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2, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1896 11 although not every hand went up in favor | of the motion—in fact only a few voted at all—but it was declared a unanimous vote, and the audience drew a deep breath and commenced to murmur again, The council adjourned then, but only to resume session in a back room and free from the presence of the people. There were two witnesses whose stories were for the council, not for the crowd, so to ac- commodate them a session for them alone | as ordered. estimony had been introduced to show that Dr. Brown had been cordial to Mrs. Davidson, even after the $500 transaction had taken place, that he had asked her to speak in the prayer-meetings, and that he had spoken words of commendation and praise and hope and encouragement after she had finished her prayer or said her say before the prayer-meetings on Wednes- | day nights, This testimony Noble Lovely | and Mrs. M. Smedley had facts to con- tradiet, but Mrs. Smedley would not speak 10 the multitude, and seeing that she | would have to_have an extra session any- Mr. Lovely decided to secrete him- self with the council also. Mr. Lovely was the first witness called after the executive He remembered quite the prayer- | meeting held on the Wednesday evening before Mrs. Davidson’s arrest. She gave a lovely prayer, and he becoming interested ‘ asked his neigbbor who she was. Nor | did she stop at the prayer, for afterward she spoke to the meeting, uttering words | comfort and cheer. But Dr. Brown had | t through it all without a word; the witness noticed tnat he looked sober and distressed and annoyed. He remembered it because Dr. Brown had looked sober and distressed and annoyed—so different from his usnal custom. He looked serious, too, and bored. and so evident was tk doctor's discomfort that the witness com: mented upon. it home, and afterward | when he went to see Dr. Brown he _spoke | Da of it, too. Inthe meantime Mrs had been arresied, and thate whole matter. The members of the council were curious know how it was Mr. Lovely fixed the They wanted, ate of the prayer-meetin 0, to know the theme c xcellent discourse. T th date never prayed had . a prayer-meeting before. yea and ad she 1i ions in the prayer- As to the themd remember it, nor ons from Dr. Brown tha d for the witness . but evern ored and annoy: he de- if I 1 su, lea when g or . doctor, ather s 88 I 50 after 1left house. testions as to how he fixed the ed at the witness, and then he replied the g e were Brown | g FATHER YORKE T0 REV: MR, ROSS, Considers Quotations From a Textbook on Canon Law. POPE'S TEMPORAL POWER Further Charges of Mutilating Authorities Are Openly Made. REFERENCE TO THE CHALLENGE Relation of Church and State Ex- plained—A Papal Power That Is Dead. Rev. Peter C. Yorke, in his reply to Rev. Donald M. Ross, presents the following letter: To the Editor of the Call-DEAR SIR: Yesterday I considered D. Ross’ mutilation of Manning; to-day I will examine his guotations from Smitn’s Textbook of Canon Law. I have al- ready shown that this textbook is nothing but & textbook, and that when Ross claims any | more authority for it than that of & textbook e is acting with his accustomed aishonesty. o examined two quotations from it. ng the authority to be ascribed to cedure when used in church concerning. that hack- subj Bull Unam Sanctam. 1t is necessary, therefore, to examine these . IalsoTeserve all the extracts concern- rriage for a separate letter. THE DEPOSING POWER. 1 times in this controversy Ihave ex- nature of the deposing power. he middle ages the Popes deposed cer- tain sovereigns. The right wes one . given them by the Christian constitution of Europe. the middle ages that practice passed because the constitution of Europe was fundementally changed. Now Ross brings us this question of the de- power again as if it had never been vefore. - He brings it up to prove his contention that the Pope and the priests ought 1o have dominion over temporal affairs. This is his argument: Iquote now irem the same work, volume 1, of Ecclesiastical Law, page 252. The head of the vaze, in large letters across the top, reads, “On the Tights of the Supreme Pontifis in temporal affairs.” Ihen under it there are fonr different points. You see? Peter C. Yorke can quote 1,and I can quote 2, and he can quote 3, and I can_quote 4, and then and the advanced Bellarmine and 3 others 1S that the Pope has ‘“jure P spiritual, but 1o direct or immediate tel Bowever, by virtue of Tity he ix possessed of power, indi- 1t nevertheless supreme in temiporal ristian rulers and people: thac he se Chrisiian sovereigns should re 0f a nation so demand. e place to Mrs. Smedley. 