The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 20, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1896 11 ATHER YORKE ON HUDELSON, The Chancellor Says the State A. P. A. President Dedges. “ONLY TRUTH IS NEEDED” Brings Evidence to Substantiate the “Los Angeles Case” in Dispute. CALUMNIES ARE DENQUNCED. Rev. Mr. Hudelson Repeats Some of the Questions Propounded and Demands Answers. The following communication has been s He produ questi me, ties them nicely up smiles complacently s A. P. A" Eurely in bundle; and of Siskiyou to im be fooled with platitude now enough to ref fessions of a the nase himseli arra little questions as & balb; blocks. ven facts and authen arduess of the A. P, A NOTHING NEEDED BUT , Let me repeat that I have no de justice even to the A. P. A, 1 &nything but the truth will 1 have offered to correct any m iall into an can e me with truth « i 1g up te then Tam willing 1o wi w from the con trovers _ Outof the many facts w ich my last letter was filled the Rev. B Hudelson He re- e oath t, “Twill ter into mny c: with 2 Roman Catholic upon the st is order.” He did not deny that t ssed the forged e clical, th ions and the N B 1o stir up v facts, and even the blind deny the other facts that he did t ebout amus con- unknown in Cali- ech made in buted to ex- was wrong. It was ent whether or the other urnber of shelv achers conne y of ex-Governors,ex-ministers, 1 amblers whic hence I to the crime of confounding Gosper, and I apologize 1o the leved. re tentional, and, see, had no effect whatsoever er what effect it may reldon’s politieal nk it showed a lack of sagacity 1 Hudeison to dwell so « reader ca; ons of his protege. s which can survive the indorse- nt of the A.P. A, THE L0S.ANGELES CAS v. Benjamin Hudel e unimportant nality of the lectur haziner as 1o th , 1894 : , 1 last night which followed was exciting (o a de en wantec as it he wished himself safe back in Arizona, and chaos ruled for a time. Captain = meeting, at last got a He sald he would not tc man, any such language as that used T aud complimented Donozan by the way he brought the me. pergot up and sai y had been told . #nd was promptly told again thath ,'and be did Dot argue the point any furthe 4 lady stood up an him she belonged 10 the Relief Corps of John A. Logan Post G. A. R.,1 h he belonged, and (hat he xu rioss w n th estants. Mr. osper was muoch disturbed and made an un- entatious departure.” h is the story to which I referred and my authority for it. Itis absolutely true. entative of the A. P. A. m and he made them be- cause he was au A. P. A. They are part of the veapons of thatnalodorous society. Sheldon and Hudelson are respo well as Gosper. 1 owe no apology to any leader t the A. P. A. for accusing him of partici- pancy in the spread of that slander. 1do owe ogy for confounding one A. P. A. lec- anothe h of the two the apology should be dIdo not know. When Mr, Hudelson which is the less disreputable I will 0 & generous amende. While I am on this question I may as well explain the part played by this calumny in the lar teaching of the A. P. A. I then understand better my state- it that Sheldon and Hudelson are as re- onsible s Gosper for the Los Angeles fabi In gaining recruts and in confirming )n’s_colaborers go not pay m platforias or declaration: s on good old-fashio re 200d old-fashioned lies, members of the lodges with the idea that the Catholics are secretly prevaring to massacre 81 Protestantsand to possess this land by force of arms, As fares T have been able to classify thetr ut- ces the writers and orators of the A. P. A, on three points. “atholics are nagurally bioodthirsty and cligion makes it oblizgatory on them to to exterminate Protestants. All over the country Catholics are arm- nd drilling. 111, It hes become necessary for the members of the A.P. A. to procure arms 81so, so 88 to be eble to repel force with force. 1. CATHOLICS BLOODTHIRSTY. Of course, it goes without saying that the Jesuits are ready to do anything against Prot- estan In this connection it is well to re- aber that the Jesnits are not only those ive in the Jesuit communities, but every Lo has attended their schools. WHO ARE THE JESUITS? the American Patriot of October 18, “When a man says there are but few in this country you may take it for 1 that he is ignorant of the facts—he is 1ling only those who write S. J. after their The fact is every graduate from hool is & Jesuit, having been trained nit casuistry. There are tweuty-three in the United States &nd hun- te schools conducted by Jesuits. uty-three colleges there are at pres- nstructors and 6630 pupils, and these czcs have been grinding out their thou- 1s for years.” ; THE JESUIT OATH. Now every one of these Jesuits has taken tera ir ‘”reldf | that wondertul Jesuit oath, whieh you w 1 re- member was produced in this controversy as 1 authentic document. ‘The A.P. A. teaches its