The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 5, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 96. 11 DEATH OF G. L. LANSINE, The Secretary and Controller of the Southern Pacific Is No More. END OF A BRILLIANT CAREER, Nervous Prostration From Overappli- cation in the Railway’s Cause Kills Him. G. L. Lansing, secretary and controller of the Southern Pacific Company, died at his home, 1935 Pacific avenue, yesterday morning. The immediate capse of his death was a hemorrhage, whiéh, however, resulted from the complete shattering of his health consequent upon many years of wearying work, which included various matters of policy and the trying fights of the railway corporation against the people. Mr. Lansing’s last efforts were made during the investigation of the Southern Pacific’s California freights by the Railroad Commissioners, and after that he was com- pelled to go home for rest and recupera- tion. It was against the advice of friends and his physicians that he persisted in for the amount of the note and interest at 3 er cent & month, compounded monthly. The ury was instructed to find for the plaintiff, ut it took them two hours to obey the order of the court and render a verdict accordingly. They allowed the plaintiff £3,714 90, with in- - e ju en! ut $6 s in terest on the original l\li‘l’? 4 ” AN AGREED CASE. Ownership of Buildings Erected on Leased School Lots, Corner Market and Fifth Streets. An agreed case between the Board of Education und certain’ tenants on land be- longing to the School Department has ‘been submitted to the Superior Court for decision. In 1874 the school lots on the corner of Market and Fifth streets were leased for a period of twenty years. The’ question now involved is whether the im- provements made by tenants on the premises, such as the buildings erected, etc., belong to the public as school prop- erty or belong to the parties who leased the land. Since the termination of the twenty- years’ ledse, the lessees have been renting irom month to month at the same rental that was paid during the last five years of the lease. None of the buildings erected have been purchased by the City, and no attempt has been made to purchase or pay for them. e BEATEN AND ROBEBED. oo A Young Man in the Mission Held Up 5 by Four Young Footpads. William Mills Jr. of Eureka, Humboldt County, swore out warrants i Judge Joachimsen’s court yesterday for the ar- rest of four young men, known as “Bul THE LATE G. [From a photog: L. LANSING. raph by Taber.] overworking himself, and nervous pros- tration followed. .His colleagues say that Mr. Lansing broke down at the Railroad Commission trial. A few days before his death he began to recover and was re- garded as being convalescens, when at- tacked by a hemorrhage which carried him off suddenly, so the news of his passing | away was a shock to the_railway officials. Mr. Lansing was born in Detroit, Mich., April 22,1850, He was educated in the Northwestern University of Illinois. In 1869 he entered the railway service, and since that time has been consecutively clerk and chief clerk in the general aud- itor’s office of the Central Pacitic Com- pany, from 18385 to 1887 assistant con- troller of the Southern Pacific Company, and on January 12, 1388, was promoted to the important position of secretary and controller of the Southern Pacific, whiéh be held to the last. He worked his way to the top in twenty -six years, learning every minute detail and attaining full mastery of the railroad’s executive depart- ments. Whilein the office of . H, Miller, the secretary of the Central Pacific when that company operated the other lines under a.lease, he was educated. in the finer points of railroading. When the Railroad Employes’ Mutual Benefit Asso- ciation was organized, May 8, 1880, he was elected its first secretary; and he was also the first secretary of the Southern Pacific upon its organization. In the light of his ability and_accom- plishments as a railroad man Mr. Lansing stood with the leading railway officials of America. A forcible and convincing writer, he contributed largely to railway literature. Numerous railway articl presenting powerful arguments for ;hei railroad’s side, and some excellent treatises | on the subject of justice to railways | against the popular demand for relief from railroad exactions came from his pen. Among the pamphlets left b§ him are “The Right of the Railroad to-Reasonable Rates,”” read before the Chit-Chat Club in December, 1893; “The Central Pacific Rail- way Company in Account With the United | States; the Thurman Act a_Final Settle- | ment,”” publisted in December, 1889, and “Relations Between the Central Pacific Railroad Company and the United States Government; Summary of Facts.” This last production was brought out by a let- ter gom Senator Stanford, the president of the company, requesting Mr. L:m_sm%to outline the situation as to the relation be- tween the Central