The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1895, Page 14

@ - 14 THE SAN FRANCISCO C&ALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1895. DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE BY DA W, W, CASE He Reviews the Imprison- ment of J. H. Nelson in Brazil. AUTHORITIES ARE GIVEN Quotations From the Christian Advocate of New York Submitted. ANSWER TO FATHER YORKE. The Missionary Relates the Story of His Arrest and Imprison. ment. The Rev. Dr. W. W. Case submits the following letter in answer to a recent com- munication of the Rev. Father Yorke: SAN FraNCIsco, Dec. 30. 189: fitor of the San Francisco Call—DEAR To the E Sir: 1said in my Jast communication that I | But | as there are so many who desire to see the doc- | umentary evidence referred to by my eritie in | had done with my critic for the present. the case 0f Mr. J. H. Nelson, who was impris- oned in Brazil for saying that the worship of e Virgin Mary is idolatr: ted more than once the New York Christian Advocate as his authority for saying that the imprisonment was for trying to break up are- ligious procession in the streetsin a town in Brazil, { herein furnish you with the elippings from said paper with the request that you print them in full, that the reading public may know the truth of the matter and see the infamous manner in which some priestly sin- prevaricate. These clippings are from the v York Christian Advocate, January 19, page 37. 1send you the full and com- fement us therein found. Of course, ill read it, for we ath that his peo- are not read such he Advocate i ,’” and the arti piete's iew beside s Protestants IN BRAZIL. shed religion was u but 1 republic the con- [ s:ate Las been abol- B been declared > Federal Gov- has isting funce apport, for one . ¢ seminaries. Each v D t ifheri . under the 3 i Professedly and pra s b andtos y ic'is now estimated an educated, pious, sur church, and wife inle ary ipunion was the Rev. p Taylo ho jour- ncluded ucational and * and as my eritic | of prople are ts dominate stitions-ceremontals, | 50 characteristic of 3 und in many of the rovince ot Para, one | + population of about | the republic of Brazil. To-morrow is also a holi- day in commemoration of the same proclamation here in Para. There are, first of all. mllhlnry parades, for it was a military victory and the Gov- ernment is a military Government. Then come boatraces, horseraces an1 & bull-fiznt, paid for by the city treasury. . nessed by the city of Para. S0 3&"‘“ Brazil is making strides of progress Yesterday they took another stride. The Su- preme Court of he State of Para decided against my lawsuit, sentencing me to jail for three months anda half. I was present ai the session of the court. Two of the judges had been Chief 0f Police in former years when L criticized the gambling at the festa 0f Nazareth. One of them, Dr. Bezerra de Rocha Moraes, did most of the talking, and oc- casionally rolled his eyes toward me as L spouted eloguence in favor of the outraged holy apostolic Catholic church and against me. T!muzll his elo- quence was full of the biackest injustice and false- hood against me, he saw nothing but a pleasant smile on my face. one side, so far as I could hear it, sentence was pronounced orally, and the vote was unanimous, it 1am not mistaken. As there are iwo festa days this week, the next session_of the Supreme Court will be next Satarday, the 19th inst. the sentence will be sizned and the record of pro- ceedings will be sent down to the lower court for the judge, who acquitted me on the first trial, to write the order for my arrest and imprisonment. It may be two weeks yet betore I shall be for, but when the time comes I shall be ready. Three months &nd a half will soon pass if time flies as it has the past few years, aud then whon I get out again the devil will have to suffe helping me. It is no personal fight. T count m: self as the smallest factor in the question. It is now Brazilian law against liberty of con- science. I expect 1o ]ive to see that inigiitous law repealed by which it is possible to put a gagon theological discussion by the same means that were used by the Roman Inquisition. That insti- tution is still alive in the hearts of all true Catho- But if Christians do their duty liberty of conscience will conquer. 10 get out only one page of the December number of the Apologista to ciose this year, and then let it rest until March, when I expect to come out again and take up the battle where [ in part leave it off now. CATXA 318, PARA, BRAZIL, N In my last 1 wrote of a decision of Court_of Para which sends me to jail. tence is a little st T than my lawyer calculated it for me. In the documentary senence it reads: “Imprisonment for four montbs. two days and twelve ho: sts.” The cOsts are some- thing over 200 milreis, or about $60 at present ixteenth centu; rates of exchar 1t was two weeks 8go to-day that the sentence | | was pronounced and the order for my imprison- ment is not yet written by the Judge. I don't know what they are walting for, unle my wite Toasiing one a slow 1 suspense, not Knowing at what moment the oflicer may uppear to take me to iafl. Tam s:ill continy ith my English classe: and every time I give a lesson 1 say, “Good-by uptl * * * ifTamnot in jail yet. have just made out « statement of the case for the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at | Rio de Janciro and a request for him to use his | utmost influence for the repeal of the Iniquitous law. * * * I