The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1896, Page 10

THER YORKE T0 THE PEOPLE, The Catholic Chancellor | Again Writes in Self- Defense. i HIS POSITION DEFINED. Says He Belongs to the People and Will Defend Their Rights. NO OTHER I ¥TEREST TO SERVE. The Priest Say:¢ John P. Young Is a Li Coward—Hubbell on Schools. rand a Rev. Fs r Y he follow- ing card to the 14, 1896, A sec- | veople | even thoug mand and is able by cannot deny. I | r Monday for | Cath And now in the fa g with a slan fanction of pri compelied 10 and religion: provocation of pad derstand this well. A ank can | hire & platior ch the iair name of Cat is --com- elied” to repor But when hey who are def to defend their mperately and over ohn P. Yo g is afraid of no bad feel- were pub- that bad feeling prove provo ed t place allayed b 1sing justice to those who hav. eent wronged? 1f Catholics should so far for- get themselves as to take to the public plat he reputations of Protestant | 1 the loyadty i P. Young | egitimate funetion n offen nse Cathodies strove to con- tongie of siander was iled and they and ey would not cease to wer John P. Young has | > dor « aining s fen who e 1o weighing arguments and to ves may be tempted to put ns on his pol When in 1594 1 offered my second letter | 1 consulted no one about the mea no one of what I had | al ronms of the paper I P. Young only a young r knownas A. P. A, sers were informed of A garbled account of | aes in defense of ared the stirring up unity it would it its mistake, to put a r ose may not <nfficiently ted the embittering nd | cause w rev that | 4 and this statement is the public can | the folic At the very | the con versy Time that was fiercest the Chronicle was trying to get from me items of news whick have fanned the flames. The tele °s 10 my office and to my residence were hot with messages and with appeals from the Chronicle for even the smallest scraps of information. Even when I hed informed the emissaries of John P. Young in the curtestand strongest terms at my com- that I would not sta hold any Chionicle I was refused 1o e gentleman to m und communice. any circum- ons the ill besieged. When I at last | see those whom it sent a vhom, by reason ourte- sies I could not decline an_interview, was de- d to approach me. Ile came with the : wished to “square | r the sake of the | e to overlook the past. When I told him what the past was he guaranteed that in future the Chronicle would give me fair treat- ment if I would make no distinction between | it and other papers. I replied that I identified the Chronicle with John P. Young, and that 1 would not trust John P. Youny’s word. These iacts explain why John P. Young is so | anxious to cloture the controversy now. The measures which e is taking manifest the des- eration of an incompetent bigot. Let the air-minded peopl 2n Francisco note what these meusures are. Let them read this morn- ing’s Chronicle and iet them realize how far John P. Young is prepared to go. He professes 0 be solicitous for the fair name of this City and to-day he brands it as a place where Pro- testant _congregations cannot worship in safety. He professes to fear lest hard feelings may be provoked and to-day he paints the Catholics as cowardly attackers of churches. He says: We cven venture the belief that Father Yorke will not desire to see the controversy continued when he learns that the work of ai- tacking churches has already commenced.” What is meant by “the work of attacking ehurches” is explained in a column on the thirteenth page, the headlines of which read as follow BULLETS FIRED INTO CHURCH. A CROWDED A METHODIST REVIVAL IS STARTLED. NO CLEW TO THE MISCREANT. ANOTHER PIECE OF MALICIOUS MISCHIEP. Rev. W. 8. Bovard Asks the Police to Pro- tect the Place of Which He is Pastor. course of the article it 1s asserted that Year's eve a bullet was fired into the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church; that Cap- tain lees detailed his men to investigate the case; that the pastor thought it was 1o mis- chievous prank of a New Year’s roysterer; that rotten eggs had been thrown on the doorstep; that the timid members of the congregation were in terror, and that the pastor- had asked for police protection for his church. The inference is plain. The Catholics of San Francjsco are responsible for this outrage. 1 am responsible for having egged the Catho- lies on. Let me now publicly and over my name brand John P. Young's story as an iufamous fraud. 1t is not true that Captain Lees detailed men on such a case. My authority that Captain Lees knew nothing about it is Captain Lees nimseli. It is not true that the pastor thinks that the shot was maliclous. My authority is Sergeant Perren of the Howard'street station, 0 saw Dr. Bovard himself. It is not true that the church is under police protection. My authority js Captain Gillen, who also states that the cges were deposited on the doorstep by acerdent or mischief by e small boy whom e police know. I need nou dilate on the character of the tics which wonldJ;erpeLrnm such & frand. A great religious body must be calumniated to rectity the mistakes of a man who is not com- petent to edit a grocery catalogue. This City. Ipust be siandered beiore the whole United | questio: | San | editor of the American Patriot THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 189¢€. et ik een b bl i e e e B G R e States to protect the interests of a man who ike every cowanl is a liar. Mr. John P. Young is trving by means of {teryiews to work up publie opinfon against we. What men think of my action