newspapers. Mrs. Monier is alleged to have refused to tify for the defense because of press at- | uvon her. he incident of excusing Juror Walter 8. Brown after he had been accepted by both sides was mentioned. The objection to Brown was caused by the report of his | services in the Howell counterfeitting case | in the United States court. All the pro- | ceedings of Judge Murphy’s court regard- ing the Brown affair were set forth verba- | tim in the affidavit, and in it Durrant | claims that Brown had a perfect right to sit asa juror, and that his unjust dismissal prejudiced Durrant’s case in the minds of the other jurors. Then the case of Nathan Crocker, another juror who had been challenged by the de- fense and the challenge overruled, was alluded to as an incident injurious to the defendant. Reference was had to the matter of deal- ing with newspaper men for contempt, the defendant complaining that Judge Murphy had refused to cite certain news- paper people for having interviewed jurors and improperly published those ‘inter- views. *‘That’s a_sweeping assertion, general,” said Judge Murphy, ié\termplimz the read- ing. ‘“Can you give the date of the time when that citation was refused ?” “I hayen’t the date here,” said General Dickinson, “but I am very positive that such request was made.” “I am as positive that none was made,” returned the Judge. “I expected that you would do so, but I have no recollection that you did. I repeat, that is a sweeping assertion, and I hope District Attorney Barnes will make a note of it.” And that officer, sming under the judi- cial eye, mentally made the requesied note. As General Dickinson resumed the read- ing the Judge interrupted him again and nfiain by requesting him to make all charges specific as to the character, paper and dates. “Do vou use all of the articles you refer to?’’ said he. “No, I only use the headings. If I nsed the articles this would make an immense volume.” The affidavit then took up the Examiner and Chronicle publications relative to the notebook and the lecture alibi matters and the alleged emnity of the medical students toward Durrant. The disrobing story, in which Mrs. Clayton’s daughter, | Ida, was alleged to have been insulted in the church by Durrant, and indignantly denied next day by the young lady,was re- ferred to. The District Attorney is busy Fre ring counter-affidavits, which he will offer in opposition to the motion of the defense. he arguments will probably consume several days, running well into the coming week. The hearing will be resumed to- morrow morning at 10 o’clock. JAKE SHAIN HEARD FROM He Revokes the Power of Attorney Given Notary Public Curtin. Jake Shain, who disappeared some months ago, leaving a large list of credi- tors to moura his sudden leave-taking, bas been heard from. He is supposed to be in the City, though that fact is not by any means established as yet. ‘The power of attorney given D. A. Cur- | aster. ascertain whether the deaths of the two men brought to the Morgue here were due to criminal carelessness on the part of their employers or not, and the presence of James Hand, Jeremiah Foley, William Kerry, Patrick Martin, B. Moore and C. Bosie will be required as witnesses. King was 44 years old, married and a native of Ireland,and Marite was 35 years of age and single. CAPTAIN- ROSS' APPEAL The Decision of Local Inspectors Talbot and Phillips Reversed. Their Superior Sharply Criticizes the Way in Which They Made Their Investigation. Captain John Bermingham, Supervising Inspector of Steam Vessels, has reversed the decision of his local inspectors, E, S. Talbot and W. A. Phillips, in the matter of their refusal to renew the license of i Captain John Ross, master ot the wrecked steamer Maid of Oregon. Megsrs. Talbot and Phillips are the same officers that investigated the Colima dis- In the case of Captain Ross they held he was to blame for the loss of his vessel in a gale off Chetco, Or., September 11, while on a voyage from Seattle, Puget Sound, to Morro Bay. The steamer sprang a leak, became water-logged and her heim would not answer properly. Messrs. Talbot and Phillips were of the ovpinion that Captain Ross should have re- turned to Pulget Sound for an adequate supply of coal and there have his rudder repaired. It was charged that the vessel could not be properly steered in the condi- tion she was unless her engines were made to go at an unusual rate. His license hav- ing expired they decided not to renew it for six months, and Captain Ross appealed to Captain Bermingham. Captain Bermingham completely exon- erated Captain Ross. He as much as said that the local inspectors had not given him a fair hearing, and he held that the local board had no_authority to punish him, much less to declare that they would do 80, as his last license—his fifteenth issue— had expired more than a month prior to the investigation. Captain Berminghain severely criticized the manner in wgich