The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1895, Page 52

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY DR, W, W, CASE REPLI Attitude of Archblshop' Hughes Toward Public Schools. FATHER HECKER'S BOOK. The Eminent Methodist Divine Quotes From the Late Cath- olic Author. FATHER YORKE TO MR. HUBBELL Charges Him With Uttering Counter- feit Oaths and Eleven Falsehoods. Dr. Bovard’s Opinions. The Rev. Dr. W. W. Case, replying to the letter of the Rev. Father Yorke, pub- lished in THE CALL of yesterday, writes as follows: ¢ Y . 1895. To the Editor of t. @ Francisco Cail : Your correspondent in yesterday's paper criticizes my utterances in the Temple last Sunday after- noon. Let me say here that 1 have never men- tioned his name in any public address Ihay given in the Temple or elsewhere. Only once | ina great while dol stoop to personalities; only when it becomes necessary 10 ans’ \'er a fool according to his folly he labors to weaken the effect of my address by charging me with using garbled extracts | 1 the writings of the witnessescited. If his | v ompendium,” as he claims, where mine reads “no,” then the ) ick is proven s charged of having two d ns of their unsavory text- books, & genuine edition for the training of the priests and licentiates, and an expurgated laity. My citations from Gury are | ect in every particul n the protes rchbishop Hughes, espondent in nine allega- ore properly negations, there is not solitary word that bears on the question | toward the public school country. Itisa very simple que: s and the public schools: be answered yes or no. Washean ate and defender of our public school fes or no? one who has read | e and writings as 1 have done will testify | onal influence was exerted against | e n favor of the parochial He said es_early as 1853: “Our only of our own, truction shall be im- th secular instruc- ate that he was a ic school system? No, he ¥, as my critic well knows, ishop declared in action what the ournal said in word: “Let the system go to where it came from vea® quoted by your c tions, & B. B is to establish schools gious in where sound re le illustration the des- hich the apologists for 1d the unscrupulous try to evade the truth, | bag method of defense | herewith send you my | e Church and the 0of of the unscrupulous | e, the entire section of | h my citations were made. | Y with you for your readers to 4‘ call and examine. | | Your correspondent says I quoted only from eof the book. What of it? Is mot | 1y to express the mind of the as the body of the book? But | alleged extract was taken | preface he utters an untruth. It was | the first chapter of the book, as | Editor, will see for yourself. , he says I make Hecker stand sponser ments the book was written to re- untruth. Your readers can Apare my excerpts in Monday's paper with 1 text of the section of the book from whence taken, and see who is bearing false witness in this matter. The paragraphing in my printed address in Monday’s issue is the editor’s, and not mine. Let the reader take | notice that T quoted Hecker for the single pur- pose of showing now he deplores the sorry con- dition of Romanism in all countries. Did I mistepresent him? 1f1did not, then my critic is guilty of kicking up the dust to blind some- | body’s eyes, and as in this case, 50 in all others | that he tonches in criticism of my positions. | ‘We wiil now listen to what Father Hecker has tosay: “The Question Stated.” “The Catholic church throughout the world, beginning at Rome, is tn & suffering state. There is scarcely a spot | on earth where she is uot assailed by injustice, | oppression or violent persecution. Like her | divine author in his passion, every member hasits own trial of pain to endure. All the gates of hell have been open and every species of attack, 8s by general conspiracy, has been Jet loose at once tipon the church. Countries in which Catholics outnumber all other Chris- tians put together —France, Austria, Italy, Spain, Bavaria, Baden, South America, Brazil and until recently Belgium—are for the most | part controlled and governea by hostile minor- ities, and in some instances the minority is very small. Her adversaries with the finger of derision point out these facts end proclsim them to the world “‘Look, they say, at Poland, Irelend, Portugal, Epain, Bavaria, Austria, Itaiy and France and what do you see? Countries subjugated or en- ervated, or agitated by the internal throes of revolution. Everywhere among Catholic na- tions weakness only and incapacity are to be discerned. This is the result of the priestly domination and hierarchiical influence of | Rome. Heresy and schism, false philosophy, false science and false art. cunning diplomacy, infidelity and atheism, one and all boldly raise up their heads and attack the church in the face, while secret societies of world-wide or- genization ere stealthily engaged in