The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 20, 1895, Page 15

HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1895 e i e A THE RN IRNRE ReGR P e o . o v B o FATHER YCRKE REPLIES T3 G. A, HUBBARD. | diocese of San Francisco and rector of the Cathed- Denies the A' P. A' versu)n | ™24 Savthes state that T am familiar with the hs- of the Oath Taken | with its rittial, and that the oath entitied *Priests’ | Oath” forms no part of that ritual, is opposed to its teachings, and is not and never has been taken by | tory of the Gatholic church, with its teachings and by Priests. FORGERY IS CHARGED. Affidavits From Prominent Cath- | olic Clergymen Are Submitted. DR. BOVARD AND THE BAPTISTS. The Monitor Replies to Major Sherman. Dr. French and Father Ferguson. The Rev. Father Yorke makes the fol- lowing reply to the letter of G. A. Hub- bard of the American Protective Associ tion published in THE CALL yesterday : December, 19, 1895. To the Editor of the Call—DEAR SIR: I issue of this morning G. A. Hubbard pun certain oaths which he cl s and Jesuits. Th idently to of ard admits when he sa. on of the cath G. A. Hu “We are not averse 10 the pub! A.P. A. oaths, in fact we pre should be given to the public. The two oaths which Mr. I for publication are good specimens of current | A. P. A. literaturc. They have been kept | Standing for montbs in the A. P. A. papers, and they have been circulated as handbills to | frighten the credulous. No words of mine could describe more vividly than does the pro- duction of these documents the mental and | morel bankruptey of the A. P. A. When Ide- scribed that sociéty as engaged in a campaign | of slander and forgery, many thought that my | Janguage Was 100 sirong. Here now is my justification and out of the mouths of the | chiefs of the A. P. A. s | To engage in a serious refutation of these | oaths may seem 1o you, Mr. Editor, a waste of time. You yourseli, if I mistake not, have not considered yoursclf dishonored by the friend- ship of priests—aye, even of Jesuit priests. Wen I call to your recollection the venerable and kindly men who in San Francisco, in Santa Clara, in Sen Jose, have for nigh fifty years trained generation after gemeration of our youth 10 manliness and e. Ineed not ask you what you think of th esuits’ oath.” as he goes along the onder bent and strong _men, When 1 poiut out to yo street on his errand of m white-haired figure, whom Protestant as well as Catholic, salute to-day as respectfully and greet as lovingly as they did thirty years ago.when they were boys, can L do such outrage to human nature as 1o SuUgg he has sworn & diabolical oath to ‘‘hang, waste, boil, flay, strangle and bu ’ those who differ from him in religious h aliv belie When s few winters ago want and misery lay heavy upon this City and early in the morning a long procession of the unemployed streamed by the doors of St. Ignatius, and received each man his dai tion of nativ cup, g leaden bullet? you, 10 me & such questions the e poinard, th Mr. is humiliati or, to 10 sug and on the eve of 10 every decen American ci in a1 twent je no doubt that there are ve in the authententicity of wise tne A. P. A. would not | hem so wideiy nor paraded Indeed, if I mistake not looks upon them as its Here, it _cries, are the veri- of the priests’ and of the here ¢ e Who bel oaths, ot D b is the sole and sufficient e A.P. A s. the great American people the credit such The American people es not wish to con- American people d is not willing 1s_ideas that they tary principles of morality snong the most barbarous tri this age of universal en- 1 person can believe that grest nurch could have pro- fessed 1o give license to sin. Catholic the- uld be too well known for any one to ailow scts against the divine The teaching of our very cate- chism is 100 clear to permit such & delusion 10 exist. For no spiritual -or temporal good | can we connive at evil. 1f to-morrow the most | triviel lie would essure the salvation of every soulin San Frencisco, Catholic theology de- clares thet such & lie would not be lawful Yet here we are held up in s great San Fran. cisco daily as conniving not only &t rank trea- son, but &t every atrocity which the devil could suggest to his dupes. | Yet these oaths would not be published with such shouts of triumph if there were not some 10 believe them true. For the sake of those, whom I hope are few, I have tried during this short day to muster such evidence as I could 10 show the real nature of the documents and to demonstrate to the public of San Francisco | the fraud and forgery of the organization | which is responsibie for their concoction and | divulgation. In the beginning let me say, Mr. Editor, that the man who atlempts to prove & Negative un- dertakes a difficult task. Any one may come | before the public end accuse me of all the crimes in the calendar, and though perfectly | innocent I may not be able to disprove his charges. Happily, however, in such & case the common-sense of the civil law provides a rem- edy. It stipulates that my assailant must prove his assertions or else it punishes him. Whens | charge, however, 1s brought against a body of men it sppears there is no redress, and if the | Ppriests or the Jesuits undertake to disprove the authenticity of such oaths as‘those the A. P. A. prints they are compelled to do so outside the | gourts and without the protection of the civil avw. Yet, with all these disadvantages, I hope to be able to make plain to the people of San | Francisco the defamatory and ealumnious char- acter of these oaths ascribed to the priests and 10 the Jesuits, I call as witnesses two men whose lives have beew spent in this City, and | ageinst whose character not even the de- giaded hirelings of intolerance can raise their rancorous notes. The Very Rey. John J. Pren- dergast is the Vicar-General of this archdiocese, end therefore the chief priest in San Francisco. The Very Rev. Henry Imoda,S. J., is the superior of the Jesuit order on this Coast, and therefore competent to bear witness as to what the Jesuits believeand do. Theseare the witnesses | T bring before the American public, and their testimony, given not as hearsay or as matter of belief, but’ sworn to under oath and concern- ing matters of iact, I lay before the people of this City and of the State of California. This morning T addressed the following leiter to Father Prendergast: SAN FRANCISCO, December 19, 1885. Very Rev. and Dear Father Prendergast: In the San Francisco CALL of this date there appears a letter signed by one G. A. Hubbard. In that letter he publishes a copy of what he calls the “Priesis’ Oath” and states that this oa h is taken by priests. I wish vou would read the oath carefully through. You know better than I do that this screed calls for Do serious refutatign: still as it has been published in a daily paper of large ulation, and as it has | been read by many, it may be well for you as the | chief priest in this diocese to make aflidavit as to the truth or falsity of the said osth. Yours truly, P C. YORKE. In reply to this letter I received from Father Prendergest the following sworn statement: STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CrTy AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, } - J. J. Prendergast, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: I have read in the San Franclsco CALL of this date an slleged 0ath entitled “Priests’ Oath,” pur. porLing to be taken by the priests of the Roman Catholic chareh. 1 further depose and say that T was ordained in the month of June, 1859, and that I have been at- wached us a secular priest to the arch-diocese of San Francisco from that date until the present; that I | occupy the position of Vicar-General in the arch- er that they | jubbard selected | § | course | Liar on the 2acific Coast.” priests of the Roman Catholic church. As 10 the alleged oath entitled “Extreme Oath of | the Jesuits,” I know and declare tha: said_oath is not, and never has been, administered to members of the Jesuit order, and that any one who would take or administer such an oath would be violating the laws of the Cathoiic church, woald burden his conscience with sin and would be rendered unfit to exercig® his ministry or to receive the sacraments, J. J. PRENDERGAST, V. G. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19 th day of December, A. D. 1895. [Seal.) CHARLES T. STANLEY, Notary Public in and for the City and County of San Francisco, State of California. Iaiso wrote to Very Rev. Father Imoda as follows: SaN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19, 1895, Very Rev. Father Imoda, Superior of the Society of Jesus—VERY REV. AND DEAR FATHER: Here with I send you an edition of ‘the San Francisco MORNING CALL 0f this date containing an ailesed copy of an oath Tepresented by one G. A. Hubbard to be a correct copy of an oath taken by members of the Jesuit Order. Of course, I know of my own dge that the oath is a forgery from begin- end, and never hus been and never could be administered to or taken by any member of the Catholic chure I do not think that any American possessed of ordinary intelligence believes in the genuineness of the ged oath. However, as the forgery has been published in a paper of wide circulai think it well for you, as the Superior of the of Jesus on the Pacific Coast, to notice the sa and give it an emphatic denial under oath. Yours truly. PETER C. YORKE. This is Father Imoda’s sworn reply: STATE OF CALIFORNIA, e CI1TY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. [ Henry Imoda, being duly sworn, deposes and suys: 1 have read in the San Francisco CALL of thi date co) f led, “Extreme Oat d by one G. A. Hub- bard (0 be an oath administered to and taken by members of the Jesuit orde; was educated in a Je: college; T was ceived into the Jesuit order, more properly calle v of Jesus, at the age of eighteen (18 I was ordained a priest in said order on L 8th) day of Ap I have by continuously s st. 1 am (horo; 1860. familiar with the sus 50 called. 1 know snd most solemnly declare that said al- leged oath is a fors 1 know that said oath never has been or never could be admi any member of the Jesuit order. The dec and sentiments 1 contained and utterly vith (he te.cnings order, the teachings of the Catholic chur chings of natural law. ported oath and oaths of similar import n for two centuries past circuiated with L arges against the Jesuit order, and the falsity of the same has been repeatedly proven. HENRY IMODA, S, Superintendent of the Jesuits in California. Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this 19th day of December, A. D. :895. [Seal.] CHARLES T. STANLEY, Notar; or the City and County of San Fri ate of Californ 1 do not imagine that arything more would be required to convince even the most preju- diced of the utter falsity of the oaths ascribed both to priests and to Jesuits. However, I thought it well to call in a third party and one who is familiar with every diocese in America. The Paulists’ community has lately settied i an Francisco. Its members by reason of their labors know the condition of every in the Union. The superior is a Puritan of the Puritans, a convert lo catnolicism. I thought it well to call him, too, into court, and to have him declare his opinion on the matter in question. and the SAN FR 0, December 19, 1895. | Very Reverend Futher Wyman, C. 8. P.—VERY REVEREND AND DEAR FATHER! Please rend al- he San Fran- Priest’s Oath” leed oaths printed and pubished in ©isco CALL OF this date entiled the and “Extreme Oath of the Jesuits.” As the superior on the Pacific Coast of an organi- | founde: ca, and for the id'state under ness or, falsity fair-hinded zation of prie in Ame; needs of America, 1 wish you wo oath your opinion as to thé genu said oaths, not that I imagine th ricans réquire any other proof than the in:er- ! improbability of the oaths themselves, but (hi we may adict with all the authority possible these forgeries in the paper in which they were published. Yours truly, Px This is Father Wyman’s repl. STATE OF CALIFORNTA. CITY AND COUNTY OF SA 1, Henry H. Wyman, b and say: That | ha CALL of this date a lette in whicl An 1 1g duly sworn, depose nthe San Francisco v G. A. Hubbard, alleged oaths, and the other entitied “Exireme (ath of the Jesuits.” 