asked the Vice-Consul here to put the consular seal to a declaration that the state- ments 1 made were correct, which he did wiilingly. Carxa 318, Para. BRAZIT. Dec. 6, 18¢ T sent you s note recently, stating that on the 14th ult. I had b sentenced to three months and a half imprisonment in the common jail of Para for publishing two articles reflecting upon the worship of the Virg & translation of which I sent you. The e, 'which has since been publisiied officially, with the reasons upon which the decision was 1, makes the height of my offense_the f calling th worship of the probably in order country, a8 many :d me to do, and as the Jesuits hoped 1 would. erday I was waited upon by the She nths twe months adyi Ye now Iam in jail to spend four n and twelve hours, instead of thre hslf, s I stated incorreetly in m mou imprisonment being calculated in Brazil as equivalent to thiriy-five days of con- finement by the herding system now in vogue. Besides that, [ am sentenced to pay the costs, which ameunt to about §75, and without a doliar of income to pay It or to feed my famil wite has t0 bring my food o the day, for the Government does not feed its prisoner: The British Consul here—a noble-hearted man— has promised to see that the wolf is kept from the door uitil some as yet uninvented means is pro- vided to do it ogherivise. Our faith s firm that the Lord will not ail us in With the gen- | this hour of unequal s : for rel liberty 3 work the readers of | jn Brazil. Your brother in the Lor ut three Justos H N, l\" '\": Presiding Elder of Brazil District, New kngland , we be- & O Apologista Chris- Christian Advocate) s red, we believe, until authorities. It has nd has heen re- ntial to our 3 work gragumiy pr , it embruced wh en offic t ily >ernam- ng left to be vas published in is still working away a e salvation of all Brazit depended upon him, and .still begs for a minister to come and help him in_his Gospel work He nolds preaching services and chi0ol in his own residence with encourag- , which could be greatly multiplied, he is sure, it he could have the heiper he asks for. He is st present greatly overworked, and must soon have help or his health will vieid to the strain At Para we have continued our religious serv- s asin the past, class and praver meetings, led by the pastor, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, Sunday-school on Sunday morning and preaching in the evening. twenty-two persons of a'l ages. During the year I have received on_probation eighteen persons, six into full connection from trial and one by letter. We now have thirty-two in full connection and twenty-five probationers. * * * “In addition to my teaching and pastoral work I heretofore, our leiro have edited and published, as church paper, Christao Bra: (the Braz » Advocate), which is lutely indi le to our work. It has tal large part of my time, but it has been a service of joy. One of the indications cf its utility is the fact that I have been twice mobbed on the stre not paying reverence to images of saints that were being carried through the stree:s by processions taking off my hat as they passed, and once sum- ned before the criminal court for insulting the Catholic religion in my paper. The Attorney after the preluminary exawmination in the presence ©f the Judge of the Criminal Court. The two mobs did me no harm, though canes and umbrellas were | brandished furiously, and there were threats enough shrieked and shouted to annibilate a regi- | ment if carried_into effect. In both cases my hat was jerked or knocked off, but friendly persons with whom I was acquainied at the time inter- posed and warded off further violence. “In spite of the unsettled state of political affairs I, our work is deepening in spirituali ning friends as well as enemies at large. to preach, practice and witness the whole Gospel, from_repentance, or ‘quitting one’s mean- ness, (0 entire sanctification, ‘the life on wings,’ in class meeting, sermon and newspaper. The re- suits are inspiring, and Iam asking tue Lord for fort: ars more of just such service.” The subjoined letters from Mr. Nelson explanatory of the situation since that date: [From Brazitian Christian Advocate. ] THE CATHEDRAL OF PARA. At last the work of repairing and decorating the athedral of Para is completed. ‘he date 0f this paper, 1st of May, is designated for the reopening of that edifice. the Bishops 0f Ceara and Maranham is promised. The 1st of May was chosen for the Teopening be- cause May is “the month of Mary,” and_because she is called the “patron saint of this diocese.” The cathedral has been prepared especially with the worship of Mary in view. Itisto be expected that the ceremonies of the reopening will givea greal impulse to the idolatry of Mary, which Always amougts 1o the neglect and displacement of the Christian religion. From the adoration of the VIrgin to that of virzins is but a short step. It is not to be wondered at that these crowned bach- elors should be fervent propagandists of this very recent religlon of Mary. JH.N. THE PATRON SAINT. The Bishop of Para affirms mother of Jesus, is the patron saint of Para, that 1<, of the diocese of Para, which includes the two States of Para and Amazonia. Now, we shoula like 10 know whether or not this Mary patronsge in _Amazonia is an historical fact. e tully facts. z Tose from the dead and proved his resurrection by means of many eyewitnesses incapable of being deceived. - Now they are trying to put upon Amazonia a re- | ligion, or worship of Mary. on account of her being the protectress of the Amazonizn regions. It would be proper for the Bishop to declare the his- toric facts on which his affirmation is 2 1. Since what date has Mary been the patron saintof Amazoniu? Was her protectorate inau- gurated before the discovery of the Amazon River by Vicente Pingon in the yeaz@500, or afterward? 