The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 22, 1896, Page 10

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1896 REV, FATHER CARHER'S STIRRING ADDRESS, Two Thousand Persons Are| Turned Away From the Temple. ON STANDING ROOM LEFT Audience Carried Away by the Eloquence of the Catholic Divine. OTHER CLERGY CRITICIZED. | Scathing Comments on the Division of the Churches North and South. | Yo Metropolitan Temple was packed lusti! night. | Of the five or six tho were desirous of at held under the a ndi pices of the Young | cord should have been iet loose upon this once the meeting | considering their numbers and strength, and considering also the fact that they have been attacked at their own doors and in a city that has been founded and, in a great measure, brought to its present state by Catholics. Among_the most ribald and rabid of the speak ve been men professing to be minis- sters of the gospel, but the gospel which they preach s not thatof brotherly love and Chris- tian forbearance; on the coutrary, it is the gospel of hate and dissension. 'If we ex- cept & court-martialed and disgraced general who strutted upon ihis platform a few months ago, our defamers have been chiefly unnaturalized foreign ministers or min- isters who have been given an in- definite . leave of obsence by thelir congregations in Kentucky and elsewhere, on account of their crimes and scandals, an occa- sional pettifogging lawyer has appeared upon the scene and screeched” against “*Romanism.” but he has always proved himself to be a liar, instead of a lawyer. Oi_the audience that throngs this temple on Sundays, many come_through idle curiosity to listen to the rant and ravings of political bui- foons, while others come to have their morbid, unchristian feelings gratified by listening to’ atiacks on “Popes” and “Popery.” In taking up the daily papers two items of news are now sure to strike the eye of the reader. One relates to the brutal atrocities committed by the Turks and Kurds upon Christians in Armenia; the other relates to the sevage onslaughts made by the A. P. A. Kurds upon the Catholics. It is cheering, however, to know that our enemies are beinig routed, horse, foot and dragoons, in the Eastern States, and before many months shall have passed v will meet on this coast with a crushing town. In exposing to-night some of the vile calum- nies that have been hurled against Cathslic Irish 1 give no offense to fair-minded Protes- nd persons who | tants and non-Catholics, and should I utter s | S nerac © | single offensive expression I recall it here now- I regret deeply that the demon of religious dis- THE REV. FATHER CARAHER. [From a photograph.] Men’s Catholic Union, and listening to the eloquent Father Caraher of San Jose, at least two thousand were disappointed. The sidewalk in front of the temple was | crowded with men, women and children at | and after the doors were opened | there was a continuous line, twenty | abreast, struggling on the way up the | broad stairway. At 7:45 o'clock officers at the entrance | announced to the anxious and pressing | crowd that all the seating and standing | room was taken up. Even this was not | conclusive. The crowd pressed on, ap- parently determined to gain entrance at | any cost, but the doors were effectually barred, and at least 2000 persons left the | building with great reluctance and disap- | pointment. As it was, the auditorium and galleries we: iled almost to suffocation. The stage was occupied by members o the Young Men’s Catkolic Union, over | whose heads waved in graceful festoons | the National colors in flag and bunting. After an organ voluntary J. H. Sullivan of the Young Men’s Catholic Union was introduced as chairman of the meeting. He made a few introductory remarks, which were at once eloquent and pointed. He referred in sarcastic terms to the patriotic speeches delivered from the plat- form on which he stooa by memhers of the A. P. A. T believe,” he said, “that it is the duty of every earnest ana honest Catholic to resist the charges made by the ranting orators of that aggregation knowan as the A.P. A., and to show the people that on the head of lovalty and patriofism we are equal with, if in fact not ahead of, those who would seek to impugn our loy- alty to the Republic. There have Heen utterances from this platform that no honest Catholic should listen toor hear repeated without burning indignation, and as a representative of the union I take great pleasure in thus publicly brand- ing such calumnious utterances as false- hoods.” Fresh applause followed Chairman Sul- livan’s short address and the audience seemed on the point of insisting for some- thing more of the same kind from the same source. T. J. Walsh san a patriotic solo entitled | “The Sword of Bunker Hill” with good | effect, and the vast audience found a