5 . tter of fact, Pope Innocent 1V, in pro Mrs. Smedley ig Mr. Lovely’s cousin. ntence of deposition against Frederick Ehe, t0o, was at the prayer-meeting, and says he deposes the ehe . too. told Ehatatory That M Tonely auctoritate apostolica et vi_clav- 3 L Mr. Lovely fourth opinion holds that the sov- ha he, too. said Dr. Brown Ponti®t bas full spiritual suthorit ooked sad and annoyed and did not speak frs. Davidson was through. He eir respec lly snoke after any one had talked - extended period, but this time Le 10t His omission’ fixed the matter sly upon her mind 1 18( I know of,” said Mrs. Smed!ey, meeting adjourned. nen were called Not tt shment upon both Tule re divino” ¥ he has no pow t or indirec in the temporal affairs of Catholic sovereigns and eople = # The third and fourth seem to r chiefiy as to the deposing power of the Poses, ked: ‘*Are you sure agree in granting that the Roman Ponuff ched the look to D indirect power in temporal things: boih Mrs. Davidson’s ar- | may be iawfully held. question is from volume 1 of Ecclesiastial Law, page 252. Concerning this quotation, let me remark in passing that it is o badly mutilated that even th the original before me 1 had difficulty in ecided that after | recogmzing it. The opening words are taken r session to-day they wili ad- | from page 20: D. Ross skips back to page i half-past 10 on Tuesday | 231. He over to the top of page I¢ T €sday | 550 again, Thence o divesinto the middie of 2 — t WHO IS DR. BROWN? The Pertinent Investigation a Ca- nadian Postmaster Wants Made. The Federal Depariment is in receipt of ter from a postmaster in Canada. worthy official is anxious, as his com- show, to know more Overman scandal, and he not averse to aski for particulars, al though he ms at sea as to the best for his inquiry. This is his letter: | | CATHOLIC DOCTI b | However, this is immaterial. The point to I - iced is that D.Ross evidentiy does not my understand _ the terms of y chal- leuge. When I called on him to produce from | Catholic publications these four propositions, or the substance of them, I was careful to add +'ag expressions of Catholic doctrine or teach- ing.” Now the term Catholic doctrine or teaching has a very definite signification. It means those things which Catholics are bound to believe. It refers to the dogmas of the faith, the truths of revelation. Therefore when D. Ross laments that there are two or three opinions among Catholics on a certain point he virtually confesses that neither of these opinions is Catholie doctrine. The fact that they are disputed shows that the Catholic church does not teach one or the other. Hence MELBOURNE, Canada, Feb. 1896, opinions about the deposing power of the Pope W & piece in one of the dai re gs much Catholic docirine as opinions .'a tertain Rev. Dr. Brown of | 8bout the habitability of the moon or the had not seted | canals of Mars. as- trouble. Would you | IND IRECT TEMPORAL POWE] man to- me and note p of eyes and of tmaster’s inquiry to go unansw The ~ clerks und the Federal builaing, however, spent a few minutes each ihe best they could to s by Brown and everybody else connected with ily papers. ey did not even forget to send pictures 1ands and sections of bodies foreign to ubject as photographed by means of athode ray BACK Bituminous Rock Specifications Be Again Voted on by the Supervisors. The owners of bitumen deposits and contractors interested in bituminous rock street work appeared before the Street Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday to talk over the proposed speci- fications for bituminous rock work that were vetoed by Mayor Sutrosome time ago and sent back to the committee for further consideration. The Jordan bituminous rock representa- tives insisted that a provision ailowing 10 per cent of sand to be mixed with the ma- terial should be put in_the specifications, while other owners obijected, claiming that rock that could not be used without the mixture with sand was not fit for streets where heavy traffic was carried on. The opinion was freely expressed that sand destroys the life of bitumen. It was finally decided to send the matter back to the full board in its present form, and permit the members to pass the measure over the Mavor's veto or not as they see fit. A The streetcar companies that have failed to obey the provisions of their franchises, requiring them to keep the space between their tracks up to grade and paved were piven a warning regarding the matter. Property-owners on Washington street, between Front and Davis, complained that erries and Presidio Company had failed to keep the pavement in that block in order and the Superintendent of Streets was instructed to notify the company to begin the necessary work within three days or the City would have it done and assess the cost 1o the corporation. It was intimated that unless the corporation lives up to the provisions of its franchise ;reps will be taken to haye the same for- eited. The committee decided to recommend that no plank sidewalks be laid hereafter in the City, The members agreed that in lieu of plank sidewalks in the suburban districts, the Street Superintendent snould require. the laying of concrete or bitumen to the width of at least three feet. the case as illustrated in the d win nding the inquirer clippings of Dr. | TO THE BOARD. | nis indirect temporsl power which gives D. and his fellow-patriots such concern is & | very simple matter and I cannot remember | now how many tizmes I have explained it. Per- mit me to make a last effort to show what it really means. 1. There are two powers which divide between them the government of the human race— church and sta; 2. The_state has itsown sphere, namely, the temporal or civil, and withiu that sphers it is supreme. 