members to believe that thousands and thousands of their fellow-citizens are sworn to burn, boil, flay, roast, stab, poison all heretics. Will Mr. Hudelson dare to leny this? Can he deny that these infamous forgeries have been kcvt_ standing for months in the Apaist pnrel‘ ? Will he come before the public of San Fra: | cisco’and take the responsibility of this teach- | ing? Here s the real A. P. A. platform and | let Mr. Hudelson for a ciange answer ton instead of asking one: Do you | that the Jesuits take that oath? ORDINARY CATHOLICS. But according to the A. P. A. papers the esuits have no monopoly of murder. The ordinary Catholic justas bloodthirsty as the hierarchy and is justas ready to do Iaurder for the good of the church, In the American | Patriot for August 31, 1895, page 2, I find the | following delectable morse | A SPECIMEN CAS! A reliable lady friend of the Patriot relates the following, which presents a specimen of the abject | obedience the great mass of Romanists suppose | that as a matter of course they owe o their su- periors—the priests: “A relative of mine told me that one of her | cousing, who had become a Cathollc, told_her that it was the duty of all belonging to' the church o * the clergy without questioning, no matter what the order might be. My cousin’ said to her, hen, if your priest were to tell you to kill me, usin, you would do s0? The reply would do s0; I should have no siques believe o The following is from page 5 of the issue of September 6, 1894, and inculcates the same idea, but in more detail: ROMISH INGRATITUDE 1 use the laay’s own z, Uxbridge, Mass. tussachuseits sev- and I livea (alittle in the lived a gentle- ons, Christfan char- In a well-kno eral years ago suburbs of th . to benefit his | fellow-men. 1t he previously | lived on & farm wk of & Roman | Catholic, and for ma enrs, by acts of geners osity and kindness, he had tried to help s neigh- bor—sending him aid in every wi elping him ons before the public_for the flicult to | There | Associated the and its | ible for them us | verts in their allegiance to Apaism Mr. Hud- | rhey indoctrinate the | went _on assist on i taken sick. ut the work ent over and helped i watched with him until he eral weeks after he had taken g > night before he died—he to him (his voice was weak then) and ou have done a great deal for you were doing your best for ur throat from ear to ear. bas been to me, od heart. 1 and when T been tempted neighbor. 1 of This proves to yon the in- Romanists toward ~ Protestant er how kind they are to them is an_ingratitude peculiar to Roman & which should be made known to the Moreover Mr. Hudelson’s disciples are care- structed that this inborn bloodthirsti- eaks out into deeds. From page 6 of 1894, I extract ing sapient remarks: ot 1 wish to be inf whether or not “indulgences” c the Roman Catholics in San F years that such was the watch | rect class to Lave committed th Notwithstand eard e, and having to me to be cor- ty of the above est crimes on the s they escape pun- but if a Protestant ldom escaves. 1t testant families been 50 un- fortunate &s to have employed Roman Catholic servant girls 1 10 the above we m v say that we have " that were sold in When | minds are carefully saturated with idea: like these, it is.mnot hard to believe the second article of the A. P. A. creed, namely, that “the Pepists are arming.” [The remainder of Father Yorke's letter will be published in to-morrow’s issue.] < ——— HUDELSON TO YORKE. Says He WIIl Prod the Father Till His Questions Are | Answered. OFFICE OF THE | STATE COUNCIL oF CaLIF | de T4, ice Bldg., SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19, 1896. Editor of The Call—DEAR 8 CAL 5CO, { Inmy 1 r I demonstrated thre cal propo- vhich 1 believe should be kept promi- v before the people of this City and State. propose to incorporate them These propositions are as ne | For | inio el my follows st—The objects of the American Protective ociation are good, whether viewed from the | point of its friends or from that of its | enemies. 4 | ~Second—That inasmuch as the objections of | the Rev. Peter C. Yorke to the A.P.A. refer | D0t 10 thie objects of the order, but have to do wholly with its_piatform and political princi- therefore Father Yorke’s hostility to the A.P. A. is based upon political differences and isnot cansed by religious consideration, Third—That ingsmuch as Father Yorke has refused to define his position upon twelve fuil principles of the A. P. A., his object in the Present CONLIOversy is 10 gain some petty per- sonal advantage rather than 1o enlighten the people upon the truths involved. In my last com:nunication I demanded that Father Yorke prove the following assertions tained in his letter published on the 13th Statement 1—“T know, however. that a secret | politicul society can mever bring about puie politics.” Statement 2—¢1 know that they (the Methodist