The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 10, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1896. 11 [nteresting Report of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County THE POLITICAL VOLCANO, {t Has Burst Into Activity in East Oakland During the Week. TROUBLES OF A MINISTER., Rev. Cader Edwards Davis Is Helped Out of Difficulties by an Anony- fous Correspondent. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Feb. The past week has been an anxious one for professional politicians. Parties are aow so broken up that in local affairs they may be said not to exist. Although all the efforts of the politieal manipulators are being directed toward hoodwinking the body politic under all sorts of flimsy and transparent disguises it is certain that individuals more than parties will decide the fate of candidates who seek the favors of the voters of Oakland and Alameda County. Political warfare has been car- ried on so openly and the hands of oppo- uents have been so ruthlessly exposed during the past five years that the intelli- gent voter no longer bases his decision on the matter at issue, but judges it solely by its advocates. And as with issues, so with men. Let any of the element that has been instrumental in corrupting past city and county officials place its finger of ap- proval on any candidate and his fave is at once sealed. So well accepted is this theory that even when one candidate about whom there is a reasonable doubt attempts to be carried into office by hypocritical affiliations with clean men the keen scrutiny of the public at once weeds out the chaff and the ballots show how correctly the ruse was detected. For this public insight into political working the bosses have to thank them- selves. They have been hurling boomer- angs for years, and now they have recoiled and lie at their feet. No one knows better than the bosses how useless it would be to hurl them again. But while fighting there is hope, and as to give in would be certain beggary the periodical shafts are shot into the air and lost. Unlike the old schemes, they find nothing to strike against, because those they could kill have learned to know their impotence. The election of W. A. Dow to the presi- dency of the powerful Seventh Ward Re- publican Club last Friday night is signifi- cant. Mr. Dow is loudly mon-partisan, though a Republican where National prin- ciples are concerned. He succeeds Oak- land’s warlike reformer, ex-Mayor George C. Pardee. What is as significant as the personality of the new presidentis the large membership and great interest shown in the club. The Seventh ward has ever been the enemy of the old ring, and it is now apparent that it means to be more belligerent than ever. Already an at- tempt has been made to create the impres- sion that there is likely to be a split in the club. and that there will be much dissen- sion later on, but of course everybody {nows the motive of such attacks. The i\'emh ward has been the cradle of what- ever purity has been born into Oakland politics since the downfall of the notorious “‘poolrcom council,” and nothing has transpired to indicate that its nature has changed. Dr. C. O, Brown is not alone in the role of victim of anonymous letter writers. There is a preacher in Oakland who re- ceives an anonymous letter about once a month, Itis Rev. Cader Edwards Davis of the Christian Church. Mr. Davis is a young man of strong personality. He preaches and he lectures. In either role he meets with some success. He has ap- peared before the public as “the versatile preacher” and indeed he has earned the distinction. For some time he posed as *‘the American Oscar Wilide,” but recent history has caused Mr. Davis to blot out that title from his placards. ago he rendered very creditably some scenes from “Richard III” in his pulpit ana for a month he became ‘‘the actor preacher.” About a month ago some of his enemies said that he was given to flirting from his study window. Mr. Davis denied that to reporters and friends, but he could not find a legitimate excuse for expressing his views in public. The anonymous letter writer came to his aid. The pastor re- ceived a communication commending him for his pulpit excoriation of Rev. Marshal Law for giving notice that he would not receive ladies at the study of his church. Mr. Davis made all possible use of the let- ter and denied in toto that he had ever been guilty of flirting. A little later Mr. Davis .was accused of plagiarism. This again was a difficult rumor to attack with- out some suitable proof that it existed. Again the anonymous writer came to his assistance and yesterday the pastor said he had received an unsigned leiter on the subject and that he intended to make it the subject of a discourse. There is one more phase of Mr. Davis’ career up to date, and it helps somewhat to illustrate the others. About two months ago an announcement appeared that the pastor had - received a lucrative offer from a northern church, and also that he was engaged to be married toa charming and wealthy belle of Oregon. As soon as the news reached the north the young lady promptly contradicted the statement, and, of course, gallantry forbade the min- ister saying any more than that it wasa secret affair. When the story was pub- lished Mr, Davis said it was unauthorized, and, to use his exact language, said it was the work of his “wicked brother, Gideon.” Gideon is a newspaper man, and it is openly stated that the pastor’s anonymous corre- spondent is not a stranger to his ‘“wicked brother.” Had the youthful safecrackers not been arrested till a few days later it' is very probeble that one or two foolish citi- zens might have lost their hveg in a mannerthat would not have been in any way the fault of the slayers. The order was given that everybody seen on the streets after midnight, unless known, was 1o be questioned. This was considered absolutely necessary by the reign of terror that had been inaugurated by the burglars. The mnewspapers and the politicians had censured the Police Department, officers were doing double duty and depredations were being committed at the rate of four every