The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 14, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1896 JUDGES WHO WILL TRY DR, BROWN, The Bay Association at Last Takes Definite Action. DEACONS ARE TO MEET. The Ministers Appointed Will Represent No One but Themselves. WHAT SECRETARY M'COY KNOWS frs. Graham Says Mrs. Davidson Spoke of Her Lapse of Memory Six Months Ago. Contrary to vrecedent, the Bay Associa- an organization composed of Congre- | ministers, closed its doors to all | The session was | utive 1d Captain Cook, two lay- | re constant attendants at the | ional meetings, were there dur- | y part of the proceedings, but ng that their presence was not | d, they withdrew. The meeting was held in the charel of gational Church, Rev. st Oakland acting a: Thirty-four ministers were The morning session was devoted to busi- ness. Several of the ministers entered the | chapel some time after the opening of the | afternoon sion, as they were closeted with Dr. C. O. wn upstairs room of the church. Pro- fessor Ll McLean of Oak lan d Rev. W.D. | Among them were: K. J. W , Rev H.H Rev. ams. When e above gentlemen had con- eliberations they entered mpanied by Dr. Brown, and addressed the the slurs which had been zood name by the press of irmed the ac- | s remarks he n to appoint | te the alleged d moved that & committee 1 cannot recall one single event which oc- curred during those dark years, " “‘I do not know,” continued Mrs. Gra- ham, ‘“‘whether Mrs. Davidson is innocent or guilty of extortion, but the story she told on the witness-stand concerning that blank in her mental life is, I believe, per- fectly true. I certainly can see no reason why she should tell me such a thing if it were not true.’’ On the other hand it is contended that Mrs. Davidson might have told this story 80 u!h-n that she had come to believe it herself, Mrs. Davidson spent a quiet day at the Branch County Jail yesterday. She is not the least impatient over her commitment, for the reason, she declares, that her vie- tory will be more complete in the end. There was some talk of habeas corpus pro- ceedings, but that has been dropped on the advice of friends, who still haye faith in ber innocence. Secretary McCoy of the Y. M. C. A. re- calls, with considerable regret, the day he met Mrs, Davidson. He was introduced to her by Dr. Brown, when the latter called to request a room for a private conference. “I remember the occasion well,” he said yesterday, ‘‘though it would probably have slipped my memory entirely but for the present unpleasant developments. Dr. Brown referred to her as one of the most faithful and earnest workersin the church. Her asking for a room was not unusual, because the committee rooms are there for tnat purpose and so understood by members of the association. Dr. Brown was a man for whom I had the highest re- spect, ana I was very glad to accommo- date him. He was shown the rcom as re- quested, and I at once dismissed the mat- ter from my mind.” The only significance attached to this is that it substantiates to a degree Mrs. Davidson’s claim that it was at the C. A. building Dr. Brown made a confes- sion to her relative to his affection for Mattie Overman. Dr. Brown_still refuses to see visitors, particularly if they happen to be reporters. A few days ago—that is, during the prog- ress of the preliminary hearing of Mrs. Davidson—he gave it out that he was writing a statement, which he would soon give to the public. Miss Overman also made the same claim, but as yet neither has made any move toward fulfilling 1h not so far as the public is able to observe. oLET THERE BE LIGHT.” Question of Opening the Univers- ity Library at Night Solved. Money Necessary for Electricity for the Grounds and Bacon Build- ing Subscribed. The students of the be able to celebr: d ate University will Vashington’s birth- v with an illumination of the grounds 1 buildings by e Last Satur- day the B gent Reinstein that $1000, the amount re- quired for putting up poles and wires on hting them, had been Strauss, Louis Sloss, nted to comply with Dr. e motion was carried | there being no an-!‘ ppointment of | v. W. D. Wil- | d, D.D., and be apy a show of b sent. Dr. t this time cerned, | on- | ® | inst Dr. Brown of im- | is subject to investigation, y his church and then by the Ba; ce. This last is possible only ested by the congregation of the ifends the conclusion of the meeting a of the members requested the be to strike out the word “investigate” | | and substitute a milder term. Dr. Williams, the chairman of the com- when questioned afterward on the mittee U that Dr. stated ivestigation b ven general on, as rwise the nstociationj i have bee ced to take the initia- demand igation. He be commiitee had no e the inguiry to be held the First Congregational . therefore, it was highly ny real action would be r some days to come. exists in the minds of regational ministers as t efulness of the committee. It has been given full power to actand to report back