vent | for the pent-up enthusiasm engendered by 1 | | | | | | i | | the chairman’s address and the numerous and apropos side remarks interpolated by ibe vociferous members of the audience. The Rev. Father Caraher, the speaker of | the evening, was then introduced, the words of the chairman being drownea in the tumaltuous applause. He said: Mr. Chairmen, Ledies and Gentlemen: | As elready announced, the subject of this | address is “Calumnies Against Catholics.” | For well nigh two years San Francisco and several cities and towns of this State | have frequently witnessed outbursts of | Teligious bigotry. Sundey after Sunday during a portion of that time from this piatiorm upon which 1 am now standing, the most unchristian and infamous aitacks have been made upon Catholics and everything they hold sacred and in vencration. Every foul calumny against Catholies that has ever existed tnat could be invented has been hurled sgainst us in this temple and circu- iated afterward in the public press. The forbearance of our peopie under such strong provocation has been really wonderful, Pcace!ble City, but all can easily see that he has not been loosed by Catholics, and that they are now driving him back to his dark, loath- some dungeon. Calumnies against the nuns or sisters—From the first appearance of our enemlies until this moment they have been heaping calumnies upon the heads of the nuns or sisters of the Catholic church. The latest ealumny that I ave seen against the sisters comes from the poisonous pen of the Rev.or rather Irrev. Bowman, who writes that the offices in Washington are overrun by begging nuns, who extort money trom the emploves. Most of the calnmnies, however, are so grossly obscure, £0 shocking to the moral sense, that they could only be repeated by a Henry or a Hubbell, » Bowman or a Brown. But we must remember that this war upon the sisters is not made on’account of their religion, for the . P. A.’s respect every form of religion, par- ularly the Catholic. It is waged against m o1 account of their interference in politics and their voting at elections at the dictation of the Pope. I 1ieel, ladies and gentlemen, that Ishould meke a public defense, feeble though it be, of & class of Catholics who cannot de- fend themselves, There are no more defense- less persous in creation than those nuns or sisters. They can use neither voice nor pen, hand nor toot in their defense, and the ruffian that would assail their virtue, whether he be a. minister or a layman, should have the flesh torn off his filthy carcass by the cat-o’-ninc- teils. Catholic sistersare respected on account of their purity and self-sacrifice by the Turks, the Arabs, the Hindoos and the ‘rnganl of every nation, and are only defamed by your spurious A. P. A.’s. Our sisters are not only the purest women that walk the earth to-day, but among the greatest benefactors of society. Their schools and academies are not only seais of learning, but also nurseries of virtue, where many of our best non-Catholic ladies have re- ceived their mental and moral training. They take the place of mothers toward orphans and _ waifs of society, and clothe, feed and educate them with trifiing expense to the-State. They receive with open arms the ex&msed, famishing foundling and warm it into life with a mother’s tender care. These sisters so foully defamed by the A. P. A, scum, by ruffianly Orangemen and beetle-browed Scandinavian Mormans, devote their lives in hospitals, pesthouses, tents and quarantines, to the sick ana suffering, the plague-stricken snd incurable, and many of them perish at their posts of duty. When this Nation was divided into two hos- tile camps, and its lifeblood was flowing like water, our sisters were to bs found upon the battlefield binding up the bleeding wounds of the soldier and cooling his parched, feverish lips with water, amid the bursting of shells and the whizzing of bullets. With the sound of the tocsin of war was heard the call, not for Protestant nurses, put_for Catholic sisters, who went forth to face the danger as intrepidly as any gen- eral, and not only did they sweeten tne last moments of thousands who are now in eter- nity, but they saved the lives of thou- sands who are living to-day. Listen to the testimony of the poet-scou Capiain Jack Crawford: “On all God's green and beautiful earth there are uo _purer, no nobler, no more kind-hearted and selfesacrificing women than those who wear the somber garb of the Catholic | sisters. During the war I had many oppor- tunities for observing them. While convales- cing at the Latteriee Hospital, Pa., having | been serionsly wounded at Spotisylvania, Sis- | ter Valencia taught me to read and write, and to her I owe the foundation on which I have built the education I now possess. I am not & Catholic, but stand ready at any and el times to defend