has very little influe > Wwitli me as .ong asthose in whose judgment I place confidence are con- vinced that my action is wise and prudent, If nen wish to pull John P. Young’s chesthuts outof the fire it is no affair of mine. Butl must protest against the -imputation which some have str 10 cast that I have con- ducted my side of the controversy in & manner unbecoming & gentleman or a priest. If filth il false nccusations have been introduced éry one knows who introduced them. ) tters are open: to the public. Idefy these fastidious critics to point to a single sentence fuany of them which might not be read in arn me in this Jand I'cannot close this letter without expressing my pain that any Catholie could be found to throw the mud that John P. Young aares not fling himself. I am surprised that those who know m 1d stand sponsor for imputations on_ my conscient snvictions, I have no personal interesis to further, no gain to expect from this contro My position does not depend on notoriety and the past months have but brought me added labor. That the rich should not jeel the necessity of the measures I have taken I can well understand. They are ond the reach of that petty bigotry, that ¥ spite, that petty persecution by which Lave been hounded from the factories,, on from their employment, 1 every opportunity to 1 do not represent the to treat all these things wt. 1f I represent any one present the poor. whereof T speak when I say that the whick John P. Young has done so er has worked many a cruel wrong ither money nor friends ad them in_ their need. » knowledge of these things which ¢ to engage in this controversy, for I eve that only by letting in the light can an end be put to the conspiracy. All thatl have and all that Lam I owe my belong le, and by 1 that [ am ° § ve a profession all that I ha: the o people r their rights and for their good God forbid that the day should er come when I shall be afraid o 10 speak P. C. Yor: ather Yorke takes exception: RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY. THE Rev. Father Yocke expresses the opinion that ance of Sy now agitating San iffers from most the subject considera- i ro theological cor ncisco. In this I ns who have giv a on the 12th of last cord Father Yorke and his © space to present their miner 110 a: 1y m on the subject of religion it did so on the distinet ground that bad feeling was being | stirred up in the commun Here are its | columus if an . and th worldly Sut anto you, pitefuily 1ons on that text from both 1 Protestant pulplts would seem to be appropriate just now. s is the view of the subject that the onicle took when it declined to open its imns to the discussion of vexed religions It was simply adhering to & rule of aper, established many years ago, to not 1ts pages to pole It regretted that pursuit of its legitimate funetion of ting the news it was sometimes compelled 0 report pi meetings where abuse and religions animadversions formed the chief c. But it steadfastly adhered to its resolu- of avoiding, so far us possible, the.provo- cation of bad feeling. But even if this were.not the fact,if the like the Examiner, had only made the discovery at the eleventh hour that * gerous passions were becoming sroused would not have hesitated to frankly admit its misteke, and would have done all fu its power to put a'period 1o a controversy which, what ever those may say who haye not sufficiently nyestigated the matter, is embittering per- soual relations and threatenstocause a revival of the eviis that afilicted the country during the “forties” and “fifties.”” The Chronicle knows that its apprehensions are shared oy the business communit see the possibilities of further depression if this mennce is allowed to hang over the City., We have aiready preseated the views of numerous prominent citizens of all shades of belief. and they are a unit in the expression that the daily publication of religious erimin tion and recrimination is directiy provocative of trouble, and we are convinced that if & c vass of all the peace-loving inkabitants of Francisco were made they would full agree with the Chronicle that it would be wise to cali a halt. We ever venture the belief hat Father Yorke will not desire to see the controversy continuied when he learns that the work of attacking churclies has already commenced. s BEOWMAN ON SCHOOLS. The A. P. A. Edltor Continues His Comparlison of the Catholic and Protestant Views. The following communication has been addressed to Tre Carnby H. W. Bowman, OrFIcE MERICAN PATRIOT, § Market street. Editor of the San Francisco Call—DFAR SIR The chief point of controversy between Rome and tne A. P. A. is over the public-school sys- tem. We, as icans, contend thet it is & ublic necessity and must be maintained at all hazards. On the other hand, Rome insists upon a sectarian education of her children and the overthrow of our American system of ublic non-sectarian schools. We subjoin a few utterances of Popes and priests in refer- ence to our system: - Education outside the control of the Roman Catholic church is a damnable heresy. When I see them drag from me the children, the poor little children, and give iRm an infidel edu- eation it breaks my heart.—(Pius T The common-school system in the United States 18 the worst in the world.—(Cardinal Manning.) The public sctools have produced not godless generation of thieves and blac (Priest Schauer.) I would as soon administer tne sacrament to dogs as to Christians who send their children to pu chools. Unless you suppress the public school system, as | at present conducted it will prove the damnation 0 this country.