to the association, but as the association has absolutely no jurisdiction the usefulnessof this course is not very apparent. “Is it simply a mutunal admiration busi- ness?” asked one pastor in puzzled tones, as he discussed the committee’s mission after the close of the sion. Another or thought it looked like u sop to s, but the majority of those pres- ent thought that the investigation would in some vagune manner serve a good end. Rev. W. Tubbs d that the report of the committee would simplify matters for the Bay Conference, & body composed of minis- ters and laymen, whose duty it will be to try the Brown alleged scandals in case matters are pushed to extremities. It is stated t 1f Jr. Brown had de- sired to havean official and duly authorized investigation he should first have de- manded it at the hands of his church, and shouid then have sent out letters asking for a meeting of the Bay Conference. As matters stand the Bay Conference may not meet for some months. Dr. Brown has given the committee ap- pointed by the Bay Association to under- stand that he will' make a complete state- ment of all the charges brought against him, provided his attorneys will consent. Both Mr. Lloyd and ex-Judge Louderback, however, claim that it would be bprejudi: 1 to their client’s interest to permit any explapation until ofter the final trial of Mrs. Dayvidson. As to Miss Overman, itis not probable that she will consent to explain away the unpleasant things which have been said about her until Dr. Brown or hisattorneys grant permission. The deacons of the First Congregational Church have given out that an investiga- tion of Dr. Brown’s alleged misconduct will be inaugurated Wednesday night. It is highly probabie that the investigation, if ordered at all, will be held behind 4 doors, it being teared that the evi- e, favorable or otherwise to Dr. Brown, t influence the juryin the trial of 2 Davidson. The Learing might also bring into prominence a few names which heretofore been suppressed. As is 1 known, a majority of the deacons are warm personal friends of Dr. Browr, D. Gilbert Dexter being a first cousin of the pastor’s wife. This fact is areued by many as one of the reasons why a secret investi- gation is desired. The remarkable theory offered by Mrs. Davidson on the witness-stand concerning that all-important ten years of her life (from 1878 to 1887), which she claims is a perfect blank, cropped up again yesterday. According to the statement of Mrs. Gra- ham, a roomer at the Delaware House, on Market street, Mrs. Davidson told the same story to her at least six months be- fore the present trouble. ‘‘I called at Mrs. Davidson’s parlors one afternoon about six months ago,’”’ said Mrs. Graham v sterday. *“‘I was not atall well at the time. While talking on this line she said to me: * ‘There is a period of ten or fifteen years of my life that isa perfect blank to me. During that time I was subject to a rush of blood to my head, which 1incapaci- ear and J. L. Flood sent a note to Mr. Reinstein offering $250 each or $1000 in all for the purpose of putting wires in the university library C. Rowell, the librar; tants and the anitor have ag te free o ha for the next collegiate year their extra services needed to keep the library enings. The university has a splendid electric plant in the building in which is located the college of electrical engineering, and Professor Corey, who is in charge, an- nounces that there will be no extra charge for additional services required of the en- gineers. There remains nothing further | to be done but get the consent of the Board of Regents, who meet this after- noon, to put up the poles and lay the wires. As this will involve not a cent of expense to the university, there can be no doubt that the Regents will order the work done immediately. It will take but a few days to do this, and it has been suggested that the grounds be minated and a celebration held on Washington's birthday. The students of the university have been handicapped in no other way as much as by the failure to keep the library open_at night, and many of them will feel that Regent Reinstein has already repaid them for the work they propose to do on the grounds. It is expected the Regents will to-day make arrangements to put the students at work. Their offer was to put in a whole week on the grounds uninterrupted by their studies if the Regents would extend the term that length of time. This would be worth to the university about $10,000. As it is necessary to do the work early in order -to replant all the ground that will be dug up before the rains cease it is ex- pected that work will be arranged very soon. The matter is largely in the hands of the committee on buildings and grounds, consisting of Regents Martin, Houghton, Crocker and Reinstein, —————— THE LABOR UNIONS. The Painters Have Established a New Organization in Oakland. At the meeting of the Painters’ and Decorators’ Union last evening Business Manager Mclver announced that he