3. Fho church hasits own s phere, namely, the spiritual, and in spirituals the church' is su- power of the state is a temporal power ¢ it comes immediately from a temporal | source and is concerned with temporal things. 5. The power of the church is a spiritual power because it comes immediately from a | spiritual source and is concerned about spiritual things The power of the state does mot touch things spiritual because as in this country the state has no right to interfere with re- ligion. 7. The epiritual power of the church is exer- ed upon men and upon such temporal ngs as church buildings, societies and the | becaus e. 8. In speaking of & government we often de- nominste its power from the object on which lit is exercised. We speak of the military | power of the United States, not that we mean | that our Government is founded on bayonets, but that the power is exercised over military | bodies. We speak of the colonial power of the Briti: Governmeit, not meaning that the | eolonies give power tothe British Govern- | ment, but that the power is exercised over the colonies. 9. Hence, as the spiritual power of the church is exercised over men and certain tem- poral things, we speek of that spiritual power as an indirect temporal power. Wedo not mean thereby that the Pope or the church possesses civil or temporal dominion or sover- eignty, but that the spiritual power of the church is exercised over temporal things. Hence you will remark that Beliarmine is | eareful to say that the Pope’s power is only | spiritual, and that no matter how he use it or on what he may use it, that power still remains spiritual. There is nothing in this theory, or in any | other theory held among Cathoiics, to sbow that the Pope and the priests ought to have dominion or sovereign authority over tem- poral things. When the Methodist church collects large sums of money for missionary purposes are we to_suppose that it is claiming sovereignty over the United States? When the Presbyterian kirk uses its authority to promote the cessation of work of Sunday are we to believe that Presbyterians are running the country? The indirect temporal power of the Pope means merely that he may use his spiritual authority on temporal concerns. For instance, if he thinks thai the liquor traffic is a menace to good morals he might forbid the liquor traffic. But his prohibition would only be by spiritual authority, and would be eflicacious only for those who recognize that spiritual au- thority. We would speak of that spirituel authority, however, as the indirect temporal power, because it is concerned with temporal things, nemely, the liquor trafiic. What menace is there to our freedom in this power? Nearly all the Protestant churches have exercised this indirect temporal power in this particular case. Are we therefore to suppose that thu; are secking dominion over temporal things TO DEPOSE CLEVELAND. But it may be urged suppose the Popeshould declare it 8 menace to morals t/ irover Cleveland should retain the Presiden hair. The supposition might be reasonahiy .. . bysa beretical, the | 's?me and a request not to indulge in sbsur- ties. However, D. Ross, with true Scoteh uncon- sciousness of the ludicrous, goes on with his aileged argument: But to return to the quotation from ecclesiastical law. By what right was the deposing power. ex- ertcd by the sovereign pontiffa?” That is a que: tion that is taken from page 238 of the ecclesias- tical law, and is the heading. In other words, the question is simply this: The Catholic church asks by what right should the Pope of Rome tell rover Cleveland to step down and out of the White House at Washington? By what right was the deposing power of any king exercised by the Pope of Rome? That is what 1 would like to By what right? (his is the auswe: a w0 opinions among Catholic writ- ers”’ Now you kuow Father Yorke would quote one of thesc opiuions and 1. would quote the other and we would both be right. The most slip- pery business T ever hiad anything to do with is tho usiness of sliding around among these books, as I have for the last three months. But 1t says: There are {wo opinions among Catholic writers. The one holds that it was exercised merely by vir- tue of the ‘jus publicum’—that means the public right, the public defense as we would call it—of the medieval ages. The other that the deposing power as exercised by Gregory VII and the other Pon- 1iffs is inherent in the primacy, being included in the indirect power of the Pope In temporal things. his opinion is thus expressed in our article on Gregory ViI published in Brownson’s Quarterly Review, #pril, 1875. “The power itself (i. e, of deposing Princes) in radice we hold is inherent in the Papacy, the power in action or its exercise de- pends on external circumstances. " In other words, if you oan kick him off tho throne then it is of course right to do it, but if you cannot you bad better let him alone. But this is significant. By what right was the deposing power exe d by the sovereign Pontiffs of Rome? That question is taken from the canon law of the Catno- lic church., By what right did the Popes turn Kings off their thrones? By what right did the Popes of Rome overturn Governments? By what right did the Roman Catholic church depose sov- ereigns? We are told that he did it because the Tight was inherent