The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 26, 1896, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1896. DOILD AOSS O “THe CONTRDNERS He Makes Important Dis- tinctions Concerning the Issues. RESPECTS THE SISTERS. Rev. Chancellor Yorke Makes a Defense of Old Ireland. THE TREATY OF LIMERICK How It Was Broken by the English. The Penal Laws Defined. The Rev. Donald M. Ross contributesthe following to the great c FRANC 5, 1896. % 3 In con- eligious discussion now oc- nns there are several prop- 1d_be carefully differen- v enunciated at this time. 11d keep these continually in rested in the discussion should tinction between the Yorke-Ross roperly so-calied and the religious past_month. The Yorke-Ross rsy neitber had nor hes anything to igion. It relates solely to matters the proof is plain. ussion originated with nge and my reply. Tk elated to four prop- Ir. Yorke mamtainea could the teachings of the Roman ch, viz the right to exercise limit set to it by the Pope and the prie dominion over temporal affairs. - and her ecclesi ty from civil law vil powers the ecclesiastical ought to pre- vail. These, as m: at all to religio be seen ata glance, relate not natters and have to do only of politics and temporal sov- between Mr. letter appeared in THE CALL of December 14, and subsequent 1o that time the discussion in the newspapers en in the hends of nu- merous controve: sts who have entered the arena sgainst Mr, And these gentle- men have suffere iscussion 1o be cleverly withdrawn from mportant field of polit- ical debete and carried into the barren wastes of aerimon yus controversy. ir. , 1 have noted that frequently brations of these reli contro- s have been introduced in the press with the remar] so ““contributes the following pa amous Yorke-Ross zh doubtless uninten- the public mind es to the ison I emphasize the state- 1d discrim! te be- tical controversy Then those who are interested in these ques- tions should on between the Yorke-Ros and the matters at issue betw Roman Catholic church and the Am, ssociation. The objects of = set forth in its published des plesand though he Roman ve & quarrel with that organi- fact has nothing to do with me in tinstance. The discussion between orke and myself relates only 1o four dis tinctive and aefinite propositions and I shall decidedly object to I dragged in even by And eve ving extraneous matters mplication. f sufficiently plain on this point, but if 11 do so0 now. ssion it was by implication esserted that 1 represented the A. P. A. I was then willing to assume that position provided that Mr. Yor! cially represented the Cath- lic church. You will recollect, Mr. 1 formally inquired of him if he wi ficial champ He replicd that he s for Peter C. Yorke and for Peter C. Yorke only. And trom that moment it was determined that 1 would speak for Donald M. Ross and for Donald M. Ross alone. Therefore the public should discriminate be- the Yorke-Ross controversy and the general campaign of the American Protective Associa- tion. ditor, Further, those who are interested in these questions’ should discriminate between the members of the American Protective Associa- tion and the religious controversialists, who have been contributing o your columns for so1e weeks past. The objects of the A. P. A., as I have re- mariked in the foregoing, are set forih in that organiz ’s published declaration of ples. This declaration is 100 long to be repro- duced here, but nc who knows them not may learn them by procuring a cop: can Patriot, of the Sen Francisco American or of tne Daily News, for in the columns of &ll of these tne declaration is “standing mat- ter.”” In these principles those who take the trouble to read them will find that not a wor is said for or against the Catholic or any other religion. The controversialists, on the other hand, op- pose that church with ‘theological arguments, with discussions as to the comparative good accomplisbed by it and rival sects, and even with statements as to the morality of the mem- its communion compared to that of members of other religious organizations. Menr, too, Mr. Editor, of those who have been engaged in the reiigious controversy are not members of the A. F. A., so that it is mani. festly impossible to hold that organization, in any case, responsible for their utterances. Dr. se and his cousin may continue to disturb all South America, Dr. Bovard may preach against Catholicism, Dr. Wendte may grind out theological, textuai and philosophical er- guments till the end of time, and Dr. Goodwin affirm the superior excellence of his particular creed— ‘Till the stars grow old, And the sun grows cold Apd the leaves of the judgment book unfold. But these will not effect the American Pro- tective Association, since they are not among its members. Wherefore in the public mind & distinction skould be mede between the members of the A. P. A. and those who induige in religious controversy. Finally those who are interested in these matters should discriminate between the stete- ments which are given the ‘official seal of ap- proval of the American Protective Association and statements put forth by individual mem- bers of the order on their own responsibility. In your columns during the last few months there have appeared articles from the pens ot many members of the A. P. A. Mr. Brewer, Mr. Bowman. Mr. Hubbell myself are de: clared members of the A. P. A., but so far as 1 can learn, not one of us has any authority to officially represent the order in this newspaper controversy. Some of usmay be officially au- thorized 10 represent the A. P. A. in other cap: cities, but no one, 5o far as this controversy in the press is concerned, has received any official indorsement. And for that reason, if for that reason only, whatever we bave written stands s our own individual views and not as an offi- cial expression of the position of the A. P. A. Now_men join the American Protective As. sociation for various reasons, and I will not conceal the fact that the knowledge that the Catholic church disapproves of the A. P. A. isa cause which brings many members into the organization. Those who join the A. P. A. be- cause they are opposed to Catholicism doubt. less subscribe to and approve of its avowed prnciples. They bave, however, additional personal reasons for becoming