had assisted in organizing a painters’ union in Oakland during the past week. Tt started off with twenty charter members, and promises a rapid growth as there are many painters in that city. The local Y’"i"’"’ decided that hereafter they will have a social feature to their union, and hold open meetings on every second Mon- day in Washington Hall, on Eddy street. Friends of the painters will be invited to these entertainments. At the meeting of the Carpenters’ and Joiners' Union No. 483 last evening the death of James Cousill, the ex-treasurer of the union, was announced. He wasa charter member and 35 years of age. The funeral will be held to-day from the resi- dence of the deceased, 321 Eddy street, under the auspices of the union. The body will be removed to the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, where it will be cremated. —————— Kites That Carry Men. Five huge kites were used at Christ- church Park, Ipswich, by Lieutenant Powell a short time ago to demonstrate the possibility of raising a man from the ground for reconnoitering purposes in time of war. A wicker car was attached to the kites und held the aeronauts. Dur- ing the trial it was prevented from taking too high a flight by an anchora; e-rope held from below and paid out from a windlass. An ascent of about fifty feet was successfully made by three persons separately. It only required the letting out of more rope to have extended this distance. ———— His Bicycle by Mail. An American tourist recently sent his bicycle from London to Paris by post and received it in perfect order. The parcels post now carries packages of not over twenty pounds in weight. The bicycle was partly dismounted, and weighed just twenty pounds. The cost was but a few pence. . Ghosts Are Pale and Shadowy, Say those who profess to have interviewed them, Whether spooks are tallow-faced or not, mortals are whose blood is thin and watery in consequence of imperfect assimilation. When invalids resort to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and use that une- quaied tonic persistently, they soon “pick up” In strength, flesh and co or. It should be used alsoto prevept malarial, rheymatic aud Kidney com- plaints, and to remedy constipation, sick headache tated me for either business or social life, and nervousness, e promises, at least | Blanche Bates Excellent in “ The Senator” at the Co- lumbia. WAINWRIGHT AT THE BALDWIN “Marmion” Is Not Unkindly Received at the California —“ A Long Lane” at the Grand. A kirdly although not a particularly warm reception was given to ‘“‘Marmion’’ by a good-sized audience at the California Theater yesterday evening. The drama was excellently mounted and well acted, but the playwright, Percy Sage, has either not seized all the dramatic pos- sibilities that lie in Scott’s poem, or else “Marmion,” stirring as it is when read in drama. A number of the incidents have been lopped off, and the salient points of the story have been compressed into the play AT THE CITY THEATERS, its original form, is too epic to make a good | bright fun and merriment, g well as heavy villainy and suffering virtue, of the most melo- dramatic type. Charles E. Lothian and Florence Thropp had some racy ' comedy soenes, which sroused | plenty of laughter.” Each supposed the other | to be insane, and their mutual fear was hu- | morously réted. Maud Edna Hall gave & clever performance of Margaret Meadows, an actress, and Minna Gleason as her blind sis- ter was also quietly touching and effective. Little Hazel, one of the tiniést actresses on the stage, made a winuing pert out of Willie, the little three-year-old son of the villain. Fred T. Butler, according to his usual wont, reveled in nefarious deeds. Miss Hall scored him for his sins and shortcomings in a way | that aroused the delight of the gallery boys. | T. {1, Benrimo, who_is coming to the front as | an interpreter of old men, gave a good per- fopmance of Colonel Rollingsione. “A Long Lane” was well staged, but the waits between the first and sccond and the second and third acts, were wellnigh inter- mineble. The Grand Opera house really needs reminding that 1t is the modern custom to let the acts follow one another briskly. “Ixion" at the Tivoli. “Ixion,” the spectacular mythological bur- lesque that has held the boards for some time at the Tivoli, 1s not drawing the houses it used todraw. 