The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 19, 1895, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1895 : St e A At eSS PRSI L2 S G s N 5 S el R s o By S O S R Rl e i R e T S T v e S e e S e RS e A R L SR A I T NOT THE GREATEST LIAR ON THE COAST, Major Sherman Resents a Reflection on His Character. LOYALTY TO THE POPE. G. A. Hubbard Writes of the Oaths Which Priests Are Said to Take. MEMBERSHIP IN THE A. P. A. W. T. Brewer Says It Is Open to All Rev. Mr. Bovard Not Unfriendly to Catholics. The selection of a third person to act as judge in settling the controversy over cer- tain questions of Catholicdoctrine between Rev. Donald M. Ross and Rev. Peter C. Yorke has been delayed because of the in- disposition of W. W. Foote. All who fol- low the discussion from day to day, widen- ning in interest and in subject matter as it progresses, seem anxious to have the issue pressed to a finality and a verdict rendered. Both sides are apparently earnest, determined and a ssive. To all THE C as a modern newspaper, gives respectful hearing and a fair chance to present their views. “I have heard nothing new in regard to the controversy,” said Major Sher- man, when asked in regard to the us- sion yesterday. “I have not met Mr. Foote nor have any arrangements for our meeting been made so far as I know. Neither have I seen or heard from Mr. Ross. I saw by a recent Monitor that I bear the ch one that I have yet to learn how to pla: but it is not necessary for me to deny the charge. As I stated the other day I con- T that I am capable g this ques- tion a fair hearing and a just answer, and so long as Mr. Ross is satisfied with me I shall act to the best of my ability. “I have too long been known as a fair and just man to fear calumny now. My political record in the State of Nevada should speak something of the character I bore when I was among that State’s active men. In the year 1563, when [ ran for the office of Controller of that State, there was but one vote cast nst me throughout the whole State. That is a record which should speak for my reputa- tion with both parties then in power. “As to this question at issue, as I have said before, I know nothing about it ex- cept that it is a question of documents and papers, not one of doctrine nor one of opinion. In such a casea man of mature judgment should be able to arbitrate with- out prejudice, even were he a partisa either side. That I am not, else I shoul never have consented to make one of the committee. “So, of course, I feel competent to meet with Mr. Foote and the third party of the committee, whoever he may be, to aiscuss or to search through these documents and to state my opinion as to the right and wrong of the parties at issue in a perfectly unbiased manner. There has been no step taken toward selecting the man to act with us, and I do not know when such acdion will be taken, *“We, that is, Mr. Foote and myself, will be notified in time, and as I have already given my ideas as to what qualifications that thira person should have there is no need to repeat them now. 1 think “if it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well it were done quickly.” That, is, the sooner the controversy is settled the better, for bad feeling is being engendered daily by discussion and accusations made by the partisans of both Mr. Ross and Father Yorke, and though, as I have also before said, this decision will not end con- troversies between Catholic and Protest- ant, it will be well for this community to have this become a thing of the past.” B s CONCERNING OATHS. @, A, Hobbard Adds a Pew Words to the Controversy. One of the latest phases of the discussion isthe reference to oaths, and upon this question G. A. Hubbard writes as follows: OFFICE AMERICAN PATRIOT, 819 Market street, | Dec. 18, 1895. § Editor Call—DEAR § gave Peter C. Yorke > to publish what he claims to be the onths taken by members of the American Protective Association in defense of this country 8s against_the claimsof that un-American ~ doctrine — Papal infallibility. We are not averse to the publication of the A. P. A. oaths. In fact, we prefer that they should be given to the public. Let us see if P. C. Yorke entertains the same opinion in regard to publishing the oaths taken by priests and Jesuits (and the authority therefor) as printed in the American Patriot of August 3, 1895, which are herewith furnished you, and which we believe you are iair enough %0 publish. The said oaths'are as follows: PRIEST'S OATH. I,—, now in the presence of Almighty God, the biessed Virgin Mary, the blessed Michael the Archangel, the blessed St. John the Bapiist, the holy aposties St. Peter and St. Paul and the saints and the sacred hosts of heaven, and to you, mv Lord. i do declare from my heart, without mental Teservation, that the Pope is Christ’s vicar-zeneral and is the true and only head of the universal church throughout the earth, and that by virtue of the keys of binding and loosing given to his Ho.i- ness by Jesus Christ he has power to depose hereti- cal ki prin states. commonwealths