Bishops and preachers who are agitat.ng the repeal of the tax on church Property) pay more taxes | than the whole A. P. A. put together.” Statement 3—+A {0) ner.who is not American- ized in five years will never be Americanized.” Statement 4—-There are no universal proposi- tions in politics. These are very high-sounding phrases. They are fair samples of the “rounded period,” aud “wonld be epigrammatic sentences. for ch Father Yorke hassuch anapparent weak- That I have the right to demand the proof of their correctness is evident from Father Yorke’s own words, written in thisletter of the 13th inst.: I have made no statement which I am not ready to prove—not with mere assertions, but with au- thentic documents, with afidavits and with facts. | Now, I wantthe “suthentic documents, the | affidavits and the facts” in support of these as- | sertions, | _Two days ago, Mr. Editor, I charged Peter C. | Yorke with uttering concerning ex-Governor eldon what was and is ‘‘absolutely and un- qualifiedly, and, 1 believe, purposely false.’’ ‘And I gave adequate reasons for my belief that the falsehood was wilifully uttered. | _ Since the appearauce ot that charge Father | Yorke has, up to the present writing, per | thirty-six hours to pass without even disclaim- | ing the wilfullness of the falsehood, to say nothing of proving his words or apologizing {for uttering them. Theré¢ are several questions, Mr. Editor, which I have repeatedly propounded to Father Yorke end which he has guiielessly professed to enswer. Iun every instance, however, he dodged the issue; and the questions are as toliows: ON THE A. P, A. PLATFORM. Question 9—*Ts Mr. Yorke hostile to loyalty to true Americanism, which knows neither birth- place, race, creed nior party as a first requisite for | membership 1n any organiza ion?" | Question 11 (part)—+Is Mr. Yorke hostile to the | toleration of ail creed: | _ Question 18—*Is 5ir. Yorke hostile to the up- | | holding of the coustitution of the United States and its guarantee of religious liberty to the in- dividual?” Question 16—Does not Mr. Yorke believe that exemption from taxation is equivalent to a grany of public funds? And 18 he hostile to the taxation of all_property, the tiule to which is not vested in the National or State Government,or their sub- divisions?” Question 17—Does Mr. Yorke favor the enllst- ment in tne military arm of the Government of any one not actually & citizen of the United Siates?” Question 19— Would Mr. Yorxe object to the re- peal of the act authorizing the naturaiization of | minors without a previous deciaration of intention, and is he hostile to a provision of law that persons 10 be naturalized must speak the language of the land and must prove seven years’ continuous resi- dence in this country from the date of the declara- tion of intention?” Question 20—+Does Mr. Yorke object. to & protest against the laxity with which our present natural- ization laws are admivistered?” Question 21—+(s Mr. Yorke hostile to_the public inspection of all ospitals, asylums, reformatories or other institutions, in which people are under re- straint?” Question 22—+Does Mr. Yorke favor National or State lezislation in favor of any one section of the country, orcf any class?” ~ ON A. P. A. POLITICAL PRINCIPLES. Question 23--*Is Mr. Yorke opposed to such re- striction of immigration as will prevent paupers, criminals and anarchists from landing on our shore 2" Question 25 (part)—“Does Mr. Yorke wish the voters of the country to be ignorant of the duties and priyileges of citizenship, and. the pliant toots of politician Question 26—+Does Mr. Yorke oppose support- ing from the public funds one general non-secta- rian free public school system, suflicient for the primary education of all children?" Question 28—«Does Mr. Yorke opposé the taxa- tion of non-Governmental propercy ' Question 29-Does Ar. ¥ orke support for-office any vperson who recognizes allegianca to auy foreign or ecclesiastical potentate as superior to our Government 2’ To you. Mr. Editor, I feel like apologizing for repeating these quesiions here, but Father Yorke’s unwillingness to commit himself on Questions of principle renders it necessary. or two weeks from the time I propounded the first of my questions I was forced to prod him before he would even pretend to reply. and 1 am determined, with your permission, to con- tinue the proceeding until the questions are answered. ~Very respectfully, B. F. HUDELSON, . President of the A. P. A. of California. Sl rbiniy A STATEMENT DENIED. Lionel A. Sheldon Repudiates an Expression Attributed to Him by Father Yorke. The followiug letter is seif-explanatory: Los ANGELES, Feb. 17, 1896. _ Editor San Francisco C In his paper pub- lished in your issue of the 16th inst. Father Yorke says that in a speech in Los Angeles I stated there were arms concealed in the base- ment of the cathedral, and that