Pacific and the United States. All Mr. Lansing’s books were re- parded by railway men as standard works and can be foand in railway libraries |. throughout the country. Mr. Lansing was highly esteemed by the Southern Pacitic Railway officials for his rare abilities and his courteous deportment toward ail persons with whom he came in contact. It is said of him that although he was genial as a rule he offered no quarier to any one whom he suspected of irregular acts. By many of his associates Le was supposed to bave been of a retiring and uncongenial disposition, but those who knew him best knew also that beyond the actual work demanded by duty his thought for years dwelt upon science and other serious considerations of - the scholar. He was a man of -deep and wide knowledge, and like the scholar was always iovc parading it in pub- lic. ‘His favorite study was natural history, and in particular ornithology, which bent of his gave the Academy of Sciences many specimens of local birds, trutafully mounted and preserved for study, He juined the academy shortly after coming to San Francisco, and for Years after in his trips through the coun- try shot and preserved many birds. He Yas not a member of any fraternal society. being a man with an absorbing devotion to heme-life, and in his bachelor days to the Bohemian Club, In addition to science, music and art targely occubied his spare hours, for Mr. Lansing was & man of cultured tastes, who sincerely appreciated the true and beautiful in every form. » ,iie married Miss Mabel Cohen in Ala- meda, October 1, 1888, and one child—a { daughter 6 years of age—was born o him. o O Agevwasb —_— Charged Big Interest. 5 Asa Fisk hos been suing John Mallon, a&in- dorser of 8 $600 note made by John T, Hill, Fogarty, “Silver’”’ Coyne, Jobn Burke and John Lacy, on the charge of robbery. Mills isthe son of W. H. Mills, a wealthy contractor and architect in Eureka. He has peen employed in this City asa car- penter and lives at 8 Qakwood street. He was walking along Eighteenth street Mon- day night when the iour young men- as- saulted him. He was knocked down by a biow on the head, and one of tnem went through his pockets. He had only 10 cents, which they took from him, and, ex- asperated at the small amount, they kicked him several times. The four young footpads are well known as hard customers in the Mission. AN EARLY SHOWING. Some of the Dainty Wash Fabrics for the Leap Year Summer Girl. The frost-bitten, snow-bound denizens of the large Eastern cities would think that a merchant who displayed summer shirt waists and wash fabrics at this season of the year was out of his mind, but here in San Francisco it is taken as a matter of course to buy dainty dimities and percales in midwinter. Early last week Kohlberg, Strauss & Frohman made the first display of new summer wash fabrics—lovely imported dimities and percales and an entirely new cotton weave called Batiste Brode, which the manufacturers think will be the most popular cotton dress fabric of the year. In another departinent of the Post-street store the busy salesfolk were, when THE CaLL representative stevped in, marking great stacks of shirt waists for the 1396 summer girl—shirt waists with immense sleeves, whose ‘‘bigness’” extended away down to the cuff instead of stopping at the elbow and falling in folds, as they did last year. Throngsof women clustered around these new goods and evidently believed in “‘taking time when time i8,’’'for they bought liberally of what they deemed the {u’emest patterns and styles. Perhaps hey don’t intend to wear these pretty summer fittings fortwo or three ‘months, but they certainly had a first choice of a charming stock. 3 . There was a wonderfully good glove be- ing sold atanother counter for 75 cents a pair—and probably they are not ‘all gone yet—a lovely eight-button length Mousque- taire, just'as well made and handsome as many a pair that cost $1 50 or more. The ribbon counter appeared to be a most attractive part of the store. This house has on display dozens and dozens of bolts of the beautiful new warp print ribbons. The patterns are printed in brilliant colors on the warp of the ribbon, before the weay- ing is completed, producing an effect when the ribbon is finished indescribably soft and rich. They are undoubtediy thé love- liest neck and bonnét ribbons ever made, being so pretty that they almost make the plain woman look charming. There is no excuse for any woman not owning two or three pretty evening waists, when wash-silks,that are by the way allsilk can be had for 25 cents a yard, including any number of pretty patterns and colors to suit all complexions. The newest dress silks, however, received by this firm are heavy black brocaded grosgrained with odd patterns in the wa:dp print effect at $110 and $175 per yard., The saleslady said “they almost stand alone and the wrinkles shake out of them readily.” No dry goods emporium_ of the largest