1 depose and say that 1 was ordained a priest of of March, 1876, the Catholic church on the Sth as said ordinatiol uent, did I ta given by G. A. Hubbard and Oatb” or “Lxtreme Oath of the Jesuits” or any other oath. 1 have autended and have s d at many ordinations of Catholic 8is and never heard such v up est100d, ad every sentenc, & forgery: that neither of cver could be eanctioned by the nurch, its priesthood or any order of its priest- hood. I further state concerning said oaths that they are well-known forgeries, which have been ex- posed many times; that the sentiments contained in them are opposed 10 the known teachings of the Jesuits and of the Catholic churs s H RY WYMAN, Superior of the Paulist Community in California. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 19th day of December, A. D. 1895. [Seal. | CHARLES T. STANLEY, otary Public in and for the City and County of San Francisco, State of California. 1assure you Mr. Editor, that it is with deep pain and humiiiation that I publish this cor- respondence and these affiaavits. It isa scan- dal and a shame that men who since the in- fancy of this City have devoted themselves to works of beneficence and philanthropy should be compelled to come before the public and deny every calumny which unnaturaiized and characterfess adventurers may circulate egainst them. Yet because the press of San Franci has been too cowardly to speak out in its own name for truth aud justice this thing must be. 1t is a sad commentary on our boasted civiliza- tion that such a letter as this should be neces- sary in a civilized community, among a Chris- tian people and under the sters and stripes. * ‘These testimonies should be sufficient, Mr. Editor, to convict G. A. Hubbard of forgery but I have more direct and more cogent proof. With a great parade of learning he appealed to his authorities. The first of them was Dow- ling’s History of Romanism I send you that book. Iask you toexamine it from cover to cover—“new and enlarged edi- tion” though it is—and tell me if it contains the faintest vestige of the so-called ‘‘priest’s oath.” Mr. Hubbard and his associates have appealed to_ the dry bonesof the anti-popery ranters of the first”half of the century, and though_these bones rattle and join and come forward with their ghastly testimony, ason the night in Caiphas’ hall, their testimonies do not agree. Look on page 605 and see the alleged Jesuit’s oath and compare it with the one given by G. A. Hubbard. Submit the book to the exami- neation of any one who cares to visit your office that men may see for themselves the value of Hubbard’s references. Dowling’s oath is, of but 1t is & forgery in embryo. 1t too ssociated genius of the A. P. A. to add the accumulated horrors of burning, boil- ing, burying, poisoniag, strangling and poniarding. I will leave the book with you for the remainder of this week, so that men may have an opportunity of seeing with their eyes the growth of forgery ard of studying at short range the evolution of slander and cai- umny. The references given by Mr. Hubbard to Catholic authorities are as fallacious as his reference to the men of his own kidney. If he could not quote an anti-Papist orator like Dowling correctly, how can he quote a priest faithfully? I have telegraphed to Father Phe- an and hope to have a reply to-morrow, when I expect, with your kind permission, to pay my respectsin a postseript to the Rev. 3r. Bovard of the punch-bowl and to the not-rey- erend M. T. Brewer of the A. P. A. oath. Yours truly, . C. YORKE. SHERMAN AND THE “MONITOR.” That the ach The Catholic Newspaper Says Mejor Misquoted It. The Monitor takes Major A. E. Sher- man to task for misquoting it when he stated in a published interview in Tue CaLL yesterday that the Catholic publica- tion gave him the title of ‘“Ihe Greatest Upon_the is- sue in question the Monitor Publishing Company submits the following: To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—-DEAR Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Royal Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE en | r ordination as a | With this letter | | | | | ed in | story of the Jesuits, or the Society of | 0f S1m: In an interview published in your paper of this day Major E. A. Sherman staies that, the Monitor, in & recent issue, called him “the greatest’ liar on the Pacific Coast.” In answer %o this charge, we copy out each and every reference to Major E. A. Sherman which we published during the current year. It may be possible that a few such references may have escaped us, but we have made as diligent search as the time at our disposal would allow. We give the extracts in chronological order. The Monitor of March 16, 1895, printed the following: LIKE PATHER LTKE SON. The young man named Sherman who lately wiggled out of @ libel suit {8 a beautiful specimen of heredity. Sherman made sundry slanderous charges against Oakland's Chief of Foiice, and when the Chief had him arrested he crawled out of all responsibility on & technicality. We are not surprised at the conduct of this particular Sher- man. What is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh. and Sherman Jr., the son of Sherman Sr., has for hi: father one of the most ignorant bigots and conscienceless liars on the whole Pacific Coast, from the Yukon to Tierra del Fuego. Major Sierman, as he calls himself, is one of those barnacies that encrust the oflicial chairs of the secret societies. He is a thirty-third degree Mason and an American eazle in the A. P. A. No one knows how many other societies he infests to the disgust of the ordinary members who have been_compelled to sit out his interminable cachin- nation. This s the same Sherman who some Years ago was gullty of a mest vile attack on the memory of thesaintéd Archbishop Alemany, Afraid 1o say what he had to say to the pubiic this aefiler of the graves of the dead took refuge in the secret | conclave of the Knights iemplar and gave utter- | Ance 10 such outrageons sentiments that the com- maundery was compelled in common decency to represent Sherman’s remarks by stars in the printed report. T is the same Sherman who 18 now engaged in printing in the A. P. A. rag a cock and bull story #bout a wonderful document which he says he received from a South American ireemason. This document is that