Mr. Donnegan produced a certified check for $1000 and of- fered to pay it if arms were found there. So far as I am concerned the statement is absolutely false. Isaw it stated in the papers that Governor J. J. Gasper did make the state- ment that Father Yorke ascribed to me. I have never mede such a statement anywhere, and I donot deal in that kind of stuff, nor do I assail any religious creed or form of worship. Our principle is” tiiet every man may worship God according to the dictates of his own con- science. Ibelieve with the great Thomas Jef- ferson, that “error of opinion may be safely tolerated when reason is left free to combat it.” Please give this a place in your columns. Very respectiully, LIONEL A, SHELDON. D, Nichols’ Denial. D. Nichols has sent a letter to THE CALL in which he denies the truth of certain statements made with reference to him by Father Yorke. The statement was that Mr. Nichols had asserted that large quan- tities of firearms, etc., were being stored in the basement of the Catholic church on the corner of Eighteenth and Shotwell streets. Mr. Nichols emphatically denies that he had r made such a statement. THE PUILF YSHE, Arrival of Richard Ferrer, the Young California Vio- linist. Story of His Experiences Abroad. Will. Give Concerts Here and Return to Brussels. Richard Ferrer, the noted young violin- ist of this City who five years ago went abroad to study, has returned here. His coming was sudden, not even his friends expecting him, and was the resultof a sudden determination to see his native land once more. During his absence he has been in Ber- lin, Dresden and Brussels. In the former city he studied under Wirth of the famous Joachim quartet, who is regarded asone of the finest of foundation teachers. In Dresden Mr. Ferrer had for his teacher the renowned Lauterbacn, He re- mained for a long time there. The last instructor of the young man, WOULD COLLSS TELL A LIE? The Evidence Already Sub- mitted Indicates That He Can. ON THE MORGAN GRILL. He Is Questioned Regarding the Size of His Pile in Early Days. SAYS HE HAD ONE MILLION. A Former Associate Figures That the Whole Gang Had About $14,000 at the Start. T think I was worth about a million dollars when I commenced railroading, but after completing the Central Pacific I was considerably poorer on account of the heavy accumulation of debts.— Collis P. Huntington. ‘When Senator Morgan of the Pacific Railway Committee was grilling Hunting- ton in the investigation that went on in the Senate Tuesday, and which continues to-day, it became necessary to ask Collis how much money he was worth when he began to amuse himse!f with the pastime of building and operating railroads. Mr. Huntington’s answer was amusing, inasmuch as California is full of people who have known him since he ran his hardware-store in Sacrawento before the war began. His wealth at that time was not enormous, and oid residents scoff at the statement that he even enjoyed a com- fortable income. The dispatches that have appeared in THE CALL relative to the mat- ter of the Pacific railway inspection have contained a great many of Collis P. Hunt- ington’s misrepresentations, but ncne so palpably ridiculous and misleading as the one quoted above. A well-known San Franciscan, who was one of the original incorporators of the Southern Pacific road, was approached on the matter last night. “When I read in this morning’s Cary,” said he, ‘‘that Collis P. Huntington had a million dollars when he began to build railroads, I readily recalled the time he refers to, but I do not recall the existence of anything like a million dollars in the exchequer of Mr. Huntington. As a mat- ter of fact, Mr. Huntington, Mr. Crocker, Richard Ferrer, the Young Violinist Who Has Returned After Five Years in Europe. and the zentleman who yet has the direc- tion of his musical tastes, is the famous Eugene Ysaye, who charmed the people of tbis country with his melodies about a year ago. Mr. Ferrer has been living in Brussels for nearly a year past and going regularly to Ysaye. He regards him as his_perma- nent teacher and on his return to Belgium will renew work under him. “My trip abroad has been very pleasant,” said Mr. Ferrer. *‘I have, however, had to work very hard, but this I have in the main enjoyed. My ml» home was owing to a sudden impulse. 1 kad not heen here for five vears and I got anxious to see my friends once more. : *‘1 shall only remain here about three weeks. Meantime I shall give a few con- certs, one in this City soon and others in the larger towns near here.” Mr, Ferrer has been busy during the few days since his arrival in meeting nis many musical friends, besides the old-time asso- ciates of his youth. Mardi Gras Aftermath. In consequence of many requests, the directors of the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art have decided to keep the magnifi- cent decorations used at the great Mardi Gras festival Tuesday night in place to- day and to-night, so that every one may have an opportunity of inspecting them. In the evening a choice programme of or- chestral music will be rendered, while the Nob Hill home of art will be brilliantly illuminated. .