—(Priest Walker.) A ripe knowledge of the catechism, minus Massachusetis education, is preferable to her edu- cation minus the catechism.—(Cardinsl Antonelii,) The common schools of this country are sinks of moral pollution and nurseries of hell. We hoid education to be a function of the church aud not of the state, aud in our case we do ot and will not accept the state as an educator.—(Catholic Tablet.) ie hideous fetich called the public school is only an ugly idol after afl—(Colorado Catholic We wonld rather our children should grow up in utter ignorance of letters than be tanght in a school thatiis not Catholic.—(Catbolic Quarterly Review.) THese so-called public schools are nov public schools but infidel und sectarian. Catholic parents who send their children to such’schools are guilty of mortal sin,—(Priest Freul.) Emphaticaily a social plagie —(Bishop Perche.) The chief argument of the Roman hierarchy on the school question is the importance of & moral education. They claim that the Amer- ican system of public school education is in- adequate in that it ignores moral teaching; hence it is their duty to provide schools for their children where "they will receive moral educeation. This certainly looks commendable on their part; but before we surrender -our system it will be anact of wisdom to inquire into Rome’s record as a teacher of morals and thus be assured of her competency for the task before we engage Ler (o teach our children. Whet system of morals does she teach? What have her scholars been, and how does she teach morals, are all very important ques- tions. For scholars she Las had Italy and Spain, France and Ireland, Mexico and Sonth America. Now, if she be s competent teacher and her pupils apt to learn, we shall soon expect to find a high type of morality in all of the aforementioned countries. What are the iacts in the case? Papal countries are hotbeds of vice and immorality. nals like & swamp breeds mosquitoes, Gov- ernment statistics prove that the highest per- centage of erime is found in all the lands where Rome i8 the edueator. Italy and Spain are overran with murderers and brigands. The south of Ireland is » regular incubator of law-breakers, and France is notorious for its violation of the seventh commandment. In Mexico and South America morals are at a low ebb. All of the moral commandments are broken with impugnity. It is as natural for Romanists to lie, swear, steal, swindle and ae- fraud as for & 'duck to swim. The Romish church is full of thieves and robbers, of foul- mouthed blasphemers, of prize-fighters and gamblers, of roughs and’ rowdies, of saloon- keepers and drunkards, of jailbirds and mur- derers, and yet poses as a teacher of moral: Romanism!” That hatchery of crime, that cess pool of iniquity, giving lessons in ethics! ome cannot show one country with a high standard of morals, as the result of her teach- ing. The gall and impudence of Rome in sing as a teacher of morals is astounding. ome! that deals out indulgences for sin, that offers & premium for iniquity, that rears in- stitutions ot vice under the guise of rehigion! Bah! Rome!ithat claims the power to absolve from sin, that teaches i 1s devotees 10 le and it will forgive them, grants them the privilege of perjuring themselves under promise of par- dou, that allows its members to steal if they will divide the plunder with the priests, that teaches the murder of heretics is no sin, censuring the American public school for its immoraity! It is enough to turn one’s stomach. Rome! that blesses prize- fighters, fosters saloons, practices gambling, encourages bull-fighting, justifies fraua, sanc- tifies sip and winks at 1niquity—the only fit. In this controyersy I | ashamed | Rome breeds crimi- | | | who | snakes | | | not approve? | even Rom teacher of morals for American children § What consummate cheek ! How does Rome propose to teach the children morals? His she a_different system of education for the parochisl school than the one she has in the church? Ob.nmo! It is the same system pre- cisely. Right here an important query arises, If the product of the puffed-up hierarchial tem Shas been a prolific crop of sanctified pugs and virtnous thugs, of devout thievesand saintly murderers, is it not likely to turn out more of the same kind if used in the parochial schools? 1f like causes produce a like effeet, such must be the result. " When_holy water is equivalent toa boly life, bead stringing to kind deeds, praying to images more virtuous than telling the truth, adoring relics superior to exercising reason, 'how cah you expect a high type of morality ? Can's priest, who lies about purgatory and transubstantiation, inculcate the principles | of truth and honesty to his scholars? if & child 1s taught that all his serises lie when they testify that Rome’s wafer God s bread, isit any wonder that he is a stranger o truth? If » child is drilled Iail Mary” instead of “Hail Columbia,” can we expect to have him come forth a loval citizen? When he must read garbled history, falsified facts, perveried truth, can we expect him to be the peer of the public-school scholar? 