under- mining her strength with the people. Even the sick man, the Turk, who lives at the beck | of the d Christian nations, has im- pudently kicked the church of Christ, know- ing full weil there is no longer in Europe any power which will openly raise a voice in her defense. Jow many souls, on account of this dreadiul war waged against the church, are now suffering in secret & bitter agoay! How many are hesitating knowing not what to do and looking ior guidance! How many are waver- ing between hope and fear! Alas, too many heve already lost the faith. Culpable is the | silence and base the fear which would restrain one’s voice at a period when God, the church and religion- are everywhere either openly de- | nied, boldly attacked or fiercely persecuted. | Ins ng times as these silence or fear is betrayal. The haud of God is certainly in | these events and it is 1o less certain that the | light of divine faith ought to discern it. Through these clouds which now obscure the church the light of divine hope ought to enabling us to perceive a better and a | brighter future, for this is what is in stote for the chureh and the world. That love which mbraces at once the greatest glory of God and | highes: bappiness of man should outweigh | | plorable state of things? | beginning, it has the right, through properly | | ity with the Bible in all matters pertaining to | chureh or is it the Bible? | lic schools has during the past ten vear | harmless | ants. ES TO FATHER YORKE all fear of misinterpretations and urge one to | make God's hand clear 1o those who ere willing | to see and point out to them the way to that | happier and fairer future. “What, then, bas brought about this most de- How can we account | for this apparent lack of faith and strength on | the part of Catholics? Can it be true, as their | enemies assert, that Cathol wherever it hes full sway, deteriorates society? Or is it contrary to the spirit of Christianity that Christians should strive with all their might | to overcome evil in this world? Perhaps the | Catholic church has grown old, others im- | agine, and has sccomplished her task, and is 1o longer competent to unite together the con- | 1g interests of modern society and direct ard its true destination? These questions st scrious ones. Their answers must be nght with most weignty lessons. Only a meager outline of the course of argument can be here given in so vast e field of investiga- tion. Now the reader has the full section word for word. Whereln have I misquoted or misrepre- sented the author? Isaid *‘Fatner Hecker de- vlores the sorry condition of Romanism in all countries.”” And “He asks why are these things £0? Whathas broueht about this deplorable | stete of things?” My answer was: *‘The light | has come and the darkness is fleeing away. The day of monarchies and dictatorships and | priestly rule has come to a close We leave it to an intelligent jand discrim- } inating public to determine who is guilty of misrepresentation in this matter. | Wishing everybody the compliments of the season and looking for the time when lightand | truth shall ill the whole earth, and supersti- | tion and darkness shall have fled away, Ileave | my critic to the tender mercies of the reading | public, who, no doubt, will cherish the fond hope that personally he, himself, is mucn more | to be respected than the unprincipled methods | | he uses to prop up the crumbling errors of | Romanism, which are tottering and ready lol fall. WESTW0OD WRIGHT CASE. DR. BOVARD'S OPINION. He Discusses Catholicism, the Bible and the Fublic Schools. There are some fundamental differences be- tween Catholicism and Protestantism, to which attention can be called without unjust reflec- tion on either. One of these differences relates to the Bible | as an authority in public morals. | | The Catholics hold that by virtue of the super- natural power bestowed on the church in the i constituted councils, to add to the doctrines | of the Bible. They hold further, that the decrees | and dogmas of the church are of equal author- conscience. To the Catholics the Bible is a sort | of record of the early church, a compendium | of abstract truths, inspired, but in no sense | superior to the decrees of the church. Their | mode of propagating the Christian religion is | by the mechanical methods of a living church | organism. They not onlv quarry, stamp, coin the truths of the Bible, impressing upon them | the image and superscription of the chureh, | but they claim the right to issue & moral cur- | rency based upon the reserves of the church, redeemed by rewards spiritual and eternal, | always at the command of the church. | Protestants hold that the church in no ca pacity can add to the doctrines of the Bible; that all theological rrogress fs simply a deeper | insight into the manifestations of God in the Bible—a greater power to interpret and apply the