- Milk for the Fishes. Inspector Dockery threw several wagon-loads of milk into the bay iast night. It was found to contain preservaline, a prtent preparation, said 10 be poisonous. The Inspector was ace companied by Veterinary Surgeon Creely and Market Inspector Joe Rivers. The milk was from the Sausalito and Tiburon routes. e In some districts of India large tanks are constructed by banking up the over- flow, These embankments are sometimes miles in length, and from them during the dry season the water can be easily con- veyed so as to overflow the rice fields. Captain Hall, a well-known authority on rice cultivation, described one valley which he visited as being a mile broad and forty miles long. e In the reign of Canute no guardian conld compel his ward to marry a man she dis- liked. and the money p: for her was to be a voluntary gift and nota compulsory payment. Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Stanford all togeiher did not possess $14,000 in cash and prop- erty in Sacramento or anywhere else. They were associated in hardware and other business ventures and were not very well off at the time the railroad scheme was hatched. They got a good lift from the Government and the State and then most all the counties came to their assist- ance. Vast tracts of land were deeded to them: by the overnment and they began building the road through construction companies which they themselves abso- lutely controlled. “It was their custom to spread the in- formation broadcast that certain engineer- ing feats cost several times more than they did. This was doubtless done for the pur- pose of misleading the Government as to the difficulties and dangers incident to building a road in the West. Their figures were greatly in excess of the real cost and were in every possible way misleading. “I am very familiar with the workings of the early railroad bnilders, as I fur- nished the money for a railroad repre- sentative to go to Washington and lobby the Jand grant through. I also supplied the capital with which to purchase the stationery for the first meeting of the board of stockholders of the Southern Pa- cific Railroad. Of course, as a great many others will testify, I was swamped later on and compelled to sell out my stock and retire to leave the road in the hands of its present owners. It is all bosh for Huntington to claim that he had a million dollars or anything like it when he went into the railroad business, and there are thousands of men in California who will recognize the fact that Huntington lies if he says so.”’ FREE LABOR BUREAU. It Will Be Removed to Sutter Street Within Two Weeks. On March 1 the State Lavor Bureau will be removed from 215 Sansome street to 325 Sutter, between Grant avenue and Stock- ton. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald has been contemplating making this change for some time, but his finances would not permit, he having exhausted the small amount of the State’s appropriation in the establishmentof the free employment de- partment. Last fall the banking-houses in the neighborhood of the present quarters were apprehensive that in the large crowds of unen]l:plo_ved men who daily assembled at the Free Employment Bureau would be desperate characters who might make a raid upon the clearing-house next door. They did not like these crowds assembling in the money center of the City, and they ‘were anxious to have the employment bu- reau moved.uptown. 1 At that time they were willing to sub- scribe liberally to have the change effected, but at that time the Labor Commissloner refused to accept the offers of money, be- lieving that the State Board of Examiners would make special provision for the maintenance of his office. _However, the winter passed without a single overt act being committed and the bankers’ apprehension proved to be with- out foundation. Since then they have showed lttle interest in the matter and very few have assisted in subscribing to the fund that is necessary to effect the move. Prominent men, however, have come to the front and subscribed about $800. It will cost about $1400 to fit up the new quarters. The front rooms will be used as the women’s department. The male depart- ment will be in the rear and reached b%a small alley leading off Stockton place. By this arrangement the annoyance of crowds of men on the Suttér-street sidewalk will be avoided. There will be a large shed in the rear of the building where the men may stay while waiting for work. The offices and rooms where the statistical work will be attended to will be in the second story. Governor Budd, in _a