members, and When 0CCAS10n §eems to WAITANL these reasons are made public. But manifestly the organi- zation as an organization cannot be held ac- counteble for even the expressed opinions of its individual members. As well might the A. P. A. hold Mr. Yorke responsible for the words of the Irishman who said he would like to “shoot the domd Protestants” for fear they would all turn A. P. A's. For which reasons it is obvious that a dis- tinction should be made between the state- ments of the A. P. A. and the statemeunts made by individual members of the order on their own responsibility. IN RECAPITULATION. Those who are interested in the present ques- tions should discriminate between— The Yorke-Ross controversy and the religious controversy now raging in the press. The Yorke-Ross controversy and the general issues between the A. P. A. and Catholicism. The A. P. A. and the religious controversial- ists. The officfal utterances of the A, P. A.and the expression of individual opinion by certain of its members. And now, Mr. Editor, I desire to express my gratitude to you for permitting me thus to encroach upon your valuable space. I have not by this letter entered the religious contro- versy, nor do I intend to enter it. Personaily I have the utmost faith in and respect for the virtue, goodness and kindly works of the Sisters of Charity and other Catholic women, and I would desire to avoid disquieting them, even while I contend with Mr. Yorke and the Roman Catholic hierarchy concerning their manipulation of American politics. Verv re- spectiully, DoxaLp M. Ross. e FATHER YORKE ON IRELAND, The Ohancellor Makes a Brilliant Defense Against English Aggression. The Rev. Father Yorke, writing in de- fense of Ireland, says: JANUARY 25, 1896. To the Editor of the Call—DEAR SIR: In my tletter 1 briefly referred to the tolerance exhibited by Irish Catholics under the most adverse circumstances. Allow me to dwell a little longer on the condition of that country. The advocates of proscription continually refer to Ireland as an awful exampie of the results of Romanism. They point to its chronic pov- erty, its political helplessness, its diminishing population, its alleged illiteracy, and they cr. Eehold what Rome does when st is in power. They find but one bright spot in the dark picture. Ulster, happy Ulster, is prosperous because she is Protestant. The inhabitants of that province are enlightened because they culti- vate the pious habit of cursing the Pope. In all the things which go to make up & civilized, a peaceful and & progressive community Ulster stands far ahead of the other three provinces because she has the open Bible, while they cling to the cult of that strange combination known as Popery, brass money and wooden shoes. These ministers of that Gospel who measure religion by the fleshpots of Egypt follow the Irish in their wanderings through the world, They seek them out in the slums and upbraid them for their poverty. They note their names over the doors of saloons and denounce them for the'r viciousness. They search for them in the penitentiaries and cry out These are the firstfruits of Rome. The most taking argu- ment these patriotic ministers can urge against Rome is that the Catholic Irish run the sa- loons, fill the slums and populate the prisons. Iintend now, Mr. Editor, to examine: irst—The true cause of the state of Ireland. Second—The real condition of the province of Ulster. Third—The facts concerning the Irish in America. Ench of these subjects would require a book to give it full treatment. 1 cannot do more than hint at facts and arguments in the space allowed me in your columns. To-day I will treat the first point. THE BROKEN TREATY. The history of modern Ireland begins with the treaty of Limerick, 1691. When his cause was lost in England James 11 sttempted to re- trieve his fortunes by Irish heip. Like fools the Catholics trusted to the word of the worst of the Stuarts and fought for him and suffered for him. Betrayed by his cowardice at the Boyne the last stand was made under the leadership of Sarsfield behind the walls of Limerick. Oue siege had been successiully sustained, but disappointed by a delay in re- covering re-enforcements from France theIrish commanders determined to surrender. They were urged to this determination by the favorable terms offered by the English. Accordingy a treaty was signed. The Roman Catholics were guaranteed the privileges and Tights they enjoyed in the reign of Charles I, &nd a promise was given that at the next Par- liament the King would “procure the said Roman Catholics such further security in that particular as may preserve them from any di: turba ipon ihe account of their said re- ligion.” The inhabitants of the unconguered counties were to be made secure in the pos- session of their property, their rights and the practice of their callings. All these provisions, says John Mitchell, & Presbyterian, were “duly ratified by their majesties’ letter patent. Sarsfield and Wanchop then, with their French brothers, thought that they were leaving &s a | barrier against oppression of the Catholies at least the honor of & King.” But the “honor of a king” proved a broken reed. The most shameful chapter in history 1s told by the treaty stone of Limerick, which stands on a pedestal in that city to tnform the world that the Protestant ascendency of Ire- land broke their plighted faith before the names of their representatives were dry on the parchment which contained their promises. The Sunday after the treaty was signed the Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Meath, Dr. Dopping, preached on the surrender of Lim- erick. He argued that no faith should be kept with Catholics. This fact is notorious. ranting anti-popery lecturers or writers bring up the old calumnies that we hold that faita should not be kept with heretics let this be their answer. The Protestant church of Ire- land laid down the principle that the solemn articles of a treaty posseseed no binding force when made with Catholics, «nd the Prozestant ascendency in Ireland for a century and & half put these principles into action. THE PENAL LAWS. The departure of the Irish troops for France was the signal for the commencement of that bloody code of penal laws which Samuel John- son described as more grievous than all the ten pagan persecutions of the Christians. It is & curious thing that here in America at the end of the nineteenth century the A. P. A. is binding its members by an oath to enforce the very same provisions which the penal laws enacted against Catholics, The first Parlia- ment which assembled after the treaty was supposed by that document to erent full reli- gious liberiy to Catholics. It began by refus- ing the Catholic members their seais. Not long after itwas enacted that “a. Protestent marrying & Papist was disqualified from sit- ung or voting 1u either house of Parliament.” Early in the eighteenth century the Catholics were completely deprived of theé franchise.