1f intelligence and virtue are like Siamese twins, can we expect them to live when separated? Shall a system that places the rosary above reason, the scapu- lar above the schools, the dogma’ above the man, the church above the state, the priest above the people, the Pope above the Presi- dent, be considered a safe one for thy educa- tion of American youth ? I upon the alleged ground of its immorality, the Awmerican public school system should be abolished, then by all the laws of logic under heaven the Roman church, thut is the parent much erime, that floods our jails with | als, that runs our drankard factories, that furnishes the hobos and hoodlums, the | plug-uglies and shonlder-hitters, who disgrace | our cities; that provides boodle aldermen, ward bosses, political heelers and. saioon poli- ticians to run our municipel government, and tries to place her law-breakers into office all | over the iand, should be sunk in the sea of ob- livion so deep that it never can have a resur- rection. Who rre Rome's most trusted teachers? The Jesuits. Are they excellent teachers of morals? | Dead to every sentiment of virtue, blind -to every principle of justice, false to every motive of honor, recreant to every feeling of human- | ity. destitute of love of morality ad bound by | the most solemn oaths ever admynistered of unflinching fidelity to the interests of **Mother | church,” their chief purpose in life only to | carry out the deep-laid schemes of pnpal ag- | grandizement, they set themselves up as the | real safe teachers of morals! Shall Americans | allow these unprincipled, unreasoning agents of the Pope, these blind, fanatical followers of | the illiterate Ignatius Loyolu, who have been | an unmitigated curse to Europe ~luring all the centuries of iheir existence, to b¢ come the sole | instructors of our youth? TheiParlinment of | France, in ordering their expuldion from the empire (1762), set forth their marl character | as_follo The consequences of their docs | trines destroy the laws of naturer; break ali | bonds of civil society, anthorizing lying, 1 | theft, perjury, the utmost unclean ness, murder | and all s us!” Their doctrines rooit cut all sen- timents of humanity; excite re bellion, oot out all religion ana substitute all sorts of su- perstition, blasphemy, irreligion s.nd idolatry. Can men who are trained in vic e, schooled in sin, steeped in perjury and drilled in decepr tion teach pure morals? Will mem who are res gardless of truth and merey insti Il moral prin- ciples in the minds of their pupils when it ig to their interests to do otherwise? Willa sos clety whose joul plots darken the. pages of his- tory teach loyalty to aGovermneut they do Call we expect th e Jesuits, that Catholic_countries have branded as the enemies of civil frecdom and social or- der, to train up a generation of youth in the principles of liberty and morality? Jesuitism has lowered the standard of mor ality and seta. premium upon sin. Loyalty to the Pope is a virtue with them, Quer: ers? What do they result of their teaching? When you can set fire 10 a haystack with an icicle ¥ o1 can kindle a flame of patriotism on the a ltar of liberty with the doctrine of papal supregnacy. . When Whiat will be the you can hatch canary birds out;of duck eggs | You can make good loyal republican citizens out of devoted sons of the Rcmish church. Wnen vou can feel secure in put ting a wildcat into your hencoop to watch voier chickens it will be safe to intrust the liberiies of this Re- public in the hands of papists. When children can make pets out of rattle- | with thefr poisonows fangs unex-| tracted; it will be saje to alloawr Roman priests | to act as instructors of youth. When you can get a cat to act as_mother for orphaned rats You can turn homelass chfldren over to the | care of Rome and not fear for their welfare; when you can teach a fish*%o walk on its tail | and live on dry land. yeu may expect to enjoy untrammeled religious and «ivil liberty where | papacy is dominant. When you fiud a hen | that can swim you mmay expect to meeta de- vout Romanist who is zhe. iriend of thought, | When smallpox is the symbol of health and city sewers make nice drimfking fountains Jes- uits will make moral instrictors of youth. Romanism is a supplanter. She seeks to sup plant certain of our insgjtutions by those of her own. She refuses tca accept the institu- tions she finds here, hence supplents them by rearing those of her own liking. She has sub- stituted the parochial school for the public school. The parochial sctiool is the open foe of | the publicschool. 1t is araun-American institu- tion n enous to our soil. Let us note a few points of contrast be¢ween the two: The public school mrmufactures American citizens; the parochial scchool turns out papal traitors., i The public school enli thtens the mind; the parochial school darkens the intellect. The public school is t he drinking-fountain of liberty; the parochil school is Rome's police officer, to place mmnacles on the mind before the child is old eno ugh 1o resist. The public school turns outmen and women; the parochial school tu.uis out slaves and t00ls. The public school is the Jseadlight of Ameri- | can civil liberty; every parochial school is a papal throne, where Pope 1500 sits, representa- tively, in absolute dominfo. 