The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1%96. S R R et e e e e L b s S PURPLE CASSOCK AND A ROCHET, Consecration of Dr. Johnson as First Bishop of Los Angeles. CEREMONY AT DETROIT, Noted Members of the Episcopal Church From Many States Attended. CONFERRING OF THE HONORS. Solemn Charges to the Head the New Diocese of Southern California. of DETROIT, Micr., Feb. 24.—The cere- monies attending the con ation of the Rev. Joseph Horsfall Johnson, D. D., as the first Bishop of Los Angeles, Cal., were the work of serving them begun. It is doubted very much whether they can all be served in the time required by law. and in that event the case will go over to the | next term of court. Outside of the two railroads—the Union Pacific and the Sioux City and Pacific— set out in the title of the petition, the de- fendants will not be much affected by the suit if they can show they have a bona fide title to the land in their possession. 1 A third case in which the Burlington road will be the defendant will be filed early in March e AT MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY. Remains of Enbassador Runyon Placed in a Receiving Fault. NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 24.—The funeral assador to Germany, were held in St. | Paul’s Methodist Episgopal Church at 2 P. M. The casket was draped with a silk flag, on which reposed a laurel wreath, the gift of the city of Hoboken. The floral offerings were many and of rich design. The wreaths of laurel and lilies presented by Emperor William and Em- press Augusta Victoria and from the Em- bassadors of other nations at Berlin, re- freshed by a local florist, rested near the casket. At the conclusion of the church services the body was taken to Mount Pleasant cemetery, where it was placed in a receiving vault. The services at the grave were in charge of the Ma- sonic fraternity. The remains will be permanently interred next May, when Mrs. Runyon and her daughters return { from Germany. The City Hall was draped in mourning and flags were flown at half- mast on all the public buildings in the city. e Strike of Lithographers. Rev.Joseph Horsfall Johnson, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles. nd were of the most impressive char- acter. The church was crowcled with spectators, among whom were the most prominent residents of the city and cler- sen of other denominations. A mass arf banked in the a greenery of tle shrubs stood behind the pul- and on the altar mingled with thedark, ¢ green of many foliaze plants were t bunches of lilies. Beyond the palms, t only half concealed by them, were the members of an orchestra in surplices and frocks. At 1 o'clock the door of the vestry opened and along procession emerged. There came first an acolyte, bearing aloft a long, narrow silk banner, on which was worked a cCross. Behind him was the vested choir, then white-robed clergymen; after them Bishop-elect Johnson, wearing a purple cassock and a rochet, and finally in their full episcopal robes and gorgeous hoods Bishops Talbot of Wyoming and Idaho, Abiel Leonard of Nevada, Utah and Western Colorado; William Leonara of Ohio; Worthington of Nebraska, and Davies of Michigan, and Gailor, Bishop Coadjutor of Tennessee. Simultaneously with the appearance of the choir boys, the grand organ, the or- chestra and the choir began the rendition | of the procession hymn, 0 God of Light.’ Reaching the chancel rail the visiting Bishops passed inside while the Bishop- elect knelt outside on a prie-dieu with the attendant presbyters, Rev. Joseph X, Blanchard, D.D., and Rev. Henry B. Rest- arick, on either side of him. Bishop Davies presided at the conseera- tion services which ensued. Gailor preached. After the sermon Dr. Johnson was presented by Bishops Leon- ard and Talbot. Then following the reading of the testi- monials in the following order: Certificate of election of the convention of the dio- cese; of assents of the standing committee; of assents of the Bishop; of the committee of Bishops appointed to consecrate. After which the oath was taken by Bishop-elect Johnson. The examination of the elected Bishop followed and at its conclusion Bishop Johnson put on the rest of the episcopal habit. The VeniCreator Spiritus was said over the newly elected Bishop and then the presiding Bishop and the Bighops present laid their hands upon the Bishop and repeated the solemn charges i_ind ex- Lortations consecrating him to his office. The services closed with a recessional hymn. FOR LAND GRANT FORFEITURES. Judge Caldwell Grants an Order Authorizing the Federal Authorities to Sue Railroads. OMAHA, Nesg., Feb. 24.