night. Excitement was at its highest pitch and it would reasonably be expacted that no one at such a juncture would be foolish and childish and play burglar with the risk of being shot. Yet there were several such cases and only a aisplay of nerve on the part of some officers pre- wvented a tragedy. A young man on San About a year | Pablo avenue, within a block of the Gi- rard warehouse, not only refusea Officer Lill’s command to stop but actually held up & revolver. Had Lill not recog- nized him the youth would now be a corpse. Sergeani Hodgkins ordered a man to stop on Franklin street and in- stead of doing so the fellow ran off and the sergeant had to shoot a bullet into a board fence to induce the fool to stop. Several other officers reported similar af- fairs to Chief Lloyd and he thinks it very fortunate that no fatality occurred, as the force at that particular time wasnotina humor to be toyed with. 8. W. B. Ye Olde Deestrict Skule. OAKLAND, Car,, Feb. 9.—On Thursda; evening at Hansen’s Hall, West Oakland, the “Olde Deestrict S8kule’’ made a great hit. The hall was crowded. The players were all young men and women from Oak- land. R. Hamilton Hawkes was musical director. Mr. Thomas J. Allen, who is well known as a barytone, captured the house. The following participated: Ed White, Bertel O. Henning, Thomas J. Allen, Miss Louise A, Henning, Miss Ida S, Moe, Mr. Johnson, Miss Hildur A. Hen- ning, Miss Emily Ross, J. W. Noble, Charles Neilsen, Mrs. White, Miss Eita Pettitt, Miss Kate Maguire, Miss Martha Senram, Captain Helander, Julius Pump, Miss Gertrude Johuson, Miss Claire Kle- wisch, Miss Elvina Benson, Z. Storch, Charles McArthur, Miss Flora Pettitt, Sam Adams, Fred Hale, M. B. Smith, M. L. Griffin. Pythians Will Celebrate. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 9.—The Knights of Pythias of Oakland will celebrate the thiriy-second anniversary of the order in Military Hall, corner of Twelfth and Franklin sireets, Wednesday evening, the 19th inst. A first-class musical and liter- ary entertainment will be given, followed by dancing. The following committees have been appointed: Programme—S. Ferris, H. B. Rush, W. A. Young, Miss L. L. Cavasso, Miss D. C. Borland, Miss W. H. H. Hussey; printing—B. D. Gams, E. R. Tutt, A. C. Trimble. Admission will be by card to members, their families and friends. Abraham Lincoln’s Character. OAKLAND, CAL., Feb. 9.—‘The Char- acter of Abraham Lincoin'” was the sub- ject of Dr. Coyle’s address to-night at the First Presbyterian Church. Delegates from the various councils of the A. P. A, and the Woman’s A. P. A. attended and the big church was crowded to the doors, The lecture was given by invitation of the thirteen councils. NEW FODTBILL MSHAGER G. F. Reinhardt and F. P. Tay- lor Are in the Field for the Berkeley Honor. Lecture by Professor Ardley—Profes- sors May Play Baseball—School- teachers’ Aid Society. BERKELEY, CaL.,, Feb. 9.—The most important university election of the year, that of football manager, will take place to-morrow at Berkeley. The only two candidates for the place are G. F. Rein- bhardt and Frank P.Taylor, both of the junior class. The election promises to be 2 most hotly contested one, as both of the men have a strong following, Taylor being a member of the same Greek letter fra- ternity as Ransome, the newly elected captain, and Reinhardt a player in the last intercollegiate. Reinhardt has also been an assistant to Mr. Magee of the de- partment of physical culture at the uni- versity for the past year, as well as having been associated with several college busi- ness organizations, such as the co-operative store and the business staffs of the Blue and Gold Berkeleyan and the University of California Magazine. Taylor is at pres- ent one of the associate editors on the uni- versity daily. Heretofore only those who were identi- fied with the university athletic associa- tion, membership in which consisting in a monthly contribution toward athletics, have been privileged to vote for football manager, but this year franchise will be extended to all students in the colleges at Berkeley whose names nlppeur on the last official student list. Election will be by ballot, the polls being open from 10 A M till 4 ». M. President Hirst of the athletic executive committee has ap- pointed officials for the day consisting of Chestnut ’97; Miller ’97, and De Garmo '99. There are 1252 students who are en- titied to vote at this election. ‘What adds great importance to the office of football manager is the fact that there lies in his hands the selection of the coach, the purchase of team equipment, the choosing of traiding quarters, the ar- ranging of games, the providing for the intercollegiate match and the handling of about $5000 in money. H. H. Lang has served as Berkeley's manager for the past two seasons, but on account of the fact that he will gradu- ate in May he has declined to run for a third term. Campaign Headquarters. BERKELEY, (AL, Feb. 9.—The cam- paign headquarters in West Berkeley of the coming bond election will be the office of Paine & Dickieson on University avenue. The office will be open at all hours of the day and evening until the dute of election, February 15. The West Berkeley Progressive Club has drawn upa pledge to support both the school and wharf propositions, which has been signed by a large mpz'oriey of their members. The pledge will be open for signatures up to the opening of the polls on election day. The pledgeis now being circulated with the view to converting any voter opposed to either proposition: Taculty Baseball. BERKELEY, Oar.,, Feb. 9.—So emi- nently successful was the baseball game esterday between the Glee Club and foot- ifll team that the management is contem- plating the arrangement of a game between members of the faculty. There areanum- ber of professors and instmctorl who are experienced playerson the diamond, and the plan bas already met with the ap- proval of several of them. It is expected that Professor cjj‘[fp and Instructors Syle, Howard, Pierce, Hunt, Colby, Hayne and Assistant Professor Cory will take the leading part if the match can be arranged. Professor Ardley to Lecture. BERKELEY, Cavn., Feb. 9.