the case was heard, and said the “‘paucity of the questions” put to the only witnesses that testified, viz., the clPtain, mate and engineer, ‘“could hardly be expected to bring out the essential facts regarding her loss, or the alleged negiect of Captain Ross to return to Puget Sound.” He held that it would have been impossible for her to have reached Cape Flattery, then almost 100 miles dead to windward, when the vessel sprang the leak, and he remarked that the fact that the vessel was a flat- bottomed, center-board, converted steam- vessel was not brought out at all. The supervising inspector, in closing his opinion, said Captain Ross was deserving of praise rather than censure, and he commended the captain’s skill displayed in the construction of two ‘iury rudders and a pump when the vessel was in dis- tress. Captain Ross is a ship-carpenter himself. The Maid of Oregon was built in As- toria, Or., in 1888, as a center-board schooner, and was afterward converted into a steamer. Captain Ross had made only one brief trip on her before. The Elks’ Carnival. The Elks’ Carnival at the Mechanics’ Pavilion last night was a pronounced suc- cess. There was a large attendance and no lack of enjoyment. The prelude in- cluded Spanish, Polish, Turkish and Trilby dances. In the latter dance twelve bare- footed maidens appeared and won raptur- ous applause from the great audience. The march of the bloomer girls and the march of the Amazons delighted all. During the evening the entertainment was diversified by an electrical illusion, which was erected at the end of the Pavil- ion. It was an excellent imitation of a mill in the forest at the foot of a mountain, the whole being illuminated with electrical effects. After the grand march dancing Wwas begun and continued all night. ———————— __I-nllende. 3 Ducat, the great miler, IRISHMEN AND.FREEDOM. An Eloquent Oration at Metro- politan Hall by James D. Phelan. IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY. Part of the Irish Reviewed at the Entertainment of the Knights of St. Patrick. Metropolitan Hall' was well filled last evening with some of the most representa- tive of the Irish-American residents of this City to enjoy the grand literary and musi- cal entertainment of the Knights of St. Patrick given in celebration dbf Thanksgiv- ing eve. The evening’s programme opened with a violin solo by Frank Hess, who was followed by Miss Nettie Flynn and Messrs. H. Anderson and W. T. O’Brien m a trio from Verdr's “Attila.” Frank T. Shea explained the absence of President Jeremiah Deasy, who was to have made the introductory address, by stating that he was ill, and performed the part of the absent officer by reviewing briefly the origin and history of the order of the Knights of St. Patrick in this coun- try. k. At the conclusion of his remarks he in- troduced James D. Phelan as the orator of the evening. In the course of his eloquent and witty address on “The service of the Irish people to the cause of liberty,” Mr. Phelan said: - The success of the Irish in foreign lands has not been won by favor and patronage. You know tnat well. They have had to show their POSSPOTts at every erossroad! Ry As the Irish have been victims of prejudice, even 50, in no discussion in which they take a part should there be appeal to prejudice. ‘aunts, jibes and falsifications .should be met by facts and arguments, and in this connec- tion I cannot but refer to the forbarance with ‘which the irish in America have acted in the face of the greatest provocations, for they are a hot-headed people, and have been known to re- turn & blow. But forbearance is one of the lessons of liberty they have learned. Tumult in a demoeracy is no protest, rioting is no answer, but free speech, free press, free assem- bly, free elections, are the constitutional weapons of all; and it cannot be fairly charged against the American people that they are like the Scotchman who said, “I am open to conviction, but I would like to see the man who can convince me There is one characteristic of Irish soldiers— they have almost invariably fought for the cause of liberty, and if on account of the power, vigilance' and reprossive measures of England, which have made of all Ireland & British garrison, they have not been able to fight for 200 years on their own battlefields, they have bad the supreme satisfaction of hav- ing fought the enemies of theur liberties on the battlefields of the world, In broadly considering the services of the Irish in freedom’s cause we should first in- quire what qualifications they possessed. As a matter of historical fact the Irish are an ancient people, whose cultivation of the arts and sciences antedates civilization in Eng- land and the continental countries. Ireland was never invaded by the Romans and thus preserved Its individuglity, but it is neealess 10 inquire into causes when we have the facts. A translation of the work of Dr.Zimmer, the German