—As predicted by The United Press Saturday night, the ernment has ordered suits for ln{r(:l- rant forfeiture against the Union Pacitic way. Assistant United States Attorney Rush has returned from St, Louis, where he se- cured an order from Judge Caldwell of the Court of Appeals to make the receivers of the Union Pacific Railway - parties de- fendant in land grant forfeiture suits. He has filed in the United States Circuit Court petitions in equity in two cases, wherein the United States is plain- tiff and the Union Pacific Kailway Com- pany et al. defendants in one case and the Union Pacific and the Sioux. City and Pacific companies defendants in the other. The subpenas in the cases will be given to the Marshal at once, and Bishop | Worthington read the gospel, and Bishop | 1 at Christ Episcopal Church to-day j eral strike of lithographers ordered by the association of the United States and Can- | ada began this morning. Fi !servi('es of Theodore Runyon, late Em- | 1 b NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 24.—The gen- | e hundred | designers are out and twenty-five firms | tied up. NCARAEUM REVOLUTION, | Zelaya Declares Himself Dicta- tor and the Ministers Desert. | There is a Fear of a General Up- rising in Support of Baca. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 24.—Ac- | cording to news received from San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, an uprising is again imminent in that country. Newspapers have been suppressed, but reports brought to San Juan by passengers from the interior are to the effect that the city of Leon has declared itself in favor of Baca against President Zelaya and de | mand’s Zelaya’s #STgnation. Zelaya con- siders he is strong enough to put down fhe | movement, trusting for support to the Conservatives and the friendly Govern- ment of Honduras. He has discharged |all citizens of Leou from his ser- | vice and demands that the city | surrender its arms and full sub- mission. He is endeavoring to obtain the assistance of ex-President Zavala of | Granada. Great excitement prevailed | throughout Nicaragua, especially as most of the Nationai arms and am- munition are in Leon. The latest advices are that Zelaya has declared himself Dictator and that all his Ministry have left him. At last reports the people of Leon were up in arms and a fight was imminent. e BANKING D CURRENCY. Three Important Bills Before the House Committee. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 24.—It was decided by the House Committee on Bank- ing and Currency this morning that at their next meeting they will consider three bills of more than ordinary importance. One permits banks to issue circulation to the par value of their bonds. Another restricts the “borrowing of a bank’s funds by the officers without the full knowledge of the directors, while the third looks to the establishment of an international bank, which was one of the recommendations of the late Pan-Ameri- ¢an Congress. The vote of the committee on the first- named bill is expected to be close, while it is predicted that the bill having reference to the borrowing of money from banks by its officers will be de- feated. The committee looks with considerable favor upon the bill establish- ing an international bank in this country, but the question has been raised whether such a measure would be constitutional. = Not From the Hov WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 24.—Mis- leading reports were in circulation at the Capitol to-day with reference to Repre- sentative John K. Cowan of Maryland. The facts are that Mr. Cowan resigned only as a member of the Banking and Currency Committee, not as a member of the House. SRR Death of a Statesman. MARTINS FERRY, Osro, " Feb. 24— Ex-State Senator Nichols, the author of the famous Nichols law, died at his home at St. Clairsville last night of pneumonia. | part of this province. | Gold. BANDS OF BEBELS IRE DISPERSED, At Least Spanish Chiefs Continue to Report Victories. NEVER MET A DEFEAT. “El Inglesito,” an Insurgent Leader, Captured by the Regulars. CLAIMS TO BE AN AMERICAN. Natives Who Battle for the Freedom of the Island Again Apply the Torch. HAVANA, Cupa, Feb. 24.