“No Catholics shall be entitled or admitted to vote at the election of any member to serve in Par- liament as & knighi, citizen or burgess; or at the election of any magistrate for any city or other town ' corporate; any law, statute or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.” But this did not satisfy the “Protestant in- terest.” The Parliament was deluged with petitions describing how grievously the Prot- estants suffered from the wicked Papists. The Mayor, Sheriffs and Aldermen of the city of Limerick plaintively represented that “they were greatly damaged in their trade by the great number of Papists residing in the said city, end praying to be relieved therefrom.” As®matter of fact they were relieved by ex- Press enectment. Another petition presented was entitled *‘A petition of one Edward Spray and others in behalf of themselves and other Protestant porter n end about the city of Dublin, com{fluln g that one Darby Ryan, a ist,’ employed porters of his own persua- This petition was referred to the *‘com- mittee on grievances.” The grievances, how- ever, were soon to have an end. EDUCATION PROSCRIBED. By the 7 Willlam III, c. 7, all Catholics were Tequired to deliver up 'on & certain day all their arms and ammunition. After that day search might be made for concesled weapous in the houses of Papists at any hour of the day or night. The punishments were 10 be fine and imprisonment or the pillory and whipping. Having taken from them the means of de- fending ~ themselves, Parliament next pro- ceeded to brutalize the uniortunate Catholics by enforced ignorance. Education was com- pletely fortidden. No Papist could act as teachér, or even as usher, in & school. Moreover, the law ran “if any subjects of Ire- 1and should go or send any chiid or person to be educated in any popish university, college or school, or in any private family; or it such child should by any povish person be instructed in the popish religion ; or if any subjects of Ire- land should send money or things toward the meintenance of such child or other person already sent, or to be tent, every such of- fender being thereof convicted should be for- ever disabled to sue or prosecute any action, bill, plaint _or . information in law or equity, to be gusrdian, sdministrator or sxecutor to any person, ortg be canable of any legacy or deed of gift, and. besides, should for- feit all their estates, both real and personal, during their lives.” Let the candid American read this horrible law and remember that it was enforced until the dawn of the present century. Yet in spite of it all the Celtic love for learning could not be quenched. Those who could afford it smuggled their children over to France and Belgium and risked outlawry rather than de- l:rivc them of an education.” The scns of the ess prosperous mec by stealth in the bogs, on the mountain side, under the hedges, and were instructed by a man on whose head there was a price. Thename of “hedge school- master’” is- sometimes used as a term of opprobrium, but it is a term as glorious in the annals of education as is martyr or confessor in the annals of the faith. It tells of men who braved the might of the Protestant ascend- ency in order that the youth of Ireland might not'grow up like the brutes. It tells of the devotion of scholars who feloni- ously sought learning at the risk of stripes, fines and imprisonment. No wonder the grad- uates of the hedge schools were a sturdy stock. John McHale, the fre‘t Archbishop of Tuam, the most typicel of them all, bomypb'mu that De learned his alphabet in defiance of British When | law in a schoolroom whose roof was the blue canopy of heaven. YE HYPOCRITES! And now let Americans think with what pa- tience they can assume of the sons of the Prot- estant ascendency coming here to iree America and presuming to taunt Catholics with igno- rance. Every word they drop from their lips is naked of grammar. Every sentence which escapes their pen reeks with illiteracy, yetthey Dresume to pose as_protectors of popular edu- cation. For a hundred years their fathers ground the faces of the “poor, and having robbed them of their wealth tried to rob them of their intellect. Thank God they failed, but the struggle was sharp and the wounds were deep. To these wounds the bigots point to day and forget that their fathers inflicted them. If in Ireland there has been illiteracy in the past the fault lies not with the Irish, but with the English garrison which knew that an educated people would not long remain slaves. 1t is curious how time brings its revenges. I may digress here to remark that by a govern- ment system of examinations the Catholic and Protestant youth of Ireland come into compe- tition each year. The results of these examina- tions for the past sixteen years have been uni- form. The Protestants possess all the old en- dowments, many of them coming down from Catholic homes. They have the tradition of teaching. They can hire the best professors, vet year after year tne unendowed Catholic schools have beaten them in everi‘ grade. The curse of Minerva falls alike on the spoilers of schools and on the spoilers of the Acropolis. The sins of the men who strove to condemn the Catho- lics of Ireland to_ perpetual ignorance are visited upon their chitdren. PREVENTING POPERY. But to return to the penal laws. The treaty of Limerick guaranteed the Catholics freedom of worship. The world knows how the guar- antee was kept. The same parlisment which proscribed education decreed “That all popish archbishops, bishops, vicars-general, deans, Jesuits, monks, friais and all other regulat popish ' elergy, and all papists exercising