ancient screed known as the “Monita Secreta” of the Jesuits. It has been tramping round the world for the ast two hupdred vears like Japhet in search of & father and has found no one to assume the responsibiilty of its existence. Now comes Sherman Sr. \'_llth the foundiing, sponsored by the A. P. A. We hope Sherman will continue to print it. Thi was_a pretiy little lawsuit over it in Canada and the Jesnits in San Francisco will not be worth their salt if they do not put sherman Sr. where he will not escape so easily as Sherman Jr. Young Sherman naturally follows in old Sher- man’s footsteps. The old barnacle attaches him- seif to societies for men: the young barnacle at- taches himself to societies for boys. . The miscalled stian Endeavor acknowledges him , and he gayly boasts that he can throw onious sissies to whatever e him patronage. of the mental caliber of | sopcould become any Kind apaign. It shows the preacher has With an A. P. A, in disgraced enough al- ared the utter indig- bigots of the f a fact the retrogr: on an A the Sherman breed. On October 19 the Monitor sald: What pleasant and harmless people are the riots.” There Is that old barnacie on secret sociecies, Major Sherman, whose delight In draw- g dues is only second to his delight in denouncing the Pope. Sunday before last he was at the Metro- politan Temple, and thera he “advised an organi- zation of minutemen, and that every household should have a repeater in I, for an unforeseen emergency that might arrive.”’ And this is Ameri- ca and the nineteenth century ! On the same date: Some time ago we said that if the Christian En- deavor Society continued making incursions into politics there wonld soon be no Christian Endeavor Society. Our prophecy 13 in the process of fulfill- ment even Cbristian ndeavor so- d 1o withdraw from the is ali about the son of rated secret society he Endeavor calls him another “a sort of be. 1t would appear d the Endeavorers up Lo the ne are long—in the d laughed nen c are re- tant und would retire g for they must. o i, however, will not give up and seven nches threaten to secede if his policy is not repudiated. A perusal of these articles will satisfy any one that Major Sherman’s statement is criti- caily incorréct. As the nearest approach to his quotation is to be found in the Monitor of March 16, it is rather misieading to assert that it was in a recent issue. We hope that in justice to the Monitor you will find space for tips of the mire of po; | this communication. PUBLISHING COMPANY. By P. O'R. DR. FRENCH AND FATEER FERGUSON. THE MONITOR The Physician Replies to the Priest Regard- ing the Magdalen Asylum, Dr. H. C. French makes the following reply to Rev. Father Ferguson, who took exception to certain remarks made by the former in regard to the Magdalen Asylum at a recent meeting in Metropolitan Hal To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—Sr: In Wednesda; "ALL Priest Ferguson accuses the writer of ihe heinous crimes of being out of business and of *“trying o down Catholics.” | The classic language in which he clothes his | quested to present the cl | Inst cliarge does not make its meaning clear to the mind of one who respects as_profoundly the personal and religious rights of a Catholic as those of & non-Catholie. The key to the true animus of this platform thrust may be found in his allusion to the Magdalen Asylum. A few weeks ago your ecorrespondent, being re- ms of the Home for Girls, situated at 26 Hill street, at a public meeting heid at Metropotitan Temple, said that the Magdalen Asylum did not claim to be a reformatory institution in the sense in which the home on Hill street was. The fact was emphasized that the object of home was the findiug and rescuing of girls before they had utterly fallen, saving them, if pe , upon the very brink of social ruin | £nd restoring them to socfety through itssocial and religious influences. Ailusion was then made to the fact that the Magdalen Asylum had received State aid of $15 per capita for commitments to its care, amounting in_ all to an average of more than eight hunared (800) doliars per month. I then contrasted the re- sults to the beneficiaries of the two institutions in morals attained and spoke of the higher cleims of the home upon the beneficence of the pubiic on nccount of its preventive scope of action, and this has been characterized as an *effort to down Catholics.” Subsequent investigation shows by the rec- ords that this appropriation of public funds has been in vogue {or more than twenty years, After the establishment of the Whittier Scheol the amount was slightly reduced for awhile, but the average sum has not been materially changed, and the people of all religious faiths have been taxed since its foundation to the amount of about $250,000. In none of the ccords can we find evidence of any such sub- y in tavor of the Sulvation Army Rescue Home at Beulah, which shows a sound con. version of 60 per cent of its magdalens to r ligion; to a pure lite and to houorable citize siiip the reformation of another 20 per cent; and of the incorrigibles, some have an awak- ened conscience which leads them to utter the wish that they had never had their sinful lives contrasted with the heavenly atmosphere of the home. While she Whittier and Industrial schools were required by law to produce periodical and complete reports upon the result of these public investments upon the public morals no such requirement seems to have been laid upon the Magdalen Asylum. In the light of these facts in relation to our State and City govern- ment does not this puerile cry about “down- ing Catholies” sink into insignificance in the public mind when compared with the greater question as 1o how we may lift up fallen women 0 an Almighty Savior? Haves C. FRENCH,M.D. CLAIMS Of THE BAPTISTS. J. @ Lawson Replies to a Statement of Rev, Dr. Bovard, J. G. Lawson of San Jose writes to cor- rect a statement made by Rev. Dr. Bovard of Alameda in an interview, published in THE CALL yesterday. His letter is as fol- 10Ws: th 46 PLEASANT ST., 8AN JosE, Cel., Dec. 19, 1895. Editor Call—DEAR SIR: Will you allow me a little corner in your paper in which to express a feeling held by Baptists in common regard- ing a statement made by Dr. Bovard and pub. lished in to-day’s CALL. Dr. Bovard stated that the Catholic church is the mother of all the Protestant churches. Unintentionally, no doubt, this statement tramples upon feelings and & history of which' the Baptist churches are justly proud, as they claim that their or- dination and fundamental principles have been handed down through an unbroken line of French Protestants and other Christians, who have at all times since her organization b,een lfln:a from and persecuted by the Roman church. As your paper has such a wide circulation among Christian people, we are anxious to have this statement published as an act of justice to our denomination. Yours, respect- Tully, z J. G. LAWSON. Office draughts don’t bother wearer of Jaros Hygienic Underwear. He is protected from climatic changes. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg. st.* —————————— A Shakespearean Recital. This evening at 8 o’clock Benjamin C. Chapin of New York, the dramatic interpreter and im- personator, will appear, for the first iime in San Francisco, at the Young Men's Christian Association Auditorium, Mason and Ellis treets, when he will give by special request The Merchent of Venice.” Jaros Hygienic Underwear for ladies, for gen- tlemen, for children, for all places, all the year. Morgan Brothers, 229 Montg. st. " JEALOUSY AND REVENGE, The Motives That Prompted George A. Craig to Com- mit Arson. IS ARRESTED AND CONFESSES, He Wanted to Burn Up His Fur- niture and His Divorced Wife and Her Husband. Actuated by feelings of jealousy and re- venge, George A. Craig admits that he set fire at an early hour yesterday morning to the dwelling occupied by his divorced wife and her husband at 16 Bernice street, Potrero. The alarm was rung from box 79 at 3:24 o’clock. The fire started in the basement of 16 Bernice street, a two-story frame building, owned by Jobn Ryan. The first floor was occupied by Joseph Casey and the top floor by Ryan. The flames spread to the one-story frame dwelling, No. 18, owned and occupied by L. Murpny, and to the two-story frame dwelling, No. 14, owned and occupied by Mrs. K. Latch. The loss to Ryan's building and contents is $1100; to Murphy’s building and contents, $250, and to Mrs. Latch’s building, $150. The cause of the fire was at first at- tributed to an overheated chimney, but it was subsequently learned that it was a case of incendiarism. District Engineer Fernandez, after returning from the fire, went to a restaurant on Ninth street, near Market, for a cup of coffee. While there Fred Starr, the waiter told him that about half-past 2 o’ciock a man_ came into the restaurant and ordered coffee and cakes. When he was paying his check the man asked Starr if he had any gasoline or coal oil that he could give him. Starr replied in the negative and asked the man what he wanted it for. I have a friend,” said the man, “who George A. Craig. drugged me and got me sent to the insane asylum. T have just got out and find that | man is living with my wife. I paid $600 for my furniture and that man is using it. 1 tried to burn the house where they are liviang, but failed, and now I want to get some gasoline and set the house on fire. I am sure to get seven years for1t in the enitentiary, but I don’t care. I have en waiting for this.” The man lett the restaurant and Starr watched him going in the direction of the Potrero. Fernandez at once informed Fire Marshbal Towe of what Starr had told him and gave him a description of the man. The Fire Marshal consulted Chief Crow- ley and Detective Crockett was detailed on | the case. They at once drove out to tae Potrero. With the help of Lieutenant Bennett they found Mrs. Casey and ascer- tained from her that she had been di- vorced from Craiz, who was working at the Atlas Iron Works, on the corner of Napa and Louisiana streets. The descrip- tion of Craig given by her tallied with that of the man given by Starr, the waiter. At the works they learned that Craig had been working that morning, and had | gone to his dinner at the Nevada lodging- house, 501 Napa street, where he lived. Just as Craig was leaving the house, De- tective Crockett placed him under arrest on the charge of arson. Craig did not deny the charge, and vol- untarily wrote and signed the following statement, which is given verbatim: December 19, 1885, 1, George A. Craig, do with L own free will £ to Twelith and Harrison streets to see if [ could find out how an enemy of mine was treating my own child with no intention of doing anything wrong, about 11 p. M. and get- ting into the basement I was on watch for half hour and being half drunk forgot myself and looking around for something disappeared. I got hold of a piece of paper putting it into a trunk. I then puta match to it leaving and then coming back at 12:30 A. M. to sceif it had taken effect. Not thinking it satisfactory I then went and got 20 cents o? whisky, coming back and then putting it into the trunk and then going away and coming back at 2:30 A. Not seeing that took effect I then went off and got some conl oil, and then coming back at4 A. ., finding the firemen there I thought it was time toget. My cause for doing this deed is the simple reason for their getting me to sign my home over to them when I was temporary insane. I make this statement of my own iree will with the hope of any reward. G. A. CRAIG. M. LINDHEIMER, CHAS. TOwE, ClAS. CROCKETT, Witnesses. The officers found evidence to corroborate Craig’s statement. In the pocket of his coat wasa lot of tapers and the sieeve of the coat was covered with coal oil. They also got a bottle which Craig filled with coal oil at the Atlas works, where he was seen by two men. Craig is a simple-minded sort of a fellow. He is a native of Scotland, 31 years of age and came here in 1886. In 1890 he meta Foung woman from the same shire in Scot- and and they were married. Two children were porn to them, but onedied. The mar- riage was an unhappy one. 2 “‘We were constantly quarreling,” said Craig. ‘‘She ran the house as_she pleased and invited wnom she pleased. Casey was a constant visitor at the house, and finally I could not stand it any longer, and in Anpril last I gave her $50 to get a divorce. She got it and immediately married Casey. I have been mad with jealousy ever since and it drove me to drink. She kept our child, and I was afraid they were not treat- ing it well. “1 went to their house last night about 11 o'clock. I wanted to see how the child was and had no Intention of setting fire to the house. I got into the basement and heard something that drove me crazy and I determined to have my revenze by burn- ing them up. No, I was never in an insane asylum and this is the first time in my life I have ever been arrested. I suppose I will be sent to the penitentiary for a few vears and I will be glad to get out of the way.”" SUCCEEDS MISS WALLACE. Miss Eva Pennewill Superintendent of the Children’s Hospital Nurses. Miss Eva Pennewill of Philadelphia has been engaged to succeed Miss Elsie Wal- lace as superintendent of the Children’® Hospital Training School for Nurses. The lady will assume the duties attendant upon that position January 1. Miss Wallace resigned a month ago to accept a similar position in Roosevelt Hos- Sltal, New York, and left for her home in anada recently. Miss Pennewill is a graduate of Blockley Hospital Training School, and has since had charge of the same. She leaves a similar position at Rush Hosvital, in the City O?Brozherly Love, to the one she comes to fill on the Pacific Coast. She comes highly recom- gen‘\.ied by the medical fraternity of the Eas —_———— HOSPITAL BENEFIT. Actors Appear at the Baldwin for Blind and Deaf Children. An excellent programme was presented at the benefit for the blind and deaf ward of the Children’s Hospital yesterday after- noon at the Baldwin Theater. The weather interfered somewhat with the at- tendance, but there was by no means a poor house. Robert Downing and his company ap- peared in the fourth act of “Julius Cesar.” Mr. Downing played Marc Antony, and quite outdid himself in his rendering of the part. The first act of *‘1492" was given, ana Bessie Bonehill also appeared in a number of her specialties. The Stand- ard Quartet also sang. Dan’l Sully and his company appeared for the first time in San Francisco in his original comedy-drama, “Daddy Nolan, and won warm applause for the perform: ance. Taken altogether, the benefit was quite an artistic success. READY TO FIGHT ENGLAND, Lieutenant Cronin of the Volun- teers Talks of Venezu- elan Matters. His Greatest Fear Is That John Bull Will Not Come to the Scratch. The greatest interest in the present rela- tions between America and England is taken by the Cuban volunteers, the Irish organization, to which overtures have re- cently been made by the Venezuelan Gov- ernment to enlist under that banner should the occasion demand it. Said Lieu- terant Cronin of the volunteers yesterday : While we should regret to see our country involved in a war with England, we cannot but feel elated over the prospect of an opportunity to strike a blow at John Bull. We have long wanted just such an opening as this seems to promise. The attitude of Cleve- land and the American Congress must com- mend itself to all liberty-loving people. Europe and particularly England must be made to understand, and it can be done just as well now as any other time, that the Monroe doc- trine is sacred and will be upheld atall hazards. In the impending struggle we also see a chance to strike a blow for Ireland’s freedom. Our chief cause for alarm 1s founded in the fear that England will back squarely down when it comes to the pinch, thus postponing the struggle that is dear to the heart of every Irishman. Suppose, however, that England toes the mark. In that event she will find herself in the midst of the biggest fight she ever under- took. Our people are organized in every country where England rules. would find the people of Ireland in a state of revolt, and even far away Australia would be pushed into the contest. Caunada would natu- rally be a field of active operations, but in- stead of having merely the Americans to fight, there would also be internal troubles to quell. The Irish element is very strong in Canada, and with the aid of their brethren across the border they could make it very warm for the English and Canadian soldiery.’ It is not improoable that many of the Cuban volunteers will go direct to Venezuela. This is, of course, presuming that England attempts to enforce her pretension to the disputed terri- tory. As is known, some of our members have already started for Cuba and others are pledged to go when called on, butshould both countries Tequire our services at the same time, the only thing to be done is 10 make another bid for re- eruiis. The organization now numbers about 500 men. This could be easily swelled to 5000 in thirty davs, and that, too. without attract- ing the members of existing organizations. TROUBLE OVER A DEBT. Otto Kotelman and Fred O’Connor Ar- rested by a Floor-Walker at the Golden Rule Bazaar. Otto Kotelman and Fred 0’Connor were arrested last night at theinstance of Henry Schueman, a floor-walker at the Golden Rule Bazaar, on Market street, near Geary. The young men were charged with dis- turbing the peace. Young Kotelman is the bar porter at the Russ House. Some time ago he gave Mr. Schueman, who was then stopping at the Russ House, $5, with which Schueman was to buy him a pair of shoes. Kotel- man did not get the shoes, and he claims also tnat he did not get the money either. Kotelman is spoken of very higkly at the Russ House. He was bailed out by his employers later in the evening. ROLLING UP NAMES. The Buckley Primary Enrollment Con- tinues to Prosper. Reports from twelve aistricts were re- ceived by the Buckley primary committee last night as follows: Twenty-eighth district, 71; Twenty-ninth, 138; Thirtieth, 165; Thirty-first, 145; Thirty- second, 211; Thirty-fourth, 90; Thirty-fift 12%; Thirty-ninth, 53; Forty-second, 120’ Fgély-lhird, 40; Forty-fourth, 98; Forty-fifth, 128, The total officially reported was last night 6872. At the usual average, the unreported districts would make the total last night 8500. It is now certain that the remaining two ni{;bts of the enrollment will bring the total up to more than 10,000, which is more than the most sanguine Buckleyites