and governments, all being ilegal with- out his sacred confirmation, and that they may safely be destroyed. Therefore, to the utmost 6f my power, 1 will defend this doctrine and his Holiness' rights and customs against ail usurpers of the Protesiant authority whatsoever, especially azainst the now pretended authority and church in England and all adberents, in regard that they may be usurpal and heretical, opposing the sacred mother of the Church of Rome. I do denounce and disown any allegiance as due to-any Protestant king, prince or state, or Qbe- dience to any of their inferior officers. | do far- ther declare the doc.rine of the Church 0f England, of the Calvinists, Huguenois and other Protestants 10 be damnable, and (hose to be damned who will not forsake the same. I do further deciare that I will help, assist and advise all or any of His Holiness' agents in any place wherever 1 shall be, and to do my utmost to extirpute the Protestant doctrine and to destroy all their pretended power, regal or otherwise. I do further promise and declare that, notwithstanding 1mas be permitted by dispensation to assume any heretical religion (Protestant aenominations) for the propagation of the mother church’s interest, 10 keepsecret and private all her agents’ counsels as they intrust me, and not to divulge, either airectly or indirectly, by word, wriling or circumstances whatsoever, but to execute all which shall be pro- posed. given in charge or discovered unto me by you, my most reverend lord and bishop. All of which I, — —, doswear by the blessed Trinity and biessed sacrament which 1 am about 10 Teceive, 1o perform on my part to keep invio- lably, and docall on all the heavenly and glorious host Of heaven to witness my real intentions to keep this my oath. In testimony whereof T take this most holy and blessed sacrament of the eucharist, and witness the same further with my consecrated hand, in the presence of my holy bishop and all the priests NEW TO-DAY. Take Comfort. 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COODYEAR SHOE MACH'Y CO,, BOSTON racter of ‘the greatest liar on |} the Pacific Coast.’ That is a new role tome— | | the same further with my name w On Tuesday last you | who assist him tn my ordination to the priest- hood. - EXTREME OATH OF THE JESUITS. | 1, — —, now in the presence ot Almighty God, the Sles:ed Virgin Mary, the blessed Michael the archangel, the blessed St. John the Baptist, the holy apos'les St. Peter and St. Paul and the saints and sacred hosts of heaven, and to you my ghostly father, the superior general of the Society of Jesus, int Ignatius Loyola in the pontific: tion of Paul the Third, and continued to the pre ent, do, by the womb of the in, the matrix of ‘e at his holiness, the Pope, is Chris’s vicegerani, @ is the true and only head of the Catho- or universal church ihroughout the earth; that by virtue of the keys of bin and loosening given to his holiness ¢ my saviour, Jesus Christ, he hath power depose heretical kings, princes, states, s, all being fliegal on. and they may be o commonwealths and governm without his sacred_confi safely destroyed. Therefore, 10 the utmost of m power, I will defend this doctrine and his holines: right and custom against all usurpers of the heret- ical or Protestant authority whatsoever, especially the Lu heran chur-h of Germany, Holland, Den- matk, Norway and Sweden and the now vretended authorities and churches of England and Scotland and branches of the same now established in [re- land and on the continent of America and else- where, and_all adherents in regard that they may u heretical, opposing the sacred ounce and disown any allegiance as due to any heretical King, prince or state named Protestant or Liberal, or obedience to any of their laws, miagistrates or oflicers. I do further deciare that the doctrine of the churches of kneland and Scotiand, of the Calvin- isis, Huguenots and others of the name of Protestant or Liberals, to be damnable, and they themselves to be damned who will not forsake the 1 help, assist and ! agents. in any wil G same. 1do further declare that T w Il or any of his holine ¥ | many, ol - d, Tceland or America, or in any ‘other kingdom or terri ory I shall come to, and do my utmost ¢ ex the here. Protestant or Liberal | o d all their pretended { r3, legal or otherwise. J Ido forther promise and declare that, notwith- T am dispensed with to assume any re- n heretical for the propagation of the mother interest, to keep secret and private all ber | agents’ councils from time 10 time, a8 they intrust | me, and not to divulge, directly or indirectly, by Word, WTIlDg OF CIrcumsisuc: whatever, but t | execute all that shall be proposed, given in charge by you or my ghostly | A and declare that 1 will bave no opinion or will of my own or any mental | cservation whatsoever, even as a corpse or (perinde ac cadaver), but will unhesitat- obey each and e command that L may | :ceive from my superiors in the militia of the Pope and of Jesus Christ. |~ That I will go to any partof the world whither- | soever