2. 11t were before that dAte,might she be the paLTon saint of savages and Pagans? 3. It it were later than 1500 Lhat the Mary-pro- tecioraie was inanguratad in the Amazon Valley,in sy il YEAT Wus 112 4. Was her choice made by acclamation or by clection of the people, or was it she herself who chose this valley, rejecting the regions of Maran- ham, Ceara, Piuah; 5. 1f it were by acclamation or by popular elec- tion, let the date and place of the acclamation or of ihe counting of the votes be indicated. 6. It it were by acclamation or by popular elec- tion. 1o whom did she communicate her accept- ancé of the title of patron sufut? 7. 11 she herself chose this territory, rejectin; the other States toward the munh.mmngh’wnonf did she communicate this news to mortals here? We invire the Bishop to reply to these questions, either personally or through some one whom he may authorize and in whom e has confidence, and we on oBr agree to publish his reply, it it be properly written, offering him for this end at least Two columns of Our paper. 1f he does not reply by the end of this month (May) we think that we shall have reason to con- sider this Mary-protectorate of Amazonia as simply 8 fable to allure the ignorant. 3. H. - . PA=a, Brazil, Nov. 15, 1892. To-day is the anniversary of the proclamation of 1 Conterence, | Our Sunday-school has eighty- | one names enrolled, with an average attendance of s for | seneral decided not to prosecute | » | the latest phase of the case fuily ine pideetice of | plamns itself and shows « that Mary, the | Lie Christian religion is a religion of historical | Jesus Christ was born, lived, was crucified, | Southern Conference ST. JOSEPR'S JAIL, PARA, BRAZL D As 1 recently igformed you, zilian jail for four months and some da; ate the crime of calling the worship of t | Mary “idolatry he better class of citizens are waking up o the fact that It is a shame to J b an injustice, | and friends are proposin a -pardon” | at the next session of the State Legislature, which opens next month: but by the time that is carried | through, if it carries, my sentence will be nearly or | entirely'served out. |~ Thave sent a pet 0 expi- Virgin ion to the Minister Plenipoten- of April 21, 1892. In it | yiory of the United States ax Rio asking him to put | o c p st the Iniquitous law ibuco Professor George B. Ninde, a | /1 ATl energetic protest against the ini o s e e inde, 8 | (hat thus absolutely squelches ali religious discus- sion worthy the name. Our United States Consul here at Para has also protested to the local authorities here, and 1 under- stand that be has also sent & protest to the Federal Brazilian Government through our Minister Pleni- Potentiary. My treatment in jail is most gentlemanly. bave nothing to complain of in this regard. 2 the liberty of the office and inner courtyard of the | jail during the day, and can receive visitors twice a week., But we areto have a change of warden in a few days, and the prisoners are very long- faced since they learned of ng change, for the warden has been here before, and they tell stories of very bad treatment at his hands. I ex pect that I shall have less liberty when he come: but as to the rest I have no fears. Income is stopped, of course, as 1 earned my 11v- ing by teaching. Our little pile is about used ap, but we are expecting that the kindness of friends | and our heavenly Father's care will see us safely I through 1o March 17, when I shall be ready to | take up my free lance in defense of the Gospel. Your brother in Christ, _ JusTus H. NELSON, Presiding Flder, Brazil District, New Engiand Southern Conference. As 500n as the arrest of Mr. Nelson was brought to the attentlon of onr missionary secretaries, they took such action as was needed to provide for the | fnancial wants of our minister and his famil Information of the situation was immediatel communicated through the proper church authori | ties to the officials of the S | Government. Bishop Fo: | to President Harrison, who prompily respondea that he at once forwarded it to Secretary Foster for immediate diplomatic action. Any further in- formation will be announced 10 the public as soon | as itis received. The following clipping from the Christian Advecate 1863, page 7' LATER FEOM PARA. The following from the Rev. Justus H. Nelson, bearing date av Para, Brazil, January 5, furnishes xplained in the Christian Advocate of January 19 | “To-day completes my first month in jail on the four to which I was sentenced for calling the wor- ship of the Virgin Mary ‘idolatry.’ Health is good, Spirits in excellent condition. prison treatment gen. | tlemanly; have all the liberiy and privitexes con- | sistent with prison discipline. Anderson Fowler, ! Richard Grant, relatives and other friends have | already seut funds in abundance to suppor: my family until I regain my liberty. Our gratitude is | unspeakable. The Lord reward them all for their | splendid generosity and precious words of sym- pathy and encouragement.” | The following extrast is from the New York | Christian_Advocate. 