conversation with the Labor Commissioner recently, stated that when the next Legisluture meets he will endeavor to secure the enactment of a law providing for the establishment of three free employment offices in the south- grn, middle and northern portions of the tate. PROTEST FROM BAY VIEW. Residents Object to Mr. Sutro’s Choice of a Pesthouse . Site. They Say His Object Is to Have It Located Far Away From His Own Property. Residents of the Bay View District are circulating a protest againstthe location of the Pesthouse there. They object to Mayor Sutro bonding a piece of property in that section for the purpose of donating it to the City for Pesthouse purposes, and they intend to present the protest to the Boara of Supervisors on Monday. Fol- lowing is a portion of the document: To the Honorable Board of Supervisors—GEN queuEx: Monday merning, February 17, 19 Mayor Sutro tool a drive, in company with the representative of local resl estate agents, out beyond South San Francisco and down into lheh})relty little Bay View Valley. The object of . Butro’s visit was to inspect the gite which these real estate agents, as we are in- formed, have bonded for Mr. Sutro, who pro- poses to_purchase the property and donate it to the City for the location of & pesthouse. @Whether Mr. Sutro drove out Railroad avenue or out San Bruno avenue does not meke much difference. He had to go over one or the other routes, and for miles on either road he passed the humble cottages of hundreds of poor work- ing people,and not one of the residents along the route would have given him & cordial greeting bad they known that he was trying to drag behind hima trail of lepers and smallpox pa- tients and people with loathsome and con- tagious diseases. After leaving Railroad avenue at Thirty- second avenue south, and goine thence down the latter avenue 0 the bay, he passed scores of homes—homes of poor people who had toiled early and late that they might own the roofs over their own heads, and yet among these people and in the midst of a well popu- lated valley, he wishes to locate & pesthouse. Had he taken the trouble to get out of tbe car- riage in which he reclined and stepped onto the land that he proposes to purchase, he could, feeble as he is, have almost tossed a stone through the oFeu door of the nearest residence to the block of land which he wishes to poison by planting thereon the germs of virulent and contagious diseases. . In his endeavors to Y‘re\'ent the Supervisors from locating the pesthouse on the Almshouse Tract, where it would haye been near some of his vacant and inaccessible property, Mayor Sutro promised to donste 1o tue City & suitable location. He is accredited with being the owner of over 4000 acres of land in this City and County, most of it vacant, and a great deal of it being hills and mountains 100 steep to ever be util- ized for residence or other purposes, yet in all his 4000 scres of land, covering many hun- dreds of blocks and extending over miles of uninhabited waste, he cannot find a location suitable for a pesthouse, but must needs at- tempt to foist it npen a locality that has been settled for more than twenty vears, and where scores of poor and hardworking people: owrh and live in their own homes. The location chosen by Mr. Sutro is a gently sloping hill at the mouth of the valley and near to the present beach. It commands a view of the entire valley from Hunter’s Point to Bay View Pointand from Holly Park to the bay. “There are no trecs or shrubbery to ob- scure the sight of so foul a plague, and for miles along the San Bruno road and along Railroad avenue, the two great thoroughfares leading out of the City, this institution would be visible; and not alone would it retard the advancement and progress of an already well. Sapulnled residence district, but would utterly estroy the value of such improvements as have already been made. Mr. Sutro’s motive in offering to donate a site to the City for a pesthouse apoears to be an entirely selfish one. The objection that he urges to the location of a pesthouse on the Almshouse Trace is that it is the “geographical center of the City.” How much more true it would be if he would only state that it is the “geographical center of Mr. Adolph Sutro's landed, estate.” Were he actuated by a desire to honestly provide the City with a suitable lozation for a pesthouse it would be & small matter for him to choose from his many hun- dreds of blocks one block of land hidden ina ravine or behind a hill off from the tide of travel and shut out from sight by sloping hills too steep to ever be used for residence pur- poses. INSURANCE MEN BANQUET. The Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Association Ended. The Underwriters’ Association of the Pacific Coast held the closing session of the annual meeting yesterday afternoon, and enjoyed the pleasure of a brilliant banquet at