Eastern cities show more designs of the latest novelties than the leading establish- ments of this City, of which Kohlberg, Strauss & Frohman is one of the best ex- amples. ————— Rev. J. B. Orr Called. The Park Congregational Church, located near the panhandle of Golden Gate Park, hasa new pastor, who will take up the work laid down By the Rev. Cruzan, who went_to Olivet Church. The new pastor is James B. Orr, the well known Congregational evangelist. D e The triangular bridge at Crowland, in Lincolushire, which was probably “in- tended as an emblem of the Trinity, is the most ancient Gothic structure nma,in{:g entire in the kingdom. It was ‘erect about the year of our Lord 860, DR, McLEAN'S MEMORIAL, The Arguments That Will Be Used Regarding the Tidal Canal, FOR TWO . APPROPRIATIONS, Probability That Money Enough May Be Obtained to Cover Both of. Oakland’s Projects. The conflicting interests of the two fac- tions now engaged in the promotion of the Oakland Harbor improvement projects mive promise that a more thorongh hear- ing will be obtained in Congress -this year than ever before, and it is anticipated that @ generous appropriation will be the result. There i§ no opposition on the part ot anybody except the railroad people to any part of the Oakland harbor work, the present dispute being merely as to what work shall be doue first. Ex-Congressman Warren B. English, who worked valiantly and successfully for the harbor appropriations while in Con- gress, is now at the head of the Oakland custom- house, and so he is specially inter- ested in having the estuary dredged out so that ships of any draght can reach Oak- land. He is urging the immediate dredg- ing of the lower harbor to give his city the full commercial advantage of its location on the bay, and associated with him are all thé business men who would be directly benefited by immeaiate improvement of the transportation facilities. The people who are concerned more di- rectly about the sanitary improvement are urging that the proposed tidal canal be cut through during the coming year. These are led by Dr. J. T. MeLean, who, as already announced in Tre CaLL, has gone to Washington in the interest of the meas- ure. On the side of the Health Officer are | the busiress men and residents of Alameda, Fruitvale and that part of Oakland which borders on the upper portion of the har- bor and surrounds Lake Merritt; and the yachtsmen also take a great interest in the canal project. £ The reasons for wanting to have the canal’completed are embodied in thie me- morial which Dr. McLean has taken to ‘Washington. This memorial is as follows, though some of the signatures have been revoked so as not to antagonize the effort to have the dredging in the lower harbor continued. A PLEA Of One Hundred Thousand People. BASED ON IMPORTANT SANITARY AND EcoNomic REASONS, FOR THE SPEEDY COMPLETION OF OAKLAND HARBOR. 2 To the Honorable the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives, in Congress Assembled: Your memo- rialists, the' Board of Trustees, the Board of | Health and the Board of Edueation of the city | of Alameda; the Mayorand City Council, the | Board of Public Works, the Board of Health and Board of Education of the city of Oskland, and the president and secretary of Fruitvale sanitary districts Nos. 1 and 2, State of Cali- fornia, would respectfully represent: That the United States has in course of con- struction a public work, known as Oakland harbor, extending from deep water in the bay of San Francisco easterly into the bay of San Leandro, and comprising in its entirety a jetty system in the bay of San Francisco, the es- tuary of San Antonio, with its lines re-formed and its depth increased, a tidal canal, tobe dug 10 & depth of eight feet below low water, through the isthmus between the said estuary and the bay of San Leandro; and a dam and automatic floodgate to be constructed at the point where the bay of San Leandro now empties into the bay of San Francisco; this floodgate to shut automatically, at every high tide, and thus force all the tidal water flowing out of San Leandro Bay, on each ebb tide, trough the tidal canal and -estuary and the jetties into the bay of San Francisco. That the part of this harbor represented by the eastern portion of the jetty system, the estuary of San Antonio and the tidal capal are located between the city of Oakland and Fruitvale sanitary districts Nos. 1 and 2 and North Alamedg on the north and the city of Alameda on the south, the bay of San Leandro being located on the east of Frujtvale sanitary district No. 1 and the city of Alameda; these cities and sanitary districts representing a population in round numbers of 100,000, That the sewage of the southern half of the city of Oakland and the northern half of the city of Alameda, as well asthe waste from tan- neries, gas-works, cotton-mills end other man. ufacturing establishments located on the estu- ary (some of which is very