1893, page 72. It ex- nelusively that the Department of State at Washington recognizes | the fact that Mr. Nelson was imprisoned for | condemning the worshiv of the Virgin Mary | and that the proceedings were in accordance | with the law of the country. Pretty laws of | liberty those! How, now, about the malicious slander of Mr. Nelson by one of the Pope’s hirelings, the infamous falsehood that Mr. Nelson_was imprisoned for irying 1o stop s religious procession in Brazil? |‘'one who will stoop to such damnable methods 10 defend the demoniacal deeds of the devotees of paganized Christianity. Read this extract and ponder it well: A letter received at this office from the Depart- mentof State at Washington, D. C., says in regard 10 the case of the Rev. Jusiis H. Nelson, impris- | oued at Para, Brazil, for publicly condemning the worship of the Virgin Mary: ‘<Ihe report of Mr. Conger, lately Minister of the United States to Bra- zil, stated that the trial and proceedings in the case of the Rev.J. H. Nelson apveared to have | been regular and in accordance with the law of the untry, and the Minister was therefore unable to see adequate grounds for Aiplomatic intervention. | No denial of justice being made evident, and the comparatively short term for which Mr. Nelson was sentenced being about to expire, the depart- ment t00k 1o further action.” What could the State Department do when the proceedings were according to law—Catho- lic law—which concedes no rights or privileges to those who teach Protestaut truth against papeal novelties? WESTWOOD WRIGHT CASE. A MINING BROKER DEAD. Frank Hassey Breathes His Last at the ¥rench Hospital. A well-known broker of this City, Frank Ambrose Hassey, died at the French Hos- pital yesterday morning. Mr. Hassey had been ill-for a long time and his physician had realized for some time that the end was near, owing to the severe complica- tions which a disease of the liver and kid- neys had assumed. _ Mr. Hassey, who was more commonly known among his associates as *‘Frank,” came to California in the early fifties, after gming an_apprenticeship at businessin t. Louis. Mining interested him event- ually, and on February 14, 1863, he became It is the frst bull-fight ever wit- | At the close of the discussion, which was all on | At that time | s, asdear to them as_it was in the fifteenth and | I exvect | % % 1| risonment was delayed for | Sormer note, a | ate Department of the | wrote a personal letter | hame on uny | a member of the San Francisco Stock Ex- change. In this business he made a great deal of money, and at one time was rated quite 2 wealthy man; but like many others who were well-to-do then his riches took wings and Jeft the old broker to enter the decline of life anythitig but well-to-do. | Asan old member of the board Mr. Has- | sey had many friends and a large circle of | acquaintances, all of whom stood by him | to the Jast, and by whom his death is sin- cerely regretted. He was married twice, | and by his second marrisge had two chil- dren—a boy and a girl—who survive him. | His death was announced yesterday | morning, shortly after the ‘exchange | opened for business. Upon receipt of the | information the board was adjourned im- mediately until 2:30 o’clock out of respect 10 the memory of the deceased. |THE COMPASS VEERED. How San Francisco Lost Its Hold on the Rideout Whist Trophy—The Challenge for Another Match. At the last whist tournament Oakland alked away with the Rideout trophy |and San Francisco was greatly dis- | tressed thereat. Recently, however, it was | discovered that a mistake in boards 11 and | 12 was the cause of the victory and that San Francisco instead of losing by four points really ought to have been declared the winner by one. The error occurred through the fact that the north hand got moved around and the | east and west hands took the place of the north and south. The points of the com- pass are used to keep sides separate and | distinet in_duplicate whist, and the mis- take caused San Francisco to let go of the | trophy. | " The playersof this City instead of de- manding the trophy back where it prop- erly belones have issued another challenge to the Oakland experts, and the matter | will be settled March 7, on which occasion, so say the San Francisco sharps, the prize will return to the side it came from. Whist of late has engaged considerable | attention and the rivalry is exceptionally | keen. RESTING UPON ITS OARS, The Half-Million Club Hands Its | Work Over to Other Societies. Having Started the Machinery for Improvement, the Parent Body Awaits Results. | An important meeting of the executive | committee of the Half-million Club was held yesterday. There were present Messrs. Crocker, Bouvier, Bunker and | Rich. Very little time was occupied in discussion of the subject under consider- ation, which was satisfactorily presented | in the following report and resolution by | the officers of the committee: To the Members of the Half-million Club, San Franeisco, C The Half-million Club has been in existence since eight months, starting | out with tne excellent purpose of developing | and unifying the State of California, and there- by coincidentally inereasing the population of Sun Francisco t0 500,000. It finds encourage- ment in some parts, and obstacies in others. The executive committee feels justified in re- porting that the work accomplished to date is in full accord with the intents and desires: of the organizing members of the club. But we now find that the fields presumed to afford us the best opportunities for