in the papacy. My friends, if the right Is inherent in the Catholic church to turn Presidents or Kings from their thrones or eats, is it not true that the Catholic church teaches that it ought to have dominion over temporal affairs? And the Catholic church teaches that the right to depose sovereigns, the right to overturn Govern- menis, is inherent in the papacy,and vet 1am asked and defied to find in Catholic publications any proof that the Catholic church teaches that it ought to have dominion over temporal affairs. The extract just read is taken from volume 1, page 258, of the Ecclesiastical Layw. 1 10w read from the same volume, page 269+ I}*Pope Pius IX, in one of his’ discourses, says ilat the right of deposing princes has nothing to do with the pontitical infallibilitv, neithér does it flow from the infallibility, but from the autbority of the Pontiff. Of course a Catholic is bound, not only by what the Pope defines ex cathedra, but also to accept and obey what he otherwise com- wands’” 1 know of nothing mora dishonest, more con- sciously uniair than the above excerpt. Ross aforms his andience that the Pope has the right to depose Cleveland, or to depose any other ruler, and he informs them that Cath- | olics claim that such right is inherent in the Papacy. Yet the very opening sentence of the para- graph showed that the suthor did not recog- | Nize the “deposing power” as having any ex- istence now. He says, “This question is at present of little consequence.” Itis a histori- cal question merely, and deals with the power exercised in the middle ages. Again, Ross makes it appeer as if the church had toe right to depose Grover Cleveland, yet this very same opening sentence informed him thateven in the middle ages the deposing power could be exercised only on Princes “who are Catholics, not only as individuals but as rulers; in other words, only those Princes who are af the head of Catholic na- tions, where the Catholic religion 1s the only religion recognized by law.” Moreover he goes on strumming the same old string, the right is inherent in the Papacy, the Pope claims the right of deposing the Pres- ident of the United States, yet this absolutely honest man, D. Ross, had before his eves this sentence on page 259: “WHILE THEREFORE IN FORMER TIMES THE EXERCISE OF THE DEPOSING POWER WAS LEGITIMATE, IT WOULD NOT BE LEGITI- MATE AT PRI 58 1do not think, Mr. Editor, that any other demonstration of D. Ross’s dishonesiy is peeded. No wonder he still refuses to submit his authorities to three unbiased non-Catholic lawyers. No wonder he ¢bose Sherman, a man ind with passion, to be his judge. Judas t would deal gently with' the slips of Ananias. THE INHE But what is meant NT RIGHT. the statement that the deposing power is inherent in the papacy? |~ Let us remember that_all sgree that the jus { publicum of medieval Europe recognized this powe in the Pope. Jus publicum does not 1, s our Latin scholar D. Ross says, publ se, but it means practically the constit ton of Christian Europe. Justas the federat ates of this Union nize the Supreme burt as a court of last resort, so the Christian s of Europe recognized the Pope asa su- preme court. Now the question arises why did they so roc- ognize him? We recognize the Supreme Court becanse the Supreme Court has been created for that purpose. Why did the European powers recognize the Pope as their civil su- preme court since he had been created for other purposes? The answer is given in the quotation: “In radice the power is inherent in the Papacy.” D. Ross quickly drops “in radice” and does | not seem to know whether it means house rent or radishes. *“In radice” means *‘in the root,” and the whole expression signifies that the de- posing power conferred in the Pope by the n tions had its root in the very idea of the Pepacy. That is to say, there is something in the very nature of the Papacy which would suggest to people in the middle ages, who were anxious to constitute a Supreme Court, to se- lect the Pope for that office. What, therefore, is that power in the Papacy which the netions of medieval Europe consid- ered as good reason for making the Pope their arbitrator ? It is known as the power of the keys. The Pope was supreme in spiritual mat- ters. He wes the head of the universal re- ligion; therefore when the European states wished to erect a supreme court they naturally looked to the Pope. They did this the more readily that the questions they wished to bring before this court were really religious ques- tions, namely, the moral fitricss of their rulers, Hence it is said thatat the root of this depos ing power lay something which is inherent in the Papacy, or that the germ of the deposiang ower, as il existed in the middle ages, was to e found in the very idea of a Supreme Pontiff. How dishonest it is to twist these words eround and make them mean that the Pone teaches that he ought to have that power again! D. Ross quotes from Pius IX to sus- tain his opinion, but let me finish the whole quotation. I have already used it in my reply to Dr..Wendte, but it extinguishes the later as well as the earlier fraud: This right of deposing princes withont doubt has been exercised by the supreme pontiils from time e in extreme cases, but it has nothing to do with _the