—The com- mander of a detachment of Spanish troops who have arrived at Mariano, a suburb of Havana, reports that he met and dis- | persed the bands of rebels led by Villamueva and Baldomero Acosta, who had been operating in the vicinity of Punta Brava, province of Havana, about twenty miles southwest of Mariano. Peo- ple living in the neighborhocd of Punta Brava carried into the town 20 dead rebels. Fifteen of the insurgents were captured. No mention of the Spanish losses is made in the report. Additional troops have been sent to Mariano. The rebel leader known as “El Ingle- sito” has been captured between Guines and San Nicholas, in the southwestern He claims to be an American, ana that his name is Alfred A court-martial has been ordered to try him. An official report states that the forces of Gomez and Maceo left the province of Havana, npassing between Bagaez and Lima, on the south coast, going in the direction of Bolondron, after an engagement on February 22, | when they left three dead on the field. The columns of Generals Prats, Arotusand Galvin are in frontof the enemy. General Echague and Colonel Frances are in im- mediate pursuit of the insurgents, Among the prisoners in the jail at | Marian taken there after the Punta Brava | engagement Saturday is Ladislas Quinter, | who also claims to be an American citizen. The station at San Miguel, on the Ma- tanzas line, was burned Saturday. The telegraph line has been destroyed between | San Miguel and Jaruco, the insurgents re- | moving the poles. The station at Ibarra, on the Matanzas | line, was burned yesterday. The bands of | Vidal and Sanguilly have burned Estante, | a small town in Matanzas. The Marquis d’Ahumada, who came | from Spain with Captain-General Weyler | as second in command of the Spanish | forces, has been placed in command of the Third Army Corps. He will have charge | of the forces in the provinces of Havana, | Matanzas and Pinar del Rio. J. FrANK CraRK. GREAT TORCHLIGHT PARADE. Residents of Key West Show Their Sym- pathy for Cuba. | KEY WEST, Fra., Feb. 24.—Never in the history of this city have its citizens | witnessed anything to compare with the grand torchlight procession this even- irg in honur of the Cuban rebel- lion. In it were several floats representing liberty, Cuba and commerce. All the different ordersin the city, Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Golden Eagle, Knights of Honor, firemen and the several Cuban revolutionary clubs particivated. All along the line of march the houses were beautifully decorated with American flags. ORGANIZED EXPEDITIONS. Indictments Against the Captain and Mate of the Horsa. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 24.—In the United States District Court to-day the Grand Jury found true bills against Cap- | tain Wiborg and Mates Peterson and Johansen of the steamship Horsa and | Captain Svanoe and Mate Christiansen | of the steamship Leon, charging them with organizing military expeditions in this country to convey aid to the Cuban insurgents. They were arrested some time ago on this charge and have been given a hearing before a United States Commissioner and held for trial, —_— STEAMER BERMUDA SEIZED. Revenue Officers Prevent the Departure { of Cuban Fillibuster, NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 25.—A morn- ing paper says: “The iron steamer Ber- muda, flying the British flag, was boarded and seized by revenue officers off Liberty Isiand late last night. The Bermuda has been under the watch of Spanish spies for some time. They had reason to believe she had been bought by Cuban revolutionists and was fitting out asa fillibusterer. She has been anchored off Liberty Island since last Saturday, and vesterday there was evidence that she was preparing for sea. At 11 p. M., just after a large party of Cubans had gone aboard, the revenue cut- ter Hudson steamed alongside and a board- ing party arrested all on the Bermuda. At midnight the revenue steamer Channler started down the bay to catch a lighter loaded with amunition and look for an- other party of Cubans who had started to board the Bermuda. The Bermuda was an English built steamer, formerly running in the Outer- bridge line. She was recently purchased by a firm suspected of being in league with the revolutionary party. Last Saturday she was taken to the coal- docks at Point Liberty and there coaled up. Then she went to the Lib- erty Island anchorage. Clearance pa- pers were taken out yesterday for tbe Bermuda to sail for Santa Martha, United States of Colombia. Ap- plication was made at the office of the British Consul after the closing hours of business to ghip a craw. A vice-consul innocently went aboard and signed the crew on the ship. T S, SPANIARDS VEKX ANXIOUS. More Concerned With American Senti- wment Than Elections. MADRID, Spaix, Feb. 2¢.—The turn the Cuban campaign has taken has strength- ened the Cabinet. Prime Minister Cano- | such cattle. | leader | the procedure so that Fridays, hitherto vas del Castille will issue a decree this week dissolving the Cortes and fixing the | middle of March as the time for holding the elections for new members, The Government is less concerned with the result of the elections than with the consequences of public opinion in Amer- ica and Congress possibly compelling President Clevelana to alter his fri'nflly attitude toward Spain. NO STEPS FOR REFORM. However, No One Expects the Present Sultan to Act. LONDON, Exc., Feb. 24.