work are ancucnll_\' | entirely covered by other public-spirited bodies.” Internal improvement in the City and the advancement of home products and manu- | factures are covered by the Merchants' Asso- ciation and the Manufacturers’ and Producers” Associntion. The memberships of both these bodies are made up to a large extent of mem- | bers of our club. | The work of development in the interior of the State ana of adyocating its advantages #broad is being handled by that very impor- tant body, the State development committee. | This latfer body was born of the Hali-million | Club, and its existence is directly traceable to our efforts in_the “State unity’” excursion of | last spring. The State developmentcommittee | has done most excellent work at Atlanta in the vay of daily lectures on California, accom- panied by stereopticon views, cooking exhibits, ete. The funds of the Half-million Club (the | amount collected from the annual dues) are | now exbausted. In view ot the circnmstances | the executive committee has decided not to | call for farther dues at present, and to dispense | with the office and stenographer, allowing matters to stand thus until some public neces- sity calls for special work. | Itis hoped that this action will meet with the approval of the members. Communica- tions may be addressed to room 1, third floor, Mills building. Respectfully, H.J. CROCKER, President, | ALFRED BOUVIER, Secretary. The Half-million Club has set in motion the machinery that is to accomplish the | object for which the body was originally | organized. With the Merchants’ Associa- tion looking after City improvements, the | Manufacturers and Producers’ Associa- tion uphelding the interests of the pro- ducing element and the State develop- ment committee drawing together the various sections in the interest of the whoie State, but little is left for the Hali- million Club to attend to now. To con- tinue to assess its members would be to divert money from other channels that are on the same lines of the policy of the club. The committee recognizes that foremost in the movement for a general advance- ment is the State development committee, of which the club is the parent. The most prominent citizens of the State have taken | hold of the parts assigned to them, and they are working in harmony with the central body and in the interests of the whole. At the same time their efforts, while not Joudly heralded, have been pro- ductive of results that will soon be made manifest in the increasing prosperity of all | parts of the State. | Such as these were the expressions of the Half-million Club’s executive officers as they arranged business preparatory to retiring from the field of nctivits as a body. | It must not be misunderstood that the Hali-million Clubisdead. The organiza- tion and membership will still be preserved and both will be very much in evidence it the occasion demands. As it is the mem- | bers are active in- lines of work in other | special orgamizations, but all upon the | E;xefi mapped out by the Half-million Club. SALMON' OR TROUT. Judge Low Refuses to Decide the Spe- cies to Which a Steelhead Belongs. The long-pending case against A. Pala- dini, charged with violating the fish and game laws, in which the important ques- tion of whether a steelhead is a salmon or trout was involved, came to an abrupt ter- mination in Judge Low’s court yesterday morning. When the case was called the Judge said that he had read an article in a magazine by David Starr Jordan, in which that emi- nent authority had said that the distinc- tion ms to Whether a steelhead was a sal- mon or a trout was so slender that it was almost impossible to tell the difference. “I am neither a Solomon,” continued the Judge, “nor an Izaak Walton nor a Dawvid Starr Jordan, consequently my de- cision would not be accepted as conclusive in establishing the species to which the steelhead belongs. Ithink it better, there- fore, to dismiss the case.” e ——————— New Year’s Eve Watch Party. The Agua Pura Club will give a ~“Watch Party,” this, New Year’s eve. in the lodgeroom of Valley Lodge. 293 Mission street, opposite the United States Mint. The exercises will commence at 9 o'clock and will consist of addresses by the president of the club and other members of ihe order of Good Templars, instrumental and vocal music and recitations. The entertainment is free to the public, who are invited to attend. o RIS BYRoN Weston Ledger, in our No. 1ledger Journal, cash books, ete. Mysell-Rollins Com- pany, 22 Clay street. » GRAND JURY ORGANFZING, Frank Maskey Is Foreman, and Frank P. McLennan Is Secretary. TWO WELL-KNOWN CITIZENS. A Regular Session Will Be Held January 2, Whgn the Committees Will Be Formed. The remaining members of the Grand Jury were drawn before Judge Sanderson treasurer; directors—Rev. George Mooar. D.D.; Rev. M. Wiilett, Rev. Joseph Row- eli, Reyv. J. Kimball, Rey. F. B. Perkins, Rev. W. W. Scudder and Rev. Jee Gam. Dr. McLean concluded the meeting with an interesting account of the annual meeting of the parent society at Detroit, Mich. THE K. R. B. RIFLES. Preparations for the Annual Reunion, Ball and Exhibition Drill To-Night. The annual reunion and ball of the Knigkts of the Red Branch Rifles will be held at Odd Fellows’ Hall this evening. Extensive preparations have been made for the event,and asin years agone there will be a large turnout of the friends of the Rifles. The members of the company will he in full uniform and will assemble at the headquarters of the Irish National- ists, at O’Farrell and Mason streets at 7:30 o’clock. Headed by the Emmet Band they will march to the hall. Captain Sheehy will be in command. The Rifles are a popular set of fellows with the Irish people, especially with the Nationals, with whom they are immedi- FOREMAN [Sketched from life ANK MASKEY. by a “Call” artist.] yesterday, and as it stands now the Jury is as follows: Frank Maskey, 32 Kearny street. ¥renk P. McLennan, 1515 Clay street. John F. Cline, 1414 Washington street, T. F. Payne, 1409 Sutter street. Alpheus Bull Jr., 3022 Clay street. 