pontifical inlallibility, neither does it flow from the infallibility but from the authority of the Pontif. Moreover, the exercise of this right in those ages of faith which respected in ihe Pope that which helis. that is to say, the supreme judge of christendom, and recognized the benefit of his tri- bunal in the great contentions of peoples and of sovereigns, wos freely extended by &ld of public jurisprudence and the common consent of nations to the gravest inierests of states and of their rulers. But altogether different are the conditions of the present time from the condition of those ages, and malice alone can confound things so diverse—that is 10 say, the infallible judgment in respect to uths of divine reveladon with the right whic e Popes exercised in virtue of heir athori when the common good demanded it. They kno better than we, and everybody can discern the rea- son why such an absard confusion of ideas is surred up at this time, and why hypothetical cases are paraded of which no man thinks. it is be- cause every pretext, even the most frivolous and farthest from the truth, is eagerly canght at, pro- vided it be of a kind to give us annoyance and to excite civil rulers against the church. Tosum up then the deposing power of the Pope was a right given him in the middles ages. That deposing power no longer exists, In fact, its exercise would not be legitimate now, vet D.Ross proclaimsit to the world as proof that the Pope and the priests ought to heve dominion over temporal affairs. Yours truly, P. C. YoRKE. Curious Coincidences. “Speaking of curious coincidences of our everyday life, two little things happened a short time ago that are, perhaps, worthy of repeating,’” said an insurance man to another. *“My wife has long wished for an olive fork. We had used a table-fork ‘and then substituted a peir of candy tongs, but neither proved to be the right thing. A few evenings before Christmas my wife asked me to buy an olive fork, but I wasn’t overburdened with money at the time, and so, much against my will, I was obliged to ask her to wait a little. As I was about to step into the office building the next morning 1 saw directly in front 6f me a small jewelers’ box. and inside it there lay the identical fork my wife wanted. I sent a note to the jeweler, telling him the owner could have it by calling at my house. No one ever came, and at present 1t is in active service on my dining-room table. ‘‘Some time before this.a young girl, who had become engaged toachum of mine, wanted a smeall, chased qold ring i lieu of a solitaire diamond. Inour quest we entered & shop and in one of the cases we saw a pretty rine. When we looked at it we noticed in the inside some engraved initials, which proved to be those of my chum and his affianced. The saleswan said that the ring had been ordered sev- eral months prefious, but had never ' been called for. My friend never told the inci- dent to his betrothed until after their ma riage, Curious instances of coincidence were they not?’—New York Tribune. EXTERMINATING THE CRAB The Industry in the Bay Has Grown to Threatening Proportions. - ‘PROBIBITORY LAWS NEEDED. Fish . Commissioners Have Become Alarmed at the Wholesale : Slaughter. The Fish Commissioners are deeply con- cerned over the imminent extermination of the crab’in and about San Francisco bay, and propcse to have a clause inserted in the game laws at the next session of the Legislature to save this edible fish. It was only recently that the matter was brought under the atteption of the State authorities. Then an investigation' was made into the condition of the crab-fishing industry, with a view of ascertaining in what measure this rumored extermination was progressing. The_ facts gleaned were a surprise to those interested in preserving the crab and proved to be interesting news for fishermen themselves. 1t is well known that the crablives almost exclusively about the bay of San Fran- parently alike in other places along the coast of California, are not favorable to the crab. A test is being made at Monterey and San Diego with transplanted crabs from San Francisco, but for all practical purposes ‘at present the auggly of crabs must come from this bay. nsequently the enormous catch is regarded with grave suspicions, and it is held by those who understand this fish that some protective measures must be adopted. % Small and insignificant as the industry of crab-catching may appear itis never- theless an important source of revenue. At the present time there are about sixty boats engaged in -this industry in San Francisco. 