2 over the inmates. The American public sc.300l has been the mental birthplace of great statesmen, famous orators and noted poets; thex parochiat school has been a brewery, where traitors were | brewed and treason distilled. Tie American public school is the fertilizer of the mind; the parochial school is the vice | that holds the child’s facuities while the priest cuts the thread of superstitiun ana screws on the nut of infallibility. Now we assert, Mr. Editor, that the abo mentioned facts are suflicienit to make Ameri- caus suspicious of Rome’s sysbem of education. . W. Bowax, BONNER AND HIS HORSES. | The Veteran Soon to Erect a Large Training Stable. I hear that Rovbert Bouner, the veteran, will soon erect a large training stable on | his stock farm, near Tarrytown. In Mr. | Bonner's well-kept stables this winter there is sheltered horseflesh to the value of $300,000. In one row of six stalls there are six horses worth at any time at least ,000. Everything about the Bonner | stock farm denotes simplicity, cleanliness and quiet. The training stables are a model of their kind. The blacksmith shop, kennels and breeding stables are each per- | fectly designed for the purpose. Though the interior of the building is piain, no money has been spared to make the guart- ers of the nmroug’fibreds as comfortable as pessible. _The box stalls are 10 by 12 feet, and the floors are of clay and plank. The appliances about the barn are of the simplest kind. Itis at this barn that Mr. Bonner spends much of his time. He is his own driver and trainer, and he is the peer of many of the so-called professionals of the day. A feature of the farm is the blacksmith shop. Here all the defects of the horses’ gaits are looked after. Mr. Bonner discovered that the secret of keep- ing a horse sound lay chiefly in keeping the bearing of the foot level. With this in view he has one of the best equipped blacksmith-shops and hoof-curing esiab- lishments in the world. Mr. Bonner's mile track is the finest of the kind in Westchester County. IHere the great speed of Maud S was increased. In Mr. onner’s stables at the present time are Maud S, Sunol, Rarus and Eifriday and o‘ther familiar horses.—New York Adver- tiser. | | T A Series of Coincidences. Ben Russell, the sergeant-at-srms of the House, and Ben Russell, the representa- tive of the Second Georgia District, have discovered a remarkable series of coinci- dences in their respective lives. They were both born in October; each man’s father and grandfather, respectively, was named Jenjamin, ana their ancestors came from Massachusetts. Mr. Russell of Georgia enlisted in the First Georgia Regiment; the other Russell enlisted in_the First Maine (afterward the Tenth) Regiment. Both were discharged as first lieutenants; | buth went into the newspaper business; each mau has owned his paper for twenty- one years; both were Mayors of their re- s};ective towns; both served two terms in their State Legislatures; both were dele- gates to National conventions, and now they are both serving the United States under the same roof. —— o+ In China tiger bones are used as a medi- cine. It isconsidered that they impart to the invalid some of the tiger's strength. re thiey safe teach- | NOTHING LIKE SYSTEM,” The Art Institute Takes Gigantic Stride to the Front. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. Instructors Are Permitted to Use a System So They Can See Their Work Begin. In thisthoroughly commercial age, when minutes are valuable and hours are price- less, it is perhaps necessary to have some system about things—that is some system where the employee gets the worst of i There is a new system at the Art Asso- ciation up on California street. The sys- tem referred to is a good one because it a | Partridge, E.J. Bowen, Louis L. Nelson and John Dolbeer; councilors—Hon. Ralph C. Har- rison, Hon. Jeremiah Lynch, William Hood, Charles Goodall, Mark Sheldon, Dr. Stevens Cook, James F. Houghton, Gustave Niebaum, Senator George C. Perkins, Henry Lund, Irving M. Scott, Adolph Sutro. WILL SEGREGATE CONTRACTS. Builders Prevail Upon the Supervisors to Make Needed Change The Fire Department Committee of the Board of Supervisors decided yesterday to segregate the contracts for work coming under their jurisdiction when asking for bids. A committee of builders and brick- layers waited on the committee to advo- cate the measure and gave many reasons for their belief that such a course would not only work to their benefit but also to that of the City. They stated that the main reason why they desired the work segregated was that they were often de- frauded out of their money by carpenters who took contracts for buildings, sublet the brickwork, Flumbing and other work that they could not do themselves, and aiter getting paid for the job decamped without settling with the subcontractors. The commitree at first decided to take the matter under advisement, but later, after talking the matter over, decided to grant the brickworkers’ desires. has been tried in boot and shoe stores and | match factories, cess in a boot and shoe store or a match | factory ought, according to the eternal fit- ness of things, to be a great feature for an academy of art. There are many pages in history that would not to-day be in our public libraries but for the fact that cer- tain systems have made the world easy to THE FLIGHT OF Anything that is a suc- | HASTE 15 O THE PACK, | A PROFESSOR FOR THE Governor Budd Has Ordered an Investigation of the Charges. Work on the Ferry Depot Will Soon Begin—Attorneys Are Nearing an Agreement. * Governor Budd was present at the meet- ingof the Harbor Commissioners yester- day and took part in the discussion about the letting of the contracts for the new ferry depot. He also called the attention of President Colnon to the fact that charges ART ASSOCIATION, [Sketched by a “Call’’ artist.] handle, the right side always appearing | nad been made against Superintendent of | Towboats and Dredgers Haste, and thatan up. It might be well to stop right at this point and explain what kind of a system | has been designed, placed, and screwed down in the Art Association. First of all it is one of those systems that is better than double-entry bookkeeping