scholar, bas recently been jssued from the press of Putnam’s Sons entitled “The Irish Element in 3edieval Culture.” from which I quote. Recalling the fact that Ireland received Christianity in the third and fourth centuries and refeérring to the immunity the Irish enjoyed from the Roman legions, which overran Britain, the author says: ‘‘Ire- land can indeed lay claim to a great past. She can not only boast of having been the birth- place and abode of high culture in the fifth and sixth centuries, at the time when the Roman Empire was being undermined by the alliances and inroads of German tribes, which threatened to sink the whole continent into barbarism, but also of having made strenuous efforts in the seventh and upto the tenth century to sgrcnd her learning among the German and Roman people, thus forming the actual foundation of our present Continental civilization.” I would now ask any fair-minded man know- ing the history of that time, as chronicled by such unquestionable authorities, if it is un- reasonable to draw these conclutions: First, that a people who resisted such atrocious methods and_suryived must have something in the fiber of their race to recommend them as colonists and as men; and, secondly, thelr non-submission toslavery and firm resistance to tyrenny cannot but have larely entered into the creation of those forces which were then gathering for freedom; and, if so, they were unquestionably brought by them in their exile of immigration to theé colonies of North Amer- ica. Have we not here one of the secret inspira- tions of that marvelous achievement when the thirteen colonies, although without money or munitions of war, unskilled in- arms and in- viting their own destruction, sprang up as one man in fierce and determined resistance to the first approach of English oppression? If they had not been bitterly taught what Eng- lish_domination meant do_you think they would have risked all on the hazard of warfare with one of the most powerful of continental Qcm'ers before any alliances had been made? Never. The colonists knew they were fighting for their s, honor, homes, children, their all, which was encompassed in that one word, liberty. In the light of Irish history, well might they say: “Give us liberty or give us death.” So we find the Irish spirit and soldier in the forefront of the Rebellion! The red man dis- appeared before the white man, but the.Celt was unterrified by the Saxon; and, not only by just wars, but by the simple influence of pub- lic opinion, which he has been no small factor in creating and maintaining throughout the world, he is winning that coveted freedom for his people and all peoples aL home and abroad. #The history of the Irish brigades recunting their servicés in foreign lands is & record of valorous deeds. Such names as those of O’Hig- ins and Lynch stand for freedom in Chile; ’Brien was the leader of the war of independ- ence in Buenos Ayres, and O’Rourk was the liberator of Servia. These show the bent and leaning of the race. But what a glorious page is that describing the part played by the Irish race in helping to free America! Among the generals of Wash- ington ot Irish lineage were General Stark, the hero of Bennington;.General Anthony Warne, the hero of Germantown; Generals Sullivan, Thompson, Montgomery, Knox, Ir- vine, Hand, Moylen, Butler; and the naval commanders O’Brien and Barry, the latter called ““the father of the Ameri Navy.” At the battle of Bennington, Stony Point, the Cowpens, Kings Mountain, Irishmen com- manded in person; and the Declaration of In- glap:&mence is subscribed by nine of Irish 00d. As to the number of Irish of the rank and fite who served in that war we have official es- timates. In 1785 there was published in Lon- don the results of a Parliamentary inquiry into the failure of the American war, and Major- General Robertson, who had served in the army for twenty years, testified. He wasasked: “How are the American provincial corps composed ? Are they worthy Americans or emigrants from various nations of Europe 2 This answer came: ‘‘Some corss are mostly natives, but General Lee informed me that nalf i\l t‘gxe rebel Continental army were from Ire- and.” In Philadelphia, in 1771, there was organized the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, of which™ the Knights of St. Patrick, under whose l\l&‘rlcel we are here to-night, is en off- shoot and in full sympathy and accord. This society was of great service to the colonists, of which we have abundant and interesting testi- mony. They sent men to the front, and at one time when "the *ragged Continentals” were dying for want of food in the field the Pennsylvanians, in response to an_appeal, raised 500,000, of .~ which the Friendly Sons- ot St. Patrick alone contributed £500,000. Among its members was a lough list of American officers, includin, Washington himself; not that they clnimea him as an Irishman, but they loved "him as a man who was free from prejudice and was 1eady to meet and accord merit to others, and generously acknowledged services performed. 