The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1896, Page 8

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, 'EDNESDAY JANUARY. 1, 1896 ATHER YORK The Catholic Clergyman| Introduces the “Deadly | Parallel.” {'whoiirght attend mass at-the-cathedral; orof"| Editot, that the- oath: of denial taken-by s | THE NELSON ' CHARGES.! i disturb such service, According to the: Priest the Mis'-l sionary Violated the Laws: ‘.| of Brazil. ! | A LETTER FROM G. A. HUBBELL, | He Quotes ‘From - Alleged .Secret: In.| structions to the-Priests of the ; Catholic Church: Fathe fetter . whose: commu [z Cavy of yesterda; Yeork ssubmitted the. answer’ to -Dr. W. W ation’ apvearedin 0F s gousln, Justus. 1o his eredit that & val to:hisown kith and This} ever, hie his Spreaq-broadcass the MuIERTS Whic I confess W and ¢ brings co) g from nt w10 Tepri Fmadi o _bn-D) ATgés-were Dr.Ciise £ in such parailel WHAT 1 SATD: o Was. WHAT DR, CASE'S SATD. | A tiere ure S0-many - deiTe. 10 sor the meitary - ¢yiience red- 1o by-iny: critic case of Mr. T 1| Hu: v 16 WS 10 pri izl for Sayiug worskiip of the &n - Mary'Js jdolatr: WS iny critic- ¢t chan oncethe. New, | York Christian Advocate: | 3. "H: as-his authority.f N s hat of o117 Ng . 3. the - iMpiiso when the Rev. H s for trylig 107 Nelson used the colnmas, < up a-rellgions pro~ CessionliiLhe streets s | town: in -Brazil;: L-Lerein the’| d: pa-- | quest | you print them in that_-the . reading c. may know the of- the ‘matter. and 1€ inTATIONS MADDEr in which some’ ‘priestly Yaricate 1stated concerning J atout the s H. Nelson that - he. mialicious:slander of. Mr: aijed for ilack Nelson. by “ona: 0f the publi lecens 1avior on th Pope’s. hireliugs, the. in< amous . falsehond” - that 180n WS, IHIpris- oned For Lrying 10 stop & - religious " processfon: in| Brazii?. Shame, on-any: | one_ who. will :800p . to such daninable methods | D de: e demoniacal e was ailed for black- v behavior in- th and wardly writly pers.—Cail, Dec. Dr. Case’s side in. thi beautiful exemplifica certain preachers. Ji 10 throw discredit_on haif of their substanc s are not in Brazil just now. The facts'are. 00 near home -to’ be d." :Liook on- this: col- umn, Dr. Case; and look oif that and spesk out like an honest man and- say who'is the ¢lerical prevaricator. v charge aga itor, tha deadly parsilel” is a tion-of th¢ methods, of ‘hias, artfully.attempted. ¥.charges by suppiré Justus H Nelson was; he feptesented himselt us persecut ing that the worship of the Virgin Mary was idolatry, in reality (a) He Wwas 1ot persecited for conscience sake. () He whs put wri guilty of blackguardly benavior in'the streets. c) He was jailed for -indecent ¢ in the public prints. 1 now proceed:to ve these three points out of Dr. Case’s -0wn To demonstrate this proposition ¥ offét-three Pproofs taken from Dr. Case’s letter, .- 1. The law in Brazil does not inflict: penal- for religious beliel. In fact its provision: the same as with us. Methodist-Chris- tian Advocate confesses this in its opening sen-. ti tence: Under the empire the established religion was Roman Catholic, but under the republic the con- bas been abol- has been declared d s ity ion. nection between church an ishea, end au absolute equ between all forms of rel Yet the veracious Dr. Case eri at the'end of his letter, ““Cathol concedes no rights or privileges to those who h Protestant truth against papal novel- The fact is, by his own autnority, that y the same rights hyéterically ; evident when we remember_that, according to the Methodist Christian Advocate, J. H. Nelson ard bis com- panions had labored without let or hindrance for ten years in Brazil. They engaged “in evangelical, educational aund mission work.” They preached, prayed and published Tews- pepers, and until 1893 we do not hear aword of opposition. If it be true that Brazil is a persecuting country and the Catholics intol- erant, is it not strange that they took so long 10 wake up? Of coucse the truth is that there were no laws in Brazil to hinder Mr. Nelson's. | work, nor are there any now. “Catholic law— which concedes no rights or privileges to those who teach Protestant truth against papal nov- | elties”—conceded Justus H. Nelson rights and ivileges enough to allow him to teach all_he d, unmolested for ten years, The report of the United States Minister, as quoted by Dr. Case, mekes 1o reference what- ever to religious persecution. 1t merely states that the condemnation was “according to the jaw.” The law is not, as Dr. Case cails it, “Catholic law,” but is, as the Advocate con- fesses, & law which déclnres “an absolute equal- ity between all forms of religion.” It is, there- fore, in American eyes, a just law,and your readers will remark, M tor, the significant words with-which the United States Minister closes his report: “No denial of justice being made evident clenr that this unbiased American consi d that the Rev. Justus had received nis just desert Hence, 1 conclude, from the opening words of the Christian Advocete, from tie len vears’ unbindered work of J. H. Nelson and {rom the report of the United States Minister, that, whatever may have been the cause o Mr. Nel- son’s imprisonment, that cause could not heve been religious versecution. (b) “Justus H. Ison was guilty of black- | guardly conduct in the public street: Macaulay says A men whose manners and sentiments are decidedly below those of 1k class deserves to be called a blackguard.” shall have proved my proposition if thet the conduct of the Rev. J. H. I Lcan show | . H. Nelson on the public streets was low and indecent. For proof 1 quote his own words: 1 have been twice mobbed on the streets for not ying reverence to imazes of saints that were Poing carried throogh the streets in procession. #°% Thetwo mobs did me no harm, though canes and umbrelias were brandished furionsly and there were threats enough shricked and shouted to annihtiate a regiment It carried into effect. In both cases my hat jerked or knocked off, but sriendly persons with whom 1 was acqualnted at the time interposed and warded off further vio- Jence, This reads very nice and straight, and it is the story of the dear injured innocent himself, However let the judfclous reader peruse it once more and then consider. (1) In Brazil the images of the saintsare not carried promiscuously round the streets, but only on great feasts, in solemn procession, after x:Auch}»n-pl\ru(iflu and with due notice. (2) Therefore the Rev. J. H. Nelson did not meet the Obnoxious images, as it were, by ac- cident when he was going quietly along the street attending to his own business. (3) Ak & matier of iactJ. H. Nelson came of his own free will to view the procession, and he tock his stand in the ‘midstof the people who lined the strects to see the procession puss. ¥ 3 2 (4) These pecple were all Roman Catholics, who looked upon the procession as a religious ceremony, #nd who considered their own at- tendance thereat as 8 religious act. PLIES T0 DR, W, W, CASE -the religious proces _Uagainst this procession il particular.. | moreforcible than [marks that. the R Jrcreedis an index.of.t [‘wasnearer the truth4n the district-report: | adoration of the . Virg |-, Thei | But fortunately we"| law! which | (5) When; therefore; J. H: Nelson-took his stand-in the street,” in the.