—The Standard will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Constantinople saying that no steps what- ever have been taken by the Porte to in- augurate the reforms that were promised for Armenia and Macedonia. Nobody conversant with the Yildiz Palace methods expects that any reforms will be instituted during the Sultan’s life- time. Lord Salisbury has communicated to the Armenian Relief Committee, a report from Sir Philip Currle, the British Embas- sador at Constantinople, in which he states that the misery and sickness among the refugees at Zeitoun is considerable, their distress is added to by the bitter cold weather that is prevailing. The Turkish officials are unable to assist the sufferers, and there is nobody in the country to whom they can appeai for relief. Moreover, these demands made upon the Constanti- nople committee are already so heavy that it is feared that the committee will be pre- cluded from helping the Zeitounlis, ey o i Evacuation of Egypt. LONDON, Enc., Feb. 24.—The Pall Mall Gazette’s correspondent in Rome tele- graphs that advices received there from Cario say there is no doubt that the Brit- ish Government has entered into the ne- gotiations with France upon the subject of the evacuation of Egypt. Itis believed, the advices say, that Great Britain is inclined to make concessions to France LOSS TOSCOTCHFARMERS Complaint Made in the Commons of the Exclusion of Cattle From Canada. Some of the Statesmen Willing to Follow the American Rule of Debate. LONDON, Ex6., Feb. 24.—In the House of Commons to-dav Sir J. G. 8. Kinloch, Radical member for East Perthshire, who had previously given notice of his inten- tion, asked the Right Hon. Walter Long, President of the Board of Agriculture, whether, in view of the enormous loss to the farmers of Scotland, resulting from the exclusion of Canadian store cattle from Great Britain, there was any pros- pect of reopening the British ports to He did not expect an answer to this question, he said, in view of Mr. Long’s statement in the House last week in introducing the bill amend- ing the diseases of animals act of 1894, making the restrictions placed upon the importation of cattle permanent instead of leaving them to the discretion of the Board of Agricuiture, and he wished to ask Mr. Long if ‘he believed that pleuro- pneumonia in cattle really existed in Canada. Mr. Long said he c riculture certainly thought that pleuro- pneumonia could be introduced into Eng- land from cattle imported fron: Canada. Mr. Sydney Gedge, Conservative mem- ber for Walsall, asked Sir Michael Hicks- Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, that, in view of the high price of consols and the intended heavy expenditures on the navy, the Government immediately bring in a bill enabling the large surplus in the budget to be used for naval purposes instead of applying it to the reduction of the national debt by the purchase of con- sols. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said he was un- able as yet to state the intentions of the Government in regard to the disposition of the surplus. - The House then debated the proposal of the Right Hon. A.J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury and Government in the House, to alter devoted to the discussion of private mem- bers’ bills, should be henceforth devotedito the discussion of the Government esti- mates, which discussion must be com- pleted in twenty-four days. This pro- posed alteration, which involves a time limit, is based on the method suggested some years ago by Mr. Joseph Chamber- lain in an article in the Nineteenth Cen- tury, entitled *‘Shall we Americanize our institutions?"” ir William Vernon Harcourt, the oppo- sition leader in the House, said he pre- ferred the original scheme as suggested by Mr. Chamberlain, but added that he would agree to Fridays being devoted to the estimates. He did not approve of ap- plying closure after twenty Fridays, as Mr. Balfour proposed. Mr. Balfour announced that the Government was willing to ry the experiment for a year. S THE VIEDENDORP EXLOSION, President Kruger’s Significant Talk to the Relief Committee. JOHANNESBURG, Sourn AFRIcA, Feb. 24.