3.J. O'Farrell, 14 Montgomery street. Umbsen, 14 Montgomery street. vada block. p v, 202 Montgomery street. Arthur F. Price, 524 Sacramento street. H. H. Henche, 1707 Broderick street. John Landers, 1111 Hyde street. C. 8. Laumeister, 707 Mission street. C. L. Haskell, 10 Bush street. P. F. Butler, History building. E, C. Cheever, Pioneer Hall. Jacob Martenstein, Pacific streets. ‘A. McG. McBean, 1558 Market street. Louis Feldman, 222 Front street. Frank Maskey was chosen foreman of Frank P. McLennan. the jury and Frank P. McLennan was made secretary. The jury will meet next Thursday and proceed to the appointment of committees. Mr. Maskey, who was appointed by Judge Sanderson foreman og the new Grand Jury,is a well-known candy mer- chant. Mr. McLennan, who was elected secre- tary, is a member of the firm of Flint & McLennan. He is well khown in San Francisco, having served for seventeen years as an officer on the staff of the Sec- ond Brigade, National Guard of California. CHINESE MISSIONS. An Annual Meeting That Shows Active - ‘Work. The California Chinese Mission of the American Missionary Associaticn held its annual meeting in the Social toom of the Y. M. C. A. Hall yesterday afternoon. Rev. J. K. McLean, D.D., presided. The reports of the directors and treas- urer weie presented. It appeared that 20 missions had been sustained at as many different points in the State, with more than 1000 pupils in the schools; 46 persons had been engaged in the work. The ex- penses amounted to $11,158 20, of which $7399 9% went for workers' salaries, $2794 10 for rents of mission-houses and $964 15 incidental expenses. The officers chosen for the ensuing year were: Rev. Dr. McLean, president; Rob- ert G. Foreman, George Marston. Rev. John Kimball, Rev. 8. H. Kelley and Rev. F. B. Perkins, vice-presidents; Rev. Dr. Pond, secretary; slmhm .'Vohnnono, and Battery | | ately connected, and thoir gathewings arc | characterized by national good-fellowship and sentiment. The Rifles are 100 strong, and during the recent National demonstration against English encroachment on American terri- | tory every man announced his readiness | to "take the field for hiscountry. The | company will give an exnibition drill at 11 o’clock promptly to-night. JNES GODFREY IS HELD | His Case Closely Related to the | Phillips $50,000 Damage Suit. The Attorneys Claim That the De- fendant Is an Important Witness for the Railroad Company. The Market-street Railway Company met defeat in a peculiarly complicated case yesterday afternoon. From a cursory reading of the court records it would rot appear that the Southern Pacific had any interest in the prosecution or defense of Godfrey, the man charged with an assault to murder Thomas Tracy, but there is another story. Godfrey, a seafaring man and for a long time an inmate of Miss Catherine Nugent's water-front boarding-house, is a suitor for the hand of the fair landlady. His fervid sentiments at times led him into ex- cesses that have resulted in great trouble of mind on the part of Miss Nugent and numerous uncatalogued sore spots on the body and person of his rival, Thomas Tracy. Melodramatic scenes have been of fre- quent occurrence in the vicinity of Miss Nugent’s boarding-house, and the sound of ilm\'s and blood-stirring anathemas have lost their echoes often in the stony stillness of the City Prison corridors. The last time James Godfrey “laid for’ his rival he handled the latter so fero- ciously that a charge of assault to murder was the result. 1t is a simple tale of everyday life from the middle stratum so far, but with the appearance of Attorneys Heyneman and ex-Judge Treadwell as Godirey’s defenders the part taken by the | railway company is defined. Godirey boarded in the same house with Charles C. Phillips, who has brought suit | for $50,000 damages against the Market- street Railway Company for injuries sus- | tained while a g&ssenger on a Hayes-street car last June. It is claimed that Godfrey will take the stand and testify that Phillips was up and around at certain periods wiien he alleges that he was con- fined to his bed by his injuries. Thomas K. Kase, who brought the dam- age suit for Phillips, assisted in the prose- cution of Godirey, representing Miss Nugent and Tracy, her suitor. who re- ceived such rough treatment at the hands of the love-maddened Godfrey. The examination began in Judge Camp- beli’s court last Friday, and, being con- tinned yesterday afternoon, his Honor rendered a decision holding the defendant over for trialon the charge of assault to murder. Charles C. Phillips’ attorney asserts that the interest taken by the railway company in Goafrey’s defense is conclusive proof that he has been ‘‘staked out’’ for a wit- ness against the claim for $50,000 damages. The damage suit was begun last .