and as simple as a rubber stamp. It has been es- pecially arranged for the exclusive use of five of our best-known and respected ci zens, all of whom, through being able to write, find the system easy to control and no previous instruction is required. These gentlemen, Messrs. Stanton, Joul- lin, Tilden ,Yelland and Mathews, are al- most household names, and when not oth- erwise engaged can be found at the rooms of the Art Association teaching young people how to draw, paint and model in clay. Conditionsused to be such that these gifted individuals could be found there at least part of the time of the day set aside for them to handle the helm, while other parts of the day they could be found some- where else. The system prepared and per- fected for them is of that variety that | makes it possible for them to be there all of the day without inconvenience to any- body. It is the system that permits this ac- complishment. All that is required of the foregoing gentlemen, >r professors of art, is be at the academy so near the hour of 9 A. M. that they can take a pencil—pre- viously prepared by Secretary Martin— and fix their names to the arrival chart ust the same as the man who runs a B saw in a box factory. After signing | the record they pass on to the instruction | rooms and, taking off their coats, proceed to drill artistic designs into the heads cf the students, When they are prepared, through hun- ger, for lunch, they pass out again and state what time they left, on the departure chart. Itisall very simple and the pro- fessors are able to avoid crowding each other since they began to understand the intention of the directors. At 1 p. 3. the chartisonce morearranged to receive its record and more signatures are added, not for the purpose of over- working the professors but to keep up the system. present time and saves a great deal of trouble to the instructors. It enabies them to see what time they get to work and con- sequently they feel’ more at home when they arrive. There is no feeling that op- proaches the delight of ‘‘knowing where youareat.”” Few citizens of this section have ever experienced the thrill that follows a | knowledge of being familiar with their whereabouts. TLe professors are now so wrapped up in the system that it 1s no uncommon thing to see Mr. Stanton or Mr. Joullin fall down the Bohemian Club stairs at five minutes to 9and b-gin a flight for the Art Associa- tion. If they arrive in time .to hear the merry stroke of the hall clock a smile of triumph takes possession of their facesand | they are happy the remaindet ,t the day. Mr. Tilden, who used to believe in the French method of showing up only when Visitors were expected, has got all over the habit and now finds comfort and solace in being present just on the minute. Mr. Mathews and Mr. Yelland will drop a landscape with the butter side down to 50; to the institute on time. They are eepl_v. interested in their work and are in love with the system. The directer who is the father of the system is said to have visited the box fac- tories, planing-mills, brickyards, overall foundries and canneries so as to familiarize himself with the most avproved methods of recording departures and arrivals, while Secretary Martin, of the all-seeing eve, attends to it thai the system apparatus is always in good condition ready to work at the stroie of 9 A. a. and 1 P. M. Let history in after years record this artistic nine ‘stroke. Geograpical Soclety Officers. The Geographical Soclety elected’ these offi- cers yesterday at 331 Pine stréet: President, Professor George Davidson; vice - president, Ralph C. Harrison; second vice-president, Irving M. Scott; third vice-president, Charles L. Taylor; recording secretary, John Partridge: home correupomfing secretary, Jeremia Lynch; foreign corresponding secretary, Mark Sheldon; directors—Professor George David- son, Charles L. Taylor, Harry Durbrow, John It is working very well at the | investigation should be held at once. It will begin at 10 A. w. to-day and the Goy- ernor will be present. As stated in yester- day’s Carr, Haste is accused by William Deacon of the Main-street Iron Works of accepting commissions from firms to which he gave State work. Haste says that at to-day’s investigation he will be able to prove his innocenc When the board was called to order Cap- tain Oliver of the American ship Edward O'Brien asked to be heard. He said he was not aware that he was breaking the law when his ship anchored off Alcatraz Island. Assoon as he could get ashore he went to the telegraph-office to answera message informing him of a death in his family. When he got back to the water front he heard of the altercation between the Assistant Chief Wharfinger and his mate, and at once went out to move the O’Brien. By that time the Harbor Com- missioners’ tug had her in tow and the trouble was over. President Colnon drew Oliver's attention to the fact that there was a bill for towage and expenses of moving the ship of $5750 against bim. This the captain agreed to pay and begged that leniency be shown to the mate. According to him it would be a great misfortune if the young man was prosccuted for a misdemeanor. On the motion of Commissioner Chadbourne the question of arresting young Oliver was dropped. P. F. Dundox has decided to tear up the tracks and the derrick he built or the sea- wall two weeks ago without permission. The Harbor Commissioners agreed to al- low them to remain providing Dundon would give them a bond guaranteeing to defend all damage suits that might be brought for injuries sustained