1tis justas well put on as formerly, and Mr. Hartman, better known as Ferris, | churns up the usual laugh. s the plot goes Ixion, according to the i Greek legend, was & mythological king of Thes- saly who, being taken to heaven by Jupiter, | there fell in love with Juno, Jupiter’s better | half. For this crime he was condemned to be bound to Apollo’s chariot-wheel and be for- ever whlrlcc{ through space. | This one-wheel proposition is about worn out, and the many thousand people who are fond of the Tivoli would like to see lxion | change cars. The Baldwin Bill, “The Love Chase,” Sheridan Knowles' pure, ola-time comedy, presented at the Baldwin by BLANCHE L. BATES AT THE COLUMBIA. | HAVE BRITISH ENGINEERS, Machigery on Many American Steamships Handled by Foreigners. THE LAWS MAY BE CHANGED.: Senator Squire of Washington Has In- troduced a Bill Which Will Exclude Aliens. The fact that the ponderous engines on many of the great lines of steamers which are owned by American corporations, fly the flag of the United States and are manned by American citizens, are handled by English engineers, is at present receiv- ing the attention of the Marine Engineers’ Association of the United States. Under the present existing law, as in- terpreted by Captain John Birmingham, U. 8. Supervising Inspector of Steam Vessels, First District, California, it is | necessary that the commander of a vessel, | registered in the United States pursuant to law, shall be an American citizen, but all that is necessary on the part of an engineer who is a citizen of a foreign country to obtain a certificate from this Government is to signify his intention of becoming a citizen. The certificate forthcoming. At the instance of the Marine Engineers’ Association, Senator Squire of Washington a few days ago introduced a bill in the Senate which, if passed, will obviate the necessity of further legislation for the pro- | tection of engineers who are citizens of the | United States, as it will then be illegal for | other than citizens to be engineers on American régistered vessels. Another deficiency 1n the present law which is remedied in the bill introduced | by Senator Squireis in regard to the ex- piration of licenses. If when absent from the Jurisdiction of the United States a license should expire, the holder must personaily appear before the inspector for a renewal | or it is not valid. | An American engineer cannot do this | and successfully compete with foreign | is | engineers, for the compliance may involve | thousands of miles of travel, a result being | that they must retire from the field and | yield to more favored nationalities, whose | certificates are valid anywhere and at all times. Following is the bill: To amend section forty-one hundred and thirty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, to improve the merchant- marine engincer service, and thereby also to increase the efficiency of the Naval Reserve. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled: That section forty-one hundred and thirty- one of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended to read as follows: Section 4131. Vessels registered pursuant to law and no others, except such as shall be duly qualified according to law for carrying on the consting or fishing trade, shall be deemed ves- | sels of the United States’ and entitled to the benefits and privileges appertaining to such vessels, but no such vessel shall enjoy such benefits and privileges longer than itshall co tinue to be wholly owned by a_citizen or citi zens or a corporation of the United States, and be commanded by a citizen of the United States. And all the officers of vessels of the United States shall in all cases be citizens of the United States. The word officers shall include | | | | real draft into the navy of the United States, to act s engineer, under such regula{ions s may be established by the Secretary of the Navy; and while serving in the naval service of the United States such person shall be entitled to receive the sames pay and emoluments as an officer of the navy of the same grade perform- ing similar duties. Sec. 2, That all laws or parts of laws in con- flict with this act are hereby repealed. “This bill is in furtherance of justice toward the American merchant marine service,” said Senator Squire in explana- tion at the time of the bill's introduction. He went on to say: Engineers residing in various parts of the county, some of them, I am informed, in my ate and city, have had the renewal of licenses to be engincers refused by the local boards under circumstances that savor strongly of rank injustice and favoritism. Thus, it would appear that these men have Dbeen unjustly deprived of their means of livelihood. 1t is one of fthe objects of this bill to put & stop to thisl injusiice and, furthermore, to build up a still greater degree of efficiency among these important servants of commerce. Still another most important feature of the bill is to increase the efficiency of our Naval Reserve, When, a few years ago, & bill was passed granting. under certain conditions, a subsidy to American steamers for carrying the uails to foreign countries, there was a stipula- tion in that bill that these ships should be “officered by American citizens.” When this bill was passed I am sure that it was the belief of every Senator that this meant thatin all parts of the ship upon which her movements and her navigation depended the re- sponsible men in charge—call them what you will—should be American citizens. When ~the steamers of the American line were accorded the privilege of carrying the American