—Inquiry into the causes of the recent explosion of dynamite at Viedendorp, a suburb of this city, has elicited the fact that a truckload of detonars brought from Port Elizabeth was placed on u side track at the Bramfontey freight depot. A loco- motive in shifting cars came in collision with the car containing the detonators, the contentsof the car exploded from the shock and the explosion of the detonators caused the explosion of the dynamite which was tt:’omuined in cars standing on a track near y. President Kruger addressed the commit- tee that was formed to relieve the sufferers by the explosion. In the course of his re- remarks he highly praised the work done by the committee and said: “You have done to others as you would wish to be done by. Those who have given as you have can expect to receive a great | deal themselves."” This is construed to be a promise of large concessions to the Uitlanders. G No Date X¥et Fixed. NEW YORK, N. Y. Feb. 24.—Ex- President Harrison stated to-day through his private secretary, Mr. Tibbetts, that he had not completed arrangements for his marriage to Mrs. Dimmick, and that no date whatever has been fixed upon for the ceremony. It was published in the morning newspapers that he would be married on April 6, and that Rev.J. Wesley Brown of 8t. Thomas Church will officiate. To a reporter Mr. Tibbetts said to-day at the Fifth-avenue Hotel that neither the ex- President nor he, as private secretary, had written to the,Rev. Dr. Brown fixing any date. sl s N Instructed for McKinley. ATLANTA, GA., Feb. 24.—The anti- McKinley movement in this State has been defeated by the election of an in- structed McKinley delegation for the Fifth Congressional District. uld not answer that | question upon such short notice, but that | he would say that the Department of Ag- | MISSION SANTA BARBARA LEGACY, James McMahon’s Claim to Millions Will Be Contested. HIS STATEMENT DENIED. Father Reynarius Declares That the titles Are Vested in the Church. HELD IN BISHOP MORA'S NAME. It Is Alleged That the Claimant’s Brother Never Resided at the Monastery. SANTA BARBARA, Car, Feb, 24.— James McMahon, whose claim to the valu- able property belonging to the old mission here was given publicity through the col- umns of last Sunday’s CaLL, will find tihat he has a struggle on his hands when he attempts to prove his title. McMahon claimed that his brother, John McMahon, an ex-priest, has for years held the titles to all the mission property; that they are to- day in his name. The property is now valued at $15,000,000 and McMahon is pre- paring to contest for its possession. But at the mission the claimant’s story is scouted as fabious and many of his statements are called into question. A correspondent, detailed to investigate that portion of McMahon’s statements concerning his brother, the ex-priest, Father John McMahon, to-day visited the old Mission church and was assured by Father Reynarius that McMahon’s asser- | tion that his brother once held the titles | to the property of the mission and that | the titles are now in his name was an un- | founded claim. McMahon is said to have come to Santa Barbara in 1863, departing for the | East in 1867, The records of the | mission properties here dre short and simple. In the year 1825 the Mexican Congress repesled the law passed two years previously secularizing the mis- | sion properties throughout California, and all the lands and buildings throughout the State were placed in the name of the Bishop of Sonora, in trust for the church. In 1840 the properties passed into the hands of Garcia Diegoy Moreno, a Fran- ciscan father, who ruled as Bishop for but x years, dying at the end of that period. His tomb is beneath the floor of the mis- {sion church, marked bya neat tablet, | crowned with the wide brimmed hat the | Bishop wore in life and inscribed with his name. He was succeeded by Archbishop Alemany, who in turn was followed by Archbishop Riordan. ‘When the dioceses ot Sacramento and | Los Angeles were created the properties | belonging to these sections were placed in the hands of their respective Bishops, that of Santa Barbara having been in the name of Bishop aora ever since,- The venerable Father Forbes, who has been at the Santa Barbara Mission since 1865, two years after McMahon is said to have taken up his | abode in the monastery and two years be- | fore his alleged departure, positively de- | clares that no . McMahon was ever con- | nected with the church and monastery in | any capacity. Father Forbes, curiously | enough, is a native of County Monaghan, which McMahon claims as his birthplace. FOR THE VICE-PRESIDENCY Senator Perkins of California Will Be in the Race at St. Louis. At Present His Boom Is Being Launched by State Senator Gleaves. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb 24.