—Professor Henry T. Ardley of the department of decorative and industrial art at the uni- versity, and president of the newly organ- ized California Art Club, will lecture at Stiles Hall next Wednesday evening for the benefit of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Professor Ardley will speak on ‘“Around the World,”” He was at one time on the staff of the Illustrated London News, and during _his travels for that journal had many interesting experiences, some of which he will relate in his discourse. Teachers’ Ald Society. BERKELEY, CAL, Feb. 9.—A meeting of the teachers in the Berkeley public schools has been called for to-morrow afternoon for the purpose of forming a local mutnal aid .ocmg. Such societies are already in existence in San Francisco and Oakland, and members, during ab- sence from their duties, ve a benefit of $10 per week on a 50-cent assessment and $5 on a 25-cent assessment, Superin. tendent Sullivan of the Alameda schools will be present to address the meeting in Berkeley to-morrow. b o g, oo e s g There are in this country over eighty National trades unions, with a member- ship of about 500,000, VISITED BY HIS MOTHER,| Abe Majors’ Sunday in the City Prison at Oak- land, BOTH OF THE BOYS PENITENT. Their Illusions Have Gone and Now They Fear the Punish- ment. OARLAND OFFICE SaN Francisco CALL,} 908 Broadway, Feb. 9. There was a very pathetic scene in the prison to-night. Abe Wagner was visited as usual by his mother, and for the first time he was moved to tears. Mrs. Wagner has made daily visits to her boy ever since he was arrested, but she has hitherto been received with coldness and indifference. To-night Abe was glad to see her, and showed it. The bey cried piteously and his mother sobbed like the broken-hearted woman she is. In her unhappy life prison gates have played so prominent and frequent g part that the poor woman has become used to them. ‘When Officer Curtiss opened the door of the cell and the lad saw his mother he broke down at once. The sullen demeanor departed suddenly and he seemed the same boy that he'was a couple of years ago, before he fell under evil influences. The illusions about a life of crime have all departed from the escapades of both Majors and Wilimore, and they now real- ize that they have to face the punishment for their deeds. They are in separate cells and have not had an opportunity to con- verse with each other except in the pres- ence of an officer, but they tell exactly the same story about things on which they are questioned, and it is very evident that they are telling the truth. The actions of Mrs. Willmore toward her boy differ greatly from those of Mrs. Majors-Wagner toward Abe. Since his arrest Burt Willmore has not seen his mother, and neither has the mother been to the jail to see him. He has sev- eral times expressed surprise that she should stay away from him. It is given out that Mrs. Willmore is staying with friends by the advice of her attorney, and that the latter has promised to have her where she can be produced at short notice. Mrs. Majors takes her boy little deli- cacies, and stays sometimes for over an hour. Her joy to-day when Abe showed that the barrier of estrangement that had been reared between them was broken was pitiful. It wasthe most solacing mo- ment she has known since Abe’s arrest. There are no new features to the case. The lads wiil be taken before Judge Wood to-morrow for their preliminary examina- tion. As they have confessed everything, the proceedings will probably be very short, ana the lads will, of course, be held to answer in the Superior Court. The case will go before Judge Greene, who is the Judge that passed sentence on young Majors’ father twelve years ago. DANGERS OF YOUTH. Rev. C. H. Hobart’s Discourse on Causes of Wrong-Doing. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 9.—Rev. C. H. Hobart, pastor of the First Baptist Church, took for the subject of his discourse “Youthful Criminals.” His text was 2 Sam., 18-29, “Is the young man Ahsalom safe?”’ During his sermon he said: Our community has been shocked during the past week by the discovery that a series of crimes almost unparalleled for audacity were committed by a couple of beardless youths not et out of their teens. The utter lack of pru- ence on the part of these burglers indicated even before their arrest either immense stu- pidity or supreme recklessness. Their assaunlts upon the strong boxes where men are supposed to keep valuables at first suggested expert criminals. The frequency of their attempts, involving as it did the aimost certainty of arrestata very early day, indicated both ignorance and inex- perience. That they were boys who had grown upin our community amid fairly healthy sur- roundings made the discovery of their ¢rimi- nality at once a surprise and _shock. Many parents are now asking themselves the ques- tion with more than ordinary seriousness, and I Pe}:e\'e with real pertinency, “Is my boy safe?” David, whose heart was full of love for Absalom, seems not to have asked the question till the boy was utterly ruined. It stands the parents of Oskland in hend evidently to ask the question even before their boys begin to tread the pathway in their teens. It isa fact,q which there is no disguising, there are in- fluences at work at the present day which tend to make criminals of youth even in very tender years, as well as help into criminal ways many of maturer years who, under other ‘circum- stances, would never become law-breakers. Some of these causes briefly stated are: Pub- lication in our daily papers of details of crime. One of the young men now incarcerated testi- fies to this. Unwholesome companionship isan- other prolific source of crime 10 the young. It stands parents in hand to know who their chil- dren associate with. Vicious literature is an- other serious cause of crime. Like leaves of Vealombrosa fall the crime-breeding sheets in the form of weeklies and paper-covered novels full of moral distemper. The same can_be said of much that appears on the boards of some of our theaters, for most of these present plays in which Immorality is presented in pleasing rather thar in Te\‘nhfng colors. Improper home influence is the source of much crime—that is, & lack of influences positively good. In the case of Willmore mostof his time at home was in bed. He was the bread-winner and compelled to work Bunday the same as other days. Much youthful crime may be laid to heredity. ‘Wealth unjustly acquired under the sanction of the law leads others to say, “If it is lawful for Gould to eppropriate a rallroed it cannot be wrong for me to A&ymgrhze the contents of one railroad ticket-office.’ Gambling is enother certain ’grecursor of other crimes. Materialistic teachings of to- day, false teaching respecting future punish. ment, and the lac! oremgloymem. These all cln’{ their remedy with them, and if they were abolisned then that much would be done toward effecting a cure. POULTRY FUND ALL RIGHT The Secretary’s Records Were Confused, but His Cash Was Straight, The Electric Railway Appeals From a Decision Against It for Damages. ALAMEDA, CaL., Feb. 9.—The board of directors of the Pacific Poultry and Pigeon Association, through its new secretary, Elias Rund, bas caused it to be officially stated that the late secretary, John F. Mecklem, was asked to resign because his accounts were not kept in as orderily a manner s the board thought they should be, and not because of any misappropria- tion of funds, as was announced. Mr, Mecklem was asked to resign during the late exhibition in Oakland and a new offi- cer was installed in his place, but for a time he refused to turn over his books and records uniess a receipt in full of all moneys and claims was given him. This announcement would seem to indicate that an amicable settlement has been made. A Case Appealed. ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 9.—The Ala- meda, Oakland and Piedmont Electric Railway Company has appealed from the decision awarding Harry Rossiter $10 damages, together with costs, for being ejected from one of its cars. In December last Rossiter boarded a car and offered for his fare a mutilated celluloid check issued by the company, which had established a rule that it would not accept & check that had been so mutilated. Justice Swasey adjudged that he had been damaged, and now a higher court will be asked to revise the decision. Republican Meeting. ALAMEDA, Can., Feb. 9.—The Ala- meda Repubiican Club will hold during the week a meeting, which will be ad- dressed by Colonel W.S. Barnes. The meeting was to have been held Saturday evening, but Mr. Barnes was unable to af tend, owing to an impending event of im. vortance in his family. Brief Mention. ALAMEDA, OAL., Feb. 8.—Rey. Henry V. Morgan and wife have taken up their residence at 2140 Cedar street. Two new yachts will certainly be added to the Encinal fleet next year—the Har- oon and the Idler. The latter belongs to genera.l N.T. James, who is building a new house on the bay at the foot of Union street. ‘Whidden Hose Gom&my has elected the following officers: George Morris, fore- man; William Britt, first assistant; Wil liam Eckstein, second assistant; Louis Leutz, secretary; L. Schuler, treasurer; William Scully, delegate to relief fun Ed Houston, marshal; George Lubbin, trustee. The regular meeting of the Political Equality Club will be held to-day at2 ». m. at G. A.R. Hall. P. Jones has signed a contract to erect. a_$3000 cottage on the corner of Buena Vista avenue and St. Charlesstreet. The annual charity ball of the Woman’s Exchange will take place Tuesday evening in Armory Hall. This is a great society event and is always largely attended. N OLD COMCHIG DS “Tony ” Oakes’ Son Recalls Mem- ories in the Life of Hay- wards’ Journal. Tells of Times When the County’s Grain Was Handled in “Prairie Schooners.” OAx1AND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO C.u,r,,} 908 Broadway, Feb. 9. Twenty years ago George Oakes, the son of the boniface of State renown, ‘“Tony’’ Oakes, issned the firsi number of the Haywards Journal. Speaking of the matter, he said: “When we first arrived in Haywards, something like twenty-nine or thirty years ago, we rode up on the old Alameda rail- road, that was better remembered as the Cohen road and had a station on Watkins street. It was a thriving little road that carried our people and freight to Alameda wharf and thence by steamer to 8an Fran- cisco. The track was laid on what is known as Watkins street, in_a direct line to San Leandro, but when it crossed the bridge over San Lorenzo creek, near the Meek orchard, it cut across the road on the Otis Hill place, and continued on the right side of the county road to San Leandro, then it cut through that town and came out by the station, and followed the roadbed to Melrose, where it turned to the left and proceded to Alameda, and thence to the wharf. There was a station, roundhouse and turntable, all located in the vicinity of Watkins street, beyond D. The station- house was built about where Scott’s coal- house is now. The ‘lower portion of town was the liveliest section of Hay- wards. Both sides of Watkins street were lined with business houses, saloons, etc., and the arrival of the stages from ail points of the compass, Stockton, Warm Springs, via Livermore, through the differ- ent towns of Washington Township, made Haywards a booming town. “The American Exchange Hotel, now ihe Hayward villa, was then a story-and- a-half house, and owned by the Perkins Brothers, but was the headquarters for all stages, and Charles Spoerer's and Hay- wards Hotel had things pretty much their own way. There was then no railroad from Stockton through Livermore Valley to Oakland, and all the grain was handled in Jarge ‘‘prairie schooners” to Roberts and Eden landings principally. Many of the founders of Hawards are now sleeping their last sleep, but there are quite a number left, who no doubt often times look back to the good old times. We had a flouring-mill, owned by Moore & Heslep, fronting on Watkins street, ana the plaza was occupied by Edmundson’s warehonse, except the frontage on D street, that was sold into lots and built upon, and after- ward came a litigation and the plaza was recovered by the town, and it has proved a regular jonab ever since. After the over- land Jine was built through this valley the Cohen road was finally purchased by the Central Pacific and the rails taken up. Then we had to travel to the present station.” HAYWARDS WINS. The Niles Football Men Defeated on the Gridiron, HAYWARDS, Oar., Feb.9.