I may be sent—to the frozen regions of the north, the ing sands of the desertsof Africa, of India, to the centers of ci or to the wild haunts of the barba- s of America, without murmuring or issive in all things bury aliv s n and crush the walls in order to that when the 1l secretly use the | an same cannot be done ope | poisonous cup, the s : rd, the steel of the poinard or the leaden bu ardless of the honor, rank. dignity or authority of tha persom or be_their condition in I as 1 aj o0 erbood of her of the us. rmation nd all corporal powe I now receivel w biood. i alse or wes ren and fellow-soldiers of t off my hands and my of which I hereby dedicate my and with this 1 and sulphur burned therein, with shment that can Le inflicted upon me on and my soul be tortured by demons in an et bell forever. All of which I, — —, do swear by the blessed blesséd sacrament which Iam now perform and on my part to keep inv and do call all heavenly and glo hosis' of heave 53 these, my real i tions, 10 keep t stimony 1 the h n with the of this dagger, dippéd in my own blood, and t the face of this holy conven We refer manism pages 185-6 Yuhhshe\l b s, 815, you s, Textbook of Popery,” Griffith & Simon of Philadelphia, upremacy and the Pove,” pages 4; also in a work by Usher, Eishop ot Ara- mage, called “Foxes and Firevrands.” An English congress of Roman Catholics on the th of February, 1810, passed the following resolution, signed by 241 priests, and de- | posited the same in the British Museum: “The said oaths and the declarations, abjura- tions and protestations therein cantained are notorious to the Roman Catholic church at large, because a part of the Roman Catholic re- ligion, and maintained by the Roman Catholic church.” This protestation of the English Congress did not change the nature of the oaths in the least. Priest S, D. Phelan, editor of | the St. Louis Western Watchman, a few months | agosaid: ‘“The oaths of the clergy were not changed in spirit, though the words had be- come slightly changed. This was done be- cause these oaths had become public propert G. A. HUBBARD. SR SR o MR. BREWER’S REPLY. He Reiterates That the A. P. A. Has No Oath and Is Not Anti- Catholic. W. T. Brewer submits the following communication in answer to a late criti- cism of himselt by Rev. Father Yorke: SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., D To the Editor of the San Francisco AR Str: In fhe issueof your paper, December 17, there appeared & communication, over the signature of Peter C. Yorke, in which Iam taken to task for uiterances spoken at the etropolitan Temple meeting of last Sunday. First, Mr. Yorke does me an honor that 1 am not entitled to when he speaks of me as reverend. [ am not a minister, never have been; but I pre- sume his investigation, in striving fo arrive at the iacts in thie re-pect, is in kecping with his ordinary investigation along all lines, hence T will excuse him. I am glad that Mr. Yorke said as much as he did in his communication. Truths are often spoken inferentialiy when a party is under fire, and I' am sure Mr. Yorke bas given out a sectet that he wou'd not have diselosed had he taken a quiet night's Testand read again his letter before giving publicity (o it. We read with a great desl of interest the senterce, “We are the only religions body in America which consistenily keeps politics out of the sunctuary.”” My dear sir, are you not aware of the fact that everybody knows if you shouid prociaim your politics from your pul- pits that there would be such an uprising upon the part of the American people that you would never secure the appointment of a singie policeman upon the force of any of our | greatcities ? Your politics are not of the kind that can be publicly proclaimed in a country | Tike ours. If the politics of the Y. M. I, Clan- | | na-Gael, Hibernians, League of the "Cross, ( nights of St. Patrick and many other kindred | organizations were proclaimed from your pui- | pits the American people would put up ‘the political bars against you so effeciually that there would be no danger in the future from your intriguing. From the fact that yon 1y and proc our pulpi notcome out open- ‘but_hide behind 3 cret ties with Jesuitical cunning accomplishing results of a political character to your own enrichmentand the peo- ple’s impoverishment that is causing slarm at the present time. There is no danger from the man or the organization who steps out boldiy into an open field and declares the principles upon which they standand the purpose sought 10 be secomplished: but the American people are justy suspicions of that organization whose purpose is veiled to the public and which is composed of an unbroken chain of secret societies drawing the line against every person who is not & member of one particular denomination, and when some of these organ- izations commence the formation of military companies and regimentsand none but Roman Catholics to be admitted, it is about time, in our humble opinion, that American citizens, who love the principles of our Government, see 