-midst -of these Ronian Catholics, be was.of -his own free will attending thereligious services of another: de- nonination: {6) Justus H. Nelson. was “precisely in' the Same po-ition asa Methodistin San Francisco & Romian Catholic who might attend s Dr.Case’s:chureh.. g = Not:only..good breedinig but the law af land ;commands ‘that when.a member of | tenomination:.voluntarily sttends ‘the service of &notlier denominstion he. shall do | nothing by a ttitude or-word o 1t.or ay But Justus'H. Nelson -was mot- present at’| sion 10 ehive asa gentle- man. seusitive of-the religious-feelings of his neighbors and of their right to -worship.God | &5 they pleased. H (@) Tuspus B ration - of. im thatig was 1di procession, s s e (10) J.-H. Nelson- considered- himseif bound t0*'bear - Witniess 1o - the gospel’t by profesting | against. all idolatrous worship in-generalan €lson laoked upon the'venes s as idolatry; and- contidered oiatrous worship to carry them in . (11)-His_method -was to attend . the proces: sion, to {nsuly e participators publicly and to. { nal Wiseman of Lotidon Took his:conis | taking-an oath to persecute hereti | bluft, inviting Rev.: Mr.Cumamii | accompanied by, a-friend, went €0 the Car He ‘tises these columns toshow his:glee at the | arrest of .the editor of the A. P. A.meagazine. He is aware of the job that did it. Ifhe were guilty, Peter €. Yorke bas cleared him. - And again heshowed his teaching wheu he said thie | editor of the A.P. A. magazine was ‘‘in jail” | He was never put in jail, ; . | Peter C. Yorke made another. blunder: when: | he phallenged bonald M. Ross. - He -will have, though, to stana up and take his medicine. In the meenfime ‘the A. P.'A: s boouting. -And, | by the ‘way, application cards may be had at | thie Patriot office. 3 ! Priést Yorke has raved andranfed and velled ““Liat; liar; you are a liar,” to his liear(’s con- tent. Now; I submit these facts. I state, Mr: | Roman. Catholic priest, in"the'seiise in- ques- tion, is unrehable: - : i In’ further: substantiation of my charges, T.| cite the:two following incidénts: Wiien Cardi- l atiol oath the-Rey. J: Cumming - charged him with [ Cerdinal Wiseman denied it. Rey. Mr.Cuniming obtained { two copies “of the-Pontificate-Romanum, con- taining thé Bishops! outh in theoriginal Latin. When these: eviaences were yroduced -the.Car- dinal declared it wasnot-in his book and-ran & g 16 come to- his house and -examine his book. - Dr. Cuniming; nal's house and “requested to haye'the Pontifi -cate shiown to him,that he might point'out the persceuting clagse.. - : : The -Cardinal could not refuse, and when Cnmming openéd.’it-he -found. the -passage crossed off,-with the .ink scarcely dry.. Such iy theé method of a Roman priest: - @ .5 - . In”the debate-between Bishop Purcell and A. Canipbell, in Cincinnati in-1837,.tlie Bishop: break up_the religlous service by creating. i no' compulsion. :-he 100k a:-prominent piace among the-onlvokers, end when all uncovered: he: stood definhily. with - his-drat on-as a public’protest agains Popish idolatrs: = -, T “(13) The Popishidolaters knocked hishat off; and while they were ' expressing in lajiguage holite their qpinion of this l:ilrmu]’b!uckgunr‘[. Xis” friends: hustled: ihim Out of the crowd. and: setit; him home hatless and-disheveled: 5 & (14). Whereupon 'the Rev. J. T, in - hook that he Wwis “mobbed : (15) Ani-wheréat the jndicions’ reader: re- v.-Justy elson-acted like~a-‘boor,.eng. the Braz served. hiz Tight = Let: me ark: here, Mr. Editor, that. it i: charsoter of the:missionary abroad™ 16 be- Tieve thar hehasa right'to show-his contempt | or the religion: of ‘thé country -which ‘he in- vades; and: 10 tinsule 118 professors..in" Sa; Francisco no one but a lunitic would. think-of ing the.services-of | the - Salvation Army ¥ forciig himself ‘on- the procession or. by :keeping an’ fndecent. attitude during their-re ligious. worship.: ButiJustus. H.-Nelson thin he is justified in. gGing down' to-Brazil-and in, appesring on theoceaston-of “a religious cere- monialitan attitude which said-plainer: ‘thar| \\'imid(, “You.area set of -fools and miserable dolators: fa 2 % elson writes u ¢ riy:: My liberty ends where 1y 5 r's.rights begin, . These. Brazilians had aTight 10, worship. God ‘as-théy ‘ploased; end 1 on had no right to force hiwsell up devotions with his'boorishness and his isulis, Thé intolerance wasiall on his side as we:might expect; for'the most “intolerant.of .mortals are ihese fame. narrow preachers whose narrow Sir narrow brains, - © _Hence:it is I .consider ‘my statemen out of Jusths :H. Nelsow’s. own: mouth: that he was ghilty of blackguardly: behavior in- the PUbIIC streets, 2 é (e i ustus H. Nelson.was jailed for indecent Writing in the public prin This is the third prop on, and gives-the real cause of J- H: Nelson's impriconment. -.In steid of being & NIaTLYr ta.conscience, lie: was & plein, ordinary foul-tongued scold. You:w ters-of the Rev.-J.'H. Nelson - there.is.quite a difference of ‘tone between the earlier and: the Iater documents, In his-appeals for sympathy to-America. hie sets himself forth ascondem ned foF saying that the worship.of the Virgin Mary is-idglatry, . On this ‘singlé string: he harps |“without cease and.Dr; Case has borroweda:it for his:own particular lyre: “He was imprisoned forsaying.that the worshipof the Virgin Mary ivas.idolatry,” It is strange, however,’that hen tiiere was o need of appealing.to Amer- c&, ‘when -J. H. Nelson- thought the lawsuit woinld be decided in-bis. favur, he-told avhat have ‘been. summored :before’ the - criminal court for insulting‘the Roman Catholic relig- “don:in my ‘paper.’ Inwhat did that insslt: consist? ~ Dr. Case's own letter supplies the-answer. - Evidently the obtuse sensihilities'of & reviler of good women did- not realize .the bjackguardism - of . this -choice-bit of -innuendo:written and - published | by the-saintly Justus Nelson: o 1t4s to be expécted that the: cersmontes of the Teopeninig will g ve.a great impulse 10 the idolatry of Marg. which always amoun's (6 the negléctand. aisplacement of the 1an_reiigion.. From the in. to, thALoF. VIrsins | hort step.