offensive) is dis. charged Into the estuary of San Antonio; that the sewage of Fruitvale sanitary districts Nos, 1 and 2, including North Alameds, empties into the eastern and western portions of the tidal canal; that the sewage of the town of San Leandro, as well as that of the northern half of the city of Alameds, empties into the bay of San Leandro. That these various sewer systems have been planned and constructed to empty, asabove stated, into these various parts of Oakland har- bor on the supposition that said harbor would be ‘completed within a reasanable time,and that by the flow and reflow of the tides twiee daily back and forth through the various parts of the harbor all the waters composing it would be_thoroughly changed and that each ebb tide would carry out of the harbor into San Francisco Bay, and thence through the Golden Gate into the Pacific Ocean, so much of the sewage-ladened water in it as to make said harbor a proper receptacle for and an eflicient means for carrying off the sewage of the 100,- 000 people living adjacent to it. 3 That the National Congress by act approved March 3,1873, directed the Secretary of War to cause examinations or surveys or both to be made and a plan devised for the construction of Oakland harbor; that Cotonels Alexander, Stewart and Mendell were constituted a Board of United States Engirieers under the act to make the examinations and surveys and to de- vise the plan for the harbor; that this plan then devised was approved and adopted by the Sec- Tetary of War, and between the years 1874 and 1894 inclusive fourteen appropriations, amounting in gross to $1,784,600, have been made by Congress and expended under the su- pervision of United Btates engineers in the construction of the harbor, That it is estimated by the United States en. giueers that appropriations amounting to $1,000,000 are yet necessary to complete it. That it is the opinion of the United States en- gineers who have had charge of the construo. tion of this harbor that fully 40 per cent of the $1,784,600 thus far expended on 1t, say $700, 000, have been devoted to dredging between the jetties in the -estuary -and in the eastern and western portions of the tidal canal, and that {rom 15 per cent to 20 per cent of this $700,- 000, say $140,000, would have been saved in dredging if the tidal canal between San Lean- dro Bay and the estuary of San Antonio and the dam and automatic floodgate, shutting up at each high tide San Leandro Bay at its open- ing into San Frandisco Bay, had been con- structed after the jetties had been completed— the resultof the construction of the tidal canal and floodgate in the early history of building the harbor being & vast amount of scouring and dredging by the natural procession of the tides to and fro twice .daily through that part of the harbor between the bays of San Fran. cisco and San Leandro. The engineers in charge of this work - inform us that 165,000,000 of cubic feet of tidal water will pass at each ebb of the tide, or twice daily (this being the measurement of the tidel water in San Leandro Bay), between San Leandro Bay and the bay of San Fran. cisco, through the various parts of Oakland harbor intermediate between these two ba From the lack of tnis natural scouring and dredging very considerable deposits of mud and silt and gravel have been made in later years which obstruct navigation in the estu- ary, where it has been made possible by pre- vious artificial dredging; and like deposits have been made in the eastern and western parts of the tidal canal, which bave heretofore been dredged to the depth required by the plans of the harbor. In view of these facts it can readily be be- lieved that a large amount of dredging and a great consequent expense Will be saved, as well as a great sanitary advantage gainea, by the early completion ot the tidal canal and floodgate, with the resulting full and free in- terchange of the waters of the harbor into which the sewage of the 100,000 people above named is discharged. To the end that the tidal ¢anal and floodgate may be completed, and this great expense of dredging and most desirable improvement in the sanitary condition of 100,000 people be accomplished, the undersigned, representing these people and aware of their sanitary needs, respectfully ask that an appropriation of $500,000 be made at this session. of Congress to complete the tidal canal and floodgate; and that it be specifically applied, in the terms of the river and narbor appropriation bill, to these ‘special parts of Oakland harbor. We are informed by Colonel Mendell, United States Civil Engineer, lately in charge of construc- tion of Oakland harbor, that this sum will complete and bridge the tidal cenal and con- struct the dam and floodgate. If it is found to be impossible to secure an appropriation of the above named amount then the undersigned would urge that as large an appropriation .as is possible be made for this harbor, and that, by the terms of the ap- propriation bill, the amount appropriated be directed o be expended in building the tidel canal in said harbor. And your petitioners will ever pray, ete. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CITY OF ALAMEDA. - Joseph F. Forderer, | William Hammond, President, A. V. Clark, F. J. Fletter, T. W. Leydecker, BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY OF ALAMEDA. G. P. Reynolds, M.D., W. O. Smith, M.D., President. G. C. Zeyn, M.D, C. George Bull, M.D., | JohnT.McLean,\.D., C. H. Lubbock, M.D., Health Officer. BOARD OF EDUCATION, CITY OF ALAMEDA, Chas. L.Tisdale, M.D, | W. A. L. Knowles, President, J. B. Lanktree, C. A, Brown, D.J. Sullivan, Supt, E. H. Bryan, of Schools. CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF OAKLAND, J.8. Davie, Mayor, W. D. Heitmann, W. G. Manuel, Pres., k K. Mott, John F. Towle, 0. ‘Buckland, C. K. Marshall, | 3730 Bassettt, ‘atkinson, C. H. Brosnatan, BOARD OF PURLIC WORKS, CITY OF OAKLAND, J. K. Peirsol, City | Arthur R. Wilson, Attorney, City Engineer. BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY OF OAKLAND, 71.C.8. Akerley,M.D., | A.S.Larkey, M.D., President, Charles M. Fishér, Sarah I, Shuey. D, Ward M. Beckforth, | J.L.Mayon,M.D., .D,. Health Officer. BOARD OF EDUCATION, CITY OF OAKLAND, J-W. Evans, Pres., Webb N, Pearce, D. Al McMulian, George C. Edwards, E. A. Moody, Myra Knox, D. R. Ford George J. W. Stark, ® 3 William H. Friend. E. B. Clement, Charles G. Reéd, FRUITVALE SANITARY DISTRICT No. 1. J.H.W.Riley, Pres. | C. D. Bennett, Sec. FRUITVALE SANITARY DISTRICTNO, 2. 0. E. Derbey, Presi- | Wm. Bostwick, Cur- dent, | tis, Secretary. Dr. McLean will urge that the tidal ‘canal be dredged ont and others will work for the lower barbor improvements, and it is quite possible that both parties will be successful and that a specific appropria- tion will be made for each work. Accord- ing to the expertsabout §300 000 coula profig tably be expended in dredging the Oakland Creek and about $150,000 ought to be used on the tidal canal. California has not fared even as well as Oregon in the matter of appropriations, they assert, and it would not be surprising if $500,000 at least should be obtained from. the present Congress to carry on the Oak- land-harbor dredging. THE BICYCLE ORDINANCE Orders Will Soon Be Issued to En- force the Measure to the Letter. The bicycle ordinance recently passed by the Board of- Supervisors seems to be imperfectly understood or to be ignored by the many new wheelmen and wheelwomen who develop each day, and while the po- lice are lenient and have thus far made few arrests under the new measure, orders will shortly be issued to enforce the ordi- nance to the letter. The regulations, which are too simple to be misunderstood, are as follows: Order No. 2932—Providing regulations to be observed in the use of bicycles, bieycle tan- dems and vehicles end machines of a similar character. County of San The people of the City and Francisco do ordain as follows: RATE OF SPEED—BELLS TO BE SOUNDED, SECTION 1. No person’ shall immoderately, carclessly or negligently ride or drive & bicycle, bicycle tandem or other vehicle or machine of a similar character upon or along any public street or highway; or 8t & rate of speed faster than six (6) miles per hour, over or upon any street crossing or intersection; nor at any time without having a warning bell, which must be sounded whilé approaching and passing over astreet crossing or intersection, or when ap- proaching pedestrians who may be on or pass- ing over the roadway of any street. PROHIBITING SCORCHING OR COASTING. Sec. 2. No person shall ride or drive a bicycle, bicycle tandem or- other vehicle or machine of & similar character upon or along any public street or highway unless the feet of the gcrson 80 riding or dnving shall be kept on the pedals of the machine at all times while the machine is in motion, the practice- of scorching or coasting being hereby inhibited. RIDING PROHIBITED ON SIDEWALKS. Sec. 3. No person shall ride or drive & bicy- cle, bicycle tandem or other vehicle or ma- chine of a similar character upon or along the sidewalk of any J)uhllc street or highway ‘within the City and County. PROHIBITING THE CARRIAGE OF CHILDREN. Sec.4. No person riding or driving a bicy- cle, bicycle tandem or other vehicle or ma- chine of similar character shall carry on the same upon or along the streets, highways or public grounds of this City and County any child under the age of ten (10) years. : RIDERS SHALL KEEP TO THE RIGHT. Sec. 5. Any F‘“on using and propelling a bicycle, bicycle tandem or any similar ma. chine shall keep to the right.of the center of the roadway of the street and shall keep to the night at all times when approaching and passing vehicles. CHIEF OF POLICE TO ENFORCE. Sec. 6. The Chief of Police is hereby charged with the dnty and requiréd to enforce the pro- visions of this order. v PENALTY. . See. 7. Any persons violating the provis- ions of this ol‘ser shall be Suigly of l!x’nl!de- meanor and be punished by a fine not exceed. ing five hundred (8500) dollars or imprison- ment in the County Jail of this City and County not exceeding six (6) months, or by both ?B.ufmé‘lm; Oénd im; fllnnsl.lani(:' n_ Board of Supervisors, San Francisco, No- T Aiter hating : Dlished fi * er having been pul ed five successive days, according to law, taken up and patsed by l.h: following v;wa: i Soully, B yes—Supervisors King, Scully, Ben amin, Hirsch, - Dimond, Hughes, Dunker, ’Enylor, Morgenstern, Spreckels, Hobbs, Wagner. JoHN A, RUSSELL, Clerk. 