10 it that they vote right. Mr. Yorke, do you not think you said more than you intended ? I reiteraie the A. P. A. has nothing to do with the reiigion of any man nor the doctrines of any religious organ- ization, save and except where that organiza- tion or individual threatens the best interests of our free institutions. We do object to the {:olilica\ bureau at our Netion’s capital ex- sting for the purpose of securing large ap- prepriations in the support of sectarian insti- tutions among our Nation’s wards. We do object to your secret Roman Catholic political organizations and their manipulations in our politics. There is not a politician in this State who does not know that & great victory was scored by the man or party who was pro- nounced satisfactory to the Roman Catholic church in the years gone by. There is scarcely a nation upon the face of the earth in whose Folilicl you have not figured through your esuitical organizations and always to the tense whatever at religion. It does not require that a person be a member of u.gly particular chureh in order to be eligible to Membership. What about your societies along this particular line? Can a Protestant become a member of them? Do you publish your purposes and principles to the world? It seems to me that, under the circumstances, you speak with very ill grace upon these questions. The A. P. A. is not forming regiments and Unu\vh\% to the rattle of musketry or drilling benind closed doors. How about the Clan-na-Gael? The A, P.A. 1s appealing to the American ballot and seeking to arouse American patriotism in solving the questions with which we are con- fronted. Now I presuma you thought you had scored a point when you so emphatically emphasized the following sentence, “It is governed by reachers, advised by preachers, represented y preachers, propagated by preachers, etc.” (referring to the A. P. A.), but it rebounds with tremendous force when the facts are carefully considered. There are hundreds of the very best lawyers, physicians and public speakers in the State members of the A. P. A. who are not preachers, but when asked to come to the front their one auswer is: “I am tully in ac- cord with the A.P.A.,but am afraid of the boyeott of the Roman Catholic church. would be ruined in my business by that crgan- ization if I came out publicly on this guestion, eic.” Preachers are the only ones whom you could not crush before the grinding wheels of your “boycott.” Isn’t the position rather ap- palling when good, true Americans are afraid 10 be true to their own convictions because of the boycott that you can order? Men do not thus fear because you preach religion pure and undefiled from your sanctuary; thereareother reasons, and the public is well aware of these Teasons. Alas! Mr. Yorke, a leopard cannot change its spots. You have been found out in this country and the people are not going_to sleep until the Roman Catholic church has been driven out of the politics of our land in so iar as she seeks to dominate and control to her own use & religio-political organization. Now for those awiul oaths, as published in your letter. Every person who is & member of ine A. P. A. (and they are numbered by tens of thousands in this State) knows that the ritual contains no such an oath as you published. Hence no one is hurt by your publicatio Why do you not publish the ritual as it : You have it. We cannot give it to the world, but would be very grateful to you if you would publish it. Publish it! We emphatically say by reiteration, Peter, publish it, and do not hang on to those old garbled oaths any longer, Now I presume you will want to bet $100 that you have published the oaths correctly. Well, that is a safe betting proposition from your particular standpoint. You know that it vould be necessary to introduce our ritual in dence before persons who are not members of our order in order to disprove your asser- ou know, furthermore, under our omething we cannot do. You can 00 that you would doubtless want to bet on the proposition. Just one word and I wiil conclude my part in this newspaper talk. Come out for America from an American standpoint. Show to the world that you have politics that can be pub- licly proclaimed and openly defended. 1 )it loyalty to our public sehools by sending ur children to them, to that extent that the | parochial schools will soon become a thing of Show us, among the | the past in this country. r X long list of Roman Catholic priests in this | land, a few who have at some time in their boy- hood life attended our public schools. This is my first and shall be my last letter upon this question. I understand most thor- oughly the position in which Mr. Yorke is placed. Isympathize with him. Hot shot has been pouringin so incessantly that his flock 1s beginning to flutter and beginning to scatter, and he bas been called upon by the Y. M. I to whistie in order that the courage of the “faith- ful”” may be kept up. Keep up the tune. Peter. Maybe you can save some of the “faithful.” No ‘intelligent person will for a moment think that you, in your sober judgment, can ever hope to hoodwink the public. Good-by. M. T. BREWER. i P NOT AN A. P. Rev. F. D, Bovard Not in Sympathy With the Fight Against Catholios. ALAMEDA, Car., Dec. 18.