1In accepting membership in the society, whose meetings he frequently attendea, he wrote: accept with pleasure the ensign of.s0 worthy raternity as that of the Frig ns of St. Patrick, a society distinguished the firm adherence of its members to the glorious cause on which we are embarked.” Corresponding to the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick was the charitable Irish society organ- ized in Boston in 1757. In a body this society 1n 1833 visited General Andrew Jackson, the hero of the war of 1812, then President of the United States, who, by the way, was the son of an Irishman. Inreply to an address of wel- come General Jackson said: ‘It is with great pleasure that I see so many of the countrymen of my father assembled on this occasion. I have always been proud of my ancestry and of being descended from that noble race, and re- joice that I am so nearly allied to a country Wwhich has so much to recommend it to the good wishes of the world. Iam well aware,sir, that Irishmen have never been backward giving their support to the cause of lib- erty. . They have fought, sir, for this country valiantly, and have 1o doubt would fight again were it neces- sary.” G{mernl Phil Sheridan, who struck the final blow at Lee, was born but _one vear after the arrival of his Irish father in New York; Gen- eral James Shields, the honored hero of two wars, was the only general who defeated “Stonewall” Jackson, and General Kearny and others make an 1llustrious company of Irish officers. The common soldier of Irish birth is also identified with every battle in the war. Irisnmen composed whole regiments, like the Ninth Massachusetts, the Sixty-ninth | New Jersey and the S8ixty-ninth New Yor! Unqualified opposition to foreigners is a survival of Puritanism. The Puritans had a wrong idea of freedom. They wanted it all for themselves. You could worship freely their God, but it stopped there. They were bent on their own salvation alone. It is said of them that they first fell on their knees and then on the aboriginees. They were austere and intoler- ant. They deprecated bull-baiting, not becauge it gave pain to the bull but because it gave leasure to the people. They sold slaves. ghey burned witches and exiled good men like Roger Williams for the assertion of reli- glous independence; those they did notexile ihey hanged. And yet their descendants have vastly improved and have become good Ameri- cans; in proof of which it has been shown that whereas they originally sold the slave to the South for the love of money they took him back for the love of God. So, you see, there is some hope for the descendants of the Irish, and one or two generations may remove all their faults and raise them, by evolution, into the highest heaven of patriotic reward. Disraeli said I wish that the republic of the Puritans had blended with the tribegof the wilderness.” Then, thought he, there would be & real homogen¢ous people and American nationality, and not until some such amaleam- ation took place. But he was mistaken. A people with ?relenslnns to a race, a language and a skin of their own might have resulted, and while this would have gladdened the | poet’s heart it would not have added to the substantial happiness of mankind. No; the essence of an American nationality must be found in the republican form of gov- ernment and all that flows from it: for the distinguishing characteristics of the American reopie are not in the color of their skins. but n the color of their minds; not in the words they adopt to express their ideas, but in the ideas themselves. The American, the loyal ing the essential elements of 4 ), is the man who, irrespective of birthplace, religious belief or language, un- derstands und appreciates American institu- tions and for their detense is willing tolay down his life. Are not the Irish by this test good and loyal Americans v History proves it. S0 wise were the fathers of the Republic that they gave us a constitution which, aiter guar- anteeing our liberties, prevents us from laps- ing into despotism by a Teactionary wave. so often experienced in human affairs, under the stress of bigotry or forgetfuluess of historic lessons. It saves us by lifting us high above the assaults of mere majorities, and requiring two-thirds of Congress and three-fourths ot all the States to alter the great fundamental law. So there is no danger of our again re- turning to the tyrannies of the past, from which we emerged after a sanguinary war, and in which our American saviors were not only our colonial sires, but the French, the German and the Irish soldiery. It was a victory for the cause of mankind, and all mankind, under reasonable restrictions, should be permitted to enjoy it. ‘he Irish have pined for a government such as ours for centuries aud were ripe to appre- ciate