spiritual truths therein; that the Bible is the medium which reveals God personally to the reader and hearer. The Bible, according to Protestantism, is the formative power of the church and not the church the producing | power of truth. The whole contention relates to a proper standard of morals. Is it th This is essentially important to the whole fabric of society. If the church can issue a moral currency, and if the Bible truth must bear her stamp before it will pass, then she has a monopoly of vastly more importance to society than all the gold | in circulation. This is the ground reason for the contention over the Bible in the public schools. It is ap- parent to all that there must be some standard of morals in the public schools. The teacher | must have an adequate reason for moral ideas. | Protestants ask not that the Bible be taught in , the schools from sectarian standpoints, but that it be acknowledged as the supreme au: thority on morals. The denjal by the Catho- | lics and naturalists of this concession to the Bible has left the schools with a general but | very indefinite moral standard, and not a little apprehension is feit by many teachers in the | public schools as to their moral condition. The cry of sectarianism has prevailed. The people are more ready to hear a destruction cry than they are able to propose & remedy. The public schools are shut up to one of three things for & moral standard. First, the Bible may be restored; second, the Catholic church may set the standard; or, third, the teacher may rely upor natural perceptions, the basis of paganism. One thing is sure, while chil- dren have consciences there must be a moral standard. It is unfortunate for the claim of the Catho- | lic church that it cannot show by its history | that it is friendly to the system of iree educa- | tion, even if it were granted that Catholic | morals are both superior to Bible and natural morals. 1tis even more unfortunate that the | leaders of that church cannot point to any people or civilization where they have long ruled the morals of the people that has not de- teriorated. Again, it is unfortunate that the | Catholic church claims never to change its | methods or spirit. This in itself shows what kind of a civilization it would produce if the children of the public schools were turned over | to it. Norcen the teacher in the public schools look with any degree of hope to natural per- ceptions as a standard of morals. It is dim | and variable. The greatest natural moralist can show no reason why a lie is not as good as | the truth if the present purpose is served as well. This standard may answer for a time upon the plane of ethics, but teachers are con- stantly under the need of appealing to the supernatural. The voice of great men in the field of ethics has been exceedingly uncertain. Plato taught that Iying under some circum- stances was right. It is not fair to demand of the public school teacher moral results and at the same time deny him a moral standard. It comes to this: netural perceptions will give us the morals of paganism, Catholic standard will give us Catholic morals, and the Bible stan- dard will give us Protestant or Bible morals. Now, allowing that each shall reach its high- | est level, is there any palpable test as to which | is the most desirable? The test of Paganism | would be doubtless Greece in her golden age. The test of Catholicisia would be Italy, Spein or Mexico. The test of Protestantism would be Germany, England end America. Now, in | which of these countries is the volume and | power of human life the greatest? Is there any tairer test than “By their fruits ye shall know them”? Ido not think there can be any doubt but that the policy of Catholicism toward the pub- changed. Where there were ten Catholic stu- donts in the Normal sc cols there arc now | hundreds. Catholic teachers are thickly | sprinkled over the State. The suddenness of[ this change has started the inquiry as toits | true meaning. | There are two theories outside the Catholic church. First, that it is a piece of cunning Jesuitism, seeking to rTender the schools to Catholicism, and more espe- cially to make them offensive to the Protest- Thisview is supported by the attempt to introduce nuns as teachers in the public | Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Roval ABSOLUTELY PURE Baking Powder | the season, I be | now dilate on their value. { Paderborn or Bavaria. | maxim gooa in Iaw. | assertion before I examine intoits truth. | new rogues’ gallery. schools, wearing their peculiar religious garb aud the well-known and deep-seated opposi- tion of the Jesuits to our system of National education. The second theory is that the pressure from disinterested Catholic citizens upon the old policy of opposition to_the public schools be- came so great that the leaders of that church were compelled to yield & point in favor of & ires education. It is earnestly hoped that in spite of the Jesuits this will give a new character to the Catholic citizen in America. It is not pre- tended on the pert of those holding this theory that Catholicism has undergone & change of | heart, but that it is a change of policy, in order to prevent a general revolt from the Catholic church. Those disposed to this view of the seeming friendliness of the Catholic church base the hope on the following considerations: ight will change even the spots on a leopard. | It is belicved that it will change his spirit. | Thousands of Catholic children are being edu- | cated in the public schools, mingling with Protestant influences. Many Catholic teachers | freely associate with Protestant teachers, read history and political science from entirely an American standpoint. Catholic parents fina that no harm has cor:e to their children from attending the publie schools. It is too 800N to give an opinion of value, but there is no reasonable doubt but that the Cath- olic children educated in the public sthools are superior in scholarship to those educated in the varochial schools. These things being true it is not unreasonable to expect that the Catholic teachers and children will be num- | bered among the friends of the public schools. They will be modified Catholics. Their con- sclences will be enlightened, and the priest will no longer hold them in religious bondage. Suppose, however, that the first theory is the trie one—that this whole movemeat is a deep- laid plot to overthrow the public schools—it does not follow that it will succeea. Even the devil sometimes ci0sses himself and brings his own schemes to naught. The very reason that the Catholic church held aloof from the schools so long is still valid. It has been the contention all along that the public schoois would either kill or cure the Catholic church of its absurdities. The change will probably e slow. But the public schools are now put upon a new test. Will they make the Catholic citizen homo- geneous? Itisonly fair to all parties that the schoolteachers be unhampered by any party. Despite the fact that Rome claims that she never changes she is human, and it must be confessed that some very remarkable changes have recently taken placeamong her followers. F. D. BOVARD. CONCERNING OATHS. Father Yorke Charges G. A. Hubbell With Uttering Counterfeit Arguments. The following communication from Rev. Father Yorke is self-explanatory : December 24, 1895. To the Editor of The Call—DEAR Sir: I sin- cerely regret that 1 am compelled to come re your readers in the character of a con- troversialist on Christmas morning. I do so only in obedience to a sense of duty. Thetruce of God no longer exists, and those who make war upon us follow us with their forgeries even into Bethlehem and the infant'serib. They have thought it well to come out with new sccusations and additional forgeries on Christ- mas eve. Even though not in keeping with lieve these forgeries should be answered and answered without a day’s delay. I have to deal this morning with G. A. Hub- bell. Ido not wish to waste words upon him. 1i I thought he was honest I would spare no ef- | fort, I would begrudge no trouble to set him right. His tactics, however, prove that he is dishonest—aye, more, they demonstrate that he is among calumniators what the thug is | among thieves. 1 therefore address not him to-day, but I ap- peal to the high tribunel of public opinion, and beiore the people of this City and of this state I call G. A. Hubbell to defénd himself and the organization which with such pro- priety he represents. In this controversy he has endeavored to circulate counterfeit money, and now I drag him and his coiner’s kit before { the court. few days ago three prominent priests came before the public and gave their sworn testi- mony that the oaths published by G. A. Hub- bell were spurious and forged. What answer has he to make to these testimonies? I do not Every one in this City knows who these priests are; no one knows who is G. A, Hubbell. But what answer | has he to make to these affidavits? They are as clear, as sweeping, as thorough as words ould make them. What answer have you to make, G. A. Hubbell? Do not whimper now about the seventeenth century; deal with the nineteenth. You have nothing to do with You are on tral in San Francisco and before the people of Califor- nis. Speek out like & man, if you are a man, and donot sniff and snarl and dodge like a whipped cur. There are your oathsand over against them are these affidavits. If your oaths are true, these priests are per- jurers. If you believe in your own documents say out like a man that Father Prendergast has sworn falsely, that Father Imoda has sworn falsely, that Father Wyman has sworn falsely. If you are not a liar, aye, and a conscious liar, say this thing before the public,and then, G. A. Hubbell, we