—The Rev. F. D. Bovard declined to take Rev. Father ( orke seriously when asked his opinion of that prelate’s severe strictures in yester- day's CALL. “I don’t think that I have mucn to say, nor see how I could have much to say in the way of argument or in the way of a reply. I might say mean and abusive things. Sam Jones once said that he did not like to be picked on by a buzzard, I might say something like that; but that sort of thing is not argument, and I don’t i A it. *I haven't said anything about Father Yorke nor discussed him in any way. don’t see why he is dragging me into this thing. My resolutions regarding the gambling feature of the Yorke-Ross contro- versy, introduced at the pastors’ meeting Monday night, treated Ross exactly as it did Yorke. Itputthem in the same cate- gory, and 1 think both are equally censur- able. Ido notapprove in any way of the attempt to settle a theological controversy by a bet. I think the principle is wrong and the example is bad. Besides, it will settle nothing in the end, and it will intensify animosities. “Father Yorke knows nothing about me, yet assumes to know everything, He takes it for granted that T am an A. P. A. ITam not one. I have no sympathy with the re- higious fight they are making against the Catholics. Catholics arenot to be hounded because of their religious velief. The Cath- olic church is the mother of Protestant- ism, as might be said, and it remains with the Protestants to prove that the offshoot is better than the parent. This [ think it has done, for Protestant countries produce a keener and superior ciyilization than Catholiccountries. There is, I believe, no exception to this rule. “I do not believe a great deal that1s said against the Catholics. I believe the better class of Catholics are perfectly untram- meled by their religion in_their political actions. But there 1s a feeling in all lanas and among all peoples that the church makes itself felt in political and civil af- fairs. This is fundamental, and results from the nature of the organization of the church. *‘Father Yorke seems to think that in my resolutions I arraigned him personally and Catholicism in general. If heread with any care he must have known better. He does not want to be fair or courteons, apparently. If he does be would know that he was not singied out. Perhaps I might roar back at bim in kind, but I won’t. Neither will I change my opinion on the advisability of settling a religious controversy by betting.”’ STAKES TO BE RUN. The California Jockey Club Ar- ranges Its Programme for the Next Meet. The California Jockey Club has at last fixed the dates for the running-off of the various stakes for the next meet. They are as follows: Thursday, December 26, the G. H. Mumm & Co. handicap, for all age: furlongs. Saturday, December 28, the Elmwood stakes, for two-year-olds, six furlongs. Wednesday, January 1, 1896, the Rose- monde stakes, for two-vear-olds, five and a half furlongs, and the Del Monte steeple- chase, about one and a half miles. Saturday,January 4, the Thornton stakes, four miles. Wednesday, January 8, the Palo Alto stakes, a handicap, for two-year-olds. There will be six races on Saturdays and ?olidays. On other days there will be but ive. The purses will range from $300 to $500. Stuke events for two and three year olds that are closed in 1895 but run in 189 will be run under the same weights as though run in 1895. Programmes for the first week will be announced on Saturday, December 21. ———e—— Some Valuable Affections. Vincent Fabris is suing Charles Dell Osso for $10,000 for alienating the affections of Mrs. Fabris from her lawful spouse. The two were married in January, 1891, and they lived to- gether until September, 1895, when Mrs, Fabris suea for & divorce on the ground of cruelty, There is gomething peculiar ir the events which have followed. W.W. Allen was Mrs, Fabris’ attorney in thedivorce proceedingsand Fabris appeared for himself. Mrs. Fabris se- cured her divorce. Now W. W. Allen appears as attorney for Fabris in his suit against the man charged with being the cause of the di- vorce. , 8ix enrichment and strenthening of the church. The A. P. A. is not a secret organization in the same sense in which your societies are secret. It is proclaiming from the platforms and through the press its principles, and has been for months and years. It announces that —————— OUR entire second floor, 50x170, is filled with framed pictures, easels, mirrors, lamps and onyx tables, selected especially for the holiday trade. The public cordially invited to see this exhibit, whether wishing to purchase or not. Oren evenings, Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 l(:.h it is & political organization. It makes no pre- 3 ket st. Show | Iron Rates From Pueblo Officially Denounced as Exorbitant. MUST BE MADE LOWER. Such Is the Decision of the