these noble women, even with my life, for I owe thatlife to them.” If there be in this vest assemblage to-night any of the war vet- erans that followed either the Federal or Con- federate standard they can testify to the hero- ism and self-sacrifice of our sisters during the war; and appealing now ig the manhood and chivalry of those veterans I ask them if they will stand by In the future as they have done in the past with folded arms and muzzled mouths whilst the stainless character of the sisters is attacked by moral assassins. Calumnies against priest, sisters and nuns— The first to _bear the brunt of calumny in the gresent unboly war are the Catholic priests. hiey are charged with undue interference in politics, with being traitors to our republican form of government and with every villainy imaginabie. Who are they who charge priests with undue influence in politics? They are men and min- isters belonging to those sects whose preachers have always been motorlous with their meddling in politics, and who have always been the worst types of political demagogues. For years the timbers of this temple rang every Saturday evening with the vpolitical harangues of & Baptist minister, who gener- ally made Catholics his targets, with the Pope inthe center. But when that minister was shotdown upon the public street and when a calamity greater than that which crushed the house of Atrena fell upon himself and his fam- ily, he found that Catholics were his best friends and ever afterward he had only praise 10 bestow upon them and their spiritual head in Rome. In the election campaign of 1875 a Methodist minister, now a Bishop, was a_ party candidate for Superintendent oi Schools of California and was frequently to be seen in the thick of battle fighting for the spoils of office. and now his brother ministers are screeching like night owls against the imaginary interfering of priests in politics. Butlet usgo Eastward foramoment. Toward the end of the Presidential campaign of 1884 our calumniators were guilty of a_political crime in the city of New York that should seal their lips forever. The majority of the voters of this Republic had made up their minds to vote for Maine’s favorite son, for “the invinci- ble Rupert of debate, the white-plumed warrior of Navarre,” James G. Blaine. Irishmen had left the Democratic ranks as they should have done and vowed that they w te for the man who had roasted Salisbury in his burn- ing speeches and who had fearlessly litted up his voice in behalf of downtrodden Ireland. The great statesman had his hend almost upon the Presidential prize when a band of big- oted parsous, who must have come up from the darkest corners of Dante’s inforno, inter- vened and complimented him upon his un- comvpromising hostility to “Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.” The telegraph wires were redhot with these words before they were cold upon the lips of Parson Burchard, and on election day the sun set upon the slaughter at the polls of the most typical American statesman that the republic h"l: produced since the days of Abraham Lin- coln. Sonte of these exponents of liberal Christian- ity, albeit Protestantism, who would heap cal- umny upon the head of the Catholic church are Leld up_to public view with a glory shin- ing upon them, such as the person the Rev. | a Quitzow to preside. Brown. Revs. Case and Bovard are also ex- | tremists in matters qf Protestantism in its ref- erence to the Catholic church_and the hisrar- chy. As representatives of Methodistism the | last two divines mentioned are specimens of their class—narrow and bigoted. Methodist- | ism has ever neen uncharitable. Without & falten Martin Luther in_Germany you would not have a Rev.Father Waugh to eackle prayers here on Sunday afternoons, nor And without a fallen John Knox in Scotland vou might not have a Rev. Mr. Gibson or & Ross; and oh, what a loss! When, therefore, ourenemies make onslaughts on fallen priests they are violating the fourth commandment, which obliges them to honor and respect their parents. he Methodists aécuse the Catholics of being sloyal to the Union. Every one knows that the late schism between the North and South caused a split in the church. What of that kind of Christianjty? No more loyal sub- jects in the Uniom were enlisted in the army of the North than those who were repre- sentatives of the Catholic faith. But such men_as_the Rev. Brown represent the element in the Protestant church which is antagonistic to Catholicism. May we hope that this is not the pure element of Protestant- ism. 1 And now, O glorious Republic! O Catholic Columbial I salute thee to-night, and with ten millions of my co-religionists I offer thee my homage and renew to thee my vow of un- swerving fidelity. Thy form is fairer in my eyves than any form that ever rose up be- fore the