through the tracks being laid on the front. In his let- ter to the board Mr. Dundon said his com- pany would remove the tracks and derrick | on accouut of “‘the enormity of the obliga- tions under which we were to be place When the ferry depot came under dis- cussion, F. 8. Stratton, special attorney for the beard, said that no definite decision in regard to the signing of the contracts had been arrived at. He said that the Commissioners’ attorney. Dr. Taylor, who represents the Risdon Iron Works, and | himself had conferred on the matter, and | were of the opinien that there wi no difficulties in the way of going on with the work. He suggested that the Governor, Treasurer and Controller sign the plans, and then there would be no more trouble. Governor Budd said this could not be done, as the Treasurer was sick. *‘But I believe,” said he, “‘that the attorneys are all prett well agreed, and that in a few days all will be plain sailing.” ‘R\'P are all pretty well of the sanie mind,” said Stratton. *‘One thing I am sure of; there is not enough difference of opinion among us to warrant an appeal to the Supreme Court.”” .The matter then went over to the next meeting of the board, and the contractors took their departure. W. R. Larzelere, the produce-dealer, was before the board protestine against a bill for $25 60, which the Chief Wharfinger had sent to him. It was for over a thousand sacks of potatoes which he has been storing on Jaeckson-street wharf for some time. He explained that he had only followed the usual custom and was ready to move the otatoes when notified. On the motion of Commissioner Cole it was decided to rebate the whole amount of the bill. Just as the board was about to adjourn Governor Budd arose and said: *“I have found in a good many instances that State employes have been using their positions to make money outside of their salaries. Charges have been made against Superin- tendent of Dredgers Haste, and [ think an investigation should be held. Iam op- posed to men trying to make money ille- ally ont of the State, and everybody I Enve found at it has lost his head.”” ‘“‘Perhaps Mr. Haste doesn’t want an in- vestigation,” said Cominissioner Cole. “It makes no difference,” said the Gov- erpor. “This matter must be taken up, and the sooner the better.” On_the motion of Chadbourne the inves- tigation was set for 10 o’clock this morn- ing. There is a boy in Hamilton, Mo., who works on a farm and between whiles knits socks at the rate of two pairs a week, THE SAN LEANDRO BABIES Placed on Exhibition by the Sis- ter Superior of the Girls’ Directory. WHY SHE SENT THEM AWAY. Says the Garb the Sisters Wear Is a Matter of Choice, but Not Author- ized by the Church. In a neat, clean and comfortably fur- nished room on the ground floor of the Girls’ Directory at the corner of Central and Beuna Vista avenues, near Buena | Vista Park, there were yesterday afternoon eighteen little tots, all dressed in warm, clean, comfortable clothlng. They were a bright, bappy looking lot of youngsters, with fat, chubby faces indicative of the fact that they were not suffering for the want of nourishment. ‘rbey were seated in little rockers and on big chairs, and were singing baby songs when seen. “*These,” saia Sister Mary Margaret, the sister superior of the institution, ‘‘are the | children that were in our branch home two miles beyond San Leandro and of whose condition Miss Prescott made com- plaint a few days ago and whom Father McSweeny of Oakland announced he would take from us. These little ones, and they range from a year and a half up to five or six, need good pure fresh milk, and in order to supply them with it we concluded to get a four-room cottage near San Leandro and keep thém there. Complaint was made that the floors of the place are with- out carpets and that the walls are bare. Well, did you ever see an orphan asylum where the floors are carpeted or the walls hung with fine pictures and ornaments? “*Complaint 1s also made that the little ones sleep on sacks filled with straw. The beds on which they sleep are made of checked blue and white gingham, and it is true that these ticks are not filled with feathers, for it would not do to place chil- dren of that age on feathers. They have | good, comfortable, clean mattresses which are placed in cribs. There are two dozen of these, so that each child has its own. “I had these children brought over here to-day so that they couli be seen, and any one can see that they are not maltreated or starved. **We—that is, the Sisters who are in charge of this home for girls—are charged with being frauds on the Catholic cliurch. I want to say that we never have repre- sented ourselves as bein§ patronized by | the church. I have told that to Father McSweeney and to every other priest and every one who visits us. “We are Catholics and bring up the children under our care in that faith. We are an incorporated society, and receive | girls of every creed or nationality and care for them. The majority of the children left with us are those of very poor parents who are unable to care for them. Of the eighteen we have here two are foundlings, two have but one parent each and the oth- ers have both parents. When we receive children not of our faith we ask the par- ents to allow us to bring them up in our faith. Then we keep them until they are 14, or until they make their first commun- ion. “Last Sunday eleven girls from here made their first communion in St. Agnes Church on Masonic avenne, right near our home. After they have made their first communion we find places for