Inter- state Commerce Com- mission. ; THE EFFECT OF THE RULING. It May Mean a General Reduction on All Rates Between Colorado and California. There is much more than appears on the surface in the decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the case of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company against the Southern Pacific Company and other carriers, relating to the legality of rates on steel rails and other iron and steel articles from Pueblo, Colo., to San Francisco. The complainant alleged that an unreasonable charge of $160 per 100 pounds was made on these articles, while the rates from the East were much less. - The commission decided that the rates complained of were unreasonable and un- just and ordered that the rates from Pueblo to San Francisco should not ex- ceed 45 cents per 100 pounds on steel rails and fastenings and 37} cents per 100 pounds on similar articles of iron, and that the rates shall never exceed 75 per cent of those charged on like traffic from Chicago to San Francisco. The important feature of the decision lies not in the rates fixed as just by the commission on the articles specified, but tence which virtually makes a general basis for the tixing of all freight rates, in- structing that those between Pueblo, which 1s a Colorado terminal point, and San Francisco, a California terminal point, shall never exceed 75 per cent of those charged on like traffic from Chicago to San Francisco. While the full text of this decision has not been received it is the opinion of those versed in railroad traffic affairs that the decision in all probability makes the 75 per cent basis apply to all freight between Colorado and California points, whether eastbound or westbound. In view of the fact that the distance be- tween San Francisco and Pueblois only something like 100 miles more than be- tween Chicago and Pueblo, the basis of rate-making fixed by the commission is considered by shippers as an eminently fair one to the carriers operating west of Colorado. At present the rate between Colorado and California, with but one solitary ex- ception, that for fifth-class freight, is in excess of this 75 per cent basis, while in one instence the eastbound rate on first- class freight is §1 20 per 100 pounds in ex- cess of the 75 per cent basis, or $24 per ton more than it should be according to the opinion of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission. This action of the Interstate Commerce Commission, it is claimed, means, in other words, that the Southern Pacific Company and its Colorado connections have been charging extortionate rates and that they must make reductions on all classes of freight ranging from 10 to 40 per cent. This reduction will signify much to the merchants ot San Francisco, for it will mean more than the simvle saving of freight money on the part of the shippers. Reduced rates on the basis fixed by the commission will mean that San Francisco merchants will have better opportunities for securing a part of the trade of Colorado that is now forced into the Chicago mar- ket by reason of the discriminative rates that prevail against San Francisco. Charles F. Smurr, general freight agent of the Southern Pacific Company, when asked what effect the commission’s de- cision was likely to have on rates as they now existed, said that he preferred not to discuss the matter until the full decision was received by mail. fraffic Manager W. B. Curtis of the Traffic Association, who watches most closely all railroad developments that might bave a tendency to permitan ex- | tension of San Francisco’s commercial re- lations, looks upon the decision as a most radical one and one that is likely to prove of direct benefit to local merchants. Speak- ing of the matter he said: p We would like to see, of course, rates from San Francisco to Colorado made the same as they are from Chicago to Colorado, the dis- tance being about the same. Information re- garding the decision of the Interstate Com- merce Commission is very meager, and it is not possible to tell just how far it is intended to apply the 75 per cent basis. It would not seem, however, that it would willfully select one item and rule that upon that item alone rates should be 75 per cent of the Chicago- San Francisco rate. It does not appear to me to be consistent that they would do so. As showlng what a general application of the 75 per cent basis would mean, M; —_—_— NEW TO-DAY. The POPE The ZOLIAN On the 10th of last June Pope Leo heard the Aeolian, and a few days later bought one to be placed in the Vatican. Any one can play it in a few days. But don’t think because it is so easy to play that it's a music-box or an orchestrion, Itisn’t. It's what Arditi calls “one of the greatest inventions of the century.” You can hear it at KOHLER & CHASE, 26-30 O’FARRELL ST. OPEN EVENINGS TILL XMAS. A NEW MENACE TO THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC, in that comprehensive concluding sen- | Curtis submitted the following compara- tive tables: PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE BATES IN CENTS PER 100 LBS, DENVER TO SAN FEANCISCO. Class. 