flag, and thus taking advantage of the provisious of the postal subsidy act, the managers of this great line of steawers openly and successfully contended that the provisions regarding citizénship did not apply to the en- gineers, because, forsooth, in the eyes of the Deople who control this great line an engineer Was not an “officer,” and so it goes to-day. The ships which we are annually paying & large subsidy for carrying the mails under the supposition that :her are officered by Ameri- can citizens actually have only a few American citizens on board. The Test are foreigners upon whom we could not count in an emergency; men who have no interest in the ships save that whick comes from their employment in time of peace. And thus is lost to us the very thing for which we are paying & subsidy—the buiiding up of an American merchant marine and the oflicering and manning of these ships by truly American citizens, so tnat in the event of the services of | these steamers being required by the Govern- ment in case of War with a foreign Government they would be in a condition to be at once pressed into service. As it is now, the ships of the American line are officered in their engine- Tooms almost entirely by foreigners, and this fact was apparent & few days 8go, when the Ppapers gave an account of on board the American liner o most of the engineers are not citizens of this country. When this bill comes up for discussion I shall have something more to say on_the subject. and shall endeavor to ascertain why it is that we are paying a subsidy to the steamers of this line for an oeean speed which 1 heve heard | stated they have never yet maintained in a vogage ncross the Atlantic—to a line which pears (0 be American only in name, and whi or its own greed has seen fit to ery out to the civilized world that the engineers of their steamships are not ofiicers, and that therefore they need not be Americen citizens—a conten- tion as humiliating as it 1s un-American. _If the steamship compenies which are get- ting subsidies irom the Government do no con- sider their engineers officers 1 want Con- gress to make them officers in the eye of the Iaw, so that in case of trouble with &ny coun- Iy requiring the services of these steamers to supplant those of the navy we shall have them already with their officers and crew, as the act contemplated, and not as they now are oflicered in their engine-rooms by foreigners. Another thing which I want to see enacted into law is that these men shall be bona-fide American citizens, and not merely men who have taken out their first papers, and who may have no intention of going furtiier in that di- rection. I believe that whenever and under whatever circumstances Americans lLave served they have acquitted themselyves most creditably, and I cannot_ belicve that the engine-rooms of these big steamers are such mysterious places that the American marine engineer would be a stranger there. Our American engineers are serving credita- blyon vessels engaged in Oriental commerce and along the shores of Asia. I claim, that they are equal to the Scotch or any other en- gineers. They get the best pay and perform as that was produced last night for the first time in this City. pruning and the really clever way in was told in stage form were not sufficient to give the breezy atmosphere of ‘Mar- micn” to Sage’s dramatization, and all the blowing of bugles, the clashing of which the play abounds fell short of stirring the pulses as much as a single stanza of Scott’s description of the battle of Flodden Field has the power to do. The action, in spite of its clever arrange- ment, is more epic than dramatic, but from this very epic quality the piay bor- Tows a vast amount of picturesqueness All the scenes are animated canva: to speak, of Scott’s marvelous descriptions, and the characters move through the scenes more as the poet’s descriptions come to life cript of St. Cuthbert’s Abbey was a par- ticularly beautiful stage picture. 'The scene fellowed as closely as possible Toby Rosenthal’s famous picture, and the char- acters had made up in excellent imitation of Rosenthal’s models. As Marmion Louis James has not a role calculated to endear him particularly to the sympathies of his audience. It was a heroie, robust role, lacking, however, in some of the finer qualities that generally, on the stage, ~at least, accompany that line of character. There were mono- logues and ravings for Marmion to say, too, which in the mouth of an actor less clever than Louis James would have de- part seem almost Shakespearean, though he could not succeed in making Marmion a truly heroic or a sympathetic character. Miss Alma Kruger was rather heavily weighted with the role of the persecuted Constance, but she played the part pictur- esquely. Miss Aphie Hendricks-James made a dainty Janet and Miss F. Everett was an effective Lady Claire. The men’s roles were well sustained, James Harrison speaking his Scotch burr well as the best and Guy Lindsley