- It is- NOC-L0 be Wondered at that tuese crowned bachelors should be: feryent. propogand- ists'Of thisvers-recent réligion o1 . Mary <crowned bachelors were the Bistiops of Puirs, Cera.and Maranhati. - Tuey. itk not:pro- [poseio allow their moral ‘chanicter 1o be: as- | persec preacher ten timesover. - For this speeimen of) | pornography, which would..be: dented - admi: sion into the: colums of the. Police Gazette, J. H. Nelson® got :four . months® two days: and | twelve hours in St. Joseph’s jail. . Of this sen- tence - the. United Statés: Minister iruly said that it was in'a |:land;and: that “thy e Rev. J. H. Nelson received justice: 5 2 Of corse Tam not surprised that Dr. Case i {indignent. -He believes thet & pregcher has no rightsior_privileges nnless:-these include -the right of defaming women and’ihe privilege of | slandering men. Let me, hawever, infarm him that even in -this Iand of - liberty the-law.is i8 severe s in priest-ridden Brazil. . He hasies: caped:in the past simply because being wiser than his cousin he named no'names, “But if he Wishes to try it let-hin:say of. any individual Briest ot sister what he has been saying of-a class and hé will ‘discover in" short order- that there is a Saint Quintain’s prison in California. justas there isa St. Josepli's jail in Brazil. | ““Sueh; M~ Editor;is the only-reply.I have to make 1o Dr.Case. The documents-which he | published were the “documents. I liad before me when'1 made the charge, but notall. - I.do not wish to:tike up your space by telling'some- | thing” mote above the Rey. Justus H. Nelson, After il hé is only an_incident in- this contro- ion is: the veracity of Dr. se, and - that question - the: doctor shows & strange unwillingness-to.touch. - | . Let me remind him that he stands before the peopie of this City charged with a heinous oi- 1ense gainst public decency. He has taken a |-text- bookof the Cathollc church and where that text book answered “yes” o the question, “Are_ecclesiastics - bound 10 obey the civi {Jaw " Dr. Case substituted #No.” When taxed | with'the forgery he declared his quotation was. | correct. . But he refuses-to’proauce.the book, | Come.now, Dr. Case, -and don't slink ‘behind “documentary evidence” about your cousin and about Brazil. Nobody -carcs 10 cents about Justus H.. Nelson, but they do-cares good deal about you and your quotation, - If it is genuine why not produce the Gury? If you are not prevaricating why are you o re- iuctant about showing that book? Come now, Dr. Case, let ussee that Gury! Yours truly, P. C.. YORKE. — e MR. HUBBELL ON FATHER YORKE, The American Patriot Editor Quotes: Alleged Priestly. Instructions. G. A. Hubbell of the American Patriot sends the following communication to THE CaLL: OFFICE AMERICAN PATRIOT, 819 Market street, December 30, 1895. To the Editor of the: San Francisco Call—DEAR S1R: Peter C. Yorke of County Galway, Ire- land, Chancellor archdiocese of San Francisco. religious editor Monitor,.-still sustains ‘his billingsgate reputation. It is indicative of a very unclean mouth in the -¢onfession box. Our last letter made Peter C. Yorke sick. He knows what’s behind it. No wonder hé simply yeiled “new forgeries.’’ -He wants to rest his case on his yell of “Forgery, forgery?” or ““You you are a liar, you aro a ijar!” Orupon the affidavit of a Jesnit made in bebalf of himseli— & witness who for truth and veracity would not be accepted before the par of any civilized na- tiom in the world. This, in our recent letter, | was exemplified where we _showed that all the civilized countries of the world had run these Jesuit priesis out. 5 Peter C. Yorke knows full well that the fol- lowing quotation is the law of his chureh, and that it governs the nactions of Bishops and Archbishops in changing or removing priests from one patish to another. It is the lnw and the practice of the Roman Catholic church. Of course Peter C. Yorke is terribly displeased that the Roman Catholic laity have found out what may be the cause of a mew priest coming 10 them. This is the law: ‘‘Question—Is it allowable to transfer priests of bad morals from one parish to another in- stead of deposing them? Answer—If the char- acter of such priests is unknown in the new {-nri.\’h, and 1f there & reasonable hope that ¥ the change they will reform, it is unques- onably lawful to transfer them to another parish.” The above is the canon law of the Catholic church, and is found in the standard text- book of ecclesiastical law in the United States, called “Eiements of Ecclesiastical Law,” by Smith, vol. 1, p. 171. The above’ simply gives the people who be- long to the Koman Catholic church to under- stand that anything in the shape of a priest m be good enough for them. Will Peter C. Yorke tell us when and where did Priest Beckerdie? He was certainly alive when he was transferred to Green Bay diocese, Michi- gan, for his “health.” Peter C. Yorke shows his poor judgment when he undertakes to defend the nefarious Jestits, especially in o great poDUIAT Dewspa- per like e CALL. He ought to see that there great exposure just ahead, ©. Yorke has mede another blunder. iis H.-Nelson “had not: the: faintest ‘eon- | I remark, Mr:-Editor, that in ‘the- let- | Lt | & Methiodist-bleckguard, were hie a'f ordgnce with the law of the | admitted:the oath with the: claise in_as:men. tioned " abové. by substantially.:saying’ that other -conntries made’no- complaiit and . the. S hid nothing 10 foAL. « - ach “is. the: evidence in the ‘above is' 3 uitafidayicto at this:time-in‘this case?. - In the-celebtated debate-between Alexander. Campbell and Bishop Parcell- in Cincinneti in 1837, Mr. Campbell ioted: the followiag from. | thint book of au thority.in the:Roman Catholic:| rch known s the moral: “Theology:. of shonsuy.de Ligorio?s: *i - A Bishop; however poor. he ‘may bie;cannot Appropriate to nimgelf pecunidry fines without the:license of:ilie Apostolic:See: - Bt Te-ought | fo apply them to plgas Much less ¢an b Apply those fines to: anything: €lsé “hat -pious’ uses; which the Couricil:of Trent-hias 1aid 1pon nou-residetit clergymen -or faipon tose nien: who-keép:, congubines.=Ligor { Mor.'p; 444. : : I “This Bishop. Purcell denied, -and- before. the [audience-called ‘on-heaven:‘and. earth to wi ness that ‘said: passage: Could: not he found:in | said & 1tkority. “This was. Tound: as: stated by {MrCampbell; “This. shows whiat reliance éan be placed 1ipon thie denialof & Roman priest; | and hies a direct beating upon thé dentals.of B €. Yorke and his Jesnit following: .. | Toshow furiher why. the Jestit igiiogood |.we. submit: the “foilowing - Romat . Catholic & authorities : S Anthony Escobar—Universe Thsologie: Mor- alis:réeeptiores alsque: lité ‘sententia, nes non problematicae disquisitiones; Toms i Lugduni, (Ed. Bibk. Acad. Uant.) “A° man. of us order; who_for- & shopt fime lays aside habit for % sinful: purpose;: is -free from heinous.sin-and does not incur the penaity of excammunication. "= LI {1l sec. 2, prabl 44, | R ZY + . - B! “Le Moyne—Propositions; extraites - des. cash. iérs dictés-au College A Auxene, parle Frere:| LeMoyne, Jesuite; et censure¢s dans. 1'Ordon- | ‘nance et ustriiction. Pastorale de M: I'Eveque | d’'Auxene, dn 18 8eptembre; 1725+ A’ ‘Chris- tian:acting'deliberately may: act preciselyas - mayand lay aside:the character: of - the:Chris- tinn man: in_actions. which ‘ate -not properly.