any ecclesinstical jurisdiction, shall depart this kingdom before the first day of May, 1698.” If any of them remained after that day, or returned, the delinquents were to be trans- ported, and if they returned again to be guilty of 1reason and to suffer accordingly.” Alaw was also passed “to prevent Protest- ants intermarrying with Papists,” and another declaring, “no Papist shall be capable to have or keep in his possession, or in the possession of any other, to his use, or at his disposition, any horse, gelding or mare, of the value of five gounds or more,” with the usual clauses to in- uce Protestants to inform, and cause search to be made for the contraband horses; the property of the horses to be vested in the dis- coverer. One would imagine that tha perverted in- genuity of man could no further go in devis- ing tortures for a defenseless people. But no. The beginning of the eighteenth century saw & long series of acts ‘'to prevent the further Towth of Popery.” Surely Popery must have en & herdy plant to grow in the discourag- ing environment provided by the Protestants of Ireland. The following description of the bill is given by & Presbyterian: “The third clause enacts that if the son ot a g»pm shall at any time become a Protestant is father may not sell or mortgage nis estate, or dispose of it or any portion of it by will. The fourth clause provides that & papist shall not be guardian of his own child; and further, that if this child, no matter how young, cone forms to the Protestant religicn, he reduces his father at once to a tenant for life; the child 1s to be taken from its father and placed under the guardianship of the nearest Protestant relative. The sixth clause renders papists in- éapable of purchesing any landed estates or rents or profits arising out of land, or holding any lease of lives, or any other lease, for any term exceeding thereby one year. The seventh clause prohibits papists from succeeding to the property of their Protestant relatives. The tenih clause provides that the estate of a papist who has no Protestant heir shall be par- celed in equal shares among his children.” Other clauses deprive the citizens of Limerick and Galway of the poor privilege promised them in the treaty of living in their own towns and carrying on their trade there, which it will be remembered was grievously complained of by the Protestant residents as a wrong and oppression upon them. MORE PROTECTION AGAINST PAPISTS. Yet these brutal provisions were not consid- ered suflicient. A second act to prevent the growth of Popery was introduced a few yeers | after. This act offered a salary of £30 a year to | all Popish priests who would become Protes- tants. For the discovery of an Archbishop, Bishop, Vicar-General or other person exercis. ing ecclesiastical jurisdiction & prize of £50 was given. The discovery of any monk or friar was velued at £20, while detection of a Popish schoolmaster or tutor brought £10. Any two justices were empowered to sum- mon before’ them any Papist over eighteen years of age and examine him on oath as to ihe time and place he last heard mass, and the nemes of the persons present, as well as con- cerning the residence of any Papist priest or- schoolmaster, and in case of the witpess re- fusing to testify there was a penalty of £20 or twelve months’ imprisonment. I need not say, Mr. Editor, that these lews were stringently enforced. The trade of priest- hunting became & reguiar occupation. The captured clergy were brought up in batches of four and five. The first offenders were trans- orted, the second offenders hanged. The aity, robbed of their property by perpetual fines, sank into the condition of tenants or farm laborers, and even the noblemen and chiefs of ancient clans, stripped ot their dig- nities and possessions, 100 poor and too old to emigrate, became cottiers or serfs under those who had stolen their lands. The young and the ambitious fled to France or Spain, and on many a battlefield of Europe paid back old scores to England with the cry of “Remember Limerick " THE CAUSE OF TRISH DISCONTENT. I recall these things, Mr. Editor, not for the purpose of exciting animosities’ but for the purpose of explaining the position of the Irish Catholics. We have been taunted by the chil- dren of the men who profited by these laws with our poverty. It is necessary to give the reason. The wonder is not that Catholics in Ireland were poor but that they existed at all. Noother nation on the face of the earth went through such tribulation. Never was a people 50 persecuted and for so longa time, and never did @ race bear up s0 nobly. In spite of law ‘nqd priest-hunter and scaffold it clung to the i aith. Is it any wonder that Catholicity is knit into our very bones? In spite of roblery and con- fiscation it labored on and amassed wealth. In spite of fines and imprisonment the torch of learning was kept alive. And in spite of the opposition of the greatest empire of the world & man of that race roused his people to action, and by their own endeavors, withont foreygm help or external influence, wrung from Eng- land the reluctant measure of Catholic eman- cipation. STRANGLING INDUSTRY. But the wrongs of Ireland weie not wholly seligious wrongs. While the leaders of the Protestant ascendency were tyrannizing over their Catholic fellow-citizens Englana was tyrannizing over the Protestant ascendency. Indeed, the exceeding savageness of the Irish penal laws arises from the fact that they were made by slaves to torture slaves, During the reign of Charles IT Ireland was excluded from tne benefits of the navigation act and her shipping interests were ruined. In 1666 the importation of Irish cattle into England was forbidden. Even dead meat, but- ter and cheese were excluded from the British market. Driven by these measures into sheep- lamu% the Irish graziers produced the best wool in Europe. Considerable progress was made in the manufacture of woolén cloths, and in many cases the Irish article was sold cheaper than the English. This was intolerable. The two houses of the British Parliament addressed King William and urged him to find some remedy for the grievance inflicted on the industrious peopls of England by the mere ‘Irish. Listen to their prayer: ‘““Wherefore we most humbly beseech your most sacred Majesty that your Majesty would be pleased, in the mosi putblic and effectual way that may be, to declare to ail your subjects of Ireland thatthe growth and Increase of the woollen manufacture hath long been and will be ever looked upon with great jealousy by all your subjects of this ingdom, and if not iimely remedied may occasion very strict laws totally to prohibit ana suppress the same.” _The result might be expected. The exporta- tion of Irish woolens was forbidden and in a few years the manuiectures of the South of Ireland were entirely destroyed. The linen trade for which the sofl of Ulster is sulted did not interfere with any English in- terest and therefore was tolerated. 