making an ardent De Wilton. The last act, on the Field of Flodden, is somewhat transposed from the original. Marmion died harder than the scene- shifters expected, for they lowered the cur- tain as soon as he had been transfixed by De Wilton’s sword. The audience were leaving the theater whea the curtain rose again, revealing Marmion in an expiring condition and Lady Cl ‘“the nigh streamlet’’ and perforin the “‘woman in our homes of ease” act. Ow- inf; to the curtain egisode, however, Mar- mion died to empty benches. “‘Othello” will be performed to-night. At the Columbia. ‘‘The Sepator” played at the Columbia last night to & packed house. The rain seemed to have been overcome by the exceilence of the performance and the popularity of the Frawley Company. The play in itself depicts the soclal and political life at Washington during the time the famous General Armstrong claim was passed through Congress. It is even typical of some of the present events that are around the National Capitol. Blanche Bates in her interpretation of the susceptible and interesting widow, Mrs. Hilary, carries the part to that delicate ex- tremity that only the well tutored can con- trol. When she steps out of herself and into such a character she reconstructs the indi- vidual and.Blanche Bates absolutely disa] pears to make room for the new creadon. 1t can be said of her that while she is playing & part that is styled “the susceptible young widow” the makes the audience susceptible. Mr. Maclyn, as the Senator, acts as though he had enough pull with Congress to settle the funding bill guestion and fix the Committee on Rivers and Harbors so that the Sacramento would be opencd up to deep-water vessels clear up to Shasta. He is good. Wilson Enos as Alexander Armstrong, Secre- tary of State, would have no trouble gettin elected If he suited the voters as well as he dls the audience last night. Mr. Frawley himself le?l up his reputation Lieutenant George as actor in the role o Schuyler of the U.S.N., together with Mise Kennark, Miss Ress, Miss zowen and Miss McAllister. ‘The management are entitled to good houses under such circumstances. Grand Opera-House. “A Long Lene,” which was produced last | night at the Grand Opera-house, has plenty of / f But the judicious | which the story of Constance de Beverly | | swords and the tramp of armed men with | than like the living, breathing, sentient | men and women of a Shakespearean play. | The trlal of Constance de Beveriy in the | scended into mere elocutionary effort. But | James succeeded at times in making his | ire ready to go to | ] | Marie Wainwright and her company,is far ahead of what many people are prone to accept as the correct thing. It is one of those inter- esting situations that only the better class of actors care to encounter. It is also capable of | much fine acting, which, at the hands of Barton Hill, as Sir William Fondlove, | it receives. The real good, old-time | burst of affection, sprinkled over with doubting and doting between Waller and Lydia, stirs up the dim recollection of our grandmothers, and the past dances by like a fragment of long-forgotten girlhood and youth. oseph Zehner as Waller. and Miss Gertrude 1liott as Lydia are the two individuals who successfully handle this part. The invincible Merie prepates a tiff with Mr. Nathaniel Hartwig the sportsman that is fine enough to justify a repetition. It is rich in comedy and effective from a point of consum- ing interest. The Widow Green, the character so seldom well played, found an excellent interpreter last night in Miss Hattie Russell, a sister of Ada Rehan. She fretted, flirted and fumed in & most realistic manner, and jollied Sir Wii- liam with considerable tact. The house was not as good as the play de- served, probably on account of the drizzling rain. At the Alcazar, Leonard Grover in “My Precious Baby'’ at the Aleazar is funny and self.possessed. He seems to feel that he is in his element as the | precious rascal and takes considerable ad- | yantage of the fact that he stands well with | his mother, The glny is full of elever lines and complica- tions that are ridiculous, but well arranged. | 1t is laugheble from the time the curtain goes up until the last act. Francis Powers, as the 0ld gentleman, is always good with his excitable and expressive hands, that seem to communicate his mental distress to all parts of the house. Fannie Young and the old-time_but staid and reliable Bill Gleason hold up their ends in a remark- able way, and the rest of the cast stands in to make things a general success. The Orphenm, There was a large attendance snd a strong bill at the Orpheum last night. De Bolien Brothers and Caron and Herbert, acrobats, are | exceptionally clever in their respective per- formances. Bernard Dyllyn, the Manhattan Comedy Four, Deltorello Brothers, Mason and Healy, and Ducrow and Bush are still in de- mand. Gilmore and Leonard, Irish comediang, furnish mnch amusement. William Roberts, equilibrist, contributes