| those of - a Chrjstian.”—LeMoyne; - Lib. 1i,.de Act: Hum: . I.; se€. 27471, 1, Obj. 1. 3 Perjury,: Lying;” Falsé-witness=Thomas’San " chez: ‘Opus Morale in Priccepta . Decalogi Venetils, 1614, Antverpi@, 1624.- (Ed. Coll Sion.) - “He who may concesl gGods which:h requirés for the sustenance of life lest.they should be selzed by-his creditors and himself reduceed o beggary may: swear; when” lieisex- amined by.the judge, that he has no coticealed | goods: And they who are privy to it.miay swear | To'the same thing.”’—Ini Pracept: Decal: Pars; ii; | Lib: iti;.c. 6., 0, JT: i F “*“When'a manaho hastruly or feignedly prom- | ised ‘mnarriage:is, for -some: rpason, free.from | the obligntion of fulfliling his promise, he may.| swear when required; that- heé ‘did not promise understanding- *- %%~ Bécaiise; by ‘adapting | a probable ‘opinion; lie may thilk: he-is not | bound, with & sate’ conscience.”'<Iri: Preecept: | Dacal, Pars: ii,-Lib. ii;-c. 65 m 32, Shs man who is nrged-16 take-a woman for his | wife when he'is.not compelled- to marry may: | swear-that he:will take “her, by Gnderstanding ; within. himself, If F.am obliged, or4f she should | afterwards please me.”—Ibid, 11..39. . . " | “‘Hewould not:&in. mortally Who, itfinénced:| by his -Teverence. for .an. oatn,:and: from seruple, thould:feign to €wear; o that the :by=.| standers-and .the nofary might think that he | did:swear.’—Ibid; ¢: 7, n % : Leoniard Less 1628, itis—~De-J u: Antverpi, 1621 3 witness and the accused .are -uot obliged: to stid ot Jure. Parisiis, Ed. Coll. Sion.) he. ‘answer: according: o the .meanti i Lib. #i;:¢::31, dub-3, n 4. Amicus—Cursis Theologica, “Tomns Duiiel, 1642, ““He who. Has stolén to a con- derable amount is not obliged under pain of | | mortal sin 10" restore -the:-whole.”~Disp. 33, | sec:d, nid7. 0 : - g Homicide. - Henry - Henriquez ==“Sumnie | Thelogie . Moralis, Temus i Venitiis,. 1600. | (Ed.-Coll-Sion.) - #“If'an adilterer, even thongh lie_ should be an ecclesia. tic, reflecting upon® ihe “danger,. has: entered~the house.-0f adiilteress, and being attacked by her husband kilis Liisaggressor, in‘the necessary- defense of | his® life or his limbs, heis net considered: ir- regular’—Lib.. xiv;" de Irregularitate; c. 10, Franeis Amicus=Cursus Theologice: - Tomus v:-Duacl, 1642. - “Itwill be:Tawiul fof An.ec- clesiastic or oneof a religious arder tokill a.| ‘calumniator who threatens to spread dtrocious | mecusations against his religion.” —Ibid, n. 118, | (George Gobat—Operuin Moralitim. (Tom. ii; Duaci;, 1700.). Fathier Fagundez in Decal:1ib. ix;-thus expresses himsell:. “1¢ i< lawinl for-a-| son to Tejoice at the murder ofliis parent; cont- | mitted by himselfin a state of drunkennéss:on account of the great riches thence scquired by inheritance.”. - : # S Rosenbsuin and Eacriox—Theologia Moralis, nune--pluribus - partibus anctaa R:.P. Claudio Lucriox. - Sacietas Jesu.. Colonia;. 1757 lonig Agrippinm, 1733. Ed. Mus. Brit.).” strike one of the elergy’or:td bring hitm before a secular.tribunial is personal: profenation Tom: ii; Lib. 1ii, Pars.1.Tr.1,°¢. 2,:Bub. n. 48; Resol. 1 2 vote mich at- ol thie; | These Secret Instructions de tention to the means of decoying rich widows. | They sity: “The confessor must -so:mansge her. | that she will not do- the least thing without | his advice; that she. must resort to ‘frequent:!| sacraments, because in that she ‘freely makes | the discovery of her most secret .thoughts and every temptation.” -“Discourse must-be made her concerning the advantages of widowhood, and the: inconveniences of “wedlock. .. ..t will bepmf)er now and then. {0 propose some. match 1o her, that she ‘is known to have an aversion for, and, when she has been made dis- poséd to live in widownood, let her -be led to | make 8 Vow.of chastity for two or -three yesrs at least; that all tendencies to-a second mar- riage, and all conversation with men, even her nearest relatives snd kinsfolk, must be for- bidden under - pretense of ¢loser union with. God.” 5 % 5 “Let them renew their ‘vow of chastity twice & year; they must “be . visited and ~ treated -with "ot too - much - se- verity in confession; allow . them whatever pleasures they have an inclination to. Let | women that are young and descended of - noble | parents be placed with those widows under vows that they may become accustomed to our directiong; and let some foman be chosen by the family Confessor as-governess -over them,” ete.. They are then tanght by these disgusting rules ““to yield their whole estates to the col- leges and works of sacred charity, such as buy- ing oruaments for churches, wax tapers, wine, etc., for the services and sacrifices.” Mothers ‘are instructed-in chapter VIII. ¢ practice chastisement severely on the youngin their cradles, and when their daughters ‘are nearly grown up let them be denied the-com- mon dress and ornaments of their sex, and promising them & plentiful portion on condi- 1ion they become nuns, let them lament their ;)\‘\'n misfortune in not having lived a siugle ife.’t “‘Let our members converse freely with their sons and occasionally introdace them into our colleges, and . lgt_everything be shown in the best face, 50 &8 toinvite them to enter them- selves :into. the ‘order. . Let them see our gar- dens, villas, hear of our travels over the world; familiarity with princes, etc. Entertain them with pleasant stories, and_srow them the re- eminence of our order above all others:- Be gureful to provide for these youths tators firmly attaclied to our.own interests.” Chapter IX 1 Jats of increasing the resources of their colieges. Itsays: “When & confessor has got a rich penitent, let him immediately inform the rectors and (ry all winning ar- tifices to secure him. But the whole success of our afiairs turns on tnis point, viz., that all our members, Ly studying a compliahce with every one’s humor, work themselves into the good graces of their penitents and others with whom they converse; to which end, where places are inhabited by tie rich and noble, let the provincials take care to send a consider- able number. What a plentiful harvest is likely to crown their endeavors!” ““If'it happens that rich married people, who are friends, have daughters, let these be per- suaded by our members to make choice of a re- ligious life. Butshould there be au only son, let,no means be omitted to bring him over to the society and freeing bim from the fear of his parents; show him how acceptable to God sbould ‘he desert his parents without their consent; and if this be effected, let him enter the novitiate in a remote colleg having first given information to the general, *‘Let widows or other devotees be brought to give up all they have to the scciety and be contented to live on such allowances from time to t},mc as we shall tuink they have occesion for,” ete. ““The better to convince the world of auf poverty, let the superiors borrow money on bond of some rich persons who are our friends, and when it is due defer the payment thereof, ‘at sowmse yearlyinterest-and- dispose of it ata “female de: “friéndship of almiost the whole.c A ‘a strike “ during :the winter- months. . A | and the Stiipping Commissioner is especifully | Hiouse ‘from which Afferward let the person who losined the money be - visited -(especially in tinie of dangerous.