counted on last week. Should the average of the eighteen districts be as great to-night and to-morrow night as it has been since Monday night the total enroliment will exceed 13,000. ———————— 'Will Become Priests. Saturday morning at 7 o'clock five young students of the Dominican monastery at Beni- cia will be admitted to holy priesthood, the exercises occurring at St. Mary’s Cathedral in this City. His Grace Archbishop Riordan will ofticiate. The names of the young students are: F. P. Driscoll, W. R. Thompson, F. P. Henry, C. V. Lamb and J, F. Barragan. On Sunday at St. Dominic’s Church Rev. F.P. Driscoll will celebrate his first mass. LIl e Goop peper, well sewed, flat opening, strongly bound ledgers, cash journals, etc. Mysell-Rol- lins Company, 22 Clay street. - e — Captain Higgins’ License Suspended. Local Inspectors Talbot and Phillips yesterday recommended that the license of Captain W. F. Higgins of the steamer Cleone be suspended for tweuty days. On the afternoon of Novem- ber 22 the Cleone ran into the pilot-boat Lady Mine, off the seawall, while the latter, haviug dragged her anchor {0 an unsafe position, was just getting under way with the aid of the tug Alert. The inspectors found that the Cleone could have steamed around without colliding with the Lady Mine. The latter vessel was damaged about $300 worth. Jaros Hygienic. Underwear the one under- wear that is comfortable; absorbs moisture; Xkeeps folks well. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg. st.% 5l il T About a Sign Board. Nolan Brothers’ Shoe Company has com- menced suit against W. H. Nolan to have him enjoined {from using the name “Nolan Brothers” over his shoestore on Market street. The_plaintiffs allege that for years they have used the name “Nolan Bros.," d now the defendant has a sign with “Nolan Bros.” in big letters and just above in very small ones, “W. H. Nolan, successor to.” The plaintiffs want the sign taken down, and ask $10.000 tor the damage they allege it has done them. e A suit of Jaros Hygienic Underwear worth a barrel of cures. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg. st.* WITH WILD SOLOMON ISLAND CANMIBALS, be perfectly safe. Nevertheless, the next dny?:iter you start away, he 1s just & liable as not to overtake ¢ you on the head with his club. The soct ethics are then off, 1f it may be conside! that being boiled in the head-taker's W. P. Harrison’s Narrow Escape From Death at John Bull [ Their Hands. KILLED HIS COMRADES. They Then Dragged Them Into the Bush and Cooked and Ate Them. OTHER CRUEL BARBARITIES. Harrison’s Graphic Story of Numerous Deaths Caused by the Head- Hunters. William Preston Harrison, formerly one of the owners of the Chicago Times, arrived here yesterday on the Australia, after some rarrow escapes in the Solomon Islands. He pushed into some of the wilder parts and fell in with the head-hunters, and his partner and a sailor, who had gone down | with them from Sydney, were killed and eaten. Many other people, among them over a dozen white men, shared a similar fate just before and after Mr. Harrison’s ar- rival. He says that the natives are prac- ticing cannibalism all the time, and that no native is considered fairly in the swim till he has taken a head. This used to be | so in the old times, as most people are aware, but most of them have an idea that the custom was now nearly obsoiete. The W. P. Harrison, Whose Companions Were | Killed and Eaten in the Solomon Isl- | ands, and Who Narrowly Escaped | Death. summer campaign of the islanders, how- ever, has in every way, he says, been a re- markab.y busy one. | He saw in some places as many as seventy- | five heads in a bunch. They were stacked 1‘ up over the canoe houses as trophies of | prowess. The bodies were eaten, 1n con- | formity with the long-standing custom. | Mr. Harnison has been absent from the | United States about a year, and was in the Solomon Islands, from which he has just | arrived, for three months. “I went down there from Sydney on the little coasting schooner Chittoor,”” said Mr. Harrison at the Palace last night, “and cruised about, visiting. many different parts of the islands. Among the passen- cers was Charles Atkinson, a bright young | Englishman, who became my triend an companion in visiting different parts. “There was also on board a sailor named Flood, formerly of Philadelphia, with whom we became acquainted. He was a very good fellow, and after we had landed at the native village of Rubiana we all three became very good friends. “One dav it was proposed that we all go aboard the little schooner Narova, that had touched there, for a cruise up the island. It was agreed to and we were all ready to go aboard. My baggage was already on the vessel, when at the last minute I decided not to go. “Idid not like the looks of things. I had been advised by a white man at Ru- biana not to risk it, as the natives were esp- cially dangerous where the little craft proposed to go. 1t wes too late for me to get my basgage off, so I let it go. It was a lucky thing I did. “That night, ten miles from Rubiana, while the little schooner was tied up, the natives came aboard and killed everybody, and Atkinson, Flood and the rest were killed while they were sleeping on the deck. Then the natives stole all the goods, rifled the baggage and finally dragged the bodies to the bush and ate them. **Just before that two white men who had been wrecked near the same place were also kitled and eaten. “Besides these, twelve Solomon Island boys, who had been working in one of the colonies, and who were on their way home, were landed at the wrong village and were killed and eaten by a warring tribe. “Early in September an attack was made on another schooner, some of those aboard being killed. I was in twenty or more different places, and everywhere I went I saw evidences of cannibalism. ““A native may take you into his house at night and treat you the best kind. He will never molest you there on the score of hospitality, and you can remain there and | me a greal deal ot is not a social affair. o “They are very bad people and I find them very necessary to watch.” I, howe ever, iearned to eat the native food, and in general enjoyed it very well. I had pres viously been initiated in some of the island modes of living by staying for awhile in Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia and othef wilder islands. “The Solomon Islanders I found by far the worst of all. They are nothing like 80 handsome, being hard-featured and show= ing in every way that they are warlike. There are but twenty-five white men in all the Solomon Islands, while the native population is supposed to, be about 100,000, A.