largely to the amuse. ment of all. New attractionsare promised for next week. BUSINESS IN MECOQA, A Handsome Income Made Out of Tolls Levied on Visitors, The Sherif of Mecca is, in all likeli- hood, the only man who knows how many devotees visit that city, for he levies a stiff toll on every one, and makes a very handsome income out of the busi- ness, There are many other men who prosper in Mecca. Hundreds act as guides, phil- osophers and kind friends to the bewil- dered pilgrims—for a consideration. They show them where to kneel in the great mosque, where to pray, where to repeat certain parts of the Koran—in fact, they utter the words and their pupils follow suit. These people are naturally opposed to all innovations, and so also are the pur- veyors of food, which is excessively dear during the pilgrimage. Every year the Sultan of Turkey sends a magnificent carpet, costing £1200, for use in the great mosque. This carpet is carried all the way from Turkey on the finest and strongest camel that can be procured. ‘The Khedive of Egypt sends a like costly carpet every year. In each case the camel which bears the gift is called the “mah- mal,”” and is looked upon as a sacred ani- mal. Now, the Sherif of Mecca has the right of disposing of the old carpets, which are cut up, the pieces being sold as sacred relics at smart prices. The pilgrim who can afford to purchase a piece to take home considers himself & fortunate man. In this and other ways the faithful and simple are exploited.—Chambers’ Journal. RIS S A e Smoker and Tamale Social, On Thursday evening Court Sutro Heights No. 136, Foresters of America, a most enter- prising organization that knows how to enter- tain, will give & jinks in Social Hall, Alcazar building. It will be in the neture of & smoker and tamale gocial, The number of invitations is limited. | CAPTAIN JOHN BERMINGHAM, WHO D ECIDED THAT UNDER THE] PRESENT RULES NO OFFICER COULD HAVE HIS LICENSE RENEWED WHILE OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES. the chief engineer and assistant engineers on | vessels propelled wholly or in part by steam, and no person shall be qualified to become an officer of a merchant vessel of the United States who is not a native-born citizen, or whose naturalization as a citizen shall not have been fully completed. All licenses issued to officers of steam ves- sels shall be graded in accordance with the 1aws governing the steam vessel inspection service, and no license for a higher grade shall be issued except upon written application b{ the holder of a license, which application shall not be granted unless the applicant.shall have lncceus%nlly assed an examination before a regularly suthorized board of examiners as to his qualifications to be an officer of the ad- vanced grade, nor until such applicant shall have served under his existing license at Jeast twelye months prior to his applica- tion for advancement; and mno lfcense shall be suspended or revoked except upon charges duly preferred in writing and ac- knowledged before an officer authorized to administer an oath, and susiained by the su- pervising inspector-general aiter an investiga. tion of the charges, in which the accused shall be allowed counsel and may testify in his own behalf; and in no case shall the accused be deprived of his license until a charge of in- competency or unfitness against him shall be sustained by the supervising inspector-gen- eral. The examination of anapplicant for alicense of a higher grade shall take place within ten days aiter such time as the applicant may re- uest 2 Every license issued shall be for a term of five years, but the holder of a license may have the same renewed for another five years at any time before its expiration; provided, however, that any officer holding a license and who is engaged in a service which necessitates his continued absence from the United States may make application in writing for one renewal ‘and transmit the same to the Board of Local Inspectors with a statement of the applicant, verified by a Consul or other officer of the United States suthorized to edminister an oath, setting forth the reasons for such applica- tion, and upon receiving the same the Board of Local Inspectors that originally issued such license shall renew the same for one additional term of such license and shall notify the appli- cant of such renewal. In time of war or other emergency any per- son who shall accept license as engineer of a steam vessel shall be subject to temporary good service as any. Our country can depend upon them in its commerce in time of peace, l;ld can depend upon them, if need be, in time of war. The bill was referred to the Committee | on Commerce, and Senator Squire signi- fied his intentions of further arguing the matter on the return of the bill from the committee. " Bad Citizens. My neighbor has a large farm here in New Jersey and spends the winter in Flor- ida that he may see the country. In other words, he robbed his own home