vision of painter or of sculptor. May thy sacred sofl mever be polluted by the foot of any tyrant, may thy Jiberty, civil aud religious, never suffer the least dfminution and mayest thou always e as free es the wind that sweeps over thy boundless prairies. May all bigotry be stified within thy borders and be succeeded by char- ity and brotherhood. May thy children in- crease not only in numbers, but_aiso in virtue, intelligence and patriotism. May new stars continue to appear upon the firmanent of thy flag and may thy flag, the emblem of libert; ever float over a virtuous and united and p | triotic peonle! COMPETITION BY WATER It Plays an Important Part in the Commerce of San Francisco. Traffic Manager Curtis Preparing a Table of Rates to Oregon and Washington. No means that will aid San Francisco in maintaining her position as the metrop- olis of the Pacific Coast is being neglected by Traffic Manager W. B, Curtis of the Traffic Association. As an outcome of the present deter- mined three-cornered rate war between the Southern Pacific Company, the Ore- gon Railway and Navigation Compsny and the North Pacific Steamship Com- pany the rates by water to Portland have been forced down to$1 a ton, and under these conditions a favorable opportunity exists for San Francisco to compete with Portland for the trade of Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and other sections that are ordinarily tributary to Portland. It is also claimed by Mr. Curtis that San Francisco wouid be able to secure a larger portion of the trade of the southern part of Oregon as against Portland were it not for the position taken by the Oregon Rail- way and Navigation Company. whose pol- icy is and has been, 8o it is claimed by Mr. Curtis, to build up Portland at the ex- pense of San Francisco. This it accom- plishes, it is asserted, in two ways. The first and most important iz by entering into an agreement with the Northern Pa- cific Railroad Company by which rates are made from $3 to $9 per ton higher to points in Eastern Orezon ana Eastern Washing- ton from San Francisco than they are to the same points from Portland. This naturally gives Portland a considerable advantage over San Francisco in securing the business of the sections named. Another way In which the Oregon Rail- way and Navigation Company assists the Portland merchant to the detriment of the merchant of San Francisco is by mak- ing a $1 per ton rate from Portland to Coos Bay instead of maintaining the reg- ular rate of $3 per ton. The North Pacific Steamship Company has two steamers—the Empire and the Alice Blanchard—now vplying between here and Portland via Yaquina and Coos bays, and they are carrying freight north- bound to Portiand for $1 a ton, maintain- ing, however, the regular rate of $3 a ton from Portland to Coos Cay. Recently the Oregon Railway and Navi- gation Company put on the steam- schooner South Coast, it is claimed to drive the Empire and the Alice Blanchard from tbis route. In view of these facts the Trafiic Asso- ciation 1s preparing a table of compara- tive rates from San Francisco to the inte- rior points of Oregon and Washington to show the merchants of San Francisco the advantages of shipping to those points via Portiand on: the steamers of the North Pacific Steamship Company. The local merchants, in the circular to be sent out from the office of the Traffic Association, will be urged to patronize the North Pacific Steamship Company for two im- portant reasons. It will be claimed that this company is a local organization and working directly and continuously in the interests of San Francisco, and that by supporting it the merchants will at the same time be cultivating an influence that will effectuaily prevent a restoration of the high rates that previously prevailed to Porfland from this City, and which acted as an effective bar to the trade of the Northwest. It will not be long, it 1s expected, before the Southern Pacific Company and the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company will pateh up the differences that now exist be- tween them, and which brought on the present bitter rate war. When they do, it is claimed they will endeavor to put all rates back to where they were before the fight began. But with the existence of a competing water route, such as that now being operated by the North Pacific Steam- sbip Company, this will prove an impossi- bility. The steamer Empire leaves to-day for the north, and will be followed six days later by the Alice Blanchard. They will then alternate every six days. THE COUNT CAPDEVILLA A Nobleman of Barcelona Who Thinks Cubans Will Be Defeated. OWNS RICH TOBACCO LANDS. He Says Seven-Tenths of the Insur- gents Are Negroes and That They Can Never Win. Among the arrivals at the Occidental is the Count Salvador Capdevilla de Puig y Perella of