will know how to deal with you. Until G. A, Hubbell faces this testimony, Mr. Editor,1 am not bound to produce more evi- dence. “False in one thing, false in all,” is a Out of the mouths of three witnesses he is convicted of forgery. Un. | til he meets these witnesses his word is the word of a cornered liar. Therefore in dealing with his last letter I shall use my rights and demand proof for each For these assertions we have but Hubbell's word and Hubbell’s word is tainted. Let me, there- fore, take Hubbell's nssertions one by one, and | number them and characterize them, so that there may be no doubt of their position in this Falsehood No. 1—G. A. Hubbell lied when he wrote: “We refer you to John Dowling’s ‘His- tory of Romamsm,’ edition of 1845; you will find the oaths, pages 185-6-7; also on ‘Text- book of Popery,’ published by Griffith & Simon, Philadelphia; also ‘Supremacy and the Pope,’ pages 42-44; also in & work of Ussher, Bishop of Armege, called ‘Foxes and Firebrands.’ ” There is no such place as Armage. Ussher never wrote & book called ‘“Foxes and Fire- brands.”” There isno such book as “Supremacy and the Pope.” The new and enlarged edition of Dowling (enlarged by the author himself) does not contain the oaths. Produce the other books. Leave them-in THE CALL office. Until youdoso I denounce your references as un- true. “False in one thing, false in all.’ Falsehood- No. 2—G. A. Hubbell lied when he wrote ““Oath of the Clan-na-Gael. The following is the oath taken by the mem. Ders of that famous Roman Catholic society. The Clan-na-Gael is not a Roman Catholic society and never was & Roman Catholic so- ciety. Falsehood No. 3—G. A. Hubbell lied when he said priests and Bishops act as chaplains for this holy order. Falschood No. 4—G. A. Hubbell lied when he said the Alleged oath was sworn to at the Cronin trial Falsehood No.5—G. A. Hubbell lies when he says the Bishops take an oathof civil or tem- poral obedience to the Pope. Falsehood No. 6—G. A. Hubbell iies when he seys that Manning, on page 53 of Vatican De- crees, defends thecivil power of the Pope over princes. I never heard of such a book by Man- niug as the *“Vatican Decrees.” Produce the book. Talsehood No. 7—Dr. Brownlee and G. A. Hubbell lie when they affirm the authenticity of the Monita Secreta. Produce Brownlee's book and let us see his authority. Ido not wish to accept Beelzebub as sponsor to Satan. Falsehood No. 8—Dr. Brownlee and G. A. Hubbell lie when they assert that any Catho- lic, Jesuit, priest or layman is ever given per- mission or could be given permission to deny an oath. Falsehood No. 9—G. A. Hubbell lies when he says that the list of countries and dates he gives isa correct record of the expulsion of the Jesuits or even a correct record of the names of countries. The geography of the Little Read Patriots is as unreliable as their spelling. Falsehood No. 10—G. A. Hubbell lies when he says that every Roman Catholic recites the creed of Pius IV. Falsehood No.11—G. A. Hubbell lies when he says that the obedience which Catholics give to the Pope is obedience 1n eivil or tem- poral affairs. These assertions, Mr. Editor, deal with every | pointin G.A. Hubbell's letter. Now I say to him: Produce your books. Leave these books in the ‘office of THE CALL that we may know you are not lying about the dead a&s you are lying about the living. But above all things, G. A. Hubbell, speak out like & man concern- ing the affidavits which brand you as a forger. Speak out like a man and say that the priests ‘who have sworn them have sworn to an uu- truth. - Unless you do this every one will know that you are a liar and that you know that you are s liar. When you do this, then we ean put the matter to a test. Yours truly, P. C. YORKE. ETHICS OF IMMORTALITY. J. J. Morse of London Speaks Before the California Psychical Society. J.J. Morse of London, England, lectured in the Odd Fellows’ Hall Sunday night be- fore the California Psychical Society upon ““The Doctrine of Immortality; a Problem in Ethics.” He dealt with the influence of heridity and environment in shaping character, and laid particular stress upon forces an- tecedent to birth that determine what tue individual temperament shall be like. His explanations were calculated to show that man has an after life to which he car- ries all the distinctive mental character- istics and marks of individ uality and in- telligence that stamp him with a person- ality in this life. The physical man and his mode of dress would not be preserved, but what was behind these eternal features wouid forever remain as distinguishing traits of the individual. The conscious- ness, the intelligence and the individual- ity would survive. Continuing, the speaker said: “No system of morals will ever be adequate to deal with the character of man that does not deal with the man before he was born. Moral as well as physical characteristics