1 2 3 4 6 A B C D E Denver 80 to 5. F.300 260 200 175 160 140 120 95 85 Chicago 95 3 to 8. F.240 215 200 170 165 160 110 100 100 75 per ct. of same.180 160 160 130 125 120 85 76 75 SAN FRANCISCO TO DENVEE. gCs= 1 2 3 a5 A B CD Denver..300 260 190 165 130 140 120 95 85 8. F, o Chicago..340 300 240 190 170 175 155 120 105 85 75 per ct. ©of same.255 225 180 145 130 130 116 90 80 70 In order to show more clearly the further disadvantages San Francisco is now under as compared with Chicago in competing for Colorado business, the fol- lowing table of rates between Chicago and Denver is given: BATES BETWEEN CHICAGO AND DENVER PER 100 res. E 80 Class. 1 2 3 4 5 ABC D E Rate.. -220 185 145 112 92 10782 67 58% 51 Continuing, Mr. Curtis said: Rates from San Francisco to Denver, or vice versa, made on the basis of 75 per cent of the through rate from Chicago to San Francisco, would not, from my point of view, be con- sistent as a class-rate proposition. A better basis would be to make the same rates from San Francisco to Denver, and vice versa, as pre- Vfl from Chicago to Denver, and vice versa. I shall look for the full text of the commis- sion’s decision with a great deal of interest, as it may have a most important infiuence on the commerce of Sen Francisco. INSURANCE CHANGES. The New .Compact Cannot Agree on a System of Agents’ Compensation. New Appointments. The new Pacific Insurance Union held an adjourned meeting yesterday and took up the question of compensation for agents. Though no conclusion was reached as the result of the insurance men’s deliberations the discussion showed that anything like the old-time feeling on that question had practically disappeared. At least it was apparent, as an_under- writer stated after the meeting had ad- journed, that feeling over compensation of agents had been chastened to a remark- able degree by the experience of the recent rate war. The only difference was between general managers who received salaries and the others paid on commission. And yet there was no sparring with words as at former gatherings of the insurance men— rather the prevailing sentiment was in favor of adopting a system satisfactory to all concerned, so that rates may be ad- vanced to their previous standard and maintained there. The discussion was continued till to-day. Cesar Bertheau was appointed yesterday to the office of general manager of the Fire Association of Philadelphia in place of Manager Beck, who will go to Chicago as as assistant chief of the association’s office in that city. Mr. Bertheau will have con- trol of California, Arizona and Nevada, while the Pacific Coast fieid will be dividea for the first time, Montana, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming going to the Chicago office and Oregon and Washington to F. J. Alec Mayer, a new general manager at Port- land. “This splitting up of the field isa matter that interests all the Pacific Coast general _managers, whoe up to now have ad their headquartersin San Francisco. The Fire Association offices on_Pine street will be taken by the Norwich Union Company, which has just been placed in the hands of Wiiliam H. Lowden. HONORED MISS GASSMAN The California Soubrette Made an Hon- orary Member by the Theatrical Mechanics’ Association. Quite a unique honor was bestowed on Miss Josephine Gassman, a San Francisco girl who has won more than a local repu- tation as a soubrette. She was last night made an honorary member of the The- atrical Mechanics’ Association of America. Only three other ladies have been com- plimented in this way. They are Mme. Rhea, Lydia Yeamans Titus and Miss Tillie Morrissey, all of whom have been | known as “good fellows” of the first water. | H. Coulter Brinker and Charles Swain | were elected honorary members at the | same time. They will all be made to ride | the goat January 2, and special arrange- ments are being made to insure the candi- dates an interesting time. ——————— Folster Was Innocent. J. F. Folster, the proprietor of a shooting gallery, who was charged with passing coun- terfeit money on his customers by persons who, it developed, had been formerly employed | by him, was taken before United States Com- | missioner Heacock yesterday. Commissioner | Heacock discharged him because there was no evidence to convict. It appeared that the complaining witnesses had probably been prompied by motives of spite in trumping up the charge. Folster is familiarly known by the nickuame of “Minnesota Harry." ————— ByroN Weston Ledger in our No. 1 ledger, journal, cash books, etc. Mysell-Rollins Com- | pany, 22 Clay stre - DURRANT IS DISCHARGED His Name Stricken From the Rolls of the Signal Corps With Dishonor. On Recommendation of the Corps’ Com« mander General Warfield Issues the Order. Theodore Durrant, under sentence of death for the murder of Blanche Lamont, has been dishonorably discharged from the Signal Corps of the Second Brigade of the National Guard. In general orders, No. 9, issued by the adjutant-veneral. dated