its benefits. It has been to them a refuge from oppression and has given to them in- finitely more than their native land ever con- ferred, and it is their duty and it is their right to love the stars and stripes with patriotic fervor. Ata time and in a place where America had few friends a great Irishman spoke in her cuuse; and permit me to quote his words, which show, in & line, the petriotic value of the Celtic elemént 1 American nationality: “Depend upon it, the lovers of freedom will be free.” He also spoke of Burke, Sheridan, 0O’Connell, Emmet, Wolfe Tone, Gold- smith, Berkeley and others as champions of liberty. His fine effort elicited frequent and hearty applause. W. T. O'Brien rendered “The Holy City"” as a barytone solo, and Miss Lillian 0O’Connor, who was introduced as a de- scendant 'of the great O’Connor, recited “The Dandy Fiftn” in such an effective manner as to be recalled, when she de- claimed in touching style “The Wearing of the Green.” Next came Miss Millie Flynn, who gave ‘‘Because I Love You, Dear,” as a soprano solo. Frank T. Shea’s recitation of “The Star-spangled Banner” concluded the evening’s exceeding enjoy- able features. Miss Julia Heffernan acted as accompanist. 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At all druggists. 25 cents a bottle. Personal letters to Prof. Munyon, 3505 Arch st., Philadelphia, Pa., answered with free medical advice for any disease. THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION! Let Thanks Be Given, for WE HAVE FOUND a Place Where We Can Get a 600D SET OF GARVERS FOR THANKSGIVING. Union for Practical Progress. Scheme to Supply Power to the Public From the Waves of the Pacific Ocean. President John M. Reynolds told the TUnion for Practical Progress on Tuesday that the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors had shown great aversion toward doing anything on the municipal ownership question. The petition of the union, signed by sev- eral thousand voters, had been presented, he said, coupled with a careful argument, typewritten, in favor of the City owning its own water and light service, and the Finance Committee had simply evaded the matter ana postponed from time to time the consideration of it. The petition asked for a special election to be called for the submission of the question .o the pzople. D. E. Bohannon, general manager of the “Wave - power Air-compressing Compa- ny,” then came¢ forward with an idea, backed up by a proposition. He first ar- gued like this: If street railways could be operated at half the cost required to operate them to-day by the use of coal the people would be directly benefited by a cheaper fare. If the City and County of San Francisco could furnish its own light, heat, water and power at a small outlay of capital for a plant, and operated that plant at a small expense, the people would save the difference in taxes as camylmred to the present cost. The Wave-power Air-compressing Com- pany is ready at any time to sign an agreement with the City and County of San Francisco, giving the free use of its invention for munici- Pal purposes. His proposition was already and in writing. It was an offer of vention to the City for municipal in this form and manner: SAN FrANcIsco, Nov. 26, 1895. To The Union for Practical Progress—F. W. POTTER, Secretary: The Wave-power Air-com- Prelung Company, having control of the right or & patent to compress air in the City and County of San Francisco by the waves of the Pacific Ocean, hereby pmfoaes to grantto the City and County of San Francisco the free use of the said patent for municipal purposes, pro- vided this offer is accepted and practical oper- ations begun within six months after a prac- tical demonstration has been made by this com- any. 4 Po¥e understand that ‘‘use for municipal pur- poses” means the use for nny(rlunt or enter- prise which may be owned and controlled by the City and County of San Francisco and used for public g:rpoeex. Yours very respectfully, WAVE-POWER AIR-COMPRESSING COMPANY. ‘W. R. CORCORAN, Secretary. : It was decided to have the executive committee of the union communicate the proposition to the Board of Supervisors. Last, nifi"” meeting was held in Ceres Hall, in Mrs. Dr. Cora A. Morse’s resi- dence, 621 O'Farrell street, where the union will gather hereafter until permanent quarters are secured. Swallowed a Steel Toy. The baby of Mrs. Macdonald, 112134 Folsom street, swallowed a steel “jack” toy yesterday. It stuck in the child’s throat and caused great pain. The child was taken to the Receiving Hospital and Dr. Bunnell experienced consia- erable difficulty in extracting the toy. The child’s throat was badly lacerat by the steel Prongs, but the mother was thankful that its ife was saved. repared the in- purposes —————— Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. Open daily, including Thanksgiving day and evening. 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