are transmitted from parent to child. Man should not be & producer of his kind unless be can feel that his off- spring may bless and not curse their fellows. ““Whatever your condition after death, it will be the absolute result of what you were when you were here. Man should buiid his heaven upon earth and make of his companions angels. In God he should find a heaven, and he should recognize the divinity of God in man and in nature.”” DEMPSEY NOT FORGOTTEN, A Grand Benefit Will Be Given His Wife Friday Evening. Famous Pugilists and Wrestlers Who Will Appear on This Occasion. The sport-loving public are reminded that the international benefit to Mrs. J. Dempsey and children will be held at the People’s Palace Theater on Friday even- ing. It goes without saying that the house will be packed with people who are at all times anxious to witness a first-class all- round athletic performance, and on this occasion the exception will not be the rule by any means. Every sporting man in this City and State remembers the once famous **Nonpa- reil” as being one of the few champions of the prize ring who could not be approached by the most cunning of gamblers with a “‘tempter’’ to betray his friends by allow- ing an opponent to defeat him. Dempsey, although a man who spurned all allusions to himself when praise was mentioned re- garding his performances, once related an incident which is familiar to some of the admirers of fisticuffs in this City and it is as follows: *I was training for a certain fight in the East just about the time when I was inthe ascendancy,” said Dempsey, ‘‘when one of the shrewdest gamblers then kuown to the fraternity ot pugilists approached me one day just as I was resting after a hard fistic controversy with a punching-bag, Well, if there lived a fairy tempter, this fellow must have been one of the ilk. He wasthe smoothest talker I had ever met up to that time. After beating around the bush for several minutes he certainly conclnded that he had me in his web, and I smiled inwardly—if that expression is permissi- ble—at what I knew was soon to come. “‘Now, Jack,’ said he, ‘there is nothing in it for you to whip this fellow,’ referring to my opponent, ‘and if you will only “go out” by the easy route you can make a few thousands just as easy as rolling off a log.” Strange to relate, the fellow was sit- ting on a log when he made this sweet ana decidedly tempting offer, but stung by the remark, [ let him have a bunch of fives on the nose. Over he went sprawling on the grass, and as he regained his pins he looked .daggers at me as the blood was streaming from his nasal appendage. +‘Say, Jack, I guess Ideserved what you gave me,’ said he, ‘but the best of us are sometimes mistaken in our man and this is the first time I went wrong in guessing what a pugilist was out for.” "’ A pugilist with a record like that which Dempsey carried to his grave is worthy of the consideration of all lovers of fisticuffs who appreciate good, honorable sport, and there can be no doubt that the good wife of the past champion middle-weight of the world will be the recipient of a handsome sum realized from the enter- tainment of Friday evening. “Young” Mitchell and his brother, Need- ham and Geogan will open the fistic ex- hibition in a four-cornered set-to, and the grand programme of fisticuffs will termi- nate with a four-round bout between Me- Auliffe and Sharkey. — e AN ACTRESS IN LUCK., Augusta Dargan Won a Fortune on a Melbourne Horserace. Among the ladies who graced the stage was one particularly a favorite in this City several years ago. She was then Miss Au- gusta Dargan, but now she is Mrs. Piercy, having married a Dr. Piercy in Melbourne, Victoria. The lady before her marriage traveled all over the Western Hemisphere, and finally decided to try her fortune in far-away Australia. Her marriage, it is said, did not turn out happily, and she desirea to return to her {riends in this City. She was about to appeal to her old San Francisco friends, when a stroke of good luck changed all her plans. In one day she became a rich woman, The lady went to the Flemington race on “Cup day” last November, and was induced to place £500 upon the great event of the day. The horse she backed won, and the ex-actress won £17,500. She has changed her plans about coming to America. . BYRoN Weston Ledger, in our No. 1 ledger journal, cash books, etc. Mysell-Rollins Com- pany, 22 Clay street. x —— Bark Elliott Libeled. Stewart Menzies & Co. libeled the British bark Elliott yesterday in the Admiralty Court for 1968 87 on & stevedoring contract. —————— DECEMBER 25, 1895. ANOTHER CUT IN RATES, It Is Made by the Oregon Rail- way and Navigation Company. LOCAL POINTS ARE INVOLVED. No Prospect of a Truce—Both Sides Still Determined and Ag- gressive. There are no signs of a truce in the rate war between the Bouthern Pacific Com- pany and the Oregon Railway