'The business is largely pur- sued outside the heads of the Golden Gate and along the south shore. Each boat has two men who work in partnership. Their average daily catch is ten dozen crabs to & boat. Now this makes a total of 7200 a day, or 2,628,000 crabs a year, from which figures it is inferred that the crab capnot last many years. The average price ob- tained from retailers by the crab-fishers is | 50 cents a dozen, and at that rate the fish- | ers earn above all expenses about $12 a week each. These figures were obtained at the wnarf from men who have watched the fishing industry in all its phases. The Fish Commission estimated that in 1892 the total amount received from crab fish- ing was $102,900, which, at the rate of 30 | cents a dozen, would make the entire catch for the year about 2,500,000. President Murdoch of the commission said there were well-grounded fears for the future of the crab in these waters. now than ever before,”” he said, “and it has grown to immense proportions. The female crab is taken with the male, and we have found that millions, probably, of | spawn are thus lost. The female is a | small, puny fish in comparison with the male, which is far and away better for food. Indeed, the female is hardly an edible fish. But everything is fish that | comes into the crabcatchers’ nets. By | protecting the female the crab may be | rreserved for future generations. That | can be done by the fishermen dropping the !females back into the water from their | | nets, and_this we propose to make com- pulsory by havicgz a law to that effect passed by the Legisiature.” The crabs caught here are shinped in large quantities to Southern California, to ] Sacramento and other interior cities, and | this being a new development of the in- | dustry there is a strong temptation to ex- | tend the business. RUFFINO'S WILL BROKEN. The Jury Hi Returned a Verdict in Favor of the Contestants. | | The will of Louis J. Ruflino leaving his $50,000 estate to his widow, who wasa Miss Kate Stauffer, has been declared invalid by a jury in Judge Coffey’s court. | Louis J. Ruftino was found dead in a | sleeping-car in Virginia under circum- | stances which led to the suspicion of sui- | cide. His will was contested by his three | sisters, who alleged unsoundness of mind cisco, and that conditions, though ap- | “There are more boats in the business | caused by intemperance and undue influ- ence. and also that his legatee was never legally married to him. The jury returned a verdict at 6 o'clock last evening refusing to admit the proffered instrument to probate on the ground of insane delusion with respect to members of his own family, his sisters, Francisca and Fortuna especially, and also upon the ground of undue influence exerted by the proponent, described in the will as “Mrs. Kate Stauffer Ruffino,” t6 whom they atso found that he was not married, and that there never was a.contract-of marriage en- tered into between her and the decedent. ‘Wanted in Stockton. . Ah Fat was arrested yesterday afternoon on Commercial- street by Sheriff Cunningham of Stockton on a charge of grand larceny. He will be taken to Stockton this morning. He wes & farmer near Stockton, and recently gave another farmer an order_for $180 on Bachman & Co. of Stockton, with whom he had his monéy deposited. - Before the order was pre- sented Ah Fat drew all his money from Bach- man & Co. and left Stockton. ——— ——— Dr. Jordan on ¢ The Mind.” Professor David Starr Jordan will deliver a lecture this evening under the auspices of the California Psychical Society at Golden Gate Hall. The subject of Dr. J an’s discourse will be “The Evolution of Mind.” This is the first of & special course of four lectures by Dr. Jordan, Rev. Charies W. Wendte, Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger and Professor Joseph Le Conte. BELVEDERE N DISPUTE, Effort to Recover the Land to the Govern- ment. Innocent Purchasers Will Not, How- ever, Be Disturbed in the Beautiful Suburb. An important suit has been begun in the United States courts to recover to the Goyernment a large tract of land alleged to have been filched from it under the fraudulent methods outlined in the peti- tion of Zach Montgomery published in yesterday’s CALL. The land referred to is included in the Mexican grant known #s the Corte Ma- dera del Presidio, adjoining Sausahio and covering all the area of “‘beautiful Belvi- dere,” and extends along the west side of the bay to Tiburon, and thence north and east, including some of the finest land Marin County. Judge McKisick repre- sents the Government. The proceedings, however, do not seek to disturb the holdings of innocent pur- chasers of these lands, so that the dwellers upon the bluffs over there need not worry. It is claimed, however, that there are suf- ficiently large tracts still held by the orig- inal schemers or their heirs to warrant the | suit to recover. The suit is entitled the United States against John Reed and others. Reed is the son of the original locator of the claim, Juan Reed. As located originally the claim amounted to one square league, which was surveyed by United States Gov- ernment Surveyor Matthewson and ap- }’m“d by the Government in 1859. Keed, however, did not take out his patent but waited until 1860, when Congress passsed an act authorizing the sarveys of con- firmed erants to be brought into the Dis- trict Court. 