—Senator George C. Perkins will be a candidate for the nomination of Vice-Presdent before the Republican National Convention. At least this is the announcement made to- night’ by State Senator J. M. Gleaves, one of the members of the California Legisla- tuae now in Washington on business con- nected with pending legislation. Senator Gleaves has always been a stanch friend of Perkins and was one of his most loyal subporters in the last Sena- torial fight. He has been in conference with a number of Republican leaders in ‘Washington and he says that he has found that Senator Perkins’ nomination will be a very popular one. Senator Perkins discnssed Senator Gleaves’ move in his behalf in a very modest fashion when seen to-night by a CavL representative. He was not seeking office, he said. In fact, he could serve the State better in the Senate than in any other office. Still, the nomination for Vice-President was an honor that few men would decline if offered them. It had not been offered to him, he said, and he did not know that it would be. Upon whowm this honor should be con- ferred was a question that could not be settled at the present time. At least, it was not customary to make Vice-Presi- dents a month ahead as they did Presi- dents. “Vice-Presidents,” said he, ‘‘are gen- erally made in & night. Senator Gleaves is very enthusiastic over Perking’ boom, which he has started, and expresses himself as confident that it will meet with no small amount of considera- tion at the hands of the Republican man- agers. “T believe,” said Senator Gleaves, “that the nomination of Senator Perkins for Vice-President, would practically insure the solid electoral vote of the great West for the Republican ticket. He is essen- tially a man of the people, popular, con- servative and strong. While he is a free silver advocate, he s by no means radical on that question.- I believe that at the St. Louis convention the West will demand some substantial recognition. 1t will ask for a candidate or a silver plank in the platform. The judgment of Western Republicans with whom I have talked is that the nomination of Senator Perkins will be a happy solution of the problem to be presented to the convention. He wili be backed by the entire Pacific Coast dele- gation, and his snpport will be loyal and enthusiastic.’ e Death of a Noted Evangelist, CHICAGO, IiL., Feb. 24.—Rev. R. F. Parshall, an evangelist of National repu- tation in the Baptist church, died at his home last night from the effect of a rail- road accident at Toma, Wis., nine years ago. His ministry included charges from Otsego County, New York, where he was born seventy-three years ago, to Sacra- mento, Cal. "His services of half a cen- tury resulted in many new churches and over 70,000 conversion: S i Manitoba’s Protest. WINNIPEG, Maxtross, Feb, 24.—Attor- ney-General Sexton made an unexpected move in the Legislature this afternoon, when he gave notice of a resolution pro- Ecstmg against the action of the Dominion Government in passing school legislation to coerce Manitoba. The resolution sets forth that Manitoba is not disposed to deal harshly with the minority and de- mands a full inquiry. —_— “Did Not Favor Protection. LONDON, Exc., Feb. 24.—In the House of Lords to-day Lord Salisbury in reply to a question by Lord Stanley of Alderley, said that the case of France showed that protection had afforded real relief to own- ers and occupiers of land, but ne declared that not one of his speeches could be con- strued into an argument in favor of pro- tection, e Yellow Fever at Rio. PARIS, Fraxce,Feb.24.—A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro states that yellow fever has broken out on the Italian cruiser Lom- bardi at that port. Thedispatch addsthat 150 cases of the disease and fity deaths have been reported in the city. JIN CORBETT AGRECABLE Willing to Appear for the Purse Offered for a Fight With Fitzsimmons. At the Same time the Bolingbroke Club Accepts the Ex-Champion’s Apology. CLEVELAND, Omu1o, Feb. 24.—James J. Corbett has received a cablegram inform- ing him tbat the Bolingbroke Club of Lon- don offers a purse of $8000 to be contested for by himself and Bob Fitzsimmons and will allow each $500 for expenses. Corbett said to a United Press reporter that he would accept the offer and would sign the articles of agreement as soon as the Bolingbroke Club forwarded them. He also said that as & guaranty of his sincerity he would deposit as largea sum of money asthe club wished. He would ignore the bluff made by Sla- vin, who, he said, had been whipped so often that he could hardly be regarded as a fighter. Fitzsimmons, he said, was the man he was after, but he did not believe Fitzsimmons would ever face him in a ring. He thought he was merely trying to advertfse himself. LONDON, Exc., Feb. 24.