| sickness) and by all methods wrought upon_to deliver up the bond... We shall thusgain hand- | somely without incurring the ill-will of the heirs.” It will be ‘proper.to borrow. money also higher rate; our friends compassionating - the necessities-of the sociéty when they find us en- gaged in . erecting colleges and - building churches, may forgive us the interest and may- :)'e ‘lhe&rinclpal and miuke us & donatiorin heir ‘‘The society may also traffic.advantageously (" urnder the horrowe chents, our ] the’ Indies, d name of some rich ‘mer- nds, and this may be'done even which hiive - furnished us not ouly with souls, but plenteously snpplied- our. |- AN OPEN LETTER BY MR KNOTH, coffers with wealth.” - In'section 14" they “in- sist that the physician of their friends be in the interest-of their society, so that among | othér reasons e may give motice of the dan- ger of the patient, who: by the errors of pur- gatory, his money may be extorted, tor expiate “Womer, t00 (section 16}, are direcied. to" withdraw sécretly sums from ] to the same pions end.”: B ; Chepter X1I—In discoursing on those to be favored.in the sociexg, it dwells. upon “the necessity of securing those who are.of distin-: guished families, or “have-wealih .or talents. And this aitention: must not wholly eease un- til-they are under vows; fearing. the result would Operate against -them." -*If ‘anyareto | be ‘dismissed treat: them 'with : the ‘uimost | severity, hurry.thém: from one -duty.'to. an- | other,'and though' they do whatéver you-task | thiem, always. find -fault, and: under ‘this pre. tense’ remove. : them:’” - *““For. . the, siightest’| offénse subject them: to a”heavy punishment, in public constantly-abash them, tll they are beir husbands able no longer to bear it,and “then‘.turn them | out,” etc. o s S s Chipter XV treats of condust, “to -riuns and tees:. “Manage.to curry favor with™ the principal monasteries, and_by degrees get an acquaintance and work yourselves into the- reabrden 1 A. IIUBBELL, EEMENT REACHE. Ship-Owners and Shipping-Mas- ~ ters Have Come to an Understanding. - ‘The. Shipping-Masters Have'_'But Upa Cash Guarantee'of Good - - Faith._ e The Ship-owners’ Association and- Coast- ing: Seanren: Shipping -Association ‘have ome :to . an -understanding,. which will practically do-away with. thepossibility of treaty has been ‘signed and: its provisions gointo-effect ‘to:day. . The boaraing-mas- ers.who have thrown in their 1ot:with the:- ship-ownersare: % s ) J.C. Wendt; 22 Sacramento. street;:Charles Baettge, 3 East: streety. P. Sundberg, 47 Sacri mento-street; G: Johansen, -28 Sacramento. street; . Mi Kiernan, 43 street; Thoma Ahkmant; 131 Easi stree(; Fredrick: Gerdes; 328 Drimm stroets, C. 6. Anlgren; 26 Folsom:| street; i Jensom,. 206 Stcunrt . sireet A Johnson, 204 Steuart street: (- Laanionen, 25. | Steuart street; Mrs. A: Hinricksen; 409 Dramuni | treet; F: 0. Johnson,: 6 Howard street; A.| Winters, 15 Hoiward street; elson, 225 Clay street; H. Boyrman;9 Clay street ;. J. H. Nélsen, | 66 Oregon _street; .- Cdrrol,” 266 Brannan. | street; O. Pierson, 211 Steuart street; J. J.Gut- | Zzen;414 Folsom street: - The_ resoliitions ‘adopted ' by the' Ship- owners’ Association are as follows: . Resolied; That-from'the ‘date lereoi: the. fols owing rules:shall prevail in the San’Francisco shipping office of this association: 7 :Rule I. The seamen-shipped from _this office | (éxcept preferred men) shall be taken froni the various seamen’s ‘boarding-houses in: the: fols Towing: proportion; Coasting Seamen’s.. Ship- ping Assoeiation; one-half of theentire num. ber shipped ;- Sailors’ Home, otue-fifth of: the entirée number shipped; MeMahon & MeCarth: ‘one-tenth; :John:” Curtin, . orie-twelith; ~Ah strand,-one-thirtieth; - -Carr, - one-thirtiet Wagtier,: one-thirtieth’; Willism. Swmith, one sixtieth’ > B E Rulé 1. No sailor shiall be shipped upori the Vessels of this association’ unless he. be:taken | from one ‘of -the boarding-houses. specified in Tule 1, except’ only men designated -as ‘pre- ferred men. ~Preferred -men are those sailors | wh siilied upon the vessels of thiis association: | during a strike, and’: who: have-proven.them: selyes o be efficient. L Rule 111, Masters of yessels-belonging to this association shat not'be allowed fo take as their’| crew Seamen:not’ living:in ‘ome o tié houses | belonging tothis #ssociation’(except preferred.| ‘men) except Upon presenting a .written-order:| from the ‘mansging jowner. of the vessel spes. cifically.sstating what “men .are-to - be “thus shipped outside of.the rules: . e ] Rule IV.. Musters'of: vessels must select their-| crews from aniofig. the men presented to them. - forseléction in the shipping office of this asso- | ciation, and shall-not-be permitted toengage the wen-upon the stréet or elsewhere, unless | they.obiain & written order from.:the manag- ing-owner of the vessel Rule V. The shipping-master 18- instructed réquested not. to sign the crews of any vessel Felonging to-this AsaocraTion: contrary 1o thEse Tules. i o RuleVI. There shail :be ‘kept an accurate.| record of-every seaman shipped npon the ves-| sels:of this ociation - through tlie:shipping:| office; and ‘the record shall-contain:the name | of the satlor, the: name ‘of- the vessel, the date of -shipment and the name .of - the - boarding- the man was taken.: The tecorid 5o kept - shall.be- arranged: in tabular form each montl and posted up.in the board- ing-master’s roonr. B 3 5 N ls VAT Byers vaas ‘shipped ~shall e ace credited to'the:boarding-house:from which he vomes, whether selectéd by the master-of -the vesscl Teshipped -or shipped:.in the: réegular way. ~Allmen shipped shall count against the proportion of - boarding-houses- from which: they:coine: g g s Rule VIIL.: No seamari shall be shipped upon the vessels-of this associdtion who refuses to pay his just débts for board and clothing con- tracted within one: year prior o the date of shipment. - Any boarding-house which :per- | sists in harboring men who refuse o pay. just.: bill tor-Loard or clothing shall'be suspended: | from-all the privileges of this association. Rule IX. The boarding-masters’ room of this association shall be kept for the exclusive \l!