1f Ulster to-day is in possession of this trade she owes it not to British benevoience or to her native in- dustry, but solely to the fortunate aceident that fheddld not come into competition with Eng- and. These manufactures once killed never re- vived. The population was thrown entirely on the resources of the so1l. The worst system of land laws in the world extracted in the shape of rent the product ot the people’s labor. Up 1o fifty years sgo what the iandlords left was eaten up by the Protestant parsons in the shape of tithes. It is no wonder, therefore, that when in the forties the potato disease de- stroyed the chiei dependence of the Emms famine ensued. Let it be remembered that this was no natural famine, but one created by law. During the worst years more grain and meat were exported from the Irish ports than would feed the population ten times over. But the rent had to be paid. The landlords in England and clsewhere exacted their pound of flesh. The food which should go to the starving people was torn from them by police and soldiers and sent in the shape of rent to minister to the pleasures of rakes and de- bauches in London and Paris. According to conservative estimates a mil- lion people died of starvation and fever :n Ire- land during the famine vears. A miilion and & half fled from their native land. But death followed them. Inone year alone, from 1846 10 1847, twenty thousand of them died of the pestilential ship fever and saved England the cost of making as many pauper coffins and the labor of digging as many pauper graves. During the past half century five millions have been forced to leave a land which would support them all in comfort were not its re- sources drained by heartless landlordism and its enterprise crippled by British misgovern- ment. They who would seek the true cause of the poverty of Ireland must seek it not in the character of her religion or in the nature of her people. They must seek it in the per- sistent intolerance and in the persistent injustice with which a stronger nation has treated a weaker. They must seek itin the history of the last 600 vears,s history almost as foul when England was a Catholic country 2s when she separated from Rome. Men who know nothing of this history wonder when they sec the passion displayed By, drishmen in speaking of British power. hat can they understand about the bitter memories and the hateful imaginations which the name of England conjures up. On this soil there are thousands to-day who remember the fever-ships and the great trenches where the victims were thrown. Nameless, shroud- less, coflinless they lie on a foreign shore until on the last day they shall rise to bear witness against that Babylon which is drunk with the blood of the sainis. There are thousands more who were cast by a landlord’s whim out of the home which their fathers built, out of the land Wwhich their own labor had made profitable. Deprived by process of law of that which be- fore God snd justice was their very own, shall we wonder tnat their blood boils when they think of the spoiler? Yet this might be borne were it mot that even to this free land the minions of Britain come and strive to renew the old intolerance on these peaceful shores. The sons of the men whom England used as her tools t0 oppress the Irish et home are sent by that same power to defame the Irish abrond. With hypocrisy on their lips they come before thé American people and attempt to stab Ireland through the Catholic Church. Thcl?' try to cast the blame of England’s misdeeds on that organiza- tion which gave life and soul to the resist- ance to England’s power. But it is too late to deceive this country now. A greater man than the spokesmen of the A. P. A. failed, and when Tom Burke answered Iroude he an- swered England for all time. The most bezutiful, the most touching, the most ennobling chapter in the world’s histor: 1s that which tells of the devotion of the Iris riests in the penal days. In iaborsabundantly, n prisons frequently, in stripes above meas- ure, in deaths oft. In journeyings often in perils of water, in perils of robbers, in perils irom their own countrymen, in perils from the gentiles, in 1‘;enlu in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sen, in perils from false brethren, in labor end travail, in watch- ings, often in hunger and thirst, in fastings, often in cold and nekedness. Through the long centuries of persecution the lrish priest- hood won the hearts of the Irish people. Against the oppressor they stood asa wall of brass, and that the sentiment of Irish nation- ality exists to-day is due to the fact that the Irish are Catholi P. C. YORKE. THE WINTER [N RICHMOND Muddy Streets, Choked-Up Sewgrs and Overflowed Side- walks. Rejoicing Over the Anti.Cemetery Ordinance—Running of the Sutro Line. All in Richmond District are rejoicing over their victory in the fight against the City graveyards, and consider that some day they will be free from the presence of those places. *I am quite sure the Mayor will sign the ‘anti-cemetery’ ordinance just passed by the Board of Supervisors,”’ said President Hubbs of the Property-owners’ Protective Association. “The closing of Laurel Hill, Calvary, Odd Fellows’ and Masonic ceme- teries will virtually close the City grave- yard also. And speaking of that, there is no reason why the City cemetery should not be closed up immediately. San Fran- cisco should do for herself what her citi- zens in Richmond are trying to do fer her. “Regarding the proposed ordinance not one soul except the officers of the cemetery associations has lifted a voice against it. Over 300,000 citizens of San