5 A man named Bolton, according to the allegations of the complaint, finding this grant had never been Eltemed, made a contract with the Reed heirs by which he was to get half of all the lands lying out- side the Government survey if he could get that sarvey set aside and a new survey made to include more lands, Under the new act of Congress the sur- vey was brought into court and for the first time the Reed heirs objected to the Matthewson survey. Their protest was disallowed, however, and the survey ap- proved. Then in 1864 another act of Congress authorized surveys of confirmed grantsnot patented to be brought before the Com- missioner of the Land Office. Under that act Bolton, or one Valentine, who had become his successor, got the case into the land office at Washington, and with a perseverance that was remarkable kept the matter alive before that office and the Secretary of the Interior until 1885, when the Secretary made an order for the | issuance of a patent toall the land claimed. The patent incinded the magnificent tract of 37,000 acres of public land lying outside of the Matthewson survey. This the Gov- ernment is now trying to recover, declar- ing that the Mexican Government never granted this land to Juan Reed. nature’s noblemen. with men who vigorous, but to fail in the | hood, and who years, on ac treacherous, se victims to that disease, Nervous is the enemy which in time lar power and all power of protect yourself against any the weakness to grow on you. \ DR. A. T. SANDEN—Dear Sir: destroyed. refer any one to me. The Power of Manhood MAN WHO IS VIGOROUS IN MUSCULAR POWER IS the envy of his fellow-man. He is looked upon as one of And yet how many men there are who would gladly sacrifice that muscular strength for the recovery of a still more precious element that has been lost. always what they secem. Almost daily we come in conversation ity ? Tgnorance of the symptoms is NEW TO-DAY. Men are not seem strong, who have begun force of man- would, in a few count of this cret waste, fall m o st hateful Debility. This destroys even the muscu- mankind. Would you possibility of this calam- no excuse for permitting From An Old Veteran. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., February 14, 189. 1 have suffered for years with a severe pain in my back, also in my stomach, the latter so bad that I couid not eat without great i Now I have been using your Electrio Belt two weeks, and the improve- ment is wonderful. The pain, both in my stomach and back, is nearly all gone, and I can now eat my food without trouble, and my sleep is sound and peaceful. I am 56 rears of age, and have been in the Veterans’ Home at Yountville, Napa County, for our years, but I will be at the Brooklyn Hotel for the next two months, and you can Yours ““Ifi ain following. My rest at night was ICHAEL HANLEY, Brooklyn Hotel. If you would study this subject for your own good send for the little book, “Three Classes of Men,” which will be mailed free, closely sealed. It is plain and honest, and its contents are instructive. Get it, or call to-day and examine the famous Dr. Sanden Electric Belt, which makes men strong in manhood. SANDEN BELBECTRIC CO., 630 MARKET ST., OPPOSITE PALACE HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO. Office Hours—8 A. M. to 8:30 P, M.; Sundays, §0to 1. —OFFICHEHS AT— LOS ANGELES, CAL ‘204 South Broadway. | PORTLAND, OR. 258 Washington street. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. GREAT SALE OF" LINENS! This week we place on Special Sale 50 CASES OF FINE AND MEDIUM LINEN QOODS, just uncased, directly imported by us from the manufacturers. These goods were BOUGHT AT FORCED SALE and will be found CHOICE AND VERY EXCEPTIONAL VALUES! 12 LEADING LOTS! LOT 1—BLEACHED ALL-LINEN TA- BLE DAMASK, well finished, assorted patterns, 62 inches wide; special price............. LOT 2—CREAM TABLE DAMASK, nice, LOT 7—EXTRA SIZE HUCK TOWELS, size 19x39 inches, fringed ends, very close in’ texture; special price.. LOT 8—3\;}(‘}] GRADE A %1.80 ozen soft finish; Irish manufactur CHED 3 DINNER NAP- B 59 inches ‘wide; very dursbl KINS, both selvedges fast, 21 $L15 special price. inches square; special price.. Dozen LOT 3—VERY SQLID, STYLISH Q. |LOT 9—TINE GRADE DINNER NAP- $s) or BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, 85¢ KINS, 24 inches square, all a4 68 inches wide; special price.. Yard new designs; special price... Dozen LOT 4—CREAMSATIN FINISHTABLE @5 e e e e DAMASK, 64 inches wide, very 096 | R e bl fine weave ; special price.....,. Yard | “ 4 y s e fabric; special price LOT 11—CHECK RESTAURANT NAP- KINS (also plein centers), me- ze; special price..... LOT 5—FIN CLOSELY WOVEN HUCK TOWELS, neat borders, size 17535 inches;special price LOT 6—GOOD IRISH LINEN HUCK $1.35 Dozen | LOT 12—FINE TABLE CLOTHS and TOWELS, jull bleach; size 18x 4 1) 0dd dozens and half-dozens 30 inches, hemmed ends; spe- Hlet) Mapkins; also remnants Dam- cial price. Dozen asks, 10 be offered st SPECIAL PRICE i TEHIS TWEEEL! FINE IRISH DIMITIES.......... 86-INCH NEW PERCALES.... NATURAL LINEN BATISTE...... FRENCH ORGANDY d&’INDE AND WASH FABRICS | .25¢ a Yard ..10c a Yard 12%c a Yard 12c a Yard 12)c a Yard -35c a Yard N ENDLESS VARIETY. MISCELLANEO! NOTICE! HAVE RESUMED BUSINESS AT the Southeast corner of Seventh and Mission streets and am prepared to fill all orders as heretofore, and to transact all business in connection with my office, all books, pavers, ete., havi geen saved from the iate fire. Thanking my many customers for their past kindness, and trusting to receive a fair share of patron- age in the future, if not whole of it. 5 Respectfully yours, J. NOONAN, Late of 1017 to 1028 Mission Street, £bove Sixth. IRON BEDS, BRASS BEDS, FOLDING BEDS ‘ ‘Wire and Hair Mat- tresses, Reclining Chairs, Wheel Chairs, Commodes, Back Rests W. A. SCHROCE, o1 — New Montgome ) ..under‘(iru.l:z Hotel, S. F. RAILROAD TRAVEL SANFRANCISCO & NORTH PA- " CIFIC RAILWAY (0. Tiburon Ferry—Foot of Market St. San Francisco to San Rafael. WEEK DAYS—7:40, 9:20, 11:00 A.M.; 12:35 8:30, 5:10, 6:30 P. M. Thursdays—Extra trl 411180 P s Saturdsys—Kxtra trips s 1:55 30 P. u. 8:’00;‘.9:80, 11:00 a.x.; 1:30, 3:30 and 11: BUNDA YS! 5:00, 6:20 3 San Rafael to San Erancisco. WEEK DAYS—6.25, 7:55, 9:30, 11:10 A. . 