Barcelona, Spain, who has re- cently been for some time in Havana. The Count is among the most conspic- uous of the Spanish nobility. His family is well on to 1000 years old, and the ruined castles of the Capdevillus antedating him are scattered from Seville to Salamanca. The brother of the Count is the Count Gines Capdevilla, oue of the foremost art- ists of Spain. The Count Salvador isa very handsome man, who has not yet reached 30 years. His face shows the pure Castilian blood and his bushy black hair and dark eyes tell of life for many generations under semi-tropical suns. For over 100 years his family has owned tobacco plantations in Cuba, and he nas been there in connection with their inter- ests. The Count is a warm advocate of the cause of Spain in the war with the in- surgents of the Pearl of the Antilles, and he nays he is convinced that Spain will eventually win. The cause of the war, he thinks, is mis- | understoad in this country. Seven-tenths | “and throngs of them have no place to sleep except out in the cold and snow. Their wives and children are waiting for them to build homes there, but in_many cases the men fall into bad habts, includ- ing drinking, and they are worse off than at the beginning. “Some of them expected, apparently, to find iumps of gold in the street. Tbey won’t get any. There are stumps, stones and snowbanks everywhere in the camp and surrounding it. "It 1s not an alluring place. 1 have letters from some of my frien in_Spain about it. I shall not urge any of them to go there.” By a singular circumsiance, the Count accidentally met Raymon Banana, the California-street millionaire, yesterday. The former is a native of Barcelona, and fifty years ago came to California as a riest. During the’ gold excitement he eft the church and took advantage of his opportunities to make a fortune. e was an intimate friend of some of the members of the Count’s family, and was overjoyed to meet the Count. The latter will be here for several days at least. He went from Cripple Creek to the Northwest and hasonly just arrived here. The Countisa great reader, taking particular interestin the poetry of differnt nations. He is also greatly interestede in pictures. ONE DEPOSITOR HAPPY, Pacific Bank Directors Must Pay Matthew McGowan in Full. The Judgment of the Lower Court for $25,577 71 Affirmed by the Supreme Court. The directors of the Pacific Bank must pay to Matthew McGowan §$25,577 71, the amount of a judgment awarded him by the Superior Court in his suit against the directors of the Pacific Bank to recover of the insurrectionists are negroes, so he | the amount of a deposit. says, and should they be successful the would soon repudiate the whole Cuban | rule, and revolution would follow revolu- | tion. “Iam a liberal Spaniard.” said the no- bleman, “but I cannot think that the He sued the directors each for his pro- portion of the amount. In answer it was contended that by the terms under which the Pacific Accumulation Loan Company, the predecessor of the Pacitic Bank, was Cubans are_yet prepared for self-covern- organized the stockholders were expressly ment. It is almost 400 years now since | exempted from liability, and, further, that The Count Salvador Capd:villa de Puig y Ferella of Spain, Who Is Now Here. [From a photograph. ] Cuba was colonized by Spain. As the |asthe Pacific Bank never elected to con- aborigines gradually tended toward ex- tinction the importation of slaves began. “From 1820 to 1840 over 13,000 were brought from Africa and landed there. Shortly afterward the slave trade was sup- pressed, but it soon revived again. “The negroes soon outnumbered the Spanish residents and soldiers, and rose in revolt. They were soon subdued, how- ever. Then followed the bloody insurrec- tion of 1848, in which 10,000 negroes were killed. Coionel successfully attempted to revolutionize Cuba. After this followed many filibus- tering expeditions. Finally the” republic of Cuba was proclaimed, with freedom to the slaves, and Cespedes was elected Presi- dent. Well, war followed, which was kept up for ten years, aud it was a bitter and relentless war, too. “‘Itis the descendants of these people who fought the Spanish in those times that are now fighting against Spanish rule, or, as they put it, to throw off the Span- ish yoke.” I think a great deal of some of these men, particularly the whites of Cuban blood, but they are so far in the minority that, in my opinion, they, cannot succeed. “It is a good thing to my mind that it is §0, for if the insurgents could win the raising of crops would be neglected and Cuba be overrun with pauperism. Besides this an element of discord would be found in the sons of slaves who have been educa~ ted abroad. “There are many of these in Havana, and in the event of the independence of Cuba they would demand the offices. This the rank and