Francisco are in favor of the removal of the graveyards without the City limits, and fifteen oreigh- teen persons—the three boards of cemetery directors—are willing to seil a few more graves and keep on making those hills be- tween Richmond district and the City plague spots. I can’t imagine that Mayor Sutro will refuse to sign so important, so progressive and so needful a measure as the ordinance passed by the Supervisors the other night.” The storms of the last two weeks have left Point Lobos road—Richmond’s main thoroughfare—in a wretched condi- tion. This great street running from the western end of Geary street at Central avenue, west to the ocean, is a part of Golden Gate Park and the Park Commis- sioners hardly care to claim their own. It was placed in their hands while an old stage road years ago and has been per- mitted to get along the best it could while the City was grading and taking caie of the streets around it. Now Point Lobos avenue is a muddy, slushy country road. Complaints have been made to the park people, but none of them have been answered. Even the city’s Street Superintendent, who is supposed to be bristling with soli tude for sewers, has forgotten that the drainage of Point_Lobos avenue apper- ta1ns to his office. While the outlet to the sewer of that thoroughfare was being built the cesspools at the street corners were plug%ed up, and the plugs sealed with a penalty to the unofficial person who med- dled with them. The sewer outlet was finished a year ago, but the cesspools are yet sealed, and when the rains come down the sidewalks are flooded. During several days last week the office of the Richmond Banner, on the corner of Point Lobos road and Seventh ayenue, was surrounded by a deep lake, and Editor Bond, through the columns of his journal, invited the Superintendent of Streets to attend the coming *“Night in Richmond,” when the editorial gondola would be placed at the disposal of that official. To-morrow the Sutro electric cars will make their trips, connecting with the Sutter-street line. It will be, however, rather an experimental day’s run, but in a very short time the line will be open for regular work. The citizens of Richmond consider the new road an incident in their local life and propose to celebrate its com- ing in a suitable manner. e TWO0 YOUTHFUL BURGLARS, They Looted a House on Two Occasions But Are Finally Captured. At the instance of F. G. Burges, who resides at 1031 Vallejo street, two brothers, William Heine ana Otto Heine, the for- mer 15 and the latter 13 years of age, were arrested last evening by Policeman V. N. Bakulich and detained at the California- street Police Station on a charge of bur- glary. Burges’ home had been entered and looted at three different times during the Enst few months, and he determined to eep a lookout, and if possible, catch the burgiars if they made another attempt to enter his house. Last evening his patience was rewarded, as he discovered the two boys, who are now under arrest, leaving his premises with considerabie plunder. He ?m’ehended tne youthful law-break- ersand then informed the police officer, who placed them under arrest. _ Upon being questioned by Station-keeper Bolan the boys acknowledged entering the house sevara{ weeks ago and carrying off several packages of chocolate. They claim that last evening was the first time they had forced an entrance to the Louse, as they found the door open on the occasion of the preceding burglary. The boys live with their parents at 1111 Vallejo street. e e Forty-Three Years Old. One of the most important services to be held in the City to-day will be the forty-third anni- versary of the Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion, to be observed at the Association Audi- torium, Mason and Ellis streets, address to be delivered by Rev. Bishop D. A. Goodsell of the M. E. church. A praise service will precede the address, in which tbe Knickerbocker Quar- tet and a select orchestra will participate. Service free to the public. (OB, BROWN T0 STATE HIS CASE. The Noted Congregational Pastor Will Defend Himself. FRIENDS SUPPORT HIM. Grdnd Army Men and Former Parishioners at the East Come to His Relief. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURT. It Will Meet on Monday Evening, When the Accused Preacher Will Make His Statement. The mind of Dr. C. 0. Brown is still on its throne. In fact the doctor is quite himself again. He has completed his statement for the ecclesiastical body that is to begin the in- vestigation of his conduct on Monday evening. There is a probability that the pastor will appear in person. He is pre- varing himself for a finish fight. Dr. Brown is an aggressive man. He will not retire from the field until the odds are overwhelmingly against him. Thishas been the fight of his life and should he fail in his purpose of vindication his friends wil1 still cling to him if for no other reason than that he has made a heroic effort to defend his good name. Dr. Brown’s friends are still clutching at the hope that he may be able to clear him- self of all responsibility in connection with the many charges that have been made against his character, and that he will eventually stand before the world as bright and spotless as the noonday sun. The investigation committee in the case of Dr. Brown will continue its delibera- tions on Monday evening next. The testimony of Miss Mattie Overman before the ecclesiastical tribunal wiil be in support of Dr. Brown. Naturaily she will uphold her own position in contending for the innocence of the accused pastor. The alleged confession of Miss Overman is slow in forthcoming. The fact is she has no confession to make. She will bravely stand by her friend and his family. Miss Overman will, however, be given an opportunity to explain her relations with Dr. Brown. It will also be her priv- ilege to recite any little incidents in her life that may be suggested as her recollec- tion goes back to her married relations with “‘Dagger Dan,” the Moutana gambler and rounder, and later her erstwhile resi- dence at Spokane, Walla Walla, Victoria, ‘Tacoma and Seattle. Dr. Brown will not occupy the pulpit of the First Congregational Church to-day. He is not sufficiently strong to attempt the ordeal. In fact, there isa great deal ot speculation as to whether the