3 e%gpmved, San Francisco, November 26, ADOLPH SUTRO, Meyor and ex-officio President of the Board of Superyisors. ¥ _ On Trial for Arson, Mrs. Eugenia Schuller, charged with arson, wason trial before Judge Bahrs yesterday. Her house was mysteriously burned on Decem- ber 6 last. There had been eight previous fires, and the last was found to have originated ina s}l’a of shavings soaked in benzine and some kindling-wood. 'he insurance on the property was$6000. The benzineand shavings are allin as evidence. ——— Masonic Lecture. The . W.E. Smith delivered an interest. ing lecBuire last nightin Golden Gate Hall on the subject of Masonry. The lecturer gave a clear and concise history of Masonry, and illus- trated the symbolical, capitniar and templar Masonry with stereopticon pictures projected on the canvas by George Kunzee. During the evening some pleasing instrumantal music :u_ unxand. & S0 Yo BARBARISMS OF THE TIME Frank J. Murasky Delivers an Eloquent Lecture in the Temple. CATHOLIC CHURCH'S POSITION. The Speaker Asks What Better Insti. tution to Effect the Evolution of Society. The audience at last night’s meeting of the Catholic reading circles in Metropoli- tan Temple was entertained by the Hon. Frank Murasky, who in an eloguent and really scholarly lecture on ‘“The Bar- barisms of the Nineteenth Century” ac- quitted himself of a splendid effort. The speaker . was warmly applauded at the more interesting points in his lecture. The hall was crowded, and as on former meetings of the Catholic society last week, enthusiasm was cordial, and certainly a gratifying sign of approval of the lecturer’s words. The speaker’ claimed that the truth about the syndicates of the present, if presented in its full seriousness, would the consolers of the dying in every land. No battiefield has ever been 100 bloody¥, no hospi- tal too pestilential for their ministrations. No tie of family, of home life, of friendship, no association with society hasever been strong enough to keep them from the bedside of the sick. Their bYuod» mingles with the dust in every qnarter of the earth. The gospel of Christ has come down to us through nineteen centuries wetted with the blood-of their mar- tyrdom. i The faith which inepired these men, which teaches self-sacrifice, which commandscharity, which loves peace is an element which cannot be other than a mighty influence for the bet- terment of the human race. . At the close of the lecture Father Byrne announced. that an open meeting cf the reading circles would be held this evening. JAMES LICK'S MEMORY. A Proposition to Ereci a Monument to It in Golden Gate Park. At the meeting of the Pioneers on last Monday Charles M. Plum, at one tinmie one of the Lick trustees, offered a resoiu- tion to the effect that it was the sense of the meeting that a statue of or monument in memory of James Lick be placed in Golden Gate Park. Before the guestion was put to a vote the mover requested that it be postponed until the first Monday in March. . The proposition that there should be a monument to the memory of the great philanthrophist was argued a few weeks since in an informal way by some of the members of the Society of California Pioneers, and it was suggested that it should be erected in front of the Pioneer building, but as the discussion became more general, it was suggested that it ought to be in the park, where a greater number of people might see it. It is expected that others who have been benefited by the liberality of James Lick Frank J. Murasky, Who Lectured Last Evening at Metropolitan Temple on “ Modern Barbarisms.” . . [Reproduced from a photograph.] prove the members of these compacts were barbarians—were gamblers. They _gam- bled in the profits’ to be made by their illegitimate business. It wasa barbarism opposed to all Christian teaching, against everything that Christ taught upon earth. Here in California people, he said, were too far away from the struggling millions, to feel the effect of this barbarism. Here where man is close to the first turning of the soil, to the new life, this terrible strug- gle could not be felt. He continuea: Another imPeriecuon in the present system is the abuse of the rule that only the fittest should survive. This accounts for the siums, for igncrance and poverty, for, weak