&-’ of boarding-masters eniitled to-ship their men upon:the vessels of this association, and: no otlier person or. persons-shall. be - allowed therein except Government- ofticials: and: the -employes of this office. Rule X."Any boarding-master who' charges seamen for shipment upon the vessels of this association shall be suspended from all privi- leges of this office. . 'he twenty boarding-houses now constitut- ln? the membership. of the Coasting Seamer's Sh pfl(nl Association shall be admitted to the privileges of this association upon the basis of: the distribution among them of one-half the business of_ the shipping oflice upon the condi- tion that each one deposit with this association (or to its credit in some bank) a sum of $50, which shall be forfeited to this . association upon. their: breaking faith and violating any portion of their agreement. ; Under penalty of forfeiting deposit the board- ing-masters shall agree: lgtrsr:n\'ot to ship seamen upon the vessels belonfmz to the Ship-owners’ Association e: ca‘nnrouxh its shipping office and under its rules. This agreement does not include mates, €OOKks,” stewaras, Second—In' the -event of a strike among the seamen to use due diligence to procure sea- men to ship upon association vessels, and, upon demand, to expel from their houses sea men on strike. “Before:this agreement was reached,” said Secretary. Walthen,” the boarding- masters andthe ship-owners were antag- onistic. Now-we will all work in harmony, and the boarding-masters have $1000 up as a-guarantee of good faith. We will give them half the business that we control, and the remainder ‘we will distribute. among the people who have stood by us from the first. This, I think, will put an end to. the fights. that come- up every winter.” 338 2 A Very Popular Hotel. The Brooklyn Hotel on Bush street isone of the most popular and best managed hotels in this City and enjoys a large patronage of the best class of our people. Mr. Charles Mont- gomery, who is universally known, has given the Brooklyn a prestige that it never enjoyed before. Those who desire a select, quietfamily hotel and a first-ciass table, with home com- forts, at & Most reasonable rate can best be ac- comraodated at the Brookiyn Hotel. * . . Welsh Eisteddfod. The Welsh musical and literary festivel to be held to-day at Union-square Hall, promises to be a great success. The afternoon programme inciudes twenty-three items and the evening twenty-four. Assemblyman R. I. Thomas of Nevada City will preside over the evening mecting, and in addition to the participants in the meetings already announced will be Evan Stephens, the Weish conductor of the Taber- nacle choir of Salt Lake, that intends to visit the coast, and Professor W. H. Holt, —————— The area of the Pacific Ocean is 70,000,000 tition, . | almost ® crime, - |“decisi v |“competition: “a. hond. of “prizesfor sketéhes, 15,08 |‘a competition unless all the architects are | ] gyf‘ | *Build me a furnishing-goods store.’ How square miles, PLANT OF ARCRITECTS. They Say That Competition for | Public. Buildings Is a | : Earce. Method ‘Sgggested. for " ‘the ~ Proper | Management of These Contests. SeeE A Legal Fight. : * ‘The advertisement: for. competitive de- signs for' the Affiliated - Coileges -buildings | ‘and the pretty row over ‘competition and | methods of procedure in:appointing two | architects to prepare plans without calling I for "designs from others: “have. aroused | many. of thelocal architectstoa'discussion” of the ‘old" assertion that ‘the’ present al-| leged competitive system 1s a farce. -It is| quite certain, too,-that the college compe- | tition shall be made a test case:and that it | may: result “in :a -reconstruction by Legis<| lature of. ‘the law: on. architectural compe- | noth | S 'he ‘fallowing “statement ‘is ‘presented thiotgh TRE CALL by Mr. Knoth, of K & Behrnd, architects: Gentlemen; F think theé. tinte is-about. ripe when ‘the subject’ of -“architectural competi tion’ should be -openiy and fully dfscussed:b the architectural fraternity. The naivity with which architectiral competitions .are gdver: tised is getiing too ridicutous;and makessilénce - Ata time whetiin Europe the mostsplendid results are-obiained by -considérate competi- tion, the reckless procelure in this country, in which pull, dishonesty:and: stupidity are the faciors, enuses only lossof ‘time to the honestarchitect, and what I-consid against the:holy spirit of art,” the- discourage- -ment of talent and genins, ~In Europe 1o architect petition if 1ot at least-one-half of the-judges " were chosen out of the architecturdl fraternity and paid for their services, Who ean-be”a better judge of architectural work than an architect ? “Wonld it not-be-a farce ‘to elect a buteher to -pass judgmerit.on a medical cperation? How | ess & stupidity is it to- elect. brokers and other | people to"pass. judgment-on-things ofwhich they Hiave not the slightest -understanding ? In‘Europe no.architect would deigri to accept a ompétition in which-thé premiums would be less thian 134 per cent ot ‘the proposéd building: “siim, : This wotild-be af-the’ proposed-Affiliated Col- eges competition - ¥4500,'and not $500. ~Here in our.blessed United States,where a brick- | layer earns ¥5 per.day: The architect, the mas: “fer; mind:who creates’ those: splendid struc- | turés, works “for-a- pourboire.: Besides, 1 see, | that for parfaking in-the Affiliated Colleges | 5000 s - reguired. | ‘What for? That'the'plans are practicable and | ccan be executed.. Well, is there not.a cammit- tee to act as judge? Either this committee can judge. plans—that is; select the good ones, which are: practicable and - ¢an be executed— and then the $5000 bond is ‘noisense, or the committee cannot judge plans, and thex the committee is nonsense.,. “You will-ask-for'e: remedy. ::Here it is: Choose a“conrmittee ‘on. comuetitions out of the architectural fratéraity. This-commitice i% to Submit to- any: corporation .or persen in- tending. a.-competition:: First—A real.profes- slonal programme-in -which all necessary in- | formation is given to.the competing architect. Second — The prizes . for: the- best- skefches, | amounting to not less'than 115 per-cent of- the | proposed- building sunv. Third-~The ‘accept:.