—The Niles and Haywards football teams met to-day on the grounds near the High School, and the visitors were vanquished by a score of 12 t0 0. There was some good playing shown and the Niles men were in good form, but they were evidently notused to each other, and did not work in harmony. Godel, La COupnha, Mulverhill and F. Wells did splendid work for the home team, and Carter and Buttner showed to the best advantage for Niles. Joe Racine, the veteran player of the Reliance team, acted as umpire, and gave fect satisfaction. He says that the Niles men are better players asindividuals, than the team that conquered them, but that the Haywards boys do the best team work. A8 TO QUAKER MEETINGS. Congressman Erdman Tells What They ‘Were Like in His Xouth, . There was a dispute the other day be- tween a group of House members in re- gard to the real megning of Quaker meeting. The term \is indiscriminately used to express a great many varieties of meetings, and the conception that most people have of a real Quaker meeting is erroneous. o “I'm not a Quaker,” said Representative Erdman of Pennsylvania, “bat 1 was reared in the neighborhood of Quakers and I attended many a Quaker meeting in my voung days. The only remembrance Ihave of these meetings is that the peo- le came here in a devout spiric and sat in silence until tha spirit moved them to get up and speak. They have no ministers, and I have known a well-attended meet- ingto adjourn without an address from any one. = & “They sometimes sit in silence for quite awhile, with heads bowed and hands folded in deep religious abstraction. Finally the spirit will move some one, and he will rise to his feet and hold a discourse, after which he resumes his seat, and perhaps another brother or sister will feel impelled to do the same thing, or some one will rise and offer up an earnest prayer. And in this way the people gather and com- mune, and finally go home. That is the old-time Quaker meeting asI remember them from my boyhood days.”—Washing- ton Post. —————l—. Ttaly’s olive harvest is abundant and ex- cellent. HIGH SCHOOL THIEVINE, A Detective Is Now at Work Engaged as a Pupil. VALUABLE TEINGS * MISSING. Many Petty Larcenies That Are Caus- ing the Students Much Annoyance. OAKLAND OFFICE 8AN FrANCISCO C.u.n,} 908 Broadway, Feb. 9. The thefts at the Oakland High School still continue, and although all manner of efforts have been made to detect the thieves no one has been caught. For over three months petty thefis have been reported to Principal McChesney, and lately they have increased. A few days ago avery valuable new fur cape, purse and gloves were stolen out of the ante- room, and they have not yet been recov- ered. The owner isa pupil who has been in the school but a few weeks. She came from Oregon, and presuming that every- body was honest left her cape where it could be stolen. Prior to this there was a theft of a start- ling character that is being kept quiet in the hope of capturing the thief. Regard- ing this particular theft nobody will speak, but the articles taken were of more than ordinary value. A new system of espionage has been adopted and some of the parties under suspicion are being very closely watched, Itis stated that thereis a detective em- ployed in the case who is acting as a pupil. The great majority of the pupils are, of course, attempting to find the miscreants, but the latter must be very smart, as there is not even a reasonable suspicion as to the guilty parties. It is” presumed that the robbers are pu- Ppils, and if so they must be connected with a ‘““fence” somewhere, as the number of things stolen is far too great to lead to the supposition that they are for personal use. The robberies have been going on for sev- eral months, and the scandalous state of affairs is sorely perplexing the officials. It is ngt now considered safe to leave any- thing of value at the school or in the dressing-rooms during school hours. Every effort has been made to keep the affair quiet, but there have been so many thefts that the victims became too numer- ous for secrecy. MONEY ENOUGH FOR AL, The Mayor Hints That Auditor Snow Talks Through His Hat. Mr. Davie Does Not See a Pessimistic State of Affairs in Oak- . land. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Feb. 9. Much has been said recently about Mayor Davie’s position in regard to the tax levy. Auditor Snow has made some tables and has said some things that has offended the Mayor, and his honor has made the following reply : This tex levy is not a hard-times measure, as Mr. Snow states, and I want the people to thor- oughly understand that fact. The revenue produced is ample to carry the city along if it isrun on business principles. The figures of the first half of the fiscal year under the dol- lar rate prove that conclusively. Mr. Snow says that I have saved $77,000 for the taxpayers. Well, so I have. He states fur- ther that the: amount might be used to good advantege in building a crematory; in buying and housing a new fireengine; inrepairing the disgraceful and almost uninhabitable engine- houses; in increasing the wharf facilities: in keeping the streets clean and filling up a few chuck-holes: in improving the high school grounds; in extending the sewers to deep wnl?r, and in giving the city better police pro- tection. . I don’t believé Mr. Snow knows what he is talking about. Much that he mentions has al. ready been done, and it has been paid for, too, out of the revenue from the dollar levy. What is the necessity of expending the. iaxpayers' money to build & crematory, when men offer 1o pay the city for the privilege of disposing of the garbage? Would it be & good business proposition? There is no need for another fire engine. Oakland now has more apparatus in propor- tion to the population than any other city on the coast. We have