12:45, 3:40, 5:10 . M. Saturdays—Exira trips 605040, 1736 1:40, 3:40, ry ), 9:40,11: A Mg 1 2 5:00, 6:25 P. M. Between San Francisco and Schuetzen Park same schedule as above. MURPHY BUILDING, Harket Street, corner of Jopes, SAN FPRANOISCO- Leave Arrive 8an Franclsco. {)'c;‘;:ég San Francisoo. Waek | Sux- : Sux. | WaRk Davs, | pavs. |Destinatlon.| 5,vq | Dave. 8:00 Ax| Novato, |10:40 ax :30 x| Petaluma, | 6:05 puc/1 :00 P |Santa Rosi.| 7:30 exi Fulton, Windsor, Healdaburg, Geyserville, 3:30 P 8:00 Ax| Cloverdale. | 7:30 vu| 6:15 pu Pieta, Hopland & 8:00au| Ukiah. | 7:30 1 8:00 AM Gnerncvluul 7:80 PM 18700 A% 10740 ax 5:00 P 6:05 20 8100 A% T0:40 2| 1 X|5:00 | SePastopol. | "gios pu| T Stages connect at San Rafasl for Bolinas. Stages cof Cloverdale for the nnect sers. Stages connect Springs, Kelseyville, Lakeport. . Btages connect at Ukiah for Vichy Springs, Blas Lakes, Laurel Dell, Upper Lake, Booneville, Green- wood, Mendocino City, Fort Bi , Usal, Westport, Cahto, Willetts, Calpelia, Pomo, Potter Valley, John :Js'lg, Lively's, Gravelly Valley, Harris, Scoils ureka. Saturday to Monday round-trip tickets at reduced 'On Sundays round-trip tickets to all polnts be- yond San Ratsel at half rates. at Pleta for Highlan: TTicket Offices, 50 Market st., Chronicle buflding’ H.C. WHITING, R. X. RYAN, Gen. Qen. Pass. Agent. NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD (Via Sausall ) ito Ferry). S From San Francisco, beginning October 27, 1895. WEEKDAYS. v and San Rafael—7:30, 9:15, 11:00 8:45, 5:15, 6:80 p. . 9:16 4. M.: 1:45, 5:15 ». a0, San Ratael on Mondays, Wedneg ‘Saturdays at 11:30 . x. For Ml Valley, San Rafasi and San Quentt n n—- :00, 1000, 11:80 4. a0 1730, 3:00, 4:50, *6:13 2.3’ *Doed ot run to San Quentin. TRAINS. 130 A. M. weekdays—Cazadero and way stations. 145 P, :00 4. ¢ X Saturdays—Tomales and way staiions. M. Sundays—Foins Reyes ana way siationa RAILROAD SOUTEENRN PATIFIC CO-'P_A“- (PACIFIO BYSTEM.Y Traims leave nnd are due (o arrive ad SAN FRANCISCO. ABAVE — Trow NOVEMUER 20, 1805 — ARRIvE 0A Haywards, Niles and Way 7:00A Atlantic Express, Ogden aud Kast. 7:004 Benicia, Vacaville, Rumsey. mento, and ing via 7:30A Martinez, San Ram aud San 8:304 Niles, Sau Joso, St mento, Marysville, and Sundays excepted Ororille...... 304 Peters and Milton Haywards & Way St'ns ixpress, Raymond, mite), Sonts Larbara 0A San Leandro, Haywards XN . 00 San Leandro, Haywards & Way St'ns 0p Niles, San Joso and Livermore. or Martinez, San Ramon, allejo, Napa, Calistoge, El Verano and Santa Bosa... 3 [RTN e s Tanioy, Mool b ights nding, le, Orovillo and Bacramento ......... 10MBa 80 Niles, San Jose, Livermoro and £ ton Ty 5:00¢ San Loandrc, s 8:408 8:30r New Orleans Txpress, Uresuo, Bokers- field, Santa Barbara,1.os Augels Deming, £ Paso, New Orleans su ~.. 10:488 ot Mojave and Last 2 6:00¢ Europecn Mail, Ogden and East.... 9:454 6:00p Haywards, Nilesand San Jose. 7:48a 17:00¢ Vallcjo 17:459 3:00 Oregon Jixpress, Socr: 3 ville, Redding, Portland Sound and Fas 10:454 7:00¢ San Leandro, Hayw! V 10:508 9:00p San Leandro, Haywardsk Way St ns 1112:00 q10:00p “Sunset Limited,” Fresno, Los les, El Paso, New Orlcans and Bast.......... T340 #4204887 San Lesndro. Haywards & Wey St'ns 7584 SANTA CRUZ DIVISION (Narrow Gange). 8:15A Newns ‘enterville, SanJose, Felton, Boulder Creek, Santa Cruzand Way Stations. . e *3:15p Newark, Center an Jose, New \ Ahnaden, Felton, Bonlder Greek, Santa Cruz and Principal Way Stations. L *11:208 13¢ Newark, Sa ) :45p Hunters' Fzeursion. Ban Jose and Way Stations. COAST DIVISION (Third :454 Ban Joso and Way_ Btations aden Wi y8 ouly) m 86104 San Joso, Tres Piuos, Sauta Criz, Pacilic Grove, Paso Roblee, Sau Lnis Obispo, Gradalupe and Prin- cipal Way Statious 10:404 Sun Joso aud Way ville, ton, a: faa: 1 “2:80r Sau Jore, Gilroy, Tres I Tz, Salinas, Monterey and Grove ... A *3:30p SanJoso and I'rincipal Way Stations *4:30 San Joseaud Way Stations A v San Joso and Way Statio: : 30 San Joso and Way Etatio : 43 San Joso and Way Stati CREEK ROUTE FERRY m'g’:'nl nlln%g—!m of Market Strest (Slip sa)- Tacitic 11:00a.. 3300 *2:0f 3: *4:00 15:00 6:00r.. e d#rom OAKLAND—Foot of Brosdway,—= *6:00 8:00 1 L 31200 *1:00 $3:00 *3:00 34:00 P for Afternoon. 1 Saturdays onlg. Atlantic AND Pacific RAILROAD "ratns leave from and arrive &) at Market-Street Fesry. SANTA.FE EXPRESS icago via A. & P. Direct Line I’;‘:vg':nry‘:nyva‘&:o ». u., carrying Pullman Palace Sleepers and Touris: Sleepers 1o Chicage ‘via Kansas City without change. Anmex Deuver and St. Louls. CHICAGO LIMITED, From Los Angeles tolghg’cll!"’- Prain Daily, wit ning-cars, e aaagement. Comnecting trains leave San Francisco at 9 A. X. apd 3:30 ». M. daily, The best rallway from California to the East New ralls, new tic 0 dust: Interesting sceneryj and good meals in Harvey’s dining-room or dining: _— Market Street, Tioket Office—644 fes