—The Sporting Life says the Bolingbroke Club has re- plied to William Brady, Corbett’s man- ager, offering a purse of $8000 for a fight between Corbett and Fitz- simmons. The club will also allow each man $500 for expenses. The fight, if arranged, is to take place daring Derby ‘Week. The paper adds that the National Sporting Club has acreed to accept Corbett’s proffered apology for the language he used agamnst the club, providing he ratifies & proposal to fight Fitzsimmons before that club. The club rejected Corbett’s suggestion that the referee of the fizht be an American. The Bolingbroke Club offers $2500 for a fight between Ted Pritchard and *“Mysteri- ous Billy” Smit: g pelati g b Johnson Knocked Out. PATERSON, N. J.,, Feb. 24. —In the glove contest to-night between Jimmy Handler of New York and Charles John- son of Minneapolus the latter was knocked out in the second round. Johnson was not in condition to fight, having had the first joint of his second finger of his right hand cut off two weeks ago. In the first round ths threads in the sewed-up finger broke, causing the blood to flow, which soon filled the glove. Dr. Arosmena is Dead, COLON, Covromsia, Feb. 24.—Dr. Aros- _m%nl. counsellor of the Panama Railway, ig dead. SOCIAL WOODLAND UNDER THE LASH, {Rev. Mr. Small’'s Sermon on Dancing Causes a Furor. HIS WORDS ARE BITTER. Members of the Congregation Take Deep Offense at the Strictures. “HUGGING SET TO MUSIC” He Declares That Those Who At- tended a Native Sons’ Ball Are Doomed to Perdition. WOODLAND, CaL., Feb. 24.—No minis- ter of the gospel ever created such a sensa- tion in Woodland as did the Rev. Mr. Small from the pulpit of the Christian Church last night. His subject was, “From the Bailroom to Hell;”” and for the occa- sion he occupied the position of censor rather than a spiritual adviser. The auai- torium of the church, which is the largest in the city, was crowded until standing Toom was at a premium. Rev. Mr. Small commenced his discourse by a comparison of the evils resulting from the pleasures of Woodland’s society dances in a spiritual and moral sense to the stench arising from the carcass of a hog. He characterized dancing as “hugging set to music,” and said those who took part in it were prompted solely by the baser in- stincts. ‘‘Every one of you,” he continued, re- ferring to the members of his congrega- tion, “who attended the Native Sons’ ball the other night—every one of you, I say— is down on the devil’s notebook, and as he noted your names he gave an extra wag of his tail.” Thisstatement created an uncomfortable feeling, and necks were craned in every direction throughout the church. “Suppose,” said Mr. Small, “‘that any husband in this house on hiseturn home to-night should find his wife in the em- brace of a minister, her head resting upon his breast, his arm encircling her waist, as is the position assumed at the dgnce, I ask what would he do? Shoot him, of course! Iclaim that it1s the husband’s God-given right, and his only, to clasp his wife in his arms. Society people’s opinion will not admit this, but the optnion of such people does not amount to the weight of a feather with me.” He concluded his remarks by inveighing against the other mimisters of the city for not going into wholesale condemnation of the dancing portion of Woodland’s society, and severely censured Rev. Dr.de Lew, pastor of the Episcopal Church. Public opinion censures the divine for his arraignment of dancers, not so much because he opposed the pastime as because of the language used. There was no cast- ing about for words, and many ladies nave taken deep offense at the sermon. MARIN COUNTY OUTLAWS. Date Set for the Trial of Morelas and Westgate for Robbery. SAN RAFAEL, Car., Feb, 24.—The trial of Amelio Morelas and Crockett Westgate for robbing Cheta’s store at Marshalls, in Marin county, has been set for March 3. Both men have pleaded ‘‘not guilty.” The case has excited some interest as it is hoped that the gang of lawless men to which Morelas and Westgate belonged has been broken up. Morelas is the man who threatened to commit suicide unless Sheriff Harrison took him out of the “‘haunted’’ cell in the San Rafael jail. Morelas claimed that a ghost visited him in the prison, and he begged the Sheriff to put him into some other cell. NEW TO-DAY. “Sloane’s” UNTIL Further Notice e e e S SO Fumiture Department, IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WE OFFER Our Complete Stock of Furniture without reserve at Reductions from regular price varying from 15 to 3314 per cent. All Goods are Marked in Plain Figures. ‘We invite inspection of goods and com~ parison of prices. 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