put a truck out in the an- nexcd district, which will be more serviceable in getting over ihe hills than a steamer. As for building an engine house, I believe that when a_city makes such improvements they should be of & permancnt character. Brick or stone is what they should be built of, and not ‘wood to fall to pieces in a few years, Mr. Snow would do me & favor if he will tell me where the city has any whar! facilities that might be improved. Why, the only de- cent piece of wharf the city ever had or has is at the foot of Franklin street, and that has been turned over to Taylor for his coal bunkers. Coming down to the matter of streets, I can tell Mr. Snow that the; have been cleaned. If there are any chuckholes in them they did not get there during my administration.” The hifih-u‘.hnol grounds are being lmxmvcd now, and the sewers have been extended to deep water, and there has been plenty of money in the treasury to do the work. THE HANDBALL COURTS. Harlow, the Coast Champion, and Don- nelly, the Amateur Champion, Both Defeated. Each handball court had more than its usual number of spectators yesterday. At the San Francisco court the principal at- traction was a match between J. Harlow, the coast champion, and W. Williams, the Bostonian, and John Riordan and Al. Pennoyer. Riordan was in fine form and he and his partner defeated their oppo- nents by three games to one. Another ex- citing match was a single-handed one be- tween J. Nelson and P. Kelly, the former winning. At the Union court two closely contested matches were played. M. J. Kiigallon, the Denver champion, and P. Cahill played against P. T. Donnelly, the amateur champion of the coast, and M. Dillon, and the latter team won after one of the most exciting contests ever seen in the court. The other was a match between Donnelly and James C. Nealon and R. Lenihan and John J. Feeney. To the surprise and de- light of the regular patrons of the court Lfnehm and Feeney were the victors, the final game being won by four aces. Nealon and Donnelly 1nsisted upon a return match, which will be played on Sunday, February 23. g Several interesting eames were played at the Occidental cow: In the game of the day G. S. Schuitz and I Fennessy of the Acme Club defezted Ed Maloney and Dave Williamson after an excifing con- test. On Wednesday night C. Sullivan and M. J. Kilgallon will play R, Linehan wnd J. J. Feeney, and Dave Williamson Iflg ‘E,dcld;‘lo&:y will play Jobn Purcetl and V. C. Tobin. Following were the games played in the courts yesterday: i Francisco Court—J. Sullivan and M. 0. Hst:‘dohlletl F. Skelly and J. Moran, 21—12, 19—21, 21—14. C. Maguire and D. O'Neil ae- feated J. Burke and M. O’Connor, 91—11, 17— 21,21—8. J. White ana J. Collins defeated R, Murphy and M. Edwards, 21—31, 9—21, 21— 16. E. Manning and J. Collopy defeafed F. Mitchell and C. Callaghen, 21—14, 7—21, 21— 16. J. White and M. Edwards defeated W. Stanbury and J. Collins, 21—11, 18—21, 21—14. P Hutchinson and P.' Kelly played 'D. Cou- noily and J. Nelson, and each side won two ames, J. Kearney and G. Hutchinson de- eated J. ‘Slattery and J. McEvelley, 21—6, 18-21,21—11. J. Riordon and Al Pennoyer defeated J. Harlow, the coast champion, and W. Williams, 21—17, 21—12, 16—21, 21—9. J."Nelson defeated B. Kelly. 2112, 14—21, 21-17, 18—21, 21-13. Union CourtTim Jorden snd T. Lenihan de- feated Willlam Keough and J. McGuinn,21—17, 18—21, 21-20. William McManus and H. McKenna defeated H. Batsner and J. McKenna, 21-18, 16—21, 21—-17. Perry McManus and John McGrath'defeated P. Siapleton and M. Kennedy, 21—17, 18—21, 21—16, Thomas Sharkey ‘and Patdy Corrigan’ defeated Young Dutchey and Ham Barber, 19—21, 21—17, 21—19." Lon Magner and J. Dooly’ defeated Thomas Doyle and Joe McNamarra, 21—17, 19-21, 21—15. G. McGuire and T. Feeney de- feated James 0’Donnell and J. Collier, 21—17, 18—21, 21—19. P. Donnelly and M. Dillon de- feated J, ilgallon and P. Cahill, 21—18, 21—19, 16—21,18—21, 21—i5. J. J. Feeney and R. Lenihan defeatéd James C. Nealon and £, T Domnelly, 21—15,12-21, 2118, 1921, Occidental Court—C. Cane and Dr. Ed E. Hill defeated G, Green andjA. G. McKerron, 21-15, 1621, 21—19. Fred Palmer and Ger- ald O'Brien defeated A. McInerney and J. Jones, 16—21, 21—14, 21—18. J. Mylotte de- feated ‘G. Lynch, 2113, 1821, 2i-12. D. O’Sullivan and D! . Condon deieated W. Cro- nan and P. C. Vavghn, 21—15,21—11. Al Col- lins defeated Ben Clemmens' and W. Collins, 19—21,21—16, 21—17._John Purcell and W. Jacobs' defeated L. Kenny and J. Shaw, 21—14, 18—21, 21—15. Matt O'Donnell and Joe Baxter defeated A. C. Bauer and I E. O’Mearsa, 21—13, 14—21, 2118, G. 5, Schults and T. Fennessy defeutéd Ed Maloney and D. Williamson, 2117, 18—21. 2117, 21—16. P. F. McCormlck and W, Jacobs defeated C. J. MeGlynn and M. Dolan, 81—17, 18—21, 2114, NEW POSTOFFICE PLANS, Supervising Architect Aiken’s Statements to Colonel Irish. Colonel Irish Returned From Washing- ton Yesterday—Mr. Aiken and California’s Representatives. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FrANICISCO CALL.} 908 BRoADWAY, Feb. 9. Colonel John P. Irish arrived home from Washington to-night. He says that the delay in the San Francisco Postoffice has been created solely by the people of San Francisco, and that there is an intense desire in the office of the supervising ar- chitect of the treasury at Washington to proceed at once with the building. “The supervising architect, Mr. Aiken,” s2id Colonel Irish, “has not forgotten the treatment he received from the press of San Francisco when he was sent out here about two years ago to inspect the Mis- sion-street site. He was treated like a runaway thief and was lied about and blackguarded because he would not say that the sita that I proposed was a bog. I will say, in justice to THE CaArr, that this was before it passed under the present management. +There was a scheme to sell the Market- street site to the Government, as everybody knows. Asa result men who clamor for public confidence published stories about the Mission-street bog, and telegrams were sent to the Secretary of the Treasury telling him that the lot would not support a big building and that a pile