fileof the negroes would combhat, for they have no love for the edu- cated negroes. . ‘Asit is, the lands and wealth of the islands are in the hands of the Spaniards almost entirely. [f every few years the Pplantations, stores and homes of the Span- ish are to be desolated, it would be better to turn them all over and give up the con- test. Still the Spaniards will never do it. When the great Emilo Castelar said ‘Cuba now for Spain, and always for Spain,’ he voiced the sentiment that lives strongly in every Spaniard’s heart. G *‘Spain has Christ'anized and civilized Cuba. ~hall she give up the country now? Captain - General Campos would have won a signal victory over the insur- gents ere this were it not that_the officers under him have been dissatisfied with his humane policy. ‘From late advices which I have re- ceived from Spain I learn that the dissatis- fiec officers are soon to be sausfied. Prime Minister Canovas Castillo has decided to order a more vigorous mode of warfare. _*“This simply means a war of extermina- tion. The results will be terrible, but with the insurrection ended Spain will again set to work to rehabilitate and re- build her desolated possession.” The Count Capdevilla spent some time at Cripple Creeck on his way here. He does not think much of the hurly buriy of the excitement tuere. “‘Men are coming in from all directions with blankets on their backs,” he said, Narciso Lopez then un- | tinue its existence under the provisions of the Civil Code the corporation was not affected by the provisions of the code in rezard te corporations, and hence no lia- bility could be imposed on the bank di- rectors. The act which the directofs relied on was that of April 11, 18 This act in section 27 announces that “corporations formed under this act, and the members and stockholders thereoi, shall not be sub- ject to the conditions and liabilities con- tained in, and shall be exempt irom the operation of, an act concerning corpora- tions, passed April 22, 1850." If this section is intended to declare that the stockholders of a corporation formed under the provisions of the act should not be individually and gersonally liable for any portion of its debts and liabilities, then, the Supreme Court says, it wasin plain conflict with section 36 of article IV of the constitution of 1849, which says that ; “‘each stockholderof a corporation or joint stock association shall be individually and rersonnll_v liable for his proportion of all ts debts and liabilities.” It was further claimed under this con- struction that if part of the act was uncon- stitutional, the whole must necessarily be 50, but the Supreme Court holds that this does not follow. It had already been de- cided that if some provisions of a bill are unconstitutional they will not vitiate the remainder of the act unless the ob- noxious provisions contain the elements of the act itself. It was also urged that the Legislature had no ro er to change the liability of stockholders under the provision of the Federal constitution which prohibits the States from passing laws impairing the oblizations of con- tracts; but the Supreme Court answers this contention by quoting the constitu- tion of 1849, where it says: ‘‘Corporations may be formed by general laws, but shall not be created by special act except for municipal purposes. = All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this sec- tion may be altered from time to time or repealed.”” nder this authority, it is held, the Legislature had the power to change the law in regard to the liavilities of stock- holders without violating any provisions of the Federal constitution. It was also contended that the Pacific Bank was originally organized as a savings bank, and that the stockholders of such a bank cannot be held liable for its debts. But the Supreme Court says that by the provisions of the constitution of 1849 all stockholders of all corporations were made liable, without regard to the charac- ter of the business transacted. Besides, it was shown that the bunk was receiving de- posits and was doing a general banking business, and it was further shown that since 1856 the bank has been advertising itself as a commercial bank, —_————— Death of Brewer Doelger. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 21.