| ance of its co-operation’ in. passing judgment | on:the plans:.. - 1f - these..propositions of “the “architectural committée: are: not_acceoted - then let every architeet withdraw-from such & competition. : ‘The splendor and glory of European compes tition was as natural a tesultof these proposed measures. as “the misery of our competitions | resulted. from “jobbery, :pull ‘anddishonesty. | Let me submit as a.proof.a.few European:: com- petitions, with their prizes: Churchin Aachen €ost: 320,000 marks, prizesfor sketches, 12,000 | marks; Lutheran church in Breslau ‘cost 330, {000 murks, prizes for sketches, 12,000 mark: coutthouse in' Duishitrg cost 500,000 mar marks; museunr in | Haziover - cost-. 500,000 marks, prizes for | sketches; 15,000 marks; conrthouse ‘st Stutt- | ‘gart cost 1,000,000 marks, prizes for sketches 27,000 marks.. Some of ‘the- architects yesterday - ex- pressed their views quite freely on the sub- Ject. af ve made up my mind never'to go into | ‘paid.’” said. Swain.. ‘I did go in for com- petitions’ in- the past, but found them un- | satisfactory, chietly because the selection | commiltée was incompetent-or influenced | a ‘pully’. "1:did go into one recently for | ‘Whittier's house,’but the three archi- | tects in'it- were. paid, and "I got the: con- tract.: 2 2 = Itwould go without saying that the committee on selection should not be com- etitors, - becatise: . the . members *would ikely. be prejudiced in favor of their own-| work. - But’ I don’t:think it at-all right io leave the selection to faymen:. About the whole.story-is-told in this open letter, that it-would be ‘a farce to elect a butcher to| pass judgment on a medical operation.” | ““It'is quite proper and very necessary to | hayve ‘a professional programme in compe- titions. . In-the case of the Affiliated Col- leges the greatest amount of information | should be given to the “architects so that | they might intelligently consider plans. I know from ‘experience when a draughts- | man working -on _ plans. for: the college’| of ~agriculture . of . the .university, that there was a “vast amount of technical knowledge required before the architect was able to design the building . properly. It is not likely that the architect would have technical knowledge to build a medi- cal college or a laboratory. . Building and fitting them up requires years of study from doctors and chemists. For illustra- tion, suppose a man came to me and said: could I tell what he wanted? How design shelves and drawers without full knowl- edge and instruction from him? The same thing applies to the colleges, and we don’t know anything about them, E “As I understand this college matter, the regents employed two architects to travel and get facts concerning most im- ggo:;d colleges and make a report to the ard. *‘The law provides that the contract shall bé open to competition, and when a row was made recently the regents advertised for plans to be in by the middle of Janu- ary. No human being could get plans in by that time. B ““I consider thata prize of 114 per cent for the competition is fair. We generally charge 1 per cent of the proposed cost for preliminary sketches; but in this case the money has been distributed among a num- ber of people, so 134 per cent is probably about right, “‘I'believe that the committee of archi- tects chosen to act as -judges should be al- lowed to co-operate with the regents, or with other committees having control of public buildings, 1n passing judgment on the plans, because there are so many. tech- Dnical points involved about which nobody ‘but the architect knows anything. “It is usually the case in competitions that the bigger the design or drawing sub- mitted the bigger the men intrusted with selection imagine it to be.” Bryan J. Clinch remarked that the agi- tation for competent judges was an old story. ‘‘Public architectural works ought to be judged by experts,” said he. “The first condition of an intelligent competition is that i1t should be conducted by intelligent and competent judges. Who is to choose the judges? The Legislature, the Supervisors or committee, or whoever is the manager of the competition. But We cannot issue a general mandate with- out knowmf to whom it is addressed. They should appoint architects to judge the competition. Providing for competi- tion without providing for competent judges is simply absurd.” A. C. Schweinfurth, who has created a stir over the Affiliated Colleges competi- tion, was of the same opinion in nearly every particular as the wyibprof the open letter to members of his craft. “A few of my friends and myself,” he said, “thought it time we should stop this sort of thing. We are bound to see a fair stand made; therefore, yesterday I for- | Miss Ramsay, Miss Searl: mally retained Roger Johnson, a gentle- man” well up in_ building law, to watch the case as it stood. - We propose to make a test case of the Affiiliated Colleges. full programme should be presented to architects, as in the . East, so that they might know what they would have to do. We expect fair play and that the plans shall be passed on by uninterested parties. The judging should be done by outside architects not interested in the competi- tion. : ‘The regents furnish bids and demand a bond. - Lawyers say thatin the contract there must be a quantity given by the re- gents, anid we propose to show that it must be given and that the architects employed by the regents must give un theknowledge the- State has paid for in employing two | drchitects: to.travel and get ideas for the college. - The competition will be delayed, as we shall secure_injunctions and keep it back for another year, beyond the limiv.of time for this ‘appropriation. "‘I‘hen a'‘new appropriation- must he made.” CHINESE - CHATTELS. Collector John H. Wise Is. Seeking Al- leged Mongolian Actresses From : Atlanta. . Collector of the Port John H.Wisein an interview' last' evening with 'a CALL. re- porter saids : “About three weeks ago:it was callea to my: atténtion that a number of Chinese | women were coming to- this City from the Atlanta Exposition; and were being mar- keted here for immoral purposes. At:that time and -ever since I -have hiad. my men hunting such cases that T might take steps to return them to China, as:their presence in:this coutitry is-¢ontrary-to the law. “Up to date, ‘however, "1 “have "been unable to land any of the women, but.T am in.iopes toTeach one in ‘4 day or:two-who ‘will be able .o . place me-in po on “oi. the method by, which the importation Hiasbeen conducted and where’ the women. liere ‘are located. The. story asit'has reached -me.is.that the women came to this ¢country by way of Victoria and Canada;: also’ via New-York, They. were: admitted: for the'purpose of representing the. Chinese exhiLit at‘the Atlanta Exposition, - They were supposed to beactresses, 1 understand, and ‘at the conclusion of “the fair. were to be returned to China. I am: told “now -that: these waomen-have left . the-“éxposition ‘and-are spreading ‘ot through ‘the country. At bést all - they-can “do 1s.'to remain in thie United States until the close of the exposi- tion, after which;’ if: they-can be captured; they will have to o back to China._ Each -woman. entitled. to remain:here under-lie certificate issued: to her when she entered the country- must . have sorie document.te show.: “If she “has not, or if her.time -to stay has expired; I will certainly send her. back.’