stuck on end at night would sink out of sight before morning. Of course all this retarded the Bastaflice matter, because all these things ad to be considered at Washington. The Parrott site was not accepted be- cause it was far too small. We wanted a site of about three acres and the Mission- street site most nearly filled the bill. ‘I saw Mr. Aikenand he told me that he has seen all the Califarnia Congressmen and Senators and has induced them to fight for as big appropriation of immediate availability as possible. He wants to be- gin the work and go right ahead. Atthe resent time there is $245,000 available. This will not do much more than start the work. “Let me compare San Franciszo with Chicago. The latter city started out to get its postoffice much later than San Francisco, but its people all puiled to- gether. As a result they have $5,000,000 of an appropriation and the building is well under way. All thedelay in the San Fran- cisco Postoffice has been caused by her own people. If a reasonable and honest course had been pursued the building might now have been well on toward completion. It is the intention to have the building contain the postoffice, Federal courts, United States Marshal’s office, pension agency, United Statesland office, the of- fices of the Surveyor-General, railroad postal service, postoffice inspectors, and coast and geodetic survey, the hydro- graphic office, naval pay oflice, and possi- bly the army headquarters that are now in the Phelan building. All these are pro- vided for in the plans, and the supervising architect is anxious to begin work. When all these offices are under one roof instead | of being scattered all over the City, as they are now, it will be a great public conveni- ence, and had it not been for the contract to which I referred, the building might now be a reality. “I was told by Architect Aiken that Congressman Hilborn had been makin, an earnest effort to further a public build- ing for Oakland, and Mr. Aiken said he had been greatly impressed with Mr. Hilborn’s argument. I think Oakland’s prospect is very bright just now. But this city had better profit by San Frarcisco, and not enter into any despicable fight over the site.”” e —— RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PROGRESS An Epitome of Sermons of the Week Throughout the Land. Foliowing is a summary of the principal sermons recently delivered in the United States and Canada by the leading clergy- men, priests, prelates, religious teachers and professors of the Christian faith. In every instance the full text has been care- fully read and abbreviated : GOD'S MONROE DOCTRINE. God has his own Monroe doctrine, and per- mits no infringement on his_rights,—Rev. Dr. Starr, Methodist, Richmond, Va. * TMMORTALITY. Death does not kill. It is the gateway to 1m- mortality, and immortality is the crowning step in God’s province.—Rev. N. M. Waters, Methodist, Evanston, I11. LOVE. When & man believes that God 1s love and that love is God, he is indeed born of God. The man who loves is all-pover(ul. —Rey. B. Fay Mills; evangelist, New Haven, Conn. JUDATSN. Jews are not exclusive in their religion. The Eynagogue is_open to all, and its rites have no Thysiries to bo witnessed onlyby the initiated. Judaism is no secret_order.—Dr. Joseph Silver- man, Hevrew, New York City, N. Y. TURKEY. Future generations will blush with shame, not only at the omnfiu of the unspeakable Turk but as well at the unspeakable and un- thinkable inaction of the allied powers of the 014 World.—Rev. Theodore Clifton, Congrega- tionalist, Englewood, Il1. SUCCESS. Human society cannot succeed unless men possess a due regard for their neighbor’s good, and the iadiyidual will not ohtain success if he does not know_and insist upon his God- iven rights.—Rev. Father McCaffrey, Catholic, 5ummnre. Md. i HOPE. . Nothing is more vital to the Christian life than hope. Hope is the echo of the soul, re- fined and ethercal. Heaven is but the crown 1o the consummation of hope, hell its sepul- chre.—Rey. G. S Willlams, Baptist, Washing. ton, D. C. SALVATION ARMY. Church bells are no more divine things than the tambourines and bass drums of the Salya- ‘tion Army. One is_just as good as the other, and both are blessed in gaining the attention of the people.—Rev. C. H. Woolston, Baptist, Philadelphis, Pa. ) PARENTAGE. In dignity is recognized the attitude of the parent to the child, as that of the judge to the people or of the ruler to his subjects, exactin; and requiring of them respect, attention an obedience.—Rev.Father Cunningham,Catholic, Albany, N. Y. EVIL FRUIT. A tree is known by its fruit, and a man is judged according to his light. Rum and bad companious lead men to prison, and & loss of character is the greatest misiortune a man can have.—Tom Maslin, ex-convict, at Weste chester, Pa. UNITARIANTSM. I value Unitarianism for its absolute intel- lectnal sincerity—because it dares to think freely and speak openly. It has no reservations to make. It unequivocally accepts new knowledge and stands in the liberty where- with Christ has set us {ree.—Rev, Samuel A, Elliott, Unitarian, Brooklyn, N. Y. THE BIBLE. Let some Robinson Crusoe be washed ashora among the heathen without a Bible, and human nature would go to work, friendships would be formed, duties would develop, society would write their Bibles out of the g.lelrt of their own life.—Rev. L. H. Squires, Universal- ist, Rochester, N, Y. CITIZENSHTP. Politics and religion are twin brothers. They go hand in hand, und are hardly discernible one from the other. The man who draws a very broad line between his religion and his politics has a very narrow view of his duty as & citizen.—Rev. P. H. Mowry, Presbyterian, Chester, Pa. BAPTISM. Baptism 1s the most necessaryof all sacra- ments, for it is the grate or door of all others; unless we first receive the sacrament of bap- tism we cannot validly receivé any of the others; without it we cannot be saved; we are unfit for eternal (flory,-—kev. Father Dwyer, Catholie, Cleveland, Ohio. PRAYER. Prayer, as conducted in public by the churches, is in direct violation of his injune- tion that it must be in secret, and not in the synagogue or on the streets, and that it must be short and simple, as in the Lord's Prayer, and not by vain repetition of words.