them in re- spectable families and by that time the parents take care of them. Ifatany time parents can pay anything toward the sup- port of their chiidren they pay us a small sum. The eighteen little ones here are supported by us, except one, for whose care we are paid $5 a month, *‘As to the garb we wear, we do not wear it by any sanction of the church, but we can wear what we like. We call our- selves ‘the Sisters of St. Francis,’ and are a body of women, eight in number, who devote our lives to caring for children who cannot be cared for by parents. Some of the women who have joined us have given us money to be used in our work. We huve a number of people who contribute so much a month to help us maintain the home. ‘*As to our branch home, why, we have no objection to having it visited by any member of the press, and we shall ask some of the reporters to go there and see for themselves. “This home was started in 1887, on Christmas day, aiter I had consultea with the late Father Buchard. He waited on the Archbishop, who, through him, said that he had no objection to my engaging in this work. With Sister Mary Immac- ulate as my assistant, a small home was opened on Grove street, and then we went to Van Ness avenue, where we were obliged to pay $75 a month rent. A sister joined us and gave us $1000, and with that amount I went to look for a block of land near the park. [ found just what I wanted, but the price was $20,000. Then 1 found this place was owned by a lady who was obliged to sell, and she let me have it for §6000. But as I had only $1000, NEW TO-DAY. CURSED." For 16 Years Compelled to Eat a Pound of Poison Weekly. Saved at Last by a Wonderful Antidote—An Almost Incredible Story of Sufferinz Told by a Louisianian. It is wonderful what a human being will endure. 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Address The Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago and New York, ‘ a gentleman who knew what good we had done loaned me $5000. “That $5000 was the only large donation we ever had except one of $3000 from a young man who worked around the Do- minican church and who had an idea that he might some time join the Dominican order. He suddenly fell heir to a large estate, and he gave the home the amount I have named. Since then we have re- ceived small contributions, and have man- aced to pay off all our dabts except about *JROF?ather McSweeney has visited the home three times since last August, and he knows that Itold him, as I teil every one, that we are not an organized body, that is, organized by the church. ““He spoke favorably of our work. Shortly after the home was started I wrote to the Bishop and he sent me a reply, in which he wrote: ‘I am delighted to know how well the home is getting along. May God bless every step you take in behalf of the poor, which you have successfully done.! “We have been here five years, and this is the first time we have heard any com- plaint. On the contrary, we have (ecexvcd much vraise. Why, there is a Swedish woman named Letevre who bad five chil- dren in the home, took instructions and, with her five children, was baptized in the Catholic faith to show her gratitude for what we had done,” THE TURKISH OAVALRY It Is Composed of Thirty-Five Regi- ments of Trained Horsemen. The Turkish cavalry, says the Egyptian Herald, has a great advantage over Euro- pean cavalries, in so much as it can be more easily recruited from populations having from birth habits of horsemanship, whereas in Europe, where recruits have to be taken from everywhere, they come as frequently from the*working classes and rural classes asfrom those who are habitu- ated to riding. The service being of four instead of three years, as is the case in France and Ger- many, Turkish cavalry derives from this longer service advantages which it is not necessary to point out. If the modern strategical code has completely moditied the conditions under which must now operate the actions of cavalry, it has in no way diminished the importance of it. With the repéating rifle and the far-reach- ing cannon, the old-fasbioned groupings on the battlefield and the great charges in a body can no longer be nsed. Cavalry is the eve of an army, as well as a veil behind which it conceals its move- ments. A numerous cavalry is thus indis- pensable to a proper military organization. The Turkish cavalry is thus thirt regiments of five squadrons. The might seem iittle in keeping with the mili- tary conditions of Turkey, but the Sultan has found in the patriotism of his faithful subjects a method of doubling—and even more than that—his cavalry forces in time of war. The armament of Ottoman cavalry is composed of slightly curved swords and small-caliber rifles. A certain number of regiments are fur- nithed with a lance, and everything tends to the supposition thut these will be dis- tributed to the rest of the cavalry. The uniform consists of a simple tunic, with one row of buttons, a pair of gray trousers and Prussian boots. The horses belong generally to the Turco-Persian or Arab crossbreed. Of rather small build, of deli- cate form, nervous, with supple legs, ana indefatigable, these horses are both very intelligent and very docile. ——— A vacuum process of canning fruits in glass has been invented which it is prophe- sied will doom forever the old-fashioned and extremely obnoxious tins. All the deleterious yases generated in cooking the fruit and even the air are extracted by this new method. so that fermentation is reduced to a minimum. 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