minds. The doctrine of survival of the fittest cannot survive under the old regime. If a man be tied to agrinding oceupation for life it isbecause he 1s not fitted for a betier employment, A collier whose life is crushed . out in the mine is said to have been unfit; but nature made him fit for better, the sysiem of the time did not. In the great centers of 'populuuon, in Lon- don, New York and here, full many & gem is left to pass unseen. Though the rule’is wrongly .lgplled. +hat the fittest should survive, men should be placed on an equal basis, . Look at the history of the human race; it is one long story of wrong from man to man. In the old days the slaves were made by the sword, Now he’ é:dn.de by the circumstaices that force him 10 toil. Looking at a few features of the present day Mr. Aurukg read a newspaper de- seription of the houses and treatment of slaves in the Kimberley mines, and the _speaker declared : That is a cage for &_wild animal, and yet to- day they are confined in that cage voluntary human prisoners. They work in the mines at day end pass to this cage at night through a tunmel; they are not ailowed to hold converse with the outeide world. These men have bound themselves by voluntary contract. Tne western system came along and compelled these same men to earn their living, but not wnhctu’ttlhesu conditions. That is the barbar- of it. 7 There must be some necessity of life that compels these men to live as slaves, and what is it? That a few men and women might wear brilliants—that a few men and womea might wear dinmonds on their shirt bosoms, That is uurxcnure while in a perfected civiliza- tion could not exist. The lecturer went on to tell of the ef- fects of present conditions on English peo- ple. Taking Bradford, the cotton manu- facturing town in Yorkshire, where men and women know little more than the loom, and even now can wear only wooden | clogs, he said that hundreds of cripples are found—all the result of injustice, in- humanity of man to man. If the woman of the slums is not held in as high esteem as the woman of the four hundred, this is one of the worst barbarisms of this time. The faults in the system exist because men permit them to be so. Men make the world what it is without_an effort to make it what it should be. Men need to understand better and to observe the com- mandment, “Do unto others asmen should do unto yon.” This is the doctrine by which man’s injustice to man shall be blotted out. But the world is: working forward; it will in time change those conditions which make the unfortunate inaividual the vic- tim of his more lucky neighbors. More and more each day men are feeling their common origin, and they will realize that the aristocracy of learning, like other casts, will disappear in the great democracy of minds which a fully developed Christian civilization will bring about. Through its¢ tragedies, its miseries and its injustices the human race is passing to a better state. In this evolution, in which so many myriads have taken part, men can do their share of the work by appreciating better the condition and respecting: more the sacred, inalienable rights of those about them, by obliterating in God-made resemblance all man-made distinctions. He continued: ' ‘What better institution to carry forward the evolution of society than the Catholic church? It is the expression in living form of Christ’s 1. It was founded tocarry into. effect gs. Its mission’ is to inspire man with that love for his neighbor that Christ preached. Its ministers, by long train- ing, by years of inculeation, by the example of their predecessors, by command of God him- self, are imbued with the ambition to carry melli:fe! of peace and good will to all men. 1n the fulfillment of their mission they haveleft untrod no foot of this earth's suriace where man dw hey are the companions lepers, the of the wounded, will join in the movement, and possibly an effort will be made to have it erected through a popular subseription. ———— For the Youths’ Directory. Secretary Kane of the Pacific Coast Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chiidren- in- creased the number of inmates of the Youths' Directory by two yesterday. One was the baby Doy of Mr, and Mrs. Russell Mitchell, Chestnut place. The mother, a dissipated woman, de- serted the child about a week ago and the father, a longshoreman, was arrested on Mon- day in'a drunken condition. The baby, hali- naked and dirty, was found on the sidewalkin front of the house by some neighbors, and_was taken to the City Prison by Policeman Fan- ning. The other was Frank Tracy, the news. boy, who played & confidence game on resi- dents of Turk street last Friday by telling them he was an orphan from New York. His parents live at 74 Clementina stre ' NEW TO-DAY. SKINNY SUFFERER SAVED. What Do You Think Makes Strong Men Weak ? Experience of « Prominent North Dakota Politician Who Gained Forty Pounds ina Few