—George M. Coffin, Theosophist, Washington, D. C. VEGETARTANISH. Some people go so far that they believe doy and cats and oxen have immortal souls, and, therefore, ought never to be killed. Iam no vegetarian, and cannot swallow all that bosh that a man ought to live on wind, pudding and soup. Beefsteak was made to eat.—Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage, Presbyterian, Pitts- burg, Pa. JACOB'S LADDER. The ladder that Jacob saw is Christ. It reaches from earth to the battlements of heaven. It1sa ladder for all—Koman Catholic and Protestant. It is a_strong ladder. For 1800 years infidels like Ingersoll have come slong with their little hatchet and haggied away, but the ladder still stands.—Rev. Dr., Crossley, evangelist, Halifax, N. S. THE NEW JAPAN. 1t is the anticipation of Japan to beat Eng- land in the East, and she believes the United States to be the second strongest nation in the world. Japan means to have an interestin Europe. She wants to be in the world what England has been for centuries. She will do it if she can.—Rev. F. W. Hamilton, Universalist, Roxbury, Mass. RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS. Religion is not a matter of opinion, but of supreme conviction. Broadly stated, for all honest men, belief must needs follow convie- tion of truth. To be convinced of truth and not to act upon it is to outrage the scull, to tamper with the moral conseiousness, and to let the moral life ebb away.—Rev. Charles E. Murray, Wilmington, Del. OVERWORK. We American people work too hard. We try to press too many results into the allotted hours of the day and into one short life. We thirst for power, for advancement, prosperity, money, and the consequence is we live too fast. “We wear ourselves out before the time. We do not take enough rest, enough recrea- tion.—Rev. John R. Harding, Episcopalian, CHILDREN. The secret of the management of children is love; mnot that foolish love that sees in them no faults or overlooks these faults, but that tender, watchful love which corrects them, not in anger—no child should ever be so punished —but in sorrow, sorrow the child can see, and which will touch the heart. — Rev. Father Carne, Catholic, Richmond, Va. POLITICS AND RELIGION. Carry your religion into your polities. Call no man master but the Lord Jesus Christ. Vote against corruption, against bribery, against bossism, against the rum power, and even though you vote alone you will not be throw- ing awey your vote. It will be registered in the estimation of God, and some day he will reward you openly. ev. E.C.Sweetzer, Meth- odist, Philedelphia, DANCING. The ballroom is spiritual death to the pro- fessor of religion, and only backsliders and sinners love it. Christians lose all respect for professors who frequent the ballroom. The man or woman who frequents the ballroom must keep away from the seeker of religion. Police records show that the largest portion of abandoned women were ruined in connection with dancing.,—Rev. J. E. Nicholas, Methodist, Rome, N. Y. INGERSOLL. Ido notknow that Mr. Ingersoll will ever accept the divinity of Christas a truth, but it he is ever converted it will be by force of ex- amples along practical hnes. Mr. Ingersoll has been & power, because much of what he says is true—and the people know it. We will never win him by abuse. His burning words have madeeven the clergy think.—Rev. John Rusk, Chicago. THE SALOON. The saloon is the focus of all thatisevil. Any definition and description of the saloon must be an indictment. It is the enemy of mankind, the enemy of the home, the enemy of the state, the last ditch of municipal mis- rule and the enemy fof the church. 1t builds an impassable barrier between man and his God, filling his heart with hatred for things 600!1 and pure.—Rev. A. C. Ellis, Methodist 1i City, Pa. MeTHODISM. N Methodism stands out pre-eminent as having silenced the barbarous doctrines of Calvinism, and the world owes them gratitude. The Calvinist J)renchekl that it had been pre- determined by God that so many souls were to be’saved and so many were to go to perdition. It was the Methodists that came out with the aemocratic and universal poliey that pro- vision had been made for all. If Methodism has not saved & soul it has silenced the guns of Calvimsm and has thereby done a noble work.— Rev. N. F.Dickerman, Universelist, New Haven, Conn. CONVENTIONALITY. Family life is easily destroyed by undue familiarity, & fact sadly established by the con- dition of homes all of whose members are herded together in & single room, all barriers beinf cest down. Theré may easily be undue familiarity in homes ot many rooms. It may be between husband and wife, between parents and children, and this undue familiarity may be as ruinous as that which is from the ab- sence of partition walls, Familiarity is de- structive of that which in feeling is most delicate and most precious. We want con- ventionalities in our home life that the life ot the home may be protected and may be made fairer and richer.—Rev. Dr. Jenkins, Baptist, Portland, Me. e Prince Sergius Wolonsky of Russia_will be the guest of Professor Charles Eliot Norton of Harvard while he is delivering his course of lectures on Russian literature and history before the Lowell lnstitute next month. NEW TO-DAY. ¢RS FAlL A = Co D0G San Francisco’s Leading Specialist, UCCESSFULLY. TREATS ALL CHRONIO SWEANY, diseases of the head, throat, lu heart, stom- ach, liver and bowels; kidney troubles, disorders of the bladder and urinary organs, rupture, pies, hydrocelc and swelling of the_ glands. or pat.ial loss 0f sexual power in either men or wonzen, emissions, siceplessness, mental worry, ess. falling memory and ail the distress- ing 1lls resuiting from nervous debllity_positively anl permanently cured. Gonorrhces, Gleet. Stric- tare and thag errible and loathsome diseass, Syph- s, thoro and forever cured. WR!TE“%u’nmmu if living away from the elty and advice will be given you free of charge. e e o ok i 0] 3 3 Lo b s San Francisce, Cal.