the Maison Riche last evening. Eighty members sat down to the banquet board. The pleasore of the feast was enhanced by the songs of Frank Coffin, Charles Dickman, E. W. Hopkins and Clarence H. Howland. The presiding genius of the banquet was V. C. Driffield, president of the associa- tion. Clever but brief addresses in re- sponse to sentiments proposed were made by Insurance Commissioners M. H. Hig- gins, Thomas C. Van Ness, Rolla V. Watt, V. C. Driffield, F.J. Argall, Herbert Fol- er, Alfred R. Grim, R. W. Osborn, George i‘. Grant, William Sexton, George D. Dor- nin, D.J. Staples, Louis Weinemann, H. Belden, George Spencer, Alired E. Magill, J. G. Edwards, Rudolph Herold. Following is a list of the guests present: C. F. Mullins, H. V. Parkhurst, R. W. Osborn, George F. Grant, Frank L. Hunter, Henry Fenuel, H. Danker, Gcolfie Leonard, J. D. Ma: well, W. B. Hopkins, H. M. Grant, N. C. Far- num, L S. Watson, W. B. Westlake, Alfred R. Grim, D. E. Miles, Will Sexton, William H. Hill, Geor§e D. Dornin, R. D. Hunter, D.J. Staples, William J. Datton, George H. Mendeil, Louis Weinemann, E. C. Giltner, R. P. Fabj, Cesar Berthean, A. M. Thornton, Frank J. Dev- lin, Charles T. Parker, Henry K. Bélden, Charles B. H1ll, A. 0. Andre, Charles W. Grant, V. W. Gaskill, ‘E. T. von_Etlinger, George W. Dorpin, Ed G Sprowl, C. Mason Kinne, Franz Jacoby, G. Messinger, J. G. Edwards, Rolla V. Watt, V. Carus Driffield. L. B. Edwards, F. G. Argall, Georgze W.Spencer, S. Anderson, George A. Crux, B. G. BSmalley, H. Folger, A. R. D. Paterson, D. A. Spencer, Charles?C. Echlin, C. A. Stuart, W. 8. Duval, Frank Coffin, Clarence H. Howland, Charles J. Dickman, T. C. Van Ness, M. H. Higgins, (A Smith, A, E. Magill, Paul M. Nivpert, 4. F. Gartner, Rudolph Herold Jr., William Maris, . 0. tt, W Marsh, A. R. Gunnison, Chester Deering, O. M. Brown, Tudor Tiede- man, Homer A. Craig. The movement to erect a monument to Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore is making Progress. NEW TO-DAY. HEART STENOGRAPHY. A Remarkable Instrument Which Records in Detail the Move- ments of the Heart. STRANGE ACTION OF STIMULANTS. The Sphygmograph, a Delicate Piece of Mechanism, Which Writes What the Heart Dictates. One of the most intricate and wonderful little instruments apvlied in the science of medicine 1s the sphygmograph. The mechanism' of this tiny machine is so minute that it is somewhat difficult to convey a comprehensive idea of it by means of a written description. The ac- companying illustration, however, will assist the reader in building an 1ideal sphygmograph in the mind’s eye, and the study of it will afford a little exercise ana consequent development of the faculty through which we gain most of our knowl- edge—perception, The sphygmograph is an instrument used to measure and record the action of the heart, using the pulse as its key. In other and plainer language, it sketches on paper, by means of a very fine point, in irregular up and down zigzag strokes, every beat and movement of that great little blood pump—the heatt. The utility and 1mportance of such an instrument is readily understood when we remember that the heart’s action mani- fests itself through the pulse. The heart acts and the pulse exhibits the action, or, rather, the manner of the action. This action is perceptible to the touch when we ““feel the pulse,”” manifesting itself by dif- ferent degrees of intensity in the pulse- beat. Thus a strong heart produces a LR G A PO OO e Sgied the normal and whisky actions of the’ heart respectively. Tracings Nos. 4 and 5 represent the effect of a powerful stimulant tonic made from S No. 3—The reaction following the use of alcohol. the African sterculia nut, the standard preparation of waich is the Vino Kolafra of the drugstores, made by Johnson & Johnson, New York. No. 4—Stimulation produced by Vino Kolafra—lines regular and high. As shown by the tracings in No. 4 Viro Kolafra produces a regular and even de- gree of stimulation, sustaining perfectly the increased tone and intensity of the pulsation produced by the heart beat. It does not plunge and jump in a wild in- crease of stimulation, as in the case of al- cohol, and, what is of more and far graver importance, the African stimulant has no . 