Weeks. Every man likes to be strong. Why shouldn't you be? Are you & tobac- co_user? You are? Of course you know that tobacco- users, as a_rule, are away below normal weight, be- cause tobacco “de- stroys digestion and sets certain nerves on fire. That wears on the brain, saps its power and you gradually become . impotent. It is cailed ‘lost manhood.” You mnever get weak this way when you gain flesh like our friend Wiltiams. Read what he says. 3 ONE BOX DID IT. SyxEsrox, Wells Co., N, D., July 25. Gentlemen: One box 6f No-To-Bac cured mé of the tobacco habit, both smoking aud chewing, after having used the weed for nearly forty years. My health is much. better, nerves stronz and steady, and I have gained over forty pounds in flesh. I have recommended No-To-Bac to some of my friends, all of whom have heen cured. 1 firmly be- lieve that No-To-Bac will do for others what it has done for me. 1'heartily recommena it to all those Wwho have becomeslaves to the use of tobacco and desire to be emancipated. . A. WiLLrAums, County Auditor. Now don’t you think No-To-Bac worth a trial, especially when you buy frow your own druggist under sbsolute guarantee of cure? Get your booklet, *‘Don’t Tobacco Spit end Smoke Your Life Away,”. written guarantee of cure and free sample, mailed for the asking, ?dqien Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New o) .‘ A s’.é// 16-18 Drumm St. RETAIL STORE! 1640 Market St. #an Francisco, Cal. NEW TO-DAY. NOLAN BROS. SHOE CO. That will paralyze the Shoe Market. We have the 20048 and are going to sell them. Price no object. We want to flood the market with SHOES. Cut the following Price List out and save it toorder by. We Will Sell Ladies’ Kit Button, pol Ppatent leathertips. ... We Will Sell Ladies’ Fine Paris Kid Button, cloth or kid tops, pointéd or square toes, patent-leather tips wues enuensen AL 81 50 per pale ed or square toes, ot --.AU$1 25 per pa.r We Wi Sell Our Own Make—{adies' Fine Imperial Kid Buttoo, cloth or Kid tops, poinied or square toes, patent-leather tips, widths AA to EE 435 ..AU$1 75 per pair We Will Sell Our Own Make—Ladies' French Kid Button, cloth or kid tops, pointed or square tocs, patent- leather tips... . ... Al $2 per pair We Will Sell Our Own Ofake—Ladies’ extra quality French Kid, seamless foxed, button. cloth or kid poisited oF square toes, patent enther tips. AL $2 50 pe We Will Sell Ladies' Fine French Kid Button, hand-turn soles, cloth or kid tops, extreme pointed or nAITow Square toes, patent-leather tips. .. At 33 per paix LADIES' LACE SHOES. We Will Sall Ladies’ Extra Quality Fine Kid Cioth-top Laca Shoes, very pointed toes, patent-leather tips o ....At $2 50 per pair We Will Selt Ladies’ Fine French Kid Clotb. hand-turn soles, exiréme poini leather tips. -top Lace Shoes, ted toes, patent: A $3 per pair LADIES' SPRINC-HEEL SHOES. We Will Sell Ladies’ Fine Paris Kid Button, spring heely square toes, patent-leather tips, widths A to E ~+..AU$1 25 per pair We Will Sell Our Own Make—Ladies' French Kid' Button, cloth or kid tops. spring heel, square toes, patent-leather tips, widths A A to EE AL LADIES' LOW-CUT SHOES. We Wil Sell Ladies’ French Kid Oxford Ties, cloth or kid tops, hand-turn soles, pointed or square toes, patent-leather tips.............At $1 50 per pair We Will Sell Ladies’ French Kid Cloth-top Southern ties, hand-turn soles, pointed or square toes. = At 8150 OUR LIFE-SAVING 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 Sell CHILDREN’S AND MISSES’ Fine Paris Kid Button, kid o cloth tops, square 10es, patent-leather Lips, spring heels. Sizes 5 10 8... Sizes 814 to 11 Sizes 1135 to 2. We Will Sell CHILDREN’S AND MISSES’ Heavy Pebble Goat Button, solfd double soles, standard screwed, ¢annot rip, sole-leather tps. Sizes 5 to Tla. sizes 8 to 1013 Sizes 11102, Send us your address and we will send you a catalogue, showing all the latest style shoes at lowest prices. We have no Branch Store on Market Street. Don’t be misled by misleading signs. Mail orders receive prompt attention. NOLAN BROS, SHOE CO. 812814 MARKET STREET 9and 11 O'Farrell §t., PHELAN BUILDING. Long Distance Telephone 5527. NOT TO RIDE A BICYCLE Is to be out of the fash- ion. ot to ride a STEARNS is to be be- hind the times. Nowheel so light, so easy, so “strong. It will carry you over pavement or high- way—through thick or thin—with the comfort born -of its excellence. E. C. STEARNS & CO., 3804-306 Post Street. DEVANY, HOPKINS & €0., City Agents. i THIS IS A: THEEESTcnlA ST BIeYOLE Call and Examine Them at Our Stores: AGENTS WANTED. POPE MANUFACTURING CO., 344 Post Street, S. F. INSTRUCTION AND RENTING DEPOT, 1970 Page Street, NEAR PARK ENTRANCE DR.WONGOO. Chinese Drugs - and’ Tea and, Her anitarium, 776 CLAY STREET, Bet. Kearny and Dupont, cisco. Z,the undesisn.d, bave been cnred from Kidney trouble, from which suffered for over 10 years. by Dr. Wong W T WM. G Voo. ULL, Dalles, Or. Nov. 20, 189 Oftice hours: ours: 4. 1603,