}zlxo that, however, no one can actually® tell. . i “There are whole tribes in the interior that no white man has everseen. This is learned through natives at the coast. “I went down to the Pacilic Islands largely for pleasure, but intending to di some literary work while absent. I bad worked very hard while in Chicago and: wanted a good rest. Thesland life is so peculiar that I fell in with island ways and did no work at all. W I discarded all clothes, except a native: garment about my loins, and let my beard. grow long till I got back to Sydney. While going naked the sun burned my back till it became exceedingly sore and the skin peeled off in patches. Finally it healed up and got as hard and as impervious to the sun’s rays as that of any native.” ‘I went about as much as I dared on the islands and much more than I would do again. It 1sdown there as it once was on the Western plains and mountains with the Indians. You get accustomed to the danger and don’t always think so much_ about it as you ought. I wouldn’t ga’ through again what I have this time for anything in the world. “Isawin some places as many as seve enty-five skulls in a place, all relics of the head-hunters. There were many places where such lots of skulls could be seen: The more heads a brave had taken the higher he was esteemed. They hold the heads in the same estimation as an Indian does bis scalps. They add renown to him: according to the number he has. Aslong as this state of feeling prevails it-can be seen that it will not stop. “Anyway if any civilized power set ou$ to stop_it, I don’t sec how 1t could be done. No one can track them to their camp in the bush. It would be too dan- gerous even if pursuers knew how to do it. “The weapons of the savages are very formidable. They use long war clubs, which are fitted into rounded pieces of granite, and murderous blades that will fetch off a head at a single blow. Worse than those by far are the poisoned arrows, which are so deadly as to cause instant. dee struction. I collected many barbarous relics. I have knives and swords with human bones for handles. They wers easily got, for they were very plentiful. I also got many other articles, including articles of wearing apparel, but these are very simple contrivances, for in general the Solomon Islanders, male and female, go stark naked. “Lalso spent considerable time durin, my absence in the interior of Samoa. i slept night after night with Malietoa, Ta- masese and othel chieftains. They told about their trouble. My opinion is there will be another war there, and it may come soon. The correspond- ents at Apia don’t give the facts. They don’t know them. They do notgointo-the interior, and a man in Alaska might j the United States. “Waen I left the King and different chiefs I was fairly loaded down with pres ents, and I prize them all highly. They ail besought me to return, which I may do in a few months. It was so fascinatin there that [ would like to go back, but don' care to see any more of the Solomon Islanders.”” He brought several boxes and bags ot giits and collections of coins of various kinds, among them kava-bowls, hats, weapons and articles used in the bush., Mr. Harrison has been so long away from his home, that though originally ex~ pecting to remain in San TFrancisco two or three days, he finally concluded to leave at once for Chicago. He thereiore left on the evening train. MISSION FOR MEN. Opened Last Night at Sacred Heart Church by Fathers O’shea and Liendner. At the Church of the Sacred Heart last night a mission for men was opened by the Redemptorists Fathers O’Shea and Liendner, and will continue every evening until a week from next Sunday, or until the last Sunday of the year. A mass will be celebrated and a sermon delivered each morning at 6 o’clock and at 9 o’clock and each evening at 7:30 o’clock. Ladies are invited to attend the morning mass at 9 o’clock. Father Liendner said in opening the services: ‘‘It is the object of the mission to arouse the good within you, and this can only be accomplished by the earnestness of your devotion and your constant ae tendance: and, therefore, overcome all obstacles and make all sacrifices to attend. Father O'Shea found inspiration for his sermon_from ti.e words spoken by the Lord, “What wouud it avail a man to gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?” : *‘None has ever been able to answer this - question,’’ said he, “from the time of our Lord until the present day. There are many men in this enlightened day who res fuse to believe in the existence of a God or in the immortality of the soul. The reason is that they have never been properly in- structed in the trnth, and are taken up too much with worldly things. There are two distinct creations—man’s body and his soul. The first iiade from the dust of the earth, and the last from the very breath of the Maker. Man’s unity of being reflect: the unity ot God, and his trinity of intelli gence—intellect, memory and will—reflects the tricity of the Father. ] “All men are forever seeking to acquire happiness. Men haye different ideas of happiness, yet the only real happiness and power is gotten by doing the will of tie Father in heaven.” B NEW TO-DAY. “Blue Signature Brand.” The best grass fed cattle are raised expressly for making it. and ouly the best parts of the beef are used. It has a pale brown color, gravy, and a delicate flavor; it dissolves perfectly 1n water, and amalgamates with the finest cooking. Keeps perfectly anywhere for any length of time, For deficious, refreshing Beef Tea. For improved and economic cookery. a faint odor of roast beef When buyin v und' see that you get the avoid disappointment., ou and knoek | A ust, as well be quoted on what was going on ifl“\ < ’ i