* e e e HOGMANAY CELEBRATION Scots ‘Wind Up the Old Year With - Feasting and Dancing. Members of .the Thistle Club Keep Up “an. 0ld Custom of -the Land of - Cakes: Hogmanay night was-appropriately cele- brated in good old Scottish fashion by the an - Francisco Thistle Club last-evening at B'nai B'rith Hall." There - was dancing in the-early evening, followed by ‘4 suvper at 10:30 o’clock, - The bill of fare was en- tirely made up of Scottish dishes, beginning with cock-o-léekie “soup, and - including “Bubbly. .Jock, Wi’ ‘cranberry . sauce,’ siioval- Haggis -Great. Chieftain “o” the !"Puddin” Race.” James. Niven, royal chief of the club, acted as - toastmaster. .. Andrew * Wilkie, president of St. Andrew’s Society; P. Fra- | 'ser, chief of ‘Cian Fraser, and D. R. Mc- | Neil, president of the' Caledonian . Club, and others, responded - to .toasts.:: Alto- | gether:.it was a most:.enjoyable: affair. to the exiles from the land o’ cakes. George B. Busley acted as floor manager with the following assistants: - George Watson,” D. Brown, E. Kirkwood, H. i Steele A. Young, J. H. McDonald. The reception committee of Donald G. C. McKay, William A. Daw- som, Pi*A. F. Keith, James Scobie, James Aitken, R. M. Johnston, James Lawrence, Halarion Dunean, Alexander Sharp, John Ross, D. H. Young, A Wood, Hugh Steele, Adam Currie. : Amoiig thos vas composed present were: Andrew Wilkie, resident.of St. Andrew's Society; D. R. Mec- Neil, “president” of Caledonian_ Society; P. Fraser, ehief of Clan Fraser; E. McKenzie, E J. Vetty, P. Crowley, D. E. Anderson; J. Chri tie, W. Williamson, William Surrell, Alexander Gampbell, J. Irvine, C. Stewart, il. Steele, J. Swan, M. McLean, 'A. Dalgetty, R. Plerson, James - Lawrence, - W. A.. Dawson, Alex- ander Sharp, J. H. Smith, I. §: R. Gwendale, W. W. Noble, Wiiliam Munn, Harry Walke: Robert Baxter, William Fairgrieve, William Thomas' Morton, Mr. and Mrs. M, s Nolt, Miss Fairgrieve, , the Misses Mait- land, Miss Glynn, Miss Elphinstone, Mrs. Mor- rison, Mrs. McIntosh, Mrs. M. Campbell, Mrs. Hood, Mrs. Breekinbridge, Mrs. Lindsay, Miss Farrell, Miss Gillis, Misy Irvine, Mr. and Mrs. E. Kirkwood, Mr. and Mrs, Charles Kirkwooaq, Miss Aunderson, Miss Murray, Miss McLean, Mrs. Graham, Miss Inglis, Mr. and’ Mrs. Thom: son, Mrs. T. A. Patterson, R..Currie, James Boyes, Miss D. H. Cox, Miss E. McKinna, 8. J. Olson, Mrs. M. Nelson, D. Richardson, P. A. F. Keith, Mr. and Mrs, Coulie, Mr. and Mrs. Alex- ander Nicholson,- A. McKay, D. M. McLennan, Mr.and Mrs. Pettus, John H. McGregor, James Hutchison. L e Fidelia Versin Masquerade. The Fidelia Verein gave its annual mas querade bell Iast evening at the Mechanics™ Pavilion.. There was & large number of merry maskers on the floor by the time for the grand march at 10:30 o’clock, and by the time for awarding prizes, two hours later, the big floor was crowded. Many of the costumes were very pretty and original. The affair was altogether very well managed by the committees, which were. us follows: Leo Herenghi, director; Frank L. Noriega, floor manager; Dr. J. W. Levy and Lieutenent William C. Wemaine, assistant floor managers; Eugene Kelly, R. Kelly, Harry Knowles, J. Allen Nelson, John L. Noriega, Andrew Geggus, Louis M.’ Getz, Dave Abrahamson, Harry Marks, Myer Freid: man, Emanuel P. Clayburg, Frank Knupf, ‘Adofph Ammans, Hugo Altschul, Harry L. Glick, W. P. Jager, E. F. Gibson, Jean Thibaud, C. S, Perry, Samuel J. Gumpertz, Dan Lewis, J. M Jr. NEW TO-DAY, When overworked, Judge its Value by Personal Trial. THE, IDEAX, TONIC: «ln fact, nothing can be better than ¢ Vin Mariani.’” Mounet-Sully. !Mailed Free. L i Descriptive Bok with Testimony and Portraits OF NOTED CELEBRITIES, RecliiRaY st A predable it | T foery Test Proves Reputaion, Avold Substitutfons. Ask forVinMariani,? At Druggists and Fancy Grocers, MARIANI & CO., f:.':,. 21 ggaoilhm‘ 62V, 15¢h 5., New Park, 5 NEW TO-DAY. NOLAN BROS SHOE C0. NOTICE! WE HAVE NO BRANCH STORE ON MARKET STREET. EVERY LADY Should Have a Pair of Our Life-Saving Shoes FOR THE: WINTER. The demand for tliese Shoes Is 80 great that we AFb rUDDing” Our factory' st its fullest capacity making LIFE-SAVING SHOES. These Shoes aremade with Welted ‘Sewed Soles snd you'don’t need £0 wear rubbers with them. PRICES FOR LIFE-SAVING. SHOES : Ladies’ Extra Fine 'Kid Life- Saving Shoes; avine $3.00: per pair Ladies’ Extra Quality French Kid Seamless Foxed' Life-Saving Shoes, a8 $4.00 per pair Widths:-AA,: A, oy D, E-and EE. Made in-all the very latest styles. Misses’ Life=Saving Shoes, sizes 11 to 2, 2 : $2.50 THIS WEEK WE WILL PUT ON SALE 2000 PAIRS OF OUR OWN MAEKE LADIES” FINE KID BUTTON! Cloth:or Kid Tops. all the latest style toes, all widths, At 8$2.00 Per Pair. 900 piirsof Childrén's and Misses’ Fine Paris Kid: Button, square toe, patent-leather tips, Stitched edges. Children’s, sizes 8 t0.11 $100 Misses’, sizes 1114 10.2 125 800 pairs ‘of Tadles” French Kid Oxford and ies, hahd-turn soles, latest style pointed. and extremie: DAITOW, SQUATe L..es, patent-leather tips, all sizes, all widt .81 that we are the only 75 pel T4 1% a well-kriown: fiic shochotise that does-a. rushing business the year around: This-is- clear proof. that we sell better Slioes for less money. than any other house, BEAR ' IN MIND! Yoirhave nothing tolose and all to gain by buying your Shoes at onr store. 1f SLoes are not as repre- sented return them &t our ‘expense and we will refund the money, CATALOGUES. Send for our New Illustrated Catalogue and see our prices for the latest style oe Mail orders will receive prompt at- tention, NOLAN BROS. SHOE CoO. 812814 MARKET STREET 9 and 11 O'Farrell St., PHELAN BUILDING. Long Distance Telephone 5527. EASY Gifts. I You can make a first-class, tasty Xmas gift and never miss ‘the money. A little down and a little each pay- day. ONYX TABLES, FANCY ROCKERS AND CHAIRS, ~ PARLOR TABLES, CABINETS, COMB CASES, BOOK CASES, TABOURETTES, TEA TABLES, PESKS. Fancy pieces of furnitare are fashionable gifts. Our prices are never higher, gen- erally lower, than those of exclusive cash houses. M. FRIEDMAN & CO., 224 to 230 and 306 Stockton and 237 Post Street. Free packing and delivery, city and suburbs. HOOKER & CO. Retail Store—No. 1640 Market Street. Cyclery—Cor. Page and Stanyan Streets. Wholesale Dep't—16-18 Drumm Street, S. F. COAST AGENTS FOR NEW WESTERN HOTEL. EARNY AND WASHINGTON = B e s KING WARD & o European plan. Rooms 50¢ to $1 50 per day, 33 10 88 per week, $8 to 330 per month: fres bachss hot and cold wher every room; fire Giaes (0 evary 100m; elevaior ruus al nigne