—Jacob Doelger, the well-known brewer, died this morning from heart and kidney diseases, |INTERIOR PLANS READY, The New City Hall Dome Is Now in a Fair Way to Be _Completed. RESULT OF MR. SHEA’'S WORK. Marble and Ornamental Glass to Cut an Important Figure in the Calculations. Architect Frank S8hea of the City Hall has completed his general plans for the interior of the dome and the result of his iabors was presented to the City Hall Com- missioners at their meeting yesterday. Mr. Shea explained that his object had been to make the rotunda an inviting main entrance to the hall and that in pur- suance of this plan he had chosen materials for the finishing and embellishment of this portion of the tower that are noted for their durability and beauty. He stated that the finishing of the rotunda includes the placing of the floors in all the galleries, the setting of the first-story pavement, the finishing and ornamentation of all the colonnades, cornices and railings and the covering of the entire wal! surfaces and the inclosing of the rotunda with an in- terior dome of glass, rising from the tops of the interior columns now in place. Oue of the main features, he said, would be the great staircase that would afford acce ss to all p' rtions of the building from the most central point. The circular bal- ustrades, cornices and staircase railings are to be of wrought and cast iron and the pavement and wainscoting to a height of fifteen feet are to be of marble. The frapme for the interior dome will be a light steel structure and the glass used will be of the ornamental kind. Mr. Shea’s report concludes as follows: ‘I would respectfully recommend as the only proper course that the general scheme of decoration for the rotunda as outlined be approved, to the end that the space, situated as it is beneath a dome of greater height than any similar structure in the country, may present when com- pleté such an appearance as to appeal to the best taste and win the approval of the people.” Mayor Sutro seemed afraid that there was not enough money in the funds set aside for the hall to finish the dome on the plans outlined by Mr. Shea. On being in- formed that there was abundant money available to do the work he expressed him- self as much pleased with the plans with the exception of one or two minor details. He believed that while Architect Shea’s design for the Mosaic floor was very pretty the Mosaic workers should be allowed to present their own designs. He also feared that the marble wainscoting would be too expensive. Attorney Creswell overcame this objec- tion by stating that he understood that several marble dealers were willing to fur- nish the material at the costof dress- ing it. Auditor Broderick was opposed to the planson the ground that they were too elaborate and not in keeping with the or- nawmentation of the remainder of the build- ing. ‘By making the dome 8o costly and ar- tistic,” he saig, ‘““‘the contrast with the re- mainder of the building will be too great. It will remind us of a man with a plug hat and ragged clothes.’’ After some discussion and some minor changes, the plans were ordered placed on file, and Architect Shea was instructed to receive plans and specifications for the completion of the work. As the contractors for the exterior of the dome have been notified that no further extension of time will be granted them, the entire structure is in a fair way to be completed in the near future. TWO GOVERNORS INAUGURATED. One in Ncw Jersey and the Other in Mississippi. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 21.—John W. Griggs of Paterson, the first Republican elected to the office in this State in thirty years, was inaugurated Governor of New Jersey at noon to-day. The inaugural ex- ercises took place in Taylor’s Opera-house in the presence of an immense throng of spectators. JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 21.—Ten thousand people to-day witnessed the inauguration of Governor McLaurin. Twenty-two com- panies of the Mississippi National Guard were in the parad e ——— Flow of the Gold Heserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21.—The treasury gold reserve at the close of busi- ness to-day stood at $50,790,129. The with- drawals Treported to-day amounted to $2,582,000, of which $2,000,000 was for ex- ort. As the gold supply in New York has Ee:n considerably reduced by constant drawings, the sub-treasuries of the West have been instructed to send a supply to New York. ———————— Wellington Their Choice. ANNAPOLIS, Mp., Jan. 21.—In a joint caucus of Republican Assemblymen to- night Congressmen George L. Wellington of Allegheny County was declared the nominee to succeed United States Senator Gibson, whose term expires March 4, 1897. He will be elected by the General Assem- bly to-morrow. — e e Death of an Appraiser. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 21.—Henry W. Hart, aporaiser in charge of the Second Division at the appraiser’s stores, died at his residence in this city to-day. He was born March 30, 1831, at Lynchburg, Va. 2etlepl gees Explosion on a Steamer. FERROL, Srarx, Jan. 21.