once emi- nent churchman wiil ever again face the members of the church as their pastor. His rehabilitation so iaras the First Con- regational church is concerned is seem- Ingly impossible. Mrs. Tunnell continues to absent herself from public observation. She will not be on hand at the investigation on Monday evening. According to last reports she was still rusticating at Visalia. Mrs. Stockton will not attend the eccle- siastical court, or any other court for that matter. The Ch“minfi widow prefers to be left out of the case. Despite the factthat Dr. Brown has accused her of blackmail, she persists in refusing to come forward and state her side of the case. She is a lone woman and insists on being left alone. Professor Lloyd of the Pacific Seminary will preach at the First Congregational Church to-day. His theme at the morn- ing service will be “The Mercy of God,” and in the evening he will talk on “The Endless Influence of Human Actions.”” Professor Lloyd ranks among the first theologians of the Congregational church on this coast. He is a profound scholar, a deep thinker and an entertaining talker. The following resolutions and corre- spondence were given to the press for pub- lication last night: GEORGE H. THOMAS PosT No. 2, San Francisco, Cal., January 22, 189 Rev. C. 0. Brown, D.D.. Pastor First Congrega- tional Church, 1705 Geary Street, City —Cox- RADE: 1 have been directed to convey to you the following resolution, which was unani- mously adopted by a rising vote at the regular meeting last evening: WHEREAS, It has come to the knowledge of this post that our comrade, Rev. C. 0. Brown, D.D., has been placed in a position where his good name and reputation is assailed, and whereas, it is one of the cardinal principles of the Grand Army of the Republic that we stand by a comrade though all tga world assail him, theretore be it Resolved, That we tender our comrade our sincere and fraternal sympathy in_his hour of trial, and the assurance of our confidence in his integrity and our hope that speedily his vindi- cation may be made so cisar that no stain shall be left upon his fair name. E. BrOOKS, J. A. CRUZAN, H. L. ScovILLE, Committee. By order of the post. H. L. TICKNER, Adjutant. The following is copied from the Qut- look, a prominent religiaus paper of New York City, of january 18, 1896: All who know the Rey. C. O. Brown, D.D., of San Francisco will not be shaken in their con- fidence in him by the attempt at blackmail made upon him by a woman whom the Eastern papers have been exposing as an ad- venturess. Dr. Brown very properly put the case where 1t belongs, in the hands of the civil authorities, The following letter is from L. M. Gates, president First National Bank, Kalama- 200, Mich.: KALAMAZOO, Mich., Dec. 31, 1896, C. 0. Brown, Sen Francisco, Cal.—DEAR FRIEND AND BROTHER: We learned ouly yesterday of your terrible trouble. We call it ‘terrible, for | such a vile attempt to blacken and ruin g man’s redpuuuon and good name cannot be expressed by any ordinary term. Last evening our church held its annual slip renting, which was attended by men and women who have known C. 0. Brown nlmost from infancy, mere child more than a third of a cen- turyago,when a member of this Sunday-school, through childhood and yhood to man: hood, through college, and into the university, never losing sight until you were installed as pastor of this church. Your life beiore this people 50 many years is an open book io them. They know that al] these years you lived a pure life, so intimately were they acquainted, and that you are & man of strict integrity, upright in all your deal ings, truthful in and under all circumstances, They all with one accord pronounced this an a- tempt not only to rob you of your money, but a wicked conspiracy to blacken your name, which is & thousand times worse. " There were N0 words severe enough to express their con. tempt for a woman who could enter into such a foul conspiracy; nor on the other hand terms strong enough to express their sympathy for you and your good wife in this time of the greatest trial of your life, Let me assure you that this people, who have known you longer and better than any otner, whose hearts and best wishes have followed You across the contineut, to-dey seem closer Mrs. Brown, and feel assured of your complete vindication; With kind regards your sincere friend, THE FLOATING COMMITTEE. How It Boards the Deep-Sea Vessels and Cheers the Men. The tvg Lillian and hiarion, the prop- erty of Mrs. E. Thorold, carried thirty-five earnest, honest young Cnristians out to the sailing vessel Elginshire last evening, when devotional exercises were held amid- ships, in the shadow of the masts and the light of the stars. I remain and s; athy e 3. GaTes. 1 The floating committee it was that paid | this visit to the sailors, who are im- patiently awaiting an opportunity to come ashore. Itis the tangible result of a plan that originated in the brain of Miss An- toinette Jones, a resident of New England, three years ago. The Young People’s Soclety of Christian Endeavor indorsed and carried into operation that plan, and to-day in most of the large seaports of the wm‘ldv floating committees are following this work among the sailors. The Golden Gate Christian Endeavor Union is interested in the visits to the deep-sea vessels before they reach the dock and a committee representing si teen evangelical churches works under its direction. The officers of the committee are H. F. Eden, chairman; Thomas Braay, vice-president; Miss Lydia Hamilton, secretary; George E. Duncan Jr., corre- sponding secretary; Mrs. H. Gingles, treasurer. The young people make weekly visits to the sailing vessels. Every Saturday even- Ing they board some vessal lying at anchor and holid a short religious service inter- spersed with vocal music accompanied on a portable orean, the gift of a prominent firm of the City. Last evening three sailors addressed the audience of seamen. They talked simply but forcibly of the beauties of a higher life and the dangers that beset the sailor when ashore. The audience listened respectfully and seemed to enjoy the music and the half hour of conversation that followed the meeting. When the visiting party left the vessel and the little tug had begun its labored pufling the sound was drowned by a chorus of cheers from the whilom hosts, each of whom had received an invitation to attend some church in the City on his first Sunday ashore. The Golden Gate Endeavor Union ex- pects to purchase a launch, after which the meetings aboard ship will be held every evening, instead of on Saturday, as at present. ‘The amount required for such purchase is $1500, one-third of which has been secured. — e Psychical Conclusions. A lecture will be delivered by J. J. Morse,un- der the auspices of the California Psychical So- ciety, at National Hall, Ellis street, this even- ing at 7:45, the subject being, “The Super- Physical Universe—General Conclusions Re- erding the Doctrine of Immortality and the Eliper-Pusical Univers in the Light of Pay: chical Science.” AT e Mrs. Cooper n Representative. Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper will be a representative of California at the National Convention of the Federation of Women’s Clubg, to_be held in Lovisville the latter part of May. The National federation has a membership of 453 women's clubs. Mrs. Cooper is its treasurer. BANK DIRECTORS OUSTED, Charges Against Several of Merced’s Defunct Banking Institution. Criminal Complaints to Be Filed Shortly. An 01d State Law to Be Enforced for the First Time. Information was received yesterday by Attorney-General Fitzgerald that the Su- perior Court of Merced County had re- moved the directors of the Merced Bank, in liquidation, from' office. Several days | ago the Bank Commissioners petitioned | tioned. the Attorney-General to begin proceed: ings to oust the directors from their posi- tions. The Attorney-General at once complied and began proceedings under e law which states as follows: bl * * And if it sheil appesr to the court & i hearing or at any time during the liqui- ion hereinaiter provided for, on the peti- 1 of one or more of the Bank Commission- . or any other interested party, that any of directors or trustees or officers of said cor- tion have been gnilty of fraud, mal- sion or criminal carelessness or neg- ligence, and that any of them are not the prover persons to be intrusted with the closing “of the affairs and business of such corporation in the interest of the depositors, creditors and stockholders thereof, the said court shall cause to be issued in said ion and served upon said directors, or trus- ers, or any of them,an order to show cause why they, or any of them, should not be removed from’ office, which order shall briefly recite the grounds of the application, and shall be returnable at a time fixed by the court; and if on hearing the court shall find that such directors, or trustees, or officers, or any of them, ought to be removed from office, it shall enter its order of removal accordingly, which order shail be final in the premises. ‘The complaint of the Bank Commission- ers recited all of the grounds mentioned in the law—mismanagement of the affairs of the bank, fraud, criminal carelessnessand negligence, ard that they were mot the proper persons to attend to the closing of the bank’s business. Commiss‘oner Ful- ler went to Merced and testified as to the reasons for desiring their removal. It seems that the directors had ample time and opportunity to avoid being offi- cially removed. Some time ago they were requested by the Bank Commissionersand other interested parties to resign, and they promised to do so. . However, they clung to their positions until removed by an or- der of court, from which there is noap- eal. PeAnother section of the law above quoted prescribes a punishment, by fine and im- prisonment, for offenses of the ¢lass men- At the office of the Attorneys General it was learned that several of the deposed bank directors will soon be called upon to face criminal complaints. This is the first time in this State that the law for removal of bank directors has been called Queen Elizabeth had the strongest an- tipathy to a Sheriff's officer; she would run away as fast as she could directly she saw one, and continued running for miles until her guards, who knew her weakness, stopped her. HIS HANDS AND FACE Were covered with bad-blood blotches and big red pimples. He had taken a potash medicine for his liver, and it did more harm than good. He now uses JOY'S VEGETABLE SARSA- PARILLA. He now praises JOY'S VEGETA- BLE SARSAPARILLA. He is now a perfectly healthy man. MR. WILLIAM MYCROFT, 454 Minna Street, ‘‘As straight as a string,” “as brignt as a dollar,” “as strong as an ox,” is William Myecrott of 454 Minna street. In the parlance of his trade he “‘slings the hammer,” and right merrily does the anvil resound as the sparks splutter and fly, and the great big beads of honest toil fall down around and about the cheerful, healthful face of William Myecroft. Isaw him yesterday. He stopped for a few moments and told me what he thought of the great Californian herb remedy, JOY'S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA. He told me how he had been suffering frowe a liver trouble, then pains in his back; how he kept awake at night, scratching, scratching—always scratching; how he took a medicine with iodide of potash; how the scratching became worse; then he used the Californian herb remedy, JOY'S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA. He mended from the first week. in_their love, confidence’ and friendship by reason of this trial than ever before, and Y.m the fullest confidence that the people to who; God in his proviaence has ullepd ou wlTl stand by vou and see that this wicked woman does not in any way tarnish your good name. In closing let me assure you that Mrs. Gates and myself feel & deep itterest in you ana He got better and better, was now well. glad I insisted on getting JOY'S VEGET. some druggists aiways try to make you take just what vou don’t want. He said: “Iam ABLE SARSAPARILLA. You know When I went in for my second bottle I had to talk an hour before I got it. You bet, Iget JOY'S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA w fier. See—look at my hands and face. are they ? Well, they were six weeks a, VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA.” AsT left I could hear t] out on his anvil, JOY’S, JOY’S, JOY'S for the Jaded. They are not fitled with blood blotof hen I want a good blood puri- hes, g0; that’s before I began to use JOY’'S he good man beat