December 17, General Warfield dispenses with Durrant’s services to the State in the following language: Musician W. T. ed of felony in a civil ifornia, is hereby dishonorably discharged from the service of the State of California. This action was taken in consequence of official notice sent to General Warfield by Captain Boardman of the Signal Corps of the fact of conviction, in accordance with the section of the Civil Code which pre- scribes that any member of the National Guard convicted of felony shall be dis- honorably discharged. The members of the Signal Corps have been notably loyal to their former com- rade ever since his arrest. A number of them have stoutly maintained that he was innocent and one or two have rendered him assistance in the case. Many of them visited him while in jail. None of the members would consent to give out any information that would tend to hurt him, refusing simply and firmly to talk to peo- ple seeking evidence a-ainst him. Now that he has been convicted they feel that for the honor of the corps Durrant must be dropped from the roll, and so the notifi- cation was sent to the commander of the brigade. §pirit Tax Increa At the office of Internal Revenue Collector Welburn it was learned yesterday that the ine crease iu the spirit tax alone, paid during Sep- tember, October, November, and up to Decem- ber 17, this year, was £327,461 50 over the receipts from this source for the four corre- sponding months of last year. —————— An 01d Man Missing. Philip Keyser, 65 years of age, came to the City from San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, Sunday night, and was last seen Monday morn- ing under the influence of liguor. His friends have asked the police to find him. * NEW TO-DAY. CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS EVERYWHERE ST THE MORNING HOURS are the best for your pur= chasing these days. afternoon rush of Holiday buyers. You then avoid the inevitable The store is twice as large as it was last year and the attractions twice as great and of course the visitors twice as many. What to Get _ For Boys. Soldier Suits, Police Suits, Sailor Suits, Firemen Suits, Iron Coal Carts, Iron Fire Engines, Iron Hose Carts, Iron Delivery Wagons, Iron Hook and Ladders, Iron Mule and Cart, Iron Engines and Cars, Iron Combination Banks, Iron Mechanical Banks, Farmyards, Garden Sets, Tin Wagons, Tin Boats, Tin Horses, Tin Fire Engines, _Tin Firemen, Tin Mechanical Racetrack, Steam Engines, Steamboats, Lead Soldiers, Gas ical T y Musical Tops e Footballs, Celluloid Balls, ‘Worsted Balls, Rubber Elephants, Rubber Cats, Rubber Horses, Rubber Sheep, Jingle Reins, Sailboats, Toy Pistols, _ Toy Guns, Swords, ‘Writing Desks, b ‘Whips, Tool Chests, THobby Horses, Ten Pins, Magic Lantern: Blackboards, Printing Presses, Horns, Harmonicas, Iron Wagons, Musical 'oys, Climbing Monkeys. Come and See Santa Claus. What to Get For Ladies. Some suggestions we would make. Same ideas and Christmas presents that are at once acceptable and useful to ladies. Gloves, Handkerchiefs, : Atomizers, Glove Boxes, Jewel Cases, ‘Work Boxes, Vases,’ Calendars, Albums, Fancy Collars and Yokes, Fancy Hair Combs, Pin Cushions, Toilet Sets, Purses, Bisque Figures, Dress Patterns, Jet Yokes, Stationery, Silk Tidies, ureau Sets, China Plaques, Sofa Cushions, Feather Boas, Head Rests, Fancy Aprons, inen Table Sets, Lace Curtains, Napkins, Portieros, Table Covery, Eiderdown Comforters, A Glove Order, Table Cloths, California Blankets, Santa Claus drives to San Jose Saturday. Will be here again Monday. What to Get For Girls. Baby Dolls, Indian Dolls, Boy Dolls, Jap Dolls, Rubber Dolls, Doll Pianos, Unbreakable Dolls, Doll Hammocks, Doll Dishes, Doll Trunks, . Doll Bureaus, Doll Desks, Doll Washstands, Doll Dressing Sets, Doll Bonnets, Doll Hats, Doll Fans, Doll Tollet Sets, Bottles, s, Hat Pins, Doll Watches, Doll Bracelets, Doll Slippers, Doll Hose, Doll Nursin; Doll W Dol Doll Heads, Doll Bodies, Doll Houses, Doll Sacques, Doll Booties, Doll Arm: Doll Furniture, Doll Necklaces, Atomizers, Manicure Set: s, School Bags, Toilet Sets, ‘Writing Paper, Tricycles, Sewing-Machines, Tin Kitche: 5 o toves, Xmas Cards, Handkerchiefs, Button Hooks, Collarettes, Building Blocks, Gloves. Doll Beds, Chairs, Telephone orders if you can’t come. : HALE BROS., NCORPORATED b 937, 939, 941, 043, 945 Market Street. USEFUL PRESENTS JUST RECEIVED From A. H. ANDREWS & ©0., Chicago, BANKRUPT STOCK. Office and Library Desks and Chairs, y Piano and Stenographers’ Chairs, Glohes, Maps, Blackboards, Ete., Ete. ALSU—CLOSING-OUT SALE OF ANDREWS’ FOLDING-BEDS. Open Evenings until Christmas. C. F. WEBER & CO., EEE—————— | 300 to 306 Post St., Cor. Stockton. Christmas Presents BIG REDUCTIONS —on— JACKETS, CAPES, - FURS AND FEATHER BOAS ! 50 per ce;»isconnt FUR, CAPES! © Speoial Careto Gountry Orders. ARMAND GAILLEAU, Carve that trademark into your memo; and you will always have right shirts at the right prices— STANDARD SHIRTS—White and Percale. 46-48 Geary Street. Corner Grant Avenue. Neustadter Bros., Mirs., §. F.