—An explosion occurred to-day on the British steamer Sportsman at this port from Cardiff and bound for St. Thomas. Several persons were injured. NEW TO-DAY. NEW TO-DAY. NOLAN BROS. SHOE CO. TEIRD WEERK OF OUR GREAT CLEARANGE SALE ving lines of ek we will close out the following lines of OUR OWS MAKE FINE SHOES. Every pair warranted. Made in all sizes and width: . V. KE- ies’ ity fine OUR OWN MAKE—Ladies' extra quality Paris Kid; button, cloth or md tops, ';;Ia(l’il;:ld w, square toes, diamond patent- fominer tipe oate e SK w1 15 perpatr OUR OWN MAKE Tampico Pebble square toe and tip: HEEL..... Ladies’ finest quality Goat_ Button, NAITOW, HEEL OR SPRING _At $2 00 per pair OUR OWN MAKE—Ladles’ extra quality French Kid Button. seamless foxed, kid or cloth tops, saifn finished, potnted or narrow square ioes, diamond patent-leathe S exible s01¢s. .- - s At $2 50 per palr OUR LIFE-SAVIYG SHOES Are all the rage. Every lady should have a pair for winter wear. Made in all the latest styles, prices $3 and $4 per pair. ‘We will also close out €00 pairs of Ladies’ Fine Kid Button, pointed and square toes, patent-leather tips, at $1 55 per pair, which is less than ¢ LADIES’ SPRING-HEEL SHOES. We will close out 500 pairs of Ladies’ Fine Paris Kid Button, square toes and patent-leather tips, spring heels, at $1 25 per pair. Widths A, B, G, D, E and EE. We _will also close out full lines of Ladies’ H KID OXFORDS and SOUTH- es, all widths , all si Regular price 82 50’ per Ladies’ Fine French Kid OXFORD TIES, cf or kid tops, polnted and narrow square toes, patent-leather tips, turn soles. At $1 50 per pi Ladies’ SOUTHERN TI ps, pointed and narrow square toes, patent-leather Ups, TUID SOI€S. . ...on..env. -2 renno-. AL S1 50 PEF PAE We_will close out full lines of LADI o FRE D OXFORDS and SOUTH- ERN S, pointed toes, patent-leather tips, LXV French heels At $2 50 per pair CHILDREN’S AND MISSES’ Fine Paris Kid Button, kid or cloth tops, square toes, patent-leather Lips, spring heels. Sizes 5 to 8... 900 Sizes 8Ya to 11. -§100 Sizes 1134 to 2 8125 CHILDREN’S AND MISSES eavy Pebble Goat Button, solid double soles, I Bli’ndurd screwed, cannot rip, sole-leather tips. Sizes 11102 INFAN Intants’ F: 06%..... Ya. -.50¢ per pair CHILDREN’S FRENCH KID SHOES. Children’s French Kid Button, square toes, patent-leather tips, tur: s, sizes 4 10 8, 75¢ pair STORMY WEATHER and OES being in demand, we will THIS BEING MEN'S HEA close out all our MEN’S, BOYS' AND YOUTHS' Heavy and Double Sole Shoes at an enormously low rice. P’See our Bargain Table for Shoes at any price. Send us your address and we will send you a souvenir and catalogue, showing all the latest style shoes and prices. WE HAVE NO BRANCH STORES ON MARKET STREET. DON'T BE MISLED BY MIS- LEADING SIGNS. Mail orders will receive prompt at- tention. NOLAN BROS. SHOE CoO. 812814 MARKET STREET 9and 11 O'Farrell St., PHELAN BUILDING. Long Distance Telephone 5527. FURNITURE — FOR— 4 ROOMS 0. Parlor — Silk Brocatelle, trimmed. Bedroom—7-Peice Elegant Suit; bed, bureau, washstand, two chalrs, rocker and table; pil= lows, woven wire and top mattress. Dining-Room—6-¥oo: Extension Table, four Solid Oak Chairs. Kitchen—Range, Patent Kitchen Table and two Chalrs. 5-Peice Suit, plush EASY PAYMENTS. Houses furnished complete, city or country, any- where on the Coast. Upen evenings. M. FRIEDMAN & GO. 224 to 230 and 306 Stockton and 237 Post Street. A3~ Free packing and delivery across the bay. $52 10 $25% —FOR— ELECTRIC BELTS, A R 200 4T Bt b e paying exorbitant prices for Electri Belts. Call and see us before parchasing: 7 Mail Orders Solicited. Expressage Prepaid. ‘We are headquarters for TRUSSES. Prices $1.75 to $5.00. ‘We Guarantee a Periect Fit. OUR PHYSICIAN Treats with success Catarrh, Rheumatism, Private Diseases, Kidney and Liver Tro ‘Nery Discases, Kidney ubles, Nervous WRITE TO US Patients out of the city treated as skillfull; those in the city by writing forour question bhik: Ko charge for advice or diagnosis. NO PERCENTAGE PHARMACY, Others ask 953 Marizet Street, South side, bet. Fifth and Sixth. DR.WONG W00 Chinese Drugs d Tea and Herb Sanitarium, 776 CLAY STREET, Bet. Kearny and Dupont, San Francisco. 1 have been troubled for two years with in- flammation of the Jungs and heart disease, and was unmable to find re lief by any physician I was treated for thre weeks by Dr. Wong Woo and perfectly restored to health. JOHN R Six Mile House, 3 Office hours GLI, HEALTH RESORTS. ST HELENA SANITARIUM (Formerly Rural Health Retreat) Is under strictly regular management: homelike place, where trained nurses, massage, electrical treatments, Swedish move. ments, dieting. baths, physical training, and gy that I included in mod-Tn rational medical tron, ment, with good hoiel conveniences, pure wages, even temperature and r o obeained.’ oyl Terms: Room, with board ment, $12 to $20 per week. Send for circular: St. Helena Sanita Helena, Napa County, Cal. i a quiet, rest cure, and regalar treat- Trains leave San Francisco, 7 A M. and 4 P. M., via V, iug St. Helena at 10:45 a, foot of Market st., allejo Junction, reach M. and 7:08 . M. l