years ago to pay the railroad and his board bull, and now bemoans the barrenness of the land- scape. He deserves to be kicked and yet preserves the respect of his fellows; he even excites their envy. Another of my neighbors cut down four walnut trees that he might enlarge his pigsty. After this there seemed to be no hope, for these men who even shoot cat-birds to save their cherries, who stuff their stomachs and starve their ears are not to be reasoned with. For years, as I looked from an east window, I saw that group of walnuts towering above the other trees, and in summer their leafy tops seemed like a huge ball that was rolling along the horizon, for trees on all sides hemmed me in. Now there is a break. I can see beyond, where I do not care to look, or looking earthward, trace the roof of the new piggery. With the proceeds of his crop of pork, he too, this enemy of wal- nut trees, is going to Florida. But even worse things than this have been done. Another neighbor has felled an oak because the shade rotted the shin- gles, and now has a sun-burnt dooryard with a sickly arbor vite near where the old tree stood—a very mod- est green tombstone of the fallen monarch. This neighbor never thought that his shingle roof might have been replaced by slate at about the same cost that was re. quired to remove the tree.—Charles C, Ab- bott in January Lippincott’s. POCLAOOMS ARE DOOMED The Board of Supervisors Favors the Prohibitive Ordi- nance. WAGNER MEASURE WAS KILLED The Order Prohibiting the Sale of Burial Lots in the City Passes to Print. The Board of Supervisors struck a death blow at the downtown pool-selling dens yesterday by passing to print the original poolroom ordinance, which prohibits pool- selling outside the confines of a racetrack, and disposing of the Wagner ordinance by rejecting it unconditionally. When the matter was called up under the head of unfinished business the anthor of the Wagner measure, which entirely probibited pool-selling within the City and County of San Francisco, made what was intended to be an elaborate argument in favor of his resolution, but became sadly mixed before he had proceeded far. He did not think that horse-racing would be found to be a failure if the pool-selling feature was eliminated, and called atten- tion to the races of years ago, when noth- ing but individual betting was carried on at racetracks. Then he betrayed an entire lack of knowledge of the manner in which tracks are cared for. He intendea to say that horses sometimes ran when the mud reached to their knees, but succeded in saying that they sometimes ran ‘“up to their mud in knees,” an operation which he characterized as being “against human nature.”” He urgently demanded the pas- sage of the resolution. The rollcall being asked for the vote resulted as follows: In favor—King, Scully, Hirsch and Wagner. —Benjamin, Dimond, Hughes, Dun- Paylor, Morganstern, Spreckels and Hobbs. This matter being effectually disposed of Supervisor Dimond offered the original ordinance, which will close the downtown dens, for passage to print. Wagner at once moved as a substitute that the matter be indefinitely postponed, but this motior was lost by a vote of 7 to 5, King, Scull Benjamin, Hirsch and Wagner voting in favor of it. The original motion was then out and the vote was 8 to 4 in favor of it, Wagner voting ‘‘aye’” with Supervisors Dimond, Hughes, Dunker, Taylor, Mor- ganstern, Spreckels and Hobbs, in order (o give notice that he would move for a re- consideration at the next meeting. The ordinance prohibiting the farther sale of lots in the cemeteries within the City limits was made the basis of a warm debate when it came up for passage to print, Supervisor Dimond making a strong argument against it. e said that it appeared to him that the measure had been inspired by real estate speculators who desired to enhance the value of their holdings by closing the cemeteries, thereby causing the ruin of en- terprises on which the societies which had founded them had spent many thousands of dollars. He thought that if the cemeteries werea nuisance to the City they should be so de- clared by the Board of Health, which was the proper body to look after such matters. When the matter went to a vote it was carried of 8 to 4, King, Scully, Dimond and Taylor voting in the negative. The miik ordinance formulated by the Board of Health, requiring dealers who in- tend going into the business to obtain Yer- mits from the health authorities and to sell milk of a certain degree of purity, was finally passed and goes into effect imme- diately. The amendments to the municipal ordi- nances regarding the carrying or manu- facturing of burglar tools, which were pro- posed by Chief of Police Crowley, were finally passed. The Supervisor from the First Ward in- troduced a resolution, apparently intended to be sarcastic, censuring Rev. W. W. Case for certain utterances credited to him re- garding the board. 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