5—Shows condition of the pulse after stimulation by Vino Kolafra, the pulse being normal, the same as in No. 1. reaction, nor does it cause any of the de- pression attendant upon the administra- tion of alcohol. When the force of the drug is spent the pulse gradually decreases in strength, until its natural strength is attained. Tracings taken every fifteen minutes for five hours showed that at no time was the subject’s pulse lower than before taking, or lower than normal, whereas with algohol the reaction was so THE SPHYGMOGRAPH, SHOWING MANNER IN WHICH IT IS ATTACHED TO THE WRIST WHILE RECORDING THE HEART MOVEMENTS. strong, firm swell or wavein the pulse, and vice versa, The office of the sphygmograph is to in- dicate the degree of intensity and regu- larity of the heartbeat, which performance is accomvplished as follows: The instru- ment is attached to the wrist by means of a silk band, thus holding a sensitive disk, fastened to the band, in juxtaposition with the pulse-artery. The pulsations, acting on this disk, move & pointed marker held by an armature up, down and across the surface of aslip of paper, which is kept moving by means of a delicate mechanism within the instrument. In this manner the irregular tracings, as shown in the cuts below, are produced and make an accur- ate stenographic record, as it were, of the heart movements in health and disease, excitement and depression. This written B s No. 1-Tracings produced by the nor- mal heartbeat. language of the heart is, therefore, a mes- sage containing a detailed description of the status of our physique in general, and heart in particular. Dr. F. Woodbury, professor of clinical medicine at the Medical Chirurgical Col- lege of Philadelphia, in a recent lecture to medical students, called attention to a most important series of these sphygmo- graphic tracings made by Dr. A. H. P. Leuf, late director of physical education at the University of Pennsylvania, which illustrated in a striking manner the effects of alcobol and other stimulants upon the heart. The illustrations here shown are adopted from those of Dr. Leuf. Cu% No.1 represents the condition of the pulse in its normal state. Cut No. 2 shows the high fitful and er- ratic pulse produced by an ounce of alcohol TS No. 2—The irregular lines produced by the abnormal stimulation of al- cohol, taken in the form of whisky, a half hour after administration. The weak, uncertain tracings of cut No. 3 show the reaction, or depression—mental or physical—which . follows the use of alcohol. It will be noted that the puise is reduced to one-third its normal strength. These three tracings accurately indicate pronounced, the pulsation so feeble, that the sphygmographic record of them is a weak, wavy line, showing scarcely any movement of the marker. Dr. Leuf’s tracings serve to demonstrate that alcohol, opium, cocaine, morphine, ete., are stimulants which merely lend strength and exact a twofold payment from nature’s reserve forces for the loan. Therein lies the great drawback in the use of alcohol as a stimulant and excitant, ab- sorbing as it does its stimulant power from the vital reserve of nature, whereas in the case of Vino Kolafra the extra amount of energy is furnished by the remedy itself, molded and generated by nature’ methods. Itis merely an addition of fuel to the ever-burning fire of nature, and when that addition is consumed the flame of nature subsides to its normal state, leav- ing no trace whatever of the transpiring of any unusual event. This fact is of the utmost importance, and its value cannot be overestimated, as it will undoubtedly have a considerable bearing in the admin- istration of a stimulant and tonic. Pro- fessor Woodbury specifically drew the at- tention of the medical students to it. He also recommended the value of Vino Ko- lafra in restoring the nervous system to its normal condition after an alcoholic de~ bauch, as also for weakness, melancholia, gastric catarrh and drunkard’s dyspepsia, predicting that “‘on account of its sustain- ing’ and strengthening effects upon the beart it will be found useful in preventing heart failure.”” ‘It is,”” he further says, “the remedy for the muscular pains and debility following la grippe.”” Professor Woodbury notes that his atten- tion was first called to the products of the African nut by Dr. A. L. Gibon, Medical Director of the United States Navy, who, in treating several cases of sick headache and others of nervous debility and im- paired digestion, found the remedy of decidedly beneficial value; and Dr. Gihon’s observations were subsequently confirmed by Dr. A. Hudson, United States Navy, in a paper published in the Philadelphia “Medical Times.” Referring to the extensive use of Vino Kolafra by the athletes of Yaleand other colleges during the past season, Professor Woodbury says: “As athletes find it sus- tains them during their severe muscular and nervous exercises, it is a fair inference that in wasting diseases it will similarly conserve muscular and nervous force.” These remarkable characteristics ex- hibited in the action of Vino Kolafra would seem to lend it a distinction in value far beyond that possessed by any other stimulant and tonic the merits of which are known to us. Its application in sickness and disease will certainly prove valuable innovation in thescience of medi- cine. Much has been sai¢ about Vino Kolafra, and the scientific and indisputable evi- dence of the sphygmographic tracings as detailed by Dr. Leuf add only to the cumus 1 lative proof of its merits.