and Navi- veloped another aggressive move on the part of the steamship people, and one that virtually carried the war into Africa, for territory that has heretofore been con- sidered almost exclusively that of the Southern Pacific Company is to be invaded by the rival transportation company by means of unusual inducements in the way | of cut rates. At this season of the year, when the heavy rains of winter raise the waters in the Willamette to their maximum height, Eugene City becomes the head of naviga- tion and the steamers of the Oregon Rail- way and Navigation Company ply to that point from Portland. Taking advantage of this condition the steamship company have decided upon competing not only for business between here and Portland, but for that extending into the Willamette Valley as far south as Eugene, Or. The local office of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Compagy yesterday received instructions to this effect and was author- ized to make special cut rates from San Francisco to all points that the company’s steamers can reach. The new rates are as follows: Orezon City. Salem Albany Dayton. -85 25 Tmdependence 50 Corvaliis. . 5560 Harrisburg. . 550 Eugene..... How much of a reduction this means and what effect it is likely to have on the bu: ness of the Southern Pacific Company ay be gained by the following table of rates showing the old rates from Portland | by water and the rail rates which have not | been changed : | Portland to | oy Rall rate. steamer rates. $_25 Dayton Independence Corvallis Harrisburg. Eugene... From this it will be seen that by far the cheapest way to reach any of these points is by the steamer route, and as the South- ern Pacific depends largely on its local traffic—that to and between intermediate points on the iine from here to Portland— to make up the losses on through traffic this last move of the enemy may call forth a retaliatory cut by the Southern Pacific. Speaking of the situation yesterday, H. R. Judah said that the advance in rates by [ tize Southern Pacific that is to go into effect on the 30th from this City and on the 29th from Portland, was not to be con- strued as in any degree showing weakness | on the part of the Southern Pacific Com- | pany, or that it portended an early end to the war. He added that the present situa- tion might be merely the beginningof a | more deteriuined contest, and that so far | as he had information there was no truce in sight. A POLO TOURNAMENT. Arrangements Now Being Made for the Big Annual Event at Bur- lingame.. Polo-players wiil hail with enthusiasm the news that active preparations for a tournament ate mow under way. Ever 1 00 1.7 100 150 2 00 2 50 300 gation Qompany. In fact yesterday de- | NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. P e HOLIDAY PRESENTS! THE LATEST NOVELTIES AT — THE LOWEST PRICES! Our patrons are cordially invited to call and examine our magnificent stock of HOLIDAY GOODS of every description. 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DOANE & HENSHELWOOD Have Just Opened for the HOLIDAY TRADE A Choice Selection of the fol- since last season’s tournament at Burlin- game the impression has prevailed that a similar contest, or set of contests, yearly ‘ | would be greatly to the advantage of the local players. The polo clubs at Santa Monica and Walla Walla have signified their willing- ness to join the lists, while other organi- zations are expected to follow suit. The tournament will take place in April, although as yet the programme has not been arranged. Burlingame has been selected as the seat of war, and the local | club intends providing sumptuous enter- | tamnment for the visiting teams. ! e t Dr. C. C. Dennis. Inanarticle published in yesterday's issue | on the State Dental College, Dr. Dennis was quoted as Dr. C. C. Dennis. The doctor inter- | viewed was Dr. 8. W. Dennis, who desires the | correction made in justice to his son, whose | initials were inadvertently given. v | NEW TO-DAY. i | ‘The old story of Prometheus is a parable, an allegory. Prometheus was on terms o} | intimaey with the gods. From them he | stole fire, and gave it to men. For this sin | he was bound to the rocks of Mount Cau- casus, and vultures were set upon him. They only ate his liver. This gre | as fast as it was pecked away. Are his suf- ferings to be imagined? Yes, and realized. Take a modern interpretation of the par- 1 able. There is no cooking without fire. In | mokminnd eating the mischief lies. The | stomach is overtasked, the bowels become clogged, they cannot dlspose of the food | that is given them. The impurities back | gon the liver. Then come the vultures. | The sufferings from an outside, visible hurt, are a mere pin-scratch to the torments of a diseased liver. But, moderns are ahead of the ancients. There is a sequel to the old story. 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