\suly and is set for trial on the 2d of January, Against the Don Carlos. The libel for payment of wages.of the crew against the Nicaraguan bark Don Carlos has been allowed by the United States Circuit Court, and except $147 06 allowed Glxlfln P. Colly for advances and slop needs gments have been reudered in favor of the men as follows: Wilhelm Erickson, 5 77; John Larsen, $225 47; Thomas Ju 8143 56; Barion §116 50, and Joha'W oL $107 05, SHIPPERS ARE ALERT. Keen Interest Taken in the Through-Freight Sit- uation. PREPARED FOR BATTLE. Clippers Around the Horn May Be Used as a Brake on Huntington. VIEWS ON THE PANAMA DEAL. Unanimously Thought That It Signifies an @Advance in Transconti. nental Rates. There is apparently but one opinton among the merchants of San Francisco re- garding the Panama-Pacific Mail compact, and that is that freights are destined to go higher and at no distant day. They have | too high an appreciation of the astuteness | of C.P. Huntington to come to any other | conclusion, particularly in view of recent | developments in -connection with the through-freight situation as published ex- clusively in THE CALL of Saturday and of | Monday. But the threatened advance in rates, while for the time being unsettling busi- ness more or less owing to the uncertainty as to what is coming, causes no serious ap- prehension among the importers, for they believe they hold the key to the situation | in the existence and power of the Traffic Association. Should freights be advanced to a degree that is considered excessive means will be utilized to organize a com- peting line that will have the same effect as had the North American Navigation Company and its successor, the Panama Steamship Company. Awong the objects said to be the aim of | Mr. Huntington in patching up the aiffer- ences beiween the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Panama Railroad Com- | pany is the re-formation of the Transcon- tinental Association. On this subject J. | C. Stubbs, the general traffic manager of | the_Southern Pacific Company, said yes- | terday : No attempt has been made to get the steamer | and railroad Jines together, but we may get to- gether to bring up some of the lowest rates, No movement, however, has been contem- ! plated which would rev the old Transconti- nental Association. It has noteven been sug- gested. One of the high officials of the Southern | Pacific Company disclaimed any intent on York—is to force business over the Sunsetline, a§ more than 90 per centof all freight thab comes to San Franecisco overland is carried by that line, Adem Grant of Murphy, Grant & Co.—For the past three years, or since the advent of & genuine competition to the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Company and consequen: to the raile Toads, we have found so little difference, when ipsurance and other things are taken into con- slderation, between the Southern Pacific rates and the Panama-route figures that we have dorte most of shipping over the railroad line. This new deal will undoubtedly result in an advance n rates. Mr. Huntington did cure virtual control of the Panama Co in the way he did unless he e: some benefit—uot for the Pacific Mail, but for the Soutiern Pacific Company. He will probe Ably try to fiX rates that will prevent shi by steamer and iorce busines ern Pacific. Huntington’s next move will be to get after the Ca fic and Gres iy anadian Pacific and Great W, M. Greenebaum of Michels—I have given the through _question but little ntion. 1 am me favor of low rates out of San Franeiseo th low rates from New York to San Francisco, We ought 0 get lower rates to neighboring territory, o that we may be in a position (o competeé Witk Enstern centers for business in Utah, Arizons, New Mexico and Colorado, which now get goods from the E ell ag from San Francisco. If we were given rates to these poinis on the same basis that is enjoyed by Chicago we should be able to do consider- able more busin in those sections than we are now doing. J. Curtis of Payot, Upham & Co.—All the members of the Traflic Association have the same opinion about tne Panama-Pacific Mail deal. It was made simply to increase rates. The matter has been discussed among the members of the Traflic Association, and no doubt means will be taken to prevent an ads vance of rates to an unreasonable extent. THE ARMENIANS, A Mass-Meeting in Their Behalf to Be Held Next Month. The Revs. Thomas Filben of the Firs Methodist Episcopal Church, Jacob Voore sanger of the Congregation Emanu-El, William D. Williams of the Plymouth Congregational Church, Herbert M. Bevier of-the Memorial Presbyterian Church, E, Minton of the Westminster Presbyterian Church and George E. Walk of Trinity Episcopal Church, composing a committee appointed at a recent meeting held in be- half of the ontraged Armenians, met yese terday afternoon in executive session af the Occidental Hotel to make arranges ments for. the purpose of attracting publie attention to the cruelties inflicted by the Turks upon the people of Armenia. After a number of propositions jhad been suggested and discussed it was decided to hold a mass-meeting in Metropolitan Temple on the evening of Monday, the 13th of January. { It was decided to ask Professor Moses of the University of California to prepare a historical sketch of the Armenians and their country to be read at the meeting, but later in the day it was ascer™* _Jhat Professor Moses had an engagement for that evening. Therefore the commitiee will ask some equally prominent gentles man connected with one of the other unis versities. Mayor Sutro will preside, and addresses will be delivered by General W. H. L. Barnes, Bishops Goodsell and Nichols and Revs. Minton, Stebbins, Brown and Voor- sanger. It is intended that this meeting shall ba the first of a series of meetings to dissemi- nate information concerning the country in which so many cruelties “have recently been practiced any ted 1o reap Greenebaum, 1 & ight ein of e e ‘Wants Another Station. the part of the company to make a general advance in rates as a result of the Panama- | Pacific Mail deal. He asserts that the | situation was not properly comprehended | by the general public. There has never | been, he said, any attempt on the part of | the railroad to force the Panama people out of business, but the isthmus line had | assailed the railroad property of Mr. | Huntington for the simple purpose of compelling him to make an agreement | with them and on terms that would be ad- vantageous to the Panama people. “This | object has now been accomplished, and | that 35 all there 1s to the matter,” hé con- | cluded. Interviews were had yesterday with | members of a number of the heaviest im- porting firms of this City on the through | freight situation and the bearing thereon, and are given herewith : | B.F. Dunham of the Dunham, Carrigan & | Hayden Co., and president of the Traffic Asso- | ciation—It certainly looks as if treights will be | advanced, but I hope that those parties will | look at it in_the rightlight and notadvance | them to too high a figure. If they ao, they will certainly get competition again. I un- | doubtedly be! that the combination be-; tween the Pacific Mail and the Panama people | was made for the express purpose of advancing | rates. Should they go too far we can again | raise money enough to establish a competing | line. Imayadd that the Traflic Association has been considering the matter of future rates. It is not probable that a competing | steamship line will be flrnposed, as it is impos- sible to cross the isthmus except over the Panama Railroad. The ocean is still left open for traflic if freight rates get too high, and any | action taken will be in the direction indicated. | W. B. Curtis, traffic manager of the Traffic | Association—It was & foregone conclusion i | my mind that the Pacific Mail Company de- | % sired to come to an understanding with the | Panama Railroad in order that overlana rail- | road rates might be advanced. Now that an | agreement has been reached, it only remains 16 learn the conditions of that agréement be- fore passing conclusive judgment as to what it actually signifies. The Panama peovle here have all along as- serted that they would not surrender their rights and privilegesin the case, but that they should retain the rate-making power. If this is the case it adds a certain element of safety— or, it may be said, a safety valve—to the situa- tion, since in my judgment the Southern Pa- cific or any other company would find it im- Yo sible in the future to secure for a water ine a subsidy such as was paid to the Pacific Mail in the past. { Railroad transportation has assumed new phases within the past few years in the shape of competition on the part of the Great North- ern and the Canadian Pacific railroads. The Southern Pacific itself has added a new feature to the transcontinental squabble in that it takes the stand that rates between the Pacific Coast and New York should be the minimum; in other words, that Chicago is not entitted to lower rates than the Atlantic seaboard. In my judgment this particular stand is going to be a reater stumbling-block in the way of estab- | fi!hing amicable relations than any difference | which may exist between the Great Northern and the Canadian Pacific on one side and the Southern lines on the other. The great Iowa lines will not be content to see Chicago rele- gated to this position. The Traflic Association, therefore, is content | to await developments before deciding on any definite action. In the meantime the clipper ships of the Cape Horn route are in the field for business, and if the efforts of the Traffic Association will avall anything, will remain a permanent factor in the transcontinental | transportation problem. 3 W. R. Wheeler of Holbrook, Merrill & Stet- son—I have no doubt that the sole purpose of | that contract made by the Pacific Mail with | the Panama Company is the first step in an en- | deavor to bring about the reorganization of the Transcontinental Association, and thereby advance rates. I donot look, however, for an advance to the figures in vogue before the dis- ruption of the Transcontinental Association, for the reason that the railroads have been taught a lesson by means of the Traflic Associ- ation which has’cost them dearly, and which they are not likely soon to forget. Should rates be advanced beyond a reasona- ble figure by the railroads and the Panama route 1t is within the power of the Traflic Asso- ciation to again bring about the establishment of a competidg line of clipper ships, which was_the entering wedge in disrupting the whole Transcontinental Association. No one knows this better than the railroads themselves. £. M. Hellet of ‘Heller, Bachman & Co.—I don’t see how we can break up the combination unless weshipdround the Horn. We should run aline of clippe shlgs. This was found to work very satisfactonly before when rates were oo hl? . There isino question but the latest de- velopment—the|congestion ot freight at New O NEW TO-DAY. 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